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~ The Abbeville Press and Banner. 1 . * , I BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1901. ESTABLISHED 18441 i M'KINLEfS I ! PAN-AMERICAN ] SPEECH | Delivered at Buffalo on 5 I the Day Before He I Was Shot. | The speech delivered by Fresidont McKinley at Buffalo 011 Thursday, Snnt r? thr> <i?iv bofore his attempted assassination, is regarded as one of the best public addresses which lie ever made. lie was introduced to tlie vast crowd of auditors which packed the esplanade of the exposition grounds by President Milburn, who said simply: "Ladies and gentlemen, the president." When " the cheering had subsided. President McKinley spoke as follows: President Miltyirn, Director General Buchanan, Commissioners, Ladies and Gentlemen?I am glad to be again in the city of Buffalo and exchange greetings with her people, to whose generous hospitality I am not a stranger and with .whose good will I have been repeatedlmrmrr.rl TnflflV I havt* IJ UUU S)J^UUHV> uvttvtvv*. ? _ additional satisfaction in meeting and giving welcome to the foreign representatives assembled here, whose presence and participation In this exposition have contributed in so marked a degree to its Interest and success. To the commissioners of the Dominion of Canada and the British colonies, the French colonies, the republics of Mexico and of Central and South America and the commissioners ,of Cuba and Porto Rico, who share with us in this * PRESIDENT M'KINLEY DELIVERING HI3 SPEECH AT PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. undertaking, we give the hand of fellowship and felicitate with them upon the triumphs of art, science, education and manufacture which the old has bequeathed to the new century. Expositions are the timekeepers of progress. They record the world's advancement. They stimulate the energy, enterprise and intellect of the people and quicken human genius. They go into the home. They broaden and lirlcrhtan tlin flnllv liff? of tllf> TlPOnlf?. They open mighty storehouses of information to the student. Every exposition, great or small, has helped to some onward step. Comparison of Ideas Is always educational and as such instructs the brain and hand of man. Friendly rivalry follows, which Is the spur to industrial improvement, the inspiration to useful invention and to high eudeavor in all departments of human activity. It exacts a study of the want?, comforts and even the whims of the people and recognizes the efficacy of high Quality and new prices to win their iavor. The quest for trade is an incentive to men of business to devise. Invent, improve aud economize In cost of production. Business life, whether among ourselves or with other peoples, Is ever a sharp struggle for success. It will be none the less so in the future. .Without competition we would be clinging to the clumsy and antiquated processes of farming and manufacture and the methods of business of long ago, and the twentieth would be no further advanced than the eighteenth , century. But though commercial competitors are commercial enemies, we must not he. I ProKrea* In the Past. ! The Pan-American exposition has done its work thoroughly, presenting In its exhibits evidences of the highest skill and illustrating the progress of the human family in the w estern hemisphere. This portion of the earth lias no cause for humiliation for the part it has performed in the march of civilization. It has not accomplished everything; far from it. It has simply done its best, and without vanity or boastfulness and recognizing the manifest achievements of others it invites the friendly rivalry of all the powers in the peaceful pursuits of trade and commerce and will co-operate with all iu advancing th? highest and best interests of humafnty. The wisdom and enf ergy of all the nations are none toe great for the world's work. The success of art/ science, industry and invention is :yn international asset and u common gl?>ry. i After all, how near one to the other is every part of the world! Modern inyentions ijave brought luto close relasO > tioa widely separated peoples and made them better acquainted. Geographic and political divisions will continue to exist, but distances have been | effaced. Swift siiips and fast trains are becoming cosmopolitan. They invade fields wbicb a few years ago were : impenetrable. The world's products are j exchanged as never before, and with , increasing transportation facilities come ! Increasing knowledge and larger trade. I I'rices are fixed with mathcmatic prej eision by supply and demand. The I world's selling prices are regulated by j rnhrket and crop reports. j We travel greater distances in a i Shorter space of time and with more j ease than was ever dreamed of by the : fathers. Isolation is 110 longer possible . or desirable. The same important news is read, though in different languages, the same day in all Christendom. The telegraph keeps us advised of what is occurring everywhere, and the press foreshadows with more or less aeI curacy the plans and purposes of the ! nations. Market prices of products and ' of securities are hourly known in every j commercial mart, and the investments j of the people extend beyond their own i-national boundaries into the remotest parts of the earth. Vast transactions are conducted and international exchanges are made by the tick of the cable. Ever}' event of interest is immediately bulletined.* The quick gathering and transmission of news, like rapid transit, are of recent origin and are only made possible by the genius of the inventor and the courage of the investor. It took a special messenger of the government, with every facility known at the time for rapid travel, nineteen days to go from the city of Washington to New Orleans with a message to General Jackson that the war with England had ceased and a treaty of peace had hppn sisrned. How different now! We j reached General Miles in Torto Rico j by cable, and he was able through the military telegraph to stop his army on the firing line with the message that i the United States and-Spain had ,signed a protocol suspending hostilities. "We knew almost instantly of the first shots fired at Santiago, and the subsequent surrender of the Spanish forces was known at "Washington within less than an hour of its consummation. The first ship of Cervera's fleet had hardly emerged from that historic harbor when the fact was flashed to our capital, and the swift destruction that followed was announced immediately through the wonderful medium of telegraphy. So accustomed are -\ve to safe and easy communication with distant lands that its temporary interruption even in ordinary times results in loss and inconvenience. We shall never forget the days of anxious waiting and awful suspense when no information was permitted to be sent from Peking and the diplomatic representatives of the nations in China, cut off from all communication inside and outside of the walled capital, were surrounded by an angry and misguided mob that threatened their lives, nor the joy that thrilled the world when a single message from the government of the United States brought through our minister the first news of the safety of the besieged diplomats. At the beginning of the nineteenth century there was not a mile of steam railroad on the glo'be. Now there are enough miles to make its circuit many times. Then there was not a line of electric telegraph. Now we have a vast mileage traversing all lands and all seas. God and man have linked the nations together. No nation can longer be Indifferent to any other, and as we are brought more and more in touch with each other the less occasion Is there for misunderstandings and the stronger the disposition when we have differences to adjust them in the court of arbitration, which is the noblest forum for the settlement of international disputes. Unexampled Prosperity. My fellow citizens, trade statistics indicate that this country is in a state of unexampled prosperity. The figures are almost appalling. They show that we are utilizing our fields and forests and mines and that we are furnishing profitable employment to the millions of worklngmen throughout the United States, bringing comfort and happiness to their homes aud making it possible to lay by savings for old age aud disoliilitv Tlmt nil tlio nnnnlo nrp n;ir. ! tieipating in this great prosperity is I seen in every American community and shown by the enormous and unprecedented deposits in our savings banks. Our duty is the care and security of these deposits, and their safe investment demands the highest integrity j and the best business capacity of those I in charge of these depositories of the j people's earnings. We have a \ast and intricate busl, ness, built up through years of toil and i struggle, in which every part of the j country lias its stake, which will not I permit of either ueglect or of undue j selfishness. No narrow, sordid policy ! will subserve it. The greatest skill and ' wisdom on the part of the manufac| turers and producers will be required J to bold and increase it. Our indusI trial enterprises which have grown to 1 such great proportions affect the homes and occupations of the people and the | welfare of the country. Our capacity to produce lias developed so enormous! i ly and our products have so multi | plied that the problem of more inar: j kets re(iuires our urgent and immediate ' ! attention. Only a broad and enlighten' j ed policy will keep what we have. No i other policy will get more. In these 1 | times of marvelous business energy and : pain we ought to be looking to the fu | ture, strengthening the weak places In, ? lour industrial and commercial systems I that we may be ready for any storm or j strain. I Need of Reciprocity. { By sensible trade arrangements i which will not interrupt our home pro j duction we shall extend the outlets for our increasing surplus. A system which i J provides a mutual exchange of comI modifies is manifestly essential to the (continued and-healthful growth of our ' export trade. We must not repose in i fancied security that.we can forever [ sell everything and buy little or nothing. If such a tiling were possible, it would not be best for us or for those with whom we deal. We should take from our customers such of their products as we can use without harm to our industries and labor. Reciprocity is the natural outgrowth of our wonderful industrial development under the domestic policy now Urmly established. What we produce beyond our I domestic consumption must have vent abroad. Tlie excess must be relieved through a foreign outlet, and we should sell everywhere we can and buy wherever the buying will enlarge our sales and productions and thereby make a greater demand for home labor. The period of exclusiveness is past. The expansion of our trade and commerce Is the pressing problem. Commerci'al wars are unprofitable. A policy of good will and friendly trade relations will prevent reprisals. Reciprocity treaties are in harmony with the spirit of the times; measures of retaliation are not. If, perchance, some of our tariffs are . no longer needed for revenue or to en- j courage and protect our industries at ] home, why should they not be employ- J ed to extend and promote our markets : abroad? Then, too, we have inade- ] quate steamship service. New lines of 1 steamers have already been put in 1 commission between the Facific coast j ports of the United States and those j of the western coasts of Mexico and < Central and South America. These 1 should bo followed up with direct j steamship lines between the eastern < coast of the United States and South l American ports. One of the hoods of the times is direct commercial lines from our vast fields of production to the fields of con- , sumption that wo have but barely . touched. N(jxt in advantage to having , the thing to sell is to have the conven- j lence to carry it to the buyer. We must encourage our merchant marine. We must have more ships. They must , be under the American flag, built and manned and owned by Americans. These will not only be profitable in a f commercial sense; they will be messen- , gers of peace and amity wherever they en. We must build the isthmian canal. which will unite the two oceans and j give a straight line of water communi- | cation with the western coasts of Central and South America and Mexico. The construction of a Pacific cable can- ! not be longer postponed. A Fraternity of Republic*. 1 In the furtherance of tbese objects of , national interest and concern you are performing an important part This exposition would have touched the heart of that American statesman whose mind was ever alert and thought ever constant for a larger commerce and a truer fraternity of the republics of the new world. His broad American spirit is felt and manifested here. He needs no identification to an assemblage of Americans anywhere, for the name of Blaine is inseparably associated with the pan-American movement, which finds his practical and substantial expression and which we all hope will be I firmly advanced by the pan-American congress that assembles this autumn in the capital of Mexico. The good work will go on. It cannot be stopped, anese buildings will disappear; this creation of art and beauty and industry will perish from sight, but their influence will remain to Make it live beyond its too short living With praises and thanksgiving. . Who can tell the new thoughts that have been awakened, the ambitions fired and the high achievements that will be wrought through this exposition? Gentlemen, let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not conflict, and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war. We hope that all who are represented here may be moved to higher and nobler effort for their own and the world's good and that out of this city may come not only greater commerce and trade for us all, but, more essential than these, relations of mutual respect, confidence and friendship which will deepen and endure. Our earnest prayer is that God will graciously vouchsafe prosperity, happiness und peace to all our neighbors and like blessings to all the peoples and powers of earth. Witty Iiobert Burr. Robert Barr when asked for bis favorite quotation responded with the following verse and its accompanying says The Windsor Magazine: One who never turned his back, but marchcd breast iorward; Never doubted clouds would break. Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baSed to fight better. Sleep to wake. ?Robert Browning. But Mr. Barr can never be serious in a letter, whatever he may be in his quotation. lie has long'beeu celebrated as one of the wittiest letter wriIters of the day. However short his note may be, it is long enough to ali'ord him an opening for some little touch of the humoresque. In the present instance he writes: "The above is my favorite quotation. Whenever you want something helpful, you know, look up the writings of the talented 11. B.'s?Uoliert Burns, Kooert j Browning. Itobert Buchanan, Hubert j Bruee or Robert Barr." How Xew Zealand Pnniftlien Crime. | New Zealanci fits punishment to crime j more nearly than most countries. Thus,: gt Wanganui. when certain sawyers! i troubled their neighbors by their drunk-j en freaks, the delinquents were made i to pay the flues imposed in such labor \ ' as they were accustomed to and were: j set to saw wood with which to build a ! prison. The result was that, rather than ; transgress again, they vanished from the locality as soon as the edilice was complete. inns mi i a Jackson, Lincoln, Qar= field, McKinley. Jackson Miraculously Saved From a Lunatic's Bullet?Lin coin, me Jiseioveu, a, victim 01 Fanatical Political Foes?Garfield Murdered by a Disap pointed Office Hunter?Tli< Stories of These Tragical Incidents In the Nation's History RULERS ASSASSINATED IN THE PAST CEN TURY. Emperor Paul, Russia, choked ISO: Sultan Selim, Turkey, stabbed 180: President d'lstria, Greece, saber 183: Duke of Parma, Italy 1S5President of Haiti, stabbed 185! President Lincoln, United States, shot ISO! President Balta, Peru, shot 1S7: President Moreno, Ecuador, shot 1S7; President Guthriz, Ecuador, shot 187; AUJ..1 i,:, cfnHhnd 1ST. JUIUtll AUUUt A \j? j v wvowv.v.......... President of Paraguay, shot 1ST' President Garfield, United States, shot 1SS Czar Alexander II., Russia, bomb 38S President J. It. Barrios, Guatemala, shot 13S Queen of Korea, poisoned 1891 President Carnot, France, stabbed 189Shah of Persia, stabbed 1891 President Jose Barrios, Guatemala, shot 189! Empress of Austria, stabbed 1S9) Sing Humbert, Italy, shot 190< Frior to the assault upon Mr. McKinley at Buffalo three presidents of the United States had been attacked wlflle In office with murderous intent. 01 these three thq first, Andrew Jackson, escaped unharmed, while the othei two, Lincoln and Garfield, died from wounds inflicted by their assailants. On the afternoon aft Jan. 30, 1835, President Jackson was in the capitol at Washington In attendance upon im funeral of Hon. Warren It. Davis, deceased member of congress from South Carolina. As the president, with Secretary Woodbury of the treasury od his arm, was retiring from the rotunda to reach his carriage at the steps of the portico he was confronted by Richard Lawrence, who stepped from behind one of the columns and pointed a pis tol at the president, .who was less than ten feet away. The percussion cap ex ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OP PRESIDES! JACKSON. [At Washington, Jan. 30, 1S35.] ploded with such a noise that several witnesses supposed the pistol had fired On the instant Lawrence dropped the pistol and transferred another from liii left hand to his right. He pointed th( second pistol at the president and pull ed the trigger, but again the cap ex ploded without discharging the pisto: just as Mr. Jackson, with upraised cane, made for his assailant. Law rence, however, was knocked down ant secured by others before the presidenl could reach him. That Mr. Jackson was uninjured bj the attack upon him was little short ol marvelous, and his escape was discuss ed at the time by many in a tone of su perstitious awe. Tests were made wltt the pistols of Lawrence after his at tempt, and they were found to be ar elegant pair ip most excellent ordei and loaded with powder and ball al most to the muzzle. The powder was of the highest quality, and the percus sion caps found on his premises wher tested proved to be of the very best oi that time. In fact, the two pistols with new caps taken from Lawrence's box, were tired at the tirst attempt ii each case by the^otlicers who teste< them. Richard Lawrence was a painter am had a shop in a thickly settled part o: Washington. He was about thirty-fin years of age and, though small ii stature, was a handsome man. Hi father, an Englishman, had died soini years before, but young Lawrence ha< a sister and other relatives living ii Washington. At tjie trial it was showi that Lawrence was insane, that he liai been unbalanced meutally for abou two years. In justification of his ac he claimed at his trial that Presiden nwmi Mm liioilov: in fact, tha U CIV^AX. ovy 1.4. vow ? ? , . the president was bis clerk and wa withholding money that belonged t hhn. He also claimed to bo king c England and America and jn:ule othc wild assertions, some of wlrich it wa shown lie had been making for a yea or more before his attempt to kin th president. Lawrence was adjudged insane an was sent to nn asylum, where lie r< mained an inmate for upward c thirty years, when he died. Partisan feeling was running high a that time, and at first many, includin the president himself, thought ths Lawrence was the tool of others. S great was the excitement procLuaed b * the affair that~someof Jackson's po- r litical opponents, including Clay, Cal- a houn and Poindexter, were In the, ^ frenzy of the moment suspected of having conspired to get rid of the t f president, but it was soon discovered x that this suspicion was unwarranted ^ | and unjust, and that the crime was fl ' hatched and matured in the brain of i a lunatic. t Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president j of the United States, was shot while j : sitting in a box in Ford's theater in j Washington on the night of Friday, April 14, 1SG5, by John Wilkes Booth, j. an actor. . c Wn?hin<rtnn was celebratine the sur render of Lee at Appomattox and the j termination of the war of the rebellion. L The streets of the capital for days had \ ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN BY JOHN WILKES BOOTH. [At Ford's theater, Washington, April 14, 1895.] [ resounded with the music of bands. | The inhabitants were hoarse with ; cheering. At about 8 o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Lin[ coin started for the carriage. As soon as they were seated in the carriage the president gave orders to the coachman to drive around to the home of Senator ' Harris for Miss Harris. A few min' utes later tbe presidential party of four persons?the president and Mrs. Lincoln, Miss Harris and Mr. Rathbone of 1 Albany, stepson of Senator Harris?arrived at the' theater and entered the ^ an/1 lionrl imn<vr nrlvnto h/^Y 1.J.VI.U1* ?uu 1V*I> UUUU uppvt jiyu ??.iv w>. 1 The play, "The American Cousin," ( ! was being puesented by Laura Keene, ' 1 the famous actress. From the story of 1 that great crime as told In the life of " Lincoln by John Hay and John G. Nlco1 lay the following Is taken: The president had been detained by visitors, and the play had made some progress when he arrived. When he appeared in his box, tbe band struck up "Hail to the Chief," the actors ceased playing and the audience rose, cheering tumultously. The president bowed in acknowledgment of this greeting, and the play went on. The moon rose that night at 10 o'clock. A few minutes before that hour Booth called one of the underlings of the theater to the back door and left him there holding his horse. He then went to a saloon near by, took a drink of brandy and, entering the theater, passed rapidly through tbe crowd in rear of the dress circle and made his way to the passage leading to the president's box. lie showed a card to a servant in attendance .J moo nllntvnil ? in pntprprf noiseless ly and, turning, fastened the door with the bar he had previously made ready without disturbing gny of the occupants of the box, between whom and himself there yet remained the slight partition of the door, through which he had bored the hole. The murderer seemed to himself, it was afterward1 thought, to be taking part in a play. Partisan hate and the fumes of brandy bad for weeks kept his brain in a morbid state. He paused as if expecting applause. Holding a pistol in one hand and a knife in tho P other, he opened the box door, put the pistol to the .president's head and fired. Dropping the weapon, he took the lenife in his right hand, and . when Major Rathbone sprang to seize him he struck savagely at him. Major Rathbone received the blow on Ids left arm, suffering a wide and deep wound. Booth, rushing forward, then placed his left hand on the railing of the box and vaulted lightly over to the stage. It was a high leap, but nothing . to such a trained athlete. He was in the habit of introducing what actors call sensational leaps ' in his plays. i He would have got safely away but for his spur catching in the folds of the Union flag with , which the Ironc of the box was draped. He fell on the stage, the torn flag trailing on his spur, J but instantly arose as if he had received no hurt, < though in fact the fall had broken his leg. < He turned to the audience, brandishing his dripping knife and shouting the state motto of Vir- 1 ginia, "Sic Semper "tyrannis," and fled rapidly across the stage, and out of sight. - , Thp wounded Dresident was borne to | l the bouse of Mr. Petersen, across the street from the theater, where everything within the powers of surgery and _ medicine was done to save his life. ^ It was at 7:22 Saturday morning, . April 15, that President Lincoln breath* ed bis last, closing bis eyes as if falling j asleep, bis features bearing the repose U of perfect serenity. There was no indication of pain and only the gradual ASSASSINATION OF GAKFIELD BY GUITEATT. [At Baltimore anil Potomac depot, Washington, s July 2, 1881.] r cessation of liis respiration to show 0 that tiie end had couie. The Rev. Dr. Gurley, pastor of the New York Ave^ nne Presbyterian church, knelt at the bedside and offered fervent prayer, again voicing Ids grief a moment later in the adjoining parlor, where there lt were waiting Mrs. Lincoln, Captain ? Iiobert T. Lincoln aud Mr. John Ilay, Lt the private secretary. 0 John Wilkes liooth, the assassin of ^ the president, made good his escape. A eward of $50,000 was offered for his pprehenslon and $25,000 for each of lis accomplices.It was on Thursday, April 27, that he news came of the death of Booth vhile trying to escape from a burning tarn near Port lloyal, Va., where he .nd his accomplice, Ilerold, had been rought to bay by a party of troops mder command of Lieutenant Edward doughty. Booth was shot by Sergeant Boston Corbett and lived two hours, lerold was arrested. The conspirators who were responslile for the assassination were tried by ourt martial at Washington, and four -namely, Payne, Herold, Atzerodt and klrs. Surratt?were hanged. The stage arpenter at Ford's theater who turned rot the lights to facilitate the escape ?f Booth, the man who held his horse it-the stage entrance and Dr. Mudd, rho set the limb which Booth broke in umping from the box, were sent to irJcnn fnr Inntr forms. At almost precisely the time the prescient was shot an attempt was made to ssassinate Secretary Seward, who was ying ill in his home. The would be as-, assln, one of those in the plot, with iooth, the assassin of Lincoln, entered he secretary's house by a subterfuge, ought his way to the room of the inralid and stabbed him as he lay in his >ed. He then escaped from the house. James A."Garfield, the twentieth presdent of the United States, was shot vhile in the Pennsylvania railroad stalon in Washington on the morning of Saturday, July 2, 1881. He had just tntered the station, accompanied by fames G. Blaine, secretary of state in lis cabinet, to take the train for Long Jranch. As they entered the street door of he station Charles Jules Gulteau stood vaiting near the center of th# women's eceptlon room. The president and Mr. Jlaine walked through the room, while he assassin circled about until he was >ehind them. He drew a revolver and ired. No one seemed to realize what lad happened. The president half turnid, with a bullet through his left shouller. An instant later Guitean fired igain. This time the bullet struck Mr. jarfleld In the back, over the left kidley. He staggered forward, sank to lis knees and theij pitched to the floor. Mr. Parks, the ticket agent, saw the ihooting through the window of his )ffice and as the second shot was firert an out. and grabbed Gulteau as he lodged to get into the street. He held ilm until a policeman ran up. In his * , * i i 0 1 ^ y t 'j attempted assassination op president | m'kxnley by czolgosz. [At Buflalo, Sept. 6, 1001.] hand Gultcau waved a letter, which he shouted was for General Sherman and explained everything. The president himself was the first to realize his condition. In the station, ~ m ? hnctv alter jjt. iowuscuu uuu luuu^ ?. examination, be asked his opinion. The physician replied that he did not consider the wound serious. "I thank you, doctor," said the president, "but I am a dead man." I All that day the president talked: calmly and courteously to those about!) him. He was suffering great pain and j was partially under the influence of opiates. In the evening the course of the ball was traced. It was found to have fractured the eleventh rib and penetrated the liver. It was seen then that the condition of the president was exceedingly serious. It was believed that he could not live beyond midnight.* The next day Mr. Garfield was worse, and from that time, during the three months that life lasted, he improved and failed intermittently. For a time his physicians were hopeful, and the bulletins for a period led the public to believe that the president would resume his duties, but when the torrid weather of midsummer came the patient failed perceptibly, and, although it was done at great hazard, he was removed on Sept. 0, 1SS1, by a special train to Elberon, N. J. The invigorating sea breezes seemed at first to have a beneficial effect, but on Sept. 15 unmistakable symptoms of blood poisoning were discovered, and on the 19th, after a few hours of unconsciousness, he died. Charles J. Guiteau, who had fired the pistol at the railroad station, had been promptly seized and taken into custody. lie had been a persistent but unsuccessful applicant for an appointment to office, first as minister to Austria and then as consul general at Taris. He described himself as a lawyer, a politician and a theologian. Guiteau was sentenced to be hanged after a sensational trial, in which his sanity was one of the main points involved. The leading insanity experts in the country testified. The sentence of the court was carried out, although by many it was believed Guiteau was crazy. ? : ^ The Press and Banner. = ? BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C. t a -en-Published every Wednesday at 82 a year iu advance. Wednesday, Sept. 18,1901. = Twelve IPages. WEST END. ? i r % '3 MmppcuIdkn and Incident!* of a Week About the Citji Abbeville,"8. C., Sept. 17,1901. MifS Grace Smith oame borne la?t Wednes* / day from a pleasant month's stay at Cashier's Valley. Miss Ida May Brownlee, of Anlrevllle, has be<-n In tbe city, tbe guest of her friend, Miss Marie Cheatham for a few days. Mlhs Nettie Ruefell Is at homo again, after a delightful summer outing at Hendersouvllle and Abbeville. Miss Mela Lytbgoe baa returned from Cashiers Valley, where sbe has been spending tbe summer with Miss Lucia McGowro. Dr. Frank Y. Pressley, of Doe West, was la the city Monday. Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Barnwell returned last Monday from a summer outing spent at Hendersouvlile. Mr. Barnwell has not been well, but now 1m much Improved In health. MIsh Zula Brock, one of Due West's moat chirmlng young ladies has been here on a visit to her friend, Miss Margaret Brooks. Miss Nell Cochran spent oeveral days in the city last week with friends.- Miss Cochran was on her way to Anderson, where she ha? ' x Accepted a position In the Anderson Graded School. :?| Mr. and Mrs. Eueepe Fant, of Anderson, are In tbe city spending a while Wltn their mother, Mrs. Jobn Leslie. off for clsms02t. Last Wednesday the boys wbq attend Clem* son College left to resume their studies at that institution. Those who went were Mo Henry, (ille* Templeton, Bam Hill, Allen Long. Earl Jones, Townes Robertson, and WlUTempIetou. A new dormitory has been -. 3 built since last year and about TOO boys will go 1 here. Mr. Wallace Bailey has gone to Virginia to school. He will attend the Danville Military xuMiiuir, jii. utmcy in pu^uini uvrc? nuu we know be will stand well la his classes and win friends wherever he goes. Mrs. H. Frank McGee has returned to her home In Spartanburg, after a pleasant visit to ' -J ber mother, Mrs. T. P. Quarles. . Mrs. J. S. Norwood, 01 Calhoun, Falls, and Mrs. Frank C. Blackman. of Baltimore, have been In the city, the guest of frldnds for a few davs. Miss Eliza Thomson, ^bo, .ha* been spending sometime wltb friends In HoneaPath and Anderson, is at home agate. ? ;?**'? Mrs. G. McD. Miller Is in the city staying wltb her daughter, Mrs. A. 8. Cochran, alter a short visit to Mrs. W. W. Edwards at Due West. Mrs. Charles Alexander, of Washington, Gs.. is In tbe city on a visit to ber sister, Mro. Ed Calhoun. . Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Brown, have taken rooms at tbe home of Col. J. T. Robertson until tbelr home Is completed. Tbe work on tbelr borne Is progressing rapidly, and tbey hope to be able to move Into It before Chrlfttma*. ' . Mr. W. Joel Smith has returned to bis home after a short stay at Glenn 8pr1ngs. Mrs. A. E. Simmons left Moodayfor Athens, Ga? to stay a while wltb ber son, Mr. Harry Simmons, who Is very 111 at I hat place. Miss Florlde and Miss Willie Calhoun have returned, after an extended visit to friends In Atlanta and Macon. V$j GOES TO YALE. ' ' i Mr. Ernest Visanska leaves In a few days for Yale,'where be expects to ta&e a four years Qourtte. Mr. visansica has completed a roar yea?-? course at Philips Exeter, a QUIdxschool lor Yale or Harvard. f Captain L. W. White and Mr. William H. White, returned Thursday from an .extended haslnetirf trip to New York and Baltimore. Captain White has secured many bargains for tils customers. Miss Bevle J. Wilder leaves Wednesday tor Athens, where she goes to attend the Agnes Scott Institute. Miss Wilder Is an lotellectua young lady and will no doubt take a high stand In her classes. ' Hon. George Mower, of Newberry, spent Friday In the city, the guest of bis friend, Judge J. C. Klngb. MIkr Mary Tagg*rl leaves today for Asheviile, N. C., where she will attend school for the next year. Mr. W. A. Lee leaves In a few days for Columbia to resume bis studies at the South Carolina College. Miss Jane Wardlaw White has gone to Union where she will teach for the next year. Miss White bas taught wltb marked success (or several years. MIks Margaret Hill returned last week from Greenville, where Ebe has been spending sometime with her sister. Miss Ollle Hill. Miss Hattle Wymaa expects to leave In a few days lor Ashevllle, North Carolina, where she will resume her school duties at the Ashevllle Normal College. \1 iaa V'tnla onH Mian r.fllion Dnnoho left Tuesday for their home In New Orleans utter an extender) stay hern with their friend, Mrs. Charles A. Mtlford. The Misses Ooacne are always welcomed visitors to our city. Dr. Frank E. Harrison, Mr. WadeC HarrUon, and Mr. A. M. Smith left last week for au extended trip to Buffalo and New York. Dr. Harrison wlli remain In New York for sometime and take a special course In surgery. Mrs. J. Davis Kerr is in Greenwood spending sometime with her sister, Mrs. Thomas Cry me*. Dr. W. E. Link, of Willlngton, spent Sunday In the city the guest of his son. Mf. S. J. Link. I J* MOURNING. The Post Office was draped in mourning last Saturday outof respect to McKlnley, the twenty-fifth President of the United States. Mr. McKlnley is the third president to meet death at the band of an assassin. Mr. Mark B. Bradley came down Sunday from Ciemson. Mr. Bradley has a slight attack of fever and his friends hope be will soon be able to return to bis duties. SEW ENTERPRISE. A commission for a charter has been ipsued to the Abbeville Funlture Factory of Abbeville. Capital 825,000. Corporators, Messrs. J. 8, Starke, J. R. B ake, Jr., W. G. Chapman, C. F, Hammond and H. E. Cox. This will be a good thing for our town, and we hope it will meet with every success. Mrs. J. Hayne McDill went to L)ue West Monday to attend Ltie marriage of her friend, XIIss Jnnie Young. Mr. 11. Ulilesple Smith left Monday afternoon for an extended trip to ttuttalo, New York, Washington and other points of Interest. M [MS-C'ASOJf. Miss Alice Mims, of Leweldale, and Mr. Fred Canon, of thla city will be married at the home the of bride today, Wednesday, September the eighteenth. Mis* Mims is a young lady of rare personal charms and will be an addition to our social circle. Mr. (tason Is a young man of sterling qualities. The heartest congratulations are extended to the young couple. Dr. J. Lowrle Wilson and Elder Amos B. Morse attendended the Fall meeting of Presbytery last week held at the Ureenville Church. The meeting was an Important and pleasant one. DEATH OK MISS CARRIE SHERARD. Miss Carrie Sberard, only daughter of Dr. and Jlrs, Walter Sberard, of Lebanon, died at her home last Wednesday, altera protracted Illness. She wan just beginning her life, with lovlug hands and tender hearts nil aiound her. The deepest sympathy of every one goes out to the bereaved family. Morse's Locals. Best seed rye Just received. Barley next week. Excellent coffees ! Parched 8 lbs., and green 10 i b-". lor the dollar. I iiavk just received the bestlotof brooms I have had tor years. I can give you the best 1.0c. broom you ever saw. Araos B. Morse. For the finest ice cream and soda watej drsuks to be found anywhere, go to The Speed Drug Co, ' 'JfcZ ' . r-.v.,.- -j'V