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WEALTH IN CORNSTALKS.
? i
A Proposition for Utilizing Waste
Stalks la Munufftcturlntr.
It appears from recent publications that the i
cornstalk is about to be rescued from comparative
inutility and converted into a valuable
contributor to the general welfare. In
New England and someotber sections of the
north, where small corn is raised, the stalks I
have always beeD used for lodder. But lu
most of tbe Western and all of the Southern
states only the leaves are thus used, tbe stalks
Kolnor riir/opHoH Qfi flnmPWhAt WOrRB thflll UK?
less, lor they cumberjtheground. Compared
with tbe little yellow corn ot the north, the
great plant that bears tbat name in tbe west
and south is like an oak tree beside a currant
busb. But an enterprising resident of St.
Louis, a Mr. Prater, has discovered by experiments
or various kinds tbat there is great
wealth in tbe despised and rejected stalks,
even when denuded of tbeir leaves or blades.
This enterprising man has established at
Owensboro, Ky., a plant for the utilization of
tbis waste material. He asserts tbat the
stripped stalk "can by proper manipulations
be made to yield a variety of valuable products
for which a market has already been
established." Among tbe expected cornstalk
\ products he mentions celluloid, smokeless
gunpowder, lacquer, cattle feed, rooting material
tbat will answer every purpose of papiermache.
Green stalks, he says, are rlcb in
glucose, and will yield "a better quality and a
oncror o-lth Ipkk pvnpnse than can be
made from the cane of Louisiana,"
Mr. Prater cheerfully predicts the early arrival
of the time when the stalks on every I
acre that has yielded a good crop of corn 'will
be wortd to the farmer 815 or more. That
means hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr.
Prater isays of his enterprise at Ownsbor '
that It will be so successful that mills tor the
manufacture of eornstalk products will be established
all over the South, and that there
will be ready sale for all cornstalks that can 1
be found near railroad lines.
3,
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, '
A Plea for Tho*e Who Cannot Speak
on TbeuiHelven.
The amount of cruelty to dumb animals!
on our streets and country roads is a disgrace
to any civilized community, and a stop
should be promptly put to further exhibitions
of the kind. What Js lacking, we tear has ,
been a general publlo condemnation. We
know of those who have comDlained in the'
past, but they did not seem to have that gen-1
eral public support that is neccessary to cor-'
rect the evil, which has steadly grown of late
years, and can only be finally extinguished j
by a united effort oi a majority of the peopie,1
who must abhor a continuance of the abuses j
to which tbe dumb animals are subjected.
Chapter xxx of the Revised Statutes makes j
tbe penalty $15 fine or 15 daye imprisonment
upon whoever shall willfully abuse or cruelly
treat any horse, mule or draught aaimal or
beast of burden. And a like punlsbmemt Is
placed upon any one who cruelly drives or
works, when unfit for labor, or cruelly ab&ndo
us the same or permits tbe same to be done. |
A punishment not exceeding 8100 or 30 days!
in jail is imposed upon whoever (owner or !
\ At?oprti?lvoc nvprwnrlrG I
CUHIUUIUU; u?ei luaui, v.? . , ,
tortures, needlessly mutilates, cruelly kills,;
or Inflicts unnecessary pain upon any anl-j
mal. ADy person violating this law may be !
arrested and held without warrant by any |
sheriff, deputy sheriff, deputy State consta- j
bles and police officers. A half of all fine col-;
lected shall be paid over to the South Caro !
lina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals.
There is law enough to correct the evil. The
only thing is for some humane citizens to
start the ball rolling. When it is seen that .
business is meant, the wretches may cease
their cruelty.
I
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Unclaimed Letters. : (
Letters Remaining In Abbeville. S. C., Post .
Office for week eudlng May 4,1897. f
B?Ruth J. Browns, Miss Laura Brown, J.
R. Barton, James Black. |
C?F. M. Crocker. - ^
;V < E-Mack Ellis. A
J?Miss Kate S. James. , \
L? Isreal Linton, Otto Llndfors.
R?Miss Annie May Robinson. j (
S?Lizzie Sanders, Johnnie Smith, W. H. H
Simpson.
T?W. P. Taylor. Miss Alice Trapp. I
W?S. W. Wlllams Marrin Wilson.
Robt. S. Link p. m. \
A Card,
The undersigned desires In this way to return
her grateful acknowledgment to her
physician Dr. W. P. Barrett and the many
friends and neighbors who so cheerfully assisted
her nursing her late husband, Mr. T.
W. Nickels, through a long spell of sickness,
culminating in his death.
May God bless you all. .Laura .F. Nickels.
Brlerwood, S. C., May, 3, lSt?7.
> 1
Friend, are you saved? Are you j
satisfied about it ? Not satisfied, aud J
yet prayerless!
To-day the great question as to N
where and how we are to spend Eterni'
_ ty, may be forever settled.
There are decisive days, hours, aud
even moments in the lives of men
which determine whether they are to
be rich or poor, princes or paupers in
this world. And are there not momeut-,
ous days, hours and moments in our |
lives that determine whether we are to!
be princes or paupers in Eternity?!
happy or hopeless, saved or lost?;
This hour may decide the matter
you, friend. It so, how?
Somewhere in your pathway, dear
unsaved friend, there is a quiet, lonely
spot, where some day you will bait, and ! .
lie down, to rise up no more till the I
loud blast of the trump of the arcban-1 l
gel calls you to judgment! This is as
certain as that you now live. ''But of
that day and hour knoweth no man."
Solemn thought! Yes, very solemn,
even to those who have the precious ^
hop6 that they will sweetly "sleep in
Jesus" until the resurrection morn. <
But O? how inexpressibly harrowingit | ?
must be to those "having no hope and
without God in the world" ? How is it
with thee, friend? Trust no uncertainty.
Give your heart to Jesus, the
Friend of sinners, to-day, and all will
be well with thee, both now and In ?
"that day." i
Vri
1,1,R SIIPI
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5
ine of Spring
ds Just Recei
LACK AND COLORED SERGES, CASHM
llantines,] Satines, Percales, Lawns, Organi
r Stock of White Goods is Comple
Lawns, Dimities, Check Lawns, Nain
s and ??.
_ ??v Eml>roiderie
ds, Cottonades and Gents' Furnis
[ade Clothing, Boys' and Children
deduced Prices. Pants at all Prices
is' Boys, and Childrens' Hats. In Fel
s is full. Gents', Ladies' and Chi]
Ladies' Oxford Ties and Slippers.
is and Farmii
Classes, Sugar and Coffee.
'lows and Farm mi p* Tmnlfimflnts of
All are cordially invite
TE, Proprietc
Spring medicines, onion sets, garden seed
and stationery at Harrtsod & Game's.
Syrup wild cherry compound will stop that
cough. Call at Harrlsou & Game.
Grip capsules prepared by HarrlRon >t Game
never fail to cure a case of grip. 2.3c per box.
TO THE
y?-4 I J _ __
^ouzneru - Baptist
Convention
AT
WILMINGTON, N. C.,
May 5th to 14th, 1897.
THE
SEABOARD AIR LINE
OFFERS THE
BEST SERVICE I
QUICKEST ROUTE!
HALF RATE!
In addition to the Regular Superb Double
Daily Service, it |8 proposed 10 run
Thrfift "flautist ta'al Trains"
FROM
Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia,
Making immediate connections with trains
from all points
North, East, South and Wcwt.
For special printed matter, maps, tlmo-tasles,
rates, tickets, sleepers, and all Information,
address or call on
B. A. NEWLAND, Gen'l Pass'r Dept.,
6 Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga.
OR
T. J. ANDERSON, Gen'l Pass'r Agt..
Portsmouth, Va.
ICE! IC
J. E. J
rfjjfflh Is making arrangements to
ties, from which our peop
or sman amounts.
Special Prices f
The ICE will be in store ;
Make your contracts now.
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Washing!
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^ We have bought the Seed and
P & Co. and OFFER BARGAINS.
LUIUWV
ALL AB0AR1
[ AM NOW PREPARED TO SERVE MY F
with almost anything they may need.
itaple and Fnncy tiroccrieN,
NhoewllHtN, Dry UoodH,
\hI1s, Barbed Wire,
^^co:
And make your wants knowi
Thanking you for past favors, I am
Azno
Feb. 1, 1897.
VALTER L. MILLER,
Attorney at Law.
.Abbeville, S. C.
I also represent a number of Investment.
>mpanies. Loans made on Abbeville or
reenwood City real estate.
OFFICE on Law Range.
DENTAL NOVICE.
S. F. Killings worth,
No. 4 Seal Block, Abbe ville, S. C.
Selglan lamp chimneys at R,v<\ Bernnn's.
m*?uw?iii^iiii ai??w? hips
>LY CO.
. . Proprietor.
and Summer
ved.
EKES, HENRIETTAS, BUNTINGS, BRIL,
flies' Lace Grenadines, Ginghams, Printsite
oaaIto 'Pi/mnu Xm
lOVl/IlO, I JVJUW, vvu.
s of all Descriptions.
hing Goods. I am offering some
s' Suits at Greatly
It
t and Straw.
Nlioes !
Idrens' Dress? Shoes.
ig Tools.
all kinds.
d to come and examine my stock.
>r A. S. Co.
MUTUAL
ii nice
$ 400,000.
"IXTRITE TO OR CALL on the'undersign
or to the Director of your Townsb
for any information you may desire abo
our plan of Insurance.
We insure your property againBt destri
tlon by
fire, mm on mm,
and do so cheaper than any Insurance Co:
pany in existence.
Remember we are prepared to prove to y
that ours is the safest and cheapest plan
Insurance known.
J. R. BLAKE, Jr., Agent,
Abbeville, S. G.
J. FULLER LYON, Pres.
Abbeville, S. C.
BOARD DIRECTORS.
T. C Turner -Ninety-Six Townshl
J. M. Major Greenwood "
P.W.Sullivan Cokesbury
W. B. Acker Donnalds "
M. B. CUnkscales Due West "
T. L>. Haddon Long Cane "
I J. W. Scott- .Smithvllle "
E. W. Watson White Hall
I J.W.Lyon Indian fllll "
I Capt. John Lyon Cedar Spring "
! W.E. Leslie Abbeville "
l)r. J. A. Anderson.Dlamond Hill "
i H. A. Terinent LowndeavlUe "
A. O. Grant Magnolia "
I J. T. Horton Calhoun "
G. N. McKlnney Bordeaux "
[ Abbeville, S. C., March 1, h'JT.
E! ICE
TONES
keep ICE in great quantile
may be supplied in large H-2eR>'
or Large Orders.
about the middle of April.
"ONES,
on Street.
irden ^eed
T
& Game's
1 Stationery Business of H. \V. Lawson
) FOR 1897 f
RIENDS AND THIi PUBLIC THIS YEA
Needs of nil Kinds,
FhrinIiiic Tools.
All KIiicIn Hartlwiir
M!E^i
and they will be supplied.
Y'iiirs kok Business,
>js H. Morse.
The State ol' South Carolina
COUNTY O-K* ABBEVILLE.
1'HOIIAVE COL'KT.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
In the Matter of the Estate of A. M. Hill, d<
ceased.
ALL persous Indebted to said estate mm
settle without demy, and those holdtu
claims against the estate must present ther
properly attested to. H". H. HILL,
April 3,181)7. Administrator.
Great bargains In printed lawns and mut
1ms. Just marked down to rock botton
prices. Abbeville Supply Co.
Just arrived?a big lot of ijew matting frorr
12V? to 35 cts. per yard at the Abbeville Suppj
Aii Essential to Forgiveness. Tli
I Forgiveness is never complete with- ]
? out its complement, repentance. An coj
r aggrieved or injured person may ex- noi
r ercise great patience, loug-suflering, sui
0 | charity ; may repeatedly, even per- cas
P Imanently, forbear to visit penalty; to
? I ?vtm* Hovo o rvol'fopflir frvrori vi n o? Qni H t. r^n
m UJ?J uu.v u ,yvi.vvvV ?v.6?'.uei IVU
p but until his forbearance and readiness tbt
a to forgive are met on the other side by Ch
J repentance, the act of forgiveness can- ins
J not be complete. am
^ So God deals with us. He is very iyj
r patient, waits to see whether oar mi
# wrongdoing indicates a nrm purpose of joy
P our lives, or is the result of ignorance It
p or the stress of overpowering tempta- trii
a tion. He is long-suffering, does not fee
a punish for the tirst offense or for mauy de<
\ offenses, but gives every possible op- de1
\ portunity to retrace our steps and set k thi
r ricrtit <>nrirlnnt- is mernifnl. tender. *?ni
J gentle, never breaking the bruised tee
F reed, nor quenching the smoking flax, fel
# always ready to assist even the weakest
0 endeavor. For forgiveness, however, ?
# he requires absolute repentance.
0 The same general principle holds
^ good in our dealings with oneanother. fll
? The obligation which God imposes on III
? himself to meet repentance with for- I
f giveness becomes in our case a duty to 1
r exercise the forgiving spirit, whether
f there is repentance t%r not. We are to
# be patient, long-suffering, merciful, I
# tender, and also charitable; for with Ij
4 our human limitations we are constant- I
A ly liable to err in our interpretation of *
0 acts and words, and it may be that, in5
stead of being the offended, we are, in
J truth, the offenders. Making, how- >f
ever, full allcwance for all such obliga- ^
J tion, it remains true that in the relaP
lions of man with man, as in those of or
f man with God, forgiveness cannot be hi
4 complete without repentance; or, it 8ee
4 other words, the duty of repentance is
4 jubt as great as the duty of forgiveness. J
a It is just as necessary for the person
J who finds out that he was wronged anf
other to seek forgiveness by the mani^
festation of repentance as it is the
? ^ *'?? f fA KA r<in^ti fA fAi*rrSva
utlljf Ul IUC UlUCI WUSICBUJ vv.
wheter repentance be made manifest
or not.
This repentance must be something l8
I more than mere regret for con- me
sequences. Comparatively little v^rong- wh
doing is intentional. Very few men q0l
I flaunt disobedience in the face of God, t0(
and few deliberately set about doing ma
harm to their fellows. Most of the 8t
experiences in life that call for the ex- M
. ercise of forgiveness have been occa,ip
sioned by ignorance or heedlessness.
ut Some people seem to imagine that repentancehas
to do do only with deliberate
wrongdoing; that the great mass of
act3 or words that give offense can be s
fully atoned for by a mere ''excuse _
me," ."I did not mean to," etc. Others
m act as if there were some degradation Ch
in the expression of repentance. Both
0f these views are utterly false. The man
who has injured his fellow-man in
whatever way or however uninten- ?v
tionally is bound to make full repara- Ar
tion for the wrong, and the least th^t
he can do is to acknowledge the obligation*
The degradation is in refusinu
to acknowledge it. The man who presume9
on the readiness to forgive, tr
whether of God or man, and refuse:* Ar
to seek forgiveness, has no rignt to Lv
claim that forgiveness. [ *'
pv
. Lv
Lv
P- A habit calls for prompt and decisive Lv
treatment. To attempt to break off )l_
from somesin gradually is about as j-v
wise as to amputate a diseased hand
gradually, cuttiuga little to-day, a little Ar
more to-morrow, and completing .the AJl
operation some other day. The Scripture
plan is to break oft'from the sin ??
and from everything that may lead to Ar
it. "If thy right hand cause thee to "J
offend, cut it off and cast it from thee.
; REGISTRATION HE.!
V ' LV
| Old Certificates of Registration ~
are Void?Everybody Must wuj
Register. uleTie
Books of Registration will be 0;pened ?
on the First Monday in December next
and kept Open for Three Successive
Days for the Registration of VoterB A
Xjll I/IUICU. l/U XkCglBUl CVUIUU UUbCl U.LLO WWii- |
stltution?For the Information of the ?
People Attention Is Called to the Fol- M
foiling Provisions of the New Law, Ap- "
proved the Fifth Day of March, 1896.
rriHi: books of registration shall
JL be opened by the Boards on the tlrst
Monday Id April, 1S9G, at the Court House in To,
each County, and kept open for at leant six Nev
consecutive weeks. They shall be opened Bos
again at the Court House on t ho first Mondays uior
In June, July, Augustand September, A. D.,
1S9U, and kept open continually for at least
^ one week In each of said months. They shall ?7"
W be closed thirty days before tho general elec- ?'i
r lion in 1896. After general election in 1890, the ? ]
A Books of Registration ?balI be opened on the * y
W first Monday of each month at the Court ? j
v House and kept open for three successive days -?
m in each month until thirty duys before the Lv.
r election In 189(1, <when they shall be closed un- Jj_
A til the said general election sbs.ll have taken Lv.
place. The offices ami books must be kept Ar.
^ open from 9 o'clock in tho forenoon until 3 A^~j
v Kf uiutn iu il'.c ui bcauvurjt r v 1
r The Board ot Registration Is the Judge of _J
the qualifications of all applicants for regis- Ar.
Y tratlon up to January 1st, 1898 Up to Janu- "
x ary 1st., 1&9S. overy maio citizen of this State "
V and of the United Slates, twenty-one years of "
C oge, who is not an Idiot, is not Insane, is not "
a pauper supported ai, the public expense,
r and Is not confined In any public prison, and Ar
Jfc wno has not been convicted of burglary, arw
son, obtaining goods or money under false Ar-'
v pretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery, Lv. i
m adultery, wife beating, housebreaking, receiv- ?f~,
^ ing stolen goods, breact of trust with (raudu- ?\
x lent, Intent, sornication, sodomy, Incest, as- u
W sault with intent to ravish, miscegenation, ?
v larceny, or crimes against the election 'aws, <
A and who shall have teen a resident in thUs ><
y Slate two years, (except ministers In charge ?
yf organized churches f.nd teachers of public
schools, and they after six months residence
In the State,) a resident in the County ior six
mouth*, and in the polling precinct lour Lv.,
months, and who ran mid any Section in the "
Constitution or 181)5, or can understand and "
explain any section of said Constituilon )
when read to him by the registration officer "
or officers shall be entitled to registration and "
become a eleetor upon application lor such "
registration. If any person has been convict- Ar. <
ed of any pf the crimes above-mentioned, a
pardon of the Uovernor removes thedlsqual- Lv-1
iflcation. Ar. (
In case any minor who will become twenty- lv
p. one years of age after the closlngof the Hooks '
of Registratratlon and before the election,
and Is otherwise qualified to register, makes
application undcroath showing he Is quail- Lv7
tied to register, the Boards shall register such
appllcaul before the closing of the books. Ar I
Any person whose qualifications as an elec- r ,
tor will be completed after the closing of the f'* j
Registration Books but before the next elec- tiou,
shall have the right to apply for and se- Ar. 1
cure a registration certlrtcate at any time "
within sixty days immediately preceding the " 1
closing of the Registration Books, upon an " 1
application under oath to the facts entitling " 1
him tosuch registration. " 1
The registration ot voters must be by poll- Jr I
ing precincts. There nuint be a Book of Reg- ?' j
~ Istratlon for each polling precinct, that Is tor
each township, or parish. or city, or I vnu of *D
less than live liiousand Ihliabilniits, or w*rd
? of cities ot more than five thousand Inhabl- tj^,,,j,
tants. Each eleetor must vote in the polling
precinct In which he resides. If there Is more S|.(l|l
than one voting place in the polling precinct, y,,
the elector may vote at any votim; pl?cedes- 'j',*a|r
Ignated on the registration certificate. The
Boards must designate in the registration (viui
!- certificate the voting place In the polling pre- [j0]
cinct at which the elector is to vote. If there
is more than one voting place In the polling m,rn|
it. precincts, the Boards shall designate on the m,iCO
g certificate ttie voting place selected by the *
n elector. ;!or
Old certificates of registration are void. Every
man who may desire to exercise the right
. to vote must apply for Registration.
'* J. I). CAR WILE,
a
S. a. BOLES,
J J. T. ELLIS.
Board of Supervisors of Registration.
c Hymnal an . Devotional Reading.
fthe Hymnal were more widely realized
by our Methodist people jus
I.. ? 1> .<m no * Ka
i mereiy u uuiicuiiun ?i njumo m uc
ig in the public services ami oclionally
iD the home, but as a book
be systematically and prayerfully
,d as an aid to religious devotion, the
i effect upon spiritual life of the
urch would be very strong and abidf;
for the Hymnal is a simple, lucid,
i beautiful expression of the highest
ie of religious faith, aspiration, hulity,
recignatiou, courage, worship,
ousness, thanksgiving, and praise,
is a poetic embodiment of ourdocue,
and a soul tonic, stimulating and
ding the higher life. Deplorable in
5d must be the state ot one wiio can
^ te half an hour to the perusal of
s remarkable book without ?-xpericing
an elevation of thought and
ling and a 6trong desire for closer
lowsbip with God.
1 ?>L M
. PAY FULL MARKET PRICE FOR . . .
Cotton Seed
will make a good exchange of MEaL and
ILLS for SEED. Farmers should sell their
d to tbe Oil Mill or exchange tbein for
Meal and Hulls
Our Ginnery
equipped with the very latest Improve
nts for handling and GINNING COTTON
lch Increases its value one eight to one
utter of a cent a pound. Send your cotton
Dll Mill Ginnery and see If It does notcom,nd
a better price than when ginned on old
le machinery.
?- Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls for bale.
J. M. HARDEN,
Manager.
ept. 15.1896, tf
arleston and Western Caro Una R. R
Vugasta and Abbeville Short Line.
In effect Feb. 7,1S97.
AugUHto. 9 40 am 1 40 pm
Greenwood 12 17 pin i
Anderson 7 3l) pni ti 10 pm
Laurvno 1 15 pm 7 00 am
Greenville 8 (M) pm 10 15 am
Glenn Springs 4 05 pm
Bportanburg 8 00 pm 9 25 am
Saluda 5 23 pm
Hendersonville 5 51 pm
Ashevllle 6 45 pm 7 00 pm
Ashevllle 8 20 am
Spartanburg 11 4B am 4 00 pm
Glenft tiptings 10 00 am
Greenville 11 55 am 4 00 pm
Laurens 1 30 pm 7 10 pm
Anderson i 00 am
Greenwood 2 28 pm ,
Augusta 0 00 pm 11 10 am
Calhoun Kails 4 44 pm
Iialelzh 2 1G am
Norfolk 7 80 am
Pc U-rslmrg 6 00 am
Richmond 8 20 am ..
Augusta 2 55 pm
Allendule . 5 00 pm
Fairfax 5 15 pm
Yemassee 9 30 arn 6 2'? pm
Beaufort 10 35 am 7 20 pm
Port Koyal 10 50 am 7 80 pm
Pavannah 8 00 pm
Charleston 8 08 pm
Charleston- 6 50 am
Savannah 6 50 am
Port Koyal 1 55 pm 8 15 am
Beaufort 2 10 pm 8 25 am
Yemassee 8 15 pm 9 25 am
Fairfax 10 32 am
Allendale 10 4T am
Angusta 12 55 pm
lose connections at Greenwood for all points on
A. L. aud (!. Ac. G. Hallways, and at Spartanburg
h Southern Hallway.
or any information rclativo to tickets, rates, schedetc.,
address
W. .1. ORAIQ. Oon. Pass. Agent, Augusta, Gs.
E. M. NORTH, Sol. Agent.
^UMITED
n minr rn HIV
JTVJf LJ\J UDLL ly/il L.I
SERYICE
Atlanta, Charlotte, Augusta. Athens, Wilmington,
v Orleans. Chattanooga, Nuthvillu opd New York,
ton, Philadelphia. Washington, Norfolk, J'.ichid.?Schedule
in effect Feb. 7, 1897.
_SOUTIIBOUND. No. 403. No.4Jh
New York, via Penn. K. K.*ll 00 am *9 00 pin
Philadelphia, " " 1 12 p in 12 05 am
Baltimore, " " 3 15 p m 2 50 am
IVashhlngton, " M 4 40pm 4 30 am
Richmond, A. C. L., 8 50 p m 9 05 am
Norfolk via S. A. L *8 85 p m *9 05 aui
Portsmouth,^ " 8 45 Jim_ 9 '20 am
Weldon, via S. A. L *Il 28 pin *ll 55 am
Henderson, via * *12 56 a m *1 89 pm
Durham via S. A. L t7 32 am f4 09 pm
Durham " +5 20 pm til 10 am
Raleigh, via S. A. L. *2 10 a in *3 34 pm
Sanford, " 3 35 " 5 03 "
Southern Pines, " 4 22 to 5 55 "
Hamlet, ' 5 10 " 6 53 "
A'ndesboro, " 5 84 " 8 11 "
Monroe, " 6 43 " 9 12 "
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Sfarffnret'N Easter OflTfrliij?.
A slender little figure, clad in rusty
black,entered the Sunday-school room i
at Grace Church and hesitatingly 1
slipped into the nearest vaoaut peat, j
wnich chanced to be in the pew occupied
by Miss Wilson's class, of girls. !
These girls all dainity appareled
looked askance at the new-comer, and
Miss Wilson herself glanced up in surprise.
''Are you a new scholar ?" she asked.
1
"Yes, rraa'ara. I want to be a
scholar," the chili] answered timidly, i
"Did the superintendent assign you
to this classZ" Miss Wilson questioned.
"No, ma'am; I sat here because
there was a seat, and this was a girl's
class.
"Well," said Miss Wilson, "after
the lesson I will see the SuperintenT)
\.~ tu:. ... isi Ua
ucui. .rciimps luis uiuss wuuiu uui uc
the best one for you. Give me your
name, please."
"Margaret Worth," was the reply.
After carefully writing the new
uame In her notebook, Miss Wilson
gave the girl an open Bible, and proceeded
with the reading of the chapter.
At the close of the lessons the Supertendent
came before the school and
made a few remarks concerning the
coming Sunday, which would be Easter.
"We would like," he said in concluding,
"to have as many flowers as
possible, with which to decorate the
church. What more fitting emblems
are there than flowers for this Easter
Day, which we Christians hold sacred
as the Resurrection Day of our Saviour
? He is called the rose of tSharon.
and the Lily of the Valley. The beauty
of the flowers is typical of the beauty
and purity of his life. Silently their
fragrance perfumes the air and lingers
around them when they are faded.
So the blessed influence of bis quiet,
lovely life pervaded the world about
him, and lingers with us, though he
ascended into heaven centuries ai?o.
Let us, my young friends, bring
flowers to twine about his altar on
Easter Day. ,
"I can bring some," said Margaret,
eagerly. "Would they care for lilies?"
*
"Yes, indeed; lilies are just what
we want. You may bring what you
can," Mifs Wilson replied a little patronizingly.
Then she spoke to the Superintendene
in regard to the naw scholar,
who was given a place in the Sunday
school.
"I didn't think my class would suit
her at all," she said after Margaret
naa passeu oui 01 neanng. -aiy gins
are of such a nice set, and dress so
well, it would tie embarrassing to
her."
But the 6hild did not bear this remark,
and was thinking very little of
others ; sbe was thinking how glad she
was to be able to do something for
the Saviour, if it was only to give
flowers to beautify his house.
Her father, who was now dead, had
been a florist, and her mother still
kept up the little garden, so Margaret
knew something ofthe value of plants,
though their customers were mostly
the plainer people who were fond of
an nowers wneiner mey were rare or
common,aud knew little of the fitness
of certain blossoms for certain occasions
Easter morning dawned bright and
beautiful, as Easter mornings usually
do in California. Grace Church was a
bower of beauty. Its tall columns
were wreathed with smilax and ivy,
while great bunches of roses and calla
lillies were banked about the altar.
Margaret Worth gazed in wonder;
she had never seen anything so beautiful.
"I couldn't bring my offering yesterday,"
she said, "because mother was
sick; but I hope it won't be too late to
use what I have brought ihismoming.
I came as early as I could."
The Superintendent, with several of
the teachers aud scholars, stood in the
vestibule when the child held out her
flowers to Miss Wilson.
"Oh !" exclaimed that lady, "we do
not want those for Easter!"
"Tiger lilies! The idea!" cried one
of the girls as she gazed aghast at the
great armful of towny spotted lilies.
Margaret looked from one to another
pleadingly?"I?I thought you wanted
lilies. See, I have cut them with long
stalks, though it took all the buds, too.
Won't they do?"
"Mercy ! no, child. We don't want
anything but white flowers," some one
answered impatiently.
The young girl gave a swift glauce
around the church, then up into the ,
sympathetic faces about her.
With a sob of disappointment and
wounded pride she turned and fling- .
ing the flowers up the pavement at the
foot of the steps, ran quickly home, !
vainly trying to choke back the tears
that would come.
The Superintedent and [Miss1 Wilson
were still in the entry when Margaret
camejback shortly aftered.
"Will these do?" she ask, holding
up a bunch of exquisite lilies of the I
valley.
"0, lovely!" Miss Wilson cried.
Why didn't you bring these at first ?"
"I thought to^ decorate the others
would be best. I did not understand ; i
you never told me the flowers must be
white until after I had brought tue
others. These are the only white
ones I have, and they?" she stopped
and looked lovingly down ;upon the
dainty blossoms.
"And they?" said the Superinten- <
dent kindly, for he felt that she had !
hesitated to complete her sentence.. j
She looked up gratefully, for the
kindness of his tone encouraged her.
'"They are the first to bloom, and I
had thought to put them on my father's
grave, he loved them so. But I
know he would be glad to have me
bring them for an Easter offering."
INIiss Wilsou left a kiss on the girl's
cheek as she took the flowers.
"See," she said, "how lovely they
look in the slender white vase," and
pa.-siug down the aisle, she placed
them on the crimson coveriug of the
pulpit, beside the open Bible.
There were teurs in the Superintendent's
eyes when he spoke to Miss
WiNon a few minuted later, and going
lown the steps, he gathered the re-1
lected tiger lilies from the pavement, i p
ind laid them in a glowing mass at the ! b
foot of the altar. And the thought P
was in his heart that these discarded,
lowers were like some sin-sick soul, a
lumbly lying at the feet of the Master. I e'
Words, money, all things else, are J,
.'omparatively easy to give away ; but j
vhen a man makes a grief of his daily v
ife and practice, it is plain that the JjJ
ruth whatever it may be. has taken jdi
>ossession of him.
I iu
You picture to yourself the beauty of !
iravery and steadfastness. And then J
ome little, wretched, disagreeable duty | ^
omes, which is your martyrdom, the tn
amp for your oil; and if you do not!'1'
0 it how your oil is spilt.
The back seats are taken in church ! ^
ml the front seats always in a theatre, i pi
t is wonderful, but true. It does seem j"
liat people would be more interested r
1 their soul's salvation than that, but
large majority of them are not. 1
Beauty if Heart Deep. ;
"Beauty is but skin keep." That
a .skin-deep saying. Beauty is hear^^^H
deep. It is out of the heart we desir^^HH
ir. It out of the heart it grows.^^^M
Tbis is not a mere saying like the^^H|
there. It is the fact and secret that^^HN
we are eager to penetrate. There is jfljj
indeed, a skiu-deep beauty?a mere ^
unearned, unlived, bodily inheritance
but out of some heart, through some
life-earninv, it must always have been
orginated and evolved. The grandest
beauty may wait, it* secret glory not
Bhowu forth, for a lifetime; covered in
with a plain, even ungainly exterior
as a noble building is roughly boarded
up while it is being carefully wrought
to its perfection. Many a woman goes
through the world like this. Or the t.
irue oeauiy may oe so teuuer in us
beginnings that It needs to be hidde*],
shielded?not made &ign of before its
time?lest it should be spoiled and
perish in the exposure. So the final
heritage waits, while a present outer
poverty is permitted, which, like the
opposite condition, may have conhe
down through some strain of ancestry,
the outer betrayed of a far-back, inndr
want. Of such wailing, a little furtheV
on, a wonderful loveliness may ba
born. A plain woman, with beauty in
her soul, ha? often been the mother of V
a marvelously beautiful child. . . . v
Beauty is a seed in the nature. It will
germinate, bud, leaf out, blossom. If \
the beauty is inside, you, and alive, \
you will sometime, somewhere? be a )
form of beauty. How else did God
make out of his own beautiful thought
the beautiful world ? You have only
got to Jive, love on, ana wait, you
shall have your birthright. 'Certain of
this, will you care if even it does not
wholly come to you within the three
score years and ten ? When you come
of age you shall possess your estate.
Only, never barter it away for a mess
pottage you happen to be hungry for.
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Remember the place, No. 2 Washington
itreet
apportionment of the School Funds
of Abbeville County for School ?
Year 1866-97.
S ?
- S-fl S 2? ?-* * .
- ~ .2 5?C.s^ ^ ^ L r^ <cbu
= S5 c?9?* -sis S1I ?II
=11 III5! |a 1 |-| |sa
\'J. p-i ? 5 <? fi< H
S 659 10 52,067 -17 8493 00 $3,249 57
418 Si 1,254 71 454 00 2.126 94
8Stt '.2 1.153 47 879 00 1,923 59
357 29 1.101 66 277 00 1,785 95
466 SI 1,4(10 54 8S6 00 2,258 35
S.i6 48 1.069 55 317 00 1.773 08
334 25 1,002 86 315 00 1,652 11
888 59 1,165 88 243 00 1,797 47
378 77 1,121 42 311 00 1,806 19
272 51 817 60 290 00 1.S80 11
228 87 6S0 OS 201) 00 1,124 55
3.9 32 988 04 809 00 1,626 36
481 63 1,445 00 383 00 2.309 03
819 07 1,047 32 300 00 1,696 39
299 68 899 11 269 00 1,46 7 79
459 40 1.378 31 352 00 2.1S9 71
275 SO 827 48 300 00 1.403 28
349 91) 1,049 79 350 00 1,749 69
108 53 452 02 135 00 695 55
151 48 454 49 109 00 714 97
75 74 227 24 59 00 361 98
52 69 158 08 4S 00 258 77
The above apportionment of the School
und to the different School Districts in Abeville
county is based on the enrollment of
upils in the public schools of the county
uriug the last school year.
The different boards ol 6chool trustees
lust uot overdraw on tne amounts designati
for their school districts.
The amounts apportioned to each district
om the amount brought lorward from last
ear will be paid out by the Treasurer in
anuary or February npxt..
The3 mill tax for 1896 97' and the poll tax
ill not be due uti,<) November, 1897. Clerks
I'the different o.ifcrdsof trustees will be re*
jired to distinguish between warrants
rawn on the 3 iuMI tax and the poll tax as I
n required by law to report them separately
i the annual settlement.
The clerks of the different boards of truses
will be required to make and send to this
lice on or before 1st of July, 1897, an itemiz- ,-*/
I statement of their expenditures during
ie present school year. It will therefore be
icessary that their books be accurately
;nt.
No warrant of any board of trustees will be
idorsed in this office unless the amount of
arrant Is plainly written in words and not
it In figures, and both duplicate and origiil
must be signed by at least two of tne
ustees ol the district from which it comes.
W. T. MILFORD,
Co. Supt. of Education.
Dec. 1. 1896.
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