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m The Press and Banner 49-Publishcd every Wednesday at $- n year in advance. Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1889. ]>cnllis at Olil Aire. Miss Catharine GJiilebcan (lied on the l^th instant in llic BDrdcaux neighborhood. she was over seventy years of age, had been ;m invalid for many years and :i sre.'it sutlferer. She bore her aillictions with Christian resignation and her friends eherish the conlident expectat ion that her death was a relief from physical trials and that she lias filtered upon that statft where "there is no more pain." Mrs. Jennie Lee died on the ltth instant at M"!nr ill the me tiumc 01 m i < ???., . Willinston neighborhood. She had attained to a great age, being in her ninety-sixth year. Both of these aged ladies were mora hers of the Willington Presbyterian church and l<*d exemplary Christian lives. They botli belonged to the Huguenot stock and were connected with families who nioro than an hundred years ago left France and came to this country in search of that religious liberty thKt was denied them in their native land. We Itaiuo thin Royal Arcli. W.T. Branch, W. K, 11.1\ E. B. (iary, K. J. \V. Perrin, S. J. F. Lyon, P. S. J. F C. Dupre. It. A. C. H. T. wardlaw, C. of If. W. C. McGowan, M. 1st V. T. P. Cothran. M. 'id V. S. G. Thomson, M. 3d V. F. B. Gary, Ii. T.;M. Christian, S. < Something' Xc? lor Abbeville. The elevator in White Brothers new store has been completed. Their store will lie finished by March and it is quite an ornament to our town. We wish a few more enterprising firms would put up others like it. Abbeville is certainly progressing when such buildings as the Presbyterian church. Gen. McGowan's House and this new building has beeu built within a year. Miss Anxie Hemphill, former oditor of the Medium, and Dr. G. A. Jf differ will be married this evening in the Presbyterian church by Kev. Mr.IIemphill, brother of Gen Hemphill. A large reception will be given at the home or the oriue. * Mr. James L. Lesly, an honored citizen of this conuty, was stricken with paralysis on last Friday. Ho is yet speechless, but there are some favorable symptoms about his case and the hope is indulged by bis friends that be may yet recover. Mb. V. R. Hintok, one of the best citizens of the vicinity of Greenwood, honored our office last night by a call at the editorial offletof the Press vnd Banner. He has been in attendance upon the Court as a grand juror. Mr. John Rose, of Walhalla is in town, and will be here for several weeks. He brings an assortment of line mules and horses which be will sell at low prices. Call at the stables of A. M. Hill & Sons. Mr. Editor: Please insert a notice of F. T. lverr'8 marriage with Miss Klna Purdy. only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. W. Purdy Jan. 15th 1889, by Rev. H. T. Sloan assisted by Rev. J. 13. Morse, Dr. G. A. Necffer and Miss Annie Hempbill will be married In the Presbyterian ehurch at 8% o'clock this evening. The public will be welcomed to seats In the beautiful church. Our new Solicitor has made a fine impression on those who have been in attendance upon the Court. He is pleasant and fair and keeps his work well in hand. Some one stole last Saturday a tin box con-! taining $371 from Mr. P. L. Sturkey, of Lown- | desville. He is a cotton buyer, and left the box on top of the safe. County Commissioner DuPre is at work in his office every day, putting things to rights and attending to new business, as the .occasion requires. I Hon. Mays Cleveland, member of the aiouso or uepreseniauvos irum uiwimuv, ihas very important business in Abbeville and comes often. Mes. Neuffer, aud her two pretty little granddaughters, Miss Nettie Brunson and Miss Nellie Wannamaker, are visiting Mrs. Idarehall. Roai> overseers will do well to heed the law, as published elsewhere. The County Commissioners expect every man to do hb duty. At a meeting of the Abbeville Rifles Monday night It was decided to have the prize drill and hop on Tuesday night, February 15th. Mr. Hovey Smitit, who has been employed In buying cotton for Brown Brothers, 01 Auderson, will leave Thursday for another field. The great evangelist, Pearson, Is preachingIn Greenville. His meetings ore largely attended. He is said to be a wonderful man. If you have a county claim and wish to ge: the money, call on me, and I will take them .at a liberal discount. \V. E. Bell. Rev. Mr. Leitch, assisted by Prof. Mar; shall, is holding a large revival at Trinity .church in Charleston. Miss Cecelia McCants, of Columbia, is in tiown. She comes to act as bridesmaid for .Miss Annie Hemphill. See Mr. DuPre's notice in reference to his flowers, and then Tiiit the scene of beauty and fragrance. If you owe your Doctor, it will be well for win to see Drs. Hill & Mabry about that little inatter at once. Hon. G. S. Mower, of Newberry, spent lasl Sunday in town. He was the guest of Capt. L. \V. white. Mr. Lewis Sondley jumped from a car while in motion a few days since, and was badly hurt. Passengers were brought from I-Iodges yesterday by hack. No train passed over the Railroad. The ladies of the Presbyterian church will give a hot supper in the New Hotel Friday - evening. The oyster supper given by the ladies of the Episcopal church last week was quite a : success. Mk. Geo. Hodges, who is agent for the Now "York Life Insurance Company, was in town iFrlday. We welcome to our town Dr. P. E. Harrieon, who has located here to practice medicine. Mk. Claude Neuffkr, of Orangeburg, is in town, to attend the marriage of bis brother. Messrs. D. H. Magill, \V. K. Blake and W. J. Moore ure in attendance upon the Court. Mr. C. V. Neuffer, of Orangeburg, is in town to attend l)r. G. A. Neuffers wedding. Person wishing to sell school or county claims will do well to call upon \V. E. Hell. Mk. Jacob Visanska, of Laurens, has been visiting his brother, Mr. G. A. Visanska. Notwithstanding the rain there was preaching in all the churches Sunday. mou iiipkif.t I.yon* from Island Ford, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. A. Allen. Wk hear no complaint of the juries. They seero to give general satisfaction. Me. James Lksly, of Clear Springs, had a stroke of paralysis last week. The change in the Trial Justice law seems to be generally commended. Don't forget to attend tlio hot supper at the 2ffew Hotel Friday evening. The chief amusement in town for the little folks are two trained bears. Mr. C. I). Kkktjohn*, of Orangeburg, Is on a visit to Rev. Mr. lieaty. Ma. Jexner Link is now living with his brother, Mr. It. S. Link. Miss Cecei.ia McCants, of Columbia, is visiting in Abbeville. Judge Fkaser and Solicitor Ansel are staying at the New Hotel. Mr. Carter, editor of the Greenwood Tribune, has been sick. Hon. R. Mays Cleveland, of Greenvilio was jntown last week. Master Hen Hughes is now In the l'ress and Banner office. K Mr. John Douglass will soon leave for Birmingham, Ala. Tiie Rifle Club had an important meeting Monday night. Our now Sheriff and Clerk are well spoken f.)f on all sides. xMr. Goddakd left Saturday for his home in Waterloo. Dr. Wilson* preached an excellent sermon last Sunday. Dk. S. T. Lea, from Cokesbury, is in town on business. Mr. J. C. Klugii spent last Saturday at Long Cane. >3000 in school and county claims wanted. W. E. Bell. Mr. Pat Henry, of Due West, was in town 3iomlay. MR. W. J. .hooick, U! vukv-tuui j, I.-) ui.u.iiv.&ng Court. Dr. and Mits. ji'i.ian, of Ninety-Six. uro *n town. Cor*. W. J. Gainks of tlio Chronicle is in town. Greenwood lias another livery stable. 85000 in school claims wanted. \\\ K. Hell. The President of a bank in Jicriin, Germany, invited liis fellow-bankers of that city to send in their contrihu* tions to aid the cause of city missions. The papers say that he got $10,000 as a .reply. I l\ . Sf473 " i NEGROES AND POTATOES. I Till* Itoal <tucs<i?ui is Itrciul aoi! 3Ic:il for Oio Wiiilo Mail?A I'lcasaiit Dn<<oi**i<'iiio>it of IEip Press an<l tiaiinor. IH k W'kst, K. Jan. IP, lS-'J. Mr. J hi t/h 1 Vllmn: >1*1? Fitiksi?:?Permit me to express my thanks to .vou lor your editorial "The Neirro Problem vs. Potatoes." I am astounded Unit men who set themselves uj> for statesmen and philanthropists are continually asking Use question, what is to become of tne negro. it is adinitied the prospects of the negro are not wry bright, t>m iire the prospects of the poor white men of the country any better? The negro may inquire what ts to become of the white man? No insignificant number ot the white people of the country are very dependent on the negro, and besides they tire covered all over with m or tenures, liens and promises ici pay. The negro is poor, uiu ue i* generally out of debt, lor lie lias, as a rule, no crctlit. It is as clear as day light that our country cannot long live at ibis poor dying, rale. A lew are, it luuy he, growing rich, but :he multitude are on the high way which leads to beggary. The South is emphatically an agricultural people and the majority of her people who labor at all are tiilers of the soil; still nearly everything we cat and everything our domestic animals eat is produced hundreds of miles away from us. We buy it all?and ali on a credit. The cry is made by the farmers in every section of the State that their crop last year did not pay the expenses of making It. This cry has been heard year after year until every man and woman has become perfectly familiar with its sound. Unfortunately, for both white man and the negro it is no false alarm. The naked truth is, the multitude of the \\ hile men arc hopelessly involved in debt ior bread and meat. Notwithstanding this, our would-be statesmen are wronging the country with the siilyfqucstion "what is to become of the negro." The bread and meat merchants get the largest amount of the cotton crop. They get the white man's cotton and they get the negro's cotton. With these lucts before us we may well ask what Is to become of us. Are i we to go on for generations abusing,the North and all the time eatinc Northern Hour and j Northern bacon and feeding our horses, mules, and cows on Northern corn and hay. The only remedy for thiscoudition of thiugs is for our people, our white men and women, to go to work, live within their Income, give no liens, buy nothing except what they actually need and have Ithe money to pay for. A few years hard work and judicious economizing on the part of ail ! the people would put the country ina healthy financial condition. This is visionary. The poor farmers and his family have learned now to imitate the rich merchant and bankers and they will not be likely to mend their ways. Wc are rapidly approaching that state of things when the many are to be the veriest I slaves to the l'ew. The many are now working nearly all their time for the few. This is I slavery in disguise. The question?the startling question which grates on the ears of tho white men of our | country is, what is to become those who have no oilier way 01 maKiug u eiui> um uj giving a lieu upou it before it is made. our farmers need uot abuse our legislators on account of bad legislation. No body ol Southern legislators is able to make corn grow when it is not planted or reduce the price of Northern Hour or bacon, or raise the price of cotton or prevent a man from becoming poor who makes live dollars and spends six. I think your editorial "The Negro Problem vs. Potatoes is sensible and eminently opportune. Yours Ac. It. LATIIAN. THE CITY OF COLLEGES. Current Topics in and About tlie Classic Groves?A People that will go to Church, no Matter About tlie Weather?The Poor ?c tlnve Always with I's, iwwl^in I.omlon, Too. Due West, s. c., Jan. 19, 1Ss9. Farmers busy planting oats. Mr. J. C. wenck and family are located very pleasantly on Mr. T. V. l'ruitts place. Farmers speak of planting much less guano than formerly. Farmer Peterkin advises this course in a well written article. He says the land needs rest from the acids in the guano, which he has tested. Mr. John Martin has moved out to West End. lie now inhales the balmy, pure atmosphere of the Brooklyn of Due West, which he thinks beats Tallapoosa, "the city of the Golden River." Miss Carry Calhoun has taken chargo of a large school at Verdery, S. C. Miss Carry is very much pleased with her school and the Verdery people generally. She has been tr\ 11 /-vi* oil li/?r nntmns rilllilll 111 JJUIOV/Il V.C44A V/?? >? ..V* ? ? The school promises to be very flourishing. Our young men in New York, Drs. Cochran and Hood are getting on nicely from what we cau hear of them. They sometimes study 14 hours a day. They take no stock in the war that is coing on between the faculty and the students over the recent election of Dr. Seeley. Kev. B. F. Brown and Mrs. Brown, who t>y the way is a charming lady, spent Sabbath in Abbeville where Mr. Brown preached. Before returning home they expect to pay Kev. Carter and iamily of Greenwood a visit. Mr. John Martin who married Miss Francis Hurton, met with a bud loss in the burning of bis dwelling last week. Mr. Martin lives some 5 or G miles from Due West. Our most excellent friend Dr. J. L. Miller has just received a letter from Dr. T. J. Barnards, of England, who is the .Superintendent ol the home for orphans and destitute children, 18 to 2ti Stepney Causeway, London. Dr. liarnards makes a touching appeall in behalf of these "poor waifs,| strays." He says: I have now actually three thousand poor children under my care and every day eight or nine fresh cases are admitted to the shelter of our home." "Christian people by the exercise of a little self-denial could very effectively hold up my hands whilst I and my colleagues continue the arduous task in which we have been ceaselessly engaged for 22 years in the east end of the metropolis." Of course the kind heart of our worthy fricud responds liberally to this touching appeal and he will take pleasure in forwarding the contributions of others who are likewise inclined. Dr. W. L. Press!oy is on a visit to his son E. W. Pressley, of Clover, S. c. President Kennedy sold a nice plat of some several acres of land, in the incorporate jlimits last week. Rev. W. F. Pearson ana wire went up mst week to hour the Evangelist Rev. A. F. Pearsun. preach at Greenville. We e.\))ect to have a glowing account of the great preacher, when our friends nets back?ospeciaily if lie felt like we did after hearing Sam Jones. The cron crop of tho United States for 1SS8 is very large, 2 billion bushels. This means cheap meal for '89. The wheat crop is deficient and flour will rule higher than last year. In the absence of the Pastor Prof. Young was to preach In the Associate Reformed church Sabbath morning. The inclement weather prevented him form getting out. I?r. Oder conducted informal services. Remarks were made by" Dr. Grier and I)r. l<athan which were exceedingly interesting, practical and appropiate. Dr. Grier conducted the cveniug service. It is hard to keep a Duo West audience from church Sabbath day. A peep in at Dr. C. R. Cowan's dental oiliee will show you one of the coziest and nicest fitted up in the up-country. It is beautifully carpeted, wall-papered ;and well furnished, and tho Ooctor is a good dentist. Prof. Kennedy has a beautiful young Jersey calf. He expects to make a good cow out of her. She is very promising stock, "Carolina chief." The semi-annual celebration of the Philomathean Society occurs next Friday night; a most attractive programme is laid out. we give the editor of the Press mid Hamicr n cordial invitation to be present, "i'lie latch string"' of the writer hangs open to him and any friend he may bring with him. R. S. G. Special bargains in ladies nndervests. Splendid article at 25c. each. W. IS. Hell. Wonderful bargains in children's Jersey i.. ..11 x\r J.- T?i.ll jrttnvw in I'uic uil >) uui 11 j ji ... The prints, satteens and sringhams at White Brothers cannot he excelled, Look at those wide and heavy prints at s cents <vhich are usually sold for ten cents ]>er yard. White brothers are better equipped this season for supplying tho men of Abbeville County with choice ready inaUo clothing than they have been before. Their stock ol" line clothing is unrivalled, and any one wishing to buy a fine suit or an elegant overcoat Is sure to be pleased. Try it. lireeeh and muzzle loading shot guns at Smith <Vt Son's. lirown homespun In the Tiedmont goods, have a large stock and have reduced the price in order to reduce my stock. \v. E. lu ll. The attention of ladies is called to the large stork of cloaks, jackets and jerseys at White brothers. Italn! rain! rain! Christmas weather has commenced already. S pieces of d ress si I les at 35c. worth (Hie. This line of colored silks are worth twice the money I ask for them, but I put. them at this low price to close out the lot. W. K. Bell. 1 pieces dress silks in blue, brown, green and goblin at 50c. worth 75c. This is a grand bargain. The goods hassi beautiful lustre and will make up a handsome suit. W. K. Hell. \V. K. Hell will offer bargains every week during this month. Don't overlook the bargains hcollercd in last week's I'ritm and linn I7JC/-. Persons wishing to buy children's shops cither in fine or heavy shoes, can save from 15 to per cent, by buying them l'rom W. E. licit. Dress poods at less than their value. W. E. Hell ofLers some wonderful bargains in 22,.'M and ."S-inch dress goods this week. If you can't get. them tills week ?ho will have something iu his ucxt week's sale for you. ... r ' Si "'V' ^ ^ V ??nafa??BBBBBBBWMB?MBPWMWBfo M RANDOM SHOTS FROM THE FORT. Pr<?2>pr Soiilimcnl as In llio J5aiI;oad Tax. wliieli the I'cojiic tiAii't Kavc to I'liy?AII Sorts of Item.*. Xincty-Six, K. Jan. 21. 1>S9. I failed to send you anything from Ninetysix last week on account of a sick family, anil hope you will excuse me. The unli-rnilroati meii who fought tho payment of taxes in the courts, are now canvassing the <1 liferent townships, trying to t;et help to pay the lawyers. As far as we are personally concerned we intend to contribute for this purpose, and we believe it to l>e the duty of every tax payer. The burden has been. 11)l'Olltrn incir iiisu-umt'iiuuu.v, rnisi-u irom oar shoulders. While we voted liie tax in good lalth. if the money was wasted aiul no mil road built, we should reprediato it. If, however, later the road is built, no one will more cheerfully |>siy the tax than ourselves. Col. Miller has at Inst received iiis comniission and is a full pledged Trial Juctice. Capt. MuCnslan and Col. A. McN. Turner have leased a large body of laud and will plant extensively this year. Miss Mary Miller has been employed as an assistant in the Lebanon sehOnl. Mrs. Wiley Dukes died at the home of her husband in "Cow Grove" last week. The husband and children have the sympathy of the whole community. At the parsonage by the llev. W. 1\ Meadors on the 15th inst,. Miss Rebecca Hutchison to Mr. John J. Richardson, of Anderson county. Miss Rebecca was a great favorite with the people of our town and wo congratulate Mr. Richardson indeed. Col. Walllngford is still here with n fine selection of mules and horses. Como and see him, lie has them at all prices atUl can accommodate all. Mrs. Col. W. B. Utsey, of St. George's, was brought up in a special car last Friday in quite a feeble condition, ller many friends here have been quite anxious, but we are glad to state that she is better to-day. Mr. George P. Hill, formerly of Ninety-Six, has been appointed a Trial Justice at Chapels, Mrs. W. R. Reid, of Newberry was in Ninely-six a short while last week. Mr. J. T. Boazeman's trip lo Little Rock did not materialize. At the last moment he concluded that there was 110 place like South I Carolina. Mr. Jell" D. Moore lias purchased several animals and will go to farming. The Town Council have had their hands full lately. Truly "the way of the transgressor is hard." Capt. J. C. Myers has sold his farm near Ninety-Six and moved to Newberry, where he will open a sale stuble. Judsro J. Fuller Lyon was in town last week and while here we carried him around to see nnr Tf.i-?pvs. Just nsk him about them. Mr. and Mrs. James Benly, of Laurens, who have been visitiug their aunt Mrs. Jackson, have returned home. The young lolks spent a very pleasant time at Mr. John Foster's on last Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Foster know how to eutertaln their friends. Mr. J. S. King and John Ford will occupy Sir. C. P. Robert's house for the present year. Mrs. Jones, of Georgia, who has been slaying with her sister Mrs. Dr. G. F. E. Wenck left lasi week to visit friends in Edgefield. Geo. W. Lipscomb, who has been quite indisposed is up and out again. Messrs. K. G. and N. M.Johnson are receiving their axe handle machine and make from 100 to (XX) daily. Mr. A. NV. Still ocoupies the Kinard residence on the hill this year. The Legislature has provided for a levy of a tax for district school purposes. Had we better not go to work and see what can be done? Gen. John B. Sample, one of the monied men of Greenwood, was down'last Saturday visiting his daughter Mrs. A. W. Still. Mr. S. K. Dendy was in our town last week. He represents one of the best grocery houses in the South. Mrs. James RoEcrs who has been quite 111, we are glad to state is better. Capt. John M. Clark who is a groat favorite at Ninety-Six, paid us a call recently. Come often Captain, "the latch string is always on the outside." Capt .Tames N. King lsstudyinglawand will soon tie admitted to the bar. Now for a Court House at Ninety-Six, Mr. Klnjr. No preaching at the Baptist church last Sunday. Tco much water falling around. Forty-five copies of the Sunday-school Times taken at Ninety-Six, S. C. lu a letter received recently by Col. James IL Rice, Dr. J. L. M. Curry states that ho went to SCIIOO! Jll >V 11I1I1KUI1I, IIIO ouuuwi >.| ,m;i/ur fle, Pettigrue, Nol>le, and a hundred others who have been an honor to South Carolina. That ho boarded with Dr. Harris. His teachers were the two sons of Dr. Waddell. The Rogers, -Miles, Brooks and others were his fellow-pupils. Dr. Curry has reeenlly returned from Spain where ho was sent as minister from the United State by President Cleveland. He Is now president of the "Peabody Fund." Several car loads of corn and hay have already been received here. The out crop looks ilnely. Tho prospects are good. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. M. Anderson have returned from a visit to friends at Phoenix. Mrs. Dr. H. M. Julian has gone on a visit to her parents who resides in dewberry county. The Arthur Love combination showed here last Saturday night. The school house is nearlng com pletion and when finished it will be an ornament to the town. Mr. J. T. Miller thinks of moving to California sometime during the spring. Mrs. Shorard, of Laurens is here visiting her son Mr. W. Y. Sherard and family. Miss Lee IIutr. of Cow Grove is attending school at Ninety-Six. EAST END. Notice.All MEDICAL ACCOUNTS FOR 18S8 and previous years remaining unpaid tho 1st FEBRUARY, will be placed in tho hands of on Attorney for collection. Jan.K.lSSO, :5t. MARRY A HILL. 1mm W urrr r TtTS rpT.TT? T)Ifl fill f .T V A T? iw lliLi Dili /XL XXJ.LJ U1\I V" U Uiii the White Plaee, on the Calhoun's Mill road, on FRIDAY the 1st day of FEBRUARY for the purpose of having the same repaired, or make some other disposition of it. J. F. C. DUPRE, Co. Com. Jan. 21,1S89, It. Open Letter. AS I AM NOW CUTTING DOWN MY iX stock plants In order to crow small plants for sale in the Spring, I will take it as a special favor if the ladies, young and old of Abbeville and vicinity, will call and see my Green House while some of the plants are in bloom. I have 130 varieties of Geraniums; :X) varieties Fuchsias besides Botivardias, Albittitious, Heliotropes, Linums, Cacti, Begonias, &c.,&c., in great variety, all of them named and from such Florists as. Vick, Peter Henderson, Holliday, McGregcar, Chi his, and others. A tine assortment of Calla and Easter IjllllCS. ^Ull Miuu, illlU UUllgl-, Yours very respectfully, Jan. 21, IS*), It. J. F. C. DUPHE. . Wo want all the ladies in Abbeville county to know that we are headquarters for tine, durable shoes. F. Rosenborg A, Co. Don't buy shoes of any kind before you inspect our elegant stock. 1'. ltosen berg & Co. Wanted at once! 1000 men and boys of all sizes to buy their clothing from us at the lowest prices. 1*. Rosenborg A Co. Buy your fancy china for Christinas from F Rosenberg & Co. A beautiful line of fane.v cups, saucers and plates very cheap. The very thing for Christmas presents. P. Rosenberg it Co. If you want a real comfortable and durable saddle at the lowest prices go to 1*. Rosenberg A Co. Saddles! saddles! saddles! F. Rosenberg & Co. Keep wmin. l'.uv your blankets from us. All kinds at reduced prices. P. Rosenberg & Co. The largest stock of bats. P. Rosenberg & Co. Another large lot of gents underwear just received. 1*. Rosen berg it Co. All groceries at lowest prices. P. Rosenborg A Co.' ]tea<lqunrtcrs for line tobacco ami cigars Speed's Drug Store. i a r i. iifKimv initi l.ied ti> Seal it Mcllwain j arc request*.d to settle tlicir notes and ac counts. 1 i-is "<t | ! Sh?<rt wraps, new markets and waikinir I jackets at reduced prices to olose ihclot. I | liave some liaii'l.-oiiu: fur tri mined s!:ort wraps thai will lie sold this week at greatly reduced 1prices. W. E. Hull. Trunks, valises, Arc. White Brothers li:.vo just purchased a second stock of trunks, and I any iino in need of an article in this line j would do well to look at their assortment, be! fore making a purchase. | ltoa<ly-m?ide elothinir, hats and >ho?s. The attention of thi! public is ealli d pai licularly j 1e the exlell'-ivo and oomph to lines of tlie \ ahove which are al'.vaxs to ho found at the j store of White Brothers. I !"0 pairs of women times for xOc. worth SI.1'5 This is a heavy winier >h<>eaiid I otii-r thorn at this low price to close the lot out. W. E. i Hell. j J l'-'O pnlrs of children's shoos for .r>0c. This is also a heavy winter shoo, ami I got 75c. pair j for thorn, but I have no trade for thin class of goods, and oiler them for loss than cost. W. I K. Hell. 1 ^ v n - v: p|p^s Ba??????p?a?? ?? antamiM d j Goods that must so. A few Indies wraps nn > Jackets that, we will sell nt. greatly reduce j prices. It. M. Haddon & Co. Rargalns! bargains. To close the remaindor of our wraps and Jackets we oiler special inducements. It. M. Iladdon A-Co. Look to your interest-and buy your shoes from us. p. Rosenberg it Co. Pont. miss them. What? Why those Socks nt the Racket Store for.? ets u pair.. Smyrna ru^s, all sizes, low prices at I'. lio senberg it Co. Great, bargains in short ends, suitable for children's dresses. I will sell them nt half price. Call nncl secure a bargain. W. E. Hell. Go to It. M. Iladdon it Co. for Jersey Jackets. Go to R. M. Iladdon it Co. for ladles shoes. Go to R. M. Iladdon it Co- for dress silks. Young gentlemen of Abbeville County! If you have not seen the splendid and enormous stock of elegantly /lltiiiL', 'vadv made elothlnsr now on exhibition at the store of White Ilrot Iters, you ought not to delay your examination any lonirer. If yon are in nerd ofanything in the elothimr line, nnd will only look nt. the above mentioned stock you Will be sure to | buy. F.ny your paints, nils and window irlasc where you can always get what, yon wan'-. Speed's Ornsr store. Groat, shoo sale. T will sell mv entire storlf of children shoes at and less than cost." W. E. Bell. Yon ran generally get. what yon want at Speed's Drnir Store. A beautiful and useful Christmas presentone of our elegant Smyrna rugs. P. Rosenberg & Co. Gentlemen, if you are contemplating matrimony, go to Me.-srs. 1'. Rosenberg it Co. and get your entire wedding outfit. Get your Christinas china from P.Rosenbcrg & Co. A few pieces of flmnel packings for dresses worth ."iOu. I will sell at 30a Full 3S inches wide. This is the best, bargain that was ever offered in this town. W. E. Bell. Two combination suits for ladies dresses. I will close them out at. So wortli 510. These suits are pure English goods and cost aic much higher than I offer them fur. W. E. Hell. Bargains iu children's hose at K. M. Haddon a Co. New millinery Just received at It. M. Haddon A- Co. Bargains in shoes may be found at It. M. Hnddon & Co. On hand and to arrive: Choice nuts of all kiuils. Candies of all kinds. Raisins, currants and prunes. Citron of very superior quality. Apples and oranges, chocolate and maple sugar, macaroni and cheese. Pickles and olives, cocoanuts and lemons. Cakes and crackers, mainga grapes. Self-raising buckwheat flour. All the above articles and a great many others can be found in the grocery department of WHITE BROTHERS. i A fUll stock of all kinds of groceries and provisions always kept on band by White Brothers. 1 dress goods cneap at jiaauou s. Full stock dress goods at Haddon's. Black dress silks at Haddou's. Fine silk finish Henriettas at Haddon's. Go to R. M. Haddon & Co. for bargains. Go to It. M.Haddon ?fc Co. for now millinery Go to R. M. Haddon & Co. for infants shoes Elegant line millinery at Haddon's. I Seal plush wraps at Haddon'--. 100 jackets all wool at Haddon's. Ladies New Markets at Haddon's. Infants cloaks at Haddon's. Seal plush Modjeska's at Haddon's. Misses jackets at Haddon's. Misses New Markets at Haddon's. All the latest styles millinery at Haddon's. Jersey Jackets loc. up p.t Haddon's. Misses Jerseys at Haddon's. Fosterliook lacing kid gloves at Haddon's. Geo. H. Zeigier's lino shoes at Haddon's. Ladies opera slippers, .til numbers, at Haddon's. Ladies fine "California" wool ribbed vests at Haddou's. Infants ribbed vests at Haddon's. Infants cloaks at Haddon's. The "P. Cox" line shoes at Haddon's. Toboggans at Haddon's. A full stock millinery at Haddon's. 75 pieces neck milling at Haddon's. Undressed kids at Haddon's. "Adouls" kids, best 4 button glove, at Haddon's. 100 dozen handkerchiefs at Haddon's. Beautiful woolen dress goodsonly lu cents at Haddou's. 10-inch Henriettas at Haddon's. ijont forget to look at those scarlet under shirts for 76 cts at the Racket Store. January I.ocals of 1*. Rosenberg: A Co. 200 pairs men's fine calf boots at i"2, worth SI and SJ.25. Try our SI ilannel ovcrshirt only 75c. during January. I-'or a fine dress shoe none can beat us in price or quality. Our entire lino of boys clothing reduced 25 per cent, for January. The greatest bargains in hats ever offered for this month. 21 ladies jackets worth go to ?7 each will be sold at 83.50. Special bargains In every thing Saleday. P. ROSENBERG & CO. The Racket Store has moved to tho corner recently occupied by R. \V. Cannon, and will run a big auction during the month of January, giving greater bargains than ever. The ltackct Store will have a largo lot of goods to sell at auction during January. Big bargains at auction at the Racket Store on Saturdays. A few black fur trimmed short wraps at less than cost. W. E. Bell. Several walking jackets in black and colored goods at less than cost. W. 14. Bell. Four children's wraps from 10 to 13 years at less than cost. \V. E. Bell. Persons coming to town on Saleday and liaVliwr In luiv. will dl? Well to Cltll Oil WlU. E.?Beii for shoes"and dress goads. nargnin Seekers, AUenfion ! Our S25 suits reduced toS20. Our 520 suits reduced to ?1(5 50. Our SIS suits reduced to ?1-1.90. Our $10 suits reduced to 51:5.75. Our ?15 suits reduced to 512.75. Our 512 suits red need to 510. 2'K) pairs men's pants worth 5-3 and if'i reduced to5'J. 200 )>iiirs men's pants worth SI reduced to J2.75. 200 pairs children shoes worth 90c. reduced to COc. All goods marked down during the month of January. P. ROSEN DERG cfc CO. White Brothers have a large assortment ol low and medium priced dress goods. Walking Jackets in jersey cloth with and without the braid. Very cheap. W. E. Hell. Children's wraps from 1 years to 10 years at all prices. W. E. Bell. White Brothers carry the largest stock of pans, kersevs ana cassimcrs to be loundln the county. Heatly-Mudc < loSliin^. We have a bis; stock of incu s, youth's and boy's ready-made clothing, that are ottering at prices to suit the times. A superb iine of overcoats, a good selection of cut-away and sack cork-screw worsted suits. A splendid lot of colored cassimere suits. Extra pants, colored and black. Also, rubber clot liiug, lor bad weather. You will do well to giv;'us a <. .11 when in need of clothing of any kind, -mitli iV Won If any dealer says lie has tbo W. L. Douglas Shoes without namo and price stamped on the bottom, put him down as a fraud. $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN. Best in tlio world. Kxaniinc l?in 1 S.I.OO OKNUINK IIAN1>-SKV.'KD SHOE. i SS4.00 HAMKSKWKU lVELT SIIOK. fc.-J.fiO I'OIjICK AND KAItV K1IS' SIIOK. 8'i.fiO KXTKA VAUm CALF SlfOE. 83.35 WORKINGMAN'M SIIOK. ; 82.00 ami #1.75 BOYS' SCHOOL SHOES. All uiade in Congress, Button and Luce. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE lafoTes. ! Best Materia!. Bent Style. Best Fitting:. If But sold by your dealer, write W. L. DOUGLAS, BKOCKTON, MASS. 11. t*. OALLGWA V, Due Wi-Sl.Jfi. CJ &:4;. / kasi w' ' ' *> ' _ . W. JOEL SI Intending to Close up fer for 1 For CASH, their entir ?* ?m-rp**T/<i TT it mri ITT ULUxniHU, iiiiio, nu BOOTS AN! TRUNKS, SADDLES i CROCKEE At greatly Reduced Pi stock 011 hand and wan shortest time possible. GREAT BI We mean to SEL] n j* r? ii ji j_ win satisiy an max coi we mean what we prof CALL EARLY ,:AND I W. Joel! Jan. 16, 1889. Williams! Female College. WILLIAMSTON, S. C. THIS INSTITUTION, FOUNDED IN 1872, lms hud a progressive bistory of useful ness and influence, ana is one of the most Important factors in the solution of tho educational problems of the day. Thorough instructions in Literary, Classical, Scientific, Music and Art Departments. Confessedly high scholarship. Best Circulating and Reference Libraries. Ample Apparatus, Cabinets, Museum. Christian borne Influences. Excellent moral and religious atmosphere. Parental oversight anil care. Healthful surroundings. Summer resorl. Celebrated Chalybeate Spring. llates unusually low. Latin, Greek, French, German, Volapuk, Class Singing, Free-hand Drawing, Calisthenics,?all FREE. No incidental tax, library fee, pew rent, nor contingent fund. Spring Session opens FEBRUARY 1,1889. For information, address REV. S. LANDEL, A.M., D.D., Jan. 1(5, 1889, tf President. WHITE BROTHERS" Are Fully Equipped for the Campaign of 1889, . A Large Supply of Plantation Supplies. Two Thousand Bushels Corn. Five Hundred J1 ushels Com Meal* Three Hundred Barrels Flour. Fifteen Thousand Pounds .Heat, One Thousand Bushels Seed Oats. Twelve Thousand Pounds Wheat Bran. Twenty-eight Thousand Pounds Timothy Hay. One Carload New Orleans Molasses. Together with Plows, Plow Stocks, Haines, Trace Cnalns, Blind Bridles, And nil other articles needed for farming purposes. White Brothers. Jan. 1(8, 1889, O.SO.TEA The Choicest Tea Ever Offered. PERFECTLY PURE. A MOST DELICIOUS BEVEBAGE. \ TRY IT. ten will aoTor mo 127 otter; Cnilit7 notor virionIt is tlio Highest Ghade Leaf, picked from tho best plantations and guaranteed absolutely puro and freo from all adulterations or coloring matter. Tbe packages are hermetically sealed and warranted full weight. It is inoro economical in uso than the lower grades. Oriental & Occidental Tea Co., L't'd:, llead Office, Sfi Hurling Slip, Xcw York. For sale by the best Grocors. E. M. LIPSCOMB, Ninety-Six, S. C. 10 l.?v{ 1??n We have the largest slock of saddles ever ottered in this town and at prices that will take your eye as quickly as will the saddles. We are having a tine trade in them, hut will keep up a f.ill stock. Our "Iron-cantie Tree" is somethhi:: now, handsome and durable. Wo can (-Now I lie* best If no of "Kentucky Spring .Seat" saddles to be found in the upcountry troin SlO.lfi up. Saddles for all?all prices and every kind. Give ine a call and secure a good comfortable saddle at a living price. W. Joel .Smith & Son. Special bargains lnlTlnnkct* ai Muiiti s. Among 1 lie names suggested for the new states to bo admitted into the Union are Tocoma forWashington Territory, Montezuma i'or North DaKota; Kanawha for West Virginia, is also proposed. All these are appropriate, ana WOUHI I)C ouuer man me nauiw now used. A Choir should never lie placed behind the preacher and before the whole congregation, if a lot of dudes and dudesses are to be giggling and smirking and Jlirting during the whole time of prayer.? ('hria/iun /Standard. . . k inn k * their business will of;he next ?r e stock of iTIONS, ) SHOES, DRY GOODS, USD HARNESS, LY, HARDWARE, AND GROCERIES, rices. We have a fine t to close it out in the We can and will give LRGAINS!! I. our entire stock and ne, by our prices, that ess. SECURE BARGAINS! Smith & Son, The Little Maid's Ameu. A rustic of robes as the anthem Soured gently away on the air? The Sabbath morn's service was over. And briskly I stepped down the stair; When close In a half-lighted corner, Where the tall pulpit stairway came down, Asleep crouched a tender, wee maiden, With hair like a shadowy crown. Quite puzzled was I by the vision, [ Hut gently to wake her I spoke, When at the llrst word, the small damsel With one little gasp straight awoke. "What brought you here, lair little angel?" She answered with a voice ii^o a bell: "I turn tos I've dot a sick mamma, And waut 'oo to please pray her well!" "Who told you ?" began I; she stopped me: ' Dust nobody told me at all; And papa tan't see tos he's cryin', And 'side, sir, I isn't so small: I'se been here before with my mamma, We tummed when you ringed the big bell: And ev'ry time I's heard you prayin' For lots of sick folks to dit well." Together we knelt on the stairway, As humbly I asked the Great Power To give back her health to the mother, And banish bereavement's dark hour, I llnished the simple petition, And paused for a moment?and then, A sweet little voice at my elbow Lisped softly a gentle "Amen!" Handlu hand we turned our steps homeward. me nine luuiu 3 wuguu nucw uu 1 unt, She prattled, and 1111miced and caroled? The shadow was gone from her breast; And lo!?when we reached the fair dwelliDg? The nest of my golden-haired waif? We found that the dearly loved mother Was past the dread crisis?and safe. They listened amazed at my story, And wept o'er their darling's strange quest, While the arms of the pale, loving mother Drew the brave little girl to her breast; With eyes that were brimming and grateful They thanked me again and again? Yet I know in my heart that the blessing Was won by that gentle "Ameu!" ? Take Care of the Boys. Yes, fathers and mothers, it is your boys that need your mo3t thoughtful care. It seems to he instinctive with parents to shield their girls from the sight or the sound of sinful things. What mother would rest if, when evening comes, her little daughter were at large in the street, frequenting the village store, or hanging about the door of a drinkina-saloou? How many times is the son, only a ten-year-old, away from the sight and sound of the mother at nightfall, breathing in a worse malaria than that from stagnant pools, from the rude talk of older boys, or of coarse, vulgar men ' Out grow it, will they? Do they? Now and then a boy poisoned in childhood by vicious associates does live down the poison, and comes out a clean, pure man? but look over any community in search of the young men, without guile, whose souls and bodies are clean, and are they not the exception? Scrutinize the sisters of these same young men and do you expect to find the spotless among them the rule or the exception? It is the curse of the world that its boys are I-??,nwr\rl 1 xr tlion ifa triple i Jirnr> nanvuij u;u>! that they whose temptations to physical vices are strongest, have the least done to fortify tlieni against evil. Do not say that because of the difference in their natures, boys and girls cannot bo trained by the same standard of morality. It is a base libel upon manhood, fostered so long in the world that it has almost to be believed. If boys have greater temptations, so have (hey stronger powers, were they I only cultivated. JJut too often they are wholly neglected. I)o not trust to the future to bring your boys out right, for it will almost certainly bring them out scarred! Neither trust to their 1 tfi?. ti,n infnots oeing iiuuvi' n.'injH.iin/i., i... of angels and arch-angels would in their infancy be subject to temptation ! Know always where thev are, and what are their inmost thoughts; jind this, not by prying, tyrannical oversight of their movements, but by such a loving, yearning interest for their wellbcingthat they love to open th'iir souls to yon. Some day these boys of yours will be seeking out mates, and jyou expect them to bring you spotless, highminded girls. In receiving them how can you think it honorable to give less in return than spotless, high-minded boys? '! ' X. , What She Old. Many stories are told of the courage % of the women of that early generation who first broke ground in the forests of y,* Pennsylvania and Virginia. They were in constant peril from wild beasts and from hostile Indians, but with he- , roic patience endured hardships, labor, and disease. An example of another 1 kind of courage is preserved by the descendants of Christiana Dickson, j the wife of one of the first settlers of Erie county, Pa. She was a small, low-voiced woman, ^ extremely timid by nature, but upon ; * one subject she was resolute: ?she had Si a horror of drunkenness. She lived in the days when the use of liquor was universal. Whiskey was as common a drmk as water among those hardy, *. hard-working pioneers. A temper- '%. ancc or abstinence society was unheard *3 of. But when her sons were born, she /'I resolved, as far as she could, to put a stop to whiskey-drinking in her home. Her husband being absent from home, her brothers called for the help Si of the neighbors, according to the custom of the time, to put up a barn need- - . ed on her farm. They all assembled || and went to work, while she prepared a great dinner. After an hour or two, whiskey was canea ior. une 01 aer urocnera came to the house for it; she refused to pro- " ^ igS vide it to make her friends drunk. r Her other brothers, and at last an elder in the church, came to reason with V her?to tell her she would be accused of meanness. 4 Without a word, the little woman M went out to the barn, and baring her 'idfo head, stepped upon a log, and spoke to them in a faltering voice as fol- ^ lows "My neighbors, this is a strange 'J| thing. Three of you are my brothers, three of you are elders in the church, 4^ all of you are my friends. I have prepared for you the best dinner in my power. If you refuse to raise the barn without liquor, so be it. But before I will provide whiskey to give you, these timbers shall rot where they O.7J8 lie." The men angrily left the work and went nome; me liiue wurnau reiuru- ^ ed to the house, and for hours cried as though her heart would break.? But the next day every man came ' back, went heartily to work, enjoyed her good dinner, and said not a word '?j about whiskey. si Afterwards whiskey at barn-ralsings was discontinued in the county. ;?j Her sons grew up strong, vigorous men,-^ho did good work in helping to civilize and Christianize the world; 7|1 their descendants are all of a high type of intellectual and moral men . vlj and women. If she had yielded this r&S little point, they might have degenerated, like many of their neighbors, into drunkards and spendthrifts. There are still vices and malignant '. customs to be conquered, and for the J] work we need women of high souls fl and gentle spirits, like Christiana Dickson. A Crying Evil. New York, July 7. The continued heat, as might be expected, tends to still further increase the mortality in the tenement houses on the East Side, and the labors of the Sanitary Corps have rarely been put to I a severer test there than has been the case within the past fortv-eight hours. '-ji. At [he Thirty-fourth street ferry, leading to Calvary Cemetery, there is an almost unbroken procession of funer- . als from morning till night, while at . :jj Greenwood, the Evergreens and Cy- > ;J press Hills there are like evidences .of the harvest of death. To persons who really know something of what tene- >Jfsaj ment house life is in this torrid temperature the surprise is not that the ^ mortality is on the increase, but that it is no greater than it is. Fancy, for example, one of a row of ; . M these dwellings, say in Second avenue, containing twenty families, averaging live persons each? iu all 100. One apartment and a dark bedroom are usually assigned to the family, and here the cooking, washing, etc., have all to be performed. There is a red-hot stove in the apartment the greater part , - $ of the day, arid the mercury iu ttte shade meanwhile is between 90 and 100 degrees! All the other houses in the row are a duplicate of this one. and of these rows, or blocks, as everybody knows, there are many miles, east of the Bowery and north of Houston street, running clear through to Harlem. A Rev. Mr. Huntington, sometimes known as "the Episcopal Monk," has recently published in one of the ,-M monthlies a graphic description of the sort of life that is led by the inmates of I hese terrible dens, based upon personal observation, which ought to arrest general attention. Vice, disease and human suffering pervade them in ever}' form, and the worst of it all is that the wealthy and well to-do are apparently as indifferent to it all as if it was absolutely no concern of theirs. But this state of things, and the in- 'iVgjS difference to it, cannot go on forever. If a pestilence should break out in these over-populated centres of wretchedness, poverty and disease, it would not be confined lo the dark alh-y ways or the overheated rooms or the wretched people who inhabit * them, but would find its way to the brown-stone fronts and to the families of the well-to-do. This consideration. alone, selfi*h one though it be, ought to inspire a more active public interest than at present exists in the question of improving the tenement house system, or. if improvement is impossible, suppressing it altogether. The case is one in which the motto or legend of I the Knights of Labor is peculiarly ap- \ plicable: "The injury of one is [or V should be] the concern of all." Tenement houses in New York pre- ^ sent an awful record of mortality whenever there are a few successive days of very hot weather. Last week there were 1276 deaths in the whole city, and of these S34 occurred in tenement houses. No less than 94 per eent. of the deaths in the tenements were of children under live years of age. Jt is a literal "slaughter of the innocents." * Leopold, King of the Belgians has never signed a death wairant, and, although the statute has never been repealed, capital punishment is practically abolished in Belgium. The population of Atlanta, Ga., by a census just completed is 74,076. 0 ?? AA