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The Press and Banner. BY HUGH WILSON. I ll ll ABBEVILLE, S. C. C n |?-Published every Wednesday at 52 a year in advance. d Wednesday, Dec. 29, 1897. t Q Pensions?State and Federal. g Tbe New York Sun Is leading a crusade e against tbe system of pensions which now ^ prevails at Washington. That paper makes a 1( fearful showing of reckless throwing away of b money by Congress. From the showing g which ha6 been wade it would seem that at least one half of tbat amount migni oe uuveu. b Ooe of the greateBt frauds on the bounty of t Congress Is the pensioning of widows of v Union soldiers. It seems tbat young women t marry old soldiers in tbe hope of getting a 1: pension tbe remainder of tbeir llvep. j The time' will surely come when the pen- jj dulnm will swing back, but we are not suffl- r ciently informed to make a prediction as to whether the country Is ripe for a curtailment g of thlB expenditure. In connection witb tbe pensions wblcb are (l paid oat by tbe United States Government, g we may be permitted to speak of the pensions b which are paid out by tbe State of South Carolina. t As a matter of fact, we believe the Press j and Banner was tbe first newspaper to Bug- g gest the pensioning of Confederate soldiers, j Observation since tbe law went into effect has c led us to doubt the propriety, the expediency, or the advantage of the present or any a other system of pensions. We presume, as a a matter of course, that State pride would not c allow our people to discontinue the pensions, r but we can talk of the effect or result of the giving of pensions. We have our doubts as to the good which pensions do. Old people who draw pensions Q are often dependent upon their children or g their friends for support, and in such cases t these old people may lend or give their money t to their friends, and they are not benefitted. It Is the younger people whoBe duly It is to c support their aged parents, that are in fact the recipients of the pensions. t The payment of such pensions has a demor- T alizlng effect in that it often creates a feeling g of dependence.. The Inequality of the pension awards is an- d other source of evil. Although the law is general and intended for the government or t guidance of the pension commission In every 0 part of the State, yet we find that some couu- t ties draw two, or three, or four times as mucb v money for tbelr soldiers as Is drawn by other t counties equally as deserving. Another Inequality, rests in the fact that in v the same county some are awarded pensions e who are not nearly as needy as are others t wbo fall to get pensions. r No fault 1b assigned to anybody. We be- 0 lieve those entrusted with the work of divid s lng the pension money have discharged their duty intelligently and with fidelity. But we tl all can't see alike. u Another matter. When it is understood b that an amount Is to be given or divided, too b many may believe that it is a scramble lu which the lucfcy may win. i< Whatever distracts the citizens attention d ft-nm hiiaincBn <r demoralizlnsr or naralyzlng v to his energies; the result of which Is Injur- s lous to all. v . . . h li Tbe Anti-Cotton Growers. o The meeting of the Cotton Growers In At- 8 lanta went off on the wrong tack. Instead of 11 reducing the cotton crop, they should devise c ways and meanp to grow more of It, so as to a make good 1q quantity whatever deficiency there might be In price. . 0 In this world, or at least In tbe ootton belt, the race Is won by tbe swift. Nobody waits ? for tbe slower oontestant. In these days, but 8 tbe faster and wiser competitor makes tbe " swifter run. d When manufactured goods get cheaper, tbe manufacturers must reduce expenses, get better machinery, adopt better methods, or else go to tbe wall. The same principle will bold good with tbe producer. He must make greater crops at reaacea cost. a We have an objeet lesson In the result of u ' the last year's business. q Everybody In August expected seven cents w for a good crop. The expectation as to price was sadly dls- tj appointed, bat the Almighty In his wisdom, p chose to teach our people a lesson. The sea- ^ sons were favorable, and the time for the e opening and gathering of the crop was ex- t( tended for from fonr to six weeks. All the j, orop in the fields had ample time to mature p and open before the falling of the frost, Q which was a month or six weeks later than Q usual. The dry weather and the pleasant t sunshine In these extended days for gather ing the crop may be taken as instructive and u proving the point which we make. a When the price went down to five cents d men in all lines of business were greatly dls- ^ oouraged, and calamitous times were predicted. Bat the result shows that we have had a t prosperous year. The greatly Increased t crops under the blessing of a divine Provi- b dence, more than maile up for the deficiency t in price. > Oar merchants, as far as we have been informed, are well pleased with both their ool- b lections and their sales. The Bales in many instances, we believe, are far in excess of the sales last year. And this con Id not be except for the large v crop which was made. o Our people need not expect to have as fa- V vorable a Fall for gathering the next crop, ii but they should strain every nerve to farm t more Intelligently, so that their product may f< be large. t There Is no use In trying to get active, in- P telllgentand progressive farmers to adopt the t methods which will keep them back with U laggards,or men who are unfortunate in their business. Urge the laggards to greater energy and wiser action. Speed tbe progressive farmer with bis better business methods and bis more sagacious v direction of energy. q Let antl?coUon growers and tbe political j, farmers go tbelr way, but let tbe man wbo is tj In tbe business for tbe mooey tbere is on tbe 1( farm go bis own way, paying no sort of atten- tl tlon to tbe loollsb resolutions wblcb may be adopted by any aggregation of impracticable j, farmers wbo may be dominated and outnum- a bered by politicians wbo may seek to ride In. to office on tbe shoulders of tbe real farmers. Real farmers bave neltber time, mon- p ey nor inclination for heeding high-sound- p lag resolutions wblcb do not contain a single grain of common sense, and which ^ ' would ruin the men who follow their advice. h . Advice ab6ut farming Is about like financial Q declarations. The men who furnish in them- g selves the best examples of dead failures at d producing cotton and accumulating a compe- p tency for themselves, too often know all . about the production of cotton and the best b financial methods for the nation. h . , ? POSTPONED, I Dates for the Theatrical Company. The Charles King Comedy Co. have changed a dates for Abbeville, and will be here on the ft 81st Inst, and January 1, 1898, and will play C) Rip Van Winkleand Last Lynne. This Is a . flmclass troupe, and will entertain oar peopie in flretclaBS dramatic style. U ? *? a Bromo quinine Is a specific for colds. Try 11 It and be convinced. For sale by P. B. Speed. 11 A * B* " * > K* ^ ? Editorial Visit. Editor Langston of the Anderson Intelli- T encer d'.ned with the Press and Banner on att< Christmas Day, and right glad we were to en- Thi ertaln the most successful newspaper man yet a South Carolina. The Intelligencer's clrcu- Gr< *uou Bianus at ice neuu 01 ine usi ui ouuiu va? Carolina's weekly newspapers, aod It does the ot stand there wlthoul labor, sagacity and the ilr dealing. fac While editor Langston was In town we qu< sked him If Anderson bad aDy distinguished sra ead, upon whose glory and fame the orators to j aigbt forever speak with absorbing Interest for a the delight of listening audiences. paf He said that Anderson was not afflicted in be hat way. The city had no great celebrities has f whom orators might speak and poets sing, spr The enterprise and thrift ol an active ener- T etlc city, he said, furnished object lessens lDg nough for all the orators that ever came to I - tu. ??.I .r !.... In luuorouu, auu iuc uicuuuu ui iuuod uujtvw wv i sssodb was all that the people of tbe city oj ha lis nativity had to depend upon for tbelr wb lory and their fame. lie' Tbe result of having no ancestry has A rought thrift and riches to Anderson. In we bat city the people have been actively at ko cork carving out a name and a fortune for thf bemselves while our people were still wear- are ng mourning and delivering funeral orations for 'be fact is, our people bave been given to oui l6tenlng to funeral orations and singing giv equiems over our glorious dead. nal If ltbesaidtbat no race of people can be agt reat without a history, let the reader trace of be genealogy of our own great men. In very bw instances have onr great men had a great randfather, and seldom have our great men lad great grand children. ^ Reasoning from cause to effect: Cities, owns and communities, are very much like mi ndlviduals. If they bave been tbe borne of tre reat men, or tbe abiding place of social stars -j t takes a generation for that city, town or Bq( ommunlty to recover. na] Take Atlanta, for Instance. It bad no j, ncestry. It went to work after the war, and je . great aotlve bustling oity, wltb its myriad ^ f industries, has grown up since Sherman ( azed the town. ms Compare Chattanooga, Tenn., with Augusta, tlo }a- . A Compare Greenville, Spartanburg, and itber places which had no past, with the pro- j,8, ;ress and thrift of grand old Charleston, with ^r< ter splendid manners, and her proud bis- gtQ ory. ?*?- 1 ??* 1 - * ? ?J mu.4 we nave just spoKen 01 Aiiutiniuu, jluoi lty Is full of plack and enterprise. Although a much younger town or city ban Abbeville, that place bos forged ahead rhlle we have stood weeping around the a ;rave of Calhoun. For forty years the population of this town pn lid not perceplbly increase. aqi Bat within the last Beven years we have brown off our weeping and mourning for iur glorious dead, and our people have gone o work with an energy and a determination rhich will be rewarded by bringing success oa town which has so long lain dormant. A1 But strangers and orators still regale us rlth tbelr same old speeches. It seems that very one 01 mem aiBoovers oy some means bat this is tbe home of Calhoun, and we are grf emlnded of it in Bucb manner as to be ex- ? esslvely pleasing to those who live on that ^ ort of food. da; These orators have not yet discovered that / bere are today in Abbeville, living men and j1?' romen, who are factors in ail that contrl m{ ate to tbe moral, and intellectual well? I eing of the people. Wj Tbey have never seen oar new streets; our qi, sng lines of new houses have not come un- I er their notice; our magnificent temples rhich were erected and dedicated to the wor- be: hip of the Lord our God have never come J rlthin their vision; our splendid school atj ionse, which has not its superior at a South Carolina, is not worthy of notice; oe: ur fine schools; our excellent stores; our lQ uperlor banking facilities; our first class oil ft dill; and tbe best cotton mill in upper South 3 larollna. All these are unworthy of notice,. * nd a people's best endeavors are overlooked da; bat we may howl a little more over the grave 'J f Calhoun. ?a< Our orators seem to thlDk that all these Ea ommendable enterprises of which the town bould be proud, are as nothing, as long as e can sit around tbe grave of Calhoun, and A ream of departed greatness. Cai o I ^ ^ Oar Charleston Neighbors. The News and Courier treats our suggestion s to tbe cheap rates to Charleston with pone consideration, and auks us wherein harleston has ever offended those of us -bo live outside of Charleston. Tbls editor rould not assume to teach Charleston any- T bing in the amenities. If Charleston could aspect her neighbors more, she knows better are ban any other people on tbe face of tbe tlci arth, how to treat them. The trouble seems ^ o lie in the fact that Charleston, as a rule, pre ndged by ber newspapers, doeB not have a to i roper respect for her neighbors. Tbere Is iot on tbe face of tbe earth a better people, r a people who are more courteous to whom bey respect, than are the Charleston people. We might, however, make one suggestion, lamely: Preserve the externals of respect ? nd good feeling for those beyond your bor- 8l? lers. Nobody doubts the sincerity of those of rho make the least show ol kindness. SP( We thank the News and Courier for the arj ourtesy with which his remarks are charac sp< erlzed. We always try to. be more polite. 1 han the other fellow, but we do not know D j ow we may be so In this Instance. Even si: hose of us who live on the foothills of the 1 aoantalns are susceptible to respectful treat j^e aent, and the humblest of us are disposed to 2 e friendly to the courteous neighbor. ? - Ml The Charleston Post affects that smartness Qf rhlch would warrant us in the Justice of some Tri f our estimates or criticisms o( Charleston. mc Ve do not know by what kind of gas that ed- m? Lor is puffed up, and we fail to understand to be grounds for his assamption, except in the ict that he lives in Charleston. If that is rec ho hflcld nf fffi nuBiimorl onnorlr\pltv that no. A . ?. .v? .V, , ?"?v .. >er will please not forget that Abbeville Is rr< be home of Calhoun. We have no desire to ake the conceit out of the Post. ??? 1 All McCrady's History. Soi General McCrady has Just Issued the first de? olume of his History of South Carolina. eDt iur daily exchanges Inform ub that the book All aoludes the History of South Carolina under ^ tie Proprietary Government, which ended i,ir 3 1719. This book has given perfect satlsfac- A Ion, and is being written of in the most grat- ?oc tying manner. The General had plain sailig away bacfc yonder, where all the actors cob re dead. The brethren of the press are now trying to ron are him on to writing other volumes, and C erhaps to bring the history down to the cire resent time. Gen. McCrady may write his- ja , Dry covering another period of about a hunred years, with perfect impunity, but let ioi, if he dares, undertake to write a history ( f Nullification, the cause of the war, and lve detailed accounts of the historic events ^ urlng that struggle, and on down to the ? resent time. she If he touches ou these things, and doesn't ring about his bead such a storm as to make |i0, lm wish that be had not been born, we are car reatly mistaken. It's a great thing to write the history of art ne's country, but the wise historian will stop He efore he gets down to the dates and things to rhicb there are so many living witnesses. rej, If Bolomon bad been with us, and took an to < otlve part in politics before the war,and had ^ \no)it t ho nnn n t r v'o ha ttloc at tho f rnn t nf th A 1 - v,v?u?. j a ? " >"~ IIU1 Dntending boats, be would Dot now write a rep lstory of those times. If bedld so, be would car )se bis splendid reputation. Tbls generation must pass away before any ecepted history of Slavery and the Rebel- H on can be written. There are now too many lh? &re iviDg witnesses. du e * The fDmall Fox. he small pox seems to be receiving some entlon from the people of South Carolina. 3 nearest npproach that the disease has; * made to Abbeville has been la the city of ienvllle, where there are six or seven ^ en. Be It said to tbeboDor and credit of (, i local authorities and theclty newspapers, s ire has been no effort to conceal the actual ? ts. About some of the sick there was a v jstlon as to whether they were cases of a all pox, and the authorities promptly sent j* \tlanta for an expert. Dr. J. P. Kennedy, t merlyof Due West, was commissioned to r is upon the cases, aDd without hesitation J; pronounced them small pox. The city e i taken every precaution to prevent the 1 ead of the disease. ? he people in all parts of the State are be- v ; vaccinated. n the cities, where the people are not able pay tbe physicians, the health authorities ^ re employed physicians. In some places, ere people refuse to be vaccinated, we be- ^ re the city police asBlst the doctors. I is a precautionary measure it might be 11 for all of our people to take tbe only own step toward Immunity, and vaccinate jmselves. Where people are not able or i unwilling to pay a physician, they may ^ ten cents buy tbe vaccine points at any of ( r drug: stores. Full printed directions are S en with each. Even If you were vacclted long ago, it might be well to try It tin. The cost is little and the satisfaction feeling safe Is great. ( ?? \ 1 ChriNtmns in Abbeville. k.11 business was suspended. The day was > most inclement of the season. A Blight st fell during the day, and at night the es glistened with their coating of sleet. * 'here were only a few persons on the >] lare, and they were peaceable and good y tured. fo accident or disturbance marred the asure or the sanctity of the day. ilthough there were very few "Christmas )ds" in our stores, yet many hearts were \ ide happy by sweet reminders of the affecn of loving friends. Llthough tbe weatber was bad?and In face the fact that Santa Clans had not estab tied headquarters In Abbeville?tbe ctium in many households found well filled cklngs on ChrlstmaB morning. , Meeting: of Debtors. l meeting of the debtors to tbe Press and nner office is oalled for next Monday. 1 ery man who owes a ceDt Is expected to be >sent, with money to make his account lare. Don't fall to come. CAMBRIDGE, ' i 1 Sorts of Items Picked Up on tbe j Banks of the Kate Fowler. Ninety-Six, S. C., Dec. 27, 1897. Ifter a freezing spell we are again greeted Kmg Sol's smiles, and rlgbt glad are we to t set them. , Jr. D. T. Klnard Is home lrom Wofford for ) holidays. t llsi Drule Penney arrived in the city las' 1 ill of our young people attended tbe oys- J onnnor at. Mr. Mark Feller's Friday even The crowd was large and genuine Chrlstis fan was in abundance. dr. W. B. Stewart, of Ira, is spending this ek at tbe bome of Dr. T. S. Blake. diss Rennle Plowden is, with Miss Anne ( ike. She came down for tbe theatrical*. rll6s Rosalee McCaslan Is tbe gaest or Miss lllle Calhoun. Miss Rosalee Is a popular ung lady, and ber friends are glad to see r. rlrs. W. B. Edwards and little daughter are Col. Miller's. diss Mary Miller is spending ber vacation bome. She will resume ber school duties xt week. Ir. T. L. Moore and Prof. G. M. Moore were town Saturday. Irs. J. H. Rice. Jr., Is in town. Ir. John D. Phillips has been home for a , v days. ' L runaway marriage at tbe parsonage Suns' night. We do not know tbe parlies, "be play last evening was well rendered, e bouse was crowded from foot light* to :k. A nicely behaved crowd It was, too. i cb actor sustained their part with spirit i interest. Many visitors enjoyed tbe I iy. May It not be so long again before we ve anotber. ir. P. G. Tompkins Is bome from South rollna University for tbe holidays. 1 Ibs Anno Blake leaves today 'or Laurens. . Cambridge. CANDIDATES. | ne Prospect for a Largo Crop Next Tear. he general opinion of the press of the 1 ite Is that 5 cent cotton will produce a big . ip of candidates next year. When people i hard pressed for money, they turn to poll9, and try to persuade the rest of the people it what the country needs Is new men Id loe. As this has always been the case, we isume that next year will be no exception the rule. So look out for nn army of canlates In 1898.?Wlnnsboro News and Herald. Fairfield Flowers. , Fairfield, S. C.. Dec. 28, 1897. ' Irs. S. B. Regan spent yesterday with her ter, Mrs. Evans. llss Maggie and Miss Julia Creswell, two Piedmont's charming young ladies are ending a few weeks with relatives in and )und Troy. )r. L. N. Kennedy and Mr. B. L. Taggart jnt Sabbath with Mr. A. M. Kennedy. tlr. and Mrs. J. W, Faulkner entertained a mber of their friends yesterday. tlr. Jimmle Home and brother, of Ninety- . c, are the guests of Mr. Willie Home. ilaster Jimmie Cox and sisters, Miss Nellie 1 d Miss Lilile, are vlsitlDg relatives in Ab- < vllle. . , dr. J. S. Burnett went to Abbeville yestery. . I f- TTi??q*v* niortr onrt fomllv nf Rrartlfivo 11, will move to Abbeville Id a few days. < )n Thursday, the 22nd, Mr. John McCaelan. Bradley, and Miss Fannie Cresswell, of oy, were married at the home of the bride's >ther, Mrs. K P. Cresswell. The ceremony ?s performed by Rev. T. W. Sloan. After iny congratulations the party was Invited the dlDlug room. The table was filled to t the taste of everybody. The next day 5 bride and groom and friends attended a ieptlon at Mr. B. J. McCaslan's. l happy New Year to all the readers of the 568 and Banner. Unknown. mm - New 11 Inst rated Llternlnre. he Passenger Department of the Seaboard r Line has Just Issued two new Illustrated oks; one entitled "Education lu the itb," giving a full and complete list and icrlptlon of Schools, Colleges and Unlveres along the Seaboard Air Line; the other ,ltled "Winter Excursions via Seaboard Llge," In which appears descriptive and c jstrated sketches ol the numerous Winter irlst Points reached via the Seaboard Air 8 le. b .n exceptionally convenient feature of this a )K, is iue arrangement, 01 tjjuursuu ruies 1 routes to the principal Florida, Texas, c xico aDd California Resourts wbich show I islderable reduction in total rales, espe- r lly to Southern Pines, N. C., the famous nter Health Resort, which was so well patized last season. c oplesof these books can be secured by ad- . ssing J. T. Anderson, General Passenger ent, Portsmouth, Va., enclosing Ave cents I stamps to cover postage. s -m m t Couldn't A fiord to Tnke a I'nper. ti .n exchange describes the man who could , afford to take bis home paper as follows: 8 y getting bold of a foreign advertising s set he spent SI writing to find out how to jp sober, the answer being to take a pledge, also sent fifty two-cent stamps to llnd out e v to raise turnips and received a postal ? d reply: "Take bold of the tops and puy." vas the same person that sent 50 cents to a ow In the East for twelve useful household t lcles and received a package of needles, is the man who wanted to know how to rich and received the reply: "Work like i devil and never spend a cent." He Is also ited to the man who sent S5 to find out how ivrlte without pen or Ink, and the answer a 8: "Try a lead pencil." He is a iwin >ther to the rnan who sent So to And out 8 v to live without work, and received the ly printed lu one black line on a postal r d: "Fish for suckers like we do." i !addons are bo i:;d ' > a liberal share of winter trade, 11 good goods at low prices worthy of consideration. See their grea ictlon sale adv. ln.tbls issue. ( "SHE IS NOT." tenth of Mrs. Ednn UrlfBn Hnffhes. "She is not," for on tbe 18th God took her, Irs. Edna Griffin Hughes, tbe loving wife ol ir. J. (J. fiugnes, ana ius fuuujjrei uuuu auu he Idol or a dear mother and brother and Isters was translated from earth to beaveD, be bas suffered Intensely for weeks and aedlcal skill availed naught, for her work ?as finished here, to Join In the work of the ngels. Her sweet alto voice will swell the borusesIn heaven. Sbe was Just ready foi Ivlng and we have heard her say was ready o die. What a happy Christian. She waf eared In the lap of Christianity. Sbe waf ler aged and Invalid mother's "ideal of per ectlon." but God who Is too wise to err, nev ir makes the burden too heavy for the bearer 'bis afflicted family bas the heartfelt sympa* hy of many as cousin Eddie (as we called ler) had many friends here. God has said "J ?lll come to you." "She bas passed away * T a man In hroo t H Ind her eyes are closed with the sleep o death, .'be leaves on tbe trees will flatter and full, lind tne drifting snows will cover all, Jut she will peacefully, calmly rest, Forever happy, By angels blest. Just in the spring Of womanhood, lender, and loving, and wise and good, ^.b ! too good for tbe sinful earth! )nly tbe angels knew her worth, (o they called her unto them, Ddcklng ber brow With a diadem. Better to smile When such a life Jives up tbe battle of earthly strife. tetter to know that ber tasks are done, ["rials ended and glory won; rears are vain when a soul so bright Wings Its way To tbe gates of light. Bhe has passed away, But her sweet good will, lilke a fragrant odor lingers still, rhe tender lesson that memory brlDgs, rbe memory of patience o'er us flings, iVe learn to follow tbe path sbe trod, To be more like her WKa hoo arm a trt flnH One more at homeThat home where separation cannot be, That home where none are missed eternal); liord Jesus grant us all a place with thee, At home In heaven." [Cousin. BALE OP Personal Property. The Misses Mathews & Co., to Catherine TJ Mathews. ? Mortgage of Personal Proj erty. by rirtue of power vested in mi is Agent of the Mortgagee, In the above state Mortgage, I will sell to the highest bidder a jubllc out cry on 3ATCTRDAY, the First day o JANUARY, 1898, he entire stock of Merchandise of the MlBse tfathews & Co., now in the store occupied b; hem, consisting of Dry Goods, Hats, Millinery, Sho^ Cases, Hat Stands, &c. Levied upon and to be Rold as tbe propert >f the Misses Mathews & Co., to satisfy th (foresaid mortgage and costs. TERMS-CASH. ' G. H. MOORE, Agent for Mortgagee. Dec. 28, 1897, it A Complete and Ful stock of the celebrated Metropolitan titai of Mixed Paint JOHN LUCAS & CO always on hand at the City Drug Store. PRICES IN ONE GALLON CANS by tb single can 81.29. A liberal dlsooant t )alntei"8 using large qnanlitlet. Oot. 25.1898, tf NOTICE OF SPECIAL 111! 3n the question of a portion c Cokesbury Township going into Greenwood County. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) Abbeville County, Dec. 7, 1897. | In obedience to a proclamatioj rom bis Excellency William H. Ellerbe, Go' jrnor of the State of South Carolina, a SPI 3IAL ELECTION will be held at JONE polling place In Cokesbury Township on rHURSDAY, the 30th day De cember, 1897, >n the question of a portion of Cotcetbur township going Into Greenwood Countj Che said section of Cokesbury Township pr< }osed to be cut off Is described as follows : A section twelve (12) square miles In sal Cokesbury Township, commencing on come )ost on Greenwood County line near Douglas Hills and running North West seven (7) d< ;rees to corner post on Goose Creek, an< iranch of Long Cane Creek; thence Nort! 5ast fl/ty-flve (55) degrees forty five (45) mlc intes, to corner post on Turkey Creefe ?bence down Turkey Creek to center c irldge on public road known as River road hence North East sixty seven (07) degrees ti ortveron Saluda River; thence up mlddl tream of Saluda River to corner of Cokef iury and Donalds Township line; tbenc ilong said township division line to the poln if its crossing Long Cane Creek; thence dowi jOng Cane Creek to the point of crossing o :okesbury and Loog Cane Township; tbenc lown said township division line to point 1 ontact with present Green wood county line hence down said county line to begginnini loint, near Douglass Mills. The area of said territory is twelve (12 quare miles and the proposed new lines wi! tot run within eight (K) miles of Abbeville o ,ny other Court House. The election will be governed In . every rc pect In accordance with the law regulatlni uch elections. No person will be allowed to vote at salt lection whose registration certificate doe tot entitle him to vote at Jones'. The following managers for said electoi lave been appointed. W. P. McGee, J. II. Blackwell, W. E. Algary. The managers will meet the Commissioner t Abbeville on the 28th day of December t< ;et boxes, Instructions and tickets. The managers will-report the result to thi Commissioners at Abbeville witbln tbrei lnys after the election has been held. W. A. LANIER, F. A. COOK, R. H. HUGHES, Commissioners of Election for Abbevllli ;onnty. t r " ! ^ ^ 0--C/1 , ??H 11 Gbristme 1 $t At and B r 8t Misses ^ ??OFFER THEIR I ^ Millinery, Dpi Shoes, ! jH* And a Great Goods at and be ^ *(j^ Call early. We are must sell. U Misset ^ A# /K# A^+ A* ?^K# ?/K# *A ; ( Importarj Parties indebted to C. P. and settle their accounts at oni on JANUARY ist, 1898. s C. V. Hammond will conti A , x ness, and C. P. Hammond will be ing, Bicycle, Tin and General F f Very Respectful s y "~~ */*%%%%%%%%%%%%%%* # T. Lorton Robertson. J T. Lofton R( t H AVING BOUGHT THE I # belonging to J. C. Corley, are nc i Groceries and I $ ? At the Lo' ^ Tbey will be glad to see tht 4 Corley on Washington Street, S r body good bargains. R< i T. Lorton Rc e n\ o ;ic -.^v rT\ T1T\ mil Ss (its r l i /j\ We desire to thank ronage, and at the sam /J\ propose making our stoi /|\ ing the month of Decern A\ suit the hard times. A\ Everybody needs C N & DRESS GOODS, FL^ I BLANKETS, &c., and * 8 $ the demands of all and g as low as the lowest, say - /|V quality of the goods we m Ee ' IW. Joel Si ' AS P. S. Our large * 8 AS choice GROCERIES at J plicated. b f.HS ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ * ! ror^c^r^^ \ PURE, FRI e t . . Call at g ? A Full Line of Gla; ; P. B. ! R i WM. H. PARKER, President. JULIUS H. ] The Farmers' Ba 8 DEPOSITS Proflta "TvOES GENERAL BANKING BU SINEW JJ lions. A 8avingB Department has be wards. Interest at 4 per cent, nayab !o quart i 3 Increase rapidly. JJlreotors?W. H. Parker, Mctiee, P. B. Speed, K. M. Haddon, Dr. F. E. ? y* y* sj^ *y* *Jr *^r *y* *y* y>R^ E ^ I FOUR * IS m rinAilnfl IS UlMMIBf, Glow Cost. ?# Mathews KJfc ] ' <<i> CNTIRE STOCK OF ' 5ss Goods, ^ . Hats, Ribbons, ^ Variety of Dress jjj* low COST. ^ ? I \1 going out of business and s Mathews. j^I _ ^ L ^ ^ ^ vL vj<. vjv vL vjs. vK. .A. it Notice ! HAMMOND & CO. will call ce as the firm will be dissolved nue the Harness and Leather busiengaged exclusively in the Plumbrepair Business. iy, C. P. HAMMOND. Frank P. Robertson.^^ toertson & Co.. I - -- I 3T0CK OF GOODS RECENTLY J >w offering a nice assortment of J Confectioneries < west Prices. ? s iir friends at the old stand of J. C. J where they propose to offer every- d ispectfully, r >bertson & Co. 5 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% j iffn fi 1 tith w Mltttt f ' w T-^ ^ our friends for liberal pate time announce that we m e specially attractive dur-sm ber by reducing prices to m XO THING, SHOES, HATS, % .NNELS, UNDERWEAR, yj/ re are prepared to supply m ;uarantee our prices to be yu ing nothing of the superior m carry. spectfully, m nith. & Son. 4 warehouse is brim full of w prices that cannot be du- \|/ T r?r?u nni can UK.UU3 : Speed's ss and Putty Just in SPEED. A. W. SMITH, Ylce President DuPRE, Cashier. ,nk of Abbeville. SOLICITED. $75,000 6,500 . Guys and sells Exchange and makes Colecin ostabllshed. Amounts received of SI and uparl".?Jar nary, April. July, October. Small sav A. W. Smltb, W. C. McGowan, J. B. Blake, H. P Harrison, G. A. VlsaaBki. r '1 r? 1 /T|-??CI I jl lie olluc 1/caiCi Are still leading In LOW PRICljSI*' , .% They will sell cheaper ffom now until Chrtftmast than ever before. ^ r' They have a Large and Varied Stock . "A of SHOES in Men'a, vWomen's . a and Children's, In coarse, medium and fine, and will sell them at the Ir ' \ Lowest t Possible Prices. See their line of Infanta far top heavy lined, colored shoe*. They , are warm, stylish and nobby. Qlfjj ' r' Jthem a call and see how aheap you can buy shoes. " Cobb & McDavid, Shoe Dealers; STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) \ Executive Chascbkk. . r:. HEREAS, A PETITION SIGNED BY the citizens of a portion of Cokesbory Township, in the CouDty of Abbeville, desiring to be incorporated wltMn the limit* of the ad* Joining County of Greenwood, baa been filed with me, and from said petition and accompanying papers it appears tbat the said petition is signed by one-third of.the qualified electors residing in said Township of Gokiaibnry, of Abbeville Connty, and tbat after tbe territory t proposed to be cat off Is taken off, there will /fyj be left in tbe County of Abbeville more tbaa Ave hundred square miles, more thai) fifteen " | thousand inhabitants, and more tbaa two , ? million dollars of taxable property. Now, Therefore, I, w. h. Elierbe, Got- . A rX ernor of tbe State of South Carolina, In coav piiance with an Act of tbe General Assembly ~ ; entitled "An Act to provide for tbe formation. of New Counties, etc.," approved tbe ninth day of March, A. D. 1896, do' hereby ohTer an > - f .1 election to be held on tbe 80tb day . of DE CEMBER. 1887, In Ibe'i'ownsnipoi LOKeiDury , -vvj Abbeville County, at Jones precinct, at which eleetlon the qualified electors shall vote opog the question of Incorporating the said pro- : posed portion of CoKesbury Township within .a the limits o/ the adjoining County of Green* ( wood. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my band and caused.the Great Seal .7 ' ^ v of tbe State to be affixed at Colombia i L. S.) this 10th day of November, 1887, and In the one hundred and Iwenty^eeond ." year of the Independence of. the United States of America. W. H. ELLERBE. ^ By tbe Governor: . D. H. Tompkins, Secretary of State. , ' Dec. 7,1897, tf -? h SALE OP MIT MM. I? MftU UI HiViifiViftW i .. ' BY VIRTUE OF THE POWER OF SAliK conferred Id and by a Mortgage given to me by J. G. Johnson, deceased, on bis undivided interest in tbe real estate of wblob Mr*.8. E* Johnson died seized and possessed, and by oonsent of tbe heirs and distributees of tbe said J. G. Jobnson, deceased, I will sell at public outcry at Abbeville G. H., 8. &, on Saleday in FEBRUARY, 1898, the undivided } ? interest ol said deceased, being one-filth . thereof in all that certain tract or paree of land lying and being in tbe Coanty or Abbeville containing , f. Four Hundred and Fifty-Six (456) Acres, * . more or less, and bounded by lands of Dr. J. T. Baskln, J. G. Watson/Mrs. K. M. Black and ? - - Estate of Mrs. E. A. Boll. J. J. JOHNSON, Mortgagee. M Dec. 17,1897, tf ? ?, ;'j * | For Sale or Rent. A TWO HORHE FARM six miles sooth of Greenwood. Place known as the Porter place. Terms easy. Apply to > 8. O. B0TT8, Nov. 10,1897, 2m Abbeville, 8. C. : ' "M; * ' 5 ? ' ; | m ;! I Tin Shop 11 \ TTAVING BOUGHT THE TOOLS > W -Tl- anil stock of Jas. M. Lawson, 1 " d shall continue the business of 6 \ H. W. LAWSON & CO. \ e w A and hope by honest work and live and A J let live prices to merit the liberal pat- \ f ronage always bestowed upon the old W 4 tlrm. Respectfully, ? | H. W. Lawson. | * Dec. 6,^887, tf ^ , 'A %%%%%%%%% Bath tubs atC. P. Hammontl'*. , a Bicycles enameled In first class style at C P ) Hammond's repair shop. J