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v>v The Press and Banner. BY HUGH WILSON, b Wednesday, Jan. 18, 1893. , Two In One Tree. Mr. Cliarles E. Wilson canilit two 'po?utri? ! J* one day last week In one holunv tree. While I ont In ihe woods lie concluded to cut a tree, !g and tound bis game. I, ** A ..... %A* ! ;V At Acik \V. Smith's a largo lot plantation j n combs at 21/. cents a piece. h lU0 4-ply gentleman's collars at .1c each, sold ? from 15u to 25c. j-' * ? -- ri Rev. J. Ij. Stevkns. of Athens, Ga., will b preach at Rocky River church on next s*l>- ei bath, the 22nd. and at Mount Carmel next <j Monday night at 7.30 o'clock, the 23rd. m ai n Personal Paragraphs. p Court opened Monday mornltis, Judge Izlnr ,r presiding. The number In attendance was. It ? icemed to us, small. The extreme cold P* i weather, no doubt, preventine many persons li m attending. Mr. Joel C. Wier. of Ninety-Six, is one of 1 he grand jurors for this term. J] Miss Macule Latimer and Miss Mabel Tus- M tun are In Blberton.Ga .visiting friei.ds. The J] young ladles left last Friday and will beab- ?' sent about a week. Mr L.T.Robertson is In the city. Ltwton ei J?s not clerking thl* time, but Is on the Jury. Hon. R. Mays Cleve and. or Marietta, came down Sunday, and wilI spend some da>s In the city. Tl MIssAzlle Simpson, after a visit of about 111 two wefkK, returned to h?r home in Atlanta, H< Ga. Miss Simpson Is a ureal favorite with th? r? Abbeville people, and we hope In the near fu- Uf tnre will see her mir face in our midst. a<:ain. Railroading may be nice In summer, and cc ihe positiou of Pullman ?*ar condu<;tor is not fr so b;*d Id winter, but how would you like to ,e crawl on top of a freight oar. running at. the c<rale of thirty per hour, h night like lust Monday night, and wind brakes? Suchissomeof J" 1 lie life of a railroad man. MKs Kate G'ies, who has heen visiting the furaily of Mr. W, A. Templeton. left last Frl- 1" ?iay for Green wood, to visit relatives at that jolni. No service In the Pre?byterian church last * '' Friday night as advertised. Too cold If you want to see a busy scene lust go out '? to the site of the shops, and see the work of m the railroad company. They have already t!< t hree side tracks in on the right or the road w going to Atlanta, and a large force of w:>rk- m men surfacing up, putting in switch boards. Ac. Now It lookH 11 e business, and it means ?r the shops for us, notwithstanding so many / doubters. Abbeville is all right and you may p. look for a boom in the old town. L. W. Parker, Esq , of Greenville was in the city Saturday and Sunday, we hear Mr. Par- uj ker contemplates building several collates wi torrent. We hope thfs is the case. The lown ev needs the help of men like Mr. Parker, and ca the bouseB ?? well. hu Mr. M. C. Heath havinst closed out his busl- tri ne?B interests here left Saturday for his future an home, Norfolk, Va. Mr. Heatb left many nt IMends bere wiio wish him success and hap- na piness in his new home. ] We leard ibal the Seaboard Air Line man- io i.eement will soon put on a fast train of vestl- in buled cars from New York city to New Or- ev leans. The ours will bf green, and the tr?in foj will he called the "Wild Irishman." The new train will he a great additiou to the trav- "f ?lmg convenience ol' the road, and wilt no J{? doubt pay well. Ul CapL W. E. Cotbrnn, of Bradley, was In Jj t-<WD Monday. J> Monday morning was the coldest of Ihe O' winter. The mercury sta.idlng as low as six degrees at day light. Eight or ten bales of cotton on the market T. Monday. i There Is no excuse for bad behavior In ? chnrch. Any one of mature years ought to .p. know right from wrong and should behave, T1 or else stay away. v Mr. J. A. Allen is home from a long Rojonrn In the Gate City. He looks natural and Is Just the same jolly soul. He will be here s<>me time on a vacation. Our town has at last a Ions: felt want filled, J. e we have first class resident photographer* )'i Messrs. Gallagher Bros. We have seen a lot ed f their work.and will say to your readers: ht 1'itronlze home industry. On last Wednesday nlghl at the residence of te Mr. T. P. Qu?rles, there was assembled as o.erry a crowd of young people as could be |0 J 'Und any where. The occasion was a card ja Imrty given by the talr hostess. Miss Ag'<es m aarles, In honor of her friend, Mies A/.lle Simpson, of AtlantP, and to say It was pleas- til ant and a success would only feebly express it. It was simply perfect, and the refresh sa niente! Words fail us when we attempt a description of the delicious salads, crisp celery, te coffee and chocolate, the'aroma or which di would perfume the palace of a king, the lus- ht <-u?us sweets, but as we said we can't do Justice, so why attempt It. We can in closing ar this short account only say this, an evening of most morougniy enjoyen ana 10 De aiways remembered. np la ? . ? M MR. M. C. HEATH. f la ? ? Wl gt A Fine BnslneM* Nnn tiorw to >'orrolk. le Mr. M. C. Heath, who has been with us for f two yearn In charge of the large and lucrative business of Heath & Co , lelt us last week " after selling out bis mercantile Interest to Mr. P; A. W. Smith. M Our people regard Mr. Heath as a first class business man and ull regret that be has left us. His energy and business tact made their a impress on the trade of the place, and his Influence In trade circles was lelt by all. To his energy and his wonderful genius we are in- D< debted for the large business which his bouse established. His liberally In buying cotton CfI brought much of the Maple from a distance . 1 and t be increase of cotton shipments resulted 4 in a large measure from his presence. The removal of Mr. Heath Is a loss to the 8 town, and he goes at a time when we had be- 111 ftun to think that be was a tlx'ure amogst us. but a larger Held for the exercise of his tner- er can tile and finanalul ahiity presented itself, and he goes to It. He leaves many friends, 80 and all regret that he has gone Iroin amongst us. May ne live long atid prosper. m ? vv NOTES FROM LOWNDESVILLE. 81 A Map of Busy Life ? Trne to Xnlure. cc Lowndesvlile, s. C, Jan. 14. 1J-92. Kev. J. D. Krout went Monday week .ago, to a' Anderson county, where he spent several days visiting Miss Mury HuPre, of Fort Hill, arrived n Saturday night last, to visit relatives in and ' around tt>Is p.ace. w Mick Lucia Moseley, of Anderson, came down Tuesday to spend sometime. Q,nite a number of Alllancemen met here , W^nesday -id elected tlve directors for w their store. Me-srs. 1. H. McCulla. Jas. M. Young, E. Chutsscales, J. W. Harden aud H. * A. Teunant, wnoa/e to meet litre to-day and elect a manager. It is proposed to begin busi- "J ness on or aiiout the 1st of February. as " enough money has been already subscribed and paid In tor that purpose. lt Mr. J. G. Huckabee went to Abbeville, Frl- . d'?y then to Due West. rr Messrs. J. T. Latimer and S. C. Mnulden went to Abbeville Wednesday on business. Cl Mrs. E. M. DuPre and her children went to . Fort Hill Monday, where tue> expect to make 11 their future home. lloslln Lod*e expected the Hev. H. R. Coleman. Grand chapialn, ol the Grand Lodge of Mason, oi Kentucky, to address tt on Free Masonry and i tie Holy Land Monday, b t he . failed to get, here. The members had a supper prepared lor them at the Moseley House, which was all that could Imvc been desired, and which was very much enjoyed by them Miss iiilliau Mcl'avid, ot I>ue West, reach ed here Salurday t-vt-ulng, lo visit the lamlly of her brother-in-law, Mr. E. R. Horiou. Mrs. R. L, Moorhead entertained quite a Dumber of her friends Tuesday night. Mies Ellen Brownlee and Mrs. Florence Holcomb, of Anderson, Bpeut several days last week with the lamlly 01 Mrs. Jane Bwker. Miss Alness Cooper, of Anderson, visited the tamlly ot Mr. E. W. Harper and otuer Irlends In town. Miss Elia B? li, of Abbeville, sppnt several da>s with the family of Mr. J. B. LeRoy and Mr. Wm. Moore. 1893 has been so far, a remarkable year. It begun on Sunday?the Hrst week ana month ?. began Sunday Its tlrst month will have live {Sundays. live Mondays and five Tuesdays. With these quite unusual occurrences came Kjme exiremeiy cold weather, which has continued to dale. Cold ana dry weather rarely come together. There has been no moisture clnce the snow, aud the freezes though severe were omy surface ones. It cannot as yet be deierniinded whether the smull grain crops have been Injured or not. If the nrst twelve days typHy tills year, then we may expect a cold, windy one. It has beeu so cold that the only occupation one could engage In, with any protH or pleasure, was to sit by a warm rire. It was rough lo cut the wood for the Ores. Troupe. If yoo want a handsome dress fur a little cnsli. call or seud to R. M. Haddou & Co. v. A car load "New Crop" New Orleans molasses and syrups, all grades, Just iu ut smith & Sons. 1,000 bushels red rust proof seed oats Just received by W.Joel Smith ?fc Sons. Call on them and get your supply. It will pay you to r' sow good oats and no other kind. K. M. Haddou <fc Co., will continue to ofTer fipecliil bargains In "Dress Goods" during the r montn of January. They wish all the room they can get for spring goods. u Perfecto 6c cigar at New Drug Store. Harrison & Game. c UNDER THE MISTLETOE. - EAUTIFUL WEDDING - PRETTY BRIDEHANDSOME GROOM. i.irriiiffc of Mihh Susie M illson itnd , Mr. I,re T. Miller. Jan. 11, IHfKi. r T,<ist. Wednesday night Miss Susie Willson v iid Mr. Lee T.Miller were united in marrume y the Ht*v. 1. a. Brown. , The bride is a daughter of Mr. J. K. F. Will- \ on, who lives some two miles west of the vlltue. The groom is salesman in theRtoreof . lfssrs. White Brothers, a->d has saved some- J liing of his earnings, ou which to begin his J larrled lite. ? The mMrriage took place In the home of the ride which had been beautifully decorated | ^ >r lite occasion. Holly and ivy, cedar and " srn. hot house japonicas and wild Wood berles, mlsiieloe and liny while flowers were ,! tended in graceful effect, as they ornamentj the walls or formed the swinging arch, uner which the marrlase vows were taken. At the appointed time Miss Mamie Taggart, i. s sweet a little maid as ever delighted a , other's heart or won a lover's devotion, {: layed the wedding marcli, and the bridesixtds and bridesmen entered the room, foliwed by the happy epair, when Mr. Brown nrlnriiiPii I hp cnriiinnnv which united their t ves Id one. .. 'J'he bridesmaids and bridesmen were as fol- I ?\vs: Uss Carrie Dusenberry, G McD. Cuter, h !lss Sallle Clinkscales, J.K.Buchanan, Ns Rebecca M?x?re, J. P. W'illson, h 1*8 Fannie Willson. Thus. V. Miller. I'relHeror more handsome attendants nev- J; did honor to a more lovely queen. w The bride is one ol our most beautiful :>?nst ladies, ?nd the groom Is one of our ^ ost enterprising and thrifty young men. :: he world adjudges this as a most excellent atcb. Hoi I) are young, and each possesses a *?' H>d head, a good heart, and good lungs, with ' nsonable hope for a long life ol love and ? sefulness. u After the happy couple had received the ? mgratulath-ns and goi>d wishes of many " lends, a lady said to the bride: "I almost p ei like congratulating you, too." A nice ^ iiiipliment. delicately put. The guests had been invited to be present at ? ?lf-pa*t eight o'clock, and at that time a Be- * ct company ol friends were there to witness le ceremony which is always attended with [v terest by both old and young?married or b nule. The act of entering upon the marriage relaDti never falls to excite interest, and In hisry or romance, the chapters which speak of ve, courtship and marriage are alwa>s the ost eHgerly read. No maiter In what stadu of llle ibe contracting parties may be, or liether the reader Is the occupant of hut or x ansion, the interest is the same, and we iver tire of the old, old story. ^ove rules the court, the camp, the grove, nd men below and saints above, )r love is heaven, and heaven is love." t We all love lo learn of incidents which lead cr ) to the culmination, where the story nl- te i)'8 etds, and from which point no story Is tr er continued. We cannot lift the vail and tch a glimpse of the great beyond, neither t0 is the reader a desire to see chapters which 9nt of i he every day existence ot people who, nld haloand glamour,enter upon the happl- m ss, t he realities aud the responsibilities ol irrleit life. fr, Bui we presume it would not be out of place jj follow this happy couple to their new home the village to which they came the next e|, cning, alter It had been tastefully fitted up (e r their coming, where w, i'or two alone, there In the hall, Sf spread the table round and small; V' pon the polished silver shine Ul ir evening lamps, but. more divine, ie light ol love shines over all; love, that says not mine atid thine v' H ours, lor ours Is tblne and mine. 1 sa 'hoy want no gnests, to come between at ielr tender glances like a screen, pi ml tell them tales of land and sea,, , ar nd whatsoever may betide re le great, lorgotteu world outside; of tey want no guests; they needs must be wi <ch other's own best company." . de Contributed Locals. &r Abbeville, S.C., Jan. 18,1893. 8t In January, 1S8W, the thermometer register 4 degrees, which we believe is as low as it 1 in marked Ibis January, lH&'f. jl Miss Maggie Latimer and Miss Mabel Tus- m n are visiting friends In Elberlon. Ga. HI Mr. \V. E. Cason, road master lor this dlvls- r(] n of the G., C. & N. road, was In the city g< st- Monday with Capt. Jowers. and will , ake Ills headquarters In Abbeville. cc Mr. W. Bu Hill is on the Jury lor the first 8t me. Miss Jennie Caldwell, of McCormlck, Is at leslady In the store of W. E. Bell. ' i Mrs. Rosenberg and children, after an ex- Be nded trip to Charleston and through Florl- ttr i, and from tbenoe to Atlanta, returned xi >me last week. w Miss Ola Neal and her brother, of Virginia, e expected In Abbeville to-day as the guests fr, Miss Ida Hammond. D( Abbeville's "musical four" made their first ) pea ranee oefore the public at Warrenton g st Friday night, and In connection with ca las Anna Jones1 music class gave a most easant musical entertainment. Mr. A. M. Hill lost a fine St. Bernard dog st week from poison. Any one who would antonly poison a fine dog should be iound illty without Judge or Jury, and be senneed by this scribe. CI Messrs. H. D. Reese and Frank DuPre have m rrned a copartnership, and will at once open first class Jewelry and silverware store In w irtof the store room now occupied by J. R. Inter, Jr. Success to them. ^ Mr. E. Cox, who came Irorn Greenville to erk for R. M. Haddon a Co., returned home lew days auo. m Beioreyou employ Rirangers give the young |M en of Abbeville a chance. They are Jusi as >nest..-competentand willing as any. ge Mr. C. V. Hammond will soon erect a neat iitage for rent cj, Several persons were seeking homes In Ab;vllle last week. We most ba\e houses for |6 ot If we expect people lo move here. What our Building and Investment Company do- ca K? . On last Thursday night our cornet band serladed Mr. L. T. Miller and his happy bride. Mr J. A. Allen, who has been In Atlnnta for une time, is home tor a short visit. Have you found a pair of steel frame spec- ? eles,a kid glove, a diamond scarf pin, or a ? >ld watch chain hook? If so, you will be re- 131 arded by leaving any oue ot them at the ore of A. M. Hill St Sons. Miss Sadie Leo rides her beautiful bicycle lih grace and ease. Several ol our citizens slipped up on the Ice ?vered pavements last Monday. 1: Miss Kate Scott and Miss Bessie Coogler are Pi-n-ti Hill viiilllntr rolntlvpc t?' Bishop Lyman, of North Carolina, preach- oi 1 lu the Episcopal church last Thursday eve- e, liiK and Friday morning. He isa tinespfitk\ and the congregation were much pleased ith him. It Mr. P. B. Rpeed' has converted the upstairs ,Y cer the post office into a comfortable ball? ; nown as "Castle Hall"?with twoante rooms It hl<h will be used by the Knights of Pythias. i> Mr. J: M.Clark and family have moved to fr ort Pickens. u Mr. J. M. Giles and Miss Ella Bell are to be lurried to day. Our best wishes attend ft i?-m. Mr. Kirby moved into his new cottage yes rday. Everything in and around Abbeville is si ozen up. The streams are solid ice, and i'Wk is scarce. Our ink is frozen and we in't write more. ( Mr. T. I.. Moore was in town yesterday, look- J ig as happy as ever. M. ^ Jurors for the .Second Week. t] J. H. Cheatham Abbeville J. W. Bowers Abbeville P. A. Wardlaw /..Bordeaux W.T.King Long Cane J. P. Boyd ...'. Diamond Hill 1 J. B Reynolds Greenwood v J. L. Ward, Jr White Hall o B. F. Crapton Bordeaux ^ A. B. Ellis ? Greenwood << J. L. Bxrmore Donalds t] W. H. Pennel .........Bordeaux ,, R. H. Devlin Smlthvllle ' J. H. Hutchison Calhoun \ J. H. Penney Abbeville a R. A. Keaton Diamond Hill H. L. Rasor Donalds "j J. A. Lathan Abbeville tl S. E. Rosenswick ....Indian Hill o J. T. Speed j A. B. Robison Long Cane 81 F. L. Morrow Abbeville y J. D. Alewlne Diamond Hill a S. L. Edmonds Bordeaux ? B. L. Cllnkscales Lowndesvllle , J. N. Knox Diamond Hill b J. D. Duncan....- Dour Cane J. W. Cobb Greenwood T. B. Cllnkscales Lowndesvllle J. W. J. Simpson Long Cane .I.W.Carlisle Lowndesvllle a C. G. Waller Greenwood ,? T? \f Pnlhran RnrHpjill* T. J. Roblson L'init Cane it George Pniney Abbeville C J. M. Wright Coke>-bury M. Harvey Wilson Abbeville To Whom it May Conoorn. I V All parties indebted to me must come for-| 'l art! and settle up, or make satisfactory nr-j g mgements, as I expect to close my books, t'm. E. Bell. Any persons coming to Abbeville, wishing! V i take their meals at the restaurants, can get! r>oms furnished at the Abbeville Hotel. New chemicals, new drugs, prompt attr>n- p Ion at all hours, at new drug store- Har- |j Ison Jt Game. j a Remember if you are in need of a nice win .. pr dress, call at Haddon's. Go to Smith & Sous for flour, molasses, oats, l! orn, bacon, Ac. j " THE KAILROAD SHOPS, r rho Cold Wrntlirr IiilorfcrPN Willi tin; <?ra?liuK?The I.ii)inc of the.) SI?Ie Trucks (ioes On?Xew Town j | i<? be I.niU Off. 11 Owing to the extreme cold weather but lit- p le dirt was moved at the side trucks lor the j | all road shops last week, but eood progress pas made In the laying of the rails. The railroad folk are already beginning to p nQUlre (or building lots and houses in which ; | hey may live when the shops are brought to : Lbbevllle. A new village of some thirty to sixty dwe'.l- ' rig houses Is to be established,and it Is fair to j resume that theowneror owners of the land : 11 the Immediate neighborhood of the shops rill survey the lands, laying off streets, and < ividltig It Into building lots. When tills Is { one we presume many or all of them will be fl'ered at public outcry, and on such terms as . , 111 beaccotnmodatlng to the buyer and prof- I table to the seller. r On that side of town there is considerable . vidence of new life. iMan.v new houses are 3 be seen going up and others will soon be S 11 ?lif> wnv. Never In the hlMtorv of the town r as there been as much enquiry for dwelling , ouRes, * The Atlanta Constitution say*: t "The report that the Georgia, Carolina and < rort.hern Railroad shops will not be located ? t Abbeville on account of the hostile iegisla011 of the South Carolina General Assembly r i contradicted by the authorities of the road. "Tha unfriendly spirit of the Legislature , as not iucllned the railroads to make heavy 1 vestments In South Carolina and the Sea- t oard system will not establish as larg" a t lant at Abbeville now as it intended to. The . illroad managers believe that South Carolina , 'ill eventually see that the Interests of the I irp?;ratlons and the people are Identical and e 'III become more tolerant after awhile. The f lanifest change which has come over Geor- c la, as evidenced by the policy of the LegWla- C ire at the fall term, has encouraned the com- a anles to put more faith in the conservatism , f the world than they had entertained outh Carolina had not been so extreme in I er legislation as Georula previous to the re- c ?nt session of the General Assembly, when i overnor Tillman took a conspicuous part in :>e passage of the hostile actB. "The Seaboard's shops are to be located at bbevlHe, an officer of the company slated i esterday. Elherton Is doomed to a disapolntment on that score. Abqevllie gave cer- 9 iln guarantees and the company proposes to t eep nood faith and put Its division shops _ iere' L WHAT PROHIBITIONISTS SAY. t ? v he Bar Room Influence Cnnnot and Mu<?t Not Control Nontb CarolinaAll Sorts or XotM About the People of XinetyoSlx. Ninety-Six, S. C.. Jan. 10,1808. Well, Mr Editor, this Is unprecenentedl.v a ild weather, but we are still enabled to at- . nd to the Press and Banner and our rabbit 11 aps. 1 Hon. R Steel Brlce, of York, was la the wn recently on a visit. Our oil mil) has been running night and n ly for sometime. Hulls and meal in de- a: nnd. a, Miss Leora Moore, a handsome young lady r>m Alabama, Is visiting her aunt Mrs. E. M. ? lp?co"'b. it L/ue West boasts of a preacher who walked , even miles to take a train to meet a Presby rial appointment and returned the same s< uy. Well that Is pretty good, but we can ai (at it. We know of another preacher at p ue West who would walk probably a hun ed miles and back the same way. not to a' pptn.nv ministerial annnlnt.mcnt but to se- rr ire an appointment to sell liquor at Abbg- u lie CourtHouse?Dext. " On iHht Thursday night, the 85th anniverry of the jnarriage of Mr. John C. Griffin a id wife was an occasion of great social easure. At an early hour 30 or 40 friends id neighbors assembled as tbelr hospitable sidence to wish Cbem many happy returns ' he evening. At 9 o'clock the dlnioti hall as opened and the table fairly groaned un;r the burden of good things. The presents tl ere numerous, both useful and valuable. IX Mr. A. 8. Osborne has moved into the large id capacious building No. 8 North Cam- * ' idge street. His stock of dry goods and t> loes Is very large and his millinery cannot \ 1 > sarpos6ed in any town In the up country. The friends of the liquor bill are increasing. V, ie prohibitionists are a unit tor It, and n any men who thought prohibition linprac- s, ble are its strongest advocates. The bar>om influence caunot aud must not control u >ulb Carolina. C; Capt. McCaslan, our efficient Trial- Justice, immltted Hllory Burton to jail last week for eating a saddle. Col. J. P. Phillips aud Mr. Joel C. Wier are ?? icuuiMK cuuri mm wofn un lunnx. Our planters, as a general thing, have all Q cured hands for this year, and we believe a e preparing to pitch large crops of cotion. ? te advance In the price In the last few " eeks has completely turned their heads. o Mr..I. D. Coleman, an enterprising farmer q ora Coronaca, was down last week on busl- >> 3S8. The following officers were installed in e ureka Lodge, A. F. M., at Its last communi- k itlon: t| W. H. Holland, Worshipful Master. R. L. Pratt, Senior Warden. e J. S. Wil-on, Junior Warden. l] R. F. McCasIan, Treasurer. l James Rogers. Jr., Secretary. Mr. W. L. Anderson has moved back from p nappells and taken a position in the large 1J ercbantlle house of E. M. Lipscomb & Co. n W. B. Anderson went up to Abbeville tills u eek to serve as ajuror. o Miss Emma Sanders has gone to Anderson a visit her sister, Mrs T. A. Alston. During the excessive cold weather of the ? ist ten days, business ol every kind has al Si ost been suspended. About all we can do < < to keep fires. p The Rev. M. M. Brabham preached a fine r rinon to a large congregation at the Metho- Si st church yesterday. Our people will goto y lurch in spite the wenther. Prof. Keese, ot Princeton, Laurens county, ~ teaching a writing cinss at the Academy. 1 Messrs. W. W. and T. D. Kluch. of Corona- <r i, were In town last week on business. East End. 1 V No goods will be charged over thirty days, h II bills must be paid by that time. Wm.E. ? ell. -- \ <1 Our Limited M lmloin. U All the family were reading in the fl brary one evening. Mr. May had the 11 yening paper, which he put down nee to look up a reference in the ucyclopedia. Mrs. May had a French ^ rt book, and consulted her French (xieon frequently. Georg asked his iother the meaning of several words j the story-book over which he was a orintr. Eva, aged five, sat with d leorge's Companion upon her lap. d "Reading, too Pussy ?" asked her t itber. (] "Yes, sir." "Why, Eva May, you can't read !" * lid htr brother. "Yes. I can, I can read 'dog' and ? :at' aud 'boy' and lots of words when . find them. I read the words I do now. and that's all that any of you (J re doing," returned the observant lit- t le woman.?Examiner. "H. G. H.," a correspondent of the ^ 'exas Advocate, writes . "In Gaines- ^ ille, Gh., lives old Mrs. Priscilla * coegios, probably the oldest Metho- ? ist in the wo-ld. She was born on J" tie Catawba river, in Lancaster cnun- 1 y, 8. C'., March 9th, 1777. Her father, Vm. Allen, moved to Georgia in 1820, fj nd die<l fifty three years ago at the c geofll2. Mrs Scogirius united with L. be Methodist Episcopal church at the j ge of fourteen, and has been a con- a istent member for over one hundred ears. She has enjoyed good health 11 her life, until about the 1st of P larch, 1892, when her mind and body oth gave away." lj ? . . a The Metnodists of the Northwest ( re arranging for the publication of a p aily paper of that denomination, and v ; will soon make its appearance from Chicago. s To Oliver Wendell Holmes is attri- cJ uted the remark that the mtflenium - ould be near at hand "when lawyers , like what they would give and doctors ^ ive what they would take.' c Mph with irrnv ami bine eves are c sualy better marksmen than those ?-ith dark eyes. C( It is started that mail matter droped in the post office at Paris is de-,11 ivered at Berlin in an hour and a-half, 0 nd sometimes within thirty-five min-i tes. The distance between the cities f < 750 miles, and the mail is sent by (| jeans of pneumatic tubes. |? % Grenl IncreaHC or Lunacy in Ireland. Cable dispatches show that statistics reveal an enormous increase of lunacy in this unfortunate country. In 1880 the proportion was two huudred and forty-nine lunatics to every one hundred thousand. In 1891 three huudeed aw' fifty-five to every one hundred thousand. The dispatch says this is lttributed partly to e in migration, the robust leaving the weak and infirm :>ehind. No doubt there is something n this. Before, however, much can >e said upon emigration as the ciuse, | t should be ascertained, whether simIar statistics can be compiled with >ther diseases of feebleness and inirinitv. r?n Ihn ntliop hnnil r?lir sffttistifis on unacy are greatly affected by the arival of many feeble persons, who do jot succeed, ani soon become lonely ind homesick. Statistics are always pen to this fatal defect as a hasis of :omparison ; in oue year they may be aken carefully and thoroughly, in an>ther carelessly and with many omistions. The farther back we go, as a ule, the more unreliable the statistics. Great political and religious agitaiotis atid controversies, together with vietions of tenants, the violence atending elections, and the plentiful He of whiskev and other intoxicating iquors are more and more adulterated ivery year. The use of the shillalah ?n the heads of opponents in all sorts >f political and other fights, a charicteristicof the old Shamrock shore, oust aggravate physical causes of lulacy. James Otis, the great Massahusetts statesman, was made a lunatic >y a blow on the head from a political opponent. Ireland is the home of orators?pubic and private?though gesticulation ometime8 becomes too emphatic, and akes the place of words: but the Irish haracteristic virtues of warmth of leart, humor and wit, give them a lold upon the sympathies of all naions which has survived and will surive many rude shocks. tilvintc ?? n Privilege. Dr. A. T. Pierson. There is a whole world of promise nd of power to be taken possession of a the matter of consecrated means, "he Church of God is doing nothing vday in comparison to what she light do and ought to do. I am shamed, however, to npeak of giving 3 a duty, because it grows on me more nd more that we ought to lose sight of .as a duty, and only think of it as a anscendeut privilege. There is >mething in love which takes off the sperities of duty. "I delight to do hy will, O my "God." That is the tmosphere of service?not the law atlosphere, <-I ought to do this thing," ut the love atmosphere, "My meat is >dothfewill of Him that sent me, nd to finish His work." Yen. If Only. If the moral and spiritual progressof le world had only kept pace with its mterial advancement during the last JO years, the millennium would now e upon us. Unfortunately, however, ae inventions and discoveries of the jntury, while making human life innitely more comfortable and pleasaut, ?em to have failed completely in laking men better.?St. Louis Advoate According to the papers the so-called excommunication" of Dr. McGlym ad a serious effjct on the Vatican, nd this Tact had probably much to do rith his reinstatement by Archbishop atolli. A prominent New York layian stated with regard to this case : It greatly decreased the sum realizd by the Pope from the contribution nown as 'Peter's Pence.' It is on bis collection, drawn unnually from very Catholic Church in the world, bat the Vatican is sustained. The 'ope and the Cardinals of the Proaganda are supported by the Peter's 'euce. Siuce Dr. McGlym's excomluulcation this collection lias fallen tt' very greatly, especially in Ireland nd America. Indeed, the Cardinals f the Propaganda have all had their ilanes reduced since the excommuniiition. I know that the collection of 'eter's Pence in New York has been jriously effected. Even the cathedral Innnitm nf A r/>h Jiiruuuiig auu iuc iiivwiaio v? ishop Corrigan have been reduced, 'he shortage in Peter's Pence has agregated millions of dollars."?St. jouis Advocate. Miss Van Norden. a daughter of a /eallhy New York hank president, ia.s created a sensation by joining the lalvation Array. It is claimed by a New York paper bat de Lesseps and the Panama canal nanager-j expended $2,500,001) in indenting the Government and silenc ug opposition to their schemes. The sister of Jay Gould is the wife f an old Methodist preacher in (Jalfornia. She gets ?25,000 out of $70,00,000. A coft'ee-beau is now made of flour, nd the imitation is so perfect as to eceive the eye of even expert coffee ealers. Of cour.-e the flavor exposes lie fraud ; but it is taid that immense uanitieu are sold. It is not generally kuown that Queen Victoria among her other multifarious | lursuits, unites that. of a newspaper ditor. Not a day passes without the Jourt Circular being carefully edited, orrected, and revised by the Queen's wn hand. She is a terror to her priners, for she insists upon revises, uo natter how late the copy is sent in. The estimated wealth of the United States?that is, the value of all lands, luildiugs, railways, et3 ,?is put at 04,0'JU,01)0,000. The amount of money f all kinds is estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury to be Sii.lUS,.'5U,()02. "It is said that for what it costs to re one shot Irom one of our largest annons, a missionary and his family an be supported over two years in apan. Comment is needless."?Caudian Church Magazine. Lord Aifred Tennyson is the 1173rd erson buried in Westminster Abbey. Too much pruning is as bad as too it tie, and botii extremes should be voided. Some of Kansas' empty jails are at resent being used to store the susplus yheat. Every president of the United States o far bus either been a lawyer, a sollier, or both. * * ^ L -! ! ?? IS I., .1 A rect'llL cwuri (Iti'isinu m j\iiiyiiinu i ;ives a man a ri?lil to sue the preacher t'hen he makes the mau's wife go loj hurch instead of staging at home and ooking liis dinner. The finest (jui-lity of (iautemnla cofee is consumed by England and (iurnany, the inferior kinds and what nay be called the "sweepings" being I xported to tho United iStates. Hamburg, Jan. 11.?The health ofice reports that there were 10,010 eat lis from eholera here in 1N02, and 0,323 from all causes. ?? ?etejtLaaa. ????w??m United Nlaten, France and England. an a r?iopir?nn mnrnnl has been tabulating the comparative fiscal expenditures of Great Britain, France, , and the United States. The figures are instructive. Deducting the charges for the interest and the sinking fund of the National Debt, the annual expenditure of the Transatlantic Republic amounts to $91,400,000 ; that of Great Britain, similarly reduced, is only $(*>,000,000, or $26,400,000 less than that of the States. Yet, with this outlay, the English Government maintains an army six times as numerous as that of the United States, and I the most powerful navy in the world, with seven times as many sailors and marines as serve under the Stars Stripes. The French expenditure?in spite of the immense army and exceedingly powerful navy of the country ?is $14,000,000 less than that of the United States.?Herald of Peace. An exchange, published nota hundred miles from Syracuse, gives the following item: "A very amusing incident occurred at the Methodist Episcopal Church last Sunday mornins: during the service. While the pastor was in the midst of his brilliant discourse a baby in its mother's arms in a rear pew began crying The noise annoyed the parson, and he paused and asked if one of the brothers would please remove that dog. The lady, whose baby caused the disturbance, arose and left the church tilled with indignation and wrath, and the reverend gentleman, who really thought the noise was made by a dog tied in the church sheds, was so embarrassed that he finished his sermon with much difficulty." The death-roll of tho past year comprises a number of notable names. Walt. Whitman, Tennyson and Whittier, poets; Revan and Curtis, essayists ; Gilinore, the musician; Cyrus W. Field and Jay Could, the capitalists: Spurgeon, the divine; Noah, Porter, the scholar, and Cardinals Lavigerie and Manning are a few of the prominent men who passed away during the last twelve months. It is very significant that New Orleans, which for a long time was the only city in our land without a Sabbath law is now the scene of the greatest activity in this reform, and that the movement is led by the clerks and toilers /or their own emancipation from "Sunday slavery." The cheif of police has been enlisted, and on a recent Sabbath obtained evidence against one hundred violaters of the law. Sweden was the first country in which cooking and housekeeping schools were established, and here these schools show a great variety. One of its cooking schools supports a restaurant of about one hundred persons. In Belgium hygiene and the theory of household processes form a part of the couise of study in elementary schools. Sam Jones says that the devil does not care how many missionaries we send to the heathen so long as we average J3,000 barrels of whiskey to each missionary. A Jewish rabbi has been unanimously ex[>elled from service in a congregation in Brooklyn for eating pork. NOTICE. ALL parties indebted to us will please call and make settlement with our successor. Mr. A. W. SMITH, and all accounts due us not arranged at once, will be tamed over to an attorney for collection. Youth truly, HEATH & CO. Jan. IS, 1893, 3t J. C. Mirier, REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE AGENT. Equitable Llle of New York." Also a lull line of flrst class Fire and Accident companies represented. It will be to your interest to consult tne before buying or selling property. I have now for sale several residences, residence lots. Decided bargains. Also for sale several desirable farms near town. Office In J. F. Miller's store. [Ian. 18, *03 Annual Meeting. TIIE stockholders of Ihe Bank of Lowndesvllle are requested to meet nt. the Bank office. Lowndesvillp, S. C., on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd. 1803, at 12 o'clock. All are requested to be present in person or to be represented by proxy. J. B. FRANKS. Jan. IK, 1893. 2t President. Lost. I AST Sanday night one pair of RED l GLOVES. The finder will be rewarded if left at Lawson's store. m Dili. I WILL OPEN nt the :i' ove sign on the FIRST of JANU A KY, :i complete stock of DRUGS & MEDICINES and expect to keep the best remedies for every nil and pain human flesh is heir to, besides a lull stock of remedies for Horses. Cows, and Other Do mestic Animals, nnd everything usually kept In a first class Drug Store. DR. J. W. MARSHALL will make the City Pruz Store his headquarters for the practice of Medicine and l'harmac.v, and will he glad to see all that are in need of his services, and to give his best attention to their wants. G. A. DOUGLASS. Dec. 21, 1892, tr MllS AND JOM AUG. W. SMITH & CO. HAVR Just received n fine nksortment m HOUSES Hud MITIjI'.S, nnd nre abie >< supply a<mosi iiny demand tlvit may he mailt jipuii tUeiu lor stuck, which will be Hold Cheap for Cash or Approved Paper, | v-in i euriy hi ineir siuuies. Dec. 21,1892, tf HENRY & CHEATHAM ABBEVILLE, S. C. Have opened a FANCY GROCERY STORE,' where they will keep all mannerof goods In their line. Buyers nre cordlalls Invited to examine their slock, us the quality mid price of ih>-lr i goods will furnl*h tne strongest Inducements to customers. i Call at the old stand of G. H. Moore. .Jan. 1,1893, l'2m .* - ' ' ' : -.. * v ' ' MW deal: All ITTin I T Successor to GOOD TO 01 We are now offering for the m Lines of Dry Goods, Shn^c; I adipQ R/ H<= Remember! Jj Be sure and never come t< the GEEAT BARGAINS Aug. 1 For a sample we quote the 1 500 pairs Shoes for Dress Goods redu yard at 25c., 40c. I) Red and White Fla Ladies and Gentlem and in faot everything in our days to make room for the large Snlendid Unlaundried Shirts J* 25 dozen Cravats 25c. each, These greatly reduced prices COME SOON AND The Grocery In and to arrive this and ne 2 Gar Loads Corn. 1 Gar Load Oats. 1 Car Load Salt. 1 Car Load Rods Fine M Granulated Sugar, C Sugars, lot of Fancy Groceries, Canned ( Our lino will be complete, b You will always SAVE M( buying. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. WHEREAS, Joel C. Wlea, general partner and J. Allen Smith, special partner formed a limited partnership on the 3rd da; of September, 1889, for the purpose of conduct log a mercantile business at Ninety-Six, Id said Stale and county, which said partnership was to continue until the 31 December, 1892 and whereas It is the purpose of said parties to renew or continue such partnership beyond the time originally fixed for its duration. This Is to certify that the undersigned have formed a limited partnership,pursuant to tbt provisions of the General Statutes of the State aforesaid. That the name of the firm under which such nartnership is to be conducted is Joel C. Wier That the general nature of the business tc be transacted is general merchandise. That the name of the only general partner Is Joel C. Wler. who resides at Ninety-Six, said State and County, and the name of the only special partner Is J. Allen Smith, who resides at Abbeville, said State and County. That the suid J. Allen Smith has contributed in cash to the stock of said business the sum of Three Thousand Dollars, at the time or the original formation oi the same. ' Tlmt the renewal or continuance of said limited partnership Is to commence on the 1st day of January A. D. 1898. and Is to terminate on the 81?t day of December, 1897. ' Dated this 19th day of December A. D. 1892, JOEL C. WIER, J ALLEN SMITH. Made and severally signed In the presence ol BenJ.S Barnwell, Lewis Perrln. South Carolina, Abbeville County. Personally appeared Lewis Perrlo and having been duly sworn that lie was present and saw Joel C. Wler and J.Allen Smith make and severally sign the certificate above set forth, and that he with BenJ. S. Barnwell witnessed the due execution thereof. Lewis Perrin. Sworn to before me this 19th day of December, 1892. W. R. Bullock, C. C. C. P. South Carolina, Abbeville County. Personally appeared Joel C. Wier and having been duly sworn,says: That he Is the general partner named In theabove certificate and that the sum specified In the foregoing certificate to have been contributed by the special partner, J. A lien Smith, to trie common stock, has been actually and In good faith paid in cash?at the time of the original formation of said partnership. Sworn to before me this 19 day of December, 1392. \V. R. Bui.lock, C. C. C. P. Let the termsof the renewal or continuant of the limited partnership between Joel C Wler and J. Allen Smith be published In the Abbeville Press and Bannpr, a newspaper published at Abbeville C. H., S. C., once a week for six weeks from this date. Abbeville, S. C., Dec. 19.1892. W. K. BULLOCK, Court of Court Common Pleas for Abbeville County. Dec. 21,18'J2, Ct JAS. F. WILSON, JlJGIWIIiT. IX oflice at Honea Path, s. C., every day exc'l't Krldav. when I will be lu office at Williamson, S. C. [Jan. 11. l?8.3rn ? m iliail# >i#?ff fiivf a ? 2 4 NLW WHLLL! J C*^t3^yTHE DIAMOND ^ ^RAMBLER N0,3 CE LEBRATED PNEUMATIcESKj&l ? THE FA8TE8T WHEEL SOLD. ) 2 Speed, Comfort and Beauty All Combined. ? Send for Illustrated Catalogue (jOHMULLT a JtrriMT mr u bo,, ^ S WASHINGTON, D. C. 2 Returns to Probate Court. A LI, ADMINISTRATORS. EXECUTORS, Guardians and Trustees are required to make return of receipts and expenditures on Hi-count of their several estates before the Urstday ot March next, or lie suhjeet to rule and costs. J, FULLER LYON, Jan. 11. HOU. Judge Probate Court. ?????? .SMITH E!RS IN MERCHANDISE. Heath. &> Co. j'/ JR PROMISE. . * ' 'i Bxt 30 days great bargains in all Dress Goods, Notions, intlemen's Underwear. ) slaughtered Heath & Go. and are. ling to give yoh the advantage. .. ) town without oalling and seeing V. Smith is offering. following: 95c. worth ?1.50. ced one-halt 50c. > a >ress Flannels at 20c. nnel greatly reduced. en's Underwear at cost stock must be sold in the next 30 Spring stock we expect to buy. three for $1. worth 50c., 75c. and $1. will laat for 30 days only. GET YOUR CHOICE. Department. it week s . \ 2 Car Loads Flo u 1 Car Load Hay. 1 Car Load Bran. f zj olasses P. R. and C. 0. Coffees, 50 Boxes Tobacco, and a ioods, dee. i nth Stfl.nl A anil Fanmr flrnnAriafl )NEY by coming to see us before ''' : ^llj ? DIRT TIME! TIME! f ;wi . > ? Do Yoq Wait Til Mi 1893. | TOUR WATCH NEEDS CLEANING and oiling once every eighteen months, If you would preserve Its lime keeping qualities. Consider, In that time the balance wheel turns on lu delicate axis 13.996.8UO.OOO times. It does not rest at night, use ordinary machines, but, like the heart, keeps at lta . work unceasingly. i You oil an engine, or a sewing machine, or any other mechanical contrivance, daily or weekly, but that delicate instrument of precislon, YOUR WATCH, is allowed to go oncared for until it is clogged with dirt and ' stops. The best of oil becomes thick ana ? dirty in time. In this condition It wears the pivots, and destroys their fit In the jewel holes which is necessary to a correct performance. Let me ? Look at Your Watch. I will give yon a conscientious opinion as to whether it needs attention. H. D. REESE, Competent Watch Repairer, Second Door ubove National Bank, Abbeylllfi, S. C. Jan. 4,1893, 12m ' W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE gen/I^EN. ?And other specialties for Gentlemen, Ladles, Boys and Hisses are the Best in the World. See descriptive advertisement which will appear In * Take no Substitute, but Insist on having W. L. DOUGLAS' SHOES, with name and price stamped on bottom. Sold by A. W. SMITH. THE FARMFRS MUTUAL ifirt Insurance Associatios I FOR ABBEVILLE COUNTY, S.C. * 'By the People and for the People. For Isolated Property Only. No Salaried Umcers to Support, No Capitalists to Enrich. No Loss, No Expense. 'pHIS plan of insurance enables the farmers i 1 of Abbeville county to Insure their prop| erty against the destructive elements of Fire, I Wind and Lightning "AT COST." It is 8lm! ply a protective association In which each ! member is legally obligated to bear his or her ' pro rata portion of any loss that may occur to , any member. A careful estimate of the cost of this plan (covering a period of eighteen | years) Is but one dollar and a half per thousand per annum. For further Information address J. S. C. CARPENTER, Gen. Agt., Chester, S. C. DAVID AIKEN, Local Agt., Coronaca, S. C. , Pec. 11,1802, tf I