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'TTM A H It * 1 "I TP| 11 TP* A?| ihe Abbeville Press and Banner.! ' >*c j?- '*?eE ________________________ ^ - '^3 BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1897. ESTABLISHED 18441 ; S The acce 't see them. \ # toes. LACE i ^ in The Charleston Piwt. Our respected contemporary, the Charleston Post, after quoting an extract from the Press ; t and Banner, says: ' 11 "We might retaliate in kind upon the Press a and Banner by saying that as determined as c is the stale to prevent dictation of Its affairs K by Charleston, Charleston is quite as firm in ; her intentiou of preserving her own rights.! These rights have been so abused and out-! 1 raged by Ellerbe in ihe metropolitan police . matter, that Charleston would be sunk low ' lndeed.il she did otherwise than repudiate at j * the tlrct opportunity the Governor who made ! his office a reproach by enforcing upon the, i, community an iniquity which can never be i Justified. ft But answering the Press and Banner with (t arguments of lact we would call attention to ^ the contrast oetween me huuum uut-u enmui* , agement given to the "blind tigers'' by Uover-j a nor Elterbe'fc metropolitan police, anil the a rigid enforcement of ilie State liquor law pro posed by Cblef Boyle of the city police. Un-1 tier the old regime the illicit sale of liquor F flourished in the city contributing largely to I the Individual support of some members of b the metropolitan police, o delighttul arrange-; ment for mutual benefit having existed be-| ' tween the law guardians and tbe law break- J Chief Boyle has stated that the "blind II ' gers" must go, but he has not rested on decla- P ration. He has visited a great numberof sus- t peeled places and given them warning that ^ they must cease the Bale of liquor. These warnings had better be respected or the jails 1 will have some bartenders as inmates. The j city police will enforce the law as well as li can be enforced In Charleston, without calm that there will be no liquor sold In the city, lor absolute prohibition of Illicit selling all know to be impossible. The metropolitan police methods w?requite j t different. The State force whr wont to dc- . ciare, not only that uo liquor should be sold, i ' but mat none was being sold while about two i h hundred and fifty saloons were In bold opera*' T tion. Many places were visited by the metro- v polltan police but not Tor the purpose ol'i warning tbi-m that they must close. Katber ? were these visits tnade lrequently to arrange ! p for tbe keeping of liquor shops opeu. h We are making no boasts as to what the city police will do In the enforcement of the ; v liquor law. We have declared ofteu that In ; b our opinion the liquor trade could not be .' completely suppressed In Charleston, but we i leel sure tbat our city police will make an ac- ] n tual effort at enforcement tbat will confine ! a the Illicit trade wltbin very narrow limits, in- I stead of encouraging and abetting it iu metropolitan lashlon. Charleston will not make war on Governor Ellerbe because of his "fidelity lu trying to enforce the laws of tbe State." Charleston will try to enforce tbe laws aud will repudiate Ellerbe for the miserable parody be enacted c and because he toyed with high principles j and robbed a community of Its liberty. The Press aDd Banner Is sorry to see Charleston array herself against the rest of the ^ stale, we are sorry mat tne people 01 tne city of Charleston do not recognize as cltl- ^ zeus, those of us who live outside of Columbia, and are not Included within the corpo- ^ rate limits of the City by the .Sea. We are sorry that Charleston seems to regard herself as the State. In our remarks, we were sincere in express log the wish that the city and the rest of the State might be united, and between whom there should be no contention. I If Charleston obeys the laws of the State, and will only regard the rest of us as peopleas citizens?possessing e<iual rights, we will be a united people, and Charleston will have the love and respect of all of us. The talk of metropolitan police, and "out- {J rage" and "Iniquity," we believe, meets with no response In the hearts of the people gener- >i ally. If we mistake not the newspapers ol { Charleston openly defied the State of South Carolina to enforce her laws within that 1( city. As proof that this open defiance was ? based upon a determination to carry out the tl threat, the United States whiskey licenses 11 would fully prove. ? But, neighbor, suppose we bury the past, c and let the city of Charleston and the restol Jf the State become reconciled ? Can't we have peace? You have been relieved of the met- c jwpuiuuu puiivc. V? IIJ II J u> WIUITL1 llic breach between the city and the people? Viewed from our standpoint and accepting the statements of the Charleston press as ^ true, that city has no well grounded grievance u against the metropolitan police. As we un- p derstand 11,all this struggle has been to se- ' cure for the city a liberal supply of liquor. g The papers say that there has been little or diminution of the United Stales licenses.and '' c the police didn't bother many of the bibulous v population. li Hut If you want to run a whiskey candl- ^ date against Ellerbe, we are ready for the n fray. The people of South Carolina can de- II clde whether the rule of the foreign liquor {' dealer is to obtain In South Carolina. The people can determine whether they want the f State of South Carolina humiliated by for- J eigners who wish to retail liquor. The people ij may determine whether Charleston sball? 1 with the assistance of the liquor dealers?as- [ sume the mastery of this State by forcing 11- ii quor upon us. 0 It Is Charleston's privilege to organize a " ?r> cnKrloli' rvf tMu nonnlo If tn (Itnf k city Is powerful. It will have at Its back j money of foreign ll.juor dealers, ami It will have the touch of the elbow of the saloon men of the State, it may also have as allies and supporters, alleged temperance men, | who?instead of strengthening the restraints I now put upon the sale of liquor?would re"| move the law to break which more liquor | money has been spent than has been expend-! ed against all the prohibition laws of the world. * ? ? Henri Attain. Our good friend of the Greenville News says; If the courts sustain the Rlmonton decision and If Tillman falls to get his proposed amendment to the Wilson law through Congress the dispensary is surely dead." There are some "lfs" In this ante-mortem obituary notice. If our respected neighbor will wait a little, he will find out that the dis-1 peosary IB uere iubwj-uu uiuuci uun uucu I v Its death may be announced. That dispen-, s sary law has more lives than a cnt. Kven If; y the profits should be reduced to nothing, the t dispensary will still be here. That iustltu-lt Hon can sell liquor at less expense than Indl- j ^ viduals. 11 The best woman's shoe in lace or button, * for $1, at Cobb & AlcPayld's. ? 3S! f 53?The I jpted leaders of the st Ne ask you to call am ; TANS, LACE GRE The Giving; of Advice. From tree planting to the selling of cotton, he newspapers abound with advice. This lewspaper religiously avoids giving advice to inybody, but we always feel free to give our pinion of whatever attracts our thought Ve think: First?That no man on the face of the earth tnows anything as to the future price of coton. Advice on the subject about selliDg is ipith nothing, and may do much harm. Second?As to transplanting trees. We ;now of no reason why any man with a hlmble full of brains should transplant a ree In the Fall of the year. In this vicinity rlarch is the natural or proper time to set out tree. Walt until the trunk is full of sap nd the buds have swelled. If the tree Is properly prepared for transplanting a very small per ceut. will die. The reason the nurserymen urge the Fall as >elng the proper time to transplant trees lies n the fact that the neonle have monev in November. We believe that few nursery men f put on their honor, would deny this. They irint it In their catalogues in order to Bell heir trees when there is plenty of money >ut they know that March Is the proper time 0 set out a tree. o? * The Colton Mill. The advertisement calling for a meeting of he stockholders In the Abbeville Cotton Mill 1 explained In detail by the circular which as been sent to each individual stockholder, 'he action upon Ihe proposition will be the fork of the stockholders themselves,and not f the Directors. The editor of this newspaer is a stockholder in that institution, and e expects to vote for the preferred stock. Vhile we otter no advice to auy one, yet we elleve the issue of the preferred stock to be a nost excellent thing for all concerned. The nil! is a good one, and we believe that It has n exceptlouably bright future before It. Colonel. The Columbia Register joins a Georgia ex hange in making war on the habit of dubbng everybody "Colonel" or "Mister." The newspaper believes in applying "Colo, lei" to the right man, and "Mister" doesn't lurt anybody. If people like to be Colonels ? there objection to calling them Colonels. Ve think not. This newspaper will never go back on the Jolonels. We have great respect for the Colnels, * <X?* COMPLACENCY OF MEDIOCRITY. ? 'cople Wlio I.lve in Opposition to Certain Law* of Mature. From the Columbia Register. Among contemporary newspaper writers here Is none whose productions I enjoy more lian "An Idler." He velws humanity from a sfty and serene height, and depicts its foibles nd vanities In a remarkably ana forcible nd vivid style. Writing on the above sub sci twuicu i cuii lens m naviiiK uorroweuj in ho New York Evening Post, lie says : "I know whole families of hopelessly medacre people, who, on the strength of some anestor who achieved distinction a hundred ears ago, live in constant thanksgiving that hey are not as other people! None of them ave done anything to be particularly proud f since their remote progenitor signed the )eclarallon of Independence or governed a olony. They have vegetated in small proIncial cities, intermarried intoother equally urtunale families, but the sense of superiorly is there to sustain them under straitened ireomntances and diminishing prestige. The rorld may move on around them, but they iever advance. Why should they? They iave reached perfection. "The brains and enterprise that have revoutlonlzed our age may beat In vain at their oors. They form that 'vast majority that is lways In the wrong,' because they are so ileased with themselves and their feeble litle lines of thought that any change or adancement gives their system a painful chock." We all recognizo these South Carolina Pharisees whenever we are so unfortunate as to ome iuto contaot with them?or, rather, whenever they are so unfortunate as to come to coutact with us; or, II we are 60 blind nd obtuse as not to be able to distinguish hem lrom the rest ol mankind by their narks of birth and breeding, we are very ! Ikelv to be impressed with their superiority ] y means of hints nml Innuendoes; and ill hese (all of their purpose we are liable to be j knocked down." I confess to having been tunned a time or two when I refused to see. 'he plan of the Creator Is subverted when ionaen of birth and breeding must needs be rought Into contact with the world in order 0 live. The ' public" is something pestllen-1 lal. 1 see nothing ahead of these people who ! ive in opposition to the laws of health and | lapplness, and try to turu backward the tide if civilization, but for the world to move on nd engulf them with their pitiable oomiiainings in the great vortex of euergy and 1 rains. On the other hand, and In direct opposllou to these very superior nud God-like peoile, is another sect of Pharisees who are at mce the purest, the most evil-minded and un rogresslve people on the globe. They are iod llke, they think, but there Is always a lifterence of opinion. Professing to despise ,11 things terrrstrial (earthly and otherwise), hey live In constant hope of a reward In the ife to comc. i Now, the truth Is we can't get everything I ve want in this lile, and It isn't always beet J hat we should; but we can get some things i hat are good for us if we will only be true ind brave and will work and wait. It Is useless to discuss the complacency of j gnorance. I actually envy it! I suppose evrybody does. I quite agree with "An Idler" hat our sympathies should be kept for those | infortunate and talented spirits "who are' oollsh enough to have a higher ideal than | heir neighbors, and In struggling after an I inattalnable perfection, (all by the wayside." We hear much of the restlessness of the ige. I am glad that. It is restless. As some writer has said, it is a divine restlessness.' Setting aside the three classes I have already j mined, there Is still a large remainder in this | /\i trnn nttH irrtmfm u-Jm L-nntr tltnt !?<?* i vere not born on Olympian heights, and arc rilling to climb laboriously upward iu pur-i uit of an ideal, if the opportunity were ouly I ;lven them. We all know that genius is a wild tiling;I hat It will not be hampered by cmiveutlou; j put talent is largely dependent on environ-j neut for its development, and with my whole ! leart ami soul I rebel against social condl-j ions that compel womeu to go through life villi unsatisfied longings of rntnd and heart, >ecause convention?the lord and chief ruler: >f womankind?has decreed It in the dark ; ind mediaeval ages. L*a femrac. I 'ERFEC irippendo yle in America. Supe d took at them whethei :ens, lace black s>? >%%> TO THE COLOBED BAPTISTS. i * Bible Dny. Second Sunday lu November. Columbia, S. C., September, 1S97. Dear Brethren : The second Sunday in November 1h Bible Day. R. G. Seymour, D. D., 1632 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. Pa., will send you the programs for the occasion If you j will write him. They are lurnlshed lree of charge. If the second Sunday In November does not suit you, take any Sunday that suits your church and Sunday school. Send the money to R. G. Seymour, D. D., 1(132 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, as soon as it is raised. It Is your duly to see that every creature has a copy of the word of life. Appeals come from 1 every quarter of the globe for Bibles and TesI laments. Let Florida and South Carolina lead Id contributions) for this cause. The ' name of the school or church that contrib-| utes, and the amount, will be published In The Colporter. Yours for the circulation of the Bible, Richard Carroll. Mr. Bernau, the Jeweler, while in New York had plenty of time to hunt for bargains. He has bought a nice line of china, (liver watches and Jewelry goods. Watch his special bargain advertlsments. Cure that cold with LaxatUe Bromomo Quinine in one day. For sale hy P. B. Speed. I\ Slid 5 \ co \ | \ In various we I |\ ? 1 \ purpose. C i i\ I I A you--to ser I ! I \ you is ev J I | |\ ing track 3 \ 1 | ? |A ing fisl "o o P \ .1 x j j s< ? \ tne rij ! s ? 4 ! \ xl. i 3f ? \ the - .1 I - I \ 8 II si u\ hon ? Ph ^ es \ ? \ >?> ?<? Courteous Attention. ?1 ? Goods delivered free of charge to || any part of the || 8 city. ei ? "2 ? 6 / c s51 ! . Arm _ % ? S s 3 f ''I't = 5 * fi S 7 If :-%* n 11 o c - / 50 -3 2 ? / i "2 S 2 g / 5. 3 - u/ Some 73 -W 3 > # ? O O ? / 1 I i 1 / We do o of 2 / | 8 -g o / | 1 | / prefer to I bo | g / 1^1/ bound to 2 s-T ?" / -5 J* / with our "s ~ rH f a J / 11/ witness our. "< 0 / / 1 / and Low Price 7 1?. C. / Aro. 4 Hotel Jiic KBHOSBNE nnNi ii A Vdkl I rf, Dittms rior in style, fit and wea you buy or not. The Also in BUTTON. Mr. s %%%< WARBENTON'S SHORT STOPS, Bowliij; Oats?Busy Ginnery?Original ^ 1'ackHKe Store?Death?Visitors. Warrenlon, S. C., Oct. 11,1897. Many of oar farmers are preparing to sow oi oats. tt Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gray bad the misfortune el to lose one of their children Monday mornIncr. s< The ginnery at Watts Is running on full a time. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. ClinkRcales passed through town Sunday on their way to Mt. Carmel. Mr. T. W. Wilson and J. n. Wilson, M. D., spent Sunday with their parenta. It. B. Cheatham has been In Due West for ^ several days past. " Seed was bringing 3d cents per bushel at e< Watts last week, so It was reported. Compe- 5 tltlon is the life of trade. SIdcb the report has gotten out that a gin b would be put in tne oia scnooi nouse, car. \l. n W. Wilson lscontemplatlng opening an "orlg- h lna 1 package" saloon In it. We hardly think the town of Warrenton will allow It to be tl opened. Clio. Military caps from 10 cents up at B. Hill j man's. Men'sund Boy's top shirts from 15 cents up B at B. Hlllman's. li MS is W( lys, but 'tis only won t >urs is an honest purpo: ve you well. How wel idenced.by our steadily j. Catching sales is like h, first it is necessary Ejht kind of tackle?We right kind?honest good esi priues. n * a All ilk is (Map people do no thing but not talk much ourselv< let our customers talk, please you. Don't be ;ay so," come to our do so." High qualities s beckon you to trade WILSON <? ) clc. - - and - OILt, IS cents GREA1 in Co.'s r. You cannot conc* sy are worth seeing. Price from $2.0C Sin TMti IS. A. L. loflman and St. John Caipe ofl Victors. The recent effort of Rryan to set possession f the Seaboard Air Line Railway failed in lelr purposes, and the old officers were relected. $ The people, of this section have every rea)n to be gratified at the triumph of the 8. .. L. . ? State Historian. Col. J. P. Thomas has been appointed State [lstorlan, In place of General Farley, deceaBd. A better appointment coald not have een made. He will devote his energy to the lstory of the war, but will probably Include inch civil history of the State. Col.Thomas ns the mental acquirements, and possesses tie physical power to complete the work'. Men's and boy's top shirts 25 cents op at t. Hlllman's. A new line of Drew Selby's ladles' fine boes. Come and get a pair before your size 9 gone. Cobb & McDavld. wed * j >y honesty of $ / & se~to serve / t / 3 o S I we serve g /Dp / ft o increas- / ? I' # ? ? 00 __ / ^ } catch- /l|l / ? i to get /? * I ? /I I a I have / ; 0 f k / 3 s 58 f3 / K 3 a = / x a -w -w s at / | J ? g | / -? 3 I I i / ^ s. I ? ? / 4 f ? S ? / Si. ? OR} 5? ?i ? w ? i ?! s & < ! g ? Z ? g s . ? 3 ? ft J* ? Look out for our oil wagon on Tues days, Thursdays, and Sa t u r d a y s. Delivers oil or gasoline anywhere in the city. ) \ \ I 8 gas ^ 1 \ ^ O C O fB W \ 3. 8 I " 2. \ 5 *3 2. e1 \ s ? " . H \ rn zri *r\ talk. \ ? * ^ g s \ - ? | p n \? ? I a 5 3S, we V s - | 2 ' 1 C oD 5 \ Cft C O * >. We're \ I f | I \~ *" ?: satisfied V | * -5 \ Jjj 3 E* stores and \| -? I \8 ? 6 p tempt you \ * | \ | a at our stores. \| | \ 2 i \ i; Factory Hill. \= per Gallon. m P! SHI Make 3ive of how pretty they We have them in all th ) to For se Litlx I I facts from .fairfield. All Sorts of Paragraphs Picked up J for Ton. Fairfield, October 11th, 1897. Autumn leaves are beglunlng to make their J appearance, and soon we will have with as * the "nad and sear" days of Southern winter. ' J. F. Wldeman & Co., have received their l' new fall goods, and are now ready to receive all who wantgood goods at low prices. Give them a call. and their polite and obliging ? clerk, Mr. T. E. Leard, will be pleased to 1 show tbem to you. 8 Mrs. R. A. Crawford has been quite sick for e the past week but is mucb better. . Mrs. Maggie J. Young will open her school at Fairfield, today week. 1 Mr. R. A. Crawford has opened up a new I store, aad will be pleased to serve you at any e time. 8 Mr. J. A. Brown, one olour popular young men. has purchased a nice new buggy. We won't tell anything more Just now, . If the saying Is true about hard times com- J lag, more marriages?hard times must be stri- 1 king somewhere near Troy from what we 0 hear. . We are pleased to note that Dr. L. A. Ken- c nedy, who has been quite sick for sometime f Is improving. We hope .soon to see him in 1 his accustomed place. Miss Madge Pucket, the accomplished 6 daughter of Mr. J. W. Puckett is teaching the Bradley school. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Maxey, of Washington, D. C., formerly or Wldeman's, are visiting friends In and around Troy. They have many friends here to welcome tbem back. ' Mr. Henry Cox Is now running a traveling ginnery. You can get your cotton prepared for market on your own place and save the expense of hauling It. Miss Anna McCaalan, one' of Troy's best girls, will take charge of the wldemau school to-day. Miss Anna taught this school last year with success. These -people are to be congratulated upon sectrrlng tbe services of one so fully competent to guide and instruct tbe minds of their children. Mr. W. A. Crawford, of Hunters, visited Mr. ? J. W. Young's family yesterday. Mrs. J. P. Crawford, accompanied by her c little daughter, Rosa, were tbe guests of Mrs. 1 J. S. Burnett Saturday and Sabbath. ' Miss Emma Devore, one of Edgefield's J pretty blondes, Is .the guest of Miss Jennie Homer. J Tbe Infant daughter of Mr. J. W. Long, 1 has been quite sick, but is much better, ' Mrs. J. W. Young, and little daughter Daisy, 1 spent last Wednesday with Mrs. A. W. Young. ' Mr. Henry Beau ford and sister, Miss Mary, \ leave for Palatka, Fla., tbe 15th, Inst. Some of our farmers are very busy hauling In their corn. On last Friday night, at tbe home or Hon, W. P. Wldeman, the Ladles Society, of Long , Cane, gave a sapper for tbe benefit of Rock Hill church. We often hear of heavy and light weight prize flghtersj bnt we challenge Abbeville county for heavy weight School trustees of Long Cane district. Tbe three weigh seven hundred pounds, and t\7o of them are considerably under tbelr average weight. Tbev met last Tuesday at the home of Hon. W.P. Wideman, to organize and elect a chairman and clerk, but the names of the chairman and clerk are not given. There will be two schools on tbe West side of Long Cane, and one on the east. John Brown to look after the schools on the West side, and John Young on tbe East. Unknown. THE 0. P.'S KNOCKED*OUT, Liquor Men in Dry Towns Get a Black Eye. The State. Charleston. S. C., Oct 9.?Judge Slmonton rendered this afternoon decisions in two of -tbe dispensary cases which were argued be fore him several days ago. In both cases, tbe State wins a victory and tbe original package stores will have to remain closed. In tbe case of tbe Bailey Liquor Co. against Constable W. G. Austin and others, Involving the right of conducting an agenoy at the town of Greenwood. Judge Slmonton decides that Greenwood being a prohibition town, and tbe sale of liquors being forbidden by both the legislature and the ordinances of tbe town, tbe original package store cannot be maintained. Judge Slmonton decides that the dlspen^ry lav> has not repealed tbe previous acts against tbe sale of liquors either In fact or by Implication, and that tbe act of legislature of 1892 and the ordinance or tbe town are valid and still In force. Judge Slmonton holds that liquor cannot be sold even by tbe dispensary without repealing the laws now In effect Tbe act of tbe legislature and the ordinance of tbe town council are lawful exercise of the police power, Judge Slmonton decides, and the rule Is therefore discharged. In the case of J. Logan Gibson against T. J. Harmon and others, Judge Slmonton decides that the town of Woodruff occupies about the same relation that tbe town of Greenwood does. In this case he holds that the act of 187G forbidding the sale of liquor within three miles of tbe Betbel Baptist church and the Bethel Academy Is still in force and the rule in this case Is also discharged. BAPTIST MEETING, The BnptlHt of Abbeville AmhocIhUoii to Meet at Midway, Fifth Sunday lu October. The Union of the Upper Division of the Abbeville Baptist Association will meet with Midway church on Saturday before tbertfth Sunday in October, at 10:30 a. m. The following program has been arranged for the occasion: SATURDAY. 1. Devotional Exercises, conducted by J. B. Hampton. 2. Huslness meeting. . 8. Querry: "How can the number of contributors to our Lord's work be increased?" Discussion by Kev. 15. M. Cheatham. A. H. Barnett, and J. R. McGee. 4. Essay?By Miss Viola Poore. 5. Querry: "Mormonlsm, Its evils, and how to meet It." Discussion by T. L. Haddon, G. C. Dusenberry, and Kev. J. A. Brown. C. Querry: "How can we best train young converts In Christian work?" Itev. G. H. Burton, C. J. Brltt, and J. W. Muiliuax. SUNDAY. 10 o'clock, a. m..?Sunday School lesson for the day taught by G. M. Sibcrt. 11 o'docK, a. m.,?Missionary sermon oy Rer. J. A. Hrown. W. H. Earle, for Committee. By order of district Alliance, the regulai qnnrterly meeting of the County Alllanct will be held at Abbeville oil Friday, 22d October. A full attendance is earnestly desired. W. T. Milford, Secretary. Oct. 4,1S'J7. % The best woman's shoe on earth for $l.i5 al Cobb & McDavld's. A whole stock brogan for $1.23 at Cobb .V McDavld's. Only a few pair of these slioei left. ]W; are until you 4 i e new shape J 1^ lle only by j ]p ===== '\ CALL TO PREACHERS. rhe Governor Wants (heir Testimony i on tbe Liquor Question. Governor Ellerbe baa gone to the ministers sr Information regarding tbe preference of . be people as to tbe liquor law. He Is having , ,000 of tbe following circular letters sent oat o all of the white ministers of tbe state: , - I coiumoia, o. v., uoi, 1, 185n. Dear Sir:?The following questions are sab- \ anted (o ministers throughout the state, for he purpose of ascertain fug the sentiment '!> nd opinion of Christian citizens wttb refer- y nee to the dispensary law. Please answer each question In the spaoe jj allowing It, and after signing and statins o what denomination you belong and your v: lostoffice address, return this In the enclosed nvelope to the undersigned. Your prompt v .ttentlon will be appreciated. Very re?pectfully yours, WM, H. Ellerbe. Governor. 1. Has the dispensary system lnereased *! Irunkennessgor drinking in your common- -4 ty; and to what extent, indicating yoor pinion by percentage of increase? 2. What is the preference of your people M \ letween (1) prohibition, (2) dispensary law, nd (3).high license, under the restrictions la ' he state constitution, and wblcb is moat .? >ractlcable as a temperance measure, under M slating conditions ? Remarks: Name ....... Denomination Postofflce ?. ' County .................. A SCENE IN COURT. |f| Slanderers Get a Proper Rebuke.' ' ;1J Charleston Critic. I "Exceeding peace." It Is said, "had made Ben 1 Idhem bold." The exceeding peace of the 1 Hate administration under the cuffing and 1 alumnlatlon to which It Is customary now*, I l-days to subject It bad rendered some of our fl egal brethren bold beyond the limits, and > I :ience the scene yesterday in the United vl States Circuit Court, in which the honorable -*|| attorney General suddenly threw aside all I reserve and In measured words but unbound* -I id terms denounced as unproleafalse and scandalous a bill which had been drawing ' 1 and filed among the records of the Court, 2 sharginii the Governor of the State, the At*..:-;'iSm torney General and others with conspiracy, V>|1 Insolvency and other offences against the . laws, civil and criminal, of the common* I W6riltbi Ij Attorney General Barber not only denountf- I Rd this sort of thing In the most stadled and <> deliberate manner, but he called npon the ' Court to expunge fron Its record the reckless and libellous bill, and it Is a matter of 1 congratulation to our community that the V legal gentleman concerned Instantly recog- I nisea me justice 01 me Attorney utjuenna . HmlDadversion aDd unhesitatingly withdrew the offensive bill. Than Attorney General Barber there ia no ' <:i more straightforward, courteous and considerate an officer or professional gentleman? . as tho?e have come Id conract with him will nj know?from bis honor on the bench to the humblest manlal who does th? chorea for ' Unole Sam's Mg building, but it is Jast such a man that the student of character would be aware of trading on nnnecessarily, if he did not care toenvlte trouble. Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion; S: what a man thinks of himself, that it : is which determins or rather indicates bis fate. ijj I always have had and always shall have a profound reguard for Christianity the religion of my fathers, and for its rights, its usages and observances.?Henry Clay. 1 ??? V$ Cobb & McDavld the exclusive shoe dealeas. A good button shoe for 75c, at Cobb & McDavld's. The finest lot of extracts and toilet articles ever shown at Abbeville, at P. B. Speed's. Boy's knee pants from lftcents up at B. Hillman's. Mil ATI UI Wit M Estate! By AUTHORITY CONFERRED IN AND. * by the will of the late J. P. Kennedy, doceased, I will sell at public outcry on Saleday in November ne.\t, at Abbeville Court House, all the real estate of said deceased, consisting of Several Desirable Building Lots in the Town of Due West, S. C. Also, about One Thousand Acres of valuable farming lands. These lands are situate within two miles of Due West, and will be subdivided into eight , tracts ranging from 85 to 200 acres each. Full descriptive plats will be exhibited on day of sale. Persons wishing to see these lands before day of sale can do so by calling on the subscriber at Due West. TERMS OF SALE?One-third cash, the bal* ; ance on a credit of one and two years, with interest at tho rate of eight per cent, from day of sale: credit portion to be secured by: bond and mortgage ol the premises. Parchaser to pay for papers and recording. A. SELDEN KENNEDY, : | Executor. Duo West, Oct. 5,1897,-It