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The Press and Banner * ABBEVILLE, B.C. Published every Wednesday at ?2 a year in advance. Wednesday, April 13, 1892 The Work of Last Saturday. . In every county, town and hamlet of the State the Democratic clubs were re-organlzed last Saturday with surprising results to all. The strength and the determination, the gains and the victories of the antl-Tillmanltes in every part of theStnte were a revelation. The party which is battling for good government and striving to uphold the honor of the Commonwealth while laboring lor the financial credit of the State has taken new heart, and will now work more earnestly than ever for the attainment of those ends which nre most conductve to our welfare us Individual citizens and as a body politic. Those of our fellow citizens who have heretofore lacked a couvictioii upon which they 1 could base a hope have received new inspiration, and those who are leading in a patriotic fight for good government will thus receive aid from thousands of those who were only waiting to follow where others might lead. As those who speak for the Administration ; have changed their plan of campaign from one ot defence to one of warfare on capital we have nothing to do but to accept the gauntlet which has been thrown down. It is well for us that such has been the case, i As a question of personal preference be- ; tween the individuals who compose the re- ! Bpectlve tickets there is not enough in it to excite our enthusiasm. ' I But if one ticket arrays itself at the bead of a declared commune, and makes war on all < the Institutions wblcli have heretofore been < considered pullc benefaction.-, more tban as I rewanleraof private lovestineut, < And when the other is beaded by h ticket I which favors equal and exact justice to both I capital and to labor, the case is dlflerent, and I the principles Involved are worth our best | efforts. The followers of one ticket having apparently banded together for the common purpose of punishing all who may have, by inheritance or individual effort, acquired mon ey or respectability it is but fair that the friends of Justice should retaliate by a com" binatlon for the purpose of self-defense. The history of the paSt has abundantly proven the folly of labor combining against : caDltal. , Thestorm which passed over- this State In 1S90swept everything before it, and those who were warred upon stood paralysed or dazed. But the developments of la6t Saturday j showed that the members of the vanquished < faction of the Democratic party have recovered their equilibrium, and are ready to Btund j their ground and will henceforth make a brave fight for their rights. 5 Whnt Becomes or IJghttiinc Hod j Men. It Is noticed that aR the number of light- j nlng-rod agents decrease the runks of the ] greeu-eoods merchant and the gold-brick j peddler are filled up. Strange how coiiicl- ' uences ruay lead to false conclusions, yet in Iblu case It could be safely said that the rod agent has adopted a method of gradual reform.?Exchange. 1 i In the past we have warned our people 'f' against the folly of spending their money i for lightning rods that were worth about. as ' much as barbed wire fencing, but we never ' suspected evil of the men who sold them, s We have so often exposed the folly of wasting t money on lightning rods that we presume ll ' Is useless to repeat the adrtionltlon, but we will say this: If uny man wants a lightning * rod, let him use barb<d wire, which will serve ? his purpose just as well, and will cost a great n deal less. Again, If the reader is determined to have a lightning rod, or barbed wire, and jj has no ladder, let him put the lightning rod t on a neighboring tree, lie can then climb on the limbs while placing the rods. m ' m c Tde liUNM 01 Jioncy. The recent bank robbery at Ninety-Six a should be a lesson to persons who have money about their houses. Of course merchants must take mora or less risks in keeping money in their stores, but the great mass ot our people should deposit their cash in bank for safe keeping. Any of our banks have good safes, and it Is better for our people to avail themselves of the benefits. We believe all the banks have sub-vaults which they rent out for small fees to those who wish to keep their money separate from the bank account, and all ot them certainly receive money on , deposit without charge. We give burglars notice that the safe of the Press and Banner has no money in it, and If any enterprising member of any safe-cracking Arm desires to go into It, we will leave it unlocked for him,?on his giving notice of his desire or iutention. We protest against having a hole drilled into the door of our safe. ' The Woman's ludustrlal Scnool. Our neighboring town. Anderson, has secured the location of the Woman's Industrial School. lm'? ai?t? nalroH fnr hi<i? for its location. Anderson offered $75,000 in bonds; Columbia J offered 812,000 In the same way. , The establlshnv nt of the Woman's Indus- I trial School wits the sharpest thing that ihe | last Legislature did. The State, as we under- | stand, obligated itself to do nothing. It can, > therefore, accept Anderson's offer, spend $23,(XX) in land and buildings, and lay away the remHining 550,000 of bonds as an endowment | fund, the loterest on which ought to be ample \ to pay all expenses of the Institution. ' It is fair to presume that the State would or- | ganlze a Woman School in any town in the < State which would furnish the money to j buiid the house*, aud give an endowment j fund sufficient to pay all current expenses. i Tlie State Minx. In the case of tlie Stale against tbe roll- j roads in tbe matter of excessive taxation, the , railroads have won on the first round. i The Court sustained the railroads in so far J as to allow them to put up testimony to show ( the fact of over assessment. I The Court in this case, as in the Coo6aw case, is right. I The decision is a great victory for our < townsman, Judge Cothran, and his friends J congratulate him in winning the preliminary , steps In so lmportunt a case. i Tlie Re-orifanisntion of Ilie Demoera tic Furly. The Abbeville political pot was thoroughly stirred last Saturday. The anti's are encouraged by their show of strength and the Till- ; man party are confident but not so overwhelmingly victorious as they were last year. ! Twenty-nine clubs were re-organ I zed. ; Tillman delegations from 24 clubs. ) Anti-TUIman delegations from 4 clubs. ' Contested delegation from lclub. ( 2y clubs. M The majorities were greatly reduced inj many of the clubs, and It has been estimated !: that tbe Tillman majority In this county Is I' less than Ave hundred. Ladies fine shoes, the celebrated Cincinnati make and Oxford ties just in at Heath A C o'1. New line men's Negligee shirts at Heath At Co's. Hynd'shand made shoes, the best made in i the world at Heath <$: Co. Georgia hand made shoes have 110 equal for ' durability. For sale only by Heath K Co. | j French gingham 10 and 12 1*2 cents per yard , at Heath k Co. j Over 100 pieces of embroidery from 2% cents 1 up to the finest goods. W. K. Bell. ' ' ' . ? The 1'rcHM ncul Runner i<i Constantly [ I Adding to itN Facilities. Lately a six hundred pound font of James Conner's Sons best seven-point body type was shipped to us from New York. This type i* not to be used on the paper?it was bought to use in printing pamplets or other work where it might be needed. We have about five hundred pounds of bourgeois type, on which we print briefs and other pamphlets. We have two Gordon presses, one Campbell press, an endless variety of job type, and as good printers ns can he found anywhere. A large force of faithful men and a great quantity of material, enable us to do good work at the cheapest, rates, and our increased business attest the popularity of the job printing department. The last, purchase which'the Press and Cantier has made is a Hascom Folding Machine which folds our pitper in a most satisfactory manner, and is quite a help to us. We usually commence printing between three and six o'clock In the morning. It is a hard job for printers to fold papers ufter working until these hours, -ind mainly to relieve them of a hard job, at an unreasonable hour, lhe folder was bought. It lolds rapidly and is easily fed. One man can play a part'of his time and fold 1,600 papers in about two hours. We print about SO) copies an hour. The large list of our subscribers ur.d the many expressions of kindness, from those who take the paper, is at once gratifying and assuring. The School HoimIm. The school bonds flre now 011 the market, and they offer a rare Investment for thirty years. The interest is seven per cent., payable twice a year, and are non-taxable. Every citizen who has surplus cash should buy bonds to tlie extent of his purse. Although the bonds were only ready yesteriay, many applicants have been filed trom a distance, and several of our own citizens iiave spoke for a part of them. It Is a matter jf congratulation that the school committee Slave dotermlnded to give our own citizens the preference In this matter, and will hold <.he bonds for a reasonable time in order to five everybody a chance at them. THE ABBEVILLE BANKS, ? Their Successful Career, nml their Work in ItenefittiiiK the People. For the purpose of showlns In a condensed form. Ttie treat success which has utteixled ihe Farmers' Bank at Abbeville, we reproJuce tliese figure.? Irom the quarterly report, which was yi veu to the public last week : RESOURCES. 31 March, 31 March, lS'Jl. 18B2. Loans and Discouuts.,.$70,668 .'>0 S102,01I 43 Furniture <fc Fixtures l,41t| S2 l.oli ?2 Jurrent expenses and taxes paid 6T.t) 40 Due from other bank... f>,229 25 ? 6.790 31 J ash 4.325 33 4.417 C5 $&1,831 00 $115,691 G4 LIABILITIES. '31 March, 31 March, 1891. 1892. Capital stock paid in.. $4S,800 00 $'>8,300 00 Surplus fund 2.500 00 Jndivldod profits 3,692 07 0,354 30 I dividends unpaid 139 20 1 Due other banks 79 9S 1.436 30 < eposiis 14.662 85 3i.9t(4 83 i *c-dlseount8 .*. 14.600 00 15,000 00 < $81,881 90 $115,691 64 I TliiR hank was opened two years fi?o by Fres- I dent W. 11. Farker witli something like $10,- < 0./ of paid-up capital, though nearly I fly thousand dollars had been subscribed lu < iiiuili'prl ilnlbu- slnires. r?i vable Oil the Distal' ! neiiL plan?S20 cash and the remaining SSi> to I >e paid In lour equal annual instalments. At the beginning, about l'our hundred per- I ons made subscriplipns to the capital stock, < >nt many of the shares were not paid or else hey were sold to other shareholders who deIred an Increase of their stock. At the meeting In January, IS!)!, the toi<klioiders instructed the directors to discontinue selling slock on the instalment )lan. hut authorized the sale of S20.0.K) worth or cash, which was promptly taken. On the 20th of February of last year the i lumber r.f stockholders had been reduced to | ibout -7';. and the capital stock paid in had i leen Increased to SIS,000. i On the 20th of February, 1S{>2. the number of | hareholders had been reduced to 20n, arid the ( >aid in capital had been Increased to SoS.OOO. < By the time of tbe next annual meeting, no t loubl the paid up capital st'K'k In tiiis bank ' v111 approximate the limit S75 000. ' The career of this bank is not less remark- " tble than its history has la-en interesting. The Alliance organized this bank, refusing | ,o let "outsiders-' subscribe more than a small percent of thecapital. Even stockholders who | night desire to sell, were restricted In mak- i ng their sales, so that the bank might ever I under the control of tbe Alliance. i The result has been that when th?;S20.00> of < itock was put upon the market ready buyers ; :-ook it all. I While the Alllnnce still holds a majority of i,he Mihscrlbers to the capital stock, jet It is I i fact that the 'outsiders" have from the very i beginning had more money in It than hud l :>een contributed by the Alliancemen. For a year nil restriction as to the sale of I itock has been removed, and a large number ( >f the shuteholdurs have disposed of their i itock, the drill being toward Abbeville. At Lhe time of the tax return some SUO.OOO of the 1 dock had gravitated toward tiie village, and luring the Inst six weeks much more of it rtas come this way. The transfer has been i . onstant. and there has never been a time ivhen our people have not been ready to buy I it. Owing to the large atnonnl which has I :ieen offered nml owing to the scarcity of ' money. It Is hard to sell at par, though those ' ivbo choose to make a slight discount have ' not failed to find a buyer as far as we have ' leard. The stock Is replly worth par. and no one ' who can hold it. should sell at any price. The instalment feature haa been of lm- 4 tnense benefit to our people in furnishing them a safe place to Invest small amounts ut ] lifl'erent times. Many who would never t lave .iiad stock at all?If they had been re- < lulled to pay all cash?now have one or more I -hares from which a reasonable income wiU I l?e realized twice a year. Another good feature of the Farmers' Bank I lies in the savings department, and many Utile safes have been let out to persons who desire to make an effort to save something. I THE NATIONAL BANK. Another advantage which has come to our people from the agitation of the banking system is In the Increased deposits to be found ' in the vaults of the banks at Abbeville. In- j dead of locking up their money til home as it ' premium to robbers they now take their money to the banks, and instead of lying idle, the bank* loan it out to those who may be needing it. The depositor litis his money in n place of safety, where lie can get. It at. any 1 moment, nnd by depositing In the bank lie naturally learns to set a value on his ready :ash. and Is slower to spend It than he otherwise would be. The National Hank at Abbeville does n large business, and its field of usefulness, like Its surplus fund, increases as it grows older, ind a Kood dividend Is paid twice a year to its stock holders. This bank is more prosperous than ever before. Mr. J. Allen Smith, its President, and Mr. M. S. Barnwell, the ('ashler, and Mr. Lewis Pcrrin, the assistant Caviller, are men to -inspire public confidence In whatever they undertuke. The National Hank has been conservative 1 In its business, and at no time In its history liid it staud as high in public esteem as It [loes now. The stock of tills bank is held by anly a few shareholders who took it as a sale ind sure source of income, and tliey have never been disappointed. Viftit from n Veteran Journalist. Rock Hill Herald. 1 We were delighted to receive a visit Inst ' week from Mr. Hugh Wilson, editor of tlie Abbeville Press anil (tanner, one of the best 1 weekly papers tn the South. Mr. Wilson isa I veteran Journalist, independent and out- ' spoken and always fair in his criticisms, i Notwithstanding several boycotts, one of , which was ordered by the Abbeville county . iillance because he opposed the substitution "it cotton for hemp bagging, his paper is per- ? laps a better paying institution than any < jtlier weekly journal in South Carolina. Mr. Wilson Usui never neiore i>c-ii in mis ( sounly. He was surprised to tind such a town , is we have here and seemed much pleased . iv 1 Lti liis trip. His competitor, the Abbeville Medium, said a year ago that Hock Mill was >i 1 mall town with a canning factory ai?d a cot- ? Ion lactorv, but Mr. Wilson found more than < I his. We hope he will come again and stay longer. i * # "" t \n IiHircnicU Urol Iter's Kind Words. ] Monroe Knquirer. Mr. Hush Wilson, Jr., the good looking and clever editor <>t the Abbeville, S. (', Press and lianuer, paid Monroea visit last Friday. Mr. 1 Wilson has been publishing the Press audit Banner for &'l year.-. He is the most complete- t ly lu teres ted in his business of any man we I, ver met. As we have reiuuiked before, what j, He doesu't know about printing a country | weekly is hardly worth knowing. He was! * yery much pleased with Monroe. t 1 ' ' '. THE COUNTY Til LEVY. WHAT HONORABLE REPRESENTATIVES HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT. ^ "3 ? ?? -?" *? I /\ik<l/kil Tl> AW Fire it ltroniJ*l?le ol Figure* at (tie Public. The following letters nre in reply to .Mr, McCiowan'H letter, and arc in good temper They are commendable examples of dignity and rcup'-ciful presentation of their sltle o: the question. The tone and temper of these letters are worthy examples, from which It Is hoped other correspondents may learn a les son. Letter of Efoii. .1. Tow ties ItobertHoii Editor Press and Ran nor: In the reply of Mr. McGowan In yonr lssn? of last week, to Mr. T. A. Graham, he re-iter ates the assertion which he made in lib speech on the 18th ultimo, that the Abbeville delegation had intentionally placed the taa levy for this County too low,and alludes to t: correspondence b?M ween the County Cotnmis slonurs and the Chairman of the delcgatlor in i iil" uouse in ivrpre^euuiiiven, in leicicut-i to the levy of a tux to raise supplies for thi flsc 'I years lStKMH, for Abbeville Couniy. I held tiie position of Chairman and believe It to lie my duly to make a plain state merit of the lacts from the records In tin case. Ilel'ore going to Columbia to attend the ses slon of l.S'JO I made an effort lo Inform mysel as to the truecondilIon of the finances of oui County, my,conclusion was that with thenar plus then on hand, and the probable rev enue from fines, licenses, etc., together wit! a levy of 3 mills upon the taxnble property would bn ample to run the County fur tlx years lSUO-'Ji. and with strict economy leave a small balance. The delegation hui helore them the Itemized estimate of tin County Commissioners which amounted it the an rotate to 524,243. Among the items was 8S.000 for roads and bridges, and S4.00J for pasi Indebtedness. Hut accepting itall as Ills, we made thi levy of :i mills. New let us see the result: The County Commissioners expended for all purposes $ 27.452.fr And they realized from all sources.... 25.1)10.0 Deficiency $ 1,542.00 This deficiency will be paid, with Interest out ol a levy of J4 mill to be collected thh Fall, arranaemetH8 having been made with i single creditor to carry this debt until the col lecii >u Is made. Again, the County Commissioners received 3 25,010.(X And their estimates for all purposes wns 24.245.01 3 l.WK.Ot It will thus be seen tliat the levy made bj the delegation exceeded the estimates of tin County Commissioners in the sum of sixteen hundred mid sixty-five dollars. You will observe Mr. Editor the Countj Commissioners asked for SO,000 for roads and bridges and the records show that they have spent SI8,000. Including the floods, the account is as fol lows : For llie ordinary expenses on rouds and bridges as estimated $ 6.000.0C For the bridge near Lowndesvllle, which was completed a lew weeks after the fiscal year begun, and some other contracts, made the previous year which was paid out of this levy 3.o00.0C Extraordinary expenses 10 replace bridges washed away, about 8,500.0C S I3.OUO.Ot Mr. McGowan says that it mieht happen from excessive floods and the washing away of br idges, in which case no one could blHtne either the County Commissioners or the delegation. Now, if Mr. MoUowan hud consulted the records tie would have found that the large amount expended in excess of ttie estimates of the County Commissioners in the Items, roads and bridges, was exactly the coniition lie had described. I think no blame should ntlaeh to the del?gatiou. nellherstiould the Counly Commissioner be censured. It was their duly to realace lho bridges when washed away ; and >ut tor the "unforsecn floods*' theie would liivp ueen u surplus or xnoui 61,'J-W, instead ot 1 deficiency of ubout $1,500. J. Townes Robertson. Med in no copy. 1I.etter of lion. F. B. (jury. I had hoped that I would be relieved of the uipleasani duty of talcing part In a newspajer controversy, for to ine, nothing Is more llsiasioful. ltiit a proper regard fur inyselI lemnnds. that certain insinuations recently jul'llshed shall not go unchallenged. Mr. \V. j. McGoWiiii, of Abbeville, In replying to Mr. Jraliatn'R letter concerning the lax levy for iheyear lssw-'9I, reiterates his charges Uiat 'knowing the levy was too low it was an un'pardonabie act of deceit (011 the part of the 'Abbeville delegation) to make that appear as true widen was not true." Now, this is a xptiy bold conclusion to arrive at. Mr. MvGowiin in In*/.oil to discover something erooKed with ihK delegation (for wlini nil'pose I leave it lo the public to say.) seems ;o have butcasually Inspected those records ivhich lie In voltes to prove his assertions. A lo>er a nd cm liner inspection will Inform .Mr. Metiowati of his errors, and establish the ;<>oil lattii of the delegation. The itemized estimate of current expenses for the iNcal year 1MI0-91, which was furnishL-t| the delegation as a basis ot the levy, asked or a levy to raise in round numbers 824,001). 00 To meet which the delegation then ;iiouki) una miii iniiik tnai u levy >f three mills raising ?21,7090) iVltb lines and forfeitures 1, ">00.00 Supplemented by a surplus whieb from official Information, would be 2.000.00 Total ,524,200.00 ivould be amply sufficient. But Mr. McUowan In bis zeal to find some,htnK wrong wltti this delegation has overooktd another material point. Out of liis nmitli 1 propose to convict him. He says. "It 'might, happen that beeau.se of unforeseen 'Hoods and the consequent washing away of 'the brldsres, that, the levy hs recommended 'by the County Commissioners proved too low. In tills event no one could or would 'blame ihe County Commissioners or the delegation. lint such Is not the case here." Lie t us see if this is the ease here. If Mr. McGowan will look a little more dlspasslonitely Into the estimates made by the Comity >>iiuniii!?lnnerK and inrnlstied to the delegation. lie will find that, they estimated triat lliey would need for bridges 5 C.OOJ.OO lint owing to the untoreseon floods .hey actually spent tor bridges 13.0lMi.00 An excess of S 7,000.00 From this excess should be deducted ihe cost of the Lowndesviile bridge... 2.400.00 Which leave* n net (xcess of. $ 4,1)00.1)0 So you see Mr. Kdiiorthat hut for he very contingency which Mr. Mcjowan says would excuse all parties here would Liive heen a surplus of... $ H,000.00 In plain of a deficiency of $ 1.500.00 Now a deficiency Is no new thins; In Ilie naiiauernent of county affairs and heretofore 10 delegation lia< ever been arraigned for what, as In mis case, eouId not be foreseen. I think I have shown 10 any lair minded nan the utler fallacy or Mr. McGowan's premises, and It must follow that if his premises ire false his conclusion is inevitably false. In due seasoh 1 will give an account of my itewiii'dslishlp, but in doingso. I shall not foiow the example of .Mr. McOowutl. Whojjlves lie first exhibition of mud-slinging and then iecrles a 111 ud-sl inning controversy. Nor should I lake any in tice of Mr. McGowsin's ratuituous insinuaiions, but- for the quasi lersonal reflccilons which he has seen hi lo nuke and for the reason that lonsjer silence night be misconstrued into an admission of ,be truth of his chargcs. Frank H. G;iry, Oue of the Delegation. teller of Hon. T. A. tiraliHin. fAlitor Press and Bonner. Inasmuch as Mr McGowan has boon leforo he public twice with bis charge of "dec it and Jeception," it is only fair that I should have, wo more hearing. He cay* I did not answer lis questions Well really a matter which has jeeii on public record for more than a >vnr oj e i 'to tl? examination of all persons" d.ik.s need xith proof and admission. The county coiuni>sioner* are required to keep a ho"k in which hey shall record their eiitimateK from year to . ear, and this hook is, bylaw, 'open, without eward, to the examination of all pei>ons.'' How then, could this i t commendation ><( the bounty Commissioners need proof i Ttiis cur 'csuoiidenceto which Mr. McGowun refirs and ipon which he icbidh to depend m> much.is of 10 conoid) ration because (ho estimatea them<elvct< are the evidence of tVe vanta of tbe 'ouuiy OmmisHioi era The inmL er in niniply tbin : The <"!< uuty ("cm iiii-sion^rs rrcomrricni' d a levy of 3}^' mill* and he Legislature made a. lew of 3 nuiis Now lie quest ion w, Did the n.unburn of the Lenin attire from this county practice "d?ceit ard de eptioti" when they made tho 3 mill levj ? Let's see. If tlure w deceit in having oneV own opinion lien there wa- deceit If the Legislature ha-" be ritilit (which Mr RIcGowau will not deny) o differ with the C'otnify Commissioners then hev rin-t examine the tstimalebof tlx* Ccuti- i y ('otiitni-Moneiv, and if in their jndement, | bey are to-i high then the only thing io he doue j o avoid "deceit and deception" is to reduce tho 'evy recommended Thin the delegation as J] honest men' did." Pnnpona the oounty ooramis- I sioners had rccommedded 6j^ mills should the delegation have granted it? ?n?t8omnch as in their jndgmont. was necet-sary. There can be no other rule. ^ ' Mr. McGowan can't understand how legislators can pnt a levy "lens than necessary for ex^ penditnres at that time known." But the expenditures are not always known. Estimates for road*, bridges and ferries nre always' more or ^ lesf uncertain. I really donht. whether Mr Mc Gowan would mako a good legislator. Ue s?ems to holievo t'-o much of what he hearn. Ho nays the Conntv Commiat-ioners said that with a 3 mill levy a <1 ficiency was certain* and . inevitable. And he firmly believes it because r| tli? y (a* he say.-) said so, well, I do not belkve r. ftnv unoh thine. Si Let's see. tl The deficiency. McGnwan. 'ays is $1 500 ' Very well. People in my neighborhood nwd J1 " to cross to Laurens on a bridge that cost about 1 SCnO. The conntv commi-'sionors last fail built t, in its stead. one which cost $ > 700 Now if the n old bridge had been rebuilt wo wou'rl have now had a surplus of SI.055. or they could have n ? built a bridge costing ?2 710. aDd had no defi ciency. It i? granted that an additional }? of e I a mill was allowed in the la?t levy to pay thn |, ' deticiencv and interei-t The levy now is 9% [ mills. Without the deficiency it, would have . been 9J< mills. The levy for 1890 91 was 9%. v i and if the bitd been added it won'd have : been 10 mills. Now wbatV the difference be- J : twren 10 mi'ls for one year and 9% for the v next, nnd mills for both years ? Bat, siys i - Mr. McGowati. "bo it remembered that tbe " ; collection of these taxes would come after the j August, primary for l^iia nna, coma men ao " no po iticivl harm." Now that's about as bad ; as indulging in a eha*e to Columbia to find a . thine: that, was recorded at Abbeville. Every. body who wants to know, known what the tux i levy is. Tbe*e levies are always published iu , the newspapers. They are not. hidden from 1 the people till tax paying. If we had desired to make oui^elves popular this year we wonld , have made the le.vy 10 mills last, year and 9% , this year. But we didn't care to use the ad ! vantaue we had ; wauled to givo the b"$ys a I. showing. There is one thing we did, in the matter of 2 taxeB, which I never hear mentioned now-ndavs. We saved Greenwood and Abbeville town ships about $30,000 worth of railroad bonds be' sides untold interest on them If we get credit for that we haye reduced this year's levy be low zero. Now there are some things about that pri mury which I cannot understaud. I cannot ' understand bow a "primary mmi on principle" ' can take no interest in a primary aft?*r this ' year. 1 know that Mr. McGowan is an honorable man ; and I aui forced to conc'ude then . that he is going to teavo n?. But I think that Jj he should have used his Influence for a direct ^ ) primary for "9t for the sake of n >me of 11s who i . may l>e here to ba'tle at tlnit ttme. There won fl J uo constitutional difficulty in the way of de- t r ma"diDg a primary of the Septomber conven 1 . riou, aud yet that reso ution was fabled. ? , Even Gen'. Hampton, who, a short time previons. wanted to takb a primary nolens *j ' VOLEXs, thought the resolution was out of or- i I der. (Jen. Hampton is an honorable man. I o ! therefore don't understand it. , . d Now let's isee how that "dec-it and dtcep- * . lion" lits the other footThat a direct primary would be unfair to the i, people of the lower counties was fully disuse' en and aiied in the convention'88. Of coun-e i< it wou d be "personal abuse" to Bay that a a learned l.iwj-er did not know as much about it " as a farmer Governor, i am forced therefore ? to say that Mr. McGuwan knew it. Certainly " l I cannot. Kay that an able lawyer did not know j . the constitutional dificulty in the abutter of the a May convention. Therefore I am justified in 11 j saving : Knowing theae things, it wa?auuu y< pardonable and itidefenrib'o act of deceit to [J malce that appear an true which wat not true ^ I heartily agre.u with Mr. McGowan in what c, be nays about a decent, nuti mud-Biin?ingcam- J pnigu. I had a dream a few nigbtrf ago about tbat il March convention T. A. Graham. P r , m o THE COLORED TEACHERS, jj ?? j; The Subject of Education Is Discusse?l in Hie Association. (| Editor Press and Banner: ? Hear HlrAs we have been annoiuted to re port to jou, that the county uuiy see and know vvliiit the teachers ol the county are do- c< ing to elevate the soiiHand daugthers In black ri to where the world shall see and hear them, ? wc numbly .submit the following to your readers: . f> The Colored Teachers A>sociation met i,: Thursday l'J in., according to cull, lit the Poplar Grove bavidlc. Academy. The house was willed to order by the Presi- ^ dent. hev. D. t?. Klugh, B. U. Music was ren- 11 dered by the organist ol the Academy. Pray- tl er by Kev. D, II. Johnson. 01 The object ol? the meeting was ably discussed by Airs. S. A. Pressley aud other*. We '< might give you an Idea ol the object. The " object ol this Association Is to encourage the P( cause of education ; to devl.-e useful studies < ' 1'or her teachers ; to discuss topics ol' interest, lM etc. The topic of "How to Teach Fractions," hi was discussed by H. it. Latimer. Then the topicof "How to Teach Alphabets" 11 wasdiseusseU fy Miss 1. C. Sample and others witli great Interest. "How to make Orthography Interesting," Ij was discu.-sed by llev. D. H. Johnson. All teachers and friends seemed to enjoy tne exercises very rnucn tnueea. ?" After the house hemg culled lo order by the 1,1 | President, Friday morning, and nil Joining In "s a praise service, ''The dt.mand and Need o 1 Heller Teachers," was discussed with great W I eagerness by the Association. Alter which It 11 was Used In each mind that we do need bet! ter teachers in towns ana country. |rl "The Model school Teacher" by Miss H. E. Jl I Gogglns and others, which was\ery Interesting. J( I ''The Necessity of betler Public School SyR- 11 tern." was discussed by Mr. T.J. Walker and w others. 1" We could not decide anything at this meetIng. hut tve hope to co-operate with the while bl Teachers Association on this matter and see 11 ? Mill. L'KII UC UtJIll'. When we look over in Anderson and Green- w vllle counties and some others and see their CI teachers receiving their money on orevcti before the term is ended, it causes us to want some changes. Why is it that Abbeville, the old historic county, can't borrow the money 11 as other counties and pay her teachers whei) liiey shall have closed their school-terms? ' Think of It! a teacher must teach live or Mx months tor only 510. ?lo or S*20, and have it !" discounted at 12 oer cent., or wait until next 1,1 December for his of her monay ! Can we, us " teachers, IIvv at #ueh a rate? I.ets come to- 1,1 gethcr teachers. J" Your Committee, " Miss M. N. Pinckney, 1,1 liev. I). H. Johnson, "I II. H. Latimer, Chairman. in THE COLORED TEACHERS. ? . - til Ir The <>ra?le of Certificate Which was In Awiirtiotl to Them. S| j The folio wine is a list of colored leacliers cj ; awarded certificates at the late examination, namely: j| FIRST CIIAHK. M) A..T. Hnllowny, P< Idu A. Sunders. 'i'l Hi SKCOXI) (J It A HE. H Marie Tj. Wyntt, AliceO. Huil?r, ' , Ala ry J. Tom pk I u s, A (Jeorae Anderson, :, W. P. Sanders, . ' I*. It. I.?nes, },. It. B. McDowell. Julia A. Wllllford. u N. M. Ulehlo, Ben|. Morton, Mrs. H. M. I .eland, M. K. Moragne, I.T. Carroll. X. U. Ca laham, Lizzie J. Hell. ... llenry S. Clmppell, Mamie I. (iantt, Sallie 1.. Hasan, Kmil.v F. Letman. llachel \V. Moragne, F. M. MeComlis, <;? o. T. iviti?rn, Mary l<.Tompkins, "?. B. T. Boyd, l'| Clara A. Ucdd, v' Samue! Kichie, H. J. Smith. C? Klin Anderson, J. L. Harris. > K. Cowan, ai J.C. fork, I J. W. Thomson. i ei County Hoard Examiners. j*1 ? * " " | in Di?in'( Have Itcforciicc to j " I in E<1 IIor Press and Banner : | :n l'c*riniI. iiw, as briefly as possible, to say to lo j your correspondent "S" (hat lio does nit- nn j : Injustice and at. the Fame time unduly magiii-' gc | ties his own importance when he entertains m | the Idea i ha I I had reference to hlin In *ny- at | tlitni; which I may have said in my account, us of the recent convention tifanll-Tillinaiill.es wi j at this place. I il< ' I assure li I tit I never gave him a thought. i ta u. k. nut. jpt " I IV! Mattings! mattings! ( all < n White Hiotii- M ers and see a handsome line ol mattings la ; A. white and various colors. vi i . Wic-; - rREENWOOD'S GATHERINGS .. . ,yj . . . ' . * : ? N ABLE CORRESPONDENT'S VIEW OF THE SITUATION. ?no Hundred Good Thins1* Told In mi Ktilcrlntnin;f Way ? Itead It For Yourself. Our Methodist friends at Lebanon liave n ourishlng Sunday :-ehool under thesuperitendency of Mr. Wat Lipscombi They liuve ucentty luid their church re-paiuted. sometime la?t week Miss Nellie Screws lost 15. As si mark ol kindness and to show tielr high appreciation of her as a teacher, ur citizens soon made up the amount and endered It to her, but she gracefully declined [> accept il. liecause of the illness of his father Mr. ArhurSheppard went to Liberty Hill Saturday Ight. Air. Eugene Tarrant and his mother have loved Into their new house. The ordinance of baptism was adminlsterd In the Baptist church Sunday nlglu. Thereare several cases of whoopixig cough ii town. I would like for the chorister, brother uince, to lell.us how Greenwood Club Mo. 2 rould suit now. I nolo with pleasure East Knd's npologv, I uppose they are always in order, but didu't ealiy think he was due me one. I am always grateful to have m.v errors pointed out ii a pleasant way, as Cupt. Itodgers never nils to do. xiic vjicuii wuuu vyuiuui nmiu \wn in guu ;/,ru ust week with fourteen inst.rutneiiLs. J. K. .eavell, pr^sltlent,J. A. Barksdale, secretary. . It. Leavell.J. W.Duckett and J. F. Davis t-aJeis. Dr. B. F. Duekett has returned from a trip o Alabama and Mississippi. At least twenty antls from this c'.ub will atend preaching at Abbeville and probably oln iu the singing saleday in May. Our Presbyterian friends and a few of their iaptist and Methodist friends had a moBt Jojul time at their reuuton last Tuesday eveniig in Bailey's hall. There was a bountiful upply of delicious viands, and the social eature was all that could be desired. About UO persons were in attendance. Our young men are organizing a company o furnish minstrelsy lor the summer. Itev. E. J. Forrester has received an in vitaIon from the first Baptist church, Brooklyn, tf, V., to prcach for them duriug the month oi lusust. Mr. Jesse Clifton, of the Greenville Horologcal School, and Mr. J. \V. White, a jewelei rom JNewberry, weie in town last week for lie purpose of buying the tools ai.d stock 01 naterlal belonging to the estate of the late J. \ Duckett. Saturday evening being the time appointed or the re-organization of our Democratic lub there wa> a larue crowd in towu all day, iid by 3 o'clock there was assembled In 5ailey's spacious hall iour hundred staunch democrats, all with smiling faces as if conIdent of SUCCC'S, for it was generally known hat there would tie a strong but friendly cones i for the delegation; 4'JO names Were enolled. President 1st and vice-president 2nd. iecrrtary, treasurer and corresponding socreary were C. A. L'. Waller, Dr. J. A. Mar-hall. '. F. Kiley. E. S3. K. Giles, J. B. sample and 'rof. R. B. VVil?on elected respectively wiihut opposition. The balloting for our twenty elegates was spirited but good humordiy and resulied in ihe election of an anil elevation with Dr. Maxwell as chairman, by majority of ;i9. The amis were naturally tibiluut over Iheir hard earned victory, and ur own beloved Dr. Maxwell wus called on jr a speech iu a few conservative, dispassionte and conciliatory remarks. He encouraged u cllll ..... nlr.r o-luu l.ilf n? flic f continued reason, kindness and justice, always having in view uttered regard for the igiits ana feelings of those of our fellow >emocrats who differ with us. Tillmanites nd units are very much encouraged to beleve. that If the good feeling hern exhibited outluues to prevail, and the tone of the Med lini continues to improve, and writers to lie Press and Banner stop throwing mud, us re no doubt will, we will yet have a decent umpnlgn conducted on Hie elevated plane ol itrnily.Justiceaud brotherly kindness. The Greenwood Cornet Band meets on Monay and Friday nights. it should be the pride of every church to rovide a nice comfortable home lor its p>isir. All the denominations here, eveu some f the colored ehurebe*, except the Baptist, ave such homes, and they are at last enliu.-ed on thesubject, and we confidently exect to see them soon begin the erection of a arsonuge second to none in the town. The aptlst here are not lacking In uny of the es 11 tin Is of a livt-working church, but tliey ave never before lully realized the imporilice of having a comfortable home of their wn or their preacher. Mr.fl. K. Stevens, of tlie Greenwood Malilne Shops, has recently been awarded the t r'lul f. .?? ? Iup.iu l>ti fif hriH.rn linllu i> mH ids, being lower than Greenville, Columbia r Auy u?tu. A change on the Central on Sunday now Ives us our northern mall at C:ol> instead ol 1.0 o'clock us heretofore. li Is inucli more pleasant and profitable to iy kind than unkind thing*, about our neighurs. Therefore, let us discuss our political itt'eiences, as we do those ol reilglun,calmly, Ispussionately and liberally, according to then their right to diller. Owing to the proximity of the band room i his pearcb, 1 anticipate a notice like this: A. pariot lor sale, apply on premises." li ully could produce the sounds exactly as icy Issued from the rehearsals it would only a a conglomeration ol discordant notes, to id to this his Imperfect reproduction will be urrllylng. Rev. E. J. Forrester has been invited to dever four lectures on i tie Bible before the V. I. C. A. Convention at.spartan burg. Don't forget ttev. Kilgo's address before the . M. SS. of the Methodist church next Sun i?y. Our Tillman friends hereabouts may exect us to joke them a little over ibelr defeat, s they did us two years ago when we were mowed under" even woise tnan they were iturduy, but It will aII be good humorcdiy; ley are our neighbor*, our irleiuls and relaves. We recognize thein as staunch l>emo-ats ana lully our tibial in all that gots to lake up the sturdy yeomanry of our pioud ttle commonwealth. Dr. J. A. .Marshall wishes it distinctly unsrstood Hint there is no foundation lor the unor that he is a candidate foranyoltlce ithln the uil't of.the people. His work is urely from principle and for the bi st inter>tof nis fellowtnen as he understands it. As B.'ore stated in this column Dr. Marshall is representative man and no one, 1 suppose, ouid call liim a coat-tail swinger or 'drlttood" If lie t hose to exercise the right ol ev y citizen to run for olHce. The silliest objection yet raised to the con rvatlve ticket is that Mr. Orr Is the presient of a large corporation, this of course is tnndfwl lo .-ate!) the laborer and I mil Korrv ) say many of them roll it under their ague io> a sweet morsel. The truth of It is [r. Orr gives employment to more laborers ml provides loot! ami raiment lor more woieu and children than all the Tlllmaultes in ie State put logether. The same Is true of 1 the other corporations, and yet we are ex['CtedtoeudoiHuiiie.siiieid.il policy ot warig against tliem. How long before the poor iuii will cease to iieed the voice of lire demfogue? A light for the delegation of this club was pver contemplated by the antis.and would iit have been made, but thanks lor tlie op>rHine publication of auxiliary literature, t lea>t twenty of our number will now at nd preaching ut Abbevillesaleday in May, id will doubtless join Mr. N..uce in the singig. but there is not a mourner among them >r Mr. McC'illa to talk to. Kev. i'lowden, of Edgelleld, was in town uiiilay and preached 111 the Presbyterian inrch. Mr. K. II. Booker, of Dunulds, was in town omlay. There seemed lo lu> at least one thousaml en 011 our streets Saturday morning. Suprsing them all to bo Tiilmaiiltes. A leading lllman friend said to a prominent ami that ley had brought them here to make sure of lis delegation, as Tillman's success in this uinty depended on holding Mils club. This ay tie prophetic, and we trust their defeat id our victory means something more than le vindication of our honored citizen. It ay be the leaven, etc. However, we know am experience two years ago Ilia t our Irlends el chagrined, but we just couldn't help it, ..,1,1 ..... Kill s. THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. he Abbeville Delegates were I>eIlKlilfd witli Their Trip?The Xext Sunday Seliool Convention to be lit Abbeville. The fifteenth session of t he State Sunday hool Convention was held at .Marion, April 6 and 7, and it was certainly an occasion of ensure and profit. The citizens 01 the city ed with each other in their endeavors to ake the stay of the delegates pleasaut. 'i he invention was a ureal success. Mr. Win. Reynoldsu member of the Interailonal Kxt-cutivc Committee was present id coutrliiuied largely 10 the success of the ictlng. Rev. W. M. Ilamill, superintendit of the Normal Depart men l ot the Illinois unlay .School Association, was present and s lessons in normal I caching whs of Hie o>t instructive and profitable character. ie earnest zeal ami conservation of these en of (iod was indeed an inspiration, and i earnest desire to do more ana better work r the Master was kindled In every heart. Mr. I?\ l1'. Whilden with liis silver cornel, t( (her with the local choir contributed sweet uslc; at)out seventy-live delegates were in, tendance, every session was replete with ( ful instruction. W'e liked the meeting so I ell that our delegation invited the Conven>n to hum t with us next year, and the invl lion was aecepled, and we ciin assure I lie I o.ile oi our town that I hey haven rieh treat j store for them. Hev. Herbert \Vil*on, 1>. I'. : iseleeled president was raised in our town. essrs. A. H. Morse, C. P. Hammond and \V. , Templetou wcie the delegates from AUbelle County. i\ v , . . ... ' . . . . PEABODY SCHOLARSHIP. ^ _ ? SOUTH CAROLINA ENTITLED TO THIB : TEEN-DUB WEST GETS THR2E OF THEM. The Appointment of Five Student* ns HeneficiHi-ieM Recommended Tliey nre Sow at Peitbody Normal College at Their Own Expense. Columbia Register. South Carolina will be entitled to thtrteer beneficiary scholarships at the Peabody Nor mal College at Xashville, Tenn., at the enc of the presenL scholastic sesdon. By the regj illations of the board such studeuts as attenc the school for one year at their own expentu are entitled t'> subsequent scholarships Five South Carolina young Indies come If under this elas*. The following letter frotr President Payne explains the subject: "Ai the elo.se of this college year there wll be thirteen vacancies In the scholarships fo: Houth Carolina, nud In accordance wltn th< regulations of the Peobody Board of Trus tees, I recommend the appointment of thi 'ollowing students whoare now at college a their own expense: "Mubie Killough, Florence ; Maggie C. La C'iste, Maysville: Carrie Sullivan, Due West M'irgurir.e M. TpdJ, Mamie W. Todd, Dm Wesc. These students will think It a grea favor If you will send them an early notlci of their appointment as they will then settli iheirarragenments for next year. The re matnlng vacancies will bo filled In the usuo way." It might not be known that the Peabod: scholarship Is worth 8200 a year, and; Is goo< for two years. The college year consist o elfjht months, beginning on the first Wed nesday In October and closing on the las Wednesday In May, and scholarship student: receive from the president of the college Si at the end of each of these eight months. Kach scholrashlp Is good for any two con secutlve years above the Freshman class thatl< for Sophomore and Junior, or fo Junior and Senior, or for senior and Post Graduate. Acoinpetetlveexatninatlon will beheld dur Ing the summer to award the remaining eiuhtplaces. Therequlrementsforapplleani will be: The ability to'read fluently, to writ' a fair hand, to spell corectly, aud to expres , thoughts In grammatical English: to solv I' problems of moderate dIfDculty under all tb< ordinary rules of arithmetic, and to demon strateany ordinary arithmetical principle to locate the principle cltle-?, rivers a < mounilana of the world, and to give tb boundaries ol any specified State of the Union to parse the words of any ordinary Englisl sentence, and to correct ungrammatlcal En? lish ; to solve equations of two unknowi quantities; to describe the leading events li the history of the United State*. There wll no doubt, as usual, be a very large number c application filed. i? - Brlcrtvontl's Budsct of Intere?llni Paragraph*. BrlPi wood, S. C., April 12,1892. Quarterly conference whs held at. Asbur; on Saturday the 2nd. The presiding elde Mr. Campbell preached an excellent merino (.bat morning. We had preachinz at Mt. Morinh on the Is Sunday. Kev. Andetson commenced hi series of sermon*, which are Hie seven las sayings of Christ. His text was, "Father tot give them for they know not what they do. St. Luke, xxlli, 31. Mr. Willie Bullock, formerly of Abbeville and Mr. Frank Johnson were visiting li Brlerwood last Friday night week. Louis, son of-Mr. T. W. Nickels, has beei quite 111 with pneumonia. Th?* H.irrl f.nlmr hrlilco l? rmw enmnlAtpd From outward appearances It seems to be i ijoo'i piece of workmanship. Mrs. Tacenrt and her t.wo daughters,. Mis Mamie and Miss Moselle, all of Greenwood were visiting In our vicinity the first day o April. It has been suggested by some of our younj ladle* that we have a Ashing parly and plcui on the lust day of April. It doubtless wouii be an enjoyable day. Mr. and Mrs. Alklns gave the young peopl a delightful sociable Inst week. Some of our farmers commenced plantini cotton last week. Look outsomebady will bi buying sefd to replant again. March 24th, born to Mrs. T. C. Burnett nep Ml. Morlah, a son. Mr. \V. T. Verell and Mr. W.T. Aiken spen Saturday night in Brl?rwood. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stacey visited relative in stony Point last week. There Is talk of several weddings arouni here this Fall. We had a good deal of rain and thunde last week. Mr. J. T. Malone has the finist barley patcl In thH community. Miss Annie Miller is visiting relatives it Eigetleld. Tuny. White! Have Now a C< UrmAnol * HJI uuiMai i ifj SUITAB SPRING t ND are prepared to supply the wai GREAT I Are offered such as are always to be lis tent ion is called to the great Slaughter of that is now being made. A large lin cents per yard, many of the fabrics ha Tliis is an opportunity rarely often Come at Once, The) There will he no more at the pricc Pai ticular attention is called to our stc BLACK DR] Our assortment in this line was ne Cashmeres, Serges, Alhvool ami Silk > Lawns, &c. We have a Full GOODS India Linens, Bulgaria Lawns, Persia Striped ami Plaid White Lawns, 1)< Torchon Lares and Hamburg Trimmi The best assortment of Percales goods are becoming more and more pu They are in H And suitable for drosses and waists. A l'irge stock of l'lints, (iiutfliauis, Cli Our Stock of Ready-ift Furnishing Goods 2 Be1 All we ask is a call and a look, be suited. White mM i i i EAST END'S -? * ' * . jv !?* Tivvtii I ., ? . . V-W.* j' u He Tarn* (he Lighton the Bnsy Hup ol' Life at Ninety-Six. XI nety-SIx, S. C.. April 12,1892. The town of Ninety-Six Is Justly proud q( her school and school bulldm*. The latter h?8 been paid for and the trustees have titles for It. A spcclal txx of two mlliB lor about ' ? t\vo ypars and private contributions bave . done the work. W? have a nice building, a . monument and honor to ?he town and no1 hodv has been extravagantly taxed to pav for it. The citizens of the lown feel profoundly - . - 1_ n.i r n nbiili.a /> I griUeiUI lOWarus o?ll. J. r. riiiiii|iu nuu v,upu. E. M. Lipscomb for carrying the debt until it coold be paid. 1 The new town council ban b^en sworn In * : and everything is working on smoothly. ' A crazy man cimi? lino our san.-tum re: cently and suggested that for peace-and har' mony and to ensure the eleciion of Hon. i R. K.Tillman, that the antls withdraw all effort to elect Col. Sheppard. At first we ' thought be bad a strange appearance, but, 1 were satisfied after his deliverance. Miss Dolile Goodwin, who hns been visit' 1 Ing her aunt Mrs. R. F. McCaslan. has rer turned to her home at Renfroe. Ala. She ; made many Irlends during her stay here, and all regretted her departure. We think unnecessary prominence is being 1 given to Mr. T. A. Graham and his late effusion. > Tb? Hon. E. B. Murray and Capt. W. C. ! McGowan passed up from Colombia last week, whither they had been on business of 1 importance. 1 Mr. L. H. Carlisle, of Anderson, bus been e appoln>od frallnmd agent at this place. He " comes bliihly recommended and we certainly welcome him. County Commissioner Nance seems to have I stirred up the road workers in our township. 1 Let the good work go on, Major. ' Mrs. will Held, of Dysons, was In town last week, shopping. 1 One night during the past week some hur? glars enterfd the store of E. M. Lipscomb & Co., bored Into the safe and tooli about 8800 in CHPn anu vitiuaiiie pnyein. ncvcrui ancata - have been made, but up to this writing no : especial clue bus been dls'-overed. At tbl* r season of the year It Is a hard blow to the ' gentlemen, and we all sympathize with them. The birds are literally destroying whole , ; crops of corn In our community. I It is rumored that our townsman Mr. H. J. * Klnard will run for the Legislature. e Shf-opard for Governor, so nays Greenwood ? and Ninety-Six, and still the good work g*H e on. ' . s x*'e fear the frost has injured the fruit. Re-ently, two of the nicest ladies of my ?cj qiui intance gave me a modest, gentle lecture, ; 1 because of my antl-Tillman proclivities, e Their arguments were very forcible, if not i; loglcgal, and I acknowledge I sought retreat > as the most practical reply, and the whole ' thing would have .une unnoticed If It had a not been for the presence of an old "dyed-in the-wool" Tillmanlfe, who thought It too 1 good to keep. Mr. Major, it Is bad enough to 'f be cornered by the ladies, but worse to be laughed at. So I Intend to get up soma arguments especially for them In the future. At the meeting of the Democratic club on last Saturday the clnb was reorganised by thnplpptlnn rtf th? fnltnu-lnor officer*? T. C. f Llpccnrah, president; R. F. McCasIao, vice president: J. C. Cork, correnpondlng secretary; W. H. Holland, treasurer, James Rosen, Jr., member of county executive committee. . y The following delegate* were elected to the r County couventlon which meets first Monday 1 In May: lt delegates. altebnate8. 6 James Rogers. Jr., Col. O. MoD. Miller, - ;N ;t W. A. Llmbecker, George M. J nderaoo, *5 - J. C. Wler, a. S. Ostiorne, " J. N. I.lpucomb, vv. H. Holland, E. Y. Sheppard, George H. Hushes, .*)': % \ J S. Pinion. A. McJT. Turner. o The thnnks of the club were extended to Dr. W. A. Banders, the retiring president, for' a his fnlthful and untiring devotion to duty while presiding over the club. I. EAST END. , ^ J m ? * The Baptist Convention. Atlanta, On., i flfny 6 to 13, 1892. x For ahnve occasion the Richmond A Dan- ^ c vllle railroad will sell round trip ticket-* to j Atlanta. Gn., and return ar, following rates from points named below, intermediate e points id same proportion. Tickets on pale May 3, to 6, Inclusive, llmitt? ed returning Mav 17, 1SI2. e Spartanburg W 20 Chester 8 20 r Newberry .i.......... 6 90 Laurens ...... 6 40 t Anderson 4 55 nirtcksburtf...?.._ 1 25 ' s Yorkvllle ........... 8 75 " ' , Greenville .... 5 10 i Union 7 20 , Green wood 5 60 r Abbeville _. 5 10 Seneca :...... 8 70 i Rock Hill ~ .8 75 Columbia 8 10 i Similar rates, one tare for the round trip, will apply from Virginia and North Carolina | JJUIUlrS* J irothers; omplete Stock of Haodise, [LE FOR TRADE its of Customers in all lines of GOODS. iABG-AINS I id when timos are hard. Special at- / / I ' Dress Goods / \ f e of Dre<3 Goods is now offered at 10 ving been sold at 25 cents heretofore.. ed to get cheap goods. I are Going very Fast. ! when the present supply is exhausted. ick of ESS GOODS. ver more attractive. Call and see our .Varps, Heuriettas,. Black Satines, Black Line . of WHITE Such as m Lawns. Plain and Plaid, Nainsooks, Dtied Swisses and au endless variety of llfJS. ever shown in this market. These pular every season. < andsome Styles, The cloths are stout and colors fast, allies and Ou'iugs. dade Clothing, Gent's ind Hats was Never ;ter. Come at once and you are sure to > Brothers, i : r i "rirJ