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In all cases where the May INSTALL
ment has not been paid a penalty of
five per centum will be added to said
installment.
All taxes remaining unpaid on the
lst day of November will incura pen
atty of fifteen per centum, and will be
collected by distress until 18th day of
November; after that date the County
Treasurer will proceed to collect the
same by levy and sale as provided by
law.
Taxes are payable in the following
kinds of funds and no other: Gold
and Silver Coin, United States Cur
rency, National Bank Notes and Cou-
pons which shall become payable dur
ing the year 1881, OH the valid %consoli-
dated bonds Of this State, known as
Brown Bonds" Provided, however,
that jury certificates and the per diem
Of State witnesses in the Circuit Courts
shall be received for county taxes, not
including school taxes.
Parties liable to Poll Tax and refus-
ing or falling to pay the same will be
proceeded against as for a misdemean-
or, and upon conviction "shall be fined
not more than ten dollars, besides cost,
or by imprisonment in the county Jail
not exceeding thirty days"
In accordance with the amendment
Of the Act approved December %, 1870,
which requires the County Treasurer
"to attend at certain places for the COL
lection of taxes" l will attend at the
following places, on the DAYS desig-
mated, to wit:
At Ninety-Six, Monday, Sept. 10,
from arrival of down train until
Wednesday Dist, same hour.
Greenwood, Wednesday 21st, from
arrival of up train until same hour
Friday 23d.
Hodges, Friday 23d, from arrival of
up train until same hour Saturday
9th.
Due West, Monday, Goth Sept.
Donnaldsville, Tuesday, eth Sept.
The balance of the time up to No.
vember LIST, 1 will be in the office at
the Court House.
The tax payers Of Lowndcsville,
Magnolia and Calhoun townships are
notified that the Savannah Valley
Railroad tax will be collected at the
same time.
All information as to taxes freely
given by mail or otherwise.
J. w. PERRIN,
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COTTON PRODUCTION BY STATES
The Acreage and Yield Of 1879 as
Shown hY the Census.

WASHINGTON, August 2.-The Census office
bulletin shows that the acreage and prouuc.
ton Of cotton during 1879 were as iollows:
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State Of South Carolina,
Abbeville County.

IN THE COMMON PLEAS.
Marshall p. Dc3ruhl, Plaintiff, against Marion
r. lrI5ruhl and susan ID. Pope, Defendants
Foreclosure.
RY virtue Of authority contained In an or
- der, to me directed, in the above stated
case, by his Honor Judge Hudson, I will sell
at public QUERY, at Abbeville {. H.. within
the legal hours OF sale, Oh SALEDAY IN
situated in the town of Abbevi!lc, containing
FIVE ACRES, more or less, and bounded by
lot now owned by ". a. Templcton, 4; lot
now owned by the Misses Cater, lands Of Rob
ert Fl. Wardlaw and others Also, NINETY
FIVE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF AN ACRE.
bounded by the Anderson road, lot Of Mary
A. Perrin, CLANCY Jones and Others.
TE1tMS-One.half cash balance on q cred
1t Of twelve months, secured by bond and
mortgage OF the premises, with leave to pur-
chuser to pay al cash.
NJ. l.. BONHAM, JR.,
Master \. L.
Abbovillc, s. C., Sept. :, 1881, If
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PAYNE'S INSTITUTE,


U,HIS wcll-known Institution will open 1T
Eighth Scholastic year sept. Eth, 1851
with experienced Professors. Its standard "
scholarship will be equal 10 any school IN Tho
land, while il Is the cheapest. We invite crit
icisnl and challenge lie mOst ample inyesti
CATION.
SCHEDULE o r RATES.
Honrd, including washing per month";. SO {
Tuition. Primary, including Vocal Mu-
sic, Drawing, Shading, per month 81 10
IeI ..'.'..........',.'' y
Tuition, Academic. per month 81 ~, per
..-."."."."..... >
Tuition, Advance Normal, per month
- W, per term u
Students preparing for college woulh
well TO come to this institution. Pupil
.civcd at any time and cllargcI to close
'crm. We solicit the ~pltrunagrof ourfrichd
For further information, address
E. q. WILSON, Principal.
Co!sesbury, s. G..
AucuSt l. 1sSt if
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3 F. FARXER. II. NJ. HILL, y
Formerly Of Hill & Thomson.
PARKER & HILL.
ABBEVILLE, s. O.

ABBEVILLE, S, C., January 10, 1881.
WE beg to inform our friends and the public generally
that we have associated ourselves under tn Fl m name Of
ARKER & HILL for the purpose of doing a gene al mer-
camille business at No. & O'Neal Block. Our stock will
always be found full and complete, consisting Of Dry. Goods,
Groceries and plantation supplies. We take this opportu'
nity to thank those who have favored us in the past and we
solicit their continued patronage as our pres
ent "a cilities will guarantee to serve them as reasonable
any house in our line. Respectfully,
Eff. Parker,
r. II. Hill.
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Teachers Association.

This is the week Of the meeting of
the Abbcville County Teachers As>o-
citation. Let all the white teachers,
male and female, young and old, so 10
Due West tomorrow. The pro-
is very attractive, the meet
ing, are sure TO he pleasant and protita-
bic. Read the advertisement and lie
ashamed Of yourself us Il teacher If
You don't 20. The State Normal IN
stilute ut Grecnville WAS Il success:
make our County Teachers Associa-
ton u still greater success.
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TAX NOTICE
TREAsURER's OFFICE
August %, 1881.

N ACCORDANCE with the Sup
Il ply Bill, approved December oath,
1880, notice is hereby given that the
T%reasurer's Office of Abbeyille County
will be open for the collection of taxes
Thursday, 18th September, 1851, and
will remain open until lst day Of No
vember, except the days included in
the schedule of appointments made
below in this notice.
The rate per centum of taxes is al
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-05
THAT Testimony.


Nashville American, ~
With regard to the publication Of
the testimony taken by the grand Jury
in the recent Investigations, we hardly
think the Attorney General has a right
to publish it. We think it clear. how
ever, that the matter is within the
discretion Of the court. In a case
where a partial publication is threat
ened, which may prove injurious to
individuals, and must prove Injurious
il it appear what it is not, the
court should surely exercise its
discretion, unless it will be
clearly hurtful to the public serv-
ice: The Attorney General is espe.
cially charged with the public service
as 1t pertains 10 the Investigation and
punishment Of crime. He is perhaps
the only one who can make the appli-
cation. Whether any public end can
be subserved by allowing the produc-
ton Of the testimony as a political pa
per, and falling to demand a full pub
LEGATION is a matter for his close alton
ton. From our standpoint as advo-
Gates Of the public credit by all legiti.
mate means and at any bearable cost,
we care nothing for the publication Of
low tax politicians and partial state
ments of testimony. Whether the
full testimony is published or not we
do not fear but that the public will
get at the truth. We have always.
however, maintained that the publio
should be taken into full confidence
as to everything hat did or might
concern it OF effect its interests.
Hence we should like TO see the court
order the publication o! the entire
testimony. That this is within the
discretion Of the court can hardly be
doubted.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-05
CONFEDERATE BONDS.
Wild ~COBjecfures About the AS
sets OF the Lost Cause.

Cincinnati Commercial Special
WASHINGTON, November 2.-The
recent unaccountable rise in the price
Of Confederate bonds reveals the i'm
proyident manner in which the gov
eminent has administered upon the
estate Of the late Southern Coniedera
cy. At the close of the war informa-
tion then in the possession of the gov
eminent showed that the Confederate
government had deposited and secreted
in Europe property to the amount Of
$l0,0O0,0 coo. 1t is now believed that
this sum should at the least be null
tiplied by four, in order to fully rep
resent the value Of this property. 1t
is known that at least ten large, fine
steamers belonging TO the Coniederacy
we're in foreign ports when the war
closed. Machinery for rifing cannon
said to have cost a million and a half
Of dollars, and $50 chronometers cap
tured by tie pirate Semmes are among
the effects, the existence of which was
known to our government soon after
the close of the war. Aside from
from these, it was supposed that
a large amount OF money had been
deposited in different banks in
London by the Confederate authorities
aud by private individuals then in the
South. The Secretary Of the Treas
ury has on more than one OCCASION
made futile attempts to get some clue
to this property, and obtain possession
Of it. Agents have been sent to Eng
land for this purpose, but they have
never succeeded in recovering a single
dollar Of the millions said to have ex-
listed. Secretary Sherman made a
contract with one man, agreeing to
give him 80 per cent of all he could
collect, but he accomplished nothing:
at least the government derived no
benefit fromAis trip. The Treasury
Department is now taking active steps
to procure such Information in regard
TO the recent purchase ofbonds as will
offer some clue to the cause for this
remarkable boom in Confederate stocks
aud possibly lead 10 the recovery Of
some Of the lost property. The de-
partment officers are inclined to Ia.
with suspicion upon the freqent H.
Of JEFF Davis across the water, and ]
believe that they have in some way
been connected with the disposition
Of Confederate property stored or
secreted there. He is in London now.
The Treasury Department hopes to
obtain information in a few days that
will throw some light upon the hither-
70 mysterious transactions in rebel
bonds.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-05
Elections That Take Place in
November.

Virginia, Tuesday, November 8, will
elect its State officers and the Legisla-
ture.
Pennsylvania, Tuesday, November
s, will elect its State Treasurer and
county officers.
Massachusetts,, Tuesday, November
6, will elect its full board of State Of
icers and the Legislature.
Colorado, Tuesday, November 8,
will elect judicial and county officers
and vote upon the question of tie cap
ital Of the State.
Mississippi, Tuesday, November 8,
will elect its full board ofState officers
and the Legislature, which will be
called upon to choose a United States
Senator.
Nebraska, Tuesday, November s,
will elect a Judge Of the Supreme
Court and two regents of the State
University, and vote upon a proposed
woman's suffrage amendment to its
Constitution.
Wisconsin, Tuesday, November s,
will elect its full board of State Off
GERS, half its Senate and the Assembly
and vote upon amendments to its Con-
stitution of the State, which provide
for biennial elections and sessions Of
the Legislature.
Maryland, Tuesday, November 8,
will elect its Comptroller, half its Sem
ate and full house Of delegates, as its
Assembly is called. 1t will also vote
upon a proposed amendment to the
Constitution to change the time Of the
election Of Judges 10 the Tuesday after
the first Monday in November.
New York, on Tuesday, November
8, will elect a Secretary Of State,
Comptroller, Attorney General, Treas.
urer, Engineer and Surveyor, an AS
s%ociate Judge of the Court OF Appeals,
the full Legislature, and Representa-.
tlves in Congress from the Ninth,
Eleventh, Twenty-second, and Twenty
seventh Districts.
New Jersey, Tuesday, November 8,
will elect members of its Senate from
Camden, Essex, Gloucester, Mon
mouth, Salem, Somerset, Union and
Warren counties, and its full House
Of Representatives. The Senators
thus chosen will be called upon to
take part in the election Of a United
States Senator in 1888.
Minnesota, Tuesday. November 8,
will elect its full board of State Off
GERS and vote upon three proposed
amendments to its Constitution.
These amendments prohibit special
legislation, provide for equal taxation,
and make the pay of members of the
Legislature five dollars per dag,
though not to exceed $3.50 in amount
for regular sessions, or 5000 for special
sessions. The Legislature will be
called upon to choose a United States
Senator.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-05
PERSONAL Ann NEwsY.

The coronation of the Gar will
take place next April.
Hatton, the Iowa man who succeeds
Tyner was born in Ohio.
Frederick Douglass will lecture this
season on John Brown"
The Canadian papers are quite
shocked by Blaine's letter on the Pa,
mama Canal. v
Senator David Davis will make a
tour South.
Governor Foster says that he never
saw a man who was SO felicitous in
his manner Of dismissing an importu-
nate person as President Arthur.
Professor De Janon, the instructor
Of Spanish at West Point, has held
the position for over thirty years, and
is the Dean Of the Professors"
The first American flag used by cit
liens Of California is still in existence.
The people made it themselves, and
had to buy a seaman's shirt in order to
get the blue.
Mrs. Garfield has lately received a
very beautiful autograph letter from
Queen Victoria, filled with beautifully
worded expressions of womanly SYM
patty.
The silver and plated ware used at
the White House has been placed in
the hands Of a silversmith, to be put
in order, One Of the items is the gold
p plating Of nine hundred spoons.
Mr.. Hornsby, whose wife is Judge
Blacks daughter, has rented their
Washington house to Justice Hunt,
Of the United States Supreme Court,
and will take his wife to Europe with
in a few weeks to be absentsome time.
At the dinner given by Postmaster
General James a few nights ago to the
President, the Cabinetand their wives,
Senator Jones, of Nevada, and Presi-
dent protein Davis, there were seven
wine glasses at each plato, and none Of
them were turned down.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-05

franklin Review and Journal
Some papers in this State expend
all their energies in bulldozing and
brow beating grand juries and Masking
i'll natured and nonsensical remarks
about the people trying to bulldoze the
Supreme Court. These papers are
coddling around the Supreme Court
and trying to set that body to rivet the
chains on the free limbs Of the people
Of this State. They are doing this
dirty work at the bidding Of certain
rings, while they make a coun-
ter charge upon hat part
of the State press which is true
and loyal to the people in this grave
and serious crisis. The Supreme
Court know full well what is going
on. They arc human, and made out
Of the same dirt that all ordinary
mortals are, and have a weather eye
upon things generally. They laugh
at these smart moves, and will con-
slider some time before they indorse
the 1908 measure. They know that
one Legislature has the right TO
repeal the acts Of its predecessor, and
they will certainly permit, so far
as they can, the people to get another
lick at the State debt in the ensuing
Legislature. They see and know that
the people are extremely opposed to
the 1908 act and the methods by
which it was passed. They see and
know that the people will settle the
debt question fairly and honorable in
another canvass. 1t is the best chance
that has yet offered itself for such a
settlement, and we do hope that the
wisdom and ~sagacity of the Supreme
Court will not throw any stumbling
blocks in the pathway Of the people.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-05

THE Cincinnati Commercial has
taken charge Of the Mississippi river,
and proposes to stop the nonsense
going on at the mouth of that little
stream. In its issue of the Sd we find
the following.
We know there is an improvement at
the mouths OF the Mississippi. Mill
ions have been spent at South Pass,
and not altogether in vain. We con-
tend that with half the money devoted
to dredging, according to the modern
system. more could have been accom-
plisbed at the South Pass. We dis
believe in the jetty system. We con-
tend that there has not been a demon
stration Of its success at the mouths of
the Mississippi, and therefore that the
scheme for basing upon it plans for
the expenditure Of ffties Of millions
in pretended Improvement of the Mis-.
sissippi river; shall not succeed. We
intend to see that il does not succeed.
Mind that now The Commercial
will not permit any further foolish.
ness, but will open a channel of its
own, just to show the world what a
farce old man Eads is. The Southwest
Pass is the coming channel through
which such vessels as the Great East
ern will ply without the use Of a
sounding line.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-05
That Investigation.

nashville WOrld.I
The American, when the Barrett
investigation was being had in the
Criminal Court, suggested many rea.
Mons why the proceedings should 20
One of the reasons was that
ERE was a civil case then pending,
in which all tho facts would come to
light. Just as we expected, that
case has been dismissed, and will
never come to trial. The American,
after throwing every impediment in
the way Of the former trial that hui
man Ingenuity could invent, it now
records the dismissal Of the other
suit with the remark that the public
mind is not satisfied Whose fault is
it? Certainly not the fault Of the
court and its officers, but the fault of
the Nashville American, which wrig-
gled and squirmed at the Investigation
in such a way as to lead the people to
believe that it was absolutely afraid
that there was something behind all
this that the public ought not to know.
We said then, and we are pleased to
reiterate, that nothing short Of the
fullest and fairest investigation will
ever be satisfactory.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-05
Senator Johnson Predicts Defeat
OF the Readjuslers.
Washington Special.

washington Dpecial.l
Senator johnson said tonight that
he had received quite a number Of
kilograms and letters fron both Dem
ocrats and Republicans testifyingtheir
delight at the manner in which the
Democratic Senators had circum.
vented the confirmation of Mr..
Stratham, the Readjuster, for post
master at L~ynchburg. He saws the
effect in Virginia will be worth a
great deal to the Democrats, and that
in this opinion be is sustained by the
views of his correspondence. Senator
johnson furthermore states that there
is no doubt about the defeat Of the
entire Readiuster ticket from Gov
ernor down TO members Of the Legis-
lature, but that a week ago he was not
certain ofthis. The defeat. will be
due in q measure to the stubbornness
Of the honest Republicans who refuse
to surrender their political freedom TO
the followers Ex-senator Malone, and
the conviction among Democrats as TO
the meaning of this matter. When
asked about Congressman Dezendorfs
views since the latter's recent inter-
view with President Arthur, Senator
johnson said: II d.h't know what
the purport Of the interview was, but
/ do know that ia reply TO my ques.
ton Mr. Dezendorf, who is a straight
Republican, said that the interview
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-05

BARRETTs vindication reminds us
Of the superscription a country post
master once wrote on the back Of a
letter. 1t was away back when post
age stamps first came into use. He
carefully pasted on the FIRST stamp he
had ever seen for Q rural letter writer
and then to make it understood at the
other end Of the line, he wrote paid
ifthe d thing sticks" Barrett il
overwhelmingly Tindicated, if the
thing don't rub OF.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-05
Fair Warningto POstma.,er.

Large numbers of cases of violiation
Of the law prohibiting traffic in post.
age stamps are now receiving attention
Of the Postofice Department and spe.
cial agents are hunting up the offend.
ing postmasterS all over the country.
Postmasters are forbidden to sell
stamps except to the locality to which
their Offices belong, but many of them
violate this law. One postmaster at a
small village in Virginia has made a
profit Of nearly S500 in the last few
months selling stamps to Baltimore
merchants. The authorities say they
ire determined to break up this traf-
Ia
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-05

Marie Therese, wife of the Archduke
hegnier, was in cherry velvet. All
these wore Henri Quatre collars on
their dresses. The house was full to
the roof with fair, smiling Vienneso
and dark, stately Hungarian beauties,
whose dresses and flowers We'd in
splendor with the multifarious uni
forms and decorations of the general
officers and members of the Corps
Diplomatique,"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-05

The PUBLIC LEDGER book bindery
ID Madison street, is in the same build
ing as the newspaper and job printing
establishment; is owned by the same
proprietor; embraces all machines and
material used in a f~rst-class book
bindery, and is conducted by compe-
tent workmen, capable Of executing
work in as good and substantial a
style as can be done anywhere. I
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-05
The nnrrett YindIcnnon.

Nashville American, 81
Mr.. Louis B. McWhirter said to an
American reporter yesterday, that the
suit had evidently been abandoned, in
order to prevent the testimony given
before the grand jury from being pub
lished. Notice had already been given
Senator Barrett that the taking of
testimony would commence next Mon
day. A member of the grand jury
would have been summoned to tes-
tify, and this would have caused the
production in court Of the grand jury
book.
1t was the intention, Mr.. Nc.
Whittier said, of a number of gentle.
men to collect such testimony as had
been given during the grand jury in
vestigation in the Barrett, Morgan
and Smith cases and publish it in
circular form. One hundred thousand
copies Of this circular would be is
sued.
Mr.. Vertrees was interviewed by a
reporter Of the American last night.
Mr.. Vertrees said the withdrawal of
the suit was a disappointment to him.
He had repeated the charges made
against Senator Barrett in his answer
to the declaration, pleading justi6ca-
tion--a dangerous proceeding in law
unless the charges made could be
fully sustained. He did not agree
with Senator Barrett in thinking the
action of the grand jury was a vindi-
cation, and he did not believe that the
people generally so regarded it. He
had fully prepared himself for the
suit. and two or three days ago had
given Senator Barrett notice Of the
tine and place at which proof would
be taken, and was surprised at the
dismissal Of the suit, as he felt no
fears Of the result, which he believed
would have proven his vindication in
making good his charges against the
Senator.