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DEATHS MFR. Jas. Crawford,
aged 80 years, died of congestive
chill on Friday last. = - -
MIR. w. P. Mcllwaine. aged 27
years, died a few days since, after
a lingering illness.
Both We're, worthy and indus
trious citizens of, the vicinity OF
the village, and leave young fami.
lies to mourn their loss. - 6. II:
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RADICAL MACHINERY. FOR CARRYING
ELEcrl1Ns:nIhe MaslingtonT $ n, fat,5os =,
Government service there are forced to
join clubs representing their several
States and that these clubs are part Of
the Radical machinery for carrying cleo
tons. The members are expected toyote
al so at to 1Gea go home elaaS aud " vote again IL the
States they came from. Inaddition, they
are regularly assessed a per ccntage upon
their salaries for election purposes, and
this per centage is to be deducted from
their pay on the lst of September. 5s
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FIRE.-We regret to learn that the
residence of Capt. r. F. McCaslan: ut
Ninety-six, took fire on Saturday last,
aud but. for the most strenuous efforts
would have been consumed. The fire
is supposed to have beop accidental,
and to have originated from cooking
stove, which was in use in q portion
of the dwelling.
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p@- The Presbyterians in Nine
ty-Six are making various improve:
ments to the front of their church,
and adding to the building a hand
some curola, in which to hang their
large new bell. These improve
ments speak we'll for the liberality
of the congregation. Designs by
Capt. A. ". Clarkson. -.s H..
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m- Tho Taxpayers Convention

n@ Tho Taxpayers Convention
is in session at Austin, Texas. Gov
ernor E. NJ. Peace is President. and
counties are represented.
A resolution has been passed that a
committee be- appointed to wait on
the Governor and ask his co-opera-
ton with the convention, for the pur-
pose of reducing taxation. Another
resolution was passed that no candi-
date be supported at any election who
will not pledge himself 10 retrench-
ment and reform. ..-..
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RETURNED. Mrs. Cain, SO well
knownto her lady friends, in connec-
ton with the Millinery Department Of
the Emporium Of Fashion, has returned
from Baltimore, together with Miss
Twaddale, a slsillful dressmaker of that
city. They will soon be prepared to
give their patrons a fitting reception at
the old stand. - .E.,r -, -...:s
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QUARTERLY MEET1NG.-Tho Quar-
terly ! meeting Of the Methodist
church, Rev. W. NJ. Mood, the Pre-
siding Elder. being present and in
charge, closed at Sharon, with inter.
csting religious exercises, on Sunday
last. There was q large attendance,
and much interest manifested.
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BE- The Gufins have opened q
Livery Stable at the :old, stand on;
Washington Street, where they
will in the future keep fine stock
and vehicles for hire. ~ e ~ ..Ee5'
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however, any indication that the COLI
ored people are moving towards the
seaboard. As we have shown, tho
most populous counties show a large
falling off, while nearly all the inte-
rior counties show marked increase.
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Our RMERC1IANTs.-Of our.mercantile
friends who have gone North for the
pose Of laying in supplies, Messrs.
Wardlaw, Trowbridge, & Breazeale, have
returned, and the others will be hack in
a few days.. They are all laying in full
stocks, and will be pleased to receive
visit from their friends.
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September, Thursday 20, 1871

Tsnms.-Three dollars a year, in ad-
vance. l,tor
No subscriptions taken for shorter
time than six months.
Transient advertisements are charged
aor at the rate OF ONE DOLLAR per lnch
mace for the first insertion, and FIFTY
CENrs for each subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction from the above
rote, is made to persons advertising by
the quarter or by the year.
n% All obituary notices and tributes
Of respect are charged for at the usual
rates Of advertising.
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ET At meeting of the Medical
Society of South Carolina held in
Charleston on Wednesday last, suitable
resolutions were passed to the memory
of DR.. J. Il. Holbrook, tho distinguish
ed Professor Of Anatomy. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-09-28

@ Tie Ku-Klux subcommittee
for the .Carolinas, Georgia and Flor
ida resolved to meet at Augusta, Oc-
tober 18th. The subcommittee for
Tennessee. Alabama and Mississippi
will meet at Huntsville, Ala, October
5th. . .... ...-.. -. .
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.WEAruEn-We have had during the
past week some. cool weather which
made fires comfortable: The weather is
again warm and promises rain. The
heavy rains Of last week raised, the
streams and did some, damage to, the
crops. Cotton is opening rapidly, and
will be soon gathered. "a short horse
is soon curried.n -.g.. 81. sa...fs -
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sourH CAROLINA (. FINANCES -1At
the request Of the Congressional
Ku:Klux COMMITTEES Governor
Scott has submitted an. elaborate
communication upon the finances
Of the State. ~ Id re- ->,5,,-a @ss
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PERsoNAL.-Wo had the pleasur

PERsoNAL.-Wo had the pleasure
of greeting during the past week our
friend Col. II. Tilman of Memphis,
who is making his annual visit to
friends, and relatives here. lie re-
ports Memphis as looking up. in view
of improved. political prospects and
increased railroad facilities. Tennes.
see has been "redcemed and Olsen
thralled," and is now Democratic to
the core.
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MERCHANT TAILoRING.-We direct
attention to the advertisement Of Mr.. s.
A. Brazeale, Merchant Tailor, in anoth-
er column. He has just returned from
New York with a fine assortment OF
cloths, and his long experience in every
department of his business will guaran-
tee general satisfaction. His friends
and patrons would do well to give him
an early call. . ....-; H..
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Ra~ Col. Thos. Thomson, was
ordained Elder Of the Presbyterian
church on Sunday last, vice Col. r.
A. Fair, resigned; Rev. Mr.. Mar
tin officiating, assisted by Elders
Col. Thos. Perrin, Mr.. Robert
Wardlaw and Col. G.. Med. Miller.
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SICKNESS. We learn that there has
been good deal of sickness IN different
parts Of the district, and some mortality
among the blacks. There have been
good many cases of bilious fever Of an
aggravated type. ~. -, y 5.s.g.g.s, q :.
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sa- On account of the prolonged
absence of the Governor Of Georgia
for nearly three months, tho State
Treasurer gives notice that he will
paw no warrants on the Treasury
without o resident Governor to ap-
prove ,thom, except on the civil, estab-
lishment and special appropriations,
where the law specifics the amount.
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The correspondent of the Iadcpend-
ence Beige asserts positively that Napo-
leon has advanced money to bribe o
French regiment to arrest the leading
memborsof the French Government. >
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q, CHARLESTON, September 24.-The
Board of Health report four fever
deaths for the twenty-four hours end
ing Saturday noon, and five deaths
for the twouty-four hours ending at
noon to-day: ...--. .-. ...-'
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4th. THE HlRDIlB0R PLACE.
This place con,tains
/. 49OeA.CRiES.s i

There is settlement on It and house
room for two families there iss q good
spring OF water near tile dwelling, Cole.
mans Brancii, Beaverda'n and Hard
labor Creeks run through ital afef.iihg
water in abundance, and making T. ore Y
OF the, best stock farms I'm the state:
There is perhaps one hundred and hfIy
acres of Bottom land on this place, the
portion OF it that is. in cult ltiyation eI,ro.:
.duces corn to great perfectiolt the Fpace
lis under good fence, aud timber; @ SUI
|ficient to keep it up for oil tine.
|. These lands join and are bounded by
Capt. L. Reynolds; A. II Watson, Dr.
Bird, NJ. Thomas; Capt. Nv. IT, z oEhraIi,
Jas. 'Steifcr alld:P. j.. Bradley ,s4,:Gi =
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! s@ Mr.. B. r. Stuart, for few
years past Editor of that popular
weekly the Wiunsboro News, has
retired from that position and gone to
Sand Hills, near Augusta, where he
has become principal Of large
school.
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New CoTToN.---Since last We'd
nesday II bales of new cotton
have been sold in this market.
Prices ranging from 16a to II. ~.
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pm- Presiding Elder Fl. NJ.
Mood, of the ,Cokesbury Circuit,
preached in the Presbyterian
shurcl, at tlris place on last Sunday
night. - ~, ..,.- ...../.....,;
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AccIDEST.-We learn that one ofttle
wheels of the engine. on our Branch
Road, gave way OH Tuesday last, and de-
lay the morning train some hours.
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w--The. United States Grand Jury
at Salt Lake, it is rumorcd, intend to
indict several of tho Mormon priest
hood including Brigham Young.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-09-28

~ A railroad meeting in behalf
of the Laurens and Augusta Road
will be held in Edgcfeld on Monday
next. s-4 .-E-= -, s
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-09-28

ta- Rochcfort the distinguished
French journalist has been sentenced
TO penal colony for life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-09-28

w The rumor of the sinking o.
Orange County Fla. is pronounced
hoax.
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r9- See advertisement Of &NIessrs.
Wardlaw& Edwards, who are now re-
ceiving their fail and winter groceries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-09-28

LOWELL, September 21.-Eighty-
three new cases md five deaths from
smallpox during the week. =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-09-28

Ev Eight of tho Ku Klux on tria
in North Carolina have been convicted
and FIVE have been acquitted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-09-28

~ Governor Yarmouth, of Lou
isiana, has declined to fight due
with M. John A. Walsh.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-09-28

pg The Legislature of Texas met
in regular session on the 18th instant
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-09-28

nns See notice of Mr. z. Edwards,
calling Oh all indebted to him to settle at
once t...~, O. COT q .s.;- b, ~. T.
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+ On the same day, md at the same
place. will be sold q HOUSE and LOT,
Iiin the. Town Of ABBEYILLE, known
as the ", ...-tEts ~ ~ = ~ E'tE3-ol
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), I'd. THE HIX sPIACE,y q
CONTAINING. e !. S 2Q2. u. Acre.

There is on this place: q comfortable
dwelling; and &aN ecessary out: :buiids
ings. la THERE'S good fountain Of f3wateT
near the Houses and two small streams
running through the farm, on these,
streams there Ii bottom land !enoagh TO
make corn to supply the place there as
about one hundret aeres In acultivation,
allcunder q good fence ;;Sthere3 is about
80 acres Of original forest well timbered-
This is a: splendid. little farm, scarcely
aiiy waste land OH it,. -, % : ! !
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IHe 1OedVS1QaHts AsSS'
! This place containa Z
.4O2aa

-. O<Ses "a, ~ lss..ssais
A large portion of this Tract: is in the,
woods, about 100, acres: in cultivation,
and under a%gdod fence. Bcaverdaih
creek rams through it, and there is on:
it about fifty acres first class Botten'.
Land well timbered. This is one Ofiaths
best cotton..farnis in: the County Ssss
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APPLICATION FOR CHARTER,

A PPLICATION will be madc at
n the next session of the Legisla-
ture, for the incorporation OF the. vii
Iage of Lowndesville.
Sept. 2I, 1871, 23-3m.
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which is unsurpassed in quality, and
prices to suit the times. .g,S,g. ~se' :.
I have. selected these goods myself,
and will guarantee them to be equal to
any, if not the best, in the market.
i have also q complete set of boys
patterns, from two years up, and splell-
did system for cutting shirts. =
Work done promptly, and on rcason-
able terms for cash. All work warran-
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-20

THE Ku-Klux war upon the South is
still being vigorously pressed in and out
of Congress by the friends of the admin
istrstion. While this is going on, Rsdi
calism ignores the Ku Klux operation
which was performed on three of the
cadets at West Point few months ago
the outrage was of such enormity that
the House of Representatives felt com
PEELED to notice it. An investigation was
had and the House ordered that the Sec
rotary of War should have the guilty par
ties tried by courtulartisl This, however,
mas not been done. No steps have boon
taken leading to that result. That Ku,
Rlux outrage sttll goes unpublished. The
guilty parties are known and one of them
is the son of President Grant. If The
whole South is to be punished for the in,
jury done to negroes by a few disguised
outlaws, does not even-hsnded justice dc
mand that the son of the President Of The
United States should be punished for aid
ing and abetting in the Ku-Kluxing o!
three white young menu
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-20
kE.kLUx IN IOWA AND ILLINOIS

The following paragraph is from the
SheHsburgh Qowa) Observer;
IsThe people of Shellsburgh have taken
the law into their own hands. Last Nor
day they waited upon DR.. Dennis, who
has been stopping here for some time
past, dragged him from the house, took
him to the creek, there stripped him of
every stitch of clothing, and gave him q
complete ducking, after which they noti-
fed him to leave the town forthwith,
giving him but few minutes in which
to prepare for departure. He left &C
cordingly for parts unknown"
A dispatch from Jacksonville, Ills, of
the 18th inst says:
Saturday, about 10 o'clock A. NJ ,
Connipgby, who resides in Peoria, vas
waylsid on the principal street of this
city by some assassin, who struck him
several blows on the head with q bludgCon
or slung shot, infiicting probably fatal
wounds. Conninbgy now lies in critica
condition. Outrages of this sort are b;
coming go frequent here that vigilance
committee is talked of.
There are just as many Ku-KluX out.
RACES IN the Northern as there is in The
Southern States, and perhaps more, bu
the Radicals can make No capital out OF
these outbreaks. That is the reason why
we hear so little III regard to lawlessnes:
| in the North
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-20

NORTHERN MEN I'm TENNESSEE
Five of the fifty East Tennessee Radi-
calls who made known their grievances to
Ben. Butler, by telling him and his CON-
mittee that they "are in helpless and
deplorable condition." and appealing to
Congress ''for protection in the enjoy
ment of that liberty which is regulated
by law, P" have publicly declared that they
did not intend to apply this language to
themselves or TO the ''Union people" of
any portion of East Tennessee. The
silence of the remaining forty-five leaves
it to be inferred that they meant that this
protection was needed in East Tennessee
as well as the other portions of the State.
A Connecticut Yankee" writes of East
Tennessee as follows
''There is no danger from Ku-Klux or
any other khan. In proof of this, let me
give bit of personal history. In No
Vember, 1868, go soon as the wires flashed
the joyful news that the people had de-
creed that there should be "Peace,"
started for Tennessee. Landing in Lou-
dOnpn Friday morning l was, on Mon
day, hired to teach a five months school
three miles from Loudon, by two direc-
tors, one Of whom was Union man and
Confederate soldier, taken prisoner at
Vicksburg. Neither asked me for my
political opinions, though both pronounced
me "yankee" at sight. FL NJ
''Until this present writing / have re-
manned in Tennessee. / have had daily
intercourse with those who fought, yes,
and bleed, too, for the Confederacy, and
do not remember an uneivil word or an
unkind act having been sail or done to
me by them. But do remember many
acts of neighborly kindness received alike
from Union men and Rebels"
The Knoxville correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette writes, April Is:
81 have myself, during the. last four
years and half, ridden on horseback for
thousands of miles through several coun
ties of East Tennessee, both in the valley
and on the Cumberland Mountain, travel
ing very often alone, and frequently after
night, and known as . Northern man and
Radical, and expressing my sentiments
most freely everywhere, and have moi
only-seen no Ku-Klux, but have been as
free from insult or molestation as If trav'
cling in Ohio. Numerous other Northern
men could relate similar experiences"
7 Whist is here said of East Tennessee
may with equal propriety be said of Mid
die and West Tennessee, and there arc
hundreds of Northern men scattered
through these sections who will testify
, that they feel as eecure in their persons
and property as they possibly could II
any State North of us. ANY Northern
man who desires to settle in this State anC
to become identified with our people il
a.c6mmon interest, will receive cordia
o welcome, and if he is not treated as tn
, Connecticut Yankee" and the corre
? spondent of the Cincinnati Gazette hay'
been, it will certainly be his own fault.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-20

The Washington Patriot says: 'Wt
learn that Hon. Geo. II. Pendleton haI
finally declined to permit his name to bi
used as a candidate for Governor befOrG
the approaching Democratic Conventiot
in Ohio. This decision has been reached
after much deliberstion, and is understood
to have been made for reasons who'll.
personal. The impression now seems 4
obtain that Gen. George w. McCOok
well known as an able and faithful sdvo
cate of Democratic principles, will receiv'
the nomination. We notice the Cincin
matt Eaguiner supports Gen. McCook. /
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-20
rHE .snoOTERs.v


s'Radical" is word derived from the
Latin ssRadix," which means root. The
Radicals are therefore 'Rooters.n Their
nature has an element of swinishness-
for swine are born to root Indeed, the
first real Radical, the first Rooter, belong
ed to the genus swine. TO that first Rooter
can be traced the lofty ancestry of our
modern Radicals. They should be proud
of the pedigree. They are born with the
grand propensity to root, they must root
they cannot help but root 1t is the law
of their being. Rioters were very OBJ
jecticnable to the Jews of old. Moses,
who was doubtless Democrat, forbade
his people TO have any thing to do with
The ancient four footed Radicals. He
called them foul, unclean beasts. 1t is
also notable fact, that once on time
sore demons, when driven out of man,
begged permission to enter some bristling
Rooters who happened to be roofing near
by. There must be something in the
Rooters very attractive to evil spirits. 1t
would be curious chapter to trace the
history of Rooters from the original Rad
icals of the beast kind to the latest mod
ern development.
Well; all over the land these Radicals
are rooting-rootiDg up the soil of the re.
public, roofing out the old, time honored
principles, roofing up law, right and jus
tice, roofing out all that is good, roofing
deeper and deeper around the foundations
of government until the fair fabric Of
freedom seems ready 10 fall.
| o, for the day when these Rooters shall
themselves be rooted out of this fair land
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-20

TIE New York Democrat says of the
speech of Hon. w. w. Vaughn, of thit
State, in the House of Representative!
On the enforcement bill, that it was sons
of the most convincing and telling
speeches that has yet been heard in that
body. on the subject of the so,called Ku'
Klux outrages which are being CHARGE
against the people, as well of his distrie
as of the whole South. He character
lied the stories as the basest fabrications
and caused letters to be read by the clerl
from many of the best citizeas of Ten
nessee proving his assertions. Mr
Vaughn's speech was listened TO with III
most rapt attention, and is believed I,
have convinced many of those who wer
undecided on the subject of the great in
justice il was sought by unprincipled par
ties to inflict on the people of the South.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-20

For the purpose of seeming impartial,
this edious bill has been so worded that
it may apply TO any State in the Union.
We hope our Northern Democratic con
temporaries will call attention to this fact.
1t is another step toward that remarka
bic similarity between our institutions
and those of imperial Germany, which
D-~-;I--. - ----s- 81 --~--s~.. --,,sI,y,,
in a recent brief TO Congress.
The crying injustice of the Sherman
amendment assessing damages on com
munities Unfortunately, may be aptly
illustrated by applying it TO the recent
outrsges al Scranton, Pa. The offending
miners are men of little or no property,
who would escape such punishment scot
free. All citizens OF worth were strenu
ously opposed to the riotous proceedings.
And the mining companies, who own
nine-tenths of the property, and against
whose interests and properly the demon
STATIONS were made, would actually pay
the bulk of The assessments. Will pig
iron Kelley, who voted for this amend
ment, advocate its application to his own
constituents to secure protection for the
lives, liberty and property of citizens OF
the United Statesl
With all its bristliDg barbs of despot.
ism, this enactment is certainly dishearl,
ening, but the friends of freedom mus
struggle the mcreimanfully. If, in the
past, right had given way at each suel
temporary check, the history Of the world
would be a chart of rctrogression 10 ltu
of progress. The annals of our fore
fathers are but aTeco:d of the iucessant
struggle between freedom and tyranny
We scan on those time tinted scrolls The
varied phases of the conflict-the halt,
the check, the retTea, The roIt, the rally,
the advance, The struggle, the victory; OF
right. 1t is not for us, in this nineteenth
century, nurtured and reared in the at
mosphere of the purest constitutions
freedom, to relax our efforts for one mo
ment.