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[>; ;y*"?V_ <.-<> . .. . . . . The Press and Banner.! ABBEVILLE. S.C. jpfr?PnhH?hfld every Wednesday at $2 a year in advaoce. Mr. ROSWELL T. LOGAN, of Charleston, 1b not authorized to take advertisements for this newspaper. Wednesday, Feb. 14, 1894. The Haloons. Some of the advocates of the license system who oppose the dispensary talk very freely abont the number of dispensaries now In existence In this State?sixty?leaving the in* ference that the dispensary was as bad or worse than the license system. Under the license system we bad one thousand bar rooms, which gave employment to, It Is estimated, some five thousand men. The saloons were kept open after dark, and In a greater or lees number of Instances furnished a place for gambling, and lounging places for loafers, while thev save resorts which evil persons might frequent for the purpose of taking advantage of drnnken victims cf drink. If there were a thousand dispensaries instead of sixty, the dispensary would still be much better than the barroom. The Next Campaign. From present appearances it seems that the opponents of Tillman are going to organize a warfare, not against him, but against the dispensary. Between the license system and tbe dispensary there will be a new alignment of political factions. Mine out of ten of the prohibitionists as between the bars and the dispensaries, will favor the dispensaries. The Beeent Killings. While there is no way to prove the suppotltlnn vot It In falp tA ann*u\aA thnt I*K 11 n ' uor saloons open at nlgbt, having tbeprlvl- 1 lege of selling llqaor under cover of nlgbt, > that there would have been many more hornIcldes than have occurred In enforcing the dispensary law. And under the license sys- , tem better men may have been slain. - i , Interesting Interviews. j We present this week an interesting paper t from Hon. R. E. Hill on the dispensary and b(n?l*Ai1 OMKIAAI ? AMJ! ??? AAlflVSIW DUVJWbOl RUU UUO JlUUi 1 I OflOUl CI Blake on Alliance work and the political out- j look. We sought Hon. P. B. Gary to get an ex- j pression from him, but felled to find him. ( Hon. J. T. Robertson half-way promised to give us a talk next week on politics. Trial j Justloe Cox has promised to discuss the Conn- , ty Government law. Didn't Go. ( t Judge Benet received notice yesterday that c the Court at Georgetown will adjourn to-day. He.wlll, therefore, not be required at Georgetown, but be will open court at Klngstree. ? Williamsburg County, nert Monday morn- t . 1 m \ Editor J. A. Harmon or the McCormlck ? News made a pleasant call at tbe Press and t Banner offioe yesterday eyen lng. a ... Tbe Press and Banner congratulates tbe Greenville News on its escape from destruofrc * tlon by fire last Sunday. + " ' ' fl TOWN TOPICS. . Interesting: Summary of Wbat Is Go* v lng on In Abbeville. { Mrs. Tbomas Morton of Edgefield 6 vlslltlnz her sisters, tbe Misses Moore. e Miss Cecelia Wlnstock of Cbarleston Is witb F Mr. Vlsanska's family. ? 5 Mr. Cloud of the G., C. A N. was over last week setting Information of tbe waier courses i in thn vlnlnltv of the railroad. The Seaboard fc Air Line U gelling up a panmhlet of the natural resources of tbe country through which c It passes. Abbeville will make a good showing. We bave as floe water power as there Is 0 In tbe State. 1, Miss Dean, who has been visiting here, left j for ber borne a few days ago. A hearty wel- c come always awaits her. 1, Mr. T. G. Perrln, formerly with Haddon & Co., has a permanent position In Atlanta. p Mr. Bailey Is getting up "Pinafore" for tbe benefit of tbe school library, It w ill come off 0 In April, and promises to be a freat for Ab- 7 be vide, as tbe best voices in the town bave been engaged. b Onr enterprising citizens, Messrs. Rosonberg and Visansfca contemplate building % c city ball or opera bouse on the Dendy corner, d Mrs. Lewis Parker of Greenville is spending some time with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. h W7 H. Parker. Lovers of flowers can be supplied with the t beautiful chrysanthemums that have taken so many premiums by Mrs. Kirk of Cokes- a bury. She will be glad to fill orders sent ber In May, tbe time to set ibem out In tbe open a ground, f rices very uiuueraw. u Mr, Henry Hill has Bet out an acre of cabbages In Fort Pickena. He bought early b plant* in Charleston. 1< Mrs. Fannie Allen' Is having a five room cottage erected near the Cothran branch. It p la to be completed In three weeks from the [j time It was begun. Mrs. Cheves Haskell was shopping In town o last Saturday. Mr. Frank DuPre has returned from a t week's visit to Atlanta. t Several of our young men attended a pleasant dance in Greenwood last Friday night, o Some of them go very often. Tnere must be a sweet attraction. t Col. H. T. Wardlaw has been visiting Id i< Monterey. Mrs. Dr. Hawes of Elberton, Ga., is visit- a lng her aunt, Mrs. W. A. Lee. r Miss Stella Douglass, irom Columbia, Is at g home visiting ber parents. r Professor Bailey has moved Into Mr. Klugh's t new house on wardlaw street. \ Mr. Game, engineer on the G, C. & N. railroad, and brother of our townsman, Dr. b Game, has bought from Mr. Klugb the cottage v recently occupied by Prof. Bailey. a Mr. John A. Harris is with White Bros. o Rev. Mr. Pearson, the great evangelist, has t been invited to come to Abbeville. 7 A large amount of additional machinery d will be put In the railroad shops next week. b Mr. weymer and family occupy the cottage in Dr. Marshall's yard. Miss Mela Lythgoe has returned from Aiken. Capt. M. L. Bonbam bas been in town for several days. ~ -j Card ot Thanks. Editor Press and Banner: Please allow me a small space, in your paper, to return my sincere tbanks to the good people of Greenwood and surrounding S country, for their liberal aid to me when my t barn and arables were burned, and two mules r consumed in the fire. Friends bad you not come to my help, 1 would have been unable I make a crop this year, but with the help you c have so willingly given me, I am once more i in a position to support my family. God li bless every one of yon, and may noDe of you ever be called upon to sudor what I did. c Yours truly, a R. B. Hinton. c Greenwood S. C., Feb. 101b, 1894. \ t ? . ? t Poultry and Pigeon Show. Hodges, S. C., February 12,189s. 1 The fanciers of Abbeville county and adja- 1 cent Country, are anxlouf; to get a Poultry ? and Pigeon show at Abbeville some time next * December. 1 There is no more available place In the up v country than Abbeville for suoh a show. There are some of the finest birds In the ? South here in our midst. 1 Anderson and Greenville have had success- I ful shows?successful in various way. Why ' ot surpass either of their shows at Abbe- 8 vllle. Any person Interested may confer with Dr. B E. C. Connor, Cokesbury, S. C. Fancier. J Principe smokes free, a fine flavor, melow t white ashes, wind up witn a complete and agreeable finale. Three dollars a hundred, 8 i for 25 cents. Harrison & Game. \ Druggists. Give us a chance when wanting either stove* cr tinware. Aobavllle Supply Co. Promptness and politeness is something to i be desired by every one. Call at speed's Drug store and we .guarantee you get both. WALTER R. PISTOLE Fell from the ( ., C. ?fc X. Train and Ifdl* MIII^U VHH I *? ? J Morulas: at Abbeville. Yesterday morning at about half-past seven o'clock as the through freight No. 21, from Monroe ?Capt. Dearlng, conductor? was approaching the Shops at this place, and just opposite the home of Judge Cotbran, a man was seen to fall beneath the wheels, where he wan dreadfully mangled and cut to pieces. Mr. Seabrook, the store keeper, who was about a hundred yards distant saw the accident, and Immediately gave the information. Mr. Charles J. Bruce, the call boy, was much nearer tbe scene of the accident than was Mr. Seabrook, but he was on tbe opposite sldeot the train, and only saw tbe man after the train had passed. Some of the Railroad folk Immediately came to town to get Trial Justice Wardlaw to hold the inquest, out be declined to do so, because he could not legally bold an inquest II the Coroner were within fifteen miles of tbe body. Coroner Hammond who lives only about four miles distant, was then sent for. At first the body was not recognized, but It was afterwards identified as that of Walter R. Pistole, a native of Monroe, N. C.. aged about twenty years, and related to Conductor Laney and Yard Boss Stewart. The deceased was married some three or four montbB ago, and leaves his wife, mother, brothers and sisters. Near the place of tbe accident an envelope was picked up addressed to his wife at Unlonville, a post office about seven mileB from Monroe. Near by was also found a pocket testament, from his aunt, Miss Osborne. Toe deceased cad oeeu an engineer in me Iron foundry at Monroe, and was coining tn Abbeville, seeking a Job in tbe railroad shops. He bad come safely to within a hundred yards or his destination when tbe fatal accident ocsurred. He bad been riding, it is supposed, on tbe trucks, and there was evidence that he had been dragged some thirty yards before he fell beneath the wheels. His head was severed from his body. He was well dressed, and i.hose wbo knew Itirn speak well <>f him. He was from a respectable and worthy family. As soon as his body was Identified bis death was Immediately telegraphed to bis people in Monroe. Accidents of this kind always attract more )r less interest, and this was no exception to :herule. People kept going to and coming 'rom the scene of accident until the arrival oi .he Coroner. Tbe pieces of the deceased were gathered .ogether and covered by a large white cloth, ind only those who were early on the ground law toe mangiea corpse. ORGANIZATION OF THE JUBY. Coroner J. Foster Hammond responded to .becall, and organized tbe Jury of inquest as 'ollows: Lewis Dansby, ioreman, J. H. Ramey, Sainjei Seal, William Lomai, Richard Romans, 1. S. Hemperly. John Johnson, Wra. Pope, (Vade Sloan, J. W. Bradford, C. C. Cblies, Den3is Jackson. VERDICT OF THE JURY. After exarainiug tbree witnesses, tbe jury -endered tbe following verdict: That Walter Pistole, of Unionvllle, N. C., 'came to ble death while riding on a freight ,rain of tne G., C. & N. R. R. Either fell or ;ot caught under tbe cars while tbe train was n motion. We find no blame attached to >aid road or any of its employees." HIS POSSESSIONS. The deceased had but few articles with blm. Sis parse contained something like seveneen cents. In bis pockets were a bunch of leys, a bandkercbelf, a box of vaseline, Ac. Be bad with him astatement from a phrenoljglst giving points as to his character, moral lature, physical and intellectual predllecir\r\a S'frtm fhot too ora lofl tn hoM?VA that .he young man possessed some good and loble trails. SENT BACK. The G., C. <t N. authorities famished a nice sofflnforthe remains and they were shipped >ack to the home from whence he so lately same, full of life and hope. SAD ENDING. There are many circumstances that make hU peculiarly sad case. He was a young nan without money. He bad recently marled a young wife, whom he bad left on the nornlng of the fatal day. In search ol work, thereby he might support her. He came In afety to within some two hundred yards of he place of bis destination, and when so leartbe shops, be fell between the wheels ind was crushed to death. TROY'S TEA GUPS. (any Marriage* Recorded?Death of nr. sioan?ioe narnniK ui jinjor Dorn'i Barn, Ktc. Troy, 8. C., Feb. 12.1891. Mr. J. M. Chllds, of Pelzer. was In Iowa last reek. He Is now a merchant at Pe'zer. Tbe Baptists of this place have secured Rev. I. C. Barton as tbelr pastor. Married on the 1st of February, Mr. J. M. ipence to Miss Fannie Laneley, by the Rev. t. F. Bradley. On tbe 7th, Mr. w. C. Holly to -Irs. R M. Qallaher, by the Rev. H. C. Burton. After suffering from a fall some time, Ittle Nora, daughter of Mr. J. C. Davis, is letter, aud is with friends in town. Up to the 1st day of January, 3.000 bales of otton bas been shipped from this town. On Saturday, the 17th of February, at 10: 80 'clock, there will be several addresses made behalf of tbe Alliance by J. T. Robertson . R. Blake, Jr., Capt. J. B. Holoway, J. S. rraves, S. B. Knox and Hon. Joshua W. Asbey. Tbe public are invited. ok/iia la fnr 4 Ilia XL-UU.X niuiuoio Duun 10 ouivtHio&u iv* ?ud ilace on Saturday 17tb. Mr. J. M. Wardlaw and Miss Lilly Morrah, r Wldemans, were happily married on tbe th, by Rev. R. F. Bradley. Miss Ellen Morrab, of wlderuans, Is visiting ler sister, Mrs. W. H. Kennedy. We would call tbe attention of our County lommlssloners to Patterson's bridge, as it is angerous. Mrs. O. Y. Bonner, of Due West, is visiting ier father. Dr. J. D. Neel. Mrs. T. P. Thomson is among relatives in own. There is constantly a cry in town for houses, nd tbe demand cannot be supplied. Tbe sacrament of tbe Lord's Supper was dmlnistered in tb.e A. R. P. churcu last Sun^ashlngton's birthday will be celebrated y our school on the 22nd of February, We sam it 1b to be for tbe school alone. The little girls of our town had a candy ulllng last Saturday. There were sixteen Ittle Jewels present. Rev. H. C. Burton will preach in the Baptist burch next Sunday. Mrs. Murry Drennon, after spending some lme wiiu Der aaugnier in ueorgia, una rcurned borne. Uncle Isaac Caldwell has bought two flue aules. Look out for a big cotton crop. At this writing Dr. H. T. Soan is no better, le died on Tuesday, Feb. 13, and will be burBd on Wednesday. There is some talk of Abbeville, Edgefield nd Troy building tbe Cumberland Gap Raiload. If every man along this road would rade his length, the road would soon have oiling stock on it. Now this looks like a lltle to do for a rail road?Just to grade six feet. Ve hope how soon this road will be running. On last Sunday morning at daylight the am, of Major Dorn of this vicinity, together pith six bead of horses, 350 bushels ol corn bout four tons of bay and about 600 bundles f fodder was burned. Tbe damages are esImated at about flfleen hundred dollars, 'he barn, we learn was insured for four hun[red dollars. It Is thought to be lncendary, ut no clue to the parties as to yet. Nick. DEATH Of DB. SLOAN. ? The End of a Long Useful Life?lie Served Ills People in tbe Pulpit for Xearly Fifty Years. After a long illness tbe Rev. H. Thompson Hoan, D. D., died yesterday at his home in blB county, at an advanceo age, beloved and espected by all who knew blm. During nearly tbe whole of bis ministerial Ife he served Cedar Spring and Long Cane onkiregations in this county, and It was only rlthln a very recent period that be ceased to abor with them. Dr. Sloan not only bas an irreproachable I haracter. but bis life and teachings were ucb as to command the love and confidence if all people, of every class and condition. Vhlle he was tenacious for the right,and couended stenuously lor the exactions of all tbe enets of bis Christian faith, yet he was tolermt and charitable toward those who saw the Igbt from a different standpoint, or who in beirown life, lacked something of coming ip to the requirements of tbe highest standard, of tbe Christian's life. In service to the farther, be recognized tbe brotherhood of nanklnd, and ever sought to bring all meu rit l) Id tbe fold of tbe Christian faiih. While he enlisted in the Master's cause inder the banner of tbe Associate Reformed 'resbyterian church, be was a Christian In be broad and true seuse of the word, and rom his youth up he lived a blameless life ind a devoted servant of his Redeemer. He was remarkable for his stability of charicterand steadfastness of friendship and derotton. If be ever missed attending Comnencementat Due West In the fifty years of ts existence, we have never heard of It, and te was for possibly forty years, one of tbe rustees of that lnstltutlob. He will be burled to-day, and then we will enow him no more of him, except as bis vorks do live after him. S. V. P.?Southland Veterinary Powder si he latest and best spring medicine for stock. >repared only by Harrison & Game. Try a barrel of our "Pond Llllj " flour at ?4 >er barrel. Abbeville Supply Co. A SUCCESSFUL DISPENSARY J - I DlRpenMer R. E. Hill Tallin Freely on the Dispensary Question, nnd QneRtloiiM ArUlus Therefrom. Having seen a good deal lately In the News and Courier and other papers unfriendly to , the Dispensary law to the effect that tbe opposition to this law is largely on the increase, and having the impression tbat such was not true as to Abbeville county, we called in at the Dispensary and bad a talk with Mr. R. E. Hill, the bead of tbat establishment, in refer! ence to the matter?or more properly speaking? listened to him while he talked on tbe subject. By way of introducing tbe subject we stated tbat we had CAlled in to learo something as to how the Dispensary was getting on; what was tbe feeling or our people toward it and any other information he might be able to give us in connection therewith. TIIE DISPENSARY BOTH A MORAL AND A FI' NANCIAL SUCCESS. In reply to this Mr. Hill said that he was glad, for the sake of tbe people of Abbeville county who were distinguished for their lawabiding spirit, to be able to say tbat the law was working in this county without tbe least!frlctlon ; that he had not bad the least trouble growing out of any disposition to obstruct the operations of the law from any source and that there was no question but. l/UCLL IU /1.UWCTIIIO wwuij buv iun ituu piwi <.u both a moral and a financial success. Why this was nol true of other counties where Dispensaries are located (and be was compelled to admit that such was the ease) 1 could not be accounted for on any other hypothesis than that the people or Abbeville county are the best and most law abiding people in the dtate and are Justly entitled to the dlslructlon which they claim for them- | selves, that of beiug the "Banner" County of j the State. p THE MORAL ASPECT. C Speaking of the moral side of the question ' he said that the Improvement in that particular wns so striking and patent that It was seen and acknowledged by every one; that as v between the Bar Rooms and the Dispensary ' the majority of the people of Abbeville coun- d ty regarded the matter somewhat as follows 0 ?that while the former exerted a most immoral influence the latter tended largely in c the opposite direction?if in no otner particn- ? lar, In that it has done away with the brilliantly lighted and attractive plaoes where 0 nightly assembled many of the unsuspecting c and thoughtless youths of our country who, \ before they were aware of It, were enlisted as '' recruits In the great army of drunkards, and 1 who. by easy gradation, often sunk to the low level of common criminals, castaways, repro- 1 bates. k THE FINANCIAL RESULTS. A As to the financial results of the law In Ab- v bevllle county be said that If all tbe Dlspen- j sarles In tbe State bad been managed as successfully as had thin one the net profits would have been fully up to tbe figures given out by Governor Tillman In an entervlew o published In tbe News and Courier about tbe ? time tbe law went into operation, as the pro- li bable profits arising lrom tbe same. b w AMOUNT ALREADY PAID INTO THE TREAS n URY. ? He stated that be bad already paid over to tbe County Treasurer and to tbe town authorities of Abbeville some three thousand h dollars and that be would turn over to them tl an additional five hundred dollars in a few n days, whlcb would make an everage of jyOa ft month since the law went into effect If o INFLAMMATORY ARTICLES. E He was sorry, he said, to see the Indications ot a growing ?plrlt of opposition to tbe law In some of tbe counties where there has al- tl ways been more or less of it. He thought |i that posstbly it might be partly due to incus- rt creet action on the part of some of the Stale li Constables, but In his opinion, more largely a* due to tbehlgbly Inflammatory articles which p appear from time to time in tbe News and C Courier and other papers unfriendly to the The great majority of those who are opposed to the law read only such papers as are 0 likewise opposed to It and when tbey see ar- % tide after article in these papers the whole T burthen of which is to the effect that tbe law a is unconstitutional and sooneror later will be a so declared by tbe hlehest Courts of tbe coun- o try; the result is they think they are perfectly ' Justifiable in doing everything tbey can to de- f feat such a law. " o; THE SUPREME COURT SHOULD DECIDE. U In view of this condition of things he f< thought it the duty of the Supreme Court, Just as soon as It can possibly do so to render tt decision on the constitutionality of the law, let that decision be what It may. li The welfare and prosperity of the State de- M mand that every effort be made, and that ti speedily, to put an end to, or at least check, J this spirit of strife and ancrchy which Is tl abroad In our land; and he was of the opin- tl Ion that nothing would go farther In that dl. t< rectlon than a removal of that uncertainty * which obtains with many as to the constltu- el tlonality of this law. tl U WOULD NOT VIOLATE THE LAW, IF THE hi COURT SUSTAINS IT. " While there are doubtless a good many who A would continue to violate the law notwithstanding the opinion of the Court should sustain the constitutionality of It, there are many more who are now violating It and si who are throwing every obstable In their n power in the way of its enforcement because hi they believe Its provisions In conflict with o! the constitution, who would cease to do so, ei were It decided by the Supreme Coart to be b; constitutional. it WHEN THE NEWS AND COURIER WILL CEASE Ol TO ABUSE GOVERNOR TILLMAN. U Certainly the News and Courier and such e' like papers would cease their abuse of Gover- I or Tillman and the State Constables for en- 01 deavorlng to enforce the law, (which conduct bi has more to do in the way of encouraging op- tc position to the law than all other lnnuenoes at combined) If the law should be declared con- at stltutlonal by the highest tribunal in the h State. a H THE SANCTITY OF A HAN'S HOME IS STILL Ol INVIOLABLE. He said a great deal was said in the papers fc about the invasion of the sanctity of the ti homes of our people by the Constables In w their search for con trabaned liquor; that this no wns all done for the purpose of prejudicing al our people against the law. The law in that ir particular is Just as it has been for a hundred H years. These constables have no authority tt under the dispensary law to enter a private gi residence to search for liquor without flrst di getting out a search warrant and they never pi have nor will they ever do so; and more than ai that; the private resldenceof no man in this hi State is in any danger ol being searched. even with a search warrant, for contraband liquor, v without there belnggood reason for believing Ic that such contraband liquor is being kept in sn or about such residence. yi at THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT OBJECT tt TO SEARCH. ic He would venture the assertion that there bi is not a man in Abbeville county, or else c( where in the State, who is conscious of never tc having violated the Dispensary law, who has tt the least apprehension of his home being in- R vaded by the State Constables in search for It contraband liquor. M si THE PEOPLE SATISFIED WITH HIS CONDUCT el OF THE DISPENSARY. r\r. ovnrimlnor lha mil n Inn that A hhp- d; VU UUl wa|/tv?<?Uo <MV wr vllle had one of the best managed Dispensa- si rles la the State and tbe hope ihat he would b remain permanently In charge of It. Mr. b Hill, after thanking us for our good opinion, said that be was a prohibitionist In principle, gi but regarding such a thing as total prohibi- si tlon as utterly impractible, he looked upon b' tbe Dispensary law as the best practible solu- i tlon of tbe liquor question and whs therefore N anxious to see It glyen a fair test; tbat while ai he did not think he was tbe only man In Ab- u bevllle county wbo bad tbe ability to run h successfully, a Dlxpensary, be did think that h be was possessed of several of the pre-re- fc qulsltes to that end, and was therefore will lc ing to undertake It; tbat while doubtless cJ there are a few wbo think they could have et managed It moreBuccessfuliy than It bus been e< done, be feels satisfied tbat tbe great majority of our people are fully satisfied with bis tt management. tc MAY RETIRE FROM THE DISPENSARY. fr' Now, he said, having demonstrated tbat a dispensary conducted in conformity with the law, and In a businesslike manner, is both a w moral and a financial success, it Is bis present Intention to carry out bis original ideuwhen ai lie first accepted "'ie position of Dispenser, si which was not t be an applicant for re-ap- ei polntment at the expiration of his present pi term, which will be on the 1st of July next. fc THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OK WORK. *! I He Is more than ever Inclined to this course tt since learning, by experience, of the immense ai amount of work required of a Dispenser, es- L peclally in the fall aoy winter months, an C amount in tbe way of book-keeping and ei otherwise, far greater tbdn one, not famllilar with It, would imagine, and more than be is physically able to well endure. p( THE SOUTH CAROLINA MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS. g J After having obliged us by talking so freely 01 and fully on the Dispensary question we felt a a little delicacy lu trespassing further on our ?< lriend'8 time and patience and were in tbe act of taking our departure, when Mr. Hill J" incidentally remarked tbat be bad just fin- fu isbed reading tbe "Memorial" of tbe South Carolina Legislature to tbe Congress of tbe United States In the matter of Receivers of Railroad Corporations, whose author, report jj says, is a distinguished citizen or our town. ,.0 On our asking bim what be thought of it, be DI said it was one of tbe most entertaining and nstructlve papers of the kind tbat be bad sver read. Ah a specimen of strong, forcible yet polishid English, it would be bard to And anything o equal, much less surpass It. He would commend certain portions of It ,o the teachers of our public schools as modsis of pure English to be patterned after by ,heir pupils, Tde author of it shows therein tbat he is iot only an able logician and a master of the English language, but as well a lawyer of narked ability and one who iB destined, ihould his life be spared, to rise to the distinction of being classed among that bright galaxyofable .urista whose reputations reflect 10 much lust ou the proud little State of Jouth Carolina. It Is published, he said. In pamphlet form ind a copy of it bad been sent to him, as he >resumed had beep done In the case of each )f the members of the Legislature. From the title of it one would naturally soncludc tbat it would be dull reading and of nterest only to the legal fraternity, but such snot the case; that while it consists chiefly >f a history ol the gradual encroachment on tnd usurpation of the rights and powers of be individual Slates by the United States Courts, and more especially as the same ap)lies to the State of South Carolina, its language Is so choice and its conclusions so forcibly and convincingly drawn, that the reader sannot fall to be botb charmed and edified by ts perusal. mm " S's" SCINTILLATIONS. .'olltlcal ProffnoNtlcntloun and Per* Nonal Preferences. Greenwood. 8. C., Feb. 11. While In Ninety Six last week wedropped n for a moment on our friend R. R. Calhoun, le carries a nice line of drugs, and Is well leased with his business and the people of iur prosperous neighbor. Mrs. Rtckenbaker has Joined her hUBband n Elbertou, where they will make their iome in the fnture. Tir~ """" '""n ViqI* nrnanaplfv anit YTO CUTJ UV IV n u IUWII |/>UUKV. ..J , --V. rould rather help build them up tbaa tear hem down. If Greenwood has ever spent a ollar toward defeating an enterprise in one f her neighboring towns we do not know It. Rev. Mr. Fogartle's congregation gave hlra ilm a nice pounding last week on the arrival f Mrs. Fogartle ana the little ones. Hon. John H. Wharton, the present Clerk f Court for Laurens county, favors an early onventlon, and says if O. W. Shell calls it here will be a hearty response. Mr. Wharton 4 a candidate for congress from the Fourth Mstrlct. Miss Winona Durst has returned to Cooperlimestone school. Oar Council has employed Mr. S. O. Major 0 take the census of the town. Mr. Louis who was killed by the explosion t the Spartan Mill In Spartanburg recently, ras once engineer at the Greenwood mill, lis life was Insured for $10,000. HAPPY UNION. The whole town extends congratulations to ur popular young townsman, Mr. A. J. Bell, rho was married to Miss Kelley In Baltimore ist Thursday. The happy couple will arrive ere to*day. His young bride made many rarm friends during her stay here last Homier, bnt none truer than Jerome, and all relcome her back as Mrs. Bell. PROSPEROUS MILL. Notwithstanding the heavy loss sustained y the burning of their ginnery, and the conInued low price of all Its products, our oil )ill promises to close the season with profits illy satisfactory to the stockholders. This 1 due entirely to the Judicious management f President Mlllwee and Snperintendant Ivans. GENERAL HEMPHILL'S SPEECH. I have heard Senator Hemphill's Bpeech at tie banquet at Abbeville on the 3d very blghf complimented. Great and lucid as it was, iy opinion Is It would not stand In the <tead7 parallel with some of bis effulgent edltorlIs,daring tbediscussion last summer of the roprlety of admitting yaukee brains into Hein&on College. SPELLING BEES. A series of spelling bees between the town f Donnald's and tbe pupils or frot. Wright's chool have been Id progress for some lime, bev afford considerable amusement, and are o doubt attended with profit. While there few days ago, I was Importuned to remain ver and take part In one of tbem. They seraed to think I could or ought to spell 'ell. I respectfully declined, choosing to save them In lgnoranoe as to my knowledge f orthography. It my Janle bad been there ) prompt me I doubtless would have remalnd. Appropos, I suggest that there Is a young idy at Troy who can spell them all down. THE MARCH CONVENTION. The Reformers have started out right, havag In convention assembled, pasced antiLarch convention resolutions, which Is vlrjally declaring for a free-for-all primary, udglng tbe future by tbe past, we predict aafl oefore tbe campaign Is two weeks old iet3ourt House rlngsters will, on some pre}xt or another, secretly or otherwise, seen to whereas" and "reftblve" against such an lejllon, but be It known unto all men that le Conservatives are out of It and auy atimpt at caucusing or "boiling down" will a against those Reformers who are Inimical > tbe political Interest of all pap-sucklng amplres. NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR THAT WAS DELAYED. It Is now painfully apparent that the ConBrvatlves are simply not going to be "In It" ext campaign. Nearly all of our editors ave gone off af?er strange gods, and each lie 18 Dooming ? (linereui xveiurmer lur uuv rnor, who hue previously been nominated y hlmsblf or bis irlends. Tbe outlook Is ml tbey will be so abundant that not only rery editor bat all tbelr correspondents, can loose dlfterent ones upon wbom to waste ielr pent up eulogy. I bave my man spotid but dOD't want to lead off. As boou, bowrer, as tbe reportorlal brigade's turn comes, will bound Into tbe arena wltb tbe uglllty r a Rocky Mountain goat?bearing aloit tbe Etnner ttiat will surely lead my man to vietry. He bas already declared himself on our reels as "Onr next Governor." He Is a bard .udentof politics ; beginning early In life be as grown grey In tbe business, bence be is well trained political atblete and acrobat, [is career bas been marked by a succession r botly contested victories. Only twice I beeve bas he been "knocked out," and then b lit on bis feet, once for Coroner and once ir tbe Senaie. Tbese reverses were due enrely to tbe normal condition of politics ben men had to stand or fall according to lerlt. Things aredlOerent now, belug quite snormal. Under these circumstances, my lan Is a "hummer," a veritable Nancy i- . .&UK8. H.O IB liic eujuimiujoub ut ivciui ui , le qulntesence ot the times, and needs no *eat big editor nor vociferous howlers- . own, to champion bis cause, but at tbe roper time I am going to use this column nd all tbe ostentation I can command in 1 eraldlng forth his claims. On Tuesday evening before publication I rill give to the associated press the followig: "The Greeuwood correspondent will ly in to-morrow's Press and Banner : Blow a the brass horns in Abbeville; call a vast isembly and spread a great feast. Gather all i >e people with one accord and their rulers r one mind together and make merry; bring | i tbe children and all those that suck at tbe reast of public pap. Let tbe bridegroom also >me forth, bringing bis bride, and all rejoice >ge(ber, while tbe Conservatives weep ibal lis man should rule over them, for Hon. K. ,. Hempblll, first in war, first in peace, first j 1 the hearts of bis countrymen, editor of tbe [edlum, and the only simon-pure woman iffraglst In tbe State, will be the next Gov* i rnor of South Carolina. " 1 suppose there will be no objection to me Bine the wires in tbe Interest ol my candl- i ate; Mr. Walsh worked them for his expolion?telegraph wires I mean. Mr. HempIll will manipulate those political, being Imsoif an expert operator. P. S.?One week later.?The above pararapb was lu the hands of the printer and < lould have appeared In last week's paper, ut was crowded out by more Important i latter. In the meantime the Greenville | ews bas apparently gotten the bulge on me i ad nominated my man. I hope, however, nd?r the circumstances, that Mr. HempIll's friends will accord me whatever of onor atUches to being tbe first to bring bliu irward. If the News Is disposed to be conmtious about It. lean easily establish my aim to prioilty by the Press and Banner , Jltor. At any rate I will claim a dlvy of ex;utl ve pap after Ills election. N. B.?since writing the above It transpires lat Governor Tillman Is to have a third >rm. To this I am tenderly acquiescent, ud will now join The State In booming my tan for the second place Instead of John ary, as It is only a shade more clrcultlous to | le same goal anyhtw. 'HAT TO DO WITH QUEEN LIL^ ISLANDS. I Heretofore I have scrupulously avoided ay expression of opinion on the Haivalau tuation for tbe reason I am not sure wheth my views are Democratic, Popullstlc or Heubiican. Now, however, with due respect ir Messrs. Cleveland, Blount, Dole, Stevens l ad queen Llllluokalana, especially, I respect- 1 illy suggest that Congress forthwith admits tese Islands Into tbe federation of States, ' id Immediately lease them to the Louisiana 1 ottery Company and tbe Duval Athletic ' lub (limited) for a sum sufficient to pay the 1 Hire running expenses of this government. ' THE STATE NEWSPAPER. I am one of those who think the Slate news- < iper acted wisely lu raising its price rather i tan lower Its standard. Our people need atblng more than standard literature. The i date's readers here are, in the main, poor but i jI niggardly, being always willing to pay < sound price for a souud article. Although i ten differing with it, we are never at a loss i i know where "it is at" on all public ques- J us. Its news columns are always fresh, | II und flashy, and entirely trustworthy. < BLIND TIGEIIS THAT SEE. ? Some one in tbe low country, doubtless a ' iy, has discovered a blind tiger thai can see. . o one would have been surprised if ihls dlsivery had been made in Georgia. We are 'epared to receive as true any Bort of ph?jmena from the Empire State. S. t r . . TREASURER BLAKE. In an Interview He Gives HI* Views of the Political Situation. I Hearing that Treasurer Blake hnd returned from an Alliance meeting at tfeiton, ana knowing him to be a thorough Alllanceman, and the lecturer of the third Alliance District and well Informed as to the political situation, we ventured to seek his views upon the cqr rent topics of the day. We found him In hit office, busy id the discharge of official duties, and answering the many letters which had accumulated during his absenceIn answerto the questloa about delinquent tax-pByers this year,he replied, that notwithstanding the scaritv of money and low price of cotton, there were fewer de. Unouent than usual and the great majority of those were nerrroes, who aded pnylng taxes, by constantly changing tbeli places of residence. This wa? one of the evlh Incident to the extentlon of time for collect Ing taxes, and if the books were closed promptly by 31st December, tbeD all such tax dodgers could be caught before making theli escape. the alliance meeting?its objects ani successes. When nuked about the object of the meeting at Belton. be stated that it bad no political significance, bat had for Its object the unification and advancement of Alliance work In this Congressional District, aod was the out growth of the lecture ?ystem adopted by the State Alliance. The third Dl?trlct Alliance U composed of the counties of Newberry, Abbe tfllla A n/lA*n/\n I T"J 1 - ? 1 t iiiv, aiiuciDUU) VMIuru ItUU riW'liOUB, ?uu meets biennially at Belton unless otherwise arranged. Abbeville was represented at Helton by btm and Col. J. T. Robertson. All the counties were represented and white tbe various reports showed a decrease 01 membership from lormer years, yet tbe Alliance spirit was strong as ever, and -the order In good working condition. Farmers realize the financial benefits derived from co-opera tlon and union, and . Alllancemen ar? reaping tbe advantages which accrue therefrom. As a result, they are dealing more extensively with manufactories, and State Exchange,In the purchase of guano,supplies, <fco, thereby 8avlng commission of agents and middle men. THE DISPENSARY SENTIMENT. Although the Alliance meeting was non political, yet we asked him what was the sentiment of tbe delegates, as to the dispensary law In their respective countries. He stated that the law was probably more universally endorsed In Abbeville County, than In any ol tbe others of the District. While It was universally conceeded to be an Improvement upon the open grog shop, from a moral stand point, and at the same time a financial snccees, yet prejudice to It as an administration measure, and partisan hatred kept alive by a partisan press, has tended to open violence against tbe law, In many sections. THE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE. The people endorse tbe law, and Justify Governor Tillman in nslng every effort to en force It. Tbe opposition to some extent, Is encouraged with the hope that tbe Supreme Court will declare the law unconstitutional. For this reason, it is highly Important, that a speedy decision be reached. The opposition to tbe dispensary law will be a potent factor In determining who will be Governor Tillman's auceoHSor. While public sentiment generally is in favor of a farmer for Governor yet If the Dispensary bill Is made a campaign issue, he thought the autbor of tbe bill, would be called to lead tbe administration. THE PEOPLE DO NOT FAVOR A THIRD TERM. The suggestion of a third term for Governor Tillman, be did not think was popular. It was contrary to all precedent, and did not think the Governor would approve of tbe Idea himself! He will be on the stump as candidate for Senator, and should It be ne cessary for blm to defend the administration, he could do so as effectively as if be were candidate lor Governor. CONGRESSMAN LATIMER SOLID. In reply to the inquiry whether Congressman Latimer would hnve any opposition for aseoond term, he replied, none from the Alliance or reform ranks. Circumstances bad conspired to moke htm stronger with bis party than he was a year ago. Being tbe nominee of tbe Alliance and tbe organized Demo cracy of his District, the Impeachment ol bis democracy by the national administration, and his tiaducers, and the withholding ol that Federal patronage which Is his by right and custom, is considered an insult to those by whose votes he was eleoted, and tbey will seek vindication at the ballot box. To do this, tbey will give him their support over anv other candidate for a second term. THE MARCH CONVENTION. As to the time of holding a State Conventlon, while Abbeville had declared In favor of a May or later convention,yet the other counties of the District were equally pronounced In favor of an earlier time. Tbe argument advanced 1?. that It would nettle all rivalries among tbo various candidates, and prevent any bitter feelings a later campaign might engender. THE POLITICIANS MORE DETERMINED THAN EVER. He apprehended no danger to the reform movement, however, from this source, as tbe people were taking nc stock in tbe petty quarrels of some of those in prominent positions. Tbey did not consider the success of tbe movement dependent upon any one man, or set of men, and would, as soon as an opportunity was presented, relegate to private ranka, any one who would consider bis own political aspirations paramount to tbe success of the movement. Tbe people were more united than ever, and would dictate terms to politicians when the occasion demanded it. THE WAY CLEMSON DOES. Moat of the- Country Editors Give Their Papers to the Bitr Institution?-The Difference Between "Taking" Paper* and "Getting;" Papers. The Press and Banner lain receipt of tbe following note on a postal card, and explains Itself as far as we understand It. We copy it Just as received: Clemson College, Feb. 10, 1894. Dear Sir:? Please discontinue my subscription to your paper as we get all state and most oounty news in our college Reading Rooms. The rpnrlintr room would like to tile a codv of your paper with your compliments. Abbeville boys I know wonld like to see it. Heading Room Lakes no co. papers but gets most of ibem. With best wishes to you I am, Yours truly, W. F. Moncrelff. We will comply with the request to discontinue his puper, have no fault to find with Professor Moncrelff for ordering it stopped, and we hHve no fault to find with the rich country editors who cau afford to giveaway their papers. But we cannot aftord to give away ours. It costs us time and money to print the Press aud Banner, and we send It to only those who think It worth the subscription price, aud from whom we expect to recieve pay. If the Reading Room at Clemson College think* the Press and Banner is worth the subscription price, the State of South Carolina Is plenty able to pay for It, If the Reading Room people think It not worth the subscription pjtoe, we wonld be nothing more nor less than a natural born fool to give it to peop\e who didn't appreciate it. We are gratified to know tbat the Abbeville boys wonld like to seethe Press and Bauner, but they must "take" it, and not get" it. We lnier from Prof. MoncrlefTa oard that the Reading Room "takes" the dally newspapers. That Is the only way they can "get" the Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE IN THE VAN. Urent Prnise from n Disinterested Brother lu the Distance. Yorkville Yoeman. We cannot help but admire The Abbeville Press aud Banner and think of its fortunate location. There is no town in the State tbat Is growing more substantial growth tbau Abbeville, and she shows her thrift and spirit in ber newspapers. Her business men have about fourteen columns of advertising Id the Press and Banner and the paper comes out In twelve page form. It looks like there is business at Abbeville and the very Impression that it makes doubtless carries a great deal of trade to that place that would not otherwise go there, lor there are a number of very good sized towns In that section of the Stale. The people seem to be persistent about the matter und hold on to an Idea long enough to get something out of It; they keep persistently at It and do not waste substance by faint ebullitions at long Intervals that are kept up unly long enough for people to tlnd out about who they are and what they are driving at und then quit long enough to become moss covered and for;otten. It Is not necessary for Ihem to wonder why they keep up with the world with an always Increasing business and ^ growth that keeps their town at the head of lhe van of progress by collective effort. The jay is past when the man can sit down in sotne secluded spot and have people to run ifter bim for the lavorof paying for bis goods. He has to hunt trade and keep after ltto bold It; make himself and his wares known to the customer and keep them known. It Is largely i question of talk, of Iteration, and (he man whodoes the most of It and the man who ioes It most intelligibly is the man who gets .here. Fresh citron, raison, nuts and currents at he Supply Co. : . - / .. ... . . ... i I . . [ I ci* v ?i a di&Jbli! I I ... i ~ The Entire Stock of i UrO P Boll mi. u. jj. jjgji "Will be Sold at COST \ . V V And under from this date. The Stock consists of BLACK DRESS GOODS, COLORED DRESS GOODS, SILKS, RT.ACVK AND COLORED CALICO, GINGHAMS, BLEACHED AND BROWN HDMSPON, / And all Goods of all kinds. "Mnt.inriR | aJfe ^ A m vw y Millinery and Shoes. The Goods will be Sold at Once. R. M. HILL, Assignee. i tX -'Jsix