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/< * - V The Press and Banner I^^Publlshed every Wedneflfiy nt li ? ear In advance. Twelve Pages. Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1901. To PatrooN nnd T**acbors. The time for exchanging old school books for those adopted by the State Board for the next five years closes on November loth. We have books in the office and at Capt.J. G. Edwards, also Tbe Speed Drug Co., and Dr. Milford. The books will be exchanged and and sold at the list price. After November 15th old books will not be taken in exchange. J. S. Glbert, Oct. S, 1901. Co. Supt. of Ed. Special Low Kate*. The Seaboard Air Line will sell tickets from Abbeville.S. C., to Atlanta, Ga., and return on account ol Inter-Slate Fair, at rate ot 54 ii> for the round trip lucludlug one admission to the fair grounds. Tickets on sale Oct. 11th, 15th, 17th, 22nd and 21th, good to return on or before Ojt. '.'tfth. 1901. Circular No. A. 5W8. J. D. Jennings, Agt. I'roffktilonal Notice. I expect to spend several weekfi In NewYork for the purpose of taking a special course In Surgery, and Diseases ol Women and Children. Persons having business with tne will please call at the Speed Drug Company. F. E. Harrison, M. D. Oct. 27, A. R. P. Church. Service at the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church next Sabbath morning. The Rev. Glbert Gordon Parkinson will preach at 11 o'clock. All are most cordially Invited. The church will be closed In the afternoon, as Union Service will be held in the evening. The many friends of H. Guy Woodward will ball with delight the announcement of hit appearance at the Opera House next Wednesday, October23 He, with a strong supporting company, will present Cbas. Townseud's musical comedy. "Wanted?A Family," a comedy that Is constructed for people who laugh. There Is not a dull moment In the play and the situations are calculated to make any one scream. Pofcatburv was well represented at the county falr'at Abbeville last week. Those Jd RiteDdttDoe were Mr. and Mr*. W. J. Kirk, Mr and Mrs. J. F. Herndon, Mrs. C. C. Reed, Mrs. Franklin, Misses Georgia Hodges. Kate Cannon, Mae Smith. Lngle Franklin, Mrs. J. D. Moore. Mrs. W. H. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Moore. Makrif.d, Wednesday Ootober 16, 1901, by R?v. W. T. Duncan, Mr. John M. Kay and ' Miss Emma Blcby, all of Honea Path, Anderson County, 8. C. Watch Lost?Ladle's gold watch lost between Abbeville and my bouse Finder will be liberally rewarded. James E Taggart. Abbeville, S. C. Miss Mary Galloway and Miss Ev? Cllnkscales of Due West were the guests ol MUs Grace Hemphill last week. Don't forget that I have "smokelpss" shells as well as the regular kind. Amos 6. Morse. Rev. I. C. Shives will preach at Lebanon on Sabbath the 27, at 11 o'clock A. M. ? ?- *"** 'Il*i urairAik f ur UI'IUUIC.I) n a^vii and buggy harness, call 011 YV. Joel Smith & Son. LOWNDSVILLE. All the News from in nud aronud the Seven Hill City. Lowndesvllle, Oct. 14 1901. Hon. J. B. Watson of Anderson came down last Sunday and remained with tbe family 01 bis brother In law, Mr. B. B. Allen till tbe next day. Mr. B. B. Allen and Magistrate J. Q. Huckabee were called to Abbeville today was a week axo. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Mesoblne went to Abbeville on Monday. Mrs. I. b. McCalla and bcr daughter Mist Leila Belle, went to Anderson Monday and returned to tbelr borne tbe next day. Mr. D. K. Cooley took a trip to Abbeville latit Monday. Mrs. E. W. Harper went by rail to Anderson me nrsi 01 iasi ween. Mr. W. B. Brannon whose home la in Geor getown, Oh., and who is Inspector or the ru ralmall delivery routes. spent|ruesday and Wednesday here and overlooked the routes from this piace and was pleased with Ibe waj Limy were being managed, aod It Is probabU that the service will be doubled as such a change Is needed. Mr. J. F. Barns went to Elberton Tuesday and made a business arrangement that caus ed hlin on Thursday logo to that place again where Ue will wake bis home for the next few months. He Is book keeper tor Mr. Keys a cotton buyer. Miss Annie Llddell went to Seneca on Wed Desday as a delegate from Providence church to the Missionary conJerence U> be In ses alou in that place tbe next day. Mrs. Wm. Harris, nee Miss Eva Wakefield ofBltMrton o ime over Wedn-jsdty and w> met here by ner lather, who carried her lo hio borne at Antrevllle where she will spend sometime. Mr. E. U. Mathews who left this place several years ago for Atlanta, Ga., was here last Thursday and Friday. ,l- TUa'I * rwjr* 1 a norf r\t loot moolr of jri I # 11 rv AJClt o^iCUb n wi IUD1 nvvu uv Abbeville. Mrs. J. K. Brovpolee of Penny's Creek and Mrs. D. L. Shield of Due West were here Thursday, the quests of Uev. H. C. Kennel, Saturday Col. aud Mrs. Luther MarMo and Mr?. Tate o> Mlddletnn, Ga. came in aud have aioce been with tbelr relatives Messrs J. F and E. W. Harper and their friend Mr. D. L Barnt. A week or two ago It wasBtated In the Press and Banner Jhai He v. hosier Speer bad gone to Central to Lake charge of the high school at tbat place. Lxtst week Mr. Speer and family returned here us a mlsunderstandlngarote between the Trustees and the teacher. It Is very probable that ibere lu no place In tbe Stale outalde of the larger towns and cities from which a larger number of periodicals of one kind and another is distributed tban our little town. Tne leading dallies of CheMtAte, and not a few outside, a number ol tbe most popular magazines, aud farm farm Journals and many of the smaller literary lights are taken here. The Press and tiauuer has a larger circulation than any oilier with the Medium acUxw second, all of which goes to show tbat the public of Lowndsvllle and its vicinity la a reading and therefore a well Informed one. A short while ago Rev. T, B. Burgees of Ninety Six, was called to the pastorate of Providence church, this place. He accepted the call, came up Saturday and preached his first sermon lo this charge yesterday at 11:30 a. jo. Quite a large congregation was preseut to meet, and hear him. He made a good lmpreoajon, both as a minister and socially. Tbe writer wns sick and did not hear him but those who did hear him were much pleased. This work has for sometime been without a get t Led pastor, and now that It Is supplied it will no doubt be In better shape. Ml?s Lizzie Nance spent several days last week with klusiolk at Abbeville. Troupe. _?.? ? ? Don't fergot that we will continue to be headquarters lor toys. Our stock is larger than ever antl more to coiue. So when in nee<l of toys come to see us. W. Joel Smith & Soil. Flour Ib very cheap now. Buy a barrel or a Back of It from L. W. White. L. W. White ban in store and to arrive two hundred Barrels Flour. No article of food is cheaper now than Flour. If you will buy your flour from L?, W. White you will always have good cukes and biscuits. Flour ! Flour !! Flour !!! at L. W. White's. I HAVE Just received the best lot of brooms I have bad lor years. I can give you the best 15o. broom you ever saw. Amos B. Morse. Ladles Kangaroo Shoe, S1.50, value lor only $1. J. Allen Smith, Jr. Cure thai cold with Mllford's Cold and Grip Tablets. Nocure.no pay, Phone 107. Milford's drug store. Clothing, we are without a doubt the largest clothing dealers in this section and we want you to see our stock. P. Rosenberg & Co. \ EKsfei OWNEY THE PEDDLER. A Story of Country LiTt*. A gray colt came over the road drawing a cart behind him, with a man and a woman silting on the cross board of it. The sun was white upou the road. Rushy pastures, speckled over with the snow balls of the bogcotton, were on each side. Above were mounds and hilllocks covered with bcteens of pine and larch. There was moss as green as emeralds under the larches, and threads of [streams dwindled tnrougn it, ana brown rabbits leaped over it. Between it aud the lower bougbs black-birds tlew with a whirr of wings and a chatter of goldeu tongues. "We're up against the house of the smith," said the girl in the cart. She put iuto the man's hands the reins she had beeu holding. She cracked the colt with a sharp cutting stick. He broke iuto a great gallop. The kerchief blew from the girl's head. The veliow of her hair shamed the sun. j The whiteness of the lily was on her| cheek. The red of the rose was the color of her mouth. The forge was by the side of the lane, near the comer where the gap between the hillocks opened out upon the bog. High mountains were beyond <me end of the gap. The bog was outside the other. "Get down' Shamus !" said tl e pirl to the man who was with tier n the cart. "Tell the smith ye want a shoe to the horse. Say that the Dut Jiu road is a hard road for a horse tocover. I'll put iu a word iheu. Watch him aud heputtin'ou the shoe. Bid him be quick, ami then say there's no hurry upon ye." They stopped at the smithy, that was like a witch's cavern with the| murk dark that was in it. The broad, wheel-shaped stone was set in the ground by the door. Hard at hand was the pond for cooling the red-hot iron. The galloping horse drew up of a sudden. The smith and his son eame out of the dark cavern. The smith looked at the colt. The son looked at the girl. "More power to ye, gord man !" said the smith to the driver. We want a shoe on the beast," said Shamus, getting down out of the cart. The girl got down after him. He let her do it without help. The smith's son said within himself, that thestranger must be either the girl's brother or her husband. He felt his heart tighten when he thought of a husband. He bad taken two steps forward to help the girl alight. He took them backward and remained leaning against the door post under the lintel. The smith led the colt from between the shafts. "Tis a long road to cover, that road to Dublin," said Shamus, pointing down the road. His hand trembled as he held it out. He ground his teeth in his head. ' 'Twould be a long road if one was going it," said tbegirl. Owney Joyce, the son of the smith, fixed his eyes upon the girl. The color of the rose went from her lips to her cheek. She turned her bead away. The colt was walked into the forge. Ownev followed. He went to the furnace bellows. He blew the furnace iuto fire and molten gold. The smith reddened the iron. He hammered it into shape. He was careful and slow at his work. "You'd be a good messenger to send for Death !" said Shamus, beating his hand against the door post. The girl sat on the bank by the road outside. There were primroses on the bank, and humming bees went about it, and red ladybirds. The girl was looking at them, and the tears began to run down her cheeks. Owney Joyce wondered why the sight of the primroses and the bees and the pretty ladybirds should make the ?iri cry. ' The oak that takes longest to grow takes longest to fall," said the smith. "But if you're in a hurry, I'll do my best to meet ye." "There's no hurry upon me," said Shamus, turning toward the girl sitting on the suuny bank. ".Except to go to our grandfather's funeral," said the girl. The colt was shod and brought back to the cart and harnessed under it. "Y'ought let me put a clamp of iron there upon the shaft." said the smith. "That's a dangerous crack in it." '"Tii'M broken before we set out." said the girl. "An' bavin' lasted so far, it will likely last all the way. We can't wait." The man got up into the cart. As the girl did the same thing, Owney stepped out and assisted her "You're no more nor twelvemonths married," he said to the girl, 'iOh, no," auswered the girl. "I'm not married at all." Such a look came into the eyes of the young man that it was as if stars were shiuing in them. "You'll be passin' this way goln' home ?" he said. The girl was sitting ou the crows board, She knitted her brows at the young man. He *tood by the wheel of the cart. He had put his hand on her arm. "We may goby another road," she said. She drew herself away. There was straw littered over the floor of the cart. As the girl moved away, her skirts swept with them some of the straw. Owney saw lying beneath it a I ?II I Is now All are I . <* I heavy mallet. He looked at the girl. ' 'l heir eyes met. The face of the girl | went as gray as the face of a dead 1 woman. "God speed ye?" said the smith I from the doorway of the sited. The f I long sharp stick in the girl's hand I I . . -i .1. I J. jsiasneu UUWII U(JUU UIC uuurw VI LUC ' horse. He bounded forward with a s I leup (hat nearly upset theeart. Away t I they went dowu the road, und out of I sight around the corner. The March j wind itself might scarcely overtake I them. h "Faith, the pooka isn't in it with i that colt !" said the smith to his son. t The faiher put his pipe in his mouth and walked into the thatched house t heside the forge. His wife was in the c kitchen spinning flax. c "At long last our Owney has set his I eye3 upon a girl to his fancy," said t the smith with a laugh. 1 His wife stopped spinning. She let c her hands fall down by her sides. c "Throth, an' I didn't believe there I was a mother in the world with a col | leen that would please him," said she. t | About an hour after that two of the King's officers came riding down the v road from themountains. They drew v rein at the forge. They called out the h smith. "Did ye happen to see a cart go by li this way ? they demanded. i.< Owney Joyce walked out of the dark o of the shed. He stood by his father's v side and listened. v "That I did," said the smith. "And e shod a mettlesome colt under that h same cart." The wind, blowing from' far away, si brought with it faint sounds. y "Whistht!" cried Owney, putting up his band. "What's that ?" The officers and the smith turned their head in the direction of the & wind. 11 The sounds came nearer. __ "Stand your cattle back out" of " harm's way, sirs," said Owney Joyce. It's a runaway horse with a tangle of harness abQut him."* He ran down the road and past the corner. The white line of the bog track was out before him. Coming along it was the colt the father had shod. The shafts of the cart were bumping over the ground upon each side of beast. With every bump the colt shivered in the affright. Owney Joyce stood close by a lone thorn on the roadside. He waited until the colt was trotting by, stepped out and seized the bridle. He tied the colt to the skeough and undid the chains that heln the shafts. As he did this he noticed one or two circular dints upon the wood, just where it had snapped. "Thanks be to God!" said Owney Joyct;out loud. He took a clasp hnife from his pocket. He raised a few splinters over the dints and blotted them out. He untied the colt and led him to the officers. "Its in a bog-hole ye may go look for your man, I'm thinking," he said. "What may ye have wanted with him, good sirs?" asked the smith. ( "He killed a neighbor in a quarrel i at the fair of Caltra," answered the ' officer. "He got away to his sister, and she hid him for days. She got away with him this moruing," "The man let out they were bound for Dublin," said Owney. "But she denied it. They got a shoe on the r colt here. Father wanted them to ' see to their shafts, but she said they hadn't time. She said they were t goin' to their grandfather's funeral. The shafts are lying below on the road." "She'd lose her soul with a lie to save her brother," said one of the officers. "'Tisn't often ye'd meet with a sister like that," said Owney Joyce. He 0 made no mention of the heavy mallet. He said nothing about dints he had seen upon the broken shafts. He walked by the officers so the place where they lay. The offlcets examin- ^ ed them. Tbey said it was clear they had snapped away from the cart. Owney walked after the officers as a they went slowly over tne bog, Keep- A ing sharp eyes to the right and left. They came to a hollow fringed with a rush and reed. Slime and black mud was within this border. "See !" said one of the officers to the a other, "here is where the brute backed in! Look how the place is trampled. Take care, and don't go too close, man, unless ye want the mud to swallow ye up!" They rode back past the smithy. Owney Joyce followed him. "Ye were very glib givin' jnforma- J tion," said the father to him, when the men were eoue. He did not like J thi- spirit in his son. "The young woman meant all that to be told," said Owney. "If she didn't she'd have held her tongue." "She'll not talk much where she is now," said the father. The next morning Owney went to his father. "Give me what's comin' tome, he said. "I'm tired of the life ] here. I'll buy an ass and a cart pack- . ed with delf wareau' go thravel." The father was willing to give him his portiou arid let him go out into -i the world and forget the girl who was J swamped in the morass. Owney got the blessing of his parents and went forth to see the world. He struck across the bog, and over every road that branched from the traek he led his little gray ass. And every cabin he first came to on each [separate road iie asued tne joikb ir| lTI IK Wei on exhit invited tc at they had seen a yellow haired woman pass that way in company with a white-faced man. If they said yes, he went that- road until he could go no further. Then he came back with a sadder countenance than he had before. He went to and fro over Ireland, seeking that which he could not find. &nd thenloe-black hair upon hi9 head )egan to whiten, asd the light of ( outh went out in his blue eyes. At ast he almost forgot what he was learching for. The dullness of age :rept upon him. He and his little paient beast grew gray together. One day they cameiuto a village on he shore. And the pea was spread ?ut beaide them. Green islands rose tut of it and foam flashed from its >reaking billows. It was tbe eve of he feast of Patrick's, and the peddler lad Patrick crosses to sell to their uothers for their children. A little bild came over the sandy street to tim, and she said. "There is a woman here who wants o buy a cross for me." He drew the old gray asa over thet vay. and it was billy, and he knew ii ?as bard upon tbe creature. He felt leartsick of wandering. "I'll go home to the west," he said to limself, as he crossed the road. "It i good fur a man to die among his wn." He stopped before a doorway, fbere a woman was standing. She k'as a worn woman, not young. Fadd yellow hair was lyiug upon her er forehead. "God save you, eood man !" she iid to Owney. "Wher^ did I see our face before ?" For the man behind the pocket book Hall Anderson'8 overcoat prices are very pleasig ] 10 IK FOB: 3 Cotton S< rAn 1 Seed Oatf * 1 Hulls am 1 part of Home Pa | ^Abbeville BRAN( rhe Southern Cot' Ve Solicit Your Ginning am 75 Cents Per Bale (Excess weight i Bagging and Ties as cheap itlicr parties. Prompt and efficient service We pay full market price f< ,'otton Seed Meal for seed at ai It has been falsely reported iny cotton seed meal. We exp< vishes to buy it at market prices ill demands. Send Cash with your order f lilfl tn Mintiilv. J. M. For the best goods an Prices in the line of. Clothing, I Caps, Trim Ladies and Gents' Don't fail to see us before buying We guarantee to g Respectfully, D. I One door above Dispensary, 4MENSE rcli lition ai ) come g the Lo"w I . ' '' - " r' . I I : / V ? >u a (a | L^aiiu iui *jaivOn saleday in November next i will offer for Sale at Public Outcry, the follow ing tract ol land situated In Abbeville County, BU on Savannah Klver, containing Eleven Hundred and Ninety-Six (1196) Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of J. A. Glbert, lands formerly owned bv j. F. C'al- j-, houn and otbeis. ? TERMS?One-half cash, balance on a credit v of twelve months with Interest from day of * sale secured by bond of purchaser and a *< mortgage of the premises. Any person * wishing to purchase at private sale may do so M. P. DF.BRUHL, Attorney for Columbia Phosphate Co. Oct. 4,1901. FISH AND OYSTERS. Jj The season for fish ani oys- "" ters is now on hand. We can always fill your orders ' promptly and guarantee them to be fresh or your money refunded. Thomson Bros. Phone 99. IlOD't decide that vou are not able to buy a fall suit until you see Mall & AndersonV prices. Lowney's candy fresh every wpek nt the the up to date drug store of C. A. Mliford. I [ HAVE BIG LOT OF sphate 10$, 12 1-2 and 12 per cent. 1-2 and 2 1-2, for Grain. wl ?ed Meal and Kainit. 3, Wheat, BaYley, Rye. yc j Meal for Cattle. Delivered any the city. Phone or send orders. icked Tomatoes. """ 0 a and Tomatoes. and see us, >. BARKSDALE. a ii i rm Oil Hill,? :u of al ton Oil Company. i Have Reduced the Cost to ^ up to 500 Pounds. in proportion.) as they can be supplied an any i guaranteed. >r Cotton Seed and will exchange ii equitable rate. I that we would not sell farmers set to sell meal to anybody who , and we will be able to supply or Meal and Hulls which will be I HARDEN, Local Manager. d Cheapest * ^ Shoes, Hats, .ks, Valises, s irnishing Goods.. ; ;ive the worth of your money. 11 1: t: 'OLIAKOFF, rHlT stock: of .J ?11" iq seiiuij tnd see tl rnnf LJni nn /CDl ITliUC IT M. TAT HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NK CROC id will quote you some prices : Real nice Cups and Saucers, 40 and 45 Plates 25, 30 and 40 cents per set. Real nice decorated Cups and Saucers Plates 50 cent9 per set. We are receiving new goods eve give our friends the benefit of oi iHOES, JEANS, JE INE PANTS, HOS rNDEHWEAR, Etc A A t ^\t\ n Da ~ r.A nz 2\ gUUU Jcoiio a auiH iui w, iu auu Good Drill Drawers 20 and 25 cent Soda 13 pounds for 25 cents. (Jome oue, come all, and see our low pri< Yours for satisfaction, H. M. T-A/I bich was won id the "Biscuit Baking < Kay, of Antreville. This is the finest stove sold in Abbe1 >u some good prices on them. ABBEVILLE >ur Mr. McDill has just Furniture where he bought an i Furni" We bought in CAR LOAD LOTS 1. When you need Furniture, give rE HAVE A COPPTTTS 1 IG STOCK WVJ.J.WJ1W ' all sizes and prices and givi to each and all. Y McDill & It. 1U. niLUlM Store is full of New to call and see those Dress Goods, Frenct Late "Weaves in Black Dr< lew Arrivals in Mil A new supply of DRESS TBI Shoes for Ladies A i and Children. SQO] R. M. Ha< Neck ties. The largest line n Abbeville and we are sell- u/d ag a 50c. tie for 38c. and 25c ik? ie for 18c. th^ P. Rosenberg & Co. i ci " 1 con Lump cblmaeya, back at old price. 5c. SI icb. all i ' n t p n o r iis< g veryi ie Choices IS. . ??????:>d&k B & CO. 3 'E LOT OF JKERY, | 4 cents per aet. 50 and 60 cents per set. ry day, and .are able to j r low prices on ' JANS PANTS, IIERY, ' . $1.90. :s. j.A cea on good goods. "E & CO. | J rTHIS IS . THE ' | Contest" last week by Miss Maud . M fille, and we are prepared to give 'I HARDWARE CO. returned from the Factory 1 , m mmense stock of ture.- I and will have prices to suit us a call. and CASKETS b prompt and careful attention ours, &c.j : Lyon. v| r )N & CO.S I Goods. We invite the Ladies beautiful importations in Til 1 - i v ianneis, Fine '$ bss Goods. Iinery this week MMINQS just received, lew lot of QDEEN QUALITY US in this week. Idon & Co. Morse'* LoealM. have just received a bbl, of very fine gene " Pearl" onion sets which roust be Hold nee. It Is time they were planted?price a qt. 2 qts. for 25c. you want good or cheap shoes look 3ugb my stock. have an elegant line of hats and caps. heap Dress Goods " to. beat the band," le and see them. not Guns this week for everybody and at Borts of prices. Amos B. Morse. >n-mrJlT7 apiuij. it Goods