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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21
McGowan for Chief Justice.

The SpartanJurg Herald has q prop
or appreciation of our distinguished
townsman aud dominates him for the
high office of Chief Justice, to fill the
place made vacant by the death Of the
late Chief Justice Moses. Gen. Nc
Gowan would honor any office within
the gift Of the Legislature and will be
SURE to secure the support of many
earnest advocates. We fully endorse
the Hcrntd's article and repr oduce 1t
below:
McGowAN FOR CHIEF JUsrIcE.-The
death of the late Chief Justice Moses
will dcvolye upon the Legislature the du-
ty of electing some n to till the yacan-
CIV. With all due respect to other gen
tlemen who may be mentioned for this
hig h Office, we respectfully suggest the
name of Gen. Samuel MCGOWAN, of Alb
bevillc, whose profound legal acquire
ments are we'll known to all Intelligent
ci.izens of the State. We need for this
Office one who is at the same time a learn-
ed jurist, a man of %unspotted integrity,
and II thorough Carolina gentleman. In
mono Of these respects has Gen, Mellow
all IL superior in the State"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21
The Difference.

The associate Reformed Pres6yte-
RAN in speaking of the late fire in
Newberry which destroyed the hotel
and so many stores, carrying distress
to so many unfortunate people. makes
use of the following kind words:
"It seems like a great calamity. Such q
fire is a calamity at any time, but just
now, when it seems so difficult to live in
these Southern States, to be burned out of
house and home is a peculiarly sore trial.
Several of the sufferers in Newberry
were our special friends. To them and to
all who suffered from the fire, We would
extend Il cordial sympathy"
Iu 1870 when our. hotel, the Court
House, and q considerable number of
stores were burnt, and women and lit
tie children were sent barefooted into
the streets on the coolest night of the
winter, the remarks of the Pres6yta-
rion, it seems to us, were somewhat
different. The Presbyterian had
friends in Abbeyille equally As coidi-
al and earnest as any now in
Newberry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21

MANURE IN LIQUID FORM.-We
wish 1t were possible for us to impress
upon every agricultural reader of this
journal, the great value and impor-
lance Of saving and using liquid fer
t~ilizers, such as may readily be pre-
pared at home, and applied with lit
Tic tr"uble-especially to garden veg
etables, strawberry beds, flower bor-
ders, etc. One of our exchanges, in
abiding tosIlis matter, recommends q
simple ami cheap apparatus, similar
to u large lye vat or ash hopper, which
may be, filled in the proportion of
two bushels (more or less according
to size OF hopl"r), of stable manure, y
half bushel hen d%roppings, one peck
good top soil, half a bushel Of new
ashes; then set the hopper to running
by pouring V the whole hot or cold
Stops, soap suts, and the refuse liquids
of the household. In a week or two
stir the compost, and run the liquor
through again. After extracting las
you may Think all the virtues Ut tn
contents, the latter may be used hr
mixtures with other compost, Or ap-
piled Immediately as a fertilizer, and
will prove equal If not superior TO al
most any fertilizer you can procure.-
EcntnckY X0mr ./OHrW0f.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21
Attempt to Burn Camden.

Policeman Gardner in the town of
Camden on Saturday night, says the
Journal, while standing at Baum's
corner, saw a match strike in the rear
of Mr.. D. R.Kennedy's store, on the
west side of Broad street. In a few
momentsa blaze appeared, but it was
promptly extinguished by Mr.. Gard
ner, who deserves credit forhis watch
fitness. A lot Of old papers had been
placed under MI. Kennedy's store and
then fired. In a short time, except
for the watehful eye of the policeman,
the whole building would have been
in flames. Certain parties are sus-
pected of having committed the out
rage, and the town council arc endeav-
oring to ferret out the perpetrstor of
this attempt to burn the town. If
such an attempt had been made in
Abbeville, does anybody suppose that
anybody would have been awake to
put out the fire?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21
THE Charleston NeWs and C0,rae

THE Charleston NeWs and Courier
thinks that we ought to have q Secre-
tary of Agriculture in the Presidents
Cabinet. Three years ago the Hon.
D. Wyatt Aiken advanced, through
the columns of the Rural Carolinidn
and before the Oranges of.the coun-
try, the creation of this department.
Latterly the National Grange and sew
eral State Oranges have taken action
favorably upon the same subject. and
we trust their voice will be one of po-
tency and influence with the Con-
gress of the United States. Now that
Col. Aiken is a member of Congress
he may be able to. get the question
squarely before Congress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21

MIXED FARMINa.-Farmers are
now trying mixed husbandry, instead
of risking their whole crop IN Que or
two staples. 1t matters not how small
his farm may be, it he works right
and has a few cows, plenty of sheep,
and shepherd dogs, a few hogs. fowls,
bees,a few horses, al orchard, q good
garden, with small fields of grain,
meadows, and varied vegetables ;
nothing il surer in the future than
that he will not only make a good,
comfortable living for his family, but
he will soon be surrounded with all
needed comforts and luxuries of life &;
and This too in the face of hundreds
who tell him all the while that farm
ing and especially mixed farming,
won't pay. This plain gives some-
thing for use and for sale each week
in the year, adding comfort and money
to the household, and employing the
whole available labor every day.
Whenever a farmer, in such a home,
begins to feel he can find nothing to
do, he may be fully satisfied lie Is on
the down grade.-Rurat Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21

RESTORING WORN OUT So1Is.-A
farmer who will exhaust the fertility
of his land by raising any crop until
it no longer yields a fair return for
labor expended in its culture, deserves
no pity from anybody. Such system
of farming Is far too common, but
none the less a disgrace to those who
practice it. We will also add that a
man who undertakes to make farm.
ing pay, while depending upon COM
mercial manures purchased in the
market, is pretty sure to come to grief
sooner or later. There are far bette
methods OF restoring fertility 10 worn
out soils, and it is rather strange that
our farmers have not learned them be-
fore this day. Keep more stock espe-
ciaIly sheep, raise green crops to turn
under, also roots to feed the stock, rs
well as soiling crops, such as dill
corn, millet and clover, all which will
tend to enrich tho farm Instead Of
making it poor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21
THE RING OF THE TRUE METAL
What Governor Hampton has to Say
About a New Election.

COLUMBIA, March IA called on Gov
with other members Of the press, to OBJ
tain his sentiments in regard to the pro-
posed new election. He responded to
my inquiry with the emphatic statement.
that he would not under any Imaginable,
circumstances, consent to a new election
or anything in the nature of q compro-
mise. He had been elected, he said. by
the voice Of the people, and as the stand
ard-bearer Of the people he was detor-
mined to maintain their cause, and hold
on to the last, regardless of consequent
ces.
The Governor added, that if Mr.. Hayes
would consent to a new G~ubernatiOnal
election, but under no other possible cir
cumstances would he do so.-Ne~S and
Courier.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21
Lime the Fruit Trees.

1t in good time to sprinkle lime about
the fruit trees, grape vines, and fruit
bearing plants generally. About Il peck
is the proper quantity for each full-grown
apple or pear tree, but twice that quanti-
ty will do no harm. Not the health of
the trees only, but the quantity of the
fruit also Will be greatly benefited by
such q treatment, especially if there Is a
superabundance of vegetable matter in
the soil. On newly cleared lands, and
low stiff lands, a trial Of this is recon-
mended. Fruit trees require much pot
ash to preserve them in health and thrift
This the lime will supply. 1t is n OF
the best things to restore trees on impov-
erished land that have become bark
bound and covered with moss. II you
have not the lime, use mari, or ashes, or
even plaster in small quantities.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21

THE. PRocRAsTINATINa Policy OF
THE PREsIDENT.-New York, March Is.
The Herald, in it's leading editorial of
to-day, headed why Does the President
Hesitate?p> says: hFrom the moment
the President makes an explicit declara-
ton of his purpose to recognize Governor
Nichols and Governor Hampton, the OPP
posing factions will zee that further re-
sistance is vain, and will quietly disband
and disperse within six days, and from
the time there will be no pretense of
more than one State government in Loui-
siana or South Carolina. Delay only
feeds false hopes in the rickety organiza-
tons which cannot stand alone"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21
Wonderful Success.

It Is reported that Boschee's Ger
man Syrup has since It's introduction
in the United States, reached the I'M
mense sale of 10000 dozel. per Year.
Over 5000 Druggist have ordered this
medicine direct from the Factory, at
Woodbury., n. j., and not one has re-
ported a single failure, but every letter
speaks of its astonishing success in
curing severe Coughs, Colds settled on
the Breast, Consumption. or any die
ease Of the Throat and Lungs. We
advise any person that has any predis-
position to weak Lungs, to 60 to their
Druggists, w. T. Penney. and yet this
Medicine, OF inquire about it. Regu-
lar size, rs cents; Sample bottle 10
cents. Two doses will euro M
case. Don't neglect your Doctor w.
r. Penney. 3m.
Be sure and call for DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup, If you are troubled with a had
Cough or Cold. 1t wilIgive you relief.
For sale by every respectable Druggist.
One bottle 25 cents five bottles for
81 90.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21
Brlly for Georgia!

Newspaperdom in lower Georgia,
says Aiken, in the Charleston Neus
and Courier, has recently had much
to say upon the question of the exodus
of the negro. Many think. il he were
to leave the State entirely, 1.-THE white
people would 60 to work" Well, If
that is the only means of inducing
white men to work across the Savan.
nah, there will be many al idler- in
the old Empire State for, 10! these
many years.
Others contend the negroes are
gradually vanishing; while some
think the race is booked for a good
long s%ojourn upon the farms of the
State. Several correspondents have
agreed "there is no mondey in.the me-
gro" to which a Mr. Smith, quite a
well-known name in Georgia) whom
the McDutie Journal vouches for as q
most intelligent and successful "far-
mer," ian altogether unnecessary en-
dorsement if we are to credit his asser-
tions) replies in q communication,
from which we take the following ex-
tract:
7 sav we can be an independent people
aud give Cutie employment. The race is
here among us, and if we would We can
not get rid of them. They will not die
out az u Northern friends and some OF
II own people think. / believe thai the
next census will show an increase. Then
tho only alternative left the landowner is
to give them full employment, and then
they will steal less, be more ~law-abiding
and better citizens.
Let me give you the result of my crop
made by Cutie. III give each farm sep
arate, beginning with the Il horse
farms:
Wes' made 20 bales cotton; DeLafay-
cite made I9 bales Virgil, 10 bales; Jim,
ii bales Henry, l24 bales; Sebron Il
bales Sam III bales; Granville, IL bales
Henry 10 bales; Tom. ] bales; Jerry Il!
bales; Andrew, l2!.
Two-horse farlns-Daniel made 224
bales and Mace "a.
My own crop and some patches made
90 bales, making 2s6 bales, an average OF
nearly IA bales to the plough, having run
II ploughs. 1 made about 1000 bushels
corn md 5000 bundles oats.
Your readers may ask if it is profitable
to raise SO much cotton. 1t is to me, and
AS one Of the tenents has come up and re-
ccived so while I ain writing this article
1 have concluded to refer to my book and
scc how much cash they have received.
I find nearly 1900 in cash, besides 800
worth of mules. The balance Of the halt
Of their crop has gone to support them
and pay their share OF the expenses OF
the farm. You can see from this that
there IS somc money even to them.
ihink this tx a little light in the direction
of independence.
] do not intend this year to encourage
cotton planting, or to discourage the pro-
.eluctjon Of cereals, for l intend to in
crease nay cereal crop this year. and give
it more attention; and with better prepa-
tiou and more cotton seed, ] expect d
larger yield and a more favorable report
III my pexterop.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21
Life Insurance Legislation Asked
for.

for.
A communication has been received
from a correspondent who signs himself
Fair Play" in which it is stated that
those insured from fire are occasionally
treated unjustly by some companies, and
that Legislation, which will give tho in
sured full protection, is needed in Cana
da. lie objects, among other things, to
fire INSURANCE companies being permit
ted to make q contract to insure a certain
property for a fixed sum and receive the
premium therefor; and after Il fire has
destroyed the property, and consequent
ly the actual evidence OF its true value,
that they should then doubt the correct
ness OF the valuation and refuse to pay
the amount for which it was insured"
''The companies" he adds, SHOULD value
the property between the dates of receiv-
ing the premium and the handing over Of
the policy, and when the latter IL given
there should be no further doubt per-
United to be raised on the subject" Our
correspondent asks the Government to
pass O general law which will give full
protection to the insured.-MOntTeaL W.T.
nPSS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21

WHEN AND How TO EAT FRrIr.-Thc
Medical Journal says: When fruit does
harm it is because it is eaten at improper
times, in improper quantities, or before
tits ripened and fit for the human stom-
sch: a distinguished physician has said
that if his patients would make n prac-
flee of eating n couple Of e 'od oranges
before breakfast, from February to June,
his practice would he gone. The prili-
ripal evil is that we DO not eat enough of
fruit; that we iniure its finer qualities
with sugar; that We drown them in
cream. We need the medical action of
the pure fruit acids in our system and
their cooling. corrective influence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21
, BY HUGH WILSON.

TERMS-Fwe Dollars 4 year, in advance
Or Two Dollars and Fifty Gents, if pay
ment is delayed.
ADVERTISEMENTS will he inserted at
the rate of One Dollar per inch for the
first insertion and Fifty Cents for each
subsequent insertion.
Greatly reduced rates will be given to
those who advertise by the quarter or by
the year.
All obituary notices, tributes of respect,
and other matter of Il personal or private
nature will DO charged for ut the usual
advertising rates.
Nothing which may he written in mall
ice shall appear in these columns at any
price.
Our Job Department
is we'll supplied with material for job
Work, and our assortment Of new job
type is as good rs can be found in any
country office. The Proprietor IS a prac-
tical printer and will give his personal
attention to this class Of work. Our
work compares favorably with tho same
class of work executed anywhere, and is
always puta at the lowest living rates..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21
The White House Whitewash.

A correspondent wishes the receipt
given some years since for the whitewash
used on the eastend Of the White House.
For her benefit and the benefit of others,
it is repeated. Take one-half hushel OF
nice unslacked lime, slack it with boiling
water ; { owe it during the process to
keep in the steam. Strain the liquor
through a fine sieve or strainer, and add
to it q peck Of salt, previously well dis
solved in warm water; three pounds OF
ground rice, boiled to a thin paste one
half pound of powdered Spanish whiting,
and pound Of clean glue, which has
been previously dissolved by, soaking it
well, and then hang it over a slow fire in
a small kettle within a larger n filled
with water. Add tive gallons of hot wa
ter to the mixture, stir it well, and let 1t
stand a few days covered from dust. 1t
should be put on hot, and for this purpose
1t Cal be Kept in a kettle on q portable
furnace. It is said that about a pint of
this mixture will covers square yard up
on the outsides Of o house, if properly ap-
piled. Fine or coarse brushes may be
used, according TO the neatness Of the job
required. 1t answers ~ we'll as oil paint
for wood, brick, or stone, and Is cheaper.
It retains its brilliancy for many years.
There is nothing of the kind that will
compare with it, either for inside or out
side walls. Buildings or fences covered
with it will take u much longer time to
burn than if they were painted with oil
paint. Coloring matter may be put in
and made of any shade desired. Spanish
brown will make reddish pink when
stirred in more or less deep according to
tho quantity. A delicate tinge Of this is
il very pretty for inside walls. Finely
pulverized common clay, we'll mixed
with Spanish brown, makes a reddish
stone color; yellow ochre stirred in
makes yellow wash, but chrome goes fun
ther, and makes a color generally esteem
ed prettier. 1t is difficult to make rules,
because tastes are different ; it would he
best to try experiments on O shingle and
let it dry. Green must not be mixed
with lime; it destroys the color, and tho
color has an effect OH the whitewash
which makes it crack and peel.-New
York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21

An old writer says:-Read not books
alone, but men, amongst them chiefly
thyself. II thou find anything question
able there use the commentary Of a Sc
we're friend rather than the gloss of a
sweet-lipped fattercr. There is more
profit in a distasteful truth than deceitful
s~weetness.'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21

Every man likes honesty in ono way or
another. This man likes to see it in an
other enjoying the sight Of it as that of a
costly luxury which he cannot afford to
indulge in while that man. wiser and
truer, having lost all else, hugs it as his
priceless fortune. and gloats over it as
his secret and suticing treasure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21
READ THIS.
Read Slowly, Pause frequently,
Think Seriously.

NAsTMAN'S system of Book
LIZ Keeking and all styles of Pen
work, taught by Professor PERRY.
Young men prepare yourselves for q
business life. No branches Of educa-
ton, of greater value to you, than the
commercial. And If you have been
thinking of attending q commercial
college, remember l teach the same
course taught in the college and for
much less money than the cost Of at
tending the college. When you make
application for a situation you are not
asked where you graduated, but what
you know.
Young ladies when writing to
your your friends, you know
you have often dropped the pen in
despair, because you were unable to
write with graceful ease; and thebeau-
ty Of your composition Is often lost,
by your i'll shaped letters. J. e. NJ.
PERRY teaches his students to write
rapidly and gracefully.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21
r. NJ. Haddon & Co.,

WNJILL OPEN IN. A FEW
wv days an entire new stock of
goods atthe old stand OF
T. MCDONALD & HADDON. =,
IN connection with o splendid las-
sortment of Dry Goods and Groceries
there will be an elegant stock Of Mil
Iinery Goods, under the especial
charge of Mrs. r. NJ. HADDON. SO
we'll known to this county as a lady OF
skill and taste. Our expenses will be
light and we are determined to prove
to our friends that goods can be sold
about as cheap in Abbeville as Angus
sa. Greevville. or any other inland
town.
Respectfully,
. r. N. HADDON.
March IA, 1877. If.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-21
Sherif's Sale.

DY virtue of a decree of Court, 1
I'D will sell to the highest bidder at
public outcry, within the legal hours
of sale, at Abbeville Court House, on
Monday the I'd Of April next, the
following described property to wit :
All that House and parcel of land sit
uate lying and being in the town of
Abbeville, fronting Of the Public
Square, bounded by lots of d. O'Neal
and L.. D. Bowie, being the lot pur-
chased from T. NJ. Christian and J. B.
Wilson ; levied on and to be sold as
the property of Mathew Mcdonald at
the suit Of the estate of DR.. J. ]. Lee.
Terms, one third cash, remainder on
a credit of twelve months with bond
and mortgage to secure the purchase
money. Purchasher to pay for papers.
Sold ut the risk of former purcllas-
ers.
J. Y. JONES,
Sheriff A. G..
March ID. 1877,
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-05-07
An Apology.

Samuel C. Clemens (Mark Twain on
Saturday called on City Comptroller Van
SAINT of Baltimore, to apologize for rude
ness of which he was guilty when lectuliug
at the Maryland institute some years ago.
The subject of the lecture was "Roughizg
It," and in giving description of the ''bor-
der rufian," Mark Twain, supposing there
was a large number of persons on the
stage, pointing towards it, said, II have
brought some specimens with me, but up
on looking around saw that only two peo-
pie were on the stage, being ex-Mayor Van
SAINT and Mr.. Robert T. Baldwin. Mr..
Clemens apologized to Mr.. Vansant, who
had not forgotten the circumstance.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-05-07

the ECLIPSE" and "Tippo Ssbe'
whose stock furnished fine race OF horses
to the people through the Otter Greek val
ley
echo" brother to Ethan Is perhaps the
best young horse in all his points, in this
section, and far handsomer animal than
Ethan and bids fair to be even faster.
The barns of MIR. Kinds are all well
constructed, and his stables are a model.
The closest care and attention 10 paid to
each animal In many particulars few e.
Gel Mr.. Kinds in the raising and training
of horses. They are selected In the same
manner and upon the same principles, that
improved the Merino sheep of Vermont,
and this marks him as an intelligent breed
er. He is no Spectator or turfman, nor
does he engage in pools, but aims to i'm
prove the race Of horses in this section and
his success has been far beyond his own ex-
pectations. 1t will repay every. Hover OF the
horse to visit MIR. Kinds stables, and look
over the collection therein of truly valu-
able horses
After few hours spent in examination
of the stock, and partaking of the kind
Inequalities of his home VIC were taken to
the depot at brandon after one of MIR.
Kinds fleetest steeds, reaching the train
for Rutland just in time, and then came an
end to profitable and agreeable day upon
the farm"