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i The Abbeville Press and Banner.| BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1897. ESTABLISHED 18441 > GOLD IN THE MOUNTAINS. Formation* of the Kurlli? lis Divl Minns into Itock.H ami Orcs-Miiicrii <>' i.iiiio Moiiiitain?On Xn lure's Triiil lo Wenltli. In tracing the foot, prints of nalure, it a) pears that this world was formed by tiie a< cumulation of atoms from all space of grav tations. Kach atom after Its o;vn kind unil ins, filling the laws of attraction. Purit swayed the resting plnce of this vast collet lion of atoms, when disturbing elements he Kan to rise, by mixing together the baser, an the rapid oxidation of them by the access r water, generated heat of sulttcleut intensity t produce a molten gaseous world. > Tne melted slate of this great body reunite I in a mingled massot matter, which nfier coo Ing, is known as the great variety of rocks o which this earth is composed. Granite Is the most important,its thicknes J no estimate can be made, as no mining opera ' tions have ever penetrated through it, am none of the most extensive displacements o rock by natural causes have brought to th surface any other rock on which it rests. I may, therefore, be considered the fouudatiot rock, the skeleton of the earth, upon whlcl all the other formations are supported. It I observed that all granitic rocks contain met als, at or near their junction with stratlflei rocks. Gneiss is the most abundant rock it this class, and is generally found reposing 01 graulte. Its stratification Is sometimes verj distinct, but ltlsoften so imperfect that it cat scarcely be recognized. This is more fre quently the case iu the vicinity of granite or which it rests, and into which it insensibly passes. This rock owes Its origin to the actioi oi water as the uustratiflpd or granite rocE does to that of heat. It was deposited Iron water in regular strata, and afterward) changed or metamorphosed by Internal heat so as to assume a new and different texture The water-worn fragments which It contalui is a distinct evidence ot Its mechnnical origin And yet it Is very different from later me chuuical formations, as the slates, which com pose the greater part of the land surface o Hie earth, forming not ovily vast plains, bul wtiole mountain systems. The stratified rocks were deposited a?*mud and were at first in a yielding state. Most oi these deposits have become solldfled rocks Since the strata bave become solid or perhapf in connection with, there has been something oi movement among the particles, resulting in mineral velus. One of tbe most general changes of this kind is that by which a mass becomes sep arable Into these sheets?independent of the stratification ? una noi purauei wun u These are the clearat'e plaues which are sup posed to result from a crystal! ue arrangemeni of the particles of the rock. The strata have been every where more or less broken aud the fissures, nearly vertical extend to great depths, when a fracture reach' es the surface, it often becomes a channel for water. It Is widened by the eraslon.the deep^ est parts become tilled with debris, and ibm becomes a ravine, such as we see around the Utile Mouutalu, and many other places. II the fracture does not come to tue surface, li becomes a cavern. Limestone caverns art formed In this way in Florida. There Is gen erally a sireum of water running through them of sufficient volume to have produced tne erosion for gorges in their course. In an auriferous formatlou of wblch tin rocks of the Little Mountain are composed, when the sides of the fractures are but little separated, some mineral often separates itsell from adjaoent rock, and Ailing up the space, re-unltes the broken parts. It is then a vein of segragatlon. But the fissures are frequently fined with rock Inlected from below. It it then a vela of Igneous fusion. A Slate. B. | | Uuelss. J \ \ Granite. J ?+. / A B. A\aveln of Igneous fusion. BB a vein of segregation. Veins are rock matter filling the cracks or fissures of other rocks. Tbey vary greatly lu size and extent. Tbey may be regular or lr regular in form, isolated or united in a com' plex network. The phenomena of veins are such tbey cannot all be referred to the same cause, in some Ibe veil* stuff has been pro trnHo/1 oc o nilra <11 11 ir |pnm nrillnurv dikes?only the accidental circumstance thai it contalus a metal. Mineral veins are not, however, generally filled by injections from below,or rather they are notgeueraliy found at the surface. Should mountain or hill tops be worn to a level, as Is found in Arizona, views ot igneous origin would be found vertical. In tills country such veins are below the base of the hills and guided by out-crops they can be penetrated. The ore in veins often varies In richness ai ditlerent depths or passes Into ore of some other metal. The ore also varies in kind and quality according to the character of the rock through which the vein passes. These phenomena are best explained by supposing that the sediment, of which the strata were formed, contained the mineral substances of these in small proportions. Af ter they became solid and fissures had been lormed the mineral substance was transferred by a slow segregation of matter Irom adja The fissure veins in the section of the Lit tie Mountain are generally difficult to dSstiuguisi) as such In the slates atiove the water. Aloug the planes of stratification, and Ui some extent along the clearage planes, quart! out-crops with pyrillc impregnations, asso ciated with Irregular quartz Insertions in the slate are all to show their presence. Theli submerged structure Is much more evident in either a slate or granite fissure. Another reliable feature In favor of the gold veins in the mountain section is, that the walls in which the veins are encased, are ol the same geological lormation with lew ex ceptions. Wheu volcanic rocks appear in large quantities, contact veins may be cs pected. They are encased In two distinct porphyry and slate. Such veins are inter spersed with barren places. The general strike of veins here is northeast and south vest, and the dip or angle which the outcrops make tne plane ot the horizon Is north, ano under water where the veins take theli regular form, the formation becomes vertical. It is lound that those veins only are productive that have this diiection. Dikes appeal lu every direction. The age of the ore deposits here is later than that of the force which produced the stratified rock from the fact that fragments ol ni\ui vv/uunj *v;vn atv Ul/V I lliffD 111 I lit quaitz. The Assuring force was, therefore, after the shearing force. The fissures tbroueb which tho veins ascends in the Little Mountain section acts at wonderful reservoirs for water which is an evidence of their continuance downwards, iu all probabllits with increasing richness The compactness of the formation below water level is evident that when the precious metals were arrested the letters were permanent. If theslrata were as permeable from water downwards as it is from tne surface to water, the water which falls upon the surface would gradually settle through them to the level oi the sea, or If the strata were impermeable above water as that below, the water from the fissure would rise and pass over the surface and be collected In the creeks below. The strata above water is nearly as porous as sandstone, with quart/, fissure out-crops tiuch a formation holds very little gold, ani. nothing short of under-water mining in thii section will return the outlay of a mining venture. I. W. Hutchison. The followingadvertisement, whicl appealed in a xecent issue of the Dyers burg (Teun.,) Gazette., is illustrative of the disastrous floods in the Missis sippi valley this spring : On Tuesday, March 1(>, my dwelling house, thirteen miles above (,'aruthers ville, was washed from its foundatior and floated down the Mississippi Kiver It is> a new two-story frame, painted white and built in T shape, with a^hal in the centre and a two-story froui porch all the way across the building It contained all my household ant kitchen furniture, including an orgar with J. C. engraved on the plate. Tin cook stove is an old fashion Mo. ! range. A Marlin rifle, sixteen short 38 calibre, was also in the house. Any one knowing the whereabout > of this house will be rewarded by iu forming meat this place. J. I. Hop kins, Dyersburg, Tenn. ! CALLING DP THE DEAD. I l_ l>iN(iii^tiishcil LnwyerM ? IlaudNome A lj t'?nill?lntes?Spring Time, tienlle! ,.! Amiie?Other Mutter**. Lowndesviile, S. C., April 20, 1S!?7. I ^ >j Id my last week's letter to tlie Press and n 1 Bauner. I unintentionally failed to speak of [ l-jthe visit to our town the week before of I jj ; Messrs. VV. N*. Graydon and J. \V. Bullock. r, y I Tlie tirst named is one of Abbeville's best, and 1 p, i most lamed lawyers, the other is a candidate j |j (. j for the unexpired term of Hon. T. A. Graham, n d | of Greenwood county. The first was here on J ?l! business, having two or three cases In Trial i jj o I Justlcd Harden's Court, the other pushing his j e, | candidacy. ] t,l rt On Monday of last week, Mr. K. J. Hucka-| a| l-ibee and It Is mother, Mrs. Jas. W. Huckabee tc il j left for Atlanta, Ga., where they will remain G| s | Mrs. J. T. Barnes, of Mosely, accompanied n I those mentioned In above paragraph 10 the p] "Gate City," then on to Alabama, to spend Qi sometime with the family of her son, Mr. cj | Herbert Barnes. 1D j Mrs. Lnntie Hnckabee, who has been l/i > ?t Norfolk, Va., sometime with the family of ^ Mr. Glenn LeRoy, returned to the home of her brother, Mr. Wm. Moore, this place Tnes- 0( dav. - p, Miss Lucia Moseley went to Anderson Tues- pt day to spend awhile with friends. Mr. Loyd Moorhead left Monday on bis m wtieel to canvass the county to sell fruit trees. pj Mrs. J. B. Franks, who had been In Atlanta , sti for sometime came back home Tuesday. , frj The first of last week, Mr. C. Lofer showed j ja here a sample of green wheat grown upon his i jlt Rampey place which was waist high, and i Wi heading out quite early for this date. ev Sheriff and Mrs. F. W. R. Nance, of Abbe- j ville, were Jiere Thursday and Friday. We 8U were glad to see that he had suffered none in ! < his looks, in his recent long fight with the |ei sr'P- I tl< Mr. Wayman Brownlee, of Penny's Creek, 0b whs over Friday. Messrs. J. C. Thomas and Allen & Tennent, have had quite attractive signs painted, over i | and about tbelr places of business. Rev. H. C. Fennell and his daughter, Miss j I A tlln Mmi want t r\ TVarconl Art ITriHatr a n H pa. I t nine fiBj, " ? ..?j """ * ~ | ' turned the next day. As the warm and Invigorating spring sun-! | shine has caused all vegetation to take,on j Vi r new life, so too has It given new strength and | ' activity to business Interests along almost all ] ' iin 8, and the change is specially noticeable j , In agricultural pursuits. Every minute of 1 . the day, and every minute of the night, have to' > been utilized. An immense deal of work has tei , been done by the tillers of the soil. A short! sa; ! two weeks ago the planters were wanting J clear dry weaiht-r, now many of them would ye be ulad to see rains, as the land is too hard to bo plow In many places. pri We contb ntly assert, that Lowndesvllle he ! and Its vici y can beat the world in flue 1 milk cows, 'mere being but few, very few, Mi . families in towu who have not one, and eome- frc , limes two cows that they can brag on, and Mi . numbers are scattered around out side. thi A lew days ago, It was thought necessary to i I exhume the body of Bob Glover, who was j to^ | killed near Laiirner, a week or two ago, to J KtMue, or learn some point as 10 me kiiiiuk w upuu which the jury of inquest was iu doubt. 1 Troupe. an la> NINETY-SIX NEWS, ?\ Mi Dt Old and Honored Men at n Sociable- ( All Sort* of Talk About t'ftin- a? bridge. Ihi Ninety-Six, S. C., April 2(5,1897. an Mr. Will Upshaw lectured at the Academy ball Friday evening. He hud a lairly good J audience and all spoke well of "Earnest W1I- no lie" at* a lecturer. Mies Annie Wlghtman won the prize offered l>y Mr. Upshaw to the one j selling the largest number of tickets. j 1 Mr. Ernest Beacbara, of Atlanta, Is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Osborne. * Mrs. Roland Calhoun and children spent several days lu Greenwood last week. I we The aunual May plcuic for the Ninety Six school will be next Friday at the Carter Place. " i All are Invited to come with well filled bask' el*- I u.v Mr. J. f> Watson was in town Friday. I Prof, and Mrs. T. F. Wright, of Phoenix, ! came lu Friday afternoon to visit the parents I ot Prof. Wright. A little rain would not come amiss just now | : ?as I write this I hear the gentle patter of rain on the roof. Those who were up about 6 o'clock Monday , morning were surely repaid for their early br rising by seeing a beautifully, clear and per- 5u i feet, rainbow, spanning the western sky. . ' Cotton planting has been carried on during W1 the pnst week with great vigor and doubtless at< . most of the year's crop Is In th? ground. (Jg It is pleasant to see our farmers looking I . happy and contented?moving on with their 111 life work so harmoniously. But why should ex . they not be contented ? Around ouroldhls- an i torlc town lies the fiuest producing lands in the state. The health of the entire coinmunlt.v 1m whovp nnr. Im! Dr. W. L. Andersou and wife are recovering th from ihe effects oi grippe. They both have | been confined 10 home lor sometime. I & , The public well caved iu last week and we W1 are glad to see work being pushed in clearing l ihe debris. This well has been a benediction . to many a weary thirsty beast. V Mr. J. W. Blake is finishing Ills residence tit on Railroad St. Those of us who do not intend moving to the Court House are buBlly engaged at home. "tr Mr. Howell, who is soon to sail for Austra* of lia, is In town visiting his kinsmen, Messrs. John and Wardlaw Moore. Mr. Howell goes {: to Australia, by appointment from the Gov-1 P~ ernment, to instruct the natives of that coun- II try In the cultivation of tobacco, grapes, &c. i ng He will start for his far away home from this I 1 place. aIP Kev. Mr. Betts had the lionor of having to ] th I dine with htm not long since a trio of inter- s e<ilne youths. Mr. John Davis, age 82years; i i ! Mr. Thos. Jester, age 83 years, and Mr. Willie i Iei B. Cason. age 85 years. Mr. Davis was born ru , and lived the greater portion of his life near j0j Abbeville. Mr. Jester was born and still *L lives near New Market. Mr. Cason was born P" at old Cambridge in 1S1'2. He remembers do when the town of Cambridge contained 2.S [j-i , stores, chnrches. colleges, seven lawyers and three or four doctors. This town site is one sel . mile south from the present town of Ninety- sei Six. All that Is left ot a thriving village is a , j-m pile of rock. Where once stood stately man- ] ?innn and rnmmnillnns linlpl# !irw nnw flnlrts of beautiful grain gently rocked by each pasn- flo s lug breeze. Cambridge. t,ui r I ; To th ; One of the Larges The Ladies and G-entleii Quality, Choice Sty'. , Our assortment of Dress ; of Black Goods we hs Wool Nuns' Veilings j Our Stock of Wash Dres ; all the new Fabrics i j line. Let every one c i We have a very choi [ It will pay anyone to i Our assortment of W I sian Lawns, Lin i . ' Our Stock is complete We trust all the ladi Grateful to a generou A DUMB ANIMALS. L Word in Behalf of Those Who ('mi- ' not Speak Tor Thomst'l ves. Abbeville, S. C., April 15th, 13'J7. ^ Mr. Editor: Dear Sir:?I was glad to see In i J our paper of last week that there la at least j p ne person in tills community with human- + y enough to speak for those who cannot!'1 peak lor themselves, and raise a voice, t uough faint, against the daily crying out- r lgeson our streets, and brutal usage of our _ iuir folthfn) all mii nc riiim hrilfPH?fl " bel upon Christianity, and a disgrace to l.he n Hino ol civilization. I n Our legislature, following the example of _ er sister states has wisely and humanly aacled a powerfnl and stringent law against le crime of "cruelty to animals" and nearly J 1 our inter-countles have societies pledged /t its enforcement, are doin? a vast amount ^ ! good. Is Abbeville to be forever In the a lCk ground 1 Why can she not wake from a le sleep of ages, keep time with the drum of i ogress, and have her society for prevention . ' cruelty to animals, too? Get not only our 1' tlzens men and women, but all the farmers n i the county interested?let them under- i and that the object Is not to oppress, but 11 iat it is for tbe especial benefit of owners of t( ock, who will always have In .the members ? the society, a disinterested sleepless, omni- J? esent euard on everv road and bv-way to . otect and nee that their animals are not tl rerloaded, overdriven, cruelly beat, and g( nltreated, as we often see, by their emoyees. Let those owners who overload, arve and drive their staggering animal Ci imes to a slow death, know that there is a | w to protect and punish, and a human j u ?art and hand, and an eye of a member ai-i " jys on the watch, to prosecute to the full ft tent; the inhuman culprit, and stand be-1 tc reen him and his poor helpless dumb and fiering beast. j " Jould you not, Mr. Editor, publish part at i IX ist of the law on the subject, as an educa-1 tl >n and a warning to ail interested, and ! llge. J. L. A. I 11 *" 01 TBOX'S TEA TABLE. n! a( b silors ? Preachers ? F.xcnrslonis ? jj, New Counties. Troy, S. C., Aprl I 2G. 1897. T lev. T. W. Sloan left last Thursday for Barw, Kla., having been seut there by Presby- . y to preach six weeks. Our folks didn't ai /anything but they thought"mighty loud." e? VII weregreatly pleased with Kev. J.T. OateB in Bterday. He tilled the A. R. P. pulpit, and th sermons were good. He is a bright and w omlslng rneoiogian irom uue west. nope | cr will come back again. j t^ Ura. W. M. McCaslan, and her daughter . rs. Owens, from Clinton, have returned Ict >m a pleasant visit to the formers daughter,! fo rs. H. L. Scalfe. Mrs. Scalfewent home with or ein. . Ur. J. C. Chatham from Fellowship paid i Dl ivn a visit last week. ea Mrs. Jane Dendy lias gladdened us all by ^ ming home again. Messrs. Branch, Brooks, Rev. G. H. Burton Kc d Dr. Harrison, from Abbeville, were down ot it Thursday to attend to Masonic duties. k, VIrs. J. N. Robinson and Mr. Walter Fuller b at Liberty Hill visiting relatives. I ea $,ulte a number of our town folks are going se the excursion to Augusta. tlrs:C. Haddon and little Chalmers went to cCormlck last week to see her sister, Mrs. 111 -. Robinson. SU )ur town Is looking lovely In her new dresS D( d it Is the prettiest town on the road. ^ ["here will be a picnic at Miss Anna McCasi'b school houss next Friday the SOtb.all al e cordially invited to take lunch and spend ,)f jleasantdHy. F Miss May McDanlel has returned to her Bli rue al Maddens. Mrs. Rosa Brown had a stoke of paralysis it week and Is quite sick. V warm rain Is very much needed, the gar- 'to ns are far from vegetables. |r,li )ur little folks enjoyed an egg hunt at dee Cooks last Monday afternoon. They >re chaperoned by Prof. Scalfe and Miss Cr ><ia Smart. < Hiss Mollie Tittle Is In Greenwood visiting *1, ends. . >Ve hope all the voters will come out the Sfc ), and let us get in the new county. U| Nick. hj so Easter concludes what Christmas be- n< ns. The December festival celen f/\n /Mt I < tVt A S ? * fn flAf* /\T TitOllO ttica nut uuij LUC luiauuj kjI ucsuo, j iu it the childhood of Christianity; ' bile the festival of springcommemor- to S9 the triumphs of his manhood over th ath, and the survival of spiritual life w a world hostile to its existence and sa pansion. With the coming of cold m d frost a babe is born, like a timid ar wer springing up in the winter,, pro-; m letic of unfailing summer; and with li< e return of warmth and verdure the! to ave surrenders its divine guest, and ith His resurrection the highest hopes W id purest graces of human hearts re- in ve and flourish. It is then that mul- u< udes forget for a time their bumilia>ns and their cares, their degredations at ,d their losses, in the consciousness w exaueu ienowsnip witn ine mum- ca laut Christ, aud in the glorious ex- j w ctation of endless personal felicity, at len a thrill is experienced such as as iture may be supposed to feel at the bt proach of the vernal equinox ; for ri en risingsuperior to the senses, which be 3cern no signs in the stillness and si- fo ace of unnumbered graves but of corption and decay, faith grasps and re- j th ces in the truth of immortality. Let j m triotism have its high days and free-1 th m its monuments, and let the Sc umphs of navigators be annually ob- se rved ; but surely, beyond all these, a of ison that stands for as much to the th ce as Easter does may well be re- vi gmbered each year with songs and i wers and with every mark ofgrati-ips de and of loftiest jubilation. ! as 1 he Le Pub! There is No st, most Complete and lenof the County are n les, and cheap Prices, \ 3 Goods is Large, Variec a,ve ever offered, consis , &c., &c. is Goods cannot be exc n Organdies, Lappets, ! jail before our assortmi ice of Ginghams at the exceedi > examine our Stock of Hosier: hite Goods is very fine. We h .en Lawns, India Linen, Plain; IN READ' } and we are offering some rare eswill come to see our New Q ls public for past favors, we re rager to see a tiger slain. It was to< lull, now her boy is gone, to be lef iehind in the camp all alone. Such a jiggle-joggle ! Naahiban, th agistrate's elephant, a well-traine< nd wise old beast, rocked to and fr a her lumbering walk like a ship a ea. Mother had hard work to kee] er white umbrella from thrusting ol ather's big white sun-hat. It wa l-?nf o a t Hotr npnnaoHorl alno/Il Cant;tit in a Qulcknand. e The grip of famine was over the ? and. All through June, July, and August, the ought-to-be wet months, 10 rain had fallen in Upper India. Phe crops has not grown up, and the , eople were starving. In India, when be rains fail, much the same state of ? hings occurs as that from which we i ead in the book of Genesisi of Jacob J nd his sons'suffering. There are such aillionsof people, very, very poor, almost all living on grain and grain-food, u nth littleor no meat. So it was a very sad camp life that tobbie and his parents started on th&t >ctober. His father was a magistrate, nd all the cold weather he had to move bout all over his district, and look af;r the people generally. This camp t. fe, this moving nearly every day to a ew green, shady grove, Bobby always ?j )oked forward to. But this was tl ) be hid last in tents. Robbie was rowing too old to be kept with safety ? ut in India any longer. Next month . e was to be sent home across the ^ ias to grandmamma. So altogether it was rather a sad a imping out. The country looked so oj retched, all bare and parched, and le people in the villages too miserable * >r words. They were more lifceekele- w >ns than human beings, and as they ore hardly any clothes, you could al- gj tost see their bones coming through ^ leir skin. It made Bobbie feel quite a, liserable to meet them. oe One day he sat eating his breakfast atside the tent, under the shadow of a ig mongo tree, when some little halfakedchildren cameslowlywaudering gu jross (rom the native village of mud g, uts near by; such wretched-looking ttle objects, their faces all big black fo 7es, there legs and arms all bones. af here were three of them?two tiny I rriu?.. ?i. i al ruuici.i aim au ciuci uuj. i uc,y biuuu yja little distance and watched Bobbie a, it his nice breakfast with a ravenous cr ok like starving animals. Yet they ere patient and dumb, they did not ^ y and beg. Bobbie could not stand 8j leir mute appeal. Jumped off his 0f lair and ran toward them with all his ^1 od piled on the plate. The little pj ies hardly realized what he meant; [q it the elder boy snatched the plate tr gerly. Robbie thought he was going > eat it all himself. But no. This >od little elder brother turned to the ti< hers with it. They grabbed it like jngry puppies, and not till they had iten it nearly all did he touch a mor1 himself. It the evening, at Bobbie's supper co me, the children,emboldened by their th iccess, drew near again and the same ci srformance was repeated. de "Oh, Bobbie!" said bis mother, "It's ti< I very well, remember we cannot oc )ssible feed all the children who are al arving around." ea ''Just this one lot, mother," pleaded eo obbie. "We move away from here te -morrow. And he i9 such a kind lit-1 of e brother!" |cr At breakfast time next d&y they ] w ept up again. But their brother was ne it with them. A man, evidently fu leir father, brought them, and then gr ood distance, and they toddled a to Bobbie alone, holding out their sm inds beseechingly. br 'Ask him wherethe big boy is," io Id Bobbie to his mother, standing m jar. st< The father shook his head and began he weep. he "The boy died in the night. He was o weak for want of food to live. Half ui ie village has died these last few fa eeks. But hie highness the little w bib (merning Bobbie,) has spared m e these only two of my children who w e left me bv fee.linir thf>m "FW tn- wi orrow the Government opens the re- st: if work near the great city, and I go! tb work and get money to buy food." w Mother this time made no demur. Si ?ith her own bands she fed the starv- of g miles, and the father himself was j st )t forgotten. I w Months passed by. Bobbie was far1 th vay in England with grandmamma, > If hen his parents ouce more came and ! it ,mped by the mango grove. There j of as ooce again comparative plenty'of noni? such inhabitants of thft villRce I ar were left. The Government had j W :en building a bridge over the great w ver and making a road and there had ev ien money earned, and money meant m od. j of There was more money to be earned uf at day by day villagers, too; for.the in agistrate had news of a tiger afoot in th egreat thick jungle across the stream. \\ > he got up a shooting party. He ut nt for his friends, the other European ! lo Bcials of the district, to come with;ac eir elephants, and ordered out all the Sc llagers to come and beat jungle. Jco At early dawn next the shooting ;gc irty set out. On each elephant rode | w sportsman, but on the last,along with , G< sr husband, rode Bobbie's mother, I A "WWnTTMfT xjkxi xi \y w ?1 v. ic of w on Eahibition xt Attractive Stocks of S] lost cordially invited t< ve are surely in positior 1 and Beautiful. We hi sting in part of Hen elled. We have the pri Dimities, Lawns, &c. snt is broken. ngly low price of five cents a y 7. We have some specially go ave full length French Organd md Plaid Nainsooks, Mulls, Fi 5T-MADE CLOTHING, HATS 1 good Bargains. ogds. Those who have already spectfully solicit a continuance ] CI J IJ17U a? lU^/J piUUVVUVM " . cross tbe plain, and mother longed t? eacu cue auaue ui iue tuiuh juu^ic utthere was the river to be crossed firs deep, sluggish stream flowing stealth y along over its sandy bed. Three of the elephants had wade< ifely across, and Nashiban badnearh cached the further bank, when fo )me reason or another she got out o le straight line and walked intoadan erous quicksand. First one foot, tbei be other, sank down, as fast as sh< ied to find a firm footing. She stag ered and stumbled, and father auc jother were in terror of being pitched ff. The cowardly mahout, or driver ad slipped off the elephant's neck at le first sign of danger, and balf-awarr nd half-waded ashore. Buttogetoul F the howdah was no easy matter, es' ecially as the animal's hind legs were nking up to her hocks, and her back as an inclined plane. From the safe shore the nativet louted, encouraged, implored. Bui ie elephant is the wisest of beasts, 3d she hit upon a device to save her>In from hpinc in?hut. a horri le one! Her curling trunk came whirling per her back. It snatched off father's in-hat, mother's white umbrella, and ling them down at her feet, where le trampled on them to gain a Arm ot-hold. Round came thecruel trunk ;ain in search of fresh material. In lother moment it would have latched off helpless father and mother id made use of them, when a warning y came from the bank. Ere Bobbie's parents quite realized ieir Imminent danger, or had time to ip out of the howaah beyond reach the trunk, a native beariitg abigbune of hastily-cut grass and branches nnnrail inrn fha nrator anri hrminrhf if ""ft*-" .V the elephant, who, seizing it in her unk, laid at her feet, and with its sip struggled safely oo to dry land. The native was the father of the liti children Bobbie boy had fed ! Divine Grnoe. 0 how wondrous is that grace in its ntinuance! It never fails, though e race of man should be wicked Lies should be wicked enough to be sstroyed by fire, though the imagiuajn of the heart of man should of evil, ily evil and that continually, though 1 flesh should corrupt its way on the rtb, though kings rule in unrightmsness and judges accept bribes, and acbers and preachers should be out the way, and Pharisaism should inust it on the Church, making it a hited sepulcher, yet the grace of God sver fails, and the cry, "God be merci1 to me, a sinner," brhigs justifying ace. O how wondrous is tbat grace in the feep of its influence and power, inging us back from close compannship with evil spirits, back to comunion with our Heavenly Father, rearing us from the near confines of ill, and making us sit together in javenly places in Christ Jesus. O how wondrous is this grace in its jdeserved freenees and fullness and ithfulness. It worked with Peter ben he was a blaspheming fisheran. Tt worked with 1h? iYlacrrialpnp ben she was seven times possessed. It orked with Paul when he was a rict, hard Pharisee. It worked with e blaspheming John Bunyan. It orked with Jerry McAuley in Sing ng prison. It has worked with those refined habits, revealing and deroying their formality. Jt has worked ith those of coarser ways, destroying eir sin and purifying their practices, we only welcomed it and yielded to as we should, what men and women God we should be. "For the grace Ood that bringeth salvation hath >peared to all men." (Titu? ii. 11.) re cannot estimate what this grace is orth to the human race. Almost cijvuiug iu UU1 Ullica Uitu UB esuated?real estate, shipping, volume trade, imports, exports, and manactures. These little thigs are withthe compass of a human mind, but e grace of God is beyond our mind. re cannot estimate the grace of God itil we can put a valuation on the ve of God. For God so loved you id me that he gave his only begotton in for us. We are not redeemed with rruptible things such as silver and ild (then you could estimate it), but ith the precious blood of the Sou of Can we say with Paul that what we EMENT ! Lbbevi the Stores of L. \ pring and Summer G-< 3 exaamine our Stool l to please everybody ave Choice Silks for ^ riettas, Serges, Bril ettiest Prints andPe It is hoped none of tli ard. These are both in choi od values in this line, ies, 68 inches widk, ranging ques, English Long Cloths, < LND GENTS' FURNISHINC r favored us with a call, have i of patronage. Li. W o' arelis determined by4.be grace of God t not by passions, or instincts, or social v environment, or selfish ease, but by e tbe grace of God, in its power to susi tain and multiply the labors of love? o We all know that there is danger in a t storm, but do we know that there is p danger in a calm ? Many vessels which f have braved the storm have perished s in the calm. It is when the wind drops l* f Lini V* /-? /I IIAA/1/t/l AAmAa Art y tiiau iuc uicaucu iug wiucd wu. iuc 0 mariner fears the dangers which are ; unseen. The eugines cease to work, t the wbistlesounds, the lead is cast, the - ship anchors where the stormless air is filled with fogs. It is all quiet and or1 derly. We wonder sometimes if our ij Churches are not in such a calm. O r that God would send a gale of grace f that would clear the fog out of our - eyes, and let us hoist the anchor and 1 put the steam on and get away. 2 I ______ _ j"| ''This day shalt thou be with me in paradise." It was to a robber that these words were addressed. After all ! the stains of his criminal life paradise " opens to him with its communion of ! saints, with the presence of God. This I day?what, then, no flames of purga[ I tory, no long period of mournful expi;! ation ? To-day, pardon, heaven ! To' day, God found once more, and to be I possessed forever! Could we have be'I HavaH if if fVta r\rrvm iaa hoH nnf hortn , liU T VU lb II kUU IOV uuu uvt wvu given by the Just and Holy One?If it ' bad not come down from^ the cross, where peace and justice were reconciled, where "the holiness of God was ? proclaimed in its inviolable majesty. i * Now is the time to commence gardening , Buy yonr seed and onion sets of HarrlBon & Game. Write for Rambler bicycle catalogue to C.P. Hammond <& Co. . . \ f ????mmmmmm?mm? ?? # W. S. COTHRAN, , J Proprietor, J 111JL4 illiJLfU I ILiJUJ # We are prepared to fill J Rough Lumber, Doors, Sasl S Brick, Lime, Cement. In # construction of a House. numc VVHhfaV Johnson Chill and ] cure for Chills and no pay. Money i P. WM. H. PARKER, President. JULIUS H. Du The Farmers' Bai DEPOSITS i Proflta T\OES GENERAL BANKING BD8INES8. \J lions. A Savings Department nas oeen wards. Interest at 4 per cent, uayable quarter] lnorease rapidly, blreotorfl?W. H. Parker, A, McGee, P. B. Speed, R. M. Haddon, Dr. F. E. Hi National Banfc Abtoevi] Capital, ! Surplus, OfflLc | J. ALLEN SMITH, President. BENJ. S. BARN1 ! J. G. EDWARDS, Abbeville, S. C., L. W. WHITE, Abbeville, S. C., BENJ. S. BARNWELL, Abbeville, S.< '] J. ALLEN SMITH pvOES a General Banking business, provides j 1) Depositors. Is ready at any and all times as onr ooanty affords. .lie Cor W. WHITE. Dods ever seen in the Oi' r. II there is any virtui Waists and Dresses add 1 liantines, plain and broc ircales we have ever offe Le Ladies will fail to see ;ce Dress Styles and Little Checi in price from 25 to 35 cents pe etc. } GOODS. > expressed themselves as highl; TSgmsj i DENTAL WORK. 1 Dr. E. L. Wilson Again*; . in His Office. A FTER a long spell of Grippe, I am again at my office, prepared to do all kind* of Dental Work cheap for the Cash. (^ DR. E. L. WILSON. OUB DEAP.;i rpHE NATURAL PROMPTINGS OF THE -* human heart goes out In tenderness for the dead, and we show respect for oursel ve?bjr 32 giving a decent burial to our friends as they . go out from amongst us. J. ff; SIGN, DNDERTAIEB.il has two FINE HEARSES, one for the white V/S people, aud one for the colored people. He , * erabalmes bodies, and keeps on hand ALL UNDS OF COFFINS,, from the cheapest to the finest. He takes orders for all kinds of MONU- ' MENTS and HEADSTONES. When the services of an Undertaker i* needed, or monuments are wanted, call on J. W. SIGN, : 1 Telephone No. 46, Shop. Kesldenc, No. 56. : vj July 15,1896, tf Fine Chickens. rpHOROUGHBRED Indian Games, Bnff 1 and S. C. Brown Leghorns, from the finest Strains. Having a surplus of Eggs, I will aell them >; cheap. MRS. L. H. RUSSELL. , -1 Men. 19.?3m. . _ iffoi A. G. FAULKNEB, ' t j% Manager. ' fM MM t 1 all orders for Dressed and 0 . ^ i, Blinds, Frames, Shingles, J [ M short anything needed in the (i , J?j !? -v ' vB HBBSh'H 'If ?ever Cure, is a sure ^ L Fever. No cure, efunded at once. B. SPEED. 1 A. W. SMITH, Ylce President iPRfc, Cashier. lk of Abbeville. SOLICITED. $75,00011 6,500 I Bays and sells Exchange and makes Coleoestablished. Amounts received of SI and uply.?Jannary. April, Jaly, October. Small sav . W. Smith. W. C. McGowan, J. R. Blake, H. P irrlson, Q. A. Vlsanskl. - : of Abbeville, Lie, S. O. - - - - $75,000 m 15,000 $ '?* ? "m L. W. WHITE, Vice-President. WELL, Cashier. *toirM s J. C. KLUGH, Abbeville, S. C., W. JOEL SMITH, Abbeyille, S. C., A. B. MORSE, Abbeville, S. C. [, Abbeville, S. C. the greatest security and convenience for lta to make loans based upon snch safe collatera - 'C v '^9 4.'-? M inty! j >* ty of Abbeville. 3 in Goods of Superior the most extensive line jaded. Crepons, Allied Besides these we our offerings in this ks for Bonnets and Aprons, r yard. Besides we have Per y pleased with our selections. ITE.