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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
JONES NEWS.
- Pains - Pretty women :
Thoughtful Suggestions.

Thoughtful Suggestions.
Jones, S. c., Feb. 4, 1893.
Mr.. Allen Dodson fell from his door the 9TH
er day and was painfully hurt. SO much so
Thai he is still confined to his bed.
Mrs. Dodson's hand Is still In very painful
Mt I,yon. who has assumed charge OF the
Mt. Gallagher school vice Mr.. W1deinan re,
in the lions den, but he now realizes Lyon 10
Daniels den. There ure good many Daniels
In the community.
COW not long since by its falling into gu'ley
Mr.. George Robertson has been sick lor sew
Miss Clara Rasor is right Stck at this wr-
ting. Miss Clara Is an aceomplished young
iady and we'll deserves the excellent schoo
she so successfully presides over at turkey
We see a great deal said in the newspapers
abont the State debt, the Dispensary and Rail-
road laws. Our opinion Is, that II more peo.
Die would give attention 10 the settling OF
their.own debts and managing thelr own prl-
vate "dispensaries" and financial business, az
we'll as their moral duties, we would be q
more prosperous and social people Our peo-
ple here are not troubled In the least over The
passape OF these laws. They have been enact
ed and 1t is our duty, as weli Us the uuty y,Gl ol
every other true citizen, TO obey them. We
would not consider ourselves laW.abiding CIT.
zens If we did not That's the way we leei
about II over here.
In Illuminating, AS Bill arp "ouiu say ofSi
these and other affairs, both public and pri-
yate, we make the following observations:
That economy Is Jewel 100 seldom sought
for both In public and In private business;
| That some people seem TO think that what.
ever suits them or their notions Is right ana
all else is wrong.
That there IL too great lack OF confidence
among our people, and what Is worse, III some ,s
Instances at least, there III reason 1or such
lack.
man who would use II Tor selnsn gam, OF VINO
wouId commit u wrong or violate the trust
i'm posed upon him for the sake OF popularity
is not worthy the confidence nor the res pecl
of his constituency.
and 100 little done in the way Of progress ana
reform in all departments OF life. . ~
That X should not become angry Wlth i,
because y, by his own honest efforts ana Dy
strict integrity and rigid economy happens 10
meet with greater success and prosperity thah
he. Pompey.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 1898.
Ruuch is Better.

twill be a source of pleasure to his friends
10 learn that Mr.. Bunch McBee, the great rail-
road manager, has been cured Of the bad cold
nom which he has been suffering for fifteen
years. He found patent medicine that did
the work for him. and he certlfles that II Is
the best on earth. We presume from his
abatement, that he has tried them all.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
GOOD SHOWING.
The LOwndesviIIe Bank I'm Pros.
porous condition.

The report OF the condition OF the Lowndes-
will be pleased. The capital stock Ia small
and II seems we'll that the net earnings were
placed TO the surplus account instend of be-
Ing divided out among the stockholders,
Ing success of his bank.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
The Piedmont Headlight.

We are in receipt of the first issue of the
Piedmont Headlight. 1t is an eight page pa
per, and presents neat typographical ap'
pearance, and bears evidence OF energy and
ability.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
EXCURSION OVER THE G., c. & n.
To the Inauguration at Washington

To the Inauguration at Washington.
The seaboard Air Line will sell round trip
tickets to the inauguration ceremonies on
March l, and March 3, for trains scheduled to
arrive in Washington before March 4, With
final limit 10 March s. All tickets to be lin.
tied 70 a continuous passagein each direction.
The rates will be. from Abbeville, S2l.S5 from
Greenwood, S2l.20.
TO Mardi.Gras Carnival, New Orleans.
The Seaboard Air Line will sell round trip
tickets for the above occasion from February
10 TO February Is. inclusive, limited TO q con,
tinuous passage in each direction, with final
limit. February q. From Abbevllle, S2l5,
from Greenwood, $R.SO.
To Mardi.Gras Carnival, Mobile.
Excursion tickets will be sold over the sea ga
hoard Air Line: From Abbeville, Sl125;
rroIn Greenwood. sls.55. Tickets on sale Feb
ruaay 10. ii, 70, and 18th, limited to February
as. Continuous passage each way.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08

Big lot of table damask in white and rcd nj
A. w. Smiths To be sold ut bargain, aiso
doiles and napkins.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
Thirty.TWo Acres,
The State of South Carolina

COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE.
PROBATE COURT.
In the matter OF the Estate OF Rev. B. F. NIL
Ter, Deceased.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
ALL persons indebted to said Estate must
q setLle Without delay, and those holding
claims against the Estate must present them
properly attested ,,,,,s To Ny uoproN
Feb :, 1898, St Executor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08
DIspENsARY OR PROHIBITION.

Some Facts and Figures-WiIl Sixty
Freeholders at AbbevilIe Disrc.
gard the Will of the Whole Peo-
pIe ?-Will Governor Tillman Bull.
dOxe the Prohtbitionists and In.
timidate His Friends7
. Total prohibition vote in Abbeville county
last August: ,
For Prohibition. ....... ....-............2lSl
Against ibition.-..."................. 40
Less than one-tfth OF the votes cast being
in favor OF the licensed bars.
or the vote against prohibition -
Abbeville ast......."..................... 59
Bradley -......-.-..-........-......... 4o
Greenwood ................ ........ ...... q
Due w u
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08

A new line of cigars just received nj the
New Drug Store. Harrison Game.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-08

ouR FIRST SHIPMENTS now in STOCK
~ and to arrive this week: '-. .s.
so pieces Spring Calicoes. .. .&
30 pieces Spring Ginghama.
| rs pieces Stripe and Plaid Outing Cloths.
Just the thing for blazer or dress
30 pieces Checked and stripe NainsooRs
Tabis Dnmasks, Doylies to match. Linen
Crash, Stripe and Check Linens, &c.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-20

The claim that the telephone bus
mess is conducted on sound princi-
pies seems plausible, but really it is
By hearsay evidence.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-20
G, and all alike are so

sequence, and all alike are so
reputed.'
When Hindman was appointed to
the McKusick vacancy he wouldn't
qualify. And now Lieut.. Lowering,
q. S. A, ordered to take the position,
is fighting hard against becoming the
Sisseton agent. What's the matter
up there any way? The delegation
here united on Mr.. Ross of Woon-
socket for the position, but Mr.
Harrison wouldn't appoint him.
Mr.. Blaine is sick unto death. He
can never recover. Natures resources
are nearly exhausted and the man of
iron that he was for forty years is on
his dying bed. He may hold on for
several weeks; but the chances are
that the end will come suddenly.
Five senators have died since this
congress began. Anothers is
hopelessly stricken and his demise
is hourly expected. / refer to sena-
tor Colquitt of Georgia. The
Georgian andhis wife are at their
home in adjoining rooms, each suffer.
ing with paralysis.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-20
Frozen to the Halls.

Passengers on the diamond
Special" from St. Louis to Chicago
had strange experience the other
day. The train arrived at Chicago
several hours late. When the train
men and passengers accounted for
the delay by relating that the
locomotive had been frozen to the
track for four hours, their friends
appeared incredulous, and doubtless
regarded them as fit subjects for
membership in the Munchausen club.
Such however, is said to be the true
explanation of the failure of the
train to show up in Chicago on
time.
Coming up through Illinois the
train stopped at a water tank about
a mile and half this side of Gibson.
Three or four minutes were occupied
filing the locomotive tender. When
the engineer gently pulled the
throttle the engine putfed vehemently
and the driving wheels whirled
around, but the locomotive did not
move an inch. Sand was let out on
the track, but the locomotive still
stood in its place, with its driving
wheels spinning around like wind
mill sails in gale.
Then there was investigation.
1t was found that the overflow from
the tank, while the engine was
taking water, had congealed on the
trucks of the tender and fastened the
wheels to the track. The trainmen
cut the ice from the tracks but to no
purpose. Finally the conductor
walked a mile and half to Gibson,
where he telegraphed for another
locomotive, and when it arrived it
backed up against the frozen train
and bumped" it loose.
The wheels had been frozen to the
track from o'clock in the morning
until s. Men who have been in the
railroad business for years say they
never heard OF a train having been
frozen to the track before.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-20
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS.

A new postot1ice has been estab-
Iished at St. Andrew, Walsh county,
Thomas J. Mahoney, postmaster.
Attorney General Standish gives
the blind pigs notice that he is after
them and proposes to stamp out vio-
lations of the law wherever discoy-
cred.
Deputy Marshal Hennessey cap
tured, near Winnipeg, Toby Moran
and Patrick Morrisso, who fled from
arrest two weeks ago from Rolla.
Moran was indicted for selling liquor
to Indians: Morrisso for fraudulent
land proofs.
The Press Association has amended
the constitution providing for mid
summer meeting and appointed E. j.
Jennings, of the Northwestern News
paper Union, a committee to arrange
joint excursion with the Minnesota
association to the worlds fair.
The Devils Lake flour mill and
elevator, with its entire contents and
machinery, burned to the ground last
week The elevator was full of wheat
and a large supply of flour was on
hand. A. w. Schmidt, proprietor
places the loss at $43,O 900: insurance
about s27 900.
The Congregational church work ir
North Dakota sums up thus: Thirty
seven church edifices, valued at S95,
$50: fifteen parsonages, worth s15,
500; Fargo college, worth $1,000
Congregational property in the state
worth Sl96, 450. The American Home
Missionary Society has expended ovel
100000 in building up this work
Forty ministers are actively engaged
The Rolette county land conspiracy
case, which has been on trial in the
United States court for the past three
weeks has been finished. NJ. Dealy
president of the Bank of Rolla, w
w. Alien, president of the Bank o.
St. John, Edward Labarge, deputy
clerk of court and H. Fl. Fritz, CLERK
of the court in Rolette county, were
charged with conspiracy to defrauo
the government by inducing half
breeds in the Turtle mountains tt
make final proofs on government
lands without complying with thu
laws. The jury, after being out eight
hours, found Dealy, Allen anc La
barge guilty and Fritz not guiluy.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-20

NORTH DAKOTA BANKS.
Some Recommendations Made by Public
Examiner Wallace.

some Recommendations Made by Public
Examiner Wallace.
Much valuable information about
North Dakota banks and the state
banking law is found in Public Exam
iner Wallace's report to the Governor
The report claims that the law has
been of great advantage to North
Dakota, having added S1,O0O,OO0 to
the states assessed valuation. The
public examiner recommends that
the minimum capital of the state
banks should be increased to $4,000.
1t is also recommended that the pub
lie examiner should be given the
same authority over state banks as
the comptroller of the currency has
over national banks, viz, to at once
take charge of and appoint receiver
for banks found insolvent. Regard
ing uSury the examiner recommends
an amendment to the present law,
which he says is violated every day.
He suggests that the state and
national banks should be placed on
an equal footing in this matter. 1t
is recommended that the state banks
be required to pay small sum for
examination. according to their cap
ital stock, and that an increase of
s., ,2o0 for necessary clerk hire and
expenses be allowed by the legis-
lature.
The report says four banks have
gone out Of business during the year,
or have been succeeded by other
banks. The only failure was the
Farmers and Merchants bank of
Glendale, which was due to ineXperi-
enced banking methods and to the
purchase Of assets far in advance Of
their value. The stockholders were
about the only losers.
Regarding the E. A. Mears institu-
tions, about which great deal of
unfavorable comment has appeared
in the northwestern press, the exam
iner goes into some details in stating
| the conditions of these banks. They
are located at Fargo, Minot, Towner,
Rugby and Edgely. He states that
1.-The assets are poor and nothing like
charged value can ever be realized
from them; that the bills receivable
are long past due; that the bond
accounts consist of bonds secured by
real estate mortgages, many On claims
that have been abandoned, and that,
unless great rush of immigration
takes place, these securities. in his
opinion, will not bring fifty per cent.
Of their face value.' The report
declares that no one can ascertain the
real condition of these institutions
without all are examined at the same
time and much additional informa-
tion furnished by eastern stockhold-
ers. The public examiner states in
conclusion that no power in the state
law gives him the right to force the
of receivers for such
banks, and that the stockholders
themselves have their recourse in
the courts.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-20

PHILIP IT. CIUBB.
Has sold these things to me.
HENRY HUDSON,
WitnesS-Alice Hudson.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-20
HIS TERRIBLE TUMBLE.
How 1t Feels to Lose Ones Hold of a
Balloon.

Marion F. Ezell, the only son of a
| well-known jeweler of Atlanta, is on
visit to his parents in that city
says the Savannah News. He fell
from balloon at TOlchester Beach
Md, on Aug. IL last, and has been
lying in the Maryland University
Hospital for months with a terribly
shattered leg. In telling of his ter,
rible fall he said: 81 had just bought
the largest balloon in the country,
which l still own. 1t is ITO feet high,
and at that time was in leaky con
dition-all new balloons are some.
what leaky. For this reason | did
not want an assistant to accompany
me in this first ascension with a new
balloon, but the management wanted
him to go up, SO we started. As we
swung upward, | was holding to the
trapeze, which was attached to a par
achute at the bottom of the balloon:
below me was another parachute
fastened to the trapeZe by iron rings.
TO this Mike Marx, my assistant,
clung. When we reached an altitude
of 100 feet Marx cut loose his para
chute and descended safely to the
ground. | was not SO fortunate.
Swinging on my knees on the trapeze
bar, | was just on the point of cutting
loose fhn n N fn ahny-n Lo
the balloon gave a sudden lurch and
dropped about fifteen feet. l lost my
hold. / was perfectly myself, for,
realizing that a fall head downward
meant instant death, l braced my
arms and turned in the air, pointing
my feet foremost and bent nv knees.
intending to strike the earth on my
toes in sitting posture to break the
force of the fall. But my right foot
twisted under me with my whole
weight on it," He at once cut the
shoe from his foot, and found the
mollid bone protruding from the flesh
lie tried to push the bone into posi-
tion but failed. He did not lose con-
sciOusness, and while being removed
to the hospital On stretcher smoked
twelve strong cigars. A compound
fracture Of the right ankle had been
sustained, the leg swelled and the
surgeons said that he would die of
blood poison unless it was ampu-
tated. He objected SO strongly to
losing his leg that they determined to
perform a most doubtful operation.
A fine silver wire was frightened
around the lover thigh, and during
his stay in the hospital no less than
twelve splits downward were made in
the leg. Two holes were also bored
in the calf and rubber tubes inserted
to extract the pus. The swelling was
gradually reduced, and after several
weeks his coudition had SO much
improved that he was able to bear
the removal of the shattered socket
and the substitution of an artificial
one.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-20

A new marine light which Will
soon be in place near Havre will be
the most powerful in the world. 1t
will he visible at sea distance of
from twenty-five to tifty-tWo miles,
according to the condition Of the
weather.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-20

The annual report OF the Society
for the Protection of Birds Of Great
Britain states that the English gold
finch is threatened with extinction,
because Of the present demand for it's
feathers for "murderous millinery"
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-20

Itis claimed for the magnesium
fash light for lighthouses, intro
duced Xperimentally IN Germany,
that its ability to penetrate almost
opaque atmospheres exceeds that of
any other known light.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-20

Numerous experiments to determ-
inc the best fire resisting materials
for the construction Of doors have
proved that wood covered with tin
resisted the fire better than an iron
door.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-20

w. II. Mallock declares that Scott
and Dickens are not only read by
many people, but they are read by
more people today than they ever
we're before.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-20

Natural selection does not seem to
enter the case when it comes to select
ing a jury.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-20
Sold His Wife.

A remarkable transaction has come
to light in Sage township, northwest
of jackson, Mich. A farmer named
Henry M. Hudson has disposed of his
wife to a ncighbor, Philip II. Chubb,
the consideration being various farm
ing interests and supplies. A docu-
ment wa, >twn up setting forth the
TRANSACTION. The exchange has
taken place, and Mrs. Hudson who
was is now installed as mistress at
the Chubb farm. The affair is
causing no little amusement through
out the state. The document is
given verbatim herewith. The spell
ing aud wording are preserved
throughout:
Arrangement Betwixt p ii. Chubb
Of The Irst Part and henry Nj. hud-
son. Of the seXent Part he does agree
TO sell Alice hudson, his Wife, to
p. II. Chubb for these things what is
named down below Marsh hay and
buckwheat and potatoes, and one
grain cradle one hand rake one plOW
and set Of white treas and 3
derases one grass sithe ] barrel
Of salt 10 window sash one grlne
stone | have sold these things to
henry NJ. hudson.
PHILIP II. CHUBB.
Has sold these things to me.
HENRY HUDSON,
n
The record-union., 1893-01-12
PUBLICITY OF MARRIAGE.

There may DO, now and then, good
reasons for Withholding a marriage GER
tificate from record; there may in rare
cases be sufficient reason for keeping the
fact of marriage secret for a time, but as
rule there should be no Withholding OF
the fact from public record. The law
contemplates immediate record, and the
direction is that a record, as provided by
law, shall be made i'll a short time after
the performance of the ceremony. But
it is better that there should be some
hardship in a few cases by reason of pub
licity than to encourage or excuse any
secresy whatever.
Matrimony is an honorable estate en-
couraged by the law and good morals
To conserve its secresy is opposed to the
good of society and tends to promote
fraud and rascality. If the need to keep
a marriage secret arises, it is not the fault
of the law and only the parties are
blameworthy. In view Of several cases
of scandalCus character in recent times in
this State, it might be well to declare by
statute the secreting of the fact OF mar
riage to be an offense. Certainly the law
should put the seal of condemnation
upon such acts, and to attach a severe pen
atty for failure to record the fact of a
ceremony having been performed, or a
marriage contract entered into, is not
asking too much.
Cases are altogether too frequent of
sudden disclosures of marriage between
parties by ceremony. whom society has
been led to believe to be single, and with
whom the public has dealt under that be-
lief. Other cases are frequent where
marriage by contract is suddenly dis
covered to have long continued, Of which
the public had no knowledge, the fact
having been diligently concealed. All
such things should not only be dis
countenanced, but severely punished
more so than is now made possible by
the law
The record-union., 1893-01-12
Zeal estate. Q5tc.
ARARE OPPORTUNITY
Good Agricultural Land for $40
to 500 per Acre.

The Pacific Improvement Company has re-
Gently purchased twelve thousand ceres OF
l&nG in the heart Of Tehama County. FOR the
purpose OF promoting subdivision and settle
ment This land embraces lands from first
class Sacramento Valley agricultural land, TO
land Of fair average quality, and is offered at
from $40 to $40 per acre, in subdivisions Of
40, so, 120, 16O and $50 acres
The terms upon which these lane Is are offerad
are especially attractive. They viii be sold in
subdivisions, as above indicated, by the pay-
ment OF interest only for three years, at which
time the purchaser can begin the payment Of
principal by paying the first of fl We equal an
nual installments. Thus no part of the prin-
cipal IS tc be paid tor three years. and then
the purchaser is to have five years in which to
pay nve equal annual ipstallments, with in
terest at the rate OF z per cent. per annum,
making payments extending over a period Of
eight years. Intending purchasers are as
sured that this is an opportunity to purchase
land OF fair average quality at $40 per acre.
ana good agricultural land at $40 an ac->,
with other grades Of land at prices to CORE
spond between these figures.
The assertion is frequently made that good
lands, suitable for general farming, and es-
pecially adapted for fruitgrowing, cannot be
had in California for less than from $50 to
S10o an acre. An examination of the land
subject of this advertisement will prove to
home-seekers that this is an opportunity for
the purchase OF good agricultural land at $50
an acre, and for qualities grading down to fair
agricultural land ct $40 an acre. on terms Of
payment which should make the disposition
Of these lands to actual settlers result easy OF
accomplishment.
The primary object of the purchase of this
BODY of land was the breaking up OF G large
holding for the purpose of promoting its set
tlement in smaller quantities and its devotion
to diligent husbandry.
For further particulars, call upon or ao-
dress VIM. H. MILLS.
Land Agent of the G. P. r. r., Fourth and
TDUl1EnDd S+raatu Cos, E-ro,,a;soo T,o1t
The record-union., 1893-01-12
a MATTER OF FIsrICUFFs.

The patrons of the fistic "art'' will have
to bestir themselves bill has been in
troduced in the Senate to prohibit prize
lighting, or sparring, with or without
gloves, whereby any bruising, or maim-
ing, or other serious bodily harm NAV
result to the boxers. Violation of the
proposed law is made a misdemeanor.
and all seconds or hackers are included,
The penalty is fine, and, in addition.
imprisonment in the State Prison.
This, it will be observed, does not pro-
hibit boxing where it is not of character
to do bodily injury. Here comes the
question then, where is the line to be
drawn? In what in the old time was
known as the art of self-defense, boxing
could be conducted without any harm.
Indeed it was, as it could be now, a part