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4 Georgian Hanged for killing His

HhhIs
L.\"ErSc%VIiIE. Gi.-I.lhcrt NJ. Stephen
StIn WIS hanged here tod " in the presence OF
S.Mrb people lD- III" murder OF lis aunt. \
YEAR ;wO last August. one SUNDAY morning,
Mrs Stephenson was found iyln" with several
bu,lCiS in her side. size said that her nephew
Shot her St"HlLruSon WAS arrested while ar
ranging his ivNt 81: II camp meeting. lie de.
nird amy Knowledge of the crime, hut Sui,s:-
QEratly crnf"-srl that hrlad lived for several
years in Illicit intercourse with his aUn and
,nat ne was with Ter when her son fired nj
him ana killed his mother. The woman
lived eight weeks and testified ar the trial.
she said that rs She saw Stephenson running
across the yard with n gan in his hand She
felt that he Wis @rin- to kill her because she
WAS going to marry one Hiram Young. 1t was
proven t!:lt her son WAS nos on The premises
when sic was shot, and no doubt remained Of
$terhcnSon's guilt. When sentenced II" be-
gan playing crazy, but without Shaliim" faith
in his sanity. Yesterday he requested that a
brass land >.iualA play "tinllcn Slippers at
the callnwS. II il request Was refused.
stephenson showed no sign of emotion ON the
gaiJuwS. He sat with ono foot on In" trap and
l,in, ct with III" rope aS he called men by
name ard familiarity cOnvrr&rd with them.
Many persons asked him if he was gully. but
he answered cIIivucally, and to the las!
neither confessed nor drnlcd his guilt. At
seven minutes past | o'clock the drop fell. His
neck was not brnk "n and he hun" forty min
utnS. Ills WIFI refused to receive his body.
His uncle t"o!i II anil will bury i, in the same
c':urcli-yard where lies the woNlan he muir
irrCd.
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fine Press and Banner.
by Hugh Wilson.
Wednesday, June II, 1893.
sAc Eropssi,icH Ia i:he The i..:i:'9ai
frvW pi~htii:.

ko.h 4 tii-s
As will he seen by the reading Of til"
minutes of the proceedings of a public
:nccting at Eas!oy Station, it is proposed
iv G%recnvil!c To divert tho G. {. &. {.
X. Il. from PickrnS to the Mountain city.
We fully agree with the sentiment o: III"
resolution that the direction are bound
road from its o~riyinatnr> and projectors.
Aside from any sentiment of Justice in
The matter, tho increase of fourteen miles.
would reduce thc valucrf the whole road
fully ten per cent. to say nothing OF IN"
Increased cost. The vat"~ OF lhr present
route Owe any existing route lies IN the
fact that it is one hundred and fifty miles
Shorter than any other routc, AMI wh.%
throw away fourteen miles Of this advan-
tage is the strange part CT the movement.
30 add fourteen miles Of distance il sim
1lv Il reduction Of the advantage whirli
the road now has, and the company
would iniutr their prospects III Tie iInan-
rial markets if they were to do so foolish
u thing. The talk OF Charleston giving
f4ON,0 900 or any othc. amount to cause the
road to be ruiz by Grrcnvillc or clScw here
il so much al variance with the past his.
tory of that town that we take it for
granted that nobody believes such an
event a possibility. Even If Charleston
were disposed TO give any money ut ai'
for a railroad, dors anybody presume
that the people of that city arc crazy
enough to give money to divert the read
from the most direct linc to the West?
Since writing tic above we learn that
It is contemplated to go Ivy every Station
named in the charter, except perhaps
Pelton, where the citizens refused to give
The expected aid. We are ais" informed
that the change Of route hy way o:
G~reenville would increase the distance
not more than eight miles.
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A Brave Young Lady.

Tallahassee takes the palm for the pluck
and nerve Of her girls. On Tuesday, night lnst
a burglar Was crawling in the window or the
room occupied by Miss Kntic Gamble when
that brave young lady awoke. Seeing he was
discovered. the burglar presented II pistol To-
ward Miss Gamble's head telling her that un.
less she kept quiet he would shoot her. Nine
hundrel and nincLy-nine females ont or every
thousand would have swOOncd, but MISS
Gamble Is not made Of swo0ning nhteraai
she quickly put her fair little hands upon me
little pistol she keeps under her pillow ai'di
before the burglar could interfere she hal hren
one barrel ~ him. The villain returned. INC
fire, one ball cutting of a lock ofMiss Gambiet
hair. Miss Gamble fired asakn and seized Inc
tOngs, giving the rascal fits with them. Tie
treatment proved too much for even the &C
complished thief. and he fell from his posi-
ton curslny his Ill luck and everything gen,
orally. \ quantity Of blood was discovered
on the window sill. and it Is ~ he hoped that
the brave youn. lady's last leadcn mlssive
took effect. No clue has been discovered. Miss
Gamble will make some fortunate man IL wife
worth having. The marrii2eable men OF oui
State need not hesitate for the young lady Is
noted for her amiabllity anil sweet DISPOSE.
tlon-she1l never point the little pistol at her
husband and tell him 10 mark timc-she's 4
treasure.
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The West Point Graduates of ,S3.

There Will DC hity-twO IN the graduating
class this year, one having died. Ohio leads
the list as she always does. This year she not
only holds first place. but will graduate the
largest nuinbrr-SiX Pennsylvania M next
with five, one OF whom who stands third md
another of whom stands third and another of
whom Is n Hebrew. whose success Is said to
he an innovation at the Post, mt least In late
years. Illinois also graduates five who arc
well up In the class. III the Far West. Cali
tornia and Nevada break in on the usual re-
states the leading position Is taken by North
Carolina. which graduates four, ono of whom
stands nth in The list. South Carolina SraduI-
ntes only one, Mr.. Davis, of fairfield County.
but he holds fourth place In the list. Massa.
chusetts has four representatives, two OF
graduate close together, being four
tcenth and sixteenth In the list. New York
has three and so also does Indiana, one of the
latter being ut the wrong end of the list. New
Jersey and Missouri each hav ctwo. and the
rest are credited one to each OF several States.
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Judge James S. C%Otliran.
I.IMru .IOWrWnT OHH R'tIcW.I

Some of our esteemed contemporaries over
the State have been SO pleased wlihc JuaGt
Cochran, when he would visit as rrcSlulh"
Judge their respective countless, that tiicS
want him to go to congress nj no distant ufy,
They have said so much on this subject ina
Judge Cuthr.n plainly indicated at a proper
occasion his opinion on this subject. lie said
nc ..Cid not want To go to Congress-. Now
We agree exactly with the Judge. We want
him on the l'cnch, and on that account we 40
not wHn him to go to Congress NJ an; II WIS
onr pleasure last week to be much in Court
during Judge COtllran's first term ut Aiken,
and we were confirmed more than ever IN our
previous opinion. that Sonth Carollha CANNOT
afford to lose him of the Bench.
AS IL presiding Judge we do not think ms
is on the Bench In South Carolina;
to courtesy, and his CHARGES to the juries were
remarkably for clcarnrss and fairness and
practicability. Not only as n judge, but az q
inan lie has won the hearts OF our entlrc ON
proud of her son.
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of South Carolina,
Abbeville County.

Probate CONFEDERATION for Letters Of Admin,
istrutiOn.
BY J. FULLER LYON, ESQ, PROBATE JUDGE
WIlEREAS. Sarah s. E.lcnbcrg has made
w suit to me, to grant her Letters of Adj,
miniStratiOn Of the estate md effects OF VIM.
w. Elcnbcrg, late Of Abbcvillc county, de-
ceased.
These are therefore, to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors OF
the said ". w. El!enbcrg, deceased, that they
be and appear. before me. In the Court Of Pro
bate, to be held Mt Abhcrillc G: H.. on Thurs
day. June 18th, 1883. after publication hereof,
ut III o'clock in the forenoon, TO show cause,
If any they have. why the said Administra-
ton should not he granted.
Given under my band and seal. this Both
day Of May In the year Of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty
three and In the one hundred and sew
enth year Of American Independence.
Published on theGth day of June. 1881. in the
Press ami Banner AMI on the Court House
door for the time required by law.
j. FULLER LYON,
Judge Probate Court.
limo e 1SS3 II
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Death OF TGTS, JancS Hayrc.

I%>n"iT?r H'Iornt"d picShH' riTH.
Died, on Monday morning, 18th inst, III &.
o'cl"ci:, Mrs. MaItl!a Huyc". wife OF l:cV
James E"Jcc. Do. Associate Editor of lhi>
paper. Ti:c hrccISCl had been for years quite
helpless with paral isis. but the disease wallet
took her lie was prevailing diarIloca. She
WAS I'll about II month.
Blu: few women in the church were more
closely identified with is history. The
daughter Of Il minister. Or. Isaac Grrir: the
wifi. Of two minister's, Rev. Mr.. Wi:hcrSppon
and DR.. lioycr. sh" WAS. through those OK,
tended relations, siHGulariy well Informed in
all that concerned the growth and progress o
the Associate i'ct0rinrd Church. Her hear,
was in ii. AMI hence every enterprise that
lnnkcI 10 It's wrl;-hring found in her Il warm
friend. F"c'!" ara helpless :s she has LrcI
to" years. she Was r"gularly in her place on
the sabbath and almost rs regularly In attcn.
dane" on the meetings OF the Ladies' Rcnc"u
lcrt Society. She WAS one of In" excellent OF
Tn" carth. Her death leaves her now veneer.
nhl" husband dcsri;ltc indeed. I'm this allie.
tive providence !c will have tho cordial sym,
ra,hy of the whole church. Two daughters
md one Step-daugh:cr OF Mrs. I'oycc, all
married, still survive.
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limited States Cotton Movement.
The CrODs in South Carolina.

The state statistical agent has Just forward
cd his report OF the crops, acreage, &c.. to the
National Department at washington. from
which the following extracts arc made:
Wheat.
Strictly speaking, there is no spring wheat
IN South CarOlira. The great bulk Of the crop
Is Sown between October and january. The
crop, however, wnS"put In later than
mnO owing to uniavOriblc seasons aud
circumstances ut the usual planting time.
some localities since. will affect the product,
but IT is too soon TO M tho amount OF
the reduction in yicjd from these causes. I'll"
total acreage has been decreased three per
cent, as compared with last year.
Cats.
Usually fully eighty per cent, Of tho crop
Is sown in the fall, some farmers planting as
that oats sown in September, or the early fall,
universally given the hest yield. Planting
oats in cotton fields before nll Of the cotton is
gathered is p"actitCd to some cXtcI t., and II Is
in some localities TO sow the grain
and pillow 1t In when the last pl0ughirg OF cot.
is done. Owing to the necessary labor re-
quirrd to gather the la:gc cotton crnpO Of ISIS.
and tho very nnfaro"ablc seasons at the time.
only about sixty per cent. OF the crop was
Sown in the fall. The average yield OF fall
oats Is - bushels per acre and spring
Snwn lOhuShcls per acre: The change, thc(orr,
in time of planting alone would indicate q de-
Glc"S'H l'l" ~ t'i''H-ih''c l"l t''t, oi 'ne,
llh OF lle chiiEe crop aiIu assuming the lo'hl
acreage and average yield To be the same MS
last year, representing 4 loss of .0N,Nl
bushels on one fifteenth Of the who!c amount
of last years crop but the ac"";tgc has been
decreased and the Seasons during the ripen-
Ing period have not been altogether propiti-
iouS, 50 that the total production will he very
materially reduced below last year. The acre
has been decreased nine per cent. The
present condition Of wheat is nine per cent
below an average and oats Is per cent below
an average.
p,rI,y
Jaw!
Is planted In patches ana only to furnish
green fool for work stock and cattle at n sea-
son of the year when such food Is needed
most.
r,or,.
t'"'"
Is receiving somewhat moro attention than
formerly but is no: yet cultivated to 4 Sut1i.
ciclit extent to DO regarded as Il crop.
Cor,
o''"
Planting IS finished except on bottom land.
inc nrGn VIII be probably Increased . per cent
que cticliy 10 inc FACT ina The operations or
theStocN law brings Il larger area OF lanu into
pOfofnoc
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CafeicSSScSS.

}WtU10n1SOHTy IIcTWVUJ
k.voune man called at the fostofice 4 few
davs avo and asked for 4 neighbours mail.
xnong the mail he received was a copy OF Tue
cut, from the I'm rber and when he left the office
his neighbours mail was left on the shelf An:
other young man called for several neig'Inors
mail among which were several copies o.. tiie
LTeTuld. Amile or two from kin2s'rec ttitS
we're picked up by IL gentleman coming liito
town and returned to the Office. We dnn I
now wonder at our subscriber not gettlDS me
J{cr,1d regularly.
The above items are facts and we give them
M What they are WORTH
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GOOD Observation-Disclosures. as the
down passenger train from Grcenrllle was
about one hundred miles from Columbia. the
neck of the check chamber next 10 the boiler
broke and all the water and stcame In the en-
CINE were blown out. MIR: Robert Carter, the
engineer, set his wits and his hands TO work,
however. repaired the break, balcd watcr3 In
the engine, started steam afresh. and came
through, stopping as usual at all stations,
only thlrty-fivc minutes behind time. making
connection with the down train for Charles
ton on she South Carolina Railway. Among
railroad men this feat of Mr.. Carriers Is re-
gardcd rs remarkable, considering all the cir
Palmetto YcomidH.
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Columbia and Greenviiio Raiiroa d
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.

TH55FNUEN JET II
COLUMBIA, s. c., juno 4, 1889.
On and after Monday, June 4. 1883, the Pas.
senger Trains will run az herewith Indicated
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Barley.

The area Of barley has increased ) per cont.
The total acreage Is about 2yh50 900 acres. The
condition averages 81 per cent.
Oats.
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An Outrageous Assault,

RJ;E mr. NGfu'N, JEHc 81
Ole dav' last week AN old white man named
David White had occasion to go over Into
North Carolina ~ purchase some whiSkcv for
nm old lady who is lying very low with con-
Sumpticn. and on lis return, after getting
bnc,; into this County,. he was pursued and
0vertakcn Ivy II young white man nalle'i
William D.lir, VIE demanded the whiskcy.
Icing refused. Emlin pulled the Old man of
his horse and beat him up i'll a most Outrage,
nus manner. The Old man was weak ana
f:aii. and not being able to o!crany rcsistanrc
Was severely used mp iy his assL!'ant. Mol
Statistic, with Enncling and kicking the cid
ir.n in Il mo%t thurman manner, luiin pulled
ont his knife aud AFTER irticting Il r;.iUiai
wound on his ariiI rCrHCd his head al! over
with tie laws ofthn knife. He then took hin
bleeding and weak. to the house of 4 rolorrd
man. and tl"catcudcd To kill him. but the
negro caught and him until u colorCd woman
could get hira out of the house and EidC him.
Dulin then left and q day or two afterwards
fed the country. lie IS n citizen of Bethel
township. this County, ana hears the rcputa-
ton OF being n very desperate man. Mr..
White, the aged victim of this cruelty, lives
on Mr.. james lIutchinSOn's place in EhencZer
townLhip. He Is very seriously hurt. and
could not he removed to his home until Sltur-
day last. The assault was entirely without
provocation and it is q pity that the assaIlant
escaped
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The state statistical agent has Just forward
cd his report of the crops, acreage, &c. to tho
National Department at Washington. from
which the following extracts arc made:
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Judge T. j. Mackey's Opinion of tho
Eight Box Law.

or course I think tina amy citizen of South
Carolina who is proved by clear legal evil
dcncc to have violated the election laws Of the
United States should hc duly convicted and
punished. believe that such convictions
can be had before Il jury composed entirely Of
respectable white Democrats, as was the case
before me when such a Jury rendered vcrdicts
against John i'rl't!"ld and other members OF
tic ku EluH klans I'm 1873, when | was upon
the circuit Bench in this State, III York cOun-
~, There is no cHiecncy to maintnin white
supremacy which can now be plead ~ q NOR
nj excuse for the practice Of fraud or iniimi-
dation. Orr eight box law is II complete safe
guard against negro supremacy. II Is Il pat
cnt negro ballot preventive, Warranted to he
dead sure in It's operation to maintnin white
supremacy The white Democrat who with
such an election law oimmits irand Mt an
election must be Il gluiton for fraud and
should he indicted and convicted for pcrpe-
trating q surpIus"ge of raul; Hcnce &c not
think any fraud was perpctratcd NJ tne itst
,cjnctiou. unless some old manager of election
committed it unconsciouT!y from force Of
for that, as the criminal intent would be
wanting.
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Sickly Home Prints.

The sickly homo print newspapers will
no doubt read the following notice from
tho Post Office Department with great
pain. 1t scesns that this class of ncwspa-
pers ave tried every device to Kill out
the newspapers printed on patent Dat
sides, except the plan Of making better
newspapers. Unless their inventive ge-
MUS shall exceed their apparent mali
<:ious intent, their only hope lies in the
honest effort to print as good papers as DO
their "patent outside competitors.
We take the following from the last is
sue of the agents Ucraid:
Concerning cooperative ScwsTa-
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Prescntment of the Grand Jury, June
Term, 1883.

To His Honor, j.. D. Witherspoon, Pre-
siding Judge:
The Grand Jury respectfully present /:
That, the financial condition of the
County is encouraging, from the exhibits
lnado by tho Treasurer and the County
commissioners, herewith appended,
marked a. and B.
That, crime seems to be on the increase,
Judging from the unusual number of i'll
dictments submitted for our inyestiSa-
ton. We, therefore, insist upon Trial
Justices exercising more discretion, in
sending up cases to the higher Court.
At the last Spring Term of the Court
about one-half of the Trial Justices sub
mittcd their books to us for inspection,
In our Prcsentment then, we notified
them, that the law required this inspec-
ton, and we urged a strict compliance,
herewith, at each term of the Court.
At this Term, four of the sixteen, TriaI
Justices, of the County, to wit: j. +,
Hodges, A.. r. Calvert, w. G.. Kellal
and Il. G. Hardness, have not complied
with the law, and we feel constrained tc
present their am to the Court, for de-
reelection Of duty.
No complaints havo come to our body
from any other sources.
Thanking your Honor, and the acting
Solicitor, for cOurtesies extended, tho
above is respectfully submitted.
A.. NJ. AIKEN,
Foreman.
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Breast Collars.
Sherif's Sale.
Eugene b. Gary against Annie J. Miller.-Ex.
ecutiOn.


Eugenc b. Gary against Annie J. Miller.-Ex.
ecution.
DY virtue of an Execution to me directed
q In the above stated case, I will sell to the
highest bidder, at public auction, within the
legal hours Of sale. at Abbcville Court House,
on Monday, the second day Of July X. d. 1889,
the following described property, TO wit: All
that tract or parcel Of land, situate. lying and
being on Penny's Creek, waters of Little Riv.
or. In the County Of Abbeville, South Carroll
and containing
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE
ACRES,
more or less, and bounded by lands Of John
Mcneil, Miss Henrietta Miller, Mrs. s. A. Nc.
Chung and others. Levied on and to be sold
m SMisps Annie J. HITLER, to satisfy the
aforesaid Execution and costs.
TERMS-CASH.
J. +. c. DUPRE,
Sheriff Abbeville County.
June @. 1881. If
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Peas for Hogs.

tRurni Messenger.]
There arc several important advantages to
be gained by the Introduction Of pea culture
aside from n direct profit derivablc from them
when fed to hogs. There arc but few better
rotation crops than pcas. 4 crop of peas
leaves The soil IN II fine condition for wheat.
Resides, the M from hogs fed on peas Is
regarded us superior to almost any other
prOtitably either In Il green or maturcd state.
Peas are chcaply grown md do not require
the richest soil md. owing to their hardy
nature, they cnn be Sown very early In The
season, thereby assisting in the destruction Of
troublesome weeds. II the object Is to grow
them as II green crop, or Il crop to Le fed by
allowing the hogs to gather them they should
be sOwn either ut different dates or the seed
times Of maturing will not fall together. If,
however. the object be to grow them to feed
after maturity and after they have been hnr-
vested, thrcshcd, ct"., the seed may be OF one
variety. IN this cast they should be sown not
later than the LIST of May. The time. however
should be regulated somewhat by the season.
II suwn to be gathered by tho hogs. one aud
onc.half bushels Is about right, for In that
case early varieties arc used but In sowing
the latter at least two bushels should be used.
For y crop pea our fancy would favor tho
black eye; twenty to thirty bushels on fair
soil Is considered n fair crop. Pea vines or pea
vine hay is abOut rs valuable for sheep as
clover hay. If the hogs are to do the harvest
as the pea has its maturity. II tho peas are
to be fed after maturity and after thresling.
they should he either cooked or soaked II
used In the latter way w. the sonking should last
as near perfection for hog plaster as
clover, and more especially If land pasture
gypsnin-is applied Judiciuusly. We think II
n system of clover, pea, root and grain cnl,
make hog growing one of the most emune
ratiyc Industries of the State.
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Calendar for 1888.

June 10 to 22-Annual Examination.
sabbath: JUNG 2s-CGrnmcncemcnt sermon
BY Rev. VIM. Adams, ID. D., OF Augusta, Ga.
Tuesday, June ~ aboard OF Directors meet.
Thursday. June 2S-Conlmcuccmcnt r,x"r-
cises.
<arst Monday in October. AMI closes on the
Thursday after the last Wednesday in June.
The President win meet pupils at Wight s
Hotel in Columbia Friday, September 2S'h,
1nassine I'D Columbia and Green willie ~ltailruui
an saturday, September Sta.
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i.Mdkgct, South N'h:tncN, MN.l

The agents HeraM, Of Philadelphia,
claims in its May issuo 70 be informed
chat Postmaster General Gresham has
about decided tina. newspapers known rs
"'rltent outsidcs,' "insideS," or "co-oppr-
ative," ctc., shall be exclulcd from the
1nails as second-class publications.
In explanation Of the above We would
say that we received the information, just
prior to going to press with Il May is
she, from a gentleman, who claimed that
his data Of the fact came from Washing
ir,n, Since then we have been ut pains to
write to the Department! ut Washington,
relative to the matter. and arc pleased tn
correct the c]rroneou> Information VIC had
been led into giving by inserting the fol-
lowing reply from Washington:
WAsN1NGToN. d. G.. May -, 1883.
M. l.. Lun SmHH-In rc:,ly t. yours o!
-23d inst, you are informed that this De-
partmcnt has not made or docs not coli-
template making such an order rs yun re-
fer to. Very respectfully.
JAMES II. MAHR.
Acting First Assistant p. ". General.