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I The Abbeville Press and Banrie^ ' .-I BY W. W. & W. K. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1905. ESTABLISHED 1844 Hf || GEMS IN VERSE j Ths Peat's Prayer. poet prayed aloud for power to sin* To all mankind one sweet, sdul thrilling eong To bring forgetfulness of dally wrong And swift surcease of transient trial* bring. O'er all the land his earnest prayer took wing. Soft echoing here and there amid the throng From heart to heart, as gently born* along As breexe blown fragrance from the flowers In spring, And when the poet walked among hi* kind. Behold, they did great homage to his name; Gave thanks 'for endless good his words had wrought And blessed the teachings of a master mind. Xar knew he whence came luster to his fame. For, lo, his prayer had been the song he sought! ?James Clarence Harvey In Smart Set. The Breaking Plow. I am the plow that turn* the sod KgE That haa tain for a thousand yean SH. Where the prairie's wind-tossed flowed |H nod Kg And the wolf her wild cub rears. Bra Z oozne, and in my wake, like rala. K0j la scattered the golden seed; . mm Z chance the leagues of lonely plaia MQ To fruitful gardens and field of grain Bjffj For men and their hungry breed. Z greet the earth in ita roay morn; I I am first to stir the soil. H Z bring the glory of wheat and corn BE For thfc crowning of those who telL g2 Z am civilization's seal and sign; 3i Tea. Z am the mighty pen | 85 That writes the sod with a pledge diving r?| A promise to pay with bread and wins B For the sweat of honest men. |f? Z am the end of things that were H And the birth of things to be; gji My coming makes the earth to stir jjw With a new and strange decree. On After Its slumbers, deep and long, un Z waken the drowsy sod Kg And sow my furrow with lifts of song M To glad the heart of the mighty throng Rt Slow feeling the way to CkxL A thousand summers the prairie rose II Has gladdened the hermit bee; Kg A thousand winters the drifting snows Kj Have whitened the grassy sea. Sj Before me curls the wavering smoke ag Of the Indian's smoldering fire; Behind me rise?was It God who spokef? 4 I At the toll enchanted hammer's stroke R The town and the glittering splra I Z give the soU to the one who does, h For the joy of him and his; if I rouse the slumbering world that wag * ?*v? tv? A /tlllmit vnrlfl that la. Oh. Mer with vision that looks away t thousand loos' years from now. The marvelous nation your eyes surrey Was born of the purpose that hers today Is guiding the breaking plow! t- '?Nixon Waterman In Bucoesa The Man That Laughs First. You've all heard the trite little motto That he who laughs last laughs the best Be that as It may, 'tis a half hearted way Of meeting a friend's little jest. Perhaps It is wlee to be solemn. To sit back with lips tightly pursed. Till all of the rest have applauded with asst. But here's to the man that laughs first i Of course I am twisting the motto a To suit this melodious lay, I But many I've found who twist It around c In Just this identical way. Pray, go to the play If you doubt it And wait for the laughter to bunt The oumb?r la vut that waits to laugh 1 last So bars'* to tits mao that laughs first We all like the rolllcklnr fellow Who seea, in a jiffy, the point Who throws back his bead and laughs 1 "on the dead" 8 Till bis features are all out of joint c fhs man that laughs last I Imagine, \ With a weak aenae of humor is cursed. ( Let's laugh while we may; 'tis but for a , day; J Bo here's to the man that laughs first! \ L -Milwaukee SentineL 1 1 The Country of Wlds Eyed Dream a. ^ Where are you Journeying, little boy. So far from the world and me? Tour round, blue eyes are alight with Joy ( At something I cannot see. t Wonderful visions of dewy dells. Where sprites flit to and fro "J On ahadowy wings and weave their spalls O'er the pilgrims that come and go; J Firs eyed goblins that grin and nod I At the fluttering butterflies, i Fairies asleep 'neatb the goldenrod , That bends under autumn ski as AC these must lie on the road you tread And beckon you on the while I Toward the light that la Hn*erln* om | ahead I Kb the land of the rainbow's amlle. I Take me with you. far seeing elf. To that realm where you are today. Where worldly carea and thoughts of aelf I Are ever so flar away. j Show me the wonders your little ?yes 1 Have learned to dlsoover there. For I see them light with a pleased sur- 1 prise I . As you alt In that rooking chair. And, swinging so dreamily, look away To a country beyond my ken, A country I fear you will seek some day And never ooms back again. T?t I know no war that a child may n i With a fair and cloudleu brow And n*r?r a shadow of pain or woa But the on* you are traveling now. l ?Jama* Mfrntagua K ? ? Tha Houee of 8uooeea. Thar* arc no elevators In tha House aC Boooeaa. Bat tha atalra ara long and steep, And a man who would eUmb to tha vary top Before ha dare walk rauat ctmq. Thar* ara no carpata In tha Houaa of Booeeaa. But tha floor* ara hard and bar* With alippery places all about And pitfalls hara and thva. Thara ara no lounges or easy chairs Kjt plaoaa to raat your spin* But whan ona has arrived on tha root at last? but tha view la final ** TanvnaL f*w.. ?^ Song of i Dyepoptlo, If I could know The name* of ail the flower* that grow And all the otaro whooe light extend* Abor? me, like familiar friend* And fathom what their meeeege meant, Z wonder If I'd be contentT i If I oould know ! Juet when good dining metntmyvH J X would rojotoe and safely eat ' My favorite pastry, fruit and meat. With a rtlgeotlon worth a oeot X JtBBV that X ?ho?^?e^oi>yct.^ \0r-~wr "^Ml X 1 s 1 1 1 \ rOEDAN BEQUESTS COTTON {? PLANTERS TO STAND PAT >>< e? " / Id llitm a l? I??aed by PrMldeat ?f gc C; i I tjnii 4 i K i i if*t IK Remain Fim-Fl(ht Is en. CL pi President Harvie Jordan, oftbeSouth* rn Cottou association, issued a stateuent Friday morning in which he calls >n the planters of the south to repaain irm iu their purpose to hold cotton for be price* named by tbe association, lir. Jordan states (bat the fight is on ill n earnest now and that the next two ar veeks will decide the contest between fcji be '-bears" and the farmers. ca in bis statement Mr. Jordan says it tb s reported that E. 8. Peters of Calvert, Si rexas, former, vice president of the uu association, is advising formers to sell m heir cotton, and that Peters bassigued m lis name to the circulars as vice prei- ro lent. Mr. Jordan states that the pre- Tl ent depression in tbe spot market is A iuwarranted and unauthorised by any- ab >ne engaged in the legitimate handling fa >r manu acture of raw cotton. The following is the statement of tb President Jordan: te cfc South Matt 8uad .Firm "The fight is now on in earnest and is Uxuuiih must afanft firm f<"?r t.hft HPXt in iiC DUUVU U1UDV D?WM\? H? av wo weeks, or cbe cause for which we bt ire fighting will be lost. The present an lepression in the *pot market is tin- ti. varrented and unauthorized by any- 1.3 me engaged in the legitimate handling >r manufacture of raw cotton. The m lepression is caubed by manipulation ed u paper contracts aud the issuance hi ast Monday of a bureau report which of vas as much too high on the estimate s? >f condition for September, 1905, as the l:a eport for the same date was too low m? me year ago. The statisticians of the th >ureau add to or deduct from the re- at jorts of their correspondents as their udgement dictates, which rule, so long ?e ut it in enforced, will give to such esti- th nates doubtful value. The ginners' tL> eport is based upon fact and Is the pro- ca ;>*r guide to go by. The spinners act- rii vely bought cotton lu September and uti ere well satisfied at the stability of j.ti market. wi "Bearish influences Bre at work and be manipulation la being carried on to the Fullest extent by bearish operators in be the cotton exobanges, but farmers have pc paid their debts rapidly, money is plen- w Liful local bankerB all over the country on M ill advance all needed funds to meet rb temporary wants to the extent of $40 af per bale with interest at 8 per cent. Do w ot get discouraged or weaken. The viotoiy is ours and all that is needed is ?i to stand firm and tie up the spot mar- iu ket for two weeks. iu Farmer* Bold Ky. Tl "Paper contracts can't be ccnverted into cloth and the mills have got to ^ run.on full time to fill their orders. d( The farmers hold the key to the situ- <j( ation and not Theodore Prlje and bis w paper contract followers who are now Qj engaged in a stupendous effort to de- ^ press and break down tbe wealth pro? duoers of the country, w "It is reported this morning that E, ot S. Peters, of Calvert, Tex., former vice ?p president of the association, is advis- jg ing farmers to sell, signing nis circulars . as vice preident, Peters was suspeuded b in July aud bis resignation demanded m by the exeuctivecommittee at Asbville, t N. U- September 6th. If above reports are true be is proving himself a traitor to the south aud 8P enemy to legiti- IV mate bnsinew interests apd as such be " should be repudiated by every Joyal citizen of the south. No cotton is mov- ti iug this week at interior points and the {j local merchants and bankers are back' :{ ing up the farmers to stand firm against M the present unwarrented and iniquitou* " fight made on the producers. ^ 4I am doing all in jpy power to reach the people, and am convinced . tbat tbey wijl successfully resist the [1 . . moHn to Hpfp&t the cause I _ present we are all fighting for, Victory Will Com*. "Bland together from one end of the J south to the other. Don't give an inch ? and within ten day* victory will be * oure. House your cotton and stand 11 pat. Let the "bears" understand that e you will no longer submit to their die- * tatlon and domination. The crop is " 7'* . . T Via.vp sn White, and r< I am stil] same old stan jest stock the A car loa< ;his week, an( c lOrt. Many sections have finished | eking and the bulk of the crop is 1 >w open with no late crop to mature, t en under favorite climatic conditions ; the future, as was the case a year a- i i. Stand together and resist to the < st every attempt to break the present i ganized effort of the producers to scire fair prices for tbeir valuable stae. Yours truly. (Signed) "HARVIE JORDAN. "President Southern Cotton Ass'n." Bales Of Haalth. I It is rather curios that many of the s which make life a wretched affair e caused py our own daily actions. I tting on chairs, lor instance, it "the < use of nearly all our evils in regard to | a unine." accord ins: to Dr. Noble nith a surgeon of repute, it would < rpree the layman to know how many en, womem and children who pas* , uster in the street or the dancing | om suffer from deformity of the spine, ley are the surgeons's best customers, i nd if Dr. Smitb is right, we ought to ?olish chairsand introduce the ancient shion of reclining on mats. i Dr. Qowera, oue of the greatest au j or i ties od diseases of tbe nervous sys- < m, briDgs another charge against j lairs. If one habitually sits on a bard i tair, he says, the pressure of the edge likely to give rine to sciatica. Tbis j worth remembering, for there mutt j ' of people who spend lsrare 1 uj?f iryiitg t<? cure their Bcui.ea while | ey are all the tinjf adding luel to i | ' sitting on bard edg?d- chairs. I This same dben?e ms well as tbe still | ore pai< ful one or lumlngo, arecausI by other evt r\day habits. In thi.- < it weather peopii?it, without thought t tbe consequence**, ou the grass, the j nds, and worst of ali. on rocks. Perips they escape tor (he time, but at> | nn ma tho flr?t toiioh of winter come* i e lumago and eciatica make theii tpearance. Then in the morning tub we have tb< eds of rhumatism. Sooner or latsx is daily obilliog of the feet produces at iuflumatory condition of the joint rtilages, whcti reoulta in crippling umaiisui. A simple precaution in to e a cork mat or a piece of wood for Hiding ou Hie bath. A block that ould rube the fret out of the water ie tter atill. Perhaps tbe inventor of oiloloth baa en the greatest enemy of thoee predis?sed to rhumatinm. Even when earing thick boot*, if you stand much i oilcloth, you can scarcely eacape leumatism iu the feet. Ifyou cannot fod carpetB, stain the floor, and you ill be caved much suffering. Most people make themselves ill on inday. At least a majority are not such good form on Monday mornig as ou other days of tbe week, his fact has been explained by sugfeting that people eat too much and ,ke too little exercise, on the Sabbath, ut probably the chief cause is closed x>rs and windows. Ou Sundays tbe >ors are closed, and, too ofteu, the indowp also, Hence the Sunday iaht du'lneis and Monday morning )Iow par condition. Doctors find those dyspeptio patients ho are engaged in bookkeeping and < her desk work almost incurable, be reason is that the writing attitude j most unpbysiological. With the ft arm resting on the desk and tbe ] xly bent, tbe spine is much twisted, be left ribs are lowered until they uch the edge of the hip bone, Con. i quently tbe stomach and intestines e compressed and moved out of place, i ie heart, spleen, liver and other orgaus i e pressed upon, and to add to the rjl thp neck is also twiBted, squeezing , ie blood vp&spiB and causing conge*- i on of the brain. Obviously no funcon can be properly performed in lese circumstances, and inpuable dysepsia is a certain result, By violent brushing of the teelb we jin our gums and produce decay of the jetfci by leaving a little moisture in ie ears after washing we cause neu? ikla; by drinking too freely in hot eatber we paralyse tbe stomaoh, ? * - * - * ? ll? .Hut me greaipai puquuer ui pvua wo rork ou ourselves are produced by iUlty articles of dress. Tbi? bae beeu bitten about sq mueb that doctors ave nothing new to say on the matter, xoept, perhaps, with regard to rhe waterproof coat. And although that j out of season just now, it may be ' '?' .. m' ? ?. * . h-r ' s.; s S f Id my Live Bnted him pa I in the sale d, and am p] i market affo: 3 of Mules a 1 from time t r d I. ! pointed out that the man who wears waterproof coat while walking o cycling converts 4he clothing into i poultice. When he takes it off he is ii the name position as if he had put 01 ilumn an/1 fhifl ia o fhin ?VIJ umup vivbuvi7| hiiu VUI9 ma mm vm?m| qo one would be senseless enough to dc Cokesbary Dlilrlct Meellaff. The annual meetiug of the Woman1 Foreign Missionary Society of Cnket bury District convened in Honea Path September 1-3. The exercises began Friday evening On account of tbe weather, thereuula program was postponed until Saturda; evening and a abort, informal meetii; beid instead. Saturday morning, the devotional ei ercises were conducted by Rev. J. W Humbert. Mrs. W. L. Wigbtmai sailed tbe meeting to order. Mrs. I 3. MacSwain was elected secretary At roll call twenty-three delegates ac 3wered. There were also present Mrt M. C. Owens, district secretary; Mrs E. S. Herbert, aud Mrs. J. W. Hum bert, Brothers Peter Stokes, Driggere Humbert aud Dunlap were in atten Jance, and it was a source of pieattur ?nd encouragement to have theue pas tors wi<th us. Mrs. Humbert read from tbe Haud Book tbe duties of delegates. Tbe sec retarv's report of G'okesbury Distric was very fine, showing a gain in mem tars and money. There has beei Faithful work aud earnest prayer by ou cloved district secretary. Each meoi oer in tbe district should help her. A fund has been started for tbe en iowment of a chair in the Traininf School, to be called tbe S. C. Truehear Lectureship. Tbe absolute necessity of eendint prompt, correct and legible quarterly reports was again emphasized. It wai leedlass to say that the dues of tei rents a month per member are noi 'Ufiicient for enlarging tbe work oj wen carrying it on; hence tbe necess! y for the payment of tbe pledge mon ?y. South Carolina's part of the sum equired is $3,700; Cokesbury's part ii WOO. Greenwood has the largest society it he district. The three societies then uinnort. a Bible woman: thev rejoice it laving a substitute. Tbe represents :ive of Ninety-Six stated that each ladj in tbe cbureh was asked to contribute to tbe pledge money. Abbeville raiBec E30 more tbis year tban last. New aerry has a life member. Honia Patb tuxiliary raised about three times ai much money as it did a few years ago Zoar society consists of one member, ivho pays tea dollors a year. May no many Isolated wtmen follow her ex imple? Bethlehem auxiliary, at Coro aaca, is tbe youngest?not yet a yea )ld, and has contributed to every fund making a total of $35.50. Tbe president urged each member t< read the Woman's Missionary Advo ;ate and other church papers, g&yinj jhe ought to do this from a sense o Juty, if not for pleasure, Mrs. Wight man at the same time paid a high trib ute to Mrs. Butler, editor of tne W' F M, Advocate, Hhe 8poke of her grea capacity for work, the oheerful willing neaa with which sbe took every burdei laid on her, of ber long, faithful ser vice to the naoer. All were asked t< pray for editors and those who write jlnoe we are influenced greatly by wha we read. Then prayers were requeste< for our pastors?that God would bap tize theui with the Holy Spirit (bat Lhey way lead us to higUer, holie things, , On Suqtfoy morulDg, the hour befori Bprvioe was devoted to a deeply spirit ual testimony meeting, conduoted Mrs. Wightman. Brother Stoke' preached the morning sermon fron Mat. 1 ;21. It wa? an earnest, impres uive aeroioq. He said that he realizec for the fir*t time the magnitude of th< work done hy the women ainoe the or ganUation of their foreign missionary society twenty-seven years ago, an< spoke in glowing terms of the import ant part they are taking in the redemp tioq of the world. , At the children's mass meeting Sun '!? * \f ca Wtivli^nioil \f ro UUJf dllVlUUUII) 114 ID. n<gUiLUHU| IttID Herbert, Mrs, Humbert, aDd Mrs. Med lock made instructive talks. Sunday evening, Brother Stokes d< livered the address of weloome in b< half of the ohurch. Jt was his flrst oj 5 -,r-: r'r' . Stai rv business t ,rt of my stabl is business, he repared to fui rds at reasona' nd Horses wi o time during BTARF a ir JBgs? Hl iw ^rv^H ^^HShhI ^I^HHbHI7 ^^^ hhr?M 2ft 'slj Bra if |ES? HWrnovBitrtlr^n&iflofiAv scimssffm Fine Clothes MaJk Baltimore he Come in and Wo havi D \ way of s t i ) :h. g. a] B i ' portunity, and ne was giaa 11 came at V the close instead of the beginning of the * conference, for he could give a more 1 hearty welcome after having attended * the meeting. He gave high and well* deserved praise to our State officers. e Mrs. Wightman and Mrs. Humbert ' have held the same offices since theorf ganization of the South Carolina Con * ference Society In December, 1878. The church choir added much to the K pleasure of the services, the solos by MISS Xtessie nuugiue LTClug eBpcuianjr " sweet. Too much cannot be said in praise of I* tbe cordial hospitality of the members of tbe missionary society. *" Tbe next district meeting will be ? held in Ninety-Si?, lf I PIT* I bles. 1 : 1 ;o Mr. George 1| es. ' W >wever, at the / M misJi you the 1 ble prices. f 11 be received | the season L V 'im ==^=====^sa=^^M==a==^^=s^BaaBaa^BaB^^^^ Qp^cnn^hlp I ' Suits.- v-ff i v 1 ' You need something more : |j than lieht summer clothes these crisp mornings- | ggRitec-3a Better come in here and gpl^s let txs fit you out with a ?h seasonable Fall Suit and fg||il?|& maybe a Top Coat, too. We're showing some beau tiful things this year?all the new styles from Schloss V4t5tlt Bros & Co., of Baltimore, 'ii f*? "Quality Makers." -ijjB 11 The drawing shows how Hi our Clothes look when ac$11 tually worn. Prices run - > -c?? d?on ?-+V, ? ^ uy H ULLL ?piJ LU WiUi a uift ers * variety to choose from. iW YOKKV . ?|| I see how you like them, fl . "*8 0 everything else by || tmart furnishings, too ] I Shi A MnpDQmvT sir nn Vt JL/ILI11WVA1 I*/ VV. 4l The largest and most complete line of Stationery, Books and 1 CI 1 fi 1 OUI1UU1 OUppil6S I Can be seen at I Milford's Drug Store. 1