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I. I If*. ????? ^ J T* rress ana Daiiuex. BY HUGH WILSON. 1 W Twelve IPa^es. . ?L ? jfo i 01 Wednesday, Dec. 6, 1893. m of n/MTmnmnmrn T nrt A T C? VV UUJN 1A1DU IXii^ .uvu.n.iju. | te Abbeville, S. C., Dec. 6,1893. I Listen to the merry cbline ol wedding bells. | n Two of Abbeville's most lovely youug la-1 , dies will be married today. | III At 8 o'clock this morning Mr. Thomas W. m Morton, of Edgefield, and Miss Willie Moore. or Abbeville. Rev. H. W. Bays, D. D., offiel- za atlng. After the ceremony this happy couple tl will leave on the first train aud will visit the \y Augusta Exposition and other places of in- :tt terest, after which they will return to their 18 borne in Edgefield. The bride received a number of very handsome presents and leaves Abbeville assured of j the hearty congratulations ana best wishes a' of a host of friends. til At half-past eight o'clock this evening, Mr. m Willie Lesley and Miss Annie Henry, by Rev. J. Lowrle Wilson, D. D. The groomsmen and 11 bridesmaids in attendance are: pi W. D. Lesley?Miss Florence Henry. nj: J. W. Lesley?Miss Jessie Hill. rf W. D. Barksdale?Miss Bessie Epting, Wll- ,1( llamston. rt Thomas Thomson?Miss Mamie Cox. -T. F. Bradley?Miss Rose Horton, Lowndes vilie. | ? Guss Cos?Miss Erwin. Hoiiea Path. | b Nick Benson?Miss Effle Watson. h H. F. McGee?Miss Mary Hemphill. The ceremony being conducted and congrat- u ulations extended, the guests will be Invited r into the spacious dining room which is beautifully decorated ior Ihe happy occasion J* and In which a most eh-uaiit wedding supper tK will be served. The bride received a number 8t of beautiful and uselul present?. They have fe the congratulations of many irlends. Appropriate services were held in ihe Meth- w odist, Episcopal and Associate fit-formed r Presbyterian churches last Thursday, Thanks- hi giving Day, and u large number of ourppople f were in attendance. The day was so lovely, tu balmy and spring like that even the hxppy w birds twittered their sweetest songs by its sunshine and beauty seemed to Join in th# . anthem of praise to the "beautiful giver of 11 v' life." a| n. Pnua nroofhpii his Inst sermon for this conference year last Sunday morning. His text was taken from St. Luke aud was the 8t last com man d made by on r Lord, "Do tb is 1 n p< rememberance of me." The sermon was forcibly and Impressively delivered to a large and attentive congregation. At night a "memorial service" was held as a suitable e1 "memoir" to the memory ol Mrs. Dendy. w v The following is the statistical and financial , report as made by the pastor for the conftrenceyear Just ended: ft A FINANCIAL AND STATISTICAL REPORT. A Membership 215 Joined daring the year ~..58 Died and removed 15 h Net gain 43 Total membership 258 C( Intents baptized .. 9 e< Adults baptized 1 Paid Pastor .... 81,016 00 _ Paid Presiding Elder 135 00 11 Paid Conference assessment 858 95 81 Paid Parsonage building, etc 1,225 28 8( Paid Incidental and other benevolent objects 268 71 ai U Total 83,026 94 j, Mr. W. ?. Bell sent several pictures to the 0 Augusta Exposition which received honorable mention. a Rev. Dr. Bays will leave this morning for S( the annual conference which convenes In a Sumter to-day. Miss Jennie Sondley after a long absence J* among friends In Boston and New York re- b turned to Abbeville last week, where she will probably make her home. Mrs. Carey, of Seneca City, is In Abbeville n aa the guest of W. J. Smith and family. o Miss Lelia Swearlngen and Mies Alice Mc- h Allster. of Latimer, are spending: sometime with their friend Miss Laura McMillan. ej Just two weeks from next Monday will be Christmas. Get your presents In time and be a ready to celebrate In h becoming manner the grandest event of the Christian era. " Mr. Bachman Doar, of Georgetown, on his t< way from Clemson College will stopover In e Abbeville to-aay. wnere ne win spenu a. wuuc f > with his cousin, Mrs. McDonald. 11 Abbeville again honored. Two more Judges a elected from her Bar?Lleut.-Oov. (Jary as as- gj sociate Justice, and Hon. W. C. Benet. circuit . Judge. The mat>y friends of these gentlemen u extend their congratulations. tl The exercises of Clemson College closed yes- ? terday, and the students will leave to-day for their respective homes where they will Bpend n the Christmas holidays. o ? . ? a Mr. H. M. Kearsev, of Edgefleld. was In n town last week, looking after the erec Ion of the handsome dwelling which he is now hav- tl log put up. It is to be hoped that when it is k flnlshed.be will move to Abbeville. ' The young people danced at Judge McGowan's last Friday nlgnt- Mr. James Chalmers With Miss Quarles, led one of the germnns. and Mr. James S. Cothran, jr., with Miss Hubbard, led the other. Mr. M. E. Hollingiswokth of Due Went ft has bought a lot near the Q., C. & N. depot, Bf and we hear that he contemplates coming to 1/ Abbeville next year. "The Cbeejful Circle" of Kings Daughters will have an entertainment, contesting of oysters, sweetmeats, &c? next Tuesday eve; tl nlng, Decomber 12tb 1S93, in the Band Hall. aj Dh. Bonker and Rev, Calvin Pressiey or Dae West attended the sales last Monday. Mb. g. W. Connor, of Cofee6bnry, was In * town yesterday. Judge Cothran is building for rent two bouses near the shops. fa Hon. W. P. Calhoun offers some valuable V property for 6ale. ti n DenlbN. re Mr. J. Moffatt Wyles Legislative Represen- '' tatlve from Chester County, died Nov. 27,1883, tJ aged 55. Rev. Henry Kay, ol the Missouri Conference ir died Nov. 17, .2893 p Rev. A. W. Simmons of the Little Rock *e Conference, died, Nov. 7,1S93. Mrs. Daisy Culler lnabrlt, Orangeburg ni County, died November, 22,1393, aged 21. M. L. Wood D. D. of the North Carolina Conference, died, Nov. 25,1893. Mrs. A. C Hardy, widow of R. B. Hardy Anderson County, died Nov. 26, 1S93, aged 76. 2 Mrs. Martin, wife of Mr. Moses Martin Of Columbia, died Dec. 3, 1893. 8. S. Times. It is often said, with a good show of cc reason, that if a man will say a thing Cr to himself often enough, he will, in aj Al? ? KaIiqxtq if oarinnia 11 \r if ^ 11LL1C, UUUJO W UCiltio iv vup.viui.j i. |jj it be a thing tbat he would like to be- d( lieve. Many an evildoer comes to grief p because he is the victim of this kind of self-wrought delusion. Call it so, and have pity for the deluded victim. But ^ forget not that tbe first steps toward evil need not be deeds of hand, or ^ harsh words, but mere vain boasting, or the veriest off-hand empty talk. Nashville Christian Advocate. Regularity of habits is not only one of the prime conditions of success in A secular life, but is also one of the great safeguards of character. The man who ^ keeps in the beaten way cannot go far to wrong. Fixed hours for work, for eat- T! ing and sleeping, for reading and w writing, and for praying, should be j^1 cultivated as far as possible. A good habit is one of the best friends that any man eyer had ; and a bad one is co one of the worst. ci M A Ruinons Fallacy.?The Watch- gj man, Boston states it: "We believe qq " ?' '> "> whnla fhprp are ft?w fa 11a- fin tUttt UU vuv Iruviv W cies more widely spread among Protestant Churches thau that their success depends upon having what is called an pi 'eloquent preacher," or a preacher of unusual oratorical gifts." pj ???- ib Hailstorms very rarely occur in countries where there is a large growth '* of timber. Durable bricks, formed chiefly of so sawdust, are coming into use as build- Ci ing material. With tlie sawdust are ed mixed cement, lime and sand. I fli | k,-, ' m ? MilltariRin. 1 Calling out the Reserves (Vermehreo). There are no words my friends . u uso for the purpose of extolIinj> 1 ie advantages of arbitration over war J' hich would be too strong for me to.' ibscribe to. I observe with them! iat war has ol' late years found out | r itself uew chaunels and new methis of inflicting suffering upon huanity; and these, under the name 1 the system known as militarism, ; e in time of peace even compatible ith an honest and an honorable in- ' ntion to promote peace. "I cannot question that intention; either can we question, on the other lud, that militarism itself is a treendous scourge and a curse to civliition. It is a great question whether ilitarism tends to avert war, or hether it tends to bring war into extence." Such were the emphatic words of ? w w rDaiiiitnnu iii the House. jring the debate on Mr. Cremer's otion, June 16, 1893 ; and yet this lilitarisni is permitted to crush out le home life of the natious. Our icture shows one of its effects: the tiling out of the reserves, which is able to take place at the first serious anors of war. The bread-winner, with wife mother id children dependent upon him, as to tear himeelf from home. He as taken his last frugal home meal, is knapsack is packed his staff is tady. With compressed brows he is utting his right arm into the vegilental coat. Sileutand sad the wife ands by, trying to command her ars, the baby i? clinging to her skirt, hile the little lad old enougo to :alize that a shadow is falling on the ome, clings to both parents ; and the lithful do<r looks up, ready to go any here with his masier. The aged grandmother cannot bear le parting?it means more still to the ?ea.?She has retired to the lackround and seized her work,. who*e >othing power she has so ofteu exerienced. If tears fell she can lay le blame on her weak eyes, Ah! they will both pray for him very evening, those two forsaken omen ; and they will teach the chilren to pray that God will preserve leir father and bring him safe home, nd so they pray too in the enemy'H md. How anxious they will be if ar breaks out! If there is fighting ow deep the unrest and fear, even if e does return. But what if he uever )me8 back ? If he is one of the kill3, or the missing, or the wounded ? But the lad will grow up to be liir lother's com fort- her support! Yes ? ae will work and deny herself and jrape, and contrive ; and then as soon 3 he gets bigthis militarism will seize pon her stalwart boy and turn him i?/\ o onlillur if if pah nml nprhnrtR neday the war-drum will call him, nd she will learn that he is laying in )me far off battle field, a mutilated arpse or a groaning "wounded," 'hoere he breathed his last murmured er name. It will be well if at the tidings her jason does not give way, and the vertaken brain and heart sink opeles9 imbecility, as has happened re now. Mr. Gladstone's concluding words re full of encouragement to all who, a their private capacity are seeking ) promote international peace. After xpreasing his sense of the value of tiese formal declarations on behalf of rbitration and against vast military stablishments, and saying: "Let us o all we can rn the direction which ie hon. member desires," he added But depend upon it the most effect -'e of all ways is to cherinh (hat habit f mind by which we are enabled and ccustomed to form just, moderate, itional estima.es of our own claims t au extravagant height, and so ]ay ie basis of future quarrel and possible lood shed.', (Loud cheers.) Twelve Thousand Pernod* Killed. London, November 26.?A dippatc'n om to the Teheran to the Times lys that 12,000 persous were killed in [ushan, Persia, by the earthquake .st week. Ten thousand bodies have en recovered from the ruins. Fifty lousand cattle were killed. Shocks re still felt daily. An income tax of probably two per ;nt, salaries above 53,500 or ?4,000 is ivored by the majority of the House /ays and Means Committee. It isesmated that this would afford an anual reveuue of $50,000,000, and would smove the necessity of making any icrease , in other internal reveuue ix es. It is stated that but sixteen of the 54 scholars attending Amherst Colge use tobacco. Over 1,800 young women were gradated last year from the Boston cookig schools. A fire in Manuing, S. C., December caused a loss of from $00,000 to $75,Wl da on i rl fV, DU MllUt Mr. Van Alen, concerning whose . ntribution of $50,000 to the Demoatic Campaign Fund and subsequent jpointment to the Italian Mission so uchas been written, has definitely ?clined the honor tendered by the resident. The body of Mrs. Margaret Mcrhorter was found a fortnight eince | )ating in the Cougaree River near 1 art Motte. Doubtless she was first urdered. then thrown in the river. The Baptist State Convention was aid in Anderson last week. Mr James . Hoyt was reelected President. Florida is a great bee country. ( here is something in bloom for them feed on during the entire year, hey keep on laying up honey for the inter thut never comes. There is no i :ier honey than that made from the 1 oom of the palmetto and orange. The average estimate of this year's ittou crop computed from replies to a rculars sent out by teecretary of the , eraphis Cotton Exchange to promiuit autnorities in the various cotton ates, is between 7,000,000 and 7,5000 bales, or between 500,000 and 1,000,0 in excess of the crop of last year. "It is estimated that 115,000,000 peoe speak the English tongue, 75,000,- , 0 the Russiau, 75,000,000 tne German, id 50,000,000 the French. It is a reoach to any man to be ignorant of I e language of Milton, Shakespeare, jnnyson, Longfellow, Lowell and rhiMit?r 1 Knoxville, Nov. 26.?The haud- I me Methodist church at Fountain ty, a suburb of Kuoxville, was burnto thegrouud to day. A defective < le caused the fire. t The i.<* Some Ilopa in thy F.nliloiis or the Future. The male halfof the civilized world n the nineteenth cenlnry is dressed ">11 English model*. These are shaped Hid controlled by a utilitarian spirit;: [hey are seldom deformed, never pic-; turesque, but generally useful. The ladies have hy no means recovered I from the love of deformity. They are I a couple of centuries behind the men in matters of costume. While they have never again quite equalled the extravagance of 1780, they have, within the last five years, distorted their natural shapes in many ways and in many directions. Hoops here and bunches there, swollen heads and high Rhoulders, short waists aud Jong waistw, bustles and chignons, have succeeded each other rapidily aud senselessly. It is true that some women have mauaged to look charming in spite of all these horrors?some women would iLl look look charming m anyumiK?uui au ugly costume, is ugly, for all that. What is the probable development of dress in the future? There are plenty of signs that the women are following the men into utilitarianism. Good sensible clothes and no nonsense, heavy cloth, tailor-made and but little trimmed, sailor hats. It was bouud to be so; women's fashions never fail to follow men's fashious in a modified shape. Power of a Kiii<l Word. Many years ago a poor German emigrant woniau sat witb her children in the waiting room of an eastern station. A lady passing to a train struck by her look of misery, stopped a moment to speak with her. The story was soou told. Her hut-band had been buried at sea. She was goiog to Iowa, aud "it was hard to enter a strange land alone witu her babies." The t-tranger bad but one instant. She pressed a little money into the poor creature's hand, aud said : Alone ! Why, Jesus is with you ! He never will leave you alone! Teu year* afterward the woman said: "That word gave me courage for all my life. When I was a child I knew Christ and loved him. That chance word brought me back to him. It kept me strong and happy through all my troubles."?Philadelphia Methodist. Stnud | Don't Ban. "One of the best ways to get rid of the devil is to run from him." was recently a "Pointer, by K.," In The Atlantic Methodist. L.et us not leave the aveuue of orthodoxy. Cowards run, but Christian" stand. Christ got rid of the devil, but He did not run from him. (Matt, iv: 10.) The poet says: "Restraining prayer we cea?e to flght; Prayer makes tbe Clittsiian'M armor bright; And Satan trembU-s wben be seen The weakest taint upon hU knees." The Bible say, "Resist the devil, and be will flee from you." (James iv:7.) if we pray earnestly and steadfastly, the devil will do the running, and "we'll be more than eonquerers through Him that loved us." (Romans vii: 37. ???Women Vu Foundries, Five hundred girls and women are nmtiint.uii in Hip foundries of Pitts burg doing work for $4 and $5 a week for which men were formerly paid from $;4 to $10 a week. This is some* thing new. The labor Ihey perform? putting heads on nails and bolts?is something which taxes the muscles of strong men. This woman queatiou needs investigation.?Joe Howurd. The proud man never thinks l?? get as much as he deserves. Even when a great mercy falls he sayp, "Yes, but it ought to be more. It is only manna as large as a coriander seed, whereas it ought to be like a baker's loaf." How base a pool God's mercies fall into when thay plash down into a heart like that!?Beecher. Congress in extending me time wr registrmion under the Geary act forsix months failed to make an appropriation for carrying out the low. Northing will, therefore, be done until the next session of Congress makes an appropriation, What ought to be done is to repeal the whole infumous law and make a uniform immigration lawof all races.?Christian Statemen. Camus bishop of Bellay, having been once requested to recommend from the pulpit to the generosity of the faithful a poor girl, who had not been able to remaiu iu a certain nunnery for want of a sufficient dowry, did so in the terms?"My brethren, I recemmend to your charity a young girl wbom the nuns of have not considered suffinh fn flip vow of Dover UACUII I 11VU iw ^ - __ ty." Such an interruption of the telegraph service as was caused by the recent storm would be Impossible in Germany, where the entire country is covered, or more literally speaking underlaid, by a net work of underground telegraph cables. The^e are beyond the slightest danger of interruption by a storm. ?0'^mm? " That's this item in your expense account, my dear: Dog license, $2?" "A license to keep a dog." "But we haven't any dog" ''I know that, but we might want to have one, and 1 thought it well to be prepared." "How is it youl* little baby sister goes to sleep as soon as your futher [ ftkps lipr?" Little Four-Year-Old?I sppc it's cause Bhe would rather do that than stay awake aud hear him sing. Nothing is more contemptible than the sentiment that canonizes the man who goes as a msssionary to Africa, and ostracizes the other mau who preaches the gospel to the negroes in Dur own country.?Bishop Galloway, i ? ?? Your manners will depend very much upon the quality of what you frequenty think on; for the soul is tinged and colored with the completion of thought. Never attempt all you caD do; for be who attempts every thins: be nan do often attempts more than he nan do. Powdered borax, plentifully used, will exterminate cockroaches and water bugs. "The silent watches of the night" must be those we forget to wind up. A Springfield, Mass., fire, November 22, is estimated at $1,500,000. There is a movement to reform penmanship. The script of the future will be perpendicular instead of slanting. A million dollars in gold coin will weight 3,G85.S pounds, and $1,000,000 in silver coin will weigh 58,929.9 pounds.' OBJECTS OF THE A. P. A. Cnrds Received by Conffresfinien Netting Forth the Alms of Thnt So* g rfeiy. Many Cougressmen have received a card from tne Amerieap rroiecuve m Association setting forth its objects as follows: . First, the American Protictive As90- ( elation is organized for the purpose of i purifying politics, is a non-sectarian > and non-partisam organization composed only of true American citizens ^ without regard to nationality. Secoud, while we unite to protect our country and its free institutions, we attack no man's religion so long as . he does not attempt to make it an ele- J mentin political power. 1 Third, our aim is to preserve and x maintain the government of the United States aud the principles of the declaration of independence as set & forth by the founders, against the encroachments of ali foreign influences. Fourth, we regard all religio-politi- 1 cal organizations as the enemies of civil \ and religions liberties. Fifth, it is, in our opinion, unsafe and unwise to appoint or elect to civil nr military offices in this country men | who owe supreme allegiance to any foreign king, potentate or ecclesiastical power, or who are sworn to obey such power. Sixth, we are in favor of maintaining one geueral unsectariau free school system, and will oppose all attempts to supplant it by any sectarian instution. We are opposed to the use of public a funds for any sectarian purpose. Seventh, we are in favor of chang- ; ing our immigration laws in such a manner that they will protect our citfeen laborers from the influences of pauper and criminal labor, which, . through the instrumentality of Europlan propagandist societies, are rapidly . supplanting our free and educated f1 American citizens in every line of in- 1 dustry ; but we do not oppose bonest 0 1 - -J whn /lATYlii ^ ana euuuuieu iiumi^ianuj ???*# w?.v . fur the purpose of becommiug Ameri- j1 can citizens and who will forswear f allegiance lo all forelgu potentates and 1 powers. Eighth, we are in favor of putting v into office hont-st and true patriots; c who are qualified and who owe alle- 1 glance only to the stars and stripes. ^ Em}' SnerlUce. f He said it was easy for some people to give up sins which had no facinatfon ; for them. J "It isu't hard for a one legged man 1 to give up dancing,", he said, "and it f requires no effort for a dumb man to ' stop swearing. A man who has never haa any temptation to drink whiskey ' can easilv nut aside the liquor habit. ) I have'a niece whose name is Dolly. ' She was once visiting at the bouse of her aunt, and after the meal when it was time for desert, the hostess said "'Well Doily you will have a piece of pie?' "'No, ma'am,' my mama doesn't want mp to eat pie ' "Well how grand we thought it was, that a litle pix-year-old girl, away from home, should do just as her mama wanted her to do, whether she was there or not! But the next day, at desert, we bad a different kind of pie. The hostess said: ' " 'I believe you don't take pie, Dolly ?' " 'Why, yes, ma'am, I'll take a pieCe, said the girl hesitatingly. ' 'Why,Dolly,' said her aunt, 'I thought your mama didn't want you to eat pie.' "Well, I didn't like that kind of pie,' the girl said. "And so it is with our sins," the preacher contiuued, "we can give up those we dou't like."?B. Fay Mills. Learning a Trade. It is a rule in the imperial family ol Germany that every young mau shalacquire a trade, going through aregu lar apprenticeship till he is able to do good, fair journey work. This is be cause kingdoms are subject <o vicissitudes, auct it is deemed necessary to amanly independence that the heir apparent or a prince of the blood should )e conscious of ability to make his own t way in the world if need be. Tills is ( an honorable custom worthy of imita- 8 tion. "Franklin sayx, "He that hath a trade hath an estate." < Work, however looked down upon ^ by people who cannot perform it, is nn ] honorable thing. It may not be very v profitable, but honorable it always is. a There's nothing to be ashamed of in v it. u Don't Despise Trifles. S The nerve of a tooth not so large as ^ a flue cambric needle will sometimes 1 drive a man to distraction. A mosqui- jj! to can make an elephant absolutely f mad. A rat can worry a caged lion unto death. In a watch (he smallest v linkchain, ratohet, cog or crank is as 11 essential as the mainspring itself. If v one falls out, the whole will stand still. 8 The pennies neglected squander the dollars. "For want of a nail the shoe was lost; Tor want of a shoe the horse was lost." f Nothing is more reprehensible than . the effort to offset your manifest short- c coming of conduct by making your religious prsteusions a little higher or a a little louder ?Much can be learned by observ- ^ ing nature. A horse will never staud . facing a wind in the pasture, but will always turn his back. A horae heat- . ed by driving can be fouudered in a b few minutes by siaudiug facing the u wind or in a draught. It must puzzle the angels to under* ^ stand what some men mean by their talk in prayer meeting, when they see , how little cash they take to church with thsm on Sunday. -n A significant faot is shown by the e' latest census?that the only States 01 where crime is not increasing faster in proportion than the population, are _ prohibition States. r( ?Because you are through with your harvester for this season is no ft reason why it should be permitted to 9j remain where you used it lust until another crop has been ulanted and matured. In noway will late chickens do so well as by scattering the coops around w in the orchurd, or if you have no or- ei chard, scatter them around over the h place among the weeds if you can do w no belter. * < st ?A great many farmers fall, like 0I the .speculator, by "biting off more b than he can chew," or '-wading be- jj yond his depth," or planting more tl than he can properly cultivate. All b< these aphorisms mean the same c ?Are the cultivators, harrows, rollpra. nlnws mid farm matthinerv under shelter, or are they scattered over the , farm? Implements exposed to alternate sun and rain will not laat as loug b as if taken care Df. r A. M. 'he public are now excited over Staple aD ept bv uo, nod oflered at PRICES THAT DE When In the city cull and nee for youmel mul n Wo keep tlie only COAL and WOOD Y nd will furnish OAK and FINE WOOD In i OUR SALES Are the best equipped In the ap conutr Our ] In this department yoa will And CAE nd MILBURN WAGONS. Also, HAR2 Reme^" "b The Beloved Disciple. St. John was called the "beloved isciple." The Lord Jesus loved all His own," but Jobn seems to bave een very near His heart. Once, at be table, wbere tbe disciples were at upper with tbe Lord, John leaued ipon His bosom, aud was so sure of be love of Jesus that be was not afraid oask Him any question. How deightful to bo so near to Him us this! John showed his love for Jesus vhen he was sent to the lonely island >f Patmos, and would not deny his aith in Him. Christians suffered a ;reat deal for Jeaus'a sake iu those lays, but "they rejoiced tbat they vere counted worthy to suffer shame or His name." On Patmos, where perhaps no sound vas heard but the sea waves dalhing m the rocks, Jobn says he was "iu he Spirit on the Lord's Day." it nay be tbat he bad a feeling of loneiue;js on tbat Lord's Lay morning, irVlien the sun rote perhaps lie looKec vith great longiug over the waters tovaid his home and friendB. It woul(] lave comforted him then to haye talk >d with them of many thinga Jesm lad said when He was present will hen^ , But the Lord would not let this true "riend of His continue in Ioneline?& fte wanted him to know, what is true iow, that Jesus is nevei lar away fron hose who truly love Him and art ready to suffer for His sake. Joht >ays: "I heard behind me a voice.' It was the same voice that had spoken softly to him when he leaned uim>i lesus's bosom years before. How i -vaa loud and full of strength. Al irst John was afraid. His e^es anc !ttwwere not used to the glory of th< >ther world. He says: "I feilatHii 'out aa And He laid His riirhl land upou mc, saying unto me, Feai jot." Then John .knew He was th< jentie Saviour, "the same yesterday ;od?iy, and lorever," and he was ni nore afraid. No longer lonely now, he sits undei he shadow of the rock, listening in ently to hear what the Lord would lay, so that he may write It for us U ead. Wonderful things he wrote Lniey teach us that if we truly km resus, as long as we live in this world ve shall have tosufterfor Hid sake rhey tell us that Satan makes wai villi Christ, and tries to gel His peoplt iway from Him, and thai wicked seople plot mischief against those wh< xytodogood. But over all this dark )icture the face of God shines "like tht inu in hisstrength." John saw beyond he clouds into the very midst ol leaven, and he heard the angels aud ha nam.la rpriaamad from tlia pnrlh inging and cliantiug victory. Over and over agafn it was said, Blessed is lie that overcometb"? bat id, wbo gets the victory over bill liisten; "Him that overcometii will 1 uake a pillar io the temple of my God, ,nd he shall go no more out: aDdl will write upon him * * * tbe lame of the city of my God, * * * ,ud I will write upon him Aly new lame." How blessed to have God's lame written upou hp, so tbat everybody knows as soon as they see us, bat we belong to Him. If John had lot been "in the Spirit" ou the Lord's )ay, he would never have heard these 'blessed and true sayings.*' And we will miss much tbat God would say to ia If tiro nuroltiQQ unH f/iPtrtiffnl r\f H ia IO II n V \/t*? IVigVtlUl VI AA iW porshii) ou the day which He has peoially set apart for Himself. Things to Remember. Sunlight is good for everything but eat Iters. Tbe best number of persons to each ied is?one. Away with heavy hangings, either bove or below the bed. Beware of a dusty, musty carpet; etter sweetness and a bare floor. Do not fail to provide some means >r ventilation during tbe night. Keep the head cool while sleeping; ut not by a draft of cold air falling pou it. If a folding bed must be used, oon* ive some way to keep it aired and 'holesome. Let the pillow be high enought to ring the head in a natural position? o more or less. Thoroughly air the sleeping room very day; air the bed and bedding as ften as possible. A dark out-of-the-way, un wholesome 5rner is no more fitted for a sleeping >om than for a parlor. A feather bed which has done service >r a generation or two Is hardly a derable thing upon which to sleep. That Boy. That boy who ?vas in your class? hutever became of him? Did you irer inquire after him. or visit his ome.orhunt him up? If he is lost, ill not God hold you responsible? On, I have no time to hunt up ab;ntees!" Then resign ; for that is one F the most important of your duties, ut you have time. You waste more me in many places and in many ways tan would suffice to look after tbat :>y. Better go as soon as possilbe.? hrinlian Standard. Fnp qpiiIiIj anil hnimib srxtn i<t invfllll ale and acts like magic, and in some isen, when badly t-calded, it has sen known to save a person's life. Hill fe perplexing questions, so are one and .d Fancy G FY COMPETITION. f, as we offer SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS to "CASE liwfli: ARD3 Id Abbeville, and are pro on red to mak? CI iny quantity on SH0RTK8T NOTICE. AND LITERS y?furnishing any and all kinds of tnrnonta day i deposit RIaGES. photons, buggies, road casts, *ESS, wmip*? LAP robes aod utfbbell/ >er d?lxis a M A N INCOME TAX.* gj It Won id Ral?? mm Enorm?n? Bete gu one for Che Government Without Oppressing1 Labor. Q Fortunes have so amazingly iucreased in the hands of the milhonaries; profits so stupendous have accumulat* ? ed in the hand? of standard oil mag> natfs, coal barons, railroad kings, su- ~ gar trust operators, steel and iron combiners that a good, heavy tax on in* _ comes above $10,000?the tax growing BK heavier as the income was larger? would be phenomenal iu its yield. Hi The reason why such a tax would bt So better than any we now have are suf, ficiently obvious. 1. It would put the burden on the I class most able to bpar it. 11 2. It would put the support of the 8 | administraton upon those who derive J ; the greatest benefits under the laws. 6 ' 3. It would interest the most power- * ful class iu the cause of ecouomy. J * r" 1 ?titkikn 4kan to [ IfICI1 Ilieu geu punuuiiu nucn u . know that they must foot the bills. 2 I 4. It would put the pension debt on II . the men who got rich off tiie yictoriqts , of the soldier^. B? l 5. It would discourage the accumnlotion of enormous fortunes and would afford a legal method of check- n ing the growth o.' concentrated ~~ ; wealth. \ 6. It would abolish the tariff which, ; as a system of collecting taxes,' is the i most costly, one-sided and monstrous JL, the world ever saw. be , 7. It would supplant internal reve- _ i nue taxes upon whiskey and tobacco? Ex L which subjects of taxation snould be t relegated to the States. 1 8. It would give to tax-oppressed , people all over the land a relief from ~ j the crushing burden of indirect, cow- _ t ardly and illegal taxes which are r wrung from them in the name of the r5 law for the benefit of privileged clas- x see. J The nations of Europe recoguize the _ justice 01 me income iua. P In England it yields about $60,000,- ? . 000 annually; in Austria, $12,000,000; I in Italy, $45,000,900; in Prussia, $30,- ? , 000,000.?Journal of Agriculture. ?n( ; H 1 la It Bight? jjj The fundamental principles of a c.' . system of Government- like that of vii I New Zealand are that Jj , Every one who has to obey the law (y! shall have a voice iu waking it, and in. t,,at J l Eyery one who lias to jay taxes shall m, I have a voice in saying how those taxes shall be spent. I To carry out these principle*, our cb own country has giveu a vote to every b"' one over twenty one years of age, $7 excepting criminal", lunatics, idiots, w. aliens, and women. Is it bight that your mother, your } sister, jour wife, or your daughter should be classed with crimnals and luuatlcs, or treated as aliens from a _ foreign country ? Many women have to pay taxes on real or personal property. Is it uiout that their money should be taken, and no represenwmuu giveu , them ? iu Is it Right that while the loafer, pr the gambler, the drunkard, and even ?jf the wife-beater lias a vole, earnest, j? educated, and refind women are denied oej it? Ct is it right that the saloon-keeper, ] whose hope of gain lit a iu tempting your brother or sou to indulge In hub- an its that may prove his ruin, should eg, baveavoie, while your mother, sister au or tvife, whose life is thereby made tin miserable, should be helpless in alter- ug< ingthelaw? pn is it right that the "dude," the an "masher," whose chief occupation ,pC in Jife seems to be to act as a tailor's ?h block, smoke cigaretts, and *uck the fi) end of a cape, should have a vote, nef while a woman who earns her own ftu< Ktiinnr onil it m?? lio tnila h ft ri I In " rlu6 ?mv., ? "?v ? ? c\< raautain her family, is denied it ? thi Is right thuta capable woinau wh<> Th farms her owu land, should be thought au, unfit to use a vote that is given to the pru most ignorant of her h:red men ? thi Is jt right that an educated woman q ] who can Le trusted to teach a school, jjic cannot be trusted with a vote that i* t given to the boys she lias educated t0 | before they have her years of knowl- i,rfl ege? tifli Is it right that a naturalized China- |iejj man and every other foreiglier should jl0| have a vote, while womeu born in this U8 country, educated in its seliooln, and the with a sincere love for !heir native aj land, are without a voice in the laws the under which they live ? bju Is it right that a mother who has am trained her family in fear of God, and ine who prays daily that they may be ij0i delivered from evil, should be thought 8hi unworthy of a vote that is frely given to llin l.lmmlioiliaf t llO liur MlP UPllllPPr I IIJCJ UlttOJ/UVIIiV* } ??IV *>W. I VMV wvMMvw. | and proflagate? _ if you do not think it right (hat t these tilings should be, will you help wo us ? 00 There are many ways in which y->u 110 can help. Among others, you can try y to educate your friends in this matter, ma aud especially you can ask your repre- Wfc sentative iu the Legislature and in Qes Congress whether they will support woman sufferage, irresptclive of party politics' mei Remember it Is no new thing. It has ma been before the country for forty years, rest ' Aiauy thousands ot women nave jhjii- unc tioned for it. rid Is it kigiit that Legislatures should tict set questions of party above questions the of justice? ren CisVYTG k/V/J.AUl all over the splendid line of { roceries . . ; ;4L BUYERS." niii. JO8E FIGURES oo COAL, lo round low, I STABLES [>r nlgbt. ;ory! and the CELEBRATED STUDEBAKER i8. intee GOODS and PRICES, and cordially ar lnapectlon of oar slock. CHMOND & DANVILLE RAILROAD iuxl ai knock. 7. W. Hoidxkopkk tad Bkuku Foarn, Bmnu, . OLUMBIA AND OBEENVILLK DI?I8I03. Condensed schedule In ftteet Aug. 18,1608. BETWEEN ANDBB80N, BELT03 AND GBEENVILLE. Dtlly. Dftllv. ~ No. 11. STATIONS. Wo. 18. ' 306pm Lv_And?-r*on_Ar \2 07 pm 400pm Lr....B?lU>n_Ar 11 Stktn ft 15pm Ar.6reeBville.Lv 10 16ua TWEEN CHARLESTON. COLUMBIA, SENECA AND W ALU ALL A. x-d. D?ilr. ~ Daily." 'iScnT .ast No. 11 STATIONS. Mo. 11 No. Wf 7 80dm Lt.? b?rle?ton.Ar 8 45pm 8 45pm II 80tm Lv..ColomM?.Ar 4 16pm 8 00pm l.*?m 1208pm Lt...AUtoo.. Ar 8 80pm 1 l&prn 00am 18 50pm Lr_Nf wbrrry._Ar 8 89i>n. 10 00?in 90pm 2 IKpm LY.8lnoty-8lr.Ar 1 8ii m T 40am l^>m 2 87pm AiOreenvood.Lv 13 66pm 7 OOtin 00am 8 37pm Lv. Greenwood Ar 12 SSpm 8 30pm 45am 8 00pm Lr... Hudm* ?Ar 12 85pm 7 45pm 90*m 8 SOptn Lv...Don?ldt_Ar 1214pm 7 OOprn ' 65?u) 3 35put LT.UoneaPKUi.Ar 1206pm 6 80pm M? JU I . M iuIamm Ar II lbm B Mm 15ptn 4 6Kpm LT.Pendleton.Ar 10 86am 8 66pm 15iiin 5 85pm Lr..Seneca. ..Ar 10 00am 110pm OOpra 0 06pm Ar. Walballa. Lt 9 80am 12 80pm B 16pm Ar.QrernTlito.LT H> 15am ITWEEN CHARLESTON, COLUMBIA, ALSTON AND SPARTANflDBS. Si*; Da?7 Dally. IHIIy. o. 16. No. 18. STATIONS. No. 14. So. IB. 7 80am LT.Cbarieaton.Ar 8 45pm 11 30am Lv_Columbla._Ar 8 46pui 12 15pm Lt.._ Alaton ..Ar 8 00|kd I 47pm Lt Union....Ar 180pm 20pm 8 lOprn LvSpartanbaryAr lt 80?m 5 00pm lgpin 6 40pu> Ar. Aaheville.LT 8 18pm 210pm IT WEES NEWBEBBT, CLINTON AND LAUBENB. . Bun. No. 16. | STATIONS. | Kt. Bon. No.!?. II 20atn Lv_Colnmbl* Ar 4 16pm 1 00pm Ly_NewbmyrAr IS 80pm 2 16pm LT.?Clinton..?Ar 11 lObm 2 fiOnm Ar...Ijnren*...Lv 10 40sn> ! I 2 r? T"?? gfln BETWEEN HODGES AND'ABBEVILLE. idly. I Dally. I j~l>?llr. I Dally. o. ?. I So. 11.1 STATIONS. |No. JO. I Wo. 12 tOpm 8 06pm|LT...Hod$es__Ar 2 66piii 1> 25ptn 15pin 3 40pm|Ar.. Abbeville. Lt 990ton|ll flQam >NNEOTIONS via ?=OUTIl BOUND 1UILBOAD Dally. Dally. i No, 87. Central TlUie. No, 88 | I 3 80pni, Lv? Columbia.. Ar 10 2tain I H00pm|Ar,a?yttnnth..wV < 00?m ion. 18 an<l 14 are solid tralra between Cbarleatoa / . 1 Ashevllle. rhrougb coacli between Savann.ib and A?herUla oa a. 14 and 13. via South Bound U. R. ["rains leave Spartanbarp. 8. d, A. * C. Division.* rthboaml, 12.22 a. m_ 0. fl p. m? 812 p. m (Yeatlled Limited); SotilbMOnd, 1.85 a in.. 3.0o p. m. 87 a. m. (Vestlbuled Limited); Westbound w. N. Division, 6.20 p. m. and $.10 P for Uecdersonle, Asht*vllle and Hot Sprin?*. ["rrlns leave Greenville. 8. P., A. A C. Division rtbboand 1198 p. m.. 4.06 p m., and 633 p. m. esilbnled Limited); Southbound, 2.28 a. ?n? AOS p, , 12,28 p, m. (Vestlbuled Limited), fralns leave Senrca, 8 0., A. * C. DIvIsIob, North ind, 10.15 p. m. and 2.3T p. m., Souibbunnd, 8.40 a and 5.45 p. m. PULLMAN CAB SERVIC E. 'ullman Sleeping Cars on N<<1.18 and 14 between arleatun and Aabuvlllr, via Columbia and Spartan> 'ullman Palace Sleeping Car on Tralna 85 and 84 and TW <>n A. * C. Division. A. TUBE. 8. n. nAP.DWICK, Gen'J Paw. Agent. Au't Gen'l Pw. Aft., Waehluuton, D. C. Atlanta, Gt ? r. E. McBEK, SOL HAAS, Gen. Superintendent, Traffic Manater, Colombia. 8. O. *Va?hlngton. D. 0 W. H, GREEN! Gen'J M*r., Wuhlngton, D. C. A Sabbath Morning Payer in the Home. 0 Almighty Faather, who dweliun the Jtgnt wnicn no man can ap oaeh unto, look upon us in tbefaoev. Thy blessed Son, who bore our sins His own body on the tree, and re- ' " * [ve us giaciously,* Tor sake of Jesus irist our Saviour. V$any and great bave been the favors 3towed on Thy unworthy servauts d on those belonging unto us. O, jse us see and feel Thy goodness in that Thou hast given, and in all. it Thou hast denied or taken from We praise Thee for our creation, nervation, and for^ii the comforts d blessings of this present life, biu re especially for the grace of our rietiau calling in Christ Jesus, for y long-suft'eriug mercy and forgiveis, for the knowledge of Thy truth ii will, and far tbe blessed hope of blasting life. We bless Thee for a holy day;for Thy holy Church; fur y holy word; for the house of prayer i the communion of saints; and lythat all the means of grace may g day minister to our spiritual good, ^ord, command Thy bleedings upon m, even life tor evermore. Jive Thy blessing, we beseech The?, the schools, that all children may be u? .... :.. ?i.~ .. i I ugui uu ill iuc nurture huh auLLiuuii) of the Lord. And grant, 0 ivenly Father, that all we of this jsehold may ever, as far as in lits, promote Thy glory, ant! a piritual as well hs temporgood of all now in this place ; it Thy name may he hallowed, Thy igdom come, and Thy will be done ong us as it is in heaven, for Thy . rcy'8 sake, through Jenus Christ our rd. Amen.?From "Home WorP." ? * - - luman feelings arc the same the rid over, and the human heart has dialect, no complexion, no caste, coachman, uo credit, no cards. Ve are doiug a great deal toward king ourselves old and uuly when give way to worry and fretful' j. -A farmer who tried the experf. ut of rubbing the hide of an ani1 with a raw ouiou reports that the jit was to rid the animal of lice, I is believed that onions will serveto animals of all such pests as lice, ;s, fleas, etc., the difficulty being labor of application of the ledy. * ,