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The Abbeville Press and Banner.! ' --ii BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1897. ESTABLISHED 18441 I CONTRIBUTED LOCALS. Whnt "51** See* and Hears on Hi* KoantlN About the City. Abbeville. S. C.. April 9. lS!t7. | Many friends welcome Capt. Branch Lome ! again. Miss Mattie Brown, a pretty and accom- ( plished young lady of Beltou, is visiting her ' friend Mrs. \vl R. Bullock. Miss Bessie Jiuwaras, wun utr eit>i? ncicu are expected home this week. The surgical operation performed ou Helen was entirely successful, and her physicians say she will set well, and will Boon be fully restored to health. The reception given last Friday eveniDg at I the Methodist parsonage by the members of! the Ladies Aid Society, was a most enjoyable ] occasion. Delicious refreshments were served and every one speut a most delightful time. The writer beg* to acknowledge the! kiud invitation received, and regrets exceed-[ ly bis unavoidable absence. Mr. Walls III ley. of Greenwood, spent sever- j al days of thl6 week In the city. Messrs A. O. Graut and Tom Brock, ot Mt. Carmel, were in the city last Monday. They report plenty of rain aud high rivers. Mr. C K.Bruce has recently had a phone, piaeeu in uis mui c ?uu mou.u.?u,,. ? j u?w readily mttke your orders. Mrs. \V. R. Bullock has Just received a most beautiful upright piano, which is a j splendid Instrument,and Mrs. Bullock knows j exactly bow to bring out lis sweetest tones. | The local Telephone Company have now SO ' phones placed lu the city with oiders lor still j more, which will bi put iu at an early date. The bicycle track and bise ball around with ! n^commodious grand stand will be finished j up lu stvle this week. Miss Rachel Hemphill, the accomplished, and charming daughter of General Hemphill | closed her dancing school Jast Friday evening j with a German, and notwithstanding the iu- j clemency of thee*enlng a very large crowd were present, all of whom enjoyed themselves to the utmost. Miss Hemphill has been teaching one of the largest classes ever taught 1 In the city, numbering nearly lorty. The closing of which as above alluded to was one I ?*?. mnc? ?>n?AVohln nPfuUnnR Ol tilt! hfrMROU. The name of ilr. M. P. DeBruhl has been i mentioned as a probable candidate for the vacancy in the legislature, enured by the reslgr.atiou of Mr. T. A. Grahrin, elected to the office of Auditor for the new county of Greenwood. Mr. DeBruhl is eminently qualified to All this important position ami 1 many friends hope he will enter the race. Many lrieuds extend their deepest sympathy to Mr. aud Mrs. Aug. W. Smith iu this ail h ur of their sore affliction. I,a?t Suuday was a day that tried the faithfui?that Ik, wet weather christians, and we J r acknowledge with pleasure that Abbeville! has ax large a m.ruber of these as any city of j 1th size wherever found. i Messrs. F. Rosenberg & Co., are dally add- { 5?< to their already large aud complete slock I ? Tuis is one of our old, staunch, reliable tirms who have by low prices and lair dealing built I up a large aud growing business. They have' ample store room, polite and attentive salesmen and defy competlou Irom any quarter, j Our mlllluery stores, on their opening days | made the mo?t elaborate aud graudest dits-! play of fashionable millinery, and ladies! goods shown In Abbeville lor many years. ; Goods in this line were Dever prettier, nor j more stylish. Notwithstanding the extreme' bad weather tneir siore rooms were crowucu with beautiful ladles. Our city can truly fi boast of ber Emporiums ol Fashion. | 1" Messrs. J. H. Latimer and W. S. Cothran our lumber dealers, each have a splendid stock of all kinds of mouldings, mantles aud j house building materials kept in first class j stores. They are each prepared Trom their , CO respective store rooms aud lumber yards to ; sell you what you want at lowest figures and ?0 will deliver same on short notice. Our little stores around the corner, R. C. i 1 Wilson & Co., and J. A. Bowie, Jr., are tilled 3-J] to overflowing with good things, boih sub- : stantial and fancy, which they sell at figures ' of to suit the bard times. Mr. A. JLt. Morse, another of Abbeville's live go-ahead young merchants, is dally opening ne new goods, and adding largely to bis splendid and well assorted stock, everything kept | ("V in a store ot eeueral merchandise. By ener-1 gy, honest dealing, close prices, and good 1 ^ goods tbls firm have built up a first class I vj! trade. Messrs. Harrison <fc Game have in stock a Vi beautiful line ot toilet articles, a splendid stock of drugs, fresh and new, all o: which j are neatly kept by their polite ana attentive ( alesmeD. Mr. F. C. DuPre Is in charge of; tbilr piescrlption department and being both j (]e xap*hle and reliable has the confidence of | ?very one aud is building up a tine business i for this popular linn. Just aerosn on the corner you will flud Mr. <George White, who has a large and comnoo-'rv aIious store room "brim tun oi beaumui new *prlug Koods. Mr. While understands the |, mercantile business pertectly, aud knows bl] exactly the wants of his customers. He has j the goods and price", aud a full corps o! wideawake salesmen who will ueat you right I ' when you call. The recent heavy rains have greatly retard- j * ?d the several industries now fcoing on in our city. Mr. John A. Harris, after a pleasant trip to j Spartanburg, returned last Saturday. JJr. ?. L. Wilson Is organizing a class In j fMamanshipto be taught al nighi. Specimens .cap be seen at bis otflce. The Doctor is capa-1 hie ayj worthy, and such a class is much ] 111 needed here. j On Xot.?dny evening the 27th of April the M ladled difTnplly Episcopal church will give) #u entertainment 111 the Couit House, con-1 oisting ol Mrs. Jnrle.vs Wax figures and a < Children Carnival. For the benefit of the I K niccnnHl cliUK'h. CP j M The ResUter. Editor Koester has resigned from the edlto. i rial management of the Register. He made a I good paper and was respectful in his inter- er course wiih his brethren. For these reason8 j we liked tbe?Regisler and Editor Koester j HI The hew editor of the Register, Mr. Thorna* ! ^ r Addison, starts otr well, and we have no doubt that he will keep the standard up to a1 the highest requirements. We hope that he , tuay ool waste his energies in lighting the j ^ brethren, j If You Wl*h lo Help Your Town, J ^ Don't send your work to some other town. | I'-ttrouiz- home industry. Don't make your money out of Its citizens1 and spend it hoiuewheae else. | ,y Don't frown on every public enterprise sim-1 p!y ueiau o it will cost jou a dollar or two. Don't *nt-er at the efforts ol your fellow-cltl-; til zeo? to build up ttie town, but lend a band . yourself. * ?r Don't talk a great deal about what should t>e done and remain on the back seut waiting! , for some one else to do It. I th Don't buy your dress goods from samples ! sent out irom other towns. Go to one of your j oily stores and be better and more suitably J served. Don't fall Into the error of believing that a K1 city store can retail goods cheaper than your I neighbors. J i.u Remember that if you send your money off thai there is no certainty that the goods will ] coion up to your expectation. You are certain j Stl lo havfc to pay freight. Whll? ttls true that much work can bedone i in the etttes that cannot be done In the country. It Is certain that any work that can be . done ia the country is more cheaply dooe. J lili j B. Fresh cheese and maccaronl. Dried apples ! 50. per lb. Abbeville Supply Co. i \\ Another supply of fancy roaxted coffee at 2.3 | cts. per lb. Try it. Abbeville Supply Co. [ Bicycles for sale and rent at It. C. Bernau. the jeweler. Special prices made 11 you wish j <t. to rent a wheel per month or season. ] -PGood bicycles are fine pieces of workman-j ship, in fact they should be built as accurate i us i?; watch. R. C. ;Bemau. the jeweler, has I made arrangements to mend or replace any ! j pait of your machine on short notice. Bup the oil to lubricate your cycles, R. C. j :n, Bernau keeps the best. i uu New goods In jardinesses and vases. Differ-: em sizes in Trtloy vases at R C. Beruau. Don't get angry at trifles. Look at . vexations as you will view them 30 lo days from date. The angry man who gets the wroug key and pushes and ratiles the door till he breaks the lock, sai loses more timethau if he had quietly gone for the right key, pays for a new lock besides. de The common silver dollar Is most exactly one and one-half inches in di- en ameter. * \ fhe Abbeville B. F. BAILEY, The above cut represents the Abbeville Cotton ^ e latest and best machinery for the manufacture of br At various times since the wan the people of Ab tton mill, but for some reason actual work was never veral of our citizens sought subscriptions for the p phabetically : Wyatt Aiken, J. C. Ellis, J. Haynt hers were among the earliest promoters of the enter] arly $40,000, when on the first Thursday evening in )urt House by the election of the following Directors, TT 1 T /> T?1 1. r\ _ /-* A \T ft rier, v_. r. nammona, j. iviugn, ur. u. i\eum sanska, Hugh Wilson. The Directors from their number elected J. C. Is nt ; W. H. Parker, Secretary and Treasurer. Immediately after the election of Directors th irectors to buy land for a site, and to contract for the lilding. A tract of eighty acres, lying within the < as bought. * The Committee on the purchase of land was J. The Committee on Brick Contract was : C. P The land being secured, the work of making 1 July of that year. Sixteen hundred thousand bricks ilkm and George S. Wilson, when the Winter rains si The President and Directors determined to proc cured, as architects, the services of the most eminent T _ _ i _j o / "? i essrs. LocKwooa, ureene cc <^o. eunaing pians ar In February of 1896 a contract was concluded \ ection of the main building, which was to be 102 by ent story of half the length-of the house, while th inex. The work of digging the foundation and bout the same time James L. McMillan and George rork was carried on throughout the Summer, and on s job and swept the floors, thus complying with ovember. During the Summer the contract for building ft ith four rooms?two hundred rooms?was awarded tc ally finished, and many of the houses are already occi e regarded as equal to, if not superior to, any factory e factory a good job, and of which the President and At'the annual meeting on the first Thursday in > lugh declined re-election to the directory. B. S. B eir places. With these changes, the old board was ill in charge of the company's affairs. Among the most liberal of the home subscribers g, arranged, according to the size of the subscripts liley, $11,000 ; Judge McGowan, $6,000 ; John A. K ilson, $4,000 ; W. H. Parker, $3,500; J. S. Cothran, ! ,500 ; Aug. W. Smith, $2,500 ; R. M. Haddon, $2,50 ,000 ; C. P. Hammond & Co., $2,000; Dr. Ancrum At the meeting of the Directors after the May meei charge of the Abbeville High School, and a liberal si :reased to $60,000 or $70,000, was elected President. At a future meeting of the Directors and a few cGowan, the subscription to the capital stock was rais the New England States in search of additional subs< For the last month machinery for the mill has I me in the building. The engine is a Greene engine of 450 guaranl velope 600 horse power. It is the best and most e > the boilers have no equal. Ir r Cotton Mill. President. lill Building, which is now being supplied witl own homespuns. beville have agitated the question of building ; commenced until in the Spring of 1895, whei lurpose of erecting the present mill. Namet i McDill, W. C. McGowan, W. L. Miller an< Drise. They raised subscriptions aggregating May, 1895, the company was organized in th< named alphabetically : B. F. Bailey, P. L er, W. H. Parker, W. A. Templeton, G. A Hugh, President ; G. A. Visanska, Vice-Presi ic company passed a resolution authorizing the making of brick for the construction of th< corporate limits of the town, costing $4,100 C. Klugh, W. H. Parker, G. A. Visanska. Hammond, W. A. Templeton, Hugh Wilson the brick at the mill site was commenced earl; ; were made by the contractors James L. Mc topped their work. :eed with the mill, and as a preliminary step : cotton mill builders in the United States, th id specifications were prepared. vith Capt. J. W. Cagle, of Greenville, for th 240 feet, three fifteen-foot stories, with a base ie engine room and boiler house were to be th laying the brick was commenced in March S. Wilson resumed the work of making brick the first of October Captain Cagle complete* 1 his contract to finish the work by the first o >rty houses?twenty with six rooms and twent; i W. H. Long. That contract has been vir lpied. The houses are ceiled throughout am ' houses in the State. Mr. Long has givei Directors are very proud. lay, 1896, Prof. P. L. Grier and President J. C arnwell and R. M. Haddon, were elected to fil ? re-elected, and the first board of directors ar< to the capital stock of the mill are the followon P. Rosenberg & Co., $16,000 ; B. F [arris, $5,500 ; B. S. Barnwell, $4,000 ; Hugl ?3.500; W. H. Long, $3,000; W. C.McGowan o ; G. A. Neuffer, $2,000 ; W. A. Templeton, , $r,500; J. R. Blake, Jr., $1,500. ting in 1896, Prof. B. F. Bailey, who was ther ibscriber to the capital stock, which had ther other stockholders, in the office of Parker <S: ;ed to $100,000, when President Bailey went :riptions. About $85,000 was thus added, jeen coming, and expert hands are placing the :eed horse power, but which, it is claimed, will xpensive engine that is made, and as fuel sav The Draper looms are being put in. Of thes The latest and best cards have been bought. borne idea may be had ot the Draper looms wr hands may attend these looms that are required for the These cards, instead of carding 80 pounds of card 165 pounds daily. Forty-two of these cards a: The best possible protection against fire has bee at a cost of $6,000, is being placed in the mill. So water works may be had when it is stated that the fourth as much as the cost of the entire plant of the v, engine, engine house, standpipe, and the six miles of p elusive of the cost of the water works for the mill is a Ions of water. The mill will be guarded at night, b fire will never go out under the boilers. A sufficient ate the water works, but as a double safety, the 20,0c so that if, by any possibility the fire in the boilers shou ate the extinguishers until steam could be raised. The plumbing is the latest and best?as well 2s t ate tank from the water works tank, supplies water for * ' sufficient numbers on each floor. The slightest heat lighted match will open the fusible water gauges, whicl ' It is estimated that there is floor space for 5,ocx as the company are able, or find it expedient, to incur The mill house is said to be one of the best i proved that' is now in use. The mill is not a chej best machinery yields the best profit even at a higher p A side track from the Seaboard Air Line roa receipt of material and in the shipment of its product. > Blue Hill branch, a never-failing stream of water, cov< seven to nine feet in depth, is at the mill door, the top of the engine room. This will furnish all the water of a pipe through which it may run from the branch b; The effort to build a cotton mill at Abbeville ha aim seems to be an assured fact. The result is i and the architects, Messrs. Lockwood, Greene & Co., otic stockholders. In his efforts to build this r i ^ support of the stockholders, all of whom have implici j successful issue. It is due to him that the firm of j valuable and indispensable service, and without whi< materialized. 7 5 ??M?MMMM? ?? CHICKASAW CHAT. ! CONNIE 0EP1 . - Pretty Women ? Handsome Men ? What a Reporter 8ai Npeahern All. This'Excellent Ii 1 Due Weet.S. C., April 5.1S87. ? " jtef No services Sabbath evening on account of ^0Vd uVandTo ovVrl^l A number of our citizens attended the ?o our midst. We suppose a Reformation at Abbeville last week. We ZtUbelnedonem Se l 1 bear It well spoken of, especially the acting ij.? h? of Mr. H. T. Wardlaw. iL lnnh l in.mnln a Mr. J, N. Anderson, of Falrvlew, is on a vis- such an Institution 2 It to his slater, Mrs. A. S. Kennedy. Mrs. Kate Flennlken, of Wlnnsboro, is on a IrS it hZ , visit to Mrs. K. P. Kennedy. . Miss Fannie Bradley, of Troy, attended the ?u w ' .was oui Janlor Exhibition. the Orphanage and take i week" H' M* Jobnson 18 expecled home th,s Te mTthere Miss Bess Election tomorrow for Intendnni and Ward- ? ,??'Th?'n?n ^ J'!if? rn eDS. The question o' legality has been raised. Thl A^PmPJ^ nnrffhl i?,u Field day was postponed Friday on accoant hnnuf T^h of rain. Will takTpIace next Friday. IL'JiS.trt ??hJ??mLll Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wllllford, of Greenwood, i terested^in the commenda V arrived Saturday. Mrs. Willi ford willspend ine>' Bro euis?m", ?uu ? sometime with her mother, Mrs. F. H. Gerk much of the success of the who Is not bo *eil, while Mr. Willifordre^ to their efforts with the efl " turns today. are sincerely engaged. Miss Rosa Cunningham, of Donalds Is visit- To begin with what we sa ing Mrs. J. M. Martin. Hor Bister, Miss Fan- the largest of the houses nie, accompanied her. through its apartments. V Mrs. H. F. McGee, who has been attending lnto reception room first, ? the B. Y. P. U. in Greenville, returned Satur- K?ntly furnished, then we ] day. 'library where we noticed j e Miss Lena Pressnell returned to Greenville erature for the little ones. Saturday. Her sister, Mrs. John Maglll, ac- lnto the r<x> 8 of the litt com pan led her. the room for the girls. Bo Miss Laura McMillan lsspendlng a few days number of little Iron be< with Mrs. A. S. Kennedy. rooms being large in ordei e The heaviest rain in years fell Sabbath 8 B?odly number. Everyt night. and clean as It is possible f Mr. J. H. WreDn visited Greenwood Thurs- ke?D tbe apartments for he "Iday with a view to an improvement in his word, we passed through machinery here. " nouHe, ior me uuuaeo are 0 Prof. C. E. Todd will raise the standard In we" Hied for ralslDg a fans the Primary Department next year. , reQ a8 one could well lmi Dr. J. I. McCain left for Columbia Friday to look, too, Into the dress-ma attend a meetlneof the State Board of Edu- partment, and Into the dl oatloD. we found a number of little Prof. H. E. and Mrs. Ida Bonner returned sewing, reading, etc. Tbej " from Pelza last week. well contented Indeed, and 1 Messrs. Cohen and Allen, of Abbeville, were themselves Just as we wou up Tuesday and Wednesday with a lot of fine "Ul? S'r'8 uo In their rea clothing. We visited the other bul ,f Birth?To Mrs. Hester Hagan, February 20, the mft,n theJ' were arranj 1 ason. we have described. We wo Mr. R.J. Brock attended the Junior Exhl- note however, of the Mrs.] bitlon. reared by Mr. W. L. Durst 1 Abbeville County has never had a more effl- This seemed to us thi v clent, polite and obliging set of officials than beautiful of all. In Its pari ' now, especially Is this true of Magistrate Cox, of the paintings of Mrs. Du who must have something of the patience of "er frame which she reque - Job. to the little orphans Just be Miss Janie Hollinesworth has returned from ,T'ie ??bool -bulIdlng \a of d Greenv.ne. where ?&e has been In attendance J^l^other ^bwlBTali Master Leland Vass, of Grepnwood, has ff elemental fl been on a visit to Master Daniel Brown. hVother duties of life Dr. F. L. Leeper of this place has been con- r ?y Mr Vass who Is i ducting a series of meetings at Abbeville. r"; ; v 18 ' Miss Statla Wldeman Is on a visit to Clover. Pfjfi5???' iho nfnss The Junior Exhibition came off according ?ul nlace j^dei ni from w . to programme Fridny evening. The speakers i th2^nst all acquitted themselves with much dlstinc- Lestof hands ft seemed a 1 tion. Although the weather wa6 very incle* . J1ns.???\?a a ' ment. quite a large audlonoe greeted the we m|Kht nme that the ct speakers. Owing to a very large class only . 5,??!*"5D L.7^; 2 half of the Juniors spoke Friday nlRht, and of our homes We s^w a the remaining half will orate the first Friday Sovs Mealed In knockTnz c in May. As usual, the music was one of the ??y.8 kdockimgc entertaining features of the occasion. Foi- brushes out of which lowing is the program of the first half: ^sweep off ?h?e grounSra Purv-RAMMF pushing other tasks that we Pravflr programme. ^he ^ nave lhejr nn7Toi?i,t.nnfTm0i ? r Rotto that each one has something ^.hIp?fmS\?L?fetv Rrnriiflv only train the minds of tl 1 fnfh^r tho nfi^ WnriSl" p'V; Hmwn the>' tralu them to know H q"'red of all of us-that ev r mw ? Element of Success H. duty t0 performi with the ' rI?Sr?sWD,ng EV6Dt of thG Cenlu^"J- * nolfhhigKless'th ansee''tfc The Destiny of our Country-J S Chlsolm. nand womanhood Th 2 M.SIi,illFIFiVi8Dralte' i '^e work Is a glorious one xtiG 1 rogrcss of Msd J* F? Fulls. , reward &WAltln? thu inun Perseverance Essential to Success - W. QJ. m?^^nlf?yl^Dtc I Trophies of Trutb-A. H. Griffith. j giTM%K tori?So?m. ThMinhlM. AmeHaKennl.lv6 Uo^eTn^hTs and slmna h,? I mTL^HC BrTdley.^ L Hunter, E. P. j ** with confidence Wldeman, J. W. Rawlinson, P. A, Pressley. I "L^ho assist infurther! n Mr. Patton Kennedy has returned from At- , l"ose who assist In furtherln lanta where he has been purchasing stock. i revpaied a verv beautiful si . Mr. R. S. Galloway and Rev. C. E. Todd are ?*? '?? a very beautifuli si ' Wun^rsvU^N'c8^16^ ! teachesaud"matroLS 1 Wllicll CODV6D68 ID H.UDtGrBVll 16. N. C? work und wlLtlftl u lartG fHfl AbbevlIU has furnished us a couple of first- 1 worK, and w thai a lar^e iaa fra88flnd0^moseBriS.Lve P6r8?D Br?WD'1 dlllgentlyTnstructed In all li: jr., ana James ijraaiej. good men aud women. F?p the^H'alare j Rent an ran I Our townsman, M. P. DeBruhl, Esq., Is an- . nounced as a candidate for the House of Rep-1 k?,?L^. JP, B resentatlves, to fill the unexpired term of1 I? .' ? .',81 Hon. T. A. Graham. Mr, DeBruhl is well and tobacco aud cigars and In favorably known to our people, and would i a tlrst-class grocerj make an excellent Representative. Meals at all hours. April 7,1 j ? Judge M. E. Hoi-lingsworth, of Due Great bargains In printed West, was on our streets yesterday and paid "o?- down us a pleasant call. : prices. Abbeville Supply Co ;e looms 304 ark being placed in position. ;J _x _ 1 i.L _-4. iL' J J.l? 1 ?;& len it is siaieu iiiai une-uura ine numoer 01 i : same number of other looms. j cotton a day, as the ordinary card does, will J re now in the mill. j tn made. The system of automatic sprinklers, I me idea of the expensiveness of this system of | cost of fire-works for this single building is one- J /ater works of the town, with its artesian well, .] >iping which is laid through the streets. Ex- I tank in the tower ^hich will hold 20,000 gal- M v a watchman who can run the engine, and the7 | head of steam will be always on hand to oper- ^ ^ - *' * WW ~'-/4 X)-gallon tank in the tower will always be filled, v r Id run down, the water from the tank will oper- jj the most experisive?that is in use. A separthe lavatories and closets which are found in will set the water flowing from the tank. A ^ 1 are to be found everywhere in the building. | d additional spindles which will be added as soonV <| the expense. n the South, and the machinery is the most imip mill, in any sense, except in the fact that the irice than second class appliances. d gives the mill every needed advantage in the ' A lake which is supplied by pipes from the : srs an acre or more of ground, and ranges from A of which is nearly on a level with the basement ^ that is needed, at no other cost than the laying ; y natural gravitation. s now passed the stage of doubt. The desired due to the combined efforts of President Bailey, >. ? of Boston, who have had at their backs patri nill President Bailey has had the confidence and t laith in his ability to carry the enterprise to a Lockwood, Greene & Co., have rendered such *1 4 Sfs ;h Abbeville's biggest enterprise might not-have j ? . *^ii rj ? vrnp Glen-Jones Hardware Co.'s Iroeala. ^ HAJNaJj. - Paint I Paint! I Paint!!! Tbe time to paint is in dry moderate weaih* ; er. That time la near at hand. 8bould yoa v jj contemplate painting we would be pleased to v on a "Visit to show you different kinds, and belp you qsU- ' ^ naiitntinn mate on cost of work. We can farnlsb paint , * at all prices, from 85 cents per gallon np. We nanny to look at carry a complete line and can furnish you 3 le things that are whlte lead, tinted lead, linseed oil, etc. ' c the name things Ready mixed paint's tbe best to use, and We this accounts for 8ell tbe most popular brand In tbe market, the glorious work namely?Masury's. It is ready for the brash, i japtUt Orphanage it works easily, does not run off the wood, e. we knew theie bas great covering power and dnrable quail- ' f l.r.e,j we ? ties. Masury's paints are genuine linseed flttea it was for 0n paint, and we guarantee satlsfiaetloa ia intended, and bow their use. The best is always the cheapest, done, until a few Your house may need paint, put on the kind r pleanure to visit that will last for years. A word to the wise la i view of the sur- sufficient. le and Miss Sudie \ , ? f. , rmer tfs teacher^n Ju8t arrived?a big lot of new matting flrom .* ;r as matron of the *2VS10 35 ct8- Per y*rd at tbe Abbevllfe 8nppy ey are greatly In- Coble work in which re have 'no doubt ? institution is due fort* of others who STATEMENT 10 u7a viquah flpct 1 and took a look ! showing condition of the ye were iaKen in | J . ?'f??Snir Farmers Bank, We passed from It | 'a le boyx then Into 0f Abbeville, S. C., at close of businew 81 th of these bad a March iuut jr isteads In it, the! March.iwz. RESOURCES> _ : to accommodate hlng was as neat > Loans and discounts 8158,296 20 or any mother to ] Real estate, furniture and fixtures... 2,71# 00 ir little ones. In a Overdrafts 2,828 97 an elegant brick | Diae lions other Banks 10,296 03 built of brick, as cash and cash items 9,523 74 ! illy of little child-1 iglne. We took a i $189,164 00 Irlnfr nr aatrlno rift. I ? ? ... ? | ljIABIijlTlta. Ing room, wuere .< > girls engaged In t Capital ?75.000 00 ' all seemed very | surplus - 6,000 TO 1 were employing | Undivided profits - o? Id have expecied j Dividends unpaid 389 W t . 1 homes. Due other Banks 60 ldlngs too, but In Deposits w ;ed Juntas the one Re-dlscounts 13,000 00 uld make especial Lou Durst House,! 5189,161 60 In memory of his j gouth Carollna, . pjmost elegant and Abbeville County. & TstWteo?eUtberTuh i I, Julius H. DuPre. cashier of the above- ' sled be presented named Bank, do solemnly swear that the fo're her S above statement Is true to the best of n?y WHere Tvery^day i ?W Julius H. DuPre. Cashier the children^ gatb: ^ Subscriber and sworn to before metMs 6th Mng ?nd devoted : day of April, 1897. W. R. Bullock, ?f fnnnrlAriiro ?nrl I L- c- B* correct?Attest: nanaglog the Or-I Woo. H. Parker. ) it back from the1 Aug. W.Smith. VDlrectore. , , In a very beautl-1 P. B. Speed. > hat we haw from Hut I on in in the case of ' the right I illdren there have DENTAL WORK.. ,s they do In any , . number of little! :o: 1 ottou stalks, oth- j , Dr. E. L. Wilson Again nd others accom-1 , _ 0 re asslgued them.' m Liio (itti/*nc* allotted work, so III I 110 vy'llOt/. {to do. They not | tie.little ones, but * KTK.R a Ion? spell of Grippe, I am again that work Is re- /l. at my office, prepared to do all, kinds of ery one has some ; Dental Work cheap for the Cash. tralnlne they are ttttt oaxt e we can expect . DI\. E. L. WILSON. le purest types of developed lu this ??? > i, and there a rich CHARLESTON A WESTER* CAROwho spends time, LIXA RAILWAY> benefit the fath sfi&iSS From April 27 to May \, 1897, indiint harvest "I AUGUSTA, GA., jjr J tS 60 (]S. I laptlst Orphange Will be the Centre of Attraction. tuation, the very | vv, u ,| n a most glorious Pirn and Frolic illy of little chil-1 -iTT-n -r\ d who aro being j \V lH Jfrevail. lat tends to make -r?, . ,, _ i??very Kind of | .A.imasements on t. Broad Street. t your oh11kens' ? *" FREE igur, cofiee, l?rd> ~ fact everything iou are respertfully Invited to be with us r. Phone No. 89. j Respectfully,. 7 raJAiignsta Merry Makers' Ass'n. to rock bottom ' VERY I.OW TRIP RATES,