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j ABBEVJ $GEO. WHITE, . k\ii Elegant L J Goo< JLadies' Dress Goods8 Outings, jlc. t Mj # Embracing Mull9, PYill Stnr?lr of Lacei JJLM. JL. ?.?.AX K/1/VX/AB. v?. ? . t Full Line of Cassimers, Twee d Bargains in Ready M * E 2 HATS?Mer S^lioes ! r My Stock of Shoes i t Grocerie $A Good supaly of Flour, Bacon, I \ rL~nr\ 1T7"XTT ? VJJJV. VV 111 WEALTH IN CORNSTALKS. ? i A Proposition for Utilizing Waste Stalks la Munufftcturlntr. It appears from recent publications that the i cornstalk is about to be rescued from comparative inutility and converted into a valuable contributor to the general welfare. In New England and someotber sections of the north, where small corn is raised, the stalks I have always beeD used for lodder. But lu most of tbe Western and all of the Southern states only the leaves are thus used, tbe stalks Kolnor riir/opHoH Qfi flnmPWhAt WOrRB thflll UK? less, lor they cumberjtheground. Compared with tbe little yellow corn ot the north, the great plant that bears tbat name in tbe west and south is like an oak tree beside a currant busb. But an enterprising resident of St. Louis, a Mr. Prater, has discovered by experiments or various kinds tbat there is great wealth in tbe despised and rejected stalks, even when denuded of tbeir leaves or blades. This enterprising man has established at Owensboro, Ky., a plant for the utilization of tbis waste material. He asserts tbat the stripped stalk "can by proper manipulations be made to yield a variety of valuable products for which a market has already been established." Among tbe expected cornstalk \ products he mentions celluloid, smokeless gunpowder, lacquer, cattle feed, rooting material tbat will answer every purpose of papiermache. Green stalks, he says, are rlcb in glucose, and will yield "a better quality and a oncror o-lth Ipkk pvnpnse than can be made from the cane of Louisiana," Mr. Prater cheerfully predicts the early arrival of the time when the stalks on every I acre that has yielded a good crop of corn 'will be wortd to the farmer 815 or more. That means hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr. Prater isays of his enterprise at Ownsbor ' that It will be so successful that mills tor the manufacture of eornstalk products will be established all over the South, and that there will be ready sale for all cornstalks that can 1 be found near railroad lines. 3, CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, ' A Plea for Tho*e Who Cannot Speak on TbeuiHelven. The amount of cruelty to dumb animals! on our streets and country roads is a disgrace to any civilized community, and a stop should be promptly put to further exhibitions of the kind. What Js lacking, we tear has , been a general publlo condemnation. We know of those who have comDlained in the' past, but they did not seem to have that gen-1 eral public support that is neccessary to cor-' rect the evil, which has steadly grown of late years, and can only be finally extinguished j by a united effort oi a majority of the peopie,1 who must abhor a continuance of the abuses j to which tbe dumb animals are subjected. Chapter xxx of the Revised Statutes makes j tbe penalty $15 fine or 15 daye imprisonment upon whoever shall willfully abuse or cruelly treat any horse, mule or draught aaimal or beast of burden. And a like punlsbmemt Is placed upon any one who cruelly drives or works, when unfit for labor, or cruelly ab&ndo us the same or permits tbe same to be done. | A punishment not exceeding 8100 or 30 days! in jail is imposed upon whoever (owner or ! \ At?oprti?lvoc nvprwnrlrG I CUHIUUIUU; u?ei luaui, v.? . , , tortures, needlessly mutilates, cruelly kills,; or Inflicts unnecessary pain upon any anl-j mal. ADy person violating this law may be ! arrested and held without warrant by any | sheriff, deputy sheriff, deputy State consta- j bles and police officers. A half of all fine col-; lected shall be paid over to the South Caro ! lina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. There is law enough to correct the evil. The only thing is for some humane citizens to start the ball rolling. When it is seen that . business is meant, the wretches may cease their cruelty. I HTV,, . * | Unclaimed Letters. : ( Letters Remaining In Abbeville. S. C., Post . Office for week eudlng May 4,1897. f B?Ruth J. Browns, Miss Laura Brown, J. R. Barton, James Black. | C?F. M. Crocker. - ^ ;V < E-Mack Ellis. A J?Miss Kate S. James. , \ L? Isreal Linton, Otto Llndfors. R?Miss Annie May Robinson. j ( S?Lizzie Sanders, Johnnie Smith, W. H. H Simpson. T?W. P. Taylor. Miss Alice Trapp. I W?S. W. Wlllams Marrin Wilson. Robt. S. Link p. m. \ A Card, The undersigned desires In this way to return her grateful acknowledgment to her physician Dr. W. P. Barrett and the many friends and neighbors who so cheerfully assisted her nursing her late husband, Mr. T. W. Nickels, through a long spell of sickness, culminating in his death. May God bless you all. .Laura .F. Nickels. Brlerwood, S. C., May, 3, lSt?7. > 1 Friend, are you saved? Are you j satisfied about it ? Not satisfied, aud J yet prayerless! To-day the great question as to N where and how we are to spend Eterni' _ ty, may be forever settled. There are decisive days, hours, aud even moments in the lives of men which determine whether they are to be rich or poor, princes or paupers in this world. And are there not momeut-, ous days, hours and moments in our | lives that determine whether we are to! be princes or paupers in Eternity?! happy or hopeless, saved or lost?; This hour may decide the matter you, friend. It so, how? Somewhere in your pathway, dear unsaved friend, there is a quiet, lonely spot, where some day you will bait, and ! . lie down, to rise up no more till the I loud blast of the trump of the arcban-1 l gel calls you to judgment! This is as certain as that you now live. ''But of that day and hour knoweth no man." Solemn thought! Yes, very solemn, even to those who have the precious ^ hop6 that they will sweetly "sleep in Jesus" until the resurrection morn. < But O? how inexpressibly harrowingit | ? must be to those "having no hope and without God in the world" ? How is it with thee, friend? Trust no uncertainty. Give your heart to Jesus, the Friend of sinners, to-day, and all will be well with thee, both now and In ? "that day." i Vri 1,1,R SIIPI rv/v A A 5 ine of Spring ds Just Recei LACK AND COLORED SERGES, CASHM llantines,] Satines, Percales, Lawns, Organi r Stock of White Goods is Comple Lawns, Dimities, Check Lawns, Nain s and ??. _ ??v Eml>roiderie ds, Cottonades and Gents' Furnis [ade Clothing, Boys' and Children deduced Prices. Pants at all Prices is' Boys, and Childrens' Hats. In Fel s is full. Gents', Ladies' and Chi] Ladies' Oxford Ties and Slippers. is and Farmii Classes, Sugar and Coffee. 'lows and Farm mi p* Tmnlfimflnts of All are cordially invite TE, Proprietc Spring medicines, onion sets, garden seed and stationery at Harrtsod & Game's. Syrup wild cherry compound will stop that cough. Call at Harrlsou & Game. Grip capsules prepared by HarrlRon >t Game never fail to cure a case of grip. 2.3c per box. TO THE y?-4 I J _ __ ^ouzneru - Baptist Convention AT WILMINGTON, N. C., May 5th to 14th, 1897. THE SEABOARD AIR LINE OFFERS THE BEST SERVICE I QUICKEST ROUTE! HALF RATE! In addition to the Regular Superb Double Daily Service, it |8 proposed 10 run Thrfift "flautist ta'al Trains" FROM Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, Making immediate connections with trains from all points North, East, South and Wcwt. For special printed matter, maps, tlmo-tasles, rates, tickets, sleepers, and all Information, address or call on B. A. NEWLAND, Gen'l Pass'r Dept., 6 Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga. OR T. J. ANDERSON, Gen'l Pass'r Agt.. Portsmouth, Va. ICE! IC J. E. J rfjjfflh Is making arrangements to ties, from which our peop or sman amounts. Special Prices f The ICE will be in store ; Make your contracts now. ? ? U. ?Li. U Washing! ^vww uw # Buist's Gi P A t "FTarrisnn , MOW* ? ? rv W ,1 1 ? ^ We have bought the Seed and P & Co. and OFFER BARGAINS. LUIUWV ALL AB0AR1 [ AM NOW PREPARED TO SERVE MY F with almost anything they may need. itaple and Fnncy tiroccrieN, NhoewllHtN, Dry UoodH, \hI1s, Barbed Wire, ^^co: And make your wants knowi Thanking you for past favors, I am Azno Feb. 1, 1897. VALTER L. MILLER, Attorney at Law. .Abbeville, S. C. I also represent a number of Investment. >mpanies. Loans made on Abbeville or reenwood City real estate. OFFICE on Law Range. DENTAL NOVICE. S. F. Killings worth, No. 4 Seal Block, Abbe ville, S. C. Selglan lamp chimneys at R,v<\ Bernnn's. m*?uw?iii^iiii ai??w? hips >LY CO. . . Proprietor. and Summer ved. EKES, HENRIETTAS, BUNTINGS, BRIL, flies' Lace Grenadines, Ginghams, Printsite oaaIto 'Pi/mnu Xm lOVl/IlO, I JVJUW, vvu. s of all Descriptions. hing Goods. I am offering some s' Suits at Greatly It t and Straw. Nlioes ! Idrens' Dress? Shoes. ig Tools. all kinds. d to come and examine my stock. >r A. S. Co. MUTUAL ii nice $ 400,000. "IXTRITE TO OR CALL on the'undersign or to the Director of your Townsb for any information you may desire abo our plan of Insurance. We insure your property againBt destri tlon by fire, mm on mm, and do so cheaper than any Insurance Co: pany in existence. Remember we are prepared to prove to y that ours is the safest and cheapest plan Insurance known. J. R. BLAKE, Jr., Agent, Abbeville, S. G. J. FULLER LYON, Pres. Abbeville, S. C. BOARD DIRECTORS. T. C Turner -Ninety-Six Townshl J. M. Major Greenwood " P.W.Sullivan Cokesbury W. B. Acker Donnalds " M. B. CUnkscales Due West " T. L>. Haddon Long Cane " I J. W. Scott- .Smithvllle " E. W. Watson White Hall I J.W.Lyon Indian fllll " I Capt. John Lyon Cedar Spring " ! W.E. Leslie Abbeville " l)r. J. A. Anderson.Dlamond Hill " i H. A. Terinent LowndeavlUe " A. O. Grant Magnolia " I J. T. Horton Calhoun " G. N. McKlnney Bordeaux " [ Abbeville, S. C., March 1, h'JT. E! ICE TONES keep ICE in great quantile may be supplied in large H-2eR>' or Large Orders. about the middle of April. "ONES, on Street. irden ^eed T & Game's 1 Stationery Business of H. \V. Lawson ) FOR 1897 f RIENDS AND THIi PUBLIC THIS YEA Needs of nil Kinds, FhrinIiiic Tools. All KIiicIn Hartlwiir M!E^i and they will be supplied. Y'iiirs kok Business, >js H. Morse. The State ol' South Carolina COUNTY O-K* ABBEVILLE. 1'HOIIAVE COL'KT. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. In the Matter of the Estate of A. M. Hill, d< ceased. ALL persous Indebted to said estate mm settle without demy, and those holdtu claims against the estate must present ther properly attested to. H". H. HILL, April 3,181)7. Administrator. Great bargains In printed lawns and mut 1ms. Just marked down to rock botton prices. Abbeville Supply Co. Just arrived?a big lot of ijew matting frorr 12V? to 35 cts. per yard at the Abbeville Suppj Aii Essential to Forgiveness. Tli I Forgiveness is never complete with- ] ? out its complement, repentance. An coj r aggrieved or injured person may ex- noi r ercise great patience, loug-suflering, sui 0 | charity ; may repeatedly, even per- cas P Imanently, forbear to visit penalty; to ? I ?vtm* Hovo o rvol'fopflir frvrori vi n o? Qni H t. r^n m UJ?J uu.v u ,yvi.vvvV ?v.6?'.uei IVU p but until his forbearance and readiness tbt a to forgive are met on the other side by Ch J repentance, the act of forgiveness can- ins J not be complete. am ^ So God deals with us. He is very iyj r patient, waits to see whether oar mi # wrongdoing indicates a nrm purpose of joy P our lives, or is the result of ignorance It p or the stress of overpowering tempta- trii a tion. He is long-suffering, does not fee a punish for the tirst offense or for mauy de< \ offenses, but gives every possible op- de1 \ portunity to retrace our steps and set k thi r ricrtit <>nrirlnnt- is mernifnl. tender. *?ni J gentle, never breaking the bruised tee F reed, nor quenching the smoking flax, fel # always ready to assist even the weakest 0 endeavor. For forgiveness, however, ? # he requires absolute repentance. 0 The same general principle holds ^ good in our dealings with oneanother. fll ? The obligation which God imposes on III ? himself to meet repentance with for- I f giveness becomes in our case a duty to 1 r exercise the forgiving spirit, whether f there is repentance t%r not. We are to # be patient, long-suffering, merciful, I # tender, and also charitable; for with Ij 4 our human limitations we are constant- I A ly liable to err in our interpretation of * 0 acts and words, and it may be that, in5 stead of being the offended, we are, in J truth, the offenders. Making, how- >f ever, full allcwance for all such obliga- ^ J tion, it remains true that in the relaP lions of man with man, as in those of or f man with God, forgiveness cannot be hi 4 complete without repentance; or, it 8ee 4 other words, the duty of repentance is 4 jubt as great as the duty of forgiveness. J a It is just as necessary for the person J who finds out that he was wronged anf other to seek forgiveness by the mani^ festation of repentance as it is the ? ^ *'?? f fA KA r<in^ti fA fAi*rrSva utlljf Ul IUC UlUCI WUSICBUJ vv. wheter repentance be made manifest or not. This repentance must be something l8 I more than mere regret for con- me sequences. Comparatively little v^rong- wh doing is intentional. Very few men q0l I flaunt disobedience in the face of God, t0( and few deliberately set about doing ma harm to their fellows. Most of the 8t experiences in life that call for the ex- M . ercise of forgiveness have been occa,ip sioned by ignorance or heedlessness. ut Some people seem to imagine that repentancehas to do do only with deliberate wrongdoing; that the great mass of act3 or words that give offense can be s fully atoned for by a mere ''excuse _ me," ."I did not mean to," etc. Others m act as if there were some degradation Ch in the expression of repentance. Both 0f these views are utterly false. The man who has injured his fellow-man in whatever way or however uninten- ?v tionally is bound to make full repara- Ar tion for the wrong, and the least th^t he can do is to acknowledge the obligation* The degradation is in refusinu to acknowledge it. The man who presume9 on the readiness to forgive, tr whether of God or man, and refuse:* Ar to seek forgiveness, has no rignt to Lv claim that forgiveness. [ *' pv . Lv Lv P- A habit calls for prompt and decisive Lv treatment. To attempt to break off )l_ from somesin gradually is about as j-v wise as to amputate a diseased hand gradually, cuttiuga little to-day, a little Ar more to-morrow, and completing .the AJl operation some other day. The Scripture plan is to break oft'from the sin ?? and from everything that may lead to Ar it. "If thy right hand cause thee to "J offend, cut it off and cast it from thee. ; REGISTRATION HE.! V ' LV | Old Certificates of Registration ~ are Void?Everybody Must wuj Register. uleTie Books of Registration will be 0;pened ? on the First Monday in December next and kept Open for Three Successive Days for the Registration of VoterB A Xjll I/IUICU. l/U XkCglBUl CVUIUU UUbCl U.LLO WWii- | stltution?For the Information of the ? People Attention Is Called to the Fol- M foiling Provisions of the New Law, Ap- " proved the Fifth Day of March, 1896. rriHi: books of registration shall JL be opened by the Boards on the tlrst Monday Id April, 1S9G, at the Court House in To, each County, and kept open for at leant six Nev consecutive weeks. They shall be opened Bos again at the Court House on t ho first Mondays uior In June, July, Augustand September, A. D., 1S9U, and kept open continually for at least ^ one week In each of said months. They shall ?7" W be closed thirty days before tho general elec- ?'i r lion in 1896. After general election in 1890, the ? ] A Books of Registration ?balI be opened on the * y W first Monday of each month at the Court ? j v House and kept open for three successive days -? m in each month until thirty duys before the Lv. r election In 189(1, <when they shall be closed un- Jj_ A til the said general election sbs.ll have taken Lv. place. The offices ami books must be kept Ar. ^ open from 9 o'clock in tho forenoon until 3 A^~j v Kf uiutn iu il'.c ui bcauvurjt r v 1 r The Board ot Registration Is the Judge of _J the qualifications of all applicants for regis- Ar. Y tratlon up to January 1st, 1898 Up to Janu- " x ary 1st., 1&9S. overy maio citizen of this State " V and of the United Slates, twenty-one years of " C oge, who is not an Idiot, is not Insane, is not " a pauper supported ai, the public expense, r and Is not confined In any public prison, and Ar Jfc wno has not been convicted of burglary, arw son, obtaining goods or money under false Ar-' v pretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery, Lv. i m adultery, wife beating, housebreaking, receiv- ?f~, ^ ing stolen goods, breact of trust with (raudu- ?\ x lent, Intent, sornication, sodomy, Incest, as- u W sault with intent to ravish, miscegenation, ? v larceny, or crimes against the election 'aws, < A and who shall have teen a resident in thUs >< y Slate two years, (except ministers In charge ? yf organized churches f.nd teachers of public schools, and they after six months residence In the State,) a resident in the County ior six mouth*, and in the polling precinct lour Lv., months, and who ran mid any Section in the " Constitution or 181)5, or can understand and " explain any section of said Constituilon ) when read to him by the registration officer " or officers shall be entitled to registration and " become a eleetor upon application lor such " registration. If any person has been convict- Ar. < ed of any pf the crimes above-mentioned, a pardon of the Uovernor removes thedlsqual- Lv-1 iflcation. Ar. ( In case any minor who will become twenty- lv p. one years of age after the closlngof the Hooks ' of Registratratlon and before the election, and Is otherwise qualified to register, makes application undcroath showing he Is quail- Lv7 tied to register, the Boards shall register such appllcaul before the closing of the books. Ar I Any person whose qualifications as an elec- r , tor will be completed after the closing of the f'* j Registration Books but before the next elec- tiou, shall have the right to apply for and se- Ar. 1 cure a registration certlrtcate at any time " within sixty days immediately preceding the " 1 closing of the Registration Books, upon an " 1 application under oath to the facts entitling " 1 him tosuch registration. " 1 The registration ot voters must be by poll- Jr I ing precincts. There nuint be a Book of Reg- ?' j ~ Istratlon for each polling precinct, that Is tor each township, or parish. or city, or I vnu of *D less than live liiousand Ihliabilniits, or w*rd ? of cities ot more than five thousand Inhabl- tj^,,,j, tants. Each eleetor must vote in the polling precinct In which he resides. If there Is more S|.(l|l than one voting place in the polling precinct, y,, the elector may vote at any votim; pl?cedes- 'j',*a|r Ignated on the registration certificate. The Boards must designate in the registration (viui !- certificate the voting place In the polling pre- [j0] cinct at which the elector is to vote. If there is more than one voting place In the polling m,rn| it. precincts, the Boards shall designate on the m,iCO g certificate ttie voting place selected by the * n elector. ;!or Old certificates of registration are void. Every man who may desire to exercise the right . to vote must apply for Registration. '* J. I). CAR WILE, a S. a. BOLES, J J. T. ELLIS. Board of Supervisors of Registration. c Hymnal an . Devotional Reading. fthe Hymnal were more widely realized by our Methodist people jus I.. ? 1> .<m no * Ka i mereiy u uuiicuiiun ?i njumo m uc ig in the public services ami oclionally iD the home, but as a book be systematically and prayerfully ,d as an aid to religious devotion, the i effect upon spiritual life of the urch would be very strong and abidf; for the Hymnal is a simple, lucid, i beautiful expression of the highest ie of religious faith, aspiration, hulity, recignatiou, courage, worship, ousness, thanksgiving, and praise, is a poetic embodiment of ourdocue, and a soul tonic, stimulating and ding the higher life. Deplorable in 5d must be the state ot one wiio can ^ te half an hour to the perusal of s remarkable book without ?-xpericing an elevation of thought and ling and a 6trong desire for closer lowsbip with God. 1 ?>L M . PAY FULL MARKET PRICE FOR . . . Cotton Seed will make a good exchange of MEaL and ILLS for SEED. Farmers should sell their d to tbe Oil Mill or exchange tbein for Meal and Hulls Our Ginnery equipped with the very latest Improve nts for handling and GINNING COTTON lch Increases its value one eight to one utter of a cent a pound. Send your cotton Dll Mill Ginnery and see If It does notcom,nd a better price than when ginned on old le machinery. ?- Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls for bale. J. M. HARDEN, Manager. ept. 15.1896, tf arleston and Western Caro Una R. R Vugasta and Abbeville Short Line. In effect Feb. 7,1S97. AugUHto. 9 40 am 1 40 pm Greenwood 12 17 pin i Anderson 7 3l) pni ti 10 pm Laurvno 1 15 pm 7 00 am Greenville 8 (M) pm 10 15 am Glenn Springs 4 05 pm Bportanburg 8 00 pm 9 25 am Saluda 5 23 pm Hendersonville 5 51 pm Ashevllle 6 45 pm 7 00 pm Ashevllle 8 20 am Spartanburg 11 4B am 4 00 pm Glenft tiptings 10 00 am Greenville 11 55 am 4 00 pm Laurens 1 30 pm 7 10 pm Anderson i 00 am Greenwood 2 28 pm , Augusta 0 00 pm 11 10 am Calhoun Kails 4 44 pm Iialelzh 2 1G am Norfolk 7 80 am Pc U-rslmrg 6 00 am Richmond 8 20 am .. Augusta 2 55 pm Allendule . 5 00 pm Fairfax 5 15 pm Yemassee 9 30 arn 6 2'? pm Beaufort 10 35 am 7 20 pm Port Koyal 10 50 am 7 80 pm Pavannah 8 00 pm Charleston 8 08 pm Charleston- 6 50 am Savannah 6 50 am Port Koyal 1 55 pm 8 15 am Beaufort 2 10 pm 8 25 am Yemassee 8 15 pm 9 25 am Fairfax 10 32 am Allendale 10 4T am Angusta 12 55 pm lose connections at Greenwood for all points on A. L. aud (!. Ac. G. Hallways, and at Spartanburg h Southern Hallway. or any information rclativo to tickets, rates, schedetc., address W. .1. ORAIQ. Oon. Pass. Agent, Augusta, Gs. E. M. NORTH, Sol. Agent. ^UMITED n minr rn HIV JTVJf LJ\J UDLL ly/il L.I SERYICE Atlanta, Charlotte, Augusta. Athens, Wilmington, v Orleans. Chattanooga, Nuthvillu opd New York, ton, Philadelphia. Washington, Norfolk, J'.ichid.?Schedule in effect Feb. 7, 1897. _SOUTIIBOUND. No. 403. No.4Jh New York, via Penn. K. K.*ll 00 am *9 00 pin Philadelphia, " " 1 12 p in 12 05 am Baltimore, " " 3 15 p m 2 50 am IVashhlngton, " M 4 40pm 4 30 am Richmond, A. C. L., 8 50 p m 9 05 am Norfolk via S. A. L *8 85 p m *9 05 aui Portsmouth,^ " 8 45 Jim_ 9 '20 am Weldon, via S. A. L *Il 28 pin *ll 55 am Henderson, via * *12 56 a m *1 89 pm Durham via S. A. L t7 32 am f4 09 pm Durham " +5 20 pm til 10 am Raleigh, via S. A. L. *2 10 a in *3 34 pm Sanford, " 3 35 " 5 03 " Southern Pines, " 4 22 to 5 55 " Hamlet, ' 5 10 " 6 53 " A'ndesboro, " 5 84 " 8 11 " Monroe, " 6 43 " 9 12 " Charlotte via 8. A. L *8 80_am *10 25 pm 'hnafor ^la"<4 *" T. ~ ?<5 In im MAITmh Columbia, C. N. a L., f6~00~pm Clinton, S. A. L *0 45 am *12 10 am Greenwood, ' 10 35 ' 1 07 am ABBEVILLE, " 11 05 ' 1 40 " Elberton, " 12 07 p m 2 41 " Athens, 44 1 15 44 3 45 " Winder, " 1 59 " 4 30 " Atlanta, (Central Time) 2 50 " 5 20 " NORTHBOUND! No. 402. Noi 8ST :\tlanta,vlaS.A.L.(Cent. T.)*12 00 n'n *7 50 pm Winder, " 2 40 p in 10 42 " Athens, " 3 16 " 11 20 " Elberton, " 4 15 " 12 33 am ABBEVILLE " 5 15 " 1 40 44 Greenwood, 44 5 41 44 2 09 u Clinton, 44 *3 81 44 *3 05 44 Joliimbla, C. N. ?fc L., R. R f7 0J am Chester, 44 *6 13 p in *4 38 am Charlotte, via A. L *10 25 p in * 8 30 am Monroe, via 8. A. L *9 40 p in *0 05 am j Hamlet 44 *11 23 44 8 15 ' IVI o J5 30 am *12 30 pin Southern Pines, ' *12 14 am *9 20 am Raleigh, 44 *2 10 a in 11 35 am ( Henderson 44 >3 28 a in *1 00 pm )urhuin via S. A. L t7 32 am f4 00 pm ( )urhain 44 +5 iO pm til 10 inn j kVeldon, 44 *1 55 am *3 00 pm j Itlchmond, A. C L? S 15 44 tf/jO ,4 . Washington, via Penn. RR 12 31 p in 11 10 pm 1 Baltimore. 44 1 43 pm 12 48am 1 Philadelphia, 44 3 50 p in 3 45 ain | tfew York. 44 . *0 2.1 44 *l! 53 44 j 'ortsmouth, S. A. L., 1 .'10 am 5 50 pin Norfolk, *7 50 6 05 44 ally. fDally, ex. Sunday. $D lly ex. Monday, s. 403 and 402, "The Atlanta Special," Solid Ves- C I'd Train of Pullman bleepors and Conelies be- \ n Washington and Atlanta, also Pullman | ers between Portsmouth and CliMb r, S. C. 8 41 and 38, "The S. A. L. Kxpres>,'4 Solid t i. Coaches and Pullman Sleepers between Ports- j h and Atlanta. Company Sleepers betwien nblu and Atlanta. ill trains make immediate connections at Allan- u Montgomery. Mobile, New Orleans, Texas, Cala, Mexico, Cha'.tariouga, Nashville, Memphis, n, Florida. C Tickets, Sleepers, apply to II B. A. NEVVLANI), Gen. Act., Pa*s. Dept. <1 C Kimball House. Atlanta, Ga. GEO. Me. P. BATTE.Trav. Ptos. Agt. Charlotte, N. C. a E. St. JOHN. Vice-Pros, and ticn'l. Mgr. I V. E. McBKE. Gon'l. Superintendent. , i H. W. B. GLOVER, Trafflo Manager. . T. J. ANDERSON. Gen'l. Pass. Agent. U General Olllcos: Portsmouth, Vn, r i i Sfarffnret'N Easter OflTfrliij?. A slender little figure, clad in rusty black,entered the Sunday-school room i at Grace Church and hesitatingly 1 slipped into the nearest vaoaut peat, j wnich chanced to be in the pew occupied by Miss Wilson's class, of girls. ! These girls all dainity appareled looked askance at the new-comer, and Miss Wilson herself glanced up in surprise. ''Are you a new scholar ?" she asked. 1 "Yes, rraa'ara. I want to be a scholar," the chili] answered timidly, i "Did the superintendent assign you to this classZ" Miss Wilson questioned. "No, ma'am; I sat here because there was a seat, and this was a girl's class. "Well," said Miss Wilson, "after the lesson I will see the SuperintenT) \.~ tu:. ... isi Ua ucui. .rciimps luis uiuss wuuiu uui uc the best one for you. Give me your name, please." "Margaret Worth," was the reply. After carefully writing the new uame In her notebook, Miss Wilson gave the girl an open Bible, and proceeded with the reading of the chapter. At the close of the lessons the Supertendent came before the school and made a few remarks concerning the coming Sunday, which would be Easter. "We would like," he said in concluding, "to have as many flowers as possible, with which to decorate the church. What more fitting emblems are there than flowers for this Easter Day, which we Christians hold sacred as the Resurrection Day of our Saviour ? He is called the rose of tSharon. and the Lily of the Valley. The beauty of the flowers is typical of the beauty and purity of his life. Silently their fragrance perfumes the air and lingers around them when they are faded. So the blessed influence of bis quiet, lovely life pervaded the world about him, and lingers with us, though he ascended into heaven centuries ai?o. Let us, my young friends, bring flowers to twine about his altar on Easter Day. , "I can bring some," said Margaret, eagerly. "Would they care for lilies?" * "Yes, indeed; lilies are just what we want. You may bring what you can," Mifs Wilson replied a little patronizingly. Then she spoke to the Superintendene in regard to the naw scholar, who was given a place in the Sunday school. "I didn't think my class would suit her at all," she said after Margaret naa passeu oui 01 neanng. -aiy gins are of such a nice set, and dress so well, it would tie embarrassing to her." But the 6hild did not bear this remark, and was thinking very little of others ; sbe was thinking how glad she was to be able to do something for the Saviour, if it was only to give flowers to beautify his house. Her father, who was now dead, had been a florist, and her mother still kept up the little garden, so Margaret knew something ofthe value of plants, though their customers were mostly the plainer people who were fond of an nowers wneiner mey were rare or common,aud knew little of the fitness of certain blossoms for certain occasions Easter morning dawned bright and beautiful, as Easter mornings usually do in California. Grace Church was a bower of beauty. Its tall columns were wreathed with smilax and ivy, while great bunches of roses and calla lillies were banked about the altar. Margaret Worth gazed in wonder; she had never seen anything so beautiful. "I couldn't bring my offering yesterday," she said, "because mother was sick; but I hope it won't be too late to use what I have brought ihismoming. I came as early as I could." The Superintendent, with several of the teachers aud scholars, stood in the vestibule when the child held out her flowers to Miss Wilson. "Oh !" exclaimed that lady, "we do not want those for Easter!" "Tiger lilies! The idea!" cried one of the girls as she gazed aghast at the great armful of towny spotted lilies. Margaret looked from one to another pleadingly?"I?I thought you wanted lilies. See, I have cut them with long stalks, though it took all the buds, too. Won't they do?" "Mercy ! no, child. We don't want anything but white flowers," some one answered impatiently. The young girl gave a swift glauce around the church, then up into the , sympathetic faces about her. With a sob of disappointment and wounded pride she turned and fling- . ing the flowers up the pavement at the foot of the steps, ran quickly home, ! vainly trying to choke back the tears that would come. The Superintedent and [Miss1 Wilson were still in the entry when Margaret camejback shortly aftered. "Will these do?" she ask, holding up a bunch of exquisite lilies of the I valley. "0, lovely!" Miss Wilson cried. Why didn't you bring these at first ?" "I thought to^ decorate the others would be best. I did not understand ; i you never told me the flowers must be white until after I had brought tue others. These are the only white ones I have, and they?" she stopped and looked lovingly down ;upon the dainty blossoms. "And they?" said the Superinten- < dent kindly, for he felt that she had ! hesitated to complete her sentence.. j She looked up gratefully, for the kindness of his tone encouraged her. '"They are the first to bloom, and I had thought to put them on my father's grave, he loved them so. But I know he would be glad to have me bring them for an Easter offering." INIiss Wilsou left a kiss on the girl's cheek as she took the flowers. "See," she said, "how lovely they look in the slender white vase," and pa.-siug down the aisle, she placed them on the crimson coveriug of the pulpit, beside the open Bible. There were teurs in the Superintendent's eyes when he spoke to Miss WiNon a few minuted later, and going lown the steps, he gathered the re-1 lected tiger lilies from the pavement, i p ind laid them in a glowing mass at the ! b foot of the altar. And the thought P was in his heart that these discarded, lowers were like some sin-sick soul, a lumbly lying at the feet of the Master. I e' Words, money, all things else, are J, .'omparatively easy to give away ; but j vhen a man makes a grief of his daily v ife and practice, it is plain that the JjJ ruth whatever it may be. has taken jdi >ossession of him. I iu You picture to yourself the beauty of ! iravery and steadfastness. And then J ome little, wretched, disagreeable duty | ^ omes, which is your martyrdom, the tn amp for your oil; and if you do not!'1' 0 it how your oil is spilt. The back seats are taken in church ! ^ ml the front seats always in a theatre, i pi t is wonderful, but true. It does seem j" liat people would be more interested r 1 their soul's salvation than that, but large majority of them are not. 1 Beauty if Heart Deep. ; "Beauty is but skin keep." That a .skin-deep saying. Beauty is hear^^^H deep. It is out of the heart we desir^^HH ir. It out of the heart it grows.^^^M Tbis is not a mere saying like the^^H| there. It is the fact and secret that^^HN we are eager to penetrate. There is jfljj indeed, a skiu-deep beauty?a mere ^ unearned, unlived, bodily inheritance but out of some heart, through some life-earninv, it must always have been orginated and evolved. The grandest beauty may wait, it* secret glory not Bhowu forth, for a lifetime; covered in with a plain, even ungainly exterior as a noble building is roughly boarded up while it is being carefully wrought to its perfection. Many a woman goes through the world like this. Or the t. irue oeauiy may oe so teuuer in us beginnings that It needs to be hidde*], shielded?not made &ign of before its time?lest it should be spoiled and perish in the exposure. So the final heritage waits, while a present outer poverty is permitted, which, like the opposite condition, may have conhe down through some strain of ancestry, the outer betrayed of a far-back, inndr want. Of such wailing, a little furtheV on, a wonderful loveliness may ba born. A plain woman, with beauty in her soul, ha? often been the mother of V a marvelously beautiful child. . . . v Beauty is a seed in the nature. It will germinate, bud, leaf out, blossom. If \ the beauty is inside, you, and alive, \ you will sometime, somewhere? be a ) form of beauty. How else did God make out of his own beautiful thought the beautiful world ? You have only got to Jive, love on, ana wait, you shall have your birthright. 'Certain of this, will you care if even it does not wholly come to you within the three score years and ten ? When you come of age you shall possess your estate. Only, never barter it away for a mess pottage you happen to be hungry for. . | , If you want dress made in tbe latest style take It to Mrs. Taggart. V By your Groceries, Fruits and Kerosloe oil H from R. C. Wilson and Co. ' Bulldrens' Slippers In all styles at C. P. Hammond & Co 8. If you want tbe best bed spring on earth for tbe money call for one No. 81x. sold exclusively by us. j. D. Kerr. Bruce's is tbe place to get besns. tomatoes, chickens, and eggs. ABBEVILLE MILL - MI I ' STEAM ENGINES, nepairs? otto^gik* ?nu i WATT miiiun. Engines and Machinery of all Kinds for Rent, Lease, or Sale, Second-hand or New. ALSO AGENTS p/~>p n Automatic Engines and Earns. We are fully prepared to do yoar plummlng and gas fitting. We also rnn a grist mill od Saturdays, and are ma&lng a ^ splendid meal. Shops adjoining old depot. Address, B()x J. E. Gadsey, MaDa?er ' Liiiigstm ? Ferris. -DEALERS INAll Kinds of Groceries, FRESH MEATS. SAUSAGE. HOG HEAD CHEESE AND FISH. CANNEDGOODS .' ' i of every description. Fresh Bread always on hand. Give as a call when Id need of anything in our line. We guarantee satisfaction. : I Particular attention given to our MARKET department. Remember the place, No. 2 Washington itreet apportionment of the School Funds of Abbeville County for School ? Year 1866-97. S ? - S-fl S 2? ?-* * . - ~ .2 5?C.s^ ^ ^ L r^ <cbu = S5 c?9?* -sis S1I ?II =11 III5! |a 1 |-| |sa \'J. p-i ? 5 <? fi< H S 659 10 52,067 -17 8493 00 $3,249 57 418 Si 1,254 71 454 00 2.126 94 8Stt '.2 1.153 47 879 00 1,923 59 357 29 1.101 66 277 00 1,785 95 466 SI 1,4(10 54 8S6 00 2,258 35 S.i6 48 1.069 55 317 00 1.773 08 334 25 1,002 86 315 00 1,652 11 888 59 1,165 88 243 00 1,797 47 378 77 1,121 42 311 00 1,806 19 272 51 817 60 290 00 1.S80 11 228 87 6S0 OS 201) 00 1,124 55 3.9 32 988 04 809 00 1,626 36 481 63 1,445 00 383 00 2.309 03 819 07 1,047 32 300 00 1,696 39 299 68 899 11 269 00 1,46 7 79 459 40 1.378 31 352 00 2.1S9 71 275 SO 827 48 300 00 1.403 28 349 91) 1,049 79 350 00 1,749 69 108 53 452 02 135 00 695 55 151 48 454 49 109 00 714 97 75 74 227 24 59 00 361 98 52 69 158 08 4S 00 258 77 The above apportionment of the School und to the different School Districts in Abeville county is based on the enrollment of upils in the public schools of the county uriug the last school year. The different boards ol 6chool trustees lust uot overdraw on tne amounts designati for their school districts. The amounts apportioned to each district om the amount brought lorward from last ear will be paid out by the Treasurer in anuary or February npxt.. The3 mill tax for 1896 97' and the poll tax ill not be due uti,<) November, 1897. Clerks I'the different o.ifcrdsof trustees will be re* jired to distinguish between warrants rawn on the 3 iuMI tax and the poll tax as I n required by law to report them separately i the annual settlement. The clerks of the different boards of truses will be required to make and send to this lice on or before 1st of July, 1897, an itemiz- ,-*/ I statement of their expenditures during ie present school year. It will therefore be icessary that their books be accurately ;nt. No warrant of any board of trustees will be idorsed in this office unless the amount of arrant Is plainly written in words and not it In figures, and both duplicate and origiil must be signed by at least two of tne ustees ol the district from which it comes. W. T. MILFORD, Co. Supt. of Education. Dec. 1. 1896. ?'