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THE 37tt Of the Editor A r211/ nuucvun Some Incidents in One of the Old* One of the Bes A Net On the first day of April. IS50, Mr. Wilson wt bought a one half interest In the Independ- A1 ent Press, and. thus H Is, today is his thirty- IK t seventh anniversary in the Press and Banner in office. March. 1896, was the fifty-second1 th< anniversary of the existenceof the Abbeville I gi< Banner. Next May will complete the forty-1 tal ttiird year of the Independent Press. Xext vll September will round up the seventeenth year, 01 of the consolidated paper. It Is with a pardonable pride that Mr. Wilson refers to his career as printer. Coming to j a strange town, an unknown boy without'or money, he was fortunate In meeting an op-; Dei portunity to buy a paper in a community of, !j0 the best peop'e on earth?a community which I ^ awards Just recognition to worth in whomso-1 ,je*( ever found?and be was forlunaie in finding j (_ Rood friends who gave him substantial assist-' p0l ance in making the purchase. He has been aD( fortunate in holding the business of the peo-i ^ pie for fo lODg a period. He Is still fortunate j in having the friendship and goodwill of ajjje very large proportion of the best people of r the city and county. He has been friendly to B0i the people, and they have in turn been friend- fnr ly to him. While he Is not afraid to blame, J r yet be is always slow to do so, but be Is al> '-j o onnti word for anv deserv-l Q,T ways gmu iu j ? . Ing man. r Hugh Wilson, editor ot the Press and Ban- ha ner, entered the Associate Reformed Presbyterian printing office as apprentice in 1851, being then In his thirteenth year. Twelve is a very tender age for a lad to lay down the 1 pleasures and plays of childhood, and leave edT the protecting care of a mother. None but * the struggling poor who goout Into the world, to earn a llvinp, know anything of the temp- Pr' tatlons and snares which beset the feet of *D the youth who leaves the family circle and is -ja freed from the parental restraints. Cut off from happy, boyish sports, his only safety J lies In beine born right, and in after life never c*( forgetting the counsels and prayers of a Chris- ?r tlan mother. While In the lives of all of us, we do much that we may or should regret. 1 yet on the whole. II the good equals orcoun- .w^ terbalances the evil that Is within us, we have l0J reason to be thankful. In a world of so much . * sin and wickedness it is bard tor a boy, or a man either, to be always rlgbt when far removed from the sweeter, purer aud more ele- / rsf hnma 11 ff* Ol VBUDK iuuucuwco vi uvs****, ...v, an HIS APPRENTICESHIP?HIS SCHOOLING. PU ue For tbree years he did the chores, cot the ari fire wood to heat the office, swept the floor, J? and carried the paper around the town. K. en W. Haddon during the time bad cleared a Pa Elece of land which was "burnt off." He w? Huled the wood to the printing office. The .J small round sticks were nearly as bard as l?( bone, and the Job of cnttlng It was not an easv one. "a Mr. Wilson's relationship with bis employer and his associates was pleasant throughout the three years term of apprenticeship nntll I within a few weeks of its expiration, when ba feeling arose between himself and Dr. tei Bonner. Mr. Wilson resolved to quit, bat bis fat friend. Coleman C. Puckett, exercised great Mi Influence over him and induced bim to con- off tioue until the expiration of the time. Tbe ed argument which was most effective was, that ral he was a little boy and Dr. Bonner was a man i who stood high with his neighbors, and that Co whether he was right or wrong the people t,e would take sides with Dr. Bonner and blame ( bim; that It was bad to break a contract, sol even as a resentment for wrong treatment, pe Mr. Wilson returned to work. His "time was ( out" in less than two months. Before tbe ex- on plrallon of that time a reconciliation took ( Elace,and Dr. Bonner was after tbat, as before, Ini Is friend. He was teacblug school at Vie ( time, and when the apprenticeship bad ex- ha pired, be offered to board Mr. Wll6on and wi give bim free tuition Tor the remaining five mi weeks of tbe session?If be would work on Saturdays. Up to that time be bad never studied Engllsb grammar, which was one of y the studle? that he took up during his flre llc weeks attendance on Dr. Bonner's school, and _ that was tbe only time wblch be devoted In ey school to English grammar. cri HIS CAREER AS JOURNEYMAN PRINTER. he ne When tbe scbooi had ended Dr. Bonner Be made a liberal offer for his services until pr Christmas, which was accepted. fig In the Fall of he was employed as com- lni poeitor on the Laurensvllle Herald, of which sp paper R. M. Stokes was editor. Hon T. B. vi Crews was foreman of the office. Co?. James Jm A. Hoyt now of Greenville was an apprentice cn at that time In the Herald office. we In 1856 he was compositor on the Newberry sa' Rising Sun, of wblch paper Slider & Crosson its' were editors. an FELLOW-CRAFTSMEN. Among Mr. Wilson's fellow-craftsmen who have done well In after life, be would men* fh( tlon a few: Hon. Robert A. Thompson, now of the Keowee Courier, once worked at case at Due West with him. Mr. Thomson is a leading lawyer of bis section, a high toned editor, and a clti- sen who has the respect and good will of all aP who know bim. He is now far advanced on Pr life's way, and Is living; a quiet ana peaceiui life, in the retirement of a happy borne, wltb m< a competency of this world's goods. De Col. James A. Hoyt was a good soldier In e" the Confederate cause, and bears upon his ?' person the marks ol honorable wounds. He * nas been prominent in church affairs, and a P" leader in politics for years. When be was 'ln State chairman of the Democratic parly, he fro bad the opportunity to become Governor, but S* rather thaa be truant to his duty as be saw it, tbl be declined the prospective honor. While we the office of Governor was a prize worthy to be sought, yet Colonel Hoyt did not want it, P" under the circumstances. no Hon. Thomas B. Crews has always been a a" notable figure wherever be bas been and ln 011 whatever position be has held. His popularity in the county wherelo he lives was years ago attested by his triumphant election on i i tbe first ballot to the State Senate over sev- $2.1 eral competitors. He is now postmaster at |?U Laurens, which position was awarded to him ca? because of his fitness for tbe position and be- tra cause of his political Influence. coi Coleman C. Puekett. bis long and most lntl- ari mate friend ut Due West, afterward became sec editor of tbe Independent Press. Later on, j e* he resolved to study medicine, and wltbln a Mr few monthsafter be was admitted to tbe prac- fid tice, his exposure to the hot August sun In- wc duced typhoid fever ol which be died at fes the beginning of a career which promised dl*- mt tinctlon to lijmtelf and a benediction to af- pr< filcted humanity. frli j CAME TO ABBEVILLE. he In the Kail of 1868 Hugh Wilson came to Ab- m< beviile, living for a greater portion of the year with his parents. Not having a situation as , printer, and not being willing to remain idle Pr' be weut to work in his father's mill, which wt was bought fr<>m Dr. Llvlugston, and which ue stood on the lot that is now vacant at tbe bead of tbe big galley beyond Mr. Harden's home. Mr. Wilson could not saw p'ank; he bu did not understand tbe engine; and he bad b.g not learned to grind corn or wheat, but he J1'"" could make a fire, and so he fired the engine ,o1 and raised steam?and he raised it early in the morning and kept the wheel* turning. Connected with that experience w as a little I incident. He did not want to wear his starch- lnt ed shirts at the rough work, and xpplled to B. on P. Hughes,~wbo was.theu chief clerk for John be< White, to sell him enough brown homespun he to make shirts. The cloth was cutoff and he mi requested Mr. Hughes to charge It to him. we Without hesitation Mr. Hnghes said that be I did not make accounts with boys around for town ; Uiat he would charge it to his father." wa It would not be easy to describe his feelings he at tbat speech. It was ihe only time in bis tig life tbat be had ever bought goods for himself ku tbat were charged to his father. Tbe denial agi of credit made Ita Impress, and Mr. Wilson a\n resolved that he would In after years prove to J Mr. Hughes that his credit was good tor cloth W to make two brown homespun shirts. In Oe- qu tnt>Ar of that venr he was offered a Dlace as wa ^ compositor In tbe B.tnuer office at a salary of hei $300 a year. That paper was then puolit-hed ?ls by Davis ?fc Crews, tbe latter being now the wo proprietor of ibe LaureDSvllle Herald. Mr. th< Hughes afterward became one of Mr. Wilson's j frii best irieud?. The time came when be wasanx- J ious to do bim a favor and was uior- than [Co willing to extend any credit. Mr. Wilsou ; no continued to set type lor the Abbeville Ban-1 \ ner until the first of April, ISr?9, when besetjed up but>ine->s on his own accouni, us the follow- j an Ing paragraphs will hbow. pa i Oil! FBI ENDLESS YOCTU WHO HAD FRIENDS. j th( Mr. NVi'son had no relatives in town, and j u? was as little known to tbe people of Abbe-jcrt, vllle. as any one of t he hundred boys aboutino town, but as thf st quel will stiow. he w?* not j we without friends at Due \Ve--t. Four years of I rM faithful scrvice In the printing office. Rave:,,., him the reputation which was worth1 ^ everything lt? niaKing ine purciiHKe 01 t() the office. He made but lilile money at Duel,... West, but lie gained theconfideuce of tlx; peo-' p'e. which wan h rich berllasje, aud without! which ihl? editor would have gone to other j C . *eeueH, aud mlgbt have found a houie els-.- In; 1 ANNIV ? ? 's Connectic 2 Press and the Long and Li ;st Newspaper fit t Equipped Offices in S< Profit In the Business Every 1 iere. At that time he and Charles H. len were planning to go to Florida to pubh a paper, but when the offer of an Interest the Independent Press was presented, and i trade effected, all thoughts of Florida were ren up. aud since then he has never enterned any Idea of going away from Abbele. He will be here when the summons mes for him to go to the Judgment Bar. THE CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP. list here it may be well to Dote the changes historical events In the career of the purs. separately and Jointly, as far as we can so: lay 12.1KM, Ben Lane Posey started the Inpendent Press at Abbeville. >n the 25th day of May, 1851. Benjamin L. sey sold his paper to Coleman C. Puckett, i George Fant for 51,500. >n April 3, 1855, Miles Puckett, whosucceedGeoree Fant. sold his half Interest to Wm. nry Wilson for SI ,000." tn the 9th of September, 1856, W. H. Wilson d his half interest to Coleman C. Puckett 81.000. >n the 25th day of October, 1836. Coleman C. ckett, transferred the paper to W.A.Lee [1 Wm. H. Wilson for SI,500. >n April 1, 1?>9, Wm. H. Wilson sold his If interest to Hugh Wilson, for SI,500. AS TO THE BANNER. n March, 1844. Charles H. Allen commencthe publication of the Abbeville Batiner. n June. 1854, Thomas B. Crews succeeded orge P. Evans as "publisher," (without proletary interest,) of the Abbeville Banner, d continued to so publlph the paper until nuary, 1853, when be took an Interest In the urensvtlle Herald. n January, 1855, James Holllngsworth suosded Thomas B. Crews In the publication the Banner, which war then owned by Dr. hn A. Logan and W. C. Davis. n April or May of 1855 James Hollingsirth bought Dr. John A. Logan's one-half Lerest in the Banner. n March. 1856, Thorna* B. Crews bought the merest of James A. Holllngsworth la the nuer. Yom March, 1S56, until after the beginning the war, though both proprietors were long the first to enlist In the service, the bllcatlon of the Banner was not dlscoutind until the printers volunteered into tbe ay. Mr. Crews entered the service and did liant service for the cause in which all the thuslasm of his heart was enlisted. His rtnor font IV c. Davis, did the same, and is killed In battle. n October, 1865. Thomas B. CreWB revived 9 publication of the Banner, with James 3. tbran as his partner, be having bought the If Interest of \V. C. Davis,deceased. THE CONSOLIDATED PAPER. n April. 1866, Thomas B. Crews sold his If Interest to James 8. C>tbran, and be af ward sold It to tbe Farrow brothers, who led to pay for It. and In I860, re-conveyed to '. Cotbran, and Mr. Cothran In turn Bold tbe Ice to W. A. Lee and Hugh Wilson, as stat above, and tbe Abbeville Banner as a sepae and distinct paper ceased to exist. )n the 7th day of September, 1869, James S. tbran sold the Abbeville Banner to W. A. e and Hugh Wll6on for 82,(MM. )n the 11th day of August, 1876, W. A. Lee d bis half Interest In the consolidated par to Hugh Wilson for $1,900. )n November 3J, 1S77, Hugh Wilson sold e-half Interest to W. C Benet for Sl.oOO. )n January 9.1*80, W. C. Benet sold his half terest to H. T. Ward law for $1,500. )n January 9. 1888. H. T. Wardlaw sold bis If Interest to Hugh Wilson for $1,500, since jlch time the paper has been under the sole ilUa^ClUOUVUI IMOJ/KOCUltviim/n STARTING THE INDBPENDENT PRESS. iVhen Ben Lane Posey started the publlcain of the Independent Press, be Inaugurated lystem of fault finding with everybody and erytblng. exposing all the errors, sins or Imes with which people who held up their ads had ever been suspected. He,in a manr, blazed tbe way for Tillman in that line. ?ldes this he assumed tbe rule of bully and nclaimed time and again his readiness to bt anybody that might choose to resent bis suits. He, of course, vented all manner of leen against his local competitor, tbe Abbelle Banner, and no effort was spared to lore its reputation and business. Tbe paper sated a sensation. For a time everybody in ted to see what tbe brilliant editor baa to y. He was a scholar and used perfect Engh. Because of tbe low price of the paper, d tbe sensation wblcb it created, tbe sub-iption list in a very short time bad run up fifteen hundred copies. But the people ed of Mr. Posey's methods aud began to >p their subscriptions, aad in order to save 3 paper from wreckage, he sold the office at e end of the first year. MR. WILSON BUYS AN INTEREST. >Ir. Wilson was young when be entered on tbe publication of tbe Independent es?, being only a little more tban twenty are of age. Attbattlmebe bad very little >nev. But, talcing tbe money wblcb be eded to pay other existing debts, be was abled to pay f&OO on tbe purchase money the paper at the time tbe trade was made, lis employers, Messrs. Davis & CrewB, were sased ai tbe prospect of tbeir employee getg a good place, and readily released blm id tbe engagement lor the year. Tbey ve blm tbe kindest words of welcome Into 3 Journalistic world, and said that they re glad to have blm as competitor. Tbey ped that their relations would always be :asant, which hopes were lully realized, as thing ever occurred to mar the amicable d pleasant relationship between the two Ices. THE WAY THE TRADE WAS MADE. 'he price asked for tbe bait interest was 9u0 tn two annual Instalment* of 81,000 each >r, 51,500 If cash was paid. Not having tbe h, and Dot knowing muob of financial nsactlons. tbe cash proposition was Dot isldered, and be at once sought to make angements to give the required personal urliy to the notes. Gratified at the prosit of entering business on his own account, '. Wilson set out with a bouyant heart, conent of bis own ability, by energy and hard itk, to conquer success in his chosen proslon. His first step looking to tbe consumption of the purchase of the office, after the ;liminarles had been arranged, was to seek BI1UN WUU WUUIU B1KI1 tut? uuk? Willi unu. tfuch lo bis surprise tbe drat man to whom applied for help, very respectfully, but >st positively refused to lend tbe use of his oie and credit In aid of the project. Tbls. a moment, mortified him and crushed the de and hopes of Mr. Wilson, burin a little ille be rallied from tbe rebuff,and by rewed determination was stimulated to a >ater effort to attain success. No other man Abbeville was asked to take tbe risk, t he returned to Due West, where he d served nlsappretlcesblp, to seek the deed help, and his efforts therein are herein d. SEEKING SURETIES ON I11S NOTE. )r. Bonner, the distinguished editor anil iiructor of females, was first approached the subject. Tbe Doctor had a kindly art, and when hl? sympathies were aroused would, despite bis extreme caution, do ich in behalf of whomsoever bis feelings re enlisted. Jnfortucately, he had but recently been ced to pay security debt, and consequently ,8 a little scarey In talcing more risks, but was of a practical lure of mind and Invesated the proposed trade. He wanted to uw lur vniuc i uiu nuu kiuui.v reed to sign the notes, If others would also :n. ilore disheartened than encouraged Mr. Iison continued his efforts to gel the reired security. Uev. E. E. Pressly, I). I)., s then a?ked if he would sign It. Without sitatlon or reluctance be said be would he id to lend his assistance In promoting a irthy ambition, adding that he had observed a Industry and steady habits of lils young end. ,Ir John Mathis. a farmer living near I. Hawthorn, was next asked to sign the te. and he cheerfully consented to do so. Vhen Col. D O. Hawthorn was approachon the subject he expressed his friendship d good feeling for Mr. WliHon, and inquired rtlcularly as to the facts In the trade, inidius; the names of ihe possible sureties to ? notes. n a nentle and kind wny the Colonel braided him for proposing to alve the dit price, and suggested that the tea which he DroDosed to cive re perfectly goo.l. "and oil wlilch 1 lie uly cash could be had, by discounting the l>-r at three percent. Mr. Wilson having 0 of his own to pay, left a balance of 81,200 e paid In two aunu.il instalments of StfJO ;h. THE SIOS1SG OK T1IE NOTES. 'oming back to Abbeville, and after mak; arrangements to buy ti.e ofTlee at the cash ? ERSARY >n With the D /i rv ?? uaiuici iborious Career of in in the State. )uth Carolina. ifear. I price, Mr. Wilson and bis father signed tbe I notes and tbeD he returned to his trlends for | their signatures. Dr. Banner whs called upon to comply with bis promise. He signed it on j condition tbat tbe notes be destroyed or rei tamed to blm la case tbe other securities did i not sign. With Dr. Pressly. John Mathls, and Colonel Hawthorn there was neither hitch nor hesitation. THE MEN WHO HAD CONFIDENCE IN MR. WILSON. And thus it was that a poor hoy, without Influential friends, by his owu energy and close attention to business bad won the confidence of men who furnished the credit which set , him up In business. With the exception slated every man that he asked signed the notes with him. These men are held in grateful remembrance, and their kindly deed Is enshrined in an ever thankful heart. Except Mr. Wilson's father, all Ine others have gone to their reward. John M-ithls died In the war. Colonel Hawthorn remained with us until after the war, and lived to see his vast estate scattered to the four winds. Dr. Bonner's days of usefulness were prolonged, and bis good Judgment, quick perception and enlarged views, enabled blm to preserve a handsome part of bis war-wrecked estate. Tr. Ebenezer Pressly, one of the best men that Due West, or Abbeville County, or even the State of South Carolina ever saw, lived buta few years after his act of kindness to the editor of this paper. He was rich in this world's goods, and he was rich in the Christian graoes, while bis heart was full to overflowing with the milk oi human kindness. TRANSFER OF THE OFFICE. The notes were delivered, and one undivided half Interest in the Independent Press was transferred to Mr. Wilsou on the first day of April, 1859. Mr. Wilson paid the $36 with which to make good the discount. The notes were Bold to David Keller, and so it was that Colonel Hawthorn, by his practical business methods combined with his friendship, saved nearly $600, or about fifty per cent, more than the total money value of the hand pressaud type. As good an outfit as be bought could now be baa for $430 or $400. It was the business and goodwill of the office that gave the paper its value. The debt was a big one for an Inexperienced boy, but Mr. Wilson had good health, energy t&uu luc ucicnuiuitiiuu IU pay IU In December, 1861. Mr. Wilson mortgaged bis balf interest In tbe office to secure nls sureties against loss In tbe payment of tbat portion of ihe debt which then remained unpaid. closed tbe office and volunteered Into tbe Confederate army. On bis return from the war some 8500 was still due on tbe purchase money, which amount was paid before tbe close of tbe year. In 1863 Mr. Wm. H. Wilson, published the paper, dividing tbe profits, which were in Confederate money, perhaps something like 88,000?or. Si,COO to blmsell, and $1,500 to be divided between the owners of tbe plant. Tbe paper was stopped during 1861 and wan not published again until tbe Hummer of 1863, when the publication of the paper was resumed by W. A. Lee and Hugh Wilson. THE SMALL OUTFIT OF 1859. At the time of purchase, and up to 1370, the plant consisted of a Washington Hand Press, and about 500 pounds of body type, and a few fonts of display type?all of the latter contained In one ten or twelve case twothirds cabinet?an Imposing stone, and a lead cutter. In tbose days, with a hand nress, It took the beet pirt of a day to strike oft one side of tbe paper, but now with Improved machinery we can run off both sides after supper. Except tbe ImposiDg stone, two fonts of Job type anda lead cutter,nothing remains of tbe original plant. Tbe other articles having served their day, and ceased to be useful, have been sold for old metal, or otherwise disposed of. By constantly Answering the demands for Increased facilities, the ofBce of the Press and Banner has added to Its business, and tbe facility for doing business has Rteadlly grown TT ill! luu nui>i?vvuiiig jcaiDi AUIO |iv/nvu iu business bas been so quiet, and bo little brag or display bas been made about It, tbat even many or tbe nearest neighbors may not know tbe proportions to wblch tbe business and the plant bas grown. It Is one of the Institutions of tbe city, and IU pay roll adds its quota to tbe general thrift tbat bas come to tbe town within tbe last few years. the better outfit of 1896. Today, tbe plaDt oonslsts In part of One Country Campbell Press. One Pony Babcock Regular Press. One 14x20 Peerless Job Press, One 13x19 Gordon Job Press. One 10x15 Gordon Job Press. Two Proof Presses. One Bascom Newspaper Folder. One two-horse Acme SteAtn Engine. One 30 Inch Rival Paper Cutter. One 80-1 DCb Howard Iron Works Cutter. One steam power Star Paper Cutter. , One Perforator. OneStabber. Six Imposing Stones. Six Cabinets for Job Type. Seven Cabinet* for Body Type. new fonts of tspe fob pamphlet wobk. 600 pounds 11-polnt O. S. 800 pounds Bourgeois. 600 pounds 10-polnt O. 8. 650 pounds 7-polnt. 500 pounds 6-polnt. THE NEWSPAPER OUTFIT. I The newspaper body type, consists lo part ot 900 pounds of nonpareil and 800 pouods of brevier, and a great quantity of display type. GOING IN DEBT AGAIN. Now, as on April 1,185& Mr. Wilson goes in debt. He borrowed the money from the National Bank ho that he might pay cash to the builder of the press. The following Is the itemized cost of the Babcook : Purchase money. 9 750 00 Hand-power and two chases 19 00 Freight ...... 57 y4 SettlnK it up? _ 21 00 Line shaftlne and hangers 17 80 ?S05 74 It will be seen from this statement that Mr. Wilson owes as much today rs be did tbirtyseven years ago, with this difference: he did not have to ask his friends to sign bis note today as he did on April 1, 1859. THE LIBRARY. In the office is a library, era bracing standard publications. Some of which are : Dictionaries- The .Standard, Webster's Unabridged, Worcester's Uuabrldged. Clyclopedias? ( Appleton's, Chambers's. Trade Journals? Newspaperdono. Press and Printer. ii Inland Printer. [i National Printer-Journalist. j Shakspcare. and the Shafcxperlan Concor-'j dance; the Bible and Cruden'sConcordance: , Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of ( the Bible; the Statutes of the State; Bryant, , Burns, and a hundred other books of more on I less value. THE FILES. ' I Files of the Press and Banner nre neatly, bound, and are nearly complele since ISM. : A special case was built In which to hold the ! volume*, with a woodeu partition between ! tbe books. In addition to the tiles of the . Independent Press and the Press and Banner, we have two volumes of the Abbeville Banner, Including lSlfi and 1847. These flies of the Banner were a nlft from Mrs. II. S Kerr, and because of their value, and In appreciation of the good ladj' Mr. Wilson had them neatly bound. In addlllon to these volumes the tiles of the Abbeville Messenger, which was published from October, 1884, to sometime lu 1*87, are hound In two books. I i THE LOCATION OF THE OFFICE. The office Is located on the Northeast cor er of tbe public square, and Includes tbe lice tl second story of Jhe three stores next to tbe done, corner, and which Is now owned by Judge The l Cothrno. Tbe floor space Is something like name 3,000 feet. an eel tbe 8u the policy of the paper. The policy of the editorial management is to make It exclusively a local paper. The ed- The itor realizes the fact that he cannot compete dark, with the city paper lu publishing either a ways state or a national paper. Tbe local paper mail has a field which is it* own, and If energy be night rigiuiy uireci.ru, uic ueiu cannnt ne luEen away from him by any State or National pa- BUYi: per. The local paper which lookB after the Interests of the people for whom it Is printed has a cafe anil sure looting? i! business meth- In II ods are applied. The editor has no spec!*! in- a uew terest in auy politician, and has no enmity a r^su for any one. He conceives It to be his main exlste duty to publish the facts and to give the news. He and Is anxious to be friendly with all. Not lng n being a partizan. he endeavors to be fair to for a all, but never withholds bis opinion of pub- backt lie questions. inspe< three THE EDITORIAL OFFICE. ?>av The editorial room Is about 17x28 feet, facing fl the Public Square. The office Is furniBhea PJJ, ?' with two large walnut tables, a waluutde^k. " an Iron safe, a walnut book case, und a mahogany veneered book case. On the walls are to be seen various pictures, among which are: J n? Distinguished editors and notable politicians, the State Pres? Association at Georgetown In je!\l, (troupe, the Yorkville Enquirer oi June 11, susiai 1895, Jeff Davis, Dr. W. M. Grler, TlliraaD, Karle, Kratton, Henry Watterson, and maps of the town, the State, and the United States. w2.?,t Tha PAPER AND STATIONERY. make A room Is set apart and known as the paper t^tui room, where stock of all kinds is kept. In nocke this room are two larue cabinets In which the He smaller quantities are stored. The book paper |n \u is either on the flior or on the tables which aDlj t are made for the purpose of holding it. type. In the printing office are a stationery cab- press lnet and several other cabinets for holding f^OO fo blanks of all kinds. an(j < THE ROLLERS. ^The' On the wall in close proxlmlnlty to each ment. press are tight shutting roller cabinets for agenc Oiwi lug iuo i WIIQIO, luuo j.?i cnoi T lug nucui itvuu ?" w< dust or olber iojury while not la use. well or bl THE MACHINERY. these The presses, the power Star paper cutter, ?!???*;. and the newspaper folder are run by steatn, ' which power 1b furnished by a two-horse tir"? Acme kerosene engine. The machine folds , the papers as fast as they come from the Camp- ' ' bell press, and an expert bund, with a Longly Times mnlier, puis the numes oo the paper, f and wraps tbero ready for the mall as fast a rrTh. they are delivered from the folder. hpp la former years half day wan required to print one sine of the pap*r on a hand press, witen and it required as long f ?r the folders and mailing clerks to do the work which is now "rh* done In an hour and a balf or two hours. SUO f< job work. thegc Befc In the earlier uays of Mr. Wilson's expo- some rlence he did little or no Job work. He did ndver not have suitable type, and be had no ma- man, i chlnery at all, except a Wash'neton band to pa' press. In the seventies a 10x15 Gordon Job then,' Press was bought. In 1888 the old band press paper was laid aside, and the Campbell press was Fleml Dutnp. The old hand press was exchanged vert is for a thirty inch paper cutter. Later a two bad n horse steam engine was added, and then a to an 13x19 Gordon Jobber was put Tn. Work con- Introd tinued to increase until we have sign h within the last month fhe^ put In the office a Peerless Job Press, a Bab- 840. > cock Pony, a 80 Inch Gem cutter, and a 80 The inch "Star" poWer cutter. Our cus- purch tomers come from various parts of the ,p?d to Stale, and the demands upon our resources PPl'c have heen Hiich hr Lo WiirranL LHa rpc.pnf. If th6 large outlay. which THE FOBCE. J2l0n" That Instead of having one or t wo or threeInex asked perlenced boys In the office, as In former aplac yearn, nine of as efficient printer* as can be ing t< found anywhere, are now In the office. been 1 James w. Martin, the foreman, has been in Burw< the office for nineteen years. He Is bw ft at an offl type setting, and makes exceedingly few mis- year, i takes. He keeps the books, sends out ac- press i counts, measures the work and settles with delay, the bands In the office, as soon as convenient bevill after the last publication day In each mouth. Aral r Theodore Perclval Is foreman of the Job de- paper, partment. *He makes all estimates a* to cost The o of Job work, and has a general supervision of years the whole stock and all the Job work. He Is made, swift at typesetting and also very correct In hla composition. He never makes a mistake la his calculations as to cost of work. He rr w keeps a book,or blotter. In which are separate columns toshow the date, the kind or Job, the confld number ot copies, the cost, ibe profit, and for whom the work was done. These several col- ^ f umns he adds up at the last of tha month, ttCCOrt and thus shows the result of every month's e(> or work. The coxt of every Job which Is done In ever the office Is definitely known. There Is no ba(1' , guess work about It. wa8 , Samuel Williams makes pre?s work hlsspe- bi8 jq clalty. The print of the Press and Banner at- metuc tests 1 tie excellence of his work. He Is a tie- ,|on, , cess I ty In the office. We conldn't well get on lo lat, without him. In an experience of years be |ay has not made a mistake. In future, in ad- flr&rv dltlon to running the Campbell, he will run the Babcock Pony which Is reputed to be one of the latest, as well aa one or the best, machines thai raecbaoicai skiii can aevine. Id a Closely allied wltb the press work Is the en- long t glneer. Gus Rlcbey. He has become familiar rleuce wltb all Its workings and never falls to make stoim It eo wltb certainty and satisfaction. He bomet folds and Btltcbes tbe pamphlets, Is faithful he I anywhere, and especially in delivering tbe other mails to tbe cars or tbe post office. been Willie Mcllwaln Is an expert typesetter timen and a first class job printer. He can set as |ng p clean a proof andean set as nice a Job a? any- right, body. He makes up the mails, and Is ever but fo ready to respond to tbe call of duty. ter ft I Arthur Morrow Is an Industrious and faith- iteadf fa! typesetter. He raukes type-setting bis some specialty, but feeds the Job press, wraps up we ml the mails, or falls into line whenever be is At i needed. No man could better fill bis place. he"cc Ernest Wilson Is efficient, and as steady as tbe a| a dock. He Is always busy at something, great If not setting type, be rans tbe Oordon lob mlnec press, feeds tbe folder, or makes a full hand at not tl anything elue in the office. matte James Perclval Is a first class type setter, to mi either as compositor on tbe paper, or as Job peopl< printer. He, like the others, can always be heart: depended upon for his fall share of whatever thing is to be done. last. And last, but not least, we bave in our em- ? Mr. ploy an efficient young lady type-setter, inforc Miss 0:a Wilson, whose beauty and ezcell- West ence Is only equalled by her modesty. In- dows. dustry and skill at type-Betting. grapb Within tbe last seven or eight years Mr. and r Wilson has employed seven young lady type- montl setters, but he will likely not employ many ed a more, for tbe slmnle reason that six out of or wli tbe seven bave married, and tbe presumption Ing el 1b, that other young ladles would do tbe same, derrle feasor AN INDEFINITE AMOUNT OF WORK CAN BE thUS DONE IN THE PRESS AND BANNER OFFICE. stood Wltb this number of printers tbe Press and that t Banner can do an Indefinite amount of work origin In a very sbocx time. A brief of twenty or public thirty pages can be easily turned out In one Ot oay. We always keep our dead type dlstrlb- an on uted, and when there Is a call, every man has catloc a case of type, and each man assumes his full interj share of the work. dlspoi Home Idea may be bad of tbe advantage and been convenience of baviDg plenty of type wben tboug we state that we set up the whole of the State In Du Constitution, the ordinances of theCouven- may I tlon, and indexes, which makes a hundred given pages, before putting forms to press. Because Ano of unprecedented trouble with some of the In hli machinery we have been much embarrassed Cumb for a month, and the work has been delayed, a unit but now wltb more presses such delays will posed not likely occur again. shows voted THE WAY THE WORK IS DONE. and I After tbe paper Is out, tbe remainder of the rna(j week Is generally taken up In doloK Job work never or In distributing the dead type, we seldom peopU set any type on the paper until Monday, and enem' when we are busy at other work, we have bad ri sometimes waited until Tuesday before com- tbe p menclng to work on tbe paper. tc In order to make the situation as agreeable' try p as possible, and to get along with the least I the Pr friction, we pay by the piece for all work, so' paper that In leisure times those who feel disposed qUtree to do so, may rest. Wben we are hurried t|me } with work every man stands to his po8l'flerce( cheerfully, without murmur or complaint, at tlon H all times, and sometimes they are railed up-i i^e on to work all night. A more faithful corps pnper of printers never worked In any office than the p are emDlnved hv the Press and Bhd ner. n? Tbere is nothing of (be dally driving or feaibiurging, but every man Ih expected to do bis expret duty In bis special line?and be generally Hrr,,ye doeH It* ' street* Mr. Wilson has perfect confidence In the In- Qf cot tegrlty of every man In tbe office. He does meetii not even scrutinize the monthly bills, but pres8 i leaves the foreman to deal Justly and (airly WRg sr between man ami man. Mr. Martin's course |n adv as trusted loreman and bookkeeper has given memti satisfaction alike to employer and employee. pftiQ ( In like manner the foreman of the job de- time | partment makes all estimates for Job work, three nud his estimate stands. When In need of gtopi>e stationery or other material be consults the BO rad editor who generally directs him to ronke the meinh order. " again" THE BOOKKEEPING. p*r w The bookkeeping has been reduced to the pi? lb simplest and least complicated form. Of the' A course the Job work and advertising bills go order, reitularly on the books, but It Is of the sub- ii>te* scrlptious of which we speak The names are diktat* set up lu type, and the date to which the sub- ad the i.rllLni' no u rialH la nnnncllo Vi I a nutnn VT . I'roofs are taken on Tuesday night, or ||u per Wednesday morning. When payments are r(1R| 0f made, post offices changed, new names are or noti idded. orold onesdropped, the corrections are public noted on that proof, which Ik used unt.l the (|mea ifternoon of Tuesday, when the galleys are t|in nu jorrected. and the list which has been used the ho tor a week has heen taken to make up the books mails. A now proof Is taken for the next jue.s ? week. Once or twice a year we take an extra ' proof of all the names, write the date on It, Ej;t and keep It In a drawer, so when there Is a Jlspulo about the credits or the time for Mr.1 which a tnan has paid, we are enabled to set- treate< Lie the matter definitely and positively. Of value rourse no man who pays will neglect to no- Wliho bat the date la moved up. If it Is not. let be is sure to call attention to the fact, j to Placing of the dates opposite.to the de s Is of the greatest value and import-; lb n that It prevents mistakes, and assures pr becnber that he has received due credit.-! rls th going to press. I 8a forms are now put to press any time after bc on Tuesday night of e-;ch week, but al- Pf In time to sen J oil" a large part of the on the 1 tralo which passes In tbe V1 over the G., C. <ft N. m Hit *G AN OFFICE IN AUGUSTA?SETTING ; bU UP A PAPER IN WASHINGTON. i ,h,e i th ?66 Mr. Wilson determined to establish 1 sti 'sptiper Id Washington, Georgia, and : , It, the Washington Gazette sprang luto tic nee. had but a few dollars In money. Hav- i lade arrangements with P. 8. Ilutledge passage on credit to Washington and >ver the hack line he set outon a tour of :tlon and purchase. He talked to but pr men In Washington on the subject: w! Id C. Cotttng, who afterward became ed- tb t $150 a year, said that Wilkes county se jp ported a paper for fifty years, and be w< 0 doubt It would continue to do so. pi merchant to whom be talked said that a( lid not pay. bo county official to whom the matter was w ed felt quite sure that a newspaper, un- in ie changed order of tbings, could not be jo ned. His office would be the chief cus- w , and that custom could not exceed $500 b( ) a year. He wa? asked if be thought it T1 1 be as much as 8500. He said, yes. tr t informal Ion determined Mr. Wilson to bl further effort. He said nothing to any ec 9 to his Intention, but went to Augusta pr y a second band outfit, having In tils cli i less than $30 in cash. 8U made arrangements 8t ltie hotel b< gusta to pay bis board In advertising, m ben began bis search for a press and h< The man who bad tbe needed type and p8 was a printer named Pugh. He asked w >r tbe band press. The price of the type pi >ther material which was offered was co ictory. cl question now came up as to tbe payIn tbo*? days we bad no mercautlle ti lea to wblcb reference could be bad, and . ne In the city knew Mr. Wilson ' enough to vouch for his integrity f. s ability to pay. Mr. Pugb under ,J' circumstances bad only his own Jud*- " to guide him. It wss In March that this r~ red, and be nsked Mr. Wilson If be 1 pay for tbe type on the first of July, r? nswer was, no; that It would be lmpos- lc odoso. He then asked him II be would . id the first of October. The answer wao.no; for the simple reason that that :? he beginning of the busy season, and an could be realized by the first of OctoHe then nxked If payment could be on the first of January. To this Mr. n replied that he would try 10 p?y It ^ total nmountof the credit purchase was ac lr which Mr. WMson gave bis note, and tods were delivered without mortgage, re leaving the city Mr. Wll-on went to ?! of th* business men, asking them for tlsements. T. Markwalter, the inarb'a G( Mid he would lake enough advertising ? y for a 3x6 Imposing stone, worth SSO . and would send the stone as coon a? the D' had beea published a month. W. A. ng, broker or cotton factor, gave a 35 ad- 10 ement. Before leaving Abbeville be J* lentloned bis Intended trip to Augusta Israelite in town. He gave a' lettetof , luctlon toone of bis friends. Seeing bis jv e stopped In front of bis store, and pre I tbe letter of Introduction. He asked P* rice of an advertisement, and was told j" Vltbout a word be paid the money cash. P; spare money was expended lor cash "c axes from Mr. Fuvh. The type was ship- JT ' Washington. The first man to whom " >atlon wax made f>r an office said tbat f? doors and sash were put In a room in I i soldiers had been quartered and 310 a i was paid In advance be could have It. 10 house owner might Just as well have L< a million dollars. Looking around for e, without finding one, and on returni the hotel, word was said to have left for him to call at the store of Mr. jn si 1 Greene. Calling there he said be had fU Ice and would let him have It for $50 a m and take tbe pay In advertising. Tbe jQ and materinl was moved there without 0f ^* ~ 1' > A K. . VUC 1JUII LUC popoi nno |fiiuwu auc?v qj e, and, as far ha he knows, be was tbe w an to print tbe patent outside of any K( . Tbe business venture whs a success. lote was paid at maturity. In three w someihlnz like $8 000 in profits was t>i and the office passed Into other bands Li, CONFIDENCE IN MONEY MATTERS. e are to fudge from facts, experiences, bi sldentn, Mr. Wilson has always had the (e ence or those with whom he came In bf ;t on money matters. With tbe few- og ixceptlons he has always beeu bi led the fullest credit that was need- la a*-ked. A notable exception,', bow- at occurred In his >oung*r years. He ly a *pel! of sickness. A. physician n< ?ent for. When be was up again ctor prexented bis bill, includingvislts, Inesard prescriptions, for 815. His panot having tbe 515 the doctor proposed [e a mortgage or tbe bed on whipb be K1 This request was denied. Tbe bill was rard paid. 8TOBMY CAREER. Ol long career?aud thirty-seven years Is a et .iftie? Mr. Wilson bus bad varied expe I< *, and has passed through many a w . Being of an impulsive nature, and al Imes unguarded or haaty in his speech w nnaHul oo/l I tt a n e\ of DI times be and hla motives have o misunderstood. Having strong sen- H is. deep cnnviotions, and disregard- w rublio favor when he (bought be w?s L be baa at tiroes displeased the public, c< rail that no roan ever bHd truer or bet- di ends?friends that have been true and pi aat under all circumstances. Among pi of hla acta which incurred displeasure ec Kbt mention: ai Lhe cl<>-e of the war, in August of 1865? fr mgratulated tbe people on tbe result of ot ipeal to arms." This expression gave e: offence for a time, but Mr. Wilson deter- p< 1 that the people ol Abbeville should brow him away because of so slight a It r.aud be redoubled his energy in trying to ike a good paper at tbe least cost. Tbe a forgave biro, and soon accorded a P< r support to his paper. For years every- tli weot on smoothly. But it was not to ni B.C. DuPre, we believe it was,one day bi oed him that "tbe town council of Due bl were building a calaboose without win- a " He put the words in a little para- w , wllb no Idea of offending anybody, er lever thinking of it again until some u afterward the "Police Gnzette" printpicture of a guard house without doors ,, idows, showing bow a prisoner was be- " evated over tbe high walls, by rope and :k, while distinguished teachers and pros looked at the wonderful sight. Agd ? it was that Mr. Wilson gave mor- .. ense to bis best friends?friends that " in him in the hour of his need?friends P lad gone surety on bis notes to buy the !? at plant of tbe paper wblcb be now ]\ ibes. 08 course be meant no offense, but . emy no doubt bad secured ihe publl- L, i In tbe Police Gazette, and a bad P' >retatlon was put upon It by evil <ed persons. Although tbat has ' perhaps twenty-five years ago, and al* P n he claims as friend nearly everybody "! e West, yet Mr. Wilson feels tbat tbere j" Be persons yet II vlng who cave not for- P him for that paragraph. 0 ither storm in Mr. Wilson's life occurred p j opposition to tbe town bonds for the T erland Gap road. The town was almost P , In lis favor. Tbe Press and Banner op- ', It with all lis ability, and as the sequel 01 i, that paper?although the debt was ?sustained by his local competitor 1 few other men in town, saved ?n from a large bonded debt for a rallwhlch, like tbe Ninety-Six railroad, bad a possibility. Tbe town L 3 then regarded tbe paper as a public, it 7, and some of them thought It ei 10 right to express views opposite to opular current, and, it Is true, vhlle,K iwn was against tbe paper, the coun- &| eople sympathized with tbe course of p( ess and Banner and the edition of the' In six months ran up from thirty-one I tli lrfv.nl np niilrpR. This. too. at a III >vben the Press and Banner had (be f> it opposition and ibe strongest competl* , Lever had. ! u' next storm that whs raised against the t.V was because of opposltlou to some of T| rlnclples or declarations of the Al, notably about cotton baling. The r (but broke the camel's buck was an or islon somewhat like tbls: "The King, ad >d In his while shirt, appeared on our i*'? reference being had to the parking "I ton In cotton bagging. Al the next 01 ig of the County Alliance a boycott of ht ind Banner was ordered. The boycott! > positive that even those who had paid ance must stop it, and not allow any er of their families to take I', under >r expulsion from the order. At that! .he circulation or the paper whs fifty | uulres. About 225 subscription* were J under that order, but the action was w ical against the rights of the individual at era, and the combination of the order (a t the business of publishing a newspaas so violative of our constitutional w. and so repulsive to the prhie ot the peo- hi at the Intelligent public lu and out of iliauce did not endorse the course of the ^ lllgent freemen did not like to be fr< d to, and tne whole putillc demand- fi, ....1.11?. ontnlnnu Thcv t want a press tliat slmpiy echoed pub- il1. nlment, but (hey wanted the editor's ki >lnl(in8. whether they agreed with him [)i; So much did the boycott meet with . disfavor that he received In a short ai bout half as many new subscribers as mber of old ones that had quit. When ^ ycott whs removed he re entered on his the name" ol thos<; who had paid their md ninetentbs of them are there today. I :mies worth as mitcii as friends. rt'lUon believes If one's enemies are i... i rliibt that the.v are of Inestimable and are In reality his best friends. ut our concurrence, enemies are power- \vl 18 to hurt. Opposition always nerved him greater effort, and wblle b? may not have sired to beat down his adversaries, yet Id e history of a long career, they have nevei evalled against him. If a man seeks to b ;bt, persecution and a proper treatment ol e persecutors, always developeA for the as lied the truest and best friendship. It may ire be remarked that Mr. Wilson makes It a inclple and a point ot honor to be a little Ind to the faults of his friends, and of theli rtues he strives to be never forgetful?in atiers of friendship he never regards th( itlon or position of those who are frlendlyit. as far as he sees, Is trne to all. As a rule pays very little attention to his enemies oi elr deeds of unklndness, except as they unulate him to better efforts. \side from one's enemies lively competi >n Is a promoter of development. INSPIRED WITH AMBITION TO ENLARGE THE PLANT. For years the city printers have aorelj essed the country printers. Not satlsfle< Ith the work which would naturally go t< em, and being unwilling to content tbem Ives with the larger work for which the; ere prepared, and for which the country inter WA8 not nrpnarod t hot? Hart t.hAl feu la to scour the country In search of thi nail Jobs lor which the country printer wa ell prepared to do. They have In man' stances gathered up the dollar-and a-hal bs that should have gone to the local office here they would almost Invariably havi en las well printed at a much less price ie effort to absorb the business of the coun y printer inspired Mr. Wilson with tbe am tlnn to Increase his plant, and, to a degree iter into competition for tbe larger and mor ofltable Jobs. With a large force of flra ass printers, and large fonts of type, and i fflcient number of superior presses, h >pe(fto recelve a part of tbe printing whlcl ay be done In South Carolina. He wil suceforth stand ready to bid for all kinds c imphlet work, and with the advantage bleb be has, he can make a good profit s 'Inting such work at less than the actus istof dolug the same work In any of th lien. IE BEST THING THAT EVEB HAPPEN EI The boycott, however, wax the best thing tba rer happened for Mr. Wilson. Up to tba me be h-id spent bin money about as fast a s made It. Upon tbe Issuance of the boj itt he stopped every waste of money am ,ved every cent. The boycott bad Imprest I upon him tbe necessity of laying by some ilng for a rainy day and for old age. Tbe boycott and tbe threatened destrnctloi the business which be had so long strive! i establish stimulated blm to mak ie greatest exertion, and that exertion wa warded by tbe greatest success that tove me to the paper. The office baa prospered since then as I sver prospered before. About readersknow e paper baa bad an unprecedented ran c IveriUlng. The Job work of tbe office has increased a lat we have Jnst put in two additions esses, botb of which are first class of tbel Ind. >0D OPINION OF NEIGHBORS APPRECIATE! Mr. Wilson treasures nothing as much a s does the good opinion of bis neighbor) id be feels profoundly gratefnl to tbe peopl r their long continued Irlendshlp and au( >rt. Tbelr friendship has been a blessing t m fAi? mhlnh hA ffivm hlimhlfl find hmrl iank? to the Giver of every good and perfec ft. The Almighty bus been good to blm 1 lat be has blessed biro with health and proi srlty all the days of bis life. Tbere ha jver bf*eu a year In wblch the office did nc ly a dividend to the roan who prints It. Tn lolness of the office is better establlshe lib each succeeding year, find as the lilt! vnlet poors Its waters Into tbe great ocear i tbe business of tbe office annually pours itle revenue Into tbe pockets of the edltoi Ike a never ceasing fountain, the How come , forever. x>king hopefully fob greater achiev1 m Birrs. Encouraged by tbe history of tbe past, wltl creased facilities, Mr. wllnon looks hop< illy to the future lor still greater acblevi ents In his line of business. With an offlc ferlor to few printing offices, and wltb nib tbe most faithful and efficient printers b is reason to believe that the public will i ard blm an Increased favor and a still la tr business. Mr. Wilson loves to be In good fellowsbl ith all mankind and especially with b etbren of tbe press, and for tbls reason b 3 makes it a rule to try to be agreeable an spectful to each and all. In tbe past be hi Hen sought to exchange clvlltles wltb tb ethren. But he found that he often gave o nse where none was Intended, and that hi ist motives were often misunderstood. Re jn'zlng tbe lact tbat controversies wli etbren of the press are unprofitable or Ut tereHtlng to tbe public, and finding tbat th tempted exchange of civilities was genera attended by unpifaxantnexs, be now lets tb jwspaper world wag as It will. \ ABBEVILLE JOURNALISM. Since tbe death of F. W. 8elleck, and tb?d< trture of Ben Lane Posey, In 18M,?with onl ight interruptions lODg ago?the newspapei , Abbeville have been on friennly terms. ] as on tbe first of September, 1856, tbat W. ( avis aud James Hollingswortb, (on tbe pai r the Abbeville Banner), and Miles O. Poet ,t and Wm. H. Wllfcou, (on tbe part of tb ^dependent Press), made an agreemet hereby a uniform rate was to be charged fc II advertising, except the official ad verllsini bleb was thereafter to be published by hot inert,?each paper ch-trglng balf price. Th rice of tbe Independent Press was raised t vo dollars, and tbe necessary concesstoc ere made to bring about amicable relation ODg experience and roncb observation bav mvluced the Abbeville editors of tbe wli am or tbeir predecessors In 1S56, and tb rosperlty of those who have followed tb lansas laid down In that year has furnlst I abundant proof that it is more pleasac id more profitable to regard each others lends. Neither baa any Jealousies of tb her. This editor is Just as scrupulous 1 (tending courtesies and civilities to bis con alitor and his family as to auy otber famll i town. It pays to be friendly wltb all mar Ind, and especially with your local compel >r. General Hemphill, editor of tbe Mi Ium,ha8shown bis friendship by tbrowln srhaps more Job work in tbe way of this o re than any man In town. Enlarged seinsncess wouia prompt irate al relatloDS between men Id tbe same Hoe < uelnees, and It Is folly for a man to ex pen Is energy Id trying to break down a brotbe feat which can never be accomplished, ei spt by tbe concurrence of the assailed broil career as pbin'teh. We bare endeavored not to go out of tb ne of Ihe printing business la tlie abov iragraphs. but we will be pardoned if we r< r to tbe present. Mr. Wilson has save lough money, If rightly managed, to kee Im out of tbe poor Douse for all time. Fc lat comfortable .'eellng be Is profoundl -ateful, hut be Is prouder of tbe fact that h able to be a factor In giving to Abbevlll le largest and greatest Institution tbateve iniethls way?tbe Abbeville Cotton Mill. About a year ago be whs elected a dlrectc i that organization, and since tben he ba icome much Interested in Its success. Fee igglad of a pafe and profitable lovestroeo otn which a good Income may be realized I Is old age he has become a liberal stocl alder. Besides this fact, he feels very prou ' tbe (bought that he may, while broetiltln Imself, be of some benefit to the town wblc is been so good to him. To have built up a business like that of th recs and Banner, and to have been a factoi )wever luslgnlflcent, In the building of rge cotton mill In bis own town are matter belfcoogratulatlon. A Moutniin Editor's Appeal. Tbe Anaconda Recorder deliver self of the following piece of sens rpressed in plaiu English. Don' ;t mad if your visitor's name does no ipear in the personal column erhapsyou did not tell the editor; he' 3 mind reader. Don't get mad if you Hghbor's doings are referred to mor equently than your own. You jighbor u-es his mouth. Your modes may be keeping you in obscurity bat's no dream. A country news iper man cau'i spend all his linn i the street?aud make three meal lav. If vou know of new*, hold u > and give it out of your system xteen to one if we repeat it secoiu md there will be a blunder in it. Keep UiekiDK* An unfortunate person who said hi as formerly a newspaper man, callet our office the other day for assis nee. Under all the circumstance! e thought him deserving and helper ru, and then we told him the ston tout the milkman who accidentally nptied into oue of his cans two liv< ags. Oue frog said it was no use t( > anything, and sank to the botton id was drowned ; the other frog kep eking until lie kicked up a lump o liter and roosted on it, and came ou ive. There is a good moral in this story t< any people .-'"Keep Kicking." "Have you read that article on how tell a bail egg?" "No. T haveu't it my advice would be, ir you hav< ytliinj? important, to tell a had egg l?y, break it gently." ? 1 FARM AND GARDEN. 9 ' EXPERIENCES AND OBSERVATIONS . fl FROM TRUSTWORTHY SOURCES. H ?. s i A Cheap and Convenient Apiary or Hummer and Winter Stand for Bees, Dltu| trated, and-Direction* Given Cor Build* S Ing the Same. An Illinois correspondent of Rural New H| Yorker calls the structure shown in the accompanying cuts "a cheap and eonvenient apiary or summer and winter stand M | FIO. 1?A CHEAP APIARY. It Is a frame building. 10 by 16 feet. 8 [j. feet from floor to ceiling1. The door is in >8 the south and a double window in the it north. The studding in both ends are L' sided up inside and out with ship lapped lumber and th6 space between and that above the ceiling are packed with chaff or sawdust to the depth of 5 or 6 Inches. ^ The sides are made double of lumber ? 8 inches wide. The^lower inside board r. being sawed so as to fit between the stud* d dings, of which there are three in each h side, is hinged to the floor and falls out* '* wards, the ends being sawed on a miter q on each side of the studding 4>us making D a reasonably tight ioint when the board | Is raised; the next board is nailed solidly i the whole length; the next one sawed as before and hinged to the top of the second H rl board and alternately to tlie top. The 9j outside boards are left the entire length and are pnt on the reverse of the inner ? ones, tbe upper board being first nailed r on, the next one hinged to its lower edge and so on, or a two inch strip could be >. nailed on with its lower edge 8 Inches j, below the plate, and the second board i, hinged to its lower edge and a strip cut e to fit between its upper edge and the cor- |H o nice board hinged to its upper edge. H y it D I I I I I | | )| P^H wm HI n 1?J IH m H llmmnJI I FIO. 2? A CHEAP APlARt. H j. In summer, by lowering the Inner doors a- and raising the outer doors and hooking ? them up. the bees have free access to the | hives while they can be protected from heavy driving rains by unhooking the r- outer doors and lowering them In winter by closing all the doors and poking I, between them with chad t go-Kl, \.urm |H ie room is obtained. fi|B ? n A Living r?t?. mA f- The process of ornamenting rases with ? living green is by no means new; but as v Q h* very many of our readers may not know i- how it is doue. we give the representat-^i^^H 6 of a living vase, with directions for e" pUcating it, that appeared recently in 1 Southern Cultivator. Any son 01 vase may oe empiuvea, uu those of unglazed terra cott . are prefer? able, being porous. In such vessels the* water with which the vase is filled percoli lates constantly through the sides and 3. moistens the plants which are fixed on its rt surface. This kind of vase is, however, not indispensable, for we can ornament it allkibds. whether in glass or metaL In ?r the latter case it is necessary to prepare ^ the surface so as to convert it Into a sort 9H e of soil, which it really represents?an BB o operation which is easily managed by the H| [* aid of a piece of cloth or flannel which is e fixed by means of a little pack thread or i- thin iron or brass wire. This being un16 derstood, the means employed to grow ,e the seed must next be described. it If a porous vase be used it is filled with 18 water or, better still, left in a pail of wa- BB q ter to soak. After a lapse of twenty four ). hours, when the water has thoroughly y saturated the vase, it is laid on its side, Bfl '.* and the seed sprinkled slightly over the Kfl e'. surface, taking care to turn the vase in g different directions, in order that tha whole surface may be well covered with r. seed. This operation terminated, the vase ?9] )l is placed in a dark closet for sometime, 11 and, if possible, under a class trame, so [l as to preserve humidity aud facilitate i- germination. If a non-porous vase, after Having well soaked the cloth which covers it, the seed is sown upon it and the same ie care is given as has already-been indicated. ? When a porous vase is U6ed it should be ii" kept constantly full, as it is the water filp tering slowly through it that feeds the ,r plants which cover the sides. If that be ye insufficient to Insure vigorous growth, e the vase must be watered, taking care to BB !r pour the water cautiously, so as not to BH (r detach the plants. If glazed or metal ig vases be used, glass bottles, for Instance, l- they must be constantly watered; the jj water should be poured fh>m the top over " all, so that, in descending, it wets all BB d parts of the cloth, which should always MH k be damp. Whenever the plants droop they must be refreshed by watering them BW e carefully. The vase should stand in M sautvr or A VASE COVEBEO WITH FOLIAGE. J The seeds used should be very fine, and s j especially light and of easy and quick 11 germination. s j Mix hen manure with fine soil before 11 applying to plants. n , i ?"Charity begiiis nt home." Yes, t but it ought not to tarry long at the Hfl f starting point. The man who would tj begin to plough n field and stay at the place where he began as lonur as some j | people's charity stays at home, would not make much of a farmer. The trouble generally with those who so often HI >repeat that ''charity begins at home" . is that their charity hasn't begun at M-11 ir:+ St ??*/*.,1,4 , I It 11* 11 it iitiu It WIMII'I rtv%nv iiwiii ' j the starling point. It is lite man who SB| " is doing nothing that makes 110 pro