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r The Press and Banner.j BY HUGH WILSON. Wednesday. March 28, 1894. j . I'.HMfr Election*?Trinity. Abbeville. J Wardens?Wm. H. Parker. B. S. Barnwell. Vestrymen?W. A. I.ee. J. Townes Robertpou, VV. C. AlcUowan, John s. Norwood, R. W. I'mDon. Delegates to Convention? Wm. II. Parker, II S. Barn welt. \V. C. Mcliowan, Aug. W. Hmith. P Delegate lo Convocation?Win. H.Parker. J. Tovvnes Robertson. ? < ?" ! Alliance Meeting The regular quarterly meeting o1-the Conn- < tv Alliance will be held at Abbeville, on Wednesday lltli ApriU beginning at Hh'W < o'clock A. M. Secretaries will report prompt- j ly beforehand. All members of the Alliance tiro Invited to attend. R. Ii. Cox. \ Secretary. Dental Nnrceon. l)r. S. F. KllllngBworth has opened his office i in the brick building next lo the New Hotel, s where he will be glad to serve the public. j < He brings with biro the liieh??Rr r acorn- i inundation from Dr. John S. Thomson, tor- ) inerly of tbi* place. but now n Professor in 1 Jinntal college of Atlanta. A. B. I*. Church IHwlnry, I Pastor?Rev. F Y. PresRly. J Service every Sabbath at 11.30 a. m. and "..10 i p. in. Prayer mc^tlne Wedne>da,v night. i sabbath School 10.80 a. in. Fnperlutendent, I C. I). Haddon. i All persons are cordially invited to attend 1 Treasurer John R. Blake will make a ' public addrt-ss before the Alliance at Pickens I on Wednesday. April 4. On theoth he will I xpaak at Waliialla, and at Anderson on tne < Cth. Tiik demand for houses is still far in excefis j of the supply. MaDy citizens own lots suitable for bulling, and the rents are high enough lOIUHKeai) llivoauucui/ iuai>iiii>u i.wum. liable. Mr. Williams Black, of Antrevllie. is now very low, suffering from a fatal disease. H? in Si yearn of age. McDill <fc Tolly will open their furniture store next week, and they want yon to examine their goods, Mrs. S. L. Blake, mother of our County Treasurer, arrived in town last Monday. Give your orders for doors, sash and blinds to J. H. Latimer. The extra Court is advertised by Clerk Bullock. Jcdoe Beset is at home. CONTRIBUTED LOCALS. Abbeville, 8. C., March 23,1S94. The cold wave has reached Abbeville. On yesterday morning the mereuly stood at 2u, being 12 degrees below freezing. Ice an inch thick. On last Thursday Mac Henry accldentally shot himself through the left foot with bis parlor rifle Inflicting a painful, but not serloaB wound.' Dr. H*rrl?on rendered prompt and efficient service and Mac is now doing well. On the same afternoon Master Samuel Benet was accidentally shot through the baud wltn a pistol. Dr. Meuner was caijea and dressed tbe wound, and Samuel Is now dome well. Mr. Waldo Marshall while working at the railroad shops had his left band severely 1 mashed and several hones broken. He now < carries bis haud in a sling, and although a , painful wonnd be is doing well. Mr. Calhoun Maraball alter spending a few * days In Abbeville left last Saturday lor Co.- 1 uiubia bis place of business. , Our Graded School gave holiday on Good Friday. , Mrs. James Taggart is daily receiving her 1 lock of millinery which embraces ail tue novelties and latest designs of tbe spring sea- ] son. Mrs. Tagxart will also carry ou her maQlua making business, and will have a full force of ladles in each department. Mrs. Taggart Is too well known as a lady of lusit to ueed any praise from us. Her rooms are over Mr. Coleman's store, entrance from Inside of store. ' i waair P \I Hurlilnn Ho. hurl their grand opening and such h display of beautiful goods was never seen iu Aboeville. Tbey have an unusually large and attractive stock this season-and dely all competition. All liiey a kit U a look. Mr. James A. Bowie once so lavorably Known in ibis line to the Abbeville ladles \h now wltb this Arm where he will be glad to serve his friends. Mr. Bowie Ik the right man in the right place. Always at bonte behind the counter. He Is affable and polite and will win mends wherever be may be. Dr. Sam Visanska after a short visit home returned to Charleston yesterday to aocept a situation In the city hospital. Mr. W. R. Bullock Ik now moving Into bis beautiful cottage on Secession HM. Rev. F. Y. Fres-lv and foully are now moving to Due West. We regrtt to louse them from our community. Mr. Prestdy will preach here as usual until flintier notice. Birth at Abbeville, Sunday, March 23, 18JM, to Mrs. H. I). Reese, a danghter. Mr. Frank Hhlillto Is spending a while with relatives In Abbeville. Mesare. G uiasrher Bios, made an ?xcelient picture or the Methodist church as attired In her Faster decorations. Rev. s. L. Wilson preached in the Presbyterian cburcb laat Sunday night. In tbe>absence of their pastor who is visiting his brother in Florida. Mias Ida Held, of Baltimore, has charge ot R. M. Haddon & Co.'s mantua making department, and Is prepated to execute all work entrusted to her with neatness and dispatch. Mrs. J. K. Mlllford, after a oleasant visit to ber lormer home in Kdgetield, returned bome yesterday afternoon, uud with tier Mist* Luia Barnes, her sifter, who will >pend a while In Abbeville, Judge Benet is In town for a few days, and *&ys be. with his latnily. will soon move to Charleston wlieie tbey will make their future home. Straw hats and linen dusters are not yet in style. Overcoats add fells are still more comfortable. Remember the Easter Feg hunt at Klugh's park at 4 o'clock Ibis aliernoou. 1 m m m ? . - . HAPPY CORONACA, Delighted People?SiioeenHful Entertainment. Coronacn.8. C.. March 26. ISM, Bravo! bravo! splendid micwss! Every body deiigbttd with the performances imd 1he performers more than pif-aneci with the receipt*. We netted ? our si-1)ik>i entertainment about SltUW, Mr. K llt'triilicr | acinic oft' all expenses which amounted ioa?>oijt 51500. The weather was beautiful ami wiib few ex captions our whole cirutiunlty turned out and bad a good time generally. And tben oar g< od lrienda aod eiehhor* from NinetySix and Cokenhury patr<mixed and helped us oot wonderfully?for which we thank them most heartily?Especially do we to* 1 grateful to Ninety-Six. who came up nearly :10 strong aod we bespeak for tbt-m h good attendance at their play, irom thU community on next Friday night. We were M?<ry that you ooold not oe wnn us, nir. r.unor, una nope you will not Oil I to Iw at nor next. A lew more auch efforts (rlends nnd n<-lghl>orM aud we wilt make oar school and propui ly aetond to none In the county. Mr. D. Foosbe move# from bin River plantation Into bla new bonae at this place thia week, and we take tbla occasion to extend to Mmself and family a warm welcome Into our tnldat. Tbe weatber la growing very much cooler at tbla writing and we fear tbe Trull crop Ik id gieat danger of belDg killed. Progress. Haddon'n spring opening last Thursday, Friday and Haturdi?y was the center of attraction. The weatber was all that could bedesired. Tbelr store was beautltully decorated and crowaB of ladles thronged tbeir place of business. Their sales were the greatest ever made on opening days, which Indicates that they have not made a great mistake In brlging out tbe largest stock they bave ever shown. The first snap of tbe aeason, 19 piece" habutai or wash ?llk for waists in all the latest colors. The seoond snap of the season, 2.200 yards calcutta cloib, 80 inches wide, beautiful pat, terns only Scents. A big drive on one-half wool challies only J5 cents. We are still selling a line of staple glng' bams 6 and one-fourth cents. They are fast colors and good styles. Oo to 8mtth fc Son for straw hats. Tbey have opened a splendid line cheap and attractive. W. Joel smith <fc Sons bave taken tbe lead this season in gent's neon-wear, col d dress shirts Ac. Have you seen those pretty scarfs, fonr-ln hand ties?white and col'd. Bows at W. Joel Smitb & Sons. W. Joel Smith & Son have a beautiful line of samples and ordering more clothlDg than ever before. They sell lay lor made garments very cheap. Satisfaction guaranteed. A splendid assortment of crent's nun nm hrellas, Ratteen, gloria and silk, from 75c to 2.68 for easb at Smith & Son. If you waut a dainty, try walnut and flg buttercups at Smith <fc Sons. They are olcf. AT MIDNIGHT'S HOLY HOOR.i I DENNIS HUTCHISON TAKEN OUT OF BED AND CLUBBED TO DEATH. The Slate Knows Xo Distinction nntli Protect* Alike the Homes of the Kieh Riid I lie Poor. * Dennis Hutchison, colored, was killed In this county on the niirtit of (he 17th or March, I HI) I. J. H. Cllnkscales, trial Justice, acting Coroner, organized a jury of inquest on the 18th of M'irch, as follows : L. E. Bryant, foreman. John R. MorriRon, W. M. Bell, John Fisher, H. M. Fisher. E. Baskin, Luther Maddox, Pink Madden, Joe Bell, T. H. Taylor, Wash Owens, Henry Robinson. At the inquest Peter Rickets, being sworn, , said: . Co (lie night of tlie 171b of March, Ham Ashley, Henry Ashley and Rich McClain orne to my house about one o'clock. Dennis Hutchison was also there. He came about dark, and was staying all night. These parties came and hallowed "hello." My sister Rmily opened the door, and they came in. 1'hey said tney had a warrant from Governor f rillmau for sister lor living In adultery with . Dennis Hutchison. They called Dennis I Hutchison and told him to get up, and he got jp and put on his shoes. They dared him lo run, and to<d if lie run they would shoot him. E tatii Ashley. Henry Ashley, and Rich Mc- * Jlane, all three, had pistols. They took Den- , lis arc! went ou out with him. About sun up ' [ found Dennis Hutchison dead. Kmlly Rickets,sworn, said: Rich McOlaln, Henry Ashley, Sam Ashley, , 'am Bigby ami one other man come to onr , louse at one o'clock. They called me up, and ?tid they bad a warrant lor me and Denuis Hutotilsoii for living in adultery. They took neund Dennis off with them. They took me fi ibouta quarter of a mile, and told me logo jack. They Imd Dennis Med and put him on . ? mule, anil took iiirn oil'. They told Dennis Hutchison that they were going to kill hirn liter ihoy bad turned me looso. I heard licks. They all hud sticks. They told Dennis before :hey turneu me loose, that they were golm; to <111 htm. Donnis made no resistance, but put >n his clothes and went out wltn them. Sam Ashley, Henry Ashley, and Kich McClane all lad pisto's drawn in the house, ana told him if he run they would kill biin. They struck matches to make a light so they could see. Kra-.k Hickels, sworn, said : Kich AlcClane, Sam Ashley, and Henry Ashley come to our bouse about one o'clock. They said they had a warrant from Governor rillman to arrest Dennis Hucblson and my mother Kmlly Itlckets for living in ndultey. riiey sturuck some matches and I saw them lood. They made me and Dennis set up and put on our clothes. I saw Sam Ashley stick i pistol In Dennis' faco, and dared him to L-heap. They went off In the direction ol where the dead body was found. They said In the house they intended to kill him, 11 he started to run. Dr. John A. Robinson, sworn, made affidavit: . I find that Dennis Hutchison, colored, had been beaten, evidently with a club or stick, very severely on the hip and thigh. He also tins a cut on the side of the face, near tbe mter corner of t be right eye, with a cut also n the right side of tbe upper lip. Both wounds of the face were evidently made with i stick. 1 also find tbe neck broken, which t must have been done; wilh a club, an there are do marks of a rope on bis neck. Death was :aused by the dislocation of the neck. A BAIL GKANTED. Ik tic Thousand Dollar Bond from Each, One day Inst week the parties charged with the murder were brought before Judge M?iowan, and ball was admitted to each in the mm of one thousand dollars. Samuel Bigby?Sureties: Joshua \V. Ashey. Joe Bigby. , R. H. T. Ctane?Sureties: J. T. Ashley, J. O. SlcClane. W. U. Astiley?Sureties : Joshua \V. Ashey, I. N. Ashiey. sauiutjl r.lgby?Sureties: Joshua W. Ashey, A. L. Bigby. MUCH BOEING, Welcome Until* ? Dramatic Performance? Ea*tcr?Troop* ol" FrlendN. Ninety-Six, S. C.. March '26, 1694 The welcome rain has come at last aud our 'armors are smiling. They are generally up vlth thetr work and ready to put the seeds in he ground. Everybody Is expected out next Friday light. The Ninety-Stx Dramatic Club will ender trie famous play "The Deacon." Come tut and see it. The proceeds are tor the beuelt of our school building. Mrs. John Utsey left last Tuesday for a ibort visit to irlends at St. George's. Our churches were beautifully decorated yesterday. Easier eggs and flowers were in * tbundance. , Tbe Rev. F. O.S. Curtis occupied his pulpit : ir usual al the Baptist church yesterday. Fiautlng corn will commence In earnest as soon as the ground Is sufficiently dry. The .. Planters are using more fertilizers on their :orn crops this year ihao ever bn.ore. Mrs. l'ercy Luroly, of CorouacH, was in t own shopping last Salurduy. The merchauts ou North Cambridge street f ire palntlmr up tbe front* of their Mores, and fVlderraan Fuller has set out a uumber of r shade trees. *; Our town Is on a boom, more business and mprovement than tor years. Nluety-SIx Is lesttued to be the Court House town ot the " jestconnty in the State. Col. J. B. E. Sloan, of Charleston, spent * ieverui days in town the past week. Mrs. G. F. Towns, of near Alt. Moriah, was n town Saturday visiting her sister Mrs. O. > M. Anderson. Two of our females, colored inhabitants, . were before Trial Justice McCaslan this morning for fighting. The Cokesbury nine played the Ninety-Six nine at tbis place on last Friday evening. Jur boys oauie off victorious. Miss Kate Hoiloway, of Lota, worshipped it tbe Baptist churob last Sunday. Lewis LlDscomb, colored, died here yester- s Jay at the advanced age of ninety years. He r has always been faithful at every calling of * life. > The ordinance of Baptism was administer- k ed at the Baptist church last Sunday nlgbt. t Hou. John T. Duncan, of Newberry, was in f town last week ou business. ' Mr. James Rogers has purchased a hand- 1 some Jersey heifer from Mr. J. D. Watson. It t is exceptionally tine. i Mr. K. N. Stuart bored three wells in three < days and travelled several miles each day 1 with an ox team. This beats the record. t East End. _ m ^ ^ < JONES TOPICS, ! I \ Hood Brldjce?Earley Nprinir?The Mick?Literary Debate? Marriage. Jones, S. C., March 24.1894. ' The brldae across .Saluda at Maudox'smill has been completed. The ex pen f<e or keeping i up a bridge at that pluce Ims been for several >ears heavy on the two counties, but as this one Is covered we Dope to have a good bridge lor some time without lurtner expense. We have always believed that It is cheaper for counties to build the best bridges. Kasor's bridge at this place was built, we believe, in lSTti, eighteen years ago, and it Is still a good bridge. We think other commissioners could prottt by Ihe example of Abbeville and Laurens iu a more economic plan of bridge building. Tue early spring Is a common talk, audit is said by everi body that it has been several yeareslnce we had so early a spring. Gardening Is going on in good earnest and farmers are thinking of planting. Dr. VVm. T.flones speut one night in town this week. Dr. J. U. Smith of Laurens stopped here on his return from a visit to his sick uncle and aunt, Captain G. W. Jones and his wile, of Cokesbury, who have been very sick lor sometime. Doctor Smith is the same Jovial gentleman and his visits are always pleasaut to his friends here. Quite a number of Laurens wagons have been busy this week hauling guano lrom the railroad. The Phllologlan Literary Society had a very interesting debate last Monday night on the subject; Kesolved that Nathaniel Bacon was a patriot. Alter a lengthy discussion it was decided in lavor of the negative. Miss Maggie Culbertson and Mr. Walter Hill were uuited In the bonds of holy matrimony March 15, 1S91, by ttev. Jodie Martin. Pompey. Applicant!* for .School CommiMKiuner. The Abbeville delegation will meet tomorrow to recommend a successor lor Capt. E.' Cowan, as School Commissioner. The follow- i ing are the applicants : Dr. E. H. Edwards?Due West. G W. Collins?Greenwood. W. T. Mtllord?Antervllle. W. A. Lanier?Monterey. J. F. Hammond?Abbeville. W. P. Wldeman?Troy. J. W, Gaines?Bradley. W. P. McKellar?Greenwood. Kev. A. L. Patterson?Mt. Carine!. H. O. Pyles?Greenwood. MaJ. J, L. White?Verdery. T, O. Kirkpatrlck?Donalds. Senator Hemphill says this Is a moat excellent list of applicants, hut if he has Ills way, he will give the office to a vomau. Whatever doubt exists about the right to vote, there Is no disputing the fact that there are many women In this county who could fill the office of school commissioner acceptably to the public and advantageously to the schools. GREENWOOD'S DOINGS, .1 Coiuniu uf }|??r MovfinfiitK-Ho People IIcr I>rosr("i<i - CAtlon Ktil Coining- to .Mnrkol. lireenwooa, N. u., .>iarcu iv, io-ji. Several large lets of cotton were sold I Greenwood last, week, and the streets ar lined with the fleecy staple yet unsold. Greenwood has a flourishing lodge of th Knights of Pythias. A. lodge of the A. F. M will he organized here soon. Tne Greenwood Oil Mill and Ginnery Com pany will begin the rebuilding of their gin nery In a short time. The order for the gin Imve already been sent, forward. The Mnn jer System has been selected. By t.hlR sy* tern the cotton Is not touched after It enter ihe ginnery till it is ready for ties to be plncei J pot) it. We notice Dr. Ilughey's now dwelling ivhich Is being erected where the old one wni turned, will soon beeompleted. Mr. Sproles, Greenwood's popular corres jondent tor the Press and Banner, was absen rom the city last week. We did nut get many society notes thli ^eek as we failed to see Mr, Jewett MeKella ffho is always posted on such matters. Tne Greenwood Cotton Mill, alter having >een closed down over a week while ?om< tnpruvements were being made resumed op iratlons lust Wednesday afternoon. The im )l uvriiicu id jcici i cu iu mc 11. 0 pm^iuc tit u i new boiler and the overhauling of the en :iue. The machinery now runs much mon ivenly and at leiist two tons of coal perdaj ess are required. The President, Mr. Durst ?ys the savlngofcoal aione will pay for them mprovemeuts Iu six months. The farmers in this section cf country hav< ieen ciulte busy the past week preparing ,heir lands for making another big crop o lOtton. They seem to think that the cheapei :otton is the more of it they should plant. Miss F. Estelle Knight, after u session o otue four mouths, closed her school at Pert rillea few days ago, and bus returned to hei iome at Fountain Inn, S. C. Prof. Lind-ay,of Coronaca, informs us thai here Is to be an entertainment next Frldaj light, Sid lust., at the Academy, The audi ince will be highly enlerlained by the Coro laca Amateur Dramatic Club. Hefreshmenti vi 11 be served and the proceeds of the eve Hng will be used to improve the school build labile In Coronaca yesterday we not!ce< hat the handsome new dwellings ot Mr. .) >. Fooshe and Mr. Hayne Hendersou wll oon be ready for occupnucy. Mr. Alex. Turner, who lives near Urcen vood, is remodeling his dwelling. Mrs. Itartow Henry, of Augusta, Ga., ii dkitlDg her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H, Bui o<k. Judge Simon ton's recent decision concern ng the payment of taxes by the railroads o his State seems to have been somewhat j iumrlse to both factious of the State derno iratlc party. So far as is definitely learned no one hai ret been appointed postmaster at Greenwooc o succeed the present incumbent, Mr. Rober L'olberi, whose com mission expires next Oc ,ober. Mr. T. C. Seal of Abbeville recently vlsitet lis brother, Mr. J. N. Seal, near New Market Mrs. John McCree, of Dadesville, Ala, hai eceutly visited relatives in the neighbor iood of Greenwood. Dr. Crymts leaves to-day for Baltimore t< >e absent only a few days. So far tho iruit crop in this section is safe ndications are that there will be a heuv; :rop this year. Grain never looked finer in all parts of th< country at this time of the year. Tne reading public and everybody else I jlad to learn that the w&r in Brazil Is over. The Greenwood Library is, as it should be veil patronized. Mr. W. A. Collins of Coronaca passe< ,hrough the city last Wednesday on the wa; ,o Alabama where he will remain severa weeks. Tbe annex to Harris's Hotel near Waterloo i. C., which was blown down some ten day igo, is being rebuilt. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moore of NlnefySI: cvere in the city a Jew days ago visiting th amlly of Mr. Hill. Rev. Tranham Miller preached an excellen sermon ai tiarreisonvuie Academy ihbi ?un lay afternoon to a large and appreciative con jailou. The Greenwood Graded school continues t( loutish under the able management of Prol ft. B. Wilson. Mr, J. L. Hughey, a strong advocate of dl .'erslfled larmlne Ik extensively engaged h sheep raising. He Is one anions mauy o( ou iuccessful farmers who raises nearly every thing needed for home consumption. In the death oj School Commissioner Cow in Abbeville County has lost one of her mos worthy and patriotic citizens. Mr. J. W. Davis will leave here in a few lays for Hernando, Fla., where he has se sured work at the phosphate mines near thu )lHce. Mrs. J. B. Taylor will leave Greenwood Ir ew days for Dadesville, Ala., where she wll 'emaln several weeks visiting relatives. Prof. J. 0. Cork, who haslora number o rears successfully taught the Ninety Sl> ilgh School, informs us that he has 99 pupil: ;n rolled. According to a recent statement the cottor mils of South Carollua run more spindlei ban either North Carolina or Georgia. . Miss Bessie Hoi lings worth who is teaching it Trinity Academy in the Buck L,evt> teiebborbood has a flourishing school. Whether President Cleveland will or wil lot veto the selgnorage bill recently passed >y Congress Is likely to remain a quefi on everal days. Mr. George \V. Ouzts of the Santuc neigh lorhoaK iohl two horses last week. Miss Ida McKlnney of his city Is visiting riends and relatives near Phoenix. One night lost week some miscreant cut tc leces a pair of new harness at a party at the esideoceof Mr. Ladd Buchanan. We notice lo the Laureusvlue Herald thai i ten-year old 6on of Mr. J. A, Madden, o: Isdden's, B.C., was killed by lightning one veclug last week while returning home from chool. Mr. Henry W. Wilkinson, after an absence if,several months in Florida, returned home ast Monday. Mrs. J. W. Kelts of Waterloo. S. C., Is vis ting the family of Mr. A. P. Burnett. N. O, l'yles. Coronaea'n Postscript. Coronaca, S. C., March 20. "Out In the Streets" will be played In the chool house next Friday night by the Coro mca Amateur Dramatic Club, and this play vlll he followed by others. Music by the Yaterloo sttrlng band. Refreshments will be erved, and a most pleasant time la anticlpaed. The proceeds of the evening will be ap >ropriated to the improvement of the schoo >uildlng. Prof. W. B. Lindsay, a graduate o Srskme College, is principal of this school ind Is doing a most satisfactory work. Coro jaca is always abreast in educational matter; >f any town ot Its size In South Carolina fler people are social, iudustrious and pro jressive. The streets here are much Improved since i :ouncll has been elected. Rev. A. C. Stepp preached an impressivi ;ermon in the Coronaca Baptist Church las Sunday. Mrs. Lavenla Coleman has recently return ;d from Greenville County where site ha< been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Samue \linew. Mr. Joe Ivlugh has recently Improved hi dwelling. Miss M alone Boyd of this neighborhooi was married a few days ago to Mr. Olive Owens of Laurens county. N. O. Pyles. MATTISON'S MATTERS. AUlRncemcn ?Preachers? Eges ?Sun uny urnuois-rrmj- num?n. Mattlson, S. C., March 24,1S9I. The bright spring-like days have com earlier than usual, and every ono seems bus; preparing lor plauting In the near future. Gardens have been planted In the hope c an early spring, as an early Easter Is followe by warm weather. The pupils of O.ik Grove school had a nic Easter celebration the 25th, in the afternoo at half past three o'clock. Recitations, di? login's and songs, and at the close of (he et tertslnment? they all enjoyed an "Haste Egg" hunt. The eggs were hidden in th shrubbery of Capt. Mattlsou's yard, andsom have not yet been found. The Sabbath-School at this place is well al tended. New song-books will be ordered soo ?"The Perennial Songs" by A. J. Shoualtera nice book suliable for any occasion. Miss Jennie Ervin is quite s!ck al this wtil lng, and Utile Marie Davis has been critical! Ill, bulls improving slowly. Miss Minnie Johnson has been visiting 1 Due West this week. Mr. L. N. Thackston from Simpsonrllli Greenville county, was visiting on the "Pet insular" this week. The bridge at Maddox's mill has been con pleted. Capt, Armstrong was over torecel* it, and looking alter other business for tfc County. Rev. E. W. Mason will preach at Oak Gro\ Saturday evening at seven o'clock. The Alliance will meet Saturday nfternoo at three o'clock, and a Farmers' Club will I organized soon. Mr. J. C. Martin was out lusl week drlvlr his mule. Occasional. liiiiir Tor Governor. In a late issue of the Greenville News " Farmer" nominates Capt.. J. N.King, of A bevllle, for Governor, well, he Is as worth of the high position and would fill it us abl and as satisfactorily as any one of the oth< men now aspiring to It. lie is a reformer < the Reform party, and having been atnot the first representatives of the mostardei Tillman stripe, from Abbeville county. * Farmer" thinks ho could enlighten the pc pie upon the new Columbia ring rule. Con forward Mr. King and contribute yoursha to the general education of the people upc 1 the luward workings of the Reform party. I L nlon Times. ! JUDGE BENET, IN OPEN COURT REFUTES A SLANDER. r II The Freemnn, a Loenl Newspaper. Having Published a Statement Hint the .Newly Elected Judge n Consorted Nightly with Gnmblern, e lie taken the First Opportunity to .ilAKe it riinuc ?n?i viri'iininaiiiiiini Denial oi llie C'hnrge. News and Courier. " Sumter, March 21.?Last week the .Sumter a Freeman remarked editorially that Judge Benet. was a prototype of Thomas Mackey. The Manning Times did not llke^thls, and h said some pretty sharp things about the eel-1 j ltor of the Freeman, whereupon the editor of; the said paper hud the following to say in , yesterday's paper: ? "Since the Manning Times undertakes to j report rumors about the favorable impression j Judge Benet. has made upon our people here, I , we regard It as essential to truth and to a| future proper administration of justice that; B we should publish the rumors of a different . character that are passing around thick and i fast. We hear thai since Judge Benet has | , been here presiding In the day time In our Courts he has been almost, every night playlug . cards with persons known as proiesslonals. . Of course everybody has heard that Judge C Benet before his election was a notorious ! _ gambler, but since bis election It was hoped , he would try to mend his wayB a little. 11 ' f distressing to think he Iihs not done so. We know that the foreman of the grand jury has \ had his attention called to tnts matter, and ' we hope it will be well ventilated before we , are through witlt it. We want no gambling ' r Judges." i [ Upon seeing the above Judge Renet in open . Court this morning had the following to say : j ] wish the attention of the members of the f R;tr and the Jurors present and officers of the | . Court concerning a matter which has arisen J . since the adjournment of Court, yesterday. It is a very painful matter, which 1 cannot well1 . pass over. r When I left LheCourt House yesterday even. ins and got to uiy lodging I found in my mail . a newspaper, published in this town, ad- j ! dressed to me and marked In certain places. ' . In that paper I was openly charged with cou- j sorting with professional gamblers of .Sumter i and spending my nights card playing and t I gambling. The charge haR been made against me openj ly as a Judge. I have no means of redress, ex-1 cept to answer it from the Bench as a Judge, i The office I hold deprives me of the ordinary . personal means of redress,and while It is true j , that office puts in my hands power by which | . such conduct migh be Justly and severely! puntsneci, j win not use mis power in uiy | . own behalf. f I do say as a true man the charce Is false, i absolutely false, without even the semblance' of truth as a foundation for it. Gentlemen, I feel I owe this statement to ! 3 the members of the Bur, of whose profession] j 1 am an humble member, I feel I owe it to' , the officers of the court, who have been so ; * kind and courteous to myself. I owe it to the Jurors who are present and the grand Jury ] ? who are ubfent, especially In view of my | charge to the grand Jury concerning their g duty as officers of the law. I knowlowe it to the people, whose representatives elected me to the office I now hold. I owe it to the good } men and women of Huouter, whose kind hospltullty I have enjoyed. I owe it to the ot. lice I now hold, however Inefficiently. I owe ; It to myself and to those who bear my name ' to say that the man who wrote this charge e wrote what was utterly untrue, without excuse and wltbout foundation. I cannot coropres bend What motive he had. I hardly know the man. I never cross bis path. I know no , reason whatever for his attack. He must ' have been shamefully imposed upon by his j Informant, or he must have wilfully believed ? lies that were told him. I therefore feel that the only way to meet the published accusation is to do this promply and publloly. , 1 cannot go Into the newspapers. I will not. ' >ly hands are tied. Men of proper sentiments comprehend what I mean by that. The best . way to meet a falsehood is to confront it with e the truth. And this is the simple truth; that during the three weeks I have been in Sumter , my goings out and my comings In have been BPAn unrt Ifnnitn nv nil who cured tn see mill know. Nothing I have mild or done and nowhere I have gone would 1 seek to hide from . the most blameless man and the purest wor man. 80 far as that Is concerned my conscience Is clear. Wherever I enjoyed the hospitality of '* friends I met good men and good women, and _ while In their company I did not see any. thing that had the appearance of evil or the suggestion of it. What probably Is the only foundation for T the charge Is this?although It seems pitiful that I have to make ihe statements that fol, low matters purely of private life. On two . occasions during these tbr?*e weeks, and only I on two occasions, have I seen or handled cards. I played whist in company with three . other men who are players of whist. We | played In the presence of ladles for one and a half or two hours at a time. We engaged In a j , harmless and lunocent game of whist with no; : appearance or suspicion of money or gamb, ling. I owe it to the gentlemen who played with ( . me, as they are charged with being profes. sioual gamblers, to say that if they aregam' biers the fact is a revelation to me, for I never , beard it of them nor have I ever seen them | J gambling. This is the only foundation for the charge j I that I have nightly been gambling and con-1 I sorting with professional gamblers. You will suffer me to say that when las-! sumed the gown of a Judge it was with the j honest endeavor and determination to per-j form the duties of that office so as to deserve I , the approval of good men and of my own con-' science, and I say to the men who elected me to . thai office and to the grand Jury, if the man j , who made this charge can prove the trnth of; ' what he says I will take the robe of office off: . my shoulders and leave the Bench, as I ought j r to do. , Hut I have said enough. It is very true that. J ; when a falsehood starts on Its way the truth finds it very bard to overtake It. It may be . the newspapers in the State may copy this , false accusation. If they do, 1 bope they will ' also state that I have thus openly, and courting investigation, denied it from the Bench. I have no lear of Investigation, if it be conducted in the white light of truth and honesty. Havlngsaid this, I leave the matter in the hands of the good people of Sumter, who. j I think, will not allow one who is comparatively a stranger to sufler from a false charge made by one of their fellow townsmen. 1 I 5 leave your town and county in a few days i and when I do so I shall foel confident that! I leave my character and reputation In good' ' hands. * This Is my Inst word on this matter. JUDGE BENET EXONORATED. Tlee Slimier llernlil Correct* the Rumor*. i Sumter Herald. 3 Last Tuesday the Freeman, In its editorial ? columns, published the rumor that .7urijr#* Benethad been "playing cards almost every . night with professionals," and said "we want j no gambling Judges,'' which of course means 1 that he waH gambline. Last week a Hernld reporter was told by a | g reporter of The Kreemau that he had heard; that Judge Benet was gambling in the city at 3 night. We asked him for his proof, as we: r wanted the matter for publication, if true,. and ho said thai he did not have the Information in such shape that he could use it, ami would not publish it unless he got the proof. He told us later that he could not get the proof and consequently would not publish I It. We then made dlligeut inquiry, and we I could not find a single man who had heard the rumor, and up to the time of the puhllca tlon of the Freeman's article we could urn And one man who had heard a rumor, outside of The Freeman office. We were told Tuesday night by a prnmle nent citizen of this cltv that he was In a po<iy tlon to know where .Indite Kenet spent his evenings, and knew exactly how he had (f spent hlR leisure time while In Sumter. That d Judge Benet had not been gambling, and he Ik ready to give Ills testimony at anytime, e He also told us that, his statement could be n substantiated by others. i- Judge Benet has played whi?t on twoocoaj. stonsata private house In tills city, where .r Indies were present. That is all there is to e the matter. e We regret this publication of the Freeman. We think it unfortunate as well ns uncalled I. for. We have no defense to make in behalf u of Judge Benet. That is not our motive. But _ we do protest against the oily of Sumter, through one of Its newspapers, insulting a l_ judge on the bench while he is practically the y guest of the city and the bar. If Judge Benet had been guilty no paner would have shown n him up quicker than The Herald. This report has gone out to the world and e Sumter has been made o appear us a city which insults a Judge while he is Its guest and political capital may be matnuacLured from j. it. It Is an excellent subject for just such a ie thing. But the people ot Sumter, regardless ie of political views, do not endorse or commend the urtlcle, aod we want the outside world to re know it. Such a publication should not have been ,n based on mere rumor. The Frreman owes ... it to itself as well as Judge Benet to show up Its facts. ,g We are reliably informed that the Jurors hnve prepared a statement to the public, stating that they have Investigated the charge of The Freemon against. Juoge Benet, and pronounce it talse and unfounded, and exlionorate the judge. We could not get- the state^ incut lu time for publication in this issue. b- .. . . % WANTED. >t T0 rUBCHASK, A SMALL FA KM IN ig 1 Abbeville County, not more than 8 or 10 u miles from the Court House. HOUSE on A place preferred. Address answers to "S,A.L>." o- 4n Broad street, Charleston, S. (.', >e March 2?, 'SM. re __ ? Our leaders in the millinery department will catch the eye every tlmg. t BUILDING LOTS J I TO BUILD Y< i I Henry Titan. \\ X ***.\ ~~ MOSELEY FERRY RO 7 I 5 3 1 11 I 9 i 7 I 5 j 3 } 1 j \X\ \ j It C ' I j ? j ? ! ^\|58 :_LL1 : J_ HA N\\' i i 54 -->v \ io ,? u r. A \ O i IIII If i STREET. H ,\\ V ' "j j i H V \v ' 7:53,l!* You %s^\ < V??j ! i Want ^ * \\ : 1 W TT A1JTT1 A A HUME'! IfsoJllisIlI'OlW WHY PAY RENT When for Monthly Payments you can secur< The accompanying diagram shows the lots that I pi near the Coal Schute of the G., C. & N. R. R., and are flft streets laid out and to be opened. 1 liave made arrang money with which to build your home on easy terms. Suppose you want to build a home to cost $500?you | J The $100 is to pay for the lot?a monthly payment of $16 will receive in return 4 per cent, interest upon the insti made up of instalments $12 and interest $4. If you desire to borrow more than $600, add $2 | ! and 67 cents for interest. Thus for $700 the monthly For 800 " For 900 " For 1000 ? The iuterest on the loan is payable monthly at e 4 per cent, upou your instalments will be equivalent to ! has been compiled by a careful calculation. No charg J ft ( ' McDill & "Will Ope FURNITURE NEXr Everything New, Cheap an GIVE THEB [MM OF OKI CBS* ^ OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, PUK ^ suant to an order made by the Honorable jfl Henry Mclver, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina, dated the nineteenth (19) day of March, 1S94, An Extra Term of the Court This elegai of Common Pleas $2.50. Nothing will be held forAbl'evllle County, at Abbe-; vllle Court House, in the County of Abbeville, j State of South Carolina, on | i I n |i Monday, the Sixteenth (16th) J J J JJ | day of April, Eighteen Hundred and NinetyFour [1894,] j Every boc the same being the Third Monday in the said ? . , . , month, to continue for nuch lime as may be ! y fl necessary for the transaction of the business j that may be lawfully brought before it. Under the law, no cases can be tried at the said Ti _ 1 ] " Extra Terra of the Court, except such as were IT "WrAlTlfl on the Calendars at the last Regular Term of ?T vUXU the Court. All persons having any Interest in the said J Court, and especially JUIiORS, PARTIES and 0T fl Oil [) WITNESSES, will TAKE DUE NOTICE of i the holding of the said Extra Term of the ' said Court, and govern themselves according- MON Dated at Abbeville Court House, South Cat-! ollna, this Twenty-Seventh 027th) day of March, 1SU4. Yours for I W. R. BULLOCK, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for' Abbeville County. T M Mrrch 2S, 18!?. If (| , 3J % A nice lot of patent lenther pumps and P A "I" white dress bows at Cross it Martin. j * Fresh bread received three times a week at in from $2.7 ! Livingston .t Perrin's. ! I Cotton seed meal SI. 10 per sack; $20.00 per ton. Abbeville Supply Co. J 1 1 .A .. * wbmtmmtjmmmmtr __ I i ' LND THEMONEY )UR HOKE. Jerusalem. I AD. ?j II 1 9 7 5 j 3 1 ! j \ : \ \ i ' \ \ ! 12 1 10 j 8 ! C 4 : '2 j Graven. \ \ |_ . I I I I I I y * \ STREET. ' \ ^ \ | 11 : 9 I 7 ! 5 j 8 ; 1 I : \ \ \ | T. P. Cotbran. \ ^ \ j i I i ! i \ % \ 154! ' hi \S\ i a \ \ ill I t I ? I \ ? \ I 12 I 10 I 8 I 0 ; 4 . 2 ! ? \ ? \ ' LLU-U. \ V STREET. 1 ' * \ 1 ? 9 ' 7 ( 6 . a I j g ! J. s. Cothran- \ \ I i , IB \ \ . i>*-? i ! OS < \ \ \ i?* i g \ \ s.\ I *?- ? * \ \ \\ | j H ' * \ \ \ \ U \i \\ ! _15 ' \ \ V"V\: n ; \ \ \ \ I N\V\. 1 : \ i I ': . . | very little more than the same b a Home in a few Years. i : 'Xu . ropoae to sell you. They are situated in the triangle y feet front by one hundred deep, all fronting on new ements by which you can buy the lot and obtain the And this is the plan : give your obligation for $600, and receive in cash $500. for 50 months will pay the obligation in full and you < dments that you have paid. The $16 per month is )er month for each additional $100 for instalments 1 & payments will be $18.67. " " " 21.33. " " " 24.00. , 41 " " 26.67. igbt per cent, per annum, and with the return of not exceeding 8 per cent, simple interest. This ;e for papers or for negotiating the loan. "In+hmn. !c Tolly, 1 n. Their STORE r MONDAY. Will be d First-Class. JL A CALL. it large size Gentleman's Rocker for only like it for the money. KERR^^^* lew line of Plusli Rockers just r> up. A ,