The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-11-10
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then u man has hren cOurt;nC girl
IT ,r abnut fourteen years, and finds her
slttAy at the piano singing, "DarilnG; l
Sn,. growing DID, he should consider
II ~ opportunities and lhe shortness of
.iee.
Port ROYAL is to be made The chief naval
station of the North Atlantic fleet. The re-
reiycr ship New Hampshire has been o.
dcred 10 Port Royal as a StorcsIlip for tn"
fleet and the splendid fri3a;c Hartford,
which has recently returned HON" from
the Asatic station, will be The new lag
ship of the station. Senator Patterson has
taken great interest III thus securing an
important item Of prosperity to Fort iioyal.
In his catalogue Of Southern oulrases
Senator Morton mentions a case where
a poor, innocent n@gro-perliaps All or
phan-was hung for hog stealing. II
ihinrs have come to such q pass that &
colored citizen can't lay in his pork sur
reptitousiy without being made to con-
front the stern penalties of the law, then
the republic is indeed iost.-CouiC'-
JOuru0t.
How TRUE.-"The d6ttors don't be-
lieve in advcrtisng-it's unprofessional,
YOU know-but let one of 'em tie up a
sore thumb for John Smith, and
they'll climb seven pairs of stairs to
have reporter Just mention 1t, you
know" 1t is astonishing how greatly
locals are esteemed.
Mr. Josh Billings philosophically
remarks eve laff at sheep pckause
when one of thom leads the way the
res, follow, however rcdikilns IL may
bo; and 1 suppose tho sheep latt
when they see us do the very same
thing.
POSTAL CARD DUNNING-To ALL
WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.-Thc fol-
towing is of interest to our readers; 10
dun a debtor on postal card has just
been decided by the supreme court OF
Ohio unlawful. The court held that
ANYTHING so written as to mJufc the
credit or reputation of any one is a
crime. The decision was made in tile
case of q man who dunned q debtor Tor
All old account on q postal card, and IN
that manner made the matter public
and to the detriment of the latter's cred
it elsewhere.
No end of farmers in this County say
they have cut their eye teeth and will
plant more for themselves next year.
and less for spectators. They are sen.
sible. 1t is certain that the planting OF
oats, wheat barley and rye is on more
extended scale this fall than ever before.
We have heard some say too that they
will raise more hogs and make their
own meat. Prosperity will follow such
q course.-NeWbcrry Herald.
DIRECT TRADE.-The .Cowier-Jour-
nal has strong faith in the success OF the
Direct Trade movement, as growing out
of the English cooperative system, ana
APPLYING to the intercourse of the two
countries principles which had been
successfully applied to business enter
prises at home. 1t is but an extension
of the cooperative movement, and the
application of the same principles to a
wider field of operation.
At Walhalla, on Tuesday, the mass
meeting called for the purpose or reVi-
wing the old Blue Ridge Railroad
scheme, and devising plans for It's COM
pletion, was largely attended. Dele
catos from Georgia and North Carolina
were present, and enthusiastic speeches
were made by Gen. MCGOWAN, Of Abbe-
Vile; Judge Cooke, of Greenville; Col.
Rucker, Of Georgia, and Mr.. Murray,
of Anderson. Resolutions of pracll-
cal nature were unanimously adopted,
and the meeting adjourned TO meet at
Knoxville, Tenn, on the 2oth OF Janu-
ary next. . 4