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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-02-05

THE CorToN TAx.-The cotton tax
refunding bill had it's fnal considera-
ton in the Committee of Ways and
Mems, on Friday, and was decided
adversely to those interested. Mr..
Dawes is reported as admitting the
unoonstitutionality of tax on ex.
ports, but thinks this is neither the
time nor the manner 10 romedy the
evil. IF the money could so back to
those who actually paid the tax, there
would be no injustice, but probably
two.thirds, if not seven.eights, Of the
entire amount would go into the
pockets of Spectators.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-02-05

TIE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF TIL
ABBEvILLE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION met
in the Court House on Moday last
The Rev. V. Young was called to the
Chair; and tho object Of the meeting
being to ascertain the amonnt wtioh
had been subscribed for the building
of the new church at Abbeville, the
various committees reported SUMS
which amounted in the aggregate to
moor $4,000.
The committee appointed at pre-
vious meeting to purchase lot, con-
sisting of Messrs. Jacob Miller, T. P
Quarlcs and T. McCracken, report
ed that they had purchased the va,
cant lot in front of DR.. Lyons rcsi
depce for 5000, which had been paid
for by the committee.
The following gentlemen compose
the building committee, whose duty
is to adopt a design for the church,
make purchases, and employ me.
chanics and other laborers for the
sa ne: Revs. R. N. Pratt and w, B
Jones, and Messrs. Jacob Miller, A. H
Morton, II. Wilson and J. B. Rogers
This committee will meet in the
Court House On next Saturday morn.
ing
The executive committee will meet
again on the first Monday of March
next.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-02-05

TRIAL JUSTICE NJ. O. Tai
man, has been confirmed by the
Senate aslTrial Justice of Able
vile County. The Colonel is q
gentleman of education and intel
ligence, and will make q good
officer. We feel assured that he
will do justice to whites and'blackf
without "fear, favor and Affection
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-02-05

HoT SUPPER AT N1NETY-Slx.-To
the young ladies Of Ninety Six,
through our friend, Mr.. J. K. Blake,
We are indebted for polite invitation
to the Hot Supper to be given by the
ladies, on the l4th inst, for the ben.
eft of the Academy. 1t will afford
us great pleasure to attend, and we
commend the entertainment to the
patronage of all Of our friends who
desire to have good time generally
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-02-05

~ Mr.. Blanchard, the Agent OF
the Continental Insurance Company,
arrived here on yesterday for the
purpose of adjusting the losses ny the
late fire, Other agents are expected
this evening.
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a@ Capt. Edward Cowan, the
agent of Whann's Raw-Bone Super
Phosphate, desires us to say to those
who have been receiving copies OF
the Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel, that
the paper is sent without charge, and
that they incur no liability by taking
it out of the post office.
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p@'Dr. Abncy of Edgefeld, in be-
half of the Cotton States Life Insu'
rance Company, has been here a few
days past for the purpose Of establish
ing Board of Directors, of that por'
ton of the policy from insurance
which is proposed to be invested in
the County. 1t is one Of the prom,
inent features of that company, that
it leaves share of the policy for in,
vestment in the County.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-02-05

Tweed, while reading the evidence
of Oakes Amos, before the Credit
Mobilier Committee, said: "Thank
God, I am not Congressman. AS
bad as they say am, they have never
accused me Of selling my vote as
Senator"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-02-05

RAApY FOR WoEK AeAIN.--Though
considerably damaged by the late
fire, Mr.. J. NJ. Dodson. the Photogra'
pber, is again ready for business, and
invites all desiring good pictures to
give him q call, Mr.. Dodson has a
nice gallery, fitted up with all with
all the appliances of his art, and can
furnish some of the best specimens in
his line, Call early.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-02-05

b@- A vender of patent medicine
made the Public Square sonorous on
Monday last with tho praises Of bis
specific, which was warranted to cure
every ache and ailment that flesh is
heir to.
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LONDON, January 29.-The Hon.
John Bright announces his intention
Of reappearing in Parliament during
the coming season, his health having
been so far restored as to enable him
to resume his duties as q mcmber.
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W The overwhelming vote by
which the bill for the repeal of the
Bankrupt Act, passed the Lower
House of Congress, looks to the
early repeal of the measure.
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BuiSt,5
GARDEN SEED.
Try them once and you viii
want them again. For sale BY
W.rdlaw Z Edw.rd'a.s
Feb. S, 1872, 4s.tf
ACCOUNTS
Against the County.

nURING tae collection Of Taxes,
~ the County Commissioners have
audited Claims and issued Checks for
such as were allowed, in order TO
accommodate the Taxpayers Who
were creditors of the County. But
notice il hereby given tbst no moro
Claims will be audited until tha
Treasurer is prepared 70 cash them.
W. P. McKELLAR,
Chm'n Board County comm'rs.
Oaace County Commissioners,
Abbeville G. H., S. G, Feb. 4,72,2t.f
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sa| Messrs. Quarles 4 Perrin call
upon the debtors of Quarles, Perrin
g. Co to make payment. Also adver-
tise Atlantic Phosphate and Acid.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-02-05

The ABBEvILLE CoTToN MARKET
has been very brisk during the past
week, reaching 10 cents, or within /
cent of the Augusta market,
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UNFOUNDED CHARGE.

The Elberton Gazette of the 22d inst.
contains the following charge against
our worthy Postmaster, Mr.. II. W,
Lawson:
"A CARELESS POSTMASTER. The
Postmaster at Abbeville don't care a
continental whether he attends to his
business or not. One half of the mail
sent there last week by the mail route
from here to that point was returned
to the E!berton Office, the mail matter
having never been empticd ont.
Where q gentleman occupies a posi-
tion 1t is expected that he discharge
the duties pertaining toit. If be does
not intend to do so, he should resign,
and if he does resign, he ought to be
removed. tThem's our sentiments "
In reply, Mr.. Lawson requests us to
say, tha: the failure of mail commu-
nication with Elberton, by way OF
Lowndesville, furnishes a satisfactory
answer to the charge made in the
above editorial. Since the 1st Janu-
ary there has been no mail communi'
cation with Elberton, by way Of
Lowndesville, until last week, when
she mail went through-the week
previous the mail went only as far as
Lowndesvile. Saturdays mail
brought four weeks issue of the El'
berton papers, There is route to
Elberton by way Of Heardment,; but
most of the mail matter being sent tc
points on the Lowndesville route, that
has beon the only route used for send
ing papers. 1t is absurd to hold the
Postmaster responsible for tho trans
mission of the mails, when the mai
contractor fails to do his duty; and
that there has been such failure, ap
pears from the following letter o.
the Postmaster at Ruckersvillc:
RUcKERsv1LLE, Ga, /
January l8, 1873. !
Mr.. Lawson, Postmaster, Abdevi1e C
H., S. G.: -,
DEAR SIR-Tho mail from Able
Vile, Via Lowndcsvi!e, to Elbertor
has not passed this place truckers
WILEY since the LIST of January, Wha1
is the cause? Please look into it. ant
see why we don't get our mails from
that way. That's the only mai
which gives US q let-out, There is 6
perfect stand-stills uf mails with por
tions of our County when there is
failure of the Abheville mails. This
place is the end ofsth be Anderson
route, and with no'SRt-let for oul
western mails unless the Abbeville
mail passes. Your prompt attcntio'
will much oblige the Postmaster,
II. B. CLEAVELAND.
A word of qualification, or com
mendation, in behalf Of our Post
master, Mr.. Lawson, would be a work
of supererogation with those 10 whom
he is known, He has been our Post
master since 1862, and We suppose
that no town in this State, or ever
Georgia, Gncluding Elberton) car
Ooast more efficient and competent
officer. His returns to the Depart
meut at Washington are made
promptly, and challenge official scru
tiny. AbbeVillo has good reason te
congratulate herself upon having ar
officer 80 efficient, and so courteous
and obliging.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-02-05

New SIaNs.-Messrs. Nelson 4
Cannon and Seal, Sign & Robertson
are sporting new signs, which are
both conspicuous and elegant.
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NOTICE.
All Administrators. Exec
utors, Guardians,
Trustees, &c.,

y & +L,E,. I.
ARE hereby required to make their
Annual Returns for the year 1872, on
account Of the Estates which they rep
|seut,
Chapter XlI Section i. General
Statutes Of South Carolina, provides:
SECTION l. That executors or, admin.
istrators shall annually, while any es.
tate shall remain In their care or custa.
dy, at the first Court to be held after the
first day of January, render to the
Judge of Probate Of the County, from
whom they obtained probate OF will or
letters of administration, g just and true
account, upon oath, OF the receipts and
expenditures of such estate the proceed.
ing year, which, when examined and
approved, shall be deposited with the
tilveptory aud appraisement, or other
papers belonging to such estate, IN tho
office of the said Judge of Probate, there
to be kept for the. Inspection ct suol
persons as may be interested In the said
estate.
Chapter CT, Section 2, also provides;
SEC, 2. All guardians of estates, ap-
pointed by the Judge Of Probate, shall
render to him an annual account Of
their actings and doings, as executors
or administrators are required by law
to do, aud upon making default, shall
forfeit their commissions.
C. w. GUFF1N.
J. Pro. A, g.
J. C. WosMANsKy,
&, G. Pro. A, Z.
Feb. 5, 1879, 43-tf.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-02-05

m3 The February number OF
the Ruul Carolman has been re-
ceived. It is an excellent number.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-02-05

re- The Mansion House in Green,
villc is offered for sale.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-02-05
W Advertisements,

.cccnc Vegetable & Flower.
SS6US Plants, Roses, Dahlias,
Fuchias, Geraniums, Bedding Plants,
Gladiolus, etc. Send a stamp for Drcer's
Gdrdes, Calender, 168 pages, illustrated,
with practical directions. HENRY
A. DREER, III Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia, Ps.
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s@~ Hon. James l.. Orr, Russian
sails for New York to-day.
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ma. Prominent capitalists of New
York have memorialized Congress
abainss-sho repeal Of the Bankrupt
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Wednesday, February S, 1873.

TERMS. Three dollars year, in ad
Banee.
No subscriptions taken for a shorter
Hme than six months.
Transient advertisements are charged
eor at the rate or ONE DOLLAR per lnch
space for the first insertion, and FIFTY
GENTS for each subsequent insertion.
A liberal deduction from the above
rates is made to persons advertising oy
the quarter or by The year.
p@- All obituary notices and tributes
Of respect are charged for at the usual
rates Of advertising.
Our Agents in Charleston
The advertising agency of Messrs
WALKER, EVANS & COGSM ELL
represented by ROSWELL T.LOGAN
ESQ. is the only authorized agency 1o'
this paper in Charleston,
nR- Messrs. GRIFFIN & HOFF
MAN are our authorized agents for Bal
timOre.
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Notice.

A IL persons indebted to the late
IA. firm of QUARI.ES, PERRIN &
CO., are earnestly to make payment TO
us. Interest at the rate of Twelve per
cent, per annum will be charged on all
accounts past due, from lst of January
last,
QUARLES & PERRIN,
Feb. 4, 1873, 43-tf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-16

Furniture and House Furnishing Goods.
BENZ. ADAMS, cor. Exchange and Fed
erai streets.
HOOPER & EATON, Old Post Oniee,
Exchange Street.
u. n. HONT, Nc. ~ Prs Bile street. Up
hOisfering done 20 order.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-16
Butler and that Bo .

In his younger days Ben Butler was
school teacher at Dracut, a little place oppo-
site Lowell, and among his scholars was a
boy named Ray, who subsequently became an
Episcopal clergyman. aud finally developed
into newspaper writer. Butler was then a
lank, long-hared, crossed-eyed, queer looking
character, and was the terror of the scholars.
He often got into an uncomfortable rage
with them, and fell upon them with tongue
and rattan. Que day Ray gave him offense
in some way. Butler made speech at him,
wild in its invective (very much like his more
recent speeches), threatening him with mnr
der slaughter and all sorts of horrors, and
finally, losing all self control, he made rush
Tor the offender, who, however, sprang for the
door, got out, and took to his heels Butler
seized big jack-knite which was laying open
on his desk, leaped over the benches, and
with hatless head, heelless slippers, and long
tailed coat, gave chase. The boy was fleet of
foot, and ran for his lif', getting ahead of the
stumbling teacher. Butler kept up the race.
however, yelling after his flying victim, pur-
sued him through Dracut, crosse the bridge
over the Merrimack river at the height of his
speed, entered Lowell at full galop, blowing
tremendously, and rushed through the streets
after his prey, to the aniazement of the men,
women and children who happened to witness
the scene. 1t was b g Bethel affair or Fort
Fisher eXplos on. The boy escaped. and get
ting to his home after two hours race, made
faces from the second story at Butler, VINO
bursting with chaerin, had to pick up his col
lapsed nerves and wend his bareheaded way
back to Dracut, with the closed jack-knife in
his pocket. The story would not be worth
recalling, if it were not so very characteristic
of Butler.-Cincinnat Commercial.
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SOCIAL HILosoPHY.-Wisdon, says En-
erson, will never let us stand with any man
or men on untriendly footing. We refuse
sympathy and intimacy with people, as if we
waited for some better sympathy and intima-
cy to come. But whence and when? To-
morrow will be like to-day. Life wastes itself
while We are preparing to live. Let US suck
the sweetness of those affections and consue-
tudes that grow rear Us. Undt uotedly. we
can easily pick faults In our company, c. n
easily whisper names prou Ter an that tick
the fancy more. Every mans imaginati, n
hath its friends; and pleasant would life lie
with such companions. BuS if you cannot
have them on ,od, mutual terms, you can
not have them. If not the Deity, but our
ambition, hews and shapes the new relations,
their virtue escapes, as strawberris IS lose their
flavor in gaIden beds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-16
o. Nj. & ID. w. NASH,
Nichols Dust and Gas Tight
Wrought Iron Furnaces

rE,HE invention Of the WROUGHT IRON FUR
n MACE, was the result Of a thor0ngh and pains
taking Investigation by DT. JANIS X. NICHOLS, Ed
itor Of the Bost journal OF Chemistry into m. OBJ
jecions or defects in nearly all the Hot Air Furnaces
DOW 10 use. During he asst three years Five Hun
dren have been Id. They have proved competent
10 supply delightful, pure current of run air 10
Churches, stores. School Houses and Dwellings and
IN every place where used they have been a perfect
success and given entire saIisfactitn.
The great Distinguishing features Of this Furnace
are its Simplicity o. Construction, the Ierfecf sa e
guards ageinsi the passage ~ Dust and deIee erious
coal gases into he rooms warmed by it, The heat
radiaing surfaces are made of Il Her Iron rivited
together IN the same manner as Sea oilers an
not particle Of gas or dust can p ss through The
original of this Furnace constructed three wears
ago by Dr. Mic OILS, for private use as a Safeguard
against those infTacti0ns Of the laws of health 10
which be himself well others were subjected by
the use a Hot Air Flu naces DR. Nichols saws with
three ars use OF my Furnace am satisfied that no
deieterious gases or dust can flow into the rooms
from it,
In the NICHOLS WROUGHT IRON FCRNA E
we have coal burning device much cheaper than
any Steam Apparatus. less troublesome, one which
supplies air as pure and healthful as that rom
Steam nr bot water. 1t does away with all the seri
Gus obe tio..s which have existed against Hot Air
Furnaces and its sanitary adva tageS are such s to
commend it 10 the attention all intelligent Honse
owneis and heads of Fami les.
d. M. e. ID. w. NASH.
Portland, july 1873 iy2Sdtf
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PRE-RAPHAE LITE CLorHEs.-Iu England

PRE-RAPHAE LITE CLoTHEs.-In England
there is little band of pre-Raphaeites, COM
posed OF painters snd poets and art critics,
and men with genius for appreciation, and
their wives. Morris and his wife belong to
this band, and Rossetti and his sisters, and
Holman Hunt. The ladies of this set have
adopted costume of their own. II YOU
meet in society woman who loo as il She
had stepped out Of one Of Fra Angelico's or
Peruginos pictures-with long skirts. that
sweep but do no. rustic, fashioned o. material
costly as their purse can buy, but severely
simple; with jewels in quaint, antique set
ting; with laces fine as iorst-work and yellow
as amber-you are sure to hear some one say
to some one else: "That is one of the pre-
Raphaelite ladies'"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-16

THE DRESS OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS
WoMEN.-Thei- loose dress gives grace as
well as dignity to their movements; aud who
ever invented it for them deserves more cied-
IL than he has received. IL is little startling
at first to see women walking sb0ut in what,
to our perverted tastes, look like calico or
black stuff night gowns; but the dress grows
on you as you become accustomed to it; it
lends itself readily TO bright ornamentation;
il is emine0tly fit for the climate; and a state
" Hawaiian dame, marching through the
street in black hOlaku-as the dress is called
brilliant yellow flowers, bare and untram-
meled feet and flowing hair, compares tavora-
bly, with high-heeled, wasp-wasted, absurd
ly-bonneled. fashionable white lady.-Charles
NordhOf.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-16

o"hAViU Improved ReITlgeratOrS.
4 ne Inree points OF excellence which claim are,
list, constant and thorouh circulation of pure air;
~, iyness no dampuess mond nor tavnt; 3rd; no
u nIos, OF odors; purity and active air, the
eieents OF IT'S success. Can, send for circulars
Mali1Tiacturel and for sale by j. f. MERRILL, be-
tweeb cross and Cotton sts., near Leavtt Burnham
SCo.s Ice House, Portland. Me. je5dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-16

George W. Knox of Cleveland is considered
by his fellow-townsmen to be the foremost
whittier ofail this republic. He has now un-
dertaken p ece of work of this kind that to-
tally eclipses anything ever attempted by any
body. 1t is interded fnr the great centennial
Exposition to be held in Philadelphia in 1876,
when be proposes to show the world what
Yankee knows about whiting He has a
plank over twelve feet long, twenIy-six inches
thick, which he is engaged during his leisure
hours in working up on most elaborate and
ingenious plan.
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Lost,

Lost,
Am Saturday. Sept. 18th, between Oxford and
~ Maple streets, the lower part of fine Gold Ear
IJewe'. The finder will receive two dollars by leay
ing II at +. W. BUTTONS Store. corner Of oxford
and Chestnut streets.
Portland, Sept. 18th, 1873. se15d3ts
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Uses OF WASTE PAPER Waste name

USES OF WASTE PAPER Waste paper
can be made to perform variety of service in
household economy. Any su face like a stovo
or CRATE requiring backing can be kept
bright for long time by being rubbed daily
with waste paper. Windows, or any glass
surface that has been thoroughly washed, can
be wiped and polished with pieces of soft
newspaper. Tin that has been secured. or
silver that has been rubbed, can be Frightened
in the same way. Several tn cknesses of news
paper laid under carpets are an economical
substitute for the material found at the car
pet stores for the same purpose. House plants
covered by newspapers will resist the frosts
on cold nights. and outdoor plants can be
protected in the same way. Newspapers
placed between blankets have the effect of
additional bedding. These are only few of
the uses OF waste paper that could easily be
enumerated We recon uend it as a house
hold agent, because the supply is unlimited,
and because, after having done duty once, it
can be sill available for use as kindling, or
be sold to the dealers in the article.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-16

Agency for Sewing Machines.
w. y. DYER, No. 252 Middle 81. All
ksnds of Machines for sale and 10 let.
Repairing.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-16

There is livery stable keeper in Albany
who never lets horse without exacting a
promise that the lessee will drive slowly One
day, last week, youth who wished to attend
afuueral, applied to the livery man for horse.
MY friend, yol, can have one if you'll agree
to drive Slow" swell, see here, I'm going
to funeral, and Tn bound to keep up with
the procession if it kills the horse.''
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-16

Voltaire had an actor, Pauline; at Ferney.
who played The tyrant in his private theatri-
Gals. Voltaire slept very little, and passed
the night in making changes in his pieces
About three O'Clock, one morning, having
thought of new speech for Pauln, he woke
up his servant, and ordered him to carry it 10
the ACTOR. But, sir" said the servant, 'the
poor man isn't up at this timep' go to
him." cried the poet, Immediately; tyranis
never eeD.n
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-16

The first instance of failure of divorce
suit ever chronicled in Indiana occurred the
other day in the case of lady whose husband
died just before the judges decision could be
rendered, and there is a strong feeling in fav-
or OF committing the attending physician for
contempt of court in not keeping the defen-
dant alive long enough for his matrimonial
career to be terminated in the regular way.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-16

Santa Barbara. CAL, is healthy locality
and noted resort for invalids, but the cou-
sumptves and other feeble people are said to
turn little pale on lending at the wharf,
where the first and most conspicuous object
that greets their eyes is an undertaker's sign:
Burial cases for sale here"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-16

The New York World says an I1dian boy
with wild cat clawed on to his back has been
running about Texas for week or more. He
can get no relief, as people are afraid that in
shooting the cat they may kill the boy. This
adhesive cat must be the connecting lynx Of
ten referred to by scientific men.