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' 'w? Dhaoo onil Hon nor I AUG A A ODD auu i BY HUGH WILSON. Fourteen Pages. ' Wednesday, Nov. 29,1893. , CONTRIBUTED LOCALS, j Abbeville. S. C.. Nov. 29, 1893. J To-morrow is the last day of November, and ' Thanksgiving day. and Indeed when we re- 1 view the past and think of the numberless ( blessings we have enjoyed we have much , to be thankful for. 'Tis true all has not been 1 sunshine; some days have been dark and ! " ' *L A ILnrloo I gloomy' but mrougn me Kru^ ?? ??-?? , Benefactor we have been enabled ever and anon to see tbe sunshine peeping through ! the gloom, dispelling tbe dark clouds and caaslng every heart again to refolce In tbe , merciful kindheBS of htm who doeth everytblbg for oar good, and wbo as a bountiful 1 giver is ever more ready to give than we are ' to ask May tbe heart of every reader of tbe Press and Banner be filled with gratitude for ' all tbe bene$ts and mercies of tbe past, and 1 go outfo Him this day in bumble, grateful ] prayer. Services in tbe following churches , to-morrow, as follows: Tbe Metnodlst and Baptist congregations will worship together ' In tbe Methodist church ; sermon by Kcv. J, j B. Anderson at 11 o'clock. Services in Trinity church at 11 o'clock. Sermon by Rev. F. B. McCrady, pastor. < The Presbyterians and Associate Reformed ? congregations will worship together In tbe * * - * A? Associate Reformed rresoyieriau uuuivu ??. 11 o'clock. Happy Marriage? On last Wednesday . morning at 11 o'clock In the Methodist church Mr. H. C. Huntley of Sumter and Miss Orene Hughes of Abbeville were united in tbe bonds ,1 of holy wedlock hy Rev. H. W. Bays, D. D. . Long oefore the nppolnted hour the church was well filled witti nuxlous friends and many interested in the welfare of tbe happy bride. The charcb was beautifully decorated by lov- , ing hands with tbe choicest and brightest flowers of the season. Tbe hour was now at I hand and as tbe strains of 6weet music, soft , and low, were called forth from the grand old organ by tbe skillful touch of MJjw Anna Jones, the couples came forwurd la the fol- > lowing order : _ Mr. Arthur Carter of Abbeville with Miss , Mary Hemphill. ' Mr. J. S. Cochran of Abbeville with Miss < Bessie Edwards. 11 Mr. B. E. Gregg of Sumter and Miss Wlnton I, Parks. Mr. Walter Mcf'au 01 Anaersou auu mioo Lula Hughes. I Mr. W. E. Hill of Abbeville ahd Miss Ay- , lette Chalmers. Next came the bride leaning on the arm of 1 the handsome groom, and looking more love- < ly than ever before. She was dressed In a beantlful travelling salt, while the groom in ' his salt of black never looked happier and more manly as be gazed with admiration , I upon his lovely, blushing bride. Immediate- < ly after the ceremony the bridal couple left 1 on theR. & D. road for Sumter, their future 1 home. A number of friends acoompanled < them to the depot to cay good bye. The bride < and groom have the best wishes of many 1 friends In this community. May their life be i one of sunshine and endless happiness Is the j sincere wish of this scribe. Miss Crls Hughes of Anderson came down 1 last Wednesday to be present at the marriage < of her sister. I Mrs. W. D. Wilson and sister Mrs. R. 8. T.lnk took in the Augusta Exposition last 1 week. i Tbe Misses Maxwell of Walhalla with their < cousin Mlas Julia Maxwell were present last Wednesday at tbe marriage of tbelr friend Miss Hughes. ] Last Thursday at 12 o'clock there was over , 60 bales of cotton on tbe public square. Presiding Elder J. B. Campbell was In the city last Wednesday and attended the quar- f terly conference at night. * ? Next Sunday will be tbe lastSanday In this Conference year, and Dr. Bays will preach on 1 the "Perfect Unity of the Christian Church." I At night a memorial service will be held as i an appropriate memoir to tbe memory of Mrs. Dendy, the oldest member of the Methodist chnrcb In Abbeville, and perhaps ' tbe oldeHt In Southern methodlsm. She was . a sainted and highly esteemed lady, and died ' in tbe full enjoyment of tbe religion sbe pro- 1 fessed and lived white on eartb, therefore it Is ( eminently proper that this service should be held as a last trlbate of love and affection for one so worthv. i - ? oal/ Jonlol nr. I A inaDK-OUeriLlJJ, Ul lawn a ? , fferiDg will also be taken up, and in tbe afternoon the Sunday scbool will bold tbelr last missionary meeting for this Conference year, at wbicb time it will be decided wblob class is entitled to the Oxford Bible offered by Mrs. Bays as a prise to tbe class wbo should make tbe largest contribution through tbe year to foreign missions. Tbe young people will have a german Friday night at tbe residence of Judge McGowan. A number of the members of tbe Rifle Club have organized tbemselveB Into a Dramatic Club ana are preparing to give the public a splendid entertainment in tbe early part of January next. Did you ever edit a newspaper or oreacb ? If not, don't criticise your pastor or editor too severely until you try to do either yourself. Miss Colton of Columbia Is In Abbeville as tbe guest of her friend Mlbs Wlnton Parks. Miss Colton sang a solo iu the Methodist .church last Sunday night "r lee as a Bird," wblch she rendered most charmingly In a sweet, clear, and wBll modulated voice. Think of it 1 Gne Arm Id town are now receiving their "third ton" of candy within ine 1881 two mUDlUB. The many friends of Ml?s Nettle Russell < will be delighted to heartbat she will probably be borne to-day. < Abbeville's oaarket is now stocked with line horses. m i m ( Tbe Revolver. i I The deliberate shooting to death of Cartes Harrison, Mayor of Chicago, * in his own house, on the evening of the 2Sth of last month, calls afresh tbe attention of the nation to the frightful evil of the revolver nuisance. The ever present and ever bandy revolver figures in almost every murder which ' goes to make the daily record of bloody crime in this country. These implements, which everybody knows are , not made to shoot wild animals, but to shoot men, are daily displayed in the ' show windows of hardware stores in . all our cities and country villages, Sabbath days as well as week days. They 1 are also displayed in the show windows of second-hand stores, and offered for sale very cheap. Tney are in 1 the hands of half-grown, reckless boys, ana even jouuger. 1 uey uit%\ ue found in the pockets and hands of men crazed with liquor, and also in ( the pockets and hands of hair-brained j fanatics and men possesed of tbe devil. In this condition of affairs, (and we have not overdrawn the picture.) no human,life is safe except it be those who are especially watched over and kept by the Lord. Something should be done to abate this crying evil. Merchants should not be allowed to display them in their show windows,r 1 nor to sell them to children, nor to men in the habit of addlingtheir brains with alcoholic drinks, or to men possesed of the devil, nor to men whose minds are unbalanced from any cause. , The Jives of men who never carrj re- j volvere are much safer than those who ] do.?Chu. Arb. and Mes. Peace. The Treatment or German Soldiers, j There was a riotous demonstrtion at j the Trinity Cemetery, in Berlin, last , month when a Eeserve private was j buried. He is said to have died as a ? consequence of brutality during the j autumn manoeuvres. Many thous- , ands of his comrades attended the fu- J neral and placed on the coffin a wreath j with an inscription attached expres- ( oiimnothv onH inditrnn* ai?c ui uuui oj &u|/mvuj> muv* tion. The flowers were taken away by the police, and a scene of great disorder ensued.?Hearld of Peace. Prince Bismarck has left the watering place at which he has been staying for some weeks past, and is goiug home to his house at Friedrichrupe to die. It is said there is no special ailment threatening his life, but tbat his own moody belief in^tbe fatal charac- 1 ter of bis illness battles ana neutralizes the doctors' skill. He has taken William's sympathy with such bad grace that any further personal demonstra- ' tionsof it will be aifflcult, though the < Emperor will, through officials, main- ' V tain a public show of interest in his ! V health. However things may seem, no evil thing is success, and no good thing is , ^ failure.?Samuel Longfellow. ? in "Hear John Qnlncy Adnmi." [Epworth Herald.] "Silence! Silence!" resounde hrough the hall of congress. "Hei lim ! Hear him ! Hear John Quinc (Uiams." It was one of the most dramati ncidents in American history. This twenty-sixth congress, whic jegan in December, 1836, nad been i session three days, and yet it had n< jeen able to organize. It was the cui :om for ihe clerk of the proceedin] jongress to act as the chairman < :he newcongress until it hnd organize md elected a speaker. Mr. Hugh fc Srarland, the clerk refused to procee m calling the roll after reachiug tfe State of New Jersy, because the men oerehip from that State was in dii pute. The fourth dav onenedand confuslo still pervailed. "The clerk had bega the roll call with Maine, and as h was proceeding toward Massachuseti lohn Quincv Adams, ex-president < the United States, one of the mof learned and most eloquent statesme at the world, was seen to clasp lb front sdge of his desk to assist him i rising for he was an old man. His keen eyes was rivited on tli ;lerk. "Mr. Garland, call New Jersey," M Adams said. The clerk replied that "rather tha jo so, I repeat thatr-" Before he could finish the sentanc Mr. Adams sprang to the floor an said: "I rise to interupt the clerk." "Silence! Silence! resounae through the hall. Hear him ! He* him ! Hear what he has to say ! Het TaK n nin/itv A rlomo ? ivuu v(,uiu\/j Aunmo la an instant the most profoun silence reigned through the hall. Mr Adams said : "This is not tl Lime or the place to discuss the merit 3f the conflicting elemeuts for sea from New Jersy ; that subject belong to the house of representatives, whic by the constitution is made the ult mate arbiter of the qualifications < its members. But what a spectac we here represent! We degrade an Jisgrace our constituents and tb 30un try. "We do not and cannot organize ?nd why ? Because the clerk of thi house, the mere clerk, who we creati whom we employ, ana whose ezistenc iepends upon our will, usurps tb ;hrone, and sets us, the representative ind vice-gerents, of tbe whole Amei can people at defiance, and holds v n contempt! And what is this cler )f yours! Is he to control the del ! e -a II lis f?iomnn ILllKM Ut uiieeu LUUliUUD ui 1ICDUKU .8 he to suspend by his mere negativ< he functions of government, and pu in end to this congress ? He refuses to call the roll! It is you Dower to compell him to call it. if h ivill not do it voluntarily." Here Mr. Adams was interupted b i member who said that he was at horized to say that compulsion coui lot reach the clerk, and that he woul* eaign, rather than call the State c STew Jersey. "Well, sir," exclaimed Mr. Adami 'then let him resign, and we ma jossibly discover some way by whic ve can get along without his all pow jrful talent learning and genius. "If we cannot organizd in any otbe ;vay; if this clerk of yours will nc jonsent to our discharging the trui son tided to us by our constituent ben let us imitat9 the example < :he Virginia House of Bnrgesses, whic fflien the colonial governor,Dinwidd ordered it to disperse, refused to obe the imperious and insulting mandate md like men?" Before Mr. Adams could finish tb sentence, the whole body, togethf with the multitude of onlookeri jnable longer to repress their enthu ism, burst into cheers. The anarch >f the last few days was dispelled in moment. Several members shouted, "Ho< shall the question be put?" Wb will put the question?" Above 111 tumult Mr. Adams' own voice W? heard; "I will put the question myself!" Mr. Richard Barnwell Rhett. < South Carolina, leeped upon one of tb iesks, waved his ban i, and exclamed "I move that the Hon. John Quinc Adams take the cbair of the speak< rf this house, and officiate as presidin officer until the house be organized b fho al<u<f!nn nf Ilu ounatihitiniinl A.8 many as are agreed to this will sa lye, those?" He bad no opportunity to put th negative, for one universal, deafeninj :hundering aye responded to the non nation. And Mr. Adams was col jucted in honor to the chair. Mr. Wise, of Virginia, addressiu Mr. Adams, said : "Sir, I regard this as the proude* hour of your life; and if when yo <hall be gathered to your fathers, evere asked to select the words whic n my judgment were best calculate :o give at once the character of tt cuan, I would inscribe upon your torn this sentance : 'I will put thequestio myself." ? Black Spot on The White City. The vacillation, tergiversation, an lishonesty of the management of tb Pair on Sunday opening is a blac mot on the White Citv as consnicuot to every eye in a healthy condition a \ splash of mud on the face of a fai Jamsel. The Directory took two mil ion five hundred thousand dollarn on condition : announced that they woul jomply with it; induced many pei sons to make exhibits who would nt have done so without that assuranct rhen they tried to undermine the coi Jition by endeavoring to secnre its r< peal. Failing in that, they deternine to do what the condition forbade, s< luring a judgment from the Unite States Court on a technicality allov ing them to do so. An injunctio having been obtained to prevent cloi ing the gates on Sunday, they took n action to oppose it, as It fell in wit their views. Afterward, finding thf it did not pay, and that an influenth portion of the community were dissa' [sfled, they decided to close. The were fined for con tempt of court; the for a time took no pains to make tb place attractive, diminishing the ai tendance to an insiguiflcant figure Subsequently they reversed this, an Jid everything to make it so, cumiu *9 near as possible to having everi thing open. A more contemptible e: bibition of the absence of principli and of slavery to the changing phas< of public opinion, was never seen. This spot is both blackened and ii creased in size by their refusal to n turn the money to the government, < to make any provision so to do. Witl DUt the repayment of that money the ire partners to a gigantic steal. Ha1 ing by false pretenses allured Cbristia ?xhibitore, tney refused to allow tb withdrawal of the exhibits. Another spot was the licensing < the sale of liquor within the ground if the Fair?an act, as we are informe 5n good legal authority, contrary 1 two distinct statutes or the State c Illinois. See prices on oar stock of coffeo. We ket ill grades of Rio, also Santos. Tburber's ind Arbuokle's Ariosa. Aug. W. Smith. Might Have Been. 1 might have been more patient? Abl would the angry word , Upon my lips have perished, d Uuttered and unheard ! ir Some heart would now be lighter To wend Its to 11 Co trie way; y Some life would bo more cheerful, More sunshiny to-day. IC I might have been more kindlyHow trifling Is the cost h Of simple deeds of goodness, n Whose power Is never lost! . Tbe golden moment vanished, ** And never to return; 3- The glory of bestowing, g Too late, 100 laie 1 iearo 1 UI might have beenl"?sad burden d Of life's remorseful song, j Within the heart forever j Its bontlng echoes throng, a Oh. yontb, upon the threshold, ie To this sweet lesson bow: j. Fur deeds <>f love and klnduess, Life has one season?now! S? What a Friend I have In Jesus, u All my sins and griefs to bear, e What a privilege to carry ta Everything to God In prayer. O what peace I often foi felt 3t O what needless pain I bear n All because I do not carry Everything to God In prayar. 1c n Have I trials and temptation!? Have I trouble anywhere? ta I should never be dlsooraged,? 'l'HRe 11 U) rne L?oru in prayer. Can I find a Friend so faithful, Who will all my sorrows share? r* Jesau knows my every weakness,? Take It to the Lord in prayer. !e What He Forgot. * d d Mary E. .Bam ford. "I did think that Oscar might offer to go for that yeast-cake," stated Mrs. (j Hi chcock. Bheand her daughter Alice were ie walking home together in the moon* -a light. They had been visiting a neight9 bor, and, on their rising to go, about - half-past eight o'clock, the neighbor, h Mrs. Knapp, said : j. "You wait a minute, and I'll walk down with you. I've got to have a Ie yeast cane io-nigoi." (j Her son Oscar, a young man, was ie sitting by the table, comfortably reading the evening paper. r "You're going aown this time of lg night to get a yeast-cake !" commented e Oscar in a scornful tone. "You'll find J the store shut." u, "No," returned his mother, going into the next room for her shawl, "not r. yt." 18 "Yes, you will," insisted Oscar." "I jj hope you will! Serves you Just right j. for going down as late as tnis for a t yeast cake!" "I've got to have it," replied his 'I mother, patiently. "I must wet up some sponge to night and bake bread ir to-morrow. We are almost out of e bread." "The store'll be shut," repeated Oscar. "I know that the grocery stores are," d explained his mother, pinuing her d shawl, "but the fruit store where I get our yeast-cakes won't be shut. It always stays open till nine o'clock, or aTIsi* v "Oh!" returned Oscar. b He sat there comfortably with his r. paper, and let his mother go on the errand. He was used to letting his ir mother do all such things. She could remember when it was such a rest, Jt sometimes, to have a little boy to "run 3 errands for mamma," but someway J Oscar never offered nowadays, ana b Mrs. Knapp did not want to ask him. le She was not sure but he might refuse, v and she would rather go on any numf ber of errands than have him do that. ' The fruit store was rttopn, as Mrs. e Knapp had said it would be, and she liar vponLpflkp. and Mrs. Hitch ^|* 6"1, "Vl -7vw" w?* ? ? cock and Alice walked part of the way ? _ back with their neighbor. But after ' they had said "good night" to Mrs. ^ Knapp. and had separated from her, Mrs. Hitchcock made that remark about thinking that Oscar might have offerred to go for that yeast-cake. "He ought to" agreed Alice. "It isn't fair, the way Mrs. Knapp has to do everything. Don't you know how she came ioto our house the other day f with that butter? 8hesaid they bad to have it for dinner, and she had to . go down. Aud she did look so tired I" L* "She work-* too hard," returned Mrs. jL Hitchcock. "Now, I know she was ' all tired out washing to-day, and to? morrow she's got to iron and bake, jj She ought not to have had to go down for that yeast cake. I suppose Oscar's V * L - J ,1 notr htm " got SO OIU HUB liueou t JIR.C lu oon u.u* to do errands." ' "Well, be isn't as old as she Ir, and be ought to think about her being tired!" charged Alice, indignautly. "He's strong and well. Don't you know you asked him the other day if ? he didn't Ret tired Sundays, having to walk so much, being one of the ushers , in that big church, walking so cootinj ually to seat people? And be said be / didn't mind it at all. He wouldn't ^ have had to walk a bit more than ? if he'd^one down to get a yeast-cake k Meantime Mrs. Knapp was hurrying home alone, tihe hastened in at the gate, went around to the kitchen, soaked the yeast-cake, sifted ber flour made up the bread to rise over night d put molding-board over the pan, and e drew a tired sigh as she looked around {j lue rwui. (s "I do believe I'm through at last," ? she sighed. ;r Her eyes were on the great pile of 1. clothes folded and r.eady for tomorrow's a ironing. d But to-morrow's work was not tor. day's. She took her lamp and turned )t toward the dining-room. Ae she did so, she paw, by the little kitchen clock, il that it was half-past nine. x. "Mother!" called Oscar from the j dining-room. j. "What is it?" asked Mrs. Knapp, j wearily. r. "Have you made that case for my n slide-trombone yet?" aaked Oscar. "No, I haven't had time," answered o bis mother. h "Well, can't you do it to-night?" tt questioned Oscar, with a little imparl tience in his voice. "I'm going to orI. chestra rehearsal to-morrow evening, v and I want something to carry that y trombone in." ie Mrs. Knapp hesitated. She was so t. tired! But what time would there be 8 to-morrow to make that case ? d "Well," she answered. g Oscar did not notice how tired the voice was. He watched bis mother go t. to a clothes closet and get some green B cloth for the case, and he directed her >g about cutting it out and sewing it. He was very particular about the looks 1. of the case, and Mrs. Kuapp had to do b. some of the work a second time before he was satisfied. At least, how i. ever, the case was finished, v "I guess that will do," said Oscar. He took the case and a small lamp, Q and ran up stairs to his own room. ,e Mrs. Knapp turned and looked at the mantle c'lock. It pointed to elevjf en. |8 She was alone. Upstairs she could d hear Oscar moving around in h in room. 0 He would not come down again to,f night. His father, tired with the day's work, had gone to bed long before. Mrs. Knapp put her head down on the table. A few slow tears dropped on her hands. "Oscar didn't even thank me," she whispered. "And I was so tired to begin making that case!" Sbecrieaa little, charging herself, meanwhile, to stop. She was very j tired, and somehow she remembered that Oscar, when he was quite a little Inllnnr mooH tr> nnmo fiompfimpfi and ICIIUTT | UUbU vw vvvuw put his arms around her Deck, and say, _. "Thank you, mamma, for fixing my 1J kite." Mrs. Knapp cried when she thought f of it. J "Now, stop !" she commanded herself, wiping her eyes. "Oscar does care for his mother just the same as he used to, and I'm proud of my boy?I'm real b proud of him ! He's vice-president of the young people's society at our church, and he's assistant librarian of the Sunday-school, and he's always A put in as delegate to the convention of the Young Men's Christian Associa- ^ lion, and ne's going here and there al most every evening u> auuiv vuumu committee, or social, or something an connected with the church. No wonner he can't find time to thinkof home things! I oughtn't to feel as if he g must run and do things for me when he's trying to do eo much good. And \ even that case I made for his trombone is connected with his church work for he plays the instrument in the Sanday-school orchestra, and is going to rehersal to-morrow night. I've got a good boy, and I'm proud of him !" Mrs. Knapp rose and took her lamp. She would not voice, eren to herself, the thing that made the ache come into her throat. She would not acknowledge to herself that Oscar did not seem to care bow many steps she took an or how tired she was. He was busy at the store most of the day, but be "II nunn 1 n rya T f thorp VlflH ? Utt U fkll llio VTVUIVgOt at ?? been a religious convention of young people near, or if there had been a meeting at his own church, where he might be needed as usher, Oscar would have gone there that eveniug and worked heartily. But he did not count an errand for his mother as truly a service to God as going to some meeting would have been. Oscar had often sung in the young people's prayer-meetings that hymn of consecration : "Take my feet and let them be Swift and beautiful for thee." Oscar meant that the feet should be the Lord's "errand-rhnners." But somehow Of car had never opened his eyes to the fact that walking down to tne grocery once in a while for bis mother might be carrying out that prayer which he had sung as truly ma walking down theainles. seating people Sundays might be. He did not mean to los* sympathy wfth the an tired feet at home. And then though 8? perhaps Oscar did not know it?there j? waa really down in the depths of his heart, a slight consciousness that to be an usher in his large, well atended 66 prosperous church was to occupy a arl position where he was somewhat prom- 08 inent: He knew he was quite a good 8* looking young fellow,| and he had no fd aversion to being a little conspicuous. J?' So, although he really did mean to wc serve the Lord by being an usher, yet Pe Oscar bad a little element of self about his service after all, as with quick J'1 steps he politely conducted one person 10 after another to the pews on Sundays. Oscar was looking cofldently forward to having the large centre aisle as his portion in the near future. And in so er working, in traveling here and there, I* Oscar felt that hewas serving the Lord. ? And Oscar felt truly. But would he Kaak Anmtiniv Kim lotio Sf ho hftH '01 LI CI T c uccu DCt v?ij? uauu ivou mm, mv - t sometimes consecrated his feet to doing plain, homely errands?mailing hc letters for his mother, gettiug soap and eggs and flour for her when she needed them, saving her tired feet? Ah let us never forget that the plain, homely errands of our lives may as truly be proofs of our consecration as more prominent service would be. In the words of Frances Bidley Havergal: "May every step of our feet be more like those of our beloved master. Let us continually consider him in this, and go where be would have gone, on the errand which he would bavedone, ti 'following hard' after him." "And every step lscronicled above His servants take to follow in bis way." ut ?Zion's Herald. Lost of Ironclads la Peace. aE a| The Westminster Gazette remakr "The'Peace Bill'of the navies of the pr urnrlil in a v?rv AArioUfl one. In the last few mouths, a Haytian ship has been lost with a cost of eighty lives ; ar the "Victoria" disaster claimed nearly pi three hundred and fifty lives ; the loes p of the Russian ironclad "Roosalka" w runs to a hundred aud seventy or thereabout; and these are not the only disasters. Thi?? in a heavy tribute for lo times of peace. What will the War Bill be, when to the perils of the sea*, the break down of great guns and the ravages of torpodoes ?" m The Persecution of .The Btaadlsta. 'u, wl The recent articles in the Christian va World and the Sunday Magazine on the persecution of the Stundists are to tlf L- U1I..I J Kir . U6 repiiUHBUCu iu paiupuiov iuiuj wt q? the proprietary of the Christian World. The Eaitor Bays uWe cannot go to ^ war with Russia about the Stundiats, j>r or dictate to her Government a policy concerning them. What ia possible is a]j to create a feeling amongst civilised nations the savagery of their religious fQ policy." ail m ? he The third spot was the unseemly and protracted wrangling over the dls- 1 tribution of patronage, personal sen* sitivtnesa, sectional jerlousy, and the so bitterness and viciousness displayed vc for weeks together in the meetings of the Women's Board of Managers. Of he iheoe unsavory proceedings much will to doubtless bo recalled In all discussions nrnmon Infn nilhlir lif? 8a VII JUiiUUUVlUK ?f VkMVM ....v | _ 1 but they should not be allowed to dis- tu tract attention from the admirable charactes and meritorious work of a ve large majority of the board, which un- wl questionably display marked abiliry, trt and was the means of adding important featuren of beauty, utility, and sb grace to the Exposition.?N. Y. Advo- gu cate. Ti?is Editorial from the "Pittaburg ^ Chriatiau Advocate" issiguiflcant. Dr. William Cox and Mrs. Dr.W. B. Watkins declined to receive the en amaunts due them under the annuity part of the plan, and distributed the same among other claimants, accord- an ing to their judgment of the worthiness and necessities of the several a ( cases. This was a generous and noble 0f act on their part. It commends the plan because U gives to all their dues, and allows them to bestow a blessing m! on others when they are able and feel so disposed. The average estimate of this year's cotton crop computed from replies to a an clrcularsent out by the Secretary of the ,j< Memphis Cotton Exchange to prominent authorities in the various cotton States, is between 7,000,000 aud 7,500- W) 000 bales, or between 5,000, and ?1,000- pe 000 in excesB of the crop of last year. W] A. M. tie public are now exoited over ] Staple an pt by up, and oflered at PRICES THAT DEI when In the city call and aee for yourself, iffi We keep the only COAL and WOOD Yi id will furnish OAK and PINE WOOD in a )UR SALES Are the best equipped In the ap oouutrj Our ] In thin department yoo will And CARF id MILBUBN WAGON8. Also, HARN Remem A Fable. A reed from the band or a sower Fell modestly Into the gronud, SbrinWIng tnd shrinking Tower Till trace of It ooald not b? found. rhe boughty pebbles scorned It As they glittered In toe snn; No b<-?iity yet adorfffd It, For lu growth bad Dot began. Bat a clond came by with ita blessing , And answered Ita thirst with a shower, And tbe sun with Its kindly caresslog. Warmed It boor by hour. Then the lift In the aeed upstarting Burst through tbe prison wall, And tbe silken leafleta parting Were lifted graceful and tall. ^ Thus many a life ia bidden In the*shell of circumstance, Waiting tbe hoar, G?d-bldden To slese on Its glowing cbance; Peace and Good will. Many things indicate the widening td deepening of the influence of the ?pel even among those not nominal* Christians. A congress, representor the various labor organizations of fferent European nationalities, re> tly passed resolutions in favor of bitration as a means of settling intertional difficulties. The same con* ?8s seriously discussed a resolution vising all workingmen to refuse (o n kings and rulers in the barbarou* >rk of butchering one another. A tition has just been started in Chicaaddressed to Congress and President eveland, "asking all civilized nations * ' 1 ? enter into a peace icaguo iua? ou?>* entually emerge into an Internationcourt of arbitration." It is said at almost every foreign commissionat the World's Fair has signed tbe tltlon, as well as many of tbe leadg delegates to the Parliament of Regions. Such movements have a projnd significance and should till the llowers of the Prince of Peace with >pe and courage. "F?r lo! the days are hastening on, By prophet bards foretold, When with the ever-circling years Comes back tbe age of gold; When peace shall over all tbe earth Its blessed banner fling, And tbe whole world tiend bacb the song Which now the augels sing." ?St. Louis Christian Advocate. ? ?p ?? b?t Christian's Light Shines B?caaie He gets to church at least five mines before service begin b. He walks quietly to a seat, and bows s bead a moment in silent prayer. He joins heartly in all the songs, id if be can not sing, opens the book id follows the words. He kneels reverently during the ayer, and asks God's blessing upoo eacher and people. He listens attentively to the sermon, id gathers fresh strength from the eached word. He gives the stranger near him a arm grasp of the hand, and invites m to come again. He speaks a word of encouragement a struggling brother, and leuds a ilping hand. He has a kindly greeting for all hif> ethren, wnereverana wueuevor uc eetd them. He sees, and always Speaks cheerily to tbe old brother and sister bose days of active service have mished with the pa?t. < He honors God aaily In H1h busi as, and in his home he exalts his ar Savior. He does nothing between Sundays at he would be ashamed for his ethren to know. He acta honestly in all things with 1 men at all times. He keeps bis ''light no shining here men that they see his good works id glorify his Father which Is in < aven."?Epworth Messenger. I I The following extracts from Felt's ( Annals of Salem" give a glimpse of me of tbe singular punishments in ? ? " aM Voir Ulnvlftiid: HUC IU U1U 11VTT In 1637, Dorothy Talby, for beating l tr husband, is ordered to be bound , a post. In 1638 the assistants ordered two lern men to sit in tbe stock* on lec- < re day for travelling on tbe Sabbath, i In 1644, Mary, wife of Thomas Oli- < r. was sentenced to be publicly . sipped for reproaching the inagieites. ( In 1646, for slandering the elders, i e had a cleft stick put on her tone for half an hour. "Keep your heads and your hearts II of good thoughts aud the bad ones < II have no chance to enter." Politeness sometimes hurts an en- ' innrn fhan savace words. Qo to the devil in your private life I d your business will follow you. i [t does not take a great man to be 1 Christian, but it takes all there is < hlra. { ?It is one thing to indulge in the f ?re repetition of the set phrases of j iigious experience, and quite another ing to bear a personal testimony ' Christ. Look to the cleanliness of your fowls ' d vou will find they require less )d and give better results for it. Tnrner?"How did Weeks come to ( rite poetry?" Wells?"He had dyspesia. and for a long time.thought it < is inspiration. Hill fe perplexing questions, so are one and d Fancy C nr COMPETITION. as we offer SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS to "CAJ3I i m%m: VRD8 In Abbeville, and are prepared tn make C oy quantity on SHORTEST NOTICE. AND LIVER fornlablng any and all kinds of turnout* day Reposil IIAGES. PHJETON8, BUGGIE8, ROAD CASTS, ESS, WHIPS. laf HUB ?23 ana uxaonbuui er This g gags Nashville Cb. Ad. |R] The inconsistencies of your strict gAj party man are amusing enough to make an independent voter shake his n sides with laughter. When Mr. Wan- ~ namaker raised a "campaign fund" of $400,090, and was thereafter appointed ? Postmaster General by President Har rison, the Democratic press grew hot with indignation, while the Repub- _ lican papers generally took the posi- B? tion that there was nothing discreditable in transaction. At'the present mi time the tables are turned. The selec. ? Hod of Mr. Van Allen, who wasagenerous contributor In the last election, u to till the Italian Mission has stirred J1 up the virtuous sensibilities of the Ho Republicans, and put the Democrats, e for the most part, on the defensive. It J seems to us that neither Mr. Waona- u IS maker nor Mr. Van Allen ought to a have be en named for high office. ta Bi (Dr. Keynett. to Northern Advocate.) _ D The great weaknees of the temper- n anoe reform, as it relates to the drink traffic, lies in thedivisioh of the temper, ance forces. "Every one hath a pealm, 4 hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a JL revelation, hath an interpretation !" BE all hath apathy or opposition to every ? method save their own. The one great necessity is that all eomies Of the liquor traffic should come together and confer and confront this arch-enemy under the various couditious of the ~d widely exteudeded fields of conflict. 2? The saloon is everywhere; the Church 1 is everywhere. They ' stand over cc against each other. By everything ~~ that defines their character they are _ natural and irreconcilable enemies. If the temperance reform, as directed ~ against the liquor traffic, shall ever be successful, the temperance forces must be uuited; and if these forces ever r0 come together and stand together,-the Church must lead the way. 0. " Til N.I fMinhlnn Advocate.) m.. , -- .J Suggestive to preachers were the boi words recently uttered by 'Rev. m' Johu McNeill. Speaking of what we j call the "Sermon ou the Mount," he ph bm said Jesus never calls it that. "Jesus I did not formalize it and call it a discourse or a sermon. He did not preach sermons in our acceptation of the tei^n. y He called His talk, 'These sayings of mine/ He did uot deliver discourses. He just 0{?ened his mouth and said things.' Some years ago, after carefully studying the preaching of Jesus and w( the apostles and prophets, I failed to ^ And 'discourses,' and, resolved to take . these preachers for ray models, I quit ^ making 'discout-ses,' aud began going ^ before the people and saying things.' There are other preachers who would ^ be improved by making a similar change. Dt th< (Rellgtoai Herald.) f0j It may not be too late to suggest, in th view of their recent Exhibition, that " - ' 1. 4 our Virginia Agricultural owieiy 101 , mlssnamed. If it were called "The foi Society for the Promotion of Petty th< Gambling," the title would be much di< more accurately descriptive of the lea thing Itself. Just why a lot of dls. ms Reputable rogues should be allowed to ply their gambling arts under the au- rj ipiciesofthlsorgauization.it is diffl- at jult to see. It is certain that gatnbling nu jffairs were conducted wittiout moleswn Nation thisjyear upon the grounds of the 8h( Society, which could not have remained wa ? 1 a../, hip jpen on the streets or .mcmuuu wvc minutes. wa for (Wilmington Mewenger.) On yesterday a lynching in South In Carolina was reported in the Messenger. Ttwas to punish with deuth a brute who had violated the person of a young woman of virtue. A trial was ^ ?iven, it was coducted with all due mj solemnity, the brute died without a ab< thrill of fear-stolid, self-contained, coi without any more com punctiom than ^ i wild beasl-and *aid he was ready an) - ' t_ I TKa J nonri nt Inn ninnwl Hui fOI" IJlt) CUUt 1 UC IUCVll|/wvu ? Mav. to the body voiced the sentiments and (hi reflected the purpose and feeling of the white men of the South, "We do not 810 know any better than to protect our ^ wives and daughters." ^ me wrj The Lord wasted mud when He made a man so mean as to tell the ^ postmaster to return his paper marked to" "Refused" when be owes two or three a"' years subscription.?Bob Burdette. iu ] .."W . ^ Sons. 1 all over the splendid line of irroceries t * * > * 1 BUYERS." im LOSE FIGURE8 on COAL, In round lota. I STABLES or nlgbt. ;ory! and the CELEBRATED BTUDEBAK.KK ?a. Qtee GOODS and PRICES, and cordially, >ar Inspection of oa? a lock. ??'????????.t CHMOND & DANVILLE RAILROAD iubi# Simon. T. W. Hinsnom ud Bnin Joans, Bioiitui, OLUMBIA AND GREENVILLE DIVISION. 1 Coudenaod aefcedal* Id effect Mg. IS, 1888, BETWEEN ANDERSON, BELTON AND GREENVILLE. Dallv. " Daily. No. II. STATIONS. Bo.11 8 08om LT_Anderaoft_Ar 12 07pm 400pm Lr?.BeiteB_Ar 11 Mam * 615pm Ar..6f??>Tllie.LT 10 15m TWEEN CHARLESTON, COLUMBIA, SINK c'm"uuu- f zed. I Dallr. | I Dallj. f Mixed. \ . 66 f| Now II I STATIONS. [ No. Il| No. 6if ) I 7 80u?|Lt.( barkrttoo.Ari 8 46pw| 8 *5pro 111 4kmIT.v .riJdiiiMa.Arl llfionl 8 flVyw 15?m 12 08pm Lt... Alaton.. Ar 8 90pm 1 tbooi 00am IS 00pm L*_NtnrbrjTT..Ar 9 99pm 10 00am 90pm 2 lxpro LT HlB?ty-81x.Ar 1 Sir a 7 40km 15j>m 287pm Ar9r#enwoo<lXT 1165pm 7 00am OQam 8 87pm Lt. Green wood At 12 56pm 8 80pm 46am 8 00pm Lr?. Horfm ...At 12 86pm 7 46pm 90am 8 80pm lt...Don?lds.._ar 1216pm 7 00pm 66* ui 8 35fw? ly.HoaeaPukAr 1208pm t 80pm Mam 4 24pm lt?4ad?r*oe..Ar II 16am 8 46pm 15pm 4 68pm lt.PeDdIetoo.Ar 10 88am t 68pm 15pm 6 86pm lt..8eneea. ..At 10 oonun 1 10pm 00pm 4 06pm Ar. WtlbtUt. Lt 9 80am 12 lOpn 616pm Afc.QrecnTllU.LT 10 16am ."TWEES CBABLE8TON, COLUMBIA, AL8? TON AND 8PABTANBUB6. ikllr. Dally. I Dally. Dally. o. 15. Ho.13.1 STATIONS. No. 14. Ho. A. T 3Uam LT.Cbarleatoo.Ar 846pm 11 90am LT.ColumbUu.Ar 8 46pm 12 15pm Lt.?. AUtoo... Ar 8 00pm 1 47pm LT..._Unlon...Ar 190pm 20pm 8 10pm LT&parta&barfAr 11 80am 6 00pm 12pm 6 40pm Ar. Aaherillf.LT 818pm 2 10pm (TWEES NBWBBBBT, CLINTON AND LAUBEN8. " . 8nn. No. IS. | STATIONS. |Es. Ban, go. 14. 11 20amjLT.Columbla_.Ar 4 15pm 1 00pm LT?Ne?bfrTT-Ar IS 80pm 3 16pm L.t-.Clinton....Ar 11 10am 2 50pm 1 Ar?.LanreM?LT 10 40am BETWEEN HODOE8 AND ABBEVILLE. ally. I Dally. I | Dally. | Dally. o. k | No. 11.1 STATIONS. jgo. 10. | No. 12 40pm| 8 06pm|Lv...Hodges_Arl 266pni|lS 25pm 15pm | 3 40poi|Ar.. Abbeville. Ltj 8 20pm|ll 8Qsm NJJECTIONS via POUTH BOUND KAILBOAD I Dally. I I Dally. I ' j No. 87. I Central Time. | K<?.38 ' 3 8Uptn!Lv_ Columbia...Ar 10 2Uara 800pm|Ar..gaTtnnah-.Lv 8 00am Sos, 18 and 14 are solid trains between Charleston 1 Ashevllle. Through coach between Savannah and Aahevllls oa ?. 14 and 18. via Sooth Bound B. B. Trains learn Spartanburg. 8. CM A. * C. Division rthbound, 12.22 a. m., 3. S p. m., 8.12 p. m. (Vesttled Limited); Soaihbtund, 1.35 s. m, 8.0U p. ft>. 87 a. m. (Vestlbuled Limited); Westbound. W. N. Division, 6.20 p. m. and 3.10 p. mn for Hondersonle, Ashevllle and Hot Springs. Twins leave Greenville, 8. C? A. a O. Division rthbound 1188 p. m., 4.06 p. m., end 6J23 p. m, astlbuled Limited); Southbound, 128 a, m., 406 p. ,12.28 p. m. (Vestlbuled Limited). rralns leave Seneca, 8 Cn A. * C. Division, North ind. 10.16 p. m. and 137 p. m., Southbound, 8.40 a and 6.46 p. m. PULLMAN CAB SEBVICE. 'oilman Sleeping Cars on Nos. 18 and 14 betweea trleston snd AsbevlUe, via Columbia and Spartan* g. 'ullman Palace Sleeplnc Car on Trains 86 and 84 and ?n A. A C. Division^ \ A. TUKBL, 8. II. HABDWIC&, Oen'l PtM. Agent. Am'I Gen'l Put. Aft., WtahlDffUjQ, D. C. AtlftOU, G? r. E. McBEK. SOL BAA8, Gen. Bopenntendent, Trtfflo liiuftr, OolnnibU. 8.0. "^Mhlngtoo. D. G . \ W. D. GEEE5, Qeo'l UfTn Wuhlcgton, D. 0. Slipped In. Bill Arp'a letter in last sek's Neighbor contained these >rds : "I owe a few of these darn tie just debts myself'&c. We apoloze to our readers for not striking out e word 'darn' from the sentence. / le omission to do so impresses us * ore than ever that no writer should followed in every thing he says. [n the notice of the death of Eva mt in the NEiflHEoitof November 9, i printer put "Mrs." for Miss, but lowed copy in the statement that at she was "aged 12 years." Charles F. Deems, D. D., L. L. D., inderand pastor of the "ChaMr of e Strangers" in New YorK c;ny, ?d Nov. 18, 1893. The work of the ;rned and indefatigable Christian in in done. His works follow him. The International Socialist Congress Zurich pasted a resolution com* ending universal peace, A propositi was also made that in the event of r a general strike of workmen auld be declared. This proposition s voted down, but it is not improbathat such a resolution may pass in >ir meeting next year, A general ike of workmen would paralyze an v r. The Socialists are doing much the cause of peace. In their consses Frenchmen and Germans meet perfect friendliuess, and prove that ?y can easily rise above internanal animosity and treat each other bretbten. twenty-two years ago there were in ) city of Mexico only oue Protestant nister and one congregation, with >ut 70 or 80 communicants, uot then inected with auy nii>sion. To-day ?re are eighteen congregations, sixn native ministers, eight ministers, i a large membership; nine 8un^-Schools, with about forty teachers; neen Protestant day schools, and ee boarding schools for girls.?Mis???? ? DniriafV ' uai j ivv uvin Excise Commissioner Meekim, of w York City, is the authority for > statement that one-quarter of the n in the liquor business can not Ite their own names. 'he First Baptist church of Charles, 8. C\, is the oldestof itsdenomin-?n It Ilio Smith Tf. oraanized 1762 by the Rev. William Screven. I