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r. The Press and Banner! . By HUGH WILSON. - ' Wednesday, Aug. 27, 1890. j "Let it be Instilled into the Hearts of Your Children that the Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all Your Eights." A Turn of the Political Wheel. The Alliance of Abbeville County, at last, goes into politics. Up to this time the order had taken no action in reference to the election of any candidate, but now the Abbeville Alliance may be said tohe thoroughly aligned with their brethren throughout this Congres sional District, Iu the effort t-? elect Colonel 1>. K. Norris. When the following circular became public] yesterday, It created something of a sensa-' tion?or at least It became the talk of the town for an hour?and excited all soris oi| comments from outsiders, and all sorts of surmises for reasons and motives were made. The circular Is as follows: Dear Brother : I am earnestly requested by many larmers and iliose who sympathize with the agricultural class, to urge an ourpouring of the Alliance men. Farmers Movement men, and their sympathizers at the election next Friday. Hon. D. K. Norris, of Anderson, who was endorsed last Friday by the votes of over forty-seven hundred Alllancemen ana Reformers will make the second race. Shall tli be said that the farmers of Abbeville county deserted our Alliance candidate? Stand firm, and let us give him such a rousing vote next Friday as will show beyound peradventurc that the Alliance and Farmers Movement of Abbeville county Is not dead. Let us show to our brethren in Newberry, Oconee, Anderson and Pickens that their cry for help has been heard. The fight is on. In Georgia and North Carolina a majority of the Congressmen will be represented by the Alliance. In Florida. Mississippi, i,ouisana, icsns Arkansas, lennesssee and Virginia, In Tact more than half of the Congressmen from the Southern States will be Aliiancemeu. la the West the farmers are determined to have representation. The Alliance will 6eat in the coming Congress a formidable band who, with a united effort, will do much towards shaping legislation and abating the obnoxious laws that hang like like an incubus about the neck of the agricultural class. Stand to your colors. Fraternally, A. W. Jones. Abbeville, S. C., Aug. 20, 1890. The document is not signed officially, bul Mr. Jones is the secretary of the organization, and the form of the address, and bis prominence in the order will no doubt huye all the influence which a regular formal endorsement would have. The circular and the plan of seeking the election of a favorate candidate is something new under the sun in this part of the political vineyard, and many persons are amazed at the boldness of the effort which would direct the people how they shall yot?, while some are nothing loth to pronounce it bosslsm of the most pronounced type. The election or defeat of any (tingle man is a matter of small consequence, but the system which gives to one man, or to even a cotcric of men, the power to set up one candidate, or to cost down another, attests the abnormal condition of put lie sentiment in South Craolina. ?.This circular frhuts ofl' all debate as to the personal preferences of the voter, and buries out of sight any question as to the fitness or untltnesss of the respective caudidate to fill the high and important place of congressman from South Carolina. But no argument as to the act whereby one man may be elected and another defeated, will avail anything, and we have only to ex??"? bnnwipilitp of the existence of a state of facts which would have astonished the citizen 0/former times. At no time In tliM political history of this county have the people been so willing to yield to others the keeping of theireoti'-ciences, or to sogeneralty surrender iheir right vote and act us they please. Owing to the peculiar conditlou of affair, many good and conscientious men will feel constialned to respond to the call for their vote for Mr. Norrls, and will give It to him under the Impression tliat they are only discharging a paUlotic duty, and, in some mys. terious way, obeying the behests.'of the order of which they are faithful members. Relieving as we do, wc expect to see the AliinnAA vrito <?nsr in solid blocks. irresDective of the Individual preferences ol llie ditferent voters. In Vtter DUrrpirtl or the I.hw. Iu holding the primary election last Friday, wo learn that the managers In many instances totally disregarded the Act of the Legislature, providing for the conduct of primary elections. We presume, as a matter of course, that each of the managers took the required oath "that he will fairly, Impartially and honestly conduct the same according to the provis"lous of this Act, and the rules of the party,'" but as a matter of fact they have failed In some Instances to file that oath with the Clerk of the Court. And we are under the Impression that the managers at various boxes entirely disregarded that part of the Act which required them "before receiving any ballot to administer to "the voter an oath that he is duly qualified to "vote according to the rules of the party, and "lias not voted before in such election." The oath of the managers is to be filed with the Clerk in five davt,and the poll list "within "four day* after the final declaration of the re "suit thereof." If the managers of the election at any box disregarded the plain provision of the law the ballots of such boxes might have been thrown out of the count if any one interested bad protested. Suppose, for instance, any Congressional candidate had objected to the receiving of the votes from boxes where the voters had not been sworn, the County Club would bave been compelled to throw them cut. It they had been thrown out quite a diflerent state of affairs would have existed to day?another than Mr. Johnstone would now be Iji the field against Mr. Norris. If any candidate feel< aggrieved at the wrong which has been perpetrated against him, ho has power now to call the attention of derelict managers to Section 4 of the Act which provides that "any manager who shall "be guilty of wilfully violating any of the du'Ules devolving upon such position hereunder "shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon "conviction thereof shall be punished by fine "not to exceed one bundreddollars.or imprisonment not to excced six months." No protest having beeu made before the election was declared we presume it Is now too late to make a protest. We call attention again to the election law which lias been published twl?e iu the Frew and Banner, u managers in m? cmuuu shall still persist In violating the law, the ballots which they assume to receive unlawfully should bo thrown out, when the count or tabulation is made next day by the County Club. Unless men vote according to law, they do not vote at all, and It is the right, as well as the duty, of the candidate against whom these Illegal votes are cast, to have them thrown out Let our elections be conducted according to the forms of law. Somebody'M Fool lux Ton. Ten thousand dollars is now the highest recorded price for n violin.?Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer. Somebody has been imposing on our good brother. Being a high-up churchman, and unacquainted with tiddlers generally, is the only way that we can account for our good brother's error of judgment as to the ability of fiddlers to buy violins. The accumulated, or aggregated, wealth of all the fiddlers that we ever knew wouldu't amount to much more than a single year's taxes on ?10,000. People who play the fiddle have no time to make 310,000. In campaign years, at least, we hope the Mountaineer will not hereafter make too great nutnlu on our credulity. ' Xcwspiipcr Enterprise. At two o'clock on Saturday morning, tlie Xetrherry Herald ami News printed a full tabulate tl statement of the election, which took place in that county on Friday last. That was enterprise. Contrast that with Abbeville. At Abbeville we received by telegraph partial returns Friday night from a few bexes. i The telegraph office was closed a little before twelve o'clock. A number of interested persons waited Mr. Ben net's office for Mr. F. B. Gary and Mr. Hayne McDlll to come from Donalds and Duo West. They came about one o'clock with reports from these boxes. That was 'lie extent of our Information Friday night. Returns began to come in early Saturday morning, and by midday, all were In. It took from then till about three o'clock to make the official reports and the tabulated statements, and to declare the election. To compare Abbeville and Newberry prin ters on this occasion, it would seem that the Newberry printers are a long way ahead. We do not know how it was in Newberry, but in Abbeville no candidate had made arI mnoomentK fora comDlete return from any I box. There are twenty-eight boxes, and some of them are twenty or more miles distant. As a business enterprise it would not pay this printer to go to the expense of getting all tliese reports to print an extra, when we could otherwise get them In timo for the regular issue of the paper. But as a matter of newspaper enterprise, the Herald and News is ahead of anything yet reported to this office. Shall the Lan be Enforced ? The following articlo is from the Charleston World. That paper seem.s to speak as if the juries were specially to be commended, when It is true that several Juries have heretofore made convictions, though the occurrence hns been somewhat rare. It is also true that in nearly every case of the conviction of a man who had money to employ lawyers to work for him, they have found reasons to urge why ihe Supreme Court should set aside the verdict ol the Jury and overrule the sentence of the Court. When n.urderers are punished' we will have fewer murderers, and when Jurors do their duty to the public, we will have fewer homicides. The World says: Necessary Sterns ess.?The conviction of George S.Turner in Spartanburg county of the crime ol murder, following as It dors, close upon the conviction of Lavelle in Charleston and James in Darlington, speaks well for South Carolina, for these convictions indicate that the juries of the State are awak?a < W/i rocnnncihlHtloi: nf tholr nncitlnn and are dolDg their part like men to put a stop to the crime of murder that had become too common in South Carolina. Now, the Juries have done iheir part, they have found upon the facts and the responsibility imposed upon them has been discharged, if. therefore, these criminals yet escape tne supreme penalty, the responsibility must rest elsewhere than upon the juries. It is a fearful thing to think of the emotions of the human being who, by the Court's decree, at a specified day, swings oft' this world into eternity, but it is the slow,calm, inexorable movement of the law that does more than anything else to chill the determination of the next would-be murderer and uunerve his arm before he can strike. The more firmly the impression prevails that life will be taken for life, the fewer there will be lound to risk it, and the greater immunity men enjoy from the effect of law, the greater contempt do they enlertaln for it. Alliance Warehouse. In varloas places Alliance warehouses are projected, in which to store cotton. The Press and Banner has no advise to give anybody on this sul.Ject, and we do not pretend to know more of the practical results of such an enterprise than others, but being an outsider wo have a right to talk of the move. It being spoken of in the newspapers. The building of a warehouse will cost money. Tho storing of cotton involves insurance on cotton or greatly increased risk from Are. Ic nn r%aai\ f/\r o a'OrolmtlQP If a man wants to keep his cottou and draw money on it, lie can have have it stored by others cheaper than he can build a warehouse. In a little while it will be found that there is no use for it and the warehouse will be either forfeited to the lot owner, or sold to pay the remaining debt on It. The house thus built by shares will furnish a good bargain for somebody, and the stockholders will be out of pocket more dollars than they expected. The best way to get the most money out of the cotton crop is to get it to market at the earnest moment pohsiuiu. ii, auer inranit needs are satisfied, any cotton Is left, let the farmer pile it up under his barn, or cover it With boards, and then, let the warehouse alone. Election Tickets. The Press and Banner printed 108,000 tickets lor.theelection last Friday. Without reflection, It would seetn that there was an excess of tickets and a waste of money in printing so many, but upon reflection,?and remembering the old way, when the voter went to the polls for his ticket?we believe the Investment was a good one. In the olden times a fiw active workers with tickets and pen at each of the polls could cany enough control elections in a majority of Instances, but at the recent elections when everybody had tickets lu his pocket, each voter more generally voted his own ticket than when there was a scarcity of tickets, and when the voter was necessarily subjected to greater influences. The tickets were2%inches by 8 luches and contained the name of a single candidate, with blanks for each of the other candidate, including congressional. The cost was only seventy-flve cents per thousand, being about double the size of geueral election tickets, and costing no more than the Executive Committo has been paying for them. Jfi horn rwt rpncsnn tv)i v nn tKiflor tthnnl <1 not get the Job, the Press and Banner would like to priut the General Election tiekets at fifty cents per thousand. The Elect ion Next Friday. The fecond primary election will take place next Friday, at the usual places of election. The following officers are to be elected : A Congressman?George Johnstone and D K. Norris are the candidates. Two members of the House?Dr. P. II. Adams, T. A. Graham, J. H, Morrab, F. B. Gary, candidates. A School Commissioner?R. O. McLeos, Capt. E. Cowan, candidates. Two County Commissioners?E. Y. Sheppard, J. \V. Lites, J. \V. Lyon, II. II. Armstrong, candidates. We have no good advice to give, aud we presume none is needed. The candidates and the people may settle the matter as best pleases them, and we will do our best to publish the facts correctly, whatever they may be. We would prefer to he nrinter than DOllticiatl. The Excursion. What say our people to making arrangements to run a big excursion from Clinton about the loth of October, or as soon as the cars get here ? Let us make arrangements to welcome the guests who may come. Let us have some organized effort to make it pleasant and profitable. A committee to mauage everything, with marshals, &c. A chairman, an orator, and a brass band to wel come our friends and to do a little blowing in behalf of the town. Our stores will then be filled to overflowing with the choicest and prettiest goods. Visiting ladies may buy bonnets and dress-: cs, and the other portion of humanity may j buy tobacco and drinks. That old and reliable firm of A. M. Hill & Sons, are adding to their already thriving business a large carnage and buggy reposl-1 tory, Just adjoining their livery and sales stu-1 ble, and have on band, and to arrive a splendid assortment of all kinds of vehicles which were purchased for cash from Northern and Western factories, which they propose to sell at rock bottom prices. THE PRIMARY ELECTION. Fignres, Notes and Cements Thereon. The Congressional Race Now Between Norris and Johnstone. Hemphill. Senator ? Blake. Trenailrer-?I,yoii, Probate Juilge?.Jones, Auditor-?J. T. Robertson. Dr. P. R. Carnlle, J. E. Todd, Representatives?J. F. C. RnPre, County Commissioner. QUITE A NUMBER STILL ON THE ANXIOUS BENCH. A Larger Crowd Have Retired TTrnm flip. Sr.fiTlft. Tlio following is the result of ttie Primary Elecllon, liclcl Friday, August 22, 1890, for Abbeville County. Where only two candidates were running for thcsaiiK) ofMce, the one receiving the highest vote was electcd. Total vote 2995 For Congress. W.C. Benet 1100 George Johnstone 817 I). K. Norrls 418 E. B. Murray 272 Wm. P. Calhoun 197 It. E. Bowen 45 Blank 2G For Ntnto Senate. R. H. Hemphill 1459 C. A. C. Waller 1814 Blank 222 For Ilonne or Representative*. ELECTED. J. T. Itobertson 1920 Dr. P. B. Carwlle 1561 J.E.Todd 1524 TO RUN OVER. I)r. P. II. Adams 1473 T. A. Graham 1373 J. H. Morrah 12S2 Jr . is. uary i-?>? LEFT OUT. ]). H. Maglll MO J. S. Graves 871 L. C. Muuldln 77C J. N. King 574 Blank 27U For Judge Probate Court. J. Fuller Lyon 2091 K. E. Ilill 877 Blank 27 For Trenaurer. J. It. Blake, Jr 1755 T. P. Thomson 921 Blank 310 For Auditor. A. W. Jones 2082 Blank 313 For Nchool Commissioner. R. G. McLees 1N0 E. Cowan 904 LEFT OUT. Dr. E. H. Edwards 314 G. W. Collins 271 L. O. Robinson .. 17C Blank 127 J. P.O. DuPre lCf.7 to run* over. E. Y. Rheppard 9:52 J. \V. Lltes 771 J. \V. Lyou 506 R. H. Armstrong K>9 left oi:*r. G. F. Burdett 510 A. B. Hoblsou 403 \V. C. Shaw 381 W. L. Murrell 377 John R. Buchanan 301 G. A.Shilllto 812 John H. Thomas 802 James C. Moore 299 J. P. Boy kin 2M C.C. Corley 203 R. E. Cox 222 James C. Hall 179 S. O. Young 114 Richard C. Wilson 127 IX F. Andrews. 30 Blank 293 The CongrresMloual Vote. d. k. norris. Newberry .. 001 Abbeville 448 Anderron 1,770 Oconee Nil Pickens 1|04:1 OEOBGE JOHNSTONE. Newberry *KM Abbeville .. 817 Anderson...., OS Oconee 421 Pickens -is a,m? E. n. MUBBAY, Newberry 1(1 Abbeville 27 2 Anderson 1,51(5 Oconee 380 Pickens 24 2,153 W. C. BENET, Mewberry 93 Abbeville 1,190 Anderson 271 Oconee 201 Pickens 100 1,800 R. E. BOW EN. Newberry S Abbeville *"> Anderson 60 Oconee 38 Pickens 401 5&5 W. I'. eAI.HOUN, Abbey I He 107 Anderson :$ Oconee 5 Pickens 0 208 THE OFFICIAL COUNT. Colonel E. B, Gary, and Messrs. W. T. O'Dell and A. (J. Latimer mot at Bolton last Monday to asgregate the vote, and declarc the result for Congressman. Tlie total vote, according to the official count, was: For 1). K. Norris 4,791 George Johnstone 2,:wo K. B. Murray 2,1;>7 \V. C. Benet l.SliS K. E. Bowen fw!) W. P. Calhoun 208 Total........... 11,1)51 Necessary to a oholce.,.,., 5,077 tm t ?ii ?? Question. If the Executive Committee havo the right to limit the work of a State Convention, Is there any reason why tlie Executive Committee may not perpetuate their term of office by calling a convention to do this or that thing, and "nothing more?" If thoy ean prevent the August Convention from electing an Executive Committee, why can't they prevent the September Convention from electing their successors? Neat comfortable and popular, colored flannel shirts. We have a good assortment in solid colors and stripes. W. Joel Smith & Sons. Ginghams ana cnambrags just received at )\.E. Bell's in fresh summer styles. ') ' V ' *, - : - ' - - 'w 4WCfr*?.w i . . . ' . - ; ... - I. v< , ' :-v:~ ABBEVILLE IS LOOKING UP. I ' T. S." TukoK n Tramp Around the Town. iin?l Reports Wliat He Nnir. It seems that the spirit of improvement has reached here at last. We have the oil mill and new brick ginnery, with all of the modern Improvements, together with tlie latest improved gins and hydraulic presses. Next, the Farmers new Bank building on the public square, which will be neat and attractive. On the southwest corner of the public square the line new store, 100 feet long by 20 wide, built by Messrs. P. Rosenborg & Co. is an ornament to the town. Thlsllrm is also building a largo brick warehouse on Trinity street, and another store on the corner ot Church and Trinity streets, -lOxbO feet, for Mr. J. T. Simmons, of Greenwood. Messrs. A. M. Hill it Sons are building a store and repository on the west side of Trinity street,80x100 feet, next to the largest livery and sale stables west of Columbia. Mr. J. Allen Smith Is preparing to hulld a dwelling house on the corner of Church and Pinekney street for Mr. J. \V. Bowers, of Prosperity, who will have charge of the business of Mr. J. T. Simmons. Messrs.Cothran ?fc Hamblin are preparing to build a large brick livery and sale stable on Main street. Mr. Hamblin will go west today to buy some fine horses for this market. Mr. J. \V. Thomson has bought the B. F. Smith place, and is improving it. Mr. w. Joel Smith Is preparing to build on White street a large brick store. The Spoke, Hub and Axe Handle Company will improve and use the ginnery formerly occupied by Mr. W. T. McMillan on Depot The city fathers have widened, straightened ?, i ? 1/-,,..?i. ...?, .....it h? uiiu iiiii?uveu i^iiui tn nui-ci uiii.il it mu uv one of the handsomest streets in town. The Associate Reformed Presbyterians will build their church on tliis street. There are a few more building lots on this street which will no doubt be built up, as we are having calls for more houses every day. Mr. T. N. Tolbert has bought the old tin shop brick building on East Main street, and will move the post o/Dce there. It is a matter of regret that he could not get a place 011 the public square, as it would be much more convenient for the business of the city. W'c have an oiler from parties to move a machine shop to Abbeville if the citizcns ol the town will take a small interest, which we feel safe in saying they will do, as the farm engine in this county is almost as common as the two-horse wagon. The repairs alone on them will Justify the undertaking, and we feci at liberty in saying that the citizens of Abbeville will welcome any eaterprise of that kind. The town needs at this time a machine wood shop, where we can get doors, blinds, flooring, celling and weather boarding. Material of this kind is in demand all the time. In town are two brick yards with a capacity of forty-live thousand dally, and yet the cry Is for more brick. Messrs. II. \V. and Joseph Jones are doing some nice painting 011 the New Hotel. They also have a contract on Messrs. 1'. Rosenberg fc.Co's store, and wo think they may buy more paint and brushes and increase the force. As we aie in hearing distance of the U., C. & N. It. It. whistle, in fact this is the chap that has brought about this wonderful change, and we learn that the trains from Monroe, N. C., will reach this place October 15th. 'JT.cn we must have a weicome to the railroad, and all to slay would say this about town. The town of Abbeville cau pay all of its debts with the cash now In the treasury. In fact, we are clear of any town debt, and can boast of live of the nicest churches in the State, to be found in any town of the same size, and our buildings generally are good and of neat architecture. Any new comer will not have to shoulder debts he does not owe or which were contracted by others than himself. We had sixty-three thousand dollars subscribed last fall for a cotton factory. This enterprise must be carried out. The farmers have good crops ami we thliik they will subscribe liberally. They have a bank here and we know this will help to make a belter market and will prove to tie a paying Investment. Then we must have the cotton iactory. Then we would say to any merchant, this Is a good town for him both to live und do business in. We have a few tuore stores to rent at reasonable prices, and two as good, and In fact we think the best weekly newspapers in the State. The Press and IJanner and Medium stand ready to welcome you here, and are ready to do your advertising, your Job printing, and to make all of youj wonts known. Then come. T. C. S. HONEA PATH HITS. All .SoltN or Paragraphs in and About the Pleasant Town. Honka Path, S. C., Aug. 2G. 1X90. Our streets uow have the appearance of city streets. The work will last a while this time. Miss Eva Stringer, of Helton, Is visiting Mrs. Dr. Shirley. Freight for this place for the month of * otiv nrcvlmiK month on re ""KUi" r ? , cord. Quite a number from berc attended the concert at Donalds. We took down the programme, but left It In another pocket; su(IIclent to say that the pieces were all rendered with ease and grace, u nice present was presented to their teucher through Prof. Bradley. Friend Ashley got 141.) votes, a good run, Joshua. .1. J. Trussell will resigp the ofllce of Trial Justice at the expiration of his term. The! squire has made a good one. AH regret thatl he gives it up. Aliss N. E. Callaham closed her school at I Calhoun, with an exhibition last Friday. She I is reposing at home now lor the summer. J. A. Deale, of Drockman's, is here on a visit. He liked uplands belter than swamps lo live In. A. J. Shroles, of Greenwood, is covering Brocks store, also some work lor I)r. Shirley. Silas Itoblnson, colored, bought 25 cents worth of bacon In one of our stores Saturday evening, aud laid ltasiiie to talk lo a friend a minute, when Will Webster spied It with a longing look, and felt that It would probably be nourishing to the inner man. without more reflection laid hand upon It, and transported It to the buggy, when Silas rais ed a war whoop. Webster lelt for parts uii-| known to his friends here. Dr. W. 15. Smith and family have returned from Ashevilie, where they liave been visiting friends. It Is with much regret that weiecordthe denth of L. L. McGee, formerly of liclton. He | moved to Darlington last near with a view of: making that his home. His health failing lilin he came liome on a visit, was stricken | with typhoid fever from which caused his death at Greenwood lost Thursday. He had many friends and relatives here who mourn his loss. W. S. Brock, who lias been elerkins for L. L.! McGee, of Darlington, returns home to stay.! He had a touch of fever, but finally got It | broken up. Hob Bnskin, colored, from Morrillon, Ark., sends back to M. J. Brock & Co., for a bm-gy umbrella. When he opened it in Arkansas, it caused qul'e a sensation, as it was an tin* heard of a tiling out there. This Is his statement. The iron gang has been sent to help out section Master Farmer on his portion of track, as it is impossible for him to eel hands. On Friday last 15111 and Richard Maddox became Involved in a difliculty with one Smith, who took charge of Hill's carcas for a short while and mado several explorations with a razor. Then Just tlirough curiosity, we suppose, ho made for Illcbard to see If there was any dlfl'erencein the thickness of his hide, but Hichard started for parts unknown. Not. knowing that a gulley wasjust In front; fortunately he In undertaking to Jump it fe'l into the chasm, wlieu Smith went over, thereby saving cach other some trounle. The trouble was over a wo man. A warrant was lssueu lorfsimin ior assault and buttery with intent to kill, and carrying concealed weapon. Dr. Shirley says that Bill was hashed up nearly all over, but uo serious wounds. The primary election passed off quietly. Everybody voted their own way, and no one fell out about any old grudges. A good deal of liquor was afloat. 15. 1). C. .Hiiiiaffci-K of Kleel ion. Abbeville No. 1?A. W. Smith, John A. Harris, Waiter L Miller. Abbeville No. 2?It. .1. l'elton, J. M. McMillan, G. II. Moore. Antrevillc? ISelleview?T. J, Britt, S. 1*. Morrow, C. 15. Walker. Bradley?W. J. Gaines, J. M. Warren, J. I,. Widonian. Mt. Curia el?B. A. Boyd, C. J. Lyon, C. A. White. Cokcsbury?-S. T. Lea, G. \V. Jones, A. S. McKenzie. Donalds?W. U. IJunn, 11. J. Martin, J. C. McDill. -*? ' 'f I'orku .T 15. Samnle. 1J. T. urwiinuuu-j. , - , . Jones. Hodges? Coronaca? Slony Point?J. M. Major, J. II.O'Neall, 1). I). Rainpay. Hampton?John It. Clinkseales, M. s. AshIcy, \V. A. Callahain. Lebanon?W.H, McAllister, Sam Bask In, A J. Woodhurst. Long Cane?I). 1'. Hannah, A. F.Calvert, W. K. Morrison. Lowndesvillo No. 1? Lowndcsvilie No. 2? Mag.iolia? Means Chapel? Mountain View? McCormlck? Ninety-Six?J. A. Calhoun, J. K. Watson, Jas. C. GrlOln. Phoenix?G, I'. Ross, S. 1*. Brooks, C. H. Edmunds. Kmithvlllc?James Kvans, I. A. Keller, S. T. K?kln, Troy- , , F. A. Cook. Verdery?R. I). Purdy, Dr. J. B. Britt, J. F. Pinson. Walnut Grove?W. T. Jones, J. S. MoGce, G. B. Riley. Cedar Springs?John Brown, Jr., J no. Lyon, , A. T. Brown. ' 4 '+rp:sg . .Sp* '* . V~: -V "^ ' m \*+*mu*.iwam*KrwBm*9'*timmm*ma*mim*mmmammm STATEMENT OF DR. ADAMS. HE REFUTES THE CHARGES WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE AGAINST HIM. Full ami Satisfactory Statement in Kcfort'iice to this Political Faitli?Hv is a Tillitianite From Principle, an?l a Farmers'* .Movement .lEan from Conscientious Conviction. Editor Press and Banner: Will you allow* rue space In your paper to make a statement In reierence to my position In tlic campaign which is nearlng its close In Abbeville county. I feel constrained to make thisstatement to contradict a report which I understand has been studiously and energcticnlly, (I hope not maliciously) circulated to my injury just on the eve of the election of August 22nd. The report is. that I am an tinll-Tiilmanlte? that I have shifted my position in reference lo tlie Issues In this campaign. The foundations for tills report I will state as briefly as possible. 1st. After a little speech which I made at Greenwood (from manuscript) I remarked to some one, I do not remember to whom, "I have made the best Tillman speech I had in me to day, and have not called Tll'rnan's name.'' Now, Mr. Editor, If a farmers movement or Tillman man has not a sulllcient command of ideas or language to mane nimseu uiiuitstood without labeling liiinself and his speeches all over, "This Is Tlllmanlsm," I must say that in my Judgment, that man Is surely to be pitied, If not lor his want of intelligence, certainly for his want of iutclli^iblenexH. And I want to say that while I urn and have been a friend and supporter of Capt. Tillman In this campaign, I am a Tillmanlte lor the sake ol the farmers' movement and not a farmers' movement man for the sake of Tillman. 2nd. It is stated that in the August Convention, I voted for seating the antl-Tlllman delegation from Fairfield. This is true and Is matter of record. I did so, because Mr. I. II. McCalia, of the Abbeville delegation, in whose Judgment, honesty, love of fairness and loyalty to the cause he had csposesed, I had confidence, was a member of the committee on credentials, and heard all the evidence pro and con adduced before that committee, and signed the minority report in favor ol seating that delegation. And I did so because the preponderence of evidence as brought out in the discussion before the Convention seemed to my mind to sustain Mr. McCalla's position in favor of said delegation. Capt. John 15. Bradley whose loyalty I suppose no one will question, also voted as I dul. I have the unfortuuate and perhaps unpopular habit of trying to think lor mysell and of acting upon my own judgment when left free to do so. I am tearful ii I wero to choose a monitor who shall supervise and dlrectall my thoughts and actions, I might need him ~ tni.fan u'nnld not tin nPPKPnl. MJIIIU 11 III V UIIWII nv II W...? I will say too, though I am not aware that this lias been used against ine. that I thought It would have been wise and prndent and magnanimous in the majority in that convention to have deferred action upon therevised Constitution and the appointment of a new Executive Committee until the September Convention, because in this way we would have avoided affording any pretext lor a bolt, and the harmony and unity of the convention would have been preserved, and because I have too much conlldence in the Justice, reasonableness and stability of the farmers' movement to believe there was any risk in waiting three or four weeks before doing the work. I do not regard the farmers' movement as so tender and frail n bubble that it will not bear the slightest pressure without bursting. But the convention is past and Its doings arc matter ol history, and I acquiesce In its actions as fully and completely as any advocate of the measures adopted. The will ol the majority must be th? law of the party. 3rd. It Is urged against mc too that nntiTillmanites vote for me. Wliut must I say. Mr. Editor ? This reminds me of what I said to a gentleman in the Court House on last Saturday, who to that time was a stranger to me, and who said to me that his club, containing a majority of Tllimanites, bad elected him, an antl-Tillmanile, presldei t of Ills r t" him. "it Is one of hlzbest compliments they couiil have passed upon you, or something to that elTect.'To be a man of such it rend lb of views, of such keen sense of Justice, of such sternness of Integrity as to be ub:e to Fee the right thing and to do the right'thing between all men and all classes and all parties is an enviable position indeed. To be a man whom even tils enemies are not afraid to trust Is the highest type of unregenerated humanity. Would to God I were such a man. I have strong personal friends opposed to me In this campaign, and shall I say to them, "1 prefer not to have your vote aud your influence In this election." Shall I? I trow not. Now, Mr. Editor, a few words as to my position. I am somewhat of farmer myself. I was a Granger, I am an Alliance man, as earnest, and strong and devoted as, know how to be. lauia farmers' movement man and necessarily according to my judgment a Tillman man. I Joined the Grange and Alliance because I hoped and believed that by organization, co-operation and mutural help and instruction, the condition of the farmers might and would be greatly improved. I am a Farmers' Movement man, because ?..? Iwuirtv i:vnm?llilpH nrP my witiiiicsiuiiu uiuot v Willi I Lie farmers In their oppressed and depressed condition; because I most earnestly desire tiiat they shall have all the protection and advantages which wise and Just and impartial legislation can give them ; because I favor all reforms which look to economy In the administration of tho Government and to the more prompt and cHectuai execution of tho laws ol tho .Slate; and furttiermore, because I wish to aid my own State in allying hciself with lier sisters in this great confederation of States in the effort to rescue the Government from the domination of capital, of syndicates, of trusts, of corporations, of monopoly, of protection and whatever other agencies are Imperiling its safety and existence. 1 am a Tillmanlte because he 1ms been the lender and tho lift* of the movement In South Carolina, and because according to my opinion to have cutolf Tillman's head would have been to paralyse tho Farmers Movement. I claim to be what I am from principle and not from any desire for personal prelerment or advantago. I claim to be a component aud essential part of this great movement, and not a mere appendage lor the sake of loaves and fishes Tills is and has been my position in this campaign, and if 1 have uttered one word or given expression to a single sentence at variance with the views herein expressed I am not conscious of it, audi will bo gratified if tho person to whom any such has been made, will call to mind the time and place when it was done. Mr. Editor, I cannot closo this statement, already so 1odk, without expressing to my fiiends and lellow citizens of Abbeville my grateful acknowledgment for the very flatter ...? i.,?, r.vi_ ing volewmen mey iuhuimuu iuc uu iuo? day, in tho lace of secret, malignant and reforiH and especially so circulated against me. feel grateful that Phoenix, and Greenwood, and Ninety-Six, and other places where 1 am best known personally, saw lit to remember me so kindly and so favorably. To merit the coulldenco and esteem and approbation of those amongst whom I have lived and oy whom I am most intimately known is tho highest aspiration of my soul, and the expression of these Is the highest ciicomlum that can be pronuueed upon any man. This, my fellow citizens, is my statement which X make not for the purposes of securing your votes but to vindicate myself before the public of Abbeville, and whether the statement Is accepted or not, I stand acquitted before my own conscience, and rest in the consciousness of not having swerved In any particular from the line of duty and consistency. 1'. II. ADA M.S. Phoenix, Aug. 20tli, 1S90. GOOD-BYE. Our Much llcK|>cct4'<l WarreiKoii Reporter Takes I.enve of I'm. Waiiiikntox, s. C., August 25,1S00. Messrs. (icorge llugan and Pan Winn with their fain 1 lies visited Mr. and Mrs. 1). 11. l'enney one day last week. Cotton picking has begun and all hands are at work again. Miss ICIlen l'arker, of Abbeville, spent part of last week with Miss S. IC. Thomas. Miss Annie Wilson, a beautiful and lively young laity from this place, visited relatives in Anderson last week. llev, Mr. Jacobs, of Clinton, H. prunehod n splendid sermon to a large congregation at the Warrenton church yesterday. Miss iies-ie Thomas, of Warrenton, spent part of last week visiting friends and relatives in Abbeville. The Warrenton school will close in about two weeks. 15oth teacher and pupils will bo glad. Mr. and Mrs. I'at Uoehe visited Mrs. .S. 10. Chealliam hist week. Miss Jessie Thomas is visiting friends in TiOnir Cane. News is scarce around here, picnics are over wi'h and there arc very few visitors. Well,Mr, Kditor.as this will be my last contribution to the good old I'rrx.i tnxl Jluinnr, I will thank you for the space you have allowed my writings, and bid you and your readers good-bye. NOBODY KNuWS. A HeiiUliy Kxeeplion. A Spartanburg jury lias found a white man guilty of murder. Geo. Turner was put on trial for his life last week and after a prolonged trial occupying three days a verdict of "guilty" V.'as readied. It Is not often that a white uia:i 1* convicted of murder in south Carolina nnd we look upon this verdict us a healthy exception.?Aiken Journal anil Heview. 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Si ??-,! -??'3 J cc~~\? J ?<= J.L= SI zs:i J cL?L E-lcJ eeg^^sl i i i i!! i N ~J: ! g: -.^g J-.-r J M ! J^l S-Mti j M! MSNNH! MBmwBi : 5 Sloii JJi! o^Swl e.iOH.o^! I ! SJ : ! 6s! i : ! ! : i ; wi I I Sn?: : ? 11 ?sS8??2???g&8S$SS&8i??*gte Atlanta, Ga., reports Go,414 inhabitants. The Western North Carolina Con ference will be held at Concord, N. C., Nov. 2g, 1S90. J. C. Keener. Bit-bop Duncan has changed the time of the meeting of the Florida Conference from December 11 to January 7. Bishop Hargrove has changed I he time of the meeting of the North Georgia Conference from November 2G to December 3. For two years the Southern Stales have led the world in railroad construction. Tolstoi's new book, "Kreutzer Sona ta," lias been excluded trom tne unit-; ed States mails by order of the Post-! master-general. July 31 was the centennial of patents under the United States Govern-' ment. The first one was issued on the; corresponding duy of 1790. The South Carolina Railroad has! dis.ontinued the S.lo p. m. train toj Camden and is now running a double daily train to Newberry on theC'olum-j bia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad. The Valley of the Amazon is larger than that of the Mississippi, the former draining 2,380,000 square miles ; the Mississippi 1,244,000 square miles. J The Central Park cost the City of! New York about $(>,000,000 for the land, and about $13,600,000 for con- i struct ion ami maintenance. It is now about forty years old. I, It was about fifty years ago that Daniel Webster, speaking of the region then known us Oregon, said it was "so far oil' that it could never be governed l?y the United States, and all delegate from it to Congress would not; reach Washington till a year after the expiration of his term." No man was ever Governor of Texas who read manuscript speeches. There is an unwritten law that bars this style of orator from the governorship of the Lone Star Sate. According to the action of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Iuy members are 11 next fall to vote on the question! whether woman shall be eligible as lay. i.t ii?, ni,?,>t,,r:il and ueneral;i uciv^aivo iv ? MV v,v w conference of the church. I Three locomotives have been shipped from this country to Palestine for the new railroad between Jaffa and Jo- 1 rusalem. They are named Jall'a, Jem- { salem, and Ramlch. I1 The supreme court of New Hatnp-jl shire has decided that sex is no tllsqual-: I ificatiou for membership of the bar in that State. h i Few have any idea of the terrible jj waste of bird-life that the fashion for j birds as trimmings involves, remarksj< New York Chatter. Forty millions off humming-birds, sun bird*, orioles, || gulls, sea-birds, wax win (is, birds ofi? paradise and fly-catcln-rs are annually j j immolated to this end. The latest carrier-pigeon experl-|l ments in Europe show that the normal . velocity of the bird is about 1,210yards Win, ? f,.(,sh wind in the! I il IlillllUt. ?? l?M % direction of flight nearly 2,000 yards a < minute have been made. < A special to the Nashville American says : "A goodly proportion of the ] Southern members are paying very'< little attention to their Congressional I duties these days. There are thirty- i seven out of the city. Louisiana and t Florida have not a single represeuta- i Itivehere. |< .. fa?_ 3?> w?- 4 -nhMraiwrv^o^n>?u?M?>.??||i^^t<Mwift *; L= csr -- ?r 5 3 5 < >5== o **ffl ? 5 WW. w lips cc T, i I rr ' :1| ?,Se \V. C. Benet. >I?C?I ..-- : ? George John*tone. , ? _Ji J I). Kj_No?ris._ ? -Tts?i,, E. B. Murray. | uii'i Wm. P. Calhoun. g,- Z | a ETBowen. ^ I R- R- Hemphill. ?f ; SZNATE. "ctic C. A. C. Wnller. hmqr I J-T.Robertson. I T)r. P. R. diirwlle. W oSiSSI _ ? gS?B IJameB E*Todd- | I]Dr* P- H- AUnms. ? S3 ' T. A. Gmliam. n , ^*> SQtCJ?C I *g 6^ ~ fT-io J-J-ohn H. Morrah. g |' ~?S I Frank B. Gnry. 3 |l i 1-130 So SI H _ gggfe I P- H. Maglll. h I 5T *23*: ! J. Graves. g j ? ?SSg I L. C. Mauldin. ' ig *Sg!j ! J- N. King. I B rrvjiis IJ* R> Bla,ie?Jr> Treas ureb. < r.SSS I Thou. P. Thomson. ] S??sl "* Fuller Lyon. Probate B* - ? . Judge, g 1R- y-m- 3 jckscIr. G. McLees. oo -Eg-I M O ~ ? 1 m K=ioS i v/owan. $ g ; mi I Saeg.i I Dr. E. H. Edwards. ? ^ ft ^ -5SI I G.W. Collins. _ p O || J I 2=>mJ I?0. Robinson. . ' I >c5*?o I A. W. Jones. I Auditor. ^ I I w fill s -;>i *r= = 2 ** f^"8? 5 M ! I aa b 'g : : O o 35 \\*? ' L -wi : : : s 11 S : : : : II 9 *'- ~/v ILU g J. F. C? DuPrc. ^ J * oSSg j F. Y. Shepp&rd. SSE8 ! J. W. Lltes. Su.SK I J. W.Lyon. I R. H. Armstrong. !taSSe? IQ. P. Burdett. 0 I SS"! A. B. Robleon. ? ! j W. C. Shaw. jj : | w. u, wurivii. rj . O ! * ( I cio I John R. Buclianaa. 1 i ?3 i Ooorce A. ShJlllto. i h I-2.21S i Jolm H. Thomas.-k o ?i c;m I James C. Moore. S _ _ g I J- F._Roykin. " . gn-. | C. C. C'orley. . ' : eSrfSl R. E. COX. ~3!cnI I James C. Hall. -ccm ! S. 0. Youn^r. | _gg| Richard C. Wilson. ?: cc-. I D- !"' Andrews. ^5!Sr??= sxass i II One feature of the census work, that relating to mortgages and the cause of indebtedness, has developed some interesting information. The questions were desigued to ascertain why the debts were contracted, but the answers take wider range. One man justifies bis going into debt by explaining that the money raised by the mortgage, amounting to $110, was "to make borne pleasant by purchasing an organ to keep my boy at home, which proved a bucccs^, for which I am proud." One of the correspondents tersely explains that his mortgage of $140 was incurred ill the attempt to pay for two sets of false teeth. One man states that his friend sshot a negro, and the mortgage was incurred in raising the money to bail him out of jail and for lawyers' fees. Another one writes: "Borrowed money for general uses on account of failure in crops, and I reckon," he adds with Southern naiveuess, "you'll find that I aui a bad manager; but there'll be plenty more in the same fix. _ Misery loves company." A very large and ample explanation seems to be that offered by the man who wrote that he had a mortgage of $400 put on his house to pay aeors contracted in raising a family of ten children. Lotteries are a mark of low civilization. There i9 but one in the United States, and not long ago I read an interesting letter from Brazil and It stated that almost everything in that country was run by lotteries. If the government got cramped for money, it set up a lottery. Roads and canals and churches and theaters and public charities were all kept up by lotteries. The 4 people were a nation of gamblers. V For many years the trench governnient derived a large income from the ^ government lotteries, but they have been abolished and the very first year after their suppression the receipts in the savings banks were increased a million of dollars.?.2?/// Arp. State Treasurer Nolan, of Missouri, explains his defalcations by saying he was made drunk and in that condi tion signed checks lie knew nothing about. C. R* Brayton's friends explain the shortage of $30,000 in his account as Postmaster of Providence a fovv vearsago iu about the same wav. - -- ? > ' u i. The Civil Service neiorm wouiu uu well to include in their lists of queslions to applicants for office. Is he honest, is he capable, is he sober ?? The Voice* If there hail been no saloon in Walnut Grove, Ariz., more than a hundred people who were drowned there recently might have bee:: saved. The superintendent saw that the dam would break, and sent a messenger to warn the people in the truck of the stream. Hut he went into a saloon, got drunk, md forgot his message. Those who never go into the saloon may be in jrcater peril from it than those who patronize it. They should banish it in elf-protection. What :s said to be a genuine case of leprosy was discovered Here to-aay. The victim is u scion of a noble family in Spain, who has beeu attending the leadenly at Chester, Pa. For a week lie has been stopping at a SpanishAmerican boarding house in East 28th street. Inspector Dillingham, who is familiar with the subject of leprosy, leoided It to be a case of leprosy without question. ^ Colorado, Springs, Col., August 15.?A tremendous cloudburst broke >ver this city yesterday, deluding the own, beating in roofs and uuderminng walls. Two people were swept iway and drowned. Twelve miles of ail road track were washed away j .la mage at least $200,000.