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' ' '^1 The Abbeville Press and Banner, j BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1893. ESTABLISHED 1844 S THE. COTTON MOVEMENT. p" Progress of the Crop In Getting to XHrkct-The Work ot the Gins. L Tuesday, Dec. 26, 1893. Up to last Saturday night the aggregate l umber ot bales ginned and packet! at the 1 different ginneries, was as follows : Purvpcnniwl I np week 1S9S. 1SW2. Oil Mill - 1080 10M Henry Glnuery 1W" W2 Lawson's Glnuery 683 1?'47 Total 2903 3033 Lawson's ginnery was not Mai ted litis year until Monday evening, Octobei 2. i Shipments. BY 6.. C. <t N. Shipments to and Including last Saturday. Previously reported 3-00 ba'es. Shipped since last leport 525 bales. Total lt?Saturday night .<8>5 bales To same date luBt year 4755 bales. by k. >i D Shipments up to last Saturday nl*M. Previously reported W67 bales. Slilpptd since last report 310 bales. Total to Saturday night. 6s<i7 bales. To same date last year 6217 bales. , Total shipments by both roads 11.1!<0 bales. Total to same date last year... 9,972 bales. Comparative Statement. SHIPMENTS OF COTTON FROM ABBEVILLE. For Ibe convenience of the reader we slve the total shipments for ibe years and months as ludlcated below: 1887 I88S 1S89 1890 1891 1892 1893 * Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bxles Bales Sept...1,517 824 775 1,743 1,141 1.069 1271 Oct 2,400 2,242 2.SS9 2.423 4.770 4,159 4l?2fi Nov.._l.saO 2,22i 8.0-21 1,955 2,441 3.126 2132 * Dec_...1,278 1,997 1,798 2.329 2,110 1,517 Total.",140 6,785 8,478 8,452 10,468 10,001 Cotton Market. Tuesday, Dee. 20, 1S93. The price* paid to-duy are us follows: ' Middling. 6 .Strict Mtddlirg, C%. Uood Middling, 7. Strict Good Middling, VA. I Aug. VV. SmltU. ? ? ?? GIVING THE STATE A BAD NAMB. I Tlae New* anil Courier Make* a Muni I Blltor Review of the LcxNInlnrf | and ItM Worn. News and Cornier. Blind obedience to Governor Tillman and unreasonable hostility to Chnrlestm wer* tbe twin Infinence* which controlled th< spirit and work of the General Assembly from the beglnlne to the end. There wa? not n day from the tlnrn* Legislature con vened In ' the laMer part of November to the time of Its ' adjournment on Saturday morning last when It wmb not dominated by the strone will ol tbe reckless and irifsponslhle man who has been entrusted with Executive power. The right of private Judgment, the purpose of representative government, the dictates ' or principle were nil nllke subordinate to thP Imperious masiery of the Governor. Hp gave h!s order* and they were obevert. h? cracked his whip and the Reform mnjority responded to the lush. A house full of wooden men would have served the fc>t*te better because they would have cost the State nothing and wonld not have broacht shame and discredit upon Ihe manhood and patriotism of our people. Wedo not thins that th* members of our Legislature are corrupt. probNbly a majority of ihe Reformers believed that they were right, but they were so blind ed by prejudice, so Ignorant of the work of legislation, so cowardly in the assertion 01 their belter selves and so slavish In spirit that they went the way they were told to eo and registered without care or conscience the will of their master. At no time In Ihe bistnrv or Sonth Carolina have the halls ol - legislation been tilled with more servile. cringing subservient majority. During ihe Reconstruction period mul In Kadlral t imed the General A?*i in?'ly whs composed of men who did ni t repr?*eiit the pioperty. Intelligence and c*>n?ervHtWm of the State, but they con Id Le control ltd either tnrouuh their cnpldltv or their fear#, und the condition ot \ affairs wa* never so had Hint there whs no! some mean* of relief al hand. It whs nol tio wlih the members of the LeglslHture?the June Rug Legislature? thai e/iJAiirHtH Tliora irao nnlv Anp channel of reaching them?through the Governor?and this channel was absolutely closed to every appeal of patriotism and to every sentiment of Justice that did not cringe at his feet and beg as a favor what belonged to the people as a right. We do not know what nnfathomed depths or political villainy , tbe future may hold in store for this poor > old state, nor what now methods of outrage and Injustice may be adopted by those entrusted with power, but we do not expect that Sonih Carolina will ever have another such Legislature as that which adjourned on Saturday. Only the French Assembly in the days of the Jacobin Dynasty forms its historic parntltel. But w hat did the Legislature do? 1. It passed a new dispensary law for the purpose of still further restricting the personal liberty of the citizen, and of making money lor the Stateoutofan unholy iraff flc. A more obnoxious measure was never , devised. 2. The Legislature elected one Associate Juslice of Ihe Supreme Court and five Circuit Judges, three of whom were selected not > because of their legal attainments, but because the.v are expected to take their order* from the Executive In past-lng upon "Administration measures," The Legislature packed the Bench In the Interest of political faction, and not (or ttie promotion of the ends or Justice. 3. The Legislator elected a public printer for the State, not In the Interest of public economy, but tor the purpose of galvanizing a moribund newspaper Into Ufa ami support ing an oriran ior me Auinimsiraiion at me public expense. 4. The I^tislnture redIkirioted the SU'e for the purpose of puuishlui; Charleston and making h place hi t'on^ress for one of the Governor's frUnds whom the people of ttie district reject! d at the last eleotlou. < 5. The Lejfit-lntuie repealed the charter of the Porl Royal and Augu-ti Railroad In the Interest of a land-speculating combine. 0. The Leglsialuie passed an Act entirely reconstructing our system of county Government *nd for the purpose of making uew offices for an army of unemployed Reformers who have been shared out of the profits of the Movement. This Act will open the door for fraud In every county and township In the State. 1. The Legislature reconstructed the counties of Berk ley and Charleston in the interest of apolitical ring in Berkley county and for the purpose of increasing the burdens of the people of Charleston. These are the principal aciR of the General Assembly. ;Tbey are all "Administration measure"." wot one or tnetn wouia nave been passed without orders from the Govemor. Not one of them will promote the public wellare. Not one of them Is In the Intereetof public economy or for the bent-fli of the people. It cost the State more thun > J40.000 to elect the Judges and make these laws. The cost to the State In loss of reputation cannot be estimated. Charleston will k possibly be able to stand the fresh burdens Imposed upon her. Charleston passed under the rod lu Had leal times and came out victorious. Charleston will even survive the hatred of Governor Tillman, and when the arcour-ts are finally balanced the loss and obloquy will not be ou her side. Union Meeting. On next Saturday and Sunday, December 30th andSlst, there will be held In the Baptist church at Donalds, a Union Meeting of the chuiches in the upper portion or the Abbeville Association, together with those wblcb constitute the 2nd division of the Saluda Association. An Interesting program has hefn prepared. All who can are cordially Invited to attend. The exercises each day will begin at lo a. m. - i Sheriff F. W. R Nance, in his depp affile tiou, asks the Press and Banner to return sin /wmo utwl to f of ill thonkfi tr* all thnKP Irlni! neighbors and friends who were attentive and sympathetic to him and his family Ir the darkest hour of their lire, fc Don't fail to call on Win. E. Bell from now until the first of January. He will give yot bargains in ladles wraps, children* wraps dress goods, shoes <fcc. Ladles under vests In all grades at Wm. E I Bell's, f EAST END'S TALK, He Tell* the Whole of the Xews A About the Old Fort. Ninety-Six, S. C.. Dec. 25,18fl8. Moving day has come And all creation Recma t) be on the move. Wagons laden with I furniture. wltU rows tied behind and yellow J1' curs following are daily seen passing through 1,1 our streets. Home going north, some south, w some east and some west. Have you got a 111 <vok and have you got all the labor you want for another year? are questions eagerly asktd on all sides. Yet the ereatest problem to be sol ved. U "what is to be done with the lie- Tl gros." The most of them have been turned J* over to Charleston, but still wo have a num- ru ber left. * ' Messrs. Coleman and Whltlock, two clever ltj gentlemen from New Market, were down last week ntundlng a stewards kneeling of the as Methodist chuich. " ? 1 Wo Bl UUr new |ireacurrn imvc aui?<-u. t<h thank Conference for Mr. Stall and the great c* North State for Mr. Curtis. aDd would like to J' ihxuft some other section for a Presbyterian 'n preacher. The Rev. Mr. Mathews, of Green- n* wood,'preached for the latter, however, last 01 Sunday to a small, but.appreciative audience. or Messrs. Stall and Curtis are very much liked by those who have beard them. "J Mi*s Muriou Ivlnard has returned borne g? from the Columbia Female College for the holiday*. re Sheriff F. W. R. Nance was down last, week w< on business. His many friends sympathize with him In his family bereavements. [ & It to 14. Tbts means a success next time and the citizens of Abbeville will take notice J 'I hat at the next meeting of the Legislature "l< this end of the connty will ask thatbooorat>le botly to dismiss us" to some other corporation. As we propose to buy us a box of matches and a little brimstone aDd setup a he little ofourowD. w MaJ. J. A. Stuart has given up farming and ^ inovt-d to Greenville. Our loss Is Greenville's 1 gain, and we hope be and his lovely wife will vl visit us often. ev On last Thursday Mr. J. McD. Klnard loet J his pocket book containing about seventyfive dollars. One A If Nance found It. (He Is nr> rwiuiinn nf ihc Sherlffl and hid Itawav. _ * That night his son Sam ftance Blole it and had bought a ticket for Colombia He was aa irrested on the train and brought to Trial 1 Justice McCaslan where he was made to dls- l!J gorge. All the money except a few dollars 1 was recovered. Master William Wallace, a handsome nephew of Mr. J. A. Moore was In town last f week. ' Mr. Ward'aw Moore and wife were In town Th la*t w<>ek visiting friends. JJ11 Mr. K. G. Johnson and wife, of Greenwood, y,0 paid a short visit to friends here last week. Prof. Coik's school was closed last Friday J till the flr^t of January. The Juveniles feel re? vc-rv grateful tmva di Mr. Cork for a whole * *veek, an I they deserve It. We have few such teachers as Prof. Cork and his assistants. " Ml*s Ellen Slauiy, one of Columbia's bella, stJ Is vialting his sister Mrs. Dr. W. H. Holland. * Miss Louise Tompkins, ot the fairest of the d?i fair, has relumed home from a protracted vis- '"r it to friends In Columbia and the lower part ab/ of theSlulc. " Hint clever gentlemen, Mr. Ramsey Blake, nl? of Greenwood, worshipped at the Prei?byte- at' rlan church last Sunday. He hikes the 17 to ^ H proposition very complacently, but still 'D "gives notice." HI" very soon our fellow townsman Mr. J. L K suumate ann ms excellent wue win leuvc Ninety-S'.x for Atlanta. Mr. Shumate is a J?& due bufcinexs man and a splendid gentleman 1 and we commend htm aud bis good wife to ?? the Atlaitlas. 8ul Private Secretary to the Governor, Mr. D. H. Tompkins In at home for the holidays. * Mr. Edward Covan Rice, of Charleston, and ,ne Prof. J. H. Rice, of Chet-ler, are hero visiting J.01"1 ihelr parents. Their friends are delighted to ?el nee them. "?' Prof. Jones Fuller, of WorfTord, Prof. Thos. MD? F. Wrlicht, of Donalds High School and Miss a" fcJMe Beard, who teaches In Newberry are all " at home for the ChrlNtmas holidays. tp' Dr. Blake aud almost all of his family have been down with the grip. All are Improving. 01 ' Miss Mamie and Miss Annie were out at ?or] church Sunday. twl M Iss Emma Sanders is visiting friends in ?ec Anderson, and Mr. T. A. Alston aud iumily are ut Dr. Sanders for the week. Dr. W. A. Llmbecker, who has had a severe wh. attack is up again and moving around as ?lrl usual. P1"8 The Hon. H. J. Kluard came up last Satur- Jn 1 day from Columbia. '"8 There are a great many more visitors in ? Ninety Six, tyit we have not room to record {J01 their names and will save them for next ''PI week. Despite the bard times oor town will dle be gay, and our people are always so friendly "a 1 and hospitable that It Is hard for them to let pur the holidays pass without more or less frolic J'10 onrl tnn. h?u<?rnl Huhp/ r nnd hi? HlnnArR flfl 'Oil well as parties ?re on itie topic. The oyster QJ?' supper to be given for the benefit of the J" * school on Wednesday nl^ht Is the occasion ot 181 the week. Mr*. E M. Lipscomb, Mrs. It. F. ^ol McCasian and Mrs. George M. Anderson will l0Vl be delighted to see you ou this occasion. East End. .CORONACA'S CROWN. ** Tbc Jewels Wlileh Bedeck Her Nodal c Sphere. T Coronaca. 8. C., Dec. 26,189,'t. E Thirty five dollars were realized at the hot supper given last Friday evening, which ? amouiit goes to the improvement of the acad- T emy. ?' Prot. W. B. Lindsay, Cononaca's popular and.suceexsful teacher, alter some ten day's vacation, will resume exercises on next Tue?ilny. H Mr. David Aiken has moved Into his new, E handsome and commodious dwelling. Miss Eugenia and Miss Irene league of T Mountvllle, are visiting Miss Alma Coleman. T Prof. W. B. Compton and family of Lau- Si ren?, bave moved into this neighborhood. Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Coleman, of Abbeville, are visiting relative In this neighborhood. F Prof. Frank Fooshe of .Lancaster D county, Is visiting bis parents. A Mr. J. S. Anderson will soon occupy the dwelling recently vacated by Mr. David G Aiken. O Mr. J. D. Fooshe has bought a lot In Cor- S< onaca and will soon commence the erection ol a dwelling In (own. Mr. Herbert Anderson of Waterloo, will L clerk next year lor Messrs. Joyce <fc Aiken. S M*\ J. Reld Pinson will clerk for A. M. Aik- E en. Mr. R. R. Fouche will clerk for Mr. W. A. V Collins. E MUs Mattie Buchanan of Bucklevel, is vis- T it lug Miss Mittte and Miss Alice Fooshe. Miss Annie Clardy and Miss Boyce, of Landers, are visiting Miss Annie Beeks. Miss Alexander, ol Jones, is visiting Miss Evle Anderson. Messrs. E. O. Stuart, W. \V. Kick lea, J. R T. Major, E. M.Joyce. O. \V. Fooshe. F. W. Fouciie, W. W. Klugb, Jr.. Joe Major and Miss Minnie Kiuzli. are home from College gDend Ing the Christmas holidays. X. DUE WEST'S PEOPLE. Their (iolnjf nnil Coming?High TaxoN and Low Cotton. Due West. S. C., Dec. 25,1893. A merry Christmas to all the readers of the Press anil Banner. Mr. Sam Fressly is at home from his school at Mt. Gallagher. The oyster supper Friday Dlght took In 816. Quite n number of the young men and young ladies of the two colleges went home to spend Christmas. Mr. Grler Pressly and Miss Eunice Todd, who are teaching near Autrevllle are spending Christmas with friends here. Our bird hunters are killing a quantity of birds. They are plentiful this season. Miss Zulu Urock, who is teaching at Davisboro, Ga., Is at home on a visit. w< Dr. J. J. Darlington, au honored Alumnus n< ui ejimwui, in eiieuuiut bunsiuiuis tvitu uuiuo folks. In some respects we dread for Christmas to , come. For some way a great many people think they have a license to do wrong then, bo that tliey do not at other times. We expect i)r ! more wickedness Ik done on this week than ' i any other single week, yet the week is named at 11 in honor of Christ?Christmas. fu I Five families have moved to Due West in ! ] the last two weeks. lj Mr. W. W. Edwards, who is clerking with . 11 R M. Haddon ic Co., of Abbeville, Is spending *1 HIc hfiMHnvd lioro (Ji i People aro complaining about blgh taxes ,i ' and low cotton. 11 I Our cotton market lias been very unsatisfactory this year. It. S. O. j , _ 11! A Word About PHlntM. tl | Painters charge Just as much for pulling a C( coatot common cheap stutr ou a? they would tr for putting on a good paint. We shall only , otter first-cla^s paints, oils, white lead and < olors. and offer such at a close profit. When y?u want the best, at best prices, don't forget , Harrison & Game. Cl TROUPE'S TRAPP. ii<l the Oniric Which It Ought Tor the Readers of the Press and Banner. Lowndesvllle, S. C? Dec. 25. Supposing that the Press und Barmpr will H depart lrom Its general custom of visiting le homes of Its many readers Christmas eek, this writer's u?ual contribution to Its ake up is hereby forwarded. Monday night there was a gathering: at Mrs. . L. Moorehead's. the forerunner of the marage to take place there the next morning, lie guests were furnished a splendid anteeddlng supper, everything was in rich pro slon. temptingly displayed, and everv one as in a physical condition to enjoy to the full le many good things provided. The next morning at 10 a. m., a large crowd isembled at the same place to witness the lptlals of Mr. R. F. Price and Miss HatUe tack, the Rev. J. D. Crout performing the remony?his first. A part of the crowd left once for the home of the groom, four miles am Abbeville C. H.. where an elegant din;r had been prepared. This is one bride that ir town bafi furnished this year, but we are ie ahead yet. as we have gained two. It is the generally received opinion that one arrlaga is a sort of stepping stone to anher. At the above mentioned marriage Mr. Ivester Leverett and Miss Bessie Tucker, latlvesof the groom, of Anderson Connty. ?re present, and rumor says that since, not it ting for parental consent to marry in orodox style, took mattera into their own inas anu were jmiie<i in wbuiuch iubi> wcck. Mr. John Morrnb of Mt. Carmel came up onday evening to be initiated Into the lodge the Knights ol Honor. After reaching re be received a telegram from home Ming that his barn and contents and several ad of horses and cows bad been burned, e are glad to know that later news exceptihestock. ' Mr. )Vm. Brownlee and family of Townlie. moved into the Ba*kin bouse Monday enlng. 1 VIr. J. G. Hnckabee took a business trip to | eenwood and Anderson C. H , beginning inday and Wednesday. Hiss Lucia Moseley of Anderson, and Miss ille White of Spartanburg, came In Mony, foroneor twoday'r, visit. dr. D. L. Barnes, went to Atlanta, Ga., esda.v alter horses diss Minnie Adams of Augusta, Ga., came Wednesday to visit her couslu, Mrs. J. M. kerand family. Ar. John Horton and Miss Snllle E. Rodck, of Coronaca, were united in marriage ursday morning and came to this place #t evening where they were given a recep n by tbe mother of the groom, Mrs. O. R. >rton. at the Horton House. Ir. J. M. Baker, of Washington, D. C., a iched home Saturday for ii few day's stay, e ^x-Judge T. A. Cater of Monterey was In t vn Wednesday. Ir. G. W. Speer of Monterey was on our eets Tuesday. resterday at 11 o'clock, a. m? at the resl- 1 ice of Rev. R. 1\ Franks, Mr. Win. Tayand Miss Allie Grant were married by the >ve named minister. Ir. J, J. Johnson and his sister Miss Nan! Johnson went to Anderson C. H. to spend least a part of Christmas. text Sunday Rev. J. D. Crout will preach Smyrna church at 11 a. tr,., and 7 p. m., 1 at the Ridge at 3 p. m. lev. H. C. Fennel and Miss Ellen Edwards, charge of the High Sahool In this Diane, ether with their pupils, gavean exhibition a IheAcadtmy Friday night, for the benefit the school rooms, supplying them with table furniture. The large attendance was ch pleased and the receipts were flattering 'rlday and Saturday were big days for our rchants. Town and couutry were out In E ce, supplying themselves with Christmas lcacles and beauties. Wonder how many tics Santa Claus failed to visit last night, I how many little hearts were saddened by S empty stocking this morning. k Wednesday me uearis 01 me people or r eommunlty were made and by the news tatan early hour that morning the spirit Mrs. J. T. Latimer, who had been sick for neilme, bad passed away. She and her n sister quite early In life came to tbls tlon and spent much of her time at the ? ne of her brother-in-law, Mr. J. P. Young, kshe was married to Mr. J. T. Latimer, by om she had five children, four boys and a I I. Thursday at 11 a. m. her remains were I t carried to the Methodist church, where, CI .he presence of a large number of sorrowrelatives and sympathizing friends Rev. a P. Pranks preached ber (uneral sermon B m the 21st verse of the 1st chapper of Phiplans : "Kor me to live Is Christ, and to Is gain," then they were carried to Smyrcemeterj and received the last sad rites of ial. A bereaved husband will mUs ber ughtful co operation and loving companshlp: her four boys, three of whom are to small, the watchful core and affection i. kind and Indulgent mother, the Methodchurch a life-lone, faithful and consistent -ber, and the community at large a beed member. Our's the loss, her'B the gain. Troupe. ull line of chlldrenB ribbed hose 3 pairs for Wm. E. Bell. A Short Sermon. hlldren who read my lay, his much I have to sny : ach day, and every day Do what Is right! T] Ight things In great and small; ' ben, though the sky should fall, un. moon, and stars, and all, CI You shall have light. his farther I would sny : e you tempted as you may, n ach day, and every day, b Speak what Is true! rue things In great and small: 11 hen, though the stars should mil, un, moon, and stars, and all, w Heaven would show through. I Igs. as you see and k now, a o not of thistles grow; nd though the blossoms blow White on the tree, rapes never, never yet n the llmt)8 of thorns were set; n If vou a ?ood would set. D Good you ruust be. * gi Ife'R Journey through and through, (!l peaking what is Just and true, 1< olng what Is right to do C: Unto one ana all, 1: f hen you work and when you play, 11 ;ach day, and every day; si hen peace shall gild your way, S] Though the sky should fall. p ?Alice Cary. a Beautiful Deeds. K a Beautiful hands ore those that do, Work that Is earnest, brave and troe, Moment by moijinet the whole day through. II Beautiful feet are those that go a On kindly ministries to and Iro? Down lowliest ways.if God will so. u Beautiful lives are those that bless, Silent rivers of happiness, Whose hidden fountains but few may guess. Beautiful twilight, at set of sun ; Beautiful goal with nice well won ; Beautiful rest, with Svork well done. 1] V I might have been more patient a Ahl would the angry word e Unon my lips have perished, * Unuttered>nd unheard ! Some heart would now he lighter J To wend its toilsome way; Some life woitld be in ore cheerful, r More sunshiny to-day. ?? 1 If (lie golden rule could be observed 6 all our transactions, hard times ' )uld never come again. It is selfish- t as that makes times hard ; and selihuess is the spirit of the devil. c Life is an angle. Some men are irn where the lines meet, and they oaden as they grow ; others are born the wide end and narrow down the < rther along they get. Putting sand in sugar 19 no worse mn claiming to love the Lord on uuday aud doing nothing through ie week so show it. Arbitration may not satisfy either niion at the time, but it satisfies ie conscience of mankind and must )Dimeud itsc-lf more and more as a leans of adjusting disputes. The person who gives up for Christ, ill find by so doing that he gets loser to him. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The State of South Carolim rOTTKTY OP AKREVTLLE. COURT OE COMMON PLEAS. Melnhard Bros, A Co.. vs. J. T. Youngbloc el al. All the creditors of j. t. youn BLOOD who are wililDg to contribute tlx share of tlio expenses of this suit are here required to present and prove their clali before me within thirty (80] days or be thei after barred. Such creditors must sign an agreement writing that they will pay their proper pi portion of such expenses. J. C. KLUGH, Master. December 27. 1803. St iMffli si" 1 VJLLLiULdUUU 1WU UllLILJ By VIRTUE OF A CHATTEL MOR' jage, executed by J. R. Mlnter, Jr., to the K( mers Bank, condition being broken and de now due, I will cell to the highest bidder, public auction, within the legal hours of t-a it Abbeville, on 28th DECEMBER Instac the following property, to wit: STOCK OF FURNITURE consisting of Oak Sets, Wardrobes, Beds, Bedsteads, md other articles usually kept lit Fnrnltur slabllshmeut, being laie Block of J. K. Mil er, Jr. Also, on 1 si TUESDAY IN JANUARY R91, belug SALESDAY, One Horse, Buggy and Harness and Wagon and Harness. The stock of Furniture may be treated lo s a whole at private sale. 'F. W. R. NANCE, Sheriff. Agent for Mortgagees. lec. 12, 1893, 3t state of South Carolina Abbeville County. IN COMMON PLEAS. i. M. Lipscomb <fc Co. against J. A. Stuart.Claim aDd Delivery. VIRTUE OF PROCEEDINGS In abov ise, and by consent of defendant, I will sel I Ninety-Six. on THURSDAY, 21st DECEM ER instant, the following property, viz: One Mule Jack, n__ "Dm Ulit) JIIUIO JD1H, One Horse Ecker, One Horse Wick, TERMS-Casb. F. W. R. NANCE, Sheriff Abbeville County Dec. 5, r.t Nobly Doing Her Hhnre. "Your husband is E'litor of the !u<*le, I believe?" [said the neighbor Iio liad dropped in to make afrieudlj ill. "Yes." "And as you have no family, an< ave considerable leisure on yow ands, you assist him now and tltei i hi* editorial work? I dure say?" "0, yes," answered the brisk lltth iTe of the editorial man, hiding hei :rawberry-stained fingers under liei pron, "I edit nearly all his inside mat ?r. Don't Talk Loudly.?Nothing )arks a true lady or gentleman mor< jrely than a low voice; aud a inai an have it as well as a woman. A ;>ud voic?i arises either from extivmi arelessness or low breeding. No oin kps to walk beside a nerson in tlx treet who talks in a loud voice. Tlx ame rule applies lo girls and boys 'lay is one tiling and conversation* ii nother, though the former need no e boisterous. Children may havi ood lungs and use them in cheerinj t the right time; but when they tall low distiuct voice marks one wh< as been accustomed to good socieh nd possessed of innate refine aent. a Hn<ln*t Developed Yet. The old lady who declined to em iloy a certain physician because h< /as only ''a practising physician ,nd therefore not a full-Hedged medi al man." has found her prototype n he young doctor told of by a Frencl uurual. He was 20 years of age but looked < nore than 20. Haviug accepted ai uvitation to a party in Paris he wa ntroduced to several ladies as Dr io-and-so, when one of them said 'What? So young and already a doc or?" "Yes, madaine," said he, apologeti :ally, "I ani a doctor, but as yet ittend only very little eliildren." Have you ever considered tli Jhristian duty of being pleasant VVhetliei you teel happy or worrieil whether things are going well or il with you, you have no right, by you words or even by a doleful couutenanc tocast gloom on others. Asa Chri! tian, you have, or ought to have, light in your heart, and you are com mantled to let it shine* You are n< only to jejoice, but to impart in jo^ evermore. Have you ever trie< tlwough the duties and trials of or day, "to lie a blessing," making yoi very presence a light and joy to a you meet? Try it. ?Cumherlar Presbyterian. 1 I She Onve Him Hint*. ' An amusing iucident is reported to us by a friend in North Dakota: ft. One evening recently, Mrs. S of Grand Forks, N. D., was annoyed I because her husband was late to sup- ( per. She is her own housekeeper, and )d, is very prompt with her meals; aud as a rule her husband is also in time. , Supper stood for an hour before Mr. G- S nut in an aDDearauce. He ex sir plained that he had been circulating a by petition among the voters of hia ward us to make Mr. C?, a lawyer, eligible re. as alderman at the coming election. "You see," he explained condescenin dingly, for his wife's enlightenment, ro. "he has to have a petition signed by one-tenth of the voters in the ward before his name can be up for election. ? It happens thas Mr. C is a memIber of the local whist club, which had been losing laurels in a visit to a neighboring town. Mrs. S? is a bright, observing little woman, and f ~ ? l !*.. i suu h?w uu uppunuuuy wj sive JLJCI husband a lesson. With mischief in , her eye, but impatience in her voice, , r_ she retorted from the kitchen: j ir. "If Mr. C hail not been travel- [ bl ing aroun J the country playing whist i at and getting beaten, he would have j ,e known thut, accordiug to the new law lt a notice posted twenty days before ^ election would have made his name r eligible, and saved you running all I over town with this petition. The \I petition has to be circulated only if the i ' notice is not put up in time." j Mr. S gazed in astonishment at j. his brisk little wife, who as carefully avoiding his eye in order to con- e ceal her amusement. c ' 'Is that a fact?" he inquired, quite f humnlv. "Well, if a woman cau do her own housewoik and yet keep j, better posted 011 voting questions than 0 a lawyer himself, I am in favor of ^ woman suffrage!" 5 i- Pin Money on a Farm. ^ "I nev?r get five cents even for pos- a f, ta?e stamps without asking for it." k The speaker was a young wife, who, in her girlhood, earned regular wages j, as a seamstress, and when married r< found her financial position changed. . Eben held the purse strings and made 8t plenty of money. But new machin- d ery was often needed, improvements n must oe mane, mreu nanas cosi a gooa r deal, and so no allowance was thought a of for the wife, who held .the position of "nurse, housemaid, freamstress, g cook," with the added duties of moth- d, erhood. "I always have a lump in my throat when I ask for a dollar," te she tald, "and I used to go to his ?] pocket-book for spare cbauge, for at C{ the marriage service hesaidi,'With all c| my worldly goods I thee endow.' aj ' But when little Tom began to steal g( pennies because he wanted something and could not get it, I began to won- q der if I had done wrong and the sin a, was visited on him." |r It was a sad contrast, this little d< mother's tender conscience; with a ^ world of trickery and Knavery, jno- w e where is this lack of pocket money 1 felt so much as ainoug farmers' wives jj, * and daughters. Many of them go cj from positions iu the city, teachers, ol typewriters, saleswomen, with a regular salary?a good cook can earn her fourteen dollars a month. She may marry a young farmer, and with all her life before her decide to be his helpmate and money saver. How they work and struggle to pay off the farm, to get the necessary improvements made! But when the light is partly over, sometimes the young wife has a feeling of envy on Satur- , day nights, when "her husband pays * l- - <11 I-II .~lw. U? g1 lilt; IIUUU3 WIIU nave nuincu iui him, and has not a dollar for her, for she knows that they have been fed while she has served ; that they have slept while she lost hours of slumber ! with the precious babe in her arms, , > and that they can buy clothes that f she would feel it extravagant to , wear. o| j w l The Way of Trne Love in Greenland. 01 ) w Since the Danish Lutheran mission- ai ? aries liave gained the confluence or m the natives of Greenland, marriages er - in the far North are celebrated by the fr . representatives of the Church. In a to recent issue of one of the Danish pa- rii pers one of the missionaries gives the it following account of the way court- in > ship and marriage are brought about: at The man calls on the missionary th 1 and says, "I wish to take unto myself w 1 a wife." \v "Whom?" ask3 the missionary. ; The man gives her name. tu '* "Have you spoken with her?" H - As a rule the auswer is in the nega- ta ; live, and the missionary asks the rea- v< * sou. VI 1 "Because," comes the reply, "it is so sc 3 difficult. You must speak to her." w ' The missionary then calls the younjr n 4 woman to him and says: "i mihk u w > is time that you marry." ui f "But," she replies, "I do not wish ai " to marry!" si "That is a pity," adds the mission ir ary, "as I have a husband for you." il "Who is he?" asks the maiden. it The missionary names the candidate cl " foi; her love. ' g< j "But he is not worth anything. I u? ? will not have him." tl "However," suggested the mission- p 1 ary, "he is a good fellow and attends ol i .. . . tr? well to HIS House. Xi<3 III! uns u gwwu v,. harpoon, and he loves you." 11 0 Trie Greenland beauty listens atten- gi 1 tively, but again declares that she will d< 8 not accept the man as her husband. w "Very well," goes on the missionary, gi j "I do not wish to force you. I shall n easily find another wife for so good a fa fellow." et ' The missionary then remaius silent, h; 1 as though he looked upon the incident V as closed. But in a few minutes she w whispers. "But if you wish it " d< "No," answers the pastor, "ouly if w o you wish it. I do not wish to over tr l' persuade you." Another si?h follows, and the pas- ft tor expressed the regret lliat she can- ci uot accept the man. , "Pastor," she then breaks out, "I "" fear he is not worthy." "But iliil he not kill two whales last v * oiimmer while others killed none? r . Will you not take bini now" n J' "Yes, yes; I will." n ' "God bless you both," answers the iy pastor, and joins the two in marriage. ? " id The toad \s the best insect destroyer 1 you can have. 11 _ V Dora Marvin. Dora Marvin is a voting friend of miue. A blight, merry girl, whom I love so dearly that I wish I could play the part of a fairy god-mother, and change some things tnat I fear may mar her life. The Marvin breakfast hour is seven. ' Call Dora," Mrs. Marvin tells I i 11 1 a Tatyi no tlin nlnnlr cf pllraa 11111 v a v/ui, no Luc viuvn nil i invn? "Yes, in a minute," comes the reply, anil they wait Ave. Then, as the father must not be late at his work, they take their places and Mrs. Marvin serves the oat meal, Dora's work, in addition to pouring the coffe. In a few moments the little daughter appeared with a bright word of explanation that it had taken her so long to jurl her hair. That afternoon Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. VYo rirS ti ciuf^r onmn In tr? intprPQt hern in a little crippled girl she had found in her >vork among the poor. "She is so fond of reading," she ^ent on to say, "and, Dora, I wish fou would lend her some of your jooks?your last Christmas 'Chatter)ox,' 'Alice in Wonderland,' or Miss \lcott's 'Jack and Jill.' What a deight they will be to little Katie." "But, Auntie," Dora said, "I am rery careful of my books, aud could lot think of lending them." "Why, Dora! I am sure Katie will >e careful of them, too. Think of a ittle girl lying all day alone, for Catie's mamma sews away from lome." Dora's head moved slower aud slow- . r and slower as she caressed her pet at, Clever, and she looked thoughtully into the glowing coal fire. "I am sorry for Katie," she said at ist, "and I will give ten centa of my wn money towards buying her a v ook, but I could not lend my dear ooks. Why auntie, they have all 1 een given to me." Mrs. Lewis said nothing more, but j here was something suspiciously like 1 tear in lior oi?o whpn Dora ktssed ' er good-uight. A few days later Torn came rushing < i to the sitting-room where Dora sat 1 ;adiug. ( "Oh, sister! please read me the ' ?ries in my new mag'zine," and he isplayed with proud importance his ew Nursery. Dora's fair brow clouded. "Do run way, Tom. Sister is reading." i "But read to me, Dora, please do. i lorn in a r?if>tnre> 'hnilt', ft real t onkey." * 1 I wish you'd run away, you little i sase. Our teacher asked us to read i n Memoriam,' and I wonder how I f in read understanding^ with you s mattering in my ears. And now you' a ;e stepping right on my dress. Do f 3 to mamma." "Mamma's got the headache. 1 link you're selfish Dora, so there", id he left the room, manfully chok- 1 >? llio onlio hut- alamminir thA ? I? v/avo lilt OV/l/Wj MM v w?v?w....^.0 ? ? . Dor so bard that it caused the tired j: lother to bury her face in the pillow J1 it h a moan. , %. What did Dora do? She shrugged 8 er shoulders, nestled back in her low c lair, aud, turning a leaf, read, withit at all comprehending its truth: "I hold it troth, with those who sines [ To one clear harp, In divors tones, That men may rise on stepping stones 8 Of their dead selv es to higher things." ? ? t Habits and Principles. c It seems the easiest thing in the 8 orld for some individuals todo right, id the hardest thing in the world for t he?. But it will be found in the , -eat majority of cases, if not in every j ugle ca*e, that those who keep the t >mmandments, who "do their duty," ^ i Wordsworth says, '."and know it it," have had right yrinciples formed ithin them and have been trained in t ght habits in early years, ^ To be very concrete and practical, ( t us take a very spotless young man i ' our acquaintance. In babyhood he as habituated to going to sleep for his jp in the daytime or his rest at night j ithout rocking. He was taught to 1 nuse himself with toys; as early as 8 } could learn them, to say his pray- ? bou goiug to bed. He was required ' omavery early age to pickup his ys, to keep his clothes in place, to e iu errands, and do chores. The hab- f i of correct speaking, of truth tell- c g, of implicit obedience to parental t ithority, were formed in him from ? ie earliest stages of his progress. He as taught to read, and suitable books ere provided as he grew older, iuter- * ting books, illustrated books of na- t ral history, travel, and adventure, t e played with other children, but his I1 stes were so cultivated that he rented from coarseness, rudeness, and jlgarity and preferred the refined as- . iciations of home to any others. He . as taught to render to all their due, - j *? -f u.. ot 10 lUKe aavauiagc ui auj icoo ivr inate or "smart" than he, to abhor ? ujust gains, and to respect the rights c ad possessions of his brothers and'f sters. The Bible was made interest- t lg to him by his parents, who at famy devotions selected such portions of as would be sure not to weary the lildren; he was accustomed always to > to Sunday school and church more i a privilege than as a duty. In fact, le ways of virtue were made ways of t leasantness to him, and he knew no c her ways. His habits and his prin- c pies were formed in him with very ttle volition of his own, so when he rew to manhood, accusomed to right * Mnir ricrht feeliner. right thinking, it as easy to keep on in the way he had . rown up. We must believe that Ten- ' yson, Emerson, Lowell, and, to go * rther back, Washington, and the ninent men that surrounded him, t ad substantially the same training. ire know this of most of them. It as easier for Ibem to do right then to ' a wrong, because to do wrong they buid have to go contrary to the entire end of their early trainiug. T Is it necessary to elaborate this topic * irther ? A word to the wise is suttien t. A disci Die having asked about bene olence and knowledge, Confucius|] eplieJ, "Benevolence is love to allr iien; knowledge is to know alij aen. !' t If you would know more about Je- < us talk less about the weather, poliino <111.1 frivnldin sinrl mnrfl I ibout Him. Ij Health by Exercise. If you walk along the streets of any one of our American cities or villages, you can but notice how many drag stores there are. If you read the advertisements in the daily papers, you can but observe how many patent medicines are brought prominently ' before t;he public; medicines that will cure every form of disease, restore youth to age, and banish pain from /3[% the world. Walking along the streets, your attention is arrested by playcards j assuriugyou that such and such preparations will cure yoa of?all the ills L tbat flesh is heir to. - 1 They have learned better than all this in Sweden. Should you visit Stockholm and l-unt for adrug store, % you would be a long time in finding one, and then there would be no flaunting colors in the window, but -*j simply a device of the serpent or the owl on the glass window pane to intimate that dags were sold within. Neither would you find the columns of the newspapers full of entreaties to buy patent medicines. They have learned better than that in Sweden. The men in the educated*elasses as a rule are tall and well made, and the women likewise. They nave been trained in gvmuastic exercises* from J childhood. They .have movement ' | cures for almost every form of disease. ] wnere tne ordinary gymnastics do not cure, medical gymnastics are called, in, and patients are "robbed, pounded, shaken, stretched, pressed vibrated trotted on a saddle, suspended, meas- : ured, chopped, flexed, rotated, and jolted as on a velocipede" by a machine (worked by steam) of one kind or another, till the demon of disease is driven out. Then by attention to < the laws of health the patient mast keep him out. i Now if you are sick and want to "take something" to make you feel . J better, take exercise, take sleep, take rest, take abstinence, take nourishinir fiinH tnlrp Hiinnpl lakn frpah >n.ir. 3 but don't take druge. You have satcn too much or too little; you :< bave worn too little or too much % clothing; you have not slept enough, s perhaps, and what you need is not J rugs, but a return to the conditions , hat wait on health. A Hint on Dotting. . * In one of the best kuown gymnasiums for women in this country the esident physician said in a recent inerview: Dust is almost out of place lere as it would be in-the dissecting oom. I am eagle-eyed for its appearinna nnH T am nrnnd uv fhaf fh? urniture is band-dusted?that is, with i cloth. To the best of my knowledge .7 tnd belief, a featber duster has never ound admission here." 3 ?' * /;;% Buttered Eggs.?Put a piece of hater In a saucepan, and melt it adding 1 little milk. Break the eggs into a >asin, and pour, them into a saucepan.Season with salt and pepper, and coninue stirring the eggs till they are uffioiently dressed. Serve on pieces if toasted bread. ; \ T 'V; :,Vj Squashes,?Cut the squashes in >ieces of an inch thick, having first mred the squash ; if old, extract the eeds and boil the pieces until they freak, mash them with a spoon,' boll hern a little longer and when they are .. ? lone, squeeze them through a cclanler. Mix them with a little salt and i small quantity of butter, Onions.?Select the white kind, peel hem, and put them in boiling milk, vilh a little salt and let them boil from lalf an hour to three quarters. Drain hem through a colaudar and serve hem with melted butter. To broil Ham.?Cut the ham about he third of an inch thick, and boil it rery quickly over a brisk fire; lay it >n a hot dish, pepper it, and put on t a good lump of butter. Pig's Head Boiled?It should first >e salted, which is usually done by I _l_ L..4.I 1 4 _1 1 .J t 1 I 1 - J ,ue purs, uuicuer; it tuuuiu ue uonra tu hour and a quarter ; it must boil fently orthe meat will be hard; serve vith vegetables. Tongue, which has been dried, hould be soaked in water three or bur hours, one which has not been Iried will require little soaking, )utltiucold water, and boil gently ill tender. r The best thing to clean bright tin rith is oil and rottenstone. This removes all kind of stain. They should >e polished off with clean soft wash oothor Calves' Feet.?They should be very lean, boil them three hours, or until hey are tender, serve them with parsey and butter. Clams Roasted.?Lay them on a ;ridiron or hot coals till the shells ipen?then take them out and preerve the liquor to serve with hem. Coldslaw.?Shave as fine as possible i hard head of white cabbage put it n a salad bowl, and pour over it the lsual salad dresslDg. A rug of linen crash placed under he sewing machine will catch threads, ilippings and cuttings, and savea deal >f sweeping. Blackberry bushes will bear the nost fruit if not allowed to grow over our feet high. n Apples should be kept on dry straw n a dry place, andpears hung up by ,he stalk. A good housewife always takes care o have plenty of hot water. Cold water cracks hot iron infalibly. Atlanta will celebrate the fiftieth I'ear of her existence the 23rd of this nonth. It is not a place that you need, but jetter work in the place you have. If all loved "a9 brethreu" there 1.1 .. ~ A : 12 i tvuuiu ue iiu unsaucuueu strut! ui tongues. To know how to grow old is the uaster-work of wisdom, and one of ;he most difficult chapters in the art >f living. It is so easy for us to see other peonlr?'a funltci that- wo pnn'f iimlprAtAnd why it is they can't see our virtues.