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The Abbeville Press and Banner. | BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE. ~S. C.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 25, 1901. ESTABLISHED 1844 M Church Public I Citizen in Publ: At a mass meeting of the the Confederate Army, was called Chairman Thomson annour Judge R. E. Hill, an ex-Coi Resolved by the That it flip TTrmfki'iiTila Wfl purest type of Ame it is with unmitig national calamity,i memory as one wl tions among the va To Mrs. Mc fill and touching, w in Him" shall he he ^ Resolved: County Treasurer J. R. Mr. Chairman : In rising 1 ing the names of the many illusi with more imperishable glory than signs to Earth his mortal dust, we God, he is not dead, but still lives earth and good will to men." ' do him homage. In him were ing with unerring aim the old assassin's fatal shot, standing amids alike upon all the peoples and pow home life, and see him with devoti ful and pathetic the scene!. Bi worthy of emulation. Go to that will be done." Listen to the son? God to Thee." Who would not Christian people then asse the Baptist Church, Rev. W. O. ] the service. Rev. R. H. Jones, It is very gratifying to me that I, a stranger you on this occasion. We meet that we may jo of this great Republic, at the death of our ft ter if we weep with those who weep?the stric The death of our honored President is a ? great affliction. We must feel humiliated that of its citizens, should have been slain for no chosen by the free suffrages of a free people. But, standing at his grave todav there of the Holy Book: It is appointed unto man c by the coffin and the grave, I would forget that that he was commander and chief of the army : and remember only that he is a man, our fellow at the touch of death, and he remains who ] in this world. The door of death has opened, boundaries of Time. The lessons which we may learn from this ( as a man to whom, along with ourselves, it is aj seeking this lesson I remember, amid the son human experience : that whatever event comes whether it be sorrow or joy, grief or delight, pre cient being possessed a loyal people, a powerful dragged from his throne, he was imprisoned i adversity and sorrow and humiliation became h liac Knob ^ f rn m n rl'o K1 q /I o r? 1 m m f /-v( f V? a L/av^n Ui Li id L u^viaiaiiun ui Llivi moment worketh for us, a far more exceeding ar things that are seen, but. at the things which are forget. Let us remember it today, and make su to each one of us. In the providence of God v most striking attitude. We cannot help comp are McKinley and his inurdei^j^^niese men ha can nor 1 ' Bells Tol buildings j Drained I ic Meeting Express Assemble in 1 citizens of Abbeville, S. C., held in the to the chair. Mr. A. B. Morse, son of iced that the meeting had been called to t; ifederate soldier, introduced the following ! Citizens of Abbeville in Mass Meetii was with profound sorrow we heard jLIAM McKINLEY, which in one she rican citizenship, a brilliant and c( ated sorrow we lament his suddei and we today in common with all j to as Chief Magistrate came nearer rious political factions of the United :Kinley, whose loss is irreparable an< e extend our deepest sympathy, and r stay and support in this her hour o That these resolutions be printed ii Blake, seconded the resoluti< :o second the resolutions offered by my fi trious personages who have occupied tl that of our martyred President, Mr. Mc may well exclaim in the language of ins in the hearts of his countrymen. Sue Fhe influence of his exalted character i blended the elements that make great < ship of State through two great natio st thousands of his countrymen eloquentl ers of earth." Would we witness the on and love for many years tenderly wat< it lest we forget, tread lightly for it is silent chamber and hear his last message I of his departing soul as it catches the fir live such a life ! Who would not cov mbled in union meeting* at the Prest Ross, Visitor, and Rev. J. Lowrie Will , chairman, after a suitable prayer bj and a sojourner among you have been asked to address in in the general expression of the sorrow of the citizens lartyred President. We shall be like our Great Masken wife and the sorrowing kinsmen. source of deep sorrow. The manner of his death is a the President of our nation, that boasts of the freedom l other reason than that he was our chief Magistrate, ' comes to my mind with great force the declaration rnce to die. Here amid the symbols of grief and woe, he was President, that he was first citizen of the land, md navy, the chief executive officer of a great nation ; . All of these relations in which he stood to us, perished las passed through the uttermost experience of men and he has passed into the mysterious land beyond the jvent shall mean more to us if we think of him simply ^pointed once to die, and after that the judgment. In row and shame which have come to us, it is a law of to man in the providence, is a curse or a blessing, sperity or adversity, accordingly as we use it. An anarmy, great wealth. His army was scattered, he was in chains, his prosperity was a curse to him, and his is greatest blessing. The fact of human experience great Apostle, Our light affliction which is but for a id eternal weight of glory, while we look not at the 1 : not seen. This law of human experience we easily 1 ich use of this great sorrow as shall make it a blessing te have two men brought before this whole nation in | ] aring and contrasting the one with the other. They ve both a possession which neither the assassin's knife J t is character. This is equally true of you and inc. * 1 this fearful providence. Here is the man who be- j E without God. The man who trusted God, and i atheist?for anarchism, means atheism?and the j, ' I} by faith. It can never be otherwise. Up toj! te who brought him into being, and who taught Ld. To fear Cod, and keep his coininandinents i |ks l>y Mr. lloss, Dr. Wilson and 1 for tf and tt in TVT Their Love : [Jnioii for Me Court House September a distinguished Confede ike proper action in refer * resolutions, which were nnr A coaniVkla/l 11^ ZlOOt/UlUlCU. L of the cruel assault u >rt week resulted in h )uservative statesmar i taking off. We 1 ?ood and patriotic cit being President of tli States, than any othei (1 for whom the late Pi pray that "He who o^ f deep distress. i our city papers and t Arrv n JUS 111 Liivdv appiu riend, allow me to record tie exalted office of the ( Kinley. And as the 1 ipiration, "Know ye not t :h a life can never die, s not confined within the md manly men. Wc nal conflicts. Would y pleading for a united o tender affections of a str ~i j j ? :nmg anu entering ana e tallowed ground. Gra : to weeping friends aroui st glimpse of immortal g et such a death! Peac >yterian Church, when son, D. D., occupied tin r himself, introduced I The Beloyed Ruler. President McKinley's Ability, Statesmanship and Goodness of Heart Made Him Great, If there is any one tiling from which Mrs. Mckinley can draw comfort and solace, it is in beholdinir the universal esteem in which lier husband was held. The genuine sorrow ol' the civilized world attests his greatness, his goodness, and his statesmanship. The death ol' no ruler has ever called forth such world-wide lament and sorrow as has been shown for our late President. Home of Secession. Mourns for the Man Who Restored Peace to the Nation. The words and sentiments uttered at Abbeville on the occasion of the memorial service were not delivered in a cold and formal manlier, but were manifestly from the heart. When it is remembered that Abbeville, S. (J., was the home f secession, (lie place where the first public meeting- was held ooking: t<> ^ dissolution of the Union, and when it is not forgotten that Confederate solliers and their sons conducted he meetings, one can not hilt feel hat the war is over,and that we ire in deed and in truth a reuiitcd people. lr. Gordon made speec RIB le Dead Pr Le Sacred uumiiig*. for William McKinleymorial Service. 19, 1901, Mayor S. G. Thomson, son of rate Chaplain, was requested to act as Secre ence to the death of President McKinley. : unanimously adopted: ipon the life of the beloved President o is untimely death; That in his life 1, an humble Christian, a loving and egard his loss and the manner of his izens sorrow for his death. We sha e whole people, and who did more to r< r ruler who has filled that high office si esident ever manifested a love and de^ rerrules all things for good to those t* hat a copy be forwarded to Mrs. McKii priate sentiments, which met my hearty endorsement of the sentiments ^hief Magistrate of these United States, I: American nation stands today with bowed h< here is a prince and a great man fallen th fr\f -Pt-rvrn f r>Am oo Vi 1 o rnino ofi11 r\-rc iUl XX KJXXi LU1UU LUHltO J.1IO OUXi t borders of his native land, for all nations ] >uld we look for an example of loftiest st . we behold loyalty to a common flag? ountry, and the spread of peace and prospe ong man ? Gently lift the curtains that ainistering to the frail companion of his bo tnder still is the illustrious example of the h ad his dying couch?"Goodbye, all. Goo lory from the Eternal throne that awakes :e to his ashes. l Rev. R. H. Jones of the Methodist CI e chancel. The favorite hymns of the lev. W. O. Ross, who said: was the rule of his life. At the age of seventeen he pi much to one with his aspirations, and in response to what endure the toils and dangers of the march, the camp, the He became involved by generously trusting others, ar seemed to endanger the attainment of the hopes of years, rendered every cent of his property for the benefit of c the least stain of dishonesty upon the good man that believ Standing in an honorable place before the people his tegrity, preserved in stress of temptation. Hereafter he w der all circumstances. His feiiow citizens laid great burdc ders, because they knew he would do what he believed to fore, loved his fellow men. It was out of this large-heart< broad patriotism that impelled him to express the earnest honor the graves of the Southern dead because they were 1 fKa f a Intra o *-i A rocnop f nnrcnnolifv n nrl fn T*AQ 11 9 Hit UUU11I L W iU V ^ CLilVJ IliO pel JUUUlltj' t utiu WW a v?*?4?. could appreciate the fact that whilst the men of the South affectionate remembrance they could also be honestly loya! say anything of the home life of this man ; of his geniality, j sacred to touch now that it has been consecrated by a darl Faith in God was the principle about which his life w honors must be laid aside and when the ties of affection th honors must be broken, he could calmly say "It is not our faces the end of this life and the beginning of the immorta the day's march lies down to sleep, dreamless and restful, so till the bright morning of the resurrection, trusting in God watch over the dust of his faithful servant, who, believing in ] friends, that faith in God will make your lives a grand su< ? ~- ?? l?r> I.-, fh,.i liirlif r?f ofornitv vrin cl I1UI jJUWUl snail UC JUU13, Jtt 111 HIV/ u^iil wx wbviiiiwj j^ v* w,* which is seen. We think that which is visible is the real, a we delude ourselves. There is the flower that grows by your door step. In mule, puts forth its stern and leaf and flower and bears its spring it comes again, the same stem and leaf and flower. real, the stein and leaf and flower, the things which you si that gives shape and form and color to them all, that no frost This invisible something that outlives the mutations of time The invisible things, then, are the real things. Let us look not upon the things which are seen, but upon the thin in accord with the realities of the eternal world, as did he v ;lies doing honor to tlie dead President. \ i i v MEIlj Aarx^r J ViJlUVl X L* I Temples I --Christian People 1 the late Col. Thomas Thomson, of J f the United States,. 3 we recognize the devoted husband, ,J| * death, as a great 11 ATTflv /illDin all hlfi 'XX V Y V/X VJUVAXUU jstore cordial relance the war. rotion most beautiiio put their trust ||| iley. M with a hearty response. I therein contained. In recallfind none whose life was crowned sad, and bleeding heart, and conis day in Israel." But thank jacmng me gospei 01 peace un have risen to claim the right to ;atesmanship? See him guidHear him the day before the rity, and asking "God's blessings veil the sacred precincts of his som. How sublimely beautiighest type of Christian religion dbye. It is God's way. His the sweet refrain?"Nearer my lurch, Rev. M. W. Gordon of 1 5 President were sung during || romptly abandoned the school that meant so -- - ' jg he believed the call of duty, went forth to bivouac, and the battle. id at the very time the loss of his property and send him to a life of drudgery, he sur:reditors, rather than that there should be res in God. > name became the symbol of personal in'as known as a man who could be trusted unjns, as well as great honors upon his shoulbe right. He believed in God, and there ;dl ove ot his leliow men, tnat sprang tnat '* "i* desire that a common government should brave Americans. The sentiment that drew :e that now at last a man was found who mourned for their dead, and held them in 1 to the government of the Union. Shall I fidelity, devotion ? Or, is this ground too c sorrow ? You know it all. as built ; and when the end came ; when lat he loved ten thousand times more than way, but it is God's will." Serenely he 1 future. As the tired soldier at the end of he went to the sleep which knows no waking , who as manifested in Jesus Christ, shall mm, snan never cue. i^et us leam iuua.y, my ccess. Though riches nor fame nor honors ' ' X*, lall be a grand success. We value that nd that which is tangible is the lasting. But ' 5 i the springtime it sends up its little plurseed, then dies and is gone. The next Year after year this is true. But which is 2e and handle, or the invisible something s withers and which lives on and on forever. have the mark and seal of reality. . ' then, while this world is darkened by death, gs which are unseen, and live lives that are k'hose departure we mourn. 1 4m