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Wednesday, Jan. %, 1891.
Another Primary.,a AT Hampton.

Another Primary.at Hampton.
At the election for Trial Justice at Hampton,
January Oath, the following vote was cast:
w. l..
j. r. .Clinkscales........"... ................" III
A r. CarW
]. A. Robinson. on................--.........". .
]. L. Robinson. ......... .....;....
No person having received majority OF the
votes cast there was no election.
Another election will be held at the same
place Saturday, January 3lst. The race Will
be between w. T.. Mitchell and j. X. Clink-
scales.
Polls will be open at o'clock a. M, and
close at 10 o'clock p. IN.
]. r.. G. Dunn. J.R. McWborter and NJ. 5.
Ashley will act rs managers. ,
JOHN A. ROBINSON.
President Hampton Club.
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MARRIED.

MARRIED-Jan. %, 1891. by Rev. w. F. Pear.
son, MIR. II. l.. CLAMP and Miss IRENE
POTTS. All OF Abbeville County, 8. G.
MARRIED-Jan. q, 1891, by Rev. r.. c
Tennel, MIR. 8. w. WALL and ROSA M. Nc
PHAIL, both OF Abbeville County.
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Hot Supper.

The ladies OF the Methodist church had
hot supper last night In the hall under the
bled, and bought everything that was for
sole. The profits we're quite satisfactory.
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DhIy. 7 IIAlIy except SUHuuyS
Shortest and quickest route to Charleston reaches
there three hours ahead of any other line COnnec-
tons made at Augusta for Atlanta and all points west
Tickets on sale at P. r. & W. G. BY depots to oil
points cheap rates and baggage checked to desna
ton. For any further Information apply or write.
VI. j. CRAIG, G. P. A.
r. W. HUNT. T. "A. Augusta, Ga.
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The Abbeville Literary Club will meet next
Friday night at o'clock at the home OF Mrs;
s. W, smith. Mr.. Hugh Wilson will read
the essay. "The Use and Abuse Of Punctua-
tion.n
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When In want Of flour in any quality call
on p. Rosenberg & Co.
Farm i'm mplements-anythipg needed on the
farm. p. Rosenberg & Co.
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The Short Line to

Charleston e Florida.
PORT ROYAL AND WESTERN CAROLINA
RAILWAY co.
COMMENCING SUNDAY, MARCH 2. 1890, Pas
" senger trains will follows by 18th Merid-
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A Rare Chance.

4 NY ONE OWNING A LARGE FARM,
n aud desiring To diversity his industry by
going into the stock-raising business In con-
nection with bis farming operations can learn
of an excellent opportunity to get stock and
the necessary ready cash, on terms to suit:
Owing to the vexation and trouble In cident
to getting labor, the uncertainty OF the sea,
seem more attention should be given TO the
more safe and more rrofitab BILE line OF pursuit.
Stock at all times are profitable on pasture
lands, and, taken In connection with the
profitable. For further information apply to
the Press and Banner Office.
Jan. H. 1891. II
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Mr.. B. Frank Yoe Is off 10 Birmingham
Ala. We wish him good fortune and u sale
trip,
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Another Primary at Long Cane.

AT the primary for Trial Justice held on
Saturday. january oath, the following vote
was cast: ~
A. B. Robinson .'....'.. ~ ~
IF. Calvert.".............. ................'... 70
III.
No person having received majority Of the
vote cast thei was no election.
There will be another election on Saturday,
DIP. Haunah, ]. H. Ashley and John H.
NickleB will act rs managers.
The race will be between A. Il. Robinson
and A. T.. Calvert. >
President Long Cane Club.
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DICHARD CAN'T. is now prepared to dc
II, all work in his departIn cnt In the best
manner and at reasonable charges. Monthly
customers shaving, hair cutting and sham.
pooling 81 per month. Rasors honed and put
In the best condition for Is cents each.
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against

J. T. Youngblood, Levi Witt, Isaac WITT, VIM
T. Beldler and Merit Witt, partners doing
business as the Witt, Beldler Co: ]. E
Hurst, l.. B. Purnell, L. l.. Jackson, w. e
Clarke and W. B. Hurst, partners doing
business as Hurst, Purnell & Co: and w
ID. Mann, as Sheriff, de PENDANTS.
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Instructions to TAXPAYERS.

than Township must make retr
ureachTo Township.
entered in the Township in which you live
penalty will be attached
Auditor his deputy
No mail will be received
neglect
fail
~ A. w. JONES, Auditor.
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r. w. CANNON.

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
Personal
~ Real made since January
Must be returned between the first day Of jan
uary, 1891, and the Goth February, 1891.
MY INSTRUC
EXECUTE THIS PROVISION OF THE LAW WITHOUT
EXCEPTION.
legitimate
respectfully ask all citizens
me their in
ARE REQUESTED TO MAKE THEIR Re-
Auditor his
The OF designated below: ..#.aS4
January-Tuesday.
January-Wednesday and Thursday.
January-Frday
Monday II o'clock
evening and Tuesday
JanuaryWedneday Thursday
Bodeaux-16th JanuaryFriday.
January-Saturday.
Thursday
Iatimer-23rd January-Fiday
Heser2fh JanuarySatur o'clock
ds-ath and 9Th Monday and Tuesday m -, ,, #
and Thursday until O'Clock
3oclock.
Springs January-Frday until o'clock.
evening Tuesday
tain
Cane o'clock.
February
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The State Of South Carolina,
County of Abbeville.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

Henry Meinhard, Isaac Meinhard, Samuel
Meinhard and f. A. We'll. partners doing
business under the firm name Of Mein.
hard Bros. d Co, plaintiffs.
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Southbound trains, whether delayed or not,
have absolute right OF track over Northbound
trains OF the same class.
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JNO. G. WINDER,
Gen'l Manager.
j. A,
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After the settlement of the accounts Of Ger
Bonban today the following letter was hanc
ed TO Col. Alfred Aldrich or delivery:
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co WIS HAVE AN aAR FOR MUSIC.

They Folio we'd a German Band and BEL
lowed for More Harmony.
An English writer on the Effects of
Musical Sounds on Animals has published
some curious observations on this subject.
A few OF those relating to oxen and COWS
will be of interest, says the New York
journal.
Opposite to our house was n large field in
which some twelve or thirteen cows were
put during the summer months. One day
q arm an band began to play on the road
which divided tie houss from the field.
III , COWS Were quietly grazing at the other
end of the field, but no sooner did they
hear the music than they at once d van ced
toward it and stood with their heads o yer
the wall attentively listening.
his might have passed unnoticed. but
upnn the musicians going away the ami
malsfollowed them as well as they could
on the other side of the wall, and when
.theycould get no further stood lowing pit
eously. So excited diu the COWS become
that some of them ran round the field to
try and get out, but finding no outlet re-
turned to the same corner where they had
lost sight of the banda. and it was some
time before they seemed satisfied that the
sweet sounds were really gone.
| have often noticed the power music has
overox2n. The other day we had a brass
band laying in our garden. In a field ad-
joining we're our Sco.ch oxen.
When the band struck up they we're at
the far end of a nille-acle field. quite
out of sight, the field being very un-
even. They set off full trot to the
garden wall, put their necks over and
remained so till the tune was finished, W hen
they went back to Craze; but as soon
as the music struck up again they came
and put their heads once more over the
wall. This went on till the band left, after
which .ley ate little all dav and were con
tinually lowing.
There are many anecdotes that show that
the OK or COW has a musical ear. The
carts in Corunna, in Spain. make so loud
and disagreeable a ceraking sound with
their wheels, for the want Of oil, that the
governor once issued an order to have the
wheels creased, but the arters petitioned
that this might not be done, as the oxen
like the sound, and would not draw SO
we'll without their accustomed music,
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ROBBED BY JESSE JAM ES
EX-GoN. Burbank Tells How He Lost and
Regained His Watch.

Ex-GoN. Burbank Tells How He Lost and
Reg aimed His Watch.
A. p. Burbank, of Richmond, Ind, for
merry governor of Dakota territory, and
brother-in-law of Oliver p. Morton. OK.
hibited a gold watch to friends at Martins
Vile, Ind. a reminder of Jesse and Frank
James roa 4 agent days. says the Chicago
Herald. He was one of a party of health
and pleasure seekers travelling through
Texas and Arkansas some years ago. In
crossings portion OF the western wilds two
open hacks and a carriage were used. Just
as thew reached a secluded spot on the
route they were bounced upon by%Jess
James and his gang of robbers. All were
invited to 'alight and line up by Jesse
himself, who, with two Others, sat upon
Their horses. Jesse's reputation as Il
bad man had gone before him and the
health seekers were not long in obeying his
command. Mr.. Burbank was relieved Of a
valuable diamond, Il sum of money and his
watch and chain. After all valuables were
collected Jesse called out: rs there a man
here who fought for the confederacy?"
confederate soldier. Wherein pom all that had
been taken from him was returned. A
preacher in the party made his profession
known and to him were returned his pos
sessions. Jease here Strengthened up and
remarked: w are gentlemen and do not
care to rob defenseless women and those
who fought the Iankee abolitionists, or
ministers of the gospel Six wears later
he a killed by Ford. A number of
watches were recovered, among which was
this.
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GREAT GUNS.
VISIT TO ONE OF THE GREAT FOUNDR|ES Of THE WORLl
WRITTEN FOR H SUNDAY INDEPENDENT.

WASHINGTON, April eff the materia-
ICED spirit Of old Rear Admiral Dahlgren,
who thirty years ago was with General Rod
man of the army, a mighty power in the,
science OF ordnance. could revisit the
scenes of his old triumphs in the Washing
ton navy yard, he would see some strange
things. Thirty-five years ago Captain Dahl
Gren, of the navy, and Lieutenant-G General
Itodman, of the army, filled a large portion
of the worlds eye. Both were at work on
monster guns for their respective branches
of their conntry's service. Dahlgren had
then perfected his eleven inch ~"Champagne
bottle'' smooth bore for the navy, and Col.
Rodman had zone him an inch better and
had mounted a twelve inch gun upon one
of the Notifications in New York harbor.
These were great ordnance triumphs, and
army and navy publications of the day were
filled with elaborate and graphic descrip-
tions of the awful destroyers." Even
foreign governments made note of the
enormous strides" in gun manufacture by
'the inventive genius of America" and
both Capt. Dahlgren and Col. Rodman sud-
denly found themselves in possession of
world wide fame.
There was very little difference in their
respective guns. Both possessed the same
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. weight of metal in the
breech. 1t was also shaped slightly differ
emit. OF course both invento 8 made
their guns of . cast iron. One
or two of the pits are yet in
existence in the Washington navy yard
where, under the personal and frequently
profane direction of Captain Dahlgren. the
moulds Of sand were formed and the moul-
ton lead poured in. 1t did not take long to
make a gun in those days. Two or three
weeks at the most was enough i'll which to
turn out a monster of the period. Those
nine and eleven-inch Dahlgren's did splen-
did service during the war. With them,
weak and inefficient as they would now be
regarded, Farragut won all his splendid
victories. and the navy generally covered
itself with glory.
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to the impact and explosion of n LOO
pound proiectile must be much greater. l
ought to say here" continued Commodore
Folgcr. THAT the length of a t~hirteen-inch
projectile will be about forty inches. Stand
one mp alongside an ordinary man and it
vonld reach nearly to his armpits."
How one of these great guns is made is
nm into, esting study. The evolution of
the ship of live oak into the steel cruiser
of to-day presents no more striking con-
trast than the evolution of the gun which
is to arm her. The huge furnace with its
weight OF melted iron 10 no more: tho
great casting pit with its SAM mould has
gone to keep company with the old Span
ish bronze retort. All the cffete tradi-
lions are cast aside. The manufacture of
otduance has becom n science. There is
required the snme genius, the same skill,
the snme delicacy in manipulation on
the pnrt of artisans, which a centu'y ago
was required to make Il watch. Picture
the ponderous machinery required to
make Il twelve inch rifle gun for the Mon
terey. and compare it with the delicncy
of the machine which turns out u Wal
than or Elpin watch. Both are beautiful,
both run noiselessly, both are controlled by
n maj III n blouse, representing the yerv
meme of development in American skilled
labor. The great and more imposing diff
ference is the magnitude OF the operation.
The machine which makes the watch, or
its various parts, could be put into n kodak
case: that which turns. borca, rifles and
polishes the great artillery to defend Uncle
Samuel, niloat aud ashore. weighs hundreds
of tons, Yet both sets of machinery work
with almost equal precision of touch and
perfection of result.
Commander O'Neill, of the navy, loves TO
show how n big twelve-mch gun IL finish d.
He ia Mt tho head of the big gun foundry.
He is on duty at the Washington navy yard
as inspector of ordnance" IL anybody
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But if the ghost of Admiral Dnhlgren
WAS stalking about now, the mighty high
power steel rifles which are to arm the new
navy, are not the only modern things that
would astonish him. He woulu find, for
instance, the sounQest chief of ordnance
that the navy ever had. How the old adj
miral would wonder, and perhaps swear, if
he we're living, to find one of the youngest
commanders III the service at the head of
the most important ordnance plant, and
the most important establishment of it's
kind in the world. Young Commander
Folger was given this position more than a
year ago. He has a ~commodore's rank and
pay, and he IS the youngest officer that
ever held the rank in the United
States navy. Commissioner Foleer
was yet Il midshipman at the Ma
val academy when Lee surren-
dered. and Lincoln was assassinated. and
was not given an ensign's rank until 1863.
Blu he has a genius for ordnance, like the
great Dahlgren had before him, and hence
his phenomenal rise i'll his profession.
The Washington gun foundry is the most
important establishment of its kline in the
world. 1t does not cover SO much ground
as that of the krupps i'll Germany. but it
has better and more improved mckinney,
and turns out what is conceded to be- the
best steel high power breach loading ord
nance in existence. Again, it is Il national
institution. manufacturing guns for the
United States government alone, while
hrupps' establishment is u private enter
prise making ordnance for anybody who will
buy. Perhaps one OF the most interesting
tributes paid to this magnificent establish
ment was paid recently by Sir Winfred
Hope, of the English artillery, an expert
who was sent over here last year to look at
what young Commodore Folger WAS doing.
In a long report which he made occurs this
gracious extract:
II spent the greater part of last Novem-
Der in Washington, where | was formerly
attnche to her majesty's legation, and
while there received a very kind invita-
tod to examine the now guns and the
navy yard. l knew that the runs made
there were OF the same general principle
rs the modern English and French guns,
and expected to condemn everything, but
in the end could only praise. The faulty
proportions and abominable workman
shin of our English guns is carefully
avoided, with the result that, unlike the
Elswick and Woolwich guns, tho Wash
lngton guns can be thoroughly relied on
to do what is professed for them. This is n
large statement, for the Elswich and Wool
wich guns cannot be relied upon to do more
than 80 to rs per cent. of what they are pro-
fessed to do. The Washington gun fnc-
tory is perfect, the lathes superior to any
in the county. and they work faster. The
secret of the good workmanship lies in
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i'll fact, | obtained much valuable inforua-
tlon regarding m " character, but very
little concerning the question which 1 was
trying to get points on.
knack rs an interviewer. Nv questions
seemed to be unnecessarily exciting. Even
my own nerves had suffered in my talk with
Miss Linden. l endeavol ed to quiet them
by a dinner in the Annexed District; and
when l called on Miss Dora sykes Brown,
IN the edge of the ev MIN, / believed that
| could make her talk Inrelligiblv. From
the nuggets of her poetry. which haze
cropped out in certain mag zines, / knew
her to be Il somewhat en- ,tional nature,
but l had prepared II formula ot Questions
which ought TO be more 500 hing than
chloroforn. First, what was her general
opinion of marriage. | never got further
scene, and nothing but the presence Of
mind of her father, who dropped me ont of
the parlor window, saved me from strangu-
lation.
| conducted the eight remaining inter
views by correspondence. Poor little
Maude! She rec eived all the replies. They
came by return mail. Maude doesn't usual
ly open my letters, but the handwriting on
one of these resembied that of Aunt Jennie,
ana SO She venture1 to pc p inside. She
found a modest but firm acceptance of my
offer OF marriage, accompanied by an invi-
tatlon to call, and n railroad time table
with the Express trains underlined in pen
Gil.
Her curiosity couldn't stand the strain,
and she opened the others. They were SUBJ
stantialiy the same. Some contained, be-
sides the time table, unused portions of
commuters tickets, or photographs en-
dotsed with the allegation that they did nos
have the presence Of mind to tell these
women that ] was married. or to give them
my office address, or 10 warn Maude of
what might happen.
had an awful time explaining tho case
to her. ON flat had never witnessed so
fearful a scene. Our treaty OF peace in
Guided the stipulation that Maude should
dictate my reply to the letters. If the re-
ciplents do not care for it as Il literary pro-
duction, they can use it to freeze ice cream.
But it didn't do much good. That was
over n month Ago.. Yesterday ! was idly
turning over my manuscripts in search of
something which would pay the gas bill.
"Maude," said I, where is the copy of
that Article which proves that Mar. inga is
Becoming U~npopular?'
ut may be under those papers on your
desk she replied.
| picked up the papers to which she re.
ferred. They We're notifications Of twelve
suits for breach of promise with broken
hearts ranging in value from $4,000 to
$4,000. The total is Il little over $500. 900.
/ am sorry for these ladies', but this is more
money h | can spare. If they win their
cases they will have to attach my salary.
which W.: st.tAce to settle their claims
within TIVE - .~ree thousand years.
turEeI t.om these drcary leqal docu-
ments TO my own Brilliant discussion of the
unpopulnrlty of marriage. II is much
moro interesting h the laborious compo-
sitions of the lawyers, and vet theirs seem
to be stronger argui:entatlvely.
II shall not publish this article" said |
to Maude; my conclusions appear to have
been hasty.' HOWARD FIELDING.
Copyrirht.
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lntion. ia Carried on the turning lathe and
its outer surface turned and polish ed. Then
comes the adjustment of tho hoops, which
are shrunk on in much The same way
"a thejacket, but being lighter thew are put
on with lighter machinery, When all is
finished the big gun is subjected to Il final
turning OF its outer surface. The MACH
merry which does this is massive; it moves
slowly, but eve'y bit md cutting ntensil
that IL brought to bear on tho gums sur
face works with mathematical accuracy.
lhe whole massive surface is turned with
a precision that IS nnrvelou, The little
bit that does its work cuts no wider than IL
sixteenth OF an inch ordeeper than affinity
secondth of an inch, but the big gun re
volve into its bite, md the
result is Il little coil of steel that is
stretched out indefinitely like an
elderly maiden lady'a curl. When that
process is finished the outer surface of tho
gun IL as smooth as n baby's skin, The
bore of the KUN has already been polished
like glass, The next important thing IL
the ritiing. Fifty-two spiral grooves have
to be cut into tho bore of Il l2-inch gun.
The great crane comes and takes the gun
to the riding cstinde Tho machinery of
this is too complicated to describe. but its
mechanism Is tluttlvss. II il the most
tedious process OF all that outors into the
manufacture of tho gun. Then comes the
cutting and boring for the brocch meclan.
ism. A separate and distinct machine does
this. Altogether it will he seen that the
making of Que of the big guns requires the
highest science and skill.
The ordnance department. has already
turned out l2S six-inch rifle gun and are
well along with fifty eisht-inch. Twenty
two ten-inch are either completed or par
italy completed. The ten-inch gun is i'll
most IA effective as the ~twelve-inch. These
arc the guns which arc To arm the monitors
Miantonomnh, Amphitrite, Manadnock.
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A CORN Err IN CATS.
The Profitable Speculation of an Old ca
~iTornian.

The Profitable Speculation of an Old CAL
ifornian.
You may talk about your wheat cor
ners," said the old forty-niner. "but thew
don't compare with the corner meats a man
got up i'll California in the early days. San
Francisco at that period a u tum blo-down
village of pine boards built on n marsh.
Tho place was overrun with large, long
talled. voraeious rats, which made life n
burden to the inhabitants. We who lived
there then weren't particularly delicate in
II personal tastes, but when it came to
losing toes and fingers whllewe slept we got
right M and objected to tho limit of our
vocabularies. There were Il few cats in the
town, OF course, but they were kept too
busy TO increas SO any, and their daily walks
were SO full of excitement that they didn't
live long. Well, it finally got to boa case
Bourse at $50 per ordinary cat. Experi-
onced cats and cats with records brought
higher prices. Down i'll the southern part
Of the STATE they had more cats than they
knew what to do with. A smart chap in
Los Angeles heard about the state of affairs
in Frisco. and he goes and borrows all the
money he can and then buys up every cat
sonth of Tohachipi ut four tor 81. Then
he loads Cap l~laley's Sea Bird with ON.
brings EN- up to ourtown and auctions 'en
OF. He gets rs high ~ $40 apiece and
clears several Thousand dollars. The cats
did the business, too, and inside of six
weeks there wasn't II solitary rat in San
Francisco. But We had adevil of time
afterwards getting rid of the cnts."-Chi-
Gago Post.