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The Press and Banner By HUGH WILSON. Wednesday, Oct. 28, 18S1. . Twelve Images, 9 to 10, Railroad Mpfline. President Gaines, ol tlie Florida, Georgia and Carolina railroad, wits In town yesterday evening, when a meeting ol citizens was called in the Court House. Mr. T. 1*. Qnarles was called to the chair. Mr. G. A. Douglass was requeued to act as m eretary. Mr. Gaines gave au interesting and plausible statement ol the prospects of the road. On motion of Senator Hemphill it was: Kcsolved, That Abbeville has heard the report. of President Gaines with groat satisfaction and that our citizens most heartily approve of the enterprise and will sustain it to the full extent of their means and ability. On motion of Senator Hemphill it was: Resolved, To request the town Council to appoint a delegation to the approaching convention at Augusta and to arrange lor tlu payment of the expenses of said delegallon. On mnilm) liipfl 11) l'lid iou rued. v. Mr. Janiff (iillHm'fi DphIH. Mr. James nillam, an aged citizen living in the country,several intles from the village. Ule<l lust Monday morning at four o'clock. He hud been an invalid lor a long time, i?ut Immediately before Ills death lie seemed to be better than usual. He died suddenly, when it was least expected. Mr. Gilluin has suffered for many years trom the loss of ills eyesight. He whs the father-of the Messrs. (iiliam brothers. Mr. Uillam was distinguished for his energy and application to business", a lesson which he has impressed upon Ills souk who emulate him in their activlity and energy in the business pursuits. Youthful Artist. M ister NViHi.i :? E. Penney, of Flag Reed, has muster* d i i.i- :irt of photography chit-fly by his own imiu-i y and ingenuity, having had but little |M'i??i>al training by any one He seems to have a im nral talent in that way, and his progns- in inking pictures Is surprising to those who K inn any tiling of the difficulty experienced 1n making \ good, litelike picture. He is now only ?-b?ut tweive years of age.aud if he continues t > develop bis talent he will become a distingu s.i d artist before mfThy years. The Press and it nner is always delighted to note the succe*> o anybody, but more especially of a little boj who gives promise of becoming a netful man. ? ? Dcathti. We have Jnst learned of the death of Mrs Hattie Childers. of Laurens, an excellent lady axed about 2U, a daughter of Captain J P. 1 tad Curd. She leaves a nusband and Infant child. . Also of the death- of Clinton Ilrougli, aged 20, which occurred in Georgia. He was a son of Mr. T. J. Brouch. of Mt. Carmel. and was a promising and worthy young man. The venerated Mrs. Drennan, widow of Hip ?- lfiteCnpL Wm. Drennan. died ai an advanced age, at her home near Mount C'armel, on lasl Monday evening. ? Nhot Through the Door. ;< Last Thursday night, a colored man. wa? In one of the new houses in front of the Jail, when some one tried to come in. He held the door to prevent theentrance. When a pistol was tired tbe ball eutered Ills knee, inflicting a wound, which Reared him au4Jiarl him, too. Tb? Gnulaatetf. About tbe most interesting matter in this , wefk'n paper is the roll of the graduated ol ; tbtf Due west Female College from the first to the last commencement. The name of every lady appears in that list, showing to whom she was married, whether llvlug or dead, and if living, her present post office address. i Sen Citizen. 1 Mr. J. (1. Latimer has bought Secession HUl, from Mr. J. F. V. DuPre. who Is making arrangements to be off to Cleinson. The place Is one of lite most beautllnl in town, and everybody is glad to welcome Mr. Latimer and his family to town. ? Blind Tom. Klirul Torn will give one of liis popular niu'slcal entertainments In tlie Court House on Suturday night, October 31, for lite benefit of himself and the Abbeville Silver Cornel Hand. Onk good result of the law against the sale ol pistol cartridges lies in the tact that we have bad less reckless tiling of pistols at night. We seldom hear one now. Before the existence ol the law, we heard lirlng nearly every night. It is a good law,and ought to be made even more stringent. A negko woman on the Bird place on Hard Labor was shot through the head last Friday nlgbt by a negro man. The woman died Instantly and the man ran away, and come to the Jail on Monday, and sent for the Sherltl to come and lock him up. Cai?t. J. M. White Is acting as ag<nt lor the Press and Manner. Give him your orders and do yourself and him a favor. Everybody ought to take a connly paper, and II any prefer to take the Medium, we will be glad for them to subscribe for the paper of their choice. A match In one of the gins at the Greenwood Oil Mill set the cotton on lire. The etttcienev ol the wuter works nromnttv ex tin gui*he<l the Humes, and prevented tuiy dnruage, except a little wetting. Let the Abbe Xiyllle gins make a note or this and Bet. their ' vpwn houses in order for a like occurrence. ? Mr. Robert McMuktry, brother of Mrs ^ Maicom Erwiu, Ik iu America. He was ex peoied nt Honea Path iast Saturday, lie cornea lroui the city of Belfast on a visit to his sister. Mb. Ransom Chasey is announced as a candidate for County Commissioner and your name ought to be there if you expect to get the office. Miss Onie Black willopeD the Sraithville school on the tirstMonday in November. All patroDS should start their children on the opening day. The country gins had an "Inning" last Filday and Saturday, they having sent most of the staple that was marketed in those days. This editor went fourteen miles In the country one day last week. A large part of the cottou crop is still In the Held. We expeot to puollsh next week a full list of all the students in botli Erskine College and the Due West Female College. The Greenwood Cotton Compress went to work jesUrday. About one hundred b iles were compret-sed. Mr. Mister will move his furniture store to the Mcllwaine coiner on the flrstof November. Mr. R. E. Cox and Dr. E. L. Wilson will soon have their new dwellings ready for oceu pancy. Mr. Chalmers is moving his furniture tore from Knox's corner to the adjoining more room. , Mr. axi> Mrs. Keaksey came a few days ago on u visit to Mrs. Keursey s mother, Mrs. Martin. Abbeville Is prospering, and every business Arm In town is doing u good business. There is only one Blind Tom, and he will ' be in Abbeville next Saturday night. Tiik Court Adjourned lust Saturbay. Judge Kershaw lias many friends In Abbeville. Wk have had plenty of frost and the cotton leaves are dead. Mr. Cannon will move to Knox's corner within the next few days. Walter L. Miller, Esq., is attending the Court at Anderson. Mr. W. P. McGee wub in town last Monday. Blind Tom was not drowned at Johnstown. Treasurer Blake went to Greenwood yesterday. Miss Mary Marry was in town last Saturday. A big crowd will be in town next Monday. Blind Tom always has a crowded house. Judge Cotiiran is off to Greenville. Now is the time to sow wheat. Now Is the time to buy a Prince Albert suit or coat and vest. We have them in all grades and the latest styles. P. Rosenberg & Co. 'Prince Albert suits are very stylish for dress. Examine our line of them. You wiil be well pleased. P. Rosenberg & Co. WehaVean elegant line of Prince Albert suits. Among them some very fine goode. P. Rosenberg & Co. Please^llow us to show you our splendid stock of suils and overcoats. They are sure to please you in price and quality. P. Rosenberg A Co. C. P. Hammond & Co. have always on hand ! a tine line of men's, ladies and children's' shoes. j Our large line of lubber footwear will he here in time for our opening. Rubber boots, shoes, sandals and every kind Imaginable can he had at C. P. Hammond &Co. Call and examine them. This week a llue display of men's, ladles and children's tine footwear, fine harness, lap robes, leathers and skins of all kinds, rubber goods, fafldles. bridles Ac, will be had at C. P. - Hammond & Co'8. Don't forget the opening at C. P. Hammond & Co.'s on Oct. 30, 81 and Nov. 2. Tbey will show a flue line of gent's and ladles flne footwear, horse millinery, &c. NINETY-SIX AND HER HILLS. \ ? Her People ami What they are Doing?Oil .MUM and Long Cotton? Cows and Senators---Ottier Tliine*. Ninety-Six. S. t\, Oct. 27, 1891. We suppose with this issue of the Press and Banner the name of Mr. Ktnsom Chancy will ap$ar as a candidate for County Commissioner, to fill the unexpired term of .Mr. J. F. C. DuPre, resigned. Mr. Clmney is a descendant of one of the best and oldest families of Ninety-Six township, and the County of At>K.K.illn onnnnt .lr> hullev Ihnn plpet htin to the position he ask* for. He is ft prudent cautious man unci will look well after the finances of t be county. Wecomniend hhn to the voters as it man fully capable to till the office. Mr. \V. A. Templeton, of Abbeville, was in town last week on his way to Sumter to attend Synod. (.'apt. A. (J. Miller, <>f Pat rick Military Institute, was in town last week to vMt his grand-tattler, Maj K. A. Griffin. MaJ. Hale has sold bis canary blr.l to a gentleman of Prosperity. Ho was a line singer and will be missed at Ninety-Six. Maj. J. A. Stuart brought in a large lot of fine sweet potatoes last Saturday ?<nd sold them readily at fltty ccnts per bushel. This is better than cotton at 73-1 cents. Five or six nice jersey cows passed through town recently from Governor Tillman's plantation to Senator Irby's plantation in Laurens. Messrs. John C. Griffin, John C. Fooclie and John G. Adams?all John's?are all In the tleld with traveling gins. All good meo and will dc you right. Allen long staplecottoii brought 11 :t--l and I2cents here last we^k. About twenty bales have been sold. Mr. S. W. Thaip sold five hales In one day to Mr. R. L. Pratt at 11 3-4 cents. The oil mill has commenced operations and have a supply of meal and bulls on hand. Mr. Frank Holland has been assisting Agent Young at the dep >t. Several car loads of coal have been brought to town to burn In the private houses; a new departure. The price of wood was getting too high. Mr. John Partlow, one of the finest looking young widowers of Edgefield, was up last week looking around. We don't know exactly what he was after, but wo surmise. | iinr wcmnpj is uvaunuu ?uu wuvii ^v, vu ing well. % E&st Eiul. I ANOTHER JAY BIRD. The .Voles Which (he Songrsier (Jives From Ireland. Ireland, Oct. 2G, 1501. We have had a cold snap for the last week The cotton fields show that winter Is last coming. Nick,of Troy, wanted to known what had become of Jay Bird. We cannot tell without the cold weather has made them hunt warmer climate. I Miss Mattle Reagan will soon open her school at Fairfield. Mr. A.C. Brown has made his sorghum moUses. That's right uncle, Andy, raise your own sweetening. Mr. L. O. Beau ford is th inking of going to Rome, Ga., to a husiuess colle::o next year. Prof. Ducello had a show at Tioy Saturday night. Ireland was well represented there by [lie iOUllg IOIKN. 11 ?iu urn nuiiu uiv money. Mr. and Mrs. Sott, of Verdery. spent Saturday night at their sister Mrs. George Wilson. Soon there is to be a wedding. Hush, wait, who Is It? There was no preaching In (he Steff-vdo church. The pastor heity-.afc.v;n/at Synod. Preaehtrg In the Presbyterian church by Rev. Heuderson Sunday. He preacuod one of his best sermons. The young ladles of the A. R. P. church have bought a handsome lump. It will bean . ornament to the church. They are doing h nood work and we hope they may continue to let their light shine. Mr. Will Brown has made up his mollases. He had the regular sugar cane. It was something new around here. Mrs. Rengean has been quite sick for several days. Rev. Orr will commcnzc a meeting at Long Cane the 3d of November. Singing at the Bradley School here every Tuesday and Friday nlghta. So we may expect good singing hereafter. Jay Bird No. 2. Contributed I.oealw. AHHEVIM.F, S. C., Oct. 28.1801. Next Monday Is Saleday, and the second Jay of November. Just think of IU Another year nearly gone. OJ IIIC lUIIUlg Ul l?IC jiu hi in ii ivatro, nr should be reminded that we, too, Hre fust passing away. The weather is fine, and our farmers ore making ha.v while the sun shines. This ts right. After sunshine then comes thesiorm. Miss Fannie Plnckn'ey, one of Abbeville's brightest little girls, bus left our midst and will mdke her home In Anderson, tier many rriends regret to see her leave, and will miss ( tier from tbelr social circle. Mr. Humphrey Jackson is doing pretty well and his frieniis hope be is improving. Rev A. J. Can then preached his last sermon ' as Presiding Elder for this District lastiSunJay night In the Methodist church to a large , ind attentive congregation. Mr. J. \V. Thomson Is still confined to his j room, suffering from a severe attack of rheumatism. Mr. It. J. I-Ylton while riding home a few ' nights ago was thrown from Ills mule and painfully bruised shout the head and back, rom which be is just convalescing. Miss Cora Murray, who has been visiting her sister In Abbeville, returned to her mountain home last Saturday. Mr. H. T. Tnsten left Inst Monday for Mon- ' 'oe. La., where he will spend the winter J months with his soil Waller. On next Wontliiy Mr. Griflln will take 'harge of the school recently given up by Mr. [iOtnax. Mr. Lipscomb, who has been confined to his 3p<l for some time, is much better at this writing. Miss Mlna Morrow, of Due West, is visiting ier aunt, Mrs. Lucy Thomson. Mr. F. A. Kpellmnn will to-day lead to "hymen's altar'r one of Anderson's fairest and lovelUst young ladles, when they will he forever united In heart and hand. We are tlad m know lie and his lovely bride will moke \bbevllle their borne, where they will be corilally welcomed by our people. Our best wishes attend the happy couple. Miss Jenuie Sondley is rusticating in the jountr.v. A number of our citizens will take in the \tlanta Exposition. Something new for Abbeville is the grand >penlng tor the 30th and :51st of October, and Saleday In Novtmber advertised by C. P. lammond A Co. As the Indies are partlcuarly Invited of course they will not forget he days. , Capt. Williams has moved Into the Wardaw house just vacated by Mr. Blake. The following gentlemen left for Atlanta yesterday morning, viz: Messrs. Speed, iichard Hill, .fas. A. Hill. W. O. Bradley, J. iV. Sign, Jr.? J. L. Perrln, James Taggart and L. Douglass. M. TROT'S PERSONALS. j lany People mul Their Mnny AcIh ? Pictured Herein. 6 Tkov, s. c.. Oct. 2c, lfiul. t We are beginning to need rain. t Mr. James Bradley worshipped in the I'res- t >yierian church Sunday. s Pror. Dan Ducello gave us a nice entertain- r nent Saturday night. He will give us anoth;r to night. Prof. Ducello will also lasso ome cows this eveniug. He is a Texas cow ioy. Mr. G. P. McOaslan will soon be made hap>y. We will give him twenty-five cents to ;uess, but we wout tell. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Bradley paid Abbeville a '| nslt last week. Mrs. Thomson and children are visiting her atber in North Carolina. She has been there me month, llapt. Thomson looks lonely. Mr. Mulllnax's family will move In town his week. We will give them a hearty welsome. Kev. T. W. Sloan is otr to Synod. Owing to the low price of cotton the gins at Ills place are doing very little now. C Mr. L. O. Beauford is able to attend to Ids s justness again. \ Mr. Thomas Crelghton and Miss I.udwlck v vere happily married last Thursday night in ^ ,he Methodist church at McCormlck. r It you have any coltH for sale you will do 0 ,vell to see W. K.Jay, as he is buy lug. 0 Houses are In demand. Every house in 1 K own Is now occupied. j -j We learn there will be a new (inn in town | ? ioon. | n We have one of the best postmasters in the ; j, ip country. He Is kind enough to deliver the nail himself, and then slay and help read the 8 tews. We wont tell ou you this time, Thorn- t is. j Ben Joe Chiles, colored, and bis brother got f, nto a dispute Saturday night, Ben shooting ack In his back, the ball ranging down his eft arir. Dr. Kennedy was seut for, but the tall Is still there, and Jack Is in bed. One of the hands fell off the A. K. P. parsonge last Saturday. The negro said he did not nlnd the fall. Mrs. E.J. Taggart Is visiting in the Flat- ii roods. b The temperance society of this place is in a il lourlshlng condition. Nick will loin snot). ^ Mrs. R. P. Cress we 11 is sick. We hopes'.elfi rill soon be up again. e Major W. A. Glover is still alone, but lUe ii Jajor is so Jolly the time will soon pass oil I rith him. Mr. Wulter Murrell can now be found at Mr. " t. S. Burnett's, where he will be glad to wait in his friends. There was a petition going arouDd last week o 8top the sale of whiskey In South Carolina, 'here were about 200 signatures to It. Nick's ras there, too, but don't belong to the tetnterance. Nick. j SAY YOURSELF. Shall Abbeville Have a Good Pnblii Nehool ? --- .lliiRt We I,at Behind Our Neighbors. Abbeville is fully awake to her business In terc-sts; and Improvements both public am private,are uoing on. The K. & D. passenger depot la now belnf built and the tiack to the oil mill Is last near ing completion. Cotton is rolling in mor< and more every day while all business and in dustrles of every kind are flourishing, and everything points to a bright future for oui town save one interest, and that Is a "Hlgt School," whic h would in our opinion do mor< toward building up our beautiful town that any oiher enterpi ine, or even more railroads \v tiac we need is an increase in popmauoi who will Increane our town revenue?buy anc bulId upon our vacant lots?he fed nnc clothed from our stores, hoard In our famil ies, till our churches and Sabbath Schools build up our society by adding many to Iti social circles. All this and much more will b< gained by establishing a "High School" Ir our midst, which can be done by light tax atlon, which eau be paid without Joppresslni any one, and yet accomplish the end in view It our people will talk less and put theli united efforts together, we could have a build ln<; that would be the pride of our people anc tilled with from 200 to 300 students. Our town is the county seat and the bannet county of the State, and should have a "Hlgl School" fur young men and young ladles and not until then, in our humble opinion will proud old Abbeville rise and hhake of her lethargy, and put on her strength, anc move on to progress. We could mention many families whos< headsaremen of means and Influence, wh< would have moved Into our midst ere thli had not Abbeville been deficient In this re spect. We do not wish to be understood ai criticising, or making objection lo any of 0111 schools now in operation, but would rathei give those in charge the praise they deservi for their untiring energy, and persistent el fort to establish the schools we already have lor without them we would be a blank suri enough-a step higher Is needed. Sball tlx prood citizens of Abbeville who have woo foi themselves an enviable record In war and li peace sit still, and see an Inferior race wh< areas a mass, unlettered, nncultured, ant poor indeed, establish a college, and erec school buildings iu our very midst, (alio which Is creditable to them) and we not bi warned by the^e silent pointers staring ui dally in the face? Let us no longer remain bound by the 6leej ot Indifference, that has retarded our pro gress in this line so long, and give up in de spalr because Mr. A or Mr. B (perhaps Icadlm men In the community) throw cold water ot our efforts, and wish to have nothing to d< with;the pnterprlf-e. Forename on sucu i people! Shall our children, and our neigh bors children be left to grow up In ignoranci for the want of means to be sent abroad, an< allow only a few who are able, to reap the ad vantages of a eolUglate education? We saj no, thrice no, let the poor children be ednca ted, for is It not from their tanks that manj of our greatest men have sprung? and froir among whom we trust many more wll come. Now this all Important question (little ai the people of Abbeville may think of It) maj bo answered by answering the followiuj qnerries: Shall our children be educated at home, or because unable to go abroad, grow up in com paratlve Ignorauce, (while an inferior race ari taking every advantage, be It saidto.tbeii credit) in this progressive line;? We trerobli for the future of proud old Abbeville shouk this spirit of indifference or want of progrew longer be a blast on the fair name of ayuapib so reli n ed. ami_sal>fethy-c n 1U1 red. K-' SlilM" we see people offering their houses .ttid lot^s for sale, and moving from our midst to neighboring towns to reap the benefits of school facilities?and wonder why our town don't build up, and why lots are not changing bands, and people not coming to Abbeville, Just, think fora moment and you will see too plainly why it Is, and will no longer be left to wonder. We as citizens of Abbeville are alone responsible lor the building up of our town, or for its standing still, with fair prospects ol growing beautifully less. Which shall It do? reader answer /or yourself. Progress. FROM ASHEVILLE TO TAMPA. ?? ?. The F.. ?. A V. Knilroml Will be Built. A bbeville, Gn., Times. The Times has mentioned several time?, within the past few months the movement on foot to build a railroad irotn Ashevtlle, N. C., toTampn, Florldu. The enterprise originated with a piirty of gentlemen at Mount Carmel, S. C., Inst spring, and they nt once took steps to furl tier the project A correspondence was commenced with parties at Tampa, Florida, and at all lmpor* tant Intermediate points ?long the proposed line. This correspondence resulted In enthusiastic encouragement from all the points interested. It was then thought advisable to correspond with Ashevllle, X. C., with a view of extending the road to that point, from Mount Carmel. Ashevllle responded with an enthusiasm equal to that manifested by the other towns. Abbeville, Georgia, is on the direct line of the road, and when the Times Informed the Mount Carmel people that she was building n ruilroid of ber own towards Tampa, eighteen miles of which was in operation, tbey at wee expressed a deMrc to form a coalition ivlth the A. & W. road. The gentlemen of Mount Carmel, who conjelved tlie Idea of building this road, Issued in Invitation for a meeting of representalives of the towns along the proposed line to se held at Mllledgeviile, about the middle Of ast month (September.) The meeting was a satisfactory one, nnd an organization was efected. with Mr. W. A. Gaines, as president. President Gaines came to Abbeville Inst I'nesday In the Interest of the road. He met .be officials of the A. tt W. road, find rode ?lth them over the line. On Wednesday, a iieetingof the citizens of Abbevllie. was ndIressed by Mr. Ganes, at the Court House, lie stated the object of his visit, the advlsibility of building this road, and the advances of this particular route. He spoke of he laree and increasing trade coming from ,he West India Islunds and the South Amercan States through the port of Tampa. He elerred to the heavy travel to and from Flordtt. her bountiful fruit crops and her Inezlaudable beds of phosphate. The heavy mslness from the lumber of the Georgia Pine egl<>n was also mentioned. In brief, Pn si lent Gn'ms deeply impressed iWaudlence with the fact that the blorlda, Jeorgiaand South Carolina railroad would iot ouly pay handsomely, but that it is one >f the most desirable and promising routes >v?jr contemplated in southern railroad >i>lldlnir lor many years. The meeting was presided over by A. J. Harp, and J. E. Bowen acted as secretary. Phe following resolutions were adopted : Resolved, That we heartily endorse the cheme to extend our A. & W. railroad sout hvard and northward as proposed by the F., i. <fe C. rallroae as represented by Mr. Gaines, md that we urge all our people to take stock n the enlarged scheme. Resolved, That a committee be appointed 0 solicit subscriptions to the enterprise. The lommittee Is composed of the following gonlemen : S. P. I.as^eter. J. R. Monroe, O. V. ''uller, J. D. MHjnard, A. R. Royal, S. N. ditchel, A. N. Thigpen, J. R. Allison and P. i. Land. This committee is empowered to ippoint others to aid tliem in soliciting subcriptlons. Abbeville Is the first point visited by Mr. iaines. lie will stop at all the points heween this and Mount Cartnel on his return rip, and if he meets everywhere the mine plrit that Abbeville manifests, the road Is aleady an assured success. BY LAURENS AT LAST. ? . ? ? rraiuM to be Put obi the Short Route Next .Monday ? All the Travel to Atlanta to Come by Greenville? The Carolina, Knoxville and Western Track to be UmoiI Hero. Greenville News. Lai'rknr, Oct. 20.?Captain Dodson, of the Columbia and Greenville Railroad, recently tated to Mayor Dial, of this city, and others hat through trains from Columbia to Greendlle via Laurens would be put on nexl Monlay and this w< uld be made the principal oute from Columbia to Atlanta. Tiie track if the C'arollnn, Knoxville and Western road itGreenville will be used to complete tlieconicctlon to the Air Line depot In that city, 'he trip from Columbia to Greenville will be nude In iy, hours to begin with, but as soon s the track can be put In better condition he schedule will be reduced to :>!4 hours. Caotain Dodson further stated that a p>iseng'erdepot will he built at the junction of he Port Royal and Western Carolina and Jewberry and Laurens roads in tills city btore Christmas. ('ominir Up Hill. Clinton (Jazette. But to cap the climax the C. N. & L. is hailing thousands of cotton bales up from Columia and other points to Clinton, from whence 1 Is carried by the G., C. & N. to Norfolk, lever before have we seen cotton coming up rom the low country to Clinton, but it is an very day fact, nevertheless, and the traffic Is ncrcaslng rapidly. The Mont Liberally Patronized Newspapers In the State."' The Manning Times last week said : The Abbeville Press and Banner, the Snmsr Watchman and Southron.and the Mailing Times are apparently the most liberally atronlzed county papers in the State. n "" " ** 1 MOUNT CARMEL. ? : Pebbles Picked Up in the Little City, I * ami Thrown at the Public. Mt. Carmel, S. Cm Oct. 20,1891. Mount Carmel Is having some fine weather. . Wo hnvo hiwt Eovoral llcrhf. frosts nild It made cotton fields look bail. ? , People are raising their potato crop, which . Is very good In this neighborhood. ? Cotton was bringing 7.60and 7.75 In town I Saturday. Messrs. Latimer, Mercler, Baker and McNeill are the buyers. r Mr. Hugh Glbert.-formerly of this section, j but now of Florida, was In town Friday. 5 Messrs. Allen and Simmon*, two of Abbe\ vine's deputies, was In town'Friday. Mrs. M. D. Drennan is lying at the point of j death. I Rev. VV. A. Gaines has been absent for two I weeks on professional business. Wedding bells are ringing around Mt Carmel. We hope to have tho pleasure of pullJ In? sortie o( the turkey bones. > Mies Horton, of Bordeaux, is visiting Mrs. [ Paschal. . No preaching In the city Sabbath, all the r pastors being absent. | The last Quarterly Conferenee for the Abbep ville Circuit was heldtot Salein church Satur. day 241 h. I Mt. Carmel Is supplied with fresh llsh every Rotnrrinv hv Mr. Vv. ft. Powell. Mr. W. L. Klley has returned to Pendleton. ! Dr. J. 0. Lindsay was In town Saturday. Mrs. Prnther. of Atlanta, Ga., Is visiting her | moth?-r, Mrs. M. D. Drennan. f- We have a quiet community now. Our trial 1 justice has nothing to do. Acorns ure bringing sixty cents per bushel. > if you have any for sale call on Mr. W. W. > Black, lie is paying the highest price. He p has a razor back tufeed. The Methodist ladies are going to have a big , oyster supper in the near future. Save up r your dimes, boys. r Mr. J. W. Morrah drives the prettiest horse } in town. Mr. Wni. Riley attended conference at Salem Saturdny and Sabbath. I Big Persimmon was in town Satuaday > night. \ Master Bennie Boyd, son of Mr. B. A. Boyd, j has gone to Due West to attend College. > Mr.C. J. Lyon has moved over Into the Bell1 vue neighborhood. We will miss Charley. t Mr. McKeller is ready to survey your laud, f tf you want anything of that kind done. 5 Mr. Robert Smith, of Augnsta.Ga., was in i, town Sabbath. Mrs. Blackwell.of Elberton, Ga., Ir visiting , her daughter, Mrs. M. L. Stanton. T. M. K. WEDDING* AT HODGES, ) ) . Two Excellent Young People nre J United in the Holy BoikIm. The marriage of Miss Drudle Kill*, of f Hodges, and Mr. T. E. Polhill, of Due West, . came otr 1 ist Wednesday evening. The ceref mony wus performed In the church, and a i great number of friends were present, and at j the bouse many invited guests were entertained In ihe most elegant manner. 3 The waiters were : ; M. T. Coleman, Miss Mamie Hawthorn { Tuliy Ellis, Miss Locla Seal, Stephen Brown, Miss Lizzie Ellis, John Magi 11, ivilSB V/iiiru rim i, I Fletcli Hodges, Miss Sullle Elvers, B E.P.Kennedy, Miss Bessie Hodges, Cape Ellin, Miss Rebt-coa Heal, e J. Hayne McDIll, Miss Corrle Ellis. } -Ushers.?Mr. hnliigyi^" tfitu*'iw"! j Hodges* '..'.Vs The Prohibition Bill. Editor Press and Banner: 111 your last Issue of the Press and Banner, under the head lines of "whiskey at Abbeville," you do the delegation or the House ol Representatives from Abbeville County a gross injustice, by misrepresenting them as lollows: "The present Legislature sanctioned the ' sale of whiskey at Abbeville by taking no "notice of the act of the previous Legislature "in repealing the prohibitory act." One of the first bills introduced In the House was one by Mr. Todd repealing the act of the former Legislature. And a second bill was introduced to submit the question to the voters of Abbeville County for approval or non approval The two bills were uecessary to place Abbeville in its former position. These bills were supported and voted for by the entire House delegation from Abbeville County. In this form they passed the house and were sent to the Senate, where from some cause they were continued udi.ii me cumiug bw?iuh when they will be acted upon. J. TOWNES ROBERTSON, Chalrmau House Delegation. Contributed Pergonals. Mm. Lucy Thomson, Miss Florence Henry and Miss Annie Hill left on Monday for Charleston, where they will spend Gala week. Mrs. Eugene Gary and children are spending this we*k In Charleston. "Blind Tom" is expected in town Saturday night, when he will give a concert. The proceeds of which will be partly given in assist In paying for the Instruments or the new bund. Mr. Tustcn left on Monday for Monroe, La., where he will spend the winter with his son W fll tc r Miss Minnie Morrow, of Due West, is visitlug relatives in Abbeville. Mr. W. H. Hankie lefion Monday to SDend On la week In Charleston. Miss Kittle Porclier aud Mr. Sam Porcher arc visiting Mr. W. A. L*e's family this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Vance, and Mrs. Mamie Dorrah, of Bradley, were In the city lasi week shopping. Quite a number of ladles from Donalds were In town last Wednesday buying millinery, &c. Mr. Sam Seal Is home from Georgia, where he has been with the engineering corps of the G? C. tt N. R. R. Mrs. W. A. Lee and her daughter Miss Mamie are visiting relatives in Bordeaux. Homestead Notice. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ABBEVILLE COUNTY. Ex Parte Rindy Moore, Petitioner. In re the Estate of Thornton Moore, deceased. PeMIInn for Hompslporl. NOTICE Is hereby given to all persons concerned, tbut Rlndy Moore has applied to mo to have Lne Homestead exemption allowed by law set off to her In real estate and personal property of Thornton Moore, deceased. Dated October 2Gth, 1891, and pnbllsbcd once a week for lour weeks In the Abbeville Prets and Banner. J. C. KLUGH, Master. Oct. 28, 1891, 4t ON TUESDAY THE 17 DAY OF NOVEM; BiCR, 1891,1 will let the building of a bridge across Turkey Creek, n^ar Wade H. Robertson's, in Cokesbury Township. Specifications shown on day of letting. B. H. Armstrong, Co. Co. October 27,1891.3t. CANDIDATE For County Commissioner. The many friends of Mr. RANSOM CHANEY respectfully nominate him for County Commissioner to fill the unexpired term oi J. F. C. DuPre, resigned. ( DRY HIDES. i r\ r\r\r\ i-ns. wanted, tor which the highest prlccs will be paid in Cash. L. H. RUSSELL, l Oct.2K, 1S91. Abbeville. S.C. , IF YOU ARE GOING WEST: AND WANT LOW RATES I To Arkansas j Texas, Missouri, Colorado. Oreeon and Call- j lornia, or any point WEST or NORTHWEST ! IT WILL PAY YOU 1 To write to me. < FRED. B. BUSH, j I>. I*. A., I.. ?k Jf. B. H. . 42 Wall St.. Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 23, 18111. Um. I t Try shreded coooanut, a tine desert prepaia- J tion and so convenient for housekeepers, at Smith &Sons. ? Miss Ruth Granbpry, daughter of Bishop ^ Granbery, Aslilaud, Vn., died Sept. 2, 18'Jl, In 1 her t hirteenth year. I Mr. Frank Lafayette Townsend, Union, S. S C., died Oct. (J, 1891, aged 25. Mr. James C. Bell, formerly resident in Col- I umblu, died in Orangeburg, Oct. 17, 1891, aged t 68. COTTON SEED PRODUCTS. SEPARATING THE SEED FROM THE COT TON?COTTON SEED OIL. roitAii Sprd Cnke iintl its Viilne?Tbi 1,1 nt, Hulls, Sonp Stock mirt Olj erlne. (The Trodcsmau.) Previous to 1855, eotton setdhad Ji< commercial value whatever. Jtsbleagi nous character bad been recognized au< schemes suggested by which the oi could be removed from the seed; bu all of these proved wild chimerca projects,resulting in disaster aud lose The first practical attempt at extrac ting the oil from (he cotton seed wa made at Natchez in 1834. The gentle men who were in the enterprise! wer Cooper and Plummer of Georgia Fallet of Virginia, and Miller of Ken tucky. The machinery of this mil was of the rudest kind, the pressur necessary to extract the oil from th seed being obtaind by means of wedges The result was a disastrous failure, al those engaged in the enterprise beini ruined by it. In 1852 the matter was taken up ii New Orleans, Messrs. William Wilbu and FrederickGoode being the pioneer in the new movement. Their mil was a decided improvement on th Natchez one and succeeded in turn ing out a good character of crud oil which was afterwards clariflet and refined. The New Orleans mil also turned out oil cake for th first time and converted the refuse inc< soap. This enterprise, although ap parently well managed, was also un successful financially and those en gaged in it lost heavily. However, th experiment demonstated very clearl; that a good quality of oil could be ex tracted from the cotton seed, and th< industry was cultivated and encouraji ed from that time. In 1855, the man ufacture of cotton seed oil was lakei in hand by C'. W. Bradbury, and def Dite manv disadvantages. includim the lack of capital, was carried by hiii to financial success. Messrs. Paulii Martin, F. W. Fisk, Taul Aldig and A. A. Maginnis should also b mentioned as among the fathers of th cotton seed oil industry of the South having all operated, and successful!; too, in the manfacture of cotton seei oil before the war. That gigantic strug gle closed the New Orlean9mil)? for th very sufficient reason that there wa no seed to crush: but wJLttx-jgeaee the opened again. . : INCREASE OF MIT,LB, Since then, the industry has pro greased rapidly, as follows : I860, 7 mills in the country, 3 o them in New Orleans. 1870, 26 mills, 3 in New Orleans. 1880, 45 mills, 6 in New Oleans. In 1860, Louisiana turned out $250,00( of products, New York $76,500, Rhod< Island $118,000 and Tennessee $200,00( In 1870, New Oleans stood third it the list, Providence, Uhode Island yielding $500,000 of cotton seed oil pio ducts, Memphis $360,000 and Now Orleans $332,500. The total numbei of establishments then in existent* in this country was 26, employing 66-i hands, paying out $292,032 in wages, using $1,333,631 of materials and pro deduciug $2,205,010 of oil, cake, etc. In 1880 the number of mills andtheii products had increased to 45, with c capital of $3,862,300, 3,319 hands,$880, 836 paid in wages, $5,091,251 of ma* terial used and a production of $7,690; 921. The cotton seed oil industry hrmi more than trebled in ten years. By this time, 1880, the industry was on a sure and profitable basis; indeed, <? 1 ? L 11 lias never ueeu quite ua pruuiauie since. The business was not overdone tben. There were not too mauy mill* and a consequent contest over ?ed. The mills divided the South eqaila* bly among themselves aud got all tin seed they wanted at fair prices. Thev had no difficulty in disposing of theii product which was rapidly coming into favor as an adulterant tor olive oil and millions of gallons of it were shipped to France and Italy to be rechristened, and come back here as olive oil, worth twice the price it left our 9hores. During these earlier days the ofl mills coined money, and dividends of 25 and 40 per cent, were not uncommon. The iudustry was largely concentrated at certain points, New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Providence aud New York. It will be noted that a large perceutageof the Southern cotton seed crop was crushed and manufactured into oil cake, etc., in the North. From 1880 to the present day, the industry has been in a very exciting condition, with frequeut changes and fluctuations although always advancing aud improving. The mills continued to multiply until they became too numerous, eeed war followed and as high as $19 a ton was paid for seed, a price at which there was no possibility of profit, as it made the cost of converting the seed into oil $25 more than all the products would sell for. THE COTTON SEED OIL TRUST. The American Cotton Seed Oil Trust 1 11. . t! I I 1 !i I U-.l _ J. appeared m me new uuu il juutvcu m first as though that great corporation would swallow the industry just as the Standard Oil Trust began buying mills on/1 laff notrinrr fnp thpm ill ita own certificate until it bad secured fully two-thirds of the largest mills in the country, and practically controlled production. The trust, for a time, seemed to monopolize the business, but gradually several large rivals came into existence and began opposing and fighting it. The attempt to dictate prices, more- [ over, raised some antagonism among the farmers, and there was a disposition on the part of many of them to refuse to sell their seed at the current prices, and to bold on to it even if they lost by doing so. Of late, the American Oil Company, late American Cotton Seed Oil Trust controlled the field to the same extent as it did during the earlier days of the decade. The present farmers' movement in the South has encouraged the erection of numerous small and independent mills, crushing 20 or 30tons u day. These have sprung up in great numbers during the past eighteen months. The tendency seems to be towards the smaller milts, indeed, the talk is now of mills so small that every cotton ginnery can have one attached, and the planter find no difficulty in converting his own seed into ail. In this way the meal can be at jnce returned to the soil, and as it contains all the elements of fertility, the land will grow richer instead of becoming impoverished. If the cotton seed is taken from the soil and not returned ir if the land is not properly fertilized n some way, it will soon destroy its agricultural value. The seed takes ten ;imes as much nutriment from the soil is the lint or staple, and therefore imDoverishes it ten times as rapidly. This autriment however is wholly in cake tnd hulls, not in the oil. If, thereore the latter is extracted, and what emains is returned to the land it will lot only not impoverish it, butactually itrenthen and euricb it. The farmers, at first did not fully apireciate this. They found if they sold heir cotton seed, their land rapidly ??I? ?BhWi I Change D Our customers and the trading pu 1 the KNOX CORNER opposite our 1 pared to offer I hem a large and well a t l Dry Goods, Closing, Shoes, g and in fact everything needed on th e will offer at the lowest possible prict our aim is wot to buy the cheapest goo (is we can uuu. 1 As regards prices we only ask you t e fears but we can g t a share of your ti e j And Buying for Cash, with i ? Store Rent to Pay, no C< r and no Expensive 3 s 1 we can save you money in your pui e selling four times as many goods as w that the trading public have found ou e If you are not already one of our ci i tigate this matter before beginning ai I R. W. e detoriated and many of them refused y to sell on that account. Now that they . understand the matter better, the opb position to feeling has died away. In many parts of tne Southern cotton ^ - State:), the farmer sells his seed to the p 3 mills, gets back the meal, which he i- can return to the soil, making the land 5 more fertile each year. a . ?... c PRESENT COlTOITlbNS. f< p? Cotton seed oil had so generally sue pe rseded olive oil here <\pd elsewhere e that the Italian, and other goveruents t] '' where the cotton is produced, legisla% ted apainst it and attempted to drive it ? out of use as an adulterant or subtitute. " ?"In this, however, they only partially f< ? succeeded, or the Southern product, f, s which sold 40 cento a gallon, was y just as good and half as cheap as olive P x- oil at 40 cents. _____ at ail^cut tt off by this hostility, anew field was ^ found at home for the oil as a substi- .. f 'tute for kird. It has been seen at an 1 early day that for culinary purposes, retined cotton seed oil was as good as n< lard. It had been used as a substitute . for it in the South from the day that .. ^ it was first manufactured, and in Eng- . - land as well. The Italian, the Jew, in aud hundreds of other people object to tfa ' ? " -- _ il _*?_ 1.. " nog rat, anu use oiive or oiuer ous w jn ' frjr their food with. In cotton seed oil ' they get the same article much cheap- ce er, at 4 or 5 cents a pound. m ' The oil bad been in rise .for a. number hi of years both in this country and Eu- ^ rope as a substitute for lard when the . ' lard refiners of Chicago first thought of P1 utilizing it in their business. The at ; American hog did not produce enough m fat to supply the market with lard ev 1 and refiners had taken to throwing the heads, entrails and other refuse into ce the lard kettles in order to increase the th [ product". With lard at 11 and 12 cents a pound and cotton seed oil just as ev good or better, worth only 3 or 4 cents, the teuitation to use the latter product 811 1 was irresistible. Jtwas trieu ana me ?i so-called "refined lard" came into use. ki ' It gave a boom to the cotton seed oil ce business. Of the 800,000,000 pounds ' of lard now man ufaatoreclin this coun- A ' try 320,000,000 or 17 per cent is the so- sh , called pure lard. In the compound . lard," 70,000,000 pounds or 9,330,000 , gallons of cotton seed oil are used. The result has been to arouse move- tn ments against "the compound lard," vi and cotton seed itself on the part of foi Western farmers. It has shown itself in the Conger bill which passed the House and is now before the Senate, ua and which places aduty on compound tic lard si m ilar to that on oleomargarine, i utended to driVe it from the market. fQ Such has been the career of cottou . oil and other cotton seed products 'j1 since they were first manufactured, a m varied career with ups and downs. th Neutlments on Varlont Snbjects. th CO BY JOHN HEMMENWAY. ?j<J 1. He who would not "speak unadvis- tu etlly" must pray much when in com- de pnny. sai 2. There is no ground safe to lire on but praying ground. 3. There is no ground safe to die on but praying ground. ^ 4. If we would, as Christians, live careful lives, we must live prayerful lives. ip| 5. The Christian in this world needs humility more than joy. e\;< 6. Never step or look outside of na love. * tui tn 7. "The righteous shall be in ever- ^ lasting remembrance." "They, being dead, yet speak." Tbey have a blessed and powerful influence for good, on all who keep tnem reverently iu re- 01j membrance. We should be thankful e that the Christians coutinue to do good as long as they are held in re- * membrance. , 0 I tur 8. Stop and ask yourself, when you j are about to take up a book or a P?- ter per to read, "will this bo?5k, will this j yCJ paper be likely to do me"as much good; ^n) to read, for ten minutes qr more, as the I rj? time spent in prayer would? jp^ The Christian religion is, not onlyjder a religion of kind words and good i tha deeds, but also a religion of_ daily jdai prayer, and especially -o^^ily-secret I hin prayer, and much of ejaculTTtofy prayer, j ha\ We should never forget that we are j not self-existent nor self life-support- j injE, and those facts should teach llsiQ0t humility, and a profound reverence auJ.1 and great thankfulness to God as our ^nc Creator and our continual Preserver. ^ It is the great duty of our lives to gav< rejoice, to exercise ourselves always, to! los I have a conscience void of offence both j Scri toward God and toward man. How blessed it is to live always in j lg^' patience, meekness, gentleness, thank- j Mr fulness, and in love running through ! 8, i?t all. j Ke ! ty, <J Christians who have lost dear friends oe ?a wife, or husband, a son, a daughter, a mother, a father, a brother, a Mr sister, are "chosen" by their Heavenly h. c Father in the "furnace of affliction." % of Base V -... blic will find us from tills date io late quarter*, where we are presorted stock of Hats, Hardware, km, 7 e farm or iu the home, which we e consistent with good quality, as goods we can find, but the 'best 0 price our goods, and we have no rade, Small Expenses, no Palace angresBional Salaries, labits to Gratify, rehasep. and the fact that w# are e did six years ago is strong proof t some advantage in tradiDg n6re. iistomers it will pay you to lilVesnother year. CANNON. Foreknowledge?Destiny. The following question by an Inuirer and the answer thereto by the fashville Advocate appear* in that aper of recent date. Question: If God foreknows the destiny of a reature, must he or must be not have >re-ordained it to be what It is? The Answer: Of course not. I know many tiings that will happen to-morrow, ' ay knowledge of them has no inuece in bringing them to pass. Goi >reknows all those that of their own ree-will will accept of the salvation rovlded for tbemln tbeatonensent "og^ ^ lis foreknowledge he fore-ordahja ' lem to eternal hfe.In the ordeir^P? tought, their faith in Christ copies rat, tbe foreknowledge of thi* f&titsxt, and the fore-ordination last. Of course the knowledge of thfegfr lat will happen to-morrow [asstrrog that knowledge can go before the 12nrva noma fa noaal Ko i na InHnAHAA iiugo vviu^ iu paooj udo uu IUUUVIIVU i bringing them to pare. But how rtain foreknowledge of things that ay "happen" in the future is too ird to be understood. If it is cerinly known to-day what will take ace to-morrow there is uo "happen" tout it, for the things foreknown ust certainly be unalterably fixed, en as a straight upright poet Is nessary to taake a straight shadow on ie ground. There cau be no contingency of an ent which is certainly foreknown ^ ich event must be fixed?ordsfaed. an event be contingent the forelowledgeof that event most of nessity be correspondingly contingent, crooked post cannot make a straight iadow. If God foreknew or foreknows all { at will be saved be foreknows all at will be lost, and if, as the NasbUe editor has it, he fore-ordained the 1 rmer "to eternal life" he must foretow and fore-ordain the latter to eter 1 death. If ibte ts not fore-ordfoa >n or "predestination" what tS'H? But the Nashville editor, holds that reknowledge has nolltifig to do?"no fluence"?in bringing to pass the ings or "the destiny of a creature" .. us foreknown. As already stated is is true, but it remains also true at certainty of foreknowledge can nsistonly with certainty of event* tat event?"the destiny of a creare"?must be fixed, ordained or pre- , aimed by some competent power t d event be certainly foreknown. Whence that power? There was a oe in the eternity past when there is no creature. God in aud of himf was alone. Hence the knowlge and the power by which "the stiny of a creature" is or was or ined must have come* from God le intervening of the "creatures' >ral agency and the contingency o euts in no wise aflect the fore-orditiou or predestination of a "crea ea" destiny, if such destiny is foreown. iVhat is it to know? To know is a >ntal cognition of a ]>erson, place or ng. In this sense with the prefix e? foreknow?we understand the lor of the Nashyille Advocate to > the term, that is to say, God, at ) beginning, had a mental cognin of the destiuy of his human creaes. .'here is another meaning which the m Jbiow bears in many places of the iptures?to favor or approve. "God aweth (approveth) the way of the hteous." "it never knew (apived) you." In this sense we unstaud the forekuowledge of God, t is, l>e fore-approved, fore-orned, "that whosoever believeth in :i (the Soti) should not perish, bu re everlasting life." Or, "Whosor shall call upon the name of the d shall be saved." It is thue that understand the foreknowledge of 1. And thus God is not made the hor of sin, To say that he "fore>ws" (as the Nashville editor uses term) who and how many will be ed and who and how many will be t is lo aftiim what we believe the Iptures do not teach. \ Henry R. Oliver, Columbia, tiled Oct. 13, j. Adam Team, Sumter county, died Oct. v. H. C. Smart, (Baptist), Abbeville counted Oct. 5, i?l)l. n. W. H. F. Lee, second sod of Gen. R. E. Fairfax county. Va? died October 15,1891, 154. s. Alice I. Chamberlain, wife of Hon. D. hamberlalu, died lu Mew York cllv.sept. 91, aited 45.