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The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S.C. /^ Published every Wednesday at ?2 a year in advance. Wednesday, Jan. 20,1892. Off the Track. The State seems to think that is was a se. rious matter for the President of the Alliance. J. W. Stokes, to use Jute bagging, while urcing the private memoers 01 our nouie oruei lo use cottoD bagging. Why bless your innocent soul, brother; we believe the leaders of the Alliance in this section made it a rule to find some pretext for not using cotton bagging. One plan was lor Alliancemen to buy largely of the cotton bagging, and then lend it out to improvident neighbors, so that when the conspicuous Alliancemen wanted to pack their cotton, no cotton bagging could be had. Another plan was to find out when the merchant had none in stock, and then send and get enough jute to pack a whole crop. Another plan was to bold off joining the Alliance, until ufter a supply oi Jute had been bought. We heard -' ????< ?~TT.r. In fj.a mnrnlno' UI UUO UIU1I VI I1UDCUV W W/iiu IU >uv .MV?-B for his jute, and In theevening he Joined the Alliance. Of course members were allowed to use whatever Jute they bad on hand, and they were allowed to use Jute after they had tried to get cotton bagging. Long Cane stuck to the rule faithfully and brought to Abbeville perhaps over half of the white covered cotton sold In this market. At thehighi-st estimate we did not pack over eight or ten per cent, of our cotton in cotton t bagging. The people of Long Cane and a scattering man here and there used a little cotton bagging, but we believe very few pleaders in the Alliance did more than to encourage others to use It. Thekindof men who usually get the offices, had good and lawful excuse for uslngjute. We believe the State will give offence to nearly all the Alliance leaders In this section if it attempts to bring Stokes into contempt for playing off on his Innocent neighbors in the matter of cotton bagging. The distinguished leaders of our noble order would not like to censure Stokes for doing the same thing which they did systematically. The Alliance Ha* Benefitted a Few at the Expense of Many. We agree with the Greenwood Observer in saying that "the Alliance, as an order, is composed of conscientious men, who honestly and earnestly desired the welfare of the whole country." For this reason, we believe they will refuse to allow themselves to be longer used as cat's paws. Many leaders of the Alliance have worked * themselves into good offices, when their interest in the order has generally ceased. .No act is of record, as rar as we Know, wnere auy leader or the Alliance has accomplished any substantial good for the people generally. The leaders advised oar people to use cotton bagging and to keep thelr*crop back for a higher price. The result was that a great loss fell to thousands of farmers. The lecturers and public speakers made n systematic war on capitalists and banks. As one result, the Northern capitalist will not lnnd as freely as heretofore to our merchants and banks. As another result the merchants and bankers are unable to furnish their customers with supplies and money as heretofore. The Alliance had nothing to do with lowering the price of cotton, but they had much to do Id having our farmers to bold back their cotton until the price went Jowd. The Alliance has had much to do in injurlngthe credit of the agricultural districts, and hence it is hard to get Northern money. The Difference. In the last campaign Governor Tillman had a glorlous.tlmeln making changes against the former administration, and bis gullable followers took his "blowing" for actual facts. Result, be went Into the gubernatlonal office by an overwhelming vote. This year. Governor Tillman has already announced himself a candidate for re-election. In the coming election his speeches, instead of belngon the aggressive, will be on tbe defensive. He has, perhaps, more scandals to clear up than any previous Governor ever bad. Alter saying macu aguiusi ncc passes, he was about the first to ride on one after he was Inaugurated. His official followers or coat-tail swingers, caught on to the free pass business, railroad officials were beselged by demands for free rides, and the railroad folk were afraid to refuse the applications from members of the Legislature and men of Influence In the dominant element. The Governor gave offence to a very large and influential class of citizens when he wentout of his way to assail Judge Wallace, because that Judicial officer restrained the Governor In some of his extraordinary and unwarranted official acts. ? Rotten Wood Legislatures. The farmers, Instead of picking out weak and inefficient representatives, will likely be convinced thai every county Bbould send at least one able man to represent their interests, even if they should think that a portion of the members of the Legislature should be coat-tall swingers, or, other persons to do the Governor's will, instead of intelligently acting for the best interests of theh constituents. The State offioers have failed to make tt e promised Improvements. Tillman has falhd to keep bis pledge to save the people a hundred thousand dollars. Instead of saving anything the appropriation is larger this year than before. Instead of Increasing the royalty on phosphate rock. Tillman has knocked the State out of StiO.UOO by temporarily stopping the work. An incompetent and inefficient Legislature tn mnlro nnv HrmroDrlatlon for Till man's pet, the Clemson College, and the same picayune General Assembly made no provision for having the State represented at tha World's Fair next year. # m Will Tillman be Re-elected ? It Isn't for us to know what Abbeville county may do next Summer, but, unless there is some great change in the sentiment of the farmers we do not believe that Abbeville will support him again. We say this, supposing that the people will exercise their own Judgment. But If a few office-seeker* at the small towns are to direct the opinions 01 those who belong to the order which abol lshes personal rights, then their votes will be cast as their masters direct. The people of thlscounty, at no time entirely abandoned their Individual rights. Many refused to obey Instructions, even when ordered to vote for Congressman, and we are inclined to think that coat-tall swingers, and the wearer of coat-tails, will find that the abuse of decent people and the villlflcation of respectable officers of the past, will not prove a passpart to office. The farmers having been deceived once will not likely consent to be misled again. The Killing of Laurens Thompson. Since the killing of Laurens Thompson, colored, while in the presumed act of setting Are to a dwelling house iu Laurens, it may be inferred that the fire-boys have received seriouR discouragement in the Incediury business Id that city. It seems that tires in that place for the last few months were of frequent occurrence, and there has been no doubt that the fires had their origin In the act of evil olsposed persons. The fires will now very ilkely cease. nHBHHHBH The Election Next Tncw.lny. We ask attention to the law In reference to the school business. It will be noticed that no provision whatever Is made for a custodian of t he bonds or j for the safe keeping of the money arising from the sale of the bonds. Attention Is also directed to the "Statement" ol the Chairman of the Hoard of Trustees. That document is perhaps the most remarkable that has yet been promulgated. Ordinarily, fiduciary agents are expccted to conform strictly with the letter ot the law. But In this case, the chairman, proclaims his disregard for the solemn pledue of the Act authorizing the bonds, when he says "the colored people may or may not build a school house with their portion of the fund." If they conclude not to ouim a scnuui house, then, in the name of law, justice, and fair dealing with the tax-payers, what are they to do with it? Are the big men among them to put the money into their pockets? The law says the levy Is to build one or more school bouses. What right then have the negroes to any of our money if the conclude not to build a school house? What legal right has the Board of Trustees to give or appropriate the money for other purpose than the buildingol one or more school houses? If the negroes should conclude not to build a school house, will they be entitled to auy part ot tho money levied for the support of the teachers of "one or more schools." To an outsider it seems bad enough to close all the other white schools, aud knock worthy teachers out of employment, to support this big school, but a law which would deprive the negroes of any benefit of the school fund seems to be a little strange. Read the law yourself. You ought to understand plain English. If the election of bonds carries. It will close every school in town, except the big school. The law is fatally defective. It Is not definite. It doesn't state how much Is to go to iha whites uriil how much to the blacks. But It looks as If we were about to tax tbe negroes to support our school, without giving them any showing whatever, It doesn't state who is to handle the bonds or the money arising from their sale, It absolutely and positively shuts up every other school in town, except the new school houses. We have no Idea that the Act contemplated such a radical change, and it would be well to have the law amended in several Important particulars before we adopt It, But whether tbe negroes build a school house or not with their share of the bonds, | do you think they will get any of the money levied for the pay of the teachers? Read the law, and you will see that no provision is made for any but the big school, The Board of Trustees could not legally transfer any portion of the bonds for the simple reason that the negroes have no legal rep. resentative, and there is not tho least shadow of a bint that any can be provided by law, To have properly carried out a school scheme two sets of trustees should have been named. The share of each should have been aennuejy siiiieu. a i^ai mm uuuucu uui^ci should have been entrusted with the bonds. Definite and positive provision should have been made lor the support or two schools, or else the law 6bould have stated, tr possiblei more clearly that the negroes were hereafter to be debarred lrom any benefit whatever of the school fund. "Village" or "City?" It seems from our Laurens contemporariessome time In the past, we know not when, as we have not examined our flies?that this newspaper referred that city as a "village." We do not recollect the circumstance, and certainly had no malice in It. It was perhaps, from force of habit. When this editor was a boy and lived In Laurens, everybody called it "the village." We may have forgotten for the moment, that it has since then been chartered as a city. But we hope to be more careful hereafter, in speaking of small places, to call them cities. In cities of commercial aud numerical importance, the newspapers often speak of the, corporation as "town." If anybody wants to call Abbeville 'a village." why, it's all right. We like the name, and think it sounds better Tor little unimportant places on the map of the country than would the more pretentious title of "city." Reorganize the Party. The letter from the chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee and the rules governing the primary election are or great interest to the people. Thoseofuswho are not in the swim will anxiously watch the action of the farmers in the re-organlzation of the party. It is for them to say whether Tillman and his crowd are to remain In ofllce. It is for them to say 1 whether they endorse the sayings and doings of Tillman and his associates who went into office by appeals to their prejudice, and by the maklug of promises which they have failed to fulfill. ? ^ m i Interesting Rending. Look out for next week's Press and Banner. It will likely contain much information In reference to a matter which was, a year or two ago. common talk at Ninety-Six and other places, and in which the names of two section were associated. A voluminous and prominent and respected church people of that Interesting defense of the accused parties will be made. The sworn testimony of many persons uppears to various certificates, and the other side of the damaging reports 1b given a lengthy hearing. It Is gratifying to learn that despite the stringency of tne times thnt ench of the Hanks of our city has declared a semi-annual dividend of four per cent.?Laurensvllle Herald. When money Is scarce, Interest Is generally high. When there Is a "stringency of the I times" bankers and others having money, ought to r?ap a rich harvest. When money Is plentiful interest Is low, and money Is less valuable. Therefore, we conclude that the I Laurens banks declared a dividend bccausc of the hard times, and not "despite the stringency of the limes." THE TREASURER'S REPORT. The Time for Publishing It. The Treasurer's report appeared in the village papers last week. It was not discovered until the printer was ready to make the publication that the law had been changed in reference to the time of publication. M. P. PeBruhl, Esq., the wide-awake and thoroughgoing clerk of the Board discovered a fact whlcn, we believe, has not yet been learned by many County Treasurers. The Board of County Commissioners are earnestly at work, and faithfully serving the public, and they can lmve no mora careful legal adviser than their present clerk. AT EIGHTY YEARS. In the Full Hope ol a Glorious Kesurrectlon Nile Uopn to Her Grave. Mrs. Carolina Cheatham, of Warren ton, died last Thursday, after an Illness of two weeks with cold or grippe, she would have been eighty y?*ars of aire on the 12th of March next. Forty years ago she was ver.v sick and her physicians and hfcr faintly despaired of her recovery, but she never despaired as she dreamed that she would be spared to rear her children. Recently she dreamed that her end was near. And so It happened thai while most of us are not believers In dreams, yet her dreams were prophetic. She was a good woman and much beloved by her neighbors. IN WEDLOCK. Narrlnee of an Abbeville Yonns I.nily In Mobile. Ala. Prktty little Miss Annie Lee Boarman, who left Abbeville some two or three years ago. was married in Mobile, Ala., last week to Mr. C. M. Kosn, cashier of the Jackson County Batik, Scranton, Mississippi, lie Is worthy of her, and she is worthy of him. They start out in life Willi bright hopes of a happy future. May prosperity and good health attend them. I. THE SESSIONS COURT. ( BRIEF NOTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS TO LAST NIGHT, Some Business Went Ttaronffh With J 11 Rush?There In Something Yet i to be Econc. j The Court of General Sessions met last Monday. Present: Judge J. H. Hudson ;M .Solicitor M. F. Ansel; Stenographer Wyatt ' Aiken : Clerk T. L. Moore, R. G. McCants, C. ! Hushes; Sheriff W. D. Mann. ] The grsind jurors were called, and on account of the swollen streams only four an- ! swered to their names. The Court then took I a recess until three o'clock, when the follow- I ing grand jurors were present: 1 l GRAND JURORS. , WTBranch, Foreman, WTEllis, RBJohnson, EdKeiser, Tom Reed, JantesAJones, WJDorrough, JLWhlte, CAWhite, JFWhite. J A Leroy, M LBStu rkey, WAHagan, Jr., WALanier, FMStone, J A Young. After a short charge by his Honor, the grand jury were given a number oi indictments, when they retired to their room. PETIT JURORS. The petit Jurors were called when the following answered: , Wli Acker, WHBroogh, i WDBarksdale, LeeMlller, i SM Davis, TRBlackwell, I JBAlgary, JCMunday, JFAnderson, FLMorrow. DJHaburn, JLShumate, , EBSharpton, DEHaddon, WPDevlln, RLSmlth, TJBowen, . MBLipscomb, , JAMoore, BTiClinkscales, CPRobertB, JWMatllson, JBHarmon, JSStarks, ATBrown. JYMlller, , RTGordon, JDCbalmers. EXTRA VENIRE. HHHII1, JWKofox, 1 JaniesTagsart, JMEdwards, JGEdwards, JHDuPre, TCSeal, JGHamllton, JLCIar?, LH Russell, FrancisHenry, REHlil. . . EXCUSED JURORS. WBAcker, WBHenderson, RLSmith, JH Youngblood, JDCbalmers, WCAgnew, JCMunday, SPMorrow. TRUE RILLS. The State against James H. Hill, grand larceny. ^ ^ ^ ^ ; i ne oiaie aguiusk iimiiiu ivuj iuiu, imw-.... of live stock. The State agglnst John Starks, concealed weapons. The State against Ben Hampton, assault , and battery and concealed, weapons. The State against Charles Williams, selling property under lien. The State against John S. Wilson, malicious mischief. The State against George Bradley, larceny of livestock. NO BILLS. The State against Henry Chiles, assault and battery of high and aggravated nature. The State against Geore Washington a'ias George Iinm, assault and battery with intent to kill. OASES NOLI/-PROSSED. The State against Edgar Merriman, selling crop under lien. The State against Press Jackson, larceny. The State against Alfred Speer and William H. Speer, assault and battery. 8TRUCK OFF. The State against John Turner, assault and battery of high and aggravated nature. The State against Mose Wardlaw, carrying concealed weapons. The State against Press Jenkins, larceny from the field. CASES TRIED. The State against Luella Butler, assault and battery of high and aggravated nature. The defendant not. appearing was called three times at the Court House door. Not answering, the following jury was empannelled to try the case: JAMoore, Foreman, DEHaddon, |1 WPDevlin, JYMliier, JLMorrow, DBliaburn, 1 SMDavls, HTGordoii, TCSeal, T.IKowen, Francis Henry. TItBlackwell. Verdict?Guilty. The State against John Starks, carrying concealed weapons. The following jury tried the cane: . TCSeal, Foreman, JWMattlson, JLCIark, FranclsHen ry, HHHIII, JnmesTaggart, WDBarksdale, TMBowen, SMDavis, DBHaddon, JYMtllor, v TKBIackwell. Verdict?Guilty. The State against George Bradley, larceny ' nf live stock?The offence In this caso consisted In taking a neighbors horse to Fowler's stable at Anderson. The price being below Its worth he was arrested. The prisoner made no defence. The Jury who tried the i case were as follows: JAMoore, Foreman, LeeMIUer, i AWICnox, JYMliier, SMDavls. TRBlackwell, JBAIgary. TCSeal. < J I,Morrow, JaroesTaggart, BIA'llnkscales, JBHarmon. Verdict?Guilty. * The State against Benjamin Hampton, assault and battery with intent to kill and car- ( r.vlng concealed weapons. Thejury were: JohnGEdwards, Foreman. JLShumate, JTAnderson, DJRnburn, LeeMUIer, ATBowen. JAMoore, WHBroueh, LH Russell, JBHarmon, WPDevlin, JBAIgary. j He was defended by W. C. McGowan. Esq. Verdlctr?Guilty. Motion for new trial was made. ( The State against John S Wilson, mlllrlous ] mischief, was called. W. N. Graydon, Esq., entered a demurrer, and the Indictment was quashed D. K. Cooley, charged with murder In the ' killing of a negro at Lowndesvllle. surrendered Inst Saturday, and will be tried at this Court. i Clerk Moore is an attentive fyid efficient of- ' fleer, who keeps his part of tne business of ttie Court in the most acceptable manner. ; He is now more popular with the Court and the people than ever before. The Illness of Mr. Thomas I,e?l.v. Mr. Thomas Lesly night superintendent of ! the Abbeville Oil Mill was taken sick a few days ago with pneumonia, while in the discharge of bis duty. Alter remaining in bed until last Saturday morning at the house of Mr. H. P. Mellwalne ! he was carrlcd to the home of bis fither Mr. ' John W. Lesly. some three miles In the country. Since then he has continued to grow worse until yesterday evening about six o'clock bis friends though there was little or , no hope of his recovery, and his brother, Mr. \V. D. Lesly was telegraphed the sad intelli- | gence at Seneca. Mr. Lesly is a young man of fine character ?exemplary and correct In all his deportment. Having a love for machinery became from the farm to Abbeville to learn the-management of the Oil Mill under the tutorship of Mr. Ferguson, and from an hninble beginning be hud risen to the position of night su- 1 perlntendent. His steady progress, his deter- ' ruination to rise, and his natural genius for 1 mechanics enlisted the good will and friendly I ofllccs of Mr. Ferguson and all others about the mill. All fell an interest in him and all> felt that, ho would develope into a useful clti- ' zen anil rise to high position among bis fei- 1 lows. , Great sympathy Is felt for the parents of Mr Lesly, In their deep distress. Thomas Is , their beloved son, a pride anil a hope of the aged father and mother?a son of whom much might reasonably be expected. Our farmers complain bitterly of the hard times, and can't see just the cause of It. . When we go In the country and see the plows left in the fields, the fences that are necessary down or In poor condition, cotton lett in the Held unpicked, no hogs in the pen, poor, half starved stock, and dilapidated hams and stables, we do not wonder at the h?rd times for them, and are only surprised that it is no worse. Negligence, and want of care of farm utensils and stock make a big leak iu the farmers' pocket book. Mr. C.l'. Hammond went to Spartanburg Friday on business. The residence of Mrs. D. L. Mabry and Mr. It. C. Wilson are rapidly nearing completion, and will bequlte handsome and an ornament to up town. \Huu Uotlin I>s\rko rtf f!/?l 11 ni h In . Is viKltillir relatives In town. Mr. Jimmie Cothran came up from Columbia last Saturday and spent Sunday in the city. .Miss Jessie Aiken, of Cokesbury, Is visiting Miss May Hum well. Mr. Wade E. Cothran, Jr.. ol Mill way, made I a tlynm visit to friends In the city last week. (Jonduetor John Cothran. of the G.. C. & N., i was In the city on .Sunday for the first time In several months. Conductor Cothrnn bus a run from Clinton to Monroe. The grocery store of O. P. Heath & Co. was opened for business last Saturday, though not all of their ?oods had arrived, but are j coming in rapidly. Kotwlthstnndlng the cold there was quite a crowd in town Saturday, and some of our I merchants were quite busy for the latter part of theday. Rev. \V. H. Hnnkel has recovered from the grippe, and conducted the services in Trinity church last Sunday. ! " . T T )BSERVER'S OBSERVATIONS. lie Review* the Work or Governor Tillman, and Contrasts It with flic Acts or Farmer Tillman?The Cow Scandal. "I am no twelve thousand dollar school , nan," said a prominent citizen as I met him >11 the street the other day. He then asked Me how I stood on the question of voting *12,000 In bonds to establish a school in Abbeaeviile. I told him that as I wns a non-resident of the town that I had 110 voice In the matter, mere seems to be a great diversity of opinion <8 to the propriety of taxing the town lor the purpose named. There is no doubt about the value of education, but at. the same time nood reasons are plentiful, both, for voting against the tax and, also, for It. This taxation bus Iness Is about to be run in me grounu. ah Lhis, our day and time, the idea that our neighbor* must be tnxed to help us out when sver a majority desires It, Is a bad precedent to establish. While wearedlscusslng school matters at home, the reputation of our cranky Governor is reaching all over the land. It has at last reached the banks of the Mississippi river, and it Is now seeking a safe place to cross that majestic stream. The Memphis AppealAvalanche met it iu that city and summed it up as follows: "Governor Tillmnn, of South Carolina, as a matter of ornate profanity would make the shades of Horace Greely and Commodore Vanderbllt turn pea-grccu." We should be very proud of our governor. His reputation Is growing, and It will In the course of time, reach Snell'fi alliance down in Orangeburg, and Buros' Mill alliance up in Oconee. It has already reached Col. Ellison 5. Keitt out on his Enoree plantation, in the County of Newberry ; and so it will continuo to spread to the Injury of the good old State of South Carolina. Read this. Here are some (acts that ought to be known by every one. Our worthy Governor claimed that before be was elected governor that the people and especially, the rich people had been cheating the government by returning their property at figures that were entirely too low. Let us see what he has been doing in this line himself. His tax return shows: 55 Cows S 700.00 i Mules, $75 each 300.00 4 Horses, ?62.50 each 250.00 15 Hogs 20.00 1 Watch 40.00 I Piano 20.00 Household furniture 200.00 705 Acres of land at 83.62 per acre 2,700 00 1,125 Acres at 53 87 3,800.00 Total 58,000.00 Besides the above, there are more ten dollar cows, cheap mules, &c.. The above figures require no comment. ?teform, like charity, should commence at home; and the people who live in glass houses should not throw stones. Now hear this. Plain farmer Ben Tillman sold to the Lunatic Assylum, of which Governor Tillman is the heud, as he himself alleges, twelve of his ten dollar cows for the Rum of $442, or for a little over 536 a head. It seems from this that Farmer Tillman bamboozled and debauched Governor Tillman by making him pay farmer Tillman SB6 a head for cows that were only worth a little over ten dollars a head; and you must recollect, too, that the payment was made with money that belonged ns, the people. That is reformation by Governor Tillman for the benefit of farmer Tillman. No doubt; all of the readers of the Press aud Banner remember that this same Governor Tillman refused to extend the time for us to pay our taxes. His excuse for this was that the government needed money to meet expenses and that he wanted to force the tax payers to come forward and settle up. Very good; but what did he do in the matter? Investigation shows that be baa not yet paid his own taxes, though he gets a salary ol 83,500 a year paid him by the people, and in addiitou to this, he got $142 of tne people's money for those Assylum cows. He is worth according to his own statement about nine thousand dollars in real and personal property, gets $3,500 a j ear from the people, sells cows to the State for than they are worth, has been riding free on more railroads, has held express franks and, as I will presently show, has used other money belonging to the State for his own benefit.?he refuses to allow us more time in wtiicb to pay our taxes, and at the same time has not paid his own, when he admits tbat the government was badly In need of money. He, too. the very head of that government. Here Is another item that shows what manner of man he Is. There is appropriated every year the sum of $500 for ."Repairs, Improvements, Insurance and Lighting the Governor's Mansion." The report of the Comptroller-General etmivH thu?. Onvernor Tillman exnended a part, ofthls sum iu In the lollowlng manner: 1891. Flower Reed- S 7.05 R. L. Bryan & Co., (Stationers) 2.23 Paid express .'{.05 Peter Henderson & Co., (Flowers) 25.00 Flower PotB 3.00 Pictures 70.4.S Hanging pictures 10.50 Freight on pictures 4.10 Flowers and express 10. S3 Joggling board 6.00 Flower pots 1.20 Uombs '. 1.50 Dish pan 50 Total ?154.00 Now my friends, when money Is appropriated by the General Assembly for a specific purpose, It has to be used for that purpose and no other. To use It for any other purpose, Ik what Is called misappropriation of public funds; and It is a very seriout matter. Can it be said that any of the items enumerated above come under the bead of "repairs, Improvements, insurance or lighting the liovernor's Mansion ?" It takes a very elastic conscience to say that they do. 11 they do not, then, Tillman has used the money lor other purposes than it was Intended, and he Is guilty of mif-appropriatins{ money belonging to the people, and using It for his own benefit: but, if, they are classed as repairs, Improvements, Insurance and lights, then, he Is not. Read Hie list and judge fur yourselves. Besides, the report shows that he over drew I the 8500 by S11.51. The 8500 was not enough iur 111 in. All of the above relates to the ereat reformer, our present Governor, B. R. Tillman,?the man who is trying to reform everything for the especial benefit of B. R. Tillman.?the man who has done -South Carolina mure harm than all of the former governors of the state put together, with the exception of those covernors that we had during the time that radicals had charge of the affairs of the government. All of his efforts have been to net a fat Job for himself and nothing more. Hekenwallthe time that he was yelling rraud, corruption, bamboozlemeut and extravagance, that there were none of these. He kuew that our government was economically and honestly administered. All of this was done for what?' Ofllce. Let any man see it lie can point to one single reform that he has accomplished. There Is not one. Has taxes been reduced? No. Has the phosphate royalty been Increased? No; but, during last year by Tillman's mismanagement of the matter, the State lost nbout. Slii0,000. While the assessed value of the property has been increased some filteen ar seventeen million dolbtrs, the rate percent i>f taxation is very little below what It was two years ago. Tillrnun has humbugged the people, his talk and actions are both huur buggery, and now It is fast being learned that he is a hum uug ui luc iiioi/ iiaici. From the City of CoIIokon. Due West, S. C? Jan. 1H, 1802. Monday was a raw day Indeed. It was the roughest day we have had this winter. Icicles were pendent from every projection and the limbs of the trees clothed Jn a brilliant transparent garment. The new kerosene engine for the Associate Reformed Presbyterian has arrived, and been set up. It was used on Wednesday evening to strike oil'the paper, and worked beautifully. It was made by the Rochester Machine Works. liev. T. IJ. Stewartand family left for Salem, Tenn.. on Thursday. He will take charge of tli'it cliure.il for the preseut. Prof. J. P. Kennedy came home from Atlanta 011 Wednesday. He staled that Dr. L. P. Kennedy was slowly recovering Iroui his protracted sickness, but I hat ho was very weak vet, being unable to turn himself over in bed. rhe old gentleman himseli is not at ull well, and it was for this reason that he came home. Mr. W. C. Kwart. of the Seminary preached nt Kdeemore. Chester county, S. (J., 011 Sab bath." Rev. J. H. Press!}' gave tho people of Woodrufl'another one ot his good sermons on Subbath. Wc had a little sunshine on Thursday, and It wuh us welcome aH lee cream In August. Mr. I). II. Metflll, of llodges was In town last week attend lug to professional business. Hut he has not forgotten how to play a cornel yet. and he gave us a sample of what he could do. Wo thought the grip had gone but we were mistaken. Dr. \V. >1. Grier has been occupied with it. l)r. and Mrs. Hell are both in bed for the same reason. Mrs. Jane Young is very sick. Her condition is dangerous. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Kennedy also have the | nrlpp, and many more. The doctors have] hardly time to eat. We have heard of several fatal cases of persons in the country near here. Mrs. J. A. Hrown is very ill with pneumonia. Kev. F. Y. Pressly will deliver a lecture in the Associate Reformed church on Thursday | niuht to the younn men of the .Seminary, i Hie public is cordially invited. Col. Demaree, of Kentucky will deliver a; temperance lecture on Wednesday night In the ciiurch. It. | ?? Mr. Charlie Mitchell was in Abbeville last! Sunday. OUR GREENWOOD LETTER, s t r LOCAL NEWS AND SOME POLITICAL " POINTS. f i Tillman'* Friends Tliiuk the Rccent | Publication** to be Too Bad to be i True ? * ?" WalkN Over n Wide Field and tiatlierM nil Sort* of j I'drii^riipus* j Greenwood, 8. C., Jan. 18,1892. ! There was much mud on our streets last j week. jSo other attraciion except a flying ( Jeny, and a foot race between merchant 0. C. CuinmliiKs and thief Abe Wise to decide the ownership of an umbrella. Abe won It and ' is still going, I suppose. < Weawaliwltli anxiety the publication of J the rules to govern our semi-primary. Of , course with Tllluian as procreator. and Irfcy, , Pope & Co., as god-fathers the political pro- < geny will bear a distinct birth-mark of one- ' stdedness closely resembling deformity?late I bear they are out, but at this writing haven't seen them. Mr. A. McD. Bingleton was summoned to the beuside of his sick mother at Donnalds last Thursday, but she died betore bis arrival. 1 She was a consecrated christian, a member ol the Baptist church and in her quiet unassuming way did a great deal of good, mucb that will be revealed only in the day of final account . For a lack of business the R. & D. R. R. have discontinued all schedule freights and will , run specials as the business requires. If we are to have a primary tor Trial Justice to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Capt. Lltes, there will be some good men out, from among whom a competent one can easily be selected. Dr. J. A. Marsall has moved from bis old borne near Verdery to bis farm recently bought from Mr. J. H. O'Neill near Coronaca. He Is one of our very best citizens, a leading farmer, strong alliance man, and fine physician, but needs no introduction from me to any community in this county. Miss Janle Uarinore, of Donalds, has written a hlutory of the fiarmore family, dating back several generations, The little book is well worth the 25cents charged for it and a? a matter of record should be in the hands ol every connection to the family, however remote. A recent letter from my old friend J. F. Watson brings the welcome tidings that be and bis noble wife are prospering in their western home, accumulating some "boodle" and raising a vigorous crop of little Watson's. Jim, as I learn from another source, has a lucrative position, enjoys the confidence of bis employers and is wltbal a sober, earnest working christian gentleman. Mr. Hutchinson whose sudden death was noted last week leaves a young wife In Spartjinhiirc. Slip was telcsrranhed for. but could not come. Her young husband, however, was Just as tenderly laid away In our cemetery as though be bad been surrounded by all bis loved ones. The Intent news from Donalds is that constable Shuuuon bus quit levying on engines, machinery, stock, etc., and Is now giving his official attention to broad cotton fields where a woman can't shoo a man into a corner, as easily as she can a brood of chickens into a coop. In view of the prevalence of gripp, I reproduce here an epigram lrom the fevered brain of another disciple of John Bunyan?a tinner. An ache in your back As you toss In your bed, An acbe In your bead As if it would crackThai's la grippe, A laste in your mouth Like a buffalo coat. A leeling you note Of lameness and drouth? That's la grippe. A burning sensation That makes your eyes weep, A struggle to keep back A vivid oration? That's la grippe. Mr. W. N. Graydon spent Sunday in town. He is well informed on the political situation and the emergency of the times. Rev. E. J. Forrester's Tuesday evening prayer-meeting talksare very interesting, iustructl ve and edifying. His subject last Tuesday evening was "Jesus and thu Backslider" to-night (Tuesday) he will begin a series of expository talks, ou the hook of Romans. The Baptist here have an able preacher and a dne pastor, all of which they fully realize. Col.T. B. Demaree, a temperance lecturer ol some renown, Is billed for a lecture In the Piesbytc-rian church, to-night (Monday). He Is no doubt thoroughly conversant with his subject, and In style will be very entertaining but In mailer It can hardly be expecteu inai tie will present any new phrase of this oft discussed question, coeval as It Is with tbe discovery of tbe process of fermentation. At tbe risk of having It suld that I am antagonistic to every agency for the amelioration of our moral condition, I will remark here that I am lully persuaded tbat nothing short of a thorough disgust for whiskey, a self determination to quit it, preceeded by a godly sorrow lor drinking it, and axlmple trusting In the power of God to preserve and keep us will ever make sober men of drunkards. If a man lacks this he is sure to fall despite tbe effort of any purely human organization to save him; with It no auxllllary organization is necessary. MaJ. Lee, engineer for the G. C. AN.has been at home lor a few days. After an able sermon by the pastor, the ordinance ot the Lord's Supper was observed In the Baptist church Sunday. The subject of his discourse Sunday night was "Christian Union" from the text "That they all may be one."?John xxvil, 21. The house whb comfortably lull notwithstanding the Inclement weather, members of other churches being in pretty full aticndunce. Col. Utsey and Capt. Geo. Anderson, of Ninety-Six. were aniong the nummerous registers at Riley's hotel Sunday. Mr. 1). C. DuPre is a very, very bnppy man. From inlancy he has known no other name than " Coon" from members of his own household. but the latest addition thereto, will be the exception to the rule and rail blui papa. It is a tine boy and of course Coon Is delighted. I suspect his lul-la-by will run something like this: There aro twelve boy babies on Park avenue, vii sutuiereM Hiuug jm u iuw, Of all that dozen, none will compare With my little fellow, I know. Willie Pierce Dean Is a very fine boy, Second, perhaps, lu the row. Even he wouldn't stand the ghost of a chance With mine In a town baby show. Unfortunately Mr. DuPre can neither ulng nor whistle, but it his good wife will net the above to the music of a simple nursery hymn, and learn it to him, he will be the be?t trained nurse in town, being a druggist his purugorlc and soothing syrups will be plentiful and cheap, best ot all, he knows exactly how many drops is a dose, and how to administer it without strangling, in fact there remains only a lew minor things pertaining 10 the nursery for him to learn. Helms not yet decided whether he will tit up his nursery with a sliver mounted mahogany crib or a dairy swing churn, the churn will be less laborious, less in the way, more easily steamed, quite as ornamental ana nearly as cheap. The Annuity and Life Insurance Company of Hartford, have fulfilled their obligation to Itev.'H. C. Smart by sending ills widow their check for $5,COO through their agents here, Messrs. S. E. Miller & Son. Me srs. Bailey, Barksdale & Co., bavo had their spacious hall tiled up lor the accommo datlon of theatre going people, reserving llie right of course to any what sort of company, unci the nature of the play,shall occupy It. Mr. W. J. McGee, of Mulberry, has sixty cows and a dairy swing churn, all his cow* can't keep his churn supplied with milk, l>ut some of them are not that kind of cows?milk cows. Statistics are usually very prosy, but the State has been arranging some in n very interesting and attractive manner of late. Facts are Indisputable and ligu.-es do not lie, yet there are still a few men so blinded by pre judice they wont believe them because the Slate first published them. Notwithstanding the severe winter, there is standingiu front of Hon. U. A. C. Waller's residence, an unprotected water oak, With foliage as verdant as in mid summer. Dr. Sandy McNeill has concluded not to return to the West, but will pructlco here, the home of his childhood. There s In town a little four year old boy who Incorporates Jerome In his evening petition four nights in the week. The reasou Is he prays for all present at II16 hour of his retiring. Every one. great and small, has a solution of their own, and I sometimes feel like delivering myself of my explanation ot hard times, but as I think about it the subject deepens and grows more complicated. Suitlce it to say, we make them a great deal worse by continually talking about them on the same principle that a man by oft repeating a lie will himself believe It Is truth. Mr. C. M. Calhoun is negotiating for a drill with which he can sink a well to any depth, through rock If necessary. Gripp seems asmall thing, but It numbers ' among its victims some very great persot.s; It is no respector of them, the crownedhuad and serf, the statesman and peasant are alike its prey. A society for the prevention of cruelty to animals could llml something to do here every day in the week. The light ill is year promises to be exceedingly tepid, but wholly Inside the Democratic < ranks. Even though we have a partial |>ri- i mary?one for delegates only?the opposition will be at great advantage having to loose their large majority lu some sections, while Tillman's will l>e small where he is strongest, i Our only hope Is In thorough organization. I daresay Tillman Is already using the Alll- | ance, wherever he can, lor drilling his forces,!; the sooner we get organized the better, let us j not make the same mistake we did two years 1 ago. The old cry of arraying town against;' country Is threadbear and wjnt work. Most, I of our leading farmers?all who are well In. < ormed?are "now on the side [of theopposl- r Ion. H Having been absent for sometime, I am he- * ilnd on town news, Imvo just heard ol tlic ecent arrival In town of a inlulature Ga(u)ge -the smallest perlmps In the county and yei . t Is not a narrow gauge, nor a government T ;auge, neither a combined level and gauge, lor yet is it altogether a water gauge, but It 1* Gage, jr.. whose happy sire has aleady been the recipient of many congratula,lons. He will please accept mine now late 18 it IS. Our people have no more intereit In the leathofthe Duke of Clarence than In that of _ Boulanger, Balmacedea, or the Khedive of 1 Egypt, but expressions of sympathy are more jeneral because of his bethrothal and approaching marriage. Death under such circumstances is peculiarly sad, nnd of rare occurrence, The pleasant countennnce of Mr. M. P. DeBruhl beamed on us last Saturday. The report for the tirst quarter ending Dec. 31st of the City Bank is very creditable in- c Jeed, and speaks In highest praise of the efliclency of its officers. The report shows a e net profit of over 81,200. and deposits over 4 13,700. It Is pleasant to see with what rapid 1- f ty, ease, pleasantness, the cashier, Mr. G. A. 'i Harksrtiiffi transacts business across the coun- v ter. If such a tblng can be lie was bom for the counting bouse. Mr. and Mrs. Langhorn.ot Petersburg. Virginia, are visiting tbe latter's Bister,Mrs. F. P. Dunbar. . , Mr. P. M. Allen bas moved into his handsome residence near the Presbyterian cbnrcb. Mr. Joseph T. Johnston, a leading lawyer at tbe Laurens bar was In town last week, as was also W. C. Klugb. of the Abbeville bar. In consequence or the failure of \V. C. Bee 4 Co., of Charleston, Jervey & Co., of this place have also assigned to Mr. DuPre Calhoun. Mr. Jervey being the largest stockholder in both Arms. A meeting of tbe creditors has been called for 1st of February. Dr. W. L. Hood and wife occupy rooms at Mr. J. W. Payne's. S. THE SCHOOL LAW. The Plan for Erecting "One or More School Houses" In Abbeville. An Act to provide for tbe establishment of a new Khool District In Abbeville County, and to authorize the issue of bonds by said School District, and tbe levy of a local tax therein. Section 1. Be it enacted by tbe Senate and House of Representatives of tbe State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by tbe authority of tbe same: That for the purpose of establishing ( and maintaining public free schools In the town of Abbeville, tbe territory included In the corporate limits of said town, be and tbe same is hereby declared to be a separate School District. Section 2. That W. A. Templeton, F. B. Gary, J. F. Miller, J.T. Robertson, J. G. Ed- , wards, J. C. Klugb, J. W. Sign, R. M. Haddon, , VV. 0. Bradley, and their successors in office ' to be elected under tbe provislous of this Act, he and they are hereby constituted a Board of \ trustees ior bluu ocuoui uibu iuij. Section 3. Thai eald School District shall 1 be known as the School District of tbe Town of Abbeville and shall be a body politic and corporate with each government, rights, privileges, and liabilities as provided for School Districts, by tbe school law of Soutn Carolina. Approved March 22. A. D? 1878. Section 4. That the said School District of 1 the Town of Abbeville is hereby permitted and authorized to issue twelve thousand dollars of seven per cent. bonds of the denomination of one hundred dollars for tbe purpose of purchasing lots and erecting one or more school buildings In the Town of Abbeville, provided that a majority or the qualified electors of wald School District voting ' shall be in favor of suoh issue to be expressed in an election to be held for that purpose. Section 5. That tbe Trustees of said School District provided for in this Act are hereby required to give three weeks notice by adver tlsetnent in tbe newspapers at Abbeville, of such election, to be held on tbe fourth Tuesday of January, A. D., 1892., and they shall appoint the managers, receive the returns ! and declare the result of said election. 8ectlon 6. That said School District of tbe Town of Abbeville is hereby declared to be a body corporate lor tbe purpose of issuing said bonds, and when Issued tbey shall be < signed by the chairman and secretary of the Board of Trustees, shall run for a period of thirty years, and they shall constitute a first lien upon all property bought or erected for school purposes from their proceeds. That said bonds shall not bo taxable for State, uuuuiy or luuuiuiiJai [jui^unca. Section 7. That for tbe purpose of paying the Interest on said bonds and the principal when due It shall be the duty of the County Auditor of tbe County ol Abbeville or such , other officer as may be charged with tbe assessment of taxes, to compute annually the amount necessary to be raised and to levy tbe same upon the real and personal property In said School District, and the amoant so levled shall be collected by tbe County Treasurer of the County of Abbeville and held by blm for the purpose of paying the said Interest, or principal If any be due aud shall be used for no other purpose whatever. Section 8. That for the purposes of defraying the expenses ol said school herein provided for, It shall be the duty of the County Auditor upon tbe recomendatlon of the Board of Trusteess,to assess upon the property returned for taxation within tbe corporate limits of said School District, an annual tax of not more than two mills to be collected annually for a period of five years by the County Treasurer of Abbeville Count}, which when collected shall be paid as hereinafter directed, provided that a majority of the qualified electors of said School District votiuc shall be in lavor of said tax, to be expressed by ballot at the election nereln provided, for the issue of bonds, and that such compensation as the said Trustees think proper shall be paid to the County Auditor and Treasurer for tbe services herein required of them. OInr? O TKof Wn Tpticiaoa \\aroin rvrft. kjtv< Is I ISU (/ XUUV VMV AIUDVbWO MVIVIU J/?V" vlued lor shall tiave exclusive control of the free schools In said School District, and sbal^ be invested with all the powers of school trustees under the general school law. Section 10. All funds assessed and collected for school purposes shall be paid out. by the County Treasurer lor salaries and other purposes upon the warrant of the chairman and Secretary or the Board of Trustees, and till school funds arising from the poll tax, the constitutional school lax and from any and all other public sources, applicable to said School District shall be paid out by the said Treasurer lu like manner and upon a like warrant. i Section 11. That said Board of Trustees shall at the close of each scholastic year < make a full report of all their transactions ' pertaining to the conduct of the school for the proceeding year, at a public meeting called for tbat purpose when u sball be lawful for the legally qualified electors 10 elect a Board of Trustees for the ensuing year. Provided, that the Board of Trustees herein provided, shall continue In office until the end of the scholastic year in 1893. That the Board ol Trustees ar? empowered to till vacancies In the said Board for less than one year. Section 12. That this Act shall be deemed a public Act, aud shall become of force Immediately upon Its approval. In the Senate House the fifteenth day of 1 December in the year of Our Lord one tfcous- ' and eight hundred and Ninety-one. < Eugene B. Gary, I'resiueni 01 uiBocuaie, Ira B. Jones, ' Speaker of the House ol Representatives Approved this 18th day Dtcember, A. D., lS'Jl. B. R. Tillman, Go vornor. Statement. The funds arriving from sale of bonds for building the school house In the town of Ab- ' bevllle in raise it Is carried at the election will be placed In the hands of the County Treasurer and paid out on warrants signed by the board of trustees. The bonds will not be issued except a<$ the funds are needed. Only one school building for white children will he built with the funds arrising from Issue of bonds. In ease It Is carried at the election, the colored people may or may not build a school house with their portion of the fund. \V. A. Templeton, , Chairman Board of Trustees. 1 PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Names of the People Who Come and | Go. Together Willi Some .Walters of Comment. Miss Orene Hughes left on the early train . yesterday fur Charleston, where she will take passage on steamer for New York. Miss Orene j will enter Belview Hospital where she will ( take a course to lit herself for a trained j nurse, Who will ue away irom uome iwo years. Her many tricnds will miss her i much and wish tor her success in lier new home. Mr. Thos. Lesley, night superintendent of the oil mill, is very sick at the home of his t parents, three mites west of town. i The author of "The Beautiful Snow" ought t to be here to write up this terrible rain. Sup- . pose it would run somewhat like tills: J 0 the rain, the rain, the terrible rain, Alter one day of sunshine it's raining again, Drizzing. spriuking. pouring down, Making ship and mud all over the town. Miss Elise Bowie, altera very pleasant visit to friends and relatives, returned to her home In the "Land of the Skies," Asheville, last rnursday. Her merry laugh and sweet face will be missed by many,and no doubt some of our young men are planning a trip to the mountains next summer for their health. * Cards are out for the marriage of Mr. Mart 1' Coleman and Miss Hannah Hemphill next Wednesday evening at SrfO o'clock p. m., at the Methodist church. . We have hpard some talk of a leap year ?erman to be given sometime soon oy the young ladies of Abbeville. 3 The band boys arc progressing rapidly, and will soon be able to appear in oublic, when . we may expect some sweet mnslc. Prof. Herndon, their teacher, has been away several days but is expected daily. 1 INTAILBD BY BAD ADYIGE. , HE SOUTH HAS LOST $160,000,000 ON COTTON, AND THE WEST SUFFERED TO THE TUNE OF $120,000,000 ON GRAIN. Phe All If nee War on Capital Haa In* Jured Onr Credit, and the Advlee or Ignorant or Designing Leaden ' Huh Entailed Enormous Lon on tlie Farmer*. 1 < rFrom the New York Sun.l Speaking, yesterday of the great drop In olton Henry Clews said: "When cotton was king (so called) the largst crop produced was Just prior to the war; .000,000 bales was the blguest yield np to that >er!od. Lnut year the crop wus 8,500,000 bales, 'his crop more Mian doubles tUe best crop rhen slavery existed, and cotton as king ban teen dethroned by corn, which now rules as cing of crops. Under free labor tbe'cotton :rop has more than doubled In its yearly proiuct that produced by slavery, and the price las been almost cut In two besides. "The only hope for the South Is to keep the Meld hereafter down to about 7.000,000 bales tnd till the soil for other products to take the ilHce of cotton. Then and not until then can be price of cotton be controlled and kept up o a paying basis xnd thoSouth agtun return o prosperity. The South Is now almost lankrupt by an overproduction of their one )lg crop of cotton, due to the low price now 'or the stuff and no market for the surplus. Che difference to the South In dollars and :ents as between eleven cents and seven cents s eoual to at least 9100.000,000. "The advice of the Farmers' Alliance urgng cotton growers to hold back their product 'or higher prices has en tailed a loss ofprobibly three cents a pound to those who were 10 influenced, which is equal to 1127,000.000. similar advice was more recently given to ,ho producers ol wheat in the West, notwithstanding that the price at the time was 31.10 a jushel in Chicago. The difference between that price and the present would be equal to 5120.000,000 loss on the orop. It 1*. therefore, very plain that it would be a good thing for be farmers if the Farmers' Alliance would go )ul of business, Instead of continuing to mislAm/ipo In ha nonnfMrtiis onH ?nln. cau biicii iviiunoio iu ov y&iuivivus tuiir jus a manner." GREATER THAN POLITICS. Death and Bereavement at Jones. Jones. 8. C.. Jan. 16.1893. About the time of our last writing death rlsited oar section and removed from It Mrs. Saddler, a widow lady, who died at the home jr her daughter Mrs. John Davis, on the morning of the 8th Inst., aged about eighty years, she leaves a brother, two children, ind other kindred and many friends to mourn ber death. . Mr. Andrew Agnew died at his heme near Lb is place last monday, lllh lnst., after some weeks of suffering of the grip, aged about jlxty-peven years. Mr. Agnew was a good, consistent christian man, a kind neighbor and a good citizen, and was esteemed by all who knew him. These bereaved families have the sympathy the entire community. Mr. Nimrod Davis is still very low. Mr. Allen Dodson we are glad^to slate is' son valesclng. Mr. M. Cooper, of the Lanrens side, has ' moved with his family Into oar section. Mr. Cooper is an excellent and a very welcome icceSHlou to our community. A great deal is said In the newspapers about politics, bat oar people have a greater subject than politics to study, namely, How can we overcome the bard timesf^ Fompey. DIED IN THE HOME OF HIS "-MANCIPATION. Shlloh Fisher, a Notable Colored Hsa of Smlthvllle Township, Ha* Crossed the River. A familiar figure has gone ont from among tbe dwellers In Smltbvfile Towosblp. Shlloh Fisher died on the night or tbe 15th Inst., after a straggle often days daratlon . with grip or pneumonia. He wa* about sixty years of age. He was born in Edgefield County, and removed to Abbeville* with Mr. ( T. W. Morton, Sr., iti 1845. On the ptantaUoo, In tbe very bouse where emancipation found him, there be died, having never been absent . therefrom more than a few dav together. He bad bad a life of remarkable health': be lived in pence wltb all men. Wblte cud colored friends strove, but vainly to alleylate his sal- < ferings. The former received many favors at his hands, and in turn rewarded biu liberally. Patience, fidelity.' honesty and cheerfulness were some of (be traits of his character. He mastered the difficulties of reading, wrltlna and arithmetic. His first purchased of a book was a vopy of the Bible, He delisted to study it. Re gathered around him the comforts of life. We acknowledge the ' goodness of his example, and feel its lnfln- * ence. "Peace to his ashes." \ R. M. BROOKS' OSCILLATING CHURN. IS AHEAD OF ALL. ! Will bring butter quicker than any ether. A. child three years old can churn as weir as * t an adult. Price $5. ' : *, Satisfaction guaranteed. Try one. Call on or apply to R. M. BROOKS, Abbeville C. H., S. C. Jan. 20,1892. tf *? . } loSestille high school LOWNDESVILLE, S. C. 11HE Spring term begin* February 1, 1892. Thorough drill In tnePrimary and Academic brant-he*. Boys prepared for college. rerms reasonable. Apply to TT T> tTTTWOVDir XL? X>. JtlUJUDAAli Principal. Jan. 20, IS92. 3t? x Fair Notice. J WE hereby notify nil parties who are In- /' debtetf to us either by note or account / that we are closing up our business, and all i ilalms must be seitied at onc?\ We do not' f want to press any one, hat we mast close oar * ild books. So cull at once on Mr. J. T. Miller j it the office of Durst <t Co.'s Co-operative f 3iore, settle your bills and save, us aud yoar/ selves any any Jurther trouble. I Yours truly, , ' J. K. DURST & CO. j January 13,1S92, tf j Teacher Wanted. ) AFEMALE TEACHER is wanted at Yerdery. One who Is capable of teaching music, purferred. Apply to J j. l. white; Ch'rm'n Bd Trustees. Jan. 6,1893. 3t JL/%1 JCLfl W Fancy Groceiy. G.H. MOORE HAS opened a New Fancy and Green Grocery Htore In Cothran's Block. He deals In everything found In a Fancy family Grocery Store, where you can pur:hase the nicest CANNED GOODS, consisting of L'anned Fruits, Vegetables, Meats, of ac m h , ogether with FRESH PRUNES, APPLES, to., t'.ud other delicacies. The substantiate ire BACON, BREAKFAST STRIPS, MEAL, IRISH POTATOES, and CABBAGE. FLOUR, MOLASSES, HAMS, .* Cigars of the Best Brands. V Fresh Fish and Oysters, Pork Sausage and ,he choicest Beef a specialty. Dec. lS'Jl. tf Fresh and pure''old fashioned'' Buckwheat [ 'lour at W. Joel Smith &Sons. Don't forget t.\ P. Hammoud & Co., when i'ou need shoes. Tise ladies can invariably get just what they leed at liaddou's. Uetoueof Mlnter's champion $2.50 r&ckera It beats thein all. J.. ! '.i.