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'wn ?n?r?^-r rfi in?iT'i'intf iMnm ) WIND AND WEATHER. ^ The Signs Should He Taught lu the Ameri can Public School*. "The direction of the wind has nothinj whatever to do with the course of a thun derstorm, or, fur that matter, any othe 6torm; neither has the direction of th low send clouds, which generally trove from north to south at right angles to in course of the rain cloud. Look up abov these small clouds at the great movinj mass, and you will learn the direction o the storm. Wkh a little study any ob swrvercau quickly determine the direction velocity and character of a coming storm In the smoky down town district this is j inoce difiieult matter, but in the parksam on the boulevards no mistake need b "made. In the average thunderstorm th upper clouds are cumulous, or rolling, wit! curved edgea These are very black, am one can mark their outlines. Look a littl farther down and y?u will see a clearl; marked line where the cloud curves ccas and the whole is merged into an evei ,shade, generally lighter (than the neare clouds. This is tho falling rain, whicl forms a solid sheet through which the ey 1 i t. cannot penetrate. v? nen una i<i>n ?u reaches the zenith, the shower begins. "Thunderstorms are almost invariabl; preceded by a calm lasting from two to tei minutes. It seems as if nature designer to give her subjects warning. As th stormcloud mounts into the heavens th wind dies away and a hush comes over ev erything. The storm is from one to flv miles wide. This is the time when the cheer ful idiot in the park predicts that the storn is going to blow over. It docs. It blow over houses and fences and drenches th foolish ones who disregard the plain warn ing given. "That is why," continued the weathe crank, ''that weather signs should b taught in our public schools. I will volun teer to start a night school for the school inarms.''?Chicago Times-Herald. A GREAT YARN. No Story About Royalty Too Incredibl For Belief Somewhere. One of the most elaborate newspape hoaxes ever printed appeared in Paris, am the peeuliar thing about it was the larg share of credence with which it was re ceived, not only by the Parisians them 6elves, but by the people of France genei ally. The story in brief, says tho Londoi Mail, was that the queen of England hn< been dead for 18 years, but that her deati fc had been kept a profound secret and wa known to only a few persons in the BritLs empire. The story related v^ith circurastantia detail that Queen Vi'ctoria passed awa; quite suddenly in the full of 1878, but tha for state reasons it was deemed best t keep her demise a profound secret. Ac cordingly a woman In humble circuit stances, of about the same age as th queen, to whom she bore a striking n semblance, was discovered and installe in the place of the dead sovereign, whos * S ? Uxa.Sn/1 ? ?? n vtmnlf K/1Wan f DOUy WHS sccreuv uumu 1U U lauiv one of the royal residences. The woman who was to impersonate th dead queen was carefully coached in th part she was to play, and in order to lessei the risk of detection it was publicly give: out that the sovereign would pass th winter abroad, as 6he had determined t live in retirement for a number of monthf In the seclusion of a little foreign tow the impersonator of royalty was most as giduously trained in her part, and being woman of wonderful cleverness and di> pretion she has been able to continue th deception to this day. The story was naturally not long i: traveling across the English channel t London, where those who heard it regarde i the matter as one of tho best jokes of th season.?St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Gretchen Before and After Marriage. All Gretchen's summer dresses hav I '"11 olnonoa nnlr alKmi* nnrl t.Vin non 1U11 OJOC > TO UlilJ UV 1/ilU VJiMWK , uuu ?1*W uww. is cut slightly out in a square, back an front. So sho has put oa the pink or whit or blue dress which happens to be fresh est and is quite ready any time for an im promptu whirl, with a little thin beer in stead of an ice for refreshment. For th last dance the girls are expected to choos their partners, and it is still early w'lei they all pay their share, both man /-n< maid, in a practical and unromantic man ner. And then they go home through th woods, perhaps singing sweet songs abou those very pine forests which have inspire! so much German poetry. The next morn lng the round of marketing and cheapen * lng and cooking and eating begins again just as if nothing had happened. One of those days, when Gretchen, witl * the consent of her parents, is engaged, i is not a quiet happiness, a secret whispere with private congratulations and happ; blushes. Cards are sent at once to all th friends and acquaintances making tli great announcement, and tho betroth? pair are presented to everybody at a cert monious reception. Gretchen is a goo hoifeekeeper, and Fritz has money. Let u congratulate them and offer flowers. Chambers' Journal. How He Ihoaght King* Sbonld Die. Cramer was Voltaire's Geneva publlshei and the following anecdote may perhap prove to be interesting: At the rehearsal c one of Voltaire's tragedies M. Cramer wa finishing his role, which was to end wit j #8ome dying sentences. Voltaire, objectiii to the manner in which that death seen was played, cried out in accents of scathin scorn, "Cramer, you lived like a princ .during the four preceding acts, but at th fifth you die like a bookseller." Tronchir being present, could not help in kind ne6S interfering. "M. Voltaire," said h deprecatingly, "can you expect to hav gentlemen to be at the expense of dressf and fatigue of getting up such long part if you thus upbraid them? On the cor trary, I think they all deserve the greates encouragement at your hands, and, as t my friend Cramer, I declare that, so far a I am a judge, he dies with the same dig nity he lived." Veltaire raised his head and glance defiantly at Tronchin. "Doctor," he criet "when yeu have kings to kill, kill thei your own way. Let me kill mine as please."?Notes and Queries. Genltu? and Madness. Genius oftentimes seems to have abou it a touch of madness, and insanity som< times shows streaks of genius, but the r< lation between the two is accidental, nc essential. If this has been said before, I will do no harm to say it again, as an ant dole to the mixture of each to which No] dau aad Lombroso and others are just no' I treating the civilized world.?Journal < Insanity. We put things in order. God does th "ffcsst. Lay an iron bur east and west. ] is not magnetized. Lay it north and soutl / and it is.?Horace Mann. In France the sexes are almost exactl balanced, there being 1,004 women to 1,0Q men. - ? Two sorts of Christians make moi of the trouble in the churh. They ai I like the waiters in a certain restauran who stumbled into each other an smashed some crockery. Oue was al sent-rninded and the other was cros eyed. The cross-eyed man said, ai grily, "Why don't you look whereyo are going?" The other retortei "Why don't you go where you ai looking? He that is content to be a creature < circumstances is likely to become a po< creature in very poor circumstanceH. *? fir mjarrt Qnftrrcl. au old rooster, once asantly in au English a turkey gobbler and a It may be that the atrery strong between the - turkey and the pheasant, as the third r party was rather disposed to take the e liou's share of the food and look with * i.:.. i:*11.. I some contempt upon ins nine nimn. 0 Having been brought up in the woods, 0 he seemed to think he had no right to if claim equality with farm-bred fowls, f But the pretty pheasant knew she would always find a protector in the . stately old turkey, and it was a sad day to her when he was sent to atioth? er farm to live. 1 Now the rooster and pheasant did 0 not get on so well together, and one 0 day they had a quarrel. Of course the h rooster beat as he was so much larger 1 and stronger, and the poor wounded 0 pheasant dissapeared from the place, y leaving the victor to crow over his 0 wonderfui coiniuest. But his triumph a was short; for after a time the pheasr ant returned with his old alley, whose ll new home he managed to discover. By 0 what meaus he had made known his 0 wrongs to the turkey I cannot tell. Perhaps the sight of his bloody head P told the whole story. Certain it was J? that his friend travelled over the whole diatauce for the sole purpose of aveng* 0 ing the wrong of his former playmate. 0 The two fell upon the quarrelsome rooster and quickly dispatched him. e What a very unpleasant thing a "" quarrelsome disposition is, and what ' dreadful results sometimes follow. "Leave ofF contention before it be meddled with," is a good rule for boys and girls, as well as for chickens and turkeys.?Little Sower. e ?? i? [. IMaiu Truth. Ifyou miss Heaven it will not be for lack of doing great things, but "inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of the least, of these." If you cannot give a good reason for what you are doing, that i9 a good rear son why you should not do it. & No man grows much in grace who is e not trying to be gracious, i- No theology is right that gives God i- a character that children cannot love. The Bible is the only book written n that gives us the whole truth about d ourselves. h When you bury your sin9, don't put s any kind words on their grave stones, h The man is always .'earning who makes his mistakes teach him some^ thing. y Everything God does means some.t fhinw 0 No greater calamity could happen to any man than to have the power to fol' low tbe promptiugs of his heart in 6 everything. Is there much difference between a d theatre-going Christian and a Cburch? going worlding. h If you want to find out how pleasant others can be, show them how agreeae bleyoucanbe. a Q ? A Roxlon Cat. ? The adored cat of a Boston family I* iiiuu lobun ill Ho ninoH rcfncBrl tfi n' look on milk, and turued away iii dis'* gust from fish, and the beauty of hie a black dress grew les9 day by day. Catuip was ottered, but to no good end, 0 and it was deemed best to have a doctor. The prescription, whatever it Q ?vas, relieved the sufferer, who was ? soon turned out as good as new, but shortly after the doctor came to the house again to see some one else. The cat at once appeared, and taking a seat be9ide him, never stirred until the visit was over. Each day brought the docfnr on/-! ovoru tirnn hiu fnrmpr nutipnt . hearing the familiar voice, rushed out to greet him, evincing every sign of joy and welcome. Now, who shall ] say that cats don't think? 0 e Some Day. Q When I was a boy my mother used * to sav to me sometimes: "DeWitt, t. you will be sorry for that when I am e gone." And I remember just how she t looked, sitting there with cap and i spectacles, and the old Bible in her i- lap. She never said a truer thiug than i- that. While we have our frieds with i, us we may say unguarded things that wound the feelings of those to whom b we ought to give nothing but kiudess. t After awhile some of our friends are i taken away from us, and those of us y who are left say : "Oh, if we could 0 only get back those unkind words, e those unkind deeds; if we could only d recall them !" But you cannot get !- them back. 1 s '' * m The three smallest horses.?In 1848 what was thought to be the smallest specimen of the equine race in the known world was "Queen Mab." a '? pampered pet at at the London zoologi'? cal gardens. Mab was brought to this country when 15 years old but ouly , uveu mree mouuis auer sue reacueu New York. One account says that * she was only 10 inches high, another 0 that she was 2(> inches, both measure? ments probably correct, taken atditt'erent times. ' A few years ago the Baroness Bur>' dett-Coutts owned a Shetland pony ' only 14 inches high and 18 inches in e length. a But the smallest horse brute in existence belongs to the shall of Persia. im It is 12 3-4 inches liigb and wears gold !t shoes worth $50 each. LS Instructor in Latin: "Miss B., of what was Ceres the goddess?,' Miss d B: "She was the goddess of marriage." I, Instructor: "0 no: of agriculture." u Miss B (looking perplexed): "Why, I 1 am sure my book says she was the goddess of husbandry." 33 >t It i; mm . PLOWS! PLOWS! PLOWS! it ?HEADQUARTERS FOR? Dixie Boy Plows and Castings, y ,q Plow Slocks and Steels. ? CUTAWAY HARROWS. Smoothing Harrows, 3t Chilled Plows. Steel Plows. Subsoil Plows. *6 Traces, Hauies, and Plow gear. i Gta-Joies Hardware Co., t Abbeville, S. C. ju" i~l re >fi >r| !tPMiiiu nil aUL)]j|lLLL 11UUI ilfllJ H. D. REESE, SURGEON. : THE place to carry your SICK WATCHES and BROKEN CLOCKS, where they will be looked after and attended to at all hours of theduy with skill and experience. No turning you away or sending Patients off to have them treated elsewhere, but I will put them going at prices to suit the times. Weil Presents, Clocks, and JEWELRY. Prices Down. H. D. REESE, | the people's jeweler. V YOU ^ J,WW COINCi WEST? And want LOW RATES to St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago, or points in Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Colo, rado, Oregon, Washington, California, or any point West, It will Pay You to write to or she mk. Excursion and Special Rates from time to time. Choice of Routes. No trouble to answer questions. Rates and maps fur nished free. Address Fred D. hush, Dist. Pass. Agent, L. & N. It, It., ' 36* Wall Street, Atlanta, Ga. illii i - MACHINE CO, STEAM EXGIXIKS, neoairs ? Or rOX ?IX.N nnd I SAW .til I.I.N. Engines and Machinery of all Kinds for Kent, Lease, or i Sale, Second-hand or New. ALSO AGENTS FrtI> n Automatic Engines and Rams. We are fully prepared ' to do your plummlng and gas fitting. We also run a grist mill on Saturdays, ? and are making a m splendid meal. Shops adjoining old depot. Address, J5QX J? E. Gadsey, Manager ATTT3 T\V A T\ W W1W rpHE NATURAL PROMPHNOS OF THE A human heart, goes out In tenderness for. thedead.and wesbow respect for ourselve* by giving a decent burial to our friends as they ; go out from amongst us. J. W. SIGN, UNDERTAKER, has two FINE HEARSES, one for the white people, and one for the colored people. He etnbalmes bodies, and keeps on hand ALL LINDS OF COFFINS, from the cheapest to the finest.. He takes orders for all kinds of MONUMENTS and HEADSTONES. When the services of an Undertaker 1? needed, or monuments are wanted, call ou J. W. SIGN, Telephone No. 40, Shop. Kesidenc, No. 55. July 15. 1890, tf & Psrria. -DEALERS INAll Kinds of Groceries, FRESH MEATS, SAUSAGE. HOG HEAD CHEESE AND FISH. CANNEDGOODS; of every description. Fresh Bread always 011 hand. Give us a call when In need of anything in our line. We guarantee satisfaction. Particular attention given to our MARKET department. Remember the place, No. 2 Washington street. A /~\ I I I f II a uompiete ana run STOCK OF THE CELEBRATED Metropolitan brand of Mixed Paints OF ? john lucas & co. always on band at the City Drug Store. PRICES IN ONE GALLON CANS by the single can 81.25. A liberal discount to painters using large quantities. Oct. 25. 1898, tf , E. F. GILLIARD, .'.TAILOR,/, i HAS moved, and occupies the room recently occupied by J. L. Clark, the gunsmith. and Is now prepared to do all kinds ol repairing and cleaning of gentlemen's clothes on short notice. Samples of suits always on band. Charges reasonable llestauraiit. I would announce to my friends anil c.uslomers that I have moved my RESTAURANT to Cothran's Block, on Washington I Street, where I will he glad ro serve ttie pub- i Ic with aB good meals as the provisions of 1 the market will afford. HARRIET E. ADAMS. | | Oct. 1,1:195, Cms. , ' ' - V i ?i ?>' nif ? ill >mi '^t^m^mrnrn ALL ABOARD FOR 1897! 1 AM NOW PREPARED TO SERVE MY FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC TIIIS YEA with almost anything they may need. itftple and Fancy Groceries, Seeds of a 11 Kinds, SIioph Hats, Dry GoaiIm. Farillliiu Tools. Xails, Barbed Wire. All Kinds Hard war And make your wants known and they will be supplied, Thanking you for past favors, I am Vorns for Business, Amos B. Morse. Feb. I, 1807. t B uist's (jarden ^eed < t AT ^ I I Mq?<? <n mm ft. r? w* /~v' r+ ^ jxttri isuii cv \jrti-iiic ? j >, : ^ We have bought the Seed and Stationery Business or H. W. Lawson ^ f fi (Jo. and OFFER BARGAINS. ( LHH WW vvwv^ n n tv ni n j breenwooti s uif m More Tlios. R. Davis, ----- Proprietor., ?In Post Oflice building, with the largest and most complete stock of? LADIES', MEN'S, HISSES AND CHILDREN'S SHOES, it the very lowest price in South Carolina. Look before you buy, you will I r> leased. Very Respectfully, THOS. R. DAVIS. mi. H. PARKER, President. A. W. SMITH, Yice Presldei JULIUS H. DuPRE, Cashier. The Farmers' Bank of Abbeville DEPOSITS SOLICITED. i - - ' $75,00< .... 6,50DOES GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Buys and sells Exchange and makes Co) Hons. A Savings Department has been emubllhbed. Amounts received of SI and i warrin. fntAroRt at 4 nor rant. rvavabi* Quarterly ? .Tannery. April. Jnly. October. Smal I hi Increase raoidly. Ijlreetora?W.'ll. Parker, A. W. Smith, W. C. McOowan, J. K. iilaKe, it. JicOee, P. B. Speed, K. M. Haddon, Dr. F. E. Harrison, (i. A. Vlsanskl. Johnson Chill ancl Fever Cure is a sure -IVwi* IVA AllFft. C III 1 U JL VII 111'") HI Il\l XVI VA A. vr no pay. Money refunded at once. P. B. SPEED. J W. S. COTHEAN, A. G. FAULKNER, J Proprietor. Manager, | TUI MM LIB H J We are prepared to fill all orders for Dressed and J Rough Lumber, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Frames, Shingles, ? - -- ? > .1 _ J.J _ L Brick, Lime, Dement. in snort anytnmg neeaeu in me construction of a House. B. K. Beacham, Proprietor Abbeville liin^sg^^ T"KT TIT) TTTPTI ft /f.rsrvr . o 7| IAN ? A U A1 Wjf COUNTRY PRODUCE. _AJbl>e>rille, - S. O. - . ' 'r "" y National Bank of Abbeville Abbeville, S. C. Capital, tBTSjOO1 Surplus, 15sOO< Ofiiceira x J. ALLEN SMITH* President. L. W. WHITE, Vice-President. IIENJ. S. BARNWELL, Cashier. Diirectoirs x J. (J. EDWARDS, Abbeville, S. C., J. C. KLUGII, Abbeville, S. C? L. W. WHITE, Abbeville, S. C., W. JOEL SMITH, Abbeyille, S. C IIENJ. S. UARNWELL, Abbeville, S.C., A. II. MOUSE, Abbeville, S. C. J. ALLEN SMITH, Abbeville, S. C. DOES a General Banking business, provides the greatest security and convenience for Depositors. Is ready at acy and all times to make loans based upon such safe collate as our county affords, Water Works. 'MOM Aid, IM aM IlMStDieilt Cl nAV'E your work done by a man thai A 4-1 4- i"i known his buslneux nn>l t.nv?> money I W/l, find health. C. 18. VKRoNKE. I ' Practical and Licensed Plumber. I Abbeville, S. C., Jan. 12,1NU7. j ABBEVILLE LOCAL BOARD. J. H. Blake, Jr.?President Walter L. Miller?Attorney. .Speed's l.ocuis DIKEcro??. Try Johntiou's chill and fever tonic. No sure no nay. At Speed's. - R. W. Caunon, C. V. Hammond, Waller L. Miller, C. i). Brown. Our line if soap and toilet articles is com- An excellent Investment company. plete. Call and see before buyinir. July 31. 1895 1895. If P. B. Speed. We are headquarters for fine toilet soip. Iialr brushes, flesh brushes, clothes brushes, xjICHAKD OANTT, Is now prepared to t loot h brush's, Ac. In fact everything In the ft all *ork in his department In the be line of toilet articles. P. B.Speed. manner and at reasonable charges. Month To cure a cold In one dav take laxative<ustomers shaving, hair cutting and shar bromo quinine tablets, only 2fic per box. For hoolngSlper month. Rasors honed and pi ?ale at Speed's drug store. n the bast condition for 25 cents each. IBB jirfiiffliii? ? 1 $ 360,000. ||BM|B |B e* WRITE T0 OR CALL on the undersigned 1 UH | lUlfj UII vUl H ?* or to the Director of your Township AH for any information you may desire about * our plan of Intiurance. 1. . . PAY FULL MARKET PRICE FOR ... i We Insure your property against destruonts, wmmu ok iotm, ' or will make a good exchange of MEaL and and do so cheaper than any Insuranoe Com HULLS for SEED. Farmers should sell their PRememberweCIre prepared to prove to you ?*ed t? the Oil Mill or exchange them for that ours is the safest and cheapest plan of' _ ? TT- Insurance known. j Meal and HullS J. R. BLAKE, Jr., Agent, ) Abbeville, S. C. j A mi lit rnttfd t vaw d.ar i mm m ll1! w w a wf . 3 1 Ab^T c. I WUA WA1W1WJ ^ o? , is equipped with the very latest Improve r r>A inn Tvyn nnmAn ci menu for handling and GINNING COTTON a J5(JAKD DlKiiilj 1 OKo. ; wb,ch increa?* iu va|ue ?De e|8hi 10 ?ne r * quarter of a cent a pound. Send your cotton I A -?t. . r,. rw, to Oil Mill Glonery and see If It does notoom- v W G.M. Anderson Ninety-Six Township. . . .. ' . . . .. ^ J.M.Major Greenwood mand a better price than when ginned on old P.W.Sullivan Cokesbury " style machinery. 'vtfCj " w o' SonV5ltl? ? ?* Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls for Sale. \ '* X M. B. Cllnkscales .....Dae Went \ 9 T. L. Haddon Long Cane " N ? J.W.Scott Jdmlthvllle " ,T lif HARDEN \ A E.W.Watson White Hall " iU' ^ J. W. Lyon Indian Hill - " \ A Capt. John Lyon Cedar Spring " M'liiOO'ai' W W.E. Leslie Abbeville lt?ctU<lgt5I C Dr. J. A. Anderson.Diamond Hill Sept. 15, 1896, tf H. A. Tennent Lowndesvllle u HHl ^ A.O.Grant Magnolia " \ J. T. Horton Calhoun T|ir _ m T. J. tiriit. .Bordeaux ? *,.*.&>ttdstvwAf i CHRISTMAS RUSH V Dear air?Please accept our than fes for check i VIXXVIA/AiiXilV UUwll of 8500 to cover recent loss of our dwellings by ' Are. For cheapness and safety we cheerfully 1 i commend the Farmers Mutual Fire AssoclaI lion of Abbeville County to all who desire In- W I surance on their property. i KSiiwifl ED WARD^R^CH E, ' H Charleston and Western Carolina R. R ; ^ Augusta and Asbevillc Short Line. ()g Ar Greenwood 12 17 pm 12 01 utn | Ar Laurens 1 15 pm 7 00 om i Vlfl Ar GreenWIle^ 8 W) pm 10 15 a in Ar Spartanburg^... 8 00 pm 10 10 am ^ lvu??. Tore BeJS5over 1 am now ElvlDE aU ray time M Lv Glenn gptinga 10 00 am a t Lv Laurens ::::::::::"5? 785i PERSONAL ATTENTION J. Lv Anderson 10 25 am I TO THE REPAIRING OF Lv Greenwood 2 28 pm 7 00 am | -rvj . i />m i J T 1 ArAugn?& 605 pm 12 25 pa; Watches, blocks and Jewelry. Lv Greenwood 5 30 pm Ar Bnleish 1 :M) am _, _ n Ar Norrolk 7 80 am ...? ^ LJ Ar Petersburg 6 00 am .......... ? Ar Richmond 6 40 am .. I bave the finest equipped work shop In 0 Lv Augusta 2 (JO (<m this part of ihe country and If you want a Ar Allendale 4 05 pm rt ? ? J T i : ec Ar Kalrfax 4 20 pm uOOQJOD ' ip. Ar Yemassec 9 ."JO ain 5 30 pm . . . V iv Ar Beaufort 10 35 am (i 25 pm | r'aronable prlw^^get my estimate on \ P Ar Port li?yiil 10 50 am 0 35 pro : , Ar Pavannah 7 50 pro ! Q Q CT D Itl All \ Ar Charleston ^ 7 4o pin I 1% \/ ^ DLl%llAU| I Lv Charleston 6 50 am HPTl a 1a \17nl nil ILv Savannah 6 00 am , ^ tr C ?w Civl Lv Port Royal 1 55 pm 8 15 am IRESSi!* Bz WALTER L. MILLER, | Lv Allendale 10 47 am J M| I ?i2?pm Attorney at Law. h Close connections at Greenwood for all points on ? S. A. L. uud & O. Hallways, and at Spartanburg A "U"U/^-rr-i 11 /r* C2 . HI with Southern Railway. j -C\. D OeV11I0, O. Kor any Iniorinatlon relative to tickets, rates, sched-1 j aloo represent a Dumber of Investment _ ule, etc., address ^ ... . ? i Companies. Loans made on Abbeville or W. .1. nRAIO. G?n. Prm. Agent, Augusta, Go. 1 Greenwood City real eRtate. kM E. M. NORTH, Sol. Agent. OFFICE on Law Range. ' V , Notice t# Taxpayers. The tendency of tax payers of the County, especially the negroes, to disre4 gard the Auditor's appointments for taking returns, has grown so alarmingly ^ that we will be compelled to enforce the law which is 2 50 PER CENT PENALTY j For Not Returning. d If you should he unable to meet the Auditor at the places below named, A renipmhpr thjif. the oftine at Abbeville is onen for the nuraose of takincr returns * from the 1st day of Januaiy to the 20th of February except on such days as below indicated. I would respectfully ask every white man in the County to inform his employees of the time and place of the Auditor's appointments in his community and in case they fail to meet him there, to send them to Abbeville within the time above named. Uuder the recently adopted constitution of this State, every man within the> age of 21 and GO years, capable of earning a support, except Confederate Soldiers nver 50 vears of acre, is liable for doII tax. Remember when you sign a return, for yourself or for another, you take an oath that you have returned the property therein named at its true value. Remember also if you have credits, and return noue, or only a small fraction thereof, you lay yourself liable to an investigation by the Assessing Board ' aud to prdsecution before the Auditor. We wish only a fair and honest re^ turn. i For the purpose of accommodating the public in the matter of taking tax returns. I will fulfill the appointments below mentioned, either in person or by deputy. Note the dates and 9ave yourself a trip to Abbeville, or 50 per cent penalty. The appointments are as follows: Greenwood?Monday and Tuesday, January 11th and 12th. _ Ninety-Six?From arrival of down train, Tuesday, the 12th, to the arrival of the up train Thursday, 14th. ^ Coronaca?Friday, Jauuary 15th. rj Verdery?Saturday, Jauuary 16th. Calhoun Falls?Tuesday, Jauuary 19th and until the arrival of up traitii Wednesday, January 20lb. Q Lowndesville?Thursday and Friday, January 21st and 22nd. n Bradley?Tuesday and Wednesday, January 2Gth and 27th, from the arrival of down train Tuesday. Troy?Thursday and Friday, Jauuary 28th aud 29th. McCormick?Saturday January 30th, and Monday, February 1st, until time for departure of Anderson train. Bordeaux?Tuosday, February 2nd. Wellington?Wednesday, February 3rd. Mt. Carmel?Thursday and Friday, February 4th and 5th. Hodges?Monday, February Sth aud till the arrival of up train Tuesday, February 9th. !rf Donalds?Wednesday aud Thursday, February 10th aud 11th. Due West?Frida. * nd Saturday, February 12th and 18th. Antreville, at McAdams' store?January 15th and 16th. )t Cedar Springs?January 16th, at Hunter's store. ' Long Cane?January i5th and 16th, at Residence of A. F. Calvert. Mt. View?January 16th,at Clinkscales' store. Abbeville?The oflice will be open to the entire County for the purpose of taking returns from January 1st lo February 20th, except on the following dates, viz: Monday and Tuesday, January 11th and 12th. Tax payers will observe the following instructions: Where you have laud in more than one township, don't fail to make sepa- ^ rate returns, giving the exact number of acres in each. Present your plats and deeds to the Auditor where you have detected an error in your former return, in order to verify a correction. I W. W. Bradley, Auditor. ?