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I 1 I i ' i i ' ' ' _irvr..?;rma?rrn^ i_, ,i hi... . ? ill, ?ii i, i JJL!. .J L 1?" _L_??1' U LL! -.JJ.'J'lU. Lj? SSlM The Abbeville Press and Banner, ! BY W. W. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1905. ESTABLISHED 1844 |8 ???? ?-? . ? Tie Holy CONTACT OF THE BII Address of Prof. Ma the Abbeville Bible ! Meeting July q6, ig< In the Dbyaical world, when the ends of the I two wires ol an open circuit are brought > near enough together for the current to dart, 1 through the Intervening space, the air about the two wire points Is heated by the irlcilOD of the rapidly passing current to the glow ol incandescence. Then we have the wonderful phenomenon of light; we see it, wonder at it, and revel In Its effulgence, but unders stand it all?we cannot! In the metaphysical world, we see the Bible brought into touch with the human heart. At once, there Is to be seen the brilliant arc of enlightenment, ol civilization, 01 civil and religious ireedom ; we revel *n this splendid light, but the cause of it?we know not "whence it cometb nor whither it goeth," since "it listeth" as the Wind. To tne eye of the materialist, there are the leather, the wood pulp and the printer's S ink, that enter into the physical composition ol the Book?nothing else is apparent, but be cannot shut his eyes so tight as to keep out the wonderlul light at the point ol contact. No man denies the right ol the scleotlst to call the sobtle essence that steals along the copper or iron track aDd produce* light? electricity. Then who shall gainsay us in naming the subtler essence, that steals ironu the printed page of the Bible into the human heart and works Its wonders there?inspiration ? What Is It, we ask ourselves, that gives rise to religion in the human breast ? Most of i us have already answered this question lor t ourselves: a deep seated consciousness of au ocean of life, an eternity within?a consciousness ol the over-lordshlp or an all-Father, who created us, against whom we have sinned most grievously, and In whose sight we areas unworthy and disobedient children. On first principles, this basic consciousness is the name with all people, at all tlmeB, and under all conditions of Die. It is the first spoken message liom Cieator to created, and ought to be enough to make man stand up in the very dignity and slrtngth of his manhood, and claim and merit a closer fnend?; ship with his God. 5 Bat so strange a piece of work Is man, so fearfully and wonderlully made, the laith he has built upon this basic consciousness varies with clime and country. The subtle magic that lies in a breath ol oriental air gave to * the lace oi Buddha that aspect of peiiect repose, at once the charm, the blessing and the enrse of oriental life. TwaB the m>sUc silence of dead Kgypt that gave to the Kphynx its inscrutable stare, ana our stout hearted Haxon father stood by the seething waves ol the black Baltic and trembled In his heart at the bellowing thunders of Schieswlg and Geatlaod thinking them the lesoundlng peal ? of Tbor's hammer upon the rocks ol highest ? Asgard. Verily, voloe of rock and mountain and i baimy Orient Is tbe voice of God, else we may well destroy tbe oft quoted text: "The heavens declare the glory 01 God anu tbe firmaroeutsboweib His handiwork." Tben,li, in real truib, it be tbe voice of gj God, uttered dow In accents still and small, anJ now with tbe vtrj ibunderings of binal, have they nut borne to man a message that wao worth the telling? There must be some > good, (iom fetish through Mohammedanism, in tbe religion tbatfraii buinanliy has built 0M beet It knew upon its Interpretation of the voice of the ul i-Paiher. What ol Confucianism ? It would be hard to find a teacher who laid gi eater mi ess upon i obedience to filial and civil authority man did Confnscius. Mohammedanism ban always maintained the abt>oiuieauthority ol a f Hapreme God?and tbe world would be Ini finitely worse cfi today aid not Buddhism impait to Its aaberenis tbe vinues ol patient : humility, gentleness and sell rmtralnt. * Wby tben, we may ask, the to eviutiu luhltj trauon of lust, rapine and fanaticism, with f. these religions? Why do we find the I elements so mixed In ibtm that It Is scarcely possible to tell where tbe good begins and ! ibe evil ends, or ibe opposite? The- answer CLtnet* plainly enough: btrause tbey have j?! peverbeen brought into close, lniimate touch , with tbe Bible, and in tbe absence 01 the insplied woid ol God tbe adbeientu ol these faiths have been loictd to build ?ith ibe ' roeiest stubble and stiaw. 3 Where man has not been handed a boob from Heaven, he has fashioned one with bis own bands. It senna to me that our zeal lot the sending oi me tfioie 10 ine veiy ei-fls ol 1 toe earth would Increase tenfold, couid v\t but realize tbat tbe destlDy of every nation ?? shaped and moulded upon the itacbing oi ?omr book, In legend, in siorj, or id song, 'fbf- Zends Avesia allowed the Peisian to s lo flay big prisoner alive, to pluck out bib eye*, and uar blB flesh wlib hot pincers. Tbe writings ol Confucius, Id spite ol ibe iwo cardinal virtues inculcated, bave driven almondeyed China in trodden paths of ever increatlngdeptb till sbe lies today a gigantic mon sler ol belplesBDeta, ber spiritual condition that ol afire brand BmoulderlDg beneath a jjeap ol yellow asbes. TbeCboian, with lib musty dreams ol Oriental spiendoi?lts lanalurUJU, has produced the unspeakable !olfower of Islam wherever be may be found, {odeoi tbedlscaidlng of the New Tebtameni and all It comprehended bas made ol tbe seed ol Abraham, ibe otfsprlDg ol Joshua, Jepbtba.GldeoD, banl and Jonathan, a race ol homeless wander<crt?made fcby lock tbe d?!S episedjewol Venlet^-made Isaac of York tremble In the clutches ol K'ng John's ruthless barons?bound ibe poukhobtr barebacked beneath tbe knotted lakh of tbe Cossack. Compare with all this tbe harvest of flvi:fczalion aDQ enlightened Ireedom. that bas bteo peeped from tbe golden grains of pure wheat,aowp by Alfred In tbe stubboro fcaxon I tiebe, cultivated, watered, and refreshed by wycllffe, JirwmUB and Caxton, finally gathered and aloud away, for the use of tbe generations to come, In the strong pure ver blage ol King James's version oi tbe Oxford & translations. Compare these results, I say, and marvel! Behold tbe effulgent arc at the ?: point of coDtacl! Come wltb me to Scotland, rugged and blealt and bare, and there bebold u country, Midlives of whose people bave beeD swayed, pfeaped, and moulded upon tbe writings ol /Jav^t the Psalmist and the'Prophet lba)ab. "From tbe proud foaming crest of Sol way lo eb? calm placid bosom oi .Loch Katrine, not I a rivulet nor & lake bui nan crimsoned | wlib patriot blood"?not a beatbered moor butbaadrunfc deeply of the blood ot martyrs, 'ibe tlilc mists that epjrpiop tbe ruggeu brow ot Ben >'?vis perform (ftp same tacrmal rites lorScptlapd that tbe of Herman," descendlcg, brlpg upon /.ion'* bills. And yet 'tin not Bcotland that ban marie tbe Scot, nor tbe fecot wbo bus made Scotland; tbe old leatbtr backed Bible, that everj <colt?Jr takts down at Digbtlall lo read In tbe mijet ol bis family bas given to board and to ftteMde, to highland, iriib and down a romance of ffallnn. a beauty ot tbe hlmple lilt?made j/j^iible tbat master-piece ot Scollitb literatpre, "Beside tne Bonny Briar Baub ? Mr. ilabie tails ofap old (&cot, wbo lived on one ol tbe barreuest, bleakest Jjjies off tbe northern shore. ?very morning, as J)je sun rose over tbe eastern rim ot his rock-ribbed Uiend, be would step opt of the door ol bin cot, tbrpw back bis bonnet, upd bow bis gray bead to the glory and grandeiirof the world, manifested in tbe rising sun. iJere was Ibis gray-baired, leatbei.cheejted old son ol tbeMJli. in tbe very winter of jlie and isurrouudad by the most torbiddlng af p?ct of eauire, yet ?rjtb more of tbe genuine summer of life In bla heart than may be loapd ben?*fb the balpate?t/tallan sky ! Troly, ' Eartb'tt crowned witp fJeaven and every common bufrh afire wltb GoU. but only be wbo sees takes ojtfhjs sbots." Wbat tbe Bible bas done lor Scotland, England, and America, and tbe other Christian nnHnnnnf ihe world. It can and will do lor Itbebeatbeo. Jufi?us eure &s there in a cud Id heav^D. the Bible will one (lay lake the place of the C'horan In tbe heart of Islam. The light from Its (.acred page* will .drive out fill evil and dispel ali dattTu^ss, and Budda, Mohammed, and CodIuhcIus will spread their jgarments, and cry: "HoeanDa, oallelujah, rejoice! ChlDa, Islam, iDdla, the Isles of tin Sea. rejoice! There cometh iDto your mldsi this day a klDg. seated sot upon the camel o Ibe flejlra, not upoD the car of the Juggernaut, but upon a colt, the foal of an ass." There le a beautllnl legend that tells ofth< cowing of the Bible ap.d Christianity toth< Scriptures. U WITH HUMANITY. rk E. Bradley, Before; Society at the Annual; 35- i I Northmen. Tbey believed Id a heaven that < was called Asgard. It was peopled with cods | whose duty It whs to wage a perpetual warfare upon the sbaggv Jotuns, or giants, 01 frost ?nd wave and Are. There was one-eyed OdlD, with his ravens I perched upon his shoulders, aDd Freyja. his [ wife; there was Tbor, with his hammer, j MJalmer, the evil 1 ake. arvd Balder, lalrest and moxt beautiful of all tbe gods. The Northmen believed that Asgard was to pass away, the gods were all to perish, and there would be a new Asgard peopled by other gods. Tbe beautiful Balder died at tbe band3 of tbe evil Lake, aud, as Balder was the god of sun and light, all the Joy of llle went out oi tbe heart ot the Northmen. The missionaries came and told them of tbe life, the suffering, and tbe great sacrifice nl Christ. Tbe simple story melted the Norse heart; they cried, "He Is even greater than Balder !" and tbey were ready to draw their ponderous iron swords or plow the roughest main lor His sake. Only think lor one moment of tbe glorious remits and one must stand appalled at the work of this wonderful book. Only the foci may speak lightly or disparagingly of Its sacred legends, Its Cbrist-spoken parables, litInspired songs There is density In tbe mind and baseness ! the heart of tbe man who may not be 1 u. 1? ed and soothed and joyed and thrilled, by Its simple prose and pastoral poetry. 'Twhb this that caused tbe silent Te&nysou to exclaim In rupture: "Could I not wander once each t day 'mid tlie sacred paths ul holy wilt I might c despair." Ah, what a book Is tills! The r bcok that insists upon heart purity as ttje t very essence of the higher llle. It contains , the sanest, soundest code of morals extaot, t the only perfect law, a ?acred history, won- t derful bicgraphy, and matchless romance, c It contains a complete analysis of every \ phase of homan ll/e, In joy or In sorrow? every thought, feeling or emotion of the hu- , man breast may And there its fellow,. In the s life, the writing, and the aots of the Apostle t Paul, we And thewlsdom of Holon, the logic of t Socrates, and the zeal of the Latter day-Saint* v combined. In a few comprehensive chapters the Book gives an account ol Creation and the t, Deluge, two of the most cosmic phenomena v known to geology. It tells of the glorious a reign of a king, compared with whom Augui- t tos of Rome, the greatest Louis of France, or i the proudest of the Romanoos must lade into Insignificance. There Is couched in Its four gospels the grandest drama known to literature?a tragedy that climaxes with the death ard resurrection of the eternal Son oi God ! Have you pined for home and kindred, a stranger in a strange land ? Then you have sat with the captive Hebtews 'neath the harp- l burtbened willows by the streams of Babjlon, ana you remembered with a new Joy and t a deeper peace your Zlon, home with lis asso- t ciations?then and there, you would have suffered your right band to lorget Its cunning or i vourtoreueto cleave to the roof of jour t mouth, bt lore you would have been disloyal to those sacred ties ! Would ycu search lor figurative verse more majestic than the loud resounding sea ot Homer or his cloud enveloped Zeus ? Then turn to the twenty-ninth Psalm. There you will liDd a type of phraseology ihat Is cosmic 1n its grandeur. As we read the inspired staczas ol David, we seem to see the swaying and the brf akicg of the cedais on Lebanon's summit in the grip of seme fierce tempest, typified as the voice of Jehovah. Mighty, rock-built Lebanon and rugged Sirion tremble and groan and leap upon their gianlte bases, swayed bj the Eternal aim. Verily, "the voice of the Lord is upon the waters and the Ood of glory thurderetb." Taken merely as a compilation of English prose and poetry, It is the verdict of the scholars of the aces that the Bible is un- ' exce'led in our literature. Then let the pure < old English version stand Intact, not mine the sacrillglous hand to despoil from Its holy J pages one sacied phrase. Its obseJete pronouns. Its dead verbs are etymological L?vites set apart for a sacred purpose. Nor ar* < we lnllowlcg cunningly devlstd fables or dIs- i torted parables and proveibs. Translation has been compared with translation and ver- i slon with version till the possibility of se- < rlous error has been practically reductd to i infinity. It has absoibed the scholarly i thought of the ages snd has been handed i down to us in ways and means divers and ] wonderful. It is as everlasting, as eternal as ] God or tbe human soul. J The ruined grandeur of Jerusalem, her temples and her gates witness the human efforts, i tbe humao Joys and human sorrows lived J and breathed within the holy city. The mountains round about still stand silent 1 mournful witnesses of a glory long since departed. Tbe shepherds at eventide, still lead j thelt flocks to graze upon the mountainside t and could we stand there with them at night* i fall, there would steal upon our senses, from t the serenity of the Oriental night, tbe last faint echo of tbe Savior's lamentation: "0 \ Jerusalem. Jerusalem, thou that killest the i prorhets and 6tonest tbem that are sent unto to thee; how often would I have gathered t th> children as a hen gathers her brood un- i der her wings, and ye would not." t The Jordan, once tbe proud boast of tbe nation, the theme of Hebrew song, now Mesa \ muddy, sluggish stream In ihe midst of a c land downtrodden and oppressed. All that is material doth silently tade and [ass away, ] but this book, the one great heritage of tbe t world from Hebrew civilization will go on and on down tbe ages saving man and bless- i lng bis earth, for tiuly : "Heaven and ear b sb8l) pass away but tbe word of my Uod shall t stand forever." LOWNDESyiLLE, i Interesting KewH lteniM of the Neighborhood Gathered by Our Regular Correspondent. I Lowndesville, Aug. 14,11)05. Hon, and Mrs. J. Jieitpn watson, of Aoder- t sou C. H., came down the latter,part of tfie week before last, and after spending a dav or * two at.the home of their brother lu law, Mr. J T. B. Cllnkscales, tbey were for a day or two i at Mr. Berry Allen's Some time ago Mr. J. B. LeRoy rented a t part of Mrs. O. K. Hester's dwelling. Last . Monday and Tutsday be moved bis bouse- 1 hold and kitchen furniture into it, and will occupy a room In bis new home as a sleeping , place aud will take bis meals with bis son-inlaw, Mr. K. S. Smith, until Mrs. LeKoy rt- * turns from her Virginia trip. " T U f Vir^lonH /> f DKAfirt 1 v . no r?i o Tuesday an.d assisted Rev. K. \V. Baruer in a . meeting aj tb.e Ridge. It cloved Friday ulgbt > with ftlteen acpebsl.ons to the cburcb and several COD VerBlOpH. | Mrs. Minerva jiaruen, of Anderson, spent . several days of la.it week with relatives > bere. I nev. J . iii. waru.oi xiarisviiie, came j utuday and In still with his old frleDds here. . Yesterday at 11 A. M.and again at 8:30 P. M. ' he occupied the pulpit lu Providence church, t this place, apd gave to hits large and attentive congregation at both hours instructive and interesting sermons. Air. Conny Henry and ?Ib sister Miss lie becca Henry,'of Mt^orpilcfJ, spent several 1 days last weefc here. Mr. Henry spept the . time with hiB t'ollcEe mate. Mr. Tbfcron A) I len, ami Mist) tieniy yvli^ Wits Leila Bowman. Mr. Lowry Blake, of Aboevllle, tpeetfier with Misses Clara and Susie Blake, of Green. ) w.ood, spent last week at tbelr uncle's, Mr, H. A.. T.tnnent. Miss Kate Tenneut,, In honor ol ber vlsillpg pouslns above named, bad a eatbering ol b/er yojipg iriends at her borne Wednesday nlgbt. Ttie yoiirjj people spent Severn! hours very pleasantly together Mr. Charles ^mltb, bis soi:.-lt-law, Mr- S\V. Moore, and wife and little babe, of Coke?.bury, arrived Thursday. >lr, Moore was , elected principal ol the High School at this > place some tljme ago, and cum? over pre parat lory to beginning It some time In September, f Mr. aDd Mrs. James Bao;vn^, of North Texas, have been for the past few days' with the friends and relatives, those still living of j their younger days. 3 There was in part a family reunion at Mr. k E. W. Harper's Friday. Capt. and Mrs. J. E. Brown lee, Mr. and Mrs. Way man Brownlee, .1 of Peony's Creek, Mrs. J. A. Hawthorne ?t?d " MIhk Annie Hawthorne. Mr. hih! Mrs. .1. M. 1) Huckabce, ol Latimer, and those mentioned M{ in the ai'ove paragraph, who left this section overthirty years ago, and this is their first visit to their native heath since they went to C the Lone Star State. gi Mrs. Andrew Speer and her little babe, of Anderson, caine down Friday and went from nere to the borne of Mr. George W. Speer, ll( at Monterey. Miss Susie Speer who has been spending j Borne time at Anderson, came down Friday and went to her home at Monterey. Ol A large crowd of excursionists from An- p( derson and intermediate points went to Atlanta Wednesday. As the already orowded train reached hereabout fifteen of our people II, lolned the crowd going to the (inte City. ]e; Our town council had some street and side- _r walk cleaning and working done last week. aLJ A badly needed rain came Monday evening CC f<nd night and since then there has been more :>r less rain every day or night. The last few . lajs of very hot weather with parching ,s winds has caused a greater falling off in the 8} jider main crops?corn and cotton?than Is asually brought about by several weeks of Iry weather. This bo far has been a very bad ?r year. The maturing and ripening of the first Cfc 3rops, whether field, garden or orchard gave comparatively small yields, yet the planters v\tt t ha al/f ohoaa kvertJ huuJtJwunt tuuouicu kjj IUV u?u ?u?6t', 'a bad beginning makes a good ending," jut to date the name dlscouragin* conditions * sxlst. Old coru and cotton with all of the , aln that may fall cannot bring them up to 161 in average, but the late crops may yet turn rc >ut lar better tban the early ones. There Is one crop?the Irult?which has , ' )een almost a complete failure. There haB ta >een less demand for fruit Jars. Jelly glasses, ha stc , than usual. while many of the peach >nd apple trees were heavily loaded, but very ittleoi the Irult wap, or will be, lit to use. w< Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Moseley went to Augusta pe Wednesday. The first came back the next p. lay, the latter remalnedthere for treatment. ; t was the first time In the history of this >lace that Its citizens In going to another on >tace bad to carry with tbem , as these had to p lo, a physician's health certificate. ?* Mr. Curtis Fennel, telegraph operator at be HcCormkk, came up Friday for a rest to try I ind regain his lualtn. q. Mrs. Oitle Hill of Anderson came down last ~ veek at d stayed a day or two With relatives. Cl Mrs. M rie Watson of Moseley came down mi Friday and remained lor a day or two with tlnMolk Misses Jendle and Bulah Todd of Augusta in lave been tor the past few days with their p(j incle, Mr. J. L. Latimer, and family. J. Mahler Henry Harper, ol McCornilck came lf> iSHluroay hdu win may jur u nunc nuu its kinsfolk here. Ql Last week a darkov wont out calling one ii light and the owner of the borne at wblcb bfc sailed, a white man, early tbe next morning rci nlssed some of his lowls, and as It was not en he first time that this bad happened, be lqrestigaied. It had sprinkled rain Just before lis visitor Jf-ft and he was easily tracked to VI lis home. Upon examination of It a three ;allon tin can of dressed and pnlted fowls j vere lound, together with about 300 pounds of -Ljl tat backs" and some corn and fodder, all ot mi vhlch bad doubtless "stuok to bis lingers" , vhlle prowling around. He in some way : leard that Ms neighbor bad returned his call Jvj >ut for a different purpose, and lert for parts te inknown?pastures geeen. ac It is bad that so large a part of our popula- . Ion is given to appropriating to lis own use iei ?bat dues not belong to It. But then if tbe trong?those wbo ought to know and do beter?Indulge, the weak and Ignorant will cer- ' alnly lollow the example. W) Troupe. CO G) DUE WEST- m Mrs. J. O. Lummus of Snapping ShoalB, Ga., P} a with friends In town. N 01 Mrs. McAllister and Miss Mary Miller came fa ip from Abbeville BDd spent Friday with v.. heir sister, Mrs. W. W. Edwards. Prof, and Mrs. J. L. Pressly and daughter D8 Sleanor l?ft Monday lor Woodwards where is bey will be tbe guestol Mr. Will Reld. Mr. W. C. Haddon and Mr. J. R. MtGee at- ' ended tbe Farmers institute at Cltmson of College lest week. sa Mrs. Lois Pressly is expected brme this aE veek alter a year's absence In New York and " jreenville. Her many lrlends will be glad to b( welcome her again. at Mrs. S. A. Agnew ol Upper Main St., is fllih friends In Greenville Co. Mr. R. C. Brownlee and Dr.-J R.Bell are injoylng a vacation at Ashvllle and other pi pular resorts. w Invitations bave been lesord ;o tbe mar- v" lege of M SB Mabel CllikMales and Dr. til Homer C. Newton. This happy event will ake place at tbe borne of the briae.s lather, ... Hr. M B. Cllnkscales, Wtdnesday morning, august twenty ib'id at eight o'clock. Dr. W ?nd Mrs. Newtcn will leave at once for Uew of i'ork City whither tbe best withes of a host fn )i friends will lolJow tbem. " Miss Lucie-ia Drennan has returnrd to -K Due West alter tome months spent in Green- tfc ville. th MUses Sudle and Ella Harper of the Thorn- llJ well Oiphanage are at borne lor their vacation. c Quite a party of tbe little folks erjoyrd an uicrnoon picnic on Chlcesew last Wednetlay. Mr. Olin Hagan alndly gavetbem all a< d( Ide in bis W8gon bt<d Misses Fannie Wide- pn nan and Geruude Brownlee and Mr. Jobn f ^essly acted as chaperones. Mistts Mary Bradley and Mary Klugb and Master James ec fCiugh of Abbeville were tbe guests of honor. Needless to say ibey all bad a good time. p MUs Irene McCain goes to Geoigla this week where she will be for some time with ty friends. Mis* Mnry Boyce is tbe guest of her aunt Urs. W. W. Bojce at Rock Hill. Mr. W. L. Stevenson of Ciova will be the D8 irlnclpal of the Due West Graded School ag be coming session. Mr. Stevenson grsdu- e itcd at Ertklne in ibe class of 1813 ai d nuphi mnsi. successfully the DR?t vear. O Mr. W.T. Cowan. Mr A. R. Kills and Mr. ]0 iV. T. Ellis attended tbe re-unlon of Orr's f lifles at Honea Path last week. iri Mr. Washington ol Laurens has purchased be Young properly opposite Prol. J. L. (>0 ^resly'sand will move his family here In * .he tall. S1' Tbe protracted meeting begins at Green ail .Mile Cburcb Friday Au*. 18ib. Rev. Harris f0 if Florida will do tbe preaching, f Mr. Baldwin of LauieDS baa bought the 101 Henry place tear Due West. He will build tnd move as soon as possible. t,n Miss Alice Biooks is the guest of relatives , d Anderson Co. ri< Rev. D. G. Philips of Atlanta, Ga., spent H 1 short while In town the first of the week, ti Mr. A. 8. Kennedy wern up to Anderson j ast Tuesday to attend the funeral of the lttle son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T, Llgon. Di Mr. G. N. Nlofcles Is making extensive :9 mprovements on bis Main St. residence. to tieuernl Kewn Koles. tit Russia, it is said, has left the way $5' ;o Vladivostok open for Japan. . . The creditors of Mrs. Cbadwick will bu jet seven jnills on tbe dollar. The Georgia bouse of representa- Jo ives passed the child labor bill 108 to lot >2. ? Czar Nicholas has writteu another ed etter to the Orenburg clergy, which Ai s distinctly warlike in tone. The Russian papers, with two ex- fot :eptions, fail to speculate as to the au jutcome of the peace negotiations. ba An understanding has been arrived at in the war over quarantine beween Louisiana and Mississippi. dis Former Statistician John Hyde ca- as Dies Secretary Wilson that he will re- ra] ;urn from Europe "as soon as possi- ne ale." sai B. F. McGhee, president of the Co- to umbus. Ua., committed suicide at iui :hat place. The cause of the cannot -1 be accounted for. Ai Ike, McKinney, a desperate negro, br was killed near Leadsville, Ark., after foi killing two persons and perhaps fatal- Gi ly injuring two others. Wi William J. Bryan, Jr;, underwent lo1 an operation at (L-bicagpfoi* aq abfeess Pe of tjie knee, capsed by incarnation sei from a com. wi Most of the canal force in Panapia de Is now engaged in sanitary work and . ' in building hotels and dwellings for Gi tlie employ ts. th A compromise cabinet was named Ri for Sweden, and it is believed to favor is a peaceful solution of the trouble with 'al Norway. uc Pistrict Attorney Jerome noticed the court that he might ask for a special grand jury in the Equitable Life w Aessurance Society caae. ec "l r'!- <V Vi'-.vJtfi. V. Attorney General Moody declares int the entire United .States crimlal code needs revision and more .ringent laws are required. Emperor William favors Prince harles of Denmark for tbe Norwean throne deeming this course prerable toseeiog the country a repubTwo thousand telegraphers employ1 by tbe Northern Railroads went 1 strike in response to President jsham's order. President Stuyvesant Fish, of the linois Central, declares for New Orans as center for grain exportations id suggests changes in the inerstate mmerce law. Mayor Belcher, of Patterson, N. J., still missing and charges of alleged i ieculatiou are made aaginst him i Mrs. Mary J. Carlisle, wife of form- * Secretary of the Treasury John G. irlisle is dead at Babylon, L. I. Month Carolina Noted. H P. L. McMannus, division superin- I" udent of the Southern will be moved I >m Charlotte to Greenville. X Anderson County shows a gain in xable property of a million and a ilf dollars over last year. Ernest Benson and Kay Robinson jre sentenced to five years in the nitentiary for the killing of Myrtle jrnB in up^er Greenville. Will Cabe has been arrested at Try, N. C.. charged with the murder of C. Plumbly at Glassy Mountain in ptember, 1896. Dtto Summey was acquitted in eenville of the murder of Oscar ireton. The jury out 12 hours, one un held for manslaughter. 125,000 pounds of tobacco were sold Dilion at from 3 to 20 oents a >uud. Tins was the break the marit has had in several years. Former Supervisor Speegle of eeiivnie ^ouuiy ^ouuiy is in ai ? endersonville, N. C., ami will not he quired to come to Greenville at presR. L. and C. E. Graham of Green- q/ lie have leased for 18 months the mna CottoD Mill at Goldville in lurens County- Yarns will be anufactured. r James Nelson, the negro charged ^ ith attempt to commit rape in Sum- ? r was tritd at afpecial ttrm of court /y\ id sentenced to 30 years in the peni- 1 ntiary. William Elliot, Jr., has been elected ansgerof the Columbia street rail- _ av to succeed P. I. Welles, who bemes manager of the Union and I enn Springs Ry. - J An attempt to poison the family of I rs. J. A. Ferguson near Clinton by I itting poison in a well has been JL ecovered. Several members of the mily and household were made ill, it they have recovered. A negro _ imed Jake Carwile is suspected and being searched for. J. A. Pride, commercial agent of the ? ^aboard Air Line at Columbia, is jd to be going to be appointed assiBtit general passenger agent of the Le raboard Air Line with neadquarters Atlanta. Mr. Pride was formerly ptloned at Spartanburg. Gillam Hoton and a negro man ereBtruckand killed by lightning hile standing under a tree during a undereform near Kershaw. A. H. Wells of Greenville now iditorof the Blue Bidge Bailroad ill move to Anderpon and will be sneral manager of the line, reporting President 'A. B. Andrews at aleigh, N. C. The latter says that ie Southern will build the line over ie mountains to Marysville, Tenn. Col A. B. Andrews of Raleigh, N. first vice-president of the Southn Railway, has been elected presi;ntof the Blue Ridge Railroad to cceed the late H. C. Beattie. The Hces of the company will be removI from Greenville to Anderson. Rev. R. L. Rogers, highly respected resbyterian preacher of Oconee Coun, is dead. Mrs. Sarah Wilcox, widow of the te Henry M. Wilcox, who was pro- ? ite judge of Marion County, is dead a :ed 76 years. -n The Fountain Inn Manufacturing o., will add 4,500 spindles and 60 V] oms. It is understood that con- 0 acts have been awarded. The Speegle shortage in Greenville _? ntinues to grow. $1,2000 paid Speee by the Paris Mountain Water Co. I" id $100 by the Chick Springs Co. r county purposes are unaccounted r. ~~ David Gruber was shot in Charles- C' n while attempting to burglarize a )U8e. The negro was shot by W. R. ? erron and was instantly killed, erron was trying to arrest him. There are still persistent rumors in irlington that Robert Keith Dargan ^ still alive and that a dummy was (j, iried for nim. it may ne necessary exhume the body to prove its ideny. Dargan is said to have carried I),000 iife insurance. Ail extensive electrical plant is to be _. ilton Reedy river at Fork Shoals. The stable of R. A. Whitlock at w. nesville was destroyed by fire. The is$500 with no insurance, Ci| 1,000 people are said to have attend- A| the Saluda Baptist Association in aderson County. An underground distillery was and four miles from Greenville in HI old mill on lleedy river. It had Ji ttied the search of the constables for are than a year. Aaron Williams, colored has been ** scbarged on his own recognizance Vi the state was unable to try him for Nev pe. He was once convicted, but a w trial was ordered. The woman art. d to have been his victim refused aPa testify against him, thus demolish- ~ u the state's case. I?. S. Seay, au employee of the uericau Bridge Co., fell from the fee idge being erected over Baluda river ~ tlie boutnern' Railway, between -eenville and Pickens (Jounties and id instantly killed on the rocks bew. ^be deceased was a resident of >unsylv$nia, where bis body was at, apcompanied by his wife, who is at ?asley ftt tlie tipae of accint nf. The "Poplar Log" c^se bearing in 1>(J eenville elicited nothing of interest e principal testimony being that the icbland Pistilling Co.'s "Poplar Log" inferior to Sowers and Co.:s "Pop- -r ] r Log." Chairman Hub Evans was ?t present. |?CH Jf ever we have to board again we :e going to look for a place in a home are here the housewife feels complimentI if you eat till your collar hurts. : suiiw' .-1 EXC ATT / Hl 1 WNDA a in A air l: pecial officers, armed wi :casion, and no misbeha^ now how to conduct you illy requested not to gc 1. _ i _ _j_ ? _r . ne last recursion 01 int a little reci iOw Rates, Plen FIRST SECTION Stations Schedule save MONROE 7.00 a.m Mineral Springs 7.12 a.m Waxhaw * 7.20 a.m' Hancock ...; 7.27 a.m Van Wyck 7.34 a.m Catawba 7.41 a.m Harmony 7.40 a.m Edgemoor 7.54 a.m Rodman 8.04 a.m Chester 8.22 a.m Sandy River 8.37 a.m Leeds 8.44 a.m * Pride 8.50 a.m i i _ o rn ~ uarnsie o.oo a.m Ada 9.01 a.m Delta 9.06 a.m Whitmire 9.15 a.m Garlington 9.25 a.m Renno ? 9.35 a.m Clinton 9.45 a.m Special Tiain Returni .n unprecedented opport isit one of our greatest eats and plenty of Ice V Refreshments EPARATE CARS FOB Excursion Tickets on B. RYAN, G. P. Am Portsmo G, M. BEA* E. SHEHEE. D. A. DEWEY. 1EHEE & DEWEY.J onsorial Parlors. 7E HAVE BOUGHT OUT THE 8PLENdldly equipped Barber Shop Id the . v Hotel Building, and are prepared to b re our customers with every comfort and venleiice known to the modern toneorlal I We have also elegantly furnished hath rtments. ick and s^tisj. tory service Is guaranted to all who will call on us m SHEHEE & DEWEY. 1$ 1D05 ILLEGE OF CHARLESTON Charleston, S. C. 120ib Year Beglnf September iTTKRS, SCIENCE, ENGINEERING. One scholarship giving free tuition to h county of South Carolina. Tuition S40. rd and furnished room In Dormitory 810 12 a month. All candidates for admission permitted to compete for vacant Boyce ( DlarsbipB wbloh pay S100 a year. For cataje, address Harrison Randolph, PreBldent. . ... . i-i.-. U RSI ON j to m UsfTA, GA j .Y, Aug. 28,19051 VIA BOARD 'MM ? A LNE RAILWAY. | tli the prcper authority, will be detailed for this rior of any kind will be allowed. If you don't rself in a gentlemanly manner^ you are respect i , ; ''sll i season! The only chance.you will have to take eation and rest at so small a cost! . - SECOND SECTION. , /|fgj Rate Stations Schedule * Kate $ 2 60 Leave CLINTON 8.30 a.m ' $'{2 00 2 50 ' Mountville............ 8.55 a.m ' -2 00 2 50 Cross Hill 9.04 a.m ' 2 00 2 50 Lota 9.13 a.m ' 1 50 2 50 Saluca 9.15 a.m ' 1 50 2 25' Greenwood 9.28 a;m 1 50 2 25 ! Salak 9.33 a.m 1 50 2 25 ? ' Cana 9.41 a.m 1 50 2 25 Long Cane 9.44 a jn 1 50 2 00 Abbeville 9.54 a.m 1 25 2 00 Shops 9.57 a.m 1 25 2 00 Watts.... 10.08 a.m 1 25 2 00 Calhoun Falls 10.23 a.m 1 25 2 00 Arrive ATLANTA.. 2.10 p.m O A A 11V 2 oo ' jm 2 oo 2 00 2 00 2 00 " v|g ing,- will leave Atlanta, 7:30 P. M,,^ Eastern Time, August 29th. 'M unity for the merchant, farmer and sight-seer to ; and most progressive Southern Cities. Good /ater for all. * will be served on the Train. l COLORED PEOPLE. Plenty room for all! sale at all Seaboard Stations and on train. ufh, Va. W. E. CHRISTIAN, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. J SLEY, Manager, Monroe, N. C. FRED GE1SSLER, T. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. Abbeville Lumber ComDanv. JL t / ' Dealers in . Lumber, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Shingles, Lime. Best Portland Cement, full barrel, $2.50. Just received three cars Shingles, from the cheapest to the very est, Car of Doors, Sash and Blinds just in. Two cars Dressed .umber on hand. Flooring, Ceiling and Siding. Get our prices and we will do the rest?viz: SOil Yoil "] iBBEVILLE LUMBER CO. The same old stand, near S. A. L. Depot. Tlw I'umiflv ^QinniR' Rant inv ivvpvi) un>uigo Dunn, ABBEVILLE. S. C. OFFICERS. DWECTORS. S. G. Thomson, H. G. Anderson^ S. G. THOMSON, President. q. a. Neufler, C. C. Gambrell, 3. A. NEUFFER, Vice-President. W. E. Owens. C. S. Jones, R. E. COX, Cashier, J- Ktark. Ed- Keiaer,. Jonn A. Harris.