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. . - ' -r' ^ a?? The Abbeville Press and Banner.| BY HUGH WILSON. " ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1893. ESTABLISHED 71844.ijj The Pressand Banner ABBEVILLE. 8.C. j#~Pub1lHhed every Wednesday at $2 a year in advance. Wednesday, May 17, 1893. Thnnkt, Gentlemen. For a lor.g time we have been paying express charges on the mall for Greeowood, the A. & K., and the 8, V. roads. Since the express Is unvallable the G., C. A N. train now takes the ume mall for us by tlie a m. freight, without charge. We tbank you,gentlemen; when we applied for the privilege of shipping our mall by the freight, we had no thought of being so well ireuleu. Abbeville has perhaps the worst mnll faclltles of any railroad town on the oontluent. The mall leave* here at 1:45 p. m. The regular mall train over, the A. & K. road leaves Greenwood about two hours before the arrival of our mail train, and so we are cut off for a day from all post offices on the A. & K. and the Savannah Valley Railroads?these being Important points. Under these ciicumstanoes when the exp-e?s schedule Is so changed as to be unavailable, the favor of being allowed to sent* our papers out on the freight Is highly appreciated by the printer. / Under the present arrangement onr papers should reach every office on the A, & K. and v the S. V. Railroads on the evening of publication, Twelve Pages. The Press and Banner or this week contains twehe pages. We hope to furnish enough reading matter to please all. ? Contributed Local*. Mr. James Walker of Atlanta, Is home an a visit. Mr. Lewis FuseelI left last week for Rome, Ga., where h? will lake a cour.-e In the business college or tbnt city. Miss Vlrelnla Miller of Nlnety-SIx, la her* on a visit to her slater. Miss Belle, who ba? been quite sick, bat la now better. MlasMollIe Tittle of Troy, was shopping In tbe city last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Pnrdy of Verd^ry, was tn Abbeville Inat Monday. Dr. Nenffer now occupies the large fiont room over Haddons store aa an offii-e. Tbe Misses Watkfns of Wldemans, were In tbe city on Monday. , Mr. Hamuel Cochran, who baa been confined to bla tied about four months, from a wound In bis foot, made by a tack In bis shoe, which became Inflamed and finally gxngreen aet In and a surglcial operation became necessary; and on la*tiSunday morning bis family phyalcan, Dr. Q. A. Neuffer, assisted by Drs. Hill. Carwlle, Vlsansa arid Game, amp itated bis left leg about two Inches below tbe knee. Theaspetlc plan was carried out juct the same as used In tbe New York Hospitals, making the operation quite successful. It Is sad to know that a man who has lived such an active lire and Is now so far advanced tn years, has to undergo such Intense suffering and at last sustain such a loss. Miss Jennie mugn ox ureeuwuuu wus iu tbe city last Monday. Abbeville should have an electrie plant and water work*. The decrease In Insurance rales would soon pay for the latter. Reward?W. T. McDonald will pay $5 for tbe recovery ot his sbeppard dog with proof to convict, or 82 5C for tbe return of the dov. Our chief of police spent last Sunday In Greenwood. Messrs. Phillips and McCants of Ninety-Six, came to Abbeville last Sunday morning on tbelr bicycles, a distance of twenty-four miles which was made In three hours and fifteen minutes. They attended public worship In tbe Methodist church, and returned In tbe aiternooii. Miss Ella Hurkabee visited her sister in Greenwood last Saturday, returning on Monday. Mrs. Abe Rosenberg of Greenwood, with her children, spent last Sunday with relatives in Abbeville. On ia>t snndav after tbe exercises of the Sunday School, a vote was taken as to where the pic nlc would be held, in town or country, which vote stood S2 against 8 In favor of the country. So the day will be spent at Rapley sboals. The Graded School will be asked to give holiday on that day, Friday 19. Appropriate service* will be held In the Methodist church next Sunday for Chlldrens Day. Birth?To Mrs. Richard Sondley, at Abbeville, May 7th. a ??>n. A. M. Hill A sous now omnibus looks very city like, with the Jingle of the merry sleigh bells. Dra. Carlton and Burch. of Ml. Carmel, were lu the city last Wednesday. Mr. Prank Mitchell and J.T. Hester were up on buboes* last Thursday. A. M. Hill ft Sons received la?t week a shipment of the Quest pineapples ever brougt to Abbev)il& Mr*. Huckabee, Miss Lucia Moseley and Mlsa Mamie Johnson with Mr. G. Huckabee were iu tbe city lata Thursday. Mrs. Sllgb, and Miss Mamie McGrath of Newberry are visiting Mrs. Whit taker, daughter of the former. Mr. H. C. Rilt-y, wife aud daughter, were shopping In the city lust Saturday. Governor THImnn and wife pasted on tbe O., C. & N., last Saturday enroute to Georgia. Mr J. H. DuPreaud son. Mrs. Bettie ShllTlto and Mr. W. E. Hill, visited Mr. J. F. C. DuPre aud family at Fort Hill Inst Satardsy, returning Monday. The 3rd Quarterly meeting lor auuvviuc station will be held next Sunday. Conference will convene Monday morning. Presiding Klder < "ampbe II will prea< hSnndav night. 22 visitors at I hd Mrtho-JIst .Sunday School last Suuday afternoon. Dr. Buy* l? preaching a t-erles of (3) sermons on tbe nece?*liy of the "new birth." He preached a sermon la?t Sunday night to lhe Railroad men. Mm. D. A. Allen presided at tbe organ last Sund y afternoon. Mr. Doai lHKtlll Kirk, but the balcer) wl 1 be kept open during bis ab>ence by Muster Ualnes Hammond. M. WATTS WHATS. New* la General nnd ? Whack nt the Nebool loinialMloner la Partlc alar. Watt*. S. C., May 16,1398. Everybody Is busy chopping out ooiton. Hands are In great demand. Some few arc through chopulng, and waiting on rain. Mr. Press Cheatham has been riding the county over, trying to buy beer cattle. Tbey hre very scarce, from tbe number he bought. Quess (tome trust has cornered tbem. Mr. C. B. Thomas is sawing near Latimer station. Dr. J. D. Wilson with F. W. Wilson spent yesterday with their parents In Flatwood*. It Is really a shame that tbe Sohool Com mlssloner will not let MIm Kittle Thornai have an assistant with flrty g:holars. She htii more than she can manage. Still thg School CommlMloner will let children from otbei township* attend. This may be law, bat It ti not fair and Capiato Cowan should look lntc tbe matter at once. Frank Wilson says tbe Wild Irishman goei by Whiii so fast that It would lake two tuei to see It Mrs. P. A. Cheathan and Mrs. Jnr. Fergusor are visiting Mrs. T. F. Ferguson today. A nice rain commenced falling late thli evening but stopped about night. MIhs Annie Wilson spent/Suturday andSnn day in Abbeville. X, Y. Parents should not only take f church paper but also teach theii children to read ic. ui course me pa per should be so interesting that tb< children will read it at auy way. Bu how in it with the Bible? Childrei must be taught and encouraged to reat that book. IT parents will selects ar tides in the paper for their childrei aud point out the interesting news and talk about the items, they will ge their children interested in the churcl and its work. COUNTY DISPENSABY. ' NlgnerM or Petition for tbe Appoint- 1 ment of Dispenser. To tbe Honorable the Board of Control for Abbeville County: i The undersigned freehold voters of tbe ' town of Abbeville hereby petition your bon- . orable body to appoint R. E. Hill, a citizen of J ( aid tovrn. County Dispenser for tbe County J of Abbeville, as provided for under an Act en- ? titled "An Act to regulate tbe manufacture J; and hale of intoxicating liquors within this , State." We are personally acquainted with l_ bitn and believe him to be a at and proper * person to be entrusted with tbe grave and re- j* sponsible duties Incumbent on such dlspen- ? ser. We would further state that we have re- ? spectiyely read tbe foregoing before signing ~ the same and understand the contents and ~ meaning thereof. J. R. Blake. J r., P. B. Speed. J. G. Ed ward8, J. C. Klngb, R. M. Hill. W. C. DoPre, ? J. F. M liter, W. T. MoDonald, L. T. Hill, J. H. DoPre, ? Robert R. Hemphill, J. H. Latimer, H H. Hill. Rlobard Hill, Robt.8. Link, G. A. Vlsanska, Sani'l C. Cason, W.C. McGowan, Aug. W. Smith, W. C. Beuet, 11 .io?hiia Y. Jones. W. T. Penny. Geo Penney, H. D. Reese, JJ; W.G. Chapman, R. W. Cannon, . " J. W. 8lgn, R. E. Cox, ?. J. E. Jones. Frank B. Gary, , G. A. NeuflTer, Z G. Sprott, n Frank H"nry, P. Rosenberg, , J. L. McMillan, Jas. M. Lawson, h C. L. Wilson, J. 8. Hammond, .. W. V. Cllnkscales, Geo. W. Lomax, , D. B Smith, J. M. Brooks. G. A. Douglass, Edward Rocbe, al 8. G. Tbhmson, Wra, E. Bell, Wm. Pope, Rlcbard Gantt. fl G. M. Richie, Shack Moseley, . Israel Fair, D. A. Donaldson, ' J. H. Titos, Thomas Jones, n John Ramey, Welford Carter, ? Hodges Chiles, Thomas McKlnney, Alfred Ellison, Rlcbard McDonald, Robert Watt, Ben Brown, f. J.C.Grant, PHIlIp Griffin, ^ Wiley Foster, HoraoeGrlffln, Henry Harper, - F. L. Garrett, Thos. Boozer, Robert Farrow, _ Andrew Bradley, Bay Brown, Prince Hamilton, Ixaac P. White, J. P. Arnold, George Barr, ? Alfred Cunningham, Marlon Wilson. w GOOD LAW, n fc * it A Step Towards Economy and B?* form. tl Editor Press and Banner: The "antl Tillman faction" have repeatedly ' alleged mm me ruiraamies nave noienacieu r tiny laws looking to the curtailment of expensrs. ? To this I would respectfully reply that the J~ la?t Legimature (oomposed of Tiflmanltes) ,J amended Section 2172 of tbe Revised Statute*. " which Section formerly made tbe carrying ol * a deadly weapon ooncealed about tbe person " a misdemeanor, punishable by a flue not ex- 7: ceedlng 3200. " Uuder the provisions--of tbe Rectlon, as !* amended, the maximum fine la 8100, thereby "J <lvlng trial Justices Jurisdiction In such cases [{ and reduclug tbe coats of trial to tbe nominal " sum of 75cents; whereas under theold regime it required a Circuit Judge at a salary of 811 fj per day, a Stenographer at a salary ox (5 per " day, Clerk of Court costs Id each case 85, tblr- * tv-six Jurors at a salary ot $1.75 per day. In- w oluding mileage, ten oonatablee, and water ?arrlein at a salary of 81.75 per day, and about , fifty witnesses at a salary of 76 cents per day, }: Including mileage. ^ In addition to tbe above tbe SherlQ has one Jr or more constables riding while Court Is In JJ session, arresting witnesses, etc. It Is clearly 4een that tbe Court eosts tbe taxpayers of Ab- ', foevllie oounty almost 8180 per day,and as It Is ' not at all unusual for a case, such as we have , J already mentioned, to consume a day, or at Jr least a half day. by keeping tbe aforesaid of fleers and individuals on expenses, we can as clearly see that these cases cost the county ,J from S90 to 8180 each. [[ Remember, as wo have stated. that tbe pre*entplanof trying an ludivldual charged wltb carrying a concealed weapon, costs the coon- * ty Ibe county only about 76 cents per case. *' There are generally about ten negroes tried annually In this county for carrying an old "J "pepper box" about tbelr blp pockets, at a cost of $1,000; for while tbe average costol trial In each case may not exceed 58u, there is R an additional cost of 820 each for boarding ~ these colored gentlemen with MaJ. F. W. R. XJ Nanoe at the "red bouse." ~ Tbus you see, Mr. Editor, that wltb one !* stroke of tbe pen tbe Tillmanltes have saved * to tbe taxpayers of Abbeville county $1,000 c< per annum, which Is about one-twentietb of " the total county tax. ? I will have more to ?ay hereafter on reform ^ measures brought about by tbe Tillmanltes. R E. Cox. ? Ol NEW SCHEDULES. la ? vi Hon Fast Trains by tbe Richmond and Danville Railroad, Comment-- *1 loK May 14th. n The Richmond and Danville Railroad M mm* o/iVinHnlno Mao 11th txrhan u Ol uuiiuxcu tucil WUVUUIVO vm/ ? .vu. nUVM .. ?new fast train in adnltlon to the "Vesilbuled v Limited" rw* on. This train will be known c! a* tbe"U. 8. Fast Mali" and will carry Pall- ?< man cars through to New York and first clau it coacbeB through to Washington. ol The "U.8. Fa*t Mall" northbound will leave ol Atlanta 6.80 p. m., and arrive at Washington tt 2.56 next day and New York 9.20 p. m. All classes of tickets will be accepted, aa It this train carries coaches in addition to the li Pullman cars, and It will not be necessary to ol take Pullman accommodations unless desired tl e' /c ABBEVILLE MEN TO THE FRONT. 1 P q tM Messrs. W. Henry Arnold and Jones w C. Davenport Stand High In 00- * elnl Clrelea. Mr. W. Henry Arnold, formerly of Hodges, 0 has been appointed Assistant Superintendent x1 of the Fourth Division Railway Mall Service ? with headquarters at Atlanta. This is a very " high and deserving compliment to a self- * made, energetic, bard working, honest man, ? and his many frlendB In this county will re- ? Joloe with him lu bis good fortune. Mr. Ar- *' nold was appointed postal clerk on the Col- L' umbla and Greenville Rond by Colonel Aiken n In 1885, and he was later on transferred to the Air Line run. j w- * /1 formoa>]xr r\t PaItab. " flir, UUUCQ V. IVI Uiwi va wmv? __ bury, was appointed to the position of postal ? clerk on (he Air Line by Judge Cot bran about ? four year* ago. and be is now "tbe very v finest" tbat ram out of Atlanta, being bead K clerk oulhe Vesllbuled Limited. ? KeJigloas Instruction Galore. J Pboenlx. S. C.. May 15,1993. c Tbe citizens of our community, with ll*bt 6 ! hearts and bright faces, have oommenotd to J battle wltb general green. 1 Tbe wheat and especially the oats began H ; beading out very low. But tbe recent teood c rain will no doubt add something to their 1 "*tature." t Read tbe Press and Banner, think and act { for your best Interest. Serve tbe Lord and be ' . bappy. c We observed Children's Day at Rehoboth 8 last Sunday. The morning service began at c ' about 10 o'clock. After several recitations ? and songs, came the recitation of the Chris- J I tlan Foundation, after which Mr. Hodges oi 1 : Greenwood, made an address on Christian c FoundHtion. After tbe recitation, The Fruila 8 ? of the Spirit, an address was made by Mr. < Jonea. Then came the collection for tbe mis- [ sionary cause. After which an Intermission 1 , of at>out an hour was taken for dinner. Then < * W/vnoft ?a lutfln tn Rftmfi t we reiurneu io mo uuun . voluntary speeches. The Aral was given by ( Mr. 8. P. brooks. Tbe next was given by , Prof. H. Stall worth. Tbe ohurcb was deco- ' rated nicely with roses and otber flowcn { . with appropriate mottoes on the walli. After 1 some tumllar bongs we wer? dismissed. 1 N. Ara Dorolnlok. * I * J T Notice, I The annual picnic of tbe Lowndesvll'e ' ? Hitch School will take place at Lowndesvllle, ' " S. C., on Saturday, May 20. The public are I t cordially Invited to attend. All are requested ) to bring baskets. < j II. B. Humbert, Principal. t 1 Miss Maroakkt Donald, daughter of the 1 1 late Col. Samuel Donald, died ut tbe home of 2 ber stepmother In Donalds about 7 o'clock 1 1 yesterday morning, aged 40 years. She will 1 1 be burled to-day at Greenville Presbyterlnn 1 church, of which church she was a member. rHEY CAUCUSSED ON HIM. J . r j Bat He Come oat oa Top?Dnanldnoa I Make* Nome Home TbrtiNt* at Tlll? 1 man?A Readable Piece of Liter* t atare. 8 a In replying to Governor Tillman's confess- t on ol having black listed me lo President t Cleveland and the reason be assigns lor so r lolng I shall not attempt to "link" Mr. Till- v nan aa citizen wltb Mr. Tillman as Governor t lor vice versa, but to deal wltb him as man u o man, recognizing the (act, as the public n fill also, that If his conduct In this matter Is c hown to t>e true and noble and manly, It will () nly give lustre to the office which be bolds, w nd that on the contrary, if bis course has o >een untrue, Ignoble and unmanly, bis office v 8 Governor will not shield btm from the con- o emptof all rlghtrtblnklng men. tl When I first saw the reports in thd newsapera that the Governor of the Stale bad In- ri luded my name Id a blacklist to Mr. Cleve- n ind, I in common with the people generally, c! ave bat little credit to it; but receiving no k Latement from the Governor denying it, I a rrote him a letter of Inquiry, which letter be si ?w lit to ignore. I shall take op bis public ft Latementa, however, and answer them ser- b itim. Hedisclaims any "reference" to my private s< haracter or auy feeling of resentmeat or de- n Ire to injure roe. and yet he deliberately pro- d< eeds to charge me wlih -betrayal" of the Al- a< a nee, and "treachery to tbe people and to H lie Alliance" thus making a deadly tbrust al it ly character and reputation. We read of one t< oab of olden time, who while maddened and tl llnded by political Jealousy pursued a faithil servant of the king, one who was on a mis- B Ion to unite and harmonise tbe people, and ai 'hen he bad overtaken blm this Joab, while it Lroklug the beard of bis victim in great show hi f friendship, tbrust the oold steel under bis tc fth rib. Perhaps Gov. Tillman has yet to m tarn that to stab a man's cbaructer, whether tl penly, as Joab did Amasa's person, or under it aver of supposed secrecy In a blacklist to |g resident, means death to tbe victim. e* Tbe first reason given by the Governor to hi revent "farther betrayal of tbe Alliance" is pi lat I was repudiated by tbe Democracy of hi reenville County, ctc. So far as my falling w > be elected a delegate to tbe May Conven- ec on Is concerned, I have tbe records to sbow iy tor tbey are in the bands of tbree as honor- m ble men as live in Greenville County?that i a caucus of reformers, held Just before tbe fa teeting of tbe County Convention, a ballot O; as taken for delegates to tbe 8tate Conven- tc on to be voted for in tbe open convention; pi bout one-half tbe ballots cast for me were not w sported, and still tbe number or ballots cant bt >r me made me an alternate, wblcb accord- hi ig to a rule of the caucus required tbat my ai ame be printed on tbe tickets used In tbe oi pen convention; having failed therefore by |n M counting-out prooess to keep off tbe tick- tt i* it was discovered in tbe convention, after a Ci irge number or tbem were distributed to the nsui^ecilng members, that my name was cc ?rt off the tickets. This arousing suspicion Bt i tbe mlnde or some, an lnvesilgtlon was ai tade, and tbe tact* as above stated sworn to find published by the investigating oommtt- it: >e. It was but natural therefore (and cer- 01 ilnly nothing could have been more gratiry- m ig to me) tbat my friends with whom I bad tt > long associated in tbe work of reform, see- m ig Ibe persecution tbat was attempted to- w ards me, should ra'ly almost to a man to my m lpport In tbe State Convention. Is It not a imarkable position for tbe Governor to pat b< 18 members of tbat convention In wben be -at-ew tbat "tlirougb tbe influence of a few illance men." they unanimously conferred le most Honorable and responsible position 5 Itbla tbelr gift upon one so unwortny as he ould have me appear? If there was any "presumption" In that conention as to my being opposed to tbe nom- r tatlon of Mr. Cleveland. I was not aware or r then nor since till the Governor makes the 0, aid statement that such was tbe case. To $i 9 entirely frank, be makes tbat statement In le face ol Indabltaoleproof to the contrary; K r my position towards Mr. Cleveland was ^ ven to tbe press as-early as February, 1891, ad was printed in the newspapers all over lis State, and In other States as well; and I now be read my views as then expressed. < Tbe Alliance gave uo evidence or looking I pon my preference for Mr. Cleveland as a be- I ayal of tbem, either at that time or since D oreover tbe oonventioo voted down a res-. I ution to Instruct tbe delegates to C> icago, I i tbe records show. As to tbe resolutions J terwards adopted oondemning Mr. Clevend's former administration, it will be reembered by delegates, who talked with me i tbe way to Chicago, that tbe resolation as cpresslve of tbe sense of tbe convention must ive Its bearing upon tbeii action. I went to bicago, not as a delegate to vote In tbe conBntlon, but to meet the DemocratlcNatlonal xecutlve Committee, in order to organize itb tbat committee for tbo work of the cam- A Man. I associated wltb them "openly" I \ >nfess; most of tbe committee I believe were lpportersof Mr. Cleveland, and the resnlu r the convention indicated tbat there were I" aitea number of voting delegates also, wbo ere in favor of his nomination. I fell then, 11 do now, tbat I, as a free wblte South Car Una Democrat, had as muob right to my lolce of Mr. Cleveland for tbe presidency as overnor Ti 11 tnau baa for d is onoice. i -As already staled, my position for Mr.Cleve- . ,nd was well understood before the May Coo-1ir BDtlon met. No demand was made upon te by tbat convention, and I deny tbe charge >at I consciously deceived any one, either by Jence or by speech. The next count In tbls wonderful Indlcttent Is that I pledged myself. If elected Preslent of the State Alliance, not to seek any _ Doe, etc., and this report "I am told" is being ery industriously circulated in Alliance dries as though it were a fact, which if believ- ? i will, as Is hoped for by those who seek my I ijary, have the effect of breaking tbe unity 1 r tbe Alliance in supporting my efforts as Its I fflclal bead to bulla up and maintain tbe I ue principles of tbe Order. Tbe exact truth Is, I did not seek tbe nomlation of the presidency of the State Alauoe, but on tbe contrary expressed to many r those who approached me on the subject lat I preferred to decline; and I am sure that rery member of tue State Alliance who voted r rr me will bear me out In the statement that V did not in the slightest degree express or lmly any such pledge, nor was any such reulrementB laid upon me by any one whomever. I did say after my election, that I ould do all In my power to build up and ad anoe the interest* 01 me uruer, wuiuu i uuve one and wilt continue to do. It might be Interesting right here to Inquire f tbe Governor, whence comes thla new born sal for the welfare and safety of the Alllanou a hU part ? I believe that at one time he 'as made President of the Edgefield County Jllance, and that notwithstanding he had ubllsbed far and wide?to show his disinterited patriotism?that he wanted no office ?ve that of a trustee of an agricultural coljge, yet be did not hesitate to embrace tbe rat opportunity to hold office of another kind. When Alllanuemen all over tbe State revert o his defiance of the Order and Its principles, s he demonstrated It at the meeellng of tbe tate Alliance at Spartanburg, tbey will no oubt look upon bis great and sudden Alliance irtue in this case as somewhat indicrous and rotesque. In the last count he charges me with treaobery to the peopleand to tbe Alliance," d tbat I Injected Into the railroad bill of '91 two objectionable features," viz: the right of ppeal on tbe part of tbe railroads to the our is and tbe leatureof the bill which allowd tbe election of railroad commissioners by he General Assembly. To any one with the nformatlon and Intelligence of the schoolboy > reply to these charges would seem superflu>us. Mr. Tillman, when Inaugurated Goverlor, took a solemn oath to sustain tbe consti- " utlon of this State and of tbe United States. with every other member of tbe Senate and louse of Representatives, took tbe same tath. Tbe constitution unquestionably guarintees to tbe citizen the right of appeal to tbe ourts, which right Is one of tbe bed rocks ol ilvil liberty ; and yet the Governor of a great itate, who has sworn to sustain theconBtltuIon thereof, feels Justified In proceeding Berl- tusly and deliberately to Washington, and ipparently under cover of secrecy asked the snlef executive of tbe nation to decapitate a L nan who, as State Senator, refused to betray iln trust denying to the citizen bis rights un- U ler the constitution?for Id its last analysis ,bat is what this reason, as given to Mr. i Cleveland means. So far as relates to Bunch McBee having luggested to me that the right of appeal be in- & lerted in the bill, I have to say that Mr. McBee never once mentioned the matter to me; v aor to the best of my recollection did he ever \ llscuss the bill In my presence. "I have been told," by the best authority, that the railroad p iiien, after lading in their efforts to defeat the alii In the House and Senate, concurred very fully with the Governor in his desire to deny the right of appeal to (he railroads, as that would have rendered the whole act unconstitutional and consequently nugatory. t Again, I incurred the displeasure of the ? Sovernor by allowing the Legislature to elect ' the commissioners Instead of the people. As t i matter of fact, I was In favor of a clause be- . Ing Inserted In the bill to have the com mis- ' slonera elected by the people?one every two B years?but It was thought best by some of the ( reform Senators not to do so ai that time, for f the reason that there could be no election by . the people till the next general election, and * that as a matter of necessity the Legislature 1 nust elect as the nearest approach to the peo)le. It was also thought best not to Increase >ppositlon to the passage of the bill by inserting that provision, Inasmuch as the same legislature wonld sit the next winter, when t would be easy to amend the aoL In these flimsy reasons given by the Goverlor /or his course be again overreached himelf; for it is well-known that the reform Senitors had a bare majority in the Senate, and bat without their united support no part of he bill could have been passed. Why did he lot blacklist them all T In this connection I rill also state tbat upon all Important bills he reform Senators held meetings and agreed ipon what they wished passed, after which ne of their number was cboeen to take burge of the bill and conduct it on the floor f the Senate. In tbla rail read bill thiB duty ms devolved upon me to make all motions, fter amendments, etc., as agreed upon. 80 It Mil be readily understood that each of the ther reform Senators is as chargeable with tils crime In the Governor's sight as I am. I have thus given the facta in this case In efutatlon of the tissue of perversions and llsstatements made in the Governor's barites against me, and I feel happy in the nowledge tbat there are scores of men who re personally acquainted with every circumtance mentioned and who can testify to the icib as I have staled them, some ol whom ave already done so by letter. In conclusion allow me to call attention to >me things that are significant in the Gover or's statement. He disclaims any desire to 0 me barm, and tben stamps npon my charter the words "betrayal and treachery." Fe Ray* "the Alliance has nothing to do with , either directly or indirectly," and yet tries > defend his conduct toward Its President on ie ground of bis love for tbe Alliance. He intimates by tbe mention of Bunch Meee that I was in collusion with the railroads nd thai I "appeared to be governed by selfiterest rather than by patriotism," and yet e will not deny that as citizen and patriot be tld tbe people, when flnit be asked them to lake blm their Governor, that tbe corrupon and debauchery in the State was due to ie use of free passes by members of tbe Leglature and State officials. Was it "self-lnterit rather than patriotism" that governed Im when after hla election he received more uses tbaa perhaps any one wbo preceded Im? Common prudence, It would seem, as ell as self-preservation, ought to have steer1 the Governor clear of Bunob McBee. Tru', "Whom tbe gods would destroy tbey fy-st ia&e mad." Lastly, be regrets tbe necessity "which Las reed a rehearsal of these undisputed facts." f this I have no doubt whatever, for "I was i]d" that tbe Governor baa said to several irties that his letter to President Cleveland as intended to be regarded as confidential, at as it leaked out tbe necessity came upon Im to explain,' and tben, although "theAlllice has nothing to do wltb It, either directly Indirectly," be winds up by taking refuge i the sanctuary of the reform movement and ie Alliance. "To Csesar be has appealed; to ?aar be shall go." As to tbe reform movement, I am ready to >mpare recoi ds with blm as to loyalty, constancy and length of servise. IntbeAlliloe cause wltb wblch L bave been identified om its lnlanoy In this State, I bave worked i its almost every department. If tbere is a rotber in tbe Order wbo is willing to charge ie with tbe betrayal of trust or treachery to ie brotherhood I am ready to meet htm, or i a Democrat I am prepared to answer for iy stewardship. I snail willingly leave this latter to tbe honest and discriminating Judg lent or those whom Gov. Tillman says I have strayed and abide by their verdict. M. Im Donaldson. Greenville, 8. C., May 1, 1808. t Bay Mare Mule Stolen. ?HS Is stiff Id Ibe right bind leg, hoof wore > off at the toe, fifteen hands high, scar rer right eye cat with wire. 8he was seen anday near Troy, 8. C. A suitable reward will be paid for ber re>very, or for any Information tbat may lead > her recovery. THOS. CULBREATH, May 17,1893, tf Greenwood, 8.0. iiilil rotice to Voters of the Town of Abbeville. , LL citizens of the Town of Abbeville who I have not registered, and who will attalu ieageof tweuiy-one yearn on or before the cond Monday In September next, must regter on THURSDAY, FRIDAY and BATURAY, 22nd, 23rd and 24th of JUNE. A 11 mliA to 11 ?a vcm4 o t xi * ot t Ha tima o fnrooalH Ill be deprived of tbe privilege of voting at ly regular or upeclal municipal election that ay be held In tbe town of Abbeville before le annual registration. Tbe Registration Books will be opened at le office of tbe Town Clerk and Treasurer. R. M. HILL, Intendant. Jas. Chalmers, Registrar. May 17,1893, 3t mm HAS IN STOCK: ihoes at Low Prices. Calico at 5 Cents per Yard. A Spletffi Shirt for 50 Cents. Marseilles Quilts from 65c. to $1. CottoMie at 10 Cents Yard. Bei Tic! at 8 to 15 Cents. Ready Hale Suits $6 to $7. Surfings, all Widths. rowels, Hosiery and Notions of all kinds. Muy 11,1893, tf Call aod see our diamond rings. Reese & >uPre Reese <Jt DuPre sell the best Jewelry for the sast money. Rnv vnur enrairemcnt rlncH from Reese tt luPre. Your girl wuiite a love chain. Call on Iteese i DuPre. 4 dress patterns In summer silks left, which /111 be sold at 20c, worth 40c, In figured goods. V. E. Bell. Wash goods In all the new goods. Win. E. tell. When the preacher's soul Is so horoughly on fire that its fervency tows from his lips, eyes and hands hen is he truly eloquent. Silently >ondering God's message of love to iniiers and secret communion with Christ in the closet will kindle this ire in the noul, and thus cause him to ie truly eloquent in the pulpit.?lteigious Telescope. t Moont Carmel Paragraphs. Mt. Carmel, 8. C'., May 15th, 189c Dots from the valley town. The young people of our town after a pie ant trip to Augusta have returned. Mr. Jim Riley has been to Greenwood business. Mr. Oscar Covin baa some beautiful plcto on exhibition?oomeone come all aod beaut yonr homes. Mr. Claad Lamer, after a pleasant visit his aunt, Mrs. John McAlixter left last we for bis home In Nlnety-8lx. Mr. Clarence Riley came down last Sund to see bis friends. Dr. Alexander Burcbr one of Georgia's m< prominent physician's is visiting his tslai Mrs. Dr. Carlton. * Mr. Capers Riley has purchased a fine si rev. Oar new fount Is now oompleted and aft an appropriate sermon last Sunday by R< Burton, three were burled with Christ in ba titim. Mrs. Powell from Elberton, Ga., Is vlsltii her son Mr. W. R. Powell. Mrs. Miller after an extended visit to re! tives In Mt. Carmel leaves ror Abbeville 1 day. The spring communion will be held In t! A. R. P. church next Sunday. General Heard the lather of townsman W. W. Heard died at his home last week Washington, Ga. Mr. Tom Paschal, our efflolent salesma after a short spell of blckneas Is able to be hla nnat.dffflln. Tbe MlBses Carlton'* after a pleasant vlt have returned to their borne in Elberton, G H. D. W. The Picnic For Children's Day will be given by tbe Met odflt Sunday School on Friday next at Rapl< shoals. All Bunday School children and the friends are Invited to attend. The cblldn will meet at the church at 9 o'clock a. m. Tl reaular program will be observed at tbe Met odist church on Bunday evening at 5 o'cloc Tbe public are Invited. Mr. John R. La* ax of Long Cane, hi bad his bouse beautifully painted inside ai outside. Tbe bouse is a new one, and is< tbe spot of ground where John Davis live Tbe house was built by Z. O. Sprott and tl painting was done by Mr. William C. Moor who is a most exoellent painter. Bis cbarg are reasonable and bis work Is always sat! factory. If you need anything In tbe pair Ing line be sure to call on Mr. Moore. Heca not only do tbe work but be Is prepared furnish tbe best of paint. New lot of china silk to arrive this week f sblrt waists, 27 inobes wide at 60c. Tbe goods were worth 85c tbe first of tbe season Philadelphia. Wm. E. Bell. Parasols in gloria silk wl'h paragon frame Direct from tbe factory at Wm. E. Bell's. Red, tan and black slippers for Indies ai children from Cincinnati. W. E BelL Shoes for ladles and children in Bering & C and Clement is. Ball's goods. Every p? guaranteed. W. E. Bell. Fans for tbe masses in all colors and shap< W. E. Bell. New dress goods Just received In the leadli summer shages. W. E. Bell. Fresb millinery Just received in the newt styles. W.E.Bell. New arrival of ladles and Misses silk mil from 20c to SOc. W. El Bell. ni /*?! n l onenn s ?aie Florence E. Sullivan, by guardian ad lltei against Andrew Jackson Poore.? Execution. BY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION 1 me directed, in the above stated case, I w ell to the highest bidder, at public auctic within the legal hours of sale, at Abbeville H., 8. C., on MONDAY, the 5th day of JUN A. D. 1893, all the right, title and interest Andrew Jackson Poore, In the following ( scribed property, to wit: All that tract parcel of land, situate In Abbeville counl State of South Carolina, containing Four Hundred and Thirty-Eig] (438) Acres, more or less, od Kerr creek, waieraof Lltl Rlyer, and bounded by lands of Elisabeth Miller, Edwin Calhoun, J. Griffin and othei Also all tbat tract or lot of land oontainli Two (2) Acres, more or less, lying in the fork of the Moseli Ferry road and the Charleston road, adjol lng lands of Mrs. Elizabeth Sherod. Also all tbat tract or parcel of land in sa State and County, containing One ffnndred and Fifty-Foi (154) Acres, more or leM, and bounded Dy lands or ?av CalhouD, A. J. Cllnkscales and others, and I the Moseley Ferry road, being a part of tl tract of land known aa tbe Bnll Town traot, Levied on and to be sold as tbe property Andrew Jackson Poore, to satisfy tbe a/ot said ezecntlon and costs. TERMS-Cash. F. W. R. NANCE, Sheriff Abbeville County. May 11,18?3,3t Seaboard Air Line TO AND FBOM Union Depot, Atlanta, 6a. SHORT LINK TO NORFOLK and OLD POIN Va., and Columbia, 8.0. New line toCbarli ton, 3. C. Schedule in effect May 7,1898. NORTHBOUND. 80UTHB0UN No. 38. No. 184. ftbtern Time, No. 117. No. i Daily. Dally, j Except Atlanta. Dally. 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(b) Via Bay Line, (n) Via New York, Phlladi phla and Norfolk Ballroad. (w) Via Norfolk a Washington Steamboat Company. Trains No*. 1 and llT rnn solid with Pullman Buffet tl??plng a between Atlanta ami Washington,and Pullman B I fet parlor cars betwoen Washington and NewYoi I Parlor car Weldon and Portsmouth; sleeping < Hamlet and Washington. Trains Nob. 34 and 41 c 1 ry throoeh coaches between Atlanta and Charlesti S. C. Tickets union office or at B. D. Mann's Ucl office. No. 4 Kimball House. 0. V. SMITH, JOHN C. WINDEB, Traffic Manager. General Manager H. W. B. GLOVE B, DIvIsIob Passenger Agent, Atlanta There Came out this Calf. ! t. ( New York Observer. J ?*" There came out this calf. Of course f od there did. Pour the molten, seething 1 metal into mouth of a calf and it will [jv never result in a lamb nor produce a 8 cherub. It will turn out surely and ? always a calf. Aaron was and an ex- ' cusemaker, a lineal descendant of the f ay gardener and his wife who were turned 1 out of Eden for their sin. I have often thought that had our first parents * confessed their sin promptly and peniJr tently it had fared better with them. er "God's anger is so slow to rise, so read* >v. v to abate," that penitent tears and ^ hearty contrition might have saved v a* the sinners of Paradise their peace and u K their place. . % j* Like them Aaron was ready with p an excuse for his sin instead or show- lie Ing sorrow for the same. Aaron was a v coward, my brethren, but sin is ever a la cowardly. It will sneak away into q the bushes when it fears discoverv. It .. D> is neyer ready to take the punishment [( a of its acta when comes race to face 8| lit with the punishment. p a- Sin is bold : it struts around with a j, don't- care-what- you've -got-to -say-a- ^ bout-it are until judgment-day comes, j, and then its cowardice comes out In- a h- deed something less than a blast of 9 Gabriel's trumpet will disturb a guilty ^ >d man's slumbers. I have seen men tie who needed only a thunder-storm to make them think that a section of the day of judgment had set in. Their * guilty consciences trembled under the * sound of thunder as though tbey j1 " caught the echoes of eternal justice in y >d battle against iniquity. Be assured " d- that if aught you dread the souud of " 3e? an unexpected footfall or the sight of 1 es a righteous man, it is because you ? have been at bad business, for sin D d makes men arrant cowards. ? to Know, too, O, well beloved, that sin reaps, as it sows. If the mould is the 11 or mould of a calf the metal will take on a <* the same pattern/ You cannot sow ? northeasters and reap spring zephyrs. ,e. You cannot sow thistle-down and gath- J1 er thereform sweet violets. You can- ? id not sow the proverial wild oats and " reap Minnesota wbeat. Mould calf P and you will have calf. " My text leads me to remark again JJ that althought I do not believe animals are possessed of immortality, this A a- D og roniccalf has been endowed with long 11 life. It speaks to-day and bids us be- " ware of the folly of Aaron. Do not, 13 like him, pretend to believe that the 0 result or your sin is different from r ? your intention. That calf was per- * "" fectly satisfactory to Aaron until Mo- * sea appeared and called Aaron to ac- 1 k count. If there were to be no stand- ? ' ing before the bar of the Judge, some d of you would not mind the consumm, matlon of your sin so much. To some " of your sin is sweet till it is found out. f, a - _ i a - if x- Ka 11 A tiro ii uau a utu iu ujiuu ueiuiu uc had one in mould. He wanted a calf. I r0 He was lonely and be would have been " in disappointed bad no calf appeared J >D> wben the metal cooled and tbo mould " c. was broken. Wben you sin with a c ?> purpose and you make wine of sin's [ of rruitisn and drlub with delight till the tle handwriting appears upon the wall. ? or Then your knees shake. 1 y? Dearly beloved, I assume that the ? crowing of a rooster was the sound of d a dulcimer in the ears of St. Peter, ? it not the bleating of a calf as the music 1 of harps to Aaron. Our sin makes ? some of the notes in nature's music ? sound very discordant. The song of a * tie nightingale would lose its sweetness to A the man who found in it a reminder of ? midnight crime. Beware how you sin lest you multiply unpleasant re- a minders, for these make life unbear- u able. I shouldn't wonder Aaron broke ? the silence more than once by exclaim- t] ey ing: v n- 'Who said 'calf?'" I think he must J have ruined his taste for veal just as d id Adam and Eve may have lost their ap- D petite for figs. Thus does the memo* " ry of sin take the sweetness out of le- * IP gitimate enjoyments. ; C o id Neglected Children. ? 'y "I was greatly interested, the other ? day," remarked an observing womar', rj who is very fond of invest gating ail of ?. of the whys and wherefores of life, ''In *- nothing the care and attention bestowed on young animals by a farmer at whose house I wae visiting. There c were colts and calyes and lambs, young animals of all sorts, poultry " and fancy fowls, each of which had its _ - own special inclosure, its allotted hours . of attention, and its carefully prepar- .1 ed food. Everything that could In any t way assist in bringing these little creatures to a proper development was ' given without stint. Indeed, the poT< Ficy of the owner was a somewhat ex- oj perimental one, intended to produce u d. new and improved results, if possible, 1 iX and tbat without counting the cost. # rj "We spent the entire morning ex- w >m amining, discussing, and admiring as well as questioning whether this, that, ?. or the other method might be in any c im way improved upon. As we returned ,m to the nouse thought the rear-yard, t? - there three or four littileones palying ||}} with crooked sticks, old scraps of - broken china, and pieces of glass. B [r :: few stones, a cracked and batter?d doll {: - and a maimed and disfiguied hobby- ir - horse, made up the amusements provided for these little ones. I spoke to a ... one of them, and the little fellow ran h and bid himself behind his larger Bis- " - ter. Oue of the smaller children was ? 1" roaming around with one ankle so rul bent that he walked almost on the V m side of his foot; nearly all the little '|}| hands were rough and chapped; two Id, of the children had extremely bad teeth,land onejwas trying to pull a loose y m t<m?h with a strimr : none of them ? ... weresuitably dressed, aud all showed marks of moat decided neglect. "I was on rather too friendly terms v ... with the family to criticse the mana- ~ ? gement of the children ; but I couldn't ? help wondering how much more valuable pigs and chickens were tban the y r.' little human being that had fallen in- ai .... to this uncongenial situation. There ? n wasn't an animal on the place that ft was as neglected as were these boys c< elj and girls, and the farmer would not [84 have tolerated such specimens of their ^ ?rs kind in his farmyard Naturally w ukf"! they were bright aud not ill-looking a children, but lack of proper attention e iir j and thoughtlesjtness had almost spoil- v ?D? ed them. Years of training would n 'e j be required to bring these little minds and bodies into anything like symme I try. d I "I could but wonder whether it real, n y was not worth while to train ebilfren or whether this part of the buai; less of life was neclected merely because there seemed to be no ready cash n it. When parents learn that children - :i ire of quite as much account as pigs >;<: ind lambs, and Deed just as careful ooking after, the prospccts for coming fenerations will be infinitely better han they are now."?N. Y. Ledger. Var as It Appear* to m Eye Wltnew From Dally Local New*, Philadelphia. Editor News.?The papers have een giving eloquent accounts of the isit jf military men to the field of the attle of Gettysburg. Prominent mong the visitors were General O. O. loward and his' brother. General Jbarles E. Howard. A third brother ?as on that field of strife thirty years * go. He went as a member of the !bristian Commission; years afterrard became Secretary of the Amer- v an Peace Society, and died not long I nee in Italy, whither be had gone to Artlnlnofn in a. pflnfcronno nn (>??. MV(VI|mw - " ? WM.V.VMVV VU 1UICI afloDal arbitration and peace. The stiraony of Rowland B. Howard la iterating and may be appropriately dduced at this time. J. W. L. r AR AS IT APPEARS TO AN EYE WITNESS. I was at Gettysburg July 14, 1868, 1th my brother General 0. 0. Howrd, but not as a soldier. It was my rst and only battle -field. I received iere not my first impressions, but by ir my deepest conviction as to the' ?al and essential character of war. he "pomp and circumstance" were ot wanting as we broke>camp at Leasurg, Va., and marched to, the sound f music and under waving bamiera )ward Pennsylvania. The report of tie first gun following a distant flash nd the slow rising of a puff of smoke ver the woods excited a thrill of parotic emotion. Our reinforcements urrying beyond the town to repel aticks already begun, and others astening to gain and hold Important > ositionson Cemetery Ridge, rousedmy onest sympathy. But when the first roken line or limping, bleeding, wounded" halted along the 'Baltimore turnpike, and I attempted, almost alone, the work of relief, I felt as lever before war's cruel sacrifice of lood and limb and life. On the secndjevening of the battle JJthe moon oee as peaceful faced as ever and the (lent stars looked down unchanged on he upturned, ghastly faces of our dead; be otherwise noiseless night resoundd with cries of mortal agonv from the lying around me. I said lo myself, 0 God, the moon and tbe stars Thou " tas made, but Aot this miserable murler and mangling of men P' It is not [ke nature; it is anti natural; It is of be pit. On the third afternoon I went ip, weary with hospital work, for a ew moments' rest to the cupola of a arm-house. The thin line of blue oated soldiers seemed to waver along he summit of the ridge. I involunarily prayed for their safety, their sneers and for victory. Just then, above he rattling of musketry and the roar f artillery there came a clap of thunler from a rapidly rising cloud. For , moment no other sound was heard. t was as if God were saying, 4iI am aightier than ye all! Hear my voice. 'ease your mad and tumultuous strife!" lere the question came to me as never lefore, "Is this the work of God or of iatan? Is there no other way of setling human differences, establishing nd confirimng human rights? Do nion, liberty and law lie along no Iher road ?" Then, as the roar or batle was renewed, and volley succeeded olley, it seemed to me that each ballet ras hungry for a life. Some lives, ear to me personally, rose in their oble manliness before me. I spoke nagined farewells to the dying. I eeroed to look upon dead faces only x) familiar. I heard in each discharge tie possible knell of friend or brother? )h, wicked extravagance and waste of lost precious things! That young lan baa, with vast expense of time nd toil, trained his bullet-pieroed rain for great intellectual attainments, 'he other has had such gracious spirual experiences as to be divinely larked as an exemplar and teacher of ?ligion. Learning, skill, wisdom, iety, and moral power were won by im by years of seir denial and congerat ion. Ability was thus acquired for hich the world has a thousand aching olds. Alas! bis body affords less an tratacle to the passage of a bullet than lat of a horse or even a senseless one. Purely here is a wicked waste. What effect has all this had on such i come away or slain, unwounded ? Does not this work seem too like that f wild beasts and bull-dogs and bloodounds ? Separate the military man imself from bks bloody deeds ; forget ir a moment the cause of the war in hich he fights?what are the personal lotives, impulses aud passions roused lto life and energy by fighting? A hristian soldier once said to me condentially, "I cannot bear to go into te presence of God so angry as I aiays become in battle." Gen. Shertan wrote, ''War is cruelty. You canot refine it!" It is that and worse. It icks not only kindness and humanity, lacks mercy, righteousness, justiceis a moral monster. However justlable we may tbink its alleged cause, owever beneficial its results, its facts re hideously wicked. In a divinely reated and ordered uuiverse there is. lere must be, a better way. It la our uty to find it. No matter how learned and pious our Preacher may be, it devolves pon you, by divine command, to aiii your children for this world and ie world to come. Don't try to throw our work in this matter upon the astor. Do not shirk the duty of instructing our child heavenward, both by ex* tuple and precept. God made you sponsible^ when He made you a itner, ana you must render an acDuut of the trust at Judgment. Some men are so excessively acute at etecting Imperfections that they jarcely notice excellences. In lookt a peacock's train they would fix on very spot where the feathers were rorn or the colors faded, and see othing else. The most important of all the conitious affecting the spiritual development of mankind has been a?rrow. * \