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The Press and Banner! ABBEVILLE, S. C. ? i -- -* t3T Published every Wednesday at 82 a I year In advance. Wednesday, March 21, 1900. I'uclniuieU Y.ettcr*. Letters In Postofllce week ending Olh of March. B-MIhr Ella Brown lee, L. S. Bishop. Lano Brooks, Miss AIIpoii Brown lee, Ed Brown, Miss Marina Heard, .urs. du?? F?C C. Frederick, Chandler Frederick, Freddie Foster, Win. Franklin. H?Rut Harmon. .1?Glutei Leaugi inn Johnson. I..? L. I.ognu. M?Mis? Uuitile MilcheJ. K?Caroline Ross. S? H. o. Stevenson. T?Miss Janle Tolbert, Mrs..I no. Thomas. W? Miss Hatue Wright. Llz/.le Widans, Rev. Wm W'ylie, Alex Waters. Y-.Mw.T. L. Young. K. S. Link, P. M. ? ?? m ? Biejclinic* The season bids fair to he an interesting ODe in bicycling. Every clear and dry week many are seen ridint: and the (ever seems to be taking: fresh hold upon the young folks again. CP. Hammond has a big slock on hands and will sell them on easy terms, and most any one can have a wheel this season. He is prepared with a good workman and plenty of material to tlx up your old wheels Cotton Reports Wanted. Mr. Cromer desires to register the name and post office address of every man In Abbeville county whogiusand packs cottou, eitiier for himself or others. Address Mr. S. F. Cromer, at Abbeville, S. C. He is aiding a Washington firm to ascertain the exact amount of the cotton crop, so that the tarmers may know the real condition, winii they can judge tor themselves as to the prospects of a higher or a lower price of the staple. I.oenl Xutlce. Look next week for the advertisement ol S. I. Till, the new merchant, who has Just opened in the Cannon store. He has some big values in Dry Goods, Shoes and Notions, Clothing and Furnishing Goods. Don't fail to see him wbUe in the city. It costs nothing to look through his line. The yellow front. TO Btinif SUDK9. Tbe Abbeville County Singing Convention will convene with Upper Long Cane Cburcb at 10 o'clock a. m , tbe 7tb and 8th April. Jo*. J. Kllgore, Sec Anderson papers please copy. Cabbage Plants. Prepare your ground at once for cabbage plants, as I will be receiving them now weekly. Succession and "Wakefield are tbe varieties. -Very Respeotfully, C.P. Hammond. For Kent. An eight room dwelling bouse oo Pickens street. W. Joel Smith, tf Hon*. Cole L. Blease of Newberry, Is sending out a letter to bis friends announcing his candidacy for Lieutenant-Governor. Mr. Blease has many friends in tbe Stato and will no doubt make things lively and Interesting. Fkom tbe looks ol tbe wheat And oat fields between Abbeville and Dae West, we are of opinion that these crops of small grain are all right. Dr. Montague will preach next Sunday morulug and evening iu the Baptist cburcb. Union services will be held there. Brnce's Restaurant. Go to Brace's Restaurant for meals at all hours. ' V?;-'.Bruce's Restaurant 1b open for the Fall and Winter trade. Brace's Restaurant is open day and nlgbt knock and tbe door shall be opened unto yoa Our delivery boys are on doty from 6 a. m. till 10 p.m. We never make the excuse that our boy is out and will be baok in a moment. hut nhpn von orrlpr poods of ur Von Mt them at once. Give us a trial. MlUord Drag Store. Phone 107. Milford's Horse Powders will pat a clean bide of hair on your mule or bone. Only 15 cents a package, at Milford's drug store. Phone 10". . , Krefih Fish, Friday and Saturday. T. H. Maxwell. Pbone No. 1. Why pay 25 and 50 eenfa for a package of cattle powders when you can get Milford's at 15 cents ? Milford's drag-store. Pbone 107. Milk Cow and young calf for sale. Apply to R C. Wilson. Bring me your green salt bides. T. H. Maxwell. Pbone No. 1. , Ifyouwantto bave healthy, good size fry log chickens, beep the lice oft of them with Lambert's Death to Lice, lor sale at Milford's drug store. Pbone 107. Highest market prices paid for bogs. T. H. Maxwell. Phone No. 1. CANDIDATES, For Mayor. We are authorized to announce Dr. 8. G. Thomson as a candidate for Mayor ?f tbe city, subject to the Democratic primary. We are authorized to announoe Mayor Jones' F. Miller as a candidate for re-election to tbe office of Mayor of tbe city, subject to tbe action of tbe Democratic primary election. For Alderman. Citizens of Ward No. 3, nominate Mr. E. A. Thompson as a candidate for Alderman, sub Jed to toe action or tne Democratic primary. * To the Farmers of Abbeville County. I HAVE A FEW BUSHELS OF S. T. RUSsell's Big Boll Prollflo Cotton Seed for itale. I consider It the best variety I over planted. It BtaiuU tbe drought much better than any other variety I ever planted. Growth vigorous, yield esculent. I gathered 2880 poundb of seed cotton from two acres last year. Seed SI per bnshel. L. H. RUSSELL, March 9,1800. ,y j A in oh B. HorM'i Local*. J ust received a good lotof seed corn: "Golden Dent," "White Demand "Hickory King,' also Heed potatoes ana all Kinas 01 imau seeds, including watermelon netted nutmeg, flower seed, &c. A big variety of flower pots, all sizes. Lamp chimneys In. abandaoee. No. 4 crimped top, 3c. Rochester No. 2, 10c, 3 for 25c. Large size Rochester for stores and lialls 20c, 3 for 50c. Lantern globes 10c, 8 for 25c. A nice assortment of apples and oranges. Try "Broman-gel-on" and you will want more of it. The most delicate Jelly preparation. When In need of anything In the drug line all you have to do Is to ring No. 107 and tbe boysattiie other end of the telephone line . will do tbe rest. Only try them. Milford's Drug Store. Pbone 107. >Our aim in business, as well as In life, 1b to b? prompt, polite, attentive and deliver all goods ordered of us, at tbe earliest mothent possible. Only try us once and you will be ?ure to call again. Milford's Drug Store. Pbone W7. See C. P. Hammond's large stock of Bicycles. Wheels repaired promptly at C. P. Hammond's. * Indigo Blue Prints 5c per yard at Smith's Dry Goods and Millinery. All goods delivered free when bought at The S peed Drue Co. Fresh loaf bread every day. T. H. Maxwell Phone No. 1. Dr. Hill's headache powders both old an new style at Speed's. Mr. George Clark can always be found at the .Speed Drug Co. He Is now thinking up the most enticing 6umtner drinks you ever tasted. Our prices are right, our good? are right and you are right when you boy from The .Speed Drug Co. i. iJ&A, JE3 Display of New to Surpe I TITTITWTT? O IVV _Hi_L/rM.EUO THURSDj JQeW T)res Wash Dress Material Stock of Spring Goods *r?e Auvuriniuifi "Charleston, AuguRta and Walhalla are maklug efforts to draw crowds to their respective cltl.es at dates Dot herein stated (or the reason tbat we do not know recollect them. The country printer basvfc'good time boosting things generally. Atdifferent times different cities need tree advertising. Then when we have circulars from tb9 Confederate Veterans camps as long as the moral law. Sunday School Convention^need advertising. Christian Associations and Woman's Temperance Unions ond all sorts of Ingenious devices for the parading of natties before the public are lo constant evidence* witb never a proposilon to pay one cent for type setting. Mark Hanna is credited with saying that when be wanted anything be paid for it. These associations and these promoters of occasions for j bursting wltb enthusiasms might well follow j Mark's example in ttiis particular, at least, and pay for what they want. We have no money to spend sotting type for the enterprises mentioned, though they are all good in themselves." Of which tbe News and Courier says: tbat Is taken from tbe Abbeville Press and Banner, and tbe protest which It makes against tbe large amount of free advertising which "the country printer" Is asked to do is not altogether without Justification. "Boosting things," however, is not an occupation entirely reserved to "the country printer." The dally newspaper does Its lull share of "iree advertising" work, and In this State we believe' tbat a comparison would show that tbe daily papers do more work of this sort In proportion tnan tbe weekly newspaper. We sympathize entirely with our Abbeville contemporary lu its contention that at least tbecoatof "boosting things" should be paid by those Wbo are .partlculurly and financially interested In tbe promotion of "public under??i.i?M.**-? ; rM i- ? nffluoni novo hfiwovpr WUUUJfcU* ^ lu [iiCOWUb VUOV, MW..W .., epeakingJtor Charleston aud Walballa, we do not tbink out contemporary's strictures are warranted.' The affair at Walhalla Is the celebration. ofthe semi centennial of tbe establishment of that J(Owd. It is a historical eveot, and 'while It is possible that some or the hotel and; boardlnf^onse keepers In Walhalia will make something out ol the visitors who shall attend. t?e celebration, we do not believe that thoee^fho have the management of the affalrare'ln wasted to the extent ol a dollar In "drawing crowds" to that place. Thf efforts wntch we are making to "draw crowds'' to Charleston have In view the promotion of tbe Interestaxtfthe State and South, as well as the idtoreat#of jCbarlesiou. It will doubUear cost ttiasfaWhb have been instrumental In brine^nlBnitional Educational Association to tniirwHfll.r more than they or any of their fmmdrfor relatives, wii: make out of the AssooldtWtt/etBtf the beneflts to the educational Interests'.of ithe State and the South will far out weigh the little profit that can accrue to comparatively few persons In this city. We would say the same thing about the Exposition, which it is proposed to bold here next year. This Exposition will bring a great many people to Charleston, and result, as we ' -1-- ' < ?" Hwlpohla ?LI. nupe, iu luc uujiiui ui uuij uvonw.v tors to tbe state, and the Investment of many mil lions of dollars in the development of our material resources; but the benefits to accrue from tbe Exposition ^11 be distributed throughout the t*tate and South. None of the Exposition managers basanytbing to sell, or any axe to grind. It would hardly be fair to expect the manageravof the'semi-centennial at Walhalla, and thos<farboa,re obarged with the direction of edopitty^Bal convention's entertainment and tb.e promotion of tbe Exposition project here/10 pay for advertising space in tbe dally or-weekly newspapers. In tbe first place, ^tnaxjeontd not afford It, and, In tbe second plaoeTtbe "news" value of these, several undertakings is sufficient, la our opinion, to warrant tbe'toeia, both daily and weekly, in giving thttfaci* a boot them, Tbe difference between the circulars of Confederate Camps, Sunday Sobool Conventions, Christian AMOohUlons and Woimen'p Temperance Unions, and tbe prospectuses of insuranee companies, banks, cotton; mills and; gold mines, is the difference between "news" and tuislness." -We know that newspapers are ridden to death by ambitions persons who like to see their names In print, arid" our Abbeville contemporary Is right to patting the snuffers on all sncb. .tent orir contemporary should discriminate between those.who are trylog to makesomietblogiorthemjjelvea,and those who are trying to ce of soma beneflt to loeir commuaiuw nuu mo ^vuu. PRAYEK MEETING INCIDENT, . V ' Plitol>VMd to OOKfert Lindsay Wli^^ tthe. ^ ^ ^ KINDLY NOTICE|^P The News and Courier Nolo* the ?i|c* cess of the Pre*s anil Kanoer Job Office. News and Courier. Tbe Abbeville Press and Banner has'been bo successful In its basinet that It Ib compel' led to increase tbe equipment of ltBjob printing department." During tbe last tun years it nas put In a number of new presses, and its business has grown so mucb that it bas now .nnrrtorfnt# new Onrdnn oreftH. and in order to make room for It the Press and Banner otters to dispose of one of Its older machine* at a very low price. In maklngan an announcement of this fact, our contemporary snys that all of Its present equipment was paid lor by the earnings of the office, and that "there 1h not a cent of debt against the plant to-day." Thin condition of things mast be very unifying to our contemporary, and If this statement shall be of the least advantage to It In disposing of its surplus equipment, we shall feel that. "Iree advertising" sometimes has its advantages. Hamburg steak and all pork sausage on hand at all times. T. II. Maxwell, i'lione i>"o. 1. Ktop that cold in one day with a box of "t^ulMRcelol." Von will find It, at A. Mil ford's, 'J'he J>ruggiKt. I'lione Ji>7. t C A. Spring Goods <? iss all Former Exli = f\i>i ? iyi * If1* Mar a r\nrl of "1 o ljuvuo ; j / in great variety. Ev< we have ever shown. : : '-V^W A' Hrlision unci posa m. ; An incident told by the Rev. V. B. Carrol in the Homiletic Review make9 apparent the necessity is this transi. tion period of gettmg the neirro inwardly right in order that his relationship to society may be right. We were driving out one Sunday from Decatur, when we came upon a negro with a club in his hand and {& freshly killed 'possom on his shoulder. We stopped to examine hitf prize, and the Colonel said : "My friend, do you know it is Snnday?" /'bffi "Sartin, boss." "Are you not a religious man?" "I are. I'xe jist on my way hoitfe, from church." "And what sorMBSreligion have you got that permits yralto go hunting/pa Sunday?" "Religion, religion?'* queried the man as be held the/'possnm up with one hand and scratched*his head with the other. "Doesyou 'spect any^ black man iu Alabama Is gwiueto tie msseir up to any religion dat 'lows a 'possum to walk right across de road luiead of him an' git away free? No, sab! A religion which won't bent a little when a fat 'possum heads you off couldn't be 'slablished round about here by all de preachers in de universe." A Matter of Tante. If womeu ouly knew it, they waste a great deal of strength by undue expenditure of emotion on small occasions. Part of the training of our young girls should be along lines of self-repression, iu the way of the quiet manner, the restrained spdech, the tranquil expression of face and the resposeful carriage of the body. A young husband, accustomed ' to the calm gentleness of a mother who might easily have been mistaken for a friend, so silent and dignified wan her fortitude in t'he presence of disasters, so equal was she to every emergency, was shocked and alarmed, not long ago, to find his idolized wife almost thrown into convulsions by a household Ctu&suujnit: ui ouiuo ouii/?duujcluilj? not more dreadful than the breaking of a cherished bit of china. The girl wife came of a family whose custom it was to express themselves volubly, and to fly into frantic states of mind when there was apparently little reason foryehemence. Apart from the lack of good taste here'displayed, women often wear themselves out by too lavish a display of feeling. One may feel acutely without teurfbp passion to tatters, audit would t>& Wise for mothers to inculate oil growing children a wholesome self^^When (be Shoes are Damp. ' Much advice is given from time to tijme in regard to the care of the youngster's shoes as they come in from school wet and misshapen from contact with wef pavements and the unconfSssed wading in puddles, which is .strife to delight the heart of the small bosi.^ But with all this advice about Jtejeping the children's shoes in good ixjuuiwuli, muse ucivij^iu^ iu iuc uiuci pepple>are usually allowed to take care of themselves, though they may be'df even greater importance and q'Olte as often damp. ; Few people give proper care to their shcteB,. .They come in aamp, tired, cold perbap8,and possibly not in the best of tempers^ fling their shoes offimpatientfly, getf, into slippers as quickly as ^possible, Bit down to rest, forgetting shoes will be in a scarcely bearable condition by the next morn^^fevefcv oneVould invest in a quart or two of good clean oats, and keep them Id ahas; in the dreeing room' they wobld have at hand the means of-pitting their shoes in eood condi tion with very little trouble and less cost.: As soon as the shoes are taken off, lace pr hatton them up, and fill them about two-lhirde full of oats, shake 2fchem down wetf, then tie in a handkerchief a parceKof oats as large as <pan be pressed into the top of the ihoes to fill the remaining space and .out the shoes * away until wanted. rThe oats absorb, the moisure in the shoes, and in absorbing it the oats coniderably, and the constant pressure on the leather keeps the shoe In correct shape and prevents that uncomfortably stiffness and rigidity always noticed when leather has been nr/if A lUfla frnnKlfi o r? rl nawa a/ f Ufa ytvi/? n iivvic wuuuit uuu vaiQ wi LUX<9 sort will save many .a pair of shoes, and in all probability will save many a corn from being formed by the preeure of shoes hardened from dampness. Cnre for Onpe In Yonne Chickens. Yourfg chickens are not troubled with gapes until about four weeks old. In the evening before the hen and her brood enter the coop, pour about a gill of crude petroleum over the floor of the coop. During the night the fumes from the oil will kill the worms and afterward be found on the floor of the coop. This in no theory, but has been tried, and tne result was stated above. The chickens were cured of gapes, and irrew nicely without further trouble from gapes. 8 ^ We again exter # tion to the Ladie II DltS ! j spect our Stock. SNINi ch 28-29. & w 1 n A ^ ew yiiKs ! 3ry shelf and counter in Very re ______ ? j ? The very latest novelties in Millinery at Smith's Dry Goods and Millinery. BUILD TOUR NEST LOW. i.. Advice to Girls from Mary Lowe Dickinson, General' Secretary of . , tbe KIdk'i Da uk biers nud Soon. One who had been listener while a bright girl announced moat ambitious aspirations and purposes for her own life, answered 'gently,"You may be right, dear, child, but do Dot forget that 'the siogiug birds build loW.'" If y<?ur flight is above the roof trees, if your hearts are to be high up among the wind-rook boughs, the home nest QtkV notlaiftbsufferloss. And apart frbm;$d' loss to those who remain, the daughter who goes out often finds tooJate that the low nest was safest and best. There are colder winds on the moubtain crags, and it is the birds of prey that build their ne^ts on high. r After all oar thinking atod talking of progress for man br woman, it is true that nothing ever comes to us that is as sweet as tbe life of home. Let women seek largest culture, the broadest freedom, the highest service. All goes well while they keep the home love warm. When that love wavers*, it is time to pause. We are building our nests in the wrong place. Singing ^birds are to make melody, first, for our nearest and dearest, and when our best is too gooa ior cne nome we are placing our nests too high. For some of the sweetest of- our daughters and Bisters there is a creeping danger here. Not danger that they shall be too brave, too learned, or that their weapons shall be 'too heavy or too sharp?but danger that in the joy of weilding them, they forget that all their gifts and powers must ultimately be used for homes, if not for their own, for the homes of others. The true woman may build high, but she can not for very long dwell above the home. Iu her hands is its regeneration and its exaltation into the noblest institution of God. She may not herself hold therein the place of wife, mother or daughter, but so long as in her heart she bokls home most sacred and devotes her highest powers to the objects that uplift all homes, her nest is low, and her voice shall be to the world as sweet as the song of the birds. m ' > 1 m The Dignity of Service. All life may be made divine, yet the divinest thiog of all is service. To lav aside the garment, to be girded with a towel, to wash the disciples' feet has abont it a dignity which is centered in the Almighty tbroue. It was because Jesus ' came from God and went to God" that the memorable scene at the last supper was even a possibility. Service is as the very nature of God, which nature must express itself, and, when manifested on earth, it spells f-acriflce. To perform the work of a servant was not beneath the divine dignity, but was that dignity expressing itself in a superlative way. If we may so say, service was in the blood of the Son of man, and was there because be was also the only begot'en Son of God. Jesus was great enough to do any act of service, and it is because we are "not crreat that we think any duty ' small?' When the everlasting Bon came from the bosom of the Father to make known to men the heart of God, he took upon him the form of a servant: and the sure way to enter into the dignities and joys of sonship, is still to do the work of a servant. The way to ascend is to first go down. The secret of power is helpfulness. The road to the throne always passes by the hill called Calvary, and a life spent for others has the music of a tuneful elequenceall its own. When this is realized, and the principle of sacrifice enters into life, work is not drudgery, service is not humilation, and the orown no longer is of thorns, but becomes transmuted into the jeweled crown of glory. This is the greatest argument for I service. To save us from being humiliated, we are called to work. In God's i kingdom the order is reversed, and the servants are in the chief seats. The inner circle of Christ's friends are servants, although he calls them by the former name and their service, his for them and theirs for him, is the very essauce of the friendship. The future shall be like the present in this. The service of earth shall become the song the skies. Therefore are they next t&e throne, and serve him day and nigW in the temple. Sngaretl Pop-Corn. Sugared pop-corn is a delight to most children, aqd for those living in the country corn is availably abundant. Take oue teaspoonful of butter, three of water, and one teacupful of granulated sugar, put into a kettle and boil Thpfl thTOW in uutu j cauj iui vciuu j ?.. three quarts of com that is nicely popped, and stir briskly until the candy is evenly distributed over the corn. Take the kettle from the fire, and stir the corn until it has cooled a little, 1 and each grain is seprate and crystallized. . v / id a cordial invita- The IVI :s to call and in- il G- DA % Our Millinery Will blaz and. Ricl JJew J]mbr< our store is now loaded ispectfully, , \ ta ' Relieving Cbobed Cattle. Choking in .cattle is usually caused by swallowipt a potato, apple, piece of turnip or carrot, or a piece of corn-cob. No matter in whiob part of the gullet it is lodged it causes great distress. The animal coughs, saliva runs from the mouth, eyes bulge out, back is arched and bloating also takes place. Jf it is in the upper bart of the gullet the animal soon die9 from suffocation. If it is in the middle or lower part the animal may live for several days. If it 1b in the upper part of the gullet give a little oil and then 'rub the hand up and J XL. 4. i. ~ ...? ?kAAytAiimn1a_ UOW11 lue ILirilttL IU sumtlj iudbwuiuuihtion. It may be neccessary to give a little oil several times, and continue the f rubbing, as it may take some time to overcome the choking. In case no oil is at hand a similar attempt may be made by ^pouring down' some water. If the obstruction cannot|be forced up or down py oiling and rubbing the gullet, use a probang whioh is made of spiral wire covered with leather and which will bend with the neck. There is also a gag to put in the mouth, with a hole in the eenter through which the probang passes. Oil the propaog and let one man take hold|of the animal's horas or ears, while another passes the probang through the bole in the gag and back into the gullet. Press gently 1 until the object fs felt then by steady pressure it will pass into the stomach. Too much force should not be used for fear of rupturing the gullet. No unyieldingarticle should be pressed down I the gullet, as it is almost sure to rupture it. If a probang is not convenient c take a piece of rope about three-fourths t tn nnfl innh in rfiflmeter. frav out a < little of the end and tie a piece of string arouud it to form a soft knot, grease this well and it will supply the place of a prodang. In cases where an animal cannot be relieved by this treatment,, cut down on the gullet with a knife, making an incision and removing the material. Clean the wound and bring the edges of the gullet together flrmlv and sew with silk thread or catgut, fetting the ends hang out of the external wound, bring the edges of the skill together, but a bandage around and keep it wet with cold water for 24 bours, and it < will usually heal. Give the animal soft food for some days, and if a probang was used and the gullet not cut give soft food two or three dayB. ^ tlL March 28th and 29th Open- \ ing Smith's Dry Goods and 1 Millinery. a I i An Evil. v , a The oldest and^most experienced ? Christians needs to^keep a close watch 1 over his thoughts, hiB words, his actions, his heart, and the. company he * keeps. Recently we beard a thought- * ful Christians man confess to an utter loss of respect for a certain minister of f the gospel and doctor of divinity, be cause the speaker had been so unfortu- f nate as to be present in a little circle of j friends, whom his clerical friend had [ undertaken to entertain by relating an t anecdote. The story might have been 1 listened to if it had come from another source; but coming from one whose 1 business was to preach up?n the text, , "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they 1 shall see God," it suggested too wide a difference between preaching and prac- 1 tice. We quote the above with our most f hearty approval. We like a joke, but J an unclean or profane joke is an abomination. Coming from any person it 8 does l>arm, but coming from a Obris-i r?i? a PK riah'o r? miriiafnr 1 fa I 0 age is incalculable. That many meu greatly injure their usefulness in the 1 way wo are convinced. Those who hear theatorv may laugh, but they are 5 afterwards ashamed and lose their respect for the one who told the story. ' Ayii this habit often grows upon some. Encouraged by the laughter and seem- 1 ing appreciation of one crowd of hear- _ ers it is retold to the next circle into 1 which they enter and other stories of 5 the same sort are sought after. How kbelittling and degrading it is ! P j Four null Tweuty Blackbird!*. You all know this rhyme, but have you ever heard what it really means ? The four and twenty blackbirds represent the four and twenty hours. The bottom of the pie is the world, while the crust is the sky that over-arches it. " The opening of the pie is the dayi dawn, when the birds begin to sing, j {} and surely sucti a sight is lit for a king' j The king, who is represented as sit- f, ting in his parlor counting out his j money, is the sun, while the gold; n Eieces that slip through his fingers as j L e counts them are the golden sun-i beams. The ?jneeu, who sits in the in dark kitchen, is the moon, and the; honey with which she regales herself; a is the moonlight. The industrious maid, who is in the j p< garden at work before her king, the i B< sun. has risen, is day dawn, and the | clothes she hangs out are the clouds. > F The birds, who so tragically end the aong by "nipping oft'her nose," are the sunset. So we hnve the whole j l* day, It not in a nutshell, in n pie. I " When we quit loving, we have no ft right to go on living. Ki c * : - -aJ L - X9i [erits of our Stock Cai 1 Cold Type. It must 1 Appreciated vs.? Department e with all the i Colors of thi oideries! Jfl with' one of the most a 1 ,4 * , *'*' Ton will find some special prices in Towels at Smith's Dry Goods and Millinery. IKB I MM I. ] ' ' ' Fo Canvass the Returns< I of Real and Personal Dnan/?r>fir nf A _ Iiupoil/J V/l JXUUU- 'J ville County. , > . i What iB Expected of Them, p i HE RETURNS OF THE VARI>us Townships will be forwarded to he Township Board of Assessors by >r before March 10th; they will then lave until March 24th for examining he returns. Forward the returns to his office, by the 24th or 25th of March, f possible. It is clearly the duty of his Board to scrutinize eacb return :arefully, and see that each item of >foperty listed thereon is assessed at fa tma marlrof colna Thoro la nn ul^to return property at 66y per cent. >f Its actual valUe. Where parties are <] uspected of having credits above their ndebtedness or aDy other character of jroperty that does not appear on their iworn return. It is the duty of the _ ioard to enter such property or report he case to the Auditor for investigaion. '* ' , . m The Township Boards are hereby 2 equested to mark at the head of each j ^urn; the school district in which , sach tax payer's property is located 1 ind where the new survey divides a t ax payer's land to write on the return, i approximately the amount in each 1 chool district. In every instance where there is a naterial change in the return of an ndlvi.dual be sure to notify the party, . o that he may have the power to * appeal to the County Board of Equalzatlon. -The County Board of Equalization vill hold its annual meeting in the T *.u<ft tor's office, Tuesday, March 27th. I'^ive below a list of the members >f the Township Boards; the Chairnan will be a member of the County J ioard. 8o many individuals declined n o serve last year that we are not cer- 81 aln that this list is accurate. There 0 ?ave been pome new appointments h nade to All the vacancies: e Donalds?W. J. Donald, L. A. Shan- ,, ion, E. L. Waldrop. Due West?(i. N. Nickles, J. WillAshley, J. Harvey Cliubscales. -\ r Long Cane?J. H. Greene, Samut* L \ Pressly, J. R. Lomax. > T Smithville?J. E. Lomax, who will erve with the Board in Long Cane ir township. , a Indian Hill?S. O. Young, who will j< erve with the Cedar Spring Board. Cedar Springs?L. A. Ramey, Rich,rd Sondley, Jno. Brown, Jr. Abbeville?P. A. Cheatham, ~-V. E. tr jesley, A. B. Morse. Diamond Hill?Max Below, J. D. ? rlurdock, Crowther. Lowndesviile?J. H. Baskin, B. A. Vilson, J. M. Huckabte. Magnolia?C. G. McAlister, S. C. _ tiley, Robert Hester. _ Calhoun Mills?J. T. Horton, S. S. 1 dcBride, J. H. Watson. - - J ------ fT) T "T">T IT" T^AA oAn uurueaui?l. j dhu, u ix. l/caouu, Samuel Edmunds. p All persons having complaints must resent them first to the Township B ioard and then to the County Board. W, W. BRADLEY, g C< Auditor. March 10th, 1900. ' v tt tt oi Dr. Hill's headache powders will cure a oi eadacbe in 30 minutes. On sale at MUford's al >rug Store, Phone 107. tt I)r. C. C. Gambrell will be glad to have bis w riends call on blm at The Speed Drug Co. 8' ' Accuracy, neatness and dlspat&i" Is our lotto In prescription work. The Speed Drug rt ,'ompany. 1 Calls lor Dr. Xeutler, Dr. Harrison, Dr. Hill r Dr. Gambrell can be left at the Speed rug Co. 1e Dr. Mltchiner will be glad to see bis irlends nd acquaintances?especially the young idies at the Speed Drug Co. Wood's Garden Seeds, the best on earth are _ Did by the Speed Drug Co. Call and get ime before all are sold. Plow stocks, hames, back bsnds, <tc., old ,T rice at lilenn's. Special Sale Shoes?ID pairs Ladles Shoes, ice and button, a little ofl' In style. They lust be sold to make room for our new i.prlng stock at Haddon. Spring sale of New Dress Goods Fabrhjues .It >r tailor made suits at Haddon's. | ki; We have the largeststock of drugs and,fancy i uods in Abbeville county. The Speed Drug Il'' ompauy. I - $ ' -fr ' * < ' y> : ' IP 1 - -^^31 s __! ( ;;<& iDot be Set Forth be seen to be if ' $ ' n 1 ... , New Shapes ? reason. I ew Laces! I * mSI ttractive and up-to-date OO. , will let to the lowest respon- 'm ilble bidder, on FRIDAY, 30th Inst., at Eleven O'clock a, m,, vl rba re-building of approaches to MARTIN'S HILL BRIDGE. Specifications made known ~y m day of letting. JOHN LYON, M S. A. c. ; lj rhe State of South Carolina, ; | COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. PROBATE COURT. n the Matter of the Estate of Dr. J. T. Baskin, Deceased. \ LL persons indebted to said estate must V settle without delay, and tboee holding lalms against the estate mast present them i roperly attested to. A. G. BASKIN, jjj March 1\{ 1900. Agt. for Legatees "PAT CLAYBURM." 1 r. S. Stark's Stables. :M Price, $15 a Season. March 21,1900. tf. If you buy Millinery at imith's Dry Goods and Millinery, you can rest assured ' ; ^ hat you get the newest j hings and trimmed in the nf foo)iinn III Ui J.MUUAVMI ? Master's Sale. --w?jjj The State of South Carolina, *1% COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. f CODKT OK COMMON PLEAS. * "Jtjfl 'rustees of the Estate of Dr. John DeLa , , Howe, Plaintiff, against C. F. Mills, Defendant. 3y VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE sadeiii the above stated case, I will offer for ile'at public outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C., n Saleday in APRIL, 1900, within the legal ours of sale, the following described proprty, to-wit: All that tract of land situate, * i? ,i,? rnnntv?ndState afore f J Ug ttUU UCJUg iU kuv ild, containing * >ne Hundred and Twenty-Seven (127) Acres, lore or less, bounded by lands of W. P. Wldelan, S. W. Addison, George Hanvey and jseph McCombs. TERMS OF SALE.?One-balf cash, balance a a credit of twelve months, wltb Intereet * <> om day of sale until paid, secured by bond t purchaser and a mortgage of the premes, with leave to the purchaser to pay all ash. Purchaser to puy for papers. WALTER L. MILLER, March 13,1S99, tf Master. _____ 'he State of soutn uaroima, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. robate Court.?Citation for Letters of Administration. Y R. E. HlLA, ESQ., J (J DUB OF PROnATE. WHEREAS, W. R. Bullock, C. C. C. P.. has rV made suit to me, to grant him Letters r Administration of the Estate and effects of /KSAR TUBMAN, late of Abbeville Dunty, deceased. These are therefore, to cite and admonish 1 and singular the kindred and creditors of le said Caesar Turman, deceased. that ioy be and appear before me, in the Court ' Probate, to be held At Abbeville C. H., i Friday, the 20tb day of April, 1900. Xer publication hereof, at 11 o'clock In 13 forenoon, to show cause if any they have, by' the said Administration should not be -anted. 4,'. Given under my hand and seal of the Court, this 10th day of Marcb, in the year of j. S.1 our Lord one thousand nine hundred and in the 124 year of American Independence. Published on the 14th day of March, 1900, i the Press and Banner and on the court ouse aoor for the time required by law. R. E. HILL, March IS, 1900, tf Judge of Probate. HERE'S YOUR MONEY. Money Lookiug for Lawful Heir*. Houston. Texas, Feb. 9,1900. ditor Press and Banner: Dear .Sir?I am looking for the heirs of itnesffi. Minor and Bradilock Nyle, who are ipposed t'> have lived In your .State about I". Any information will be received with lanksby Yours truly, Box'lift, Henry Malmgren, ^