The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-16


THE FENCE LAw.-It is well that this
subject is being agitatcd and brought
prominently before the people. 1t is a
matter Of great interest to the farmers.
Proper legislation will doubtless prove a
great blessing for the country. Of course
there are some who will oppose or try to
oppose such d law, but it is a hard matter
to please everybody. Some people are
born with a talent specially adopted to
croaking and opposing everything that
tends toward Improvement. 1t looks like
Il carricature on common sense to see the
poor Southern farmers building and re-
pairing long fonces around poor land to
keen out their poorer herds of LLttle that
forciblv remind one of a famine. It is
almost q uselcssAxaste OF time, labor and
money. AS for the poor stock whose
only luxury in this country seems to be
Ebroom-straw, wind and water, it would
be a mercy to kill the greater portion of
them. BY all means let the country have
q good fence law, and it will be the dawn
of u new era Of prosperity to the State
anderson Journal.
NIAGARA FALLS SOLD AT AUCTION
The exclusive right to the water power OF
the American side of the Niagara river at
the falls, the Hydraulic canal, Grass Is
land, above the falls, and ten lots in the
village of Niagara Falls, the whole being
known as the canal property, were sold
by auction On Tuesday for $1,000. The
property belonged to Horace H.. Day, and
cost over a million dollars. The canal
furnishes one hundred and seventy thou
sand horse power. The purchasers were
j. +. Shoelikonn & Son, Of Buffalo, for q
stock company Of Niagara Falls and Buff
falo capitalists.
The House of Representatives, by a
decisive vote, has determined to postpone
until the regular session the bill to regu-
late the interest On all contracts, popular
ly known rs the usury bill. The senti-
ment of the House has seemed decidedly
in favor OF the rc-enactment of the usury
law, and its postponemcnt until next
winter only means that the members are
unwilling to adopt a measure OF such
vast importance to debtors and creditors
without preparing the public mind for so
radical n change.-RegtSter.
GOING TO LIRERIA.-Thc negroes in
this vicinity hold frequent meetings in
the interest of those who wish to 20 to
Liberia-or Libary, as they call it. These
Door creatures it seems cannot DC satisfied
unless they are being made the dupcs of
somebody or something. It Is said that
Bouey and Daddy Cain arc going on to
Liberia soon, to prepare a place for all
the colorcd folks in South Carolina.-
Edgefeld advertiser.
A North C%arolinian has invented a ma
chine that may produce almost rs marked
an effect as the cotton gin. 1t is the pick
or. 1t is q ~wagon-like machine, which is
driven through tho ripencd fields and
picks clean every scrap of cotton, and
saves the labor OF one hundred hands.
Where the price Of the staple may 20 to
with this invention in general use, it is
impossible to tathom.-No1JoM Land
marx.
David T.. Fourtz, Baltimore, Md.
Dear Sir:-Your Snrincr's Indian Yer
mifuge is ready sale with us. Our GUS
toners say it destroys and expels worms
effectually. We have sold all we had.
Send us another supply mt once and
obligc, Carmlnichael 4 DeVaulc, Ashvile,
n. G.
Ex-Prcsident Grant, on his arrival i'll
London, it is announced, will have a spe-
cial audience with Queen Victoria, and be
the guest of Mr.. Disracli anu other emf
nent men. 4 is said that in Difference to
the high office he has filled, the Queen
will pay him ! visit.
In TRoUBLE.-The tolls are closing
around Senator W~hittemore, and there is
hardly any doubt but that he will be re-
moved from his position. The Commit
tee have parties from, Darlington now be-
fore them, and the evidence is very DAM
aging.-Ph9nir.
The body of Jenkins Whitner, n Of
the Lowndcsvillc murderers, who was
executed at A!bbcville last Friday, was
brought to this place on the train Satur-
day and was inferred at Concord on Sun
day.-Anderson Journal.
An Iowa paper tells of q smart wife who
helped her husband to raise seventy acres
of wheat. The way she helped him was
to stand in the doOr and shake a broom at
him when he sat down to rest.
An arrangement has been made for
Judges Reed and Cooke to exchange cir
cults, so as to allow Judge Reed to hold
the Court at Anderson and Judge Cooke
at Charleston, this month.
A train of cars on q Florida railroad
passed a man on horseback, and there
was q great hurrahing among the passen-
gers until they discovered that the mule
was tied to the fence.
HOPE IT'S TEUE.-It is reported that
the machinery from ten OF the largest
English cotton factories is to be removed
to the vicinity of Columbia, s. C.-Phg-
mir.
The elegant furniture of Ex-Governor
Moses has been sold ut auction by Mr..
Jacob Levin. 1t brought prices far below
it's value.-Register.
GoSEAT LAsT.-Danicl II. Chamber
lain left Columbia last night on his way
to his New England home.-RcgiSter,
18th.