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^ The Press and Banner. , BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, 8. C. j Published every Wednesday at S-.' ft year in advance. Wednesday, Sept. 5,1900. In ProhibfttoB a Trojan Home? When we reflect on the facte, circumstances or deductions inoident to this campaign we are led to doubt whether It Is Prohibition against the Dispensary, or whether it is ConI servatlsm against Reform. We Snow that Col. Hoyt was the chairman of the old Democratic regime, and we know ttiat many of the voters for Prohibition, Irrespective ot their prohibition principles, cast tbelr ballots for Col. Hoyt and are golDg to vote for him again. His supporters, as a rule, are pronounced opponents of Tillman. I As a rale it was Col. Hoyt's Iriends who > scratched Tillman's name. For instance: At Magnolia, out of 20 men wbo voted for Hoyt, 19 of them scratched Tillman. In Abbeville No. 1,37 of Hoyt's votes .were | scratches for Tillman. At Lowndesvllle 39 Hoyt voters scratched Tillman. At Dut West Hoyt's vote was 45. Of this number 35 scratched Tillman. Only 5 of Gary's voters and the same number of Mo-' i Sweeney's voters, did the same thing. In Abbeville No. 2. Hoyt received 62 votes, 35 of whom scratched Tillman. A number of anti-Tillman votes were cast for Ciary as a personal compliment to him. Possibly there were 25 such votes. Of this number, perhaps three-fourths will go to Hoyt next Tuesday. All this hullaballoo about Tillman's scratches on account of his taking part In this campaign amounts to nothing, except wherein he may have awakened tbe former political prejudices. If Tillman was to live a hundred years, and remain quiet during all that time, without giving further offense, some of oui people, if still living, would Bcratcn mm. From tbe lights before us, we are Inclined to believe Hoyt's vote is more because of for mer political prejudices that existed among the people than to any oonvlotlocr on tb< subject of prohibition. There are no doubt i few honest and sincere prohibitionists, bat 11 you take into consideration all tbe facts, it will be seen that Hoytand bis strongest tap porters were not no long ago antl-Tlllmanites One remarkable thing about this prohlbltioc campaign is, that the advocates of tbe lioensc system, or open bars, are Col. Hoyt's strong e?t and most pronounced supporters. As fai as we remember his supporters from the i press are, without exception, antl-Tillman I papers, irrespective of their own priodpiet I nn the Rnblnct of nrohlbltlon. [It will not be forgotten that Col. Hoyt ltv vlted the support of all who were opposed tc the dispensary. Opponents of Reform, 01 . tbeantl-Tillmanites, aocepted the invitation, too. Elaborate Calculation*). (Mr. J. L. Trlbble has made some elaborate calculations as to tbe benefit of the dispensary to the school children. He figures its benefits so minutely tbat each child may I know to a cent what it realizes from tbe dispensary. Since Mr. Trlbble is public spirited, and willing to put himself to a great deal ol i trouble without personal gain, we hope that ' he will pardon us if we ask him to write tbe , exact facts as to the value of this people ol his double-track, ninety-pound rail on tbe > great railroad which tbls town gave 16,000 tc L have surveyed. If Mr. Trlbble knows no more about probi: blUon, liquor and school funds tban be does !.' about building great railroads, his estimates r an not very valuable. | Mr. Trlbble might publish an itemized I statement ol the way in which oar money was expended. As long as he refuses to make an aocountlng be might well afford toomil his valuable calculations on the liquor ques lion. His figures on tbe railroad question ^ would be more Interesting to this commnnlty Wk t'.ui we would not embarrass anybody. I ^Bun-re be giHjil and *utttcient reason for no' ^ turning tbe light on the itemized expense o W the survey ol the ninety-pound Iron, double H track railroad which was to run from no where by Abbeville to nowhere, we will urg< H nothing. We on'y urge publication in cas things are all right, and proper to be 6eei and understood by all men. We do not wan ft to make any uuseemly exposures, but w would like to know how such surveys ar made. Tbe debt has been saddled on tbe pec pie and tbey have a right to know wher their money went?if it was properly spent Home Iasnrance. The Greenville News baa a sensible edltorla on the subject of fire insurance. If that ai tide and had gone further and treated in lb i same way that monumental absorber of th f people's money for the least possible return It would have touched on life insurance. LiX insuranoe has done more, and dolni more to cripple the people than any 6ther en terprise on earth. The enormous increase o tbelr capital stocks prove now poor a thing 1 is for the people at the other end of ihe line But on fire insurance the Abbeville-Green n wood Fire Association serves us well at thi lowest possible cost. Under Treasurer Blake'i excellent management the usefulness of tbi Association is extending and yearly our peo pie are taking advantage of the cheap anc safe insurance which his company offers. H< has been taking tbe risks which the old lint companies do not warn because they are haz ardous, and yet the actual cost of these haz ardous risks 1b very small indeed as comparec with the safest and least hazardous risks It tbe other companies. Since tbe Abbeville-Greenwood Assoclatloi has consented to take city risks, many clt Izens of Abbeville are transferring their bus lness to Mr. Blake's company. The editor o the Press and Banner Bhows his faith in thi company by Insuring with Mr. Blake an} property that he will take. BeattnK Bea. There are thousands of Conservatives ii South Carolina who would not vote for TiU man under any clrcumstanoea And ther are liquor men In all parts of the State wh< bave not forgiven him for breaking up thi < bar-rooms. He and the preachers got into i tilt, and Tillman invited his enemies t< scratch bis name on meir ucneiR ai me pn mary electlou. Then some newspapers an( an unenumerated host took up tbe cry tba Tillman should be "scratched." Result about 18,000 scratches, while over 70,000 vote* Were cast lor hi in. This would Indicate tba Tillman has about four times as much pollt leal strength as tbe combined Influence of al ?. bis enemies. No man ever won a more slg ual victory at any election thau Tillman dl( ft Jast Tuesday. J; I Chief Bottle*. Col. Hoyt in bis speech at Abbeville plct , ored Uie dispensary as a great evil, and tbei asked bie bearers If they were willing to le > their sous take position in the sale of ilquor I But Colonel Hoyt 1b not couFistent. He li seeking to be made boss of this great and wicked thing. If It Is wrong for the citizen to retail liquor out of tbe dispensary, is It not equally wrong for the Governor to take charge of the business? Just what you want in writing material t DuPre,sUook Store. I VoleXrxl I'ueatfHy. Let not the overwhelming vote Rgalnst prohibition lull our people Into a feeling oi security as to the result next Tuesday. All the elements which are opposed to the dispensary are combined for its overthrow. Their candidate has spoken most harshly of tlie law. Governor McSweeney is a friend to the law and has enforced it without friction lu all part* of the State, although his opponents charge that in Charleston there whs a dlreliction of duty. The oplulon of the Press and Banner Is that Charleston U able to take care of herself, and we country gudgeons need not give ourselves any conoern lor me cuy. icere uom u?n been a time when Charleston did not take care of herself. We have positive proof that the law Is well enforced at Abbeville and Governor McSweeney's enemies have not yet charged that the law has not been enforced in 36 out of 40 of the counties. The admission that the law InSS counties is well enforced, and the belief that the liquor men.in these 3$ counties with a few sincere, honest prohibitionists, give strength to the prohibition candidate is suggestive. Governor McSweeney has made as good a governor as we have ever bad. and he has been governor in fact as well as in name. He has been ruled by nobody. But he has been guided by bis own sense of right. He Is the logical candidate, and there is no need to throw him out for one who oould not truthfully claim to have more backbone or more ability or more courage to lo the right. Let the voters everywhere be careful about believing or accepting as true auy of the many falsehoods that may be put in circulation now. The campaign has been on now *or two months. Up to this time ugly charges have not been made against any candidate ' oioi? 7 f. therefore, any IUI IXfUUVJ VI o?">- ? , man has saved hie campaign lie to the last boar, when It cannot be corrected, pay no attention to It but vote for the man whom tbe 1 accuser may seek to Injure. Let no man stay away from the polls next Tuesday. Charleston's Position. It Is a matter of congratulation for the peo[ pie of tbe State, as well as for Charleston, that tbe old city last week seemed disposed to align Itself with the people In the election of a Governor. Charleston bas done nothing in a long time which will do more to bring about good ' feeling between the city and the people than ' its vote Ibr McSweaney last Tuesday. Mo ^ Sweeney Is the logical candidate. He was a , Charleston boy, and bas crown to be a man la whose suocess Charleston may rejoice McBweeney represents the majority of the State and it is a pleasure to see tbe old cltj join hands with tbe oounty in an effort to up hold and enforce tbe best liquor law that we t 1 T w%rxt KA hnll?lft7ftd ever imu. j_<ci> vuniicoivu uvi> uo i loto dolDg tbe wrong thing next Tuesday. 1 Another Negro Gone to Heaven. A negro was hanged near Atlanta last Fri ( day after legal conviction of tbe charge of a? . sault on a woman. Tbe negro confessed hit guilt before tbe assembled multitude. But he said his sins bad been forgiven, that he was going to beaven, where he hoped to meet the witnesses to his execution. The people were greatly grieved at his departure from earth, but the anticipated joy of meeting him in ' heaven at some future time was some compensation for their immediate loss. Thinking | possibly that the negro might be an naber and show them to a good seat near tbe peal White Throne, the crowd unanimously consented for the banging to proceed, and in 1 thirteen minutes after the drop fell the negrc was safely landed. [ Should bo Saved from Snch Friends, , Tbe New York Herald has been claimed at a frl And to Rrvan. and as an ooDonent of Mo . Kinley, but lor all that tbe Herald ba9 pro! pounded several questions to Bryan, which , be declines to answer. To answer them would certainly injure his chances of election. Tbe I Herald In Its imprudence, asks Mr. Bryan li . be would pay tbe debts of the country In sll< > ver. If Mr. Bryan should answer In tbe af flrmatlve tbe answer would ruin bis cbancei . of election. If he went back on his free sll, ver platform, bis followers In tbe South and West would bedl6gusted. A friend, like the f Herald, who would place his choice candidate t, in a hole, Is no friend at all. Mr. Bryan If f very resourceful, and may be able to dowc K the Herald- We shall see. B e Better Feellnir. a We recognize in Charleston's vote last weefe t a disposition to act sensibly and to become s e part of tbe remainder of tbe State. In 1U a willingness to recognize existing condition! >. we feel very grateful to Charleston. If Char e leston will only give the people of tbe Stat< an opportunity, they will be friendly Indeed We all havereaBon to be proud of the city and any act of tbe people of town which looki like aligning itself with the country people li i annrarlafpil All thfi DfiODlo of this Stat< >1 "ri m - - -- - would be loyal to Charleston whenever tha e old city can Bee a friend In ber. e , , , 8 The Spartanburg: Journal. 1 The flrBt number of the Spartanburg Even lug Journal has been received. Iu print It li f neat and attractive. In Its editorial utter 1 ancesltls modest, while claiming to do Iti '* duty. It Jb Democratic trom principle, am not'from heredity. II the brethren In Spar s tanburg will dwell together In unity, am 8 neither will hurt the other, and there will b< 9 room for a morning and an evening paper it " fbe prosperous city of Spartans. ? m 3 Level Headed Charleston. Charleston by her vote last Tuesday ac j knowledged herself a part of the State anc refused to draw the lines between Conserva 1 tives and Reformers. Charleston, In [his re spect, is wiser than some other localities. Ii some parte of the country, be it said as a fact " drew the line, boUCharleston recognized th< ~ new order of tbUjg*, and we hope that cit: henceforth may 6e one of us. B Three Cheer* Tor Charleatou. Three cheers for the proud old olty of Char leston. Its vote for McSweeney looks as i i the city wanted to be a part of this State, anc . was willing to recognize countrymen as broth B ers. A few acts like that of last Tuesday would make the whole State akin to Charles I toDi m 3 To B? EnlitrKed. 1 It is said'ttaat the Seaboard railroad Hbopc t at this plaoala to be enlarged. We are glad _ to note the report, and hope that it Is true. 3 We are glad, too, that some of the gentlemen t oooneoted with the road have built dwelling . houses, and that others bought lots yesterday ! , , 1 Manv eyee are on Charleston, and Is hoped that she may not back down from hei good work of last Tuesday. .... <1* A111? forgiven. Let Charleston resnme her former warm place In our hearts. t ? % j A. M. Hill ASons will reoelvc a car load ol the celebrated Studebaker wagons this week. ' They are the leading wagon of the world, i Tbey will be all sizes to suit the farmers. i Call atDuPre'sBeok store and examine his , stock whether you buy or not. If you want to save money, buy your school supplies at. DuPre's Book Store. DuPre, The Book Store man will under* pell any body In the stationery line. A lotof copv-rlpht Novels Just received at DuPie's Book Slort*, t " DISHONEST." - - ? Tlnti is the Manner of Speech Which .Mr. Forrester Adopts. Mr. Korrester publishes in the Greenwood Index a letter iu which he says the dispensary is "dishonest," and then he proceeds to impute motive* to those who sustain the dlspeusarj law, without once giving any lntima-j tion lhat he thought others mlgiit be just as j well informed and just as patriotic, aud just as honest as hltusell. It never occurred to him , that the intemperate use of words was less| ettective /or good tiiau the exhibition of cor | redness Iu speech uud fairness in argument. ] The editor of the Press and Hanner. on tliej subject of liijuor, and in his lire-tight against j UIuuuru Mirso, in uv>i miiiui in nmi|i?n: uu.ir with the Reverend gentleman. The personal record of thin editor ou that subject has been consistent for more than sixty years. Mr. Forrester either does not understand the situation, or else he has spoken carelees ly. And be makes utterance against the profit in liquor, which he thfnks, if sold at all, should be sold at cost. Mr. Forrester is a good man.and we know that he would not lay his band on his heart and say that he wanted cheap liquor placed In the hands of either sober boys or drunken men. We are quite sure that he would not place liquor aud school books in the same category?at cost. We are not ready to believe that he would place the temptation of cheap liquor before the people. Speaking for this editor we have never felt felicitated on the accumulation of money frotii the sale of liquor. But what are we to do? The idea ofoffering liquor at a low price to anybody could not be entertaiued by any real friend of temperance. The dispensary law is supported by temperance people because of its restrictive features. The high price Is one restriction. No sales are made between sunset and sunrise. We have absolutely prohibition during the nighttime when most of the mischief was done under the license system and under prohibition laws. Tbe sales In the daytimeshould beata high price, so as to discourage the sale aud to that extent, withhold our approval ol the use of liquor as a beverage. The law should be amended so as to open the dispensary later in the morning and to close it earlier in the evening. Until the dispensary was tried at Abbeville this editor was opposed to the law, and we were opposed to the establishment of the dispensary at Abbeville. But tbe result has converted us to Its benenciai innuence. we say this after having lived upon the public square for forty years. DuriDg that forty years we have bad all sorts of liquor laws. But under none have the results been as satisfactory as under the dispensary law. A drunken man on our publlo square is seldom seen. The bacchanalian revels at night have disappeared, and we have no more Sunday drunkenness. The habit of treating Is broken up. This, now. Is the testimony of a man who Is , as much opposed to drunkenness as Mr. Forrester can be, and It is from a man who has bad as little to do with liquor as Mr. Forrester. I care not what his record may be. We do not think that Mr. Forrester baa bad an opportunity to witness the workings of > the dispensary law. And not having an opportunity to inform himself he is scarcely a competent witness. If all our people could be oburch members, ! Sunday school scholars, and leaders of Wednesday evening prayer meetings we might have an ideal prohibitory law. Bnt we mnet lake people as we find them, and we most act > wisely for their benefit. If our teaobero, and I our parents would instill good temperance principles into their children, if oMjmothers would feed their children on less liquor, ana If our doctors would prescribe less of intoxicants for their patients the cause of temperance wonld be advanced. If Mr. Forrester would preach these prlnoi. pies more, and wonld Inform himself as to . the true status of. affairs the pious divine wonld have more respect for others and bis 1 Influence for good would not be negatived by i the exhibition of 1)1 temper in the mlsrepre?pnip.tinn of either the dispensary law or those who uphold It. > II Mr. Forrester Is.really desirous of having ; less liquor Bold, then let him act sensibly and practically. That onr liquor law needs attep' lion Is not denied. i We need further restriction*, higher prices . and shorter hours for the sale of liquor. If , be will make effort to secure these things he will And an earnest supporter In the Press ' and Banner. Tbe Press and Banner propose ; to bold to tbe immense advantage which has been already gained. And we are as ready as Mr. Forrester, or any other earnest advocate of temperance, to make another , step in tbe restrictions upon tbe Bale of liquor. The fact that Mr. Forrester is sustained by nearly every saloon man in tbe State Is enough to pat blm on enquiry If he Is not being made a cat's paw by men who are . views which are radically opposed to his own prlnolples. Neither Mr. Fofreeltr nor tbe 1 prohibition candidate for Governor have lit tie enough Intelligence to assume that many . of the votes cast for Col. Hoyt are really pro* bibitlon votes. They are votes to break up tbe dispensary In tbe hope that other modes 1 of selling Uqaor may be found. , In order to show our readers the manner ' which Mr. Forrester adopts in conducting ' this campaign, and to show how nearly bla language comports with Teacher of Nazareth, . whose name he profanes by using It in such connection, we copy bis article to the Index, i t? art11 ho nntiro that h? iirpr verv chaste and elegant language. Five times tie uses . tbe word "dishonest;" "vicious," seven times; "hypocrisy," five times; "bad," three > times; "scandals," one time, etc., etc. ? He says: "Everybody knows that the dispensary exists for the money that is In it. ... It is ram for the revenue as a matter i of fact." Well, now, Mr. Forrester makes a statement in the above sentences which Is not in accord with the facts. There are plenty of men wbo are just as good and Ju6tas pious as Mr. Forrester wbo would not endorse tbe statement. Mr. Forrester, like a majority of : prohibitionist*, assumes that he is purer and l better than others, and proceeds to act . unfairly, Instead of exercising fairness of speech and manifesting courteous, or Cbrls' tian demeanor. When preachers write Buch . as the following, do they not lower the pnb, lie respect for the ministry ? To tbe Editor of the IndexLast week I ' arraigned the present dispensary system of South Carolina as an un-Democratlc concern, 3 Thomas JeSerson would groan In bis grave, so to speak. If be knew that one of the original, liberty-loving States of this Republic > had gone so far astray from the glorious prlnt ciples of freedom which he more than any other bad tbe ability to express. Having arraigned tbe dispensary then as un Democratic, I now arraign It as dishonest. When I say that tbe present Dispensary system of tbia State Is dlsnonest, I do not re ier lo llit) luuuj' nuiuiiuin lumiua/ uovutiigcu against Its administration. Those, Id all con" solousness, are bad enough. But they are by 3 do means the worst. It may be set dowo as a . general truth that vicious acts are not as bad as vlolous principles. A vicious act may be 3 isolated aod solitary; a vicious principle be1 comes the root of many vicious acta. A boil . on the sklD may be a trifle; poison In the blood is far more serious. So the vicious ad1 ministration of the dispensary system, while i It Is bad enough, Is not as bad as the vicious principle which underlies that system. Why do 1 Bay that the dispensary system, as we have it. Is dishonest? Because it pretends to be a "police" measure, while it Is in reality b very different sort of measure. There is the hypocrisy of it. There is where the worst dlsbonasty of the concern comes In. I lay my finger upon that leprous spot, ' and raise the cry of warning. While others 1 talk of the vicious administration of the dise pensary, I dare to proclaim that a more vl. clous thing about It is the vicious principle that underlies the whole business. Hvpoc1 rlsy Is one of the meanest things In all this world. It Is the ODly thing that called forth , hot words of denunciation from the gentle Teacher of Nazareth. Here is hypocrlsp?poV lltical hypocrisy. Everybody knows that the dispensary exists for the money that is in It. The boast of ltsoblef exponent and advocate is that it yields three times as much revenue as the bar-rooms yielded. That is what it is run for?for the reveoue, the appeal, the chief appeal, the appeal that is most relied upoo to - Induce people to sustain it, is that it will r yield reveoue and reduce taxes. It Is run for revenue, as a matter of fact; but It hides 1 when hunted behind the State's prerogative - of "police power." That 18 Its on ly refuge In T the constitution. That document Is very ftlaln. There Is no misunderstanding it. The Iquor traffic is outlawed by that plain instrument of writing, and the whole business Is placed under the "police power" of the State. Now, hiding behind its "police power," the State of South Carolina Is runniDg a lucrative business lor the money tbatls to be made out of It. That I, an humble citizen of this 1 common wealth, denounce as political taypoc1 risy, political dishonesty of the rankest sort; and I have a right so to denounce it because, as a citizen of theoommonwealth, I am forced I in hecnmn a riarlv thin lnlonltv. ; The dispensary system can l>o purged of tbis dishonesty. It can be made an honeBt, ' straightforward "police" measure. In order to do thai it muRt cease to be a money-making, revenue-raising institution. Only bo much profit most be made out of the traffic as may be necessary to conduct the traffic in ' the interest of good order and the morals of the people?that is to say, sb an (exercise of police power." Let those politicians who pretend that the dispensary is a "police" measure go to work to purge it of lta money making character, or let tbem cease to insult Intelligent people by claiming tbat it Is a "police" measure. E.J. Forrester. A. M. Hill &. Sons will receive a (car load o the celebrated Studebaker wagons ibis week. Tbey are the leading wagon of the world. Tbey will be all sizes to salt the farmers. Our trade for the past week baa been greater than we ever baa. Now, there must be a cause for this. Come and Join the merry crowd that is dally making for our store. J. D. Kerr. I have several flue rigs U tob weeks old lor naie. A runs H Morse. | ABBEVILLE'S PRIMARY, foncleiiMeri Report of ibe Remit of <h>kt InloreAtlnK ConlMI The Democratic Executive Committee of Abbeville County met at the Court House on thenotbof August, 19W. at 10 o'clock A. M., Hurt proceeded to tabulate the vote for the various County and State candidates, the result belntf as follows : KOR CONGRESS. A. C. Latimer 1J99 C. T. Wyche 786 K. K. Yeruer 115 Total vote cast tor Congress 21 SO KOR SOLICITOR. J. E. HOCCS 12(11 J. A. Mooney 073 Total vote cast for Solicitor 2174 KOR HOfSEgC UKfUKSKXTATlVKS. M. J. Afililey...^Hf.. 588 .1. D. Carwlle...l^^fc 035 M. P. DeBruhl....:^B| 1057 J.S.Graves 510 J. B, Hollo way 810 J. C. Lomax ? 027 J. K. McGee s. 578 W. H. Parker 1W6 Tnioi vnt? f>n?t for House of Ret) 2133 Necessary vote to elect 1067 No cnndldnte having received a majority ol the votes cast for House of Representatives. It is ordered that the six candidates receiving the highest vote, lo-wit: M. P. DeBrnhl, W. H. Parfcer. J. D. Carwlle, J. C. Lomax, J. B. Hollow ay, J. R. McGee, make a second raco. KOR AUpiTOR. R. K. Cox 1478 T. P. Mllford 698 R. E. Cox having a majority or the votes cast for this office, Is hereby declared the nominee of the Democratic party. FOR SHERIFF. J. R. Kennedy 1168 B. J. Martin 415 W. L. Miller 423 J. T. Speed .... 163 T. R. Kennedy having received a majority of the votes cast for this offioe is declared tbe nominee of the Democratic party. , FOR CLERK OF COURT. J. E. Bradley 783 W. R. Bullock 116 J. L. Perrin - 1298 J. L. Perrln having received a majority of the votes cast for this office Is hereby declared the nominee of the Democratic party. FOR SUPERINTENDENT QF EDUCATION. H. E. Bonner A.... 1054 J.S. Gibert ff/2 W. A. Lanier 1- ? 448 No candidate having received a majority of the votes cast for this offloe. It laordered that H. E. Bonner and J. 8. Gibert make a aeoood FOB OOUNTT SUPERVISOR. . I No candidate having rooeiiid*a tbe votes cast tor this Jno. Lyon and G. N. Nicklt^pHHM This belnzthe total voteaaot^.^fe^BPoe the said J. R. Blake is hereby: dqeUmfctbe nominee of the Democratic party. WW. B. Goings having nxwlvefl a majority of the voteB cast for tht? offloe l* hereby declared the nominee of the Democratle party. The seoond primary win be hekl on the 11th of September, as provided by the rolea of the P The Managers of the first primary* except tboee lor Cold Springs and Hampton, will also act as Managers at the seoond primary..; At Hampton lb* following are appoJofid: J. R. McWhorter, W. A. Darby. Jas. B. Walker. At Cold Sprlnra?S. H. Cochran. J. B. Wren, W. W. Westflela are hereby appointed Managers at this box. The accompanying paper shows the votes received by the different candidate# for State offices. F. B. Gary. Chairman Connty Dem. Ex. Com. R. E. Cox. Acting Secretary. Aug. 80,1900. Retnrn of votes oast in Abbeville Connty at Primary Election held August 28th, 10UO. FOB UNITED STATES SENATE. B. R Tillman reoelved 17C9 TOR GOVERNOR. M. B. McSweeney received - 097 James A. Hoyt reoelved 500 F. B. Gary reoelved....*. 955 A. H. Patterson reoelved 86 U. Walt Whitman received .... 14 Total- 2202 FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. John T. Sloan reoelved- 850 C. L. Blease received 375 C. L. Winkler received 211 Knox Livingston received?? 838 T VI Tlllmon poaaIvoH ... 977 Total- .. - 2251 FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. M. R. Cooper received 2157 Tour. i 2157 FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL. G. Duncan Bellinger received....*..- 2012 Total .. - 2012 FOR STATE TREASURER. W. H. Tim merman received 778 R. H. Jennings received... ? 1440 . Total 2219 FOR COMPTROLLER GENERAL. J. 1\ Derbam reclved 1829 N. W. Booker received .. 388 Total - ...._ 2212 FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. J. J. McMahan received ..- 1088 Ellison Capers, Jr.,reoelved 1175 Total 2218 FOR ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL. J. W. Floyd received ' 2038 George D. Ronse received 184 Total I.... 2222 FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. W. D. Evans received 826 J. H. Wharton received 78S B. B. Evans received 271 W. D. May field received - 428 J. E. Pettlgrew reoelved 100 Thomas N. Berry received 143 J. G. Etheridge received...; 96 Total 2147 FOR CONGRESS, THIRD DISTRICT. A P T.ol Irnoi* vast A 1*7 as! 12JH) C. T. Wyche received...".' T?t E. E. Verner received 115 Total 2180 FOR SOLICITOR. J. E. Boggs reclved 1301 J. A. MooDey received 978 Total .. 2174 1 hereby certify that the above returns are correct. Franfc B. Gary, County Chairman Abbeville County. Aug. W, 1900. THE 13th OF AUGUST. Tbe Hay 8??, for tbe Wbe?t Growers Convention at Greenwood. The Wheat Growers Convention of the Pled' mont section ol south Carolina will meet In Greenwood on next Wednesday, the 12th Instant. This association 1h for the purpose of en. couraging the growing of the golden grain, and for extending information as to the most profitable way of producing tnis iooa supply. Tbe people of Greenwood will extend the glad band to all who come. J. R. Glenn Locals. I 2 pkg washing powders for 5o, bluing 2 sticks 5c, soap 15 bare 25c, soda lllbs 25c. At Glenn's. < Best vinegar, pure spices, celer and mustard ! seed for plctcllng at Glenn's. Ga., cane and Porto Rico syrup at Glena^, j Hams, breakfast bacon, sweet and ldafe : potatoes at Glenn's. Glenn guarantees every lb, and sk of his ' best pat Hour. p ( Glenn discount all hlB bills, bis expenses are email, his profits are shot, and his cus- { tomes gets tbe benefit of as low prices as can t be had. t % w e ^ * A nice line of purses anil pocket booki at f JJul're's Ho*)k J,abor Day. Columbia celebrated Labor Day last Mooday. At an immense gathering of people Governor McSweeney was called upon to make a speech. Tbe Governor not so long ago was a laboring boy, and he lias not so soon forgotten tbe struggles to which tbe poor are subjected. No man better knew the wants and needs ol the poor than M. 1$. McSweeney. He said: ' Mr. Chairman, Ladles and Fell ow-citizens: I want to say that the very kind invitation extended to me by President Wallace to speak to you on this occasion is appreciated more than any Idvliation that I have received in the last six weeks, during ^-hich time I have been campaigning the entire State. I appreciate it more because It carries me back at least 25 years to the time when I was one of you. Today when I saw in your parade old printers marching with the typographical union who were the friends of my cbllbood duys, I coyld not bnt feel the greatest pleasure and satisfaction. If I have auytblng to which I can give credit for what I am today, ** ' *'? ? ?i-ir. ?? >? T onAl ?rnH in ? nfinltnir 11 IS 1UH H?ILIIU* mnv. x itvvi ILU .r. office. I am not here to talk politics to you. The occasion is oue that does not warrant my addressing you on such a subject, but I am your governor, and I wish to assure you that as governor I will do all I can to help in the advancement of the laboring man. (Applause.) I wish to say to you that il your president and the representative men of your organizations will come to ine and let me know what you thluk will be ol the greatest benefit to you in the development of your citizenship, you will find me not wanting In real friendship to you, and I assure you I will take up those matters in my message and do what 1-can to be of real benefit to you. (Vociferous applause.) My friends, I wish to say to you that I am proud ot the old city of Columbia, her educate lonal and other Institutions. I am proud of her developement and her prospects for the future. 1 am proud of the good sturdy men and women that I see working in the cotton mills. Only a lew nights ago l was at. Brookland. I did not go there to make a speech, but I was invited to do so and did so. The one thing that struck me when 1 faced the gathering there was the number of enlightened people that I saw. There were beautita] women and intelligent men. I was glad to see such a people. Now I wish to say a word to these boys that 1 saw in the parade thtt morning and whom I see here now. Boys, let me plead with you to go to Bchool.^ I wish to ask your parents to see that you arc educated, giving you ail the chance possible to obtain an education and become enllgbt* ened men. I want the parents of these boyi to see that they are educated. Thare is nc telling what Is in them. Each has a chance to aspire to any position in this common* wealth. They may not become presidents or governors but they can become good staunch citizens and be a credit to their State, their fathers and their mothers. (Applause..) My friendB, we must not alone consider one aide of this matter. We must give great credit to those moneyed men who have been putting their capital Into all of these enterprises that have been giving you the opportunity to earn your livelihood. Let me express the hope that nothing will ever occur that will lnjare one dollar of the capital that has been Invested In this manner. My friends, when |Od have differences with those who have lImuM In inch pnlArnrlHP.fi. nut forward yow.bftst, strongest and wisest men and tben .Wtttntber and Rettle all of tboae differences. aKMends, you have reason to be proud oi jaBfaelvee. I know printers wbo can edit flilt oat a newspaper, did the occasion Smart, as well as any at tbe helm of most of UM newspapers of oar mate. Now I want tfmeboyatbat I see here to let tbelr purpose b0 io elavate themselves, to be men. ." I an not unknown to tbe members ol 1&M Columbia Typographical anion tbat I Where today. Years ago 1 bad tbe honor of |Hjl? the corresponding secretary or your afittti, juul later on I was for tbe while tbe jawdeafw that anion. I am proud of tbe anion, ua I am proad of all organized labor. Mow, In floneloslon, let me again say to you itat if your representative men will come Tome and con/er with me, I promise to dc what I can to subserve tbe best Interests of (belaboring men of 8ontb Carolina. Permit me to express tbe earneut hope tbat your celebration today will be a most pleasurable one; that you will enjoy the various events arranged Cor your entertainment by your association, and return to your labors tomorrow with ranewed energy and vigor. Gov. McSweeney was greeted with prolonged and heartily given applanse as he ooneluded his speech and took bis seat. ELECTION, AUGUST 28, 1900. Comment on the Greatest Political Event of the Tear. Tbe election on Tuesday of last week was perhaps one of the fairest and best managed tbat Abbeville county ever bad. Tbe campaign was conducted on a high plane. Each candidate urging his own claims without seeking to defame or injure bis competitor, left few bickerings or lll-ieeflngs In tbe heart of any, altbougb there were doubtless many disappointment at the verdict of tbe people from whose decision there is no appeal. The peop'e acted as Judges, and whether their opinions or tbeir votes were cast for the best Interests of tbe public, they'gave tbelr ballots, 8Ba rule, from oonsoieiitlousdonvlctionfi. The ballot, with ibis names ol every candidate printed on tbem gave assurance that the voter was secure In tbe privilege to vote bis own choice, without molestation or Influence or supervision by any one. The occupation of the ward heelei was struck amid ship, but in the course of time be may find a plan by wblch be may exercise bis former influence. The cblef Interest centered In tbe election ol Governor In wblcb there were lour dispensary candidates and one prohibition candidate. Tbe dispensary votes were divided between Gary and McSweeney?Gary leading In Abbeville Countv. The prohibition candidate, Hoyt, received 800 votes. When we consider that this is a temperance county, the vote for Col. Hoyt may be considered a flattering one to him, or as a reflection on Tillman. The "scratches" for Tillman is not surprising. In this county there are a number ol men Who would not vote for blm under any olrcumstances. Of this number former Conservatlve voters may be found. Tben tbere are men wbo have not forgiven Tillman for bis part In establishing tbe restrictions which are now placed around tne sale 01 wnisKey. When be made bis speech here be invited those who did not like bis coarse to scratch his name at the election. Fora tlmeltseemed that at least some of those who would otherwise support him, were going to "scratch." But some of the newspapers, and 6ome citizens, came to bis rescue by urging the "scratching." It was then that some voters tbongbttbey might Just an well take Instruction from Tillman, as from others, and so they voted for Tillman. The handfull of men who really desired prohibition, It may be Assumed, "scratched" him with a will, while the license advocates may have done the same thing. The small number of simon-pure prohibitionists worked with zeal for their favorite candidate who bad claims on so many classes of our people, namely: 1. The real prohibitionists. 2. The cburcbly relations of their candidate. 8. The Conservative preference as agaiust anything Tlilmanite. 4. The Implacable hatred of those whoopposed the restrictions, and would favor anything that might possibly restore free tratllc In liquor. 5. The Influenced the preachers in bis behalf. With all these influences combined the fact that "prohibition" received 500 votes is not T^e popularity of Mr. J. R. Blake, and the satisfaction with which he has filled the office of treasurer rests In the fact that he had no competitor for the office and received 2,HO votes out of 2,181 votes. No man could have bad, or ever did have, a more unanimous endorsement of his official career Id Abbeville county. Mr. R. E. Cox in his vote for Auditor, has reason to be very gratefui to the people, while bis competitor received a good vote. f Hon. J. E. Bradley, Capt. J. L. Perrin aud Colonel W. R. Bullock ran for Clerk of Court. Capt. Perrin bore off the prize. For County Supervisor, Capt. John Lyon, J. H. Bell, G. N. Nickles aud David Giluum, entered the contest, Neither received a majority of the votes, but Capt. Lyoc and Mr. Nickles will test their strength with the people next Tuesday. For County Superintendent of Education there were three men In the race, namely: J. S. Glbert, W. A. Lanier, H. E. Bonner. This was Mr. Bonner's first appearance on the raoe course, and he ran like a quarter horse, coming very nearly tinder the wire at the grand stand. Three better men could not be found, but the next race is between only two, Mr. Bonner and Mr. Glbert. Io every county there Is a demand for an officer whose duty It shall be to set on the corpses of those persons who die without tbe aid of a doctor. When a rouu calls in a dootor, everybody may know the cause of death, but when tbe medical man does not appear the mystery must be cleared up, aod so tbe Coroner Is sent for. If tbe man did not die In the leelmnte way, after tbe doctor got there, theu Mr. W. B. Goings will look into tbe matter for the county during the next two years. Greek met Greek in me race iw ui Representatives, and the votes were so evenly divided that no candidate secured a majority of the ballots. Hon. M. P. DeBrubl was running tor re-election and lacked only ten votes of coming Id. Hon. W. H. Parker was only eleven votes behind him. Then came J. I). Carwile, J. C. I.omax, J. B. Holloway, J. R. McGee. Tbey are on the track again, and next Tuesday the race will he run again. May the best men win. This county voted for J. E. Hoggs for Solicitor. Latimer received a majority of the votes for Tongressman, over both competitors. Those who are in the second race will prob?bly know their fate nextTuesday. If friends it the difterent boxes will send to the Press ind Banner office the result of the election as loon as the vote is counted we will give them he same in print next morning. In cases vhere it is necessary to telegraph or teleihoue to the Press and Manner, u<- will pay he expense. I tpnii IWIUM* "PMP^Pi|l' KENDALL'S 9 Big Bargain Store ....WILLf OPEN. Our Trade for the Past Week Has Been Greater Than Ever .... in Our Business Career. i.i. Now there niU9t be a cause for this. If good goods, low prices, polite attention and prompt delivery count for auything we are right in the swim. Come aDd join the merry throng that is ever journeying to the busiest store iu town. Fall Stock is daily arriving. v . ~ Yours for furniture, i Phone8. | JT. D. Kt/RR. ROSENBERG BLOCK. Abt$Vijle, S. C. M11* ? i J*- jr. jr. J*. >r. jr. j*. j?- M JLR.S. DAY | j? DEALKR IN. j|j # Dry Goods, j| # Notions, ft Millinery, /ft | Dressmaking. Js % # $ firs. Rosser, flanager. | t $ J^4rS. ROSSER will return from the Northern market on MonCfj day next and be prepared to show the ladis a full line of up-to-date CW 4$ tirstclass goods, includiug Ladies and Children's Underwear, btock- /|\ A\ ings, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Corsets and everything that goes to jjfo jj[\ make up a clever and handsome costume. ^ /j\ We are agents for the celebrated | 55McCALL PATTERN$ $I And will sell you any pattern at 10 and 15 cents. Nothing higher. M We will present monthly, without charge, a Bazaar of Fashion to jlk\ a?y one who will call at store or send their address. A ^ ^ ^ ^ -C1 -C- ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^