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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-12
An Atlanta Book.

We have been favored by Dr. H. Logan.
A. NJ, NJ. D., with q copy OF his Students
Manual Of Carbohydrates. DR.. Logan Is
well known In Georgia as q prominent physi.
clan n q professor IN the Atlanta medical
college. The art Of writing textbooks has ad-
Vanced more within the last ten years than
IN any past decade. Learned men are learn
ing the important truth that to be an Instruct
or 1t Is not alone sufficient to know There
must be another art which we may term aux
Hilary to actual knowledge In any department..
Men may know volumes u yet not be able
to impart one iota Of Information, while 9th.
ers give forth their knowledge as pure and
fresh as the water f!om the fountain. We
must congratulate DR.. Logan on his success
in presenting the research and originality or
his book In such an adaptable form. 1t Is a
book which literally teaches itself. A student
can take 1t and follow its gradual steps until
he stands in the very centre of those mystic.
ries over which modern science Is puzzled
and the great minds Of the day are disturbed
and anxious. AS an example OF the clear
ness OF the work we quote only one question
and Its answer. On the first page Is asked,
"What Is science? ?" A~nswer-Science Is d.
gested. classified knowledge of the properties,
structure and elementary principles OF
things. Here we have in two lines, what
might have been spread over q page to less
advantage. and so on through the book. 1t Is
clear, simple and strong. 1t Is progressive
and conservative at once. Aggressive, but
never radical. DR.. Logan studied long and
carefully on his work. and we trust his labors
may meet the reward they merit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-12
A Needed Law.

Our exchanges have suggested many
changes in the old laws of the State ano
have urged the enactment Of various new
ones. If we are in order, we would sug'
gest the propriety Of a law which would
protect property-owners from tire spass
by bill posters and advertisement-paint
ers. About twice a year the unoffend'
ing citizens Of this county have been an
moved by such impositions as having
their houses aad fences disfigured by the
pasting of advertising bills or by the
the painting of advertisements. A year
or so ago one Of these INSCRIPTIONS per-
sons painted words on the fence before
one Of our churchas, which r not Of
ten heard in polite society, and q mem
Der of the congregation felt called upon
to remove the plank before the church,
on which was the vulgar painting. More
recently one of these energetic advertise
ers had the ~effrontery to paste his yellow
bills on one of the stores in our public
square and when ordered by the owner
to remove them, coolly refused to do so,
adding that the owner Of the building
might indict him, If he saw proper to do
so. The trespasser in this instance knew
the great difficulty in reaching him by
law, and hence his insolence to the party
he had injured. 1t seems strange to us
if our Legislature can not enact such
laws as will effectuslly prevent the recur-
renee of these annoying circumstances.
Such laws, we are told, are already in ex-
istence in some Of the States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-12
The Struggle in Charleston.

Charleston is greatly excited and fear
fully divided over her approaching
municipal elections, which take place
next month. Such a condition of affairs
is to be regretted at any time, but at a
time like this, such division may be the
forerunner of defeat, and a defeat now
may foreshadow evil consequences to
the. entire State, The whole country
a~nxiously watches the progress of events
in the grand old city, and the earnest
wish of every true South Carolinian is,
that the true and unadultered Democracy
may win in the struggle. The NewS
and Courier has done, and is doing, no.
BILE aervice in q u which is not only
Charleston's, but the whole States. The
up-country sends greetings and cheers
to the brethren on the coast, with pray
ers for their success. We are one people
and whatever hurts Charleston hurts us.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-12
SUGAR CANE CULTURE.
What Kind of Cane to Plant to
Produce TIE Greatest YjeLd-1nr
ceresting Facts for the Farmer.
CoKEspunY, 8. O., November 8, 1879.

CoKEspuRY, s. O., November 8, 1879.
To the Editors Of the Medium: - y
During the existence Of the Rural eCarolinian
I continually advised our farmers to- grow sor-
ghum cane as the most profitable crop they could
cultivate. For o few years after the war much
of it was grown aud many failures made at man
ufacturing good syruls. Then for a few years
its cultivation almost entirely ceased in South
Carolina. Latterly some attention has been paid
this invaluable plant, and trusting that I may en-
courage a still more extended cultivation Of it, /
submit q few thoughts that may be interesting at
least to your farmer readers.
First, the seed of every variety Of the sorghum
are excellent food for all kinds Of stock, and
when ground make o fair substitute for buck
wheat -four. The meal is superior for f~attening
hogs, and makes q batter bread by no means I'LL
palatable.
Second, the fodder if properly cured is better
food than corn fodder. Stripped from the stalk
and laid on the bed without hand-tieing for
two days, and then tied into small bundles and
left for two days longer on the bed to become
thoroughly dry, is the most p~alatable and nutrl-
tious distender I have ever fed to stock.
Third, the begasse, or mashed cane is an ex.
cellent mulch, and if run through the stables
adds much value to the manure pile.
Fourth, the skimmings from the pans make
excellent vinegar and good alcohol.
Fifth, the syrups, If properly made, is equal tc
the best in market, and every variety of sorghum
cane can be made to produce sugar.
It will thus be seen, that nothing pertaining tc
this crop need be lost, and that every portion Il
the plant can be utilized.
During the last summer and fall I manufactur
ed into syrup several crops for my ~neighbors and
though tits was generally q disastrous year II
many respects, all the late paintings Of cane were
very remunerative. In one patch Of three acres
which yielded 800 gallons Of delicious syrup, F.
discovered five kinds Of cane--the Sorgho, o.
black top Chinese; the Imphee or red top; the
Oomseana; the Early Amber; and the Mastodon.
Being DESTROYS of knowing the difference In valu'
between these canes, 1 cut the best sample O
each kind I could find, and sent them to tn
Commissioner Of Agriculture and requested al
analysis, with a view to publishing pro bono pub
LEO his report, that the farmers here and else
where might be advised whether it would b
profitable to plant this or that cane. An interest
ing correspondence followed, the gist Of which
herewith submit for publication.
The sample of Mastodon cane sent the Depart
ment measured II feet long. I subsequent.
found o cant in the patch measuring IS feet
The others were large specimens OF their respec
tive kinds.
The analysis sent in reply to my request wa
al follows:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-12
The "People" and the "Party."

lCOtuHtOfQ 1eODfQn.J
Under the above heading the Sumter True
Souttron has al article on the subject or the
people and the party" We wrote an arti'
Gle some time since on the same subject, ad.
vocating the same views, but we got such a
rasping from the Marion Merchant and Far
mer that we concluded to hold our peace for a
time, and await a more general expression OF
opinion by the State press; without my in
tention. however, OF changing our views. The
AbberiUe Press and Banner came first to our
relief, and now the True So,thron boldly
speaks out upon the same subject. We as
serted that the people. the yeomen, the voters,
should rule, and the Merchant and Farmer
denied the allegation and Joined Issue. Tin
sisted hat the "party" was supreme. and the
people had nothing to do with 1t. and that
loyalty to party took precedence over loyalty
to the State. We had supposed that the peo-
pie made the party, and were, therefore,, supe-
rior to 1t, but 1t seems that in this we were
mistaken. A man must sink his individual
ity and independence In party" and ALLOW
1t TO think and speak and act for him In all
matters pertaining to public policy and state
interests. We thought that was going q little
too far, and said 50, and for that we were call
ed to account. We shall still advocate the
right OF the masses to have n controlling
voice In the management Of the government
under which they live. unawed by the party
lash and unin1uenced by party dictation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-12
True.

Several of the Jurors yesterday, when ex-
amined on the U0ir dire, nswered that they
had formed opinions from reading. the neWs-
paper report of the testimony taken before
opinion was not so fixed that they would not
be able to render a true verdict according TO
the evidence. Judge Nackey held that such
an opinion would not dlsqualify them, and
" forms the library Of the people: It's utter
ances circulate through every vein ana arte-
ry Of society. And II would be settins pre-
MUM upon ignorance to declare that a mere
h ypothetical opinion upon a transaction re-
ported by the press would disqualify one from
Sitting MS n juryman. And after o juror has
declared that lie has no bias or prejudice IT
would be against PUBLIC policy 70 xcl4ae nm
for, to carry out the rule, we would nave TO
exclude ali the readers OF newspapers. anu
they, in this day, form the great mass OF the
Intelligent and educated public, and would
leave only the unlettered and incapable from
whom to draw our Juries. "-Regtster.
We spent short but very pleasant visit to
Abbeville last week san stGpIplla ai9n az Ho ans Kent kent
by the Misses Cater, There was a large num1er
OF visitors In town In attendance upon the
County Fair, which on Friday was MAGE ad-
tor a1r' Wads yH HAMPTON. IN EFF Fair itself was I'M
usually successful, the various exhibits being
quite creditable though not very, extenslve.
The association succeeded IN raising o SUM-
Client amount of money to nay al expenses
been hanging over them, so thnt hereafter
they will be In better circumstahces to hold
each successive Fair. A walking match and
Fair was over. We spent the evening with
our journalistic friends and left on Saturday
morning, entertaining, many pleasant re-
membranes OF Observation-Disclosures Journal
The Republicans have carried New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Connecticut,
Massachusetts, Illinois. Minnesota, Wlscon-
sin and Nebraska with increased ma)orlties,
while the Democrats have alone carried
and Mississippi. In the Virginia
local election the Re-adjusters Of the State
debt won the day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-12
Death from Choral.
TCunpde1t Journal

lCuINtcI OOuJTtuIsJ
On last Friday evening at about 2 O'CLOCK
MI. Geo. W. Glenn was taken into the back
room OF the store Of Mr.: y. c. Smith, sup
posed to be intoxicated. At 8 o'clock, MIR.
Robert Latta, Mr.. Smiths clerk went to wake
Nh. eileen when 1t WAS discovered that he
was dead.
on Friday evening Mr.. Glenn had complain
ed of feeling badly. and had sent to q drug
store for some choral 10 quiet his nerves.
Tho testimony showed that l20 grains had
been sold him, and rs there was only 40 grains
in the package which remained, he must
have taken 50 grains. It was shertly after
taking this hat he appeared In the condition
in which he was AIKEN Into the back room.
give below the entire testimony OF DR..
he has made 1t the OCCASION to gives warning
concerning the careless use OF a dangerous
drug: THAT from appearances OF deceased,
when I saw him. about 8 O'Clock, corroborateu
by evidence given at the inquest, that out Of
l2O grains Of chloral he took 80. This In ordi-
nary circumstances Ia not a fatal dose. Such
q dose may prove fatal. II the patient Is left
alone, and no effort made to meet the FIRST In,
dications of danger from chloral poisoning. !
desire IL to BIZ understood that the taking Of
choral In large quantities.. without medical
advice and supervision, Is an exceedingly
dangerous proceeding, and that no person
having taken choral should be without con-
slant observation until he awakes from his
Sleep"
ty, where his father resides. His relatives
were notified by telegraph Of his death. and
on Saturday night, Mr.. Bass, of NeWberry,
came to Camden and took charge OF tho re-
mains. They were carried TO NeWberry by
Mondays train for interment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-12
The Columbia Mill. Race..Call a Spade
q Spade.

What is a canal? That is the question.
Is it "an artificial water-course for the
of boats or vessels" as Webster
Or is it a water-course for supply
ing water-power to prospective factories
in Columbia, as the Register thinks? In
familiar language, is it a mill-race 2
Certainly the ditch dug at Columbia at
great expense TO the State is only n
mill-race. Will the Register please give
MS a pathological and practical answer
We shall be glad + read it, if it Is not
than a col .mn. 1t is always best
to call a spade a spade, and hence
forth we shall speak Of the artificial wa
at our capital as the Columbia
mill-race. AS a name, it lacks the beauty
of ALTERATION, but then it has the merit
Of correctness-that is to say, 1t Will be
the correct term when the cotton mills
of the future are built.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-12

THE WATEREE BRIDGE CLOaED.-Ou last
Saturday evening, Just IL short while after old
Sol had gone to bed, the last nail was driven
into the big Elephant which spans the beau
tiful Wateree. In other words, the Waterec
bridge was nailed close, so as not to admit
the passage Of any one from one side of the
river to the other. The structure Is liable to
fall at any moment. and 1t is Il good thing
that 1t has been closcd.-RershG,0 Gazette.
NAVIGATION OF BROAD R1vER.-We were
pleased to meet In our town last monday Mr..
j.. Z. Carson, who, under orders from Gen.
Gilmore, u, 5; A., is preparing 10 make q sur
vey Of Brond River, with a view to making 1t
navigable for light draft steamboats,. This Is
n work in which the people Of this section
should feel q deep interest. He Is now seek
ing Information upon the agricultural, Mill
of Country. If Broad River can be made
navigablo for steamboats, there Is nc estima-
ting the advantages 1t would give to the peo-
pie OF this section Of country Union Times.
CHANGING HANDs.-Two Of the most beau
tiful and desirable homes In our town have
has sold his place, In BuncOmbe, to Col. w.
H. Folk while Mr.. W. F. Lynch has be-
come the owner of the W: W. Adams place on
tho back street, the old Simkins home OF
Edgef1eld's earliest days. Both OF these pur.
chasers are young and handsome bachelors.
But Who knows what God has IN store for
them?-Edgedetd County,
Remember, Professor Tice says that q show
err of stars exceeding In brilliancy that which
occurred forty odd years ago will take place
on the night of the 18th OF November. Young
men will take notice. This will afford a rare
opportunity for visiting.
AS Fl SANDS OF TIL SEA!-Eight candi-
dates for the Senate. Thirteen for Sheriff.
Sixty for County COMMISSIONS. And seven
or eight hundred for the Lcgislaturel This Is
THAT we hear.-Et0efeld advertiser
The total value OF all the personal and real
property in Ne@berry County, is over s., $780,
W0.-NeUbe7Ty NeWs.
The anderson InteLigenccr says that Gen.
MCGOWAN is largely the favorite fol. Governor
In Anderson County.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-12
McGowan-Aiken.
[Pickens SenhneI1

The EeoUee Courier some time since, in O.
very complimentary article, nominated Con-
eral S. MCGOWAN for Governor, but In its last
issue changes position and announces him
compliments Col. Aiken, but thinks he has
been q little too extreme. In this we disagree
with the Courier. We b AVE watched the course
of Col. Aiken pretty closely and have yet to
see wherein he has failed 10 act upon true
principles, and what seems to us,
the best interest Of the country. We do not
know how he stands in Oconee, but can in-
form Il esteemed contemporary that neither
Gen .sMcGoWan nor any other man can beat
Col. Aiken In PiokenS. He Is the only rep
r%esentative from South Carolina who has had
the independence TO stand up In the halls OF
Congress and denounCe the Infamous out
RACES %perpetrated by revenue officials in this
For this not only the good people Of
the mountains, butall the people Of the State
owe him a debt Of gratitude, and they would
be ingrates II they did not recognize and pay
it. Besides this, he has taken more interest
in his constituents than any representative
we have q in Congress for many years.
Through his exertions many new post routes
and post offices have been established, thus
affording our people mail facilities that they
not have otherwise procured. He has
been kind n obliging, paying strict and
prompt attention TO the request OF the most
Of his constituents. AS to service and
devotion to the State through all her dark
wa and Radical plumber. Col: Aiken
stands second to none, and az TO ability and
no man In this Congressional Dis
trict Is his superior. While we personally
like General MCGOWAN, and would cheerful
~ support him II nominated, we must say
that our preference Is for Col. Aiken, ald we
hope to see him again our standard bearer for
Congress IN loS0.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-12
Charlotte Observer, lIM inst.

MIS-. Adams, with her husband and five
children-three boys and two ~girls-lived 8 or
III miles below Lancaster village. s. e., the
husband and father. q farmer, working on ths
lands OF Mr.. A. j. KILLER. Near them lived
o n~eighbor, q Mr.. Crenshaw, and last Saturday
night about twelve O'Clock, the Crenshaws
were aroused from sleep by the cries OF Mrs.
Adams, who appeared at their door, begging
brought. Going out, Mr.. Crenshaw discover
ed that the clothing was entirely burned from
the body OF the woman and that she was suf-
fering intensely from the ire which had en-.
was, to which she replied Gin heaven" and
proposed to answer any other question on
condition that she should be Knocked in the
head. g,
carried thither. An hour and a half after be-
ing placed in her own bed, death kindly came
TO her relief. and she passed away without q
word TO those around her concerning the ter.
rible picture which was soon to be opened up
In a little shed room was encountered a
spectacle which, once looked upon, Is never
TO be forgotten. In one bed lay all five OF the
S sntIos aiI 'd eash II1lii'e resifn % In ns natural aTn D posi-
tons, so much Of repose was there In the
scene, and SO little suggestive Of violence OF
any kind, that the chance spectator would
have said they were enjoying natural sleep:
there 10 tell where the knife had been. In
every case the ~Jugular vein had been cut by
sharp instrument, and so painless was
tho death that not one child had moved. The
eldest Of the children-aged about II years
had been stabbed In two places and the infant
In three, but only upon the face OF the eldest
was there a scratch, aud except upon the
necks, from which the life blood had run out,
there was no sign OF blood until the cover was
removed and the bodies turned over.
There was no difficulty In finding a theory
for the presence Of these six corpses In the
house. The mother, known by the neighbors
TO nave been IN utterly wretched woman, In
a moment Of sudden frenzy had aiken the
lives Of her five children and then set fire to
her own clothing TO finish her work. How
well she did it has already been told. That
she was insane when she did 1t does not I'D.
NIT of the slightest doubt. AS to the cause of
herinsanity there are conflicting stories: The
most generally accepted Is that OF Jealousy,
and this theory is all the more plausible since
there are no allegations In the neighborhood
Of personal violence on the lpart OF the hus-
band.
The husband and father was not ut HON ut
the time Of the occurrence. ltseems that her
purpose of murder and suicide was not asud.
den freak buta premeditated purpose.
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The Greenyille Daily News.

The GreenviUe Daily News was sold
on Monday. MI. P. H. Reilly was the
purchaser. Mr.. Reilly will begin its
Republication in a few days, when
the country will find the Daily News
as s~prightly, wide awake as it ever was
in it's palmiest days, G%reenville gives Its
journals generous support, and deserves
a first rate daily paper. Mr.. Reilly is the
man to make such a paper. Success to
Reilly and the NeWs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-12
DEATH OF A VENERABLE MAN.
DR.. Lorick Pierce Dies at His Home
in Sparta, Ga, After a Long Life
Of Great Usefulness.

augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, Tuesday, 1lh.
A telegram received in this city yesterday
morning announced the death Of the venera-
bic DR.. Lovick Pierce, at his home in Sparta,
Georgia, on Sunday night. The intelligence
only by M~ethodists, by whom he was SO be-
loved, but by the people OF all denominations,
to whom his good works were SO we'll
DR.. Pierce was born in Halifax county, n.
c.. March "a, l7S5. and was, consequently, in
the ninety-slxth year OF his age at the time OF
his death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-12
For Shame.

If we are to take the various para
graphs in our exchanges in reference to
the necessity of enforcing the law against
adultery as meaning any thing, 1t would
seem that there is little virtue in South
Carolina. The traditions of South Caro-
lima have ever led us to believe that the
citizens Of the State in olden times we're
notedf for their virtue and refinement, but
tho newspapers of the present day would
lead Us to q different conclusion as to the
present generation. Foe shame ! 1t is an
i'll bird that fouls its own nest Let this
defamation Of our own people stop.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-12
Qnid Nunc I

Our readers and ourselves have missed
for two or three weeks the spicy Screen
wood Notes and Comments" which our
Greenwood correspondent "Quid Nunc"
has contributed to our columns so regu-
larly and faithfully for so long. We ask
our valued correspondent, guild mu"c .
Let us hear from him again next week
and every week thereafter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-12
Discussing Candidates.
beaufort Grescern.)

AS to who shall be the Chief Executive
Standard bearer OF the Straightout Demo
cratic party to which we owe our very exist
ence, and for which the people will not re-
nounce the right to enter their champions
for the race, these are paramount questions,
and so nearly affecting the future Of the hum
blest as we'll US the highest citizen In the
State that we are free to express ourselves
thoroughly in favor OF an unqualified expires
sion from the people, as to who these shall be,
and to abide their choice. But in order to Sc
cure an embodiment Of the great principles
for which the campaign OF 1876 was conceived
and fought through triumphantly, there must
be no f~orestalling OF the popular will, by
pecked and coached delegates to cut and dried
Conventions.
shall be compelled to lead the people to an
independence OF their would-be masters, and
strike the shackles Of their hitherto slavery,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-12

The G~reenvtlle Enterprise and Noun
tainee,. thinks the press of the State ale
premature in their discussion Of Guber-
material candidates. That paper thinks
agricultural subjects of more practical
benefit to the country, and intimates that
it will in due time bring out a G%reenville
horse that will win the race.