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The Centenary of Wesley's Death.
GENERAL OBSERVANCE OF THE DA V
BY METHODISTS EVERYWHERE.
Monday, March 2. is the 100th anniversary
of the death of John Wesley,
the illustrious founder of Methodism ;
and it will be observed by Methodists
throughout the world, but more especially
by the Methodists of Great Britain.
Ordinarily the death of a great
man is not made the occasion of a eel- J
ebration more or less joyous in its L
character. But as Methodists look t.i
back over the hundred years of their p
history to the death of their great r,
founder, they see nothing to make bi
them feel sad. Wesley died after a
long and uoble life. His work was
done and his deathbed was a glorious
triumph from the point of view of the
Christian believer. Besides all this
the hundred years that have elapsed
since his death have efl'ected for him a
oausini'AAtinn sn trlorions that his death -
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Conscription in Germany,
Military conscription is being enforced
in Germany with more than usual
stringency. A Cologne correspondent
of tne London News says it is a
ditlful spectacle to see the squads of
German conscripts at the various stations
awaiting enforced transportation
from home and friends, They look
: more like convicts on the way to jaii
than recruits for the army of the fiml
pire, and as they are surrounded by
throngs of weeping and wailiug relai
tives the cruelty of the system forces
itself on the mind of the observer.
Just now these conscripts are being
driven to the military depots in droves
from all parts of Germany, and sadness
reigns in every village and hamlet.
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It does not give us any more confidence
in the moral influence of war
and military training to learn that the
two principal and responsible managers
of the Louisiua Lottery are Generals
Beauregard and Early of ConfedI
erate fame. A New Orleans gentleman
assures U9 that their names are a
guarantee of honest executive management.
That may be true. But what
about the honesty of tempting poor
men and young men to gamble?to
pay millions of dollars* for lottery tick- ,
^ ets to managers who distribute only
thousands? The whole thing is at its
heart a fraud. It takes solid earnings
and returns a small chauce of obtaining
a part of what is thus stolen.
The police of Amesbury, Mass.,
have recently unearthed a plot to as.
I- sassinate Tlios. E. Leider, the exCathoic
priest. The door of the room
of the ex-priest had the lock tixed so
that anv one could enter. On the i
night of the 29th ult., alarms were to (
have been rung at midnight calling
^ the citizens to some out-of-the-way
place, which would have given the
plotters a chance to do their murder-)
ous work. The plot was discovered in '
time to spirit Mr. Leider away, and
disappoint his would-be-murderers.
It is not yet safe, even in this free Republic,
for a priest to renounce RomanIsm,
and it is easy to beiieve that the
inquisition would be resorted to, to
suppress heretics, if the temporal power
of Rome were restored.?Pacific
Methodist.
The "arid West" has become so in
kT?-name only, for, according to the re
ports on artesian wens, au auunuam
supply of water may be had almost
anywhere. In Costilla County, Col.,
farmers have obtained water for irrigation
by digging holes IS feet de?p to
j the clay formation, when the water
?> . rises to the surface. At Pueblo a company
proposes to furnish for city purposes,
a million gallons a day, from artesian
wells. Near Colorado Springs,
the farmers sink pipes to the gravel
beds, and at once secure plenty of water;
and so on, the reports come from
all parts of the plains once deemed uninhabitable
because of their aridity.
River water was substituted for
^ spring water in one of the quarters of
I Paris several times last summer. In
i every instance an increase of typhoid
fever was observed. The quantity ol
spring water brought to Paris being in
sufficient for the demand, the counciof
public hygiene and health has determined
to expedite the labors for the
new supply from springs recently
t bought by the city, and to insist that
the use of the present sprinir waters
be limited to food purposes.?From Semaine
Medicale.
r- One of the sharpest things, and the
- truest ever said by Dean Swift or anj
one else, is: "There is, indeed, no
wild beast more to be dreaded than
the communicative man having nothing
to oommunicate." And the terroi
increases when such a man is in th*
pulpit, for the chains of etiquette
nolo the unwilling hearer fast in his
p seat.?N e w Y ork A d vocate.
It issaid that the Sioux Indians who
have been to Washington, arc not al
all satisfied. Young-Man-A fraid-ofhis-Horse
said to a reporter: "We
had some promises, but they are like
t. all other promises of the Great Father.
We are not fooled, and we go home
with heavy hearts. We wanted (Jen?
eral Miles, but he did not come. We
shall tell our people we have got more
promises. They will laugh at us and
; ' call us old men."
- It is a curious fact revealed by tlufigures
of the recent census, * that
while there are in the United States
cities of more than 1,000,000 injJSSgBmants
each one of between 800,000
StnWQ 900,000 three of between, -100,001'
HHrod 500,000 each, and nine of between,
200,000 and 300,000 each, there is not ?
single one haviugbetween 300,000 and
400,000 inhabitants. In 1800 we bad
but nine cities with a population of
over 100,000 each.
Robert Southey asks : "Whence is
it that wars still disgrace the selfstyled
Christian world ? It is owing
to the doctrine of expediency. If
Christians had boldly looked in tin
face of their duty, as developed in the
New Testament, tliis senseless and infernal
system of wholesale butchery
must long ago have ceased."
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Jars and divisions, wranglings and
prejudices, eat out the growth if not
the life of religion. There are those
waters of Marah that embitter our
Bplrits and quench the spirit of C?od.
Unity and peace are said to be like the
dew of heaven, and as a dew that descended
upon Zion when the Lord
promised His blessing?life for evermore.
When men are divided they
seldom speak the truth in love.
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It is a little we can really do for one
another in the march of life. We are
all under marching orders, and have
burdens to carry. There is no halt for
noonday dreams nor twilight rest. It
step, step, step?right onward
through dust and commonplace, with^
out music, or banners, or present glo
HV ry, and yet to each soldier has been
given a canteen full of never-failing
water, a cup of which we may p roller
W with no fear of a diminished store, all
| the way through to the end of the
I long march to the sea. Is our com3
rade discouraged? Do bis feet fall
I and his hands grow heavy ? A checrt
ing word, a loving service, a friendly
f cmrroroatinn hnrn of the desire to hell)
and encourage, will revive him like
sparkling water in the desert heat.
Such things cost nothing, but not all
the gold aud diamonds you could pack
into your bundle would match them
for solace on the long and dusty march
that stretches for each one of us between
the cradle and the grave.
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^ - The proverb that "to* the pure all
ithings are pure," does not imply that
H one may sit and listen to impure and
Wile conversation and not become
P ^thereby contaminated and debased in
^thought and life. It does not mean
that one may indulge in impure acts
and still remain pure in heart.
Until Jesus came to our world, men
were hard and cruel, and sought to destroy
each other. Jesus said, "A new
oommandment I give unto you, that
ye love one another." So now the nations
are beginning to learn of Jesus,
and are doing good to each other instead
of evil. They are following His
example, for He died to save men.
is swallowed up in victory. In a sense
he is not dead, but a living vital force
in the wonderful organization evolved
by his consecrated genius.
It is quite unnecessary to speak at
any length of Methodism. Even if its
royal sous did not do that, as they
will, fully and effectively, it would
speak for itself. It has been and is
one of the greatest moral.forces recorded
in history. And of its founder it is
not too much to say that he was one of
the greatest religious leaders the world
has ever seen. Professor Huxley
who will certainly not be accused of
any undue partiality for Christianity,
uot iongago said of him: "I believe
there was no man to whom England
is so much indebted for this great moral
reform (from the deadness of the
eighteenth century) as to John Wes- ^
ley. As we view him now, he stands ~
among his associates?Whitefield,
Fletcher, Venn, Berridge, Romaine?
as Washington did among his generals
and Napoleon among his marshalsfacile
princeps." lioman Catholics
and Protestants, Jews and Gentiles,
believers and unbelievers have all
united iu paying tribute to Wesley's
self-consecration, holiness, zeal, and
genius for religious organization.
During his lifetime Wesley received
only scant recognition or even justice
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he was a minister, atxl to which he remained
loyal all his life. It cannot,
therefore, but be a source of gratification
to Methodists that through the
large-hearted charity of the late Dean
Stanley a monument to the two Wesleys,
John and Charles, stands in
Westminster Abbey. And it will
doubtless be recalled by many that
when the Dean was in this country in
1878 the Methodists of this city gave
him a reception in recognition of his
gracious courtesy. In a speech on
that occasion the Dean gave this explanation
of how these monuments
came to be erected :
It was some eight or ten years ago
that the then president of the Wesleyan
Conference asked, with that courtesy
and modesty which is characteristic
of him, that I would ailow "the
erection of a monument in Westminster
Abbey, in Poets' Corner, to
Chiirles Weslev. as the sweet psalmist
of our English Israel." I ventured to
answer, "if we are to have a monument
to Charles, why not to John?"
To John Wesley, accordingly, together
with his brother Charles?not as ex- {
eluding Charles, but as the greater ge- {
nius, as the greater spirit of the two?
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that monument nas ueen eicci.ru.
John Wesley's monument, with the j
likeness also of his brother Charles, |
lias been erected in Westminster Ab- |
bey. elose to a monument which was
erected in the last century?and I
mention it only us showing that in j
welcoming this recognition of your il- !
lustrious founder, I have been but fol- I
lowing the precedents already established
in Westminster Abbey and in
the Church of England?the monu- H
ment to John Wesley was erected side
by side with the monument which in
the last century was erected to the
memory of the great Congregational
divine and poet, Isaac Watts. (
It is not perhaps generally known
that there is an interesting and faithful
portrait of John Wesley hanging
in the Methodist Episcopal Mission "
Rooms, in this city. It was presented
by the Rev. Dr. (_>. H. Tiffany. "This ?
picture," he says, "is a copy of the
portrait of John Wesley which is in
the possession of the NVesleyan Mis- ^
siouary Society and hangs in their
rooms in London. The picture represents
Mr Wesley at liis best, and with
great lidelity. Jn 1S47 my father, Mr.
Comfort Tiliany, then a citizen of Jial- a
tiniore, obtained permission to have a
copy made for removal to the United
States. A copy was allowed to be
made by Mr CSush, the conference artist,
.vhich was pronounced by every r
one who saw it to be entirely satisfactory.
My father lived until March 15,
187!), and in his will left the portrait to
me, his eldest son. In 1889, the Missionary
Society having built and prepared
a suitable and permanent build- f
ins:, I presented the picture to it, together
with portraits of the Rev. Ja'*
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l)ez mmuilll, ItiKen nuui nits u.y xui. (Jush;
the Rev. John Newton, taken
by Wattles, in Baltimore, when Dr. a
Newton was in this country as a dele- _
gate to our tJeueral Conference. So ^
tar as I know, there are no other J
copies of this pictures in existence."
In response to an inquiry as to the
best method of observing the anniversary
on Monday, "The Christian Advocate"
suggests that preachers devote a
some Sunday in March to a consideration
of Wesley's life and labors, and t
this suggestion, doubtless, will be gen- ^
erally followed. In England, however,
the celebration will be much more
formal, and will inciuue me unveiling
of a fine bronze statue of Wesley in
the City Road, London.?New York
Tribune, February L'8, 1891.
Fanners, above all people truthfully
says The New Era, should avoid store aceounts,
as a single crop failure is liable
to make such a debt become very j
burdensome. If ready money is not
obtainable the store account can often
be avoided by growing something
which can be exchanged through the ,
season for such things as must be
bought. A little space and time devoted
to fruit or vegetables, to chickens,
bees, etc., will often prove of much
more value than the mere amount of ,
money derived from the sale of the
products, by enabling one to avoid a J
debt. These things may be exchanged
at the store each week, in small i
quantities, auswering the same pur- :
pose as cash. A "one-crop" farmer is
almost always in debt for three-fourths
of the year. By a little attention to ,
small matters of this sort ho would be
in a much more independent position,
and eventually find more profit in ins {
work.
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"One never knows the value of a i
piece of bric-a-brac until it is broken." '
sighed Mrs. Wellover as she surveyed J
11)6 remains 01 u urutieu ium, ^
"That's true enough," rejoined Mr.
Wellover. "It wasn't until Tom 1
Kickle broke Miss Pinkeye's lieart 1
that she discovered it was worth $50,- 3
000."
Eat to live and do not take any
more food than you find to be necessary
to maintain health and strength.
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WH. E. BELL'S
Clearing out Sale to Make Room for New Spring Goods.
Bargains ii Winer Millinery, Hats, Caps, u.
BEAUTIFUL lot of Trimmed Felt Hats that will be sold for one-half their value.
J Great reduction In Winter Dress Goods and Trimmings to match. I still have afew Wit
?r WRAl'K that will be sold at New York cost. I have a great many bargains to offer th
ade in Winter Goods. Ladies Lace Shoes at reduced prices. Children's Shoes at reduce
rices.
When In need of Spring Goods give me a call and get the late styles. New goods to ai
ve In Spring Calicos, Spring Ginghams, Spring Seersuckers and Checked Muslins, Kemen
jr all cut prices aro for the cash. No goods will be charged at such reduced prices.
Yours respectfully,
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W 1YJL. Jli. ^ Cj 1 j 1 j
EEDS FDR SOUTHERN FARMER
GRASS SEED. I COTTON SEED.
Our Grass Seeds aro carefully selected and I Onr varieties of Cotton Seeds are recomjrrown
with special reference to their Purity, mended by experienced planters as the best
Cleanliness from Weeds; und Kcrmlnatlon, and most profitable sorts grown?and sure to
Wo furnish all standard varieties. I glvo the most satisfactory results.
CLOVER SEED. I TEOSINTE.
Red. Sanllne. Alfalfa. Japan, Alslto, etc. | A most valuable ^Forage Plant__for the
Quality the best. We also supply a celc- south, surpassing eimer corn or hii?uuui
brated mixture of Grass and Clover Seeds I a fodder plant. Ah many as forty-five stalks
adapted to various soils and uses. I have been grown from a single seed.
Our Seeds are of the Best Quality and Carefully Seleoted.
PATll ninllC Containing Valuable Information Mailed I? t t
UHlALillUUk PRICES QUOTED ON APPLICATION. I IV 11
T. W. WOOD & SONS, 8 & 10 South 14th Street, RICHMOND, YA.
SEE OUR STOVES!
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ijet u ur rnuBB
and be convinced
that we are selling
the best as well as
the CHEAPEST
stoves in the mar
ket.
W. Lawson A Co.
Feb. 3, 1891.
Attention Farmers!
I ABBEVILLE 141111COIPAN1
re now prepared to furnish fertilizers of all kinds. Their Chick
com TTimk rtmrio Pprt.ili^Ar is siimassfid bv none in the Stat
IOC4TT XXAgU WiWUU A w* ~ ^ ? ^
'hey have also a large lot of
ACID AND MEAL
eparate for those who wish to manipulate their own goods. A
+v?ott nunriAafl +n ooll ns nhfian fl.s nan he bousrht an'V
.11011 gUUUD l/UUJI yiV/JJV/MV* uu - w
vhere. Special prices to those buying large lots.
For terms apply to
J. L. PERRIN, Manage]
Feb. 3, 1891.
lew nut. iw stock
take pleasure in announcing to our friends and the public that we can be four
In our Elegant New Quarters at the McIIwain Corner,
tVhere we are offering an Immense stock of General Merchandise, consisting of
Dry Goods, Flannels, Jeans, Cassimers, Prints, Sheeting*
Shirtings, Tickings, Damask, Cretons,
Vtid everything else In the DRY GOODS Hue. We huvc a full and complete stock
MOTIONS AND FANCY GOOES. We call special attention to our stock of
JHfc c*? rt y - x* cl Clot 111
'or MEN and HOYS. Our selection In this line of goods Is very flne In all grades fro
.he linest to the cheapest, and offered at exceedingly Low Prices.
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In SHOES we are in u position to save you money, having bought a large stock f
?ASH, direct from the Manufacturers boforo the reccut advance In Shoes, and are o(Ti
ng them at Old Price*. OUR SHOES are in all grades from the best hand-sewed
.he cheapest. As heretofore our specialty will be .
GROCERIES AND PLANTATION SUPPLIES
Are have a large stock of every kind of STAPLE and FANCY" GROCERIES at tl
lowest possible prices, consistent with good quality. Our stock of HARDWAR
CROCKERY, TINWARE, <Stc., Is full and complete in all lines.
While we do not claim to have Largest Slock in town, or to do the Largest Husir.e
>Ve do claim something that is vastly moro Important to the buyers, and that is, tin
Jur Prices are LOWER than any one else.
Call in and see us in our NEW STORE aud we promise to prove to you that it is
"Ve'doall wepossl bly can to sat.sfy and please the trade, and etve you the^ful. ?t,
R. W. CANNON
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T1he main wheel in a watch i
makes 4 revolutions in a day of 24 boars,
or 1,460 in a year. Next, the centre wheel, 24
revolutions a clay, or 8,TOO In a year. The
third wheel 192 In a day, or 59,030 in a year.
The fourth wheel 2,440 in a day, or 545,600 in a
year. The fifth, or scape wheel, 12,960 In a i
day, or 4,728,200 in a year. The "ticks" or i
beats of the balance wheel 888,900 in a day, or
141,882.000 in a year.
The above is mathemetlcnlly correct, and
should prove to you that a WATCH is a very
delicate and complicated machine,andshould
it be out of order the watch requires the at- t
tentlon of u I
XHT ??/>?4- riln nn TlTntnli rv> A It- AH I
rn st uiass tr aiuiimaivci.
The undersigned offers you all the advan
tages that skill and experience can command
In the repairing of
Watchs, Clocks and Jewelry.
? ENGRAVING
any style letter or monograme executed at
short notice.
All Work Warranted 12 Months. ]
A first class stock of GOLD, SILVER and
NICKEL WATCHES, JEWELRY. SILVER
WARE, GOLD PENS Ac.
Rogers and Bro., J
Wm. Rogers <
FORKS, KNIVES AND SPOONS.
Goods guaranteed a? represented or mony
refunded. No charge for engraving goods
bonghtof me. 1
Place of business in F. F. Dunbar Jc Co'b j
store.
R. B. Hennenann,
GREENWOOD, S. C. !
Jan. 80,1891, tr (
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JEW GOODS.
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. I am Now Prepared to Offer at
Reasonable Prices He Largest
' and Best Selected Stock of
TTr_j.i? ni-?i.?
i w aiunes, uiuuas,
J? WJEDLM Y,
I Silverware, Spectacles,
and Gold Pens,
And everything In the JEWELRY Line
ever offered to the ? eople of Abbevl'le county.
Silver and Nickel Watches from 82.50 to 818
Gold Watches from 815 to 875.
Clocks from 81 to 815.
CHAINS. CHARMS. LOCKETS.
SLEEVE BUTTONS, COLLAR BUTTONS.
SCARF FINS, STUDS, LACE PINS,
BROCnES, EAR RINGS and DROPS, and
CHILD'S DRESS BUTTON SETS In GOLD
and Rolled Plate at the Lowest Prices.
Gold Rings, [quality guaranteed]
i from 75 cts. to $10
Stprllng Sliver Thimbles, Spoons and Forks
very low.
The celebrated Wm. Rogers Knives, Forks,
Spoons, Ac. Triple plated on Nickel Silver.
11 K. Gold Spectacles and EyeGlasses
Irom 91.50 to 98 per pair.
Why Injure your eyes by wearing cheap
glasses when you can get Pebbles for 82.50 per
pair.
it will be to rour advantage to call on me
7 should you need anything In the Jewelry line
1/ Repairing ucntly done and all work guaranI
teed. Office In store of J. C. NICKLES.
J. T. Duckett,
e JEWELER.
Greenwood, S. C.
Oct. 15, ISiM).
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to ZMBJEIWTPJCWaD.
le *S-Oftlce up stairs over It. W. Cannons store
Aug. iiS, 18K0.
1,000 yards of oallc?, best quality at Scents
per yard, P. Rosanberg A Co.
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He Live Santa Clans" 1
Has taken his departure until next Christmas, but
CAMERON'S If
Sew i York i Mi i Store, 1
Still occupies the same old stand opposite the 0. & G. Freight
)epot, and are offering some BIG BARGAINS in
inv r.nnn? wnTinMS mats m raps.
nil UUVVWJ I1U I lUHVj lin JW IH1V will
Ladies, Gent's and Children's Shoes,
Ladies and Gents Woolen Underwear at Cost!
And are also leaders in
Jlassware, Tinware, Woodenware, m
Crockery, Trunks,^Satchels, Yalises, jg
All kinds of Household Articles,
Tobacco and Cigars, Etc. - ;|
Ask for CAMERON'S PRIDE CHEWING TOBACCO, the belt .
Oc. Tobacco ever brought to this market.
We are now preparing for onr SPRING STOCK, which will
:onsist of the prettiest line of
Lawns, Flouncings, Challies, Henriettas, Spring Worsteds.
Gassimeresi Outing Cloths and Ginghams,
jver sold over a counter, Also a handsome line of
Gs ent's Straw Hats,
Ml and White Tennis mi OverSMrls of tie very Latest Styles. f
As to our prices on these goods we will defy competition, and
.11 ?f.1? r\f /"!? ftnon/lo id m" TTfl no a noli Via-fivro rmi?rthftfliTHr
til WO (ABA. U1 UU1 A11UJLLU0 AO UV V \J UU %m VU11 uvavav
jlsewhere.
We are going to get out a spring edition of the LITTLE GEM
ivhich we will mail to onr friends. If we should overlook any
jend us your address, and we will mail you one by return mail.
We also pay striot attention to MAIL^OBDERS, and will mail
LsSs
pou samples upon request,
Thanking you for your past favors and desiring your future
patronage, we remain Yours truly,
Walter Cameron, Jr., |
GREENWOOD, S. C.
Jan. 21. 1890.
For Sale By J. T. Simons, Greeivood, S. C. 1
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FARMER'S FRIEND FERTILIZERSOLUBLE
BONE FERTILIZERThe
above Brands of Fertilizers have been
sold by us for the past two Seasons, and have
given entire satisfaction. Call and get our
prices. Yours truly,
niirrni nimiimiv n nni UDIiinC
Ml, M1HTO & iBMiiiina.
SPEED'S DRUG STORE.
With a LARGE and well Selected Stock 01
DRUGS, CHEMICALS,
PATENT MEDICINES, FAINTS,
OILS, WINDOW GLASS, PREPARED
? ?? TTntTTie r a vrv
PUTTY, COMJBS, DituonxiO) J;ahV?
GOODS, PERFUMES. STATIONERY, &C.
The demand of this market can be supplied.
Headquarters for tine CIGARS and TOBACCO. Orders by Mall or band promptly attended
to. Prescriptions carefully compounded at all hours.
You are respectfully invited to call.
P. 23. SPEED.
No. 8 Wall St, Abbeville, 8. C
National Bank of Abbeville,
Abbeville, S. C.
Capital, S75,000
Surplus, 10,000
Olil ceriH r
ai.i.rn SMITH. President. L. W. WHITE, Vice-Pre?ide
BENJ. S. BARNWELL, Cashier.
Dttirectojra x
GEO. W. WILLIAMS, Charleston, S. C., J. N. YOUNG, Due We?t, 8. C., -i
L. W. WHITE, Abbeville, S. C., K. M, HADDON, Abbeville, 8. C ,
JNO. G. EDWARDS, Abbeville, S. C., W. C. McGOWAN, Abbeville, 8. V.,
J. ALLEN SMITH, Abbeville, S. C.
DOES a General Banking business, provides the greatest security and convenience rorua
Depositors. Ii ready at any aud all times to make loans bawtfl upon such safe oollateral
our County affords. Sept, 11, 1888. ly
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