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The Abbeville Press and Banner. . ? , M * WMIV BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1894. ESTABLISHED 1844 ? ^ . ? ritsnon .? RICHARD GANTT, IS now prepared to do all work In his department in the best manner and at reanonable charges. Monthly customers shaving, balr cutting and sbara poolng SI per month. Rasors honed and pul In the best condition for 25 cents each. School Notice. ALL persons holding school claims will have them reitisterMl at once, as I want u make up my annual report. K. COW A>, School Commissioner. UCI. -?>, 10i?, U $ J. T. PARKS, * * Fire, Life & Real Estate Agent J Q Cothrau'* Brick Ortice, Main Street. j j # FOR MALE. i ^ Setting*of Indlau Gume Fowls 52.(X) > 0 Settings of S. (\ Brown Leghorn, 1.50 J 1 Abbeville, S. C., Feb. 7.18!H. J b. p. aniiARD, TAILOR, HAS moved, and occupies the room recently occupied by J. L. Clark, the gonsmith, and Is now prepared to do all kinds of repairing and cleaning of gentlemen's clothes on Nbort notloe. Samples OI BUI Ul Klnn^n uu unuui vu?.Sw reasonable. Bank of Lowndesville, LOWNDESVILLE, S. C. Capital 8tock Paid in 920,000 00 Sorpln* 3,500 00 Does a general banking Business. Affords best security and facilities for depositors. Issues time certificates of deposits bearing Interest as follows: si* months 4 per cent., twelve months 5 per cent. J. B. FRANKS, Presdent. ! TESSA COTTA WELLS PBICES to SUIT the TIMES. ]N THE FUTURE I propose tp sink the celebrated Terra Cotta wells at ?r great rerinoflon In my former price. So parties desiring an everlasting supply of good sparkling water at a low price would do well to confer with me before maklDg other arrangements m I propose to make It to the Interest of all to do so. WATER OR NO PAY-ls my motto. I have In ten years experience standing testimonials in six counties. Address C. M. CALHOUN, Greenwood, S. C. March 92, 1893. tf A Complete and Full STOCK OF THE CELEBRATED Metroplitan Brai of Miieil Paints = ? of ? JOHN LUCAS & CO. always on band at the City Drug Store J PRICES IN ONE GALLON CANS by the single can $1.2.1. A liberal discount to painter* using large quantities. Oct. 25, lhi/3, tf The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. PROBATE COURT. In the matter of the Estate of G. W. Calhoun, colored, Deceased. Notice to Debtors and Creditor#. ALL person* indebted to paid esiHte must nettle without delay. and those holding oiaima against the estate mast present them properly attested to. P. H. MoCASLAN, Feb. 19,1894. * Administrator. E. BOGGERO, GREENWOOD. S. G. "\f ANUFACTURER and dealer In Rough -i-"A Granite, Monuments. Gravestones, all kind Cemetery Work, and Builders Work. All order* promptly at tended to. Feb. 21,1894.3 m. ? SCHOOL NOTICE. ALL PERSONS HAVING BUSINESS j with the School Commissioner will And : lilm in his office all public days and every Saturday In each month nearest the middle ofthe monlh. during: the present year for the ; purpose or registering claims, tfc. E. ?)WAN, School Com miss'-in er Abbeville County. ! Feb 2, 1892. Vocal Lessons. MR?. STANLEY desires to tench n singing class, and will give Instruction on tbe most favorable terms. Or her ability and her sweet sinning Miss Sosnowskl, Principal of the Home School In Athens, Ga.. says; "I am happy to speak most favorably of Mrs. LUen 8tanley. She always gave pleasure lo Athens by her beautiful singing, and besides tbe Instruction she received at the Home School, she had the great advantage of Instroctloii lu vocal culture In the Boston (Conservatory of Music." Try one of Kerr's Morpheus springs at only $3. Um best in tbe market. Just think of It t You can buy at Kerr's 1 solid oak side board, 1 6 foot extension table and six oak high back dining chairs (or $22.50. See Kerr's Job lot 8x10 picture frames at .only 50c. Solid gold filled and plated shirt slud buttone at Reese & DuPre's, Watch Chains from 91.00 to 810.00 at Reese & DuPre's. Aluminium thimbles now for 10 cents each at Reese A puPre's. Seethe trained monkeys at Reese & DuTre's. Mrs. R. M. Haddon is now In New York (Miying spring goods. Haddons advertize new spring goods this week. If yoa wish new siutl' go to Had doos. Sattloes 10 cents, Percales 10c. Outlngo 8c, Checked Muslin 8c. All much cheaper than Uie market. Abbeville Supply Co. See Percales?by the pound. 25c. Come and ?ee the beautlfnl Hue. Abbeville Supply Co. C. P. Hammond ? Co. repair shoes and harness promptly and cheaply. Send ttiem your -shoes. The stomach has a prominent place in the influences which affect humanity. Old and young are affected by it. 9 s SOME PLAIN TALK. i-'Snludn" Jiiftt .Striken Square at or Folly nndJXexlect or Duty. Ninety-Six, S. C., Feb. 20, 18M, | While every man tius or ought to ha j some paitlcularly profession or buainee and every ono ou*ht to use the opportuniti | us ibey furnish themselves to make his bui nessa success, vvliicb can only be doue t frugality. industry and proper economy n a lew iu our days are continually coiuplal I ing an<l croaklnsj about the hard times ar scarcity of mouey, and tbe high prices tlx nave to pay the merchant for the corn an I flour, meat, Jce., they have to, or do buy c i time, but fail to ailach tbe blame to wbe it properly belongs. It has been tbe bistot of the bumau laiuliy from time iinmemorli 110 blame somebody else for our short con I inu? iiml niluijiiiPk and tlins trv Lo lavou (tin* at ihe door of Mime oue else. We tin this true in almost every department of bu inecss life. But wbut I desire to do Is not to write a essay on reilslon nor politics, but to endea' or to point out a tew of the evils we bear i much talk about and say to my fellow farn ers, tor It is to tbem I desire to speak, tbat w as .'urmersare more to blame for tbe ligl times than ail other classes und professlor combined, 'i bis is a broad assertion but ne< ertbelessa true one which we think can t proven to uny lair minded nnprejudice man. Iu the first place no farmer wbodeservesth title of fatimer can give any good und nut stuntiai reason fur buying corn, meat, flou and almost everything else uted on tbe farm How can we as reasonable, sensible men ej peut any tbtug else but hard times when w to a very large extent buy western mules an horses, corn and bay to feed them witb, ai of which can be and should be raised at bom on the tarm. Suppose the money which ha been paid out for mules, horses, corn, mea and hay had been kept at home tor the pa? teu years, what would be the condition c the country to-day? It would be hard to evei Imagine, but one thing we can say wltl Maiely and tbat is we would have bad mor money, more to eat and more peace, barmc ny and good will toward our tellowman c all classes and professions. But some on may say if we bad commenced on tbatplai ten years ago n is irue we migni nave oeei In belter shape, bui il is too late now to adop any sucb system and In fuct 1 am in debt am cotton Is tbe only thing I can sell for tbecasl and about the only thing I can live on will wblcti to buy western corn aud meat, am bence I am compelled to make cotton, have beard sucb argument, as this, and a the same time will tell you they are gettlni deeper in debt evey year, then can it be oib erwlse wheu it cost as mucb or a little nion (ogrow a bale or couon than you can sell il for? It matters not how cheap corn, meat lard, hay, mules aud horses can be bought it is cheaper iu the long run to raise al these things on the farm and then all thi cotton you can grow is a surplus crop. I know of a farm upon which there Is i sialiion. Jack. twelve brood inareB, anc eight colts, all 01 which are home bred ex cept three mare*, aud home raised corn anc bay to feed tbein, all of wbicb has been raiset at a lar less cost than tbe present cash value But says oue I am not fixed up for ralsiDj stock and my land is not adapted to ralslni corn, oats aud other grain crops, and there fore I must raise cotton with which to buj all these things. Well, neighbor what dc you usually have at the end of tbe year 01 tbe all coiton system ? I leave the questlor for you to answer but will make oqj lluli guess, that Is : you have.empty cribs, emptj smokehouses, aud learn mules snd cattle aod a balance due tbe merchant for the pas year's supplies to be carried over to tbe nexi year's account. We would say that this h very kind aud clever in the merchant Viewing it from a common sense stand point aio thinlr h. Ih nltmrather wrone Lo b< saying ho many hard tilings about ihe verj meo who by their kindness and accommoda tlon enable you to '*eat drluk and be merry" and work ouly alx months o?t of twelve thus giving rou six months out of tbe year ti poke your nose and mouth Into other p?;o pies business und peddle in eneap s candles and street corner gossips. Many of us arc treat thinkers and talkers, but few good workers and u)anagers,and why? .Because wt glveoo much time to other peoples buslnesi and too little 10 our own. Because w< rind so much good in ourselves and ac much meanness iu our uelgbbora. Now 11 we could only gel to the point where w< could see more goodness in others and more meanness In ourselvts, and devote mor< lixneand attention to our own business, and less to tbat of our neighbors before tbe elo quent appeals of the next crop of office seek ers shall oeheard ringing from every stumf In tbe Stale depicting and magnifying th< misery, woes and oppression of the pool down-trodden farmers we snail witness t great reaction and Improvement financially politically and morally. Try it. Saluda. HONORS TO JUDGE BENET, Abbeville's New Circuit Judge in Ibi CJraces of Ihe People. We. as Grand Jurors for tbe ensuing tern take pleasure In expressing onr sincere grat McaUcm in meeting you ui huh jour urn term as Presiding Judge In Clarendon coun ty. In beball ot the citizens of Clarendot we extend to you a warm and hearty welcomi In our midst, and we (eel tliat your service on the bench of south Carolina will add hou or to your name, a proud heritage to youi offspring, and glory to the law and thejudl clary of the Stale. We listened attentively to your magniflcen and able charge to us,delivered at theopenlni of the term, and the light thrown upon ou duties makes us realize the gravity am greatness ol those duties. We feel anxious to perform our duties con sclentlously and fully, and to dOBOwemus keep In mind your masterly charge of Id structions. We, therefore, have requested the editor o the Maunii Times, our county newspape which reaches the hornet* and firesides of ou fellow citizens, to publish your charge, tha we may be better enabled to understand ou Unties as instructed by yourself, and we fur ther made this request for the publlcalloi of your charge to enable our fellow cltlzenc whom we are serving to also learn and ue demand the grave responsibilities devolve* upon us, that they as good citizens can ic diligently .render us such aid as will be fo the welfare and prosperity of Clarendoi county. There is a spirit of UDrest takinj posess'on of the entire world. I penetrates to the school-room, am .shows itself in both teacher and pupil The teacher steadily questions wheth er he is not a fool to spend ms tiui with children ; the pupil insists tha ouly such things be taught him as wil advance him iu life?that is, aid hie in making money. There is grea need of rest?spiritual rest. No on cau read the newspapers without set ing that he is surrounded by unhapp, people. Certainly this is not the happ era?the golden age. The need of solution of the problem of rest mu: be felt by those in charge of tb school-room. Health Rules.?The condition < the bo<iy has much to do with sou SickneHS is not sin, but good health to be greatly desired, and is promotn in many ways of piety. The Scient fie American puts a volume of wisdoi | in six words: Strict temperance, co rect diet, systematic exercise. The following conversation iagive as having occurred between a plaii spoken Scotch woman and her pastoi "Good morning, Janet. I am sorry hear you did't like my preaching c Sunday. What was the reason ?" Janet?"I had three verra gude re sons, sir. Firstly, ye read thesermm secondly, ye didna' r<>ad it well : an thirdly, it wasua' worth readiu' at all Ministers may not be allowed carry their politics into the pulp: but they are surely called upon teach their people how to carry reli ion into their politics. A teaspoonful of salt in a glass water is a cure in many stomal troubles, relieving colic am} helpii digestion. DUE WEST IDOTS. Uy Preachers anil People?I.over* Marital VowM-DiHiiiiKiihlied 14. pie Coming Due West, K. O., March 5, 1 wl}| Rev. E. E. Boyce, D. L>.. of Gastonla, J ia" Ib to deliver the next lecture lu course tc , Htuilents of the Seminary. poft ^ir. Black, of Ersklne College, and Mr ay. McGee are conducting a mission Su 'at* School in the Hainan section. 'Ity Mr. J. 0. Belle, formerly of this coun An* ?? - ~ I ?.? nl I > nlinnfart at LlanfloHu MATTISON'S MATTERS. , r A1 Sort* of FnrHKraplM lMeRHnn Printed. Mattison, S. C., Feb. 25. 18f ve A heavy snow tall the 2.0th, the cold w is, reaching us on Saturday. The rabbits i es be hunted now for the pleasure of.thesn si boy and cuftle. >y A negro claiming the name of Lon Ci ot was sent to the Abbeville jail on Saturd n- for enteilng the residence of Mr. G. M. IV id tlson and stealing Jmoney. The commun ly have united ou selt-proiectlon and will id deavorto put down stealing. We have ne ?n beard of as much as has been this win re They first began on potatoes and chicki ry and as soon as hogs were killed began a! meat. Mrs. .Shaw lost the meal of seve hogs after It was cured. ir Miss Klelta Gambrell has returned ho id ntier a pleasant visit to her sister at I s- West. Miss Belle Latimer 1r off on a visit to rt n lives in Greenville county. " Brazeale Gambrell left here some time sii 10 for Texas. He seems well pleased so far. "" one may rind in the "Lone Star State." e Mendoza Hlggins and Clifton Shaw 1 11 last week for Clemson College. Both i 18 bright studious hoys. k'* Tbo school at Oak Grove, tanght by M Nannie Mattison is in a flourishing con a lion. Vocal music will be taught with t other studies durlne this term. ie The birth day of Washington was celeb y ted with an attractive programme on the i r ening of the 22nd. to a large ana appreciatl ' audience. Tne children acted the parts c" signed in a pleasant way and the tlmespe ? will never be forgotten hs one of the m< enjoyable evenings ever spent at Oak Gro' 11 I will make no distinction as every pupil d 6 the best he could. We regretred not hi 8 ing a larger house as some could not get } side. 'I The following Is the programme : q CELEBRATION OF WASHINGTON'S BISTHDX & Salutatory?Benton Black well, e 2. Why do we celebrate the day??Euge b Johnson, Claude Johnson, Emory Wlllian if Benton Blackwell, Miss Laura Wlllian e Miss Corrle Moore. Miss Fleita Gambre a Miss Mamie Allen, Miss Lela Davis. j 8. The Laurel Wreath?Ernest Higgle t Carl Monroe, Ernest Mattl6on, Clevelai 1 Williamson, Miss Claude Johnson, Ml 3 Lela Davis, Miss Alice Bensley, Miss Lu\ 3 Hlgglns, Miss Etta Blalckwell, and M i OlaGnmbrell. I 4. Happy Boys?Masters Claude Dav t Clarence Williamson, Horace Mattlsou, R. j Beasley and Zelgler Higglus. a. Recitation by Claude Jobhson?Captu e of the Hessians at Trenton. l 6. The years of Washington's life?Erne Maltlson, Carl Monroe, Carl Austin, Park , Uainbrelll, Benton Blackwell, Ernest H! ,, gins. 7. Memorial Exercises?Miss Alice Beaslt Miss Lela Davis, Miss Claude Johnson, Ml Levla Hlgglns, Miss Etta Blackwell, Ml Maud Davis. 8. The Truthful Boy Recitation?MasU Claude Davis, R. L. Beasley, Horace Mat on, Clarence Williamson, Zelgler HI gins. 9. Flag Exercise by twelve pupils. 10. Song?Red, White and blue. 11. Recitation?Ernest Mattlsftn?1"W Washington like other boys? 12 Our Flag?Miss Luvia Hlgglns, Mi Eita Blackwell. Miss Lela Davis, Miss Mat Davis and Miss Ola Oambrell. 13. Building .the Monument?Miss Mai Davis, Miss Ola Gambrell, Miss Luvia HI ' Bins, Miss Etta Blackwell, Miss Carl Austl Miss Clinton . Williamson, Miss Clevelar Williamson, Mies Andrew AlieD, Miss Nlra Williams, MIhb Ernest Hlgglns, and Mi Benton Black well. 14. Song?Only Remembered by What have done. Motion Recitation?By twelve pupil*. "Oar Washington. Occasional. A PLEASANT LETTER. Our Banquet Did Much to Ceraec tbe Nortli and the .South I Friendship?Our Hospitality A| predated. Albany, N. Y., Febuary 22,1894. Col. W. C. McUowan, Abbeville, S. C. My Dear Sir:?Returning from New Orleai we were very much pleased tobehaodi your esteemed favor upon tbe arrival of o train at Abbeville. We also very much appi elated your thougbtfulness in sending i copies of your local newspaper, the Presn ai Banner, containing an account of tbe enie talnmeut with which you honored our cor mand on Saturday.night, February 3rd. V have all enjoyed reading the account ve much. The entertainment that was provided for i and tbe warmth and large-heartedness your greeting was something as unexpecU 1 as it was agreeable, aud in behalf of the Bu gesses Corps permit me to thank you, ai ? through you. to thank your honored fathe 11)6 military auu iue uitiAcun ui nuumm We feel that you are all our friends now at 1 our chief regret is, ibat vou are not all met r bersofour Corps. Should any of you ev t have occasion to be In New York State, or b< ter still, lu Albany, you will learn that tl i Burgesses Corps never forget, and you mu 9 bear In mind that their latch-strlng will i s ways be extended to your people. We gre you as brothers and of your welcome \ r speak as one of the most cordial and plet - lug of any that we received while among o southern friends. t It is possible that the Corps will again i I tempt the Journey to the Mardl Oras, and r that event we shall surely grasp vou by tl i hand lu sunshine rather than in darkness, shall take pleasure in sending you and yo father and any other persons whose nam t you may send me as likely to appreciate It copy of our souvenir volume containing complete history of our trip, which will if issued in about six week. Kindly send t r the names of any of our friends at A r bevllle whom you would like to have reoel t a volume. 1 will also mail you some of o r home papers containing a history of the tr! I earnest believe tbat our trip has do i more to cement the North and Soulb th i, any like event tbat bas occured since t i- war. 1 I bope some day to have the pleasure i- meeting you and detailing our experience r your country. j ~ Thanking you again for your kindness a presenting my most oordia1 greetings to yc distinguished .father, in which both Genet Carr and Colonel Danforth would Join i w were they here, I remain, r Very cordially yours, James Otis Woodward. J Commandanl I. ? e Let tbe cow frisk in the open i t once in a while; continuous stal I) life ia not good for her. A heu in her prime and propel ? cared for will produce three times t ~ weigni iu eggs yearly. y Give the cow water ouce a day y least in winter, and always fresh fr< a the well ; never ice cold. There is always a best way of doi everything, if it be but to boil an ej Manners are the happy ways ot doi e things; each one the stroke of gen I or of love?now repeated and harden s' into usage. Your mauners are alwi under examination, and by committ : little suspected?a police iu citi/.e clothes?but are awarding or deuyi you very high prizes when you le think of it. Look on this womi There is not beauty, nor brilliant si sn ings, nor distinguished power to sei ti- you ; but all see her gladly ; her wh r: air and impression are healthful. Mi to ners require time, as nothing is m >u vular than haste.?Emerson. There is no flower in the Held t y owes ho much to the sun as 1 do Jesus Christ. That love which has * deemed my soul 1 fain would bear t0 an atmsphere, "speaking the truth it, lovet? If a man makes a foolish barge g" the memory of it will stick to him. he gives up the future for the prese 0f he will hear from it in the future. ch How foolish it is for a man to chci ng something to eat and to drink at cost of his Integrity and manhood' IIIUnL picanilllblj nituntcu nv atoui?wMit . ver He has a good position in the Henrietta S ter- The mouthy meeting of tbo Y. M. C, A. *ns curred lust Saturday evening. Mr. J.J. ( 01J addressed the meeting. Messrs. Caldwell rrtl Williamson, the delegates to the state' ventlon at Sumter report of the proceed "3e Mr. J. T. Pearson, of Anderson, paid )ue Westa short visit last week. Kev. John C. Kilgo, of Woflford College, sla- deliver the annlversnry address for the West Female College Id June. He is ot ace the rising young meu of the State. Miss Alma Brock not having sufllcle gained her strength, from a recent attac eft fever to continue her school near Mt. Car are has arranged for Miss Ernie Ellis to lane place. Ins Speaker Iru B. Jones and wife will all dl- the Young People Convention In May. .he Jonea has been invited to preside. Mr. Boyce Ellis was happily married ra- Thursday to Miss Armstrong, a daughti rv- County Commissioner Armstrong, of L ive Land. The bridal party left immediate!} as- ter the ceremony for the home of Mr. J int Ellis, the father of the groom, where 1 Dst met a numosr of friends and partook i ?e. sumptuous dinner. Dr. Grier tied the "sil lid knot." iv- Prof. Wm. Hood has a host of friend In- this county who will be pleased to hear he Is meeting with such abundant succes Bartow. Fla. The school he baR In chi Y has greatly increased in numbers since L ' opening in September. There are now < 850 pupils, with eight grades in the school, ne R. S m , TALK AT TROY. 18, id ? People Going and Comlnff?All 8e Iss or Mention. l? Troy, S. C,, March 3th, J 8! L' We are Having some nne weauier ? sucb a dinagreeable spell. ire Dr. W. E. Link of Wellington is in town professional business. He has many trie IHl who are glad to see biro. er Quarterly Conference commenced here J i?. uruay, preaching by the Presiding Elder I Mr, Campbell. iy Mr. 8e n from Thomas ann Barton's mi hs' bouse In Augusta met with the Associate l88 form Presbyterian choir at the Park H last Thursday nignt, and acted as orgar ,r8 wbich was much appreciated by the choir H. We see from the Young Worker that J I,,. West Is patting on some extra preparai for the Convention which meets in May. think our town will be well represented tt and we beard one of her citizens say that m latch string of that town being on the ouU and they had never seen the time there \ 88 not room for one more. ,4 Mrs. Dr. Boozer of Greenwood and A Wess Jennings of McCormick are with tl j(I brother Capt It. W. Liles. Miss Eva Dorn after an extended trip q South Western Georgia has returned. 1(f Dr. L. N. Kennedy one of our kindest i m best citizens took all the young people sie ss riding last week. Many tbanks, Doctor. One of our most prominent citlzebs was t driving his slock last Sabbath morning t o'clock In the sleet and snow. "He car _ for hla cattle," for further Information call the proprietor of the Park Hotel. Judge F. A. Cook lost a good horse lasti* arday. One of our young men wrote a note to best girl to escort her 1o the Tempera thinking It was Friday night, when It only Wednesday night he received a k note accepting his kind Invitation but ph it wait until Friday night come. n A goodly number of Bradley friends v shipped In town Sunday. !? Miss Kittle Herinon and Miss Fannie are on the sick list. Two stores were broken Into In McCorm last week we learn that about 876 worth goods were stolen, a week before this d 8 some one broke Into the smoke house of sd Joseph Patterson, four miles from this pi ur and stole 150 pounds of bam and beacon. e- Alr?. Shanks died at her home on us 27 of February. Her remains were burle id Long Cane cemetery, Rev. R. E. Bradley < >r- ducting the funeral service. NIc nry Household IIint?. of To keep oranges aud lemons in ] sd fection, hang them in a wire net i 1,rJ cool and airy place. g" Cut-glass should be washed v id hot suds and a brush to cleanse all n- small divisions of the pattern. j>t- When ink has I een spilt on a ist Pe^ was^ at ont'e witb tepid water i *1- soap, or ammonia, greatly diluted. '?t L I , ve JiUlier put in mean puu> l8* well surrounded with charcoal ' ur keep good for several months. In One of the greatest com be iences a kitchen can have is a 1 table, which when not in use can "g folded up aud fastened against ,? wall. be The [lampwicks should have u? charred part rubbed oft' with a 've kept for that purpose. They sh< ur very seldom be cut. Ip. no Much of the heavy cake "n bread is the result of the oven < 16 being banged in closing. Itshouli of closed as gently as possible. to oKam 1/J Ko bnnf in harl ncj ruiuiucn nuuuiu uo nvpu III WM. , mr While ot her vegetables should be i ai ed on hanging shelves in a cellar ne is cool and dry. Rugs, when in need of shak L should be hung on a liue in the t air and carefully beaten with a wl per bought for the purpose. Silk underwear should be washer tepid water with ammonia, thorouj rinsed and hung up to dry with rly fectly clean clothespins. ,er Crude oil is an excellent polish cleanser for both floors and furnilui at all sorts, except highly finished w )m such as mahogany or bird's maple. ng To sweep carpets thoroughly, wi pint of corn meal slightly with wi ug Sprinkle it over the carpet and sw iur, It lay8 the dust aud is a g ,e(j cleanser. iy? The farther north, the more in ees ous to the human system is the "'8 of coffee. Greenlanders have fouri necessary to prohibit its use by ast young. in- . ? . ayrve Morality of French IiiIimiIn. ole Owing to the enormous moralit, an- newly-born Parisians put out to m ore and owing to the great morality o fants, principally among the labo classes, from diphtheria and mea I . and the high morality of the citi from consumption, the average li average ape of those who die in J " appears to be only twenty-eight y< j! while for the wole of France tlie t age age is forty. Nevertheless the ulation of I'aris increases more iln, more by the incessant immigrate If provincials and foreigners, who n nt, up two-thirds as against one-thir natives. But owing to their f< natality and high morality of the ilies which are not united to thes< > migrants die out in three, four < most Qve generations. apmwnnn'!! t.m u imjjii it uuu w juti u. and 4 Peo" HER PEOPLE - THEIR ACTIVITY - THEIR HfM. ENTERPRISE AND THRIFT. > the * Accident# and AftHa?Hlnationn? Bride* day nnd Bachelor*? Politic* and People ?C'ountlen and ConNtableN-tiantN ly, Is and OrlevanceN ? Governors and tills <ireatne*s ? Royal Reformer* and , oc- (he Rigid Klgliteon?. (ireenwood, S. C? Feb. li, 1KW. fVin We"s Is preparing to begin the intri manufacture of brick. fine The (J" Ml" Company will probably reuue build their ginnery on a much more exten... Rive and Improved plan than the one burned. S' ' One or more brick cottages will be erected at the Orphanage next summer. Onward and ie 01 upward is Superintendent Vhss' motto. tl There Is at least one thins: common with lr of 0Dr Governor and President?both are like m?i ol(* man Collin's sheep. her A.T. Brown, of the firm of Hartzog & a Brown, has removed to Newberry where he | t will continue the livery business. 1 would have It understood, once for all that, in choosing matter, framing sentences | . . and couching paragraphs, I make no attempt nrnr to suit newspaper critics. To please the com- j auo mon people Is the extent of my ability, the 1 ,, end or my ambition. tiiee Correspondents often have to make correc j hrf Hons, sometimes retractions, neither is dls- , nf ? honorable, but both are annoying. I said j last week that Conductor Youngblood broke "cu his arm here on Sunday, it wasoneorms . train men who only suffered a dislocation. that By the accident at the Spartan Mill several , 1 hundred operatives will be out of employment for several weeks yet to come. Among this number there are doubtless many who are bard run and will undergo many privations, but I know that the kind hearted Presk ldent C'apt. John H. Montgomery will notal low any of them to suffer. However it affords a golden opportunity for Hon. Stanyarne Wilson, Editor Oantt and Judge Hill to show, In a tangible way, how much love they have for the "dear factory people." A good bit of trenchant wit, is there In the reported statement of a South Carolina mur rt? derer recently captured in Texaa. He fell Into the clutches of the law In the Lone Star Slate for stealing. He gave It out to his cus- t M. todlans that there was a large reward offered ifter for him in this State, be having killed a man. g In dae time our Stale officials were notified r on and the sheriff of one of the upper countiex f nds went/or him. He readily consented to coine t back without requisition papers, saying he tot- would rather be tried for murder in South s tev. Carolina than for theft in Texan. ( A great many are of the opinion that the r uslc Supreme Court Is going to decide ttie dlspen- j, Re- sary law unconstitutional, but Is giviug the c otel atase time to run off the stock on hand. Hav- t list, log done this it can get out of business on ^ short notice, having no bar fixtures to pack t Due up or dlxpose of. f] tion a great many of our farmers have money c We on deposit in bank, those who haven't will f )en, have do difficulty lu getting an mey neeu. the This entire section was never In better shape <j Hde for making a crop. s *8* Dr. J. B. Hughey has moved Into one of Mr. Giles's houses until he can rebuild. j Irs. When you have an Item of news remember 0 lelr that if iuserted lu the Press and Banner, almost every person in the county will have an c In opportunity of reading It. This paper is paid tl to visit four fifths of the homes in the county (l ind and a larxe per cent of the other fifth borrow < Igh u. <Editor Roweil has been confined to hiB tl out room for several days. it 5 Associate Editor Thompson has moved Into c etb the Cheatbam bouse In old Greenwood. M Ion For several year6 the cotton mills of New England have been unable to compete with a &t- those of the south in the manufacture of sta- [, pie goods. It Is now thought that the still his further advantage given the southern mills by p nee the passage of the Wilson bill in its present a was shape, will force all manufacturers of cotton ^ ind goods into the south. A great many seem to sasa think that our adverse l^islation, and war ? against corporations and capital, puts 8outh u ?or- Carolina in bad shape to bid for any of tbem. ? As an offset to this we can offer unparalelied a Jay advantages, in the way of water powers, of ^ which no Slate In the south has an equal. So dek that it is quite probable that our State will f ' of continue In the lead in tbis important Indus- t try until all of her most important water , Mr. powers shall have been developed. |( ace, We can now speak definitely about the po- g pulatlon of our town. The census, shows a c the considerable increase over the most extrava- c d in KBUt guessur. That it was correctly taken , son- needs no verification. The name of Mr. S. G. k. Malor as enoumerator Is sufflclclent proof. c Mr. J. T. Harris Is doubling the capacity , of his hotel by his Litbia Spring near Water- t loo. Wben finished be can accommodate c several nunarea guesui, uie mcreiumig yw^u- . larity ol his spring made the extension necesPer" ?ury. Greenwood has a spring if she only t 111 a bad a Harris to develop it and bring it into ( repute. . Granting that the N'ew County question is ri?h a properoue to Inject into state politics, the . .. plying of it to the gubernatorial candidates { lue at Abbeville is nothing if not farcical. Every- ( body knows where Mr. Evans "is at" and If every other candidate was there too he would f Car still be the choice of the Court House lawyers. aud politicians and new county opponents and , very likely through their influence the choice j of a selected delegation. _ . Mr. M. B. McGee, of Greenville, has been on , ana a visit to his daughter Mrs. J. W.Sproles. I Will Miss Maggie Williams is off to Anderson , where she will take part in the approaching ( carnival. ( Ten. Mr. Tul Ellis, the handsomest bachelor In | a Due West?the Adonis of Chickasaw was in naP town last week. ( be Mr. E. A. Reynolds has awarded the contlie Lract for building his residence to Cook & ( Greene. Mr. Thos. R. Riley is at home ior a few .. days. i',e The formation of new and consequently rajr, smaller counties, seems to be growing )llld throughout the State. There Is no question about our large count les heing a great barter to our material progiess and general prosper. Ity. The advantages of smaller counties are fO manj', so great and yet so common thai loor any school boy can easily comprehend them. i |H> if the question of a division was left to the people it would pass overwhelmingly. In fact Its only opposition would be from the few around the old Court Houses which opposlpels tlon would spring from purely selfish motives . ' but being perfectly natural would be admissli I ^:e. that Besides, when a community er a society ol Individuals, desire '.3 separate and establish themselves into a new compact, in conforming 'y 1? the law, and to remain a part of the iinT,'. whole it should be allowed, without any at1. " tempt to coercion whatever may be their motup lives. In the matter of establishing new eounnes It. is simply a question or States rights locali in ized. And Abbeville, the birthplace of secesrlilv slon should be the last place in the State to > " rrake objection. The establishment of a per- Court Houso at any particular place is another and very different question, one Jthat should he decided by the people within the and proposed territory after the metes and bounds f have been established. : One of our erstwhile antl's has Just finished oon, paying his taxes. He says he has not paid It eye nil at once, nor belore the time expired since Radicals, by the kindness of Treasurer Blake, he is able to preserve his reeord even in these it ? record creaking time. a Mr. J. H. O'Neall and wife, of Greenville, iter, are visiting his father's family. een. Mr. Statelier Is erecting two cottages on his mnil vacant lots on New Street. > Conductors Armstrong and McManus and engineers Manning and Morris with their . crews lie over here every night and Sunday, juri- They are all flue men and we would be dense lighted to have them as citizens, but under j :t the circumstances Mr. Major could not enurn1 , erat# them as such. the Maj. S. P. Biooks, of Greenville, Is looking after ills Interests here. Drs. Neal and Cobb performed an operation on a little son of Mr. Wlster Golden last Thursday?they taklug out the necrosed bone In one leg caused by a bruise received v 0f sometime ago. The little fellow is doing very ' , well. u ses Mrs. Carrie McGee and children are off on a f ill- visit to relatives in Columbia and Darlington, iritiir M,siS Winstock, of Charleston, is . " visiting her sister Mrs. A. Rosenberg. sies, I'he cotton season being over Mr. W. A. zens Riley has returned home from Raleigh where fe or ',e *"18 been engaged the past season by a j . large cotton firm. A very flattering re|x>rt a'from his employers preceeded him which was Pftl'S, very gratityinir, though not surprising to his iver- All know Mr. Riley to be an honorable, manly young man, Incapable of doii g a pop- small thing. Yor all sucb there Is always and room at tlie top, where by his assldnity, in31, nf flexible will and indomitable perseverance, . we expect to see him In this the coming buslnake ness of the south. d of For reasons somewhat personal the time jpi.ip was when I would have been pleased to'see _ Treasurer Blake defeated by some other uood lam- man. Now that the Reiormers have it exciui im- slvely their own way, I will be equally well )r pleaded to see them elevate him to a position of honor and emolument equal to his aspirations and merit. Although the pin-feat hers of a Court House follticlan are sometimes p| visible be Is far, very far from a full fledged J demagogue. He Is or, aud from among the "i people and kuown wbat they need, ana we believe would labor honestly for their ame- U lioratlon without the hope of reward. He Is a staunch Reformer, whose publioand private record Is above reproach. I have long since pardoned him for Issuing a poll tax execution Against me. Miss Allle Ellis, of Hodges, Is visiting the T( MIrsps Martin. GovernorTlilman's constables might have learned before now, that the tiger* do not receive their whiskey by express. They can't afford to pay the express on such large quantities. Nor do they receive It through the freight office at the point of distribution. private parlies ami Is often strictly for medicinal purposes. I have heard a great many dispensary paIrons com plaining about the whiskey's from yV there being too strong. This Is no doubt because It has not been watered. Whiskey that hasn't had water Is crazed by thirst and don't know any better than to burn you. Attorney General Olney decided sometime ago that lbs stiver certificates were not legal ? tender, but like the Income tax, It affected 1 rne so little that I really forgot to make a be note of It. geg Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Dean celebrated their h Lin wedding Saturday evening. Da What, with a State constable, and a salva- tut tlon army preacher on our streets every day flC( the tiger stands no show, hardly. . After a visit of a few days to her daughter tnt Mr. W. H Mars, Mrs. W. J2. Barmore has re- tur turned to her home at Donalds. Drc At the request ot a number of citizens the Seaboard Air Line bad excursion tickets on ma mle for Mr. Pearson's meetings, inclusive of pre Junday. As Sunday trains, especially excursions even for religious services, Is, in the . minds of many good people, attended by aw nore evil than good, It Is perhaps well that ter ilrcumstances made it necessary for Mr. Pear- gw, aon to dispense with his Sanday morning lervlces. eDt Jerome informs me that his mantle of Au jacberlorhood fell on Billy Anderson to 7 vhom I can go in future for Society news, ["banks, awfully. rea Mr. E. K. Snead of Kirkseys was in town tba >n business Friday. p0. We were delighted to see the happy face of Hr. John W. Pratt of Due West on our streets 11 &8t w6ck? cba Acting, presumably on the advice of editor 3anu In his open letter to blm, our governor mggests that each county elect one member P<>' if an executive committee whose doty It Eqi hall be to bring order out of reform chaos. T We notice that the papers are again dlcus idk ine airociuua uveutt ui uiuuujr cm tuu- >? llngham. I am waiting expectanly for some Frt if them to discover tbat be was an antl and B he founder oi conservatism. "ol Col. Gantt and Judge Hill of Spartanburg T! pent a abort while in town Friday enroute to poii Georgia. On being assured tbat tbey were M int going to be at Abbeville to assist in the Svans boom we allowed them to proceed an- A. < nolested. Editor Gantt is a bustler?a writer q u a storm and whatever else may be said of r ils paper for general State and county news Jan he Piedmont Headlight is the best weekly C< iews paper In the State. Col. Gantt was du, harmed by what he saw ot our town and n >romlsesan editorial visit at an early day. ^ Rev. Sum Jones has promised our Metho- J. & 1st friends to give them a lecture iu the early r> prlng. . Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Chiles and little Jno 'ommle? the finest one year old boy in the L< ountry-^-of Bradleys were in towiuSaturday. N I Tbe Greenwood Coal Company has in- ' reased its capital and will carry a stock of Si umber and builders supplies. It will be W. nown as the Greenwood Coal and Lumber ^ 'ompany. Mr. Ward has moved into the Merrlman cot- Wa age. It Mr. Robert Bullock has our thank for a w , hofa*selection of scions from his orchard * rblch grows so much luscious fruit. C< Mr. Ben Harvley, of Street, one of the Press R. c nd Banner's wtaunchestEdgefield friends was A, a town Saturday. Master T. J. Crymes. Jr., was on tbe streets ler, "rlday evening, in charge of bis nurse. In bout fifteen years he will be as tall and r ? landsome as the old gentleman. 1 Mr. C. M. Calhoun received Intelligence L< laturday tbat lils son Mr. R. A Calhoun of din ihrevesport, La., was confined to his room ' rorn a flesh wound in tbe leg caused by tbe 111 ccldental discharge of bis gun while duck Mci lunting. qc Abfi Wise (colored^ was seriously if not . ? atally shot, by two or more parties from am a iush .Saturday night. Right shots were flred, B< hree of which look effect In tils arm, hip and prI( eg. He was returning from his home to the quare and was fired upon Irom behind a T) lus of pines near the G., C. A N. depot. Abe's , iwn record Is not at all savory but the das- 3 ardly attempt the assassinate him Is deplorid and condemned by all good citizens. His issassins are suoposed to be those engaged in be nefarious tiger business. He has been tiding constable Rankin in the proseoutlon >1 his work. All the parties to tne unlorturnte affair are colored. A firm, with capital and experience has >ought the plant of McCllntook, Reynolds & AB Jo. and will convert It Into a coffin and fumi HI urelactory. Ill And now that the Prosperity Press and lie- U1 Jorter has been subsidized by the enemies of eform. Another and truer paper Is to.be started at the same place. Mr. Hagh Wilson, Sr. was on our streets SiUurdny, although ripe In years be enjoyed excellent health, and moves along with a tnd steady step without the aid of a stick. ~ Few men of his age are as well preserved. 11 The gentleman from Aiken, Mr. Evans, is l| evidently a John on a reform boat, every re- I. (ormer in this, Laureus and Spartanburg I / jountles with whom I have talked ?and v they are many?are opposed to him for governor. Many of them are likewise opposed to an early convention but will support Till- i] man for anything he wants?In the language )J ivir. DBHKIlJ&i. XI lb iOLI 11 1 u IUO outiD bucj will order it?even for a tbird term bat will draw the line on bis Lieutenant, if it be tbe Hon. John U. Evans. They have Riven the lawyers enough they Hay, especially the Oary family, and want an unadulterated Alllanceman?a chemically pure farmer for governor next and are going 1? to have blm. Hi Upon tbe whole all things, except the court house bosses, point unmistakably to tbe probability that, when the convention convenes in Columbia, by whomsoever called, the gentleman from Aiken and other aspiring politicians will be related to the rear. If the dispensary law is constitutional the He- on formers agree that any one of a dozens farmers? alllaceman?lu their ranks will have the backbone to enforce It, bence It is no ar- t gument in favor of Mr, Evans to say that he IT] alone can enforce it, because he has received ill his training at the feet of the dispensary Gamaliel. But In it all there Is 110 special cause for rejoicing among conservatives. p S* LO m & It is all very well to tell me that a ~~ young man has distinguished himself by a brilliant first speech. He may go on, or he may be satisfied with his first triumph: but show me a young man who has T not succeeded at first, and nevertheless has gone on, and I will back that young man to do better than most of fp those who have succeeded at the first ,f trial. V ,av A Molher'M Practicing. A young man, who was being examined preparatory to uniting with the era Church, was asked, "Under whose tor preaching were you converted?" "Under nobody's preaching," was his um reply ; "I was converted under my ?Dl mother's practicing." What a tribute t?g of a consecrated motherhood was that wii young man's answer ! How very near to Christ must that mother have ^ lived! bei _ th< It is a waste of time and money to try and grow profitable crops upon low, wet ground. The best thing c| that you can do, if you have such a piece, is to invest a little of your su-j plus in draiuing it. Probably it is \ rich, and the extra crops that it will f produce will soou repay you for the! outlay. Fresh eggs are heavier than the old I ones. Therefore, when put in water , the older ones will float higher. j ji Never have high roosts for heavy ^de fowels. It is the comfort of the foweislK" first, other considerations afterward, j J When frost glitters in the stable th jcrows wil!|be poor before the summer > time. i IOARD OF 1SK 4 t ) CANVASS THE RETURNS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY OP ABBEVILLE COUNTY. Tio They Are and What is Expected of Them. 'be returns of the various Township* will forwarded to the Township Board of As sore by or before Maroh 6th; tbey will then ve until Maroh 12th for examining the re ns. Try and forward the retarns to this of* ) by the 12th or 13th of March. It is clearly s duty of this Board to scrutinize each ren carefully and to see that each Item of >perty listed thereon is assessed at lta true rket value. There is no rule to return iperty at 66% per cent, of Its actual value, lere parties are suspected of having credits >ve tbeir indebtedness or any other cbaraoof property that does not appear on their >rn return, It Is the dnty of the Board to er such property or report the esse to the ! dltor for investigation. bis is also the year for the re-assessment of 1 estate. I hope the Board will, see to U ,t land is assessed at. its true market valne. example, as it wonld sell at Master's sale, i every Instance where there ia a material ;nge in the return of an indlyldnal be anre 1 notify tbe party, so that be may have the rer to appeal to tbe County Board of oauzauon. be County Board or Equalization will bol4 annaal meeting In tbe Auditor's office, day, March 16th. The work of the Coanty trd may require more than a day. be following freeholder* are hereby ap? ted Boards of tbe various Townships: inety-Slx-J. P. Phillips, J. W. Fonche, J. Dalhoun. ...>? reenwood?C. A. C. Waller, W. H. Mays, aes F. Coleman. , ' jfeesbury?T. J. Ellis, Q. B. Riley, W. R in. onalds?E. L. Waldrop, W. J. Donnald, B. lartin, t.> ue West-J. E. Todd, M. B. Cilnkscales, >. T. Bryant. sng Cane?A. F. Calvert, W. A. Stevenson Mcllwaln. nltbville? N. Anderson, Jr., J. L. White, W. Purdy. rhite Pall?A. J. Pounds, D. W.Jay, J. L. rd, Sr. idlan Hill?J. L. Russell, J. C. Kennedy,!R Crawford. idar Springs?A. K. Watson, John Lyon, >. Hunter. , . _ bbevllle?James McMillan , Jones F. Mil P. A. Cheatham, >i lamond Hill?S. B. Knox, A. F.CarwIle, J. "rlbble. jwndesvllle?I. H. McCalla, L. C. Maul, Dr. A. J. flpeer. agnolla?B. A. Boyd, J. S. Norwood, C. O. Ulster. ilbouns Mills?W. L. Millar, S.S. Mc Bride, [. Morreh. jrdeaux?G.8.Cade, W. H. Brltt, T.J. se. ae various Boards will meet and organise jlectlug a chairman and notify this office. W. W. BRADLEY, Auditor A. C. in. 10,18M,tf / nnn TO BE GIVEN AWAY AT THE .;t> ill tW" > imiT nnirri nmann Ill M Sill i order to advertise and bring before tbe public the stook of goods at the , CITY DRUG STORE. ACH PURCHASER WILL BE entitled to choose a present worth 20 CENTS n!- " eacn aoiian wortn 01 goooai purcoueu to Dnu Store Deprtaetrt m this day until this notice Is withdrawn. 'RICES guaranteed to be as LOW aa tbe WEST, and all goods aa represented. larch 8,1898, tf Registration STOTICE. HE BOOKS OF REGISTRATION will b? opened In my office on Law Range, aa the f direct* on tbe First Monday in Eaoh Month, til first Monday in July, 1904, wben the law lUires them closed until after tbe next genii election. Tbla is for tbe purpose of regla* log all persons who have beoome of age. or titled to register since last election; to nsfer persons from this to another oounty; d from one township to another, or flroim e residence to another. All this most be ae before or on tbe first Monday in July, 1. Lost certificates may be renewed to lb in 30 days of the election, and those who :ome of age between 1st July and theeleon, may register at any time before election, 'hose who Refused or Neglected to Register Tore tbe last election, cannot register until ! law Is changed. J. D. CAR WILE, supervisor of Registration for Abbeville unty. [Deo. 6,1893, tf N. R. WELSH, Stone Cutter and Quarryman, Quarry P. 0., S. C. 4 prepared to fill all kinds of orders on short notice for first class granite of every scription, either rough or dressed. All mite delivered on board cars. ?rices given on application. Work gnaran ed to be satisfactory. [Oct. 36,1888,12m *. V. P.?Southland Veterinary Powder ean bought only at HavrUon A Game'*.