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The Press and Banner. BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C. tfaf-Published every Wednesday at $2 a year in advance. Wednesday, Aug. 21, 1895. The Election. The election lor members of the stale Convention passed off yesterday. Very little In terest was manifest. The day was almost like a funeral. There was not the slightest evl denee of excitement. Two tickets were voted?one was the nom inees of the Democratic primaries. The othei was presented, we know not by whom noml nated. THE DEMOCRATIC NOMIMEES. 1. H.McCall. W. C. Mcliowaii. J. C. Klugh. It. It. Hemphill. Krank B. Gary. It. K. McCaslan. This ticket received 25i? votes. THE XKGKO TICKKT. John K. Tolbert. T. W. Waller. K. Red Tolbert, jr. W. W. Moragne. Joseph W. Tolbert. E. L. Tolbert. Tnis ticket received 19 votes. Tbe negroes voted their ticket solidly. The white people voted solidly for their ticket. The managers, Messrs. J. L. Hill, J. L. McMillan and J. S. Cochran, conducted the elec tion fairly, and, as we presume, exactly as the law requires. The voters, regardless of color, were each required to show their registration tickets ? ?i,? nail- was mini In istered to each one. The polls opened at eight o'clock and closed at four o'clock. Their Implou* Mantta. The liquor constables of Columbia last Sat urday laid their impious ha nds on the sacred whiskey of the Columbia Club. They wenl in and took possession of the choice bev< erage stored In the aristocratic club room jusl the same as If it had beta plain plebeian blind tiger tangle foot. Such outrages as these cunnot loug be endured. The idea of the Reformers passing a liquor law by which respectable city people must be governed is preposterous and far out of all reason. The respectable city people from the flrsl have given public notice that they do not in tend to obey the whiskey law, and we are sur prised that Governor Evans has not heeded the notice. Governor Evans ought before the sitting oi the next Legislature send a delegation to con fer with aristocratic outlaws and ascertain what laws tliey will obey, and then recom' iuend the passage of the same by the next Legislature. The idea of the Reformers trying to enact a law by which the whole people must be governed Is not to be entertained. Charleston has so long ruled the State, that now the illicit barkeepers have come to think that they are better than country gentlemen who may be eleeted to the Legislature. A Charleston barkeeper no doubt turws up hit nose at that variety of statesmen known at the "Three-for-a-Quarter Statesmen." That expression no doubt reflects the sentiments o: the people of Charleston In their estimate oi the worth aud character of gentlemen whc live outside the city. But the great body of the people of the State seem to be impressed with the Idea that they should rule, and we would not be surprised il they exhibit a disposition to require city peo plo to obey the law just as the decent country people do. Clemson College. Periodically we see complaints against the management of Clemson College and especially against President Craighead. Without touching on the merits or demerits of the shortcomings as alleged by complainants, we believe there are two reasons for these complaints, namely: ^ ' * * ~ ? * ? lU.mt/.nnnt.nHKApAllAffa Ko. 1. uppooiuuil LU bucsuacooui lut cause of the political bias of the founders ol the Institution. 2. Opposition to President Craighead, be cause he pelongs to the wrong church. His place Is needed or wanted for a representative of another religious denomination than that to which President Craighead belongs. Sift all these complaints, and lay bare ail the facts. If the reasons above suggested are not at the bottom of it all, then we are labor lngundera mistake. Time, we think, will prove at least one proposition, namely : II President Craighead is relieved that his place will be given to a mau of a different denoml nation. Who is it that wants President Craighead's place? .Metropolitan Police. We see it suggested that the Governor contemplates the appointment of metropolitan police for the city of Charleston. This in consequence of the refusal or neglect of the city to enforce the dispensary law. ? The law has now been in existence for a long time, and yet the liquor element ol Charleston overrides the law. Governor Evans owes it to himself, and the whole people of the State, to enforce the law equally and Impartially. If the city author ltles resist the law, or allow the citizens tc disregard It, theu let the metropolitan police uc appui u tcu. The dispensary law Is here to slay, and the sooner It is enforced the better. Enforce the law, Governor, or step down and acknowledge your inability to till the oltice of Governor. Let the Citadel be Cloned. As we see It, the necessity for the existence of the Citadel Academy has passed. In olden times It seeras to us that that institution was chiefly intended for the benefit and free education of the sons of gentleman who had been unfortunate. We do not now need any such system of favoritism. It ie certain that South Carolina bas.no special need for soldiers. As a literary Institution, there no longer remains any necessity for it. We have Clemson aud the South Carolina College. We believe it was General Grant who said that French, Greek aud Latin could be taught at well in a female seminary as in a military PVUWJ? ? (tii?Ntlon of Senators. If it be contended that one Senator its unable to represent a little city like Charleston how many Senators should the great cities be entitled to? We have seen the statement Dial Charleston is the only County in the United States that has two Senators. Wo are Inclined to the opinion that Charleston will have but one after the sitting of the Convention. ? ? ? m A Sweeping; Keiuonstrnuce. We find the following in one ol our esteemed exchanges, and, as It equally applies to Abbeville, we appropriate it as our sentiments : 'When any one says there is a better place, or prettier girls elsewhere, than In Abbeville, every potato slyly winks its eye, every cabbage shakes his head, every beet gets"red In the face, every onion feels stronger, every wheat shock strokes its beard, corn sticks up its ears, and every foot of laud denounces the statement by kicking." IMPIOUS HANDS. I The Nnfrril Preolnls of the Columbia Club In Invailctl by I'lain I.iqnor J Cfliistnblrft. ' it seems that Governor Evans Is no respect| or of persons. He seizes tony liquor just as if | it was blind tiger. The following account is from The State: ; The dispensary constables, aided by Sereeant Moorehead and Officer Strickland, of Columbia police force, armed with a search ? warrant Issued by Trial Justice Troy, yesterday afternson called at the rooms of the Columbia Club, an organization of Columbia j gentlemen that Is known far and wide, and I searched the rooms, taking everything in I sight. It was the flrst attempt that has ever I been made to raid the club. A large quantity ; of liquors, stored in the private lock boxes o( the members, was taken and carted away in a wagon, which was backed up to the doors. A .1 very large crowd of curious persons stood by, ; crowding the sidewalks so as to block tbeni, *; to see the seized stuff brought out. The con i stables participating in the raid were Speed, , Davis and LaFar. There were only a very few members of the club in the rooms when " | they came in. Officer Strickland was sta: | tioned at the door. t Ever since the dispensary law went into " i effect the sale of liquor has been abolished at ' the club. A system of lock boxes was established*, and each member who cared to have i have something to drink at the club has kept bis private bottle in one of the boxes. When; ever a member wanted a drink be would give i the colored porter his key, have him get his > bottle and mix a drink or serve it straight. ! And this was the condition of things that the 1 constables found. Several of the bottles and packages were marked for personal use only, and those which were not so marked, were so ; located as to show that they were only Intended for such use. But that made no difference: everything, even the glasses, the spoous. ! eta, used by tine porters were seized and cart| ed away. There was no demonstration on the part of any one. though Mr. Robertson, a member, took a bottle belonging to him and poured the contents into a cuspidor, for which I act he was placed under arrest, but. later released on his own recognizance. The mem| bers of the club did not seem to mind the loss of their liquor, except that it was what they , 1 considered the robbery of their own personal J property, fully protected by Judge Simonton's order of injunction. Several of them intend to immediately proceed in the United . | States court to have the constables and police j officers punished for contempt of Judge SI' [ monton's order and to recover their property. | All of them think the proceedings outrageous .' and will see what the courts will do for them. | There was more or less excitement on the . I ufpfloj tphilo tho raIrl veau in nrn(?PMs. hilt I1Q i demonstration was made by any one. The property seized consisted of three kegs, containing cherry bounce and rye whiskey I marked with the name of the member to whom it belonged aud inscribed "for personal use;" three boxes containing nineteen quarts of sherry wine; n box containing fourteen bottles of beer; four beer, three punch and twelve whiskey glasses; a box containing twenty-six bottles of beer; a box containing ten beer and five punch glasses, five tumblers. . seven whiskey glasses, a straw and a schooner, two colored glasses, one nutmeg box, six I pitchers, ten spoons aud one sitter; one box ' of thirty bottles of beer; a box containg three ; bottles of ginger ale, a quart bottle of whls, | key, a pint bottle of bitters, two tumblers, ; one schooner, one beer glass, two punch j glasses, one funnel, one Jar, one ice shaver, one lemon squeezer, one Ice pick, two shakers ! and one corn screw ; a box' containing twenty-flve bottles of beer, one bottle of tMedoc ! wine and three bottles of whiskey, partially . tilled. ALWAYS RIGHT. 1 -Judge Cothrnii Having it Kindly ' Heart mid ? tiood Head Xever Falls to do the Agreeable. 1 As all our people know, Judge was a gallant soldier in the war, who was always in the , forefront of battle, and in consequence reI reived manv honoiable wouuds. The Judge's speech at Sandy Springs pleased "the boys," 1 even as he pleased them with his recent speech at Abbeville. The Judge has been {successful in peace and war, and la now on the topmost rounds of the legal ladder. - He was at Sandy Springs on the Uth ln. stant, and had a good time among old comrades. He made a speech and tried to give the old soldiers some wholesome doctrine, and without offending anybody. He api proacbed the subject oi the tall oaks and the black jacks from the opposite side from that i by which General Gorden offended them so . j much at Greenwood last year, and Instead oI r alluding to the cutting down of the oaks, bis r effort was to elevate the Black Jacks. Judge Cothran tries to lift up the ambitious, ? and never seeks to pull down anybody. Having no doubt as to his own position, he Is not , Jealous of anybody's success or good fortune. THE Y. M, B. L. A Stirring; ('ommiiniciUiou from n Contributor. The preliminary meeting in the Courthouse yesterday even lug towards organizing a Young Men's Business League is just exactly what this town mostly needs, and has needed ; for a long number of years. Let every man ; in town take It upon himself to attend the , meeting and Join next Monday afternoon at G o'clock for the purpose of perfecting the or gamzailOD. 11 will eueui vwiy iumu ill Hie city; mercnants, farmers, carpenters, editors, doctors, butchers, bakers, lawyers, teachers, prgachers, bankers, clerks, liveryr men, oftlce holders, non-oftlce holders, etc. Every man from 17 to 97 years old come out, fall in ranks, put your shoulder to the wheel lor the up-building of Abbeville. > On the other band let all old croakers, . grumblers, mosebacks, slow, narrow minded, easy, bide bound Rip Van Wluckles and loafers stay away and stay out, we would rather have your room than your company and [ want no advice from you. We intend for , this organization to benefit every man who ' joins it, and we hope it will hurt the feelings, at least ol those who do not join.' We mean I strictly Business. DISTINGUISHED GUEST. Lieutenant General Stephen I>. Lee ?n a ViNit to XIIn DiHtintfuiMlietl Kinsman I>r. W. A. Lee. Lieutenant General Stephen D. l^ee of Mississippi is in town theguestofDr. W. A. Lee. General Lee was one of the most distinguished soldiers of the Confederacy, and was i perhaps the equal of any General officer in the army, not excepting General R. E. Lee. Whether in command of cavalry, infantry, or artillery his ability in handling men was notII able, and his successes warrant the assertion Mthat hewasoneof the best Generals in the I service. Last night quite a number of our people called at the mansion of our distinguished fellow-citizen Dr. W. A. Lee, and paid their respects to the great military commander. Ttie cornet band turned out aud followed by > a inuiiuuue, repairea mj me uome ui nr. uce, .! and teudered a serenade to the distinguished military chieftain, and called on him to respond. GOOD KAINS. 11 ^ Tlie Cotton and (he Corn. During the last week we have had good i rains, aud the earth is thoroughly soaked. . I The usual cry about short crops of cotton is ! heard In the laud, but cotton never lalls. In I the spring the people said they did not want j big crops, but it seems to us that they have changed their tune, and now wish they had ' j the biggest sort of crops. 11 The com yield is perhaps twice as much as ' j that of any year since the war. This result is , | in consequence of the large area in the grain. : ABLE, EFFICIENT, UPRIGHT. j Unit I* W hat tlie Spartanburg Herald ,i Says of JuUicc ItriH't. .; .Spartanburg Herald. I Judge Benet, who has been holding court in this city lor several weeks, has won tlie es i itscm Him goou opinion 01 ine imr una me people. H1h election was considered a political reward, but he is fast. proving that It was .. not amiss. While The Herald and the Judge belong to different factions, it gives us pleas1 ure to testify to his efficiency, uprightness i and ability. IIIh ctiarges to the jury are I fair, impartial aud clear. Mo Judge has ever ' I preserved, to a greater degree, order and dig! uity in the court room. ?j BAPTIST MEETING. i Rev. T. JI. <>Hl|tliiu to AmnI*! llie Puntor. It was announced in this paper not long since that a protracted meeting would begin at the Baptist church here on the first SunI day in this mouth, and that Mr. T. M. Galphin, of Augusta, would assist the pastor. Mr. Galphin could not come at that time on account of a very sick member who lias since died. Mr. Oalphln will arrive to day, however. aud the meeting will he in progress this weeii. All are cordfittly iuvihsd, factor. loo Cream. Ice cream at the school building from fi.30 to S o'clock, at 5 a saucer. The Indies who are to furnish Ice cream are Mrs. W. C. McGowan, Mrs. P. Rosenberg, Mrs. J. F. Miller, Mrs. Beacham and Mrs. Henry. IN SOUTHERN HOSPITALS, Every Confederate Soldier whs 1>1?ahlod Six Times, Beside* One-Third Killed. From the Galveston News. Some conception of the magnitude of the labors performed In Held and hospital service by ihe officers of the medical corps of the Confederate army may be formed by the consideration of the following general results: Year. Killed. Wounded. Prls'rs. 1801 1.815 4(0*4 2,772 1SGJ 1K.5S2 (MJXm!! 48,300 1S(K! 11.S7I! 51.313 71,211 Is >4-ft") 22,200 70,(NX) 00,000 53,973 194.020 202,283 liuring the period ol nineteen months, January, 1802, to July, 1S63, inclusive, over one million cases of wounds and disease were entered upon the Confederate Held reports,and over four hundred thousand cases of wounds upon the hospital reports. The number of cases of wounds and diseases treated In the Confederate field and general hospitals were, however, greater during the following twenty-two months, ending April, lS(t>. It is safe to affirm, therefore, that more than 3,000.000 cases of wounds and diseases were cared for by the officers of tbe medical corps of the Confederate army during the civil war of 1801-'((5. The figures of course do not Indicate that tbe Confederacy had in the field an army approaching 3,500,000. On tue contrary the Confederate forces engaged during the war, 1S(>1-G5, did not exceed 600,000. Each Confederate sold was on an average, disabled for 'a greater or lesser period, by wounds and sickness, about six times during the war. LOSSKS OK THK COXKEDKKATK ARMY, 18011863. Confederate forces actively engaged during the war 600,000 Grand total deaths from battle, wounds and disease 200,000 Losses of Confederate army In prisoners during the war on account of the policy of non-exchange adopted and enforced by tbe United States 20,000 Losses of Confederate army from dis cnurm'.s 1UI uinouuiucn IIUU. uu nud disease and desertion during the years 1801-1865 100,000 If this calculation be correct, one-third of all the men actually engaged on the Confederate side were either killed outright on the field or died of disease and wounds; another third of the entire number captured and held for indefinite periods prisoners of war, and of the remaining 200,OOu at least one-half were lost to the service by discharge and desertion. At the close of the war the available active force In the field and those fit for duty scarcely numbered 100,000, The great army of Northern Virginia, surrendered by General Robert E. Lee on April 9, 180.'), could not muster 10,000 fit for active warfare. Of this body of 600,000 men, 53,773 were killed outright and 191,020 wounded on the battle-field. One-third of the entire Confederate army was confined to the Confederate surgeons for treatment of battle wounds, and in addition to such gigantic services, the greater portion If not the entire body of 000,000 men were under the care of the medical department for the treatment of diseases. The whole number of troops mustered into the service of the northern array during the war of 1861-1865 was 2,789,893 or about three times as large as the entire fighting population of the Confederate States. At the time of the surrender of the Confederate armies and the close of active hostilities, the Federal force numbered 1,000.516 of all arms, officers and men, and equalled in number the entire fighting population of the Southern Confederacy. Opposed to this immense army of 1,000,000 war-worn and battle-scarred veterans, almost all of whom had, at some time been wounded, and who bad followed the desperate fortunes of the Confederacy for four years with scant supplies of rations and almost without pay, aDd yet the spirit of the Confederate soldier remained proud and unbroken to the last charge, as was conclusively shown by the battles of Franklin and Nashville, Tenn.; the operations around Richmond and Petersburg ; the last charge of the Army of Northern Virginia: the defense of Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee river tn Georgia, where 250 Conderate soldiers, In au open eartb-work, resisted the assaults of more than 5,000 Federal troops and never surrendered, but were cut down at their guns; at West Point, Ga., where thero was a similar disparity between the garrison and the assaulting corps where the tlrst and second In the command were killed, and the Confederates cut down within the fort; the defense of Mobile, in Alabama, and the hattie of Hentonvllle in North Carolina. HONOR ROLL, Tlie Men Wlio Shouldered Arma in ISttl. Roll of of Company B. 7th 8. C. V. mustered Into service April 1801. (J. M. Mattlson?Captlan. W. L. Hodges?1st Lieutenant. K. II. Cllnkscales?2nd Lieutenant. J. F. Hodges, 3rd Lieutenant. S. W. Callaham? 1st Sergeant. W. H. McGee?2nd Sergeant. W. C. C. Hodges?3rd Sergeant. P. I). Klugh?1th Sergeant. J. R. Hodges?5th Sergeant. J. S. McGee?1st Corporal. E. B. Norrls?2nd Corporal. J. Y. Sltton?3rd Corporal. P. A. Trlble?4th Corporal. T "VT llpAtnn?Mh ^'nrnnru 1 F. V. Pru'it?6th CorporaF. PRIVATES. Armstrong, J B Klllingsworth, W P Armstrong, W C Kay, W A Austen, J H Long, G W M Ashley, J S Long, H S Anderson, J C Latimer, S N Algary, H H McGee, J M Bowie, H W McGee, A C Bowie, E B Moore, Thomas Bowen.SM Moore, Robert Bowen, J O Martin, J R Barraou. W B MoAdams, IIO Bailey, J M- McAdams, W N Brownlee, J R Moseley, w L Branyon, T;M Mathls, John Bel). F M Naboro, Austen Bryant, Harris Owens, Virgle Coleman, T .1 Owens, D B Calvert. J W I'ratt, TJW Cochrane, R II Pruit, S J Carpenter. T.) Riley, William Cromer, A F Robluson, R A Davis, Thomas Strickland, Wiu Davis, W Y Sharp, M C Davis, J W Simpson, T H Davis, J A Stone, J E Duncan, W P Stone, R P Duncan, J R Seawright, J B Duncan, David Xtrawhoru, Robert Dunn, Robert Timms, J G Donnald.JL Taylor, James Deal, M L Trlble, R W Ellison. Samuel Vandiver. E W Graham, J M Williamson, John Graham, It C Wilson, James S Graham, EC Wilson, John S Griffin, J Wakefield, J A Gilmer, J W Williams, John K Hughes, H H ' Williams, Gabrlll Hawthorn, W 11 Whitiock, Thomas Hodges, C K Ware, W A Hudgens, T A (M l> Webb, John Harris, J N Wadded. GH Henderson, SV T Young, J V M. SAL-AK ITEMS. Ar? IIerr. Sui-ak, S. C.. August 19,18'Jj. A good rain fell here last Thursday and Friday. The farmers seem to be in much better spirits now. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Gray are visiting friends and relatives at Quarry, S. (J. From there they will go to Monroe, N. U., where Ihey will visit the former's parents. TheSal-ak Literary Society met last Tuesday night at tlie residence of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Nlckles. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Burnett, with their handsome little son, Dennis, were in Abbeville with relatives last Sunday and Monday. ' Mrs. W. D. Melton, of Round Oak, Ga., Is i horn for r few weeks Slav with her lulher. Mr. barragh. Miss Lillle Purely, u pretty anil accomplished young lady, Cedar 8prings, Is Willi the Misses Andersons, of this town. Mr. Andrew Anderson lias llie fluest vineyard and orchard in tills section of the country. A protracted meeting was held atMt. Morlah ;Iast week. Mr. Wright, of Newberry, S. t'., assisted the pastor Mr. If. O. S. Curtis. Mr. H..). Nickles tifter being confined to his room lor several weeks with a broken ankle, is up and out again. Mrs. W.T. Verell spent lust week with her father, Mr. A. Anderson. Mr. Olin Itykard will leave in a few days lor Irma, S. C., where he will spend sometime with his brother, Kev. G. W. Davis. Mr. D. M. Milling vlsted his cousin, Dr. W. P. liarratt last Tuesday and Wednesday. Almost every farmer iu the section has, since crops were laid by, been hauling cord word. They have had line weather and good roads for hauling. M r. Koulware Sample Is very often seen riding into town on his wheel. What is the attraction lion 1 ware? A pretty girl, though, I suppose. Mrs. Jim Watson, of l'alistlup, Texas, is on a vlt to her brother, Mr. W. A. Stacy, of this town. We will soon have a post oftJee ut this place which is very much needed. Dixie. I How Kiln I,earne?l to K eep Her T per. CJU/V n?nft n 91?yY>\T KoQ 1111 ft 1 1 flAlltf tiri OUC was a ?cij utwui/nui uuiij, TTi such lovely blue eyes and long h tucked up on her head just like a r lady, and dear little Nita was vi proud of her. She was dressed as bride, too?in white tarlatan, with s in bow9 and a long veil that covered of her dress, and pretty white flow in her dress. Now, little girls, this is a true sto and if any one of you has a lit something within you that likes to | mad and say naughty words or do u| things when any one does somethi that displeases you, I want you think of my dear little girl and ] doll. The bride was entirely too fine to played with, so she was carefully 1 in one of the empty bureau-drawers the company room to be looked at, a occasionally held. Nita had a right high temper, s would say and do all kinds of U| things which she was very sorry for terwards. Her mamma was trying to make 1 see how wrong it was to be so ug and told ber that if she would shut lips right tightest as soon as she mau 8ii6 wouiu get ijjiu iijc xjuui controlling her temper so well that ; wouldn't even want to say anytb ugly, and told her also how much C would love her, and how proud mi ma would be if she would make up i mind to try it. One day one of her friends came play with her, and her mamma said i ought to show dolly to little Edith; they went into the company room gether, and Nita pulled open thedn er and showed the doll. Oh! h beautiful she did look! more so, Is thought, than she had ever looked fore; her little friend admired her, t immensely, and wanted to take her i and play with her ; but Nita said "n she might hurt her. As they stood looking at the do! Nita's mamma called, so she had to and what do you suppose her lil friend Edith did while she was aws She took the dolly out of the drawe hold, and in her baste to put it bi before Nita came she put it in wro shut the drawer, caught poor bab neck in it, and when Nita got back i the room there was dolly with her b( in the drawer and her head, with beautiful blue eyes looking so hurt ? pitiful, hanging on the outside by ] veil. Poor liitle Nita ! She lost I doll and she nearly lost her tern per, 1 what her mamma said came over J like a flash, and she shut her lips gether real tight. Her friend looked scared, and sta mered out she didn't mean to do and, after a little, Nita managed toi it didn't matter very much ; she re oned her brother would give her auo er pretty doll sometime. JHHer mamma, who was in the ro next them, had seen and heard all; when Edith left (which she soon cJ she called Nita to her, and took her iu her arms so she could have a go big cry over her dear broken doll told her how she had seen it all. i how very proud she was of her li daughter. She took her Bible do from the mantel, and read her w King Solomon said : "He that is si to auger is better than the mighty ; t he that ruleth his spirit, than he t taketh a city." Mamma told the brother about and next day there was another doll for Nita (I am sure she would have gotten it if she had been bi and she dressed it in the same clotl but she never thought it quite as p: ty us tbe other. That was many years ago, and dear mamma is in her grave, but N will always remember and thank ! for teaching her to keep her tempei I do not mean to say that that < time cured her. Oh, no! sh6 1 many battles with herself, but i found, as she grew older, that mamma was right. Each victory o self made it easier next time, ui she lost all desire to give way to temper.?Annie Francis, in The CI drens' Friend. ? Make It Plain, People do not always take pa enough when instructing children religious matters to see that they i derstand what is taught; consequen a child will often get entirely mistal ideas in regard to important thic and very queer ones, too, sometim as the following true incidents \ show: A little girl had been taught t when good people died their bod were buried in the ground, but tfc souls were taken to heaven ; and, knowing that one's soul is one's 9 imagined that the souls in heaven w little rounp things about the size of watch crystal, and the color of a wl Dorcelain button, ranged in rows shelves like the plates in her moth< pantry. A Sunday School teacher in talki to her class of little girls used the w< dogma, and probably all that she s showed equal wisdom, for one chi struck by the word as a pretty sound! one, and one she bad never heard fore, and getting no idea of itsmeani from the connection in which it v used, thought it must mean a lil dog. One night a gentleman found his tie boy sobbing in bed, and went to b to see what was the trouble. He fou him in great distress, fearing that was not a Christian, and the reason gave was that he was quite sure would get very tired of doing nothi but sing through all eternity; and thought, since he felt in that way must be that be was not a Christian A little time spent in the endeai to lind out what Ideas the child] have uud in making things clear them will not be lost. Make it plain.?The Lookout. There is no more difficult task th being good upon the dead level of < eryday life. When the greatest cri come, the spirit of heroism is eas aroused to meet them.' But what there to sustain the strength of ( spirits in the midst of the prosaic f ties that divide our attention and di; pate our interest from set of sun to of sun. Our ouly inspiration lies the maintenance of constant fellows! with the unseen Father. As long we keep the lines of communicati open between our spitits and the Jul ite Spirit, we shall find that even u commonest drudgeries are bathed in transfiguring light. The consciousm that we are co-operating with the pi poses of Almighty J^ove Will lend new dignity to our t-xintence, ami w enable each oue of us to say : "H lowed the toil. If this the cause; t meanest work divine." Poultry M>at is scalded will not ke as long as will poultry that has be dry-picked. Never awaken a person who is even to give him medicine unless I definite instruction from the pbysicia Thread a needle from the end of U thread last cut from the spool. ein Check Reins unci Bllndcra. These are two twin relics of barbaith that still hold their own against air all feeling of humanity, in many parts eal of our country. The blinder was iu3ry vented probably to keep the liorse j a from seeing anything that might be iat- coming up behind him. Whoever iuall vented it did not understand the funcers tions of the eye of a horse at all. The eye of a horse is made so that he can ry? see through a very wide range, from tie the front to rear and the blinder hides get from him three-quarters of what he gly can see without them. It is entered ng as an excuse that it keeps him from to shying at the whip or at anything that tier comes up suddenly behind. Thia plea is not good, for a horse with blinders be once held learns that whip is behind aid him does not forget it and is in conj in stant dread of being struck. He is lD(} more easily startled by a noise, the source of which he cannot see, than he ,r>H would be if the blinders were off. The orjy check rein is worse than the blinder, af. and not a day passes but that we see ladies riding at ease in comfortable her carriages vyhlle their horses are sufterrjy ing torture because their heads are her pulled up in an unnatural position and g0t held there in a most cruel manner t of These spirited horses are not tossing ghe their heads as they go down street, being cause they are proud and high lived, jod It '9 because they are in pain as cruel im_ as ever possessed the victim of the ber rack, ana it is downright savagery to drive a team reined up in that manner, to We have seen ladies cry out when a 3he horse was struck with a whip as if it so had been themselves who received the to- blow, and at the same time the team in lw_ their carriage was in agony constantly ow because of the check reins. A cruel iita witb a whip is a small affair beside the be. 'torture of a team with their heads oo checked up according to the ignorant out ideals of the correct position. Q," " Only One Could Do It. Ily, "Last Sunday," said the clergyman go, to his congregation, "some one put a ;tle button in the collection bag. I won't ty? mention names. I will merely say rto that only one individual in the conick gregation could have done so, and I ngi will expect the same member after the >y ? service to replace cue duuou wun a nto coin of the realm." >dy After church a well to do but closethe fi9ted individual sought an interview md with the clergyman in the vestry; her "j?er," he begau, hesitatingly, "must her applogize for the?er?button incident, but which I can assure you was an acciher dent. I happeued to have the button to- in my waistcoat pocket, together with a shilling, and took out the former by tip- mistake. However, sir, here is the it, shilling." say Thank you," said the clergyman, ck- taking the shilling and gravely hanth dinir him the button. "By the bye, sir," said the ruan, "I om cannot understand how you should so have known that it was I who?er? lid) committed the?er?much-to-be-regretup ted mistake." od, "J didn't know," replied the clergyy? man. ind "Didn't know? But you said, sir, ttle that only one individual in the con wn gregalion could have done so." bat "Just so. You see, sir, it te scarcely low possible that two individuals could ind have put one button in the bag, it is bat not? said the clergyman, with a bland smile. iti It was so much easier for the button bif? contributor to say "Good day" than to answer this puzzling question that ld,) he made his bow at once.?Epworth Herald. ret- ?? Excellence is never granted to men y?e but as the reward of labor. i ta [ier He is a fool who cannot be angry; r but he is wise who will not. ine A cruel story runs on wheels, aud lad every band oils the wheels as they she runher Consider how few things are worthy ver of anger, and you will wonder that any nil but fools should be in wrath. her aij_ So live that the memory of what you have done for others will be as sweet as the memory of what others have done for you. The Christian can be made more beatiful by being in touch with Christ ips himself as well as those who love Christ. 4PJ Good nature is that benevolent and ' amiable temper of mind which disposer es us to feel the misfortunes and enjoy tea baPP*ness of others. yilj In reading the Bible it is worth keeping in mind that we are going to bat set out of it neither more nor less than lies we make room for.?Lafterty. leir Looking at things with the other not man's eyes would make you change elf, your opinion of some of your fellowere men. "As ye would that men ' a should do unto you." iite To circulate an evil report about ?P your brother which you do not know 3r'9 to be true, is only a less offense than to give ourrency to a story which you >D6 know to be false. aid We needn't think we are sinners bejjj cause men accuse us. Christ had us accusers wh? always found some fault be- w These accusations did not make him a bad man. /afJ Stereotyped prayers are like Fourth [tie of July celebrations. There was a time when all this noise expressed lit- something; now it is kept up as a im timehonored custom.?Lafterty. nd Let no man attempt to divide his he service and devotion between Christ he and the world. As soon as we attempf he this we find ourselves all on the side of ng Satan. No man can serve two masters, be Sorrows are stones in life's pathway, fit Unbelief stumbles blindly along and falls over them. Faith, ever open-eyed, /or sees them, seizes upon them, and sets 'en them up for steps to heaven.?Lafterty. t0 Clouds?how could the parched and thirsty earth exist without them? And these darkened heavens that rain down tears of sorrow on our hearts? are they not life-giving showers to be an purer, better self? , aeg When brain is hot and the heart ily seems cold and the spirit is burdened {g with a seuse of failure, then is the )ur time to rest on Him. It is only at ju_ such a time that we fully realize the jsi- superiority of simple faith over all feelset ingin go long as skeptics are dependent lip upon the religion which they discard as for every privilege whicli they enjoy, on they mav well hesitate a little before in- they seek to rob the Christian of his hir hope and humanity of its Saviour.? ii .lumen Russell Lowell. ^ Wrong hurts everybody in the uni~ verse?even reaching to the throne on sii high : Jesus wept over a sinful city; 111 iiatrn \r .....lint.. i ?iu Kloolr ^ J_ IIJC UOHUJ vw ?i*wu itkMinu vivun lJe aud bare touches the heart of God. Right helps everybody in the universe sweeping, with a wave of gladness, up through wide-swung gates of pearl to happy hosts immortal, who rejoice e*j over one sinner starting home. We are weary not because we have :.j worked so much, but because we have struggled so much. It is not the row- 1 ^ ing of our boat in the current of God's will that takes away our strength, it si [k> the perpetual struggle to nlioot our boat across the current. j v /t .. ' ' ' GEO, WHITE, Proprietor, REMOVA] We will have to have more will move to the large store roon Ilwaine Corner, We thank our i and promise to show a nice line ing, Mats, etc. Uome and see m C. P. HAM1 ?MAMMOl 11, mm Is attracting much attention, soon, and we will be ready for bought before the rise in leatl the advantage of our buying, give our usual family rates on HARNESS! We are rea cheapest stock in the up-counti C, RACK E' |s| I will move my place across the Square. T | n? p Will go to New Yorl 5m big lot of bargains for this H " ej| reduced this month in ordei ?? expect you to come to see w 5 M. T K RACKEr S.A.YK Your Frui ican Pres is thfl hfls P. B GR Rabgaii ii Summe We will be compel we now occupy 01 1896. We will s SUMMER GOODS COST AND LI We can't get a s qi'Ha nf tViA Qtrppf. t. WAViV V* VMV/ M VA WV V V goods, so we expect If you want I)RE! GOODS, &c., we wi] COST. We mean W. to call on us when i you Unheard c You oan rest assured we art the same time we can't help we offer in all lines of goods. We will have a full stock of F. Wm. E. BELL ( All the latest songs at liill & Cochran' Music House. Any Instrumental or vocal music that yo want may he found at Hill Cochran's Musi House. Harness is our leading line. Call and selec you a set. C. P. Hammond Jc Co. See our No. 1 home made harness for 810.0 and a good oue lor So.lK) C. 1'. Hammond &. Co. Don't forget we are headquarters for whoei Slippers of all styles. C. P. Hammond Co. Harness repaired and made by C. P. Hauj inond?fc Co. A few Irult Jars left. Abbeville Supply Ci tiolil dust washing powders. Abbeville Sui plv Co. W. D, BARKSDALE, Manager. ??f>piy f|?. 1 -l| L NOTICE! I room and so on SEPTEMBER 1st we 1 now used by M, T. Coleman on Mc[riends for all their former patronage of Ladies Dress Goods, Shoes, Cloth COND & CO.'s 1 ?H STOCK OFH1LIT0IR | Our Fall Shoes are, and will be in the trade with low prices. We ler, and are going to give the trade Call and see prices. Recollect we SHOES. dy for you, with the largest and :y. Call and see for yourself. . P. HAMMOND & CO. rSTORK H of business SEPTEMBER ist, 5^ he place will be known by a big . 8 J1 k about the 20th inst., to lay in Fall. Everything very much In r to make moving easy. I me in my new quarters. M . Coleman, g r STORE. 1 gg - 'VJ 1 m ts and Vegetables with the AmerM T * erving Powder and Liquid, It t and cheapest preserver made. SPEED. 1 -^8 BAT "S3 i sale 1 l OF r Goods! j [led to give up the store I the 1st of January, ell our entire stock of at ESS THAN COST. tore room on the other hat will suit our line of to change our business.. SS GOODS, WHITE. II sell you for less than hat we say. Don't fail tn town. We can give >f Bargains. ) sorry to give up our store, but at it, Don't forget the BARGAINS The goods must go at any price. ALL GOODS this Fall. 2ASH COMPANY. '8 Mail Hours. Hours that tbe malls close at the Abbeville ? Post Office : u 11.25 a. m. 12.10 p. in. 1.00 p. m. Ic *2.30 p. in. 4.25 p.m. 5.50 p.m. KobertS. Link. P. M. !t () 11. 1). KeeRe will tlx your watch and clock ' | and engrave your name lu your ring. I A rare treat Is instore lor the music loving I. people of Abbeville. A grand concert wi? bej given at Hill ?? Cochran's music house at at* J early dale. Notice of which will b* given later. i> Pianos, organs, and In fact all musical larB struments are lo be found at H.IU 4 Cochran's Music House.