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The Abbeville Press and Banner | | BY W. W. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE. 8. C., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 1909. ESTABLISHED 1844 THE A. R. P. CHURCH THE ABBEVILLE CONGREGATION MAKE! AN OPEN AND FRANK STATEMENT. ; (Contributed.) We learn that tho A. U. P. congretfaitioi in Abbeville held its annual meeting las Sunday, when the questions that wer asked by the Presbytery or by the Syno< were answered <?p?*iily and fairly, with out evasion or prejudice to the farts, i hi: writer is much pleased at the reported ac tion of the Abbeville congregation, and wi ' are glad to learn that the report was niadi by the knowledge and with the full con sent, of each of those who wero present While we have not seen the report, yet w< learn that the church roll includes tin names of 1U2 eonimunicants, many o whom seldom or never attend the ser vices. The usual attendance, on Sunday we are told, was put down at about 40 pei I cent, of the roll. A roll of the.active members as well as ? separate roll of the non-contributing mem bers, and members absent, is to be madt out and submitted to a subsequent meet This action will inform the Board o Foreign Missions as to the exact status o the actual strength and the real sentiment of the congregation. Tho plan heretofon in vogue of keeping on the rolls the names of people who may not live in this county or who may not pay a cent, or who seldom or never enter tne door of the churcu, is | noc oniy iiusieuuiug "ia uuiuuuv jjivw mv Board of Foreign Missions a pretext for thf cruelty which tnat body has in fliuted upon loyal and faithful churchmen in its unmerciful levy of taxes for as unwise or as foolish an enterprise as Christian people ever engaged in, namely: In sending unprofitable missionaries and J teachers to Mexico, and in supporting hospitals', prj hanuges, schools, muses and physicians for a |>eople who do not want our religion. This, too, at a time when ou$ struggling home mission churches are being crushed to raise the money with which to pay Ibe expense. The members of the Board of Foreign Missions an- good men who stand high in the church. The missionaries* are good men, too. But when it is known that thf Mexican mission has cost this churcii something like $200,'JUO, and when it is remembered that as yet no pretense at having accomplished adequate results has evei been made, laymen or burden bearers, who do tneii; bwn thinking, are obliged to enquire the motive for the zeal with whieli this unwarranted, . this unprofitable and this ruinous tax is kept upon us from year to year. Shaking for myself, I yield to no (nan in respect for the gooti intentions of the board of Foreign Missions in laying this unceasing and unspeakably heavy burden upon the shoulders of people who would, except in theii loyalty to what they have been told wastheir duty, throw off the chating yoke. The good men who compose the Board of Foreign Missions are exceedingly kini to their kinsmen, and 1 am disposed to believe, except for loyalty to them, at well as loyalty to the church, that they would not, in*the name of the church, longer tax us with the support of anybody. These good men, I think, are un* consciously influenced by the beneficiaries for whom they tax the people. I do not believe that one man in ten, if he knew the facts, could be so intimidated as to cause him.to contribute longer to the support of the board's friends, no mattei how needy or how deserving they may be, or how closely they might be related It is fair to presume that all, or a majority innL'a n livi.wr r,'l home. But iu case they could not w< could much more cheaply support them at home. It would seem to me that a proud and honorable man would as soon live 011 ' the coppers taken from dead paupers' eyes as to live olT the charity collections which are paid by little children and deluded Christian women. Such congregations as are informed of the waste and folly incident to tiie Mexican mission would "no doubt speak in no unmistakable terms as to the continuance of a system of supporting men in unprofitable work, or who ought to work in 11 better field. , NOT A QUESTION FOR THE RELIGIOUS PRESS ALONE. In connection with this I would say that it has been suggested to me by men win would possibly continue this unjust tas upon home mission churches, that the subject of missions is a religious matter which should be left entirely to the religious press. From this sentiment I dissent. iHrst.?because the sphere or the held ol the secular press is broader and more comprehensive than that of the religious press. Second.?It is the duty of the secula? press to protect the' people against oppression, from whatever source it may come. Third.?Many sins are committed in the name of patriotism, and it is equally true that many wrongs are perpetrated in the name of religion. Fourth.?Except it were made in the name of religion, how would it b? possible for the board of foreign missions to levy / upon us a tax to support their kin in lux ury anel at salaries which are so mud higher than the average church niembei earns, and which missionaries bring no re suits for either their labe>r or our money Such religion is an inconceivable nothinir but the money out of which our people art ujjgled for. gold bricks is an actuality which must occasion distress to thos< who have been euehered. Fifth.?Except it were done in the nann of religion, could the board by any possi bilitvj make the support of anybody 5 a charge on the church ? WHEN THE INFLUENCE OF A CHURCH PAFEIi IS NOT FOR THE GREATEST GOOD. On the other hand, various interests nun militate against the usefulness of a churci paper whose influence should be oxerte< for the greatest good for the whole church A church paper in the hands of a factioj may not be exerted for the greatest good One interest should not be dwarfed tha another might be unduly and unreasona bly magnifled.1 If the home mission churches wer equally regarded by a religious newspapei would that paper seek to drive out of an; home church any of the most zcalou church workers as well as any of the moss liberal contributors insnoney V If the church paper is not partial toth Tampico enterprise as against the hom mission churches, where is the proof of it impartiality? Where is the proof that i has ever exerted the least semblance of el foil in behalf of any heme mission church Where is the proof that it is even friendl; to the Abbeville home mission church \VechiillonK** tiu-it paper to show that it lia ever manife?<6d the slightest interestin <>u welfare. Wheie is the proof that that pape lias ever sought to defend this struggling church from the unjust and the iniquitou tax which has been levied upon us. for th support of individuals who arc well know; to it and to others to be unprovable sei vants in a barren field V First?The religious press may beconi the tool of interested officers and thei friends, and it may as a result, blind); seek to have the support of their kin foisi ed upon the jieople. Second?Tne propositi* n to shift thd suj port of kin to the chinch may be done s adroitly as not to he discovered by con fid ing Christians. Third.?Ihe evil or deleteric.us effect o allowing a coterie or a ctmLination of rc ligious men and church officers to contrc the church paper without accountability i seen if that paper ceases to give cvi- down dence of interest in anything, except the missie " collection of money to support an enter- knowl prise from which no delinite and no direct doubt benefit results to the church has yet been Assoc! 5 1 made apparent. i nitelv { Fourth.?Proof that, kinship must have arv li : an influence is furnished when a paper net;- j vear. I leets home mission churches while devot- ! him w I ing great space an unceasiug energy to ; of the 11' Mexico. * i I ol t! Fifth.?Except for ulterior reasons it | up of [?! would seem that a real church paper?a ! Mexici [ | paper that is u<>t tho organ of a raid ion? j other .j would have at heart the interests of tho j beeom sjehureh at large. The interests of the travaji li whole church are far greater than the in- care i j terests of any individual, no matter how ' laid u ,[good he may be or how nearly related he ' injure . j he may be to any of us. ] But, Sixth.- -To devote a large per cent, of the ( travajy . space of t he church paper for the material : uals. benefit of a people over whose spirituality | tender f it eari not possibly hope to exercise the j Extr . Ie:ist influence, is not only a crime against monej the church at home, but it is an inexpress- and wi ible wrong against the people. Seventh.?Except for some unheralded t reason, every man must know that the un- gomp . natural and "unreasonablydeclared interest j in strangers must have an ulterior motive. . If this were not so, why should the church paper and the board be so anxious about [ the church In Tampico and so indifferent Man f as to the mission church at Abbeville? Are ceptioi the people of Abbeville not as good as the have n people of Tampico? If so, why the ex- should ; treme anxiety about one and so careless in oth . about the other? Southc Eighth.?If tho church paper and tho fart, hp | board were not influenced', why are the than ti Mexican churches not taxed? If the church wester i, paper and the board meant to be fair and ]jUt he . were working in the interests of the unnecc . church, why should those churches in d0 har .Mexico not be assessed while every home ter to ( . mission church is heavily taxed in the name of religion for the benefit of a particI ular coterie of people beyond the Rio ^ons Grande ? to]d of > THE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE COURAGE ation 1 OF THE1K CONVICTION. ! plow ai i If pastor and people in other churches who fo ! would come together and report frankly much ' as did the Abbeville congregation-on last and on i Sunday the Synod would he well informed same i and could act intelligently. The Synod taken I knowing the weak points could apply the sheer f ( remedies, or so act as not to create or to absolu i add friction and not to widen any possible who ai division of sentiment among our own peo- this t pie. In union there is strength. In dis- labor ' sension there is weakness. The'majority Man is i may temporarily set their feet on the and ab necks or the minority, oik to create uissat- bwck, i isfaction with even the minority is to plant wdrk < the seeds of discontent, and to weaken the muscu > whole. cles ag A church, like any other corporation, periloi I should present a solid or united front to same c the outside world. the far But with reports which may be shadod his eft to suit the sentiment of even the pastor, at horses the loss of followers, is to injure not only can coi > his usefulness, but such a course must remair weaken the church itself. With reports one ho I which indicate strength where there is we mu 1 weakness, and with statements which sig- the ho nify that there is zeal where there may be a lack of interest is to mislead the Synod, which Synod may be governed by the xher board of foreign missions and which board them 1 of foreign missions may be controlled our g0 more by the wants of individuals than by where ' the demands of expediency. an obv THE POISOX WHICH IS SWEET MAY RUIN. P*ble < ^ ^ labor r ilio distribution or fjius is oiteu uetw iourin sary for the success of struggling congre- takes i gations, but such action is always attended sweep, with more or Less danger of inoculating of corr the people with that poison which may horse < bring indolence and which poison too often out of destroys the pride and the self-respect of Is it ai ' individuals while weakening the congre- hard a gation itself. Tlier 1 And nothing-will more certainly ruin the if it is spirit of a congregation than to teach it to of it, s 1 continuously rely upon the charity of otli- would ers for the support of their preacher. value i ' And, on the other hand, the giving of Is it u gifts, which is followed by an iron hand de- find li ntanding a crushing tribute l'rom those they d ? !./ ? l/ivn Hm fl)Iivi.il ia nnrhiins thf> most (.ncf t 1 demoralizing act that could be exercised The lal ' by the worst form of tyranny that was comnn ever invented. By what method of rea- comnu 1 soiling can the missionaries order the would board to require the Synod to take from' farmei Abbeville $75 of the money which the home their li board had given to us and which had been the ex] used to pay our preacher V ' as in t If the Synod is acting in its own legal or the hel , moral right, and not at the behest of oth- labor ; ers, wherein lies the justice of taxing a necess . home congregation in Abbeville that amis- enougj sion church in Tainpico may exist, and whose preachers or missionaries are . paid double the price of their services at , , home ? Why should the money that ought tarm J t to go to pay the Abbeville preacher be corner . forcibly taken from us or from him to pay ?nougt i the expense of continuating or perpetuat- spnng ing a useless or a worthless aggregation inuscu in Tampico V times or fori ' A DEFENSE TIIAT KtOVES JIY CONTENTION, by. T each w Archibald McLean, President of the For- could 1 , eign Christian Missionary Society, in try- machii , ing to disprove the facts as published by to moi Thos. E. Watson in the JcfTersonian, says, lastfei , in part: womei "Xo man goes to the iield thinking that are yel ; he can better his condition in any sense or it shot that he may have a corking time generally, recreai There are men who could be earning from wouiar live to fifty thousand dollars a year who receive a thousand dollars a year as missienaries." To w 1 know of no A. R. P. Missionary who produ< ; does not certainly receive more than a which , thousand dollars a year, oi about double which , the amount he received at honie, and until to be c " Mr. McLean tells us the names of mission- Jay ar; , aries who could earn at home from five to Dante fifty thousand dollars a year I shall not be- rorsof " lieve any such statement. This unbelief value < on my part is based upon the fact that I dignit know "that our missionaries are making end wl l more money in Mexico than I ever knew upprcc tlieni 10 IIUIKO ill IlOUie. A Iimjunty, 11 nut telllge all of them, are making about double any bend e L- amount they ever received at home. For condit , instance: From the Minutes of Synod, efforts j 1918, under the head of ''Salaries of Mis- ductiv sionaries," I find that one is paid $1,100; j another, $1,073.75; another, ?882.50; ami still another. $1,225. t Under the head of "Expense of Field and Will V _ Salaries of Native "Workers," I find that one ofr the missionaries above referred to e is paid $040.10; another missionary is paid . $549.38; another is paid $33.00; another is v i?id?7. , s Well, now, if any living man can tell i,..'' t how much our missionaries receive, let i J ?,,i, him speak out. "Expense of field" surely V J}" does not mean what it says. If so, does it "^one L. include horse -hire, the* plowing of the li,. s land, and the gathering of the cropsV . t What about the money paid to "native tJ, , rj1 f. workers" V The board certainly does not .-.'A,' v intend to say that the "native workers" ' j; '.,' v are employed by the missionaries as cooks, v nurses, butlers or hostlers. /; ? I am reliably informed that expense of : ; ~ r delegates to the Mexican presbytery is Vui r paid out of our money. "Was the recent v? . % t rip of missionaries to Mexico paid out of K. ^ . ji our money? 1 i l.nfin fr>Wl tluif nno nilsfiinn/irv. in ii addition to his salary, is allowed ?100 a . war for house rent. Is that sum paid out . of "Miscellaneous?" 'ias r 0 Another room for doubt. I have been despe r informed upon good authority that the day d v | missionaries are granted a premium of #75 ters i ! for each child that may bo born into their world I families, and that a bounty of $7.j a year is Derfe. i- paid for the support of each child of any 01 missionary under twelve or sixteen years . of age. That fact may appear in the Min- blood 1 utes. but I fail to see it. w boh ,f| J do not believe that any member of the keen i.jboard has received any of the money effort ,1 which has been charged to any purpose, ruu.ti B1 but I do charge that the figures are so set antee( that the contributors to the foreign >nary fund have a very indefinite edge of how their money goes. I very much if there is a man in the HaDD iate Reformed Synod who knows defiand specifically what any missionas received for all purposes for any If so, I shall be pi ad to hear from ith a definite and specific statement Ar figures. . Geor to the secrecy, or the covering (j,,v ( the facts as to our expenditures in fi' :>. This objection is based upon that , , fact that people at this distance may and I e suspicious of waste or needless ex- near ranee. Suspicion as to the lack of Hud n the expenditure of money that is ?+ or] pon the Lord's table is calculated to > r a good cause. on the other hand, if there is ex- lor IN ranee, waste or partiality to individ- enter the published facts would have a state icy to bring about a reform. t>? avaganco or wastefulness of our is corrected by publicity. Honesty tn*~ir ise conduct need not fear the light, who , , per c came Hard Work You and Your Wife here Should Stop Doing- g ^ Progressive Farmer. enter y Farmers in the South have no con- eciut'l i of the value of labor. That is, they Mi 0 real idea as to what a day's labor ttDr;? accomplish on the farm. People er sections often claim that the Irien' srn farmer is lazy. As a matter of year 1 probably does more muscular labor place :ie farmer in any Western or North- wjji j n State. He not only works hard is wasteful of hard work, works hard ^ ;ssarily, and goes out of his way to d work even when it would pay bet- week io the work in easier fashion. Rev. I meet ider a moment. In a late issue we nn^ ' seeing ten one-horse plows in operast spring to one two-horse plow. as much plowing with the one-norse This s with the two-liorse plow, the men mucl How these plows have to do twice as the S ivork. It probably took them one nofpf e-half times as long to get over the J" amount of land' as it would have them with good plows. Here is a ters, tnd an enormous waste of labor?an much te waste of labor, because these men have e doing this walking are spending 4.511 ? ime unnecessarily, putting their " against that of horses and mules, cease supposed to be an intelligent being aginf le to direct the efforts of his work anoti but when he chooses to reduce the havii sn the farm to a matter of mere lar effort and to put his own mu6- A' ainst those of the mule he comes co^ isly near putting himself in the *V< ;lass with the mule as a worker on tion 1 m. The Western farmer measures whoi Iciency largely by the number of fnfijc or the amount of horso power he ntrol and direct. We of tne South ecl t0 1 content to direct the labor of only men rse and to so dircct this labor that garm st do almost an equal amount with seci rse* and TT. p 1 n ccc 1 i after our crops are planted we tend Pne ( argely with plows which necessitate years ing four or ilve times to each row worn we should go only once. Is not this fe]j j, ious waste of hard labor and of val- i..v. ;ime? Can we expect to make our j . (rofitable so long as we do only one- aesiri as much in a day as we mignt? It with i man with a turn plow or single walk four times as long to work an acre Tlv i as it taKes the man with the two- ^ jultivator. This is a virtual waste *vom this man's life of this misused time, ten v ly wonder that so many men work Dr. 11 their lives to accomplish so little? with i in the fall when our crop is made, sever a corn crop, we pull the fodder off rpendiug here twice as much labor as .r. be required to save food of an equal With f the corn were cut up and shocked. Mr tt \ttAn/4At< 4-V?n4- a formoro /-Ia nnf Unn U i y nvuuvi tiiuu oviuc iui iuv>i o uv uuu lltto U ve 6tock feeding profitable when Bake lepend upon upon food which has >? ,hein twice what was nessassary? 111' bor put into the production of any tee o: jodity is a part of the cost of that Miss >bity- a self- evident statement it over! seem, but one which thousands of -^y s evidently forget every day of T ' ves. We must learn to economize in -L|"UK ;>enditure of time and labor as well a tea he expenditure of money. And it is friem ight of folly to devote twice as mnch with to the production of a crop as is accer ery and then to expect prices high :nvnY. li to give us a profit on this labor. ^ r III Mr came same thing is truo of labor in the ,, . lome. In thousands of homes the 01 nK 1 and children have spent time yeste i carrying water from a distant By or drawing it out of a well by sheer 0n "\V lar effort to have paid a half-dozen jyrrs for the installation of a good pump j. \ :he digging of a well or cistern near uieu he woman who spends four hours knov eek doing a washing by hand that pet i oe doue in two hours with a washing were Lie ?aatuo uxjv.'u^ii lauui ill wiic j t?i fhP || :e than pay for a machine that will ^ , q years. Is it any wonder that the ^na * 1 on our farms are over-worked and clenc< t unable to keep the farm home a6 of n dd be kept, or to find time for the were tion and self-culture to which every +nr i lis entitled? aPPr( rv ker a ork-to reform honest, healthful and close :tive labor-is the highest privilege cease any of us enjoy; but to do work main is unnecessary and unfruitful and i_p<. . ompelled to do such work day after r'r id year after year, is a doom which ^? s might well have added to the hor- Man; ' his Inferno. If we appreciated the indie >f the time which is ours and the frieni v of labor which accomplishes the lich it seeks- in other wordB, if we qv iated the difference between in- , . nt and unintelligent labor, we would this j very effort to the changing of these ago. ions and to the directing of our to j\j aiuxifj more rational anu more pro vpari oHlu*. yQu ' Presl accinate Cows to Stop Tubercu- she 1 losis who, rov i jsta, Ga.?The city council of Au- _ A: has adopted an ordinance which the emu of healtn officials believe will go a ttene< ays taward preventing the spread comp irculosis in Augusta. The ordinance who which requre all dairy cows to be aj[ w ated for tubercuoisis. E. E. Murphey, president of the of-health is one of the nio6t en> btic lighters of tuberculosis there is country. He has taken every step Edgi le to check the dreaded white plague v'IIe.1 i believes that in a verv short time l.P.a ta will be considerably free of | uloejs. ?nd j, test that will give the cows in Au- tlrely is the one prescribed by the bureau pound nal industry. j"* K< The Itoiid to SucceMi wfttM nany obstructions, but none so rtan rate as poor health. Success to- bu^s eiuands health, but Electric Bits the greatest health builder the jf . has ever known. It compels witb i :t action of stomach, liver, kidbowels, purifies and euricbes the Mrd , and tones and invigorates the i system. Vigorous body and B"miH brain follow their use. You can't -top \ I to slight Electric Bitters if weak, own or sickly. Only 50c. Guar- ne8R i 3 by P. B. Speed. Miifo LOWNDESVILLE. enings of a Week In and About thi Seven Hill City?Personals. Sept. 20th, i9U9. lother link in the chain binding gia and Carolina together, Monevening Mr. John Brown of the named state came over into this he and Miss Essie Evans livng here, came before Maj. J. G. Icabee and wore made one, and ice left for their Georgia home. . E. W. Harper left Monday forth Carolina where lie went to a preparatory school in that v. and Mrs. R. W. Barber, and daughter Miss Louise. Barber, had spent some time in the upounty for health and pleasure ! here Monday and will remain for a while. '. J. B. Kay left Tuesday for tanburg where he went, and ed Wofford College to finish his *tion. / ss jiitnei -tsenneit 01 urysiai js Miss, spent a day or two with els here last week, she spent last here, had a music class in this i and one at Iva. This year she have headquarters at last named v. K. W. Humphries spent last : in Townville aiding the pastor C. L. McCain in a protracted ing. ^dnesday we had a regular downwetting rain here, North, South, West of us not so much East, was badly needed, and will do 1 good. In times, past may of ummer months was somewhat i for "its long seasons" which k1 hard fights between the jilanand the grass, which fights were 1 dreaded. The "long seasons" been quite frequent this year short while ago, when the rains d and1 were succeeded by a damj drought. For the past week ler "long season" or wet spell, it ag rained more or less every and if it last a little longer open n will not remain in the boles, jdnesday our town had a visitac?y a company of people, some of n claimed to be full blooded ins from Oklahoma, others claimbe halfbreeds. Five of the wohaving their outer, and seeable ents of yellow and red, canvashe town, going to the dwellings :ntered the stores and other busiplaces, offeridg to tell fortunes. Did darkey, a widower of some ; and no doubt wanting a young an who approached him could im where to get her, gave her >r three dollars to give him the ed information. She coolly, and thanks pocketed the money and ed off. \ ere were fifteen or twenty more en and children, with eight or ehicles. A. J. Speer of Commerce, was friends here, his old home for al days last week. ssMeta Allen is spending a while relatives in Anderson, s. J. W. Richardson of Hart well een at the home of Mrs. M. E. r for several days. >ses Ida, May and Elsie Brownf Brownlee and their visitor Julia Gilker of Laurens, came Friday and were guests of Mr. E. Harper. That night Miss E. se Harper, in their house, gave to which a few of her special is of the town were honored an invitation, which was gladly ited forming a very pleasant en>le gathering. . T. E. Wilson of Grain Ridge, up Saturday and was the guest i brother Dr. J. D. Wilson till rday. telegram, to kinspeople here, Wednesday it was learned, that Margaret Huckabee had just in Atlanta, Ga., She was better rn by her acquaintances by her lame "Tantie." Her remains brought to this place Friday on 0 a. m. mail and passenger train >cic at unuc uauicu iaj yiuvi3 churce where in the presence iany sorrowing friends they funeralised by her one time pasiev. H. C. Fennell, in a short operate service. Rev R. W. Barssisted in this service. At the of the church tribute to the ded, all that was mortal, that reed, enclosed in a handsome casvas carried to the cemetary near and placed in Its long home. y floral offerings by loving hands ating the esteem and love of her ds left behind, covered the id. 3 was born "In the Fork" near Dlace a little over six decades In 18G4 was united in marriage r. J- P. Huckabee, who some ? ago died also in Atlanta, ite early in life, she joined the jyterian Church, and to the last a zealous, consistent member, eft a son, Mr. Ralph Huckabee, is in Ga,, a sister, Mrs. J. B. Leiti this place and many other ives and friends, who are sadJ that they no longer have the lanionship of this good woman, had a smile and kind word for horn she met. Troupe. X A NARBOW ESCAPE ir N. Bayliss.a merchant of RoblnsonDel., wrote: "About two yearn ago I was d Kick, and coughed all the time and l< lot have consumption, K was Dear to It menced using Foley'h HoDev and Trt, t stopped my cough, and I am now ettwell, and have gained twenty-eight in, all due tothaeood results from tak>ley's Honey and Tar." C. A. Mllford <j up your winter olithes aud blanket :ed ?rand lavendar flakes. Much bettei CHmphor balls. For sale at Mllford lore. Phone 107. lg lot of standard novelB?"reprints" on y cents each at Mpeed's Drug Store, ou want to sell your real estate list li me. Robt. S. Link. y people iIpIuiIp therriRelvpa by rr\lns 11 wear away." when ih'*y notice >*ym?> of kidney anrtblndtler trouble. This ti take. Take Foley'* K dney PIltR, hiu be drain ou the vitality. They cnn che, rheumatism, kidney and bladdei le, and make every trace of pain, weak and urinary trouble disappear. C. A rd & Co. CLOWNS VERY FUNNY. i John Robinson Has Special Assortment. The clowns in the John Robiueon r circus, quick to introduce new skit* ! and burlesques iu their work, ha- e , plauned and carried out a funuy hunt5 ing expedition in which the principal P figure is that of ex-President Roosevelt. 1 The thiug could hardly be more time| ly and is one of the funniest of all the amusing stunfs that will be seen in the big show when it comes to this city. All of the animals used are, of coun-e fakes &nd this helps the humor of the 1 thing immensely. First ot ail comes a peculiar looking giraffe, which is very curious about his surrouudings, he being a real "rubber-neck." Then follows an elephant that threatens to break into a jig at any minute. A funny little monkey lopes along and behind him comes a monster lion with a ferocious looking bead and having a walk like a hired girl with a beau and a new dress. Bringing up the rear, leisurely sauntering along, is Col. Roosevelt, clad in khaki and carrying a camera in addition to his gun. He i-* attended by a monster savage. The animals (Jiscover the hunter and then oblingly pose for him, while he focuse* his camera and takes a shot at the elephant, much to the latter'samusement. Then the animals, including the lion with the lady-like walk, continue theirjourney and the mighty hunter man doffs his army hat to the on-lookers. There are a number of other very good clown stunts introduced by the Merry Andrew*. Two of them travel around in airshio and manage to xun over a policeman. One ;ellow is drawn about the arena by four fat jieese. A big ape waltzes with a French clown. Another buffoon dresses up little dogs to look likeelepbants. Pandemonium reigos when two of them have a fitfht and get arrested. Another pair do the Marathon two-step the entire length of the hippodrome track and the women all laugh at the fellow clad in a sheath gown, who circles the arena with a huge hat bearing a stuffed chicken on its top. In all there are 50 clowns in the circus and they are really funny. There are long clowns and shorXones; fat fellows and lean ones. They are all ver of i la on tyi a Knrl oon nSrinr onr< Kafln Q r> f u OOHIC, DUJAit UUilCO^UIU5?Vll'U(?VIV avvr and others doing clever juggling feats. They are very welcome for they always happen to break out at the right moment to relieve the nervous tension that is caused by the sensational acts which are so numerous on this yearV circus bill. Will be at Abbeville Friday Oct. 1st. LACONICS FROM TROY. 1 I nteresting Items from a Wide Awake Correspondent. Mr. P. H. McCaslan of Clear Spring was in Augusta Saturday buying goods. Miss Rosella Talbert, of Buffalo, went to Greenville last week to take her position as Art instructress in the G. F. C. Her sister. Miss Annie Lee left also, to enter as a pupil there. Mrs. Sallie Toland 61 Lethe, was Miss Mollie Tittles pleasant company yesterday. Miss Lou Talbert of Buffalo, has gone to Belton to take up hor school work, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Talbert and manly little son, spent Wednesday with Mrs. Julia Tittle and family. Grandfather M. W. Cuddy of Bellevue, went to Dornville last week to see dear 'little Mabel Dorn take her first steps. The grand children occupy a big space in the hearts of grand parents. Rev. H. B. Blakely will take a vacation of two weeks. There will be no preaching service in the A. B. P. Church next Sabbath morning. Mr. W. S. Taggart from Clear Springs, was in town Friday. Messrs T. C. Lites and Joe McBryde spent a part of last week between here and Augusta prospective to a fox hunt. Miss Daisy Young complimented a great number of her friends with a dance last Monday evening, complimentary to her cousins, the Misses Abney. of Florida. Trade was real brisk here Saturday. Thirteen cents cotton brings a big smile and a flushed pocket book. Rev. G. H. Burton came in from Calhoun Falls quite unwell last week. His age with his pastoral work is too much for him. He is an earnest worker. If Cook and Pearry's trip to the North Pole, is bringing up such a blow of winds they had better tarn their faces Southward besides other strange phenomena. tf - 3? /*tMnnnTAl! knn All oln/lflfA iXllOO* iUttliiio Vicoucu licio vui oxuv/wit? thanks for a basket of fine muscadines. Miss Fannie Morrow of Spartanburg was recently the guest of Mi-s. J. B. Britt at Bellevue. The circus will attract a big crowd to Abbeville next Friday. Miss Mary Britt will teach the Pine Grove school another term. Mrs. Josephine Hearst of White Hall, and her sister in law, Mrs. James Conner of Mississippi were pleasant quests of Rev. R.F. Bradleys family last week. Mr. A. J. Davis one of Trovs best business men was in Abbeville last week on business. McCormick seems sanguine over the bright prospect for the new County, and in a few weeks they will have surveyors at work. What the greatly admired and much loved Col. James Bacon was to Edgefield County, in Journalistic work, Editor Hugh Wilson of the Press and Banner is now to dear old Abbeville County. While he is not gifted with a musical talent, his writings are equal to any quill driver a style peculiarly nis own. We agree with some one in last weeks issue who said he knew hi$ writings as soon as he read them and so do we. He still has a warm spot in his great big heart for this paper, and we will not give it up. The John Robinson Show. John Robinson's great Show was in Wavi erly Wednesday and the many marvelous ! acts introduced were a source of wonder raenttothe thousands of deiigntea specI tators. The show is marvelous?many fea; tures never before witnessed in any show were presented by the many artists?The > riding, leaping, tumbling, areial acts were far above the average acts of like nature. The riding seals who perform various feats . on the barebacks of prancing steeds was 1 amazing. The act of the American Hernrnnri annfil cuieo, wuv n^nuij' uoiuiu v..v, w? -rt? 'lation of being the strongest man in the world, elicted thunders of applause. Then t the dashing, daring, death-defying feat of Smalleto?who makes flying dive headfirst from the dizzy height of the main : center pole, is astonishing?and cannot - properly be described. Every time the J marvelous feat is performed the artist take 1 his life in his hands. A deviation of one inch, and his body would be a crushed, . lifeless mass. This act is a fitting climax , to the many performances which are giv-| en in the very best circus ever in Tennessej WESTMINISTER ABBEY. By C. C. Brown in Bhptist Courit An abbey is au ecclesiastical buildir presided over by au abbot. Ad abb was once a high church dignitary, tl head of a community of monks, wt was supposed to exercise functioi above thone oftheordinary churchmai This illusion has largely vanishei and men are rapidly finding a commo level, both in church and State. Tfc present Westminister Abbey was opei ed for worship in A. L>., 1269, and W? the successor of an abbey completed o the same spot in 1065. Edward tb Confessor built a church which he d< signed as bis burial place, and we interred before its altar a few days b< fore its cousecratiou. This became part of the present abbey, and sine his day, every king of England bs been crowned beneath the same roo in the same ch?ir, beneath which 1 the traditional stone used by Jaco for a pillow, and within a few yard of the dust of the Confessor. As tim wore on, a swarm of traditions grei up about the name of Edward, and i 1163, lie was canonized by the Pope c Rome. It gradually became a priz to be buried near his ashes, and so sort of fad arose to bury the great dea there, real or imaginary. As a plac of burial, it suits well enough; as place of worship, it if, in the trues sense, a monumental failure. I si within fifty feet of the reader in on nf tho mnin nnlnifn rlnrirnr a Sfirvlf there, and was notable to underetan a single word from his lips. The buik iog itself is worshipful; it stirs up an provokes a sense of awe ard reverenc by its size; but every uiterance witbi by the human voice seemed to be bi an anti-climax, a something that die away into insigniflcauce, as unfit an out of place. But bow are the dead buried there How is it possible to dig graves withi the walls of a building? The answe is tow-fold. In some cases, a granit slab of which the floor is made, is take up, and the graves made beneath When the slab is replaced, an inscrij tion is engraved upon it, such as th living see fit to put there, which, i most cases, is very short and simple But the walls of the building, as of al th?* old abbeys and rathedrals, are ver thick, varying from four to ten feel In the ancient days, it was easier l< use great stones in building than i was to cut them into pieces. Bene tvo finH unmo annient ruins, as a Muckross Abbey in Ireland, witi walls as thick at the bottom as twelv feet. The Westminister walls ar thick enough to allow an opening t be cut in them for the reception of body. Over this a mural slab is ee properly inscribed. However, it dot not ofteu happen that tbe corpse of man recently dead is buried in th church. Tbe rule is that only hi asbee are deposited there, after" th body has been consumed in eome othe grave. In some cases, only the beaj is brought to the church for intermen1 In other cases still, as with the tw Wesleys, tbe body ia buried elsewhen and a mural tablet is p aced irr th Abbey as a memorial of the honore dead. The result is that almost tb entire building, on the walls and i the floor?especially in the chapels int which a part of the building is divii ed?is taken up with the .tombs an memorials or tne aeau. in ine unapt of Henry VI, one walks through wilderness of marble memorials, au reads the epitaphs of departed king and queens and princes, until he j weary of the ancient history whic they involve/ Our last morning in London, wf spent at the Kensington Palace, whei Queen Victoria spent her youth, an mere we saw the room in which sb was aroused at midnight to bear tb news that she was Queen of Englanc The palace is now used as the home < two superannuated princesses aDd as museum and picture gallery. We sa' there the toys tbe goou Queen play? with when she was a ctuld?tbe fir pair of shoes she ever wore?the dressc she had as a girl?the uniform in wbic she arrayed herself when riding at tfc head of'the English army, and so o aud so on, a thousand or more inemor als of the Queen from her cbildhoc to the end of her long life. THE COCAINE CURSE. (Greenville News.) Of all the health-wrecking and lif destroying drugs cocaine is the easie to use and thousands are to-day tl victims of It. It is bought as a soli white substance which is crushed iul a white powder that is snutfed up tt nose like suuff. From all accounts is one of the rucstexhilirating ofdrug but there are terrible reactions au finally the "fiend" is such a nervot wrecK that he is compelled to use constantly to experience any cornfor but in the end there are complicatioi and he dies a miserable death. The North American is authorit for the statement that in Philadelphi it has been proved in open court thi scores of buys and girls are addicte to the cocaine habit; that peddlers ( ihe drug have eveu approached tb pupils of the public schools, and tht it cau be purchased in almost any pui of the city's tenderloin district. Th police official* of Philadelphia hav learned that one result of the use < the drug is to inspire the ' fiends" wit a desire to make others use it, and i the most of cases they tempt childre of tender age. In the schools for thieves the polic discovered that the drug wasexteusiv< ly used, because it was the most poter of the corrupting influences necessar for the education of ihe juvenile picl pocKet ana sueuit tuici. xu .ic? . the fact that the civilized uations < world are now helping to free Chin from the curse of opium the leadin newspapers of this country are begii uing to look at things nearer horn with the result that they are urgin Congress to so regulate the sale of ci caiue as to prevent its use except ft strictly medicinal purposes. Dr. Ahernethy, tbe great English pbyslcla paid: "Watch your kidneys. When they h nttecl'd, ill* In lu dau^r." Foley's Kidm Romedy makes healthy kidneys, corrects ui nary irregularities, and touts up the whc system. C. A. Mil ford A Co. I The best extracts lu tbe world are Black Cn display at Mll/ord'e drug store. Read Robt. S. Link's advertisement. The Character of a Happy Lift? How happy is he born and taught. ir. That serveth not another's will; Whose armor is his honest thought, )g And simple truth his utmost skill!. - oi r ' v / le Whose passions not his masters are; 10 Whose soul is still prepared for death, Not tied unto the world with cane . Of public fame or private breath. d, W ho envies none that chance doth raise, u Or vice; who never understood ie How deepest wounds are given by praise, Q. Nor rules of state, but rules of good. Who hath his life from rumors'freed, D Whose concience is his strong retreat; ie Whose state can neither flatterers feed e- Nor ruin make accusers great. 16 a. Who God doth late and early pray More of His grace than gifts to lend, a And entertains the harmless day :e With a well-chosen book or friend. iif, This man is freed from servile bands io Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; b Lord of himself, though not of lands; v ;; ls And, having nothing, yet hath all. . . - o A Dm WORK FN IRE ORPHANS. (Atlanta Journel.) . .' a Saturday of this week is the date set d apart for the. annual "work day" contribu- :i >e tions to,the orphan homes of the etiuth, and it is earnestly hoped that* the people1 . , *vj t or Georgia will do their full part in oontributing towards the support of these Ullt&riU&Uie llXOViLULdUJLIO. ie The idea is that every one who takes a * humane interest in this work will contrid bute to the cause the equivalent of one day's r: j- work on this annual occasion. d The custom has grown in popularity and f e importance ever since it wasflret Instituted ' . i: _ until now It is observed In eight southern x ? states. '! Two hundred thousand dollars is needed u to maintain the three thousand orphans in -i' d the various homes In Georgia, and the ' 3 orphans' home at Decatur, which will soon ? .? enter its fortieth anniversary, will need " jj not less than twenty thousand dollars. More than two thousand children from all ' parts of north' Georgia have been helped e by the home during its existence, and dur U tnu moiltfl UI AAl^UBb CUUUO ib ^Otv utu ,-. . i. to twenty-two additional children, bedded /v y- the large number already being oared e for. . ; .' ? D The equivalent of a day's work will not , mean much to each individual contributor, ^ t but it will mean mdch to the orphans, and i 11 it should be forthcoming; in full measure. y It Is hoped this year to impress ppon t. the general public more forcibly than ever ?' ? 0 the terms of the law, in regard to orphan \ 1 children, and to arouse a stronger sentie mentinfavoroftheenforoementofthislaw.^ ,t It reads: ... ' 'B h Georgia Code 2505. Whenever any child e under the age aforesaid (12 years) shall be brought before, the ordinary of the eounty of such child's residence, upon the sworn ? allegation of any citizen that such child a -svas found under circumstances of destitu't tion and suffering, or abandonment, expoe 8 ure, .or of begging, or that such ohild is belt incr reared up under immoral, obscene or e indecent influences, likely to degrade its ; u moral character and devote it to a vicious life, and it shall appear to such ordinary c e by competent evidence, including such ex- i 'r amination of the child as may De practi't cable, that by reason of the neglect, habl- ..ag t tual drunkenness, lewd, or other vicious' o habits of the parents or guardians of such t , child, it is necessary to the protection of ' such child, from suffering or -from . degradation, thkt such parents or guar- . u dians shall be deprived 'of the custody of e such child, such ordinary- may commit o such child to any orphan asylum, or other d charitable institution established according . 1- to law,in this state, which is willing to red ceive such child, or to appoint to proper 4, guardian therefor, or make such other ais' position of them as nowi is, or hereafter ? may be, provided by law''in cases of dtad orderly, pauper, or destitute children. f A world of good has been done in saving is helpless children from evil influences under b this law, and its terms should be more generally known and more rigidly enforctB ed. . e Contributions sent to the Methodist Orphans* Home, Decatur, Ga., will jje safely "rand gratefully reoeivea, aim u u uupou ie that the other orphanages in the state who are to be beneficiaries of Work Day ooni. tributions will receive due attention. jf ' < a d The Hunting |mnn. -t Already the hunters are looking jfcround. )<- for dogs and rubbing their guts. Acoordb ing to the law, any person bmitiogJlBhing ,e or roaming over the land of another withn out permission is a treapaseer. Ignorance -j . is no excuse. The ple? only aggravates i '* the offense. If farmers want birfe kHled, ld they will no doubt invite 'some of .their gunning friends to do it when thfe season opens. Last year a fancy hunter atOaflbey asked a tenant permission to shoot .on his farm. He repeled that he was there to work the land and not have birds killed, but that he would ask the landlord. He instrusted the tenant to ask him if had e- lost any birds; if so, and he could identify 3i them on his land, to go out and hunt .them The man had never lost any and did not , hunt for them. So much for law. Now a word to hunters ? and especially, inexperienced one: ie Do not hunt on lands of others without -VT ? ?? ? mm ll permisaion. .never <? maum d) while in a buggy or other vehicle. When d the day's hunting is over, take out the cartridge. If birds are abuudant, do not ' kill all at once. There was a good citizen '1 of another county that was fond of hunting. ti He estimated the number of birds actually it- needed by the family fortheir dinner. When he bagged that number not another v one would he Kilj, even if attemptedto bite ia him. If you get permission to hunt on , lands of another turn over a fair portion : of the game to the owner of tha land. 4. Common politeness and good breeding demand that courtesy. If you are almost >e hog, kill all you can and sneak off without it saying a word to any of the family. If a t farmer notifies you that he wishes no ie shooting on his premises, do not "sasa" r him, hut ask his pardon, act the gentlemar?' and get off In such a good humor thi. you will have has his respect.?SpartanburgJounal u ' TILLMAN ON FARNUM CASE. 3- v, y Tickled to See How Some People Are c- Worrying About Verdict. Also Surprised fienator Tillman was here today on his J' way to the up-country from his home in ia Treqton, stopping over between trains to g do a^it of personal banking business. a- "What do you think of the verdict in the e Farimim case?" he was asked, as he board? ed a street hack and ordered the driver to ? hurry to the Southern train. "Haven't thought very muoh About it 5r one way or the other," he said, ordering the driver to"go on." "It has tickled me no little to see how some people are worrying about it. And it has surprised and d amused me to see how little the prosecure tion got out of its little game of bamboozey linj? that fellow Wylie into a confession." 'I, By that time the senator was making his way rapidly toward the depot. He told a friend that it was his intention i-g to do no lecturing this year, that he was going home and stay there till congress opened, devoting his attention to farming* ?Record. I > i . 'i > ...