The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, September 12, 1894, Image 4
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The Press and Banner
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
IgyPublished every Wednesday at
S2 a year in advance.
Mr. ROSWELL T. LOGAN, of Charleston,
1b not authorized to take advertisements lor
this newspaper.
Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1894.
Redeeming Feature.
One redeeming feature In the conduct of the
News and Courier may be found in the fact
that It always devotes at least one day in the
year to the boosting of the State, and to the
advertising of the business interests of the
city of Charleston. About the flrBt of September
in each year, it, for a day at least, lays
aside its persistent efforts to bring the people
of South Carolina luto ridicule and lor tnat
length of time ceases its labors to bring
tbe officers of tbe State Into public contempt.
For that much of surcease from grumbling
and faultfinding tbe wbole Stale ought to be
profoundly gratelul.
Since that paper started its warfare against
tbe "Tbree-for-a-Quarter Statesmen" it bas
shown little sympathy with the mass of tbe
people living outside of tbe city of Charleston.
During that period tbe vials of wrath
have been opened on tbe popular candidates
for office, and even the best efforts of the legally
constituted officers of the State have
failed to escape the censure and condemnation
of that paper.
For the advancement of the Interests of
that city, little or nothing has been done, except
to array the people of Charleston against
tbe country people, and in turn to alienate
country friends and customers of that paper
and of that city.
In tbe trade Issue tbe News and Courier
proves conclusively that tbe city still has some
commercial Importance despite tbe almost
dally efforU of that paper to alienate the people
from the city.
The report goes to show that neither Tillman
nor tbe News and Courier can destroy
that old city which bas survived tbe male,
dictions of Tillman and tbe warfare of their
own newspaper.
Alter the death of Mr. Selgllng, and when
Mr. Simons was elected President ol the
News and Courier Company, the report was
gladly received that that paper would henceforth
cease its blind warfare on tbe people
whose friendship was worth more than their
111-wlll, and whose patronage 1b of advantage
both to tbe city and to Its newspaper.
Tbe report being that the paper would
henceforth be conducted on a fair and liberal
plain, without compromising any principle,
was grateful intelligence to a public
which was tired and wearied with so muob
fault-finding, and to whom :he never-oeaslng
accusations, and expressed dislike for tbe public
officers, was alike Irritating and disagreeable.
If the News and Courier Company under its
new president^ has been waiting for a suitable
opportunity to align itself with tbe people ol
South Carolina, or to show Its friendship
for them, it can now do so ? beginning
with tbe reoent trade issue, which Is a marvel
of reportorlal and typographical excellence,
abounding in valuable statistical and historical
information which tbe public could nowhere
else find.
Tbe country people do not expect, and do
not ask tbe News and Courier to espouse their
cause. *
But tbe respectable ooun try people do desl re
and have a rlgbt to expect tbat that paper
will treat them with at least tbe consideration
tbat is given to lawless liquor selling
people of Charleston.
Let tbe News and Courier be faft to every
one and publish a newspaper for all tbe people
of South Carolina.
L?t tbe News and Courier stand to its honest
oonyictions forever, but let it not forget
that tbe oountry people are sensible and honest,
and will likely stick to tbelr convictions,
until tbelr sense is appealed to, and until
their reason is convinced to another way of
thinking.
Let tbe News and Courier not forget that
the country people are both sensltlveand susceptible.
Tbey receive malignant darts with
resentment, and tbey honor and love tbe
opposing newspaper which treats them
with fairness and civility. Then If the News
and Courier would show itself friendly, even
those who disagree with it in prlnoiple,
wuuiu rvaptrck na priuuipiea kuu uuuor ma
paper.
While we do not doubt that the lawless element
of Charleston fully and thoroognly endorse
all that the News and Courier may say
In oontempt for the dispensary law and In
ridicule of the officers of the State, as chosen
by the people, yet we believe It is a fact that
It ! not the beat Journalism to adopt a course
whlcb Is offensive to convictions of right?as
seen by the country at large, and to which the
beat and most conservative element of the
Antl-Tiliman faction oannot give hearty approval.
Blackguarding or ridiculing the Reform
leaders appeals to nobody'a reason, and haa
no other effect than to deatroy the respect
for the newspaper which adopts bo unwise and
ao suicidal a course.
If thoae people who differed from the News
and Courier were treatea with more respect,
that paper would have more friends, and its
power for usefulness would be Increased a
thousand-fold.
The people everywhere In South Carolina
want to subscribe for the News and Courier,
and will do ao If the new company or the old
editor?whose ability is doubted by none?will
only adopt a Just, a reasonable, a sensible,
a respectful, and a proper course of
treatment toward country people and political
opponents.
No Intelligent man, with an bonest heart,
In South Carolina objects to an editor differing
from him, if the difference of opinion li
respectfully expressed. But the editor who is
disrespectful, losses public patronage, and beoomes
a Are brand, rather than an arbiter of
peace and a counseller ol wisdom.
Notwithstanding the fact that the News
and Courier has needlessly and uselessly offered
editorial Insult, and added malignant
vituperation in Its headlines, there are
many thousand people in South Carolina
to-day who wish 'to subscribe for the
weekly, and hundreds who wish to sub.
crlbe for the dally?and would do so?If the
News and Courier could rise to the dignity ot
publishing a newspaper, which 1b fair to all,
and which would malign none. Vituperation
and abuse are quite different things from the
defense of principle and the proclaiming of
good doctrine, to which none?friend or foewould
object.
"Belonged to tbe Best Famine*."
The Atlanta Evening Journal says :
"Ed. Hooks Is one of the best known young
men in Atlanta; is a member of a very
prominent family, and moved in the best
ciroles socially."
The young man named 1b charged with tak.
ing?o,uw(-i money oeionging n? iub u.. v. o>
N. Railway, and was put in prison.
Theobjeet In copying the paragraph Is to
direct attoDtion to a common statement
wblc h is generally made whenever orlme
has been committed.
Frc^i the frequent statements as to the
exoelieot toclal position of young men who
go wrong, It.would seem that the "best famlilles"
furnish a large per cent of untrustwor"
thy young men.
We seldom Bee any account of any plain*
every day youug man going wrong. It Is
most frequently the "respectable" and "prom
lnent" people who cannot be trusted to ban.
die other people's money. Beneath all this
there may be a lesson, If you can make It
out.
Don't send away to get your printing done.
. It can be well done,and cheaply done, In Abbeville.
l*o|?e anil .Moon.
There are now two independent candidates
for Governor of South Carolina?Pope and
Moon of Newberry.
It uiay be that one or the other will receive
the vote of Abbeville, but we don't believe it.
Dr. Pope received four votes in the recent
primary iu this county, and it is hardly to
be expected that he can beat the regular nominee.
Mr. Moon's strength is an unknown quantity,
as our people never beard of him until
lately.
Nearly all of our men voted in the primary,
and are pledged to support the nominees.
As yet we see no evidence that the indepen
dent movement which Senator Butler's
frlend6 started, has any strength in Abbeville
county. Our people don't kDOW who Issued
the call for the organization of t he Independent
movement, and we presume care nothing
about It one way or the other.
Educational.
When contemplating the sending of your
son or your daughter to college, be sure to examine
the advertising columns of the Press
and Banner, where the advertisements of the
best institutions of the country are sure to be
found, namely:
Columbia Female College;
Erskine College;
Due West Female College;
South Carolina College ;
Wofford College;
Davidson College;
Presbyterian College at Clinton ;
Greenville Female College;
Abbeville Graded School;
Wintbrop State Normal College. tf.
THE BUSINESS 00TL00K.
*
Tbe Bent Prospect for Bufilnem Ever
Known In tbe History or the C'oun*
try.
Abbeville Is not alone in her bright prospects
for a large trade this winter. Tbe news
of enlarged and quickened trade comes from
every quarter of tbe State, but we are speaking
particularly of Abbeville.
Tbe prospects were never better. Large
areas have been planted, and the expense in- J
curred was perhaps less than was ever assumed
Id the production of any crop.
The large area In corn has been wonderfully
productive, and It seems almost certain
that we will harvest this Fall the largest crop
which we have gathered since the war.
The cotton Is as good as the land will make,
and a bale to the acre is not remarkable.
The abundant rains have given us the best
grass and the best grazing that was ever
known In Abbeville. With good pastures we
have lat cattle and fat horses aud mules. Immense
quantities of grass and bay will be
gathered and stored away for winter use. Of
course everybody knows that tlie grass and
hay ought to be gathered as soon as the seed
1b ripe, and before the lrost falls.
So much for the country. The town is on
the greatest boom ever known to our people.
Preparations for increased business and increased
capital are to be seen on every hand,
and the coming of first-class merchants, with
Immense stocks, is the best evidence of a
hopeful outlook for Abbeville.
No town in South Carolina has a more
solid or a more hopeful outlook.
GREENWOOD SPLINTERS.
Gathered Together aud Pot In a Pile
by PylA.
Greenwood, S. C., Sept. 4,1891.
Mr. Edward C. Rice of Charleston is on a
visit to his parents at Ninety-Six. We are
glad to learn that he stands so high with his
firm, J. E. B. Sloan, cotton commission merchant
and agent for the Edlsto Fertilizer Company.
\l?a Vllioholh V I p lr 1 PC of f.hA MnnntT.eb
anon neighborhood near Ninety-Six, died
August 31, after an illness of several weeks.
Sbe leaves one son and two daughters 10
mourn their loss. Sbe was In her eightieth
year and had been lor forty years or more a
consistent member of the Mount Lebanon
church.
Mr. Thos. R. Davis of Columbia bas opened
up a line of boots and shoes In tbe new brick
store next to tbe post office.
Mr. H. L. Watson of Puoenlx Is clerking for
Messrs, Lee & Co .druggist.
Tbe Abbeville Baptist Association meets at
Mount Morlab, Tuesday, September 18tb.
Rev. E. A. Wilkes of Parksvllle, Is assisting
tbe pastor Rev. Mr. Watson, in tbe protracted
meeting at tbe Greenwood Methodist cburcb.
Mrs.Prof. Blake of Greenwood Is 111 wttb
fever.
Tbe Harrel8onville Literary Association
will meet next Friday nigbt at tbe residence
of Mr. M. A. Fellers. Visitors are cordially
Invited to attend. . N. O. Pyles.
BIRTH DAY PARTY.
ABHembling
of Pretty Young: Ladles,
Who were Very Happy.
Miss Ollie Mcllwalne gave a birth day party
at bome last Saturday, to wblcbqultea
number of ber young friends were invited,
and who came and spent an afternoon in Innocent
and unalloyed pleasure. Tbe pretty
hostess was tbe reolplentof many nice presents
while sbe received many manifestations
of friendship and tbe hearty good wishes of
all her friends, who have been ever loyal and
true to her.
When occasion permits parents should always
contribute to the happiness of their
children, and when innocent pleasure Is pronnooH
i hov ahnnlH wnmnrflcfi and riftt. rftHLfiiin
It. There Is but a sbort interval between
thoughtless and happy childhood aud the
cares and anexieties of womanhood and manhood.
For this reason, let the children be
happy while they may. The duties and responsibilities
of life will soon come to lake
tne place of the exuberance of youth and the
Joy of innocent childhood. Let the little
boys and girls tvave their birth day parties
and enjoy delightful romps and interesting
plays.
NEAKING COMPLETION.
Rosenberg's Block or New .Stores on
the Dendy Corner.
The laying of the brick on the new stores
for Messrs. P. Rosenberg & Co. on the Dendy
corner has been about finished, and preparations
are now being made for the roof, which
it is expected, will be put on this week.
The stores will be an ornament to the town,
and the new business houses which will be
opened there will be in attractive feature of
tbe business Interests of the town.
The Messrs. Posenberg & Co. are doing much
to improve the town and their valuable property
in different parts of the public square
will stand as monuments to thelrpubllcsplrit
and enterprising push when they and this
generation shall havcpassed away.
Hon. B. C. Pressley, ex-Judge of the
Court of General Sessions, First District,
died at bis borne in Summerville,
S. C., September 5,1894, aged 8U
years.
Mr. Pressley frequently tended tbe
Methodist church during the years of
our pastorate of the church in Summerville,
aud often closed worehip
with an earnest prayer. He was a devout
Christian?a member of the
Baptist Church. All remembrances of
him are pleasing.
Australia is a country without orphans
or an orphanage. Every waif
is taken to the receiving house, where
it is kept until a country home is found
for it.
The most dangerous counterfeit of
United Btates money discovered for
years is announced from the Treasury
Depaatmenr. It is a $10 bill.
The Society of Friends of North
Carolina, convened in annual session
at High Point, recently ; over 5,000
Quakers were present.
The great Ocean Grove (Methodist)
Auditorium, just dedicated in New
Jersey is the largest evangelical audience
room in the world.
There is no sin that drags men down
against which the Bible is not filled
with vjarnings.
Don't send away to get your printing done.
It can be well pone, and cheaply done In Abbeville.
Patronize borne Industry. I'ralronize
home merchants. Spend your money at
home.
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WEST END.
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I Happening* nnd Incidents of a Week
Arunutl the t'lty.
I Rev. Mr. Murray, President of Clinton Col!
lege, Clinton, S. C., preached morning and
eveniog In the Presbyterian church last Sunday.
while here Mr. Murray waB the guest of
Mr. W. A. Templeton.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Smith entertained a
number of young people last Monday evening
at a tea, given in honor of Miss Izie Bration.
The election for Intendents and Wardens
of our little city came off last Monday, and
as there was only one ticket in the field the
vole was small. The following gentlemen
were elected for the ensuing term :
Inteudent?R. M. Hill.
Wardens?J. C. Klugh, J. E. Corrle, James
Taggart, James Chalmers.
A well selected ticket, and satisfactory to
all.
The Graded School building is being cleaned
and renovated throughout, and will be in
"apple pie" order tor the opening of the Fall
session which begins next Monday, the 17th
inst. Parents, remember the date and send
your children on the very first day of school,
as u is much easier for a child to keep up with
its class than to catch up.
Mrs. E. K. Allen is having her residence al- J
tcred and Improved. Another story will be!
added and many other changes made.
Rev. Dr. Bays Is at home once more after a
a month's vacation. He Is himself again and
will preach to his flock in the Court House
until the additions to the church are completed.
There will be prayer-meeting in the
Court Houi>e to-night.
Mr. A. Coheu, oar new merchant, spent
Sunday in Atlanta. He returned Monday accompanied
by bis wife. For the present Mr.
and Mrs. Cohen will board at the New Horel.
If you want to And out Just bow mean you
are, run for office. If on the other hand, you
desire to know If there is the least good In
you?well, you will have to die to find that
out.
Mr. G. A. Vasanska has purchased from Mr.
Aug. W. Smith the residence In which be
now lives. Mr. Smith will move soon to bis
place where Mr. J S. Stark now lives.
Don't talk in cburcb, during services any
way. You have six whole days for conversation,
and a large part of Sunday, and it disturbs
those who go to church to listen to the
sermon and prayers and the singing, and,
then it very often annoys the preacher. So
don't!
Miss Ellen Parker will entertain her friends
to-night in her lovely home. Miss Parker always
entertains in a charming manner. The
young people are anticipating a most delightful
evening.
Mrs. K. M. Haddon and her daughter, Miss
Belle, have returned from the North, where
they have been for several weeks.
Miss Elese Haskell, of Atlanta, and Miss
Sophie Haskell are the guests of Miss Lucia
Parker.
Mess. L. W. White, M. T. Coleman. J. G.
Edwards, A. B. Ed wards and R. M. Haddon
are back from the Northern markets, and the
new goods have begun to roll in.
Miss Elese Wbitner, of Anderson, has been
on visit to her triend, Miss Lucia McGowan.
for the past few days,
Mr. Tbos. Parker, who has been attending
the Harvard University during the past winI
ter, returned last week to spend two weeks
| with bis parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Parker.
Miss Lizzie Parker and Miss Frost, of
Charleston, are the guests o( their cousin,
Miss Lucia Parker.
. Mr. J. Allen Smith, jr., left last Monday for
[ the Washington and Lee University, vo.
A very delightful euchre party was given
by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Parker on Tuesday
night.
Several of our young folks are Indebted to
Mr. aud Mrs. F. E. Harrison for a most delightful
evening last Friday. "Whist" was
the order of the evening, with delicious re
I*CftUUiCU wi.
Mr. D. Wyatt Aiken spent last Monday In
the city.
Miss Lula Hughes Is at home again after a
two weeks stay in Sumter wltb her sister,
Mrs. Henry M. Huntley.
We give below the names of the teachers in
the Graded School for the ensuing term, with
the grades they will teach:
Principal?Prof. B. P. Bailey.
1st Grade Miss Parks.
2nd and 3rd Grades Miss Templeton.
4ih Grades Miss Sullivan.
5th Grade Miss Edwards.
tftb and 7ih Grades Miss Hubbard.
8tb and 9tb Grades Miss Wicker.
10th and 11 tb Grades Prof. B. F. Bailey.
ALL SORTS.
Troy's Ten C'np? and Tlinely Table
Talk.
Troy, S. C.. Sept. 6.1894.
Protracted services in the Methodist and
Baptist churches closed yesterday. Rev. H.
C. Burton was assisted by Dr. Forester, of
Greenwood, and Rev. J. G. Price by Rev. J. F.
Anderson, of Fountain Inn, Greenville county,
S. C.
Rev. H. C. Burton's dwelling house was accidentally
burned last Friday night at McCormick.
He will move here Id a few days
and occupy Mr. G. M. Slberts house.
Dr. J._B. Mosley is in town.
Miss Daisy Jay, or ureenwooa, is visuing
her sister, Mrs, O. G. Prentiss.
Mr. Jim Bradley, ot Abbeville, is tl?e guest
of Mr. Renwlck Bradley.
Mr. J. F. Wldeman 1b at High Point, Fla.,
In tbe Interests of bis phosphate works.
Mrs. Sam Eaken and little Edgar, of Abbeville,
spent last week tn town.
Mr. Charlie Kennedy leaves this week for
Richmond, Va., to enter the medical college
there.
Mrx. W. P. Kennedy and Miss Almaand Mr.
Doc Kennedy and wife, spent several days at
Eden Hall last week with Mr. J. C. Keundy's
family.
Where Is the school for next year? or we
should say tbe teachers?
Mrs. James Wilson, of Ninety-Six, Is vlsltlnK
Mrs. J. C. Tittle.
An Infant of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Davis was
burled here in the cemetery yesterday.
Mr. Sumter Chatham and Mr. Hughes, of
Ninety-Six, and Mr. Walter Harling, of EdgeHeld,
were In town last week.
Dr. W. B. Mlllwee, of Greenwood, spent last
Friday in town.
The. A. R. P. church is to be repainted before
tbe meeting of Synod.
There was quite an enjoyable sociable at
Mr. J. W. Mullinux one night last week.
Rev. T. W. Sloan will lecture In Georgia on
the 19th Inst., on the ' Old World."
There has been seven bales of cotton sold
up to date.
Miss Mamie Dowtln spent last week In our
town.
Dr. C. H. Wldeman, of Calhoun Falls, is
spending tbe summer with his father, Mr. J.
H. Wideman.
The surveyors are In town. Nick.
EAST END.
HI a Till k on People huU Thlntctt iu
nml About the Old Fort{
Ninety Six, S. C., Sept. 10, lSJM,
I hardly know bow to beglu this morning.
News is scarce.
To-tnorrow will be election day and the fate
of our candidates will soon be determined.
Nothing that I could say for any of tbem
would do any good, but 1 am satisfied that
whoever is elected will fulfill the duties of
their offices well.
Q,uite a select crowd of our friends recently
visited Harris Lithla Springs. They were
Miss Louise Tompkins, Miss Bettle Martin,
Miss Bessie Rook aud Mrs. Eason, of Charleston.
Escorts?The Hon. J. T. Duncan, of
Newberry, the Hon. J. G. Adams, of Edgefield,
and the Hon. T. S. Blake, of Abbeville.
Chaperoned by Mrs. D.H.Tompkins, of Edgefield.
Mrs. J.C. Bates of Florida who has been
_.i ? ? ...1,1. H?., U 1/
spenuiu*: nuiucumc Y?n,u uoi mowi una, A>, i .
McCaslan lei t for her home last Friday.
Mr. K. 11. Call'oua wan taken violently sick
with congestion lust Friday night.
Miss Ilosa Plowderi, one of Greenwood's
prettiest girls. Is visiting her cousin Miss Annie
Blake.
Miss Lucia Calhoun, one of the belief? of
Johnston's, Is staying a few days with Miss
Lilly Calhoun.
The farmers en mass determined to pay
only 80 cents per hundred pounds for picking
cotton. Who will be the first man to fake
the contract.
Lank Oakfield, a respectable colored man
of this community, died last Saturday.
For the benefit of those concerned, I will
state that the public schools will not begin
until the first Monday lu November, and no
inoDey can be paid out for teaching until after
that time. If trustees pay out money for
leaching in September and October they
violate the law.
Our farmers are bucy now with the pea vine
I crop.
Ata meeting of the old war veterans last
Saturday evening It was decided to call our
camp, the J. Foster Marshall camp. We tiave
DOW nuy memoersauu an ycicmnn mo eumeBtly
requested to put their names on roll.
Mr. William Calhoun ot Greenwood was
down last week.
The party al MIrb Lll Calhoun's was a decided
succesB. Everybody who attended enjoyed
It.
The Hon. R. E. Hill was down last week
looking after delinquents.
Several bales ol new cotton have been received.
Miss Marlon Klnard has taken the school in
Cow Grove. Miss Klnard is emmlnently
qualified, and the patrons have done well to
secure her services.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Reld, of Dyson, burled
their infant daughter at our cemetery on last
Thursday. She was a beautiful child and our
dear friends have our warmest sympathy.
Dr. T. W. Childe8 of Greenville attende. the
l meeting of the veterans last Saturday.
Capt. J. N. King is at home for a few days.
He has been absent for sometime building
bridges. East Eud.
Patronize home Industry. Patronize
home merchauUi. Spend your money at
home.
THE SECOND PRIMARY.
Election of Probate Jndice, Supervisor,
and Ncbool Coraml**loner.
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Prob'te |'County I CornJudge.
IS'p'rv'r; mis;
11 j sloner.
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Abbeville No. 1 SO, 136 16) 1 |
Abbeville No. 2 110 , 64 80, 92 ......
Lebanon 63 8 10i 62 i 66| 6 , i
Donalds 83 69 , 42: 110 110 ; 40 t
Nlnety-Sls 16i 96; ,
Hodges 1 79 34 !
Greenwood ! 114 221: 1291 181 i
Verdery ~~j 10 28 | ; ,
Tr^'.6^...491 60! "20! "*65 "?|"'?
McCormicK j 67, Mi, 30| 98| 98: 38 ,
miewest ?? -?u| vi ^
I Mt. Carmel I ?5! 87 31. 62 84, 9
Lowndesville | 96 74' 54 114 j 120j 4S '
Means Cnapel 33 j
Hampton 44 22 ' 53 18 45i 28
Mountain View 49 8. 11 44 | 55
stony Point 2 43
Cedar springs 3?; 0; 6 36 33i 10
Long Cane 70; 13 18 04;! 7?j 2 ,
Total Ill09!1065,': 513j 908| 714; 224 1
We give the above figures, being all that we
knew of tbe election last night. 1
The boxes to hear from, It Is conceded, will
give a majority for HU1 for Probate Judge.
The second primary for Probate Judge,
County Supervisor, and School Commissioner
came off yesterday.
Tbe vote as far as received at this office Indicate,
that tbe interest was general throughout
the county, and It is thought when all the !
boxes are heard from that there will be very
little, if any, falling off from the vote at the
first election.
Tbe interest at Abbeville, as at other places j
centered on the Probate Judge's election, and <
considerable feeling was gotten up at this
place during the progress of the voting, and
frequently votes were changed from one side
to the other. The friends of the candidates j
worked energetically and vigorously for their ,
favorite.
Judge Lyon was tbe only Antl who ran in
tbe election this year, and he sought re-elec- i
lion to the office which he has held continuously
since 1870. While he was an Antl in
principle, yet he was always conservative,
and never meddled with politics In any way?
not even committing himself on the new
county question. His conservative course,
his courtesy to every body in his official and
private intercourse, together with his un- i
questioned ability rendered blm very popular
with the people.
Mr. R. E. Hill, the succssful candidate for <
Probate Judge, is one oi tbe best qualified |
men in the county. He is the son of tbe late
William Hill, who held the office for some
sixteen or seventeen years before and during
the war. During Republican rule he was j
displaced by tbe Republicans.
In 1876, when the Democratic party organized,
William Hill and J. F. Lvon werecandi- 1
dates for election to tbe office of Probate
Judge, Lyon being the successful candidate,
and who has held tbe office ever since.
By a strange turn of fortune's wheel. Mr.
R. E. Hill, son of William Hill who was defeated
in 1876 by Judge Lyon for the office of
Probate Judge, now in 1894 defeats Judge ,
L.yon ror tne name omce.
Captain JotiH Lyon, It is thought, will be <
elected County Supervisor, and thai Mr. W.
T. Mil ford will be elected Scbool Commission- <
er.
One incident which excited feeling and In- i
terest was the appearance on oar streets of <
backs with banners, full of voters from tbe ;
railroad shops. This acted like a red flag,
and the Incident occasioned renewed efforts <
to counteract the solid voter, thus brought to <
tbe polls.
Good order prevailed throughout tbe day. '
The interest was so sharp that some of our I
oldest citizens and original Democrats had
tbeir right to vote challenged, and their ballots
were received under protest.
Because of an unfortunate occurrence, the
original club roll of club No. 1 was lost. The j
secretaries In making out the list from memory
forgot to enroll some of the members, 1
and tbe fact that tbe roll was lost was not I
known to the members. Among the uames
which was omitted were Judise S. McGowan,
W. C. McGowan, P. 8. Rutledge. J. S. FIsb- i
er. The votes of Judge McGowan and W. C.
McGowan, for this reasou were received under
protest.
These gentlemen were original Democrats,
who have always been connected with the
club. Atone time Mr. McGowan was president
of the club, an acted as tecretary at tbe
recent reorganization.
Effective.
An old woman in Dr Todd's famous
New England church kept a small
grocery store, and it was currently reported
she was dishonest in her dealings
with the few townspeople who
bought of her. On Sunday Dr Todd
preauueu a puwt imi sci muu num iuc
text, "False weights are an abomination
unto the Lord."
The old woman was much roused
by this sermon. She was trying to tell
an old acquaintance about it.
"A very powerful discourse, Maggie.
Ah, but he came down upon the sinners
! It would ha' done your heart
good to hear him."
"What was the sermon about?
What wa9 the text ?"
"Ah, I cannot remember the text.
But it was about weights and measures
and groceries and balances."
"But what was the subject ? What
was tne theme of the discourse?"
"Oh, the theme. I don't know.
But this I do know, Maggie. I went
right home and burned my half
bushel !,"
No Discrimination in the Bullet,
The firing upou the mobs in the
West at the time of the strike shows
how innocent lives are sacrificed by
this barbarous method of bringing
about order. When on the 8th ult. the
Second .Regiment fired and twelve
persons were killed, but two of them
were of the strikers; the others were
lookers on, one was guarding property,
one a boy, the others apparently passing
by.
A ? n iwvHtur fit*inor turn u'nmpn Wfiro
Xll UUV/lUVt lllltlg V TV V T? ? %..w
shot, oue who was on the roof of
house.
Again at Danville, III., two innocent
women were killed and two men fatally
wounded.
In 1877 when there was a similar riot
and over twenty-five persons were killed,
there were no worklngmen among
the slain.?The Peacemaker. \
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A few days before the adjournment,
Sentor Peft'er and a representative
from Kansas introduced a joint resolution
into the Senate and House,
authorizing the Secretary of War to
I lend two cannon to a Kansas County
' for five years. Some time ago there
j was a plan proposed for securing at
I least partial irregation of the arid regions
of Kansas, but for some reason it
' was not realized. In default of this it
is the plan now of the members to
j make the effort to get as many guns as
I possible located over the state for the
I rv.irnnua r\f in/ln/tincr ro i n fo 11 TllAU in
j j;uip/oo w* ju?.uv.ufe m, ..wj ... .
i sist that the concussion theory for iui
ducing rainfall is the best, that it is!
! more simple and less expensive than
| the plan of constructing irrigation,
I ditiches, that it is more easily done
! and results are secured more quickly, j
At a meeting of the American For-J
! estry Association the fact was made,
; public that the demand for paper is do-'
; ing more than auy other one thing to;
destroy the American forests. Wood i
j pulp has come to be the great enemy ;
of our woodlands, the manufacturers
utilizing 50 per cent, of all the sprucei
logs cut in the United States, ana the j
demand for this article of commerce
consumes 500 acres per day.
China's standing army numbers300,-J
0W men to Japan's 73,000. Japan has;
theadvantage, however, of having the
better navy, and both American and
English officers are in her army.
I Over 1,000,000 French women were'
made widows and 3,000,000 French |
children were made fatherless by Napoleon's
campaigns.
Perfect Tlironjfli Su florin;;.
Frauk Carr was a young clergyman.
He was well educated, sincere, and
anxious to do his duty. He called
regularly upon the members of his!
congregation; he studied hard, and!
gave much thought and time to the
composition of his sermons.
At the end of two years, however,
he felt that neither bis sermons nor
his visits had brought him closer to
his people. His own life had been
prosperous and happy, and when
death or trouble came to a house, and
he tried to give consolation, he felt
awkward and out of place.
His flock admired his sermons, and
boasted of them as fine literary efforts,
but he did not know that any word
which he had spoken had really touched
or elevated a human soul.
He was young; his life was fulland
complete ; he had a wife aud
child whom he loved, a happy home
and hosts of friends.
Suddenly, as lightning out of a
clear 9ky, a blow fell upon him. His
child, a boy two years old sickened
and died in a few hours.
The young minister was stunned.
His grief seemed to him so great that
none had ever before been like it in
the world. Underneatn mis gnei was|
a sullen amazement, a feeling almost
of rage against God.
As time passed he grew stronger,
and was able once more to preach to
his flock. But it seemed as if he spoke
with a new voice and a new language.
He had been down in the depth*, and
there stood face to face with God. In
the darkness of his great grief he had
groped for the hand of his Heavenly
Father, and had found it.
His words moved the people with a
great power. No man heard him
speak that day who did not feel that
he bad helped nis soul.
A year later Mr. C'arr left the village,
and did ^ot return to it until he was
a gray-haired old man.
When he came back and stood again
over the grave of his flrst-born son,
for whom he had never ceased to
mourn, he knew what had softened
his nature and brought him close to
bis fellows.
"I know now why this grief came
to me," he said, as he turned away.
However young we may be, into
every life comes some time the question
: "Why has God sent me this
pain?" s
Earlier or later we read the answer
in our own lives or the lives of those
whom we have influenced, for ill or
for good.
Finding Rent.
(Prof. Drunimood.)
If anyone is restless, there is a cause
for it. There is no use of reading books
arof longing for rest in order to get it.
We shall not read loug in the New
Testament till we find how to get rest.
Christ says : "Learn of nie . . and
ye shall find rest." If we learn of him
we shall find rest at once ; if we ac2ept
him as our teacher and take lessons
of him how to live, we will obtain
rest. It is the same thing that he
meant when he said : "Take my yoke
upon you"?not a burden, remember.
What it a collar to a horse? Is the
yoke of the horse the burden? No,
the collar is what helns him to bear
the burden easily. Christ saw men
borne down with burdens. He said:
"Try life as I live." "My yoke is easy,
and thereford my burden is light."
Instead of Christianity adding to
the burden, it is tbe secret of the
amelioration of life It enables one to
take the buoden of life without finding
their weight. He actually goes
ou to specify' what we are mainly
to learn of him. "For I am meek
aud lowly in in heart." Do you see
the connection between being meek
and having rest 1 Most are not meek
and lowly in heart. Many worry,
thiuking they are not in tbeir right
nlopo that t.hpv'vA h^en looked down
on, and at night they are bitter and
lose their rest from wounded pride and
from imagining people are slighting
them. These things would be impossible
to us if we learnt of Christ, and
were meek and lowly in heart. There
is no other way than by doing what
Christ says. It is impossible otherwise
to have that great Christian
experience of rest that is so much
coveted.
The Atmosphere of Home.?House
hold hygiene is by no means limited to
sanitary dwellings and suitable diet
and dres9. It extends to what may be
called the atmosphere of the home and
includes tne influence of thoughts and
emotions upon the body. It is a physiological
fact that a spirit of gloom or
constant fault-finding in the family,
beside depressing the. spirits, actually
reacts upon the vital forces. Morbid
tendencies are strengthened and incipient
diseases are helped to develop
in the homes which lack the healthful
stimulusof cheer and kindness. Vio
leni emuiiuuK uenuigc iiigc.iuuu,
child who is allowed to indulge in fits
of anger, receives harm in the physical
as well as the moral nature. It is the
exception to Hud a misanthorpe, a
cynic or a chronic grumbler in the
possession of good healh. For hygenic
reasons alone, were there no higher
motive to influence parents, it pays to
flood the home witii the sunshine of
love and the joy of religion.?Detroit
Free Press.
Boy Character.? It is the greatest
delusion in the world for a boy to get
the idea that his life is of no consequence,
and the character of it will
not be noticed. A manly, truthful
boy will shine like a star in any community,
A boy may possess as much
of noble character as a man. He may
so speak and so live the truth that
there shall be no discount on his word.
And there are such noble boys; and
wider aud deeper than thev are apt to
think is their influence. They are the
king boys among their fellows, having
au immense influence for good, and
loved and respected because of the
simple fact of living tne trutn.
Dear boys, do be truthful. Keep
your word as absolutely sacred. Keep
your appointments at the house of
God. lie known for your fidelity to
the interests of the Church and Sabbath-school.
Be true to every friendship.
Help others to be and do good.
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Two ol Katie's uncles were married
lately. One of them married a very
dark young lady, and the other a red
haired one. They live in the same
house, and Katie went visiting them
one day. When she came home she
rushed to grandma's room. "O
gran'ma, I've got a red aunt and a
black one," she said. Then, seeing
a queer little smile on grandma's face,
she added, quickl}, "I don't mean
the bug kind gran'ma !"
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When some inon get religion the
very next bone they give to their dogs
will have more meat on it.
The man who boasts that he works
with his head instead of his hands,
is respectfully reminded that the woodpecker
does the same, aud is the biggest
kind of a bore at that.
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