The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-12-12

The Reason Why.-Thc Ncwberry Herald
mentions the remarkably thrifty character o!
the people in q section OF that county ~hcrc
they raise among many other things in per-
lection large potatoes. and gives as q reason
for their prosperity, they PAY up splendldly,
and scorn to borrow their reading, every man
reading his own p aper." The Darlington
Southermer says that las far as our experience
goes this reason Is q good one. The man who
don't pay for his paper don't prosper-his po-
tatoe: will be small.
Tho Abbeville Democratic Club will meet
Tomorrow night Thursday in the Court
House for the purpose Of elcctins delegates to
represent the club in the County Convention.
Col, Cothran, Chairman of the Executive
Committee. has summoned a Convention or
the clubs for Tuesday. 18th instant.
Mr.. Tilman II. Wardlaw and Mr.. Ed. CAL
hOun have returned from Memphis and the
West. after a two weeks tour In those parts.
Mr.. Wardlnw believes in old AbhoVille: AFTER
States Of Alabama. Tennessee and Arkansas,
he comes back convinced that there Is no
place like home, especially when that home
Is Abbevillc.
When you harvest your porkers remember
the poor. A nice ham would help to keep
the wolf away from their door: but if your
hidc-bnund charity won't let you open your
purse and smoke house door to this extent,
YOU can ut least distribute n few feet OF pork
around where 1T Will do most good. ana IN
IltIlltIlC NoNI StIPis w w. J'e "'H t"
consolation in the thought that 1t Is dry eating
any way.
The mail train reaches here about 4:30 now,
and 1t is near night before the mail Is ready
for delivery. We like the hour going down
splendidly but not the one coming up.-Dar-
Hngton Southerfer. II the editor nj Darlington
would confer with the President Of the rail
road. we doubt not that nc would arrange the
schedule to suit Orangeburg.
Are we going to have q merry Christmas in
hhhpvillpo We hear ola Fair 10 he nplU Nv
the ladies Of the Presbyterian Church, The
Rifles speak OLA Plume Drill. is the Debating
Society going ~togivea public entertainments?
VIII the Band give a concert? We hope to
hear of a few dancing parties, and surely there
will be some Christmas trees.
Mr.. Hugh Wilson,. OF the press and Ban
ner,' went of to Charleston on Monday. He
means TO do the whole State this week. He
will help the people OF Charleston TO elect
their Democratic ticket and defeat the indie
pendents. He will stop at Columbia and set
things to rights there. Look out for all account
Of his travels next week.
This is the right time to cover up flower
beds with light layers of leaves. In our mild
climate tuberous plantS,-dahliaS, for in
stance-do not require to be taken up. aud
boxed and put in the cellar. Cover them up
with leaves or pine-straw, and the sharp
frost Of winter will not come nigh them.
Christmas will be all the merrier with Be-
quests Old Crow:
Try Norwood & Jones So pounds Of white
and coffee sugar for one dollar.
Capt. l.. w. White has the finest celery that
ever was seen in Abheville. None better
could be found In the New York market. The
stalks are tall and thick, and yet arc stringless
and crisp as icicleS. Our people should. take
lessons in celery raising from Capt. White.
w. H. Parker, Esq, has gone to attend the
for US all to get on a spree. Our lntendant's
eyes are not on US. When the cats away the
mice can play.
Dc you wish to put q bottle Of good old
Madeira wine in your friends Christmas
stock Call on Request.
English dairy cheese, pure Italian maccaro.
nj at Norwood & Joues'
A man who claims to he q Christian and yet
refuses to supper the ministry according TO
the usages OF his adopted church, is too weak
in the knees for practical purposes.
Snakes hibernate now but social snakes Of
the biped breed never cease their troubling.
They sneak about and sting in secret all the
year round.
The proceedings in the Legislature are now
Ineligible. The Chester Hem phill-I. j.
is plain Mister; the Abbcvile Hemphill-R.
R.,-iS General. .
Fresh lot OF Groceries Just received at Nor
wood & Jones.
The new style ladies' hats look like a skillet
with the handle broken OIL.
Do you wish TO have Il merry Christmas ?
Get q gallon OF Rum for two and a half or three
dollars from Request.
Rev. John kershaw went to Charleston on
Monday morning. Mrs. kershaw Is there at
present.
Fruit. bananas, grapes. oranges, apples,
~raisins. pine apples. almonds. walnuts, the
freshest lot ever brought to Abbeville at Nor
wood & Jones'.
The Methodist church is draped in deep
mourning in memory Of Bishop Marvin who
died recently.
Col. Tllos. Thomson. went to Columbia on
Monday to attend the Supreme Court.
Another lot OF "Ours"-the favoaite cigars
just receiucd at Norwood & Jones.
This is the season when patcrfamilias breads
to open letters. Duns are so plentiful.
Abbeville merchants are displaying their
attractive Christmas stocks OF goods and toys.
Two things not to be avoided-death and a
dun.
Listen for the sound OF the flre-cracker.
Hark, the squeak OF the patent doll.
Chutas.
Editor Merchant and Fdrmer: Thereisnothing
which so much concerns the people OF the
South at present as the art of becoming indie
pendent of the North and West for the abso.
lutte necessities of life. that Is their meat and
bread. And l believe all journalists, and 9TH
err public-splrited PERSONS, arc doing all in
their power to bring about this desirable re-
suit. If there is anything in nature which
meat, (and save their own bread, by not hav-
ing to feed it to the hogs.) 1t is chufas. For
the benefit Of our farmers, l will give you my
experience with a small quantity of them.
Last spring | planted two quarts or about
one-.fth Of an acre Of very poor land, and
without n particle of manure of any kind. /
planted in rows about two and Il half feet
apart. and from twelve TO fifteen inches In the
drill, one seed to the hill. ! ran a cotton
plow through the middles three times, to keep
down the weeds and cut the punches Of grass
from between the hills twice with Il hoe.
This was all the work OF attention they ever
received. | have not gathered half the land,
and have already gathered four bushels. My
ncighbors all assert the belief that / would
not have made a peck of corn on the land
gathered the four bushels Of chufas from.
This would imply a ratio of one to sixteen,
or that one acre in chufus would yield as
much as sixteen in corn. l do not hold SO
high a figure as that, but l do claim that one
acre will make as many bushels OF chufas as
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