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' * . : ' y-fv ' " " j V - ' ' . . ;,3 The Abbeville Press and BannerlS BY W. W. & WTR. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, 8. C.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1909. ESTABLISHED 1844 :g|l J Story and Sentiment. j 1 i [Extract from Mr. Wilson's booklet.] ; i Members of the South Carolina Conference. 1909: < Gentlemen?The City of Abbeville extends to each of you a cor- ' dial greeting and a hearty welcome. Warm hearts await you coming. The city is yours. Our homes are yours. The best of all that we have ' is yours. All that we can do will be done to make pleasant your stay with us. We hope that the cordiality of our people and the hospitality ' of our homes may be as acceptable to you as your presence will be ' pleasant to us. And when you return to your homes, we hope that you may carry with you something of the pleasure which we shall * realize by your presence with us. Without reference to our churchly ' relations, we wish for each of you good health and good spirits, the 1 best things this side the River. 1 Having said this much, it is hoped that you may indulge our vanity if we talk a little of the city and county of Abbeville, which we all love so well. While we do not doubt that you already know much ' nf this historic old county, we hope that a brief recital of a few mat- ' ters of legend and history, intermingled with some facts as to the * conditions which exist today, may be neither uninteresting to you nor unprofitable to us. Abbeville has a record of which every true son is proud. To give in detail the facta, incidents or legends in which the people have an honorable pride would require a great volume, but it is hoped .that your patience may not bs wearied by the little to which your attention is invited. In peace and in war, in Church and in State, in education and in good citizenship our people have been factors in all that promotes the morals and protects the religious liberties or defends the political rights of ihe citizen. In education and in good citizenship we yield the palm to none. SETTLERS OF ABBEVILLE COUNTY. Abbeville County was settled by refugees fr^m religious persecution. French, Scotch and Irish immigrants were among the first settlers in Abbeville County, which land had been occupied by Indians *nd used by them as. hunting groijmds. The settlers of Abbeville ^ f-onnHr left their homes beyond the sea in search of religious liberty. |t They did not flee from religions persecution to become the subjects of ^ an illiterate people, who were unfriendly to our morals or hostile to onr religion, no matter how brave or how strong they may have been. It was not decreed that the educated and liberty-loving Christian white man shonld be dominated, or ruled or governed by the ignorant and unfriendly red man. But it is true that our forefathers suffered at their hands. On j one occasion the people of the Long Canes settlement had notice of the approach of hostile Indians. Settlers put their families and their goods in wagons, intending to seek safety in Augusta. They were overtaken thirteen miles Southeast of Abbeville. Twenty-three men, women and children were slain. Two little girls were taken 6ff. ^ One, soon after, was killed. After having endured captivity for years, . the other was allowed to return. ' h STROXG ARMS AND BRAVE HEARTS. t It is a fact, however, that now, as in the olden time, some few r persons in every section claim a superior heritage or nearness of kin- 4, ship to royalty, but the fact is, the great majority of our ancestors were men and women of strong arms and brave hearts. They were j men and women in the true sense, and were servile to none. \ That heredity extends its influence down through the generations ^ needs no other proof than to consider the characteristics of the early j settlers as transmitted to us through the succeeding generations, and which characteristics are as distinct today as they were a hundred ^ years ago. , The settlers of Abbeville County being a religious people, were ^ moral "and loyal to all things that tended to their uplift in the better civilization. They were devoted worshippers of the Lord, and they were equally lovers of education and morals. Before they were able to build churches they assembled in the forest, where they found { "Tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, < Sermons in stones, and good in everything." < And before we had school houses we had noble mothers, - , " Who in beauty, .education, blood, 1 Molded mind with any princess of the world." Christian lovers of education, without unnecessary delay, built ' churches and school houses, and we claim that no county in all this . land produced more scholars than did Abbeville county. Mothers and c schools, fathers and churches, nowhere produced better men or nobler "j women than those which gave fame and glory to the home of the immigrant and furnished an asylum for the refugee from religious perse- . cution. ^ There seemed to be a noble spirit of emulation and eactf worked for his own welfare and the public good. Each was distinct as thebil- . lnwa hnt one as the sea. Schools were established'in reach of every , child, and out of their own pockets parents paid the teachers. Lowndesville, Willington, -Clear 'Spring and other communities built what were then called high schools. And Due West built a college, where the more fortunate sons might drink deeper at the Pierian spring. THE LETHE SCHOOL. * A hundred years ago while this struggle was going on, a French settler in the County, Dr. John DeLa Howe, died, leaving his large estate for all time as a home and as a school for twelve boys and twelve girls. They were to be supported by the lands of his estate and the cash endowment which he left was to pay necessary expenses. Before the war, there were no free schools, and public sentiment was such as to prevent many needy children from participating in the benefit of the public school fund which was appropropriated by tfie State for the education of the poor. Only about $25,000 was then paid to teachers by the State and that was paid for tuition of poor cmiaren, * sometimes without the knowledge of the parents. The counties then 1 paid nothing by taxation. Under circumstances like these the school which Dr. DeLa Howe ' established was considered a great benefaction to such needy children as were fortunate enough to get appointment to the school and home. From this school were graduated many boys and girls who afterward ' became ornaments to the church and to the conntry. Among the best men who went out from that institution is W. H. Frasier, as good a man as there is in California. He loves Abbeville county.' He loves Lethe as his own heart, and he will give of his purse to advance the. interests of that institution. j The school is an industrial institution where the children are supposed to be employed one-half of each day at some labor, while the other half of the day is given in the school to the study ctf the lessons. Dr. DeLa Howe named his school Lethe. Lethe has been defined as: "the stream of oblivion in the lower world, from which, according to , the ancient Greek belief, the aouls of the departed drank, to lose all recollection of earthly existence before passing into the Elysian Fields." Again, it has been said that: ' "Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her wat'ry labyrinth, which whoso drinks TTnnrota hitJi inv nnil crief." 1 While possibly seeking forgetfulness of his troubles, Dr. DeLa . Howe made his name and the nobleness of his heart as enduring aS the j everlasting hills. ; ERSK1NE COLLEGE. The only other educational institution which was founded before the war, and which has survived, is Erskine College. Its influence 1 is coextensive with the boundaries of the country itself. Its students ' have gone into nearly every hamlet, and the sound principles of re* j . . t , . . T ligion, the basis of correct morality and proper living that were instilled into the students at that college, have reflected honor on the institution, and their lives, wherever their lots may have fallen, have been a benediction. It was in honor of Ebenezer Erskine, the founder ?[ the Secession Church in Scotland, that Erskine College was named. Erskine's name has been further perpetuated in the A. R. P. Erskine rheological Seminary at Due West. The first A. R. P. newspaper was sailed the "Erskine Miscellany." Its publication was started in the latter years of the '40's. Later, the paper was called the Due West relescope. Since the war the same paper has been known as the Associate Reformed Presbyterian. For a hundred years, or more, the name of Ebenezer has been a favorite name among A. R. Presbyterians. And the many good men who have borne the name, or now bear it, prove that there is something in naming a child for a good man! "A good name [good character] is rather to be chosen than great riches." All cannot be great, 3ut all may be good. Men who bear the names of great or good men isually try to emulate their virtues, if not their qualities of character ind talent. Before Erskine College was organized, there was no denomina;ional college in this State, and when the proposition was made in .839 it then and in later years met the hearty approval of nearly all ibe educated, the religious and the well-to-do pitizensbip of Abbeville bounty. Mainly through the effort of Rev. "W. R. Hemphill it was indowed with more than $50,000 before the war. The war swept away l large part of the investments, and, although onr people were poor, i later endowment, by the liberality of friends, was raised to about S100,000. The first President of Erskine College was Rev. E. E. Pressly, D. D., with the following gentlemen as Professors: Mr. N. M. Gordon, iev. J. N. Young, Rev. J. P. Pressly, D. D. On the Erskine College campus have been erected a number of raildings that would be a credit to any people. The college building tself is an imposing structure of elegant proportions. The work of he college is now co-edncational, and dormitories for boys and girls ire oommodions in size, and in construction are models of architeoural beauty. The Society halls were built when the demands upon hem were small as compared with the present greater needs, but they nake a plea3ing sight amid spreading oaks and winding walks. The library is a mine of information for the student. The success of Erskine College in recent years under the able and ifficient management of President J. 8. Moffatt, has caused so great a Lemand upon the facilities, that all the existing buildings are taxed to heir capacity. The Synod will no doubt provide for the possible uture greater demands. ' THE DUE "WEST FEMALE COLLEGE. More than fifty years ago, Rev. J. I. Bonner conceived the idea of stablishing tbe Due West Female College. Stock was taken and fee ollege was built. Its success for half a century has been great. Rev. imei Boyce, its president today, knowing the needs of the institu ion, set out a few years ago to raise by private subscription the necesary money with which to build a most elegant dormitory, which now ccommodates great numbers of the best of college girls. The dormitory is one of the most elegant buildings in this part of he country. The ceilings are high, the recitation rooms and vthe dinng and society halls are large and of elegant proportions. It was milt of eement blocks and the architecture is an ornament to the Own. The college and all its belongings are now the property of tiie L R. P. Synod, which body has recently furnished it with every leeded thing. This college, making a specialty of music, has placed q the building a large number of the best pianos. The following persons were elected Trustees November 1. 1859 : 5. E. Pressly, J. N. Young, W. R. Hemphill, J. I Bonner, J. F. Lee, t. C. Sharp, D. O. Hawthorn, J. P. Pressly, John Cowan, A. C. Hawhorn, J. R. Wilson, J. Galloway, J. L. Miller, R. <C. Grier, J. P. " Lenneay. With the single exception, J. F, Lee, all of these good men have ;one to their grave. When injustice no longer prevails against its founder the Due !Vest Female College will be called Bonner College. THE COKESBURY CONFERENCE SCHOOL. Another institution that has had a decided effect upon the charac;er of our people is the Cokesbury Conference School, situated at Cokesbury. This famous school had its origin in the labors of Dr. Stephen Olin at the old Tabernacle School, the former site of which s not far from Cokesbury. In the Cokesbury Conference School itecord of March, 1898, is an interesting sketch of this school, which s quoted: ? / . " An interest in educational matters having been aroused, the citizens of Mt. Ariel and its vicinity through Rev. Malcolm McPherson, >ffered the South Carolina Conference the sum of six thousand dollars in order to induce the Confefence to establish here the Conference school. The offer was accepted by the Session which met in CharlesJon, February, 1834. May 19th, 1834, the Board of Trustees met, laid jut the campus, and selected the sites for the School Building and the Rerrtor's house. The same day the citizens in public meeting changed ;he name of the town from Mt. Ariel to Cokesbury [after two Meth>dist Bishops?Coke and Asbury]. For many years the school flourshed and did a splendid work, giving instruction to more than a mndred students each year. The close of the Civil War found the endowment and other property almost destroyed, and since that time ;he school has suffered reverses, but has been continuously in operation. , . . As to what the Coksbury Conference School did in the past, the majority of the Methedists in South Carolina know something. Few schools in the South have had bo honorable a career, and it may be added that few have been given as cold comfort in return ;or honorable service, Beginning at a time when good schools were ?carce, away back in 1834, it has stood as a fountain whence all might Irink. . . . The old school placed her blessing upon the head of many a son of an indigent Methodist preacher, and sent him out to blesf the world at a time when few preachers received a salary which "" " frt o nnllorrinfo inafit/ntinn. would J usury mem iu scuuiug iuui uujo The school did its work well, and no better proof of this fact jieed be given than the record of the men who have gone out from it. It may be safely asserted that the Cokesbury Conference School has done an honorable work for Methodism in South Carolina, and has done yeoman service for the citizenship of the whole State." From this institution went out eminent physicians, gallant soliiers, U. S. Senators, Congressmen, Governors, Bishops, ministers and teachers of renown, and innumerable judges. Cokesbury, however, is no longer in Abbeville county, that section tiaving been cut off in the formation of Greenwood county. THE WILLINGTON SCHOOL. " The Willington School, Abbevilie District, became more famous than any of the academies through the teaching of Moses Waddell, its principal. Some of the men who owe much of their success in ' 11 TITAfO life to the inspiration given mem oy ims wuuueuui pctcpwi . John C. Calhoun, James L. Petigrn, Judge A. B. Longstreet, George McDuffie, W. H. Crawford, W. D. Martin, Hugh Legare, George W. Crawford, D. L. and F. H. Wardlaw, N. P. and P. M. Butler. One of his sons, John N. Waddell, became preminent in the educational world as Chancellor of the University of Mississippi and also of the South Western Presbyterian University, Clarksville, Tenn." ABBEVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS. Every community in Abbeville County has its schools, and they reflect the pride and the character of the people. Many good school houses have been built. Many of the schools are kept open for the fall term o? forty-two weeks. Tuition in all of them is free. The State levies a tax of three mills to support schools in every part of the State, and, in fourteen school districts in Abbeville County, additional levies have been voted for school purposes. In the city of Abbeville, especially, are to be found most excellent schools in which eleven grades are taught, and in which boys and girls wre fitted to enter any of the colleges with no cost whatever to them. ' About twenty years ago the people of Abbeville built a school house, which structure coat $15,000 ; with the lot it is worth $20,000. + '' The city having outgrown that house, a new building for the higher f grades is now under process of construction and which will cost $20,000. i A school which is supplied by a sufficient number of teachers, is A taught at the Abbeville Cotton Mill village. 4 A private school' is maintained in the city at private expense for teaching children of those parents who prefer a private tutor. ' ? '? " 1 -? -1 Abbeville is now Dnnaing ior me coiureu ptsupie a uew duuuui house, costing $2,000 or more. This, to take the place of the building in which has been used for many years as a school for colored children. The colored people of Abbeville have two institutions of higher tll learning, namely: The Harbison College, and the Ferguson ev Academy. The ground and the buildings of Harbison College, as well W( as the land for the Ferguson Academy, were paid for by Northern pr philanthropists. The former costing some $40,000. The latter costing an perhaps $20,000. ' ' bli A CITY OF FINE CHURCHES. fo Abbeville may be said to be a city of churches. The first church to be built in the city was by the Methodists in 1828. The first church 6{, building was on the hill opposite to what is now known as Miller's th hotel. It was sold to Wm. Hughey, who turned it into a bar room, tri Later it was a carriage shop, that was destroyed by fire. A wooden wi structure having circular seats was erected on the ground where now stands the fine brick house of worship, which is most brilliantly nc lighted with more than a hundred electric lamps. Beautiful trees 8fc stands in front, while cement walks present a pleasant view. The ch parsonage is near by, shaded' by beautiful trees, and the approaches ^ to it are of cement. The Episcopal church was next in order. Thomas Parker, Thomas Wl Jackson and their families, and D. B. Smith, were among the organ- pa izers. , ut The first Episcopal church was a small wooden structure, which ty was afterward moved to Willington. J. Foster Marshall was the leader in bnilding the new chnrch in which the Episcopalians now ou worship. Although he had given liberally at the start, when the bnild- 8h ing was finished he and Dr. J. W. W. Marshall assnmed the debt of ^ $3,000, which Dr. Marshall paid after the war. *, Because of the high esteem in which J. Foster Marshall was held le( by the congregation, he and his wife were buried on the church lot pi, very near to the building. An honor which has not been paid to any a other. rif The Presbyterians had a house , of worship in the city, yet pr there was no separate organization from the Long Cane church until. P? after the war, when it was agreed that the Long Cane congregation and Abbeville would separate. A sufficient number of the com- gc municants withdrew from Long Cane to organize the Abbeville church. The Upper Long Cane church was held together for a long time on account of its endowment of $10,000 or more. Finally, it was agreed to divide the income from the endowment, and now it is that m< each church receives half the annual interest on the endowment, tic which goes to the pastor's salary. a' The Baptist church was organized by Rev. C. H, Toy, though to ^ai Rev. R. N. Pratt is due the credit for its organization. There were at the organization only three communicants, namely: Mrs. Agnes Quarles, Mrs. S. A Brazeale, Richard P. Quarles. The A. R. P. Church was organized some twenty years ago by J. ^ H. McDill, Thomas P. Thomson and wife, Mrs. C. B. Klugh, R. R. an Hemphill and wife, W. O. Bradley and wife; J. C. McClane, Mrs sl< Claudia Ellis Bell. Elders?W. O. Bradley, T. F. x nomson. ueacons? ie J. Hayne McDill, C. D. Haddon. Dr. H. T. Sloan conducted the formalities of the occasion. w< The Catholic Church was founded in 1888, money for the building being given by Thomas-G. Enright. ^ The Episcopal, the Presbyterian and the Methodist churches are ^ large and handsome structures. The Baptists, the A. R. P.'s and the co Catholics have each nice churches with less seating capacity. Sh All of our houses of worship are of brick, and no debt is against ne either of them. IMPOSING PUBLIC BUILDINGS. I While the city of Abbeville has elegant buildings for religious 1 worship, it a too has a city hall and opera house of which our people wi have reason to be proud. The stage and the drapery are ae good as ** can be found in the State. The seats and other furnishings are of the best. The cost of land and building was $69,000. For this structure ^ we are indebted to the progressive spirit and good judgment of Mayor Qr J. L. McMillan and bis associates on the Council. m The Court House stands close by and is in line. The cost of the he building alone was $78,000. If the price of the land on which it stands cc had been included the cost would have run up to about $100,000. To St County Supervisor G. N. Nickles, and his board, the County will ever be be under obligations. They merit the gratitude of the people of th ' ? ? -t tttVuW. TOill CC Abbeville county tor tne erection 01 an mr^aub UUUUJU5 nmvu ttm* > be an ornament to the city and a pride of the county for a hnndred cc years to come. Frederic Minshall was the contractor for both buildings. cc th ABBEVILLE'S CONFEDERATE MONUMENT. pi When the struggle for Southern Eights began, Abbeville sent all of her men to the war. When the war was over. Daughters of the Confederacy set to work to build a monument to the brave men who fell in the strife. It was completed two years ago. It stands in the ^ center of the public square and is surrounded by a beautiful park. For architecture and beauty of finish, this granite pile is the admira- p( tion of all who see it. , To Mrs. Lucy Calvert Thomson is due much of the credit for this shaft. t p* ' nc ABBEVILLE'S MERCHANTS. m The good name and business ability for which the merchants of t0 Abbeville were distinguished before the war is fully sustained in the fu high character and business integrity of our merchants today. One ar firm commenced business in 1834 and the business has descended to the i.:? fima Uos haart in hnsiness for more than a llliru gbiierai/iuii. gcrum quarter of a century, including others that have descended from father to sons. , ALWAYS IN THE FRONT RANK. J m As a result of the rich heritage in character and mental endow ment which the early settlers left to those who were to oome after pj them, Abbeville men have always stood in the front rank. No matter er whether as plain good honest citizens, as preachers, physicians, merchants, lawyers, judges, teachers, editors, governors, statesmen, and ds near-Presidents, Abbeville has always furnished men who were equal to the best. CHANCES AT THE PRESIDENCY. Abbeville had two chances of furnishing a President of the United Tj States, but missed both. f0 Andrew Johnson was once with ub. He kept a tailor shop in Ab- h? * *- rn - ? J-'U-i-to 44- Trroa flint Ahhevilla. lei beville. Hut ne movea to xennesaew, tlliU tliUO IV mAO vuwv , | ? by the removal of a tailor shop, lost a chance to furnish a President of cb the United States. . ' ^ Again: When Andrew Jackson was President in the stormy days of Nullification the contest for the nomination was narrowed down to Jackson and Calhoun. Jackson was chosen Later, when "Jackson tried, with the aid of Martin VanBuren, to reinstate Mrs. Eaton in jit Washington society, Calhoun refused to co-operate with him, thus widening the breach between him and Jackson. Jackson's hold on the people was so great that he could dictate his successor, and Calhoun's ^ chances of becoming President were gone. Calhoun was a man of irreproachable character." If he had been less pure in morals and less manly in character Calhoun might have been President. He was Vice-President at one time, and twice he was a member of the President's Cabinet. SOME OF ABBEVILLE'S GIFTS. ' sei 1 1C*L frv +Vin ftfnf.P nr Abbeville is entirely unseinsu. old uao ouhcuuhw r. and other communities the services of some of her best citizens, and we know that she'has the everlasting gratitude of the State and com- _ munities for supplying their great needs from our abundance. 1 To be continued. tl CONTRIBUTED J An Exception. / Expressions that we have heard as comg from visitors last week, with a single ception, were pleasant to our people. It reDorted. however, that one visitor said at A.bbeville's splendid court house and en the cement pavement upon which he is walking was paid for with dispensary D ofits. Of course he had no authority for t* iy statement which had not the sem- J1*1 ance of truth, and which had no better undation than the vain imaginings of a sart that was prompted by evil. th This newspaper believes that preachers sa ould be as truthful as gentlemen among v< e lay class. There is not one word oi y< nth in any assertion that our court house is built with dispensary profits. v 1 In the first place, the court house has ^ it been paid for. A debt of about 150,000, vj 111 stands over it, which debt is now a qq arge upon the tax payers. th In the next place, not one cent of the die- to nsary profits has gone into the pay- *D ent of the cost of the court house, which is $78,000. The $28,000 that has been id upon it was raised by a special levy on all the taxable property of the counD [f a preacher handles the truth about E ir every day affairs carelessly, what P( all we think of his assertions from the ilpit on Sunday morning. Whatever the ut may be, we believe that the hetd of a g| eacher in politics, as a rule, deserves p is consideration than does the word of a Si ain politician. The politician who utters di i. .t ? uuoouvuu, kjl ixiaikuo a otatciuuiiu at vamce with the fact, knows that he will be omptly. corrected, .but if the preacherilltlcian does the same thing respect for ? e cloth too often allows the falsehood to i at its faoe value. x Missionary Collections' Mr. J. H. Ross, secretary of the laymen's ovement, suggests that local organiza>ns be effected and that it be the duty of Jj 2ommlt,tee to raise not less than one dolr per capita for home missions, and two illars for foreign missions. It seems to ^ that Mr. Boss names too small an vi aount, and we would suggest an amend- th ent, whereby five dollars should be the ^ Lnimum per capita for home missions id ten dollars for foreign missions. Con- fla iering the number of chargeless minis- w rs that may eventually get into the pro- 8{ 3sion of missionary, we might just as C< ill realize at once the need of a good pile ta money. And then we would suggest m at men who neglect or refuse to pay teen dollars a year, be uot allowed the aI ?ht to a Christian burial, except in Mexi- pfl , where men need not pay anything, p ivation is free to Mexicans, and they at ?d not be taxed. J. ??? tii Further Work. ' " The commission to discover fraud and to P* [nd up the State dispensary business has ?n quite successful. We would suggest, _ ailerthey are rooting out fraud that they ? Dk into the matter by which Westley of 1 ew York and a whole lot of widows and phans of this State have been cheated in jc atters concerning the cost of the State p >use. It seems that the commission di iuld find that the proud old State of ol >uth Carolina repudiated a part or all the >nd8 by which money was raised before e war to build the 8tate house. They j, iuld at least report on the honesty of p nfiscating the property of widows and g] phans. And they could tell us how T uch more honest it is to refuse to pay 01 intract price to liquor distillers for stuff Is lat was sold to citizens at excessive e( ices. , al Missions versus Santa Claus. p During the conference some of the genemen of the cloth gave us at night sames of their argument and oratory to sup- >rt their theory that' our people should J ight Santa Claus in order that the gos>1 should be carried to people who have ? ) respect for our religion and who are ore tenacious for their religion than we ours. If a man at home cannot be use- ^ 1 in converting his own brethren, how E e they to convert the heathen? pi 81 veatn or Mrs. uoogier. ef b< Mrs. Sallie Scott Coogler died in Atlanta b< 3t Sunday. She was one of the best woen that ever lived in Abbeville. She was arried years ago to Mr. Thomas Coogler, . legraph operator. They liued in various / aces, as the company desired. For sev- ' al years they-have lived in Atlantaany friends are pained to hear of her iath. 01 fr Good for Little Indians. ti In about twenty A. K. P. congregations j* Sauksgiving collections were takon np 0, r the benefit of children in Mexico. We jr iven't noticed where thanksgiving col- n stions have been taken up for American 4 ildren, but they will no doubt be remem- bi ired in prayers. a< pi ' tt The Trolley Line. * b Is Abbeville asleep? If so, the trolley gj w?n ^ r. U3 r*m ciocnucio, JO T la he State of South Carolina p1 COUMY OF ABBEVILLE. PROBATE COURT. p| the matter of the Estate of Susan C. Ban- 01 IMer, Deceased. Notice to Debtors and Creditor*. ai Ml persons Indebted to said estate must' me without delay, RDd toose holdlDg or jlm? ngalntiL the estate must prt-sem mem , operly attested to L M. BANISTER and w L. E. BaNISTKK, 'jn Administrators. I se See the Rosenberg Mercan- [ft( le Co. for baggirg and ties.' # lie State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. XXXJLt rnVDAXA WUAli . R. Latimer, Administrator of the r'\ Estate of Paris Cowan, deceased, t Plaintiff, against Priscilla Cowan, Martha Donald, Alexander Pratt i Jda Braxton, Ezekiei Pratt, Mattle $ Pratt, Pernoma Pratt and Lawrence Pratt, Defendants. Copy Summons. For Belief. (Complaint not Served.) To the Absent Defendants, Martha onald,' Alexander Pratt and Ida ? raxton, Ezekiei Pratt, Mattle Pratt, $ eruoma Pratt and Lawrence Pratt: j You are hereby summoned and re- j*. Jirea 10 answer me compiainb iu luis it ion, which was filed in the office of Hg ie Judge of the Probate Court for the ? id County, on the 12th day of Ifo- ] >mber, 1909, arid to serve a copy of )ur answer to the said complaint on ie subscriber at his office at Abbelle Court House, Sooth 'Carolina, ? itbin twenty days after the service . ?reof, exclusive of the day of such eer- ? ce; and if you fail to answer the aa plaint within the time aforesaid, e plaintiff in this action will apply : the Court for the relief demanded. <5 the complaint. Dated twellth day of November, J. JL Nick lee, Plaintiff's Attorney. , 'j. To tbe Absent Defendants, Marina j ouald, Alexander Pratt and Ida '{i raxron, Ezekiel Pratt, Mattie Pratt, ernoma Pratt and Lawrence Pratt; ' Take Notice, That the complaint la its action together with the summon* jtfjs ' which the foregoingis a oopy, was ' ? & led in tbe office of tbe Judge of tb.e '3 rotate Court for Abbeville County., ate of South Carolina, on the 12th % iv of November, 1909. i J. M. Nicklea, i Plaintiff's Attorney. November 12tb, 1909. Master's Sale. he State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. Court of Common Pleas. . ,|j| iad Li. JNoweiietai,?*iainunB, against Guillermo Xowell et al, Defendants. By authority of a Decree of Sale by "jsS le Court qf Common Pleas for Abber / lie County, in said State, made in ^ Le above stated case, I will offer for ^ .le, at public outcry, at Abbeville C. :k S. C., on Salesday in January,' A. . 1910, within the legal houra of. ; le tfifc following described land, to ' 'A It: All that tract or parcel of land '' $> tuate. lying and being in Abbeville lunty, in the State aforesaid, con- < ? ining TWENTY-SIX (28) Acres, ore or less, and bounded by lands of L. Covin, T. G. Baker, P. A. Covin id others. Also, all that other tract of land in vi ii<1 County and State, containing ' tFTEEN (15) Acres, more or lest, & id bounded by -lands of Tbos. Frith, S. Covin and by the above men- m oned tract. These lands will be sold i one tract. v / Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to , r; ly for papers. - B. E. HILL, i Master A. C., 8. C. a M 1 ? * 9 :rastee s ?aie 01 juana. By virtue of authority given to me , . i a Trust Deed executed by John T. g oorei on February 2Qth, 1909, which > eed is of record in tb$>offlce of Clerk > | ! Court for Abbevflle County, S. C.. i Book No. 27, at page 509, T will sell ; public sale in front of the Court fouae at Abbeville, 8. C.,'<on Monday, anuary 3rd, 1910, during >the hours of ublic sales, the following real estate: [ acres of laud, situated lu Magnolia ownship, Abbeville County, S. C., a watera of Kerr's creek, adjoining mds of C. B. Allen, Mrs. E. Tbomp>n, J. T. Carson, and others, more illy described in the Trust Deed bove referred to. . Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to ay tor papers. JOHN N. BLECKLEY, Trustee. Anderson, S. C., Dec, 1st, 1909, [state of W. T. Cowan, Deoeased. 'otice of Settlement and Application for FiDal Discbarge. Tak* notice that on the 15t,b day of Deoemrt. 1909.1 will render ft final account of my 1 Hlngs and doings as Administrator of the Rtate of W. T. Cowan, deceased, In the ofBo? r Judge of Probate for Abbeville County at i o'clock a. m.. and on the same day will aply for a final discharge from my trail M ich Admlnlatrator. All persons bavlng demands againat Mid itate will present them for payment on or jfore tbat day, proven and aatbentlcated or ) torever barred. MAKER L. RICE. Admlnlatrator. L Fine Farm for Sale! The Ellington Plantation a Little River (700 acres), 8} miles om Abbeville, one-fourth mile from le Seaboard R. R. and three-fourths tiles from Watts station. a iz Dorse irm in cultivation, a fine orchard and rer 100 pecan trees, some now bearig ; a real good 7-room bouse nearly ew and painted. 9 good tenant bouses, good barns. Tbis plantation bas long een noted as a cotton place; about 50 ires well set in Bermuda grass, four astures well fenced with wire, also iree large fields fenced; tbree fine ells of water, four good springs with ranches that never fail; four different rades of land. Plenty of good pine md to open up a 5-horse farm more, be place lie b well, very little waste ,ud; a floe place for raising cattle; lenty of good bottom land. Plenty r good tenants on the place. I live on the farm and will take leasure in goiDg all over it with any ie who would wish to see it. Would want one-fourth cash, bailee oq long time, four or five years. I would rent the place for at least ie year and pay 24 bales cotton rent. Titles A-l. If more than one party iwhpd to buv would cut the place op to four or five tracts. I might also 11 another good plantation two miles 3tn this one of 656 acres Iving on Lit? ; River. WM. McNEILL, Dec. 1, 1909. Watts, S. C. % :;i ' I j \Jk