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Bell, Ellis & Co., Local,

What you can buy for &c.
Tassar silks in all colors, at Sets a yard
worth l0c.
Gauffer clothes in beautiful shades and fig
ures, at Sc yard worth 10 & l2Hcts.
Crepons In solid colors and figures, 36 inches
wide at SC. worth IL 1.2c in any city, our price
only five cents.
5 pieces figured linen chambray in pink,
brown. blue, &c at sc. worth II l'2c, and they
sell every where at II l.2c, our price only SC
9 pieces checked bonnet ginghams In brown,
blue, and green "A checks at sc yard, worth
10 60.
Beautiful line, of white checked muslins at
So, worth 6 IA & &c. .
Brown homspons in rs & A goods &c, not
better goods sold for 6 IA "a.
Bleached homspon In 7.S& A goods at SO.
What you can buy for &C.
Beautiful line Of colored figured french de-
lalns, wool finish only &c.
20 pieces colored figured calicoes at &c.
Ladies solid black hose In fast colors at &c.
Great bargains in ladies and children hats.
Don't fail to call and see the bargaing we
Full line Of ribbons in all collors and
widths.
Ladies' gauze vests at 5 10 is 20 & 25c.
Ladies Corsets in the very best Bronds. Try
corset, our ventilating corset in SOC & 500
goods. can't be sold by any one for less.
Ladies patent leather. cloth top, orblood
slippers are all the rage.
We have about 20 pairs ladies slippers in or
ford ties that We %eu sell for S'c' worth 50 and &c.
Parisols direct from the factory in black
and colored silk. Parisols for children In all
shades.
Ladies' fans IN beautiful shades, hand point
When IN need of goods be sure and give
Bell, Ellis & Co q call. They can sell o
everything you need at cut prices.
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Street-Car POliteness.

A friend of mind was in an electric
car the other day. After taking his
seat he presently began to be very un-
comfortable, for everybody seemed
amused at him. Chances were leveled
in his direction, girls gEggled, elderly
ladies drew their faces into a quicker,
and the atmosphere of the place was as
electric as the fluid which sent the car
through the space. After a short in
terval the puzzled gentleman discover
ed that it was not he who was the object
of mirth to his comrades on the road
but a poor, shy, bluahing, fearful,
trembling, frightened girl who was
sitting by his side. She, poor child.
was dressed in outre fashion, which did
not please the set of people in that
conveyance, and, evidently, she had
met with an accident, for her clothing
was tumbled and torn, her face bruised
and cut, and one hand had been
wrentcbed, and seemed to be paining
her very much. I car imagine moth
ing more brutally ill-bred and rudely
ignorant and unfeeling than the behav-
ior of those silly girls and boys, and
still more silly grown-up people, in
the car. Can you? They were laugh.
ing at q child who had met with an ac-
cident on her wheel! One Of the first
rules to be adopted by a thoroughly
polite person is this: Never show sur
prise, except of the genuinely gracious
kind-the kind that expresses cordial
interest and pleasure. Never laugh at
an awkward ~predicament, as, for ex-
ample, a fall or a mistake made by
another. Be careful never to pain
anyone, friend or stranger, by ridicule
or by thoughtlessly plain speaking.
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We learn wisdom from failure more
than from success we often discover
what will do by finding cut what will
not do.
If people could see their obituaries
while they are still living, it would en-
courage them so much that they
might live longer.
Neither accept an opinion, nor e1-
cept against it merely on the score of
its novelty all that is lew is not true {;
but much that is old is false.
Make few promises. and religiously
keep all those you make. You can't
afford to make many promises if you
seriously mean to keep them.
Christianity as Christ taught is the
truest philosophy of life ever spoken.
But let us be quite sure, when we speak
Of Christianity, that we mean Christ's
Christianity.
There is no good in idleness, but
great good often springs from inaction.
There are affairs of the soul which
never come up for settlement until
everything is still enough to hear a pin
drop.
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The State of South Carolina,
COUNTY.

Probate Capitalization for Letters OF AID.
ministration.
BY r. E. HILL, ESQ.,, JUDGE OF PROBATE.
WHEREAS, J. F. Lusk and W. M. Maddox
" have made suit TO me-, to grant them
Letters Of Administration Of the Estate and
effects Of Basil Maddox, late Of Abbeville
County, deceased.
These are therefore. to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred aud creditors OF
the said Basil Maddox deceased. that they
be and appear before me, in the Court
on Friday. the 23rd Of July, 1897, after pub
Of Probate, to be held at Abbeville C.. H.,
lication hereof, at II o'clock In the fore"
noon, to show cause II any they have, why the
said Administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal Of the Court,
this 9th day Of July, in the year OF
IL. 81 our Lord one thousand eight hundred
n ninety.seven and In the l22st year
OF American Independence.
Published on the 7th day of July. 1897,
in the Press and Banner and ON the Court
House door for the time required by law.
r. i. HILL,
June II, 1897. Judge OF Probate.
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InQuirY.

Editor Press and Banner
In your last issue Of the Press and Banner
you was made to say that Mr.. J. l.. McMillan
had carried the registration books to Donalds
on June 26th-new county question.
Just here, my query. comes In. Please STATE
what books, and TO whether or not register
was for the Commissioner OF Election, or for
private individuals. Also, please inform the
public, II this same messenger from Able
VILE, had other registration books for DINER
precincts, not stated in your note last issue,
| for one, at least, demand and expect that all
facts bearing on question to be brought out.
Justice demands nothing more nor less.
Certainly no censure to be set up or preferred
against one. If the books was for the guild,
ance Commissioners of Election. but for 9th
er considerations, then the custodian IN
charge records used privileges not warrant
ed on any excuse. Yours truly,
Voter.
Donalds, S. c., July 5, 1897.
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Locals Amos b. Morse.

Read my ad in regard to kerosene oil. Big
inducements offered to cash buyers.
Just received a fresh lot of Blocks celebra.
ted soda crackers. salt tea flakes, snaps, &c.
I have a remnant OF fruits that I want to
close out. See these close cash prices !: Nice
pfunes &c per pound, London layer raisins &c
pound, California aprlcots (worth l5c) for on.
IL l0c pound.
I nave Just opened a half barrel Of fresh,
bright, new catch mackerel. They are fine
Try them.
A new lot OF lobster, tripe, salmon, just in
I nave an elegant stock Of teas-black and
green, straight and mixed. The"Regina" put
up In quarter, half and one pound packages Is
a very fine mixed tea. Try q package OF II.
If you drink coffee come and get your coffee
where you can buy 1t cheap. Eight pounds Oh
good green coffee for 81.
The best 1910 green coffee on the marke,
right here.
Fruit season almost here. I would like To
sell you your fruit jars and jelly glasses.
If the flies bother you get a fly fan for your
table and q mosquito net for your bed.
A hammock is nice to hold or swing In, and
a croquet set for an evenings pleasure. l car
furnish both.
A few Zoe cream churns left. Prices way
down.
Hey sports! I have the best 'sweater" In
black, blue and maroon you ever had offered
at fifty cents.
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Abraham Lincoln once received q
letter asking for a "sentimentn and
his autograph. He replied dear
Madam when you ask from q
stranger that which is of interest only
to yourself, always enclose a stamp
there's your sentiment, and here's
your autograph. A Lincoln"
Life is a building. 1t rises slowly,
day by day, through the years. Every
new lesson we learn laps a block on
the editice which is rising silently
within US. Every experience, every
touch of another life on ours, every
influence that impresses US, every
book we read, every conservation we
have, every act of commonest days,
adds something to the invisible build.
ing.
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EVIL Speaking.

We hope our readers will adopt the
following:
l. I will speak no unkind or harsh
word of anyone.
2. I will repeat no unkind remarks /
hear of anyone, and discourage others
as much as possible from saying un-
kind things.
8. I will judge my neighbor l%enient-
ly remembering that my own faults
are probably far greater.
4. l will never say one thing to
others and yet think quite differently ;
this is hypocrisy.
5. I will make no injurious remarks
on the failings of others, remember
ing these words "Consider thyself,
lest thou also be tempted"
g.. 1 will put the best construction
on the motives and actions of all my
neighbors.
I. l will act unselfshly, peaceably,
and forgivingly, obeying my Masters
command, "Love n another"
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remembered In our city. Look out for regular
program which will be scattered on the wings
OF the wind. On Monday and Tuesday after
moons, 10Th and 18th, extr; fine games of ball
will be played. Wednesday and Thursday
the largest and grandest bicycle parade ever
seen In the up.country. About fifty Brownie
figures TO be represented, wheels beautifully
decorated, fantastic and grolesque costumes
to be worn. About twelve prizes 10 be award
ed. Among the list of prizes are three beauti.
full solid gold medals presented by G. P. Ham
mond & Co. The bicycle ant base ball clubs
are united In their endeavor to make this q
most enjoyable occasion. Wednesday after
noon will be given entirely TO bicycle racing,
open to the county. Many cyclist are expect
ed. Let our home people turn out and make
this the crowning occasion Of the season..
~sPECTACLES.
H. D.. Reese Is fitting up glasses for all class
es, at home and abroad. By his scientific
method he has worked this great problem
"how to fit the eyes" down to a fine and prac-
tical point. All he asks ls a trial.
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Another lot Of GrandueT flour to come in
this week.
Bruoe's is the place to get good pure Ice
cream, we sell to white or colord. We sell for
the money and money only.
Kalamazoo celery Is the best worm n
blood tonic for sale at Speeds,
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w. d.. Barksdale & Co.'S Locals.

W. u. ASUHIe "a %. LOCRfS'
Cotton seed meal delivered from store to
any place in the city.
Come and see the cream ~freezers. A large
size for Sl56.
Fly traps only l5c.
Hoes. sweeps, extra bolts, plows and pillow
tools of all kinds.
Big bargains in 8 ID. can grated pine apple
l0c. Come and try one can.
Full cream cheese, also macaroni.
A splendid "Rio Coffee" 8 lbs. for a 81. The
very best In town for the money. w. D.
BarksdaIe & Co.
McCauley's home cured hams-a lot just re.
c~eived-fine and jbicy. w. D. Barksdale q
Co.
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Some people imagine when they are
stubborn that they are demonstrating
10 the world that they have ''back-
bone" That is where they are mis-
taken. A backbone can bend without
breaking, but a stick of wood can't.
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Love is of God ii is a divine gift.
Do not seek to crush it; seek to keep it
steadfast, and seek to help others by
love, by letting their love for you draw
them upward and closer to God, the
Fount of all love.
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Put your fruit up with the American pres.
crying powder and liquid and 1t will be good
when you need 1T at Speeds.
Kil-a-Bug. does up beg bugs, at Speeds.
II you want to get cool drink, a Trilby cot
at Syeed's fountain.
See that new line Of pipes at Speeds.
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Close connections at Greenwood for all points on
8. A. l.. aud G. & G. Railways, and at Spartanburg
with Southern Railway.
For any information relative to tickets, rates, sched-
ule, etc., address
w. CRAIG. Gen. Pass. Agent Augusta, 60.
E. NJ. NORTH, Sol. Agent.
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Now we have had a good rain. It's time to
think about sowing Turnips and Ruta Bagas;
l have just opened u big variety OF fresh seed
from Wood & Sons-very cheap by tie pound.
Amos B.. Morse.
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Go to Bruces for chick ems. hens, fries and
broils, prices TO suit the times.
Bruce's is the place to get besns. tomatoes
chickens, and eggs.
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Wednesday, July 7, 1897.
Unclnim Letters.

Unclnim Letters.
Letters remaining in Abbeville, s. g., pos
office for week endening July 9th 1897.
B-Addie Berry.
C-Mlss Ella Chiles.
FL. 7. Ellis Esq.
G-Miss Mary Gary (care) l.. Richard.
H-Miss Harriet Harris.
j. Morris Jackson.
MI. NJ. NJ. Marshall.
RI. f. Richardson, Miss Engil Rutlage.
WI. V, White. Robt.S S. Link 7. NJ.
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WANTED.

ILL
want everybody to know that
We will save you money by
buying your goods Of us. This
sounds like big talk, but we
are prepared to prove
every word Of it, Of
course we cannot mention in
this:short space all the Bar
gains we are Offering but a few
staples will suffice.
We are selling Nine pounds
Good Rio Coffee for 81.
And this is not:shoddy painted
stuff but good honest coffee.
We also offer two cars .HIGH
GRADE SECOND PATENT
FLOUR at $4.85 per bbl,, and
a good Family Flour at::S4,25.
We want your trade and be-
lieVe the above bargains along
with many others we are now
Offering will get it.
W.J0EL SMITH & SON
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The State of South Carolina.

COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE.
IN COMMON PLEAS.
VIM. H. Parker and others, Creditors, &C.,
Plaintiffs, against Carolina Savings Bank
and other Stockholders, Defendants.
TN OBEDIENCE TO ORDER OF COURT,
l. all creditors Of the late Bank OF Lowndes-
Vile are hereby notified to present and prove
their lain before me, within thirty days
from date or be barred.
WALTER L. MILLER, Master.
Abbeville, 8. g., June 30, 1897. At.
Try q pair OF our homemade. whole stock
brogans at liz q pair.
Give Cobb & McDavid a trial when in need
OF shoes.
Grandeur f%1our-ine.
We always give the trade the best thing
out. See our line OF solid oak rockers and
divans. Hurry and get some. Buy them
while they last. The best OF their kind.
Celluloid starch-5 and lOc packages.
Lots Of dried fruit. Apples, pears, peaches
and prunes.
Cobb & McDavid will sell you shoes rPntt
further notice at cost.
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Notice.

rNHE County Board of Education has en-
ployed Prof. p. l.. Grier, OF Due west, 70
re.dtstrict Abbeville county, for the purpose
OF making smaller and more convenient
School Districts.
This work will be commenced on Monday,
the 5th ofJuly next, beginning near Lowndes-
willie. Any assistance that may be given 70
Prof. Grier by the different Boards OF Distrlct
Trustees will be appreciated: .
W. T. MILFORD,
June 18th. 1897, IF Chm. Co. Board.
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Restaurant.

Everything nice 10 drink, chew aHd smoke
at Speeds Drug Store.
White and cream cashmeres at Haddon's.
Come and get g nice cream freezer-Artic
and White Mountain. A nice size for $l.5O.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-17

hadn't the courage to tell her 80. One
evening they were dining out together
and d so happened that n hated rival
took Tie girl IN 90 dinner Something
In the rivals manner made the BASH
ful lover suspect that the rival intend
ed TO propose TO the girl that very even
ing As the dinner progressed the
lover becameabsolu,ely sure OF this and.
spurrcd on by necessity. he resolved to
put his own fortune 10 test and at once.
Tearing a lea; from his notebook he
accordingly scrlbbled n line or two.
folded Il and gave Il 20 the noares,
servant with a hand that 70 the lady In
blue There was fortunately but one
such az the table or matters might
have been complicatodl The girl re-
ooivcd the note. opened Il and read:
VIII you be my wlfe?' followed By his
name. lie had forgotten 20 send the
pencil. however. But the glrl was as
ready as the man was lacking and she
turned 20 the servant and said. calmly:
Just tell the gentleman yes boston
Home Journal.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-17

their models In wax. which are intend
ed 10 grace the shop Of some we'll
known dry-goods merchant When
these wax models are arrayed In all
the lnery OF the season they present
a very fetching appearance and doubt
less BY their attractiyeness warrant the
expenditure OF a considerable sum OF
money neces AIRY for their purchase.
The making Of these hgures In Phil
adelphla Il very interesting and a COM
paratlvely neg industry. Until a few
years ago only the inferior grades
we're made here. the better figures COM
ing from abroad. and at the moment.
although the aome- manuiactured arti-
Gle has not entirely displaced the for
elgn one. yet the wax figures made In
Philadelphia are quite equal TO any
imported. even those coming from
Vienna. which has long held the pre-
MUM Tor making the most artistic and
llfellke wax models for show windows.
The great majority OF agures are
made from living models. although a
cast from one model serves for good
many figures. Among the Italians on
South Eighth street some Of the bes,
models for this business are found.
and periodical excursions 20 the Ital-
ian colony are made by the wax
modelon.. who keep their eyes open for
pretty and w,ll-cut features when a
face Is discovered that ls to their lik-
ing they make every e10rt TO induce
the Individual 90 give them a sitting
or two OF three or four hours. Tor which
they pay literally
Certain requisites are necessary for
good living model for q wax figure.
Prominent among them Is a perfect,
regularity OF features. and the wax
modolers say that by long experience
they have found Il extremely dimcult
20 procure models with regular fcot-
urcs. but that the Italian women most
frequently fuldl their Requirements.
and. moreover. they state that their
complexion. when soap and water has
been applied. Is FAR more natural than
the complexion OF the average models
belonging 20 other natlonalitles who
apply TO them for work.
Intellectual expression is not re-
qulrcd In wax figures and Is even a
drawback.
The drst stcn In the proeess OF max
Ing a high-grade wax figure a TO
cast in wax a head and bust In the
rough. Il is. OF course, hollow, and
more nearly resembles a huge wax po-
tato than anything else, The artist
then takes a knife aud models like a
sculptor the block Of wax into some
ssmhlanco OF the human head. With
knife In hand and the model before
him. he then carefully cuts away the
wax until the reproduction has been
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-17
GEMS or rHouoHr.

Il is not by turning over libraries.
but by repeatedly poruslng and intent
BY contemplating a few great models
that the mind Is best disciplined. Ma.
cauloy.
What can be more honorable than 10
have courage enough 90 execute the
commands OF reason and conscience:
10 maintain the dignity OF our nature.
and the station assigned as, TO be proof
against poverty. pain and death itself.
mean 20 FAR as not to do anything
that Is scandalous or sinful 20 avoid
them; 90 stand adversely under all
shapes with decency and resolution
To do this. Il to be great above title
and fortune This argues the soul OF
heavenly extraction. and Is worthy
the offspring OF the Deity.-Jeromy
Collier
take II 10 bo the highest instance
OF a noble mind TO bear great qualities
without discovering In a mans behavior
any consciousness that ne Il superior
70 the res, OF the world. or, to say Il
otherwise, Il IL the duty OF a great per-
son 80 TO demsah almself that whatever
endowments he may have he may APP
pear 70 value himself upon no quail
ties but such as any man may arrive az.
He ought 10 thiak no man valuable but
Tor bis public spirit. justice Hnd integ-
riiy; NI an o.hof cndowmenta TO be
esteemed only az they contribute 70
tAa exarilng those virtues. -sleaia.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-17

AZ further experiments are carried
with the new gas called htlmm-
which was recognized To- the san be-
fore Il had been found on the earth
the more remarkable @ appears Many
chemists believe g consists OF two
gases. yet they have not been able
satisfactorily 10 divide H. Professor
Ramsay. one Of us discoveries. has
failed In every attempt to make Il en-
ter into a chemical combination: Lord
Raylelgh has found that Il possesses
by FAR the lowest rciractlvlty ever OBJ
served In any gas, and surprise Is OK
pressed at the astonishing distances
traversod by electric sparks In dart
ing through hollum.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-17

In recently published book. entitled
Walt Whitman. the Man. Mr. Thomas
Donaldson deals almost wholly with
the personality OF the Good Gray Poet.
aud completely skaters the belief held
by many that he was a moral and lit
erary OUTLAW. reeking with the atmos-
phere Of the beer cellar. feeding on the
adulation Of his admirers. and ready to
accept their charity on an occasions.
Says his blographer. Il knew him
when he was capable OF evil. had he
desired 20 be or DO evil. and IN an that
period I found him 20 be a man % hon
OF, just. brave and simple IN all world
by thought and action. he loved hu-
manliy. while holding himself aloof
from close contact with a. Suffering
appealed 10 him Sickness invoked bis
aid tie REGARDED poverty a. dispen-
sation 90 nature. and never turned the
cold shoulder 10 lts appeals lie ala not
claim thai the world owed him a LIVING.
but only asked that Il permit him TO
make one for himself To this end
in health he worked. and when out
OF health he worked Distinctly aud
omphatically he was not a mendicant.
a hoggar, a loafor or a useless mouth.
lie was AZ work always. even when
work 10 him was mental and physical
torture"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-17
THE cARRlsR PIGEON.
An Explorers wife Cheered by th'
Message That % nranEhl.

An Explorers wife Cheered by the
Message That u brought.
One day a wonderful bird tapped at
the window OF Mrs. Nansen's house at
Chrlstiania Instantly the window was
opened and the wife Of the famous
arctic explorer In another moment COW
cred the little messenger with kisses
and caresses. says the Philadelphia
Times. The carrier pigeon had been
away from the cottage thirty long
months. but d, had not forgotten the
way home. Il brought a note from
Nansen stating that an was going on
vel with him and his expedition In
The polar regions Nanson had fastcn-
ed o message 10 a carrier pigeon and
turned the bird loose The frall cou-
rlcr darted oht into the bllzzardly air.
lt few Ike On arrow over a thousand
miles o. frozen waste and then sped
forward over another thousand miles
OF ocean and plains and forests. and
one morning entered the window o. the
waiting mistress and delivered the
message which she had been awaiting
so anXiously We boast OF human
pluck, sagaci,y and endurance. but
this little carrier pigeon. 10 its home
ward iliCht. after an abseace OF thirty
months. accomplished feat so wonder
ful that We can only give ourselves up
20 the amazomcni and admiration
which must oyerwholm every one when
the marvellous story IL told Mrs. Nan
sens pigeon Is one OF the wonders OF
the world.