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!?h.e Press and Banner. BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C. B^-Published every Wednesday at! a year in advance. _____ I'jL'en Wednesday, Sept. 2, 1896. No Advice. ['he Press ami Banner has no advice to give 1 any body about the comiug election, but i i would warn tbe public against believing l arges which way be made against promi- 1 nt Reformers, l-'or the last six years some | our papers have been tilled with charges I corruption, or official misconduct, but we 1 ve no recollectipu of the authors of these < arges bringing the prool to certify a sin- j !charge. peaking for this newspaper we shall not | reafter believe one word that Is said I liust any body?unless the proof is forth- j nine. j 1 The authors of the charges of otHciul dere- > lictlon Id the past having utterly failed to J prove a single asserliou against anybody, we | must Judge the future by the past. More than l hatred and bald assertion is necessary to give credence to any malicious or damaging re <, port. 1 A ('iiril of ThiMikN. ' II I take this method of expressing my sincere ' [thanks to my friends and neighbors for the J kindness nod sympathy they have shown uie In the aflllction and death of my precious wife. May the Lord reward them abundantly, and may we all meet her In heaven. , L. P. Hark ness. J Mr. John* Calla, of Waterloo, has accoDt- , )ed a position in the store of Mr. It. M. Hill ( He will move his family here soou and we t extend to them a hearty welcome. h. OX Monday las ;u 11 o'clock J. Frederick s Nance another grandson of .Sherifr Nance a was buried at Due West. t Mr. W. J. Donuald. one of Donualds' enter- r prising merchants, wus in town last week and t called at the Press and Banner office. Miss Ella Kay, one of Honea Path's fair young ladles, has been visiting friends in f .town during the past week. 1 4 41 * ? " r 4 u " t f\%r? a f^motprv U I A rueeuiJK ui wc Society will be held in the School house next Thursday afternoon at 0 o'clock. Mr. Aiken* Cai.vkkt, of Long Cane, it clerking for K. Uubln this season. Mrs. L. W. Daxsby visited relatives at Bradley a few days last week. Miss Bessie Wii-son visited relatives near Greenwood a lew days last week. 1*. Hosexbero it* Co's. store will be closed nextTuesday aud Wednesday the 8th and Uth Instant on account of a Jewish holiday. Btgglnir and Ties for everybody at W. Joel Smith aud Hon. Buy Bagging and Tits from W. Joel Smith ?V Sou. Npecil'H Locals. Prescriptions and family receipts can be filled at all hours day or uightat Speed's. Fresh incsmally's candy just ccceived ai Speed's. Speed has the finest candy in town. Why? Because he handles unbroktyi packHces only I ana it is always iresn. Johnson's chill and fever tonic Is a sure cure for chills and fever. No cure no pity, at Speed's. i Try JohDsons candy if you want the best at < Speed's. f , Smoke E. E. M., tobacco for catarrh or bad cold at . Speed's Taxe laxative browne quinine for that bad j cold. It is a sure cure at Speed's. When you want a good hair brush call at Speed's. j Cure that cold in one day by taking laxa- i tlve browne quinine. So euro no pay at 1 Speed's. Don't fail to see that line of fine pipes at ' Speed's. < Now is the time to paint t hat old buggy, so It will last you all the wluter at Speed's. | lluylers fresh every we? k at Speed's. j ?.;? r> iiHimiimiii u. Vv, u?, ...... A fresh lot of ladles' and gents' overgulters Just in; < We make shoes and can lit yon In anything ; you want. See them. i Ladies' cloth top shoes,also ladies cloth lace ( shoes. Ladies' tan button and cloth t-hdes. Recollect we sell harness and whang and J belting leather. Send us your orders. Abbeville Mupply Co/* Locals. Morrison's sugar cured hams 12J-S lb. Dove brand sugar cured bacon 12% lb. Dove brand sugar cured hams 10c lb. The above are fine and Juicy. In canned goods we have roast and corned beef in 1 aud 2 lb. bizes. Potted ham '4 size at only 3c cau. i Lobster standard brand 25c can. i Crabs standard brand 23c can. ! Salmou steak Hat cans 20c can. Salmon tall caus 12,can. French sardines 15c box. ! (.Vonnli mnKinrri ili-essine at 10c and 2.10 box 10. can pie peaches 10c cau. lb. can pineapples 10c can. X lo can pine apple preserved luc cau. i Something spledld for desert aud cream. ' :i lb canned desert peaches 15c cau. 3 lb canned desert pears 15c cau. :i lb canned while cherries SWc cau. | Ijen dfc Perrin'ssauce: 1 lb cau Orleans jams 1.1c can. Condensed cream 10c can. (Jallou cans apples, whoppers, liOc can. 3 lb cau tomatoes lUc cau. I lb can corn 10c can. A few packages left yet of Aunt Jamima't pan cnite Hour 10c pkg. I Knox's fruit flavor gelatino 10c can. A specially blended tea lor Iced teas, deliC' lous flavor, ou ly jOc lb. I,ocniH Aiiiom K. Morke. Go to Amos B. Morse right nwav for fresh lemons, irsh potatoes, rye clover seed. Genuine "Hull Durham" tobacco in 1? and ] 4 pound packages. Next week I will have Ireslr lemons, eating and cooking apples, bananas, onions, cabbage, plain and ireuch candies, pure aud fresh. A full stock of crackers and cakes, and will I give special attention lo these good things during the season. Five gallons Fire .Proof oil for cts. at G. W. Lomax's. J ust received a lot of very fine Irish potatoes fur table use W, Joel Hmilb ASon. One c*ne Warners Corsets 6 styles can lit aay Lady perfectly guarenteed to be as good its the best at Hadddou's. it a G Corsets at Haddon's. Thompson Glove fitting corset at Haddon's Embroidey silks all colors reduced in prices it Haddon's. Fall goods coming In at Haddon's. Navy and black vales suiting the new fabrlque for (all suits just received at Haddon's* Navy and black serges Just received at Haildon's. Black and colored checks for early fall weas at Haddon's. Full Jine staple dress goods at Haddon's. Do you like candy, good candy, the kind - ? whon v/\l? flpp Piif lnv (II til msira juoi he last piece as it did when you picked out be nioest looking one to commence on ? We ell Just that kind. It. C. Wilson <fc Co. Now Is the time to take Johnsons chill an ver tODic for sale at Speed's. Drink cherry bounce at Speed's. Full line worsted goods suitable for fall 'aiittK at liuddon's. Hiiipt wit tons at Hadoon's. I one cnse bleached homespuns cheaper than jvarat Haddou's. Navy and black henriettus Just recelvee at ff addon'8. Keep cool by vlslUog Speed's ofteo. He erves the cold driukN. I r?rw>nMiTiwiiwai?ju.inuM n ??i mmmmmmamtammmma A XT It E VII. I.E'S A X X OT ATI? XS. Visitors ? Kitin ? <ofton ? Ncliouls ? Oontli -Politics? Personal*. Antrevllle. S.('., Aug. 28, 1MK>. Wo have again beeu blessed with refreshing rains, I.ute corn will be in ceafsou and tur- | nips can now be sown. Tut* Itiruiers In this section are em ted over j tin- bright prospects lor ten-cents cot ton. We j ..t i.. #..,1^1 ihtil fliMir hotiHK niftV II fit be? blighted, as the general estimate rales the j yield at one hall crop. K-jv. W. 11. AriHil, the zealous pastor of | this circuit, has been engaged for the past week iu a series of meetings at Dell. Much good has Oeen done and evidences ol spiritual interest have proven his labors not foreign to success. Miss Kate L'ltimer, a fair flower from j Hont-a Path's garden, brightened for a weeK the liouie ot tier entertaining friend, i Miss Amy Crow I her. After spending a pleasant while with friends j ( in Laurens aud ilonea Path, Miss Kva h Wakefield has returued home, much to the | (leligtitot her frieuds. W. A. brownell, wlio has been at home lor > | the summer, leaves Tuesday lor Davis AIill- j, l""' ""''n"1 vi-iii roiiiiiie iiifi course 11 towards graduation." ij It. IC. Moseiey, oi Lowndesville, visited in j this section last week. He was accompanied ( t>y his charming sister. Muss Nellie, wiio was , j ihe guest ot her trierid, Miss.'tallie Manu. I; As yet the patrons of the Anlreville High I \ School tiave been unable to secure the services j f af such a teacher as the school demands. This is a promising lield lor some energetic K teacher and one who tn.s the educational in- v terest ol the people at heart, as the proceed- t ing teachers, .Niessis. llarper and Daniel, will i tlud here I lie place tor which iney seek. The p ?ulary is good, the community Is one ol the ( foremost in tne county as regards morality p tncl hospitality, the facilities lor church going ? <ud access to I lie railroad are splendid ami p iach ot tne auove named principals have easily gained promotion through the geueral in- ( iluences ol the school. p The people of Abbeville county have once '<>(?! iiulmnen t hi tneir selection a >1 :i School Commissioner. \V. T. MiilorU, is* ii lie man lor the place. In tlie mysteries of His providence the li iieaveuly Father has again made a sorrowful i .-isitailon to our community. This time He ias carried from the home of Mr. L. 1'. llarti- t. i ess and takeu from there Ills valued wife. I I'lie death ot Mrs. Harkness was sorrowful h lews to every one that knew her, and it Is t villi a consciousness of her extreme uselul- ( less as a neighbor, a frieud, a pure white- 'J ouled christian woman, that we mourn her c oss, admired and loved by all who knew her, a he has now saiely'crossed the cold waters 01 leath, and entered upon her heavenly career I vbere she will receive the crown of rewaru to o he falthlul, and a seal at the right hand ot ( ler Savior. Her life was oue of pure suu- % blue and htr presence an inspiration to asociates. Earth's deep loss is heaven's great a ;aiti. May the God who took her, comfort the \ tereaved husband aud cheer him iu his sorow and shine his guiding light about him \ hat lie may at last Join his loved one beyond tbe river. J Judging from the present political atmos- c there, it seems that South Carolina, has c tlunged hereself into old Koiuau ring-rule 1 aid rottenness. Never sluce her early coloui- t atlon has there been manifested such scliem-1 eg and plotting and secret organization iu < he interest of such men as V'Jndulge In 1 he same, as has becu in the recein ^^nury. i lerlt, principle, and worth are uo lon^*, -e t ihiei exponents of political fame. Men need i >f> longer present their record lorcominendaion. t Uecords are worthless. Merit and man- ^ lood have been buried to await the resurrecion of original.statesmeuship, and that will j te when 1'illmanlsm meets political death, f 'or a man who now desires office it will be lo lis interest to shape his politics according lo t he political slate, and say to conscience take hlneease. I wilt not use you now. Alter I J iiive finished my term I will again lane you | rom your rusty case and polish you up lor , a retired life. A cool eu?t wind makes the atmosphere a I little unpleasant to loalers this morning. 1 Autreville was well represented utZirliue Saturday. .Mr. Hranyon has certainly shown I {real interest ui the pleasure of his many i f Ineuds bv the manner in which he lias lm- t proved the beaulllul island and prepared for f <uch uccommodutions as are neceessary on i ptc-uic occasions. t iMrs. \V. 1*. McCarter is very sick at this t writing. Her many Irlends anxiously look g tor waul to a speedy recovery. Stierifl' Nance, the ult'able, passed through \ his country yesterday en route lor Lowndes- < grille, where he will visit relatives, aud look i liter his i uteres I. Chauvln. c IjHmi fiionri ? 4rvuuwuw|? ?. . v.j | To one who observed his Bufferings! ind asked hiui if he suffered much | pain, he said : "Sometime ago I should ha**ej, [bought it great pain, but now I am L iuabled to bear it." ( His intellect was unclouded by ill-1. less. He could think and speak. |( Some one said to him, "You are dy-j. ng, as you have lived, great to the! last." The reply was, "1 am dyiug as| f lived, in the faith of Jesus." An- i >ther said, "What a blessing your | J glorious intellect is unimpaired." He;, inswered, "Do not call intellect , glorious ; there is nothing glorious out I if Christ." Auothei said, "The ijreat fortitude of your character'1 supports you." "No, it is not the! fortitude of my character supports me, j but my faith in Christ." With such I a. witness on his lips and in iiis acts,! Archbishop Wbately passed away. , "J$y their fruits ye shall know | them." This is the Lord's' test. No other one is adequate. "Not every | one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, | shall enter into the kingdom of I heaven; but he that doth the will of, my Father, which is in heaven." A i truly Christian man will be clean,; truthful, honest, diligent, thoughtful,; forbearing, good temperd, and wise. | Conduct is the visible expression of! character. Tteligion is not au idle | luxury to be enjoyed, but a living force | to be displayed without break or pause I from the beginning to the end of one's j probationary career. A loud profession ! is not worth the breath it takes to! make it, unless it be verified by au I upright walk and a godly conversation, j .-^Nashville Advocate, i ' i o h/nrm!l id. A III Ml I L; j j {Staple and Fancy! 4 /N i u-roceries -) f . . . AT . . . f j LOWEST CASH PRICES. J Port Royal and Western Carolina R. R. Augusta anil Aslicville Short Line. J. li. C'LHVKLAN'D, Uocc-iviT. In olj'oct July 7, 1 SiiO. Lv Augu*tu 8 40 am 7 00 pui j Ar Greenwood 12 17 pin 11 ;J0 jitn I Ar Amlt-risou 7 IW j>m Ar Liturena 1 15 jnu 7 (Ml pm Ar Greenvlllo 2 fw pin U 45 pin Ar Glenn Snrinus 4 30 pin j Ar Spartanburg 3 00 |.m 11) 2ll pm i Ar Suludu 5 '23 |?m Ar Henderitonvllle 5 51 pm Ar Asheville 6 45 pin Lv Asheville H 20 um Lv Spartanburg 11 45 um 4 00 pin j Lv Glenn dpi intra 10 00 am Lv Greenville.... 11 55 am 4 00 pm [ Lv Lauren* 1 19 pm " UU pin I Lv Anderson 10 25 um i,v uret-nwoou ^ pi? ?> "" ?? Ar Augusta 5^ 05 |>m It 3o awi Close connections at Greenwood for all points on 8, A. L. ami ik G. Hallways, and at Spartanburg with Southern Kailwuy. For any irilormation relative to tickcts, rates, schedule, etc., address W. J. CKAIG, Gon, Pass. Agent, Augusta, Ga. 1' WEST END, > ? lliippciiines mid Incidents oT a Heel; Around flie CiI.V. Friday, Mr. J. H. CiiIky said ?ood-bye lo his numerous friends here. .Mr. (Jllky has none lo Chester, where he will hnv cotton lor ('. E Johnson A- of It ilei?h, N. 0. He i.s a hustler, and will get his share of the fleecy staple, and by his Jolly disposition will make friends in his new home. Kev. W. H. A rial I is ofl' for a vacation. He left Saturday morning for Laurens,from there he expects to go to the mountains for several week*. Mrs. Ariall and the children are In (.aureus also. - ' ' I -Inirn tn Messrs. it. js. ana .1. i.iun ... Willington Sunday to sue their lather aud mother. .Mr. Charles Haker was down from Lownriesvilie last. week. Mr. K. M. Dul're, accompanied by tils lather, and i?r. Hedfearn came down from Clem?>m College last Wednesday. He Ii-ts gone to Little Mountain Sprint:, for a few days. Mrs. A.Conen and son, [kittle Kdward, came lioineSunday alter a month's stay in Athens. Mrs. Cohen's sister, Mrs S H. Myers of Aujusta. Ga, caine with her, and will bo her ;uest for several days. Sunday afternoon Mr. Aug. W. Smith and amily arrived, after being away several nonths.at Tale Springs and Cashors Valley, dr. smith conies home Improved in health, ,t.h/.la leople. Ah Mr. A. B. Morse lias given to the Abbenlle Cotton Mill the first bale of cotton, we vould respectfully suggest to the Directors of hat enterprise that they show their apprecialon of his generosity and public spirit by iresentlng him the first yard and bolt of lotli woven in the mill, lie would no doubt irlze such a gilt beyond words, and keep It as the llrst product of an Abbeville enter>rise," with just pride and care. A fishing party went down to Millway 'riday. What luck they had has not been retorted. Miss Mamie 1j. Smith and little \V. Joel re back from the mountains where they iaA?e been during the hot months. Cohen's new goods are piling in, and he and lis clerks are busy getting them ready lor he trade. We hear some talk of the S. A. L. authorlles ctiauglng the local freight divisions, nstead ot having the lay over for the men t this place, they will divide the road In hrce divisions. Monore, N'. C., to Clinton, 'llnton to Elbertou, Ga, Elberton to Atlanta. ne my over ueins at mese points, ll tins :hanue is made it will be lor the local frelglfl done. Uev. Mr. Pell, of Columbia, preached In the 'resbyterlan church last Sunday morning hid eveuiug. .Mr. Pell Is president of the College lor Vomeu. While here he was the ;uestof Mr. W. A. Templetou. Judge and Mrs. Campbell, of Jackson, Miss, ire expected to arrive In the city today. They v 111 visit their relatives, the Misses Cater. Judge J.S. Cothran came down from Greenrille Monday, for a short stny. Cipt. W. C. McGowan, Mrs. McGowan, ludge McGowan and Miss Lucia McGowan :ome homo Monday after being away for sevirai week*. They have been summering in he mouutains. Mrs. W. C. Benet came with hem. The Graded School opens for the Fall session iu the 21st inst., with a full corps of teachers, riie trustees are having the school building .Loroughly renovated and put in shape for ,he coming session. A cnat of whitewash s being put on the inside of the building. Miss Grace Smith is at homeafterspending wo months with her grand parents in GreenMile. Miss Annie Lidded and Mr. Thos. Llddell of Mississippi, spent Monday in the city with '( lends. Rev. S. L. Wilson and family have moved o Klberton, Oa. Prof. Samuel li. I'ritchard, was here on klondxy last. Mr. G. A. Vlsanska, after a Ions; absence, Is it, home again, much improved in health. Mr. Vlsaiwka was accompaned by his son, Master Ernest, who has been with him durug his stay at Tate Springs. Tenn. A new enterprise has been started, and a ong felt want filled. Mr. ('. B. Veronee, oruicrly of the S. A. L. shops, has opened an (Stablishment ou Washington. St., and Is pre>ared to do all work In his line, repairing nachlnery and bicycles. In fact any kind of irst class work, from a hair spring in a watch o the boiler of a hundred ton engine,'and [narantees satisfaction. Alvin H. Dean, I-]sq., Senator elect of Green Mile, was in the city Monday. Mr. Dean is >ne of the foremost, and most distinguished ittorneysof the Mouutain City. Miss Dala Calhoun of Monterey was In the :lty Monday. W. L. Miller, Esq., returned Monday from ieveral days stay in the "Gate City." The I'criiittiicure ol Joy. We have often beard people say, ft'heii speakiugof some innocent pleasare that tliey had denied themselves jr their children, that it would not jave lasted long, and that after it was jver they would not have been any liappier for it. That is a pretty serious mistake. No enjoyment, as some philosopher has said, is confined to the present moment. A man is the liappier for life having made an agreelble tour, or lived for any length of time with pleasant people, or enjoyed iny considerable interval of innocent pleasure. You cannot estimate the worth of pleasures by their duration. We can ail remember large moments, like that when, after an exhausting ulub, we stood upon some mountain headland and had our eyes opened to the expense and glory of earth and air and sky. You did not stay long, but those splendid moments were not only worth all they cost of toilsome efl'ort, but they have colored the after life, and given the mind forever a wider horizon. Parents make a serious mistake in not giving their children all the innocent pleasure possible, The picnic, the party, the visit, the delightful evening, the charming trip, do not end when they are through. The memory and fragrance of them perfume the year.-*. Many a man and woman can remember a few happy days that have thrown their joy and beauty over the whole of life.? Watchman. A|i|iPitl to (he (JnHfivetl Friend, are you conscious of any such change in'yourself, as the Bible UttilS CWIlVCian/u, uvm uguni, * w? the Spirit, changed from the love of sin to the love of holiness and of Christ ? Do you feel honor bound to answer, "No, I cannot say that I have." How said. Then listen to Jesus; "Except a man be born again lie cannot see the kingdom of God."? mark that! it is just impossible even for Clod himself to get au unchanged sinner into heaven ! Surely you will not for one moment hope to do what he cannot. But do not despair; listen again to him: "A new heart will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting lile." "Look unto me, and be ye saved." Yes, there 19 life for a look, even now." ? Southern Christian Herald. There is need that we occasionally examine ourselves concerning those faults.which we find so easy in other people. Kind words prevent a good deal of that perverseuehs which rough and im perious usage often produce 111 generous minds. If you could have your own way, you would speedily ruin yourself, and do great harm to all that stand in close relations to you. If you have a good friend, tried through many years, do not throw him oft'because he fails at some point to come up to your notions of duty, Notoriety is no proof of merit, A thousand dollars' worth of roses will only scent up a few yards, whileadoh lar's worth of fried onions will scent up the whole town. The man who thinks that he is persecuted because l;e is not allowed to sianuer ma uruuueu wuuuut uietHiiig with remonstrance auil reproof needs ;i clarification of his vision. \ I DEPEWS SARCASM FOR BRYAN. Tlio I'ooplo IIlive AIhii.vh Dim'IiIpiI IIio Presidency, and Tlicj'll Ho i( Ai;nln This Yrnr. Chauncey M. Depewsaid, in a recent speech in New York : "We have heard much in the years gone by of bridging the bloody chasm. We have been in the bottom of the bloody chasm for four years, but||the bridge is being tilled in and is almost completed which will carry the American people from Harrison to McKinley. (Applause.) nm..>lu Dnfrtnlr o r-a aa 1 UC \YWIU.T W| x uttivn lAtin j u?v MO true and significant to-day as they were in the old hall of the Virginia Assembly. We have no lamp by which our fret are guided except the lamp of experience : we know no way of juding the future but by the past. It so happened that the programme proposed by the Democratic and Popocratic party from Chicago has been tried every since the dawn of history, and ever time it has been tried it has failed. (Applause.) Patriotism and Partisanship. "There are times in the history of a republic and in a representative government when partisanship is not patriotism and when patriotism must ignore partisanship. (Applause.) Three times in our history has this period come. It came when slavery was the question, involving human rights anil natural justice ; it came when the preservation of the Union was at. stake; it conies now when the national honor and the prosperity of the land is at stake. (Applause.) "The Democratic party, composed of slave-holders seeking to put slaves all over the country, produced the free soil movemeut of '48, which carried the brains and the conscience of the Democratic party outside of it. Then patriotic Democrats become free soilers and revolted from the crowd which was subverting the principles of their party. Iu 1S5(> the slave-holdersstill controlled the government, the Democratic party and a portion of the Whig party, and endeavored to make the vast territories which now constitute such a splendid portion of our national domain and so many of our commonwealths slave .States, and the patriotic members of the Democratic party and of the Whig party broke loose fiom their organizations to form the Republican party for free soil and free men. In I860, at the call of president Lincoln for the preservation of the Republic, the war Democrats again separated from their party to give their efficient and needed assistance to the Republic in its hour of peril. lu tins crisis, wnen tne national honor and all that that involves to the business, the employment and the prosperity of the country is at stake, the .Republican party welcomes tirifli anon nrma tho naaiufnnPA t\f na_ triotic Democrats. "Bryan goes up and down our Hud* son River, looking at our beautiful farm-houses and thrifty villages, saying'where did they get the money?' (Laugater and applause.) I receive every day copies of Populistic newspapers, declaring that I am the head and front of a gicantfc monopoly, and that I am a dangerous man. They don't know me. (Laughter and applause.) (A voice: "1 know you : you ar? all right." "Bryan and his Populistic candidate for the Vice-Presidency and I are lawyers. We all three of us had the same sort of starts in the world and the same world to fight, aud if one of us has made more, aud is making more every year than the other two (laughter) that is not regarded as a misfortune or a crime among lawyers. People Have Always Decide. "Bryan made a speech yesterday morning at Utica, aud be repeats it again at Syracuse to-day (laughter,) in which he says that for the first time in trie history of the country the people of the United States are going to decide their own affairs. (Laughter.) Every President since Washington has come from the ranks, all our prosperous former ones have climbed from the bottom. There are no classes in this country, to which the humblest may not aspire. Who elected Lincoln ? Who elected Gen. Garfield? (Applause.) Who elected Gen. Harrison? (More applause.) Who elected Grover Cleveland? (Applause and hisses.) Evidently the people of the United States have voted before (laughter,) aud Mr. Bryan will discover that they are going to vote again, and don't you forget it. (Cheers.) "Does the Democratic candidate believe that these elections were carried by syndioates and bankers and not by the people? In his speech hemadeyesterduy he says that the Republican party, and especially the sound-money Democrats, in relying upon confidence anil talking about confidence are speaking of confidence men. (Laughter.) Well, if a man who would be President of the United States knowus so little of the industrial and financial AAmJStSAn nf All ? nmin I f(t t lwif A /I AAO , uuuui uuu ui wui uuuiui j iuab i ic uuco not know the great power of confidence among business men let us accept his definition and say that gold is a 'cou fideuce man' and silver is a'oonfideuce man.' WHAT CONFIDENCE MEANS. The gold confidence man,' who has beeen governing this country siuce the war, has paid oil' most of our national debt, has more than doubled the mileage of our railways and telegraphs. (Applause.) Since the eivil war this confidence man has doubed tlx: number of States which belt this great coutinent, has created a new South, has advanced wages, decreased ihe cost of living, and has made the United States of America the most powerful, the largest and the happiest?except just now?that there is anywhere in the world. (Prolonged cheers.) "And what has the silver confidence man done? Why, the mere expectation of him has put two-thirds of the workingmen of the United States out nf pmnlnvment and hap looked uncani tal in tins country and in Europe which could be employed to develop the laud und employ its activities and its energies. (Applause.) "All the arguments of Mr, Bryau are found in the bible of Populistic and J'opocraiic parly?Coiu's Financial School?and on the title page of that book I read this; Matthew, chapter xi., .'toth verse 5 'I thank thee, O Father, J4ord of heaven and earth, uecau.se uiou nasi niuueii meat umigs from the wise and prudent and bust revealed them into babes,?aud boy orators. (Great laughter aud applausse.) "Now, while oru popooratic friends are fortifying their posit iou from the Scriptures they do not search them dilligeutly. (Laughter.) Their scheme of riMiudmtimr nart of the debt aud getting along" with the rest to meet their obligations was tried in the Apostolio times, It was tried by Ananias and Saphira. (Laughter and applause.) For 18UU years the party of Ananias and Saphira have been try-ing it ou and uow Ananiasand Saphira , are marching again to the same step, (('beers.) I JtKYAN AS CAZAUIANC'A. My friend Mr. jJryan is very fond of .saying that he is^oingto die in the last ditch and will stand in the forefront of the hottest hattle. Hut his position doesn't recall to me Napoleon or Wellington or Iilucher or Hannibal or Caesar ; but it does recall to me when he thinks of him standing on the platform of Madison Square Gard?n wading through that enormous manuscript for three hotfrs while his audience were going out by the thousands?it does recall to me a figure in poetry for which I think he will forever stand, He i9 Casabianca. (Great laughter and applause.) He stood on the burning deck, whence all but h?m had tied. (Laughter.) WAGES IN SILVER MEXICO AND II EKE. "Thp Xpw VAPIT Pnnfral loo# year four millions of dollars to its stockholders in dividends, and on, its payroll and in contract work sixteen million dollars iu wages. The rest of its earnings went for materiaf suDolies and interest upon its bonded indebtedness. There are thirtty-five thousand of us on the payroll of that company, and we neither want to receive iL U-lf 1 money worm uau us mucu as that which we get nor to be compelled to pay for the necessities of life twice a* much as we pay now. In a debate Mr. Bryan a few months ago cited the prosperity of Mexico as proof of the benefits of the free coinage of silver. -I asked a railway official of one of rhe Mexican ranroaas to sena me me payroll of his company. I find that the pay of locomotive engineers, firemen, switchmen, yardmen, conductors, brakemen and skilled mechanics in the shop average somewhat less than the same service receives on the New York Ceu'tralj but that those employees are paid invariably in the Mexican silver dollar, which makes their wages one-half the wages on the New York Central. He sends me also the prices of the articles which these employees must buy for the support of themselves and their families, and I find that those are higher than they are in the State of New York. "Mr. Bryan says he would rather be with Mexico than with Europe, rather with China than with England. (A voice. 'Why don't he go.'] Because he cannot speak the language. [Laughter and applause.] I say that the United States must be tied some civilization, either that of Europe or that of the Orient. I say in the lines of Tennyson's wonderful poem. "Better fifty vears of Eurone than a cycle of Cathay.' [Applause.] Better ten years of vigorous, healthy, working, energetic, prosperous, improving life than a century ol paralysis. [Applause.] Better Chief justice Russell, springing from the people and reaching the highest position in his country, coming over here with a message of peace and prosperity, of humanity and of commerce?better he and that message than Li Hung Chang and cheap Chinese labor. [Applause.] "Gentlemen, while we may accept the term we repudiate the sentiment that the President of the United States is the hired man of the" people. He holds his place, for four years as the represenative of the people. During that time he possesses more power than any ruler in the world except the Czar of Russia. He can plunge our inHnQtriao infn fpaiiKIo /\r Hoonoii* At* ho lUUMOMtVO Vl . V/4 uv cau rule wisely and well. Who is better, Bryan or Mclviuley ?" Poult nry Hint*. The beginner with a good flock, comfortable bouse aud ample range, flatters himself that all is smooth sailing before him. He is mistaken. Many disappointments await him. Things will occur that he was not looking for. The bens will eat more aud lay less than he expected. They will be contrary about setting at the desired time, there will be disease and death in the flock. Don't be discouraged. Persevere in your original idea: Work according to your plan. If you have chosen a special breed (as you should'have done) keep the fowls pure bred. If you cannot do that, and keep a number of breeds, let all tb others go, stick to your own ideal breed. Keputation and reward will surly come to you in time. rersuvcio iu juui ucicuuiuuuuu ? sell all hens two years old. They Liavt been good layers, and are handsomt fowls? All riglft, their looks will help to sell them. Let them go ai two years old. Persevere in selecting and keeping choice pullets. As long as you do thit your fiock will continue to improve and not otherwise. Persevere in selling all cockerels no needed. One, to twenty-five hens, i: enough to keep. Sell the others a: soon as marketable. Persevere in fighting filth. Keej things clean. Not necessarily everj day, but as often as needed, go arounc wun tne suovei, me uruum, me uciu sene, tbe whitewash. ' Persevere in keeping an account o expenses and receipts. It will pay fo; the trouble. If your flock is not pay ing you will know it, and the reasoi why. I^rsevere in now aud then adding new blood to the Hock by purchase o high grade birds, the best you car get. It will cost something; but it ii absolutely necesfary if the constitioua vigor of the flock is to be preserved Inbreeding may do very well foi Jersey cattle. It will not do at al with "any breed of fowls. Persevere in looking after the fowls, Know each one personally. They will soon know you, and will like you, toe If you treat them well. Persevere in the business with s view to enlarging. That is, if youi purpose is to keep fowls as a business, If it is your intention to keep poultry for family use only, that is anotliei thing. ttut if you are strictly in the poultry business for a living, don't let well enough alone uutil you have all the fowls you have room and capacity for.?Faucie's Review. Greatness never outgrows modesty.J Contempt for the aged is the disgusting offspring of conceit. It is the hasty word repressed that makes speech golden. Inoccupation there is but one safe rule, and that is always to do one's best. The world finds that young man most intolerable who is intolerant o old people. There is nothing the devil make* more use of in this world than a tat tliug tongue. STRAYED OFF. My dark colored MARK MULE, will mouse colored nose, hind legs somewhat llkt sheepshanks, near together, short root tall a little above medium height, about foui vears old. with some colt teeth still lu hei mouth, worth SlOo to $150. j.ioerai rewari will be given for her recovery. Julia Freeman l'ettlgru. Sept. 3, IMi. Abbeyllle, H. O. sOur Style is Sweet 16-1 . $Our Price is Lonely 1-1 ' I -WE HAVF. THR LINE OFwimn 1I11 i/iT7 jr uriii mix 5 in the market this FALL and 0 prices way below all 1 Competition f Give us a trial and be convinced, r Yours for Furniture, I J. *%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%% CHILLS Johnson Chill and ] cure for Chills aiu 110 pay. Money 1 P. Notice.. "VTOTICE Is hereby given that Hooks of Rub! -L* scrlptlon to the Capital Stock of "The Hartmau Colony Company" will be opetied > at Hartman, Abbeville County, State ofSouth i Carolina, on Thursday, September 3rd, ISDti. By authority of the Board of Incorporators. Sept. 2, 1896. 11. A. G'ASSIN. NOTICE! BY VIRTUE of a Commission Issued by the Secretary of Slate on tbe28tb day of August, 1890, to the undersigned as a Board of Corporator*, giving them authority to open Books of Subscription to the capital stock of .? ff.rnnratlon to be organized under the name of" (5len-jones HARDWARE company," notice Is herby given that Book* ol SupRcrlptlon to the capital stock of said corporatlon will be opened at the office of tbe undersigned Board of Corporators on Main i Street, Abbeville, 8. C., at 12 M., Thursday, September 3rd, 1890. P. W. GLEN. W. H. JONES. Sept. 2,1896, It Board of Corporators. The State of South Carolina, ABBEVILLE COUNTY. PROBATE COURT. Citation for Letters of Administration. BY R. E. HILL, ES?i., JUDGE ?K PROBATE. V17HEREAS, C. A. Moore has made ? ? suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of r>-. ?. \innre inin nf Abbeville County, rvuuecv,c? ?_>. *'*w. v? . _. d6C AH6d* These Are Therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Rebecca S. Moore, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Proi bate, to be held at Abbeville C. H., on Friday, the Uth day of Sept., 1896, after publlca, tion hereof^at 11 o'clock iu the forenoon to 1 show cause if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted.Given under my hand and seal of ttie Court, this 20th day of August, in tiie L. S. year of our Lord one thousand eight : hundred and ninety-six and in the l'20th yearof American Independence, f Published on the 2nd day of Sept., 1S96, in 1 the Press und Banner and the Court House ! door for the time required by law. [ R. E. HILL, Judge of Probate. Sept. 2, 1896, tf , The State of South Carolina, f COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. ' PROBATE COUNTY. . In the Matter of the Estate of Lewis Claytoo, Deceased. r Notice to Debtors and Creditors. 1 A LL persons indebted to said estate musl , -ex settle without delay, and those holding claims against the estate must present them , properly attested to CHAS. T. BAKER, c Aug. 20, 18U0. Administrator. i _ : Estate of Thomas Jones, Dec'd < Notice nf Settlement and Applir cation for Final Discharge. TAKE NOTICE that on the 28th day of September, 1896,1 will render a final account of my actings aud doings as Executor of Ihe r Estate of Thomas Jones, deceased. In theof} dee of Judge of Probate for Abbeville County 1 at 10 o'clock a. in., and on the same day will l apply for a final discharge from my trust as j such. i All persons having demands against said 1 estate will present them for payment on or before that day, proven and authenticated or r be forever barred. Vacbel R. Hlnton, Aug. 2S, 189(5. Executor. Call at Speed's and see the finest stati onery I ver brought to Abbeville. ? We fill all orders by mail promptly. P. U Speed. I __ i Greenwood's 8: Tlios. R. Davis, - ?In PostOflice building, with the : LADIE'S, MEN'S, MISSES at the very lowest price in South (,'aroli ' pleased. Very Respectful!; f . AND RUBIN IS THE LE WE SELL CHEAP?WE BU MARKETS 01 Wp have snechil bargains in Clothil s Hats, Caps, Trunks, Valises, Unibre Cents' Furnishing Goods. r Come and give us a trial before you l i Next door to the Court House. RUB * . f- ' f . ? . ' w v" ;M? ^? : mm ;-:;p i CURED! Fever Cure is a sure 1 Fever. No crrre, refunded at once. B. SPEED. ?? ;:f|| i m ?... . AlUblUC UUX1UUX HUBbCCB. The TRUSTEES of the different School Dl8- *. . trlcts in ABBEVILLE COUNTY are requested to meet with the County Board, tn tbeSchool Commissioner's Office on TUESDAY, Sept. 15th, at eleven o'clock a. m. All Trustees are earnestly requested to attend as matters of importance will be considered by that body. ,- 'is W.T. MILFORD, Sept. 2, 1896. Ch. Co. Board. ? The Glory Occasioned by War. But war brings glory ? Yesitdoes; there is real glory in war. It is idle for ns to shut our eyes to it or to deny it. There is a glory of heroism, a . glory of self-sacrifice, a glory of cross- ' bearing, in war, for God, out of His great goodness, brings something good out of the heart of evil. But the answer to that cry for the glory of war * '% ' was made, in terms more eloquent than I can repeat, by your own Mr. Everett here in Boston last SummerThere is glory in a time of pestilence, ?the glory of the physician, the glory * V of the nurses. Will you then import into Boston the yellow fever, that you may have the glory of the noble- self-' [sacrificing woman nursing the sick? There Is glory in the deeds of the ! fireman, when he runs up,the ladder and in his strong arms seizes and ; brings back to safety the mother or the i child* will you then touch your torch i to the buildings of Boston and start a great conflagration, that you may . have the glory of the fireman! The Igraudeur of a nation,?that does not need to be said in Boston because, . more than half a century ago it was said, and Boston has ever since beard the echoes of Charles Summer's words,?does not lie in its use of brute orce, but in its abstention from a force wbicb it might use, and the employment of it to a noble purpose. There is more glory in production than in destruction ; there is more glory in an axe or a hammer than in a sword; more glory in the plain, useful, productive factory than in a score of : battleships planned for destruction. War, which costs ao much in money, costs so much in character, costs so much in IFfe, costs so much in peril to institutions,?what dees it for us? If we may trust the telegraph,?I have bad some experience in being misreported, and I do not venture to say that Archbishop Ireland is truly reported ? Archbishop Ireland says war is necessary for the development of patriotism. As General Walker said to me just before we come in here, "I thought men fought for their country because they loved it; it seems uow that they can love their / onnntvu rvnlv Iwddllup thpv haVfi fnncht WUUU J ""V ??J O I for it." This i9 a curious inversion of | the order of morals. War necessary I to develop patriotism! Again I say, jout of the greatest evil God brings i forth good, and even out of the camp rf : of hate God sometimes evolves love. ! But this is strange doctrine, that we ; cannot love our neighbor unless we : bate our enemy. This is a new translation of the Sermon on the Mount: j "It hath been said by them of old ? ?? 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