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I The Press and Banne I : _ L ABBEYILLE, 8.C. " p^-Publlshed every Wednesday at 82 year In advance. Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1896. I .. J COME INTO COURT, Petit Jurors. List of Petit Jurors for first week, Januar Term. 1890. G.W.Foste r Smitbvllle. H. M. Prince Magnolia. W. H. Brltt McCorroick. E. A. Callaham Due West. J. T. Mabry ...? Cokesbury. L. A. Gulllebeau Cedar Springs. , G. W. Mil ford..'. -..Due West. J. T. Mann Abbeville. T. N. Dendy Indian Hill. M. W. Baker Long Cane. John A. Harris - Abbeville. W. J. Mllford Long Cane. J. W. Lyon - Indian Hill. J. 8. Spence Abbeville. S.W.Tharp? Ninety-Six. ' J. T. McClane Doe west. '4- J. A. Sutherland Diamond Hill. W. J. Donald Donalds. S. C. Riley Magnolia. W. P. Culberson .....Cokesbury. T. F. Drake - _.Cokesbury. A. B. Ellis -..Greenwood. I P. R. Rlobey Donalds. fW.A.Clark Diamond Hill. J. D. Harmon McCormick. G. W. Collins ...Smltbville. 8. W. Sutherland Diamond Hill. Frank Gable McCormick. W. B. Wilkinson Smlthvllle. W. H. Whitlock, Jr Ninety-Six. W. J. Wells oreen wood. L. M.Sbaw Diamond Hill. Joe Lake -..White Hall. W. A. Branch - McCormick. W. H. Baugbmao - Cedar Springs. * C. E. Sharp Donalds. Grand Jurors. List of Grand Jurors for January Term c Court, 1890. W. E. Lesley Abbeville. W. W. Pardy . Smltnvllle. J. A. Corley McCorley. B. L. Cllofcscales Lowndesvllle. R T. Klrkpatrlck..... ....Donalds. 8. A. Hinton Greenwood. J F. Wldemao _ Indian Hill. C. J. Lyon Calboun Mills. J. H. Simpson Long Cane. E. W. Ashley Dae West. A.K. Watsoo....... Cedar Springs. R. A. Haddon Diamond Hill. J. A. McCord Cokesbury. J. R. Grant Lowndesvllle. W. H. Brougb - Magnolia. J. C, McClane Cedar Springs. J. F. Morrison Hodges. R. L. Barmore.: Donalds. Unclaimed Letters. Letters remaining in Abbeville, S. C., pos , office for week ending Jan. 7tb : B?LEI Brown, W. Blake, H. H. Barksdale C?Miss Manda Cunningham, A. J. Crockei D?8. B. Donaldson. F?Mk? Jaole Ferris, Mrs. Mary Fair. G?Mrs. Lydia Gaines. w?Hnlm?t Mian M. O. Harrison. J?Miss Sunle Jones 2. L?J. Henry Lee. 8taat Louis. M?W. F. Miller, C. R. Means, Harrlsoi Moss. R? H. Taylor Rogers. S-Metle Smith, Marlab Sail, W. H. Simp son. Wm. Simmons. T?Miss Mary L. Thomas. W?Miss Emma Williams, Miss Enla Wll Hams, Miss Vlrgle Williams, Miss Hannal Williams. ' Robt.S. Link, P.M. Cotton Burnt. Mr. T. J. Brltt, a prosperous farmer of Sand over, bad forty-one bales of cotton stored ue der a shelter at bis borne. Last Satnrda; evening some negro boys were playing win fire, wben tbe cotton was accidentally set o: Are. It Is estimated that tbe cotton wblcl was saved was worth only about $100. Cold on s Dead Level. Tbe temperature daring nearly all of las week was below the freezing point. Mooda; night tbe wind blew-a gale, but since then uc til Monday morning the weather has beei cold on a dead level, though, as a matter o fact, tbe weather bas been bean tlful and ret sonable. The Bond to the Promised Land. The County Commissioners met lastMon day, and tbe consideration of tbe openiuj of tbe proposed new road to Evans mill wai postponed again. Tbls road has long beei needed. Hull Honrs. Honrs that the malls close at the Abbevlll Post Office: 11.10 a.m. 12.15 p. m. - 1.10 p.m. 2.30 p. m. 4.25 p.m. 5 45 p.m. Roberts. Link, P.M. m School Clain a. I will pay the highest p: Ice In cash fo school claims. J A. Harris, Jan.l, 1896, tr Abbeville, a. C. W. C. McGowan, Esq., has been In the lov country for a week or more. In response ti an invitation be went down and made i speech in Georgetown. He tiien spent som< time in shooting ducks, a .ouple or wblcl birds he broagbt home with tilm. Hlsspeecl came up to all the requirements, and as i hunter be was equal to the occasion. Thk week after Christmas, and before Sal< Day in January, was a quiet ono In buslnes circles. Tne different booses bad clerks tba have a spare time on their bands, and so tb time of such young gentlemen was spent li calling on other gentlemen who had called a their stores before Christmas. As a rule, ou people have settled their debts. Ms. J. C. Miller of our town was at bom a few days last week, after an extended can ass in the West Id the interest of the N. K Falrbank Company, Manufacture of Cotu leneand other product*. Mr. Miller report good success, and teems much pleased wltl Els agency. Mr. O. W. Johnson of Donalds has suff clently recovered, from his recent wounds a to be able to come to Abbeville yesterday. H looks a Utile used up but he will Boon be him self again. The Abbeville printers have reason to b thankful for the busfness which in com In their way. The people of Abbeville patrol iz9 tbeir papers liberally, as is evidenced b their appearance. Mb. E. & Galloway, business manager c the Associate Reformed Presbyterian was I town last Sale Day, oonsa ltlng bis attorney Walter Li Miller, Esq. Mb. h. M. Young, Mr. Selden A. Kenned] John A. Devlin, Mr. H. P. Magee and Mr. A D. Kennedy were among the delegates fror Dae West last Sale Day. MisS Marie Gower, who has been for week the bouoredgaesi of her pretty couslc Miss Mamie Lee, returned home yesterday. The shipment of cotton from this point he almost stopped since December 24. Mr. A. M. Carpenter of the McCormic News was In town Sale Day. Mr. D. Lewis Wakdlaw was In town Mot day. The Alliance met yesterday in the Com House. Ma, ?*. itniwi liUcnis. My stock of goods having been almost e: p bausted by the heavy trade Just before Cbr Is mas, I have now In Btore almost an entire) new stock of dry goods. Within tbe last wee I have received additional aupplleB of drei i Koods, oatings, satines, prints, bleached an brown homespuns, bed tickings, plaids, gli gbams.etc. Grateful to a generous pub lio for past liberi patronage, I beg to assure It that during tt year upon wblob we have Just entered, I wl strive harder than ever to merit a contlni anceof lis highly appreciated favor. I have at present some rare good bargains I blankets, carpets, rugs and overcoats. An person In need of these articles will And thei a t greatly redooed prices at tbe store of L. V White. Is there any one Just going to bousekee tng? If so you can he well supplied with a the requlslties at tbe store of L. W. Whit You will there find bargains In blankets, ca pets, rngs, Bheeting, table linens, crocker; glassware and everything else needed for th work. 1 have all kinds of plantation supplle blacksmith tools, carpenter tools, spiders an pots, trace chains, back bands, hames, brldl< and everything else needed in getting up a outfit for terming. I have Just reoeived a car load of seed oat a car load of N*w Orleans molasses, and good supply of coffee, tea and sugar. Ii I keep always on band a choice stock of far I Hy groceries. 3 Flour, flour, flour! I have on band seven 0 Ko*raia nf Hnnp arhflrth I nnm riffar Itbe public at low prices. I hare Just received an entirely new sto< of that desirable Agate Ware wblcb I ha\ sold ao successfully daring tbe past year. Y( can get your boilers, kettles, dish paus, mil pans, pudding pans, tea and coffee pots. A of tbia ware. Try it. It will surely plea you. r WEST END. Happenings nntl Incidents of a Week Around the City. = Dr. L. J. White has retnrned to Atlanta. He returned to the Gate City Friday night, a Miss Marie Gower after a delightful vlnlt to Miss Mamie Lfie, returned to Greenville Monday. ' 5* Mr. A. M. Schoen Bpent last Sunday in the city. ' WEEK OP PRAYER. The first services of the Week of Prayer was held Sunday night in the Presbyterian ? church. Rev. Dr. Clifton conducting the service. This prayer service will continue durIng the week, and will be held in the different churches, and will be closed next Sunday nlirht in the Methodist church hv Rav. Dr. J. Lowry Wilson, who will officiate. MIsh Mamie Lee nod her guest Miss Bessie y Lee, of Virginia, leave to-day for Greenville, where they will he the guests of Miss Gower. These young ladies will attend the entertainment given by the Cotillion Club on the evening of tbe Oth Inst. Mr. J. E. McDavId has embarked In business for himself and 1b at tbe old stand of the Racket Store. Mr. McDavId is a hustling man aQd has many irlends who wish him success in bis business. The past week has been a most deligbtlul one for our society young people and one that will be long remembered by them. Mr. J. M. Hardin and family have moved from their former residence and now occupy the house recently vacated by Mr. H. W. Lawson. social event. One of tbe most thoroughly enjoyable social events of the seasou occurred Friday night when the lovely home of Dr. and Mrs. An-, crura was the scene oi tbe gathering of a goodly number of our young people. The evening was spent In dancing and was a most perfectly delightful one. Delicious refreshments were served and all "went merry as a marriage bell." Measies have taken the town bv storm as it were, and tbe attendance at tbe Graded BChool Is very much lessened. The little folks being unuble to attend. COLLECTING OLD SCORES. Last Wednesday was "collectors day" and old scores were settled by many and a fresh start made for this year. It waB also "good resolution day'1 and many such were mude, und no doubt a large per cent, of tbem will be broken 'ere this montb Is numbered witb tbe , ones gone by. Well, Its all right, that Is tbe " good ones tbat are kept are all right, and we are just that much better for tbem. For tbe ones broken, there will be sorrow, and the consoling that we are only human, and that It Is ours to err. Miss Mary DuPre has gone to Lowndesvllle to visit relatives. Messrs. Perrln Quarles and Less Smith left Monday for Davison College, N. C., where they will resume tbeir studies. Mr. A. G. Faulkner has gotten home from a two weeks stay with friends in Virginia. Mr. Faulkner came in Monday. Miss May Bobertson entertained the Whist Club last night. The usual Saleday crowd was on hand last Monday, and as usual, horse and mule traders were abundant. We suppose tbat in each case both parlies were worsted and sorry they traded. Business was only fairly good. Tbe National Bank has presented many of Its friends with beautltul calenders for this year. TUB CONCERT. 1 The ooDcert Monday night came off as an, nounced and it was a real treat. Every one ' of tbe participant., In tbe concert did credit to themselves, and It is only to be regretted that the audience was not as large as it sbonld have been. Those who were not fortunate enough to attend, were the losers of a delightful evening. The following program was carried out: n Invitation to the Dance?Weber?Miss Perrln and Miss White. Selections from the Little Tycoon?Mrs. DuPre and Cborus. Lauream, or tbe Marble Dream?Recitation ?Miss Corrle. Vocal Solo?Selected?Miss McClung. J "The Jinere"?Recitation? Miss Jones. I Live and Love Thee?Gampana?Miss Hesther and Mr. Cochran. Ah, I Have Sighed to Rest Me?Miss Taggart. Vocal Trio?Mrs. DuPre, Messrs. Bradley 1- and McDavid. i- Second Mazourka?Goddard?Miss .Tones. y Beautiful Rote?Mrs. DoPre, Miss Corrle, b Meter*. Bradley and Hill, a Reading?"Christmas In Old Virginia?MIbs b Wloker. Vocal Solo?Selected?Miss McClung. A Legend of the True?Miss Lee. Vocal Solo? Selected?Miss Hestber. The Idol of My Heart?Vocal Duett?Messrs. ;t Cochran and Hill. f Waiting?Vocal Solo, Millard?Mrs. DuPre. Gobble Song?Mascot?Miss Corrle aud Mr. j Dargan. ,/ Oen. M. L. Bonham has been in the city severai days. A new business house will open up iu a few i days In the store room recently occupied by the Abbeville Supply. Company. The new firm will be Amos B. Morse, dealer In general i . merchandise. Mr. Morse Is one of our home i I young men and has had a thorough boslnesa i g training, having been associated for more than twenty years with different bouses ol ; this city. We bespeak lor him & goodly share i of our country and town patronage. Mr. Morse will bavo a large aud well bought stock, and ' bis prices will be as low ai> the lowest. e Hon. D. H. MagiII, of Hodges, was In town Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Julian Corrle went to Atlanta last Sat- i urday night. MIbs Jemmtma McNeill, a pretty anjl accomplished young lady of Greenwood, is the ! guest of Miss Fannie Morrow. r mnAn-nn m a r trn lttuurjj XAliAbi . I j Happy Marrlnges-JIr. Blake's First e case ? Exposition ? Dr. Jobuson's J Heavy T.omh. a Lowndesvllle, S. C., Jan. 6,1896. Rev. E. W. Mason left Monday for Atlanta e on business. g Mr. West Shaw and Miss Nora Loftis were united la marriage Monday by Trial Justice e J. G. Harden. a In a case In Trial Justice J. G. Harden's , court. Busier vs. Loler, Mr. John Cochran ot r tbe Anderson Bar was present as defendant's counsel, with Mr. C. T. Baker for tbe plalntlfl. Tills was Mr. Baker's first case, and bis roane agement and maiden speech at tbe Bar was !' quite creditable. Every few days a necessity arises for a court bouse and a county seat at tbls place, or at * least some resident lawyers. We now. when " aD occasion arises /or tbe use of these essentials (lawyers) for tbe times, we of course 1- have no otber objection tQ getting tbese sups plies from our neighboring cities, Abbeville e and Anderson, as those from those places who i- have visited our town professionally have proven their ability, than that In law, as well a as agricultural matters. We ought to have e borne supply. r Mr. R. Castleman and Miss Irene Fifer were v married last week by Rev. P. B. Ingram. Itev. E. W. Mason officiated In the union at Hymen's altar of Mr. Robert Moore and Miss >r A. McMaban, Thursday evening in the NaD Hon. Messrs. J. T. Latimer and D. L. Barnes returned from Atlanta Thursday. 'Ihe former r, bringing three mules, the latter four horses. l. Mr. J. M. Baker, of Washington, D. C., came n Friday night on a few days furlough to look after some of bis business interests. Mr. Tom Hill of Anderson came down Saturday, and while here met with Roslln Lodge ? of Free Masons. Some of the darkles hereabouts are smartly is relieved by learning, as tbey did, from last week's Press and Banner that war between ? the United States and England Is not likely to lake pl<ce under twelve months, if at all. Komo of thn tnn.lnvprs hnvA hppn wnrtrlnr ?" upon tbe credulity ot some of Ibe race, aud bad It Bmartly wrought up, aDd some of tbem t thought about next tbey would bave to go to tbe front. Mr. E. J. and Miss LIUIe Hackabee went to Abbeville Thursday for a few days stay. For several days winter bas been upon us In earnest, and those of oar planters who bad sown oats In tbe (all are uneasy about tbem. t- For sometime past our newspapers bave y been teeming with our State Constitutional k proceeding. Well, as soon as there was a lull 3? lu tbe storm then came tbe United States? d England embrogllo, wblcb gives tbem ana* other big thing to write about. Were it not for these occasional agitations, some of the il press might be bard pushed to fill up. ie Tbe much and long talkedof and well pall tronlzed Cotton States and International Atn lanta Exposition is over. To many of ber permanent, as well as transient citizens, it n proved a bonanza, in that tbey made money v --lots of it. To many others it has also prov . ed a bonanza -'over tbe left," in that they y bave lost money. Saturday night Dr. J. Q. Johnson lyst by fire bis barn and'contentx. together wltb three P- horses and one mule. He and tbe colored 'I men living near by were away from borne, and sometime after dark tbe barn was found r* to be on lire by some colored women, too late Ft to RAve anvthine. I.okr several nnnrirnrf dnl. 18 lars. " " Troupe. d " ' "" 3s If you are troubled with ring worms, tetter, lQ or any skta disease, try cutanea Its a sure cure. For sale at Speed's Drug Store. s. You ask what syrup tolu tar and wild a cherry Is? Why its Just the finest thing out for colds, coughs you ever saw. try it only 25c Q. at Speed's Drug Store. If you want a genuine old Qrerrs almanac al for 1896 you can get It free of charge at Speed's to Drug Btore. ,k If you want fine candy, put up in first class style you can get it at speed's Drug Store. >n A fine line of toilet soap at Speed's Drug Ik Store. so Grerre almanacs for free destributlon at Speed's Drug Store. I . mk j ; ~ r viSSi Roles Dor Letter Writing. Have you any unkind thoughts? Do not write them down. Write no word that glvetli pain; Written words may ion* remain. Have you beard some idle tale T Do hot write it down. Gossips may repeat it o'er, Adding U> its bitter store. Have you any careless Jest ? . Bury It, and let it rest; It may wound some loving breast. Words ol love and tenderness, Words of truth and kindliness, Words of comfort for the sad. Words of gladness for the glad, Words of counsel for the bad? Wisely write them down. Words, though small, are mighty things. Pause before you write them; Little words may grow and bloom With bitter breath or sweet perfume. Pray before you write them. CONTRIBUTED LOCALS. What "M." Sees and Hears on His UVUUU9 AUVUD IIIC Hon. I. H. McCalla was in the city last Monday on business. Mr. J. M. Baker of Washington D. C., is home on a short leave of absence and was in the city last Monday of special business. He wl 11 return to his poet of duty in a few days. Miss Maggie and Miss Vlrgle McCain, two of our prettiest and moiHcbarmlngyoung ladles, left witb their aunt Mrs. Adams to visit their old home in Virginia. This is the week of prayer which will be conducted In regular order in tbe different churches. Miss Bessie Murray entertained a lot of her friends last Friday evening. One of the most delightful occasions of tbe new year was a german given by Dr. and Mrs. J, L. Ancrum last Friday evening, at their hospittble home, In compliment to their guest Miss Julia Carrol, who Is a pretty and accomplished young lady from Aiken, and who will probably spend several months here. Miss Annie O. Raven a bright, pretty and accomplished young lady from Lalusberg Female College is here visiting her aunt Mrs. 8. M. Rlggsbee. Tbe mapy friends of Mr. Richard Hill, who has been quite sick will be glad to know be is now on the mend. Sale Day passed off with tbe usual crowd, which was quiet and orderly. Nothing hap* pened out of the regular order of events except the "show girl," on the court bouse steps with a monster snake encircling her form and which she handled seemingly without fear. Tbe many friends of Mr. J. S. Hammond and family welcome them back to Abbeville. ^ Mr. Clarence Haddon son of Mr. R. A. Haddon of Antrevllle, died or measles and was burled last Monday at Little Mountain Cemetery. Mr. Haddon was In the morningof norli? mon hnr\H hoi n rr ohnnt OQ itoqpo nf O era I j Ui(tuuvuu vuiug avvuv w J v?? U v? "bv? and we are told by those who knew him best, that he was a most exemplary young man and died with aglorlous and triumphant hope of a blessed Immortality. He was prepared and ready to die, and aBked loved ones to meet him In heaven. Miss Mary DaPre who has been spending the holidays in Abbeville, left yesterday via the G. C. A N, for a visit to relatives in Lowndesville. irom there Bhe will return to her home at Fort Hill. Mr. Alfa LiOmax our young artist who has been home, sick for several weeks Is now back at his place of business, where be Is ready to make the girls look prettier than ever. Chelf of Police Riley left for his home last Monday, where we hope he will not be on tbe Blck list long, M he above all men Is missed when absent from our city. Mr. Aaron Cohen was called by telegram yesterday to North Carolina to see his mother who Is quite ill. Capt. M, L. Bonham that courteous and aenial friend of old Is In our city on business. His many rrlends here are glad to see him, and wish he could find It to bis interest to make his home with us again. The measles are on the rampage in our city, but thus for have been of a mild tVDe and In do casd have they been fatal. Oar dootori know how to treat them most successfully Mr. John W. Bollock arrived In the elty last Saturday. He Is now Id Greenville in the dry-good b twines where his numerous friends wish him success. SheriffF. W. R. Nance and Clerk, W. R. Bullock-are again at their oflloes. Both of whom have been quite sick for several days. Dr. J. G. Johnson who lives near Latimer, had the mlsfortude to lose his barn, roughness, and four head of horses on last Saturday night about 10 o'clock. Supposed to be the work of an Incendiary. Many Interesting Thin ten. McCormick Times. The P. R. & W. C. Railway will continue under its present management for sometime yet. When the road was sold under aa order of the (J. S. Court In October it was bid in by representatives of the Southern Railway. There Is a law In this State against one railroad buying up competing lines, and Governor Evans says that as soon as the Southern attempts to take possession of the P. R. ft W. C. system be will interfere and exhaust every power at Its command to prevent the sale being confirmed, rhere Is sure to be a big legal battle over the matter, and the case will doubtless be carried U> the United States Supreme Court. In the meantime Receiver Cleveland and the present officers will oontlnue In charge of the road, and will continue to operate it. Mr. William Beasley, a gentleman wellknown throughout the lower part of Abbeville County, dropped dead near Little Mountain on Thursday. He was moving from Bradleys to Little Mountlan, and bad just reached bis new home with a load of furniture. He was going across the yard, when, without any warning, be fell forward and gasped a few times, and was dead. He was about sixty years old, and had many friends who will be shocked to learn of bis deatb. His remains were Interred at the old family burying ground, three miles west of this place, Friday morning. Dr. J. H. Jennings of Plum Branch met with a painful acoldeut about two weeks ago. He started to mount bis horse when the Baddie turned with him, and be fell to the ground, severely spraining his ankle. The injury has given him a great deal of pain, and he has been confined to his room nearly ever Blnce but Is Improving now. Mr. James Cotbran, Jr., contemplates building a new store room on the lot next to the Henderson Btore during the coming summer. He says that he may erect a two story brick bulldloK and have the uoper story divided Into offices for tbe lawyers who will locale here when we get tbe court house. We have heard a Dumber of citizens say more bogs have been killed in this section this winter than in any winter daring tbe past ten or fifteen years. Mr. Rowland Clem left this week for Andersod, and will make that place his home in tbe future. Freiita Oynters. Bruce's restaurant will from this date furnish fresh oysters at all hours. Bruce's restaurant keeps a full line of fine cigars and cigarettes. YOU^ "WILL NEED A CHRISTMAS *? PRESENT for some onG, aud what to buy and where, are tbe questions to be answered. I( you have seen our beautiful display of CHRISTMAS GOODS, we know a selection would be easy to make. We have everything generally kept in a JEWELRY STORE. -ALSO? FINE CHINA & FANCY GOODS, and hope you will make our store a visit. %%%%%%%%%% Spectacles . . at all prices, from 23 cts to 88.00 and guaranteed to fit. MAKING .... RINGS, CHAINS and JEWELKY out of old gold a specialty. WATCH & CLOCK .. REPAIRING . . as low as GOOD WORK can be done. T? n Bnvn a n JLt. V, JUUX li.U) Uj THE JEWELER. ' FARM MTnSiRDEIf. INFORMATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE ON MATTERS OF INTEREST. The Season for Transplanting Tree* la Various Sections of the Coontry?Directions for Moving Large Trees Without Checking Their Growth. The time of year for transplanting tree* varies in different sections ana unaer uufering circumstances. The season for doing this work Is less Important than doing it in the best manner, and if much earth goes with the roots, any time when the trees are dormant or not In a state of rapid growth, will answer, providing, of course, the soil is in condition and circumstances generally are favorable. The most I trees are probably transplanted in the spring, though there are numerous advocates for fall planting. I FIG. 1?MOVING TREES. Trees two or three Inches in diameter ' may be moved with comparative ease and ( little degree of loss, but when these have gained a diameter of half a foot or more the labor and difficulty are greatly increased. , Countrv Gentleman, in reply to a recent query, "How to move swamp maples of considerable size to a lawn, without checking the growth," etc., replies by giving the following illustrated directions: There are two modes of moving large trees. Fit. 1 shows the way in which it ia done, by lifting the tree from the ? ? J -? ?? ??? Snn Jmw ? ?!?m iAn ground ui mi tjrtut puoinvu, luonui^ ??# vu wheels to its place of destination, and dropping into the bole previously made for it. The tree is first loosened by digging, then lifted with the lever, the tnlnk being wound with carpet or sacking or with straw, to prevent bruising by the chain which raises it to the hinder wheels of a common farm wagon, run up to the 1 tree from behind. Chains attached to the i axle then enable the horse (or horses) hitched to the whiffletree to draw it. This mode applies well to the removal of evergreens as well as to deciduous trees, . the branches of which need not be disturbed on account of the erect position. . In either case, the tops should, however, 1 be made lighter by cutting in the branches ' so as to present an even, natural top. FIG. 2?MOVING LARGE TREES. . The other mode la represented by Fig. 2, and applies mainly to decidnons trees. The tree is first entirely loosened by digging, and the two wheels (with the tongue) are run np against It. The top is tied into a compact shape, and the tongue of the cart paced erect against it, and both tied securely. They are then brought down horizontally, thus lifting the tree Suite out of the ground, and it is then rawn to its desired place and lowered in the same way that it was lifted. The transplanting of large trees is not generally advised, for however careful and well conducted the removal is effected, there will be a great check given. Trees six inches in diameter' ana twenty feet high have thrown out their roots at least twenty feet in every direction, thus occupying a circle forty feet in diameter. A very small part of this broad circle of roots can oe secured. ine tops 01 uie = trees must be lightened by pruning, retaining a symmetrical form, to correspond in part with the necessary mutilation of the roots. Trees of the size mentioned Ahonld have a removed circle of roots * eight or nine feet in diameter, and the sou above the roots may all.be taken off down to the mass of the fibers to lessen the load. The Bis Apple Crop. ' Favorable reports come from most of the leading states concerning the apple 1 crop, which has matured in fine condition in nearly all sections of the country where apples are grown in commercial i quantities. 1 The Canada crop is reported as large, although some sections have suffered from drought. The apple crop in England and Scotland is light this year, and the fruit is of poor quality. On this continent only half of an average crop is reported, ana this is largely made up of early apples. The crop of greenings, it is reported, is not as larfi^e as last year. The crop of Baldwins, however, is enormous. These I are the best apples for general purposes and for exporting. They are always in demand Other varieties of red apples are also plentiful, and as red apples bring the best prices in England, a great many of them are exported. Owing to the later ripening, onlv about half the usual quantity of fruit is now being shipped to' England. The shipments usually commence in the early part of August and continue until April. The largest quantities are sent over in midwinter, when the shipments run from 40,000 to 70,000 barrels a week. The quantity exported last year was 608,421 barrels, and the preceding year it was 807,924 barrels. In 1881 there wafl an enormous crop in this country, and a correspondingly small one in Europe, and the exports were 1,828,806 barrels. Mowing Strawberry Beds. The practice of mowing down strawberry patches is recommended by Ameri- ' can Cultivator only in cases where tho ?* ? ? ? ? ?????> tRAo/la 'I'h^ i vinea art) uveigivnu nmu object is to give the ^eeds a setback, with the hope that a little care will give the strawberries the advantage in the race for life. It is of doubtful utility at best to try so harsh a remedy. We tried , it once, but at the same time took the < precaution to dig up some of the best plants and set them in a place by them- j selves where they could be kept free ( from weeds. These were not cut back, 1 and from these we got all our berries Um J subsequent seasou. , ? < Sweet clover is a great honey plant j wherever it cau be induced to grow. < If young men did not drink there ' would be no drunkards. Never let the sun go down without | doing some kind act that will make your pillow softer. Unless a man's walk corresponds wit.h his talk, hta influence for good is not likely to be great. It will not pay to feed the product* of the farm to ungrowthy and unprofitable stock, and it will pay much less to purchase feed for such stock. Generally it will be best to get rid of such stock at the first opportunity. ' 11 Coleman I nit =VI The racket store is at moved there on the 1st of Januai my many customers than ever before, ess and a more convenient place for yoi carry a nice line of Dress Goods and intend to cut right down to the qi going to sell them cheap. i am after benefit of low prices and i need your tr cially low prices, as a small profit from 1 from a few. i must have your trade, tb for as you know i always guarantee qua new goods every few days and this Spri prices In my next "ad." Come to see m M. T. ( GEO. WHITE, Proprietor, Atebwille 1896. ^ WE ARE BERE t Encouraged by onr sncc first claw all aroand stock. We are In therir bargains Id something to eat In FROUR we 1< LEAJDBR and We will keep a fall stock of Flonr, Meal, Bai kinds. Cheese, Maccaronl, Dried Fralts, Prunes Some special bargains in White and Cbecket \lso In 8boe* or all kinds. A few bargains i Plows, Gearing, etc., all complete. Come an lave yon money. Come and give us aohancev W ^ | liiii Full A ?SOLI I H. W. LAW E received a larg is that are nsed T. Lav TIMES AT TBOY. Inlet Holidays ? Sadden Death of Vm, Beasley ? Tliltori by the Score?Miss Laura Robinson Stands Head ? Dr. Hlllwee and the OH Mill. Troy, B.C., Jan. 6.1896. We begin the new year with best wishes to .be editor and Its scores of subscribers. The holidays passed off as quietly as if they vere a succession or Habbatns. Rev. Mrs. O. Y. Bonner, of Due West, Is on i visit to ber father's family. Dr. J. D. Neel. Mr. and Mrs. Malllnax entertained tbeir Sabbath school classes in a most happy manner last Thursday afternoon. Mr. C. P. Carrie, of Gray Coart. and Mr. D. S. Beason, or Woodruff, 8. C., spent several lays here last week. Mr. William Beasley.aged about 65 years lropped dead while standing in his yard last Wednesday. He was appurentl; in Rood lealtb. In tbe midst of life we are in deatb. Miss May Rogers after a week's stay with elatlves here has retnrned to her home in \ngu8ta. Mr and Mrs. T. S. Chatham, Jr., with tbelr irlgbt little sou, Whaylundjeft for tbelr nome as t Thursday. Dr. G. W. Pressly has recovered from a spell >f typhoid fever and gone to Charlotte to rein me bis practice. Onr best wishes go with Dim. Tbe measles seem to have full sway over ,be country, however they are not here yet. Miss Ettle Robinson has gone to Woodruff, 3. C., to wield tbe rod of instruction In the ichool room. Mr. J. M. Chiles, formerly of this place but low a prosperous merchant, of Pelzer, S. C., made a visit here last week, to see, echo an iwers who? Mr. Editor we have in onr town a little girl il years old who has missed one day from the R. P. Sabbath sobool since she was 5 years )ld and who goes to tbe day school. Sbe has mlnsed one day in 27 months, having recited 1777 perfect lessons In that time. 8be lis punctual, ambitious, and, in otber words, a model little girl, and ber name is Miss Laura Robinson. If you bave any in your Graded icbool or colleges that can surpass her we Hand corrected. xne distressingly low price ui uuuuu u? somewhat cast a gloom over tbe ones who are holding theirs for a better price. At a special communication of Stonewall Lodge No. 124, A. P. M., Troy, 8. C., Dec. 24, 1895, tbe following officers were installed to lerve the ensuing masonic year: Y. P. Reagou, w. M. W. K. Jay, 8. W. D. W. Dowtln, J. W. A. Russell, Treasurer. J. T. Solomons, Secretary. 1 J. N. Robinson, 8. D. H. F. Russell, J. D. James Evans. Tiler. Mr. James Horn, of Klrkseys, has bought tbe Captain Lltes bouse and lot here. It Is ane of tbe most desirable places in town. Mrs. T. M. McCaslan and your correspondBut spent a day and night pleasantly in Qreenwood last week at the hospitable home 3f Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Mlllwee Tbe Doctor kindly showed us over the Oil Mill which is perfectly fitted, with tbe best machinery In every department. Everything moves by { slock work. It is brilliantly lighted up with i electric lights. Neatness Is the tsct word, they have a place for every thing, and Is kept 1 In the right place. Tbe Doctor can and does i cheerfully give you any information concerning this great enterprise. He says they make AM n ttOKOM ftf lKlfl IfQ I Iamd nf ntl ft dftV_ They bave also a ginnery attached with 8 first class gins, all In perfect trim, and;lait, though.; not least, to go In bis yard where he has blw Jerseys Is a rare treat. He has four beauties; and they supply families with milk and batter. His stock is seal tot and gentle as little lambs. Tbe Doctor Is the right man in the right place. Nick. We appreciate tbe patronage given us last year ana hope we deserved itrto some extent, and we hope to merit a great deal more for tbe year Jnst beginning, and we will do oor best to please. Abbeville Supply Co. The only way by wbicb tbe devil can j manage to carry on businejiMs bymak-J ingsin attractive. y'. h '.S : ^ ' . ~~ rjt=^ i H ' ar 'lloFT i Villi.! BELL'S OLD STAND, HAVING y. I will be better prepared to serve aa I have more experience at the busi- ?l a to do your shopping. I am going to ^ this Spring, ;| lick in prices. lb other words, I am ta your trade in this line. You need the ri ade to enable me to give you these spe- ra ota of customers is equal to a big profit ^ ere is no way to get around it, as I see, lity and satisfaction. I am getting in ng will have a full stock. Will quote 811 30LEMAN. | : 5 W. D. BARKSDALE, ? Manager. fl i 1890. | :ess in oar attempts to please the public la a a ik In GROCERIES, and can offer some special Q1 :ad with oar two special brands EXCELSIOR. S It son, Sugar, Coffee, Hams. Canned Goods of all , , Raisins. Harveys Pare Leaf Lard, Cottolene- CJ 1 Homespuns and Drillings. Pants, Jeans. Ac. in all around oar store. Oar Plow Stocks, D. B. ^ d see oar stock and be convinced that we can , rben wanting anything. f1' bl * T n i ri l *1 yrMiisf ) BY- ^ n "SON & CO. 11 e stock of SCHOOL BOOKS. J " . in the public schools. r ti rson & Co. 12 di ! b< Beginning AksId. Jj When two people have "made uprt after a quarrel, itiis safest to "let sleeping dogs lie," and refer no more to the rj bone of contention. Even a good na- ? tured recurrence to the subject contains within it germs of recrimination. f( A Scotch couple lived together happily tj fo* several years, but oneevening when a they were seated at their fireside a tj mouse chanced to run across the floor. S] "There's a moosie,'.' said the wife. "It cam' frae below the bed." "Na," said her hnsband, "it cam' oot below the kist fchest)." M They began to aebate tbe point, a ti keen argument ensued, and angry w words were unsparingly used. The controversy | was resumed in tbe morning and.was continued from day ai to day, with increasing violence, until h? the wife left the house and returned to ei her friends. tc The couple lived apart for 12 years, w and then after a friendly intercession gi become reconciled. They resumed ? housekeeping, and during 5 years the al ?i ? -f moo nnVioorH hAnpftth DI VU1W Ui UIOWIU ?T?o UUUVM4M M their roof. At length the wife ven- cc tured to refer to the cause of their long it estrangement. *1 "Wasn't it very absure, dear John," IP said she "that we should have sepa- c* rated abo'ot a sic a trifle as a moosie comin' frae below the bed ?" & "I tell ye it cam' from oot below the *3 kist, woman," said the husband sharply "It did na that. John," retorted the wife. "I mind see'n it, as if 'twer yes- le terday, comin' frae under the bed." sc The quarrel had begun again, and hi raged furiously. In a slyort time the it couple separated, and were never re- bi united. w fi] ? a] ir Remedy for Earache. tl yp "I am afraid I have greatly inter- ^ fered with my own practice," said a celebrated aurist, "by giving the fol- e2 lowing advice to many of my friends: f8 'At the first symptoms of earache let it the patient lie on the bed with the fc painful ear uppermost. Fold a thick p, towel and tuck it around the neck; then with a teaspoon fill the ear with warm water. Contiuue doing this for fifteen or twenty minutes; the water a will fill the ear orifice and flow over on fc the towel. Afterward turn over the c( head, let the water run out, and plug ei the ear with warm glycerine and cot- bi ton. This may be done every hour un- T. til relief is obtained. It is an almost ti invariable cure, and has saved many cases of acute inflammation. The water should be as warm as possible, but not too hot.'" oi u; 0, "A gentleman once asked a lawyer fo what he would do provided he had sc loaned a man $500, and the man left the country without sending an^ acknowledgments. w "'Why, that's simple; just write ~ him to send an acknowledgment for the $5,000,you lent him, and he will doubtless reply statingit was only $500. That will sufficejfor a receipt, and you can proceed against him if neces- b< sary.'" I i ;S ?? ARM, FIELD AND GARDEN. NERVATIONS 4ND EXPERIENCES IN EVERY DAY LIFE ON THE FARM. " . . . |C Care of Hones' Feet?Importance ot Preserving the Frog?Hints About Shoeing Horse*?Thrush In Horaea* Feet, tba Cause and the Core. Preserving the frog, that rerjr Importit cushion beneath tne horse's foot, wi^Vfja ie subject of remark by a correspondent?;* a recent issue of Rural New Yorker. i allowing are statements made; , ; j If, in seeking a horse, we talcs up the ' I ot and find the froc well nreMr#*&u?&^HSi ii&J ishion, so to speak, wide, full snd ef^S ie probability Is that the le foot will be in good otder. These i. an exception to this in tHe case of ? sed up horse having been ttfea04 but t?jS M Lsture for a period long enough to per^S it the frog to take on new growth. If ie frog be folly protected ana well mainined the hoof will be found but little if f ' ; all contracted, for the Very good reason lat the hoof cannot readily contract it ie frog be up to its normal size in every ?y. - i But it is the smith, the hone shoer, ho ruins the frog; that is, very many ' them do this. Dnrin^the many ^ears iat the writer has driven horses, he has ways inade it a rale to be ..present dur-. g the shoeing* and has never permitted ore than the slightest trimming of the og, nothing more ,than tjhe trimming oil insignificant parts, already nearly de^hed. . The smith can jmutflatQ and soously damage the hoof by the use of the ,sp; but, fortunately, the frog, is proof rainsi attacks by this instrument, and; \ ren the knife requires to he sharp, else te peculiar nature of the frog will rest Fever in the feet is a prolific source of itiiw +rt fV?n fm(T on/1 olinnl/l Ko a?mC r. ime at the earliest possible day, Conlement upon a dry, plank floor is damring by keeping up too complete a state dryness. Cutting the frog away at the time of shoeg, then setting the foot upon cautions, * < such manner as to prevent the frog om pressing upon the ground, will, >oner or later, interfere with its develop- Zi ent and usefulness. The most importit function of the frog is to lessen the lock to the foot in its contact with the |j round. This being the fact, it should i so maintained, and the shoe be so oonructed that at every step the frog can nne in for a fair share .of the pressure pon whatever Substance the horse is re- N lired to tread. Thrush id a disease in the feet of the Drse, usually arising from a dirty condion of the stable, from neglect in. keepig the stall in which the animal stands ean; more particularly is this, the case i horses of a morbid condition of the lood, though itj may, and does, occur in rtrfioa nf a mnrWfln nf f "ha lood, in the most cleanly kept stable, be following treatment is vopehed for j the veterinary editor of Michigan armer, as being both simple and effective. Wash out the cleft-9r'division in the og. remove all dirtor other ecaaiilaon, and while wet. sprinkle' a little ilphate of copper, 'pulverized* in the eft or division^ and posh it down the jttom with a handle of a spoon, stick, other convenient article; then cover ith a little cotton batting to keep out irt. Let it remain two or three days, hen it may be removed. If necessary ipeat the operation.. When properly anaged one or two dressings are all that Will Twin Catrw Br??d? An English paper recently, made the illowing statement in reply to the often '? iked query: "Will twin calves breed?" "It has usually been held that when,'.,/-.;. j? rin calves come, they will not breed; iat the first born of the pair will be ferle, but that the other will not, and so rong has this belief been among the ilk of farmers, that the latter born calf is nsnally been fattened. A few yean jo, in the herd of the late Mr. Henry addyof Rougholm, Cumberland, then ere twin calves, heifer at first and tten all, in. the order of birth. Mr. Caddy at ermine d to test the theory, and they >th proved fertile. More recently Mr. incelot Hoggarth, of Milton Moor, llnthrope, Westmoreland, had three - t irths of twins among his cattle, ope anial having twice haid twins at successive irths. In two cases the twins were all aifer calves, and in the other a heifer id a bulL I am now informed that the >ur heifer calves have all bred, and that . 10 twin heifer with the bull As also in : ilf. The twin bull calf was sold, so iat of him my informant oould not peak." Buckwheat and. Cat Wanu It nas been several times ciapnea uui j jason by farmers who affirm they bar* I led the plow that a crop of buckwhwfe ill clear out the out worms. The crop 1 handled as follows: ; A Sow buckwheat about the 1st of '1 id when it is well In bloom put a good savy chain on one end of the plow, tufcled to the beam,-and tie the other eod i the off horse whiffle tree and plow the 3 hole crop nicely under; then roll the "A round ana occasionally harrow, so as to > septhe surface in fine condition until j jout the 10th of July (for Jersey); then it on the cultivator and put in as good ihdition as the plow can poesibly make . Now sow one and a half or two bosh* s of rye; next one bnthel oi buckwheat, ,ving fertilization enough to produce a j op of buckwheat for seed. The mode ! operation will, it is claimed, clear the round of worms and give a good crop of re to plow under. Petroleum m m Preservative. For wood exposed to the weather petro Uiii 10 OU OAWUOiAV auu V |>*w , irvative. Shingles painted with it will ive their lifetime greatly lengthened by I , but this can hardly be advised for aildings where fires are kept, as its use ould add somewhat to the danger from re. This objection, however, would not Dply to barns and many other outbuildigs. Besides these there are many other, lings, such as unpainted posts and gates, here it can be used to great advantage, xd the season is now coming on when ley will most need protection from an ccess of moisture. Many unpainted irm implements can also be .benefited by , but colors should not be' Dut into it, , tr it does not dry and harden well as lint. A Good Ration for a Dairy Cow. Professor Henry gives the following as good ration for a aairy cow where corn idder constitutes the main portion of the ( >arse fodder: Corn stalks, cut, fifteen to j ghteen pounds; clover hav, five pounds; I ran, six pounds; corn meal, four pounds * I his can be fed either twice or three mes a day as the feeder prefers. Equal parts of lime water and sweet 1 well mixed will form a kind of soap hich is very efficacious in taking out . removing inflammation, as well as <r healing wounds caused by burns or lalds. Nature has provided plenty of fresh ater for every living creature, and ood care should be taken to see that i aey have it. Piling up manure in the stables may i convenient, but the health of the limals will not be promoted thereby / 1