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ii I;'" * ' 1 I ? The Press and Banner ABBETILLE, S. C. ^"Published every Wednesday at 82 a year in advance. - t ' Wednesday, Feb. 22,1899. Dispensary Legislation. , Temperauce people will be pleased that the Legislature refused to enact any law looklDg to the restoration of the license system of selling liquor In this State. Tbe idea of high license, as far as this town is concerned, is an exploded theory in so Car as its power for good is concerned. Abbeville tried high license years ago, aud it just won't do. There are various objections to high license, which must be apparent to every lover of fair play, and every believer in equal rights to all must oppose 60 iniquitous a measure. First?High license creates** monopoly, aod crowds out the poor man, who may be unable to pay the high license, though he may be, in other respects, a better and a more conscientious man than the rich neighbor who 16 able to pay for a "high" license. No man who favors equal rights to all, can well afford to advocate a monopoly whereoy me riuu may become richer, while the poor man is driven out of business. Second?The favoritism which "high" license gives to the rich by denying license to ' . the man of less money, inustt be offensive to our sense of Justice, and can only be regarded as legislation against the poor man to give the rich man a monopoly. Third?High license, as well as low license, must be contrary to the convictions o! those who oppose the liquor method of corrupting our people, and leading our youths Into devlons ways. Fourth?Under the dispensary law, we have absolute prohibition lor about twelve < hours In every twenty-four hours. On Sunday tbe dispensary is never open. It may be remembered that under tbe bar-room system, tbe places where liquor was sold, was often , kept open at night, and sometimes on Sun- < day men could get liquor. Fifth?The Idea that tbe legislature tried to *? *"? ?-? An forbid, or prevent tne peopiu nvui >?? ., tbe question of opening the bars Is fallacious. Id 1892 tbe temperance people asked tbe Democratic Executive Committee to place boxes at tb9 polling places where tbe voters could express their preference for prohibition or license. Tbe prohibitionists carried ' tbe State by about 10,000 msjorlty. In response t to the expressed will of the people, tbe legislature gave us tbe dispensary, which was possibly intended as a compromise between r license and prohibition. Sixth?The dispensary having wrought a great revolution, tbe whiskey Interests seem to be combined to break up the best liquor law that we ever had, and it is a lamentable fact that some well meaning people have Joined tbe enemy in their effort to restore tbe . . wblskey license in this State. 1 Seventh?In view of the trade whereby It was sought to deliver the temperance people ~ ' into the hands of the liquor people, and ^n 1 nr tho tart that the leader of the pro fcUO low Vk ?-v ?? hibltlon campaign, after the election, openly declared himself In favor of local option, and In acknowledgment of the farther fact that Home of the advocates of the license system, having manifested extraordinary and uncommon zeal for the restoration of the license 1 system, the public are unable to understand the origin of the wonderful Influence that has brought about the notable and remarkable things. Eighth?If the people, or the advocates of either the high license monopoly plan, or the old democratic plan of a reasonable license work to get an expression of the people on the subject, they can doas the prohibitionists did, get the co-operation of the Democratic Executive Committee la plaoing a separate box for that purpose. Ninth?Or, if they want to put up their license candidates they can do so, without let or hindrance from anybody. If a mejorIty of the people favor a return to the old barrooms where their sons may be made drunkards, there 1b no power on earth to prevent tbem from so dolDg. The advocates 01* license now have Just as good an opportunity for expressing tbeir opinions as the prohibitionists had in 1892. If they want to vote as we did, in a separate box, well and good. If they want to defeat the dispensary candidates by putting up barroom candidates, this temperance people will try conclusions with them, and abide the result. Any idea that Charleston can defy the State and refuse to obey the laws of the commonwealth is not to be entertained by people who have proper respect for good citizenship. If the officers of the State are-unable to enforce the laws In every part of the State, then they are unfit to bold office, and should be excused at the next election from farther official service. Our own opinion is, that the foreign gen * tlemen of Charleston whose names we can A neither spell nor pronounce, fhould be taught W a lesson in obedfence to the laws of the land of their adoption. It's a poor excuse lor an AUlVriCliU Lftjru tiuteu III KU V?W uu um wusclentlous convictions because & foreigner proposes to defy our laws. If we have officers who are worthy of their places, they will see that the law Is enforced. Tbe Post Office. While we have no definite Information on the snbject, yet we bdlleve we have good reason 19 believe that the matter has been settled for the present. It now seems that tbe Republican leaders from this State, who have the ear of the Post Office Departmental Washington , have concluded to let tbe matter stand as It Is. No recommendations for a change will be made, and In the absence of such recom^ mendatlon, tbe postmaster at Abbeville will k likely remain In position until the elose of President McKlnley's term. This settlement of the contest will be eminently satisfactory to our people, except of course In the case of the applicants for the place. If the Government at Washington had adopted the rule of refusing official favors to those who were responsible for troubles In the South, we would have bad peace long ago. Even If Republicans are to have all the fat Jobs, It seems that one family ought not to fill all the offices forever. | W Unreliable Labor. ' Of all that hes been said of Its unreliability in the employ of men who, by their acts, confess that they lack the ability and the tact to i manage labor, we have nothing to Ray. All . they say is true, but they never acknowledge squarely that they are themselves to blame I lor their unreliability of the labor. As masB tap on la aowant I We presume It is true of the negro that be Is the most tractable and most agreeable laborer on tbe face of the earth. No man wbo could successfully manage la- bor or business should acknowledge bis deficiency by abuBtng the negro. He works cheaper, will live In cheaper houses, and will < put up with less accommodation than any- j body. He will rise earlier, do more work, and t do It more pleasantly than any other laborer, < and then be will submit to being cheated of- 1 tener In settlement than anybody. And he Is t oftener shot in the back, in self-defenBe, than i anybody elae. { ??? 1 (Subscriptions taken for the Delineator at ( Haddon's. t We make prescriptions a specialty, and do \ not allow them to Btay any longer than it takes to put tbem up. Mllford & Dul're. L r > Bogus IoMnrance. Our Hodges correspondent asks us to say something about "bogus insurance." This editor Is notortt . Jox on Insurance by the State. For this reason we think It matters little whether the great State of South Carolina insures with a good company or with a "bogus" company. If our respected friend will examine the records he will see that the premiums which the State pays are generally thrown away, and wo care little who gets the money so thrown away. The State of South Carolina owns a hundred dispensaries, and Is richer than any Insurance company. For these reasons the State should not Insure any of the dispensaries in any oompany. The acknowledged rule among good business men Is, If they have many risks of small comparative value that rich men and rich corporations should not insure any of them. If, however, the risk Is a single one, involving the estate, or a part of one's estate, then he should Insure. If the State of South Carolina wouia cuarge to each of the dispensaries a small per cent, of the premiums, the State treasurer would then have enough cash in band to pay any trifling loss that might occur. And could do so at perhaps one-fifth the present cost of insuring with agents who may have a pull with officials. If this editor had the power he wouid forever forbid the insurance of public property In looking after a few dispensary losses by flre, we forget the great waste of money on insurance policies. As the chances are about as a hundred to one we are perfectly Indifferent as to whether the State officers Insure with solvent companies or bogus concerns. The money is a clear Joss auy way, and it may be more charitable to give the money to the poorer and unknown pretenders. While we don't care who gets the money which is thrown away, we would call the public officer to acoount who does the throwing away of our money. Consider Tills. Mr. Cbarles P. Hammond says that if the water of the "Rncker spring" was conveyed through a terra cotta pipe to the pump, where it oouid run into a reservoir of sufficient size, that good and pure water could be had at a great saving in expense for lifting water out of the artesian well. In a few hours each day theJarge pump could force enough water into the tank to supply every needed want. The Press ami Banner is not informed on this subject, but we are Impressed with the suggestion. A reservoir above ground could be built for a small cost, and the pipe could be laid for an equal amount. If such an arrangement is practicable the saving of coal and other expenses in a year would besuffln|n|n? onH pMArvnlr. It UlOU L IU j^t?jr iVi i-uv "?? ?v?w. - might be well for our water commlseloners to think of this matter, and see If there Is anything in Mr. Hammond's suggestion. We cannot speak advisedly. The News and Courier. Mr, J. E. Norment, of the News and Courier, Is In town soliciting business for the News and Courier, and Abbeville Is always glad to welcome within her gates so good a newspaper man. He has written tnuob of the people of South Carolina, and wherever he goes be commands the respect of the people by bl6 straightforward way of dealing with them. The News aDd Courier seems to be gaining In the public estimation, and if It would banish Its partial heads about imperialism, the Press and Banner would think It much nearer a fair representative of the whole people of the State. For ability and lnclslveness the heads oi the News and Courier are inferior to the heads of no paper with which we aro acquainted. If our metropolitan neighbor will put fair heads on its pieces, a grateful publio will appreciate the act. We Must Go Away from Home to Hear the NewH. We bear that there is a famine of fuel at Abbeville and Greenwood. At the latter place the town council seized a car of coal that was assigned to one of the factories. Due West is also on tbe ragged edge as some can testify. One of our citizens was seen hustling In the snow Sabbath evening with h'.s wagon hunting wood. Tbe weather here has been unprecedented. Thus speaks tbe Associate Reformed Presbyterian. While there were a few persons who were out of wood, yet tbe great mass ol our people made no complaint. For one or two days there was need, and some people paid a hlgb price for a logd of wood. Tbe town council distributed a few loads. Tbe Cotton Mill supplied the operatives. A Little Extra vagrant. About tbe most extravagant thing this Legislature proposed was to pay a lawyer, or some other body, 890,000 for securing 8 claim uj iu1h olttto u^tllubb llo kuvoruludlit ul Washington. ?90,000 Is a big sum to pay for anything, and there are scores of people who would undertake to collect that claim for (S3,000, or possibly a little Ibbs. Tbe Charleston Post. We read tbe Charleston Post with pleasure It Is always In a good humor, and is always Interesting. While there Is no lack ol a declaration of priaolple, It is always fair to those who disagree with it, aad is respectful. That is the way the conduct of the Post strikes us. The Legislature, it was thought, would adjourn last nlgbt, and, If so, our members may be expected home today. FREE RURAL DELIVERY. 9VUIC vi vuufe i cn.-iui^u uamucr n uuuti Work. Representative Latimer is one of the few Southern Congressmen who has succeeded In getting the Post Office Department to use bis District as a place tor trying the free rural delivery of mall. The department, under the direction of Congress, ha* been experimenting for a year or two with the subject of the free delivery dally of mall In country communities, but the small appropriation made for the purpose (about 8180,000 a year) has been chiefly expended In other sections of the country. The department has at lqst consented lor Mr. Latimer to name six places within this Congressional District at which such service shall be established ; and we understand that he will uame Abbeville, Greenwood, Prosperity, Anderson, Easley and Walballa as the points, and that the service will probably cover the country embraced within a radius of Ave miles of the points named. The carrier will be required to travel at least twenty miles a day In his rounds, and'recelve for his service a salary of $400 a year. Ij the appropriation available for this service were divided equally among the Congresslona 1 Districts of the country, there would be about 8000 to be expended In each District. Representative ljatimer has secured 82,400 for id is jjisirici?ionr umes wnai u wouiu oe entitled to on an equal distribution of the fund ?but tills belpB to illustrate bow tbe personal equation enters into tbe work of Congressmen at Washington. EXPANSION. i Lndy'M Humbling* at R. C. Berunii, The Jeweler. Mr. Bernau, the Jeweler, believes in expan- 1 slon. However, It Is not the kind thai troubles < solltlciacs that he is concerned In. It Is bus- 1 ness expansion. xie warns more customers, aoore watches, Jewelry and clocks for repairs I ?nd It will pay you to let hlai make an estl- I nate oq your work. < Every one wanted to know how cold It was ,hose few cold dayB and pretty soon you will ivant to know how hot It 1b getting. Why jot buy a thermometer from 11. C. Hernau, .beJeweler? He has a new line. 15 cents ? will buy one that registers correctly. The roads are pretty bad now, but will soon ie In good shape and you will want a bicycle. e Jreacents, chain or gear, and "Uenvea" can f >e bought cheaply this season. R. C. Bernau 1 vlll have a full line in a few days. c Miss Inquisitive. c I. r^S? THE COTTON MILL. Abbevllle'M Ureal Enterprise Forcing Ahfiul-Mnny UiiihIh mid a Number or MuleN and Waiconw are Dig;ulnjr Out the Fouuilalloii for a New Structure. If you wish to look upon a busy scene, where the whole of the space is covered by active workers, go to tbb Abbeville Cotton Mill, where seventy-five hands, thirteen wagons, k four-horse plow, and many wheel barrows are removing the dirt for the foundation of the new cottou mill, which In to be 104x2J!> feet in dimensions. The present contract Is ror a single story, upon which a temporary roof will be put, and into which 330 new Northrop looms are to be placed. After a breathing spell, artd when a little more rnon ?_ > ? -?.-U ?.? mnllo vrr ill riofl t A f hfl e.y IS IU SIKUI, tun v. in in tyui aiou w vmv heighth of the present building, making Tour stories for the new mill. As soon as the mill house is under way, the work of erecting the cottages will be commenced. Forty new cottages are to be added to the present number, and in addition to these houses, homes for the bosses, the superintendent, and the president will go up, so that those who are so closely connected with the work will be within call. The officers of the mill are very proud of their splendid machinery, and their elegant mill house Is a source of great gratification to their pride, while the whole Inspires them with the greatest confidence and enthusiasm. For the'ie reasons they want to be near to Ibelr workv, and the day Is not distant when the factory village wt II include wltbin its precincts a full line of officers and operatives?or about one thousand souls. When the cottages and the mill* are finished In April, a double force of mill operatives will be employed. The spinning will run night and day. The double set of looms will run only In the day time. The stockholders are feeling more comfortable than at auy previous time, and the stock is held In b'tter esteem than ever before. There Is not now much stock on the market; and but little of It could be bought, except at a fair price. The mil) at tbls time Is earning money, and a dividend will be made by July, and may be paid out then, unless the officers or the mill should conclude that the money will be needed for paying for additions or Improvements to the property. The question has been asked, where the money comes from to make these additions and Improvements. While we cannot gtve the names of the Investors, the S100 000 has been Ensured. We presume tbe individual Investors are Northern friends of the enterprise who already have money In It, or else It conies from tbelr friends who have faith In mill. Tbey did uot ask tbat the local stockholders should put a dollar intd It. Tbe fact tbat the Northern friends who so largely control the destiny of the mill, have directed tbe work of construction to proceed at once, without waiting for Spring weather, gives ground for the belief tbat tbey have confidence In the final results whlcb are to come to those who are so fortunate as to own stock In tbe mill. This work was ordered to ko on regardless of the fact that brick to erect the building will cost $6.50 per thousand. Instead of S-3.33, If we should watt to have them made on the place. The fact that this 8100,000?olean, hard dollars?Is put into the enterprise by Northern men who have no other reason for Investing than to make a fair profit on tbelr money, Is very assuring-to timorous souls and must be very encouraging to doubting Thomases. ' JUDGE BENET. Hears Courteously, Answers Wisely, Considers Soberly, and Gives Jndic* incut Witboat Partiality. i Tbe Hon. W. Christie Benet, Judge of the first Judicial circuit, presides m the Circuit Court for Hampton county, which commenced on Monday. Judge Benet'e conduct the bench has but served to confirm the opinion expressed of blm when he was first raised to the bench?five years ago. He is well learned in tbe law, and his conduct of the Court business has always been marked by promptness, fairness, Industry and learning. The reputation he enjoyed in hlH own circuit when he waB elected to the bench has now extended to tbe entire State, and he stands hleher than ever. Tbe Guardian welcomes Judge Benet to Hampton county, and feels sure that he will here dispense Justice as be nas dispensed it elsewhere?to tbe good of the State and to tbe honor of the Judiciary. personal sketch. The following brief sketch or Judge Benet was furnished tbe Guardian by one of his friends: Judge W. Christie Benet was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, In 1816. After the war be taught school in Abbeville county, and some of the boys who learned their first lesson under this wonderful teacher have risen to the highest positions within tbe gift of our grand old Commonwealth. When Judge Benet decided lo practice law.and give up leacbing, which ne had doue ho successfully, be did a lucrative practice and was an accomplished lawyer, and when the Legislature, on the 1st day of December, 1893, elected htm Judge our Judiciary gained one of the most thoroughly educated and ablest of Judges. Judge Benet Ik an original man and the more original a man's thought is, the more direct Is its utterance. Genuine feeling seeks the most simple expression. Just in proportion as what is said comes from the individual's own mind and heart, Is his manner of saying it naturally. Truth scorns disguise. Judge Benet is true to bis friends and bis charges are not only original, but clear and to the point. He is now serving his second term on the bench. Twice Judge Benet has been appolnte'd to sit with the Supreme Court. The first case was Norris vs. Clinksrales.1 On Oct. 20, 1896, the opinion of the Court was delivered by Judge Benet. acting Associate Justice in the place of Associate Justice Gary. Judge Benet's able and elaborate opinion was highly praised by members of the Bar. (See 47 S. C. page 488.) Equitable B. it L. Association vs. Vance was the next case. Mr. Associate Justice Qary being disqualified, Judge Benet was appointed to sit in his place June 9.1897. The opinion of the Court was delivered by Judge Benet, A. A. J. This able opinion settled the law in this State as to whether this was a Georgia contrpct or a South Carolina contract. The Equitable B. & L>. Association is a foreign corporation, doing business In another Stale. The defendant appellant filed a petition for reherlng, upon which the following order is endorsed per curiam. After a careful examination, this Court is unable to discover that any material faot or principle of law has either been overlooked or disregarded ; there therefore, no ground for a rehearing. It is ordered that the stay of remittitur heretofore grau ted be revoked. (See 49 S. C., page 102.) Judge Benet possesses four things that belong to a Judge?"to hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly, and to give judgment without partiality." CONFEDERATE VETERANS. Charleston to Entertain the Old VeteranN lu May ? Only a Few More Re-uulonN and Noitt of the Old Soldiers Will Have Passed Over the River. The Confederate Iie uniou in Charleston must be a success, for the people of South Carolina have a reserved place in-their hearts for the brave old veterans. Our people should esteem it a great honor to have the privilege of entertaining those men who so freely laid their lives on their country's altar. Time is rapidly thinning their ranks, and at every annual roll call there are some who do not respond?those who have answered "Herb" to the final roll call on the other shore. It matters not that the oause they fought for was lost, they are J list as dear to us as if ttey had won. We love and respect them and coming generations shall be taught to cherish their memories and emulate their virtues. We are now a reunited country and love our government and the stars and stripes, but It is our duty to honor the Confederate soldier who must always remain dear to every Southern heart. When the veterans come to Charleston let them be entertained In a manner befitting the patriotic spirit of South Caroline, for ouly a few more years will pass when that great army will live only in history and in cherished memories. While we have the opportunity let us show them tbat we appreciate their heroism and that their deeds*of valor are not forgotten. It Is now nearly thirty-lour yearn since Lee surrendered at Appomattox, and the youngest soldiers then are old tnen now. They know something about the bitterness ol adherslty and yet they have borne their burden without complaint. They have shown to th& world that after having appealed to the arbitrament of arms they are willing to abide by that decision, and In so doing they have set a worthy example for future generations. The fame of the Confederate soldiers will live as long as time Itself. We can not add to their lame but we can honor the grand old heroes themselves. They have all pasxed life's meridian, and there Is something paLhetlc about their reunions,?they meet and exchange greetings once more before crossing Lhe boundaries ot lime into the great beyond. When they come to Charleston let them feel that they are the guests of 8oulh CaroIna, that we are glad to have them and that Lhey can not over-tax our hospitality. M. Remember we carry a full line of school looks and other supplies. Mil ford it DuPre. ror unving out uun oinous leeung, itrengtbenlug theappetlte and increasing the japaclty or the body for work, Mtlford's syrip bypopbospbltea 1h a golden remedy. Sold >nly by Mllford & DuPre. Mllford & DuPre can beat the world on fine ilgars. ' Piii l?i ? xwt I l HAS 8 SPRI Sj| FINE ever seen in Abbevil is selling them at th( ly been made in thes ||1 Fancy and S He has received a EsSf gandieB, Piques, Due Ifofcp ing such articles will mi ttt A lie ver. Colored mm Plain W] ! White CI Bleachec Unbleacl Wool Bli A Few P A Large Since the first of and plenty of them, s Expansion ' BUSINESS EXPANSION IS MY MOTTO FOR 1899. ACCORDINGLY, I PROPOSE TO ENLARGE MY STOCK IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. AND SELL AT PRICES THAT DEFY ALL COMPETI-! TION. Artistic Silver Friendship Bangle Bracelets, Blouse Pins and Friendship Hearts i ARE THE LATEST. COME AND 8EE THEM. I WILL BE GLAD! TO SHOW THEM TO YOU. THE QUALITY OF MY WATCH REPAIRING YOU ARE AC-, QUAINTED WITH AND DOES NOT NEED MENTIONING THIS TIME. R. C. Bernau, The Jeweler. PLOWS< Plow Stocks, Singletrees, Back I Bands, Haines, Traces. Collar Pads, Curry Combs, Axes, Handles, Nails, Horse and Mule Sboes at GLENN'S, Lowest Prices On Meal, Corn. Oats, Bacon, Lard, HanoH, Molasses, Sugas, Coffee, Rice, &o., at GLBNH'S. Bargains Jn Staple Dry Goods, SlioeH, Ac., at M til tIC I ULcrnio LovhIn It. C. WIIhoii. 15est coffee In the city for the money, 10 lbs. for SI.00. R. C. Wilson. Get your cigars, and smoking and chewing tobacco from It. C. Wilson. He keeps the best. Clnco and Foreign Exchange cigars for sale by R. C. Wilson. Get your groceries delivered on time. Call i for pnone 10i>. R.C.Wilson. Get your kerosene from R. C. Wilson. Do you like good candy, theklnd thattastes | jum as good wnen you aru emiug mc mm,piece hh it did when you picked out the nicest ( looking one to commence on? I well that I kind. It. C. Wilson. i The finest Int. of soap ever seen In Abbeville at Mllford & DuPre's. j Try our famouR elder flower soap for the i bath. Mllford St DuPre. Dr. Hill's headache powder never falls. For i sale by Mllford & l)uPre. i Mllford's neuralgia powder has no equal, < No cure, no pay. Mllford & DuPre. Dr. Neuffer's lung balm has no equal for Its ' purpose. For sale by Mllford A DuPre. I \\r VY JUST FILLED UP HI! NG . GOODS. HE 1ST LOT OF =Indigo Blu le, embracing more than one h } same old price, 5 cents a yard e goods. Besides the above 1 hirting Prints, Moi -Short Length Prii l good stock of WHITE GOOI ks, English Long Cloths, &c. I do wejl to look after: Y Best White Counteri Percales, One Yard W hite Lawns at 5, 8, 10 tiecked Nainsooks at 5 L Goods, a yard wide, ; led Sheetings at 4 and mkets at $3.00 and $4 lush Capes at $4.50, w Smyrna Rug at $1.50, the New Year the weather has ind are eager for business. W. & 1 AmoM B. Horoe'i) Locals. ? Kead this list of canned vegetables and7 then oend down to Morpe's or call through 'phone No. 13 for what you fancy. .String beans,early June peas, corn, baked beans with tomato sauna ftlrro ond tnmfttneH. DSDflrnSDR. ob TA. [ Or this for canned meats and flab. Cblpped beef one-half and one pound cans. Corned beef one-hair and one poand cans, tripe, Vienna sausage, lunch tongue, potted tongue and bam. Salmon, lobster, sbrlmp, crab and sardines. Also cheese, macaroni, big hominy, buckwheat, sugar, coffee, teas, cocoa, chocolate, candles, crackers, dates, prunes, raisins, and pickles. We keep a fall line of rellsher and saucer. Royal and Iurkeas salad dressing. Olive, oil, borse radish and mustard, celery, salt, tomato catsup, <fcc. A nice lot of fresh olives In various size bottles always on band. The celebrated "Rlcbey" butler received only twice a week?Tuesdays and Frldaye? quantity limited. Try one cake of It and you will want another. New Orleans and Florida syrups. Muscavado molaeses, Monagraoi vinegar. Best sugar, cured bams, shoulders and breakfast bacon, fresh and sweet, (all except the vine gar.; Seed oats, bran and bran and shorts Just In. The list gets too long to tell of everything good to eat. Garden Heed, shoes, plows, saddles, clothing, &c. Come and see us and we will show you any and everything with pleasure. Don't forget "Red Ham" and "Long Cotton'' I tobacco. Seed and eating Irish potatoes. ? C. P. Hammond can connect your cooking atove and supply you with hot water. C. P. Hammond carries a full line of kitchen sinks, basins, etc. Ten cases new spring shoes Just In at Had don'8. All grades and branches of smoking tobacco are found at Harrison & Game's drug store 'The latest smoking tobacco on the market. Try a package at 10 cents?Klondike Mixture. HarrlBon & Game. W. D. Bnrkstlnle's Locala. P. R., C. O.. O. K.. Glenwood, Ribbon Cane, New N. O., Ga. syrup, and Muscovado molasses and syrups. Good and cheap this season. Come and get your oil cans filled here, or get it by barrel. Come and see the plows, stocks, extra handles, bridles, gearing, eto Fish?white fish, mullet, trout and mackerel. Black diamond axe only (!0c. Lots of axe bandies, both kinds. seeu odiH. very liue rum. pruui uuie. Down on the ground floor with tobacco In 10 pound boxes. Cottolone and lard. All sizes. Com? and see me and look at the goods and prices on canned goods of all kinds. Prunes, buckwheat, rolled oats, coffee, etc. W. D. Barksdole. Feb. 7,1S99. Mllford <fe DuPre has Dr. Neutfer's lung balsam for sale. Try it. Lambert's death to lice Is wbat you want for your poultry, dogs, &c. For sale by Milford & DuPre. Go to Mllford & DuPre's for Harris's lltbia water. One mlcute cough cure Is what you want. For sale by Mllford & DuPre. Go to Mllford & DuPre's for fine tobacco and cigars. The butterlck pattrons are perfect, fitting, ?r.d no others excell them. The ladles will find a big reduction In prices for 1899. For sale at lladdon's. Fresh arrivals of spring goods at lladdon's. L. W. White's LocuIn. We have just received an entirely' new stock of checked nainsooks, ranging In price from 5 to 15 cents a yard. Also, white lawns, English long cloths, piques, ducks, &c. L. W. White's stock of domestic goods was never better than at present, and notwithstanding the recent heavy advance in cotton goods, you can buy our goods In this line at old prices. We have some special bargains in bleached goods, which all tne ladies would do well to see. fin In t. W While's orwt hnw full ujlHlh bleached and unbleached sheetings, bed lickings, table linens, towels and all kinds of house-furnishing goods. Now Is a good time to buy blankets, carpets and rugs. Go to L. \V. White's and see the bargains be Is offering in this line. A few ladles capes left. They can be bought very cheap at L. w. White's. L. W. White now 1ms a full supply of all kinds of blacksmith tools and plantation hardware, such as bellows, anvils, vises, and shop tongs and hammers. Hames and harnestrlngs, trace chains, back bands, leather and duck collars, blind bridles, plows and plow points, farm bells, shovels, spades and manure forks, mattocks, picks, axes, wheel barrows, rakes, nails and all kinds of tools used [ by farmers and carpenters. You can get all the garden seeds yon want at L. W. White's grocery store. There are no better seed oii the market than Huists. We have been selling these seeds for at least Ltvcuiijr-iivc yen?. iuc; me neu auuwu uuu need no recommendation. Go to L. W. White's and buy a wheelbarrow, a spading fork, a long handled shovel a rake and a hoe and you will then be well J equipped for gardening. Groceries of all kinds, of the best quality, ind the lowest prices can always bo had at the well known grocery store of L. W. White. 1 " t WHIT S STORE WITH NEW. IS NOW OFFERIN e Prints ? undred different styles, and wh I, notwithstanding the big adva le has all kinds of urning Prints, Red nts for Quilts, &c.>S, such as Nainsooks, Plain *W Here are a few bargains, whi< korta 17Trnr> nft'ai?nrl of oj * vyi viivx vu a t ^ ide, at 6 1-4 Cents, and 12 1-2 Cents. Cents a Yard, at G 1-4 Cents, worth * L 5 Cents. kOO, worth $5.00 and $ orth $7.00 to $8.00. worth $2.00 to $2.50. been bad and trade quiet. Call on us and see what good b: Wll / 7 Sheriff's Sale. The Sam C. Roony Shoe Company against J. ManniDg Black, Albert Glbert and I. J. Leroy.?Execution. By virtue of sundries in executlons to me directed, In tbe above stated case. I will sell to tbe highest bidder at Public Auction, within tbe legal hours of sale, at Abbeville Court House, on MONDAY, the Otb day of MARCH A. D., 1899, all the right, title and Interest of ALBERT GIBERT In tbe following described property, to-wlt: All tbat 1 tract or parcel of land situate In Abbeville 1 County, State of South Carolina, containing 1 Twelve Hundred (1200) Acres, more or less, known as tbe ORANGE HILL TRACT In Calhoun Township. Bounded on the west by Savannah River, east by the Augusta road, south by lands of William Tennant, north by Cberry Hill. ALSO, tbat tract known as tbe BATH TRACfT, contain log TO TT 11 1 Ti li "P' I iiieven nunarea ana iigniy-xive (1185) Acres, more or less, In Calhoun and Bordeaux Townsblps, bounded on tbe north by Orange Hill Tract, west by tbe Savannah River, east by lauds of William Tennantand south by Berry Hill Tract. Levied on and sold as tbe property of Albert Gibeit to satisfy the aforesaid Execution others and costs. * TERMS?CASH. F. W. R. NANCE. Feb. 8,1899. Sherlfl Abbeville Count#. Master's Sale. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE.1 COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. J. M. Golden, Plaintiff, against Mattle S. Golden. et. al.?Relief. By virtue op an order of sale made In the above stated case, i will offer for sale at publlo outcry at Abbeville Court 1 House, S. C., on Saleday In MARCH, 1899, < within the legal hours of sale, the following ' described property, situate in said State and i County, to wit: All that tract or parcel of ' land containing 1 Two Hundred and Nineteen (219) Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of James Anderson on tbe east, on the south by James Evans, on the west by the estate of Rev. B. F. i Miller and on the north by T. N. Tolbert. ] TERMS OF SALE?Cash. Purchaser to pujf JUJ pniicis. WALTER L. MILLER, Feb. 13,1899. Master. Dissolntion of Partnership, "VTOTfCE Is hereby given, that the partner-? ' ship heretofore existing and Known as DUNN & AGNEW, has this day been dlssolved by mutual consent, W. R. DUNN bavIne bought the entire Interest of J. P. AG- 1 NEW. W. R. DUNN will continue the business, assuming the liabilities of the late Arm. J W. R. DUNN. Feb. 1, 1899L J. F. AUNEVV. Notice to Debtors. ] ALL persons Indebted to the late firm must tnake prompt settlement with VV. R. r r IM'VV I uusir'i. successor. w. xv. Feb. 1,1S'J3. j Before Buying j SPLENDID LOT OF HORSES AND MULES1 TO ARRIVE THIS WEEK AT THE STABLES OF A. M. Hill & Sons.' C Coats spoil cottou wholesale and retail at liaddon's. 1 ^ ^ ^ , FRESH 11 at is best of all, he nee that has recent- jSKSj I Prints and g - | hite Lawns and Or;h all persons need We have new goods argains you can get. 8 j|; 4 |||i ??? ? ? % Tie State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. " ' :.r< COURT OP COMMOS FLEAS* W. M. Devlin, Plaintiff, against W. M. MoGee, ' J. H. McOee and J. B. Harmon, Defendants. ... scnnons. for belief. (Complaint not 8erved.) . ,< To the Defendants above named: You ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND required toanswertbecomplalnt in this action which is filed in the office of the Clprk of the . Court of Common Fleas for Abbeville County and to serve a copy of your answer to tbe said complaint on the subscriber at his office at Abbeville Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after tbe service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and If yoa (all to answer tbe complaint within tbe time aforesaid, tbe plalntlQ in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded In the complaint. Dated tbe 13th day of December, 1898. WM. N. GRAYDON, Plaintiffs Attorney. l; To tbe absent defendants, W. M. McUee and J. H. McOee > Take Notice, that the summons, of which tbe foregoing is a copy, and tbe complaint in this ant ion aro rm fllo In tha nffloA of t.h A fllprlr of the Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville County. fb WM. N. GRAYDON, Plaintiff's Attorney. Abbeville, S. C., Jan. 9, 1899. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, county of abbeville. \ PROBATE COURT. . Complaint to Sell Lands to Pay Debts. Wm. T. Jennings, as Administrator of tbe Estate of James Callabam, deceased, and In bis own right, Plaintiff, against Mary ', Ann Callabam, Henry Callabam, Grant Callabam,Sarah Ann Freeman, Gus Callabam, Martha Searles and J. D. Harmon Defendants. By virtue of an order of the Court of Probate made In the above stated case, I will sell at Public Outcry at Abbeville Court House, on Saleday In MARCH, 1899 next, for the payment of debts, tbe following aescrioea real esiaie 01 jame? unausui, ur ceased, situate In said State and County, to wit: All that tract or parcel lands, known as the JAMES CALLAHAM PLACE, containing One Hundred and Ten (110) Acres, more or leas, bounded by lands of William Harmon, Green Callabam, Henry Edmonds, Estate of F. W. Edmunds and Little River. TERMS.?One-half Cash, the balance on a i credit of twelve months, with interest from jay of sale, the credit portion to be secured ay bond of purchaser and a mortgage of the the premises; or, purchaser may have option dI paying all cash. Purchaser to pay for papers, stamps and recording. R. E. HILL,' Feb. 13,1890. Judge Probate Court. Estate of Mary S. Gillam, Dec'fl Notice of Settlement and Application for Final Discharge. rAKE NOTICE that on tbe 10th day of i March, 1899,1 will render a final account >f my actings and doings as Administrator D. i. N. of the Estate of Maiy S. Glllara, deceased, n the office of Judge of Probate for Abbeville Jounty at 10 o'clock a. m., and on tbe same lay will apply for a final disharge from my rust as such. All persons havlhg demands against said state will present them for payment on or lefore that day, proven and . authenticated or e forever barred. HUGH K. AIKEN, Feb. 10,1899. Administrator. 5 Batb tubs kept in stock at C. P. Hammond. One case outing Just received at Haddon. If your child has a cougb stop it with a botlevf Pitts' carminative syrup at Harrison & Is your baby teething and fretful? Pitt*' armInatlve syrup will slop it, at Harrison A lame's. Percales, calicoes and other wash goods at I addon's.