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The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE. S. C. |! ^SS-Published every Wednesday at ?2 ! a year in advance. ( Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1893. < Are ChnrleNtou, Columbia. riparian- 1 bnrg, LexlDKlon and Anderson 1 Above tbe Law ? The dispensary law provides : ( "That do license for tbe sale of spirituous liquors dow authorized to be grants d by municipal authorities shall be of aoy force or effect ? after tbe 30th day of June, 1893. but Ilcennes i may be Issued or extended to Mild 80th day of Juoe. 1893, opOn pay meat of one-half of the aooual license required by the municipal and ' county authorities in cities or town*, where | such licenses are or may be authorized to be Issued.7' 1 We thiok the above sentence admits of do 1 doubt as to its meaning. We tbiDfc tbe issulogof license beyond the 1 30th day of Judo can ooly be a declaration ou tbe part of tbe towosaod cities which grant Uceose for tbe whole year, as nn open deflaoce of the law of tbe Stale, which act, as fur ! as we know, is without precedent in tbe his- i tory of the State. These corporations, without authority ol law to do so, have granted license lor six months beyond tbe time allowed by law. Do ; they propose to break tbe law, or to disregard tbe law, la order to test the power of tbe government to enforce tbe law. If tbe question of tbe constitutionality of tbe law Is sought to be settled, It Is the duty and privilege of the citizen wbo may feel aggrieved or Injured to appeal to the Courts for a vindication of bin rights. But in tbe act or the Incorporations which grant license contrary to the express terms ol tbe law, there is an open violation of tbe law and a defiance of the civil authorities to enforce tbe law of the State, and If the cities and towns propose to protect tbe citizen in tbe Illegal sale of whiskey after tbe 80.h of June, a resort to force will result, and the world may not only see whose authority it i superior in South Carolina, but wbose force may be greater. If tbe Governor would command the respect of anybody be will at least make the attempt to close the bars which are kept open after tbe80tb of June. Tbe opening of tbe bars and tbe violation ot law are quite jArfber thing from making a suit Id Coofft toffijifctbe constitutionality of a law. , * It tnay fete a vefy WtiV pill for those Corporations to acknowledge tbe legality of tbe Tillman General Assembly, but it in a fact that Tillman and bis followers have ICgm |AR9?IWIUU U1 IUD ^UTOl u UICU1 ui luc State, and, armed with authority and power to enforce tbe law, it seems foolish for anj corporation to place itself in open defiance ol tbe law. J.et the citizen test tbe law to bis heart'? content? tbat is quite another thing from defiance of tbe law. If tbe Courts should pronounce tbe law unconstitutional, then tbe law is a nullity, but until it Is so declared It is insubordination or rebellion for any corporate body to attempt to override it by their own will and by ibelr own contempt for law. Should the Court decide that the law is unconstitutional, then it would be tbe duty ol tbe Governor to immediately assemble the Legislature to enact a law which will be ol binding loroe, and which will satisfy tbe Court*. It bas been suggested tbat Governor Tillman knows that tbe law is unconstitutional, and tbat In having it so construed be pofsibly wants other and further reason for urging the election of bread and batter Judges. Tbe question of prohibition does not enter now, and is not ander discussion. ' Tbe dispensary law may be a very wicked and a very bad law, but the question as to Ub desirability or undestrablllty is not under consideration. The only question now before tbe people is, Can Charleston and other towns defy tbe law of tbe State? Have these corporations tbe right to say we will obey one law bnt will not obey another? Does Charleston expect to use her police foroe to keep her bars open contrary to tbe express terms of tbe law? If not, has that city done right in taking money from a citizen for a license in tbe exercise of which it does not intend to protectbim ? If tbe people of the city of Charleston, and tbe towns propose to bring on a conflict be" tween the government and themselves, they are entering upon a scheme wblcb will bear 111 results. Whether tbe people of this State endorse tbe dispensary law or not, there ran exist but one feeling in tbe minds of the lawabiding citizens, who believe that opendefl ance of tbe law should be suppressed. In a question like this, opposition to Individuals Is forgotten In tbe greater and more Important Issue. If one Incorporated town may defy tbe law In aDy particular, tben individuals may follow tbelr example until we bave no law at all, and a time will come wben tbe weak bave no rigbts wblcb tbe ' strong most respect. Gaining In Public Favor. As far as we can learn, tbe prohibitionists In tbl* county are in favor of glylng tbe dispensary law a fair trial. Objection to tbe law, we believe, Is urged by many of those who favor the open bars. Bnt the more It Is discussed the law gains Id favor with the people. Tbe violent opposition of the city newspapers we think Is Impolitic, and will likely have a contrary Influence from that which It IB BUUgUl IU ?CI k The great mass of the people believe tbat the dispensary law is a great Improvement on the existing license system, and while they recognize the fact tbat the new law will work a hardship on a few individuals In the cities and towns, yet they regard the public welfare as of the greatest importance. ^ They take no stock In all the talk about the State going Into the whiskey buslnestt, and cannot see where the dispensary system is egoanfioilo HlffAruninr wnrap than Lhft Hopn&p system. They are as willing for the profits on tbe sales of llqnor to go into the treasuries or the towns, counties and the State, as the; have heretofore been to allow the towns to gobble up very nearly tbe whole advantage of the license system. By tbe old license system tbe towns reaped tbe benefit, and tbe counties bad to pay tbe expense of caring for and trying persons who committed crime while nnder the Influence of liquor. Even admitting that we have as much drinking under the dispensary system, the profits on tbe business is more equitably divided. According to tbe recent vote in IhlB county, about four men outor five are prohibitionists .' As far as we have heard, but two prohibition! ists are opposed to tbe dispensary. : Those who are dissatisfied with tbe dispen sary law because it may grant liquor, should remember tbat tbe law is merely local option The will of each community will be respect, ed. 80, let prohibitionists stick to their colors. and bold fust to the advantage which the' dispensary gives. If the temperance people had gained nothing there would not be such an everlasting bowl over the dispensary law Tbe lact tbat tbe opponentsof prohibition are roiJ) lc oiifflpiflnt pvlilprifp that, thprp UUUlUg iauiv .? v Is sometdlDg in tbe dispensary law. Let prohibitionists not forget that it is impossible for the Governor to appoint a dispenser at Abbeville without a written recommendation from a majority of tbe freeholdera If you want a handsome dress for a little , cash, call or send to R. M. Haddon & Co. 1 Local Option ? The Dl?pcnnnry Not Forced on Anybody. We see that a number of antl-prohibltlon D?Ders are urifinc the citizens of the different towns not to sign petitions for the appointment of local dispensers. This newspaper most heartily concurs In thus urging our people to refrain from siguing petitions. By so Joing we will have absolute prohibition. Without the recommendation of a majority sf the freeholders no commission can be issued to any dispenser. In that event we cvould have Just what we have been wanting -prohibition. Under the new law the Gover. aor is authorized to employ as many constables aB may be necessary to enforce the law, ind "blind tigers," express companies, and 'o I Iron rJu wnu Irt hntp rl IfTioult v In violating he law. The dally newspapers, we believe, with but i single exception are urging practical prohlaitlon by urging the non-acceptance of the dispensary. If the dispensary Is not wanted sve have no fears that Governor Tillman will rail to look alter the "blind tigers." That was % wise provision of the law which required the recommendation of a majority of the freeholders before a dispensary could be established. Endorsed. In no course that we have ever tukenlna long and stormy career, have we been so unanimously endorsed as we have been on the dispensary law. While, at? a matter of fact, we know that there are Individuals In this county who oppose the dispensary, yet, as a rule the people favor the law, as being n step in the right direction. And prohibitionists, whether Tillman or anti-Tilltnan in politics may be set down as fav.orlng the law, und asdeslrl.ig to see the Governor enforce it. If the prohibitionists stand together, we've pot prohibition. Many opponents of prohibition will refuse to recommend anybody, so lhat the prohibitionists cau have what they vant?prohibition. The Governor is author^ Ized to employ an Indefinite number of con. stables who will attend to the "blind tigers.'' ???????? Don't sign a petition for a dispenser and we've got prohibition, pure and simple, with an army or constaoies 10 aitena to me -onna tigers." The dispensary law doesn't lorce n dispenser on any town. It takes the petition of a majority of the freeholders to get llqnor. THE SHOPS, SM? Tracks Being' Laid and Farther Grading In ProgreNM. We have censed to dUpute reports to the effect that Abbeville would not get the G., C. A nkma urtil rtoAnla m n *r Kaliauo o o t Itnt* ouupo, OI1U UJB; wvuvfe ?o H"-J I please. The fact to, that mules, scrapers and carts have been moving din for weeks, and additional help came in last Monday, to aid lu grading ine side tracks on the company's right of way on each side of the road at the mile post. The woik of laying Iron and cross lies on the Bide tracks Is progressing. In response to a telegram last week from Mayor Hill,'Announcing the result of the town election for bonds, Mr. Winder replied by wire statlng'tbat be hoped to come over next week?(this week)?and conclude the matter. The ground has been surveyed and staked off lor the shops, though no work of moving i iin .< 1 r> hau Kaon H/mo nntolHo t\f I ha n/tmna. IUC Uil V u an WV/U UVUV VKWIVIV V* VUV WlUfWny'sown right of way. The work already done has compelled a change in the route of the public highway, which does uot now cross the railroad as formerly. Three or four tracks will be put on the North side of the truck. beginning at the trestle, and coming toward the depot for nearly half a mile to within the neighborhood of the site for the coal shuie*. Beginning at the trestle on the South side of the road the track is being widened for a side track which will come tardown toward Judge Cotbran'a home and possibly to the trestle near the depot. Mr. Wloder wants some twenty or twentyAve acres, and we learn that Judge Cothran will sell the required amount, it la said he offered to furnish fifteen acres, the amount first named, at $40 an acre, or if that was thought to be too high he would give the land. At that price the land is considered cheap, and the town did not beslInte to consent to pay that price. For the excess of fifteen acres it Is said that the Judge will ask a larger sum, but uot an unreasonable price. The company want no land upon which to build dwelling bouses tor their mechanics or operatives, and ask for only the necessary ground upon which to put their shops, round bouses and tracks. The company presume that the owners of the at joining lands will Duliu nouses jur reut, or win sen iois uu which others may build. A11 tbe noise wblcb has been ma.1e about the laws Id South Carolina belnic oppressive to the railroads is more apparent than real. Nobody In South Carolina at heart wishes to ruin tbe railroads. though It Is not denied that a few politicians are maklue capital out of their cry against tbe railroads. The railroad law iu south Carolina, we are told. Is ?*?q no fiwm iKa fZar\rtrI<? oiiH 1 ho Vnrlh Pur. ollna railroad lawn. Abbeville jh the right place for the shops, and no South Carolina law Is going to run the shops away Irotn here The people ol Abbeville are friendly with every mac on the Q., C. & N., and the G.. C. & N. folk are kindly disposed toward us. We have not the slightest doubt that the shops will be put at Abbeville, and If our friends at Elberton and elsewhere Indulge the idea that they can take them away from us we have no objection. If it is any pleasure to them, let them hope on, it can do us no harm, and will not endanger our prospects for securing the sbopt*. Abbeville 16 in the centre of the line between Atlanta and Monroe. The run for trainmen will be equally divided. The children of the railroad folk will have Iree tuition in our splendid school house. The talk about the railroad law hurting Abbeville makes us have a tired feeling. To show our Elberton friends have little confidence they may put In "reports," we will repeat one that was told ua. it run in thin way: As soon as the Legislature passed [herailroad law, (scarecrow.) the Elberton folk took new hope, got together, formulated a plan for carrying off the prize, telegraphed to Mr. Winder the desire of the committee to go to Atlanta to call upon him. The report went on to say that Mr. Winder telegraphed back to the committee that he would oe glad to see them on any subject, execept to discuss the shops. He had definitely coucluded the the trade with Abbeville. mm? nTODTXTO ADV IXLJj UXUi JLI11U JXL\j X i A Few Random Shots In Various Dlrecttoua. Editor PreBS and Banner: Allow me In (be name of tbe Temperance party In Abbeville county, to ibank you fur, and coDgratuiHte you upon tbe manly and heroio stand you have taken upon tbe great question of tbe day. We expected you to side With us In tbis great reform movement, but we were greatly surprised at me stroug and deciued stand you bave taken. Your po sitIon will, If you reiuse to back down, cause the whole whiskey element of the State to lump on you wttb both leet. Ihrough their organs, the News and Courier, the Slate and Greenville News. They will more than likely skin you alive unless you give theiu an e>e for an eye aud a tooth for a tooth. Give them ball Columbia If they assail your position and cry lay on McDuft, etc. The hand-writing Is upon the reform wall and the open saioous must go. Among the saloon men there will be threats, weeping, walling aud gnashing of teeth, but It will avail them uotblug; their day has past, their doom Is sealed. In South Carolina from henceforth they must join the great army of usetul middle men or producers, as drones, sucking the very itie uioou out 01 iuo counuumi;?uiejmust go. This dispensary revolution law whs not passed by a driftwood Legislature, but one composed of sound rouud hickory butt cuts. The opposition found them bard to spilt and finally quit trying in disgust. Tins law may be temporarily stopped by the courts. But our hickory Legislature will be well seasoned by tbe next session ; so much so that tbe blows cf the opposition will make no impression upon them and a law that will hoiu water will be passed at once. Revolutions never go backwards, as tlie whiskey men should know, and they may rest assured of one thing that tbe revolution has started, the fltelit is on, and we will never hold up until all restrictions possible is thrown uround the sale of the Internal stuff. We are to be congratulated that we have a Governor who will exucule Hie laws at all rd b The laws of this State can never be nullified bv anv set of men as so long as iieujlman | Kyan Tillman Is Governor of tills State. He says after the first of July the saloons must close and closed they win be at all hazards. He means just what he says and says Just what he raeuns. The dispensary law bids lair to be the most popular and successful law ever passed In S>uih Carolina. Mr. Editor you must do likewise, you have put your hand to the plow do not look buck. J. V. J. i THE FARMERS' BANK. Its NutlMfnctory Showing? A Ycnr or ] ProMperlly?Stockholder* Meet To? Day?Possible Xew Directors?The S?le or Nhnrci. The statement of the condition of the Farmers' Bank that appears elsewhere is a t cood one, which roust be gratifying to the officers, and satisfactory to its shareholders. t The Bank is now paying out the semi-an- 1 nual dividend of three per cent, and has a ? reserve fund of 8-3.520 of surplus and undlvtd- ( ed profits?nearly ten per cent, or the capital stock. i The annual meeting takes place to-day, S when directors are to be elected. r\r 1?Ia ? AAMui/tofoKla nnmhor r\f chfl PPR I V/I 1UIO ? V*?UP1UW.?VIW uutuwv* w owned by persons In the country have been c solo to citizens In the village. A single shure of stock Is not desirable whpre the owner I must borrow on It, and It Is quite likely that a number of additional shares may be put on the market to-day. The demand for the stock J is good,and those who wish to sell can readily And a buyer at a discount. We believe no- I bod., Is offering less than S!6, and In some Instances the price ranges higher, according to i circumstances. Enthusiastic buyers tblnk 1 the stock will soon be at a premium, while ( the Inpecunlous holder knows that It is folly c to own six per cent, stock upon which be c must borrow moueyatten percent discount, S As a solid, safe investment lor surplus cash, ( the stock is a good oue, but when the owner must borrow money to hold a share, it is not f so good. A majority or farmers can make c more than six per cent, out of their money In s the conduct of their farm. t The establishment of the Farmers' Bank e furnishes the best proof of the strength of t united and uudlvided effort. Some three \ years ago the farmers felt the need of auother j i bank, aud although few of them had much e ready money to put In it, yet they stood to- t aether and subscribed shares to t<e paid on t the lus'almeut plan. Notinany of them sub- c scribed tor more than one share, aud very a few of them paid in more than twenty dol- f lars, and many who did pay In twenty dollars exercised their rlcht to borrow back eighty J per cent or whatever they paid Id. The polit- t ical feature of the organization dented "out- i ciders" the right of subscribing to tne capital s stock more than a stipulated sum, while the g right to subscribe for a large part of It lemalned In the hands of Alllancemen. Hand- 1 leapped In this way, it was hard lor President t Parker and his board of directors to gel the e required amount of ten thousand dollars of t paid up capital on which to begin business, c But the amount was raised, and an office t wan opened on one side of H. W. Lawsou'st tin store. . Many farmers were accommodated to small' amounts, and the subscribers to the capital stock have continued to pay up. uutll now Ihe capital stock paid Is ?til,185. On this amount ol capital the bank now does a business of 8100,320. This large business has grown up In three years from an exceedingly small beginning, and continues to prosper, dlspeuslug benefits to Its many customers, adding to Its capl tal stock, while enlarging Its Held of usefulnew. President Parker baa succeeded In establishing the Farmers' Bank on a most solid foundation, despite an Inconceivable number of obstacles, of which the uninformed public know b t little. Although the experiment was a costly one to many farmers, yet they, from patriotic motives, continued to bear the burden Incident to the success of the undertaking, and now nvVtArt A f tholr IwtnOU i a uttUlSrorl they are unloading the shares which many j of them are unable to carry without loss to 1 themselves. While the dullest man In the 1 county can see that he ought to sell rather than to borrow money on a six per cent, security, yet the Btock Is a desirable Investment for lbooe who have the ready cash. It a man has money to put out. In a sale Investment the stock of the Farmers' Bank offers six per crnt., but the borrower must pay a much higher rate ol Interest. The conclusion of the whole matter Is : It you have ready cash, buy; If you have to borrow, sell. BUSINESS CHANGES. ? - Old Men Selling Out and New Men Tab lnu> Thpl v* Pliirca As our readers already know, Mr. A. W. Smith bas bought that large and Important business heretofore conducted by Messrs. Heath & Co. , This week we have two more changes to record. Mr. J. H. Latimer hns bougnt the entire Interesi in the mercHntile business of Messrs. E. A. Templeton <fc Co., and will continue the buslne>s at'theold Mand under hisown name. This Arm had a good business and tbe successor or the old Arm will keep Ibe business to its high standard, and Hive customers tbe bestol bargains, as in the days of old. Mr. Van Stranten has sold out his beef market to Messrs. Henry & Mooi e, and these gentlemen will benceiorth furnish tbe best of fresh meats on the rnoft favorable terms. Mr. Templeton will soon open a new bustness on his own account, and will still be a iitci-or in ine uusiuec* worm hi ADoevnir. Mr. Heath will take letive of us Id a few j days for Norfolk, where he will flud a larger field for the expenditure of his energy and i Ihe employment of his capital and credit. , During the two years that he has been with < us, he has proved himself to be a thoroughly j energetic man of splendid business tact. At- ? though a stranger amongst ue bis purchases i of goods were suitable for this market, and , bis liberal advertising and bis good bargains j drew trade to Abbeville from all quarters ot t the county. H's met hods and his push made ( Abbeville put "a move on her." Mr. Vau StrHSten Is a butcher by trade and what he didn't know about cutting a beef lorAnHlnirniit Ua will lib-Alt? 1/irtlr for u larger city lrTwbich to do business-7. PLEASANT POINTS FROM 8T0NY POINT. , Welcome Note* From a New Correspondent. Stony Point, S. C., Jan. 9,1893. Editor Press and Banner: Wea/y weeks and months have grown to be a year or more since Jottings from our immediate vicinity have appeared in your columns, yet lis episodes acd happenings have sailly and gladly bad their alternatlngs. Tragedy, comedy and farce bave had their turns, and unchronlcled, are fast fading from memory. Possibly 'tis well 'tis so; at all events at present we propose dealing with the very now of to-day, leaving the past to find ? .. i t?.u f,,i lio IW CI ttVC, nuu IIIC lUWIC UUIIU HO UU^C O. Appreciating the rickety condition of the political status, we are admonished to touch iilngerly upon any of Its aspt-cts or bearings, feeling assured that fanatical zeal Invariably produces a reaction greater than Its own force, and being further assured that a great political reaction is now apparent on every hand. The cold wave of the 6th has injured the late planting of grain. Fortunately we have i the spring sowing lo fall back upon In the event of a failure of the fall aud winter sowing. After several weeks absence in Florida, Dr. Marshall has returned home, much improved In other respeds thau health. A hearty welcome to yon, Doctor. A pleasant party from Cleveland. Ohio, arrived at Stony Point on the 7th instant, consisting of Mr. Edwin Stephens, Mr. 8. R. Harrison and wife, with their four children. Miss Sadie J. Harrison and Mrs. E. A. Stephens with her two children. Mr. Stephens Is the father of Mrs. Law of this place, also of Mra. LT.. ..Ixnn tl.a ?r Icl t 4 rwr nurlv o rwl fo t hop.lr,. uai I IPUU Ul III? VOIIIM^ |?u. H..u ... law of Mrs. E. A. Stephen*. Mr. Harrison Is connected with the business management of the GraFselll Chemical Company, of Cleveland and Chicago, Miss Sadie, hU sister, Is uu accomplished teacher of elocution and voice culture. Happy anticipations of a family r?unlon arc bring realized. Tbe ladlesand children of tbe party expect to spend some time with Mrs. Law. The gentlemen, after a short sojourn, nccornpanled by Col. Law, will make a lour of Florida. Lex. ??? The Edgefield Mntnal Insurance Am* Hoclatlon. As our friend Mr. David Aiken bus organized a branch of ibis Insurance compony in Abbeville, we copy the following from the Edgefield Farmer: This organization is no longer a visionary scheme, but a real living active thing. Acting under the cull of Mr. Leon J. Williams, a number of our best representailve citizens met in Edgefield on last Thursday and inaugurated the above named association. Nothing concerns our people more than a cheap, 8nfe insurance. The object of this association is to secure, by co-operation, such Insurance at actual cost. There will be no charge until u lire occurs, and then e>-ch member will be asse>sed a pro ruta amount to meet the insurance of the member who has lost his prop eriy l>y lire, WJIJU.ur iigiiiii mg. oumcui mc feaiures of this plan that commend It to the public are: 1. The money that Is laken out of a community by other companies in premiums Im left In raid community until there Ik an at:tuul loss to be met. 2. it In much cheaper than insurance in old line companies, there being no speculation or prctlt aimed at. 3. Risks are not so uncertain, owing to the ureat care taken In Insuring property, and In the nature of the property Insured. 4. There Is less danger of fraud ; because every member Is a party to the coniract, and In cases of suspected fraud each member becomes his own detective. This feature brings the possibilities of fraud to a mlnlmun. This plan in worthy of ihe conslderailon of; every man that has property to insure and j wo o.imouiiv iipotrp in si'p nnr neonle avail I themselves "of every opportunity^ to cut expenses. Go to Smith & Sons for flour, molasses, oats, corn, bacon, &c. New millinery received this week at Had don'a. GREENWOOD'S GREETINGS. HrnicrnpliN Picked up by the Pencil PuMtier at the Livllext Town In America. Greenwood, g. C., Jan. 9,1892. Doctor Qrier preached an able sertuou In be Presbyterian church Sunday. Some very damuglng reports are In clrcula ion about the condition or airairs anue roor louse. This may explain why the Couimlsloners did not publish the last report of the Jrand Jury. Mr. A.J. Bell has bought a tract of land leiir town, from Mr. Reynold's, paying him 50 per acre Tor it. Prof. Jos. U. Denck the phenomlnal piano rlrtuoso will lecture lu Riley's hall nextTueslay night, 17th Inst. Rev. Mr sloun of Troy, will preach In the 'reRbyterian church to-night,(V'ednesday.) Tlilmanism is certainly on the wane here, (very one of his leaders hereabout, with whom ! have talked, are thoroughly disgusted. Mr. W. F. Beard and family have moved to dr. B. F. Reynold's farm near town. At a citizens meeting Saturday night all the >id council, except Mr. L. M. Moore, who postlvely declined to serve, were renominated or the ensulnlng year, this was certainly :ompiimentary to their administration. The itileial roster uow stands for Mayor, J. T. Simmons ;ior Aldermen, J. L. Carr, B. W. 1..KK A r Rooi.Hn.t It has been Intimated that tbe elimination rom this column, of Latlmore and Tillman iritlolboi Is due to the ract that the 'writer Is l candidate lor the Greenwood Post-office. I ake occasion to say that i am as much as iver opposed to them and their political lenubmen, and never hesitate to say so. Yblle court I rue their opposition I do not Itstore the support of the many good and honimI citizens whom they fooled Into voting lor hem. Much as 1 would like to have tbe aplolnitnent, I do not want to buy It with priuiple, otherwise I might already be In possesIon ol It, If I have to buy It I want the trlvllege of paying for It in dollars and cents. Apropos to "violet" "pink" and -high" tea, oe Wells remarked that be recently enjoyed a mil-rush breakfast. After tne usual cereinoiy, he madea rush for thebullancfiouud him o tough he couldn't stlok a fork in tbe ;ravy. We beg to take Issue with tbe editor when, le says that municipalities are over ridlug he law lu Issuelng whiskey license. Mo enLCtiueut Is good law until tested, it cannot be ested without a violation, hence the Issuance >r license after the lot of July. Tbe violators >f course will be arresled without the aid ol beiulllila. They will oe entitled to a trial >efore tbe Courts, If the law stands tbe test ind tbey are convicted, they will pay the lues and close Ibelr doors wltbout any apjeal to Diartlal law. Only this aud nothing ii ore. A prominent reformer told me that one of .be Abbeville delegation bud hied bis appllsatlon for County dispeuser. If be 1m apjolnted be will have to resign his seal In ,bn Mouse; this be promised not to do. Hut why should be cure lor that when there Is to nuclj more money la being a barkeeper than l legislator. Mr. E. K. tinead has bought for $700 tbe Maribull bouse and lot on Puyue Street. Miss Nannie Major b?s returned to her itudies at the Wiutbrop training school. Mr. and Mrs. Kalph scurry of Chappellsare /Ultiiig tbe|iatter'a father, Mr. Hobt. Bullock, jhmes iving was ia uiwu ouuuuy. There ?re a great many people?some ol ffhom live in Greenwood?Who dislike rewsfiaper notoriety, nnd |t 1h Id deference to tbeli tuown wishes Unit we often forego a disposl .Ion to pieuttanily notice tbeir hospluilty. Cue ol the frultaof Tlllmanlsm.is thatm the utuie organ ized labor, ol all kinds and colon will be a potent factor In our stale politics, L'be recent organization of Railroad em' pioyees, Is an earnest of this and It will s<>on radiate to every lactory. sliop and farm In the State where hired help Is used. Unfortunately Cor the Administration, this nucleus in C<> lambia was organized against Its oppressive legislation. lu my little notice of the work of Mayoi Simmons, for last year, I did not mean to de> Lract one lota from the efficiency of bis board if alderman, in fact I oieaui that they sbouic Qe entitled to as much credit as he, because ll kvaso.uy u> ineir support. mai uo uccuiiiplished wUat he did This Is said to bet oj rest tbe report thai reaches rne that gome ai ibein thluk It was quite a reflection on theli work. 1 spoke of Mr. Simmons officially, and it course Included In my mind at least all o: bis co-offlulais, every one or whom I would tiave gladly voted to elect by acclamation. The series of uncontroverslal discourses by Rev. E. J. Forester, are proving very Instruct' ive to bU members, for wbose special benefit :bey are being preached; In ibis day of log' ical argumentation a man is expected to give i valid reason for every opinion expressed, seller indulged In, or doctrine professed and proclamed. , Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Crimes went to Willlamston Monday, Id response to telegram that bis mother was dying. A pink lea In colored Ulgb life was given by Mrs. JJapbanle Urlflln last Friday night. II is said to bave been a swell affair. The election of officers In the Baptist Hunlay School last Sunday resulted In the eleo :lon of J. K. Levell Superintendent, 8. E Miller, A>slstat; R. J. Cartledge Secretary and I'reasuier. s. P. Wright, Librarian. Thesi were all encumbents. Mm. Kobinnon of Kalelgh, N. C., alias Mist \del Coleman of tbe far famed Saluda seo Lion, Edgetleld county, bus pnld Oreeuwood u visit, tbe itueai or Mrit. U. W. Kampey and Mrs. Jan P. Coleman. Mrs. Koblnsou Is Lb< wife of Col. Jobn Rublnt-on, Comomslnner o \prlculture of Nortb Carollua, oue ol lh< most universally beloved, useful and blgblj nooored of Nortb Carolina's statesmen, ant the oue of south Carolina's most populai laughters. S. JANUARY JURORS. rhe Grand Jnror* Who Will a Trnc Presentment Make. Tom Ferguson Abbeville John Bagwell Nmety-SI* I. N.Alexander Cokesbury J. H. Edmonds Bordeaux W. N. Calhoun ..Magnolia J. W. Sign ;. Abbeville J. B. Franks Lowndesvllle T. W. Pace Cokeebury Edgar Blake Greenwood A IT MfAAHh.iKol Pn<l.>i>Qnplni?ti A IV ?? vA'Ull u I Vtun I J. Evans Gordon Bordeaux W. P. McCarter. Diamond Hill Joba Puckett... Abbeville H. L. Ellis .. ?.Lon>{ Cane D. L. Haddon Diamond Hill J. H. Oldham Greenwood Saul Asrnew Due West J. C. Wler Ninety-Six PETIT JURORS. Upon Prisoner* nt tbe Bar Mast Look for a True Deliverance. R. S. Galloway ; Due "West .T M Oiimhrell ....Abbeville W. B.Anderson NInery-SIx T. O. Btik' r, Calhoun L C. Lawton Calhoun J. E. Uldrlck Long Cane Law ton Robertson Abbeville -R. H. steveoson Long Cane John Brown, Jr Cedar Springs H. M. Peonel Magnolia Joseph Boiler.* Ninety-Six A. G. Cochran Abbeville J. R. McCombs Long Cane J. S. Hammond Abbeville J. B Smith Donalds D. A. Crawford Due West W. C. Haddon Due West J. O. Beaufort Indian Hill R. B. Ferguson Diamond Hill B. S. Nlckles Long Cane J. P. Phillips Ninety-Six W. C. Straw horn Greenwood K. J. Latimer Lowndesvllle R. L. Owens Calhoun Chas. L. Cilnkscales Lowndesvllle .T. T. Carlisle Long Cane J. R. Kills .' Due Went ? *. r. LTomer, .cumiuvinc J. M. Baker. Lowndt-svllle J. C. Davis Indian Hill J. Moseley Kd wards Abbeville J. A. Mcl.'ord Smlthvllie W. M. Hleglns Donalds Samuel Hinton Greenwood J. W. Ferqueron Bordeaux H. L. Cole Smlihvllie Jurors lor the Second Week. J. H. Cheatham Abbeville j. \V. BowerR Abbeville D. A. Wardlaw Bordeaux W. T. King ?.Long Cane J. P. Boyd Diamond Hill J. B Reynold* Greenwood J. L. Ward, Jr White Hall B. F. Crapton Bordeaux A. B. Ellis Greenwood J. L. Bnrmore Donalds W. H. Pennel Bordeaux It. H. Devlin ? ..Sinlthville J. H. Hutchison Calhoun J. H. Penney Abbeville -- . .? ? tlla nwtnH Hill 11. /V. tventoii ..... H. L. Rasor- Don"Ids J. A. Lathan Abbeville S. K. Uosenswlck ....Indian Illll J. T. Spped A. B. Koblson Long Cnne F. L. Morrow Abbeville J. D. Aicwlne Diamond Hill s. Ij. Edmonds Bordeaux H. L. Cltnkwcal??i Lowndesviiie J. N. Knox Diamond Hill J. D. Duncan Loug Cane J. W. Cobb Greenwood T. B. UllnkM'HifH Lowndesvllle J. W. J. Simpson Long Cane J. W. Carlisle Lowndestvllle 0. G. XViiller. Greenwood J*. M.Cothran Bordeaux T. J. Roblnon Long Cane George Finney Abbeville J. M. Wright Coke>bury M. Harvey Wilson Abbeville 1 U VV J F. E. HARRISON, M. D Physician and Sui Harris AB? We are now opc Stock of Drugs, Ch< Soaps, Brushes, Toi FIRST CLASS DRU OUR TTfcT rn^siuiiiii? OU.|J|JJ Merck's Chemicals. . The public are r< BOARD OF ASSESSORS: TO CANVASS THE RETURNS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY OF' ABBEVILLE COUNTY. Who They Are and What is Expected of Them. The retarnsof the various Townships will be forwarded to the Township Boards on the 6ih day of March. The Township Boards will bold their meetings between the 1st and 5th day of March. On Monday the 18th day of March, the County Board, consisting of the chairmen of the various Township Boards will meet at Abbeville Court Hoose. It Is clearly the duty of the Township Boards of Equalization to canvass carefully each and every Return of Personal Property I made at their respective Townships, In order ' that Individual Returns of Personal Property r may be equalized as near ax possible, and Id i every Instance where a material change In | the Return of any individual Is made, notice f to the tax-payer must be given in order that I be may have the opportunity to appeal before the County Board which meela the J8lb day ol . March, 1898. Postal cards will be furnished I by this office for the purpose of so notify lag where material changes are made. The following freeholders are hereby ap_ pointed Boards of the various Townships: Ninety-Six?J. D. Watson, J. W. Fouche, J. A. Calhoun. Greenwood?U. A.C.Waller, W. H. Mays. W. W. Klugb. Cokesbury?T. J. Ellis, G. B. Riley, W. R. Dunn. Donalds?E. L. Waldrop, W.J. Donnald, B. J. Martin. Due West?J. E. Todd, M. B. Cllnkscales, J. R C. Dunn. Long (Jane?a. r. uaiven, >r. a.okieukvu, ' N. P. Mcllwaln. ttratlhvllle? N. Anderson, Jr., J. L. White, r W. W.Purdy. s Wblte Hall?A. J. Pounds, D. W. Jay, J. L. j Ward, Sr. r Indian Hill?J. L. Russell, J. F. Wldeman, R. W. Crawford. Cedar Springs?A. K. Watson, John Lyon. R, O. Hunter. Abbeville?James McMillan, Jones F. Miller, P. A. Cheatham. Diamond Hill?S. B. Knox, A. F. Carwlle, J. C. Trlbble. Lowndesville? I. H. McCalla, L. W. Mauldln, Dr. J. W. Speer. Magnolia?B. A. Boyd, J. 8. Norwood, C. G. McAlister. I Calhouns Mills?W. L. Miller, J. C. Kennedy, J. H. Morrtth. Bordeaux?O. A. Tray lor, J. B. Holloway, T. J. Price. Tbe various Boards will meet and organize by electing a chairman and notify this office. W. W. BRADLEY, Auditor A. G. Jan. 11, 1893, tf fvfRT TIME ! TIME ! Do foil Want Tie During 1893. VOUR WATCH NEED^ CLEANING^ aDd X oiling once every eigiuem luumu-, you would preserve Its time keepingquailties. Consider, in that time the hHlance wheel turns on Its delicate axla 13.996 S'X) 000 times. It does not rest at night, like ordinary machines, but, like the heart, keeps at its work unceasingly. You oil an engine, or a sewing machine, or any other mechanical contrivance, daily or weekly, but. that ifell?-ate Instrument of precision, YOUR WATCH, Is allowed to go un cared for unlll it Ih clouded wiin airi una stops. The be?t of oil becomes thick ami dirty lu time. In tliIm condition It wphih thej pivots, and destroys their tit lu the Jewel holes which Is necessary to a correct performance. Lei me Look at Your Watch. I will el ve you a conscientious opinion as to whether It Deeds attention. H. D. REESE, Competent Watch Repairer. Second Door above Naiional Bank, Abbeville, S. C. Jan. 4, If9!. 12m JASTF. WILSON, IN office nt, Hone* Path, C., every day exCHiit Friday, when I will oe lo office at Willtaiuston, 8. C. [Jan. II, 18U3, Urn Drug I M. F rgeon. C ion & IEVILLE, jiiing at Lawson's Stai 3micals, Patent Medic let Articles, and eve G STORE. jqpTRnf A T. lies, The Compoundl espectfully Invited to ; An Ordinance To Eaise Supplies for the Town of Abbeville, S. 0., for 11.. tr ioao me xear xoao* Be it ordained by the intendant and Wardens of the Town of Abbeville, S. C., In Conncll assembled, and by authority of the same. That a tax tor the sums and In the manner hereinafter named shall be raised and paid into the treasury of the Town Conncll tor the n?es and purposes thereof tor the year A. D. 1898. Section 1. On every One Hundred Dollars of the cash value of all Real and Personal estate within the Incorporation of the said town of Abbeville, the sum of Twenty Cents. Hec 2. On each Billiard and Pool Table or Ten Pin Alley kept tor hire, the mm ofFlfuen Dollars for each Table or Alley more than one kept by the same owner $15. On each Bagatelle Table kept for hire the sum of Twenty-Five Dollars. If -?.ny person or persons are found entity of re<*elvlnj( pay pr making a charge for a gameof Billiards,Fool, Bagatelle or Ten Pin Aliey, without having a n??na<> shall he flned not exceeding the sum of Fllty Dollars,or not more (ban thirty days Id the County Jail. Sec. 3. That all male person* between the age of sixteen and fifty yearn, except those physically unable toearn a support,are liable to roadduty and shall be required to work on the roads, sidewalks and streets within the Incorporation of the town of Abbeville six and one-third days by direction of the Town Council. The commutation forsald roadduty to be the sum of Two Dollars and Ooe-haif, to be paid xt the time of payment of other taxes, to wit, on or before the first day of March. All persons refusing or failing to work six and one-third full days, to be accepted and approv?d i.y the Council, or pay the above commutation, shall be liable to pay a fine not exceeding 525. or Imprisonment In County Jail not exceeding thirty days. Sec. 4. That all itinerant auctioneers, peddlers, except vender* ol farm produce raised In the county, offering at retall any goods whatsoever lor sale, shall pay a license ol not tviiion nor iahm than mure tuuu incu?/-?-kf? ? ... One Dollar per day. Sec. 5. Tbat all circuses shall pay a license of One Hundred Dollars for escb and every exhibition; and all otber shown, Including wbat are commonly known as side-shows at* tached to a circus. shall pity a license of ndt more than Fifty nor less than Two Dollars fur each exhibition. Sec. ft. Tbat all returns shall be made under oath, on or t>etore the first day of February, 1?98, and all taxes shall be due and payable on or before tbe flrxt day or March, 1898. If any person or persons shall refuse or neglect payment of the taxes bereln levied within the time specified, the Treasurer of the Town Counoll 1m hereby authorised and required to add twenty per centum penalty, aud if the tax wl(b the penalty Is not paid wltbln thirty days thereafter, it shall be the duty of the Treasurer of the Council to ls*ue - I-- ..?-l iwillo/if execution* uiereior imiw;uitticij,auu w,.w. the same by due protessof law, as provided In the charter or said town of Abbeville. Sec. 7. The Town Council or a quorum thereof shall constitute a Board of Assessors to affix the value of property returned for taxation. Sec 8/ If any person or persoDs (ball refuse or neglect to make a return of their property for taxation within the time prescribed herein, the return of last year wlih twenty per centum'added. shall he deemed and taken by the Treasurer to be the true vhIue of their property for taxation and it shall be assessed at that rate. Sec. 0. For each license to retail splrltnons liquors In tbe town of Abbeville the sum of Two Hundred nnd Fifty Dollars for the six months, beginning with Ibe 1st day of January. 1893, nnd ending 30tb day ol June, 1893. Sec 10. On eacb doe the sum ol One Dollar ami Twenty-Five Cents. Done and ratified In Council and the seal of tbe Town Council nfflxed this 80th day (t..S.)of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. B. M. HILL, Intendant. JONES F. MILLER, J, H. LATIMEK, S. G. THOMSON, J JAS. CHALMERS, Secretary. j Jan. 4,1833, tf IfiliAriff'fi Sfllp K/UVA AJUi M ivwaw. Adolph Meyer & Co. and others against J. W frurqueron-Executlon. . By virtie of an execution to me directed, Inlthe above stated case. I will sell to the hlghCTt bidder, at pnbllo auction, within the legal hours or sale, at Abbeville Court Hfnnse, on MONDAY, the 6ih day of FEBRUARY, A. D. 1*93. all the rlfzht. title and Inter-1 e?t of J. W. Furqueron In the following de-1 ' < ? t r\ oj i t scriueu yiupc^ % j , Four Hundred and Twenty Acres of land, mor or less, bounded by land* of G N. McKlnnt , Smiley Harmon, S. A. Mcintosh, Homes ad of J. W. Furqueron and others. Levied 11 and to.be sold as the property of J, \V. Fui uernn to satisfy the aforesaid execution at] costs. TERMS?Cash. F. W. R NANCE. | Sheriff Abbeville Couuly. i Dec. 27.1892 'f I ? - ? *? * aft HENHM liHfcA I HANI AB SEVILLE, S. C. i ? gHave opened a fancy Grocery store, where they vA\ keep all manner of goods In their.line. Buyers are^rdlnllj Invited to examine i their stock, a3he quality at;d price of thlr -? ?I.I /. ,.? Ui PAnooit!. f I good* Will IUVKU IIIC D>K?<BV.. to trUMlonierM.il ChII at the <ja stand of O. II. Moore. Jan. 4, 1893, wi Stockiolders Meeting. i MEETIXGpf Ihe *toc.k holder* of the Farfl ??'-r-* % uua..?iia ...ill hit holH nn I m?r* dhiihui mo " ? 7 WEDNESDAY, lllti January, 1891, at 11.do o clock. wfcl. H. PARKER, Presldeut. J. H. DuPke. Cashier. Dec. 14.18W. 41 | Remember If you are In need of a ulce win- I ter dress, call at Haddon'B. I 1 Store! GAME, Phg., hemist and Druggist. Game, s. o. ad, a BRAND NEW lines, Fancy Goods, rything kept in a rn i3ri ng\ of Prescriptions, give us a call. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OP ABBEVILLE. WHEREAS, Joel C. Wlej, general partner, and J. Alien Smith, special partuer, formed a limited partnership on the 3rd day ' of September, 1880, for tbe purpose of oondnctIdk a mercantile business at Ninety-Six. in aidState andcondty, which Mid partneivblp was to continue until tbe 81 December, 1892. and wberess It is the purpose of *?ld parties to renew or continue such partnership beyond the lime originally nxea lor it* asmuon. This Is to certify that tbe undersigned bave formed a limited partnership,pursuant to tbe provisions of tbe General Statutes of tbe State aforesaid.. That tbe name of tbe Arm under which such DartnemhIp Is to be conducted te Joel C. Wler ?;">/$?& That tbe general nature of tbe boaineaa to. b<? transacted te general merchandise. That Uie name of tbe only general partner' Is Joel C. Wler, .who resides at Nlnety-8lx, said State and County, and tbe name of tbe only special partner Is J. Alien Smith, wbo re-i sides at Abbeville, said State and County. That tbe said J. Allen Smltb bas contrlb- . nled in casb to the stock of said bnslness tbe sum of Three Thousand Dollars, at tbe time of tbe original formation of tbe?atne. That tbe renewal or oontlnoance of said * limited partnership Is to commence on tbe 1st day of January A. D. 1888. and Is to terminate on the 31st dav or December, 1897. Dated this 19th day of December A. D. 1893. JOEL C. WIER. J. ALLKN SMITH. ' V. Made and several ly signed In the presence of BenJ.8 Bain well, Lewis Perrlo. South Carolina, Abbeville County. Personally appeared Lewis Perrlo and having been duly sworn tbat be whs present and bhw Joel C. wler and J. A lien Smlilb make and severally slun the certificate above set forth, and that be with BenJ. 8. Baruwell witnessed the due execution thereot - ' Lewis Pbbbik. Sworn to before me this 19th day of Decern- . ber, 1892. W. R. Bullock, C.C.C.P. South Carolina, \ Abbeville Connty. Porsonally appeared Joel C. Wler and bavins been duly sworn, says: That be Is the general partner natneu In the above certificate and tbat the sum specified In the foregoing certificate to have been contributed by the special partner, J. Allen Smith, to the common stock, hxs been actually and In good faith paid In cash?at tbe time of the original ? lormatlon of said partnership. Sworn to before me this 19 day of Decern ber, 189*2. W. R. Bullock, C. C. C. P. Lot the terra* of the renewal or continuance of tbe limited partnership between Joel C, Wler and J. Allen Mtnltb be pnbllnhed In tbe Abbeville Press and Banner, a newspaper . published at Abbeville.C. H., 8. C.t once w?-ek for kIx wppk? from tbls date, Abbeville, S. C., Dee. 19.1891 W. B. BULLOCK, Court of Court Common Pleas for Abbeville County. Dec. 21,1852,61 , ' ' ' <' *' * *' THE j FARMERS MUTUAL I I !_1J tin iosuraocE mmion for ?ABBEVHIECOONTY, S. C. By the People and for the People. For Isolated Property Only. No Salaried Officers to Support. No Capitalists to Enrioh. jno Lossj jno .Expense. 1*HI3 plan of lnRDr?ncn enables the farmers of Abbeville county to Insure their property against tbe destructive dement* of Fire, Wind and Lightning "AT COST." It Is simply a protective association In which each member Is legally obligated to bear bis or htr pro rata portion of any loan that may occnr to any member. A careful estimate of tbe cost of this plan (covering a period of eighteen years) Is but one dollar and a half per thousand per annum. For further information address T Q n PARPCMTPR Vt Vi vi IUI Gen. Agt., Chester, S. C. DAVID AIKEN, Local Agt, Coronaca, S. G. nec^M, l?02.tf W. L. DOUGLAS ai fiunr W Wl IWH lasii i IBBIwibk. gAnd other specialties for ,s Gentlemen, Ladles, Boy* and r. Best in the World. Bee descriptive advertisement which will appear la Take no Substitute, bat Insist on having W. L. DOUGLAS' SHOES, with name and pries stamped on ?. A. W. SMITH. Lumber and Shingles rpO ST'PPLY EVERY DEMAND. THEY 1 will be sold low. Enquire of me for prices. , 8. G. THOMSON. lA NEW WHEEL! 1 ( ^3^the diamond :> ^ ^^s^rambler no.3? CE LEBRATED PNEUMATIC^^^^^ ? THE FA8TE8T WHEEL 80LD. ) 9 Speed, Comfort and Betuty All Combined, <> i (* Send for Illustrated Cataloffue. K / 2 GOBMUtLY A, JCFfCRY Mro CO., 3 / 2 WASHINfiTOIf, ?. O. X / . ' i