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The Press and Banner I ABBEVILLE, 8.C. j H 0r"Publlshed every Wednesday at $ a year In advauoe. I Wednesday, April 3, 1901. j Oeatb of MImm Crawford. MiRsJane Crawford died at her home six miles from town, Thursday. March 2S, 1901, at BH the advanced age of 84. For seven or eight years she had been a helpless Invalid from rheumatism. The funeral services were con ducted In Lebanon Presbyterian oiiurch, ol V which she was a member, on Friday by Kev. M J. F. McKlnnou, and her remains were lnter red in the church cemetery. I InnaraudC Pnltl. B Abbeville, S. C., March 30,1901. Mr. A. G. Roulstone, Gen. Agt.. Bf Abbeville,S. C. | Dear Sir: 1 desire through you to extend to B your excellent Company, the State Mutual R Life and Annuity Association, of Rome, Ga., B my thanks for their very prompt settleB ment of claim caused by the death of my N wife, which occurred on the lltb instant. The I "Proof of Death" was received, approved and settled in one pay. Very Respectuil.v, ^ J. R. Blake, Jr. tioeN to Pelzer. Dr. E. A. McMillan, who graduated in dentistry four vf-ars ago and has been practicing his profession in Georgia since then, win bencelorth have an office at Pelzer, where he will serve the peop.e most acceptably. l?r. McMillan In ? native of this town, acid theft* people are alwajs glad to hear ot his good success. Next Sabbath at the A. R. P. Church. Services appropriate to the season will be held April 7th at the Associate Keformed Presbyterian church. At 11 o'clock the pastor will preach on the subject, "The Empty Tomb," In the afternoon ato o'clock, the sermon will be on "The Ascended Christ." All are cordially Invited. EaMlcr Ekk Hunt. The ladies of the Methodist church will have an Easter Egg Hunt In Klugh's Park Saturday afternoon at four o'clock. More and prettier eggs than usual will be hidden, and a good lime is promised to large and small. Admission, 10cents. Oar Bargain Counter. We have put what we call a bargain countf' er In our store, and where a lot ot anything runs low we put on this counter and put It at about half price, in order to close it out. It will pay you to look at this counter every day. C. W. Kendall. I The Confederate Ke-l'nlon. The railroads of the state have agreed to allow a cent a mile rate to the re-unlon ol Confederate veterans to be held in Columbia In May. Tickets are to be on sale May S and 9 with final limit to May 13. Xollce, Notice. The office of Coroner will beopenatAb^e vltle every day In the year. Mr. G. D. Graydon is my special deputy, and will atleDd to oil Knoinouc in mv nhHfiUCtK W. IS. Going, Coroner, Abbeville County. $1.40 Per Cowl. One thousand cords of wood wanted, by Abbeville Electric Llgbt & Power Co. Shoe Unreal u. We have Just gone through our Shoe stock and called out all the odds and ends, they go on the bargain counter at 50c. 75c. and $1 pair. Call ana see them at Hadaon's. Dwelling HotiNe to Kent. That commodious dwelling house of Mrs. Agnes Robinson Is for rent. For particulars, apply to 6. S. Barnwell, National Bank. Haddon's opening last week was a complete vindication of their claim to having an ele[Kant stock of new stylish spring goods. When you need a new spring hat, dress, slippers, shoes, parasol*, gloves, etc, lu fact any article In ladles' wear, you will geuerally And just what vou want at this popular store. ! BEAUTIFUL SPRING GOODS. !( Immense Array of (he Prettiest Good* that Ever Adorned Pretty Women. For many years Abbeville has been noted for the variety and extent of her pretty good* woloh beautify and adorn tbe it-male form. It seems tbat each succeeding year our mer- , chants strive to buy stocks tbat excel In beauty and loveliness their stock* in previous years. If Eve, in ihe innocence of her heart, and In the simplicity of her dress.liad seen our stores last Wednesday and Thursday she would have been struck by wonder anu amazement,even if she had not had a lit. She would not have recognized her grand-daughters amid tne graceful confusion and bound less profusiou or flowers, ribbons, luces, embroideries, chiffons, tucks and roses, to say nothing of tbe cold and silver ornaments wnlch filled our stores irom floor to celling and crowded the space irom wall to wall. Filled with those things wnlch iasclnate tbe divinities and transport their lovers, our stores presented a scene wblcn captivated all. Eve's granddaughters, on this occasion, looked like good angels and lovely queens. ! In matchless grace they examined, auuuired or bought of the endless variety of hats which were on exhibition. Who now cares I for the cut of the dress or tbe make of the corset which was worn by grandmother Eve? Her make of dress Is no longer reoognlzed as In good form or in becoming style, She ana ner aresses are things of the past. And whether In these I days women dres6 to excite the envy and the Jealousy of other women, or apparel themselves In Mowers, ribbons and Hoe linen to win the hearts and adoration of men, they are abundantly succesMul in either vie w,when their headgear and their vestments are bought from the Abbeville mllliuery stores. Brave men fall down anJ worship the divinities when their beauty, their grace and their rich gowns combine to excel In renown the habiliments of Solomon in all his glory. If the flutter of a girl's apron string may seal her fate for this world's happiness, what may we expect when thegracelui figure Is enveloped and adorned by the beautiful trim- i mtngsand all the weaves that entrance and captivate? When beauty's head Is crowned by the prettiest creations of the cultured mind, what hall we say In love and admiration ? Words would but feebly express the adoration which Is scaicely disemabie from a religious sense. It Is therefore woman's Christian duty to be and appear, If possible, more beautiful and more lovely than the augels. The only objectloo thut we see to the deveiopinentof somuch beauty and so miicn loveliness lies in the fact that we know ol very few men who are worthy to marry them. Ii * the young ladles altaiued that degree ol perfection they would be compelled to make i uneven matches or remain single forever. In all tbls foolishness we have said nothing about our sincere admiration of the beauty behind the counter, where pretty ladles dispense pretty goods to pretty buyers at the different pretty millinery stores. They will please remember tbai the heart feels most when the lips move not, and the eye speaks that which the tongue could not utter. Our admiration of the beauty beiiiud the counter is only equalled by our regret that there is no one for whom he mlKbt buy tbeir goods. ? ?V--. I Messrs. K. 31. nauuuu Ok V>Wi IS IUC UiUCOt on- | tabllsbooeutof the kind Id the up-couutry. The mothers of many of the pretty young ladles bought the goods at their store, which made them happy for life, and remembering their own good fortune and being much interested in the welfare of their daughters, big accounts are made and piles of cash are paid into this store. When a young lady buys a hat at Haddon'6 she may rest assured that all is well. Nothing is to be found prattler than Haddon's bats except the lace of a pretty wearer. Brides look to Haddon for Lelp in choosing the nlceest things /or the most interesting occasion on earth. Mr.C. W. Kendall is a new merchant among us. but his ambition is to make every lady In Abbeville County more beautiful than a vltion and more lovely than a dream. When be went to New York the stores Just open edup their stocks and told him to help himself, even to the prettiest and best of all tney had. They knew, by reputation, of the beauty, taste aDd and style of the Abbeville ladles, and they showed him nothing but the prettiest and best they had in stock. In many Instances quality and beauty were combined, so that with g?od Judgment and good taste, a little money might make purchases of goods that would equal in beauty ilie greater expenditures of mouey by the rich. Mr. A. 8. H. Day comes 011 the scene at a later day than either Messrs. R. M. Haddon & Co., or Mr. Kendall. Recognizing tbecompe tltion which be had to meet, he gave his best attention to the styles, and be has in stock all that would make even a plain woman irresistible. The result is that be shows a store brim full of the things which a bachelor could not enumeiate in I years of time and columns of space. Those I who never visited the Garden of Kden to look " "f 'hat. most rfilebratpd of all I upon me nowcm v. tiie cardans, and those who are not familiar I with the sceues of Fairyland, should call at I his store, which comes near to being a reproduction of all the beauties of both places. I Prayer promotes holine-s. When we have looked in God's face, even for a brief season, we cannot be altogether vis we were before. WE A As we have ! OUR Suits i Have just receive* is a marvel of beauty J. H. Wren vs. J. Beginning of What Promises t Fight, With Complications Enough to Involve Somebi The execution sale In tbe above case, advertised for Monday last, not having been stayed, the property was put upatauction and knockpd down to Mr. W ren, the owner of the Judgmant. but an appeal from tbe judgment bad been noted, aud It remains to oeen seeu what the effect will be of tbe .execution sale uudor the circumstances. In taking tbe app?nl Mr. Johnson acted through Attorneys Parker and ureeue, who died notice of a motion to be thereafter made to vacate the Judgment and also a motion to stay, without bond, the execution ot the judguntil thu mntlnn I n VHftntft Hhoillti be acted on. 'I'he motion to stay execution, without bond, having been overruled the appeal was at once taken, an affidavit from Mr. Johnson having beeu put ou record In the case In connection with the.overruled motion. We understand that Mr. Johnson did not care to forestall the execution Hale under the present Judgment. Iu his affidavit, dated March 22,1901, and on tile with th9 papers in the case, Mr. Johnson sets lorth the letters, which, he says, passed between him and the attorney for the plainlifT. One of the letters so mentioned is as follows: Washington, D. G\. April 4, 1!KX>. Mr. Wm. N. Uray?on, Attorney at Law, Abbeville, 8. C. My Dear Sir: 1 have your very courteous letter In which you cull attention to the claim if Mr. Wren, of Due West, putting the amount lit S143.21, S88.00 as contracted through my brother Oliver, $35 21 by myself. I do not regard that 1 owe Mr. Wren according to those figures. In the first place, the work was done in a manuer that would disentitle any person to recover for It if proper workmanship were a condition precedent to reoovery I was amazed when I saw the Job ?amazed that work should have been so shabbily done under ;the supposed supervision of Mr. Wren. As I said to Mr. Wren when I saw the Job,II had much rather, by the amount Involved, the matter had never been touched, for 1 would then at any rate have had the material In an unmutllated condition. His excuse was inability to get proper bands to do the work. The work was not merely a botch?gropsly so ?but in some respects there Was a careless waste of material, new lumber being used where the old was not only suitable but contemplated by the contract. The excuse the bands made to my mother, who mildly protested against the mixing of o'd and new boards in thecelllngof the back piazzudhe old tlvot (hoi t OelDg narrow, iun I1C? III unu; nan luv, didn't bave time to fool with the old celling ?that Mr. Wren wasn't paying them enough (or ihe Job to spend much time on It. My mother, however, and another friend or two In the house who saw the work as It weut on, and grew beartlly sick and disgusted, learned early In the job that It was useless to say anything to the negroes who were doing It. Mr. Wren himself, if spoken to by my mother during the few minutes he would be around, .eems to.have been pleasant and agreeable enough as to how things should be done, but he seems not to have had ;muoh effect on the workmen. Without going more into detail just now I have said enough to indicate the only plan of settlement that to me seems proper In the case, regard being had to both parties, I have a job ol work, which, had I been present, would never have been done In the manner it was. I shall probaoly try to have It overhauled to some extent the next spare time I have to spend at Due West. Mr. Wren has been to some expense and I don't want him to sutler Innocently, though of course legally lie ought tobavedone In a workmanlike manner the work he undertook to do. My suggestion to him when we were looking at some of the unskillful and imperfect work, waR that I should save him from downright loss and that he should asn nothing more for a Job which he himself must acKno? ledge as trlflingly done. I tboogbt, as I said to him, that he must have retired from the work of building and carpentering and never expected to do any more of It, or he would certaiDly not have perraiueu sucn a piece of work 10 be connected with bis name, recalling to blm In tbat connection ilio oldtime notion I had of tbe kind of work be did. Mr. Wren known what material of bin own purchase be put into the house and what tbe cost of It was, and be knows what be paid his hands. I don't think he ought to ask or ex pect more than simple reimbursement under lbs circumstances. He was arouud himself a few minutes each day (which were not many) when the hands were at work, but that contribution of his own time would be but a small offset as against tbe character of tbe work done by the hands he permitted ou the job. The work stand* as a monument, a continuing otrense to the eye and to the sense of good craftsmanship and only capable of being glosxed over and a little further patched up. I don't know how Mr. Wren reaches his figures of S55.2t with me directly. There is a freight bill of SS.ofJ and he has claimed ?10.00 for extra work and material furnished on my order, but what tbe other part of the SM 21 Is I don't know. Tbe extra work (omitted by my brother Oliver, but which I ordered done) was a continuation of the piazza on the back side for tbe full length ot the bouse and tbe making of a small room at the end of the extended part. Kor this additional work tbe contract was to pay Mr. Wren 810 00, he to get the necessary material at McOee's where It was to be charged to me. How he ever got JH0.00 Into his head I don't know, except tbat In the rough estimate we made with a view to getting an Idea as to what would be the cost of the additional work, we figured It out at $t!).0O, certainly not more MauS-10.00. We estimated, by a cursory roeHsuremem,;thequantlty of material needed aud t lie price, and Included ten dollars for the work itself, which Mr. Wren said would be his charge In the matter. I thereupon told blm to get at McGee's the necessary material and have It charged to me. I had already ascertained that proper material could be got at McGee's and had bespoken It to my account ou Wren's order if I should conclude to have the extra work done. Tbat wan before the material lor the other ' - - nnmo fWtitt Pntnmhiu pari 01 me wum uov? ....... which I had been expecting every day for over a week, and which finally reached Donalds only on the day I had to leave Due Went. I had spent ten or twelvedays there at the time of Secretary Wilson's visit and the lnter-colteglate context. When I was back at the commencement I saw the mess that hud been made of the work. At Mr. McUee's I found that Mr. Wren had ordered for his own account all that went to the bouse, except some locks and ol her things which, first ctiarged to him, he had afterwards had transferred to my account. Under the agreement with my brother nomt. things Mr. Wren was himself to furnish, as, for instance, shingles for the back piazza; the whole of the material necessary lor the additional work ordered by me was to be paid for by myself, but Mr. Wreuu had ordered every thing got at McUee's into bis own account, making no distinction between what he was to pay foraud what was properly payable by me. If the proper settlement wasone to be made in accordance with the figures oiiglnally used, wbloh were of course based on the legal assumption that the work would be done by a person uslug an ordinary, not to say reasonable, amount of skill for the kind of work to be done. It would be merely (so far as the part of the claim embraced in the S40.00 Item Is concerned) an ascertainment of the material used RE PU To U stocked our st ? ar r COMPRISE AL ARE WELL MAD a ci -\rr\TJ ttttt t r\ AO i W U VV JLJ_jJ_j \_j [1 a nice line of Cliildr Altheus Johnson. o 0 be a Long-Drawn-Out Legal ?Claim Sued on not Large, but ody in a Good Bill of Costs. iu that part, of the work, thejprlce charged for it by Mi. McGee, and the addition of 810 to I tie price so charged. Hut the workmanship there Ik on a par with the other. Kor Instance, the Joists, or scantling, on which the floor rests were not properly set and at least half the tloor lacked of touching them solidly, niHuy of the tloor hoards being in piaces over an inch from them. Here and there between the boards and the Joists old shingles were chucked iu to help keep tbe floor shored up to a level, though the best support wbich the tloor had for maintaining its level was the tongue and grove wbich bound the boards together. Too, where the floor Joined on to tbe house, instead of having a good sill or supporting beam, a little thin strip, tacked on to the house sleeper, afforded scarcely a halfInch support to that end of the floor Joists, making the whole structure manifestly insecure. You can readily see, if busiuess principles are to be applied, how a person might justly feel toward work done in the way I have mentioned. You can readily see, too, how, under some clrcumstances.lt would be little short ola reflection upon a man's Intelligence to i tender to him such work and ask him to pay for It. However, I always want to preserve I good neighborhood, if possible, and I think my suggestion about a settlement eminently fair. I am not Itching for a lawsuit, for litigation is a luxury that only tbe rich ought to have to indulge In, and I don't belong to that class, and I snail be sorry if Mr. Wren shall conclude that he Is obliged to have one; but I always enjoy myself in Abbeville county and when I go there feel better for a lon& time after, and.may be I would enjoy a trip even if made In connection with a personal lawsuit. I am yours very truly, J. AltheusJohnson. Itseems that tbe summons and complaint were sent to W*Hhington iQ be served, and one G. Kussell Cain, in an affidavit made on tbe original summons, says that be served them at Washington, September 19,1900. Mr. Johnson in his affidavit speaks as lo'.lows about the matter of service: "On .September 19,1900, a young man, whom 1 did not know and whose name I did not inquire about, came to my office at 408 Fifth street. Northwest, in tbe City of Washington, 1>. O.. between 12 and 1 o'clock midday, and asked me t(>accept service of a paper hr iad. Looking at the paper I saw tbatlt wasa t ?rraal complaint drawn for the Common Pleas Court of Abbeville county. South Carolina, < u the claim of John H. Wren, referred to In the correspondence above mentioned. I told tbe young man 1 would not accept service of that paper. My refusal seemed to disappoint ?im. He indicated the place which bad been prepared he said lor my signature on tbe paper uwhich was evidently the paper Intended to i be treated as tbe original In court), and he said he had a copy of the paper to be left with me. I told him be could leave with me bis copy if he wanted, but that I would not at that time sign any waiver or acceptance of service. "The incident thus meutloned aR taking place on the 19ih day of September, 1900, did not occur to me in any other light than as a request that I waive or forego the formal citation and service which it would be necessary to use to briDg me into court unless I should agree to dispense with such citation and service. ' I bat made a proposition, by way of compromise, intended to save Mr. NVreu Irom loss. He was evidently preferring to assert bis claim in the courts. 1 was content, in that view of the case, to stand on my rights as a prospective defendant, and let him first, by tbe orderly process of the court, put me In a position where be could legally demand, either that I make answer to the claim be was asser'ing, or else that the court take it as confessed. I knew that I was either a resident of the 8tate of South Carolina or that I was a non-resident, and I kuew that In either case tbe law had provided a method for serv lu^ process necessary 10 De ooserveu utsiuro the court would be authorized to proceed to Judgment In tbe absence of the defendant. "From the said 19th day ol September, 1900, to the 5th day of March, 1901,1 waB not at an> time within the State of South Carolina, neither myself, my wife, nor either of my children, but during all tbe time from September 19, 1900, to March 5, 1901, either my mother or, In her absence, some other "person of discretion" was residing In the bouse at Due West, S. C.. which In the paper shown to me on September 19, 1900, Is styled tbe "Johnson Homestead." During all that period I did not hear a word from any person concerning the claim of Mr. Wren and did not even know that a suit had been tiled in his behalf. I did not assume that t he young man who spoke with me on tbe 19th day of September, 1900, had in biR custody, 500 miles from the limits of the Slate, the original paPers lu a suit then depending In the Common leas Court of Abbeville County. Nothing j about his air, manner or words Indicated that be was the authorized custodian at that time of the original papers belonging to the flies of a court in South Carolina. 1 took for granted that his "visit, liKe the letter from Mr. Graydon of June, 2, l'JOO, was merely along tho line of having me eudorse on a paper to be thereafter filed In court a waiver of a right I was entitled to stand ou, and I declined to make the endorsement. I knew that tbe law In South Carolina, when a resident defendant could not be personally served with process within the limits of the State, had provided a substituted service to be | made on "any person of discretion residing : at the residence or employed at the place or | business of said defendant," but I had no: iilpR th.it on the 19tb day of September, 1900, ! Mr. Uraydon, or aDy other person, wiib seek-| ing to have process iroin u State court runj outside the State or have vitality .rj00 miles ! beyoud the limits of the State. "From July 18 to July 25, 1!KH), I was In South Carolina and three days of the time at j Due West, but I heard nothing during that | time of any suit by Mr. Wreu, and. barring : the Incident above mentioned of September, 1U. 1H0U, I heard not a word about a suit pend- ! Ing uulil March 5,1901, when I received a let-1 ter from Mr. Uraydou that bore date of the | day before (March 4, 1901j. This letter was ol I the following tenor: Mr. J. Altheus Johnson, 'Washineton.I) C., 'DearSlr. I have this day entered ud judg-| ment against vou in favorof Mr. J. H. Wreu j for $151 5S. Unless the amount Is settled at i atouee, I Will have to instruct the Sheriff to levy upon your property to pay said Judgment. Yours truly, 'Wra. JN.Uraydon.' j "The orlgiual of this letter of March 1, 1901. I sent to an attorney at Abbeville, asking him to give the matter the attention ltde-l served:'* in the aflldavlt thus quoted Mr. Johnson j : does not say whether he should be treated as I a resident or a non-resident, but only that lie! expects the plaintiff to call him into court as ! i the one or the other. However, he would hardly deny Hint his resideuee is in this juris-j diction. He has preserved his name on , the registration list of voters for the Due West township, and his Irlends at Wash i lug ton often ra'-y htm as a person whose , body is in Washington, but whose heart and soul are in his native Carolina.?Con trib""" I r ?," i' . . ; V.jZ yi' .W a, ... V, '? : -XT A :efak] elcom # ;ore with a la low ready for -L THE LATEST SI E, NEAT FITTERS A BSERVE AS WE SE od's Suits, which Yours to please, DUE WEST LETTER. VarloiiM Items of Interest About tlie City or Colleicen. Due West S. C., April 4,1901. So far as an outsider could judge the opening of R. M. Haddon & Co., was a great success. Crowds of ladles from couutry and town went to see the bats, bonnets and other goods. The displays were made In good taste and were quite attract! ve ou both the opening davs. Mr. Jno. T. Bryant, of Level Land, with bis mustache off, resembles William Jennings I Bryan. Rabbits nre worth one dollar a piece In this market. That Is what one of our Doctor's | paid for one he had lor dinner the other dav.; Mr. and Mrs. J. Grler Pressly spent Satur- j day and Sabbath In Due West. Mr. .Samuel Pressiy aud Mr. Foster Seawright, has charge of one of tne County i scrapes. They are working now near Mr. T. j L. Haddon's. Rev. Boyce H. Grler, of Yontville, S. C.. will deliver a lecture lo the students of the Theological Seminary Thursday night of this week. The public is invited to come lo the A. R. P. Church and hear the teacher. Mr. Grler is an Interesting talker, and you will be both entalned and edlfled. Miss Mamie Patterson attended Communion services here last Sabbath, in company with Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bryant. Cards have been received here announcing the marriage of Miss Josephine Chiles Bonner to Mr. Francis Joseph Pelzer, at the Presbyterian Church at PeJzer, S. C., at nine o'clock Wednesday evening. April seventeenth. The prospective bride is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bouner, and Is much admired for her attractive graces of mind and heart. Mrs. C. B. Cowan, Miss Louise Brownlee, antf Mr. Crawford CUnkscales, have been nurslog felons for several weeks. Mr. W T. Ellis expects to attend the Reunion at Memphis, Tenu., and will also visit bis son. Rev. M. T. Ellis In Arkansas. The young ladies of the Female College April-fooled their teachers on Monday. Without asking their consent they ran off to Ifln Hook creek and spent the day. They took buckets of buttermilk, pickles, salmon and other delicious to luncb on. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Mc'iee and Henry McGee Jr.. of Greenville, are spending a few days In Due West. Daniel Brqwn recently visited family of Mr, H. P. McGee, at Greenville. Rev. D. G. Phillips, of Bradley, was In Due West last Thursday night. "Guvvle" ao* Statle Phillips have returned to their home j,t Bradleys, after a pleasant visit to Graudpti Wideman. COMMUNION SERVICE. The preaching of Dr. F. G. Pressly during the communion occasion was greatly enjoyed. ills sermons were full of the marrow of the gospel anc"< calculated to arrest the at* tentton and interest of bis bearers. Three young persons Identified themselves witb the church, and for the first time enjoyed the privileges of such an occasion. Mr. Irwin Brownlee, the newly eleoted assistant Cashier of the Hank of Due West. Is the eldest son of Mr. It. C. Brownlee. Jr., who has done a successful business here for the past twenty years. PRINTER MAVOR. Mr. Thomas V. Miller will likely be the next Mayor of the town of Due West. He was nominated by the Council caucus, and has tbe support of of the voters. The elected Is proceeding quietly, and unless something unusual occurs In the afternoon Mr, Miller will without doubt be elected. The bands of the Mayor will be upheld by the following wardens, Mr. W- W. Edwards, Mr. J. H. Eppes, Mr. J. C. Trlbble and Mr. M. W. Ranson. PROSPEROUS PRINTER?NEW PRESS. As an evidence of the prosperity of tbe Associate Reformed Presbyterian, the Due WpbI Pnhlluhlnc llnmniinv hits Inst, hnueht and put in operation, a large new printing press The press was made by C. B. Cottrell & Sons Westerly, Rhode Island and Is known as a No. 6. Parsgon Job and Newspaper press. The weight of the press Is ten thousand pounds, and the freight on same was nearly 1 one hundred dollars. Mr. A. D. Kennedy ' superintended the hauling which was done > with four wagons. The press was set up and put In thorough working order by Mr. Clyde Jones, of Atlanta, who spent three or four 1 days In Due West. The maximum number of copies of the paper that may be printed on tbls press Is two thousand per hour. It is a nice piece of machinery, and Is well adapted to do just the work for which It was constructed. THE RETIRING CASH IKS. At a meeting of the directors of the Bank of Duo West last Thursday, Mr. David L Pressly on account of his health, resigned bis 1 position as assistant Cashier. His reslgna- 1 lion was eccepted with regret and appropriate 1 resolutions were adopted by the directors expressing their appreciation of his services since the bank was organized. NEW CASHIER. Mr. J. Irwin Brownlee, of Due West, was unanimously elected assistant Cashier to lake effect April 1,1901, Mr. Brownlee is now in the Senior class in Ersklne College, and will not take an active position In the bank until , after the Commencement. During the sum mer he will take a special course of prepara- , Hon for his work, perhaps in Poughkeepsle, N. Y., and begin aotlve work early in the fall. ; During this interval Mr. K. C. Brownlee, a director in the bank, has been requested and will render assistance to Mr. A. H. Kennedy the Cashier, as he may have opportunity. The bank has done a good business since It began operation last mil, ana is a great convenience to Uie public. SALE DAY. ! But Few l*ublic Si?leit-Aii Orderly ' ANHeuibly or Good People. Last Monday was a cold day for the reason 1 and some rain fell. The attendance was good, but the merchants did only a fair amount of business. Reports of damages by the recent rain came in from all Mectlons. ' Lowndesvllle seems to have suffered less ' than did the people lower down the county. I The hea*y rainfall resulted in damage to all the larming lauds. The ploughed soli In many instances was carried away, taking with it much of the guano that tiad been put In the grouud. Owing to the favorable weather nearly all j the lands had been prepared for the reception ' of the seed, through which great spaces had | been swept. Sheriff Charles J. Lyon made his flrBt olliclal sale of a house and lot lu Due west at the suit of Mr. J. H. Wren against, Mr. J.I Altheus Johnson, which was in lltlzation. , The property Is said to b? worth from SSOO to 81,000. It was first bid uff by Messrs. Parker <S ureene, attorneys mr mr. o. ?. n 1011, m ?<>w, i and It was afterward sold at their rink for | Mr. Wreu becoming the purcbaHer at that | price. Somij notes of the controversy in the! case Ik given elsewhere. Hay fever and catarrh are instantly reliev ed by mentholatum, for sale by Speed Drug Co. Keep the dandruff out of your head by 1 using Pine Tar Shampoo and Koch's Dan- j drufl Cure. For sale at Mil ford's Drug Store. , - - LL> *? ? e Spr rge line of W public inspe( 'YLES, DESIGNS A! .ND SELL AT REASC [OW YOU THROUG Hall * We Underbuy! I We Quote the Follow: 16x1 G Oak Table at - - 75c. 24x24 Oak Table at - - 1.50 Rocking Chairs - $1 to $10 Beds - - - 2 to 8.50 J ron Beds - - 3.50 to 15 Lounges - - - 3.50 to 25 Our stock is the largest. Our goods styles the latest. Call and be convince IUU1S IU1 J. D. K PHONE 8. Haddon's Fast Black Hosiery Kid and Silk Glov Belts, Hair Ornam< Tablets, Notions of SHOES AND SLIPPEI The ever increasing of Shoes, while gra ulua to greater eff'oi market for our Cus T? TOT TTorl JLV* JLTJL* JillVU MINSTREL COMING, April 4th?Everything New Thin Season. The largest Minstrel Show in the world, A. G. Allen's New Orleans Colored Mlntrels, clean, retlned and up-to-date, by colored artists (male and female) carrying twice as many people as any other Minstrel Company In existence, showing under canvass In a teui Beating over two thousand people presenting more special features than any other Minstrel show In the world, Just the place to go and take your wife; slswr or best girl for an evening ana enjoy yourself. Owing to tne large seating capacity of the tent the admission is 15 and 25 cents. Prize Offered for Souvenir Design. The Women's Department of the South Carolina Inter-Htate and West Indlau Exposition, will give a prize of $10.00 for the best original design for Souvenirs to be sold In the Women's Building, during the Exposition. Tuts competition Is open only to women of South Carolina. Each design must be sent to the undersigned by July 1, 1901, and must be accompanied by specifications for Its construction, and the real name of competitor. In a sealed envelope, and not appearing elsewhere, so that the name of competitor will not be known until the award is made. Rejected designs will be returned upon application (with postage enclosed,) made with in 30 days after the close or the competition. The Executive Committee of the women's Department will be the Judges of the competition. Mrs. R. Withers Memmlnger, Jr.. Chairman Committee on Souvenir, 44 Pitt Street, Charleston, S. C. fit. Good Result From the Carnival. While some people are disposed to make a |oke of the good results whloh have come from our great Street Carnival last Summer, and think they have the laugh on the contributors to that show, it is also true that some of our people believe there was good In It. For Instance : Mr. Whit McCurry, had been out of a Job for months, but soon after the Carnival he got a Job which la?ted him until about two weeks ago. We learn that he fully believes in the beneficial effects of the Carnival as expressed by the Press and Banner. He now looks hopefully to the Long Cane Fair, whose other name is "The Carolina. International, South Amerloan, Philippine Island Agricultural, Mechanical and Industrial Exposition," to bring such great prosperity to the counties that there will no more poverty lu all the land. Mr. McCurry is a good man, and It seems that he has had to wait along for the tidal wave of prosperity to overtake him when he is so near the brink of the great ltiver." NOTE THE CHANGE. Ni'rvice at 3 P. M. Instead of 9 1** .If. Until further announcement there will be; preaching at. the Reformed Presby- j terlan church at 5 o cloi k hi thm tif'ernoon In-1 stead of 8 o'clock Id the eveuii,?. This will In no way Interfere with the regu- J tnr monthly union service, which is to tie held J hereafter in the Presbyterian, Methodist and A. tt. P. churches. On the days of tbe union meeting* the afternoon service will be omitted at tbe A R. P. church, aud the congregation will worBhlp In the evening wherever the union service In held. We work two gradnates In pharmacy. Send us your prescriptions. Promptness and accuracy guaranteed. At Mllford's Drue Store, l'hone HIT. ' t '' ? insr of fobby Spring 3tion. ND COLORINGS, )NABLE PRICES, l-H OUR STOCK. fe And $ We Undersell! |f i Lng: r Hat Racks - - 10c to $25 Rugs - - - $1 to $6 tc Matting - - - 18c to 50c oi Pictures - - - 15c to $6 h Toilet Sets - - 2.50 to 8.75 tl Mirrors - 25c to 8.50 tl i the best. Our prices the lowest. Our t a furniture, p : E R R, ; I ABBEVILLE, S. C. * 1 ' al J ? cl Bargains! I r< / ei a; ti ai 8( es, Parasols, Fans, Veilings, Corsets, jnts, Fine Stationery, Pen and Pencil it all kinds. u; f: A IS ti ^ B a ; demand for Haddon's special make tifying to U9, is nevertheless a stim- w rts in securing the best that is in the ^ tomers. ol .don & Co. f a a 1 p)j ^ - ? " - D <L City election will kk help in Court House, Tuesday, April 9th, 1901, 8u frota 9 a. m. until 4 p. in., for election of four ] Aldermen, one from each ward. Managers?W. T. McDonald, C. D., Allen, John Clark. S. (J. THOMSON. JAMES CHALMERS, Mayor. | 1 Clerk. j | Kendall's LornlN. * Kendall will show Ills tiew line of Millinery next Wednesday aud Thursday, '27th and istb i Insts. Every one Is Invited to attend the' Opening. Henoember weclalm tosell cheaper ' than any other house In town on all lines of goods. 1 yard wide Percals 5 cts. 1 yard wide Hleaching 5 cts. 8 3S Inch Homespun 4 1-2 ctK. J ust got In a car load of flue Trunks. I have a small lot of Fertilizers, vt/.: 151 I sacks Acid, "11?1 oer ceut.," 1 sack Uuaoo: j and 1 sack Kanlt to sell for cash. I Wilson Cotton Planters and extra doors. ! : hnu/lua; (*ntlnn PlttlltfcrH. Arnoh K. Morse. { Special Seeds now ofl'ered bv Amo< B.; Morse: Early Amber and Karly Orange Cane i <r ^eed, Spanish |Peanuts, "German" Millet. I on "Cat-Tall" Millet, Yellow Dent Corn, White I wj, Dent Corn, Cow Peas and "Soja" Beans. I tbc Paints, linseed oil, varnish and stains in | any iiuantily at Milford's Drugstore. Phone lit?. Ma ? A . ' - J - - . ' * iliU \ 1 ' ' ======' r$?i -mm 1901! ! M Suits, which I 'rl *258 II OUR ~ I Suits * I 1? I erson. 1 will! iif mm.. | 'o Canvass the Returns of Personal Property of Abbeville jJ County. What is Expected of Them. rHE RETURNS OF THE VARIOUS Townships will be forwarded > the Township Board|of Assessors by r before March 10th ; they will theu ave until March 24th for examining le returns. Forward the returns to lis office by tbe 24th or 25th of March, ' possible. It is clearly tbe duty of lis Board to scrutinize eacb return irefully and see that each item of roperty listed thereon is assessed at s true market value. There is no ale to return property at 66 2-3 per 3nt. of its actual value. Where pares are suspected of having credits t>ove their indebtedness or any other ' baracter of property that does not apear on their sworn return, it is the uty of the Board to enter such proprty or report the case to the Auditor >r investigation. The Township Boards are hereby ? >quested to mark at the head of each iturn, the school distriict in which ICQ u?x ytkycLo pivfjeuy its iuuoicu . ? od where the new aurvey divides a ix payer's Jand to write on the returti, pproximately the amount in each jhool district. In every instance where there is an lcrease of $100 or over in an individ- i>| al's assessment your Board will notij such tax-payer, in the name of the lUditor, of such increase, so that the ix-payer can come before the County loard of Equalization if he chooses to ppeal. The County Board of Equalization ill hold its annual meeting in the uditor's office, Tuesday, March 26th. I give below a list of the members f the Township Boards; the Chairlan will be a member of the County oard. So many individuals declined ) serve last year that we are not cerlin that this list is accurate. There ave been some new appointments lade to fill the vacanciec : Donalds?J. J. Dunn, L. A. Shanon, E. L. Waldrop. Due West?M. J. Donald, J. Will : shley, J. Harvey Clinkscale9. Long Cane?J. H. Greene, Samuel . Pressly, J. R. Lomax. Smithviile?J. E. Lomax, Jas. An?rson and T.;P. Purdy, who will serve :?l? *U/v DsnamsI T nni? Pono Taivii- V;d 1111 ILiO DUU1U 1U JJWug VMUV J.VIIU " Af lip. iDdian Hill? S. 0. Young, who will srve with the Cedar Spring Board. Cedar Springs?L. A. Ramey, A. K. Watson, Jno. Brown, Jr. Abbeville?W. W. Bradley, W. E. esley, A. B. Morse. Diamond Hill?Max Below, J. D. [urdock. J. E. Wakefield. Lownde9ville?J. H. Baskin, B. A. . /; Wilson, J. M. Huckabee. Magnolia?C. G. McAlister, S. C. iley, Robert Hester. Calhoun Mills?J. T. Horton, S. S. icBride, J. W. Morrah. Bordeaux?Geo. B. Perry man, J. Iv. . eason, Samuel Edmunds. All persons having complaints must eseut them first to the Township oard and then to the County Board. R. E. COX, v;J Auditor. March 20th, 1901. '4 Wanted?Gold Mine. crE DESIRE TO PURCHASE AN UNDE? veloped Gold Mine, or prospect. Dee privilege to open before purchasing. P S J AS. FRANK & SON, March 20, 1901* Augusta, Ga. 50 years' ; experience j ? fVHPpM trade lylakno Designs fTTTv Copyrights Ac. Anyone sending a sketch and description may mlckly ascertain our opinion free whether an nyention Is probably patentable. CommunicaIons strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents ent free. Oldest agency for securing patenta. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive pecial notice, without charge, in the . 9VKIIIIIIV /i 111 vi IVUII, I handsomely Illustrated weekly. Largest cirulatlon of any sclentltic lournal. Terms, 13 a ear; four months, |L Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN SCo^6'1^* New York 4 Branch Office. 625 F 8t, Washington. D.C. OIHee Days. he County .Supervisor will be in his office Saturdays, and public days. If persoos o have business In tbe office will come on tse days they will not be disappointed. It. Is. Nlckols, County Supervisor. rcli, ">, J901.: If