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elections Of the coming tall for the
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elections Of the coming tall for the
next House Of Representatives.
Percontro, the democrats arc hope
full of general popular reaction
against the party in power. They
hold that it has failed to meet the
expectations Of the country from
this session of Congress, and that,
South and West particularly, it has
become demoralized and will suffer
serious disasters; that really there is
no longer any confidence between
tho party and the administration,
and that General Grant will not lift
q finger to help the party in these
approaching elections that the re-
trcnchment of this late session signi,
fly nothing, while the manifests ten:
denotes of the republicans to grand
despotic, and costly centralized gov
ernment will tell heavily against the
party, and that with all its soft appli.
Iances to the Grange they will carry
off the balance of power in the West,
whilo the odious CirM Rights bill;
still hanging like the sword Damooles
over the heads of the whitotrace--
will opcrute to drive the republican
white balance of power where it ex-
lists in tho Southern States to tho op.
position side.
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Public School Meeting.
&GREEswooD, s. 8: e.
% ~ June 26th, 1874.

20 49, n June abth, 1914. j.
Editor Press and Banner.' 4 :
2 A public school meeting for Green
wood township convened pursuant to
call by Chairman Of Board Of Trustees,
at IL o'clock. to-day. The meeting
was organized by electing J. Bailey,
chairman, and;WJK. Blake, Seere:a-
ry.. The Chairman of the Board Of
Trustees, J. R. Tarrant, Esq, gave a
settlement of the disbursement of
funds up to The close Of June. A
resolution to tax the. township sl.00
was declared. by The Chairman, adopt,
cd. Upon an expression of dissatis.
faction as to, tho correctness of the
Chairman's decision, the. motion was
rcconsidered, and q resolution to
raise five hundred dollars unanimous
y adopted. I Il Nh, II, -
W, K. BLAKE, Secretary, .
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-
> TIE CAROLINA MILITARY INsTI-
rUrE.- .-We;are indebted for an in
to the Commencement Ex-
ercises. of this rwell-known. and
popular institutionlwhich came off
on, Thursday ,, ayy and Friday Of the
past week. The College '':i is now o,
under the Charge rof Cox ,J., p.
Tbomas;ian accomplished and sue
cessful instructor, assisted by an
ableiF Faculty, and ;presentssstropg
claims ito public patronage I We
commend 1T to the favor Of our
friends. 81
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! Council OF ORANGES. BY refer
ence to the advertisement in anoth-
er'column, it will be seen that this
body will hold it's next regular
quarterly meeting on Wednesday
the 9Th inst, at Abbeville Court
Housesat3 o'clock P. NJ. A Aprompt
attendance Of. delegations from the
various Oranges is desired.
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Changes in the Fax Law

=
!. The Charleston Ne1oe s. Courier;
calls attention to some changes made
by the recent law regulating the as
sessment and taxation Of; property,
which will doubtless enure very
much to the benefit of the taxpayer.
Fhe first is the provision=of the law,
making it the, duty Of the, County
Auditor, in case he makes any addi.
ton to the value Of property as re.
turned, to give written notice to the
taxpayer Of least fifteen days before
the meeting Of the Board Of Equal.
zation. This is but just, andis very
great improvement upon the old law
under which the taxpayer was kept
in ignorance1of these increased valu.
ations until it was too late to rectify
them. The other change is in the
constitution of the Board of Eauali.
zation, tho law providing that instead
Of the County Commissioners three
intelligent tax-paying citizens shall
be selected by the circuit Judge, who
together with the County Auditor
and County Treasurer, shall consti,
tute the Board. The powers Of the
Board are however limited, so that
whilst they are authorized to raise. OF
lower individual assessments, they
have not tho power to reduce the
aggregate! value of the real and sper.
sonal property Of tho county. The
present law is q very great improve
mcnt upon the old law, for which WE
have reason to be thankful. T,r3
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. scnooj1 DisrhiIcf MEEr+Its'd. NJ IN "A
public mocting Of the. citizens Of; this
Township was held in ii the i,f'I court
house on Saturday: last, for, the pur.
pose Of making the annual assess
mcnt for schools, and after o bolster
Gus session in which various speakers
ventilated their sentiments, and those
who. paid least, talked. 1loudcst, a
tax Of twenty-five hundred dollars
was levied, being the sameowith that
of last year. By resolution the tax
is to be applied to the current expen-
scs and no appropriation was made to
pay the past Indebtedness.
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AGrn COURT. - The Extra Term
of our Court occupied four days of
the past week, and on Thursday
afternoon the business of the Court
was adjourned over until Monday
the 9th July. AS his Honor Judge
Cooke doubted his authority to ad-
journ the term beyond one day at a
time, the Clerk was directed to
publish daily continuances until the
returnof the Judge. 9n5 ls .so5
Several important cases were
passed upon.oa In tho case OF Gro
mer VS.. Cromer, for alimony, after
learned argument, his Honor re-
fused the motion for a new trial,
and directed testimony to be taken
as to the proper amount to be
awarded for alimony. In the case
of Wood vs. Executors of Belchcr
the question Of the liability Of ad.
ministrators, who had made a par.
tial settlement, and distributed an
estate, was involved. The Court
decided that as they had taken nc
refunding bond, ard the estate hac
been scattered and wasted, that the
administrators had made themselve:
personally table, In the case o.
McLarcn VS.. KNOX, brought to sub
iect real estate in the hands Of pur
chaser to an annuity created by
will, his Honor held that the rea
estate was charged unless the per
soual property had been applied tc
its satisfaction, and directed an en-
quiry as to the facts, Several e j! i'm q
portant cases await the decision o
his Honor on his return, and vii
likely occupy a good part Of the
week.
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QQKESBIIRY..- q
INNINGS.

Resolute-. ..... .,..,., D.. ~,.t H.. ....
4 95'5 3 II T. 6 4 l---50
Cokesbury- -,a.! "s. ".t'-. -'' ..s.!G .s.
1st. I'd. Sd. 4th. 5th.. Gkh. '7th. 9Th. 9th 7
2 5 2, 6 / y 3-23
Time of game, Oh. 55m. Umpire, G.
a. c. 'Watler, Of the Star Club Of Green
wood.
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Tax Returns, ,
.l = u sis.SF sssi
~ - :.-J .sssF.s,yfasstG ia,
Auditors 0hCe, AbbeyAls gealtI,,

II ANaS -yDtS al, y-5ey@'sf I4i ssl ~
ABBEY1IbE, its!i ~, i June ] ~
-TH1s:;oo1&e e Will, be- open from on
the 1st day Of Julysso The Goth
4day of August next to receive Z
returns4oB allpP Personal Proper
|ty,Moneys, Credits Investments =
in Bonds, Joint Stock eonlpa-
nies, or otherEh i IL !.
+ ]EY,.,A 4Also a eompaets return ofs all
Real Property, Lands and
Buildings under control as own
ers on, h helllers, lller q as Assh y = galg ggndsgs
parents, guardians, trustees, ex-
exutors, alinihis toysY feeeits
ers, attornse 81 3 sspr B = factors % The
first ,daysofi July .kalS 4sain ae4.stf
eordanicce e VIII With Joint B ssefution :,
[of the Legislature providing
for the leIassessdnknt ofReal ]
Estate in 1874" approved
March 17th, f874.@i y Z. ss'' ,,e.', .ss.fI -.
a.sAs ar accommodatioq to tax
payers of the Codnty, who re-
side AT a distance, from this lcoff- 3,
fee, the following persons Will = ~
be supplied with blanks, and
authorized to- receive returns Sof
all real and personal property,
viz; All Trial Justices and No
tsaries Public in the various
Townshipsiwho are competent !
anSwho may apply for the
blanks at this Office ~ -
-, All persons are required to:
ketheirreturns betWeenJuly q
1 and: August 20, andaftefIthatl I
date any taxpayers who shall
have failed to make their re-. =
turns will be charged with the
property gs5 and tlllFtlf fftyypss y Cent? Ed saan
ded thereto.
' Every male. person between
the ages Of '21 and so years,
whether owning property ftor
Rot, except those unable OF earn
ing a support from being mann p.
ed or otherwise disabled, are +.
liabletosa poAstax, ,gand are res. $
quired1 to make their returns.
All persons failing to make
their returns ofr,their polls will
be required totpaysa double tax,
and Oh failure to, do so, are lia- :
bic to be indicted and impris7
oned ten days, in accordance
With Act No. 287,, Sessions OF
1928. .3aa5i4gI&
, Tax payers are re-
spectflllly requested to report
Ill persons who ~evade makipga
ust and fair return, :
r n MTI,F0RD.
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School District Meeting: at AbbeVille
ABpEv1LLE c. H., 8. G.,

~ ABpEv1LLE c. H.: 8. e., |
,.,'... ~ . %, Junes2s, 1874. !
Pursuant to a notice by the Clerk oi
the Board of Trustees for the eleventh.
school district of Abbeville County,
published in accordance with Section
IS Cbaptcr * XTxxIX J, Xll Of the revised sta,
'tutes of South Carolina. gaG9xa u; it4.
The meeting was calledfto order. at II
NJ, by A. Ellison. On notion w. S.
Finley, "A. j.. Titus was elected Chair
man and L.iL.sGutfin requested to act
Secretary. .s!EH.@I2.
q H. w. Lawson submitted the follow
ing report, on account. receipts and eX-
penditures for the eleventh school dis
trict, Abbevllle county, S. C.y to wit:
Amount assessessed for local pur-
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Bal. casli on hand 1st June, IA 81 ,2g. rs
Number of schools l6. . t'iss rEsii%sl 't';
iiir.. tt a5m teaehers10. - 81 q i%idaN3
.fdAverage pay Of teachers, $ S39.25 per
month. Received as infOrInation.N 'i- I
On notion Gen. s.. AIcGowan, the
following preamble and resolution was
adopted: = 'St+' 2 >
WHEREAS Mr.. John Knox purchased
school certificates from .yarious persona
to whdias stliey bad beehs issuasi for the
year lSR, ndfailthg @tosget the money
on them from the treasurer, said school
district N II, and is sesking to obtain
Judgment against said school district, In
its corporate capacity: - '.'' - "a 80. o...
LAND, WHEREAS, the school Trustees
are not authorized to- pay AMY, of the.
fundslpf tho Current fiscal year to- old
debts, and have employed. Messrs. Me-
GOwan & Parker to resist the said clain
Of Knox. 'h3"5'', ..'..st?f ~ 'i!z 4"
- Resoleed, That the action of the
School Trustees in resisting the recoy5
cry of Judgment by Mr.. John Knox
against the SclieoI District No. IL is
and the said School Trustees
are authorized and directed to resist the
recovery of Judgment by Knox in every
way deemed advisable, aud to pay there
for the necessary expenses and fees.
On motion of +. Cain S2500.00 were
ordered to be collected for the purpose of
defraying the currentgeXpenses of the
free schools for District No. il, Able
vile County, for the fiscal; year 1870,
commencing November l, 1874: &c. =
On motion Mr.. Leslie, therf following
resolution was adopted:
Rcsolrcd, Thatthe schools of, School
District No. Il continue. while there is
funds to pay the teachers; without va
cation. sya-j.,cYs} .E1o2
There being nd further business the
adjournedisiae diefneA
-. A. J. TITUS,
~ .2GG 4 4SIlfJ lCiiairman.cC q
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THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
of. the colleges at Due West occupy
to-day and tomorrow. It is our
expectation to be present, and we
trust to be able to give 2 full report
efsthe proceedings lip our next is
sue. =. ,fs.S s.4,
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W..Il IL, ~1aa.-..

/. ,Da We had the pleasure on
Monday Of meeting here our, old
friend, Major s. j: Jones, formerly
of our town, but nov Of Green
-: II :, -
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@ The Commencement exer-
cises at tho Williamson Female
College come off on on Wednesday Of
the present week. F,r,,-..-, .&.,,>.
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L. L. GUrFIN, Clerk. $

BANK OF THE iSrATE.-The.report
of the taxpayers committee ap-
pointed by the late convention,
shows lavish expenditure and i'm
provident management,o t,of tho, assets
of the Bank.
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gS- We had the pleasure a few

BE-. We had the pleasure a few
days since of receiving a visit from
Col. James A. Hoyt, tha able edit
or of the Anderson hltclligehcer, one
of the most, influential, Of, the : up
country! journals, who visited our
town in the interests Of the Mason
ic fraternity, of wllichzhe lead
ing member. The Colonel is !. a
prominent citizen Of Anderson,
and active in every good word and
work. Anderson can boast Of no
ADLER man Or more useful citizen
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TIE De Ia: Howe EsrArE.-Mr.
Robert Jones has been appointed a
member Of the new Board Of Ttus;
tees Of tins institution, in the place Of
Mr.. r. NJ. Christian, resigned. This
is very excellent appointment and
we arc, sure will, give, very general
satisfaction.G I'VE learn that arrange
ments are ! lln. progress which aye, de,
signedto remove oil objections toatEe
present Board and TO. relieve them
from, the injunction which lnowyre-
strains them from ANY interferehec
in the management Of the. Estate ! /.
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BB The weather during the
past week has been hot and dry
the'thermomcter ranging as high
as $40.
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IA. M. AIKEN, sec'ty and Treas. n
July l 12zlt 81 49, - q
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POLITICAL: ESTIMATES. OF THE SESSION.
.Thercpublicans say they will go
confidently sbefore the people in the
coming elections for the next Con-
gross. upon the record of the late
long session that they can point
with satisfaction tothe rctrenchments
they have.made in the annual eXpen-
diturcs, to.the general resuscitation
of the business affairs of the country
under o republican administl alton
that harmony still prevails and will
be maintained between the admins
trationI md.itho Republican party J;
that whether General Grant lis Or is
not,inqthe field for another .Presiden-
tial,term is at this time q question Of
no practical Importance; that the OPP
position. .eliments are ,hopelessly .diyi-
ded, ,.while:gthe republican siparty is
and Teorga ing its forces.
to,fecoYersthe ground it hasl lost, and
shat it will secure q working nonght
pechaps q reduced majority in thel
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July.1, 1874, 12-2ts
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Foreign News.

LONDON, August An the game of
base ball yesterday afternoon at Lord )
cricket ground, between the Red Stock
ings and the Athletics, the Bostonians
reached the first base nine times by err
rors Of their opponents, and the Athlet-
les won the game in two hours and ten
minutes. The bowling of the Americans
in game Of cricket was weak. The
newspapers consider that the playing by
the Americans of base ball and cricket
on the same day gave the Marylebone
Club an advantage. The journals pub
lish long details Of the game of base
ball, giving full explanations, and refer
particularly to the beautiful catching of
the Americans.
LONDON, August 4.-The German Gov
eminent has sent o note to the Versailles
Government protesting against the Pyr-
irres being made a Carlist arsenal. and
declaring that unless France maintains
neutrality in the Spanish question, Ger
many will ask other powers to interfere.
The British steamship Corinth, Capt,
Egan, which left New York July 18th for
Liverpool, has been lost of Galley Head,
Ireland, together with her cargo. The
crew was saved.
WASHINGTON, August 4.-The steamer
Dispatch left here to-day with Senators
Conover, Sargent, and Norwood. of the
Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, and
Rear Admiral Rogers on board. Senator
Cragin, Chairman of the Committee, will
join at Philadelphia. The committee
will visit the navy yards and stations on
the Atlantic coast, with view of inquir.
ing into the expediency of reducing
the number as instructed by the Senate
at the last session.
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Pacific Coast.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3-Tbe Board OF
| Supervisors passed to print resolution
for purchasing the Spring Valley Water
| Works and all the water rights and sup
ply sources in the vicinity of the city.
Chief Cockrill has detailed Is police
men, charged with the special duty of
attending to the hoodlums in all parts
of the city. The first results was the ar
rest Of a large number of them last night.
City and County Attorney Burnett Is
drawing up an application to the Pro-
bate Court for Mayor Otis to be APP
pointed guardian of the idiot boy Zip,
who was on exhibition few days since
at the side-show of Queen circus.
SAN Francisco. August 1.-Two men
engaged in a genuine prize fight to-day
| on Sansome street, near Pacific. with
| bottle holders and seconds. The fight
had not proceeded long. however, when
five or six policemen came on the scene
and arrested the principals, umpire bot
tle-holders and several spectators.
SAN Francisco, August 4.-Senator
j. p. Jones is expected to arrive in few
days.
At meeting of the Bay District Fair
Association to-day, Stanford was elected
President.
WApswoRTH. New, August Am
ARRAY occurred yesterday morning
AT a ranch about four miles north
of this place, between two men
named r. s. Pratt and j. l.. Downs, in
which Pratt was shot. He was killed
almost instantly. Downs claims to have
shot him in self-defense. The disputed
ownership of a ranch or portion of it
seems to have been the original difficulty.
both parties claiming it. At the time of
the shooting Pratt had entered and was
occupying Downs house, which had
been temporarily vacated, and Downs
finding him there, ordered him away,
when Pratt assailed him with butcher
knife and followed him to the door,
when Downs TUNED and shot him
through the window. Downs immedi-
ately gave himself up. Deceased is a
native of Indiana, aged 65 years.
Los ANGELES, Aug. 4,-Deputy Sheriff
johnson has returned from the Solidad
country, where he has been to trace up
Chavez. He is satisfied that the indi.
vidual who did the shooting with Texas
was not Chavez.
The contract for dredging the bar al
Wilmington, has been awarded to A
Boschki Work will be commenced Oh
the 18th OF September. According to tn.
terms of the contract, he is to take ou
l,50O cubic yards of sand per month, til
100 900 yards more or less are removed
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 4.-The certificate
of incorporation OF the San Benito banl
was filed to-day. Place of business
Hollister; capital, 100000.
SEATTLE, CAL, Aug. A boat con
J tanning w. G. Herod, wife and tire,
t children with Miss Smith, was upset il
a the bay to-day about noon. Mrs. Hero.
, and her youngest child were drowned.
SAN DIEGO, August 4.-The miners a
3 Julian had grand jubilee ON the Is
o over the decision of the Cuyamaca case
SAN FRANoIsoo, August Al. "
Stowe, a well-known merchant of thi
o city, died this afternoon. He occupie
several very important public positions
and was universally esteemed.
, The ore from the Chollar- otosi min
= averages 500 to the ton; 62G tons wer
, taken from the mine last week.
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DEFERRED KILOGRAMS,

New York, August 1.-At the usual
Friday evening meeting, on that night at
the Plymouth Church, illusions to
Beecher were frequent. Mr.. Halliday in
his remarks chose the following text:
behold how good and blessed it is for
brethren to dwell together in unity. /"
He read letters from old ministers of the
church, expressing great confidence in
their pastor.
The following is published this morn
ing by a mutual friend OF Beecher and
Tilton:
~ know Mr.. Tilton; he told me that
Mr.. Moulton, having learned that Mr..
Beecher had got possession of the paper
which Mrs. Tilton wrote clearing him of
wrong doing, went to Mr.. Beecher' s
house to get it. don't know, positive.
whether he used threats, but know that
he went with pistol in his pocket, pre-
pared to get the paper, by threats, if
necessary. know he came away with
the paper in his possession; Mr.. Tilton
told me 30 at the time"
DR.. Bacon says, my Eelief is that
Tilton has been three years cackling to
lay this egg. and has used my lecture as
pretext. The Investigating Committee
is poor substitute for legal proceedings,
and its verdict. in any case, will be I'M
satisfactory. l feel no sympathy for
Tilton. and withdraw my confidence in
Beecher with the greatest reluctance.
The Tribune says that it is widely re-
ported that Mrs Isabella Beecher Hook
or, an intimate friend of Mrs. Woodruff,
avows her belief in her statement as sub
stantislly true. and has herself urged her
brother to make q public confession.
A letter from Italy says: "Chaos is
king and had last years dearth been re-
peated in the present state of public feel
ing, crisis must have occurred. The
moderate party, who have ruled exclu-
sively for fourteen years, are utterly dis
credited by all the countries on the con.
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LETTER FROM ARIZONA.
MINERAL PARK, Mohave county, |

MINERAL PARK, Mohave county,
July 1S, 1874.
FRIEND HEhMAN: After you left here
matters and business grew worse, but now
we have a considerable of q showing.
Bob steen is sinking on the Keystone,
and has frst-class prospect. He is at
a depth of 160 feet, has 4 feet Of ledge,
with 20 inches Of pay rock, at about
$500, and the balance good quartz. If
you had the same showing in Phoebe or
eny other place outside of Arizona, it
would probably be worth a million.
Steen has Just left for San Francisco for
hosting works. We bonded our Fair
field some time ago, and think we will
make sale this year ut good figure.
Col. Buel is erecting furnace and also
prospecting mill, and has fine pros
poets. Altogether, We are making good
stand think before long the mining
world will hear from us. John Patty,
Bill Ridenour and Johnny Kite, took
trip to Diamond River, and were nearly
took" in by some renegade Hualapai
Indians. They had to leave animals,
packs, and everything but their arms,
and skedaddle, and Patty thinks they
were in good luck to get out themselves.
They struck placer diggings on their trip,
and coming back had to foot it four
days and three nights without food.
Pretty rough on the boys.
remain yours truly,
d. BUCKsBAUM.