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'v ' ' * . .T&fQKJffilSM " - ' ' 1 " 4 ' T|i. . The Abbeville Press and Banner. 1 BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1893. ESTABLISHED 1844 fl '' V.'' y':J'*. r ' * . Trust. v My future I can leave Sale in thy care; I place It in thy bttnri. And leave it there. It is s<> sweet to f.-el My whole life Ions: Thy loving plan for me cannot go wrong. I know that thou wilt choose Tbe best lor ine; And I can be at rest And trust In thee. THE DISPENSARY LAW. An Eminent Divine and <<o??l Tt-in plar Endorses It. Editor Mi.nning Times :-Permi me, Mr. Editor, through the Tunes, ti present a few thoughts to the temj.er nuce men.of the country iu relation t< the temperance movement in the Slate based on the Dispensary law adopte< l?y the late session of our Legisla ture. Let me say in the outset rhat I am i Prohibitionist ami have beeu for many years, and it is from this staudpoin that I view the questions involved. Can a Prohibitionist consistently favor this Dispensary law? I answe: without hesitation, he can, for whil< the law does not ab>olutely prohibit it does modify and circumscribe ih< whole liquor traffic, and is a long stej in this direction, correcting many o the evils connected with the licensc law. My prohibition principles leaf ine to favor any law that makes ar advance step towards prohibition ameliorating the condition of society t-o far as this fcreat evil is concerned with a probability of a further advance iu the Iutine. It is said, "The law is a compromise and a Prohibitionist comprises himself by favoring it." By no means, The present Jaw which prohibits the sale of liquor, except in the incorporated towns of tbe State, is a compromise law, as much so as this Dispensary law, but did the prohibitionists compromise then.selves by favoring it'. Certainly not. Prohib lion through out the State is tlie final goal wh ch the temperance men are trying to leach. There is a possibility of running a good principle to an extreme and thwarting the good results whhli might otherwise be derived therefrom As temperance workers let us not 11 too hasty, but let'us stand up to tin true men of our Legislature who have done the best for the State that they could, under the circumstances. But the question occurs, Can I as a Prohibitionist, sign areeominendanou as a freeholder for a citizen to hold the " tv: ' on i Office 01 "VvMimy JLuepeusei 1 answer yes. I can see no forfeiture of t< mperance principles in this act. The law to accomplish good results must have County Dispensers, and 1 ran see no reason why 1 as a Prohibitionist should not recommend and to the utmost of my ability sustain a pood man in my county in this office. The liquor men will do all they can against the law, and if the temperance n.eii of the State refuse their support, thev join hands with the liquor men to defeat the law. , But it is argu?d, "Recommend no Dispensers, and as a result you have Prohibition." But your Prohibition couies then as the result of a failure ot the Dispensary law, and a law which proves to be a Vail u re will us soon as possible be repealed, and instead of getting the benefit of this advanced movement, the cause will be thrown backward, and the enemies of temperance will be strengthened by the <!e feat. The Dis pensary law is a far better law than the present licence law, it is therefore proper for me as a temperance man to sustain it, or any law that is a forward movement. The strongholds of intemperance in the State have been (he bar-rooms which under the license system not only encouraged and sustained inti-mperance, but was the hot-bed of the grossest vices which bave cursed society. The Dispensary law proposes to sweep these pest-hou-es away, and entirejy transform tliis condition ol things. I hail this Dispensary law as the harbinger of good to the State. Temperance principles and habits can never be advanced with any degree ot success on the old leense system. Destroy the bar-rooms, and the way it opened for success '1 he bar-room-* ol the State have run the politics of the State in a large measure. They liayt had more control over political issue.' than the best people of ihe State. Iti fact they have pushed t<> a lar^e extent the best citizens trout i no pons. But it is argued that, "This law authorizes the Stale uti*.! incorporated towns to do the dirty work that tin bar-rooms have been doing." i an swer, by ho mean*. it is not Ihe salt of liquor that e< rrupts ami degrade! society, but the conditions under whici: it is sold. There are proper and le gitimate uses, to which alcoholic liquors may be put, such as mechanica and scientific uses, purposts of art, ir compounding medicines, sncramenta and medicinal uses. Them is certain ly no degradation in the sale or pur chase for these and kindred, purposes , Now the design of the Dispensary law is to take the scllinj; out of the hands of those who cannot be governed, anc place it in the hands of those who un der certain restrictions will handle ii for the benefit of society. I hold tha where the required majority of at incorporated town thus choose an< ' recommend a citizen they pass a higl compliment upon his moral wortl: and honor him with a position o Kreat responsibility and delicacy. ] nope mererore mm me leiuprranct eitlzeuB of Clarendon county will ii the near future bring out a man \vl;< is entirely trust worthy,' who will b< duly recommended and appointed as County Dispenser. Henry M. Mood. Manning, 8. C., Jan. L'3, 1893. AGAINST PUBLIC WELFABE Xo Dispensation of Legalized Iniqul ly-Xo Facility Should Be Giv*>i to Crime?Xo Betrayal of Innocoti Blood. Rev S.M. Richardson in Christian Messengei I have delayed expressing m.ysel - At.. is-..? ..r *u:.. lu..I a no u i me new iujuui mn ui iui^ oiar because I wished time for furthe reflection. I have read everythinj I have seen in priut on the subje<; and have listened to verbal expre* sions of opinion from some. I thin I have finally made up my mind 1. I move to dispense with all die peusaries of liquor. When I was small boy?about six years old?a thri! of horror was sent through the Fu toil neighborhood, near which I live by the announcement that%a respect able farmer, named Reuben Starke, ha killed his wife and one or two chi Uren, (attempting the destruction c uli ), and then cut his own throat. Th attempt upon his own life was unsut ee>sful. The horrible tragedy made deep impression upon my boyi>h mind Whiskey was the cause of it. M; grandfather as judge, pronounce sentence of death upon the murderer and my father, as spiritual advisoi vUited and prayed with the con demned man in his cell. Sheriff VVil derof Sumter carried out thesentence " Liquor dispensaries can never affon protection io the unprotected wive and children of our homes. For God 1 sake, our homesake, for humanity-sake fellow citizens, let us dispense witl these dispensaries of poverty, murder ? and eternal death. A dispensary t< ' sell for medical purposes upou thi J affidavit of a prohibitionist doctor ii all that we need and as much as w? ought to dare to ask for. 1 2. Let us labor and pray for tin - V. e ' repeal or rnis dispensation 01 icyamn 1 iniquity dnd the passage of a prohibi lory law. The only tenable positioi ' is tl>e one I have always held?viz r that it is our duty as law makers t( ' prohibit citizens in the exercise of an} ' rights which are inimical to the geu eral welfare of society. That person 01 f corporation is an enemy to the com ' mouwealili that gives any facility Ic ! crime or makes the road to poverty ' disease and death any easier. Tht ' State tljat "detfls out death by the hall ; pint," to its citizen is guilty of murder, 3. I have no faith in its claims to | abate the liquor evil. I have come tc this conclusion after long and prayerful reflection. The conclusion I come tr is that we will gain something by the law, but we will lose as much or more ; than we gaiu. We will, in a grea< measure, get rid of the selling of liquor to boys and notorious sots On tht others hand the "State dispensary" will be regarded as a much more res; pec ted place than a bar-robm, and buying liquor from it will be regarded in th<* same light as buying liquor from a druir stoie. and the consequece will ' be that there will be a greatly increased number of "respectable'1 , people who will carry home their ' "Utile brown jug" 10 nave a nine 011 1 hand "in case any of the children should he hitten by a copper-bead" ! Why shouldn't they? Does not the State say plainly to her citizens, You will need a little occasionally ? And. is not the man who dispenses it a bond ed officer of the State ? 4. So far as I am individually con1 cerned, I would rather sink the last cent of the profits of the State dispen-aiies in the Gulf of Mexico than accept of one milt of decreased taxation through its operation. God's curse is on the whole liquor business from beginning to end, and upon all the profits thence accruing, aud this State will, we 1 are assured, be made to feel it. It will be poorer for every cent it gets out of the liquor business. God long ago said, "Thou shalt 'not bring the the hire of a whore or the wages of a dog into the house of ihe Lord thy God for any vow : for even both these are an abomination uuto the Lord thy God" Deut. 23: 18. We honestly believe that the best and only decent thing for the Legislature of SouthCaro Iliua to do is 10 laae every cent 01 me money to be derived from the sale of .'liquor, and, with and by the approval of the Chief Executive 'of the St?ite, cast it into the Crater of Vesuvius with the humiliattng confession, "I have betrayed the innocent blood." Even then I doubt wether God's wrath will be appeased any more than it was towards Judas. The thing to do is tc "bring forth fruits meet for repentance"?go out of the business. 5. Let every church and benevolent society in the county nass reso' lutious against the establishment ol any liquor-dispensary establishment in this county, and if the citizens of any town persist in asking for this death-dispensing, demoralizing in1 stitution, transfer their trade to some , other centre. Will they do it? They will if they have one particle of the daring intrepidity of John th( Baptist about them. * m m ? i We clip the fallowing from Tht > Patrol, published at Geneva, Illinois : . "The city Marshal's annual report has . some figures which should t?e studied ! A total of 415 arrests are reported, 17( i of which were plain drunks, while 7t I others added disorderly conduct tc their drunkenness. Here are nearh two-thirds of the fotai number of ar I rests in which liquor was the direcl . cause. Add 74 disorderlies and 33 as . ?-aults and batteries, for a large pel > ceutage of which liquor was responsi4 l?le, together with 21. violations of tht , i(pior ordinance by liceused dealers . and 8arres:sfor selling without license . and you have a grand total of 381 ar 1 rests, leaving only 31 for all othei i causes put together. It will be reI membered that tl is is under the S10(K . high liceuse system which was to give . us better order and increase the respectability of our saloons. Looking al r these figures, in what sense has high j license been a success? Absolutely 1 nothing 1ms been gaiued except tht . amount of cash in the treasury. I: t that all the peopleof Aurora ask for, ar< t they willing to condone all sin i i sufficient cash is turned into the publi< I treasury ? It looks that way certainly j. or else the people would arise and saj i we will have no more of this thing f Bv the way, had ve a Prohibition law [ and 29 arrests for violation were re ^ ported in ayear bow loud would be tin i cry of "failure." Is not the license ){law a failure when so many infractions ?'are reported among only 40 dealers?" And yet many of our people believe it?j in high license to lessen the evi consequences of liquor selling. Regu I late ! Herniate !! say some. It now | looks like we are to have two muel rc?Kula?'iou to suit theliquorites and no enough for Prohibitionists. Ttie besi . J way to regulate a nuid dog is to cut hi! ! tail oil'behind his ears. j ?| t Memory WntrliworilN of the Week. ! [False and imperfect proverbs revised." *j Of two evils choose?neither, f; Business and brotherhood, e. No man has his price. orp with the Romans, d< | l> IIEO ? as the Romans ought lo do. t Nothing hut truth of the dead, an< f- a kind word now and then toi the Jiv k ing. A bad promise is worse kept thai - broken, but better not spoken, a Enough is better than a feast. II ?From" Successful men of Today." ?: THE SALE OF LIQUOR. d ; x Those Who fihnre Ihr Profile nre R spoil*!blip?Those Who Par(ici|>n j. n Cat)not Hold I'p Clean Ham!*. e Editorial in Broad Axe. s- We publish two strong letters tl: a week on the Dispensary Law. Re 1. Henry M. Mood is, we may say, tl y father of Good Templary iu our Stai tl He organized, if not the first lod then very near it, and was our seeoi *, Grand Chief Templar, succeeding Bi - Kalstrom in 1873, and serving thr - years. He is truly a grand good tei plar. The other letter is from'the pi J of our esieemed brother Rev. S< I s Richardson, of Timmonsville. Br - Richardson is an earnest, faithful, U f, cible prohibitionist who has the "cou i age of his convictions." , Bro. Mood's letter is at variance wii [> the course adopted by the Grat e Lodge Executive Committee at its i s cent session, and we with all gentl ; ness submit brief argument to susta the committee. i The P^xocutive Committee say, "o I pose the establishment of Dispen* ries, but Should they be opened tht i see that the law is enforced." : Suppose we succeed in preventir ) the opening of dispensaries, by that v r annul no other provision of the law in fact we leave in force a fairly got r prohibitory law?fully as good, if m better, than the Childs-Netiles-Rop< > bill for which so many prohibitions r clamored. Now, then, why notstrili out the dispensary ? Besides, the Stal F gives each town its choice and fixi , the responsibility for the dispensar; ? not upon the ignorant pauper vot > but upon the freeholders who can res I and sign their own true names. Whi ? goodwill the dispensary do? Are w ; not as liable to have "blind tigers ? with as without the dispensary? not the law just as strong to preveu "blind tigers" without the dispensar t as with it? Read Section 24 and yo ' will see that there is room to have th law enforced even should there be n special constable appointed for tin purpose. Now, then, if a majority < i our freeholders can turn this liqur [ law into a prohibitory law, ought the not do it? Again, as a great moral question w are forced to oppose the sale of llqur i :A u.. it.A cj?u us a ueveiage euuei uy we oiaic ui u the individual. The pr.nciple it volved i9 not changed. The grea i er part of the profits instead < i inuring to the former Heller must I divided among the taxpayers of tb State. The added restrictions to th sale are not such as to prevent its uf as a beverage, and therefore will n< Prevent a certain amount of crimi 'or those crimes, all who sanction tl sale and share the profit must be he! responsible. No man can participal i and hold up clean hands. Thet whatever good might come from th i dispensary is, to say the least of i questionable, and the old theory, "I evil that good may come" was Ion ago exploded. i How could our beloved Bro. Moo recommend a man to dispense liquo: : as a beverage and keep the foliowiu obligation : "Solemnly and unreservedly prorr ise that you will never make, buy, sel use, furnish or cause to be furnished t others as a beverage, any spirituous 1 quors or ardent spirits, or any malt 1 i quors. wine or cider?" Read Section 3 of the Act and yo will see that the law expects the di penser to sell malt liquors by the gla: and to be drank in his shop. Can good Christian man accept the pos tion ? Would not a minister's usefu ness end the moment he sold his firi glass of beer ? 1 It ? A Xew Departure. The new mill which Mr. Hollan . had built was a fine affair, but thei ' was one room which caused a goc , of surprise among the men engaged i ' the work of building. The mast< i builder shook his head over the plar for this room and declared it was ' j queer bit of fancy work to hitch on 1 ' a cotton factory." It was to an inspection of this debatah ; grouud that Mr. Holland invited Mis Petra Wilder one summer day. Th mysterious apartment proved to t only a pleasant airy room, contanln , some comfortable chairs, a few sma light tables, and a row of book shelve "A dining-room, noon-renting roon . or whatever you choose to call it, fr > * ,U? n tir! ,,5..1c. ? ?! lue use Ol IUC WUIllCli Uliu ^um 1.1. j bring their dinners with them," M j Holland expluined. "It seems to m j that a dinner away from the dust an . the sight of machinery must at leas _ be more enjoj'ab'le, to say nothing of [ few conveniences in the way of se ting a table or making a cup of cofl't ! on that range in the adjoining roon And for the shelves we must ha\ j good books and periodicals?weekl ' papers, and some of our best maj azines." "Yo do not know," inteposed Petri [ with flushed cheeks and kindling eyei "how much a room like this will do i J uplifting the life of some of the girl , It is far more than a mere provisio ; for physical comfort. What a pleas [ ure it must be to use money as you at using it!" she said, as they turne r homeward. "F wonder why more pe< , pie do not think of such things !"' From The Hands with Keys. f ' ' Memory Watchwords of Ibc Week. [Falie and imperfect proverbs ed J lorially revised.] Have an aim ; for an "arrow shot } venture" was never but once know . to hit anything. j Religion in business and a busine; ? of religion. i In the race of selfishness the dev takes the foremost. 3 Every man for his (Jod and h I neighbor, and there will be no lack f< . i nimseu. r j Only "a fair exchange" is "no vol 11 berv" ; belling is a brother of a bu t glary. t | The Sabbath is uot Hebrew but hi 3: man and humane. j It never rains but God reigns an i rains.?Christian Statesman. ^ "He is a rustler!", Yes my son, ] i have seen thousands like him. "H nets over the ground." So do il leaves, my hoy, and they rustle i jroing, but it is all noise, and it dm ) 'not amount toanything. The huma I rustler makes a great noise; he en ] blow and he can brag, but somebod ..else, frequently hip wife, does tl | work. The people who accompli.' t much have no time for theatric parade. They stay i ji one place ar keep pegging away?Rocky Mountai Advocate. p Where AiithorltleN oiiierea. Harper's Young People. :e- The Reading class was standing in a te stiff row upon the the floor of an Indiana school-house, and a bright little fellow was. drawling a paragraph about . a Roman massacre. lls The president of the school hoard |v' was present on his regular tour of inie spection, and he pompously requested t - that the boy "read that verse agaiuV K<r The "verse" was read again. , "Ah ! hm !" said the great man, in a ?* loud voice. "Why do you pronounce ee that word massa-ker?" J1* The boy was silent, ^rn "It should be pronounced massa-kre," , continued ibe great man, with a pat?* roniziug smile. ,r" The boy remained quiet, but the r" teacher finally spoke : "Pardon me, sir, but the fault is minp if the word was mispronounced. I have taught the class to pronounce it e" massa-ker.' " .e* "But why ?" insisted the great man, ,n as a look of surprise was followed by a look of pain upon his benign features. P" "I believe that Webster favors that u" pronunciation," said the teacher meek 'J "Impossible," said the great man. ? The dictionary was brought, and the ; . president of the school board turneo j over its leaves until be found.the word. There was a breathless silence as he looked up. "I am astonished, madam," he said at last, "that Daniel Webster should have made such a mistake as that!" *e ag The Dencon'H Propensity. 0 l(j An amusing incident occurred in one 4t of our down-east churches a few re months ago. The clergyman gave out ,? the hymn,? fs ?I love tosteal awhile away it- From every cumbering care, v And spend the hour of selting day ^ In b unable, grateful prayer." e The regular chorister being absent o the duty devolved upon Deacon M.. it who commenced, "I love to steal," if and then broke down. Raising his >r voice a little higher, he sung, "I love y to steal." As before, he concluded he had got the wrong pitch ; and deplore ing that he had not his '-pitch-tuner," ?r he determined to succeed next *time. y All the old ladies were tittering bei hind their fans, while the faces of the ,t- "young ones" were in a broad grin. 5f At length, after a desperate cough, he >e made a .final demonstration, and ie roared out, '*1 love to steal." The ie effort was too much. Every one hut 3e the clergyman was laughing. He >t arose aud said : "Seeing our brother's e. propensities, let 119 pray." It Is needle lens to add that but few of the?congred gation heard the prayer. Le ' * Jcnlonwy. t A young man of my rcquaintauce has owned for ?owe years a dog who has been his constant companion. 0 Recently the young man has married, (j and has moved With his bride and dog rg into a house on the opposite side of K the street from his father's house, his former home. The dog has 'been evidentiy unhappy, for the time and at1 tention formerly his are given to the o young wife. In many ways he has i_ shown -4iis unhappines9, in spite of j. the fiactthat his master has tried to reconcile him, and the young bride to u win him. The other day. when his s. mastet came'home, his wife sat on his 3S knee while Jack was lying by the fire. Ho rnao frnm his nlane. oame over to ,j_ the couple, and expressed his disapproval. "Why, Jack," said his master, "this is all right; she's a good girl;" and as he spoke he patted her arm. Jack looked up at him, turned away, and left the room. Ih a moment they heard a noise, and going d into the hall found jack dragging his re bed down stairs. When he reached ,ii the front door he whined to be let out, n and when the door was opened he ;r dragged his bed down the steps, across 18 the street to his old home, where he 'a scratched for admittance. Since then ;o he has never been back to his m aster refusing all overtures. )S e Applying the Rule the Other May. >e a Chinaman, says the Christian Adg vocate, applied for the position of cook ft in a family in one of our Western s- cities. The lady of the house and i. most of the family were members of a >r fashionable church, and they were deo termined to look well after the char-l - 1 1 *- r*_ ?i i.. i !' acter 01 me servants. 30, wueu juun ie Chinamen appeared at the door he was d asked: "Do you drink whiskey?" ?t "No," said he, "I Clis-tian man." "Do a you play cards?" "No, I Olistiau man. t- He was employed and g?ve great satisfactioi). He did his work well, was J- honest, upright, correct and respectful, 'e After some wefcks the lady gave a "proy gressive euchre" party and had wines J- at the table. John Chinnaman was called upon to serve the party, and ii did so with grace and acceptability. *1 But next morning he waited on the u lady and said he wished to quit work ! "Why, what is the matter?" she inn quired. John answered: "I Clistian i- man I tole you so before, 110 heathen, 'e No workee for Melicau heathen ! d ... >? Her Beauty. There is a man in this town, who after tweuty five years of married life, is more of a lover than he was during the honeymoon. i- "I don't see how your wife preserves her benuty so," i>aid a friend Lo a him the other day. ? "Ah," lie said tenderly, "sne preserves it in her di?po>ition, which is w the sweetest thing on earth."?Free I'ress. ? js V'cutiliiciiiff rimrrhvN.' jr (Peninsula Methodist.) Henry Ward Beecher is reported to J* have administered a rebuke while Iecr" tnring in a new hall near llostou on this wise, "I never knew a tobacco chewer so petty as to chew another , man's quid, and yet you sit here, and breathe filthy air over and o\er again simply because you do not see it with your eyes." I * ? ? Showing Jolui ISii11 Around. 10 ? "And what is this?" asked the visif/if PS *1 ' ,, "This is Wall Street. It is the most n celebrated ?>f all our American water|y ing-plaees."?'The Epoch. ie ? >h The preacher who views the fresco, Hi or rivels his eyes to ?he floor while id preaching to the people, will impress in them deeply that he is?not in earnest. __.?Texas- Advocate. Benr Ye One Another^' Burden. As I sat here in my own home, si rounded by the comforts of life, my; tention was attracted to the s&d, ca worn face ot a neighbor, arfd frc thinking of her and her Burroundinj my thoughts naturally drifted in another channel, namely, the cause so much misery and headache. V read in the good old Book, ''Bear one another's burdens." Were tl the motto of every home, whether palace or a log cabin, there would fewer suicides, drunkards' graves, ar dens of iniquity than we now have. Lo?k into your home. Wife, h your husband a care you do not shari A burden you do not try to bear f him ? Be careful lest be down h trouble in a way th&t will bring sc row to your heart. So mucn lias neen wrmen 10 u wife about the smile she must alwa, wear to meet the face of her husbai as he comes home, tired and troubh from his work-. Ah, husband, do y< always smile as you enter your horn where your tired and troubled wife ii Does she always receive a pleasa: greeting? Do you set aside your bi iness cares and cheer and amuse hei Do you tell her the little newsy i cidents of the day without her askii question after question before gainii ever so littie information? As si clears away the supper things, do yc take your paper and read aloud to h until she is ready to rest for the eve ing? In'other words, do you bear h burden? Perhaps you come in fro the muddy street without a thought the nice, clean carpet, you are soilii for her to sweep ; your coat (perhaps little damp) you thoughtlessly thro on the bed ; your hat on a chair; y< go to the grate, rake the tire till tl ashes fly all over the mantle and tl fancy ornaments thereou, draw up the tire the most comfortable rock< and after seating yourself, call for yo slippers. You takeoutyour pipe ar fill the house with' tobacco smoke t summoned to supper. The wife has met you with the ami she has been so often told to wear f you ; she has carefully removed yoi " */! /?Aof A fhnir nrnnor rtlnnoa li liai UllU vv/au lu uiiVii pi 1 |/imuv-j received ? what? She has prepaid a tempting meal for you, and placed on a table, well arranged, and at h modest question, "Ts there any news you say, "Nothing only a street c smashed up." "Any one hurt?" "Yes." "Anybody we know?" "I don't know?dou't bother me wait and find out." Your meal finished, you adjourn your comfortable chair and eujoy yo paper till bed time. In the *mea while, your wife is in the kitch< drearily plodding through her woi No cheerful song can she sing over h household duties, for how can sb with such a selfish bear for a husbaix Her kitchen work doue, she, loo si in a rocker, not as comfortable a 01 as yours though, for you art poor, n able to have too mauy comforts?b does she read ? No. Sne has no tim A button is off" your coat, or the slee ripped. Your socks need darnic There is always something. Still, you chance to look at her and she s? you, she must smile By and by wh< von have laid her awav in her restii place, as you sit by your louely fii side, in your favorite ch^ir, you wi think of her, and long for her presen< that you might atone for your sins omission. The wife cannot do all the smilin the waiting on, and the drudgery, you help her. it will no longer be burden. Her clear voice can be hea as she sings over her?work, her gre< ingwill be sincere, her supper enjoye and her sewing a pleasant task, as si listens while you read aloud from tl paper,or an interesting book, or e plain to her the perplexing topics the day. To you, oh man, as well to woman, was it written, "Bear one another's burdens." A. I. RI. The Malady ol The Age. A writer in the Fortnightly Revie affirms that "the great malady of t ut:e is the absolute inability to suppc solitude or to endure silence." This said of what is called "society" in tl great cities of Europe; in which "li is lived in a throng, in a rush, in gallop," and wheie, as is alleged, "tl wit as well as the 'ool flies from 1: own company." There is some exa geration in "th s>? sia'cments, alb< there is far more truth than falseho in them. But what concerns us that there is a growing passion f s> eking happiness outside of the hor S in American "society," an increasii j lack of resources and occupatior independent of persons and occuj ! tions outside of the household. Tin I club life is preferred by many hi | buuds and sous to the quiet life at t ! home fireside; and mothers ai daughters pine to become '"glitterii brides of society," aud to be conti ! ually visiting or receiving frienc This iVstless spirit i3 unfavorable the growth of exalted churacter, intellectual culture, to tht happine of family life, to contentment wi one's social condition, aud especial to religious aelf-cultpre. Its footl empty frivolity, idle gossip, and pi fitless amusements. Its effects a I superficiality of mind, fickleuess 1 affection, disgust of what is attainabl 'and such dissatisfaction with self as make it self-torture to be alone. Wl this restless spirit, "this malady (the age," no aspirant after geuuii manhood, no true woman, no discip of the holy Christ, can be in syr pathy, but siiould declare ope perpetual war against it by words at acts. To such the silent closet shou be a sacred spot, loved as the plac not of inane ennui, but of secret cot inunion with the Highest, of fello' ship with all that is Jotty in mougi |of spiritual me'litation, and of victc ious battle against every ignoble sen men t-yet struggling for mastery iu tl heart. A Itciiuirknblc Production. The following literal-/ oddity co tains fifty-eight word i, Ji2 e's and 1 other vowels: "We feel extreme elleness when x seek perfect excellence 1 ere. We w< remember men e-.erywh *re err. Ev( | when Eden's c ergreen trees shelteri Eve, the serpent crept there. Y< when tempted, when clieerlessness d pressed, when helplessness fettei when we seem deserted?then we i memember Bethlehem; we besee< the Redeemer's help We ever ne< the rest the blessed expect."?St. Lot | Republic. urat-| I JUST RE ? another a I FIRE PRi as !J The Best in the I,! Fire Test. * H. W. LA"V id ed )U ie, 3? at 111 OF Am tie >u J; TO CANVASS THE RETURNS OF $ . PERSONAL PROPERTY OF 'u ABBEVILLE COUNTY. >w )U be Who They Are and What is Expected of Them. >d Returns will be forwarded to Township ill Boards on Monday, tbe 6th day of Marcb. Tbe Boards will examine and canvass tbe rele tarns between tbe 6tb and ilth, returning tbe or same to tbe Auditor not later than Saturday ur 11th day of March. Tbe County Board comas posed of- tbe Cbairman of the Township ed Boards will meet at Abbeville Court House it on Wednesday, tbe 15th day of Marcb, 189;;. er It Is clearly tbe duty of the Township ?" Boards of Equalization to canvass carefully ar each aud every Return of Personal Property made at their respective Townships, in order that individual Returns of Personal Property may be equalized as near as possible, and in every Instance where a material change in ? the Return of any Individual is made, notice to the tiix-payer must be given in order that i to be may have the opportunity to appeal before ur the County Board which meets the 13lh day ol - Marcb, 1893. Postal cards will be furnished 3D by this office for the purpose of so notifying k. where material changes are made. er The following freeholders are hereby apie, pointed Boards of tbe various Townships: i ? Ninety-Six?J. D. Watson, J. W. Fouche, J. ts A. Calhoun. ae Green wood-C. A. C. Waller, W. H. MaysOt W. W. Klugh. ut Cokesbury?T. J. Ellis, G. B. Riley, W. R. te. Dunn. ve Donalds?E. L. Waldrop, W. J. Donnald, B. >g. J. Martin. Due West^-J. E. Todd, M. B. Cllnkscales, J. IV. t. iiUIlU. BD Long Cane?A. F. Calvert, W. A. Stevenson, lg N. P. Mcllwaln. "6* Smltbvllle?N. Anderson, Jr., J. L. White, ill W. W.Purdy. je, White Hull?A. J. Pounds, D. W. Jay, J. L. Of Ward, Sr. Indian Hill?J. L. Russell, J. F. Wideman, g. R. W. Crawford. if Cedar Springs?A. K. yatson, John Lyon, a R, O. Hunter. rd AbbevlUe^James McMillan, Jones F. Miller, P. A. Cheatham. . :d, Diamond Hill?S. B. Knox, A. F. Carwlle, J. be c.Trlbble. he Lowndesvine?I. H. McCalla, L. W. Maulx* din. Dr. J. W. Speer. ?f Magnolia?B. A. Boyd, J. S. Norwood, C. G. 63 McAllster.J ye Calhouns Mllls-W. L. Miller, J. C. Kennedy, J. H. Morrab. Bordeaux?0. A. Tray lor, J. B. Holloway, T. J. Price. The various Boards will meet and organize by electing a chairman and notify this office. z W. w. BRADLEY, "is Auditor A. C. |ie Jan. 11, 1893, tf ife * flffl OH MR od is, or r WILL OPEN nt the above sign on the "'".."1 - ' TAVTITAQV .. ??mr,l.,lo (if Lie J MiWl oi o u a1v X , o vuuipivw 5 DRUGS & MEDICINES IS, IS- and expect to keep the best remedies for evlie ery ail and pain human flesh Is heir to, belcj sides a full stock of remedies for a- Horses, Cows, and Other Do](o mestic Animals, to and everything usually kept in a first class Drug Store. | DR. J. Wo MARSHALL ,re will make tbe City Dr?y^f re.hie headquarters for the practice ofJfBwfne and Pharraa, cy, aud will be glad that nre In need I of jj1? service*, ad'Ab teetehls best attention to M> tbelr wants. A. to r' ? G. A. DOUGLASS. Dee. 21,1893, t'f >i rina] I final ! Id VVWA V \/v?* | I Wood! Wood! irti lie A. M. HILL & SONS HAVE opened a COAL and WOOD YARD 1 and are ready to receive your orders for n_ Winter. Call and get cheapest rates. Terms ( ?Cnsb on delivery. July 27, 1802, tf I Lumber !! 2d 1 ;t> [AM PREPARED TO FILL ORDERS for le- 1 all kinds of Lumber. g Saw mill located on land of J. C. KLUGH. f J. F. BRADLEY, 3h ' 3.d Manager, I llS March 2,1S92, tf Medium copy. I _ 'sr'^r I ; ' / >; 'jv/j 2CEIVED a,r load of . . OOF , OIL. "World. 175 degrees FSON <fc CO: RICHARD GANTT, Is now prepared to do all wbrk in his department In the beat manner and at reasonable charges. Monthly customers shaving, hair cnttjng and shampooing $1 per month. Rasors honed and put in tbe best oonditlop for 25 oents each. DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. S. 0. Thomson, OFFICE UP-STAIRS ON -MoILWAIN Corner, Abbeville, 8. C. . ' DR. E. L WILSON, imbjejwgc JLmrK*. * -WOfflce up stairs over C. P. Hammond & Co.'s store. f To Rent. Desirable house with five booms ' wltbin tbe Incorporate limits of Abbeville together with two gardens. Apply to tbe andersigned, or Wm. P. Calboan. Esq. e. b. colhoun. Jan.IM898.tr E. F. GILLIAED, TAILOR, /. HAS moved, and occupies tbe room reoently occupied by J. L. Clark, tbe gonsmith. and Is now prepared to do all kind* of repairing and cleaning of gentlemen's clothes on abort Dot Ice. Samples of salts always on band. Charges reasonable. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY Ofr ABBEVILLE. PHOBATE COTXBT.' In the matter of tbe Estate of Wm. Tell Henderson, Deceased. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. ALL persons Indebted to said estate most settle without'delay, add those holding claims against the estate must present them properly attested to R. H. HENDERSON, ' Jan. 25,1883, St "Executor. The State of Soath Carolina, COUNTY OP ABBEVILLE. PROBATE COUBT. Id the matter of the Estate-of Jobs Johnson, Deceased. Petition for Settlement and Discbarge. J- D. WATSON,as Administrator for said Estate having applied for settlement and discharge, It is Ordered, That Thursday, the Snd Hnv rsf Mornh rttkTt. Ha HvaH far arflnMnff thfl relief prayed for. _ J. FULLER LYON, Jan. 30,1893. Judge Probate Court. Apportionment School Fund for 1893. THE apportionment of the Pnbllo 8ebooI Fund for the Townships of Abbeville County Is herewith annexed, and the8obool Trustees are strictly cautioned not to overdraw on the ameunte designated for their respective School Districts. Amount School Dlstriot No. 1 $1,660 ? " " M 2..._ 1,060 ? ? ? . ? 8 1,300 ?? " 4 860 " ? 5. 1.100 ? " ' ? 6 950 ? " ? " 7 1,160 ?? ? " 8 1,000 ii u ? ? 9 1,025 ?? " " 10.... x 700 ? ? " " 11 :. 1,660 " " " 12..... 880 " 13 1,000 ?' " 14 1,000 ?' ? " - 15 1,250 | ? " " 10 1.365 . ? ? " 18._... 1,800 The last Township, No. 18, represent* the town of Greenwood. E. COWAN, School Commissioner A. C. Jan. 19,1898. ? IA NEW WHEEL! 1 DIAMOND g 7^TRAMBLER No'3 CELEBRATED rrrrm7S ' \ni PNEUMATIC^^St l|||jll THE FA8TE8T WHEEL 80LD. ? '? Speed, Comfort and Beauty All Combined, x f Send for Illustrated Catalogue. g ? GORMULLY A JEFFCHY MFO CO.. Z V? xr*BifTxeTnw.?. a. ^ THE FARMERS MUTUAL Fire Issurasce Association FOR ?? ABBEVILLE MONTY, S.C, Rtt t.liA Pflnnlfl and for tho Pflonle. J ?w - ?r '. . For Isolated Property Only, No Salaried Officers to Support. No Capitalists to Enrich. No Loss, No Expense. rpHIS plan of insurance enables the farmers 1 - of Abbeville county to insure their property against the destructive element* of Fire, \vma and Lightning "at <just." 11 is simply a protective association In which each member is legally obligated to bear his or her pro rata portion of any loss that may occur to any member. A careful estimate of the cost of this plau (covering a period of eighteen years) is btxt one dollar and a half per thousund per annum. For further information address J. S. C. CARPENTER, Gen. Agt., Chester, S. C. DAVID AIKEN, Local Agt, Coronaca, S. C. Dec. 14,1892, tf