The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, December 21, 1892, Image 4

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???? The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S.C. Published every Wednesday at ?2 a year in advance. Wednesday, Dec. 21, 1892. Female SnfTrai;e. The more we think of Senator Hemphill's bill to allow women to vote and hold office the more amusing it seems. Of course the Legislature will never pass such a bill as this, and It is worse thnn foolishness to take up the time to fool with it.?l'ickens Sentinel. The above is a fair oample of the oil-hand remarks about Senator Hemphill's bill, and shows as little reason as the average newspaper man shows when attempting to bring this question forward. Female suffrage Is coming, and our good brother of the Pickens Sentinel need not attempt to ridicule it. The fact that 14 Senator's voted for Senator Hemphill's bill, while only 21 voted against it, Is significant. We think the Pickens Sentinel itself would xmruiy ueuy leiuaie properly owners me iigui to vote on questions which affect the value of their property. Why should not a woman who has the ability to acquire and to hold property as much right to vote on questions Involving the levy of taxes as have the town loafers who neither work nor save anything? At present women are taxed without representation, and those who have property should be allowed to vote. We are not acquainted with the terms oi Senator Hemphill's bill, but we venture to suggest that the principle is right, and that it Is a question which cannot be booted down. Female suffrage Is right?female suffrage is oomlnpr,?and when they acquire the right to vote, the women will vote right. ClirJstinaN. Our stores make a large display of the most beautiful goods for the Christ mas holidays. Many purchases are being made for loved ones. While presents of a more or less monej value are always acceptable, yet kind nets and kind * ords are worth more. Little children may be pleased with a toy, but kind words appeal to the heart. Gifts to the poor may do much to cheer their hearts, but gifts are doubled in value when accompanied by a kindly manner. A flower or a bowl of soup is good for the sick, but sympathy and kindly recognition are better. Kind hearts are more than coro. nets. There are so many ways of doing good that none need fall to add to the total sum of human happiness. Let none celebrate the most important of the religious holidays by drunkenness or cruelty to any living creature. Let us notcelebrate the birth of our Saviour ?the Prince of Peace?by any unseemly act. It Is an occasion for mirth and merriment, but let It be of that kind wblch Is not offen8ive to the tenets of the religion which we ' profess. Let the children be happy now. At best their days of labor, anxiety and sorrow will soon come, and it should be our greatest pleasure to see them happy now, before the evil days come. Finding Fault. While It is every man's right and duty, with a due regard to others, to express his honest convictions, yet, it seeins to us, thai the strong prejudice that exists In some minds against Governor Tillman, leads to too much fault-finding. The camDftieri is nvar. and it Is time for the war to slop. As a rale, Governor Tillman's official act* have not been, to say the least, ngainst tbe public interest, and we dislike to see a man's best acts censured. We believe he is right on tbe refunding of the public debt. We know tbat he is right in his opposition to the extension of the time for paying taxes, but we dissent and protest at one of the reasons assigned, wherein he refers to the large tax payers, the banks, tbe railroads and other corporations. He virtually acknowledges in that sentence that as Governor, he cares nothing for their wishes, their needs, or their circumstances. We wish the Governor could rise high enough to be Governor of the whole people. He is entirely right, however, when he says the great mass of the people do not need aii cAieiisiuu. me omciat neeu lor tne money on the first of January 1s sufficient reasoD for not extending the time beyond the first ol January, and our people are as able to pay in the early days of December as they are in the latter days. Our cotton hus been out of the fields for a month, and there Is no more to gather. Road Department. Mr. W. Si. Durst, of Greenwood, has blank petitions for signature, asking Congress to establish a "Road Department" of the Government at Washington, the following is a copy of the petition: To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled: We. the anderRlfirn<*l- olMw.no nf Iho TTnltoH States. hereby most respectfully petition that there be founded in the city of Washington, In the District of Columbia, a Road Depurtment, similar to the Agricultural Department, for the purpose of promoting knowledge In the art of constructing and maintaining roads; and we ask that lu such department provision be made for teaching students so that they may become skilled roadeugi neers. In counection with this Road Department we request that there be established a permanent exhibit in which shall be shown sections of roads illustrating various methods of construction and also the best road materials and mnchlnery. We further petition that Congress appropriate funds sufficient to erect a building at the World's Columbian Exposition for the purpose of a comprehensive rood exhibit. ThePressand Banner believes the move a good one, and would sign the petition. The importance of our roads cannot be over-estimated, and anything that looks to their im. I'luveuieni. win receive me cordial support ol our people. Tli? Kol?licr*M Home. The newspapers of Georgia have much to pay about tbe Legislature of that State for refusing to accept, as a gift, the soldier's home, which bad been erected by charitable persons, but whose support was to be derived from the State. The Legislature of Georgia was wiser t han the Legislature of .South Carolina in reference to the acceptance of old Clemson's girt to the State, which has already cost an immense sum, and tbe end Is not yet. Perhaps no Legislature was ever induced to do a more foolish thing than the establishment of a College in me wlhhjk, u majority 01 wnose trustees are to be named by others than the State, which is to support the institution. The Legislature of Georgia certainly acted more wisely than did the Legislature of South Carolina. Valuable Advertisement*. One of the most valuable features ol a country newspaper is the local advertisements. For several weeks the Press and Banner has furnished advertisements which were ot much Importance to the reading public, and we are glad to say that this feature of our paper has been highly appreciated by per sons who had money to spend or who desired to keep Informed as to what was going on in the business world. After Christmas ereater SDace will be (riven ! to reading matter, and if any have not been Interested in the advertisements, their time for more reading matter will soon bo here. And so it will be seen that both classes of readers will receive their share of attention. Call at C. P. Hammond. & Co.'s and get your rubber goods. New things in millinery expected this week at Haddon's. JtSoys caps at 10 cents. W. E. Bell. i THE LAW-MAKERS. Finishing up their Work and (iclting: Ready to foine Ilome, r"rtinnihi!i k. c... I)(?e. 19.?In ilie way of "re form," If all measures flavored with the dis-1 tillations lrotn the Governor's "think tnnk"| be "reform," this session of tlie General As- j sembly has done enough. It. has failed in | several of Its tremendous undertakings, bui when the session closes next Friday night, or early Saturday morning, few will deny that it lias accomplished much bold, not to say reckless, legislation. Governor Tillman's will has beeu supreme. The '-driftwood" in both houses, if there be any, has been kept m the background, and there has been little to interfere with the easy course ol re lor in legislation. There has been rather less bad temper displayed in both hou>es than usual, and there has been as yet none of the stormy scenes that added Interest 11 not lustre to the preceding General Assembly. To be sure, Mr. Frank Gary declaimed against Col. John C. Haskell lor a few minutes last week, and now and then the serenity of the Sena'.e Is disturbed by sparring matches between Senator .John Gary Evans and Senator Smythe. Occasionally Congressmnn-e>ect Strait, tlie Senator from Lancaster, devours a newspaper man. but these Incidents are tame compared with some of those which have occurred in receut years. Old legislators say that ill temper increases to ward the end of ttie session, when the lawmaker's liver gets billious, and it may be that we shall have tire-works in the next lew days. l'ROIIintTIOX. The only real fl^ht of the session has been on prohibition. Most of the olher very important bills have been strictly adminisiration measures, and they have always rallied to themselves a host of Iriends which it was vain to oppose. Hut prohibition was certainly uol an administration idea, and the Tlllnianite legislators were divided into half a dozen clans in regard to it. The Conservative sirenuously opposed the whole idea. Tlie conviction expressed in this correspondence, that the Chiles-Koper till would never become a law, is on tiie verge oi'continuation. The bill passed its second reading in the House Monday night by a vote 01 6'J to47. The following day It passed its third reading by a vote of -12 to 6l>. Mr. Blease, ol Newberry, moved to recommit the bill. Those who voted to recommit it are: Messrs. Auderson, Ashley, Barry, Blease, Bruce, Cooper, T*C. Duncan, Edwards, Egan, Ellis, Farley, Uarris, Hardee, Haskell, Harper, Hydrick, Kelly, Klrkland, Lancaster, Lesesne, Loiton, Lowrance, Manning, W. H. Mauldin, Mlshoe, Moses, Perry, Rhodes, ltlvers, Rowland, Shuman, A. J. Smith, Stalvey, Sulllvay, Thomas, Tupper, VonKoluitz, Waters. Watts, Williamson and J. S. Wolff. Those who voted against recommitting the bill are: Speaker Jones, Messrs. Avlnger, Black well, Breazeale, Breland, Brice, li< ist, Byrd. Carpenter, Carroll, Chandler, Cox, Covington, Crum. Davis, Dendy, Dennis, DuBose, Estridge. Felder, Folk, Foster. Graham, Hammett, Hardin, Hardy, Harris, Hendersou, Hill, Hough. Jefferles, Jordan, Hennedy, Knotts, J. D. Kinarrt, H. J. Kinard, Leman, Love, Magill, L. Mauldin, McLauriu, Me White. Mitchell. Nettles, Oliver, Parks, Patton. Phillips, Rast, Roper, Russell, Skinner, J. L. Smith, Stackhouse, Sturkie, Suddatb, Tatum, Taylor, Vavghan, Whitmlre, Wilborn, W. C. Wolfe, Wylie, Yeldell. The bill was then passed and sent to the Senate. Over in the Senate the bill went to winter quarters, or, in other words, into the hands of the Judiciary committee. There it stayed until Suturd^y when itcame up smirched with an untavorable report, to which eight of the momhers of the committee had auri-ed. The first Senatorial debate on the subject occurred Friday on a resolution iutrouuoed by Senator Fuller, of Laurens, to require tbe Judiciary complttee to report the bill that day. The John Gary Evans bill, provldiug for State and county dispensaries from which tbe stuff could be bought in quantities from a half pint to five gallons, and been favorably reported, and friends of the Koper bill seemed to be dlssatlsiied on account of it not having been hustled through and given an even start.Senators Wilson and E-vans. members of the committee, and several others, took the ground that the resolution .vas an imputation that the committee was endeavoring to smother the bill by unduly delaying It, and they vigorously resented It. Senator Finley made the fight for tbe resolution, denying that It reflected upon tbe good faith ol the committee, and arguing that since the committee had already reported favorably upon the Evaus bill, it must, to be consistent, report the Hoper measure unfavorably auy way, therefore, why keep it back ? The members ot the committee replied to this by declaring that they felt bound to respect the request of both sides to be allowed a u * " ?1" '* wna H n fnn m I 1? ir a I Ut'tlUUg. 1UC ICIVIUI'IVII "MO MVIVWtTVX* .. vote ol 25 to 10. Inasmuch us tue question of reflecting upon the coramittee was Involved in the vote It was not a lair test of the prohibition strength. Senator Brown's bill, the same as the Timrnerman License bill of last year, catne up Saturday. Senator Timmerman slated tbat be bad conscientiously advocated such a measure last year and that he still favored it. He moved to continue the bill until to-day, and the motion prevailed. This, with the Evans bill and the ltoper bill, will come up in the Senate to-day aud the lighting will be furious. There will be a stubborn minority who will insist on the Iron bound Roper measure. The Ecans bill is said to be stamped with the seal of the Governor's approval and will enter the contest with that advantage, but the lloperites will flghl it vigorously* because they do not believe that it is a prohibitory measure at all. The JBrown-Timmerman bill Is mere byplay, and will only serves to give those two gentlemen, and possibly one or two others, *n opportunity to vote agalust the Koper Kill 'r^n nr t.u'AlvA Kpnutors will iirrav them selves squarely against any loriu of whisky legislation, and they will have abundant power to embarrass the divided opposition. The situation Is about this: None of the proposed bills can possibly reach a bird reading before Tuesday, and there are a thousand chances Hgalnst any of them reaching it belore Wednesday or Thursday. It is out of the question for the Koper bill to pass I lie Senate. No other bill will have time. If passed In the Senate, to get through the House. Then the supply bill will be under consideration In the senate throughout the week, together with the work of winding up pending matters that cannot be passed over. There are scores of local and private measures on the calen dar auti their projectors are more de.?irous ol fulfilling the wishes of their constituency in regard to these than they are to fool with prohibition. When, In addition to this, it is considered that the Senate has taken the whole prohibition question in an easy, don't care way, and has shown 110 disposition for spasmodic exertions, the conclusion is inevitable that prohibition is stone dead so far as this session is concerned?a fact which is now generally conceded. Even Generalissimo Nettles writes to his paper that the Roper bill cannot pass. FEMALE SUFFKAGE. Senator Hemphill, of Abbeville, delivered a capital speech on his proposed constitutional ameudment granting women the right to vote and bold office. The Senator had evidently given the subject careful study and he was listened to by the whole Senate, as well as by a female college or two in the galleries, with the utmost attention. I?Vi\vtuciri SJonoinpi! t'n ??r* hnlli fnptlnnu <*nl lautry voted against the uniavorable report, which report prevailed, going to show thai the proposition was at least received seriously. Souse of the Senators who voted against It admit that the idea is gaining ground, and say that the race problem is the great obstacle in the way of it in the South. Colored women would have no hesitation in going to the polls but it would be a long time oefore a majority of the white women would consent to dabble in politics. Mirubile dictu, none of the Senators made the point that the surrender of political supremacy to the women would emancipate the men in domestic affairs and bestow upon them, iu an ideal form, that local self-government, which Is the underlying theme of the olllce-seeker. THE REFUNDING SCHEME. The refundment scheme of the administration has passed the House, tttid only awaits its third reading in the Senate. Senator Sinythe Introduced some amendments, approved by the Governor, calculated to strengthen the bond*, which have been incorporated iu the bill. They make the bomis and stocks interchangeable, make the principal of the bonds as well as the interest re eelvable lor taxes, and permit the executor*, guardians and other tiduciaries holding the old six per cent, bonds, to exchange them lor the new four aud one-half bonds. THE KAII. HO AD ttlt.L. The Wilson railroad bill, known as the railroad "coereoin bill," lias passed both houses, and as soon as it is enrolled and ratilk-d ill will receive the Governor's signature, unless I his Excellency reads the signs of the times differently. The vole in the House was ij(J to 37. The radical provisions of the measure | were too strong for some of the reformers and i thev refused to vote lor it. RAILROAD MBS Al'l'EAL TO THE QOVBRNOR. .Saturday a number of prominent railroad J men called on Governor Tilluian aud presented him with au address, urging til in to exorcise his veto power. The address recites the deplorable financial condition in which the roads lind themselves, and the evils that are likely to lollow irom the inordinate power given the liuiiroad Commissioners to lix freight and passenger and joint rates. The Governor declined to interfere. He j predicted that the roads would not miller | from the action of the commissioner, and j took occasion to inform the magnates that the prejudice leit against the roads by the re-j formers'was attributable to their refusal to pay their taxes and the cousequentliligtUon. RAILROAD KMl'I,OYKttS 1'HOTKST. The employes of the "roads who reside in Columbia have called a mass meeting for tonight to protest against the bill. They will cull upon the employes of railroads through in?? iii? ??i?w??p?ma out the Stale to meet nnd take similar notion. Among thesmen leading in this worKing min's movement, are some who were conspicuous leaders of the Tillmnnlte forces In this county during the late campaign. The fact that these men recognize that the J passage of the Wilson bill threatens to throw j them out. of employment goes to show very pointedly its serious and menacing character. CANOIDATKS J Oli RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. Numerous candidates for Railroad Com mis* sinners have been loafing about thelegisla" live halls and hotel lobbies and they are steadily multiplying. Sligh. of Newberry, and Thomas, of Sumter, who is one of the present commissioners, are almost certain of election, and the third place will to Yeldell, of Edgefield, or Stan land, of Herkeley. The bill has been so amended that no territorial lines will be a qualification for membership. Mr. Stan land is supposed to be the proprietor of a chance to beat. Mr. Yeldell. The other candidates are Clerk Gray, of the House, Galloway, Commissioner Duncan. I). W. McLuurin and Whitman, ot Union. The lns?t named enters the race with a cordial recommendation for remarkable unfitness, which he personally sought and obtained from the Columbia State. THE INSURANCE QUESTION. The Insurance bill to require companies to make deposits with the StateTreasurer before doing business In the State has been practically defeated. Between that and the bill to crente an insurance department there has been a com promise In Mm House, and on Saturday a bill requiring the conipunies to pay a license of $10(1 was passed. THE SUPPLY BILL. The supply bill passed Its second rendinsr in the House Saturday. The South Carolina College by It sets S30.000, an adequate sura, but it only escaped betng cut. down by one vote. The other institutions receive the usual 3D propriatlons. TRUSTEES SOUTII CAROLINA COLLEGE. On Saturday the two bouses met in joint session and filled vacancies on the board of trustees of the South Carolina College by the election of J. W. Stokes, of Orangeburg; W. D. Kvans. of Marlboro; P. H. Weston, of Columbia ; and John T. Sloan, Jr., of Columhia. II. M. Stack house, of Marlboro, was elected a trustee of Clemson College to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his brother, the late Congressman Stackliouse. COUNTY GOVERNMENT BILL. It seems pretty sure that the county government bill will go over for another year. As introduced, the bill has many defects and the Senators seetn very loath to essay the task of perfecting it. Senator John Gary Evans, the author of It, has been very anxious to have it pressed, but while a change in the county government system seems to be generally desired, there is a noticeable lack of men who earnestly and aggressively advocate it. The scheme to put Charleston In the "Black District" has been knocked in the bead and is dead as a door nail for this session. \'n PRRH PAMPQ The Senate Rat down heavily on the bill, which passed the HouRe, to repeal the act prohibiting the uRe of free passes. The vole was 24 to 9. There was no debate. The members of the General Assembly would hardly have "courtesies1' lavished upon them by the railroads Just now, ana the refusal to repeal may save somebody from feetincr slighted. A delegation of World's Fair workers stormed the citadel of legislation all last week, but the efforts of these fair laborers were of no avail with the law makers. A resolution to appropriate $7,000 for a colonial exhibit was summarily killed. This week will see nothing new in the way ol upheaving law making, and the legislators will feel satisfied when they have put the finishing touches upon what has already been accomplished?it being taken for granted thai prohibition Is cold in Its watery grave and tlint.cmint v trovernment has fonnri rest. In tlie bosom of SeuatorEvans /oranother twelve months. TAX-PAYING TIME. On motion of Mr. Jordan, of Aik^n, the following wus Incorporated In the supply bill: All taxes herein assessed shall be due and payable from the loth of October to the 31st ot December, 18113. and In no event shall an extension beyond the time herein provided be granted. This Is In conformity with the views of the Governor. Last Thursday he vetoed the resolution to extend the tax-naylnc: time to January 15, saying that he had instructed the Comptroller to extend it to the 1st. characterizing it as a useless hihI vicious custom, and giving notice that he would not approve It again. The Governor's veto was sustained by a vote of S3 to 2(i. The Abbeville delegation voted to sustain the veto. THE ABBEVILLE DELEGATION. Tho \ hhpvillp dflPMt.pft in thp TToiikp litvp rnaiie a good record fur themselves. They are promptly in t heir seats at roll call, and always on the alert. Mr. Gary was called to preside, temporarily, over the deliberations of the House Saturday night during the Speaker's absence, and he acquitted himself handsomely. He Is a leading Representative. Mr. Maglll has oia<le a reputation as a careful and painstaking Representative, and has sustained many of the reports of l)& Committee on Incorporations, of which he Is an ac'tivoand vigilant member. He Is well upon parliamentary tactics, und is a forcible speaker. Mr. Hill holds the attention ot the House whenever he speaks, especially on the flnan ciai quesuwnb unit are uiscussnu, unu uux lone valuable service on tbeCommittee of Ways and Means. He has introduced several measures looking to the interests of his constituents. Mr. Hill Is no Iron-bound reformer and his fairBess and liberality are generally recognized. >51p, Graham Is hard at work on the Committee on Enrolled Acts, of which he Is chairman. He Is an excellent Representative, and may be relied on to support any Reform measure discussed. Mr.Klnard has Introduced no bills but has been on hand and has taken part in several discussions. Heopp.med the appropriation of thirty thousand dollars to the South Carolina College, and, although he has not been with the majority in any of the debates In which he has taken part, he don't seem to be discouraged, and fires away regardless. "Cut It down!" Is his watchword when an appropriation is suggested. Senator Hemphill has Introduced in the Senate a (oint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution, conferring the elective franchise on woman. He made a powerful speech in behalf of his resolution and received the congratulations or many friends, and the applause of the many ladies who crowded the floor and galleries of the Senate House. So convincing were the arguments of the Senator from Abbeville that fourteen Senators laid down their prejudices and voted for the amendment. At the conclusion of General Hemphill's speech his desk was deluged with exquisite bouquets of fragrant flowers, the ulfts of his lady friends. J. Wilson Gibbes. Card From Mr. Kliuml. Columbia, S. C.. Dec. 15,1S92. Editor Press nnd Banner: Your correspondent, Mr. Gibbes, has had a good deal to say about a bill introduced in the House by myself, and every time he al lr.des to It he shows conclusively that lie knows nothing about the nature of the bill, nor does he know what disposition was made of it. For the information of my friends I will sny that the hill which Mr.Gibbes knows so little ehout is a hill simply to repeal a special act which allows the town of Abbeville to still whiski-yand to revive the act to put the town of Abbeville under the same government that governs all the other towns In Abbeville county. Nothing more. I thought. ii? the county voled prohibition almost unanimously It was hut Just and rlsrht that this law allowing the town ol Abbeville to sell whiskey should be repealed. Three of the Abbeville delegation opposed the hill. Henry J. Klnard. ? ? ? TROY'S TABLE TALK. A Newspaper Itoporlcr Who H111 Irani .Many Sermons?Many Personal Paragraph*. Troy S. (J., Dee. ID, ISifJ. Rev. \V. T. Matthews of Greenwood will pre;u:h In the Presbyterian church next Sabbsitli. The ladies of the A. H. 1*. Church will give a hot. supper on Tuesday niuhl. December 27tli. Mr. \V . I,. Murrell and family will leave for Texas on the 28th. I'rof. Dan Ducellos will give us one of his entertainIng little shows next Thursday niu lit. M r.S. Itussell hail a foot race with a negro hoy last Saturday hut he did not caieh him; lie was borrowing some oranges to do him through Christmas. We are glad to see Dr. L. X. Kennedy on our streeis again after a short Illness. John Perrin Cole, shot a hole through Ills foot last Saturadny ; l>r. Kennedy Ilxed him up. ltev. T. W.Sloan prcaclied In the A. It. 1'. Cliuruh Saturaday. ltev. (i. II. Ilurion preached his farewell sermon in the itiiptist church Saturaday. Master Itupert Smart can now be found nt tl.e store of .Mr. J. S. Harris, also Air. Luther Mulliuiix at Mr. J. S. Hurnett's where tliey will be glail to see I heir I r lends. Our town Is verv much In need of some bridges; we hope our council will look after this. Never was such a sermon uttered In Troy as was preuctied by Rev. T. W. Sloan Sunday night from the 25th chapter of Numbers and 7th verse. Tf ?w. u Knnn Vinlr'u nliu.DiiKn llof<*t> fA one hundred anil ten sermons during the year 1S92 and we hope we may be blest with same privilege in the year lSu;i. A merry Christmas and a happy New Year to the I'ress and Banner and its many readers 1 is the wish of your obedient servant. Nick, - ' . ' ! ' . i " ? DBHBBOORmBlBZHaMEAMHHnMHVvac THE COTTON MOVEMENT, Tin: WORK OF THE GINS. Dec. 20,1802. Up to last Monday night the aggregate work of ginning and packing done at the different ginneries, was as follows: Oil Mill 1031 bales. Henry Ginnery Ut.' bales. Ltttt'son's Ginnery 1047 bales. Totals .'iuOO bales. Against a total last season of 3,-170. H?-nry's and Lawson's tanneries have been ; ,1 Thn oil mill ginnery, however, continues to run us circumstances may demand. It Is certain that very llttWi coiton remains to be ginned?the oil mill estimating the total remaining crop jet to be ginned at Abbeville at 100 bales. Shipment*. IJY G., C. <fc N. , Previously reported 4138 ba'es. Shipped since last report 137 bales. Total to Monday night 457a bales. is Y R. <? D. Previously reported 4835 bales. .snipped since last report 171 bales. Total to Monday night 5006 bales. Total shipments by botli roads 9.6S1 bales. Notwithstanding the great cry of short crops which has been made, the shipments continue good from Abbeville. As will be seen, by reference to the figures, the totnl shipments to date of tills year are 9.581 bales, against a total last year of 10,468 bales, being short only SS7 bales at t his time, with ten days I yet remaining in which to ship. As a further proof that Abbeville has lost nothini; In the way of shipments, we might refer to the lact thai both depot platforms are crowded with cotton, waiting shipping orders. At the It. a D. depot there are 1,000 bales, and at the G? (J. & N. there are 300 bales. On the other hand, it is lair to state that the liberal cotton buyers have drawn cott< n to this market which heretofore went to other places. The high prices which have been paid, have much to do in keeping up the shipments from this point, as it is not to be denied that there Is a shortage in the crop. The Oil Mill. ' DAILY REPORT OP THE WORK. Pounds Seed. Gallons Oil. Dec. 13 day and night 05,0-10 1,304 Dec. 11 day and nluht 45,426 i 981 Dec. 15 day aud night 64,494 1,302 Dec. 16 day and night 5X.828 1,200 Deo. 17 day and night 29,100 600 The oil mill will shutdown Friday night, and will probably not run agaiu until next Tuesday?slopping two days for Christmas. 1.610 tons of seed have been bought up to last Saturday bight. II is estimated that there Is now In the in ill about 150 ions of seed. SHIPPED TO DATE. 55,800 gallons of oil. :#X> tons of meal. The local demand for hulls and meal has been good, and each year as our people learu of their value as a food for stock, the sale of these articles increases. Comparative Statement. SHIPMENTS OF COTTON FBOM ABBEVILLE. 1887 1888 1SS9 1890 1891 1892 Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales t tiT >jd4 TTS i no i i.ii i nco neut I,UII i i'j *|iw i.ni Oct 2,4li0 2,242 2.SS9 2,425 4,770 4,159 Nov 1.KU0 2,222 8,021 1,955 2,4-11 3,126 Dec 1,273 1,997 1,793 2,329 2,110 1,15C Total..?,140 6,785 6,473 8,452 10,408 9,610 GREENWOOD ITEMS. ?8'' Sends Christina* UreetlhtfM to Ilia Xiimerons Headers. Greenwood, S. C., Dec. ?, 1692. With a conscience void of offense toward any, I heartily extend the compliments of the season to all our readers, and crave their Indulgence for any errors of omission or commission lrom this column durlug the year that is just closing. Little Sallle Kate, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.Pulliam, died last Wednesday of bronchitis, aged three years. All who have passed through a similar ordeal and many other friends extend their sympathy to the afflicted parents and grandparents. Mr. A. C. Latimer could not afford to give all of his devoted followers a Christmas turkey, but as a seasonable souvenir he he has promised a goodly ;number of them federal appointments, so I am told. If Latimer is against us, who can be for us In Washington. Capt'J. T. Youngblood has returned to this his former home, and I ain told, will remain. Mr. Louis Perrln will occupy the Simpson house for the next year. 1 meekly suggest to ourelty fathers the advlslbility of a street lamp at one end of the alley between Bailey Barksdale and W. C. Straw noru's xioro to pilot pedestrians through the lake; it would add much to the convenience ol wading. An infant child 01' Mr. and Mrs. A. A. A^or- i rlsdied last, Thursday. Mr. Francis Arnold is repairing and repainting the Ullllam house which tie recently bought. There is nothing more discouraging to a would-be humorist or poet than to have his MS3 continually rejected. Eggs and chickens are plentiful and cheap. The Christmas rise went down. Of course my friends are expecting to send me lots of things by Santa Ciaus, and while they would be appreciated for the donor If not for the value, I respectfully ask that they send their equivalent to the little ones at the Connie Maxwell home. .Mr. W.C.Hays and family of Newberry have moved here and he has gone into business with his father-in-law, Capt. Williams. Mr. ttlyth has bought a span of nice black horses. What now will the Reform prohl's say? , Did Haskell defeat your bill ? Did the little ' tiaudful of conservatives make your tax levy higher with a wonderfully Increased valuation? Tuesequestions and others will b. discussed two years hence. In a private letter Irom Air. Fife, he says: "Edgeneld for Jesus, a more sociable people I i have never met." I recently saw a resolution passed by some ecclesiastical body denunciatory of the tendency to modernize church music to conform 10 ihe public taste for the operatic. Suppose our choristers didn't see it. Some kind lauies have been canvassing for a Christmas tree tor the orphans, at Bailey's ball Thursday evening. Their success is far above their expectations, All ol our citizens without regard to denomination contributed liberally, and the little fellows will have a real good time. All wno desire to do so are cordially invited to atteud the distribution of the presents. Mr.J.T. Wedlock ol the Greenwood Bank and Miss Kate Bullock were married on last Thursday evening, lioth youim people have nosts of irlends in and around town, who reloiee In their union. Mrs. McKellar, of Alt. Carmel, is visiting her fattier Mr. Stanley Crews. Kev. Mr. Leitchand ills singer Mr. Marshall are now in the midst of a guod meeting in Mr. Kiunrd's tent at Mr. Wlntlock's. It is MtiU that he lilts very hard in tender places. .Some rude boys behaved very badly lu aud outside the tent Saturday night and Sunday. 1 know that no one will rejoice In Abbeville's misfortune, but the suspension of work 011 the O., C. & N. shops Is but a titling rebuke to our collossal (?) legislature. Mrs. Peaol Winnsboro Is visiting her brother Mr. It. 1*. lilake. ,lu anticipation of the passage of the prohibition bill, some oi. the more bibulous are laying In a good supply of the "needful." About one hundred gallons came in by express Sunday. Among tue packages was oue .-solid barrel of "corn." Mr. William Tell Henderson died at Ills home near Uoronaeaon thelotnol November, alter a lingering and painful Illness of inany iuouUis. ills death Is u serious loss to the eouuty, and especially to Hie coininuulty in wbli'li lie lived. luioowed will) a high order ol Intellect, and noble and generous impul| se?, Ins inllueuee was apparent in inouluiug the tune and seutiaieul ol lils neighborhood to such a degree us to make it conspicuous lor Us morality, good order and prosperity. J'hoseo! us wlio knew liim Iroin Ins youth up , have always observed In him the strictest Integrity, and an unlaltermg devotion to duty in all ins relations ol lite. lie served as a Confederate soldier through the late war. He was a consistent member ol' the Presbyterian church, und was an elder lu the Koeks cliinch I'or nearly twenty years. | ills death has bequeathed to a sorrowing) wife, son and daughter, and a host of relatives and friends, a lien legacy 111 the memory ol a lite of good deeds, lolly principles and generous impulses, with wl>o?e griel a sympathizing public will mingle its sorrows. Ills remains were interred in the cemetery at Bethlehem church, where a large concourse ol people had assembled to pay toe last sad rite to their departed frleud and ueighbor. M. No ik my tiik Editok.?This notice of the death of Mr. Henderson was sent in due lime. The delay In its publication was no fault of our correspondent.. Everybody should sow oats. Call and get your seed oi pure rust proof red oats. 1*. Ro- , sen berg & Co, Seed oats! Seed oats! Red rust proof. Coumy raised. P. Rosenberg ?fc Co. Haddon's are still otiering some rare bargains In colored dress goods. j Just in?Another lot of that popular alj wool "Mazer Reefer"' Jacket, tan and black. The best value njr the money, at Haddon's. Smith & Sons have 500 barrels of Hour for ale. from the tliiesl to the lower grades. t We have a splendid line of overcoats and atviry close figures. Light weignts, heavy t uoods, storm ulsters and dress coals. Smith I it Sons. * NINETP-SIX NEWS. Taiuvirn n If nunn In tfWIinnxu Hann wl. Injr Friends?Dime Heading?Other Items. Ninety-Six, 8. C, Dec. 19.1802. Mr. David Aiken has been here, and canvassed Ninety-Six township for the Farmer's Insurance Association. It seems to take well with the farmers and is we believe one of the best plans of insurance. No big premiums and no high salaried officers. The Association has acted wisely and well in selecting Mr. Aiken for the work. At the iastcommunlcatlon of Eureka Lodge No. 47 A. F. M., the following officers were elected to serve the next ensueing year : J. D. Watson, W. M. Dr. W. H. Holland, S.M. J. S. Wilson, J. W. R. F. McCaslan. Treasurer. James Rodgers, Jr.. Secretary. Mr. M. F. Sanders and family have left our county, and moved to their plantation In Laurens county. We all regret this Indeed. No better people ever lived In onr midst th>m Mr. Sanders and his most excellent wife. We wish Ihem much success In their new home. The ladies of the Baptist Church will have a "Dime Reading." at the residence of MnJ. J. W. Foucbe'son Friday evening the.23 of December. The ladles and gentlemen of Ninety Six and surrounding couutry are cordially Invited. The party on last Friday given by Miss Lizzie Richardson and Brother, was truly a success, despite the cold and ruin. Quite a number of young gentlemen and ladles from a instance attending. Ninety-Six Is full of Christmas things. Come before ibey are all gone. You must excuse a short letter this week. Our people are all busy and news Is awfully scarce. Alter the rain we have beautlfnl weather and we have nothing much to complain of. East End. Ask to see our "children's school shoes" at 75c. The best child's button shoe on the market for the money.. W. Joel Smith & Sons. Pure old fashioned mountain buckwheat beats the self raising all to death. Try the old fashioned aud you wont have any other. Smith & Sons. GrO TO E. 1TEMPI I CO. run Preserved Ginger, Cranberry Sauce 10c, lb. Pear Preserves 10c. lb. Fresh Dates 8c. lb. Fresh Prunes 12 l-2c. lb. > ? CANNED Pears, Peaches, Tomatoes, Okra and Tomatoes. FRESH CANDIES of, all M / 1 * Toys Innumerable Dec. 21, 1892, tf 1(11 HI. TOWN OF ABBEVILLE. Notice is hereby given that pur 9iiant to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly entitled "An Act to authorize the School District of the Town of Abbeville to issue additional bonds aud levy an additional special tax for school purposes," approved ? December, 1892, an election will be held In the town of Abbeville TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27,1892, at which will be submitted to the qualified electors of the School District of * A LI SIIa i-U ~ . lue iowii Ui Auupvme tui; i]uc9iiuuo 1st, of the issue of an additional three thousand dollars of school bonds, and , 2ad, of the levy of an additional annual tax of not more than two mills for school purposec, as provided iu said Act. At said election those favoring the issue of said bonds shall vote a ballot on which shall be written or printed the words "Additional School Bonds, Yes." and those opposing it shall vote a ballot on which shall be written or priuted the words "Additional School Bonds, No," and those favoring the levy of said tax shall vote a ballot on which shall be written or printed the words "Additional Annual School Tax, Yes," and those opposing it shall vote a ballot on which shall he written or printed the words "Additional Annual School Tax, No." Polls will be open in the Court tt c - a AT ii.,til. J nuune nunc t u uiwiv .n.. a?x. u?v.. % o'clock P. M. The following persons have been appointed managers of said election : J. C. Miller, W. D. Barksdale, and J. F. Bradley. By order of the Board of Trustees. W. A. TEMPLETON. Chairman. JONES F. MILLER, Rprrfit.fl/rv Prn Tfim. Dec. 17, 1892, It rhe State of South Carolina, ! COUNTY OK ABBEVILLE. l'KOUATE COURT. n iho mutter of the Estate of M. O. Tolman, Deceased. I'etitiou for .Settleinont and Discharge. WM. H. l'AKKEK, as Executor for said j Krtatc having applied for settlement li)d discharge, It is (Jkdkkkd, That Monday, the ICtli day I if January next be fixed lor granting tbe re- I lei prayed lor. J. KdliliKIt LYON, Dee. 1 j, IS'J'J, H .J udge Probate Court. limns i OUR competitors would give a fing< you with. The gala bargains of DRY GOO] Must Move from liow i Here's the place the people are * Close Cash Buyer; Dress Goods i CUT TO T We can afford it for we have had the Dre*s Goods cut to 12Jc yard. Our I going to turn our entire dress goods sto CHRISTMAS DOINGS ftra.sn t.hfi Chan fit 100 dozen Silk and Linen Handkerch kerchiefs and embroidered linen at you A Waterloo in Under* Jew, ] Ladies and Men's Vests from 25 cent Our Triumph T? fill We are the shoe people of the towi and exclaim to you in print that they c Whoever wants any of our bargains gains don't come but once a year, like ( A Beautiful Line of the Christ] What's nicer for your gentlemen frie IJememher our entire must move within 1 COST NO CO We can afford it. Competitors will have had the trade that will warrant money for our present stock and mi have done much for the Abbeville ti friends of the people that labor for thei TAKE A. I Flour ! Floi We have contracts out for 1000 bari we are in a position to discount any pri to save mouey your pocket book says c< prices on patent Flours win surprise round lots of Flour, with the promise 1 competitors. Our grocery stock will fr< Our Spec aud we are going to search the West f Slope (with the hard cash) to find the b necessaries of life. See ns on Meats, Lard, Etc., before buyin to save y< And don't forget for anything in th< come to Your Fi Heath School Trustees for Abbe ville County. School District No. 1?Capt. James Rogers, J. N. Lipscomb, B. L. Pinson, Ninety-Six. School District No. 2?John B. Sample, J. L. Hughey, (ire?o wood ; A. C. CoIIIds. Coronaca. School District. No. 3? Dr. C. W. Cason, riodgps; Dr. S. T. Lea, Coiiesbury; G. B. Riley, Riley. School District No. J. W. Mattlson M. L. Latimer, John Algary. Donalds. School District No. 5?M. E. Hollingsworth, J. \V. Ellis. T. J. Bowen, Due West. School District No. #? D. P. Hannah, Hodges; H. W. Bowie, Abbeville; G. \V. Smith, Domilds. School District No. 7?J. L. White. Verdery; P. H. Klugli, Jefferson Davis. Greenwood. School District No. S?E. W. Watson, Bradley ; T. J. Hearst, Verdery ; Dr. P. H. Adams, Pncenlx. School District No. 9?J. F. Wideman, D. W. Dciwtln, J W. Yountt. Troy. School District No. 10? A. T. Brown, Hunter; A. K. Watson, G. H. Wardlaw, Abbeville School District No. 11?J. G. Eilwards.S. H. Cochran, James Kvans, Abbeville. School District No. 12?H. O. McAdnms, W. P. McCarter, W. N. Hall. Antrevllle. School District No. 13?J T. Latimer, S. S. Holes, B. L. Clinkscalcs, Lowndesvllle. School District No. H?K. 0. Bell, Dry Grove; David Thomas, Walt; J. W. Boyd. Mount Carmel. School District No. 15?Wm. McNeill, Mount O.rmel; P. H. McCaslan, Wldetnan; J. O. H<mmincer, I,Ink. School DKtrlct No. 10?Jas.Cothran, Jr.,Mc~ . . .. i u w.._ UOrmiCK ; >v. n. Dim, niiuuwvci , jj. u. ...? ineyi, Bordeaux. .School District No. 17? E. S. Hale, E. W.I Lipscomb, Jus. Rogers, Jr. School District No 18?C. A. C. Waller,'!'. F. Riley, J. L. Curr, Greenwood. School District No. 19?W. A. Templeton, F. B. Gary. J. F. Miller. The School Trustees of the above townships will be cnreful not to overdraw on the amount apportioned their respective townships, which will uppear In a tuttire Issue of this paper. E. COWAN, Chairman Board Examiners. Dec. 21,1892, tf AimiT nniifi nmnnii I 111 Dili Sill. fWILL Ol'KX .if the above sign on the FIRST of JANUARY, a compie le stock of DRUGS & MEDICINES nid expect to keep the best remedies for ev;ry ail ami pain human flesli Is heir to, besides a lull stock of remedies for Horses, Cows, and Other DoA art n nlo JXiesiii; auiunis, mil everything usually kept in a first clas* Jrug Store. 1 A. DOUGLASS. l)ee. 21, ISlhl, tf / '; ' ' v Las '92! r mm\ er or two to have the bargains we greet the year. Our DS STOCK until January 1st, 1B93. talking about-HEATH'S. s Here's to YOU. iNi % A la Slaughtered ! 'HE CORE. i trade to justify it. Our ?5 cent line of iOc Dress Goods cut to 30 cents. We are . ck into money at just half its value. AT LOW PRICES. 3 While You Can. iefs at a mere song. Fancy Silk Hand> ir own price. rear from the Auction Souses. 8 on up. . of Triumphs IOES. ) and no competitor will dare came out jan't meet our prices. would better come at once. Such barChristmas. Gents Neckwear for mas Trade. nds than nice neckwear ? 5 DRY GOODS STOCK the next two weeks. (NSIDERATION ! wonder why we make suoh cuts. We us in making sacrifices. We want the ist have it before Januar/1, 1893. We ade, and we are now recognized as the r money. >EEP INTO in mior ! Flour ! els of Flour bought on the bottom, and ce made you far of near. t If you want )me to see us before buying Flour. Our you. We only make close prices on ram you, that you will not resell to our am this on be aal Pride rom the Mississippi River to the Pacific est values tor tne least money 111 an tne Flours, Sugars, Coffees, g, and we promise ju money. i world you want your pocket book says ienrts, > & Co. V / / The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. WHEREAS, Joel C. Wlej, general partner, and J. Allen SmILli. special partuer, formed a limited partnership on the 3rd day of September, 1S89, for the purpose of conducting a mercantile business at Ninety-Six, In said .State andcounty, which said partnership was to coutlnue until the 31 December, 1892. and whereas It Is the purpose of said parties to renew or continue Hiirli partnership beyond the lime originally fixed for Its duration. This is to certify that the undersigned have formed a limited partnership,pursuant to tbe provisions of the General Statutes of the State aforesaid. ? Thai thpnameof the Arm under which suob partnership Is to he conducted 1h Joel C. Wler. That the general nature of the business to be transacted Is general merchandise. That iHo name of thfionlv treneral partner I is Joel C. Wier. who resides at Ninety-Six, said State and County, and the name of the only special partner is J. Allen Smith, who resides at Abbeville, said State ?nd County. That the said J. Allen Smith has contributed in cash to the stock or said business the sum of Three Thousand Dollars, at tho time of the original formation ol the same. That the renewal or continuance of said limited partnership is to commence on the 1st day of January A. D. 1893. and is to terminate on the Hist, day of December, 1S97. Dated this 10th day of December A. D. 1892. JOEL C. WIER, J. ALLEN SMITH. Made ami several ly sismed iu the presence of BenJ. S Bain well, Lewis Ferrin. South Carolina, Abbeville County. Personally apppared Lewis Perrin and having been duly sworn that he wns present and saw Joel C. W'ier an<l J. Allen smith maKe and severally sIkij the certificate above set forth, and that he with BenJ. S. Barnwell witnessed the due execution thereof. , Lkwis Perri.v. Sworn to before me this 19th day of December, 1892. W. R "Bullock, C. C. C. P. South Carolina, Abbeville County. Personally appeared Joel C. Wier and having been duly sworn, says: That he is the general partner named In the above certificate and that the sum specified lu the foregoing certificate to have heeu contributed by the special partner, J. A lien Smith, to the common stock, has been actually and In good faith paid in cash?at the time of the original formation of said partnership. Sworn toi beiore me this 19 day of December, 1692. W. R. Bullock, C. C. C. P. Let the terms of the renewal or continuance of the limited partnership between Joel C. Wierand J. Allen Smith be published In the Abbeville Press and Banner, a newspaper published at Abbeville C. H., S. C., once a week for six weeks from this date. Abbeville. S. C\. Dec. 1!>. 1??. \V. It. BULLOCK, Court of Court Common Pleas for Abbeville County. Deo. 21, IS'2, 6t We have a little lot of choice Tennessee bar ley, and now is about your last chance to supply yourself. Uouie soon and get what you need. W. Joel Smiib A Sons. If you want good tlour and cheap flour by all means go to Smith & Sons. Crab,shrimp,salmon, lunch tongue, raisins, nuts, candles, and all sorts of goodies for the holidays arc to be lound at Smith & Sons. Flour! Flour! All grades at lowest prlccs 1'. Rosenberg A. Co.