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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-03-21
Extracts from LOwndesville Advertiser
NOTES PROM ABBHvnLE COURT HOUSE.
Did we Have an Election ?..-Innocent
Lawn Tennis... Obj Q G ctiOnabIe Skat-
ing -. Demand for Legislators
Other Matters.

Did we Have an Election e..-Innocen,
Lawn Tennts...ObjsctiOn Skat
ing ... Demand for Legislators -
Other Matters.
There seems to be some doubt as tc
whether or not there has been an cleo
ton on the subject of license or no Ii
cense for Abbevile. county. The
Act on the subject says that the
question was to be decided by a major
ity of the electors of the county. The
electors number about three thousand
five hundred. In the election on the
third of March only about fourteen
hundred votes were polled-elever
hundred against license and about
three hundred for license. 1t is mo-
known yetif the ''wet" men will make
a contest over the matter.
Greenwood is fast working herself to
the front. In unity there is strength
Greenwood is different from Abbeville
In the former place when an enter
prise is undertaken everybody doe:
not desire to be at the head of it.
Those who are not put at the head dc
not become disgruntled, and drawn
off, but all seem to work together, as
they are not working for personal glo'
ry, but for the good of their town.
Our young folks amuse themselves
with lawn tennis and with the skating
rink. The former is all right, but the
latter does not meet the approval OF
your correspondent and he will not
comment on it. 1t is ten times worse
than mixed schools.
Mr.. Jas. IT. Latimer was in Able
vile last Saturday.
The farmers of this neighborhood are
getting on pretty well with their plow'
ing.
It is stated that Mr.. J. F. G.. DuPre
will not run for the office Of Shriff, and
the indications are that there will be
race for all ages for the office. We
hear of five candidates for the office
already, with fourteen more townships
to hear from.
The question is being asked, "Who
is going to run for the Legislature ?''
No one seems to be especially anxious
to sacrifice himself to represent the
people of Abbeville county, but there
is plenty Of time yet.
Mrs. Jno. s. Norwood and her moth.
er left for Baltimore yesterday. Mrs.
Norwood will be absent some time.
There will be, probably, two State
conventions this year. One to elect
delegates to the st. Louis Democratic
Convention, to be held on the fifth Of
June, and the other for the purpose OF
nominating State officers.
The race for the SolIcitorship of the
Eighth Circuit is getting interesting.
Abbeville will stand to her man.
The Mccormick Nea0s is booming
Mccormick. Let 'er 60, Jim.
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DIR. WILSON left last Monday 10 assist some
Of the brethren in Augusta. He VIII return
in time to open his church on Sunday. IL Is
hard for the Abbeville Presbyterians to keer
their preacher. He Is SO popular that their
neighbors are constantly wanting him 10 WIS.,
1t hem and preach for them.
E. Hill OF this village, died at the home o
the latter last Monday afternoon, and was
yesterday buried at Upper Long Cane. lie
had lorg been an invalid, and his death Was
not unexpected.
THE new Presbyterian church Is assuming
shapely proportions, and the rafters are being
put in place for the roof. The raising Of the
Immense timbers eXcites considerable inter.
est for idle folk, who assist In looking on al
the work.
THE lightning, thunder, wind and rain
broke the stiffness Of the night, about three
O'Clock this morning, and for while we hau
heavy rainfall.
Mr.. JOHN MCCRAcKEN. OF Mt. Carmel was
in town Monday night. He was once In the
newspaper business, but now runs Dig larH
on the Savannah.
THE roof of the Presbyterian church Is be
ing put on. Some Of the timbers are in place
and the slate is being taken to the place.
THE Court House is nearly finished, and
the addition will add to the comfort and con
venience OF that public building.
THOMAS HUTCHINSON. late of Texas, was IN
town Monday and bought mule. He will
farm near White Hail.
VIM. E. Bell will have his opening on the
%, 80 and 31st OF March. The public are In
vlted.
Miss NErTIE MILLER, Of Anderson Is WIS.,
iting her grandmother, Mrs. Polly Miller.
MISS EDNA TUsTEN has been quite sick In
Charleston, but is now improving.
Mr.. KIRBY Is doing good work in setting
shade trees along the side walks.
CAPT. JAMES WHITE and Mrs. f. Edwards
are to marry tomorrow night
MISS BELL McCAw and Mrs. McCaw are
visiting Mrs. l.. w. Perrin.
MRS. MARTIN and William Stelts, It is said
will marry tonight.
MARSHALL WALKER is in the store Of Mr.
G. A. Douglass
Mr.. ]. A. HOWARD is now at Messrs. r. NJ
Haddon & Cos.
DR.. MABRY expects TO 60 to see Dr. Wide
man to-day.
MRS. BErHEA is not so we'll since she went
home.
COLONEL EUGENE B. GARY has the mumps
GERMAN at Mr.. Chalmers's tonight
MISS HOOD is back at Mr. Bells.
DR. MAXWELL Is in town.
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Incidents Of the Accident
Savannah NetDs March 10.

Saturday night was night OF suffering in
Waycross. Every one was sleepless except
those who were lying In their last sleep, OF
those VINO had yielded to the ophateS
ing unremitting attention to the injured
At the Grand Central Hotel the agonizlng
screams OF Mrs Amanda Ferrero. who was
suffering from q fracture Of the thigh bone
within the hip joint, were kept up at Intervals
until the departure OF the north bound traiu
at IL o'clock yesterday.
AT the "old schoolhouse" the 'frenZled and
maniacal cries Of Mrs T. P. Thompson, Of New
Orleans, were heartrending. She was deliri
Gus from concusson Of the brain and O frac
ture of the skull. Her husband layl in an
adjoining room with confused wounds OF the
chest and abdomen, and when his wife wildly
Shricked out 1t required two strong men tc
hold him down, so anxious was he TO be by
the bedside of his suffeting partner. But the
shrieks OF the wounded woman were from
deliriun and not pain. A mind wrecked was
wandering abroad In mad cries, and no medi
cament could charm 1t back to reason. Al
the warehouse, where the dead bodies were
being placed in the collins. the walls Of tho
mourners rose above the agonlzing cries OF
the suffering.
| SEARCHING AMONG THE DEAD.
When the midnight train came In from
Jacksonville 1t reached the Waycross depot
about the time that the gravel train brought
the undertakers and carload OF collins. MIR
j. &. Medlock, OF Savannah, and G. w, Kelly
a commercial traveller for Lippmann Bros
| j
among the living or the dead. 1t was pitla
bel sight when lady OF Waycross guided the
two men. to W here the body OF an unidentified
lady lay. BY the dim light OF a lantern the
cloth was removed from the face but IL was sc
gashed and distorted thatnelther he search
ers at first recognized it. Holding the Ian terri
closer the husband recognized the dress OF hit
bride of but two months. and he said "My
God, it is shc," and fell weeping over the pas
sionless body. The worst fears of husband
and brother. In law had been realized. Their
grief was heartrending In the extreme
Though all semblunce OF her former self had
been crushed out yet what was left was their
loved one. The body was placed in cofflr
and the two bereaved men took the remaint
to her childhood home at Louisville, Ga. Hel
sister, Mrs j. G.. Medlock, resides In this city
at the corner OF Anderson and Burroughs
streets. Mrs. Kelly was on her way to Palatka
and was to have been Joined at tJacksonvillt
by her husband. They intended to reside a
Palatka, and the deceased had been on visi,
to her sister here.
f. NJ. Smith, tho Pullman conductor, wat
horribly muliilated. His bowels protruded
and his throat was literally cut from ear tc
ear.
When the body OF William M. Martin, thu
news agent of the train, was about to be
placed In the coffin, some one put hand it
his pocket to remove his watch. 1t was still
running, yet the pocket was full OF blood
! which showed CHASTITY on The hand OF the
undertakers assistant by the dim light OF the
attendants lantern.
! On the body of J. Ii. Hurlburt, Of Philadel
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Mortgagee's Sale.

DY VIRTUE of a power Of sale, contained
ID in a mortgage deed. executed 70 ME, by
VIM. I. MCGEE on the first day of December,
lSS5, / will sell at pubic outcry Oh SALEDAi
IN APRIL next (2), all that tract Of land
owned by the said VIM. T. McGce, situate in
Abbeviie County, containing two hundred
and 2-lO acres, more or less. and bounded by
lands OF James Carlisle, n. James Lomax,
Uenery y. Tenant and others.
TERMS -One-half cash. with mortgage OF
the premises 10 secure the unpaid purchase
money. MftS. V. u. LEE,
March 4, 1883. st MOrtgagee.
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California, with its 100000 square
miles of territory, its 300 miles Of sea-
coast, its grand Yosemite Valley, its
stupendous waterfalls, it's grand trees,
its towering mountains, presents with
in the limits of a single State all the
climates known to the universe, all the
differences Of surface, from snow-clad
peaks to valleys which lie hundreds of
feet below the sea-level, all the fruits
between the equator and the pole, all
the minerals known to geology.-Chi-
cago Herald.
Austin engineers speak favorably OF
Gieszi's pilot engine forpreventing rail-
way collisions. 1t is worked by cleo
tricity, under the control of the en-
gineer, and is run at any desired dis
lance in front of the train, which 1t
stops automatically on encountering
any obsticle.
According to Manhall's dictionary of
statistics the average age Of all the peo-
pie living in France is 32yeard 2months
and 12 days. In the United States the
average is only "a years 10 months and
"a days.
On Sunday night, March II, there
was murder at Broad River Bridge
near this city. Some person or persons
severely beat Mr.. Buff, the toll keeper
and his wife, robbing the desk Of what
bridge money it contained, about six
teen dollars. A negro who was work
ing for Mr.. Buff. was found murdered
a short distance from the house.
The Fisheries commission have sign
ed a treaty which, it is generally be-
lieved, will prevent all future difficult
ties between the United States and
Great Britain Oh this subject.
Queen Victoria has decided to use
"jubilee fund" to found and maintain
an institution for the education OF
nurses for the sick and poor In their
own homes.
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For the Public Schools.
OFFICE OF SCHOOL CORNERSTONE.
M,x.oh

OFFICE OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONER
ABBEvILLE COUNTY, March 90, 1888.
To the School Trustees Of AGbeuitte County:
At q late meeting of the State Board OF
South Carolina, resolution was passed tc
purchase Appleton's Reading Charts for the
Public Free Schools, and pay for the same out
Of the Public School Fund in the usual way
OF certificates. Now, that there Is not the
least doubt OF the Importance and great ad-
vantage to be derived from the use of these
charts In the Common Schools, In the way OF
saving the expense Of books and relieving the
labor Of the teacher and advancing the pupils
the School Commissioner would respectfully
recommend that the School Trustees would
procure tour of five for each Township. A
copy of the chart can be seen IN school Com
missioner's office Let me hear from the
Trustees. r. COWAN,
School Commissioner.
Med, copy.
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Don't Skate.

Isn't 1t wonderful that those parents who
oppose dancing, will allow their daughters TO
take part in the exercises at the skating rink
Isn't 1t strange that any mother who would
not allow her daughter 10 attend dance un-
der the roof Of the hotel. unless there were
present n number of married ladies, will III
low her daughter to go to the skating rink of
nights, regardless Of the fact as to whether
married ladies are present or not? Without
being unkind TO anybody, the Press and Ban
ner would again express its convictions
against the advisabillty Of our girls attend
ing the skating rink. Our mind Is clear on
this point. No shadow Of doubt exists. we
have little objection to dancing In modera-
tion, and dance now and then may not ne
wrong, but O rough and tumble tussel with
skating rollers is quite another thing. The
question Is with you, mothers. Better keep
your darling girls at home.
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Greenwood Bank, and tho Old FOLKS
Concert.
GREENWOOD, March 20,

GREENWOOD, March 20, 1888.
The students OF tho Male High School ana
the Female College are making arrange
ments to have Il May party on or about May
first. MN ,s ~
wood was adjusted before Judge W. X. BlaKe
Monday. Jos. r. Johnson, OF Laurens anu E'
Greenwood has the appearance OF pusy
town since the sash. blind and door factory
has commenced business. ,-,,,
Enough money has aireaoy pen oneneS abont
'NAI An i Entertainment will be given at ye Male
Collie &c, Friday March %; p: m: 81 neauS *
,e1 We ollen tyme Ye Big Door will be unbarr-
ssi at eariy candlellgRt. At by, ye Grand
fathers CLOCK big curtain d,a VIII rise and ys
,uith w ON attractive program, incudi ng tunes,
songs song " sung in 177b. A full band OF instru.
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w. f. Bells Locals.

r sPPr11pTs calicos in French sateon styles "
Spring ginghams, In 40 different styles. w
E. Bell.
sateens in beautiful flowers and stripes. w
+. Bell.
Colored figured batiste in all the spring
shades. w. E. Bell.
Colored s6 inch lawns in figured and
stripes. w. E. Bell.
White plaid lace batiste for ladies summer
dresses. w. E. Bell.
White batiste with embroidery to match
w. +. Bell.
Cream batiste with embroidery to match
w. E. Bell.
White India lawn with embroidery tc
match. w. Z. Bell.
Cream India lawn with embroidery te
match. w. 4. Bell.
White and cream laees from 1c. to So pei
yard. w. +. Bell.
White embroidery in all widths for dress
trimming. w. E. Bell.
Ladies' silk gloves in all the summer shades
w. E. Bell.
Ladies Isle thread gloves. w. E. Bell.
Silk and Isle thread lace mitts. w. E. Bell
Silk floss in all the new shades. w. E. Bell
Don't fail to call for the special bargins. w
+. Bell
have some beautiful goods for early spring
wear. w. E. Bell.
Braid trimmings in all the new shades with
pannels TO match. w. E. Bell.
Mora silks In every new shade for dress
trimming. w. Z. Bell.
sets. My line Of dress trimmings is complete
| In every shade. w. E. Bell.
Hats for all. cases of ladies misses and
children hats Just received. W. Z. Bell.
Street parasols for ladies and children. W.
E. Bell.
Corsets. Try my kabo corsets for comfort
every corset warranted. W. E. Bell.
Dress goods In "a and 46 inches width IN oil
the new shades. w. E. Bell.
Wash goods. Never before has wash goods
been in such demand. have them in oil the
new styles. W. E. Bell.
| I have Just returned from New York and
Baltimore with one OF the best stocks OF ladies
goods ever brought TO Abbeville. I take
pleasure in thanking the ladies' for past fa'
cure their patronage. W. E. Bell.
Remember W. E. Bell will have his opening
on 20. 80 and slst OF this month.
will have my grand spring and summe er
opening on %, 80 and 31st OF this month all
the ladies are Invited to attend. w. Z. Bell.
Miss Hood is preparing for VIM: f. Bells
20, 80 and 3lst OF this month.
Novelty braid in 10 different styles. w. f.
Bell.
Feather edge braid In all the Nos. w. f.
Bell.
E. Bell.
Linen floss, for fancy work at w. E. Bell.
Ladies' shoes in kid button. The best So
Ladies goat polish in common sense heel
w. E. Bell.
Ladies' opera and tie slippers. W. E. Bell.
Misses kid and goat button shoes w. f.
Bell.
Misses opera and tie slippers at w. E. Bell
Children kid button and lace polish shoes
w. E. Bell.
Infants kid and goat button shoes. w. E
Bell.
Kid gloves for ladies in tan mode and wood
brown. w. f. Bell.
Ladies' undress kid gloves in new shades.
W. E. Bell.
Ladies' collars from Sc. to Csc. with or with
out cape. w. E. Bell.
Grape lisse in black, white, cream and fancy
colors. w. G. Bell.
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0ur SChOOl.

VILE was disposed TO bring our school house
into rldicule, but If he had known that we
had one of the best teachers In that house
nave congratulated Us in this particular, at
least. We have recently heard some OF the
patrons OF that school say that Mr.. Thomson,
as teacher. has no superior, and can have
no superior. Speaking for the Press and Ban
ner we are especially gratitied at the manner
in which he Is spoken of as teacher. He has
undertaken to conduct the school and will
depend entirely on his success for MS pay.
This fact alone should be greatly in his favor.
The plan heretofore of guaranteeing the pay
Of the teacher, without having guarantee
from him that he would give satisfaction, has
not work ed well, and now when we have a
teacher who will conduct the school on busi-
ness principles, let us give his school most
hearty support
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Bridge Notice !

rINIIE contract for building bridge over Lit
tie River at WARDLAW'S, will be let to
the lowest bidder on THURSDAY, the 18th of
MARCH next at IL o'clock A. M. at the
bridge.
Specifications made known at the time OF
letting.
At the same time and place the contract for
constructing CAuSEWAY on public road
near the bridge will be awarded to the lowest
bidder w. d. MANN,
Jan. 80, lsSS, 3t Commissioner.
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Great Auction Sale OF Horses at
Greenwood.

The greatest sale of hores everheld In Able
VILE County will take place at greenwood on
Tuesday next, March q. On this occasion sloa
men. will sell at auction, to the highest bid
ders. for cash, one car load OF. fine horses and
mares. The sale will positively take place
on the date named, rain or shine, and the en-
tire lot will be sold without limit or reserve.
These horses are not the ordinary Texas
"oonies", but are of good size, averaging four
and five years old, and sired by blooded
Kentucky trotting stations, out OF good lex
as mares. ,,,,
An Interesting feature Of the occasion will be
a free exhibition of riding AID lassoing horses
at full speed by expert Mexican COWBOYS.
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phia, was found letter, which was read be-
fore ihe body was laid in the coffin. II was
evidently written by his daughter Jointly for
herself and mother. The letter was addressed
to "dear husband and papa" recited the I'LL
ness OF his little son, who was called for HIM
The letter stated that the writer's felt as II
some impending gloom was about to fall upon
the family, and they asked him to- hurry
home. Surely that crash down nearly 1tity
feet TO death must have been the shadow thai
was felt by his loved ones, who were doomed
never again to see him In life.
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LETTER PROM A TYPO.
Many Friends will be Glad to Learn
that Two Abbeyille Boys are DO.
ing Well in Texas.
AUSTIN, Texas, March

AUSTIN, Texas, March 13. 1855.
Huoh WILSON, Esq, A6beville, S. c.:
DEAR SIR-I suppose you have sun some
recollection of mel know that l have ol
YOU and others In Abbeville.
j. B., or "Beaurie" Wilson, who served his
apprenti ticeship on the Medium, Is here He Is
q tall, handsome man now, much liked by al
who know him, and holds an excel
lont position as assistant foreman on the
largest daily paper in the city-the Statesman,
However, as am only writing to request
the favor OF q few copies OF the Press ana Ban
s,er. will not further occupy your time.
Please send me copies Of The last two OF
three numbers, and obllge
w. s. TEAGUE.
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LATIMER, March 10, lSS

LATIMER, March 10, 1883.
The Regents of the Lunatic Asylum
have elected s. D. Pierson, of Claren-
don. to succeed the late w. +. Turner
as Superintendent of the Asylum
Farm.
At $50 P. NJ, March /, a fire broke
out in Winnsboro which burned the
Episcopal church and several stores
and warehouses. Loss $25,000.
Capt. Byron Holly has been elected
engineer to finish the Columbia canal.
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Blankets! blan kets at cost. P. Rosenberg
g. Co.
If you want good overcoat at cost. Call on
r. Rosenberg & Co.
Clothing at cost! clothing at cost! p.
Rosenberg & Co:
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NOTICE OF
Stockholders Meeting

fI'HE annual meeting OF the stockholders o
j the Georgiu, Carolina and Northern Rail
way Company will be held at Athens, Geor
g!a, THU UkSDAY, APRIL 5, 1888. The trans
fer hooks will be closed from this date until
Aprll 9Th. A. l.. HULL,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Athens, Ga, March 5, 1888.
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A return has been made by the Mapleton
Cotton Mills, OF AbbevilIe County, and Ito
charter has been granted. The capital stock II
$1,000, in shares OF 500 each, The directors OF
THOMAS n. Dallas and VIM. Bradley. MIR.
Searles is president and Mr.. Bradley sacret-
ary. The mills will manufacture cotton at
Mupleton, Abbeville County.
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Prohibition Contest.

The election in Greenville on the l4th In,
stant, has been declared in favor OF License"
have filed protest because Of Irregularities
In the election.
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New Doctors.

Abbeville county has now two more doctors
TO physic u.s. DR.. A. P. Mcneil graduated at
the Southern Medical College, at Atlanta
February 80, 1885, and DR.. w. I: Hunt gradudt-
ed at the Augusta Medical College, March z,
1855 both acouitting themselves with credit.
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Teachers Examination.

LII Teachers whose grade certificates have
A. expired and intend to teach In the Pub.
lie Free Schools Of Abbeville county. will
meet the Board of Examiners at Abbevllle Z.
Fl. on Friday 9Th and Saturday 7th April, 1883.
The white teachers will meet at 10 O'Clock a.
Saturday 7th April, 10 o'clock q. m.
Z. COWAN,
Chairman Board Examiners.
March 7, 1885, IT
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Med, copy.

THEY are talking OF eXpelling student
from the South Carolina College, because he
was copied from book, and not his own at
all.
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Patterson's Bridge.

THE BUILDING OF A NEW BRIDGE
at Pattersons Bridge will be let on
wedneiday, April 4. 1855. at III A. M
at tho Bridge.
Specifications will be made known on the
day OF letting.
j. w. LITES,
County Commissioner.
Ny,r,b "A 1899
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BR|DGB NOT|CB.

THE CONTRACT FOR BUILDING A
i Bridge on Rocky creek near Bucklevel
will be let to the Lowest Bidder on the 9Th OF
APRIL next at II o'clock a. m. Specifications
given on day of letting.
G. NJ. MATTISON,
County Commissioner.
March Is 1888 ST.