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tfV-tf." . r.: ^ . The Press and Banner ' ABBEVILLE, S.C. j??M'u I dished every Wednesday at ?-! a year in advance. Wednesday, Sept. 3, 1890. | Although the votes have been counted, and the recent elections have been declared as usual?by the county club?yet more attention has been paid to the matter at tills election than ever before. We are in recept of the following letters: ColtANACA, S. C., Sept. 1, 18'JO. E<lUr>r Press and lianner : If Senator R. K. Hemphill had tlio nomination for the Senate, by the same process of reasoning, Messrs. Adams anil Graham were certainly nominated, along with the other three, for the House. Hemphill received the majority of votes, leaving out the blanks, for the Senate, and was declared to be the nomi nee. Take the snm of the votes for the House, leaving out the blauks, and devlde it by 5 the number entitled to election to the House, and yon will readily see that both, Messrs. A bams and Graham should have been counted in. The sum of the votes cast for Representatives Is 27133-5, divided by 2 will give as a majority 1351. So it was only necessary to obtain 1351 votes to receive the nomination and Adams received 1473, and Graham 1373, and should have been declared nominated. DAVID AIKEN. Editor Press and Banner : There Is a great deal of talk anil dissatisfaction on this side about Hemphill being declared the nominee and Graham. Adams, Gary and others running over. The General opinion is, that if Hemphill was nominated so was Adams and Graham on the 22 of August. Hemphill did not receive a majority of the total county vote and should not be in firnhnm :md Adams did receive a major ity of the votes cast for representatives anct on the same principle that Hemphill was declared elected, they should have been also. I dou't know what the constitution or the rules provide but it looks like the rule lias been applied one way toHemphill and another to the others. DuPre had to run over two years ago when he occupied a similar position to Hemphill's. The primary election, of August 22, in Abbeville county, according to our way of thinking, was not a legal election. The Preu and Bannet-does not believe that there were five hundred legal votes cast on the 22 of August, and we do not believe that there were half dozen boxes where managers made any pretense to a legal compliance with the requirements of the law, But as our correspondents have made no question of the greater illegality which should have vitiated the whole election, we will pass the question which we have raised, and considerate it from their own standpoint. Thinking that mathematical problems and suppositious hypothesis might err, as to the actual number of blanks which were cast for the House of Representatives, we went to tlie jury room yesterday, and counted the ballots . in such boxes, as we found still in tact. The other nine boxes we mnea 10 imu, ?nu wj><> r suit for August 2i , Blanks. Ninety-Six 11 McConnlck ; 4 Lebanon I' Cokesbury 0 Hampton 0 Verdery 0 ' l'.radley 1 Sinitbville o Mountain View 1 Stoney Point 0 Walnut Grove ( < Menus Chapel 0 ltellevlew o Magnolia 7 1 Long Cane 0 Mt. curmel 2 Coronaca 10 ,? Lowndesville No. 2 0 1 Cedar Springs 0 Troy 7 Greenwood 22 Total Blanks In 21 boxes 68 Deduct the blanks, 68, thus found, from the total vote, 2005, and it will be seen that 1-164 is a majority of the votes cast for House of Representatives. The tabulated statement sbow6 ? * * 1 1 ?"*> nlnn mnrp that l>r. .\aams rewucu in?, than wore necessary for his election. It was easy enough to determine who had the majority of all the votes for Senator, while It would have required three men for half hour to determine what was actually the majority for the House?the total vote for the House could only be determined by an actual count of the ballots, and the old rule of requiring Legislators to have a majority, was applied as in former ejections. The only good now to result from this agl- i tation is, lor candidates and voters, to determine on sonoo definite plan, and then see that the law and the rules are strictly compiled with iu future elections, . i The candidate who allow* the election to i be declared, without protest, sleeps over his I rights. In case there were irregularities. 1 Any candidate who may have felt dissatls- j fled with the election, should have raised the question as to the actual number of votes cast for the House. But, as no one raised the i point at the time, it seems that the candidate himself submitted and consented to whj^ < now appears to be a wrong, and lie must now abide the consequences. .Since the election haB been declared, there is no way to open up the matter. The tellers acted according to precedent and custom. The Neroud Knee. Since there has been some talk and perhaps ( some feeling in reference to the declared result of the recent primary elections, we make , the following quotation from the Constitution of the Democratic party in Abbeville , county: , a ???i a 1 Conflnn 1 ' A cik?1? nvlrtlnrv olrvs tion those who receive a majority of all tfu votes cast for Out respective offices, shull be declared to be the nominees of the Democratic party tor such offices." In order to satisfy our own mind in reference to the number of blank ballots for the House of Representatives, the ballots in each box were counted, except Abbeville No. 2, which we could not find. The blanks for House of Representatives In the other boxes were, as follows, reference being here had to tho election boxes for August 20 : Long Cane 0 ( Walnut Grove 1 Means C'liapcl 0 1 Verdery 0 f l.owndesville No. 1 2 ' Due West it Ninety-Six 10 Mount Curmel 2 Phoenix 1 ' Cokesbnry 1 Bordeaux 1 McCormick 0 Antreville 1 Donalds 0 Cedar Springs 0 ilodges 3 ' Sinn v Point 0 Lowndesvllle No. 2 2 Sniithvllle o Helleview 0 (J recu wood ];> J trad ley , 1 Hampton 0 i^A Mountain View 2 Lebanon 0 Abbeville No. 1 0 ? ? T:t In t!ie e boxes there were a great number or tickets of dato August 22, without any hint of ellort to change the date, liya strict construction, they might have been throtfu out, under the presumption tliat thi-y had been left iu the box from previous election. ? 1 * * "" I)r. Atfuiutt WitlMlrnwM from Hit* It?< ?*. I)r. P. If. Adsinis informs us that he will withdraw from the race for a seat iu the House of Representatives. Smith <fc Sons mil furnish you with the best cheap harness you ever saw. They carry the highest line of Harness, Saddles, etc., of any house in town. gfc sL.-. Jndffc Cothran. In all the trying history connected with Abbeville county, within the last thirty years, Judge Cothran has taken an active part. At the breaking out of the war, he went to the lront as sergeant of a company, and during all that fierce and bloody (struggle, he stood In the forefront, and came home with liouorable wounds on his person. Alter the war he went to the practice of bis profession as lawyer, and won destiction at the bar. In 1S70 he organized the campaign in this county which resulted in the overthrow of the rule of the negro and the alien. Although the excitement ran higher, and although antagonistic race feeling was more intense than was ever before known in any country, yet by magnetic conservatism and the will power which lie exercised over his followers, he brought the campaign to a successful Issue without the shedding of blood, and without any serious violations of the peace. Having won the great victory, he was ever a safe counsellor, and was not less wise niwi Knrrnciniis in nreservimr those blessings than ho was heroic ami daring In the struggle. Again, in 1S!H), at the recent meeting of the Struightout Democratic Convention, he was present. Then, as in the past, he counselled modera. (Ion and discouraged hasty action. Without fear, he opposed anything which looked to u division in the Democratic party of South Carolina, and with the boldness of one who loves his country, he argued for the maintenance of Democratic unity. During his speech which was eloquent and forcible, he said : "I am a white man. The white man is my brother in blood and in life. 1 will stick to hiin and uo with him." The Greenville A'ews says : "It is impor"tant, and cannot be improper to add that "the keynote of that action was found in one "utterance," that utterunce being the word.above quoted. It was largely due to Judge Cothran that the action of the late Convention was such as to prevent untold troubles to the people of South Carolina. He urged, as an indisputable fact, that there are as good Democrats in the Tillmau faction as in the other. To these, embracing the white people of the State, her destinies are committed. They alone are charged with the persevation of her civilization. They cannot escape the responsibility it they would. It can only be malutallied by their joint efforts. A division or split means nothing, more nor less, than the appeal by the one or the other faction, or by both, to the negro vote, and it may be truthfully said that this would be a worse calamity than the election of any candidate. Judge Cothran and others have averted an evil to all the people, and Abbeville county, is placed under renewed obligation to her distinguished son, for valuable services in the hour of lier need. A bbeviIlo"s l>isn<l vnntnK'p. Abbeville is on a branch line of the C. & C?. road, and we have in the past sullered great inconvenience in the schedule of the trains und in telegraphic service. Lately tlie schedules on the Abbeville branch have been all that we could ask or wish. The track has been improved and the speed >f the trains is satisfactory. Rut In the telegraph ofllce there seems to be a missing link. Without making any reflections on ttie local operator because of grievances for which lie is not responsible, we would mention one or two facts. Saturday evening and Saturday night, August 2'i, it was impossible to get telegraphic despatches to or from Abbeville. The operator at Abbeville was in his ofllco. Last Friday night, and until Saturday ibout midday, we were cut off from telegraphic communication with the outside world. The local operator was in his office until a late hour at night, and was promply in his place on the morning to which reference is had. To have the Court House town of a large county like this cut off from telegraphic communication during the elections which took place August 22, and August 2!), is a matter of no small consequence to the public. Each night after the elections eager crowds assembled at the office, and the lack of information was only equaled by the lack of light in the ofTlce. For a large part of the time on Friday night August 22, only one little lamp on the operator's desk, furnished any light at all. On oth?r occasions it is almost Impossible to get sufficient light to either write or read dispatches, if any should be received. The running of a railroad and the operating of a telegraph line is a matter which chiefly concerns the owners, but for all that, the pub. lie will complain at unsatisfactory service though the owners of the property may regard such complaints as unwarranted Interference with their busiucss. This community is about threadbare, ?nd hereafter notices of irregularities and lack of a reasonable service on the part of either the railroad or the telegraph will be reported to headquarters. Wliat arc We Goin^ to <1o About it? The cars on the (?. C. <fc N. road will be here in a few weeks, and If we Intend to arrange for an excursion to this place on the completion of tho road, we should now be making arrangements to that effect. We ought to have a barbecue, a band of mu. sic, and a speech of welcome to our guests. Let some or the older citizens act as chairman of the meeting, and let some of our poung men make the speech of welcome. If special cars were reserved for the ladies kve might have the pleasure of greeting a host ^f the pretty women of tho country who might come hither in quest of beautiful lieudgear, or handsome dresses, to say nothng of the thousand and one little things that ?o to adorn and make comfortable the female orin divine. ? - ^ AVluit About (lie Excursion? Wouldn't Tuesday, Octobcr 11, or Tuesday, Dctober 21, be a suitable time ? The cars on the new road will be here then ; 1 will be a charming season of the year ; our stores will be full of the prettiest and best >f goods; everybody will be happy. Then let us have a jubilee. Let a cheap excursion run for everybody, with suitable arrangements to accommodate the ladies with dlfl'ereut coaches from the :rowd. We might have a speech or two. We might have a good band of music. We might have a dance for the young folk. We might have a banquet lor others. And Mr. George Shilllto and Mr. Mack Brooks, with the aid of others, m ght furnish i barbecued dinner for the crowd. ,ln Attempt to Di?tfrnuclii?e tlie Supreme Court. In Mississippi a State Convention has been In session for several days. In considering ihe qualification of voters it is reported : "The property qualification has been abati doned, and an educational riualtticatiou Is provided for, limited tothc ability of the voter to understand the constitution, when read to him.'' To understand, or to interpret, the constitu lion of any State is a problem which has vexed the ablest lawyers arid wisest judges of this country. If, therefore, tlio standard of qualification is to be raised that high, we shall expect a great reduction in the number 1 ul" voters in Mississippi. Educational. Iu the Edgefield Advertiser we find a learned , article by the "editress," on the use of the! comma. Will the author now kindly favor, us with an opinion of such words as "odi-j tress," "teach ress," "passcngress," "studeiitess," "operatross," "typeset tress,' "buyer-; ess,' "dohtrrss," "cookess." etc? Are all of them good words? Are any of them good? | M?1M Josli Aslilpy Bent the Alliance. To Josh Ashley may beattributed tho credit of Norrls's defeat last Friday. Sometime ago "Citizen" Ashley was offended because the Alliance caucus at Anderson ruled him oil" the track la the Legislative race. ! For reasons unknown to us, Mr. Norrls became the object of .Mr. Ashley's disfavor. On the day of election he came to Abbeville, and it Is conceded that he turned from Mr. Xorris that day enough votes to cause his defeat. So, if the Anderson Alliance caucus encompassed his defeat and denied Mr. Ashley a free race for the Legislature, he now In turn enjoys the satisfaction of knowing that he has gotten even with those who wronged him. We shall not attempt to say that the general public of Anderson County, and of the Third Congressional District, is not under a double debt of gratitude to tho Anderson caucus. Without the exercise of their kingly power in pulling down one man and in setting up another, uic pcopie ui me nm a tuuga-HMun* al District would have nominated the Hon. 1>. K. Xorris for Coiigress last Friday, and but for their aetion it is possible that Joshua Ashley would have been chosen by Anderson County to a seat in the next General Assembly of South Carolina. Willi facts like these before us, are we to learn no lesson ? The Anderson caucus, by nssumiug to deny to one of the humblest citizens of that county the poor privilege of running for the Legislature, ensured the defeat of their own choice for Congress?the very man upon whom the Alliancemcn everywhere had set their hearts. Tlie Election. We present the tabulated statement of the second primary election. All the places were filled, except that of the fifth seat In the House of Representatives. Mr. T. A. Graham and Dr. I*. II. Adams will be voted for again next Friday. The election of School Commissioner is notable in the fact that C iptaln E. Cowan is elected to that oflice for the third time, tie has been electcd for alternate terms for three times. He was elected first, because of dissatisfac nun wiiu ins iiam'ccwui in viujj muuhi.h teachers which absorbed the public fund In a law mouths, when the schools of the county were all dosed in uuprccodentedly short terms. Being of a practical turn of mind he reduced the salaries and kept the schools open for a longer time than ever before. Although he was defeated at the next elec* lion, yet he had a strong hold on the people, and when they bad tried a new School Commissioner lor one term, they re-instated him. At the end of that time another superseded Captain Cowan, and now when he hus been outofoftlec for two years he is re-elected ugain. The olli.^c of School Commissioner is an oflice the actual business of which can be done I'rir nhfitit. ilnllnrn 11 liionl h. and is tlicre" lore, one of the most desirable in the conn-! ty. The retiring School Commissioner lias j, made a most excellent offlcer, a:>d the vote which he received as an anlt-Tiilmanltc is complimentary to liim in the highest degree, ; while the fact furnishes one more proof iliot 1 the Alliance is not always solidly against a good officer. Captain Cowan is an Allianceman, who en dorses Tillman, and is an active Farmer's movement man.. Arc Wc to Have any Change In the! SnlnrieN. We do not know if Capt. Cowan intends to Inaugurate any new rules in the goverment of the schools, but If we are in order, we would suggest that It is now time to still further reduce the pay of teachers. II S3, ;2, and SI, wqre taken off respectively from first, second, and third grade teachers. the school terms would be increased, about one month, and the same teachers would, in nine cases out of ten, remain in the service. Another matter if the people were allowed greater liberty in exercising their own wish in opening new schools, or In moving the houses, the.Commissioner would iind less opposition when he seeks re-election. Minorities, and humble people, have rights which should be respected, even in official quarters. Local bosses have no rlj?ht,?In equity or justice?to appropriate tlie public funds exclusively for the use of themselves and their friends. The claims and protests of those who happen to be out of the influential current, should receive the syecial care of the .->cnooi commissioner. If the School Commissioner, would listen more to those who have no friend at court, and let their own chosen trustees have less influence with him, he would serve the people better, and he would meet less opposition to his re election. The people's wishes should be respected. They know better than anybody else what they want, and it they get what thay want, the olticer In turn may get what he wants. George Johnstone Elected Congress- . man. In the second primary, which was held last < Friday, the Hon. George Johnstone received a majority of the votes in the Third Congressional District, the vote standing: For George Johnstone r?.;iis . For D. K. Xorris VtfJW j Johnstone's majority 19 1 For the number of votes polled, this is, per ' haps, the closest vote that was ever held hereuhrmt Mr. Norrls was run as 1ho Alliance candidate, and we believe lie depended entirely on that vote for his election. On his visits to Abbeville wo did uot hear of his having sought the acquaintance of any man in the ' mercantile or other business pursuits at this place. If he called on any of the public olllcers or any of the professional men in this t county, we are not aware of the fact. Mr. Johnstone ran on "general principles," I j and sought the votes of the people Irrespect- U iveof (heir affiliation, or non affiliation with'' any of the secret political organizations ] t which now exist throughout the country. I If the Alliance had set up a different man t than Mr. Norris to represent them, there is ' no doubt in our mind that they would .have elected hlrri. In Abbeville county the Alliancemcn voted almost solidly for him. Assuming that few outside of the Alliancemcn voted for him. we believe that not more than one hundred of the order failed to vote for him. Mr. Norris, like many local candidates, no doubt suffered somewhat in the public estimation from the evil reports which wero circulated against him. I ? Johnstone l>celnreil (lie Nominee. The oltlcers entrusted with the declaration of Congressional nominee from t lie Third District, discharged that duty yesterday at Helton, in favor o( Mr. George Johnstone.! -Mr. 1>. K. Norris entered a protest, but finally | withdrew it, as we learn yesterday from a telegraphic dispatch to Hon. K. O. (Jraydon. I ( The* Cotton Planters ami (-inner* ol'i, the Sou Hi. i Your attention is called to the New Cotton Hlooiu Uln, which has all latest Improve-1 < inents. Including; balance wheel on brush, j l which is peculiar to tliis make or gin and is | < used on no other. If you Intend buying a yin ; I this season it will pay you to look Into thei < merits of this gin. This company and its i predecessors have made cotton gins for near-) i iy titty years, and are experts in cotton gin i work. These gins are made in the most sub-! I Stantial manner?strong and heavy, wlth|( Ions hearings; every part being so nicely s made and adjusted that it Is without doubt) I the lightest running glnuing outfit In tliej world. For further particulars, prices, terms, | I etc., address II. W. Hubbard, tho inrmufac-j: tillers' general southern u^eut, at Atlanta,'! Uu. i I LONG CANE ITEMS. Wlinf Ili?' IN-oitlo Slsnuhl Oo?Heroic j Acl of a Utile Ncyro?Tlie Trains | ?Oihlw and EniN. r.OSTfi C'ANR. s. C.. Sppl. 1. 1S90. Mrs Nancy Keller lias been sick lor tlie lust | few days. Mr. J. I/, llill ivill carry his fine colt to the ;1 stock show to day. Miss 1'eggy Sharp who lives with Mr. Doe 1 liowle has been slcK sometime. It is strange hut I rue that all inotallc veins run East and Welt. Scientists claim Ihnt the world Is ten million years old. The people of Abbeville are enthusiastic over the election of the Hou. (Jeor^e Johnsone to Congress. Miss Ida Nickles, of Due West, has been visiting her cousin. Miss Knnle Morrison. Farmers are busy picking cotton. The lint is much shorter this year than last. ltoad overseers should have as few ditches cut across the public roads as possible. Mr. Thomas Robertson was the llrst of his neighbors to commence gathering the lleecy staple. Air. Thomas J. Lipscomb, of Verdery, has secured Mr. W. D. Lomax's place as traveling salesman for Messrs. Thurber, Whylaiul it Co., of New Yorlc. The price or jute ongoing nas lanon so inucu that farmers are thinking seriously of using it tliis year. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Thomson, of Charleston, attended preaching at Upper Long Cane on the 4th Sunday in August. Mr. i'. V. Hammond preached to an attentive congregation ut the Rock Spring schoolhouse yesterday. The people throughout the country have gone into tiic lightning rod business extensively. It is money thrown away. Abbeville being such a noted place it Is fully described in Chamber's Encyclopaedia. The two newspapers iire mentioned. Tne rains that came last week will do much good, as the land is in a nice condition for sowing oats. Newberry will send a young man, twentytwo years old, to the legislature this year. Every farmer should have a blacksmith shop. A great deal of money could be saved, to say nothing of the convenience. "S,"' of Green wood has made himself very conspicuous by his absense for the last few weeks. Hope he will soon be at his post again. The recent elections in tills and other counties have proved that men must have ability of their own, besides the power to cling to Tillman's coat tail and be pulled into office. September comes from the Latin word scptem, Seven; it is the ninth month according ! to the reckoning now, though It still preserves its original name. Mr. \V. A. Lomax has completed I.Is gin house on Dry Creek and is now ready to serve the public. He Is also prepared to grind corn and saw for his neighbors. The Abbeville train imw makes live trips a day and lies ovvr al Hoiig.-s every night and Sunday. The sharp competition that is expected Iroin the It. C. & S. railroad is causing the extra accommodation. A large deud oak tree stands within twentylive feet of the rail road near the nine mile post, iI should be ml down or it will causeu wreck on the road someday. Air. Charses A. Butts will make molasses enough to do him. Farmer* should uive more attention to molasses cane as It seldom lulls to produce well and It saves many a dollar. Every farmer in I.ong L'anc should subscribe for the J'rcx.s anil Banner. At heart, they have 110 bet tor friend than the editor. He Is always ready to note their pro^n;.-s in everything, and ihey should show their appreciation by subscribing for his paper. There are heroes even among negroes. A negro child about two years old was playing on the railroad near I>orrouKh\s l.ist We dnesday and when the train was approaching ' within one hundred yards of the child a little negro boy seeing the baby almost, doomed hopped on I lie I rack, grabbed the child and just succeeded in saving himself by (ailing to one side when the train went rushing by ut the rate of twenty-live miles an hour. What has been cultivated from the earliest ages and was a chief crop in ancient Kgypt | anil Palestine. The oldest col ton propucing country is India, in which empire the plant . has been grown and manufactured from time immemorial. The introduclian of the cotton ( nlant. Into ITntlnd States is traced as far back is 1">8G. The first cotton mill built in this country was in 17111. The native country of the cultivated oats is unkuown although, most probably It is Central Asia. Dr. Taimage says grains of corn similar to Indian corn have been round wrapped up with the Egyptian uummies. SKMINOLE. ? tm - ?? Kcsult oT Second Primary Election. Align*! 20, ISiM). Total vote '-T^l For CoiisrotN. George Johnstone 1721 1). K. Norris 'J51 For House oT Kppreseii tati ves. KI.KITKD. F. II. Gary 1407 TO UC2f OVKR. T. A. Graham 13)1 Dr. 1*. II. Adams 1I7S LEFT Ot'T. J. II. Morrah 107:! For County Commissioner. EI-kctkh. J. W.Lyon 111.1 i It. II. Armstrong 1120 left out. K. Y. Shoppitril 127!) , J. W. Lites Sll ( i For School commissioner. KMiCTEn. I E. Cowan 13(11 J LEFT OUT. ? It. U. Mc-r.pcs 1201) I I Tlic Congressional Vote. i D. K. XOKR1S. j Abbeville ?J'?l ' Anderson 1 ,soi; N'evberry "ui * Pickens . Jconee 1,010 ? Total o,52?.i (iKOKMK JOHNSTONE. ;\l>l)CVillC 1.721 \nderson 1,120 Newberry 1,070 Pi ck oils jW4 I Totul 5,MS ? ?< < ? ? N THE COLT SHOW. - ? - tinny F.xliibils-.-Xnines of tho I.ueky Owners ol' < <> >?! Stork. Last Kale Day was :m off day in botli polices and business, and all were in };ood humor, vhile fewer were under tlie inliuence of liquor ban on any public day for several months. S'olhing was ol more interest than tho colt show. <iulie a number of ladies assembled in the piazzas of the hotel, and crowds assembled on the corners and sidewalks to see lie animals. The committee to award premiums were .'apt. J. X. Klnx, Mr. W. K. Munda.v and Mr. \. W. Smith. The coinmlitce awarded preuiums,as follows: For six months colts? f Samuel W. Cochran, first prize. James II. Cheatham, second premium. One year old horse colts? J. L.Hill, first prize. One yenr old mure colts? A. M. lieid, first prize. Two year old horse coltsWill Donald, first prize. James II. Cheatham, second prize. Two yenr old mare colls? Joseph Nance, first prize. r Three year old horse colts? ' J. \V. Scott, first prize. y A. li. Kennedy, second prize. Three year old mare eolts? Frank (Sogers, first prize, \ M.O. McCruekon, second prize. I Mule colts? I W. W. W'e-ttield, first, prize. tl Hugh Wilson.sccond prize. ^ .lacks? J tteorge F. I'urdett, first prize. , There were quite a number of otlier colts exhibited, lint the committee took only the f james of those who received premiums. 11 Among the number there were some as fine j ' inimals a> tlie State cau produce, and all t 'I hose which took premiums weresplcndid an- j' nulls. The editor of tlie I'rrsx ami ]!<umer exhibit- j I d eleven yeai ling coils, which was a larger 11 umber than was shown hy any other single i I -xhibiior. Tiie colls were brought dirt ct troin | I lie pasture, wilhout other feeding than that 11 which they gathered oil" the bottoms, ignite;' i nu in her of persons noticed lite croup, and I it least one man said he would take the J'rcxx iml Hmuter because of of lite editor's part 111 * ,he coll show. The editor would say. how jvei, thiit whatever credit is due to iinybody, < >houUl be uiven to Mr. 1). 11. Howard, who * tiMs charge of them. Owing to circuinsiiinees it was impossible o make all the dosiivd arrangements fur the j iliow. Another year, we liopu to nave good v irrnugemeulK, so tliat each and every coll can I be registered. S mtmmm?iteBfw?aana?gg?? HONEA PATH ITEMS. What tlic IN'oplc arc Doing and Saying In and Around (lie 1'Incc. Mr. J. (i. Gainhrell represented Honca Path it Presbytery la?t week. The election did pass oil Friday, but ttie effects of the mean Ibjuor that was used we LI11 ii k will hang on for a week, or maybe longer. .1. W. lirock is pushing work on his new store room. It won't be long until it will be closed in. Tlie stores are fast tilling up with attractions for purchasers. Tlie meeting at liroadmouth church closed yesterday with twenty-two additions. The school begins to-day at 10 o'clock. Already the children can be seen wending their way to the house?they all seerti anxious to beuin. A new telegraph wire will be put on this road. New posts have also been put in. After to day lour freight trains will pass daily. l)r. \Yr. <J. ISowon attendee the meeting at Little River last week. Miss Jennie Cumiuings, of Charleston, has been visiting .Mrs. Klrod. Mrs. A. It. Holmes, of Laurens, is visiting her mother Mrs. C'latworthy. Mr. W. A. Greer will go to Laurens soon to work for a mercantile linn there. (!us lias made a good assistant postmaster here and we hope lie will do well away. We had a pleasant call from Mr. \V. W. Itoblnson, of Level Lund, lie has been visiting frlenasand relatives at Kasley, and will go to Anderson to clerking Monday. Ho is a young man of moral habits, rvotlung greater could lie said about liliu. Mr. J. T. I'ormey's mother and sister stopped over si short while with him last Friday on their way to Abbeville. Mr. T. O. Ktrkpatrlck ran down from Helton to see his parents. He lias not weaned oil" yet. Tlio ifcgro that stole old Sllc Robinson's meat put in his appearance Monday morning, stood his examination, got Mr. J. U. Milford to pay ?S.5<) and went on his way rejoicing. The difficulty between Maddox and .smith was compromised by charging Smith about ?55.1)0. \Ve were glad to see the case compromised. Mr. .John Bdgwcll is somewhat indisposed, and has gone liomu to spend a month. It Is to be hoped that he will regain his health as his place in town is vacant. Mr. J. R. Donald Is building a warehouse for the Alliance store. It will soon bo finished. The town authorities are putting In terra cotta water ways in some places, it would be well to use more of this kind of material. The tirst bale of new cotton was sold here hv It. (). ISranvati lust Tnesdav. it brought 11 cents. .Mr. \V. B. Wilson and his sister, Miss Ella, visited Mi-s. WatUinsand other friends here last week. They hail from Warrenton. Mrs. E. Harris, who lives two miles from this place, has kept an accurate account of all the egg alio has sold this season, and up lo the present lime she has sold Ml dozen. She also sells a ijuantity of butter. Mrs. Harris is one <?! those patriotic women that did all she could towards saving during the strife between the States, and her example is worthy of imitation. Mr. M. E. Hurts return-! to the service o! Messrs. L. A. & T. II. Urock for tho winler months, lie will pursue telegraphy next Sprl iig. A Sabbath school was organized in the Presbyterian church yesterday. While it is not proper to run a school in opposition to the others, It is very necessary lor each denomination to have one of its own. 15. i>. e. NEWS FROM DUE WEST. ? rile <"olIcff??s Looking <?> ? Xnv Sossion?C'iiii vnssi?K' f<?' ? Xt'? Col1!tii 1<Iiii?Alliance Gin, and Allinncc Topics. Di.*e W kst, fc. C., Sept. 1. law. Mr. A. S. Kennedy 1m In Atlanta. Mr. 1'. Ij. I.owry arrived home last week From Nor Hi, Ga. The cotton crop in this section Is not as jood as was ex pealed at one time. The eleelious liere havo passed oft" very luieiiy, with intense good iiumor prevailing. Prof. Kennedy has re-arranged his lots and stables most conveniently. They are neatly tmlltand white washed, and presents a most :lenn!y appearance. Onr merchants are laying in a good stock oi joods and expect a good tra>le. Prof. II. K. Uonner and wife have returned liome alter a trip West of several weeks. Mrs. Bonner, principal of the Female College, goes on' a trip through Laurens, Fairfield, Chester and other counties in the inter;st of the college. Senator Butler's printed speech on the tarilT is a capital thing. Cotton growers should lliank him for their able defense. Mrs. C. G. Cohen's dwelling is being finished up. It is nice. Mr. Moore Is painting it. Mr. J. B. Bonner spent of couple days In town last week. His iriends were glad to see lim. Miss Joseph 1 ne Lacy, a most accomplished lady, will be on the stall'of the Female Coicge faculty next year. She is the daugteroi i Presbyterian D. 1)., of Virginia, and most liiglily recommended. Miss Anna Yonng is spending a portion of lier vacation at Oleeu's springs. We see that our young friend Cowper Patton. of Columbia. S. C.. is runnim; lor the Legislature. A number of families speak of moving to Due West thiF full to jjol tlie advantages oi Hie schools. It is thought the colleges will be pretty full mother year. l>is. (Jrior and Todd arc actively canvassing In North Caro'ina in behalf of K; ski lie's new building and are meeting with encouraging success. About eight thousand dollars have been raised. The Alliance gin will he In operation in a few days. Mr. l)evliti is now having a large well dug. Everything will be put in firstl'I ass tlx. The first bale of cotton will be gincd free. Due West ought to be a better cotton market this year. It will pay a regular buyer to stay here all the time. The picnic of I he Alliance came oft"lust Saturday and was a very pleasant occasion. Mr. John li. Blake, president of the county A111tmee and Mr. McCaslan, county agent, gave in address, which received good attention, l'hey spoke upon the growth aud benefits of the order. Giving a running sketch of its ulstory. Mnj. Nance was chairtnau of the meeting. Before Introducing the- speakers Uaj. Nance made a very happv little address. Jne hour and a half was given for dinner, l'lie committee of arrangements consisted ol .-o VT.Clni.n Illnolr icnl I I'nlhill Mp. \dams, Donalds mid Orier. Mr. Jimmle Pearson, of Anderson, spent Sabbath in town. K. S. U. FOOLISH ECONOMY. Prodigal in CJratilylnjj Sor<li?l mid Sensual Inclinations, but Penurious in Contributing; to tlie Indestructible Essence of I lie Higher II11 in it ii Life. People buy everything more lavishly than >cwspapors. They drink liquor and chew obacco without stint, but they draw the liiu of extravagance when a newspaper is to >2 bought. They don't mind spending twice is much in a single* day to proaiolo lust and rice, as would furnish, weekly an armful of 1?M U ^ v iu, I iiuj .-mj ?? uvir.j| iv ter costs 51, $1,10, 52,'W, or 60,00, aud they cant ifford tin; out lay. Tlioy will wait a month toget a soiled copy roin a neighbor?will humiliate themselves o the last degree to boi row it?mean while, vlll spend S10, $20, or S-'iO, for gcenhonse tlanls, or cut (lowers; they will purchase rumpery, dishes for tables and walls?adorn luir own pi rsotis with dead birds, leathers, >its of tinsel, glass; they will eat, drink and ic merry ; take pains to gratify to the fullest very sordid and sensual inclination they eel. Hut newspapers! newspapers! newstaper, representing, as they do, not the inaerlai luit the indestructible essence of human Ife and art, are not worth making a sacriice for." tf. VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. ? (curly Killed by a I'reiiialuro Illiist. Last .Sunday evening when the workers in ock on the U.. C. ?Y N. road were preparing nr a blast a very serious accident occurred, bout t wo miles east of Abbeville on that art ol the road which Mr. Fortune is linishng. Mr. Ferguson, the foreman of that kind of fork, bad put. dynamite in the drillei. hole in be rock, lor the purpo.-e of "springing" II, ucparatory to putting in the blasting powier. It seems that he cut the fuse too siiorl, II1U IIIC C.NpiOSIOll 1 OOlt I'liU'U Willie 111- Uiw *et stundim; over it, and from which he reel veU very serious injuries. Dr. Hill and Dr. llahry were Immediately sent, for, ami they iiul tile patient brought, to l)r. Hill's otliee or treatment. lie was terribly black in tlie nee,and otherwise presented so unnatural hi appearance that lie was unrecognizable. I'lic belief is, that the injuries are not fatal, nit it is feared that lie has been blinded. As Hie patient lay on the lining; in Dr. I ill's ollire, lie presented a pitiable sight, lis appearance ami his nervousness were >:ti>:fn 1. lie asked if lie was bleeding. and il l lis injuries were falnl. t'puii being lold lliul ic would live, but that he would probacy lose his sight, he seemed extremely gratotl! that his wounds were no woi>c. Mr. Ferguson was foreman <>l the blasting <|tiad wliieli was badly blown upsomo three iionthsago near the same place, in which me man was ii stanlly killed, and two others vei e seriously wounded. ? You should not walk when you can dress tip i our tine horse, or common reliable oi l iiim e, villi a spunking now harno-s and liiteli <>u a asty uewcarl for about a half b.iieof cott >it. { -in11li A .Sous will hIiuw you how lo do it. 1 : i. i m mi 11 n I i i i in I Hoeond Primary Klcctlon, Ahlirville County, AnynHt 20, IMH). 7 | V - v jp. x !!or?: ok Rk* . County ! s-2 - . !i"; I /, I'lU.SKNTATXVK. ?.oMMiSSIoNEH. " E 7. 3 - ? I 'j jj o j . CUT ItM. \ | i gi ' Z u - = ? I c I g f -' ~ '?: 5 J = 2 = s ' t = ? i- '.< o , * , 5 < 2 -J <.[ r. t.* j? ? * j g * I ! < a s jP;?i!g o_'_i ? ^ ' ci ; ^ ; a a i a r?' i^fi Abbeville No. I I0ii 7; si) :;i> 72 ll' 82 35| fi.V 3.V 57! 01 j 122 Abbeville tfo. 2 {ill Oi; |f><i ?2 40' 7y 1:54* 112 7?f Wi1 lis! (Ki 180 I .,7 <A.( V1 9r, lf)ri SA ,(j H,L vjj lj8 I?c 11 vie i">' SI 7 5 10 0 12 4 9 } It'TA'! ** linnlley t 45 35 211 32 fO III- 71 2(i :i1 25 4?> 40 i ft.' CokeahU 'V 11 17 8 27 11 12 i 21) 11 16 12 15 15li '% Coronaea ; " !> 1 3 39 l'?i 3{ 4 1 37 0 14: 23; 42 Cfilar Springs ! 21 :: 20 0 :! 21 20 20 8 5 20' < 27 DoiiivIIIHVIIU- ,12115!)' !17 85; 75 8(1 9(109 UU 35 02; 10 SO Duo West i 93 55 7.; HI 252 52 09 110 43 2C (U| 4ii ! 151 Greenwood | 212 !U 73 'Sfl 05 24 | 94 60 216' 2.57 , 42: 201 ; 3j!H Haiii|>ton.. j 23 7.1 72 3?; 1!) 03 j BO 04 9; 1? 81 12 W llnilu'.H ! Ill 43 100 I2.? 37 3S HI 115 4r> o3 , 7Hj 81 | 1C5 Lebanon ;>8 17 52 13 7 35 I 40 S8 121 V 31 24 1 55 . Lone ('hiio : 17 31 50 .33 II i 38. 44; 8 5i 4.i ).; 51 Lowmlesvlilc No. 1... 78; <#'J (i3 K? 70 07! 55 !Jtt. 51 11* Lowndofivllle No. 2..J 2**' 58 (?l l!l' 17 *10; 4, (17 19 HI I ?il| Ho Mount Carmel | 70 39, 73, 12 30 91 C<), 03' io 53 <> '> M llj> Magnolia ! 32 C; 10 0| 20 32! 83 12' 21- 5 12 25'! 30 Means Chapel ' 17 13' 20 10- 7 >: 21 20 i t. .o> 9i; 30 Mountain View 8 22 13 19 13 11 3. 27 l'i 0 10 18. McConnlck : 100 71 50 03 70 109 111 >? 2S 119 52 172 NlnetV-Klx : 0? 33 01 51! 81 321 41 00 113 20 28 99,| l->2 l'liotMilx 1 36 4 1 07 30 i 5 1 30 .'tl !l| 36 JO i'l? Kniltlivllle.- ! 4' 13 . 13. 7, 3 Hi1 1? 1 ? Vi 'J, Sl<iny l'olnt I 3j 9 ! 13 0 .12 0 4 3 1 12 13 Verdcry i 23 9 22 12 13 11 20 8 20 10 23 9 32 - . >YTroy..?? : 115 31 59 40 Si 71, 134 39 28 62 92 5?.! V/' Walnut (irove ; 33 10 4 44 10 39', 30 37 11 15 , 29 20 ;i0 Bordeaux I 19j 4i : 18 17 9 9 i *17, 18,j lrf 6,j 24 Total 1721 951! 1407 1301 1178 1073 1443 1420 1279! 8411:1361 1:90 '272;! First Arrival or R. M. Haddon '& Co. Will open this week their first shipment of all the latest colorings and novelties in MILLINERY and DRESS FABRIQJJES. All kinds of Black and Colored Dress G-oods TTT111 V*Q oTl ATTTTI Onr JLUL" Ottliy J? ClU wcaj. wiu uu oiiuwu. v/ iaa stock will be the largest ever brought to Abbeville, and being early in the market we have secured many novelties that cannot be had later in the season. A greater variety of dress goods than ever before shown. Preistley's standard silk wraps and all wool Black Dress G-oods will be found among our purchases. These goods are made of the Purest and Best Silk and the Finest AUSTRALIAN WOOL. Every yard is guaranteed to be perfectly satisfactory to the wearer. The LATEST STYLES and LOWEST PRICES in all lines will be the attraction4 from now until 1st JANUARY, 1891, at R. M. HADDON & CO. ;| r?is ^ ^ ^ Some BIG BARGAINS Just Received in FaH Goods. q,ooo yards Best Calico in Remnants 11-2 to 10 yards, will be sold at 5 1-2 Cents, worth fully 10 Cents. ALSO 2,000 yards best Figured SATEEN in Remnants of i 1-2 to 10 yards, will be sold at 7 Cents, fully worth 10 Cents. JFall and W'ilittf A \ ?\f\~?\?J COMING OH" EVERY TRAIN. \ '.* '\ \\ /I