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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26
NinnshOrG's Shame and South Carroll
mas Iu.ratitude.

Miss Mcdowell, whose death is men
toned elsewhere in these columns, lett rs
her only near relative Il Mrs. Sloan, Il SIS.
ter, who now lives in this place alone and
almost destitute. Mrs. Sloan is Il widow
lady without children or near Kin, o!d
and very feeble. and is altoyethrra worthy
subject of Il liberal and Christian charity.
Particularly does she merit the hcnevo-
lence or assistance Of the good people oil
Winnsboro, when it is remembered thai
she lost her six and only boys in the on
fede.ate army during the late war. Sht
has given so much for tho conntry-will
the country give nothing in return =
WtnnSbOro' NcWS dhd Hcr"h.
The above paragraph tells the Whole
story of Confederate ingratitude to her
soldiers, while it kindly throws the veil
oycr cur excessive love for the negro,
which is expressed Ivy the lavish expcn-
diture which we make for the education
of his children. W%innSboro has contrib
uted perhaps, thousands Of dollars for
negro education, while that CONF unity
neglccts 4 poor old woman who did more
for her country than did the most famous
Spartan mother.
Winnsboro boasts Of her schools and is
proud of the enormous tax which she
Ievies for educational purposes, but she
lets an old woman, the mother OF six
Confederate soldiers, suffer for the com
mon necessities of life. But no matter
for that. the ~''cstecmed' negro must he
educated. We must levy an enormous
tax on the little property of Confederate
soldiers to educate negroes, and then dis'
tinruishcd Southern gentlemen must
volunteer to 20 to Washington, hat IN
hand, and beg for more aid in the nopie
work.
Northern men and Northern citizens
pension their own soldiers, hut we turn
our lack on the disabled Confederate SCI
dier, and those dependent up"n him FOR Il
subsistence, in order that we may the
more literally educate the esteemed negro
Sncli n course must win he everlasting
gratitude and sincere approval OF honor
able and bigh-mindcl Northern gentle
men. The Confederate soldier is indeed
an orphan when his own State and his
own former ColllTdtcS III HlhIo az ~
aside to starvc in order that the esteemed
negro may be educated. Education Is
more important to the negro, than is
bread to the Confederate soldier.
While Winnsboro boasts OF her schools,
and while communities in other sec
tons point to her example with prido,
Northern Republicans, Southern trail
tors and infamous renegades may always
depend upon car loads of edu"ated ne
proes from Fairfield to respond to their
call for witnesses in any effort to send
South Carolina gentlemen to the Albany
penitcntiary for no greater offence thar
that of voting for Hugh S. Thompson
for Governor OF the State.
This condition of affairs must indeed DC
gratifying news 70 the most devout negro
%worsbippcr of the North. The fact thai
q Confederate soldiers home in Wins
torc may he sold for negro ednfnti"''
must Ee MI ahat the fondest negro lover
could 1e.ises
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26
SHALL COUNTY OFFICERS BE ELIGIBLE
TO REELECTION.
Demand For an Unwrltten Law Oh
the Subject Facility with which
any Citizen may o Fainil-
inr with tho DutIcS of mn Officer.

Editor Press and Bannr1:
The announcement OF Sheriff DuFre ns u
candidate for reelection has revived o
thought which ins oiten 1eearieu 10 me- III
be so amended ns That no one could holu the
same Office Tor more thnn two terms ronsecn-
lively. Equally us good and va'id arguments,
IN my opinion, cun he produced ngtinsI INC
principlc vi eiccting State or County officers
for more than two terms IN succession rs can
be against ~electinS the President Tor Il Lnlid
term. | am aware that, aS an argument III
favor of clccting IN officer Tor two or lnrce
terms, 1t Is claimed That IT. takes one inc
rrclt,r part Of his FIRST term Of Office 10
rightly comprehend the duties Thereof. Inns
| unt:rsitatinslN pronounce inc nlercht ," ht u
.scise-unlcSS II be- that the oincer.ciect -
totally unit for the place. ,,,
/ venture the assertion that any, man WIN
ordinary sense and IN average English edn'
of any of our County offices. within The space
Of from one to three months, as tliiL nc
would be ablo to execute the same inteIiieibly
and satisfactorily to all concerned.
In tho absence therefore OF any statutory
law on the subject, | submit that IT. would bu
a g0oI idea for the voters OF Abbcrillc Coui
~ tn adopt AZ the unwritten law .upon inc
SilhJect-ftut hereafter no person shdH 6e rt!0i-
bir TO election To The same 0ylcc for more Wtth toO
Il rms in succession.
AS the most of our county officials have nj.
rruty been elected for two or more terms l
would suggest that this would be 81 gond year
In which to innugurutc this new order OF
things. The same Gun he lone nj our next
election without WORKING ANY h;irdsnipS
UNDERGRADUATES It be in the case of the
Clerk Of the Court. / believe II is pretty gen.
orally conceded that he has not much mure
than made q good living out OF his o!tcc, ow.
ing To the fact that he has u very large anu
necessarily expensive family ami of such us
prccludes their being OF any assistance 10
him in the muitern of making a support. This
being the case, and. furthermore, a. ne ~
physically. quite II delicate man. IT might Dc
well enough to make IN exception IN his
case, and give him one more term. But is 10
the others OF our county officials. the clrcum-
stances are altogether different and which
can fully demonstrate. At any ate 1 here
make the proposition to undertake II, pro.
vidcd any one or moe persons shall. through
the columns of the Press and Banner, indi-
cate Il desire to have me do go.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26
Round about Mccormick.

Editor Press and Banner:
Tho society of our town has received n 1lne
addition in the persons "f Mr.. ana Mrs. j.. W.
peukc. Possessed OF nice sociai quhIilleS lily
ninusc und charm old and new friends.
Rrnnch.s Hotel, Il large, c"nlmrtinuS mouse,
Is nearing completion. In ihlS bniluihe INC
nr,I,r of 4. +. NJ. have c:iEaSed u room, una
hrn",Gnrth expect to hold therein their
monthly meetings. .o =,
There Is some Talk Of organizing q iouse u.
iwnntv of the best citizens who would DC
Glad to be connected with the order.
Some OF The merchants are doing q large
,,en business, Wagons, carts and all KINDS
or vehicles are continually carrying on ihrSe
Quantities of goods. II Is no Unusual slsnt VI
Src twenty, yen. forty Wagons "hu All" ""''
Thc officers OF the Methodist church for the
cnrrcni year ARE Stewards. i. L. Stukry ana
]. A.. Creighton. Secretary Clhurch C3nIcr
rncr, J.. A. Creighton. Cl';s Lenders ~
pmimncr' Glenn. +. Corley Gentlemen ushcrs
lanes Cothran, Jr., James ". Peakn an,
Iouis Chamberlain. No church can Doast o.
kinder. more polite, or grntlemnnly usner'
Than the three who hold this Office IN this
exercise OF ill the functions OF their Once
when The District Conference CON vcnes ana
evrn before mat time, III seating this large con
grpgntinns that Worship here. .-.,
The Union meeting Of tho Baptist chiircr
will be held rere next sunday. NO dnunt y
large crowdw will oe nttractGl oy me ,nati hn,,
The hospitality OF the people Will cause theiI
to entertain the visitors In the best ross'p.t
The school or,his town is progressing finely
under the charge of !. s. Mel .ale ana MIS-
brown. Many pupil" testify to their great
S''''''' R~IvEnnESD.
Mccormick, S. C., March 81. 1881.
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THE DRAINAGE LAW.
Which Authorizes M OniciouS and
MeddlcsOme NcighbOr to Require
Ia to Destroy Our Best Lands.
Yours respectfully,
g.. NJ. M.ATTISON

Some important amendments were made
in this law at the last session of the Lcsis:a.
tnre. We give the act MS 1t now stands on the
statute book.
SEC. ll7s. All land owners and all persons
having lands leased for a term Of one or more
years, Of the counties Of Anderson. Beaufort,
Chester, Greenville, Oconee, Union, Fairfield.
Enoree, Tiger, Saluda and Little Rivers in
said cUunties), md Abberille (lIard Lubo
and Wilson'S Creeks In said county, shall re-
upon their lands or the lands IN their posses
sion all trash, trees, RATS and timber during
the months Of March and September In each
year.
SEC. ll79. Any person convicted Of violating
the foregoing Section shall be deemed guilty
of d misdemeanor, and shall be punished
by a fine Of not less than five nor more than
fifiy dollars, or be imprisoned not less :han
ten nor more than thirty days, ut the discrc'
tion OF the Court before which the case may
be tried"
SEC. 1850. The cutting or telling trees ncross
or into any of the running streams OF said
nl'd amy person or persons so convicted shall
be punished by II line Of not less than five
nor more than twenty-five dollars, or inipris'
Onment for not less than ten nor more than
thirty days. or both, 1T the discretion Of the
Court.
SEC. ISL. 1t shall be the duty OF the County
Commissioners OF the counties therein nam
ed 10 see the provisions of the above Sections
com piled with and IN case of neglect or re-
fusai on the part Of any land owner or per.
sons having land leased for q term OF one or
more years to comply with. It's requirements
the said County Commissioners shall, upon
com plaint being made TO them by II land
owner or ren,cr intrusted In the enforcement
Of the provisions Of said Section, notify such
land owner or lessee TO proceed within fifteen
days to comply herewith, and upon hilure
to do 50 The said County Commissioner shall
indlct. or cause the said land owner or lessee
so neglecting or refusing to be indicted, under
the provisions Of said Sections,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26
Shall We be Forever Robbed.

During the campaigns which have pre-
coded. If our memory serves ns rightly,
the burden of some of the o:ators was an
expression of extreme anxiety about ne
gro education, and in soino instances,
careful statistics had been prepared, and
poured into dull inattentive ears to
show how much more the Democrats had
done in this way than tho Radicals.
Now, what we want to know, is, did the
Radicals ever give anything for negro
education? 1t is true that tho camp fol-
lowers of the political stripe, combined
with Northern adventures, and by the
force Of Federal bayonets wrested this
government from its righttul owners, and
by the aid of these same %bayonets, put
cornficld negroes in the Legislature and
in the offices Of the State, which these
Northern adventures did net want.
Bbackcd by Federal bayonets they at once
proceeded to contiscate u property for
every conceivable purpose, and in their
liLerality Of other peoples money, de-
voted much Of our money to educate
the negro. The proper question among
the politicians should be, who confiscated
moro of our money for educational pur-
poscs-Radicals or Dcmocrats7 AS far
rs we are informed no Radical communi-
ty over taxed itself for negro education.
But the Radicals were very liberal with
our money, when they had the Federal
hayonets and the forms of a legal enact
ment to make us "staud and deliver
Let it not be forgotten that the Radicals
in this State never gave one cent to ne
gro education, (non, of them brought a
cent here with thcm,) but they joined
the crowd that robbed us Ivy tho force Of
Federal bayonets. Will our people, now
say that they are free, and still submit to
this monstrous outrage?
The strangest part Of the whole pro-
ceeding is, that while the negroes arc get
ting perhaps more than 4 quarter of q
million dollars annually of our money,
that anybody should object to all appro-
priation twenty or thirty thousand dol
lars in higher education at the State Uni
vorSity.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26
The Shields Trial before the Supreme
Court.
Charlotte Obscrrp,

Yesterday was the day set for hearing thu
argument of the counsel in the case q
Thomas L. Shields: bcfor" the Supreme Count
ut Raleigh. Gen. X. d.. Johnston and the At
tOrnty-(ienaral were to appear for the prO.c.
cution of Shields, ana Judge w. f. BA nun
for the defense. Shields, 10 will be remember.
Ell. was convicted In MccklenburS Superior
Court, last September, Of the murder OF jos
G.. SlttOn, and WAS sentenced by Judge Gil
MGR to be hanged the following October. but
his counsel put In an appeal. Al the last
term Of the Supreme Court the case was not
reached and 1t was consequently deferred un-
til this term for q hearing The general feel
Ing Is that Shields will be granted a new trial
The following members OF the Philoma.
thean and E~uphemIan Societies arc their rep
reSentativeS for commencement. on Tuesday
night, In Lindsay Hall: From the PhilOma.
thcan, p. l.. Grier and j. r. Henry, Senior Or.
ntors; r. e.. Boyce, Junior Essayist; ca.
league, Sophomore Orator. From the En.
rhcInian: Senior Orators. Is. NJ. Miller and
T. Is. Stewart: Junior F.sStyist, NJ. b. Grirr;
Sophomore Orator, Oliver -Erskine
Student.
Colonel II. ". Seymour, one Of the oldest
of the Charleston bar, died In that
city Oh Tuesday, aftcr IL brief Illness, aged 70
years.
Just received another lot of Cincinnati
buggies, which will be sold cheap to cash
customers. Thos. Bcggs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26
TIE AUGUSTA BANK ROBBERY.
The Thieves Safely Lodged In jail
and Ia Money Recovered.

AUGUSTA, Ga. March 23.-The money stol-
en- yesterday from the clerk OF the CONNER.
ciai Bank was found this afternoon In an out
house of Il dwelling in this city. Last night.
ut 10 o'clock. II special train left here for Al.
lendaIe, with the officers of the Commercial
Bank and police officers. In response to the
telegram from the conductor of the Port
Royal train that two suspicious persons had
boarded his train outside Augusta. They
were arrested ut Allendale and held In Gus
tody until the arrival Of the special train.
The prisoners arrived In the city OF Augusta
ut = 80 o'clock. They gave their names as
Simmons and Watkins. They had keys and
blank check In their possession. 4 Clergy
man on the train overheard Il conversation
between the persons arrested. One said to
the other: "Don't forget 40. G2S, one street
from depot" After the arrests at Allcndale
the clergyman mentioned to the conductor
his having heard the above remark, and ON
this clue the police went to work and found
S2.,44o, sixty dollars less lhun the amount
stolen, hidden under a plank in u house In
the yard. The robbers registered yesterday
Mt The Globe Hotel as from Aiken, =. e., un-
der the names of q. Watson and G. II. Sim
mons, but it is believed they were travelling
under assumed names. as no such men live NJ
Aiken. The prisoners are In jail here. a
diamond ring and s2ll were found on their
persons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26
THE STATE CONVENTION.

Official Call of. the Democratic Ex.
ecutive Committee of South Car
DINA.
COLUMBIA. March II, 1884.
A Convention OF the Democratic party OF
the State of South Carolina will be held Mt
Columbia, on Thursday. June 10Th, 1881, ut II
o'clock NJ, In the Hall Of the House of Repre-.
sentativcs. for the following PURPOSES:
!. To nominate Candidates for Electors for
President and e.Presidcnt OF the United
States.
2. TO elect Eighteen Delegates to represent
the State in the National Democratic on
v%ention, which will Meet ut Chicago, or July
&, 1881.
8. To nominate Candidates for Governor
and Lieutenant.Govern0r, and other State
Offices.
4. To elect the State Democratic Executive
Committee to serve for the ensuing two years.
5. To transact such other business lis the
Con rentiOn may deem proper.
Each county In the State will.bo represented
In the Convention by twice us many Dele
gates as the number OF It's Representatives In
both branches of the present General Assem-
bly,.
The County Executive Committees are
charged with the duty Of making arrange
ments for the election of Delegates to the
Convention In accordance with the rules In
force In the several counties.
by order OF the Committee.
JAMES +. 1zLAR Chairman.
WILLIE JONES, Secretary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26
Good Sense.

The editor Of tho ,Suluda Argus gets of
some good points in the following para-
"A publisher has no desire to continue
sending his paper to a person who does
want it. But when a subscriber stops
his paper without paying back dues, and
has not the manliness to send the pub
Usher all order to that effect, then the
publisher begins to 10 Sc faith in mankind.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26
Machine Shop.

Messrs. Seal, McIwaino & Co. hay
just put their machine in operation Tor
planning, cutting and dressing wagon tim,
Der, ut thor new shop on the Enrigl't
lot. They are getting other machinery
and in a little while tho public can bc
served to any SOFT OF timber and great
numbers Of vehicles of every dcscrlp'
ton will be put up in future than ever
before.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26
80

We sec no necessity nor good reason
for nominating State officers as early as
the time for the State Convention
to meet to send delegates to the National
Convention at Chicago on tho Sth OF July.
We are. therefore, OF the opinion that 1t
will be better to have two conventions.
one in June to nominate delegates to Chi
and the other ON time Ill August
to nominate State oiicers.-N cwberry
Nems.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26

Mr.. T.. II. Aull, who is 80 we'll known
to the people Of this community, has as
sumed editorial control of tho New6cr7y
Nems. Mr.. Aull knows how to use the
pen, and we shall expect him to make q
good paper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26

THE money which has boon expended
in public education since 1868 would have
paid the public debt Of South Carolina.
If our interest account could be stopped,
and the education of tho negro could be
finished, our taxes would be less than
half what they are now.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26
THE PENNEY CREEK MUD HOLE.
If There II Anything Worse Than n
Mud Hole, 1t IL u Road Causwayed
with Pine FOlcs.-ShOuld u Road
That IN Good for Ten nth in
IN Year be Forever SpOiled7
Editor Press uhd Ranne,':

the ri be Forever spoiled
Editor Press ahd Bnnner:
Dear Sir-In your last issue there appears q
card over the signature OF III" which l
think needs u response. and rs The Road coll-
planned about Is In my division / VIII, with
your permission, give some explanation
which / think the citizens are greatly entitled
to have. The Road spoken about Is rather a.
places In the County Of the same kind. For 3
or 10 months In the year the roads are smooth
and firm but when the winter rains and
freezes set in become miry. The place spok-
brought 10 the notice of the supervisors and
strict orders given 10 have 1t crosswayed.
The Ovrrseur has refused to DO so from the
fact that he could not get timber. 4 short
time since the supervisors made q contract To
nave the rmld crosswayed, but alas the con-
tractor reports that no one will let him have
the poles 10 crussway with and the mn
sioners will be compelled to use the strong
er the great difficulties we labor under In
keeping up the roads. There is no public
duty 1t, appears to me, that people generally;
am sure no man in Abboville County is more
pleased than | am with goods rond; but how
Ia have them Is the great problem: One vii!
say the present road law Is good IL enforced
there Is the rub. Time and again parties
have been reported for falling to work the
roads and upon the least frivolous excuses
they have been acquitted and the tax payers
SaQuleQ Win the cOStS anu where one JOLIET
has been paid into The treasury for default,
ten dollars has been paid as costs by the
County, and In many lntances fabulous
prices are asked fer pine pules and when the
Commissioners desire to make small changes
In the road bed from fifty to two hundred
dollars per acre Is asked for land and con-
stantly we are compelled 10 have y jury TO
fix the price at cost to the County fur both
timber and road bed. There Is great defect
some where. II" cnn see at once the difficult
~, and Il the lax payers were called upon TO
fout the bills for repairing all the mud holes
that appear in the roads In winter the curses
would be loud and long and the blame would
be ut once snddIed upon the County Com mis-
si0ners for waste Of the public money. Times
are very much changed with regard to work
ing the roads. Half the hands have no suitn-
bic tools and 1t Is not practicable for The
county to furnish tools as there Ia no one to
take care OF them and they are squnndercd. l
nm clearly OF the opinion that under the
present system OF road working. complaints
will be general every winter and if The COM
missioners could control the weather then
they should be held strictly 10 account for
bad roads. But all" may rest assured that
the Penny Creek mud hole will be- mcnded us
soon as possible
Yours respectfully,
q. NJ. M.ATT1SON.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26
J. L. SIMPSON,, Agent,

p. Spy order Of the White Sewing Ma
chine Company / would warn all parties
nroinst purchasing the White Machine nee.
dies or attachments from any one except the
Company or their authorized agents, ns SUCH
would be frauds. The Company would lake
IL rs favor If parties would report TO trrm
agents who offer their needless or attach
nlentS for sale. J. L. ..
Ian. l6. 1854. l2m
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26

If we can spend a quarter of a million
In educating the esteemed negro, we
should like to know why we can't give a
pension to the disabled Confederate SOL
diers, their widows and orphans7
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26

IT is all O delusior to state that our
people are 50 anxious about securing tho
services of literary corn field hands, that
they would willingly add a third to their
taxes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26

NORTHERN soldiers, recognizing the
ingratitude Of the Southern States to-
wards their soldiers, are contributing to-
their relief.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26

ONE-THrRD Of all our taxes 20 for the
education of our people. Tho taxes are
paid by the white people, and tho esteem
ed colored brother draws the money.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26

B. c. BRYAN OF Edgefield Is dead. He
was the Commissary of the Nineteenth
South Carolina Regiment, and was as
good a man as ever lived in Edgefield
county.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-26
The Press and Banner.
s. @.
" ednesday, March 26, 1884.
New Carriage, Wagon and Buggy

SHUVs
Mr.. W. g.. Chapman advertises this
wock his new carriage, wagon anu Dn2sy
shop, which is in the new brick bulldinS
on the Marshall House lot. By d thor
ougIl knowledge Of the different bralch-
cs Of his business, and by strict attehtloh
to the wants of his customers lie hopes 10
gain Il share of public patronage. Al
york will he done under his own per-
sonal supervision, and customers may
depend upon his %promptiess and ell
ricury,