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- ~ The Press and Banner. BY HUGH WILSON, 1 ABBEVILLE, S. C. ? flgyPublished every Wednesday at e $2 a year in advance. v ; tl r I Vxr/il tta JL VV CI V ^ JL Ul Wednesday, Nov. 11,1896. " * 1 The Pre.siUent'H Policy. p The people of the South are always anxious L to learn the attitude of a new Republican President toward the Southern States. The Press and Banner has no Intimation fi what McKlnley's policy will be, but we ven- 11 ture to suggest that it js possible that the n newly elected President will desire to placate c the South, aud make friends of the people J who have heretofore regarded the Republican party as their natural and unrelenting ene- F my. a While on the face of the returns it appears ii that South Carolina gave Bryan a large ma- ' jority of her votes, yet back of all this It is fi true that many of the best and most patriotic a men In South Carolina wished that McKln- J" ley would be elected, while they?because of their allegiance to party?cast their votes foi n Bryan. d If McKinley is wise he will throw ^ ^ uverooaru me om jjunuuui uuui wat u?.v j. followed the fortuuesof the Republican party for gain, and on the other hand have bar- v 1 rled and annoyed their Southern neighbors, " The probability is, that he will align himseli s with the more respectable and more represen. ^ tatlve element which, from principle, desired j his election. t The South having in the past suffered from v fc;. the political persecution of the Republicans s Hfc will gladly recognize from that party, or from i SBfe . Its representatives, any act of kindness. !j The North is our natural ffiend, and chief 8 among the StateB are New York and the New J fei- England States. c The Sooth has ever looked to those sec- c tions as steadfast Irlends. s The Siate of South Carolina, on the face of { the returns, stands solidly opposed to her best e friends, and has allied herself with the enemies of her own best friends. 1 u???ao mKi/ih rAtfor Hpvnn XWV.=.U?C? < and see if a man In any of those States has ever invested a dollar in the development o! the South. Look over the McKlnley column and see if the people of those States have not Invested In South Carolina alone, many million dollars, that are now addiog to our taxable property and giving thousands of our people constant and steady employment. Think of it again, and ask yourself if it Itproud old South Carolina that has gone back on her true and trusty old friends of NewYork to affiliate with such States as Colorado, ? Idaho, Kansas, Nevada, Montana, Utah, Washington? i Think of it again, and see if you recognize the proud old South Carolina of former days. J that once gloried in being classed with Mas- t sachusetts in point of culture,refinement and 1 intelligence, now consorting with such people f as those jast named, while arraying hersel! i against the people who Invest their money in ? the South. t The South Carolina of former years would c not have gone back on the culture of Boston, 1 nor would 6he have proved unfaithful to her t old friend New York. t, In joining hands with the States, outside of v the Southern Confederacy, didn't we asso- r elate with very poor people?even if they are i honest? > ' ^ if a ^ ti The Election. r The result of the election lor Presidential ' Electors last week was a disappointment to a g majority of the Southern people. A large i and respectable minority, however, for the z first time in their history, was satisfied with ^ the defeat of the Democratic nominee. e Many voters on each side of the money question were unduly excited. ^ It was not possible that barm could come to h the country from the election of either, and II d was D01 WHD1Q me power VI euuer cauuiuaic y to help the individual citizen. And so It is S true that eaoh individual will have to earu jj his living since the election, even as be labor- B ed for It before the battle ol the ballots. H This newspaper believes in America lor ^ Americans, and If we could, we would bar out?by high tariffs?foreign manufactured goods wherever it might be practicable to do so. While a high tariff would increase the > price of goods to the consumer, yet the consumer could well afford to pay the increased e price, if by so doing, our own laborers and o mechanics could get employment. The best * way to bring contentment to the laboring e people Is to give them employment at living wages. For mechanics and laborers the outlook is favorable, If Congress shall revise the tariff. It will be recollected that since the f tariff has been reduced we have beard the cry a of hard times, and the low price of everything has made it impossible for many people j! to pay their debts. L The price of cotton cannot be affected by the President. The price of that article is reg- j ulaled by the law of supply and demand, and a Liverpool Is the chief judge of the conditions, c and therefore names the price in gold, with e reference to who may, or may not, be Presi- t dent of the United State#. 1 H Tbe Election or McKiniey. J The "plutercrats," it was said intended t buying votes for McKiniey. If they did buy f them the buyers showed very little judg- 1 ment in their expenditures. The plurality in 1 New York was 200,000, Pennsylvania gave t McKiniey UOO.OOO plurality. Illinois gave ' 138,000 plurality, and good old Masacbusetts * sold out to the tune of 123,000 plurality. t Gold bugs are natural born fools about votes. A man with a thimble full of brains * would not have bought 800,000 plurality In one state. We gold bugs ought to have guardians. g \ c Learned Judge. Hon. E. B. Gary, Associate Justice on the f .Supreme Bench, is spending tbe vacation of I court at home. The Judge is a hard worker, j and is winning for hlmsell a name as a jurist i learned in tbe law. 'J i ? a SOLID SENSE. t t. a ( ootS Political Policy?Cloo<l Kxpres- a nIoun From ioo<! Hearts. Kock Hill Herald. " v Thirty-one Democrats must have voted the v McKlnley ticket at the ltock Hill box. e Now that the election is over let us see if we cannot find something else to talk about s besides goldbugs and assistant republican H and repudiatioDalists and anarchists. Many 1 bard things have been said about men who t were exercising the privilege offreeAmerl- a can citizens in advocating whom they pleas- v ed and votlug for whom they pleased, but we v should bear no more of this. The one thing l above all other political matters to be con- n sldered In South Carolina Is the perpetuity of I the Democratic party. In that party only c does our safety lie. North Carolina is an example of what we may ezpect if the white t peopieof this State 6hould ever be foolish t enough to divide. Let usall determine tosus c tain the State government and cease our e abuse of each other. If a house divided a uhoii fnii hnw shall a State I prosper and its people be happy If they be i divided into warring factions. There Is peace t Id Soatb Carolina to day and the State is Ireer I from political turmoil than any otber in tbe I Union. After tbe great storm of four years f duration we are experiencing the warmth of s a genial sunshine. Let this happy condition t be continued. * { If I T HONORS TO THE DEAD. CL !,' 'he Xember.H of (be Abbeville Kur e Pay JiinI Tribute to Their Decciwe?l Brother, W. A. tee. a V d s .The members of tbe Abbeville Bar, and oth* n rs, met In the Court House ou .Monday, No- h ember 2,1896, in respect to the memory of " tie late William Augustus Lee, who was the ldest member of the Bar. We give below " ame notes of the proceedingsas follows: Remark* by Hon. Win. II. l'nrker. b c Irethren of the Bar, aod OtHcers of Court: j. We have assembled today to discharge a lournfui duty, to pay a suitable tribute to h he memory or a departed member of the p Abbeville Bar. w Again has death invaded our ranks and the h lace of our late associate Wm. Augustus ,ee is now vacant. To me the loss is great, not only as h brothr-attorney with whom I have associated in i? iim nmfesslon. but as a personal i' Lit? iJUCO v* t . riend, with intimate association of nearly ^ ifty years. Our departed friend came of a family whose U lame has been prominent for Intelligence, a ultureand taste and during the many years J pent in this community he well sustained " he high character of the name. ti Wm. Augustus Lee departed this life on ri Friday 23rd, October, about 4 o'clock p. m., u .Iter a painful Illness of several weeks. t He was born on John's Island, near Char- I eston on Marcb 2nd, 1S2C, and was therefore n his 71st year. A I am not informed of the exact time of his ather's removal to Abbeville, but it was t ,bout 1S3G or 1S37. Nor am I Informed at P t-hat schools he obtained his earlier euucaIon, though, if not mistaken, I have heard J lim sneik of attending school at one time 11 iear Wlllington under the younger Wad- <toll. c He completed his education at Ersklne * tollege. Due West, where he graduated in S48 with distinction. He always retained a warm interest In the relfare of bis alma mater, was for some years member of the Board of Trustees and in ppreciation of his high character aud cholarly attainments was honored with.the legree of L.L D., several years ago. After levoting two or three years to teaching, Mr. jee studied law, and was admitted as an atorney in December, 1817, and settled at Abberllle. He came to the Bar, when Abbeville was till favored with a brilliant array of Attorleys who well sustained the high reputatlou if the Abbeville Bar lor learning and ability, .^here were Armstead Burt, Thomas Thornion, afterwards Judge of the Circnit Court. Thos. C. iPerrin, S. McGowan, late Asso slate Justice of the Supreme Court, still surviving, honored and beloved by his fellowiltlzens, James M. Perrin, J. Foster Marhall, Benj. Y. .Martin, for some years Slate Reporter ror the State of Georgia, John H. .Viison, the Moragnes, Paul, Noble and othtk ot a younger generation. Mr. Lee was a laborious student and came o the Bar with a thorough knowledge ol the ext Books and Reports of the day. His extreme modesty and timidity prevented him from taking that position in the ^orum to which his intellectual abilities so ustly entitled him, but his legal acquirenents methodical habits, aud general know eage were bo uigiiijf iuui. m , ereot times he" was associated with IJ. Y. rtartln under the firm of Martin & Lee. after- , vards aa a member of tbe firm of Marshall . i Lee; Orr & Lee; Lee & Blake, and still later jee&Bonbam. Asa lawyer, bis Judgment vas wound, aud discriminating and bis knowedge of pleading and practice thorough t attentive to tbe interests of his clients and ust In bis dealings with tbem. Courteous iud frank with members of the Bar and always respected and esteemed for his integrity ( md exalted character. The literary attainments of Mr. Lee were oi t t high order, not equalled by many who had , iot made literature tbelr profession. His reading was extensive, varied and , borough aud bis Information accurate, and le bad a choice and well selected library ol scientific, theological, historical works and , he current literature of the day?his diction vas chaste, and be wrote with ease and , aclllty, always entertalniug and instructive. . Is a citizen he was public-spirited, nevei eeklng office, but such was the appreciation , n which he was held by his fellow-cltizenK . hat be was twice honored by a seat in the 1 General Assembly and in the State Conven- > Ion of 1S65. In daily intercourse with his fellow-citizens te was modest, rather reserved, gentle lu his nanners, actuated by high sense of principle , ritb great firmness whenever circumstance* equlred It. { Constitutionally not endowed with tbe miliary fervor be early entered in the late Civil . Var, in the service of the State he loved so > veil, submitted cheerfully to the privations , ,nd trials of a soldier's life, manfully bore . lis part in several hard fought battles and > Inally surrendered with Lee at Appomattox. He was a consistent Christian from early , lie ever manifesting an exalted faith, well > rounded and rooted. For over forty years he wa6 a vestryman in . 'rlnlty Church, Abbeville, ever earnest and ealous in Christian duties. He was cousplcious for purity In dally life, | bought and word. No unseemly language J. ver passed bis lips. If as Is said in Holy writ, the "pure In heart hall see God," then the spirit of our deceased j rother Is one of that throng of angels in eaven, worshipping arouud His Throne? euth was to hioi "eternal gain." He was a loving and tender husband, a deoted parent, a true aud steadfast friend, uch was the character ot our deceased rother whose iile may well be held up to us II as an example worthy of imilalio.i a triking instance of ttie quiet but forceful in[uence of a pure, modest, gentle, unaasumng and high toned lire. Verily his house ras built upon a rock. Remarks by W. C. McGowhii, Esq. After Mr. Parker's remarks, Mr. W. C. IcGowan rose and said : Mr. Chairman : At a meetine of our Bar leld some days ago a committee was appoint- ' d to draft suitable resolutions on the death 1 if Mr. Lee. The committee consisted of Mr. ' illis G. Graydon, Mr. M. P. DeBruhl and my- 1 elf, and as chairman ot that committee, I * tow ofLr the following resolutions : ICesolul ions. Whereas, it has pleased an all wise Provileuce to remove W. A. Lee, Esq., LL. D., t rom the scenes of his earthly usefulness, 1 ind t Whereas, the Bar of Abbeville, in meeting t tssembled, desire to put on record and per- t >etuate their appreciation of bis ability und I lis worth; therefore, be it resolved: t First. That In the death of William Au:ustus Lee?the Nestor from our ranks?the iar of Abbeville has sustained a great and t ierious loss; and the State of South Carolina t leprived of a useful and patriotic citizen. Second. That in every walk of life, whether c is lawyer, llterateur, soldier or legislator hi* \ idelity to duty made him always consplcu- c >us. I As a lawyer his judgment was sound; In iterature bis scholarship was rare; as a I loldler be was true and tried, and as a leglsator his counsel was wise, conservative and c afe. \ Third. That his high Christian character. 1 be gentleness of his disposition, and his unl- t orm kindness ot heart, endeared him to all t lis friends ; and that we, his brother lawyers, t atnent his death as a personal loss. 1 Fourth. That a copy of these resolutions t >e sent to the lamily of the deceased; pub- t Inhcd in the Abbeville DaDers: and that the h 'residing Judge, at our uextterm, berequestd to have tbeiu spread upon the journals of c be Court. v W. C. McGowan, ( M P. DeBruhl, Ellis G. Graydon, t Committee. t I do not propose, Mr. Chairman, In the pre- j ence of thOBe here so much better able to !; jerform that duty, to make any extended re- g narks upon the ability aud virtues of our debased brother. There are those present who J lave known Mr. Lee Intimately aud well for i lalf a century and more?bis contemporaries rom his youth up. Those who not only v mew him in the "ups and downs'* of dally t )ractlce, but who suffered with him In the rials aud terrors of war and enjoyed with lira the calm and quiet blessings ol peace, 1 L'hey are here to tell us how through all 1 hese tests of character he passed unscathed, ind how unto his dying hour lie bore the un- e ullled reputation of a high, manly, chrlst- > an gentleman. It has, however, sir, been my good fortune r o know Mr. Lee quite intimately for the past welveor mteen years?that is, It the pleas- fl .ntest relationship between a young man ,nd one considerably older can be called in- e imacy. I have been thrown with Mr. Lee professionally, socially and as a churchman, a nd I can with all sincerity say, that there 0 i-aB no man within my acquaintance for rhom I had a higher regard or for whom I 1 ntertained a more deep-rooted respect. .Mr. Lee delighted most in his literary puruits and in this line he had few equals in our Itate. His mind was stored full of a varied iterary information, bis pen was ever ready ji o clothe iiis beautiful thoughts in the best nil purest of Knglish and his style was al- a fays discriminating and good. Well read t iritli a full mind and unerring taste, ho was a u the truest sense a "man of letters." I renember well some of his essays before our a ilterary Club and many of them were gems i if their kind. e 1 am sure I will be pardoned for saying u icre that Mr. Lee will bo us sadly missed In e he circle of our Literary Club us he is now,, c nissed within the circle of our Bur. His ssays belore that club always impressed iue m .nd 1 never heard him read a poor one. One, t remember, was upon the subject of "Read- c ng, Writing and Punctuation." Another on a he subject of'The Importance of a National alteration." This was a splendid essay but, a remember a third, wbicti to my mind was >ernaps the best he ever wrote. It was on the g ubject of "Labor and Rest." This was a beau- ^ iful production, and a worthy sample of his ilgh literary taste and should he preserved, v I V ';'b I I 'l III I I I I III I - '1itibor-followed by Rest. He has now been ^ mlled Iroin Ills labors, aud if honest toll Is to let-t Its tilting reward, I have not a doubt lit that even now he has found that "blessd" rest which Is vouchsafed to all that are pure in heart." Mr. l<ee was to an eminent degree modest nd retiring. No one would ever know the a*t fond of ills literary information who id not talk with him specially upon a given ubject. and uo man was more ready or wiling togive help, especially to the young. I ave known no man more able to help and 0 man more ready to give It. In this line re young men will mips him sadly. But Mr. Chairman, as I said In the negining, I did not rise to make any lengthy peech, but principally to present these resojtious as the chairman of the committee, ut I have IelUrupe!led to say this much beauseof the high regard in which I held Mr. ee. 1 now sir, offer those resolutions, with the ope, that in some slight degree they may ..?,i iho nicmnrv of one rt:?tri vc auu pttptiuc%iv ? rho lu every sense was au accomplished, onest. true and Godly inau. Kt'iuitrkN ol' Hon. E. B. Gary. Mr. Chairman: There is a noble sentiment ii tbe human heart to commemorate the rorthy dead. This sentiment is so strongly implanted, tiat we sometimes see it exemplified, even moug those who were enemies, as when ulius Caesar ordered a magulftcent monument to be erected in honor ot Pompey his illeu rival,and when Antigonus commemouted tbe brave deeds of Pyrrhus his unforatefoe, by a splendid funeral. In response to his sentiment we meet on this occasion lor lie purpose of adopting suitable resolutions Duelling the death of the lamented Dr. \V. l. Lee. Since we commenced the practice of law at his place, death has laid its icy hand on the alnstaklng, laborious, and well-equipped nwyer, Hon. Thomas C. Perrln; his Honor udge Thomas Thomson, one ol the ablest nd most illustrious members of this bar; be accomplished scholar and eloquent advo:ate, Hon. Arinstead Hurt; Hon. Edward table, who for many years enjoyed his full bare of the practice; Col. Orvliie T. Calhoun, vho was our foud friend and with whom we vere associated frequently In the trial ol sases; the promising and talented T. Luclan Uabry, Esq.; the handsome, sifted, and eloluentL. Wardlaw Smith, Esq.; and now we ire called upon to mourn the loss of him who s the subject of the resolutions Just offered. As we pause for a moment lo cast a glauce >ver tne past, we see, belore the mind's eye, Jr. Lee, the citizen, the pious Christian, the ioldier, the scholar, the head of the family :ircie, and the lawyer. Cur remarks, however, on this occasion will JtJ L'UUUUCU tu liuC) buo lunjwii The members of the legal profession, may >e divided into two general classes; those iomposing ono class, are the practitioners who have no higher aim than to make money )Utot the profession, and who simply become aiuillar with the decided cases for the purjose of converting their knowledge into dolars and cents. The other class Is composed of >f those who love the profession of law as a icience, who love Its literature, and to trace he history ol legal principles to their lounJatlou and origin. It is needless to say to which of these jlasses Dr. Lee belonged. No lawyer cau be profound and great In his profession who, in addition to his knowledge >f the decided cases, does not study the profession as a science, read its literature, and pecorae familiar with the history of its prin:iples. lu this way only can he behold the peauty and grandeur of the prolession. The high standard in measuring the profeslional conduct of members of the bar, as expressed by the Supreme Court of Connecticut s worthy of mention In mis connection aud s as follows: "It Is not enough for an attorney that he be lonest. lie must uetnat uuu mute. He must be believed to be honest. It is absolutely essential to tbe usefulness >t au attorney, that be be entitled to the conidence of the community, wherein he prac Ices. If he so conducts bimselj in his proession, that he does not deserve that coutilence, he is no longer au aid to the court, lor a guide to his clleuts. A lawyer needs, indeed, to be learned. It would be well If he could be learned in ill the learning of the schools. There is nothing to which tbe ingenuity of nan has been turned, that may not become he subject of his inquiries. Then, of course, be must be especially ikilled in tbe books aud the rules of his own profession. He must have prudence and tact in using lis learning, and loreslgbt, and industry, anil :ourage. But all these may exist in a moderate de;ree, aud yet he may be a creditable anu useul member of tbe profession, so long as tbe practice is to him a clean and bonest func.ion. But possessing all these faculties, If once ,he practice becomes to him, a mere'brawl or lure,'or a system of legal plunder, where srait and nut conscience Is the rule, and vhere falsehood and not truth are tbe means >y which to gain his ends, then be forfeits all ightto be au officer Iu any Court of Justice, >r to be numbered among ihe members of an louorable profession." We know, Mr. Chairman, that there have ieen lawyers iu every age, who, by their con!uat, have brought reproach upon the profesii<>n,and thus fanned the flames of that pre dice, which many have had against the irofession, from its earliest history. This, however, is unjust to the fraternity. A lew days ago when we read the address of louorable Seymour D. Thompson, beiore be State Bar Association of Texas, we were leeply impressed wUp his remarks relative o lawyers. ? They seem to us to be appropriate, at this ,lme, on account ol the high character of Dr. Lee, and the deep love he bad for his :bosen profession. We quote from the address as follows: 'The members of the legal profession, always :ouspicuous as public leaders, played a most mportant part in your struggle for lndepenlence. They commanded your companies, your egiments, and your expeditionary forces. Sam Houston, who commanded your Army )f Liberation, on the tlelds of Sam Jacinto, .vhere you defeated aud took prisoner the Mexican Dictator, aud dually achieved your ndependence?was a lawyer no less than a iOiaier. * * * rooncuu ? your cuuu ues ire named for Judges. Shall I call tbat roll )f honor? Collingsworth, Uouley, Ector, iray, Ansford, Hemphill, Hutchison, Lips 5omb, Mills, Ochiltree, Oldham, Wheeler, Wilson, Winkler. * * * Lawyers have always been an inconvenience to despot*. The tyrant Is continually stumping bis toe igainst the lawyer. Napoleon, the son of a awyer, bated lawyers. When he first conipired to overturn ibe government of France, ,o drive out the legislature, and to make hlmielf master ol the liberties of his country, lis proposition to his military co-conspira,ors was to clean out the lawyers. Shall I extend this tleld of illustration ? The Magna Charta, which the barons exorteil from King John at Ruunlmede, was indoubtedfy written by lawyers. It was a lawyer who first, in our ancestral iouutry, disputed the doctrine that the Kiug vhh above the law, aud whose undauuted :ourage, gave us thutsecond charter of liber:y, the Right of Petition. It must have been a lawyer who drew the ratnous Habeas Corpus Act. It must have been a lawyer who drew the selebruted Statute I. William and Mary I, ?bicb settled the succession of the crown on ts modern basis, and declared the rights of lie subject?a statute from which tiie liist sight amendments to the Federal Constltu ion, placed there through the influence of Mr. Jefferson, were drawn, and whose essen,1a 1 provisions are embodied In the Declara* lou of Rights In every American State Conitltutlon. It was a lawyer who drew the Declaration ?f Independence, promulgated by the Confess of the thirteen British North American Jolonies, on the 1th ol July, 1770. It was Uatnbelta, a lawyer who proclaimed be present French Republic in 1870. . . . A lew days ago In a recent audience cliamicr In Chicago, the representatives or a great lolitlcal party were assembled from every state and Territory In the Union, to discuss ;reat questions and to consider great abuses. A young, smooth-shaven man, apparently ust out ol colleges ascended the platform to ilose h memorable debate. When be luced the greatandleuce, it rocked t'lth apulause. Hut wheu he lifted his hand ,o speak? 'His look >rew audience and attention stll 1 as night, )r summer's noon-tide air.' As he ascended each grand climax, a tempist broke forth from twenty thousand throats like ocean warring'milnst a rocky isle.' And then a wave of his hand stilled the upon r. Hut this tempest was stilled only to burst orth at each succeeding climax of the speakr. nnd, In like manner to be stilled again. That hour brought back lalo our practical nd prosaic age the troubles and the glories il the antique world. It made us leel the secret force of Ihe 'grand roublous life antique,' and see? 'Under the rock stand of Demosthenes, Unstable Athens heave her noisy seas.' In that hour he became the leader of a great nirty ; perhaps the hope of a great people. The man whose voice raised that tempest, .nd whose hand stilled it, was a member ol he great honorable, and powerful profession f the law. . . . At that same hour, a few hundred miles .way, seated in his unpretentious residence n a small city, surrouuded by an aged mothr. the wife of his youth, and the friends and iclghbors who had witnessed his early sucesses at the bar, and his enviable political areer?sat another lawyer. He heard, through that wonderlul instru neut the Ioijk distance telephoue, the peals hat greeted the youuti orator In tho distant (invention, like the roar of a distant ocean Iter storm. He heard It without disdain, perhaps with . toueh of admiration, certainly without fear. He, too, hud been choseu the leader ol a real parly ; perhaps the hope of a great peo>le. 15oth of these great leaders, while ditlering Itully on public questions,are patriotic and ,A> . .. ' * V.^.?_s^ lofty In character; sincere In tbelr convlc- ? Hons of public, duty; Arm in tliolradhesion * to principle; tender, chlvalrlc, and faithful toward women; truthful and honorable in 1 their public and private lives. ? Both are members of the legal profession. It. is the office of that profession, and of the ' free institutions which that profession has ? fostered, to produce such men. c Whichever shall be choson the chief magls- ' trate of the American people, will illustrate, k In that great office the lofty Ideal of a man r that'can rule and dare not lie." ' Not only was Dr. Lee a member of this 1 grand and honorable profession, but he made s contributions to its literature, and strove to t make It more glorious. ' Although we shall not extend our remarks, 8 so as to speak of tne deceased, in connection with any of the other walKs of life, we may ' however say that he understood the phlloso- ? pby of life, what are Its real pleasures, and c exemplified the teachings of others phlloso- I phers the most illustrious of whom was J Seneca, who as far as possible reduced the ? philosophy of life to a science. 4 In conclusion, we are proud to say Dr. Lee ( was our friend in the true sense of that term; * we admired him for his many noble traits of < character, and gladly pay our humble tribute ' to his memory by seconding the resolutions. ? Remarks by Judge McGowun. iMr. unairman ; luuugu uut uuw pruvuvnily engaged iu ihe profession of the law, I sup , pose I may still be considered as a member of "the Abbeville Bar," of which for many reasons 1 have always bsen proud. I have not, bowever, anything prepared worthy of the occasion, but having knowa Mr. Lee somewhat intimately as lawyer, essayist, soldier, citizen and trleuil, from about the year 1850 to his death, I have a strong desire to discharge tne grateful duty of twining one chaplet?no matter how small and insignificant It may be ?to the memory of our lost friend?a hightoned Christian gentleman, and a brother lawyer, "without fear and without reproach." Mr. Lee was. bred a lawyer, and as such was an ornament to the profession and most worthy of this solemn notice by his surviving brothers. lie practiced law on the higher branches of the profession, and only struggled tor success, when he believed be was right! In times past there was some prejudice against "lawyers as a class," which, however, we are pleased to believe, has In the main passed away?under the good influence Qf general Intelligence, and of such pure characters as that of our late departed friend, who practiced law until a short time before his death. Some one has said, "Ours Is called an honorable profession, and such it is. in every "path of usefulness are lound its members, "and with every advance, they are found re"lated. With infinite opportunities for harm, "how few betray their trust, and how unre- , "lentlng Is the Judgment of the profession : "upon these few"! 1j. in f.rnft Mr. I,et? was bred to the Bar. and 1 was a well-read lawyer. He did not, how- ' ever, love to struggle lu the open Court, but 1 preferring the quiet of office practice aDd lit- : erature?correspondence essays in clubs, and In periodicals. I.Ike Mr. Burk, "tbe greatest 1 "master of tbe English language, he saw 1 ''enough of tbe law to convince him tbat It 1 "(tbe law) Is one of tbe finest and noblest of "human sciences?a science which does more "to quicken and Invigorate the understand"Inc iban all other klnusof learning put to- 1 "getber." Tbere was nothing In his preference of liteature to incapacitate him for the harder struggles in the Courts of law?or to effect bis firmness or Independence of character. It was simply the result of an inate modesty, which was one of the elements tbat went to make up his lovable and virtuous character. Tbe Honorable H. S. Legare, said to be more accomplished In literature than any man tbe State bas produced, at tbe same time became distinguished as member of Congress, Orator, etc. Our friend with all his virtues has gone from us. tie has left us nothing but Ins good example, and I most earnestly trust we may profit by it as an object lesson. He was comfortable in bis circumstances, and happy with his amiable family around him, but when the peremptory call came, It had to be answered. Toe melancholy event redds to us an awful warning! Some of us will soon have to follow. Our frlarwl hue nlllv iron ft u litt.lfl hflflTP. and I I earnestly trust that wheu the end does come, we may be able to make answer as satisfactory as tbat 01 our lamented friend, who could well say? "I've tasted all that life can give Of pleasure and of pain And Is It living, thus to live, When Joys no more remain?" Remarks By S. C. CtiHon, E*q. Mr. Chairman and Brethren of the Bar: It was my purpose and desire to say something on this sad but interesting occasion, worthy of the memory of our deceased brother t\nd friend, but I find I am able to make only a few remarks and then perhaps not in a connected way. Yet feble as what I shall say may be, it Is from the heart and is a true, though small tribute to the memory of Mr. Lee and a flower placed upon hi* newly made grave. Wheu I was aduii'ted to the Bar, here, in 1876, along with Messrs L. W. Perrln, E. G. GrayUou and B. P. Calhoun, there were many distinguished lawyers connected with the Abbeville Bar. I mention their names: Mr. T. C. Perrln and Mr. A.IBurt, Hon. S. McGowan, Col. Tlios. Thomson, Mr. E. Noble. Mr. W. H. Parker, Col. J. S. Cothran, Mr. W. A. Lee, Mr. E. B. Gary. Mr. W. C. Beuetpnd Mr. M. I'. DeBruhl. Perhaps no Bar in theState could show as many names of so much prominence and ability as those just mentioned. Of this number five became Judges, a record notequaled!doubtlefs|l)y any county in the State. Tnese were Judge McGowau.Su?reme Court, Judge Thomson. Circuit court, udge Cotbran, Circuit court, Judge Gary, c'.i r.Humo s*<viirr unH TnHiro Punal PlrAnit court. Among this brilliant array of legal talent, Mr. Lee occupied and maintained a high and houorable place, and tbat was not an easy thing to do. Now Mr. Chairman, after twenty years have passed, we are called upon once more to pay a last tribute to one of this number, Dr. w. A. Lee, who was at the time of his death the oldest member of our Dar, having been admitted to the practice of the law In 1846. By the death of Mr. Lee, only two of the large number mentioned above are left as members lu active practice at our Bar?Mr. W. H. Parker and Mr. M. F. DeBruhl. What a lesson for all of us! Only a score of years, aud yet time has mowed rapidly and made a great gap In our ranks. As I said, Mr. Lee Blood high at u Bar that was equal to any in the State, lie did uot seek the active practice of our profession. He was not a lawyer to contest cases In the Court House, that was not his forte. His ?ooa /Inno In tho nnlolnflHV! r?f Here his wise and safe counsel was nought and obtained by mauy uud many a client who trusted him with supreme confidence. In this branch ot our profession* he was eminently successful. Others have spoken truly of Mr. Lee's virtues and attainments in oih:T spheres ot life, of his valor as a soldier, his 1 great and accurate literary acquirements and of his splendid disposition It was my privilege to be closely associated with Mr. Lee for a number of years, although he was many years my senior. I was his neighbor in our homes, and was for past ten years his nearest neighbor on Lawrange, the doors of offices being within a few feel of each other. During these years our i relations were of the mosL pleasant nature. Allhogh Mr. Lee was an old man, yet he was easily approached anil rejoiced always to i talk with his young friends. Indeed I was i as free and unrestrained In con versing with him upon any subject, as with my most Intimate friends. Often after having read and studied upon certain lines, I would speak to < Mr. Lee ot my readinguud talk overthe subjects read and studied aDd it was wonderful how wide and accurate was his Information i upon almost any subject mentioned. ( As has been alread truly said, he was a , man of true literary taste. Two things of a secular nature oulv afford permanent pleas- i ure here. They are honest and hard work , or?H rr/wv/1 rfln/llnff Thoufi U7P ffll V hlODflP<l In Mr. Lee. Mr. Lee posessed that which Is beyond estimation, Indeed It Ih not to be valued by any material standard. A noble disposition ! Wno can lell what this does foroues self or for others during a well spent life? As much as I was thrown with him, this same kindly disposition manifested Itself always. A great legacy to leave a family. Mr. Lee's private aud home life was of the highest type, and it Is but a Just m?ed of praise to say, that his was a savory influence. Hull must stop. It was my privilege to see much of Mr. Lee during this year and before he became too feeble to give up the duties of his oflice. i may say that almost every mornlug during this Summer he would come into my office upon reaching his. ile talked cheerfully aud freely about his condition aud it Is uot wrong for me to speak of If. Often lu a most quiet and delightful way, without any assumption, talked of the one great business of life^-rellglou. To say that his views were elevated and his faith sound. Is to speak what was the truth. And now Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of c tlie Hur. Mr. Lee met the supreme* ta*K 01 i llTc. Il Is truehh we all know nnrt as many have so beautifully portrayed, how well lie * met and how nobly he discharged ad the ? varied duties of lil'e, but wlmt Is nil 1 liis , worth u ii less crowned oy a true apprehension of one's relationship to the unseen?thill H which alone Kb ides 7 Our friend met this | blithest test of lite?lie not only lived right, v but he died right. u ItcmiirliN of Wultcr h. .timer, i Mr. Chairman: Following as I do gentle- ll men wlio have ktiown ])r. Lee so much longer ? than I? gentlemen ho much more capable of r doing justice lo the distinguished dead, I feel a diffidence In speaking on this occasion. Hut, .Mr. Chairman, 1 would feel recreant to a my Heuse of duty wore I to withhold my | meed ol praise. Dr. Lee was my friend. When J cumo to Abbeville, he received me cordially and always treated me with every kindness. I have often counselled with him and from his lips there fell only words of wisdom, anU then, too, lie was my father's friend ii before mo. They were schoolmates together ii '' I it Due West and were graduated from Erscine members of the same class. In thinking over the characteristics of Dr. .oe by a strange co-incidence I bad fixed up- , m one of Ihe same qualities mentioned by he committee on resolutions and hi the very dentlcal language used by them?fidelity to I luty. Mr. Lee was raltbful to his sense of luty, loyal to his convictions, Arm and stead | ast In his adherence to what he believed,to e right. It was this fidelity to duty that lerved him as a soldier on the battle-field in ' he bivouac, and the lonely march cheerfully 0 brave the hardships of war. Naturally of 1 shy, shrinking dlHpssltlou-as modest a>:d [entle as a woman, as has well been said, vhen duty called?where principle was at 1 take, Dr. Lee was aH brave as Julius Caesar. The crowning pxc Hence In his life was his | llith Christian character. He read .his Bible ind believed in It. He believed iu the prln- , iples which It Inculcated. He had.no sym- 1 >athy with skeptical ideas and no patience frith skeptical doctrines. He believed firmly i n a special Providence that watches over tnd protects us. I have often ceard him give expression to his ideas od this subject. He < Jelieved that there Is an overruling Provilence that directs everything for the best. I iewasveryhber.il and catholic In his rcll:lou8ldeiis. He was a devout Episcopalian, )ut he did not believe that religion Is confln;d to any one church or denomination. His ellglous Ideas and sympathies were nn/1 HKnro I Again, Dr. Lee was in a pre-eminent sense i man of letters. Throughout the entire imits of Carolina, from the seaboard to the mountains. I can think of no one more pecu- | larly entitled to that appellation. Nature lad endowed him with a high order of talsnts and he hnd cultivated them wisely. He 1 lad studied the great masters of science nnd Iterature and was familiar with all the great luthors. He had read widely, deeply, and horoughly. He had mastered the great vrllersof prose and poetry and had read the >est novels. He had a fine literary taste and m unusually attractive Btyle. Dr. Lee was democratic in his Ideas and jlews. He sympathized with the common jeople and he had great confidence In the wisdom of the masses. In this respect he was like Mr. Lincoln. He believed strongly n the people. Though they might for a while be wrong, still in the main he trusted n i heir Judgment. We will g'eatly miss Dr. Lee. We will nlss him In the social circle and we will miss ilm in the meeting of our Literary Club. We will miss tiiose beautiful essays, so easily ind so charmingly written, with which be was wont to favor us. In seconding the resolutions, f will close by saying that our honored and esteemed brother was modest, gentle, cultured, refined, many and tioble?a splendid type of man. Remarks by R. E. Hill, Esq. Mr. Chairman^: While I am aware that this 13 tt uiccuug ui uioa,uuc*iuc uat uu lucpuipose of adopting appropriate resolutions touching the death of one of its most honorsd members, the late Dr. William Augustus Lee, and while it is a fact that I have not the honor of being a member of that body, still as a life long friend of the deceased, I trust. 1 shall be pardoned for rising to give expression to a hearty endorsement of the resolutions which have been offered. I knew Dr. Lee intimately and well for mauy years. We were members of.the same company during the late wai and it was there that I obtained an insight into his true character?it was there and then that I learned to honor and respect him. He entered the army in 1S61, as 3rd Lieutenant In Company "A" ot 2rd 8. C., Rifles and took part in most, if not all, of the battles in wlilcb that gallant regiment was engaged, up to the surrender of Appomattox, at which lime, and for quite a while beTore, he was iu Command of his Company with the ranks ol 1st Lieutenant. He seemed to be possessed ot a charmed life for while he took pari In many of the severest, battles of the war. I Relieve he wax never wounded, although he bad several very close calls. I recall one which was at the buttle of Petersburg, where he had a button cut from the breast of bis uniform by a mlnnle ball. But while be was one ol the bravest of the brave, a soldier, who performed his duty unflinchingly?he was not ot an aggressive impetuous or reckless disposition, but lustead he was of a most amiable ana gentle nature, and what he did as a soldier was prompted solely oy a sense of duty and love of country. It was not then amid scenes of carnage?suffering and death?the inseparable concomitants of war that our deceased friend appeared to greatest advantage, for Jn these he took no pleasure, whatever, but it was as husband, father, friend?the highly educated Christian gentleman?and it . hi Ka Im t hnon otiuorul t*ulu I Innuhl nil Mint be will be most missed la ibis community. Tribute ol'Respect by the Vestry of Trinity t'bnrch, Abbeville, to the Memory of W. A. Lee, Esq, Whereas, death has removed from oar midst Wm. Augustus Lee, and the surviving members of the Vestry desire to put on record their appreciation of tbe great loss sustained by the church and community: Resolved, 1st. That by the death of Wm. Augustus Lee the congregation of Trinity, Abbeville, have sustained a great loss, and we have been deprived of tbe presence of an earnest and devoted member, a wise counsellor, and a consistent follower of our blessed Lorn and Saviour. Resolved, 2nd. That for more than forty years during which our aeceased brother was in office of our church, his daily life has been noted for its purity, his devotion to the demandsof duty aud prluciple, and for the example of an exalted aud steadfast faltb. Resolved. 8rd. That we hereby bear testimony to the faithful discharge, by our deceased brother, of all the duties of life, whether in bis pro'esslon as attorney at law, or citizen in public or private life, aud can truthfully polut to him as an example of tbe quiet influence of a virtuous aud honorable life. liesol vcd, -un. 'JL'nai a copy or mese resolutions be forwarded to tbe family of our de ceased brother by the Secretary, and recorded on a page of the minute book, set apart lor that purpose, and to the Abbeville papers for publication. Wm. H. Parker, W. C. McGowan, Chalr'n Vestry T. C. Secretary. The Fliflit Agnlust Corporations. The great fight against corporations, trusls, and Wall street has been had, and, though they showed great power, tho assailants have been badly beaten. The campaign of Mr. Bryan was pitched on this line, and he pushed it vigorously to the eud, and then, when he was defeated sentcongratulations to McKlnley, saying that the people had spoken and their will Is law. Mr. Ilryan, as a rule, has shown good spirit throughout the campaign, which he has pushed vigorously. He fought bravely and courageously, and accepts defeat like a man. We had no sympathy with the Dehs plank of the Democratic platform. We despise all efforts to array the thriftless masses against the prosperous members of the community. We thluk that war on corporations is a fight against the best interests af the laboring man. Corporations build our great mills, and construct our railroads. Corporations carry on nil the great Industrial enterprises where capital is needed. Corporations pay higher salaries to their smployees than any other men on earth. Corporations pay millions of dollars auuually to laborers and skilled mechanics, md, without corporations, thousands upon 'on rif Ihnnitnnila nf nifln who now live in comfortable circumstances, would be thrown out of employment. The Abbeville Cotton Mill is a corporation? i very small corporation, it is true?but tbe contractor for building tbe mill bouse has paid to laborers and mechanics, in the lust fix months, a sum estimated at about Sl:i,U00. The brick makers for tbe same corporation rrom first to last were paid from SK.000 to $10,HK). Tbe contractar on the cottages will probibly pay f?o laborers and mechanics some S3,WO to 51,000. In all, some S2WHK) has gone to nen in this community for labor. All the lajorers have been benefitted, and there are lerhaps few, or none, of our business men vho have not in some way been benefitted by he expenditure of this mouey. When the mill has been finished, and tbe nacliiuery has been placed, another and a (liferent set of hands will be employed. If a.Southern ilrm wants to borrow money, lo they not go to Wall street? We have 110 sympathy with any movement vhich has for its purpose tlie destruction of my proper and legitimate business, even if lie instigator and mover of that warfare iiould be the political party witli which we lave been allied all our life. We regard it as vlclced to try to blame corporations for our iwu Individual lack of thrift. The corporaions offer higher pay for taleut tliau any" lody. Ifamau is poor, and has talent, the orporalions offer liim the best chances to ise. Corporations are the best friends ot the ucchanic, and this newspaper is a friend to nybody and auything that helps the labor llg man, ana oners mm inu ucm jmj iui uis aouey. Tiikkk will be ordination services lit kel- : Dwslilp Baptist cliurcii on the second Jiuiiiiiiy November at M o'clock p. in. . ' S#1 i 111 i I'lif r Iif fn t II I'f; iff II 'hi" I r I nh illiMViV* { SRigh ^ TO G i New Novelties : K %%%%'*%%% %% %% A The Latest Styles iu Mil- ? J linery. ? ^ The Newest things in Plush X and Cloth Capes and Jackets. 0 ^ -*%%% %% %%?1 mi? ?i j. a. "n _ ^ i ne piaue tu geu n-c & 150 pair, a little ? Bargain Cou: than $ Ne w Fall and W ^ Up-to-date in Stylo ^ flay When in want of Ladiei ^ R. M. Had **%%%%%%%%% COHEN BEAT THE KEUUKJJ, Unprecedented Public Nplrlt of a Well Known Merchant. Mr. Cohen, the well known clothier of this town Is wide-awake and up-to-date in business matters. The people of the town collected money to buy tbe telegraphic dispatches of Ibe Presidential election. All subscribers to the fund were of course entitled to copy the dispatches and do with them ?s they pleased. Mr. Coheu, for tbe oeneflt of his customers, filled his page of the city uewspupers with tbe uews whljcb was so much sought after by our people, rne cny papers innue uu uiuer attempts to give election news than was furnished by Mr. Cohen. He had exclusive control of the election news In the newspapers last week and he beat the world. To bin-enterprise and public spirit the people of Abbeville are Indebted for the latest election news that was published by any paper on Wednesday morning. And the best of It all was, the printers paid nothing for the telegrams, but received regular advertising pay for the most Interesting page that was ever printed In any paper. The reader will see that this election was a regular picnic for printers. Often election news costs money, and never before did we get pay for publishing election news. Cohen, the far-famed clothier knows a good thing when he sees it, and therefore concluded to run a newspaper for one week, and be makes as good a newspaper man as he does as clothier. WEST END. Happenings and Incidents of ? Week Around tbe Cily. Mr. and Mrs.'J. S. Norwood alter a weeks stay in the city returned to Calhoun Falls last. Sunday. Col. J. T. Robertson left yesterday for Columbia, to visit his son Townes, and attend the State Fair. Prof. Knight has gone to Tallahassee, Fla., for a few days stay, l'rof. Knight went via the S. A. L. yesterday. Mr. A. Cohen spent last Sunday in Athens, Uu. Abbeville haR among her mau.v needs a decidedly and especially Important one in tbe shape of electric lights. As our streets are " rrra ho t'a omnlo 1 | u ll t? <111 fi n 0 fill P weather, and when the silvery moon beams soft rays iliumiuHte the earth. When the nights are cold and dark and dreary, the street lamps (especially ott from the public square) have a very disgusting way of going out very early In the night, and of leaving the belated pedenlrlan to llounder along as best he can. Thin state of affairs we hope will snon be of the past as we learn that an electric light company will very soon otfVr to our city their lights. If this Is the case, 'tis a foregone conclusion that Abbeville will ere long be up with the other live towns In the matter of street lights. Robert, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Coleman, met with a serious and painful accident Satarday. The little fellow was descending the steps from the piazza to the back yard, and when nearly at the bottom fell and broke hie left leg, the fracture was Jusr. above the knee. At last accounts the little suU'erer #as getting on nicely. Mrs R. \V. Cannon went down to Columbia yesterday to spend a few days with her son, Harry. Death of Mis* Bottle Cole. Departed this life on Thursday morning, October 29th, at seven o'clock, Miss Bettle Cole, eldest daughter of Mr. Harrison Cole, of Smltbvllll. Our sweet young friend was fast bndding Into womanhood when that quick destroyer, brain fever,cutsbort her young life. Nine-teen summers had just dawned and passed when death called and the blue eyes and golden head are laid In the solemu shades of old Lebanon grave yard beside her beautiful young mother and dear baby sisters and brother. To th&bereaved parents and aunt, who has been as a mother unto her our heart goes out In sympathy. A Friend. LochIm W. Joel Smith A Soil. We have Just received a lot of the finest seed wheat ever ottered in this town. W. Joel Smith & Son. Old fashioned North Carolina buckwheat [ flour for sale by W. Joel Smith & Son. See our line of lap robes before buyiug. W. Joe) Smith A Son. We are selling a good axe for 50c. W.Joel I Smith & Son. Hodeers pocket knive for sale by W.Joel Smith & Son. Cail on W. Joel Smith & Son for seed wheat, winter turf oats and clover seed. NOTICE. , \TO HUNTING OH FISHING ALLOWED i* on my land. AH trespassing cattle will betaken up. Mrs. B. M. VAUGHN. State of South Carolina,1 n a. c a-li ilu UOUntJ 01 jCLUUCVillO. l'robate court. Frances E. Piessley, M. A. E. Wldeman, Sally ' M. Bradley and J. W, Wldeman?Petitioners. Iu lie John E. Bradley, Trustee, against Hiram T. Tusten, Administrator, et. al. . Complaint to Sell Lands to Pay Debts. ^ 1 By virtue ok ax order of sale ' in the above staled case, 1 will sell at Public Outcry at Abbeville Court House, on SALEDAY IN DECEMBER. 1S90. for I he payment * of debts, the lollowing described real estate belonging to the estate of N. J. Davis, <le- v ceased, situate in said State and County, to- a wit: All tliat tract or parcel of laud, lying 1 and being within three miles of Abbeville Court House, S. C , containing TTnn^vorl A nrAS. JJiCVOII UUUUlL/u uv> v?| j more or less. These lauds will be subdivided Into five or e six tracts, plats of which can be seen by application at tl:e olllce of the J udge of Probate c for said County. d TERMS: One-half Cash, the balance on a b credit of twelve months, with interest from P day of sale, the credit portion to be secured p by uonu UI puruuaoci auu n luuitgagw v/? ? premises; or, purchaser may have option of paying ail cash. Purchaser to pay for papers mid recording. It. K. HILL, Nov. 4,1S90. Judge of Probate. A! ' ' '//>* 'V . ?iiifirm''"in11 Tltifirrtii-Iin i ll I t Place $ i in Dress Goods. | , imuuuu-w % J The Newest things in Black J Dress Goods, Flannels, Blan- ^ kets. Tapestry, Table Linens Q and House Furnishings. & s irgains in SHOES. ? * i off in style, on 4 nter at less # Cost. ^ inter Shoe Stock $ V , Fit and Quality. 4 3' Goods call or send to"&a f don & Co. t J> UlJLUJbi. WE PROHIBIT ALL PARTIES FROM * * huQtlDg or fishing on our lands, either In tbe day or night. Trespassers will surely bo prosecuted. <: K. C. Brown lee, W. T. Cowan, Jas. McGIll, H. P. McGIll, G. N. Nickles, J. H. Simpson. Miss M. J. Hteveson, Mrs. T. C. Cowan, Miss Lizzie Ellis, Tdo. A. Devlin, J.O.Lindsay, * J. H. Wren, R. W. Haddou, v. % G.T. Hagan, T. L. Haddon, j. K. eiiis, . . : n A. R. Ellis. Lost. ONE lame black SETTER name ''Bob.' Suitable reward will be paid for hln JI very to L. C; HASKELL. Oct. 28.1896, 4t ierosene i Ojl. , ' v *'|a| k "CURE-PROOF OIL. 175?, THE BEST -L oil that can be made. An oil that gives a brilliant light, ana does not smoke the chimney, can be bought for ??? the same money as low grade oil. Special prices by the barrel. G. W. LOMAX. Master's Sale, SOUTH CAROLINA?Greenville Count. Court of Common Pleas. Jos. A. McCullough against J. B. Stepp, et. at. PURSUANT to the judgment of the Court in the case above staled, I will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder on the lermH specified below in front of the Court House in the city of Abbeville, County of Abbeville and State aforesaid on SALKDAY IN DECEMBER, 1S.96, being Monday the 7th day of said mouth, during the legal hours of sale the following real estate : All that piece or parcel of land situate, lying, and being in Donald township in the county of Abbeville and State aforesaid, containing > Eighty-Eight Acres, more or Jess, bounded by lands of Sarah J. Stone, L. A. &T. H. Brock, Mrs. I. E. Blgby and others. TREMS?Ona-half cash, the balauce in one year trom day of sale, the credit portion to bear Interest from day of sale, and be secured by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of premises. Purchaser to pay for papers. D P. VERNER. Nov. 5, ISJG. Master, Greenville County. sp SALE OF Land for Division. . S3 "W"E WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION UAVTn \ V 7#h ,n| alutng One Hundred and Two Acres, noro or less, bounded by lands of J. D. v ulams. Uilliitm Franklin. Hentz Hiifhpn 'eter Jones, Kilateof W. A. Moore and othrs. TKRMS: One-half cash, the balance on ft _ I redit of twelve months, with Interest from ?v 4 ay of sale,'the credit portion to be secured y bond of purchaser and a mortgage of the remises; or, purchaser may have option of aylng all cash. Purchaser to pay for papers nd recording. It. E. HILL. Nov. 4,1S9G. Judge Probate Court. A splendid assortment of tea cakes at A? [. Hill & Sons. IU UIO UlgUOO b UIUUCI , UU mUllJ'Alt UJU bU day of December, 1KJ6, in front of the Court House In Abbeville, S. C., all that tract of laud, known as the William B. Scott place, situate In the County of Abbeville, Lowndesvllle Township, State aforesaid, containing 'V-rv? Three Hundred and Five (305) Acres, more or less, bounded on the North by land of James Burrlss and Callabam Place, Sonth by Rampey Place, East by Lindsay Scott and Baker riace, and West by James Burrlss and Morgan Place. TERMS?Cash. Purchaser to pay for the papers. VI/ Uf Nov. ll,lS9(i. J. E. SCOTT. State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. PROBATE COURT. I oil n Hampton, Administrator of Estate .of Frj.ncls Hampton, deceased, I against - ^ Mary Minder Hampton et. al. Complaint to Hell Lands to Pay Debts. By VIRTUE OF AN ORDER Of SALE n the above stated case, I will sell at Public )utcry at Abbeville Court House, on SALE3AY IN DECEMBER, 1S96, for the payment ?f debts, the followiug described real estate >e)onglDg to the estate of Frances Hampton, leceased, situate in said State and County, toeit: All that tract or parcel of land, known is the Frances Hampton Homestead, con