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Jackson Literary Society.

We are indebted to our frieuds Of the
Jackson Literary Society for a polite
invitation to the Ball and Supper to be
given at the Female Academy on the
evening of the 2lst, after the exercises
in the Court House. The Literary en-
tertainments of the occasion will doubt
less attract large audience, and prom
ises to he very interesting, whilst the
ball and supper will present additional
claims to the young and pleasure loving.
Addresses will be delivered by the re-
firing and newly elected Presidents of
the Society, and other addresses original
and select. delivered, and essays read,
whilst soma choice music will be fur
nished by the Abbevlle Stringcd Band.
The occasion promises to be Il very in
teresting one and we trust to see a large
attendauce.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Gen. Dakin, of The American team is q
heavy shot. He weighs 900.
The expense Of entertaining the siouz
Indians at Washington. including their
travelling expenses was $3,7o5.
Mrs. Edwin Forests suit against the
estate of Edwin Forrest is settled, she re-
ceiving $4,000 and relinquishing dover.
A saloon keeper in Louisiana has just
been compelled to pay 81 200 damages to a
woman for selling liquor TO her husband.
There are 71,OOO cigar makers in the
Sta;o of New York--one cigar maker to
probably less than thirty smokers.
Mr. Bergh would find employment in
Georgia. The other day coppel-hauler in
Carroll county, wlt::e in drunken frenzy,
cut out the eyes of his oxen.
An Indiana young woman has gone blind
from using candy paintto redden her cheeks.
This fact should open the eyes Of other
young women, but it won't
The highest mountain in the world has
been discovered az II. 1t is in New
Guinea, :.nd is 322,1S3 feet high. They have
cllrstened it Mount Hercules.
The Winsted pin factory turns out near
ly six million pins day, thirty-six millions
per week, or about pin for each man, wo-
man and child in the United States
Mrs. Lizzie Petit Cutler declared in
recent lecture OH Firts of Modern Socio-
ty," that "it is always ths noblest and best
men who are ruined by the flirt"
Hydrate of choral az stimulant is
taking the place of opium, hashoesh, &c,
in England and to some extent in this
country. 1t kills in about three years, on
m average.
A Chinese cook in a Columbus family
made rat pic for d; ner aud the family
ate every scrap of it before they knew what
i. was. Then they discharged him and
called in doctor.
One of the modest little farming patches
in Illinois is laid out in $4,000 acres of corn,
$500 acres of fax, 1890 acres of oats and
enough grass to produce about eight thous-
and tons of hay.
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THE WEEKLY SUN.
NEW YORK.
1876.

Eighteen hundred and scventy-six is the CEN
tennlul year. 1t is also the year in which an OPP
position House ot Representatives, the first
since the war, VII be IN power @ ut washington; To-
PrcSideng of the United States. All OF these
events sure to be OF great interest and fmpor.
tancc, especially the latter; and all OF them and
everything connected with them Will be fully
and freshly reported and cHpounded IN The
Sun.
The Opposition House of Representatives, ta-
king up the line of inquiry opened years ago by
The sun, will stcrnly and diligently investigate
thu corruptions and lnisdeeds OF Grants admin
istration and will, 1t is to be hoped, lay the
foundation for u new and better period in our
national history. or all this, the sun Will con-
ain complete and accurate accounts, furnishing
It's renders Wtn eIry m9 to lh0fha
The twenty-third Presidential election, with
the preparations for ii, will be memorable as de-
OF power and plundcr, and still more as deciding
who shall be the candidate nf the party OF k9-
form, and as electinS that candidate. Concern
log all these SubjecIS, these who read The sun
will have tho constant means of being thorough
Iy we'll informed.
The Weekly Sun, which has attained crcu-
lation OF over eighty thousand copies, already
has its readers In every state and territory, anu
we trust that the year 1876 will see their num-
bcrs double'l. 1t will continue to be thorough
newspaper all the general news Of the day VIII
be found in 1t, condensed when unimportnnt, at
full length when OF moment; and always, we
trust, treated In clear, Interesting and instruc-
tive manner.
1t Is our aim to make The Weekly sun the best
filmiy newspaper in the world, and we shall
continue to give It's columns a large amount of
miscellaneous reading, such as stories, tales,
poems, scientific intelligence and agricultural
Information, for which we are not able to make
room in our daily edition. The agricultural de-
partment especially is one of its. prominent
features. The fashions are alsOrcgularly report
ed in its columns, and SO arc the markets OF
every kind.
The Weekly Sun, eight pages with flfty-six
broad columns IS only 81 20 IA year: postage pre-
paid AS this price barely rcpays the cost OF the
paper, no discount can be made from this rate to
clubs, agents, postmasters, or anyone.
The Daily Sun, Il large four-page newspaper of
twcnty-eigh columns, gives MI the news for two
cents copy; subscription postage prepaid, Soc
n month or $3.50 n year. Sunday edition extra
81, 10 per year We have no travelling agents.
Address, THE SUN, New York City.
Dec |. 1875 34-Bt
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/ TIE True .Southron has the following
good words for our town council. They
are merited words of praise -
"WORTHY OF EXAMPLE.-The town
council of Abbeville merit the undying
thanks of the taxpayers. They manage
to work the streets of the town free OF
ex pense, by using the labor of offenders
against the municipal laws"
A SHOW, consisting of a tent, kettle
drum, hand organ, Egyptian mummy,
Figi Island mermaid, and few ster-
eosc0pic views, held forth for two or
three days at Abbeville last week, and
the number of gudgeons that were take II
! in will never be known until general
settlement with dcrelict Christians is
made.
RECENTLY our friend Trowbridge
went fishing and duck hunting on
Long Cane, and while stopping down to
wash his hands in the creek, he didn't
notice the peculiar actions of a goat just
behind him. AS he scrambled up out of
the water and mud, the goat ran Off.
THE immense area of grain that has
been sown is looking remarkably we'll.
! We predict that next Spring the farmers
will have occasion TO rejoice to de-
gree they have not before experienced
in years.
Mr.. J. W. .TRoWBRIDGE thus eXpa'
tiates OH his fresh oysters:
Oysters 'twould need the genius of Shcl'
| ley
To fifty by M these treasures of the sea
S0lacous dabs of appctiZing jelly;
/ # ~ frif
A WESTERN newspaper says that the
devil has reserved several choice seats
for those who do not pay their subscrip-
tions to the County papers. 1t Will
take two seats in contiguous territory to
accommodate our big delinquent.
! THERE is an old red COW on our public
square that has sampled more cotton
bales than any merchant in town. She
never buys, but always keeps the sam
pie.
WE will thank the secretaries of the
various Lodges, Oranges, and Temper
anee Societies in this County for for
warding to us lists Of the officers chosen
at their respective elections.
AS the circus didn't come.on Saturday
as advertised, we would like for some
BODY to take around subscription paper
to make up our loss of ten compliment
! tary tickets.
| The Laurens Railroad has got away
from Newberry. 1t is now only about
four miles from Laurens Court House,
and the citizens there are straInlng
their ears to hear the whistle sound.
MIR. J. l.. S1BERT was here few
DAYS ago and paid up old scores and had
the "76" put opposite: his name. He
said he renewed because we denounced
humbugs.
ABBEyILIE has more worthy young
men. than any town between the noun
tains and the seaboard.
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HOTEL ARRIVALS.

ALsroN HousE.-Dr A T Widcman.
$ l. Jones, Grecnville; BIS WILDER, Boston;
Jas w Sampson, Greensboro, n c; p II Fl
Peistel, Philadelphia; Thos A Cater, VIM
II Moore, The Fork j l. Haddon, II L
Bonner, T L Haddon and lady, Due West ;
II NJ Whitlock and lady, Greenwood =;
B II Baker, L a Mars, Calhoun's Mills;
Jesse S Jay, Harry G Moseley, Mill Way;
j II Bell, Antreville; ] Calhoun, j
G Milford. Rocky River; 8 Elbridge Smith,
Hartford, Ct; C Muller, l. Smith, Charles
ton; Mrs s Telnpleton, Arthur Sassard,
DuPre Sassard. Mrs VIM Tcmpleton, city;
Misses Jane and Ellen Link, S G Link,
Linkvillc; F j Wildman and wife, w
Fletcher and wife, Miss Ella Bailey. Miss
Kate Collins, Fred Morvery, S Bergan,
f Stenbgen, G Ellis, Raymond, George
McGowan, + Hendricks, II Hubbard, II
Davies, Ike Stick, a H Hatch. Clara
Wildman's n. Y. Comedy Theatre.
W1ER's HorEL-D T Madigan, w A
Pict, Baltimore; w NJ Crookshanks, K T.
Reese, George Johnstone, sr., George
Johnstone, jr, Atlanta; DR. Angle, Char
lottc, n C, II W Daner, Evansville, Ind;
r NJ Roberts, Richmond, Miss; j = Thou
ron, Charleston; Phillips L NJ Fouche
B + Dav,, Ninct ty Six; d n Coleman, Co.
lumbia; II w Fuller, England; H H Bris-
tol, Philadelphia; + A Connor, Cokesbury;
Wilson Watkins, G Douglass, Long
Cane; A Kennedy, Wideman's; H L Os-
Ter, charleston; G L Harper, Honea Path;
w j I.cnard, Ncwbcrry; j A Foster. Spar
tanburg; w X Bailey, Greenwood; c E
Young, & & C r r; DR. W Wideman,
Bold Branch; w S Chamberlain, J Ncwby,
Liberty; Mrs L P Campbell & Son, Pen
dleton; J NJ Jordan, A c Waller, Green:
wood; DuPre, Due West; A NJ Hill, w
H Parker, J + G DuPre, T Quarles, M
Gambrel, r Milford, j G Wosmansky
DR. i Parker, # C Seal w Rosenberg, c V
Hammond, D Chalmers, Col Robert
son, q Edwads, w T Branch. t NJ Chris
tan. city; c a II Hatch, New York.
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I!jL.'

leo Is merely water consolidated by cold;
the change into ice taking place when the
temperature of water is reduced to go Of
Fahrenhet's scale. When particles OF
water are frozen, in the state of minute
division in which they exist in the atmo-
sphere, the beautiful phenomena of snow
fakes and hoar-frost are exhibited. Hail
consists of rain-drops frozen into globules.
When these various forms Of ice are micro
scopically examined, they are found to be
made up of series of exquisite and minute
crystals, some pl'ismoid in shape, others
stellate, &C., their filaments being joined at
IN angle of 60o or 1907.
Calico was the first to observe ice to be
specifically lighter than the water from
which it was produced: the cause Of this
remarkable and all important fact had
been variously accounted for ; the probable
solution of this circumstance is, that water
during freezing, is converted into an aggre-
cation of minute crystals, arranged in such
wise, that a vast number Of intersticss
are produced between tae crystals, and
larger than between the particles Of water,
besides, water during freezing, usually i'm
prisons a quantity Of air-bnbbles in its
mass, by which means the bulk Of the ice
becomes larger than the water from which
it was formed, and Fighter at the same time
in the ratio of eight to nine; and thus the
ice will float at the surface of the water.
The expansion Of water during the freez-
ing process is proved by the bursting Of
water-pipes in winter, and vessels OF consid-
erable thickness often burst during the
freezing of contained water. The fact Of
ice becoming lighter than water,is circum-
stance of the most vital Importance, because,
had the almost universal law obtained here
namely, Of bodies passing from the fluid
to the solid state becoming heavier-it
must be evident, during severe winters, ice
forming on tho surface Of our rivers, &C.,
would cause succession Of solid strata
which would sink as fast as created to the
bottom Of rivers, ponds lakes &c, till the
whole would become one solid mass Of ice,
thereby destroying all the animated tenants
of the deep, and would constitute such .
barrier of ice as would require immense
time for the suns rays to penetrate and
dissolve, the direful consequences Of which
must be palpable to every one. Here we
have beautiful manifestation Of the wis
dom and goodness of the Creator towards
his creatures. The watery vapors which
are diffused through the atmosphere, II
exposed to intense cold, fall in the form Of
light snow-aakes, or hail, or snow HARM
less and pleasant to look upon, because Of the
extreme minuteness Of their particles: but
suppose these particles had been aggre-
gated into ice masses, on falling from the
higher regions of space they would have
destroyed everything in their career; this
dread consequence is averted by the dis
tance Of the particles Of vapor from each
other in the higher regions Of the air, and
their being consolidated in separate or
email aggregations during the freezing
process
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Godcy's Lady's Book.

We are glad to welcome back to our
exchange list that famous old monthly
Godcys Laiiy's Book. and can consci-
entiously recomlncd it to all of our lady
readers as 'perIectly splendid" The
fashions are the best, the pictures can
not be excellesl, while the stories, cdito-
rials and miscellaneous matter are of the
most chastc and interesting character.
Our cash subscribers can get the chrome
"Morning CALI and the magazine at a
reduced price by calling on us. No
lady should be without it.
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NfasOuic.

At the annual assembly or the w. I"
S. Masters, the following co'ipa".ons
we're elected officers off De saussuie
Council No. IS, for the ensuing Masonic
wear. .: /. i ) aE 80
J F. G.. DUPRE, T. III. NJ:
r. A. CoNNoR, r.. III. D; NJ; w
Dr. JouN A. STUART, H.: P. OF '"
G. f. HAMMOND, NJ. of Excgr.
JNO. NJ. GAMBRELL, Recoroer' @-'
W. r.. BKAFcH, G. of G.
w. ROSENBERG, G. of g. $50.
II. c.. SEAL, Steward.
REV. II. n. PRATT, Chaplain.
J. r. ROBERTSON, G. Marshal.
IT. NJ. CHRISTIAN, Sentinel.
AT the Regular Communication o
Clinton Lodge on last Monday nlgnt
the following officers were elected lo'
the ensuing Masonic year:
w. H. PARKER, w. Nj.
w. n. BRANCH, s. w.
T. B. MILFORD, J. w.
J. c. DOUGLASS, Treas.
J. c.. WosMANsKy, Secretary.
The three Lodges, Blue, Red and Pur,
pie, will have q public installation OF
officers OIL the 9th inst.
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MARRIAGES.

MARRIED, Nov. 80, 1875, at the resi-
dence of the brides father, by Rey. N X.
Melton, Col. NJ. c. DICKSON, OF Pend!e-
ton, and Miss ADDIE A., daughter Of Mr..
J. L. Gilkerson, of Laurens, S. c.
MARRIED, at the residence of tho
brides mother, on the 7th inst, by the
Rev. w. r. Walters, Mr.. JAMES LII
TILE and Miss GUSTAV BOWEN.
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New Advertisements. A

Stray Mule-Andy Valentine.
Straved or Stolen-Weslcy Adams.
Plantation for Sale-G NJ Jordan.
Law Office for Sale-J S C0lhran.
Sales by the Sheriff:
Real Estate A. =. Connor.
Real Estate Francis L.Wilson.
Personal Property John r Seal.
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EUROPE has FIVE millions Of soldiers all
ready for fighting, with fifteen thousand
cay,non and million and a quarter Of
no,ses; its united fleets consist of 2,039 yes
sells, manned by $4,000 sailors, and carry
ing fifteen thousand guns. The cost OF
these immense armaments is FIVE hundred
and sixty millions of dollars annually, three
6fths Of tho amount being eonsecrated 70
the armies.
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CONSIGNEES.

ExPREss.-T L Cosby, Z DuBose, T R
Zachary, J Chalmers, W + Thomas, r G.
Morr N, Robt Cunningham, W H Taggart,
Geo Griffin, i Johnson, s A NJ rwood,
G E Bruce, S J Winestock, II Mcguire,
Mrs Mary Noble. Mclaughlin & Co, A
Sharp. NJ Tucker, T. D Bowie, s c. Link.
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T{CZckiah.

This person is well known to our peo-
pie, and for him the GrecnuWc NcWs
has been good enough to say kind
word:-
Occasionally, we like to enjoy a little
fun, when it is not carried to extremes,
as was the case yesterday, when we
heard "Hezckiah" discoursing to Il large
crowd; but even with this unfortunate
man, some people go to extremes.
What pleasure can it be to a man to
have poor, half-witted creatures stand
ON his head in the mud, sit on the
ground and "weave,n or have him run
the risk of breaking his skull with a
stick, for the pitiful sum of five cents:
Idle crowds gather around him, and
have their. amusement at the expense
Of his misfortune. instilling into the
minds of the young q relish for barbar-
Gus and indecent scenes, that will SICK
to them in after years. For the sake OF
poor Hezckiah himself, good morals and
common dccency, we would suggest that
the authorities authorize the marshals to
put Il stop to the unnecessary and dirty
practices which an unthinking crowd
are wont to impose OH poor f1eZeklah.
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Advertisers Gazette.

4 Journal Of IyornldtlON JOr Aducr-
tisers Edition. $500 copies. Published
weekly. Terms, 81 per amman, in az
vance
Five specimen copies different dates, to one
address for Is cents. Office, No. Al Park Row,
New York.
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DonaldsviIle> Items.


Donaldsville is still growing in sizo
Mr.. Z. Hodges is building a very neat
residence on road to Due West near Mr..
VIM. :Agnew's. Mr.. w. w. Rowland
has enlarged his carriage shop, and Mr..
J. II. Wren contemplates building soon.
Mr.. A. H. Dodson has fine house
nearly completed. The Good Templars
and citizens will build a school house
andG. It. Hall together, Mr.. R. R. Sea
wright has kindly given the lot for
building on.
The receipts of cotton are as follows:
September Observation-Disclosures. 81
October. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1877
November ....."...""".............. 558
December. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 452
Iotal...."......... ........................ l 1888
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MARKET REPORTS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY
Barnwell s. Co., Cotton Brokers and
Dealers in General Merchandise.

mand moderate-middling l23; receipts,
l.2SO bales; sales 9S8.
CHARLESTON, December 13. - Cotton
quict-middling, 12s @ u 1910; receipts,
5,S43 bales sales, $500.
LIVERPOOL December 13.-Noon.-Cot
ton active and tirmer-middling uplands Z;
middling Orleans It srles $1,000 bales.
NEW YORK, December l3-7 P. M.-Cot-
ton easicr-salcs 965 bales ut Is SIG @l31
Pork dull-new 2l.50@2l.75. Gold dull at
i4IMl143
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EVRESH NORFOLK OYSTERS
EN received once q week, by
TROW BisI d. f.
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What a Brother Editor Says.

g, An esteemed and influential cotcmpo.
rary, in private note to US, gratifies us
with the following endorsement Of oul
Toutspoken course against life insurance
:guanos, and other humbugs:-
"You are right about life insurance
1t is one of the curses Of our country
and qudnO is another"
We thank the brother for even a ori.
cate endorsement, as it is the first edito1
who has endorsed our position on the
subject. We believe it to be his duty
and we think it would be to his interest
to denounce these >humbugs in his
paper, as we have done in ours. Moth
ing will add as much to the prosperity
of his paper. The insurance agents
would probably quit advertising witt
him, but then we can assure him tina
he would be ten times over paid for any
loss on that score, by bold strike fol
the interests Of his readers. We have
lost almost no subscribers since We
adopted that course, while 7Ue h'trt
aided n1a11y ne1U names TO or books On
that uery account. The people like for /;
paper to guard them against shumbugs
and pitfalls, and the farmer will stick
close to the paper that takes al Interest
in his welfare. If our brother will in
vestigate and denounce swindleS, there
is no telling the amount he could save tc
his County. We believe that we have
saved thousands for the people Of Able.
vile, and think in little while but few
insured men can be found within oul
borders. Before great while, the man
in Abbeville County who would buy {,
lightning rod would be laughed at, anG
the man who would put pump in his
well to spoil the water would be hard tc
find, and the man who neglects to make
fertilizers on his own lot this Winter
and then has to buy guanos next Spring
will haul them home by the back way
A DIFFERENCE.--In Anderson lands
sell at public4sale at an average Of five
or six dollars AN acre, while in Able
vile better lands will not bring over two
dollars. Anderson has put almost
nothing intoSIife insurance, while Alb.
beville has sunk in that Serbonian bog
over six hundred thousand dollars in
cash, and our people haven't the money
to buy land. Distribute among oul
farmers the vast amount that they have
thrown away in this manner, and lands
would bring ten dollars an acre.
HIS RoYlI Hnas H f Ess Swss lin town
on Fridaylast. 4 = - :"
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New Advertisements.

ON day at home. Agents wanted: Gu ut
D1 and terms free. TRUE & CO.. Augusta
Maine.
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PRESCRIPTION FREE

rc rN nNpcr day Mt homo. Samples
Do ~ ZUworth 81 free. sTINsoN eco.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-18
The Empress Of Austrin az ono Rn,h

The Empress of Austria is taking the
sea baths at Petites-Dalles, near Sasse.
tot, Seine-Inferieure. The Empress is
a superb swimmer. She takes her bath
every morning at 8 o'clock. Her cabin
and that of her ladies of honor are to-
gether under one roof, separated into
rooms or cabins by curtains. The cabin
OF the Empress has a corridor, with a
room on either side. In one is her bath
ing dress, and the floor is covered with
waxed cloth; in the other is q chair and
small toilettoble, on which is a mirror,
framed in bamboo. Simple enough. But
the Empress of Austria is a remarkably
simple person in habits and dress; she
never wears a jewel unless obliged TO
go on state occasions. Her dress at the
sea side is as plain as possible. She is
in mourning for the late ex.Emperor
Ferdinand. She wears black cretonne
costume; skirt and tunie are trimmed
with bias folds and a braid; a black
Hungarian paletot, with braid trimmings;
black straw hat, with black cherries and
leather brodequins - those sensible
French mountain walking boots, that are
all the mode now. Several ladies of
honor accompanied her, dressed in the
same unpretending style; and behind
them follows negress maid, who leads
in leash the Empress favorite dog, q
tremendously large Danish hound. After
the bath her majesty, her ladies', the
negress and her dog walk the full length
of the only street in Petites-Dalles; at
the end she stops for cup of milk,
which is milked from the COW in her
presence. In the afternoon she rides on
horseback four and FIVE hours.