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The Press and Banner J ABBEVILLE, S.C. Published every Wednesday at ?2 a year in advance. Wednesday, October 5, 1892 Tlip Jurors. The list of the jurors which are to serve tor the second week of the October term of the Court appear in this issue of the paper. The list for the first week appeared last week. A large criminal and civil docket await them. The welfare and safety of individuals. no less man me peace anu iirwpi-ni} <m mv general public, will be e Heeled by their work. They have delicate and responsible duties to perform, and they may, in some instances, hesitate to do their whole duty from a fear of doing wrong tosingleindividuals. Th?*y may relieve themselves from such embarrassment, if they bear in mind that it is the duty of the ('ircnlt Judge, and the Supreme ' 'ourt to correct the errors of the Jury. Able lawyers are ever on the alert, and if a jury commits an error in convicting a prisoner charged with crime, the Circuit Judge and the Supreme Court will he sure to be asked to correct the veruiei or to give a new trmi. But if a jury takes the responsibility of acquitting a prisoner chanced with crime, anil there be error In so doing, the Courts are powerless to correct the verdict or to briny the prisoner again Into C ourt. Therefore, when matters are evenly balanced, and the juror feels like avoiding the responsibility, he may throw the responsibility upon the Circuit Judge and the hiuher Court who are hound to pass upon all contested verdicts. All the evidence is written down by the stenographer, anil cases may arise wherein the jurors might do well tu axuid the sole respon. Hibillty. Jurors, when they acquit, assume the responsibility. If they convict, ttiey may do sn with recommendation to mercy, and thus transfer the responsibility to those who are more learned in the law. One of the strange things about our laws is, that a juror who may have never looked into a law book, Is required, even In the most perplexing case, to give a judgment in a few hours, when, if the case should be submitted to Hie most learned j uuse, tic migni require weeks and months to render judgment. On general principles, the jurors should sec that the laws for the protection of the person are enforced. Hogs and cattle are zealously and safely guarded by the law. Is not th? lifeof a human being much more to be guard' ed and protected ? No Innocent person should be made to suffer in body or estate, but no guilty man should be allowed to escape. With a sure and spec-dy enforcement of the laws, the peaceable and law-abiding citizen will be better protected In his life and proper ty, and those Jurors who assume the responsi bllitnof acquitting persons guilty of grievous or,D?nti ?Ka naro.m tolfo nnnn tlipm. selves a fearful responsibility. Prohibitory I-iiws. The subject of prohlbltary laws, anil metb ocls by which prohibition may be defeated will likely receive a share of attention fron a majority of the members of the next ileitis lature. It is useless to enact a prohibitory law, an?l leave It toenforce itself. 1. Provide lor an oflicer whose duty it shal be to see that the law is enforced, and require the County Commissioners to appropriate t suitable sum for the payment ol thatolliccr. 2. Make It an offence. punishable under the law, for any man to buy a United .States license to sell whiskey in places in South Car olina, from which the State withholds llcenst If the Irlends of temperance satify them selves by merely enacting a law withholding license, they will only do a foolish t til rap which will bring prohibition into public ridicule. Either provide for the enforcement o1 the law, or do not make a pretense at doing something. ? ? wm* - ? The Circulation. Much has been said by impecunious speakers on the lack of circulating medium Our observatiou lends us to the belief that it is from luck of something to .sell from which we are suffering. We notice that as soon as the cotton begins to come In, the town is flooded with money to buy the staple. If the able financier, who cannot manage their own business so as to pay their debts, would turn their attention to producing something to sell they would relieve themselves from financial stress. It isn't every man who h:is proven a personal fiinanol?l failure who is competent to manage the finances of the na. tion. To KubNcrllM>r? in Arrears. We wish that every subscriber would examine the date of the label on his paper, which is Intended to show the tiine to which each has paid. If any error has occurred we will be glad to correct the same on notification of the mistake. Wo ask each and every one to reuew his subscription at the earliest dai?J possible. Please do tills on or before Sale Day in October. tf ? ? ? licit ?e ?ei ?ory rireil. When an ignorant man, who knows liteially nothing of the government, assumes to Instruct us on the tariff, and presumes to talk on the free coinage of silver, we are fatigued indeed. Generally, the most beclouded wind thinks it knows more about finances than able Congressmen?not Alliance ongressmen ?bst Congressmen who have been at Washing for years, and who have given the subject much study. Female SuU'ra^o. The neict Legislature should provide tor fo male sunrage. allowing letnaies 10 vote on all questions which nfl'eet their property. As the law now stands, every vagrant rapscallion, who has attained the age of twenty-one, has the right to vote taxes <>n a town, while the female owners of property have not the right to vote. This is taxation without representation, and representation without taxation. Confederate Pension*. The law in reference to pensions for needy Confederate soldiers and their widows should be so amended as to include me neeuy soldiers, and their widows, wiio have removed to other States. The United States government sends pensions to Its soldiers, wherever ihey may go, even to the remotest bounds of the eartii. "Foreign A?l vert is! i? jr." J?asv week we received a proposition to publish a twoauda half inch advertisement lor ten weeks at half the price of a single insertion. That same advertiser lias advertisements in many of our exchanges, mi the card whieh was sent for us to sign acceptance, we gave an order for a ?.'{ pair of shoes, for which the manufacturer was authorized to charge us C-S cents uet. We are now looking tor the shoes. Fault Finder* and Grumblers. We are utterly Kick anil tircil of reading those newspapers who can linil nothing good in the National Government, and can see noi good in the history of the couutry. Crimson clover, red clover, mountain rye, lucerne, &c., at W. K. jjulley's I>rug Store, Greenwood. S. C. Now Is the time to plant onion sets. Kiesh lot. of pearl and silver skin sets just received. H . I{. Bailey's Drug Stole, (jii'een wood, S. I'. I Tlio Itnlc of DlMComii. For the last two or throe years our political j orators have talked mur.li of cheap money in j New York, and have to votne extent impressed the banks an<t the people in this section wltli the idea that the bank rate of interest should be very low. To show the utter and absolute folly of making charges in this country for banking accommodations as it now is, we make the following extract from the linanciul report by the American Banker, us to the charges lor money in ->e\v 1 orw "Coniniercml paper continues In good (iemnnci and the supply is fair. Quotations hit /. to per cent, for mi to iiuday indorsed | bills receivable, to -I for lour months > acceptances, and l1^. (o for good single names having Iroin four io six mouths toj run. "Time contracts on good Stock KxchangeI collateral are J per cent, lor .'Ml days: :!>/. lor W j days; :!for!tO to lour inontlis, unU to 1 for five to seven months." Think of It, three and a half to three and three-fourths per cent, for fti days, or two per cent, for ."hi days?on the very best collateral. Iii Abbeville a man goes to our banks with next to no collaterals anil wants to borrow money at less than one per cent, discount, while the man in New York with first class security must pay almost or quite double the amount which the Abbeville man pays lor his accommodation. The l'ress and liauner believes that the bank rate of discount for short time loans is much too low, and we are fully convinced that the long time loans 011 doubtful security ..? 1. than it: SIIUUII] |lll? ii 1IIKI1V-I IIUV ?1 I now charged. Why should th<? stockholder in a bank not receive at least the legal rate of interest? We know of none, save the fact that the rate of interesi which the hanks charge is too low. In hard times like these when money is in ' great demand, there stems to lie no reason why the stockholders in our banks should be limited to a dividend of six per cent, per an num. > Hanks are not eleemosynary corporations . for the distribution of alms, and those who expect favors from the hanks should pay something like the market value. i It may be said that the surplus makes our stock worth more. How will that statement bear the test of examination if we get only six per cent, on our capital and nothing at all on the surplus. ' The surplus, as a rule, in all cartful banks is held as safety against the possibility of loss ?una every imiik is nuuie iu luuiras ui uuu kind or another. 1 All robbers do not use crowbar and dynamite. .Some of them steal under the guise ol ! a contract. As long as a bank pays only six per cen t. to its shareholders, it is a misnomer to call i> > "surplus"?it should be set down as "aggre gale assessment on stockholders." Newspaper Circulation. The state raises a question as to the cimtla, tion of the Register, and proposes that some , practical method be adopted to show which of the papers may have the larger circulation or words to that effect. . We suggest to our brethren the simplest way In the world to satisfy everybody, namely : Let each newspaper publish its subscrijv noil nsi. xuo vypu, wu prvnuiuc, ui me tire list of each office is standing for use In their mailers. When the Press ami banner published Its list, a year or two ago, we used our mail list, and gave the information at al1 most no cost at nil, and in doing so, furnished " an interesting issue of the paper. But the value of an advertising medium ' does not rest solely on the number of copies sent in the mall. The laws of the State reu! ogni/.e this fact, when they require ihocoun1 ty advertising to be done In newspapers pub" 1 lished in ilie counties where the interested persons reside, or where the property Involved may be located. The law also further ' recognizi-s the Importance of local advertising when the State otllcers are required to ad' vertise certain matters In Charleston, Columbia and Greenville papers, instead of the New : York lleiald or some other distant paper. : The polities, profession, class or religion 01 ' the people among whom a newspaper circulates, as well as the matter to be advertised, has much to do with a newspapers value as an advertising medium. For instance: If an advertiser desired to I reucli the farmers of the country be would put his notice in the Southern Cultivator at Atlanta; itiiewisneu 10 ri-acn iiie reaujng: people of the cities and tho towns of the Slate he would likely do so through tliecol-j umns of tlie <ireenvl 1 le News, the State, and j trie News and Courier; if he sought to com- \ municute with the leading Tiilinanites and i oilier gentlemen who might desire official i station at I lie hands of the farmeis, he would j communicate with them through the columns of the IieKlstcr; If he wanted lo reach I the ears of the Third l'artyites he could not tlnd a better met hod of doing so than by up, plying for space in the Cotton 1'laiit. No matter which of the papers named liasj the largest circulation, the advertiser should put iiis advertisement where it will reach the customers to whom lie appeals for trade or business relations. If, lor instance, a man desired to speak to the great body of the Third l'artyites in this State, he would not think of sending his notices through the columns ot the State?not a sin?leoneof whose subscribers sympathise with that heresy. So it is wit It the State and the Register. Each represent a separate tleld, and some ad verllsemeuis would i>e uetier in one paper than in the other, regardless of the volume of circulation. A paper sent to a sumII number of substantial subscribers am nj? those who are better oil" in this world's goods would be better thnu u million copies sent to people who had 110 money with which to buy the goods which w ere offered for tale. Gentlemen, publish your lists. No harm can come of it. We expect to publish our own again this winter. Hodges Items. Hodges, S. Jet. 2,]sui The farmers are quite busy picking cotton this beautiful weather. The recent rains have damaged the cotton crop to a great extent in this community. A crowd of young men and ladles met at Mr. J. M. Miller's Inst Wednesday night to practice singing. The evening was spent very pleasantly. Mr. Cleveland Anderson accompanied by Miss Lizzie White, a lovely young lady ot Coronaca, visited the Misses Kills last week. Mr. Teague Miller called on his best girl lata Sunday. He returned a little late humming "When shall we meet again." Miss I.izzic Kills has returned home after a pleasant visit to relatives and friends at Oak Grove. Hev. (.juay Itiee, of Coronaca, preached at J'1 ne (irove, Sunday morning, lie said we! .. H i I>I .'ifli t n ir <.i.Vt.h/.nl Mis* Minnie Anderson visited Mrs. J. li. | Kills last Friday night. Mr. A. 1!. Kills ie preparing Ills land for the | Hedge Fence 10 he planted. Miss Kakiu and Miss Anderson visited friends in the neighborhood las! week. They ji attended the candy pulling at Mr. John Tur-| ner's. It Is rumored there Is to be a wedding '? the neighborhood kooii. farmer. ; Troy's Topic*. Troy, S. L'., < >?l. '!, IWy. i1 Our school Ik Ktlll growing, we have sixty M scholars. J | Troy's champion cotton bu>'?*r, Mr. .J. N. Hendy, and McCoriiiick's chHuipion .\Jr. 1 \V. <?. Sturkey met at, Mr. A. It. Kennedy's last Friday. Troy downed Met'ormick audi bought :t 5 bales at 7;,'4. So give Troy a showing at your cotton. ! I Mr. Walter Murrell can now be found at <t the store of Mr. J. S. Burnett's where he w ill |' be ulad to see his friends. Miss Ninnie Taggart and Miss Myrtisl lUnmri l..t( l,it? v for lireenvllle to at tend sshool. ' Mr. .1. 15. McCaslan returned home Iroin ; Bridgeport, Ala., last week. .Mr. (j. C. Bradley will open his shoe factory thin iveelc. He promises to give good work ] for it little money. It Is getting lime to put the rond between Troy and Winter Seat in it passible condition. , Rev. 0. Y. Bonner made Troy a visit last 1j week. Nick. . Wbite Hrothers have just received one thousand bushel* Texas rust proof red outs, ] one hundred bushels choice seed barley. 1 A good 14 inch shade hanging lamp com- 1 plete lor at \V. It. l'ailey's 1'nig storo, Ui t-onwood, S. I'. THE COTTON TRADE. The Oil .Mill?The <Jiiincrles-S:ilcH ol Cotton? Sh ipments. There is unmistakable evidence of short crop this year. It is variously estimated at tlie uitmeries at from one-haif to two-thirds of an average crop. Some farmers place their crop at. less I iian half a crop while u few others may he found that estimate their crop at two thirds to three-fourths of a fair crop. This community lias suffered perhaps more severely from the drouth thau any other in th** county. Where the fields have not been picked, they are. white with cotton, and where the pickers have passed over ihu fields, tnoy seem to have left little lor the second picking. The dry weather In July and August, after a wet spring, withered sind blighted the cotton to a greater or less extent everywhere. The only cheerful thing about tiie cotton crop is the increased price, since the market opened tlie price has gone up from lij^j cents to 7%. according to grade. This increase makes a diirerence to the farmer of some So or St! a bale?the increase being a largi per cent, and one of the etFects of the rise has been to hurry the crop to market as rust as it is uatheted. We have in town three ginneries in full operation, Willi atopic arrangements lor accommodating planters in their line, and each of them are ready to serve tiieir customers in the most, acceptable manner. The fact is, the arrangements are w> thorough and complete t hat lew, if any, customers have to watt at all. The chief compiuint being that the machinery, ralheii than the customers, nityst wait. THE WORK OK TIIE CilNS. I'p to last Monday night the aggregate worK of ginning and packing done at tiie different ginneries, was us follows: Oil Mill 211 bntes. Henry (jimmy 2H hales Lawouu'K Ginnery U71 bales. Total C.IC bales. (iiiiucd Mtinu dale last year, l"sJ bales. SIlipillOlltM. BY C. ?t N. Previously reported 212 ba'es. Shipped since last report 470 bales. Total to Monday uight ilsS bales. MY R. it I). Previously reported flf> hales. Shipped Niucc last report 2S5 bales. Total to Monday night :>8I bales. CO M PA it ATI VE SHI I'M KN TS. Sept. 1KSS. JSS'J. 181)0. 1891. 1S92. Bales,321. 776. 1743. 2,060. lUtiO The Oil .Mill. We have heretofore reported the llrst five d iys work at the Oil Mill. We now report as follows: Pounds of Seed. Gallons Oil. 6th day. '20,020 10:1 7th .21,270 4:: I Kill 20,750 lit) tail 21,40S 4 IS loth I0.S4J 4<>:> lllh, day and nl^ht.41,022 ?>20 12th 17.404 372 im at.. i,m .1 ^u.iuir 1 ?/v Hth 15,150 :U0 Owing to the fact 'hat there was a mintage in not si'Ddine a tank car to carry away the oil. the mill was compelled to shut down on liieSKIthoi September. andiKHtlll shutdown on account of laelt of room to store the oil. COTTON SEKI>. N'infteen-twenteeth of the ginneries sell thvlr seed. The ruling price is half cent a pound. WHAT WE SHOULD DO, | A Stirrhij; Letter From the Hon. Henry .J. Kliiuril. Ninety-Six, S. Sept. 27,1S!)2. Editor l're'-s and Manner: We am (tearing the last quarter of tlie year IS!I2. The larger part of its history is written. You and I liav^ had a duty to perforin. Every man has been an actor. The great state of South Carolina has placed at the hHin of the old ship men for her mooring; lor two 'years and the old bark will soon launch out lor a safe landing. Her crew are true and tried?men <?f brain, who have the interest ot State at heart. With such to encourage us, let every man in theState, who Ik worthy 01 citizenship, rully around the old ship and with a cheer springing from deep down in the heart, bid <iod speed to her safety and success. Let the press also wield her power for reform ! and peace, and joy will be felt, by every class. The banner of iru?> Democracy swings high In the old State. Can a man sulk and bulk and throw his powers against hersiillsand 'not ho ft traitor to his State? We will wait and see who are true. When we consider her sil ent resources, I lie six millions indebtedness about due. should not cnst.a gloom over a sinale patriot. Let the days ol bitterness lie passed. The test has been made ami let the majority rule, ('mite into her folds and seek shelter and honors. The Governor and his ! associates have extended the rlcht hiuid of fellowship, what more could you iisk ? How patriotic it would have been had Mr McC'rady or Mr. Haskell moved to make the noniluu lions unanimous in our .state convenuon. I expect trrcfjit thinirsof Abbeville county. Slii' hits always shored in many of the honors "from away back jonder." Would it not. he wi ll In lierio first hury the tomahawk ? Our people id list not expect too much of them they have honored in a day. Legislation well done must have due thought and consideration. However the people have a right to watch their servants''and see that they do their duty well. LACK OK It A I I.ltOA ACCOMMODATION, The Columbia and Greenville Railroad failed to furnish seals to scat all the electors to die S'ate convention. 1 with many others had t<? stand up all the way down to.Columbin Was litis carelessness or intentional? In either light M de es not speak well (or those1 who control this enterprise. Three hours standing to be. jerked about by a moving tiain is not very enjoyable, especially when your ticket calls for une seat. I'ltACTICAI, THOUGHTS OF THK K.VIOf. Abundant ruins have watered the earth. Some damage done to the half crop cotton lelt i>y the drought. The yield from the fields will be small this year. Our people must be saving and make the little go a long ways. We must keep out of debt if possible. The cotton crop is short everywhere, and the rise lu price may help matters somewhat. Let our people no longer lean npon cotton, but go to work now and sow grain and raise li#i?'ft? uml oilier stock mill verv soon we will realize the f;tet that It would not. concern uk much whether kIx or nine million bales of cotton tie produced. My letter Ik lone enough. Respectfully, Henry J. Klnard. TchcIi Your Bojn to Work. Yes, teach your boys to work. A ml when we say" work, we mean work. Teach them to do manual labor?to plow, hoe, chop wood, dig potatoes, drive oxen?in short, to do anything that taxes muscular energy. Do this and you will lind that it not only gives Iw.nhl. ?.wl l./w'l.. I.II * iiitriii iirauii mm aiiuii^tu ui uu'-> , nut it is the best brain food that any hoy ever feasted on. It will make a man of him inside and out, from head to foot, from top to toe. We would not give one year's good old-fashioned farm work, in the development ol bone, muscle and brain, for ten yeafs of collegiate gymnastics on the horizontal oar, or cac sKjiiiuiig on uje njoqern trapeze. A pronounced vein of humor must eertanly have run through the curate who said to his flock: "I fear, when I explained to you in toy last charity sermon that philanthropy was the love of our species, you must have understood me !osay 'specie;' which may account for the smallness of the collection. I hope you will prove by your pn sent contributions that you no loniri.r I: I>(>r IllirliT I lie Willie III11 One of the most careless ami <ianirerous habits in which Americans iniluJise to a jrreat extent is lhal.ni' lucking their umbrellas or walking sticks under their amis, letting tlieni stick I >ut almost if not quit horizontally. He that js slow to wrath is nffricatj umlcrntaii'lin^: hut he that is hasty of, spirit exhalteth folly. new llMtll lll KUL lOI'lH 111 Hie iM'W York Medical Journal asserts in efl'ect lliat the wearing of shoes is enervating j .ind demoralizing in Uie extreme. Have the heart high and the mind; modest. "I can forgive, hut I can never for- ] tiet,'' a sort of forgiveness, let me tell vou, that it isn't worth the name. It is base coin; and whenever you feci ( in that way towards any body, you may as well take a long breath, and tliiiik 6sf?ric)ll<1\r liMfV>i*a \ri\t? u??\r lht? k"*"" *'w" - J v ^".Y ' "Forgive us our tresspasses" in the Lord's prayer. !, i *?Zai i tmm? ?????w? SALE DAY. ? ? ? A Slim Attendance?Some Cotton in! Town?Old Debts HcinK I'aid?Oflivinl Sale*. Last Monday wus sale day. Very little property was advertised for Kale and owing to! tne rush of picking cotton and the press fori | the sowing of outs, very rew persons were m town, except those who were compelled to J come on account of business transaction*. I The usual daily supply of cotton came to town, and nearly the whole of it was applied to the pay men t of accounts, but to the present time, the sales have been small for the season. Keullzlng the importance of maintaining their credll, debtors, as a rule, are making greator ell'orts than usual to place their names i square on the record, and as the debts are smaller than ever before, it is fair to presume, despite the short crops, the collections will be quite rialisfactory. The merchants are also impressed with the lituifnwn Hi I !< nnd nrp. serving their own credit. This fact will compel energetic efforts In the collections of bills. If the farmers and the merchants should thus be encouraged aud required to keep near shore. It may be that the threatened revolution In money matters will result in good from unexpected quarters. If we owe less ami If we spend less, we will he as well oil'as if we had an inflated currency with which to do business on a lHrger scale. As doctors may readily recognize disease when they see it suffering patient,so financial revolutionists may see the necessity for a rectification of the evils under which the people are snll'erlnsr, but. like the debtors, theyj do not always know what remedies to apply. If in our extremity, we should Icirn les sons of economy and should be inspired will) the greater determination to succeed, even against adverse circumstanced, then the existing troubles will not have been withoutgood results. If by Impressing us with the scarcity of money we may learn to spend less, the desirable end will be attained but by a dttl'erent method than that ol' inflating the currency. As the hope for "forty acres and a mule" was realized only where hard licks and practical efforts hau been applied, so the delusion about free silver and unlimited coinage will give place to stern fact*, and our people will awaken to the necessity of economy and the exercise of greater energy, as being the only road to fortune. . Because of the mutterimrs of the threatened storm, our people planted thousands of acres of corn, and through a kind Providence, the hopes for an abundant yield, have ended in fruition. Very many of our people have plenty of corn for nse in making another crop. This fact together with an increased price of cotton, which was made at less outlay man any previous crop, iunn?K> silver lining to the cloud. , , The blighting effect of a mortgage Is plainly to be seen in the sale of the estate of H. M. Johnson, which wns sold by lite Marter: iHMvs in Due West, t;> J. Altheus Johnson 8 525 13;) acres. 15th Tow-osuip, the "Weed Place." to J. Altheus Johnson S 250 75 acres In Bordeaux. to J. Aittiens Johnsou .. no W>20 which represents not half the amount of the mortgage, and Is no true Index to the real value of the property. Coiitributfri Local**. Abbeville, S. C., Oct. 5. 189-2. Move to Abbeville if you want to give your children advantage of a first class High School. Our building is uearlng completion and is large, conveniently situated, commodlously arranged, comfortable inside and an ornament to our town. Prof. Moncrieft", of Tennessee, and an able corps of teacher!* are here and will begin the first sessiou iu u very short time. Dr. T. A. LnKar, of Pensacola, Fla, Ik here on a visit to his uncle Mr. Geo. W. Syfan. Mr. Sam Vlsanskn left yes ten lay lor Charleston where he will resume his studies in the Medical College. Having graduated in Pharmacy about a year i?go In Pnlladelphla. He Is a bright young man and we know will make a first, class "M. IV Missllossle Murray, who has been spending the summer lu Spartanburg has returned lUiiri rtiiuuiiiw uwmv. Miss Dessie Eil wards left lust week for Columbia Female College. Mr. (Jeorjji* (iambrell left for W'ofTord College I ust Friday. Mis,s Kthel lioper, one of Kdgefleld's prettiest young ladks is here on a visit to her sister Mrs. ('. 1). Drown, Miss Louise Hrown. one of Abbeville's sweetest, and prettiest llulo ^Irls (only i1/. years old) has been visiting her grandmother in Kdeetield for several weeks and has Just returned home to gladden the hearts ot her tond patents. The Synod of Kouth Carolina will meet nt ykuiieviut' hi iuu t rexu) id Jiiu courcii uii tinISih inKtant. The homes of our people will be opened to the delegates. .Misses M angle und Lucy G'ibert.of Lebanon, alter a |>!?><siiui tilp to relatives lit Kichmoiid, Va.. returned home lust week. Last .Saturday was one of the busiest, days ol the season. About 2W biiles of cotton were sold running in price from 7 to 7% cents. A lame crowd tilled our streets and trade was lively. .Mr. Hurtford l'arks was in town last week looking bright and happy, lie has been complimented oy receiving the appointment ol Soliciting Freight and Passenger Agent lor the S. ('. II. It. Another one of Abbeville's young men coming to the front. Abbeville has bright prospects In the near future, and Is ceriatuly on rising ground. The hunters horn now makes tlie wellcing ring.and "possum" and coon dogs are in demand. Mr. Hiram Lawson and II111 received a few duvs UI50 a hen ill 1 f ii I lot ol' thorough lirpil Wyandotte fowls. Abbeville will soon have a first class Uakery. next door to the Post Ollice. The Woman's Missionary Society will ineel in the Mu:hodtst church next Krldny afternoun at the ringing of the bell. A full attendance is earnestly requested. Mt.su Louise Thompkiu.', of Fdgelleld, is visiting in the city. Mr. Frank DuPrc, of Augusta, has been visiting relatives und friends In the city, and lelt last week to visit his parents at Fort Hill. Miss Kate Marshnll after a pleasant, visit to Green vl II relumed home last Saturday. The colored people ol the secoud Presbyterian church pave n rare musical entertainment in the Court llou^e last Thursday and Friday niyhm, A number of our white citizens intended and were much pleased and spoke In the highest terms of their music, bolli vocal and instrumental. The receipts of theeveninns were about Mr. P. D. Klugb and family spent last Hunday with her lather, Mr. Geo. W. Syfun, Mr. J. H. Latimer has opened a front entrance to Ills dwelling from Magazine street. Mr. W. C. McMillan, of Marion, is druggist for Mr. P. B. Speed, Dr. tiame having accepted a situation in Atlantic City, N. J. Listen! the merry chime of marriage bells Is heard In the near future. Mr. W. K. Reii s prand opening last week was a great success. Beautiful weather, crowds of ladies, a brilliant display of beautiful goods, embracing nil the novelties 01 the season, with fine sales, amply repaid him for ills cll'orls to please the public Miss Maria Ogler. of Charleston, who has been spending some time with her aunt, Mrs. Hankie, left for her home last.Saturday. Mr. Hal Livingston came In yesterday afternoon mi *i short visit, to relatives. Miss Eugenia Frost, of Charleston, after a pleasant, visit to relatives and friends in the city, returned to her home last Saturday. Hring in your cotton. We have uow eight, buyers who are prepared to pay the highest price. Abbeville is a tlrst class mart, paying the highest prices for all kinds of produce, and selling goods as cheap as any other town in the up country. M. Ureses cut and tit or made to order In the latest style and at reasonable prices by Miss Clark at lladdou's. ISrown homespun for all at the very lowest price. Win. IS. poll. (iel one of Minter's solid oak suits at Slli.ftO, Thu best bargain in town. Coil livclh with thehumhle In Mp! rit but witiidrawoth Hia preseutfu from lilt' ^IVIIU 111 llttlll. When yon arise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one to a fellow ereature. Riches in their acquisition bring pain and suffering, in their lo.?s man- j ifoid trouble and sorrow, in .their pos ; session a wild intoxication. How can i we say that they confer happiness? Now and then we awake out of our < dreams, like Jacob of old, to lind all ' through these days of careless, thought- I jess living, Hod lias been with lis and ' we knew it not. I (Jod takes men's hearty desires andr will instead of the deed, when theyj1 have not the power to fulfill it; but he j J never took the bare deed instead of the,1 will. l'rotid looks make foul work in fair't laets. Every day of one's life is full of a most impressive experience. ls "What is eoncience? It is the eye < i>f (joil in the soul of man." t Never contract a friendship with a ' man that is not better than thyself. |" It is the love-of Christ that refines | nud elevates us to noble life. 1 ?? nwref-???P??in? A Smart Gooso. It has a 1 ways been the custom to use the name of a goose to signify some one who is silly and knows very little, A lady told me lately that she thinks hens know the least of all human creatures, and as she owns a great many, and has a good chance to watch them we may have to change this custom and say that silly people are "regular !chickens." This story is told in one of the daily pepers: "Gee*e have the name of being not more than hu.lfsmart.hut farmer George ge Piper, of Amies Flats, has one that seems to have a large share of horse sense. In the first place, it has a peculiar fondness for the roots of dandelions. It hunts all over tiie field for its favorite food, but does not eat. any of the roots until it has gathered a peck or so of them. Then the goose carries them to a little stream near by and dips tbem in the water until the dirt is all rinsed offof them, when she eats them at her leisure, never Tailing to otter a portion of them to other members of the flock, but only one or two of the o hers will partake of the feast. "But this goose did something the other day that marked herspecially as a goose among geese. She bus no goslings but one of Lhe other geese bus a big brood of them. The smart goose is very fond of the downy brood, and keeps a watchful eye on them. On the day in question she was accompanying the mother goose aud her goslings to thecreekto have a swim. As they were passing a barnyard, a big barn rat darted out from the yard, boldly seized one of tliegoslings, and began to drag it away. The mother of the goslings stood still and hissed and squawked, but, the other goose rushed alter the rat and seized him with her bill hv the sp.nfT'of lh? nec.k. The nit dropped the gosliug, but the goose didn't drop the rat. She marched him off to the creek, doused him under the water, aud held him there until he was drowned. The she took him and poked him through the fence into a yard where a number of hogs were kept, and they ate him up." nip. "Stand, Flip! stand, sir! Now listen to what I say. This is the second time you have put your nose in my lunch basket and eaten up my buttered roll." Here Flip came down on all-fours, wagging his bushy tail, evidently well satisfied with his moral character. "Stand Flip!stand this minute, sir! i iu uoi uone scoiuiug you, oy uny means. The next time you do me such a mean trick I'll tie you up and thrash you well! Do you hear, doggie? Well, sir." Down came . Flip again, as well pleased with himself >^s before. f it. LT,.? M.. j uai mini xx trmncaiu uutA|^uicu footsteps on the other side of the hillock, and sprung to his feet; presently Brother Jo's broad back was seen coming and Henry and Flip were soon at his Hide. That evening, before the lamps were lighted, as the family gathered in the twilight, Henry was startled to hear the familiar sound,? "tttuMU, * lip: stanu, sir, auu listen to whut I say!" It was Brother Jo, sitting over at the west window, and Flip could be seen outliued against the evening sky, standing obediently on his hind legs. "Js it you, Flip," said Brother Jo, "that nseH my pen and gets it inky halfway up the handle? Is it you that tears up the day's paper into kite-tails? that turns down the corners of my books, and makes greasy fingermarks on them? Do you leave my door open, and drop crumbs on the tloorand eatup the apples ofl'the table? Somebody does these things, blip, ana it you can find out who it is, lft nie know, and when your master ties you up for a thrashing, I'll thrash the fellow thut gives nie so much trouble." Flip turned loose, Hew over to Henry. "Flip's found him for you, Brother Jo," said Ihe little boy, laughing, but with a red face which the dusk hid; "if Flip needs one thrashing, it looks as though I needed six." "Maybe that will teaoh the little master to be easy on other people's failings when he stops and counts up l.iu,.i.rl. o cii.l UrnlLr I,* L-i.wl].. Maybe it did.<?Sunbeam. \ Sou} ,\i?ovc ItMilonx. "Jn the future there are two or three women who going to rise up and call me blessed," remarked the mother of : three boys. "Two or three special oue's do you ' meau?" "Yes indeed, I mean just that. I have no ambition to be a beuefaotor to the general public. Aud I don't know, by the way, that I have any special kindly feelings to the two or three i women I spoke of. Itisnt for the sake oi my allections toward them that I'm earning their blessing now." 'Well, for gracious goodness! how are you earning it?" "Why, I'm training my three sons ; to sew on their own buttons. They are beginning to do it of their own accord. They done follow me about the house now with a coat in one hand and a button in the the other. They go and get a needle and thread and sew the button on. They've fouuii out it saves time and strength and ] wnrrl?." "It seems cruel to make boys sew 011 their own buttons." i "Cruel? It's kind! Those boys won't always have me to sew buttous on for them. They would be badly off, illdeed, if they had to do it sometimes and didn't know how. It's right they ij should learn to do. such things for themselves. A boy should be taught , to make his own bed, put away his own clothes and sweep and dust his < own room occasionally , and not always expect an over-worked mother or 1-I?iiicrnr cictnp tn /Irk uili.1i VVOI'L* finl* hjm. I tbl-ik a boy ought not to be . entirely ignorant, even of cooking, U ^ might bo ii great advantage to him 'd sometime to bo able to make a good cup of eofl'e, broil a chop or cook pota- t| toes. Some people piofess to think that j such knowledge conies by nature, but h if not learned early it has to be bought h! of bitter experience, and we all know ' experience is a high-price teacher to (l employ." "Then it's for the boy's own sake, after all, and not for the sake of their future wives, that you let them sew on their own buttons?" "Why, of course! Hut sometimes I rlo think how deliriously some girl will be surprised. When one of the lioys IltlUSj U UUtloii on ma sum, lie |j kvoqt stand and declare there hasn't men one in that place for six months. a He'll know better. Ho will only say meekly, 'How careless I am! My dear, ,vill you kindly hand me my little .nittoii-box out of the front right-hand jornerof the second drawer? I must iew this button on before 1 can pui on <1 his garment!' "?Harper's Bazar. Let tlie following sentence lie inicribed in letters of <?<>l<i over the loors of every State and courthouse in he l-nited States: "The Son of man ame not to destroy men's lives, hut to! lave them Henjamin ltush. ^ It is better to lose the smiles of men, Lhau the souls of men. This Week! m ' -% % , ' ? n ? 11 Unrivalled, stoat ot nan and Winter Millinery ItliU 1/1COO uuuuo Will be put on sale. Pattern Hats and Bonnets. The latest production in Artistic T\ /T-i 11 i v-?T7,l^sr*>Q-n+ ^nei'rrno -PiTim nr"hl<^"h XTXlliiUCi Jf i JUiUgClii U UUiJlgiliJ iivrn v? wv make your selections. The latest tints. in Glace or Iridescent Velvets, Double face. Moire and Two-toned Ribbons, Fancy Feathers, Wings and Quills to match every shade. Dress Goods. oy OR MORE CHOICE DRESS PATTERNS, no two alike. Our #wFall showing of new styles exceeds in attractiveness, number of exclusive patterns and actual vulue that of any house in this part of the State. All the rich colorings and fashionable shades?Picador, Pivoine, Pharion, Bleu Neuf, G'Elllnotte, Daim, Savane, Etc. Also a variety of Iridescent Chevron and Moire Suits. Extra values in Dress Goods will be shown for the next 30 days. Dress Trimmings. Every season adds prestige to this depaitment of our business. Our fall showing embraces Novelties in Russian Bands, Novelties in Silk Feather Bands, Novelties in Jet and Silk Braids, Iridescent Silks, Velvets, &c. Dress Silks. Hard times no barrier to any one wishing to purchase a black or colored Silk dress. The greatest values ever offered in this market. 10 pieces all silk Bengalline, Rhadme Armures, Gros Grain, &c., on sale this week at prices we've never named nerore. Iridescent and Swivel Silks, just the thing to trim your new fall dross or brighten up an old one. How easy to select your fall dress and hat, when you are satisfied on two points : Correct Styles and Correct Prices. A look through our immense stock will convince jou on both. The Public Schools and Colleges will soon open. "You may need a Hat, Dress, Cloak, Shoes. Hose, Gloves or Underwear for your daughter. We thought of this months ugo. Its early yet to thiuk about Cloaks, but we were in the market in time to get over 100 choice light weight garments that are actually worth 25 percent. more thau we ask for them. They won't last long at our price. Woolen Goods. No higher, if any difference cheaper. Our fall showing of 6-1 Flannel Sacking, Storm Serges, Skirt Flannels, &c., will interest those who are in need of such goods. BROAD CLOTH. No material makes a handsomer Winter dress than Broad Cloth. They come in a variety of shade:", Navy, Tan, Light Gray, Myrtle Green, Garnet and Black, 52 inched wide. 6 yards makes full dress. Housekeepers will be dt lighted to know that we have added a full line of 1'able Linens from 25c. to $1.50 per yard. 75 dozen Linen Towels, from 5c. p. 25 dozen Linen Doylies and Napkins. Extra value in a bleached Damask Towel 27x40 inches at 29c. , Columbia Zephyrs 2 aud 4 fold in all the staple colors. Germantown and Saxony Yarns. CORSETS. Thomson's R. H. Long Waist, Thomson's G, Thomson's E, Thomson's abdominal, Thomson's N, Bali's Corsets, all numbers, Warner's C'oraline aud Warner's Health. Our 39c. Corset takes the lead for a cheap Corset. Lace Curtaius, Tapestry, Cretones, Silkuline, Drapery Fringe, Scrims, Madras, &c. Art Embroidery Materials, Stamped Linens, Lace Cushion Tops, &c. Fast Black Hose, extra long, full fashioned. Kid Gloves, Black and Colored, 4 button length, Foster hook, the best Kid Glove for $1,00 mid $1.50, Mosquetairs, Tans, Brown and Black. The prevailing New York styles you can buy from us at oue-half the isual city price. (5. pieces 30 inch Wool Plaids, beautiful patterns, cheaper than linsey. 30 pieces .% inch Dress Fubriuues at a price which will surprise you. v Economic Foot Wear?Four leaders In Ladies fine Kid Button Shoes, >1.50. $3.00, $2.50, $3.00 and $a.50, widths, B, C, D and E last. Notions and Small "Wares. XeedlPH. Pins, Hair 01ns, Maft'ly Pins, Cur- Feather Unas, Silk and Gloria I'tribrellan, " " r Ii.lloo luruoi. UTa?I tun I'ins. Agate uuuoiis, i-eon v.,u,vo, ? w? tress Buttons, Crochet Buttons,Shoe Polish, Mitts, Zephyrs, Worsteds, Wool Knitting lewing Maclilne oil, Sewing Machlue Nee- Yarns, White ami Colored Cotton Knitting lies, Hands, Shuttles nnd Bobbins, Trim- Yarns, llubber H.tir Tins, Silver nod (Jilt 111 tig Braids, Stay Binding, Skirt Braid, Fin- Hair l'ins, Scarf Pins, Jet, Gilt and Sliver siting Braids, Dutch Linen Braids, Kick Knr Drops, Initial I'ins, Lace l'ins, Gilt and tack Braids. Novelty Braids. Silk and .Mo- silver Hair Ornaments, Leather and Canair Braids, Table Oil Cloth, Dress Shields, vass Bolts, Leather and Velvet /ones, Hnnd lilt oil Cloth, Rubber Cloth, Wash Em- Satchels, Shoe ILioUs. Tooth Brushes, Hair roidery Silks, Arasene-Sllk Cords, Silk Uir- Brushes, Dressing Combs, Roach Combs les, silk and Jet Braids, Ribbon Fringe, Tuck Combs, Swaudown and other Face Itbbon Fronts, Silk and Feather Trimming, Powders. n n.u ru uresses vui ctiiu fit Or marie to order, by Miss May Clark, an experienced Dress Maker, who as charge of our Dress Making Department. Mail orders receive prompt ttentioii. The Ladies are Cordially Invited to Exunine our Stock. Very Respectfully, IM. Haddon ? Co. r . &.