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The Press and Banner. BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S*. C. gSaf-Published every Wednesday at Si' a year in advance. Twelve l?a^es. * Wednesday, Feb. 13, 1805. About Cotton Acreiuro. Let no man be deceived by all this tomfoolery in reference to reducing the cotton acreage. If you planted no cotton at all. the markets of the world would not be seriously ailected. If Abbeville county refused to plant a bale, the cotton buyers and mill men would never know it, unless they saw a statement to that effect in the newspapers. If every plauter In South Carolina refused to plant a seed, and not one bale was made within the borders of the commonwealth, the mill men and cotton buyers iu New York and Liverpool would still col discover the absence of South Carolina cotton. If the great State of Georgia should join South Carolina in the loolish idea of reducing the acreage in cotton, and not plant a stalk o! cotton in 189.3, the great cotton centres would never miss the cotton that is usually pro_ duced in these States. The whole State of South Carolina produces some 000,0<h) bales. Then suppose the great State of Georgia produces one-third more, say, 900,000 bales. All that would scarcely reduce the crop fifteen per cent. One extended drouth in July over the cottou belt would affect the crop* more than all this. Of course sensible people, who do their own thinking, and pay their own debts are not going to be governed by tbe resolutions which an irresponsible mob may pass, but there may be really patriotic citizens who may accept the suggestions about reducing the acreage, without giving the matter much thought. All such people will be hurt. ThePress and Banner does not presume to advise anybody. We only speak ot matters as they occur to us. The acreage and the price of cotton is n question which every farmer should answer for himself. He may depend upon the world being able to take care of itself. The main question with him should be, how he can best take care of himself and family. If he can make money by producing cotton Ht lour or live cents, thcu It is bis duty to plant all the cotton that be cau. He ought, to eurich the soil, and make as much per acre as he possibly can. The more the better. ' If he can save money by planting upland corn, while waiting for the weather to get warm enough to plant cotton, then he ought to add all the corn he can plant. If he wants something to do after he has planted his cotton, and while lie is waiting for it to be ready for the plow or the hoe, then he ought to plant more corn, more potatoes, or more of something else. If he wants to work after "laying by" bis cotton he might have his sorghum cane ready to grind, while be is waiting lor the cotton to open. If he wants to eal meat next year, thpn lie ought to provide himself with a pig or two in the spring; If he is short of meat he mlgbt get a milk cow and to some extent feed himself and children on milk and butter. Milk and butter are the greatest of all the luxuries, but a great many "cottoutots" have neither. Let every farmer survey ills own rarm. i-ei him calculate the best or most profitable crops to be put in each separate field or acre, and tben let bim pay no sort of attention to foolish resolutions which tlmughtless or presumptuous citizens may adopt. If you have a cotton farm, tben raise cotton with all your might. You will likely need a* much money next fall as you needed last fall, and if you have a limited supply of cotton, how are you going to get it ? If cotton should go up in price next Kali aud you had planted a small crop in obedience to the dictates of an irresponsible mob, the probability is that you might use language which is not found'in the Sunday school books. But plant for four cents, and make your expenses to correspond. Do your own thinking. Plant such crops as you can make most profitable. Don't be a clam aud get ruined by obeying any foolish resolutions which an irresponsible and ignorant mob may adopt. No two farms are alike and there is no such thiUK as making cast iron rules with any idea that they will fit all. Tobnrco n It tire. That form of idiocy which advocates the cultivation of tobacco ?as not yet stricken this part of the Lord's vineyard. But for fear some deluded creature may be carried away with some idea that he can spite the cotton mill men by going into the tobacco business we would suggest that any tobacco country with which we are acquainted, liae the looks of the most God forsaken stretches of hills and valleys that we have ever looked upon. The people are the poorest, and their credit is next to nothing. The usual amount of advances on liens on tobacco crops, in lands notably for tobacco, we have been told, ranges from S10 to $20. The usual amount not exceeding SI5. Cotton is the nicest crop that grows in any Held. The youngest child or the oldest worker may help in gathering it. It is simple ol culture. Will wait on the seasons. It not easily spoiled in the Held, or after it is gathered. It has a marketable cash value every day in every year. But tobacco culture is a more doubtful experiment. In the first place, it is the dirtiest and tilthiest crop that human handsever touched,and we do not see how nice people can handle It without experiencing In their persons and in their clothing the filthiness and the offensiveness of the contact. In i,he second place, tobacco is a most sensitive crop to the unfavorable influences of the and^ capital to take care of it, even alter it lias been produced, than any other crop. A frost, heavy dews, foggy weather, or any weathet not exactly suited for it is exceeding injurious. Jn the third place.it requires the building of large and comfortable barns. Jn fact, it requires better houses than many people occupy. And last, but not least, the mauipulation and sale of the crop Is not satisfactorily or easily controlled. It may be graded or rated in such a way as to be ruinous to the planter. But it is said that history repeats itself. A hundred years ago oar planters grew tobacco in Abbeville county, but they abandoned it for the cleaner and better crop-cot ton. Tlie Evening Journal. For two or three weeks we have been receiving the Columbia Evening News, a papei just started by a company ot printers, with Mr. James H. Rice, Jr., of Ninety-Six, as editor. The company is composed of J.B. Bar liett, E. L. Forde, F. O. Lester, R. S. Marks, R A. Gibson. The typography is all that coulti be wished. The general make-up of the pa per is first-rate, while the editorials are sucfi as to command the respect and the attention of the public. Hecause of the ability and tlx high stand which that paper takes on public matters we wish it a large measure of success Abbeville is always proud to note the success ol any of her sons, at home or abroad. ChnHK? of Service**. Beginning next Sabbath the services in the A. R. P. church will be held at 11 a. m., and at > p. m. Sabbath school immediately before the afternoon service. No service at night, tf. ?o to Smith <fc Sons for corn and oats. A -X of *>otb on hand, and stock con' ~ ~ 1 r' ' p* & iva.r' p7"' ' The l?rimiiry ICIrrUon. The Slate Democratic Kxecutive Committee ; have ordered primary elections for delegates I r hi the sialo C'oii wen I ion in siieii counties us | r the local committees may decide. j < The action was wise, except in that, t he local j I executive committees have discretion. The ' f election should have been for the whole State.' ( Confronted as we are, iiy people who; (would overthrow the Govern men I. at auy j i cost, and threatened by the organization of I? the negroes against the Democratic organiza-! t lion of tlie State, it would have been foolish ; I ut to guard the best interests of the Stale ji against the possible return to negro rule in j t South Carolina. It A few assumed leaders of the negroes say j' (hat tbey do not want office and will not seek j it. Jnso far as they may be speaking for ' I themselves individually, tbey may be talking j i according to the exact facts, but if they mean j I to say that Kepublicans and negroes in this ! I state do not want ollice and would not take it, I ' they simply speak without authority, and ' say that which is not 111 accord with the lacts. | Isn't Moorman 01 iMJwumj ^ n..a iustiint appealing to the ucgroes, and are they ' not swearing as he wants them to do, ill order i that he may take the seat now held in Con?re*s by Latimer, a Democrat, elected by ' Democratic votes? Isn't it true that Moor-11 uinu received only a few hundred votes, and j yet he appeals to the negroes to furnish such ' evidence as will take from Latimer bis seat.! < Tiiis is a direct, a positive appeal to the ne-j! groes to act against the while race, and they | are swearing right straight along. While we think the ordering of this Con- j veution was an outrage, and while we do not I care oue cent if the leaders in the movement j I are retired from political life, yet the safety ! and welfare of youth Carolina demands Dem- i ocratic unity. Kor this reason the Press and ; Banner will vote in the Democratic primary j for nominees to the State Convention, but whether the men of our choice are chosen or j not, we intend to vote for the nominees of the ' Democratic party. !1 Xo man can get our vote who appeals to the ' negroes to overthrow the Democratic party. : ' This newspaper fully recognizes the lac! ' ' that. It is awful bud Tor "us'' ana "our sei noi : to have thcottices which have been bunded I' Ijwn from generation to generation, but the I ' safety and welfare of South Carolina come before the advancement of personal interests, or | the promotion to power of any particular ' taction of the people. We stood by Hampton in 1S7?"> for the re-' demptlon of the State. We will not now sup- j 1 port Hampton and his followers in any effort | looking to the return of this (joverument to i ' the negroes. 1 The hyproerisy and cunning words of the 1 Republicans about not wanting otllce may ' furnish a pretex for going back on the major- ? ity of the white people of South Carolina, but 1 such utterances will never fool anybody with 1 sense enough to so to mill. j' i i " ?h niuAmifitnl. "Wherefore doth a living man complain."? i The Bible. i It would seem that the people in the cotton ( belt are the most ungrateful people on the face of the globe. , During the last year we were blessed with abuudant crops. Our corn fields gleamed with ten thousand sabers in the sun. Our cotton fields were snowy white with the fleecy I staple. The climate throughout the year was i Healthful and invigorating. We were protect-1 ?d lrom pestilence in the day time and no j uarm come to our doors in the darkness. The j fruitful fields and golden grain of the industrious and iutelllgent farmer, was all that j heart or soul could wish. But amid all these blessings, and when peo- j pie and animals in the great corn fields of the West are starving and famlshhig with cold j nud hunger, the unthankful iugrates ol the; cotton belt, instead of returning thanks to! Almighty God for bis extreme bounty have] been gathering themselves in great bodies,! pronouncing maledictions against their fel- j ; lowman, aud issuing bills of complaint j ( against the civil government of the country, j , We fill the air with our montbingsof corn-1 nlaint and our lamentations have gone i I abroad over the land. We proclaim our Jack of thrift, while iu-| , dulging In extravagant expenditures of tnon-j . ey and the hours, days, weeks, and months | that ought to be turned to good account are j I spent in idleness. If the Almighty were to take notice of our J i fault-linding, grumbling, and unthankful- j i ness, he would send calamities on us which j would equal the plagues which he once sent I . upon Egypt. ! The whole head is sick, the whole heart is i faint with indiscriminate grumbling and j much fault-finding. i l>lH|)?n<tnry or **Rlln<l Tlieer.*' ( Nearly all the advocates of liquor seem to think that "blind tigers" are sure to come! unless dispensaries are opened. We see no convention between the two. j "Blind tigers" can be just as easily suppressed ; i without dispensaries or with dispensaries, i If a town wants liquor then they ought to haye a dispensary. But it sobriety and | soberness is wanted then it is bette r to have no dispensary. The "blind tiger" can easily enough be managed. The dispensary isn't | prohibition by a great deal, but it Is about a i thousand times less objectionable than half' dozen open bars, thai furnish a refuge and temptation until late hours of the night. Sobercommunities\hat have not had dis- i peusaries will regret the openiog of dispen-Y narlok. The Press and Banner tried to prevent*' " the opening of a dispensary at Abbeville, its we tried to shut up and close the liquor traffic entirely but, a majority of our people, \^ho had supported hall dozeu saloons, thought it well to open one dispensary. No mau can compute the beneficial j/esultRl in the change of the liquor tratlic frbm the! saloons to the single dispensary wljich Is! open only ten honrs in daylight. There is no j . ''blind tiger" whiskey here. Removal oIhii Old I.ami .tlark, | Our friend, W. B. Acker, kindly furnishes us some facts in reference to the death of Capt. | j G. M. Alattison, who has been for so long a j . time a conspicuous ti-ture in Abbeville Coun- ' ty. I'or many years he had served his friends j 1 aud neighbors in a way that made him a most j useful and honored citizen. Many times the j people of Abbeville County have honored : , him with their votes for public office, and he I | tias Always been faithful to their trust. Hej was a magistrate before the war, and In that j capacity served the people most acceptably. | For several years he was t'ounty Commls* I , siotier. He was public spirited citizen, and waft Iriendly to everybody. Kverybody was friend-! lytohim. All felt that he was a faithful ad"' viser and a sagacious counseller. He was n | promoter of peace between neighbors, .and [ never (ailed to exercise 4 good influence among those with whom be came in contact. He lived to a remarkable age, and Wa^'active until near the end. He seems to liave died suddenly. .Mr. Acker lu tlie following brier note tells u? alt that | 1 we know of his last hours: L'apt. Gabriel M. Mattisou died af Iiis home ! near here last Friday night about '.1 o'clock,. aged 7!) years and 2-1 days. Had been sick j . about twenty-tour hours. On Sunday last his ; i remaius were interred in the cemetary at, I Ionea l'ath after appropriate tuner a I services j conducted by his pastor, Kev. W. L. Wait, in j 1 the Methodist church in the presence of a I 1 large concourse of friends and relatives. For fllty years he had been a consistent atul ' ollicialmember of the Methodist church, alul j ? utea as ne nau uvea luny trusting in mui | . Saviour whom he had so long served. He has left behind three sons, four daugh-, ' ters and many relatives and friend to mourn ! their loss. Respectfully, W. 15. Acker, i1 <>ttr?leu Seeds. Go to H. W. Lawson & Co. for your garden j 6eeds. He has a large supply of the freshest \ < and best. : A car load pure fresh genuine New Orleans j molasses Just received by Smith <V Sons, and [ at prices very low for cash. 4 - i Conlcfilini; I.ntimcr'K Kindlon. The evidence given in the I<atlraer-Moorimn cnulesl will atlord Interesting reading, lot. only to onr own people, but to tlie whole V Jouutry, as showing tlie intelligence, or the nek or inleiilgeuce, of tlie people who are itrivlng to take control of the destiny of ttie state and the Nation. Nearly all of the witnesses swore that they a lid not know a Federal box from a.state box, w ind nearly all of them spoke about "Instruc- [J ions"-they were "inst ructed" to do this and || hat, or they were not "instructed." One wit- " less was expecting somebody to be tiere for ? he implied purposeof telling the citizen how a o vole, hut that particular individual failed h 'to sbow himself." ? The proof is overwhelming that, several a lUUUiL'U cuiiiu ueru mi cieuuun imj, cA>ici;t- r ng to vole for Congressman without a regisration ticket, despite the fact that they swore c hat they hail bad similar experiences 011 previous election days?uot being allowed to v k'ote without registration tickets. 0 One man lestiiled, that "liiey would not toll. v Hepublicans could not read, and could not. ? Lell which box was State and which was Con- s iressloual."' ? t "They" were "instructed" to come, but wore s 'to!J" they could uot vote, aud hence staid v iway from the polls. J One man applied for a registration ticket t 'every Sale Day last year." The office being s slosed by law on Sale Day in July, until last <ale Day. He didn't know a Federal box v [rom a Slate box. ? One man lost bis registration ticket, but was 1 furnished with a renewal ticket, lie didn't ?et it quite as promptly as he would have t liked, but he got it all flie same, and voted at j ihe election without the molestation or Inter- ? ference o 1 any one. > ^ > ^ <i ChiiiiKe at One ?' '*(. A brief note from a friend informs us thai t Mr. K. K. Bonner and his mother, Airs. Bon- ? C3 tier, have notified the Board of Trustees that ? they did not desire to continue their rela- l Lions with the College?as President and Vice 1 President?and wo are also informed that (he Board of Trustees have elected the Rev. Jharles E. llood of Charlotte, N. O., to be President of the institution. We are indeed sorry that those who have been so intimately counected with the col- 1 ege for so many years, now feel inclined to sever the lies that bind them to that college Mr. Bonner's lather, than whom there was lever a more public spirited citizen in Due e West, organized the College before the war, f with Mrs. Bonncrdhen Miss Morse) as one of ihe teachers. The institution filled a public u leinand. It soon became one of the leading i Colleges in the South for the education of J young ladles, and It Is still at the head ol * Ihe list. Dr. Bonner has been with the silent ' majority lor many years, bin the Institution which he founded still stands and will stand t lor ages as a proud monument to the memo- 1 ry and honor of lis founder. It's continued J usefulness has been lately In the hands [>f his son and his widow, and their expe- t rience and application to the welfare of the College have borne good fruit. The newly elected President Is a man of ability aud In every way a worthy successor to his honored predecessors. His energy and activity, added to the renown which the institution has already achieved, will bring new honors and new laurels to the College of which Abbeville County is so Justly proud. The classical studies will hereafter include Greek and Latin, and the College in every way will seek to answer the severest demands of an exacting public. K\lra Four Pafccs. We present our readers this week with four pages extra. This was necessary because of the amount of matter which we thought necessary to publish, and for which we had not room, without increasing the number of pages. We will take a hurried glance at the contents of the four pages: First appears the testimony in the LatlmerMoorman contest for the seat in Congress, show lot: the grounds upon which the legality of the last election is assailed. Then our Greet wood correspondent gives us nearly two columns of excellent readingfull of spice, wisdom and facts. On the tenth page is to found a learned dls. quisition oti the silver, or money, question by L. W. Youmaus. / Following that is some spicy stuff from I Washington, and clipped items on various ; subjects. ' On the eleventh page we have spread out before us the pronounced plans and schemes whereby the Republicans and negros hoped to take posesssion of this State. In close proxlmnity we have the plans and schemes which Hhe Democratic party have adopted, to defeat the aforesaid Republicans and negroes. / The President's idea of replenishing the depleted treasuary is outlined. The twelfth page is full ot miscellaneous reading matter, and lhteresting advertise, ments.?tlie Master filling a considerable portion p'f the space. Besides all the interesting matter mentioned a grfeat of variety advertising notices of a general or mlscslianeous character can be seen. The ItettiHtration. /The advertisement or Mr. J. P. Carwlle, the Supervisor ol Registration for Abbeville j County, will be of luterest lo those of our fellow-citizens who expect to vote at ihe approaching election for members of the Slate Convention. This registration may he a special registration with special books for this particular election, though we confess t hat the language seems to talk a little both ways, and It* vagueness may be for the purpose of being the subject of interpretation. For this reason, it seems safe for "very oiti" zen to register. ''No eleclor (-hull he ent it led to vole whose name Is not registered as heteiubefore or already provided by law, and who does not produce his registration eerillleaie at the polls when he otters to vote." The act in a preceding paragraph, in enumerating those who may regi-ier, among oilier thinus, says: "And any elector having I ? en heretofore duly registered, or having t.incechanged his resideuce, or having lost his certitleiHe, shall he entitled to have t he same transferred ortenewed as now provided by law." It might be well for the voter to study the law as announced in the advertisement. Hut it occurs to us that the sale way is, for all to apply for new registration tickets. In llnsineNN A^iiiu. Mr. George SVhlle, who so lately wit lidrew from the firm of White Brothers. has ?one into business again. He Ik now piopiielor of the .Supply Store, where lie may hereafter ho lound. His high character, his fair treatment of customers, and his knowledge of food* itud trade entitle him to a liberal custom. Mis partner, Mr. Dale Barksdale* h. m the rtc* urd last year In the way of success. and we may hope for good things of them tins Kali. Tlie Snow. The heaviest snow that lias fallen in this County fur many years fell last Monday. It began tailing before day light and continued to fall all day, even till after dark, deports I as to its depth vary from live to seven inches. ^ - ;? I llatldon'N I.oenlN. H ni^li Hlennhcd Ilomesuun at lladdoii's. 'M! inch Fruit of Loom Bleached Homespun j nt ] I addon's. :1C inch Brown Sea Island ft (I & tf comh at ? 11 ad don's. v See those new Crapes and Salines al II u . don's. j \ Open Slippers with steel buckles at Ifud. j ion's. 11 l?adles Shoes all numbers at Hartdon's, | Try gold dust washing powder at Livinr ton A' Perrln's . k i I 9 STIRRING ABBEVILLE DP. I k'n?;c Karucr Talks VlKoroiiNly, nn?l II Oirera "Ktriiifcbt Good*." Abbeville, S. C., Feb. 12, 180-5, '' 1h Abbeville ever to wake up? What has' 1 ecome of the coltoo mill scheme? If we thi rill all act shoulder to shoulder we can raise ho sufficient amount to Justify a good outside I I ubscrlption to build a good little mill. The ! wl lain trouble with Abbeville is, there is too | lie ttle genuine public spirit here and loo much i or ferual selfishness, other towns that, are go- j He ]g ahead with not the same advantages as t i kbbeville get there by unity of action. All' Itl ictionai, business and religious differences | at re buried when a question for the upouild- i rel ng of the town arises. Don't try to do too | 1 such at first, but let every man help oouie I so nd we can build one small mill and others Su re sure to follow. We must do this for the Ni reservation and upbuilding of Abbeville. J 1 ell you we will be sadly and everlastingly Gi sft li we don't wake up from this lethargic1 wl onultlon and get to work. Kvery town of any consequence in upper : ICI Carolina, except Abbeville, Ijhk u good mill j Fbleb Is the life of the town. Even sleep> t vli >ld Laurens has gone to work la ihe right at pay. If you will go In any store Id Spartan- ho >urg, Greenwood, Newberry, Anderson and 1 ilber live towns you will flud tor sale then el< tapie goods made right there,giving employ- ne ueut to hundreds and keeping money at 1 tome where it is being made lo multiply It- Ml ell lu various ways. A good mill built here In nil be ot great benefit to our jaruiers lor Gi lies around and 1 believe a good subscrip- J Ion can be raised among them. Every man he n Abbeville, white and black, ougbl lo sub- 1 cribe something. re Look at Greenwood,?she Is going right: I .bead, and wby? Greenwood Is lor Greeu-1 gu cood rtrst, and last to a man and you will see J , town there right pielty soon lor they are j ly ore than apt to have a Court House and two i ro tew railroads in the near future. j 1 Nobody should leei as If they are giving to j to his enterprise, but subscribe as an invest-!cu ucnl, and it you never gel anything back but I co he money >ou puiin it as that much saved | J md a dollar saved Is a dollar made. Let out co oung men outof employment go to work for j lai . mill and stick to it, and tbey will make Ni heir lortunes lu cotton manuiacturlng. , a I hope our farmers will try tobacco culture | on in a small scale this year, and in the next th breeor lour years we could then build a to-1 J lacco iactory here. We cau raise as flue to- "U ibcco here as in Virginia or North Carolina, wl r?.i rniiun ur? out. n. ciiiion mill nud tobacco Sh actory ai every live town In the s?tate we will' W le all right,. Push them along, Mr. Editor. t? Wage-Earner. A. cli NINETY-SIX NOTES. if; | Cc rile People Who I.lve and Have their | ' Brine I'nUer (he Nhiuiow of ihe ^ Old Fort. j of Ninety-Six, S. C., Feb. 11,1895. J The excessive oolu weatuer has retarded ev- , ry line ol business, and our farmers ure con-1 ilaiuiug that the laat hope of tne oat crop! las vanished. On LUe Oth Inst., Miss Lucia Calhoun was luiteil in marriage to Mr. Miller Pinson. The R< ride is oue ol our handsomest and best M 'oung ladle*, and the groom oue of tne nicest M oung men in our community. The cere- M nony was performed by the Kev. M. M. Brab- W lam ul Edgefield T. The many irifcnds of Mr. L. M. Fouche were M ;lad ol' his appointment as Cierli ol Internal M tevenue Collector Towns, He could not have Ja lettered it if he had looked the statu over. M klr. Fouche is a first-class bookkeeper with M urge experience. J. uu the <ith mst., at the residence of the J. iride's grandmother, Mrs. Dyson. Miss Fan- M ue Dyson, was happily married to Mr. ltobt. | J. Vllliamson. The Kev. M. M. Hrabbam oi- E iciatlug. | LI ,l- V* ' fii-onnro octont nf tin. CI niira.li IPP ! M UlCgU.J, ?Svw. ? I >a v lugs Loau and Investment Company 01 | rVaslnnglou, I). C., was In lowu leceiiti}. He; mid a good many shares. % ] ur On ine 10th lust., at tbe residence of the | Tl >ride's lamer, near Mt. Morlali, Miss Klia | at Juloersouwaa married to Mr. Jame* Burnett. 1 gi file ltev. F. O. ti. Curtis perioriued the cere ; uony. Coi. W. K. Blake ol Greenwood was down j se asi satuiuay. He would be a good inuii to ' lend to tbe Constitutional Convention. Tbe frame of tbe new A. M. E. church was I >lown down the second time one night rec-1 intly. Several of our farmers will compete lor tha j 'big hog" prize ottered by the News a ud i Dotmer. Mr. J. D. Coleman and family were down ! yesterday visiting H. S. Nickels ana laiuily. Tbe traveling public are ve'y anxious lor : P1 .he completion ol the new bridge over Wil- m ion's Creeu north of town. Mr. .J. Preston (James of Greenville has jeeu employed by Mr. J. C. Wler to eleik 101 :be present year. Mr. Gaines comes highly recommended as a gentleman and salesman. Mr. G. W. Calhoun has moved to Columbia. We hope tbe move will piove pleasant and prottiaole. Tbe Rev. Dr. McBrlde preached to a large ind attentive congregation yesteiday. Although we have tecorded <iuite a number ! )f marriages lately we waul it understood D ,hat there is still a large amount ol main-jbi nonlal material lu aud around Ninety-alx j hi yel. I "1 Mi. and Mrs. Miller Pinson worshipped at it Lhe Presbyterian church last Sunday. pi Dr. Blake and Col. Miller were in Abbeville tt last week and tuard Mrs. lliaKe's bpetch ou 'Woman's Rights." They were very mufch ' pleased. The sociable at Mrs. Wardlaw Moore's last j Mouday night was m very enjoyable occasion.; The young people of the town vole Mrs. Moore ' it l most agreeable hostess. i ? Mr. aud Mrs. G. F. Towns have gone to : cm Edgefield on a visit. Capi. P. A. Townsend is teaching the Kin- tt ird school. He is a teacher ot many years ex- > j, perlence, ana one of the best in the land. ! A heavy snow Is tailing and bids lair to be w the biggest Know of the season. Mrs Col. Muinford nee Miss Daisy Orchard, j j* >f .Stuart, Va., is expected to visit irieuds in u Nluety-six soou. i It Nlss Kedcna Griffin has accepted a place as a Leacher In the graded school at Orangeburg.; k She is one ot the best of our teachers and is : ture togi\e satisfaction. w We have heard nothing of the dispensary : it Ninety-Six lor the past week. cc Gen. sample. Chairman of the Board of' Joniract, was down last week. He attributes 1 d .he deteat ol the dispensary at Greenwood to ia i want of votes. Coal and firewood Is scarce at Ninety-Six. : tr East Eud. ! w m m WEST END. Happening* and In ri?l on In of h Week irnnnil Ihl' 4'||V. Miss Annie Hill has been in town Tor the last week visiting her father. Judge II. E. j Hill. She will return tomorrow to Greenville, j tier adopted home. Masters Norwood and Mays Cleveland came i iown last Thursday from Marietta. Green-! fiile county, to visit their aunl, Miss Lila Norwood. Mr. Thos. T. Quarles is at home again after ! (pending the past three months buying cotton j in Madison, Ga. Mrs. S. J. Link and Miss Agnes Quarles re-1 inned from Rock Hill last Friday, after' pending a most delightful week with Mr. J., W. Thomson's family. The pretty little parsonage being built by ' ['pp-r i.oug Cane ohurch Is nearly complete, s iikI will soon be ready for occupancy. This lent linle home is on Main .Street. Mr. Will Giles, of Anderson, was in the city eral days last week. Will Is an Abbeville ji>> and lias many friends among the young < ! , Mr A. M.Schoen, Electrician fortheSouthlMi>u:rn Tariff Association,spent Sunday and Uond.i.v with his Irlends here. Mr. Scboen ocs (loin here to the "City by the Sea." j 8? Mrs. A. Cohen is |at home again after a six ,veek s visit to her parents in Athens, Ga. be "lis an 111 mind that blows nobody good." p ? cold weather made the wood, coal and I (!a v -r-.-ioe trade good, while many a poor un- ] < > n-iaie who had ueitlier money or credit to : peine the necessary clothing and luel, 00 n ntall.v wished that, the author of the poem : Beautiful snow" could feel the chilling ef- wl e -ts of the same. i bh Nearly all trains forseveral days have been < nieoutheS. A. L. Heavy snows and ex-, nr reme cold In tbe North (we don't have that1 a|] end, of weather down here) caused the de- j si vs. I The "Ball" to have been given by the Ger-1 al nan Club next Thursday night, we learn, has ; Ku ceii postponed until sometime next week, i 1 Mr. Will K. Perrin has accepted a position on v 1th the Abbeville Supply Company. His' VV nany Irlends will find him always ready and nixious to serve them, and glad to supply 1 hem with tho "best at the lowest price." 'f) Skating, sleigh riding an<l suow balling lave been the amusements for some time. If > his weather continues, we will have to move uo o a warmer climate. Say Vermont or Min- tli icsota. i ; Or. M. F. Game went up to Anderson Mon- lit I" V. so Mr. J. A. Allen lias been "pending pm? ' eek In tin country, Hie guest of Mr. t'. J. ^ >JO", , .Messrs, Blouse and font**, of Newberry, and ,(J, Jr. Towusenit, it I I'muii, are here. Tht:?e entlemen tire attorneys, anil are here on the . ,atlmer-Mo?irinan Congressional contest. The loss susialned by Mr. .1. \V. Morrow by j irt! on the 22nd of January, lS'J.'i, hu.n been ad- eBl u-ted. Said property was insured In the I i uencles of Messrs. W. T. Branch and J. H. ! & ?ii Pre. ! etc The mercury showed 4 degrees below zero | t this place Saturday morning. The coldest J feather ever felt In this country. | Mrs. J. (J. Ambers and her little daughter, pl> lary, left on the Vestibule Sunday afternoon < Qe r Richmond, Va. They will return about , !? lit- first of April. ' ne i yo ?? 1 ; in' The next time you are in town call at Ry ! V aril's and K?*t a tine pair of spectacles cheap- ho i PYLES'S PARAGRAPHS. e OivcN a First Rate Budget o ltetwlnble Item*. Greenwood, S. C., Feb. 11,1W5. Ur. B. M. McGee, of Greenville, stopped u e city last Saturday and Sunday, enrout* me from a business trip lo Columbia. Hiss F. Estelle Knight, of Fountain Inn 10 successfully taught two years In the pub sehoo'is near Greenwood, has been electee inclpal of ihu Modoo Higli School In EdgeId county. V1!sb Emma Ellis, of Canton. Ga., after vis ng friends and relatives for several month Greenwood and otherplaces In this county turned to her home last. ween. Mr. James Burnett and Miss Ella Cuibert n, of New Market, were happily marrlec nday evening by. Rev. F. 0. S. Curtis, o nety-Slx. rho play for the benefit of the Greenwoo< aded School has been postponed for a shor lileon account of the severe weather. Miss Winona Durst vinlted Mrs. Lawsoi Inard. of Nlnety*Six. last week. Miss l<ldle and MlhS Mamie llampey, after I jit of several weeks to friends and relatlvei Stony Point and Cokesbury, have returnee me. t'rof. Thos. J. Griffin, of Bradley, haR beei jcted principal ol the Pine Grove schoo ar Greet, wood. Mrs. Alma Hays, ol Newberry county, an< Iss Lill e William*, of Mi. Carmel, are visit E their father, Capt. D. R. Williams, o eenwood. Miss Lizzie Keltar entertained a number o ir frlenus last Thursday evening. * Miss Maggie Williams visited frlendsan< latlves at Cross Hill last week. Miss Pearl McCall, ol Benuettsville, Ir thi est of Miss Margaret Fin lay.. Miss Marie Mcllwaiu, of A6bevllle, recent visited her grandfather, Mr. John Daf ngb, near Sal-ak. * Mr. W D. Melton and family, have move* Round Oak, Ga.. where Mr. Mellon bas s? red a position as Section Master on the Ma n & Northern Railroad. Mr. Jones *C. Davenport, formerly of thl unty, but now*>f Atlanta, Ga., was marrlet 9t Wednesday to Miss Nepple Grognn, o ircross, Ga. Mr. Davenport has won qulti reputation as a postal clerk, having heei ce or twice promoted to higher and lucre re positions in the |>ostal railway service. Mrs. D. B. Goodwin, of MarsUallvllle, Flu, jpped over with Mrs. Dr. J. C. Maxwell iille en route borne irom Spartanburg, when e had gone to enter her son as a student li ofTord College. She hpeaks In the hlghes rmsof Dr. James H. Carllsleandof Rev. W , Rogers, formerly pastor of the*Greenwoo< rcuit. Mr. J. \V. Smith and his sister; Miss Oil I nitb, of Verdery, recently took a trip to At n ta, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lipscomb and rod, n >lambla, have recently visited MrR. Mailt pscomb, of Verdery. Mr. A. T. Haker and daughter, of Central Bre the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bowdt Sal-ak. Miss Dollte Bodle, of Newberry, is vlsillnj ir brother, Mr. J. W. Bodle of Sal-ak. Below we give a lint of the members of tin ardery Literary Society: ROLL OK MEMBERS. >v. J. B. Mnse, N. O. Pyies, iss Mamie Short, H. Sloan Morow, Iss Llla Purely, Miss Lily Purdy, Ikh Minnie Muse, Miss Lila Scott, alter T. Devlin, R. F. Purdy, * A. Fell, Miss Marl Morrmv, Irk Lois Muse, Miss A. Coral Muse, IssKvaScolt, Miss Lila Fell. ,mes foray. miss juine i?iuse, Ikh'EIoIsb Carwile, M iss Elise Carwiie, IBs M. L. Lipscomb, John Kerr, W. Hmlth, J. M. Pounds. N- Griffin, Alius Mnry Sistrunk, ujor .1. L. White, J. V.Scoot, W. Scott, Miss E. M. Lathan, ugene Devlin, Paul Purdy. Ivy Watson. Nell Nelson, iss Alum Fell, Miss B>irabaTownsen< Rev. W. B. Wharton i'hls .Society meets regularlary every fin id third Friday evenings at S30 o'cloct le meeting next Friday evening will be hel the residence of Itev. J. B. Muse. The pr< ram for the evening Is as follows: Rending?Mr. John Kerr. Song? Miss Lois Muse. Miss Barbara Towr nd, Mr. H. Sloan Morrow. Recitation?Miss Emma Lathan. Declamation?Mr. R. T. Purdy. Reading?Miss Elese Car wile. Recitation?Miss Lily Purdy. Song?Miss Scott and Miss Hardy. Reading?Mr. James N. Grifflu, Recitation?Miss Lila Fell. Original Essay?Rev. J. B. Muse. Recitation?Miss Coral Muse. The following commlitee was appointed i ovlde a program to be announced at the nej eetlug : Miss E. M. Lathan, Miss Coral Muse. Mr. Llvy Watson. COMMITTE ON BY-LAWS. Mr. N. O.Pyles. Rev. J. B. Muse. m - r u/ Miss Elese Carwlle. Miss Emma Laihan. Messrs. Pierce Brooks, Red Talbert, Jc avis, George Anderson and J\ V. Andwrso ave at last succeeded In catching, alter 'on ad ofi-repeated chases, that cuunlng old fc Bishop," so well known to fox hunters I lis section of the country. Mr. Joe Dav laces such a high valuation on Bishop's hlc lut be has uiade him a cap of it. N. O. Pylea, m Tribute of Respect. On the night of the 18th. of December IS! ie "Death Angel" came to our quiet Hit >wn, Bradley,8. C., and claimed ashlsow ir much esteemed friend,.). H. Youngbloo Mr. Youngblood was a devout member )e Methodist Church. He h?d been a rei sntof our town about ton years, and bn reatly endeared himself to our people. as just In the prime of life?In t?ls 34th yea About five or six months previous to hi ist illness, his health began falling, an iree weeks before his death, his physlcit iformed him that he was contending wl case of Brlgbt's disease, and of course I new that meant death. lie did not seem alarmed, but said to h Ife, "I am not afraid to die (it any time." He leaves a young wife and a large <co| >urseof friends to mourn his loss. Uq tDou hnrloii In f ho A R P oeinpturv ue Went. S. C., by the side of his father-! ,w. Mr. Wro. Pruitt. We deena our losss heaven's gain, and unt we ma; meet bim In that land ofbll here sorrow is unknown. You have gone and left us, dear friend, And oh, we miss you sore, We watch for you on the streets, Hut you will come no more. Alas! how disappointed are we. When all to their homes have retired. It Is then we recall the sad night. When writhing with pain you expired. How strange! that one so noble Should be taken and others be left, That* home so cheerful and bright, Should be so sadly bereft. Your home once a palace of joy, Even now. seems shrouded in woe, But (iod always knows best, And it is best that it should be so. We feel that you are safely garnered, In God's fair haven of rest, A home prepared for those, Who shall be eternally blest. Your stay in our little town, Though measured by very few years, Will be recalled with feelings of joy? And Dot by sheddingor tears. I). A. I?. W. Whlte'n Local*. lust received?a new lot of black salines' iod values?price from 10 to 2.">cts per yard. Bargains in towels and linen napkins ca s had at the store ot L. W. White. A few pairs of tine red blankets left whic ?? K/? K,?n?hi at /i/iot frnnt F. W Wh Ifp_ Buy a fashionable stylish clonk at less tha <1 Irom L. VV. White. Don't forget to look at White's clotliln lien in need of anything in thin lino. Greo .renins are ottered. Those domestic ginghams at .j els per yar e nearly all gone. Go to White's at one id see those that are led. L. W. White offers 10-1 unbleached sheetin l.'i cents per yard. No rock price lor thet> ods was ever known before. My stock of outings is almost exhausted ily a few pieces left, oume and see them. 1 . White. V great reduotlon in the price of fine f'renc ua. A handsome line of these goods no* !ered by I,. \V. White. Hamburg trimmings and torchon Incesar >w very cheap. Au elegant assortment c ese goods now offered by L- W. White. l!y rugs are all hold, but I still bave a tlu it; ol Ingrain and Brussels which will b Id verv cheap. L. W. White, Sow is the time to buy a breach loadlni ot gun. You can find such au article at th ire of I,. W. White, and at an astonlshlngi; w price. toddles! Do you need one? If so, call 01 1*. Hammond A (Jo. for ihey have the larg L line iu Abbeville couuty. iarnestrings and leather at C. P. Ham mom Co. anil going cueap. nacKoanutt, irace ['he star that leads (hem all, the light run rig Domestic; Sewing Machine, can be ha< eap at It. C. Bernauf ihe jeweler. AUi edles and oil for all machines. lee what Mr. Hernau has to say about thi w watch lor only $3.75. The very waiet u want, if yon do not wish to Invest muct >ney and Deed the time. Vhen you want fruits and candies for th< lldays call on A.M. Hill & Sons. - as f- ' ! I ""I * J V i f c * I H 'I I :| I ' I ' ] B I J t H ; Big j I .? I 8 ( i . c ( ;j Bargains ' I - ' ! sj for ' ' ?! . ' i i : e: the i e i f g; e i ; i I Month * I i ; * of " 1.1 II i { ! d i B-j I January i i X) ; ?| in >e n I every >4, || department. Ce ' ; id : Itl . tb I ie "j Can at n-' I i S8 1 i | early. i | P. ? I Rosenberg -i D I h j !: and d' si e :! Co. e e e I e 1 ' ? li 9 >1 f N C ) V ! . ' HOMESTEAD NOTICE. STATIC OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ACntVILLE COUNTY. - " '.x Parte Sarah J. Cowan. Petitioner.?Petition for IToinefi >? i Notick Ih heieby given la ml pernoDM couerned. ihat Mrs. Surah J. Cowan ba? applied 0 nie to have the Hnniewtead exemption al* owed by law eet otT to her In the personal >roperty of her l?tc husband, E. Cowan, deeded. ' Dated February 9th,1?9ij,and published once 1 week for lour weeks in the Abbeville Press ml BsnnT. J. C. KLHilH. Feb. Io, lsO.j. 41 Alakier, MORTGAGEE'S SALE JNDER POWER OF ATTORNEY. By virtue of a power of attoriey. contained In mortage of real estate exruted by David Mcbane to W.P.Kennedy. ltd heir*. executor* or assigns. 5 Febv. 1892, io ,ecnre payment of note dated !i Feby. 1892, r . - n-u.. iwM eu*i* to u.iik l?. < IDil pnyMDie l."i reuj, ir?j, iui mti.ig, itiiu ..." erest at 8 per cent, payable annually until >ald In full, principal and lutnest being now one past due and|un paid? I will sell at Abbeville at public auction on Saleday In March next, the following deer I bed real estate, to wit: that tract or parcel it land situate lying and being in Abbeville !oumy In state aforesaid containing )ne Hundred and Eighty [180] Acres, nore or less and bounded by lands of Banter ims. on tbe south east by A. B. Kennedy ? , lorih by land* of McCaslan and others, west )y land* of Napier. - ? TERMS CASH. Said mortgage recorded In mortgage book S'o. 8. page 'J47? Register's 31. C. Office. MARGARET E. KENNEDY. Ex. and sole Legatee of W. P. Kennedy, dec., ???. iiin,noV|n r.int iUUi lattice nuu uv^ *U h.%.. FREsTbeef&ftsh. ?1? I ' V T. L, DOUGLASS HAVING bought the beef market of Mr. Van Siraaten will henceforth furnl*b nil onds of FRESH MEATS at the LOWEST *' rj PRICES. FISH and OYSTERS Will be a ipecialty. Give him your ordeni. tf ? . ______'i / RICHARD GANTT, Is now prepared to do all work in his department in the beat nanner and at reasonable charges. Monthly UHtomera abavlng, hair cutting and shampooing SI per montn. Raaora honed and pnt n the beat condltl m for 25 cents each. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. ALL person*indebted to the estate of G. w. CONNOR, debased, mi at Nettle without delay, and tbnoe holding clalma EigalnHi I he estate mum present them prooerly attested to. CATHERINE CONNOR. Jan. 23, 1805,4f Executrix. SCHOOL TRUSTEES FOR AB- 5 BEVILLE COUNTY. .1. School District No. 1?Capt, James' Roger* Jr., J. N. Llpbcomb, B. P. Pin son, Ninety* six. School District No. 2?John B. Sample,\J. L. Hughey, Greenwood; J. D. Foucbe, Coro* School District No. 8?Dr. S. T. Lea, Cokes* bury ; J. A. McCorcl, Hodges; Q. B. Klley, Riley. -;-3 school District No. 4?C. V. Martin, J. C. -Martin, Donalds; 8. J. Burt*, Houea Path. .. School District No. 5-J. A. Devlin, W. R. Ellis, T. J. Bowen, Due West. ^ School District Na 6? D. F. Hannah, Hodgesj H. W. Bowie, Abbeville; M, G. . tj,. Smith, Donalds. ' School District No. 7?R. D. Pnrdy. Verdeiy; i P. D. Klugh, J. T. DMVls.Greenwood. School District No. &?E. W. Watson, Bradley ; Tbos. J. Hearst, Verdery; Dr. P. H. Adams, Phoenix. Sobool District No. 9?J. P Wideman, J. 8. . Harris, J. W. Young, Troy. School District No. 10?A. T. Brown, Hunter; A. K. Watson, u. H. Wardlaw, Abbeville. V ' %' School District No. 11?J. G.|Ed wards, Ju. V Evhiis, S. H. Cochran. Abbeville. School District No. 12?A. M. Erwin, L. P., Harkne**. R. A. Haddon, Antieville. School District No. 18?8. K. Bpps, a 8. * Boles. D. T. Simpson, Lowntresviiie. School District No 14?Geo. W.Sfleer, Mon- < ' lerey; J. W. Boyd, Mt. Carmel; D. W. Tboiuas, Watts, S. C. '> H? Hcbool DlKiriCL i>o. ID?r4 A* dj ^amo u, , Wldeman; Wm. McNeill, Mt. Carmel; J. O. Heojmlnger, Link. School District No. 10?Jas. Cot bran. Jr., McCormkk; W. M. Brill, Handover; J. L. - ' ? Glbert. , School DIM rlct No. 17?E. 8. Hale, E. W. ' Lipscomb, J. P. Phillips, Ninety-Six. School District No. 18?C. A. C. Waller, T.' 1 . F. RlJey, J. I. Kerr, Greenwood. , Scnool District No. 10?W. A. Templet on, P. B. Gary, J P. Miller. Abbeville. Scnool District No. 20?Rev. A. L. Patterson, W. L. Miller. John W. Morrali, Mt Carmel. School Distrlc No. 21?John T. Cheatham, R. W. Knox. Nicholas Scbr?m. The different Boards of Trustees are requested to hold a meeting at an early date for ihe purpose of orgaulzlng, by electing a chairman and clerk (where they are not already organized), and to meet with the Board of Examiners in the School Commissioner'* office on Monday, the 3rd d?iy of December next (Saleday) at 12 o'clocK m. to get Trustee's Records and arrange plans tor conducting the public schools daring the present year. W. T. MILFORD, School Commissioner and Chairman Boaru of Examiners. Nov. 19.1S94.0 f FIRE PROOF, 175? Kerosene Oil, 15c Per Gallon. t IF YOU WANT A GOOD LIGHT AND AN oil that has no srnoki*. no otiensive odor, and no duugcr of explosion, use FIRE PROOF OIL. G.W.Lomax. v ) s. v. p Y | f -FOR LEAN HORSES.? # W HARRISON S u&mfi. <r f Druggists. t li08t. ONE small pocket case Surgical Instruments lu Klat Woods In neighborhood of Hopewell church or Tliompxou place. A *. suitable reward will be paid for delivery at thl- office or to J. Walter Hherard, Feb H, 1S95. * Lebuuou, S. C. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OK ABBEVILLE. PltOBATE COUKX. [n the Matter of the Estate of M. F. Ellis, Deceased. Petition for Settlement and Discharge. \KT E. BELL and J. R. McGEE aa Admin* ? Istrators lor said Entitle having applied for settlement aud discharge. It is UHDK.keh, Thai Thursday the 28tl> day if February u*.\t be fixed lor granting the relief prayed for. K. E. HILL, Feb. 0. IStfi. Judge Probate Court. Nprliiic (iuuds. Sat teens, ducks, crepes, Ac., Just In at Had- g Ions. jj White ana coiorea aproa caecis si cimi < Ions. Full Hue table linen, towels, crash, 10-4 heeling, bleached ana blown homespuns, lutings, tic., at Haddons. 40 aud 46 Inch worsted stuff, Just tbe goods or ladles sKtris or waists, very cueap, at Hadlons. Chemlsetts, white and colored, Just received it Haudons.