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/ ' tf ^ ip " " . :? ^'v - '. ' " : ? The Abbeville Press and Banner. J $;;S| . . p||g BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1896. ESTABLISHED 1844\<%m ^ . t ?? ~ ' ' == , r - : -JM DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. S. G. Thomson, OFFICE UP-STAIRS ON McILWAJN ! The I Corner, Abbeville, S. C. ! m Eggs for Sale. ! Eggs for sale from pure breed i 8. C. B. Leghorns, and Bairejl INymoulii | j, wi KOCK8. .1. i\. if | Jan. 15, 1S96. 2m Abbeville, S. C. p'r^s a ? Com (ii House and Lot for Sale. the Tb OVER 50 floe fruit trees, six kind of plums olina ] grapes, scuppernongs aDd raspberries bad bi Good water. Mrs. M. J. LYTHGOE, This r< Dec. 31,1S85,3m Abbeville, S. C. ana ap . being ii " called i Restaurant. dJ&rm but sli I would announce to my friends and custo- taken t mers that I have moved my REST All- Mr. La RANT to Cothran's Block, on Washington Latime Urt"rt T <nl II ho atari m sprve t he pub-| lows ll OUCCi, n uci c a n ha w D>??. ._ llo wltb as good meals as tbe provisions oI duct bi the market will afford. many < HARRIET E. ADAMS. contest Oct. 1,1395, 6ms. knows personi extent Desirable Place for Sale, above i be met \*7"E offer our homeplace at Cokesbury for The cai sale or exchange. Premises In fine re- two Hi pair. 91 acres of flrstclass land. Land well always adapted to fruit and all crops. Pure cold wa- what ll terand perfectly bealtby location. vldual Wyatt Aiken, Abbeville, S. C. the per ? o > !? ? r ffir ln ?J O. niACUl V>UUWO<vu J | m^rn w, Sept. 3d, *95. tf. aess ol Kress. House and Lot for Sale. tbat person 1 OFFER MY HOUSE AND LOT In the ?'l wit! town of Abbeville lor sale. The lot con- compii tains two acres, tbe boose eight rooms,and al raoluet the premises In perfect repair. Every lm- and it I provement and easy terms. puence Apply to W. C. McGOWAN, b e rep Dec. 12,1894, tf Abbeville, S. C. bill gei it cun t ??? ? foractl M. P. DeBKUHL. J. FULLER LYON Of c< wieldlj DeBBUHL & LYON, KM 7 speaks . Attorneys at Law, ABBEVILLE, S. C. ' Jertak. uot by Office?Law Range, O'Neal Building No. 1. of the Ic Inter the ma WALTER L. MILLER, S howev< Attorney at Law. .A-bbeville, S. C. Coin in! I also represent a camber of Investment 'r?mC. Companies. Loans made on Abbeville or . . Greenwood City real estate. barracl OFFICE on Law Range. of the aged li \ report Mutual Aid, Loan aaJ InTestment Co., luud tc Atlanta, Ga. X* proper ABBEVILLE LOCAL BOARD. of the lntrodi J. R. Blake. Jr.?President bill foi Walter L. Miller?Attorney. ships a cases tl directors. the ha R. W. Cannon. C. V. HammoDd, ifndteif Waller L. Miller, C. D. Brown. riallVet An excellent Investment company. hnB'Vl July 31,1895,1885, If upou t Livery, Feei ani Sal] Staliles. ?E I ml wortb Having bought the interest of miinn W. S. Cotbran In the hlmsel Livery, Feed and Sale Stables, bms.'t stance, I Will Continue Business at ???*? furnist the Old Stand. [Smug Thanking my friends for the support injthe llo? ai pa8t, I solicit a continuance of the same. college r epite tl J. S, STARK. s;rvil?" way ai has bi TVTT/^TT1 looklD XNIlOill be has is one PHOTOGRAPHS! ?? lands i oiaio*. All Sizes ^ ' Cs't lze tb( " ^ All Prices. g?f,; F LATEST STYLES OF FINI8H. Also copying and enlarging done at reasonable jlc "i have GALLAGHF.R'S negatives and will J??"?,' make photographs from them. Piihitp' M. V. LOMAX. ttie JSt iaT"Over HADDON'S store. tonds posed openlt School Books H' AT COST FOR CASE- If man. House The Days When the School Com- g lr? mi88ioner Will be in his uc'ia nIn should UEQCe. come i the coi rpHE COUNTY BOARD of Examiners have could -i- bought for Abbeville County SCHOOL who v TEXT BOOKS and placed th?-m In the care of pdntu School Commissioner who will sell them AT wou'd COST FOR CASH. I i,a, I will be In the School Commissioner's office intend during; the next scholastic year as heretofore reader ON EACH SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. to hea except the 1st Saturday. Also on all Sale resent Days or other public days, for the purpose of >jr. transacting all official business; and selling much ?cbool boocs rnaiare purenaseu oy^iae.Woun*'W -alt . ? ?Board during the year.?politic lU OWlPrjtojifiCOlBta'oOate the people every cordin day Id the week, I have made arrangements ttie mi with Dr. S. F. Killtiijcsworth who may be man's found at his office in "Vo. 4 HEAL BLOCK" to clples attend to sale of books for me, during the outrei tiroes that I am absent from the office. All ters tl books will be sold for CASH. ents n W. T. MILFOED, idly p Oct. 26th, 1895?tf. School Com. A. C? casloo ? ? bo In ; doing ABBEVILLE IPIffl fl. D. REESE, SURGEON. AT rpHE place to carry your SICK WATCHES flierm and BROKEN CLOCKS, where they will be looked after and attended to at all hours of i tbeday with skill and experience. No turn-!, ?* Ing: you away or sending Patients off to have LP*.0! them treated elsewhere, but I will put them J}?: golDg at prlcee to suit the times. y ffifliil Presents, Clocks, S and JEWELRY. ??! the r preacl Prices Down. ,lS on en H. D. REESE, 8*5 7 Alan THE PEOPLE'S JEWELER. Croat worst ' exlsu All the spring; medicines and blooil purifiers verse at Harrison & Game's Drug Store, UOder Ho- ble to tel. gerso HON. A. C. LATIMER. Election* Co in mi I too Report in k Fiivor?Hrlof Synopsis ol tlio od Work lie Hum l>one mid In inir In the Ilonso. on the Washington, 1>. Keb. 2!), IsO'J. Tin II be gratifying to the Iriends o: Mr. A. mer and to many of the readers ol the fou lud Banner to kno".T that the Elections er itieeor the House ol Representatives frol eporied unanimously to^ the House wjj r. L.atiuier is cuuncu iv. ~v~. UI1I ird Congressional District of South Cur- -jtor t?>e possession of which a contest Wl> ten instituted by Robert Moorman, ^ly t-port will of course be acquiesced in n,"e proved by the House, and the matter tQ t I privileged one under the rules can be fjn( up at almost any time. or , urse such contests are supposed to be t|)e ined upon the law and the evidence; a v< II tbere is much in the action thus x hat will be gratifying to the friends of er, timer. .Suppose, for Instance, that Mr. so'? >r was personally disliked by his lei- saj{ i the House, or that by previous con- rton s had rendered himself obnoxious to |HU >f them, do you think the result of his sav would have been the same? Nobody |ng better than lawyers and Judges that iniI il equations enter to a greater or less j$av into tbe determination of all ques- ant bat are settled In tbe Courts, the place Whi ail others where justice is supposed to .sijo ed out without fear, favor or affectlou. 0cc ?e is not essentially different In the )u?es of Congress, where members can CeH, find excuse or Justification fordoing j| [ley very much want 10 ao. me mui- pre Is seldom lost sight of; and really it Is hut sonal element that Is the greatest fac x determining the Influence aud useiul- me a member In either House of Con- 0f It Is not the man who is most on bis tur debate, or who is keenest In repartee, dre :complishes the most. Indeed, such a x Is oftentimes without any influence al stn i his fellows on the floor and can ac- so i sh absolutely nothing. Legislation is tali I and shaped in the committee rooms, |ng s there that members roust have an in- me t If they would affect results. A lavor- aD( ort from the committee in charge of a jn jerally means (hat the bill will pass if eB(i >e reached on the calendar or taken up ian on. shv >urse many things, In a body as un- 8|rt r as the House of Representatives, con- c.d o prevent actlou on the great bulk of pP( Is of a local or special character; but it dis: well for the working qualities ol a hot jr when he is able to procure lavorable (j ttee actiou on a bill which he has un- wh en to champion. The work is done, an< talking before the public on the floor \y House, but by quiet, personal, energet- ant course with the members who control flei tier in committee. T ..atlmer has cause also to be himself not id at the manifestation of friendly re- the hown by tbo action of the Elections 8ia litee. He has had evidence before, iau ur, of the willingness of members to do tiv to matters with which he was connect- pla j tbe last Congress, for Instance, lie go' cou lirnous report from tbe War Claims ii Itlee in favor of tbe bill wblcb he iued lor tbe relief of Newberry Cjiiege, It? vhlch proposed to pay SI5.0U0 lorlnju- wa the college buildings while occupied as dw ss by United States troops at 'be close ehi war. And, by the way, be l as man- civ i this Congress to gel a like lavorable sla Irons ihe present Committee on War ma i. He also in the last Congress got a Aft nous report from tbe CommsUee on to i on a bill wblch be Introduced to wb ) tbe State tbe 51,500 which was paid i*. wit i behalf of the Sheriffs who had beet. ins ed in contempt for seizing tailroad A ly that was in the hands of a receiver bee United Siates Circuit Court. He also of iced and fathered iu tbe last Congress a out r tbe regulating of rallroau receiver- T nd directing that taxes be paid in sucb tbe tie same as though the road were not in the nds of a receiver. This bill was sug- rac by the situation In South Carolina, pos you remember, the Legislature memo- spa ] Congress on the subject. The bill, ed er. as I say, was Introduced here and fori slderatlon urged by Mr. Latimer; and Wt his bill the Committee on tbeJudlcia- rew lea favorable report; and the bill pans- II House, but died In conference on some is | ments made by the Senate. ma ght also In this connection, It it were or. while, and as further Indicating the 13 r in which Mr. Latimer can Ingratiate poi f with members, mention the headway tiv< taking in the present Congress, and on by oo, of general importance; as, for In- an( a bill which he has before the Com- ma on Agriculture tha'. provides for the a ci liug of seeds, bulbs, tie , to tbeagricul- P experiment stations and colleges she bout the country anil for the propaga- Ian id distribution of such things by the for s and experiment stations; and.de- pai 10 l'aot that this bill affects the method bes lore prevailing of every Congressman V ; such things to distribute in his own ev? nd under his own frauk, Mr. Latimer wll -ought the committee to his way ot to gat the subject. Another bill which citl before the Committee on Public Lands she of the most Important that can possi- for ceive the attention of Congress. The lie Statesof the Union,as you know, have neflt of a certain part of the public lor school purposes. The original within whose limits there weie no land?, have never bad such benefit, ill! of Mr. Latimer's proposes to equali several States of tbe Union In the of lands for school purposes. South s. aa under this equalization would be ento 1.20S.889 acres; and the scheme con- I ites that the United States, as the pub- . naiu is sold off, shall divide up tbe e ' notably among the States eutitled tt. i under the provisions of tbe bill. The j Lauds Committee, as at present con- do d, is dominated by Western men from , h ates within whose borders the public * lie; and they are very generally op an to such a bill, but Mr. Latimer is so Q lg tbe eyes of Eastern men to the situa- . lat pressure enough may be brought to . 0 force a report from the committee, though it should be an adverse one. V If the matter could be forced to a vote ! House, the larue delpgations from the to be benefited, New York, for instance, w her 34 Representatives and Pennsyl- , with her 1J8, would outvote the Western / But a committee, when fearful that tbe <>., would override an adverse report, will b_. keep the matter buried In the commit- ,h( om. Matters of the magnitude of this ? . owever, will not down ; and if the Pubnd6 Committee, for a Congress or two, Itn 1 be able to throttle It, the time will tlo when Its consideration would enter into ? litest for the Speakership and no man be elected to tbe position of Speaker nll ?ould not give assurances of the ap- Ttl uent of a Public Lands Committee that k be favorable to such a measure. re written at greater length than I had rll( led when I began, but I presume the b of the Press and Banner will be glad r concerning tlielr own immediate Ker- ir. I.. / Um..? T ?r B'< uiivc in na?c x p>['ui\cu w? itimer as a man that was probably too liked by the Republicans? Of course ja know tow, on-que&ions-wbtefr Involve is, members will range themselves ac .... iK to their political colors; butmostof ^ = liters lhat come personally near to a , constituents do not Involve party prinand hence should be considered with- % gard to partisanship. It is lu such matiat some men can serve their constitu- ar. lost effectively, while others are so rabartisan, and make themselves on all oc- . is so offensive, that, they might as well be FIongKongas in Washington, so far as 1 their constituents any good in the way ? Islation is concerned, John Altheus Johbson. lr( a m , vli ha FHE METHODIST CHURCH, t'i th DO ioii oh the Immortality of the ?" .Soul. gr . Dr. Clifton preached last Sunday morn- lit 3 ihe "Immortality of the Soul," and ed the attention ot his audience through- St Among much that the preacher mild in vas original. he quoted the words of the ge guished lnttdel, Hob Ingersoll, who ty over the dead body of his brother: m n the voiceless lips of the unreplying pa ;here comes no word; but in the night p' <ees a star, and listening love can hear vl ustle ol a wing." The whole tenor of P' her's remarks were In the line of hi ht that the thirst for the intinite proves di ty. There was no people of any nation to rtta, however Ignorant or degraded, that ot worship In some way an Allwlse or I<< uiing i'ower. it was instinct with man Ka rship his Creator and to love his friend, loved his kindred but he worshipped his or. Kven the lied Man-tbe Indian ? lipped the Great Spirit. Belief In the ;nce of Hie Maker and ltuler of the Unlit* part of our nature and it is Impossl- g( divest ourselves of It. even as Iiol> In- vl II admits in the quoted words. ur THE CALHOUN ESTATE. le oT the Vast Limited Property < ilic Lute Jam cm Eiliranl Calhoun. lie vast landed estate of the late James K rd Calhoun will be sold by the Executi March 81, 18%. The sale will lake place I town of Calhoun Falls at twelve o'clocl i estate consists of sixteen thousand acr< velve thousand in Abbeville county an r thousand in Georgia?the Savannah ri running through it. The tract, it seen m the advertisement, will be sold as ole-sixteen thousand acres, including tl ??t water power in the Slate. here are several men in Abbeville count o are not able to buy the land, and prob will not be a bidder, or even a witness I ?<?Ia K.i* Wi (hlolnnrllinmiil he Press and Banner that an exceptional! > opportunity Is ottered to any capltalls :apitull.sts, who may have the money ac nerve to hack their judgment In makin enture. akiug no consideration of the water po^ the land itself is a fortune, aud unlei le one, or some syndicate, looks alter th }, the laud and water power will go for g. The vast stretches of an Improve d could not possibly be worth less tha: , four, Hve or six dollars an acre for farn purposes, and, with the facility for tran ting electric power, the waterfalls of til anuah river would be an Inexhaustlb I ever increasing source of wealth to thoi o may Improve It. If the water powi uld bo improved, aud the lands should t upied by thrifty immigrants this vast e J may yet be worth an amount far in e: 4 of our wildest dreams. , was .vise In our constitution and laws 1 vent aliens from buying such land f< Itiug grounds and deer parks, heopenlngof theselandsand theimprov nt ot the water power has been the dreai the people of this county lor half a cei y, and now it seems possible that the: ams may be realized. 0 the younger generation It may seei inge that any one man could buy and ow uuch land in oue body, but these large e 3s were secured by purchase from adjolt : landowners. Mr. Calhoun coramenc( 1 wltb a fortune aud be was economics i all bis savings in a long life he invesu the lands which are now Included In h ite. He always bought, but never so d. The presence of a great number i ves made the immediate vicinity an und ible community for white men, and M houn's neighbors became fewer and Jewt )ple moved away. Their settlements we mantled. Their churches and their scho jncn w ci c njiuwcu i>\j gu iv ugnm uvuiuu. nderconditionsof this sort the white m( 0 had small holdings of lands, one alt nher, sold their farms and went to it ?t. In those years Mississippi, Alabam 1 Louisiana afforded the most invitit ds for our non-slave-holding farmers, hese sturdy and well to do farmers con! , stand the petty annoyances to wbic y were subjected .by the multitude ves, and, accepting liberal prices for the ds, they lett the homes of their n iiy to populate and build up the was ces, where the slave holder had not i ild not crowd them out. L was thus that the finest portion of Abb !? "oun'y was depopulated of white me s thus that their improvements went ste. It wa? thus that tbeir mills, their fit el lint; houses, their school houses, the irehes, and all the evidences of a thrif illZHtlon were absorbed by the neighborli ve-holders. and nothing but slaves, de< tpri forests and cultivated fields were le ?r the war these fields were either allowi remain idle, or were cultivated by negroe 0 had not the intelligence nor the capit ,h which io preserve the finest of the fan ; lands of this county. . few slave-holders on the Savannah sic :ame the owners of many thousand acr land. Tbe free white man was crowdi to give place to the negro slave. lie i'ress and Banner is not informed as capital that may possibly be Invested 1 Calhoun estate, and we are equally ign it as to the policy which may govern il isible buyers, but we think that if only tl .re lands from the water power were opei up to desirable settlers and tbe proper < t was made to bring immigrants from tl ist, or*lsewhere, that a vast fortune wou ?ard the effort. r intelligent energy and a sufficient capit aut into this enterprise no man could esi te the possibilities that await tbe endea ;ut on tbe other hand: If the whole wat ver and land should be sold forsevent ; cents or a dollar an acre, It might be he some rich capitalist as a pleasure groun 1 thus clog and retard our progress In tt rch of material prosperity lor another lit entury. atrioilc citizens of Abbeville coun >uld form a syndicate and see that tl ds are not bid off by strangers who cou a song sit down ou us for a generatiu alyzing our energies and obstructing o it. Interests. Whatever may be In store lor us, and whf >.r Hite may await the Calhoun land, mi ,h money and credit, as well as the ner make big ventures, no less than patriot zens and lovers of Abbeville count tuld investigate this matter. A big prlva luue may be made in advancing me pu welfare. ABBEVILLE. e Must WnkeUp and Maintain Hi Keputatioii as a ProRreMlve City. L.bbevllle must move forward. We ha ne to the parting of the ways. We are s very plDCh of the game. We have reac a crisis in our little city's history. If \ not move forward, then we shall ha ;en a long step backward. No progress f< rd is an evidence and a mark of failu i decay. A gentleman from Newber inty recently visited our place. He hi i been here for years, but he 6aid the pin iked very familiar. Another gentleman Izen ol another county, said that Abbevil iked very much like it did twenty yea ). We cannot afford to look back. If ^ not go forward, stagnation and deci alt us. We will lose our standing with o Ighbors. In the other hand. If we will only have le faith and confidence, every thing w ghten up. I atu no pessimist. I belle ii uui uraubuui liij in vsu iuu ui (91c ugs. 1 believe we will advance forward < >ng the line. Tbe gentlemen whom I me ned above are mistaken in their obser? us. Tbey spoke hastily and alter a sup< lal glance only. They didn't take Into cc eratlon our new and beautltul churchi ey didn't see our splendid school bulldh ey didn't see tbe many new cattages ai ndsome residences scattered all over o tee. Tbey uldn't take Into consideratli i fact that new streets have been open d new houses now adorn them where a ft ars ago there was nothing but trees ai Iks. They didn't see tbe site for our fl :ton factory and tbe millions of brick f idy made for Its early erection. Th In't know that our telephone posts ba nertad that in a short time we will hav< e telephone system "eSlaoTTsheJl. Th ln't know that we are agitating tbe qui m of a fire department, electric lights ai iler works. ,Ve are bound to move forward. Those *.v ; at the head of our lactory say that trt 5 vepy much encouraged with theout'.oc Is proposed to build a two hundred the ud dollar mill, Capitalists from abroad n ginning to look towards Abbeville for t rpose of locating and Investing their mo . Already the question of establishing w bunk has heen mooted and monied tu >m other places have the matter under u iement. V progressive and public spirited coun s much to do with any city's success, i ubt eI!orts will be made to confer wlih t oplo ol' Anderson and other places alo e line or the new railroad which It Is p sed to build to see If we cannot bring it r place. It has gone abroad that Abbeville is p esslni; and we must maintain this repu ,.i Vmir ei,rt'?u?r>ii.leiit huw rprAiitli* vis several counties in the upper part of t ate. Everywhere lie heard people speakl high terms of Abbeville, |t seems to neraliy conceded that success and prospc await us in the uear future. We mi ake jjood such a reputation. We must, ke ice with our sister allies. Greenwood p >ses to erect a second cot ton mill, (.ree lie lias ttvo cotton mills either built or occss of construction. Wallnilla h?-.s ji illt a SIX),out) mill. Anderson proposes >uiile the amount ol capital stock In tier c ii mill, and what Anderson undertakes a mally accomplishes. Let us move lorwa . t our younsr men come to the front. Kt ite inossbacks to the rear. Citizen Aug. W. Smith wants to sell you yc iods. Drop in uud see him and he will c< nee you that he will and cau sell you chei than anybody. NEEDLESS ADVICE, #. if Some Random Shots at Folly as It Flies. d. It occurs to us that the newspapers assum 3r to give the farmers unlimited and unsoueh In advice. The number of papers' that hav k. warned ttie farmers against three cents, fou e8 cents and five cents cotton will never b l(j known by this editor. v. Some old owl loot; ago said that the way t in keep the price and profits on the cotton wa a to reduce the crops, and then a great multl ie tude of "ne'er do weels" have resounded th echo. y We wish it distinctly understood that th a- Press and Banner has no advice to give ti Lo anybody. We never give advice. It would b i-R presumption to do so. But we can give ou ly individual opinions without urging anybod; t, to accept or adopt them. id The price of cotton is a question which lc ig terests all of us, and the question deserve thoughtful consideration by eaoh Indlvldua v- farmer. His own condition and the suitable 88 ness of his farm for the production of th is most profitable crops are the first questions V a be solved. The policy which Is best for on ..i farmer may not be best for his neighbor. n I How the owls expect farmers to Have an; a-1 money at all, without cotton. Is more than w s- can understand. Their predictions that th ie price will be low furnishes a rational reasoi le or motive for prodnclDg a greater and not i *e lesser crop. If the price is low, then the fai sr mer It seems to us ouaht to re-double bis en >e ergies for making a big crop, while reducln; k- his expenses. k- Let wise and intelligent thought govern th farmer. There is no sense in yielding up t to the Texans the best money crop in the worlc jr There is no need, or reason, either, for the fai mers of this country to desert the crops wltl e- which they are most familiar. m The idea is, to make the lands more pre a ductive, and to make a greater amountof th iQ staple at a less coat, so as to meet the Texa competitor. m How this increased crop is to be raised at n reduced cost is a question which no wise fai s- mer may disregard. There is a great cost c i- laborand slock which should receive our bee hi attention. Mules are to be fed every day i il, the year. Hands are fed, clothed and paid i >d line manner, and the cotton crop comes ii in but once a year. The drain on this crop for 3( Id days in the year will exhaust the profit of th of cotton. e-1 Instead of feeding idle mulesand idle band r. an wiuier mrouga, ueviwc eume mcuuo i ip. give ibem such employment as will cat dow re the expense. Summer pastures are a necei ol slty for stock of all kinds, and no man nee expect to prosper who bas not cattle and pai >n lure land. er Winter pastures for stock should receive ai io tentlon. Wblle it seems impossible to bav a, good winter pasture tbrougbout tbe cold sei ig son, yet it is true that some of the cultivate grasses come in very early in tbe Spring, wbll Id others continue good far into tbe winter. :b The manure from tbp cattle, wbicb shoul of live on the pastures lor a greater part of tb lr year, should save tbe expense of mercantll a- fertilizer. te Good barns should be provided, and there 1 or no good reason why the bands which are m ually Idle for four or five months In tbe yea e- should not build good barns on every farm o n. which tney live. to There is almost no trouble in growing forag ie to keep cattle and horses, and It can be boose ir at no cost at all, If tbe idle time is thus utl ly lzed. jg There are many farmers who have nelth< ?l- turnips nor barley nor potatoes. Wlthoi It these crops ttfe cotton farmer Is laboring ui ;d der great disadvantage. Such crops could to s, planted on Saturday evenings tbat are genei al ally wasted In going to town, and thus pn n- vent the reduction on tbe cotton crop. Tbe labor question deserves tbougbttul cot a- ?A nuAot mnlHlnrla nf IrllA nonn JtJ niuciauuui ix ^tvau ujuibnuuv v> ?Miv 68 who have lo be fed through a long winter wl ;d too often eat the heart out of a farm. ] might la many instances, be better to pay oc to dollar a day for hands when they are needei Id and when not needed, to stop all expense, o- Good milk cows are of great value In su] ie plying a family with the greatestknown iu: Ae ury, namely : fresh sweet milk and nice bu a- ter. Such food In many instances may t if. bad at almost no cost at all. The milk and bu ]e ter from cows tb&t graze on good grass, whei Id pieoiy 01 pure water ib iu oe uau, is wn.'.ui an equal In either healtbfulness, cheapness ( al palaiableness. They contain nearly all tt ti- requisites of food for man. The cattle gathi ,v- the grass, convert It Into the best of food ft men, aod deliver It to us at the lot gate fr? er of all charge. The family who have a co y. need not ?uy rancid meat al exorbant price Id and the head of that family need not lose b d, time going after inferior and very expensM ie food. til ; TROUPE'S TRAP. n, ur All Sort* of Pleasant Paragrnpi lt" About the Seven Hilled City, ;n ve Lowndesvllle, S. C.( March 2, 1896. Jc Miss Leona Blake of Abbeville was with hi y, sister, Mrs. H. A. Tennant, last week, te Mr. Tom Verdell of Elbert was with h ib- cousin, Mr. M. W. Speer. Miss Katie Kay ol Barnes spent several daj last week with kinsfolk and friends In towi Prof, and Mrs. J. F. Harper of Moseley wei ? i?i. .i? ii-. u. n r WILLI iLie lumii) ui iui. u, ?j. waiuco, ncvcii days since my last report. Mr. W. M. Baker has moved Into the Bask! house. Soma'-llght fingered" person deprived M Will Prince, of the Fork, of his well rope an Br a full new plow outfit. There was a choir practice In the MethodL parsonage Friday night. ve Kev. ft. C. McRoy of Donalds will occup al the pulpit In the Methodist church In th h* place on Sunday, the 29th of this month i ve 11:30 a. m., and will preach a sermon especla ve ly to the children. All, and especially tt >r* children, arecordallly Invited. re Rev. H C. Fennel went to Toccoa last Moi ry day and returned Wednesday, bringing h family with him. ce Mrs. J. M. Latimer went to Anderson la: .a week to visit her daughter, Mrs. Tom Hill. I'e Mr. C. T. Baker went up io Starr Saturda r8 evening. ve There Is some complaint upon the parte *y the planters as to damage done by the la ur cold weather to early sown oats. In sctr places they are Injured, > a In last week's Press and Banner "M. S. G ill regrets not having seen tbe undersigned du ve In* his late visit to Lowndesviile. In tbi at communication, together with its surroum ings, he removes tbe mask covering bis nc n" de plume, and brings out In bold relief b a" personality, This writer ib always glail 1 iT* meet any of the force of the Press and Bai n' ner, as he feels somewhat akin to it, and e bs. pecially so to "M. S. U." '? As there has been some criticism and con ment arouud here upon a typographical e ur ror in my last week's ottering to the readers < an the Press and Banner, and as it is misleadlr ed to others at a distance, I refer to it. I ai ;w made to say that "Dr. B. A. Henry and Mr. ] Qd | w. Harper, men of all work." engaged in ne shooting scrape. It was Dr. Henry's man i all worn and Mr. Harper's man oi all wor ey that bad the diilicuity. ve As tbe'measles held such complete sway I this section, paralysing almost everythiu our people did not, at the lime of the retnr Bs" of Kev. E. W. Mason and family to this worl give to them that hearty and substantial wt come usually given to an Incoming mlnlsti 110 and family, and which this people would s ey gladly have given the above, but better la than never. 'd- Last Thursday night there was a pretty gei ,,v eitli ?ttilJCl l Ug WI HJO lucim/uinu pvu^io, au he nome Presbyterians uud some Baptists attt n" Methodist parsonage, nearly all of whom ca I a rled, or had carried, nearly overytbing in tl e,? eating line, so necessary in housekeeping d- hams, flour, sugar, coflee, etc. Those presei had quite an enjoyable time, and left the pa dl son and family better oir than when the So went, and they no doubt leit much belter, i he "n |g more blessed to give than to receive." or Troupe, ruby : FAITHFUL TO EVEBI TRUS1 nt- ' _ he' * be "" filler, Ks?|a In irl- ami Careful 181 Walter L. Miller, E?q., was in Walhalla la eP week attending Court, In the Interest of tv ro"iof his Abbeville clients, being successful both, cases. Mr. Miller Is one of Ihe mo , i careful and painstaking lawyers at the Abfc 181 i vllle Mar. On questions of tl Lie he Is a sn , ; and conscientious counsellor who Is being a ?t*: r.ropi?i<>il hv ihe nubile, and esneclalt.v I ' . | loan associations which require carelui a J,"* strant of title before lending money. As !le"! collector and faithful handler o( other pc I pie's money he Is thoroughly reliable, ai ' lias never lalled to give the best of satlsff Hon to clients for whom he has collect money. He never keeps It a day alter it possible to turn it over. >ur I an- ? stpBargalns In towels. Aug. W. Hmltlt. GREENWOOD TALK. Life noil Activity In nnil Abont Sliriuff City. e Greenwood, S. G\, March 2,1? . I endorse all the editor of tbe Press e Banner suld last week about the present _ islature. I think a man capable of Leg e tlve honors, Is worib 85 day. He will do t In one week than such as we have now do in three or four weeks. Two to three fi lars a day for field hands and one horso l yera is big pay. Come home, gentlemen, p do us as utile harm as possible. The new rule of the railroad autborltie charge one dollar per day for cars detaine ? side track as ware houses, will cause t 5 parlies lo build ware bouses, and will a i transportation more prompt. It will more employment to drays, but the fai ' will have to dance to the music. I record the death of two old men, from Ireland. Mr. Joseph Haddon, (u , Joe as be was called) died a lew days ago | Here at Mr. John Teddardg. Mr. Tedd tiays if he bad llyed until May, be would ? been IU years old. I bave oiieo beard i Joe say tbat be ran tbe first locomotive ec Id tbe State of South Carolina. Every ? bad a pleasant word for blm as be passed * Mr. Johnnie Wrlgbt died at Mr. Lang * Thursday and was burled in Greenwood n etery last Friday. He came here just " the late war. it is supposed thai be . about 55 or 60 years of age. He was a so * In tbe Yankee army during the war wltl ~ jjouth and bad been drawing a pension " tbe United States. Tbey bave both goo tbeir reward and may tbey rest in peace. * Messrs. Levell & Gage's business bat * creased to sucb an extent tbat tbey bave !' to employ another marble cutter. His n C is David Fiannlgan from Philadelphia. Mr. D. C. DuPre has sold out his drug I news to Drs. J. H. Burkbalter and W. K " cott, of Edgefield. We welcome you, ge o men, to our town and wish you great sue Mr. T. T. Cromer, of White Hall, has a bearing buggy which is said to run n " lighter than the old fash.onedone. He bh will run 250 miles with only seven dro; ; oil to each wheel, and costs only $70. ' I clip tbe following from an editorial oi Press and Banner last week: " "Abbeville is now entering upon an e g prosperity to which she has heretofore b< ? stranger. With tbe infusion of new b nftw linns of trade will soring into exist and with tbe invigorating Influence of ? ufacturesand Increased banking facilitii " rectlng all tbe arteries of commerce we , expect to see new life and renewed energ ;! tbe old town that has stood still for i* quarters of a century. "Witb tbe building of the factory will i increased trade at our stores; electrlo 1 ' will illuminate our town; water works run through our streets and furnish J." houses with a long felt want; good ex ? accommodations will be bad, and prosp will reward tbe diligent. ^ "Electric cars will ply between tbe mil " Due West; tbe bum of a thousand indui p wheels will be beard; our population w! doubled, and tbe sleeply old town will > from her Kip Van Winkle sleep to t:ik< ' place in tbe fore front of the processsU ' live and wide-awake towns." Allow me to congratulate Abbeville or prospectof a cotton mill. I have been prised at tbe business men of Abbeville to see It to their Interest to build up ii r tries of tbla kind long ago. Cotton milU tainly do help to build up a town, but I know mucb about tbe electric cars bet , tbe Abbeville mill and Due West. It st us tbat will be an after co islderatlon. ," will have to get another subscription to 1 ' the electric car line to Due West. Wbec ' do build this line, I would suggest you ri B" to Greenwood instead of Due West, for only two miles further. What a nice , * your people would have, Just to step oi i electric car and run down to Green woo< ,! iting our city and do their shopping, ai p ready to return by next car. There Is Le ing like life and pluck. I bid you God i *' and may it not be long before we bea noise and bum of tbe macblnery of tb< ' beville cotton mill. , Our town authorities did not buy the C p leal fire engine. There are different opli , on th)8 subject. Home think it a success * ers iniDK anereni. me. majority ui mi , beard express their opinion, says, that i " Is entirely too much for as small a mac hi [ ills. I believe it is claimed that one g [r of this chemical is equal to80 gallons of v rj. If this is true,then they had (100 gallons c JT leal) equal to 8.000 gallons of watefput o !? test Are last Thursday. The town bougt ; old one story cabin and set fire to it anc , chemicals on band was not enough to " pletely put out the fire. I still say ,c Greenwood ought to have some mea: fighting fire. The opinion of all as expri Is that the chemicals used will put out f) can not express an opinion of my owi was nof present at the test fire. Mr. ward and Miss Mamie Clem, o place, were happily married yesterday noon by Rev. Marion Dargan. The juvanile missionary society ol 18 Methodist church met and opened their boxes Sunday afternoon. They conta 822 74. The pastor, Mr. Dargan, gave the dren some Easter eggs. He hopes the h Br .lngol these eggs will be sufficient, by ? , Sunday to paint the new church on thi 18 side. The inside painting is complete. Dargan preached one of the best Bermoni terday that I have beard lately. D- Thft RaDtlst church was closed last Su r? night, tbelr congregation worshipped ai the Methodist. , The Methodist church has received tw 10 members by letter since Christmas. S? others will Join this church as they get r; letters of transfer. 10 S. (J. Major will start today for Edge , He will likely be gone two weeks on thlf 81 Mi S y i TURKEY CREEK, >e ? a" Minnows Hooked From (he Menu Intr Stream. at Turkey Creek, S. C., March 2,) Born?February 28th, to Mrs. C. Cull] y daughter. Mrs. J. J. Richey visited relatives in if rens lastSufTday. le Mr. Joe Medlock, of Hodges, passed tbi ie this commpnity Sunday morning on h cycle going to see relatives and frlen< ." Laurens county. r- Mr. Luther P. Vermillion, of Donna! it here with friends. i- Our community well represented at Wi m Grove church last Sabbath. > Is In our round we find a large amou to worK has been done by our farmers. I q. nook and corner is being cleaned up for s. vatlon and It looks as If crops of everyi will be enlarged this year. a. It looks as if cotton would not be sc r- after ail; from the fact tnat the guano of are letting out guano as cheap as the; ig The farmers are getting their guano at c< m option?800 pounds of lint per ton or 819. E. money, equal to G'/Z cents per pound, u may rely on getting, at least, six cents fo of ton this fall. These men who are lettinf k guano this way should know what the; doing, and what 16 the use saying that ? n will be three cents this fall? we favo k, cotton option, let cotton be high or low. a If we were in some foreign country It, | could say to the people that every man it. has a son between 1G and 21, in South C er na must pay a lax of two dollars on this so Johnnie Joi le _ QJ CORNER CREEK, ^ Pebbles Picked Up on the Rubb it Brook, r" Corner Greek, S, C., Keb. 28,1 The weather has moderated and the 18 ers are busy at work, The small grains are looking line, e some of the oats are damaged. School Commissioner W. T. Mllford v this section visiting schools last week. _ Mr. H. M. Blgby left today to clerk at I \ for Blgby & Cox. iHr. A-i. \J% uniu>uu win piouuu ui jvt nextStinday. Mr. W. H. Davis aDd ohlldreo are wit iK mother-in-law, Airs. Mary Elgin. GUI Thomas's eutertalumeot was sple The cup was awarded to Miss Mollle Ste Rt Miss May and Miss Essie Davis have et: ?o tbe orphanage. They are bright little gi la Mrs. Mary Bratcher, of /earllne se st1 dropped dead Saturday 23rd. She was el ie- six years ol aee. fe | liev. B. J. Williams has reached Palist p-i Mr. Walter Mayfleld, while cutting iv ' IiirI wppli iriHflf> n. mlKliclf and nut hi b- ; badly, und is Improving rapidly, a j Guano will be used very extensively 1 so-1 section. id i The telephone line between Honea ic-jand Anderson has been completed, a ed works well. is Tbe charades at Ilonea Path will be P 2 (jib. Ul Aug. W..smith has received a beaatllc Of dry goods. Care of the Hainan Scalp. D Salt aud water is a very good appli- 01 1 cation to the scalp. Its effect is to * J the stimulate the circulaliou of the part. The reason why the scalp becomes un?(J. healthy is that it is not groomed enough. We know how it is with a Sur lsiu- horse that is not properly cared for and nore rubbed often ; he becomes unhealthy, eiing* an Jq1,! and, as we say, hidebound. This is where lo< law- precisely the condition of the human reliable, and scalp when it does not have proper i'eD*J' ,8 t0 care. If it is not curried and groomed, don It becomes hidebound. s - E. ] rrner Reverence is the chief joy and power of life?reverence for that which is both pure and bright in youth, for what . near '8 true aud trie<* in a8e' for a^ is n as e arda gracious among the living, great iy have among the dead?aud marvelous in smith, ai inele tbe Dower that mnnnt. dip. repalrlnj igine ? _ Oil short body Vinegar and salt removes wine Saraph l, b?- ataina. reaaonab ley's cem- after idler PARKER, President. i the from JULIUS H. DuPRE, C ie to '? The Farmers' Bank & DEPOSITS SOL SSl" ball ? mob JrJ?0-U-?)B iys It PS Ui "pvOES GENERAL BANKING BUBilxissH. cays ac \J Hons. A Savings Department baa been establlsl r tne wards. Interest at 4 per cent, payable quarterly.?Jant , Increase rapidly. Jjlrectors?W. H. Parker, A. W. Hml ra of McGee, P. B. Speed, R. M. Haddon, Dr. F. E. Harrison, j sen a lood, ence, man1 p. b. m ltcbts **j} Is the Place to Get Anythin press i drib n ri i the i sur- ??????? > not ^ Orders by Mail attend don't " ween rikes ? You build' ? A Poor Harnes ride i this - *??, ^ . i'dfe Bought from I noth- *=-7 speed r tbe would be funny * Would it not < ;bem cause we offer you a HAND MAD Qions that is worth more, Our reasor uLi pleases you. You will tell son neas way to advertise. ?ater. Money refunded if the harm &em. ? n the StJHlBUi it an ?. C. P. Hammoi >8sed, re. I a as 1 ? :: National Bank o mite chl?- Abb evillc :*?er Canital, a Mr! Surplus, Officer day with J. ALLEN SMITH, President. L. 1 ?enty BENJ. S. BARNWELL. ,vera) - ? .. ,w M ? their t#? >field. ! G. EDWARDS, Abbeville, S. C., J. C. i trip L. W. WHITE, Abbeville, S. C., W. J? G. BENJ. S. BARNWELL, Abbeville, S.C., A. f J. ALLEN SMITH, Abbe DOES a General Banking business, provides the grei Depositors. Is ready at any and all times to make as our county affords. idcr ft?;. ?*%%%% re 5 n ' j ' r in 11 Hoists m fc cuTtf- A -SOLD BYiblng ^ 5 5 H. "W. LAWS( otton ^ 50 In ^ We 9 ??? r col- ^ # y are V have just received a large stoc r the | f All kinds that are used in tl 15 H. W. Lawsi aes. ^ ?%%%%% %%%% IV liue j W. JOEL SMITH. SSPECIALATO 7as Id i ?^? Jelzer! Having* served the pub !owee: many years it is with j hbl?j announce that we are s pnpdld stand fully prepared t< 'rlf/ed mands of all with the 1 the lowest possible pric< lne complete in every depai wood rlnilv l'PPftiYino' sill Blhlj Dry Goods, Notions, She path ware, Groceries, &c., of t ^ 11 ticular mention will be 2H ca^s this newspaper. "" I W. Joel Smif I lENTAL NOTICE. ?. Killingswortta,. I Seal Block, Abbeville, S. C. veying and Platting Dd Town Lots. Also Terracing, Lev d Grading. Accurate work done/ :al attraction makes a Compass un- g T. C. ANDERSON, g 1896, ly Ninety-Six, 8. C. F. GILLIAEH, % TAILOR, .V noved, and occupies the room recentoccupied by J. L. Clark, tbe ran3d Is now prepared to do all kinds of ; and cleaning of gentlemen's clothes notice. s of soltB always on band. Charges 'l6 11 =============== A. W. SMITH, Yice President. ashler. of Abbeville. Jj jICITEX). $75,000 - 6,500 id sells Exchange and makes Coleched. Amounts received of SI and up- gs ?ary. April. July, October. Small sav- * tb. W. C. McGowan, J. R. Blake, H. P. V. B. Morse. JED'S g in the Line of rail led to at once. ? ''v?1m lammona's } Don't imagine be p u??nn v~r, <m n nn Jj XLiVlIl /CO iui Ifivivv i for low price is this lebody about the best f 988 are not as repreid & Co. f ======= :.:jf f Abbeville, 1 s. o. 4 - - $75,000 15,000 m s 'V. WHITE, Vice-President. , Cashier. KLUGH, Abbeville, S. C., DEL SMITH, Abbeville, S. C., B. MORSE, Abbeville, S. C. ;ville, S. C. itest security and convenience for its loans based upon such safe col la term ????? k/*% inliii M | 3N & CO. i I k of SCHOOL BOOKS. # 10 public schools. W on & Go. $ ' A. M. SMITH. mCEMEITT. lie faithfully for Measure that we it the same old > supply the de? best of goods at es. Our stock is tinent. We are pments of choice >es, Hats, Hardvhich more parmade in the lo:h & Son.