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c\ jjSvV fe. Si' The Press and Banner - ? w ABBEVILLE, S.C. << -, c ,25&-Publishod every "Wednesday at ?2 " a year in advance. tTT^ C?,?+ O 1QQ1 ] t cuucouajr, gc^ii >/| aw*, , Wnttlnc Hi* Opportunity. Our Mend, the Aiken Journal and Review last week makes the following expression : "We return thanks to the different Newspaper Unions tor their samples of patent outsldes. They come with great regularity and the blank side make excellent copy paper." We use the patent Bide and give the readers of our paper the advantage of the best of aids to the country publisher. By doing so, they have been pleased, and In return they 1 bave made me investment. a pronuitue una iu as. For tome fifteen or twenty years we hare I been giving our subscribers the benefit of the ' best Improved methods of publishing a coun- 1 try newspaper, and up to this time we have ' seen or heard of no good reason why printers 1 snould not recognize and keep pace with the Improvements in their own profession. But < it seems that, as a rule, a country newspaper is the last institution In the world to ad* mlt that anything new can be developed in ' that line of business. The patent side has come to stay. While we think our brother at Aiken docs well to write on the blank side of some of the peoimens which he receives, yet we cannot 1 think he can wisely use all of them In that < way. The public is a good Judge ol newspapers, and we believe that no all-at-home-prlnted paper is as acceptable to the reading public as the same paper would be If printed on the 1 best of the patent printed papers. With due deference to the ability and enterprise of the editors of all-at-home printed papers, we would say that we do not believe that there is one home printed outside among those which come to thl8 office which would be ball as acceptable to our readers as ttoe patent side which we use. There Is no denying the fact, that the same energy and business tact applied to the printing of one side of an ably edited patent aide will bring better results to the reader 1 and more profitable returns to the editor, ' than could be brought about without the 1 use of the patent side. In our experience, we have found It next to an impossibility to print a paper either all-at-home or on large type. J5y uifng large type, the articles which give tone and char- ' acter to a paper must be omitted because of 1 the lack of space to insert them. The ability with which some of the patent Ides are edited would be an acquisition to ! any office which does not avail itself of the l motKA/lo hot arc* nftftfOil bv till! lUjpVTCU IUWUWV.W VWMf co-operative plan. W "Something Better." i As the Alliance wants the sub-treasury or 1 "something better," various of our brethren have attempted to furnish "something better." The Greenville News thinks that potatoes 1 would make an excellent substitute for the 1 . present money of the country. The objecttlon to this plan is that It would require too many sub-treasury warehouses, or kitchens, 1 in which to warm over and re-stamp the cold potatoes. The Laurens Advertiser thluks the government ought to buy tbe railroads and issue I bills receivable for passage and freight, with < the suggestion that all free passes be revoked. That plan Is objectionable for the reason that our public servants would not like to surren'-j: der their passes. Tha niilv ('enmpthlnj hflt.tpr" that we Can think of Just now, would be to require Congress to pay off the pensions in Confederate money. Let the old Confederate be authorized to sell to the government their old bills, 1 aud in case any are lost, let the government re-lBsue any amount that the people of the 1 Southern States may make oath that they or their relatives had lost. By requiring the ' government to give us greenbacks for our confederate money, we would be set up agalD, without doing any harm to anybody. As we took the Confederate money for actual service the Federal soldiers should not object to taking their pensions in it. If the suggestion to pay off the Union Soldiers in Confederate money, doesn't bring enough money to the country, then require Congress to penson Alliance lecturers, and super,muated leaders of the "noble order" wl.rv *?nn? aAIIaa onH oon't crai If W a o rp WUU TT UU W VtiiiW wuv. vuu ? fevn <v? ?T V w. ? quite sure this ezpedent would distribute some money la the South. Like the Herald, we expect the sub sidized press to oppose everything looking to tbe increase of the currency. The "noble order" will not be downed, and all opposition might just as well cease. Opening Xe? Fields. Since the railroad has been finished to Athens, an agent for the Atlanta Evening Journal has been here, soliciting and receiving subscriptions for that paper. Some of our business men subscribed for the reason that the paper may be received here by nine o'clock in the morning, furnishing the market repoits up to lour o'clock of the afternoon of the preceding day. And thus it Is that the awkward niaii and schedule arrangements force our people to turn their eyes In a new direction for news. At present there is no mall carried over this part of the G., C. A X., but arrangements with the conductors have been made to bring the { papers. Besides the Atlanta evening dailies on the morning after publication, we can now have the Athens Banner every day fresh from the press, if proper arrangements are made the Athens Banner may be delivered to us by 9.20 lu the morning ol tlie publication day, being seven hours earlier than any of our own State dailies are received. It will be seen at a glance at what disadvantage the daily papers of the State are placed, and It will be uo wonder If the Georgia papers should gain subscriptions along the G., C. 4 N. It seems as If the schedules were arranged i for tlie greatest possible Inconvenience to this j people. No mail Is received here until four o'clock In the evening, and of course we get no papers until that hour except those which \ are brought In the morning by the conductors on the G., C. & N. from Athens or At- < lanta. If the Athens Manner is ambitious to have , subscribers along (he line of the G., C. & N. an agent might do well, If he worked up this j section. The Banner of course would not All | the place of a State paper, except in the mat- I ter of market reports, but there are many ' business inen who would be willing to pay | the subscription price for this feature of the J paper. j In connection with this, we desire to thank i the Athens Banner for a copy of the daily. We trust that it may continue to come. big~land" sale. Preliminary Heetiiitf to Be Held? .Speaker* for the Occaxiou. Tilk citizens of Greenwood and the public generally are invited to a meeting Monday night the 14th inst.,at S o'clock, to consider . the subject of Ileal Estate and Homes W.J. , Gaines general manager of tlie Peldmont Building and Loan Association of Greenwood, S. C., and other. Speakers will be F present, Bear in mind this Is the eve of the f| second great land sale at Greenwood. Greenwood has perhaps made greater progress in the last few years than any city in South Carolina, and there is no telling where the steady and rapid growth will end. It seems that there no limit to the ambition Qf her people, or to the rise in the real estate 0l the town. b; Fall priuts at Iladdou'e. jH Tlie Difference. Before Mr. Irby, Mr. Stackhouso and others ,-orked themselves into good positions we jund their names prominent iu Alliance clr- y les. Now, since they have nice offices tlielr lames have dropped out ot sight. Hut we tear of Dr. Stokes, Mr. Tolbert and others, ^ he presumption being that they want office, 1 . B OO, ana warn it uauiy. Dr. Stokes's couduct of the Cotton Plant exsites our pity. He was reared and educated ^ vith the best surroundings, and knows the ^ lgbt as well as any man in South Carolina, md his merit and intelligence entitle him to 1 jublic respect. But when a man of acknowledged in tell l;ence and ability uses the official "oigau" of ;be Alliance to misrepresent that portion >r class of people whom we have always been , :augbt to respect, and when he prostitutes !,hat same "organ" for making appeals to the prejudices of the great mass of the people ' tvbo look to him for honest deliverances, we are amazed. 1 Dr. Stokes is in a trusted position, and if liis utterances are shaped with a view?not to < idvance the interests o f tho order at whose ( aead he is?but to advance his own political 1 ilms he imposes on bis constituency and Lakes an unfair advantage of his competitors. ( But, as a matter of fact, we think the Alliance underslands Dr. Stokes very well. 1 Politicans, as a rule, now seem to regard the ( \lliance as the only people from whom office ' may be had, and we presume at no time In J ihe history of the order has there been so many prospective candidates for public of- < flee within the ranks of the "noble order." Tho President of the Alliance, in his an- j uual address spoke of the order having lost something in numbers, but be thought the | "homogeneity" had more than made up for | that loss. a ??Viq r> fH I a 1 rnnnrts of ' /VI; piCOCUb no uviivtv vuv v<**v>v? .-r- -the membership of the Alliance in Abbeville uounty places the number at between COO and i 700. J This clearly proves Dr. Stokes's theory of < the "homogeneity" of the Alliance to-day. 1 Webster defines "homogeneity" to meant ''sameness of kind, or nature." ( We know, without being able to prove It, that a number of Alliancemen are wanting J office, and?like some other people, who are not Alliancemen?they want it badly. And so Dr. Stokes's declaration as to the 'homogeneity" of the Alliance is explaned, and his use of that word would lead us to believe that he thinks all, or nearly all, of the members want office. Such an inference is ? much more reasonable, than the construction which Dr. Stokes puts on Senator Butler's words at Prosperity. If the official reports put the membership , In this county at a fraction over 600, may It < not be reasonably inferred that there is a large per cent, ot that number who have a j longing eye for the flesh pots? Dr. Stokes is presumed to know. He says they have ; rained in ' homogeneity." . . - I The Good of Having1 a Bank Account, i We think we hazard nothing in saying that at least a portion of our people are Indignant at the injustice and wrong which the Comp- * troller General perpetrated against Treasurer Blake. The people of Abbeville county are honest, and they despise a little thing. For this rea- i son, they will demand the payment to Treas- i urer Blake of the amount to which he Is just- ( ly and lawfully entitled for the collection of our taxes. They will repudiate the act of the Comptroller General whereby he not only erroneously 1 paid out our money, but actually refused to pay his own subordinate officer for honest and faithful work. Even if they do not require the Comptroller General's bondsmen to re-imburse this people for the money which he carelessly paid out, and for the lelease of Treasurer Perrln's bondsmen without finishing the ! work, they do not want Treasurer Blake to work for them for nothing. We presume that but for the merest accident the Comptroller General would have had the pleasure of reporting Treasurer Blake as a defaulter. The prevention of this hard- | ship occurred in this way: Treasurer Blake came to town with a good bank account-sufficient to live on without touching his salary. Except for this fact, we have no doubt that , buiutuer uinuiui it:llci wuuiu iiuvu uppcuicu In the papers before tnis time. "40,000." Dr. Stokes talks of forty thousand Alll* i encemen in South Carolina. He said there were four million Alliancemen in the United States. President Polk said there were three million In the United Slates. If Abbeville county furnishes a little over GOO, may It not be Inferred that other counties furnish as many ? If the average is U00, and the number of counties is 34, the grand total would be 20,400 in South Carolina. Supposing that 20,400 Is the number of Aliiancemen in South Carolina, and admitting that the order has organized thirty .States, and supposing that the number in South Carolina is the average, the total number of Alliancemen in the United States would be 612,000, Instead four millions as Dr. Stokes claims, or three millions, as stated by President Polk. Tho font la that nfflnn.canlrnra onH rvn 1 iH. a tiv 4wvw iO| vu?v vuivviav^nvt a auu clans In a large measure have taken charge of the Alliance, and the majority of the rank and file have become disgusted and quit the order, hence the "homogeneity." The furmerB of this country are not going to pay a dollar a year, and submit to assessments at Intervals for membership in a political party whose sole purpose it is to put one set of men out of office and to elevate a hungrier set to the same places. RARE YIELD OF TOMATOES. Abbeville to Lonn (he Pretence of a Good Womnn. I Mrs. Cotlirnn, of this village recently took at oue time from one vine 113 ripe tomatoes. . This extraordinary yield beats the Farmer'? ] Movement ami a whole sub-Alllauce club. 1 The mention of Mrs. Cothran's name reminds us of the fact of her contemplated removal to a distant city. In going away from Abbeville she leaves the home of her nativity and the friends and kindred who have surrounded her for a life time. In golug away she leaves the church for which her la- ; bors have been given, and lor which her prayers have ascended. In her departure, the gay and happy, the sedate and the troubled, as well as the sick In body and the distressed In mind, will ex- 1 perlence a loss?a heart-felt loss. She has * ever been the comforter of the distressed, and \ tier whole life has been a perpetual litany, J blessing and doing good to oil?in whatever . statiou or condition of life. 1 In cultivating flowers and vegetables, and In beautifying and making her home attrae- , Live with nature's rarest gifts none can excel lier in refined taste or artistic skill. Ilers is the Ideal home, and she Is the devoted wife ' tud mother?the queen?whom all hearts * love and adore. In the mind's most exalted nsplratlon and in the heart's most ardent ;eal are found a thousand ways of doing , lomage to her whose christian grace and : clndly spirit command tribule from friend- J (hip's richest store. SALE DAY. J u I A Dull Time?Little HtiNliieNN. i Last Monday was Sale Day. A reasonable lumber of persons were on the public square, >ut our business firms did very little. j P The fanners are waiting for the cotton to j e pen, and the merchants have been In no u nirry to bring forward their new goods, j ? hough large stocks have been bought. There were no public sales, except the real | " state of Wardlaw & Edwards, which was sold ]11 r> John G. Edwards, the surviving partner, as : e< allows: ; B The store house In town, SJ.SOO. J h 105 acres, the liulltown tract, $525. !I( 40 acres, the Cannon tract, SW5. 40 acres, the Vaughn tract, 860. ! P1 I hi ?m? m ! hi i pi "Crimson clover" fresh and genuine for sale y Lee & Bailey, Greenwood, S. C. 8t A big drive in ribbons to arrive this week at [addon's. C< THE COLOKED BAPTISTS. ~ Uowoniitth ValUv A?. ICi'lllll W? l ll> * I... Nociatloii?DelecatCH?Notcn, Etc. The olghth annual session of the Savannat "alley Association was held with the Moun 'leasant Baptist church, Abbeville, com uenclng Sept. 3rd and ending Sept. 6th, 1891. The following churches were represented: John's CreeK?Revs. D. S. Klugh and M Villlams. Spring Grove?T. L. Lomax and M. M. Mc ;ilnton. New Friendship?J. Cunningham and J. I VftShlngton. Mount Sinai?P. S. Smith and P. D. Bull. Walnut Grove?C. Starke and J. Butler. Mount Moriah?W. H. Brown. Little Rock Buflalo?Joe Fisher and A ioach. Springfield?C. Tennent, Revs. M. and A Fob neon. Mount Pleasant?S. Thompson and Israt Fair. Mount Calvary?George Burton and Re^ kVm. Toland. Kennedy's Chapel?J. L. McHerrin and Hai y Terry. Mount Tabor?J. Wright. Little Mill?Bradley Holloway, Joe Hov ird and W. J. Pressly. Rev. S. M. McCants was again elected Moi jrator, Rev. D. S. Klugh Secretary, Rev. >: Williams, Treasurer. Rev. E. R. Roberts, D. D., of Florence, S. C represented the Home Mission Society an the Baptist Herald. Rev. H. M. Raiford, of Columbia, S. C., rei resented the Baptist State Convention wori Rev. R. Carroll, of Orangeburg, represente !he American Baptist Publication Societ: rhese gentlemen made able addresses, whlc fvere much appreciated by all who hear them. t* tUonlrlnfr ihfl IHn IVtBUiULlUUD IVC1DUUVIVU wjwu?<?b jfflcers for the use of the Court House 1 which our session was held. Special mention should be made of Mr. 1 L. Moore, Clerk of Court, and W. 0. Bradle; Esq. Mr. Bradley's church has for some tim been holding meetings in the Court House c sry Sunday, but he Kindly consented to 1< the Association have the use of the Com House, the Baptist church in Abbeville belt] too small to accommodate the associatloi For this the association was quite grateful. The colored Presbyterians deserves specii mention also, as they rendered valuable ai by giving us the use of their church on Sui lay and by helping to care lor the messei ^ers. These brethren are broad hearted an liberal. We were not able to co-operate with onr 1 Nf. E. brethren, as they had to have love feai an Sunday morning. We thank God for the profitable session 1 the grand town of Abbeville, and we hereb tender our thanks to the kind people of Abb rille both white and colored. D. S. Klugh, Secretary. 1890-1891. The First Bales of Cotton on tbe Mai kef?The Sellers and Buyers. There Is always more or less interest felt 1 the opening of the cotton market, and tt: name of the first seller and the first buyer jften enquired after. The first bale In 1890 was brought to th market August 20, by Jacob Ooode. Whil Brothers bought it at 11 cents. The second bale of that year was brought 1 next day, August 21, by Hunter Brother White Brothers bought it at 10% cents. The sales in 1891 show a fearful decline I price, and must net our farmers to devisiti plans by which they can come nearer raisic their own supplies. In 1891, D. W.Thomas brought the first bal August 27, one week later than the first ba last year. O. P. Heath & Co. were the buyei of the first bale this year at 71-4 cents. The second bale In this season was ten da] later than the second bale last year, an brought 4 1-4 cents less than the second ba In 1890. R. W. Cannon bought it at 6% cent Edgar Bibb, colored, brought the third bal to market this year on September 2. This t sold to R. W. Cannon at 6% cents. The good seasons and the lateness of tl opening ol the staple, indicate a good cotto crop, though it is estimated that a large cro will bring to tills town 8150,000 less mom than last year's crop brought. 1 The farmers, as a rule, are heavily In deb The purchases of plow animals Includes larger number than ever before, and tt prices at which they were sold will averaf perhaps from 5125 to 8175 each?or say, $150 a round. The debts owing to the stores is supposed I be as large as ever before. In addition to the debts to the stores, It thought that the farmers owe borrowe money from the banks, in the aggregat amounting to something like a quarter of million. While in theory there lsgreat saving in bo rowing money to run the farms, yet in pra tice and experience, the system has bee largely a delusion. The fact Is, that the great mass of peop who need help in making their crops, canm horde or save their money, but too ofte spend ready cash with a lavish hand, whi they contract debts with a carelessness thi llakes farming, under their management, a i dproiltable enterprise. With debts to the stores quite or nearl equalling the debtsof lormer years,and, wit an enormous bank account to settle, it wl be a special wonder if a wall doesn't go u from some quarter. In tbe light of past experience, we are n cllned to believe that a majority of those wt borrow money from the banks had better ci so no more,and had better go back too! practices and depend on the stores, as beret lore. When a man borrows money In Februai or March, and then fools It all away paylt old debts, buying buggies and pistols, or len> Ing it to his neighbors, how is he to make crop, except by going to the stores? But this will settle Itself in a few year The borrower of money will finally fall to I able to give the needed security to borrow tl money. THE OLD 14TH. Names of (he 8urvivortt Who Were i Greenwood. The roll was called with the following r suit: Company A?Capt. T. W. Carwlle. Company B?None present. Company C?Lieutenant G. W. Jones, Co poral M. Coleman, Private A. A, Wilson. Company D?Capt. D. H. Youngblood, Pi vates O. F. Cheatham, T. C. Strom. Company E?Capt. H. P. Griffith, Privati R. J.Stoddard, E. Pulnam, W. B. Parton, A. Westmoreland, W. T. Dorrob. Company F?Lieut. W. A. Sbaud, Prlvat* D. F. Hannah, G.M.Mays, J.T.Todd, H.: Fletcher, J. R. Anderson. Company G?Capt. E. Cowan, Lieut. C. V Cowan, Orderly J. H. Drennan, Corporal G. I Hamby, Privates W. C. Roberlson, S. < Young, J. D. Etherldge, T. B. Talbert, E. \\ Watson, J. F. Hunter, J. W. Butler, E. , Wardlaw, M. C. Brown, D. J. Roberts, T. , Griffin, John Fulton. Company H?None present. Company I?Capt. W. R. White, Orderly I A. Cater, Sergeant John E. Brownlee, PrlvaU D. C. Suber, J. W. Fife. J. P. Hampton, Cha Logan, J. M. Campbell, W. P. Campbell, W. I Mann, Joseph Brown. Company K?Capt W. L. Stephens. Corp< ral A. J. Tlmmerman, Privates J. H. Alle: \V. S. Allen, L. Stephens, W. E. Tlinmermai I. K. Tl in merman, L. Harllng, W. Ulozler, 'J Faulkner, John Paulkner, Henry CJreen, I P. Hall. .THE COTTON SEASON, rtic (iiiincrieN hikI the OH Mill Pr? l>uriiiK for BuHlneMN. The yearly amount of cotton ginning a Vbbevllle Increases with its returning seasot ind better facilities aD<l greater competltlo will draw to Abbeville a larger busluess thl /ear than was ever done here before. The McMillan gin has been set in order,am las already gone to work. Messrs. K. C. Wilson Js Co. were the first t< let up their machinery, and they ginned th irst bales of this year s crop. Large bodies move more slowly, and the ol nill ginnery wheels will now begin to turn ind the oil mill will begin to run as soon a eed can be had. The people generally have become con rlnced that It is cheaper and better to brim heir cotton to the village gins, lrom tin lelds, than to undertake to keep it and liavi t ginned at home. A good farmer in this vicinity has for yean aken Ills cotton directly to the gin, withou inloadlng from the wagon Into which It wai oaded by the pickers 111 the field. In thii vay there Is no loss from waste In handling nd there Is no loss In weight lrom drying f every farmer would take ills cotton direct y from the field to the gin great savings in la ior and weight would be effected. Scientific investigation has proven that cot on seed?for feeding or enriching tbe soilays better when sold to the oil mills or an xchanged for meal and hulls, than wher sed in the raw state for either feeding stock r throwing on the ground. It would be well, therefore, for all planters a sell any seed which they do not need foi ext year's planting. Tbls being true, it h conomy to take the seed lrom the field to the Inuery where both tbe lint and the seed ma; e sold, without further trouble or any of tbe isses Incident to holding it back. With the ample preparations which have Ben made at Abbeville, a bale of cotton may e ginned alir ost any hour of tbe day. We avefrom twelve to fifteen large gins run by owerful euglues. Two job lots of shoes at C. P. Hammond & a. Big bargains offered. NATIONAL FINANCES. ? Sol SCHEMING TRICKSTERS FOOL THE PEOj PLE. " Some Of Their Fraud and Deception j ^ is IJneovered and Laid Bare?CAlm toe and Dispassionate View of the C Situation. In this day of wonderful finances, strange ula i. and absurd Ideas are presented, and urged by a the newly fledged, with as much boldness ta? and self-confidence as ever AlexandertHamil- ha< ton did his wonderful system of finance upon cla the first Congresses of the United States. 1 Some of them evidently do not understand gw the relation of National banks to the govern- tw l. ment, while others would willfully mlsrepre- J sent, and mislead their less informed, but Inf >1 confiding brethren. It is sad to think that Mr greed for political office, will make cowards ^ i. of men and will cause them to advocate measures which they in their hearts, do not tyr approve, and which they know are not for J the best interest of the country. sic The great head centers of the Alliance, 1 J- shrewd, scheming, ambitious, selfish, got an together, and revived the scheme of the ^ 1- government lending money to a class of peo- I I. pie, on land, and farm products, at a low rate of interest, because they know it would be gai I., popular with the great mass of people who bo d are In debt. They also know from history, I that substantially the same scheme bad been be > tried In France, and South America, and do c. had proved a disastrous failure. They at- po H lomnt t.n arouse nreludice bv claiming that da f. the government lends money to the National 1 h Banks, when they know or ought to know thi d that tnatjls a deception. I have heard cross- Ac road financiers urge with as much earnest- agi d ness as If they believe it, and I think some n do honestly believe It, that the government i lends money to the National banks at one Bt r. per cent This Is misleading and as I under- j r, stand It Is absurd. ie Let us see how a National Bank Is estab- "L Ushed. Five men or more wishing to start a 1 }t bank, with a capital of 8100,000 must In the At rt first place have 3100,000 in cash with which to 1 g buy United States bonds as a basis of credit. . i. They are required to have that much in Rv bonds, but the hundred thousand dollars will j rt not buy them, for they are at a premium of d 17per cent. So they must have In cash 8^ l- 8117,500, to start a bank with a capital of 8100,- "t? l- 000. Then they are allowed a circulation of *!" d ninety percent, of their capital which Is , 890,000. That amount of bills Is printed by . ^ I. the government for, and in the name of the iei st bank. Whose money la it? Certainly not J the government's, for It only guarantees the n payment of the bills, if the bank should fall. >y This it does without risk, for these bonds, . e- bought by the bank, are deposited in the Treasury United States as a security for Its , ? endorsement, or guarantee of the bills. The truth is, the government does not lend 1 , one cent to the banks for It has none to lend, * - ' ' * 4- 1 ? * ? lUn BU ana loriunaieiy n nas noi yet, gonu mm tue . brokerage business, as some modern states- *1' men would have it do. It only prints the w5 bills for the banks, and to meet all expenses, . t. and for revenue it taxes the bank one per cent, on its circulation. This Is the simple truth of it, and yet Senators and Representee 161 tives and tramp lecturers persist in saying " that the government lends money to the '? ban Its at one per cent., and ought therefore 18 to lend it to farmers at two per cent. That It . is a tax, and so Intended by the government, I quote the language of the act creating Nat16 lonal banks as follows: SI "The plates, and special dies to be proi1 cured by the comptroller of the currency, lor B* the printing of such circulating notes shall remain under his control and direction, and the expenses necessarily incurred In execut[ lng the laws respecting the procuring of such lg notes, and all other expenses of the Bureau of currency shall be paid out of the proceeds p. ?* of the taxes or duties assessed and collected j '? on the circulation of National banking asso- a. "8 ciatlons under this title." Section 5173 of ? J the National Banking Aot. 5 It was a wise precaution on the part of the J," government to keep in Its control the E? l? plates and dies for If the banks printed their , own bills, they would likely issue more than ? Is allowed in the Act. J?' l? Up to a short tlm? ago nearly all of the "5 National Banks were retiring their circulal? tlon to such an extent that it Is thought by some leading bankers that fully one half has P been retired. ' '3 The banks do not make so much upon this rA . circulation as is thought by people generally. J*. l* If that were their only source of profit they * would very readily change their Investment, j*' 16 They make their money on deposits, ex- ,h ?? change, discounts, collections. Sec. " Let us use some figures for our proof of A , this. *0 10 To start a bank with 8100.000 capital will re- ? . quire In actual cash $117,500 which at 8 per "J, cent, will vleld 89.400.00. " ?, Now look at the circulation co a allowed 890 000 It, Less 5 per cent 4 500 r- to c- Redemption fund left with in Treasurer U. 8 885 500 Interest on that at K per cent 80 840 le Interest on 100.000 4 per cent, bond 4 000 it n 810 840 le Tax on Circulation 900 ft it T1 QJQ Sinking fund 81 000 < iy fo f> 88 940 El 11 a i ip Showing an actual loss of 8460 in Interest. cl< It Is perfectly fair to deduct the estimated to a- decline of the bonds (sinking fund 1000) be- pC to cause the only bonds now available are the th lo 4 per cent, which mature In 1907, sixteen pi Id years, and when they mature the govern- 1 o- ment will only pay their face value, hence pr the premium or 817,500 will be lost to the bank, fr, :y or 81,093.75 per year. ig Some will say that it Is unreasonable for a Vi d- bank to surrender currency that only cost ed a them one per cent, when they can lend it for 8h even or eight., but it Is not so unreasonable m s. when you consider that many, perhaps most, pr oe of the banks paid for their bonds 127, but they ' ae thought it better to sell their bonds and get wi twenty to twenty-seven per cent, premium s<v than to hold the currency, and lend It at cr seven and eight, when in a few years the bonds will mature and then they will Lave 0f to surrender them at par, and lose the pre- or mlum. I know two of the best banks that tu have long since surrendered all of their cur- ol renoy except one-fourth which by the law in it they are obliged to hold. These banks have ea as much currency in deposits as they care to handle, cr B Now, Mr. Editor, I have no more personal ac Interest in this matter than any other citizen, cif but I don't think the people ought to be de- tic celved. I feel as mucn Interest In the pros- pi __ perity of the farmers as any man, I loined the Farmers Alliance because I believed, ca . If properly managed, and the foundation ] principles adhered to, and politics left out, < ? as I was lead to believe it would be, it would go T result in great benefit to the farmers. < They started out by establishing exchanges SH and thus by combination to buy their sup- j p plies cheaper; and a bank In this county ni from which they could borrow money on \ such securities aB National Banks were not cc ' allowed to take. All of which I most heart- < ' Uy approved, and showed my interest by tak- \ ing stock in the bank. But when politics re- , ' celved more attention than economic prio- i ciples I could not go with them and therefore ] withdrew. I did not want to buy goods j through the exchange, I did not want to bor- cc row money from the bank, and I did not \ want an office. ] * One of the admirable fundamental principles r. < of the Alliance, "Equal rights to all, special Ta " privileges to none" was ruthlessly set aside, i 3 If lending money to farmers at 2 per cent. ] and to uo one else, Is not a special privilege dr I don't know what such a privilege Is. i p' If the Ocala platform of "demands" had 'j .* left out two planks, the sub-treasury scheme, "j and the ownership of railroads by the Gov- ai ernment. It wouldn't have received the sup- j port, and the sympathy of all conservative j people, but now there Is no probability of ( their being adopted, and It may defeat all. P. A, Connor, Cokesbury. Sh August 29,1891. I I j lt QUIBBLE ABOUT WORDS 18 NOTHING. ofj i, Mi u dri s Every Intelligent. Decent Citlxen of 1 j South Carolina Knows tliat Senator Butler Doea Not In lend to ] 0 Insult '>40,000 Alllniieemen." Ish Newberry Herald and News 1 The Herald and News would like to ask tho ^ ' Cotton Plant, and others who are making a ?al 8 treat ado over what they claim Senator Hut- 80^ ler said In his Prosperity debute. If they claim ' ' that a6 an argument In favor of the sub treas- De | uryplan? eV( ? Suppose Senator Butler did say, which he L did not, what his lauguage Is construed to mean by those who are opposed to him, what , has that to do with the merits of the sub- 0131 J treasury or of the Joint discussion between as ' I himself and Dr. Strokes? ? 8 Why this great effort to divert the minds 11'K of the people from tho merits of the discus- acc slon 'and endeavor thus to prejudice them " agalnstGeneral Butler? Whyt his personal at- Kin tuck upon Senator Butler ? Is this point the only flaw that can be found In theargumentof farJ ' Senator Buter? Why quibble over words a'ld j when every sensible man kuows that Senator P'a ' Butler never said and never Intended to say J that 40,000 farmers in this State are thieves and : scoundrels? To a man on the fence It looks very much ' like an admission that Senutor Butler got ' the best of the Prosperity discussion. There ' is no use to mince words about it. Dr. Oi J Stokes Is not a match for Senator Butler in em Joint public dlcussion. He is a very clever ! man and we like him personally very much, waj but we do dislike very much to see such per- you 1 version made of what a man suys as has been hav done In this case and for the purpose of In- Ham Jurlng u faithful public servant and to make the people lose confidence In him. c. Every one who bus a curt, go to C. P. Ham- flng mond & Co., and purchase a cushion, also aul| buggy cushions. ? WHAT THEY SAY AT GREENWOOD. Idlers?Cotton?Sickness- Religion? Moralizing?The Great Stock Show ?The Graded School. Queen wood, 8. C., Sept. 7,1891. erfect weather prevails and cotton picking begun in earnest. A few bales of new coti were Hold here last week. ol. G. W. Trotter returned from Hendertvllle, N.C., last week, and Is now ready for ; cotton season. He Is one of the most popr cotton buyers In the town. ir. Smith, of Ridge Spring, has rented and :en charge of the Park Hotel. The house 3 been repaired, painted and put In flrstss condition. "he Maxwell Guards have received their s and uniforms. Tbey will meet and drill ice a week during the fall and winter, ir. E. S. F. Giles Is building a large dwell; on Church street, near the residence ol \ S. Elmore. i number of our people will attend the ietlng of the Abbeville Association at NineSix this week. ilr. George Sigwald, of Charleston, is quite k at the nome of Mr. 8. E. Miller. "he jewel consistency Is becoming more d more priceless every day. i.n egg famine prevailed here last week. rotracted services are being held In the ithodlst church this week. Rev. M. M. Darn Is assisting the pastor, Rev. R. E. Stackuse. Jr. W. J. Talbert addressed the Alllanc? re on last Monday in a meeting with closed ors. Some of his remarks have been rerted by enterprising correspondents for the ily papers. Phis is not the first generation that has bad a doubtful blessing of self-appointed and of lous reformers. Nearly one hundred yean o Byron says: :eform's the order of the day, I hear, Co which I cordially assent; it then let the reform appear ^.nd every class of men cement. >et each man to his post assigned iy nature take his part to act, )d then few causes shall we And ro call each man we meet?a quack." Sen. W. H. Hunt, of Newberry, visited Mr P. Blake and others here last week. Many letters of inquiry have been received the managers of the Stock Show to be held ?e on the loth instant. A large number o ills have been engaged already, and appll' lions are being made by every mall, rhe Greenwood Glee Club will meet at Ri p's Hotel this evening. Etev. Mr. Anderson preached in the Baptlsi urch yesterday evening to a very large con egatlon. rhe Greenwood merchants are now returng from the Northern cities, where they hav< nor lit Inrtrfl ntrv*lrn r\f the npppSRnrlfiS anc xurles of life. A large and increased trade anticipated. The graded schools will open on the 15tb in int. Prof. E. B. Wilson and bis corps of as itants are all here ready to begin tbeli >rk. [f you do not know what you will do in tta< ture, ask your neighbor. Gossips plan foi while we are doing what the present ol a. Mac. SHATTERFIELD, nee the War, It Hm Smoothed lti Wrinkled Front?Pronperlfy am Enterprliie? Bad Roads?Where th? People Go to When They CanWelcome to the Pre*? and Banner Callison, S. C., August 29,1881. litor Press and Banner: Shatterfleld Is a scope of country book jbt miles square, reaching from MountVer in camp ground on the Soutb to the conntj le of Abbeville. Before the war it was i ugh country. Her citizens were reckless it change has taken place. Enterprise and refinement have taken th( ?? An#l anfl tfl iy no section of our Sunny South can boas a better people. Our lands are very pro ictlve.and this section can boaslof as mucl >g and hominy as any In the county. But, Mr. Editor, my object in writing thli tide is not so much to boast of our section e market our produce at Greenwood an< ubevllle when we can get there. The roa< am the Abbeville line nas not been worke< three yiars, and is almost Impassable Iron e line as; far as Rehoboth church. What has become of the commissioners o bbeville. that tbey let so Important a roa< i unworked? The citizens of Shatterflel< e contemplating crossing the county 11m id working the road In Abbeville. In fact 9 will be compelled to do so unless you mmlssioners take Immediate steps tohav worked from the line to Rehoboth churcb rhe Press and Banner is a welcome vlslto Shatterfleld. J. G. R. MISS ELLIS'S SCHOOL. itereftting: Program?Fine Perform ftnces. 3d last Friday evening iue sunoui u>u(ui ur miles from Due West by Miss Heate: lis and uear Mr. Martin Baker's bouse gav< most enjoyable exhibition. It was at th ose of their school term. The exhibitioi ok place at Mr. Baker's bouse. His fron' trcb was bung with curtains and acted a e stage, seats bejng put upon it for the pu is. Tbe writer accepted a kind invitation to b esent. A number of persons went dowi nm this place. rhe Due West Cornet Band had been in ted to furnish the music. When we arriv I on the scene the band under the leader ilp of Col. T. E. Polblll were dlscourslni uslc and the pupils were forming in rani eparatory to marching into tbeir seats. The whole front of the house was lit u] Ith Chinese lanters and formed a prettj ene. A good crowd was out to hear an< eettbe youthful participants. Mr. James Simpson had immediate cbargi the arrangements. He Introduced the firs le or two names on the program and thei rned over the whole matter into the band Dr. Carwile, who carried out the proceed gsasa regular professional. Introducin) cb one in a most happy manner. Miss Ellis and her pupils deserve grea edit for the excellent way in which the} quitted themselves throughout the exer 368. These consisted of readings, reclta )ns, speeches, dialogues, comic pieces au< ays,constituting quite a variety. We give the program in full, which wai rrled out without a bitch : Lines of Welcome?Alice Simpson. Choice of Hours?Alice Green, Marie Simp n,Pearl Fantand Hattie Simpson. jlod Bless our School?Theodore Fant. A. Royal Princess?Cora Wilson. How we Tried to Whip the Teacher?John e Sharp. rhe House that Jack Built?(A Kltcber medy,) A lfred Fant and Iris Simpson. 3ur Country's Greatness?Sammie Fant. riie Bureau Draw?{Reading,) Cora Wilson \u Alphabet?Marie Simpson. Uncle Joe's Cotton?Andy Mlllford, Disturbing tne Meeting?ins simpson. Popping the Question?Robert L'ldrick anc >ri Wilson. ["be Village Sewing Society?Pearl Fant. Lord Fauntieroy's Wail?Alfred Fant. The Morning Call?Mrs. Blckford ami Mrs ttleton. The Widder Budd?Janle Sharp. Sow he Went to the Wedding?Robert U1 ictc. The Letter for Grandma?Lula Baker. True Happinees?Alfred Fant. Phe .Naughty Little Girl's View of Llfemle Sharp. V Sermon tn Rbymis?Pearl Fant. diss Jones and the Burglar?Eula Wilson Jne Day Nearer my Home?Alice Simpson ["he Widder Sprlggln's Daughter?Jank arp. Svery one Can do Some Good?May Baker, Carrying a Poetess?Joseph Gray, (A bach>r in want of a wife.) drs. Jane Washington, (A Widow In wan) a Husband.) fapoleon Washington, Caesar Washington, try Washington?Mrs. Washington's cbilen.) iridget O'Flannleaw?(An Irish Girl In the itrlmonlal Market.) Hlza Jane Annette Jones?A Poetess, 'he Cornet Band at proper intervals fumed most refreshing music, enlivening the lole scene. Each pupil received their full ire of applause. it the close of the meeting the writer was led on for a speech, and responded with ne Impromptu remarks. Ve think the patrons of this school should encouraged by Ihe flattering way in which srythlng passed oil'. One of the pressing ids of the school is a better school house, ere is some discussion of the matter now. ) hope it may materlilze into a neat school Iding. We And Miss Ellis quite popular 1 teacher. Ir. Baker kindly Invited us to spend the ht.andaswe had recently been unwell epted his hospitality for the night, has a most pleasant family, and a most d and entertaining mother-in-law living h him. Mr. Baker showed usoverhis m next morning. He has some fine rorn I cotton. He has discovered a new wvy to ntcorn. Those who have not foi.nd a r way to make corn ought to learn < f Mr. cer. R. s. G. To the Abbeville Tra?le. nr Mr. M. C. Heath Is now in the Northmarkets, on the alert for bargains in both i's and women's goods and if there is any r he can serve you in the way of getting anything specially you would like to e, call at store and leave your order and le will have our most careful attention. Yours Truly. O. P. Heath Ac, Co. P. Hammond & Co., have Just received a line of trunks and valises. Call and exne their stock. 7"' r'~: THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. A ? Ie PRACTICAL METHODS NECESSARY TO THE ] BPOW onrntyee ofioi ouvvaoo. PJ A Lajmnn's Knndorn Thought*, All ?||?' NnneRtfd by the Recent Sunday e School Convention at Abbeville. Ti Last week we had a County Convention of flr? the Sunday School teachers and other workers, which was held In the Presbyterian church. It has been said that the Sunday School Is the nursery of the church?that the membership of the church comes largely from It. The admission of this fact Is evidence that the Sunday School work is practical, , Judicious work, hence the Importance of reducing it to a perfect system. In no way can this system be better reached than by a free conference of all the teach era and others Interested in the work, and it Is hoped that much good was doDe at Abbeville last week. 1 The Press and Banner has great taith in the Sunday School, not only as a means of In1 stilling moral and Christian principles, but as a means of furnishing to the oliildren pleasant and profitable social occasions. While the "unco gude and the rigid righteous" can take, ana do take their religion ' without the attractive features, yet there are people who are not so well fixed in their de' ? 1 o?H fhoro aro npnnU I VUlIUUttl OAClViO?D| U4JV4 WUVSV M.w r??r.? whose habits of frequenting the sanctuary are not so thoroughly formed as to indue? them to go to uninviting places. I The Sunday School, like the church Itself, should be Inviting and entertaining. The human heart craves and will have more or less ol social Intercourse with friends and neighbors. If the School is made attractive, and If proper eflorts are made to see thai none or the neglected children are forgotton ; If It Is not attempted to crash out by long faced, solemn religion, all the sunlight and all the Joyousness of youth the young people will fill our Sunday Schools. They will flock to them, after once being shown the way, as to places ol pleasure ana enjoyment. A little boy or a little girl naturally loves the good and the beautiful. Joyousness and 1 sunshine win their hearts. As the sua de1 velops and opens the purest flower that f adorns the earth, so does the cheerfulness . and gladness of the Sunday School develope In the boy or girl those desirable qualities of . head and heart which lead them on step by step to higher and better spheres of usefult ness to the State and to the Church. The writer of this paragraph when a boy enjoyed for a season the pleasures of the Sun day School, as no other scenes or pleasures j were enjoyed. Their Influence lea in the 1 right direction, and the Sunday School was > always looked forward to with Interest. In that school we had associates which we bad - not elsewhere, and we felt that we were. - while In the church, out of harm's way?and r besides, In the school we paid heart devotions to a little divinity, which were never * uttArasi ^ r If the sanctimonious sinner should shake . his head and say that the Sunday Sobool la no place for social Intercourse, and where a little boy may not worship a little girl, we would say that the "adoration which a young man gives to a wo.nan whom be feels to be purer and better than blmaelf is hardly distinguished from a religious feeling. ? What deep and worthy love Is not so? on whether or woman or child, or art or rau- 1 1 slo?" How la our religion to be divorced In I from the social qualities of life? The chief 1 . power and influence of our religion is the he - social side of the. Clirietlan. Without the 1 - exercise of the Rooial nature, he Is as noth- be lng. and bis religion is as ice to the zeal and rui * warmth of others. It Is as a killing frost to ( the tender flower. go. If the able and pious teachers of the Sun- I ? day School will allow the Press and Banner coi - to make a suggestion, we would say. Let ua fln ir first do cburch work at home. After we scl i have brought all the children Into the Sun- 2 , day Sobool, we may talk about "foreign mis- foi slona." bu e At present, a christian denomination Is 1 - making effort to establish a church at Ab- no t bovlHe. An able and pious preacher is on ? > the worK?ana an most realize wm uo ??? ? a ? i difficult task before blm. But If the raem- bu bers and officers of his church labor In the tit b Sunday School and co-operate with him, the tb >. establishment of the chorcb Is only a ques- wl J tlon of time. The conditions are favorable. < 1 While no one could reasonably expect mem trl 1 bers of the other congregations to change 35 i tbelr cburchly relations, the field for the 1 promoters of the new church to work upon pi: f la unoccupied by any of the other churches, tel i Although we have more fine churches th 1 than can be found in any town of its size, po e this may be said to be a non-cburch going 1 ., people If those who absent themselves fa! r could be drawn together they would form a t?c e congregation more numerous than any that 1 i. ore now In existence at Abbeville. tw r Besides, there are children here who do frl not attend the Sunday Schools. While less J may be done with those grown people who be have wandered from the path which leads iM to the Church and on to grace, yet Bt It Is almost certain that every child In 1 the town can be brought to the Sunday to School, and hence within the shadow of the wl . church, and within Its wonderful Influence la< for good. lit In some communities the poor are aided to . with clothing and books, they are encour- ab \ aged by the zeal of the teachers, and they fe< s are pleased by the more kindly recognition fa e in the schoolroom, which they nowhere alse J j receive. he t If it Is urged that poor people and poor wl 8 children are of little force in establishing wi and maintaining the church, let It not be forgotten that men and women grow from In ,,'A' ~ 1 -i-i- <n ?H(a onnnf rv J 0 nine wjya uliu gino, mm iu<? ?u ? , the poor children often develop into the most ha useful citizens. he With proper efforts every child can b# fri . brought Into the Sunday School. If the be . School Is made attractive, and it the mor* th g inodebt and retiring are made welcome, they 1 \ will come. They will gladly come. bo If clothing, books or other expenses ?r? wt r, to be met, liberal bands will meet the bills, j , Go, then, Into the highways aud bring all ltl j the children Into the Sunday School. You j will live to see many grow into power and ini e usefulness, who if neglected, might live and ' t have their being without taking a leading or ini j useful part in life or in the church. i s There is no result without a cause. in There Is no failure In a legitimate pursuit wc y where practical methods are applied. be If grown people stay away, there Is a mi t cause, and noarnoumof abuse from the pul- J r pit will orlng them to the doors of the tempie. ?t If the poor, orother children, are not In to : the schools, it is somebody's luult. ln 1 The school Is not made attractive or else the proper effort Is not made to bring little cei 8 children to the foot of the Cross. 5 The right method is not applied, if they iu stay out of the Sunday School, and their to) " feet go In devious ways. But, "am I my ba brother's keeper?" tei If the Sunday Schools are made attractive sis the children will dock to them even as they ' ' now run to witness pleasing games. (ir If the Sunday Schools are attractive, the 1 ' children will be there as surely as they to would be at a picnic. 1 Tha devil being a practical ngent applies M? practical met hods to lead boys and girls into mischief, and the same power also applies 91 energetic ettorts to keep ihem out of the set church. " 1 Their repulsive manners, and their fuue- Jn rial-like appearance In the church and the l>l! Sunday Sohoois, might lead people who, did Pa not know better, to believe tliat some of the tuj "unco gudo and rigid righteous" were in league with Santanlc Majesty. J The theory Is, that the church Is the Lord's. It was dedicated to Mm, and all are wel- wl come to it. Hut, practically, the poor and sis he stranger regard it as the property of the rich?the people who built it, or have it in A charge. For this reason, the welcome or the I'v lack of welcome, which the officers and coi other members of the congregation may Mf give to the visitors, to the stranger, or to the ehl poor wields a great Influence In drawing peo> pie to the church, or In repelling them?In "u driving them away. del Without money, without social recognl- mil tlon, without fumlly influence, and. it may on I be, without good clothes, people are very susceptible to kindly attention, while they are more than sensitive to seeming neglect-. i Thay shrink from entering where their welcome may be doubted, and they seldom press themselves luto the sanctuary where ^ 1 they are met by coldness and freezing for- pec mallty. abl Whatever distinctions may exist, and ^ whatever contentions may arise In the busy scuttle ol life, let none ol them follow to the "to churchdoor. Let sunshine, good cheer, and till good heartedness on Sunday cover up, or . overshadow all our little differences when we sta assemble together to worship a common Lord, u and to pray to the same Saviour. r i ? sta, RECEIVED ITS QUIETUS. ?' M - on An Impracticable Scheme Frustrated and a Fresh Lawyer .Squelched. ' >) St. Louis,Sept. 2.?A special from Hutchln- l0j? son, Kansas, says: The Alliance scheme to sun effect the foreclosure ot mortgages ou home- \j steads received Its quietus, so lar ns this Judt- ra'n( cial district Is concerned, In Judge Houk's \] court yesterday. C.G.Clark, a lawyer, who has been sending out circular letters to the ef- gcij, feet that he could deleat mortguge loreclos- [,er tires on homesteads, tiled a motion in the dls- -n trict court to have such a foreclosure set aside. i,all After speaking about two hours on the const!- 8U|( tutlonal rights of American citizens as laid ?< down by Jerry Simpson, Mrs. Lease and oth- a ers, he was coolly informed by Judge Houk ^t|, thut so far from having aca6e If he bad ac- iem cepted a fee from his client on representation m that he could prevent foreclosure on such tes- wjn tlmony and authority, he ought to be prose- \i [cuted for obtaining money uudcr false pre- jD*K tenses. Jfj > ? ? Frl< T1 We have received some of our fall stock of the shoes, expecilog a large stock. Big bargains, dull call and see us. Ladles, Misses, Men's flue Ml shoes a specialty. C. P. Hammond ? Co. Hill warn BBEVTLLE'S PENSIONERS. rk Moore Invites Them to Call at Hi* Office and Get Their Maney. Abbeville, S. C., Sept. 7,1891. tor Press and Banner. lease be kind enough to publish the enied list of pensioners, wbo bave checks In V/lciiv n vyinut acli check is ror $12. bis Id the last issue for the year 1891. have also a check for Mrs. J. C. Smith $11 t issue that has not been called for. Respectfully, Thos. L. Moore, C. C. C, P. John Bowlck, Matbew Knight, M. F. Warton, W. Mouchat, W. L. Dukes, J. D. Etheredge, Martha Freeman, Mary Simpson, Elizabeth Magee, Eliza E. Walker, Margaret McBride, 8.C. Waldrop, Nancy J. McKee, Mary J. Hall, Jane Ferguson, F. B.Shirley, Rebecca Bartley, H.F.Flln, Elizabeth Elmore, M.J. Wbl.e, Matilda Bottu, Elizabeth Napier, H. A. McClendor, Rebecca Bowlck, K.C. McMahan, S.A.Wilson, Nancy T. Yeargln, Majy E. Smith, Jane C. King, E. C. Bagwell, Tabltba Brooks, Sarah Ross, rjurou r uuey, Mary E. Patterson, fi. C. Walker, Lou T. Paschal 1, M.E. Sullivan, Jane Elgin, C. P. Saxon, Lalte Watklns, Jane M. Davis, M. J. Bonds, M. L. Sutherland, Annie Lawton, Louisa A.. McAllister, Nancy Stokes, G. E. Frith, Mary E. Munday, Mary J. Cochran, Mary J. Patterson, Elizabeth Beasley, M. A. Griffin, J. C. Smith, M. A. Ellenburg, Elizabeth Prultt, Laura Brown, G. W. Boyle, Sarah J. Beacham, T. M. Calvert, A. W W. Weed. Iheck for Mrs. Eliza Hark loess failed to lie. Contributed Locals. ABBEVILLE, S. C., Sept. 8, 1881. lale day was very quit, not many here and ly a few Bales. few cotton Is coming in daily, and ranging price from 6 to 7]A cents. be shrill whittle of our public glna la ard from early morn till late atnight. ?be oil mill is getting lu seed and will soon ready to commence work. Will make a n next week. )ur schools all opened last Monday with od attendance. dr. George Lomax will teach at the Dendy tner. He is a most efficient teacher, and a ie disclpllnaiian and will have a good 100). dr. Geo. W. Syfan, Sr., who has been sick sometime is thought to be a little better, t still Butfers a great deal. Mr. Humphrey Jackson is getting well. Ia w walking about Some of our merchants are receiving their ll and winter stock, and the boya are all sy cleaning up, arranging goods, and getlg ready for a Dig trade. After their rest rough the summer they commence business th renewed energy, and a quicker step, winning cotton is like many otber Induses, getting down to a fine point, from 25 to cents per hundred Is the reduced price. Double wires have been put up from this ace to Hodges, and Abbeville now baa full egraph connection with the main line oa e C. & G. road?to Columbia and other Ints. Vlisa Mollie Hemlneer. one of Wellington's Irest young ladles, was In the city last week companlea by her brother Tommy. VIIbs Marie Power and Miss Lena Johnson, o charming young ladies, are visiting ends in town. Ylr. I. L. Porter, of Wllllngton,.waa In Abvillesale day, accompanied by the Rev. r. LeRoy who was on his way to attend the iptist Association at Ninety-Six. Mr. L. K.Bowie and family left for Elbern yesterday morning, where Mts. Bowie II open a millinery store. Mrs. Bowie la a dy of fine taste, and has experience In thla le of business, and while onr people regret see them move away, all wish for them undant success in their Georgia home, and il satisfied they will win the esteem and vor of Elberton's best people. Mrs. Bowie is an excellent alto linger, and r place In the choir of the Methodist church III not be readily (filled and here especially II she be missed. VIIss Lizzie Black, of Harlwell, Ga., is vlaltg Mrs. Gambrell. Miss Mamie McCall, of Darlington, who s been visiting In Abbeville, returned to r home last Monday. She won many ends here, and left a number of sad hearts bind her, some of whom hope to see her in e near future. Miss Anna Bass, of the Sharon neighbored, was visiting friends In Abbeville last sek. Mrs. Wm. Moore, of Lowndesvllle, was Viang her sisters here last week. Mrs. Moore, of the Savannah side, is spend- g some time with friends in Abbeville. Misses Kate and Sallie Marshall are visitS friends at Bordeaux. Mr. li. G. Lytbgoe, now of Atlanta, is visitg bib mother and friends here. He la a >rthy young man and we are glad to know Is doing well in his distant home. His nny friends are glad to see him. Mr. Walter Tusten, another one of Abbelle's best young meu, Is making a short vlato his parents, and will next Friday return his home in Munroe, La., where be la do* ea flourishing business. Abbeville is aliys proud of her young men who win auo38 In distant homes. Services of A. R. P. congregation will begin the Court Hsu.se next Thursday preparary to communion on the following Sabtb. The public are cordially invited to atid these services. The pastor wlll be as ted by ltev. W. L. Pressly, L>. V. iev. W. Durgau Is assisting Id a meeting at eenwood this week. , ["lie many friends of Mr. Visanskaare glad see him up again and at bis business, ^ast Sabbath was missionary day in the Hbodlst Suuday School, and the collection, ten from the classes amounted to 110, with scholars and U visitors present. This 100I is in a flourishing condition. fbe sermon in the morning was delivered an earnest aDd Impressive manner, and at j conclusion five Joined the cburcb. Oor btor is full of zeal and Is earnestly seeking 5 lost sheep, and getting them Into the d. illss Mamie Murry, of Spartanburg, has rerned to Abbeville where she will spend the nter with her undo, W, T. McDonald. Her ter Com Is with her and will spend someie in Abbeville. Uss Nettie F. Irwin and Miss Pinkie McCain; two of Alabama's fairest and most aonplisbed young ladies have been visiting s. H. P. Mcllwuln, and by their persona irms and winsome manner won man a ends, and captivated the hearts of qultely mber of our young men. They took their parlure last Monday, and now a number of r young men have the heart disease which ly time,or their early return can heal. Ma Personal and Otherwise. Ilss Sarah Thruston so well known to our >ple, has accepted a position in a fashione school in Baltimore. Lr. M.C. Heuth leaves on Wednesday for w York, where he expects to buy the finest ck of goods that has eynr been brought to s place. Irs. A. M. Smith is at home after a pleasant y at Buna V Ista. >r. Frank Parker, of Charleston, Is visiting brother, Mr. W. II. Parker. ir. H. \V. B. Glover left Friday for a short y In Boston. ev. Mr. Atkinson, president of a Female lege lu Columbia preached In the Presbylan church Sunday. Irs. Benet and her little son Sam returned Friday. lr. and Mrs. Latimer, Mrs. Moore and Miss ggle Latimer spent Saturday in town, lr. Lewis Parker from Greenville is in n. riday was like an April day?showers and shine. essrs. Glover, Woodell and Williams de a flying visit to Athens last week. lss Bell Porcher, who has been a teacher teu years in the ltev. Tooiner Porter's ool lu Charleston, has accepted a school e. ie R. K. men played a match game of base I against the town nine last Thursday, reJug in favor of the town nine. Score ten iveuty-one. number of the town people are going to ens on the excursion Wednesday, Sepber 9th. iss Ida Bowmau, of Lowndesvllle, is vis- , g Miss May Hobertsou. lss Saliie Calhoun, of Monterey, is visltfrlends In town. r. and Mrs. Hanckel returned home last lay. ie G., C.ifc N. depot Is a favorite walk for young people since the change of scheiss Sal lie Marshall will teach on Magazine