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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-23
Masters Sale.
The State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF ABBEvILLE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

COURT OF COMMON fLEhSs
Annie L. Early Ell. al. against c. c. Law et. al.
DY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE
made In the above stated case, will offer for
sale at public outcry at Abbevile e. H., s.
C. on SALEDAY IN FEBRUARY, lS95, with
in the legal hours of sale the following de-
scribed property, situate In said State and
County, TO wit: "All that tract or parcel of
land, known as Stony = in, Pace, containing
One Hundred and Eighty-Three
(l83) Acres,
more or less. now occupi' hy &. &. Law. and
bounded by lands now, or formerly Of W. j.
Smith, Trustee, q. r. D'NealI, william Buch-
auan, J. p. Major and others.
TERMS OF SALE-One.third cash, balance
on and 2 years, with Interest payable an
nualIy. Purchaser TO give bond with mort
gage Of premises for credit installments, and
pay for necessary papers and recording.
J. C. KLUGH,
Ian. &. 1895. At Master.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-23
&. r. Hammond's Trip OF Last Week

The enterprising firm Of c. P. Hammond
Co. will move forward in spite OF the times.
Mr. G. P. Hammond made several points last
strings. leather and harness. He also took
twenty five measures for their celebrated Hne
shoes, and their trade is increasing daily. He
reports he will have TO return to Laarens 10
finish at that point-more orders to be taken.
They are giving rare bargains to the farmers
and home people. They recognize the tight
ness OF money matters and are whole-saling
to home people. Give them q call If you need
a pair of shoes or q set of harness, or any
thing In the leather line They are home peo-
pie and putting good homemade goods on the
market.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-23
THE COURT OF SESSIONS.
Convened Monday Morning at Ten
O'clock.

Convened Monday morning AT Zen !
O'clock.
The Court of General Sessions for Abbeville
county convened at 10 a. M, January DIST,
1896. Judge Q. w. Buchanan presiding. This
is bis first Court and he ia reported To us as
showing evidence OF being an able Judge.
Sollcitor-M. +. Ansel.
Stenographer-WyaitA Aiken.
ClerkeW. r. Bullock.
Assistant Clerk. E. Jones.
Sheriff.. w r. Nance.
Deputy Sheriff.. r; Kennedy, g. H. Moore.
Constables--John Edmunds. w. r. Nc
Combs, - Huckabee.
Court Crler-H. w. Bowie.
The commission Of o. w. Buchanan was
read by the Clerk and ordered to be spread
upon the minutes OF the Court.
GRAND JURY.
The grand jury was called and the following
answered TO their names:
W. A. Lanier, foreman. J. H. Power,
B. A. Boyd, l.. A. Ramey,
G. 6: McAlister, J; A. Tharp,
G. w. johnson, w. l.. Miller.
w. b. Going, It. B. Norman,
NJ. S. Ashley, J. X. Deason,
J. d. Pace, A. Il. Brown,
W. A. Stevenson, K. A. Crawford.
PETIT JURY.
The following petit jurors answered to their
w. o. Mars, E.W. Seawright,
w. A. McWhorter, Jas. G. Davis,
j. T. Carlisle, w. r. McAdams,
W. r. Ellis. w. T. Magill,
R. Nj w. Hall, J. s. Cheatham,
John Young, f. l.. Tolbert,
T. w. Erwin, Elihu Finley,
R. F. Hutchinson. +. l.. Bramlett,
T. q. Ellis, :. B. Norrel.
John +. Gray, =. S. Turner.
| j. f. Agnew, J. A. Bannister.
P. G. Suber, w. D. Beauford,
w. c. shaw q. 8. Edwards,
C. J. Lyon, X. 4. Kirk patrick,
T. j. Robinson, Jim TaggarL.
| T. X. Pinson, w. C.. Anderson.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-23
The Nebrask q Sufferers.

The good and charitably disposed people
are asked 10 do something for the relief OF
the Nebraska sufferers. Let Abbeville heed
the call. Will our preachers and good women
not take notice Of this appeal?
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One car good red rust proof seed oats just
received by w. Joel Smith & Sons, call on
them and supply yourself.
The next time you are in town call at Ry-
kard s and get II fine pair of speclacles cheap
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GREENWOOD'S LIFE.
The People as Noted by that Ever
/ WcIcome Contributor .sS.'

Greenwood ). o., Jan. q, 1891
After q cessation of several weeks in which
our readers have had time for rest, we again
enter tile reportorial field To remain as long as
my health and politics will permit.
Mr.. N. .. Pylts IL teaching the Brlerwood
school.
Ex.Commissioner J. S. Major was in town
Friday.
The Young Peoples Union met at MIR. ]. r..
Leuvells Friday night.
T.. =. +. Giles, Esq, has been laid up for
some time with a strained back.
There was collision In town last week. A
fool and a traud met. The lo0 bought OF the
fraud SIX and one-hali dollars worth OF ex.
perience. was the fool and the book agent
the fraud. / own the experience and am
looking Tor the books.
IN NEW HOMES.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ellenburg have moved In TO
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Arnold are getting com
fortably settled down In their nice new home
recently bought from Major Harlzog.
ROUTES TO HEAVEN.
We read few days ago In a religious paper
where minister was rejoicing over the fact
That good member OF another denomination
had Joined his church. This reminds us oi
some evangelists who are going about trying
10 save other peoples children while their
own are going to hell as fast as the wheels ol
time will carry them.
THE DIsPENsARY.
Upon the necessary petition from our cit.
liens, Council has appointed the 29tb instant,
| for an election TO determine the question ol
establishing dispensary here.
| II makes no sort Of difference to the writer
! whether Greenwood has q dispensary or not
We have never allowed ourselves to gel
worked up to fever heat on this question MOI
| do we intend TO take any stock In IL now.
The dispensary may be an engine OF moral
! ity, but we cant reconcile the Office OF DIS
| pensor and consistent Christian. Yet nine
tenihs of the applicants are church members
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-23

One cal good red rust proof seed oats Just
received by W. Joel Smith & Sons. call ON
them aud supply ynurseif.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-07-05
AN AUTUMN REVERIE,
The Happy Bride Was Unframed
Nature and so Was John.

Nature and so Was John.
II was in the month of October and
they had been married four weeks.
Four blissful weeks they had been to
her in that lovely country house among
the quiet hills, says the Detroit Free
Press.
Day after day the autumn sun had
been painting the trees in wondrous
shades Of tints. and now the mountains
We're great banks of rich maroon. and
the valleys. flowing silently between,
DER streams Of grass-green waves and
scarlet foam.
This afternoon she sat with him on
the long. low piazza and gazed dream
lily on the lovely picture spread be-
fore.
At first she talked to him sitting
there so comfortable in his great rus
tic chair but her voice grew softer and
softer until it died away in whispers
and She was still.
The mystic, restful touch of the
sweet October days was upon her, and
it was blissful peace to sit idly in the
sun and look upon the beauties of the
scenc-silcnt she, as it was.
The old life of her girlhood had gone
and she stood upon the threshold of
this new life-this wondrous hall Of
womanhood, extending far, far before
her, as were the valleys spread below
the mountainside.
There was upon her soul the lnef.
fable calm of autumn time, and the
magic of the afternoon fascinated her
And it was not for her alone, but
him; this man who now was part and
parcel of her life.
lie, too. she felt, must feel the rap.
turous thrill. the weird and witching
spirit of the hour.
John" she whispered, softly, as the
hum of bee that knocks at the door Of
every honeyed flower.
But John did not respond.
All. he too, is clothed in this charm,
she thought.
John" she said, again, this time
with eager tone, as if to call him
from his reverie and share with her
the raphsody that moved her very
soul.
But to her ears no answer came to
lay its soft response upon her heart
John was sound asleep.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-07-05
THE TAME CROW.
Little Love Wasted on Him BY His vii
Brothers.

Little Love Waited on Him by His Wlld
Brothers.
It is q well-known fact that wild
animals and birds do not care to re-
ceive back into their society a member
that has lived season with man as a
pet. This was illustrated in a noisy
manner out near Pleasant Ridge, &C.
cording to the story told by a witness
to a Cincinnati Times-Star reporter.
"A tame crow" said he, had for sew
eral years cawed around the farmhouse
of our neighbor, and was seated on q
fence away out on the farm cawing
when great flock of crows came along
and settled in the field. The tame one
grew frantic, cawing end scolding till
the attention of the flock was attract
ed to it. Rising en- masse the flock
circled around and alighted on the
fence about the tame one, which be.
came frightened and few up. 1t was
followed by the others, which crowd
ed about it in its fight and forced it to
fly farther and farther away from the
farmhouse and over q great wood.
There they all set on it and pecked it
and clawed the poor thing till its fight
was marked with feathers falling. AL
this time they kept up q terrible cav
ing and calling. They would undoubt-
edly have killed the poor bird. but it
spied man at work in the woods and
dropped down to him. He proved a
friend, and Jim Crow was soon perched
on his shoulder cawing defiantly at his
relatives who had cast him from
among them, but who now aew to .
respectful distance"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-07-05
SHE FLOGS YOUNG WOMEN.

Tho Brutal Method One London Female
Has for Making a Living.
Henry Labouchere, of the London
Truth. has been investigating the
methods of the professional "floggers"
In and near London. One of them-a
woman-in an interview frankly told
him about her methods. She goes
about London flogg;ng girls and boys
She uses birch. which she makes up
herself. She has a "tawse" for use if
desired, but prefers the birch as being
more efficacious. She is described as q
middle-aged female, short, but strong.
ly built. and Of unprcposscssing fea.
lures. Her correspondence and speech
show her to be illiterate. Her manners
are coarse. She says her father was
the rector of Cranbrook.
Flogging is her prescription for all
moral and mental ills. She always
however, commences the operation by
spanking" with her hand. The inter.
viewer having expressed skepticism
about the efficacy of spanking" she
invited him to hold out his hand and
try it. and gave him blow which left
no desire for another. Anxious TO
complete his knowledge he next held
out his hand for a taste of the birch.
and received two blows from the
shoulder. Il pity" he says, "the girl
who gets one such blow" One, how.
ever, is out of the question. Mrs.
Peirce's minimum allowance is eight
or ten "spanks." followed by sixteen
strokes with birch. which would be
increased to eighteen. twenty, or five
and twenty at discretion. She stated
that sho had recently logged one girl
twenty years of age five times in fort
night. If girls began to scream un-
der the operation she forced into their
mouths q wooden pad covered with
silk.
AFTER the whipping" she said, 81
give them a good lecture and read
them a chapter Of the Bible. always
carry my Bible with me for this pur-
pose" Here, it will be seen, the
'clergyman's daughter" comes in. OF
her own accord, however, she proceed.
ed to inform her interviewer that she
was in the habit of birching not only
boys and girls. but grown men.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-07-05

The introduction of the perfume
called patchouly was caused by the de-
sire Of French shawlmakers to deceive
their customers. When shawls were
first brought from India they were per-
fumed with patchouly, an extract of
an Indian plant. The French soon
learned to initiate the shawls to. per-
lection, but the pstchouly bothered
them, as they could find no substitute
for it, and this fact was used as the
surest means Of Distinguishing the
genuine India shawls from the French
counterfeit. At last somebody discov-
cred the secret and brought quantity
of patchouly to France. For q time the
discoveries kept the matter to them
selves and reaped harvest; then some
one gave away the secret. The per-
fume soon became popular and has
never since passed completely out of
use, though several times superseded
temporarily by other perfumes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-07-05
SHE TENDED STILL.
what Revenue Omcer Discovered In tn,
North Csrolins Mountains.

What Revenue Onlcer Discovered in tbs
North Carolina Mountains.
For many years Eph Honeycutt, of
Mission. Stanley county. has conducted
q brandy distillery. and had a reputa.
ton throughout that country for max.
ing the best brandy to be had, says the
Charlotte News The distillery was
always conducted in an orderly way,
which is not the case with all of them.
The other day revenue officer went
down to the still to mark up the bran
dy, and 10, and behold! a woman was
attending to things. The officer in
quired OF the woman as to Honeycutt's
whereabouts.
Hes not here; does not stay here, +"
replied the woman.
well, who runs the still?"
"Why, 1 do, of course. have been
attending to it for these many DAYS,
and can make just as good brandy as
Eph Honeycutt can"
well, who are you, and who does
this distillery belong tor" asked the
officer in establishment.
"The whole thing, including myself,
belongs to Eph Honeycutt, for am his
wife. l ATTEND to things for him, be.
cause he has the farm and other mat
tiers to look after"
And then she went around to
"chunk" up the fire and squeezed the
flannel strainer in the doubling key"
to see if the "singlings" were strong
enough.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-07-05
RANCH NAIIONALIIIES.
00eehmen In the West Who Have BecoM
Thoroughly Amertcantxed.

00sshmen In the West Who Have Become
Thoroughly Americanixed.
In THE Wilderness Hunter" Theo-
dore Roosevelt says that as a rule no
body displays much curiosity about
other peoples antecedents in the far
west; but on one occasion Mr.. Roose.
welt returned to his ranch and found a
strange hunter staying there, and
asked his foreman who was this new.
conner, who evidently appreciated good
things and seemed inclined to make q
permanent stay, according to the GUS
tom of the country.
My foreman, who had large way OF
looking at questions OF foreign eth.
nology and geography, responded with
Indifference:
''Oh, he's kind of Dutchman; but
he hates the other Dutch mortal. He's
from an island Germany took from
France in the last war"
This seemed pulling; but it turned
out that the island" in question was
Alsace.
Native Americans predominant
among the jewellers on the borders Of
the wilderness, and in the wild coun.
try over which the great herds Of the
cattlemen roam; and they take the
lead in every way. The sons Of the
Germans. Irish and other European
newcomers are usually quick to claim
to be straight United States" and to
disavow all kinship with the fellow.
countrymen of their fathers.
Once, while with a hunter bearing .
German name, we came by chance on
q German hunting-party from one Of
the eastern cities. One of them re-
marked to my companion that he must
be part German himself, to which he
cheerfully answered.:
"Well, my father was q Dutchman,
but my mother was q white woman!
I'm pretty white myself" whereat the
Germans glowered at him gloomily.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-07-05
A Dimcult Problem.

Weighing the earth is q problem
which has often interested and amused
scientists, and various efforts have been
made to determine with some degree Of
accuracy the probable approximate
weight Of the globe on which we live.
In 177a . series of curious experiments
was made by Prof. Maskelyne in
Mount Schihailion, in Scotland, by
which he determined the singular fact
that the attraction exerted by the
mountain mass on the plumb line
caused it to deviate nearly six seconds
from the perpendicular. Long and alb
struse calculations followed, on the de-
tails Of which it is not necessary to
dwell, but the result was. taking tho
diameter Of the earth as 7,912.41 miles
and the weight Of q cubic foot Of water
Is 62.32 pounds. the weight of the earth
was calculated to he 5,S42, 000, 600, 000,.
DOC, 900, 900 tons Of 2.s4o pounds each. j..
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-07-05
IT MOVES THE WORLD.

In 1720 the worlds commerce was e..
timated at RSS. 600, 600: in 1859 it was o..
timated at 3,377, 100000.
IRELAND has $50, 900 houses of one
room each, 357, 900 Of two to four rooms
and S04, 900 of five or more.
THE Austrian savings banks are pat
ronized by 1,s5O,OOO depositors, who
have on deposit s61s ,0OO, 900.
GREAT BRITAIN is first in merehan.
disc, Germany being second, the United
States third and France fourth.
CANADA, Belgium, Holland and
Sweden are all assessed at about the
same fgurc-e1, 000, 600, 900 each.
THE official returns of Berlin proper
~ show %, 200 houses, valued at al5S,-
400, 900 and renting for 9s.s00,o0o.
OVER $500. 600, 900 of the peoples
money in Italy is invested IN the royal
navy, arsenals, docks and harborA
The United States Is FIRST in the
value of horses. Great Britain coming
second, France third and Germany
fourth.
THE United States is estimated BY
Mulhall to produce $685.. 600. 900 of min
erals every year; Great Britain, $685.
600, 900.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-07-05
The Mentschiko0s.

The last representative of the famous
Russian family of Mentschikoff died .
short time ago in Baden Baden. The
founder Of the family was Prince Alex
ander Danilovitch Mentschikoff, who
was the son of q stableman and the ap-
prentice to baker. The boy attracted
the attention of Gen. Lefort, who in
troduced him to Peter the Great
Owing to his extraordinary clever
ness he obtained great influence over
the car and soon advanced to the
highest place in the empire. In time
he became the most important and the
most feared man in Russia. In 1727,
however, he fell suddenly into dis
favor and was banished to Siberia, his
immense fortune being confiscated by
the crown. He became insane there
from brooding over his fall and losses,
and died in 1880. His son was restored
to favor, however, and the family
quickly regained its prominence. The
fortune of the last Mentschikoff, run.
ming into the millions, will 60 to . dis
tant relative. Prince Sagarin.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-07-05
COTTON AND TOBACCO.
Old-Time Prices OF These Commodities u
the South.

OId-Time Prices OF These Commodities n
the South.
ave have before u.s." says the Rich
mond Journal Of Commerce, "sales Of
two bales of cotton and two hogsheads
Of tobacco sold n. Norfolk, Va, June
0. 1881. by James Gordon, a lifetime
commission merchant of that city. The
weights of the bales of cotton were 312
and $50 pounds. Price, 6% cents-net
sales, S81.24. Weight of the two hogs.
heads of tobacco. 1875 and 1,476
pounds. Price, $3.50 and s3.25 per 100
pounds. Net sales of both, $685. IS.
The accompanying letter says: 4 fear
you will be disappointed in the sales of
the tobacco. confess it seems to me
low price. but assure you nothing
better can be done here
''We are not posted as to how long
after this LEAF tobacco was sold that
Norfolk continued tobacco market.
wonder If q treaty was ever entered
into between Norfolk and Richmond,
that the one should sell cotton and the
other tobacco without business compe-
titiOn. If we SO conclude the treaty
was like that of William Penn and
the Indians, unwritten-for it has been
faithfully kept to the present day.
1.-THE tobacco farmer of the hour
may CLEAN ray of consolation as he
contemplates the price of tobacco in
1881 and compares it with it's value in
1898, and consoles himself with the
knowledge that our fathers received
less than present prices"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-07-05
GLORY SURPRISING soLoMoN's

G.osAea's Lord Mayer L Gorgeous Crsa-
ture When ATraysd In His Robes.
The fountain of municipal honor in
England undoubtedly springs from
the Guildhsll, London. which justly
claims to be accounted the most an
Gent of our municipal halls, seeing
that the lord mayors of the last eight
centuries are with justice assumed to
have had prototypes in the Roman
project and the Saxon fortreye or port
1rsye. For . considerable number of
years, says the London Telegraph, the
robes of the lord mayor, the court Of
aldermen, and the common councillors
have been settled with precision that
none save the most reckless OF inno-
vators would presume to disturb.
The lord mayor himself has his
ssrold" robe for the occasion of the an
nual Guildhal banquet, and for the
times when he proceeds in state either
TO the new law courts or to the houses
of parliament. The aldermen have
their scarlet gowns, the sheriffs their
distinctive and very handsome robes
and chains, while the common coun-
cilors rejoice in gowns called "mazar-
ines" it being generally understood
that mazarine is q term for q dark blue
color, although, according to some
lexicopraphers, mazarine also means
a drinking vessel and an old way of
dressing fowls. Then, again, when
the sovereign comes into the city the
lord mayor is bound to don robe of
crimson or purple velvet trimmed with
ermine. At the time Of his investi-
ture he wears a massive gold chain,
but when he is honored by reelection
at the expiration Of his term Of Office
he wears two chains.
The mace Of silver gilt, surmounted
by . royal crown and the imperial
arms is carried before the mayor by the
authority ofthe charter Of Edward. ILL.,,
while the city possesses no less than
four swords-one called the pearl. pre.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-07-05
Work OF . Royal Inventor.

T. The signaling apparatus invented by
Prince Louis Of Battenberg, which is
now on trial in the Royal Sovereign,
has received notices Of appreciation
from various competent naval judges.
says q London letter. The contriv-
snce consists of q sort of collapsible
spheroid, capable Of being opened
and shut like an umbrella, visible at
sea for q far greater distance than
days, by which Morse code signals can
be made without difficulty. If Ad-
miral Fairfax and the signaling depart.
ment report favorably it will probably
be universally adopted, to the satisfac-
ton of the clever inventor, who is said
to have been helped by Capt. Percy
Scott, now employed on signal books
at the admiralty.-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-07-05
CHOICES OF THE PEOPLE.

Ex-SEcRErARY OF AGRICULTURE COL
MAN clears fifty thousand dollars an
nually from his stock farm in Missouri.
UNITED STATES SENAToR-ELEcr THoM-
As D. MARTIN, of Virginia, never
smoked, chewed or drank, and doesn't
swear.
SENATOR GoRMAN. of Maryland, in
tends to make q journey with his fam
fly early next summer to Alaska. They
will travel extensively along the Pa
cific coast.
CONGRESSMAN U. 8. HALL, of Mis-
souri,. is the largest farmer in the state.
He has eighteen hundred acres of Ane
bottom land and this year raised about
fifty thousand bushels Of grain.
Ex-senator DAWES is living quietly
In his Pittsfield home. Strangely enough
he seems perfectly contented with
quiet lie after about thirty ysaxs ox
IN unusually busy public career.