The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, January 25, 1899, Image 7
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THE WAY TO MAKE A JACK
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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.
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/? 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.
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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
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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 ?-? ?
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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
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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.
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For the Construction c
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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.
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5 ' SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
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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
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6 COAL. TT I
r.?D:.Heati
Glen-Joi
, G-et a combinatio:
A very acceptable
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DENTAL NOTICE.
a Dr. S. G. Thomson,
OFFICE UP-STAIRS ON McILWAIN
Corner, Abbeville, 8. C.
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? 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
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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)
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^ /j\ 60 pairs Shoes 1 to 31-2
m A percales at 6 l*4c. 10c V
s ^ Towels, 50c, 75c and $1.C
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1 The Acme Ti
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? 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. ,
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\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
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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
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\\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. \
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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
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>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.
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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
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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.
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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
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I
I January ist, 1891
| the store next to Penn
I occupied by J. Allen 5
1 Amos
for Fresh Dr
Prices an
Presci
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GO TO...
B. $
Night Calls Ana
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LUCL
is a good thin
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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 *
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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.