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M|. 't ?,1m-,-Wl in . The Press and Sanner.! Twelve "" BY HUGH WILSON. JS, urea c... . .T-ricoir ABBEVILLE, S. C. ^ acd ' ! Kve fcaTPublished every Wednesday at'J/** $2 a year in advance. MK? ' this "I ire Wednesday, Oct. 9, 18S5. au ' ' tlon ?????? ???????? | feVf The Atlautn Kvcnliic Journal. The daily newspaper wbicb, we believe, has h<|P the largest circulation in the city ?>f Abbe- tion ville is the Atlanta Evening Journal. On six ' Tl mornings In tiie week we get later news in it j Jjas^ than from anv other source. It is received \vPj before daylight, and i? distributed at the post1 ser\ . office as hooh as anybody cares to go for it. J The tone of its editorials are generally lair! ^ns and just, and are always readable, except : Mr. when it writes on the errors, follies or foibles ' P'![J of the Constitution. ' yi It is printed in a city in which our people . Ne\ are not especially interested, but the attrae- j i Ive style of printing the news, together with ti the variety and the endless amouut of matter lonj which it publishes dally, makes it. a favorite with many of our people. It has pronounced ty-.^ views and never tires of expressing them, but be t the good humor and the high tone which per vades the whole makes It justly a very popu lar paper. Being assured of its own hlgli character and having no doubt of Its own honest purposes it does not manifest jeu).. PI ousies or ill-will to anybody, and we do noi KjjjJ recollect of an instance where it has sought proi to Injure any one in good name or estate. pat< ? nea The Price of Cotton Nc<mI. Oi We learn that there is some dissatisfaction in a because of the decline in the price of cotton ' w c6d' seed, and that because of this dissatisfaction our much of the seed has been hauled home from , post the ginneries. The Piess and Banner has no zeal on the matter one way or the other and has nothing to urge, except that planters think well as to j \V what they should do. They need do nothing lor spite. The sole question to be decided is 1 lr.ih the one as to which is to their best, to selT their seed for coat, or to take them home anil use them as cattle food and fertilizer. ! . From the lights before us we are inclined to tliai the opiniou that it is better to sell the seed keg for the cash, or to exchange them for meal and hulls where cattle feed or fertilizer is I ^ needed. As we understand it, the oil in the veDt seed Is worthless as a fertilizer and injurious weel as a cattle food. If the mills take only the mor oil out of the seed, and leave the remainder 01 . rox.< the seed to be returned In hulls and meal It j \y, seems that the exchange would be advan- In \ | ' tageous. | supf he fl To .Unke Cities Separate Counties. About one of the best suggestions to the Convention that we hnve seen is one to au J tborize large cities to organize, or form them- est f selves into, separate counties. , over In a large city like Charleston, for instance, i j ?*! the people know nothing of the country the and people of the country know nothing 01 roue the needs and wants of the city. In counties h like Charleston, or Richlaud, the country ; i?art people have no Independent or actural in. t Th tluence in the Government of the county, ex-! ?"n" cept in holding the balance of power, and ; Tfc deciding which of the city factions shall rule' 'um or gain power. The interests and desires ol | city and country people are sometimes an tagonlstlc, and even when they are the same,' coul the country people cannot share in the hon- are] fftCtl ors and emoluments, except in cases of grace : char on the part of city people. Set Charleston oil j taug to herself, and let the countrymen take care the of themselves. Just Pride. [ Aside from the pleasure one experiences from prosperity in his business, the pleasure! reue of letting his enemies?(or those who would I A ! discourage him or be gratified at his misfortpne)?see his good luck is no inconsiderable ! part of the profit*. No paper in the state seem^o be doing a better business than the I Press" and Banner, and no paper anywhere I could have a more solid hold with the people, j Having lived here for many years the editor j RoJ, of this paper is more or less known to every-1 u body in the county, and even where they do j ( not agree with him they hold fast to bis pa j per and read what be says. No heart was i Mr ever more grateful lo a generous public, and j Tuee no public has, ever been more steadfast and ! ^qFI true to any body tbau to us. 1 arou Sh ' and The Conveution. ; J}1? 1 ! Hon We have endeavored to give full reports ol > Ml the proceedings of the State Convention, i This week we give two full pages. Other j* ^ir weeks we have given nearly as much. There j thre need be no lack of information as to the work ; -^la^ of the Convention, if you will only read what A J we furnish. Mrs. m | a i ()u Wk want you to read the .speech of (ioveru- j ] or Gates. No old Chickamauga soldier should .v. miss it. . al^ The business outlook of the Press and Han- J (jfly. ner is so encoraging that the editor feels in a | Th good humor with all mankind. The fidelity of his friends has been such as lo 1111 hisj >11 hi... ? # ittUVi Irvt.n Ihnm nn/l /rrntldi.lii tn I iwi i h i? I lilver of every good and perfect gift. a'jjj ! bay, Bishoi' Duncan's head Is turning silver. the Bishop Duncan's second dedicatory ser- The vice was more interesting than his rtrst ded-1 da>' icatory service. uo1 Th i dam AN AFFLICTED HOUSEHOLD. K j fora I.ewiM W. Sijfii litis Iteen Kick in Bed Jerl ?. ... , a ne for WeekM. . wiu Mr. Lewis W. Sign.son of Mr/-John W. Sign plac< of our town has been very sick for several ; have weeks, and he seems still to be no better.: expe He was takeu sick rather suddenly or unex-, time pectedly, and from the first he has been con-, er In sidered In a dangerous condition, sullering, plicu day and night. Some days he appears to he , Koi IIIjprUYiUg, uui .u n imio n.iiiv; uc . v.<.p-v.,. ; and then apparently becomes more feeble Metl t han he was before. He is a young man who of in has scarcely passed his majority, and the . lout; threatening condition of his health is la-1 the > rnonted by his friends, and kiudred. Because , heat of his illness his older brother, Mr. John \V. catic Sign, jr., and family, have come home to help had minister to his needs and to comfort and ' mon solace the grief stricken parents. j "grii _ __ _ pleai " * ? - ? pict( Bishop Duncan referred to the great pro- m"i>r gress which Methodism had made in Abbe-l0ver vllle within the last forty-four years. Forty-, j)r lour years ago his own boyish feet trod the streets of Abbeville. Then the Methodist church building was a very modest affair, m, wheD compared with this splendid structure, ,,fao on whose altars the fires should forever burn 0f tl as they did on the altars of the church in the i _\i, olden times. This sacred precinct and Its al-' ^jj,K tar should be a retreat to which cold hearts I pat( could always come to be warned and revlvi-j tied. This sDlendid building is meet and proper. Its structure Is a testimonial of the zeal and fervor of the hearts of the people1 that built It. Hut tu> beautiful proportions and Its splendid dimensions are only temporal. The church Itself Is spiritual, and the spirit abides and rests within the hearts ol the people. They come here not to give ex-' press)oris of pride in the possession of tue An material things ttiat make this house, but' they coooe here In love and fervor to worship the Lord our God. They should come now , with the same devotion as did their forefa-1 ,p'e thers assemble long years ago In their hum- .in~ bier and less pretentious temple. , Bishop Duncan said that the enlargement j qart of this church was evidence ol' the growth of. The church, lor which all should be thankful. | ,,ron He loved to see sister denominations grow ; ft j. and prosper, but he was a Methodist and he A'bl> loved his own church more than any other, j jovt. He respected and loved christians in what-' the i ever lalth as long as they had the courage to i .iie| Jefend the tenets of their own division in the grand army that is serving the Lord. 1100 yards4 1-4 sea island homespun at-'-e. l>r Eider down all colors at Haddon's. , } mar Headquarters for millinery, dress good> and Fr every thing in ladles wear at Maddon's. riu"; \ . . THE OLD FORT, JD: <I'm lO.ve l icit ol I lie Siirroiimling ' T1 Country. Ninety-Six, 8. <'., Oct. 7th. l.Sil.V J otbing ol Interest lias transpired in our 11. u or community since my lust.. The l?* ,ther continues dry and cotton has been In inn In at a lively rate. The prices are lat y satisfactory, though the crop will he ?'ei rt. The prices for cotton seed are too low Fo the farmers are hauling the seed home, lie n the colored farmers are not selling. Pr ryhody seems able and willing to pay up t?i the year's advances. If we don't get. rain wl ), little grain will be sown In October, and m< is the month In which most ol our oats tin sown. The turuip crop will doubtless be llure. ?Ir< ipt. McCaslan came up from the ton veil- tie i yesieruay. ne says uie uruHun uum- .-?i r is afflicting the people of that city to it?i 1 an extent as Is certainly of no ad van- Qi ; to the business interests. He speaks sei efully ot the convention anil believes It 'J do many things for the state. The reduc- in< , of area has not come before tliein yet. an je osyter supper at Mr. Joel C. Weir's on fid Friday night was a success. It was gotten 1 >y the young inen of the town ana Airs, sei ir kindly allowed them to be prepared and sit fed at her house, for which the young gen- ho nen thank her. 1 e had an introduction the other day to ole s Tennessee Jones, the grand daughter ot st< Thomas L. .Moore. She has many accom- an htnents and reflects honor on her moth- eel native state. ur< r. Schumpert, a young gentleman from ge: vberry, comes up frequently to see his loi nds. Some of our owu boys had better bo pit ting out. pli lie new store houses on the south side be- sw ;iug to Col. Phillips is being painted and l soon be ready lor occupancy. is said goods are selling cheaper in Nlne>lx than ever before. Good bargains can iad on ail sides. SHOULD RE SHOT ON T1IK SPOT. ie "lightning rod" men are about. , <; INNEItl KS. 1 Inson IJrothers have a well established st.| aery and crlst mill two and a half miles '^j( th of Ninety-Six, where they are doing a on sperous business. They do work with dls- ,iU 2h and at sailsfactorj rates. Wii r. Ashby Kiug has bought a plantation \\r Ninety-Six and will move up after ^; 1st mas. IUI jr oil mill will commence Blinding seed jrf few days. bo e are glad to state that the property re- ?? tly burned at Dyson's was not insured in d0 agency, the Lloyds, as some have sup- pj, ?d. j >1. Tompkins came up from Columbia last |la lay. lie will take a short vacation. wj Qpl QUESTION. jjj; e wonder if the orgaulzalion known a.s qu jw County Lobbyists" are still in session lal oiumbia, or did they adjourn until the qu as did the Constitutional Convention. FIVE GALLONS OK CORN. ute Constable Mosely. of Greenwood, was u a few days ago, as the consequence is J.S. Finkler will not receive his 5 gallon of North Carolina corn. U READ THE PAl'EK. n't you tell us Mr. Editor what the Con" ion has been doing for the last three is? .lust a synoptsis. Jt won't take . \ a than two squares of space. ^ iTAHT.E MOVES IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY. poi e were struck with the business like way vbich .State Constable Mosely does Ills col It. He moves along smoothly and otrends tju ne and 1 am sure will have the moral KU, >ort of the Ninety-Six people whenever ^ nds it necessary to visit our town. prr SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIEI*. ^ e farmers are paying 40 cents per hun- ey for picking cotton. It has been a barv- yet or the colored people, but will soou be an< ere were three cotton buyers at Salucn Saturday. The buyers seem anxious for staple. Knowing, we think, it. will go h higher than at present. >xt Friday at 10 a. in. is the day tlxed for lug of the Oak I .awn school cases, ies Interested will take notlcc. Jfi ere is quite an interesting meeting going tKlnards. Many of our towns people al- , led yesterday. e Misses Brooks, of Itoselaml, arc in Co- f},! hia visiting frieuds. J" THE SCHOOL TEACHEK. 'OW chf e would be glad if all the old teachers gj 4 d be employed lor tbe next yeur. They slti without exception, we believe, gave sal is- Hll ou and too it is often unwise to make it. iges without cause. Our experience ha# sen bt us that when communities have kepi shC same teacher for years, generally their er ols were more prosperous. We have ref- ren ce to both white and colored schools. big ss Julia DeVouch has returned from a (j|S visit to friends In Lexington and ColurnF. Kinard left last week to euter WofTord jge. He is a bright young man and will ct credit on our community. lot of Greenwood negroes invaded Nine Ix last Sunday, with a portable bar room. I?i East End. TROUPE HEARD FROM. ? - ? OIL see ring Rocky Rivrr? Hustling City odl >11 (ho Ilill-PrrNonnl PiiriiKriiiiliN K,U? i Pre alore. c)e fjowndsville, Oct. 7.th 1S!?5. . Jack Barnes went over to Sparlauburg day to enter Woft'ord College, s. D. K. Cooiey left Wednesday, for b Carolina, to visit relations, at and nd her old home. erlff. and Mrs. F. \V. It. Nance were In around here, Wednesday and Thursday, former attending to business in counecwith the coming court. T ss Leona Ciinkscales of the Fork was in Th i Friday night the guest of Rev. K. W. tati in. brl . A. /. Bowman returned from nearly h an< e week's trip to (,'hlckamauga, Gadsden, the lama and Atlanta, Ga. He gives quite a oul ing account of his travels. she few days ago a son wai bom to Prof, and llel J. F. Harper. Friday, Mr. W. L. Bowman had a bale jtton picked, brought it to Mr. E. R. Hargin. had it ginned and packed, and sold it xJ re nipbt for 8:1-4 cents per pound. >n. I. H. McCaliaof the convention being >me for a day or two, was in town Sutur e advance in the price of cotton, or someg else, has started the cotton thieves, ?u 3 of litem are being caught up with. . D. L. Barnes is improving the iront ol premises, by having a neat and substantlcket fence put up. r planters have housed an unually large \ itity and quality of peavine and other UI1U UUI lur iuc iruain iu ntc cut o jwitui week, would have saved muiih more. Pro cold weather, and trosts of Monday Tuofaud Wednesday, of the same date, have ^ been equaled in a good many years. ? e crop, (cotton; on account of which the tersjmost dread an earlyi frost was not aged, except in very favoured localities, Hi oni lands) as the dry, weather destroyed, Ji if the late crop. petition is being circulated, here calling public meeting of the citizens to conslhe propriety of making an effort to form w county here. If we can get one, we have one advantage, that some other \\ js, that are trying to become county seats, i not, ie we wilt not have to go to the on1 nse of buying a town clock, as we have a in>r pelce that answers the purpose. Kurlbformation, as to the last, furnished on apition. 4 me of our people went to Abbeville C. II. srday to attend the dedication of the new lodist church by lilshop Duncan, others y sthut decided we would not take the "1 dusty ride, but would save ourselves for tin; ihow, next Friday, as we could have a ( , > more lun at the show, lhau at the dedl>n and there are still others of us, who no way to go to the dedication, and no ey to go to the show, who will have to i and bear It," and get what comfort and sure we can, from garlng at the show ires, stuck up on some of our stores, well be there will lie belter luck next time. u .Tom Vardell of Klberteu Co., <??., came Saturday to visit the family of his uncle J. Speer. ". \V. G. Huckabee has bought Mr. A. V. ie's house and lot. '. A. V. Karnes has bouuht Mr. It. C. Kay's p.just outside of the Incorporate limits Xj lis town. JL? rs. Jan. M. Latimer, and he. grandson, ter Willie Armstrong went to llonea i, tlie day before yesterday, l?u- two days i her son in law, Sir. II..I. Armstrong. "! ? Troupe. r<,tl A h HAPPI YOUNG PEOPLE. r,? coi cas Abbeville I.inly to Harry h Wcii- s.\ tlciuiiii From Flnridu. cer rds are out for the marriage of MIsh Aij- of Hamilton II111, to Mr. Samuel I. Thomas. . marriage in to take place Thuisday evenOctober tenth, 1S95, at lialf-pasi eight >ck, Christ Church, Greenville, South Qr >linu. The people ol Abbeville have not pleasure of an aciiuaintance with the ma but the bride being a daughter ol Hon. I. Hill, has many friends and relatives in eville. She is beautilul in person and ly in character, aud hosts of friends wish greatest tiapplness to tiie bridal couple in Wi r future home at Gainesville, Florida. Uel omptand personal attention given to our ket department .Livingston A Perrin. . esh canned goods at Livingston .v i'dj <i EATH OF MRS. HEMPHILL. * i<* .Mother ol' Two Kililors Passes Away at an Advanced Arc. > rtrs. H. S. Hemphill, mother of General R ilemphil), died at hiR home In Abbeville ;t Friday afternoon. She was far advanced her s?sih year. She was the widow of the < Rev. \V. K. Hemphill. I). I)., who preled her to the grave some twenty years ago. r many years her husband wasapromint jninlsier In the Associate Reformed psbyterian Church, and all his life was a tlilul and fast friend of Erskine College, by tose labors a large pei cent, of the endow?nt fund was raised. He wus for a long no a Professor In the College. Mrs. lletnphill was the mother of four chil3ii, namely: Rev. John L. Hemphill, of orgia, Mr. J. C. Hemphill, Editor of the ws and Courier, (Jen. R. R. Hemphill, edit of the Abbeville Medium, and Mrs. Mcilston, of Louisana. The daughter died feral years ago. ['he deceased was a modest and unnssumi Christian, though she clung to the tenets d prlnciplesof her church with unswerving elity. 'hysically she was a wonderfully well pre ved woman. It bas been only a short time ice she ceased to walk to town from the me of her son. Inrinir hop lif? (Imp 11 till esnpfiiftllv in her 1 age, fjreat affect Iou and attention was be>wed upon Mrs. Hemphill by her children tl grand-children. She had the most sinre affection ol her people, which was alike editable to her and to them. Her heart was ntle and kiud In her old age, and they all i'ed her. It so often happens that old peo3 are cross and Impatient with young peo?, that weall Instinctively love a good and eet tempered old person. 1567 BOTTLES. lal i*t tlie Xnniber which was Turn* ><l in to I lie DiN|ienNary Yesterday. V paragraph appeared In the dally papers lew days ago announcing that the dispen s had been instructed to buy bottles. As in day was Sale Day nobody offered bottles that day, but yesterday the coast was clear y many little darkles and older ones, too, rrfed loads of bottles to the dispensary, rn. II. Sliives headed the list with 401); orge .Marshall made a good second and uded 101; aud other smaller lots ranging nn ten to fifty run up the total number of ttles bought yesterday to 1507. Of this mber three fourths were half pints. Two seen were quarts and the balance were its. Although William Shlves sold 400 bottles he s a surplus yet of 800, but they are of a size lich is uot wanted. He says, that he could I them readily in Atlanta but for the fact it they are full measure, and hold the antity as represented. It is nothing but r to state that Shi?es didn't drink the 11or out of his stock ot bottles. THE HARDEST LUCK. lyius; Guano and Paying for it in lite High I Way on flip Wrong Years. "jib man that is in the hardest luck this ir Is the one who bought fertilizer, agree; to pay for It In cotton. Four hundred unas or couon ai nve cents comes mj siv? >, price ot a ton of guano?but four hundred uihIm of cotton at elgbt-aud-a-half cents nes to S'U?just Sl l more than the price 01 > guano. We do not know how much mo was sold for cotton In this county. In ler counties we believe the agentM are cornrising with their customer*. Ve learn that Mr. J. W, Rykard of our town ight guano last yenr, agreeing to pay monfor it. and the cotton weut down. This tr he bought guano to be paid for in cotton, J the price went up. FROM ATLANTA. T. .It. Tucker linn Seen the Bis: Show. Ir. T. M. Tucker of our County has been in anta, seeing the sights at the great Expoon, whose gates are now open. He thinks i show is good enough and the price is 'enough. The railroad fare is certainly apenough. Aseven days ticket costs only 10 from Abbeville and return. The Expoou is no doubt a good one and weil worth that it will cost an Abbeville man to see No such opportunity will be preted in a long time. Even If this country mid have another Exposition it Is altogethprobable that it will be held in some city note from us and to visit which wllllncur expense. .Mr. Tucker was pleased with trip. CHURCH DEDICATION. ? ? iMliiiifiiiNheil <>ueNt.H Witness the Ceremony. ast Sunday was a big day Id the Metbot church. Bishop Puncau was the preacbi to dedicated the new church building in presence of a vast multitude of people, ler churches closed their doors and It tned that everybody went to the Methst. church. Among the distinguished !Kts who witnessed the dedication were lessors Dul're, McGbee, and Hook, of msou College. SALE DAY. oil Order ? Good Fee I int.- ? Little Business. he crowd in town last Monday was small, ere w*re very few sales. The Nickels ese in Long Cane was sold in small tracts, nging from to S7 an acre. Good order 1 good feeling prevailed. The dust tilled air. In the afternoon thin clouds shut , the sunshine, and in the night a slight iwer fell, laying the dust to the great re of all living creatures. ie State of South Carolina, COt'NTY OF ABBEVILLE. PROBATE COUNT. the matter of the Estate of M. Richardgoo, Deceaued. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. LL persons indebted to said estate must settle without delay, and those holding ims against the estate must present them iperly attested to CORRIE M. RICHARDSON, lonterey, S. C. Executrix. bridge Notice. ILL LET TO THE LOWEST KIDDER the .10th instant at 1-'o'clock M. the hulldof a bridge across 3oronaca Creek. peciflcations made known on day of letnn tractor come prepared to give bond. JOHN LYON, R AH wV? ct. :;t SALE OF IEAL ESTATE ! VIRTUE OK THK l'UW'KIt <ONKKRiii and by the will of John Charles, late of beville couuty deceased, which in now of nril In ttu> riftlpp ill I'rnhntp .1 iiiIl'A ol Kflul ilily. I will nell to the highest bidder, lor b, at. Abbeville Court House, H. C., on L, MS I) AY IN NOYKMBKlt next, till thai tnIn traclof land, belonging to the Kstate said deceased, situate and being in said! amy of Abbeville, containing ie Hundred and Seventy-Five Acres, re or less, and bounded by lands ol A. I\. it Hon, Kstate of Mary A. Andrews, Kobert I and others. Purchaser to pay for papers. w. o. McNeill, Administrator with will annexed, ict. :l, IK'I;,, -ii 3421. Report of the Condition OF THE MUM o! Ht At Abbeville, In the State of Soufc Carolina, at the close of business September 28, 1895. RESOURCES. Loans nnd discounts S151,147 ! Overdrafts, secured aud unsecured... 24.215 ' it H RmiHs tr? Kpcnrp circulation 18.750 1 Other real estate and mortgages owned 1,010 I Dae from National Banks (not Rej serve Agents) : 2,544 1 | Due State Banks and bankers 968 I Dne from approved reserve agents.... 2,467 < Checks and other cash Items 9,590 ! Notes of other National Banks 1,700 ( Fractional paper currency, nickels, and cents 374 Sp?cle 82,075 45 Legal-tender notes 5,851 00? 7,026 ' Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (5 per cent of circulation) 843 Total 8221,537 LIABILITIES. Capitol stock paid in S 75,000 Surplus fund 15,0t0 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid 1.761 National Bank notes outstanding 16,875 Dividends unpaid 3 i Individual deposits subject to check 39,041 Demand certificates of deposit 4,857 Bills payable 09,000 Total. 8221,537 State of South Carolina, Countv of Abbeville, bs : I, Benj. S. Barnwell, Cashier of tbe abov named bank, do solemnly swear tbat tl above statement is true to tbe be6t of n knowledge and belief. BENJ. S. BARNWELL. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2i day of October, 1885. JIT Mrs H. DnPiut, N. P. S. C. Cor kect?Attest: A. B. MORSE, 1 W. .JOEL SMITH, - Directors. L. W. WHITE, i STATEMENT Showing the condition of the Farmers' Banl OF ABBEVILLE. S. C. at the close of business, 30tli Sept., 1895. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts $122,340 Reul Estate, Furniture and Fixtures 3,106 Current Expenses 8M Due from other Banks 9.570 Cash 7.028 i $142,690 LIABILITIES. Capital paid in $ 75.000 i Surplus Fund i Undivided Profits 1,869 1 Dividends unpaid 391 I Deposits 26,263 ! Due other Banks 74 ! Re-Discou'nts 33,000 i S142.S99 South Carolina, Abbeville County. I, Julius H. Dul're, Cashier of the abo\ named Bank, do solemnly swear that tli above statement is true to the best of ro knowledge and belief. u TlnDop I'nohlor ?JUJLtlUD a. j/ui. uti, vww...w.. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2n October, 1S95. W. R. Buu-ock. C. C. C. P. Correct?Attest: WM. H. PARKER, ) AUG. W. SMITH, h Directors. P. B. SPEED. I ASSIGNEE'S SALE. VIRTUE of a Deed of Assignment ex cuted by T. T. CROMER, to roe, on tbe day of January, 1S95, I will sell at Abbevll C. H. on tbe FIRST MONDAY In NOVEft BER, 1S95, during tbo legal hours of Hale, tbi piece or parcel of laud, situate lying and belt In tbe county of Abbeville, In the State i South Carolina containing One Hundred and Seventy-Seve (177) Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of T. Hurst, Mosely, Hugh Wilson and others. m ? ^ 1 - l)n?/iKacar trt flflr f< lenilH Ul Nile vaoii. X uiuu<xv. ~ ,?? papers. J. P. DUFFIE, Assignee of T. T. Cromer. Oct. 8. It. LIVELY TIMES AT TBOY, Pretty Women anil Gallant Men Lover* and Boor Bells?Freachei -Hitch Tea?Birtb. Troy, S. C. Oct. 7.th 1S95. Tbe dust Is almost Intolerable on our street Mr. and Mrn. J. W. Lyon spent a few da; with relations at Whltlock's mill last week. Mr. P. H. and Miss Sue McCaslan gave high tea Friday evening to xbe vlaltingyour ladies from Washington, 1>. C. Messrs Cuddy, Bradley, WMeman. and Ml Louis Davis left Saturday for Due West cc leges. "More's the pity" for one of our young me who for the past year, has so accustom* himself to calling on his best girl twti weekly, that b*nee she has moved from ton be still goes and rings tbe door bell. We noticed In your locals last week that yot correspondents down Ibis way were as sllei as tbe grave on the shooting aflalr at Bra Tt ?voo on orrnr Inunvlnir Mr. Thomfl McCaslan was one ol the party. We thougl "I rather" could tell more than any one els Mr. Editor be sure you are right, and then ( ahead. Misses Nellie Morey, and Emma Linden i Washington, D. C? are in town the guests i Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wideman. Mr. and Mrs Jim Roberson with ther prett little daughter Llllie spent a day or two ( Capt. C. B. Fullers last week. Messrs. Browns Cox's gin was total] destroyed by fire at, Hunter last week. Miss Mollie Tittle is having a most pleasar vl?it. with Dr. Wencks family at Ninety SI: Messrs. White, and Plncketts gin is bus from early morning till late at night. Onl a pair of minutes to gin a bale of cotton. Born to Mrs. T. 8. Chatham, Jr, a son, Oc 2 ml. We are glad to hear Due West is gettic ready for Synod, all that can't go from her will surely send their substitutes. The 17 th. the 17 th 17 tb. watch this date. Where are all the preachers? preaching i i - ? u ???. Ana* IntA Mun uuiy ouu cnuruu jiuiv. v,viajo vr v v* ?*?%?* don la and help ua. Nick. Good A?lvice For Everybody. If you have a friend worth loving. Love him. Yes. and let him know That you lovo blin ere life's evening Tinge his brow with sunset glow. Why should good words ne'er be said < it a friend till he Is dead ? Jf you see the hot tears falling Krorn a brother's weeping eyes, Share them and by kindly sharing Own your kinship with the skies. Why should any one be glad When a brother's heart is s?d ? If your work Is made more easy By a friendly, helping-baud, Snv so. Speak out bravely and truly Kre the darkness veil the laud. Should a brother workman dear Kalter for a word of eneer ? Scatter thus your seeds ol' kindness. All enriiMiint.', as you ? <. heave them. Trust the Harvest Giver. He will ma.ke each seed to grow, ho unto its happy end Your life shall never lack a friend. Murys's l.ittl<> Litinli ami tli< Jim Who A?lvcrli*cs. Mary lind a little lamb? You do not look surprised. ??f courHe you don't, for iMary has Been widely advertised. And something you may learn Irom till! If you aro uot a clam; You can be J list as widely known As Mary and her lamb. Your name can be a household wortl. And you be known so well, That, folks will confidently buy The thlnes you have to sell. ' And when you once have got yourself t Into the cheering rays < if t tie sunlight of publicity? . You bet vnur life it pays ! W? '/rf.v: ^ ?* . ? * f : , ? win?iHiiuiiujimintMi |TH? HIGH PRICE OF COTTON. ! The Financial Condition of Our People?The Cpo|?h?The Splendid Outlook for Bnwine.su. Not In the history of Abbeville has thern been a better outlook iu tbe commercial world than exists today. Tbe crops were made on tbe least possible debt, and tbe price of tbe staple is about double as much au was " expected. A great many farmers have already settled their Hen or indebtedness on on tbe crop, and have about half tbe crop ft on band to dispose of In any way that they deem best or most advisable. Many farmers i have old outstanding debts against them, and will no doubt find this a most favorable time to settle them. Others have the ready cash with which to buy property, orare ready to spend it in pleasure as inclination may i H infA t o Amtd the general good luck and prosperity >2 that has come to the farmers this year there !jl Is. however, one class who are to be sympathlsed with. We all know that there area number of good and honest men who have no 30 other or greater ambition than to pay their debts?to make buckle and tongue meet at " the close of the year. In the spring time they 3' arrange for such an amount ol advances as 17 they and their merchant aeree upon. Then 21 they set to work to make the crop that will 5? pay the debt, and when the debt Is paid they are satisfied. The merchant, or banker. Is 12 pleased and stands ready to renew the busl. ness relations the following year with his 15 customer. This clafis ol fanners deserve the considera"5 tlon of sympathetic people. They are in a ? puzzling condition. They have paid their ?2 debts, and have perhaps half their crop ol = cotton still on ha.jd. The price being lil^li, they are>t a loss to know what to do with il>? surplus. They do not care to lay It by for a 00 rainy day. If they keep It the mouey will do 00 them no good, and If they spend It they can scarcely decide what to buy. One poor fellow 61 lust week was greatly bemoaning his condi00 tlon, and he Is only a sample of others; he 00 bad paid all his debts, and still had six oi oa otcrht. hales of cotton on hand. He did nol 00 know what to do. If the price bad been lest 0u be might have been able to get alone. Tbe price bad fooled him, and he bad made twice 92 as much cotton as he needed. If he had known in the spring how the price was to b< he could have worked less or spjnt more so a> e- to even up things. ie The merchants of Abbeville are greatlj iy pleased with tbelr business this year. Tbej believe that every dollar of credits this yeai will be paid, and already thousands of dol ill lars have been paid on old debts. Ah a rule the farmers love to stand well with their mer chant or banker, and will pay to the last dol | lar. Many farmers have made good crop* | and the high price has given them that heari I and hope, which prompts them to be anxioui to pay up and be square with the world j There has been no disposition on the part o j any one to dodge his creditor or to spend anj " j money until after the current debts wen paid, and in the settlement of little debls tb< | people are not forgetful of tbelr subscrlpilor accounts with the newspapers. They are be ginning to pay up, and we predict that it wll not be a great while before the great msjoritj will have done the correct thing with th< m printer. As a rule, the people will puy for r tbelr paper, if they pay nothing else. Tbej M do not like for tbelr children and the post master to know that they neglect this little matter. It will be recollected that in publi<ymeeting I last Winter resolutions were passed express ing the determination to plant a leas area in cotton. The great mass of the people oi course paid no attention to resolutions whlcb 08 were so impracticable and contrary to tbeii go best interest, but we believe there were a few :{.*> exceptional cases where individuals eithei 84 wholly abandoned the cotton crop or greatlj OS reduced the area. All such persons are to be _ sympathised with. When tbese resolutions 15 were passed or adopted iu the Court House last Winter it will be recollected that this paper expressed opinions differing from the sen00 tlment therein contained. DO Aside from tblH reasonably fair crop which H4 has been produced and Is now being gathered. B0 and without special reference to the satlsfac 31 tory prices which are being realized for cot20 ton, there is another and a greater blessing "0 for which the country may be grateful, and ? 1 that is in the increased harvest of the food IS? supplies, not only in tl>e field crops, but in ! the enlarged product of the pasture. The j work of enclosing pasture lands goes on every 'e year, and as a consequence much is saved in ie l tne expense of keeping plough animals while y the profit In cattle Is belter than ever before. ! Even the most unthrifty bead of a family is ; beginning to be convinced of tbe value of 4 milk cows and beef cattle. ' NOTICE! NOTICE! A' LL persons having claims against tbe estate of Capt. R. W. LITES, deceased, late i of Abbeville county, South Carolina, will prej sent the same to the undersigned, properly vouched for, and those indebted to the said I estate will make settlement of the same al ! once. J. N. DENDY, Agent, for Legatees. Troy. 8. C., Oct. 5,1805. ! An Ordinance n 5 To Eaise Supplies for the City oi Abbeville, S. Ct, for the Fisn cal Year 1895 and 1896. IB r it fiDniivun i*v tup M A Vflf and Aldermen of the City of Abbeville, S. C. rjr in Council assembled and by authority of th< same, That a tax for the sums aud in th< manner hereafter named shall be raised am paid into the treasury of the Cltv Council fo the uses aod purposes thereof for the flsca 5 year 189o and ]8?J. Section 1. On every One Hundred Dollar of the cash value of all real and personal es tate within the incorporation of the City o _ Abbeville,S. C., the sum of Forty Cents, r* Sec. 2. On each Billiard or Pool Table oi Ten Pin Alley kept for hire, the sum of Kif teen Dollars: for each Table or Alley mor than one, kept by the same person, the sun of Ten Dollars. If any person or persons an ft found guilty of receiving pay or making i )g charge for a game of Billiards, Pool, Bagatell SB or Ten Pin Alley, without having a license >1* shall be lined not exceeding the sum of Flft; n Dollars or imprisoned not more than thirt; xi day8. Sec. 3. That all male persons between th i o?ao s\f oU?oon on/I ti ft XT VflflPU PYPPnt. lhOH< OgtO VI OIAtVUU UI1U IK VJ J wt*. X| . ,r physically unable to earn a support, are Us bio to road duty and shall be required to worl is on the roads, sidewalks and streets wltbli 3t the incorporation ol Abbeville, six days b: ,q the direction of the City Council. The cdm mutation for said road duty to be the sum o Two and 50100 Dollars, to be paid at the time 0 for payment of other taxes, to wit: on or be y fore the FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1898. *1 All persons failing or refusing to work six y full days, to be acnepted aud approved by the Council, shall pay a fine not exceeding Twenty-Flve Dollars or be imprisoned not exceed,y ing thirty days. y i Sec. 4. That all itinerant auctioneers, ped ^ I dlers, except vendors of farm produce raised In the county, ottering at retail any goodf '*> whatsoever for sale, shall pay a license of no ' more than Twenty-Five Dollars nor less tha' One Dollar per day. ! Sec.That all circuses or shows shall paj i a license fee In the discretion of the Cltj ! Council for each and every exhibition, anc ; all other shows, Including what are common j ly known as side shows, attached to a circus J shall pay a license of not more than Fifty noi ! less than Two Dollars lor each exhibition. Sec. i>. On each dog the sum of One Dollar K. M. HILL, Mayor. JAMES CHALMEKS, Clerk. . Oct. I, 1895, tr ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE! , 13\ permission of It. K. HILL, .fudge o: ! l'robale, I will sell at puhlic outcry at Abbe vilie C. II., on HALEDAY In NOVE.Y1BEH next (I,) unless disposed of at private sale, .jTen (10) Shares Stock National Bank of Abbeville. I One (1) Share Stock Greenwood 1 Cotton Mill. TERMS-CASH. Henry M. Young, Administrator. Is*. B.?These stocks may be purchased privalely. Oct. S, 1895 If i ['in i:iin?Hiiiini in Mff'nrnWffifrifi Hiflifo MastelAs Bale. !The State of South Carolina. COUNTV OF ABBEVILLE. COlMtT OK COMMON I'LEAS. t Alma Lumber Company against Hessla A. Heacham et al.?Foreclosure. By VIRTUE OF AS ORDER OF SALE made in the above statea case, I will offer for sale at public outcry at Abbevll ie O. H., S. C., on 8 A LEI) AY IN NOVEMBER, 1S93, within the legal hours of sale, the following dels-rlbed property, situate In said State and County, to wit: "(1). Those two certain lots of land In Town and County of Abbeville, State aforesaid, known as Lots 1 and 2 of lands formerly owned by Haynesworth & Parker, according to survey made by j. E. Slrrene, surveyor, havlugthe following metes aud bounds, respectively : Lot No. 1, beginning at the corner of Academy or Wardlaw street and a street thirty *eet wldn lying between said lot and lot of J. F. Miller with such 30 ft. s'reet S 42? 15' E, J35 feet to corner of lot of Mrs. S. L. Smith and thence along , the line of her lots 14385'W 20:5 feet, to line 1 oi lot 3, and thence along line of this lot N 43? ^ lOQly fa/it a AnoHomv atrppf lhAnc.P i along such street N 41? 4.V E 20.)% feet to beglnninti corner. ; "Lot No. 2, , beginning on said Academy street at the cor! nor of Lot No. 1, thence S 43? 4.V W 233>$ feet [ to a JO ft street, and at corner of lot of Mrs. 8. \ L. Smith, thence with such street S +1? 15' W 92*,Z feet to corner of lot No. 3, thence with ' line of lot 3,228 feet to Academy street at the P corner of Lot No. 8, thence with such street; N 45? 4V E, 110 feet to beginning corner. Be^ lng the same lots conveyed to Hessle A. . Beacham by H. J. Haynesworth and Lewis . W. Parker on Sept. 13, 1883. ' "(2). Those three lots In Town of Abbeville, j. County and State aforesaid, containing, rer spectively : 69-100, 65-100 & 61-100 Acres, I and known as ; Lots 6, 7 and 8 j of lands formerly owned by Haynesworth & Parker, bounded by lands of J. C. Klugh, > Leola J. Moore, R. L. Mabry, E. L. Wlluon " and lot next described,?being same lots conI veyed to Hessle A. Beacham by deed of [ Hayhesworth & Parker of date Nov. 11,1S98,? , for more particular description reference is had to plat of J. E. Sirrene, surveyor. i "(3). That other lot having a frontage of thirty teet more or less on Wardlaw street with a depth of fiOO feet more or less, running J back to line ol J. C. Klugh, bounded by lands j of J. (J. Klugh and lots above described, and lots of R. E. Hill, E. A. Robertson, and Haddon, such lot containing; One-Third Acre, more or le6S." Said lands will be re-surveyed and divided into lots which will be sold separately. Plats will be exhibited on day of sale. TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash, balance on a credit of twelve months, with Interest from day of sale, secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of premises, and assignment of insurance policy in full Insurable va'.ue upon the house or houses upon the tract sold to any purchaser. Purchaser to pay for papers. J. C. klugh, . Oct. 9,1895,4t Master. Notice of i STOCKHOLDER'S MEETING, ft 0 Ihe annual meeting of the . stockholders of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway Company will be held at the office of the company in the city of Atlanta, Ga., on Friday, November 15th, 1895, at 4:30oclock p. m. Ceutral time. The transfer books will be closed until Nol vemberlSth. : J. M. Sherwood, I Secretary. r November 10th, 1S95, ! DO YOU WANT FINE CHICKS ? f ip so. i have the VVYANDOTTS. r 8. S. HAMBERGER. BROWN LEGHORNS, e INDIAN GAM EH, KLACK LACE HAMBERGER, 1 B. B. ROCKS, 3 GAME BANTAMS. a These chicks and the best layers on earth. They are worth five times the worih of come mon chickens. I have seven different bredes !, from the very best strains. 1 will sell you r eggs at 81.50 lor 13 eggs. Call at my poultry farm aud see my stock of chickens and you ' wl II be pleased. Fresh eggs for sale every day in the year. Respectfully, J W. E. Bell. L. March 20.1895, if It ~ " ~ i Notice of Application for Charter of Troy County. ' "VTOT1CK Is hereby given that application 1* will be made at the next sitting of the Legislature for establishing a new countv to be Kuown as TROY COUNTY, with the county seat located In the town of TROY, out of r.ur(U of Atihoviiip iind Edeefleld counties, as follows: Corner at or uear White Hnll In Abbeville county, line to run via Cedar Springy, Wilson X Roads, Hopewell church, De Laliowe estate to Savannah river, thence down Savannah river to near Plum Branch in Edge" field county, from Plum Branch to Liberty I Hill, from Liberty Hill to Klrkseys in Edge, Held county and back to White Hall in Abbe. ville county. ; G. C. BRADLEY, Secretary, r Aug. 27,1895, tf " r . ABOUT PAYING DEBTS, " Importance of Making Early Settle* ineutH?Fny Small Accounts First. The increased price of cotton will enable a large number of people to pay their bills in full, and to have something left to spend In the purchase ol such goods as may answer a demuud or please a fancy. In paying debts a good rule is to pay the small debts first. As a man would drown with his nose an inch under water as quick as 11? he were miles deep in the bosom of the ocean, so a small debt may worry a man as much as u larger one. The small debt is generally owing to some poor or neeily person who will be more persistent and make more annoyance than a creditor to whom a thousand dollars is due. The man with a claim for a large amount is more apt to be lenient than the man with a little claim. r Tim lion or dpbt for advances on the crop ' should be paid first. Then commence paying i k other debts, bey Inning with the smallest. In this way you will be relieved of the greatest numbero( creditors who may be clamorous! lor their money. For Instance, pay your subscription to the I'ress and iUinner. It will take only a small amount of money, and llieu you can sleep with the consciousness that you owe the editor nothing, and are reading your own paper. Try this plan and . see how much better you will feel. ' I JStsiroi'lPUNCAN Is a staunch -Methodist, i but he is liberal toward other Christian deI nominations. Ho thinks there is good in all, and believes that division in the churches j elves force and strength to the cause for ! which pious Christians labor He thinks that individual Christians should connect themselves with that branch of the church In which they can most effectively servo the J Great Head of the Church. v'-. s? -. -?>i iiiaiiiijiiijjgijfe TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. Testimonial ah to (he Worth and Chrlitlnn Charnctt'p of Presidium rider J. B. Campbell. Whereas the time draws near wben the ties that bind us to our Presiding Elder officially will he severed by tbe lime limit of our church. Therefore be if. resolved by tbe Quarterly Couference of Cokesbury Circnli, In Quarterly Conference assembled, at Cokesbury, Oct. 5th. 180.3. First. That we reccognize in the Rev. J. B. Campbell, our presiding elder, an able and fearlecH expounder of the Gospel of Christ, and a faltblul officer In all tbat partains to the office of a presiding elder. Second. Thut In the District Conference In the Quarterly Conference, and In tbe social circle, his nrbanity and high christian characlor he always predominate while be moves unswerlngly to the accomplishment of what he conceives to be the right. Third. That while his removal to another field ol lAborwillbe our loss, fortunate will be tbat District or charge to which he may be appointed, and that we pray God's blessing on our brother wherever In the providence of God be may be sent by the appointing power. Kourth. Tbat these resolutions be published in tbe Southern Christian Advocate, and in the county papers. Signed. A. S. McKlnzle. (I Tl RiK.hut.nn E. C. Counnor. J. D. I'ooshe, Sec. DUE WEST DOTS. Nnnp SboU lu the Classic City. Due West, S. C. Oct. 7,1893. The prospects fpr both colleges are very bright this season. Krom present outlook there will probably bo over an hundred In each college. There will be given this evening to the students of Ersklne a grand reception by the citizens of Due West. Rev. W. W. Orr preached In the A. It. P. charcb "abbath morning. Bicycles would last much longer were they not ridden upon the Sabbath day. The soil around Due West is peculiarly destructive to the tire. We bear of several young ladles that will take advantage ot the special course offered by Mr. C. E. Todd to graduates of the Institution. Mrs. Lutie Knox Is visiting her mother, Mrs. Brlce. Don't forget the Dne West Stock Show, Oc tober 16th. Mr. and Mrs. Devlin have returned from a pleasant visit to friends and relatives In Verdery. Mrs. Hannah Hemphill, mother of the editors of the Abbeville Medium and Charleston News and Courier was burled here Saturday evening. . ADOlQ6r Dig JUL U1 llliii o-jru ouiuivmoij silk on spools at Racket Store. 7 spools for 3ceuts. Bruce's restaurant keeps a full line of fine cigars and cigarettes. Bruce's restaurant furnishes meals at 25, S3 and 50 cents. Tbe County Alliance of Abbeville County will bold Its next quarterly meeting on Friday, October lltb next. Jno. C. Watklns, Sec. Third Dlst. Alliance. Anderson, S. C., 8ept. 11,1895. Valuable ^Property * FOR SALE -IN THETown of Troy, S. C. By virture of authority vested in me as agent for tbe Legatees of tbe estate of Capt. R. W. Lites, deceased, I will offer for sale to tbe highest bidder on tbe 18th day of DECEMBER next, in tbe town of Troy, that valuable House and Lot, the late residence of Capt. R. W Lites, de ceased. An elegant two story dwelling contalnibg six large rooms and a stove room, with good out buildings, barns, stables, etc On the place is a good well of the test water Tbe lot contains about TWO ACRES, making this one of tbe most desirable homes in tbe town of Troy which Is one of the most healthy and desirable towns in npper Carolina, a town uoted for its churches and schools, having Just completed a large and commodious Academy now undercharge of Prof. 8. P. McElroy. I will sell at tbe same time some valuable building lots, near by and Joining tbe house and lot. Terms of sale made known on day of sale. Any Information cheerfully given by calling on me or wrltting me. J. N. DENDY, Agent for Legalies. Troy, S, C., Oct. 1895. mm. j NEXT DOOR TO COURT HOUSE IN STORE OF C. J. MARTIN. " si 1 will carry a full stock of GROCERIES AT THE LOWEST PRICES. GIVE ME A TRIAL. W. ? . uross. ttgsitj !t Mi. -DEALERS INAll Kinds of Groceries, FRESH MEATS, SAUSAGE. HOG HEAD CHEESE AND FISH. CANNEDGOODS of every description. Fresh Bread always 011 hand. Give us a oall when In need of anything in our line. We guarantee satisfaction. Particular attention given to our MARKET department. Kemember the place, Xo. 2 Washington street.