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f WEST END. Happenings and Incidents of a Week ' About the City. Abbeville, S. C.. Nov. IS, 1901. Mrs. John Presnley and Miss Kupbeuiia Young, of Due Went, were shopping in tne city last Wednesday. Mr. John Harris went over to Atlanta la6t Thursday on busiuess. Mrs. Edgar Blake, of Greenwood, who ban been in the city for the past week, tbe guest of her sister, Mrs. Fred Cason, returned to her home Saturday. Mrs. Bessie Thomas Wilson and her attractive little daughter, Miss Gladys, of Walls, were the guest ot friends In the city last Thursday and Friday. Mr. W. P. Greene attended Court in Greenwood several days last week. Mr. McD. Cater, of Anderson, was In the city last Wednesday and Thursday on business. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bowen, of Ray were In the city last Thursday ou business. SAD DEATH. The friends of Mr. J. Hayne McDill will re-1 gret to learn of tbe death ot bis sister, Mrs. S. J. C. Hunter, In San Louis Potosi, Mexico. Mrs. Hunter has been in the Mission field for a number of years, and her death will be a sad loss to the cause. Mr. E. A. Thomson spent several days in Atlanta last week. " "?? ?"'i mr .1 I. Owowther. IHlHd may nni of Kay, were In the city last Thursday. Miss Laura Bask In returned to her home In Anderson, alter h two weekB stay here Miss Rosa G. Max well lelt Friday for Zarline, where she goes to take charge ot a large school. Miss Maxwell has taught successfully for several years and this school is fortunate in securing tier service. Dr. J. Lowrle Wilson returned Friday from Charleston, where he bad been attending Synod. Dr. Wilson stopped over in Chester to visit his brother for a few days. Miss Jane Thomas, one of Warren ton's most accomplished young ladles, was the guest of Mrs. Harvey Wilson several dayp, > Mr. Joe P. Giles was in the city last Wednesday. Mr. Giles Is representing tbe well known Arm of J. H. Dunham of New York, and is making a success ot his work. , woman's club. The Woman's Club will meet at tbe home of Miss Annie Penney at four o'clock Fridaj afternoon. It 1b hoped that every membei will attend. Mrs. William H. Miller, of Ninety Six, whe has been here on a visit to Mrs. Augustui Cochran, returned to her home Friday. Hon. William Harden, of Savannah, spent Rnnday in tbeclty, the guest of his motben Mrs. Sophia Harden, and his brother, Mfl John M. Harden. Mr. Harden was onj/M way to Atlan to to attend the Leglslatun^^g Mr. P. H. Sellers, of Monroe, was ' 1 loot moot r>n hnnlnnsR. Bevertu uajowD. Rev. Edward McCrady went College Saturday to hold service^H . lege Chapel Sunday morning ; Mrs. Tully Sondley, of Col^B9^bflS|^ Tally Brnnch and Mr. CIMK? ^ went to Due West Sundav^B Of Mrs. John L. Hi.ddoiiJ|^^^|H9HK9Bj ' Mr. ADdrew Edward^^^f^HHSggRfiKr day last, week on t Columbla last Frt^^^^^^^^H^Vulse treme illness last The Graoe > Tbursd^^^^^H^^^^^Hu&rter were Male Robertaw^^^^HH^vPrlz>'. silver ? ' ,* Penney, the fifef-.- Bordeaux. Is In the spent Sunday Mrs. Seawrlght her home from Macon visiting relatives. SgKjHBKHHl^^FUL I NT ERTAIN M EST . gHnBHBBB^^y evening at six o'clock a HfflgHgffHQ^KuestP were assembled at tbe home BBHXRmS^Bu Mrs. K. C. Wilson's to partake of a birthday dinner. Tbe evening ; pleasant one, and greatly enjoyed BHS^Ks. R. C. Wysong went to V<rdery on i VBRB^HTarday tb see Mrs. S. J. Berthea, who is , K^^Horlously ill. CASON?FURMAN. Invitations are out to the marriage of Miss Fannie Allen Cason and Mr. T. H. Furman, f on tbe morning of November twenty-seventh in tbe Metbodlsl Cburcb. Both of the young , people have a host of friends here wbo exlend their best wishes. HOYT?SPEER. The marriage of Miss Florence Hoyt and Dr. A. J. Speer ol Lowndesvllle, will be solemnized at Harmony Grove. Ga., Novem- | ber the twenty-seventh. Miss Hoyt Is tbe , daughter of Rev. Mr. Hoyt, a Presbyterian | minister of Harmony Grove, and a woman of rare personal charms. Dr.Speer Is well known throughout tbe county and State, having been a successful physician for many years. Their Irlends wish for them a long and happy life together. QUAKFR QUARTETTE. The entertainment given Tuesday evening , in tbe Court House wxs tbe third entertainment In the Lyceum Course. All of these have been good and the members of tbe Lyceum are well pleased. TEACHERS BY THE SCORE. ! " i An IodastrlouN Farmer'* Hard Luck < ?Death of a Foreign MlNMlonary? | Public Buildloic Deatroyetl. < Due West, S C., Nov. 19,1001. I Miss Mackle Blackwell left for Seneca lust i Saturday. Near tbat place sde will teach school. She taught the same school last ses- , slou and was much pleased with her school work and with the good people of that community. Miss Lula Blackwell Is teaching again near Cray ton vllle In Anderson County. She taught there two years ago with great acceptance. Both the young ladles are graduates ' of the Due West Female College. Kev. J. A. Martin and Master Luther Martin of Waterloo have been over to see their Dae West Iriends. Prof. W. B, McCuen, Principal of the Due II COl PWUWVI, w tw 51 TO up ntuwui work and devote bis whole time to the work of the gospel ministry. Miss Euphemla Young went to Princeton last Saturday, wbere she will teach In a large and flourishing school. She has had experience asa teacher and will give satisfaction. The Principal of the school Is Mr. James R Young, graduate of Ersklne College and a worthy young man. The above mentioned ?oung people are children of Mr. H. M. ouug a successful business man of Due W 0 R t Miss Maud Martin, daughter of Rev. J. A. Martin is teaching a good school at Barmore's Turnout. Sbe boards with Mr. James Langdon Barmore. Miss Martin is a graduate of the Due West Female College. The fourth Sabbath ol November, will be " Communion Sabbath with the A. R. P. congregation at Due West. There will be preaching Friday afterr oon at /our o'clock, Saturday morning at eleven o'clock and two services on Sabbath. Thursday night last Interesting memorial services were held in the A. R. P. Church In nonor 01 mm. uiuiua .ucl/iii nuuier, wnose death occurred at El Malz, Mexico, Tuetday Nov. 12th, at noon. The services were presided over by Prof. E. L. Reld, the President of the Foreign Missionary Society. Addresses were made by Dr. W. L. Pressly, the Secretary, and Dr. P. Y. Pressly, the Chairman of the Board of Foreign Missions. A paper prepared by Miss Mattle Boyce (once a missionary In Mexico)1 was read by Prof. P. L. Grler. A series of resolutions, prepared by Rev. C. E.Todd, was adopted. The resolntions will be published. One year ago Mr. J. Mack Knight leased tbe place of Mr. James Tucker, near Sunny - Slope, for three years and moved to It. * Monday of last week the corn crop was divided and Mr. Knight stored hie part of the crop In bis barn. At halt past eleven o'clock that night tbe family was awakened and the barn was discovered to be on tire. Tbe famlly suoceeded in getting out a mule. Tbe barn was burned. Mr. Kuigbt lost sixty bushels corn, seven hundred bundles fodder, one cow valued at twenty dollars, fifteen bushels cotton seed, ten bnBhels sweet potatoes and bis plantation toolB. The loss sustained by Mr. " Knight represents, in large measure, the results of bis year's work, and to a poor man Is a serious calamity. Thu Finn W eat tnwn J?alahr>f)RB Is nn mnrn Its work was done and It Is now a thing of the past. Tuesday night as the townspeople lay fast asleep in their little beds midnight niaranders felt) their way through the darkness and piece by piece the various parts of the vilibge prison were laid upon the "ground until not one plank lay upon another. Tne destruction was ranld and complete and when the work was done the marauders left for parts unknown. The town council viewed the remains and wondered how and when another could be built, only this and nothing more. The work of destruction is supposed to have been done by wanderers on the way from Buffalo to Charleston, or possibly by Bulgarian brigands that have not been seen wandering over the byways and highways leading to this quiet country village. Monday morning last, Dr. W. L.. Pressly received a teldgram from Rev. J. S. A. Hunter, at El. Malz, Mexico, announcing the death of his wile, Mrs. Emma McDlll Hunter, whloh occured at noon Friday, November 12th. i Mrs. Hunter bad been suffering for ten days with appendicitis. She was attended by two physicians, and it is likely an operation was performed. Mrs Hunter was about forty-Blx years old and bad been a missionary in Mexico lor thirteen years or more, yhe was an i earnest christian woman and literally cave her life to the cause of Missions in Mexfco. As an active worker she was perhaps uniurVft ivv''': ' ~ \X i ' . . ,V " ^11 an || JL Is now ^^^^^^^^Hnbors In that field. Bui God had called her tc t h poor Mexican will flH^npw her as a school girl, as s as a missionary, and In nno i>qp rtiitifio vora HUnbflrir. w|th a heart overflowing behind a desolate home and s household, a husband, her Uttlt her "tMe daughter Elveree, In Mrs. J. C. Reid near Charlotte, and ^^TKatrloa Hunter, who Is teaching In 8 KTluess College in Charlotte, N. C. Mrs Kunter was reared In her home where Mr. J ii. To^d now lives She was educated at tlx Due West Female College irom whlcli instltw lion she was graduated in the class ot 1873 Her death is a sad one, far from her native land, and those she loved and would gladij have ministered to her in her last illness, but there is much to comiort the husband, the shildren aud the brothers, who remain in hei beautiful life and triumphant death. SALE OF H ESTATE IN by authority conferred in ani by the last will and testament of Nelson Wil Hams, late of Abbeville County, deceased, ] will sell at public outcry at Abbeville C. H. S. C., on Salesday In DECEMBER next, al that piece or parcel of land, owned by tbi said Nelson Williams at the time of bit death, lying and being in Smlthville Town ship, containing Ten [10] Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of estati of Rev. B. F. Miller, W. Joel Lites and others TERMS?Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers ELLEN WILLIAMS, Oot. 26,1901. Executrix. State of South Carolina, county of abbeville. PKOBATE COCRT. fames M. Cade, Administrator of Estate 01 R. W. Wright, Plaintiff', against Hattl( Wright, Lula Wrlgbt and Ella Robinson Defendants.?Complaint to Sell Land t( Pay Debts. In virtue of an order from the Sourtof Probate for Abbeville County, I wll sell at Publlo Outcry at Abbeville Couri House,on Saleday In DECEMBER next, foi the payment of debts, the following descrlb 2d real estate belonging to the estate o Richard Wrlgbt, deceased, situate In sale State and County, to wit: All that tract o rarcel of lands, located In tbe town of Mt C'armel, In said State and County, containing One-Seventeenth (1-17) of One Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of O. Cade Sr., J.F. Sutherland and Simon Dunlap. TERMS?Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers R. E. HILL, Judge Probate Court. Nov. 11,1001. Abbe ville-Gr een wo od MUrUAL Imlllm ASSOCIATION. $ 550,000. WRITE TO OR CALL on the'.underHlgnec or to the DJreotor of your TownKhlj for any Information you may desire abou our plan of Insurance. "We Insure your property against destrue Mon by nu, wmiobk on usetm, and do bo cheaper than any Insurance Com pany In existence. Remember we are prepared to prove lo yoi that ours Is the safest and cheapest plan o: Insurance known. J. R. BLAKE, Jr., Agent, Ahhaville 5?. ft. J. FULLER LYON, Pres. Abbeville, S. C. BOARD DIRECTORS. W.E. Leslie Abbeville Townahl] 8. M. Benjamin Greenwood " J. Add. Calhoun Ninety-Six " W. B. Acker Donalds 11 M. B. CUnkscales Due West " Dr. J. A. Anderson.Dlamoud Hill " H. A. Tennent Lowndesvllle 11 J. D. Coleman Coronaca " J. W. Lyon Troy " J. R,. Tarrant ....Calhoun Mills " T. L. Haddon Long Cane " Joseph Lake Phojnlx " J. H. Chiles, Jr Bradley " P. B. Cnlllson Calllson '* K. W. Townsend Klnards " A. K. Watson Cedar Spring " A.O.Grant Magnolia " H.O.Harvey Walnut Grove ? W. A. Nlckles Hodges " J.W.Scott Verdery " J.T. Mabry Cokesbury " S. F. Cromer .Smlthvllle " ( J. N. MeK lnnev Bordeaux " P. B. Callison and Joseph Lake, Yeldul Township. P. B. Callison, J. Add. Calhoun and Josepl Lake, Klrkseys Township. J. Add. Calhoun, Joseph Lake and R. W Townsend, Fellowship Township. J. Add. Calhoun, Joseph Lake and K. W Townsend, Brooks Township. J. W. Lyon and A. K. Watson, Indian Hi) Township. Abbeville, S. Q? Jan. 17, 1900, Ml _ i 1 ,L_ 'V,J. 1 miUr*~ r L ^ i meM invited t \ at ! ABBIILL! I I } W. S. COTHRAN, j PEA LI Proprietor. | \ : Sii m, ii ! AND ALL BUIL] SHORT PROFITS AND IS OUR MO We bad rather sell $100 in one da< week and make $20. So this is the pi > to see us before buying your [ Flour, Sugar, t o H oc, Meal. Li , Hosiery, ITnderwear, Hals, Ci 2 pair of Socks for 2 Towel* for 3 2 Gooil Handkerchiefs f Good Heavy Cotton Fla We ar? strictly in it on Tinware am SHOES! SHOES! 3 Come and see us, and be convinced H. M. TA Isn't it C [ Why buy your gc ?of Tom, Dick an< ant division, but is We will guarar J goods at the lowest L r ; /VI ofGood j 1,1VI4 Judgment Trade with us. Tb ' ihe goods as represi ) They Buy The best?the kind will take pleasure It is only our low prices, and not o W. D. I piio: We have a large line < Velvets in all colors an prices. They are the Late* fads for Ladies' waists. i R. M. Haddon & Co. DENTAL NOTICE. Br. S. G. Thomson,, OVFIOR UP-8TAIRS ON MoILWAJ Corner. Abbevl'e. B. O. ? State of South Carolina COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. l'HOBATE COURT. 1\ L. McCelvey, as Executor of Estate Mary J. McCelvey, deceaBed, plalntl against Phoebe Sudsbury and others, d feudants.?ComplaloH toSell Lands to Pi Debts. An virtue of an order from tu Court of Probate for Abbeville County, I w sell at Public Outcry at Abbeville Cou House, on Salt-day lu DECEMBER next, 1 tbe payment of debts, the following "des'crl ed reul estate belonging to the estate of Ma J. McCelvey, deceaued, wltuate in said Sta and County, to wit: All that tract or pare land, containing Thirty-Five (35) Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of I tate of C. A. White, Estute of W. X. BradU T. U. Baker and P. L. McCelvey, near l town of Mt. Carmel, S. C. TERMS?Cash. Purchaser to pay for pape T> L' un.r | XV>. ?i( UIUIJ, I Judge Probate Court Nov. 11,1001. | Nothing gives as la rge returns In proportl ! to space covered and labor expended as a w : kepi strawberry bed planted in really chol j varltMies. Let all In need of plants read i [ of Contlnen tal Plunt Co. la tins Issue. Tabltls from one cet it up, at Dui're's Bo Store. u/u MENSE ! roll Mtion ai o come a the Lcrvs 11! COM, ERS IN I " ? I A. G. FAULKNER, j Manager and us, DING MATERIAL. QUICK SALES 7TO. / aDd make $5 than to ?ell $100 in one ace to buy goods cheap. It will pay you ird, Etc. tips, Pants, JeiuiH, Etc. 5 cts. - 5, 8, 10, 20 cts. or - - - - 5 cts. innel Drawers, - 25 cts. J Crockery. Call aud get our prices. When you see our $1 Shoes you be convinced that they are worth your money, that our prices are right. lTE & CO. ear? tods here, there aud everywhere i Harry? It might be a pleas n't it dear ? itee to sell you the best kind of ; kind of prices. ey find our stock complete and ented. we sell. Come and see us. "Ye in showing you ore goods. ur good looks, that bring U9 customers. 3arksdale. k.rv i rut >f DR. J. A. DICKSON, SURGEON DENTIST. GOLD FILT.WGS; CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK A SPECIALTY.' A GOOD .PLATE i $H 00 AMALGAM FILLINGS75c and. 1.00 - OFFICE OVER BARKSDALE'S STORE. Lunch Hints. .N * . . - Gilliam has moved THE CITY RESTAURANT TO ROOM in O'Neal Block, where he Ih better prepared than ever to supnf ply your wants. Cull and get your dinner or luticu. nuinuiheiviuo. ff, e- Meals at all hours. iv Give me a cull if you are needing h place to board. Henry Gilliam, or O'NEAL BLOCK. b ry I] Trespass Notice. Hunting, fishing and base hall playing during tbe day or night are prohibited ou our lands, usually called tbc Flat WondH. TrenpaRserK will Rurely be prosecnled to the - " full extpni of tbc Jaw. 1'leaHe do not ask lor y> buttling privileges. he (Cabell T'lnniallon. s Vl'l.lto l?iunlallnn John A. &S. L. Wilson I Hartzoe Plantation, rs. Leasees and Owners, < Aiken P ace. (Grain Ridge. Arthur Parker, Flat WootlH. C. J. Lyon. Flat Wood*. 8. G. Thomson, Flat Woods. Parks & McDonald. Flat Wood?. A. K. Watson.Flat Woods. Alt his lands J. H. Watson estaift, FiRt Woods. Maker A-Tarrant. Flat Woods. , Kdwln Paiker. F'at Woods. IU* I H. 1*1. Norwood, Norwood Estate. Hunter Bros. ok Oct. U, 1U01. J H11 STOCK 01 id sellin ,nd see t'. rest Pric< NOTICE OF BKiamiOB STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ABBEVILLE COUNTY. OFFICE OF SUPERVISORS OF REGIS TRATION, ABBEVILLE COUNTY. , Abbeville, S. C.t Alarcb (J, 1899. Notice is hereby given that in accordance with an Act,of the General Assembly, and in conformity with the requirements of the State Constitution, the boobs for the registration of all legally qualified voters, and for the issuing of transfers, ect., will be opeD at the office of Supervisors of Registra1" tko Pniirt TTnnao lipfu/ppn the IIU1I |U LIIV WUI V AAWMWV, .. hour 9 o'clock a. no., and 3 o'clock p. m., on the fii'st Monday of ,each month, and kept open for three successive days in each month until thirty days before the next general election. The Board of Registration is the judge of1 the qualifications of all applicants for registration every male citizen of this State and of the United State, twenty-one years of age, who is not an idiot is not insane, is not a pauper supported at the public expense, aud is not confined in any public prison, and who has not been convicted of burglary, arson, obtaiuing goods or money under false preteuses perjury, fcrgery, robbery, bribery, adultery wife beatintr, housebreaking, receiving stolen goods, breach of trust with fraudulent intent, fornication, sodomy, incest, assault with intent to ravish, miscegenation, larceny, or crimes against the election laws, and who shall bave been a resident in this State two years (except ministers in charge of organized churches and teachers of public schools, and the^e after eix months residence in the State,) a resident in the County for six months, and in polling precincy four months, aud who cati read any Section in the Constitution of 1895, or can understand aud explain any section of said Constitution when read to him by the registration officer or officers shall be entitled to registration and become an elector upon application for such registration. If any person has been convicted of any of the crimes above-meutioned, a pardon of the ri/worrmr rpmnvpsilie Hinoualification. In case any minor who will become twenty-one years of age after the closing of the Books of Registration and before the election, and is otherwise qualified to register, makes application under oath showing he is qualified to register, the Boards shall register such applicant before the closing of the books. Any person whose qualifications as an elector will be completed after the closing of the Registration Books but before the next election Bhall have the right to apply for and secure a registration certificate at any time within sixty days immediately preceding the closing of the Registration Books, upon an application under oath to the facts entitling him to such registration. The registration of voters must be by polling precincts. There must be a Book of Registration for each polling precinct, that is for eacu township, or parish, or city, or town of le>s than fivft thousand inhabitants, or ward of cities of more than five thousand inhabitants. Each elector must vote in the polling precinct in which he residen. If there is -more than one voting place in the polling precinct, the elector may vote at any voting place designated on the registration certificate. The Boards must designate in the registration ceitificate the voting place in the polling precinct at which the elector is to vote. If there is more than one voting place in the polling precincts, the Boards shall designate on the certificate the voting place selected by the elector. S. S. BOLES, W. A. LANIER. G. H. MOORE. Board of Supervisors of Registration For Sale. as i have decided to go out of the Livery business soon, will sell? TWO CARRIAGES AND HARNESS. TWO HACKS AND HARNESS. SIX TOP BUGGIES AND HARNESS. TWO OPEN BUGGIES AND HARNESS. These vehicles are In good repair and will be sold cheap. J. S. Stark. Oct. 0,11101. tf jiWILL'S EH I am prepared at all times to | furnishes tny customers I FRESH BEEF, PORK, SAUSA3E, And Jfresn Loat bread Fresh fish on Friday and Saturday. Highest I market prices paid for Beeves and Hogs aDd i Ureen Salt Hides; T. H. MAXWELL. Phone No. I. ' \S: * E' S disc g very i lie Choices 3S. I CUSTOA yjjf While in New York we b y|) . . . date lin | m STATIOI Ever seen in the upper part of the Si of School Supplies. Call, it will be i A'j our i'.uinense stock. Yours f C. A. Mil j| Phone 107. ^ ^ . The real thir ^ ^ Particular the finest 1 0* Ol 0* right, for r JT^ A delights th< | | ^ ther. Th< first pickin One fb. Cans 75c. Has Half lb. 40c. arising- fVo One-fourth lb. 20c CI1I). Great AND RICHLY g00tl body WORTH THAT. end* A U it. We als | lixed Tea L.T.&T. A CLOSIN AT CI Come to Mrs. F. L. - Barg Good Shoes for 50c All Store Fixtures, Jtine ?caies, un xtiu One Horse Wagon i One Store Room for Apply to Mrs. F. L. You Believe Your Own Kyi Don't believe what we tell want you to come and se< and see the quality and pri< goods and prices elsewhere will sell you. I We Quote: Cotton Rope, all s Lamps from 20c tc Men's Shoes from Bleaching (4-4) eij 12 pounds good Ri Woman's Kaugar U pounds best Rio We have no space to give more prices, in all iiuen. Come and see for yourself ? All C7 j. /\nen o. I ?OTYI/11T7 auiuiv. i 3t Goods 1ERS! I ought the most up-to- ty>y fl e of . . . yjf NERY t J| ate, as well as a complete line \ pleasure to show you through W i| j to please, # ' W ' 'I vF O RB, | THE DBUGGIST. ? 1 \i/: in* o> * * r- f.. ' ' . ':;i people insist on having 1 ^ lavored Teas. They are ^c"i eally good Tea not only > b drinker?it goes fur- " K 3 O. & O. brand is the igs of early spring Tea that fragrant bouquet, ' m a' rich, full flavored c strength combined with makes it cheaper in the iste tells the tale. Try 10 have the nicest 50c, in town. l\y\ a Miller. ' J >'.? ? Q OUT Ls^ , I OST! | ===== . Wilder's and get ' * ainSi ' >- * and 75c per pair. >v?M ik, etc. v or Sale. . ^Jjj Rent. L?j& WILDER. 8 3s ! f;:d ' ft i ? you about our goods. We ? them and examine them ces and compare them with . aud we are sure that we * izes>, 15e per pound. ?$1.50. Si.00 up. jbt kinds, at 5c. o Cofree SI.00. oo Shoes for only $1.00. Collee $1.00. but will say our stocfc 19 complete and be convinced. mith, Jr. .. idlf . -. i.v'.V