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The Press and Banner.' BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C. .j goyPiiblisIied every Wednesday at' $2 a year in advance. Wednesday, May 22, 1895. "Contlllioiiii." Several weeks ago some well-meaning Ken-j tlemen met in Charleston and assumed, or J proposed to impose, "conditions" on the; voters of South Carolina in the matter of( electing delegates to the state convention. Later on some other well-meaning gentle- j men have laid down their ultimatum. After awarding to all these gentlemen im- j pulses ot the fullest and largest measure of j patriotism In the effort to serve thelrconn'i try, the Press and Manner would respectfully j dissent Trotn each and every proposition for; "conditions." The gentlemen are out of or-J der. It Is not for the individual, nor any little coterie, to dictate terms to the people of South Carolina who are the source of all power. It Is for them to lay down the law or to adopt the rules by which we shall be governed. The Tillman-Hemphill cotorie were positively authorized to bind nobody, and had not the slightest pretext for holding out any idea that they could control the political opinions of the people of South Carolina, ex' ' mn>l. C6pt ) bo iaraR (acir nuggcswuuoon?? with the approbation of the individual citizen. Tnesameis true as to the gentlemen who have more recently announced the "conditions" upon which they would support the Democratic party. Our own opinion is that the majority of the Democratic party have a right to adopt their own platform. If it should be too narrow for all the Democrats to stand on, then it is their right and privilege to get off of it, and get on any other platform that they like better?porsibly where there may be more plums to be given out, or where the company may be more congenial. As water cannot rise above its source, so It is not to be expected that political leaders can rise above their source. Whatever the fact may be, a large majority of the white people of South Carolina are impressed with the Idea that they, in the aggregate, are the custodians of the welfare of the State, as well as of their own Individual wel lare. However much we may. as individuate, dislike to be thrown out o' office and power, yet it is the duty of every patriotic citizen to be loyal to bis race and to his party. The party now in power kept a faction in power for a long time, and nobody will deny that it is their right to change rulers, if they so determine. If tbey do wrong it will be but for a short time. The pendulum will swiug back, and right aDd justice will soon resume their sway. For this reason it is better to bear the ... , ills that we have than to destroy the fabric merely because we and our klnfolk are temporarily out of office and out of official power. The PregM Association. The South Carolina State I'ress Association will meet next Wednesday evening at Sumter. The people of that city are arranging for a banquet, and the officers of the Association have perfected plans for an excursion to Washington by way of Norfolk. The time which 1b usually devoted to a free Interchange of views as to the practical conduct of newspapers is very limited, but the meetings are generally profitable, the banquets are always enjoyable, and the excursions are sometimes endurable. The Press and Banner extends best wishes Tor the happiness and prosperity of nil the brethren. As a rule they a?e hard-workers and are entitled to the benefits of a week's rest and recreation. A number of them print long primer papers, and any man who can make a success at printing a long primer paper deserves the highest honors from his countrymen, and should be assigned to the scat of honor at the banquets which are given to the South Carolina Press. The mau who makes a success at printing a newspaper in leaded long primer has performed a miracle, or else has found a community of gudgeons. What Khali We l?o ? k We do not know the innermost workings of I the plans of those who may seek to defeat the * 1 * Kn o tho nrpt;. tt regular organ izeu uemuciauj , uui. an r. ? E ent time the Press and Banner has no doubt - as to the proper course to pursue. Our symI pathles of course are with the white people. [ We believe it to be arrogance and presumpr tlon for the minority to claim the right to ( rule the majority. I If, however, any set may think they have the divine right to rule,even by going against their own race, they can do Just as they ' please. They may gain a temporary advantage by transferring the government to the negroes, but the price to be received will hardly pay for the sacrifice. Sink or swim, live or die, we intend to remain with the people who are blood of our blood, and bone of our bone. Others may at their own good pleasure, turn their backs on .* ' the majority of their own race, In the hope ol being rewarded by office, but that sort ol movement does not at this moment commend Itself to us. Thk recent declarations of Governor Kvans to his "fellow-citizens" may be found In thi6 paper. v They have been widely circulated,and every conceivable expression, from enthusiastic endorsement to the most pronounced censure, has been made of the paper. Speaking for the Press and Banner, we do not regard the document as a good nine days wonder. There was no special need for iu but Its appearance can hardly make a perceptible ripple on the surface of the political sea, nor Ill * I 1 " ko (loan Kv thp Will bUC CilCVii. UJ HB piCOCUVC uv ovvu wj v**v d naked eye. J - For tbe simple reason that his enemies find excuse for censure, it might have been well for him to have remained silent, but since he ? has spoken the old world will go on in Its usual way, and will not be thrown out of its orbit. His enemies never see any good in him, and it is not expected that he will do anything which will meet their approval. "A Free Ballot nnil ? Pnlr Count." That was the legend imprinted on Mahone's battle llag in 1881, when he sought to put black heels on white necks in tbe state of Virginia. The same idea would answer for the battle (lag of those who in 16!Jo intend to Africanize the State or :souin uarouna, rmner than subtnlt to the rule of the majority of their white fellow citizens. Postponed. We have several communications for which we have not room this week. They will appeur next week. The treasurer's report is about the most interesting document that we f. .. could publish this week. Our readers will be delighted with it. Xotice. TheState Democratic Executive Committee having ordered a primary election to be held on the IlOth of July for the purpose of selects ing the Democratic norulness for delegates to the Constitutional Convention, the Democratic Executive Committee of Abbeville County Is, therefore, hereby called to meet at Abbeville C. H.,on the 'ird day of June. (Saleday) for the purpose of taking such action in the premises as may be proper. The meeting will be one of considerable importance iu me Keuiocracy of the county. A lull attendance Is requested. Frank B. Gary, i), fi. Maglll, County Chairman. Secretary. K APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE. ffi'J _ # tracei earrlt Review nl <lie Political Decision by alysii deny Gov. Kvhiin. ulur i In view of the decisions of Judge Goff and ,,lal t.he consequent crisis upon the while people Slate of the State, Gov. Evans yesterday issued trie pr?m following address lo the people of Ihe stale. w?'l( It Is a historical review of the history of the cal g? Registration law and the plans and purposes r of its dethronement, with well considered J words of ndviceand admonishment. The ad- s,!ir'' dress is as follows: whlcl Fellow Citizens: In lKffi, after the most '?sn< bloody struggle for principle in the history of derla the world, South Carolinians laid down their ",ft " arms and accepted in good faith the results of ?ur I1 the war. The state was put under martial < '** ' law, and under the reconstruction act tlie Ik- ' uorant slaves, whose fetters had just, been ten it broken, manipulated by carpet baggers from '"in the four quarters of the earth, were placed in P??P a . lsll ii entire control of our ."state government., -- ? ter >| farce of an election for delegates to a con- strife stltutional convention, the constitution poor which has been our organic law since 18?8 was [u"r/ adopted at the dlctato of Gen. (Janby. The 'Midi conditions which followed and the results of <>r to placing Ignorance and vice in the control of lnK the government are known to all men. This recofi condition lasted until 1K7<!, when t.lie oppres- r,Sbl slon and misgovern men t. had rendered onr people so desperate that with one impulse form they asserted their manhood and overthrew and I the despotism ol the carpet-bnggers and re- !' sumecl control of the Slate's a flairs. their While the constitutionality of the rccon- Me struction act was never questioned by us, be- ^vol cause we were powerless to resist, the ?jties l,"*y tion of State sovereignty within the limits wer,! prescribed in the constitution, in accordance with Southern interpretation, has since been who aflirmed by repeated decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. That conn even or Pl asserted that the States had never been out ol " ' the Union, thereby indirectly declaring In- surv valid the Acts of Congress, re-admitting them *lni* after reconstruction. The right, of a State to dlsei manage and direct its internal affairs without arru national interference Is recognized through- lerK. out the Union, and it is no peculiar or special conti claim on the part of South Carolina to exer- emol else that right so long as her State officers and WHr* her General Assembly obey the constitution ma,{ of the United States and the laws of Congress. This Is so well recognized that I do not pro- l"1' pose to discuss It further, but feel that we can w,>? safely rely upon the Integrity and patriotism coml of the Supreme J udges to re-aflirm and main- ll)eii tain it. Iheli The people of South Carolina have always dout been law-abiding and respect the constitution An and courts of the United States, but when the see ' (judges of those courts wantonly Invade nnu trample under foot the recognized rights ol ,0I1K our people guaranteed by the Federal consti- lhen tutlon, they have a right to assert themselves upor | and maintain their sovereignty and lnde- lhe j pendence. This they lia\e ever done and will causi continue to do, and will resist with all the lbou means withlD their power usurpation and tyranny of partisan politicians in high places ern who disgrace the Judicial ermine. We can- <lrea not, nor have we the desire to, resort to arms Hcia; -* > wnrL to resist his unjust decree, nut we can uuu will exert the united efforts of a liberty loving his | people to thwart the conspirators who are '| ou plotting to overthrow our civilization. In Gonf this struggle we confidently rely on thesym- rl8hl pathy and moral support of all lovers ofgood ot government and State's rights throughout IS95I | the Union. The sovereignty'of the States, ,orlt within their proper spheres, is as dear to Mas- 'bey I sachusetts and Ohio as it is to South Carolina, or 1' and the principle cannot be struck down here cons I without receiving a mortal blow elsewhere. act < It is unfortunate that the passions and prej- by ' udlces excited by the war in regard to tne ne- comi I groshould influence the opinionsand feelings w'et i of judges in dealing with this vita l principle, but it will follow Inevitably that if this prlu- best ciple is once destroyed, this country will be acl8 convulsed with a revolution for the restora- 100 1 tiou of the liberties ot white men, that will 1)001 far eclipse that other fatal struggle lor the tracl emancipation of the blacks. erce< The restoration of white supremacy in 1670 by 0 placed In office and In leadership of the State fay' Wade Hampton as Governor, and afterwards Para as United States Senator; M.C. Butler, United PaSe States Senator, Charles H. Simon ton, chair- w man of the Judiciary committee and leaderol 8Petl I the House of Representatives, later district w'10 j and circuit judges of the United States Court. Sout and John C. Sheppard, speaker of the House Stall of Representati ves, Lieutenant Governor and ca,,N afterwards Governor. In I8.S2, under the lead- Prin ership of these men, the Legislature pass?d 'den the laws known as "The Election and Regis- 1,av< | trallon Acts," designed to preserve white su 'ead premacy and a white man's government, far-r I These laws worked admirably and up to this ut t*1 proceeding no complaint has ever been heard of their Injustice, oppression or criminality The citizen who dared raise his voice against Stall thern was denounced as an enemy of his ^y 11 State. Those wtho were too young to hold ol wllh ? 1" "iioK uttulru Wfiri' tnnvlit instt ace aliu mac ? to respect these men us patriots and their b'001 handiwork as ;he palladium of our liberties. olhe This regime, becoming arrogant and distaste- tula ful to a majority of our people and repugnant rneu in their policy to our institutions, was over- s,arr thrown, and the people in 1S!K> by the election l)oul of H. K. Tillman as governor, declared tliHt 11 was not their intention tocreatean oligarchy. when in 1S7C they threw olT the yoke of the ~ negro and the carpet-bagyer. Two appeals I have been made to reverse this verdict of the I sovereign people, but. It has been sustained I each time with vehement determination. S|r The Keform movement had nothing to do \f with the election and registration laws. We j f received them as a legacy from theadmiuistralion of 1S82- We have upheld them as the T | acts of the people, and as constitutional means of self-preservation. Some of these men who are responsible for and who have enjoyed the benefits and honors of oftioe under these laws have turned upon their Stau since their retirement, By an appeal to one of the bitterest enemies of Southern civilization a politician who disgraces judicial ermine of the United States Court and masquerading as a judge, they have succeeded in having the registration law declared unconstitutional, null aud void. The chief argument made before him was the dafamatlon of your State, and insult, if Insult could come from such a source, to your State officers. Uni der this decree the doors have been thrown open and the ballot again placed in the hands j of every man, white or black, of the age of 21 ! years. The abuse and slander heaped upon | the State by the counsel tor the plaintiff was i only surpassed by that of the judge in his document styled a decree in equity. But the pity of it, the humiliation, and the shame of it is yet to be told. Besides this Jefferles on the bench sat an old man, whose head was grey, who bad fought on the field of battle for State's rights, who had been Speak erof the House of Kepresentauves or rioutti i Carol 1 Da aod in whose handwriting part of J your registration laws exist in our archives. There he sat wearing alike the judicial er- s"~ mine, hearing his Siate defamed, his corn- ...? rades in arms denounced as rebels, and his | own handiwork adjudged as a crime. If the law was a crime, was he not the criminal? Should his head have uot been bent and his eyes moist with tears of humiliation? Alas, they were not! With a Mephistophelean grin on his wrinkled face lie nodded assent to the I most infamous document ever emanating from a court in equity, while the black audience exclaimed "A Daniel has come to Judgment; yea, a J>anlel." The ex-Senator who has been holding caucuses in Columbia at private houses, having the ear of the court and holding "the fool of the chancellor," returned to his home, feeling that bis movements bad not been detected; but the responsibility shall rest where it belongs. Let the people not blame poor, lean \J I and hungry counsel, who are barking merely wart | for a bone, but visit the sin upon the heads of incn the arch conspirators. ___ A crisis confronts us, and has been thrust upon us without our will or consent at a time T when peace was hovering over the State. Ji . j South Carolina is enjoying an em of Jndusj trial Improvement, factories are being built In ' greater number thau elsewhere in the South. I The credit of the State ranks higher than ever in its history, our bonds not being purchasa- \V ble at a premium ol lets than ten per cent. * * The march of progress is about to be stopped; i tlie black pall of negro domination hovers j over us; we must meet the issue like South Carolinians. There are ouly two Hags, the white and the black, under which will you enlist? The one, the white, peaceful flag of An glo-Saxon civilization and progress; or the other, the black flag of the debased and iguoI runt African, with the white traitors, wtio are r-. i seeking to marshal the negroes. In order to re- 1J0( I gain political power. It is fortunate that the I issue comes at this time, when a constitution is to be made, guaranteeing white supremacy I once and forever. The constitutional convention must be controlled by white men. not white rneu with 8 black hearts, nor negroes. The world must be shown that we are capable of governing ourselves and that constitution or 110 constitution, law or no law, court or no court, Intelligent white men of South Carolina intend to |W govern ber. Let the man who undertakes to >1 lead the Ignorant, blacks against you sutler as 5 he did in 1870, and remember that eternal vlg! 11 miff. IK ?hf? urine ol llbertv. I will not call I the Legislature together. They could do nothing. An appeal will be taken to llit-Supreme Court of the United States, but under rr the red tape and technicalities surrounding it, J_ ' a decision caunot be had In time to a fleet the election of delegates. It must be a Iree open , fight. I appeal to the sovereign people of South Carolina, the wisest and safest and purest tribunal, to proteet their homes and ' liberties. They have uever lalled to respond , to duty. The government of the people must r|1( i auu shall be perpetuated and we are ready to J_ lead ttie light under the white man's flag. (.((y Your obedient servant, .A. .John Gary Kvans, Governor. w(t| ? - --- i.io> rate (oinmeii Is on (lie Above. In a Charleston Sun. [/ { (iovernor John (jury Kvaus' address to the eern ! people of the State is "strong"' and "vigor- (_;ra\ Otis," hut it is not out of place with the extra- Kon ordinary character of tlie crisis which is up- a,je| ' on us. It is prompted by a real sense of , wrong and Injustice which will appeal u> the |lir'u( ,#entiment ot the while people ol the state I and will once more unite them to do or die in 1 a common cause as no "cooked up" caucus or j conference of men?with professions of "j eace Hr | and harmony" 011 their lips and sHlir.li and (jen< I personal designs in their hearts?could ever nt. A ! The logic of the situation is terrific and cou- Attei elusive against the men who have conitplred 11 i Iier to overthrow tlie registration acts at s irltieal juncture. It is a result directly 8; ible to t.he spirit of "rule or ruin" anil it a ?s out this intolerant idea to the last an- tl !. No one will seriously undertake to that the .State election of JSSX) was a pop- si -evolution. No one will now maintain o a majority of the white people of the II did not support the movement and ap- a ; the result.. It was a contest between si t men and tiy all the rnles of the politl- p une the minority should have abided by w esult. | n ;re was another and earlier revolution ti 'd in Ibis State in lKtll, the traditions of I tl li all our people without excepilon bold | tl :red memory. The principle which lin-i t y that levolutlon and which inspired 1 indlvided support, and championship of ieople throughout, a terrible and destruc-1 ivar was State rights. 3 negro was the Immedinte bone of con-1 on, Itui the moneyed Interest Invested In I was not the motive that. Inspired ?urj le to go to war as one man. No such self- 1 iterest could have inspired that terrible! : because the nou slave holder and the man cheerfully and enthusiastically ilied beside or fought under the slave- b sr. They did not stop to count the cost t ask what Interest they had In maiutaln- I Intact the institution of slavery. They F tilled only that their fellow citizens' s B of property In the slave, as guaranteed a e compact by which ttie States agreed to s a central government, were menaced, j t In the cause of that principle thousands! t tern patriotically and devotedly shed; li blood and sacrificed llieii lives. ; f n like Hutler and Simonton were morel i red In the positions or honor to which c were assigned in that war, but they I not. more brave or seli-sacritlcing than . sands of the humbler, unknown men I i)icil ana uieu in uiu coui/cm, iuuiuiiKn , ke their superiors they had no pecuniary i irely personal interest in the contest, ten the war was over those of them who c ived courageously took upaaaln the hard t :gle oi life with such capacity as their j c ised. broken and maimed (possibly of an i a or a leu) conditions led them. Tne But- t the Mliiionions and men ol that class' Inued to reap oniy the honors and the; uments in peace as they had done iuj! Tliev continued to hold the offices, to | e the laws, to administer and to interpret i i. jally a time came when the rank and file | had borne so much and endured so un- i plalningly saw fit. to change or retire otlicers and to select new leaders from I number more in touch with themselves, [ itless. id what is the result? Immediately we! he laws which were made, administered held sacred by the Butlers and Simonwhile these derived a direct benefit from ), assailed, thrown down and trampled 1 by their shameless authors, aud even great principle of State rights, whose e crlep to heaven for vindication from a sand blood-soaked battle fields, is repu;d aud dishonored by ttiese as tbe Northvandals who invaded us In '01 never mpt of impeaching it. Butler, the benery. no sooner quits office than he sets to i to pull down In ruins on the heads of >eople the scaffolding by which he had nled to place aud power. Klrnonton, the ederate Colonel In the war for Slate lb: the legislator of the registration acts W2; the :>ccupant of a Federal bench in sy virlue of those acts and his personal mes promoted by them toapolnl where can no longer be affected either for good 1?Judge Simonton sits on ihe bench In ullation with and as silent partner in the >f the Republican Judge GolF?Invoked Is political friends, if not by himself, to 3 into the State and overthrow their ched handiwork at a time when theafid people of the State were striving as they could to substitute the Ill-omened with good and salutary laws. It looks nucb liicc a thief who has secured his y diverting the officers of the law on the iof the innocent tool whom he has co1 into crime. Little Oliver Twist forced ild Fsgin to pick a pocket and then heed by ills fellow pick-pockets is the only liel to it we can recall from either the s of fiction or of fact. hat inconsistency between Inst night's acle in this city and (his contention ! A le people turning out to do honor to h Carolina's foremost hero in the war for b rights; that hero declaring that the e for which we lought is immortal iu ciple and can never die at almost the tlcal moment that these other men who i been regarded as faithful and trusted ers have Invoked at Columbia the most eachink andtleadly stroke ever delivered le cause of Slate rights. t let us look at the peculiarly atrocious atitudeoflt. The class of men in this 3 who were most unqualifiedly affilcted lie curse entailed through slavery, because out owning the slaves, in a great many mces, they were called upon to shed their d in protection of the property rights of rs of their fellow citizens In them?It Is class of men who are now opce more aced with misfortune through the Hied block, for whom the Hutlers and {lasses, representatives of the former Harrison The L,eadim ?HAVE ON HAND LAE DALMATION IN* The best Bed Bug ] IV 1*5*1 i Prevents JP Stic KEST DRUGS! . H. PARKER, President. JULIUS H. Du he Farmers' Bar DEPOSITS ? ?|? i t jrotl tM )ES GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS, tions. A Savings Department has been Is. Interest at 4 per cent, payable quartorl; ease rapidly. A.LLEN SMITH, President, E ARE PREPARED DERS WE AKJK 1A' Rough and Dri )rs, Sash, Blinds, Turned and Shingles, Brick, Lime, Cement thing needed in the Coi ?*Will also Contract for any sizi Very Respec 'he Abbeville TIE SOUTH AND NEW YORK AND < FRED CLAY, General Coi IK LLOYDS Hytem, eKlabllshea in iu.v*, made iiow more thorough anil per I eel tiiro 11 'ANY HAS NKVKK KAILKD. MANY .use, as business people, I hey are bound to ai i equal, If not greater reliability than In off? 'ds offer a uniform cut. of fifteen percent, s having been made, they give even greater .bbevllle, we name u lew : Mr. 1-. \V. White Kdward Koach, Agent for I). O'Nell A So Wade Cothran and many others. The tnt s, well known in the South, are In the Lloy vford & Simpson, I'okIaI. Cable & Telegraph Kleclric Light Co. of Boston, Spreek tes Sugi phia, 1'. l.orrllard & Co, Colgate A Co., ol j Henry Swlnhorn A-Co., Daniel Mller Co. < est concerns are in it. Agencies for Al) >'ne ofllce for ttie County in Daly <sc c.?.'k sto ?ral Agent, and W. K. Cross, Special Agent i bbevllle c. H., ofllce at J. G. Kdword's fit ortnlck, Troy, Bradley, V'erder.v and Coronii it lor Ijowndesvllle, Ml. C>irmel and CooUh. ilihivllle. t 'apt. James Borers, Agent al Nil lave-hoidlng class, have now become tbe ponBorn us against the men who fought with ml nnder them thirty years ago io keep liese same blacks in subjection. iiy what method of logic, then, can It be aid that Governor Evans' characterization 1 this conduct is too strong? The technicalties of law and tbe decisions of the courts re capable of being twisted and perverted lo nil tbe inclinations of the judges who lnterret them or tbe purpose of tbe advocates rho seek to make use of them, but theeteral principles of truth aud justice are Immnible, and the Judgment of history as well as tie verdict of the people who will condemn lie men who have thus selfishly played upon he best Interests of the State. THE BOARD OF HEALTH, 'he Sim 11 (try Condition or the Town In (inoil. Tiie members of the Board of Health have een actl vely at work for a week discharging heir duty in examining the lots and declarng against disease producing filth. The toard express themselves as gratified at the anitary condition of the iowd, aud are pleasd with the manner in which our people eem willing and anxious to co-operate with hem In all efforts to preserve the health of he town. As far as we are informed there ius not been a single effort to obstruct or deeat I lie purposes of the Hoard. In some few n stances citizens have lieou requested 10 lenn up their premises, but. as a rule the city sin linocondition. The Mnoly.Six School. llKV. VV. Al. (IniKlt, 1). I)., will preach the ommeocement sermon before the pupils of he Ninety-Six High School, in the Baptist hurchat Ninety-Six next Sabbath morning it il o'clock. Public cordially iuvlted to atend. { STILL 1 STYLE. t WILL BE WORN S i ALL THE YEAR, t $ SOLID SILVER * felt * ^ - rin aLIapj i 1 Dill* } | NEW STYLES, t 1 NEW DESIGNS, i NEW LOT, t * NEW PEICES. 5 i Mi Silver Bracelets I ^ LADIES ARE INVITED TO KX- I J AMINKJVBOVK NEW GOODS # | AND PRICES. ^ \ R. C. BERNAU, * 0 THE JEWELER # * S & Game, * ? Druggists, GE QUANTITIES OF? SECT POWDER, ?iller---Sure Death. lie Ballw ; Moths. ?ky. LOWEST PRICES! A. W. SMITH, Vice President PRE, Cashier. ik of Abbeville. SOLICITED. $70,75C 6,50C BuyR and sells Exchange and makes Colec established. Amounts received of SI and up v ?January. Anrll. Julv. October. Small sav ' [March 1,1893,12m fl. J. BUKDETT, Manager. TO FILL ALL ORVOREI) WITH FOR sssed Lumber^ Scroll Work, Frames, Mantles fc, Builders Hardware or Anylstruction of a House, 3 house from Cabin to Mansion, tfully, Lumber Co, NORTH AMERICAN CHICAGO LLOYDS. inty Agent for Abbeville, (over two wnlurle* ngo) liy Kilwurd Uov?l i ugh regular iMinlnesH prosrreKNlon. A I.l.oYI); PROM1NKNT lU'SINKss MKN AUK IN IT ccepl ine NIIVIIIK irmure III mr iwijun,??.H.?. irea by any oilier Insurance Iii existence. Thi on the old line prices, ami In case of excesslv< relief than tlilM. Among nnr policy holder , Messrs. I*. Rosenberg Jh Co., 15. A. Tenjpleton ns, Mi. It. M. Mill, Mayor, Mr. (i. A. Douglass >st proinlneni Northern corupratlons aDd con Js, such as Austin, Nichols <fc Co., Simpson Co. of New York, Jordan, March & Co., Kdi ir Refining Co., .1. B. Lipplncott & Co. of l'hll lersey Clly, Armstrong, Cator &Co., Burnell <5 .f Baltimore. JN SOUTH CAROLINA tin beville County. rein the New Rosenberg Block. Kred Clay, n charge, T. P. Quarles. special representative ore. Mr. It. B. Wilson, Agent for Greenwood, tea, oil ice In Greenwood. Mr. A. L. Latlmei Mr. Joel Aiken, Agent lor One West and neiy Six. NINETY-SIX, Willi or llie Minority ? ifo Til Threaten lo <?o to the Enemy, They Cirn't Hole ??We Cnn't I lieve TIihI They Do. Ninety-Six. S. C.. May 20,ISO: Last Saturday was Children's day at J Lebanon. Mr. W. H. Whltlock presided w his usual dignity, and everything passed nicely. Our country people are generally throi planting and good stands of coiton and ci can be s.?en on every hand. Some of our terprislng farmers have gone Into the upl> rice business. Captains Kob McCaslan, 1 Butler and others have their crops up and sincerely hope this initial step will work w ders for the up country. A contingent of the Ninety-Six young f attended a pleasant picnic ut Dysons last > urday. Well, the Reformers have held their m ing and formulated plans with which t! hope to unite the white voters of South G'j lina. They have drawn the line and as on our local politicians o.-.id to us the other d "You will have to cross that line or be clan with the negro." This Is pretty harsh I guage and has not the conciliatory ring ab it. The work of the Forty Is to be igiio -_J 4,1 tbU, 1? ,|lfl H, 1U1U lliciii,in?i wii.ot. ... .... are to have no voice in the election of <1 gates to the convention. With the Reform It is treason to think or speak in opposltioi tbe formulation ol Irhy Ac Co. We are to forced Into thing*, that we most heartily approve ot or we ure to he ostracised. V our people submit like ilumli ilrlven call This is the (|iieNtlon. IT In 1*92 we Intel backbone to nominate anil run candidates office, why have we not the same right mi Our people should straightway call a SI convention and formulate Bome plans to g em tbe people. As things stand we are al sea. If it Is tbe purposs to endorse tbe act of the Irby committee let us know it and I Is the purpose to repudiate It let us km As Individuals we can accomplish nolbl butas 40.000 freemen we can accomplish mi I merely throw out these hluis hoping t they may do some good, I. e. stimulate people to action. Tbe Presbyterian church at Coronaca 1 dedicated on yesterday. The sermon < preached by Dr. Wilson, of Abbeville, great many Ninety-Six people attended services MaJ. A. M. Alkeu and R. II H derson were elected elders. Dr. Austin i Mr. Thompson deacons. The ceremony l beautiful, solemn and Impressive. Is it a fxct that there are no bluebirds t spring ? Have you noticed and have you s any? . A good farmer told us this morning that crops were at a standstill. The cool nig and hot sun Is having a bad effect, besides are needing rain. Remember that Dr. Grier will preach commencement sermon of Prof. Cork's sell next Sunday morning lu the Baptist chu at this place. It was a mistake that.Col. Miller had to I another cow from hydrophobia. No m trouble we are gluu to state is anticipated. Ninety-Six can boast of the finest gard in the county. Strawberries are abund and tbe prospects lor other fruits excelleni Mr. A. McN. Turner has been appointed mlnlBlrator of tne eftects of the late E Hale. East Em LOWNDESVILLE. A Young; I.ndy'N Perilnnn Kldo-So Whopper*?<ioo?l NIiiihIh aixl I'l i ly of Cut Worms. Lowndesville, S. C.. May 20th, ISA Mrs. Cnas.Simpson, of Anderson, and t wo"chlldren. came down Monday and kji a few days with the family or the brothe the firm named, Mr. G. K. Horton. The annua] tree ride to Augusta fortheo inal stockholders in Ihe Savannah Valle; K. was taken advantage of Monday by q' a number. Miss Nellie Moseley, on Monday, wen Capt. J.T. Barnes' on horsebsck. and as was coming back her horse became frighte at some dogs about two Hnd a half in above here, became unmanageable and all of the way back to Mr. E. W. Harp where she managed toguide him Into an o gate, but she was pulled oft'by one of the > posts. Kirange to say, in running that lance and cronsinir the railroad track sev times, and having her stirrup shoe pulled and torn up, at the end, she was only ba shaken up and but little hurl. Mr. J. H. Latimer of Abbeville came Thursday. Mrs. J. H. Latimer and Miss Ellen Par of Abbeville, who went to attend the Aui La railroad banquet Monday, came here \\ nesday, and the three last above mentio were the guests of Mr. J. T. Latimer for a or two. Judge K. E. Hill of Abbeville and Mi E. Lesley of near the same place, cami Thursday on business. Mrs. M. (?. Tenneut. and the three child nf the lata ])r. \Vm. Taggart, who have t making their home In oar town for n than a year, left last Friday for Marietta, where she will make tier tuture home i their uncle Mr. Nick Taggart. These < dren, though quite small, have for the ' few years had a varied experience, have t 1 In a sense, three times orphaned. Their f er and mother, died In a short time of < other, the children then went to the plea: home of Dr. Glbert, of Bordeaux, who i not long afterward. Then Mrs. M. G. 1 nent took charge of them. At all three of places, they were very kindly and indulg ly treated, and constituted a happy fain and now by circumstances, have again change their home, which is hoped will h conducive to their wellfa.-e and happlneu their other ones have been. Mr. J. B.Franks of Augusta spent last w with his family hpre. A few days ago Mrs. J. M. Latlmor retur from a several weeks'stay with kinsfolk Anderson. Major and Mrs. F. W R. Nance of Abbe^ were guests of this writer Saturday night Prof. T. 0. Klrpatriek will give an exh Hon In our High School next Friday nl the 2Uh Instant. The public is invited, It maj come, with the assurance of b< well paid. Saturday evening Mr. Enoch Nance's t< became frlgbtened at a cow, and whi round, breaking down a wheel, spllnte: the tongue and otherwise damaging nls tit. He was very fortttnate in getting of lightly. * r * l>"n " l-? r-? ro ft ?n I O Dr. J. J . L.IUUMUJ imn n nvj.au nilu .. ... mustache, which has the regulation curl, would put to sbame many a human posse of a fondly petted down upon the upper II ' Planters and gardener* this season ti had nothing to complain of an accouu "stands." Good seeds and favorable weal have given them all that they could deslr this direction, but both cia*Nes are "lusa because ol the destruction wrought by cut worms. One man says that alter I ' bad destroyed his vegetable plants that t went to work upon blsplowstock, hoe bat] rake, etc.. left in his garden. Mr. J. T. Latimer deserves "the cup" for finest strawberries in this section. They very large and pajatable. The cut worm j tborlty in the preceedliig paragraph,' i " that he saw two from Mr. Latimer's gai which were as big as his fist, aud each of II * weigh a pound. h Professors J. F. and J. C. Harper, the * from Barnes and the other from Autiev both successful and popular teachers, wet town Saturday. Mrs. R. L. Moorbead, after nearly a we stay with friends in Anderson came ? Friday. The bad road mentioned In the last we communication of this writer was iu Mountain View, and not in the Dlarr Hill section. Just.in thisconnection It w< uot be amiss to say to tbe people of this c ty, don't get In too big a hurry to have a the roads worked belore breakfast. It: big a Job for that. I, for one, am satii that our County Supervisor, who has r direct control of this matter lhau anj else, will destroy all grounds lor such gru ling, just as soon as possible. Trouj j A Wise Remark. Mr. Arthur J. Balfour, the leader of English conservatives, made a very wisi mark when lie said recently that the n paper In its capacity as an advertising a is ol incaculable Importance in any civil society, inasmuch as It brings togethewho have something to sell and tho . have something to buy. He adds that general news and comment and all the o machinery of communicating Informally the public are not of more VMlue to the t munity at large than the power of cumm . cation by advertisement. This view of a newspaper's power am worth toa community Is undoubtedly cor but is often overlooked. The service w the press does In bringing together den and purchasers is one of its most useful f lions and no estimate of the press ia ndeq mi.i?ii ,1mm not. take into consideration influence ol its advertising column*. C business men have learned this truth bj perlence. Many of them attribute their psh mainly to judicious advertising and host method of advertising yet devised Is s oil red by newspapers. s We have known some very worthy me f fall in business merely because they did 1 keep in touch with the public through g newspapers. The newspaper mxkes con jj Hon between those who want to sell and tl s who want to buy. It. encourages trade f builds up business enterprises. It is imf ble to measure the value of well-dlre< I newspaper advertising to the buyer as wel , the seller. Mr. Balfour Is quite correct in believing I . no other element of a newsper's Influent i greater than this. Kooiiin lit Kent. Two nice new rooms to rent in prii dwelling. Apply at this office. , KIiip, nice, smooth, hand engraving, i style letters and monogram work, no ro I scratch work, and your watch repairing d promptly at H liernaii's, the jeweler. ' ' r x DOGS AND DOGS. ; Alllinucli ili?> <'nnii><>?4 n.?l i u oy I'lucc ill fli? Henri* ol" Hank in <1, if Tlic.v Jlnat Sorilf Tli<*ir T?.%. je. . In tradition and history the dog !???? eve r i ! ?i*t?-d >i nuri. In politics as well us in the ex- i : eiiemeut of ttie chase the dog lift* ever been a i - i factor. Wherever tlie foot of man lias trod, i yjl | the doe Iiah been ai Ills heels. On the plain, J |.u in the forest?oil lwi>d and on ?eji?the do* 0(f has ever been man's laithlnl friend. Aithough so often spoken of ami written of In teh contemptuous terms yet no animal In nil the orn earth lias so strong a hold on the affection* ol en. man. Gentle and loving, yet so ime and in(j i brave that death Itself could not separate (lie ,jotj faithful dog from his master, or cause him to we ; betray a trust. In the city home and In the on-' P'l|h '>? lonely traveler, he has ever been . proud to reoeii-e the encouraging word or the oik approving look from his master. He would, jal.! if duly required, fall before a victorious foe, i or stand guard over the body of his dead maseet-! '<'r ""ill pangs of hunger had ended his bey own '"elr(J.. He Is ever ready to serve his master, no mate 0f ter where he is. I< on the snow and ice clad Hy hills he is ready to speed Ins sled In safety sed H'(M,K dangerous and devious ways. If in HU. fields Infested with enemies his master may ou, tn the darkness and stillness of the nlitht red I s,eep Id safety while his dog keeps the wakeHte j lul and willing watch. ele-! from the earliest recorded time, and from I every quarter of the globe the story is ever . ','q i the saroe?the dog tins ueen man s iihim huh , (,e | ear.and mom sincere friend. rtlH. I Nobleman and peasant, millionaire and ^,'jl pauper alike loves Ills fniLbful dog. leo J'.ul for all this, we may sometimes get too ji.o much rtf a good thing. For this reason the l,)r oily council 111 their wisdom levied a tax of lW.. fifty cents on the head of each dog. The ownate HrH o1 a Kfna" number paid the required sum, ,ov. i but by lar the larger number failed to pay. I a. To enforce the law Mr. J. C. Cox was emoloylon ed to And the derellctdogs. A large number f || have been found and In a majority of cases ow the tax and the penalty has been collected. DK' In prosecuting this work ll was surprising lch' to learn bow niany country dogn wer? vlnltjjuj Ing In town. At first the dog catcher did not our know exactly what to do. but the ruletocoli leet the tax, or to shoot the dog, was adop ed, WH8 | and now some of the high stepping country was I(,0!iR ure pay'ng lown tax because of their A prolonged stay with city friends. the "SS9SKRsesTsmsss Sj D 1) C ?SI 1 . U, L the J we! Is the Place to Get A the ; i MUSH ad . 8. ti. Orders by Mail at ? The Rushi r of ' "r. n lie iile Crowds of ladies et $ of L. W. W the great bargains he 3iLt all kinds of era) rNHT l?l iUKfed ned . Last Saturday it >?p could be served, but 1 ! work was the sale of a" worth of NEW, PR] villi 7 Mill5 Spring and Si ;acb j ?RUt re^f-1 His stock is be: eg> week, and as goods e 'eI?!the time coming in to has had an unpreced 11] Crepons, Lawns, Mm n?l and all kinds of Wash Black Goods was ne ??jj values for the mone ,ln" mt, /Vrtrt tttViA VlQTTQ Q 1VC I,u? X11USC W HU iiui v u uiia v this Spring, we are oS when they want more !avy To those who ha 880r | goods from us this seg lave cordial invitation to X stock, felling assured ^tlie | the favor to look, v S to them. Don't ne ' the now offered to get b u? goods. Grateful for 1 past and anxious alwj Respectfi llle, I L IU If i uuld OOD* jft? */%%%%%%%%%%%%%%*%* xfled \ ore W ?f Ice, Ic Iwh t 1 llow have cha i?en? S House," and am i X I any quantity of i< tiVer Z Quality guarantee* - J the times, ] J Its |f reel, li T C lilcli I \ J. k ilers | ~ unc- ? "the food ex i ?????? ??????? sue-1 the I WE ARE HERE that n to the ^ 10H6 and Ued T(> MEET THE \VA! II as ?ur cuHtompnt will please take note <>l I We will keep an uhumI, a good Ntock of [)Ki hftf I WARE. ST A PL K NOTIONS. FARMING IMI ip in given to GROCERIES. When In n^ed of K "e JBI HAY. BRAN, LARI), MOLASSES, Sl'GAR, C j tity. He sure stud cull on us. i One car best New Orleans Molasses. ! We have received Spring Samples for Gents I Suits and t pedal garments, styles and Fabrate | rlcs are very prelly, and prices reasonable. 4t i Call and see our Samples and give us an order | ?Style and 111 guaranteed ; satisfaction given nnv or no charge made. W. Joel Sinllb Jt Sons, utrh I Joe's 1,111,1 & So,1N 18 the place togetllrst ? j cjuality granulated and light brown sugars. i Jan. W J( ' , ./ y/-: The Important Question. Where onn ono tret something to eat? A u?> we red. How? -CALL ONurn i ni. I | IIIKV VII - ? ""7 DEALERS IN All kills of Heavj Groceries, | FRESH MEATS, COUNTRY PRODUCE, fruith &c., \ And you will find what you want. Our Mari ket I)t*partment ik complete, codhi-miik of hoc; head cheese, bologna, ah port i MIXED and STUFF SAUSAGE. HAMS, BREAKFAST, BACON, BEEF, PORK. Etc. -A FULL LINE OFi FRESH FANCY GROCERIES . ! Just received. We keep constantly on hand j cheese. macaroni, evaporated , fruits, coffees, teas, spices, NUTS, ?fnd all kinds of CANNED i ' (umjds. j FrullH of every description. Our line of t'nndy Is complete. ( KKE8H BREAD Received TUESDAY, THURSDAY and j SATURDAY of each week. Give us a call, and we are satisfied you wil> bd pleased. LIVINGSTON & PERRIN. . I Jan. 9,1891, If No. 2 Cotbran Block SPEED'S :I i' '~'yM nything in the Line of ' tended to at once. s Still On ! I . ery day visit the store TTT'i* h: to secure always has to offer in V.1 was with difficulty all the result of that day's many hundred dollars 3TTY and STYLISH ummer Goods. -1 *_1 3 ? Lng repiemsaeu every aove out, others are all take their places.- He ented sale of Percales, slins, Ducks, Dimities, l Goods. His trade in 3ver better, and better jy were never given. >ady bought at White's sure will come again > Goods. ve not yet bought any tson, we extend a most come and inspect our if they will only do us ve are certain to sell jglect the opportunity argains in all lines of iberal patronage in the lys to please, I am illy, WHITE :e, ice ! I irge of "Moore's Ice \ prepared to furnish S ;e on short notice. # I, and prices to suit J ' Boiire: M i?rr I }. COCHRAN. | %%% %% %%^5 : FOR THE YEAR 9S, S'TS OF THE PEOPLE. this fact, ami also the pnbl ic general ly. I* GOOD. CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS, HARD'LEMNETS. He. Our special attention will be LOITK. CORN. OATS, MEAL. BACON, SALT. OFFEE or FANCY GROCERIES In any quanWe are offering great bargains In Blankets, Clothing, Underwear and all Woolen Gi oUs. Remember, that we alone sell the "Elghmle," and that it is the only perfect t.ttlng shirt In the world. We are headquarters for Shoes, Don't forgot this when you need a pair. We will sell you the "Dixie Boy" J low cheaper than ever before. )EL SMITH <fc SONS.