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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, May 22, 1889. j Children's 1>ny at tin* Abbeville* I ^Irtliotlisi Church. Ijirge congregations attended tlie "Children's Day" servico* at the Methodist church last Sunday. A well arranged and printed programme, was observed lor both the mornins; and evening services. The morning services consisted of several songs by the .Sunday School children, led by Mrs. F. D Cooirlcr, the organist lor the school, and a sermon by the Kev. L. F. Beaty, the pastor, from the text "It is ?ood for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth." The sermon as well as all of the services of the hour were well calculated to please anil instruct the children of the Sunday School. The services at night were also in the intoraet nf the Sundav School cause and con-1 sisteil of a report of the number and state of the Sunday Scliool by Judge Lyon asSuperintendent. and a discussion of live questions pertaining to the work. Short, pointed and interesting speaches were made by inessrs. J. M. Gambrell, C. V. Hammon, M. P. DeBruhl Esq., and Kev. L. F. Beaty pastor, and ltev. A. F. Berry of the Abbeville rireuit. The singiugat night was conducted by the church choir, with Miss Aylette Chalmers, organist, and consisted, as did the mornimr song service of selections from that splendid collection "New Life No. 2." All of the music was well Selected and attractively rendered. The school numbers something more than a hundred and is well equipped with live officers and teachers. They use the Internationaf Sunday School system of lessons, sent out by the Southern Methodist publishing house at Nashville Tennessee. Another Conrcrl. The operetta of Friday night will be followed on Friday night week. !1 hist, by a grand concert of vocal and instrumental music to be given in the Court Hou?e for the benefit of the Episcopal church. In addition to the local talent which will lie secured for the occasion. Our people will have the opportunity of hearing for the lirst time in Abbeville the sweet singing of Miss Saidee Simonds of , Charleston. She is now visiting her grandmother, Mrs. John A. Calhound, and she has consented to aid the ladies of Trinity church In their laudable effort. She possesses a 'soprano voice of unusual sweetness and strength and compass; and nil who come out to the concert will confess that they have ' enjoyed a rare musical treat. Further particulars next week. , It !Kn?t Have Been Accidental. Last Friday night, while the colored Presbyterians were at prayer in their church, a stray pistol ball entered one of the windows, and on striking something fell to the floor. We are Inclined to the opinion that this was an accidental shot. We cannot believe that any man, white or black, would disturb a prayer meeting, by shooting into a church. Religious freedom is guaranteed to every cit- ' izen, and any effort to disturb people at worship would be not only a violation of the : hlgnest law of the land, but a serious reflec- i tlon on the morals and decency of the people of Abbeville. We repeat, we arc quite sure < that the stray ball was an accident. With- | out positive proof we are unwilling to be- < lleve that it was fired intentionally. < Profitable Small Industry. Mrs. Lawson, of our town, realized over and above all expenses about for the violets, , which she shipped to Philadelphia this spring. , She did not commence shipping until the , 27th of Februnry-and the last shipment was i on the 21st of March. If she had known earl- i ler that there was a market for violets, and i she had commenced shipment in December, she could have sold more than hundred dol- i larswortli of violets from her own garden. < Jast as soon as a refrigerator car is put on the cannon ball train, she will ship roses to the Northern markets, but at present the weather is too warm for such shipments in the ordinary car. I Au Abbeville Koy's <>ood Lnck. i Mr. Kenney Mllford, who left here sometime ago lor California has had a pretty hard ' time of it until recently. Ooing to San Francisco, be looked over the city directory for a J name whlcb he might know. Finding Mr. , Patrick Noble's name, tie called 011 him. told , him he was from Abbeville, and asked him if ] he could help him to a job. Mr. Noble at onceoftered him a good siuiation in a rolling mill at big wages, which situation he can hold as long as he meets the requirements of the ! place, nnd as long as he may want it. Mr. Noble was a friend Indeed. 1 ? - ?? Now is Your Time. The lovers of the beautiful in nature will 1 have a rare chance to gratify their tasto on ; Friday morning, May "1st. Mr. I)uPre will 1 then sell at auction, without reserve ami without regard to price, the choicest nnd 1 rarest collection of the most beautiful and : the roost fragrant flowers to be found in all this snnny Southland. He sure to attend the auction and get your own share of the good bargains which will be sure to be oflered. < The CleniMon 'Will. 1 The newspapers are of opinion that the < United States Court will sustain the Clem- ' son will, whereby his estate is given to the i State of South Carolina for the purpose oi . establishing an Agricultural College. It Is not known if Miss Lee will appeal, and carry the case to the ITniud States Supreme Court II she appeals, the settlement of the matter will deferred lor at least oue or , two years. Children's Day services as authorized by the Southern Methodist church were held at Sharon church last Saturday, May 18th. The | speeches were made by the following Darned ( gentlemen: Mr.C. V.Hammond, Rev.L.F. leaty. Judge J. F. Lyon, and the pastor, Rev. < B. F. Berry. Quite a large number of people. < young and old, were in attendance. Quite an ( elegant dinner was spread. The day throughout was a very enjoyable one. Mr. \y. J. Roddy, of Rock Hill, general ! agent for the New York Equitable Life Insnr- ; anee Company, was in town one day last ' week He came to see our townsman, Mr. J. 1 C. Miller, whose energy and ability as a successful life insurance agent had gone abroad. Mr. Roddy succeeded in securing Mr. Miller's services for his company, and he will hence- 1 forth present the claims of thut rich and re- 1 liable company. i Rev. W. M. Gkiek, IX ])., preached a ad- ! mirable sermon in the Presbyterian church , last Sunday to an attentive audience. He Was filling an appointment of the Second A. , R. Presbytery which hns arranged to supply the A. R. Presbyterians at this place with preaching. In the nhsense of their pastor the ; Presbyterians tendered the use of their , church to their Speeder brethren. The courtesy was highly appreciated. The Bradley Baptist church will be publicly dedicated on the 4th Lord's day in this I month, the 2!>th, Rev. R. H. Griffith, D. I)., ol Greenville, S. C., will preach the dedication i sermon. Historical sketch of the church will be read by Mr.j. J. L. White. Dedication music will be led by 15. Chiles and Choir of Troy. Public cordially Invited. The musical entertainment which will be given in Court House next Friday evening 1 by the ladies of the Presbyterian congregation will be the most eujoyable affair of the kind which this town lias known for a lone time. Let everybody go?old and young? ' grown folks and children. Handsome Invitations are out for the Commencement, ol Wofi'ard college which takes place June 9th, 10th and lltli. The Baccalaureat sermon will be preached by Rev. H. O. Morrison, D. I>. Address before the Societies by W. A. Chandler, 1). 1). Alumni address by Hon. R. W. Simpson. The german given at the New Hotel by some of the young men last Wednesday night was one of the most enjoyable of the season, meinusic juniisneu o.v .>1urpney s band was particularly good. When Abbeville can furnish such music, there is no need 1 of sending to a distance. A'r a strawberry festival given by the ladies of Donalds Saturday night for benefit of Thorn we! I Orphanage, Clinton, S. C., amount raised Sl!>. clear of all expenses. Quite a , crowd, and all seemed to enjoy themselves. The festival was In a grove in front of residence of J. C. Caldwell. The closing exercises of the Greenwood Male School will take place on Thuis lay, 2:<d. Inst, witli a public examination, written and oral. An address will be delivered by Prof. Pan. Webb. Principal of School. Patrons and the public generally are respectfully invited to attend. Rkv, E. W. Williams, colored, president of the Ferguson Academy and paslor of the colored Presbyterian church, has moved into the college building, For some time he hns been subjected at night to petty annoyances In bis old homestead. Dk. Ghikk preached a most Impressive sermon in the Presbyteiian church Sunday. He has many friends in Abbeville and always draws u large congregation from all denominations'. The singing in the Presbyterian church was particularly line on last Sunday. Miss Jennie Edwards, of One West.. Mr. Harden, of Savannah, and Mr. Will Wideman from Troy, assisted. Monday afternoon the Hide club had a dress parade on the publo square. The Inspection of the company by Adgt. Gen. Bonham will take place June4th. If you want to invest flfty-cenls where you will more than get your money back go to the musical entertainment next Friday evening in the Court House. Many of our young people spend very pleasant afternoons at the tennis court near Judge Cothran's. Some of the young ladies are gruceful players. Eight"prisoners are in Jail to be tried for murder lu the June court. I^? Mk. Southgate, civil engineer on the C. &G. road, was in town yesterday. After look ing at the ground and surroundings, he said tintt the company would build a side track to the oil mill. The new iron rails for the Abbeville branch haven't beeu received, but it is understood that the company will put sliding doors to the depot,instead of the present hinge doors. II eh many friends in Abbeville were glad to see Mrs. James M. Latimer. Senior, in town last week. She is spending several days with Mr. J. H. Latimer. Kkv. J. P. Knox will preach, for the A. It. Presbyterians in the Court House next Sunday at the usual hour. The public are invited to attend. Paktiks wishlne to purchase Pl?rs should call on Mr. R. C. Wilson, at this office, or at his home, three miles from town, lie sells them cheap. The new Baptist church is to be dedicated at Bradley next Sunday. We hear of a large crowd from Abbeville who expect to atteud. He sure to patronize the ladles of the Presbyterian church next Friday evening. See programme published elsewhere. Music, fun and refreshments are offered in the greatest abundance next Friday evening In the Court House. Several of our lawyers leave on Saturday to attend the Supreme Court next week in Columbia. It is said that the person who invented the low "Pigs in the clover,"' has made by It $300.00. Mrs Clement and Mrs. Barmore. of Wllliamston, have been vi6ltiug Mrs. Gambrell. Dr. Winestock, of Charleston, paid a flying visit to friends here Sunday. Mrs. \V. C. Benet is now visiting MaJ. Whitner's family) In Anderson. Mr. G. A. Visanska has been spending several days in Greenwood. Mr. and Mr3. Simkins, of Laurens, is visiting Mr. W. H. Parker. Col. E. B. Gary has been in Augusta on business for several days. Mrs. J. M. Richardson, of Greenwood, is visiting friends in town. Mr. Harden, of Savannah, is visiting his sister Mrs. /. Hen Smith. Mr. E. C. McCants has been spending some time in Abbeville. There is greu* complaint because ol lack of stands of cotton. Miss Mamie Hill is expected home this week. Mrs. Thomas Thomson is oft' to Baltimore. Mrs. H. P. McIlWaine is quite sick. FROM THE FIELD OF BLOOD. The Citizens Warned and Threatened ? Literary Reading ? Strawberry Stuffing Sunday Schools ? A Judge Looking for Trouble?VlnltorN, ete. Mount Carmel, May 20,18S9. Truly the windows of heaven are closed. Vo rain yet, prospects have been good, but all signs fail in dry weather." Services last Sabbath in the Presbyterian md A. R. P. church. Sabbath school in the ifternoon in the M. E. church. Judge Miller is an efficient and wide awafce officer, and deserves special mention, if not praise, for his personal efforts and untiring mergy, in ferrtingout the Dansford murder :ase. Mrs. Chedel and Mrs. Caruthers of Elberton 3n? are visiting Mrs. Hemlnger of Wellington. The dime reading and strawberry festival jiven at the Baptist parsonage last Thursday jvening. was a very enjoyable occasion and luite a success financially. The subjects for reading were well chosen, wblie the recitations by the young ladies were charmingly rendered, and the music was very fine. VV. T. McDonald will thank anyone in posession of his violin to return it. If it is stolen he will reward anyone furnishing proof 1 to arrest and convict. Miss Cowan is here visiting her sister Mrs. Watson. A notice has been posted by unknown parLies at the depot, warning the people of this community to take care of themselves, for their arrest of the negroes sent to Jail last week, "saying that the citizens knew there was a white man at the head of the affair, but they would not arrest him, but only colored people were arrested and tied like brutes." rhisisa high banded step and shows the smack" of luwlesness tUut ntlll exists In tliis part of the country. Our people are re;idy and willing to arrest white or black when sufficient suspicion attaches, or proof upon which to base an affidavit. The prisoners were tied with light cords, were well fed r.-om the hotel and kindly treated in every respect, as they will'lestlfy themselves. Unless this out-law-ism is checked, some body in this community is going to be hurt. Mr. Hob .Smith is said to be the champion seiner in Mt? Carmel. We held court last week, and our town , presented the appearance of court week. Quite a number of ladies aud gentlemen Irotn this place celebrated "Children's Day" , it Sharon last Saturday. M. , ? m mm Long Cane, May 18,18S9. Mr. Willie A. Stevenson's bouse|ls nearly completed. Mrs. Charles A. Hotts, who has been sick sometime, Is much improved. There was a picnic at Itapley Shoals last Saturday. It is strange but true that men who criticise typographical errors in newspaper are generally men whose minds that will not enablethein to go any deeper. There was quite a large crowd at Upper Long Cane last Saturday and Sunday. Mr Andy Mcllwaln and several others tried :hcir luck at catching a blue cats at Morton's mill last week. There Is some talk of having a picnic at rvuutv i-ipnug auun. Mr. A. T. Mcllwain has about fifty hives of jees. He finds it profitable. Why should jthers not try the perlment? Farmers who aro compelled to replant their Mitoii find some trouble toget seed. Farmers should prepare for emergencies like this and ;arefully avoid speculators In cotton seed. A jolly New Englander said of the late Hon. Alexander H. Stevens, who was conspicuous for his small stature,Jthat when Mr. Stevens went skating |he tiediajknot in his ?oat tail to keep from slipping through the icc. In our last locals from Long Cane the printer made us say the "young man broke out of Abbeville in a stylish huggy." It should flave read "drove," as the young man had no necessity of breaking out when he was not conlined. Iu another local it reads contrary to jur meaning, the fishermen on Long Cane, when tired lay their weary bodies on the hard ;acks and welcome sleep. On hard rocks is what we tried to say. We Imagine a "sack" would make a very comfortable bed compared to a rock. After crossing Belring Strait a man would have to step about 5XXJ0 miles to to take the train in Liberia. It should have read Siberia. Farmers are lowsprlted. We are having very dry weather, and cotton is drying. The praymeetlng at Rock Spring school bouse is well attended on Wednesday ulghts. The peach crop will be heavier this year than it has been for many years. The postofllce and|a grocery store at Darraugh's is a necessity, and we must have tliem. Farmers as a class thlak they have the hardest time of any other profession. Those of other callings have their troubles as well.so the farmers, everything considered, should be the happiest men living. What has become of the cotton factory at Abbeville? Has It dried up to a cotton seed oil mill? What Abbeville meds now|)s a new railroad to carry oil the cotton seed oil. The late Mrs. Mary Galloway Giflen says In her letters from Egypt that Norman horses mere nave ieet us largo as peck measures. A Sunday School was organized at Upper Long Cane last Sunday will Mr. A. T. Mcllwain as superintendent. SEMINOLE. White Brother.1*. A great Bargain is offered in a wellknown bratui of Bleached Goods. Price by the piece s 1-2 cents. Former price 10 cents. The line of Cassiniers which White Brothers offer at 50 cents a yard is very attractive. Tlie.se goods are of exceptlonably good value. The patterns are as good as are usually found in Cassimers at 75 cents and one dollar a yard. No better goods for Men and Boys can be had. Ask for them, they are worth looking at. White Brothers as usual have an enormous stock of White Trimmings and Laces. Also.Flouncings for Dresses in great variety. The Goods are very desirable and very cheap. If you want plain White Lawns, or striped and Plaids Lawns, the place to get them is at the store of White Brothers. A good line of mattings can be seen at the store of White Brothers. Any one in need of a trunk or a valise would do well to call on White Brothers and be upplied. Pecerated chamber sets and fancy china and glass-ware are alway8 kept by White Brothers. Their aim will be to keep always on hand a good stock of Plantation and Family supplies. Their stock of Hardware has also been greatly enlarged, and many articles will now be found which they have not kept hereto lore. A (rood assortment of Blacksmiths, Carpenters and Shoe-makers tools, A cordial Invitation is extended to every j one to inspoet our stock. We will always try { to moke it to your interest to buy from us. P. Rosenberg ?fc Co. Alpaca Frock Couts in all sizes. P. Rosenberg & Co. Headquarters for fine tobacco and cigars Speed's Drug Store. A big reduction In the price of Mens, Ladies und Childrens Shoes?especially la Hoots and tine Footwear. Smith & Son. 'y.VV? - S-'\ PENSIONERS FROM ABBEVILLE COUNTY. Old Soldiers and Their Widows Who Draw Aid From the Government. The following is the approved list of applications for pensions. It is published for information, and it is hoped that the persons named below, will have sufficient consideration for tiie Clerk of the Court, not to bother him with any questions about the warrants. As soon as they are received, ho will give notice of the fact in the village papers. John Bowick, Troy, private, Co. G, 14 Reg. 8. C. V. E. J. Bo I lot, Lowndesville, soldier, Co. H, 19 Keg. S. C. V. Samuel Baugb, White Hall, soldier, Co. 11, 25 Reg. SVC W. L. Dukes, Ninety-Six, private, Co. C, 18 Eeg. S. C. V. Edward Hughes, Abbeville C. II., private, Co. F, 27 Kec. S. C. V. J. D. Etheridge, Phoenix, soldier, Co. G, 14 Eeg. 8. C. V. W.Muochat, Wellington, private, Co. H, 19 Eeg. S. C. V. Matthew Night, Hodges, private, Co. C, 14 Eeg. S. C. V. M. F. Wharton, colored, Troy, Marshal. Mn...),,. EV..tr?,l a ?.l,l?... ?r Ulltnn V^n. man, private, Co. G, Orr's Rifles. M. E. Brock, Due Wost, widow of John W. Brock, privete, Co. G, Orr's Rifles. Mary Simpson, Duo West, widow of Wm, II. Simpeon, pvlvaU, Co. G, Orr's Rifles. Mary Drenan, Troys, widow of Robert D. Dre nan, private, Co. G, 14 Reg. 8. C. V. Elizabeth Magee. Hodges, widow of A. II. Magee, Sergeant Mayor, Orr's Rifles. Jane Goodwin, Abbeville, widow of Renben I. Goodwin, private, Co. G, Orr's Kifles. Eliza E. Walker, Troy, widow of Robert Walker, private, Co. H, 19 Reg. S. C. V. Margaret McBride, Troy, widow of Joseph McBrido, private, Co. G, 14 Reg. b. C. V. Sue C. Waldrop, Greenwood, widow of Robt. D. Waldrop, Orderly Sergeant, Co. B. 8 Bat 8. C. V. Nancy Jane McKee, Abbevlllo, widow of C. H. McKee, private, Co. A, Moore's Regiment. Mary Jane Hall, Antrevlllo, widow of Fenton Hall, private, Co. G, Cth Reg. 8. C. V. Jane Ferguson, Antreville, widow of Wm. Ferguson, private, Co. G, State Troop, Col. Bacon. Fannie B. Shirley. Hodges, widow of John P. Shirley, private, Co. F, .Srd Beg. 8. C. V. Rebecca Bartley, McCoruiick, widow of Nathan L. Bartley, private, Co. D. 14 Reg. H. L. Flin, Due West, widow of J. B. Flin, private, Co. G, Orr's Rifles. Elizabeth Elmore, Jones, widow of Massalon Elmore, private, Co. A, 3rd Reg. 8. C. V. M. J. White, Troy, widow of Jaiues White,private, Co. G. 14 Reg. 8. C. V. Matilda Botts, Abboville, widow of T. A. Botts, private, Co. F, Holcombe Legion. Elizabeth Napier, Hunter's, widow of N. L. Napier, private, Trenholm's Battery, Lucas Batt. Susan McClendon, NiDety-Six, widow of F. P. McClendon, private, Co. A, 22 Reg. 8. C. V. Rebacca Bowlck. Troy, widow of James Bowlck, private, Co. A, 19 Reg. 8. C. V. K. C. McMuhan. Mountain View, widow of 0. C. McMahan, member, Co. G, 19 Reg. S. C. V. Sarah A. Wllson,Abbeville, widow of C. A. Wilson, private, C. K, 40 Reg. Miss. Nancy Y. Yeargan, Antreville, widow of T. 8. Yeargin, private, Co. 1,14 Reg. S. C. V. Mary Tucker, Level Land, widow of It. A. Tucker, private, Co. G, 6 Reg. 8. C. V. Mary E. Smith. Ninety-Six, widow of A. J. Smith, private,ICo. F, Holcombe Legion. Jane C. King, Abbeville, widow of William King, private, Co. K, Orr's Kitles. Elizabeth C. Bagwell, Donnaldsvllle, widow of K. Bagwell, private, Co. E, 16 Reg. S. C. V. Tatiitha Brooks, Greenwood, widow of James Brooks, private, Co. F, Holcombe Legion, Sarah Ross, Phoenix, widow of T. M. Ross, private, Co. F, 2 Reg. S. C. V. Sarah Flnley, Abbeville, widow of Ellhise Flnley, private, Co. F, 2 Reg. 8. C. V. Mary E. Patterson, Lowndesville, widow of Robert Patterson, Captain. Sems Co., Green Brigade, Racbal Kerr, Due West, widow of J. F. Kerr, pri..... rv. i 10 it n v Eliza Harkness, Antreville, widow of W. B. HarknesB, private, Co. D, 1 Eeg. 8. C. V. S, C. Walker, Troy, widow oi Wado II. Walker, private, Co. H, 19 Beg. S. C. V. Lou T. Paschal, Mt, Carmel, widow of T. P. Paschal, captain, Co. G, 58 Eeg. Mary E. Sullivan, Troy, widow of Win, P. Sullivan, sergeant, Co. I, 5 Eeg. reserves. Jone E. Elgin, Autreviile, widow of Thomas Elgin, private, Co. K,2 Eeg. S. C. Btfles. Catharine B. Saxon, Coronaca, widow of Win. P. Saxon, privato, Co. G, 19 Keg. 8. C. V. Sallie Watkins, Abbeville, widow of Lawson Watkins, private, Co. C, 8 Beg. 8. C. V. Jane M. Davis, Troy, widow of Geo. A. Davis, private, Co. G, 14 Eeg. S. C. V. M. .T. Bonds, Lowndesville, widow of 8. J. Bonds, private, Co. C, 59 Keg. Ala. M. L. Soutberland, Abbeville, widow of T. D. Soutberlanil. private, Co. Capt. Senn. Annio Lawton, Links, widow of Josiah LawtoD, private, Co. K, 15 Eeg. A FEARFUL RECORD. A Greater Number of Casenon Docket than at Previous June Term. Sheriff Mann kindly furnishes us with the following list of the prisoners now in Jail, (or out on bond,) for trial at the Juno Term. While there may be exceptions there are serious charges against many of the prisoners, and whether taken in regard to the number of prisoners or the gravity of the offences charged, the June Term will be one of unusual Interest. i>- JAIL. Pink Floyd, murder. Will Ware, arson. W. T. Scott, grand larceny. Andrew Norman, grand larceny. John Wlderoau, assault, with intent to kill. Edward Brown, housebreaking. Jerry Brown, grand larceny. Lewis Miller, murder. Harrison Young, grand larceny. Knock Franklin, grand larceny. Allen Partlow, burelary and attempt to arBon. Gilbert Huff, burglary and attempt to arson. ' Martin Hudgens, murder. Frank Young, carrying concealed weapons, assault and battery with intent to kitl. William Lornax, carrying concealed weapons. Thomas Lomax, carrying concealed weapons. Will Wims, carrying concealed weapons. Charles McClendon, murder. Andrew Partlow, murder. William Huff, material witness in case of Charles McClendou and Andrew Partlow. OUT ON BOND. Wes. Cunningham, accessory to murder. Lena Brewer, murder. PRISONER, LOOK UPON THE JUROR. Art '.Thou Guilty of the Crimes Whereof Thou Standest Charged ? G. P. O'Neall, Second Township. D. I. Rabun, Second Township. Sam Hmton, Second Township. Thomas Jones. Second Township. W. It. Dunn. Third Township. D. S. Jones, Third Township. E. L. Waldrup, Fourth Township. S. M. Fleming, Sixth Township. R. H. Cothrau, Sixth Township. P. A. Roche, Sixth Township. J. D. Huddoti, Sixth Township. F. L. Morrow, Seventh Township. R. B. Haddon, Seventh Township. J. C. Weir, Eighth Township. J. F. Citnkscaies, Ninth Township. W. P. Devlin, Tenth Township. G. C. Dusenberry, Eleventh Township. 1). S. Benson, Jr., Eleventh Township. J. M. Mabry, Eleventh Township. G. Mcl). Cater, Eleventh Township. H. W. Lawson, Eleventh Township. 1). W.Thomas, Eleventh Township. R, W. Cannon, Eleventh Township. J. D. Alewine, Twelfth Township. A. M. Erwln, Twellth Township. R. H. Burdett, Thirteenth Township. A. Z. Bowman, Thirteenth Township. B. Bowlin Allen, Thirteenth Township. Theodore Kennedy. Thirteenth Tosvnship. \Y . J'., miuieis, Tuuaet'iitii luwiinuiu. \V. It. Boyd, Fifteenth Township. P. A. Covin, Fifteenth Township. J. H. Morrab, Fifteenth Township. G. P. Perryman,Sixteenth Township. J. Wesley Deason, Sixteenth Township. Eb. Sharpton, Sixteenth Township. 3 pieces of 30 Inch Serge Dress Goods at 16 2 3 cents former price 25 cents. These goods arc In Tan and Grey. W. B. Hell. 1 Peaces of nun's veiling at 13 1-2 cents former price 20 cents. These goods are in good snnitner shades. W. E. Bell. Great reduction In goods at W. E. Bell's. New millinery Just received at W. E. Bell's. Clement aud Ball shoes at \V. E; Bell's. French and American sateens in several shades reduced at \V. E. Bell's. 820. suits for SIS.?Great bargains in all lothing. P. Rosenberg &Co. Another immense line of sultsjust received fully worth S20. Our price S15. P. Rosenberg & Co. P. Rosenberg & Co have just succeeded in getting an Immense line of suits at from $i. to So. less than their value aud will sell them accordingly. 820. suits for 815. 311.50 suits for 311. Great bargains. P. Rosenberg <f Co. A new lot of clothingjust received. Nothing but bargains. P. Rosenberg & Co. We can't give you an idea of our elegant line of Spring aud Summer clothing unless you come and see for yourselves. All are cordially Invited. P. Rosenberg & Co. Gentlcmeu please remember we always have an elegant line of hosiery,shirts,collars, cuffs, neckwear and underwear. P. Rosenberg & Co. Ask for the "Pearl" shirt and "Lion" brand collarsand cuffs. The best made. For sale by P. Rosenberg & Co. Trimmings to match all shades In dress fabrlques at Haddon's. 100 pairs extra pants In all sizes at great bargains. P. Rosenberg & Co. Andy Crnnch on Ills JIa'i Garden. Bounded on the north by the lot, on the east by the barley patch, on the south by the woods and on the west by the well and the peach orchard, there lies ft piece of ground that my Ma holds as well nigh sacred. They call It the garden, and it Is fenced In by some of the shabbiest palings and planks you ever saw. There is about threefourths of an acre and Jim, (who has to plow in it sometimes against his will) says, that it'takes more work to keep it up than all the rest of the plantation together: and I think he is about half right. But my Ma says there's not a word of truth in it, and that any body that has an ounce of sense would know there was'nt. It strikes me tho\ thai she ban always got somebody In there sticking peas and be ins, and hoeing and breaking up th<5 clods, and then raking it all off and starting over again. 1 verily believe she could keep two hands bnsy from the first of March till the first of October. Jim stays out of the garden as much as he can, and I stay;out all |the;time. He says he had rather work a ten acre field by himsel than the garden under my Ma's direction, f i hate to judge Jim, out i;tninK.nie maiu reason is, he knows that as longjas she Is in sight lie cant sit down and rest every five minutes like he does out in the Held. My Ma says, that if she could get the garden manured right, and get rainjon it at the right time, and get it worked at the right time and in the right way, she would have a right good garden, and I believe she Is about right?at least it looks like it ought to work out that way. We have lively times at our house every once in a while when my Ma wants the horse in the garden and Jim wants him in the field, and they both declare that their work ought to be done first. It is hard to tell which is right. Jim got it into his head this year that he knew more about gardening than my Ma did and told her he would manage it if she would give it up altogether. But she told him she raised cabbage and beets before he was born, and thought she had better keep on raising tnera, if wo were to have any. She says there is a heap for us children to learn that we think we already know.i As for myself, I don't believe Jim knows much about gardening. He don't know which to plant Hrst, peas or onions, Dor how It ought to be done. If the whole thing was placed in his hands, I'm afraid it would wind up by having half the garden planted in cotton and the other half in rosin-ears or as Morandy would say, "roasting-ears," which sounds to me very ridiculous. I have been thinking about gardens a good deal, especially now since vegetables have come in, and I've rcached the conclusion that a good garden is agood tbingand can't be made too much of. Soa man who has passed through the winter and part of the spring there is an unspeakable relief In sitting down to three plates-full of beans, as I hope to do soon, and then have for desert a compost made out of corn bread and bean gravy,(commonly known as pot-liquor)?it is enough toimmortalizeany garden that ever was plowed?and there are plenty of other things just as interesting as beans. But there are two that I never had any longing for?okra ahd lettuce. There is a kind ot sllpperyness about the one and a kind of nothingness about the other that is not. very attractivo to me. Okra has a habit of sliding down a fellow's throat before he gets it fairly In his mouth. As for lettuce, I verily believe Sister Jane could eat a double armful of it?she says its delightful, but I bad as so?n try to eat a doublo armful of green moonshine. If you want to make Morandy disgusted just bring her in some raw onions. They raise them at our house most strong enough to crawl, and if a fellow starts to eating one, he'll be more than apt to weep over his rashness before he gets through. I've often wondered what made onions and pepper and horse-radish have such a pathetic effect on people. We raise every tbiug in our graden from guineas and chickens up to garlic, which is the same thing as condensed onions. We also raise a great deal of grass, especially in the nrullro find hetwnen the TOWS. Of COUrse we always have every thing two or three days before anybody else. We have'nt had any corn and fried-chicken yet, but they are coming on. Our stand of chickens however ain't as good as that of our corn. I'm afraid we will have to replant or reset a good many times. Our garden is looking very well now only the cabbage has all been cut down by the worms, and the peas don't flourish, and the beans are eaten|up by the bugs and the okra did'nt come up. The guineas have eaten up all the strawberries but they are laying very regularly to pay lor it. THE BRIEFLESS LAWYER AND HUNGRY DOCTOR FILL BOX. Common Sense People Tnke the BiihII* ne?N which Others Might Get, if there were no Fool Ethics. Philadelphia Times. The code of legal ethics prohibits lawyers from advertising their business In the newspapers; the code of medlciil ethics prohibits physicians from advertising their skill, and it is yet within the memory of many when unwrtten commercial ethics prohibited everything in the way of advertising beyond a stale regulation card that escaped the Imputation of charlatanism because it was simply a waste of money. Let us test these presumably elevated standards of professional and business ethics by the Inexorable laws of common sense, which now asisert themselves in every calling. The legal profession of this city has lost two-thirds of its legitimate fees within the last ten years, and it nas been taken from the lawyers by the practical common senue that entered the field and advertised its mission every day In alljthe |leadlng newspapers. The business of titles and conveyancing, once an Irt/wvrviA fA tho immense suurce ui icjinumn, uuu lawyers, has been taken from them by real estate and title corporations which advercls ed their business from Januarv to January Tbe large trusts which once gave a competence to many members of the bar, hayo been taken from the lawyers by trust corporations, and they unhorsed the bar in the struggle by systematic and persistent advertising lu the newspaper. The collection of claims was once a large source af revenus to the bar, but commercial and ;col!ectlon agencies have come in competition t-.ud stripped the bar of that branch of business by appeallhg to the public through the advertising columns of widely circulated newspapers. The result of this sublimated standard of non-advertising ethics is an improverlsned bar and a host of prosperous organizations which have won the lawyers' business by tbe practical system of advertising. The bar has its etblls: the competitors of the bar have its business, and that sums up the whole situation. The physicians allect to discredit any member of their profession who gives a card in tbe newspapers telling where he m ay be consulted and to what particular branch of the profession he gives most attention, but while physicians are standing on their assumed dignity, other physicians of various grades, from the educated specialist to the ignorant quack, understand that the people now seek very few In any profession or calling, and that all who would succeed must seek the people. These advertisers of remedies for all the varied ills of humanity now make hundreds of thousands while the regulars are making their tens of thousands; and there is twice or thrice the amount of money paid every year for advertised remedies that is paid to the entire regular physicians of the country. "But, they are cjuacks and are swindling the people and Injuring their health," is the ready answer of the regular as he falls back upon the ethics that shut him out of the practical, common-sense channels of professional success. Not so fast, Mr. Ethics. Pestiferous as are many quacks, it Is a debatable question whether, taken as a body, the regulars or the lrrezulars do the most harm In administering medicine. There are many proprietary medicines advertised from year to year, which are accepted as standard remedies In half the families ot the land, and there Is not a family in Philadelphia, not even excepting the family of Doctor Ethics himself, in which adver tlsed remedies are not more or less useu, ana tliev are used solely because they have been made known by systematic advertising. * * * It was once regarded as lacking respectability to advertise merchandise or a daily schedule of bargains for buyers. It was consldered quite lespectable to Insert quiet cards In the Philadelphia newspapers on Wednesdays and Saturdays, when thecountry people flocked to the market-sheds, and It was considered respectable to put a stale eard in a newspaper without convulsing trade by chancing it more than once In three or six months; but that, unwritten law of commercial ethics has been Knocked out in disgrace by the prozrcsslve business men of the present day. They have offended the dignity of grandfather merchants until nobody thinks of going to purchase except as he or she is invited by the breakfast newspaper, and Instead of wanting in respectability to advertise, none are regarded us respectable business men now who do not advertise. They have proved to merchants, as real estate, trust and collection organizations have proved to lawyers, and as proprietary medicines have proved to physicians, that legitimate advertising is not only highly respectable, but that It is about the only reputable method of acquainting the world wlththe resources of those who can supply Its wants; whether professional, commercial, scientific or industrial. Advertising has made Itself respectable, and the ethics of any profession or calling that as sumes to make It disreputable, only offends the intelligence of the age and gives to more practical mon the cream that modern ethics skims for those it foolishly discards. ftPlltllN. fir. Jonathan Beatty Jennings, Bennettsviile, S. C., died May18X0, aged 77. Mrs. James G. Beard, Columbia, died May 16, 1SS9. Mrs. Kate Wright, wife of Henry T. Wright, Jr., Batesburg, S. C\, died May 3,16H9. aged 27. Rev. Charles Phillips, D. I)., LL. D., en route to Birmingham. Ala., died May 10, at the home of J. S. Verner, (son-in-law) in this city. Wrn. H. Barnum, chairman of the National Democratic Committee, is dead. Mr. Samuel M. Crayton, Anderson, 8. C., died May 8,188D. * ? THE LOWNDESVIL IN NEW ELEGANTLY FITTED UP STORE stock Is better than ever prepared to.supply Pure Drugs ai All loading Patent Medicines, Medical apj Fancy goods. Paints, Oils Varnishe School Books of the kinds a Stationery of all kinds. Prescriptions carfully compounded at all ( Intention and ability to supply all demands In Se Qnestion. Where can I get the Gage Tool Company's Self Setting Plane. I hear so much about? G. H. It Is made at Vlneland?N. J. Any dealer will get It for you.?Ed. Woodworkers!!! You want good tools, ask your dealer for Gag'es Self-Setting Plane, or send to the company at Vlnelnnd, N. J., for circulars. A two cent stamD will brinar circu lar and a carpenter's 'end pencil worth 5cla if this paper is mentioned. Woodworkers! The Gage Tool Company's Self-Setting Plane made at Vlneland, N. J., i& the Best Bench Plane In the World. The company will send a Plane on trial to towns where it is not for sale. New Good* lor the Month of Slay. 10 pieces 40 inch Swiss flouncing. 10 pieces White Plaid Lawns Just received at R. M. HADDON & Co. New Goods for the Month of May. 40 inch Cream and White Henrietta. 40 inch Cream and White Cashmere. Cream Nuns Veiling, trimmings to match at R. M. HADDON & Co. You cant fall to be pleased with our elegant lineof straw hats. Our low prices will astonish you. P. Rosenberg & Co. An elegrnt line of Gents underwear, Shirts Collars, and Cuffs at P. Rosenberg Co. 20 pairs Lace Curtains at New York cost. P. Rosenberg & Co. A large line of summer Coats at low prices P. Rosenberg & Co. Only a few pairs of all wool White Blankets, left on the counter. Call and get a flrs. class wool blanket at the price of an Inferior one, while you may. Smith & Son. Our splendid stock of Gents Cassltreres and heavy Jpants goods, are growing beautifully less on account of being so cheap; still we have a goodly lot to select from. Come along and dont hold back until you are too late Smith & Son. Imperial Egg Food prevents fowls from drooping, promotes growth and early feathers and gives vigor to the whole system. Try it. For sale only at Speed's Drug Store. I wish to say to the ladles of Abbeville county that 1 am better prepared to show them goods this season than ever before, and will be glad to have them call and see my stock of millinery, dress goods and dress trimmings. I have secured one of the finest milliners that travels for Armstrong, Cater & Co. through the South. W. E. Bell. Dress goods in all the new shades at Wm. E. Bell's. Dress trimmings to match any shade of dress goods at Wm. E. Bell's. For perfect fit and comfort get the Cloment & Ball shoe at Wm. E. Bell's. Every pair guaranteed. White Brothers are better equipped this season for supplying the men of Abbeville County with choice ready made clothing than they have been before. Their stock of fine clothing Is unrivalled, and any one wlBhlng to buy a flne suit or an elegant overcoat 1b sure to be pleased. Try it. Nothing is so useful In a poultryyard as Imperial Egg Food. It keeps the chicks bright, healthy and cheerful, besides making them wonderful egg producers. For sale only at Speed's D/ug store. Clothing! Clothing!! Clothing!!! Cheap! Cheaper!! Cheapest!!! W. Joel Smith A Son's Is the place to buy a good suit or ciotnes or an overcoat while they are offering them so low. Lost a brass key. The finder wlllJpleaBe return to the Press and Banner office. New Millinery, Laces, Flowers and Ribbons Just received at R. M. HADDON A Co. Silk Gloves In all shades Just received at R, M. HADDON & Co. White Satin Fans, Colored Satin Fans to arlve at R. M. HADDON & Co. Lace Curtains at New York cost. P. Rosenberg & Co. Wm. E. Bell has Just received a new. importation of Dress Goods and Trimmings Boys, you must tell your parents to buy your straw hats from us. We have the latest tyles. P. Rosenberg & Co. If you want an entire Spring and Summer outfit in clothing and gents lurnlshing goods at small cost P. Rosenberg & Co. will supply you. LAND FOR SALE. THE OLD LOGAN PLANTATION IN Smlthville township, six miles West of Greenwood, and lying on waters of Curl Tail creek and the Watt branch, Is offered for sale on reasonable terms. The land Is well adapted to the cultivation of Cotton, Corn, Grain, etc. The plantation contains a large amount of bottom land, has a good pasture, making it suitable for those who wish to ruise stock. The place Is well supplied with good water. I will sell the whole plantation, consisting of Three Hnndred and Fifty-flve Acres, more or less, to one purchaser, or, if desired, will divide the place into two tracts?one of oflroii onH ono r\f nnfl hnnrlrpH and fllty-flve acrcs, respectively, to suit the convenienceof purchasers. The land will be sold between this date and the 1st ol November, 1889. Those wishing Information will please address MRS. ELIZABETH LOGAN, Greenwood S. C. May 22,18S9. 3421. Report of the Condition OF Tie National M of Atoille, At Abbeville, in the State of South Carolina, at the Close of Business, May 13, 1889. RESOURCES : Loans and discounts 8108,970 28 U. S. Bonds to secure circulation 18,7">0 00 Other stocks, bonds, and mortgages 2,000 00 Due from approved reserve agents... Due from other National Banks 705 51 Due from State Banks and bankers.. 1,-221 97 Real estate, furniture and fixtures... 7,000 00 Current expenses and taxes paid 1,291 90 Premiums paid 4,000 00 Bills of other Banks 360 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels, and cents 203 31 Specie 1,055 85 Legal tender notes 6,110 00 Redemption fund with U.S.Treasurer (5 per cent, of circulation) 84J 75 Due to other National Banks 7,575 16 Total (153,115 57 LIABILITIES. Pn.nlt.nl stnflc tmid in 8 75,000 00 Surplus fund 5,000 00 Undivided profits 'J,550 70 National Bank notes outstanding 16,875 00 Individual deposits subject to check 29,043 84 Demand certificates of deposit 0,401 81 Total 5103,115 57 State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville, as: I, Bexj". s. Baknwf.li,, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the besL of my knowledge and belief. BENJ. S. BARNWELL, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 18th day of May, 1880. J. C. KLUGH, Notary Public S. C. CORRECT?Attest: L. W. WHITE, J. G. EDWARDS, W. C. McGOWAN, Directors. Will Meet on Sale Days. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, the Board'o County Commissioners will meeto n Sale Days. J. W. LITE8, April 10,188a. Chairman. -i? ' ' LE DRUG STORE. ROOM AND WITH LARGE ADDITIONS TO ' all customers with id Chemicals. pllaaces, &c., Ac. Splendid line of Toilet and s, Putty .IGlasa, &c. idopted by School Board, and times. Coll and see me and be assured of my the Drag line. J. B. FRANKS. cond door from corner Main and Bell Street. MUSIC AND SONG. FEMALE BEAUTY-QUEENLY OB ACE-BEWITCHING TABLEAUX?SPLENDID ACTING. Free Heats for Everybody at Fifty Cent* Apiece?Come to the Court House Friday Right. An entertain man t will be given In the Court House next Friday evening by the ladies of the Presbyterian church. The following is the programme; PART FIRST. Tambourine Drill. Miss Agnes Quarles, Miss Mary White. Miss Jeanle White, Miss Annie Hill, Miss Mabel Tusten, Miss ReDecca Seal, Mies BessieCoogler, Miss Mary Perriu. Miss Grace Smith, Miss Belle Haddou, Mlas Florence Henry, Miss Jeanle Perrln. Sonar? Duet. Mr. W. P. Wldeman, Mr. Edw. Hardin. Sonar?Trio. Miss Jeanle Edwards, Messrs. Wldeman and Hardin. Refreshments. PART SECOND. Com lc Operetta?Penelope, or the Milkman's Br'de. Penelope ?A servant ?Miss Jennnle Edwards. Mrs. Croaker?The "Missus"?Miss Corrle McClung. Walker Chalks?A Milkman?Mr. Edward Hardin. Toeser?A Grenadier?Dr. S. G. Thomson. Pitcher?Policeman?Mr. W. P. Wldeman. Admission,50cents; Children, 25cent*. m Rome Still at Her Old Tricks. Five Jesuit priests, expelled from France for political reasons, came to Mexico and caused a riot. Despsrate fighting ensued near Guanajuata, about 300 miles from the City of Mexico. These Jesuits preached against the Diaz government, declared marriage to be a wicked institution and called down heaven's vengeance on the American railroads. They wens arrested and jailed at La Luz. Fearful fighting began and the jail was set on fire. Finally the soldiers came and a fierce battle was fought?250 persons killed. The priests were then removed from La Luz to Guanajuata and are now in the castillo de Grauditas, an immense pile in which the Mexican Revolution had its birth and the patriot Hidalgo banged. The ladies of Guanajuata, out of respect to their calling, asked that they be respectfully treated. The governor answered sternly: "No, they are the worst of criminals, and shall be treated as such." ^ Increase of Crime in the United States. "There is going on in the United States a steady increase in the number of criminals much greater in proportion than the increase in population. There were 70,000 persons in prison for crime in 1880, and there will be more than 100,000 in prison for great and serious crimes in 1890. This is the estimate of Rev. Dr. Wines, Secretary of the National Prison Association." U. S. Seuator George F. Hoar, in Tremont Temple, Boston, April 14th, 1SS9. Few more wonderful narratives of missionary effort have been recorded than that of which Dr. A. T. Pierson writes in the March Missionary Review (Funk and Wagnalls, Fleet street, N. Y.) He tells of the remarkable conversion of an intelligent Cuban, Captain Diaz, in New York; how, with yearning of heart, he went back to Cuba, and gathered first his own kindred in the room of a hotel in Havana ; bow, becoming new creatures in Christ, they and others formed a Christian society; how Romanism sought to crush them; how the Lord protected them, and so prospered the work that in two years 1100 Cubans have been baptized, six churches organized in the cities of the island, 4G00 dollars contributed by converts in a single year, seventeen missionaries set apart, 3000 children brought under Protestant instruction, and 8000 persons, among them an eminent priest, are now awaiting baptism. Dr. Pierson adds; "Such a work has never been surpassed in the history of modern missions." A process, called the Cooper process, of lining iron pipes with glass, is reported, which is said to have stood the the severe testof having water passed through them at the boiling point and immediately followed by water at a temperature of thirty-three degrees, and without in anyway cracking or damaging the glass. If the iuvention should prove equal to such changes of temperature In ordinary service without injury, i t will be found exceedingly valuable. The Mississippi Woman's Christian Temperance Union reported by eighteen out of twenty-four in favor of going into the "Third Party." Miss Willard was presiding. There were signs of "secession." The sisters, "by masterly wisdom," so the report rpjids. nrevented an explosion. The cause'is'loo holy and vital to be handicapped by political complications. Carriage manufacturers are predicting that in the not distant future wooden wheels will be done away with, and steel wheels substituted on account of the increasing scarcity of lumber for wheels. Publications*. Anerican Farm News, monthly, Akron, Ohio, Vol. II, No. 3?April 1889. Monthly Report of the Department of Agriculture of South Carolina. New Series. Columbia, S. C., March and April, 1889. Paper and Press, pertaining to paper and printing and the field of supplies for printers nnd publishers. S2.00 a year. William M. Paiton, Philadelphia. This monthly is well worth the price. Minutes of the Eleventh Session of the Columbia, S. C. Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, held in Abbeville, S. C., December, 5-11, 1888. The contents are creditable to the denomination. The material, the work and general get-up of the publication, adds to thegrowlng reputation of the Press and Banner printing establishment, Abbeville. H. C., owned anu managed by Mr. Hugh Wilson. ' X '-r ' **!>. .L . fi''V'' ' "Civil Sorvlce"?Indian CommlssioMr. We are in receipt of the May No. of :-i'?| Civil Service Record which contains ff interesting references to the discussion relative to the propriety of the Preai- | dent's retaining the present Indian ' ^ Commissioner, Hop. John H. Oberly. Having read sufficiently on both sides we are fully persuaded that for the sake of the Indians and the credit of the 7'&"A Harrison administration, Mr. Oberly should remain, where he Is. From a V'; petition signed by overwhelming num- . Ijn bers of people best able to judge we v"|3 make this extract: . We believe that his retention under the incoming administration (so long as he shall aahere to his present poll- . o;t cy) will not only save a valuable offi- 1 cer to the Government, but will pave the way for the removal of the Indian ~"-M service from the domain of party ?oli- \ : tics, will redound to the credit of the Republican party, and will gratify M many of Its devoted members. How far the integrity of some Con- ' % orrpaompn trnpa in Hiinnnpt.Y?^ c\t PfvJl \ Service reform the following will show: More than 140 Congressmen recom- \*?aj mended for Commissioner of Indian " Affairs Roderick R. Butler, of Tennee- fS| see. In the 42nd Congress the vote to 1 expel Butler for selling a cadetship for $900 stood 102 to 68, two-thirds Deing necessary. He was then unanimously censured by a yea and nay vote. Are not such Congressmen as good as Mr. Butler? Robert M. McCheyne.?Here Is a touching account of his last service: He had been visiting in the feverstricken dens of Dundee. Typhus fever had laid hold of him; but, ignorant of the cause of the languor and ; pain which oppressed him, he had gone to celebrate a marriage and remained for the entertainment which followed. Some were there who wire no friends to his faithful preaching and thought that his grave manner was due to pietism and not to illnsss. , '/M So one of them said, "See now If I cannot tease your minister." So say. . jjg ing, she sent a little girl of nine yean to Mr. McCheyne with a marriage &- * yjt.K vor and a bouquet. When the child , approached him he brightend up. M. "Will you put this on?" said she. | "Yes, if you will show me how." When it was all arranged, he said: "I have done what you asked me. Will you listen while I tell you a sto- 'ifM ry?" So he began to tell her the,1 ;?j.J 'sweet story of old." Very soon six other little girls gathered round and listened with upturned faces while he ' told them how the Lord Jesus had ''$$h come down from heaven to earth, had 'i't lived and loved on earth, and then . died to save sinners. When he had finished, he laid his hand on the head ||| of each child and asked God's blessing -N i\r? Viak finnn offar ha aaiH ViP fiolf an ill he must retire. He went home to '?$ his bed, and in a few days he was with the Lord. From a private letter dated Apia, Samoa, April 23, 1889, we extract the following: "The Nlpsic is being prepared for sea, (she is nicely afloat again) to go to '-[i Aukland, New Zealand, for thorough repairs. Will probably leave here about the 5th of May, being convoyed ' thither by the U. S. S. Alert, which la - ? i-J coming from HodoIuIu. No more fighting between Malietoa and Tamasese. All depending on the , Berlin Conference. More United ' States and German men-of-war are expected here to replace those lost by the wrecks." '??si "Bells Chapel," a new Meeting House in Abbeville County, was 'dedicated Sunday, May 12, by Presiding Elder A. J. Cauthen, with the assistance of Revs. C. D. Mann and A. Frank Berry. The Southern Presbyterian General Assembly, now in session at Cbatta<nooga, are again discussing with some ,vV' earnestness union, organic or cooperative, with their Northern brethren. . vpS May 7, a fight between whites and blacks, near New Orleans, resulted in some of both parties being wounded, ^ and the burning of several houses owned by the colored people. ft.*The magnificent sidewheel Iron . Steamer, Alaskan, foundered at sea off Cape Blanco, May 13, while on her way from Portland to San Francisco. Five men were drowned. If springs put forth no blossoma there will be no beauty in summer, no fruit in autumn. So if youth be trifled away without improvement, riper years will be contemptible, and old age 1 miserable. It is interesting to notice how largely the Bible influences the literature of the day. Its phrases are so telling that they pass current everyhere. The most secular of the newspapers are ' liberally sprinkled with them. Indiana is the second State in the Union to enact a ballot reform law based on the Australian system. TuoHpfl Vnllftr And Jtidcre Bond arrived in Charleston Saturday, May 18. They are receiving much attention i roni the Bar. A storui -<v pt across Northern Tex; as 011 the aiternoon of May 17. Two ? children were killed and several persons seriously hurt. Mr. Shaw, of the Bishopville (S. C.) Eagle favored the Neighbor office with a call last Saturday. We learn that a paper was recently started at. Batesburg, S. CM and that it has been suspended. The Woodruff (S. C.) News has been suspended. A wealthy man, whose name remains unknown, has given $350,000 for a Christian University in Pekin,. China. Charles Kingsley gave up his chair of modern history at Oxford became he said he considered history "largely a lie." . I ' \ M M :