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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-25
Election Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that in pursuance Of the
~ provisions of an net of the General Assembly OF
the State Of S nth Carolina, entitled ian act TO char
ter the Grecnville and Port Royal Kali Road Compa'
n.y." approved December 23l, 1882, an election will be
held on the Cd day of January, 1856, at the voting
precinct for Ninety.Six, Township, in the town Of
Ninety-Six, at which election shall be submitted to
the qualified electors of said township, the question
whether or not the said township shall subscribe tie
auiount of five per cent. of the assessed value for tax
ation of the total property in said township I'm interest
hearing bonds of Ninety-Six Township maturing in
twenty years, to the capiMl stock Of the Greenrille
and Port Royal Railroad Company according to the
provisions of said net and the amendments proposed
there to by the bond of corporatols said Railroad
Company.
At said election those voting in favor Of said sub
e~eription, shall cast ballots. having written or print.
ed thereon the word SUBSCRIPTION" and those
voting against said subscription shall cast ballots hav.
ing written or printed thereon the words mo SUB
SCRIPTION." The polls shall he opened at S O'Clock,
q. H.. aud remain open until ; O'Clock, p. IN of said
day. and upon closing. the managers of said election
shall return the same with their statement and tally
sheet. and the poll list to the office OF connty Com.
missiuners for Abbeville County. on Monday next
said election.
+. NJ. L.ipscomb. j. A. Monre. and G. 81 Anderson
have been appointed Managers to conduct said cleo
ton according to law and the provisions Ut The said
act.
BY resolution of the Board.
JAMES A. McCORD.
Chair. Bird. Co. Com. Abb, Co., 5. I.
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Ninety-Six and Eder RaiIrOad-..O ther
Matters.
NINETY.SIx, S. G., Novembe

NINETY.SIx, S. G., November q, 1885.
Mr.. w. G.. Griffin, of Bradley, was In town
last Monday. We are glad to hear that he is
doing well and thai his good wife INT three
boys are in Stutu quo.
Mr.. Wingo, the champion bird shot Of Vir-
ginia. has been in town a few days Prof.
Graves taught him n few lessons and he has
gone on his way rejoicing.
A majority Of the freeholders of Ninety-SiX
township have signed a petition praying the
County Commissioners to order an election to
be held in Ninety-SiX as carly as the law will
admit to vote on the question Of tax or no tax,
said tax to he used for the building of the mar
row guage railroad. The building Of this road
Is q certainty. Why? Because Col. Ham,
NETT and the pockets of the people all along
the line say so. SO now let every voter in
Ninety-Six township come to the polls and
vote that VIC may have a road that will be OF
more practical worth to them than any road
of it's length in the South.
Cotton has been looking up, and brought
from 81 to Q cents Friday and Saturday. You
can always depend on getting full value Tor
your cotton II you bring 1t to this market.
Mr.. r.. l.. Pratt has purchased Il fine bird
dog. The business Of raising dogs might be
made profitable, especially so If you could
find the same demand for them rs has been
in Ninety-Slx for the last sixty days.
Another farmer reports 40 pounds OF lint
is q remarkable cotton, and it will pay every
few bushels.
Mr.. J. S. Wilson who has been sick is re-
covering.
The health of our place is good and our
friends need not fret themselves any longer,
EAST END.
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DEATH OF KENNERLY GLASS.
A True Account of the Sad and Tn.
expected Occurrence.

The following letter to Major Zeigler ex'
plains itself:
CoKFsBuRy, s. C, S. c., Nov. %, 1885.
Major III. g.. Zei9lcr:
My DEAR S1R-As I suppose you already
know, J. Kenner!y Glass was accidentally
killed in Marlboro county OH the night Of
November 18th. and as it has been in tho
Neus and Courier and Chlun'bin Register thai
he committed suicide, I write to nSk you
please to see the editors of the Messenger
Press and Banner and Medium and give tt
them a true statement of how this very sac
and unfortunate accident happened, for feal
count Of his death. The facts rs near as car
get them are MS follows:
On last Wednesday night. the 18th instant
kennerly with others was invited to 4 dance
at Cheraw. Kennerly and Walter Pegue.
were in the room of Walter Pegues' brother
They were both dressed and ready for tho
buggy to drive to Cheraw. There was a pisto,
on the m%antelpiece. which was, unknown tc
Kennerly, & self-cocking pistol and contained
tol and In a playful and laughing manner
t1ourished 1T around, and put. I suppose, hi
finger on the trigger. as he did not know i
was q self. cocker. The pistol was discharged,
killing him instantly. Walter PPgueS was
the only witness to shorting. The shootine
was accidental and there can be no conceivable
cause for any one, for one moment, believing
that it was Intentional. Thuny went from
Columbia to bring his body back to Column
bia, where he was buried in the family lot at
the cemetery.
I will be very much obliged If you will see
the editors and have them give q correct &C
count of this unfortunate affair.
lam, very truly,
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Mccormick News and Notes.

=. ", NOV. Z, 1909.
Cotton WAS on q big boom in town Satur-
Mr.. Jouette P. Smith, the manager of the
Mining Company is certainly. an energetic
man, lie is up by. 5 o'clock and has MS ma
Miss Maggie Mosely, one of Aiken's fit1rest
flowers, is Visiting Mrs. T. NJ. Scott. Several
of our young men have taken heart disease.
We can't blame them.
On last Thursday evening the following
young gentlemen and ladies left for the Troy
Ball Mr.. J. D.. Colley, Mss Hattie Fits; Mr..
]. p. Smith, Miss Mostley; Mr.. Chir!as
Speights, Miss Maggie Lassiter; Mr.. +. b.
prises one wagon load: Several others az
tended but we have not been able to ascer.
tain who the parties were. we understana
the whole thing was q perfect success. we
doubt not but what it was, as the name of
the committees were sufficient to guarantee
success. When such men US G. G. B., and
several others take the lead in a ball, you
may look out for a grand success. We regret
much that we were not able to participate.
Troy never does anything half way.
Mr.. Charles Speighls is In town buying cot
ton. He has done the farmers much good by
running up the price Of cotton. This Is what
Mccormick needed. The monopoly has been
so great here that cotton had almost ceased to
come in town. Now since the price is up by
competition, otherwise than %lieners, II is com.
ing in again. and the market looks brighter
We hear that one Of cur best young men
| will soon take unto himself a better hall. We
near too, tina he has recently gotten q nice
| set of c~hina-this means something. Thought
III young man.
The meeting which was held last Wednes
day on the New County question was we'll at
| tended, and everybody seems to be very en-
thuSiaSiic on the subject.
The new schedule on the Augusta & KnoX
vile road cannot be so arranged as to please
every one. The last change we think Is very
convenient for persons wishing to go to Au
gusta and return the same day.
We had the pleasure of seeing the location
Of new residences of Mcssrs. flames COthran
Jr., and J. Z. Jennings, just out of town. The
frames are up and tie buildings will soon b'
completed. .
On Sunday night about ten o'clock deatf
visited the happy home Of one Of our nObl'
young men Mr.. M. L.. b. Sturkcy and tool
from him his beloved wife, who only 81!
months ago was brought to our town a happ,
bride. Mrs. Sturkey was the daughter of Mr.
II. S. W~illingham, Of Lincolnton, Ga, on
was q most cS:inIaLle lady, he:ovtt by al
who knew her, especially In the vicinity II
which she WAS reared. This fact was most
fully shown, at her funeral, which took place
on Monday, Mt three O'Clock, by the grea
a number of her old friends who came to SCI
the last Of their beloved friend. The write
attended the funeral nenrthe residence OF MI
jeff. Sturkey in Lincoln county, Ga. TIL
pail bearers were MeSsrS. NJ. M. Jordan, Ton
Baughman, Tom Trayl0r, r. NJ. Scott, r. J.
Smith and Mr.. Chamberlain. Rev. Mr.. Muir
ray conducted the funeral services. We eX
tend our deepest sympathy 10 the distressed
ones.
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would be a pride and an ornament to any
town, cover all the burnt district.
We have one of the largest and most com
modiOus Cou Houses In the State.
Our public offices are inferior to zone,
though it must be admitted that the furnl.
ture In some Of them is not us good as might
be desired, yet the appointments for keeping
the official papers are the best. aud the OIL
cers keep them in apple-pie order.
Our law offices are the best and most. sulta-
BILE oil ficcS of the kind in the State. Their To-
cation could not be improved, and their SUR
ronndings are pleasant to the eye. .
We have more m~acauemizcd streets anu
splendid sidewalks than any tow in Amer
lea. =,
II last. but not least, we have more pref
ty ladies than any two towns on the globe.
We have recently organized a .Nationai
Bank, with a capital q. $GO.W0, which VIII
soon be ready for business, and which Will
add further TO the prosperity of the tow ana
county.
Abbcville has meaner, crookeder, sleeper
highways than any other county in the State.
Abbeville has the reputation of being the
home of q greater number OF newspapers
thar any other county In the State.
Abbeville has more first class SchoOls ara
colleges than any other county In the State.
Abteville has more miles OF railroad either
in operation. or in the prospective, than any
other county IN the State.
Ahbeville county has more and greater wa
ter-powers than any other county IN the
State. =,
The Abbeville Bar has developed more emf
nent lawyers. and more distinguished Judges
tina any county in the State.
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The Judicial Term.
Neucr7y Herald and Ne,cs.


Our Grand Jury in their presentment re-
commended that the Judges of our Courts oe
elected for life or during goou pehaVlol.
There are some advantages in q lite-term, SO
far as the judiciary is concerned, but these ad-
yantayes do not outweigh the objections 10
such an arrangement. The most that can be
said in favor Of Il life-term for our judiciary is
that by this means we are likely aller q whlie
to have Judges who by long experience Will
become better trained and more competent to
dispatch the business OF our Courts. But
against this almost solitary advantage over
tile present system we may. set up q NUMBER
of disadvantages. In the first place, incom.
petent Judges are just as likely TO be elected
where the term of office Is Tor life. as where ~
is limited to a certain number OF years, ana
when once elected the Judge Is secure OF his
place though he may bring contempt upon
The Courts BY the OF his decisions.
In the next place, there is no incentive SO
powerful In producing ta,ihtuI ama earnest
countability to the people or to their repre-,
sentatives. Again, If our Judges were elected
for life there would be no way. by which to
prevent incumbents incapacitated. by age,
from hanging on long after they had become
init for service, unless we shonld adopt the
plan OF retiring them on a salary after they
reached q certain age: me Preseht system II !,
of our institutions. and eminently adapted to
secure ability and fatthfulness on the bench:
Virtually It, amounts to n life tenure, without
any of its disadvantages. for a Judge who has
shown ability, integrity and faithfulnesS Is al
most certain of reelection, while periodical
~ an opportunity is given to retire those
Judges who have shown no aptitude for the
office or who have Smutched or bedraggled
the judicial ermine. We see no reason for q
change in the system which has been adopted
and Works we'll, we believe, in every State of
the Union. Our Judiciary. SO far as character
and integrity are concerned. is lrreproacha-
bic. None OF our Judges are accused for in
capacity, of corruption, or servility, and we
believe that our supreme and circuit benches
are filled by as good talent as could be secur-
ed in the State.
We are opposed to change unless grave de-
fects exist in the present system, which q
change would certainly correct.
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What Florida Editor Thinks OF Nor
mOnism and Divorce Laws.

The Mormon is having a bad time, he sup
ports all his wives and still our laws are COM
ing dow on him; though, we can marry a
vile on trial. and If she y .n has not as. e We ssn
brains, energy or money 10 sn opt or er, @e and eHdi
Took arour d for another. The Mormons pro.
pose to feed all their wives, While we only
iced one. We regard the divorce law about as
good az mormonism. When our legislators
are actuated by Christian principles, IN aii
they do, our country will no longer be cursed
h v either Mormonism or divorce laws.-La6c
City Guide.
The idea expressed in the above paragraph
COMFORTS very fully with bur own views OF
the iniquity of divorce W While some OF
our brethren of the press seem to have little
tolerance for Mormon missionaries, no such
intolerance is expressed for those who want
laws enacted which will authorize a man on
one pretext or another, to put away his wife,
that he may take q younger or prettier one
We no not recognize the difference in divorce
and polygamy.
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Wednesday, Nov. rs, 1855.
Our FreiShtS.

THE difference in freights TO Abbeville and
other depots in this county, are working scrl-
,,rs injury TO this town, and as a matter OF
fact we have nc redress. Untl we have other
outlets we must submit to the arbitrary ana
i,,,r,ons rulings of the Greenville and Col
nmbia Railroad. Although Abbevilic Ia an
important centre for a larger traue IMAM Quiet
towns in the county, and although we nave
more capital in business and better lacillies
for serving the puolic, vet there is one oihlcoi'
Nv which we cannot overcome, andfrom "hich
ve ,ose mitch trade, To better show the dill
cNlties under which we labor, 1t will only oe
necessary to quote the following schedule OF
prices On guanos:
To a ton.
10 Verdery..."""m.".>-."" 3.i0 q ION.
To 49,
TO AbbevH e..""..""""..'" -"
These towns are located as follows:
G~r.enwood nom .Abbeville. IA miles. .
Verdery from Abbeville"... W. mics.
Troy from Abbevillc......". IL miles.
These small towns having so much oettel
rates in freight on the Augusta ana hhoA-
vile road than we can get on the Columola
and Greenville road, can unde:sell US
md thereby draw from us trade which justly
belongs to US. Every ton of guano that we
lose sale of. means also the loss Of the pur'
chaser's shipment of cotton, as well as Tue
sale of the supplies which he buys. AO-
beville, by the excessive charges on guanos'
has lost no. less than one thousand pales
of cotton this winter and our mcrchaals
have lost the trade which is incident 10 inc
production n sale Of this amount OF tie
staple, The trade which has thus been di'
yerted from US, has gone to towns which give
their business to the Augusta and
road.
As a rule the best practical business tai
ent is employed by the RAILROADS., but we
are unable to see the wisdom of the snort
. sighted policy of the Columbia and Green
Vile road. charging such rates of freight as to
drive trade from the town that has always
been its liberal supporter that other and com
peting towns should be built up on rival
roads. If the road is not unfrlendly 70 inc
town. we cannot understand why it would
persist in doing a thing which can ny IN
lure us and it.. If the trade of this tow IS de-
stroyed, the carrying business will be proper
1ionately injured, n If 1t docs not mean
spite at us, we cannot see the object Tor per-
sisting in an act which can only hurt both
the town and the road.
Of course we recognize the fact that the road
is private property and thatit managers nave
a perfect right to do with 1t as they please, but
we cannot but be sorry for its action. Our
people naturally look to its President Tor
kindly offices, as they have always honored
him. This, too, being the place of his nativl'
~, it would seem reasonable that he would
sanction no act which would wound or injure
us but it really seems as If he was DESTROYS Of
transferring our business to other towns, and
consequently the business of his road TO
other roads.
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We have more capital employed In the
manufacture Of vehicles, aud we have more
machinery n better facilities for carrying
on the business than can be found in any
other county of the state. .
We have the finest and largest safe ana
livery stables in the State-eXcepting none.
Ab6e.tile IS a better market for the sale
and purchase of mules than any town be-
tween tase mountains and the sea. Abbcville.
county Snd town. has more fine horses ana
NUDES in them. can be found in Any other
county or Sovn.
Since the wa the most costly OF our private
mansions tHat were built before the war have
been destroyed by fire. On Their ruins ether
comfor,able and'e!e"aat buildings have been
erected. Nearly all of the buildings that
we're on the public square before the war
.yerc swept away by the dcvouring elements
years ago, and nGw tine brick stores, which
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,l,HEsE WORKS WERE ESTABLISHED in
1871 by Messrs. Geo. Sinclair and Jalnes An.
dprson and purchased by me in the year 1886, and
from that time till now carried on successfully by
myself. NY friends and customers will bear witness
ofthe large and stupendous jobs executed by me. 1t
was ut nv works where the largest and almost only
lob Of Its c~lasscver executed In this city was done
VIZ: the making of the pipes for the City Weter
Works In tho year 1898. In the branch of BELL
FOUNDING, / can say that l have made the largest
bells ever cast In the State, such as the bell for the
City Hall In Columbia.
NV stock of patterns for ARCHITECTURAL
WORK COLUMNS for Store fronts, is lnrge and
various, and in kAILINGS for Balconies, Gardens,
and Cemeteries l have the largest variety and most
modern patterns; MANY Of these are patented anu !
have purchased the right for this state.
In the machine line I can furnish my patrons WIFI
STEAM ENGINES and BOILERS Of any size md
description, My CIRCULAR SAW MILLS have
carried off the prize Mt ev. ry State Fair held In this
city, and in their construction | have taken pains tt
combine simplicity with the most useful modern I'M
provements, and may fatter myself that my ClRCu
LAR SAW MILLS fnd favor with every sawyer WHIT
understands his business. 100,
The many orders l am stendily receiving Tor 81
GAR CANE MILLS prove that the pnh'ic apprrciats
the mills of my make, and 81 1t Is with my GEAR
ING for HORSE POWERS. GIN WHEELS. GRlS1
MILLS and other MACHINERY.
have the manufacturing right of many +
such rs castings for ROCK COTTON AND HA
PRESS and three or four different FEED COlIki
ind other implements. :,
will be pleased to send my circulars to my applt
cant, together with price list or estimate: Ay price,
ure moderutc, and | assure the public that they ar
lower than those of Northern manufactures, and thu
my work will compare favOrably with that ol any 9th
err maker, Address
Jnhn Alexander.
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Cant. Addison +. POSey.

Capt. A. F. Posey took his departure for
Washington on Saturday, November 7th,
whittier he was called on business connected
with his recent appointment as Pension In
spector. There could not be found a better
man for the position, nor one so we'll quail
fled in this whole country. What the good
Captain does not know about Pensions need
not be ipquired for.-GreenvtNe iAtd) AdvocAe
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The s.Press and Banner a No SUI.
periOr In the Ranks Of the
Country Press"
Enquirer,

FP0FyeEUUH EH7HHe7'
The AbbeutL!s Press and Banner has been en-
iarged to an eight-page, seven column paper.
IN its new form 1t Is greatly improved. Asa
newspa Der. the Press and Banner has no ST.
perior in the ranks Of the country press of
South Carolina. We cordially congratulate
Brother Wilson upon his success in Journal
ism.
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The State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE.
Probate CONFEDERATION for Letters of Admin
iStratiOn.

i JUL vi 4<SbpSA "
istratiOn.
By J. FULLER LYON, ESQ, PROBATE JUDGE:
WHEREAS, J. H.. BELL has made suit
w to me to grant him Letters of Adj
ministratiOn ''cWm testdnent0 anncrd, de 0onl.s
man," of the Estate and effects OF Joseph f.
Bell, late of Abbeville County, deceased. -,
These are therefore, to cite and admon1sh an
and singular The nl kirared aId t Hred thoy b OF a 1ng
appear before me, in the Court OF Probate. to
be held ut ALbeville e H. on Monhd,aiy, Inc ihe
hereof, at IL o'clock in the forenoon, TO show
cause if any they have, why the said Admin
istralion should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal, this Gnd
day of Nov. in the year OF our Lord one
Thousand eight hundred and eighty-1,ve
and in the 10th year Of American lncc-
pendence. u,-
Published on the 18th day of November, 1883,
in the Press and Banner, and on the court
House door for the time required by law;
J.. FULLER LYON.
Judge Probate Court.
Nov. %, 1885. If
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Think in Time.

CHEAPEST, most reliable and safest com
pany. The Mutual SelfEndOwnient anu
Benevolent Association OF America repre-
scented by JOHN I. LYON, Agent
Oct. q, 1885, tt
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Some maaihs since Mr.. r. J. Hood, Of this

Some mopiils since Dir. r. ]. Hood, Of thls
Mace made application for the position
81 route agent On some railroad In this
State. Last. week g position was Offered
road. He aGcepted tile offer and will leave to-
DIZZY fox bis sev fed of}abSr; nc viii run
we understanG, between Charlotte and Allan
cuisines towpsman Prof HOOD. We hope he
will prove himself quite efficient fSr the tabor
imposed and rise rapidly TO the clm.2N,-As-
suc,ate Reformed Presbyterian.
Ramsey Flakes house on last Friday 4iight.
This blow will no doubt be keenIy felt BY thas
stsunch young man of Greenwood. II was
The york Of an incendiary.- ssoctGe RgQ'M-
ed RTeSkuLeYidn.
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Straw Mule.

r Asst Friday morning a mouse colored
II mare mule, wearing q yoke, left my prem,
ises near Antreville. The mule Is 8 Or III
years old, and valued at $50 or $40.
II information as to the whereabouts OF
the animal will he thankfully received and
properly rewarded.
Antreville, Sept. o, 1885. If
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He fingered or the doorstep,

He fingered on the doorstep,
And pressed her lltLic hand.
And with a tender fervor,
Her lovely face he scanned.
Anew soft words he murmureds
And then he took 70 flight.
But not before she babe him
ketura tomorrow night.
She Watcke ed him Is ise vanished,
And gave g. sigh forlOrn,
Then thought with JOY ecstatic,
"l'm glad the TOOL Is gone"
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Cribs and Cradles

TOLDING CRIBS. with woven wire bot.
Il toms, Il new and excellent article, prices
from $500 to $50. Cradles: SIP; S@lns C,"-
dies, $50. j. D.. W.
Nov. -, 1855. If
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Notice

THAT an application will be made to the
Legislature at its next session to charter
q railroad company with q road running
Eastward from Athens through Elberton Ga,
and to extend the same Northeastward from
Abbeville Court House to- point on the North
Carolina line at or near Monroe, N. I.