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The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S.C. EITTublisbed every Wednesday at $2 a year In advance. Wednesday, Nov. 27, 1895. A Word to Colored People. Let it be understood, and never forgotten, that this Ir a good country for law-abiding negroes. But they should not forget that the laws of the country are administered by white men. They should bear in mind that they will suffer for their misdeeds. Owing to the peculiar natural bent of their minds they are not prepared or qualified for the act ol concealment. Their intelligence is not such as to enable them to conceal crime. They lack education and are without the intelligence and money which will secure the best legal talent to screen them. For this reason negro should ever attempt to commit a grave offense. The chances are nineteen In twenty that he will be caught, and there are no chances of escape, if be is caught. As a friend to the race, this newspaper would advise negroes to refrain from criminal acts. A negro may steal a chicken with reasonable hope of concealment, out if be steals a turkey, a cow, or a bale ot cotton the chances are that he will be caught. Then, II a negro will steal, let him stick to his legltiinnoo in Wo Hon TftnRt. If he commits an assault on a white man. and he is not killed, the courts are sure to get him. Negroes should not forget that white men, as well as negro men, have race prejudice. That race prejudice should not be excited tc violence. Let him remember that he is not born so as to contend successfully with the white man in rascality and violence. The negro will have the bag to hold every time. In about a hundred years from now, after the negro has been trained in finer arts and higher civilization, and when be has accumv ulated wealth, and acquired power, he may then stand some chance of success in committing crime, but be had better not try it now. As a rule, the negro is not a bad man. Naturally be is good enough, and inclined to be kind to his fellowman, but he lacks discretion in that he foolishly places himself and his liberty in jeoparuy, wane a wiser miu perhaps a worse man, will not violate the law, knowing the great danger of belDg caught. He 1b restrained from lear of the law, and not from principle. A prudent man foreseeth the evil. A Good Way to Raise Money. In some communities the church people need money for special purposes of charity 01 for church Improvement or repairs. It occurt to the Press and Banner that if the ladles would occasionally have hot suppers, oystei suppers, or other like entertainments thai money might thus be raised. It seems strange when there Is so often need tor money, that the ladles had not thought ol this plan. In some towns the ladles organize an oystei supper, or a cake walk, and then Invite the young people to come. The tables are gener ally attended by the prettiest and mosl charming ladles of the town. The young gentlemen surrender at discretion, and give up their money, while experiencing an inexpressible pleasure in doing so. In this way, sometimes forty or fifty dollars is raised, The expenses is usually about $4.65, and the balance 16 profit. ? * 1- ? * 3 ~ -3 4 f.t 1 me young people nave utiu u ucn^uum time, and the good cause has been advanced, Let our people think or this matter. If we - v coald only have one hot supper, we have no doubt that others could be had. We need something to stir as up a little. The plan foi organizing a hot supper could be bad of some of the neighboring towns without expense, There Is no patent, or copyright, ou this most excellent way of raising money. The Factory. The architect, Mr. Steven Greene, oI Boston was in town last Thursday, looking after the factory. He and the directors spent somt time on the ground,and the previously chosen location for the house was abandoned. Be s* cause of the probability of a desire In th< future to double the capacity of the mill, il was thought best to put it beyond the brick kilns from Abbeville. Mr. Green thought it possible that a million and a half of brick might build the house but we would need more brick for smok< stack, engine house, boiler bouse, and for us< tn coDBtruoting the cottages. The subscriptions to the mill have not beer changed since our last report. As far as we know the directors and the stockholders are in favor of going to work al the earliest day practicable. The foundation is to be of concrete, and the rock will have to be hauled and broken be fore we commence the work of building. Mr. Greene will send a man here to stake off the foundation of the bouse. lToJuat to tbe Member*. We heartily concur In the sentiments o the following paragraph. As an independent or original proposition this newspaper woult support no man for tbe Legislature who die not think bis services were worth ?>aday There may be a pretext for fault-finding it this case, but the act of the Convention wai right. This newspaper wants no "cheai .lohn." fifth rate Legislators. The Reelstei says: "The papers of the State are much too liarc upon members of the Convention who votec lor four dollars a day. If tbe editors of tb< papers wbicb are doing tbe moat kicking were members of tbe Convention, and bac been here at $2 aday for ten weeks, bardij enough to nay board, and bad seen their bust ness suffering through tbelr absence fron home, we rather think thay would have foi a day?especially if they bad seen that tb< rise in salary could not be obtained witbou fheir votes." Ttie Kerisler. Since Its enlargement the Register is novi no longer the old Register. For this reasot those people who do not subscribe for it d< not know what an excellent paper it is. Spec imen copies ought to be 6ent out to such per sons as might become regular subscribers send tbe paper two or three weeks, and if it superiority and general excellence do no commend it to the public, we will be mistak en. Eight well filled pages dally tor SC a yea is cheap indeed. Nlionlda't we Pay Off Some of (In Bondn T The trustees of tbe school have paid, o made arrangements to pay, twenty-four o the one hundred and fifty school bonds tba were issued.. Now, would it not be well for the towi council to pay some of the shop bonds ever; venr. ok th? school trustees have doue ant are doing with the school bonds? Xlcely FarnlNbed. Prof. Bailey's room at the school has beer nicely furnished, with no expense to the trus tees or to the school funds. In like manner Miss Hestber has made he room neat and attractive without calling 01 the public fund. Col. W. R. Bullock, of Abbeville, has beei requested to go to Columbia to accompany the officers of the State to Atlanta tomorrow The Colonel Ir now a member of t he Govern or'a stall. The Convention. ! The state Convention expected to finish it I work yesterday before adjournment. As a rule the Convention has done well We fee! grateful to that body. It did no | open a regular I'oudara's box. Most of th I new measures will prove to be for the publi '' good. I Our own delegation have done well, am their constituents have reason to be proud c i them. Ah to Taseti-Xo Extension of Time. j We are not a lawyer, but we think it llkel, j that the act of the Convention in postponln | the meeting of the Legislature may preven j any extension of time in which to pay taxe i without penalty. This matter is worth you ; consideration. It Is better to be on the sal jslde. Call and see Treasurer Blake's paten f i process of settling quick. Horse Nnlf. j Messrs. C. K. Harper & Co.. sold a ca ! load of horses last Thursday at Hill's stabl< j The horses were young and of fine appeal I ance. l'rlces ranged from 837 to S70. It seen: ! ed that tbe horses were sold for about hal J their worth. A $125 or S100 borse brougb about SfiO. If this plan of selling horses I ! to be kept up, It will revolutionize the horn , | trade. i 'j At tbe Exposition. i It seems that all of Abbeville will go to th ! Exposition 11 they can get transportatlot , The regular trains over tbe Seaboard are fo . lowed by sections, wbllo some of the train ! are bo full that no more' passengers will b j laken on at Abbeville. 1 I fnouc DeneiHi'uuu. ! I The oil mill of this town Is perhaps the bes I instftution that we have. Without owning any part of the capitfi ' j stock, all owners of cattle draw dividends li II the shape of cheap food, ' Before the supply is exhausted, and befor the rainy freezing weather is upon us, appl; ' | to Mr. Harden for enough feed for nil yoa ' j cows. 1 The Piedmont Headlight says "there 1 ' grave doubt about Ike Kinard's guilt." Ou ' brother is mistaken. There can benodoub ' on that point. No man of Ike Kinard's ag ' ever committed a crime similar to that wit ' which be is cbarged. His age should protec 1 him Irom any Bucb charge. He did not con 1 { mit the crime. WHITE WOMAN KILLED. . | Her Body Placed In a Fodder Hour , and. Burned?Bloody Deed of Tni XejcroeH. I Narclssa Bagwell, a white woman twentj eight years of age, was murdered on Tburi | day evening between Hodges depot aud Salt 1 da river. In this county. Two negro mer r John Mitchell and Richard Wash have bee arrested and lodged in Jail on circumstamia evidence, wnich seems sure to convict then The object of the murder is believed to bav i been the procuring of the proceeds of a bale c . cotton. The body was burnt beyond recognitlor ? Doctor Cason could not certify as to the colo ; or sex of the body until after an autopsy ha , been performed, when he pronounced it tba of a female. Narcissa Bagwell was misslni ' The suspected person's houses were searched , when some portion of her property wa found. Trial Justice Moore held the inquest, whei ' the jury held the orlsoners as the guilty par ties. I The Press and Banner called at the Jal! when Jailer Nance?whose politeness am ' kindness Is only equalled by the cleanllnes i of the jail?and he showed us up to the cell . wherein the accused were imprisoned. W submit their own version or the affair a nearly in their own language as we can. Th prisoners were in different cells: 1 Mit^hnll'u John Mitchell: Don't know anything abou the killing of Narcissa Bagwell. I first bean of it Friday nigbt. Mr. Willie Bell came ou of Mr. Hanvey's bouse, and said a terrlbl iblng happened here In the neighborhood las night. I had been at Abbeville. I asked bin what bad happened. He said a house over a Mr. Press Shirley's was burnt up and the; > found a woman burnt in the ruins. He wen s on to state that they bad found h breast pin , I that they supposed belonged to Miss Narclns; Bagwell. I made a miration at the news11 was surprised. It don't occur to my mini now that there is anything more to say. j con't know bow tar it is Irom n^y house t I where the house was burnt. Suppose abou t j half mile. I don't know exactly how far It 1 ; i from Miss Bagwell's to where they say sh wes burnt. I Knew Miss Bagwell wnen I sav ] her. Never worked for her. She lived in th bouse with Mrs. Kittle Whitley. I suppos she was an orphan. 1 never knew her p? [ I rents. I have known the lady they said wa ' i Miss Narcissa Bagwell for five, or six, or sev 5 en years. I think she was over twenty year j old. 1 have been llvlDg in the neighborliooi ever since I was nine or ten years old. Mn Whitley was living then where she now livet I am twenty-nine years old. Married at m; i aunt's bouse near Mulberry in 1892. The las , lime I saw Miss Bagwell was on Tbursda; evening before she was killed. Isawbertbl side of old man John Young's. She was ii I the big road, walking toward Mr. Osey Har vey's, the man with whom I live, 'J'bat wa about a quarter of an hour by sun. Sh i didn't say anything to me. I called her at , i t?ntlon, and said I carried the trunk to Mi | Carlisle, the depot agent, aod told her i couldn't get a check for it. She had hired m I to carry the trunk to the depot. Sbedidn' hire me first herself. But Richard Wash ask i ed me didn't I want to make fifty cents. . - . I nU III,a flf, I IUIU IJIUI JCO, 1 WUUIU IV UIV, cents, and usked him how or why? He sal< r Miss Bagwell wanted blm to carry her trunl l to Hodges and said he bad do conveyance He said be wanted me to carry It. X told hln "well." He and 1 went oo to Allen's mill 01 ' Saluda, and as we came back he got out of th . wagon at old man Ell Starke's, and I came oi . | home by Miss Bagwell's, or Mrs. Whitley's where 8be lived. That was on Wednesda; 1 evening. A? I passed the house, fernent lb > garden I beard some one bollow at me. . looked around, and saw a man In the win dow, that I supposed was Marion Miller, i colored man, who lives on Mrs. Whitley' 1 place. I stopped and Miss Bagwell came ti I the door, and came out to the wagon where i was In the big road. She said, Did Ricbari ; i say anything to you about carrying u trunl I to Hodges. I told her yes, ma'am, I'd carr; r it. She said, did he tell you when to come ai ter the trunk. I said, no. I asked when l must come after the trunk. She said, you cai r come after it tomorrow. I went after tb 3 trunk on Thursday morning. 1 carried It t< t flodges. I tried to do as she told me to do. t>ougbt a new cotton rope and tied up th trunk- She told me to cneck It to Jackson ville, Fla., but Mr. Carlisle asked me If wanted a ticket. I told blm no, sir. He said you can't get;? check until you get a tickel He asked me wben J was going. I tol< r him I weren't going at all. That it was Mis ! XarclBsa Bagwell's trunk. Tbe agent thei said sbe would have to check the trunk hersel . He told me to set it In the depot beside th >- other trunk. I then went out in town, stall . awhile and went back home. That was oi Thursday. I came to Abbeville on Friday I hadn't beard of the murder. Mr. Jim Hal 3 arrested me on Friday night. I was near Mi t, Harvey's when I was arrested soon after darb They took me over to where the burning waf " Tbey tied my arms as soon as I got there r They didn't let me see the body. Some tira after I was tied, I heard a crowd come dowi the road. Tbey bad Mr. Wash tied. 1 Richard Wntib'N Version of the Crime _ ltlchard Wash: On Wednesdaj Johi Mitchell and I went to mill. I got a bushe of corn from him. When we got to Mn Whitley's house, on the way to the mill, r said John, stop until I take this corn In t 'f Mrs. Whitley's.house, I owe It to her. I cai tjrled It in. Mrs. Bagwell said Rich, do yoi want to make llity cents. I said 1 don1 know, why? 1 want mv trunk to go to town i I had not team. Salu John might carry II y It went to see John, he said, yes, I'll carry 1 She said, come over here In the morning, if t want. tr? crn I'll lot won If nnir I ironf hv t hor 1 and she said let John come right away. Johi j hitched up and went over there. When w , got to the nouse, 1 knocked and she said com i get the trunk. I went in and got it. Sh I came to the gate.and paid express it to Jack sonvllle, Pla. She asked John to put th i rope around the trunk. She asked me to pa; ! John ten cents, whlGh I did. John went oi ) t-o Hodges depot, and I clayed at AJiss But; [ well's about fifteen minutes. Miss Bagwel r | and Mrs. Whitley got in a buggy and went t 3 the funeral of Mr. Dave Jones' daughter a I Mulberry. I talked to Marion Miller abou | fifteen minutes and went on home. i Come home from Tom Robinson's about ai hour and a half by sun. I got ready am went over to John Mitchell's so as to come t 4 Abbeville the next day. When I got betweei r Mr. Harvey's and Mrs. Whitley's J met Mis Bagwell goins back home. She said she ha> ' been up to Mr. Jackson's. I said "why, heli< " I thought you were gone." She said no, |met up with bad luck about my trunk. Th !depot agent said he wouldn't move a wheel I unless I was there or sent the money. I said s I well, just go to Mrs. Whlttey's. John can ! attend to it In the morning. It 1b on John's mad to Abbeville. She wouldn't go back to Mrs. Whitley's. She came back with me to 1 John's house, about dark. e She staid at John's until about three o'clock in the night. She said she would go to Greenwood. So, she tried to get me to go part of the way with her, and commenced to go a liti tlepiecc. This was before daylight on Friday . morning. 1 told her I would't go all the way. I told her I was scared she might get me into trouble. She was a white womdn. She said that didn't make any difference; you can come on and go. Before they shall hurt you, they shall hurt me. I said, well I can't go all the way. I hai already gone with her about three quarters of a mile. I said I couldn't go ' any further, she Insisted on me going a litg He further. We then went on until we got t opposite a little hou?e. She said, If you are not going oil'with me, I will kill myself. I 8 said I would go in about three or four weeks ; ir onon ?,o T crnt m v hnolnoaQ Shfl thGII e said, no, you are fooling me. She then drew . the rasor out of her pocket and tried to cut 11 lier throat. I took the rasor from her, and wouldn't let her cut herself. I afterwards gave It back to her. She then said, I am going 10 kill myself. You put tire to this house, and I, fool like did It. She cut her own throat. John Mitchell didn't go with us as far as the bouse, where she killed herself. T He went back. After she killed herselt I ) stood there some little time; I didn't know r. what to do about setting the bouse afire. I - had only one match. I saw the house on fire. Nobody come as long as I stood there. I told If John Mitchell about It the same night. He lt didn't say anything ; only laugh. Mr. Moore and Mr. Nelson arrested me Friday night. I s had started down there where they were holde ing i.he inquest. They accused me and John Mitchell oi killing Miss Bagwell. They put a chain around my neck. p THE ATTEMPTED LYNCHING. e ). ' Richard Wanh Was Wanted Monday p Msht-Tbc Mob Desired to Inter0 view Hint on the Subject of a Recent Murder. While It is true that Sheriff Nance was put on nollce that lynchers wouia can i>iocaay night at the jail for the alleged murderers of Narclssa Bagwell, yet after diligent inquiry t irom persous whom be thought ought to know, be regarded the report as only sensational, and for ibis reason the lynchers came il very near carrying their purpose into execute lion. JallerS. F.Nance and Deputy Sheriff Johnson were sleeping the sleep of tbe just, tearing no ill, and tba prisoners were dreame Ing o; liberty, when they were aroused by a v knock at the front door. ' Sheriff Nance, and all his associates were r prompt and active in going to tbe Jail, and it was owing to this fact, and the fact that tbe lynchers didn't seem to understand their business. Had the lynchers surrounded the Jail aud arrested tbe Jailer as he left to s give the alarm, there would have been no r trouble in securing the keys to the Jail and ' cells. 11 Tbe following itemized statement of facts e has been furnished to us, which we give in h place ot anything that we might say : Monday about 10 o'clock Sheriff Nance's !l attention was called toa telegram received by ?- Capt. McUowan that there might be a lynching at night, tie did not pay much attehtlou to llat that time, but shortly afterward his suspicions were aroused by a gentleman who wanted to go to the Jail, and making some Inquiry he began to think about the matter. Consequently he changed tbe prisoner from the cell into another so as to fool the lynchers in case of an attempted lynching at night. About half-past one o'clock six men came e to tbe jail and called for the Jailer S. F. Nance, son of the Sheriff. Mr. Joseph L. 0 Johnson, Deputy Sheriff', went to the door and enquired what they wanted; be was told ,u"* *' - Hurl u nriflnnpp fn f*ninmit tuui if AI ouauuvsL* Uttu w |/..UV4.V. ?v r" for breaking into Agnew & Mattlson's store at 3" Donalds. Mr. Johnson told tbe spokesman ' be would tell tbe Jailer. Mr. Nance, tbe ' .lailer, remarked that tbat 1h too tbln, and for " dim to take care of the little boys, and be ll immediately left tbe Jail and communicated ' the situation to bis father, Sheriff Nance. * Tbe Sheriff ran down to tbe Jail and found 11 eight horses in tbe street beside the Jail, guarded by two men on horseback. He pass' ed tbem and crossed tbe street opposite the J colored Methodist cburcb. Tbey begun to " come up tbe Btreet from tbe Southern Raillt road. He bid behind a tree until be suppos> ed tbe mob bad passed. It so happened tbat l< the last man, riding a colico horse, stepped 8 in front of blm. He baited tbe Sheriff and asked who was there. Tbe Sheriff told bim, 1 a friend. The Sheriff at once saw that It was '* a matter of fact that there would be an at. tempted lynching. He immediately notified some of bis friends. Tbe Abbeville Rifles 1 came to his support at once. There is no d Isp count on t'apt. Perrin and his boyR. You K can count on them every time. Upon asBeme bllng at the jail tbe mob bad gone. s The Sheriff bas telegraphed to the Governor e and a sufficient guard will be at the Jail to insure full protection of tbe prisoners. Sheriff Nance was prompt and energetic in the discharge of bis duty on tbls occasion t and the lynchers failed to get possession of j tbelr man. t Because of tbe delay on tbe part of tbe e lynchers to act, and because of tbe promptit ness of the Abbeville Rifles in responding to n the call of the Sheriff, tbe prisoner's worthless t life was saved. If the lynchers bad taken y possession of the Jailer as he left, they could t nave bad things all tbelr own nay. He bad i, the keys in his pocket, and had In tbe Jail a only one man to help guard the prisoners. In addition to these facts, Mr. Thomas Card lisle, watchman at the oil mill, ssys tbe lynch1 ers passed the mill going to tbe lull as the 1:20 o train rolled up to tbe G., C. & N. depot. He t thought there were some thirty or forty in s tbe crowd. Some on horseback, and some In e buggies. When they returned from the Jail - .l.o,. loO hnrrv Hn V I1UUU L- HTU W v>iuvn, ilj^j ivn ?? ? m??. ^ c thought they had their man. e Loud speeches were heard on the public i. square alter two o'clock, lor several minutes, s and some of those who were awake listened r- for the cry of fire. At ball past two o'clock s pistol shots alarmed the town, and something i wus said about the Jail. The armory was i. ODeued. The drum was beat, and members :. of the Rifle Club responded In short order. y .Sheriff Nance Is proud of the result of this t attempted lynching. He Is one of the few >' sheriffs who has foiled lynchers. The Govs ernor yesterday sent the following dispatcli: 11 Columbia, S. C., Nov. 20,1895. '* F. W. R. Nance, Sheriff: 8 You are authorised to have necessary guard e to protect prisoners, Keep me posted. John Gary Evans, Governor. J p liiittermiik Cares Dynpepsla. 1 The writer of this article took the 5 pains to look up the man who claimed i so much for buttermilk. He proved to j; be a noted D. D., and a hard working 3 editor in New York city. Ke told me e that the buttermilk had done wondera ? for him. He drank from two to four f (juarts every day. Occasionally he ate e a small piece of dry bread. Nothing * else passed his lips except the buttera milk. At the end of the first week the " inflammation of his stomach subsided, J and for the first time in many months i he slept all night. At the end of the * fourth week he considered himself I well, though he continued to drink 1 some buttermilk every day. He told \ me that while on the buttermilk diet ? he was at his desk every day and did I not lose a pound. To avoid temptation e he kept away from the table. He also '* ofofnH f Kio r\l* tfuinton infrrmofl Itini | oifttcu luavuio |/tjjoiv/iuu iujui u?vv? uim? l, that be bad cured a large number of : dyspeptics with the same prescription I after everything else had failed. Other a physicians of his acquaintance bad ' resorted to the same "heroic" trefttj ment with like results. He mentioned u the fact that a number of prominent ' physicians in Brooklyn had their pa[[ tients who were troubled with a low ;! fever every day (occasioned mostly by ? weak stomachs) on the buttermilk diet g with splendid results. Since theabove n conversation I have heard of a number of dyspeptics who have been helped >. and cured on the same line. I have n tried it myself and speak with confi!i dence. Patients who have excess of ' acid in their systems may not be benen fitted by their use, but the great ma r- jority who are troubled with ordinary u dyspepsia, torpid liver, and consequent ,l "biliousness" will be greatly helped if t! not cured. 1 The philosophy is simple. While g buttermilk i9 inferior to skimmed ii milk in nutritive properties, it is still e a valuable article of food. It is already I soured and in a partially digested condition so that the stomach has little e to do in taking care of it. Besides this ^ it furnishes its own "juices" in large measure so that the digestive apparaII tus is excused from much of the trouble le. In a word, the lactic acid seems to t meet a want. Asa food and medloiue it is within the reach of all. 1 () To be patient under a heavy cross is il no small praise; to be contented is ? more ; but to be cheerful is the highest e pitcfo of Christian fortitude. WEST END, Hn|?penlnKH and IneldeutH or n Wee Around the City. The concert Friday evening given by Ml Heather and pupils was a delightful ente talnraent, ana to those who were not so tort nate as to be in attendance, we can say, tbi they missed two hours of sweet music at song and charming recitation. The who program lrom first to last was splendidly re dered, and showed the careful training ai skill of the participants. The young ladl and gentlemen who took part in the exercls may well be proud of their success, as may I Mrs. Wallace and Mrs. DnPre, tbe former wl presided at tbe piano with her usual ski and to the latter whose sweet voice lent rau< to the pleasure of tbe evening. Miss Hestb who Is herself an accomplisned vocalist, d lighted the audience several times daring tl evening with her beantllul singing. We wli it were in our power to give to each onci those who took part, the praise they so rlca deserve. Space will not allow this. Our a List has only time to make the merest outll n of the beauty and womanly grace that adcr ed the stage that evening. Tbe "piano solo," by Miss Louise Balle was a charming piece. Tbe young lady b not yet reached her "teens" In years, bat h skillful touch of the keys would indicate tb she is inspired by tbe divine afflatus. Sbe as fine a little maid as ever made a fa?hei heart glad or gave a fond mother reason to! proud. Mr. J. E. McDavld in one of our best Bin ers, and never mns 10 wm iuo uyjjmuoo ui u hearers. The "comic selection"?recitation?by Ml Templeton was well rendered, and the pret piece by tbe pretty actor Interested all ai played successfully upon the sympathies ai feelings of her bearers. Miss Belle Perrln for ber modesty and gra of manner was greatly admired by all, ai ber singing was equal to anybody's music. Miss Bessie Jones Is pretty and full of 11 Sbe has talent, energy and a nautical vot< She sings sweetly while, at her touch, the | ano sends forth its most harmonious sounc Miss Jennie Perrln, as fair and as pretty young lady as ever appeared before an auc ence, contributed a full share of pleasure the occasion. Miss Willie Bays never appeared to bett advantage, and never sang a sweeter soi tban sbe did that nigbt. Miss Wicker, by ber accomplishment in t! divine art, and by ber sweet voice, won gre admiration. An attractive presence and winning manner made her a favorite of tl evening. Mr. James Cochran and Mr. Willie Hill a peared at their best, and gave tbe mc charming concord of sweet sounds. Miss Jennie White sang with tbe others tbe "Greeting to Spring, which was one tbe sweetest and best pieces of tbe evenlc Miss White is a beautiful blonde, who p< forms alrilstlcally on the piano and Bin most sweetly. Miss Eliza Thomson, a charming yom brunette, Joined In tbe first and moBt beau ful song, "Before tbe Sun Awakes tbe Morn and sbe was one of tbe attractive figures tbe benutlful tableaux. Not since tbe morning stars sang togem has mortal ears been greeted with sweet music, than tilled tbe air that evening. Tl scenes were beautiful Indeed, and for bacb lor eyes and susceptible hearts tbe exblbitk was transporting. MIbs Heather's presenoe among ns is a bee diction in tbe fuct that she has awakened tl love for music that has heretofore lay d( mant m our hearts. She teaches elocution well 8jb music, and in both branches she most proficient. The human voice betas tl sweeteGt and tbe most grateful sound th ever greets mortal ears, it is strange that tb part of our education is so often neglected. exposition pilgrims. "Exposition Pilgrims" who have gone fro our city within the past few days: Mrs. J. 1 Owens. Miss Lulle Hughes, Miss Ellen Gai brell, Miss Agnes Quarles, Miss M L. Omit Miss Janle Quarles, Miss Ellse Bowie, Pre and Mrs. B. F. Bailey, Miss Hestber, Miss Ce rie Sullivan, Miss Belle Wicker, Misses Fit ence and Llllie Templeton, Miss Riley, Ml Bessie Edwards, Messrs. W. 8. Cottran, It. Dargan, A. M. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. L. H Rc sell. Mrs. S. G. Thomson, Miss Nettle Rus*e Mrs. L. W. PerrlD, Miss Jennie Perrln.Ml Belle Perrln, Mr. J. E. McDavld, Miss Ma Lyles.Miss Emma White, Mrs. F. F. Gar Airs. E. B. Gary, Miss Marie Gary, Mr. ai Mrs. J. R. Blake aud family, Miss Leoi Blake, Hon. D. H. Maglll and wife of Hodge Miss Kate Marshall, MIbs Wlnton Parks, MI Mamie Hill, Mrs. James Tsiggart, Miss Boy Miss Bessie Bruce, Mr. W. W. Bradley. M Eraser Lvon, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Cannon ar sons, Sidney and George, Miss Llla Bowl Miss Bailie Marshall, Mrs. G. A. N suffer, Mi Agnes Robertson. Mrs. Peay. of Fairfield, sister of Mr. J.) Blake, also went Irom here. Tbe above is only a partial list of those wl have gone to tbe Gate City fromthls place tbe laBt day or two. Misses Florlde and Willie Calhoun are home again after a three weeks stay in A lanta. Mrs. Carrie Heard, of Athens, spent Sato day in the city tbe guest of Miss Ellen Pa ker. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lee and son, Mast Gus, left for Atlanta yesterday. Rev. F. Y. Pressly preached in tbe A. R. church last Sabbath. left for georgia. Mr. and Mrs. Waddell, of Bainbridge, Gi spent a day or two In th> city last wee They left for home Sunday accompanied t Mts. Waddell's mother and sister, Mrs. Coo ler and Miss Bessie C.iogler, who will sper the winter with them. memorial service. A memorial service was held In the Met odlst church Sunday evening in memory those members of that congregation who hi "passed over the river" during the pa twelve monthB. A short memoir of eacb the departed was read, and appropriate pre ers were made and songs sung. Tbeservl was a sad and impressive one. IMPROVED BUSINESS. Business has Improved very much Id 11 last few daya. The advance in price of cotU has helped matters wonderfully. Cotton so in this market yesterday for S 3.1 north georgia conference. Rev. 0. E. Owens, of the North Georgia Co ference, spent Sunduy here with Mr. and Mi P. B. Speed. Rev. Mr. Owens preached Su day morning In tbe Methodist church an i terestlng and forcible sermon from tbe te: "Let your light so shine before men that th< may see your good works and glorify yoi Father which Is in heaven."?Matthew 51 chapter, lCth verse. Mr. Owens is an uncle Mrs. Speed. waiting for fire. Our good people have even quit talkii motor urnrlja and a flrft deoartment. ( It 6eem8 bo at least. Well just wait until v have another fire, then we will bear son more talk. Talk Is aM right, bat wont put 01 a Are. Maybe Abbeville wont have anotb lire? Well that is possible, not probab) No, It is not possible for such good fortune 1 be witb us. Good people try and wake u and do something on this line. the abbeville rifles. The Abbeville Rifles will leave today f< Atlanta to take part In the South Carollc day ceremonies. Capt, Ferrin will take wll him about twenty-Ave men "rank and file." Mrs. Thomas P. Thomson left yesterday fi Bradley to visit relatives. P. Hammond A Co.'s Locals. A full line of plusb robes jusit in. Call an see uh. C. P. Hammond <& Co. We make shoes recollect, and they are got ones. Call and see us. C.P. Hammond & C Children shoes in all styles aid prices at i P. Hammond & Co. Buy you a good saddle, bridle and blank at C. P. Hammond & Co. A big line of boots at C. P. Hammond & C THE GRADED SCH00I will olose during This Weeli beginning with TUESDAY to give tbe teachers and scholars an opport nity to visit the mi EXPOSITI npHIS is lu accordance with instructioi from tbe8lateSuperlntendentof Educ tion. The time lost will bo made up by tl teachers, either at the close of the term, or i Christ mas. W. A. TEMPLETON, Chairman. Nov. 25, 189.3. Come iu aud see our line of Cbristrnt groceries and candies Aug. W. Smith. liuck wheat at. Aug. W.Sraitb'i, i ' v V '*'*& i VALUABLE HiO II Sill uat >le & Six Hundred Acres i es je Cokesbury Township. 11. ;b er T WILL offer for private sale a farm of ? !h HUNDRED ACRES lu Cokcebury towns In a fine state of cultivation. Tbe wfe ,r. i jnuv-e wun ouwu ju cuw (jcub iiiio j>?>> < ea I key creek rura through the land. The pi n" J is well Improved, on It Is a DWELLI y> HOUSE of EIGHT ROOMS, tenant hou as and a good well of water. It Is within nolle of Walnut Grove Baptist church. G is schools near. Within five miles of rallr r'M communication. 1)6 Will be sold on terms of three years w a. mortgage of tho premises and otherwise lis cared. MRS. SARAH A. AGNEW, "7 id Riley r.O., Abbeville Co., S.' ld Nov. 21,18D5, ti c? SALE OF :e. I Real Estate to er Qg R X>Y VIRTUE OF THE POWER CONF] red In and by the will of W. W. Frank a late of Abbeville county, deceased, whlcl be now on record In the office of Probate Ju p. of said county, I will sell to the highest at der FOR CASH, at Abbeville Court Ho Jn S. C., on 8ALESDAY IN JANUARY n of all that certain tract of land belonging to ig. estate of said deceased, situate and being )T~ said County of Abbeville, containing R8 ? Two Hundred and Nine Acr I " Iq more or less, and bounded by lands of Ja F. Smith, John Rothrock, public road, others. Purchaser to pay for papers. ? BENJ. FRANKLIN, ie. Administrator with will annexe be No?. 22,1S95,5t >raa is lie Piano* and OrganM Will be Clo ^ ont Cheap for Cash. Hill & Cochran have changed their I and can now be found at tbe "Rosen! Hall" on tbe corner near the Episcopal cbt) where they will be glad to serve tbe pul Call on Mr. Jas. A. Hill at A. >1, Hill & ? or Mr. Jas. 8. Cochran with R. W. Can and yon will be supplied in the "mus a tr>r ?????? SB III Coleman, SB, 88 J' %%%%%%%% %%%%%%** IM1L IIUIV I ft I \ ae ~~ > id -I HAVE JUST RECEI ii Chrismti The biggest, the prettiest, and d< brought to this oity. The prices rar I 1 Cent to to P' This lot of DOLLS embraces i family, I have the China doll of ev ar only 1 cent and the largest 25 cents and too, this is the most servicable c or it. Just the thing for a little cha profusion. Kid Dolls?and they ar dance. Crying Dolls and Sleeping I for rough handling. I even have B line of Dolls can't be beat in any cit ld can make a better showing. >d In addition to this line of dolls, 11 ?* girls. It is simply impossible for a to oome and see them, as I can pleas ? TOY A} L Possibly you think me a little < but as the saying goes, ''The early 1 that worm. These goods are begiuning to sell i thing, at least I have found that ? thing that tells the tale. I never hi old. I never bought a thing yet ju? I these same columns " to come in an " ; as a matter of fact you an* obliged to Remember, I have a full line of i attention to my line of Christmas g u* | come to see me. I will be found un [ Big 8 ait that bears the inscription "RAC i m. i * '* . - \ _ ; Backet Store Locals. A beautiful assortment of toy anlm Racket Store. I The red flag over Racket Store indlc war on high prices, and you should > ! your mouey with ttie man that la lis that ureal monster. . J | Look out for the big red Hag when you in town. You will find the Racket right under it. When you are in the city be sure to se line of dolls and toys at the Racket St< LU fore you "? home. Little colored candles and holders vt found at Racket Store for Christmas tre A beautiful line of tea sets at Racket from 5c set up to 75c. They are simply ties. Building blocks with alphabet at F Store for 3c set. SIX Buy your little boy a box of tools at I hip Store. Price 25c. iole The Racket Store Is under the big red 'or- Yon matt go over to the Racket Stoi see that line of bisque dolls. It Is thi tlest lot ever brought to this oity. The wonder at the Racket Store Is he set), you Bell your dolls bo cheap. one That $1.25 Bisque doll at the Racket 8 ood a perfect beauty and quite a number ol oad bave beeD 801(1 alreadyThe big red flag over Coleman's I Store means war on high prices. Go to Racket Store and see that 1 se- dolls. I Ask to see the toys at the Racket Stoi I You will And an endless amount of 1 the Racket store. C. Get some little toy at tbe Backet St your children. The smile on their lilt! Is worth four times the value of the toj HADDON'S LOCALS. | Carpets 2fc up at Haddon's. Corsets 23,35,50 and up to Sl.50 at Had New millinery every week at Haddoi Capes and Jackets at Haddon's. BRlin, Black figured mohair, the new dret j8 rlque, at Haddon's. , dge Plaid worsted at Haddon's. bid??? Dress silk,all tbe staple colors and bl nBe> Haddon's. oxt, the Large dress buttons at Haddon's. lD "Chanolse Fiber," 64 Inches wide, all at Haddon's. , Novelty dress stuff at Haddon's. 68 ' Plaid silks at Haddon's. me'| Black Bilks at Haddon's. and Colored dress silks at Haddon's. Knitting cotton, all colors, at Haddo Embroidery silk at Haddon's. d. Machine needles for all machines a don's. Machine oil and cans at Haddon's. sed Black satteens at Haddon's. 3ase White and red flannels at Haddon's. ierg ireb Striped and plaid outings atHaddon' jlic. Ions Solid leather school shoes at Haddon' non I leal Ladles kid button shoes, up to date i j and quality, at Haddon's. JUT, Cold AT? IB VED A BIG SHIPMENT OFis Goods jcidedly the cheapest lot of DOLLS i?e from $1.25 Each. representations of every specie of th ery description. The smallest being i. Rubber dolls of every kind imagii loll you can buy, as there is no break ,p to play with. Bisque and Wax I> e beauties too. Washable Dolls in )olls. Rag dolls, alredy dressed, just oy Dolls?just think of it, Boy Dolls, y the size of this, and very few largei have any amount of toys for both boj le to decribe them. I will simply as se you both in ID PRICE. early in telling you about Christmas j )ird cathes the worm," and I am sure already. The price you know will sel the case with my (roods. The price ave any old good's, the price won't let it to be looked at. Others tell you tb d see my goods before you buy elsew buy elsewhere, when you hear their p all other goods, but am simply calling oods in this issue. Wben you are in der the '/?/] T71n/lf m nag /KET. T. Coleman. Ira ?? 11 11 Sheriff's Sale. ates a . spend J. E. Caldwell against Caroline Hill and !hl,Dg George \V. Hlll.-EseoulioD. 1"! Store JJY VIRTUE OF AN EXBUU nun w urn directed. In the above slated case, I will ??|1 e that to the highest bidder, at pnblle auction, with. Hebe- in the legal hours of sale, at Abbeville Court House, 8outn Carolina, on MONDAY, tb? 2d ^ dayol DECEMBER, A. D. 1696, all the right, Store ant*lntere8t of George W. Hill lo the folbeau lowing described property, to wit: All that tractor parcel of land, situate, lying and be* tacket tog in the town ol Greenwood, County ol Abbeville, State ol Sdutb Carolina, containing ' ' tacket flag. One [1] Acre, i e^pret- more or Ie88<and bounded by lands of Gideon Savage and Dock Arnold on the East, of L. T. >w can Lomaz on the North, of Jack William* on the West, of Zeck Griffin on the South. Hhem Levied on and to be sold as the property ot George W. Hill, to satisfy the aforesaid ezecu- ? ^ tacket tion and oosta, TERMS?Cash. ' line of at rl?k former purchaser. F. W. R, NANCE, e. Sheriff Abbeville County. oys at Nov. 11,1895,8t * ore for ?"oe! State of South Carolina, | County of Abbeville. . ^ PROBATE COURT, s J. W. Mattlson and B. F. Mattlson, as Ezecu- A Idon's. tore, 4c., PlalnUSk, against G. A. Mattlson et al, Defendants. Complaint to Sell Lands to Pay Debts. is fab- I WILL BELL AT PUBLIC OUTCBY AT ' HH Abbeville Court House, on 8ALEDAT IN VI DECEMBER, 1885, next, for tbe payment of mB8 debts, tbe lot loving described real estate beack, at longing to tbe estate of O. M.Mattison,de- H ceased, situate In said State aad County, to wit: All tbat tract or parcel lands, known as Tract No. 1, cod tain i ng colors, ' i One Hundred and Thirty-Three M (133) Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Expklel Harris, Mrs. Sallle Martin, T. C. Gower, and > L others. Tract No. 2, containing ' a Had- One Hundred and Twenty-One : | (121) Acres, , 'J| more or less, bounded by Tract No. 1, Mrs Uallle Martin, R. T. Kirk pa trick and others. 8, Tract No. 3, containing , . One Hundred and Sixty-Nine n style [169] Acres, ? more or less, bounded by lands of R. T. Kirk row pa [TICK, r,SUlUJ Ul at., rnwiu, iiovt. *<<? and 4. V Y\ Also, Tract No. 4, containing Jlj Sixty-Five (65) Acres, ' more or less, bounded by lands of Mrs. Lizzie 8baw, Estate of O. A. Moore, Estate of M. Erwin, and Tract No. 3. Also, Tract No. 5, containing ,'.\One Hundred and Four (104) B Acres, more or leu, bounded by lands of G. W. Johnson, Mr?. Laura 8blrley, Tract No. 6, and by m Saluda River. * Also, Tract Na 6, containing i Eighty-Three (83) Acres, rv-4 more or less, bounded by lands of Q. W. Johnson, Mrs. Laura 8blrley, and Ann Tsylor. A TERMS: One-balf cash, the balance on a eredlt of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, tbe credit portion to be secured V by bond of purchaser and a mortgage of the V premises; or, purchaser may have option of f paying all cash. Parchaser to pay for papers I and recording. I R. E. RILL, A J Judge Probate Court. ^ NOV.ll, 1S?,31 Sheriff's Sale. c. Aultman A Co., agalnat A. J. Salinas 4 Sons.?Exec u tloa. By virtue of an execution to me j directed, in the above atated case, I will aell ' to the blgbeat bidder, at Pabllo Auction, within the legal hours of aale,at Abbeville C. H? S. C., ou MONDAY tbe 2nd day of DE- . CEMBER A. D. 1885, all tbe right, title mad Interest of A. J. Salinas & Soua In tbe follow* ; ever lng described property, to wit: A certain brick atore In tbe town of Abbeville 8. C., known as No. 5 of the White Block, fronting about twenty-flve feet on Main Street and running back about one hundred o doll feet> and bounded by W.Joel 8qltb*a atore and drug atore occupied by w. t. Penney. worth Also tbat tract of land containing "taut Three Hundred and Fifty alls in Three [353] Acres, ahull- v->more or less and bounded on West by J. A. ready Devlin, Bust and South by estate of N. J. My Davis and North by lands of H. T. Toaten r ones and olhersLevied on and to be sold as the property or A. J. Salinas & Sons to satisfy the aforesaid rS and Execution and cost#. k you TERMS-CASH. F.W.R. NANCE, ; i Sheriff Abbeville County. Nov. 11th, 1895. ' s* Sheriff's Sale. I M. B. Greer and E. A. Tempieton against 1 any- Geo. MclJ. Miller and R. A. Griffin et. al. is the -Execution. . j them u rn??h "Y VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION TO ME "*-6" directed, In the above staled case, i win wu here" |Q tlie highest bidder, at Public Auction (rices, wlthlo the legal hours of sale at Abbeville ' VOUr C. H., on MONDAY, the 2nd day of DECEM\ wn BER A* D- 1895, a11 tbe rlght't,tle and ,nter" town R A Qrjfljn in tb6 following described properly, to-wlt: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being In tbe county of Abbeville containing ^ Eight Hundred and Eight (808) Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of J. C. Young, Dr. Anderson, J. W. Lipscomb and others. Levied on and to be sold as tbe property of Geo. McD. Miller and R. A. Griffin to satisfy 11 tbe aloresald Execution and coats. \ j J TERMS-CASH. F. W. R. NANCE, Sheriff Abbeville County. Nov. 9,1895, tf - Raisins citron currents every thing needed for Christmas at tbe very lowest prices to b? found at Aug. W. Smith's. V ::'J k