The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-08


He proposes to give to any one the re
good for the small price of one dollar.
He left with us custards-one made
from the old crop and the other from
the new. We could not distinguish the
difference between them. The speci-
mems of both crops left ut our Office
were excellent. Mr.. G. is a good far
mer.
TRANSMISSION OF BLOOD.-Dr. G. w.
Garmany, assisted by DR.. John II.
Thompson, of Silver Street, successfully
transfused four ounces Of blood into the
arm of q negro man by means of the
Avcleigh transfuser. The blood was
taken from the veins of the PATIENTS
son. The patient, who lives at the
place of Mr.. John Spearman, Jr., was
in state of collapse and pulseless. In
short time his pulse returned and it is
now full and regular, The operation
was performed two days ago and the pa
ticntis doing well.-New0e,7y Herald
UNION SERvIcEs.-Very interesting
union services have been held during
the past week in the Presbyterian and
Methodist Churches, ut night, and on
Saturday last morning and at night.
Earnest, impressive and able sermons
have been preached by the Revs. Mar
tin, Mood and Pratt, and much interest
has been awakened, and a number of
accessiOms have been made to the
Church. A sermon was preached Oh
Sunday night before the united congre-
cations in the Methdist Church, by the
Rev. Mr. Bellinger, and the nightly SER
vices are still continued.
THE GEORGIA TROUBLES. - Corday
Harris, the illeged ringleader of the
Washington County insurrectionists
has been acquitted for lack of evidence,
and all the other persons in the County
Jail were discharged. The proof shows
the existence of q conspiracy, but ab-
solves the mass Of the colored people
from any guilty participation. The for
bearance and calm judgment exercised
by the white people have elected the
highest encomiums of the Herald and
other Northern journals.
| SALE DAY.-There was q large at
tendance of our citizens on Sale Day
last, considering the season of the year
and the dullness Of the times. The
only official sale was by the Sheriff of
the land of A. L. Hughes, near Due
West, consisting of ls2 acres, and
bought by J. +. Todd, for $3.50. A
number Of the notes of the estate of
Joel J. Cunningham, decd, were sold at
low rates.
THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. - We are
glad to welcome this old and hOnored
paper back to our sanctum, after an alb
sence of years. During the Centennial
we had the pleasure of making the ac-
quaintance of Mr.. II. l.. Torley, the ed
itor, and during our recent visit to
Spartanburg Of receiving cordial well
come into his office.
Our poetical contributor gets off the
following lines on Drs. Thompson and
Wilson, of Abbeville:
Our tooth dentists make teeth Of bone,
For those whom fate has left without,
And find provision for their own
BY pulling other peoples out.
Our MOUNTAIN VISITORS. VIM. H.
Parker, esq, and family returned on
Friday last from Cashiers Valley.
Mr.. Burt and Mrs. Norwood and FAM
lily will not be buck before the last of
the month.
MR.. THOs. G. PERRIN and family
are now at Gainesville, Ca, where they
stopped Oh their return from Tate's
Spring.
Hot AND DRY, DRY AND HOT is
now the cry from all sections of our
County. The farmers are complaining
that the hot sun is parching up the cot
ton bolls, and preventing their matur-l
ing, whilst the immature bolIs are OPEN
ing rapidly. The present dry weather
will shorten materially the crop.
THE augusta Coustitutionaiist of the
29th ult., comes to us with 8 new, hand
some and artistic head. The improve
ments of late in this staunch old jour
nal, now makes it one of our most in
teresting and refreshing exchanges.
The Marion Star wants to know
"why it is that rogues once Gagged sing
and pray with such gusto, and convicted
criminals upon the gallows are always
are always going to heaven"
AS far as we have heard, all intel
ligent farmers are sowing red oats. Oats
can be raised cheaper than corn can he
hauled from the village, even if the corn
was given to them.
are busily sowing red oats, to avoid CIV
ing liens on their crops and five or ten
per cent. month to get corn OH cred
No MAN who expects to make money
will neglect to SOW oats. Neglect to ito
50, and it Is ouly question of time
when the farm will be sold by the
Sheriff:
MR.. w. L. McCoRD is now offering
his medicine to the owners of horses.
II is highly recommendedby some of our
best citizens, and we have. no doubt Is
useful medicine.
Mr.. r. o. McADAMs, of Antreville,
has been in town again. He reports
everything lovely in his section. He Is
not courting anybody just now.
Mr.. A. c. YOUNG, of Antreville is q
friend worth having. He never comes
to town but what he brings us the names
of new subscribers.
IT is said that DR.. Jas. T. Mabry has
the finest crop of cuckle burrs on his
Long Cane farm that can be found in
Abbeville County.
THE Ne,o Era asks: "What shall we
do with our surplus landsw We reply,
sow them in oats and wheat, which will
make the owners rich.
It's astonishing the amount of prin.
ter's ink and paper that has been wasted
on the Georgia insurrection and jeff
Davis.
OUR Spartanburg and Union ex-
changes say that the Junior wants to
marry. They must have guessed it.
We never told them go.
THE Press and Banner has new JOB
type and an excellent press with which
to do the job work. u.