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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-03-04
.sHE BAPTIST oRPHANAGE.
Railroad Racket-Clover and Cookers
Religious Revlval-The Publac
Paths-Personal ParaR raphs.

GREENWOOD, 8 c., March 2, 1891.
The cold wave. struck Green Wooa tne Pc
tight by the lovers Of cold weather. We hope
It will serve to kill all the animal Re 10 ih1u-
rious to crops and ail germs OF disease: ior
who has nSthsasd Of that OLD
Several book.aeents in town last week.
Mr.. Connor from Cokesbury was 10 town
one day last week canvassing the place for
his new steam cooker. We believe he was
fairly successful In finding sale for IL.
The Rev. 8. Smith and family are boarding
at DR.. Eptlng's.
Mr.. Tom Walker, who is now contested
in town on visit TO his family.
visit 10 her parents In Charleston.
& N. road Saturday, he is at the hotel from
In accordance with his request, prayer
meetings were held every evening last week.
way 10 large congregation on Sunday morn.
ing. People were present from many neigh.
boring towns 10 hear the great evangelist
stores and suspend business every day nom
1890 q. M. To IL clock. Services will be held
every evening at p. m. choir singing and
meeting begin at 7:3O p. m. sharp. Mr.. Fife
their attendance TO the minute. We hope his
coming TO Greenwood will not be In vain but
that many souls will be brougt TO Christ.
We are glad 10 see the roads and streets
are being attended 70; This was getting 70
be serious matter, the farmers have been
complaining much, they sny their teams can
scarcely pull through the deep mud In and
around The streets are being
bridge, side walk Is being made also.
Mrs. T. Anderson OF Ninety-Six' spent one
day in town with Mrs. Lewis Moore last
Mrs. Miller McCaslan OF Laurens was In
town Tuesday.
ton where he will spend the week.
Among the many visitors In town TO hear
Mr.. Fife Sunday, were Mr.. and Mrs. David
Aiken, Miss Annie Cothran OF Bradley, Miss
Bette Blake Of Ninety.si1, Messrs: Blake
whose names we failed to secure.
Mrs. Tabby McKellar has been visiting In
South West Georgia, where she has been
to attend TO matters Of bushes.
sui liable site for the Baptist Orphanage
which will be erected in the near future.
The committee are here now and Will pro:
eeed 70 purchase the ground S for PIT the RIGposed
Greenwood, and we hope that before long this
orphanage will cease to be q dream but be-
come blessed reality.
Vile direct 10 Charleston via. Clinton over
the Columbia, Laurens 4 Newberry r. r.
which is completed to ClintonI
purpose OF introducing clover and other
grasses In this part Of the State. A right
step in the right direction.
Miss Sue Kitchen OF Winnsboro Ia visiting
Miss Lizzie Kerr.
Mr.. Walter Cameron is Ia New York pur.
chasing bis Spring stock Of goods. He is o
live merchant and will doubtless bring In
good selection.
Mr. ;Percy Hartzog has returned home
from Wofford College; he has been very un.
we'll and Is at home for medical attention.
We hear that large crowd from Abbevtlls
and other places are expecting 10 come TO the
Fife meeting on Thursday, special rates on
the railroad Is desired. +.
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SALE DAY.
A Small Attendance -.. Few Sales -.
Much Whisk

A Small Attendance .-- Few Sales ...
Much Whiskey-GuzzIing.
J Last Sale Day was one OF no special note at
tAbbeville. The attendance was rs usual on
Sale Day In March, rather SLIM but they did
their full share OF drinking, Without vioat-
Ing the peace, or doing other harm than Is
incident to a plain drunk.
The merchants did n fair business, but We
believe the sales were much less than they
were on the Saturday previous.
: Only four official sales were made-two BY
the Probate Judge and two by the Master.
,sAs usual Mr.. Leroy Wilson "auctioned off
a number OF spring colts and princing young
animals, prices ranging rom SlO up 10 say SSS.
Noah carried into the Ark, was sold for $3.50.
The buyer subsequent transferred his old to
another, for profit OF fifty cents.
Several subscribers to stock In the Farmers
Bank offered their stock for sale, and we be-
DIeve every share was readily sold to the
towns people at par. The farmers having
succeeded in establishing the bank. they care
very little for holding the stock, since they
: can now get all the advantages Of cheap
( loans OF money, with which 10 make their
crops.
SALES BY THE PROBATE COURT.
5 The real estate OF William A. Scott, de-
5 ceased, 100 acres, more or less. bounded By
lands OF John w. Morrah and John Scott
sold to John w. Morrah for $500.
81 acres belonging to the estate of Margaret
4. Sharp, deceased, by lands of A. j. Melee
W. n. Sharp, and others. sold TO A. j. Mckee
for 1886.
SALES BY THE MASTER.
p acres belonging 10 G: +. Blgby;,; adjoining M
Mrs. Thomas H. Blgby, sold to l.. A. and IT.
Brock for S6lG.
1872 acres In foreclosure against Mary E.
Brown, adjoining lands OF j. f. Calhoun, NJ
J. McCelvey, c. A. White. and other, 10 F. b.
Gary, attorney, for S6l0.
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the surface water being made to penetrate
to depth Of more than fifty feet.
In cities which are closely built the best
of water can be had by boring or drilling
to depth Of from 100 to 800 feet. Wells
for domestic or farm use or for watering
stock, where from 1000 to 5,oO0, gallons
are required, are usually made six inches
In diameter and varying from IS to 400
feet deep, at which depths a supply OF
water averaging from 1000 to 10000 gal
Ions per day can be had. The amount OF
water required for domestic purposes per
capita, with a due allowance for waste,
cannot be estimated at less than from
thirty to fifty gallons, without baths. A
full sized bath will consume from thirty
to forty gallons.
After the we'll Is completed pump Is
placed in the tube, and the water Is forced
into q tank or reservoir at sufficient
height to distribute the water to the top OF
the highest buildings. The power used Is
sometimes a steam pump or hot air engine,
but the cheapest power known for a pri-
vate dwelling or small village is the wind
mill, for it is an untiring servant, labors
day and night without food, fuel, wages or
instructions, and never fails.
The accompanying cuts show accurately
the plan and elevation Of tank water
tower with a windmill ut the top. The
pump is in the cellar, and the tank is in
the tower near the top, and has all the
requisite pipes and connections. The sys'
tenn Of tank support and windmill tower
for supplying suburban residences and
small villages was first applied by Andrew
J. Corcoran, in 1861, on small and eco
nomical basis, but as its advantages over
the old plan of storing many tons of water
in the top of the building became better
known itrapidly grew in favor. The objec-
tions to the old fashioned style Of storing
water were the great additional weight to
be sustained and the extra cost entailed,
which could be far more advantageously
expended in a tank tower whereby all
possible damage to dwelling by leakage
or otherwise could be avoided. Every
householder has acquired by painful expe-
rience knowledge Of the cracking OF ex-
pensive plastering and frescoed ceilings,
caused by the huctuating strains as the
weight of the water increased or decreased
with the filing or emptying Of the tank.
Then there WAS dread Of leakage, which
might mean food, for, until the tank
was emptied by its small distributing
pipe, there could be no relief. Again, OBJ
structions in the pipes might cause the
tank to overflow, and a sufficient outlet
could not be obtained in such contin-
gency.
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A motion was recently made In the
Chamber of Deputies In the City of
Mexico to expel from the country all
priests who are not citizens. It Is
deemed by advocating this action that
foreign priests are inimical to the vel
fare of the State. Changes now going
forward in Roman Catholic countries,
both on the American and European
continents, indicate the rapid progress
being made by religious freedom, and
the speedy overthrow of priestcraft
which has for centuries controlled the
Governments of great States.-New
York Christian Advocate.
Governor Tillman has appointed
Miss NJ. l.. Yergin, of Leesville, Miss
Han nah Hemphill, of Abbeville. and
Prof. D. b. Johnson of Columbia, as
commission to ascertain and report
the cost of o normal and industrlai
school for women, as provided Tor IN
concurrent resolution passed oy the
last General Assembly.
Samoa has recently attracted much
attention. A large proportion OF the
Samoans are Christians, and q mission
ary saws that lie would be willing to
match any twenty men, women ana
children that he might meet there
against any twenty met at random IN
this country as to their knowledge OF
the Word of God.
It is estimated that the total cost OF
the recent campaign against the sioux
Indians will be not less than $2,0OO,-
600, "a sum sufficient to have given
the Sioux the 100000 annual appro..
priation promised them, for period
of twenty years." This appears to be
an enormous sum to expend for the
luxury of killing Indians, but the
Government will be lucky If 1t gets
off so lightly. The Sioux war may
vet prove to be perfect harvest to AZ
my contractors and pension sha harks.
All music in the house of God
should be based upon and governed by
the great idea that music as part OF
the Service in religious congregation
is an act of worship rendered to God:
1t should hence be chiefly vocal and OF
such q character that the congregation
can ioin in it. The abandonment OF
this idea is q perversion of the funda-
mental idea Of church music.
The man who robs God cheats hlm'
self.
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also Of combust-
ible gas. Wells
were also numer-
Gus in ancient
Greece, and pre-
vious to the time
of Appius Claud-
ius Cesar the city
Of Rome received
its water supply
chiefly from wells.
At Pompen q very
fine we'll 116 feet
ep was dis
covered near the
gate of the Pan
theon. Good wells
yielding an abund-
ance Of pure water
can be made In
low, swampy dis
tricts by boring or
drilling and put
ting down q water
tight metal case
from fifty to
seventy-fve fe ct
below the surface
of the ground. II
the houses are
more numerous
than four to the
acre, wells for
drinking " ater
must be made
from sixty to a
h,pdrod foot: dean
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-03-04

Water we will Have No Use for
Extensive and Intellectual Fire En-.
Rines. Practical SuggestiOns for
the Ear of the Town Of AbbevflIe.
Periodically, or spasmodically, some
body breaks out with pressing demand
for fire engine in the town of Able
Vile.
Believing that water tower and wind
mill would be worth a thousand times
more than an old engine stored in some
body's back lot, we submit; the following
for the consideration OF people aud coun-
Gil:
In the sanitary arrangement of homes
there is no feature more important than
the water supply. In many communities
the only available water supply is from
wells The water obtained from open or
shallow wells near large towns or cities Is
invariably contaminated with organic mat
ter, ammonia, nitrates and chlorides. the
ammonia being obtained by putrefaction,
and the nitrates by the oxidation Of the
organic matter.
But procuring a good water supply Is
only question of depth. With the aid Of
modern improved machinery water can be
found in any country by sinking artesian
wells
Wells were used in China at an early
period, not only as q source Of water, but
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-03-04
BERMUDA GRASS.

Where to Get It...A Generous Offer.
DUE WEST, S. C., March 2, 1891.
Editor Press and Banner;
DEAR SIR.-I see in your paper G. W. john
son wants to know where TO get Bermuda
grass If he or any one else will come for II,
will let them have what roots they want, or
If they wish - will have them gathered and
send them by freight and charge only for
gathering them and delivering to the depot.
Respectfully, j. Ii. WREN.
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w. Joel Smith & Sons Cotton Planters.

= We have in stock and TO arrive this week
the three best Cotton planters known. The
sPalmetto" or Wilson" Dow Law sW,oo,,In ano
Prices reasonable. Smith & Sons.
We are receiving big stock of Spring
Clothing. Come and see US. w. Joel Smith
z d Sons.
s Our line Of Spring Hats Ia superb. Call on
us and get good choice. Our stock Of crush
9bats 10 the largest ever brought to Abbevilie.
Smith Sons.
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THE RAILROAD CROSSINGS.
The County Commissioners Waiting
for the Town Council to Act.
ABBEvILLE, s. G., March 2nd, 1891.

In conversation with the County Commits.
sioners we learn that they are ready and will.
ing to make the needed change In the public
road near the Tusten place, so as to save risk
of teams In crossing the railroad.
They nre waiting for the town council to
open their part of the road, which IL the great
er part. The town council have exclusive
control of the public roads inside the incorpo.
rate limits, and as soon as they open their
part OF the road the County Commissioners
will at once perform their part Of the work.
1t is matter Of some Importance, and we
have no doubt that the authorities Will give
the matter prompt attention.
The cars will be running regularly In q little
while and as citizens run considerable risk In
crossing the road, the sooner IL Is aIlenaeo
to the better for all parties.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-03-04

New millinery just received at X. NJ. Had
don T. Co.
Just received: 200 copy latest novels in pa
per covers at Lnwsons.
Ladies', misses and children shoes, full line
ut Il. NJ. IIaddon & Co.
Ladies', misses and children hosiery. colored
and fast blacks ut r. NJ Haddon Co.
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Speak Now, or Else Forever Hold
Your Peace.

I II there is error in the date opposite to your
name on the address label, please notify US al
once, 80 that we may correct 1t.
!, II, for any reason, you object to your own
name appearing with the rest, please say sn
, at once.
Except In cases where Individual objection
is made, we will publish the entire list, in
cluding post Office address, and the date to
which each has paid.
: Silence gives consent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-03-04
A South Carolina Student Does Bloody
Work in Baltimore.
Baltimore Sun.

A. w. Wilmington. q saleman In Lexing.
ton Street store, and james NJ. Kennedy, of
South Carolina, a medical student At the
nome mars OH Of Henry K. Hayes No. Goi North Cal.
vert street. Yesterday morning they guar
relied in the room OF Wilmington, and Whit.
tington was badly cut In q struggle that en-,
ARRAY. Kennedy, who was arrested last
night, said he acted In self defense. On the
other hand Wilmington said: "kepneoy
came TO the room occupied by me and Thos.
r. Collins, TO see the latter, who was sick: .:
When he entered he remarked to me: You
don't seem 70 like me- md ! replied. NO, l
do not. and wish you would not come mere
except when am out 81, Aner har ieW "rd %G1e be
sprung upon me and began cutting me with
knife or some other sharp instrument we
struggled together until he saw that l getting
the advantage when he broke away and ran
down stairs. was bleeding from the gashes
in my side and back and called out for assist
ance, and In the confusion that followed
Kennedy left the house"
mated, said: THE young men have oeen
boarding here for some time and apparently
were good friends until short lime ago.
when Mr.. Kennedy objected 10 Mr.; Mhitting-
saying that 1t was not respectful TO me. AS
soon as we learned that MIR. Wilmington was
cut we sent 10 the City hospital for physl-
clan, and DR.. Julius FrledenWald came up 10
tai" DR.. Friedenwald said that Wilmington
had thirteen wounds, six on his left Side, four
on his chest, two on his right side and one on
his left hand. Only one Of the wounds Is Sc
rIous, being cash nearly five inches deep ID
the left side over the Kidneys.
He said he couldn't say whether the wound
would prove fatal. Detectives Barrenger ana
Hogan and Sergeant Ward were detailed to
arrest Kennedy. They arrested him In the
room OF a fellow student. Kennedy was
locked up at the central police station;
Wilmington Is about thirty years old ana
Kennedy about twenty-elght.
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Last Call.

We expect to publish our list on March II,
or on March Is. If the date opposite your
name ON the address label Is wrong, please
notify us. If in arrears, we hope that you
may yet have the date moved up.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-03-04

Great and special bargains In winter wraps
during Court week. W. f. Bell
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-03-04

When YOU come to town sales-day, don't
fail to call and see me. / have ai bargains odO 10
offer In shoes: winter wraps oress soo"s
ginshum &c. w. L. Bell.
we have a very fue hammerlcss breach
loading shot gun that we will sell at bargain
Snortsmen take notice. w. Joel Smith q
Sons.
The James Means $3.50 farmers shoe leads
the hat Come and see them and you Will
buy pair. For sale only by w. Joel Smith
Co.
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WIND AND WATER,
TANK TOWER AND WIND MILL IS WHAT
WE NEED.

If We Have an Abundant Supply Of
Water we will Have No Use for
Extensive anu lnenectual FIRE En-.
Eines. Practical Suggestions for
the Ear of the ToWn Of AbbevflIe.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-08-12
MORTGAGE SALE.

4
Whereas default has been made in the payment
of the money secured by mortgage, dated the
25th day of March, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and seventy executed by James
Trodden and Catherine Trodden, his wife, TO Henry
Bolton and Donald McRae, partners comprising
the firm of Bolton & McRae, which said mortgage
was recorded in the Office of the Register OF Deeds
of the county of Alpena, in lber one OF mortgages
on page $780, on the 18th day of April, IN the year
1875 And, whereas, the amount claimed to be due
on said mortgage ut the date of this notice, Is the
sum of sixteen hundred and one and 5-100ths dol
lars of principal and interest, which is the whole
amount claimed TO be unpaid on said mortgage;
and no suit proceeding having been Instituted
at law to recover the debt secured by said mott
gage or any part thereof, whereby the power of
sale contained in said mortgage has become opera
tive;
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given, that by
virtue OF the said power of sale, and In pursuance
of the statute in such case made and provided, the
said mortgage will be forclosed by a sale OF the
premises therein described, Mt public auction, to the
highest bidder, Mt the Chisholm street front door
OF the Court House, the city of Alpena, IN said
county OF Alrena. and state of Michigan, on the
10th day of September, 1891, ut ten O'Clock IN the
forenoon Of that day, which said premises are de-
scribed in said mortgage MS follows: All those
certain pieces or parcels of land situate in the
county OF Alpena state Of Michigan, and deserlb-
ed rs follows, wit: Lo' number six (6l, and the
southwest quarter of the northeast quarter OF
section one IL in town thirty 1901 nth, of range
nine t9l east, together with the buildings and up
HENRY BOLTON,
DONALD McRAE,
Dated, June 10Th, 1891. Mortgages.
DEPEw & RUTHERFORD,
Attorneys. lO3o
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-08-12
Rothschild and the Communists.

During the revolutionary period in
Paris in 1S4S, a committee of seven
communists called at the Rothschild
establishment and demanded to see the
famous banker. Rothschild appear
ed, as suave as you please. spray be
seated, gentlemen" said he, "and now
what can | do for you ?"
"Rothschild," said the chairman OF
of the committee, "our time has come
at last. The people are triumphant
the commune is on top"
"Good for the people-vive la com.
mune !" cried Rothschild, gleefully.
1.-THE time has come" continued the
chairman of the committee, when each
must share equally with his fellow cit.
izen. We have been delegated to call
on you and inform you that you must
share your enormous wealth with your
countrymen."
Gift is so decreed," said Rothschild,
urbanely, II shall cheerfully comply.
Al how much is my fortune estimat-
ed"
cat 2OO,OOO.OOO francs" replied the
leader boldly.
"And at what is the population Of
France estimated ?" asked Rothschild
1--WE figure it 5O,0O0.OOO," was the
answer.
"Well, them" said Rothschild, iii
would appear that l owe each of my
oountrymen about four francs. Now
here, gentlemen" he continued putting
his hand in his pocket and producing
a lot of silver, "here are % franc:
for you. have paid each of you
have l not? Please give me your re
ceipt therefor; and so, good-day tc
you"
The committee retired, and the com
mune never pestered the wary finan
cier again.-Mislaid or Stolen.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-08-12
Battlefield Mummies.

A sea captain, who had recently
returned from long cruise along the
South American coast, reports some
very strange and interesting sights,
especially in Peru. He visited the
battlefield of 1arapaca, where the
Chilians defeated the Peruvians with
great slaughter in November, 1879.
The Peruvians lost 1000 men, and
were forced to leave them unburied on
the field.
In almost any other country all
these corpses would in a few weeks
have been reduced to skeletons, either
by wild beasts or by the action of the
elements. Here, however, for more
than a hundred miles on either side OF
the battlefield there is not spear OF
grass, and as a natural result there
are no wild animals.
The soil, moreover, is strongly i'm
pregnated with nitrate of soda, and
this, in connection with the hot, dry
atmosphere, has literally converted
men and horses into perfect mummies.
The captain visited the place first
by moonlight, and, as may we'll be i'm
agined, was greatly impressed by the
strange spectacle. To all appearance
the battle might have been fought
but day or two before. The uni
forms were still bright and the steel
weapons untarnished.
Inspection by daylight brought out
a still more curious phenomenon
The hair had continued to grow, both
on the men and on the horses, some
time after death. Some of the SOL
diers' heads were covered with excess
lively long hair, while the horses tails
were long enough to trail for some dis
lance on the ground.-Youth's Com
panion.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-08-12
He Had a Hot Temper.

King William ILL.,, of the Neither
lands, who died a few days ago, was,
in his best days, man of frightful
temper. The person who excited
him above all others was the lank,
phlegmatic Thorbecke, who left the
desk of a Utretcht professorship to
become a minister Of state. The
king expressed his contempt for
Thorbecke by always addressing him
as "Sir Professor" In 1870, while
William was drifting swiftly to-
ward an alliance with France, in
order that he might avenge the
wrongs all Dutchmen feel they
have sustained at German hands, the
Professor" was selected to convince
the king that his people would not
support him in such a course. Thor
beckc entered the kings bed
chamber with his hands behind him