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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-11-17
The State of South Carolina,
ABBEVlLLE COUNTY,

ABBEVlLLE COUNTY.
Probate Court.-Citation for Letters OF Ad-
r.inistration.
BY r. E. HILL, ESQ.,. JUDGE OF PROBATE.
R. ]. ROBINSON, has
w made sui t to me, to grant him Letters
of Administration Of the estate and effects of
SARAH COOK, late Of Abbeville County.
deceased.
These are therefore, to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors Of
the said SARAH COOK, deceased. that
they be and appear before me, in the Court Of
Probate to be held at Abbeville G. H.. on We'd
nesday, Oath November, 1897, after pu uolication
hereof, at II o'clock in the forenoon, to show
cause II any they have, why the said admin.
istration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal Of the Court
this 9th day OF November, in the year Of
H.. ST. our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety seven and in the l2lst year
Of American Independence.
Published on the 10th day OF Nov. 1897, In
the Press and Banner and on the Court House
door for the time required by law.
r. E. HILL,
Nov. 8, 1897, tt Judge OF Probate.
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Amos b. MOrse's Locals.
Another small lot Of oats just In and going
fast.
Shelled almonds. Just the thing to save
the ladies trouble and you get only good fresh
nuts-no faulty ones.
Fresh almonds and English walnuts just
opened.
Nice fresh dried figs
"Old fashion mountain" buckwheat flour.
Also N. o. syrup and Muscavado molasses.
A fine lot Of flower Jars Just In and cheap.
Come, ladies, before the stock is broken and
get what you need.
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Locals r. C. Wilson & Cs

Call on R. G. Wilson & Co., for your grocer
les and vegetables.
Cabbage, potatoes, onions and other produce
for sale by r. @. Wilson Co.
r. c. Wilson & Co., sell kerosene oil at 15c
per gallon.
Smokers should call on r. G. Wilson & Co..
and examine tn cir stock of cigars.
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Take care OF the dimes and the dollars will
take care of themselves. We commend that
adage to you as purchaser. We can save
you many dollars by our dime saving prices
]. u. Kerr.
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Esfray Cow.

A reddish "mouley head" heller; has white
apeckle legs; will weigh about $50 lbs. Any
inform alton will be suitably rewarded.
Thos. Thomson.
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ThOs. ThOmson's Locals.
Batter, chickens and eggs are always on
hand.
You can always obtain these fresh and nice
al Thoe Thomson. Phone SO.
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If you want cheap glasses, 60 TO see the 9th.
or fellow. If you want glasses cheap, 20 see
H. ID. Reese.
= Get fit by calling on II. D. Reese. His
asses are built to flt."
: Wanted by Gentleman-Room and board
in private family. Address stating terms
~. G. c." this office. IF
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Cure that cold with Laxative Bromomo
Quinine In one day. For sale by P. B. Speed
Cure all bad blood diseases with Africana
For sale at Speeds.
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TROY HIGH SCHOOL.

Roll OF Honor for Month Ending No.
vember 9th, 1897.
Milwee Davis
Miss JAMIE Dendy,
Miss Leila Horne,
Miss Nora Horne.
Miss Laura Robinson,
Miss Lula Wideman,
Miss Rebecca Wideman,
Willie Franklin,
Bose Robinson,
Davie Robinson,
Willie Robinson.
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City style.

Bruce's restaurant and lunch counter open
all night. Hot coffee and chocolate al all
hours.
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NOTICE..

THE annual meeting of the stock holders of
l. the Georgia, Carolina & Northern Rail
way Company will be held at the office of the
Company in Atlanta, Ga, on FRIDAY, NO
VEMBER, 18th, 1897, at II o'clock A. NJ
]. NJ. SHERWOOD,
Oct. -, 1897, 1t Secretary.
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ABBEVILLE
Cotton Mills.

NOTICE Is hereby given that special meet
Ing OF the stockholders OF Abbevile
Cotton Mills Will be held on WEDNESDAY,
10th day OF NOVEMBER, 1887, at AbbeviIle c.
n. at o'clock p. m. for the following pur.
poses: 10 act upon a proposition TO make
the increased capital stock of one hundred
stock and 10 fix the terms and conditions up-
on which the said stock shall be issued and
redeemed, or converted into common stock
OF said mill. By order and resolution OF the
directors.
B. F. BAILEY,
Prest. and Treas.
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Mensand Boys top shirts from Is cents up
at B. Hillman's.
A whole stock @rogan for 81. Is at Cobb
McDavid's. Only o few pair of these shoes
left,
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Eyes SEQ by Their Own LIGHT.

Helmholz has shown that the fund.-
OF the eyes are themselves luminous,
In making an experiment he was able
to see in total darkness the movement.
OF his arms by the light of his own eyes !!
Oculists and psychologists declare that
this is one of the most remarkable ex-
periments recorded in the history of the
sciences. Probably there are but few
men living who could satisfactorily re.
peat the experiment, for the reason that
it is very likely that the luminosity of
the human eye is associated with un.
common activity of the brain. 1t is the
fIuorescence of the brain, as it were,-
St. Louis Republic.
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two hundred of 'em. They've got TINT
stage load long before now. escort ana
I'LL. The whole things over with. II
there were any women 'twould be diff
ferent; every man of us would go tne''
to try to rescue them; but there were
only men, I'm as sorry for Col. sweet
as Won can be; but we can get his oohv
when the Indians have gone. we can I
ford to lose any more of our people.
The speaker was the captain o.
party of Texas ontiersmen-rangers
they were afterwards called, wneh
their organization was more complete:
but these were the days when the Lone
Star state was uninvaded by railways
and when to it's very heart-far as the
capital - the savage klowas anu
Comanches often raided in full force
,avaging the scattered settlements lar
and wide. Lieut. Lambert, his duty lin
;shed with his testimony in the case OF
the deserter Riggs, had obtained perm's-
sion to delay his return few days anu
taken stage to Lampasas, where floyd
Walton was stationed with his troop.
Lambert would not willingly return
without seeing him and delivering in
person the little packages so hurrledly
prepared at the new home. Then. too.
there was no man in the army in whom
the young officer now felt so deep an in
tcrest. Was he not Katesie's brother.
and might not that brother have some
influence over that obdurate heart?
It was not the porter of the hotel who
went for these packages. twas Lam
bert himself, hoping, of course, to see
the young lady whom he had so sue
cessfully tormented the evening prevl-
GUS; but his scheme had been check
mated in most absurdly unromantic
fashion. The New Orleans evening
paper among it's military items con-
tanned brief paragraph to the effect
that Lieut.. Lambert was ordered over
to Austin as witness before court
martial there in session, but would re-
turn to the barracks in a week or ten
days. and this paper he had been care
less enough to leave on the veranda.
Katesie had gone miserably to her
room, Esther had lit upon the para
graph, and in ten minutes Lambercs
melodramatic scheme was exploded.
Never would he forget the saucy merri-
ment in her pretty face when he APP
peared upon the scene that morning.
hoping and expecting to find her peni-
tent, piteous, and mutely begging to be
forgiven before he went away. He had
come prepared to be grave, sorrowful.
dignified, and then to be disarmed by
her distress, to lead her away under the
magnolias to the shaded recesses of the
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PiTH AND POINT.
"A Observation-Disclosures

"A Observation-Disclosures Ill.,.
IT wouldn't mind goin' to Klon ss'n'
If it wasn't fer havin' to dig out AZ
gold" Weary Watkins-'"rhat 80; ~
the worst of it. 1t has to be WASH, sn'
after it is dug. "-Indianapolis Journ 'e'
-Cleverton-"Miss Brisk has tbro,'
Jack Shooksmith overheard" Asl,, %o
How do you know?" Cleyerton '
"Why, when I asked him, last n;ns.
how the affair was progressing, ha sa,s
me it was none of my business,,,
Puck.
-Clairvoyance-"I see," said n.
gypsy, "a dark woman who will c,ua '
you trouble in money Matters" "Cwa..
heavens!" murmured Chollie. "Is th.,
washerwoman going to hold me lama
WY for wansom again ?"-Indianano,;.
Journal.
"A Skeptic.-She-"Doy You re,,,r
believe that Gabriel will sound trnn
pet for all of us on the last day?" "a
well, / am sometimes half inc;naI
to believe that some folks will insis,
upon blowing tnelr own horns even
then" Leader.
City Mani understand that
horses are very cheap in this neiehbo,
hood?" Ruralville Native-"Chean,
They are so blamed cheap that tbe,
owners have taken TO leavin' 'em ~
other folks barns like founding chill.
dren are left on doorsteps."-Judge
A Greater Destiny.-"Aren't Won
sometimes tempted by the stories Of
sudden wealth which come drifting in
from undeveloped countries?" asked
the young man. Don't you feel an
impulse to go to Alaska and be a
miner?" mo, suh," was the emphatn
reply. "Glory is better than riches
I'd rather stay in kentucky and be a
major, sub" -Washington Star.
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IT'S BAD SOMETIMES.
Laughter 10 Disease That May XII

You.
Laughter is a disease.
This has been proved by numerous
cases which have come under the no.
tice of eminent neurologists, who have
declared even moderate laughter a
symptom of nervous hysteria- People
have died of laughing.
From Austria comes curious &C.
count of man suffering from a nerv-
Gus disease that manifested itself in
paroxysms of laughter. The patient,
whose case was described before the
Pschiatric and Neurological society
of Vienna, was 30 years of age and had
been subject for three years to fits of
laughter, which occurred at first every
two or three months, gradually increas-
ing in frequency to a dozen or more
q Gay.
The attacks occurred especially be-
tween nine in the evening and $3.50
O'Clock in the morning, and in greater
frequency between five and 6:3O o'clock.
Some occurred also during the day,
however the patient happened to be &C.
cupicd.
In the intervals between the attacks
and Immediately before and after
ward the man was perfectly we'll. The
attacks set in with a tickling sensation
arising from the, toes of the left foot,
and the patient would fall to the ground
unless he could reach some place to
lie down. When the feeling reached the
level of the left nipple the patient lost
consciousness for a few seconds.
Often the patient lay upon his face
The mouth and eyes were closed spas
medically. the eyeballs turned upward;
the pupils We're dilated and unrespon-
sive to light.
Atthe height of the attack the patient
at first smiled and then laughed aloud
without other sign of merriment. The
entire attack occupied about two min
utes. On two occasions there was pro-
tracted loss of consciousness.-N. Y.
Recorder.
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IT is claimed that there is at least
800, 600, 900 of gold resting on the bot
tom of the ocean, chiefly underneath
the regular so-called turnpike routes
traversed by ocean steamers. Gold is
one of the few metals that the acids of
salt water do not consume. A plan is
suggested by which a diving locomo-
tive will make its way to the oceans
ooze, where, with 1900 candle search
light. hundred million more or less
of ocean treasures can be scooped up.
This may be as practicable as some OF
the plans suggested for g. ting to and
from the Klondike region with a chest
full of gold
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indomitable. Yet Aven these we'll knew
the hopelessness of the situation as de'
scribed. They were for too few IN
number to undertake the pursuit ana
attack of such a band as this. More
over. their own wives and children
would be left in danger were they to
take the field. 1t was even Impossible
to persuade two or three OF their num-
Der to ride post-haste on the trail OF
the cavalry, who, at the first alarm
and on receipt of tidings that the In"
dians had ridden away eastward to-
wards the Brazos, had taken the road
for Waco at dawn in hopes OF heading
them off or driving them should they
attack the defenseless settlements.
There were. therefore, absolutely no
troops to go to the rescue OF the stage
party, if, as seemed beyond hope, any
of them were still alive, and Lambert,
burning with eagerness to do some
thing and tormented with anxiety as
to the fate of Brother Floyd" found
himself helpless.
\ sergeant and some semi-invalided
men had been left in charge of camp,
and from these he gathered a little in
formation, but not of an enlivening ma
ture. The nearest posts to the west
ward from which help might come
were McKavett and Concho, each over
hundred miles away; but Concho, be-
ing on the left bank of the Colorado,
and doubtless warned by this time OF
the Indian raid, could be sending cav
airy down the valley in pursuit. 1t
was expectation of this, probably. that
started the 1niders eastward towards
the Drazos, where there were no troops.
and where, sweeping northward again
in wide circle, they might confidently
expect to get safely back to their wild
Businesses, leading the cavalry stern
chase all the way. Shrewdest tacti-
clans of modern warfare as they are,
the, had indeed already divided, one
party riding eastward as reported after
swooping down on the Caliente station,
and driving some of the stock ahead
of them, for the sole purpose of draw
ing the Lampasas troop off in that di-
rcction, leaving the settlers along the
Colorado to the mercies of the other
and larger portion of the savage force.
| There was no use now in sending
couriers after the troop. 1t had five
| hours start. 1t would be evening be-
fore the teetest horse could overtale
the command. Lambert urged the
! sergeant to give him horse and arms,
mount three or four men, and let them
go with him, if only to reconnoiter.
Then some of the Texans who had no
| families to defend might volunteer.
ITO BE Continued
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old southern garden, there to assure
her that she was pardoned, and then
to tell her how she was loved. A charm
ing chateau en- Espagne was that which
the boy had builded; sweet, sad, bliss
full, ecstatic parting was it all to be as
result of his skillful use of his "sud-
den orders to Texas" but, like many
another well-laid plan, it went ludi-
crously aglee. She was there on the
veranda, romping with her kitten,
when he came and never made the
slightest reference to his Departure
He alluded gloomily to the fact that the
boat would be along in less than an
hour, and she cheerfully responded:
yes; All thought All huhd its whistle
just moment ago." and raced pussy
to the far end of the gallery. He tried
other announcements with no better
success, and was bewildered and de-
1eated and stung by her apparent
heartlessness and Indifference when at
last he had to go, and went away mis-
crab'y jealous and wretchedly in love,
fairly beaten at his own game.
So gloomy and unlike himself was
Lambert that the two or three class
mates who happened to be at Austin
were much surprised, and so absorbed
was he in his own woes and pangs that
not until he reached Iampasas did he
learn that the soldierly-looking man
who rode all the way from the capital
with him was no less 4 person than
the Brevet Lieut.. Col. Sweet of whom
he had heard so much at Tugaloo, and
who, promoted to the rank of mai or.
was now on his way to report for duty
at frontier post. The stage with the
colonel rumbled away on it's Journey
for supper. Lambert went on out TO
camp, only to find that Corporal Wal
tor with four men had gone as escort
to that very stage, as there were rl,-
mors that the Comanches and Lipans
were on the warrath again. It might
be four days before they returned. 1t
would he two before stage went back
to Austin, and it was now nine o'c]ocl,
at night.
The very next 'uorning brought dire
full news. n big band of hostiles had
swooped down on the stage station at
the crossing of the Caliente, so mics
TO the northwest, massacred everybody.
and run OFF the stock. The cavalry
troop in camp at Lampasas was miles
away by the time the tidings reached
Lambert at the tavern in town. Then
came worse news = settler rode
squirting in from the Concho trail to
say that he had seen the Indians when
they attacked the stage with overpow-
ering numbers, and had just managed
to escape with his own life. He De-
lieved that not one sou! was left to
tell the tale. There we're many gallant
spirits among the Texans of the from
tier-men who were accustomed to
fight at the drop of the hat. and who,
in defense Of home and friends, we're
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An Appeal for the Elephant.

Monsieur Foa, a French explorer Oh
Africa, has recently made a strong APP
peal for the protection of the elephans
remaining on that continent. lie oe'
elares that the great beasts should d.
preserved not merely rs curiositles' ou'
as animals which might become yer!
useful under domestication. Formerly
as he points out, elephants were ~.
mesticated in Africa, and he beile'''
the same thing could be done again ~
day, and that it would well pay to 90 u.
But unless protected against slausn'.,
the elephantwill have disappeared IRON ~
Africa before civi.iza ton has reacne'
the heart of the dark continent
Youths Companion.
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Their Own Language.

A good story is told of the late Arch
bishop Benson's coachman. On a certain
day. getting into a tight block among
some cabmen. he INDUCED in a hearty
swear-a rather frequent habit with
him. His master heard him, and
putting his head out of the win
dow sternly demonstrated. "Eep
your pardon, my lord" the old reprobatc
replied. "but l heard you tell them ere
gents as was ordained last Sunday that
iHyou don't speak to people in their own
natural tongue, you will never get 'em
TO understand you."-London Globe.
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WHAT appears to be an almost in
credible story is told by several relia-
BILE men who are engaged in Gallagher
Bros.'s saw mill, on the franklin
mountain, near Walton, N. Y. During
a terrific storm recently, which was
accompanied by hail, one of the en-
ployes Burt Nichols, found large
hail stone that measured 1914 inches
in circumference. After the storm had
ceased Mr.. Nichols picked up the frozen
lump, and the sun was shining bright
~ on it then. He buried it in the saw
dust, and next morning it was as large
as persons fist. The ground was COW
cred with hail of smaller size.
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MATILDA ANN AND NE.

When the nights are getting longer.
And the frosts begin to fall.
While the early pippins ripen
BY the messy garden wall.
Then I take my easy rocker.
In tho kitchen after tea,
And we're happy as two lovers.
Just Matilda Ann and me.
While she washes out the dishes,
In her deft and dainty way,
IT'S a pleasure jlst to watch her,
And I haven't much to say.
As she sets them in the cupboard.
And we both of US agree
Not to light the parlor burner.
For Matilda Ann and me.
80 we put our feet together
Closer to the glowing hearth.
And declare there ne'er existed
Such a home as ours on earth.
Then sometimes sho lets me kiss her:
Shades are down and none can see,
Else I'm sure they'd stop to envy
My Matilda Ann and me.
-Lalia M. Mitchell, in Housekeeper.
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TIE Canadian department of marine
has undertaken to perform an I'M
precedented feat, namely, to tow an
island out of the way of navigation. A
large piece of marsh land became de-
tached at Rat Portage, and sailors no
ticed an island floating around in the
Lake of the Woods. The mayor of the
town telegraphed to Ottawa, and the
department has telegraphed it's agent
30 secure tug and tow the island out
of the way of navigation and moor it,,
as it is most dangerous.
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RECENT wars have been remarkable
for their brevity. The war between
Turkey and Greece practically lasted
only three weeks. The war between
Japan and China lasted six months.
The French declared war against Ger
many in July, and Sedan fell in the fol-
lowing September. Russia declared
war on Turkey April "a, 1877, and on
December 10 the porte requested the
mediation of the powers.
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The SCOT elected by smoke-staclx
weighs more than is commonly sup
posed. The stack of a German sugar
factory had been provided with SCOT
catcher. Six days afterward the SCOT
was removed, and it was found that
during this time 6,7O0 pounds had &C.
cumulated. The stack of such fac
tory is estimated to throw out during
the period of year which it is in OPP
Grafton the enormous quantity of 200
tons of SCOT