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YOL. 3. ABBEVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1886. NO. 4 I
Senator Hampton's Spcecta. r
t
Mr. Chairman and my Brother Demo- i
crats: I had thought that my Jong ser- i
vice in the cause l?f the Democracy r
would hate exempted me in this can- I
vass from any work. I thought so not i
only, because I am myself now past the f
age of conscription, but because I knew f
that there was no need of help. I knew <
that' the' nominees of our party could t
plead eloquently, where it was neces- {
sary, for the cause of the Democracy, t
and I felt in my heart that it was not t
necessary that one word should be said, i
even by your standard-bearer who has t
just addressed you, to tell the people of j
South uaronna mat ineir oniy nope now
and forever is to uphold the Democratic
bantjsr In this old State of ours. [Applause.]
But your committcc did me
the honor to ask me to come to this district.
My friend, who will be the next
Governor of South Carolina, and who
will illustrate its history as his distinguished
father did in the same position,
wrote and asked me to join him here,
and I came down not only to try and say
one word in the Seventh District for its
nominee, but that I might be close to
those stricken cities which have been
Waited With such terrific calamities. I
was away from my State, but I know
that there was not one man, not one
^mant not on& child in~South.Carolin&,
r. in. Charleston,-at lea&t, where 1 first
the light, who did not know that
thero waa not a man on this sail who [
mnra lioanlv. that (Milnmit V ttlflTi T
did. [Applause.] I would h? the basest
ingrato that ever disgraced humanity if
I wv^d fprgeMho place of-my birth; if
Leauld'forget those people who have
been the friends of my youth and manhood}
who'Wood . by us in 1876; who
gave us material aid and, more Iban that,
who to me personally, when I was hovering
between life and death, sent daily
messages of sympathy, and kindness,
arid confidence, and love. [Applause.]
May God forget me if ever 1 forget the
place that gave me birth or the people
amongst whom I first drew my breath.
(Applause and cheering.] I feel for tlmt
old Queen City?that discrowned queen,
1 feel towards her as the poet said:
Ever in the extreme of ill
I love thee still.
God grant that the richest mercies
that He can give to the city and to the
people maybe poured out upon her and
that, in time to come, every prosperity
and every happiness may be given to
them and to their posterity. [Applause].
I have come, my friends, as I said,
not because 1 thought anything was necessary
to incite you to your duly. As
my firiond ha* just said, every Carolinian
who knows what we have gone
through, and who has experienced the
* bitter humiliation of those years of Radical
rule , knows that, if he is not true
now to the State and to the cause which
he upheld in 1876, we will be remanded
_ to that condition, even to a worse condition.
if possible. I knew it was unne
cessary to appeal to the men of .1876 to
tell them to stand fast, to stand or fall
i> , with the party to the last. [Applause.]
1 knew that the men who carried }.hc
flag to victory-la 1876 would not be.re
errant now, ! knew that they.would
uphold the honor and credit of the gov-r
;-?JWBient ef South Carolina, but 1 wanted
to tell you somathing about thq Seventh
District. It is of the last conucquenoe
- thfct' we should carry that district sad I a
tell you it can be done, and I will say, t
as X once Mild, il mvsi he done. [Ap- <
pfau^eVJ I am just from Washington, i
and thoro J had quite a long interview t>
f'i: with the President. I told hiui how j
"the Stoventh District Lad been misrepre- i
sented, and how it bad been disgraced 1
on the floor of the House of Represents t
. tivfs by an o*-convict. I told him every- y
thing good that I could wiy about my <
friend, Col. Elliott, and if you all know. I
hiftitas .weli 9* I do you would know i
^ v {thit: I Cofcildsay i oAMrf'Of. hbu but 1
w&ait ?vqr good. President Cleveland j
6 -" CTpfefc&fci the war (is?t ihtaregl in the 1
canvas*, and I am sure that bjr aU legiti- l
mate means in his power he would be I
ftU* to heip the nominee. Now, my ;
. friends. If you will all puc your should- i
: > on to tho wheel resolutely; if you will ?
determine that there is no such word as (
,
V fail; if you will ro and show to tho col- i
ored people, as Col. Richardson has said, I
that such men as Col. Elliott are their I
beat friend*; if you will point to the. ]
. j Ptttocntic Administration honored by i
. Mr. Cleveland, you can aav that be has
ind you can say to. them in all truth I <
hat there has not been a eolored man cl<
vho has not had bis rights protected At
inder the Administration. But beyond yo
til that you may say that wherever he th
las found a competent colored man to fa1
vhom he could give a place he has done no
jo. And I will venture to say that there do
ire more colored men holding small ini
>ffices in Washington at this moment an
ban during the whole reign of the Re- B\
jublicans. [Applause.] I am in full nn
iccord with his policy on that point. I di<
bink that whore he can reward a colored tic
nan, who has been a good Democrat, B*
rvho is competent to fill an ofice, he nn
should do so, and especially where the yo
)ffices have been held by colored Re- yo
)ublicans. I have urged him to do it, ha
ind bo was kind enough to say to mo tri
hat wherever I could recommend men eif
>f that sort he would give them appoint- wi
nents. m<
My friends, I entreat you all to work to
or the success of the nominee of this br
listrict. It is of the greatest conse- th
luence to us, because we shall have not foi
is large a majority in the next Con- foi
jress as we have had?and I say so
.0 you in all frankness. Every vote th
\ill therefore be of infinite consequence, sh
ind think how proud you would feel, de
tnd what source of gratification it should ho
>e to you to know that you were repre- th
sented by one who bears one of the
no$t honored names of the State, and Dt
)ne who is worthy to bear that name, ha
Applause.J in <
My friends, Col. llichardson has nl- pi
uded to the discontent which has sprung D<
lp in some quarters of the State. Lie in
iaB given you the reasons for them, and po
ic has given you a most conclusive an- vii
;wcr to show that there is no justice in to
he complaints that have been made. If of
rou believe me, aud I believe my friends as
rill always trust what I say [applause].
! tell you on my word and honor that 1 toi
iave been familiar with all the officials? on
he State House ring, as they call them? pl<
roiu 1876 to the present time, and I wl
>ledge you my honor thai there is not one en
rord of truth in the assertion that there th
?i or ever has been a ring in Columbia, lii
Applause.] What people in America no
ire freer from ring-rule than the people tic
>f South Carolina? If there is an officer hu
ilaced in position in this State who is to
?ot competent or woitliy, who, I ask, is wi
jo blame for it but the people them- vi<
iclvoB? liare you not absolute power th
>ver the officers and offices in the State, co
lave those few appointed by the Gov- ho
>rnor and approved by the Senate ? in
Cannot the people instruct tbeir dole- loi
jjatcs for whom to vote in the convcn- se
ions? If they prefer to have primaries lir
:an they not nominate their own men wi
md instruct them how to act as their w<
epresentatives? Is there an officer in th
South Carolina who would not resign if th
t could be shown to him only that w<
ic was unworthy or unfaithful? I vp.n- th
urc to say that there is not one. There m<
lever has been a falser cry on the face G<
>f the earth than that which is now dis- wi
racting the people in South Carolina, th
There is not a single fact on which to th
jase these false allegations, and in my ?
opinion they are made chiefly by men
vhose sole object is to get into office.
IL.A *1 !- 1 ?? *
luiun. uisi luuru m wiiere mo sooe
)iochc8. [Applause.] And I would in- ^
roko my fellow-citizens of South Caro- ^
ina not to be led off by any false lights
rtr any new doctrines. I think that the
oj6
idrainistration of the party for the last ^
en years has proven itself to be worthy q
>f your confidence. If there has been
Bp
lominated a man not worthy of your ^
lupport I would be the last man to ask
rou to vote for him, but I believe your ^
lorainees are all true Carolinians. I bt- ^
ievo every one of them to bo wqrjhy of le
he position to which he is to #e elo- T.
rated. I believe they will uphold the
jause 01 gooa government ana secure ^
:h? success of the Democratic party. 1 ^
ippeal to you then to sustain them. I
lav# Very little to expect from the Inde- ?
>cn dents. I think the only difforcnco ^
between them and an open eneiny is
ihat the open enemy may strike in the
front and the Indepeodont would strike
you from behind, [Applause.] I have
Luude it a rule to stand by my party. Of
course, I would not stand by it in anything
wrong, but when you nominate te
anon representing the true interests of bi
hK A t\a?lv ?A11 A?% ?? * - ?- ??* l~i
v !#? VJ aiau tmi VII >nu IU suppuri ni
Lhom,. I would fool myself false to tho 2f
party and false to the State if I refused gi
to jive them my aid. hi
I do not know, my friends, that I can o(
Icsiro to say one word to you before
3se about the National Administration
i my friend who has just addressee
iu knows, having been a delegate t
e Chicago Convention, I was not ii
vot of Cleveland's nomination. I di
?t know him and I had very grav
nbts about his election. He was nom
ated, and I supported him as loyall
d as cordially as any man in Amcricr
it, to show you the character of th
?n, after his election I said to him: "
i all I could to prevent your nomina
>n. I did not know you; I did kno\
lyard and I wanted to sec him nomi
ted; but I am a Democrat and who
u were nominated I did all I could fo
>u. I havo nothing to _ask at you
nds, but I will sustain your Adminis
ition, and whenever I can aid yoi
:her in the Senate or in ray State, i
11 give me pleasure to do so." He me
3 with all the frankness and kindnes
be expected from a man of such bi,
ain and heart, and as I told yoa, ii
at big heart of his, he feels as mucl
r this people as any man at the No*"tli
r he told me the other day that h
ints to come down among vou and se
e people of Charleston. He desires t
ow by his personal presence there th
ep S3'napathy he feels and to knov
w he can be more efficient in aiding
cm.
1 beg you, then, to stand by th
?inocratic President. We have neve
d a better President," and in my judge
2nt he will be tho next one. [Ap
auso.] I have very little faith in thos
Mnocruts, who attack the administratis
its most vital part. I should make it
int, if I did not agree with all th
ews of my owu administration, at leas
keep quiet and lot it have the benefi
the doubt, and to allow it to work oul
best it can, its own policy.
My friends of Sumrucrville, of Colic
n and Berkeley. I come simply to sa;
e word of greeting. It always gives in
easurc to meet my old constituent
aen I was Governor and my cou6titu
ts now. I never can forget how nobl;
e men and the women of South Caro
ia rallied to our support in 1876.
ver can forget the courage and devo
m, self-sacrifice which prompted ever;
inian being who loved South Carolin
work then for her cause. I havo al
lys given the credit of that marvellou
story to the people of the State, for i
ey had been of other mottle we neve
uld have won. It was only my proui
nor to bear the Aug, but you place*
my hand the victory. I trust that a
ng as I live that that liag which repre
nts the best elements of South Caro
la?the true Democracy?may eve
ive, as it does now, in triumph.
>uld rather be buried in her soi
an to see South Carolina do one thin
at would tarnish her fair fame, and
iuld rather pass forever from earti
an to live to see Radical rule one
are triumphant in our belovod State
>d grant it may never be, and if yoi
ilt all in South Carolina be as true i:
e future as you have been in the pas
at day will never come. [Applausee.
News and Courier.
The State Campaign.
The State canvassers will speak ii
oderson on next Tuesday, the 26th da;
October inst, and we hope there wil
> a full attendance of the ladies am
ntlemen of Anderson County to hca
em. Col. Richardson, the nominee fo
overnor, is an oloquent an interestin
>eaker, wh<? will delight all who hea
m. During the present canvass he i
ving special attention to the discussio
the State's financial condition, an
iows tho people what revenues are col
cted and for what they are expended
will repay any person who will com
hear his speech. In addition to Col
ichardson. we expect Col. E&rle, Co
tsitnor and other accomplished speaker
be present, and we hope that the
ill be greeted by an old fashione
nderson Democratic meeting, Re men:
;r that npxt Tuesday is tho day, an
ror^body is ipvited to attend.
A t*rn^r From' Fdgefceld
' ' ' ?i h*
A whito man his actually been ser
nee F to be hanged .! Jasper Davis, th
rute. who ro cruelly Bhot and kfllo
is wife in Anderson County on th
>th of ftcpteinber, has bftcn foun
lilty of murder and sentenced to h
tngea on ocn 01 novemoer. Are reign
1 insanity and hard money losing thei
>wer over justice? God grant it!.
I The A., ?. A W. II. U. w
i. si
[From the Augusta Chronicle.] a!
0 Ninety-Six, S. C., Octobcr 19.?Spe- 0
n cial.]?As various statements have been ^
j made in regard to the assets and liabili- a]
c ties of the Atlantic, Greenville and f,
. Western Railway Company, will you f,
v ploa^fl publish the following statement fj
t in reply to your special dispatch from
c Greenville, S. C., dated October 15th, ^
r from tho stntornnnt of W. .7 Kirk- T0?n n
who is Vice-President and Chief Engi? n,
v neer. He says: "The condition of the ^
_ road has been misunderstood by the n
n public, the assets available being amply 8j
r sufficient to complete the grading and v
r pay every dollar of the debt. I give ^
you the assets and liabilities in two sec- ^
u tions, for this reason?first: North of
t the Saluda river there has has been no 0
t work done or bonds sold with the ex- 0
s eeption of one bond of five hundred 8]
g dollars, which was sold at 90 cents on
n tho dollar and used south of the Saluda
k river: second, the bonds nt?rth of thn _
> - ' " Ui
! Saluda river cannot be used to pay the
0 debt of the road until the grading is
e completed through the township that w
0 has voted the tax. Section 4th in the K(
u- amended chartcr: "That a sufficient s]
v smount realised from such bonds shall
^ be retained to complete the grading 0
through the county or township in which
,, it is subscribed." 0,
r Liabilities of the Atlantic, Greenville sl
and Western Railway Company South 'p
of the Saluda river: w
c Amount due the Chief Engineer p,
(salary, $1,800 per annum), t<f
? Nov. 4, 1886 $1,335,00 ?
K Amount due the Secretary and 4)
Treasurer (salary $1)00 per an0
num), to Nov. 4, 1886 497 67 tl
t Amount due the Auditor (salary ?r
$200 per annum), to No**. 4,1886 . 87 75
t Amount dne the note on bank of tc
t Greenville, due Oct. 27,1896 5,000 00
Amount due Alexander Stewart k
Co., Cokesbury Division 662 32 tl
. Amount due Alexander Stewart & ^
Co., Ninety-Six Division 631 50
Y Amount due W. E. Sullivan & Co. 1,285 59 le
u Amount due Engineer Corps 682 10 (j(
F/Htimatc Chief Eugiueer to finish
R rr rrt Hinrr '
P, ?? u.rRtoxurj ?.
Township 9,000 00
Estimate Chief Engineer to finish
V grading from Juhutstcm to llaiu- ?
burg 21,200 00 L
Right of way, damage to crops and
I attorney's fees 5,000 00 r<
Assets South Saluda
y river $
Amount bonds on hand
Ninety-Six towuship.. 7,200 00
- Amount bonds on hand
Cokesbury township.. 4,000 00
Amount notes on hand
f Trenton township 1,700 00 O
Amount notes on hand Q]
Johnston township 3,180 00
il Amount noto* on hand S<
j Q. \V.? Turner and n,
others 2,000 00
8 P
Lcbs 25 per cent, dis- j
count on bonds and
notes 4,670 00?14,010 00 S
r $31,372 00
J There has been no sale of bonds for
* cash for more than 70 cents on the 0
g dollar, excepting the one bond reported P
I at 90 cents, and placing the bonds and s(
h notes at 25 per cent, discount, which is ,r
e good collection on subscription notes, t!
leaves a debt south of Saluda river of w
u thirty-one thousand threo hundred and r<
n seventy-two dollars and ten cents ?
t ($31,372.10) the debt of the road that n
] has been reported by your reporter ^
as coming from me. was made by Presi- s(
dent Hammett on the 17th of Septoin- tl
ber, at a meeting of the Directors, 1 n
n furnished the President with $9,647 10 8'
y of the liabilities and Chief Engineer a'
it Kirk the balance, thev makine- the rl^ht al
j $32,403. The estimate of the Chier P
r Engineer for grading 30 miles, from 0
r Ninety-Si* to Johnston, is thirty thou- ?
g sand dollars (f30,000), the bonds of the b
r three townships of the thirty miles tl
g amount to $30,600.
n The assets of the road north of Salud
da river :
j. Sullivan TownBhip 112,600 00 ^
. Dunkirk Township.. 11,900 00 y
1 Oaklawn Township 8,600 00
e Piedmont Manufacturing Go....... 7,500 00 e1
! Poller Manufacturing Co 7,500 00 h
1. , $48,300 00 ?
DU|)|lli9U limb %T?7 tail IUMJ I IIO US" ^
'8 gets north of the Saluda river to _
Y pay the liabilities south of tho ' "
Saluda river, at faco value, with- n
u out taking off 30 per ceuti disj.
count on the bonds as they haro 0
* been sold heretofore.
d Net liabilities south of Saluda
river 31,872 10 "
'p. <. ' -i
?16,927 90
This leaves $10,027.00 to grade 36 n
miles north of the Saluda, and ' h
if you take the Usual disconnt of I
80 tter cent, on the. $33,300 bonds *
e i north of the. pajud&..v........... 9,090 Oft ^
, v ...
d - . f6>037 fO a
c It \eavea a balanco of $0,937.90 to complete ft
d the grading from Saluda river to Piedmont o
l0 or Greenville. F. M. Po*g, j,
Secretary and Treasurer. '
ir another btathmbwt. n
Ninbty-Bj*, S. G.t October 19.?[Bpe- c
1 vf^tt dfitl hit Iiaui uM . in/I 11
ritten lately in regard to the ftnanria
Landing of the A., O. & W. railroad
[so in regard to the proposed trnnsfe
f it to tlio Tennessee company. Prcsi
ent Hammett has written one or tw
rticles, your railroad corrcsponden
om huh town several, ana ono or tw
ora Johnston. The last I saw \va
oin 3'our Qreenvillo man, saying Cap
lin Kirk was in Greenville, and sait
ic matter was not correctly reported
Vq were not in debt and had cnougl
ssests to pay nil liabilities and finis!
rading the road, i will make no com
lent upon what the various men hav
?id, except to say some one has done
ast amount of lying, and we propose t
now on the 4th of November who ha
ecn doing it.
As the meeting on the 4th will bo on
f the most important the company ha
r ever will have, T hink each town
iiip that is interested should send a
elegates the very best men they havt
ten of ability, integrity and good judg
lent. These men are to elect a Presi
ont, Board of Directors, &c.
They are also to decide as to whothe
e snail acccpt tho ottor ol the Tonnes
30 company or not. 1 think those tnei
lould be men who aro open to convic
on. They should take the propositioi
f the Tennessee company and exatnin
carefully. Then make a most thor
ugh examination of the financia
anding?our liabilities and ' assetf
hen, as men of business, decid
hether it is bettor to accept their pro
osition or to continue on as we arc
ut if those delegates come here on th
ih with their minds 00 poisoned agains
lis Tennessee company (as some ar
ying to have done) that they are goiKj
> refuse this oiler though it should b
> our interest to accept, they may giv
le road a blow that it will be a lonj
mo, if ever, recovering from. So I sa;
st wisdom be used in selecting you
elegntes, ar?d everything will work fo
to best. 1 bopo all papers interest
i the road will give some notice of thi
-the Monitor, at Johnstons, Abbeville
aurons and Greenville papers, as th
>ad runs throug these Counties.
Dibectou.
The Rained Towns.
Galveston, Oct. 18.?The committe
T citizens who left here Saturday nigh
n the tug boat Estella, which had
ihooner in tow, carrying $1,000 wort]
f provisions for the sufferers at Sabin
ass and Johnson's Bayou, returned at
ite hour last night. They reachoi
abine Pass early Sunday morning, am
>und about one hundred persons stil
ving there, reluctant to leavo the sit
f their former homes. They are <5ccu
ying the fow houses that withstood th
torin. One-half of the food and cloth
ig taken up by the committco was dis
ibuted- among these sufferers, wh
rerc in great need of everything. Th
i:mainder was sent up to Johnson'
ayou by the barge Topsy, as the chan
el would not permit the Estella going
ho committee are unanimous in thei
iatements regarding the absolute desti
ition of the survivors. They say the
ever saw such sufFeriug for the uecos
ties of life, as exists at Sabine Pas
ad Johnson's Bayou. The committer
jcertained that the total nnmher o
arsons who lost their livos was 102
f these 64 wore colored and 38 white
nly 61 bodies have been found an<
uried. Scores of searching parties con
nue the hunt for the bodies of missinj
lends.
wild with thiiist.
Beaufort, Tkx?, Oct. 18.? A nei
anger seems to have sprung up in th
ioinity of Sabine that scared the soarch
re for the unfortunates. Cattto hav
ecome dangerous, the wild animals
atering pools have boen filled with se
rater and the cattle *ro wild with thirst
aturday evening a steer chased tbrc
ion who were walking along the edg
f the bayou and would probably bar
illed them if they had not succeeds
i reaching their boat. When the atee
aw he was foiled he seemed to becbife
ioro furieai4plowing up the sand wit!
is hofh?art<* bellowing totidty. Mpsdrt
louhtz & Bfrotf:, bankers New YoVt
rTio^aro' largely iTit6r6Btcd4lrl railroad
nd reat 0atate ift this action, htfre t'dl
graphed the relief committed to dri\
n (ham fnr fWk ?
er$ that ??!<* swept over th
ountry (fit ffuty, giU* north dt Be?u
?ont. and Orange, reaching Jasper, th
odnty Mfct-of Jasper countj, apd 4*9
King rotten badly. Several hoiwa i
,1 that region worn demolished, but no
I, loss of life occurred north of the South- .j
r cm Pacific railroad.
FUItTUEU DETAILS OF TIIB DISASTEn.
0 Beaumont, Tex., Oct. 18.?Refugees
^ from llooded. districts about. RaKin? ^
continue to arrive on every small craft
R that cpme8 up the river. It is estimated
by persons here, who have been over '
^ the scene of dosolation at Sabine Pass,
'* Johnson's Bayou and Taylor's Bayou,
^ that the death list will reach two hun- j^
dred and sixty souls. Eighty-five corpses - '.y-jjj
have been recovered and buried aroynd .
0 Johnson's Bayou, and 54 bodies thug far .
tt have been buried at Sabine Pass, while
0 6G white and colored persons are. still
s missing at Sabine; they are, of course,
drowned, as it would bo impossible fo$ .v
0 any human being to survive this long
8 swamps and latroons without IVwwi
shelter. An examination of the country
s back of Sabine and immediately in the J
vicinity of Beaumont shows that salt - M
water came back from the coast fully
forty miles through the swamp, and hundreds
of thousands of aores are still
r submerged by the water that was forced
back and has no outlot. This fact makes '
n the search for bodies very difficult. >yg9
Carcasses of thousands of drowned 3'^sH
11 cattle, hogs, horses and fowl are >jiss
0 strewn everywhere, and clouds of sea,
gulls and buzzards hovor over the
* desolate country for an area, of thirty
l" square miles. Parties who returned to- . ;sM|
e day from Johnson's Bayou district, say
sixty persons are still missing there and :^B
the search Dirties j
6 the conclusion that many of these miss1
ing were drowned, and their bodies care
ried out to sea by the receding wavoa. .338
ASSISTING THE HOMELESS. ' ff':' ^^88
q Tho following special to the Associ- <j
g ated Press, from, Orange, Texas, givea ' '
y the latest particulars regarding the dis- $
r aster at Johnson's Bayou and Sabine
r Pass: The steamer Emily P. returned
j this afternoon, bringing 1G0 additional
s sufferers from Johnson's Bayou, wfco'^^^3
, are entirely destitute of everything nee
cessary to sustain life. They were re- yfj^gg
ceived on the wharf by tho relief com- vgjjx
mittee, who are doing all in their power
to make them comfortable in erery way,
providing them with clothing, food fcnd
beds. Most of them are women and
c children. The Emily P. will return to
t the bayou immediately to bring. b?k -m
a one hundred and fifty more persons who,
[i aro waiting there, and who are now JaH
e homeless, penniless, and without cloth- ~
a ing, Wo now have to take care of twe*
d hundred and ten persons from that seo- .
i tion. One can only know the heart"
i ruuuing conumon ot these people by seo- .;:W
e ing and conversing with them. Tho
- corrected list of drowned at Johnson's -'c&Bj
e Bayou, as nenr as can be obtained this ^.?0
- evening, is as follows:
Whites?T. Gallon, wife and grand- V
o son, eight children of Sam Drown,
e E. Fanchets and four children, Joseph
s Kuke, wife and seven childron, four of
- Frank Tamer's children, Mrs. S. Galler
and fivo children, Mrs. Joe Luko, four
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Win. Ferguson and four childroo, lira. ;.'C?pl^
v Goorgo Smith and four ohildren, Mr#.'
Alford Lambert and two children.
e Base Ball. -.Jl
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IIodgeh, S. C., Oct 18th, 1886.
' Editors of the Messenger:
On last Saturday, Oct 16, an -ja
ing and somewhat exciting match game
s of base ball was played in Laurons^^B M
county on tho Brewerton diamond,
tween tho Brewerton 9, of Laurona, and / %$]
v the Mulberry 9, of Abbeville?the fall .
R nine innings being played. Score, 16 to
8 in favor of Mulberry. The Brewer-JraE?
e tons arc an old organisation, and welt ^ft^l
>' trained. Tho Mulberrys are yet in their'
a infancy, being only six weeks old, gome
of its members nevor seeing a g?me
0 played before we organised. I am telcl'M';"^^^
e that the Brewortons havo played 3pjM
c several match games, and Were never
d defeated but onoe before; am also told:.^&M
r that it is ihe second best nine in
h same clubs ^eill ' play* a match game on >;J| I
i. Our (Mulbe*?) diamond Thursday, Ocfr?gg
1 28th, which in all probability will be an^BH
Ha ?ftn