The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-10-27

spirited gentleman and practical cltl
zen who is anxions to see our Fair ,
success. He makes some suggestions
which we think, if acted upon, nigh
add additional interest to this-a.nua
reunion of fellowship and good feeling
between our citizens. He thinks goot
speeches should be of no secondary i'm
portance, and believes that If additiona
premiums were offered to other classe
of horseback riders for each day, ant
premiums given for the best teams o
mules, horses and oxen, and also TO
single draft horses, mules and oxen, tina
new contestants would enter for tht
premiums and add interest to the occa
sion.
QUICK WoRK.-In September Messr
Connor & DuPre insured dwelling o
It. J. Ellis. In two weeks after it wa
burned, and on 22d-less than three
weeks after the fire, the policy was palc
in cash. Persons desiring to insure thell
property against loss can do so by apply
ing to Mr.. DuPre at Abbeville, or Mr.
Connor at Cokesbury. They represent
a numberof excellent companies, who
are prompt to settle losses sustained BY
the insured.
COMMERCIAL fertilizers to have any
effect on the crop must injure the LAND
to that extent. There Is no doubt thai
good fertilizers will ruin the land
Better use mean guanos as you then
only lose the money thrown away In
the purchase, for guanos stimulate lane
for little while and then leave 1t poorer
than ever.
MEssRs. w. p. WIDEMAN and George
Bradley rendered very material assis'
tance on Friday night at the Concert
They are noted for their musical talent
and their songs added greatly to the
enjoyment of the evenings entertain,
ment. Long Cane has some excellent
Young men and none more so than
Messrs. w. and B.
WE trust our friends in other counties
will not think our farmers negligent OF
their duty by our urging the sowing OF
grain. Our planters are the hardest
Working men in the world, but much OF
their labor has been absorbed on cotton
and the minor matters have escaped
their attention.
Now is the time to secure mean old
cow to break down the poor fences OF
your neighbours, so that your stock may
Craze on his barley, oats and wheat next
Winter and Spring. He can't make a
lawful fence, and your stock can gather
his crop.
Mr.. J. Y. S1TToN, of Due West, one
of the best carriage-makersi in the State,
was at the Fair last week. He rendered
efficient service on some Of the commit
tees, and took premium for some su-
perior specimens Of his handiwork.
MEssRs. r. J. ELLIS, J. N. Cochran,
G.. G.. Finley, J. NJ. Mathews. J. d. Ell
lis, #. w. Pace and w. A. Moore, of our
County, were among those who attended
the Greenville Fair last week.
Mr.. JOHN PATTERSON, who has Ia
ken the Press and Banner from the day
of its first publication, says it is a better
paper now than ever before, and his
head is exactly level.
Now is the time for the poor old dar'
key to cut pine poles and brush to pro-
tect his next years crop from the depre.
dations of his rich neighbours COWS and
hogs.
Now come the cotton-selling days, the
brightest of the year, when the farmer
promptly pays his debt and rids himself
of care-when the price is high enough
Mr.. J. P. YOUNG, of Lowndesville,
was here during the Fair. He is agood
farmer, and a jealous worker for the in
terests of the Fair. ~.
ANY farmer who has plenty of land
in Abbeville County should blush to
tell that he has to buy Western tour fol
his own use. .
OUR friends have been making a run
on Rosenherg's overcoats. He has been
selling an excellent article at a low price
for the cash. &
LAURENs County had some hand.
some representatives at our Fair last
week, and amongth number was Miss
Sullivan. "
WE can furnish hundreds Of certifi.
Gates from the most Intelligent men OF
County that guanos are a
..,.
THE best thing for horse or mule In
the Spring Is good green pasture-thls
may be gained by sowing a bushel OF
barley. .... P.
MAJ. r. A. GRIFFIN has returned
from Tate Springs. There are some
very pleasant rumors as to the Major OF
late:
See advertisement of Messrs. Wal
lingford & Armstrong, who adver'
tise some fine horses and mules fol
sale.
Mr.. B. G. DUPRE, with his better
half and the little duplicate of himself,
was In attendance at the Fair last week.
SERVED HIM R1GHT.-A negro was
lynched in Atlanta, Ca, recently, fol
rape on white woman.
Col. MILLER is expected to give oats
farmers some good suggestions
as to the sowing of barley and oats.
THE rich man ought Immediately, tt
turn out his razorback hogs to eat the
bottom corn of his poor neighbors.
THE little boy who has been fed on
mean corn bread all this year should
now ask his father to sow wheat.
THE gallows upon which Banks was
hung last ysar still stands in the jail
yard, as a warning to evil-dqers.
THE proposed change in school books,
it is estimated, would cause an expense
of from S. to $S for each pupil.
THE firm of McGhee g. Bros. had
their brother Benjamin at the Fair, as q
of their firm.
IN a few years we believe the man
who would be seen hauling guano home
will be laughed at or pitied.
DIR. e. PARKER is now Royal Arch
Mason. Mr.. l.. NJ. Fouche Of Ninety
Co., on,, tocti RI tha fooi