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AntreVille Items.

Our Antreville correspondent sends us
the following:
TIE Press md Banner is gaining IA
ror at Antrcville. Every one is anX-
ious to read your serial story which is
proving to be interesting. The people
know how to appreciate a good paper
and are subscribing literally to the
Press and Banner. Long may it wave.
Mr.. WIN. CRowTHER, an old and re-
spectacle citizen, has been regular
subscriber to the Press and Banner for
twenty years, therefore, has made q
good living and raised a nice family.
His good lady says she would rs soon
part with one of her daughters as with
the Press and Banner.
THE King Of Antreville is very jubi-
liant over letter which he received
from Arkansas. 1t read as follows
"tholimus I void like to Sc you and
hear you talk and laf and tell big tails
but I never will without you come to
Arkansas what you Promust to do. now
give my love to Rol and rite soon to
your "deer frank" as you yusto cal me )"
QUITE a pleasant party came off at
Robert Bells on Saturday night last.
Speer was there with his string band
and the dancing was kept up till the
1--WE sma' hours" The dancing over,
good substantial supper was served
The crowd then began to disperse, and
soon every one was in the arms of
tired natures sweet restorer."
ENocH 3. is paying his respects TO a
Miss D.
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The Auditors WdEk

=. Messrs. L. II. Russell, z5. AZ Ter,
and J. Y. Jones, are still taxing tax re.
turns Of personal property IA sotas res
sections the people turned out rsnarka-
bly, well to meet the Auditor, bnt in
other localities they have not done SO
well. Our friends Will remember that
the time for making returns expires on
the 10Th July, after which time tue
penalty for not making returns Will at
tach. AT Greenwood, Donaldsville,
Due West and Dorn's Mine, Mr.. Jones
informs US that the people have nearly
all made returns, but at otherpoints the
returns are not so general. 81. -,
fThe Auditor will be at Low desyllle
Thursday, Friday and Saturday OF Is
week, and at: Black and; MICA dams tls' on
the 9Th and 7th ofJuly. We~wolnltd e,lLt
remind our readers of the necessity OF
not neglocting the opportunity Oh ma
king their returnssz
Mr.. J. Y. Jones, Assistant Auditor
saws he found IN Indian Hill one
negro, George Postell, 65 years old, the
father of twcnty-one children. Mr..
Jones reports the finest grain crops OIL
the Cambridge lands known in years.
The new County movement, he says,
is creating considerable talk Throughout
the Comfy. We learn that the ne"
County is pretty generally opposed ex-
cept by those living in the locality Oh
the proposed new Court House.
THE dogs of this County will average
more than one to each family in the
County. 1t is said that no colorcd fam
ilv is without one Of these pests.
TIE crop OF dogs in this County is
the largest ever returned before.
THE people of the County with few
exceptions are making fair returns OF
the true value of their property.
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NINETY SIX was besiegcd in May
and June, l7S1. Six years from now
those of us who have not passed over
the river may have celebration of our
own, when We will entertain with our
best ability as many Of our neighbors as
may honor us with their presence.
THE red oat crop of this County is
more abundant than was ever know be-
fore. 1t is believed by some that there
is now enough rcd oats in the County to
feed every horse in it until Christmas
We know there is an enormous increase
of the crop, but we doubt if to that OK
tent.
CHANCE CLINKSCALEs, like q sensi-
bic man, has given up his hopes for po-
liticAl honors, and gone to work in good
earnest. Last Monday he exhibited AT
this Office Il cotton bloom rs evidence of
his industry and thrift.
AN unknown person, whom it is sup
posed had invested literally in the fluid
Of corn, made his bed under our Office
! steps Saturday night, slept soundly, and
snOred cvcrso loud.
CONSIDERING the very favorable
terms at which Mr.. ". Rotenburg, O!
Abbevilc, is closing out his stock, it is
not counted extravaganza now for a
young man to buy whole box Of paper
collars at time.
! Rev. J. a. MOoD. of our town, was
absent last Sunday attending Woflord
Commencement at Spartanburg, and
there was no preaching in the Metho-
dist church.
THE Rev. George Howe, D. D., L. L.
d., will preach in the Presbyterian
Church next Friday and Saturday even
ings, and on Sabbath.
Mr.. ALBERT GIBERT, of Bordeaux
has returned from the Charlotte Militia
ry School under Col. J. P. Thomas.
IT is possible that we may become in
volved in a war with Mexico on &C,
count Of border difficulties.
TIE boys at Bequest's got Mr.. Gus
Mars for ten glasses of lager one day
last week. .,
The infant of Mr.. aud Mrs. II. E
Pinckncy, is quite i'll, at DR.. Marshall's g
ARE poor children excluded from an.
of the schools in the pay Of the public
MR.. ARTHUR PARKER, Of Charleston
is in town.
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Are the following sentences good rhet-

Are the following sentences good rhet-
oric?
The society of - - - and vicinity
is distinguished: alike for intelligence
and sobriety, for refinement and moral
ity.
No deduction will be made In case of
removal during the Term, without good
and sufficient reasons.
The young ladies are required to take
entire care of their rooms, and keep
them neatly and in order.
All notes or letters received by mail OF
by hand, or in any other way, from
young men, shall be handed to the Fac
ulty.
TluNcs FoRDIDDEN.-Visiting boar
ders' rooms in College building ormusic
rooms until after the close of College
exercises
Hsa. We will furnish a copy Of the
Press tuld Banner during the publica'
ton Of our next exciting Serial Story
the "IIcir of the Mills" to the fiEst ter
year old boy or girl who shall correct
and improve the above sentences.
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Market Reports.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY
Il A EsN w K l. L. 6 c o .
COTTON BROKERS'
AND DEALERS IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.

AHBEvILLE, June 80, 1875.
COttOn,." ........lo w OLE.
LIvERpOOL-3 P. M.-Cotton dull
and easier-Middling uplands Il; mid
ding Orleans 9-l6; sales 10000 bales.
New York. Cotton dull and nami-
nal; no sales-uplands l5s; Orleans l54.
ST.. LoUIs.-Flonr dull and unchang-
ed. Wheat higher, at 1900 l:32. Corn,
No. , mixed higher, at 644(G61i. Pork
higher, at $;2OC20.25. Lard dull-sum-
mer II.
L0uGsvGILE.-Flour quiet and un-
changed. Wheat dul and nominal: 10.
Corn dull-72@73. Bacon-Shoul1ers
D!M19S; clear rib sides l2iG l2s; clear
sides l3t sugar cured hams I3@ l3!.
CnICAGO.--Flonr quiet and Unchanged.
Corn in fair demand-.NO. = mixed 1of
Wheat excited but closed easicr-l .u3t0
LOB.
B.,LT!M0RE.-prov firm. Bacon
firm shoulders 81 clear rib sides j.! g.
43; hams HOLM. Lard dull and heavy
-reined l4iWl4a.
nALEsT0N.-Cotton nominal-mid-
ding l5!; low midJIing IT. good or
dinary l35 receipts So; exports coast
wise 50; sales 400.
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r
WE had the pleasure of greeting in
our office on Monday last our friend
Engehe B. Gary, Esq, a promising
young member Of the Edgefield bar,
who is on a short visit to Cokesbury.
Mr.. Gary is chip off Of the old block
of Garys and will no doubt make his
mark high on the scroll Of fame. We
suspect that he has now more than half
notion of coming back to Abbeville
to court, where he will plead case of
the heart in Hymen's court, i'll his own
behalf, whose rulings are supreme, and
from whose decisions there is no appeal.
We wish him all the good luck that so
true man deserves.
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THER1FLE CLUB AND THE MIL1TIA.--
This town is now overrun with patriot
ic zeal, and military drills by both the
whites and the blacks are the order OF
the day. The organization of the white
club it seems gave new vigor and activ-
itv to the inactivity and dormant patri-
otism of the colored company which
had not shouldered q musket for months.
AS our readers we'll know the colored
people are superstitious race and sus-
picious of the whites, and any move
ment of this kind, it seems, tends TO
foster an unnatural feeling Of djstrust
of their white neighbors, and unites
them more firmly i'll opposition to the
whites. This is common government,
for the taxation and protection of all.
Our interests are identical, and anything
that alienates one class from another is
to be regretted. We learn that various
parties are making political capital
against the whites on account OF this
organization. This, Of course, is our
only objection. We think it hest not to
furnish our opponents q stick with
which to break our own heads.
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ACCORDING to the NeaDs our august
Judge is working industriously at
Greenville. May we not hope that he
will do the same for us the next time he
comes to Abbevillc. The NcacS says:
"The court adjourned at quarter to
four o'clock, with view to allowing
Jurors, witnesses and others. to get home
and took no dinner recess"
When Judge Cooke was at Abbevil1e
he didn't mind adjourning the Court at
eleven o'clock in order that the august
Judge might go home.
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EXPRESSIONS about the close Of the
public schools are very general. a
number prefcrring to have had vacation
. month or two later, but We presume
the school commissioner had good rea-
son for the order closing the schools
during the month OF July.
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Our townsman Mr.. James Cunnig-
ham one afternoon last week went out
driving some ladies after six o'clock
Everything went well until he got op-
posite Col. J. T. Robertson when the
front axle:broke. Mr.. Cunningham and
the ladies from that point took the peo-
ple,s lire without farther accident.
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THE GRASS AND WoRK.-The grass
is about taking some of the crops in this
County. A weeks rain would be fatal
to the prospects of many farmers. The
planters are generally working more
industriously than ever before, with q
splendid prospect of good crops and a
fair remuneration for their labor.
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THE PUBLIC RoADs.-The roads Of
the County are not generally in good
condition, but there are some creditabie
exceptions. Owing to the wet Spring
and the heavy work of the farms, much
of the public work has been deferred
until the crops are laid by. We learn
that there is not q proper division Of
hands and work, and that the County
Commissioners propose adopting some
plan to remedy this, which will make
more fair divide of hands and work.
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THE Rev. Thos. A. Morton, of Long
Cane, sent US the finest specimen of a
cotton stalk that we have seen. 1t was
over two feet high and had a number of
squares ready to bloom. He has field
OF the same sort.
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THE heirs Of Mr.. John ShilIito, who
died in this county few weeks ago, we
learn, are about to get into a squabble.
If arbitrators fail to settle the difficulty
to their satisfaction We hear that the
estate is to be turned over to the law
ycrs, who will have 40 difficulty il di-
viliur II.
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A TORPEDO chicken has been invent
ed, so like the real animal as to deceive
the most experienced chicken stealer,
and when grasped goes Off so suddenly
and eGcctually, that the thief is blown
to flinders before he knows what hurt
him. They are great invention and
will be useful when chickens grows
plentiful again.
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-Abbevile Hotel.
JACOB MILLER, Proprietor.
Arrivals since last issue

JACOB MILLER, proprietor. A.
Arrivals since last issue:
TN Tolbert, Snithyille; w Turner,
S Watson, II Minor, Greenwood; w
Rogers, Mrs Mary Hammond, White
Lick Miss Dillie Spruel, Mrs Thomas
G Seal, Miss Anna Jones, City; w L.
Miller, r. Fortiscue, Cedar Spring d
CuminslSy, Dorn's Mines II r VIII.
sou, Luther Haddon, Due West; y G
Carwile, Lowndesville; II Williams
Centreville; w G Griffin, Ninety-SiX;
G Corley Bordeaux; w Fredenburgr
City; S Markin, Columbia.
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SERIOUS border troubles exist on the
Texas frountier, owing to the frequent
depredations committed by armed bands
of Mexican robbers under Cartinas, who
cross the Rio Grande and slay and rob
our citizens. The American troops are
too few to guard so extensive line and
should be strengthened.
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TAX THE Docs FOR SCnOoLs.-Eve.
ry man in this State is taxed one dollar
on his head for school purposes. We
suggest that the same tax be levied on
on every dog, and that the money thus
raised be appropriated as the poll tax is,
to the maintenance Of the public schools.
BY this arrangement q large revenue
would be put into the school treasury
and the country would be rid Of manyssa
worthless "cur and hound of low de-
gree -
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THE AUDIToR.-Wc learn that the
people of the County are much pleased
with Auditor Russell's disposition to
obligc them by Visiting the various
neighborhoods to save Tax-Payers the
expense of coming all the way to the
Court House TO make their returns du-
ring The busiest season of the year.
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New Advertisements.
rnng7 n71symn wanted to sell 4T'he
BUUk AGEMTSPeople' Common

BOOK TSPsop!s's Fsn'se s0essl Commons aes
Sense Medical Adviser" It is the,
cheapest book ever published; ss5 pages,
over $50 illustrations, Sl.5O. Thousands
buy it at sight who could not be In
duced to purchase the high-priced books
treating Of Domestic Medicine. Unlike
other books sold through agents this
work is thoroughly advertised 1,t s. d through
out North America. This fact, together
with the large size, elegant appearance,
and many new features of the book,
causes it to sell more rapidly than any
work ever published in this country
Those of my agents who have had eX,
,perience in selling books, say that in all
their previous canvassing they never
met with such success or made so large
wages, as since commencing the. sale OF
nv work. For terms and territory, ad.a
dress Enclosing two postage stamps anc
stating experienced r. V. Pierce, N. D:s
Worlds Dispensary, Buffalo. n. Y.
Note.-Mark envelope For Publishing
Dept,
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THE editor is resting from his labors,
rustcating in the neighborhood of Bor-
deauX. Persons in that locality desir-
ing to subscribe for the Press and Ban
ncI' in time to get the first Of our new
serial story, "The Heir of the Mills"
should give him their names. The
story is thrilling one, and of itself
worth the subscription price.
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THE red oats are.the best. Sow them
while blowing corn or cotton the last
time. They are the most certain crop,
and comes in at the right time. Diver
sify your crops and get rich. Plant all
cotton and become poor. The adsan-
tage of grain crops is,sthat you make
that much more than you otherwise
would. Grain crop interfere very little
with the cotton crop.
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DEATH OF Mrs. BRATToN.-Mrs.
Elizabeth P. Bratton, wife of Gen. John
Bratton, Of Winnsboro. detiat the res
idence of Edward Noble, Esq, of this
place, of consumption, after a lingering
illness, on Wednesday last She had
been in feeble health for many years
past, and whilst she sustained the trials
of a long illness with Christian patience
and resignation, met the last enemy
with the same trust and confident hope
of the true believer. She has been cut
off in the prime of life, and leaves a
husband, two sons and an infant to
mourn her loss. Mrs. Bratton was the
sister of Rev. w. p. DuBose, Of Sewane,
once the beloved pastor of Trinity
church, and resembled him much in
personal appearance and in her mental
and honored traits. Her body was
conveyed by train on Thursday morn
ing to Winnsbolo for interment.
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Exclusion no JALAPA.-Throngh the
courtesy Of Col. Peake, Superintendent
of the Laurens r. r., the citizens OF oar
town were enabled to ride 10 Jalalra Oh
Saturday afternoon last. Abont two
hundred ladies, gentlemen and children
availed themselves of the privilege, and
the expression was general that the trip
was 81 delightful! one.
RY- We take the above from the
Neso5e0y Herajd, but he never once
states the distance from Newbcry to Ja-
lapa. That is fact that we have watch
ed for for several weeks.
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& THANKs.-Our friends at Donaldsville
and Greenwood who favored us with
their dots last week are requested to so
again. Their favors are highly appre-
ciated, and will add interest to our pa
Oer
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THERE is so much courting going on
in Abbeville that we think we should
have park, delightfully."- shaded, with
fountain in the middle. 1t would be
a great help to loves young dream.
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THE, FUTURE OF THE BLACK MEN,

THE,FuTURE OF rHB BLAcK MEM
The HonIB. II. Hill has recently been
interviewed by g. correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune and expresses the opin-
ion, that Hthe negro will drop out of
politics, or, rather, he will drop himself
out, and within five years vote as his
employer asks him. The same opin-
ion is expressed bG the Richmond Dis
l,0tch, and that paper holds that in a
few years negro suffrage will be as dis
tasteful to the North, as it is now to the
South. Such result may be brought
about in Georgia and other Southern
States where the whites formfthe great
body Of the population, but We think
that South Carolina will have to wait
long for the promised issue.
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ss WE should judge that the Crews ex-
citement has about played out. Adam
Crews was arrested the other day and
was released Oh his own recognizance
for $4,000
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JOHN T. MCCoRD, of this County,
but who had lately lived in New
berry, under the assumed name of f..
Watson, was convicted of grand lar
ceny at the Greeuville court last week.
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MIR. JOHN DARRAUGH, who keeps
the Abbeville train on the track, reads
the Press 0ntl Banner, and says his
prayers like good man, has the finest
acre of cotton on the Greenvi!le and
Columbia Railroad. Skcptics on this
matter are requeted to cast their eyes to
the left ir passing the patch at his home
as they come to Abbcville.
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The ladies called atMaj. Galphin's store,
And made him turn goods DER and DER,
Till he vanished behind the pile, aud
then
They pleasantly said they'd call again.
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AT the skating rink we have had no
little amusement at the efforts of begin
ners to learn the art of skating. On
Friday last Mr.. Gus Mars, of Calhoun's
Mills, amused the crowd of SPECTATORS
which consisted of large number of
ladies and gentlemen, even more than
the Junior did in his recent efforts to
accomplish this difficult feat.
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NEW SToRY.-Wc expect to- COM
mcncc the publication Of an exciting
story, "Thc Heir Of the Nil,s,' Oh the
2Sth of July, which will be run through
some eight or ten numbeas Of the Press
and Banner. We ask especial attcn-
ton to the opening chapters, feeling
that tho other chapters will need no
recommendation from us. New sub
scr;bcrs should send i'll their names at
once. The story its.lf is worth at least
the subscription price for SIX months,
We shall spare no pains to make the
Press and Banner one of the best papers
in the State, and feel confident OF our
efforts being appreciated. II our friends
would send Us new subscribers or write
us letters Of the news and personal items
from their respective ncighborhoods,
thcv would do US the greatest favor,
The most triNing incident is often in
tercsting; if properly told or put in
type.
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PRoF. EsMoND, the skating rink man,
says that Abbeville beats the world on
beautiful flower gardens. We think he
is right in this particular.
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SAD.-It is reported that Hollinshead's
Regiment and the Abbeville Rifles
will shortly be ordered to Mexico, to
settle the little difficulty between the
Texans and the border MeNicans. Tie
Mexicuns are more fearful enemies i'll
the scalping business than tic Indians.
Before the companies are long gone,
we fear that il may truthfully be said OF
some of our best young men:
They were yoUng,.
They were fair,
But the MeXicans
Raised their hair.
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The following persons have packages
in the Express Office.
Maxwell, L & eco, Fl Il Tustin, r.
Jones, Miss Whitner, H Butler, A
Small, w r Postcll, l. Edwards, John
Cole, j II Wallace, Mr.. l., BcrFicott, j
l. Harris, w L LUX, J G. Fucker, j j
Liddcll, II Baker, J l. Cozby.
G. V. HAMMOND,
- Agent.
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NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
The New Xork Bulletin, of the 22d,
says:
The market for "spots" has been qui-
ct and without particular interesting
noints to advise. A few purchases have
been made on home account, and one or
two exporters were looking around with
hints that the business has been q little
larger than reported, but the demand
was neither active or general, and buy
ers as a rule seemed Indifferent. Prices
remain as last quoted and about steady
with no urgency on the part of holders
to force the sale of their stocks, but the
offerings were fair. and an assortment
could be found without difficulty by any
one wanting it. The public advlces
from Liverpool to-day were tirmcr, but
private accounts not confirmatory there
of, indeed, in some cases rather of a con-
trary tenor, and exporters in consc-
uuence were quite indisposed to come
forward with any freedom.
On contracts there has been some ire
gularity without much animation. At
the opcninG there was an advance OF
about Lice. on the firmer tone of the
public dispatch from Liverpool, but, lis
being conIradicted through private sour
eos. the market lost Improvement, and
made a still further decline of Lice,
with business dull. During the after
noon there was again tendency toward
a shade moro stcadineSs based on dis
match from Washington announcing the
condition ofthc plant through
out portion of the cotton belt. The in
fIuencc of this, however WAS very light
indeed, the majority believing that they
had later information of more cncour-
aged character, and no decided recovery
took place. Just at the close telegram
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WE are indebted to Mr.. 3. c. DuPre,
the printer, for a neatly printed copy OF
the catalogue of the Due West Female
College.