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he AKb#ille Pressa nd Banner 7\V. & W- R- Bradley. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1910. Established 1844 I "The Passion Play at Oberasnmergau" a.... iiu Pmf .inlps fi. Huzuelet to II rapei nuau uj w__ [ the Members of the Ladies' Philharmonic Club, May 2, 1910Having been askeel by your most worthy and honored President to read a paper or the Passion Play soon to be enacted at Oberarumertfau in the kingdom of Bava ria. Germany, which takes place every ter years, kindly allow me to preface my re marks by asking your indulgence of mj shortcomings insomuch as the most of thif paper is a clipping taken from the Londor Daily Mail. It is certainly well written and whoever wrote it must either havt witnessed the last production in 1900 or if at present on the ground floor observing the extensive preparations in every detail Before reading same I would like to cal your attention to a 6ermon or lecture heard in Charleston at the Church of th< Holy Communion, delivered by Archdeacoi fl Percy R. Webber, D. D., then uean 01 tin I Episcopal Cathedral of Milwaukee, Wis. and now Bishop of Wisconsin. He ha< just returned from Europe in 1901 or 1902 fresh from Oberammergau, where lie ha< gonf to witness the production, having been seal there by his Church and dioce? to prepare himself for a leoturing tou thru this country and Porto Rico. H< held a ten days mission at the Church o tbe -Holy Communion, where I was thei organist for lifeeen years, and when it wa amwanced that Dr. Webber would preacl on the Passion Play at Oberammergau, th? seating capacity of this large church wa taxed to its utmost, with standing roon only on the outside. Our choir of fift: voices in vestments had prepared specia music of his own selection, including^ach'i Passion Music, Spohr's "Crucifixion,' Ga*Ts "H<1/ City," Gounod's "Redemp tion" and "Lovely Appear," Handel's "Hal lelujah Chorus," and as a voluntary o opeoicg piece, after the processional Hymn "Ride on, Ride on in Majesty," witl the ehoir, BJshop and priests in procession Oar baritone soloist, Dr. Randall Stoney cancr F/uire's "Palms" with telling effect. I. then announced his text an< went on to depict in the most graphi manner (with all the eloquence of an orator Christ's entrance into Jerusalem on an as; on Palm Sunday morning', His pathwa; being strewwith palm branches and flow ere, and the multitude shouting "Hosanna Hail to the King of the JewsT etc. H then pictured with burning eloquence Hi trial and conviction before Pilate, His las supper with JHis disciples on Holy Thurs day night, Hl? Crucifixion on Good Friday His resurrection on Easter Sunday and Hi ascension forty days afterwards. It was grand effort, replete with bursts of elc quenoe as be painted his word picture never to be forgotten down the ages, an< perhaps the grandest sermon eve - - - - -UL ik Ipreaebeo in unarieswn, wimi mo tion, perhaps, of Moody's great sermon li 1895 when he preached before 5,000 at th Audrcorlum. Dr. Webber held an audienc of 2,500 spell-bound for over two hours in ducting excerpts from the oratorio mu6i< which had been interspersed all thru th sermon. He was considered at the tim one of the greatest orators of the Protes tant Episcopal Church. It took that vast congregation one 6oli< hour to disperse after that magnificen discourse, everybody waiting to shak< hands with the Doctor, which almost ex hausted him. After &e ordeal he compli mented me and the ?fooir highly, whic) made me feel two feet taller, besides offer 1 ?- A- 4-r\ ViA/iAm Iing to tEKe me vu .oa.u^rttuive*; w ucvuw his organist if the church would releas me, which they would not consent to jus at that time. I remember two other great sermons h preached during the Mission. One wa? "Hitch your wagon to a star, and let tha star be Jesus Christ," th? choir slngirig "The heavens are telling," from Haydn'i "Creation," and the other was, "Moses It Egypt," the choir again singing "Box down thine ear, 0 Lord," byRoeeinl. O course both of these sermons were equall; fine and attracted Immense congregation i both day and night. Two very strange and unfortunate co incidences happened after he left Charles ton to lecture in Porto Rico. Our two bee soloists, DeLlsle Motte and Dr. Randal IStoney were both fciuea in trouey car acci dents. Poor Motte lost his life on Bull! vans Island, returning from avislttosonn young: la dies, and attempting to board twc moving cars he fell between and wai crushed to death; and Dr. Stoney, wh< had located in San Francisco, Cal., afte: marrying a millionaire's daughter (jus< three months afterwards) was called out tx see a patient and was killed In a trolley collision or smash-up. What a sad blow ii was to our choir, who loved him and hlj beautiful voice?unquestionably the flne6' baritone in South Carolina then, and none his equal since. His voice won for him hif education at the Porter Military Acadomy the Medical College of Charleston, a post ' ot Tlolloviift Rofinifail. Nev IglttUUttUy WUIOO ^v..w . ? ? x York, the appointment of Surgeon D. S, Army with rank of Lieutenant and com mission to the Philippine Islands, and lastly, his bride in San Francisco, aftei serving in the Philippines and settlinj down in the latter cltv and putting out hif shingle as an M. D. However, enough o this, as I have bored you all long enough so I will close this paper by reading this interesting clipping;?thanking you on< and all for your kind attention, and beg ging you to bear with me just a litth longer until I read the following excerpt I to wit: i There is a little village in Europe > the 1,-400-odd inhabitant* of which ma\ safely be stated to be the busiest oc ithe continent?not only the ousie^t ) but the most interesting iu many way* . ?and to add to their 'antiquenesH,' Ithey are all engaged on the same ta>k This little village is called Oberanr ' mergpu, is situated in the upper Bava l nan cvalley of the Ammer, and tlx . 1,400-odd villagers are actively prepar ',ing for the famous Passion Play?tlx "i first performance of which is to b< 1'given" on (he third Kuuday or Maj - next?and the final one on the lasi r) Sunday in September. ; True, the people of Oberammergai 11 have been engaged on those prepara |tions for the past three years, nut it h *jia March and April, the last eighi weeks before the production, that tbej 'iare naturally most active. The play > it should be realized, is prepared en . rirely without idea of profit, and as ? I Thanksgiving or, rather, celebratior [ of the end of a plague which swept tb< * village nearly 300 years ago. Visiton ~ are merely tolerated, or rather tbey ar< accepted as pilgrims, who come to se< 3 the performance, every tenth year, it * all reverence. i So famous, however, are the per l. formauces, that steamship companiei i make special arrangements to carr] r visitor* from various parts of America g while many special continental train: are run to bring pilgrim* in their thou sanda to the little village by the Am ? mer. * Of the spirit in which the play ii i produced and the people who pertorn s it Mr. Ellsworth, a well known write i who has spent a long time in O be ram e mergau, bad Haiti: "There iB uo gull* s aDd do deception. When you meeti man there, you know you may trus 3 him to the end of the earth. It in at 7 atmosphere that perhaps exists no ' where else, and it is the only sort o s atmosphere in which such a theatrica " production could be preserved in al . the sanctity and purity of motives sug . gested by its traditions." In a community deeply religious a r all times, the devotional depths Inti ! which the villagers plunge during th( i period preceding the performances an . profound. By the time the first o these has been polished to the highes possible state of perfection, the relig j lous atmosphere in the valley of lh Ammer becomes "dense." Each performance iw preceded b; ' mass at 6 o'clock. Every poHsible ve* 9 tige of commercialism has beeu kep 7 foreign to the Passion Play tbrougl all the yew* it has been given. * , * * 'i * * * * e The origin of the Oberammergai g production is commonly supposed t go back to a great plague nearly 30 years ago; but the Rev. Hermitag Day, in u little handbook just pub lisbed by Mowbray <fc Co., traces i s back even earlier; a "So early as the fourteenth centurj it was being acted under the guidanc g of the priests of Roitenbuch, 12 mile . from Oberamroergau," he state*, "Ii 1330 the Benedictine House of Etta r was founded bv Ludwig of Bavaria * German-emperor, who deposited ther a the miraculous image which remain e over the altar to this day. e "Down to the middle of the seven . jteeath century the -Oberammergai Pas?ion Play probably bad little to dip tinguish it from plays of a simila e;kiud. But it would be uatural to uup 01 pose that it always exhibited a certaii i- artistic superiority and dignity, sine the people of Oberammergau had fo i centuries followed the art of wood t carving (statues of saints, church dec oration, etc.) I "But in 1633 the event happene< "| which established the play upon a nev " basie. The Bavarian Highlands wer h swept in that year by a terrible epi -jdemic of plague. Nearly 100 of th a 1 villagers of Oberammerzau fell vie e: time to it. J "Those who remained met togethe and made a solemn vow before Gch that K the plague were takeu awn; 8 they would enact their Play of the P?t tddti of the Redeemer every ten year t with the utmost skill and devotion o , which they were capable. Their vov B1 was heard and the plague was stayed.' j 180 runs the legend. The following are some of the char t 'acters in this year's production: ? Christ Anton Lanj 7 Mary - Ottilie Zwinl 3 Judas Hans Zwinl Pilate Sebastian Baue - Vbfw arrrlalonA Mdrik MaVP j e>?? ? It is interesting to note that five o t tbe principal performers belong to th< 1 Lang family; also that Anton Lang ii . a potter by trade, Hans Zwink (Judas . a painter, and Sebastian Bauer (Pilate j the burgomaster. As the performances approach ever? ) ten years the villagers let their hai 3 grow long, and it is curious how liki i they become to the types as represent r ed in the pictures of the great painters ; No artificial make-up is permitted th< ) performers, except tbat of costume r and these are all being busily prepare< l in the village itself, though great ear neBtness is expended in making then * accurate, and a considerable part o fc the proceeds goes to the purchase o > the fabrics. 5 j fcJVery one in me vmage ib uuuuoru , I ed in the preparations for the play .'and more than half of the inhabitant r;are engaged in the actual perform ances. These are held in the open air ' except for the built-up scenery in th< centre, and as storms are commor > among the mountains it is necessary * I for each character to have several cos r tumes. 3 The present theatre was built in 189! r at a cost of ?16,000, and every one o I the 4,200 seats are reserved. No an i plause whatever is permitted from th< j audience. | The following are the scenes of th< " | Passion Play: Christ's entry into Jeru j salem, the Sanhedrim, the leave-taKi in^r at Bethany, the uxt journey to Jerusalem, the Last Supper, Judas the traitor, in Gethxemane, Christ befoie * Aunas and before Caiapha*, the <te' BDnir of Junius. Chrict before Pilate. 11 Christ before Herod, Christ scourged .jaml crowned with thorns, the .Savior ' condemned to death, the wav of the ' cro~s, the crucifixion, the resurrection and the ascension. After the final performance, at the end of September, Oberamiuergau will i resume iis quiet apiearance. the hon est and deeply religious villagers will i return ti\ their usual ta-ks Anton i LaDC?the, Chii^tus?to liis stove-rer nniring and his work as a potter; Herr l Zwink (Judas?) to his painting, and Herr Sebastian B^ner to his duties as i burgomaster; and pretty Oitilie Zwink, who represents Mary, will no doubt i fiuda husband and become the mother t of charming children, who mav take ' psrt in the Passion Play of 1920 as "children in thecrow?i," and in more - important roles in the Passion Play i of 1930. I ? | CANDIDATES. l State 8en ?te. We am hereby authorized toaononnce J. C. - LGMAX as a candidate for the sJeDaie, 3 Jeoi (o ine Democratic primary. f I herehv announce myself ax a candidate f?r the Sennte, HUbJect to the action of the ' Democratic primary. J MOORE MAB8. " __L?mm?mmm_____ Notice of Meeting. 9 The annual meeting of The Carolina Muj tual Life Insurance Association will be held _ at Anderson, S. 0., on Saturday, May 21st, 1910, at twelve o'clock. All policy holders * are invited to be present to participate in B the business of the meeting. i Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Ast sociation. April 28,1910. l f Stockholders Special Meeting. j There.wjll be a special meeting of the I stockholders of the Building and Loan Association of Abbeville in the office of Dr. " G. A. Neuffer, at six o'clock Wednesday evening. May 18th, to consider the advlBat bility of changing the. rate of interest j from six to seven per cent. 9 J. S. Morse, 8ec. & . f t Eczema Curable-Proof Now at 25c. ' It is usually very costly to consult a spee ciallst in any disease, but for 05 cents, on a special ofifer, we can now give to those suf7 fering from tsczema or any form of skin * disease absolutely instant relief, with t prospect of. an early cure. h A special trial size bottle of oil of win? tergrjen, thymol and glycerine, etc., as compounded in the Chicago Laboratories of the 1>. D. D. Company may be had in " our store on cms special aa> cent oner, xms 0 one bottle will convince you?we know it? I) we vouch for it. e Ten years of success with this mild, h. soothing' wash, D. D. D. Prescription, has ? convinced us, and we hope you will accept the special 25 cent offer on^D. D. D. Prescription 6o that you also will be conY vinced. C. A. Milford <fe Co. e u 1 Union Meeting. ' The upper division of the Abbeville Asso > ciation will meet with Lowndesville BapB tist Church at 10 a. m., May 28-29, 1910. 8 10 a. m?Devotions, led by J. P. Dendy. 10.30 a. m?Should the Baptist Courier be . in every Baptist home ? J. W. Busshart, , J. N. Wrenn, M. McGee. ( 11.15 a. m?The value of woman's mis" sionary societies J. R. McGee, A. D.1 r Broadwell, A. C. Wilklns. ? 12 m?Should all tha members of a Bap-i a tist church give to our benevolent enter-1 e prises? J. W. Vermillion, T. N. Xolbert, T. r H. Edwards, J. L. Vass. 12.45 p. m?Intel-mission. , 2.80 p. m?The adequate support of pas' tors. W. B. Acker, Supt. Harrison, B. M. , Cheatham. 1 8.15 p. in?The evils of drinking and sellv ing intoxicating liquor. J. F. Morrison, M. i m n r? nu ?i.L t r> e ?l. OlUipSOU, Xt.'D. U. XT. JL/CIiUy. " SUNDAY. e j. 10 a. m?Devotional services. 10.15 a. m?How can the study of the Bible be increased? M. Higgius, J. W. T Busshart, M. McGee. 3 11 a. m?The meaning of Christ's last y words, Acts 1:8. J. W. Vermillion. R. B. i- Cheatham, A. C. Wilkins. rt 11.45?Sermon. J. L. Vass or M.B. Cheatif ham. v 12.45 p. m?Intermission. ij 2.30 p. m?The value of our denominatlonal schools. T. N. Tolbert, W. B. Acker, T. H. Edwards. 3.15 p. m?Expect conversions and spiritual growth all the year. Uus Miller, Si. A. _ Simpson, B. M. Cheatham. * A. C. Wilkins. 1 For Committee. i r r UATIHC CAD DICUAPC j VI I nil I VII HIVHVI V I s ) KILGO AND DENNY I1ECTED ON 7 FIRST BALLOTS. r a * * Seven Bishops are to be Elected by a the Methodists and it is a Slow I Business. . Asheville, N. C. May 16.?Dr. Collins , Denny of Baltimore, and Dr. J. C. Kilgo of i Durham, N. 0., were elected bishops on * the first ballot today. Denny received 229 ' votes and Kilgo 178. The next highest were: "W. B. Murray, 133; W. F. McMur ray, 102; W. E. Lambuth, 90; H. M. Dut bose89. * 1785 1010 I COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON. 1 120th Year Begins Sept. 30th. ^ "" a will )i a! rl af. ? JlillXrailL'U ???u wv ? the County Court House on Friday, July 1, , at 9 a. in. All candidates for admission ' cau compete in September for vacant Bovce ' scholarship? which pay $100 a year. One - free tuitio. -scholarship to each county of i South Carolina. Board and furnished room in Dormitory 12. Tuition, $40. For cata* logue addrebo _ HAEEISOX RANDOLPH, President. I " Hugh Wilson * Biography alone can justly rep- -c resent the progress of local his- n tory and portray with accuracy the relation of men<to events. It s! is the only means of perpetuating r< the lives and deeds of the men to h whom the advancement of a city a or country and the enlightment of p ^ls people are due. In this con- t( nection we desire to call attention t< to Mr. Hugh Wilson, through h whose distinguished journalistic ii career is illustrated the fact that d his extended and devoted labors b have been conducive to progress t! and the betterment of humanity, li Hugh Wilson was born in Lau- t rens county, South Carolina, in 1183S- When still'an infant his a parents moved to Abbeville coun- p tv where he received his early ed- s ucation, having for his only text I books Webster's blue back spell- g Itlg DOOK. illlU Jlliyicj a aiuuuib- ~ tic. When only twelve years old o he began as an apprentic in the e printing office of the Associate I Reformed Presbyterian, religious p paper printed at Due West, S.C., v in 1851. a Mr. Wilson recalls to this day n the kindness he received from Dr. 11 J. I. Bonner, the editor and chief t stockholder of the Presbyterian, v In 1858 he began work on the Abbeville Banner; bought the In- t dependent Press the following t year and afterwards united it with ^ jthe Banner under the present cog- I nomen. The Abbeville Press and c Banner. a Mr. Wilson volunteered in the 0 service of the Confederacy at the e beginning of the war and served c to the end. He was wounded at ^ [the battle of Chickamauga, Sep- c tember, 1863. While his wound h made him incapable of service in ^ the field he applied to govern- *( ment printing office, and there 11 served most efficiently. It is noteworthy that he applied all his * earnings from this source to pay c the indebtedness he had left at a home when enlisting in the war. 0 On the fall of the Confederacy he 0 returned to newspaper work at Abbeville, with a one-horse print- u ing outfit, worth only a few hun- b dred dollars. From this he be- n gun to enlarge and improve his n printing plant, adding to the job " T-l T r n r-? f 1 1 if tlTO C f Vl O ^ ucpcli lillCiil y^dLiy u 11 lii it ttuj kiiw best equipped in the State outside n the large cities. For thirty consecutive years Mr. Wilson was the able and forcible editor of The Press and lanner, and during that time a 'ell-defined purpose marked the ourse of success among the jourals of the State. During Mr. Wilson's editorhip of the Press and Banner, our wading public is familiar with its istory. All of its achievements re milestones in the march of rogress which can not be forgotsn and need not be recalled. It Did the truth at all times of all appenings,adhering strictly,even i the heat of partisan strife and espite its own opinions, to the elief that, in the presentation of he news, the sole duty of a pubic journal is to record events imely and truthfully. Hp inherited from his Scotch ncestry great tenacity of puriose. and has never in his life aerified principle to expediency, eight and justice have been his uiding star, and while economial and appreciative of the value f money, yet no amount of mony could swerve him from duty, f you owe him a dime you must ay it, even if while-receiving it mh his right hand he gives you . dollar with his left. Indeed, 10 man is more liberal in the dong of individual good deeds or he philanthropies of public bene olence than Hugh Wilson. He is totally void of that policy iy which some persons smooth heir way round difficulties. Vhere they tack he hammers, f on his life voyage he has ever aught a favorable breeze it was ccepted with thanks, but it was mly an incident of a life fashiond to ride the storm in the spirit f mastery. His integrity and lonesty is unimpeachable. His onception of the moral laws and ugh unrisuan laeais are two orces that have placed him on a Doting beyond the injury of misaformed critics. He is not only open to convicions, but loves those who would riticize him, knowing fulwell they re equally as honest in their pinions and belief, as he is in his wn convictions. Mr. Wilson is on6 of the most niversally beloved citizen of Abeville. He is spoken of as a rnn of surpassing knowledge; a o eViofvViorH?c ViAorf* o id 11 >Y I t 11 CL wf AAWW4 W J w% nished scholar; a faithful friend nd a polished Christian gentleian. JAMES CHALMERS INSURANCE LIFE FIRE Delinquent Land Sale By virtue of sundry lax executions to me directed, and lodned in my office by J. F. Bradley, Treasurer of Abbeville County, S. C , for the year 1908, I have levitd upon and will Fell iu front of the Court Hou^e in Abbeville, S. C., ou the first Monday in June, 1910, being the 6th day of the month, within the legal hours of tale, tbe following described property, to wit: One lot and building, bounded by i^siate lanns or w. l. israuiey, ironiingon Vienna road. Sold as the properly of Bichard Cook. One lot and*" building, bounded by lauds of Ernest Gary and othern, fronting on Poplar ptreet. Sold as the property of Alfred* Ellison. \ One lot bounded by Cothran lands, and fronting on Moseley Ferry road. Hold as the property of Lewis Johnson. 33 acres of land, bouuded by the Lee Smith E-tate, Dan Donaldson Estate, 0 and Estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Gilmer. Sold as the property of Jane Nance. One lot' bounded by Scott Burton and others. Sold as the property of Charlie Turner. One lot bounded- by Lumber Yard street, Alex McLaurin, 8. A. L. By., same lot conveyed by M. E. Hollingaworth. Sold as the property of Tom Martin. ' j Levied on and to be sold to satisfy the aforesaid tax executions, penalty and costs. Terms-Caul). C. J. LYON, S. A. C. The State of South Carolina. ABBEVILLE COUNTY. Probate Court.?CItatlon for Letters of Administration. , By J. F. Miller, E?q., Judge of Probate. Whereas, Milton T. Martin and L. J. Dart* have made salt to me, to grant 1 hem Letter* > of AdminJstraMon a- bonis non of (be Estate and effects of Mary Martin, late of Abbeville Pnnlitf H 0OAQ Tbeae are therefore, to cite and adrannlah alt and ulngular tbe klndied and creditor* of the said Mary Martin, deceased, tbat they b? aod appear before at, to tbe Court of Probate, to be beld at Abbeville C. fi., on Taea* dny. tbe 24tb day of May, 1910, after publication bete >f, at 11 o'clock lb tbe forenoon, ta nhow caune 11 any they have, why tbe aaM Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal of ibeCoof^ tbU 10th day of May, In tbe year at'. our Lord one tbonmnd nine bnndred and ten. and In tbe 134ih year of American Independence. . Pabllabed on the 11th day-nf May, 1910, la tbe Presa aod Banner and on tbe Court Hoaaa door for tbe time required by law. J. F. MILLER, - Judge of Probate. School Election. State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. In consideration of a petition sufficiently signed by tbe citizens of Lone Forest School District No. 26, an election is hereby ordered to take place at C. M. Clinkscalaef store, Saturday, May 21,1910, beginning at 8 a. m. and dosing at 4 p. m., on the ques- ?. tion of voting a two mill tax for school purposes in said district. Tax receipt and registration certificate are necessary qualifications for voting. Tbe trustees of said school district will be the managers of election. Those favoring the tax will vote Yes; those opposed, No. J. Foster Hammond, J. H. Moore, \ P. L. Grier, u" I County Board of Education. May 3,1910. * I Stomach Misery for over Six Years Bead what Mr. Hoffman, landlord of ihe Webster Hotel, writes. 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