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,./i '' ' THE WAY TO MAKE A JACK sL 1 ' " The Way the Retliictiou or Acrcflgt Works?Flour Mills?Jacks. Hodges, S. C., Jau. 28,1899. Editor Press and Banner:?Our people an cheerful and grain Is looking well. Not golnf to be much commercial fertilizer bought Th? farmers are saving their manureB a home and are bankiDg on rasing plenty t< " ' .... ihonnmlnii That. In thi eai ana mane t-unuu >uv _ ? way tbe farmers all talk. But if they don' quit such talk and quit having their meeting and signing a pledge to reduce the cottoi t acreage we will eventually get the crop up t< ??' twenty or thirty million bales. How, did you say ? Why its Just like this All the farmes meet and they have confldeno In what their neighbors say, and each mat agrees that he will plant so many acres to th? horse. Each farmer goes home and studie the plan over again and this Is tbe way b reasons: All my neighbors are going to cui tall the acreage. Cotton will go away up ii price; I believe I will put in a little more Jus ibis time and make my Jack. Poor sill: thing, has not enough hard sense to knov v that while he Is sitting on his pasture fenci making out such plans, bis brethren are like wise anxious to make a like hit and are act ually picking out the extra land that he hac Bowed In peas last year to make a bale to th acre, in addition to tbe same old crop of las ?> 1. knHI. nlonlo mn InRt.eilC ywr? ivtBuii"~*c*oij ui/viji |??? of less; fall in prices and ru'n financially ii - tbe jack each individual farmer has made. Stop these meetings and go it on your owr hook, and plant with the belief that cottoi will be four cents. Count the cost of produc tlon and if you can get out at that price, wh; ftlant your whole plantation in cotton. Bu f four cents is a losing price, then changi your methods. Plant corn, or peas, raise po tatoes, turnips, water melons and fruits, an* then you can keep tbe wolf from tbe dooi even if cotton is three cents a pound. M; dear, dear farmer, you can't do anything b; organization, but apply a little more commoi sense reasoning and be wise. We can grow wheat and get cash for it ii our county another year as readily as you chj forcottdn. Atlanta has a large flouring mil that will buy your wheat tor cash and pa; you far more than even six or eight cents coi ton. Greenwood is going to put in a larg roller mill and will buy all your wheat fo cash. Greenville is putting up a fine rollini mill, and It you sow wheat, make more thai you need and your meat and corn and mone; from your surplus wheat will put more do' lars in your pocket than cotton. Besides yoi can then welcome tbe killing of tbe lien lat and ought to pray for the abolishment of tb homestead, to relieve tbe government fron tbe awful charge of encouraging rascality. Follow up this wheat idea and you will tbei make your Jack. You won't have to work s bard, be out of debt and you and your famll' will be happier than in the years past. A Bankrupt Cotton Producer. THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT Its Expenses to be Paid Entirely On of the Customs. Habana, Jan. 22.?All tbe expenses of th ^ Island for January, provisional and munlol ?Hl, will be met out or tbe customs recelpU There will be no attempt to collect other taxe to meet the first month's pay roll. It Is poi Bible that the expenses for February will b provided for In the same way. Until the tar system has been revised tb civil salary list will be met out of the cuf toms, which will be ample for this purpose as no new pnbllc works will be begun untl the revision is completed. The military ad ministration now has cash In hand to th amount of $900.000?at Habana, 8525,000; a , Santiago, 1250.000; at Clenfaegos, 825,000: h Matanzas, 880,000, and at 11 minor ports, 820 000. These amounts will be increased 25 pe cent, by the end of the month. The provincial governmnents have been dl rected by Qov. Gen. Brooke to prepare est: mates for January. Habana police, sanltt lion, street cleaning? and other Items wil SrobaWy require 890.000 at the lowest eetl mat( ut as the annual custom receipts of the li land can safely be oomputed at 812,000,000 tb Cuban exchequer Is not likely to run sbor ? -ii oTionio thora Kill h? pnnnch for ordl nary expenditures. The large Bums necessary for sewerage 1; Habana oould not properly be made a churg upon the Island revenues. MaJ. Gen. Ludlott governor of the department of Habana, 1 preparing to suggest to Washington a muolt lpal bond plan to raise 810,000,000 or so. Habana now has ab Indebtedness, bonde and floating, of 812.500,000, and cannot bea much more. If President MoKlnley decides not to utillz the services of the Bank of Spain as a go\ ernment fiscal agent for the island there wil be established in each province a fiscal gov ernment offlcq, replacing the bank's branc offices. This arrangement could be carric out in two weeks. The military authorltle are awaiting a reply from Washington tothel taxation resolutions last week before takln steps. It is the present plans of Gen. Brooke t abolish many of the existing taxes, as after Close ezamiomiuu VI tUOUl ?JC uno tunic I, tbe conolustoD that tbey are anreHnble an > burdensome. Incases where. In the province of Santa Clara and Puerto Principe, tbe taxc have been paid, tbey wilt not be refundec bat the military authorities do not wish, t collect any taxes which later might be abo lsbed. There Is not a single case of yellow fever 1 MaJ. Gen. Lee's camp. Tbe suspected crk Id the Texas regiment have diagnosed as tj phold fever and pneumonia respectively. LOWNDESVILLE BANK CASE _ An Important Decision by Maste Walter L. Miller, Which Whs Sag tainted by the Supreme Court?Hod W. H. Parker's Great Nnccesa. Some final orders were taken last week 1 tbe Lowndesvilie bank case. Tfcis case wa first heard bv Walter L. Miller. Master, in th Hummer of 1897. The Master decided In lave ot the doable liability of stockholders of batik organized previous to the Constltutloi of 1895, and hlsoplnion was afterwards sui talned both- by tne Circuit Judge and tb Sppreme Court. The question wan an exoeec ly Important one, and one which bad neve been before oar courts. It had been decldec ly differently by the courts of other statei The principle was an important one and ei s cited Interest all over the country, not onl among lawyers and bankers, but among tb people generally. It was hotly contested e every step. The following firms were engage In it: Messrs. Qraydon A. Gra.vdon, Parker < MoGowan, L. W. Perrin, DoBruhl <fe Lyot Bonham & Watklns, Prince & Trlbble, J. W Qaattlebuam, J. N. Brown, and Bulst & Bui* This was an exceedingly able array of lege talent. The Importance of the case and tb large amount Involved, called for the ablet counnel. It was managed well by all the a torneys engaged in it. We do not think. hoM ever, that It is invidious to makeHpeclal met X Hon of the part which Hon. W. H. Parke took In It. He was both plaintlft and one ( plaintiffs' counsel. He spent a great deal c i labor apon the case. He made an able argt < ment, not only before the Master and Clrcul Judge, bnt also before the Supreme Court. ] is understood that some members of the Sx preme Court have spoken very highly of h argument before then. Best of all, he won bis case, which I far-reaching in its bearings and which ma * fflvs rantn fnr nlhnr il/v>lrhnlf1orii In mifltra i their boots. >'* ' ... . /? Honor Roll Wllllngton High School PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. Miss Jennie Cowan, Teacher. First Month. ' Second Montt Jodie Palmer 98.3 Jodie Palmer, 98 Tillman Palmer,?97.5 Mary Morris 98 Janle Morris, 97.4 Emma LeRoy, 98 Emma LeRoy 97.2 Lunnle LeRoy 98 Mary Morris 97.1 Willie McBrlde 98 Lannle LeRoy 96.8 Janle Morris ....97 Willie McBrlde ...95.1 Ollle Andrews 96 Tillman Palmer 96 i Milton LeRoy 95, ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. R. B. Cheat bam, Teacher. Dalsle Hemmlnger. Dalsle Hemmlnger, 97.4 98 ^ Willie LeRoy 96.4 Maggie Morris 97, juaggie AiorriB ?yo.i wnne ivettoy 9/ Calhoun Link 95.S Calhoun Link 06. ' Dora Andrews 95. Louise Hem in lager, 95. Joe Link 95. , H. B. Cheatham, Principal. Im Unclaimed Letter*. Letter remaining Id the post office for weel HT ending January 10th : A?Rev. C. L. Archey. B?J. S. Buchanan, Wm. Butler, Willi Burdges, Miss Mary Bearden, Walter Brown C? Miss Annie Coleman. Henrietta Cogar. Wi D?Ephrlam Davs, Yad Donerson. M H?Capt. L. E. Hallowes, Hattie Hutchin HB BOD. BK2^^ J?Miss Vallie Jones, Miss Addle James. K?Mlsa Sallie King. L^Harry Lee, C. T. Lomax, Ben Lonmakei l M?Sam Miller. ' P? Miss Mattle Pinkey, Mlsa Ida Pitiison. R?Matilday Kenglne, Miss Gudy Robson. 1 JU1IUHH lUUUiUH, i . W?Telly Wldeman, Cynthia Watson. Robt. S. Link, P. M. Law Brteta at Sixty Cent* a Fage.New type, good print, heavy paper 25 copies ~ Apply to Preaa and Banner, Abbeville, 8.C. Cobb & McDavld are the Bhqe and boot pe< pie of Abbeville. " t Politeness. "Can you write a good hand?" as! ed a hian of a boy who applied for i situation. "Yaas," was the answer. "Are you good at figures?" ? "Yaas,'' was the auswer again. "That will do, I don't want you, t said the merchant. H After the boy had gone a frien t said, "I know that lad to be an hoi s est, industrious boy; why don't yc ? try him?" "Because be has not learneu 10 sa; : 'Yes, sir,' and 'No, sir,' " replied U ? merchant. "Ifhe answered me as t e did, how will be answer customers'J S e 1 1 i The ultimate object of every prayc 1 meeting is to promote communio \ with Christ. The result of ever b prayer meeting should be nearness I - the Lord Jesus Christ. i Christ taughed not his disciples I e fight with a sword of iron. As Chri J was the meekest of men, so be was tt s most drawn from the world. The ca tain of our battle is Christ, both Gc \ and man. h The Lord loveth the cheerful givi [ and the cheerful giver is sure to be tl a most liberal one. Be assured that tl one who lays his ott'eriug aowu wn ? doleful countenance has given in f niggardly measure. y j Never give the tongue its full libe ty, but always keep it under control, j ?-? ? l F Locals of J. Allen Smftb, Jr. o A fre/ib lot of Grandeur Flour on hand ai r at reasonable prices. ? A barrel new crop of Molasses. a Cotton Seed Meal, delivered at 81.10 a sa< V I. Don't forget our Stoves wben needing od n Besides Stoves we have Hollow Ware ai v Tlu Ware. 0 A lot of Bagging and Ties cheap. 11 A Fresh lot Oat Flakes, 10c and 25o. a See our Men's Dress Shoe, 51.00. 0 Don't fall to get prices on Flour. Law Briefs at 60 Cents a Page?Good Wor 3ooci Paper, Prompt Delivery. Minul cheaper than at any other house. Catalogu In the best style. If you have printing to c it v/111 be to your interest to write to thePr< and Banner, Abbeville, S. C. t t " ' 61 pair ladles and misses shoes, nomberi to 8j$. Former price 81.50 to 82.00. Yo ? choice on bargain counter for 50 cents. He J" don's. s 61 pair ladies and misses shoes, noraben i- to 81-2. Former price 81.50 to 82. Yonrchoi e on bargain counter for 80c, at Haddon's. inn r For the Construction c ifi Twenty Cottages. ?, ?* rpHE ABBEVILLE COTTON MILL CO ,s pany Invites bids for the construction ' TWENTY COTTAGES at their mill, slmll - ? ?- > nnrtlnnlop trt ihnSO 01 TPftf! V OD t ground. Tbe Company reserve tbe rlgbt u reject all bids. e Cash will be paid on contracts awarded. 7< For further particulars, apply at tbe offl 8 ol the mill. * B. F. BAILEY, r President. ;e Nov. 21,1898. r 11 5 ' SOUTHERN RAILWAY. 5 o -^r ' d **" ImInmI SchedaU to MM 18 JULY ?, 1807, t ' WATIOOT. ' p. C^I?atcq...,.iM triif ' * *jj *. " LjT- Columbia II 00 a f v Proaparitjr IS 11 p ' " KrrbwTT 12 22 p - l ? p A*. gr?**wao4 1 46 P ii""r , ^ P .? *?>-. ; *'*P 1 S 86 p A*?Afl*?to P STATION* No^YJ Lf flraaarillr 10 4) ? Pledmon* 10 56 a J * WilHftm?toa 1118-. ir Lt. Balton ll 85 ft a Ar. Donnalda.,;;;: 12 08 p a & . AbbayEJa 11 46 a * Lt. B.W- '!;!. ! .' ?! -WWT . " OrMBWood 1 00 p : Nlnaly-Slx 1 26 p r ? Nawbarir 2 * P ' - Proaparlfy 2 B7 p r\ 4ft OolMnbla 6 CO p V At. OhArlntoa... i v oo j> ' "ATIOW. |ggg|jg ? ftfiftp T 10ftIiT....Oh*rl??t6a....Ar 800pfn , iKkTfSSi " .... Columbia?885p "51 r' OfatflSp - Al?Um. M 2 46p 8S 1004a 1 26p N Bantuo M 1 2>r 1 < ?20? JOfcp " .Unioa " 1 06p T 8 2 ,0 80a ?28p " ....iona?Ttll?.... " 122flp #8 ,, iik 8 87p Paoolet - 12 Up 8 4 . IK* llOp At.. 8p*rtanborf...LT 11 46a ?S . 141* 888p Lt.. Spartanburg...At 11 Via 00 ,* Higpl TOOpAr....<*>? ir "P," p. m. "A,'1 a. m >f Traina t and 10 aarry elegant Pnllm it (Oaeplaf ear* between Oo 1 ambia and Aabevil >- areata daily feetweea Jaokaoa villa aad OinoJ :t NTt Bparta*bur|, A. AO. dirltic >- aerthbound, 6:87 a8:47 p.m., 8:18 p. t Is (VeeUbrl* Limited); eonthbound 12:86 a. i liuy. m.. 11 Sn a. a., (Vestibule Limited.) Is . Train* leave GroeavtlJe. A. and G, divide y Bertht>oand, 6:45 a. m., 2:81 p. m. and 1:80 p. i (Teetlbuled Limited) :eouttibouad. 1:2S a. a 4a0 p. ?.. IS 80 p. m. (Veetlboled Limited). PillnM Harrloa. Pallaaa aalaoe aleeplag ears on Traina 83 k I. H, 17 and Sf. OB A. and C. divlalon. W, H. GREEN, J. ML GULP an. Superintendent, Trafflo 3Tf*r, Washington, D. 01 Washington, D. j. IT, A. TUBE, B. EL HARD WICK. .8 Ufa. Paaa. Ag'V Arl Oaa. Paaa. AgH Waablagton, ft U Atlanta, <3 fin * ,? mm i 3 Coal Vases. 2 Brass ai H 6 COAL. TT I r.?D:.Heati Glen-Joi , G-et a combinatio: A very acceptable ' i'a v ; ,5 ,i v, ' ' ?V -ts ? ' vr: i '.:' > -'i t t" fi \ DENTAL NOTICE. a Dr. S. G. Thomson, OFFICE UP-STAIRS ON McILWAIN Corner, Abbeville, 8. C. | ? Professional Notice. id i- DK. J. B. C. WIIIGIIT, ,u Physician and Surgeon. OFFTCE at residence, for the pre?ent, next door to Mr. T. P. Charles'. Diseases ol ie women and children ? specialty. Ig Abbeville, S. C., Sept. 12,1S9S. " CHAHLIE HOM l CHINESE MACHINE \ LAUNDRY. st ie p. THIRST CLASS WORK GUARANTEED j A Washing done by band. Ironing done 'u by machinery, with or without gloss. Trj me aDce and you will try me again. er CHARLIE HONG. ie Nov. 3G, 1S98, tl ! 7" WANTED ! " 3,000 CORDS of Dry Pine Wood. THE Abbeville Cotton Mill will bay al DRY PINE WOOD that 1b offered, pay iDg the highest price In cash. The Mill also desires to contract for 8,00i cords of wood to be delivered next summer :k Apply at the office to ? B. F. BAILEY, President, Sept. 21,1898. tf Trespass Notice. HUNTING on our lands or Ashing In on streamsis positively prohibited, elthe g' during the day or night. ' Trespassers will surely be prosecuted. iq Sportsmen and gentlemen will please no ' ask for the privilege, or force themselve t upon us, or in any way proach on our pre mkpQ Baker & Tarrant. Wm. Wilson, ' 2 J. & S. 8. Wilson, ?r C. J. Lvon, id- Arthur Parker, P. G. Harlzog, . ? S. G. Thomson, ?? John Watson. c W. D. Mars Plantations. Nov. 9 .1803. 0 J HADI $ CALL ATTEN1 S 4 GREAT CU1 ? ,4 - $ Winter $ Plush Capes ; Black ai y} Black and Colored Jacl - jf? Misses and Children's i ((J Black, Brown and Blui 2J 10 and 11-4 North Carol jlj California Crib Blanke Fine Colored Dress Goc jjj Remnants of Silks. R ?ll TaofViar Dcqc T.odio'a JL" WCtl/UtsA AJMUAV N flj Misses Fine Black Hos "" '?S If wish anythiog in tl ? $ line, go or send to HADE ft BARGAIN COD) 00 |[||| ^ /j\ 60 pairs Shoes 1 to 31-2 m A percales at 6 l*4c. 10c V s ^ Towels, 50c, 75c and $1.C i m *** "" mx 1 The Acme Ti m IB I m m ? SIMPLE IN CONra STKUCTION. ^ DURABLE. ^*?7/ g? PRACTICAL. MttJ l r ^ ANY 12 YEAR OLD OP BOY CAN OPER7p ATE IT. MlT |P NEVER GETS OUT ?n, Reliable Agents Wanted to Sell Farmers Terracing Leve tt,? Manufactured by the Inventor and sold at a B- expecting our profit out of the volume of bus ment. The first man In a community cuttin order will have one Acme Level shipped to .a same, and will be assigned territory as agent day easy, and have a picnic traveling inroug Be quick end get In tbe flm order and esti bard up wben tlie grasp of fortune Is in easy ACME TERRAC !? P. 0. Box No. iaMe So? Brass Andirons, id Bronze Grates, .'earth and Facing T ng and Cool II- _-_l. les nara a Gfcame Board. Four g 5 present. , N ' r - , 1 ~.._l_ \VM. H. PARKER. WM. P. GREENE PARKER & GREENE, " Attorneys Counsellors atUw.E Office on LAW RANGE. fl ABBEVILLE - SOUTH CAROLINA. C] May J. 1S9i. tf g( EL F. GILLIAUD, I : . .TAILOR,.'." I A! HAS moved, nod occupies the rooms upstairs In Knox's Hall, and Is now pre- C< i pared to do all kinds ol repairing and clean- a Ins: of gentlemen's clothes on short notice. Samples ol snlta always on hand. Charge* h reasonable c; I MAYWRIJ.'S HIM I I IflillJL II Uuu w I * 1 At LiTiiesloi&PerriD's OB StaiA l Having bought the business of b Livingston & Perrln, I will continue tbe lj business at tbe old stand,serving tbe people a with tbe best of fresh meat*, bread and flsh. jj Call Phone No. 1. g T. H. MAXWELL. * Sept. 7, 1898. tf fr ; J. L. HEX & CO., No. 3 ROSENBERG BLOCK. 1 C \\TE HAVE MOVED OUtt WAGON AND ww R-nnnnllrvrv to the Htore room recen tly^occupleiTby Mr. J. D. Kerr. Our spe- V clalty is g ; iisl# ims.; r y There wagons were given first prize over al * com petttors at tbe Nashville Exposition. We t also have a full stock of ? " Baggies, Carriages, Harness, k f c Give 08 a call before buying. We guarantee * satisfaction. J. L. HILL & CO., , No. 3 Rosenberg Block. \ B ? t 5on's.m1 : riON TO THEIE $ j ' IN PRICES ? ! on... ?.: Goods. I id Colored Cloth Capes. jR sets. 2 rackets. JK s 52 inch Boucle Cloth. W ina Blankets. Jj? ts. >ds. Jk emnants of Dress Goods. w and Children's Underwear w (e. W ** ? i wa-rn fcl# le ury troous 01 mmmvi v y/ ION'S. w ; ITER SPECIALS. ? i I, your choice for 50c. 10c 1 Woolen Dress Goods 6 l-4c. d'f \ 10 per doxen. ^ , ========================== 1 1 erracing Level. ! SO. j ~ ( >H i pRicE T?suiT THE ! i hard times. in reach of every farmer. v~~t~'yt~** * "will pay for it./ \\ 8elf in one day 1 / \\ by doing your own terracing. the Cheapest, Best, Most Accurate 1 Ever Put on the Harket. trlflln? cost. We place this Level on the marke' tDeHH done. Several hundred now ready for ship ? out ibis advertisement and sending 82.50 wit) his nearest railroad station, freight prepaid foi upon application. Julve men can make $5.00 pe> h the country. ibllsh yourself Id a eood paying job. Don't bt reach. Address all orders to ING- LEVEL CO., 6, Hodges, S. C. stions! * Brass Fire Sets. Mantels. 'iles. f dug Stoves. A ware M). ames on one board. \ ' '.V / : ? I* :' ? >'* / _> . , " ur.i !& *.? . . /'? : ?T' t OADS MEAN ADVANCEMENT. Me of Communication Marks the Pros- TV rets of Civilization. | The movement in behalf of pood roada _ , t thia and other states and the obsta- X es it ia called npon to overcome are Pp' jongly suggestive of the readiness itb which we are apt to accept the ^ reatest facilities in communication as latter of course?if indeed we do not aickly come to regard their usefulness 'ith indifference, says the New York [ail and Express. Too many men are wt Mifcralled by a single idea. They abanon interest in highways because they ave canals, or they abandon interest in . jnals because of railway development, _ nd some day they will vote railways a . uisance because of a perfected flying lachine. They fail to appreciate the K alne of maintaining the best in any nd every form of human communica-1 |L ion that is worth maintaining at all. i Upon the perfection of every meang! R f communication and transportation j? ssta our progress toward higher civili-, ? ation and social development. As bar-1 CI arism is invariably characterized by a R ick of adequate facilities for travel ^ nd commercial intercourse, so the ? ighe^t civilization is marked by the u reatest advancement in every pbase of F hese. When the Homan empire was at l? be height of its grandeur, it was dis- K inguished for its roads, >vhich all led r d Rome. * In strong contrast with this early civ- ft lization was the comparative barbarism k f the middle ages, when the feudal larons perched their castles upon inac-1 essible heights, when'roads and bridges | pere almost unknown, when wheeled T ehicles were generally tabooed, when J ocial and mental progress were staglant and all commerce and reciprocal ictivity were halted. To the friction of eady intercourse all progress is due. As team and eleotricity make a neighborlood of a nation, so improved highways -the first evidences of civilization, beause the earliest demonstration of -?? ?>*. <5"<n?a fr.K aactr intowifmren with uaii a u^anw am wiwj -vlis neighbor?will ever remain the test if progress in the separate communities hgt go to make np the state. A generation hence the town or county vhich has not the most improved high- , vays known to science will be the town ir county where the moral and mental tandard is lowest. The sign will be merring. = HIGHWAYS TO WEALTH. rarmers Prosperous In Communities Having Good Ko*ds. Good roads are the highways to ~" vealth. If I. could take you with me lorth, south, east and west, to where he beginnings of road improvement lave been made, I could show you small farming communities growing rich in hose hard times, contented and happy, ind troubling themselves not at all with ;he great problems 6f finance which agi;ate their brethren. They have no time :o waste in talk. If their fields are too cvet to work, they go on the road. TUeir narketing is done in bad weather, and n rainy spells they bring from a distance iheap fertilizers to enrich their farms, inch as marl, city refuse, eto. Philalelphia refuse is carried 20 miles on the itone roads. In these fortunate communities every lay brings- its earnings to man and Most, for there is always paying work )n a good road, and if a man has no lauling of his own to do he can get ffork from' others, and good wages. Exland these conditions and imagine, if pou can, the prosperity that would burst jpon the country if every farmer and jvery farm team could earn a fair day's svages for every day in the year, rain jr shine; if every farm could be cultivated and imDroved to its utmost ex tent.?Address by General Roy Stone. FARMERS AND GOOD ROADS. rhe Value of Farm Land Is Determined by Its Accessibility. The farmers would be more benefited by good roads than any other class. The ealne of a farm is determined by its accessibility. The land that is favored with best transportation facilities, whether by rail or river, will bring the best prioe per acre when put upon the market. There is no doubt that one mile Df good macadamized road is more valuable in this country than five miles of plow and scraper road that goes to pieces in one year. The turning over of soil is labor in vain, and we do not censure the farmei when ordered to work on the roade ? -ix-Li 1- ? when he eitner rases a piicmuiK ux a boe or, if he is rheumatic, a mattress. One mile of good roads made each year i would be more beneficial than all the y work done in a township. In the near future there will be some device found that will enable our farmers to make c good roads at a small cost.?Jamestown , (Pa.) World. California's Wide Tire Law. California's new tire law requires that tires shonld be from three to six inches wide, according to size of axle or carrying capacity. Wagons with ' smaller tires may not be sold or used within the state after Jan. 1, 1900. Narrow tires are the most destructive l a of irrtitV nnnn fVlA 1 limubliuecs iiuan aio on nyj*.** t? .? roads. A broad tire, made in proportion to the load to be carried, may leave a road better for its passage, where a narrow tire cats it into ruts. It wonld have i been a further improvement had the J legislature ordered that the hind wheels ( should run inside the track of the front ^ wheels of the wagon. Where wheels trail each other in the same track the tendency to cut ruts is much greater. If the wheels were set in different lengths of axle, six inch tires would give the effect of a one foot roller on each side of the wagon. Road Brlfefs. A good road is a public joy. The better the road is drained, the easier it is maintained. Reform the roads and reform the people. m m i It is one of the wonderful things about our Lord that with all that he knew, and with all the burning inten- < sity with which he knew it, he was no fault-finder. His purpose and aim was not to sit down on people, but to lift them up ; not to condemn, but to save. It is a great feat which ouly omnipotent grace can make us equal j to, to be able to believe a thing tre- , mendously, and then not be a little mad because the next man does not 1 believe it too. ( Blacksiding may go on so slowly as not to be noticed. '4' * ' v "-*.' * 'k'. 3D. H. W ro Stores, - - MAIN SI WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE BEST " and fre*best stock of goods In town. My < ces are VERY LOW. In store No. 1 you < ?And ? iroceries, Dry Goods, i Cigars, Tobacco, \ In fact almost anvthlne you may need 1 icu In search of BARGAINS give me a call, l D. H. W t RBMC I I January ist, 1891 | the store next to Penn I occupied by J. Allen 5 1 Amos for Fresh Dr Prices an Presci . ;4 GO TO... B. $ Night Calls Ana ' V ' > V V.-. LUCL is a good thin < f ' ' ' ' . ' Dame Fortune wo them good. Better get your p are good, The right kind are wholesome. No "luck" in the \a determination to sell that you get what o!?s, T . T 0 * ? L La Hngar, A Flour, Bacon, . Mn A I MolaESes, &c. , 4-> JOHN V >A Undertaker a DEAL Coffins, Caskets a: Withal! the appliances for emoalc xperieuce in this line ensures satisfact Nntif>o tA 1 LWUUU IV 1 ieturns of Personal Property Mi Before the 20th of Februa: for Neglect, In order to accommodate ' Jounty in,the matter of making their >e at : Due West?Tuesday and Wednesday Donalds?Thursday and Friday, Jan Lowndesville?Tuesday and Wednes Calhoun Falls?Thursday and Frida; Mt. Carrael?Monday and Tuesday,, Willington?Wednesday, January 21 Bordeaux?Thursday, January 26th. McCormlck?Friday aud Saturday, J Long Caue?at residence of A. F. Ca Antreville?at McAdams store, from Bryant's Cross Roads?From Januar Abbeville?From January 1st to Feb Remember that parties having credi ire liable to prosecution, by the Audit When parties wish correctiens mad fore returned by them, they must pr Jeputy.. Don't send returns by mail, except i pointments of the Auditor, or to com where parties reside outside the Count: Remember that in swearing to you returned your property aMts mrfrket the Board of Assessors can approve. ] Lheir employees are returned. W. W. Brai 'BEET. - - Tvo StoHH IVf Y STORE NO 2 IS IK THE WILI^^^^^H WA Block, in tbe "tore room recently ? supled by Mllford k LIddell, aail you i complete atozk or Christmas Goods, Fir^^Bj Works, Toys, &c. HH Don't forget to buy yoor CHRISTMAS (I(tl^HH[ from us, for we can and WILL pleaae yon. IT.-DETI H I will- remove to || ey's Drug Store, now g JH B. Morse. 1 T ugs, Low .d Accurate Option Work I >ppecTs.-^-" j iwered Promptly. ;?| g, but it can't be depended upon. (M n't buy your Groceries or make . ?}.' ro\ isions where you know they here?the kind that are good and ray v\e do our business. Just the 1 Ij you what you want and to see ; you buy. I*. M. Miller. | Hotel Block and Factory Hill. 7. SIGN, &tinti nd Embalmer. ER IN ad Metallic Cases, DiDg. Thirty-three years of business . ion sod guarantees the best results. 'ax-Payers. - i .< list be Made at its Market Value,"- - i ry, 1899-Fifty per cent. Penalty rHE TAXPAYERS IN ABBEILLE return tax for the fiscal year 1899,1 wil ' "sS , January 10th and 11th. \ uary 12th and 13th. day, January 17th and 18th. y, January 19th and 20th. January 23rd and 24th. >th. v: (anuary 27th and 28th. ilvert from January 1st to February 20th January 1st to February 20th. y 1st to February 20th. ruary 20th. its aud not making a fair return of same, or and County Board. e in the number of acres of land heretoesent their plats to the Auditor or his ivhere parties are unable to meet the ap- xJm ie to Abbeville before February 20tb, or v. /' -v/ r return you take an oath that you have value. We want a fair return, such as Employers are requested to see to it that iley, Auditor.