The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-22

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY PER
CENT. INTEREST.-If the farmers buy
corn on a credit from the first Of July to
| the lst of October ut an advance OH the
cash price, of fifty cents bushel, what
per cent. docs he give? He pays fifty
cents for the use Of one dollar and tWcn-
ty-five cents for three months, or at the
rate of one hundred and sixty per cent.
per annum. Does any sane man think
he can long do business, borrowing
money at this rate O. interest? 10
avoid this evil SOW oats.
! RARE INDUCEMENTS.-W invite the
attention of our readers to the liberal
terms which we are now Offering fornew
subscribers. We intend to publish one
of the best and cheapest papers in the
State, and wish to place it within the
reach Of every reading man and woman
in the County. We shall spare no ef-
forts to please, and trust that our efforts
will be seconded by large additions TO
our subscription list. Let every frlehd
send us at least the name OF one new
subscriber.
INSURE your life-buy we'll pumps.
buy granddaughter to SOW oats TINS
Fall and buy corn at one doilar anu
and scventy-tive cents n -bushel mex
Spring-neglcct to enrich your land, ana
if you don't 90 straight to ruin ana nave
the Sheriff sell your little plumber ano
Door old mules, we are 10 prophet.
TIE cotton crop of this County has
been "cut off at both ends" The
drought in the Spring gave it late starr
and the recent drought has prevented
the the late crop from maturing. Those
who have made advances to produce the
great staple should keep their eyes open
JOSEPH McCANTY's School exami'
nation came off last Friday: your re
porter knows very little Of the occur
RANGES of the day, but it is said that inc
little scholars rccited well on the
"black board" in arithmetic. Ihe Bano
and n few others came from AboeVllle
COL. CoTnRAN has a field of cotton
which remained green and flourlshlng
during the droug hit, so as to excite the
remark of the beholder. The secret o
it's healthy condition he attributes to the
thorough ploughing it received in the
midst Of the dry weather. Here's a do
for the farmers.
QUIT life insurance-let well pumps
alone-buy no guanos-enrich your sol
by penning your cattle, and by hauling
rich dirt from fence corners ana low
places, to your poor land-sow largely O
oats. SOW some wheat, SOW Il patch o
barley, and if you don't get rlch, we
will send you the Press und Bdnnc'
all our lives without charge.
WE tender our thanks to Messrs
Walker, Evans & Cogswell, the pub
fishers, for a copy Of "Charleston Illus
trated,n an interesting volume devoted
to an exposition of the resources OF oul
"Queen city,"
Gan honest mans the noblest work
of God.n Such a man is MI. w. a
Fleming, OF Antrcville.
TRIAL JUSTICE MCINTosH was II
town on Monday, buying seed oats. de
will make next year.
MR.. TILMAN WARDLAw, OF Charles
ton. is now on visit to friends III Ab'
beville.
THE rains seem to have been very gen
eral throughout the county.
SEE the advertisement of new dress
goods and Millinery at the Emporium
of Fashion.
Messrs. Cunningham and Templcton
advertise fresh arrivals.
DR.. Parker advertises fine new bug
gy and harness.
SEE our new terms in another column