The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, April 14, 1897, Image 4
The Press and Banner.
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til HUliJU. WILBUR.
Ten !Pa^es.
ABBEVILLE, S. C. j
fSrPublished every Wednesday at I
?2 a year in advance.
Wednesday, April 14,1897.
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Tbe Governor rihI His Horse.
An interesting account of the trouble oe- j
tween Mr. B. B. Evans and Governor Ellerbe
is to be found in our columns. The matter Is
a mixed up.
We can reconcile the statements of the parties
to the suit on the ground that they misunderstood
each other.
Nearly everybody says "I'll bet" so and so,
with no idea of really betting anything. We I
presume it was in this way that theGover-!
nor spoke. But it 6eems that Mr. Evans was
In dead earnest.
And so it was a misunderstanding.
According to the lights before us, it looks as
if the Governor had better give up the horse,
and charge the animal to the expense account
of bought wisdom.
We learn that the old mare is "sprinted"?
(whatever that is)?and "stove up"?If you !
kuow what that is?and Ih not of much account
on general principles.
The Governor of the State can hardly afford I
to go into Court to settle little differences as
to such a bet on the election. Nearly everybody
bets on elections, or takes chances on
the rise or fall of the prices of cotton, corn,
meat, or other produce. The time has passed
when a man need go into Court to prove that
be did or that he did not bet?we're all done
v It?and many of us have lost more than the
price of an old stove-up mare.
Tbe Pre<tn Association and the School
Books.
We are under the impression that the Executive
Committee of tbe South Carolina
State Press Association in their meeting to
arrange a program, bad named General
Hemphill, of the Abbeville Medium, as one
of the speakers at toe Annual jieeuug u< mp
Press Association in Newberry next month.
He chose as bis subject, the "School Books"
which are now in use.
The program has been announced, but the ?
name of General Hemphill and the subject of J
School Books do no* appear.
While it is true that School Books are not |
strictly in the line of printing, yet it is true
that the editors and the people of the State ^
cannot be more interested in any other sub- J
Ject than the placing of proper histories luto
the hands of our children.
We take it for granted that the Executive
Committee had no objection to looking into
the School Books question of itself, but ruled
"??1 Uomnh 11! off the track because of n
ucuciai
the Bupposed irrelevancy of the subject.
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Important Xotice. !
Messrs. Bell, Ellis <& Co. have a notice which *
Is important to you. They propose to give
you some good bargains In stylish goods. I
CHANGES IN NINE YEARS, i
The Abbeville of Today is Xot the
Abbeville of a l>eca<le Afro.
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ceipt of a very pleasant letter from Mr. J. R.
Cunningham, formerly of this place, but now
of Chapel Hill, Hinds County, Mississippi.
He ptates that he has been away from Abbeville
for nine years, and that he has Just celebrated
bis seventy-fifth anniversary, and is
In ?ood health. /
If Mr. Cunningham were to come back to n
Abbeville he would hardly recognize this
city as the Abbeville which he left nine years
ago. The Georgia, Carolina and Northern
road was constructed after he left, and now
many trains pass this place every day and
night. The Railroad Shops were built, and
the erection of many bouses on the Wardlaw
land and other lots has been accomplished.
Tha Dlace which was then in forest trees is
now a thickly settled portion of the town and
a hundred vacant lots in other parts of town i
now have houses on them. \
The cotton mill was not thought of until after
Mr. Cunningham left. Eighty acres of
what was then a waste expanse Is now covered
with houses, railroad tracks, lakes, and
lowering smoke stacks which will run
mighty engines and turn flying wheels that
will give employment to an Industrious multitude.
We have built, since Mr. Cunningham left
ns, the finest school house In upper South
Carolina, and Its graceful proportions and
handsome architecture, take the place of the
old academy which stood so long as an eyeBore.
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The Associate Reformed Presbyterians have 7
I K/vnoa ii-nn-hln onii tha Bh
auueu t% UCaUbUUl uuuoc Vi nviouip, auu ?uw m Methodists
have doubled the size of their
' Bplendid temple.
On the old Dendy corner a magnificent
range of iron and glass front stores takes the
place of the old wooden rookery that stood
there so long.
Since Mr. Cunningham left us the bar-rooms T
bave been closed, and their places on the A
North-eastern side of the Public Square have
been filled by general merchandise, furniture
and jewelry. One of the stores on the barroom
side of the Public Square Is now occuSied
by one of the finest Jewelry stores in
oath Carolina. In that building where
drinks were once soia, aoa wmcn was men
frequented by the average aggregation of
ram-suckers is now to be found diamonds.
Jewelry, watches, sterling silver, china, etc.,
and that place is frequented by ladles and all
others who want the nicest goods to be had in _
the magnificent display which R. C. Bernau j
makes. That side of the street which was ooce I
shuDned by that class of people who patron
lze a Jewelry store is now a resort for the
nicest and best of people. 1
Since Mr. Cunningham left us, we have I
built many store rooms on the PubllcSquare, ?*
as well as on the side streets?and every place
Is filled by respectable stores. Washington f"
street now has as good men on it as there are
to be found in town?and every store is occu
pled.
But If Mr. Cunningham were to come back
to Abbeville even amid his amazement at the
f;reat work which has been done within the
ast nine years, be would, amid all the evidences
of rush ana growth, surrounded by all
the scenes of push and prosperity?find reason
for sorrow. He would have occasion
when his heart would be filled with emotion,
even if his eyes did not over-run. Since be
1a(? tha U nnnroH on/1 ????
IClt US lilttUJ' Ul IUC uuuuiw ?UU IU?CU UUCB
of our number have gone from amongst
us. Life has departed from their bodies and i
their souls have gone out in the darkness, to ^
that undiscovered country?to that land to
which we are all hastening.
He would miss bis good old friends W. A i
Lee and James D. Chatmers. ft
His kinsfolk: Mrs. Jane L. Cater, Mrs. J. "
T. KobertBon. Miss Eliza Cater, Miss Lizzie
Cater, Mrs. John L. Miller, Mrs. James M.
Giles, James A. Reid, are no more.
Major Andrew Wardlaw. Mrs. K. C. Perrin,
Capt. J. Wardlaw Perrin, Mrs. Fanny Lawson,
A. M. Hill, Dr. ThoB. J. Mabry, John
Knox, and many other honored and beloved
citizens have gone to their reward.
Among those to whom we all looked for
guidance and for leadership in former years,
and who are still living but who are not with ^
us, we might mention that Judge Cothran Is
now a citizen ol Greenville, and his former d
places in the church, in the law offices, und in
the town of Abbeville know him no more.
Judge Benet aud Mrs. Benet have left us. ?
They now live in Charleston, and their pre- I
sence is missed from amongst us. ?
Two of our best young men?Lewis W.
Parker and Thomas P. Cothran?are now /
nrosperous and successful lawyers In the city
of Greenville.
Hon. W. P. Calhoun is no longer with us.
He is now a busy lawyer in the city of Atlanta.
Dr. Sam Vlsanska and Lawyer Walter Visanska
are active and talented professional
men in the Gate City.
If Mr. Cunningham were to pass around
our Public Square he would know scarcely
half the men whom he would meet. New
men and new faces crowd our busy streets,
and new factors in politics, and new men In
business have appeared on the scene. The
Abbeville of today Is no longer the Abbeville
of former years, but the Scriptures admonish
us not to say that the former days were better
than these.
See our line of ladles tan slippers and oxford.
C. P. Hammond &. Co.
Our slipper stock la complete, call aud see
us for spring, C.P. Hammond & Co.
Harness cheap at C. P.Haminond & Co.
The Leader of
Style, IB
Quality WtJ j
Low Price.
Our SUi
Everyone Kno
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[f you want a Spring Suit dont't fail 1
Dur styles are beyond criticism.. Rich
Lelled prices. A Gathering of '
The Stock being so lar
Little. The brightest, newe
ins: Establishment in the U]
Granites, Homespuns, Cass
we defy anyone to beat.
In Boys' and Childrens
m HATS
We ha vet he largest an
3ity. All the shapes and s]
And the prices are as 1
STRAW HATS BY THE ]
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Negligee Shirts, "Corkers
aundried and unlanndried.
rhe Biggest Lot of
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DTHER FIXINGS
In HOS]
Mens' Odd Pants. Regula
noney can buy. A line of
'BED ROCK" PRICES.
^Vll Groocis as R
Call 'I3hone 35.
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;o visit my store. See my stock; it is the resull
. qualities, ultra patterns, choice colorings, ner
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Spring Goods that Commands J
ge, we can fit anyone?Long, S
st and most stylish garments m
aited States. All the colors and c
liners. Viciinas and Clav Wor
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DSORS, DRESS BOWS, and CLUB HOUSE, fresh am
Shirts! Shirts!
"?prettiest patterns from 50c. \
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Sizes from to i? i-&.
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ver shown in this city.
Handkerehiefs?colored Borders, Plain whit
and sleeve buttons. Garters, suspenders,!
ERY Our Line is COMPI
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Extra Fine Trunks and Valise
Remember we are Headquarters J
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Yours to Please.
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feet fit, exquisite finish, unparalXttention.
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.ade by the best Tailoruts
in Chevoits, Serges,
sted and at prices that
lever had so many. \
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