The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, July 27, 1892, Image 4
The Press and Banner
ABBEVILLE. S.C.
'3z>9- Published every Wednesday at $2
a year in advance.
Wednesday, July 27, 1892
(?OV. Tllluiaii on llie (tight to Vote.
Gov. Tillman favors an educational or property
qualification for sutlrage.
At Aiken Gov. Sli<'|iparil turned to (inv.
Tillmau and asUed him if lie did not lavor a
constitutional convention to qualify the suffrage.
He replied, "I will make my speech
when I come lo it." Then Kheppard charged
Gov. Tillman openly that he had written a
public letter to the press of the State favoring
a qualification of the suffrage. When Gov.
Tillman came to rep'y he did not say one
word upon the subject, thus admitting that
he had written such a letter.
Here is the proof. In 1S>S Gov. Tillman
wrote a series of letters to stir up the people
in the State. On January 2iith, 1SSS, he wrote
a two column letter to the News and Courier
in which appears the following passage:
"The remembrance of our sufferings under
Radical domination grows dimmer year by
year, and contests over railroad taxes, prohibition
and municipal politics are familiarizing
our people with the use of the negro to
carry elections. We toy with this monster
which is now lethargic and torpid, but if we
Hrt not irf?? 11 mnwtifnttnmif nnn rrn I it m fitt/rtn/!
his/migs while he is yet asleep hi/ a properly or
educational qualification for suffrage he trill one
day be energized by a division among the whites
and destroy inn"
These arc* Gov. Tillman's own words. We
control the negro well enough now, and it is
but poor consolation to the poor or uneducated
white man that they are to have their
vote taken away from them simply to better
control the negro. The man who rents land,
audthe man whose father was so unfortunate
as not to be able to educate his children, will
then have no farther need lor his registration
ticket, as his right to casta free ballot as a
free man in a free country will be gone.
These are (acts which cannot be disputed.
It is said by some that the work of a constitutional
convention would have to be submi;ted
to the people, and that the people could
ratify or not as they please. This is a mistake.
The work of the convention becomes
the fundamental law of the land as soon as
passed, without reference to the people, and
no Judge, Court or Legislature can change it.
It is said again, that even if Gov. Tillman
favored the qualification to suffrage that he
could not- make the constitution. This is
true. Gov. Tillman could not alone do it. but
when we remember the unbounded Influence
he has with his party, and when we remember
that he wants no "driftwood," (and "driftwood"'
means opposition to his views,) it is
the part of wisdom to be careful now. After
the constitution is made and your right to
vote is gone, it will he too late to object then.
Gov. Tillman says he is the friend of the
poor man, and Is asking re-election as such.
Is it true? Let the "renter"' and the man
who has not had the advantages ot' an "education"
answer l'or himself. *
Felly Tyranny?Humiliating: t'oncc*slon.
Tlie Anderson Journal says:
"It is commonly rumored and generally believed
that an edict has gone forth from Gideon's
band forbidding the faithful to vote lor
any candidate who does not con tine his announcement
to one special paper."
The Conservatives, then, should not vote
for any candidate whose name does not appear
in the newspapers of the city.
We believe Liie blindest candidate, with the
biggest and heaviest bandage of the Gldeonltes
tied over hiis'eyes, can see that there are
some Conservatives In Anderson County.
I f, therefore, the Conservative voters, fouri
teen hundred in number, retaliate and refuse
to vote for candfdates whose names are not
found in the newspapers, the U^deonites and
the city bosses will be relegated to the rear.
Ouradvertisingcolurun, In which the names
of the names of the candidates appear, afford
food for thought, and cives evidence that the
caudidates hope that the people are inclined
to do a little of their own voting Hi is year.
Our list of candidates for the House, up to
this time, consists of only live?two from
Ninety-Six and iliree from Abbeville. We
presume others will yet eater the race, if the
race is an open, free one.
Of the thirty-one candidates, in all,
twelve are from Abbeville.
We believe it is not likely that the country
people will be led around by ropes this year.
We further believe that they will not submit
to dictation from town bosses and cross
roads managers. There is abroad a healthy
spirit of self-respect which will prompt tliera
resent any Idea that the people can b? driven
to the polls to vote in solid blocks for machine
made candidates. At present, the plan
of sinking self-respect out of sight to form an
infinitessimal part of the whole has passed.
Kacn man siiouia ami will east IiIn own ballot,
and each man should express his own
choice, without being controlled by his neighbors.
Wliere free thought, free speech and
Intelligent citizenship exist there never can
be unity of sentiment and unity of votes. If
we are freemen, exercising the proprieties
and obligations, the likes aud dislikes of a
citizen who has the courage of his convictions,
there will be a diversity of opinion and
a difference in the way we cast our ballot. Jn
order, therefore, to put all doubts us to your
independence of characteracter and individually
of thought, do not adopt the exact ticket
of your ueighbor. There is generally more
or less of a compromise of principle in such a
course.
Don't vote any other man's ticket. Vote
your own, and let Mm vote as he pleases.
That Is the only way to get the true sense of
the people.
Fine Kpeccli.
The speech of ttie Hon. K. 11. Murray which
was delivered at Abbeville last week is adjudged
the best document that has been
brought out by the campaign. It is being
widely circulated. The Columbia state prints
it in full, and we have no doubt that other papers
will copy it. We have printed in tract
form 1,000 copies of it, to fill orders, and il
anybody else wants copies they can be had
for S1.75 per thousand.
The local politicians on both sides have
been resting on their oars lor a week or more,
in so far as any public demonstration is concerned.
Hear in mind that. Heath & Co. are sole
agents for the octagon soap. They can give
you choice of five different kinds, special
price given in lots of one to five boxes.
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Tin* Striko nt Homestead.
About the <?th ol July, some ",S00 nipn quit
work in the Carnegie Steel Works, at Homestead,
near Pittsburg, because the owners ol"
the mill made a slight reduction in the wages
of about Son men. The 1'inkertons afterwards
went there for some purpose inimical to the
strikers. A tight ensued, and several men
were killed on each sale. The militia was ordered
to the place and now are quartered at
the mill, "?.?HX? strong. The strikers were invited
to return to their work, and given several
days m which to return. The time ex.
pired. None returned. Demands have been
made on them to vacate their houses within
ten days from the service of the notices. At
the expiration of the ten days, they must,
either get out or take the consequences. The
cost to the Stale of J'ciiugylviuiiu of maintaining
the militia is a large sum dally. The
loss to the mill owners is enormous. The
hardships which the strikers have undertaken
will prove ruinous to many.
The great and crying evil of tills country is
the arraying of capital against labor, and the J
disastrous ell'ects of great strikes must be felt
throughout the country.
In our opinion Congress is derelict in its
duty to provideample punishment forall persons
who enter into a conspiracy to prevent
other honest laborers and mechanics from accepting
positions in any factory, mill, railroad,
or to work for other firms or persons
employing labor.
This is a free country and a mill or factory
may employ whom it pleases, and mechanics
or laborers should be allowed to accept such
places or not as pleases each individual.
Congress passed a law to punish leaders in
a rebellion against the government; it is now
trying to pass a force bill to control Southern
elections, but this greater evil of strikes und
conspiracies against those who seek an honest
Job goes unnoticed. I
We have no sympathy with those who eon-1
spire to prevent a mechanic or laborer from I
accepting a job. They have a perfect right to
quita job they do not want, but they have no
right to prevent others from taking the work
which they have thrown down.
Conspirators against capital no less than J
conspirators against brother mechanics
should be severely punished, and our Con-1
gressmen are simply not doing their duty as
long as they neglect to make provision for the
proper punishment of men who act as have
the strikers at Homestead.
r ourieeu uuuurea votes are oouuu 10 oe a
factor in the election, and if the country people
are wide ..wake the bosses around the
city of Anderson will have a hard time in
putting rings in their noses.
They are not ready to have the cards stocked
on them, aud will, in consequence, refuse
( to be led up to the polls by u rope to vote as
the city bosses and cross roads managers may
direct.
We take it for granted that the people of
Anderson County are beginning to get their
eyes open and will look out for ring-makers
and city managers who may propose to run
the whole concern and take a larger share of
the offices to themselves.
* We are not informed on the subject, but It
would not astonish us to learn that there
were enough men in the city of Anderson
ready and willing to receive the county vote
to fill all the desirable ofllces, leaving only
a few little places for the cross roads managers.
The plain, patriotic farmer, will, of course,
get what he always gets from the city boss?
nothlnir.
Will Fitfht Prohibition.
Wc sec by our Columbia exchanges that the
liquor dealers of thai, city have a protective
association and will enter the Held against
the machinations of tiio.se presumptuous
preachers and working women who would interfere
with their legal business of preparing
and developing subjects for treatment at the
Keeley Institute.
It looks as if the liquor men are being persecuted.
The traflic has been banished from all
the country districts, and in many of the incorporated
towns the business is uuder the
ban. It now begins to look as If their strongholds
in the cities is to be attacked, and if
they should be successfully assailed the business
of selliug liquor in this State would be
reduced to express jugs and "blind tigers."
Old topers could, of course, run the " tiger,'
but how in the world are new drunkards to
be trained for the Keeley Institute if the bars
are shut up ?
?li looks like all our freedom is to be taken
away lfror? us, and that the towns are to be
deprived of biood money with which to pave
our sidewalks and macadam our streets. It
matters not what becomes of poor weak men
and boys,?and the women who are depend"
ent upon them?we must have mo.iey to run
the towns and beautify the streets. The killing
of a man now and then, and the moral
and tlnancial wreck of weak men is a mailer
of small consequence. Our rights must not
be abridged. The country people in the past
have beeu good enough to allow the cities to
realize a handsome profit in the business, and
it is possible they will permit it to continue,
but w<* do not believe they will do so foolish a
thing.
Work of Town Hossen.
The Pickens Sentinel says:
The friends and the foes of the Pickens Sentinel
must, know this: There are about seven
men In Pickens county who have said thoy
would not vote for any candidate who announced
his name in the Sentinel.
Well, now, If the hundreds ol Conservatives
in Pickens county will withhold their votes
from the town Tillmauites and those town
bosses who may be seeking to put rings in the
noses ol' the country people, the Sentinel will
tlnd matters evened up.
Ten chances to one, the boycott of the Sentinel
originated in the mind of some flllmau
boss in the town of Pickens.
Ix;t the Conservatives bear this In mind,
and don't let the country people forget that
the extreme love ol the town men for the farmer
may be based on a patriotic desire of the
aforesaid town men tosetoflice. Thecountry
people mluht wait awhile before putting the
town friend in ottice. The town man often
wants oltice when he goes into politics, and
when he becomes "dead in love with the farmer,''
look out for an otlice seeker, and a man
who may have u ring to put In the noses of
the country people.
ItliBi'kmnil fli?? rumlidnfou.
iii some places wo believe tlie practice prevails
of presenting subscription papers to
candidates.
But the practice is so reprehensible, and
verges so near to the borderland ol corruption,
that wo tru?t (hat no citizen of Abbeville
couuly will so far forget himself, or the
cause which he represents, as to ask any candidate
for a churcli or other subscription.
its places tlie candidate in an awkward position.
He does not feel inclined to give and he
fears to refuse.
If lie gives lie may be charged with an lndi*
reet effort to buy the votes of that particular*
neighborhood.
If lie refuses to give, he fears that the people
inay resent an implied oiler to sell him
their votes.
in a position like this, what is the candidate
to do?
We think, if he Is worthy of the ofllee to
which he aspires, that he should refuse to give
for more reasons than one:
It is a species of corruption, or to put it
more mildly it approaches too near corruption.
It is unfair to the other candidates who are
seeking votes. If such a practice were to be
come honorable ana common, the rich eouiu
buy any votes that might lie for sale, and the
candidate who tiad no money would always
be defeated.
Dcnlli ol' n Prominent I'rcHclicr.
itev. U. F. Miller, died last Wednesday in
Smith ville township, after a lingering Illness,
aged about lifty years.
Mr. Miller was one ol the ablest and best
known ministers of the Baptist Church in this
county, who most zealously labored for the
spiritual welfare of the people and for the
glory ot the Redeemer.
Ho married Miss Morton, who with six children,
survive him.
In his death the church has lost a faithful
worker and Abbeville county has lost a useful
citizen.
The speech of Hon. K H. Murray which was
delivered at Abbeville last Monday. Is regard
ed as the best political speech that was ever]
delivered all his place. II can not fail lo havci
its eH'ect upon all minds that arc open to.rcal
sou. It has been priuted as a political tract
for free distribution among the people, and
anybody can get a copy on application.
The county campaign opens at Lowndesville
to-day, where various of the local headlights
will illumine the political sky Irom
their own particular standpoints.
Have Onlors Ileen Issued ??Will tlio
People Nu Inn it to Have Kin^s
Put in Thefr .Vonpn?
We hear that Gideon's Band, or some other ;
organization assuming to control tlie people,
have issued orders to their loyal subjects, dl'recting
tiicin for whom they must vote in the
I primaries for the House of Representatives
and for Sheriff and Clerk, leaving the people
i the privilege of casting their own votes for
County Commissioner,School Commissioner
and Coroner.
The plan is supposed to be a profound secret,
managed in somewhat after this fashion
:
'J'lie chosen licKei is 10 ne orougni oui uue
| at. a t ime, and in addition, decoy ducks for
1 (lie Legislature are also to be brought out,
I one at a time.for the purpose of deceiving the
jaulls and for the further purpose of getting
J rlie strings bettor fastened In the noses of
j those brethren who are supposed to have no
! inind of their own.
| In case the secret town bosses who may assume
to control the people should get scared'
the plan also Includes the right to call in the
decoy ducks just on the eve of the election.
The plan provides against the charge that
the Court House is to get the lion's share of
(lie Legislative ticket. In the cutting oirof the
heads of the Sheriff and the Clerk of the
Court.
The decree which directs how loyal subjects
shall vole for Legislators is supposed to include
the names of four persons from Abbeville
village, and another favorite who Is not
a farmer and does not reside In town. If the
surmise is correct the plain country gudgeon
will likely sec that there is at most only a
town farmer or two on the ticket, and that
the town will actually gobble up all this Is desirable.
We have nothing to urge upon those citi*.
zens who will allow a few cro<s roads mana'
gcrs and a selcct conunlttce of town bosseB to
either divideout the otlices among themselves
or are willing for them to deprive them of the
right to vote for whom they please, but. If we
are not mistaken there are a lew free born
white citizens who will not hesitate to kick
off the shackles and refuse to be dictated to
on any subject, much less their right to vote
as they please.
The Difference.
The Tillmauites afl'ect great distress be
cause Sbeppard is president of the Farmers'
Bank at Edgefield. '
Tiie same crowd in this county seem to be
swinging to the coat-tails of vice-president of
the Farmers' Bank at Abbeville.
If It is a sin to be President of the Farmers
Bank at Edgetieict, what is it to be Vice-Presldentol
the Farmers Bank at Abbeville?
. The Press and Banner thinks that to be
President of a bank is the highest evidence
of integrity of character, and is the best as
surance or unimpeachable moral worth that
any man can give.
NVe have no objection to a man because he
is either a President or a Vice-President or a
Farmers'Bank, and we would like for those
exceedingly virtuous and Intelligent voters
to explain the evil which they see in holding
these high and honorable offices.
The Ordination.
The South Carolina Presbytery met In the
Abbeville church last Thursday evening and
Friday morning, the object or the meeting
being to ordain the Kev. iM. B. Grler, as missionary
from this church to China.
The exercises are said to have been exceedingly
interesting to all who were present.
The Press and Banner knew of the meeting
of Presbytery but had no thought of the in*
teresting ceremonies that were to take place.
If we had known of it, it would have been
our greatest pleasure to irive ?ir readers a full
account of it.
We would have done so for various reasons.
Our duty to the public would have been thus
better discharged, and the occasion would
have afforded us an opportunity of expressing
our high appreciation of the commendable
spirit and the self-sacrifice of the Christian
brother who has consecrated himself to
the service of the Muster, and who has chosen
to do the hardest work in the most distant
anil most unpromising Held.
Mr. Grier will leave in a few weeks for
China where he will remain for many years
before returning to the home of his kindred
and the land of lils birth.
May our over-ruling Providence preserve
I him and bless his labors.
Contribute*! I.ocals.
Abbeville, S. C., July 27.1892.
Last Sunday was the hottest day of the seaj
son, the thermometer registering 91 in the
shade.
Xi-xt Monday is Sale Day and the first day
of August. A warm time lor the rallying of
the troops.
,Mr. John C. Dorn, son of the late W. B.
Horn, of Edgetleld, has found a vein of the
old Porn gold mine, on a traja of his land,
which with rude machinery is panning out
from S9 to per day. This is a rich vein
that was looked tor many years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Latimer, of Euoree, are
here visiting iter brother Mr. C V, Hammond.
Mr. Julius M. Visauska, now u prosperous
merchant on King street, Charleston, Is
spending a few days in Abbeville visiting his
father, and circulating among ills many
friptids. lie will leave here for New York to
purchase bis fall stock.
Mr. Leroy Wilson is quite sick.
Miss Mamie Murray returned to her home
in Spartanburg yesterday. Her sister Hessie
accompanied her and will spend sometime
with her parents alter which she will return
to Abbeville and make her home with her uncle.
Mr. W.T. McDonald.
Messrs. A. M. Hill ?t Sons sold over 150 watermelons
last Saturday. The same being
brought in lresh from their patch.
A new Anthem book has been Introduced
in the Methodist choir, and we may now expect
some line vocal inuslc. This choir Is
progressive and keeps up with the latest editions.
Miss Brown, of Anderson, Miss Stradley, of
Greenville, are vlnlting Mr. C.D.Brown and
family.
Mrs. Isaacs, of Greenwood, is here visiting
her daughter Mrs. G. \V\ Syfan, Jr.
Miss Bessie Coogler has Just returned from a
delightful trip to friends at Cross Hill and
Mount ville.
> I>r. Pressley Born, son of Maj. Dorn, of j
Kdgetield, Is visiting in Abbeville.
Dr. John S. Thomson and family now of
Atlanta have been visiting relatives and |
friends in Abbeville. The Doctor looks well
alnlnv/?n vouru Hp i u Prnlnv. I
sorin the Soul hum Dental College, of Allanta.
The College is a llouring condition, havimr
at present a membership of 1M students.
Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Coleman left yesterday
lor Coronnca, inmi which point they will
leave next Monday In company with his
brother and wife for Ca-sars llead, Ashville,
and other cool retreats through which they
will roam during the month of August.
Miss Kate Scott alter a pleasant visit on the
Savannah side, returned home a few days ngo.
Mr. I'. J). Klagh and family spent last Sunday
in Abbeville visiting her father Mr. Geo.
\S'. ?y fan, Sr.
On last Thursday dirt was broken at Calhoun
Falls for the erection of a $tftUUO hotel.
Work Is being pushed right along.
Hev. IS. K. Miller after a long and painful
illness of IS months, iiuietlv passed away at I '
o'clock on the afternoon of the liltli of July, I
:it I he ol<l Morion homes lead. lu his death
Abbeville county bus |<wt a high toucd Chrislain
gentleman, a good and useful citizen,'
while the lSaptist church lias sustained al-|
most all Irreparable loss. We have known
lirotber Miller for a number of years intinialeiy
and have found In him a true and
valued friend, and while we grieve over his |
death, it altords us pleasure to pen tliis tributt!
of love and respect to the memory of j
one so honored and beloved by all who knew j
him.
"Messed are dead who die in the Lord,
l-'or their works do follow them."
| Mrs. Knox is now organist lor Ihe Methodist J
Sunday School. I
Mrs. t'. A. Holts died very suddenly on yes|
terday morning. >he was in her usual health ;
and attending to her domestic affairs when j
the summons came, suddenly without warnint;.
"In the midst of life we are in death." j
She leaves a heart broken husband and loving
children to mourn her loss. She was a;
consistent member ol the Methodist church, a
bright christian, living the laitli she proiess-_i
ed and died as she lived trusting iu the mer j
itsot a cruel lied Saviour. The bereaved ones'
sorrow not as those without hope, feeling sure
their loss is her eternal gain. M. j
Xcw millinery, laces.dotted swIss, ribbons,
Mowers, etc., just in at Iladdon's.
Think of it, white vests worth ?.'! for only
Sirs'. J*. Rosenberg & Co. j,
Genuine West India spiced vinegar for sale! j
by A. M. Hill Jk Sons. j j
Duke cigarettes at jobbers prices always on '
hand at Speed's Drug store. j 1
Character Soon Formed.
It appears to be the common opinion
iliat 110 permanent evil impressions
are made on little children, and that
they are in no danger from this source
until they have advanced somewhat in
years, but bow far no one seems to
know. This is a mischievous error.
If habit is formed by repeated action,
and habit consolidated constitutes
character, then the formation of character
must begiu just so soon as we are
capable of performing good and evil
actions. Here, as in some other
things, "the child is father to the
man."
Tt in oo!.l flint tlm nrootir?ll PVP of tlie
botanist can detect in the germ of the
acorn the quality and size of the future
oak. Now, if the acorn contains
the model of the tree, why may we
not expect to find in the child the
model of the coming man ? Indeed,
as a matter of fact, we may calculate
with tolerable precision what the man
will be and do when we know what
the boy is and does. What life is to
immortality, youth is to life. Life, we
know, decides for immortalit3\ and
youth equally decides for life?not invariably,
but so generally that the exceptions
prove the rule.
Honor Bright.
"I don't know whether you'lP be
able to do much with him," said a
father to the principal of a school to
whom he had brought his son as a pupil,
"he's full of mischief, and loves to
break over rules and bounds."
"Does he tell the truth?" asked the
principal, "can I depend always on
liis word?"
' () yes," said the father, "he's honest
he'll, tell the truth every time, even
when it's against him. You can depend
on that," and he brought his fist
down on tne tauie wun a uig wump.
"Then'it's all right," said the principal,
"we can manage him,'' and he
did.
He was "honor bright" and so came
out right.
Wliat\?( to ?lo in tlie Sick Ilnom.
Don't Tiptoe. A tiptoe will sometimes
cause more disturbance than a
carefully, squarely placed footfall.
Don't Tiptoe.
Don't Whisper. A whisper will often
wake a light sleej)er, when an ordinary
voice would not. Don't Whisper.
Don't SuifForSigh.?Snifls'and sighs
may be better indulged in in the open
air'where a gust of wind can blow
them away. Don't ?niffor sigh.
Don't Handle Rattling Papers. The
folding and unfolding of papers that
"rattle" is well calculated to "rattle"
invalids, to say nothing of those who
are strong and well. Don't "rattle.''
Dou't Shout, or allow the voice te be
keyed on a high note. Shouting may
be a necessity in connection with the
treatment of "beasts of burden." but
should be counted a luxury for indulgence
indoors, only when conversing
with those who are "deaf as a post."
Don't Shout.?Good Housekeeping.
Crenm Cake.
This is very easily made, and* may
be baked in a number of ways.
Take one cup of sugar; break two
eggs into a cup, and fill it with sweet
cream; add a pinch of salt, two spoonfuls
of baking powders and two cupfuls
of Hour sifted together. Flavor
with lemon,, and bake in small patty
pans. The same recipe may be baked
in three deep tins, and put together
with jelly, lemon custard, sliced bananas,
icing or fig jam; or it may be baked
in one cake and iced.
? Kpanittli IIii 11 n.
Mix together one pint of flour, one
pint ot sugar, cup or sweet idiik, one
cup of butter, four eggs beaten seperately,
one teacup of licjuid yeast, one
teaspoonful each of powdered cinnamop,
cloves, allspice, and grated nutmeg.
Knead thoroughly, then roll
out and cut into large biscuit, and set
them to rise in a warm blace. When
well risen, bake them like rolls. As
soon as they are taken from the oven,
sprinkle white sugar over them.
A Smart Young Trader.
There was ouce a worthy Presbyterian
minister, who, while sitting in
his study, was interrupted by a small
boy who nad by some way or other
gained admission, to sell the good man
some young pups.
"I do not want any dogs, my boy,"
said the divine.
"But these are Presbyterian pups,"
persisted the youngster, The old gentleman,
however, would not have
them and the disappointed boy' withdrew.
Home days afterward while visiting
a friend.who was a Universalist, the
minister was astonished to see the
same uoy come in aim oner 10 sen ins
friend some pups. "Gooil Universal ist
pups," said the chap. This was too
much for the Dommie, wlio said to the
boy. "Are you not the same boy that
tried to sell me these pups the other
day?"
" Yes sir."
"And did you not tell me then they
were Presbyterian pups?" "Yes sir."
"Then how can they be Universal ist
pups now ?" "Because they have bad
their eyes opened since then," said the
little chap. It is needless to add he
sold the pups.
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Mutton with Peas.?Take two pounds
of mutton chops, dip in Hour, put in
a stew pun with one quart of cola water,
season with salt and pepper. Stew
one hour, tlieu add one pint of shelled
peas; cook another.half hour.
iloast Beef and Turnips.?While a
two-pound roast of beef is cooking,
huvejboiling some white turnips. When
the'meat is done serve the vegetables
with rich gravy from the meat poured
over them.
Berry Pudding.?'Take any kind of
berries anil spread over a rich crust;
fold up. Place in a pudding pan, add
one tablespoon fill of butter, one teacupful
of sugar, season with nutmeg.
Overall pour a quart of boiling hot
water, liake one hour in a moderate
oven. The latter preparation make the
sauce.
Steamed Pudding.?Three cupfuls of
flour, two of sugar, one of sour cream,
..r i-.!uiiw Ml...
teaspoon ful of soda, flavor with vanilla;
mix well, pour in a'mold and
steam two hours.
I'llII" Pudding.?Mix in one pint of
Hour a teaspoonful of baking powder,
a pinch of salt and sweet milk to make
hatter; pour in a greased pan, cover the
top with steamed apples, then a layer;
of butter. Steam half an hour. Serve j
with sauce.
Fresh Corn meal.?I'resh corn meal, |
:is most readers know, will quickly
heat and sour in warm weather, unless
properly ventilated. It is advised in
the New Kugland Homestead to pour
the meal into bins or barrels, or settle
mid open the bag, and with a brooniliandle
make several chimneys in it
Lo thelloor. Out of these the heat and
moisture will rise.
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A Churchman on the Boy* Brigade.
An excellent and timely letter on
the Boys Brigade movement, signed
"A Churchman," appears iu the Enfield
Observer. The writer remarks :
"I have made a few inquiries into the |
objects of Boys Brigades, and have |
learnt who are, in the main, its chief
supporters. It meets with the up-;
proval of all the Generals of the stand- j
iug army, and tne voiumeers wuoi
have ventured to speak upon the raove-l
ment; it is even stated that this fad
was hatched at the War Office by the
Duke of Cambridge and Lord WolseJey.
and not in Scotland. But whether
this be true or not, the fact that military
men praise it so highly is enough
to excite the suspicions of Christians
of all denominations. It is a fearful,
a lamentable confession to make that
Christianity in the abstract is in any
sense a failure, that the Cross and Passion
of the Divine Founder have lost
their charm, that at least our juvfenile
population are not to be drawn into
the fold by the Jove of Christ, nor by
the earnest and self-denying labors of
God's servants, and so it is thought desirable
to introduce the Prince of Peace
through a military organization and
the muzzle of a gun.
UA reverend gtntleman in Elgin, in
speaking of this movement, says 'He
would like to see everything connected
with the art of self-defence taught
including boxiug. and everything else.
He did not think any boy was worth
much, unless he was able to knock
down a fellow as big as himself.' The
Rev. It. VV. Dale, the eminent Congre
gauonai minister, 01 AirumiKuaui, iu
speaking on this question, says: 'Cadet
corps might add immensely to the
popularity and perhaps efficiency of
the volunteer movement. At present,
a boy cannot belong to a battaliou till
he is fourteen ; it is difficult to understand
why the age for a battalion
should be higher than for a corps. The
battalions are furnished with unserviceable
arms, and these are not to be
fired. These conditions almost destroy
the charm of the force. The encouragement
given by the War Office
is extremely grudging and inadequate.'
"After such testimony, will any one
dare say that the tendency is not towards
militaryism, and the development
of warlike feelings in its follower?
Is it not natural that if you
teach a boy how to use a gun he will,
sooner or later, have a desire to use it?
Where the military tone is assumed,
the military spirit is quickened. The
spirit of the New Testament is in direct
antagonism to the tone of militarism
; the murderous spirit of war is
far removed from the spirit of the
Master, and it is surely a mere mockery
of prudence, and an insult to our
common sense to say that we can foster
the Christian man in these boys
while we teach them to ape his opposite.
"Listen to the official organ of the
Boys Brigade, viz., The B. B. Gazette :
'At the ordinary drill meetings of a
company, experience teaches, there is
but little time for instruction in those
subjects which are peculiarly fitted to
advance the higher life of the boj's, or
make them desirous to become memhor?
nf Hip TTinorl.tni nf Hhrist.' I do
not hesitate to say that if any friend of
mine sent his sou to a Sunday School
which had a Boys Bridage attached to
it, I should strongly advise hiru to
take the lad away and place him in another,
where the story of the life and
death of the Savior, the Prince of
Peace, is taught without the sword or
the gun. The gentlemen who are at
the head of the movement here, who
are they? I thought they were men
who advocate the substitution of Arbitration
for War, the beatiDgof awords
into ploughshares, and spears into
pruning hooks. Have they given up
these thoughts for military drill aud
gun exercise ? These good men, in my
opinion, should relinquish such a
craze, in favor of Christian work promoted
by methods which are beyond
suspicion."
TcnMlnu; Little Children.
How common it is for grown persons,
and especially men, to amuse
themselves by teasing little childrendisturbing
them when at rest, taking
their toys from them, interfering with
their plays, and in other ways worrying
and annoying them !
Recently a gentleman who, with
his wife and bright little babe, was a
fellow-traveler of mine, complained
that another gentleman of the party
had come up to them just atatime
when the babe was about to be got to
sleep by its mother, aud had aroused
it in order to get it to play with him.
The babe was fretted and put into an
ill-humor, and the mother, who was
already fatigued with sleep, was put to
new and unnecessary trouble to pacify
it. The disturber of the repose of the
child seemed to give himself no concern
about the mischief he had
wrought, but hiughed and joked as if
he had done a very smart thing.
Doubtless, if some one had come to
him at a time when, fatigued, lie was
about to fall to sleep, and had aroused
liim that he might administer 10 the
amusement of such a person, he would
have resented the disturbance as an
act of cruel, not to say brutal, unkindness.
A little child, even in babyhood, Iuim
feelings as keen and as sensitive as has
the man or the women of mature
years ; and many a pang is given to it
which it cannot resent, and of which
it is not able to complain, except by its
cries and tears, by the thoughtlessness
of adult persons able to find no better
way of amusing themselves than by
trifling with its weakness.
Many a child has lost its rest, and
has caused its mother to lose hers, for
hours together, by being worried in
this way; and not uufrequently the
child might have become amiable if
treated with gentleness and kindness,
has been rendered ill-natured and
spiteful and cruel by the things it has
suffered at the hands of inconsiderate
persons.
Parents themselves sometimes do
their little children positive injury by
the excess to which they go in playing
with them, and getting them unduly
excited, and keeping them in a state
of excitement too long. Doubtless,
the nervous system of little children
are often broken down in this way.?
Western Christian Advocate.
The religious observance of Sunday
is absolutely essential to spiritual life,
because withdrawal from the world,
Irest, stillness, the turnings of the
1 thoughts into other channels is essenJtial.
and it seems as if Sunday was
made by a good and wise God for just
1 such a purpose.
A Solitary Way.?It has been said
| with Inuh, lie who would go heavenward,
or go Christwurd, cannot go with
the crowd ; for the crowd is not going
in that direction. And this is one of i
the surest trials in the Christian life.
Jt separates the Christian disciple from
many a compauionshiy which would
otherwise be deligtful to him. Hut
the choice must be made between con- '
fortuity to the world and consecration j
to Christ. t
Kxl.ru wings for Victor sweeps. AII sizes at
ttiiiiUj'H. I
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Preparing
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Knocked EAST and
and New York Cost n<
All Summer Fabri
We have ordered e1
Goods in the Store to
Our most sanguine
have been exceeded tl
now preparing to sho^
Greatest Stock i
ever before shown this
anything in the way of
a long as we can sell s
PRICES ARE AO
Laces, Embroiderie
greatly reduced Prices
Summer G-inghams
dress fabriques at redr
HEME]
Our Shoe Stock, v
most durable lines of
fine shoes ever shown
Our Ladies Fine Sh
Our Grocery
Is being replenishe<
arrivals and for anythi
pocket book says go t<
Yours trulv.
HEAT
JUST IN AND
350
From $3.50 P
We have all grades up to the
interest to see our FLOUR when
w. JC
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F. S. E
Machinery Broker
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Steam Engines, Portable Eng:
ary Boilers, Steam Fitti
Belting, Corn Mills,
Threshing Machin
Brown, Wins
Cotton
Don't fail to get PRICES from ]
call and s
Gre enwc
Junci!, 1NW2. If
Bank of Lowndesville,
LOHNDKSVILLE, S. C.
I
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Capital Stuck I'aitl in $19,920 00
Surplus - 1,000 00^
<
DOKs a gknkkal banking Birsr- ?
ness. A (lords Oest security and facill- {
ties for depositors.
Issues time certificates of deposits bearing ;
Interest as follows: six months 4 per eeut., j
twelve UIUIJI lin *r |/ci uvtn. ^
J.B.FRANKS, jj
Prescient, i1
Spectacles and Eyeglasses.
THE cheapest ever brought to Abbeville. A
large lot. Call ou
Dec. W, lrttt. tf J. \V. RYKARD.
E. F. GILLIAED, L
.'.TAILOR,.'. Is
OVEH THE POST-OFFICE, IS PRE-jP
pared to do all work In his line. CUT* I
riNG, MAKING, RE I'A I KING, and CLEAN-1
[NO of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING, a I
ipeclalty.
SAMPLES of SUITS always on hand,
.'harues Reasonable. June lSItt. 12uios. jj
i r
t
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for a Big I
Campaign^ I
WEST former prices
5 consideration.
Lques Must Move.
rery piece of Summer t
be Knifed.
business expectations
lis season and we are
t you the
of Merchandise
trade, so if in need of
"i
summer u-ooas, come
iell you, if ONSIDERATION.
is and White goods at
i*
and all kinds of wash
Lced Prices.
y-.MIS
UBER.
re have the best and
' Men's and Women's
here. ' . 0
oes never fail to please.
.
Department
I all a long with fresh
ng you need. Your
'H & CO. 1
TO ARRIVE ! j
EtELS OP PLOUH. I
'er Barrel up.
Best Patent. It will be to your ,
you want to BUY,
>?L SMITH & SONS.
Given to Orders !
IVANS, :j
and Commission,
?11 IN
ines and Stationary, Station- Lj
ngs, Pulleys, Shaftings, J
Saw Mill Outfits,
es, Cotton Preses, 1
hip & Pratt
Gins.
me before buying elsewhere, or
ee me at
>ocl, S. O.
"NT OT ICE
to
CITIZENS OF THE TOWN!
It is a violation of an ordinance
>r the town to turow watermelon rinds In the
itreetsoron the sidewalks. Anyone guilty
>f such ott'ence will be punished.
Citizens are notified and required to put
heir back yards and hoji pens In condltlou to
>o examined by the town council this week,
['he owners of such lots as are found to be In
>ad condition will bo subject to penalties as
irescribcd in the ordinances.
k. m. mill, inteiiGant.
J. F. Miller, Secretary.
July JU. Ifltt, tl'
SCHOOL NOTICE.
A LL PERSONS HAVING BUSINESSl\.
with the School Commissioner will And
lira In Ills olllce all public days and every
>nlurdny in each monih Dearest the middle
i the month, during the present year lor the
iurpose ul registering claims, <tc.
E. COWAN',
School Commissioner Abbeville County.
Feb '1, 189-.'.
1U0 bushels fresh cow peas Just received at'
toseuberg ?fc Co.
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