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THE FARMERS' MOVEMENT. ? ILLINOIS FARMERS. Interesting FJgures Compiled by the Correopondent of a Chicago Paper. A Greenville (111.) correspondent of The Chicago Herald recently contributed an interesting letter on the fanners' movement in that state. Tho following bits of information are taken therefroui: The farmers of southern Illinois have a tradition that about five years ago a few Williamson county fanners hauled their wheat to market one summer day. Arriving at the town where they expected to sell the grain they found that all the grain buyers had gone fishing. There was no one in the town to buy their wheat. They did not wish to haul it home, nor had they time to wait for the return of the fishermen grain buyers. Thev concluded to eneratre a rail road car, load it, and ship their.-wheat to Chicago on their own account. This they did, and it so happened that the venture netted each fanner several cents more per bushel for his wheat than he would have received from the grain buyers. The experience demonstrated to these farmers the benefits to be derived from co-operation in business, and the incident gave birth to the Farmers' Mutual Benefit association. The association was incorporated by the state in September, 1887. Political action by the association was not directly contemplated by its organizers. In asking for legal organization by the state they set forth that the object was to unite farmers in all matters pertaining to their interests: to devise means of promoting their general welfare; to encourage systems of co-operation that would diminish the cost of farm production, farm life and farm operations. The association was first located at Marion, Williamson county, but with the growth of the order and the organization of a general and state assemblies the headquarters was located at Mount Vernon, Jefferson county. At Greenville is properly the head quarters of the state assembly. The Illinois state assembly was organized in February, 1890, at a meeting of delegates from the county assemblies held at Centralia. From the lodge of five members, organized in Williamson county in 1887, th? F. M. B. A. has grown to 1,519 lodges, with a membership of 50,000 in Illinois. The order has organizations in fifty-six of the 103 counties of the state. Of these only two?Rock Island and Winnebago?are in the north. The rest are in a solid territory south of Peoria and east of the Illinois river. These counties, with the number of lodges and total membership, as reported to the state assembly at its meeting in July, are as follows: Number of Member lodges. 6hip. Massac 1G Col Pulaski 12 200 Union 29 540 Johnson 23 C73 Hardin 15 483 Jackson 29 711 Williamson 19 525 Saline 16 800 Gallatin 20 400 Randolph. 14 849 Perry S4 620 Franklin 38 860 Hamilton. 23 45? Monroe. 20 G55 St. Clair 14 841 Washington 28 46? . Jefferson 40 1,200 Wayne 87 2,100 Wabash 20 69? Madison 80 1,020 Bond 86 1,145 Clinton 24 748 Marlon 60 2,821 Richland 29 1,22? Lawrence 40 1,420 Jersey 9 235 Macoupin 21 405 Fayette. C? 2,203 Effingham 33 9?U Crawford. 89 1,626 Sangamon 58 2,120 Christian 59 1,780 Shelby 84 1,90? Moultrie 42 1,42? Cumberland 4i 1,800 Clark 58 2,105 Lozan 20 453 Macou 28 1,250 De Witt 10 1,000 Piatt 15 M7 Coles 47 1,525 Edgar 63 1,550 Douglaa 45 950 VermUion 8 205 ilcLean. 7 245 ^ -'Winnebago 13 830 ^ ' Bock Island. 12 2 5 Totals 1,519 44,930 The counties of Tazewell, Menard, Alexander, Pope, Clay, White, Edwards, Jasper and Montgomery are organized, but no report has been made as to their membership. A Protectionist's Views. "Can you figure any benefit to the cotton planter from the policy of protection in the past?" asked a Washington correspondent of Gen. J. R. Chalmers, of Mississippi "riAr+Minlv." K?id fho wnprfll. "All American fanners have been benefited by the protection given to manufactures in the withdrawal of competition of labor from the field to the factory, and in the creation of a home market, for their productions. But this is especially true of the cotton planter. The demand of the home manufacturers for cotton has most wonderfully kept up the price of the raw article, so that while the production of cotton has almost doubled since 1860 the price has been maintained. When Europe furnished our cotton buyers under a tariff for revenue only our planters were constantly alarmed at the fall of price on the increase of produc tioru Now wo get as good, if not a better, price for our large crops than we did for a Bmall one. But the profits of agriculture are small the world over in comparison with those of other employmenre." The Farmer at School. If farmers' organizations should accomplish nothing more they have proved to be the greatest schools of political economy ever known, and are doing more to set people to thinking for themselves instead of allowing others to think for them than any other society in existence. Go where you may you will find the masses talking intelligently upon subjects that a few years ago tiiey were wholly ignorant of. They no longer look to party bosses for their opinions, but Btudy for themselves.?Farmers' Friend. To mend a very large hole in socks orjvvoven underwear, tack a piece of strong net over the aperture and darn over it. Thus mended the garment will be stronger than when new and look far neater than if darned in the ordinary way. How absurd for newspapers to pubr-' lish "Rules for Husbands." Any sort of wife can prescribe better rules for a husband than he can find in a newspaper. j /\ ' Ill??? ? ! Ill I I uw?tA<i???auillUHfI ? IIHJIIJJ BENEFITS OF THE GRANGE. Somo of tho Advantages That Arc Found in tho Farmers' Organizations. In enumerating the benefits of the grange organization, in addition to the duties that fanners owe to each other in the matter of combined action to effect proper legislation and securing better laws, we should not lose sight of the social and educational features of the order. It is wise to introduce young people into society at an early age and have them grow up in educational refinement and ease. Nothing is more embarrassing to parents than to see their children, when grown to near manhood and womanhood, so basliful they dare not x in nvncmino nf ill It'IIlCUH>Cioawvn *** strangers, and to see them wriggle and twist to draw their big clumsy feet in or under and out of sight, their hands into security, and skulk into a corner or the dark shade of some favorable place to hide them from view. These and many other great annoyances it is the highest duty of parents to avoid. We do not advocate rudeness nor immodest boldness, but we do desire to see every person in the world perfectly at ease to tell what he or she may know in any place or before any audience, on the forum, the witness stand, in the social circle, in private or public conversation. Today we have governors, legislators, congressmen and many high officials promoted from the farmers' private ranks to high and honorable position simply from the training they got while passing through the many official chairs of the grange. Unlike most societies or orders, this is not a listening exercise simply, but it is a talking school, where every member is perfectly free to have his say upon all questions. The debate is thorough and exhaustive on all subjects, and before its close the truth is generally made plain. The honest differences of opinion are narrowed down to the least possible compass, but they do exist. The grange embraces all classes of nther societies, both political and relig: ious, and their convictions upon these points arc never to be called in question. The only rule or test or aim of a granger is to learn the higher cultivation of the soil, perfection in all farm work and operations, as well as tiio advancement of agriculture in this nation to furnish the safe foundation for a wise and happy people. The exchange of experiences in the grange, coupled with debate, advances progress and enlarges the mental caliber of men and women. 'Tis here we can fully develop our highest gifts, and if we have the qualification for greatness or goodness it is brought to the surface and speedily utilized for the benefit of the world.?H. Talcott in Grange Advocate. The IJears Get tlie Cream. Gen. J. R. Chalmers, of Mississippi, in an interview with a Washington corre- j spondent recently, said: "The isolation of the farmers has made them victims to the more easy combinations of the mercantile and finan-1 cial operators, and hence they have been driven into an alliance for self protec-1 tion. They have an unquestionable grievance, and they are unquestionablyj entitled to relief. In describing the con-1 dition of the farmers I will take that of the cotton planters, with which 1 am! familiar, and the condition of one may; be safely taken as the condition of all the farming interests. The cotton crop is, tnnflft almost pntirelv on annual credits. I and fully one-half of it is made by laborers to whom supplies have been advanced by their landlords or by country merchants who hold liens upon their crops, which compel them to sell each bale of cotton as fast as it can be brought to market. "The farmers and their laborers are indebted to the country merchant, and he to the city merchant, and he in turn to the banks; thus the crop is forced to I immediate salo to meet this indebtedness, and the bears get the cream of it at their own prices. Cotton is always low while the fanner has any to sell, and it always advances in price when the speculator gets control of it. Against the oppression arising from this condition of affairs the fanners demand relief, and tliev are entitled to it if it can be afforded." Time to Wukc Up. So loug as the farmer allows the buyer to control the price of his labor so long will he be the slave of the world and the sole author of his own misfortunes, and this is the mysterious leak which he does not seem to comprehend. He is toiling and sweating all day, tossing, groaning and dreaming all night, because every hope which for years he had cherished was blasted, every plan of redemption averted and the last vestige of pleasure departed, while wealth is reveling in splendor at his cost, and yet he does not seem to know that he is a slave; a slave to the lender, a slave to the buyer and a slave to the seller, because tVy fi_\- their owv prices. Is ii not time to wake up before the gloom of ignorance binds you forever??Hutchinson Brown in Grange Bulletin. 'flic Mortgage Crop. Thero is no overproduction except in the crop of mortgages. In Illinois this crop has increased over 103 per cent, in seven years. The farmers' property has been steadily decreasing for years. Twenty years ago I sold a farm in Iowa and today it would not bring the same price with all the improvements. It is estimated that 35,000 men own tliree-fiftlis of the wealth of the country. Over 5,000,000 men in the United States receive loss than $200 per year and the farmers do not average $300. All this is the result of vicious class legislation. The greater the wealth oi! the individual the less the proportion of taxes levied upon him. Our farms and public domain are beI ing absorbed by aliens and corporations. I ?Hon. Alonzo Marshall. The Rural New Yorker advocates the formation of branches of the Farmers' Alliance in New York state to till the political field, which the grange, not! withstanding its excellence in other ways, cannot do, because of its constitution. <f When you have said something you know you ou^ht not to have said, take it back promptly. A clear conscience is of more value than a feat of verbal legerdemain. Intercession is the very safety valve of love. When we feel that we really can do nothing at all in return for some remarkable kindness and affection, how exceedingly glad we are that we may and can pray. Works of which the effect is to correct our errors, to strengthen our reason, to elevate our spirit, to improve! our mind, are as productive in their way as those that tend to lower the price of meat and bread. IF IT WERE TRUE, WHY NOT? Have Not tlio Farmers the Right to Share in Progress??But They Don't. | The following, taken from a recent issue of Frank Leslie's Newspaper, seems from the manner of its construction to imply that the farmer has no right to share in the advancing civilization. "Potatoes, hoecake ami bacon," with carpetless floors and hare walls, are all that the tillers of the soil have tho right to expect, and ! for daring to aspire to anything better 1 they and their posterity shall lie punished. But the charge of extravagance nmincf tliA ffirmrvra nQ .a rl.ntiR is niTfint nonsense. If thoy are not frugal and industrious there are none such on earth, j However, here is the article from Frank I Leslie's Newspaper: "Another reason for the existence of the so called farming depression, in j America at least, is to be fo\tnd in the fact that farmers live far differently j now from what they did fifty or even i twenty-five years ago. In The Ashtabula i (Ohio) Sentinel recently comment was | made on the fact that a tract of 105 i acres near that place had been sold at I administrator's sale for $10.50 an acre. ! A veteran farmer name James Herrick j was bantered about the matter, and re| plied that no fanner could buy land, i even at a low price, and pay for it off j the land "and live as fanners do now." j i He added: I "When I was a boy for eiglit mouths ouc year | I we dill not have a loaf of white bread In our I hou:<e. One year we had three acres of wheat, ' j which was very tall and heavy growth, aud prom- , j Ised a great yield. About the middle of Juno itl' i was struck with black rust, and wo did not get a!' pint of wheat off tho field. The same fall the 11 I frost killed tho coin, and wo did not have even a ! ] 1 bushel to grind. We had sold our checse at four | ( ' and one-half ceuts a pound to Job Austin, and ^ I had not taken It quite nil out at the store, and as' ( % great favor he paid tho balance in money, j ^ which my father took and went almost tothe,' j center of the state and bought six bushels of j ' | wheat for bread and seed 1 I "Mr. Heme it said tlie first money ne i earned after coming of age was ten dol- js i lars, which he got in cash, and very j' j soon after bought twenty good sheep j ! with the money. Now it would l?e ten | very poor sheep you could get for twen- s ' ty good dollars. Mr. Herrick's experi- j ( j ence is that of every old fanner in the j l country. In other days the prices of 1 i farm products were far below what they i I are today, and the comforts and conven- ' ' iences of the farm were far less. Very 1 I few fanners of those days could afford \ 1 such a thing as a sewing machine, much ' I less a piano. A common?very common t j ?school education was all the fanner , boy got. i "Now the district school is equal to < the grammar school of twenty-five years i 1 ago, but even tho district school is not t sufficient. The fanner boy must go to J the city high school or to tho normal j school and college. Carpets are on the farmers floor today?not tho rag car- * I pets of twenty-five years ago, but good ( ! three ply ingrains and even Brussels. Potatoes and pork no longer make up j the daily bill of faro. Angel food has [ taken the place of hoe cake, and beef and j chickens have supplanted the pork barrel. i "The farm brings in more than it did. 1 No man's sheep sells for fifty cents a ! head; but expenses have also increased. 1 | The fanner who was led to extravagant notions during the period of high prices * ;%-? * ??% foola tlin Vinr/lclim nf * """ "***??I- ? [ low prices, for he finds it difficult to go j | back to the severe economies necessi-, ( tated in his earlier days." ~ I i Who Will Lift the Burdeu? ; 1 Many of our farms are heavily mort- 1 gaged, and it is gross injustice to collect ! a tax on the full valuation of property j when some rapacious money lender holds ; a claim against it for half or two-thirds of its worth. Clearly such claim ought | to be deducted from tho valuation of the t realty, and the mortgage itself be made ( to bear its share of the burden of taxa-! t tion. And, further, there is great in-M justice in the fact that hidden property \ i may escape all assessment. Our tax lawt j discriminate against the farmer, bring- j ing him to account for possessing prop- j erty which he cannot put into bank ? vaults, and allowing tho bond holder, u the speculator and stock gambler to se- j crete their wealth beyond the reach of ( the tax collector. Will either of the:' chief political parties of this nation, having as they do heavy capitalists for their ' leaders, ever lift these burdens? To look; j for such a thing would be to expect the I r impossible!?Rural New Yorker. j', Wiuit Depcw Suys. |t Cliauncey M. Depew, president of the |; New York Central railroad, made a 11 in ffiiiriprs nt the Kvr.'n-nsr-, i (N. Y.) fair, of which the following f were the closing sentences: "The English fanner first pays the 1 landlord, then the parson, then the gov- ( eminent beforo there is any left for himself, but three-quarters of the Anier- , ican farmers own their own land and most of the remainder farm upon shares, which is better than ownership, because, from my experience, it gives them all the profits and imposes upon : them none of the burdens. "With agricultural prosperity before | us, so certain and so full of promise, < the country can be confident of its t growth in wealth and happiness." < Mr. Depew went to the grounds in his 1 private car. < Bokuh Crop Reports. I The flattering crop report of J uly anil 1 the receipts double that of last year are misleading. The flattering published ' prospects and reports with the present ! receipts have materially reduced the nwnfl / r*++<v?* Tlmco fnMfl mif liu ' Vi VUlkViil J.*4V-?.3Vrf VUl vv uv known to farmers as soon as possible. A '( great majority of farmers will have feeil , to buy at a high price, and next yeai will be one of the hardest years this part of Texas has known far several years.? i A. M. .Somers, Lawrence, Tex. I The farmers' cyclone is sweeping ' South Carolina. It looks as though only one or two of her members would bf | [ returned to the nouse. mo veteran , George D. Tillman is one of them, but he will have a fight for it with the state i lecturer. His brother is tho Alliance Democratic candidate for governor of the state.?Amos Cummings' Letter. There is an tinncon bnttlo-tlcid la every human breast, Where two opposiug forests meet, i And wliere they seldom rest. That Held is veiled from mortal sight? 'Tis only seen hy < mo Who knows nlone where victory lies When each day's tight is done. I ( Like flakes of snow that fall n 11 per-j ceived upon the earth, the seemingly < unperceived events of life succeed one I another. As tlie snow gathers togeth- I er, so are our habits formed. No sin- s gle flake that is added to the pile produces a sensible change; 110 single ac- | lion creates, however it may exhibit, 1 man's character. . I Tiny Tokens. HY FRANCES RIDLEY 1IAVEROAE. The murmur of the waterfall A mlleawny, The rustle when the robin lights Upon a spray, The lapping of the lowland .stream On dripping boughs, The sound of grazing from a herd Of gentle eows, The echo from a wooded hill Of cuckoo's call. The quiver through the meadow grass At evening lull Too subtle arc these harnumles I'm' iit'ii a.ill l'lllo: Such mu ic Is not understood liy any school; Hut when ihe brain is overwrought It liutli a spell, Iieyond all human >kill and power, To make it well. The memory of a kindly word For lorn; gone by. The fragrance of a fading liower sent lovingly. The gleaming of a sudden smile Or sudden tear. The warmer pressure of the hand, The tone of cheer, The hush that moans "I cannot speak, JJut I have heard!" The note i hut only bears a verse From God's own Word:? Such tiny thing* ve hardly count As ministry; The givers deeming they have shown Scant sympathy; Hut, when the heart Is overwrought, Oil, who can tell The poWiT of such tiny things To make ii well V "What Others Say. Christ inn S'laft'.smctii. The religious newspapers are termti<5 with the discussion of moral ques:ions which are at the Fame time polilieal questions. Besides the everpresent problem of the liquor trallio, i\-e have under discussion tlie lottery, he Bible in the schools, the encroaclineuts of Romanism, our Sabbath i\v? nil r mn rrinor* iiiul illvnrnp liiws. H " "I M ' vw ""I polygamy and Mormonism, the relation of the nation to the Indian, the Chinese question, the rights of the ne;ro, national aid to education, Peace ind Arbitration, or tlie relation of the nation to the war system, the traffic ivith weaker races in liquors and lireirms, questions of prison management ind the responsibility of government for the reformation of criminals, pauperism. and its relief and cure?and :hc list is not exhausted. On all these mentions the religious newspapeis are speaking out. distinctly, and with few exceptions on the right side. We jave not included any which cannot airly be said to be present questions ? jp for discussion and settlement. And :hey are all questions of morals and eligion. They all touch the relation if the nation to Clod and His Law, uid their right or wrong settlement A'iil determine whether or not we are :o be a Christian nation. In this fact is well as in the fact that these issues uvolve the life anu welfare of the Jhureh, lies the right of the Church ind of lier public journals to discuss hem. Hut what becomes of the once 'amiliar maxim that religion hasnothng to do with politics? The truth ies more nearly in the reverse proposition?religion lias everything to do tvith politics, and politico have every;hing to do with religion. yew York Christian Advocate. An article in the September 'To:um" on "Formative Influences,'' by Kdwanl Kverett Hale, is chiefly auto-, jiographical, and all the more interest* ng 011 that account. Among the beter formative influences in a hoy's education Mr. Hale names "a liberal share >f disagreeable duties." He teils of a ;ask which his father once gave him, "or which he was almost wholly unprepared, but in working it out he jotli learned an important lesson and tcquircd larger ability. Home parents nake a great mistake in trying to nake life too easy for their children, fliey shield, exeusc, and help them, :arry them on flowery beds of ease hrougb the formative period of life, ind when they reach maturity they ire soft and 'worthless. Hardships mve their uses. They develop fiber ind strength. Those who allow their ihildren to grow up without wearing my yoke or performing any duties A'hich are disagreeable spoil them in a nistaken efi'ort to benefit them. . (. Ji. Prcsbyterlun. The fight between the Protestant md Catholics, of Boston, has not abat;d. The Protestants have their headquarters at a drug store at the very jiisiest corner of the city. Tt is called "the 'Book Concern' of lie anti-Itonianists." It is the store >f a Baptist deacon, but all the publi:atioas of the 1'ioiestants are for sale >t this place. The windows are filled iVith pictures, cartoons, <&c., and, of course, excite the wrath of the followers of the Papacy. Three times, says t correspondent 01 ilie examiner, mve malignant brickbats conic crush-, nj> through the deacon's large, plalcjla?s windows, but the courtly face 011y smiles persistently, and the next norning the aggressive brick hangs ;aptive in the window among the otliir weapons of war, and bearing this simple inscription : "This is the last irgumcut in Rome." Xushvillc Christian Advocate. There are few accomplishments of rrea er value than to be able to write n good English a brief communicaion for the public prints. The number of people that can do it well is exceedingly small. Many men who talk dearly and intelligenily seem to bejonie confused and muddy as soon as hey undertake to put their thoughts >11 paper. What is the cause of this act? Very often it is the result of :ie?lij*ence. The habit of dashing nil' kvhat one has to say, without due fore: bought or proper care, begets an ina?i 1 ity for concise and accurate uttermce. Wc warn our young readers to beware of falling into this slothful method of literary eompo.-ition. liy in inevitable reaction it enfeebles and otherwise damages the intellectual faculties. Kitfht sheep may l?e kept for every l*ow says u dairyman, as I hey will add i)iil little to the expense, the sheep Ljonsiiminir many kinds of food that rattle reject. As soon as ti e salt is dissolved, butler may l>e worked the second time in urder to sorreel any streakine*s which llu? first mixing of salt may have caused. - ? -? Hkim.iant sermons are not so much needed as efleetive sermons. An eminent French surgeon boasted lhat lie had performed a certain wonderful leat of surgery one hundred and sixty limes; but wneii cjuestioiieil as In Iiiiw many he Iitul saved out of (his largo number of patients he frankly uonfcseed llial he had lost them all, (nit slill insisted that I lie operation was very brilliant. Many sermons are failed very b; illiant which are utterly barren of spiritual fiuils. It is said t hat Joseph lienson once preached a sermon in the open air at Cornwall, Kngluiiil, under which live hundred pei sons were con verted and united ivilli the church. "Covet earnestly [lie heal gifts."?_\V w York Adrocaie. I wmnmamammammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmamm First Ai |ffl MIL WSSI Will open this wet of all the latest colo : MILLINERY and D All kinds of Black anc for early Fall wear v c^ir\r%\7- vT7ill +"hn 1 avnrc O UWUIV VV J.J.X KJKs WiV ibeville, and being early | secured many novelti* | later in the season, dress goods than ever 1; ley's standard silk wrs I Dress G-oods will be : I chases. These goods lest and Best Silk and iLIAN WOOL. Eve | to be perfectly satisi IThe LATEST STY PRICES in all lines from now until 1st J A R. M. H. Tie Stale- tf South Carolina, County of Abbeville. J COt'KT OF COMMON PLEAS. Snrali F. McC'nrty and Thomas X. Rosamond, l'lal n tills, against Wade H. Robertson, in his own right and as Administrator of A. M. Graham, deceased, James S. Rosamond. It. 15. Rosamond, Mary Jane Rowie, Andrew Graham, and Talitha Gruham, Defendants 8UM3I0X8 FOR RKI.1KF. (Complaint not Served.) t it) THE DEFENDANTS: Wade II. Robertson. James S. Rosamond, R. B. Ro-ainoml, Mary Jane Howie, Andrew Graham, and Tjlltha Graham. You are Hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this notion, which is tiled in the oflice of the Clerk of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office at Abbeville Court House, South Carolina, witli in twenty days after the service hereof, ex elusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded In the complaint. Dated this ltltli, day of September, 1800. GUA VDON ?fc G RA Y DON, I'lalntitrs Attorneys. Tires L. Mooiik, (L. s.) f. c. 1'. To the Absent Defendants: James S. Rosamond, R. 15. Rosamond, Mary Jane Rowic, Andrew Graham, and Talltha iiraniwu ; Takk Notice that the summons in this action, of which the foregoing is a copy, was filed In the otlice of the Clerk of the Couit of Common Pleas for Abbeville County, at Ab bcvllleCourt House, South Carolina, on the sixteenth day of September, lbiirt. GKAYPUN & (JKAYDON, Plaintiff's Attorneys. September lfi, ISiH). The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF AIUJKVIJjLK. l'uol.ati-* f.lfRT. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. In the matter of the estate of P. 15. CALHOUN, deceased. , A 1,1, persons Indebted to said estate must settle without delay, and those holding claims against the estate must present them properly attested to T. C. TUliNKK, Administrator. Sept. 10, 1SOO. Car 3Lioad ojf HORSES. I HAVE for sale a eir load or llie finest I KKNTIVK Y SADDI.K AND KAltNKSS HoRSKS licit could be obtained for tlie money. L'al! inui make your selection. A, B, HAMLIN, Agent. Sept. 2i, ISOiI, u Would respectful! creasing their Mercai their present stock. FANCY GROCERIES, FED FRESH, YAH in every depart A . M7 Ai^e New Cai BUGGIES. GA A_. 2 :rival of GOIliillllf. IcI oil <fe Co. 3k their first shipment rings and novelties in RESS FABRIQUES. 1 Colored Dress Goods vill be shown. Our ist ever brought to Ab in the market we have es that cannot be had A greater variety of >efore shown. Preistips and all wool Black found among our puri are made of the Purthe Finest AUSTRAsry yard is guaranteed factory to the wearer. LES and LOWEST will be the attraction lNUARY, 1891, at A.DD0N & CO. The Short Line to ! Charleston <fc Florida. POUT ROYAL AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY CO. I f aOMMKNCING SUNDAY, MARCH 2. 1S90, Pasj ' j setiger trains will run as follows by 75lh McridI ian time: j Going South. Daily. | Leave Anderson *8 00 a in t3 10 mm [ Leave Starr 8 95 a in 8 .13 |> in j Leave Low ndesvilie S ">6 a in 4 Oft p in lea* e Mt. Cartnel 9 -In a in 4 4!) p tn I Arrive McCormick 10 00 a in ft SO p m I Arrive Augusta 12 30 p m *10 05 p in ! Arrive Charleston 7 00 p in j Arrive Savannah ft 40 p in fi 30 a m Arrive Jacksonville 7 00am 12 00 m Going North. Dally. | Leave .IncVsonville *1 10 p in *5 00 p m j Leave Savannah 8 10 pin C 40 a in ! Leave Charleston 9 ift a ?i i L ave Augusta S 25 am 3 4ft p in I Arrive McCormick 10 40 a in "> 4ft p m ' Arrive Mt.Carinel 11 30 am t0 3ftpm 1 Arrive I.owmlesville 12 14 p in 7 IS p in | Arrive Starr 12 46 p in 7 51 p in Arrive Anderson 110pm 815pm I * Daily, t Dally except Sundays. J Shnr'est and quickest route to Charleston, roaches there three hours ahead of any other line. Conr.ections made at Augusta for Atlanta and all points west, j Tickets on sale at P. It. a W. C. Rv d. pnts to all ! points at cheap rates and baggage checked t? destinai tion. For any other Information apply or write. W. J. Cl.'AIG, G. P. A. I R. W. TIvxt, T. P. A., Augusta, Ga. j Town of Osie, TWILL sell lots in this town at public outcry s>t eleven o'clock on October the 11th, ISO?: The town lias been laid oil'and map will be on exhibit on the day of sale. It. is beautifully situated In a most fertile section of country on the G. O. a X. Railroad near p'ace formerly known as Bozetnan's Mil where there is tin Immense water power. MRS. M. C. HOLLO WAY. Sept. 23, 1890, tf MACMURPHY & STORY, AHCHITICOTS, No. 8 Gray's Piazza, AUGUSTA, GA. 1 RE rREPARKI) TO MAKE PLANS and /V superintend the building of CHURCHES. COURT HOUSES, SCHOOL HOUSES, JAILS, HOTELS. THEATRES, STORES. DWELLINGS. June 1,1S90,12m For Sale. ONE. yol-e of Own, a>e four and five yours old. 1'rice iSo.tlo. E. S. ADDISON, Ninety-Six, S. C. Sept. 21, WW, OR, E, L WILSON, m je gm m TC. flro?Oflk'C up stairs over R. W. Cannons store | Aug. 23. IKSil. I.-XK) reel 01 mOUIUing, ltlSO IMTlvi'u irmn tli.e factory embracing all tlie latest designs known to the art. Pictures framed any size at short notice, and at prices to .suit all. Come and see our samples. I..ee & Hal ley, Greenwood, s. C. For the next thirty days \vc will sell our onj tire line of Flower l'ots, Hanging Baskets, iVc., at tli.st cost to make room for new foods. Leo ?fc liailey, Greenwood, S.C. We havejnst opened up a splendid line of shot guns, ranglrtg front S'2 to S">0. Nportnifn j take notice and call on us for guns and all shouting materials. .Smith A Sons. Vertical slide-back suspenders the best in the world. No weight 011 the shoulders. No strain 011 the buttons. Astc for them at Smith 1 it Sons. j We have now a complete line of Art Materials?tube colors, brushes, ciayons, pencils, drawing paper, transfer paper, poli ties Ac' ! In fact every thing in the line. Lee it l'alley] Green wood s. t". \ j Have just received a nice line of French candy. Lee & I'.ally, Greenwood, S. (,'. ww n 'v n ?1111 &' y announce to the pi itile business by mat They will make a sj ITS, CONFECTIONERIES J Their stock will be IE I), FULL ANI ment to which they in now receiving at t islip 1< A Large Stock of liiiJLl&UXjQ & v 1. HILL < : ->?(&?*&$?&&& . -'. ft? !! ! ! h ii g tit?a<" School Claims, 4 11. persons holding School Claims which ! /\ have not yet been registered will plense ] present them at my olllee hy the l-rjib, nfi ft la I necessary that I have all the reports of the i diffrreni schools in order to make my annual report complete. , /jw It. ti. McLEES, m School Com. Mill1 CLOTHING ! diDgl |Haiids TJp ! and Listen What I Tell You that . 1 | HAVE JUST received an immense line of J 1 Winter samples and am prepared tosupI ply this nooplo with tire best ol Clothing at j very I.OVVlvsT PItlCKS. ' Hnfiofan+irvn onrl o T*i+ flnoron+oorl < UiUil tUi-lVA eg JL X U \A U.CWI till IOOU I Call and hoc my samples at JONES F. MIL| I,KI'. S corner store. UROWNJNG, KING |.<fc CO. J, A, ALLEN, Agent. Abbeville, S. C., Aug. 27. Removal. ' 4 FTER this dftte iny oflloe will be found iV over Cannon's store, for the .Summer. S. G. THOMSON. ,~j Abbeville, June 25,1800, tf Mnfinc i mnfinc i nu nuL . rounut i m. Manufacturer and Repairer of '. '<. ?1 Cotton Gins, Feeders & Condensers Material for repairing all makes of Gins on hand. I am prepared to do Holler Patching, Pipe Cutting and Threading. I have on hand second hand GINS In good repair, Pratt and other makes. Parties wishing work done will please bring It In at once. It can be done as reasonably at my shops as anywhere else. Z7r ALL WORK GUARANTEED. "5* S. M. DAVIS, Ninoty-Six, S. C. July 9.;1S!K), 3m House and Lot For Sale. 1 I OFFER for sale my House and Lot In the town of Abbeville, S. C. M. L. IIONii AM, Columbia, P.O. Apfriy to H. C.CASON, Abbeville, S. C. Sept. 17.1S0O. GINS READY FOR BUSINESS. G. S. WILSON & CO. HAVE recently fitted up a new and powerful engine to run their GINS on the ALSTON LOT. They have two splendid new gins, and have arrangements for ginning and packing twenty bales a day. Being practical workmen they can serve the public faithfully and weil. Give tliem a cliancc at your cotton. Satisfaction guaranteed. COTTON SEEDi__> TIip.v pay the hlchest CXslT priccs for seed from Mie cotton which they gin. If you h:\ve cotton to gin, be sure to apply to G. S. WILSON & CO. Sept. 17.JS90. . .as^^-^RUnsjeasy. j3l nfr^kir s?ast' NEVER CHOKES or BREAKS THE ROLL. ^S^THECELEBRATED cotton f* lij pi nnmijlll ;Has All latest" m prove me nts Including Balance Wheel on Brush which lneures even speed. This feature Is peculiar to this make of Gin and Is used on no other. Are FILLY G l".4 KANT FED and Are Delivered I'BEK OF FREIGHT at any R. R. Station or the landing of any Reg-ular Steamboat Line In the South. If we have no Agent near you, address the General Southorn Agent, Hill |j| IDD A D|>ATLANTA. GA.ir naflUDDAKU DALLAS. TEX. 3. Ig"g|fBf OSGOOD sJt5- mm u.s. standard TRIA^gSHAHlDK rzzzzZP SCALES 1 ^^Trelfht paid, fillj LfM ^Mftrmated. Other ?lz?? proportionately low. Enftlnp., Bollm and Ke#d (irladlnf Bills. U.W.liUBBAKD.Ccnl.Soutb'u Aiput. Atlanta,Ua.or Dilluju I Stetson hats In all shapes the most durable hut made. I'. Rosenberg A Co. I We have added an elejfnnt line of gold ami silver watches to our jewelry dejmrtiuet. P. Rosenberg Co. 5 Sons Lblic that they are in;ing large additions to Decialty of INS GREEN GROCERIES, ) COMPLETE vite inspection. 5 Sons heir iOAD CARTS sons.