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

ana, 10 keep you llolil HSS"''S'
diret the Sheriff to hang you at 1our
o'clock this afternoon"
CoRN THIEVES CArGHT.-Bob Ear
row and his son john FarroW, III delault
Of $500 bail, now receive the sunllght
through the ten of diamonds, and board
with Mr.. Gutlin, who keeps the County
Hotel. The manner Of their procuring
board at the cXpcnse of the County oc-
Cured somewhat in this manner: 1t
seems that Bob, his son John, and his
daughter Octavia took Il wagon on Sat
urday night to the fields belonging res
pectively to Col. Robertson and Alfred
Sharpe, and hauled a load of the staff OF
life that justly belonged to his neigh
bors, for the support of his own numer-
Gus family. Tie ground being wet, the
tracks plainly indicated the direction in
which the corn had been taken. On
Sunday morning Alfred Sharpe procured
a search warrant, and Alfred Ellison
soon found the stolen property In Bob's
house. His daughter, Octavia, confess
ed that her father, her brother John
and she took the corn. Bob and his
son John are now rejecting on the error
they made in appropriating their neigh
borS goods to their own use. OctaVla
was released Oh her own recognlzance.y
MAP OF ABBEv1LLE CoUNTH.-Mr.
J. Y. Jones is now engaged in making u
full and complete map of every town
ship in the County. When the maps OF
the townships are completed they will
be consolidated into one comprehensive
map, showing the location OF the pubic
roads, the streams, bridges, mills, store
houses, towns, churches. school houses,
post offices, and the locations of the
dwelling houses in the County. This is
the first map of the kind that has ever
been made of Abbeville County.
THERE has as yet been no complaint
about the cotton baggers." If the
cotton stealing does commence again, a
little buck shot, or good coat OF tar
and feathers might do well. We are
opposed to lynch law as q general rule,
but we heartily recommend tar and
feathers to the man who steals or know
ingly receives stolen cotton. There Is
"A time when patience ceases TO be Vlr-
tue.
TIE town council Of Aiken have just
published their annual statement OF re-
ceipts and expenditures. We believe
that 10 such statement has been made
by the Abbeville town council for sever
al wears. 1t would seem that this state
mcut should be made, as the tax payers
are entitled to that information. If we
are not mistaken the law requires that
this exhibit should be made, and we
know that our council can have no OBJ
lection to the publication.
COTTON is selling at between eleven
and twelve cents, and 1t IS estimated
that'it costs, when the mules are 1ed on
oats, about ten cents, but if the planter
eivcs a dollar and seyenty-tive cents 3
bushel for corn TO feed a poor olG mule,
there is no telling how much 1T does
cost. If the present price OF cotton
doesn't induce our farmers to SOW oats,
its only question Of time as to when
the Sheriff will close up the farmers op-
eralions.
Mr.. JOSEPH CREWS died at Laurens
Court House on Monday night. The
good men Of all parties must denounce
the cowardIy assassination. 1T IS
crime, and worse than L crime, a blum
der. 1t is, irrespective of the motive on
the part of the perpetrator, dastaru!y
act which calls Tor the Reproduction OF all
good citizens. Assassination has all the
elements of the worst of crimes, and
merits the sererest punishment at the
hands of outraged justice.
A WRITER in the Greenwood New
Era urges the passage of "a no-fehce
law,n and asserts, without the fear OF
contradiction, that the portion of crop
DESTROYED in this County for the five
past years, and the stock killed, MANNED
and injured while depredating on the
growing crops, is more than suiilcleht TO
pay the tuition of every child III the
County from six to sixteen years OF age,
and feed Mr. Miller's paupers Ito boot"
. A GREAT NUMBER Of our planters are
sowing large crops of small gram.
Small grain requires no cultivation:
The election comes off next Fall, and
the farmer who expects the nations
wards" to neglect the league and the
elections, for the trifling matter of hoe
ing corn and picking cotton, reckons
without his host.
WE learn that overseers of roads have
been asking the County Commissioners
to excuse them for derelictiOns OF duty
on account of the dry weather. The
road overscers have no valid excuse on
this account now, and any Overseer who
shall refuse or neglect to Immediately
put his road in good condition will be
severely dealt with.
THE Right Rev. w. B. w. Howe,
Bishop Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in this State, arrived here OH
Monday morning, and went to willing
ton church Oh yesterday, where he Will
hold services and administer the right
of confirmation to-day. He was the
guest here Of VIM. II. Parker, Esq.
RELIGIOUS services will be held III
Trinity church by Bishop Howe, on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings
respectively, commencing at / O'Clock,
and again on Sunday afternoon at 4
o CLOCK.
RELIGIOUS Rev. D. A. .Frier-
son, of Anderson, preached two excel
lent sermons before large and attentive
audiences, in the Presbyterian church,
on Sunday last, in the morning and at
night.
INTERESTING religious services have
been held during the past week at
Cukesbury, under the direction OF the