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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-12

SHILOH Bible Society will meet at Shiloh
church on Thursday Goth inst. The sermon
will be preached by DR.. Daniel OF Ab6eviiie.
A II friends Of the Bible cause are Invited u
meet with us. S.B. Knox, President.
Ex-Governor JOHN PETER RICHARDSON
died In Columbia last Wednesday night. He
was the last OF the old time Governors. The
Reformers took possession at tho end OF dis
second term.
MISS MAE BONE, OF Elberton, Ga, is in the
city visiting her sister, Mrs. Ernest Wilson.
MRS. B. F. BAILEY is on visit to friends in
Cokesbury.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-12
Alliance Meeting.

The annual meeting OF the County Alliance
for the election OF officers for the ensuing
year will be held on Friday, July 2lst. AS
will also be held, 1t Ia highly important that
sub.alliapces owning stock in the State EX-
change, should elect a sub-trustee stockhold-
er to represent their stock In the Con ventton.
Under an amendment to the Constitution,
each sub-alliance In good standing is entitled
to delegate to the State Convention.
1t is earn estly desired, therefore, that there
should be full attendance at the County AL
lance. Respectfully,
June 20, 1899. John Lyon, President.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-12
SUMNER SCHOOL.

For the Colored Tearhers OF this
Section.
The Summer school for colored teachers OF
the ooun ties OF Anderson, Abbeyille, New.
berry, Edgef1eld and GreeDwood convened
Tuesday morning ] July 1lth, in Ferguson and
and Williams College at Ab6evtlle, .. @.
Unusual interest was manHested by the
teachers, eighty Of whom were enrolled the
first day. Rev. E. w. Williams and Mrs. E.
v. C. Williams, assisted by Miss jamie B.
Weston OF Charleston, 8. O., constitute the
faculty OF the school.
There is every evidence Of q pleasant and
profitable session. The school continues one
month.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-12
A. b. MOrses' Locals.

Fine cucumber pickles, doz. for Csc.
Every good housekeeper should have at
least 25c. worth Of those nice cucumbers at
Morse's. dozen.
haven't many cueunbers left at 81 doz.
Send quick or you will miss them.
Ice pick and lemon squeezers.
Fresh lemons constantly In stock.
doz. l4.finger grain CRADLES with Blood's
best blades just In.
II you should happen to need few fruit
jars or extra rubbers, have them. My Jars
are superior to great many that are offer for
clear and smooth. Half gallons. quarts and
pints. Look at them. Prices reasonable.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-12
MUCH IN A LITTLE.
ment of the Press and Banner
from a Level Headed SubKcriber.

Bakersfield. Gala, June 30, 1899.
Editor Press and Banner:
Dear Sir Another year gone, and l have
lost TWO q lay ymates-W. T. Milford and l.. L..
Guffin. Tom Milford had no faults. Poor
Lem was blessed with the best Of parents and
should have honored them In their declining
years. Chas. Bingley Guhin was father OF
whom any TOY should be proud.
Enclosed find SO 90 to keep life IN the Press
and Banner. I wish could get copies OF 1t
from 1855 up to my subscription.
Hold 10 yonr Views on Bryan and expan-
sion, I think you are right on the Negro
auestjbn. Most truly yours.
W. H. Frazier.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-12

Get rid OF your fees with insect powder.
For sale by Speed.
Try a glass of our delicious claret phos.
phate. Milford q EIPre.
For pains in the sacs- get bottle Of Prick
ley Ash Bitters. For sale at Speeds.
What Is that at Milford DuPre's. Go and
see.
Ice cream sodas and all kinds Of delicious
and refreshing cold drinks at Speeds soda
fountain.
Soda water and every thing in the way Of
ice drinks at Milford & DuPre's drug store.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-12

Whoever speaks lightly of married
life desecrates the holiest thing in the
world.
Personal vanity may be mildly char,
acterized as form of Intellectual ard
moral idiocy.
It is better to be remembered in q
good mans prayers than in q rich
mans will
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-12
Good Farming.

MOSES TATE has done this year. perhaps,
more work on his farm than has been done
on any farm within five miles Of Abbeville.
he has cleared, terraced, anc planted many
acres under hard circu instances, and now has
q fine prospect for good crops. He has cattle
and is enriching his land.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-12

BY using bottle OF Speeds lightning reno
vator you can make your last summer CLOTH
ing look like new. Price l0c. at Speeds.
"Lolly pop" and cherry phosphate special
ties at Milford 4 DuPres soda fount.
Don't fall to try a box Of cacti soap. For
sale BY Milford & DuPre. Phone 107. The
Druggists.
DR.. Hills famous headache powder has no
equal. For sale by Milford & DuPre.
Phone 107.
Call at Milford & DuPre's drug store and
be refreshed with one OF their Ice cream
sodas.
Why does Speed sell 80 many cigars? be-
cause he handled high grades good at low
prices.
Order what you want over the phone and
have Milford & DuPre to place 1t In your
hands at once. Phone 10T.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-12
Pea Planter and successful Farmer

Hon. w. D. Mann Of Antreville was In
town last Monday, looking we'll and happy.
He Is q good farmer. and is a pea planter from
first TO last. He thinks one dollars worth OF
peas put on an acre Of land has as good
enrich qualities as five or ten times the
money 3 worth In commercial fertilizer, and
he is also OF the opinion that the cost of SOW
ing and blowing In of the peas is not greater
than the cost of distributing the fertilizer.
He says that body can see the difference
In the next crop on land after peas has been
In
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-12
The Simmer School.

All teachers should read the notice ofCoun
ty Superintendent Of Education ]. s. Gilbert
The educational interests Of the State depeno
largely upon these Summer Schools. and al
friends OF education should be gratifed a.
the greater efforts that are being directed te
the education Of the teachers
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-12
Bought q Pasture.

Mr. Richard Sondley has bought from Mr.
Tusten the farm which he owned on Norris
Creek, and will turn 1t int pasture for graz
ing cattle. He IL q successful dealer In cattle,
and will no doubt make good thing OF mis-
investment
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-12
Married.

At the Upper Long Cane Manse Abbeville,
8. c., July 4, 1899, by Rev. ]. F. McKtnnon,
Mr. James Crawford and Miss JAMIE Finley,
both OF Abbeville.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-12

Things said and done in love always
bring forth fruit,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-12

Drink ginger ale malt at Milford q DuPre's
soda fountain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-12
DEATH OF ASA BOWIE.

Mr.. Asa Bowie died al the home of bis son,
Mr.. Jake Bowie. at Green wood and was
buried at Gilgal church. He WAS a good man
and member at Gilgal for many long years.
He was deeply interested In the Bible cause
and with his wife frequently attended the
meets OF the Abbeville District Bible Society.
funeral services were conducted by Rev. W..
B. Wharton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-07-12
DUE WEST,
The Usual Valuable Contribution by
Our Wide Awake Correspondent.

Due West, 8. g., July llth, 1899.
At the picnic at sunny Slope on the first OF
July the Ladies' Missionary Society OF Little
River church operated a refreshment stand
and cleared the snug sum Of sixty dollars.
The money will be used toward the purchase
and erection of q substantial fence around
the cemetery at Little River church. Mrs.
w. A, Callahan and Miss Ida Bell were two
OF the ladies In the movement and one day
will receive their reward. There were others
who rendered valuable assistance. The men
talk and talk and talk about doing some good
deed but the good women roll up their sleeves
and do the work. When their work is done
they look around and see the same group of
men talking about who shall take the lead IN
some enterprise or how some particular work
Mrs. c. G. Haddon is visiting Mr.. R. w.
Haddon at his home across the creek. Mrs.
Haddon was formerly Miss Sallie Roas and
received her education at the Female College
citv of Greenville. She Is accompanied on
her visit by her four daughters and son.
DR.. J, W. Wideman has with him for their
summer visit, his daughter, Mrs. ID. 6. Phil
lips and his grandchildren, Julia Phillips.
Statia Phillips, Eloise Phillips and "GuVVy"
On the fourth of July neghborhood bar.
becue will be given at Mr.. W. N. McAdams
spring. Messrs. James Bell, James Pruit and
Ernest Clinkscales are the active agents In
this movement and the names OF these gen.
tlemen is guarantee that there will be
plenty to eat for the guests that have been
Mrs. Lila Bowie Ellison, or Anderson
county, is visiting her father, Mr.: L. D. Bowie,
on Cleveland street. Her little daughter
Bomice came along to see the sights IN Due
West. .,..
there will be no preaching at Central school
house next Sabbath.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11
MAYORS COURT.

The Mayors court wss in session Thursday
afternoon. and several offenders were tried
Matte Smith, Tedie Polk, JEFF CLARK, Will.
lie Johnson and LeGrand Davis we're charged
With gambling and creating disturbance q,
JET Ciafk's house There wss 90 evidence
against Willie Johnson, and be was dis
charged. The others were found guilty aod
the following sentences imposed: Matte Sni'h
snd Tedis Polk $5 or 10 days each JEFF
Clark and LeGrand Davis 81 or 4 days each.
Martha Sumter and Camilla Lawrence were
mp for cursipg and creating disturbance on
the street. They we're fopnd guilty and re-
CURED to pay 6ne of SIS each.
Charles Farmer was arraigned for fighting
at the Atlantic Coast Line depot. He was
dismissed with lecture.
The following cases were Oh the docket
Mondsy moroiog:
John T. Hurst, public drunkenness De-
feodant entered plea of guilty and paid q
6ne of So
JEFF Clark, public dunkenuess and disor-
derly conduct. Plead guilty and was sen
fenced to work days on the streets.
J. r. Clyde, disorderly conduct and Great
ing disturbance Failed to appear and
bond of $40 was forfeited.
Bill Pickett, disorderly conduct and carry
ing concealed weapons Arrested 90 warrant
issued on affidavit of Saul Prugle. At re-
quest of prosecutor the charge was vita
drawn.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11
Passenger Coach Put On.

President AItamont Moses, of the Business
League, acting under instructions from the
]eagne, wrote to Mr.. E. Borden, Superin.
tendent of Transportation OF the Atlantic
Cosss Line few days age, requesting that a
passenger coach be attached to the local
freight between Florence and Sumte.. The
following is the reply to Mr.. Moses letter:
Wilmington, N c., Oct Z, 1899.
Mr.. Altamont Moses, President Business
League, Sumter, S. c.:
Dear Sir: beg to acknowledge the receip,
of your favor of toe 5th lost 10 retereace to
irain service on the Bishepviile Branch, and
putting coach On local freight train between
Sumter and Florence.
To reverse the schedule of the Bishopville
branch train as you request would very much
disarrange the present schedule on our system
between Sumter, Bishopville, Darlington,
Hartsville. Beonettsville, etc. The schedules
OF the sarieus branch lines are 30 interwoven
that We cannot very well change one without
dissnsbiog another, and for tha. reason q,
the present time do not see how we can very
we'll make the change requested I will keep
the matter 10 mind and see if any,hiog can
be done for yon later on.
In reference to the runring of coach on
the local freight would say that we tried tbs
some time ago, bat II proved very unsatis.
factory but having desire to show a dis
position to do what we can for you, I have
instructed that the coscb be put on some time
next week, with the understanding that il
the sesyice proves unsatisfactory, the car will
be Withdrawn Yours truly,
E. Borden, sups. Trans.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11
TIE FIRE LAST NIGHT.
Hose Wagon Collision Narrowly
~ Averted.

The Ingram house caught a6re last night
about 9 O'Clock and both reel Squads were
called out by the alarm. The FIRE, however,
did not amount to much and was put out
with the chemical extiuguishers. The squads
stretched hose but no water was thrown.
A serious accident was narrowly averted
when the squads were racing to the ERE.
There came near being collision at the
corner of Main and Liberty Streets ADD was
prevented oy the presence of mind and skill
tul driving of Robert Wright, t5e Delgar
driver. Both squads were going foil tilt,
Delgar expecting to turn the coroer into
Liberty Street, and Monaghan going down
Liberty Street As they approached the cor
ner it vas seen that collision and general
smashup was probable.
The Monaghan driver did not pull his
horses 10, but went tearing across Main
street The Delgar driver realizing the dam
ger when about thirty or forty feet from the
corner. put the brakes hard down, lay back
on the reins and turned his horses to the
right sufficiently to avert a collision.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11
/. Mad Monarch.s Freak.

"At the time the malady Of Ludwig
II, the mad king Of Bavaria, was at its
worst he gave orders that 80 OF his
finest horses should be put in the best
condition possible for a race" writes
Professor J. II. Gore in The Ladies
Home Journal. 'When the report
came that. no further Improvement
could be made, he had them brought
into an open field where every conceiv-
able form of noise making device had
been stationed.
"The horses were tied to posts, and
the king from an elevated stand gave
the signal that started the flare OF
trumpets, the booming Of cannon, the
firing Of bombs and other outlandisl
noises. The horses reared. plunged,
struggled to get free, and finally break
ing loose started in the widest Of gal
lops from this bedlam. But toward
whatever corner Of the field they fed
they were stopped by noises just as
terrifying and sent to another quarter
to be frightened again and again.
"When the horses became too tired
to run we'll, the king found the specta-
Gle uninteresting anG ordered the orgy
to cease. By this cruel freak the royal
stables lost a number Of their most
valuable animals"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11

The CoanV Board of Control held meet.
ing Monday at which ths question Of clos
ing the dispensary today on account of the
circus was discussed. Il was decided to
leave the mstter in the hands of the Mayor o!
the city. Mayor Haghson ordered /. closed
Or. Balps Gcngh Syrup is nnquessiouably
the most remarkable remedy ever produced
for the cure of throat and lung tronbles. +
has cured thousands, aud has done wonders
in many cases of incipient consumption.
Two negroes from Sumter who were serv.
ing sentence on the Darlington County
chaingans.. we're discharged Saturday and
soon disappeared. Along with them went q
horse and road cart. which has not yet been
found The Darlipgtonian.
The CONTRACT for the erection cf the Magl
nolia Street Methodist Church he's been
rawarded to Mr.. n. @. Kayansngh, contractor
of this city, and work will be commenced a,
once, So it IS desired, If possible, to have
same dedicated the frst Sunday IN December,
8 few days before the pastor, Rev. Wm. Aiken
Kelly leaves for the session of the Annual
Conference.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11
QUITS Kicked Out.
The State Board Makes His
SUSPENSION Permanent.

Columbia, Oct. S.-Tbe State board
OF cootrol chopped eff the heads of
Com mlssiorer'e Bookkeeper Oats and
Dispensers Lynch end Bookuan Of
this city aud has left staudiug the
order for the revokiog of eli the beer
privilege in the State on Nov. /. The
head Of Dispenser stelTipg, of Charles
ton. was also about to fall in the basket
yesterday when it was decided to allow
hearing io bis case AS yet no sue
cessor has been elected to fill Mr..
Doa,bit place as commissioner. The
board reached breathing point 10 the
sensational weeks work about o'clock
yesterday afternoon and then took a
recess until neze Wednesday night at 8
O'Clock when the commissioner will
probably be elected and other develop.
ments will follow. Yesterday the
important steps taken were on the
double. quick, and there was 20
extended discussion. 1t seems certain
that the beer privileges are gone beyond
recall. The opportunity for recon
sideration was presented yesterday, but
30 one took advantage of it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11
Not In Her Nightgown.


It is commonly supposed that when
the tidings Of the death Of William Nv
were conveyed TO Queen Victoria she
received the archbishop of Canterbury
and those with him in her nightgown,
but the ridiculous nightgown story can
easily be exploded. The mistake orig
mated in one Of Disrael's novels. AS q
matter Of fact, during the last century
the garment now known as dressing
gown was called nightgown, and we
read Of elderly ladies and gentlemen
walking in their gardens before break
fast in their nightgows. 1t was really
a dressing gown which the princess
donned before Eeceiving the arch
bishop, and it was pretty one, made
Of white cambria, oyer which her maid
threw q shawl.
The archbishop was accompanied by
the Marquis Of Conyingham and Sir
Henry Halford, and the difficulty they
experienced in getting admission to
the castle has been ikened to the scene
in Macbeth" where the Sleepy and
ungracious porter has been aroused
from his slumbers. It was long time
before the porter would answer the
clamorous summons, though the arch
bishop pealeG at the bell, while the
marquis piled the knocker.-Dublin In
dependent
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11

Dr.. Bulls Cough Syrup ls remarkable
medicine. A dry, tickling, hacking cough.
the warning tbst CONSUMPTION turks near.
needle no other doctor but Dr.. Bull's Cough
Syrup. 1t positively cures throat and lung
tonble
The compress will probably be ready fol
business Rext week The long delay in be-
ginning operations has beer due to the failure
Of the manufacturers to deliver tie compress
machinery at the time agreed on 10 tae con.
tract.
Old fashions in dress may be revived, bu,
no oid.fsshioned medicine can replace Cham.
berIaiu's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem.
edy. For sale by A. ]. Chine's drug etore.
Deposits are still piliog up in. the loca.
banks At the close of business on Septem.
bet 30th. the Bank Of Sumter bad more than
S22l 200 on deposit, while the First National
Bank had nearly S246. 900 10 the credit O!
depositors.
Presidens King, Farmers Bank. Brooklyn,
Mich, has used DeWitt's Little Early Risers
in his family for years. Says they are the
best. There famous little pills cure. consti-
patton, billiousness and all liver and bowei
troubles.--Hughsou.Ligon Co. -..4z.sss.
Our little boy was afflicted with rbeuma.
tisn 10 bis knee, and at times unable to pu,
his foot to the Hoor. We tried in vain every.
thing we could hear of that we though,
would help him. We almost gave up in de.
spair, whes some one advised us to try Cham.
berIain's Pain Balm We Sid 80, sui the
frst bottle gave 30 much relief that we go, a
secoad one, and, to our surprise, it cured
him sound aud well.-T. ]. Bays. Pastor
Christian Chareh, Neodesha, Kan. For sails
by A. J. China's drug store.
The presentmest of the grand jury has
beer generally discussed It is plain,
straightforward and unequivocal statement
Of facts and shows up Irregularities and off.
cial misconduct in stropg light.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11

New York. Oct 9-Liverpool was
so strong at the advance of from
s to 9 points that it was an invita-
tion to realize profits, which the buy
ers of Friday and Saturday did on
the opening. Under this realizing
the Improvement at the opening was
lost and quotations slowly declined
to about last EVENINGS prices
After the sharp advance from
Saturday morning such re-
action was quite in order,
although Liverpool thought it repre-
sented an indisposition TO look for
higher prices and closed barely steady
at nearly 3 points below their best
quotations. The spinners abroad
consider the advance as merely a
speculative move on tine part OF
Americans to make them pay higher
prices than necessary for raw mate
rial that they continue to sell yarns
and goods without covering at the
reaction. Our market is quieter but
without changing the comparative
movement and on the estimates of
yield During the afternoon the
market eased on profit taking by
several large accounts Oh the idea of
reaction in Liverpool and the fear
that the south would sell heavily on
any decline The local trade look
for decidedly lower Liverpool to-
morrow and are short There is no
change in the movement of crop
advice.
IyltI O
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11
1sureau Cotton Report.

Washington, D. c., Oct lo-The Depart.
meot of Agriculture reports average condi.
ton of cotton on October /, 81 as con-.
pared with 50 s last mooth, and 75.4 Ucto.
Der l, 1898. The decline In September
affected almost the entire cotton region
being: poinss in North Carolina and Indian
Territory, in South Carolina, 8 in Georgia
and Texas, in Alabama aad Louisiana, 8
in Mississippi and Arkansas. l0in Tennessee,
II in Virginia and 10 Missouri.
The averages for the Sfa:es Virginia 76,
North Carolina sc, South Carolina 62, Geor.
eia 81, Florida 79, Alabama 70, Missssippi
90, Louisiana 6s, Texas Sc, Arkansas SO,
Tennessee 66, Missouri "a, Oklahoma 60, In.
dian Territory 46.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11
IN HIS STEPS.

Early in tue wlnterot lse6-97 Cbarlss ".
i Sheldon, pastor OF the Second Presbyterian
Church, at Topeka, Kansas. said to nis cor
gregation, Sin place of delivering sermon
an Sunday evenings during the winter in.
tend to read story" Mr.. Sheldon wrote
the book, q chapter each week and read it
the ensuing Sunday. Il was published in
1897 as serial and appeared 10 book form
the following autumn. 10 one year it was
selling at the rate of eleven hundred copies
day, and as it vas not copyrighted in Eng
land more than twenty difsreot publishers
put il on that market Three million copies
of this story are said to have been sold in
foar months-a success unparalleled in the
history Of literature. The author is forty.
two years old, q native of Welisvil!e, n. z,
= and is the son of q minister, the Reverend
Stuart Sheldon, Who now acts as his secre-
tary. Its tone is strongly religious yet it is
read eagerly by all classes. Mr.. Sheldon has
proven conclusively tia. religious novel
may be made OF strong interest. The book
bas been warmly recon- mended by clergymen
and many copies have been circulated by
them 10 their congregations. No book in
years has been more discussed and debated.
( 4, has suppplied conversation in all walks Of
life and IS therefore book that it become a
dnty TO read.
We have secured from the American Press
Association the exclusive right in this county,
of their Plates of this story, and viii soon
begin It's publication 10 serial form il this
paper. Do rotfail to keep up with il as
published.