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BHHWMnraMHHKHKHngp^ihave ^ ^H3HH|HSSB^ffl^B8B^^^hc State Codthe number Hn|BBH9Hj^B|HB9BBH^^^Oencra] Assembly. BE^^B^H?NH|flj9^ProCommlttee, of which Mr. ^M^^HH^^BB^B^bairman, was elected. from Sumter, Beaufort, RichraRHn&RHHRiarleston and Georgetown, Instead of their protest, as they should have done, I^H^^^vitbdrew from the Convention, after it was apparent that the anti-Tillman faction could neither prevent the organization of the Convention by parliamentary tactics nor control it after it was organized. The bolters make an elaborate argument to show the illegality of the election of anew " j ?r ? fcxecuuvk ^onuui lieu uuu iuc auujitiuii ui a new Constitution. The authorities may be very well, and all that, but they do not appeal to one's common sense. The State Convention Is supreme, and may do whatever it pleases. Delegates to a State Convention represent the whole people, and we think If all the people bad assembled, that no one would have questioned their right to do whatever they pleased. The reason all the people did not go is, that it was not practical fot all of us to go. Therefore, we sent our Agents, who acted for us. V^ut, legal or illegal, the great majority who did what was done, will likely endorse and / sustain the action of the Convention. / We believe the new Constitution is better / than the old oue. While it does not go far ^ enough in the matter of primary elections, yet it Is an Improvement on the old Constitution. A fraction of the Convention withdrew from the meeting, and assembled in a ball nearby. On the 10th of September another ConvenHnn ftp Iwn will If Undelegates to the September Convention who have been elected under the forms of law, should meet, then it seems to us that they might with propriety acknowledge Mr. Irby's right to call them to order. The question of two Conventions?the Hoyt Convention, and the Irby Convention?will place Secretary of State Marshall in an embarrassJug position. We believe he Is the custodian of the State House keys. If two Conventions meet, and each claim to be the Democratic party, what will he do? If he gives to either the keys, he will be practically deciding the question as to which is the Democratic party ?the Hoyt or the Irby faction. There can be no earthly doubt that the AugosiConventlon transferred the machinery of the Democratic parly to theTlllmnu faction, nud removed from oflice the Executive Committee which was composed of anti-Tlllmanltee. The Democratic Executive Committee has discharged its duty faithfully and well, but its duties are now ended, and we bardly think that Mr. Hoyt will call the Democratic Couveutlon to order in September, and we hardly think the scceders will hold a separate Convention. Now, those of us who are In the minority ahfiulil uuhniit to the lawful authority of the party. Next year, when It is lound out that Mr. Tillman cannot do ull that is expected ol him, his most ardent supporters will join hands with us in putting in a new and better man. We expect to convert In two years enough Tillman men to change the whole business. Therefore, we say, hold on. Let us keep together. The other side has sufl'ered defeat more than once. Now, let us take our defeat like men, and remain true to the I>em ocratlc party nnder all circuinstanccs. Are They ProstitiUint; the Alliance fur SellilNh Purposes ? Last Monday the Congressional candidates, with a single exception, spoke to their constituents In the Court House. Mr. Norris was absent in consequence of the sickness of his wife. Au Alliauce document wa6, however, circulated in his interest among the people. That document was signed by sixteen Aliiancemen from other counties, who assumed to inform the brethren in this county for whom they should vote. As the Alliance in this county ha? consistently and persistently, from time to time, refused to endorse Mr. Norris, and as the Alliance in this county up to tbis time has been true to the traditions and rules of the order, we presume the AlliancejET ? men in this part of the Congressional vineyard will refuse to be dictated to In the choice of their Congressmen, while tho probability is, that the circulars will have no other effect than that of displeasing the general public, while the true Alliancemen will disregard tbe unwarranted attempt agaiust their rights as American citizens. As far as we know, each and all of the candidates have entered the race on their own merits, and up to this time neither have tried to take any unfair advantage of the other, and we hope now that thiseflort is not, and mnv nnt hf> In I onilprt ns inltmtlr-e to tho nlh ers, who are honorable aspirants for public honors, aud who have not as far as we kDow, tiecretly or unfairly nought to take any ad van* lege of Mr. Norrls. The Prem and Banner has tried to be fair and Impartial in this campaign, and we speak now only of an effort which would deprive the citizen of his right to cxercise his own Judgment in casting ills vote for Congressman. Has It comc to this, that the citizens of proud old Abbeville must depend on gentlemen from other counties to tell them how and for whom to vote? From such tyrouiiy and such truckling sub servlency may ministering angels defeud the self-respecting voter of Abbeville county. Must the intelligent and high toned AHinnceman of Abbeville county, so far forget himself, as to allow strangers to dictate to Jilin l?ow lie may vote ? The field Is open alike to all tho candidates, and if .Mr. Norris can fairly net the vote of ev J*" cry mnu in'Abbeville county, we shall have nothing to say, but we do object to his using a secret society to deprive the free born American citizen or his right to think as he pleases, und to abridge his right to vote as his conscience and Judgment may dijelato. The self-constituted political guardians of the Alliance claim to want a Congressman who will act Independently of the Democratic caucus, but to elect that sort of a Congressman they seem to be looking for abject ;?nd ftcrvilo voters who will do the bidding of a little secretly held caucus at home. It may be that our people will surreuder their rights to self-constituted political guardians. but if we know the people of Abbeville they will rebuke such uu unwarranted assumption of power. They arc freemen. Not .slaves. <itteMtloiis and <lnestlonN. In addition to the original questions prepared at District headquarters, the following y oeations were propounded to the Cong res It tfional Candidates last 3Jonday : 1st, Do you or do you not. believe that the August convuntion. of the Democratic I'arty, u[ South Carolina had the authority to amend or adopt a constitution for the party, and to re-organize the State Executive Com. inittcee. 2d. Do you approve or disapprove ol the tiction of the minority, of the August Convention, in iheir withdrawal from the said Democratic Convention, The questions, we believe, were answered , by each In u way more or less satisfactory. or furgnHEBBflHgOTK^^io rents lauds HB&nCEg^HflH^H^^ent, which is us nHMBnHHB^pffcb the renter lias to 9?9KB^Mn^^rcb be must grow out of jffiBUi?S^Brore he can comply with bis |HEM^iewspaper writer and every speaker ^HRie subject, seems to think that "futures" depress the cotton and raise the price of breadstuffs. "Old Hutch" Is generally quoted to prove the effect of "futures" on breadstuffs, while nobody ever says a word about the effort to buy the whole cotton crop and forco up the price?which effort was ouly thwarted by the mills in stopping,?and none of the wiseacres have ever thought that speculators as often want the price to go up as to come down. We have actually heard it urged that the contract to buy four times the amount of cotton crop would reduce the price of cotton. It has passed into a maxim that prices are governed by demand and supply. How then is an increased demand to reduce the price? The only proposition that has as much nonsense to the square Inch as that of the "futures," Is the parrot-like talk against corpora-u " j| 110QS. w unoui uurpurauuiiB iiu (jiwicuw prise could be carried out. No factories and no railroads could be built by individual enterprise. We all recollect how we used to be Jolted and shaken In a rickety old car for two days when we went to Charleston. We now Ipave Abbeville at eleven o'clock and get to Charleston the same day. Then It took as long to go to Charleston as it will take to go to New York when the G., C. & N. is finished, and yet some people seem to think corporations and monopolies are ruining the country. There is, too, a great deal of Idiotic talk about monopolies. Practically there is no such thing as a monopoly. There Is not a mile of railroad in all this country, to parallel which sufficient money could not be raised In twenty-four hours. Didn't the G., C. & N. road get enough money in two hours to parallel the Air Line road from Monroe to Atlanta? Without monopolies and corporations that road would not now be finished to Abbeville, although the road is graded all the way and iron is laid within eight miles. Sunday Xewspupcrn. The Southern Christian Advocate of last week has a column on the subject of Sunday newspapers, in which a reverend brother is sound ly abused for countenancing the Sunday newspapers os being at all decent. Now, as everything is the result of practical effort and human demand?as the gospel is preached Tor solid dollars and as salvation is won by practical methods, so should special evils be remedied in a practical way. As long as human nature exists as it is today, the Sunday newspaper will be found on the streets of the cities, and on the door steps of the people. As there is no known power on the face of the earth which can or would stop the Sunday publication, the right thing for the preacher lo do is to raise the standard of public morals, so that the vile sheets,?of which the Advocate speaks so freely,?will not And sufficient patronage to warrant their continuance. Let the preacher demand that the Sunday newspapers shall not be offensive to either good morals or orthodox religious faith and doctrine. The great mass of city folk are laboring people, and they have more time for reading on Sunday than during perhaps the remainder of the week. It being, therefore, natural for people to iron! tn rpnrt ipt. the tareaoher see that the public demand an unobjectionable literature for Sunday reading. We contend that it is better to read almost any newspaper than it is to go fishing, hunting, base ball playing, or to spend time on excursions or at the drinking gardens. The preacher who would strike down the Sunday newspaper is no doubt zealous in his Master's work, but he is fearfully ignorant of the practical and actual condition of the great mass of people in a great city. If this were not so, we feel quite sure that he would not cutoff the Intellectual entertainment which might keep men at home and in doors, who would otherwise be on the street corners, or In worse places, indulging in vices not contemplated or known to the pions preacher. As a rule, we think the religious brother has about run out of something to say, when he attacks the Sunday press, or else he knows literally nothing of the practical value of the ,?.KUK Ka tdaiiI.1 cnnnrACQ Malicious Stories. As is usual, Just before au election, damaging stories get circulated against candidates when tt is too late to correct them, and thus sometimes a m6an advantage Is taken of him who is seeking public honors. The County Commissioners published thenreport in full last February, in which an item, ized statementis madeof everything. At the time no objection was made to that report The grand Jury scrutinized It closely and commended the officers for iheir fidelity. All objection was withheld until a few days ago, when it was charged that the County Commissioners paid out money foroneyear which should have been used for another. The foundation for this report lies In the fact that a temporary briJge was put up in 1883, which lasted until February of tlie next year. The Commissioners ol course, built a new bridge when the temporary bridge was washed away. Very properly the new bridge was piild for out of a special levy to rebuild the bridges which were washed away in 1SSS. It isn't clear to us how they could have Raid It out of any other fund than that which was levied for the purpose, but that single tiansr action has furnished sufficient reason for the circulation of evil reports, although it must be a self-evident fuel,?even If the law had not prescriueu out ui nuiuu iuiiu iuu unuge sboulU be paid l'or,?that it mattered notaceut to the tax payer from which fund It was paid. The main and only question should be, is the bridge y/orth the money? Asa matter of fuel a bridge cannot be let without advertising, and It cannot to ppld for without the concurrence of tliewiiolc board, each member of which is equally interested orblameabJe with others. Another instance of "stretching the blanket," occurs in this way. it was currently reported and believed that one of the caiidi: dates for county ofllce, prepared a set of resolutions which were passed at Abbeville on Sale Day In July. The matter was talked about and enlarged until finally the supposed act of writing the resolutions tyolj in all the editorials of tj>e Press and Bunner last winter in reference to the boycott. All this for no other conceivable object than to injure a candidate. Now, the lhexs and Banner Is trying to be nnn.nnrt iciin In 1liiu/*nmniiii/n luuvAVnr iinw>h ! 1.V.U p............. we may miss the mark, but we do suy this, that the utterances of those wlio"*lulk aga}nst," or circulate a slanderous report of any cfen.dkjate, is to be taken with some grains of sail, !?, s^enis to us to be very unfair to assail a candidate w bp:: }t is to" late for him to reply. Mit. McClukk, representing that honest old Democratic journal the Columbia Register, j ?jas been in town for two days, taking sub-i scriptiyns and orders for job printing and book binding, Jf you have any job work j which you do not Wi?at ?o give to the Press and Banner, give hlni the oratr. Charles A. Calvo, the printer of the RegUter, can't t>f, ImjuI on nice work. J^HBHHH^PrExciirRion. r M^ragHMpPfmc since Abbovtlle has J H^HH^BSHffertalnlng a host of people HHBP^ MBB*railroad will be finished perhaps 1 BMrelSth, of October. Our stores will be Rffiof the choicest goods, the farmers will be proud in their crop prospects, and with a cheerful outlook for all humanity, la there i any reason why we should not arrange to have a big excursion from Clinton to Abbeville. The new railroad would no doubt make liberal and accommodating terras for all. j Special cars might be provided for the accom- f raodatlon of the ladies, so that the roughs could be entirely separated. t By a big excursion we would have an opportunity of welcoming within our gates a 1 great multitude of people who have hereto- I fore had no connection with us, but who might in the future be good customers to our J stores. We ought to have an orator to deliver a t speech of welcome, and a good barbecued { dinner might be furnished to all. Up to this time we have done little else to. 1 ward building up the town besides increasing J the price of town lots, and as it seems that but little else Is to be done in that line, let us 1 have a day of Jubilee when the cars come, and J let us ask all the earth between Abbeville and J Clinton to come and be happy with us. The probability Is that the cars will be running to this point by the middle of October. Tlie Alliance Gets off a Joke on the Candidates. The Alliance among other questions, propounded the following to congressional candidates : Fifth Interrogatory?The enactment of such laws as will prohibit the ownership of lands by aliens ? Answer?Yes, but this has already been done by the Act of March 3, 1887. Hon. G. D. Tillman made answer as above. Is It possible, then, that the assembled wisdom and intelligence of the Farmer's Alliance had not heard of a law which had been on the statute boots for more than three years? If so. Is it not a case of the blind leading the blind? As far as we have heard, the other candidates for congressional honors have made no mention or hint of their knowledge of the existence of this law. The JLowndeftville Meeting. The meeting at Lowndesvllle yesterday is reported as one of the best meetings of tlie campaign. Messrs. Johnstone and Bcnet spoke first, and immediately left for Newberry. Mr. Watson asked permission to reply to Mr. Benet's reference to the Alliance and Mr. Norrls. In Mr. Benet's absence. Mr. Murray defended himself and his competitor, to the great delight of his hearers. The little circular and Mr. Watson's speech together did not advance the interests of Mr. Norrls. 1 The little secret circular business seems to meet with no favor In Abbeville. Tlie "\orrls Slander. It is now said by citizens of Anderson, and elsewhere, that there is no trutli In the "Norrls slander," which was reported to have had Its foundation and origin In Orangeburg, and | which, It is alleged, resulted In his being forced to leave that county. It is a matter of ( congratulation when such "slanders" are , thoroughly and completely refuted. From the manner of addressing the public, we presume it is generally understood to what ( "slanders" reference has been had. As far as i we have noticed, no newspaper lias referred ( specifically to the "slander" in question, and , the reader has about us good au opportunity to know what is meant, as we do. Don't Vote for the Tail of tlic Ticket. The fear has been expressed that the antls would yote for the "tail" of the Legislative ticket. There can be real foundation for the fear, as every citizen will vote conscientiously for the good of the county. But when we scan the ticket, and see the names of the individual candidutes, there is no special reason to fear for the election of any one of them. They are all goc 1 men. So the Tillmanites need have no fear on that scare. Besides all this, It is proposed hereafter to Judge of Tillman by his official career. If it is good, no praise will be withheld. If it is bad, we will say so. Feeling this way, the people should throw no obstacle in his way.. ON CHICKASAW'S SANDS. Big Fisli, Little I'InIi, nil Sorts or Fish?nig Buff#, Little Bugs?All Together. Due West, S. C., Aug. 18, ISM, Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Cowan left forChappeils Saturday. Mrs. Abbercrombie and son, who are from California, are In town. Dr. Grler and Prof. Hood attended the teachers meeting in Greenwood. Mr. It. O. McAdains and family, of Antrevllle, were the guests of Mr. F. V. Prultt last Saturday. Dr. J. J. Lindsay is visiting Iriends and kindred here. Ho is looking well. Miss L. J. Gallow >y left for Hendersonville, N. C., Monday. The Alliance to have a picnic here in about two weeks. The Congressional candidates are to be invited to speak. Mr. A. S. Kennedy is on a trip to Fairvlew, 8. C. Mr. Seizemore, of McCormick, has the contract to put up Mr. Devlin's buildings. The lot is full of lumber and material, and the M'ork lis to ba pi;shed. Mr, Livy Watson, of Uradiey, is spending some time In Due West with friends. Miss Marie Power, by special invitation, assisted with the music at the Teachers Association In Greenwood. Mr. Markham, who married a Duo West lady. Miss Mary Henry, will open up a store at. llnnftlds. The Alliance speaks of opening a store in f Due West. We hear the distant chimes of marriage bells. Messrs. Galloway & Son expect to close put their mercantile business this fall.' They are selling out at cost now. Mrs. J. O. C. Fleming; ol Laurens, is visiting friends and kindred here. Dr. W- Ii. iTtSbsly Is eipooted Lack from Blowing Rock this week. Vote Tor the candidate who represents your views, and remember that last elect ion proves that some candidates promises don't amount to much, The prospects of our Colleges seam to be excellent. Our young bachelor merchant. Mr. C. E. McKay, has returned lroni a pleasant trip to the mountains of North Carolina. Young Mr. Greer, of lietlilehein, lias been clerkiiik for Mr. C. E. McKay. Mrs. Dr. Addison and children, of Greenville, have been on a visit to Due West. The Mlyse* IJoad btivo returned from a protracted visit to Green wowd. Mrs. Maggie Williams, one of the best teach CIS Ul II1L* Olillf, itllUIIUUU Lin: 1 UUCUL'I i .issu- " elation at Greenwood last week. Quite a number of our old soldiers took in I fhe re-union at Sandy .Springs last week, and enjoyt.>d 11, too, Mr. Filz Hooii 1? soiling that spiepdid book, "The Monareli of the West.'' Prof. Joseph Lee raised a banana stalk that had about sixty ripe bananas on it liiis year. We thunk him for some nice yellow ones, perfectly formed. It Is quite a surprise to every one that bananas can be grown in this country. Ur.p of tlia jiiost enjoyable occasions thr,t has come oil' this vacation occurred at Dr Grief's' last Friday even;hff. It was a dime reading under the ausplc.cs of the'Ladies lienevoiont Society. A large crowd was out. | Dr. Grlor did the announcing. Miss Napjiie j j Hood, Mr. James grossly, Mlbs Laura Uner j and Mr. Oliver Johnson read selections. Miss ; Carrie Sulilvan recltcd a piece. The se!ee- J Hons were excellent, and ami sing as well. Mrs. J. A. Devlin had charge of the music J with a splendidly arranged program. The entire occa>ion was ino?t dellgbttul ana net-1 ted S10. | Tlje President of the County Alliance will uddreusi the Alliance meeting here on UieWlii ! ' tjjc occasion of tho barbscuo. Mr. r. JO. IWihill Will take a tWn |!i|s waei- j up on the Savunnah sido of the pounty. |1 Dr. \V. M. Grier goes to Xortli Carolina tlia < last of (his week on the agency in boiialf of the new College buildings for Krskine. U.s.O.! ? i ? ? ! | Curd. j 1 I desire to thank the friends and neighbors i most heartily in this manner, for their united 1 \ co-operation during the illness and death of; my sou Mclilroy. iMRK. S. E. iV F. W. FITTS. t Lowiidosviile,C. jAug. (if. | *' x' PHEY ABE TO BE FOUND HERE ? A LLL SORTS OF ODDS AND ENDS DOVETAILED TOGETHER FOR YOUR EYE. : ?. n Igricultiiral, Statistics. Chicken*, n Politics, Hnnlis. Planters, Bricks. & Names, Officers, and Jimscracks ? Fill tills Space. U. W. Johnson, of Donnldsviile, was in the 1 :ity a few days. He reports every thing quiet n nls section, good crops and a fair outlook j. br the future. r The friends of D. H. Mngill will be glad to earn that he lias so far recovered as to be able [ ,o read the papers and talk politics. R. II. Hughes of the Hodges section has a |leid of bottom corn that shows ''Hap" lias lot lost his cunning in producing corn a dry { rear. T. W. Morton lias recently traveled from ^ liberty Hill to Duo West. He reports crops jetwcen these points at 25 per cent, below last f rear. He owns 1500 acres of land near Liber y Hill, in .ttdgefleia county, mat section ias not suffered a day, and crops are as fine as be land can make, ile thinks of moving on lis Edgefield place another year. We hope io will not. Abbeville can spare some of her iitizens without loss, but it is not the class hat Mr. Morton belongs to. Mr. J. C. Mundy was seen upon our streets ast week. The recent continued rains followng a protracted dry spell has caused cotton to ihed its fruit badly, and the new growth does lot promise to mature in time to avoid an i very early frost. He reports his .Sabbath school in a flourishing condition. Mr. Munly is doing a good work In his vicinity. Miss Anna Jones and Miss Susie Ciraydon >f our town have taken charge of a llourlshng school at Woodruff, In Spartanburg Coun,y. Miss Jones will take charge of the Musisal Department. We are certain that with ,he exception of Abbeville, they could not lave found a prettier town or better people in he Piedmont section of the State. Miss Kate Bullock, alter spending a few ivceks with her friends Misses Jones and 3raydon, has returned to her home near ireenwood. Sheas all who visit our town ,vas delighted with her visit. The March Convention is over. "The Hurly Burly's done." The battle is lost and won. If JiC battle was still In doubt, this would bo >ne of the most bitter County campaigns ever ;een in this County. The "Maxwell-Hemphill lght" would be a bagatelle compared with it. fillman's early victory is all that stopped tho ntolerant feeling that was growing apace ind tjradually separating life long friends. I lotiee very little feeline now. It is gradually lisappearltiK like the dew before the morning tun now that reason has resumed its sway, rhings are as they should be. We cannot uford to get far apart, for our old enemy is patently waiting to enter the fray, and backed >y the party in power, it will take all of the ions of Carolina to conquer him. The office of County Commissioner is the nost. important office in the gift of the people. \nd though very few seein to think so, I consider it the hardest office in the Court House ,o fill faithfully and economically. There ihould never bo a clean sweep in this ofllce if t can bo avoided. At least one of the old loard should always be returned In order to Irlll the new officers. A new officer is usualy slow and fearful of making mistakes, and in til the faculty, which only comes by prac,ice and experience is acquired, mistakes will inc.iir. Th&se mistakes, eriore. and want of udgment unci experience in 'his ofllce means noro dollars out of the pockets of the tax layers. The Tax Rooks In the Auditor's Ofllce show ,hut Abbeville has eight thousand flve hunIred lax payers. The given names of seven;een hundred and fifty of them begins with ,be letter J, or an average of more than one in Ive. The Tax duplicate shows that tlie following lamed lainilies are the largest in numbers. The Williams family heads the list. numbering 152 Smiths 109 Johnsons 8!l Jones's 77 Wilsons 7:1 Andersons 70 W idem an s 70 Jacksons 04 Ciinkscaies 52 At some future time we will see what famiy pays the largest taxes. Darkness, dampness and dirt will bring disjase and death. Around most dwellings there ire rich ncoks and corners where trash and /egetable matter of all kinds accumulates, ind where the sun does not readily penetrate, rhe excessive rains in August causes a luxu lent growth of weeds and grass to spring up, c ;he ground remains damp, the air cannot t eadlly clrculato. All the vegetable matter * lecays and deadly vapors are exhaled. This -j leadly poison is Inhaled by the family, and f evers, malarial and typhus naturally follows, t [n such things an ounce of preventive Is \ vorth a pound of cure. Let all such places be I it once thoroughly cleansed up and limed, c Lime and sun will soon cleanse such places of ? ill malarial and typhus germs. e Frank Rogers, of Anlrevllle, was In the city \ ast week. Frank Is not only an expert grow- \ ir of cotton and tine stock, but Is one of the c 'alrest and most liberal thinkers iu politics p ,ve have met this campaign. It Is a pleasure c .0 t ilk to a mau who can realize tnat you can c llffer with In po'itics conscientiously. a More than a score of the alleged players at < he game of rescue played on the public t iquare saleday In July were called before the s 'Duncil last Friday. Trial postponed until r lotne time in September. ^ A. W. Smith has the llnest field of cotton ve have seen. The water spout on the depot (ranch last saleday has about convinced him hat It Is exceedingly dangerous to plant coton on ground liable to overflow. Joseph and J. Y. Jones of Fort Plcltens esablishcd a Poultry Ranch last spring, and the lawks for miles around seemed determined to ' lave their sharo. They have caught one hunIred and ten chickens. They have killed light hawks, nine dogs, two crows and one >wl, and they have not succeeded yet in goting them all. If you want a receipt to kill ,, mwks and dogs call 011 J. Y. Joi.es. Mr. A. J. Penney, our night watchman at he depot, had the misfortune to severely cut ji lis wrist with a hatchet. It came very near j evering an artery. Edward Syfan, of Fort Fickens, Is busy | muling tne lutnuer irom me u. <v w. uepoi, m j, he spot selected for the G. (J. ifc N. R. it. depot, j Our gonial friend und successful young >lanter, T. P, Mllltord. paid us a visit a few v lays ago. His onions raised the present year vould compare favorably with tho"e raised r in the Sacramento River. Some of them ^ vould weigh one and a half pounds. His 'superior" musk melons are the finest ever alsed, they area new variety, and are lus- <, iious and ol imitable flavor. He has a fine ? rard of snow white Leghorns, which are adnired by all lovers of fine poultry. Mr. Mill- t ord Illustrates the fact that a man can sue- v :essfully raise something besides cotton. We not'?ed upon our streets Saturday E. V. i ihepparj, of Ninety-Six. L. O. Robinson, of { L,evel Land, Andrew Robinson, ol Gl'lsal, . rohn H. Thomas, of Warrenton, R. G. Melees, of Greenwood, and Messrs. Shillito, g Robinson and R. E. Cox. Thovareall candi- j lates, yiiey with a host of otuers are on tlie , larrow path that leads lo publlo life, 'Tls a 'ough road and fij11 of trouble. . Mr. J, Y. Jones is busy remodeling the , 3ooks of the School Commissioner's office. ? ["he annual settlement under the new law 1 jannot be expeditiously done, until the sys- ^ ;em In which the Books have heretofore been j tept, is completely changed. The law is a 'j jood one, and one that should have been j nade years ago. Under the old law frauds vere entirely too easy in this office. For the v irst tune the duplicate pay checks will bo j sancelled. Abbeville is beginning to show by the unus- v lal activity upon our streets at this season j hat the construction of the new road Is havng its effect. Wo need one or two public j ipiriipu III<.'Li jU VIM * .luuiiime ?>? .....v.. .. leed such men as J. Foster Marshall, C. A. U. t SVaiier and T. F. Riley at tnis lime. It Is ? vonderfui how mncli one or two public spirted men can accomplish in the building up, f nergizing and starting a town forward on the r oad to business prosperity, as \vltp?iss t!je jrowth of Greenwood, Anderson, f,aureus .1 ind Spartanburg. * 1 Aboevlile is fast becoming a brick renter. t she is now turning them out by tiie hundreds >f thousands. With some exception the sea- f ;od has been an admirable one for making ? ;hem. Last Thursday a large delegation arrived in | he city at an early hourftom near tiie Ander- ( ioi) lino, from the section iucaily Unnv,;; ay ioshen. Tnoy IpqnireU fo;- Attorney (Jary, j ind when Informed that he was attending the v State Convention, but would arrivo 011 the 'ouro'clock train, tlioy concluded to wail. (1 ?'rom their looks we Judge they felt like the |! aissengers on ttie Abbeville branch when ^ here was a lay over at lloUges of l'qur hoUiK, j Waii)r?ucio,ih, ciikkeiiw, eggs anu vegeta- v )le>: nre becoming scarce in this market, v iviiere there Is no regular supply of such u hlngs. Housekeepers tire very much cxer- |j :lsca sometimes to keep the old man and ] juy& in a goou iiiuuor. I ? ? ** ? j DON T Hfc MISLED BY EVIL SPEAKERS. t ? " Rue ami Proper l(?.H|)ccl I'uhI to lite jl l.lnrii, v fiililor I'rcs* and JUtnnor : J, 1'least: sound a nole of warning to the vol* i ;rs of Abbeville county, that tliey amy be <>u ' i :lic!r guaril against tlie campaign liar, who Is 1 ( :rylng to I'lii ia some dirty work. No man is! Hilitlcd to the respect of any decent person ,vlio waits'until the eve of ail eltction loj?, ilundor a candidate. These campaign liar*; i >uglit to ba spotted now and for all L!i'lc t; | otjip. They urs qct to be trusted aL any iipe. " TJ DGXTEi, ?- ? Silk umbrellas and parasols In great va iety. Direct from the manufactures at li. M ' Uaddon Al Co. Gluglmtns and cimmbrags just received at IV. E. Hell's in fresh summer styles. ! ^ ' C( If you want a real nice coat atul vest at tl Ltiin.ll eost for summer wear, buy one of thorx ji luunels or drap deles at l*. Uosenberg & Co. wm ; GOSSIP AT HONEA PATH. ^ ill the News Told in a Crisp, Hnsiiiess-I-ikc Way. j Honfa Path, S. C., Aug. 11,1890. The rain of the season was yesterday eve ling, and tnuch of it. The municipal election takes place tills lorn inc. The ticket is as follows: Intend- < nt, C. E. Harper; Wardens, J. C. Milforil, J. t. Caliuham, It. T. Kirkpatrick, J. R. Donlald. The boys cleaned up Due West In a game of ennis Friday. Mr. Arthur Erwin is visiting relatives. Mr. J. N. Walking, of Anderson, is visiting lis brother. He is a Jovial fellow, and his rlends are always glad to seo him. No preaching Saturday evening, as the pasor was absent. New goods are coming in, and the clerks are ?usy. Mr. Joseph Nance, of Due West, exhibited lis fine colt here Saturday. Mr. W. J. Milford, of Anderson, Is visiting lis brother, Mr. J. C. Milford. A negro from this place was killed by a relgbt train at Donalds last week. The eight converts that united with the laptist church during the meeting were bapIzed yesterday afternoon. We hear that Mr. Thos. O. Kirkpatrlck will ilerk for a Helton firm soon. He is worthy of rial. The singing school is going on at present. Dlie school is large. Prof. Newton is master >f the vocal department, while Miss Zula Urock performs on the musical instrument vlth ease snd crrace. 1 The negroes formed a company of regulators ' ast Monday mornimr. One negro shivered J inder the lash. Wliilewe do not favor the egulater system we like to see a man punish;d for an offence. A party of boys came down from William- ' iton last Wednesday for the purpose of playng a match game of lawn tenn's, which occupied the most of the day. The score was landed us, hut as we got so badly beaten, we vill not give it in full. Sufllee to say, the score stood two to one in favor of Williamiton. Mr. J. M.Campbell, of Lavonia, Ua., is in ,own. Mr. L. A. Parker, of Amerlcus, Ga., Is visiting friends here. He is telegraph operator at ,hat place. Mrs. Deal Is off to Greenville, where she has purchased a lot preparatory to building a nice esidence at that point. Cabbage is offered for sale occasionally on he streets. So is apples and most all fruit hat Is ready for consumption. Buggies, carts and wagons still roll out. Uercnants will risk what nearly all the cot,011 crop will bear. Messrs. L. A. &T. H. Brock have remodelled lie front of their store, by putting in larger vlndows and doois. They want more light ipon the counters, so clerks and customers nay see each other plainly. Mr. M.A.Kay has returned from Atlanta. 3e also took in Rome and other points, aciordlng to his statement. All small towns ilong the route seem to be building up, and irospects for business good. \ eruy me larmcr nam reason 10 oe giuu vlth a good harvest almost In sight. Dr. Wilson, our dentist, is overrun with vork. He works almost every night until a ate hour, and cannot keep up then. Rev. A. C. Htepp. ot Greenville, was in town Friday. He brought a sick horse to Mr. Har>er to doctor. Mr. J. E. Harper, of Greenville, spent a day >r so in town last week. He will not come >ack to school here, as he will attend Furman Jniversity. Prof. Newton's school will close with a con;ert Friday night. A large crowd is expected. Mr. W. C. Seawright, of Abbeville, Is viRltng his sister, Mrs. Simpson. Dr. R. S. Cheshire speaks of moving back to own. We will welcome him if becomes. Mrs. Watklns, and Mbses Fnnnie and Sallie kVatkins, have returned from Falrileld. Mr. J. L. Jones, of Rock Mills township, :ame back to visit some of his schoolmates ast week. We lind the pleasure of shaking the hand of VIr. Will McCaslan, of Troy, Saturday eveling. Ho has been on a visit to the mouu.alns with friends. We had lost sight of each >ther for fifteen years, hut on renewing acluaintance we soon drifted to our school days it residence of Mrs. Morris, at old Clear Spring school house, but that was iu days rone by. Ita different now. When the people of the community retired Friday night they were all very much exer:lsed on aecount of the Inclemency of the veather, fearing that it would prevent havng the picnic Saturday, but their fears were lot realized, for Saturday morning at 7 >'clock the sun gladdened all by showing his esplendent face from behind the fast receding :louds. People from both far and near put In heir appearance until the largest crowd we rnd seen in a long time gathered in the grove, rhe invited Alliance speakers wer? not all >resent. so candidates for county offices filled heir places. The speeches were listened to vlth interest, especially that of Joshua Ashey. He wound up with an "nntedote," as he :alled it, which brought applauso from most ill the youngsters. The picnic dinner showid that everybody had a basket well filled vltli good tilings for themselves and friends, 1 vhlch contributes largely to the enjoyment < in such occasions. The writer made for home ? it his ut-uai dlnucr lime and found u basket >n the table, filled with dainties, prepared by I mr grandmother, and without waiting for ' my orders we pitched into consuming the ontents, when our mother came in and re>uked us, but when she saw what wo hud she c oou got as deep in the mud as we were in the { nlre. Honea Path takes the cuke forau or- 1 lerly crowd on an occasion of this kind. c B. D. C. 1 s LOWNDESVILL'S LOCAL AFFAIRS. J J t 'Troupe'' Tells it all in Short Form, t with Much'Atlo About it. j Lowndesvii.i.k S. C., Aug. 18, 1R90. ' For the last week the weather hus been . ;ood. The planters woro glad of it, as the 1 Odderpulling season was upon tlieni. Mr. S. C. Raker, of Anderson, C. H., came . lown Monday and spent several days with 1 lis father's family, Mr. S. S. Raker. Mrs. W. R. and Miss Lulic White, after liavng spent several wjeks among friends and kinsfolk, In around here, returned to their ? lomo In Greenville, on Tuesday. Mr, W. V. Clinkscales, of Penny's Creok, ras In town Tuesday. Mr. 1. H. McCalla, of the Fork, left by Ralload, Tuesday for the con ventlon in Columbia. C'apt. H. C. Irvln, with headquarters at Mctormick, supervisor of the S. V. R. R? was relstered at the Horton House Wednesday tight. t Mr. G. S. Goodelan, of Laurence, Agent for t he "History of i.Iethodlsm," has been canassing this section for the last few days. f Hon, C, A. C, Waller, Qf Green\vood, spent rcoieruay uuu uie uuy uemru, 111 uur iiinu. i ie goes to Abbeville C. 11., tx. day to attend he "meeting" at that plaoc. 1 Delegates from several of the surrounding c lib-Alliances met here Saturday, and elected l lr. S. F. lipps, cotton weigher for this e lace. s Hov. T. A. Harris filled the Methodist pul- g >it yesterday forenoon and at night, both Iraes delivering an interesting sermon to ? inlte a large and attentive congregation. \ Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Kemp, of Helton, and t heir children, are now at Mrs, Amanda \ ohnson's for a few days, an their way to '| 'exas, where hfcioea ti) take a high position, t il one oi her many high schools. Miss Leona Make, of Greenwood, is now e rlslting the liunily of her brother-in-law, Mr. I i. A. Tennent. Miss Lillian McPnvld, ot Due West, So no'.y r rltli the f.imlly of Mr. k. P.. Hpr'pn ;'oj* si vie- l t of some length. M's? .Jchyttld .'Speon'or the last week has c leei1! with friends at Anderson C. H , j Mrs. H. L. Muckabee left here a week ago or Greenville Co., where she goes to visit rol- \ itlves about her old home. g Mrs. K. Hell, has been quite sick forsovernl lays. Her speedy recovery is }:ap<jd for by r nany friends and relatives. > hi my last week's dots, f was made to say, c 'Miss Carrie Helle. of Granitevllle, itc. "It i: should have been Miss Carrie Helle Giles. At | his writing she Is still amongst us. I Our streets and roads |where lately worked t ire uccumillf^ 1JUILC UU^l^, UICIU nui uauus w teen any ruin upon thein for ten days. l)r. J. H. Mosely returned (rem his .-spartan- r mrff trip on Tuesday, Ie?vinghls little daugh- t er Jfeliio Much'Improved In health. h Hev. II. Llgou, occupied the pulpit In Prov- \ ilenceyesterday, at 11 o'clock A. M. There ias a good congregation In Attendance. t If in all other once slave-holding section:, a >r these l*n I ted state, the negro r^ce who to ic thinned as rapidjy, ;?? was done on the Sa- 1 'au!),?ii sUio in throe days, (about live; the I utter part of tlio week before last, there rouid he no necessity for its deportation, It s iviuM soon bccoine toosmull to longer be a !i bone of contention." What a condition io >e In ? Its Northern friends tJo;vt want it. (_ ts Southern friendy v/i'.m to ne' rid of it, and (i i.i,:,.ui-e ii. farewell culfee. S Air. J. I'. I'.aker, thlid son of Mrs. Lindsay Ii laker, who lias been very sick iorsometiine. t ook a turn for the worsl Friday evening and t bout dark, Saturd-iy evening his syirit look L Is (light to the (iod wl'.o uttv?i i; Mis deaUi llhp;i!jh il i av| I'oCii lii.iiied lor, for a day or |< ifo, Suddened our entire crtuiuunity. He p it .nM.nirM.mil nl' ttl'unii>,> nnlnlhii* within H, Ilio main Htny of it widowed mother, nnd devout ehristion. lie will bp greatly missed, o li.s funeral services were performed l>y llev. d !. C. i.i;;on, in presence of a large eongregaIon yesterday l oeloek I'. M. in I'rovldouce 11 hureb, after whieh bis remains were t,; t est in the remeler.v ?e;?r by. The. buiw?Veit !i niiilv :iry dei.iilvwlvh. p TU< -I'l'IO. d _ ? " TPB COUNTY EXHIBIT. s . ppoiiitineiit Tor a I'lilt Meeting of." (lie Committee. d The eommitlec oti County exhibit M ill meet ale Day in September. All members of tliati " immittee are requested tobe promptly in K ie Court House immediately after the . ! 1 iiiriiment of the Central C!p!; . J a. S. U KAN' IIS. c< . r..~ *<* m IRE WE A FREE PEOPLE ? IUST ABBEVILLE PEOPLE ASK EOTHEY MAY VOTE ? >?'1111 cm on from Pickens, Anderson, < unit Otbcrl'unnli?N Assume to Tell Citizens of Abbeville for Wlinm They Must Vote?This In the First Time that the People Have Been , Directed How to Vote, and They Havc Iteen Volliij; for ti I.oiig' 1 Time. Greenville News. Anoekson, S. C., Aug. IS.?The inclosed Is he circular to which reference was made in ny report of the campaign meeting on last <ntnrday. Mr. Bonet took It for his "text" uhI "preached" a powerful sermon on "bosssm" and "ring rule" as evidenced by the atempt in the circulnr to compel Alliance meu ,o support Col. D. K. Norrls. He also clmrnc,prized it as untrue when it says. "Mr. is'orrls s tlie only candidate who has complied with he request." He (Mr. Benet) did uot want his question to be decided by a caucus of a ew leaders, but wanted It left to the entire >ody of the voters. The candidates generally oob the name position oil the various ques,lous as heretofore. All of them were in fav>r of the purposes of the sub-treasury, but Mr. Norrls was the only one pledged himself ,o support the "plan" regardless of party cauius. *le did not want It to be made a caucus luestlon. It was a great financial question. The following is the address alluded to: AS ADDRESS. 'The the Alliance Voters of the Third Congressional District: "Brethren : We, the members of the Dlsrlct Alliance of tho Third Congressional Dis,rlct of South Carolina, deem it necessary to :all your attention 10 the great importance of lustain'ng the National Alliance platform ind the sub-treasury plan, which hus been iniversally endorsed by the County and SubVlllances of the wholecouutry, in the coming Jongresslonal election; and we wish to specially and strongly emphasize the declaritlon in the platform, 'that we will only support such men for Congress as will bind themielves to support those measures, uninfluencid by party caucus.' When a majority of the irolers have decided on the measure at the jolls. as a matter of simple justice their wishes should not be defeated by tho arbitrary decision of a party cuucus, which relieves .he Invldual Congressman of personal responsibility to his constituents, and shields him n supporting measures that are detrimental ,0 the interests of the people and in not supporting those that are in their interests of the mrty above the Interest of the people, and we mbmlt that the masses of our citizens are ibove those of any party ; and we most earn;stly urge you to see lo it that the man you /ote for lor Congress binds himself to carry >ut your wishes. "Our order spreads over ihe United States, ind is strong because it Is non-partisan in jolitics. The Alliance of a Republican Stale s as much bound as we are to provide against ,he danger to our demands arising from the nfluence of a oarty caucus. Our National ['resident, Bro. L. L. Polk, has conveyed to us ,he cordial greeting of our Republican breth en of the great Northwest, with the a.?surince that they are now trampling under foot lie bloody sliirt polit icians who engender and nflamo sectional strife and animosities. They lesire that we join hands with them, not as iartisans but us brothers, ond endeavor bj jnited action under the grand principles of he Alliance to lift the burden from oppress?d Auriculturo. Wo commend to our brethren the wisdom of our National leaders In :alllng upon us to commit candidate for Congress to support Alliance demands, uninfluenced by party caucus. "The state Alliance and the Alliances of the riilrd District have endorsed the National Vlllance platform and the sub-treasury plan is their platform, and the Executive Coromltee of your District Alliance were directed to present the same to the candidates for Confess from this District, and the candidates rere requested togive their views in writing o the chairman of the executive committee o the District Alliance. D. K. Norris is the >nly candidate who has complied with the rejuest and pledged himself to support the de nands, and the District Alliance has nnani- ; nously endorsed him as the Alliance camll- , late for Congress, and every true Alliance nan Is urged to give their hearty support, , hereby carrying out the principles which we lave bound ourselves together to fight for, ( md it can not bo done in any other way. He'ore endorsing Mr. D. K. Norris the District Vlllance considered the position taken by tach of tho candidates. "Serious objection is made to the position >f other candidates. "First. In their fullure to pledge them elves to support the Alliance demands uulnluenctd by party caucus. "Second. \Ve desire to call Attention to the >rcthreu to the fact that candidates have not >een asked to support cither of the sub-treastry bills now before Congress. The Alliance leinand la the 'Sub-Treasury Plan' annouueid by the Supreme Council at St. Louis. "Candidates who fail to give a possltlve )ledge to support this plan without modlflcaIon can not be considered as endorsing the Vlliancc demand. "Congressmen have been Invited to make my improvements upon the bills before Congress consistent witii the sub-treasury plan, nit candidates for Congress have been invit>d to consider the bill ; and all propositions nade by them to modify the bills are useless 10 far as the Alliance demand Is concerncd. "Wo earnestly urge all members of the AIMince to support the action of the District Aliance, and respectfully Invite all good cltl:ens to Join with us in securing the enacts nent of the principles of our order? J. C. Vlexandor, President; John T. Duncan, Secretary; J. L. Smith, Tliow. Bibb, J. L. 'ennell, F, S, (J/ilftn, W. T. Fields, E. B. tlchavdson. Jos. L?. Keitt, J. A. Sligh, John ,V. Scott, \V. A. Neal, A. C. Latimer, J. W. iowden, John M. Glenu, Jolm A. Hays," JEWS FROM THE LAND OF RED OATS AND FAT HORSES, riie State Convention ? .Mistakes of County Commissioners?What Hilly Shaw and Jeems Hull Did? { Looking for a Way Out of the Wilderness. Ninety-Six, S. C., Aug. 19,1890, Messrs. E. S. Addison and W. S. Wanders , lave gone to tbe mountains of North Caroll la for the heated term, The weather continues clear and fodder lulling Is in full blast. Miss Fauule Lenard, of Ueidville.S. C., has leen visiting Mrs. A. S. Osborne. NVIth the exception of a slight fisticuff our >olltlcal meeting passed olf very Wi ll. The i ondldates made good speeches. Mr. Cat Cor ey's anecdote about Ephraim was especially intertalning. We think we will tie obliged to ee that Mr. Corley gets some vote3 at Niuety>tx. The State Convent ion has met and adjourn d. Soma ^eonlo are surprised at its action. iVcarenot. They seem determined to drive he conservative element of the party to ttie , vail, and right well they have succeeded. ' ["heir unlawful proceedings will not be for?Oten soon. Miss Sal lie Bozeman has Uoeu evading seviral days at Rivei'lands, the home of Miss Sinraa Knndcr?. J Jr. K. R, P. Dove, superintendent of our oil nill, has been spending several weeks at Willamston Springs. The religious meetings at Salem and Slloar.i cull n/Mitlnnpil. Tho uttpiidiiiii'fl fr<i?n s'inety-slx is good. ]>r. O. F. 8. Wright is r?t Ninety-Six for a vhile. His old friends were quite glad to ;rept Ulns, We have lieen asked by several to write the )artlculars ol the difficulty bet ween Captain rVullerand Captain King, which occurred at mr political ineeiiug last week, and wo !i??d loped to do so, but the evidence is conflictngthat we have been unablo io yet the bototu facls. I leu Co WO pass it by as one of ; hose unfortunate occurrences long to be reiret&ad. Mr. T.C. Turner and Mr. J. A.Calhoun have ' eturned from McCormick, where they have teen attending at the bcdsldo of .Mr. 1'. >5. :aliioun, who is ill with t vpiioiu malarial fe- | er. We are clad to. ii'.alo he Is better. l'rof Wn>. Ui.au, of Puo Went, will deliver < he lifU>?unday address to the Sunday school | t (his place on the31st instant. Mr. A. J. Cauthen, Jr.. of Greenwood, w?*s , n town recently visiting his sister, Mrs. J. C. i Iutchison. j Some of our cnnd'dx1'-* for County Com misloner have a.itide mistakes. They ought to | l^V?s ''nil for Congress. i ] Airs. George M. Anderson has returned from j 'hick Springs. |Mr. T. C. Sinart, of Greenville, paid Ninety- i i.\ a short call la?t w. !<. liurring a few grey j | in Irs Mr. Stuart looks js you.ii;.' as he did < hlrty year a ag<>. Time has ileait lightly with | lie youn^gw-ullcnian. II.-is .still unmarried, ut assured us it was not 1.is fault. I I)r, Chiles told us the other day that he no , anger belonged to the one gnllus crowd. We | resume lie bei*amedi>gnsted and bought him decent pair of suspendeis. i) Mr. Walter I.. Miller, a prominent attorney [, f the Abbeville liar, was in !o".?';i luui Sunay. : The llev. \V. ft. Af-vlllw, ttlio has been ' | rejivhiv-g ?> iilackst;>c!\s lor the past four.', .. .. a ? ;t)i iiio fnn.il v snt:iit several d;iys with i is sister, Mrs. .1 t'nrk, last Week. 111* j, readifd two exeellenl sinuous here on Sun-1 ( ay. lie was an Sils way lo Frankfort, Ky., j, here lie has accepted a call. We always re- . ret lo see our hest preachers leave the State. Wo nro waiting patiently to see what the tralgtitout Democracy Is iroiiig to do. If|( lore Is a way out of the wilderness we hope i, liey will lliul it. ! | Airs I?r. W. II. Hollaml returned last,Satur- i ay from a visit to friends in Atilmmu. i i Messrs Billy Sliaw and .Icoiny iia!i slighted j s last Tuesday. \Ys '.tid yo',.cd to meet the j entieinen here. KAST EN1>. flin latest New York styles In millinery re- ! fived every week at It. M. liaddou Jc Co'a, 'Sw< *:. > . .f -v * V-* >..-* *V'* 3 **c ' -iv -ivT-.' & ' ti: > LONG CANE 8PEOUTS. Fnot mid Fancy from "Seminole*' In Making Up His Budget. Long Cane, S. C., Aug. 18,1890. Watermelons are scarce. .. The tlelds will soon be while with cotton. The potato crop In Ireland Is a failure, and a, famine is dreaded The public roads have been put In good con- ' ' dltlon since the rain. lion. J. N. King has been around Bhaklng hands with his constituents. Mr. C. V. Hammond will preach at the Rock spring school house on the fifth Sunday. The people now have good fruit crops every other year. Mr. Uunlap, who lives near the Shoals, Is recovering from a severe case of sickness. Mrs. Jennie Ccx has been visiting her mother, Mrs. G. W. Syfan, at Abbeville. Dynamtto has been used by some youns men to kill flsh in Long Cane. Miss llessle Epting, of Willlamston, has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. A. E. Cox. Miss Dell Martin has returned to Greenwood after spending two weeks with Miss Lena Keller. Mr. P. A. Roche, one of the best farmers In the county, has had some additions made to his barn and stables. Preaching atGilgal during the last week had" been well attended. Mr. Pegues has been assisted by Kev. A. F. Berry. About fifteen car loads of lumber have been sent up to Abbeville during the last week for the G., C. and N. Railroad. Mr. R. E. Cox is having about two thousand cords of wood cut for the Oil Mill and the Railroad. Air. J. L. Hill's colt Is said to be the finest one-year-old in the county. He drives it to the road cart. mr. j. u. Miner now runs nis saw every day and Is turning out first-class lumber at a fair price. . The old second class car has been returned to the Abbeville branch, after undergoing repairs lu the shops. No man should consider himself as a standard to Judge others by. A cat seems very large to the ant, but what does the elephant think? Mr. James R. Haddon,hns a fine crop of late peaches, and Mr. J. D. Miller has apples for all bis neighbors. It is said that on the desert of Sahara the thermometer registers 200 degrees Fahr. at midday,and water freezes in the traveller's cons at night. More murders have been committed in thla county in the last eight months than for Ave years before. Surely this country is not growing worse? The signs one year ago were quite different All the farmers who build pasture lcnces ? now use wire. The old pasture fence is fast ^ disappearing. It will be a curiosity in the I next generation. Men are still searching for Captain Kldd'a buried treasure, which is thought to be some whereon the Atlantic coast. Some think It is hidden on an Island near the coast of Georgia. "8" of Greenwood Is a very Intelligent correspondent. Nothing escapes his watohful eye. His social standing and recognized ability makes him many frlend3 among the readers of the Press and Banner. The Cherokee ImliauR lived in this part of the country before It was settled by the white people. Long Cane creek gets Its name from the long canes that once lined its bank9. Befo?e this paper is Issued again your voles will have decided who shall be our standard bearers. Every man Is responsible, so fur as his vote and influence goes, as to who shall be eiccieu. voie ror the men whom you tblnfc will make the best officers. Candidates who have come over to the farmers In the eleventh hour will not make faithful officers, and to vote for such would be unpatriotic to your country. One of the most remarkable phenomena of dreaming, says Chambers Encyclopaedia, is the rapidity with which long trains of thought pass through the mind. A dream requiring hours for lis accomplishment, is begun and terminated in a few Feconds. A person who was suddenly aroused from sleep by a tew drops of water sprinkled in bis face, dreamed of the events of an entire life in which happiness and sorrow were mingled, and which fl- , nally terminated with an altercation upon the borders of a deep lake, in which his exasperated companion, after a brief struggle, succeeded in plunging him. Another instance is related in the case of a gentleman who dreamed that he had enlisted as a soldier, joined his regiment, deserted, was apprehended, carried back, tried, condemned to be shot, and at last led out for execution After all (he usual preparations, a gun was fired; be awoke with the report.and lound that a noise In an adjoining room had bolh produced the dream and aroused him from sleep. * 'A SEMINOLE. OUR CANDIDATES. . <1 Piece Which Was Omitted From Our Sketch of the Candidate*. James E. Todd, who Is before the people of I Abbeville county as a candidate for a seat 1m ihe House of Representatives, was born lu ^ Laurens county, but came, when a boy, with bis father to Abbeville county. He received by far the greatest part of bis education In Ktsklne College, having gone through the Junior ela?s In that institution. Mr. Todd is a man of sterling integrity, full of push, strict .j muiui, nuu, mi mi u.i luo wilier ui hub sketch knows, without a stain on his character. Mr. Todfl has natural abilities to fit him for .taking a high rank In any one of the learned professions, but he is a farmer by choice. Since arriving at the years of majority his whole attention has been devoted to his farm. By close application and well directed energy he has suc-eeded. This any one who will take the trouble to inspect his farm , will readily conclude. Everything about his farm indicates prosperity and comfort. Mr. Todd occupies an honorable position in the community in which he resides. His neighbors are his friends and will vote for him. Another evidence of the standing ot Mr. Todd is the fact that he is Vice-President r>i the Farmers Loan and Trust Company, Abbeville, S. C., and a trustee of both the Colleges situated at Due West. From eariy youth he has been a consistent member of the Associate Reformed church and a liberal supporter of all benevolent enterprises. It Is not necessary to add that by all the instincts of his nature he Is a Democrat of the deepest die. Finally, Mr. Todd is a modest unassuming gentleman, who has never yet learned how to do a mean thing or tell a falsehood. He is in the prime of life being only about Lhirty-soven years old. unAHULbu wan aiaaii. Some of Abbeville'M Most Successful Farmer* Spying Out New LandK. Aiken Journal and Review. Messrs. J. H. Latimer and A. K. Watson, enterprising and successful farmers of the Lebanon section of Abbeville county, spent Thursday night in Aiken. These gentlemen were cn route for Scrlven, Ga., where they go to look at some lands there for sale. They were travelling In a buggy, so they could get a better view of the country. Having heard of the beautiful farming In nils around Aiken, they desired to take a look at them, and on Friday morning th?y were taken in charge by Capt. T. W. \\ hatley and the senior Kditor of the Journal mul Review, driven over the Levels. They were charmed with the country, and jm said they had uo idea that such lands were to --r be found In South Carolina. They had never before sect such fine crops as they saw growing in tills section. One of the gentleman, Mr. Latimer, Is looking around with a view of settling, and wants to locato In a section like Aiken, lie will have to travel far and look around for a long lime before finding a place, everything considered, that will com? up to the Levels around Aiken. Upon leaving they expressed themselves as highly pleased with this section, and it is not at all Improbable that we may hear from them ngiiin. Wurrcnlon's Willins Workers In VnrioiiN Fields. WaKKENTON, S. V., Aug. 18, 1890. Mrs. Ann Wtison. Irom I.evel Laud, Is visit ln;j her sister. Mrs. I). U. Penney. The girls and boys of Warrenton have organized a society called the Willing Workers, tor the benefit of the Thorn well Orphanage. I'hcy have heltl two meetings, are very much interested in their work, and are determined to keep it up. Last Wednesday night a pleasant sociable was giveil oy Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Wilson, Id lienor of Miss.lanlc Wilson, of Columbia. It was an occasion lung to be remembered. All ivho were present agreed that it was one of tho most pleasant evenings they had ever pent at a sociable. We will not altempt to "write up" the barbecue. Editor Wilson was present. We will leave it tor him to do. "ejeminole"' evidently has never attended a readier* Association. Jf he had been at. ireenwood at Hie recent meeting we do not hlnk therewould be any reason to complain. \\\' would surest lllill ill.' unorijj uiinMju outler iii regard to what <>uv teachers are dolug. Quite a crowd ?>f young people went Irom :ln> barbecue to >in: dance at .Mr. P. A. Wil on's Friday night. U was enjoyed very aiuoli hy ail who were present. Mr. U.*G. M< IiCesan<l his friend Mr. Green, >oth from Crceuwootl, spent Friday night. iviih Mr. G. S. Wilson. Mr. Glenn McGce and his sister, M Us Lou HoUoe, two charming young people from llojiea i'alh. spent last Saturday and Sunday .Villi MISSS. I . TllOtllllS. Any body who can attend lo tl-eir own buslie>s and malce a sucee>sof it, can attend to he public business. Think about tills when. ,-ou vote fur a candidate for County Commls ioner, and look at his crops, if ho bo a lariier, before you vote for him. ? Mr. .1. II. Thomas,our popular candidate for 'ounty Commissioner, bus good crops of corn iii?t cotton, and tin y are classed among the je>t worked 111 the neighborhood. Horn - To Mrs. Janus A. Wilson, August 7th, a son. * Miss Sallie Scott, a lively yonticr lady froiu Vbbevllie, is visiting tlie Misses Wilson. Miss Jessie Thomas, a lovely young lady if this j>!ae?, visited Miss Sadie Means, ot Uoiiletey, hit:!. Saturday. NOliODY KNOWS. >-A