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The Abbeville Press and Banner.
BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1888. , VOLUME XXXII.
NEW DEPARTllE.
WE have the pleasure to announce a new departure?the location of an Agency in New York City for the purchase and selection of onr Stoefr j]
in order to enable us to quote lower prices than others who buy on long time and ask big prices in these days of panics and hard t.ima?* Otsx Agent
has instructions to watch every sales and every failure; to look after every house on the verge of bankruptcy and ruin, and with cash in hand to bay
the lump or in the lot, every class of merchandise that we can get at less than its value, so that we can mark in plain figures on our bargaina, priwny .ijM
have not been named or quoted in this market, or any other. Big prices will not do in these times when even the wealthy cannot afford to waste
their money and the poor require double duty of every dollar and every penny. As our prices change with every sale, it will be impngflihjft to fgro .
quotations, but it will be our aim to name figures that will compel you, in self-defense, to buy of us.
We deal in goods, and not trash, and believe the masses will patronize that HOUSE WHICH SELLS THE BEST GkOCXBft- 4-.
FOR THE LEAST MONEY. Hence we throw out among the masses these specialties?these matchless goods and matchless prices?to nhapfe 12to< >'|-4|
insane and criminal practice of wasting money for the paltry consideration of a little credit. Who can tell the waste of money when yon get jom ' ^ v :"|i|
goods of houses that buy and sell on long time.. What is the use of wasting a dollar when you may save it ? "
Upon our counters will be thrown, day after day, new arrivals, at panic prices, from houses that collapsed, others that will go down tor-morrow* ' ~ ij
and still others who throw out these sacrifices in the vain hope to outlive the storm. From such sources as these we buy our' goods, a*id the- house
that wants the trade of the people must go beyond this advance line.
We shall offer such unanswerable arguments as no house can match?leaders and specialties that no other can offer?stern and stubborn fhftir
that will level your head on the subject of genuine bargains. J '
We have thousands of bargains which we haven't time to quote, but we have the goods which will open your eyes with wonder and amazement#.
We invite an early and repeated visit and inspection. Our stock will be replenished every few days. We shall run the business wpr?n:
SPOT CASH basis, and ask our friends to save us the refusal by not asking to have goods " charged for a few days." \
Respectfully submitted to the cash trade only, . ^
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~ Extracts from Christian Neighbor
How Should Mull Matter Be Ad*
dressed ?
Recently some of the papers have
been discussing the form of addressing
letters.
The Carolina Spartan sets the matter
before its readers in this wise:
How sha'l we address our letters?
Borne of the business houses are now
sending out return envelopes with the
post office first in largest letters. Thus :
COLUMBIA, S. C.,
Smith & Monteith.
Several years ago Rev. Sidi H.
Browne advocated that style in his
Neighbor and gave as his reason
that the destination was the most important,
because that was the only
thing that concerned the postmasters
and route agents until the letter was at
its journey's end. The postmaster at
its destination was the only one required
to read the name of the person
addressed. The postal regulations
uive no instructions as to the order
in which the different parts of the address
should come. It is said that,
now and then, postmasters refuse to
send letters addressed as above, because
they claim that they are improperly
addressed. There may be a ruling
from the department on that matter,
but if there is not, it would not be
safe for a postmaster to make an issue
on that point.
As reference Is made to the Neighbob
and its editor it may not be out of
place for us to say that we have many
years, with occasional exceptions,
practiced the form in the example given
by the Spartan with this differeuce:
We have the State first, the post office
second, thus:
South Cabolina, (or S. C.)
Columbia,
Smith and Monteith.
If it is desired to give theaddress additional
particularity as may be necessary
in large cities the name of the
city is followed by that of the street
with the No. of the house. Thus :
Kentucky (or Ky.)
Louisville,
Chestnut St., 321,
Wm. B. Johnson.
Some persons, among them a few
postmasters, to whom we have submitted
this form of address have said
it would be a great advautage over the
old style if the people would only
adopt it.
Such is the force of a long existing
custom that it would take a long time
to effect such a change in addressing
letters even with a majority of those
who use the mail. We know of some
persons besides ourself who observe
the new form of address. It is presumed
that they do so because of the
natural order of the several parts of
the address.
If this later form of address were
generally adopted it would save much
time and labor of postmasters and
would doubtless reduce the number of
mistakes which are almost unavoidable
when the amount of mail matter to
be handled and read by postmasters is
taken into the account.
It will be seen that the new departure
simply places the last part of the
old form first and the first part last.
In adopting the new form we have
never claimed originality further than
to say we did not know or hear that
+- any person had adopted it before ourrelr
nor have we, since the begiuning,
learned anything to the contrary.
Postal officials, iucludiug mail
agents aud city carriers and all who
send matter through the mails are respectfully
requested to compare the
two forms in point of advantage, re
membering the force of custom which
naturally prejudices the mind against
change, especially when the change
proposes to turn the custom upsiie
down?may it not be said right side
up?
Mrs. Oliphant asks : "Is there any
shock, any pang that life can give,
equal to that of suddenly perceiving
a touch of baseness; a failure of honor,
a lower level of moral feeling, in those
who are most dear to us?" When "the
prepossessions of affection" are thus
driven away, only the heart knows or
can know its bitterness. Oh, do not
wing this barbed arrow at the bosom
of love!
Is there other pain equal to this?
The ones most dear to us may disappoint
our ambition, they may not have
the beauty nor the brilliancy that we
covet for them, yet by their gentleness
or nobility, of character; by their unselfishness
or helpful kindness make
it impossible for us not to love them.
The disappointment of ambition is
gradually dulled, the thing desired
grows less important in our eyes?
what if our dear one does not shine in
the eyes of the world, there remains
the conviction that the cherished heart
is pure, and true to every noble sentiment.
From this there grows a better,
more enduring love than could come
from the mere gratification of our ambitions,
generous though they may be.
But that "touch of baseness" in the
one we love ! that trace of meanness!
Better far one act of passionate wickedness
than this daily dying of the
heart?sweet love slain by long-lived
torture. Better far to lose from earthly
sight the one we love than see that
one grow unresponsive to noble emotions,
uncomprehending of truth in
?fo uimnUmfw nnKolmvinnr nf c j inn.
A tO OlIU^AtVAVJf ) Mil WV11V ? V* kJJ'V"
taneous unselfishness and disinterested
generosity. Easier far to forgive
some oue rash act, some crowning
deed of evil, to love through all, than
live in forced companionship with
one in whom a "touch of baseness"
mars all we would hold dear.
There is a saying of a well-known
man which maynap angers many.
"Quit your meanness," says he. Not
quit your "generous vices" nor your
"noble sports" uor your "amiable
weaknesses;" but "your meanness."
It is this meanness that makes misery,
that hurts deepest, that is hardest to
fight against. "Quit your meanness,"
reiterates Sam Jones?let's all try to
find our meanness and leave it off, and
pray that it may be impossible to us to
ao a mean thing.
It is authoritatively announced
that our learned Book Editor, Rev.
W. P. Harrison, D. D , is preparing
for publication a new Biblical and
Theological Dictionary, to be issued by
our Publishing House. Referring to it
the editor says: "The theological articles
of Mr. Watson will be retained,
of course, and the editor will be careful
to admit nothing of exceptionable
character into the volume." We are
not sure that the retention of all of Mr.
Watson's articles on theology is best,
and many of them should be revised
for a new work.?Central Methodist.
Neither are we sure concerning the
same thing. Our first reading of Watson's
Institutes, more than forty years
ago, left the impression?npw stronger
than then?that that great work would
have been a greater one if some parts
in it had been left out.?Ei>. C. N.
The young embezzler, John Hawkins,
who defrauded the Newberry
post office, was captured in New Orleans,
April 20.
Asking Advice.
.... S. C., April 23, 1888.
Dear Bro. Browne:
There is que matter that rests heavily
upon my mind, and what to do,
or what to say in regard to it, I know
not. Hence I appeal to yon for advice
in the premises. I have boys of my
own, who are just coming upon the
stage of action, and they will soon
have to coutend with evil influences
which tend to shape their destiny for
eternity. What seems to make the
situation more deplorable is, it is
winked at by our Christian people (?)
I refer to the use ef whiskey ana money
in town, county and State elections.
What.can be done ? Do let us hear
from you through the Neighbor and
oblige Yours sincerely,
Knowing the writer of the above to
ue an muusinoiiB, etuerpri&iijg i/unr
tiau man, we advise:
First. That those who nominate
men for office should not put any
man before the people whose moral
character is so crooked that a sincere
Christian cannot conscientiously vote
for him.
Second. If those who nominate for
office fail to put forth men who have
a clear moral record and nominate others
of bad morals,?gamblers, swindlers,
men who will not pay their
debts, or those who use "whiskey and
money" to secure suffrage of voters,?
then let a Christian voter clear his
own conscience before God whether it
be by voting the "Ticket," by
"scratching" or by not voting at all.
In case of defeat for the lack of
Christian votes, after the "party," or
the "primary" or the "convention" or
the "ring" or the "clique," had nominated
unworthy men, let the "lash"
of "party loyalry" be applied to those
who nominated the "unclean" rather
than to Christian men that decline to
vote for a corrupt " pet '! or
aspirant who by nomination bad
been placed astraddle of a " principle."
" The king's gate" was
all right but Haman who sat in it
was such an ambitious and proud rascal
that Mordecai would not bow to
him.
A Needed Test.
Candidates for office are generally
subjected to various testa as to fitness
for the place to winch they aspire.
Thio oifHntr ?ubon ImnnpHnllv rinn#? 1*
due the people and nothing unjust to
a candidate.
There is one important te9t which,
as far as memory serves, we have never
known applied to candidates,
viz: prompt payment of debtsDoes
he pay his debts? But as some
men would pay who honestly are unable
to do so, the test may be expreesed
somewhat differently : Has the candidate
the repuation of being a good paymaster
; or, if from some misfortune
or mistreatment by other men, he is
unable to pay, does he give sufficient
proof of a willingness and purpose to
pay and that as soon as he can honestly
do so.
A man who will evade, dodge, refuse
or deline to pay just debts should
not be sent to the Legislature, or Congress
or be put in any office of honor
or trust, high or low.
In sifting candidates it would not be
out of place for voters to inquire,
Does he pay his debts ? Does he try
to pay? All officers should be men
that "do justly, love mercy, and walk
humbly with tneir God."
The publication of the Clinton (8.C.)
Enterprise was suspended April 17, 1
1888.
Last year-fiscal, April 1, 1886, March
30, 1887?the Juvenile Missionary Society
of the South Carolina Conference
made a net contiibution of
$615.66. The following year, just
closed, the collections net, amounted
to 680.30, more than sixty dollars better
than last year. This education of
the children will tell favorably for the
church of the next generation.
Miss Mollie Green, a School teacher
in. Perry Coounty, Tennessee, aged
some eighteen years, defended her
pupils from a mad dog which entered
her school house last week, April 26.
She fought the dog with a heavy ruler
till the children all escaped, then managed
to shut the door on biro, and fell
fainting outside.
Mgr. Bouland, a many-titled dignatry
of the Roman Church has renounced
his allegiance to the Pope and,
it is said, will shortly be received into
the Protestant Episcopal Churchwithout
reordination as "the Episcopal
Church recognizes and accepts the
ordination of other Apostlic churches."
In Virginia, Norfolk and Staunton,
there have been heavy frosts, damaging
the truck farms, it is said, from
one-half to three-quarters of a million
of dollars. Beets, beans, cucumbers,
watermelons, and tomatoes were entirely
destroyed. Also the pear, plum,
and damson crops. Peaches much injured.
At Rushylvania, Ohio, ou the evening
of April 27, a public hall where a
school exhibition was in progress collapsed,
precipitating 400 people to the
ground, twenty-five feet below. Two
ladies were killed and many persons
fatally iujured
The Willard Literary Society of the
Columbia Female College gave a pleasant
entertainment to their friends on
the evening of April 27. Music, recitations,
etc., made up an attractive
program. Thanks to them foe the invitation.
In the recent libel suit in this city,
MoCrady vs. Robertson, the jury returned
a verdict of $2,500 for the plaintiff.
Motion was.made by Dr. Robertson's
lawyer, Lyles, for a new trial.
The State Board of Medical Examiners
met in this city April 10. The
Board determined to examine all applicants
who may have graduated
from institutions without the State.
The Great Northern Railway of Eugland
insists that its engineers shall I
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IQK? Ul itfUHL lillif liUUra I'CBb UCtVYCCll
one day's labor and another, as a precaution
against accidents.
Friday, April 20, is the day set apart
for fasting, and prayer in behalf of the
approaching Executive Meeting of the
"Woman's Board of Foreign Missions.
A cyclone visited Pratt, Kansas,
April 26, demolishing several houses,
and killing Mrs. Wm. Fisher. Many
persons were seriously injured.
Lewis Stroman, (colored,) Orangeburg
County, had four children burned
to death in the destruction of his
dwelling by fire April 16.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives,
April 23, by a vote of 107 to
36 defeated the bill granting municipal
suffrage to women.
"It was not very long before I made
two very useful discoveries?first, that
all mankind were not solely employed
in observing me (a belief that all
young people have); and next, that
shamming was of no use, that the
world was very clear-sighted and soon
estimated a man at his just value.
This cured me, and I determined to be
natural and let the world find me out."
Miscellaneous and Foreign.
Ia 1880 the Liberal League of Cincinnatti
celebrated the anniversary of
Tom Paine'a birthday, at Robinson's
Opera-house. The two leading speakers
for the occasion were avowed
atheists of the most pronounced type.
The house was densely packed with
the great audience, and the proceedings
and the speeches were fully reported
in the daily press of the city. It will
doubtless seem very strange, but it is
nevertheless true, that both of the
speakers of that occasion have since
been converted to Christ and the doctrinesof
Christianity, and one of them
has become a Methodist' preacher and
is now traveling a circuit in the State
of Indiana. The other mau is editor
of a paper, and before his conversation
such was his feeling of contempt for
the name of God that he directed that
whenever the name of God. was used
in his paper it should be spelled with a
little "g." Since the conversion of
these men to Christ, they have become
intensely active workers-as Christians,
and one of them has written to Dr. I.
W. Jovce on the matter of coming to
Cincinnati, saying: "We both 'feel
we would like to come to Cincinnati
and do something to undo the evil we
have done a9 workers on the other
side." Dr. Joyce proposes to have
them come to Cincinuati at as early a
day as can be arranged for, and have
them speak on the subject of their conversion
to Christ." Their coming will
attract wide attention, and will do
great good for the cause of Ch ristianlty
in this city.?Cincinnati Commercial
Qazette.
[From the News and Courier.]
The Charleston District Conference
met in Allendale April 26, Presiding
Elder J. Marion Boyd in the chair.
Rev. J. E. Carlisle preached the opening
sermon. On Friday morning a
lively discussion was opened by a
statement from Rev. R. D. Smart. He
emphasized the [importance of a deep
spirituality in the Methodist Church,
as that was the only distinguishing
feature that the church enjoyed?all of
her cardinal doctriues being held in
common by one or more of the other
branches of the church. Dr. H. Baer
was surprised to learn that the Methodists
had no great doctrine that
differentiated them from others.
His opinion was that the
doctrine of the direct witness of
the Holy Spirit, as promulgated by
John Wesley and his successors, made'
this the snecialdoctrine of Meihodists. I
The discussion was earnest, and important
as tending to impress the hearers
with the importance of the matter.
Beaufort was selected as the place
for holding the next conference.
Delegates to the Annual Conference
are as follows: Dr. H. Baer, Benj.
Greig, Jas. R. Stokes, W. F. Googe.
Alternates: Gen. Wm. Stokes, W. S.
Minus, V. C. Dibble. Revs. W. I).
Kirkland, A. C. Smith, and T. H.
Law, with Prof. L. B. Haynes were
present, and represented their several
interests.
The I'ne of Society* P. C. A.
In the report of Mayor Howland of
Toronto, Canada, we find the following:
"In the case of cruelty to animals,
the prosecutions have increased from
one in 1884 to two hundred and three
in 1887, owing principally to the starting
of the Toronto Humane Society,
and the appointment of a special oillcer
to attend to that work.
Keep busy. Heartaches are less felt
when the hands are busy.
Grandma's Angel.
BY SYDNEY DAYBK.
"Mamma said: 'Little one. go and see
If Grandmother's ready to come to tea.'
I knew I mustn't disturb her, so
I stepped as gently along, tiptoe.
And stood a moment to take a peep?
And there was Grandmother fast asleep!
"I knew It was time for her to wake;
I thought I'd give her a little shake,
Or tap at her door or softly call;
But I hadn't the heart for that at all?
I She looked so sweet and so quiet there,
Lying back in her high arm chair.
With her dear white hair, and a littlfc smile,
That means she's loving you all the while. .
"I didn't make a speck of noise;
I knew she was dreaming of little boys
And girls who lived with her long ago,
And then went to heaven?she told me so.
"I went up close, and I didn't speak
One word, bat I gave her on her cheek
The softest bit of a kiss
Just in a whisper,and then said.this:
'Grandmother, dear, it's time for tea.'
"She opened her eyes and looked at me.
And said: 'Why Pet, I have Just now dreamed
Of a little angel who came and seemed
To kiss me lovingly on my face.'
She pointed right at the very- place!
"I never told her 'twas only me;
I took her hand and we went to tea.' "
Things to Remember.
That salt should be eaten with nuts
to aid digestion.
That milk which stands too long
molroa Kiffor
That rusty flatirons should be rubbed
over with beeswax and lard.
That it rests you in sewing to change
positions frequently.
That a strong hot lemonade taken at
bedtime will break a bad cold.
That tough beef is made tender by
laying a few minutes in vinegar water. 1
That a little soda will relieve sick 1
headache caused by indigestion.
That a strong cup of coffee will re- 1
move the odor of onions from the
breath.
That a cup of hot water drunk before
meals will preveut nausea and !
dyspepsia.
That well ventilated bedrooms will
prevent morning headaches and lassitude.
That one in a faint should be laid on
the flat of their back, elevating the !
feet, theu loosen their clothes and let 1
them alone.
That consumptive night sweats may '
bo arrested by sponging the body 1
nightly in salt water. '
That a fever patient may be made '
cool and comfortable by frequently '
sponging off with soda water.
That to beat egps quickly, add a !
pinch of salt. Salt cools, and cold
eggs froth rapidly. J
That the hair may be kept from fall- '
ing out after sickness by frequent ap- J
plication to the scalp of sage tea. 1
That you can take out spots from
wash goods by rubbing them with the 3
yelk of eggs before washing. '
The white spots on varnished furni- s
ture will disappear if you hold a hot t
plate over them. *
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Mr. Cox's bill providing for taking *
the eleventh census is based on (he act s
of 1879, with certain modification. It c
provides for few special studies and for 1
a more complete onganization of the^l
working force of the Census Bureau t
and more careful work. The amount
to be appropriated is $0,000,000, which i
is about $300,000 more than was ex- a
pended ou the census of 1880. The i
salary of the suprentendent will be c
$5,000. . tI
The Board of Missions of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, t
will meet in annual session at Nash- c
vlll, Tenn., May 4, 1888. \
The William Pena Elm.
Yesterday we visited thtHapotwhene
the fiunouselm tree stood under which
Penn made liis treaty with the I?- 'Wm
dians.
A sketch of this tree made by Benjamin
West in 1775, is still In tpe poe- . >?$!
nessien of the Penn fatotly, ,ftom
which all the subsequent. engj&lngs
have,-been made. It was near the close -^23
of November, 1762. that William Penn
assembled the Indian chieft, and* that
treaty of Peace and.comlty was entered
into, of whichVolt&iresaid, the
only treaty -between these nations and..
the Christians which.was fcever BWorn
to and n#ver broken."
From an eariy date a sacf#d hal#
gathered about tills Elmand preserved.
it from barm. Whan the BWBIL took.
possession of Philadelphia," General
iSimooe kept a sentinel under it, and
insured its protection. The Methodists
and Baptists frequently t held
their meetings in the summer time
under its wide spreadingbranche*. It
remained until' 1810, when it was
blown down in a storm, and It wqs ascertained
to be abont three hundred
and eighty years eld. The spot where <
it stood iu Kensington, near.the cor- ' %
ner of Hanover ana Beech streets, has
been-marked by the Penn society .with
a monument with appropriate historical
Inscriptions.
A Tford to Wires.
Perhaps it is a proof of a man's, to.- i
furiority tbat he must b? managed a
little. No thin 2, annoys him more
than to be eagerly questioned wh6u he
comes home tired. Give him* neatly
served dinner, or a pair of eaay sllj*pen
and a cup of tea, and let him eat
and drink In peace, and in time he
will tell you, of his own proper motion,
all you \risb to know: Bot if
you begin the attack too Boony the
chances are that you will be rewarded
by curtly spoken monoeyiabtes.
The Jews of New York city,':wha
are rapidly increasing in number, are
looking fr>r an uuusuaHy large immigration
this year from Russia. The
Czar's Government is very severe upon
his Jewish subjects, who can reside
Dnly in certain localities and are- kept
under many disabilities; and* since
many of them have found homes li*
this country, thousands of otheofe-am
desirous of joiuing them. A dispatch
if the 8th of April, from Odessa, contained
an official aiwouaoeaaent thai
10,000 Jewish families were- t? b* expelled
from that city,, and many of
those who can prooure the ncowry
means are expected to take passage
for New York.
The General Conference of the
Methodist Protestant Church.meets a?
Adrian, Michigan, May 18. It consists
of equal numbers of ministerial,
md lay delegates elected from fortpteven
Annual Conferences^ The larg?-'
st Conferences are the West Virginia
ind North Carolina, each of which
lends fourteen delegates; the next in
trdernre the Muskingum and Indiana.
rhere are no questions of striking, importance
to come before this sesson of
he Conference.
A resolution providing for the subnission
to the people of a prohibition
imendment has been adopted iu the
Assembly of New .York, the Republics
voting for and the DemecraU
igiiinst it.
The nature of true Christian syrapahy
is, not only to be eoseettttd' fttr
mr friends In their trouble, but to do
vhat we can to help them.
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