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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-18
THE CUMBERLAND GAP.
THE LAW UNDER WHICH THE PEOPLE
WILL BE ASKED TO VOTE A RAIL
ROAD TAX.

An Act to Allow Cities, Towns, vii
lagos and Townships Interested In
the Construction of the Carolina,
Cumberland Gap and Chicago
Railway Company Which Have
not Heretofore Voted Subscrip.
tiOns to the Capital Stock Of Said
Railway Company to Vote the
Same.
That for the purpose OF aiding in raising the
capital stock OF the Carolina, Cumberland
Gap and Chicago Railway Company, In add.
ton to private subscriptions 1t shall and
may be lawful for any township, city or vii.
lage through which the said railway Is pro
jected or which Is interested In Its construc.
ton, except tho towns and townships In An.
derson and Aiken Counties, to subscribe tn
the capital stock Of the company above men.
toned such sum or sums, in bonds or money
as majority Of their qualified voters may
authorize the County Commissioners Of such
County, or the municipal authorities Of such
city, town or village, to subscribe, anything
contained in the charter Of such municipal
corporation to the contrary Notwithstanding
If such subscription by any city, town or vii
lage be In bonds, the same shall be made in
seven per cent. bonds, payable in twenty an
nual installments after the date thereof, to be
received by the said company at par, and to
be of the denominations Of one hundred dol
lars, and five hundred dollars and one
thousand dollars, interest TO be paid an
nually.
SEC. 2. That the mode and manner OF pro-
ceeding. for the purpose Of carrying this Act
into effect, shall, in all respects, conform tC
the methodist prescribed in a certain Act o
the General Assembly of this State IN this re
gard, being Act number 266, approved Decem'
ber ODD, 1883.
SEC. 8. That the subscription to the capital
stock Of said company made by the town ol
Abbcvllle being conditioned upon the com.
pletion of said railway to Abbeyille Court
House by the first day of January, A. D. 1888
1t shall and may be lawful for the. municipal
authority of said town of Abbeyile. at any
time after the first day of January, A. D. 1885
to submit to the qualified votes of said town
the question of renewal of said subscription
heretofore made by the said town; such sub
mission to be made in conformity wish the
terms of the Act Of Assembly, hereinbefore
referred to- providing for an election, at which
the ballots shall have written, or printed
thereon the words renewal" or mo renewal
and in case there shall be majority In favor
OF renewal, such shall be, in all respects, as
binding and effectual as was tho original vote
in favor OF subscription.
SEC, 4. That for the purpose of this Act all
the townships along the line OF the said pro.
jected railway, as herein provided for, shall
be, and they are hereby declared to be, bodies
polite and corporate.
SEC. 5. That this Act shall be public Act,
and shall take effect Immediately on and af
ter its passage.
SEC. 6. That all Acts and parts of Acts in.
consistent with this Act be, and the same are
hereby, repealed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-18
Took the Hint.

From recent published statistics OF the
wealth Of Charleston, we infer that majori-
ty of the owners Of personal property have
acted on the suggestion of the bankers of that
city, and have found way to evade just and
proper assessment.
The open declaration of the capitalists OF
the oity that taxation could be evaded OF
dodged, does not sound we'll, coming as II
does, from city and county which has two
Senators.
The Bank at Abbeville has made a fair
y square and honest return of all its property;
VIII the State and county officers take full
assessment from the Abbeville Bank. and not
look after the avowed Bank dodgers?
The eyes Of the country are on these Of
ncers, and it will be interesting to know II
Charleston capitalists can carry out the threat
70 dodge or evade proper taxation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-18
amx Y.ur Furniture in Augusta.

BY following the advice Of the above head
line our citizens can save at least p per cent
by ordering their furniture from Augusta.
We take pleasure in referring our many read
ers to the Ads. of the leading furniture deal
srs Of that city.-GreenDood Tribune.
We say buy your furniture in Abbsyille, il
you don't buy it in Green wood, as we know
that furniture Is cheaper here than in Angus
IA. Some furniture which has come to this
place from Augusta was at least from twenty
tiye to thirty per cent. higher than 1t could
have been bought in Abbeville.
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Ripe News Riley,S,

R1LEYS, S. C., April g. 1883.
We have not written for your valuable pa
per for sometime, but we havnt forgotten
you.
Every thing on this side Is spinning like q
top. Cotton planting has become general
| some of our people are almost through some
| of 1t Is coming up. But little corn has been
planted yet Gardens are rather late, small
grain don't seem to be in hurry to start Off
unless II is VIM. Tinslcy's wheat, which is by
breaches are notkilled. Watermelon patches
| are receiving somo attention. Our friend
George Robertson, says he is going to plant
enough to supply all of his neighbors 60 1t
George, we will call on you often.
Sloan, youngest son Of NJ. B. McGee, has
been sick for several days.
P. w. Sullivan has been on the sick list
but is improving he Is now serving this COM
munity as Notary Public.
S. 4. Graham, who has been sick for sever
al months, died last Thursday at his brother
Thos. Graham's. and was buried on the follow.
ing day in their family burial ground. His
| family have the sympathy OF the entire com.
Oza Harvey, of Greenwood, paid his old
home and friends visit, last week.
Straw hats are crowding the season. Where
are your busters?
Our Sunday school, is in flourishing con.
dition.
Capt. Mattison passed through this section
with our rough roads. While here, he bought
q road, to run through Capt. Agnew's field,
which will be great convenience the road
has not received its name-guess 1t Will soon,
as some of our netghbors arc giving oil the
roads new names.
Jas. Childer's has q broad smile upon his
face, when you talk politics he is raising q
democratic party he has one more voter on
his list.
Our young people are still having bushels
of enjoyment. a few nights ago they had n
very pleasant gathering at S. G. Mcrriman's,
also spent q delightful evening on Saturday
at Jessie p. McGee's
Our friend !. n. Alexander, who is staying
on his plantation, on Long Cane, Is sticking
close to business, We seldom see him, but
when we do he tells us all the news.
We noticed in your last weeks issue, where
the political bee had begun to buZz-guess
there will he considerable noise ore long. We
want some of the right kind OF music. We
want good platforms for the candidates to
waltz on, and he that can't waltz to the tune
of agricultural College and other farmers
tunes will find ii hard to get partners.
NAVILLUS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-18

Don't smoke mean cigrrs, when you can get
good ones, for the same price, at Speeds drug
store.
Columbia axle oil, put up in neat cans, with
screw tops and spouts for sale at Speeds drug
store.
Ladies' hand made low quarter South Caro-
lima Pcnitentiary make shoes at p. Rosenberg
j. Co.
All parts of Harness sold separately, to suit
customers. Haud-mape. j. $. Hammond &
Co.
South Carolina Penitentiary made, in mems
low quarter, ladies low quarter and all styles
OF chrildren shoes at p. Rosenberg 4 Co.
Children South Carolina Pcnitentiary made
shoes at p. Rosenberg & co.
Gents low quarter shoes penitentiary made
at p. Rosenberg & Co.
Old ladies shoes South Carolina Penitentiary
made at p Rosenberg & Co.
IF you wanta good pair of old ladies' shoes.
Call and get Il pair Of South Carolina Pcni-
tentiary make from p. Rosenberg Co.
A nobby, lfne Of straw hats. Call and get
one. p. Rosenber & Co.
Plated bosom shirts laundried and unlaun-
dried. =. Rosenberg Il Co.
Plated bosom shirts plated bos ON shirts
The latest styles. p. Rosenberg e. Co.
a large and we'll selected stock Of gents
half hose. p. Rosenberg & Co.
Straw hats! straw hats !! Don't fail to get
one from L. Rosenberg Il Co.
For nice spring hat call on P. Rosenberg
& Co,
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NINETY-SIX, s. c., April II, lSS

| NINETY-SIX, =. C., April IL, looo.
| NIB R. Hill has lost recently five head o1
cattle from eating, buckeye. Some OF them IN, %
were blooded cattle and the loss entailed Is
considerable. Mr. l.. NJ. Moore also lost hne
Jersey COW from same cause. l.,
| Mrs. r. G. Gillian, Of Greenwood, was IN
| town last week visiting friends:
| Capt. McCaslans little boys brought three
young rabbits to the house and q cat M mas +
cares for them as though they were her own
| Capt. J. G. Myers has moved TO ms 1arm
| near Ninety-SiX and identified himself Win
Col. Wallingford has wound up his business
here and left for Indiana. We hope he may
spend his summer pleasantly. 80
| Mr.. w. T. Huff charged three geniieneh =
few weeks ago for hunting on his place. we
| would advise him to send this money 10
| Thornwell Orphanage. II will do him more
good than anv other way.
Mrs J. w: Hill, of Greenwood, Worshippeo
at the Baptist church here last Sunday;
| The Ninety-Six Democratic club Will mee'
| at Judge Moore's office ON the 5th proxtmo.
| Everybody must turn out.
We are gratifed to see the stand that Green
wood has taken against whisky.
Capt. James n. King Is a candidate for the
Legislature. Mr.. King is good man and VIII
make first class Legislator.
The colored Methodists in our community
have taken hold of the holiness question.
Mr.. w. S. Rogers, Of Laurens, was IN Town
lately visiting his parents. ,, ,
Mr. Thomas L. Moore, our worthy trial JUS
tice, is candidate for Sheriff. Mr.. Moore is II
good man, he was a member OF the famous
Wallace House, and If elected Sheriff will
make q number one officer.
Our planters are all busy planting cotton
and the prospects are that larger acreage
will be put in this year than usual.
Mr.. James Rogers has sold TO Maj. H. 7. Gal
phin the finely bred Jersey bull "No License
also to Mr.. W. p. Meadors fine half Jersey
COW. ,o ~ -,
cotton. Mr.. Moore is one Of the best farmers
in the county and we wish him abundant sue
cess.
Miss Bell Marbert, q daughter Of the late j.
F. Marbert. died at the residence OF ner InoIL,
er on last Saturday evening, aged IL years, OF
typhoid pneumonia. 1t is indeed sad TO re,
cord the death of one so young. Her bereaved
mother and friends have the sincerest sSmpa-
thy of many friends. EASI END.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-18
Money and Goods at AbbeviIIe.

There never was as much idle money in
Abbeville as there is at present, and there
never were better stocks of goods in our
stores. Our merchants have plenty of money
and unlimited credit. One merchant sold
yesterday that he would be glad to let out
SO 1000 In money and goods in addition to his
present contracts. With low freights and
liberal dealing on the part Of our merchants
Abbepille is again on rising grounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-18

S2Z4,Ozl
When wa see these figures, and hear from
insurance companies as an excuse for these
excessive rates the charge that we In the
South are set of incendiaries, we can form
our own conclusions. Another fact to help us
to form our conclusions as to the Justice OF
the charge that we In the South are lot OF
incendiaries may be found in the usual claim
for rebate by the agents, whoIeither from
carelessness, or greed for commissions, Is will
ing to prove, II necessary, that they took
from the Ensured the premium on pol
icy which thei company do not or did
not mend to pay in full.
How is 1t possible for any people to prosper
who arc 80 outrageously imposed upon by
any corporation? Can anybody tell why 1t is
that our Legislature refused to make these in
surance companies pay In full the losses upon
which the people have paid?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-18

STRAYED from the HUNTER place. White
- Hall township, last Saturday evening, a
cream sorrel horse mule. with black stripe
across his shoulders, medium size, five years
old, valued at Sl25 or $50.
Any information thankfully received.
LINDSAY MILES,
RrnHlpY s C..
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Query L?

II the Abbeville National Bank, with sur
plus OF 5000, returns its stock SlOo. what
ought bank with a surplus Of 100000, in
city with two Senators, be returned at? Re-
specially submitted
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-18

Secretary of state I.eitner died suddenly
Sunday morning. The Governor is author
ized by law to fill the vacancy. Abboville
would vote General Humphreys, of Ander-
son, to fill the place.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-18
Insurance License.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.,
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER GESEEAL.
COLUMBIA, S. G., April lSt, 1855.

/ CERTIFY. THAT MIR. a. NJ. AIKEN,
Of COX esbury, Agent Of the ROCHESTER,
GERMAN INSURANCE COMPANY, incor-
poratcd by the State of New York, has com
piled with the reQulsitions of the Act OF the
General Assembly entitled "An Act to regu.
Iate The Agencies Of Insurance Companies not
in the State of South Carolina,
and | hereby license the said MIR. 4. NJ;
AIKEN, Agent aforesaid. to take risks and
transact ali business of Insurance in this
STATE, in the County Of Abbevillc, for and in
behalf of said Company.
Expires March 3lSt, 1889.
Comptroller General.
April IS, 1883, ct
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-18
Wednesday, April 1s, 1888.
High Rates OF Insurance -. Another
Big Leak from the South.

To show that this people is imposed upon
in the matter Of fire insurance it is only nee
essary to ask attention to some figures. show
ing the losses and receipts for year. We
take the year 1886, for the reason that the fig
ures are convenient, and suppose that they
are fair average. We give the figures In ev'
cry place In South Carolina at our command
Excepting errors these figures are believed to
IN toll lp norrocf
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-18
Let the Doctors Answer for Them
selves.

TowNvILLE, S. c., April 3, 1855.
Mr.. Hugh Wilson, AJberille, S. c.:
DEAR SIR:-Will you plense give me the
address Of Drs. Hunt and McNiel, who l saw
spoke of in the Banner some time since. We
are in need Of a doctor in our town ana j
would like TO see if can get one of them. II
you know any one l can get. give him my adj
dress, and obligc.
Yours, &c,
SAM'L II. JOHNSON.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-18

the Itch and they Extend Sym.
pathy to any Congressman who
may be LabOrinS With the Dis
case.
It's contrary to our practice to advertise
patent medicines, but this miraculous cure OF
a Congressman by Georgia patent medicine
has the ring of merit in it. 1t Is bad enough
for editors and preachers to give certlhcutcS
as to the efficacy of patent medicines, but we
do not know Of anything more Illuminating
to the American people than the idea OF three
hundred congressman in daily session lndus-
triously scratching "poor folks itch, for sew
eral hours, instead Of Legislating for the vel.
fare and best Interests of the country. This
Georgia inventor of q cure for eczema the
boys in the army, we believe, called 1t poor
folks itchy deserves to have an appropriation
for a monument to his memory. Without
this cure, tho annoying disease eczema, (oI
seven-year itch,) might have spread until all
the congressman would nave 9een zen ailiicteu; a.
the bad. Each Congressman might nave
brought the disease home with him, and then
his constituents might have "caught on" TO
the disease, and the country WOulu nave peen
In q bad fix indeed.
We sincerely congratulate all Congressmen en-
on the removal of the itch from their midst
and we would especially congratulate the
people of Maryland on the rescue @ OF tneir DE,
so long. The following tells the story, and
will put the average preacher to blush.
HOUSE OF REPREsENTATINES:o
WASHINGTON, D. c., January IL, IS.
Messrs. John Crawford d Co., AMen, Ga:
Gentlemen: I desire, unsolicited, to.beal
unqualified testimony to the great virtue o.
your Eczema Wash. For three years suffer.
ed with most distressing attack OF this most
painful and annoying trouble. sought re
lief repeatedly from the most skillfnl physi
clans, and indeed tried everything conlo
trouble, but without permanent relief. was
induced by the Hon. H. H. Carlton, Of Geor
gia, to try your Wash; Before had used the the
occasionally using the contents Of second
bottle, but consider myself entirely cured. ]
do this OF my own motion, because deem !,
only just to you and your. compound and my
wish that ali suffering with this most painful
disease could be informed of the relief al
hand, by the use OF your Wash:
Very respectfully yours.
BARNES COMPTON.
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children shoes! children shoes! South Car.
ollna Penilentiary made. Il. Rosenberg K Co.
For all kind of South Carolina Pcnitcntiary
make of shoes call OH p Rosenberg Co.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-18

NeC prOntS.....
sIn 1885 the total loss paid In Charleston was
sa.4s2.SO s55,OOO of the loss in 1856 was In cot
ton burnt, about $4,000 was earthquake dam
ages.
Fire insurance business in South Carolina
for the year 1886:
Total premiums received. 1856, ,4O5
Total losses paid.~.................... 2s4,SS3
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MULIS and LACES.

NULL pink blue cardinal NULL black and cream Span
black and Chanly a
white and Egyptian cooed aces for wash goods fine
oriental aces oriental Egyptian black and all
over Spanish black ounng 10 inches wide and
white Egyptian ouncng white eu funcng black and
cream brussels net white Infants lace
infants Hamburg lace infants cordeo null
CAPS infants open cap oriental lace
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-18
FRAGMENTS FROM THE FORT.

Hunters Caught...The Deadly Buck
eve -. Candidate for Legislative
HOnors...Death of a Lovely Young
Lady -. Colonel WallingfOrd Gone
Home -. The Negroes Tackle the
Holiness Business and the Devil
No
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-18
NECK RUFFLING.

White and cream pompadour footing white and black
Three row imported rung white
white and two fedora pat silk edge
white pit silk edge white and cream two
plait plain EDGE full line Of mourning running
widows N black and white.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-18
CONGRESSMAN COMPTON CURED OF THE
ITCH.

The "Press and Banner COngratu-
Iates the South Carolina Congress.
men on the Removed of u most
Annoying Presence.-.The Boys In
the Army Suffered Greatly from
the Itch and they Extend Sym.
pathy to any Congressman who
may be I.abOrinS With the Dis
case,
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BEADS AND ORNAMENTS

and coored velveteen Black and color
silk coored fancy strips and boaded
silk fancy Aoman Striped silk coored fancy obr
Couraud black English
veipg colored sewing sk Yelling col
Yelling cood Partisan yelling, satin border BLACK ana
coored barege yelling grenadine Yelling
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COTORED DRESS GOODS

In this magnificent display of bargains are offered In
Henrietta finish Cashmere in all the shades Extra fine Hen
rietta in and 40 inch goods
Novelties in English birges hair bunng chas lace checks
n and cashmees zephyr gnghams Scotch gnghm COL
d plaid gngham gnghams, seersucke in all shade
plain -
and batise in all widths
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Ribbons! RIBBONS

Black and colored fiat satin edge all silks WI
cream and silk ribbons Full stock of cheap
from No. to 90 Striped shaded Fancy ribbons in all widths
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-01-04
Dickens's PhiIistinism.

1t is difficult to say where, in Dickens,
the humorist ends and the satirist begins
but there are in his works whole classes
of character in which the satirist evi-
IDENTIFY predoninates. His method of as
sailing social and political abuses is TO
make them ridiculous and hateful, and
he makes them ridiculous or hateful by
impersonating them in men and women.
We quote them as we quote jest OF
bright saying-not as characters, but rs
epigrams endowed with individuality.
His humorous Personages spring from his
sympathies, his satiricalones from his an
tipathies and antiPathy never gives US
the whole and inward truth about any
body, but makes us aggregate the trait
we dislike until the individual is all mer-
ged in his particular defect. The popu-
larity of such characters in Dickens is
due to the fact that they reflect popular
prejudices, and never 90 beyond that
perception Of externals which is our easy,
intolerent way Of judging the people we
despise or detest. The intellectual limi-
tations of Dickens are also revealed in
his satirieal sketches. His heart is devel-
oped out of all proportion to his brain.
The abuses of system blinds his eyes
% it's merits and its purpose. He is a re-
former, but a reforner whose common
sense is unaeeompanied with eomprehen-
sive intelligence. and whose moral sense
frequently impels him to be practically
unjust--From In Dickens-land," by
EDWIN PERCY WHrPPLE, in the Christmas
number of Scrf5usy's Hpgqzins.
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The Large or Small Cow.

Whether the large or small COW is the
most profitable on small farms is dis
puted question. For our part we like a
good COW whether she is large or small
and are better suited by quality than
size. The large animal consumes more,
and should yield an increase of milk and
butter to compensate for the extra feed.
We saw, not long since, statement in
which the extra cost and possible profit
and loss were very nicely calculated, and
the balance seemed to be in favor of the
smaller COW. We do not believe there is
much difference in profit yielded by an
individual COW Of either class, if they are
good specimens Of their kind. We be-
lieve good keep makes the profit in all
cases, be the breed what it may. 1t re-
quires certain amount of feed to sus-
tain life and keep up animal waste
whatever additional proper nutritious
food is supplied will, in good COW. go
into profit in milk and butter. The ad-
vocates Of the large COW urge that there
il an increased value in such stock when
it comes toithe butcher; but this is not Of
much consequence, for such beef does
not have a high market value. Select
whatever kind We may for the dairy, if
we consult our profits we must look for
the one that makes the best returns for
her keep; all other considerations Of
size and weight are only Of minor i'm
portance The best COW at the milk pail
will be the best breed for the owner
E,rrm and Garden.