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' *BgL " ; I The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE 8.O. VVPukliihed every Wedneeday at 13 e year la advance. Wednesday, Dec. 6, 1899. , Hypocritical Cant. Congress and cheap politicians are exmoii lng a lot of hypocritical cant about Keating Roberts, tbe man from Utah, with man; . wives. If the rale which our Savionr laid down in reference to the woman who was charged with evil doing was adopted In Washington, and the Congressmen were as honest as the woman's accusers, we would bear do more from them in reference to Roberts. We venture to suggest tbat Roberti la about as virtuous as bis accusers. Tbe Tobacco Crop. It'seems that tbe News and Courier will prove Itself right in urging tbe growth of tobacco as a money crop. Tbe Press and Banner was dead agalpst tbe proposition at first, bnt we are now on the doubtful bench, with an eye toward tobacco, we are annum reuujr to ask oar people to experiment with the crop. The Charleston Post. We are glad to note that the Charleston Post Is prospering. A new and faster press , bas been bought, and a building in tbe city Is being fitted np for the office. With a perfecting press, In Its own bnlldlng, the Post ~F wJli make a distinct advance on the Journallstlosea. Tbe Post Is always fair, always Interesting, and always a welcome gaest. Con< tinned success for the Post > . ? ? fcgf Mind Cbunged. Tbe News and Courier makes quotations of deoloratlons by Congress Id reference to Cuba and other Islands. The quotations are right, bat the United States has changed its mind, and will now take those Islands, bag and bag(age, and govern tbem, too; with the assistanoe of the people themselves. ' ' i in Electric Power. f: ' \ Dr. W. A. Htinter was In town last Monday. ' He and bis brothers are among the most prosperous cltltens of the county, and they own one of the best water powers In this sec tlon of tbe oountry?the famous old CalI boon's Mill. Dr. Hanter realizes that In tbe surplus water tbatgoee by bis mill nnntlllzed a good estate Is running to wa6te every year. If suitable contracts for power oould be made he would put In au electric plant and deliver power for manufacturing purposes to tbe corporate limits, which would be an exoellent tka Hnllriara of & cm a. 11 mt. S(THU|CUJOUV avr* vuo v. ? ? k ton mill beyond the Umlta of tbe corporation. Owing to the grant of franchise to others, the power belonging to Dr. Hnater could not be delivered within the corporation. When the new mill la organized. If It be determined to bolld the mill outside tbe city limits, an advertisement In tbe newspaper* Inviting bids for electric power would settle definitely whether It la cheaper than steam. Tbe cost of steam power la well known to praotlcal men, and If tbe ooat of electricity Is Y - leM than the ooat of ateam. It would be the part of wladom to use tbe cheaper power. * At the Home or Her Forefather*. Mrs. Reed of New York come to town i\ . laat Monday and spent a day with relatives in LX Abbeville. She Is tbe daughter of MIps * JoMpblne Wilson, who married Mr. Rona, a Union soldier In 180S. They weot to hie home In New York, after their marriage, wbere tbey bavo lived and proapered ever ainoe. Mra. Reed came to see the old home of her mother, and stopped with Mra. Leroy ^ T ' w"r a nfftfl t nrn.mit ar.d a pleasant drive with kindred, showed off the town to best advantage. She left yesterday $ for New York. > A Hob. T. Stobo Farrow. " Hon. T. Stabo Farrow ofGaffhey city waa In town for a few boars yesterday, bavlug oomeoija visit to Hod. W. H. Parker. He left on tbe 6 P. M. train over tbe tbe Seaboard. Time bas dealt gently with Mr. Farrow. He looks as be did years ago, and 11> .. - cheerful and hopeful. He has been at K-. varloos times In bis lite connected with tbe newspaper, work, and be still bas a liking for ' v-: tbe business. We bave promised blm. If be will get the editor married, that we will give him tbe printing office and quit tbe business. [ V' fr " -n WalsaU. ; General Hemphill was tbe recipient this week of a bnsbel of*walnato from a tree wbleb bis mother planted before be was born. He shared tbe nats wltb tbe Press and Banner, and we will plant tbem, and let future generations reap tbe benefit of onr planting. i-i: . . Baying a Wrkod. Mr. l. u. ?3peer oi Lowauenvine chuiv wj ; ' town yesterday to buy a wagon. He will do V doubt secure a good wagon and a good barV *ain. m ' Oysters and Flnh. When yon waot oynters and fllsh go to / The*. Tbomaon. I bave tbem always on * band. Telephone 99. ' Tbe A. B. P. Ctanrcb. :>'/ Rev. W. W. Orr will preach In the A. R. P. ; cbnrab on Friday night at half past seven ; y o'clock. The public Is Invited. .. ' President Boyceof the Dae Weet Female College w?s recently one of tbe honored visitors to our towo. Tbe college over wbloh b6 presides Is prosperous and doing a good work In preparing vonog ladles for discharging . ' the Important dnties wbicb rest npon christian women In tbls country. No better college Is to be found anywhere. ' > The stndents of Ersklne College print a Magazine, wbicb for good tbonght and good \ English is not surpassed by "any College, / Magazine that we have seen. Editor Moore of tbe Honea Path Chronicle wasjn town for 4 short ^tiroe one^day last WCVSi nCiiUTV pnuio UVIfU wi UIO t and will sooa pat In a splendid Job press. Governor McSweenev offers 9100 reward for tbe arrest of Hector Bernau, wbo killed A. M. Kennedy. The Legislature will soon meet. It Is time tbe newspapers were telling tbe members wbat to ao. Frank A. Calhoun of Augusta is dead. Age, ? Congress met last Monday. ... Brace's Restaurant. Goto Brace's tieataurant ior meats ai an hoara. , Brace's Restaurant la open for the Fall afid / Winter trade. Brace's Restaarant Is open day and nlgtal knock and tbe door shall be o pencd nntoyou Ij'' ' . _ E&- ' V A Lady's RumblIns at R. C. Bernao'i, Sterling silver friendship bracelets and hearts Id great many styles with your Initials engraved on tbem, all tbe go now, can be found at Bernaa'a, prices 15 to 75 cents. Leather parses, card cases and cigar cases, with or without sterling mountings, are abown at Bernau's In greatest profusion, you Are sore to find wbat you want, prices 85 cents to SOSterllns; silver apoonB and ladles and forki from $1.85 each upwards, and In handsome y _ silk lined boxes, will make an Inexpensive bat asefal wedding present. Better select yoar Christmas presents now and have tbem laid aside, the Jewelers Nortt are keeping busy day and night filling order* and goods will be bard to get later on, and you may not get wbat you want. R. C. 3er nan la getting In new goods every day and yoa are aare to find something you want now Children's booka from lc up at Tempi eton'i In addition to tbe largest stock of toyB In the up-country, we have on naud a large anc Well bought stock of dry goods, notion* boots, shoes, <fco., the quality and prices o which are surpassed toy none. W. Joel Smitt & Sons. Pore seed wheat, seed oats, all grades o floor, eagars, ooffees, raisins, currents, citron noU, and undoubtedly tbe finest pickles evei old to Abbeville. W. Joel Smith & Son. We have on band a fine line of mirrors shaving sets, toilet cases, smoking set*, cu? and collar boxes, wbloh we invite you to Inspect before buying. Yours to please, Mllford & DuPre, tbe druggists. Dr. Hill's Headache Powders, botb old and new style, at Mllford A DuPre's. the druggists . Ptoonel07. Woodbnry'a facial cream wbitem and beauUflw the skla for Ml* at Spvei's. i'-T < ' UP K ;..V.''" t':'V ' nwii Viv ^OUK 0111+c -nr\ccpQ? V/Ul uuiwu J^vuuvuv I choicest fabrics at LOW goods in the market, in ings, Black and Blue CI and styles4in MEN'S C ^OVERCO/ ASK TO SEE OUR ? $5.00 and $7.t There's nothing in the market that them in value. Have also some big di Coats, Raw Edge Meltons and Heavy Grade Overcoats. ut~h INDEPENDENT LODGE A. F, M t Its Birth, Its Prosperons Career, Itt Death, aud its Revival. Dr. Harrison went to Donaldsvllle yester day afternoon In bis official capacity as Depn ty Grand Master to take part In tbe reorganl zatlon of Independent bodge A. F. M., wblcl was originally organized In Dae West In tbi At that time that community was com potted almost entirely of Associate Reforme< PreBbyterlans wbo were then very much op posed to secret societies of all sorts. Bu tbere were a few men In tbe nelgbborboo< wbo were outside tbe pale of tbe cburcb, an< tbey bad conceived tbe Idea tbat tbe f rat em a relations wblcb were cultivated in a Masocii Lodge would be good for them, and so tbe: withdrew their membership from Cllntoi Lodge at Abbeville, and organized Independ ent Lodge at Due West. This organlzattoi was a great convenience to tbe Due West Ma sons wbo were exceedingly zealous In tb??l attachment for tbe Order. Tbey attended tb< monttrly meetings of Clinton Lodge, and I was always late in the night or exceedingly early next morning w ben tbey returned front tbe meetings to tbeir homes. Speaking from memory: Tbe Lodge wai organized In the upper room of a store wblcl was then owned by Moses Wlnstocfe, and li tbe bouse which stands nearly opposite tb< dwelling wblcb was then occupied by Dr Archer, and afterward occupied by Prof. Wm Hood. Tbe original or charter members of tin Lodge were: H. L. Holland, printer; Jamei Mnglll. shoemaker; Peter Johnson, talior; J Y. Sltton, carriage makur, and Dr. Pleasants Honea Path sent her contribution in tbe per son of Dr. McBelb-. Besides tbese. of course, tbere were other whose names we never knew or hav$ forgot ten. The pious community wan greatly sbockec at tbe organization, of a Masonic Lodge, li their rolaet. Besides tbe pernlclous effect o having in tbe community a secret organlza tlon, where a member thereof "winked wltl his eyes, speakeih with his feBt, and teaobetl with his lingers," It was feared thai tbe sa cred custom of church burial would be In vaded. The Church at that time did not be lieve In funeral services as now conducted and objection to tbe Lodge was urged for on< reason, because those who taugbtand spuk< by mystic signs and symbols would posslblj desire to exercise tbelr right of burial In cast of tbe death of one of tnelr members. Ma sonic funerals being conducted with grea pomp and oeremony, with white aprons anc white gloves, with staffs, 8words and Blbl< bearers, with members standing aroun< the grave /living tbe Public Grand Honori to tbedeac* ~7asan Innovation which was no pleasant <or tbe plouB churchman to contem plate. The Lodge was born, lived, flourished an< died. Its founders have either gone to tbi four quarters of the earth, or'bave passed be yond tbe veil. Tbeir lives remain but a fading scenes on memory's tablet. H. L. Hoi ~ D l??vt M lobloalnnl Knt in, I till U IB iU tuiriuu Iiaui^uJIDriwipf/!, vub do not know If be baB repented of bis sin l! organizing the Due Went Masonic Lodge Mases W1 o stock lives In Cbarleston, sleeplnj sweetly lo remembrance of conscious Id nocence la tbo good work of belplDg Holland James Maglll atoned for bis evil doing In rel erenoe to organizing the-Masonic Lodge b; marrying one of tbe best and mort devou Associate Reformed Presbyterians tbat eve partook of tbe most comfortable sacrament c our Saviour. Peter Johnson was a good on tailor, and, as tbe world goes, be wa a good old man. He never renounoei Masonry, however, and from the organize tlon of tbe Lodge be Uled Its meetings faltb fully until the day or his death. He wan i stranger In tbe community. He bad no bin folk thereabout, and tbe old waif felt more a bome at the Lodge than anywhete else 01 earth. Those who knew him trust tbat be 1 now at rest. May obedience to tbe lesson and rules of tbe Lodge on eartb entitle bin to "a place In tbe supreme council of tba adorable tyrant wbose name Is God." For a time Independent Lodge flourlBbei and grew apace. It bad more' work" that any other Lodge of which we have bad an: acquaintance. Notwithstanding the solid op position of orthodox Christians and tb frowning attitude of the church great nunc ours KUUrKCU lur nuuimiiiuu ai mo uuui m Lodge. B. M. Wlnstock, 8. A. Wlnstock, G Vlsanska, T. C. Seal, John W. Rowland, Jobi Matbls. W. D. Love, D. W. Hawthorne, Co D. 0. Hawthorne. were among some ot th men who joined the Lodge. Col. D. 0. Hawthorne, a most useful mem her of the Associate Reformed church elthe from conviction that there was good In th Order, or as his brother church members wer disposed to put It, from perverseness or hear at the instigation of the devil, cast bis lo with the mystic crew. The church peopl were placed In a dilemma, but because of hi > excellent cbaracter and bis zeal for cburci ' work, nothing was done about it in th church, and so we believe It was, tbat Col. I O. Hawthorne was the first Associate Refornc ed Presbyterian who became a Mason wlthou losing his cburchly connection. Col. Ha* tborne's power was suoh, tbat, although th silent influence of the members was agalnt | the Masonic order, yet the church from tbs 1 time on, as far as we know, never Interfere with the member's action In tbat particulai av\A oinAA t Hon ?nmonf t hf? hpuf end hrltxhfti i Masons have come from among the A.ll. I i membership. i Bnt Masonic Lodges, like other great thing ot earth, have their rise and fall. Mason! , zeal expended Itself, and the Lodge went t i decay. Its records were finished. Its dooi , were closed. Its jewals were neglected. Ii emblems and working tools were ruitlni Its hold on the public at Due WeBt wan los ' and It Is now sought to organize a Lodge b ' the same name In the neighboring town < | Donalds. 1 But the church at Due West remains and I : still extending Its usefulness In serving lb 1 purposes of Its divine appointment, giving s all times the sweetest consolation to lb children of the Father of us all. At the time of the organization of tfc Lodge at Due West this editor was a boy, an i tbe Rev. W. R. Hemphill was associate edltc of tbe church paper, under Its dlfferec 1 namas. As a writer be was entertaining an 1 resourceful. He had two subject!* wblcb wei Inexhaustible, and about wblcb be had som 1 thing to say which was always readabli 1 namely: Masons and Catholicism. Tt fact Is, he knew very little about Masonar; f however well informed be may have bee , about the Catholics. The Lodge was a eret r evl| wblcb was about to spring at up the ve: lountaln head of tbe learning and the plet of the chprcb, and It was necessary I r fight It, through tbe columns of the cburc , paper. This editor hardly knew which wi worse, tbe Catholics or tbe Masons. But m thought we could avoid tbe fate of Morgai . who, It Is alleged, the Masons drowned f< ' telling their secrets. But In the childhood < ( tbls editor, Mr. Hemphill excited fears tb< ! troubled b!m In tbe night. We thought tb | country would soon be turned over to tt |f*tholl?a, and then the Protestant* wool -V;^ " -V . 1 . ' V ? liner f A BIG SHIPj t IMiV 5 Tightness, iitness, lashio: 7 PRICES have any chai Fancy English Worsteds tieviots, Black and Blue C NOTHING. ilS.<? Boy's ai Here is anothu to? 50 Coat. *d,M make of BOYS has ever approacnea iucuibbucb mm rives in Covert Cloth they are what v Beavers and High suits have Doubi Buttons that wil [ALL , have to renounce their religion or anfler mar tyrdom. We have learned that neither the Mason nor the Catholics are as dangerons or as bat , as we once thought. . FBOM THE PHILIPPINES. g Brier Notes or an Abbeville Soldlei Now Dolnic Doty In Distant la lands. The Press and Banner has been permlttei t to publish tbe following letter from Mi | George Douglass to bis father Mr. G. A. Doug 1 lass of this city. For many reasons It will b c read with Interest by oar people: i Angeles, P. I., Oot. 23,1899. . My Dear Father.* j We are still resting on onr oars; don* . know when we will move; haven't bad an; r firing since tbe 16tb, except poco. We have i 9 good bit of sickness In tbe 17th, but I bellev t its more the men's fault tban theoonntry am climate. Most of the sickness Is malaria am > diarrhea. I never felt better In my lire There are something like thirty-six dlstlnc g tribes on this one Island. Most of tbe Inbat 3 Hants around Manila are Tagaloga and Ag g gles?army is mostly of this tribe. V'her a we are now stationed tbe people are kdowi as Pampanga*. Somewhere else there ar . MaoabeDs. The Macabebs are always friend ly to tbe Spaniards, and we baye one con e pany of tbem which so far seems to be doln a good work. Farther on are tbe Iggrottes . these people resemble onr own dear negroes . | hair and all. Aggie has their sympatblei and they wouiu oe or service w mm u uo um guns; tbey only have bows and arrowi b Stucos, same Iggrottes. These are only a fev . around Matilla, and tbe above may not be ex actly true?only hearsay. 11 Have bad a thermometer hanging up for i i week?hasn't been above 87degrees yet. t I haven't bad much time logo around. an< . don't .know much of Ibis island. Hope tba i I will get to see more of it before coming bad i lo tbe United 8tates. Angeles has one fln . building with a croBH on top- tbe rest ar . common t&mboo shacks. Bee General "Joe' , almost every day. Am going to take a da: , off and try and look np something to writ i about. Good bye. Geo. r " ? 3 Robert E. Lee1** Answer. Greenville News. t Our heroes of now are good and gallant mei 1 wbo know tbeir business and do their dut; n and are honors to tbeir race and country t and it is rigbt that we should honor them Yet tbey seem, cheap and vulgar and smal when we compare them witb Robert B. Lee ] wbo was defeated, wbo was given no trl b umpbs and wbo would not ask or receive an; favors. The R>rhmond Dlspatob has fonni r among tbe records of tbe Richmond clt; council a resolution appropriating (60,000 fori e home In that city for General Lee and hi i family. This was in 1863, and bere Is the as !i OTTti K . Headquarters i- ' "Army Northern Vlcglnla. I. "November 13,1863. r- 'To the President of the City Council, Rlob V mond. Va.: t "air?My attention has been directed to i r resolution reported Id the newspapers as bav if Ing.been Introduced Into tbe body over wblo! J you preside, bavin? for Its object the pui s chase by the city of Richmond of a house fo j the u?e of my family. I assure you, sir, tba i- no want of appreciation of tbe honor con feri i- ed upon'me by this resolution or lnsenslbl! a Ity to tbe bind feellne which prompted It lc i- dues me to ask, as I most respectfully dc t that no farther proceedings be taken with re: a ereoce to the subject. Tbe bouse is not net s eisary for tbe use of my family, and my owi s duties will prevent my residence In Riot a mood. I should, therefore, be compelled t t decline tbe generous oiler, and trust tba whatever means tbe city council may bav d to spare for tbis purpose may be devoted t i tbe relief of tbe families of our soldiers in tb ~ riao/i rtf ooolatQ nAQ a n i f UOIU, WUU BIV UJUIO 1U uvwu V/l r?naia%t?uvw w ? more deserving of It than myself. I have th e honor to be, very respectfully i- "Your obedient servant, e "R. E. Lee, General." 1. a ? ? ? I. 6 Unclaimed Letter*. Letters remaining In Post Office for weej r ending, Nov. 21: e B?Lou Brooks, Mr. Bowen. e C?Alice Clarke. J. W. Cullwarle. t I)?Mrs. Sallle Drennan, Mrs. Delia Davli it H?Christiana Harrison, Mrs. Elsie Harr: e son. s K?Lew King. H. V. Kllllngswortb. b L?J.N. Leak. e M?Walter Mass. Wade Malan, Davl >. Morton, Tom Mathews. i- N?Fanney Naucb. it 8?Clark Slnkln, Wtllle R. Saxon, R. Is l- Smith, LuclleSbarp. e T?B. Tuston, Geo. Tennant. it W?R. H.Walker. it Robt.S. Link, P.M. d r, : - it I<. W. White's Locnln. [8 Ladles doubtless are admonished by tb cold weather that they need a cape or a Jacb o et. You can find Just what you need at tb s store of L. W. White. j? Bear In mind that you will find a large ai J* sortment of capes and Jackete at L. Vi ' White's, and prices have been greatly ri duced. The cheapest wool bed blankets ever otfere h are to be seeu at L. W. White's. They at ie selling very rapidly. Call and be supplle it before they are all gone. There will be u e more at the same prices. Table linens of all kinds, towels, sheeting ie tickings and bouse furnishings generally 1 d large supply at L. W. White's. '{ The best stock of oarpets, malting* an ^ rugs In the city can be seen at L. W. White i -e Now Is the time to buy a good suit of clott e- Ing and an overcoat. When In Deed of the* > articles you are sure to be pleased If you wl _ - ... ~i. ~r i iif nrt.u? le call anu exumiuo luc ntuurw ui u. it . ? uih, K. If you want to give your wire a sultabl o Christmas present, you can find nothing be it ter tban a carpet, an art square, a rug. a pa y of blankets or a set of china. You can fin y any or all of these at L. W. White's. ? A better stock of shoes for men, ladle ' boys, misses and children ?ean not be foun " anywhere than you will see at the store ( ^ L. W. White. ir At L. W. White's grocery store you will fln of at all times everything you may want in tt it line of groceries and provisions. Buy your flour, sugar, coffee, tea, rloe, m< >? lasses and/anoy groceries from Id L, W, Wkltt. t . "/ L I ..... 'i 7m Vlv lilj WENT RECEIVED T 1ENSE a and wear. If extent o *m for you, you will look at i in handsome styles, Blue { lay Worsteds, and Meltons id Children's Clothing. ir line that we want to call your attention [rs. Jane Hopkins*^ J CLOTHING. These goods speak for a glance at them will convince you that ou want. Remember, the pants of these le Seats and Knees, Strap Seams and Patent II not come off. & 1 \ | ABBEVILLE'S ATHENS. ; 8 I * . 1 l d Due West the MeccA for Learning, a and tbe Home of Teachers-Thanks* 1 If I vlntf?Personals- Jj Dae Wait, 8. C., Deo. 0,1809. p Miss Ida Nickels Is teaching a flourishing r school near Piedmont, and if much pleased v with her work, and the people of that com* e munlty. \ r Miss Nellie Nlcbels Is teaching a good i school at Awln, In Aiiderson County. She is t . well fitted by nature and education for a teach- ] " er, and we understand her patrons are well >" pleased with her work. v e L. C. Caldwell E*q., a promlneaUroember of s tbe bar at SlatesvlUe, N.C., spent Ttfanksglv- li lng fcltb his brother, Professor D. G. Caldwell. B It has been seven years since be was In Dae J West. He has a daughter with President I t Boyceof the Due West Female College. 7 Mrs. Dr. J. J. Lindsay went to Seneca on J a tbe early train Monday morning. On Toes- 1 e day she will be present at the marriage of her a sister, Miss Saddle Huffman to Mr. Wright 1 who Is stenographer to Capt. E. A. Smytbe at a ). Pelzer. Mrs. Lindsay will be absent from t home aboat two weeks, and while away will ji - visit relatives and friends at Seneca, Spartan- l : burg and Pelzer. / , I e Mr. Ernest Cllnkscales is taking a business J a course at tbe Neel-Heverlo business oollege in I e the city of Spartanburg. Should he pnt the I- same energy into b'ls business life tbat be has d ' *? ?lnnin<? /mtlnn hA will a I- BQOWU 1U Uianiui BUU (IUUIUI w?VM ?- ? K meet wltb success. ; Rev. James Boyce will preacb for Rev. A. i, L. Patterson at Conoord churoh In Anderson i, County Dext Sabbath. 1 Mlu Yeargin is teaching the school at i. Union Academy and baa forty pupils. She 7 boards wltb John T. Bryant. Kirs. Laura Grler Moffatt will leave for her home at River, Tenn., on Thursday of this a week. , Rev. W. D. Moorer, pastor of the church of 1 Little River, will preacb next Saturday 1:80 t P. M., at the home of Mr. U^npson Ashley i near Level Land. e Mrs. Dr. Dodson, of Donalds, spent Thanksa giving Day wltb the family or Rev. D. G. ' Caldwell. f Dr. and Mrs. Haynle* of Belton spent e Thanksgiving with Due West friends and relatives. ' . * Miss Janle Young Is teaching a flourishing school on the Savannah side of the county, Sbe come home for Thanksgiving and was accompanied by ber friend Miss MoAlllster. A lodge of the Knights of Pytblas was organized here last Thursday night. The fol1 lowing are the charter members, A. D. KenneV dy. E. P, Kennedy, T. V.Miller, S.J. Todd, ; G. N. Nlchels, Ernest Hagan, W. J. Bryson, Geo, Collins, Prof. D. G. Caldwell, w. W. I Smith, Dr. Carlton, James Booker, Dan Winn and Mr. Johnson. About sixty-five visiting ' Knights were present from Greenville, Ander V hod. Hon en Path, Aboeviile, Greenwood aDd * Ninety Six and the halls and gallery of the V Kennedy bouse presented such a scene In the & early hours of the evening as has raerly been 8 seen in this quiet little town except on ooml" mencement occasions. Miss Lula Blackwell is teaoblng a good Bcbooi near Craytonvllle In Anderson county. Miss Cora Muse was with Due West relalives last Saturday and Sabbath. >* Mrs. Maglll of White Lick has had a short but pleMsant visit to her sister Mrs. A. D. a Kennedy. Miss Lizzie Jordan, of Fortlawn, S. C.. ate h Thanksgiving turkey with ber uncle, Dr. ?. H, Edwards and attended service at the A. R. <* P. Church. Miss Jordan is teaoblng school' t at Woodlawn In the Drake neighborhood and ' giving good satisfaction. I- Miss Link, of Hunters, Is visiting her cous' in's, Miss Nellie aod Miss Alma K' in?wy. ' Miss Link was a pupil in the Fema <<e ( last session. !- Mr m. r_ Cllnkscales has Just retuiued | ? from the Baptist Convention, which met at 1 Gaffney's Id Cherokee County. He was de- I ? lighted with Gaffney and tier people and the t work done by the Con veutlon. I e Miss Clara Rasor has thirty-six pupils In C Q her school at Sunny Slope. She boards Id the e home of Mr. Robert Pratt. d MissEmmaEIUs, daughter of Mr. T. Ellis, t 6 Is spending the winter with her brother, R*v. i M. T. Ellis, in his Arkansas borne. From private sources we leara that M. T. Ellis, Jr., & arrived at the same borne a few days ago. c Appropriate services were held Id the A. " R. P. Church at 11 a. m., on Thanksgiving. 1 A (good congregation was present and the & thank offering tasen up amounted to reven- 1 ty-two dollars and ninety-six cents and was ( k divided between the Hickory Grove Orphan- t age, Thornwell Orphanage, Rio Verde (Mexi- v co) Orphanage, Barium Springs Orphanage 1 and various other causes, and persons as 1 '. designated on the envelopes used by the con1 trlbutors. s Dr. D. R. Anderson and Mrs. Anderson, of 1 Falrvlew, and Mrs. Maggie Craig of Fountain I Inn. enjoyed Thanksgiving with the family 1 a of Mr. A. aelden Kennedy. 1 Mr. Wm. Goldsmith aDd Mr. Ned Brown of I Greenville, were among the visitingPylhlans I 3. here last Thursday night. ' I Abbeville sent quire a strong delegation to 1 ?.h? institution of the Pythian Lodge at this 1 place last Thursday night. 1 Mr. Ham Ashley and family recently returned from Texas. They made the trip In a wagon and were on the road six weeks and three days The expense ol the tilp amounted to sixty dollara. They went to Texas five years ago, but tired of their Western home . e and longed for old Carolina ' > Dr. C. B. Cowan now drives a bay and a . ,e grey- ' Dr. J. W. Wldeman was on Lower Long i Cane last week on business. " The Executive Committee ol Ersklne Col' lege held a meeting here Monday night In the Interest of the college. While out hunting In rear of Prof. J. P. .1 ? ?... Pmf p r. u LtJC W rCOlUCUl/C I no b uabuiunj I M. ?w.? . mmw 'e Grler flushed a covey of about thirty gam- 1 d biers. They flew in all directions. * o Theentertalnmeutgiven In Sohmldt Hall e at the Female College, Wednesday evening, < r, November 2ltth, was greatly enjoyed by the a large crowd present. It was given under the . auspices of the Ainelian Literary Society and d netted about twenty-seven dollars. The pro" ceeds, we understand, will be invested in ' books for the benettt of the society. ' The Hrst uumber on the program was a rib- I ie bon drill by fourteen well trained young II ladles In graceful white robes. This was fol- ? lowed by a chorus, "Leaf by leaf, the roses e fall." Dr. E. H. Edwards. Rev. James Boyce, t- Mr. D. S. Edwards, and Miss Minnie Pressly, c i- Ml?? Nannie Morrison. Miss Lois MoflTatt and * d Mlbb Lutie Brownlee took part. It was enjoyed very much. i Then followed a recitation "College OH Can" by Miss Edith Little, of LouUvllle, Ga. The "r recitation wan Romewbat difficult, but It wa? well done and pleased the audience. "Just a* the Run went down" was given by d tbe Mandolin Club, made up of mandolin, e ie guitar, violin, flute and piano. MIhb Rosa Brownlee sang a pretty eolo, ). "WlRhlng well," and received tbe applause of e her hearers. hvmaroua rMltatloi, "Th? ball ksatf- I L :,v/> ' ' ' ft ung! HIS WEEK COMP FALI -t f variety, new goods in tl ; our line. In MEN'S Serges, in Round Sacks a: i in several colors, in fact, " ^GENTS' FURNIS This is the line all admire. Our N1 up to be the handsomest ever shown. , full line of COLORED STIFF BO? ana aown auu urutw ?uipee>, uum 50 cents to 75 cents Fall line SCRIVEN DRAWERS ai TON and WOOL UNDERWEAR. \NDE d man," by Miss Ellen Sherard wu rich, rare ,nd racy. Tne Mandoline Clob appeared again and o re*ted the andienoe to a galop. A piano luet by Miss Pattle Cannon, of Camden, Ala.. 1 nd Mtas Rebecca Wideman, of Troy, showed heee young ladle* to be skilled performers. c A vocal solo, 1st part "A Dream," 2d part C Yea or Nay," by Miss Lola Moffatt, of Troy, 'enn., was one of the beat nnmbers on the rogram. Another excellent recitation, "The cultiated daughter of a plain grooeryman," was iven In good taste and style by Miss Lizzie flokels. Miss Cannon then gWve a piano solo, sasainlng her reputation as a promising planSt. Then came the "Old time basking b?e" rbiob reminded ns more of an old time corn backing then anything we have seen for a r>ng time. Among those who took part wert diss Ada Wldemen, Miss Katblien Jay,Miss ennle Llnd Moffatt, Miss Beatrice walker, dlM.E<llth Little. Mr. E.'N. Orr, Mr. John Hemphill, O. L. Cerr, J. W. Klrkpatrlok, Walter Dllllng and latter Ellis Bell. Tbe sb ackers enjoyed the repast tbat was i erved aftfcr tbe corn was thncked and stored way In tbe ctUk Tbe following young ladles aoted as mar- tl bait and looked after tbe "oomfort of tbe urge crowd present: Mist Lllla Martin, of 7 )onalds. Miss Maud Martin, of Dae West, I diss Janle Carton, of Gattonla, and Mist 1 late Addison, of Dae West. Tbe Undents of Ersklne College bad a field lay ezerelset during tbe afternoon of ThanktIvlngDay. A large crowd wat .present to bow tbelr lnterettln tbe races and conteett. 'be Ant tblng on tbe program was a class ace by repretentatlves from tbe Senior, Jun-. or, Sophomore and Fresbman classes. Tbe un was OQHUe 1U reuyn nruuuu b Deltaic, iu< llstanoe being about a half mile. Tbe raoe raja won by tbe Senior class, and tbe rao oade Id oDe mlpnte and thirty-one second*, 'be Jnnloni time 1.39. Tbe Sophomores In 86. Tbe Freshmen In 1.39. Tbe Senior* rere Invited to tbe Female College where p bey partook of a bonntl/ul sapper, each roong gentleman escorting to tbe tuning ball bo lady of bis choice. in tbe potato race were tbe following enrles: Q. L. Kerr, J. W. Klrkpatrlok, J. L>. lempblll, Corporal Jeff Nrofcels, C. S. Mo* Md, Qub. Henderson, W. B. Harris, Walter Jetta and Barron Caldwell. O. L. Kerr and Jarron Caldwell tied ahd tbe second race 1 ran won by Mr. Kerr. Prize?Silk handker- J ib let In the wheelbarrow race there were only ~ wawoonteetantsr Gun Henderson and C. S. tfcCain. This race was won by Mr. >rlre?Box candy. Tbe next contest was ball throwing, aqd the hllowinsr vounsr gentlemen tried their trengtb and skiff: "t*. W. Hooter, Mr. Pope, ? Pressly, J. W. Simpson, J. W. Kirkpatlot. Walter Dllllng, J. L. Hemphill, Barron 1 kldvill, IrwlD Brown lee, Ll vy Caldwell, Mr. I jlneberger, and J. B. Knight. Tie between I r. B. Knlgbl and Barron Caldwell. Io tbe eoond trial J. B. Knight woo, Prize?Pair ;lnves. Then followed a hundred yard dash by B. / 3. PresBly, W. B Harris, Llvy Hunter, John I lempbill, J. W. Kirkpatrlok, Mr. Knox, Bar- I on Caldwell. Tbe winner was B. Q. Pressly, * tf Mexico. Prize?Pair kid gloves. Only three or tbe students ventured to on- n lerlake tb? sack race: G. L. Kerr, John B. J 'ressly and C. S. MoCaln. Tbe winner was . dr. J. B. Pressly. Prize?911 k tie. ' Tbe tbree legged race excited more Interest. * rbls Is a case where two legsalid two more egs make thrWe legs. Tbe runners run In >alrn. Tbe left leg of one runner la strapped r o tbe right leg of tbe other runner and tbe wo strapped legs count as one. xma mases t a three legged race. Tbe following pairs an : Walter Belts and Ifwln Brownlee, Sanlifer and Fred Atkinson, E. E. and C. 8. Mo- ' 3aln, J. R. McCain and E. E. Strong, Ed. Heny and John Pressly, Barron Caldwell *Dd Jeff 'fickle*, J. W. Klrkpatrlck and <J. L. Kerr, dinners Barron Caldwell and Jeff Nlckles. 'rlze? Banket fruit. In tbe field day exercises tbe Judges were >rof. D. Q. Caldwell, Prof. P. L. Grler and Dr. I 3. B. Co wad. Starter?E. A. Ransom. Timer ' -Prof. E. L. Reld. Owing to'tbe lateness of tbe boor three of If be exercises on tbe program were postponed 11 id til a later date. I Moot court was beld In the Phllomatbean | Society ball by selected members of that Soilety Friday evening of last week. The pre- s tdlng Judge was Wade Hampton Phillips, of t ^exlngtoo, N. C. The Sheriff was E. E. ? strong, of TeoDessee. Tbe Clerk, W. P. Rob- ? ^ * ?' ? w i ajtJk r son, of Lancaster. uoun crier, a. <i. t Jain, of Nortb Carolina. The Jury was made ip of the following: Ed? Henry. A. M. Er- , vln, J. B. Elliott, J. B. Grler, R. B. Pbarr, F. ? ). Carson, Dtneberger, J. P. Snipes, B. D. ( Onnedy, F. A. Pope, Lather Harmon. The cane on trial was a breach of promise IIIt brought by Miss Amanda Jones, of Due rVest, against Rev. Richard Fleming, of NewJerry. I Richard Fleming represented bv T.W. Hunter tllss Amanda Jones Fred. Atkinson Urs. Jones Llvy Hnnter Cpbralm Jones Irwin Brownlee -? laruaret Wilson J. W. Klrkpatrlck " Dr. Edward Little E. N. Orr 'Tegro servant Walter Dllllng i )r. Johnson 8. C. Johnstone * 0 m m m . n Prices in Dress Goods as % well as the weatner has changed about Smith's Dry Groods and Millinery. ^i I w Locals of J. R. Glenn. J1 Cenne'dy's fine cakes and crackers at Glenn's 'Uneeda" Jlnger and banquet wafers, salted lodas, brownies, Ice cream and chocolate ~ takes. Fresh hams, B. strips, maokeral, cheese and HAAonnnia of. filflnn'B. Soap, soda and matches almost given away 11 it Glenn's. a Almost anything a housekeeper wishes for 0 ler table can be bad at Glenn's. v HI Kb quality, low prices, prompt delivery d it Glenn's. Phone No. 116. \ . si New L. L. raisins, seeded raisins, prunes, 8 turrents, rltron, evaporated peacbes, apples, ito., at Glenn's. ft Very low price on wool Jeans and flannels it Glenn's. si v The prettiest line of Christmas cards ever * leen In Abbeville at Mllford & DaPre's. 13 Christmas goods at Mllford & DuPre's drug itore. Wagons and Buggies repaired promptly at I. P, Hammond'* ?n*p. 4 1 ' : flntl JL V ^ J LETES ^ ST( ? ? on<4 111 lti IHUM diuatuvv^ UULU ui SUITS we,are showing ad Double Breasted Squ we are prepared to sho^ HINGS. ^Sh< i 1 ' ECKWEAR is given , We are showing a , In tbl8 deI SOM SHIRTS in up. dressiestgoodi $ ' " and $1.00. IT V id a great line of COT- to see them. lntppflf, CASH KSOI 1 Go to Smith's Dry Goods md Millinery. They have ots of nioe things for holiday ' . * -j. > Good .. . Things to Eat, ^OU CAN ALWAYS FIND MOST ANY bin* you want to eat at Thos. Thomson. 'res! Port Sausage, Hiieil Save,; Meats of all Kinds.: . Soner Krant Piciels, Etc.| 111V VI ill V1I1V vai' Phone 99. ? ? ? ? ? ? I Mil Ngw uirnTinu BEFORE HI..:. Yot" | OoN'T GET LEFT IN THE COLD. We ?d oiler yoa GRATE aaalatanoe Id keeping 'arm. 82 60 and up. Air Tlgbt Wood Barera are all rigbt too. I IOAL HODS, FIRE SETS. j h?luy?djo bdu ivlluo) FIRE DOGS, COAL VA8ES. ABBEVILLE HARDWARE CO. Everything la House Furnishings. Our fee returned if we falL Any one sending ketch and description of any invention will iromptly receive our opinion free concerning he patentability of same. " How to Obtain a 'atent" sent upon request. Patents . secured hrough us advertised for sale at our expense. Patents taken out through us receive tpecial tolice, without charge, in The Patent Record, in illustrated and widely circulated journal, . onsulted by Manufacturers and Investors. Bend for sample copy IfREE. Address, VICTOR J. EVANS & CO. (Patent Attorneys,) Ivans Building, WASHINGTON, D. C I t*rANTED ? SEVERAL BRIGHT AND ** honest persons to represeat us as Mangers In this and close by counties. Salary XX) a year and expenses. Straight, bona-flde, o more, no less salary. Position permanent, ar references, any bank In any town. It Is lalnly office work condacted at home. Refrence. Enclose self-addressed stamped enelope. The Dominion Company, Dept. 3, blcago. Sept. 25,1899,16t. Farm Hands Wanted. ;n Good steady and Industrious colored men, single or married, with families to rork the whole year for Cash payments and attlements monthly. Apply to Hollow Creek 'arm, Toale's P. 0., Aiken Co., S. C. Nov. 22, 1899. 3 mo. Locals?Amon B. Morse. Fine Mountain buckwheat, fresh "big hornay," "sweet cloves," syrup In buokets, fresh lmonds, Brazil nntn, English walnuts, leaned currants, seeded raisins, citron, evap rated apples and peaches, plain prunes, slier prunes, "Bromanjelon," "Ambrosia," rlea figs, fresh candies and crackers are ome of the good things to be found at the Lore of Amos B. Morse. For the best cheese and maccaronl go to torse's. If you want 100 lbs. of the best granulated gar, I can furnish It In double sacks. Prloe ery low. Amos B. Morse. The very best lard In 25-lb. buckets. Cheap. All kin is of vegetables, meats, and fruits s peaches, pineapples, Ac. Canned. Amos I. Morse. Christmas cards, children's books, Blblea, j 10., at Mllford A DaPre'a, the druggists. - | mng i Jvl\#^ I lique designs of the very the newest and snappiest are Sacks with Silk Fac7 you all the new weaves f oes and Hats.?? J >artment we have bought the nicest, '' ?$ i possible: ' /ILL PAY YOU | Remember, we sell as we 'bay?at the PRICE. -:2j vT 4 tt % N . tp* J I The Root of tbe Matter. v There Is a marked tendenoy now*- | days among religious writers and vm thinkers to make all sorts of excuses *j? for unbelief. No cJaas of men toe ' handled more gently than theskeptios. ' They are often pictured as standing , with qu|veriug hearts and streaqtipg, eves, eacer to believe?if they, only could, ttonbetimea 'one reason.- and sometimes another, is set forth for , their grave incapacity in this respect. > The most common method of explain*- \ ing the situation is to putall the blame for. it on tbe bfck of the Church. We v; are seriously told that the ahortcomings and hypocrisies of professed be- Vf lfevers are the only things'tbat keep ?$ the heavenly-minded sinners from cas?> < ing their doubts to the* winds and ac- 'q cepting Jesus Cbrtet. 1 : wj At tbe risk of being out of line with u current tendencies of thought we de- -j cline to receive this explanation as be- ' log full and satisfactory. The short-. comiuf?s and hypocrisies of professed r!hH.t,iftnn are undoubtedly a source of great evil, bat they do not account for the who'e phenomenon of a skeptical if world. If all, Christians were consis- $ tent Id their fives, it would do much toward overcoming the opposition of them that are without, but it would * ' ;./$S | not do everything. Our Lord was a ^2| perfect man, without flaw of blemish /I of any kind. Yet he. himself said:;- :' vi*sS. "IP the world hate you, ye know, that $ it hated me . before it hated you."' ^13 Even, the highest and purest goodness, '<?? i ustead of conciliating the good will of "a wicked men, may servq,only to stir op ' .. i'sSM their malignat opposition and hoe- ' /"Jh There are different kinds and de- ^ grees of doubt. Almost all thoughtful ? Uatttk Kofnra fAltfln " ' yuuug LUCU, n ww U?iv wow * occasion to say, pass through a sort of - . >;$M intellectual fermentation during the period in which they are making over" , . ?39 their hereditary prepossessions into personal beliefs. A few escape, bat not many. This process is not a sign '?$3 of mental health, any'more than chicken pox or measles is a sign df ''iVffiffl bodily vigor. But the danger is not much greater in the one case than it is . - fJ]9 in the other, provided in,the meantime there has been no contracting of bad habits. On this condition the patient is likely soon to recover and to look v back ove^ his temporary bewilderment as a sort of mental aberration for which he ought to be sorry and ashamed. Ao Bif.hop Pierce uqpd to V3 say: "Believing is as natural as : Jj breathing when a man is living right-" ' '*>? But if, while a man is taking his mental reekonings to'find out just mharo h? BtAndfl. he gives himself up | to indulgence in'violous and licentions conduct, then indeed he te in extreme r peril. The doubt 1,bat comes in to reenforce and justify a bad life is the doubt that damns. Of thousands of . 'JS men it may bo truly affirmed that they , > ^ are against tbe religion of Christ b^ & . ^ cause it is against them. They :<?s J irritated by tbe restraints that it Would ^ impose upon their passions, and they I therefore deny its authrity and chal- " ^ lenge its claims. The root of their trouble lies ia '-Tm will tbat is averse to God. So Jesop * " ' . bimself puts it: "Ye will not comet*-, ' me that ye might have life." It 'Wi fojly to blame anybody but themselves t for a state of affairs originating in their / own wicked hearts. "The carnal ' / mind is enmity against God." Nothing can alter it except the renewing / work of the Holy Spirit, and to this / work, the preparation for which Is { *, found in preventing or initial grace^ / they must freely submit. "This is they Condemnation, that light is come into' the world, aud men loved darkneq* rather than light, because their deeds were evil." V The pentimental view of this whole subject has prevailed long enough. It ought no longer to be proclaimeja from \ the pulpits or to be taught in Christian \ journals aud boobs. If we ttfetoac- \ cept the utterance of Jesus /Christ as final, then we are bound to belive that at last every man carries his destiny in his own keeping, and that if he fails to make sure of heaven it will be . vj out of his power to cHarge any one . else with responsibility for the awful faet. / Live for Something. Thousands of men breathe, move; live, pass off the' stage of life, and are heard of no more. Why? They did not a particle/of good in the world; not a line they wrote, not a word Jhey spoke-could lie recalled, and so they perished?their light went out in darkness, and they were not remembered more than the insects of yesterday. Will you thus live and die? Live for something. Do good and leave behind you a monument that . the storm of time will not destroy. Write your name by kindness, love un/i mopov nn thft hearts vou come in [contact with year by year, and you | *111 never be forgotten. - ' J