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The Abbeville Press and Banlfl
BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1896. ESTABLISHED
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JULIUS H. DuPI
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Does general banking business, bu
Hons. A Savings Department has been est
wards. Interest at 4 per cent, payable quarterly,Increase
rapidly.
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GEO. WHITE,
Proprietor.
WE ARE HERE! Encouraged by our success
first class all nronnd stock. We are In tbe ring I
bargains In something to eat. In FROUIt we lead
LBADBK and. .
Wo will keep a full stock of Flour, Meal, Bacor
kinds, Cbeese, Maccaronl, Dried Fruits, Prunes, H
Some special bargains In White and Checked 1AUo
In SboeR of all kinds. A few bargains all
Plows, Gearing, etc., all complete. Come and t
save you money. Come and give us a chance whe
I Bills' Fresli
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\ H. W. LAW!
dj We have just received a large
W All kinds that are used i
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A. TV, SMITH, Tice Presldei
IE, Cashier.
i of Atoevillf
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$75,00
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ys and sellR Exchange and makes Coi
ablishod. Amounts received of ?1 and i
-January, April, July, October. Small ss
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nded to at once.
W. D, BARKSDALE,
Manager,
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^ 1896.
i in our attempts to please the public ii
n GROCERIES, and can oirer some spec
with our two special brands
BXCBLSIOR.
>, Sugar. Coffee, Hams. Canned Goods of
MisiU, Hurveys I'uro Leaf Lard, Oottolei
lomespunn and Drillings. Panls, Jeans. <J
around our store. Our Plow stocks, I).
;ee our stoclt and be convinced that we c
in wanting anything.
Garden M i
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stock of SCHOOL BOOKS. <
n the public schools. 1
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it. RAILROAD WRECK,
Two Freight Trains Meet, With DIs- a
HtttrOIIM ItCSIllU. ip|
S Last Wednesday morning two frieght trains lucl
tm met on the track of the G., C. & N. Kail- wee
way, some three miles from the city of ma;
Abbeville. The engineR and several freight
cars were badly smashed. Mr. Jake T<
0 Collet, the eng'nccr, was so badly scalded Dis
that he died *iva.t night. The flagman, Mr. D
Joe Black, received Injuries In the spine gar
0 which seem to be serious, though it Is hoped Uv<
that, he may entirely recover. W.
The accident, it is said, occurred because of He
fault ot the telegraph operator at Elberton. livi
When Mr. Collet's train was ready to start bon
the operator at the shops asked him if the mei
Northbound freight had passed. He replied, Spr
"no," and Captain Collett pulled out on the gag
main line. Before going more than three pon
miles the trains ran together with great force, afte
The deep cut prevented either from seeing in t
the other until they were very close together. (Mc
The wreck was a fearful one. The engines con
were run together and the box cars piled up ma!
on one anoiber. unc
The body of the unfortunate man was taken ami
In charge by McDlll Js Lyon, and when it nev
was carried to the depot their fine hearse abo
led the way and a great multitude of and
our people went 10 the station. Besides the has
brothers of the deceased, the following named has
persons accompanied the corpse to Thomas- bis
ville, N. C., namely : Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar, we
Mrs. J. P. Garrison and daughter, Miss May last
Harris, M. T. Coleman, Thomas Harris, H. E. and
K. Berry, Charles Hagter aud J. Hayne Mc- plu:
Dill. den
The burial took place at Thomasvllle on cha
Saturday evening in the presence of a great as g
many people. bin
The casket was beautifully ornamented to <
with flowers that had been contributed by lltt:
loving friends. seh
The body bad been embalmed by Mr. Me- thli
Dill, and notwithstanding the long delay It bro
was in a perfect Btate of preservation when it ly, i
= was buried. yet
The Press and Banner had not a personal do 1
acquaintance with Mr. Collet, but he is spok- con
en of by those who knew him as a most ex- If l
cellent young man. He was correct In his hire
morals and economical In his expenditures, ly j
Although quite a young man, he had saved ing
considerable money. One of the touching in- givi
cldents connected with his tragic death was exe
3 the fact of his matrimoual engagement. He- in j
port bus it that he was soon to wed a hand- has
some j oung lady of North Carolina to whom hla
he had only a few weeks ago sent an engage- Abl
rnent diamond ring. abo
When the track was cleared of the wreck ten
the Northbound train proceeded on its jour- ed t
liey. When within sixty miles of Richmond
, j It niet?ariother train when two of the trainmen
were killed. The horses, about twenty
in number, were also killed.
The Seaboard Air Line, lor a long time has
been singular fortunate until within the last
lew days That road, although It is said to rJ
all have carried more passengers to the exposl- eaa
ne. tlon than any other road, had no accident or ^
fco. delay in transporting a quarter of a million lUV
15. of passengers. Some days there were great we
an . numbers of extra trains. au(
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'A NOTABLE CONSOLIDATION, '"t"
f> . a8'
r i rea
^ The Copartnership Between Messrs. del
r David Ileiitscliiier and J11I M. VI. is I
4# suiisku. be
^ i News and Courier. CUl
0 I A notable consolidation between two well- to 1
known Charleston business firms takes place ?re,
rffk {today, or rather It goes into operation this .
W | morning tor tne luci tnai tlie consolidation LU<:
X I bad been made was announced In The News trei
and Courier several weeks ago. Thecopart- 0f
^ ] nersbip referred to Is that which tias been . ,
^ I formed between Messrs. Jul M. Vlsanska and ut 1
W David Bentchner. Mr. Visanska came to th
^ Charleston some years ago and opened a ten- eiw
lleman'K furnishing establishment on King
^ I street opposite to Hasell. His ever courteous me
treatment ut his customers, his excellent bus- ma
^ I lness abilities and his strict determination to as
^ i cater to none but the bent trade and lo carry
V j none but the best goods have made for him a
j wide circle of business acquaintances and
0B I friends and gained lor him much esteem and
^ | respect. Mr. Bentschner has lor many years
' conducted a clothing business at the corner I
i of King and Hasell streets, and he and his g(a
j house are known and respected throughout
A I the city, The copartnership which goes into :"ol
^ operation today will doubtless prove to theispt
A ! mutual advantage of tlie contracting parlies.! (ja]
^ ! The new ilrtn will establish ltsell in Mr. Bent- .
a. ! schner's old stand at the corner of Klngi, 1
Hr | and Hasell streets, and it is announced 1 fro
^ that they will carry a large stock of the most aea
I Vlindprn Jltlfl Kl.Vliuh irnndw nnmhln/llndo I
wk era! clothing business Willi gentlemen's fur- a,n'
Dishing goud.s. till
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WILLIAM COBB MOORE.
Lelter of Enqnlry From Floritli
he Clerk of our Court, Colonel W. It. Bu
k, banded us the following letter lai
ik, and we publish It In the hope that
v be of Interest to somebody :
Anclote, Fla., Jan. 27tb, 1890.
3 the Clerk of Court* Abbeville, Abbevll
trlct, S. C.:
ear Sir:?I write you for Information r
ding the whereabouts of the nearest rel
5 there Is in your dlctrlct or state, of JM
A. Cobb. He was bora In your count;
Is si;venty-elgbt years old, and has bee
ng here nearly thirty years, and Is a
lorable citizen, and was one of the charU
mbers of the MasoDic Lodge of Tarpo
lags, a small town near us. He wa% ei
ed in carrying the mall from here to Ta
i, a distance of about two miles; and Jui
t starting back home with the mall, earl
he morning, just one week ago yesterda
inday) he was stricken with craze or ui
sciousness, and friends sent him and tb
11 on down, and he has remained In th
oqbcIous state ever since: only at ver
ill Intervals, Is he the least conscious, an
er enough to give us any lnformatlo
ut his relatives. He Is a very sick mai
. he may not recover; yet he may, as b
had a most wonderful consltution. H
Dever had fever to amount to anythlni
greatest trouble being his stomach, an
Infer, that his head pains him. For tt
two days he has spit up a little blooi
: we think It has run into pneumonli
rlsy or some bronchial Irouble. He ev
tly CAunot stay at what he now Is?mui
nge someway. He is now as comfortab
entle hands urd Kind friends can mas
i, but'he is constantly wanting some ot
some, still cannot make it known. Oi
le community has promptly stirred then
fes to aid him in every possible way, but
]k it would be well, if be has a slste
ther or near relative, to come Immedlati
for when we do all we can in our powe
it is not like a loving sister or brother,
ixiret the old gentleman may yet regal
sclousness enough to tell us somethin:
I, Is our Heavenly Father's will to tak
1 now. at this spell, I do feel that be is fu
prepared to go. He is very sick and sufle
greatly but his appetite is good and ma
3 bUn strenght to pull through. Plefct
rt every effort to find the nearest relath
?our district. From what we can learn, 1:
a sister living and a nephew who beai
name, (William Cobb Moore) Abbevill
aevllle District, S. C. Any lnformatio
ut his relatives, or anything that woul
d to his comfort will be thankfully recel'
it your very earliest conveuience by
Yours truly, Mrs. S. B. Hope.
Hillboro Co., Anclote, Fla.
Wiiliiut Trees.
.'lie tree for which $30 was paid i
n some ume ago seni stauas ui <Ji
yba river up at Bridgewater. Whs
wrote about was advice to farmei
1 land owners to plant walnuts an
r walnut trees. We took oecasio
write something on the same lin
>ut two years ago. We say no\
tin, poor land can be made rich b
ring walnut trees on it Look ue
any walnut tree and see if the so:
lot rich. Aswesaid,lGO trees cai
planted on each acre and the lan
tivated with profit and also benefi
the trees. Wesaidthatin 20 yeai
es could thus be grown which woul
m be worth $7i' or even more pe
e. We now say furthermore, tha
tlie 160 trees planted on each acr
least 100 of them should arrive a
: stage of maturity without interfei
tlio pmnu iinrl nn nplnul nr.rii'l
nt of the soil; and also, that if th
u will study the nature of each tre
it grows he can train them to cui
1 also probably to produce v. hurl.
? ^
lere is the way an exchange undei
nds the new game law: Boo
;nts may be killed from August 1
ing poets from March to July; seal
l-mongers from January 1 to Decen
1, inclusive; umbrella borrowei
m February 1 to November 1; ope
,son all the year round on life insu
ce agents and fellows who borro
i neighbor's paper."
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LARGE SPI
YOURS TRULY,
RANDALL'S VIEWS.
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? Tillman's Remarkable Speech Creates
11 a Great Sensation.
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e. HE WILL NOT LIKELY BE POPULAR BUT
a- DREADED.
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? The Pitchfork Mercilessly Wielded
ir by the Prophet of Storm and Revoa
). lnllon.
^ Augusta. Chronicle.
y Washington, Jan. 29.?The cnrloslty to
y hear Senator Tillman speak was so great
that the galleries were crowded and the
Senate floor thronged. Instead of deserting
Ir the Chamber, as ordinarily happens, senators
y on both sides remained in their seats, with
d few exceptions. One of the notable absentees
n was Senator Sherman, who may have bad
u, private reasons for loitering home. At first
>e Senator Tillman started to speak at his desk,
te which is in the rear, but he accepted a front
g. place on the invitation of Senator Cockrell.
d His exordium was slowly spoken, and it was
ie devoted to measured but pungent criticism of
[I. senatorial dignity, freezing processes and the
a, custom of reading compositions to empty
1* benches. He was visibly Impressed with the
3t vast gathering of people and thanked" senale
tors lor the uncommon distinction accorded
:e hlm. For about half an hour be spoke with
ie slowness, occasionally glancing at a small
ir slip ot paper with notes upon it. His reJ
uiarkable frankness and grlui humor, as be
I brushed the way for the body of bis remarks,
r, awakened Interest as to wiiat this strangeand
e- terrible farmer, who had "forced his way to
I vernacular. Having expressed freely bis
n opinion ol senalorlal dignity and explained
g. that he was a con of the soil without a learned
:e profession and used to open air combat, he
1- pulled from the desk a roll of manuscript and
r- raised quite a laugh when he said that as he
y was just a little frightened, be would read an
<e essay himself. He then delivered himself,
ta with alternate impromptu bursts of wit,
ie sarcasm and denunciation, of one of the most
rs wonderful addresses ever heard on the floor
e, of the Senate. He scored both parties wiih
n merciless severity, and with what somebody
d lias called "brutal candor." What thousands
v- of men have In their own fashion, thought or
privately uttered, he spoke "right out in
meeting," to the manifest amazement of not
a lew senators, who were, directly or Indirectly,
the subjects of excoriation. When he
dealt with the President and Cabinet his
"pitchfork." was in full and tremendous action.
The President was up the river shootn
lng ducks,and possibly meditating Armenj.
lan or Cuban messages, but he may, on his re
iuru, peruke auc v-uugiciraiuuiu xveuoru uiiu
it behold in type what this South Carolina man
8 of the new time thinks of him and his career.
As senator Vilas Is to speak tomorrow, we '
may look for extravagant eulogy of iMr. '
n Cleveland as an offset to Tillman's vitriolic 1
e attack. Only one senator ventured to Interv
rupt the South Carolina farmer-statesman
and It woula have been better perhaps if he
y had remained silent. The venerable Senator
l- Hoar, of Massachusetts, who can be quite
Si peppery himself, disclaimed an lnterpretat^ion
put upon some words of his about Southern
men, but Tillman answered him so tartcl
ly that the old gentleman, though he refrainit
ed from pushing the encounter, was visibly
11 confused and wrathful. Something like an
s awful hush, broken only by the slabbing
d language of the speaker, fell upon the whole
audience when he solemnly warned the "gold
! conplrators and millionaires" to beware of
it; the wrath to come unless they took their grip
e from the throats o* the people. The orator,
t with flushed brow and vehement gesture,
grew into a prophet of storm and revolution,
r- what his brother said in Augusta and repeats
I- at Clark's Hills to his neighbors. Ben Tillp
man disclosed upon the floor of the Senate!
e and predicted that the people would right ]
e their wrongs with the ballot or the bullet.1,
el unless legislators and Presidents, who had [
habitually betrayed them, turned back in! 1
their desolating work. No doubt, he will be ]
I u?u?uicu, nuicuieu, ana launicu Dy some |,
metropolitan papers anil the bondboldlng or j
moneyed classes, but no matter what may be j
r-1 thought ot his utterances. I am of opinion |
k | that it is just as well somebody, in Congress,
. disclosed the truth or what seems to many j
' thousands the truth, and so cleaned the at-J1
1- mosphere of fog and mystery. Go back to |
1- our earlier history and you will see that what ,
Calhoun. John Randolph, Thos. Jeilerson, '
Patrick Heniy and other mighty spirits fear-i
U ed is no less apprehensive today, and that j
P Tillman is announcing in unconventional,
possibly uncharitable, plainness what they i
w proclaimed In more stately or classic phrase, j
II must liavo made the old goldbug aboil
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tionlsts wince when Tillman charged that
they bad freed 4,000,000 negro slaves only to'
reduce 60,000,000 w.hlte freemen to bondage,
and he made a palapable hit when he wither* 'I113
ed Mr. Frye's eloquence by telling him that
"the Armenians were at his doors," paraph- nam
rasing Randolph's celebrated reply about the 801VI
Greeks. Another "palpable hit'r was when
be sent to the Clerk's desk and had read the _
following letters written by Senator Sherman,
found in a book published by one of the faml- maK
ly in 1894:
Senate Chamber, May 10, 1862.?Page 150.? 1,0
"Even under terrible financial pressure and ?
drain of active war, the country Is flourish- 1
ing. Much of this may be Induced by infla- J
tion of paper money, but gold is abundant,
foreign importations active, and foreigners VV
are making investments here heavily. In
my experience In public affairs I have never Pa,r
known times more easy." aaaI
May 7,1863. Page 284 - "Nearly every man is ter a
paying off his debt. The inflation of currency
and rise of property make this easy. Un- _
luckily lor me, most of my money is or was ae'
in "bills receivable." Thesf* ar? naid. or will '
be, and so I find myself with plenty of mon- a_
ey, bat can't buy anything at reasonable
prices. This Is the general rule of creditors I*|
and perhaps It Is better so for the community, 1
as the creditor class can more easily bear the
loss of Inflation."
Nov. 4,1868, Page 915.?"The wonderful prosperity
of all classes, especially of laborers,
has a tendency to secure acquiescence in all
measures demanded to carry on the war. MJ
And this is not shown simply by inflated s"i,
pricey, but by Increased production, new man- reDa
ufac-.uring establishments, new railroads, onF8|
houses, etc. Indeed every branch of business g-,
isactiveand hopeful. This is not a mere tem- reafi(
porary inflation caused by paper money, but
is a stf"H v progress, and almost entirely upon ,
actual pltai. The people are prospering. T itt
Taxes are paid cheerfully." Ill V
Jan. 20,18W Page 223.?The general prosperity
of the country is so marked that I am
afraid of a reaction, or a collapse. The cur- tt<
renoy is awfully Inflated, and our ability to JlL
borrow and pay Interest has a limit. Still, T ,
we have a sure foundation of public credit, a JjlV
great country and large and active population."
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Nov. 10, 1805, Page 259.?"The truth Is the A ?
uiumc ui iuo wtti witu uui icauuaca UUIUI^UU*
ed, slves an elevation, a scope to ideas of leadlDg
capitalists far higher than anything ever
undertaken In this country before. They Thi
talk of millions as confidently as formerly of past,
thousands. No doubt the contraction that
must soon come will explode merely visionary
schemes, but many vast undertakings
will be executed. Among them will be the
Pacific Railway, etc.
But I need not proceed In this review. A
very clever synopsis may have already been
made ol the speech by telegraph and the ^
whole oration will soon be given to the couu- r 1
try. Suffice to say, that at one bound, Sena
tor Tillman has gone to the front of the Senate
and he will never want for an audience
when he;is announced to speak. He will be A1
formidable In debate. It Is very likely that
he will not be popular, so to speak, on either
side of the Chamber, for he evidently mistrusts
both great parties, but he will be dreaded.
As a last word I may slate that his speech tjj
Is couveyed in generally excellent, nervous, X c<
epigrammatic Eng'lsh, and that its argument rates
els well as Its Invective, is clean-cut, logical I h;
and precise. James R. Raudall. make
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No maD who owns a row can afford ^
to have her afraid of hiin. It is a loss ^
to the owner every time she is frighten3d.
To run a cow to pasture is throwing
money away. The cow is a milkmaking
machine, and should be kept
in the best working condition.?one of
-juiet. A cow inanyway worried, will
not do her best. Make pets of the
30W8 and thev will make money for The
the owner. The milk of a frightened
3r abused cow is poisonous.
The Spartanburg Herald says, some hph
men try advertising as the Indian J
tried feathers. He took one font hop
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laid it on a board and slept on it all COST
niirht. In the morning he remarked, 1 ^
"White man say feathers heap soft ;]$>[{;
white man heap big fool." Some j excei
business men invest a quarter or fifty j I>?y?
cents in advertising and the becausej^boo
they do not at once realize a greatly Bo
increase of business declare that!*",!
advertising does not pay. wljfu
I lound
When a Christian goes wrong, he i tiroes
makes it that much harder for some booki
sinner to go right. 0ct
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Dissolution.
[E partnership heretofore existing between
the undersigned under the firm Xv
e of LIPFORD <* DUNN is this day dla- I
ed by mataal consent. - '"-Sffl
B. L. LIPFORD, ' -rr"M
W. R. DUNN. m
rties Indebted to the firm will please '
;e prompt payment to W. R. DUNN. >
W. R. DUNN.
maids, S. C., Jan. 1, 1896,3t ' 13
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desirable Place for Sale,
"E offer our homeplace at Cokesbury for
sale or exchange. Premises In fine re- i"?
. 93 acres offirstclass land. Land well H
)ted to fruit and all crops. Pure cold waind
perfectly healthy location.
Wyatt Aiken, Abbeville, 8. C. 1
J. S. Aiken, Cokesbnry, 8. C.
pt. 3d. '95. tf.
. F. MILLIARD,
'.TAILOE, .VI
&.S moved, and occupies the room recent*
ly occupied by J. L. Clark, the gonb.
and Is now prepared to do all kinds of
lrlng and cleaning of gentlemen's clothes - ;:i
iort notice.
mples of salts always on hand. Charges
>nable
ery, Feet aii Sals Slate . "1
, >. ' . >;
&.VING BOUGHT THE INTEREST OP
\V. 8. Cotbran In the
arv. and Salo StahlflH. ?
Fill Continue Business at1 I
the Old Stand. 4
anklng my friends for the support injttae I
I solicit a continuance of tbe same. fl
J. S. STABK.
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HOTOGHAPHS!
ah 9
-ah rriucs.
LATEST STYLES OF FINISH. Also.'
jpylng and enlarging done at reasonable H
ave GALLAGHER'S negatives and will
5 photographs from them.
M. V. LOMAX.
"Ov<jr HADDON'S store. B
chool Books M
AT COST FOR CASH- I
Days When the School Com- ^
missioner Will be in his ]
E COUNTY BOARD of Examiners have J
nought for Abbeville County SCHOOL 9
T BOOKS and placed them In the care of
)i commissioner wno will sell mem AT
1 FOR CASH. < V
111 be In the School Commissioner's office ~
ik the next scholastic year as heretofore
:ACH SATURDAY OK THE MONTH, |R
>i the 1st Saturday. Also on all Sale
or other public days, for the purpose of
acting all official business; and selling
>1 books that are purchased by the Coun- BH
ard during the year.
artier to accommodate the people every
n the week, I have made arrangements
Dr. S. F. KIlllnKSwortb who may be
I at his office in "No. -1 SEAL BLOCK" to JDB
d to sale yf books for me, during the
that I am absent from the office. All
) will be sold for CASH.
W. T. MILFORD, *
, IMtli, 1895?tf. School Com. A. C. ^Hj