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The Press and Banner,
ABBEVILLE, S.C.
J^-Published every Wednesday at ?2
a year in advance.
Mr. ROSWELL T. LOGAN, of Charleston,
Is not authorized to take advertisements for
tbU newspaper.
Wednesday, March 21/1894.
New Face at the Door.
The Yoong Worker, published at Charlotte,
N. C., has been received at this office. It Is
an Associate Reformed Presbyterian paper
edited by Rev. C. E. Todd and Rev. W. W.
Orr. The business manager is m. m. nu?.
It, like oar Dae West neighbor, tbe Associate
Reformed Presbyterian, Is wrestling with tbe
propoeed "orphanage," tbe "oollege debt,"
"the dormitory plan," and mission stations
"at Atlanta and Little Rock." We presume
eacb paper Is seeking tbe favor and patronage
of tbe wbole church.
Tbe college debt is <22,500, on which the annual
interest Is SI,800.
Tbe Dormitory Plan Is a proposition to
build a ten thousand dollar boarding house
forstodentsatDae West, wltb tbe Idea that
tbe stockholders may realize something on
tbe Investment.
Tbe orphanage business is a new born Idea
tbat an orphanage Is needed for (we presume)
tbe Associate Reformed children, who have
loet father and mother. As Due West has
both tbe male and tbe female colleges belonging
to tbe cbnroh It would Beem tbat Due
Welt ought to have tbe orphanage, so tbat
tbe children may bave tbe benefit of them.
Tbe mission scheme for Atlanta and Little
Rock seems to be for tbe purpose of establishing
a cburcb In eacb of these places. Nothing
la said however of the struggling little
congregation at Abbeville which is about to
lose lta beloved pastor.
In the number before ns we see nothing
boat the chimerical scheme of christianizing
Mexico.
There seems also to be a total absence o'
any reference to the plan of wasting millions
of money to convert a few Chinamen to
oar way of thinking, bat we presume these
things will not be neglected In future Issues
of the Young Worker.
From the outline of the work which the
Associate Reformed papers have mapped out.
It would seem that there Is Indeed much
work to be done in the church, and good
Christians everywhere must be Impressed
with the need for work and money, too.
If the church would prosper It muBt have
both workers and givers. The gospel Is
preached by practical methods, salvation 1>
won by practical preaching, colleges are built
and endowed by practical work, and great
debts are liquidated by the liberal and united
eflorta or earnest workers.
There Is plenty of work to do, and If the
church workers push their claims with energy,
the 'world" will have plenty of chances
for making good Investments In a land where
moth and rust do not corrunt.
Jonah and the Whale.
We take tbe following article from the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian, which we
tbink la about on a par with tbe explanations
of some of tbe scripture texts as made by
more pretentions preachers than Brother
Jasper. In many cases saoh enlargement, interpretation,
or explanation of Scripture
texts are about as reasonable or as plausible
as that of Brother Jasper on the whale and
* Jonah.and may well be oommended to all
that class of preachers who appeal to our
credulity. Tbe Presbyterian says:
Rev. Jasper, of Richmond, Va., tbe colored
brother who believes that tbe "Hun do move,"
has been taking lessons of the Higher Critics,
and be is an apt scholar. We commend to
Bro. Brlggsand Dr. Harper, of Chicago, tbe
following original and nniqne explanation of
the story or Jonah:
"Dat oountry war a sea sboah, an' de hotels
dey was named aftah de tings ob de sea. Dab
was de Sailors' Rest, de Mariners' Rest, de
.Seafaring Man's Home, and a lot ob slcb
places as yon kin find 'em at Norfolk now.
Among dene places was one called de Whale's
Belly.- Jonah come along, an' be didn't bab
no scrip in hlkpnroe. He stayed there tbree
days, ana when de landlady foand be didn't
babany money she spewed blm out. It is
gib to us to show bow when we don't treat a
man right kase he's pore we maybe klckln
an angel unaware !'"
The State Wins.
Tbe State won Ita point against tbe Rail,
roads In tbe matter of tbe oontest as to tbe
Increased assessment for taxes. Tbe suit involved
about 8300.000. Judge Simon ton de<
olded that tbe railroads should pay up in full,
including costs. It Is tbougbt this will end
tbe matter, and that no appeal will be made.
V W'
It Is to be hoped that tbe News and Courier
Pmay henceforth align Itself with tbe lawabiding
people of tbe State, and cease its efforts
to bring about a condition of lawlessTHEY
REGISTER A KICK.
(f?n
Tbe F-sllroad Folk Demand Cheaper
Building Lots.
We learn that there is some complaint hy
tbe railroad folk about tbe prices asked for
building lota. For tbe people of a staid old
town, like Abbeville, which bad stood still
for a hundred yean it is not easy for lot ownera
to put fair eatimates on tbelr vacant lands,
when there la a demand for fifty or one bunhred
building lota. It la not at all unreasonable
for lot owners to become so scared that
they will demand something like $500 for a $40
lot. But tbe demand and tbe supply will
aooner or later regulate the price. Rents and
lota wili aoon find their level. Abbeville was
not prepared to add a hundred families to her
population, and tbe unprecedented demand
tor houses and lota have aent rents and building
lota booming.
Let the railroad folk be a little reasonable,
and let our own people oonsider well each
one for bia own interest
Let our own people remember that It
doean'tpay to build bouses at nominal rents,
and It doean't pay to bold vacant, or unproductive
lota.
Let railroad folk not lay all tbe blame of
bigb rents on tbe Abbeville people. If railroad
folk did not bid blgb for bouses tbe rents
would be lower.
(Sensible people sell or rent their bouses
where tbey can get tbe best prices, and other
aensible people buy or rent houses where they
can get tbe beat bargains. Tbe taot that
bouse rent la higher in Abbeville than in Atlanta
or Elberton shows tbe greater demand
in Abbeville. And the greater demand and
blgber rent abowa tbe beat prosperity.
But wbrtber rents and bouses are now blgb
or low tbe time will soon come when these
matters will adjust themselves. Tbe wisest
lot owner will realize now while tbe prices
are high There is no good reason why house
rent in Abbeville should be maintained at a
blgber figure than in Atlanta.
GRADUATED.
Oar Townmsa Dr. ?. A. Ylaanska
Wins Hla Diploma Under Difficulties.
Our young townsman, Mr. 8. A. Vlsanska
la a Doctor now. Although bis health was
so bad for two months this winter that he
conld not pursue his studies yet his ability
and bla previous application was snob that
even under these disadvantageous circumstances,
be passed a successful examination
laat week In tbe Medical College of Charleston,
and be now has a diploma from that old
ana honored Institution. We congratulate
tfce young doctor, no less than we appreciate
tbe honest pride which a father has in tbe
suooesa of bis sons. All of Mr. Vlsauska's
sons are making fine headway In the world,
and tbey all occupy positions of responsibility
and importance, well may tbe lather of
such sons feel sincere satisfaction.
A. R. P. Church Directory.
Pastor?Rev. F. Y. Pressly.
Service every Sabbath at 11.30 a. m. and 7.30
p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday night.
Sabbath School 10.80 a. m. Superintendent,
C. D. Haddon.
Ail persons are cordially invited to attend
/.
PROHIBITION OR LICENSE.
Nomp Waste Time hiiiI Nome Waste ci
Npace DevolMl f? Hie I.iquor Hiiv
i liens.
The Darlington Herald, a paper which Is
oposed to Prohibition, and which in an editorial
article, admits that It favors the open
bars as against the dispensary, takes uk to
We reply, knowing that the time is thrown ca
away, and without the slightest hope of con- MO
vlnclng that paper ol anything. When a tli
man dotes on the beauty, morality and benefl- th
cent presence of a bar-room, it Is useless to de
contend with him. tli
Of course, any barroom advocate feels competent
to lecture any prohibitionist on con- Pr
sistency or ?nythlng else. The prohibition- an
ists do not object to this, but when any man, pi'
whether he be barroom advocate or not, says tli
''that a man can't at the same time believe t)l
in prohibition and support the dispensary,"
he simDlv makes a bald statement which lie ce
cannot prove. It seems to us that he utters an
that statement merely to gratlly a feeling D1
which 1b not prompted by fairness or justice, ni
We do not believe one word of any asser- th
tlon that dispensaries have been established en
In unwilling communities. Please give lb
names and dates. There Is absolutely and in
positively no proof to sustain the assertion ex
tbat "every effort is made to increase their th
number and push their sales." ut
The presumption of a bar-room advocate in th
assuming to talk about instructing any pro- fo
blbitlonlst in morals needs no answer, es- "a
I peclally when he admits tbat the liquor ques,. tl<
tlon Ig a moral question. ev
Are notour lawbooks full ol moral laws? be
Isn't It against the law to steal, to kill, to carry
concealed weapons? The law is intended ry
to deal especially with Just such persons as hi
disregard the public welfare and ignore prl- lit
vate morals. And we cannot see how a good at
citizen could wish to repeal auy of those re- m
straining laws any more than he would wish pt
to repeal the restraining of laws which were in
delivered to Moses by the Almighty himself bj
We say tbat the dispensary is better than pi
the barrooms for many reasous, among which te
we would mention: at
1st, The liquor Is better. The price Is low- m
er and the measure is honest, th
2. Because we have only some sixty odd
dispensaries. We had one thousand bar- ue
rooms under the license system. Those bar- co
rooms were kept open anywhere from fifteen m
to twenty hours out of the twenty-four, and at
the back doors were not always closed on at
Sunday. bt
3. The dispensary gives us absolute probi- cc
bltlon from six o'clock in the evening until ti<
eight o'clock in the morning, every night In u>
the week, and from Salurday at six o'clock g?
until Monday at eight o'clock. If
4. Under the dispensary system the drunk- ni
enness has been bo reduced that the arrests le
for tbat cause Is not one-third of the number lo
In this town as under the license system. But
.nrkA tttmriav hoc hoon hv drunken- in
ness when there was a single arrest. That dc
case of drunkenness was caused by free ai
liquor which some one had brought here oft' ct
the railroad. At night the streets ol our town gi
are quiet and the drunkenness, and all the tn
forms or gross immorality that usually lol- in
lows drunkenness, have been greatly reduced, ea
0. The habit of treating lias been done so
away with. m
0. The places of temptation to vice have it;
been closed, and allurements are no long- at
er held out to our young men, to assemble, tli
where the immoral and vicious were most ly
prone to congregate. to
7. In some instances where men were not hi
willing to put their labor and their capital hi
into lawful and productive business, they dt
have gone to other Stales. To be rid of such
men is a vast gain lor morality. Prohibition- te
ists and others who have the good ol the uj
country at heart, may well have nothing to ui
regret because of their departure. If men are In
not willing to place themselves on the moral sc
side and the productive side, speaking for the tli
Press and Banner, we are glad to hear of their hi
going elsewhere. aa
8. Minors and known drunkards are not tb
enticed Into dispensaries. at
9. The fact that cash is required for liquor g<
has a restraining effect.
10. The tact that no credit is given and no qt
collaterals are lakeu Is also a point in its u
favor. ot
11. But there is one more evidence that Pj
that should convince every temperance man ai
that the dispensary is better that) the bars, oi
and that evidence is found in the deep-semea
and unreasonable opposition which every
anti-prohibitionist has for the law. If the
dispensary let out as much liquor, ana gave
gamblers, drinkers, and other evil-doers as
much chance to exercise their pleasure in
their respective lines, they would not oppose A
the law. Bat as It is, all that class are opposed
to the dispensary. The moral element
are standing to the dispensary as against the
barn. There is now no prohibition party. It
Is either open bars or dispensary. Kvery
good mfcn should choose tbe lessor two evils, w
Instead of having a thousand houses In this (v
State devoted to the sale of whiskey, and live M
thousand men placed on the destructive side, tr
nearly all that number of houses and men are '
now on the productive side. n<
We have do argument with a mnn who Sc
would erase the moral or restralnUig laws pr
from our statute books, and It would be useless
for us to talk to a mail who favors the E.
bar-rooms. er
The man who professes to believe In morality
and would remove tbe moral laws from "1
our books has no Just conception of what be vi
Is talking about. le
Taking our brother's piece from beginning cu
to ending, It seems to us that he must be wan- sii
derlng in his mind. A man that will attack al
themoralsof aStntP,and lavorthe Indlscrliu- pc
Inate Bale of liquor is acting strangely.
If a man would encourage personal liberty b<
to the extent of laying down all moral re- SI
stralnt, except that which the church would
exercise, be certainly has not enough ol zeal It
for the Master's cause to be mentioned. Ik
We presume if our good brother, saw evil o(
going on, instead of getting a policeman to w
stop the nefarious work, be would run off al- In
ter a slack twisted deacon who believed as In
be does, that the church Is sufficient, and or- ui
gaDlzea prayer-meeting to restrain tbe evil
doer. D
We have a town in this county whose In- cl
habitants are about as moral and as pious as at
the world wlll.be during the millennium, <><
and yet that little community hud to apply lb
to the Legislature to restrain the sale of 11- kc
quor within its oorporate limits. This was In
necessary to preserve their colleges. Tha same fr
petition was made and granted 10 every town gn
in this county, and yet our friend talks of the 10
church. The Press and Banner believes that m
men who would throw on the church the b?
onus of restrains evil doers has no more d<
right to speak for the church, than a barroom si
advocate has to speak for the prohibitionists.
The prohibitionists do not want and do not
need moral training from any such Bource
and we believe the church member who
thinks that the church is sufficient to deal
with gross immorality is either lacking in intelligence
or has no zeal for the public good
which might be worth speaking of. <'
ALEX. SANDERS. ia
be
lt<
Born April, 1807, Still Alive antl "
Well. bi
He has been on the Martin's Mill tract, ^
seven miles west of Abbeville, for sixty-seven 0I
years. In 1827, he was sold by Q. W. Hodgres,
Sheriff, under execution against Captain
Thomas Handera, who owned the lands now tr
owned by Mr, Charles Graves, of this county. cc
Thomas Martin bid off Alex., at $400. n,
cash. He took him home, where he has lived gr
ever since. He soon afterward became a,
the property of John Campbell Martin, son of m
Thomas Martin. Under all the changes of bf
ownership of the land Alex. Sanders remainon
the place, and is still there. His young ta
Master Campbell Martin, gave him a small w
tract of land during his ltfd-tlrae, and al- w
though Martin is dead his successor in the H|
ownership of the land. Mrs. Steltx, who was
biswlfe at the time of his death, still honors hi
the act of her former husband and allows t,,
Alex, the use of the land. ai
He has always been an upright, honest, and l0
industrious man. During the time of his ^
slavery, he was always faltnful to his owner, w
and in his freedom he has never gone from (j(
the old place, where he has lived for sixtyseven
years.
tli
NEW MILLINERY STORE.
New uoodn-Sew Place of BiiHlneNN.
Mrs. Mary Taggart will open a nice assortment
of all kinds of millinery in Mr. C.ileman's
store. Some of her goods are expected s?
to arrive today, and other orders are expected
dally.
Mrs. Taggart has been serving the public
for a long time, and her past success warrants of
tb6 assumption that her excellent judgment, ac
her industry and her high integrity will at
bring abundant success to her iif her <iew line I"
of business. The public have long appreclat- of
ed her services in dressmaking, and we have
no doubt that she will receive the patronage
to which her ability and her disposition to
oblige the public entitle her.
She may hereafter be found up-stalrs in Mr.
Coleman'8 store where she will be glad to see
her friends and oustomers. ^
UNLUCKY.
re
Thing* Whlcli we Should not do on g1
the OayM Mentioned. b<
Did you know that it. Is unlucky to be fe
, "struck by lightning ou Monday. To sit on a
oircularsaw in motion on Tuesday. Toget
wet when you fall over board on Wednesday.
To fall down stairs with a coal scuttle of coal
on Thursday, To see u tax collector over
your shoulder on Friday. To marry a girl
who practices with tenpound dumb bells on
Saturday. To be one of sixteen at the table
1 on Suuday when there Is only feed for si**"
A nice lot of patent lenther pumps and ee
White dress bows at Crows & Martin.
' ?
AN ERRING^ BROTHER.
aims Not to ;i'HVor Bur-rooms, Rut N
Is Opposed to Prohibition?Would
Repeal all Morn! Lawn, ami I,et
Kill People be n Law I nto Themselves.
Darlington Herald. S
L'he suggestion that the Herald is an advote
of but-rooms is unjust for the simple rea- H
n that we have never written a line in *
eir defense, and so our so culled ttlugs at
e Prohibitionists were not inspired by a "
sire to help the liquor-sellers. It is very
ue we have pointed out the glaring Idcounency
of the people who call themselves ?
obibltlonlsis supporting tlie Dispensary ll
id will continue to do so, for tbe vejy slme
reason that a man can't, at the same ^
? ? t\?il in Prnh i hi tinii uik/1 cnnrinpf (ku
spensary. ^
1'he whole question Is a moral one cod- v
mlng which there can he u? compromise,
id. tne Prohibitionists who sudorse the
spensary, even admitting, which we do 0
t.tliat it is doing good, puis himseil|lu Sl
e position of holding the opinion that the ?
djustlfies the means, and when he does 1
is lie In a Jesuit, aud needs to be instructed
the moral code. Will our contemporary I
plalu how the Dispensary can be a step in *
e right direction when it is being thrust .
>011 towns, in defiance oi the protests of
elr citizens, that had not leaned licenses .
r the paBt eight or ten years? The Dispen- V
ry is held up as a long stride in the dlrec- *
>n of prohibition, while at the same time .
ery effort is made to increase their num- 1
:r and push their sales.
The prohibition advocates of the Dlspensa- )
virtually take the position that It Is very '
ghly immoral lor the individual to sell .
juor, but that it can be made honorable
id moral lor the State to sell It, by the .
lghty flat of the .Legislature. True lem- -Jj
irance relormers have lor years, been try- ?
g to put a stop to the selling of whiskey J
! elevating the moral sentiment of the peo- J;
e, but their work has been to a large ex- J
nt undone by the establishment of this c
lomlnatlon. How this law Is or can be f
ade beneficial to public morals we leave to
ie Press vnd Banner to explain.
Whatever influence .we have has all been
led in the duectlon of temperance, Dut we
mid not support the prohibition moveent
for the reason that wc do not believe in
tempting to enforce morality by law, lor
tempts of this kind not only end In failure,
it retard the very reform we seek to ac J
impllsh. If our contemporary can meuon
a single instance in which a social or
oral reform has been brought about by leil
enactments, we will yield the question,
this could be done, then it would be only
scesnary for a legislative assemblage to say t
t there be reform and there would be re- ^
rm. ' n
The editor of the Herald Is a firm believer j
i the precepts of Christianity, and has a b
;ep alid abiding faith in its power to meet v
id overcome the social and moral evils that e
imroni us, aria oeueving inns ne caunoi
ve his adhesion to a plan of promoting r
oral reform tbat 1b opposed to the teucbigs
of that taltb. When the Saviour was on
irth be distinctly discountenanced any reirt
to force, despite be fact tbat social and
oral evils were far more numerous than at
le present day. He could easily have raised
? army and buve propagated bis gospel at
le polntof the sword, but be trusied entlreto
the leavening worn of the Holy Spirit
i bring the truths that be taugtit 10 the
sarts and consciences of his hearers, and
Is words are just as potent for good in this
ly as when the^ first fell irom his Hps.
The man who professes to believe In the
aching* of the Savior, and then attempts
i inculcate morality by force, virtually, if
jconselously, declares that he has lost faltb
i the efficacy ol Christianity to bring about
icial and moral reforms, and will resort to
ie methods of Mohammed who enforced
Is igospel at the point of the sword, for,
itde froin the divine origin of Christianity,
ie .great, distinctive .feature | between it
id that of Mohammedanism is that one Is a
jspel of force.
we regret tbat so much space space is retired
by this article, but we could not well
lake it shorter and at the same time make
ar position plain, and we trust that (be
ress and Banner will publish it In full
id if we are wrong show the fallacy of
ir position.
DR. SLOAN'S WILL.
Sequent to the Asnocinte Reformed
Seminary at Dn? Went 333 Acre*
of Laud.
The will of the late Rev. H. T. Sloan, D.D.,
as proved before J udge Lvon of the Probate
>urt on the 5th day of March. 1K94, when
rs. Josephine E. Sloan qualified as execuIx.
1'he date of the will Is October 17. 1S9I; wltjsses?W.
A. Ijomnx.Jr., J. L White, J. V.
?tt, W. A. iiOmax appearing before the
uuuie cuun i>> pruvc me win.
By the will of the testator. Mrs. Josephine
, Sloan, his widow. Is given the whole proply
during her natural life.
One paragraph of the will reads as follows:
The LongCaue place, containing XWA acres,
ilued by the testator at 82.500 or Si.OO'J, is
it to the Associate Reformed Seminary, loitedatDue
West, for Iir enlargement and
ipport, the interest only to he used annuly,
while the principal is to be kept as a
>rtuanenl fund."
The remainder of the real estate I.) Newsrry
and Abbeville counties Is, at Mrs.
onn's death, to go to their blood relations.
The will is In the hand writing of l)r Sloan,
was written on note paper, the same that
? uk'mI lor writing his sermons. The absencc
all legal phrases Is noticeable. In accord
ill) the character of the man, It Is written
plain terms and in fair English, the meang
of which is unmistakable. There will be
i lawsuit over this will.
And thus it was that the devoted friend of
ue West and the faithful servant of his
lurch, gave evidence ot sincere friendship
id love in his last days. Although theSynI
In recent years?because of his fidelity to
ie best interests of the college, at the sug stlon
ot those who sought to remove that
istitution from among us?erased his name
om among the trustees ot Ersklne, he forive
all and was still true to the oolect of the
ve of his youth and the devotion of his
anhood. Under such oincumstances the
istowal of such charily Is the highest evlince
of Christian manhood. "Though he
ay nie, yet will I trust in him."
SEIZED HIS GRIP.
trpct-Snck Filled Willi Gentlemen'M
Furnishing; Goods.
A colored train hand came to town one day
st week with a auspicious looking carpel
tg In his hand, and which be ttnully deponed
in a colored barber shop. Marshal Fishasked
the colored traveler about his carpet
ig, and be said that he had left it elsewhere,
it. Marshall Fisher haw It in a corner, and
iked to see the Inside. There was a protest
id8ome hesitation, hut the carpet bag was
>ened, and a gallon jug of whiskey was all .
lat It contained. The constable thought
ihi a gallon Jug In a barber shop whc conaband,
and seized it, took it before the ,
luncil, and his act was approved. The negro
)w has do eentlemen's furnishing goods to .
leak of. This Council and their Marshals
id the Sheriff" and his deputies are deter- (
ined that do blind tigers snail exist in Ab- ,
sviile. '
The fact that any one would attempt to re- :
,11 liquor contrary to law goes to show to .
tiat extent the dispensary law interferes
ith the supply of liquor, for which there Is ,
ways a demand at night.
The dispensary law gives us absolute proibltion
for fourteen hours in the twenty-four, ?
i say nothing of the fact tiiat do whiskey ai
1 is sold from sir o'clock Saturday evening
> elglil oclock Monday morniig. Jt Is this j
lad of prohibition thut hurts the lovers 01
hlskey, and inducts them to try to break .
jwn the dispensary.
W'hen we can get prohibition for one day In
ie week ahd fourteen hours in every oilier
ly, the prohibitionists would be untrue to
lemselves and talse to their principles If t
ley did not support the dispensary.
FOR COLORED TEACHERS. '
i
amethmj; tor their Advantage In an
Educational Way.
Claklix University, Orangeburg, s. c.,
Fers to the colored teachers of tiie Slate tiie
(vantage of that Institution for review or '
Ivancewotk, including special instruction ?
the Theory and Practice of Teaching free <
' charge, from now until May 23.
EGG HUNT. |
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J
Ix Hundred Beautiful Easter Kicks a
nrc Hidden In Kecret ??! * for Hie '
Lucky Fiuder*.
On next Monday afternoon at four o'clock t
ireshinents will be served at Klugh's Park, n
ter which six hundred beautiful "Foster 1
ggs" will be searched for by all. For the \
mefltofthe Methodist church. Admission
e, JU cents. i
Goods to be Had Chenp.
Best large lump starch 5c pound. t
Best keg soda, 0 pounds for 25c.
Stick blue; box blue.
Oold dust washing powders, 4 lbs. ifflc.
Fresh lot Mason's crackers.
Fairbanks soaus.
Hams and breakfast bacon. t
Flour?golden stairs, eureka, leader, and ex
iletor. Try one barret.
Abbevlllle Snpply Co. 1
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TROY'S TOPICS.
weet Otlor or FlowerN and Orange j
Bloftftomft? People dolour nn<l Com- j
lug. i 1
Troy, S. C., March 10, 1891.
Rev. T. W. Sloan will preach a sermon next 1i
Hbbath morning appropriate to Easter. i 1
Mr. J. L. Taugartleft last week for Savanah.Ua.,
to take a position on the Southbound .
1. R. I
Mr. w. T. Bradlev leaves tor Walhalla to-1,
ay on a business trip. | J
Mrs. H. A. Glover is visiting In Edgefield. ; j
Mr. J. P. .Jennings, one of McCormIck's |,
est young men, attended preaching here yes-11
erday.
Miss Lizzie Harvley Is spending sometime ' j
rlth relatives. I
Mr. and Mrs. John Wardlaw and Miss Belle f
lorrah, of Wldeman's, spent Saturday night i
rlth Mr. H. K. Kennedy.
Mth. W. K. Bradley Is visiting at Abbeville. |
While the atmosphere is fragrant with the |
dor of sweet flowers the oder of orange bios- j
oms are being wafted across the street, and |
re long the haopy marriage bells will chime i
n our little village. I
MlssSallle Kennedy, of line West, Is visit- <
ng her brother, Mr. J. C. Kenndy at Eden
lall. I
Mix J. W. Tittle, of Rock Mart, Ga., Is visit- |
ng In town. <
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McCaslan spent Haturay
night with Mr. Dolpb Cheatham in j
Sdgefleld. j
Judge P. A. Cook "set up" a number of bis !,
riends to a fine turkey dinner last Thursday, i
Mrs. J. 8. Burnett is spending the week | (
Pith her slater, Mrs. Dr. L. H. Culbertson, of | i
,'lay Hill, Ga.
Mr. J. F. Wldemnn has the finest garden in I,
own. (
Mrs. W. T. Brartlpy of the Park Hotel has a '
msey cow that gives six gallons of milk a !
lay. furnishes enough butter for the hotel j
rlth from six to twelve in family, and then |
upplles several families with milk. .She Isaj
terfect beauty and has thn finest calf in the {
ounty.
Oar young people contemplate having a i
Ishlng excursion soon. Why net next week ? !
Nick.
GOOD ENTERTAINMENT. 1
v very body, Your CoonIus and Yonr
Aunt*. are Invited?t'oronaca
looms and Grows.
Coronaca, S, C., March 19,189L
Like every other community in the couny,
we suppose, we are enjoying the most,
teautlful and spring like fflareti that the
ildest citizens can recollect. Consequently
arm and garden work are being pushed right
[long, and well it uiay be, for no doubt, we
vill yet get our share of wind and bad weathir
between now and the middle of April. |
Our little town is growing and improving j
ight alone In spite 01 trio iiaru times,
Mr. K. H. Henderson's handsome cottage j
s also nearing completion and these two
irernlses together with Mr. David Aiken's
jretty new house and lot have Improved the
ippearunce of our town wonderfully. And our
lewly elected council nave laid otfand built
ome nice streets which altogether gives ns
jow quite a town-like appearance.
Some of our oiohi enterprising and public
iplrlted young people feeling that it would
lever do to let our school house get behind
iinldst all the Improvements have been
)ructlclng and rehearsing for the past two or
hree weeks with the view of rendering a i
>lay, for the benefit of the school property,
in next Friday night 23rd Inst. We feel that
ve can safely guarantee to all who may atend
full value for the little cost of seeing
t. They have procured the service of an elsgant
string baud from Laurens, and after
he play, the Indies will serve ice cream and <
ither refreshments, and we take this oppor,unity
to extend to the public, far and uear,
i hearty lnvilallon to come early and prosure
tickets for reserve seals and you will be
treatly edified and amused, we assure you.
Especially do we urge the patrons of the ,
ichool to attend and brlnx their relatives 1
ind friends with them. There Is nothing, ,
inless It be the church, that contributes so to j
he up-building of any town or community
is a well organized and well supported i
ichool. Then let us all get together?those j
,uat hare children to educate and those that I
lave not. and see If we can't rni6e the means I
o further Improve our school property aud j I
nake It appear, what it should be, the home
>f education aud reilnemeo. Home of oar (
ellow citizens were conspicuous for their
ibsence at our last entertainment; some
vith good excuses and some with no excuse I
it all, except the indisposition of their pock- j
its. But we had a very successfull enterAtdment,
especially in a financial way, and 1
ve can do so ogaln by the help of all. So j I
lome one' coran all. and you, too, Mr. Editor. I
'oma down and we will guarantee you a very j
> lea.sad visit. Progress, j'
la tlie Hall* of Memory.
BY ELLA RADFOKD.
Haw it all comes back tome, the happy,;
lappy past. I set-in to hear a*aln the voices I
io long silent,and see the dear familiar laces
io long vanished. Aye, I meat them all again
n the balls of memory. Ob! the happy long
hn,rf hflupf tiirlllu At the mem- I i
>ry of Jt. Many of tho.se dear ones have been I
mmmoned home; wlthoutn fear they stepped )
d I lie phantom boat, and were rowed across
o the other shore, to be welcomed by those I
nrho have gone belore.
Yet, at the words, the bappy, happy past, I j
teem to see again those dear, dear faces. 1 j
san almost lancy I leel the warm hand-clasp I
)f hands so long since folded In quiet slum>er.
I would not wish them bark. 1 know,
iould they speak to me, tbey would say, "Bo
lot grieve for me; do not wish ine back, rath- i
sreome to me." Oh ! the happy past: how
snn we fall to be cheered and strengthened
vhen we pause and look back upon it. Home
whom we loved have passed away : we ourlelvesmay
have wandered far from the old
amiliar scenes; some whom we loved may
mve grown cold and strange, but at the call
>f memory tbey all come irom out the vale
it the past. No reproach, no lears In those
ovlngeyes; as we meet again they cheer and
irighten the present; tho?e happy laces seen
with memory's eyes.
There Is no Hie but has hidden in its past
lome sacred memories. Though we have
mown sorrow, we have had happluess as
veil, and it is like refreshing waters to parcti!d
and thirsty lips, those minutes spent in
he halls of the past. The very sorrows we
lave kuown strengthen us ; tbey neutralize
he sorrows of the present; they teach us that
tome day we may be able to look back upon
,ne Morrows wnicn 6eem aunosi mm> greui 10
je borne now, with only a feeling of sadness
vlthout the passionate pain of the present;
.hat we may live our sorrows down; thai
tome day we will understand all. Then
ilowly they fadeaway, those happy faces, and
*e are lelt alone with the present, strengthsned
uhd cheered by the minutes spent in
,he Hall of Memory.
Greenwood Splinter*.
Greenwood, S. C\, March, 19, 1?94.
News is particularly scarce at present, aud
lie best I can do Is to give some short parigraphs
that may be oi interest. 1 promise
lotto tackle the weather, beyond remarking
hat it has been so mild and delightful that
he appearance of the town has been changed
roin winter to well advanced spring.
Bishop Ellison Capers will make his visit to
jurist Church, Greenville, next Sunday?Ens- i
,er, and will be here on the following Thursiay,2?th,
to visit the work and administer
ite of confirmation. The Methodist church
ias been kindly tendered the Episcopalians
lutil they can build a church of their own on
lie lot receutiy bought. The Bishop has
uany oid friends here.
Mr. Sam McGhee, who came home quite sick
louietiuie ago from Wottord,. is improving
tud was able to sit up a while yesterday.
,Mrs. Hartzog and Mr. James Hill are much
letter.
There are several students at Woflord coning
here to spend Easter with friends.
The Greenwood Cotton Mill was shut down
ibouta week lor the purpose of putting lna
jew boiler.
The triendBof Judge Izlar regret to hear
hat Stokes Is going to contest the recent Con*
;ressloual election. However, the Judge will
>e very apt to go to Washington to truly repeseut
his people.
General Hemphill was in town oue day last
,veek.
TheNlmrods are making the most of the
ast lew days of burning seasou that remain.
Mrs. A. St,. C. Lee has gone on a visit to relitlves
In Ijiurens. S.
The Coinage or Sliver.
This is what the Southern Faimer wants,
>ut if we make any purctiase now whatever,!
>f course we uave to buy with the proceeds oi
ast year's crop, based on the (limited coinage
illl.
Silver has fallen very much in price, so
lave all articles manufactured lrom sliver, I
\ set of solid sterling teaspoons can now be ]
)ought for $1.25?alter Iree.colnage these same
;oods will cost at least SC&0;ln other words
,ou can now buy a set oi solid silver spoons
it the aiime price as you could get only good ,
Hate lor oue year ago.
You can now get sterling teaspoons at ?2.50, !
>ut they would be rather light. You cau get
mythlngiu the sterling silver line at K. C 1
ieruau. He carries the largest stock of fiat <
,vare aud fancy pieces in the country.
Iladdon Is still adding to their stock, which
s large aud attractive stock.
Bleached Sea Islaud Cotton, Is something
lew at Haddon's. . !
By all means get one of Kerr's S'2.50 rockirs.
Solid oak spring seat plush rockers at only i I
2.7.'> at Kerr's.
Try one of Kerr's elastic rockers.
See C. P. Hammond & Co s line of slippers '
lefore buying your eastersllpders.
Cotton seed meat 31.10 per sack ; $30.(10 per)
on. Abbeville Supply Co. !|
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DeLa HOWE TRUSTEES. |
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Out We <?o? In Tbey ('nine.
The newly-elected Board of Trustees or the |
DeLa Howe estate will be installed Into office al
jext Sale Day. ol
The new trustees are: J. ('. KluRh, A. K. wi
Watson, BenJ. A. Boyd, J. B. Holloway, J. M. .
tVardlaw. It
Hon. W. H. Parker, the treasurer who has c<
nanaged the estate so well and so satisfactorily
since the death of Judge Thomson, has
jlven notice of his resignation, to take effect ft
>n the re-organ Izatlon of the board. Mr. C
i'arker is Induced to take this course because i
>f the great responsibility of the position,
ind the small profits incident thereto, JU
rhe bond Is ?10.000 and the profits from the el
>fflce oeing only a traction over 8100, so that .
ihe Treasurer earns all that he gets trom that
source. The treasurer has always been other O!
:ban a member of the Board. ir
??- 0..?h.*.. I.no u Kaon hlii ?
fiduciary trust#, and we think la no instance P
Ian he done better service lhan for' DeLa d
Howe. When he went Into office the lundx
had been very much reduced, but since he has _
been in office the cash assets of the school
have been increased frcm ubootSS.OOO to about t.<
jlo.OOO. d
1/ it be possible to doso, it would be well II ^
the trustees could hold the estate togefber as *
It Is at present, and estnbllsn the school at the h
village. Some modification of Dr. DeLa b
Howe's will must be made, as, under our
changed public school system, the public
schools offer better educational facilities than tl
iire oflered at Lethe. j{
If a suitable tract of land could be purchas- r
ad near Abbeville an Industrial school could r
be maintained from the rents of the lands,
from Interest on money and from whatever
nmnunt Abbeville tnigh contribute. Whether
there Is anything in this suggestion or riot, v
the board might consider the matter, and, II
possible, mlttht consult with our people. sl
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How His Child Led Him. tl
BY JL'LfA BILLINGS.
tl
Several years ago ray brother was in 'l
Springfield one cheerless day, with a
about half an hour on his hands before n
train time. Strolling along near the a
depot, be noticed a tidy restaurant, and e
went in for lunch. A bright boy came b
to take his order, and as soon as he ii
brought it sat down to his lesson*. A fi
respectable man, evidently the proprietor,
was seated near the fire, with
a disabled foot propped up in a chair.
When my brother bad finished bis w
meal, he approached him, saying :
"You have a bright boy to wait on
your customers." rj
"Yes, indeed," said the man, with n
parental pride, "I couldn't hire so |j
good a boy as that; he is my son, and ^
was the means of my opening ihi? ^
place instead of keeping a saloon,
which was the way I got my living K
for some years ; and I'll tell you how
it was. He came from school one day
heavv-hearted. and when I asked him a
what was the matter he began to cry,
but couldn't speak. After 1 had urged u
him, he said that in recess souie of the
boys asked each other what their fathers
did. One said his father was a o
plumber; another, that his was a carpenter:
and when they came to my .
boy, who said his father kept a saloon, 0
one of them said, 'That's the meanesl
kind of business.' "And I could see b
they all felt the same way. That h
made me feel awfully ashamed ; so
father, if you will only give up the
saloon, I'll do anything I can to help v
you.' With that he threw his arms d
around my neck, and, sobbing, begged
me to give it up. Well, the end of it si
was I sold out. I don't make so much c
money as I did selling liquors, but it
goes farther and we have a happy
home; my wife can help along, be- n
cause deceut people come here for ?
their meals, but before I did not like to
have her around, there was so much .
low talk. My boy has been as good as 18
his word. I couldn't ask for a better 11
son."
My brother thanked the man for his 0
confidence, and after giving his hearty 3)
appro'vul weat his way.?The Little
Christian.
. n T si
Japanese Affection.
Kisses and embraces are unknown h
in Japan as tokens of aftecton, after b
infancy. You may see fathers and
sons, husbands and wives, mother*,
and daughters meeting after years of a
absence, yet you will probably never a
see the least approach to a caress between
them. They will kneel down
and salute each other, and smile, and
perhaps cry a little for joy; but they
will neither rush into each others
arms, not utter extraordinary phrases b
of affection. Indeed, such terms of i,
affection as "my dear," "my darling,"
"my sweet," "uiy love," "my life,"
do not exist in Japanese, nor any ti
terms at all equivalent to our emotion- ii
al idioms. Japanese affection is not
uttered in words; it scarcely appears
even in the tone of voice; it is chilly ?
shown in acts of exquisite courtesy c
and kindness. I might add that the
opposite emoliou is under equally per- .
feet control; but to illustrate this remarkahle
fact would require a separ- [
ate essay .---The Churchman.
^
The Falklaud Island produce no I
trees, but they do produce wood in a
very remarkable shape. You will see, 1
scattered here and there, singular I
blocks of what looks like weather- I
beaten, mossy, gray stones of various I
sizes. But if you attempt to roll over
one of those rounded boulders, you 1
will find yourself unable to accomplish u
it. In fact, the stone is tied dowu to o
the ground-tied down by the roots; or t)
in other words, it is not a stone, but a
block of living wood.
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A reporter who once "pulled a hand- P'
press" on a country weekly tells this n
stroy: "One day, while the paper was | li
kftin/K nff' o man fmm t Ko > ?
UCiii? vr \ji rvcu wily a uiiui iium niv
country came in and walked all a- *
rouud the room, finally stopping uear
the press and watching the work very
earnestly. "Anything I can do for J
you?' asked the man at the lever, i
pausing betweeu impressions. 'Naw,'!
was the reply ; 'i don't want nothin'; I
I just come iu to see ye edit.' "'-Ex.
To be holy is to be like Chirst, who |
is the Captain of our salvation, was}
made perfect through suffering. We
must be willing to bear the cross if we
would wear the crown. In seeking
holiness, therefore, let us think little
af joy, but much of purity; little of
ourselves, but much of God ; little of
Durown will, but much of the divine;
will. We will choose the deepest poverty
and affliction, with the will of
God, rather than all earthly goods and properties
without it. It is God we
seek, and not happiness. If we have t(
God, He will not fail to take care ?i
of us. "As the hart pauteth after the
waterbrooks, so panteth m;y soul after w
thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God !
for the living God."
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Dat's de mos' wun' fullest t'ing, dat j p
is," remarked Uncle Kbeu, as he gazed j |?
it the electric light. "l)ey done put j
Je match to de uddah end ob de con-: ?e
uection, an' when you turns on de I P<
spigot de light jes Hows out."--Wash-:
ingtou .Star. !
I iy
Unless you kill your doubts they will j D?
someday kill you. b"
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The less a Christian reads his Bible i the
more his heart shrinks. j w
j an
The Holy Ghost can not fill a map
who is already full of himself. |Hh
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The devil has oue arm around the j |
man who id trusting iu himself. jn
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Small Talk.
Personal remarks and question* solited
of a private nut lire are not only
id form, but. exceedingly iriitating
ml vulgar. Respect ihe misfortunes
f others, aud show deference to their
lortcoinings and bodily ailments, for.
is a sign of good breeding and wise |
insideration. ,
One of the greatest charms in wolan
Is the wetl-modulated voice.
nltiirota nliiruvu thfl lnw POCriQt^l' Qllli
U1L1 Y Ul\, (M ?TMJO M VQ.M.W. t ?
:aru to improve this organ by care
mi training. Speak in a manner
lear, and tones pure and simple, witli
n enunciation that is neither confused j
r indistinct. Neither smother, man-:
le, or swallow the words; for, as the
od asserts, "a low voice is an exelleut
thing in woman."
Avoid discussing conversations that j
ifer to domestic affairs, headaches, j
>ot/iachen, children's diseases, trageies,
accidents and personalities of all
inds. A constant complaining of
unily disasters is not only distressing
utan upheaval of physical woes and |
ousehold calamities is an annoyance j
bat under the best of circumstances!
; is too generous to bear.? Good |
lousekeeping.
Christians are like sheep in more
'ays than one. Some sheep keep
teadily in the straight way. Others
iave to be drawn by many sweet com-!
elling influences. Others, again, have
3 be driven, used 9harply, almost
uughly, to keep them in the right,
rack. There are steady Christians,
'here are draft r. Christians. There
re driven Christians. It matters
luch in the way of effort, solicitude,
nd agencies as to these different class8.
The main object, though, whether
y drawing or driviug, is to get them
u the fold of heaven.?Nashville Cb.
kdv.
"iijesaeu is me umu wuudo oius aic
overed." This blessedness depends
wholly on how the sins are covered
,nd who covers them. "He tha?
overs his own sins shall not prosper."
'bese two coverings, though they
nay in some way and from some eyes
,Ide our sins, are infinitely different,
'or God to cover our sins is a great
lessing. To cover our own sins is a
real curse.?Nashville Ch. Ad.
Good actions, like sheep, follow one
nother.
When things come to the wofcst, then
i is that God generally interposes.
Perfect consecration is the door-way
utof the moat inveterate unbelief.
The beginnings of error ate small,
ut the endings are disastrous.
No man will ever be celebrated for
is piety whose religion is all in his
,ead.
There is nothing we ought to do that
re may not expect God to help us to
o.
If you love your neighbor as yourelf,
God will give you plenty of
hances to let, him know it.
You will miss it if you undertake to
leasure a man's religion by the length
f his face.
No man is the servantof Christ who
j not willing to be of service to all
len.
Let no one dare to seek the comfort
f the Holy Spirit who cherishes some
scret sin.
The heart that fully trust God can
ing as sweetly in the dark as it can in
lie light.
Every sinner reasons that if there is
appiness in the heart there ought to
e bume sunshine in ttie iace.
Popular moral sentiment is not
roused over-easily; but when it is
roused, it is determined aud restless.
No man ha9 so many faults as his
neraies declare, nor so many virtues i
s his admirers claim.
In council it is good to see dangers, j
ut in execution not to see them tin- j
ess they are very great.
Society is built upon truth, and
rust upon confidence in one another's j
itegrity.
Angels weep on the day ayoungman j
egius to spend more money than lie j
an make.
It lakes a lifetime of experience to
jach us that we are our best friend;
Uat we are our own worst enemy we
ever learn.
MUTUAL
ni linn!
, t7"RITE TO OR CALL on the undersigned ;
* * or to the Director of your Township!
>r any information you may desire about'
nr plan or InKurance.
We insure your properly against destruc-l
no by
fire, vinsnu or lug,
ud do so cheaper than any Insurance Comuny
In existence.
Remember we are prepared to prove to you
latoursls the safest and cheapest plan of,
nsurance known. j
)AVID AIKEN, Agent,
Coronaca, S. C. j
. FULLER LYON, Pres.
Abbeville, S. C. !
B0ARD_DIRECTORS.
S. M. Anderson Nluety-SIx Township.
J. M. Major (ireenwwd "
P. W. Sullivan Cokesbury "
W. B. Acker Dounalds " ,
B. M. CllnkscaleR Due West "
T. L. Haddon Long Cane "
J. W. Scott Smlthville "
K. W. Watson White Hall "
Dr. J. D. Neel Indian Hill
Capt. John Lyou Cedar Spring "
O.K. Richie Abbeville
J. E. We^etteld Diamond Hill "
J. B. Franks Lowndesvllle "
George M. Smith Magnolia "
March 21, ISM.?12mo.
The Press and Banner Is prinled with good
>od;type and In good characters, it you can- j
at read this type with ease, your eyes must
i the cause. K. C. Bernau, who Is ugradu-!
e optician ran remedy this by fitting: you;
tth a pair of fine glasses, guaranteed to give
.tisfaction.
One of the best selected line of gents neck
ear consisting of -l-ln-haud leeks, dress bows
id ^Windsors can be found at the store of
ossifc Martin. The ladles are Invited to
ok at their Windsor ties, they are extra
ngth.
Miss Eifert, of New York, who tuade her-,
If so popular last season, is again at her
)st with R. M. Iladdon.
If you want your prescriptions filled aceu
tely and promptly, leave tbem at Speed's
rug store, v here they will be tilled accurateaud
sent anywhere In the city. If you
:ed them during the hours 01 midnight,
II on Doctor Mlltord, Room No H Nationa1
ink building, who Is always ready and
niting to serve you.
Toilet articles and perfumery Is no object
Ith us. We buy more and sell more than
ly body else In the city. We back what we
y by what we do. Call on Mr C. l\ Oam
elle who is always willing and waiting to
ow you through the department. Yours
ry truly, P. B. Speed.
Fresh bread received three times a week at j
vingoton jt Perrin's.
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