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r, ' " - !' " ' " "y -.rj! I . - r.fr3jSBgH| m Mm,, i^w? I l?ll> hi ill IliM H II1 I HIM?Ti iwnrWMMMMTTi???^TTrnTB iTrfWTWMTW?T?WIII wm TTTT^mtmmnwrmmm7YttlttBtrVWrUKnTWItWWTWinTTfMKKTWRKKtKtBtKnnnFTWrfWfWMrTWWWtnnttnM~Waf~nmm WWW? I fTTMBrniWWJBL^BdMBM? BY HUGH WILSON. AIUIEYILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1888. VOLUME XXXII. NO. 397 | An Ordinance To Raise Supplies for the Town of Abbeville, S. C? for the Year 1888. BE ITORDAIXEnitY THE INTKXDANT aiul Wardens of the Town of Abhr'vilh-, 8. C., io Council assembled, and by authority of the same. That a tax lor the sums and in the manner hereinafter named shall be raised j and paid into the treasury of the Town Council for tho uses aud purposes thereof for the year 1888. Section 1. On every one hundred dollars of the cash value of all real and personal estate within the incorporat ion of the said Town of Abbeville the sum of llfteen cents. C3hf. ^ l_/ll (,'ttuu ui 11 irti v* auu pvui v. ten pin alley kept for hire the sum of Twentylive Dollars on the first table or alley and Twenty-five Dollars for each table or alley more than one kept by the same owner. On each bagatelle table kept for lure the sum of Fifteen Dollars. Sec. 3. For each license to retail spirituous liquors in the Town of Abbeville the <?um of Two Hundred Dollars for the year, beginning with the first day of January, 1888, and ending on the first day of January. 18SU. The said sums payable in three equal installments in advance, said dealer or dealers to give bond and security lor payment of said sum of money, and if at any timedurlng the year the said dealer or dealers should go out of business the omnnnr of Two Hnndrpri I)ollnrw slwill Immediately become due and payable, and any person or persons doing business the whole or any part of the year shall pay the wholo sum of Two Hundred Dollars. Sec. 4. That all male persons between the ages of sixteen and fifty years, except those physically unable to earn a support, are liable to road duty and shall be required to work on the roads, sidewalks, and streets within the incorporation of the Town of Abbeville five days under the direction of the Town Council. The commutation for said road duty to be the sum of Two Dollars to be paid at the time of payment of other taxes, to wit, on or before 1x10 nrsi uay 01 i>iurun. ah pciauun iciuo>u^ or failing to work five lull days to be accepted and approved by the Couucll or pay the above commutation shall be liable to pay such tine and penalty as the Council may impose. Sec. 5. That all itinerant auctioneers, peddlers, and other transient persons, except venders of farm produce raised in the County, offering at retail any goods whatsoever for sale, shall pay a license of not more than Twentyfive Dollars nor less than One Dollar per day. Sec. 6. That all circuses shall pay a Uccnse of One Hundred Dollars for each and every exhibition; and all other shows, including what are commonly known as side-shows attached to a circus, shall pay a license of not more than Fifty nor less ttjan Two Dollars for each exhibition. Sec. 7. That all returns shall be made under oath ou or before the first day of February, 18S8, and all taxes shall be due and payable on or before the first day of March, 18s8. If any person or persons shall refuse or neglont nntmpntni t.ho taxes herein levied with In tTie time specified the Treasury of the Town Council is hereby authorized and required to add twenty per centum penalty, and If the tax with the penalty is not paid wlttiln thirty days therealter, it shall he the duty of the Treasurer of the Council to issue executions therefor immediately and collect tbe 6ame by due process of law, as provided in the charter of said Town of Abbeville. Sec. 8. The Town Council or a quorum thereof shall constitute a board of assessors to affix the value of property returned for taxation. Sec. 9. If any person or persons shall refuse or neglect to make a return of their property for taxation within the time prescribed herein, the return of last year witli twenty per ccTitujti added shall be deemed and taken by the Treasurer to be the true value of their property for taxation aud it shall be assessed at that rate. ' t ? " :i i /xf uone ana uauucu m v uuncii uuu urcsun ui the Town Council affixed this 20tli day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. W. C. McGOWAN, Intendant. JONES F. MILLER, Secretary. Dec. 2S.1SS7, tf Job Printing ! THE "PRESS AND BANNER" Is well supplied with stationery, types and presses to do almost any kind of printing, including i Briefs, Catalogues. Minutes.; i and every other kind of pamphlets. Merchants and business men will lind it to their Interest to order from us their \ Bill Heads, i Statements, Letter Ileads, i Envelopes, Handbills, Invitations, Cards, Ac., ?Vc. Two presses and about forty fonts of type i have been added during the year, to our pre- i viously well stocked olhce. All work guaranteed to give satisfaction, i both as to quality of work and prices. Send your orders at once to HUGH WILSON. Abbeville, S. C. Oct. 5, 1887, t/ | N. T. Sassard, STAPLE And Fancy Groceries, CIGARS, Tobacco, Confectionery ABBEVILLE, S. C. Cash Tells the Story. Call and See. August 31,1SS7, 6m Clio Grape Nurseries, G. P. O'NEALL & SON, Proprietors. 10,000 GRAPE VINES FOR SALE. 5,000 Ives Seedling?the best and hardiest of nil varieties suited for our climate. 4,000 Concord?next best for our cllmntc. 1 ixwt other varietses. viz: Delaware, Martha Norton's Va.. Saleni, Clinton, Herbatnout, Rulandcr, and other choice table varieties. Prices for Vines : Ives, Concord and Clinton, 32Voo per 1,000; - 81.00 per 100; 81.00 per dozen, F. U. l'?. at Coron.ica, s. C.. or at the Nurseries. Other varieties 25e. each. Also, 1,000 well grown one year old lVaeh trees. Native Waterloo variety, l-aiuo Yellow Clii.'K?has never been known to fail bearing a full crop?as it blooms too late for frost to kill it. l'rlce $1&.<K( per 100; 2.'?c. each. Inspection of stock cordially solicited. Orders accompanied with cuxh will meet prompt attention. G. P. O'NEALL it SON, Jan. 24,1888,3t Coronaca, S. C. Seeds ! Seeds I Seeds ! r ANl'KETirS" OAKl?KN SEEDS alter JLj many years trial liavc proven memselves to be not only pure and stood, but best adapted to this climate. We have laid in a good stoek of these well known and reliable SKKDS and are now prepared to iurnish I Intrade with any and all kinds. Also, "KAUIA KELT and "WHITE SILVER SKIN Onion Sets. \V. JOEL SMITH & SON. Jan. 18,1J-SS, tf A Rare Chance. A SMALL UPRIGHT ST RAM ENMNE for sale cheap for cash or credit, to suit an acceptable customer. Apply at the 1'ress and Banner office. ' Iland taxes i OFin-IC '>r Cot'NTV AflHTOR, A)ti:i:vi 11., s. v.. .fun. hi, 1 IX C'OMiM.IANCi: W ITH INSillLClions from the ('wiiipirollci 1, :uul in obcdienco to re'iuiretuoiils of tlic Act tho followinc is published for tho in formation of the people. A. W. JONES, Auditor. An Act, TO A I. LOW T'N IMPROVED LANDS WHICH IIAVK NOT RKKN ON TIIK TAX BOOKS ervfu 1W7-; T it up T.TvTKJ> WTTIIOITT PENALTY. Section 1. lie it enacted by tlio Sonate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now mot and sitting in General Assembly, and by authority of the same, That in all cases where unimproved land which has not been on the tax books since the fiscal year co'mmoncing November 1st, 1S75, and which are not on the forfeited list, shall at any time before the 1st day of October, 1SSS, be returned to the County Auditor for taxation, the said Auditor be, and he is hereby, instructed to assess the same and to enter it upou the duplicate of the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 18S7, with the simple taxes of that year. Sec. 2. That all such lands as majr be 1 rrturned to tho Auditor for taxation bo- 1 tween tho first day of October, 1888, and tho first day of October, 1889, shall be assessed and charged with tho simple taxes of the two fiscal years commencing respectively 011 the first day of November, 1887, and the first day of November, 1SS8. Skc. 3. That as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act the Comptrol- , ler General is directed to furnish a copy I of the same to each Auditor in tho State, and the Auditors arc required to publish the same in cacb of their coiiDty papers once a week for three months during the year 18S8, and for tho same period of time ( during the year 1SS[?; and tho cost of i such publication shall bo paid by tho ' County Treasurer, upon the order of tho voutuy uomiuissmuerH, out ut uju uriunary county tax last colloctcd. Approved December 10, 1^7. Jan. 18,li>SS, otn HEW TO THE MARK! LET THE CHIPS HIT WHO THEY MAY !| FOR wo have Jus) received another car loa-1: of STOVJ-'-S, and we arc troing lo sell re-! utnrtUess of whut our competitors say. HOW IS THIS FOR LOW. Cook Stoves nt iK'iO complete with 30 pieces, t'ook stoves at SSO.eo complete with Si) pieccs. Cook Stoves at SIS.Ort complete villi :?<) piee?s. Cook Stove." ?t Sl'l.OO complete \vlt Is pieces. . i.'ook Stoves ul -1 complete with :?i piece*. | L'ook Stoves at -!-V'" aompletc w ith :: > pieces. i i 'ook stoves fit -li;.:<'complete with :>t jiiccc-*. I i.'ook Stoves nt slS"t' complete \v:!h ? <' piece*. i I'uok Stoves at complete iviili ph.-cos !i t'ook Stoves at ^So.tHM'umph'tc with >> piew. i Cook Stoves at : complete v. ill! ?) pieces. j . The largest assortment- of COOK STOVKS! | tliot have ever been offered to the people of ? Abbeville county. Come now and buy a Stove while you can jet it CHEAP and have a large assortment to select from. He guarantee every Stove u-r xrll. \V*i? oi'api* iniln/<nmf?n1 f r and SCHOOL HOUSES on HeatimrStoves. We carry a full line of STOVEWARE, snolt as POTS. TEA KETTLES, SPIDERS, WAF- I KLE IKONS, SHEET IRON PANS, Ac. ? Potware ! Potware ! If we can'l sell you a Cook Stove come let us =ell you some old fashioned POTWARE. OVENS and LIDS, EXTRA LIDS, WASH POTS, TEA KETTLES. On account of space we cannot enumerate ill we do keep in store for you. l'.ul come md see for yourselves and be convinced that we carry the largest stoiMc ot STOVES, TIN, CROCKERY, GLASS, CHINA and WOMDENWARE <_ for offered to the trade of Abbeville county. We will furnish CHURCHES with LAMPS and CHANDELIERS at a small per cent, tibovc cost and carriage. Weareacents for the largest and most re- 1 liable JEWELRY HOUSE in the United States, and will take pleasure iu ordering you J any thing in this line you want. Call and examine our illustrated catalogue. ' J. Q. DONNALD, Manager, j LOWNDESVILLE jj STOVE AMD TIN HOUSE. ' Nov. 9,1887, tf ^ V 11 Wis nrc Uk? :?ar- r?!h f.>r tl?c* n JAMES MBAHS J $4 SHOE i aiit) ii'.c c JAMES MBA'MB - "SR SmtfVE. ! ,xj. j x v Vmnr- .is.\II:sxi:\:<?\K\ mov. ^ i.. ! i .-Mil:.;;/;: ':. I ; i? 1-1 < j, |$/ 'Mr'tf si <;? !. iw.;. a..:! i i: Krj f 0 > T\ A\ NO ' IsSvV.'A*'? VJ'I'nV'wr Xr ^ 0\ea'it!' .-.^v !?: !ii>i lii:i!-it / /, 0 hA l! ' '" ' Jl Vij! W!:.s-M"'.s su-.'t / 4t * \ ?' .J.'..::i- ,?X?.ANS 1V> v-A ..-u-::- ti.<! t <9. of its |.i r : v.!:ich f <T^ s- V 1 5-! Wf r !;tvl! :! oxV j. ^5^5 ',i)\A l<n:!v. !v <h tl;.' m.-rkct i:tuli:<M <!ii:.'i.Mliiy ^<1 t-.. A- 'inaiA?1s fhrtlio.Tirr.oi .-r!?'? Ju-iilrs $2 Shot- for I!< .y? W J J** ? < !! at our Store and tryoiiu ol' tiiosc fsiiyiii* W ThaI Smifh fir. Snn. WW V W* WAMAVM W W Mb | A CAR LOAD OF I New Orleans Molasses !|| WE have, just received SIXTY i; \i;UKJ.sr of dilloront graded of X'ew Orleans Mo- 1 lasses in Hariris, Half I'.urrels and Heps. Packages of convenient size mid shape for all. \Vo bought these gooJs at the* very lowest prices and pro|?>se to -.rive Ihis advantage to our customers. Those in need of a ?ood and chtap article in .Molasses and Syrups will do Ml.ll lu pi v W. JOEL SMITH & SON. Jan. If. ISsS t( Get the Best. WAKKANTKM for 5 years. Tin- New 11 ixh Arm Jiavis*. Vertical Keed Sewing MacliInc. No ono elso allowed to ndl thorn In Abbeville county. Write to me for prices. 1 sell the New Domestic, the New American. The best Sperm Sowing Machine Oil, Needles. Ac., for all .Machines, i oiler the best and cheapest, stork of Furniture, Collins, Ac., in theeounty. IIKN'KY J. KINAKD, Atft. March 'JH, l^T, }Jin >'incly?i?lx. s. j i BENTON W. JONES, House Painter and Grainer, ABBEVILLE, S. C. JX A SITKKImj: WIH5KMAN In his line, jj will do till l'.\ I NTlN<i entrusted to lils ' .ire, hi the best Myiuand nt the most reasonable jiriecs. Specinwmsof his (.RAINING mny bo found in the ollices of (Merit, Auditor and Probate Judge, .mil nl the new Methodist church. K AIjK<>MIXIX(J will he done in the most acceplablc manner. I'Al'KK llAxHUl^U anil U .>u, 11 i*i?ucialtv. IDec. 11,1887, 3m jmw i, n NEW YEAR GREETING I R. M. HAODON & CO, Take this method of extending to their patrons and the public their best wishes for a prosperous and happy new year. Thanking you for the liberal patronage bestowed upon us In the past, we promise to spare no pains to merita llberul share of your patronage during the YEA.R 1888. Very Kespectiuiiy, R. M. HADDON & CO. Jan. 4,1888, tf CLOTHING! tat Reduction, tot Mitit DUICES REDUCED IN CLOTHING, SO I as to put iv good SUIT within the reach _>f every one. MEN'S, YOUTH'S, HOYS nnd CHILDREN'S J LOTH ING in SUITS and OVEIICOATS, at Llie following low prices : Men's Suits reduced from ?22.00 to $18.50. Men * Suits reduced from SIK.00 toS15.00. Men's Suits reduced from 510.00 to SI3.50. Men's Suits reduced from ?13.0(1 to S10.50. Men's Knits reduced from SI0.0:) to 57.50. Men's Suits reduced from S7.50 to Sti.00. Men's Suits reduced from i'C.50 to >5.00. Youth's Suits reduced from SM.OO to 512.00. Youth's Suits reduced from $1:5.00 to 510.50. Youth's Suits rcduced from ?11,00 toSS.75. Youth's Suits reduced from >10.00 to ?7.75. llni'V rmlnxml frr>ln OS m tn Wt.fin 1 Joy's .-,uits reduced from S7.00 to $5.25. Children's Suits red need from -T,.oo toSi.50. Children's Suits reduced from ?!.50 toS2.75. Children's Suits reduced from Srt.OiJ to ?f2.25. Children's Suits rodnceil from ^2.75 to i'J.OO. Ovcreoals rcduccd from 31S.00 to i)vcrcoats reduced from $i">.00 io J 12.00. < tverooals reduecd front SI".00 to ?W.<J0. Overcoats rcduccd from $>.00 to ST.00. And ft great many others too numerous to ncntion. The abovo prices arc olFcrod for < COURT WEEK ONLY; Convince yourself of the above facts by callDff on P. ROSENBERG & CO. Jan. 24,1SSS, tf Illllfi, cmisrci A mi WORKS, ' I Coumbia, S. C. Agent for CHAPMAN'S PERPETUAL EVAPORATOR 11HESB WORKS WEKE ESTABLLSAED In 1S47 by Messrs. Geo. Sinclair and James Anersonand purchased by mo in tbe year* 1856, and rom that time till now carried on successfully by uyself. My friends and customers will bear witness fthe large and stupendous lobs executed by me. It ras at my works where the largest and almost only ..1. ..f Ihs /ilnca oviwmloil In IhU U'ne dnnp iz.: the making of the pipes for the City Water Vorks fn the year 1S5S. My stock of patterns for ARCHITECTURAL VUliK, COLUMNS for Store fronts, is large and nrious,ami in RAILINGS l'or Balconies, Gardens, ud Cemeteries I have the larcest variety and most [iodcrn patterns; many of these are patented and I lave purchased the right for this State. liith- machine line I can furnish my patrons with TEAM ENGINES and liOILKl:S of any size ond i-scriptioii. My CIRCULAR SAW MILLS have arried oft" the prize at ewry State Fair held in this ity, and in their construction 1 have taken pains to oiiiliiuc simplicity with the most useful modern imvements,and may ilatter myseil'tliat my CIRCUIt SAW MILLS find favor with every sawyer who imlerstamls his business. The many orders I am steadily receiving for SUJAIt CAXK MILLS prove that the public appreciate he mills of my make, and 60 it Is with uiy GEAUNG f..r HOUSE l'OWEHS. GIN WHEELS, GR1&T .11 L.LS and other MACHINERY. I have the manufacturing right it of many PATENTS such as castings for COTTON AND 1IAY MfKSSKS. 1IAWLEY CORN S1IELLEH and three >r four FKBD CUTTERS and other implements. I will be pleased to send my circulars to any appli..nl ti.ctt.tlmr will, t.rloA llet ,.r ..ullimltiv MvliriCl-S ire moderate, nml I assure tbo public that they are ower even than those of Northern manufacturers, and hat my work will compare favorably with that of any itlier iiiukcr. Address John Alexander, Con<;akkk I Hon* Works, Columbia, S. C. Do You Ride Horseback ? JK so wo arc prepared to show you lliu largest stoek and best variety of SADhLKS liver opened in Abbeville. Wo moan Uils and wiil convince you iliat it is true, it' you will <ive ns a look. We have every grade, kind mid price from tlic cheapest wason to the celt-bra! ed Kentucky Spring Seat. Ask to see i>ur special!ies, "TliX AS KKI>''and "GKNI INK KKNTUCKV srKINU SKAT." Al <>. a line lot of SAM'l.K 1U,ANKKTS, WIIHNG and 1'iLIXM IiKI 1H.KS, MAKT1N- VI !. IH'IVsi i ivi.'s sstiimtltp i.KA'rit. KKs. plain ami covercd S'l'iKBITS, IIAHNKSS, sind any and everything in this lino. our Hoik of COI.1.AHS is complete. Best, wool-filled, good, medium and eheap leather; duck, >vo. \v. joel smith a son. Jan. 21.1SSS, if W. C. Moore, House Painter, Paper Hanger & Glazer, ABBEVILLE, S. C. AM. work promptly and satisfactorily done. Ijeave orders with I>r. I'enney, .Mi'. Speed 01 Mr. Chalmers. [Jan. 21, lSSsf, tf Bridge Notice! 'PHE contract for bnikltng a bridge over LttI tlo Itlvornt WAUDJ.AWS, will h? let to I lie lowest bidder on SATURDAY, thc'2">th of KKBKCAliY next nl 11 o'clock A. M. at bridsr. .Spcclticationt? made known at tin* time of lettins. A! the siuno timeand placo the contract for constructinit a C U'SKW'A Y on jmMic road near the bridirc will bu awarded to the lowest bidder. >V. IX MANN, Jan. :J0,1SSS, 3t Coinmlsslonor. Hamburg Edgings t\l ?, iytj, v, u, i, o, m uuu iii i-uiu.i. 21 sheets of paper and 21 envelopes for 5 cents. Five lead pencils for 5 cents. 12 slate pencils for 5 cents. 1 quire Rood paper 5 cents. 1 composition book, lti pages, for 5 cents. Handkerchiefs 2}/,, 5 and 10 cents. Linen doylic frthjred for 5 cents. Beautiful lncc plus ft and 10 cents, at E. A. TEMPLETON'S. Feb. 1,1SS8, tf For Sale ! rinVENTY PAIRS OF CHOICE BRED PIGS J. sired by the magnificent P. C. Boar, "GLADSTONE." 10 pairs at 85.00 per pair. 10 pairs at $10,00 per pnir. W. P. WIDEMAN, W. P. ADDISON. Troy, S. C., Feb. 1,1888, lm W. J. SMITH. J. ALLEN SMITH. AUG. W. SMITH. AUG. W. SMITH & CO DEALERS IN MULES AND HORSES! ABBEVILLE, S. C. WILL SELL STOCK CHEAP FOR THE cash, or will make low terms on credit. Will guarantee all stock to be as represented, and mean to do a square and fair business. Call and sec us at an early date. Have a large stock of MULES on liand. Feb. 1,1KSS, tf APPORTIONMENT OF THE priRT.Tf! snnnm. 1 UltJUiV KJUllUVyjU i Ull 1/ FOR 1888. 1MIE following Is the amount of money of the Public School Fund to bo distributed by the Hoards of Trustees o( the .School Districts of Abbeville county for tilt- year ISrvs. It is expected and required that the School Trustees will give each school its share of thrSchool Fund regardless of the time of the opening of the school. District No. 1 51,1,50 00 District No. 2. 1,500 CO District No. 3 1.200 00 District No. 4 OKo 00 District No. 1,150 00 District No. ? 850 00 District. No. 7 1.000 <M) District No. 8 m 00 District No. 9 1,050 00 District No. 10. 740 00 District No. 11 1,150 00 District No. 12 8o0 00 lllvlrir-f Vn III S'Ti IK) District No. M S1?J (? District No. 15 1.11)0 00 District No. 1? 1,250 00 The Trustees will be careful not to overdraw* dii the amounts apportioned. Respectfully, E. COWAN, School Com'r A. C. Jan. ;l, lfcss, tf Medium copy. Of Rentuoky University, LEXINGTON, KY. IheJestO \\ a world ANI> \ iCHIOAO FOB A Cheapest ^^^Bnsiness Edncatioii lUghe^tTTonor ?n<l Cold Medal over all other Collegei, H the World'M Kxpo?ltlon. fur Myatera of Book-keeping tad General HohIiiomh Education. 6000 Graduate* In Itu>tncm. 10 Teacher# employed. Co?t of Full Buiitnca* Course, Including Tuition. Stationery and lioar.l, about $U0. Short-llund, Type-Writing and Telcgiupbr, specialties Jo Vueutlon. Enter Now. Graduates Guaranteed "neeCM* Kur clrculam addresa W. li. SMITH, Pre.'t, Lexington, K' Administrator's Notice. ALL poisons concerned will take notice that the undersigned lias been regularly appointed and qualified as Administrator (J. r. A. of the Estate < f WILLIAM PRATT, deceased, and all creditors of the said estate are hereby notilied to present their claims properly attested within the time required by law, and all debtors to tlie estate are required to make prompt payment to the undersigned, or suit will be brought against them. A. F. C/VRWILE, _ Aani r u. 1. a., occ. Jan. C, 1K8S, tf Notice. I RESPECTFULLY announce to the citizens of Abbeville that from this date I will teach a School at this place for pupils or both sexes and all sizes. To this school I will give every moment of time that it requires, and I respectfully solicit your patronage. Miss Emma Perrin will assist In the work. J. \V. THOMSON. Jan. 11,1&8, tf 25 Sets Harness TUST RECEIVED. tJ J. S. HAMMOND 4 CO. Jan. 21,188S, tf We are Sole Agents TOR THE "ELECTRIC" CUTLERY. Sols J? sors, Shears, Itazors and Knives; aoeolutcly tlio best goods over offered to customers. If the ladies will jj'vo the "Electric" Shears and Scissors and the gentlemen the "Electric" ltftzors a trial tliey will not have any tiling else. Lookout for our handsome "Klcellie" show ease on the right, as you enter our store. W. JOKL SMITII & SON. Jan. 5,1SS7, tf Coffins at Mt. Carmel. JW, SIGN has coffins at Mt. Carmel ?11 the care of \V. H. l'OV'KLL. The UKAIISE will be sent from Abbeville when desired. Jan.a.ISS". tt DR. G. A, NEUFFER, Physician and Surgeon, AiuiKvir.M-:, s. c. MKD1CIXK ANIi SCKUKUV practiced in all t heir branches. Calls from I he country promptly answered. Office at Speed's i>riiK store. Kooin at Central Hotel. Jan. 11. ls?s, i Jm To Teacners. T1IF- l'RIMKK OF I'llVKIOJ.OUY and 11Y(ilR.N'li ran !>< had of the School Coin-I missioncr at Abbeville. J'rice -in con Is. I Teachers will bo cxntiiincd on this branch ot'i study at the next examination, and it will lie J well for them to take notice of I he fact at i once. K. COWAN, j School Commissioner. Hoe. Jl, Iss7. tf Mctlimu co|?y. L WARDLAW SMITH, A i-j- ^\TT # ? 4- I . r> TTCT ,a o a_iu< w ? ABBEVILLE, S. C. Vy-ILI. |unetWt ill I'. H. HIlUe Coul is. Jan. I, Homo Calls. Whon the work-day hours nro closing And the evening twilight fails, How tin* homos throughout the city fc'end forth their loving calls! {'alls* yon low, ;k>u may not hear them; Hut how ninny hear and smile! Aml tired hiiiui :'iid heads mo weary Are forgotten for Hie while. The dear home-sounds ring sweetly In lhe ears of toiling men. And, for love of wife and children, They seek their homes again. So I sit In the brooding twilight, And watch as they liomoward go, With Rind steps hurrying onward To the hearths that love them so. And I long to cry out to them : "O, guard the home-love well; Be tender and true to your loved onesHow long yours, none can tell!" For I know there Is one among them Whose heart. In sadness roams. Who hoars no call In the twilight, Save the call to the Home of homes. * ? The Practical Side of Domestic Life. BY MRS. ELEANOR M. ITALE. The people who pride themselves on their strictness and infallibility bring up, not sons and daughters, but rebels, or siuves, Kepi suDservient 1111 iuii manhood and womanhood are impossible, then blamed for lacking independence and good judgment. Repressed children in secret condemn their parents and obey in fear without reverence. Severity challenges opposition in children as in grown persons, and they are quite capable of appreciating the courtesy we bestow upon strangers. Better offend the self importance of a visitor who claims your attention than rebuff a child who, at the same time, makes a demaud upon your parental love. Mnr?h ia said of Mia nperl of kpeninir the boys at home evenings, away from bad associations ; but if made the subject of indirect lectures, snubbed, and treated with distrust, we can hardly wonder if they prefer the street, where consequent evil is the "sad end of principle unsound." Home should be a welcome refuge from annoyance and temptation, not a bed of nettles. Too much reproof is degrading and hardening, especially if the child discovers, with his sharp discrimination and quick sense of justice, that the parent is far from faultless himself. Our common liability to error, if it be admitted, forms a bond of sympathy; while if a parent assumes that he is always right, and is intolerant, of acts of forgetfulness and carelessness, opportunities for influence are lost. Why not acknowledge that we, alike with our children, are striving to bccome better, and that we only represent a fiipflmr nmirrfiss in wisdom jind pxne rience than they, and s? stand together as companions and friends instead of judge and culprit. Then it is well to remember that our children have for tendencies what we have bequeathed to them as birthright, and not to censure unreasonably a fault that is also our own, and may be our father's before us. A severe trial of tho integrity of children is sometimes the parsimony of parents in money and amusements. No allowance being made for strong desires and tastes, they are tempted to purloin small sums or steal the time for recreatiou. We should consider their wishes if we expect them long to consider ours, and never treat with suspicion and impute unworthy motives, or we strike a blow at their self respect. One of the saddest times for sternness is after a child's voluntary confession of wrong-doing, when, if ever, he is open to the intluences of truth and love. Think you, Christian parent, he will easily be won by "a religion which has no kind word for a returning prodigal?" Tell me not of the deep and tender feelings that lie hidden under a cold exterior. The other passions of human nature are not equally well concealed, and argue a less degree of intensity in those so successfully repressed. There should be no doubt that loving-kindness establishes rather than weakens authority. Whatever thedifferences of disposition and temperament, all yield to love, sincerity, and / 4 a. 4. rni.. rf~1 ^1^., evenness or treatment.. iuc uujuch Rule as a governing law of conduct is worth as much when applied to our children as anywhere. That we are not responsible for results, but only for faithfulness, is no loophole of escape from an accusing conscience in some evil day. We cannot wash our hands of results unless justified by unremitting solicitude and tender" unselfishness. Suffering iu the Storm. The countryman came with his horse to town iu the early morning, and has found refuge, drink and amusement in the saloon. The horse, fnctpimd hv the roadside. has stood through pelting storms of sleet and rain and snow, quite likely, from morning till night; and possibly, while its owner has been sleeping oil'a drunken debauch, has remained there all night and into the next day, and perhaps longer. The cause for the humanely disposed to pursue with the horse fouud thus left by its master, exposed to inclement weather, is to make complaint to the first police olficer found, or to some one in authority, who should place the animal in a near, warm stable, to be cared for until the owner calls for his animal and pays for its keeping. If tiie authorities de?! I.. ^ ], nmn ? i fori.1,1 ulimild CI1IJU l<? UUl, HIV llliuuiiiiui ..... ........... take the responsibility himself. Things Worth Knowing. Tliat inspiration is nothing without work. That a pound of learning requires ten pounds ot common sense to apply it. That a thing is never too often re ?? iiovnr snfiWdentlv jll'.livil ?1 IllVli "V ,, . learned. Th.il the eat which is uhvays wash-) ing itself before the lire has nu time to go ratting. That there is a vast difference between being an important personage and n .self-important one. That a silver dollar makes more noi.-e than a five dollar bill when it is dropped into a contribution box. If right means will not compass a desired end, then that desired end is not a right end. However attractive or desirable an object of attainment ??? i* ..?n iwtl inuHf\r t1?<? nen rif !IKI,y ritruiu, u vam.ui juemj mv wrong means'. Unless the way itself is right, it cannot rightly be taken as a means to an end. Prayer and praise are like the double motion of the lungs; the air that is drawn by prayer is breathed forth again by thanksgiving. A New Schedule. BY ELIZABETH P. ALLAN. There is one significant reason for the fact that a large proportion of our Sunday-school scholars do not go to church, and that the Sunday-school exercises form their only religious service during the day. This applies, however, to one class only of these absentees from morning worship. I have a friend in a large city, who counts eight or ten half-grown girls in her Bible class, all of them from the poorer sort of homes. It is a very interesting class ; the girls prepare caref*ll 1 1 QQCmn q lioffin titaI 1 n n rl fclmnr tut ivggwiio, noit 11 n on, auu ouwti ucc^/ interest in her teaching, but, to her regret, their attendance at the morning service of the church is irregular and infrequent. ''Will you not stay for the sermon this morning, Kitty ?" she asked one of her most earnest and interested scholars. The girl hesitated, colored, and finally said, " 'Deed, Miss Mildred, I should love to, but I don't think I . ought; you see, mother's done all the ; cleaning up, as it is, to let me come off ; to Sunday-school, aud I think I ought to go home and help her get dinner." "Can't she come to church if you go home?" asked my friend. "Oh, no! ma'am; you see Pap, he don't care much about church, and lie's used to havin' his dinner at twelve o'clock. Then Sunday is the only day he can eat at home, and we likes to have things extra nice and comfortable for him." Kitty went home. "And what could I say?" exclaimed her teacher. , "I knew, of course, that it was Kitty's duty to be at church ; but how could I , so present this to her as not to dishon- ^ or that other duty of helping her mother and gratifying her poor hardworked father?" , An instant's outlook will remind us that most of our working-people have their dinner-hour at twelve,?just the time when many of our preachers have fairly entered upon the sermon ; that there are no servants in these homes to have dinner in readiness, even should the family be content to put it off till one; and we must feel that if to the poor the gospel is to be preached, a change of schedule is needed. The Roman Catholic Church recognizes and solves the difficulty by an early "mass," attended by all devout servants and poor people, followed by nnnfhor corvinA nf. tli? usual nhiirflh hour. If this does not suit our different organizations, surely some other remedy may be found. It may be said that these people j could attend the evening service ; but do they? And, indeed, we could hard- ' ly expect that they should (as we are * speaking of those who feel no great , eagerness after church privileges, the very ones we want to reach,) when we . remember that the usual tedtime oi : many of them is eight o'clock, ami ! that they must be up again by five ; o'clock Monday morning. Does it not seem as if our church ^ services were arranged for the conven- . ience of the so-called gentility? Life's Turning Point. i Adnoriam Judson, the apostle of j Burmah, graduated from Brown University an avowed infidel; his most intimate friend, a brilliant student, was also a sceptic. The two friends often talked over the question?mo- j mentous to one on the eve of gradua- ? tion?"What shall we do to make for j ourselves a career?" Both were fond < ef the drama and delighted in the ] npouontiiHnn e\f iilnva wi'ftto Wltll ( ease and skill, and so, after many dis- j cussions, they almost determined to become dramatists. Judson graduated in 1S07 with the highest honors. A few weeks later he went to New York to study the "business" of the stag?, so that he might be familiar with its requirements in case he should become a play-writer. His dramatic project, did not, however, retain him loo'g in the city, and, prompted by a love of adventure, he started on horseback to make a tour of two or three of the New England States. One evening he put up at a country taveru, and was assigned a room adjoining one occupied by a young man sick unto death. The dying man's moans were distinctly heard by Jud- i son. whose scepticism was not strong enough to keep* him from musing on the question, "Is that young man prepared to die?" During the night the groans ceased, < and early next morning Judson arose, < sought the landlord, and asked : j "How is the voting man?" < "He is dead." I "Who was he?" 1 "He had recently graduated from | Brown, and his name was < Judson was stunned, for the name was < that of his sceptical friend. Aban- i doning his journey, he returned to his , father's house, a dazed, stricken man. j The shock unsettled his scepticism. ] He determined to make a thorough | examination of the claims of Chria- | tianity upon his faith and conduct. < He entered AnUover xneoiogicai quinary not as n student of the ministry, , not even as a Christian, but simply as i a truth-seeker. "What he sought for , he found in Him who is the truth. , He found more?the life and the way. , He submitted to the truth, received the life, and walked in the way with a martyr's spirit, and nigh often to the martyr's crown until he heard the call, "Oo?.e up higher!" Then lie departed from his earthly apostolate. He wrote no drama, but his life was a , sublime spectacle. No crowds laugh- J ed at his wit or wore thrilled at his delineation of human passion, but hundreds of men blessed him as their fa ther in CJod.? Youth's Compcinio... Rules for avoiding sins of the tongue: 1. llellect on the number and enormity of these sins. Afore tlmn half the sins of the world are of (his class. 2. Avoid the company of those who speak unkindly of other ; people. 3. Cultivate the" habit of speaking of tilings, not of persons. 4. Head James iii. once a week. 5. /.I -!! ..4 41,u i imrguyoiiisen ut in^m- w.v ; uncharitable things you have said (luring the day. G Appreciate the dillicuJty of avoiding this j>in, and ask God to lielp you. A good man rises ahovc selfish impulses. He will do .justly by his bitterest foe. Me will tell the truth, though it seem to he against his interest to do so. He will deny his own appetite that ho may divide with the hungry. The worst orphans are those who have parents alive. b I J "?3S? <The Lost Doll. BY FRANK II. STAUFFEE. My doll baby's missing Since earliest morn; Sometimes I'm sorry she ever was born. "2V3 I've hunted and hunted All over the house. In crannies and nooks Too small for a mouse ; Down In the meadow, And under the trees? < Asked all the butterflies, Asked all the bees. Where is the bell-man? Oh! what shall I do? Oct out a hand-bill? Pray, sir, would you ? Mamma's not worried; For, as I went past, All that she said was: "Where had you her last ?" Doesn t she supposo That If I knew I'd co and get her :* Without this ado? ^ 0 ? Woman's Wasted Time. It is a pitiful sight to see women ? squandering their precious time on jueh miserable trumpery, and wasting I their lives on needless and worse than useless frivolities. And this same \ A wastefulness is visible in various departments of household life. Women who cannot find time to read the Word jr uoa, win pore over a uDrary 01 well-thumbed cook-books, and occupy whole hours in compounding and cooking indescribable mixtures of fan- f jiful and unhealthful food, killing themselves cooking what other people kill themselves by eating. Trouble came into this world by a woman's temptiug a man to eat; and he practice has been pretty thoroughy kept up. Men supplied with plain, wholesome food, are quite sure to eat" ill that is for their good, and more* without urging; but tf in addition to ;he force of their natural appetite, the vomen devote their energy and skill :o compounding and preparing temptng articles of food, and then coaxing hem to eat them, they are quite likey to yield to the snares that are spread )efore them, and become gluttonous ind dyspeptic. All such useless work K'cupies the time, exhausts the strength, and wastes the energies that night be devoted to the good of humanity and the glory of God. An old ady once said to the writer, that wjien jhe was young she could cook for a amily of a dozen as easily as she could for a family of three now, when there tvas so many different dishes to be prepared. Gluttony is one of the sins of ;he age, and while multitudes are pinng for daily bread, Christian people ire contriving to see how much money :hey can spend, how much material ;hey can use, how much time they ;an waste in tempting persons to eat ivhat they do not need, and in stimuating jaded appetites, which need lotbing so much as plain living, fastng and prayer. And as a result of heir luxury they derange their diges;ive organs and ruin their health, so -.v hat probably ten persons die of over>ating where one dies for want of food, rhe poor al30 ape these miserable fash0119, and the means which would supjlv them abundantly with wholesome bod, are squandered on nicknacksand 11 cooked luxuries, until means are exhausted and destitution stares them ri the face.?The Christian. ? ? . Leaye-Taliingr. ... Few have learned the art of leaving n an appropriate manner. When you ire about to depart do so at once, gracefully and politely, and with no Jallying. Don't say, "It's about time [ was going," and then talk aimlessly 'or ten minutes. Some people have ust such a tiresome habit. They will ? ?1>nii^ U a ?*/\'Anrt In iven rise unu siitiiuiiwut uiu iuvlu iu rarious attitudes, keeping their host ilso standing, and then by an effort ^ tucceed in getting as far as the hall, * .vhen a new thought strikes them. Tliey brighten visibly and stand for icme minutes longer, saying nothing >f importance, but keeping everybody n a restless state. After the d?or is >pened leave-taking begins and everyjody iu general and particular is incited to call. Very likely a last .hought strides the departing visitor vhich his friend must risk a cold to lear to the end. What a relief when l>o iu film Mv rinsed! Tnere's no leed of being offensively abrupt, but ' >" when you are ready (o go, go. "Xot Many Vise Men." Christianity is not really concerned whether the devotees of science revive or reject it. Their treatment of it neither affects its value, nor its eviiences. It was true in the beginning hat rfot many wise men after the flesh were called, and it is likely to remain irue unto the end. Probably the pride )f learning win continue to scum mo simplicity of the Gospel, and find it jt.ill a stumbling block. Therefore it jives us no anxiety though the leaders in physical science should leave the lessons of the Gospel to be learned by babes, while they boast themselves to be the only possessors of truth whtch ?an be verified. Divine truth comes ?9^^. with sufficient proof its origin, but it only proves itself to be the power of aS?4 God in those who receive it. If it is set at naught, or despised by any, it docs not thereby suffer, the loss is imly and altogether to tr.ose who neg- jcg^H left it.? Word and Work. 3pfa Taleut and Goodness. S Jjffl There is in our day a marvelous idolatry of talent. It is a strange and grievous thing to see how men bow down before genius and success. Let us draw the distinction sharp and firm between these two things; goodness is one thing, talent is another. When once the idolatry of talent entors the Church, then farewell to spirituality. When men ask their teachers, not for that which will make them more humble and godlike, but for the excitement of an intellectual banquet, then farewell to Christian success.?/7. }V. Robertson. 4 Large quantities of gunpowaer nre :it present being sunk at the mouth of the Thames by a government steamer. This gunpowder has been accumulating for some years in (lie magazines at J J'urllect, having been returned from stores ns deteriorated or unreliable. The government lias attempted to ftiut a market fortius condemned powder, but no manufacturers were willing to undertake the risk of the process of extracting the saltpeter. A newspaper poet demands to know "where are the girls of the past?" Hriiifiing up the girls of the future, don't you think? r . ;i