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>" : w irr&i- / V The Abbeville Press and Banner, a BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1899. ESTABLISHED 1844 jjj CROP PROSPECTS. XnbbiDN in a Buggy?Tin CaiiN In (bo Store?Took a Train ?Back from Texan? College ProfeNMorw Gleaning. IjOWDdesvllle, July 34,1899. Mr. A. A. Tray lor, ol Augusta, Ga., came up today a week ago, and remained bere till Monday the guest or Mr. D. L. Barnes. Dr. S. Lander, President of Willlamston Female College, came here Monday moruluK, unrl rnmnlnAil hflPB till Tuesdnv eveulng tile guest of Mr. S. F. Epp?. The Doctor was bere lu the interest of the flourishing college over which he presides. Prof. J. F. Harper, of Barnes, was in our midst Monday. Hon. I. H. McCalla made a business visit to Anderson Monday. Miss Llllle Huckabee. after a two weeks slay with friendsat Mt. Carmel, returned to her home bere Monday. She was exceedingly well pleased with the people of the "Valley Town." Miss Annie Llddell, after a sojourn with friends at Abbeville and Due West, came back to her home the first of last week. Dr. W. S.Stokes and bis 6on, Utile Edward went to Uokesbury Thursday and returned on Friday. Mr. John Young who went to Texas a few years after the war,; and remained there till last week when he came back to Elbertoa, Qa., wbere be has sinco been making his borne for the past few days, has been at nis father's, Mr. Jhs. 31. xoung in ine r urn. Mr. Will Baskln, of Bordeaux, came up Tuesday and spent s day or two with kinsfolk In this section. Mrs. T. B. Cllnbscales went down to her old home at Wldeman's, to spend two weeks with the friends and relatives of earlier days. The excursion from Anderson to Augusta Friday was well patronized by both white and black, the latter considerably In tbe ma* Jorlty. The crowd was pretty lively when It passed this point about 12 o'clock. Mr. Arthur 8peer, of Monterey, was with the family of his uncle, Dr. A. J. Bpeer Thurs day and Friday. Messrs. G. W.. 8peer and T. A. Cater, of Monterey, were here Wednesday the guests of Mr. Wm. Moore. ? Miss Rosa Bell, of Latimer, was up Wednesday and made a short stay with the family of ber nncle, Mr. J. H. Baskln. Mrs. E.J. Barnes left Wed uesday morning for Monteagle, Tenn., where she will meet ide lamny 01 aer ?od, mr. ??. a. Dmucn auu some friends of Prattvllie. Ala., who will together spend sometime at thai noted health resort. Mr. C. M. Horton, of Savannah, Ga., came qd Wednesday to spend a few days at tbe Kay House and with Mr. A. L. Latimer's lamlly. Mr. and Mrs. Horac* C. Simmons and their little babe of Colombia, S. C., came up Wednesday, and nave slnoe bfcen with the family of Mr. J. C. Lomax, brother of Mrs. Simmons. Messrs. L. J. Moorheed and Walter Speed, of Clarksvllle, having charge of tbe telegraph office at thai place, reached here Saturday to spend a day or two. Mr. Lewis Bell took tbe train Saturday > morning lor Spartanburg, where he goes to take a course In book keeping In the business college otJfeel and Hervelo. Mrs; A. E. Moorhead and her daughter, Mlsa Ellen Moorbead and little Miss Fannie Mae and Master Cliff, moved to tbe Diamond Spring Monday morning to spend sometime for tbe benefit of their health. It Is not at all pleasant to present a dark picture, bal tbe trum musi oe 101a komelimes, however much tbe lelllog of It may hart. We are dry, very dry, and everything looks darK and gloomy. Old corn is a railore, cotton is very small and unpromising. No fruit, no vegtables, and no Indications now of conditions suitable to warrant tbe planting of turnip seed. Last year, and for several years, our merchants sold annually several hundred dozen of fruit cans, this year there baa not perbaps been more than ten dozen sold. In this last matter our good ladles really deserve tbe sympathy of all. In that they have been deprived of tbelr spring, and summer employ of dealing in futures, 1. e. canning aDd preserving. No fruits, no vegetables, and they cannot look forward to their usual fall, winter and spring pleasure of presenting these delicacies, evidencies of tbelr skill and handiwork to their visiting friends. Now and then one of the ladles has by persist' nt effort gotten enough fruit to put up a . few cans, Just enough to ' keep tbelr bands Id," that with tbem this profitable industry mlgbt not become one ol the last arts. A few days ago one of our merchants went Into tbe country to look over the crops of pom* of those whom he was "ruunlng." ? When he came back he bad perhaps a dozen small "shoots" or ears of green corn in his buggy. When questioned he said be bad gotten his part of some of tbe crops. But then, we are somewhat consoled when some of tbe reports of the crops from here to Augusta, one year since the war, are remembered. A gentleman from this place made tbe trio, when became back be brougbt a "nubbin" about two Inches long and one and a ball Inches in diameter. Uesaldtbere was only * #u?. ?.llA Tl/o ? r> b UUO U1 lueui bU bUO UIIID BIJUDIOi HQ tuiua we will doable that. If the worms and things do not make a divide. Troupe. MARCH OF PROGRESS. Soath Carolina'* Place la tne Picture?Greta Activity Everywhere. Abbeville?Electric Plant.?The Abbeville Electric Light & Power Co. U to commence soon the awarding of oodtracts for Its plant; It 16 probable that about 810,U00 worth of con tracts will oe ciosea oeiore August, is, u u. Say re, chief engineer, Anderson, S. C., can be addressed. JBlacktbnrg?Cotton Mill, etc.?Incorporated: The Cherokee Manufacturing Co. to operate brick-yard and a cotton mill if desired; the capital stock In to be $0000; A. H. Pollock, president; W. F. Dye, vice-president; J. F. Wblsonant, secretary and treasurer. Charleston?Ice Factory.?The Consumer's Ice Co. (reported last week as formed) will deal in natural and artificial ice ; later an ice factory will be bnllt. Charleston?Arms Company.?Incorporated: The B. H. Wortben Arms Co.; Geo. H. Swan, president; George H. Feterraan, secretary and treasurer; J. W. Peterman, vicepresident. Chester?Cotton Mill.?The Sprlngsteme Cotton Mills will erect a spinning mill of 7000 spindles to supply lta485-loom glnbam plant; about 8100,000 will be expended. Clinton-Oil Mill.?The Cliton Oil & Manufacturlng Co., reported last week as incorporated with capital Block of $20,000, will build an oil mill and cotton ginnery. F. M, TaHH will Ha monpppr. Clio?Cotton Mill.?Tbe Red Bluff Mills will enlarge from 5000 to 10,000 spindles. Columbia?Drug Company.?Chartered : Tbe W. C. FIscber Company, by Tucker H, Fischer. Jobn Fischer and W. J. Murray, to conduct a drug business; tbe capital 1b to be $5000. Dillon?Telephone System.?Chartered : The Home Telephone Co. to connect Dillon Florence, Darlington, Tlmmonsvllle and other Pee Dee points by telephone; president, Bright Williamson; vice-president, Duncan McKenzle; secretary and mannxer, E. L Moore, Dillon ; directors. Bright Williamson, W. R. Barrlnger find Duncan McKenzle; tbe capl Lai stock Is $5000. Eatawvllie? Wood working Factory.?Incorporated : Tbe Eutawvllle Mash & Door Co., by John Gosch and Frederick S. Seeley. foi manufacturing sash doors and blinds; capita stock SKXX). Godvlile?Cotton Mill.?A. report claims that J. 3. Blalock Is erecting a 810,000 cotton mill. _ t ^ jay?i/eiepuone system.?xncorporuieu; im Jay telepboue Co. to conned by telephonf Jay.Hannaand Lake City. Tbe Incorporn tors are Simon Poston, S. B. Poston, Anson A Brown, J. D. Carter and W. T. Daniels. John's Island Station?Chartered: Th< Stono Mines to dig phosphate rock: J. Lamt Perry, president; J. A. Hertz, vice president and J. Koss Hanuahan, secretary and treasur er. Johnston?Cotton Mill.?A company will b< organized to erect a cotton mill; Alvln Elh eredge ofSaluda, S. C., Is Interested. Langley?Cotton Mill.?The Langley Manu factoring Co. (office In Augusta, Ga.,) wrltei that It has not Idea of either Increasing capl tai stock or enlarging the plant, as .had beet reported as mentioned recently. McColl?Cotton Mill.?The Marie Mills ha1 incrt-aned Its capital stock from ?50,000 ti $100,000. . Mailing.?Chartered: The Buck Godbolt Co., capital stock 88000; W. McBuck, presl dent; Henry Back, vice- president; I). ? Godbold, secretary and treasurer. Mawhnrrv?Pnffln Vaofnrv.?The Carolini Manufacturing Co. (mentioned last week) pre poMM to increase Its capital stock from $10,00 to 830.000. OranxeburK?Cotton MIU.-Tbe enterpris Cotton Mills will vote July 81 on a propos tlon to Increase capital stock from 8100,000 t $200,000 and enlarge the 10,000 spindle an 350-ioom plant. #lb. Lion coffee for 81. R.C.Wilson. MARTIN'S MILL. Tbe Elcctric Light Plant Leaaei* thi Water Power Tor Ten Yearn. Tbe Electric Light Power Company bav< leased from Mr?. Stelts the water power o Martin's Mill shoals on Little River, sevei miles west of Abheville. and will at an eariy day commence the erection of a higher dam, which will enable them to utilize all thi water and doveiope a greater number o horse power than has heretofore been used a that place. ?* ' - ' * ? *- * " " Wotia nnnfronf , Ttie taeciric uikui vuiiiiinuj uu ^ ed to light the city of Abbeville for a period n ten years at the rate ol 8200 a month, or 82,400< a year, and tbe lease of tb? water power le to run for a like period of ten years. Tb< rent which tbe Electric Light Company con tracts to pay Is 8&50 a year, and to surrendei tbe dam und power house at tbe expiration ol tbo lease. Whatever the Electric Light Companj make out of the Inane, remains to be ?een But it seems to this newspaper that Mrs Mielts has made a very good trade, and she Is to be congratulated 'on realizing a ntc< sum from property which has heretofore not been remarkable tor Its large profits. Tbe Electric Light Company expect to develope seventy-five horsepower,and for tbt privilege of doing so they pay at the rate of about ?5 per horse power. As we understand, tbe city of Augusta sellc its canal water at $5 per horse power. It in estimated thai the steam power at the ahr.avllle Cotton Mill will not cost more thau about $12.50 per horse power for the da; run. Of course when Ibe cotton mill runs da; and night the cost per horae power la greatlj Increased. And so It may be that tne Electric Light Company can corresponding); Increase tbelr profit by selling power daring tbe day time. If they sell power during ibe day time to run Industrial enter prises, tbelr lease will be Indeed a most valu able one. If tbey can deliver seventy-flve horse power In tbe city of Abbeville It will give a grea Impetus to tbe Industries In town. with seventy-flve horse power a small yarr mill could be successfully run. Or, with seventy-flve horse power, oil milli and ginneries could be run. Or, with seventy-flve horse power, the pro posed new roller mill could be run. The delivery of seventy-flve horse power It this city will give business a great boost ant our enterprising citizens should avail them selves of its advantages, Id case tbe power li offered for sale. It will never do to allow bc valuable a power to go to waBte. By selling tbe power for use during tbe daj *'? * pAmnontr urlll motri ill IUC IUC JUICUbl JW JJl?Ub wujf/nujl WW mmm their largest profit. Anil lucky will be th< corporation which secures ths right to use it The town will never be a city by simply sel ling goods on a lien. Active energy appllec to the development of Industrial enterprise! will bring the results wblcb will beisefli oui citizens and give profitable employment t( those who may need tbe opportunity by wblct they may earn an honorable living. THE DIFFERENCE RETWEEN THE DJSATE GRI1' AND INDUSTRY. Money invested in mortgages eats up the unfortunate debtor and he becomes a slave tc the leuder, but money Judiolously Invested in industrial enterprises benefits both tbe investor and the laborer. Instead o impoverishing tbe laborer it enriches bin and betters his condition. While the busy world seldom thinks of tb< needs, wants or benefits of others, it is pleas anl to meet a man who recognizes the benefli which the laborer may receive from th< presence of a great corporation. Such a per son is to be found In our County Superlnten dent of Education, Mr. J. 8. Gibert. He expresses himself In a way about tbe cottot mill which is just to the laborers, and verj gratifying to ttiose who may have been th< humblest factors iu Duuaing 11. ine mm nai been paying out $3,000 a month. Before tb< end of tbe year the pay roll wilt amount to $$,000 a raoutb. If to this amount Is addec the pay roll ofa small yarn mill to be run bj electricity, the whole community will b( greatly benefitted bv the presence of Indus trial enterprises. > BAPTISTS IN COUNCIL Summer Hoarder*?Summer GlrlsSummer Weather?Hnuds All Boond. Troy, 8. C? July 2Mb, 1809. Tbe long continued drought is causing many long faces. Tbe crops are almost parched up. Mr. William Hemphill accompanied bj Misses Joule Lyon and Maggie Hill from Ab bevllle, have returned home trom a Jollj VJNll LU 4*1185 AUUIC DlttUIOJ', Mrs. J. L. Keuaedy and daughter Mlsi Bessie aod Miss Lilly and Kitty Wardlaw irom Bellvue, were to see Mrs. J. C. Kennedj and Mrs. W. Robinson last wee*. Miss Annie Bradley handsomely entertain ed a house full ol her friends Tuesday even Ing, among the number was Miss Statli Bradley a popular Lone Cane Miss who Is al ways a welcome visitor in town. At Eden Hall, the lovely home of Mr. an< Mrs. J. C. Kennedy, on last Thursday eveninf they gave a most delightful time to thirty couples, with fruits and refreshments of al kinds. Our young folks are enjoying tb< happy vacation clays to the fullest, and wi know of no nicer town in surrounding coun try tban our town. The Park house is full of Summer boarderi and applications are coming every day l< and spend the hot days. Come on, there's al ways room for one more. Little Janle and Emmie Culbertson fron Connie Maxwell orphanage are enjoying i happy vacation with Miss Martha Reagan. Mr P. H. McCaslan one of Clear Spring best farmers will accept many thanks for Ihi nice melons. It seems that fate is against the schoo teachers, the examiners not oeing satlsflec with a rigid examinations are holding Sum mer sessions. All of that Is very good, bu they dont take it Into consideration tha their board has to be paid &c? aod then th< questions are such as will neyer be needed li the schools of nowadays. Miss Daisy Wilson quite an aocompllshe* and pretty young lady from Abbeville is on i visit to uncle's family, Dr. A. B. C. Lindsay a Clear Springs. Misses Lizzie Hawley and Mamie Dowtti are attending the Summer school at Qreen wood. Miss Minnie Taggart was to see her slstei Mrs. L. W. Sheppard at Liberty Hill yester /In ty , U?J Messrs Bradley Bros, will start tbelr nev mill to-day to grind out the bright ore. Mr. O. M. Sibert starts out with one o Wade Hampton's books to sell. Tbe nam alone Is sufficient. He will canvass Abbe . ville County. Through tbe kindness of the Baptist pasto [ Rev. W. W.Jones we give the programme c , the union meetlnf with BuQalo church, be glunlngnext Saturday, and tbe dates for hi , several protracted meetings. On Saturda; ' the 29 at 10,80 o'clock A. M. Devotional ezei ! clses by J. W. Mulllnax. 11 o'clock Organizations, 11.30 Questions [ How may we get our churches to take mor interest in missions? by Rev. T. H. Plem mons, V. I. Masters. 2 o'clock P. M. Addres on Christian Education, V. I. Masters ; 2,3 o'clock, Christian giving. First, What is gl? ine to the Lord's cause, W. B. Acker. Second How do we secure liberal giving? Rev. J. B Hunt ol Kentucky. Third, Why should give. Fourth, Results of christian giving, b; Mr. G. M. Sibert; i!.30 o'clock Denominations , literature, by Revs. V. I. Masters and J. E . Hum. sabbath y.;iu ociock to aevonona exercises, Prof. J.J. Kllgore;10 o'clock tb , Sabbath Scbool Superintendent bis work an , his reward, J. W. Mulllnax, Prof. J. J. Kllgort , 10.30 o'clock How may we get more splrltua power Into our Sabbath School? by Mr. J. P " McOee, Kevs. J. A. Brown, and T. H. Plem , mons. 11.80 Missionary sermon, J. A. Browr \ 2-30 P. M. Rev.T. H. Pleinmons. The protracted meeting will be continue* ' through the following week by Rev. J. i Hunt Irom Kentucky. On the 7ib, of At 5 gust the meeting will begin at McCorinlcli . on the 14th, at Iloreb and on the 21st, at lb Baptist church here. Kev. J. B. Hunt wi assist the pastor lu the above meetings. i Nick. l 1 ' " g Deatb of a Remarkable Negro. 3 Ned Murpby, colored, died In this clt Monday. He whs about 63 years old. Hewn 3 born ht Due West and belonged to Dr. K. f ' Archer, and aiterwards to Miss Murpby. H < was the last of eleven brothers. All were tl( dlers and Ned was one of the best aud said t: a wanted to lake his flddle with him. Afu '* emancipation he erected a monument to h u old mistress because of ber kindness to blu Ferbapn be wa8 tbo only slave woo ever dl ? sucb a thing.?Tbe Medium, July 20th. o ? d Remember Mllford & DuPre carries tt most complete line of stationary in tbe olt, Wben In need of a nice box call on tben< Pbone 107. \ ALLIANCE MEETING. ?. t * Practical SnKKenlloiiit as to the j BhIIUIdk of a Roller Miller. t The Abbeville CouDty Alliance held Its ? quarterly meeting Id the Court House on the ' 2l8t Inst. It being the time for the annual . election of officers the following were elected 3 and installed for the ensuing year, viz : ' President?A. F. Calvert. t Vlce-iresiaeut?w. a. unuior, Secretary and Treasurer?J. R. Kennedy. Lecturer?R. E. HUl. f Chaplain?S. P. Pressly. > Stewards?G. W. Sharp and S. F. Nance. i At a meeting of the sub-trustee stock? holders Col. J. T. Robertson was elected county trustee stockholder. r A ROLLER MILL TO BE BUILT. , Under the head of "The good of the order" the matter of wheat culture and kindred topics were thoroughly discussed, resulting In the adoption of the following resolutions as offered by R. E. HUl, viz; Whereas the low price ol cotton, the leading agricultural product of the country, has awakened the farmers of the cotton growing States to the necessity or Importance of giving more attention to the cultivation of the cereals. And . Whereas the encouragement met with, for the past year or two by those who have turn j 6d T.neir auennou iaj wucat uuuuiot u?o uccu . such as will undoubtedly result In a very , large Increase In the acreage allotted to tbe wheat crop and consequent elargement of , said crop in tbe coming years; and, , Whereas, In order to enable the farmers of , our county to realize tbe best results from r said products and thus still further stimulate , the production of tbe same, It 1b absolutely ! necessary that better facilities than now 1 exist In oar county, be bad lor tbe conver. tlon of tbe whsat crop Into first class merchantable flour. Therefore, be It iiesolved, by tbe farmers alliance of Abbe> vllie county, that a committee of tbree be appointed by tbe president thereof, to take , Into consideration and thoroughly Investigate tbe matter of the practicability of tbe , establishment of a first class roller flouring mill at some cenral point In said county. i 2d. That said committee asoertaln tbe approximate or probable cost of such a mill, of , a capacity such as would likely be required ! to meet the demand, and that they report tbe . result of their action to tbe next regular , meeting of this alliance. i ) 3rd. That as a part of the duty ol said committee, they find out who and to what ex j tent, tne iarraers 01 iuo uuuui; uuu uiusi ? ?3 IzenB thereof, would take stock In an enterj prise of the kind in question. THE RESOLUTIONS AMENDED. l The above resolutions were amended on 3 motion 01 J. R. Blake, J r., by adding thereto r the following: > That said committee be advised and Ini structed to attend to wheat growers convention lo be held at Greenwood on or about 15th ( August. COMMITTEE APPOINTED. , The President appointed R. E. Hill, S. P. , Pressly and J. 8. Glbert the committee In I accordance with the foregoing resolutions. > DELEGATE STATE ALLIANCE. ? J. 8. Graves was elected delegate to meeting of State Alliance which meets in Colum9 bla on 26th Inst. I> M ? i : AS HE WOULD LIKE TO DIE. J Robert G. Ingersoll Pannes Into ihe ' Great Unknown Without a 8trng> I Kle. I New Yora, July 21 ?Col. Robert. G. Ingersoll ' died at bis home, Walston-on-Hndson, Dear i Dodd8 Ferry, to-day. His death was sudden - and unexpected, and resulted from the heart disease, from which he had suffered since 1896. In that year, during the Ropubllcan National Convention, be was taken ill and had to return home. He never fully recovered from the attack of heart disease and was under the care of physicians constantly. For the last three davs Mr. Ingersoll had not been feeling well. Last night be was In better health and spent a portion oi the evenI Ing playing billiards with Watson H. Brown, bis son-ln law, and C. P. Farrell. bis brother in-law and private secretary. He seemed to be In better health and spirits when be retlrr ed than he had been for Reveral days. t This morning be rose at the usual hour and Joined the family at breakfast. He tben said j he bad spent a bad night, but felt better. He . bad been Buffering from abdominal pains and r tightness about the chest. He did not think his condition at all dangerous. rv.i tnfvomnii onont. tn? mornintr swineintr 7 In a bammock and flitting on the veranda r with the members of the family. He Raid be was better and had no pain. At 12.30 he . started to go up stairs. On reaching the bead . of the stairs be turned Into his wife's room, i Mrs. Ingersoll was there. Together they dls. cussed what they would have for luncheon, and Col. Ingersoll said he bad better not eat I much, owing to the trouble with hl6 stomach. ; He seemed In good spirits tben. After talkr log for a few minutes be crossed the room 1 and sat down In a rocking obalr. He leaned 3 bis head upon his band, which rested on the 3 back of the chair. Mrs. Ingersoll aBked blm - how be was feeling and he replied : "Ob, better." These were his last words. A sec] ond alter they were uttered 'he was dead. > The only sign noticed by Mrs. Ingersoll was that the whites of his eyes suddenly showed. There was not even a sigh or a groan as death l came. i Doctors were hastily called, bat their verdict was thatdeath had come Instantly. b No arrangements have yet been made for s the funeral, but It will probably take place on Monday at the bouse, and the interment will 1 be In Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, at Tarrytown. 1 Mrs. Ingersoll was tbe only person in the room with him when be died. Death came t to htm as he had recently expressed a desire t it should. He often in old times said be e wished to die slowly, with a fall coorcIousi ness, so be might tell those about blm how he felt. Recently be experienced a change and 1 expressed a desire to die painlessly and witha out warning. t i Unclaimed Letters. * -** ? * r.,in - LienerB ID pUBl urnvo lur woen. cuuiuiouij . 10th: B?Jeff Black, (2), Mies Fannie Barnes. , G?Frank J. Carter. r l>-W. J. Donald. ,f E?Miss Sopha Enrlght, Miss Mary Edi ward*. (2), Thorn Elazander. " F?Mltllda Faur. G_joe Green, R. W. Garmon. r H?J. M. Haokerg, Nina Heard, J. F. Hunif t?rM?Miss Vina McMorrls, Col. W. T. Miller, a H. M. Melone, Jr. ? R?Holmes 8. Rlgbteulre. : W?MIsb Rose Wlnford, Miss Clar Wilson, Andrew Warden, J. H. Wldeman, Mrs. . Rachel Williams. Robt. S. Link, P. M. e ^ ^ R 0 L. W. White's Local*. I. We are offering some specially good bargains this week. We bave on sale a lot of 1 goods at Sets, a yard which are worth 10 and y 15c. a yard. t. A lot of white pique remnants at 12^0. which are worth 28c. a yard. We bavn some e extra good values In white lawns at 5 and 8 d cts. a yard. We have all klndB of material for maklntr , waists from a beautiful assortment of print* " to the finest silks and satlnK. CoioreU muslins, lawns, organdies, piques, crashes and * ducks can now be bought from us at prices greatly reduced from those that ruled in the j earlier part of the season. i- Now Is the lime to buy alpaca coats And t, summer clothing of all kinds. You will find e a good assortment in this line at L. W. II While's. All kinds of turnip and ruta baga sued can be found atL. W. White's. Buy your turnip seed from L. W. White and get the best. Look at our stock of ribbons and embrolde_ rles. They are very attrac'-lve and very de? g slrable. L. W. White, k.. Trunks, trunks, trunks ! L. W. White has e Just received the largest and best stock of i- strunkB ever offered. le ;r ? la j "Dew drop" In as you pass by and be refreshed at Milford & DuPre's, tbe druggists. We cheerfully refund yoar money when ar heel cholera cure falls to cure hogs or ie owls ol cholera. P. B. Speed. if* On these hot afternoons nothing is so rex freBhlne as a "Lolly Poo." Sold at Speed's ' I eoda fountain. > THE ROUND BALE CRAZE. A DIlnNlfislppi Glnner Mnkea Con vineNtsismoiita Which Nhnnld b?i Regarded? No Good lo Anybody. A correspondent of the Meridian, Mississlnnl Glnner says: Your letter asking me to write yon and "tell us all you know about the round bale, whether It be good or bad," received. I will write you what I see from the sinner's standpoint, and one who buys cotton at country points. In July last, I contracted for The American Cotton Company's half bale press and began the tedious task of trying to run the rouud bale system. I found that the cost of freight and erection Incurred by me In the contract was a great deal more than I expected or had been eHtlmsted to me. The advertised claim of the company Is, that this cotton "shall bring 45 cents per hundred pounds more than the square bales are worth." This last part, or two words, "are worth," Is the gate at whloh all the sheep get out. In fixing con AAitAn tho fra\a h t on an norn LI UUIB 1UI I u IB wiwu) *uv bales to the point 1b considered and tbe contract based on the spot quotation of tbe port. So wben I began to gin, I found tbat my average price was only 2ft points above square bale values, and tbat many times during tbe season there was no premium. Tbe system of baying square cotton on contract market and round bale on spots market, accounts for tbls, and so often occurred that I bad no premium to offer the farmers or to reimburse myself for having rented tbe press. Ibis of course forced me to run the gin without a profit, either in tbe matter of ginning or cotton buying, as tbe farmers demanded tbe premium, 25 points in Ilea of tbe tare lo bagging and ties, and the 20 points rental on press look up the ginning profits. . Tbe result can be seen. I ginned the crop at a loss of tbls season's work,as well as tne faot tbat It cost me considerably more to run tban wben using square press. As far as my research 1 " oUlm. T mnba hnHfl LlttH eiWJUUOU, tUab uniiu- X and in a larger town I have visited the premium generally was 25 points. The trouble with the press and machinery thereto comes In the matter of having to adjust Its many parts often and making so many little bales, of all wblob bave to be kept account of and settled for, sampled, weighed, etc. Bat the greatest trouble comes In handling the publlo. The public has always been hard on the glnner, bat no glnner can conceive before band in what a position be places himself. Now the actual fact is, there Is no gain in the system under the contract, eltber to tbe glnner or farmer, and all tbe farmers any* where bave gained has been lost to tbe glnner baling tbe cotton. Tbls bas been fully realized by them and a man wbo ran a press lust season said to me a few days ago that "tbe community bad gained what be bad lost." Thus showing had he protected himself against loss, the community would not bave felt a gain ; bat I found tbe community demanded more than equality with square cotton. Tbe enormous claims of tbe round bale people bad tbe public firm In tbe belief tbat there was something in It for them and tbey demanded It. I found tbat merobanU and planters having customers, would Influence them to gin on the round bale only when tbe price named was a knock out to tbe,otber side; when tbe bids were equal, though tbe round bale bad often given him good prices for cotton, be would gin on the square bale. Thus tbe round bale gin bas to lose money before tbey can possibly satisfy tbe publlo. Tbe 45 points premium which Is tbe all t-amnMnrr ihlllO Ihot. UnilMH finfl fXRCt8. there* fore becomes a myth and no contracts can be secured whereby this value can he obtained in actual practice, yet all those making contracts have relied on the statements of the agents of the company that "your cotton contract will be sent you fully covering all the claims." I have been In the ginning business ever since when I sat on the lever and drove the teams around In the old boree ginneries, and every single Improvement In ginning or baling or the methods of hauling cotton has brought Increased value to the ootton and ad* dltlonal profit to the glnner at a lower take out than was common, but here comes the round bale press and does none of these things, but makes an aotual loss on tbe ginning business on lop of the fact that It proposes to advance tbe take out from the cus tomary charges, ana yet me claims iur h am larger than all the claims combined ever made for a single Improvement. My experience would say ibat it all appears to me a lot of talk, fostered and pushed by those Inter* eflted in the new venture. The President of the American Cotton Company, after vlsltin&tbe Soutb In the Interest of the round bale, gave an Interview In Baltl* more In which be went right off talking and elaborated on the advantages of the method of balling, the lap, the savings of insurance, freights, storage, etc., but be did not Bbow his lessees while South how they were going to get their money back, or show any new people how they were going to make money out out of the contract offered. I also notice In "Cotton Facts," that Mr. D. C. Call has quite a lot to say concerning the uulform bale adopted by the square bale people last season, and says that ttoe interior folks ?A rnAolon roltirnQ fmm ttio UUW UC5IUUII15 vv t vw? ?V ? this bale and that the Utile 60 cents expected on thla cotton has cot materialized. It is a bad tbtng for blm to talk about "those returns," for his people have at last received some returns and all tbe claims of the round bale goea into tbe air. If all my mistakes and losses of a life time tbas far were added together, they were not equal to the barraeslng experience I have had with tbe round bale. Yours truly, Pocahontas, Miss. E. K. Mlddleton. Locals W. D. Barksdale. Dried apples and peacbes Just In. Also shredded cocoannt. Something nice in preserves at lOo lb. Blgl ot of trunks. All kinds. Little plcnlo hams. Very nice. Morrison's hams?always tbe best. Lots of oanned goods at low prices. Cottoleue, the "new shortening." One half as much as lard. A loe muscavado molasses. Very fine. New Orleans molasses, very nice at 40 cents a gallon. A splendid lot of overalls and jackets. Come and see our lines of trunks. Mrs. Johnson's home made pickles are fine. When in need of something to eat come and see what we have. W. D. Barksdale. DENTAL NOTICE. S. F. Killingsworth, No. 4 Seal Blook, Abbeville, 8. C. ERSKINE COLLEGE, Due West, S. 0. OPENS last Wednesday in September. Two courses leading to tbe degrees of A. B. and B. S. Total expenses for tbe nine months In the "Home" $115.00. famlles $135.00. Spacious and comfortable "Home," complete and equipped with modern conveniences of bath rooms, &c. Entire building heated by hot water system. Tbe contract for a "Girls' Home" has been "let," and the building will be completed In early fall, so that young women will have full advantage t\f tlio nniirnn. Write for Catalogue to w. M. GRIER, July 8,1899, tf President. MAXWELL'S Mffl. At Liviniston & Perria's Oia Stanfl Having bought the business of Livingston & Perrln, I will continue the business at tbe old stand, serving the people with the beet of freBh meats, bread and fob. Call Phone No. 1. T. H. MAXWELL. Sept. 7, 1898. tt A FREAK OF NATURE. MONTANA'S PUZZLING AND CONTRADICTORY WELL In the Simmer It* Water Freeiei and In tlie Winter the Ice Melt* and the Water Becomes Warm?A Hynterlom Current of Air. Savart mllpa +s\ +>ia nnr+Vi ftnr? a. llttln f/> the cast of the Cheyenne agency In Custer county, Mon., is a well filled with ice that excites much curiosity among the ranchers and cattlemen of that section. Every cowboy who visits the well has much to tell and invariably advances his own explanation. Many ingenious theories are given which tend to indicate that mankind of all degrees of scientific knowledge put forth an effort to find the origin of things. However, they all agree that the ice forms in the well during the Brimmer and that it actually thaws daring the winter. This apparent contradiction of the natural laws .that govern the outside world has carried the fame of this well for miles around and people have traveled great distances to witness the formation of Icicles during the hot weather of July. This well is within a few hundred feet of the summit of Little Wolf mountains, on the north slope, at the very beginning of Greenleaf creek, which empties into Rosebud eight miles from where the Rosebud joins the Yellowstone river. This portion of the mountain Is covered with a growth of tall pines. Fourteen years ago three men prospecting for silver, mistaking certain colors In the rocks, began sinking a shaft. At 16 feet it was disagreeably cold, at 20 feet the cold had Increased so rapidly that they were thoroughly frightened. They could feel currents of cold air rushing up from the crevices in the rock. They imagined they were digging into some mysterious underground cavern. They had heard just enough of wonderful adventures of digging into caves and underground lakes, and being alone in this wilderness, where the very stillness permitted the ears to hear and the mind to imagine all manner of grew some powers hid beneath the rock, so thoroughly filled them with fear of Impending danger that they abandoned the work which has since gained such renown. The summits of Little Wolf mountains are covered with scoria, which has all the appearance and texture of a good grade of tiling. It 1s usually red, but varies in color through all the shades down to black. These varying colors give the beautiful Unto tn t.hnnmnHa nf tvnttpfl thmnffh out the bad lands. In comparatively reoent geological times vast beds of Ignite ooal were formed over the eastern half of Montana, extending Into western Dakota. The burning of these beds of ooal was the beginning of the bad land formation. The fine deposits of clay above the coal were burned as brick arc burned in a kiln and formed the scoria. Where the heat was greater and rock and sand were present It melted and mixed with the coal and coal uh, forming large cinderlike rocks, which ire sometimes mistaken for lava. As the ooal burned out from beneath the clay, now baked into scoria and melted into cinders, it broke Into small divisions and fell promiscuously down into the pits thus formed. Volcanic ash is found scattered over the Little Wolf mountains and the eastern portion 01 uxonrana. jll moiii nave drifted with the wind from powerful eruptions In the Rocky mountains, as there are no indications of any volcanic action in the vioinity of the ice well. The Little Wolf mountains are merely a rough range of buttes apparently of the same origin as all the bad land buttes. Their summits, towering above all the other buttes, have given them the name of mountains, but they are only of slightly over 4,000 feet altitude. If ice were to be put Into the well during the winter, it would keep throughout the summer nearly as well as if stored away in ordinary Icehouses. By chance nature has formed almost the identical conditions that man has made use of to preserve ice throughout the hot weather. The shaft is the cavity in which to store the ice. The voloanio ash, filling into the open space between the loosely piled rook, serves the purpose of sawdust in keeping out the warm drafts of air. The altitude and the north slope are favorable to the preservation of the ice. Tall, dense forest prevents the heating of the surface rook by the direct rays of the sun. The rooks are too porous for the water to soak up, so to speak, from beneath. The facts are that In many places near the tops of the buttee, on the sides where the rocks have fallen loosely together, they are perfectly dry for many feet below the surface, being moistened by the winter snow and rain as It may fall and run down from above. During the winter the well la nearly filled with snow. Enough water from the early spring rains finds its way through between the rocks to mix with the snow ---? ? '-a rm.A ana ireeze uitu uue bullu. uiwh ui un. . .*?> ice in the well is formed by the cold of the winter season, bnt does not begin to form sometimes till the winter Is half gone. In turn, it is melted by the heat of the summer, but does not begin to melt until the summer is half over. In the early part of the summer it is still freezing in the well, and during the first half of the winter it is still melting. The well acts as a refrigerator. It receives the heat slowly and then gives it off just as slowly. If the earth received and gave off heat readily, the hottest weather would be in June and the ooldest in December?in fact, the seasons follow nearly a month behind the sun. It is a fact that if on a hot day you walk rapidly into the cave to where the ice is it feels as though a strong current of oold air were blowing against your face. The sensation is so decidedly mil that it re* quires careful demonstration to prove to the contrary, and even then it almost seems as though the demonstration has been a mistake. It can be easily tested by using smoke, or better still, a rather heavy colored glass. Again, if one should stand without the entrance to the cay* on a very warm day near enough to feel any draft that may be stirring, none can be 1 felt coming from the cave. If one should stand directly above the ice well on a hot, still day, even putting the face down to the very opening into the well, no upward draft of cool air can be felt, but go down into the well and one would state positively that there was an upward draft of extremely cold air.?Boston Advertiser. Effect of Water on Teetb. Herr Resa has collected statistics in Ba- j varia and Herr Foerberg in Sweden which i tend to prove that the water we drink has an important influence on the teeth. Caries, or decay in teeth, is less common where the water is "hard" owing to the presence of chalk and magnesium salts. The harder the water the better the teeth. Probably the presence of lime in the water benefit* the bones In general ~ PECULIAR ENGLISH SPELLING. Moat Difficult of All Syatemi to Acquire Except the Chinese. ( English spelling is the most unsystematic and therefore the most difficult of all systems to acquire, except the Chinese. The French has not a complete alphabet to represent all its sounds in a simple and systematic manner, but the French use the Incomplete and defective Roman al- 1 phabet much more consistently than we. The object of writing is to convey thought. An ideal svstem would allow of the con veyanoe of thought with the least expenditure of energy on the part of both writer I and reader. 1 The sounds of the spoken language should be represented by the simplest, most complete and most logical system. There are in English 40 distinct sounds; 40 distinct letters are needed to represent them. With such a system the intermina- ' ble difficulty of learning to spell would ' disappear, the time spent in printing and J writing unnecessary letters would be saved < and the learning of the language by ohil- 1 dren and foreigners would be greatly fa- J cilitated. There is no valid objection to , tmalUne* oroonf tlin fit 1 puui-v^uiv pyni imp VAWJ^V VUW ? Introducing it. The etymological objeo- ' tion is unworthy of serious consideration. The etymology, for example, of "sophism" (which, by the way, does not import a wise saying) resides in the real word, not In its spelling. Any one who knows the history of the word would associate that history with it, however it might be spelled. The Philological association favors phonetlo spelling. It is, of course, impossible to make so radical a change at once, but it does not follow that the benefits of phonetic spelling, the metrlo system or any other great improvement will come to us in the surest and best way by simply, leaving the matter to chance. There is a tendency to shorten spelling, but the benefits to be derived from improvement axe bo great that definite action should be taken to secure them early and to make the changes in the way that will be most beneficial. Changes for better and for worse will continue to come by ohanoa as they have come In the past, but chance change in so important a matter aa Che -M i-1 .Mil language Ul fcuw uiuau ainguwiiw ouu most progressive people of the world should not be satisfactory.?Self Culture. MAN A NONCLIMBER. He Slxowi a SlnciUr RepnfiiMM to Becoming "Arboreal." Climbing runs in families for steeplejacks are often the sons of fathers who were in the business, but It Is somewhat odd that man, though he learns to swim so well that armed only with a knife he can encounter a shark in its native dement, and judged by the extent of his mining operations in comparison with the | size of his body surpasses by a thousand times all animal a that work underground. has never become a good climber or shown the slightest tendency to become "arboreal," as he has become aquatio and subterranean. South sea babies that cannot walk ( will roll into the sea and swim, oolllar boys at 14 will take pick and lamp and descend into the mine almost as naturally as young moles, but we believe that in spite of the danger from wild beasts in forest regions and the fact that in such plaoes there is ten times more life on the level of the tree tops than on the ground there Is no single instance of a tribe which, properly speaking, has become "arboreal" and learned to climb like monkeys. Though not a few make huts in trees they approach these by ladders, and except in the huts which they use as a refuge and sleeping place they spend their time on the ground. Even in forests where the upper levels , r\t tlia t^raaa am da HobaIv Ifuvri tngwthflf that a comparatively slight adaptation would enable the Indians to progress from tree to tree, and where nearly the whole of the fruit and the greater part of the birds and animals used for food are found only in this "upper story," man Is not, and always refuses to beoome, a1 'climbing : animal." Natural repugnance to this form of enterprise seems characteristic of savage men, and even of Animala which run no risks whatever. African natives who have only lived in one storied huts show the greatest dislike to going up stairs and have been known to creep up on hands and knees, while large dogs when required to ascend stairs for the first time often refuse to do so except under strong persuasion and with evident reluctance.? London Spectator. v Dnmu' Adaptations. Alexandre Dumas, who hated the English, would have cursed in his breeziest style had he known of the number of unauthorized adaptations and annexations of < his''Three Musketeers" which bristle on , our boards. Beerbohm Tree put on the his-1, torio conglomeration In gorgeouaiy pano- i ramlo style at Her Majesty's. Sidney < Grundy, play adapter in ordinary, prepar- i ed that version for the stage, and his name i appeared in bigger type on the posters than that of Dumas. Dumas was lucky to be mentioned at all. Most of the play tinkers here erase the name of the original author altogether and insert their own. As I walk along the Strand I sometimes think I hear Grundy and Comyns Carr and Ham* ilton and Rose, all the modish native adapters of the day, sing in chorus the good old couplets: Bring me the works of V. Sardon, Bring me the works of E. Angler, Bring me the paste and solssors, too? I am the man to write a play. . ?London Letter. | The Wife Knew Better. "Charlotte, my dear, how is it I find you weeping? Have you had bad news from your husband?" "Oh, worse tJian tnati aiy .artaur writes me from Carlsbad that he would die with ardent longings for me were It r not that he could gaze affectionately at t" my picture and cover it with a thousand J kisses every day.'' "That Is really very nice of him. And, ? pray, is it that you are crying for? I would give anything to have such a poetio 1 and tenderly loving husband as you have 1" "Ah, yes, my Arthur Is very poetical 1 But let me tell you that, just to try him, 0 I slipped my mother's photo into his trav- i, eling bag instead of my own before he started."?London Tit-Bits. o t Another Ancient Mystery* e Johnny?Pa, is there anything mora e valuable than diamonds? His Father?No, eon. Why? Johnny?Oh, I was just wondering 1 what they gave Methusaleh on his five t hundredth wedding anniversary.?Jewelers' Weekly. t :g An Old Palace. a Lambeth palace, London, has been the home of the primates of Canterbury for over seven centuries. This place can show specimens of almost every style of architecture which has prevailed since 1190. DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. S. 6., Thomson, 3FFICE DP-STAIRS ON MoILWAIN * v Ji Corner, Abbeville, 8. 0. DR. J. A. mUKSUJ^, H SURGEON DENTIST. * M UOLD FILLINGS; CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK A SPECIALTY. A MOOD PLATE $8.00 aMaLGAM FILLINGS76o and. 1.00 "M OFFICE OVER BARKSDaLE'S STORE. U Oil is the Best. MOMBINING LIGHTNESS OK DRAFT, yy 8PEED and DURABILITY It Will give , ..Jig ihe bei>t satisfaction. Owingto tbe peculiarly &? joastracted RIB and ROLLBOX, it will gin more cotton la a given time than anv other . a SIN and turn oat a better 8AMPLE. Tbe ;1 flanges on eltber aide of tbe Iron Cove (pat- > .1; sated) throw Ibe roll box Plate and prevent -vSa ill friction on the'end*. This Is a great too* *8 provement on the Revolvlag Head. It bu a . -a Llntei for holding seed In roll to clean tbe seed and It Is next to Impossible to break tbe - -?|g Call on an or drop as a line and onr man CtfSj will come to see you. McCULLY BROS.. , Anderson. S. C. Or Abbeville Hardware Co., Jnne 30,1899,"ft Abbeville, S. C. ^||| Before Buying 1 SPLENDID LOT OF HORSES AND MULES ] TO ARRIVE THIS WEEK AT THE STABLES OF A. M. Hill & Sons. J. L. HILL & CO.,, I No. 3 ROSENBERG BLOCK. TX7E HAVE MOVED OUR WAGON AND ?? Carriage Repository to the store room .? recently occupied by Mr. J. D. Kerr. Oar spe- 'JrM claity is II1A WM I VNLUUIMIU HAUV1W, | These wagons were given first prize ovpr *1 ?JS competltorsat the Nashville Exposition. We s> / 3s also nave a fall stock of Baggies, Carriages, Harness, 1 Give 08 a call before baying. Wegaamntee r~atls(actlon. J. L. HILL & CO., No. 3 Rosenberg Block. n i vrinnAiT aaf i rtn Mm IIIjUH, | Davidson, N. G. Sixty-tblrd year begins Sept. 7th, 1899. Ten professors and instructors. Courses lor A. B., B. 8., and . M. Labratorles well equipped. Gymnasium complete. Waterworks and baths. Classical, Mathematioal.Solentiflc, Literary ,m Biblical and Medloal. QonH fnr a flfltoInanA - '^sM J, B. SHEARER, President, 'M July 8,1899, tr ABBEVILLE HOSPITAL J H. D. REESE, SURGEON. | THE T>lace to carry your 8ICE WATCHES J- and BROKEN CLOCKS, where they will >e looked after and attended to at all hours of Lbeday with skill and experience. No turnnfc you away or sending Patients off to have :hem treated elsewhere. Dot I will pat them going at prices to salt the times. Mi Presents, Clocks, I and JEWELRY. Prices Down. H. D. REESE, I THE PEOPLE'S JEWELER. SUMMER SCHOOL ' I ' vjS FOE TEACHERS. '5 pHE SUMMER SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS JL will opeD In the GRADED SCHOOL mlldlne In Abbeville on WEDNESDAY, ULY 19th, 1899, at 10 o'clock A. M., and will ie conducted by S. H. Edmunds, of Sumter, 88lsted by Miss Withers, of tbe Darlington Iraded Schools. For the Information of teachers, the followng points are given: > FlrMt?This will be strictly a SUMMER CHOOL, not a course of lectures. Second?Only those who are TEACHERS, r those who Intend to teach wltbin the com g year will be enrolled. Third?No visitors allowed to enter either I the class rooms without permission from be conductor. Fourth?Each teacher Is required to study ach branch and stand an examination on ach at the end of four weeks. nrth?The bours win 00 iroin a 10 iz, or rom 10 to 1, as may suit the convenience of eacbers and pupils. Sixth?No teacher will be admitted after be school baa been In session for 7 days. Seventh?It Is blgbly desirable that all eacbers be present the first day, at the beInning of the first day's exercise. AH teachers are urged to attend promptly nd constantly. Board can be procured in private houses rom $10 to ?15 per month. J. S. G1BERT, County Superintendent of Education. July 10,1899,2t