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NEWS ITEMS.

Hooa are NssS iio'iiiSi"te.
There is even happiness that makes
the heatH afraid.
PlumS, ras pl'rrrics ana bla'kbcrTicS
are plentiful, with prospect Of 4 heavy
watermelon crop.
The grand jury OF Sparlarhurg Coun-
ty Kavc indirteG' the Solicitor of the
Giccuit, Fleming, fnr drunkenness.
IfzS~Romc WAS 40; built in Il day,n the
Inference is that it sprung up in tie
night, aud ihus ocviiItc 4 musilro"my
city.
The; crops through the County are
5iow generally locking fine. Both corn
and cotton Hrc in good comIi;ionss ss--\c"-
5sJr3I |icruiCh.
Prof. J. IT. Carlisle, IL. D.. has been
elected President OF Wo!iorI College, to
fill the vacancy occasi0ncd by the rcsls-
nation of Rcv. DR.. Shipp.
.s..Thc Rochester woman who expected
tiie world t. cad thr other day, and gave
\ away her brass kettle. iS n0w the mad
est wp'nan cast Of the .tllcghanirs'
!. Tho hacks,Anl stages going over the
: mountains from GrCc::r:ie; - towards
Flat Rock and AshcviiIc. are daily
loaded with passengers seeking health
and plcN.urc.r=
, Col. b. Y. Sage, l;,tc superintendent
and chief enginoerNof the Atlanta and
/. hteiiihoNu Nl.h'"e t.'uii"H', "as
Ie5 Ieu'io ae,'u II. 49,, ne,s >''''"''' VII
WEDNESDAY '''' '''''s ''e'.
A colored boy, on.0f Sam Mcdaniel,
living on the premises Of EcV. \ w.
Moore. was Killed by tightening on last
puesdav cvcnng.-L>urcH5tsWC Her.
did.
!, ,,.,,, ,, .i,;,a to
be honest and industrious; if these, two
things don't enable him to make fig
ger in this world, lie is only u cypher,
and never was intended for iiggcr-
Josh Billings.
RI odvortis;nn ,,on't my WHY not
,ota dawn vonr ei~nsa yhrTe two
I,ndrnd ne,;la scc . strpit sim Two
thnnsas,d Sea vorr Sion in t;,a nawsr,a-
AZ,
-.
a two-story dwelling OF Nr. /. 4:
Cover, on ,Broau street, was GscoreTc"
on saturday nEht, at an"nt t"ciEe
O'clock, to be in flames, and notWIto-
stahqlhS NiI1,nCs 1' ttio'iS oIl .nc l't: "
was DESTROYED excepting the frame. 1t
is supposed to have been set ON fire as it
was cupied.-Enfa:J,ri$n Gnd ifc,m-
tajneer.
,,..,,
.j ,o ia t',. ~ .; Sa' s ..iI I.
,, ,ru t.,,'t tlv,! i'n'o - Lnr fann
1u?o.'u sl.t t,,'', t, t "i,mM ~ t'' ~ tI,
t,ot ~, r,n',t s,'i,,nr,. nt,%nt
nn;,II,, T,' =. ,,,IorStn''J t.t arery
,a ", viz f. g sn,;Ina ,,''' on c,' hrr " hr,hnna
~ ai In ron,aro n nn, or tha nl,i "r;,';,
L. L.. "''i '~'-+''0 0''' WV
There seems to be at least one news
paper in the South which has soln"
comprehension of th- natural laws
which control the circulation OF currcn
cy. Inrcp;y to the frantic DEMANDS Of
many Of its contemporaries for "mOre
money" the lEsmphiS Auul0achc makes
this unanswcrrtIe argument: "rhc
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TIlToN, BEEcnEE AND Bowen
"'rhcsc three, and the creates: Of these
is" which? yhe story is told Of a cler-
gyman who had three pets o monkey,
a parrot and squirrel. These three he
iniprudently left, on one accession, shut
up in his library. When be returned
he found that the monkeys hide was
full of holes, Which had evidently been
bitten there the squirrel had lost its
tail, and the parrot having been picked
alive, was perched on the back of a
chain as the master entered, to whom he
remarked by way of explanation of the
condition of affairs, Twelve had hell of
u time"
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LIB RUSSELL,
Auditor, A, 6.
Auditors Office, A. G: H.,
July 9th, 1875, bit

Judge.
NNTHEREAS, b: H! Baker and w..
w II. Whitlock made suit to ME,
to grant them Letters of Administra-
ton of the Estate and effects of Mrs.
Jane r. Baker, late of Abbeville Coun-
ty deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admon-
ish all and singular the kindred and
Creditors of the said Mrs. Jane r. Baker
deceased, that they be and appear, before
me, in the Court cf Probate, to be held
at hbbeville G.. II. on the Goth instant,
after publication hereof at II o'clock
in the forenoon, to show cause,
if any they have, why the said Admin
istratior should not be granted:
Given under my hand and seal, this
5th day Of July in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy five and in the ninety ninth
year of American Independence:
Published or'the 7th and 18th day of
July, 1875, in tile ItbbeUiite Press ant
B,ulncr and on the Court House door
for the time required by law.
r.. B. MILFORD,
[SEAL] Judge of Probate.
July 7, 1875, 1926
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NY virtue Of an Execution to me
p directed, I will sell ut Abbevillc
Court House on Sale Day in August
next, within the legal hours, the fol-
lowing property, viz:
400 Acres of Land,
moro or less, bounded by land Of
Jake Clamp, Bob Winn, and others,
the real estate Of Washington S.
Cochran. Leviod on as the property
of W. S. Cochran, decd, at the suit
Of J. B. Cochran, and others.
TERMS CASH.
L. P. GUFFIN,
S. A. G.
Sheriff's s Office, Abbeville, !
July 9Th, 1876, l3-4t !
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publ licati Ion spf. this NSEifffRg
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This story is f6dndcd' on fact5; the
scenes and incidents are located in a
thriving New England. Village, noted
for it's busy hum of cotton spindles and
looms; while the actors who figure in
the drama rs ma are @ natura, ITO to the ti very lite;
opening chapter it carries the mind Of
the reader to the banks of arapid river,
Oh bright October morning, and thence
heis compelled for the next few days to
fbllow the Author, and make the ac-
Quaihtance of the various characters
Introduced.
1he scheming of wiley attorney,
With his acconplices, for wealth, which
trasted with the manly character and
Honorable rlGtivesf tie hero.
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End of the Beeeher Case.

The almost interminablc Bccclcr case
has at last come to an end by the disa-
grcciicnt and discharge cf the jury.
They stood three forconviction and nine
for ac1uittaI, and have left the matter
where it properly bclougs,'t be decided
at the bar Of public opinion. The whole
proceeding has good deal Of the far
cical in it, and looks very much like a
! burlesquc upon the administration OF
justice.
Here for four long months learned
Judge, eminent counsel, sober-mindcd
Jurors, and witnesses and spectators,
have been listening to the unscemly
quarrcls and unbecoming revelations OF
two disputatious litigants, who choose
to vcntilate their personal grievances in
court Of justice, and who have at last
succeeded in klackening their own
characters and disgusting the public.
For weeks and months the disgraccful
details have bcell spread broad cast over
the country to the manifest dctriment
of lniblic morals, and with no Better
result to tlls-rparties themselves, than
the doubt in the public mind, whether
fof the two Becchcr or Tilton' be the
guiltier party or the greater fool. It has
been costly proceeding to prove so lit
tle-"a big cry and little WOOL" Weare
glad that the case is ended, and think
that it mattcred very little to the inter.
csts of the Christian church, what the
verdict might he. The Christian
Church is too great TO be compromised
by the act of any unworthy disciple.
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Fle State of South Glili
q OF AS IsEvIEIE, +,
C.. V. Barnes, Ex tors, Petition
. agains6S for -
2 B. j. EQahrasb, and . Settlements
Mary s his wife, &c.
!, sSlaff14{flers. -

,hNsheafing the petition In this case, 3
W and On &satton Of Perrin & Coth-
ran, lsttorhs Petitioner, it is Or:
dered, sTha day of July next
be- and js6efeH5if&ed for a Settlement
of;the Estate or C. W. Barnes, senior,
deceased. That the defendants be and
they are herbbW required to answer the q
Petition and appear in this Court onthe
day above named at 100 clock A. M.
fs 1t appearing to this C6urt.by the Af-
'6davito of j. .Ts Barnes, tHat the Defeh-
idant 2. w Beniamin j. Coch-
ran; and fal ~ Cochran, his wife,
Albert afSS@ %and Emma Brown,
scfii1dfens u ssAdph Gus e. Barnes, decds
resi- Beyotd theSlimitg Of this Stots
tits Therefore, ORDERED lat the III |$
Defendants be made part by iin Z
ttion, apdst hat copisB0 ne peti itioh
this gFdsEhs* h6fespec ective par
ties by mai, pSstsge prepaid to their
in ihesaid aai davft.
Also Ordered, That the Defendants 4
residing liz Eflfiss State and County be g
duly served with copies Of the Petition
and this Order respectively, and that e
the Order be published in the Abtevilie I;
Press and Banner for six successive
weeks. .THOS. B.. MIL.EFOR ORD, ss. y
May'31, 1879, "a. 3.. G.
The above IS a true copy.
Attest, j. G. C.'NoSMANsKY,?:. - - 53e g.
9. 9. Pro.A:. e. 6ts s:$T
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The SEEGENs CAsE.-The anderson
Conscrrator publishes the testimony i'll
this case taken by q stenographer, in a
supplement-. The testimony occupies
nine closely printed columns, and en-
gagged the time Of the Court for ahpntire
day. The Editor, Mr.. Murray, was one
of the counsel in the case for the de-
fence and urges the appointment of a
stenographer in each judicial circuit
for three reasons,-lst, the saving of
the time OF tire Colsrt-5d, on account of
tie more full and accurate report which
Is given-and Sd, that the witness who
gives his testimony without inte!Fnp-
ton, is less likely to commit perjury.
Good reasons, we think, and warrant
ing The experiment.
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BASE BALL.--On last Friday the Alb
beville "CEerolaees" played q match
game with the Cokesbury "Mtodecs'
with tho following result;
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Mr. JULIUS DUPREE, who has been at
College in Spartanburg-for the past
scholastic year, returned to Abbcvillc
last week.
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AIlllbtIt'S.
Total
g . O.

Umpire, l.. w. Perrin, of Abbcviilc ;
Scorers, s. G. Thomson, and AIr. Nix
hon.
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Medical Card.

DRS. BECkHAM & JOHNSON
HB have associated themselves to-
gether in the practice Of their profession,
and may be found ut their office in
Lowndesville. They respectfully offer
their professional services to the public.
ROBT. S. BECKHAM, NJ. d.
J. G. JOH NSON, NJ. u.
April II, 1875, I-3m:;
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Sheriff S Sale.
By L. L. Wilson, Auctioneer.
Thomas J. jennings, Joseph T
Smith, and William P. Crawford,
Partners, .s Jennings, Smith
& Co., et aI.
against
". H.. Pcake.

DY virtue Of two Executions TO me
ID directed, l will sell ut Abbevi! lie
Court House on Sale in Adjustment,
within the legal hours. the following
ing property, TO wit:
Fourteen Hundred Acres of
Land,
moro or less, bounded by lands Of J.
G. Jennings, Savannah River, Petit
grew Estate, and others, levied on as
The property of W. Fl. Xeake, at the
suit Of Thomas J. Jennings, Joseph
r. Smith and VIM. P. Crawford, Part
ners as Jennings, Smith Il Co.. end
Edward Barry g. Co.
TERMS CASH.
e. P. GUFF{Fy
S. A. G.
Shcriff's S Onico, Abbevillc, |
July 9th, 1875, l3-4t
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Sheriff Sale:
Bp IL. Wilson, Auctioneer.

Samuel Palmer, and Susan, his wife,
ht tho matter Of the Dstatc Of
Martha Goodwyn, ek al.
against
James N. Truwit,
DY virtue Of sundry Executions to
y me directed, I will sell at Able
vile G. H., Oh SaIeday in Augustnext,
witting the legal hours, the follow
lng property, to- wit
One Tract of Eand, containing
100 Acres,
more or less, and bounded by lands of
james Britt, Jr.. Hiram P,Amey, Est
VIM. Truwit, aud others.
2 Mules,
I sorrel Horse, =.
1 Four Horse Wagon,
levied on rs the property Of James
NJ. Truwit ut the suit of Samuel
Palmer, and Susan, his wife, in the
of the Estate Of Martha
Goodwin, Derry Il Taw, and \. }.
TERMS CASH.
T.. p. GUFFIN,
S. !. C.
Sheriff s Office. Abbeville, I
July 9Th, 1875, l3-4t !
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Shel'if'S Sale.

By i. J. WILSON: Auctionecr,
J. i. Cochran, ct. at.
against Execution.
Sam'I W. Cochran, }
Admir-.
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OUR druggist OH Whites Block has a
new Penney, weigh it. "a 70 D..
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Real Estate.
cf-kl

Al Lex pcrs5fs' owning more than S
IA aeres of land within the incOrpo-
rate limits of any Town or Village in
the County are hereby required toreport
the number of acres to this Office OH or
before,the Goth of this month. Those
failing to comply are liable to pay the
expenses of q, survey.
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T r R Ne 8

Half Of purchase money and costs to
be paid in Cash, ;.,.d the other bali
upon credit until the first day oI
September, 1875, with interest from
date. Purchasers to have title deed
on complying with terms, and. bo let
into possYssion.
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DY virtue Of an Order TO me direc-
ID ted. by Ills Honor 4. IL, Cooke,
Z will sell on Saleday in August next,
before the Court House door, at Able
vile, within the ley:f hours, the fol-
lowing described MORTGAGED
PROPERTY, to wit:
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Deuglass Miil,
$50 ACRES,

moro or less. and bounded by lands Of
David Hanh:tll, the Williams Tract:
James N. Cochran, and others. Sold
as the property Of VIM. G Barrett,
Trustee LAT the suit ct James n. Coch-
ran.
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Steam Cultivation.

Surely steam cultivation is to be the
base on which will safely and perma-
nently rest the profitable future of agri-
culture. Its aid comes none too soon,
for that great national complaint econ
sumption" increases enormously, and !
am filled with anxiety and fear when l
reflect upon the possibility of a naval
war which shall interrupt the flow of a
large portion of the foreign supply OF
food, on which 100000 of our people
are depending for their daily nourish-
ment. The first naval engagement in
which Great Britain is concerned would
send up food prices enormously, and af-
feet most injuriously our cheapncss OF
manufacturing. Bread and meat would
go up; farmers with long unexpired
leases would make a purse, while the
unfortunate remover of an expiring lease
would go in at war rents, and go out,
probably at peace prices, a ruined, OF
impoverished man; just as it was i'll the
good old times" within my rccollec-
ton, when gold displaced paper; plenty
and content would vanish before wal
prices and INSTRUCTED supplies. Well
then, let us make hay while the sun
shines, multiply the use of agricultural
steam machinery, and make our land 50
productive that our dependence ON for
eign nations for our food shall he min
imum instead of Gas at presently Il max
imum. We all know how this can be
done, but, To do it, many of our old
legislative and other antiquated notions
must make way for modern exigences.
Security of tenure by lease and absence
of restraint as to cropping may be safely
granted when accompanied by power
on the part of the landlord to Dust bad
tenant or compel him to amend his ways,
rs is provided in Lord Leicestcr's com
mendable leases. The great want OF
British agriculture is departure from
antiquated agricultural attachments, and
a recognition and adoption of modern!
requirements. Foremost among these
are the concentration and increase OF
agreeable capital, both on the part of land
owner and tenant, and such facilities fol
the inflow Of at present, outside capital,
as shall induce it to become available for
the great increase of both food and profit.
All this is ''no easy task" but the very
reverse, so somebody must keep peg
ging away. Dublin .IOurRaL
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FIOrentine Nceiie-WOrk,

In his Ariadne FIorentina, lust pub
lished, Prof Ruskin gives an interesting
description of three pieces of Florcntinc
needle-work which has attracted his at
tention in the bedroom in which lie slept
at the Kings Arms hotel, Lancaster.
Mr.. Ruskin, while staying at the inn,
WIS engaged in revising a lecture on
Design in the Florentinc Schools of
Engraving and he thus illustrates his
subject: "On the walls of the little
room where | finally revised this lecture
hangs an old silken sample of great
grandame's work, representing the do
nestle life of Abraham, chiefly the
stories of Isaac and Ishmael; Sarah at
her tent door, watching with folded arms.
the dismissal of Hagar; above, in Il
wilderness full of trees, birds, and but
terflies, little Ishmacl lying at the root
OF tree, and the spent bottle under
another; Hagar i'll prayer, and the angel
to her out OF II wreathed line
of gioomiiy undulating clouds, which.
with Il dark-raycd sun in the midst, sur
mount the entire composition in two
arches, out of which dcsccndes shafts of
q suppose) bencficcnt rain; leaving
however, room in the corner opposite to
1shmacPs angel for Isaac's who STAYS
Abraham in the sacrifice; the ram in the
thicket, the squirrel in the plum-trec
above him, and the grapes, pears, apples,
roses, and daises of the foreground being
all wrought with invoIution OF such in
genious needle-work as may well rank,
in the patience, the natural skill, and
the innocent pleasure of it, with the
trucst works of Florentine engraving.
Nay, the actual tradition of many of the
forms of ancient art is in many places
for instance, in the spiral
of the flames of the wood on
the altar, which are like group of first
springing fern. On the wall opposite is
\ smaller composition, representing jus
Lice with her balance and sword, Standing
between the sun and neon, with back
ground of pinks, boage, and corn-cockle;
l third is only a cluster of tulips and
iris, with two byzantine peacocks; but
The spirits of Penelope and Adriadnc
reign vivid in all the work, and the rich
ness of pleasurable fancy is As great still
N these silkcn labors as in the marble
riches and golden roof of the Cathedral of
NOnreale"
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How to Find out Whom any Given Per-
son Will Marry.

1t don't require any astrologer, me-
dunn, or Il gypsy with a dirty pack of
cards
1t is very simple-lies in a nutshell
and can be expressed in very few words.
They are these:
The last person you would naturally
think of.
If girl expresses her fondncss for ma
jestic men with large whiskers, make up
your mind that she will marry very
small man with none.
If she declares that ''mind " is all she
looks for, expect to see her stand before
the altar with very pretty fellow who
has Just sense enough to tie a cravat bow.
If, on the contrary, she declares she
must have n handsome husband, look
about you for the plaincst person i'll the
circle of her acquaintance and declare
''that is the man." for it will be.
Men are almost as bad.
| The gentleman who desires wife with
mind and mission, marries a lisping
| baby who screams at the sight OF Il
mouse, and hides her face when she hears
sudden knock at the door,
And the gentleman who dreaded any
thing like strong mindedness exults in
the fact that his wife is everything he
detested
If girl says of one, "Marry him. I'd
rather die" look upon the affair as set
tied, and expect cards to the wedding OF
these two people.
If man remarks of lady" Not my
style at ALL await patiently the appear
ance of his name in the matrimonial col
um2 in connection with that lady's.
And if any two people declare them
selves &c friends and nothing more" you
will know what will come next.
There is no hypocrisy in all this, and
such marriages are invariably the hap
piest.
People do not know themselves, an6
make great mistakes about their inten
tons.
Love is terribly perplexing when he
first begins to upset ones theories, anc
when his arrow first pierces the hear
there is such fluttering there that it i:
hard to guess the cause.
Besides, man proposes and God dis
poses, and it is the 81 don't know what
with which people fall in love, and moi
their peculiarities which could be giver
in passport.
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The Crime of "Burking.3

On the Doth of November. 1927, an
old man by the name of Donald died in
West Port, one of the purlieus of Edin-
burgh. He lodged with Il man named
VIM. Hare, and died owing him four
pounds. His creditor saw but one way
of reimbursing himself and that was by
disposing of the old mans body to the
doctors. Hare found ready accom-
plice in VIM. Burke, one of his dodgers.
The body was removed from the coffin,
and a bag of tanners bark substituted
for it. The lid WAS screwed down and
the little funeral went off as usual. The
same evening Hare and Burke stealthiIv
repaired to the university, and, meeting
a student i'll the yard, asked for the
rooms of DIR. Monroe, the professor of
anatomy. The student happened to be a
pupil of knox's, ard, upon discovering
their GRAND, he advised them to try
KnOx's place in Surgeons Square. There
they sold the body for e. los, a large
sum for them, and very easily obtained.
They had no courage to go into the reg
ular business of body-stealing; and 50
Hare, the vilest of the two, suggested a
fresh stroke of business, which was to
inveigle the old and infirm into his quar-
tiers and edo for them" Hare started
in search of victim; and, providing
through the slums, met an old woman
half drunk, and asked her to his house.
He gave her whisky until she became
comatose, and then with Burke's assist
ance strangled her. The body brought
GIO
The appetite of the vampires was now
sharply whetted, and they entered svs-
tematically upon the work of murder.
Migrants, strcet-walkers, and imbcciIcs
were allured on various pretexts to the
house of Hare, made dead drunk, and
suitocated. Emboldened by their sue
cesses, they began to pursue their thug
gish practices even in daylight a wo-
man named Docherty was stifled, and
her body left halfexposed under some
straw was seen by two dodgers, who
notified the police. Thirteen victims
had been secured in eleven months, and
all taken to the same place and sold.
The prisoners were tried Dec. q, 1923,
when Hare, the BLACKLIST of the villains,
was let off by turning states evidence"
and Burke was convicted, hanged and
dissected.
The effect produced upon the public
by this horrible disclosure is indescrib-
able. a new and unheard-Of crime, that
of Burking," was added to the list of
atrocities of which human fends are
capable. Astonishment and terror spread
through the community. Households
gathered their members within-doors be-
fore dusk; workmen walked home from
their nights toll in groups, as if in fear
of being waylaid. The facts were appalI-
ing enough; but a Thousand cxaggera- |
tons and inventions filled the air, and |
intensified the universal excitement