The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-09-16

Does grass grow in the streets of Lau-
rens? The town council prohibits
horses from running ut large within the
limits of the town.
Mr.. Thos. J. Adams, of the Edgcfcld
Advertiser, returned on Tuesday last
from long sojourn among the noun
tains of North Carolina.
r@. The Honest Government
League is the name of an organization
recently established in Charleston, and
is said to be receiving large accessions
from the colored.
A large number of our subscribers arc
In arrears, and We trust that they will
pay up as early as possible. we have
lust passed through hard summer, and
are In need of money.
Z TIC. Andrews, eX-treasurer of Orange
4 burg publishes his settlement with the
school commissioner of that county,
from which itappears that he had paiu
out Sl0S.S4 more than he had received.
The County Commissioners in some of
the Counties are calling upon the credit
orS of the Counties to present their
claims and have them audited before
the close of the fiscal year.
The North-East Georgian believes
Charlie Ross, the boy that was stolen
from his parents in Philadelphia some
six weeks ago, to be in Oglethorpc Coun-
ty in possession of gang Of Girsies.
Parties are in search for them. $50,
is offered for the recovery of Charlie.
Died at the Theological Seminary in
this city Yesterday morning, Mr.. X. ;.
Jackson, thirty-five years of age. He
had been preaching at Ninety Six, dur,
ing vacation, and there caught malarlal
fever, which proved fatal.-Grecnvtue
Daily Net0s. ,.,...-
The Tax Unions of Edgeficld are
urging the policy Of prescription to
those who differ with them in politics.
Gentlemen, that won't do. In a free
country like this every citizen is enti-
tied to his own religious or political
opinions, whatever they may be, and
none dare make the humblest of our
neighbors afraid.
There seems to be much ill-feeling eX-
listing between the whites and blacks of
Edgefield county. The .Edgcfetd. Ad-
$ ucrtiier says if respectable white man
was to accept Office from the Rcpubli-
cans in that county he would be forever
damned. With such feeling existing
we do not see how matters are to be i'm
proved in Edgefield. In Abbeville the
good people desire to see our best men
in Office.
In the United States District Court al
Greenville, last week, the question Of
whether a bankrupt who owed debts
prior to the adoption of the State consti
tuition, could claim his homestead o.
lands under an amendment to the bank
rupt act, came up for consideration
The Court, after patient hearing of the
case decided adversely to the home
stead.
RISES TO EXPLAIN. - Rev. Danic
Gibbcs, the colored pastor who received
q dollar from a colOred friend to bt
handed to the editor of the LaurensrMt
Herald, makes all explanation and vim
dicatess his honor. If reduced to En-
glish, we would regard the ''explana
ton" as confession Of his guilt.
NEW ORLEANS, September II.
Six more cases of muskets OH til,
steamship City of Dallas, from New
York, were seized to-day by the police
on the levee. 2SS stands Of arms, mostly
of foreign make, have been seized up tt
date on the plea of being intended t.
arm the white league clubs. Some 0
the arms seized, it is stated, were ell
tered on the steamers manifest as boots
and shoes; others rs hardware.
Matters of interest will he found il
our advertising columns. They max,
up weekly business directory, and give
our readers good idea Of the leading
merchants of our town and county, a.
well us of enterprising houses in othel
parts of the country. If you want gooo
bargains trade with men who advertise
They arc active, and in doing large
business, can live and prosper on shorter
profits. The man who sells fifty dollar:
worth of goods for one hundred dollars
is no better off than one who sells five
and fifty dollars. The buyer, hewevcr
feelsthe difference, as he pays one hun
dred per cent. in the one case and ter
per cent in the other.
The distress in certain Louisiana par
ishes is quite as great at present as il
was at the time of the inundation. 1r
the whole Black river and Tensas dis
trict not q bushel; of corn has beer
raised, aud throughout Concordia parisl
there is not enough to keep the popula
ton in bread for week. The cotton il
represented as prey to the caterpillar
and worms have eaten the little corr
that was planted after the subsiding o
the food. Letters from Concordia to th'
relief committee of New Orleans entrea
a continuance of the supplies furnished
by the charitable, for without aid man!
hundreds of families in the parish viii
soon be Oh the verge of starvation.
REMOVAL OF THE TROOPS. = Ycster
day afternoon company ID, of the lStl
infantry, commanded by Lieutenan
Mike Leahy, left this city, where it ha!
been uuartered for the last four years
for Edgefieid. The peopleof that count,
will have no cause to complain OF TIT
department or discipline of the men
They have been with us for over thirty
six months, and we part with them viii
regret. The company numbers about
forty-fve men. Company Fl, of the
same regiment, which for long time
was stationed in Chester, leaves to-day
for Abbeville. Captain Mclaughlin, 1t.
commandant, is thorough soldier ano
8 gentleman. Other companies viii
leave for other counties in a few days, OF
MS soon as the order for their removal is
received from department headquarters
hLouisyille, Kentucky.