Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mm _ _ , ??mm 11 ???? 1 m?mm?mmmmmmmmm ' aJt?i? 4 The Abbeville Press and Banner. 1 jg| .1 BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1895. ESTABLISHED 1844 1 P. I!. Is the Place to Get Orders by Mail n GEO. WHITE, Prop. DRY We have added to our stock Muslins, Nainsooks, Lawns, e striped ducks. Satines in all coL batros and Worsteds. Some nov A Lot of Coimterpai Towels very Cheap. Table Li Ladies' and Children's hose and COME AND SEE US. t Harrison * "The L,eaclii ?HAVE ON HAND Li DALMATION I! The best Bed Bug TV t Im.?* B Preven SI BEST DRUGS! ABBE^ Music Hill & ^ Deal Musical Instruments, Kinds of Musi Sewing PIANOS, ORGANS anil MAC HI Prices 1 jow a When in the City call at No. 1 and see our St< Resoectfully, HILL C Close * Ci STIMUL,A.When in need o the light price will 1 stock is complete. Hjwritiii.y. We keep a full Metalic Caskets, balming has stood 1 recognized Undertal Yi McDih SPEED'S Anything in the Line of J 1-1 4- ~ ? i tTieiMteu iu at- unti% W. D. BARKSDALE, Mang GOODS. : a nice line of Percales, Cheviots tc. Some nice goods in solid anc ors, cheap. Serges, Cashimeres, Alrelties in striped Sateens and Piques lies to Close at 50 Cts. nen, Napkins, A Splendid line oi Undervests, W. D. BARKSDALE. ?Game, i i(> Hmiggists, iRGE QUANTITIES OF? VSECT POWDER, ; Killer?Sure Death. Limljmlc* ISstllw ts Moths. I?^DP3E? :icky. LOWEST PRICES! LILLE'S ? ? _ jTOuse. Qochran, ers Sheet Music and all cal Merchandise, T?*> ? Machines. , NES sol<l on the Intalinent Plan. ml lorms l^Jasv. , Rosenberg's Block (Daly's Store"; )ck and get Prices. :ochrajnt it Prices, TB TRADE. f anything in our line, l>e made to you. Om IMctiire framing* a f line of both Cloth and Our methods of emthe test. We are tlic tors for Abbeville, ours iVc., I A- Tollv. fr \ lie Patient. They (ire such liny feet TI.e'y have gone such a little way to meet The years which an- r> <|iiired to break Tin ir steps to evenness, and 111:1*1TIk'iii go .More Mire ami slow. They are sneli little hands! l!i- kind?thine? are so new, nml life lmt staml A at-p beyond the doorway. All nronnd Ni w day lias rounil Sneli t. inplinir things tn shine n|?on . and so The hands are tempted oft, you Know. They are such fond, clear eyes. That widen to surprise At every turn ! They are so nfli n held 'I'o sun or showers?showers sooon dispelled By looking in our face; Love asks, for such, more grace. 1 They ore such fnir, frail trlfts! Uncertain us the rifts Of light that lie along the sky? They may not he here by and by, live them not lov>\ but more?above And harder?patience with the love. m,, PRINTING IN YORK, ? , j Keinnrknlilc I'Hrocr of Men of Pirn Tenacity ami Sterling Worth?j lor Repeated Failures a Komilil Success Came to Tliem. Although we are impressed with the reef I remarks of a brolhcr editor to the efl | that every man had a right to publish a ] per according to his own notions, (and c sequently sliouid tie free of criticism}, yet , | will venture to remark on the issue of I j Yorkville P^nquirer ol June I I, In wblcfc j giveu a most interesting history of the pri ling business in York county. We quot [ | follows from that issue of the Enquirer: : The present generation thinks that It t i seen some lively times politically, aDd It h ! but as compared with the generation that I i gone Immediately before, its experience I j been mild?decidedly mild. There are i j many people alive todav who remember but the period of 1S81 to 1S34 was of the mi I exciting, politically, that this Stale and coi ' try has ever knowu. Feeling ran high. I was father against son and brother auaii brother. There was no lukewarmnes* a but little conservatism. Every man had I convictions, and if unable to uphold them argument, he was not slow to resort to uhj c.u force. There have always been, and perhaps ways will be, those who believe In the pov of the press hs a moulder of public opini< Durlni: the first hall of the period lust mi j tloued, the Pinckney Whig, of Yorkville, v I the only puper published In York coun J Tills paper was lor Nullification, anil k< j preaching that doctrine no persistently an create the impression that it would flna proselyte the whole people to Its way of thit Ion. A number of prominent Union men came alarmed at the outlook, and decid 1 that their only recourse in the emergen I was to established a newspaper of their o< ! to uphold their side of the question. The establishment of the new paper w undertaken in March, 18&3. under the auspii of \V. C. Beatty, George W. Williams, Dr. Jennings, and perhaps others, all deceaai The necessary printing material wasathau I hey secured the services of John E. Grist, employe cf the Pendleton Messenger, t tlrst newspaper published in South Carolir outside of Chuarleston aud Columbia. J John E. Grist, came to Yorkville on the 10 of April, 1??. and was accompanied by I wife and oneson?Lewis M. Grist?aged abc IT months. Newspaper organs are shortlived. They f usually supported by tlie private funds their projectors, and generally dleeitlier wi the removal of the object for which ttiey i established, or with an exhaustion of fuiii Both the Yorkville papers had been esti IlKhed as political organs. The Nulllllcati died with the Clay compromise. There w no iougei any occasion lor strife. No orgf grinding politician ever aspires to the n mission of the true journalist?the advan men tot the general welfare. The project* of the organs saw no further opportunity : personal advancement, and In the spring 1S:{6, botli papers were allowed to die. T Nullification "Whig" and the Unionist"! u'uro n n lut I t' luirl tn rati in thu out coffin. There being no more work for the printe one by one they began to seek employme elsewhere. Mr. Grist liked the place, bis w was satisfied, and he decided to rema There was nothing for hitn to do, howevi and the only thing that struck Mimas oil' ing an opportunity for a livelihood, was to tabiished a newspaper. He was witha means, and without educalion except ash been acquired in the printing office: but was master of his trade, full of determinatlc 1 energy, pluck, and was not appalled by on nary obstacles. The material of The Patri being idle, he managed to get possession of by lease, and on the loth of June, 1SH5, heg out the first number of what lie called l Journal ol the Times. York county, In 18%,'was not what it Is m | by any rues us. There were no railroads he then. The population was sparse. Lot Dews did not figure much, for then notbi: was admissible to the columns of ihe count weekly except Hems of almost national li portance. and to publish these items even t lore they had been weighed and consider for weeks, would have been rather too radlc an Innovation to meet with public approv; Under all the disadvantageous clrcumstunci Mr. John E. Grist's venture proved a fu.ilui I After something more than two years, he I I The Journal of the Times go to the wall. A newspaper man, possessed of the rig kind of grit, dies hard. Mr. John E Grist hi the right kind of grit, and was not disposed alve up his desire to establish a newspap< H>iving in the meantime acquired the mea with which to buy, In Columbia, some o and badly worn material, and secured Yorkvllle one of the damage wooden press* . lormeriy useu nere, mree yearn later, wnn i; ' son, L. Al. Grist, who then commenced le:'rn the art of type-setting?being less tbi !) years of nee?on June 1,1810, Issued the fir number of The YorkvilleCompller. Mr. Grl continued its publication for two years, at , then sold it to Mr. Thomas J. Eccles, wl came to Yorkville in the summer of 1841, at who had been helping to get it out. Mr. t cies published the paper for about 18 montl or until July 1">, 18i:{, and then let it drop at ! removed to Lincoln ton, N. C. Thouuh already having made two unsu cesslul attempts Mr, John E. Grist, was reai u> try auain. Shortly after the dlscontinuan of'I he Compiler, lie got control of the mat rial used in its publication, and on the 10th August, 184.S, he issued the first number of tl Farmers' Miscellany, a f> column folio. L. I Urist, who was then nearly 12 years of ag tiad learned to set type lairly well, aud was valuable help. The new paper was not a r>?a ing success; but proved sufficiently profitab to secure a moderate living for Mr. Grist ar his family. John E. Grist continued lo published tl Farmers' Miscellany?afterward known ; the Yorkville Miscellany?until 1SS1, when I sold the plant and good will to L. M. Grit who increased the size of the paper to s columns. About this time another heat< ' political wave began to roll over the countr ? riie parlies were alligned under the name Separate State Secessionists and (Jo-oper tionlsts. The Yorkville Miscellany was c tablisbed with, for that day and time, a mo erately good circulation among the best pe pie of the county. The proprietor had no (; litlcal aspirations, and oo desire to mould p lltical opinion ; but as an individual, hew opposed to Separate Slate Secession und any ciicumstauces; and he thought that un ed secession was decidedly unwise. He h> never essayed to ventilate his views in ii paper, however, and was not Inclined to nil part In the tight. But his individual opl ion was known, and all ol a sudden, lie w overwhelmed with voluntary assistant Vox populi and I'ro Hong Publico made h columns hot.with fiery denunclatlouK of tl I Separate State Secession ists. At length. I! other side, like the I'nlonlsts some 1">yea before, found it necessary and desirable to < tublish an organ of their own. Then, tl light waxed hotter, and Vox l'opuli and I' I Mono Publico redoubled their efloi tN. Fini ly. the merits of the issue were tested in siate ejection tor delegates to a proposi Southern congress, lobe held In Nxshvil Tenn. Although more than 7ft per cent, of i j the papers in the Slate had been advoeatii Separate State Secession, in the election I Idelegates, that party carried only one m gressional district. Their axes having be< I sufficiently ground. Vox l'opuli and i'ro Hoi | I Publico withdrew their assistauei-, and li | the proprietor to adjust, as best he could, t I various enmities that had been Incurred di | lug the liuht. 5; The proprietor of the Yorkville Mlscellat I was young at the time; but he learned soi I valuable lessons. Among oilier things. learned that the popularly bruited idea tli j newspapers "control" public opinion is i bosh. Public, otiionion is a nower ol Itself I lyond Hie control of any human agency, j may be diverted for an InMant; but not cc | troted any more than the tide of t.lic ocen (dent-rally founded on truth and justice, i moves with the speed of a snail; butw | force equalled only by that which keep : planets In tliPir orbits. Newspapers are vehicles on which It sometimes travels. 1 I serve to lubricate its path; but when the 1 in Its way, ihey are swept as the chaff b ' the whirlwind. Not only did the propr ; of the Miscellany learri this; but he learned that the highest mlRsionof the ; newspaper man Is to seek only thatw 18 i tends to develop the peace, prosperity general welfare of those amongst whoi j lot may be cast, especially rememberln ways to be on his guard against deslgnlr dlviduals who would clandestinely dlvei I trust for the furtherance of their own s< ends. 1 About this time, the late John L. Mllle Samuel W. Melton, saw the opportunity : was presented, and In the fall of lSTd, i purchased the plant of The Miscellany. forthwith bought, what was In that day ' sldered a splendid new outfit for a cot newspaper, empioveu ij. m. i-trisi as pm f*r, and on the 4tb day of January, brought out the first Issue of The York Enquirer. The Enquirer was a7-column folio. Mi ' Miller A- Melton kept the paper up to a i standard, and the public showed its appi ] tion by according a liberal patronage. ' about two years, however, Messrs. Mil j Melton began to grow tired of their ven i and on the ISth of March, 1S5S, L. M. Grli j came the proprietor of the plant and fk. I will of the paper; agreeing to pay 83.0 , r j the plant?Sl.000 per annum for three yes | Though The Eoquirer was now pretty rnl I established, Mr. Grist fully realized th ! bad notRtepped into an especially soft i j The fact is, he had made a pretty bad tra >nt When the war broke out he bad mad ect j paymentRon the purchase money. Le<i the office In the charge of his father, M Pa~ I M. Grist enlisted in the war. on- Upon his return from the war after thi render, the paper was temporarily suspe until August, 1865, when Jobu E. Grist, the Grist and thesons of the latter united t i is effort to re-establish the paper which had started fifty years ago. Fifty years Is a long time for one man ns main in active business. The proprlel the Enquirer had long Intended to retire his labors at the end of 1890, alter the cot " . tion of the fiftieth year of his connection the printing buslnesR. But for reasoc ready Rtated he still continues. On the ?", of March, 1895, the present firm was o Ized: Ij. M. Grist, and his sons L. Gi Grist. W. D. Grist. O. E. Grist. A. M. ( ' | R. M. Gi'ist, anil all being printers and < Tf* j partners. -f {" From 1SGC to 18!)0, the career of The En d er was one of the roost uninterrupted perity, highly satisfactory to ltsmaiuigei b' und a large majority of" Its patrons. ] | course as a newspaper, It continued ea "jand steadfast in the line Its propi _i had marked out Financially It felt the i " ol hard times as the people felt it, and it )n | pered as the people prospered. Always ' j lng the people the best It has, Itcongratu ' ! Itself on always receiving from the p tv the best they have In return. i In November, 1890, the entire plant ol T0 | Enquirer, valued at something like Si IIV was destroyed by a fire. The loss to the prietor whs heavy. The accumulations b* lifetime were swept away almost at a br led* and It looked, to some people, as if the c cv of The Yorkville Enquirer was at au ,,i. Hut not so. It soon developed that whil | proprietor was severely crippled, he ,as i hosts of friends who were as true as steel ^ j they rallied to bis support in the hour o K i need. As a result the Enquirer is on it ed.! "B'iin. d ; I The above extracts are from an entertal ?n history of the Enquirer covering more ti jae page of the paper. Ir! The centre of the paper contains fln< 1,1 tures of the present proprietors, as wi that of the father of Mr. L. M. Grist, an grandfather of the other members ol firm. id, j We have thought so much of this iss ire the Enquirer that we have bad the whole framed?lu fact the whole paper Is place OQ hind the glass. The only regret that we as is that the account is not all on one page WOU1U huygUKl kllitb VVIICJ1 mo lucaain, ' ne_ print a companion Issue for this about jrs years hence, that they put all the histc of part on the front page. he The Messrs. Grist stand at the head of Ja- profession. No better typography or ne printing can be found any where, and tl r8i j bor and ability expended In editing the p nt j is not surpassed by any newspaper of ou ('^e qualntance. It Is a marvel of beauty eri ] taste, and the paper la on the topmost i Br-; of prosperity. es-1 i ut: " 1 be j A LOVER'S JOY. ji ot ] Tale or a Triumphant Trip?Ben r^j ! fill Women?Beautiful Scenery he! Langtown, S.C., June 3, N We left Ridgeway on Friday afternoon >w 20th, and drove twelve miles out Id the c ire try to the residence of our friend, the ] al John D. Harrison, who wns a member 0! ng Legislature in the days o? good and he ry government. We found Air. Harrison I in- one of tne largest farmers In Fairfield, ow >e- about four thousand acres of maqniflcenti ed lands, his plantation being situated oc :al banks of the Wateree. al. We were Invited to Join the picnic at in, rlson's Ferry, which we did. und we enji re. It. Here w? met three of Kershaw's fa et daughters, Miss Annie Cureton. MIbsMj Cunningham and Miss Mamie Thotnp ht The last named being a nelce of the late ad Andrew Wardlaw, of Abbeville. to As we parted your correspondent wa ;r. vlted by Miss Thompson and the other yt ns ladles to pay them a visit at their bomi Id Liberty Hill, Kershaw county, which I pi iu Isedtodoon the following Wednesday, is, on the day appointed Dr. Harrison ai lis started for Liberty Hill, reaching there al to four o'clock. After being relieved of in faithful horse, we walked up In town ti nt; the sights. We had the fortune to meet 1 st Thompson and Miss Cureton, who had ni I started out for an evening's walk. Aftei 101 celvlng h hearty welcome Irom these id j beautltul young ladies, we were invited tc company them. We walked to the top ol is, hill and here we had a view of the gran id scenery / ever ga/.ed upon. To our right | the Wateree river slowly movlngon ; in f ic- was a beautiful valley covered with a bed iu i ful arepn mu.nt.tp. this vullpv was snvpriil 1 ee dted feet below; on our left was the Pre ,e- terlan church surrounded by a rnagnltti of! grove of wateroak trees; and to our rear ie I some of the finest mansions I ever saw U. ] but It on the old style, high from the grc :e,|wlth sliding doors, long wide halls and 1 i a i rooms. ir- As the sun went down, we slowly inovei le I to the line residence of Mr. W. K. Tbomp id i where we were received most hospitably Mr. and Mrs. Thompson. tie After tea we accompanied the ladles to as i residence of Mr. VV. C. Cunningham, wl :ie j several young gentlemen and ladies had t >t, ! Invited to meet us. We lind the pleasui ix ! listening to some elegant piano music by . sil ! Cunningham and Miss Thompson, y. At the hour of twelve, we bid our host of hostess good night, and retraced our way 1 a- to Mr. Thompson's, where we soou retire ?s- dream ol the pleasure we had Just had d- Next morning we blu our friend* adieu o- made our way back to Mr. ll.irrlbon's lee io- glad of our visit. (j. A. io-, * ^ ^ f?j KNOW THYSELF. in ! ? ? ? Ke j n-1 Valuable riililiciilioti wliicli Sho llK I Im' III llic IIjiiuIs olFverylnxly. if" I TltK I'HKKNOLOfilCAI. JOUUNAI. AND .... i.-vi'k ok IIk.ai.tii lor June will t?e tisnec'l u? ! interesting to till the editors of the couu rfi I us well as to the (j'*neral readers, as its spe ! feature is a phrenograph ?>f the famous ji f,e ! nallst, Charles A. Dana, ol i he New York ( ro | Several portraits illustrate his salient tr .1. i of character and their agreement with i n ' principles of phrenology. The analyst Btj i from a personal examination hy the ed ie ! I)r. Beall. (,'lierio the palmist, well knowi ,11'i New York, contributes a fascinating arl , on ohelrosophy. Ur. If. a. 1 Hay ton \?i JJ. learnedly of "The Xnientlllo Jtelatlon. ] and Present." Mrs. t'harlotte Fowler W COIICIUUfN I1ITI HKBICII III W I 11 lit III ,jM 1 introduces*! most interesting study of Shu | penre, Illustrated by a tine picture of the < l,e brnted Kesselsadt death mask of the ma ... poet. "Contracted Heads" Is a concilia!vi >?timent for phrenology, by the editor, acc )V ! piinled by line drawings ol Charles B laugh and Daniel brew. Prof. Nelson S I,,, contiuues Ills charming studies of child ,lt In the Science of Health Department thei ,.|l ; the usual variety of excellent liy genlc ad' je- etc. Other well-known writers discuss " ji! man Nature" and "The Temperaments," )n. I There are editorials on the ".Status of I' | jjology," "Science of the Hand," and o ii' matters of current interest. I tha WAR INCIDENT, I 1 A tl 10 only ? They y get Rrnvtt Soldiers anil lli?* OHiiKers of n pfore i Hill Hp letor Bnltle. , also Editor Press and Banner: (true Nearly every issue of your paper records rhlcb the death of an old soldier. The death of Dr. and W. A. Llmbecker. of Ninety-Six, will no |0 Ti his doubt sadden the heart of many who knew |0 gal- him as a soldier. During the last days of the ^ ig in- Confederacy he was chief actor in a somewhat f0 rt. his thrilling incident that occurred near Golds"Iflsb boro, N. C. It is known to some of us as the "White horse fight" and Is as full of interest i ^ rand to those who engaged In it, as Is the "white t hat horse sermon" has to many of Associate Re- ra they formed Presbyterians. For several days the cfl They pickets of the 1st North Carolina cavalry 8l con- came in wounded-many with sabre cuts; c| intry they explained it by saying they were being ia jllnh- badly used up by a finely mounted New York ^ 1955. regiment that charged their pickets every af :vllle evening led by a man riding a white horse. ef General Hampton relieved the 1st North Car- p( esers, olina cavalry with 2od South Carolina cavaihigh ry. We were well warned as to what we recia- might expect about 4 p. id. and that the while rL After horse rider would be In the lead. Sure w ller & enough at the usual hour five or six hundred iture, strong swooped down upon fifteen or twenty ?r ?t be- of us, shooting and yelling like Hying demgood ons. Seeing T.J. Lipscomb, of Verdery, was gt 00 for absent, the writer was sent after him some <)< trs. three hundred yards away. When he was . 1 ,, ho ,?n?nl. . well WIU IUO CUOUIJ uyw.i %*., MV/ ...vu?r | |j, at he ed his horse, and la spite of all that could be w snap, said or done, attempted to reach the post, and | ei de. road of retreat, beiore the enemy, but he was tl etwo too late. The regiment shouting and firing at h( i vim? every Jump followed the fleeing Confederate m lr. L. picket, a squad awaited the arrival of 0. "Squire" Lipscomb to whom he and the old je b flur- gray quietly surrendered. a, nd"d The picket post was in full view of the n( L. M. house on the hill where Mr. Lipscomb had R( n the left me. Knowing that death or capture n been awaited him I waited to see the last of him. He was fortunate In not getting into the road D( tore- ahead of the Federals. His hearing was very Lor of defective, and no doubt caused his capture. ti from He remained a prisoner long after the war i1( nple- closed. He was the father of our popular with drummer Thomas Lipscomb, and the head of cl is al one of the finest families In Abbevlilecounty. i 29th His widow lives at Verdery. He was a good .. rgan- man. In such races for life fast horses were a a. M>n:e consideration. Such a horse was ridden by lgl 3rlst, John A. Calhoun, of Abbeville, familiarly ;qual called "Pat." But the animal fell during this ln exciting race, bursting the girth, thereby D( qulr- stripping himself, it was said, even to the bripros die, the rider going over the horse's head. ment Pat. however, wan equal to the emergency. H. In Its With a firm hold on the mane and with the er rnest agility of a circus rider was firmly seated ietor bareback when bis horse regained bis feet. It .n <tress was said that Pat was the tirst man to reach a pros- the regiment and report the advance ot the lu giv- enemy. ilates Bobert A. Haddon, of Antrevllle, was in eople this race, but was not so fortunately mount- of ed. In speaking of it a few days ago he said I The be often now dreams of looking back into the ... 0,000, muzzles of those revolvers, and of trying to ,_ ! pro- persuade Blackaby, a fellow soldier, lo stop of a and get his (Blackaby) hat.. su eath. But as such reckless daring was usually to areer punished, so it was that evening with the ti, end. Federal Irishman, the white horse rider. At- ,? e the ter seeing no barm had befallen my frieud lt bad and neighbor, "Squire" Lipscomb, except his .and capture, the writer by a circuitous route fl) if his gained the road where he found VV. A. Lim- st sfeet becker, Jack Lyon, and, I believe, Fate Tur- te ner facing the white horse rider and three P( i .n others. We were now equal an to numbers. B LImbecker proposed to stand and give them ln mn a battle in whatever way they wished it. As H we drew up ln their front they inaae another , attempt to charge us. They came within o B pic' about one hundred yards, halted and began b{ 3ll as raising their rifles. We having the advantage c, j the tlrst. The rider of ttie white horse fell ty r thP forward on his horse's neck. Seeing he would ' lDe fall to the ground one of his comrades quick- m ly dismounted and laid him on the road side. (o ue of We charged them but they succeeded la tak- or Ing back the riderless borse. Dr. Limbecker j page received credit for killing the fearless Federal aj d be- who had become such a terror to the 1st liave North Carolina cavalry. Our regiment came co ... up about this time, and the chase was turned ,b we in the other direction. The wounded man ln Grist died after taking a drink of water, and was C( fwtv buried where be fell in a grave 2x2x6 between nr . the dirt and railroad. His etfects were di rical vlded among a few ragged Confederates. The Confederate who gave him the water received D|' their 11,8 Pocket book and papers, lie lives near Verdery now. finer Tbls was perhaps the last Federal killed by I" je la- company ' O," for ln a few days the end came, ^ and the war was over. nf ape Company "G" 2d S. C. C. ,' r ac- r It ? mm th and t| -ave FARMERS' INSTITUTE, Noinettilnv New 1'nder the Siiu in 1 this Country. At the last meeting of the Board of Trus- *~ #| tees of the Clemson Agricultural College, I uu* was requested to notify the farmers at laree f of the willingness of the Board to co-operate V j95_ with them In the work of holding Farmers' " May Institutes, at least one In each Congressional OUD. District. [ion Tbe Trustees will send Professors of the Colr the 'eSe> and whenever possible expert farmers, >nest to tik upon such subjects as may be of spelobe clal Interest to the farmers In whose neighnine oc,rhood the Institute may be held. *lver 1? make such Institutes profitable. It will i the be necessary for the fanners to attend and to join in discussions that may from time to Har. time arise. Such an Institute should beau 3yed agricultural school for the ordinary farmer, lrest und should be tree from all red tape or iormimle allty. ison T? farmers Interested in tobacco raising, I V/J jj()j shall endeavor to get a successful tobacco ii grower to talk on that subject. To those in- XI gjn ten-sted in dairying and cheese making, I >un" shall try to secure, for them Prof. Hart or Qi e8 a"t some other expert dairyman. In short where ** rom- farmers desire an Institute, I shall be pleased So to cc-operate with them Ip making it meet as ? 1(j | far as possible their especial needs. As we bout shall be able to hold not more than one Insti- B olir tute In each Congressional District,I shall be 9 -) sep pleased to have letters from larmers suggestMiss '"8 the proper time and place for holding the jUat same. It has been suggested that between the . re. middle of July and the middle of September two w'" be the most suitable time. Allcorre-nnnHonno In roau rH tn en m o whnnlfi hft sari t|,e dressed to President K. K. Craighead, Clemson dPHt College, S. C. Waw ? TT" rout W X ANDERSON'S PROSPERITY, ^ cent was Altheville'M Kicking (tnnlltieN antl ^ .iSll Failure to Pull Together lite ('hiimp V_ urge or Our Lnck or Good Things. !j on Abbeville, 8. C.. June Jl. 1S95. son An article In each week's Press and Banner by speaks comparatively of Abbeville and Anderson. TT(tj,e The undersigned Is well acquainted and W jiere thoroughly lanolllar with both places, and ,een thinks your correspondent's conclusions Xl re of partly correct, but did he do Anderson full Mrs justice? Vl J That wide-awake, up-to-date, go-ahead and ' an,l stand-together town Is certainly very far S~i >ack ahead of Abbeville In several respects, lowlt: w l(l l0 She does four times the amount of business our town does; she has a splendid system of a] and water works with no better natural advantiifrcs fur them than Abbeville: threeoftbe TR M finest Are companies In the State; a first class j~' electric light plant which Illuminates most T7-< brilliantly iier streets, churches, iiotels auc! a V< great many iiomes ; a paying ice factory and f-p successfully managed steam laundry: fin In- J. dispensable telephone system ; a magulflcent _ cotton mill in operation and paying well; Tr a nice opera house; one of the best military L'"1" ul<I school In tlie south; a large, beautiful mod- TT, em hotel, probably the finest In the State: W two large hardware stores, something this Set- town badly needs; where we can get anything ally we wish in the hardware line without having tiy, to send elsewhere for It; she also hasaflne ryf iclal blooded stock association with a superb trotnur ting track. In a few short months she will iun. have onp of the finest graded schools in the LA alts State. Her sidewalks are not as good as ours, . the but otherwise her streets are better than we J3X ? Is have her;:. Her Knoxvllle railroad will be Uor, built because her people say they are going to I +V ii in build it. ! tide Anderson is going to bathe Atlanta of South I4,I frirnilnn un.i w lionniikio hoi' nortnlp wtun/l I Tl, Past Ki|uurely together and pull nttauuil for An'ells derson and her business men look more than I and six Indies ahead of their own noses, kes- Progress. erf :eie- _ , - . &v sler ; yvr 3 nr- Chcnp ItitleM. : jJC Hummer excursion rates are now on sale tvVr over lhe 1>ort Koyal & Western Carolina Kailroi. ??y. K?od until October tflst, to Ureenville, ro i* Hparlanburg, Anderson, Glenn Springs. H?ir,, 'K ris Lltbia, A.shevllle, and Western North CarHii resorts. Tickets to Spartauburg and Ashevllle bear with them the privilege of tiro stopping oil ai Harris Lithla or Ulenn Springs, | . going or returning. mer por schedules, rates, etc., address, \V. J.I ^riilg, General Passenger Agent, Augusta. Ua.1 THE SAGE OF CHICKASAW. T lis Political Views? HIh Nominations I Tor (ho State Convention. I illtor Press and Banner: ^ It is conceded by the dominant party that le political outlook is somewhat gloomyoking. Questions are propounded and opinns aired profusely as to the final destiny of le State government. The anti-faction seems i entertain that belief that It is "going to the -it / ivll." Vi Prognostications are rife ad infinitum lat a war of sir! fe at dagger's point will be Instable for the supremacy of the governent between the Democratic and Republiin parly. The latter is much elated and imulated by the recent Federal judicial deslon of the registration law. They congratute themselves that the great obstruction of "\T lelr poliiical rights have been demolished -* id doubtless are sanguine, that a combined jiy\ lort is only necessary. In order to obtain jssesslon of the government. They likely, so, feel hopeful of being aided by the eoalion of the rebellious anti-element or the so- \ illed Ilankellsm. Note?This article was riticn before Goff's decision was overruled. 4 Recognising the preponderance of the ne \ o numerical power<<40,000 majority in this ? Uite) and their bitter animosity to the pres- ' it administration, and also entertaining a I i )ubtas to tbe.availability of the registra- If on certificates at the general elections, that x ih been in the past thirteen years tbe bul- f ark of the Democratic safety, is enough to j < igender a feeling of apprehenslveness that \ lere exists a possibility for tbe Democracy to 6 3 dispossessed of tbe reins of tbe govern-1^ ent. She certainly should be wide-awake, T j the lofty alert, aroused to concerted action, 4/1 st a downfall unawares, should befall her id white supremacy supplanted by our IgDrant African domination. Tbe resolutions ?C iopted in this county last Bale Day by the emocratic Executive Committee are com* endable. They give warning of tbe danger Midlng and urge tbe importance of oblltering factional lines. Let us lay aside all par- . janshlp and do away with faotionai issues, A jwever. humiliating it may be and partake m a brotherly love feast, as it were, and exerse mutual political forgiveness. Unalterably, white supremacy should be the lline spirit of every Democratic voter in the iproachlng election. Discard all demagogum, petty dislike, collateral issues, yea, poll- ? cs in every conceivable shape. Let no aspirg politician or office seeker come before the wm jople as a candidate and barp upon tbe same s st scheme or resurrect an old factional issue II i a hobby to ride in or fit delegate to a Con- I itutionai Convention. Let every voter ex- ? else hts brain unbiased and deposit his bal- 1 it as an Intelligent freeman for men of noted 0 tellect, wisdom and patriotism. Remember I Constitution of a State is tbe paramount ndunienlal law of the land for the govern- ? ent of tbe whole people and should be framI ny men that are well posted in the affairs j the world. We have plenty of good mateal outside of tbe present Incumbents in of- TV :e, and I think It would be well enough not *' disturb their equanimity. SPC Let these honors and emoluments be quam ifficit for tbe present. I deem it unnecessary divide the delegation throughout the coun-1 . Let us try and select good, pure men If ey are quartered In one locality. I presume | AT would not be amiss to mention a few well OF lown personages, that I feel assured would 1 the "bill" as suitable men to aid In connecting a State Constitution. Such characrs as Judge AlcGowan, Dr. Lee, Hon. VV. H. irker. Gen. Hemphill, and no better mater1 could be selected thau the outspoken and dependent editor of the Press and. Banner, ,yc ugh Wilson, of Abbeville, Dr. Maxwell and aller of Greenwood, Rice of Ninety-Six, J. " .Bradley of Troy. The clergy should not s overlooked. Dr. Lathan of Lower Long Tm ine, Drs. Grier, Pressley and Lindsay of Due III 1 est. I certainly would inflict an injustice upon y conception of a good, pure, suitable man T r the constitutional work if I perchauce *F nitted to announce the pure, ripe scholar, P. Kennedy, of Due West. So much for the ?ove random suggestions. Democratic voters ransack every nook and rner of Abbeville County and be con vinced at no better material obtainable wlthber limits to engage In fabricating a State institution of such great magnitudeand im rtauceforan intelligent people to live uusr in peace and harmony. I lmmaglne Abbeville county would be Jr eased to know that Greenville county will ipreclate merit by delegating her uistln- ffff* ushed leader '70, ex-.Tudge J.S.Cothran, and jr,,, so Charleston would not have an occasion J*1}', regret delegating such an important factor 1011 Intellectual worth as Judge Benet, formerof Abbeville, to grace, dignify and edify e approaching Constitutional Convention. | le writer presumes the above suggestions are i 1 it altogether out of order. Satis. 0. P. H. Tt , | , jk.'H rry gold dust washing powder at Living H >n & Perrin's I aud riifl Pnoli io L11U ilUOli 10 %%%%%%%%%%^ Crowds of ladies everj f Xj. w. wh le great bargains he at [1 kinds of ill]! t?t I Last Saturday it ws Duld be served, but the rork was the sale of ma rorth of NEW, PRET' Spring and Sim His stock is being reek, and as goods mov le time coming in to ta! as had an nnprecedent repons, Lawns, Muslin ad all kinds of Wash Glack Goods was nevei ilues for the money hose who have already lis Spring, we are sui hen they want more G< To those who have )ods from us this seasor )rdial invitation to coi 1- XU11 -I-P 4 ,UUK, itJiimg aoouicu 11 i Le favor to look, we > them. Don't negle dw offered to get barg >ods. G-rateful for libe] ist and anxious always Respectfully L W, V JnrivalleD j ?0?IN?0? -M ^RIETY, STYLE, QUALITY and PRICE. OU WILL BE CHARMED WITH THE NY KICH NOVELTIES IN ' MILLINERY, 2 : DRESS STUFF, * SILKS, I LACES, I JET TRIMMINGS, I &c., &c., f )FFERED DURING THE MONTH OFHVE.A.Y JJ| HADDONS. | tee! 1 ' ILL BE LET TO THE LOWEST RE >NSIBLE BIDDER OX THUESDAY, 27th Inst., 10 O'CLOCK A. M., THE REPAIRING BRIDGE AT YOUNGS MILL. JNO. LYON, S. A. C. , ine 4th, 1895,3t. YOU WANT FINE CHICKS ? I ? igm SO, I HAVE THE WYANDOTTS. S. S. HAMBERGER. . BROWN LEGHORNS, INDIAN GAMES, BLACK LACE HAMBERGER, B. B. ROCKS. GAME BANTAMS. iese chicks and the best layers on earth. y are worth five times the worth of comi chickens. I have seven different bredes a the very best strains. I will sell you / i at 81.50 lor 13 eggs. Call at my poultry 3 and see my stock of chickens and you be pleased. Fresh eggs for sale every day tie year. Respectfully, W. E. Bell. arch 20,1895, if . ie next time you are In town call at RyI's and get a fine pair of speetacles cheap. . D. Reese will fix your watch and clock engrave your name In your ring. Still On! 1 /%*%**%*> :t:M t day visit tlie store CITE! to secure ways has to offer in is with difficulty all result of that day's tny hundred dollars rY and STYLISH "?&SSm . tuner Goods. replenished every e out, others are all ke their places. He ed sale of Percales, s, Ducks, Dimities, oods. His trade in r better, and better A were never given, j bought at White's JH e will come again H oods. not yet bought any i, we extend a most ne and inspect our ;hey will only do us are certain to selT ct the opportunity ains in all lines of :al patronage in the to please, I am NOTE.