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The Frees and Banner ABBEVILLE, 8.C. ^6?"Published every Wednesday at ?2 a year in advance. Mr. ROSWELL T. LOGAN, of Charleston, Is not authorized to take advertisements for this newspaper. Wednesday, May 23, 1894. The ReKlntratlon Law. The registration law of this State Is now receiving more or less attention from all the politicians of this State, and it really seems as if we were on the verge of important action In reference to the regulation of the cllizen's right to the ballot. The Republicans, we are told, will contest in the Courts the constitutionality of the registration law. The Democrats are restive under the law, and there seems to be a lack of ui.aniniity among them as to the best measures to adopt. Viewing it as we do, the situation in South Carolina Is a serious one, and if the Issues are unwisely met, the rule of the white man in .south Carolina may be overthrown, and the worst conditions may follow. The white people of this State are a mlnorl\ ty. This minority is divided among themselves. The minority of the minority assume to have superior ability, respectability, or a ocular right to govern this country, than their less presumptuous neighbors, and take no particular pains to conceal their contempt for all such citizens as do not yield to the will of the minority. The treating of people disrespectfully never wlna strength with the voters. Some of the people seem to think that a system of property or (educational qualification should be adopted, whereby poor people and uneducated people may be denied the exercise of their right to vote. To the adoption of any such a system the Press and Banner would protest. A man's honesty, Integrity,good citizenship or patriotism In thlB country Is not measured by his education or his wealth. The placing of the examination of a citizen's educational qualification Into the bands OI a UUUJUlllUjer, glVOB WU (ICBb W1 IUIIIty for favoritism or tyranny, and such an examination 1b offensive In itself. We know not wbat is needed, but 11 we are to have a obange we are inclined to think that the Australian ballot syBtem 1b tbe best and least objectionable. That system seems to be exactly fair to all. State Bunks or Isane. The Press and Banner would register its protest against the repeal.'of the ten per cent, tax on the bills issued by State banks. The National Banking system is the beBt thing that resulted from the war. There are citizens living to-day who can recollect something of the trouble which the citizens realized from banks that issued bills that were worthless, and which were often passed upon the good citizen. The majority of the banks had only a local reputation, and their bills were practically without value when they reached distant cities or remote country towns, and were actually without intrinsic value at home. Before the war a man might have a pocket full of local bank bills, and in two days time he ooald travel where all his money would scarcely buy a meal or a nights lodging at a cross roads dinner house. Kft haaiI onH nrflnlanf foaanno luoiouiqj vo ?wu nu a ouu?vmvu * for the demaiid for more greenbacks, or good money of any kind, bat we can concieve of no Rood reason for flooding the country with the issue of worthless State bank bills, or with bills which at best have only a local rep. ntatlon. Such bllla often die on the hands of the people who have sought to save something, or if kept in circulation they are a constant source of annoyanoe and loss. We believe In the lssne of bills by the government in which the people in every part of the oountry will have confidence, but we do not wlsb to see the people cheated by money which in fact is worthless. We make no pretense at understanding the financial situation in this country. Nobody bat an Ignorant sell-conceited ass would presume to solve that (juestion, but we do know tbat the public welfare does not demand trlf. ling bills of issue from State banks or private corporations. The Tendency. It looks to us aa if tbe violent and unreasonable opposition to the present State administration is breaking up and going to piece*, and tbat tbe press is more disposed to let tbe administration stand or (all on its mer. Its or demerits. For Instance: For tbe last few weeks the Newa and Courier has devoted very little of . ita energy to abuse of Tillman, and lias on one or two occasions spoken very nicely of him. The Oreenvllle News Is disposed to aot fair, ly with him, giving credit where credit Is due and at other times letting tbe Just censure attend tbe true event. Tbe Spartanburg Herald, whose editor has personal reasons to bate Tillman, Is willing to t>e Just and sensible, while showing character and independence enough to say what be thinks to be right. The Newberry Herald and .News, which has been an ami of the most pronounced type, has the courage and the manhood to protest against unfair and unjust treatment which may be awarded to Tillman. The Anderson Intelligencer Is willing to be fair, and doesn't find as much to complain of as formerly. It now comes nearer to printing a paper for all the people of Anderson than at any other time since the Tillman movement began. Pit seems to as that the very violence with which TillmanV almost every act has been assailed la having its effect, In a demand for peaoe. The people are tired of so much faultfinding, and when it is hardly susoeptlble of proof that all that has been said about him has bad the effect ol gaining oue convert to the opposition, it would seem that it is about time for reason to resume Its throne. m m Bafey - ^ What We Need. South Carolinians need to be united In feelIuk and sentiment, and those who are sowing the seeds of distrust and hatred, are doing a harm to the welfare of thlB people. All true South Carolinians love tbls State, and the best citizenship would lead to friendship and good will between the people. There Is no reason for estrangement. Let each man bold his own peculiar views, and let blm make as many oonverts to his way of thinking as be can, but let no man doubt the sincerity and honesty of those who differ from him. There Is no essential difference in the patriotism or honesty of the different factions. Each oontends for the right as he sees it, and whoever distrusts his neighbor, excites distrust In himself, and the act brings weakness ?not sti ength?to the oouseof him who distrusts a neighbor, who an Impartial Jury might Judge to be as good and as worthy as bis accusers.. ? - ??? ?41^? Take Your Choice. Tillman and Butler have answered the Alll-; anoe questions. It seems to us that Senator Butler and the (Governor occupy the same ground. Both oppose the sub-treasury and Government ownership of railroads, and both dodge a little as to some other points. Take your choice, gentlemen, Its six of one and half a dozen of the other. Floor paints and floor stains any color tnade to suit. Durable, lasting and cheap at Jiarrleou & Game's Drug SK>re, - J THE KING'S DAUGHTERS. I "Anil in the End of Years they Shall Gather TheiiiMelve* Together" to Celebrate Thy Birth. Even the Day on Which Thou Want Born. The King's Daughters, all glorious within? adorable In mind and pure in heart?in the days of their loveliness, counselled together to do honor, to all the people, even unto the humblest and least pretentious of those who go In and out of the city. Without respect to the age of any, and regarding not their station in life. All are bidden to come unto the bounteous feast, which their royal hands have prepared and set in order. On the sixth day of the week, when the sun shall have gone down in glory beyond the Western hllta and when the evening star In splendor shall have appeared above the horizon, The overhanging branches of the monarch* of the park, and even the palace of the elders mil! ho Hlnmlnofo/i tho onnnfl r?f cwpaI vninPR will be heard?eyes will Rpeak to eyes which will speak again, Entrancing scenes will greet the eye and since the stars sang together, no sweeter sounds will fill the air. Beautiful women, brave men, Innocent youth, trusting old age; all will be there with intermingled Joy?each Riving, and each receiving, pleasure, while all will give grateful and hearty thanks to the Maker and Preserver of us all. No messengers will be sent Into the highways aud the streets of the city to compel the unwilling to come unto this feast, which 1b to celebrate their own natal day, and which is given In their personal honor. Those who care not for the loving kindness which has been conferred upon them will be allowed to go their way. In their pleasure, they will retire from the presence of men, to eat their evening meal in cheerless solitude, while refusing the honors, and the good things for the inner man, whiob I have been generously prepared for them by j beautiful hands and loving hearts without j price and without money. I STILL UPWARD AND ONWARD Abbeville Still Grown and Progre^seR In Her Prosperity. Mr. J. J. Wblsnant, of Blacksburg.S. C., was Id town a few days since and bought of Mr. J. C. Klugh a platof land on which be will erect Ave cottages for rent. Mr. B. K. Beacham has ; charge of the work for Mr. Wblsnant, and i will push It to completion. The mechanics are busy building houses In many parts of the town, and tbe demand for ! new bouses never Beems to cease. Quite a I number of houses are now being built, and others will be commenced In a little while. ; To pay tbe railroad people at this place, re* quires anywhere from 810,000 to $15,000 a month, and it Is said that tbe shops are to be 1 greatly enlarged at aD early day, when a greater number of men will be employed. The large amount of money paid to citizens of the town enllvenB business of every kind. With the prosperity that comes to all our bus* iness enterprises, we are surprised that capitalists and business men will remain In dead towns or full grown cities, when they could do so mueb better by coming to a place wbere an average of about $13,000 is paid out monthly. 1 This new business and new population ban i brought activity to every line of business. end even in tbe dull season of the year many citizens have ready cash to spend for whatever they need or want. Socially the town is all that anybody could desire. We have tbe finest churches to be found In any town In the State, and our school hoase is unequalled anywhere In any city of tbe same population as ours. Tbe tuition Is free, and tbe management of the institution is all that heart or soul could seek. Our town is a hive ol busy workers. There are no drones or dead beats in the city. Everybody can get a job, and we have no destitute poor to be a charge on our charity. The freedom from paupers is one of tbe blessings of which we are proud. ?? ? THE COLD WEATHER, Snow and Damage to Vegetation of All Klnda. Tbe recent cold Bpell of weather has done much damage to crops. It Is said that enow fell on mountains In Tennessee and North Carolina. The temperature at this place fell to about tbe freezing point, and some assert that they saw frost. Others declare that tender vegetation has been injured. Complaints come in as to damage to the cotton crop. One farmer, Mr. J. L. Hill, who lives in this section Bald that the ball injured his cotton so badly that he thought he would have to replant. Where tbe cotton bad b?n tblnned the damage is more oomplete. It is tbouxbt enough of the plant will escape where It bad not been worked to bring the crop up to a full stand. POULTRY AND PET. Abbeville and Andernon Join In Forming an Awtoelatlon. The Abbeville and Anderson Poultry and Pet Stock Association met at Abbeville, tbe lQth Inst. The following officers were elected lor the ensuing year. E. C. Connor?President. John L. Jolly?1st. Vice-President. John F. Palmer?2d Vice-President. Robert S. Link?Sec'y and Treas, executive committee. Dr. G. A. Neuffer?Chairman. E. C. Connor?Exolflclo. W. G. Humbree. A. B. Edwards. K. E. Hill, Jr. W. G. Humphrey. W. L. Link. P. L. Sturkey. J. H. Mounce. R. M. Shirley. 1 The atisoclatlon will hold Its annual show i sometime during tbe fall or winter, and tbe officers are determined tbat It will be one of tbe best shows ever beld In tbe State. B. Y. P, U. BIk Trip Over tbe ti., A S.. Tor One Fare. The Fourth International Convention of tbe Baptist Young People of America will be held July 19-22. 1894, in the City of Toronto. Tbe Seaboard Air Line will sell round trip tickets Tor one fare. Tbe trip will be from Atlanta to Washington on tbe "Atlanta Spe ; cial," the finest passenger train in tbe South, I and from Washington to Baltimore, HarrlsI burg, Conondalgua and Niagara Falls, via | Pennsylvania Line, Northern Central and N. Y., C. &. H. R. R. The train will pass Abbej vllle at ten o'clock at night, and pass Greeni wood at 10.25. ONE CENT FOR EVERY YEAR OF YOUR LIFE. That In the Amount which You Cad Vive to the KIdk'i Daughters lor Charitable Purposes. I The King's Daughters expect to give a I "birth-day party" at tbe residence of Capt. L. j W. White on Friday night, May 25. | Tbe public are Invited to attend, and all j persons are requested to bring one cent for i every year they have lived. j Refreshments to be served gratis. The en\ tertalnment will begin at 8.80 p. m. THE DIFFERENCE. Tal in aire's Tabernacle and tbe Abbeville Presbyterian Chnrcb. I It has been called to our attention that at | Talmage's Tabernacle on last Sunday week, tbeie were six thousand persons present, and ! the collection was 3200. On tbe same day In [ the Abbeville Presbvterian church there were one hundred and eighty-five persons. The collection was 899.50. The difference in tbe collection Is notable, and when it is remembered that among tbe attendants at tbe Tabernacle were many rich men, and that among tbe attendants at tbe Abbeville Presbyterian church there no very rich men, tbe difference Is still more striking. Tbe Ntate Wins. | The railroads resisted tbe payment of tbe fifteen per. cent, penalty on the taxes which the courts adjudged to be due. The courts decide that the penalty must be paid. But I deny costs to those Sheriffs who levied. This j deprives Sheriff Nance of 8-150, which he ex" j pected to get. Clemson In Asbes. j News reached here yesterday of the destruction ofClemsou College yesterday morn, Ing at live o'clock. While the loss lu nionev ! is great, It. Is a source of gratification that no ! lives were lost. I ' CLEMSON BURNT. " b * 1: THE COLLEGE 18 DESTROYED BY FIRE. J The ('hnpfl and tne Rarrack* Kayed ?The ExercliM to be t'onllnned u Without IntermlMlon. t Clemson College, May 12. e South Carolina and the youth of the State have sustained a great loss In the desti action of ClemRon College. b This morning, at InlJ-past four o'clock, the 1 usual quiet of the campus at this hour was ? broken by the cry of fire. It was discovered d In the third story of theCollfge building In b the room which Lad been used us a museum. n The fire had then made such headway that it v could not be stopped, though every possible ? effort waB made to save the building from de- 0 struction. r By haif-dast seven o'clock the devouring J element had finished its work and the splen- c did structure of which we yesterday felt so v proud, was ashes and blackened walls. Its n shapely parapets and its beautiful propor- |, tlons are no longer visible; and the class a rooms in which Bome six hundred young ? men were being daily trained for all the use- c ful pursuits in life, are numbered with the a tnmgs mat were. Up to thin time It Is impossible to account lor the origin of the fire. t Amid all the excitement of the fire It Is h gratllylng to be able to report that there * were no casualties. r The friends and patrons of the College will f be glad to learn tbat the destruction of the building will not interfere with the regular t exercises of the school. Other buildings on thegrouuds will be used, and the boys will pursue their studies as heretofore. Everything movable on the flrstand second v floors was taken out. * The chapel was saved. jj The barracks, or sleeping apartments, was g not hurt. E . li CONTRIBUTED LOCALS. Abbeville, S. C., May 23, 1894. Miss Annie Williams, of Cuesier, is here on a visit to her friend, Mrs. Davis. 1 Mr. J. T. Latimer, of Lowndesvllle, with his ? cousin, Miss Carrie Williams, of LaUrange, D Ga., spent, last Sunday Id Abbeville with rel- e atives. Miss Williams Is a pretty and charm- ? inie young lady, and caused a considerable " flutter among the hearts of our young men, 9 who hope she will sooa return and make her 11 stay longer. ~ Dr. Bays paid a high compliment to his con- jj gregatlon last Sunday. He said he bud beeu JJ a pastor for 2.5 years and bad preached In ? large cities to wealthy congregations, but in c all nls service as pastor be had never had any church enterprise so willingly responded to ? as by his oongregatiou In Abbeville. He hav- ^ lng received by voluntary subscription a large P partot the amount desired for the remodeling " of the church. The building committee met 1 last Monday morning and let the contract to f tor enlarging the church to Mr. Z. O. Sprott. K The estimated cost when finished will be about 83,000 and the seating capacity Irom 600 to 700 hundred. Work will be commenced at an early day. o Mrs. W. R. Bullock Is visiting-friends in|h Gainesville, Ga. tl The entertainment at Sharon church last f< Friday night was a success, considering the b rainy aud stormy afternoon. The receipts s were about 835. w Rev. A. A. Morse and wife have returned to C Abbeville, where they will make their future h home. At present they are with their son, o Mr. A. B. Morse. Abbeville has not forgotten g them and opens wide her arms to receive t these good peepleand trusts thoir declining years may be Bpent happily and peacefully in the midst of friends of days and years long gone by. Aobevllle is proud to number them B, among her citizens. Sirtn?To Mrs. E. B. Gary last Wednesday ^ morning, a daughter. d Mr. J. M. Lawson has moved Into his band- >i some dwelling just finished and fronting on \ Church Street. d Alaigeoak tree standing in the yard near r. the dwelling of Mr. A.M. Hill, was severely v torn by lightning last Friday night. A plow t| stock and jvagon near were untouched. Mr. Hill felt the shock very sensibly. D Mr. W. E. Hill has been sick for the past few days, but to now Improving. Mr. J. H. Latimer baR the contract for building the Grand Stand at the base ball park for ?85. The Abbeville team will play a series of games on their diamond in the next lew c weeks with the following teams: Elberton, "! Clemson, Greenville, Clinton, aud Laurens. * Next Monday tbey will cross bats with Clin- " ton. It would add much to the pleasure of '< the evenings if arrangements couia ne maae " for Abbeville's Cornel band to play on these ? occasions. * Mr. Klrby has been looking after side walks 11 and roads on Magazine Hill. Last Monday Mr. Stevenson,one of Abbeville's best farmers, brought in 28 fine country cured hams for sale. If others would try a to live at home, the times would not .teem so a bard. a Mrs. T. M. Morton spent several daj s In Abbeville last week, with her father and sisters. F The \bbeville Cornet band will practloe a every Tuesday and Friday evenings, unless otherwise notified. e Receipts taken in at the Mayor's Court this week for gambling are about $100. All col- d ored. No charge for ladles at the grand stand on the baseball ground. C Mr. J. G. Aiken, the popular clerk at the .Supply Company's story Is spending awhile In Cokesbury. You should see the ' farmers handy wagon" s at the repository of A. M. Hlil & Son. It is a a curiosity and we think this is a parallel case t with the man who bad the elephant and did li not know what to do with it. o A. M. Hill & Son will place on the market n In a few days a lot of fresh cabbage from their e town farm. This Is a new industry in Abbe- P vllle and would have proven a grand success tl under even ordinary circumstances. s The first peaches of the season were recelv- t ed yesterday by A. M. Hill & Son. M. s _ a GREENWOOD TALK. 5 5 You Had Better Read It, and Reek It j) if Yon are Hit?Several Shots Aim* tl ?d I'iiInt Blank. ? Greenwood, S. C., May 18. b During my absence at Pacolet last week 0 Capt. Spark man generously occupied this K column Tor which fam grateful. J< That editorial grinder, T. L. Gantt, of the D Spartanburg Headlight, 1b the most ordinary U looking man you ever saw, bat I verily be- 6 | lleve he could grind out matter enough In a J' wees to fill a Sunday's New York World. b Mr. W. K. Ellis of Donnaldsvllle la the 11 genial representative In this section of the Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta. Both D. C. DnPre and W. K Bailey dispense this refreshing beverage and palatable nerve tonic E from their soda founts. d | Mr. A. W. Todd representing the Augusta P Marble Works was in town Saturday. The local wheelmen ore preparing for a S tourney in the near luture. a V RUSTICATING. Having grown weary with the rush and bustle incident to being confined in a wide- d awake business mart I thought a "day off," to breathe the quiet and exhilarating atmosphereof the country would be beneficial and [recreating. Consequently, I with Mrs. S. and 1( another beautiful young lady drove over to ? Abbeville last Monday. While there it was " ruy happy privilege to meet?among other congenial spirits?most of our county officials. r( I found them an exceedingly clever set or n gentlemen?surprisingly so. Their greeting was most cordial. I could not account for it as none of them are soon to be re elected. The fact that I on that day lodged in their several offices documents which admitted me Into the fraternity of impoverished land holders, and from thence made me a freehold voter, and a real estate tax payer to the ex- V tent of a whole tract of land comprising of one acre with a well and mortgage on it, may in part explain their otherwise Inexplicable friendly greeting. True, the initials on the ti record are not exactly my own ; albeit we fl are one, eo that now when I choose to write g bigoted there will be uo more searching of the e record to Una that I paid not hing but a poll. ? No man ever has dictated what I should fi write, much less would they attempt it now. p Backed by these documentary forces, I will more than ever ''speak right out in meetln'" with none save the editor to exercise censorship over me. Politicians never need men of . small influence except in gross lots, and often i buy them in bulk from one individual. t WHEN CANDIDATES MAY BE SCORED. fc As soon as I discover that any man is try- 9 lng to buy votes with public patronage I will a 'blow" on blm, and more, when he goes on ^ the hustings I will have a man to meet him , at Pbilipl. r We appreciate very highly the good things c the advocate had to say of us last week and u only wished we merited the half of it. Some of the very newspapers that have been criticising Ben Perry lor having sold his editorial columns to prospective congressmen are using theirs for the benefit of Dr. (?) Leo, C than whom no greater lmposter ever filched t money from an afflicted people. Born to Mrs. J. D. Beacbam on the Sth Inst., a son. t South Carolina is for once a bead of Georgia in the production of natural phenomena. Greenwood has a colored old maid?she keeps painted. ll On the Sth Inst., Mr. J. J. Griffith of Edge- h # V eld Cdunty caught an eight pound carp out. f Turkey Creek. On Friday Mr. Thou. Long rought. to our sanctum a section or Its jaw ono containing Ave well developed teeth. size and nhape they were very much like uman molars. This, It would seem should xplode the theory that carp live on mud. The pipe organ has been placed in position n the Baptist church. It is much larger iow than an elephant, and has two yearn yet o grow. The contented man Is the one with enough ? ? ?~-1- \X7 < ? O em HUU piCIll.J' U. Wuin. no a|JCUU jiwin xperience. SHERIFF NANCE'S POLITENESS. Some one In a semi-complimentary wny ih8 Raid that Sheriff Nance was the best elecloneerer in the County. This Is onecharee gainst which an honest conscience compels ne to defend blm. 1 have known him lntlaately for twenty years. He won a wool latfrom me once and then claimed a Stetod, and 1 paid for it. bat for my life I could ever detect any difference when he whs or pas not a candidate. He always tries to love ou to death. I inadvertently made this deenoe for blm a few days ago in the presence f one of his few enemies, who very cruelly emarked that Nance was a candidate five ears before I came to this State, and had teen one ever since. A sheriff in his official apacity sometimes makes an enemy who pill actually tell a llejustto say something eun about him. Our only sister Mrs. W. J. McGee, of IIIey's, and her interesting little brigade, spent > few days with us last week. C'apt. Tbeoosla commands her little company with as ouch ease as we do our one. In the absence if a loving mother, next to a devoted wife. If , kind and an affectlate sister. picture ok "S." While nt Abbeville last Monday a friend old me that those Tillmaniies ( who only ;new me through this column fancied that I rore horns, claws, hools, a tall, brimstone nd a fire-brand ; in fact, all of the parunher lalla of a perigrlnatlng Gabena. Now, rlends, before summer Is ended I hone to sec ou all face to face, so that you may know or yourself that I actually do favor folks, alhough homely enough for booger bait. going visiting. If I can find time I am going to visit every ection and every house in this county. I pill count it a special privilege to pull Mr. iaskln's latch siring which 1 am told always tangs out, even to an Antl. Having no can naaie 10 eieci or ueieut, uor uuy utuci w rind, I promise In advance not to discuss lolitics or new county, nor to ask of you any avor that i am not willing to pay for. a mall part of my business will be to give tc he public whatever of material progress here Is In your community. personal mention. To make it Interesting to all, personal menIon will not be overlooked, every young notber will have the finest baby in the neighorhood, every older one the most accompl Ishd daughters?performing with equal grace the machine, stove or piano, every young nan will be the moat chivalrous, gallant and andsome? I know exactly how to please belr egotism. I am one of them. On the cbool boy, I will sbovea trackless pencil?I ave been one myself. For old gentlemen, I rill And something wholly about his farm, arn or kennel worthy of special mention to atch his fancy. And the young ladies, what rill 1 say of thetn ? Well, I never meet troule half way, and I'll be governed by clrcumtances, and color of her balr auti eyes. Exerience has taught me what to say and what Ol to any 1-itiu uci (UE, lu tuoti iunui>/iu >?iity. None will be Blighted, bo that after I am one all will weep for Joy?that tbey baa not own me sooner. seed in good ground. I apprehend Gen. Hemphill does not apprelate the distinguished honor I conferred on im.and prestige gained for myself, by being be first to bring him forward as a candidate >r Governor. Then, too, the sweet things I ave been saying for the Hon. It. E. Hill eems to have been as seed wblcb fell by ttie rayslde. Those spoken of, Treasurer Blake? brlstlan that he is?tell on good ground and ave already borne some fruit which is enouraging, and I expect to continue sowing ood seed. If the English sparrows pick hem up I can't help it. SYMPATHY. Late as it is we beg to add oar tribute ol yinpatby to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Taylor in the raglc death of their beautiful daughter, Miss Late; to Mr. Jan. W. Lomax in the death of hie evoted wife; to Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Joyce In be death of their manly son Jlmmie; and to [r. and Mrs. Oscar Cromer in the death ol oeir baby boy. All are warm personal rlends and some are relatives, and we deoutly hope the Lord will temper the wind to iese shorn lambs. Work on the new ginnery has been comlenced. slandering the writer. T 1 ..A anmnvi.nro IBKA rtAarifl 11? a ympathy of everybody. He bas>started In Irculatlon the very damaging report that, up ood as I got to be a landowner I tried to turn 'lllmanlte. I'll betaHunday (doming breakist it was some old unscrupulous antl, who j blmseif crouched up Id some fence corner raiting for an opportunity to cross over withut being seen. A Ttllmanlte would not be ullty of making such slanderous accusaloob. ALL TO LOSE?NOTHING TO GAIN. For this year, at least, Greenwood can well flord to remain out of politics. They have 11 to lose and nothing to gain by engaging ctlvely In the defeat or election of any man. The meeting ai the Methodist church closes Ylday night, Mr. Watson did some faithful nd earnest preaching. Tbere will be a Sunday school picnic and xcurslon from Newberry Id town Friday. Mr. E. A. Reynolds has rented his new realence 10 Dr. Crymes. Guess now you see Ime. Rumor was for once mistaken. ONDCCTOR W'TH WHOM PEOPLE DELIGHT TO TRAVEL. As we move along Id this world in our repectlve spheres, coming Id cod tact with such variety of temperaments, a small Btock ol rue gentility Is a mighty good thing to carry i) our Intellectual grips. Even If we move nly in the home clrcie.lt Is profitable and by o means cumbersome. In society unaffectd politeness Is an Ideal lubricator, only a article of It properly applied prevents frlcIod. Just a little more, glides us along as moothly as though our eatlre social strucure was mounted with ball bearings. In no tatlon in life Is It more necessary, and profitble, nor more conspicuously, present or about, than in the capacity of a passenger conuctor. In striking contrast to the very llmLed supply, the exceptional few of these >??? rowoHnrr nnhllA CDomu tn UUrUiBUO VI fcUV Li u ? VII Up VW ave?displaying no more of It tban the rules f their road actually demand, burdensome it i to them and miserable, pitiable hirelings bey are?Is the superabundant fund of our wn, pleasant,considerate and worthy knight f the bell cord, John Cothran of the Seaoard Air Line. He is a home-raised, thorughbred gentleman, with whom even straners delight to travel, and Always feel at their Durney's end that Cothran'a attentive polite ess and unassumed pleasantry has relieved hem of much of the fatigue incident to travling alone. Let us be thankful for the many jst like him whose virtue*) shlneall the more rllllantly for having the faults of the exceplonal lew as a dark back ground. THE KNIGHTS. Messrs. R. S. Spark man, J. T. Simmons and I. W.Cobb are In Beaufort In attendance as elegates to the Grand Lodge of Knights ol ythlas. Rev. E. J. Forrester returned from the outhern Baptist Convention Friday night, nd was laid up Sunday from fatigue. Mr. 'ass filled his pulpit. Mr. Dale Barksdale was in town Sunday, Rev. Mr. Bratton will preach In the Methoist church to-morrow (Thursday) night. Mr. J. T. Jones gave us a pleasant call a few ays ago. A considerable chunk of weather from the :e clad peaks of the Rockies swooped down n us Saturday doing great damage to garens and perhaps more to the fields. * Capt. R. F. McCaslan, of Ninety-Six, was gistered at Riley's Hotel Sunday. His iany friends were delighted to receive bis ordlal handshake. S. GOOD FARMER, i'hnl n Prominent Farmer Say* of Things. Me. Gideon O'Neall. of Corouaca, was In iwn last Thursday. He reports remarkable ne stands of cotton, and says the plant is rowing rapidly. The crops of corn are good, xcept in a few Instances, where the ?*ut rorm has injured the early planting. The uit crop is ruined. No peaches; but few aples; and the grape crop Is very short. It is not a sign of character or ol ntellect to he always giving emphasis o one's disbeliefs. If a man does not lelieve this thing or that, why hould he trouble himself or others bout it? If there is anything that le does believe, that is the thing for lim to emphasize. If, indeed, he does lot believe anything, the less he says bout himself the better.?S. S. Times. "Doctor. I have a very troublesome ough. What would you advise me t< ake ?" "Some situation that will enable you o pay your last bill."?Inter-Ocean. Mrs. Taggart lias a nice line of millinery nd will give you a bargain. Call and see er. Selling Is a very common thing to see in i i < ^ i +v dui wnai you wain iu kiiuh, is h at what it costs him, or what it co to sell you goods AT nor BELO\ make a living at that, but I do clai very small profit. Get MY PRICES before buying be convinced others are not "in it' workmanship. Then take my a . throng that is ever journeying to t! I Yours to Pic J.D.KI i i Wholesale and Retail Fi r. S. I PAY THE wrnrn tan Council! Notice to the Voters of the Town of Abbeville. Pursuant to the act of the general Assembly, approved December 28, 1882, Registration of all voters who have not registered In town of Abbeville of the age of twenty-one years on or before the second MONDAY In SEPTEMBER next, will be made at tbe Town Council office, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 13th, 14th and 15th of June, ( All voters who fall to register at the time aforesaid will be deprived of the privilege of I voting at any regular or special municipal > election that may be held in the town of Ab-! beville before the annual registration. The Registration Rooks will be opened at! the office of the Town Clerk and Treasurer. | r R. M. HILL, Intendant. 1 James Chalmers, Registrar. | May 23. 1894 , 2t T.HM AY UUlTlilil (Next Door to Medium Office) SELLS KEROSENE OIL 1 Fire-Proof 175?. ftall J. ww jl a wuuvu, 13Jc by the Barrel. This is genuine fire-proof oil and should nut be classed in competitiou , with the cheaper grades. Try a gallon and be convinced that it is the best. [Muy t, lsy-1, tf Some men were out for a sail, wheu r a mist came on and everything grew dim. It thickened into a fog, and soon nothing could be seen but edge of the water against the boat. "I'd give five pounds to know where we are," said one of the men. Suddenly a far-ofi sound was heard. It was the custom in that fishing village, when the fathers aud sous were out in their boats and a fog came on, for the women aud children to gather on the shore and sing high and clear. They were doing it now. "Steer for the uninoo " ciitiii tliM nwner to the man at tbe rudder. He did so aud they were saved. Some years ago a fisherman was out in a fog in danger of himself. He was iu danger of runuiog upon rocks, and began to think that he must be lost. At length he heard the cry of a small voice. He thought he knew it, and listened again. Tneu he 1 heard clear, "steer straight for me, father." It was the voice of his little daughter. He called and she replied again aud again, ''Steer straight." He passed the rocks, he stepped on the ' shore, and caught her in his arms. His little daughter had saved him. some months afterwards he lost her. All was dark in his life now, but after a time he remembered what she had said, "steer straight for me, father." She was safe on the heavenly shore How was he to joiu her there ? Then he heard another voice iu his heart cry, "Steer for Jesus Christ! Steer for Jesus Christ!" He did it. A niniftter'N Example. Rev. Dr. Hainsford, of St. George's Episcopal Church, New York, is an enthusiastic sportsman and would walk ten miles any day to find a good hunting ground. On the subject of hunting he is eloquent. The Doctor is one of the finest wing shots in the country. ?Phila. Record.? That is, when he sees one of God's beautiful birds flying in the air enjoying God's sunshine, he can shoot it while flying and end its huppy life for the selfish gratification of his own love of cruel sport aud appetite for flesh ! What a noble example the revereud doctor is setting to the youug people of St. George's Episcopal Church, N. Y.! How eloquent does he become when describing this "sport" ! This is how he obeys the injunction of his Divine Master and preaches the Gospel to every creature. The Gospel reaches the poor birds in the shape of a leaden missel of death ! Smith &. Sons cary a big stock of nulls ?nd other builders materials and tools. The prettiest line of shades and wall paper 10 be lound In Abbeville Is al Kerr's. Curtain rods In all colors, lengths and prices cau be found at Kerr's. I have just added several new drinks to my large collection. The lates are Peach soda water, Peach cream, Crab apple soda uud Vichy Lemonade. P. B. Speed. If In the morulng you And your nerves very much unsettled tryaglass of Ammonia Vichy For sale by P B. Speed. J 5 Out at Cost. ' newspapers these days, ! mb?iina. iat merchant selling you ! ?"?'?21 *, sts you. I do not claim ; 7^ V cost, as no one could | ^tk1hc' m to sell you goods at a m jgft&Y urnitiire Dealer. |f KEROSENE OTL ! The Oil we sell is positively the best made. Simply Try it and l>e Convinced. 15 GENTS A GALLON. 19 r'TPTVTTQ A GALLON FOR 9=? liC OHiiM X O ?=8 5 Gallons or over. 5 Gallon Tickets 60 Cts. These Prices for CASH Only. H."W. Lawson & Co, J Sash, Doors, Blinds, Etc., is now complete. Just arrived: 300 Doors, 300 Pair Sash and Blinds, 50,000 feet Dressed Lumber, 50,000 feet Undressed Lumber, 30,000 feet Mouldings. B. K. BJEA.CHAJVT. Racket Store! LOOK AT THESE PRICES! ^ J-- ' < ? I UOaiS ?pOOl LUtlUli | m utiico H3 cents a dozen. I Full M Inclies wide, 9><j cent*. Ladies Black Mitts j New Lot 10 cents and up. j of i,?pps and Embroideries Just | In at racket prices. Ladies Under vests Ln , 5 cents and up. lOWClS P /-.i .1 -? 29x15 Inches at 4 cents. Fans for Children ? ? , . o ic.0ie?cb. Handkerchiefs Fans for Ladies 3 cc"" 5c.Duc.ch. Gents Linen ?? UAM,lt.AMAhlnra tQvlill/ Tac ^ ilAnfo Fast Black liose. ..... .. ? Ladles Fast Black Hose (ribbed) Wlii+n Tow?? Fine quality. Only locents. ?* IIIl/t? J-JclWll _ 27 inches wide for ft cents. Socks. Men'sextra heavy Penitentiary /">OULI) keep on narninu the*e ASTONI8HSocks, :t for 25 cents. \j IXULY LOW PRICES but haven't time. Go to the Racket Store when you are in town for good goods at little cost. No trouble to Show Goods and Cut Samples. Racket samples with Racket prices pinned on them, along side of other samples, make a sale for the Racket Store every time. Mail The mail order department is increasing every day, so send yours along also. It will receive prompt attention and SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. No one can breathe at a greater Two men stopped at a fruit dealer's height than seven miles from the stand the other day. .Said one: earth. "What is the price of strawberries?" In our best moments we store up Twenty cents a basket! "You'll have the moral and spiritual strength to sell them to rich folks. I can't which we .-<hall need in our seasons of afford them. The old woman will temptation and depression. : have to do without strawberries this time. Come alonj;, Jerry ; let's go and take a drink !" They started off Says Sam Jones: "Many people for the barroom, and if tbey spent any are troubled over the mysteries of re-; less than ttie price of two boxes of ligion; but it is the things I thorough- berries before they went home it was ly understand, and especially the ten wonder. A drinker and a "good felcommandments, that worry me." low" can afford to spend money in _ treating men who "don't care a rap Never be ashamed to own you were j}0"1. h<; affor}'' * in the wrong, which is but saying you ! ?/,, 1!?/!,,,1U are wiser to day than yesterday. >r Church dues, or in buying someJ J J thing tor the wite and childreu who ? I have the first and most sacred claim AI ways remember the "Racket Store" when ; upon him and all that he owns. you waul to buy anything. r We buve a beautitui line ot Bents white and ? ? light colored summer vests. Prices are rlgtu,! Go to W. Joel Siulth & Son for ice-cream come and see them. W. Joel Smith & chums. They have the "gem' the latest aud Mojjfc. heet style. /p ;