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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-08
New York Real Estate Aucti0neers.

The real estate auctioneers make Pine
street the center of this important in
terest, and here you may learn the de-
tails of some of the most important land
speculations ever attempted in this city
Bleecker & Go. have been in this busi-
ness nearly century, and are immensely
rich. Their fee for selling any parcel OF
property that may be knocked down at
one bid is $40 for twenty-five feet front.
whether it bring $1,000 or $500, QUO.
The heaviest parcel of real estate that
ever went under the hammer was the
Manhattan market. which brought ST.
$50 600. As tn" plat was 100 feet front,
the commission was $40. Real estate
sales are held twice n week, and some
times 200 parcels ofproperty are sold on
one day by tn. different auctioneers, of
whom there arc at least half dozen.
It was ut such sale that A. T. Stewart
bought the Washington Hotel. whose
site is now occupied by the wholesale
warrhous" TIL" price paid WAS s65 600,
and tho and j. now worth six times
ttn,trs,t1u.-iSfW Fort Tsttsr:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-08
Autumn DAYS.

To-day, across her pensive face
Sad nature draws veil of mist,
AS if to hide the pallid cheeks
And whiten'd lips that death has kiss'd.
And summer lies with folded hands;
Her happy, sunny tasks are done;
The paths she trod are sere and brown;
The leaves are dead her tair hands hung.
The sun looks like golden moon;
His strength wanes with the waning year.
A mournful whisper in the air
Doth tell US OF the dark days near.
Oh, saddest days Of all the year,
You do beget thoughtful mood;
The leafless trees, the barren fields,
Teach lessons easily understood.
But rs gaze upon the scene,
Behold! the golden butterflies
Rise from the stubble, bare and brown,
And seem to pierce the misty skies.
And so hope, when comes to US
The dreary autumn-time OF lite,
When from our souls the chains are loos'd,
So may we soar from toll and strife.
When death doth kiss our pallid lips,
May We, cen like the butterflies,
Find wings on which to soar from earth,
Until, like them, we reach the skies.
'r Faith WaHvn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-08
The Grain They Will Want.

French statistics put down the follow.
ing :is a fair estimate of the amount OF
grain the countries named will be COM
pelled to purchase this year: France,
1000, 900 bushels; England, 100. .0oo.-
ooo bushels; Italy, $4,000 600 bushels;
Spain. M,000,O0O bushels: Holland and
Belgium. 10000 bushels; Switzer-
land, 100000 bushels; total, 294, ,O00,-
600 bushels. o. canvassing the wheat
exporting countries Of the world, the
same authorities estimate the quantity
available to purchase as follows: United
States. 57,5OO.00O bushels; Hungary,
7.5OO'0OO bushels; India, l2.OOO,oOO
bushels; Australia. 2l.000.000 bushels;
Southern Russia, 3O,000,0O0 bushels;
Danubian countries, 6,0O0.000 bushels;
Egypt, 3 600. 600 bushels: totnl. 236 O00,-
900 bushels. The estimate tor the United
States is by far the largest Of sny year r.
tbs history Of TIM country!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-08
At Hamburg. in Germany, the longest

At Hamburg, in Germany, the longest
day has seventeen hours and the shortest
seven. At Stockholm the longest has
eighteen and p half hours and the short
est five and half. At st. Petersburg
the longest has nineteen and the shortest
five hours At Finland the longest has
twenty.one and half hours. At Won
dsrbus, in Norway, the day lasts from
the 2lst of May to the Cd of July. the
sun not getting below the horizon dur
ing the whole time, but skimming along
very close to it in the north. At Spiiz-
bergen the lonae-t day lasts three months
and a half.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-08

The total valuation of the personal
property in Illinois is Sl5l, ,629. 1868: The
lands are assessed on a valuation of $4l2,-
2Os.2 .27s; and the total value of personal
property. lands and lots is placed at
S74l, l,4O5. .339. The railroad property as-
sessed in the different counties amounts
to STA, ,742 .s46. Tie number of acres oi
wheat in the State is 2.ll8.0n0: of corn
1902 500, and of oats, 1855. 1857. The
assessed valuation Of personal property.
lands ahd lots is said to he ahont one,
third Hf the real value:
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Time.
Time.
Time! what is timer A power stsrn, bodies
mi E.A h,,< p

Time! what is timer A power stsEn, bodies
That we may feel, but never see. We szss
With aching eyes into the past, and there
We sec thousand shapes Of Light and gloeu
Floating like atoms in tho pallid beams
OF mourniul memory, but tho perished year
Is oil unseen. From thence We sadly turn
And, gazing on the future, we behold
Dim, countless forms trooping from it, dssS
Uniathomed ocean TO the lonely shore
OF earthly being, but the coming years
Are all invisible. And then we pause
And gaze above, around, beneath, and
Our eyes are startled BY the mighty dee&
OF the now-passing time; the iron weight
OF his stern presence rests upon our soulsf
We feel the awful specter touch our brows
With bis cold, death-like nnger; and we hess
The deep and r:ngled roar that riaes mp
From all his mighty doings on our earth;
And yet, he has NO form to cast its glsam
Or shadow on eur sight.
.'l -George D. Pseatses
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-08

The humane citizens of Silverton,
Col., are erecting houses of refuge at
points on their new toll road between
that place and Antelope Park. and are
importing large number of St. Bpr-
nard dogs, which will be kept for the
purpose OF rescuing persons who get lost
IN snowstorms. Rope tenders are to be
;,laced at the many places exposed to
snovslides:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-08
Gold Coinage.

A Washington dispatch says: The
average coinage of the last fifteen years
Of eagles has been less than $500. 0.0O0 an
nual1y. and of half eagles about $3.50, 600
annually, and of quarter eagles less than
100000 annually. For the five years
prior to the suspension Of specie pay
ments in 1861, the average annual coin
age of eagles was less than S4H0, 900, OF
half eagles about $500, 600 and ofquarter
eagles about 100000.
During the last fiscal year the coinage
of the United State was: Double eagles.
S37.234.3 $40 eagles, 81 ,03l, ,440; halfeagles
Sl,442. 1870; quarter eagles, 81, l66, 800,
showing that the average annual coinage
of eagles has been increased over 500 per
cent; the coinage of half eagles has been
increased nearly 600 per cent, and Of
quarter eagles more than 1000 per cent,
SO that the demand for gold coin of small
denominations has been more than anti
cipated.
OF the gold coin now in the treasury
vaults. there is of these smaller denomi-
nations an amount exceeding the coin
age of the last year, which is stated
above. The actual figures are as follows:
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Total amt. Of gold in Treasury $780, ,o0l, $50
The above represents the actual gold
that now lies in the vaults OF the trea-
sury-nine-tenth of it being in the SUBJ
treasury at New York-accumulated by
Secretary Sherman for resumption pur-
uOsas
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-08

There are $4,000 dentists in the United
St4:es, who annually extract 10000, 900
teeth, manufacture and insert 1900, 900
artificial teeth, and hide away in the
cavities of carious teeth three tons of
pure gold, to say nothing about the tons
of mercurys tin, silver and other metals
employed in filings"
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1879-09-10
Camp Creek Dots.

Camp Creek Dots.
The average corn crop is good.
DIR. T. F. Mellow has repaired
his grist mills. ..
Negroes all gone to the camp
meet;hg at Mt. Carmel.
-Messrs. Brown & Clark have out
four bales, two of which they have
sold.
Mo- Irwin Clinton was thrown by
an or a..s.slay last week and severely
hurt.
--Msssrs. Hendrix & Clark have
ordered one of Tozer's portable en-
gines with which to gin their cotton.
The recsn: rains with succeeding
drought have injured the cotton crop at
least one-third. Almost half of the
cotton is now open.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1879-09-10
Yaf&I matters.

REIaGIOUS ENTS.
Presching In the Metl'Gdi Church
on the lst and Sd Sundays s at II O'clock,
a. M. Prayer meeting on Thursday
night.
Preaching ou the lat and 81 sun
days at Bethel ut 3 o'clock. p. nj
Preaching on the ID AMI 4th sun
lays At Camp 'reek aud Mt. Carmel
>i""ricrs At the Village Presbyterian
.rurri, the 81 AMI tih sabbath IN
'sch mouth at II n. m . aud -. ~.
'rayer meeting "Wednesday nights.
Services at Douyla-s Church on the
Sat and 81 Sahhsths in ea"h month 81
~ o'ct"ck.
Preaching at Unity Church nn th"
At Sabbath IL each month
At Shiioh on 2d and 4th SabhatIis.
At Gins Greek on Sd Sabbath.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1879-09-10
G~"r0rfOtcn R0iirOud.

The Georgetown Times and Comet
is strong in its advocacy ofthe George
town and North Carolina Railroad, a
charter for which has been obtained
from the Legislature. Col. Blan,ling,
the President of the company, is also
heartily at work in behalf of the en-
terprise. The Times and Comet in a
late issue suggests that that the route
be by Kingstree, Sumter and Winns-
boro, to Union, a distance of 1872
miles. A more practicable and cheap
er route would be to build from Sum-
ter to Camden, thence to Lancaster,
where connection will be made with
the Chernw & Chester Railroad. BY
this route there would be saving of
not less than thirty-fve miles, as CON-
pared to the proposed line to Union
Besides the country between Camden
and Lancaster is a natural road.bed.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1879-09-10
The Mt. Carmel Meeting

DEAR LEDeER:-Our meeting at
Mt. Carmel Church, of which you
gave a notice in your last issue; closed
OH last Thursday night the 4th inst.
1t was meeting Of much interest, and
we trust much good has been accom-
plished thereby. Twenty-one applied
for membership, among whom we be-
lieve there are those who will make
pillars IGtatlo9hurch. From time to
time during the meeting, many pre-
sented themselves at the altar for
prayer, anxiously inquiring after the
way of Life. May they all become
happy christians in this life, and be in
that number that shall shine forth US
the sun in the Kingdom of their
Father. Rev. j. w. Wolling was
with us from Friday till Sunday eve-
ming. His sermons were with power
and demonstration of the Holy Spirit.
The meeting was largely attended, and
on Sunday there was an immense con-
gregation. The Sacrament of the
Lords Supper was administered to
large number of communicates. As
the rain cometh down from heaven
and makesa the earth to bring forth
and bud, % these refreshing showers
Of divine grace maketh the garden of
the Lord to flourish, and its plants to
look gay and green. VIVA.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1879-09-10
The Stock Question Again.

Mr.. EDIToR:-I had concluded to
say nothing further in regard to stock
running al hbitum on the streets, but
having read "Warden's" defense, ven-
ture brief response, trusting that it
may find space in your paper.
In regard to the committee referred
to by "Wsraen", I would say, that we
have a body Of men invested with
greater power than such committee
possibly could have, whose business it
is to look after the welfare of the town;
and we vainly hoped that they would
have taken some steps for improve
ment in regard to the subject in ques-
ton ere now. This committee consists
of an Intendent and four Wardens.-
Of course our worthy correspondent
constitutes one of that number, and
can it be possible that he sways the
sceptre over the rest? or are they APP
prehensive of being on the unpopular
side US regards numbers? Men have
always met with opposition in the dis
charge of duty, yet have invariably
come oot on the right side. We are
always right in the discharge of duty.
Duty and interest go hand in hand
I am proud of the boldness with which
the LEDGER has shown its disapproba-
tion of the present arrangement.
"WaTden's" informer has certainly
informed him incorrectly in regard to
Observers fence. 1t can be proven
that he has as good fence around his
premises as is in town, and whether he
raises his own hog and hominy or not,
he generally has enough and to spare.
There is one thing certain that he does
not depend upon the street scavenger'
as drawn by ourspecial artist in your
last issue for his furnisher of bacon
Shut him in and you will have better
hog and more hominy. 1 say without
ment~ servAsion, that the condition
of our streets is q reflection on our
Town Council and upon us as citizens.
1t is an index to our pride and aspira-
ton, and strangers will Judge us ac-
cordingly. OBSERVER.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1879-09-10
.N0d~I Farmer.

We availed oursclf of the opportu-
nifty few days ago of riding over the
plantation of Mr.. w. II. Chafee, two
miles from town, situate ON Cane
Creek. If our young friend was not
a single man-and consequently mod
est about his future prospects--we
could, and might say good deal about
what We saw upon his well arranged
premises; and while we have a due
regard for this, we will, nevertheless,
risk little at any rate. To begin, we
knew the lands Of Mr.. !, three years
ago, before he owned them, when they
were considered as almost sterile soil
a patch here and there, branch bottoms
grown up in willows and blackberry
bushes, and when tenants failed to
make the annual rent. Now, those
same bottoms are producing from
twenty-five to fifty bushels of corn to
the acre--straight bitches running
here and there thoroughly draining
the soil, one of them nearly a mile in
length. Then the hillside bitches in
the cotton fields, the neatly arranged
meadows-all ditched around-plainly
told that the hand of industry and
superior judgment had been there.
We risk nothing in saying that Mr.. G.
has among the finest corn and cotton
crops in this section, Notwithstanding
the summer drought to which he was
subjected.
Another enterprise upon these prem
ises deserve our notice. Mr.. c., is
now about completing his well arrang-
ed gin-house, which is a model. The
gin will be run by ten-horse cylin-
der-boiler engine. which was built by
the Taylor iron works in Charleston,
and which, under the mechanical
genius OF that master mechanic, Mr..
NJ. l.. Lemmond, has been admirably
fitted up. We advise our farmers to
go and take peep and learn some
thing from young farmer
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1879-09-10
Breach V 7S.Wst.

The Sheriff of this county received
letter from policeman Ford, of
Chester, on Friday night last, making
inquiries AZ to one Charles Brown, a
corn-doctor, who it is claimed married
a woman in Columbia and had desert
ed her taking with him horse and
buggy which she had bought for their
mutual benefit. The letter also stated
that a reward would be paid for
Browns apprehension. Acting under
the above instructions, a warrant was
issued by Justice Witherspoon on Sat
urday morning and placed in the
hands Of Sheriff Hunter, who arrested
Brown at the negro camp-meeting ten
miles below here on the same day.
When arrested he was applying his
art. and appeared to be mixing medi-
cine, religion and the races. He had
established his headquarters ut Milton
Thompson's, q colored man. He claims
to be native Of London, and denies
the charges against him. He was
committed 10 Jail in default of bail, to
await the further orders of the parties
who Gansed his arrest.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1879-09-10
List of Jurors.

The following list of petit Jurors
was drawn on yesterday to serve at the
ensuing term of the Court:
F d Green, w A Graham, III III
Duncan, A j Bennett, Jas ID Bailey,
b III Bennett, j S Cureton, Alvin w
Osborne, w HI Burns, II G Crockett,
A j Bailey, r H Cousar, VIM. E
Roberts, James Langley, w c Moore,
d l. Adams, G w Jones, w G A
Porter, p w Bennett, Robt. A Grim
niger, j Murrow Caution, Jno. l.
Barton, John Bailey, II NJ Sullivan,
Chapman Small, Edward Bowers,
George S Ballard, w j Slower, ID A
Roberts, J Massey knight, W W Fer.
rill, Eli j Williams, b F Hall, Jno
L Barker, Andrew + Bruce, John w
Ralhngs.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1879-09-10
(For the Ledger.

Mr.: EDIroR:-one word for
"Peter Pluck" you tell Peter to come
over and let me show him some corn
and cotton, tell him l did not say
anything about our little ten or twelve
acre brag patches. l only spoke Of
our seventy and eighty acre lots our
brag patches are estimated at from
sixty to eighty bushels per acre. We
know that the neighborhood spoken of
by Peter Is hard to excel in the pro-
duction OF good crops. 1t was once
my pleasure to visit that section, and
he who makes one visit to that section
will always have a kind of hankering
to make the second.
LONG TAW.
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HOWfcife.

SS""sttetC.
A difficulty occurred on Monday
morning last, between DR.. j. J. Horton
and MIR. James G. Bennett, OH the
plantation Of DIR. H., which was rent
ed by Mr.. Bennett, and which resulted
in the death of DR.. Horton. We
have heard some of the particulars,
but deem it best to forego their publ
cation as the matter will undergo
judicial investigation at the ensuing
term of the Court, which meets OH the
4th Monday in this month. The sad
event has cast a gloom over the sec
tion in which both gentlemen lived.
Mr.. Bennett surrendered himself to
the Sheriff OH Monday, and is now in
Jail. The body of DIR. Horton was
inferred on Tuesday with Masonic
honors.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1879-09-10
Pif<IafHf HiW Dots.
Dry again.

-Fine time for fodder pulling.
Cotton opening rapidly, and the
people are busy picking.
Some few cases of malareal fever,
hope that it will not increase.
Why is it that the Monroe mer-
chants can afford to pay more for cot
ton than the merchants at Camden?
Dick met his second class at Salem
last Thursday, and organized by
adopting the Leader" Round notes
will hereafter be all the go, that is as
it should be.
A certain lady not long since,
who was walking near her husbands
corn crib after supper reported that
she saw large snake coming out from
under the crib, her husband got his
gun crept up close and fired, it was
trace chain.
There has been break in the
machinery at Shaver & Twitty's steam
saw mill, but it is hoped that by next
week the proprietors will be able to
begin operation. Gentlemen you
might have better luck if you were to
advertise. .
The colored people are just now
perambulating the roads anxiously
hunting up something to eat for the
can,p-meetin'. The chickens, old and
young, will suffer for few days with
very fatal throat disease.
Fight recently--cause, jealousy
parties, two ladies % of African
scent" They were parted, however,
before much harm was done, and sep
arated without saluting each other.
They will no doubt live to fight
another day"
Cause for congratulation; there is
perhaps better feeling among the
citizens Of this township now than
there has been for some time. Our
people are disposed to let "by-gones be
by-gones," to hide the faults they see,
or imagine they see, in their neighbors,
and the talk is "let us have peace"
"How good and how pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together in unity"
May the good work go on.
What are the people to do for
breads The mills are oil stopped,
none can grind until it rains. Ques-
ton, if so much timber had not been
cut down and split into rails would
we suffer with droughts so often? We
know that forests invite showers.
Might it not be well to protect our
forests hereafter. Think about it
Wish "Fair View" would favor US
with little more of his sensible talk
through the LEDoER, What say you
friend Fair YswT- -
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CD VNh Time.

Messrs. Barringer & Trotter, one of
the live business firms of Charlotte,
are the first to advertise through the
columns of the LEDGER their Fall
Stock of dry-goods. They keep an ex-
ccllent assortment, from common to
the very finest ladies' dress goods, and
they claim to sell them at low down
figures. Mr.. j. E. Taylor, formerly
of Craigville, will be found at the
house of the above firm, and will do his
level best to please his many friends
and acquaintance from Lancaster
Be sure and call upon Taylor when
you go to Charlotte.
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Lancaster paid i2i cents for her
first bale Of cotton; Rock Hill l3 !;
Chester l2A Charlotte 1871; Wins.
boro' 10i; Columbia came in on 10
cents, while Camden outstripped the
whole by planking down Is cents for
her arst bale. Camden has few live
business men, and Capt. VIM. Clyburn
u one Of them.
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YD6,fs.
Sow oats.

Sow oats.
"A shower Monday settled the
dust. ..."
The "Fall gnat" has made his
appearance in swarms of thousands.
Trial Justice Lloyd, of Chester,
was in town yesterday on official busi-
ness.
Now is the time to advertise, if
you expect to reap the profits of the
fall trade.
The late seasons have been very
injurious to the cotton crop. 1t is now
calculated that about two-thirds of a
crop will be made, and which is open.
ing very fast.
Only FIVE tracts Of the land adver-
tised by the Auditor, as forfeited land,
was sold to private parties at public
outcry-the remainder being other
wise arranged.
"A little son of Mr.. Wilson Row.
ell, in the Wild Cat neighborhood,
was bitten by ground rattlc-snakc a
few days ago. He was very sick for
two days, but is recovering under
medical treatment.
Col. T. F. Clyburn, who was in
jured a couple of weeks ago by frac-
tious horse, and who has been confined
to his room most of the time since,
we are pleased to learn, is improving
and will be able to attend to his office
duties in short time.
The appearance of cotton in the
market reminds usof the many prom
ises made the LEpaER to pay up
from the proceeds Of the first bale
To be candid, gentlemen, we need all
that is owing the LEDGER, and if we
had not had confidence in you, we
would not have credited you.
1t is with pleasure that we ac-
- iIOui ouI Tttl-
hot Democratic friend, Mr.. w. w.
Perry, Deputy Auditor of Lancaster
County, who was in town on Thursday
last. Look out, Carter; from circum-
stances occurring here, we are led to
believe Bill contemplates changing the
manner of his living. He put on
great many airs while here, recited
poetry. and looked awfully "spoony."
Chester Bulletin.
Our cotemporary should not tell
tales out of school. Friend Bill will
be red-hot mad when he reads the
above, for cause too, when you con.
slider how many promises tending in q
like direction he has sealed ION this
side of the waters"
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Don't Forget US.

During the past sic months zoe have
not refused the LEDGER to amy one,
however poor, ,oho asked It on time, or
until they sold their cotton, or got cdsh
for their labor. We have gone in debt
for paper, labor and material, sohich
obligations we have to meet by the 1st
Of November. No,c all spe ask Of those,
for whose benefit we have contracted
these obligations, IS, to settle their in
debtedness as soon as they con, and not
later than the let Of November. We
expect this Of every one indebted.
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Surrendered.

We learn from the Monroe Express,
that Robt. A. Parker, who murdered
MIR. Leander Stack several months
ago, near Monroe. surrendered him
self 70 the Sheriff Of Union county
last week.