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- Hr ( " ^ ^ : IJ The Abbeville Press and Banner. | BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1896. ESTABLISHED 18441|| EDUCATION IN GREENVILLE, j An IntrrcHtiii? Account of an Intercsiinjj Occasion. The following article was intended for last | week, but as it Is so good, we give it tills I week. Beginning on Sunday the fourteenth ami I lastirig until Thursday night, ( reeuvlilc was | kepi lively by the commencement ex'-rcls* ol j Furman University and the Greenville Coi-i lege. Visitors from all parts of M e State} were in attendance and all were royal enter-j tamed 'l'lie commencement, sermon of Kurman j was preached Sunday morning by lie v. \V\ j Landrum, of Kichmond. V.i., and thai of the! Female college at night by lie v. J. S. Felix, ol | Asliville, S. C. The declamation contest for the McMillan medal took place Monday morning. The I contestants weic Kufus Ray. of North (."aro-j line, Thos. Darlington, of North Carolina, W. j i> I'., bo. nf lunruim <'oil n t V. W. I!. Kulght, j of LaureuR.County. J. II. lilake. of KocK 11 j I. j iM. C. Ilarton, Oconee, and H. F. Koper, ol i.aurens County. .Monday ulght (be concert of ilie mu?-ic tfe I partment of the Keiriale College was given. This deparimeut is in charge of Chevalier Chriseppi Forrata, an Italian gentleman of le markauie taleuts. He has studied under the most renowned teachers ol Europe and wears a magnificent gold medal given him by the Queen of Italy when lie played tlie piano in ln-r presence. Diplomas in music weie given to Miss Annie Manly, of Greenville, and MIs.Georgie Nteediy, of Athens, Ga. These two young ladies tied for the Directors medal and it was given Miss Steedly by lot. There was also a tie lor the medal ottered the le*s advanced'puplls, and Miss Corrine Hi ley won this over Miss Emma Wells and Miss ilatlie I'oe. The address to the alumani of Furman was delivered on Tuesday morning by Hon. J. L. 1 Trlbble, ol Anderson. Mr. Tribble's address XV..L, uri nifiiiorii higher standard ol national lite. Tuesday night, occured the anniversary exercises of the .1 uilsoii Literary Society. Miss < Km ma Allgood presided and an interesting program ot music and recitations was pre sented. Wednesday morning. I'rof. A. T. Robertson, J\ 1). of the Southern Theological Setniuary, delivered the annual address to the literary societies of Kuriuan. his subject being Nero. , and the lessons to be drawn liom his iailuie to take advantage of his opportunities for doing : good. The Alumnae Association of the Female College held abusiners meeting on Wednesday, and decided upon plans lor raising money to furnish parts cf the buildings and improve the grounds ot the college. Mrs. Willie Williams and Miss Ida Mny Mctiee, 01 Greenville were elected president and seete- ; tary. respectively. At the meeting next year, histories of the class of is*) and In'H) will be read. ' * ? "!.! Ik I.TlKill^ss iLie Aiuinui awwiuuuu ..v.v. .... meet Hi;; Wednesday afternoon, and decided to j build au alumni hail at a cost ol ?10,000. This I hall will contain a spacious chapel on the first tloor aud above will be rooms to be used | lor society halis and ttie library. It is proposed to organize the old Furman students in each county and arouse them to a toiler realization oi their duty to their Alma .Mater. Already about $1,000 has been raised, and President ii. it. .Mosely is enthusiastic over the plan. The second rrnmial banqueto( the alumni and alumnae was given on Wednesday nluht, about two hundred quests being present. Toasts were responded to by several IIm speakers and altogether it was a very enjoyable affair. 'J'Ue closing exercises of I'niversitv iijok . - v | place uiursua,) iiimuiu^ m.... were presented by i)r. C. Manly, the president, to the lollowing graduates: Bennett" Kugc-ne Oeer, ol Bel ton and Margaret L. Brunsou, ol Sumter, taking the degree .Master of Arts; K. J. Bland, ol Sumter County, \V. P. Coker, ot Laurens County, Arthur B. Kennedy, ot Union County and James E.Sanders, oI Florence, taking the degree Batchelor of Arts; J. K. Asbmore, ol Greenville County. T. J. Hart, ot Orangeburg County and (j. Edward ilaynsworth, ot Sumter, taking Bachelor ol Literature. The special degree Master of Mathematics and Mechanical Philosophy was taken by B. E. (ieer, \V. P. Coker and Charles M. Manly, ?>i Greenville. Oratloi.s were delivered by J K. A-ihmore, J. E. Sinders uluI il. K. (Jeer, and nn essay read t>y Miss M. L. Biuusun who is the first young lady to take th*J M. A. device <u i U'nrmiin The graduating class of the Female C?>? received their diplomas on Thursday night, wheu the address to the Judson Literary S.> cieiy whk delivered l>y Hon. V. J. Pope. J udge Popes's address was un al>lo argument lu support ol South Carolina's position on the marriage aud divorce question, and was well received by the large audlance present. Tingraduating class consists of the following young ladies: .Maud Metherland, of Georgia. Klizibeth Katharine McNiell, ol Florence, Ida May McGee, of Greenville, Olivia Duckett, ol Auderson, Kmma Allgoud.oi Pickens County. Willie V. Gray, of Greenville, Annie L. Drown, of Gr*euvll!e. Helta Kva Joues, ol Kloreuee, Kena M. itiee, of Helton, Carry May Watson, of Fdgetleld anu Janus Deborah David, of Marlboro. The graduates gave a reception to their friends alter the other txerei.-es, which was a decided success. Koth Furman University and the Greenville Female college have enjoyed an unusual, amount of prosperity and success aud all are. well pleased with the management. Dr. Klley, given universal satisfaction. lie is a born diciplinarian, lirrn yet kind in manner. Mrs. Calloway, the patron, is noted uii over the up-country as an excelent house-keeper and lis greativ loved and respected by tbe girls. The chair of Latin In Purtnan University has been filled by the election of Prof. Cliarles s. Kstes, of Main, to that position. Prof. Kxtes Is u graduate of Coly University and of | Jonn HopKln'sand all who kno?v him unite in saying that Kurinau is especially lortunale in securing him. K. K. Geer of this year's class has been elected assistant.in the preparatory department, aiut if lie keeps up the record a teacher which tie lias made as a tttudein, it will be bard to lluti a net tor. Both Institutions will optn the next session on September 23rd, and as the old student*, itre beginning to work lor them, an increase in the number of students is expected. Scholarships in Kurman are granted in each county, particulars as to which may be had 1'rotn l>r. Manly. The following scholarships lor next sesson have already been given: Jeter It. iiart. Anderson County: J. 11. A. Carter, Barnwell County; \V. J. McKaddcn. Chester County ; Kutli S. liornian, Isaui W. Kichardson. Spartanburg County ; J. 11. Coker. Welsh Neck High School: Simon P. Hair, Blaeksvllle High School. | Christian Kndeu yorei*! Arc >'' ? K?l?iK to the Washington Convention, i July Tin to lijth? You should know thai ilie| seaboard Air IAno makes the <|Hi< k<-st time I to Washington. That the Seatioanl Air Line operates ttie finest double daily service in I tie Southern States to day. That the Seaboard Air Line with its famous "Atlanta special" holds the palm for 1 lie inoei Comfortable und Luxurious Vestibule Limited Train, running solid, without change from Atlanta to Washington. That the Seaboard Air Line will carry you through the most interesting and picturesque section of the South, passing through Atlanta. Athens, Klberton. Greenwood, Chester, Clinton, Monroe,Charlotte, Hamlet,Southern i'lnes, Raleigh, Henderson, Weldon, Petersburg. Richmond, Fredericksburg. Alexandria. That the Seaboard Air Line oilers you what no other through line can offer The choice of routes, via Richmond or via Norfolk. Old Point Comfort and Chesapeake Ray, either rv>nu- nnstiAssinu attractions lor the sightseer riotapproached by less 1'orlutiate lin>s. Ami! .lou't forget that the Seaboard Air Line will make you a half rate to Washington and return, ironi all points in the Southern States. Apply early lor tickets, Sleepers and tutor niatlon to Apent Seaboard Air Line or write to T. .1. Anderson, Oen'l l'ass'r Agent, Portsmouth, Vu. ' One Cent h Mile I To ltlctimonil, Va., for the Confederate Reunion, J une.'JOth--to July 2d, 1SJW?. The 15oys in (iray from the Soutti anil Southwest are orgnizing special re union trains to run over the Seaboard Air Line, with choice of the la-' I iiious routes; Via Atlanta, Athens, Raleigh,, Petersburg (all Kali). Via Atlanta, Athens,! j Kaleigh, Portsmouth, Norfolk, and Historic | L - James River. Special by both routes right r i hrough the battle llelds. The only line via a l r..? if,1 vn?,t in Uin! ? ' U ll'IIH I. , Hups, Kortrew; Mouroe, and Virginia's funn?!i8 Historic Waterways. Two regularsolid daily trains in addition to thespecials. Apply early for tickets and space in special or regular trains to Agent Seaboard Air Une or write to T.J. Anderson, Gen'i l'atrs.r Agent I i'orUsmouth, Va. I Truth loves to be looked in the face. THE OLD STAR. It I'tviitklcs ami Shine* lor All. Ninety-six, K. Juno2!l, Is'Jfi. The Past wci'l; lias lioon a lirituliful one lor farm worlc and thrcshit';;. Tin? \v liosst Is tiirniliii out iiiodcra(cl.\ well. The L'l'eat trouble Is our fum.ers sow their |>oor land in wlieal anil plant a*I the uoud land in cotton. W'e nelleve with the same can' triven i<> whi'ivl that is;;iven to cotton. Souin Carolina would have to btiv little Dour. Miss Mefrt ary. quite an inlcreslinsr yonnu latly fron: Sparlanliur^. who has lu-eu spendins,' awhile with Miss Maiiou Kinard, lias returned hoine. * if nml f:?mil v. from I .Mr. . I.. /iMu' inm, ji., ? .St. < i??ors!?-'s, aii* ai Ninety Six tor Hie summer. Their n M inis arc glad l<> creel Illcm. .Mr. William Turner, <>1 llennetlsviile. has I been here during the past week visiting his friends. ijuiwitities <>f mineral water from the spiings on Sa'uiiu. are being shipped front Ninety-Six weekly. We believe it these springs were properly handled Ninety-Six would yet get the reputation of a popular health resoit. One of these famous springs Is! on the plaulalioii of Or. W. A. Smuler.s and two oij Mr. Levy Lee's place. Col. .Miller. Col. It Ice, Capt. McCnslan, .Mr. U". H. Fra/.ier, .1. A. .Moore and prolmhi.v othets will attend the reuuiou ol the Confederate Veterans at Richmond. Cadet Kdivard J. Kogers will return from the Citadel Academy to-morrow, having completed his -II ii year. .Miss .Mary Holland has returned from Florida, where she lias been teaching for the past year. She is well pleased with Florida and the people, and will return there again this tall. We omitted to mention lust week that Miss ltenulce and Miss I,ida Matthews, two charming young ladles liotn Newberry, were here visiting tiie Misses Holland and attending Ihe Commencement exercises ol ?lie >'ineiy-Six High School. .Mrs. M. I). Wightmaii, President of tlie \V?v muii's Foreign M isslonary Society, and Mrs. VV. Ij. Wait, Vice-President of the South Carolina Conference Society, will be in Ninetysix <ui the i'?'!i ol July, proximo They will hold a tiicetiii^ in tlie MelIiocIIkI. church on that evenim: at x.sJu ol<ck. Kverybody Is cordially Invited to attend. Miss Wiuhlinan h;is i?et-n actively engaged In this good cause lor more than twenty vears. Her popularliy and succes Is well known throughout the south. Mrs. Wait is a very entertaining speaker and our people should not fail to turn out and hear her and Mrs Wi^htinan. Miss Jones, who lias been visiting MiRs Nell Brooks, has returned to her home in Col lunula. There will be a Sunday School mass meeting and picnic at Sal<-in en Thursday, the 1Mb ol July. The exercises will commence at Hi a in. Several speaker* from a distance will oe present and deliver addresses. The Salem people an* noted lor their hospitality, and we tuisl there will be a good turn out. i?id Ablievlile is about to eclipse Kdgefield in ihe number ot candidates who are anxious to serve thediar people. Mrs. I>are Wicker, me Miss Lllias Crom?*r, of New be try, Is i.p lor a short stay Willi her parcnis. Well, Mr. Ktlilor, it looks like we will have to come (lown ami accept the Inevitable, (i. e.) tlie unlimited tree o linage of silver. This silver busiuess look* very much line a cyclone ,tml we believe il is goin^ lo sweep tile country. .Miss (Vafton, of Kdgelield, is visiting Miss Luceitle Chapman. We have "a nlee kettle of lish" in the I'niled stal?-s Senatorial lace. The like of which we l;tIi lo remember. -Mrs. John T. Duncan came up from Columbia yesterday to spend the heated term al her lather's home, Col. I). 11. Tompkin*. Mr. John Utsey, oneoi Saluca's popular alderman. was in town yesterday. Mis. Joel C. Weir is with Iriends In Abbeville. A party of pleasure seekers from Ninetysix made a trip to Harris Lit Ilia Springs last Friday. They enjoyed the trp immensely, despite the oppressively not weather. .Mr. I-. M. Moore and wife, of Greenwood, cainedowu last week lor a day'souting. Mrs. J. D. Watson, cf Greenville, is visiting tier sister, Mrs. John MeTurner. Tiie phonograph man lias come nud gone, our juveniles were very much pleased. Mr. Giif Marbert, now of Greenwood, was in town yesterday. We heard a great, deal of talk in town last Suiurda>, and fiom what we could gather, the Hon. John T. Duncan is largely the favorite lor U. S. Senator. Mr. A. A. Werts, one of the best farmers of >au;ua county, was in town a tew aays ago. he kuj s the prospect tor cut ion was uever better In his county, The corn i.-. t^oocl unci many peas have been sown. The many friends of Dr. W. A. Sanders will regret to hear oj' the death of his brother, Capt. Marion Sanders, of Sumter, recently, i.'ajit. Sanders was one of the most popular men in Ins county, having several times been elected .sheriff und to other ottices ol honor -nid trust. Just now we are needing rain. Cannot have it too olteu at tiiis .-easou of the year. Fast Knd. OF COURSE, ? - ? Why Shouldn't I'aillilul and Conscientious Oiliccrs .tlakr a Keport of llwir Stewardship? "Tax l'ayers," in tlie McCormick Times,call upon the local school board to make a report ot their otlicial actings and doings. The trustees have no donbt done well. For this reason they should not hesitate to give tlie desired Information. People who handle public money should demand the right to prove that their acts were wise and that their hands are clean. In handling public money there should be no concealments or withholding of information. Ttie trustees of McCormick can no doubt make a full and satisfactory showing. and they are entitled to the privilege. When these reports are held back,?especially utter they are called for,?evil disposed people may take the refusal to give publicity as suffieient ground lor evil thinking. The r?-Dort will not herciitlcr l>f? tiiililmliml by the Treasurer <>l Abbeville County. The members of the Peanut Legislature made it i) 11 lawful for the Treasurer of Abbeville County to vindicate his character and to prove his honesty by making a public showing. The Press mid li mner lias perfect confidence in the integrity ot Treasurer Hlake, and we are at a lo*- to understand why the Legislature whs afraid to let the public s<-e what he has been doing, and learn from him what disposition he has made of their in iney. if they doubted the integrity of our treasurer and meant to cover up his action as public ofiicer they diil him great injustice. Kvery fiduciary ofiicer should not only he allowed to make a sliowingoi his transact ions, but he should demand the right. I n after years evil disposed persons may assail his uood name. The public are vrry jealous of fiduciary oflicers, and for this reason public servants are entitled to every safeguard. "Kcllccls llii' lliuliesf llonitr'oii I In* K ii rul I'rcss." Monthly Union. Ilufjli Wilson,??r the Abbeville(S. ('.) I'rcss and Banner. recently entered his thirtyseventh year in 1 ln> journalistic Hold. Mr. Wilson lias a thorough knowledge ol sill the details incident to country newspaper making, and his woi k in that pat'ticulai reflects the highest honor on the rural press. May lie have many inorc years of usefulness in* his chosen channels of labor. rnclaiiiH'tl Letters. Letters remaining in Abbeville, s. ('., I'ost Ollice lor week ending.! tine :in, !>!<!'.: t'? I?r. Sam'1. .1. t'oekerllle, jr. .1 ? M iss ('urrie Jackson. K Mrs. Maguic Knox. M?W. M. Morris. S?Herbert .Smyth, (i) W. M. Spnllup. Uobt. S. I,ink, ]'. M. The hop industry ought to be largely extended in the south. Hop-growing is a profitable business, ami the people of California make a good deal ol money in it, and why should not the South. Size for size, a thread of spider's silk is decidedly tougher than a liar of steel. An ordinary thread will bear a weight of three grains. This is about ">0 per < <*111 ut roll trio' tli'iii ? vtool tln'i'Mil ill lie same thickness. If the entire population of the world ! is considered to he 1,400,000.000 the brains of this number of human being* would weigh tons, or as much as 90 ironclads of the ordinary size. Citn't Afford It. "Where's Jennie ?" Lulu came into the room in which her mother sat at work. ^ "She is not here," paid mamma. "Do you want her?" "Yes; I want to let her know that I think she's the meanest girl in the > world, and that I'm going to do some- d ,hinj? to pay her up." "I'm sorry you have such an un- 1 pleasant thing to tell her," said f mamma. u " It isn't half bad enough, mamma," t said Lula, angrily. "See she's s knocked down the ink over my beauti- e fill book that Aunt Amy gave me. s And she didn't come to tell me abour u it, but left it so and went over to Ma- < uel's." "Dear me, that is a pity," said <) mamma, looking at that handsome S book. j c "I'm going to pay her up for it," t repeated Lulu. ii "I don't believe you can afford to i do it." n "What do you mean, mamma? f< See how it is spoiled." a "Yes, it. is very bad," said mamma, v turning over the leaves. "So bad that you cannot aflbrd to make it worse." t "It won't make it worse for me to r do something to her." a "Oh ! yes it will, child," said her mother. "Your pretty book is spoiled, o and f am sorry. Hut the blots on it F are not half.so bad as the blots made c by anger and revenge on your soul. R You think your sister has done you I: harm, but how much more harm you t can do yourself by allowing hateful c thoughts to run riot in your prior little heart, in soiling your lips with angry c words!" I "But how can I help feeling angry ?" r asked Lulu, in a. low voice. * "jjy asking me neip ?i me dear Lord, who wishes to see only sweet c and loving thoughts in your heart, and e to hear only gentle words between 1 little sisters who should love each i other. Look as it as mauima does, my I darling." Wher'sLulu?" 1 Another little voice sounded in the hull, and the next moment Jennie ran into the room. a "We want you to come out and play, t Lulu," she cried. "Mabel's here, a ()?o?o?o !" Jennie started in dismay at the t blotted book. ( "Who did it'?" she asked. I "You did," said Lulu. "You were c the last person in the room, and I t' found it so after were gone." "No, I didn't," said Jennie. "In was showing the book to Mabel, and ^ there was no ink on it then." "Run out and play, dears," said i mamma. "I will go and see if I can find out. anything about it." t As they came in alter tneir play, mamma said: "Here is the eulprit." i She held up the paws of Fido, the little pet dog. "Oh ! there is ink on them !" ex- 1 claimed Lulu. a "Yes," said mamma. "T was wri- s ting early this afternoon, and when t suddenly called away, placed the ink e on the little plant bracket at the win- t dow. I can only guess that Fido must ^ have been hunting a Hy on the window ; r as he often does, and managed to t knock down the ink. He cannot! speak, but his paws tell the story," 11 "Naughty Fido !" said Jennie. is "I?m sorry I thought it was you, a Jennie," said Lulu. "O mamma," f sue Weill on| as .Jennie ian uui m iiei i < friend, "how I should have felt if I|I j had said ugly words to Jennie, or had 11 : done something unkind to tier." 1 "Don't forget, my little girl," said a mamma, "that we can never afford to t make a bad thing worse by adding i wrong-doing to it." c ^ t i THE MILK BREEDS, j'i'liiiiKH More Important Mian (lie Selection of Stuck. ^ "I don't advise farmers in times like t these to go at. once and buy registered stock. 1 had some high grades. Some f of the most valuable cows are high j grade. I am a belever in well bred [ animals. Put your herds to the test, i and if you 11 nil a grade animal that is c giving you high returns, there is an t animal to start with for your foundation. ' "There is value in selecting animals!^ | that have a record. In selecting an animal to breed from, I would not pin my faith upon pedigree, but I want a! [high record for production all along tiie line. I would pay $250 for an auj inial with a good history for produc] Lion, rather than a registered animal j without it as a gift. You have in such something to build upon. I have been especially particular in selecting sires to prevent getting poor stock. We must have assurance that he comes from good breeding. My advice to farmers is to put at the head of thej herd a good, thorough bred animal. "The dairy cow must be built for the purpose; must have the conformation that is adapted for what is wanted. My lirst thought is in relation to lierj breathing apparatus- The first thing| I looked as it whether she has lungpower. I want to be pretty well assured when 1 am going to take an animal I into partnership that she is a good cow. I want strong lung-power and capacity, which means that the cow | has a big chest and has power to eat and digest food. t I "We have never worked for particular types iu the dairy cows, and , I many have been transformed l?y breed- , litiK and feeding. Take, for instance, f wlwo-t li/.i'iio 'I'tiiuT !...<! (liu /iinifurnni. < | lion of wonderful milk producers until h I we changed their ty)ie, ami, to tret! ; heef, made their ribs stand out straight, j | That rib has been put there for a pur' pose, and that is the carrying of flesh. I, Take the Jersey, (Juernsey and the| 'dairy type of Holslein, their ribs press : downward, and with the purpose of j !.i carrying the weight of a large stomach. The beef animal has a small stomach' I and no room for t he udder. i I Mr. Fussy?"I don't see why you, ;j wear those ridiculous big sleeves when , .j you have nothing to li 11 them." I Mrs. Fussy?"l)o you li 11 your silk ,| that?" .j Kdu'.tation begins at the mother's| i| knee, and every word spoken within | I the hearing of little children tends toward the formation of their character. THE PAST AND PRESENT. ? 8 I True Slory, By I'elnr M. Wilson, in ? IliilcN Weekly, 1874. On a steep hank of a river that has a nore names than one, and not a liun- t Ired leagues from the State capital, b here is what is known in our veruacu- t ar as a "country store." In high wa- t er the red ripples play around its tnderpiuning and in times of drought a he coating of mud left there by the t< pring floods is washed into queer-shap- n d squares and jagged circles. The b tore is kept by a silent man ; a shaven c ipper lip, a chin beard aud a florid omplexion mark him as a specimen s if the natives. His burley form warns a HI provocation ; com gruy eyes speiin hrewdness, and a contempt for vests, ii ollars and cravats is intimated by lieir marked absence. He retails what s 3 called "general merchandise," a lame quite broad enough to include h 11 ^ist as well as dry goods. He sells ur cash only or on approved security, b nd his goods never leave his store d without sufficient gage. What a stranger who was passing g brough the country and slopped to e est himself and his tired horse saw t nd heard, is what we wish to tell. t He was seated in the porch in front s f the store talking to this merchant n ?rince of the neighborhood. Their v hairs were tilted back and rested a- d ;ainstt the railing of the porch. They I tad exhausted politics and agreed that a he weather was hot and favorable to t rops of all sorts. n Just as the merchant bit ofT a fresh f hew of tobacco and put the twist t >ack into his breeches pockets two nen emerged from the woods and t yalked to the store door. Neither had in a coat. Botli were barefoot, une i :arried a rille on his shoulder, the oth- e :r toted a small cat squirrel that they t iad killed. They jerked their heads t 11 a familiar mauner, rather thau ? jowed to the store keeper. f "Good morning, gentleman," said le. i "Morning," said they, together. t They stared, not rudely, at the 1 itraoger, and sat down on the bench s hat was at the end of the porch oppo- r. lite him. r "All your folks well, Squire?" asked a he man with squirrel, of the mer- i ihaut. (Of course he was a squire; s >eing a Squire expedites the collection ? >f debts and gives an awful solemnity s ind power to contracts.) \ ? S?U* . I 1. I I "Jl/H Illicitly 'I'B'l Luc IMHICSb ll?J ? ve have litul this year," said the man t vho had laid his rifle across his knees, e "Well, reether," said the merchant f i) an absent tone. t "Trade good, Squire?" squeaked out he cat squirrel man. s "Ain't been 110 customers here to- t lay," he growled. f A silence as solemn as that which i alls upon a crowd of hilarious young j. nicks when a solemn looking tract t igent comes upon them with a sub- c cription paper, reigned for a few c ninnies. The auartette sat and chew id aud spat. Nothing was heard but t he lapping of the waters against the f villow bank aud the croaking of a t ain crow hid iu the tree that stood in s he edge of the woods. After a few minutes, low voices were f leard in the rear of the store, and pre- a eutly two men rounded the corner md stood before the musing four. One s >f the new comers was very fat. He c vas very red from the exertion of ^ )ulling 300 pounds of human nature c ip the hill, and he fanned hiuis? 11 as s stopped with a broad, bandless traw hat. He wore a heavy, reddish g uoustache that gave him a fierce, bull a Ing expression, and the most inuo- s lent young preacher in his first pas- c orate would never have mistaken him s or the G. W. C. T. of a '*dry" com- rJ nunity. His shirt collar was open, ? erv onen. and he simoly said as he v lodded at the party, "hot!" i "Have a seat?" said the Squire. e ".Believe I will," he said, as he took 1 he Squire's chair, who went back into t he store room to fetch another. s His companion was a small freckle s aced, weavil eaten, washed out look- a ng man with red hair, no sign of a v >eard, with big hands, with little is- b ands of perspiration standing about c in them: He carried the poles aud had 1 >n a live oak with one poor little mud r at. Nobody asked hiui to have a seat, c ?ut he gravitated over to the cat- t quirrel man, took a seat by him on t he bench, looked at him ank grinned, f "Good fishing about here?" asked a he stranger. v "Nothing like it was before the war," aid the corpulent hot man. (Hp had I: >een an overseer and dated everything a rotn the war.) "I've caught cats as t jig as dogs down at the 'Ferry Hole.'" The stranger looked surprised, the c units in en looked incredulous, the 1 nerchaut didn't look at all, and the tttle mail gave a grin of satisfaction 1 >ver his inward joy of not having to c uj; such cats. . I The man with the rifle said that all y he squirrels seemed to be cats since l he "last fresh." Same thing with } lie fish said the grum old .'{00 pounder, \ ind thereupon all relapsed into a state r >1' profound meditation on the subject \ >f cats. t Among men of real genius there is a \ ree masonry in finding out each oth- t >r's thoughts that is only equalled by a he intution that leads a man who e vants a drink to divine a similiardis- I position in men who are addicted to t ind fond of the "juice of the grains." < Without looking up, the man who t A'as now deeply absorbed in toying a ?vith the long, graceful tail of the dead t iquirrel, said in a voice full of emo- t -ion, and that would have stirred the jreast of a stoic: t "1 wish somebody would treat to a ^ level quart." 1 Nobody responded, nobody moved a i muscle?not even a nerve quivered, i Thy stood it like men?who did not s intend to treat but who languished to 1 be treated. 1 It is due to the strict veracity of this < story to state circumstantially that i the store kee[>er didn't stir. He wasn't i that sort of a person. His breast may ' iniv? irreil for no man knows what f is in :i man's breast at such times, but i it is a matter of fact that no other nortion of his body did. The shuttling < of his feet would have been a grateful < sound to these thir.sty toilers. < "Let's pitch for it," sail! the taury- i headed man, as he laid down bis cat i in the sun, vanished around the corner of the store and returned with four i horse shoes that had been cast by the riginal wearers but were kept bright c s a trade dollar by constant use in a I ame called "Quoits" or Quates, as hese simple citizens call it, much in 1 asbion in that section of the country, c Vrithout saying a word he stepped < fl nd staked the distance, drove down r he megs with a stone and cut with a e arlow some slender twigs which he t rimmed into various unequal lengths r o be used as measuring rods. i The fat man and the two huntsmen o rose, stretched themselves, and went f o the manly sport with eager deter- t uiuation. Without agreement the two t lutsmen went to one meg and the t ouple of fishermen stood at the other, e The man with the rifle took up a hingle that was lying near at hand nd spit on one side of it. "Wet or dry?" said he, as he tossed t up. I "Wet." said the fat man before the , hingle fell to the ground. The wet side was uppermost and he iad the go. The old-time races of boys at mariles nev.er strove harder to win than id those worthy sons of toil. They lost ( heir lassitude, they were full of ener- < y, their eyes were alive witn inter- 1 st. They laid themselves down on heir stomachs and measured the disance between the quoits and megs to ee which quoit was nearest. The fat nan didn't lie down because he wouldn't have beeu much nearer the i lisputed distance than when he was on lis feet. They laughed and smiled ,nd grinned, and truthfulness to deail compels us to say that they used 'ery bigd's. The good old words of sin ormed the staple of their expressions, o be accurate. At last tne game was ueciaea againsi lie butsmen. "Pitch off between you," said the fat nan as he walked back to the porch md sat down. Thus narrowed down, he last game was a short one. Forune favored the meek squirrell-toter, md the man with the rifle was put, in or the wished for quart. With a satisfied expression, the vhole party resumed their seats, with he exception of the man who owned lis rifle. He took it into his hand md walked leisurely into the store, rhe merchant followed him and the.y emaincd there in deep communion for i long while. The stranger thought t all very curkyis. The three gamiters turned restlessly in their seats \ ind made uneasy jokes about their ( ibsent friends. At last he returned vith an aged and battered quart pot evel full. He didn't bring the rifle mck with him. The merchant sauntired out and resumed his seat. The Tinri with tlio miarf nnf. Imnclprl it. tfl "iv" ",v I? ? ?-he stranger, who courteously decliiiid. He then took a long, strong pull it it himself, smacked his lips in atestation of his good qualities, and )assed it to the fat man, who passed | t to the little man who was giving ;rins of enormous size and easy of inerpretation. He handed It to the mershant, who rather than discredit his >wn liquor, took a sturdy swig at it. Conversation had been a luxury up 0 this point, which these economical jeople had not been able to indulge hemselves in. It now became a necesity, and spontaneous. "How is your wife got?" asked the at man of the man who now had only in equitable title to the rifle. "She's mighty poorly, yet," he aniwered, "the children has all been 1 ?:*u o until W llll Ullina auvi 1C?CI, aiiu rruau vith nursing them and that last child >'ber'n, she ain't been able to do much ince the spring." "Thank God, I ain't got no brats to ret sick," said the fat man, who was in old bachelor. "Pass around the pirits." It passed around the entire ircle, only making a break at the tranger, once again, twice, thrice. The man who treated had the last pull ,t it, and he saw the bronzed bottom ery plainly before he took the measire down. In the short spaces that lapsed between these rounds various ittle scraps of domestic history had teen related. The man with the cat quirrel had lately lost his wife, but his ister was taking care of his children, ] ,nd she was a monstrous managing voman, but she and the children had teen ailing, and not much able to chop otton this season. The little man had ately been married to a girl very nuch his superior in ptature as in all ] ther respects, aud he was severely witted about a report in the ueighlorhood that she bad spanked him or not being as industrious as the j iverage man is expected by exacting romen to be. ] Now that the heavy and important ! msiness of the day had been trans- J eted, the conversation took a serious ?ent quite in keeping with it. Agriculture became the leadinir tonic I tf talk, with the labor system and mtional finances as Hankers. The stranger listened in awe as each lusbandman foretold the certain lestruction and wretched condition of lis crops of all sorts. The wheat was ivvful thin and had the rust. Oats ladn't turned out what was expected. . somehow or other the stand of cotton vas bad, and what there was of it was l >verrun with grass. The corn was rellow and twisted and wasn't going o turn out anything and the tobacco )lants had been nearly all eaten up >y the flies. These were some of the >ilr>\ontu /if thf? prnrm find t.hp mpr- ' :hant, who, it was said in the neighjorhood, had mortagages on their little arms and crops, encouraged the lepressing conversation by quiet ques- 1 ions. At last the fat bachelor asked, ifter an ominous pause. "What in he h?I was the matter with the counry anyhow?" The little man grinned, as much as J o say that he knew, but his wife varued him against telling and he jad no idea of disobeying her. Receivug no other response, he was forced to i mswer his own question. Said he, i slapping his fat leg with his ci.ubby ' land to give emphasis to and to ap- i jlaud his own wisdom. "What the < jountry needs is more money, more 1 money." The assent to this great need kvas unanimous; and continued lie, ] more'n that, this country ain't never ' ?oing to git right until the d?n niggers go to work." i About this no one of the party except the stranger, entertained a shad _ e j li i ai ~ *.. JW <11 IIOUUL, UIJU uiey IllUUtS UW111 Ml III ( pxpress themselves. Having solved these two problems that tliey have rested so grievously on the minds of poorly paid statesmen the orator grew ilumb. "Couldn't the old ritle stand for an ?ther quart, 'quart?" asked its former jroprietor. "I think she can," Raid the Squire, rre brought it. They all drank it, ex;ept the stranger. When the sun was burnishing the iver's breast, and the shadows were ;rowing long, the stranger mounted lis horse and rode away, and as he ode the sun went down and thegloamng closed in about him. He thonght ?f the men he had left driuking, and or the life of him he could not help aking a different view of the causes of he hard time from those that they lad laid down with such gravity and ixpressed with so much emphasis. House and Lot for Sale. [ \VKR 00 fine fruit trees, six kind of plums y Krnpes, scuppernongs and raspberries jood water. Price $1,500. Mrs. M. J. LYTHGOE, April 1, ISflG, 3m Abbeville, S. C. Purveying and Flatting Land and Town Lots. Also Terracing, Lev 3llng and Grading. Accurate work done where local attraction makes a Compass unreliable. T. C. ANDERSON, Feb. 5,1890, ly Ninety-Six, S. C. Found. V17ELBORN HUNTKIl. of Diamond Hill * ? township, exbibils a pocket book, the papers In which indicate that it belongs to Dr. U. Walter Sherard. Hunter Is ready to surrender It to the proper owner. WELBORN HUNTER, June 22,1890,3t Antreville.S. C* Estrayed or Stolen. >M my house on Saturday night, June i:t, lb'Ju, a st. Bernard uo? pup. uoior brown on back and and sides, with white breast and ring around neck. Will come to the name of Harney. A liberal reward will be paid for his delievery, or information that will lead to his whereabouts. June 16,1S0G, 3t L. H. RUSSELL. Milk Cows. For Sale or to Exchange foi Other Cattle. I HAVE SEVERAL GOOD MILK COWS and young calves to sell for cnsh, or to exjhange for other cattle on advantageous terms. Apply to D. H. HOWARD, Verdery, or at the Press and Banner oflice. luirnwim nmtflfw UttViUdUU bUhMtl, DAVIDSON, N. C. Sixtieth Year begins SEPT. 11th. Bleren Professors and testators. Tliree Courses for Degrees. Ample Cabinets aiil Latoratortes. Location Mtifol aiifl Beantifnl. Rvrinasinm nmrnileti). V4 J iUliUWi mu WV?Mf *W?VI Terms Reasonable. Send for a catalogue. J. B. SHEAKEK, President, June 32,189li, tf flfULEu ^LIMITED DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE BETWEEN New Yokk, Washington', Norfolk ?and? Atlanta, New Orleans, Soutuwkst. Schedule In effect April 5th, 1890. SOUTUBOUND. No. 403. No. 41. Lv. New York, via Peon. It. K. *3 21) |> m *9 00 pin " I'htliululpbiu, ' " 5 15 p in 12 05 ngt " liiiUimoru, " " 7 31 p in 2 55 ain " Wahhhlnjrtoti, ? ? 8 40 p in 4 30 atn " Klohmoml, " " 12 36 pin 9 05 air L.V. Norfolk, via S. A. L *11 3') a in *'J 00 air 1'ortHinoiilh, ' 12 01 n'ct 9 15 am Lv. Weldon, via S. A. L *3 05 a in *11 85 am *r. Henderson, via ' 132:t m * J 39 pin \r. KaTc-ijrli, via S. a. L *5 55 a in *3 31 pm " Sanlord, " Til" 4 58 u " Southern l'ines, " X IK) ' 8 49 " " llamlt't, ' S 50 " 0 55 ' " Wadeslmro, " II ft2 " S 01 " " Monroe. " 10 40 " ti 55 " Lv. Charlotte, via S. A. L *5 25 " S 22 pin Lv. Chester, via S. A. 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Nos. 403 and 102, "The Atlanta Speeial."' Solid YesLilinled Train, with Hullett Sleepers and Day Coaches between Washington arid Atlanta, l'arlor and Dinins; Cars, New York to Washint;torn. Pullman Sleepers, Richmond to Charlotte, also Portsmouth to Monroe (open at ltichmond and Portsmouth 0 p. m.) Connection at Atlanta for and from Macon, Florida, I'hattanooLM, Nashville, Memphis, Texas. California mil tile West. Nos 41 and "S. ''The S. A. L. Kxpress." Solid Fraiii ot l'ullmnii Sleepers and Pay Coiiehes between Portsmouth, Weldon anil Atlanta, also New York to Weldoii and Cape Charles. Conn. ctiiiL'at Atlanla for ?nd (mm Montgomery. New Orleans, Texvs, Mexico, h'turiilr, ill I'm IMOotilli with l!:tv Line anil eoustwise itcaim-rs and rail routes In tin- norili and cast. NO KXTliA KAKK OX ANY TIIAIN. For Tickets, Sleepers, and Information, #|>jdy to Ticket Agents. or to I! A. NKWI.AN'D. General Agent, Wm )i. t'LKM KNTS, Tr-iv. Pass. Agent. (i Kitul>all House, Atlanta, (Ja. K. Sr. JOHN. Vlce-I're*. and li.n'l. Mjrr. V. K. >U'HKK. Oen'l. Superintendent. H. W. 15. GI.OVKIi, Trallie Manager. T. I. ANDKliSON, Oen'l. l'ass. Agent. NOTICE OF SPECIAL i I II) Election! "VTOTICE is hereby given, that pursuant to a : petition of a majority of the freeholders ' of the City of Abbeville, and to a resolution vss ; passed by the City Council, a special election will beheld ut Abbeville, S. C., on ,j. TUESDAY, the SEVENTH day of JULY, 1896, I on the question of issuing Capon Bonds of the shW City ol Abbeville, bearing interest at. the rate of SIX PEK CENTUM PER rJB ANNUM, payable semt annually, and .;m payuuie jurty jreuio niter iucu uaic, i able after twenty years, to tbe amount oT jHm twenty-five thousand dollars (525,000.) for the purpose of erecting a system of Water Works for said City of Abbeville, and also for .?jgwB the purprse of electing Three Commissioners of Public Works for the said City of Abbe- t vllle. Those In favor of Issuing said bonds *? will vote, "Water Works Bonds?Yes." Those opposed will vote, "Water Works Bonds? The election will be held In Council Chamber. Polls will open ift nine o'clock, A. M., ..ja ana will close at four o'clock P. M. All residents of said City, who are duly qualified according to the Constitution and laws of this State, will have the right to vote at said election. Managers?W. T. McDonald, R. L. Mabry and J. M. Uambrell. ' By order of the City Council. JAMES CHALMERS, V Clerk City Council. June 16.1890.2t J Old Certificates of Registration are Void?Everybody Must Register Again. / The County Board of Registration has oeen organized and the office of Registration is Vij now open in Accordance with law, the main provisions of which are as follows: The Books of Registration shall be opened by the Boards on the first Monday In April. , 1S90, at the Court House in each County, and 3 kept open for at least six consecutive weeks. They shall be opened again at the Court House % on the first Mondays la June. July, August, and September, A. D. 1890, and kept open continually for at least one week in each of said months. They shall be closed thirty days bef tin aanacal nlonl i nn In 1 SO A A ftav Ofln. eral election in 1896, the Books of Registration shall be opened on the first Monday of each month at the Court House and kept open for three successive days In each month until thirty days before the election In 1898, when they shall be closed until the said general eleotion shall have taken place. The offices and books must be kept open from 9 o'clock In the forenoon until 3 o clock In the afternoon. The Board of Registration la the judge of the qualifications of all applicant for registratton up to January 1st, 1898. Up to January 1st, 1S98, every male citizen of this State and of the United .States, twenty-one years ol age. who is not an Idiot, Is not Insane, is not a pauper supported at the public expense, and Is not confined In any public prison, and who has not been convicted of burglary, arson, obtaining goods or money under false pretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery, adultery, wlte beating, house breaking, receiving stolen goods, breach of trust with fraudulent intent, fornication, sodomy, Incest, assault with intent to ravish, mlsceglnation, larceny, or crimes against the election . laws, and who shall have been a resident la I ' this State two years, (except ministers in charge of organized churches and teachers of public schools, aud they after six months residence In the State.) a resident In the County for six months, and in the polling precint four months, and who can read any Section in the Constitution of 1895, or can understand and explain any section of said Constitution when read to him by the registration officer or of- 3 fleers; shall be entitled to registration and become an elector upon application for such registration. If any person has been convicted of any of the crimes above mentioned, a par don of the Governor removes tue aisquannca- i Hon. Iu case any minor who will become twenty-ODe years of age after the closing of the Books of Registration and before the election, and Is otherwise qualified to register, makes application under oath showing he Is qualified to register, the Boards shall register such applicant before the closing of the books. / , Any person whose qualifications as an eleotor will be completed after the closing of the Registration Books but before the next eleci tion, shall have the right to apply tor and secure a registration certificate at any time within sixty du.vs immediately preceding the closing of the Registration Books, upon an application under oath to the facts entitling 1 him to such registration. The registration of voters must be by polli Ing precincts. There must be a Book of Registration for each polling precinct, that is for each township, or parish, or city, or town of less than five thousand inhabitants, or ward of cities of more than five thousand Inhabitants. Each elector must vote in tbe polling . precinct in which he resides. If there is more than one voting place in the polling precinct, tbe elector may vote at any voting r?n ? l?o rOOrlfitration Certlfl cute, The Boards must designate in the registration certificate the voting place lu the polliug precinct at which the elector is to vote. If there is more than one voting place In the polling precinct, the Boards shall designate on the certificate the voting place selected by the elector. Old cerfificates of registration are void. Every man who may desire to exercise the right to vote must apply for Registration. |To Visit the Different POLLING PRECINCTS. ' J J To further the registration of the qualified | electors of Abbeville County, iu accordance with law, the Board of Registration will at tend the precincts on the following dates in i the month of June : Donalds, 8th. Monday. J lodges, Dili, Tuesday. <!reenwood, 10th, Wednesday. Greenwood, lltli, Thursday. > meiy-nis, i?in, r nuit>. Vcrdery, 131b, Saturday. Bradley, 15th, Monday. Troy, 16th, Tuesday. McCorniick, 17th, Wednesday, j Mt. Carniel, ISlh, Thursday. i Magnolia, llHii, Friday. j Lowndesvil le, 'JOlh, Saturday. Antreville, 2Jnd, Monday. Due West, 23rd, Tuesday. i l)ouglas*' Mill,24th, Wednesday. I Abbeville, tilth, Thursday. I iMatworlhys X Roads, Siitli, l-'riday. .1. I). fAKWILK, S. S. liOLKS, J. T. KLLIS, Hoard of Supervisors of UeKlstralion. 1 Bargain sale for cash. Colored satteeu goods ! tu.irilT I '1., and 15 cts. now koiuk at 6</e at 11 addon's. i A piece of zinc put on live coals in ! the stove will clean out stove pipe.