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The Press and Banner. , ;> till BY HUGH WILSON. du Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1891. [J1( | : Twelve Pages. (Delayed Paper. fl" ; Our supply of paper for this week's issue " i . has failed to wine, and we are compelled to al do the best we can. 1 The story will be continued next week. ,lc t when we will publish the chapter which we pi should have published this week. The delay of freight Is something over which we have little control, and hence we rei Ev crave the indulgence of our readers. ?*' m m ? * rei Advice About Selling Cotton. wl I Occasionally we hear of people giving ad- ba I vice about selling or holding cotton, upon lai which we would remark : J If there is one thing under the sun of tai which tho wisest men on earth, Including lai ?4 country editors, know nothing, it is tlie fu- rl( K-\ ture price of cotton. l'fl The advii-e of a driveling idiot is just as good, and just as trustworthy as the advise *>e oi even un Alliance lecturer?and the advise of neither Is worth a cent. While we would not advise any one on this j Y. subject, it seems to us that each individual had better follow the dictates ol his own tfl| Judgment? if his circumstances will permit. Tbegreat trouble with the producer Is, that rel he always expects the crop which he has for sp( sale to rise iu price, while the history of the e(j past would prove tli.it it soes down as often as It goes up. The recor.l of the past would also prove that it nevere> up that it does J not come dowD, and it is a f.x t that it litis gone down at least once tb;it it has not risen. Many farmers held their cotton last year, and all who did so lost a consideiable pet cent, on their crop.J A few of our fellow-citizens have set in to bold their cotton, and if the price does not 'i go up, they, too, will loss heavily. " ' n i Cotton Seed Meal autl Hulls. Cotton seed meal Is a richer and stronger KJJ food than corn meal, and the hulls are equa ( In value to corn fodder. fat Cotton seed meal is worth one cent a pound ?aorn meal is worth nearly double that price. '|a. Com /odder Is worm s?a tou?cuhuu oecu ? balls are worm S2.50 a ton. lu^' And yet the farmers, as if to depreciate ?R their own products, refuse to buy cotton teed tbi meal and cotton seed hulls. ^ The mills are actually dependent on the Cr< Western stock raiser as a purchaser of these yei most valuable foods. But a poor, blind prejudiced creature, with "o barely enough intelligence togo to mill,looks cr< with contempt ou the very product of his own farm, and he longingly looks for the Western yo mule or the Western bog that has in fact been V fattened on the very product for which he has jjJJ ? . such contempt. inIf there is a farmer In Abbeville county, spi who has not tried the experiment of feeding cottonseed mealaud hulls to his stock, and iai Is willing to give them n fair trial, let hitn tr<: come to the oil mill for samples, and the mill will give the samples. * sei V. m m m pr, A Mall Contract for the S. *fc X. co< The Charleston, Sumter and Northern Road have at last succeeded in securing the eonfor PArrviuu mail over their line. The ri(, contract will go into effect in about a month. j/?, General Manager Averilt is to be congrulu- ; la ted upon h is success in his rcceut contest oi'[ with the railway mall service authorities in . Washington.?News and Courier. And now this people would like to have the mail carried over the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Road. The trains on this road have been runrtlng to Abbeville lor a year, and yet we get no mail on it. i>? Many of our people are looking to the kind' ly offices of Congressman Johnstone In oui behalf. We bopo that the Postmaster Genera) is not punishing this people because of any vj| personal dislike to the people of Athens, who da, were at one time incensed against him bei cause of some official act. The people along the line of that road are entitled to consideration,and we trust that Mr. Wanamaker may grant our petition for a mull over the U., C. 4 X. The ?w Schedule. The News and Courier, the Greenville News and the Laurensviile Herald do not like the "cannon ball" schedule from Columbia to Greenville. Weeau see very well why Inconvenient mail iKcilitles should displease the brethren, but v> Have so Ions; suffered from it that we think is our time to be accommodated. Wc i (! that the new schedule inay be p- ..i ranged to suit the brethren, but we eam stlv protest against any change- for their 'oenvlit which may Involve thediscontlnurnce of a schedule which answers the wants of this people so well. Now, we get the Columbia papers before twelve o'clock, together with other mail matter. We can now fcave Abbeville at 5.15 in the evening and reach Columbia the same night. As the trainsare now run they couldn't suit us better. We now have the best accommodation we ever had. ' We want Captain Dodson to sliek to that hi schedule as far as all this country is concern- fr? ed. The Abbeville papers can leave here sev- av eral hours earlier than ever before, and pas- pri sengers have better accommodations. wj Just sou stick to that schedule, Captain ^ Dodson. It suits us to a T. I to ? mm ? m - ' | ev re To Brother Country Printers. m The Press and Banner expects to print the Governor's Message, and if we can do so, a 1 brief synopsis of the reports of the heads of j'1 departments will be added, tut of this latter bi we make no pledge. < Orders will he recorded as they are received, ^ and every effort will be made to accommo- th date any who may place an order. ti< Price, forty cents per hundred for orders of 800 or less. For all over 800, thirty-live cents th per hundred. !. It might be that an order for enough to supply subscribers in the County would pay Co you- . Whatever space the message and the sy nop- Jj" sis may lack of filling two pages of a six or to seveu column paper will be filled with other matter. ^ FUNERIAL, M Dissolving Views of Our Xoble Order. The Alliance has done much good, and but n,| little h.irm. When it has served its purpose , 1 It will puss away, and its brier existence will 10 till an Interesting chapter in the political history of some of the States. It did not rise to the position of a National party, although in the backwoods counties Its members were told that the Alliance had a sufficient hold on the country to be a factor in National politics. The Alliance stores in various towns are , said to be of advantage to the people. Much was claimed for the various ex- J*" changes and buying agencies, but we hear *\s little of them now. , Reduced to the last analysis, every man must work out his own fortune. No law and no Legislation will effect the . price of cotton, or put corn in our cribs. No law con put money in our pockets or endow us with lands and houses. We must earn our bread and win our fortunes "by the sweat of our brow." He who economizes his time and money, A< he who dally applies his energies to the pros- j ecutlon of his life-work, and constantly seeks to spend less than tie makes will prosper, but 1 he who wastes one-third of his time, and n>< spends his money with a.lavish hand, or con- at tracts debts in a reckless manner will always *? have his nose to tiie grindstone. Pe N We have Just received a large stock of rubber tlx goods, and it will pay you to see us during ;spi wet weather. C. P. Hammond & Co. j tin * foi&ffiiiiiM'ri niV'rf ...j. ITU ?tOUCPB B5BBBBB3 Renters. ce Is beginning to look after the Interest of. 3 land renter. The Barnwell Sentinel says : l.j 'Are the Alliance people going to remain j mb to the enormous charges nmdo tor land i nt in this and other counties of the rstaie? icir poorer members are Hie sutlerer*. This I a new song Just out, ami very difficult lorl a namby pmnby to sing." !' t seems that the renter pays a higher proilt |' the land which he works than can be had 1 money invested In anything else. A j bin and thirty or forty acres generally rents r two bales of cotton, and even at. this low ice. lie pays about ?>?0 rent. That is interest ten per eent. (the bunk rate) on S(!00. The erage land is worth only from >4 to an re. Vs the leaders in the Alliance are supposed j be either land-leasers or office-seekers, we esume that this wail of the Barnwell landtiter will scarcely be beard very far from his rn home. rtie owners ot farms make very little at , uting their lands at two bales to the horse, I ilie it is hard to pay iln? rent,and the two les is not too much for the owner of the id to receive. {ut the Barnwell Sentinel ought not to agile any such question. The Interest of the id-owner and the land-renter being diamet ally opposed, the agitaU^n of such ques- J ills will brim: dissatisfaction in the ranks of |, ur noble order." where every thing should > harmony. I ftail Thins. t has now turned out Unit there was really ob put upon the State in the McKail mat at Barnwell In which it was attempted to a wrong to the Stute in the arrest or suinlerof t lie prisoner. Sometimes an editor . aks too quick,and without a lull knowl?e of the lacts, as we did in this. FT ART) TIMES COME AGAIN." f . i II ttle Cnah ? Plenty of Corn ? Some e Small Grain?How n Grout Saying J in the Keeping of' Stock May be li Ktreeted. j! "he people of Abbeville county have never e ;n a time when utoney was scarcer than it o ut present. t rtie business men in the towns are having a si lit trade, ami many farmers are hard press- t to settle even their bunk notes, while a k ;ut multitude can not pay their liens and >rtganes. )uegood thing anent the hard times is the :t that hundreds of our.farmers have an undunce of corn to answer every demand, d many are sowing small gr;.h>. The rain it Tuesday put the ground in line condition plowing, and many improved the oppor- < nity. iVnue there will no doubt be a great draft the money lenders for any surplus cash ?y may have, yet It Is true that to make the c xt crop will not require half the outlay 1 lirh whs m-epssjirv 10 nroduce the nresent il >p. Our people made aimost n<* corn 4ast nr, but every man who tried made a crop i > is year, and now has a full barn. 1 )ur people usually have grain years aud : tl' years" in grain. Having made a good \ ip this year, and the existing low price ol Hon should warn them against Hie former \ Hey bf growing gruin ouiy every other c ir. s Vhile Pon>e may excuse themselves from c ivlng small grain because of the lateness of i season let no man forget that the winter I ezes do not half as often kill oats, as do the I "inf; drouths. The dry weutber in the q ring is much more fatal to small grain than s j winter freezes, and the failure to plant up- c id corn early in the 8Pr''!K's niostdisas- v his to the prosperity of the farmer. t; mother relief lor nard times lies in the fact r it stock may be very cheaply fed on cotton d meal and hulls. It has been demon-|e ated beyond the shadow of a doubt thai the | s tcess of running through the oil mill?tlie | >king and the grinding of the seed?reives all deldlerlous matter and prepari-s the ;al and hulls for making the best and most lolcsnnie food for mules and cattle. Expeiice has proven that this food, while the <t, Is also the cheapest. ind so pi-ople who live within reach of the mills should immediately secure all the d they need lor the winter. d f THANKSGIVING DAY. ! - |r 'btors are Allowed a Surcease from j Tronble?Men of all Brani*hcN of Biisiiiesw to Have a J):iy"s Kent. Ve, the undersigned merchants ot Abbele. agree toclosfonr stores ThanksgU ing I / > , 2Gtli November. White Brothers. W. Joel Smith & Hons, P. Rosenberg & Co., II. M Hill. ' J \\*. T. Penney. National Hunk. , J (.'. P. Ilarcmoml & Co., s H. \V. Lawson & Co., * 1 J. (JKdwaids, j i! It. M. Hiidilon A Co., I 'J A. M. Hill & Sons, > Farmers Hank, s T. P. Qnarles, J. R. A)Inter. Jr., > i TIioh. Thomson. \ (). P. Heath & Co.. f Heath Cotton Co., a C. T. Chalmers, <J. H. Moore. \ It. W. Cannon, I King Hrothers, si G. A. Ponglhss. it ( J. W. Milford. K. A. TempMon, It \V. K. Stelts. 11 K. M. Butler. T. L. Pouulass, t F. C. Perry. 11 ! I MAILS NEEDED. \) ' i ie >'?>\VNi>?|?or OSIEcch Compelled to J Pay lixprcss Cliai'^cs on Their I*n- I ners. j" \s evidence of the lmpoitance?of a mail \ lite over 'lie G., C. & N. we mierht mention I c at the Atlanta Journal pays expn-ssatre or i Ight on its paper to this and oilier points j ? dia ttixt road. J riu'i Press unit Banner lias been and still ex- j essus over this road the packages for Green>od, Coronaca, (Quarry, and other placcs I'He importance of early mails is best at test.by the subscription which this town gives the Atlanta Journal. The Journal is an eniinr paper, and the G.. C. ?!c N. until very L-ently brought it hero by nine o'clock next! ornintr. The (J. & G. didn't bring any mail I . itII four o'clock, and hence the Journal has j irly-iour daily subscribers in Abbeville. I5ut the?."cannon ball," to which the News id Ci uiier, the Greenville News, and tlie } ] mrensville Herald objects so lustily, now j, Ings the Columbia papers at 11..% o'clock. j, MI1U HIV CIIHIIBV VI nunruuiuuil lliU V?M l> I j, , throws llie Journal back to ton o'clock? ' ily about mi hour and a half earlier than e morning papers of that da}'. We men?u the fact that at least two newspapers arc lying ex pressure over a road that should rry the mails, to show that the people and e newspapers really want the mail over the . C. & Is. If the Journal had not paid the pense of bringing the paper to Abbeville id other points on the line, that newspaper uld not nave gotteu a single subscriber 1 ong the line of that road. The subscribers the Press and Banner had n ri?ht to expect. 1 l early delivery, and hence we are subjected , the expense of sending our paper out by I :press. |, rnmm 9 STILL BETTER, < ore Malls and >Ioro Cannon Kails Tor Abbeville. I'he new schedule on the C. ?fc G. gives us I 1 i additional mail, so that we now receive < id send otl' tour mails every day, as lbl- i ws: Leave a.m. Arrive 11:10 a. m. Leave 11:20 a. in. , Arrive 1:<mi p. m. \ Leave 2:.'K) p. in. I Arrive !:<?< p. in. Leave .1:15 p. m. Arrive 6:1 j p. m. riie mail closes half an hour before the derture of each mail, and the mail is opened soon as it can be distributed after its arral. Let Capt. Dodsou freeze to ^lie present 1 liedule.canrTon ball, and all. THE G,. C, AND N. dive Exertions for its Early Com* \ l>lction. Director L. W. Perrln attended the annual t j ieting of the stockholders of the C. & N.! t Atbenrflast week. Mr. Uobinson and oth-1 s dignitaries of the road were there. Mr.L rriu report.1? Mr. Robinson as exceedingly 11 xious to finish ilie road to Atlanta, aiid he I v il exert every energy ill completing it at b earliest day p"ssible. The track N in I, lendld condition as far as It Is finished, and i t e e<lulpmonts ol the road aro tlrst class. j \ 4 THE COTTON TRADE, !]]() - * ... . rlie Amount 01 romm ?mmn mm | S?l?l at Abheville. I _j shi i'm knts. ilal.es. lsss IKMI 1 Situ 18011 September ;i-i "s 174"! ICIOIrt --17 iW > '25 Total 'i.oOU 55S1 1,10s 5.S11 SHIPPED SINCE I.AST REPORT. Il Over G., V. iV N ">7Si bale*. Over C. &G XR) bales. n,? I ouo For tlie week "IS bales. lt.|C T< >TA I. SI 11 I'M KNT. t a* Over G., ('. A- N 4,237 bales. ins: over C. it- G U.2SI bales. T por Total 7,")20 bales. curl pro (JINNKD AT A1USKVII.I.E. els Llic I'p to the close ol business on Inst .Monday ttl(J liKlil the total nutiiberol' bales ginned at Ab- jec, jeville during the season whs : j j< At the Oil Mill Ginnery 1,017 bales. Ian At the Knterprise Ginnery.. !i'i() bales. ado At the K. C. Wilson Ginnery 7!i'J bales. voi ' em; Total 2,790 bales. sun Ayaiust a total last year of...8,:{71 bales. suii cou It looks like the bulk of the crop has been km nai ketcd. aud the ginneries are idle so much m|t hat they arc realizing very little profit by teepini; their machinery ready tor work, and [,uj ve hear it hinted that there is a proposition pHii or each to run two days in the week, and uia( ceep the machinery standing for four days. j( Phe work is now so light that It barely pays t.lie xpenses to keep a full set of hands all the Cou Inic. ati( There is some activity in the cotton seed iUt( narket. All the seed that are brought lire jn < eadily taken at lj cents by the dlfl'erent buy- pro xs,and the ulnneries, tn order toencourage Ac; tuslness in their special line, have agreed to \\ >ay Hi cents tor the seed from all coltou favi rbich ttiey gin. tlol OIL .MEAL AND JtfLI.S. 1 There is a greater demand at the oil mill for *1*1 neal and hulls than ever before. Even the f<)r nost prejudiced citizen Is beuinninsr to real- Fro ze the tact that cotton seed meal and hulls is we he best tood for stock that can be had. It is tL? 1> lot only the best, hut It is by lar. the cheap- A st. Hecause light has dawned on prejudiced ann tiinrls the orders at the oil mill for stock food the .re uprecedented. Hundreds o! persons are l)r" nj ing in their stock food. Cotton seed meal ^ s the strongest and richest food that can be aid, and it is sold at about half the price of and orn meal. It is especially adapted for stock ib>! if all kinds. The processor cooking seems cha o remove all the unwholesome or objection- wei ilile qualities, and mules, cattle, and ho^. Ji hrive on II better than on any other food cou ;nown in this market. Kcj rem sldi GETTING EEADY. J, , ren >nr Legislators Will Leave for Col- ber - - ? . I goo umblii acxl nonnay. the Our Legislators, and the clerks or attaches IJUI if tlie General Assembly are puttlna tlielr ^P' muses in order for their depurture next >lou- UV,. lay. We haven't any good advice to give the lr,V,' nemhers. Hut one thing should be done. 1 'tie act l>y which the towns along the (J.. C. A , : V. voted subscriptions lo that road should be r, alidated. """ At various places the (owns or townships "" oteda subscription in bonds for the building ", if the road. The road has been built, and a ' plcndld one it is, too, and the people should ''4r :oinply with their part of the baigain. Another mutter which demands attention ; V~ s tills: If the town of Abbeville Is lo be oreed or allowed to grant license to sell II- ' luor, at least tliree-fourths of that license u*ji bould bo paid into the tounty treasury, and inly one-fourth to the town treasury. It Is vrong to put any of it into the town treasury, nit if we can net the Legislature to do half r* ight, we will be satisfied. {,,, The sale of whiskey in Abbeville should be ' >il her prohibited outright, or else the people J?.,* hould have a vote on it. ' If a prohibitory law is conditioned on the ' Ul: vill of t he people, then some provision should J: : ie made for its enforcement, if the people ote lor it. The idea of expecting the temper- ^ nice people to assume the dirty work of vol tntary inlortners should not be entertained J.** or a moment. Let a paid officer be appoint(I. He can enforce urohibitlon. Let the Legislature consider the propriety of Itscoutiniilng the county poor houses, anil In J,1, heir stead. I lie establishment of a Stale 1 usti- ,p' ulion. Either make the poor house a stale nsiltuilon, or else give us county penitent!a- " les and county lunatic asylums. Let the "jr ule be uniform. sec THE RIDING GALLERY. s qui ? blu khbevitle 13ns a \c? Industry for Itie Amusement of Hie <'liil(lrcn \\ mxl for the I'rolil of (he Stockholders. 1'r. Messrs, J. S. Hammond, T. L. Douglass and M. MrCior.-y have bought u Hying jenny, ,. leant engine, dummy horses, pain leu chai- . ' ois, and genuine wooden negro to run the orau, wliil" the children go flying around. ^ .-lie outtii Is on the J)endy lot. where the . chool children and the townsfolk may have onto fun during Ihe play time. The outfit serins to he a splendid one, and a every way prepared for ihe purpose for vhIch it is intended, some estimate may be ormed of It, when westato that it weighs 2-3,- ?, nil pounds, and cost$2,.W>. u Tnere seems to be a fascination about It. ' tVlien u child begins to ride, lie or she never ires of the sport, and they never stop, except is a matter of economy, or because it is e.\lensive. .... The machine runs for five minutes at a v line, and Is supposed to run a mile In thai , line. The price of a single ride Is live cents. . ' We have had nothing lu town for a long line Unit, has attracted larger crowds. While ,, he machinery was being set up, hundreds ooked on, and all seemed anxious for the fun : * o begin. Mi. James Hill was one of ihe chief men In aittlng it up. Mr. J. M. McCrorey, Mr. It. >1. ' Irooks, Mr. J. S. Hammond and others ac iveiy a ss i si ft i in pumng tilings 10 rig i: is, vlifl*: t lie lookers-on went into a committee of *" y" ,lte whole as ari advisory boaril. f'vj The little hoys and girls were in a great glee, md constantly expected the thing to start. *^ Like our other industrial enterprises, a ' ! vhlstle is attached to the engine, anil 1 ike the tngmeers at the other engines, when he has , lothing else to do, he blows it. It is a very H, ;ood whistle. Tlie engine is a coal hurrer A ind a water boiler, on wheels. Sam Ag'now . tandles the throttle. ^ v _ _ m i m ? era oni THE STATE FAIR, J, T A IbbevHIe I>i?l Kot Talte a Conspleuous l*art. Ilo In glancing over the premium list, the fol- J[Vi'| owing Abbeville names caught our eye,as .. aking premiums. Abbeville was not fully ' epresented. We had cliielly llowers, horses, ind cattle: 1 MACItl.NKUY. H?' Major John Alexander, various premiums Wl1 hi various machines. j lfojwis. "J.11 <>i . One year old, .1. M. Itaysor. first. cor One year old stallion, 11. M. Itaysor, second, sari South Carolina stallion, three years old, W. sell rl. Frazier. '1. Harness mules. South Carolina raised, first Mil ma only premium, W. 11. Frazier. Ivii Single harness mules, South Carolina raised, lirsi LV. H. Frazier, llrst. ele< South Carolina raised mule, one year old, am W. 11. Frazier, lirst. Tru 3. ('IIKVSANT1IKMUMS. Fifty varieties, three of each, Mrs. G. \V. L'onnor, Cokesbury, second. ?Vr Twelve Japanese?Mrs. Frank Connor, first. "j*1 Six Chinese?Mrs. Frank Connor, second. "ll Six 1'ompons?Mrs. Frank Conor, lirst. Al' Best design of chrysanthemums alone?Mrs.' '* IVm. J. Kirk,exhibited a United States coat j"' ' ?f arms, showing great originality and las to. i 'yi t von the llrst premium. I }"'r 1 hui CA'ITI.K. Ing J. I). McKlnard?$15? Devon hull, three y"{ rears old, second premium ; two years, llrst; j t,)r. hrcc j eats, llrst. j-., v, KMltKOIDKKV. j l?r( Knibroldered gown In linen, MJss F. Field. ' pro _ p OYSTER SUPPER, . line (j. [,cl vim All Knt Bivalves for (tic Hene- "^r* lit <>l' I he Church and lor Our t><>n Stomach'* Sake. hj j The Willing Workers, the zealous Christian yea voinen of the l'resbyteriau church will dis- upt) ?ense oysters at the New Hotel next Friday SL.|J( light, the profits arising therefrom to go to S!,i( he advancement, of church work. Let every mo go. The ladles are no respecters oi per- | 7, ons when it comes to serving oysters. They ! est, ire as ready to sell to the unregenerate iisi^ue hey are willing to furnish the sanctified j t,,r villi a splenijid stew. 0U1, Bachelors and Benedicts, maidens and1 ,IIU1 natrons,"can help the gospel work by eating nm( furly and often of the luscious oysters which j (i,e vlll be offered that eveulng. RING WITH A BIG AUGUR-|g jii s! 8 SEVILLE TO HAVE BIG SCHOOL' p HOUSES. * t V Mooting of Cilizrns FoVniulatr a J IMim?Full Text of tlie Hill. la ) pursuance of a call from Mr. W. A.Tern- y Lou, chairman oJ' a former meet 1 nu of clt- j is. h public nieciin!! was held in tlie Court . use lust Monday night to couslder the i stion of making Abbeville a school dis- ? t and conferring certain authority to. levy Q OK. r. Templeton was chairman of the meet- ? and Mr. J. F. Miller was secretary. he action taken last night may be an lm- > (ant one in the history of the town. It . talnly bored with a big augur, and the spect Is they will bore deep Into the pock- s of the people, but as was said that night, jabseuce of our lellow-eltizeiis implies l ir consent to the carrying out of the ob- J: s of this meeting. his newspaper believes that ?12,(XX) is a icrsum than is necessary, but the meeting pted that sum witli only two dissenting ^ ces. In our humble judgment, the Acad- \ y lot might be bought for a reasonable _ n, say ^l.ci'Jt). White that building is not table, yet with a few hundred dollars it Id he repaired. As the builders of Erse College will utilize their old building, so J ;ht we utilize our old Academy building, lit) or SJ,000 or, at most, SltyHJU expended In Idlng a new house in Hon! of, and lureling, the old building would give us a .' jjnllicent. structure. v i order to lessen the burden of bonds, 3 re is no earthly reason why the town , ncil should'iioi. make a liberal appropri>n out of the funds which aiinuaiiy come r j their bauds from taxation, licenses, etc. . >ur opinion the town council might apprlate enougli money any year|to buy the idemy lot. , re are In favor of the school, and we are In or of a suitable or necessary appropriai, but it seems that the Interest on Si2,(XX) >onds, and two mills lor the pay of teach- ( Is pretty steep. v lie people of Abbeville have been anxious a long Lime to get the town bonded, in the present sentiment, of our people, A think thai they will be accommodated i time. bbeviile needs a school, and while the ?uni. seems excessive, vet we believe that people will vote for auythlng which nilses a good school. ui lei us go back to the meeting: v lic-re were no speeches on this occasion, I no auditor had reason 10 complain on t < account. lJut there was a nee Inter- c nge of opinion as the different sections e read. a jdge Lyon, on behalf of the committee, ?| )posed ot hnuself.Senator Hemphill, anu | jreseniatives .1. T. llotiertson F. li. Gary, i d the report us a whole. lion moilou, It was determined to con- b sr the report, section by section. s he first section was adopted with but'Iltlle ;ussiou. e he number of school irustees excited some g lark, une citizen suggested thai themiinbe seven, another suggested nine as a c d number, and Mill another proposed, as t re was so much work to do, to make the c nber twelve. This proposition mel with | lositioii, and the meeiing dually settled c k'u on nine as the number. t lie third section went through without Jble. s he fourth section which settled the \ ount of uonds to be issued brought several ? heir feet. It was proposed to make the \ II Sl*J,OuO. Objection was made to the ount, and SIO.UUU was suggested as enough, r I possibly $8,000 would do. Another uglit the less ihe debt the better would be t credit. On putting the question as to \ ether the amount should be Sli.Out) nearly i rybody voted aye, and when the nays re called for, iwo Were heard. The cnaii- r n said that it appeared to him that the t is hud it. The nays concurred In that t nlon, and admitted t'Jat they hu<< been iwed under. The blaiyt Jur the umounlof c erest which Ihe bonus should bear next t ie up for discussion. It w.is proposed to c ke thul figure "seven." That seemed a c le steep lo sdtne of those present, bui olhconieuded thai seven was the right tlgure. r i leading advocate of this llgure knocked i all opposition in a lew remarks: These j ids were lo stand lor a long lime; guar- i ns were held accountable at the rale of t en per cent for ail tunds in their hands; it t otuer ligure was inserted this class of inters would be debarred. One citizen f uglil seven per cent, tor thirty years \ Did make a heavy debt. .Seven was the > ire agreed upon without further opposil, ana the section was adopted without r mgu. I he filth section as it came from the com- t tee provided that the election should be t J "during tlie month of January." Afier le parleying, on motion, these words were c ekenout, aud Hie words "on the iourtli I :.sday of January'* were substituted. The t Lion was then adopted. lie sixth sectiou came up. On motion, the [ rotary as well as the Chairman was re- i red iosi>;n the bonds. The rilling oi the \ nk as to the period the bonds should run * next considered. Homebody proposed rty years, and 11 was ?o ordered. i'hen the seventh section came up, it was posed to impose on the town clerk the dui therein imposd on Hie Auditor aud . usurer. Objection was raised to this. Tlie ' inly Auditor and the County Treasurer ! e bonded ot/lcers, aud we could rely upon * m. Their election was not influenced by 1 il prejudice, and if the town clerk entered c >u these duties the fact would posbibly ome a disturbing lactor in our municipal . lions. The seciion was llieii adopted a& it ' ne from the hands of the committee, lie eighth section was discussed by several 1 zens. It provided no pay lor the Auditor 1 Treasurer, who should be paid for their 11 vices. Jt was llnally ainended'so as to uu- * >rize the trustees to pay these ollicers, a . >i which they might think just. he nlnih seclb n uives the school commis- ; icr the uraiid bounce, unci was passed 11 bout objection. I c lie tenth section exelted no remark, and 1 j adopted. strong tight was made to change section J ven so as io perpetuate tlie boaru oy mak- 1 the term of olliee three years- at first, let '-llilrd retire ut the enu of one year, one- !] nl ut the end of two yeurs, and the re- J Iniug third to bold over l??r three years. v d in turn when tbelr successors were electLhey each should serve three years, so that 1 ee should go out of olliee or be re-elected J ry year. This proposition was very gen- . Ily discussed aud had some adherents, but ? meeting finally rejected the proposition, , I the sense ol thai meeting was that the 1 board should go beiore the people every r lor their endorsement. lSut it seemed ' f tbls section had to be hammered, and " liey added authority for the iiourd to till 1 ancles which might occur in their own u ly for less than a year. . , was suggested that the bill did not pro- | e lor u custodian ot tiie lunds to be re- 1 red lor the bonds, but by general consent, ,as believed that Lite members of I lie Gen- |; 1 Assembly could cure all irregularities or r iss ons. he paper was read again as a whole and c pied. \ he meeting adjourned. inoiig those who took part In the disctisi uete: Judge Lyon, Hon, J. T. Hubert, G. A. Visauska, ('apt. John G. Edwards, ii. F. ii. Gary, A. \v. smith, It. W. Can- * i, i*. C. Cason. Ksq . Senator 11. It. Hemp- '. , Auditor \V. \V. Hradiey, Master J. C. , .? . VI' I.' I!..11 T-tnnrH VV11 mi in .1 X Hum- 1 ml. H lint our people may know the exact situa- | j, we append the full text of the bill, ? ieh was adopted : I That for the purpose ol" establishing and I iutuinliig public free schools in the town VUlievllie, the territory Included In the t porate limits of the said towu, be and the ? ie is hereby declared to be u separate ? (ml district. That W. A. Templeton, F. B. Gary, J. K. J ler,T. Hobt-riKixi. J. U. Edwards, J. C. c i?h, J. W. Sign, it. >\1. iiaddon, W. O. idley and their successors in office to be C ted under the provisions of this act, tie v I they are hereby constituted u Hoard of intees tor said school district. v That the Raid school district shall be >wn as the School District of the Town of Lieville, and sliall bo a body politic and 1 porate with such government, rights, priv- o ,'s and liabilities as provided tor school til.? f< :t by the school law of South Curolina. provfd March 22, A. I)., 1.S7S. 1 '1 hat the said school district of the town Vbhevllle is hereby pernilttcd and uuthor- ^ ;i to issue twelve thousand dollars ot seven !l cent, bonds ot the denomination of one dreu dollars for the purpose of puA:has- h lots and erecting one or more school ti Id I tigs in the town of Abbeville, l'ro ed. that a majority of the qualified elec- ti ; ot said school district voting shall be in or of issue, to be expressed in an election j h ie held lor that purpose. |a That the trustees of said school district | aj viucd lor in this net are hereby required ;iv?; three weeks notice by advertisement he newspapers at Abbeville, of such dec- " i, to he held on the fourth Tuesday of nary. A. 1).. 1S02, and they shall appoint managers, receive the returns und declare result ol said election. u( That the said school district of the town Vbhevllle is hereby declared to be n body parate for the purpose of issuing said ds, and when issued they shall be signed Hit* chairman and secretary of the Board trustees, shall run lor a period of thirty E rs, and tliev snail constitute a first llei>| n ail property bought, or erected for 11 doI purposes Iroin their proceeds. That / < I bonds shall not be taxable for Stale, f" ntyor municipal purposes. I si That for the purpose of paying the inter- si uii said bonds and the principal when j , it shall be the duty of the County Audi-j of the County of Abbeville or such other! eras may be charged with the assess-' it of taxes, to compute annually the tc Hint, necessary to be raised and to levy j same upon the real and personal property g V / 'V. * ^T 4 i paid school district, and Ihe amount so ;vied shall be collected by the County reasurer of tbe county of Abbeville and eld by him for the purpose of paying the lid interest, or principal If any be due, and hull be used for no other purpose whatever. 8. Thai, for the purpose of defraying the excuses of said school herein provided for. It hall be the duty of Ihe County Auditor upon he recommendation of the Board of Trusses, to assess upon the properly returned for iixation within the coiporate limits of said cliool district, an annual tax of not more linn two mills to be collected annuully for . period of Ave years by the County Trens irerof Abbeville county, which when eolected slmll bft paid us hereinafter directed, 'rovlded, that a majority of the qualified leciors of said school district voting shall be n favor of said lax, to be expressed bj ballot t. the election herein provided, for the Issue if bonds. !). That the trustees herein provided for hall have exclusive control of the free chools In said school district, and shall be nvested with all the powers of school trusces under the general school law, 10. All money assessed and collected for chool purposefi shall be paid out by the bounty Treasurer for salaries and other purloses upon the warrant of the chairman and ecretary of the Hoard of Trustees, and all chools lunds arising from the poll tax, the onstitutional school tax. and from any all it.ber public sources, applicable to said school llstrlct shall be paid out by the said Treasirer in like manner, and upon a llko war-ant. 11. That said Board of Trustees shall at the lose of each scholas^i: year make a full retort of all their trflpHctlous pertaining to he conduct of the school for the preceedlng ear, at a public meeting called for that pur>ose, when it shall be lawful for the legally inalllled electors and patrons of said school o elect a Board of 1 rustces for the ensuing ear: Provided, That the Board of Trustees lieren provided shall continue lu ofllce until the nd of the scholastic year In 1893. That the {oard of Trustees are empowered to fill vaancies in the said board less than one year. 12. That tills act shall be deemed a public ct and shall become of force Immediately ipon us approval. 3AN THIS BE ABBEVILLE? i .Splendid Railroad and a Xew Depot?A Safe Track and Fast Trains ? Efficient Oflicer.q and Good Friends on the C. A G. Capt. Dodson, Mr. Southgate and Mr. Card pell were in town one day last week. They were looking after Improvements in lieir road, and expect to give us as flnoacommodatlons as can be found anywhere. The new depot and the new baggage room re ticmfs, and will be ready for use in a few lays. Kvery convenience for the comfort oi itdies and other passengers who may be waltng for trains will be furnished. A regular stewardess will be employed to teep the waiting rooms in order and to anwer calls. The grounds around the office will be coverid with a sand or gravel that will make the urroundtngs as detiraole as possible. The track to the oil mill Is the main track ind no cars will be allowed to stand on tbh rack below the street crossing. The freight lars for the oil mill will be pushed up on thai mrt of the track which lies opposite to the til mill and above the sidewalk crossing oi h?' track. The turn table will be a new and improved trncture, located at the present site of the vater tank, and will be so complete in arrangement that one man may turn it vith a large engine aLd tender on it. The water tank will be niaae new, and very nuch enlarged. The cattleshute will boon the track leading o the turn table, and the old cattle shute vhtch is in the most Inaccessible place to be ia>l, will be a thing of tiie past. Hands are already cutting away the bank >n the side of the newi track to make a dllcli o carry off the water from the oil mill and all he laud on that side of the track. A dltcu will also be opened 011 the other side >f the railroad yard, along the sidewalk to he depot, so that the depot grounds may r?~ :ei VU I1U WUICI , KAKCyV lUIll nuii^tj imaj ami >n it. The remainder of the line, which Is not itl eady luld with steel rails, is to receive new ind splendid steel rails. The track Is to bf rat In first class order, and the schedule time s to be shortened. When the track has beer Inlshed, It will not be luferlor to any partol he main line. In Captain Dodson Abbeville has a good rletid, arid ir Mr. Southgate i.nd Mr. C'ardwell vlll only c me amongst us a little we will vln them over to us, too. Captain Dodson lived with lis for several noiiths, and since he has been on the C. <!t U ic has shown his friendship to us. while ai lie same time looKlng after the best interest.if his company. We want Mr. Southgnte and Mr. Curd well tc oine back with Capt. Dodson. We Icar noth ng, if we can only get an opportunity toculIvate them a little. If Captain IJoiison will give Abbeville the )resent, schedule for all time to come, the leathen may rage and the people Imagine a rain thing, so tar as Laurens Is concerned. Contributed locals. Ahbevim.e, S.C., Nov. 17. 1891. The flower gardens in Abbeville are perfectly beautliul. On every side you see rare lot house plants, and ever blooming roses In he gardens. The flue weather aud lresti dooming dowers remind us of the balmy lays of Spring. A run off on the R. .t 1J., and a knock ofl >11 the G., C. & N. last, Monday, somewhat lislurbed the equilibrium ot the trains, 'ortunately no passengers hurt, and very Mile damage done. The pussenger depot on the R. ?fc D. road is ibout finished, and we presume passengers ivli li I n i,u u*ii 11 < Did you see the total ecllp.-e or the inoon astSunday night? It was quite dark lor ometinie. but after the shallow passed ofl he sky was filled with heautiiul soli fleecy ilouds from behind which the moon shone orth In all her queenly beauty. .Mr. Jus. A. Hill has a curiosity in the shape if a musical instrument, made after tin* nodel ol one found in the ruins ol 1'ompei. Mr. T. G. Perrln makes u most efficient ecrefary in the Methodist Sunday School. Torn will stand in the front runk, uo matter vhereyou put him. The U., C. & N. tripped up M's cow last Satirday niorniDg,fortunately she was not kllld, although severely cut and brui>ed. NVe hink somebody should be responsible for uch uncalled lor accidcnts, lor with "ulr mikes" trains cut) now be stopped almost nstantly. Mr. W.T. Branch was the recipient last reek of a basket of the most beautiful cbrysinthenuims we ever saw. They were from ho garden of Airs. Hodges, of Cokesbary, nnl presented with her compliment*. Mrs. C'oouler and daughters now live with ler mother, Mrs. C. M. Wilson, In tbe Branch louse next to the Baptist church. We have as j et seen no 'Proclamation," mt "Thanksgiving Day" should soon be lerc. audit should not he forgotten, lor we ,s individuals, and ns a people have much to le thankful for. Let all business be sus>ended. imd all rejoice and be clad, and lift ip their hearts to l?od In grateful praise. Mr. T. C. Seal, wlio has been quite sick, is in his leetonee more. The last church Conference for this year irill be held in tlie Methodist ehurch next iunday, after morning services. Every memler is not only cordially invited, butexpected o be presentMr. tt. W. Cannon has opened the Alliance tore at Abbeville. No better mail could lave beeu selected, as he is a good financier ,nii a close buyer. Mr.,las. I.. McMil'llan has bought the Dougass cottage on Magazine Hill, and is tilting t np for a "fairy abode." Mr. James Lawsoti Is still confined to his mil. We trust, however, he will soon be lip lid at his place of business. Many friends I'lxh for his early recovery. Mrs. Marshall JCay and her sister Mrs. Geo. lorrali, of Mt. Carniel, were shopping in the Ity last Monday. Messrs. Wood el I and bowersfeldt, of the (J., <k N. It. It. Co., spent last Sunday in Abbeille, to the delight of many friends. The many friends of Mr. George W. Syfan fill be glad to know lie Is still Improving. Our venerable Iriend Mr. Moses Wlnstock s again on a visit, to relatives In Abbeville, le Is not only a most welcome, but an honred visitors to his tyany friends in this his inner home. bring your turkeys to towu In time for 'hanksgi vln;r Day. The Merry-go-round is taking the day In itibeville, and our young people are having jolly time. "Go it while you're young." Mrs. Marion Link, of Long Cane, was visltlg relatives in Abbeville last week, but retimed home yesterday. Air. Robert Link Is .sulleriug from an atnek ol rheumatism. Mr. J. C. Mllk r Is oil' this week pushing the itere.stsol the old reliable Manhatta Insurnce Company. He is an act! ve and reliable gent. M. ? ? Icftinx of Survivors Asso<'iatioii ol Abbeville County. The Survivors Assodiation of Abbeville lunly Is called to meet In the Court House LII o'clock on Saleday in December. We hope lor a large atlendonce. 3t W. M. Grler, President. ? Card of Tliauks. dltor Press and banner: Allow me space in your columns to express le thank" ot myself and family to the cltimis of Abbeville and surrounding country, r the many acts of kindness during the ckness In my family, and for theexpresniis of sympathy in our great alHiction. Nov. 2,1SU1. Thos. L. Moore. A new line of geuts hats at E. A. Tcmple111's. P. Rosenberg & Co. have the bjst Winte iinnels, and the cheapest overcoats. - ' , ''v'- y? INTERESTING LETTER. - <] Crrdllablo Kltowlii^ by County Commissioner lluPrr. jy We are Indebted to Mr, Dr.Pre fi?f the fo'. lowing statement in reference to the County Finances, and the workings of the ollice of the County Commissioners. ^ We thoroughly concur with Mr. DuPre In the opinion that It Is economy to build good bridges?bridges which will stand for the longest time. The comparative statement of the tax levy, under the extraordinary expenditures, must be most gratifying to every public spirited citizen, as well as to those who have to bear the burdens. a Wo thank the G'ommfssloner for his en- g dorsement of the proposition to have a State a poor house. ? The 6nggestion about the public roads may be a good one, but we prefer to have the roads r re-surveyed and laid out anew, aud then to J have them worked In the old way. I But. Mr. DuPre's figures are more Interest- t ing than any suggestion which we might J make: a COUNTY FINANCES ? EXPENDITURES 1890-81. | For roads and bridges, Including back claims 513,888 24 < For post mortems 473 38 E For Board of Equalization 10") 0? For Coroner 241 50 < For Lunacy, except transportation.... 1S3 00 < l?'or Books and Stationery 33161 < For Poor House and Poor 1,780 68 ] For Trial Justice salaries 1,' 27 77 I For Sheriff, including lunatic transportation 2,187 37 I For Constables salaries S64 87 < For County Commissioners and Clerk 1,405,46 ' For School Commissioner's office 18 50 i For Clerk of Court 270 40 For public printing Cll 91 1 For Court expenses (jurors, witnesses _ ' and constables) 2,780 17 For Jury Commissioner 8*60 1 For Auditor (salary) 500 00 1 For public buildings 71189 I For miscellaneous io uo j Total expenditures S27.459 24 J Estlmsited taxes, fines, surplus from last year, <fce 825,881 10 Estimated deficiency S 1,578 08 j Mr. Editor: Above flndsyuopsls of county | expenditures for the year ending 31st October, t 1?91, and the estimated funds to pay the same , r und deficiency. These latter figures are as i near correct as they can be made until the 1 treasurer completes the collections I You will see that one-half the expenditures have been for roads and bridges, and that the < amouut is large, comparatively. This is i caused by the number and character or class < I of bridges that we have erected, and by $8,CU0 I brought over from last year. In the opinion ] of the Commissioners it was better to build i . first class bridges, above high water mark, < ' and protect them from the weather, where It ' could be done, than to erect cheap (?) struc- I ; tures that would be wrecked or washed away i > by the first freshet. Abbeville county now i has the best bridges it ever had, and when i those under contract, and perhaps two or i , three more are built, you will waut no more , new bridges tor years to come. The deficiency ' Is less than we expected, and we have ?r- ; ranged to tarry It at a low rate of Interest , All who want their money can get It as soon a* collected. The taxes, for county purposes, have heretofore been as follows: For 1877-8.... 4 mills For 1878-0 . 4'4 mills For 1S79-S0 ; 4% mills For 18S0-1 4 \Z mills I For 1881-2 4 U mills For 1882-3 3 MO mills s For 18S3 4 3 mills i Forl8SI-5. 414 mills For 1885 0 Off mills I rorinww -r. uiuia ForlXHM 3 U in 11 In For 1888-9 mills r ForlS89-90 4lA mills i For 1890 1 8 mill* i For 1891-2 li will ba 3 mills 1 I see no reason why the 3 mills asked for 1 next year will not be amply sufficient, and , then (with the bridges we have) reduced to 2 or 2l/l mills for several years. I agree with you that it would be far better , ' to abolish all county poor houses and estab- ( . llsh oue for the entiretstate. Will not now go 1 into particulars. J ; In my opinion we will never have first class public roads until some system is devloed ' whereby they, may be worked by contract. ; No-law can be properly enforced with which > ' the general public Is not in sympathy. Respectfully, J. F C. DuPre, , County Commissioner. i m ' THE PKICE OF OUK LAND. The Kflniex or Some of the Sellers aud ' Bnyern. GREENWOOD. J R. P. Pinson to D.W.Rush. 1 lot, 875, Sept. 15,1801, one lot in town of Greenwood, lot No. . 4 of Block B. S. AlcGowan to H. P. MoGee, 200 acres, SS00. , Nov. 2,1S9I, bounded by James Killlngworth, G. W. Jones and others. F. A. Conner to Alltch Goggins, C8acros,S800. Jan. 2(1,1X91. bounded by lauds of G. W. Con- . ner, 31. Gogglns, Samuel Jamison, ana om- , ers. * N. R. Owens to A. B. Bowl a, 1 lot. 8150, Nov. 1 12,1801, town Greenwood, lot No. 1 of Block 5 A. COKESBUKY. ? Geo. C. Hodges to Ella B. Lee, 1 lot. SS<f, < Sept. 8, 1S91, bounded by lands of G. C. Hodge*, E. B. Lee, B. R. & W. C. R. R.. In ?j town of Greenwood. 1 Carolina Nedwoods to Wm. Nedwood*, 1 ' acre, nominal, bounded by lands of B. F. Yoe, s and others. J Martha J. Harkness to R. R Tolbcrt, 186 ' acres, SGOO. March 18.1891, bounded by land* r of Mrs. T. F. Riley, Mrs. E. Logan, J. VV. Rey- i <J nolds, and others. J. R. Riley and others to J. T. Simmons,;6 i:<3 1-2 acres, S1.-S6S, Oct -2, 1801, hounded by 1 .lames Jones, David Edwards, Mary Riley, <j Kelly Lanjiley on the north. d Mrs. Emma Waller to Trustees of theMeth odlst Episcopal church. South. 1 lot, S7>. July d 10, 18!)1, hounded by lands of Main and Logan I;| Streets. Emma Waller, and others. F. D. Hodges to \V. A. Moore, 1 lot, $100, Oct. I < 7,1891, bounded by lands of Robertson, Tay- j 1 lor & Co.. Public Square, m town of Hodges. | r Drusllla D. Kills to Hndi'es Brothers, 1 lot, j <1 $<! "). JSrpi. 8.1801. bounded hy lands of Roberi-! son, Taylor & Co.. Public Square, lu town of Hodges, and others. t DUE WEST. J.C. Klugh to N. A. Hay ties, 59 acres, ST 00, Nov. 11.1891, bouuded by Ezeklel Harris, J'. R. Phillips. J. W. Wushby, and others. I t I .? I> on,nu ?l?v" !D Nov. 10, 1801. bounded by lands of Mrs.' Bell, F. W. K. Nunce, II. Brown lee. 11 LONG CANE. 1 [| Win. Anderson to Jus. Anderson, S25 acrcfl, v S4.1IW, Aug.H, 1888. bounded by lands of Win. 0 C. Bennett, Geo Mitchell, Robert and Wui. p Dunn, and others. t'KDAIt SPRINGS. b Alice E. Stone to J is. M. H.iker, llot, $100, > Oct.!), 1S01. bounded by lands of Harper, It. s O. Hutchison. ABKEVII.LE. J Aloe B. Ferguson to A. J. Ferguson, Jr , 102 j n acres, $1,000, Oct. 21, UfflI. bounded by lands of e A. J Ferguson, Sr., A. L Gllesple, and others. J. F. C. I)uPre to J. H. Latimer, 1 lot, $2,500, M Oct. 'Si, 1891, bounded by lauds of A. W. Smith, E. Koche, J. II. DuPre, C. <t G. It. R. q Samuel Abies to L. A. Harney, 872 acres, 81,388, Oct. li?, 181)1, bounded by Estate John L.' e Drcunon, L. A. Itainey, M. Beaufort, and oth- j y ers. I Laura Harris to Mary Johnson, 1 lot, $10, | j, Nov. 5,181)1, bounded by Cella Johnson, and I t, others. 11, Kobert Harris to Mariah Robertson, 1 lot,, e] ?22, June Hi, 1S8I, bounded by Allen Sanders,! Weltord Carter, and otliers. - d A. J. Furgeson to Jas. \V. Roseman, 50 acres j $29u, Oct. 21.1S0I. bounded by A. J. Furgeson, s< J. C. Furgeson, M. ltoberlsou, and others. j DIAMOND 11II.L. T. A. Hall to P. A. Crowther.jTo acres, $7.r>o, Oct. 20. IS!)I, bounded by P. A. Crowther, W. Hull. W. It. Crowther. T. L. Furgesun to F. M. Crowther, TO acres,! 4, S-i'.'t, Nov. is. 1801, hounued by Mrs. Patterson, j Mrs. Hampton. I.OWNDKSVI t.T.K. ! cl Louisa C. Link to S. S. Cade, 1 lot, $50, June j w 28,1801, bounded by Louisa C. Link, In town of Willinglon. u CAI.IIOUN MII.fi. ,r tt N. J. Bo.vd to J. TI. Watson, 00 acres, $000, Oct. 17.1801, bounded by Dr. J. W. Wldetnan ai and others. tl: John Morrah to Kitty Norman, IS acres, $175, Nov. 0, 1801,T. O. Baker, J. W. Morrah, and oihers. N. It. Glbert to W. S. Taggart, l"w acres, $500, bounded by P. II. McCuslun, \V. I). Mars and oihers. P. A. t'ovin to J. A. McAlister, 2 acres, $200, Oct. 17,1S91, bounded by Fanny Jones and P. A. Covin. BORDEAUX. 01 C< C. II. McCortniek, Jr.. to Samuel Allen, 1 lot at $15, Feb 8, l.sSJ, :i0 feet cii Oak Street, In town ai of McCormick. of Mrs. Miller Cox to E. F. Greerson, 2 lots,$M0 Sept. 22,1801, lots 2 and 3 In towu of McCormick on Oak Street. . Samuel Allen to Mrs. E. Greerson, 1 lot. ri, $:ijo, Oci. .1, 1891, No.3 in town of McCormick, I III ???? HE GflTTON ILOSMifel * W ?v -?-irr^V /.< ./ """" i* - * '' [OTTOES ARE GOOD, BUT IT TAKES CASH TO BUY SALEBATUS. I Hon Who Minds Hi* Own Bnninewi Han Plenty to Do?Another Warnlnc About Biblical I>i?pute?? Why Brother Hardu?r Stopped Them? The Hypocrisy of l*nttlnff on 9tyle ?The Diamonds In Watermelon ' Hall. New York World. ' My frnns," ?ald Hroiher Gardner when the laturdny night meeting of the Cotton Blosom Glut) had been opened in due form, "dar .m seberul things I derail (o can yo r ionIon to at dlt* time, when dis Club has no perickler bizness befo' It. "I notice dat home of yo' is grent hands fur nottoes. In my lime I lias knowed heaps o' leople wid mottoes, an' I nebber could see lilt de.y got along any better dan odder folks. )e (rubble seems to be dat de motto an' de nan doan' exactly hitch up together. De azlest, sleepiest man I ebfler knowed hud Excelsior'lur his motto. De man who stole lxteen chickens from my coop in Detroit had ur his motto, 'Honesty brings Success.' It Is ?ow ober t-eben y'urs since I lent three dolarstoamtin who had no less dan five different mottoes to spur him on, un' I hain't jot dat money back ylt. . "it hain't de motto dut makes de man. but >bery mun must make hlsself. When Slilnllg Wutklns goes to de grocery fur u pound >f salcratus de grocer doan' ax him what nottohe am runnln* blzuess on, but looks llm in de eye an'expects him to come down .vlddecold cash. If .Samuel Shin bad bin ivln' fur de lust twenty-one y'ars by de goldsn principles of de motto of "Strive to .do Right," he couldn't go out Sixth avenue an' nuke it buy him three yards of callker. When dat oiiiker was cut off un' rolled up " tirudder Shin would hcv to plank down de lush or offer good security. "An' I wont to tell yo' dat one-half de trubjle we encounter In dis wurld cuius from our expectln' too much oi our feiiermen. We expect a mun am gwine to tell de troof when we Know we'd dodge it ourself; dat he's gwine to 30 honest where we'd be tricky; dat he'Jl believe in us while we doubt blm; cfai be orter wo am Btlncru Tn feet. JO 6CUIIUUJ nuns " V- ~ .ve'n iookln' fur odder folks to be perfect, wblle we realize dat we ourselves am chock rull o' meanness. "I bas made It a rule all my life not to ex-' sect too much of my feller-men. I've tnowed a man to run 'long fur a y'ar or so as 1 evei at a plauk an' as good-natured as a fquarsh. Then- he'd suddenly kick up an' <how his mean side. We Is all fall o' streaks in' whims an' noshuns, mid dar cams a time when we've got to show 'em out or bust de siller. "1 bas bin pained to obBarve a dispoalahan in the part of sartln members of dla Club to 30 curus regardln' delr naybars. I used to be iat way myself In de long ago. ^Derewasa ? time in my life wben, If a strange nigger passed my cabin ridln' a straw-cull'd mewl in' followed by a yailer dawg, I'd stop boeln' jo'n an' sot down to wonder who he was? whur' he cum from?how many chill'en he , / Imd?wlieder he wouldn't trade dat dawg far *. ei b'ar-trap, an' so on an' so forth. I fouud It n losln' blznessan' I quit. Any one of us who kin {Manage to keep out of de bands of de doctors, police tfn' lawyers has about all de bizness he wants to see to. "I felt compelled a few weeks ago to warn yo' agin tbe practise of dlsputln' on Biblical pints. 1 understand dat dar' am two members who still persevere in it. Ize keepln' ray eyes peeled, an' de fust thing dey know dey'il feel a commoshun. Long'bout fo'ty y 'are ago I'd sooner argufy on rellgus matters dan to eat dinner. I let on dat Ba<np60o wan u red beaded man wld a squint to his left eye; dat de lions didn't eat Dan'l kase dey wasn't hungry; dat Noah nebber dun g<t half de animals in his ark; dat de Hood wasn't six feet deep, an' heaps of odder things. In Jlst one y'ur I bad sixteei) fights an' licked fo'leen men. I broke up a cbarcb, run fo'- Baptist preachers out of de kentry an' got all de cblU'en so scart dat dey dasn't say de Lawd'g Prayer any mo'. "An'yli what good dit it do me? I dun licked men, but I couldn't convince 'em. I eould out-holler a man, but I couldn't furnish any proofs dat I was right an' he was wrong. Folks dun called me, a fool, I lost my land on "? t onnntmipri to nhet mv it IJUJl IgUfiC nil * uiidm; mou i an'work wld my hands. None of us was In dat Ga'den or Eden. Mow, dpn, do we know wliedder Adam hud red bu'r or black, or wbeduer Eve was freckled or fair? None of us was around when de flood took place. None of us duo saw dat ark. What' de ase, den, of our argufying about It? "An* I want to say a few words to de youuger members of als Club on- de subject of spreadln'delrselves. Deodder day I saw Three-Ply Johnson, wbo Is a wallah la a hotel, gwlne along Broadway wld so much spread dat folks stopped to look arier him an* wonder bow many banks he owned. Wbeu ?: we come right down to tacts, Brudder Johnson alms about ?10 a week, an' it he am bear to-night I'll bet he hain't got 60 cents tn bla pocket. What's de u*e, den, of all dat spread ? Whut's de uBe of decelvln' de public? Let aman be what be am. If be1* got seventeen mlllyon dollars den let blmftow on seventeen mlllyon dollars' wuth of style. If he hain't got but seventeen cents let blm walk softly aroun' an attempt no decepshuti. De public can't be deceived aboutdese tblngs. when Waydown Bebee cits on dat cape coat ofblsan' goes sailing down Broadway nojody believes dat he owns all dls town below Bleecker street. Dey Is rl^bton to blm for a :hap who couldn't buy 15 cents worth of parisiorlc an' hev 'uutf cash left to ride home on lekvar. I saw ouc of our members gwlne nto"a bank de odder day wid great sunness in' imporiance. He Just reckoned dat ober lo'ty thousand people would believe be wan ;wlne I" dar to git $20,000 In casb an' buy a louse on Lexington avenue, but he was derived. J sawn man look arter bim blra an'', lav, 'I wonder If dat nigger la gwlne to carry :oulin?' "I saw another member standln* down by le po8.?-offls an' look in at. me Astor Hotoje. ie walked up an' down an' looked an' ooked. lie wanted to emnglne dat he was ;wlne to buy dat hotel. He lelt In his pock* it, an' be naked a man If Mr. Astor was iome, but be deceived no one. I was stanin' iglit dar' when a pnllcemau said he mas' lun move on or he'd glvehlui de collar. 'Jlstaword or two more. From whar' t tand I kin count no less dan forty-two <reat urge dlamon'pins glltterin'on de shirt bosuns an' neck scarfs of members, an' I reckon lere ar' forty-two mo' on de back rows. De deah wl'd ehery single one of yo' Is to make le public believe yo'r plu cost at least 8300,,n' dat yo' Is lollln' in rlchr.e<s. Does de mbllc so believe? Not much! De public :nows winder glass when it se^s It, an' de lubllc pities yo'r cbildlNli vuuity. We will iow put out de flab, upsotde water pall, an' tupart to our various homes ? ?ooU l*rci?chcp?Pretty I.ndtes?Sad Accident ? Short Cotton Corp ?ViwitorN. Tltoy, S. C.. Nov. 18,1891. Cotton Is bringing Irom 7 to 7 1-2 cents per iound. Mr. K. A. Cook has been quite sick but is WW better. Mrs. E.J. Taggart received a telegram say up that her son Mr. Enitene TafcitaH was ;llled on the iraln lastThursday night In h B [ reck In Texas. Mr. Tacgart was conductor H f the wrecked train. We extend oar syrn- . B irtthy to the bereaved family. 91 Mr. J. J. Ethrldjje, ot Gaines, Is in town on K U'-iness. HE Mrs. AkT. Robinson. Miss Ann McCaslan. Ilss Jennie and Miss Iietta Caldwell are E hopping In Abbeville to-day. B Miss Jennie MeCnslan Is visiting her aant H Irs. B. S. Barnwell. of Abbeville. H Rev. J. M.Steadman preached his last Per ion at tills piare last Sunday, unless Confer- H nee sends hirn back. Mr. Steadmatx bas li- H ored falihfuliy In his work. We hope they 'III tret him hack antong us. tfl Mlssess Frotwell*. King and Smith, of Mc- H ormlck, were In town Saturday. H Can the farmers pay their debts at the pren- H nt|prleeof cotton? The only way to do next HI enr Is lo plant more corn, peas, potatoes and H utsaud less cotton, say plant about ten acres i oats, ten in corn nnd peas, two In potatoes, Hj n in cotton, and raise three big hogs to the orse. Then this conn try will be independ- EH nr. Now how many far mere will do this? Miss Eva smart, of Greenwood, spent Frl- 3H ay night with her mother. Cotton crop is about one-third short In this ictlon of the country. , Nick. jfl i -a* B ME. W. R. BULLOCK. 9 tie of Abbeville** Iles't Young- Men fl8 May Go Elsewhere. 19 Mr. \V. R. Bullock, the polite and efficient erk In (heoltlceot theCierkof llieCourt 9H ill not be found there In the future. M By his uniform courtesy and unceasing at- ' intlon to business, he lias won many warm SMC lends In Abbeville, who regret his depar- H No man has stood fairer with this people, j^H id his high moral character entitles him to nM ie respect of ail. JUM SORELY AFFLICTED. I Two Children Die in Two Day*. ^Hj William Douglass, a colored tenant living bW! i the plantation of Messrs. P. Rosenberg &. lost ii child lust .Monday with pneumonia, . id yesterday evening ho took out a coffin for 3|B tot her of his little children, who died also 'pneumonia. Sugar, coflee, cheese, rice, flour and groceis ot all kinds at E. A. Teniplctoifs. NH