The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-17
THE HOME OF FINE STOCK.
NINETY-sIX TAKES HER FULL SHARE OF
PREMIUMS AT THE STATE FAIR.
Paying Taxes - Prohibition Points,
Dry Weather acd Lien Stock--tiu-
anos.RailrOad TrOubics--Dcath of
a Good WOman--Patent Cow Mixer
..O.hcf Matters.

! u GOOD NOm3Ia--faient& &oW hfhe
| ..O:hcr Matters.
NISErY-SIN, Nov. 16, 1885.
! Our people have all returned from the SEtI
Fair and seem delighted with the eNiliDit'
especially the stock department, which wa
/ thought to bc finer than at any previous Fan
Nincty-SiX came In for her share OF premium
bringing back five or six hundred uollitr
= Among the lucky exhibitors were McSsrs.
| H. Frazier, =. W. Richardson, Il. \. Shcppart
ana J. McD. knarl. Other gentlemen shil
! ped from our place, but do not belong to on
: ncighhorhood. No one can tell OF the VAIN
of these fairs tn our community. II Is Il dlS
grace that Abbcvilr county has no count.
| lair. The following is the awards, as lar Il
We are informed:
Bushel barley, J. D. Fooshe, Coronaca, two
do lars.
Busllcl red oats, ]. Med. Kinard, Ninety
Six, two dollars.
Bnsicl rye, ". II. Frazer, Ninety-six, tw'
dollars.
Coronaca, five dollars.
Bushel turnips, Aberdeen, j. ID. FOoshc
Coronaca, two dollars.
Bale clover hay, W. Fl. Frazer, Ninety-Six
Bull calf w. II. Frazer, Nincty.six, three
dollars.
Cow, three years, w. II. Frazer, Nincty-siS
twenty dollars.
Cow, years, ]. Med. Kinard, Ninety Six
ten dollars.
ileiler, to 3years, ]. Med. Kinard, Ninety
Six, fifteen dollars.
Heller, caIG j. McD. Knard, Ninety-siN
Hcifrr. to 8 years, S. w. Richardson. Nine
ty-SiX, fifteen dollars, , -
Norman stallion, over four years, Il.
Sheppard, NinctySiX, twenty dollars.
Norman stallion, one year, +. \. Sheppard
NincIy-SiX, fifteen dollars.
Norman cot, under one year, f. \. Shep
pard, Nincty-SiX, five dollars.
Norman mare cOIt, j.. y. Sheppard, Ninety
Six, twenty dollars.
Norman mare, over four years, T.. y. Shep
pard, Nincty-SiX, thirty dollars. 49, ~
Light draft stallion. over four years, W. II
Frazer, Ninety-SiX, ten dollars.
Light draft gclding. three years, S. W. Rich
ardSOn, Ninety-SiX, fifteen dollars.
Light draft South Carolina raised gelding
three years, $. W. Richardson, Nincly-SlX
Pal: matched South Carolina raised har
ness horses, W. IL. Frazer, Ninety|SlX, twen
~ dollars.
Saddle mare, South Carolina raised, Darid
Aiken. Coronac;,, ten dollars.
South CarOliua raised mule colt, one year
W. II. Frazer, Ninciy-SiN, five dollars.
Merino buck, two years. j. d. Fooshc, Cor
oaaca, ten dollars.
Pen McrinO ewes, j. ID. FOOS'c. COrOnacl
ten dollars
Cotswold buck. two years, ]. Med. Kinard
Ninety-SiX, ten dollars.
Pen of Cotswold ewes. John McD. Kinard
Ninety.SiX, ten dollars.
tOtswOid ram lambs (2). John McD. Kin
ard, NinctySiX, eight dollars.
tot>wo!d eve lanbS (2), John McD. klnard
Nincly-SiX, eight dollars.
Fourth class, Cotswold, sweepstakes. no
less than seven, J. McD. Kinard, Nine;y-SiH
ten dollars.
Essex boar. one year, David Aiken, Coro
nacl. ten dollars.
Essex boar, one year. w. III. Frazer, Ninety
Six. five dollars.
-Four Essex pigs, under six months, w. II
Frazer. Ninety SiH, five dollars. 49,
Poland China boar, one year, :. W. Richard
son, Nncty-SiX, five dollars.
Poland CHINA pigs. under six months, >
W. Richardson, Niucty-SiX five dollais.
Grade SOW. $. w. Richardson, Nine,y-SiN
Beehive, J. D. Fooshe, Ninety Six, five dol
lars.
shuck collar, W. II. Frazer, Nlnety-slx
TWO dollars
Capt. j. W. Perrin. our efficient and polite
Treasurer Is here collecting taxes. ! oeileEe
the people ere settling up pretty gcncray
Some OF them grumbIe, %: course, especial ~
a, the railroad taxes, bu the more thouGhtfu
settle without II word Of comment. The anil
railroad men had meeting at the old Sti'l
F.rt ON last Saturday, but il did not amount
SD much. The sooner they understand that
this lax will b. collected the better twill b'
for them, and the least expensive 1t will be To
them.
Mr.. :. W. Richardson shipped to Greenville
to MI Is. +. Perry, Jr.. several Poland China
hogs and 10 other parties several pairs of ligh
Brahma fowls. We believe these chickens
are more highly priced than any other breed
M. Richardson has quite u number for sale
Write 10 Mr.. T.. 5. addison for pure red oats
for seed. IIo has few bushels lett, and they
are choice.
\ petition asking The members eject to the
next Legislature to introduce bill to submit
tu the popular vote The question OF license or
no license for our county, Is being circulated
aud pretty generally signed. or cOursc some
persons refuse to sign IL, u We think IL Will
Of 10 pnr IA
Tic question Is asked, who will vote at this
election If one should he ordered? Our an
swer Is, none but those who are entitled t.
vote at any other general election. Am
right or not? The complaint in the last Itg
iSl;liurc WAS that it WAS not sufficiently sign.
cd by white democratic VOTERS but by women
and negroes, Now Will The party go hack on
itself and cal III Cutfy to help him ont? We
The dry weather continues and little or ne
grain has been sown. Very little corn hns
been made and next year provisions VIII ht
scarce, yet our people arc spending all then
cotton money for tUingS that they should dc.
ny themselves. Already the auctioneer Las
been heard on our streets, and stock Offered
by him almost go i begging for purchasers ut
any price.
lectlonS are dull and short. People do moi
seem to regard Il debt i0r2uano asa legitimate
liability, and many of them will he gully q
the most fla.rant fraud To avoid paying for ii
Until there Is great change our country can.
nOl prosper; w.
The Kew. MI craig VIII prcnch NJ tnc ires-
bytcrian church at this place on the lth Sun
day OF this month.
Mrs. Emily Cheatnam, WIDOW OF Aiired
Chcatham, who was Killed In the late war
died near this place recently, from c0nbini
ton OF pneumonia and measles. MIS-. Cheat
ham was Il good mother, Kind friend and Il
good neighbour, ana her children; all of whom
are daughters, have the sympathy ol the com
munity.
Unconstitutional is the argument that
some of the antfs use as an excuse for mol
paying the railroad TAX, ana some oi thc very
men who were most Dlhtaht lOr Holing tnls
tax arc inblbing these IDEAS. ana we 90 verify
believe that they tonScicn'iouSiy believe that