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F n L The Press and Banner " ABBEVILLE, S. C. El* E ^SP-Published every Wednesday at A ' a year in advance. | Wednesday, May 20, 1891. 1 Frir.e Essays. f The Abbeville frees and Banner makes the following offer lor ?*nze assays ijji mc ?? ?<. of the country newspaper ns an educator and a. teacher of morals. Competitors are exp* pectedtoshow the necessity of bringing the W-, local newspaper Into every household, anil to present the advantages which news papers furnish as aids to tlio parent, to the school teacher and to tho preacher, and also to present the disadvantages under which F families labor because of having been de| prlved of newspapers. For the first best article S8 will be given. For the second best article Sr> will be given. For the third best article one year's sub! Bcrlption to the Press and Banner will be given. Competitors to exercise their own judgt ment as to length of article. The award to be made on the first of Jun DJ UD IIIipUI bUW wm>u>?v.. Put the name of the author in a separate envelope, not to be opened until the award Is made. J April 21, 1801. tf. The Abbeville Rifle*. i The Abbeville Rides, feeling that they would bens welcome In Columbia as any t other Company, attended the Centennial last I week. We have no doubt that they were welcome, ? but we believe they were either not invited E to join in some of the parades or else their E name was omitted from some ol the pubb_ llshed lists. Ills also noted that the Mayor yesterday in giving thanks through the columns of the * ? - - * ? -- I ?,*?!.n Mill. p. Stale lO me people general i?v, it11vi u> I tary Companies by name, forgot to mention the Abbeville Rifles among the other Military r_ Companies. ? Although we believe their names were omitted twice, when others were mentioned, we cannot believe that either the newspapers j. or the Mayor, would thus intentionally slight the Abbeville Rifles because of the failure ol Abbeville County to build an arch. Neither can we believe the fact that Abbeville with three exceptions, voted the regular Democratic ticket at the general election contributed to the omission of which we speak. Abbeville owes no apology ami makes I none?not even to Hampton?for doing what fsho conceived to oe ner uuiy m me j-um. . contest. ? But-for all that, perhaps no people in Soutli Carolina honors Hampton and Haskell more than do the people of Abbeville. No man in South Carolina has greater confidence, love and respect from this people than has her own beloved son, Hon. A. C, Haskell. While we are obliged to believe that the Abbeville Rifles were not specially honored yet we do not believe that Mayor Me.Master would pointedly and intentionally slight them. _ The omission of their name was snrelv a mistakeot his own, or else the type-setter and prool-readerof the State put him in a wrouj: position. Monument*. This seems to be an age of monuments and L centennials. e- It is a poor county that can't get up a cenW tennial of some kind at very short notice, while the whole country seems crazy on the subject of monuments?great piles of granHe to declare the glory of the dead and to per petrate the vanity of the living The most recent proposition of this sort Is to build in BoineSouthern city a monument for the women who decorate the graves of dead soldiers, or who built monuments, or who suffered in some way from the war. After listening to patriotic speeches all day at Georgetown, with a continuation of spread"eagle eloquence at night and in the midst o! the performance, an impromptu press meeting was held, and S100 was appropriated for uch a monument to be built, possibly in Richmond. It didn't matter much where. The "monument" is not to benefl t anybody In any other way to than gratify vanity, and as such would be comparatively a useless expenditure. If the monument had been in tho shape o! a "home" for weary and care worn widows 01 daughters of the Confederate polilier, then some practical good would result. Monumeuts, when they are built by the voluntary contributions of the people, art r- well enough, but when the people have to be * draggooned, begged or bullied into giving .*1 grudging gift, then we think monuments hail better be left unbuilt. Colambin'M Ovation lo Hampton. The city papers seem well pleased witli the Centennial, which came on last weeit May 13, 14 and 15th. People from all parts of the State were there, though the crowds were not lurgei j than were expected. The city was dressed in holiday attire, and every street made great exhibitions of bunting and flag?. General Hampton made the big speech ol the occasion, which has been printed in the \ daily newspapers. The Abbeville Rifles under the command ol Captain McGowau, went down, as did a few ii others from this place, goins it may he, withP out the wedding garment?an arch. . A visitor fell from an arch, and died from r his.ljurles. Besides this, we believe noscrioiu accident occurred. Judging from the accounts in the papers the centennial was a grand success, in so fai as it may have been intended to show thi which the beloved Hampton has on the great public heart. The editor of the 1'ress and llannerdid noi go, but the paper was not without repre i., ?|,| ?||? ulili ti mill-!. PCUIUHVU Hi IIIW guuiM v/iv. outon a new century wi h such bright pros ..nects. The Presidency of Hie South Caro linn College. The Nevs and Courier places Mr. Benel? no doubt unintentionally?in an unfair posl tlon before the public in reference to tin South CarolluaCollege. Mr, lionet lias not sought the place. Whatever he might ;lo now in accept ing or declining the place, in the past Mr Benet has twice declined to uilow his nam* to be used In connection with the Presi dency. But we would say this: Wo believe the Trustees could not do better than to elect him to the Presidency. His ability, his education, and his adaptability for the work, eminently qualify him fur the position, and the college would be ior tunate In having a President who Is the equal of any man in the State. The Omnjjebiir;j Enterprise. T?Kla nnhUchfk nlf'tlirPS And Kket(?hp? of the editors and proprietors,| and a description of tlie Improved machinery in the office. It is a fine showing for Hie machinery, and the editorial history is of an intoiesting nature. Mr. r. l. McCauchkon has l>ecn elccted President of the Piedmont Manufacturing Company, to fill the vacancy occasioned by Ibe death of Colonel Hammett. . . ... ' The C'oosaw. The Coosaw Mining Company have Icaml' the creeks and marslies belonging Id the! Pacific Guano Company. The Coosmv will j hencelorth dig phosphate rock il1 the same imminf.ir/i hut will hcreaf-! tor pay tho royalty tojthe Pacific Unnno Coin-1 pany, instead of to the State. The Coosaw Company Is now in condition I to wait 011 the courts to decide the questions J at issue between the State and themselves. Of course patriotic tax payers will not mind looting tl.e bills for this little bit or foolishness on the part of their Legislators and State o(fleers. It is barely possible that the State ofllccrs may save the great mass of the people from heavier taxation by increasing the assessments of corporations and other largo property owners. ? - mm The Cumberland < ?!>. We are reliably informed that Mr. Potts has been ordered to grade the Cumberland Gap road to Cat Tall pond, fifteen miles from Edgefield, ou the surveyed route to Abbeville. The direction of the road irom that point will be determined by the South Carolina railroad managers, who wish u vuiumviuu with the Georgia, Carolina and Northern road in time to carry ofl tlie lioxt cotton crop. In due time the South Carolina road will investigate the situation, and determine the route?they being practically the owners and builders of the road. Neither Mr. Potts nor Mr. Gallagher will have much to do in determining who is to get the road. The Chicago Fair people must mean business when lhoy spend thu Kxnosilion's cash in a forty-eight column advertisement in a New York paper.?New York Press. The same people have been spending something periodically in the way of postage send ing us proof sheets of interesting paragraphs in reference to the same, expecting us to go to the expense of putting the same in type at our own expense. Unless we change our mind, it will be a long time before we expend any of our cash iu that way. The Kej;isJer. The Columbia Register Is out in a complete new dress of typo, and is as pretty as possible A VERY DANGEKOUS ACT. Master Chalmers Unities Clinilis to the Top of a l'lne Tree nn<t Hears oil Two Yoimur Katies. "A great eagle with grcftt wings, ions winded, full <>f feathers, which lintl divers colors, came onto Lebanon, anil look the highe?t branch of the Ccdur." ?Kzi-kicl xvii: .S. The county of Abbeville is not noted for the number and extent of her manufacturing enterprises, nor is it known as the route of any great iron highway which lias been in the ' ?oup lor many years. But it is distinguished everywhere for its great men and pretty wo I men. The fame of the beauty of our women iiavIng gone to the lour corners of the earth, and i the historian in every ago having sung the i praises of our men, Abbeville cares very little for the protit and the notoriety arising from the existence ot blacksmith shops, spindles and looms. And following the example of the distinguished Georgian who promised to "call the roll of his slaves at Bunker lllll," we call Unroll of our distinguished dead whenever we , assembled together to hear a speech lroin anybody on any subject whatsoever. Kven the daring and courageous acts of her boys can ri\al the stories of the i ll/vn.tamor/ir thp u llil WPttffM'11 1) 11II ter of ferocious beasts. Think of u twelve year-old Sunday School , scholar in this staid old town going to the , country and climbing to the top of one of the tallest pines, for the sake of bird eggs. Ueincmbcr the tieaeherous bark of the pine, and in your imagination look at the lad at the great height. Then let the chills run up and down your back for awhile, and be prepared to hear the story which we will tell you of .Master Chalmers Hughes. Mister ClmlmerR Hughes and Master Bradley Keesc, went hunting last Thursday, but did not go in the direction of Lebanon. They leU the city by the Northwest gate, and continued their Journey, until they reached the Gordon woodland, some lour 01 five miles distant. Very much to their surprise they saw a large nest in the lop of one ol the highest pines? the pine being first cousin to the cedar. Chalmers Hughes climbed to the nest, uiul found therein two young eagles, which lie brought away, and which he now has on exhibition at home. The nest was a large one, and in it were the bonesof rabbits or other such animals, and part of a snake upon which the eaglets had leasled. The oid bird protested against the robbery of her nest, and bewailed the despoliation as only a distressed mother bird can. Hut her protests were in vain. Bradley Keese shot at the old bird a nunibe' ol times, when it would fly far enough awu\ not to endanger his friend, but the biid wouldn't stand s;ill long eunuch to be hit. The lledgiings are covered with down, rniii have a well developed heal; and claws. The wing leathers are coming out, and in a little u-liif.. ilit. liirtlK veil! nrc-sent :l dilielellt an pearanee. Their bodies are about the size o! an ordinary chicken, with wings about fifteen inches from tip to tip. They are hearty eaters and seem to be thriving in captivity. If the family house eat doesn't get them soon they will be able to take cure of themselves in a little lime. Chalmers has been ollered >"> for one of them, which sum lie has refused. About two years ago Andrew Ferguson killed a grown eacle some two miles from where these were found. i The eagle being a useful bird in carrying off lambs, pigs, children and chickens, the eagle industry will likely thrive. If yon want to see real live eaglets, call on 'halmer.s Hughes, and let him ti ll you how he cl'inbcd to dizzy heights and endangered his life for the hi rds which are so rare in this section, and of which he is now so proud. Then you can wait a reasonable length ol time to see In these columns a sad story of ' the death of some mother's son who in trying to emulate the daring of Master C'hal, mi*rs Hughes, has reached an untimely end. I'he verdict of the Coroner's Jury will be "death frotn accidentally falling from a tree top."' The preacher over his cottiu will no I doubt utter such words of consolation, as he can find, and which, spiritually speaking, may be a great solace to the attlictcd mother, but which, in reality, would weigh very I it , tie if put in thescalcs against presence, life, devotion anil love of a dutiful sou, r PUBLISHING THE POLL LIST. ' I'iic Kesulis Which Came Trout it Public Inspection ol'the Books?If the B'roporly Kcliirns ol' I mli victuals M erc Published I lie Worhl Would be Startled. ' Never, in Hit* history of Abbeville county, has there been as full tax returns as vill he turned over for collection to Treasurer Itlake , (his full. This lias been brought about by I be publishing of the poll list by Auditor I'.radley. The Treasurer's duplicate this year will I routain at least liltecn hundred more names than was ever lurnisbed to him by the Auditor at one time?not that there arc fitben hundred lax payers who have been dodging . poll taxes on personal property, but because one-eight ol the lax pay payers In this county -one thousand men?have fallen into the unbusiness-like practice of pulling oil'making their returns until the period of col lectins taxes, when they no into t lie ollice of the Auditor, make a supplementary return, and pay the same day. This practice would have been stopped had the law been such that a penalty could have been attached. As the law stands - there can be no penalty placed upon a poll i tax payer for refusing to assess his poll during the time prescribed by law, but he can at any tfflic before the closing of the taxes. Such being the law, there is no motive power thai the Auditor can use with this class of tax payers to force them to comply with the law. Clinnli? ilmro u lnur <1. inli 1 i 11 ?r (In* tiliirnilit of tilt* poll where the law i? not complied with, this inconvenient pail (-1? the col lection of taxes would he materially lessened, ii no) done away with entirely, I'roni what we can ? learn, there will be somewhat between live mil six hundred extra polls added to the list in this county. Auditor Jlradiey wishes to do Ids whole duty, ami the citizens arc coming . forward and assisting him in his ell'orls to Increase the school term of this county. The I.owM<le?villc Killing. It is reported tliat Solicitor Ansel has summoiled a large number of witnesses in the ease of the recent killing ot a negro at Lowndesville. It has been also suggested that lnuiciineni lor conspi racy may ii|{aiijsi i several persons in tin; neighborhood, si ltd that the mother of the deceased will bring all ' action iiiiainsl tlie Kail road company d<?mandlng money damages for tlia contributary conduct of tlie employees on the train on the morning of the killing. It is barely possible that the killing of Ed Anderson may bring trouble. The Solicitor, when lie was litre, manifest* d a determination to put a stop to murder, and tlie mother of the deceasod having ground for suit, may seek money damages from the Hail road company. We give tlie atx.vo as rumors, without knowing how much truth (here may belli them. 4 BROKE HIS 3R0TnEr.'3 HEAD. " * 1 llcr HI* S!:?S1 was i'rnettired, A11oc? KOi Wilson YVa3!ioil to Town, Where' 1 He Died. j'1'1 i (til "AnllVti n'.k-"I ?i li AIh I h ? 1ir?:li r: ntnl it t iiii't<> 111 > s tvlu-li I It- y uciv in t if ll.-l'l, lll:il O In tl i I ise tl,> against Abel 111; Lrollier, :ni i tivw lillli."? lit CD*iv: 8. | I Last Saturday morninf, Willie and Allen J1.1' Wilson, colored, were ut work on Mr. A. W. 1 . tilth's farm, within the incorporate limits J I the town of Abbeville, when they became;", ivolveflin a quarrel about the payment of ?. jwn taxes. It seems that the town council ad served notice on one of them to the of- J"1 ?ct that he must pay a commutation lor i jad duty. The brother had not been so no- j tied, and from these facts a quarrel ensued. 1 !',! hey had a scutlle and afterward separated.1 he quarrel was renewed, and Allen throw j*',' own his hoe and went toward his brother ! " yillio, when the latter raised his Iioe and .' trunk him a blow on the head. Allen was stunned, and fell to the ground. , leing helped to bin feet again, ho seemed to pcover himself, and eaino to town In search f a doctor. Alter walking around town for , i>me t ine. UnKlu^ with his triends and look- ; ig for a physician, lie was examined about ivo hour.- aflcr receiving ilio b ow. \ linlouhim later lie became unconscious, "T?fillI? II !? ?? I THE FARMER'S COLLEGE. * GREAT ACTIVITY IN THE WORK OF PUTTING UP THE BUILDINGS. c The Wlrole to l?e Complclcd by Febrn- (j ary. 18!):;, When flic College will be Open fin' NludeiitN. V Kcowee Courier. | ft may be written down as an fissured factj|( i tliat tlie life-long desire of the late Thomas G.! t< ICIemsouwill meet with an enlarged fulfillmcnt. * fi The application of scientific knowledge to r, practical agriculture was with him a subject ti of deep study lor many years. After retiring x from public lite and making his home at Fort ] Hill, he turned his attention to farming. He- d Ing accustomed to make whatever he under- y look a suliject of thought and icsearch, he s was naturally led to Inquire by what means the agriculture of tlie country could be itn- |j proved. As the result of his study and inves- r, ligation, lie deliberately announced tlie con- 0 elusion that there could be no permanent si improvement In agriculture without a j| knowledge ol' those sciences which pertains particularly thereto. This conclusion was frequently expressed by him, both in public , ami private, long years before his death, j Such being the tlxed bdlel ol liis life, he de- , tcr.nined to devote the bulk of his estate to s tlie loundatloti of an institution de'tahed to j, imparl to the farmer boys of the state iliat j, instruction which would best fit them lor |, their hard and practical life. u The device conveyed to the .State for this purpose the Fort Hill p aiiistlioii?the home- j, sic.d ot John C. Calhoun during ln> long ami j dis!IhguMie I ea'ei-i?containing over 800 j u acre*, and some SS'/KU in va id stocks and y bond'. A't?r pacing Hie Igiey (Slf>,0 0) to p I Miss Klonde l< c, ant the txpenses incident c I to the litigation, the net amount turned over ' to the state by the executor was more than j *!Q.(XW. Tlie ei eel ion of the buildings lias been begun by t lie Hoard of I'ru tecs with the tunds appropriated I y the last I wo sessions <i| t he ^ Leglslaiuie, but their completion on the line I projected will reipiiie a further apptoprialion by the ni-xi ses>io?. The granite foundations of the nviln college building is now being laid. This will Ik; a very handsome building, three slories in t height. Till- llr.-t story is llftceii, feci high in (lie clear. On the llrst floor will l>e the l're-l- I dent's olllce, with ample closet* attached, I treasurer's olllce, with large vault, chapel, a*- ii senibly room, two school room*. In the front is a tiic vestibule, 50x*J5x20 feet. Theseeond i story is fourteen feet In ilie near. On this f floor will t>e the library and ihrcc sclioo; u rooms. On lbs third floor will be the audito-J < ri 11 in with au ante-room, the V. At. (A A. Hall 11 and the two literary society hulls, i ho dor- i rnitory and mess hall will be a main mot It building At first it was intended to make * this buiidinc accommodate .'KM students, but ' the applications are coming so rapidly and in < such large numbers that the Hoard of Trus- i tees at their meeting last week doubled the capacity, and it will be made to accommo- * date fiu'J persons in comfortable style. It will 11 stand three stories high, contain one hundred j i and flf.y rooms, dining room, hall one*cry|si floor, and kitchen. Toe main body of the house is 23Sx4i? feet, while tiie two ells are IMx t lli feet. The ventilation is perfect, there being I two wicdows in each room and a transom " <i\\rwjt* rlnnr. * I it will be provided with all modern conveniences, heated by steam and lighted by i electricity, 'flicexcavation lorlheifouudatioii 1 or litis building ore being made and the ex- * pcctation is that.it, too, will be completed by ' the lirst day of next February. * The laboratory is Hearing completion. It is a large two story building, giving ample ij space in which to tit up all modern appliances It tor chemical and analytical work and for!'J lecture rooms. There is a basement under- t neat 11 ten feet deep. This is a handsome i building, the finishing touches of which will I be made by the last of this week. . i The foundations of the mechanical hall e have been laid and the walls have gone up :i about ten feet. This is HS0x40 feel, two slo j n rieshigh, with an ell 100x10 feet one story C high. 1t is in the shape of the capital litter i T. 'i'iie machine sliop will be on tho tlrst floor, while the ell will contain the foundry s ind forge. The boiler room will be iSx'-M feet. Tho stack from the boiler will stand 0-1 feet I high. The root of t he hall will be self-sup- v ?u..? ?..!. I.... nil ilm ftnor Kiirliii-c I I'VI bl !!?, i ii ii.i inai \iiin uu mv , available lor wood-working purposes. v Two professors' houses have been cornplct-! fi ert. They are flue brlek residences, two sto ries high. Ten more residences for the faculty are yet to tie built. One of the ten will be built specially fur the President and one c. for the Secretary and Treasurer. The remaining eight and the two already built will be occupied by other members of tlie fac- w ulty. d The building of the experimental station v is completed. This is an elegant one-story p frume house, nicvly painted, and presented an attracted appearance. n All the granite required in the buildirgis .N being (|uarried on the Fort Hill plantation |) under the supervision of Mr. Henry A. I'ow- a ell as foreman. I Mr. John F. Calhoun ol Due West, the old- n est li\ ing repicscntativi- of the Calhoun fain* t iiy, was elected by the Trustees to lake charge of the garden, mess hall, etc., of the College h when it is opened. ji Tuesday, the *s;h day of July, lias been s fixe ' by the board for laying the cornerstone J |. with Impressive ceremonies. Three orators i have been selected to deliver addresses on y Hint occasion. They are IJr. I. S. Hopkins, President of the Technological Institute, At- e lanta. tia.; lion. U. Lamb liulst of Cimrles- ? | I'M), illld I OI. h IJ. 1'UIK, in-MHiiii HI HIV H National Alliance. The Intention is to have i it completed by the llrst day of Fvliiu:iry, a Ism, tin! day Used for opening. II On July ~i:li. the d?y after tno laying of ilic* < comer sione, the Board t?f 1'mi?I<m? wi.l mett \ fur ill!- p-irpo-e hi eleol inn a lull corps nt pro- j p lessors lor tin- 0 ! e_e. 'l'neic vv i.) be ten ilo-1 ti pailuM nth to In- lllli d. I o '111 111 nl Hit: session will lie ten uioiitiis, lir^innii {j I lie tii>t of February ol eacli y-iii'. I'lic Vaeal oiis u ill lie t.ilten during the winter months Instead oi liio summer. The application of students ure com ins in rapidlj.Ai (lie picsent iiite the limit, ffiiO. will soo'i lie reached, and all application.* IC lliere.iiiii- will pioi.ubi.x have to ne rejected. Hence the imporianci* of ll i i^ an appiiea a tion al once nj him who desires to became a I s student ill CleitiMiii. io 'J lie total amount of money expended in i the erection of the buildings up to date is ' v f.V!.0H0. The Calhoun residence has been repainted 11 this Spring and tu.ii repairs made as are in necessary lor its preservation. A.s provided'a in the will oi ill's, clcinsoti, tin* resldenceund ' v Ihe Mhrarv ol Air. Caiiiouu \>ill he >ueiedlv i ll preserved, without change or alteration, j?i>t j as tln-y were during the days when South' n Carolina's urea lest statesman walked until v Talk(-il, ivad .ami wrote w.tiiin those walls. [ : The parlor and Ml lint: room, Willi the 1 and I'urniture, arc kept intact as tiny were .* ' when occupied l?y the Calhoun family. These i rooms arc open to all visitors, NINETY-SEX NEWS. ! I Schools?.Strawberries l'rolly Wo- j j men?Kcli^iotis Xnlsimtc-l'mifli- !u vrs?Visitors, etc. j. Nini.ty-Six, s. C.. May IS, lS!t|. I c There has been plciity of ruin here, and the j v crops arc looking better. I., A large number of the citizens of Ninety-j* Six attended the Columbia {.'entciihiul.! ? Among the numbci was Miss Amelia Carter, one oi Ninety-Six's prettiest young ladies. j J, Miss Kdna ltielianisou and si.-tcr or Uafl'- i ^ ney l.'tly are visiting iriend iiere. Mrs. A. McN. Turner has been sick. j h strawberries arc in great th-maiid here. Miss Daisy Oioh.id lias a nourishing school i ..r ...... II <.l>Tl>lc,:i in I,.vin I, | Mis* Kcdona Onliin, of Ninety-Six is tcach- j lug school ill M 1. Mortal). j f Miss Annie .Mil) nard who lias been teach-| iiif? sit Calhcniu's school house closed her, t school Friday. There was a picnic at Calhoun's Fehool .1 house on Saturday, l'rof. Cork made a speech I ,| on Hie importance ol sustaining the public tschools which was a sensible and practical!( talk. ,\ The Sunday schools of Ninety-Six will hold j . their union meeting in the I'resbyleriun ] j. church on the tilth Sunday. An address will i he made by sonic prominent Sunday school t orator. j,, The t^uarterly t.'onfcrenec of Cokesbury t, district will be held at Klnanl's church 011 j | Thursday. Mr. II. .M.Julian lost a house hy lire last!) wei-k. The cause is unknown. ij Ninety-Six has a town marshal. tin last Wtdnesilay morning tlie liiiplist1L. church of Greenville, was tilled to witness! the marriage of S. \V. Kiclmrdson formerly I f, of Iliis niace tint now ol (irionvitle to Mis?! \ I Maggie Arnold, of the same piacc. The cerei niony was performed by the Hev. J. It. Mor* ;s i 'i j Alr.<. Wallace, of Sumter, Htu! Miss Lottie, j Lctuhecker,?l' Aiken, have relumed home. [ v M iss Kmtna Ml-A lister, til' Calhoun's .Mills, is visiting her sister, Mrs. lUchardsun, ol ihi.s l'la 1 The town council of Xine:y-Kix are prose- v cuting some and whiskey sellers. 11; The negroes ol this section are on I! n war j ; path. There has been no less than live su- i, | i iouK cutting scrapes among them in the last. 's ; week. !,, i Friendship church, colored, should be re J * ; ported to the grand Jury as a common nuts- t. janec. There Is whiskey selling, lighting ami | ! shooting; going on there every JSumlay. Tin1 ; ladies ol the community arc afnilii to pass;,, , by thereon that day. ' C'ULLEuK A. j / | A big drive in Fans, lust received, at llad- ^ ! ? I v Wc still have a pood iis'nrtment of-thr^c I , "L'tuilaii and (Jlotla Sl.lt" l'^raMils, wluili -i | we mic t-elling at cIobc prices. Call at ilud-| dou's. ! |, Wo lmvc M>me bin l-nrirulnR in Men's, and l< i liojV Mraw llals. 1*. ItnscnlKTg & Co. tl. j n j A Wis lot ol Straw Hats nt ercatly reduced " prlees Is uort bviiitf oUend by 1'. tiobenbcrg Ji I ~ ; Co. U. |l' lid il whs evident tl: .it lie con Id not live. lie I led in about >i.\ hours after being hurt. Hie|s ost-morleui examination, showed that ihej', kuil had hemi hadly Irnctilled, and that tlioj nim-iiiatc cause of ins death was the brcaki(i ol' a Wood vessel in the brain, iron) which I e bled prolu.-ely, which cause pressure on j lie brain, that kule.l linn. The mail who struck tbo b'o'.v was lodged 11 Jail, lie Is about eighteen years ol age. 'he dead mail was aged twenty-one. 'l'licy re the sons of George Wilson, colored, and ,'ere uniiiarriul. '4'he laihersuid other brothrs mine lor (lie body of the deceased, and arried it oil' that even inc. . f ? (i 11 KEMORIAL DAY AT DUE WEST. inrvIvors Association..* V Monument to tiie Memory of the Confederate Dead. gj Memorial day here was observed on tlie 8tti C'l d .May. [ lj| At six o'clock p. in., the A. K. I'. church j i tell was tolled, loilowcd by the bells ol tlie j J Jue West Kem le i.'nllcge, Kiskine College, III .iid titu liapti.-t fhnit ii hi oruer mentioned, l.olld alio strong dm these doleliu sounds' magic and tutor sad and mournful peals lui't il the iiivvatd soul.s ol stei n old soldiers Si uid beardless youths matrons grave and y, rue liiaidi ns fair ami |>iiic, and wa? the sitr ai lor (lie vil.a^ers to a>seioble at n.ueeineeiy. 1 rof. Win. llo id delivered an oiation in vhicli lie relerred lo the ditys luat "tried nvn's souls," and the b;ave and courageous 11 lecds ol'our worthv dead in a very laiiielle Ol nnnuer. (j Dr. J. \V. Widcmaii was c.illed on and proen loci IiiuimII; tustL lie ijucl nu speech o make. lie thought that we ought to pay 11 norc alieuiiou to this maltcr lu ilie lutuie, mil suggested (hat wo organize a .-Survivors . Vssoclaiioii ami taku steps looking towards 11 lie erection ol a nioauaieul in (lie town ol t( hie West to perpetuate Hie memory of these w 'lai hm heroes''u ho died in defence ol the i<osl Cau.-o." J' All soidiers present were Invited lo remain Ol n (lie ecmetety alter tin: decoratiyn of graves. jj, 'rof. Hood then announced thai the graves < I'crc in * 1 illeieriL j.ai t> of the cemetery, bul hat ail were marked that bore the aMiea of a (J oliller, anil couid be easily found. Many were tlic floral tributes laid on by ;eiilli?and loving hands,consecrated by the ears of (hose who mourned lor (heir dead, 'he survivors reiuaiucit after the strewing ol lowers,and l)r..l. \V. W'ldem-ui was called to b; (reside, it was determined that the meeting |j ic called on Saturday, .May 2>rit at 3 o'clock ,, i. in., in ljiudsay's Hail to died a perinan* . > I . ....... n it,. ? |,,|> intil 111/, fiillitUMIIIJ 1' < lit If- St nen wereappoiuled to ioi>k alter the enrolluent of names: It. \V. liaddon, \V. T. ?f )owan, Samuel Agnew, A. H. Ellis, 1"'. V< 'ruiil to repoi t al the next meeting. ( < I'rol. Wm. ilood was requested lo prepare a y ysum of by-laws and constitution. ti Tliere Is a wide spread intciest being fell In 11 lie move, and a large tin nou tot Ihe burvi- oi ors is expected next Saturday. All are invited and il is hoped that none ,'ho live in tlie vicinity of Due West may 4' nil to be present. J. W. W1DKA1A>', T. K. I'OLIIILL, President. e, Secretary. ONFEDKRATG ASSOCIATION AND MONUMENT. U< liefore llie decoration of the graves of those .: ho Icll in defense oi a Just cause, on Satur . ay, the Dili inst., Trot. Hood, a Confederate In eteran, delivered a touching oration appro* el liate to the occasion. Alter the speech of Prof. Hood, Dr. Wideinn was called upon. This gentleman, like V< lark Antony, a plain, bloat man, said 'that pi e whs not piupareu ai i inn umc m um ? ?.-i ii address, but fully endorsed the remarks ol . 'rof Hood," though lie made a suggestion It' lial In the future we should pay more alien- ai Ion to these memorial observances. < .. After the decoration of the graves of the eroes, who now peacefully slumber, await- Ct iig the day u lull they shall beavvakencd and at umniotiul to appear beiore iliat Jutljje who ? all-iliihleitus, the survivors remained at lie eeitieiery and held a eoiif.ienee, and si leps were taken tooiynnize a survivors As- j| IX'l.l I loll Ol Loll le.lCIUlC VllCrailS, HUM llie j|' lociluii of 11 Ciini'i derate im>:iuii)ent. After ijnit* ili.-cussion It. was detcniuncd that a V( iici liin; bcholl at Lindsay hal! on Saturday, i't lit* 2. id day of May, the cominlitoc tti lt-ok . Iter tin- enrolment. of members consisting o: 1,1 lie following gei.ilciiion: ! '. V. 1'iuitt. Sanin- ill 1 Agnew, A. It. Kills, \V. '1'. (_'<>wall and .1. \V. ?;| Vldcmun. I'ro!'. Mood was tlit ti a>kttl t<> . , ri pare a system ol hy-laws a ml a conslitu- 1 ion to be uilojited, anU to etleet a permanent <>1 rganization. il. IS. A. .,| Contributed Locals. < Auukvili.k, S. C.. Mny 10,18!ll. v< Horn nt Abbeville May the 15th to Mis. jt| lharlie Smith,a son. Some farmers are plowing up their cotton mi planting over, whl'e others iiuve good d: lands, and arc running round and chopping al ut. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Drennon, of Verdery, . rcre shopping in town last tj.ituitiny. <li Mr. M. .S. Mitehell, w ho ontv eleiked for 1*. la toscnbergtV: Co., and who is now a successful . leichaut al Cluion, S. C , iia> been spending , lew tfay in Ahbe% iile Willi Ills oi l friends I.Y rlio wt re giuit to meet him. lie returned (r iiiiiie last Monday. i Mr. 11. T.'fu.steti after an absence of seven iion I lis is home again, lie had u pleasant isit In the est, but isgli.d to gel back to old (|Llihev llle otiee llloie. Mr. Henry Ilill hasehnr.'O of A. M. Hill 'll Ions eontiaet ami is iin? in (hoigia rellev- V< ng Mr. Kiehartl 13III \\ ho is al home sick. ID Miss Klua (iambrell came home iroru Co* umbia hist week quite sick. She is now bet- " erand will soon return. 1>1 Miss Jennie Klugli accompanied by Master I []j ieorge Klugli was in the city last Saturd <y. Miss Kale Coogler i.- sick. I '1 Mr. J . W. Morrah Iroin Ml.Carmel, was in lie city last Monday, lie reports all quiet Jong the Valley. The Kpworth l.eague has organized into a ?i. Iterary society, and will meet'al. the dill'eriit houses of its members from time to time, re khich will be very pleasant socially. as well (J ,s entertaining In a literary point of view. . i Miss (ierirude Moore accompanied her ' laiuliiiotlier to Columbia last week, where Ul betook la the Centennial. She returned of ionic hist Monday i-erlectly charmed with ... lie wonderful sights she s ?w in the city. Mrs. K. \V. Moore is now is Columbia where | M he will piobably spend Ihe remainder oi'j JJ his year with her son. L. C. Moore. | ?r Mr. a ml Mrs. S. .M. Williams have just ivurneii Iroin Columbia an.I will) them their: >1 laughter Mrs. Audersou, who will spina ai|]i iw day> lu Aliix vilic with her parents. t i Cap!. J. It. (slake lost a tine Jei.-ey cow last ?uuda\ inoiincu'. I'A hast Sabi>a:h aiiei iiiion the Abbevilic Sun- <|i lay school eleeleil ihe following persons as u. loiegah s 10 she c< unly Siimhiy .School Con- V erence ol the M. chisieh to lie held at Me-jli' NirillU'K, .M.y 2Mll al.ll Jlill. .1. JOIICK, I Hammond ; >.<< w. T. McDonald. The y lasmr i><I >i:jic: ii'.lci.t beiuj; members ?>l I ai'l I'olif" l'i ry \i:!i;COI tin ir olllre. Kl No v?-1?iS?- Si'iiiitl lie ]>CI lllllti d to >i a nil oil In- |)'ili!u M)ii:iro unhitched unUss under l<i>oiai care oi adriver, as by sucli ciuelessiosi several ruiiaway hCiapcs ha\e o.-ciuved; urtuttalcly doing no duiih^c as yet, Air. .loliiin v t'o:eninii, ol CoronaiM, spml " a>l.Saturday and Sunday In Abbeville visit- o! UK his lm>iher. 11<(. The |i at lot hi at the It. & L). depot Is bt'ing: . 11 larked 10 (lie convenience of Hie puiiliej j The M i>M s J!i icn and Ml>s Macule I<o\vrie, j |i< if Iftio Wcsl, were sliopjungiii Abbeville last | j,, Iontlay. .Mr. J.A. lianis relumed IVoui ('oiiuiiblii 1" Ick.andis > 1111 cmi Si si t to iiis bed. Wc'jit io|>e In- will vocm lie well. 1 <'liaise <d schedule on the AUi'villcbranch | lent into clloct ltt-1 Monday. .See scacdillu Ifi-wlieie. til Mr.Saiiuu I L". Si i'.l si cut nwrnl (lavs at :<. Kiine last week, Willi liiciids ami relatives rho were glad U> see him. Our young friend s with toe survey corps oil the ? ., (J. iV N. \v toad ami is noiv near (' u !to:i, On. lit* has t con Willi iiiis corps lor three years. thus, Iiowi ii^ i.n woiin, and thu high appreciation fills svl'vici-s hy ihif c.iliipmy. lie sub- 1.. enl?es lor tli?- l'res.. ami banner with the ;.sli?sa.xs l.e c-in'l do wiiliout it. , ol Mr. J. .<!. 1,'ii.miii tins .? large collection of <>t; tiei'l'i.ltl com:s cciilly ili-ipl.iteel i:i a hainlnine Iranie. An on;: tin* coll- etio:i is an * ~ ituericnu dollar lit ITtfi. w liieli w:ts paid to ,v< i- cr;; ml la I Del' l.au.-on hy Oroigu Washing III nil timing Hit! m-coihI year lis coiling.'. .Some j.. I I lie coins in i.t.s coi.eel ion arc nearly l?>0 cars ul>l. I" Mrs.T. \V. M-Millan ami Mr*. J. <\ Miller ile ml t'hihlifii fp< ill ye.-Uiday in (.ireeiiwooil. Alibevilie w ill hiivc loRet a movu <# ? her . ow. as trains arc I'll lining: through Iter limits r> tlonrisliinir loa ns on e\erv siit". We want t'il lore cii|>itftl, more liniis-.s, im>:(> j'fopc, jihI i: larger spirit ol puijlh: i ntcrprlf-u among our . ItizeuH, ibiu will ulcu-ss crown our eviry ]>'' B'ort. ii. f c: % Ijdtiracr'M I^oonls. f/ATIMKIt, S, t,\, Mny 18, 1S9L The weather still continues cool for tills ison of the year. lev. 11. C. Fennel. Mr. and Mrs. .Jos. Hawurn ami ?thers, boarded the train lastMony i.?r Augusta. Jneolour bachelor friends enjoyed a fish nirr. solitary and alone, 011 Ruck Iliver t Til' sil -y. Maimerseeins a favorite place lor drum rs. One of our merchants was visited bj ree in a single day. Jeoplo who travel theS. V. R. R. all remark the polite line of conductors. dr.and Mrs. Tom McAllister and Mr. and rs. Geo. Alexander, of Elberlon, Ga., were r quests of Mr. (J. G. McAllister last Sunday d Monday. Dr. Moseley, of Lowndesville, spent last iday in Latimer 011 professional business, hen Latimer can support a dentist Dr. iselcy may feel assured of a call. riie pupils of our 11 Inn .School arc enjoying iveck's holiday. Their popular ahd etllcieni structresH is absent, on a visit to her parent.* line West.. Professor Hood, Mr. John 1-'. Calhoun and ugliter, of Due West, were the nuests of Mr. :o. V. (Jraves last Saturday and Sunday, t he people ot Latimer are delighted thatn Iiedule of tlio (.}. C. tC N. It. It. has at lasl on arranged. Don't, forget the picnic at C'linkscale's mill ixl Saturday. Nast Sunday dawned bright ami beautiful .tcin church was tastefully deeontted anil led with children and their friends. It was lildren's Day. The children acquitted emselves with no Utile credit. Alter r iiintiftil dinner addresses were made by Mr . A. Templet'in, of Abbeville, and 1'rofessoi (mhI.oi Due West Moth speakers held th< i?>c attention of the audience, and cverj ic frit, ih'it it was good to be there. Th< iy was a grand success. Pitvi.r.i.s. i # ? If you want a real stylish and very coo Dinner Shirt, buy one of our .Madras Shirts itaranteed not to shrink when washed. 1' usenberg & Co. tf. Tones. The shrill-tongued scold has tin line vocal organs which in Nilssoi uarm the world, and the diflerenci litween I he voices of the two is large i a difference of culture and adjust lent of temper. It is not possible fo very woman to command rare nnisi d ability, but where can bo found i ,veet, lovely, cultured woman wliosi oice docs not betray her sweetness er loveliness, her culture? '1 he production of the most simpli >nes of the voice requires the associ Led action of an extensive range o rgans, it i* estimated that in the or inary modulation of the voice mon tan one hundred muscles are brough lto action at the same time. To produce the finest effects in speak ig each particular muscle brought in > action must act in uerfect barmoin itli all the rest, must be perfectly :ut isted to all the rest, and any failun 11 the part of any one muscle modi us the tone of the voice. Sicknes ivvs its peculiar tone to the voice as:-ius says to Caesar : ' Ho find n fever when he was In Spain * * * I diil hear him groan." Ay, and that tongue of his thai ule the Romans mark him,and wriU is spt-echesin their books, alas it cried Hive me some drink, Titinius," as t ck girl. Misery gives its characteristic ton< > the voice; so does happiness, s( ues refinement, so does education ou could not overhear the conversaon of any half-dozen persons with jt forming a very correct estimate o] ich person from the manner am uality of his utterance. Hence it comes that there is ofteL .'eryihing.agreeable in what a person lay say whose words by themselves id apart from the tone and mailer of their utterance are unexcep onable. There are voices that dif ise balm and sweetness and love it ery vibration ; there are others thai ritate and exa-perate; there is tin jice of eomitiaud, of entreaty, of ex j*tulation. A -* the muscles of the face acquire al nutli a fixed and settled position id give permanent expression to th( ce, so the muscles which are con rued in the production of the voict . quire at length a fixed and settled >?ition, and give permanent expres on to the voice. Persons habitually l-tempored stamp the expression 01 l-lemper on their faces and in theii ices; persons habitually amiable, 'fined, cultivated, show these quaLf bs in their faces and in their voices nl there is 110 mistaking what the} iow. The voice often betrays whal ie face conceals, and is a surer indes ' character to those who can inter *et its modulations than even tin ce. An able writer on this subject says \fiwf <if il>i> u'lill.L'iinu'li fniiltu nl >ice, such us nasality, gutterality iir-kiness, thinness, strainedness, and :cessivc metallieity, which have ually been deemed organic and unterable, may be traced, with the ex option of rare instances of structual fleet, to some violation of natural w in the use of the vocal apparatus, ut may by proper treatment be great modilied, and often, especially ii] le case of young children, entirely iviated. Just as physical defects may bi ained out of the voice, so may moral id social defects be trained out of tin >iee. When full harmony cf all the use!os producing the voice is attained hen lull harmony of all qualities oduciiig fine character is attained inn may we look for perfection o dee and tone. -"cv- i> 'o -- William Pionn's Maxim.?A lii 3 before his death, John Bright, or adiug one of his sermons, wrote tf . D. Board man, D. 1)., of 1'hiladel lia, ami after expressing his pleas e at the breadth and kindly spirit ' the discourse, he added : "'There is : issage in a little book called "Penn's iivims;' winch F iincc (looted ill tllf ouse of Commons, in a debate ot: claml and the Irish Church, which, yon have not met with it, will, 1 inbt not, interest you" "The hume, mereiful, just and devout souls an 'cry where of one religion, and wliei ath litis taken oll'the mask they will now one another, though the divt-rst series they wear here make them rangers." "What you have spoken ill tend to make the devout soul> now one another even here." Our post of duty is never In inort inn one place at the same time. Koi 10 time being, we always belong in le place, in one place only, if \vi eoL'ni/e this truth, we sliall nevei ive reason to fear that we ought nhaps, to l>c somewhere else than st where we are, when we are in :i ace w here our present duty lies,iil we never have a right to he anyhere, even for a moment, where it isit our duly to he. There is no such liu-r as a choiee hetween duty and -?shirking. We o-ijjht always to l?t here we belong; and it would U rong for lis not to he there.?S. .S, iines. A good start in life! Often wc nr it said of a young man that he iglit, as a matter of course, to turu it well because ??l" his worthy parent:e, his pleasant surroundings in >utb, his educational opportunities, at is it not as true that many a one rns out well largely because he hail ? goodly inheritance, but rather cold, ttanf sunouiulinjxs, anil a hard-earnaei|iiaii!laiiee with books? Only f turns out well who improves his reuiu-tances and environment to aid m upward,-? be they pleasant or unua-anl, smooth or rou^h, full or au:.?fc*. if. Times, ' v. ::r~7?i;:>- : ". K _ _ . ^ ! ki su?* ^ * : fH 5H v cn ? I l ^ ^ mm? ;^S g *? ? "zi I .= /-T 2 O gsj g o td |whwiumimium?h p, m -j ? <j U ?- ^ w ? S H : i ^ ?3 ^ <-H A" ??: ? S Qh l ;?1 4 W O M H o jSd CQ !> ^.ij o r??3B?ESI^ \g-tu?- ^1 W ^a^i r, o sggsgS L" E-J! rvi <i r J M fej? ? - - -