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* The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, 8.C. ^"Published every Wednesday at W a your In advance. Wednesday, Jan. 16,1901. Abbeville'** I.Hiiudry. There Is ? different order of things now at' the Abbeville Steam Laundry. Since Mr. (J. J\ Hammond has taken charge In person of!; h*.8 Laundry, the work Is Improved veryj much and the claw* of work doneia all right, i AbbevlMe can boast of having the only I1 Steam Dye works this side of Atlanta anil. > Charlotte. Mr. Hammond's dye works do'j first cla'-s work, aud be Is ibis week sending ' goods dyed and piessed to Anderson, S 0. 1 Let us patronize tbe home Laundry ana he'p . to build up other small enterprises. Work , done on short, notice when needed and the,' wagou is al ways KOlug. I New BaptlNt Preacher. ] Rev. M. W. Gordea has been called to I the pastorate of the Abbeville Baptist:, cbur<b. Bro. Gorden bas been pastor of,, churches In Chester oount.v several years:' where be did a tine work. He was the loved 1 pastor for some time of tbe Camden church t also. He is a fine preacher, wise pastor and we congratulate our brethren al Abbev- ! 1 lie on their choice and hope the new past- i loral relation will be blessed of the Lord. I, > He will (be here on tbe fourth Sabbath.^ Gentlemen, All. Tbe race for Sheriff Is now fairly on. The 3 riders are mounted, and the Judge* are assembling ou the grand stand. And we can almo?t Bee the flying Oust as the racers spread around tbe track. Where there are bo many good men In the race, and where all are contending lor the prize In generous rivalry, the on-lookers can only say : "May the best man win." Shipped. The copies of the Mlnntes of ihe A. R. P. Synod which were to be Rent through tbe mall were pat in the pout office yesterday afternoon. The last of those which go by Express will be put in tbe Express office today. WeasBume responsibility for delay, because of our own stupidity In not knowlug some facts connected with the shipping. Prompt Payment. Last Monday Aiken & Ellis, representing the Travelers Life Insurance Company ot Heartford, Conn., paid to Mrs. J. Robert Kennedy. one thousand dollars Insureance ou tbe life of her late husband. This was a very Srompt payment, exactly two weeks after urlal of tbe deceased. Tbe Travelers Is always reliable and prompt. Special Service* at the A. R. P. Church. Tbe Rev. Dr. J. C. Galloway, of Gasionlft. 1 N. C, will begin a rerles of services tn tbe Associate Reformed Presbyterian Cbnrch Dext Friday morning. i There will be preaching at 11 a. m., and t 7:30 p. m.t through several successive days. The public will always find a most cordial ? welcome at this church, I 1 Looking Up History. I j Dr. Lodge, of Limestone College, Is prepar\ Ing a history, and Id that history he desires toglve Abbevtliea deserved place. For this reason he will sooa make a visit to this place, in search of historical Incidents. During bis stay h? will be the distinguished guest of the Boo. F. B. Gary. Our people will most cheerfully accord Dr. Lodge all the help within their power. A Politician That Kept His Promise. (Speaker Stevenson of the House of Keprejsentltlves promised Calhoun Cason an appointment as page in case be was elected] Speaker. Without hesitation the appointment was made. The Xewn and Courier. Mr.Tbeo Dabon, representing the News and Courier, was in town yesterday, looking after the Interests of his paper. Trespass Notice. All persons are forbidden to" hunt, flsh, or otherwise trespass on any land which I own or control. E. E. Williams. Jan. 2,1901. 3t Thi RhI E>nnor Nll?ll Pmcbim. 8 We have placeed our Pecans on sale at I>uPre's Book more?25cents per pound. Now 1b tbe time to plant. Robt. S. Link. v Owelllus: Howie to Reul. That commodious dwelling boose of Mrs. Agnes Robinson Is for rent. For particulars, apply to ?. 8. Barnwell, National Bank. Mrs. W. S. Stewart Is 111 at her^home In this city. Her pastor, the Rev. T. W. HIohd, offered ferVent prayer for ber at tne morning service last sabbath. Cokojjeb Goin fllls t be otBce of sheriff so well, and be seem* so ranch at home In the office, ' that we are surprised tbat be does not enter the race In tbe county election. There will be services next Sunday (20, h) In tbe Catbollo Cburcb at 10.30 a. in. and 8 o'clock p. m. All cordially Invited wbo E wlub to attend. Mb. W. W. Bradley has received an ap- . polntment In tbe Engrossing Department of 1 (be General Assembly. \ e 1 Mrs. Cason bas a fair cbance of election to ? Slate librarian. ' Hiuna, Hainn. Yon can get tbe very best sugar cured hams at Thomson Bros. for 12^ c. p< r ib. E Every one guaranteed. It you dou't want a \ wboie one, we cm tbem for you. E We always have a lot of fresh pork sausage y on band. Something nice. Trj tbem and be convinced. Thomson Bros. * Yon can always get fresh oysters at Th<>nn- 1 son Bros. Give tbem a trl?l. Phone 90. E ? If you have a good watch and, w?nt it re- { paired so It will " keep time, you' know tbe { ?>e*t is always the cheapest. Mr. Bernau only keeps tbe best materials. Jewels and main- ' springs, aDd as he does not charge any more f than any one else for same amount of work, j (becheapest In tbe long run will be to give , blm your waicb for repairs. ' Read Mr. Ber Dan's ad and fee bow loget an Eaetroan Camera free. He also bus a lot of ( new $1.00 Brownie Cameras, Ibe finest camera t ever produced for even double tbe price; they make a picture 2^ lDcbes squares, und you , can set a developing outfit lor these cameras 1 Jor 75 cents. i Collars,(cuffs and blrts laundered at the | Abbeville SUam Laundiy. < Buttermilk Yeast. . ' For the bept yeast ever made, the ( day you chum take one plut of fresh buttermilk and put in a stewpan' to boil. When it "boils stir in enough 1 ~ lit.ott,!.!. waue uoru iucai u; uuo&c unc iuiliv | gruel. Let it boll up well; then remove from the fire and let cool. When ] milkwarm, stir into this one cup good , yeast, and set in a warm place to rise. | in two hours it should be nice aud < livht; then thicken with cornmeal and | make into cakes. Do not put one bit of salt, sugar, flour or bops in this yeast; < nothing bu> buttermilk, meal and the yeastyou put in to raiseit. Make bread J the same as with bop yeast. In mak- i iuk new yeast use a cup of this yeast i to start with. I I German Method for SoiaII Fruit*. Weigh the fruit and allow the weight | Id sugar ; cover fruit with suerar aud * ? ^ J -11 -1-Ll T\ ; _ ^ xi* lei siauu an uigui. xrruiii un syrup, i boil and skiD. Then add the fruit,a! little at the time, as it gets thoroughly ' hot lift with skimmer, drain aud put on dishes in the hot sun. Briug them in as the sun goes down, and pi^t them out the next day. Roll in granulated sugar aud pack in boxes lined with waxed paper. Mrs. Rorer says: "Use only porcelain or granite kettlesin making syrups, canning or preserving. Also use wooden spoons and two thicknesses of cheese cloth for straining." M I | Thrift of time will repay yon in after ' life with a usury of profit beyond your ] most sanguine droams. 1 Jf you do your best day by day, you yon will do your best when the supreme opportunities of life come to you. In the personality of Christ we have undoubtedly all that is revealable to us \ /\r\ oorfh r\f fKn r\QTonnolihr nf flrvH n 11 vu VHI VU VI iuv fA^tOVUMUVJ VI V? V\* > that is necessary, all that oar nature can take in, all tbat we need for duty i and service. i DU MAURIER'S ONE TROUBLE. Ever Slnoe Youth He Has Been Threatened With Lob* of Sight. In the course of a talk Du Maurier de scribed a tragic affair that occurrod at th? Antwerp academy, where he was studying under De Key per and Van Lerius. "Io was on a day in Van Lerius' studio," he said, "that the great tragedy of my life occurred." The voico of IXi Maurier, who till then had been chatting with animation, suddenly fell, and over his face came an indefinable expression of mingled terror and anger and sorrow. "I was drawiug from a model, when suddenly the girl's head seemed to me to dwindle to the size of a walnut. I clapped my hand over my loft eye. Had I been mistaken? I could see as well as over. But when, in its turn. I covered my right aye, I learned what had happened. My left eye had failed me. It might be altogether lost. It was so sudden a blow that [ was as thunderstruck. Seeing my dis may, Van Lerius came up and askod mo svhat might be che matter, and when I ;old him be said that it was nothing; that tie had had that himself, and so on. And i doctor whom I anxiously consulted that same day comforted me and said that the iccident was a passing one. However, my )ye grew worse and worse, and the fear of t total blindness beset me constantly. That was the most traglo event of my life, [t poisoned all my existence." Du Mauricr, as though to shake off a ;roubling obsession, rose from his chair ind walked about the room, cigarette in laud. '"In the spring of 1859 we heard of a ;reat specialist, who lived in Dusseldorf, rod we went to see him. He examined ny eyes and said that, though the left eye was certainly lost, I had no reason to fear osing the otter, but that I must be very lareful and not drink beer or eat cheese, rod so on. It was very comforting to snow that I was not to be blind, but I aave never shaken off the terror of that apprehension. "My life was a very prosperous one from she outset in London. 1 was married in 1868, and my wife and I never once knew inancial troubles. My only trouble has )een my fear about my eyes. Apart from ;hat I have been very happy."?Westminser Budget. PASSING OF THE GYPSY. Soman? Rye? Gradually Disappearing From the Hannta of Men. The gradual disappearance and extinolon of that picturesque vagabond, the genuine, simon pure gypsy, has caused nuch comment, but the reason for the dyng out of the old race is somewhat diffilult to find. There are probably more 'oving, wandering vagabonds In the world ,oday than ever before, but a real Romany a seldom found even in England, where le formerly flourished. In this country eal gypsies were never numerous and are oday less so than ever before. They are >ccasionally met with, but the bands are lither very small, or are composed of horse roding scamps and fortune telling "faclrs," who have not a drop of the Romany ilood In their veins. In the old days the gypsy impressed himlelf and his personality on the literature md the art of the countries in which he oamed. It was a poor novel that did not ntroduce a gypsy fortune teller, and a >oor play that did not have at least one ihlld stolen by gypsies, while the artists airly reveled in studies and sketohes of jypsy maidens. But the gypsies of today lo not Indulge in any child stealing proilivlties, although they occasionally make i "bluff" at telling fortune?. As for the ihildren, they usually have enough of their iwn not to bother their heads and risk heir liberty by stealing those of other >eople. A band of gypsies whioh appeared In the jrovince of Quebeo the other day actually ;ried to sell their own children, arguing hat times were so poor that they were no onger able to provide for the little ones. 5o it can readily be seen that the day of he gypsy is past. If he ever had any ueeulness, he has long ago outlived it.? Proy Times. Qoeen Bess and Her Sailors. Queen Elizabeth personally liked her lallors and their way of life. She had all t woman's love of the adventurer. They >rought her money, finery and flattery, tnd she dearly loved all three. But they tulted not only her tastes, but her policy, rhere was a mutual understanding beiween them. If, for reasona of state, it vas necessary to disown their privateering 'eats, even when they were triumphantly mccessful, they must reckon on her hard vords and blaok looks. Ti it was safe to tcknowlodge them, they were rewarded vlth open smiles ?ind favors. Thoroughly jharacteristic, for example, was her treatnent of Francis Drake when the ever glorious Pelican came home, leaving a 1? I VJ-W .nnrxt VaKU UUU1UU liUC WlilUU wouu i^uu ivuuu he world. He bad laughed at Spanish >rotests, plundered Spanish treasure, ;owns and ships, with the light hearted indacity of the gentleman bandit, and tnchored at Plymouth with an ?1 Dorado n his hold and the shouts of admiring England in his ears. Mendoza, the Spanish embassador, furirasly demanded that "the dragon" should )e forced to disgorge bis plunder. But it tulted the queen to teach the Spaniard a esson?that if bis master encouraged Irish ebels she would enoourage English privateers. Drake was the Hon of her court. She ostentatiously walked about with him n the publio gardens. The Pelican was ;he scene of a royal banquet, and Glorlana made rouch Francis one of her knights.? 3ood Words. Playing For a Deaf Man. A long and a bitter struggle be liad, this Anton Rubinstein, before he seoured bis fame and bis fortune. He used to delight in showing bis friends the portrait if an old man who once bought all the tickets that were sold for one of his juvenile recitals. And be had even a better story than this. At Nijni Novgorod, hen be was only 13, be gave a concert which attracted an audience of only one. Brilliantly the little fellow played for two hours, but not the slightest applause waa forthcoming. Then he stopped and addressed his audience politely, asking if his playing did not deserve a little encouragement. The dilettante leaned forward to catch the words addressed to him, and the young pianist was stupefied to find that bis only listener was as deaf as a post) This singular person used to frequent the concerts to conceal his infirmity.?Cham bers' Journal. Not So Very Unexpected. "Ada, dearost Ada, will you be mine?" "Ob, Charles, this Is so unexpected) You mtst give me a little time." "How long, darling?" "Ob, [will just call mamma. She U waiting in the next room."?Fllegende Blatter. # ? mm ? Men who becomeimpatient and pessimistic because their hobbies are not immediately accepted ought to bear in mind that It requires a hundred years to impress the world with a new idea. Everybody knows tbe helpful man. He is ready in Hpirit and prompt in action. He recognized the need, and tenders the kindly word, and extends aid as the case may require. He is loved, respected, and honored. The evil deed that you do hurts you i great deal worse than it can hurt the man at whom it is aimed. - ' ' . v ^ t ' ' >' ' "kiA > . 'v; - ?~.f BENEATH THE SOD. 11 saw the mortal laid beneath the sod, j With carvon cross abovo her breast. j t knew the immortdl spirit was with God? | A bright, pure soul had gained eternal rest ( I First of a band of friends to pass away, , I Her busy, useful life on earth is douo. 1 Ended forever is our toilsome day, ! For her the promised rest hag now begun, j I stood and heard the solemn accents fall, ( "I am the resurrection and the life." I God, whose great mercy watches over all, 1 i Had t'en my friend from out our earthly strife. ' [ Wo loft her lvina in her peaceful bed < Until tho dawning of that last groat day, Trusting in ouo who long ago hath said j That ho will -wipe nil bittor tears away. ?Florence Peacock in Academy. ' POWER OF ORATORY. 1 i Good Voice ami a Fine Presence Count For SIuch. ' It is a fine thing that words have powor i to burn and that in tho flame of eloquence a deal of trumpery and stuffy notions are " readily consumed. It hus been said that , genuine oratory is gone, but now and then the spirit of the mightiest power that J moves masses of men shows its everlasting , vitality in a notable way. With sincerc personal conviction to support him a man with a good voice and that gift of adding , phrase unto phrase which is indefinable may enchain a great convention, hold thou- ' sands of men pliant to his thought and j feelings, or he may charm and cheer his hundreds in a banqueting hall. The secret of genuine oratory, of the sort j that moves and stirs all hearers to responsive emotion, is always to bo found at the J center of a storm of honest feeling on tho < part of the orator. It is concealed in the hidden places of tho interior life and ia the 1 more effective when its restraint is shown j even in the whirl of impassioned words or noble marshaling of phrase after phrase. Private views and narrow contentions, per-, sonal \\ ishos, never have a chance for exposition in oratory that moves men and women. It must express large principles largely, or its influence never remains, nor has tho fame of any orator endured except ( of those who spoke for the largest conviotion and desire of the mind of man. The earliest movement which freed Boston from England, although Lord North used to assure his countrymen that "no | other province will in the least countenance j the rebellious Bostonians," was kept alive | by the orators of Boston. The orations on | the massacre, delivered in the Old Brick c church, on the site of Cornliill square, or j at the Old South church, were attended by ( immense cr6wds of people. It has been | well said that these patriotic orations are | a protective shield to our constitution. ( '' There are few men of consequence among j us who did not commence their careers by ( an oration on the 6th of March," wrote j John Quincy Adams. And in these day6, , when, by aid of descendants of the "rebel- , lious Bostonians," the stars and stripes ( have waved in peace at Aldershot, oratory j is lending its time honored aid in the pro- ( motion of arbitration between tho English speaking nations. To the day and the deed ? Strike the harpstrings of glory. Let the tongue of the eloquent Hallow the story. ?Boston Transcript Food and Character. That certain kinds of food affect a man mentally, morally and physically Is well known. It Is by no means impossible that porridge has contributed largely to the. characteristics of the Scotch; that it mokes their men brave, brawny and shrewd, and their women blithsome and bonny, and their whole nation pious. A professor of physiology Insists that the inferiority of the Celts is due to their universal use of the potato as the chief staple of diet He say that no man can live on potatoes and amount to anything. An exclusive diet of potatoes has no doubt contributed largely to many of the characteristics of the Irish. Beef and beer through many generations have no doubt had their influence on the. Englishman. They have made him stubborn, opinionated, self assertive and a good fighter. His intellect, like his beer, is both strong and heavy, and not infrequently tinged "with bitterness. The French, with their notable variegated diet, are equally whimsical in their minds. This is also the case with the Americans, who have perhaps the most versatile minds as well as the most abundant bill of fare of any nation. W3 will not go so far as to define which is the cause and which is the effect, but we insist that the diet of the average Londoner is far from being the best for his physical and mental health.?London Hotel. Whence the Acorn? The male flowers of the oak are gathered in distant clusters round a long, swaying stalk. They approach much nearer to the conventional Idea of a flower Individually. Instead of being a mere aggregation of anthers, or pollen cells, on simple scales, those of the oak are possessed of distinct starlike, hairy calzces, each marked off into six or seven lobes and containing ten slender stamens, with two oelled anthera Then the female flowers, which are usually two or three, near each other, but not oonnected, consist each of an ovary, with three short curved styles, and invested by j n. ?->n ithat nrlhprfu eloselv to it and be- * comos the hosk, or shell, of the acorn. The { whole, except the styles, is held in a cup formed of many small overlapping scales, , which afterward lose their individuality , and shrink into mere roughness on the out- j side of the cup that holds tho acorn, for j only one of the six ovules contained in the ^ ovary develops into an acorn (seed or corn c of the ac, or oak).?Good Words. 1 " 1 Oddly Shaped Spiders. ( The most peculiar spiders in the world, ] as well as the largest ones, inhabit the is- t land of Sumatra. They are of all conceiv- | able forms and colors, and 6ome of them | spin threads almost as largo and strong as tho grocer's twine. Some queerly shaped i spiders have square bodies poised on long | red legs, and others have crooked green | and yellow legs which support heart shaped | bodies. One of the very oddest of tho lot -j has a body that looks like that of a young j turtle, the "shell" having round knobs | and pear shaped projections all over it? ] St. Louis Republic. , I Cariosity Aroused. ( "T5arni ttVia*; thin rhnftKA moll i of" "i~' " J "The process by which it was oured, I j presuma " (After some moments of profound cogi- j tation.) "Papa, what would it smell like | if it hadn't been cured?"?Chicago Tribune. , The "era of the martyrs," a famous era ! In use in the early church, commemorates j the tenth and last great persecution by , Diocletian, beginning Feb. 28, 284 A. D. ( The dollar goldpieco was authorized by j act of congress March 3,1849, and its coinage was begun in the same year. i For rational beings possessing dim < mortal souls to be systematically trained to kill each other is in itself so utterly opposed, not only to the ChrisMan religion, but to do the dictates of humanity, nothing but the natural depravity of the force of the hu:nan heart, the force of education and long familarity with war can account , for the general prevalence of the of this monstrous Bystem. There is a transcendent power in ! example. We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly. . 1 .. ' '"fv V V PRIMARY ELECTION. Tuesday, JnnoRry 20, 1901. Jan. 14tb, 1901. The Executive Committee o( the Democratic Parly lor Abbeville county In session thlf lay. ordered a prlmury election for Sheriff ol \bbevllle county, to till the vacancy cauned by the death of Sheriff Kenu?>dy, nald elee lion to be held on Tuesday the 29ih lnst., be tween the hours of S A. M., and 4 V. M. The lollowlug Managers of Bald primary jlectlon were alt*o appointed: Ahi>??vilip No. 1?lj. C Havkell, H. T. Wardlaw, O. D. Graydon. AObeville.No. 2?James McMillan. Cbarlef tVlien, M. K. HolllngKWorth. Abbeville Cotton M 111k?M. M. PalterHoo, H. BarneM, Ook? Dremmu. A.ntr"? tlip?U O. McAdam*, Will SeawrlgbL Roger Williams. lirad'ey* Ml iih?Joseph Young, James Long, W. P. Wldeman. Oiii-no h'hIW? D. L. Wardluw, Poter Plelf for, Arch I0U wards. CeOat Hprlniih?Jobu Brown, Wno. McKln' aey, Robert llnnier. Coid Spring?W. E. Uldrlch, Jaiu<s A. King, Larkln WIIroo. Donrialds?J. T. JoliuHon, E. S. Martin, C. E Jharpe. I>ue West? Antbony I'earuon, P. K. Henry I. G. Loner. Hampton?J.O. McClaln, J. It. Walker, W Darby. K-owee?Robt. Prultt, B. N. Shirley, J. N A-sbley. Lebanon?James Gilliam, Samuel Evans I. R. Tbornlon. Level Land?A. F. Carwlle, Jr., J. T. Bryant E. H. Pennel. Lone Cane?T. J. Robinson, D. P. Hannah J. Morrison. Lowndesvllle No. 1?S. S. Boles, E. R. Hor ,011, Wesley Harper. Lowndesvllle No. 2?G. W. McNair, J.C. Mc Salr, S. A. Waters. McCormlck?J. H.Sanders, J. P. Jennings W. I). Harmon. Aleaus Chapel?A. M. Reld, J. G. Smith, W \. Gallagher. Mountain View ? Jamfts Shrprter .Tohr Dawson, Thomas Cochran. Ml. Carmel?John H. Morrab, S^roue WeJlP, Wm.Derlcot. Rock Spring?M. J. Ashley, J. It. Sheffield 0. 8. Branyon. WilJlnKton?Foster Morris, Joe Black, John H. Hemmlnger. * F. B. GARY, John A. Robinson, C'lialrmun. Sec'ty ol Exec'tve Com. YELLOW CLOYER. One Who Is Jf?t n Farmer Write* About Agricultural Hatters. Home and Farm. Someyearsago a plaut appeared ou he back streets of this town, no one snows how. We call it yellow clover, because its flowers are yellow and the eaves are light green. There is a spot on each leaf from which some tay it is the Irish shamrock, the spot epresenting a drop of 8t. Patrick's olood. The proper name is probably jurr clover, for it bears a kind of bur, jomposed of a spiral fuzzy fiber, which u its cells holds the seeds. The clovsr has now spread over the town and s getting into the country. It affords ue so much profit aud pleasure, with 30 trouble, tbat I prefer it to any other ;lover. I sow crimson clover with ye or oats in the fall and get fine ;H#JJD ui uaj IU UJC D^IIU^ UUUJ lie mixture. I sowed once in a lot leparate patches of rye. barley and srirason clover, pastured all winter, ,ook cows off about March and then jot three times as much hay from the jlover as from rye or barley. The grains however, had furnished more ;>a?t.urage then tbejclover bad. Bed slover also has done pretty well with ne. Lucerne I have known all my ife. My mother obtained seed from Washington and planted them in 1820 >n the borders of the garden beds, and intill her death in 1883 the Lucerne vas regularly cut and fed to stock. I hink there are some bunches of it in ;he old garden yet. The yellow clover gives me more tatisfaction than any because it is jroductive and it takes care of itself. 3n a lot of about an acre two cows rnd a horse pastured last winter; were aken off about March, and in May iix one-horpe loads of hay were cut off. rben corn and peas and sorghum vere planted. As "soon as these crope vere harvested yellow clover appear>d, furnishing now fine pasturage. Like chick weed, it does best in cool veather. A neighbor has a lot ofl vhich he got a crop of wheat, then a srop of corn and now it is covered with yellow clover. Stock are very fond >f it. When I gather a crop of wheat or >ats and turn cows into the lot, they nvariably make for the bushes that iprlug, up along the fence?China jerry, mulberry or sassafras?but vhere there is yellow clover they feed ipoD it along, and pay no attention to he bushes. My front lawn, on which cowe lave cropped Burmuda grass all sumner, is now green with the clover and jluegrass. Soon some orchard grass, md later on vetch will appear together, making splendid feeding among he frostbitten Bermuda grass. By he way a gentleman who moved rom Kentucky to this place some fears ago, says that be has seen a Bermuda grass pasture in this country tunerior to any blueerass nasture in Kentucky. I have written thus of yellow clover jecause I realize its value here,and am mrpriaed tbat go little is said of it iu igricultural papers. Before ending, I will say that it would interest me to know if there are nany older subscribers to Home and Farm than myself? A copy was pent ne as soon, or very soon after tbe first was published. Au offer was made tc tend me an Avery plow upon my sendng the names of a number of neighjoring farmers. This I did aud received the plow. That I value Home and Farm is shown by the fact that I have aken it over since that time, and lave often subscribed for three copies, aaving two directed to friends. I am not a farmer, but am somewhat like Henry Ward Beecher, in ;he particular that be said that every ;ime he looked into a seed almanac he felt as he did when reading a charmng romance. I have been interested agricultural papers alJ my life, and having a few acres around my house a little practice is bad in that line. Foi more than a week a delightful Indian jummer is upon us, and after the Jrouth of August and September the moisture now in the soil makes the garden grow. I have now growing immense collards, also cabbages, plants for setting out, and lettuce. Some green pepper is left, not killed oy the frost; also some seweetbeans, which we gather daily. Second crop af Irish potatoes are grabbed as need?d, and the barley bed is ready to cut for cows. My broadcast turnip patch is the best I ever had, resulting froir Lhe fact that cotton seed was firsl sown and plowed in and the-turnip seed then sown. The cotton protected the young turnips from the hot sun and kept them from being too thick and now, being killed by frost, is oul of- the way. A neighbor, who sue ceeds well with turnips always drills cotton seeds with the turnip seed, tc pretect them from the sun. G. H. McMaster Winnsboro, S C. Hnddona' Locals. IV. ill, nauuuu a. \j\j. can Huttuiiuu lu iumi splendid stock of utaple goods for January trade. Odds and Ends Sale. It's impossible to d< business without making short ends. Nov to convert these Into cash, and at the sami time, give our customers a chance to ee good stuff at a very little cost, see ou special Bale bargains at tiaddoDB'. i , . - r . r y , V ' " ' 4' .-> 'r .-.Kir >-. 3A ":*li t v ' .M -; ;r' ; 'i . ' . :X% nd of Goods that "We % v.X:.' --r,r v: *? :' > < ' 'W (' ?v v; - This is the Ei WIDOW SHADES to p PICTURES to or a/pJ^ SOFAS, so good and ho BEDS so soft an I of the flesh. COME* TO M SOUTH CAROLINA GAME BIRDS , Efforts to Prevent the Exterminate ofQoalls and Partridges In order, Bays a Charleston dispatc to protect game birds, which we 1 threatened with extermination ! this state, the legislature of South Ci i olina at its last session passed a la ! prohibiting dealers from selling or < 1 ering for sale, partridges or quai - l-J11?Vm ofofa fnr o nariAri MHCU W I L-Li 1 LI lUO DKtlV iUi m pv* tvu ' five years. The law does not attempt ' atop the sale of birds brought in fro other states, and the act has just goi ' into effect. It has caueed many complication and among other things has openi a blind tiger market for birds, whi( 1 in a measure will equal the blind 1 gers where liquor is sold. The hue ing associations and game presen clubs recently organized, have unde 1 taken to see that the law is enforce The dealers in Charleston and tl ' managers of restaurants will be watc ed, but partridges are still beiug ser ed and sold. Dealers who are ask< about the working of the law say 1 does not interfere with their busines 1 as the birds are in constant demac 1 and for that reason they have to ke< on hand large supplies, which are o dered from Georgia. It is evidei that the law is not giving the greare protection to the birds, out that th< ' are being hilled as usual, and tl blind tiger market is thriving. In recent years the frequent storn along the coast have thinned out tl partrtriges to a remarkable exteu Floods caught the young birds and d ! * 1' ~ ???'" amA WvtAm stroyea inem, ana luuiaucts me auu? where two broods in one season ha1 been entirely destroyed. Higher i 1 in the state the same caure of destru 1 tion did not operate, altho igh from 01 reason or another the birds were beir killed off. The greatest enemy to game birds 1 1 this state, is the man with the tra Negroes in the coast country wi knew that good prices were paid f< !. birds, found it rather a poor plan to ( out and shoot them, so they revive k the old plan of trapping. For a loi distance leading to the trap a line < corn would be carefully put down, at this would run right up under tl cage. The birds would go under tl cage without hesitation, eat the coi and then find that they could not e cape because they never,tried to snea under the edges of the trap, trying ii ' stead ?to climb or fly out. Anotbi 1 form of trap would spring and fa when the covey was under. With 11 1 tie or no trouble the Negroes cou catch an entire covey and the profi were large. Hunters who find traps demolu them with the greatest satisfactioi Not lone ago a Charleston hunt while out one day followed his d< wheu the latter had pointed. Goit 1 up cautiously he saw the cage. E ' kicked over the trap and allowed tl birds to fly for their lives. With tl two barrels he caught four bird which wasagood record consideringtl fact that the covey scattered iu a doz( directions. The same hunter, whi 1 out on a three days'hunt, smashed traps in a very small territory. There is another class of hunte ! who try to find a covey huddled up 1 1 a heap. Frequently the birds run t getber before being flushed, aud a mt 1 with a good eye can find the covey ar ' kill almost every bird in it with a si ' gle barrel. This unsportsmanlike but ' ness ban helped to decrease the stoc " This season the hunters say there is ' good stock of birds, notwithstandii | the onslaught made on them in ti I past. There was dry weather durii i the hatching season,which was proj tous, and the young ones were n " drowned this year. With proper pr 1 tectlon for five years the stock can ! Mif Ko/>b- ifa fnpm?r rtnfi nnndition. k FU1- ? | Jewelry ^ ; a Staple. ^ I Look at the next ten people you me and see bow mucb In worn of tbe t > called Jewelry. From a ?500.00 wati r chain to a five cent stick pin. Jewel has come to be a staple article of dre i You will buy more or leas of It; 8 that you get what you pay lor whi you buy. You can be sure of this you will buy of J. B. Harmo.n. of >! i Cormlck; VV. K. Dunn, of Donald ) who have a full assortment of the \ F. MAIN CO. goods. Every article these goods Is fully warranted to be e & actly as represented. A printed guf i unty to this effect is given with ea< I article of these goods purchased . their store. ) W . F. MAIX CO. Eastern Factory Cor. Friendship ai I Eddy Sts.. Providence. R. I. Western Factory (Largest Jewelry F' tory In the world,) East Iowa Cll ^ Iowa. Over 52,000 feet of floor space. Jan. 9,1901. 1 mo. ) " Applications for Pensions. A LL Applications for Pensions must brought before tbe County Pension Boa on or before tbe 28th January, 190J, to passed upon by the Bbard. All of those wl are now on tbePenslou Uoll will be reqnlr to make a new application r'nr Pensio Blanks will be furnished from the Clerk r Court's office, by Capt. Perrln. ' J. F. LIVINGSTON. Cbalrmau Board j j gn. IS, 1901. j 9 J We havejust received a new and nice 11; of ladles, mlBses and otalldrens sUoes. / i y.yif v.. ; ? r v ''-i'.-va?. -.i. ... . .. s# Just received, and M in Store, a Beautiful I R / Line of the Most At- I tractive Goods that I is cau adorn the home. 1 f, q&T~ lease the eye. RUGS to addjjto nameut your walls. The Best am nice, as to make you forget your cj (I downy, that will make you sleep < SEE US^~* . tcDill & L i I " niTDTm eriivfutrc! i ' M. L UliiU Ol/llVUUU) 9n Appoflonmeot of tbo School Fandft of Abbeville County for Scholastic j b, Year 1000-1901. rg Number of 0d band for 1D 'School Hcbool purir Districts. poses 1900 1901. w 1 ~ - $ 185 05 7 2 259 70 3 .. 750 87 lift 4 210 88 Of 5 125 35 r 6 211 40 tO 7 452 95 m 8 - 568 8'j np 9 558 P8 1 0 .. 961 29 1 1 302 12 IS, 12 685 55 J 13 700 99 "T 14 432 00 15 - 441 74 ti- 16 218 95 17 489 99 llr 18 282 15 '6 19 483 60 ? r- 20 .. 514 46 d 21 612 80 f u* 22 .. 1781 33 i 23 .. 380 85 * h- 24..... 304 01 4 v. ,25 882 06 ^ v. 26 827 48 T iu 27 510 70 , 4 it 28 273 75 A l0 29 342 81 \ IHJ 80 406 55 4 Id 31. 513 66 A ?n 32 253 04 \ S. 33 ...... 302 5ft 4 n&9 IK \ ? iii m at 36 207 66 ' 5 8t 3fl 251 60 # ,v 37 ... 611 IK A v 38 1013 29 5 ie 89..; 448 41 # 40 .. 22? 60 A ,n 41 .. 212 50 5 38 42 237 50 f 16 43 358 53 J ,t. 44 210 62 \ fl. 46 t. 228 94 6 B 40... 170 00 ^ n 47 216 00 K ve 48 ..*...{ 187 50 4 ln 49 207 50 2 lp 50 442 12 C ]6 Total S2.0684 00 WJ '& in accordance with law I have made tbe above apportionment, by School Districts, of [q the school funds of Abbeville County, for tbe . Scholastic year, beginning July 1st, 1900, and A1, r- ending Jane 30tb, 1901. HT.' 10 The above Includes all money to be appor- U|l ar tloned. J. 8. Glbert, m County Superintendent of Education. 8 . ? ! Dying and jul a - SO I Cleaning! ^ f Id do t8 CHRISTMAS IS OtER AND THE ^ NEW YEAR IS HERE AND THE er ABBEVILLE |0E 'g STEAM _! Ie ;ee LAUNDRY 8, buc ;e Needs Plenty of Work. le c,t14 SEND YOUR vS UI ^ ! P ,rs DOWN AND HAVE THEM CLEANED Bet ? UP AND PRESSED. Cat LAUNDRY DONE ON SHORT NO- p, ? TICE NOW. on , . G Very respectfully, p t f. m* be I Charleston and Western Carolina R. R Augusta and Asheville Short Line. In effect Nov. 25,1900. Lv Augusta 9 40 am 3 35 pm ./ Ar Greenwood 12 15 pm JV Ar Harris Springs 12 52 pm Ar Anderson 8 00 pm >c. Ar Laurens 1 20 pm 6 35 am Ar Greenville 3 00 pm 9 00 am -X." Ar Glenn Spring? .. 4 00 pm OF Ar Spartanburg 3 10 pm 10 20 am p Ar Saluda 5 88 pm * ' Ar Henderaonville. 6 08 pm bu Ar Asheville 7 00 pm If Lv Asheville 8 20 am q Ic- Lv Spartanburg 11 46 am 4 10 pm Ib ; Lv Glenn Springs 10 00 am sl V, Lv Greenville 12 01 am 4 00 pm Tl of Lv Laurens 1 37 pm - A ix- Lv Anderson 7 25 am ^eg ir? Lv Greenwood 2 87 pm 4 80 am ch Ar Augusta. 5 10.pm _ J1 sm Cnc Lv Augusta., .' 2 40 ptn pea Ar Allendale 4 40 pm Ar Fairfax 4 52 pm Ar Yemaasee 9 00 am 5 51 pm Ar Beaufort 10 15 am < 6 50 pm m0J u Ar Port Roval 10 HO am 7 00 Dm A tc. Ar Savannah 7 55 VV yt Ar Charleston 7 55 nxl Lv Charleston 6 28 am jj Lv Port Royal 1 00 pm 7 10 am dou Lv Beaafort 1 lo pm 7 20 am R, ? Lv Yemasseo 3 30 pm 8 30 am .i5, Lv Fairfax 9 85 am ?* Lv Allendale 9 47 am Cc Ar Augusta. 11 55 " be Lv Greenwood 4 05 am 1 rd Ar Laurens t 00 am be Lv Laurens - 6 15 am bo Ar Spartanburg 9 CO am ed Lv Spartanburg 4 10 pin 1 iti. Ly Limrens 7 30 pm of Ar Qteenwood 9 00 pm j Close connections at Greenwood for all points on | B. A. L. uud C. & 6. Hallways, and at Spartanburg I WC with Southern Hallway. I I lor any iniorm&uon reiauve to ncno.ia, rates, scaeo ,, VyU gJo, etc., address W. J. CRAIG. Gen. Pass. Agent, Augusts, Gs. W{ u?i E. M. NOBTH, Sol. Aiwnt ( T. M. &MERSON, Tralflo Manager. I I / ; ' i S ' V ' ' 'I ' ' ; ' : '.v. mm .. C 0^^'" p:\. '' " >* +$$ M ? . ..>:vS ==?* = :l the Chairs. ^ off' all your weariness |jj ^ - t f?jll y-% : / % 6. A. M$w. J? % \ ^ # I JI >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%) *7-.fin 1. H. PARKER. WM. P. GREENE 4 PARKER & (JREENE, borseys &nd Gonssellors &Uftv. Offloe on LAW BANGS. BBEV1LLE - SOUTH CAROLINA. .;>J ^ 4, 1898. tf lessrs. McDill & Lyon have bc opened several hand- ^ me couches in leather, cor ruy uuu luo^uoiko. jluojt - .*& ive a new store, new goods., v| it old prices. Every day yon e evidences of a good trade I wn on Trinity Street. DENTAL NOTICE. XWt Dr. S. O. Thomson, FIOE UP-UTAIRB ON MOILWAIN orner, Abbeville. 8. O. L. T. A T. M. Miller's Locals. ar stock of currents, raisins, oats, citron, , M ikwbeat. <tc., has to be sold In the next 10 , .' 2c -8. Be sure and see as before baying. Dnr Jewel," the finest roast coffee in th? .o as ted coffee from 12% to '85 cents per . ''A md. Try our line, you will be satisfied. V ood coffee 10 lbs for 81. Better, 8 lbs for fl. it green coffee, 7 lbs for 81. brlstmae cakes and candles now on band. land bay. agar by the barrel or retail. lnest Muscovado and New Orleans syrups v the market. Try them. eorgia Cane syrup, new crop, try a gallon, rice our flour before buying. " $1 >rled and evaporated peaches and apples. > , .? eaour line of apples, oranges, grapes, <fco., ore buyldg. . *. brlstmasj will soon be here, so come and r your supplies from us. L. T. & T. M. Miller. /p DENTAL .NOTICE. F. Killings worth, Seal Block. \Abbeville, 8.0. )HN LYON, Jr., M. O., | Physician and Surgeon. FICE IN NATIONAL BANK BUILDING . M hones?Office 107. Residence 112. New Year LocaIn. randuer flour the best. agar, coffee and lard right.' be very best cheese, also macaroni. splendid line of stoves from 310 up to the lne Calafornla packed goods tha best. ined peacbos, canned apricots, canned # ra, canned cherries. kra and tomatoes. tomatoes, corn, peas, ' 9 us, Boston beans, Ham, fish, tongue, Ballot of fine mackerel. 'heeler & Wilson sewing machines, also ures. ardware?will have plows, gearing, stocks , io ble foots, otc. /'fl lar lot of all sorts of tobacco at low nrlees jme and Bee as for any thine. . r -rej W. D, Barksdale. -i ew Year 1901, tVe here more window ades and curtain poles than K&l ) know what to do with, me down and get what you int. McDill & Lyon. ^ ] ?1 : J