The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-07-19

0f the occasion, ana 1ull repoII y
the speeches of General Kershaw
Gov. Chamberlain and others. IN.
namphlet is neatly gotten up, and l:
designed to pcrpetuate the memory o
one of the most glorious battles of the
Revolution.
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THE turnip crop is n very impor
tant ono. Be sure to sow three or foul
times the usual quantity. The trouble
is almost nothing, and will pay hand
somely to feed to your milk COWS II
the winter. Five or six acres OF tur
nips may be sowed for a song and viii
make YOU more clear profit than ter
acres of cotton. Besides feeding youl
cattle, they are good for your own Ia
BILE.
MR.. J. L. CLARK, the threshing
man, last week employed Mr.. Mm
Sprouse to feed his thresher. Nher
putting the sheet OH the feed board a
the close of job, corner OF the
sheet was caught and the whole shee
was drawn into the thrcsher. The
cylindcr was bent and part OF the ma
chinery is in Columbia for repairs.
OUR friend Mr.. Jas. II. Cobb say:
whenever he hears Of thrcsher tina
can thresh five hundred bushels i'll
day that he will go to see it. He car
90 to see Mess. Horton & Latimer''
machinery. They threshed for US sl'
hundred and nincty-iive bushels or
Tuesday of last week by four o'clocE
in the evening.
SOME people seem to have but little
appreciation of the hard times, II
the ncighborhood of the fields W here
our oats were grown we have not oees
asked less than ten cents Il bushel tt
haul them to Abbeville, while the
highest price asked by wagoners q,
Abbcville for the same work has beel
eight cents a bushel.
TILDEN AND HENDEICKS.-A ban
ner with the names of the Democratic
nominees for President and Vice Pres
ident has been hoisted in the Iubllt
Square, and calls upon our people TO
rally to the support of honest govern
ment. and of reform-Stute and Fed
eral--is now the watchword of the
Democratic party.
Buy double the amount of turnlI
seed that you think you need, anU
SOW on double the amount of ground
that YOU deem sufficient for the
seed. Turnips are healthy food fol
man and beast and the "tops" come
in at the harvest season of the year
Get the seed now before it is two late
NEW TR1CK.-Whcn a darley gets
q lob from white neighbor who mas
not the implement necessary, the dar,
kew will Eropose to furnish it, and
tLen 70 off and borrow it from q
reirh Dor on his employers account
It is said that at least one black mall
does this.
Mess. Horton & LATIMER have as
pood a TIN eshcr as there is III the
csunty. They are excellent men anc
fulfill their promises: Dr.; horton
the business manager is full or cncr
Nv and keeps his machinery moving
success attend them.
Mr.. J. F. G. DUPIE is better far:
mer than the Junior. MIR. -. so"eo
thirty. five bushels Of red oats aht
harvested seven hundred ana ONE
bushels, while we sowed two hundred
and fifty bushels and harvested one
thousand anu forty-eight.
THE man who buys corn and neg
lects to SOW oats does not deserve sue
cess at farming. We regard it as uh'
mistakubte evidence that q planter is
going to the bad to see his wagon con.
stantiy in town to be loaded WITH
Western corn.
New F1RM.-We learn that Messrs
Samuel Marshall and Henry Norwood
contemplate forming partnership IN
the mercantile business about the first
of October, and will probably occupy
the corner store in the McIlwaine
building.
Young man, do not do 80 cruel q
thing as to win the iove-of girl anC
then leave it helpless and in tears.
Es~ So says the Oglcthrope Echo
Our experience has been quite the re-
verse. The girls win ours, and thel
don't reciprocate worth cent. Wha
have you to say to them. Mr.. Echo?
Gaping OAT SMoCKs.-The Jun
ior's oats were all exposed in shocks
without caps, to the six days rain il
June. -Four days of sunshine drie(
them perfectly,-except in few very
large shocks. Not single hea'
sprouted.
Happiness and prosperity depend t.
very great extent upon good health
All those suffering from Hoarseness
Cold, or Cough, should try Dr.. Bull
Cough Syrup. 1t cures.
Mr.. JAS. TAGG.ART sowed thirt,
bushels of red oats and harvested
eight hundred bushels, and he sowet
down the same amount Of wheat ant
harvested five hundred bushels. Mess
Norwood g. Hester did the threshing
No planter should ever prom isc t.
give the thresing of his grain to all.
particular thresher, but he shoult
give it to the first good one that come
his way.
SOME of our merchants when trad
| lS uull duu VIC hSHSpaPSiS aiC 1iAiC'
with exciting news vary the monotn
ny of the hard times by swappin:
hats.
EVERY good house wife will Sc
that plenty of turnips, cabbage ant
long legged collards are sown. Nov
is the time to prepare the ground.
Sow winter cabbage and the long
legged collard. They are little NOR
trouble than turnips; but are indis
pensible. Don't neglect to sow both
THAT excellent agricultural jounal
the Southern Cuttirator, published a
Athens, has been received for July
Send two dollars.
"He who takes the paper,
And pays his bills when due,
Can live in peace with God and man,
And with the printer, too"
MR.. r. P. QUARLEs has been draw
ing dividend from his bee specula
ton. It was inserted just below tn
eye. o.. -..-g. e .- r ..
THERE is a good opening ut Abbe
Vile for men with money in the mer
camille business.
THERE were religious services in al
the churches on Sunday.
AS soon as the crops arc laid b.
commence to sow oats and barley.