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I ' The Press and Banner | By HUGH WILSON. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1890. j t ~~" 4;?><><1 \rivsi?;i|M'r .Mau. Mr. U.S. Galloway, of Due West, local cdl-: tor ami business manager of tin; A writ tie /'<: ! formed Presbyterian, culled at this olliue lasil Saturday, on his way to the Low: c?nc ("en-1 tennial. Mr.Galloway will makua full report.! of the proceedings for his own paper ami for I this paper. Asa reporter for literary enter-! talninents Mr. Galloway has lew equals and no superiors, as our readers will readily testify. The Presbyterian, under his management,! will introduce new features to that already I Kiineri) religious nauer. In the matter of -giv- j ing full tunl accurate reports ol all church meetings of general or special interest, anil thus make the paper more valuable than ever before. I<ot r.OMiHlesvillo Htiild an Oil Mill.' If the people of Lowndesville would put their wits to work, and build an oil mill tney would do more substantial good for the com ' rnunity than they would in any other way. It would be a paying investment to the stockholders, if practical methods are adopted, and the mill would he of inestimable benefit to the community. Kvcry mill should put up a ginnery in connection Willi tlie oil machinery, and then by redut-in;; (lie price of ginning a reasonable quantity of fresh seed would be secured light within their doors. Tliiulc of it. Hon. F. A. Connor. While various nominations for various ollicers are being made, why not nominate and elect the Hon. F. A. Conner to some place ol i honor? He would make a ::ood Governor, or lie will | make a most excellent Uepresentative in the Legislature. He h:>s unquestioned ability, i He is a larmer, and his prohibition sentiments would till the bill as far as the prolii- j bitiouists are concerned. The fact is, we have no more able man for any position, and it < seems that the people should require his services. Abbeville Still Looking I p. The business of Abbeville is in a most satis- , factory condition, livery department of trade , is doing well, aud strangers from a distance are beginning to realize the vulnv-f (his place i j as a trade centvr. and business inv tr-on ?*h tr t'twiis <:<>ilt^iliplalO lliovi1!^ tier.; bvlx'tt !" ' r?? ? inning n| tin-iie.xI soi-s hi. . B 1 ropeii? i< liMiMiig uji.aiiul ln-|t! ;?i nigii (i::- J Yur?s, wjjiii' Micro i? suinc ilunum! I'm- ii nt even lue advanced llgiuvs. Nearly all of our stores are occupied, ami wo Lave no vacant dwelling houses. No Offence Intended. A prohibitionist from a distant part of the couuty, as we thought, seemed to think thai < the whiskey advertisements of whiskey hi Abbeville, which he saw on the tries were 1 intended to tantalize the prohibitionists. We ; are not authorized to speak, but we feel sure that these advertisements were put up merely i to draw trade, and with no idea ol'insulting anybody. I Sickness. The drug stores in the last ten days have filled perhaps more prescriptions than ever i before in the same length of time?nearly all for what is called the grip, but what is actual- 1 ly, the "worst cold we ever had." So serious . illness, though many have been unable for 1 duty, and some have had to go to bed. t ? - ? Weil Diifffliiff. 1 Colonel Yarb .Madden has done some very i satisfactory work" in the line of his businessdigging and walling wells. l/.tst week he took I the wooden curbing out of a well on Hard La- t bor, dug It deeper, and walled it with brick, securing an abundant supply of water. i Still Tliey Come. | We have entered thirty-throe new sub- i scribers on our books during the last tluee i weeks. We have reason to be grateful to a generous public. At no tlmedld the prospects < of the Press and Banner seem fairer. t Attention, Abbeiilie Hides. L Avery important meeting of tin; Company "will be held in the Armory Friday night at : 7.30 o'clock. All interested in this organism- ( Hon are earnestly requested to come. Uy order of the Captain. I Mr. 11. C. Wii_sox will put barbed wire nil ( round his farm, and yon ought to put a fence ... around your own grans. Mr. Wilson is an en . ergetlc farmer, lie is also a printer. Wlicn l not actively engaged 011 his farm, he renders efficient service In the 1'rr.ts and Bunmr otlice. | Besides taking cure of his farm in crop time, ( l^\e made enough money last, year in the printK^^gofflce to buy two young mules and enough t ^^vlie to tence a hundred acres of land. ( Mr. Wm. K. Bki.L left last Monday for New York to buy his spring stockot millinery ami I dress goods, lie will be utile to show you all r the late novelties in spring goods. (Jive him u call on his return. ' The new bank is letting out moa-y rUrht straight atom'. it Is g iing to t.c si mi- ?. On or about tln? first of M.iy, this i>ank ?;ll occupy the store now occupied by Mr. Join s ? P. Miller. ( Before yon get rid of all your money, bt sure to buy some barbed wire, with wliieli to ?' enclose pasture lands. If you haven't the . money to spare, better sell a cow to get the money. <l There seeins to be a scarcity of feitilizers , this season, but Haiier, Matthews it Chambers, of Lowndesville, have just received llf'.y ( tons of the celebrated Navassu Cotton fertilizer. <Cry of flro last Sunuay night about dark, s brought out saint ami sinner. The lire was in ?l lfA.t/1 Ki.v of T % I.. <ml? ? S water acl tilings to right*. j Abbeville sells full grown mules and buy u , mule colts. If you want to buy a mule, come ' to Abbeville. If you want to sell a co!t, come ^ to the same place. Judge Cotiiu.vn spent la?t Friday night ut ' home. He is now in WlnuKboro in the dis- ( charge of his duties as attorney for the railroad. (; Since the new sidewalk has been made toward ttie depot, we presume the building lots [ along the way will be held at about t'i.UOO an i acre. Mr. Kirby's sidewalk to the oil mill is a beauty. We presume he will complete the job by setting shade trees aloug the walk. The Abbeville Land. Loan and Improve- i meut Company are ottering money at eight i per cent, ou uilt edge security. Nearly everybody in the Press and Bun- 1 tier oflice has been su fiering lor a week or two .. with tke grippe, or cold. * Mr. P. Rosenhero is ort" in the Northern j markets buying an imni.-n-e stock of goods . which he will sell at very low prices. 1 ' The Literary (luh will meet Kii<lay night of t , next week at the house < f c. C.tson, 1>cj., r Rev. L. K. Ileally, essayist. .Mr. k. IL YofNfinr.ooi). of Winter S^at, |g |feand Mr. Henry ('. ['linn, made mo?>i pka^aiii , ^Bcalls ut this olllce yes it r.l-iy. ?k nau ?u.nf Mini ?j u sno'.v ill lowii his* ^ ^ Wedne day, which git I tiered lip n few h<?ne*t | quarters. , Mies. It. M. II auixin left lust Thursday, 2:nh' f Instant, for New York, to purcliase her spring <: stock. Mr. H. 1'. McIi.waixe lias been tjiiite stele s for* a week or more. I Ktv. Mit. JJkatty Las a case of the grippe. Received this week the following goods suitable for early sprint: wear. f>0 pieces ginghams new Rprins styles. 2"> plcc.-s seer- o suckers. 23 chicked Nainsooks, ij pieces checked piques. 10 pieces salines. It. M. c lladdon & Co. . , Just received a beautiful line 10 inch white A lawn with borders suitable for aprons. K. M.I <; lladdon & Co. The best general tonic in all the country, H never fails to give satisfaction as a household , 1 medicine, and we Kuarantee it. Speed's Drug Store. 11 Begin the new year ariulit by tiuyiug your | [ drugs from the pure fresh stock to be tound I. at Speed's Drug Store. 11 Paints, window glass and prepared putty, h A fresh stock at Speed's I?rug Store. We have Just received a case of our popular ' tioiind oalieos W t?if I Smitli .? ?imc ! i Smith & Sous is tlio place to got your plows; anil all farming implements. |1 Fourteen young lady boarders at the j1 High Point Female College were poi-H soned by eating a dish of "souse" rc- j cently at dinner. The symptoms were alarming and all the physicians in town were summoned. The prompt ' administration of remedies, however, : saved the lives of all. i, English street cars Jiave seats on top. Fare costs one cent for two miles, and another cent for longer distances. In, Paris the same charge is made. In! Brussels the rear seats are cushioned'' ; and cost more than the hare seats in ^jTront. f "Trance has been stirred by the up Ticarancott- Paris of the Duke of Or- , leans, eldest son of Count de Orleans,i' with a letter signed by his father re- ' nouncingall claim to tlie throne in his favor. He goes to prison for two years.' m r ii i ? iimii ai miwihuiii im imi iiih < I sco from your correspondents that your paper is very much soughtafter in some loea'ities, ami that in others It is considered au- j ttiority 011 Inte Alliance news. Can you give the members ol the Alliance . any information as to what was done at! Greenwood last Saturday ? A notice was received by Die Abb<'vUb- Mr- i | dinm from Mr. John It. Iilake, Jr., President of the County Ailiauce, that the < "Hon. M. I-. Donaldson, State business I. Agent, will address the (ireenwoiwl Alliance ' on the 'i.ad instant, in reference to the State j, Kxchnnge. Col. D. K. Norris, of Anderson, I will also deliver an address to tin* same body | ] on tiie 'good of 1 he order.'" All members of the Alliance are invited to f attend. Mr. Donaldson is one of our State of- ? leers, a fine speaker and a very zealous mem-11 ber of the Alliance, and we wou'd all have| ] been glad to have heard him 011 the subject of the Suite Exchange. ji (>ur County President seems to hnvc had I something to do with the arrangements,at P least to the extent of extending an invitation j | to all members of the Alliance to attend. | lias lie made any other appointments to.: have the. distinguished ollicer to address other portions of the county? The Ridge Alliance is about thirty-eight | miles from (ireen wood, and many others are almost as far away. They are all interested.'s They haveall placed their money in the treasury of the Kxcliaiiye, and they would be glad ]( to hear from it. In If our President bad anything to do with it j1 ?anil the interest of the whole order is con- I tided to him?why did he not have the meet-j inn at Abbeville Court Mouse? j:i It seenis to me that our County Alliance;., ought t a meet. There are many matters t hat j should be discussed and settled. It is time we 11 had placed our orders for cotton bnggin*_', and ; Si* ?! <? ? h/i l<k rr. > i ii (a i\/\I i i /ii' li.l lie." ill! it 1 at oiie<\aiul get an early start,so that the best i. of the offices may not bo given out betore the,1 rest of us get a chance at tliem. ; ] Mr. Iilake also announced Hint Col. IX K. Norris, of Anderson, will address the Alliance \ on Hie "good of the order." Is he an expert on this subject? I have not heard that, he 1 had been appointed to canvass tlie suite niak-, | ing speeches on that subject, l>oes it not j mean something else? Is lie not trying tola ride into Congress on the Alliance road cart? i iiut I can not think that our County I'resi-j.' ilent would undertake to introduce politics in- (l to the Alliance when it is one of our lixed. principles to avoid it. ' t 1 think we had better advise Col. Norris toj crossover the Saluda into Laurens aud join ! * Mr.Shell's political machine. jWe have heard it whispered in tlie air that j in eflbrt was being made to have an informal ] y eprcsentaiioii of members of the Alliance to ' neet, probably at Helton, for the purpose of endorsing Mr. Norris. Is this true, Mr. 1'resi- j f tent? I can not think that the Greenwood i VII ianee would ben party to this political | a uovpinent. TlM'K .M.I.IANCK. i a i Sslsctitiiis from liiC Ointlisii Neipbur.1 t Wlij Such Indifference. The views of some writers as to the j ause or causes of the prevailing iiulif- <1 ereucc toward Christian worship and a tud salvation are, as might be expect 1 ..1 <l.n I|.111.1 ( .:u, wil iuu>, ilLWiVllii^ l*? ti?v ouiuu t points occupied by the essayists. a Considering the staple of much ot .lie preaching which the people endure jowadays and the many invented expedients adopted by some preachers I ind churches to "draw" people to ( :heir churches or rather to draw their :hurclies to the world, may account f, somewhat for the indifference com )lained of. The llattery, the tearing t iiul tickling, the amusing, the feastng, the frolicking, the lottery, *kc., jracticed in any interest of the church s nothing more nor less than an ac- j cuowledgement by such preachers and ( jliureh members that there is not in ,, | ?I heir religion or lh<*ir . huu-hes a stifltiiency to bring (he people to them, ^ nul tli'it vkt*i>nr>l)i mr f'lirivif <mil liim ? " o " *" " I jrucilied is not sullicient to draw men j, into him. Is not such religious co- s luctry enough to engender among sen- c >ible people indifference toward relig- s on. As to people with less inlelli- sl fence they feel quite at ease, seeing |, hat the more intelligent are so indif- (l erent to what these inventive experts j nay call "religious." jj A little more next week may be. ( "Conceit.'' The Cedartown '((ia.) Citizen (Feb. y 9) treats its readers to a clever liomilj t< m Conceit, based on a text which it v laiins to have found iu the Nhicju- u so};. The text reads this : "Talk t< ihout conceit as much as you like, it is h o human character what salt is to the b iceaii; it keeps il sweet and renders it c udurable." We do not claim authot- li hip for the sentiment. It must have v lipped in as an extract on account of li ts saying something about f-alt. The n Jible says, "Salt is good." The mark- y il improvement in the Citizen the las( ive or six weeks inclines us to suspee hat it has been using considerable salt >r some other good thing. b "Without God." '1 The prime cause of the troubles, and <: n fie rings of individuals and nations ? s the practical rejection of God and e lis law. They concern themselves as e ittle as they eau about their Maker ml would fain have him to interfere L' ust as little with them in their busi- tl less. Except when by judgments 11 hey are compelled to aek now ledge the xisteuce and hand of Clod, as in an arthquake or other significant phelomcnon, God may not bo in their houghts. Anr judging their hearts >y their lives they say with the ,j bol "There is no God or if there ^ sa God what is he that we should erve him? or what proli! should we 1 lave if we pray unto liiiu? " o In the Kentucky Senate, February j !, the House Committee on Judiciary ximmenccd an investigation into the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, presided j< ?ver by Judge Lilly. Judge Lilly 0 tiites that in three of the counties of lis Circuit there is not a chureh, and f lie school houses arc few ami far lie" j". ween, lie says a judge takes his life . 11 his own hands wlien he attempts to .. lold eourt in his circuit, and he can , et no assistance from the civil oflicers jeeause of the number and power of irmed and lawless factious. Feuds of ( long .standing exist in all these coun- j Lies, the leaders supplying large 1111111- . iters of men with arms, ammunition, food, and clothing for themselves and!c families. He stated further that inone|j ease every witness against a certain murderer had been killed oil*, so none j Lire left to testify against him should || he ever l?e brought to trial, which is. highly improbable. I It is hard to imagine that if I were j lo visit, as J have often done aforetime, the pleasant Christian home of j Brother Tarbox in Georgetown, I j would not meet good Sister Tarbox. i Sim is no longer there! She has been ; called to the heavenly kingdom.'. Brother Lester's letter tells of the de* . I 1 parture of the sainted woman. > ?:. : < Cross Corners, Feb. 24, 1S00. Mr. Editor: Yesterday at church T sat behind aj lady whose hat was adorned with a; Idrd. That is nothing wonderful, you j ?ay, (hey all wear them. Yes, proba-. dy all who ean allbrd fine leathers do < near them. lint let me tell you of j j his special ease. It was a green bird, i iinall and brilliant, though I do think i he taxidermist had added to it someii liird of Paradise tail feathers that nev-j j r grew there while the little creature vasalive. T had time to study that >ird as well as listen to the sermon, Hid I did both. l'oor little bird ! Its bill was slighly parted, its little throat somehow | uggested a child's lips puckered up to | ,rv_\vns that its expression of dying igony? Putehcred?not to make a < Ionian holiday perhaps, hut only to . uld a few dimes lo a few men's pock" Is, to lake a few dimes from other noil's pockets, to disfigure otic wonan's bonnet, and?shall I say make ( hat woman happy? Poor little bird! > fow like a child in pain it looked I villi the pitiful twist of its lo\yer nandihle, the strained throat, the un latural, glassy (glass) eyes, staring t ml lixed. Poor little bird! Wore i on made for this? My heart cried :i ut against it all. Thousands and [ housands are slaughtered every sea- r on,.and it is said that in some regions r ortain species are disappearing alto- | ;ether bv reason of the barbarous do- j tiands of fashion. Let any thoughtul person of sensitive mind look over n audience in church or elsewhere j u'\ study tl??; w*'m?"i'.i ? inncis?(he ? rol. fl*-!.-. nf '111'5~t ?? 11 \\'< Mii'ii t'.O . ? i !; !?) s'i'v. f;ro?vn ' i;? . I Ice ? kir:;-i. i'Cu birds. l>iii|y, bfid- ?/ i ropical beauty?one dissevered wing, ? . pair of wings, a do/en wings?oh ! J toor little birds!?there they are slain, f lismetnbered?decorating the bonnets i f our dear women. Many of them I laven't thought about it yet?when J hey do may we believe that they will ( ct upon their new convictions ? c Oh ! poor little birds! , W. S. C. [ Dumb Animals, published in Uos- v on, I think, is doing a noble work for jiod'is dumb creatures. W. ?S. C. ' [Not a few women will follow the s ushion though it carrry them 111 jx * 'bee-line" to tbe Devil, and from- him 1 u their "own place."] ) * r I ? - <-? -- - s Entered into the Wglier Rest. c Mrs. Hannah M. Tar box* wife of f ohn W. Tarbox. died at her home in Georgetown, >S. on Sunday ev^-t iih<jT, February J(?th. 181)0. This excellent Christian woman had . ecu in ill health for several years, and s here liad been times when her mix- 11 >us, loving friends were somewhat ? urprised, as they were greatly rejoic- j d, to see her rise again to a degree of v trength and comfort, from suuh a ?) late of suffering and exhaustion as *' ail seemed to preclude all reasonable (| xpeetation of even partial recovery. ?ul in mercy to others the precious u ife was prolonged, it was a great joy i her and others that she was spared " :> see again in the tle.sli her Missionary < nil (ltev. J. W. T.) who had been live n ems in J.razil, but arrived on a visit ' [> his native land in time to pass a few /eeks at the parental home before she ^ ,as taken away. She was greatly cs- ? eeined and loved by all that knew J ler ; such a person?a lady so adniira- ^ le and loyely in all phases of her J, haraeter and all departments of her ? ife work?eould not fail t<> win unicrsal favor, nor her removal from the \ ionic, the church, the community, be ^ L>garded otherwise than a sad loss, a J reat sorrow, a painful bereavement. <j A. H. L. t I" On the night of February 17, the * arn and stables of Mr. Philip C. ipann, near Leesville, were burned. c lie loss, including four mules, two i owe, two buggies, two wagons and 1 ther property destroyed by the lire, is t stiraated at $2,000. The lire is believ- \ d to be the work of an incendiary. \ l hard slam this on a worthy citizen, ( veil as a similar calamity was slidered few weeks before by Mr. C. I). Barr a ( ear and kind neighbor or INTr. ttpann. c The United Slates will pay $10,000,- t no, more in pensions to the Union vet- \ rails next year than it costs to support j' Lie standing army of Great Britain, i nd nearly as much as it costs to keep i lie standing army of Germany in ' ghtingtrim. How sweet such afterlatli juices must taste to the taxpayers J. rho receive no pension, yet who may, j f they will, cry out "about the spacejt f two hours" once every d;iy, Civ cat is | Jars, the (jod of War, whom all I ,'hristeinlom and the world worship- ? icth, seeing that thereby no small gain i brought to the multiplying hordes v f thQjtension craft. ( Rev. J. JT. lJoyd, Charleston I)is-j* rict, has been too unwell for the last J j our or live weeks to meet his Quarter, t y Conferences. Tt is hoped that this aithful servant of the church wUljt oon be so at himself and like himself! t is to lie at the post of active service. j, Friday night Feb. iil, the saw and j t cris-t mill of Capt. W. JI. Stack, niles from Columbia were destroyed11 >y lire. The same nighl thesaw mill of Mar- , shall Shcaly, Lexington Coiintv. was t ninied with all the machinery. Rev. John II. Lance was murdered ' n I'nion County, (!a., .Sunday nighl,;| I'Yb. 1(5. * ' j (leorge ('oilier, shot and killed Will! Lindsay, at Klloive, Orangeburg Coiin-'j, y, Feb. 1!'. Talk ahoul conceit as much as you ] ike, it is to human charaeler what salt : is lo the ocean ; it keeps it sweel, and : renders it endurable. : I ?- l "Cioliath," one of the famous trees n California, is twenty-three feet in 1 liameler at the base anil estimated to ' iVeigh 100,000 tons. < titil?l!! II S. K. Ilurkhead, writing from j ffeorgetown, Texas, to the St. Louis Advocatc. saws: * We have lost one of our most devot-! E*d members this year. Sisler Sanders lias gone to the upper courts. A lady. ?o pure, so kindly all'eetioned. none ome in contact with her without feci-) ing the better for it. She left a hus-; [>and and a sun behind, the former, j Dr. Sanders, one of the pure of earth ;; he latter, I'rof. S. (r. Sanders, of thei southwestern University, who is asI - i -. i T . ?i? it.ih .*r_'i luii'iiini as pmu a 111:111 tia uiw uu m ?n"ords. i Clii':ngo Chosen. Ily a majority of three votes in the Federal House of ^Representatives, Feb. L'l, (.'hb'ago was chosen as the place for holding the great World's i Fair in 1SD2. This result wr.s attained >11 the eighth ballot, where the vote >tood. Chicago lo7, Xew York 1<)7, .St. Louis ii"j, Washington IS. The doctors are very much displeas. ' d over a competitor who is gradually .tealing their best practice ; we mean 1 Dr. liull's Cough Syrup. { Icis slated that the Hawaiian eleciou is in reality a struggle between the lative population who pay no taxes ! ind the foreigners who do. It is likely hat the taxpayers there are at the i npi'fv of* tho.-e to fe.ieb of whom :i tv 'anmeal .Republicanism gives the same J lower at the ballot box on finance neasuns as is allowed t<? the taxpayers, j The postal telegraphic service pro * josed by I'ostmasteM General AVana?i;?kcr. in his ivpori, should be ' coin fit I y jiiil ill ?>!"?:?I ? ?n by .Must ( '<t|.k? <! ? |?i'l II11 vifl'S |;t i I his s>'lit'liii'. They 111i*?k 11>; I it i.* ; n | it v.-ilton and St'uifthins altogether liltbrent from what already exists. ! Phe truth is that tlie postmaster-Genual is merely a continuance, in a dif- ' erent channel, of the system already ntrsued hy the department. His proposition'is to make contracts with 1 he telegr?ph companies for the transmission of messages under the Post)llice Department, just as the Postill let Department now makes contracts vitli the railroad companies for the lei i very of letters. There is no violent lepaiture from existing methods in oived in this plan. Mr. Wanamaker's idea is that his leparttnent shall make contracts with clegraph companies for the transmis;ion of messages at a very low rate, ay at one cent a word, for immediate I ISliyery. The telegraph company voultt merely be responsible for the ^ lelivery-of (lie telegraph message from be post-olUce in one city to the post >ffice in>auolher. The Post-ollice I)e>artnient would then attend (o the de- 1 ivery of the message. This would be iQne by local carriers, according to he system now provided by the spec- n ul-del ivery stamp upon letters. This \ v'?>uM bf <>f especial advantage (o (lie ? uoney order department of tiif* postal t ervice. It is calculated that if each i noney order ofliee in (he country i ends'but three telegraphic messages t 11 a day it would amount to a good i laying business for (ioverumcnt. It ji lould also be a great convenience, as jj idors for cash would be telegraphed i iy a private code, ami at very little a ost, willi (lie certainty of immediate 1 leliverd. t "J Job" Burdetle, who has been laid i]) with ihroat trouble, says, cliaracteritically, in a letter to u fripml: "I am ( lmost wholly voiceless, (jot a lot of g liings in my neck 1 never knew were ? here before, and all the Latin parts of i ny throat are inflamed?'fraid 1 won't t ive long." i The report that Mr. Cleveland got 1 ip and gave his seat in a crowded ele- N ated railroad car to a shop girl, the * tlier day, need excite no surprise. 1 Jr. (Cleveland is a very polite num. * )ne day last spring lie got up and gave lis seat at Washington to an elderly gentleman from Indiaua.?Chicayo Vcws. 1 Cholera is reported from Persia, ' vhere it is said to ]?rovail with great ( everity in tiie country districts. Its 1 ippearance and unusually fatal char- J cter at this time of the year are re- ( girded by Kuropean physicians as exremely unfavorable, and an epidemic 1 or the coming summer is by no means ' in improbability. Washington city is likely to become in educational as well as a political ( enter. The Catholics have deter- r nined to build a great University i here, and now the Northern Metho- ' list Church proposes to do the same j hing. Jt lins the wealth to make a ( University all that Protestants could vish. IJuUthey will have to pour it ?ut very liberally if ihey keep abreast . if t ill! ('utbolies. l)r. Isaac Bartlott, of Hope, Me., is me of those who have attained a good ild age, and lie is said to have lived all | lis life on bread and milk, and never \ o have eaten an ounce of meat in his ife, never to have taken a teaspoon fill if intoxicating liquors, and never to lave used tea, cofiee, or tobacco. He ' low weighs 240 pounds, and is in the j egular practice of his profession.?Doroil Free Prats. ( Examining physicians say that aleo10I and tobacco are largely responsible or the colorblindness with which urge numbers of applicants for posiions on railways are affected. An English inventor claims that iells made by soldering together pieces ' if bent metal give a much greater vol- ? line of sound than cast bells. A rival of Connecticut's renowned t'ooden nutmegs is manufactured in Jerniany. It is artificial collee, which ; s made from linseed meal, roasted to a lark color and mixed with some glutijons substance. Machinery gives it he shape of the real collee beau. (iermau chemists have discovered in lie cocoauui a nmy suosiuuie ior uui,er, and now United Status Consul at tfanheim, Germany, reports that the , ie\v product has begun to he nianufacured 011 a large scale in (hat city. .A single factory produces (5,!J0() pounds of L per day, worth in the market lifteen ents a pound. If any man may elect what laws he A'ili ohey, all must Le accorded the same privilege and anarchy and ruin A ill follow. In a Republic the people *nake the laws, and the people must 1 tee I heir enforcement or they will fail < o accomplish their purpose. Law 1 ihiding citizens should manifest the < :iiiii! iutiTcst iu the enforcement of lie law Hint they have heretofore shone in securing its enactment. An K-nglishman of science has pro- 1 [lotiude.I the theory (hat the influenza 1 irosf? from the contamination of the J lir l?y the decaying bodies of the milion Chinese drowned in the great 1 loods of INNS. Lepers are still numerous in Norway. The numher is upward of loot), most of whom are found in the sea oast districts. One of the /irst steps in the direction | of freer pews, says the Christian Reg-j ister, is to open the pew door. A sec-i ond and better step is to take it off a!-! together. A pew in a church with at dosed door is too much like a private! box at the theater, and suggests a pries paid for exclusiveness. The fact is noted that of the ten hundred and sixty men in the Kaslern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania, only nineteen were bred mechanics. Industry and crime are not natural allies, and t he best safeguard of youth is aj good trade. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Churoll meets in Saratoga in j May. The struggle over credal revision which has been going in t^e different presbyteries will be transferred to that body and the question will probably be .settled whether the doctrines di Kiremuiiuiwoii, election anu repro-j bation, in the bold and uncompromising statcmcnts of tiie past, shall be re- i tailied without change in the Presbyterian Confession. Jt looks now as though two chapters of that Confession will certainly be revised, and two i>lhers will probably be modified. The Tacoma (Wash.) G'fobchixi coined two new words?"typoseri be," one who operates a typewriter, and "typoscript," the manuscript produced by a typoseribe operating a typewriter. Lifting 'run Hat.?Do our boys aver t hink, as they raise their hats to a lady or a girl friend, why respect should be shown, in this way ? Here is the explanation of the custom : The custom of lifting the hat had its irigln during the age of chivalry,! ivhen it was eustomacy for knights j never 10 appear id puunc, except in i full nnnor. It became a custom, liow;ver, for a knight, upon entering an as- j setnbly of frieuds, to remove his hel-1 net, signifying, ,lI am safe in the ir?'senre of my friends. Tile a??* < } chivalr\ pa-sol aWfvv w ilii iin: tiltceuiii crilui'v, tinl inomig if many iii'ts of courtesy which *s?n. ?? traced liacfc t<> its in tie. net-, none is ; iiiore direct in its origin than that ot lifting the hat to acknowledge the presence of a friend. > -m # m How Loxg is a Mile??The Irish nile is 2,240 yards. The Swiss mile is 9,153 yards. The Italian mile is 1,760 yards. Thr Scotch mile is 1,9874 yards. The Tuscan mile is 1,808 yards. The German mile 8,10e yards. The Arabian mile is 2,143 yards. The Turkish mile is 1,826 yards. The Flemish mile is 6,869 yards. The Vienna post mile is 8,290 yards. The Human mile is 1,628 or 2,025 rards. The Worst mile is 1,167 or 1,337 ranis. The Dutch and Prussian mile is 6,180 yards. The Swedish and Danish mile is 7,141.5 yards. The Knglish and American mile is ,760 yards. According to M. Herniite, a French istronomer, the total number of stars risible to the naked eye of an observer if liver?I'm ymmiiiiI iKiivpi1 linpQ nnl py seed 0,00(1. The northern hemisphere ontaius 2,478, and the southern hemisphere contains 3,307 stars. In order o see this number of stars, the night mist he moonless, the sky cloudless mil the atmosphere pure. An opera {lass will bring out 20,000 ; a small tel scope will bring out at least 150,000, Liidihemost powerful telescopes that lave been constructed will show more ban loo,000,000 stars. President Hunter, of the Normal Jollege, in his annual report says that {iris ''show an aptitude equal to, if not {miter than that of boys for mathematics." We are not surprised to read hat. Mrs. Mary Somerville was twice narried. Her first husband was nara>d (Jregg. She wrote mathematical vorks under each name, and La Place ;aid that there were but two women in lie world who understood his system -Mrs Gregg imd Airs. Somerville. Exchange. < Julia's Qujcknkss.?Julia didn't ike to go to school, and complained of celingill, Her mother tried to find >i;t what ailed her, and asked a great nany questions. There seemed to be 10 trouble with her head or stomach. 'Do you have any pain?" she asked. 'No, mamma." "Where do you feel lie worst, dear?" said mamma. "In school," said Julia. The Dakic Ages.-The dark ages vere the same as the middle a^es; hey were not called so at the time. Fliey lasted from the time of Clovis, ISO A. D., to say 140o. The conquest )f Constantinople by the Turks is the ..r *i:.. n.:*l. ! ui iuc iciiarsiuitrt auu ?nu lie new birth of learning (which is the Meaning of renaissance) the dark ages ;ame to an en J. JIAItlUED. Married, by Rev. II. C. Fennel, on the 30|.li >f Jaminry. 1S!K). Mr. JOSEPH FERGUSON ind Miss MOM-IK JONES, nil of Abbeville :ounty. The Medical Society. rllE ABBEVILLE MEDICAL SOCIETY will meet at NINETY-SIX, on THURSDAY. MARCH <>th, M. Subjects for discussion nre: Retained Ploientn, Endometritis and Vomiting In I'reglancy. A lull meeting is desired. J. \V. WIDEMAN. M. P., President. L. T. lliu, M. IX. Secretary. Feb. 2(5,!???, tf To Rent. rHE dwelling and appurtenances which | were recently occupied by Mr. Dundas. j L 111" JJIilCU Id ill IIIIC 1 CJ'illl . tu E. 15. CALHOUN, or W. P. CALHOUN'. Feb. 26tli, lS'.W. Ill] (HIT! I On the 31st Day of March, 1890. j rltsrANT TO AN OIlDEIt MAIJE RV j L'liief Justice Simpson, dated February j 'A, IS'.hi, mid now on IIte in my ofllco, noiiee Is i terehy given that nn KxlraTcrm of lUeC'ourtj Il'l'iimninn I'leim fur A lilicvillf ('mint V will! H! Iie'd :.t AliLevlllo Court IIouso, South Cartliua, on the FIFTH MONDAY, Llie thirty-first (:tlsl) day of March, IsiK), for' the trial of jm'y eases ami eases not requiring juries. I l'arties, witnesses and others interested will 1 govern themselves accordingly. THOS. L. MOORE, Clerk of Court. Feb. i!T>, 189 I. GRi CLEARING To make room for a marr offer our entire stock of FALL a ly reduced prices from now until This grand offer includes a Men's, Youth's I OVERCOATS, BLi CASSIMERBS, FLANNELS Dress Goods, Smyrna Also our entire line of Any one in need of any of us, as we are determined to i Winter Goods now on hand. C .A. must be paid for all goods boug Don't miss this rare opporti P. R0SENB1 Abbeville, S. C., Feb. iq, 1890. Until the 25 Down Slide CLOAKS AND WRAPS. | Almost given away. The | weather has been too warm for | Wraps for the last two months.; I had a fine trade on them during the month of October, and thinking the weather would be colder I duplicated on all sizes. SEE THE PRICES: My . Cloaks for $3.5. My $ 7.00 Cloaks for $4.00. My $ 8.00 Cloaks for $5.00. My $ 9.00 Cloaks for $6.00. My $12.00 Cloaks for $8.00. TAKE YOUR CHOICE. All the fine Plush and Silk Ornaments almost given away. Prices no object now. The thing most aesirea is to get riaj of these goods. When in need of a fine LAC CLEMENT & BALL'S SHOE. WM. I FERTILIZERS j AND rt.ii O 1 I voiioii oeeu. T HAVE ACCEFPED TIIE AGENCY OF 1 (lie Standard Oil Co., for the purchase of Cotton Seed and for the sale of their celebrated Fertilizers. I ain prepared, and Intend to pay the highest priccs and to sell at the lowest prices. Will (jive good bargains in exchanging Fertilizers for seed. J. F. Miller. | Sept. 11,1SX9. THE ABBEVILLE Oil Mill Co., Tiii'iii fiivvi-nrvfi iv OPV.ItA-! 11 lion nnd arc prepared to gin all cotton! which may l>c brought to them with the shortest dispatch. They are also in the market for the purchase of cotton seed paying for the same the highest cash price at the ginneries and thus saving to the farmers the trouble of handling their seed. Their charge for ginning for the present, Is 30 cts. per Hundred Pounds, being considerably less than the prevailing charges heretofore. No charge for weighing seed. Sept. 11,1889. INotlce to Teachers. ALL persons holding NOVEMHEK School Claims may present them at my ofllee on SALKDAY, as the Treasurer is now ready to p.iy them. R. U. McLEES, School Commissioner. Feb. 21, ISiiO. rmmmm lei? - ?- <ip ; y? *'&?.0 LND 1 '.a - M OUT SALE! I "wm ? . imoth SPRING STOCK we will ' mm md WINTER GOODS at great vJ--1 EI ISttL. -M 'M fufl line of '^9 I Boys Clothing, | INKETS, JEANS, . | !, CANTON FIANNBM, | ? ' . 'M x Bug's, Carpets, etc. b. ?? Calf Boot*. ; the above goods should call on make a CLEAN SWEEP df all Wi s II 1 ht at the reduced prices. ,jjj inity for great bargains. . 3RG & CO. J| ' ' 1 - ?th February J ? the Prices.. sh oes. :fl I have made some marvelous reductions in Ladies and Children's heavy Shoes. I need the room for Spring Goods. FLANNELS. I # Great reduction in Red Flannels, White Flannels and Fancy Flannels. Dark Dress Ginghams. I have reduced the price on Dress binghams to yc. and 8c. former price ioc. and 12 i-2c. Dark Wool Dress Goods. I can save you money in this line, and in fact it will pay you to give me a call during the next 30 days, as you will get close prices in all departments. )IES SHOE don't fail to call for Every pair guaranteed. C. BELL. Homestead Notice. The State of South Carolina, ABBEVILLE COUNTY. Ex Parte Martha E. Moore, Petitioner.?Petition lor Homestead. VTOTICE is hereby given to nil person* oon? I\ corned, that Mrs. Martha E. Moore baa applied to me to have the Homestead exemp* tion allowed by law set off to ber In real estate and personal property of ber husband, the late George A. Moore, deceased. Dated January 22.1S90, and published once a week for four weeks in the Abbeville Preu and Manner. J. C. KLUGH, Master. Jan. 22,1S90, It BRIDGE TO BUILD. ACROSS JOllDON'S CREKK, between the schroeder and Franks place, near Lowndesville, on SATURDAY, 22d Instant. JOHN E. BROWNLEE, County Commissioner. Feb. 12, ISflO, 2t LODIMONT BRIDGET T WILL RE AT LODIMONT BRIDGE, ON I Swnnsey's creek. Macnolla township, at II o'clock A. M. TUESDAY, FEB. 25tb, to let out rebuilding bridge. Specifications made known at that time oiui place. JOHN E. BROWNLEE, County Commissioner.