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ji j __ g BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1889. VOLUME XXXIV. NO. 28^ _ . . - . . r - The I 1 - -A. a: i t On L^Our Vo b-. " t0^0 ^ You will find V, staatly replen ?/ x A.JM.A WC ? We can show y< at PRICES TO SU tlie utmost satisfac $3.00, $4.00, $4.50 OUR SHOE FOB THE LAD TY. Our Ladies I THE LEAD and thi "Wear the Celebratei flte DRY SZL '^S> And a ca.Il will c MARKETS, WALI TO INSPECT TH1 and MUZZLE LOA -A. Cordia ' Ladies' and i ?1 ? f JJrJL# Has the Largest St In all the new Wraps and tory of New York, they guarant ? and Dress Goods in Upper Caro Goods Trimmings are the finest wn ioc. to $1.25 per yard. ored Dress Silks in the best bra * Ladies Collars and Cuffs, Copio and Colors. Clement and Ba 1 1 member I can save you money < 1 Glallo HAVE Received tfr UUK line ot Ladies and Shoes for WEAR and STYLE i LADIES | Wear the EAG-LE and P. COX SHOES. We call especial attentic line of GROCERIES this season Samples in our CARPET EXHIE his home CHRISTMAS. October 16, 1889. i NOTICE. rpHE School Commissioner oan always be JL lound In his oflice at the Court House on 8ALEDAY and the 15th of every month, exxjept when the l'jth occurs on Sunday, In which case his office will be open on the Uth. Feb. 0,1889, tf People iid o r Larg lume of Bi t GOOD GrC *inii ^ "ErrJiv-i-Xi Vrrss i our Stock of V. ishing this Sop: * s*3fe wiire w?s du an elegant line of C IT YOU. Our BOY jtion with our LARGE and $5.00. A "beaut: DEPARTMEN IES we have A MOS'j Shoes at $1.25 and $) Dse who have not tried a PEARL SHIRT a CLOTH and jn rk An a Y\m mm? mm onvince you that we 1 [ING JACKETS to to 3M. Also a full line DING SHOT GUNS l.1 Invitatio] Children's Wi: ock of Ladies' and I Abbeville County, Materials bought direct from the ee fit and style. I offer one < lina, at the very lowest price. I have ever handled. Black Colored Dress Goods in all the mds, guaranteed not to split, pe Lisse, Veilings. Ladies Ki< ll's Shoes for Ladies and Childre on every dollar you buy. w. E. way i e LARGEST STOC Bought by Them. Gents Shoes are unsurpassed, is established. The Ladies E the Gents Douglas Shoes. Ladies P. Cox Shoe for style and elegance is unsurpassed. We challenge comparison with the World for durability and Prices of the above goods. >n to our Large Line of HOSIEF We pay SPOT CASH anc JITOR. Don't forget SANTA ftAT.TftWAV UU.JUUV ?1 AX FINE HORSES. A LOT OF SPLENDID MtOOD MAItKS liave Just, been received at our stable, which wo otter to the public at reasonable : prices. Call and .see t hern. A. M. IIILL & SONS. Oct. Uth. 1839. Appre '? Sdik 7 jLSiness La )ODS and XjC mm W1 [EN'S, YOUTH' irtment. van FIiSASX )VERCOATS in MEL 'S CLOTHING- is goir AND STYLISH STOCK 01 iful line of STIFF HA T WILL PLEL r COMPLETE LINE 3.00 are REAL BAR . them should do so at nd EARL & WILS' KID GLOVES, STJ! pAlfifill 5^ ^ ,Ba?2?S=^^3> lave some bargains to >e sold out ALMOST of CHILDREN'S WI at REDUCED PRICE a Extendec ?S6X nter Coverings. Children's Cloaks in Manhattan Cloak and Suit Fac)f the largest Stocks of Millinery My line of Millinery and Dress Goods in all the new materials new shades. Black and ColCorsets In ten different styles, d and Cashmere Gloves, in Black n, every pair guaranteed. ReOctober 23, 1889. Bell. Mm 1 IK of GOODS Ever! The reputation of the Douglas agle Shoe is not a whit behind . GENTS Wear the DOUGLAS SHOE. ?Y. We will handle a good I get all discounts. Look at CLAUS will make our house &ISON. Barber Shop. 1)IOHAlM> (i A NTT, Is now prepared to do i, all work in his department in the best manner mid ut reasonable cliarues. Monthly customers sluivlnjr, hair euttiiii; and sliampooini:$l per month. Kasors honed and put in LLie best condition tor 115cents each. ciate C 3L.O)s Tes1 ,rger and jvfl W PRICE! 'stnd BOYS C s OE-W:?!?TK" oar] TONS, BEAVERS, CI ig rapidly, but we still 1 HATS. We have thf .TS IN ALL SHAPES &SE ANY ONI /^V T7I CiTT/^VTPCI 4-"U~4. . kjr OXIW-QJO lllcl L UfcUl J GAINS. Our CELE: once. ON" COLLARS and SPENDERS and CR i offer in this line. "W REGARDLESS OF C< I APS at low prices. IS. A full line of HAR i to StUL to inspec HI ibobbh w Sign* of True Piety. 13Y BEV. E. L. PERKINS, M. D. Hearing a woman using the most vi" olent language in denouncing the Methodists, because they did not use as much water in their initiatory rites, as suited her fancy, and noticing that she greatly stood in need of a daily dipping, in stead of one dip in a lifetime, I was naturally led to the following reflections: If cleanliness is not Godliness it is one of ?he oldest children which Godliness has produced, and the child has a very striking resemblance to its parent. At the same time filth is the offspring of sin and closely resembles its'ancestry. Whoever has lived long has noticed that sin and uncleanness are genial companions, and the Bible has very properly associated these terms. "Neglecting tlii! bodv" is one of the eharcres brought, by one of the Apostles, against certain classes of people. A celebrated chemist remarked that the degree of civilization attained by any nation might be arrived at by ascertaining the amount of soap used by the people, and I am strongty impressed with the belief that there is a friendly alliance between sure religion and good soap. The first man I ever heard curse his mother to her teeth, using the vilest language, was drunk, ragged and covered with dirt. His mother stood with a vacant stare, with an old black pipe in her mouth, and her clothes looked as if they had long sin<;e been divorced from the wash-tub. Fn our hirw nitipH. ns von aonroach those quarters where the dens of vice abound, you become aware of the fact by the scenes'of filth which greet the eye on every side of you. Some people seem to think that filth is an emblem of humility, and tliut the soul within i.s rendered humble and pure by a good coat of filth without. Some of the ancient nuns, acting upon their clothing or to exterminate the vermin from their dwellings, because, they said, the body needed punishing on account of sin. This looks like trying to win heaven by doing evil to ourselves, rather than doing good to others, thus they reverse the doctrine that "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father, is to visit the fatherless and thu widow in their affliction and to keep thyself unspotted from the world." Our Savior places the grounds of admittance into heaven upon charitable conduct. "In as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these ye have done it unto me." We conclude that pure charity and! pure cleanliness are the best signs ex-l hfbited by those who are really on the road to heaven. Makk DauCiirrKliS Indkjmcnd knt. i ?How ninny men are then.1 to-day toiling night and day in order that tlu-y may, when they die*, leave their1 daughters safe from want, and ir com-u fortable cireuinstances. The liest way t<> leave the daughters safe is to give them a knowledge of business and af-. fairs that will enable them to take en re of themselves. (Jive them knowl- I edge of a profession or occupation, soji that they will be able to take eare of i their money, if they have any, or so! < earn it if they have not. This is better than to leave the daughter a prince ly fortune, and make her a mark in the community for every eager, selfish ' prodieal to reach out to attain. Better , have her able to light the battle oft. life for herself and to so live that the world will be better for her life. ' i / / )ur Im cir 3E tify to Core Satisf, S CAINT, to indi; ILOTHING asci 3 Asm. nfTTTIiX, 4 JINCILLAS, DIAGO: have A SPLENDID ? sm from 25c. up?the ] AND SIZES. 3 WHO WILL not be excelled for PE BRATED EMERSOI CUFFS. Our Stock < ASVA.TS is all that c< wMfe re have a large stock ( nvom mTTTPTT TV/TTTCir JL . J. -LJ.JL1I JL ?YA u o. A beautiful line of C. iDWARE, CROCKEE t our stock. We hope * Home Ideals. a stranger entering for the first tim< a home, consciously or unconsciously guages the ideal of family life by th< external evidences of culture and re fiuement. These may reveal them selves in many ways, but most couclu sively, perhaps in the pictures on th* walls, the books on the table, and the dining-table with its appointments and service. To our girls, then, with whom more than thev sometimes realize rests the moulding of tlia home, I would say, "See that the inner beauty of the home manifests itself at these characteristic points, that its sweet influence may reach out?an elevating power to lift up and beautify the many lives that touch it more or less closely." The pictures need be neither numerous nor costly. In more than one room a single engraving in a simple frame, or perhaps with no frame at all, makes a purer ideal of beauty, and a liner appreciation of form and composition, than a dozen highly colored paintings with rich occompaniments. The books upon the table represent very closely the level of daily thought in the familv. A ponderous Family Bible, a giltedged folio and photograph album, tell the story as accurately as do a few well-worn editions of standard works, whose very size aud friend ly aspect speak of daily loving companionship. A crucial test, however, is the dining-room. A superficial refinement may display itself at other points; here the genuine culture of heart and soul is seen and can not be masked under the transparency of "company manners." The natural tendency of the animal to supersede the spiritual will find its way to the service unless restrained by habitual attention to the loving courtesies that make home life beautiful. A meal, badly arranged, poorly served, with an atmosphere of haste and confusion, inevitably lowers the tone o! family life. However simple the fare is, it is dignified by careful arrangement and service, while the nameless courtesies which are the fruit only of true unselfishness and a real regard for the comfort of others, can find no worthier mission than to make of the every-day home meal a place of rest and refreshment, spiritual or physical. Ciirls, have you considered how much the tone of the home rests upon you ? How easily you may raise or lower its ideal to your standard ? Fix your ideal hjgh, then, and think 110 duty small and no courtesy insignificant that leads toward its realization. Christian at Work. A First-Class Point.?A Detroit drummer who lately made a trip into Indiana, put up at a hotel in a small town one night to find the fare the poorest, the beds the worst he ever saw, and the house run in such a way [\a to amaze him. After breakfast, which he scarcely tasted, he entered the office aud said to the landlord: "What kind of a caravansary do you call this?" "A first-class hotel, sir." "You must be crazy! Show me one single lirst-class point about it. "The price, sir. You have had supper, lodging and breakfast. Three dollars, if you please; and if you want to ride down iu the 'bus that will be a [|uarter more." A gentleman from Indiana recently j registered in an Illinois hotel, and looked at the printed notice in his bedroom : 'Please do not blow out tho fias." The occupant of the adjoining room heard him remark : "I pay my money, and I am going to blow out the ;jns if 1 want to," mense ric this I actory th.a] ice all those in need of jmplote as ever; tf"tJA.3Ci3CaC"5e" an NALS and CASSIME STOCK ON HAND. FAMOUS J. B. STET FAVOR US \ RFECT FIT, COMFC T SHOES FOR MEN of MEN'S UNDER1 Diild be Desired. j.i mfiATmr Mm tMOTtjl lllu IssslMsllgll rf LADIES WRAPS, r GO AND IT WILL A.RPETS and SMYRI \Y, GROCERIES and i to see you all betwee: Thread. * ; The varieties of thread in comma , use are made of silk, linen, and cotton j The best quality of silk is always usei for making thread, and the best qualit, - means tbe longest noer. SilK-tnreai . made of cocoons that have been open ; ed by the escaping butterfly is far in s ferior to that made from the whole co I coon. Linen thread owes its strengtl i both to its length of ftber and to thi i toughness of the tiber; but as it is easi I Jy frayed, it should be used when sew s ing in short needlefuls or with wax t< keep it smooth. Ordinary spool cottoi i is made of Sea Island cotton, a variety t of cotton with a very long fiber. A: i this cotton is restricted in its habitat, i has been and will continue to be ex pensive as compared with upland cot ton. This last staple furnishes mate rial for muslin, and of it basting cot ton is made. Upon the quality of the thread usee in making up clotbes their durability largely depends. It is certainly desira ble that the thread with which a gar meut is put together should last as lonp as the fabric of the garment lasts. In custom-made clothing and in homemade clothing this nappy state ol things may be realized. But in the ordinary ready-made woolen garment the quality of the thread used is such that the seams begin to part in places long before the fabric is wornout. A house mother ot long and large experience found that it is economy to ust only the best quality of silk in making up cloth goods. The lirst cost of the thread is a little more in this case, but it is many times made up by the durability of the work. Before the days of sewing-machines, sewing silk was to be found in all work-baskets. Now machine-silk is generally found instead. But for nand-sewing the old-fashioned sewing.-ilk is much better. It does not fra> so readily as machine silk, and hence is more durable. Tailors understand this and always use it for hand-sewing. Thread of ail kinds should be kept as much as possible from the air, which rots it. If one buys thread by the quantity, which is the economical way of buying it, only so much as is needed for daily use should be taken out, and the rest be put away in a covered box protected from the air. -???? Conversation at Home.?Few things are more important in a home than is conversation, vot there are few things to which less deliberate thought is given. We take great pains to have our houses well furnished. We select our carpets and our pictures with the utmost care. We send our children to |school that they may become intelligent. We strive to bring into our homes the best' conditions of happiness. But how often is the speech of our household left untrained and undisciplined ! The good we might do in our homes with our tongues, if we would use them to the limit of their capacity of cheer and helpfulness, it is simply impossible to s'ate. Why should so much power for blessing be wasted? Especially, why should we ever perI vert the gift and use our tongues to do evil, to give pain, to scatter seeds of j bitterness? It is a sad thing when a child is born dumb; but it were better [to be born dumb, and never to have 'the gift of speech, than, having the |gift, to employ it in speaking only ; sharp, unloving or angry words. Central Christian Advocate. Jf is suit! /hat Jlf/y-foitr <lrinl;inrj saloon* have been opened in Johnstown, l'a. .,;.: Stock ? - " : r ' 1 ' '' ' '/ ' nact. a Elver, and we as WE are con ' ''si A tl PBICX. ! RES in all grades and A Everybody expresses . J SON HATS at $2.50, PITH A CALL )RT and DURABILI- 1 ARE ALREADY IN ffEAE, HOSIERY < I I^DJESE^^^W . I PAY THE LADIES i f sTA RTJGS, BREECH TOBACCO. ti now and Christmas. ; Co. | Conrt Boom Wit. '' "*'3 i. None of the professions seem more d devoted to ready wit than that of the t y law. It is related that Sir Nicholas d Bacon was about to pass judgment up i- on a man who had been guilty of rob bery, at that time punishable by * death; but the culprit pleaded for meri1 cy on the ground tnat ne was related to ' a I +v,^ (irT?? i? ai? t, on i? ^ I/LIC j uugc. nuw la tuab; - asked. "My lord," was the reply, - your name is Bacon, mine is Hog, and 0 hog and bacon have always been con* 1 sidered akin." "That is true," anr' swered Sir Nicholas; "but as hog la s notjbacon uutil it has hung, until you t are hanged you are no relation of mine." ^till more to the point is thfa - of two opposing barristers : The lawye'Mor the defense was so ee vere upon tne p>Q.secutor that the latter rose and asked: ^-"JDoes the learned 1 counsel think me a lool?" The retort r>; ' was prompt: "My friend wishes to r; - know if I consider him a fool; and In reply to his question I can only say ; that I am not prepared to deny it" 1 i There are many instances of passages of arms between bench and bar, bat ,t%| f this one may be new to moist of our i readers. At the close of a lengthened & t and bitter wrankle between a judge i and a prominent counsel, the former ! said: "Well, sir, if you ao not know how to conduct yourself as a gentle man, I am sure I can't teach you." s To which the barrister mildly replied: - "j; ; "That is so, my lord." San Francisco Argonaut. Not many days ago a gentleman had taken affectionate leave of his wife and ' I l. t ?1. , A. I I t . UUU^ULCl lUi U LUlCe-JUUliUJB' irip abroad. The child, a lovely little girl ot two and a half years, stood by a chair with her'thumb in her mouth?a favorite pastime, and, to her, a panacea for all her childish ills. She watched her mother for a few moments, saw the tears filling the lovely eyes and dropping one by one from her cheeks, then went to her side, and with a comforting tone, looking pityingly up to her M face, said, "Mamma, suck 'oo fum!" As if nothing could so much comfort -v her. ?? ^ An old New York dry-goods ration merchant, who resided in ?*/rsey, crossed Cortlandt Street Ferry morn- j ing and night. One morning as he was coming over he noticed that one of the best customers of his house slipped through without paying. On bis arrival at the store he told his auctioneer not to receive a bid from such a man. The latter observed : 41 Why. I thought he was good !" "So did I but I have changed my . mind ; I will not trust him a dollar." Nut long after the merchant failed, and did not pay five cents'on the dollar.? Dry-Goods Merchant. What is a Drought??Mr. Symons, the English meteorologist, would have three kinds or degrees of drought recognized and precisely defined. A penuiiwi luuiiccu mi juure uuiiuecuuve days without rain should be termed an absolute drought; one of twenty-eigh or more consecutive days with a rainfall not exceeding u quarter of an inch should be called a partial drought; and at least sixty days with not over two inchas of rain should be a long drought. A book is a garden ; a book is an orchard ; a book is a store-house; a book is a party. Tt is a multitude of counselors. v;