The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, February 03, 1909, Image 4
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the Press and Banner
?v W, W, and W, K. Bradley,
HUGH WILSON, Editor.
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
?# -Published every Wednesday at 82 h
ear In adv?noe.
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1909.
Anti-Tuberculosis,
We are all talking ana thinking of tuberculosis.
Nobody uow thinks ol' calling It bj
tbe old time plebeian name, 'consumption,"
v...? ih? HiacQcn is th? same and Its deadly
work Is Ibe same. That is the reason that
philanthropic physicians In all parts of the
world are now organizing themselves and
the people Into anti-tuberculosis societies.
The Abbeville physicians are up to tbe time
in this matter and are urging the people to
join them in their efforts to stamp out consumption.
At the Court bouse last Friday night there,
were a number of interested laymen, but
owing to tbe extreme oold temperature of the
atmosphere and tbe piercing wind which
moved with a velocity that made predestrlans
careful of their footsteps kept many
away from the meeting. Many, supposing
that there would be no meeting,-remained
at borne and missed the most interesting
meeting and the rnoBt instructive oue that we
have attended in the Courthouse.
Dr. JSeufier was called to the chair, and Mr.
W. K. Bradley was asktd to act as secretary.
The minutes as lurnisbed by him glvt
facts. Dr. Neotfer called on Dr. Brltt, Dr.
Gambrell, Dr. Harrison, Mr. W. R. Bradley
and other laymen lor remarks. Mr. C. V.
Hammond said something like thlt: "Soai
and a little hot water properly applied were
good things in their place. II cleanliness It
next to godliness, hliblness reaches out In
tbe other direction." Dr. Neufler himself
made a most excellent talk in warning laymen
against tbe Great White Plague which lb
creuutu WllU Hlli/iug vuuuc wut w u.v.j bia
ol the banian family. He thought consumption
a preventable disease but he thought
116 Incurable.
Dr. Harrison thought It was certain thai
many cases of consumption bad been cured.
Dr. .Neuffer cited instances to show tbt
susceptibility of whole families to the disease.
The disease germs would lodge In the walls,
the ceilings and the floors of the bouse. Tht
furniture would become permeated with
them. The curtainB and the carpets would
hold them in storage for an Indefinite length
of time. He thought when a house was bc
permeated the only sale way was to bnrn it,
and all the weaves that were In the house thai
could not be boiled for thirty minutes should
be likewise destroyed. He told of an Instance
where a wife died of It. The husband
, married again. The second wife slept ol
the same bed, where the first wlft
she died, having caught the disease
from the wife whom she bacfc never seen.
Tbe furniture In this Instance was then destroyed.
The carpet was carried off and used
by another family. He bad not heard from
tbe carpet since. W e could have told blm 01
an Instance in this county where a consumptive
died and the servant received or accepted
the bed on which the consumptive lay as
part pay lor bis services. Tbe servant died
in due time. We could also tell of a whole
family that died in this way. One membei
A sister walled on her, and she died. A slstei
of tbe latterdeceased waited on her and sbe
died. A hired woman waited on the third
sister who took it, and she died of consumption.
The chief attraction of tbe evening was the
address of Miss Bell of Sumter. She gave a
g lowing acconnt of tbe good work which good
people are dolDg In her town. Her remark*
will be a benediction and an Inspiration to
onr people to.deeds of kindness and) charity.
She dwelt largely on nursing tbe sick and In
administering to their needs. During her remarks
this editor could not bnt contrast her
work with that of those persons whose misdirected,
though well meant, efforts are oppressing
our people to raise money t<r support
hosts of missionaries abroad. This
editor is a home missionary who believes
that home people have bodies as well as souls.
Abbeville In times pa6t bas undertaken
many things and in some ol which ,we have
succeeded, but nothing of ball the Importance
of tbe anti-tuberculosis movement bas
yet been undertaken.
Comfortable Prisoners.
The prisoners in our Jail bad a merry old |
time of it during tbe recent cold spell, and we ,
are glad to report tbat nobody was frozen to
deatb. Eacb of ibem were farnlsbed with (
tbree genuine cotton blankets, costing ,
cents a pair. When Sheriff Lyon called Su- (
pervlsor Stevenson's attention to the sltua- |
tlon, the Supervisor Immediately ordered a ,
lotof blankets to be Bent to tbe Jail, aud be ^
afterward bad a plumber to make estimates (
as to tbe cost of putting In waterworks and ^
sewerage.
It Is with pleasure that we record the Slier- t
iff's amlety to make tbe prisoners comlortable,
and it is to tbe credit of Abbeville t
County tb at tbey have elected a humane and (
merciful Supervisor wbo will see that the ^
County is not disgraced by brutal cruelly to f
helpless inmates ol tbe Jail. Let tbe cost be
what It may, let tbe Jail be not a place that
would disgrace a beathen land. Publlo build- f
lngs reflect the pride and respectability of
any people, while cruel and barbarous treatment
of prisoners is a disgrace te tbe lowest a
type 01 a people.
Sheriff .Lyon and Supervisor Stevenson are
determined that our miserable old Jail shall
not disgrace oar elegant Court house, and
they do not intend to have a prison bouse
less humane than is our city calaboose, which
la steam heated, has waterworks and sewerage
in every cell. Eiectrio lights shine for all
?in the corridor.
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Abbeville Shot up by Trusty- e
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Since Abbeville has been putting on airs in )(
the matter of public buildings her officers (!
have taken suggestion from the State House
in Columbia, in the matter of keeping the
new tile floors cleaned by convict labor. A
colored convict from the County gane named ^
Jim Lindsay was made a trusty and to him a
was assigned this post of honor. y
Saturday night Jim put aside bis 7
uniform and went fialllnt? flown nn nno ni
tbe popular alleys. It seems tbat a dispute D
arose between tbe man of stripes ana bis lady c
love, whereupon be palled a pistol and tired ^
at ber tbree times. The city authorities took B
him lu hand promptly, and It is Bald that B
Supervisor Stevenson ban allowed him tore- p
enlist in tbe gang without examination or y
presidential hindrances. t
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Mr. Hammond, Superintendent of Education,
reports tbat one mighty goodandcon- t
sclentlous prohibitionist teacher spoke bes- e
ltatlngly about acoepting dispensary money
In navmput of her salarv The trustee remo.
nlzed tbe situation and suggested that he
could divert her share of the dispensary
money to the support of a negro school In t
that district. Tbe money has not been dl- I
verted. t
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Dr. Cowen, Mr. M. B. Clinkscalea and Mr.
R. <J. Brownlee of Due West were among
those who were in town last Monday.
Mr. B. F. Miller was in town Monday. He
Is talking of going into the employ of tbe |
sew evening paper at Colombia.
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> . 'n\??.VaM'lUBESSflSS
JOSEPH AS A LAND GRABBER.
Mr. W. T Magill as a Corn Raiser and I
Keeper of a Warehouse.
Long years ago Joseph, son of Jacob and
Rachel, was sold by bis brothers to a caravan
ol Arabian merchants,who took him toEgypt
where be rose to the highest position in the
bouse of Potapber, king and ruler of Egypt.
Joseph became Interpreter of dreams for the
king, and when be was Informed that the
king's dream foretold of a famine that would
follow the then existing season of prosperity,
be appointed Joseph chief collector of corn,
with which bis people might tide over the
time of tbe famine. He built great storehouses,
(we call them cribs in these days,)
and filled them full of the nourishing and tbe
life-preserving grain. At the appointed time
tbe famine set in. Trie alluvial soil of tbe I
Nile no loDger produced Its usual crops, when
death and destruction threatened the ^habitants.
Joseph, when his barus bad been flu- ed,
sat cross legged on tbe lence and defied A
the drouth to do Its worst. ^
i~ ? iittio mhiio th? nnnnln were hungry.
and they brought their ox carts, and band ^
bags that tbey iulght draw rations of the goldeu
grain. When hunger began to pinch the
people Joseph ceased to give away the corn,
out organized himself Into a land agency In
the Interest of his great master, Pharloh. Before
the famine was over be had bonght
for Pharoah all the land of Egypt.
And eo It was that Joseph and his king became
a corporation of land grabbers, In comparison
with which the pians of Senators
to sooop the railroad lands of Oregon
dwindle Into Insignificance. Joseph didn't
deal In little two hundred acre sections lor
nlmself and his children as do Senators in
Oregon, tie just took the whole thing for
miles and miles around. He took the alluvial
lands of the Nile, and grabbed the barren
rocks, tie appropriated titles to the tandy
deserts, and took to himself the unprofitable
:uillB that overlooked the wealth of the delta.
All was Pharoh'a, and Joseph set the
world an example In the extent of land agencies
that has never been equalled In modern
times. . M
While nobody In these days would attempt
so great an acquisition as that of which Joseph
made, yet the etorles of corn growing In
Inspire In the hearts of good men every
where the disposition to oonttst the honor i
[ of being the greatest corn raiser on earth.
Mr. W. T. Magill, of this city, possesses a A
sandy hill between the Double Branches and ^
the little stream that bathes the foot of the
Blue tillls. Believing that If the sands
of Egypt could contribute to Joseph's greatness
and to Pharoah's riches, he might utilize
ais sana oen, huu uhu? uim cuuu^u, uw w. _
ouy alt tbe adjoining land, surely enough to f"
feed bis own mules, bis own cattle, and bis
own cultivator plow. At a lime
"Wben to earth another birth
Of buds and flowers was given,
And every breeze that kissed ibe trees,
Bore incense up to heaven,"
be plowed his sand, opened furrows in It, and
therein placed the seed. The needed artlole
which enriches* the land and makes the
owner prosperous was in close proximity.
In due time the corn raised ,
"Ten thousand sabers in the sun."
A little later on wben autnmn was come,
and when the leaves of the trees were tinged
with golden and brown tinted colors, tbe
expected grain was there and the heart of Mr.
Maglll.llke tbe heart of Joseph, was filled with
Joy. His dream had been realized and tbe
llfe-nourlshlng food was safely lodged In tbe
barn.
Mr. Maglll's neighbors need have no fear
of htm. Unlike Pbariob,he has no designs
any body 's farm. But later on he will tell the
readers of the Press and Banner how be made
thirty or forty bushels of corn on a sand bed.
It Is not (or us to tell tbe reader bow Mr.
MagUl worked this seeming mlraole. We do
not know how be conjured it. We know as
flttle about Maglll's plan of farming as we
know of Williamson's plan of raising corn.
But tbe corn has been seen and it 1b known to
bave existed. We doubt nothing of Mr. Maglll's
achievements since be so successfully
manages tbe Farmers' Warehouse. He ban
a lea many ihoubbuu omen uverj jvm, buu uc
seemingly knows where to find every man's
bales, and he can and does find It, when it 1b
wanted.
COLD WEATHER.
Strong Winds?Outdoor Work Suspended
?Frozen Water Pipes.
Last Friday the temperature was warm and Q
those who were oat of range of the wind were 8
comfortable as to temperature. The wind, m
however, was strong and sent bats flying. Jj|
Many tried to bold tbejr headgear, which
sometimes went rolling down the street,
roward night the temperature Indicated a t i
much lower degree. Workmen were called 'I"
oft buildings and outdoor work generally
was suspended. Tbe wind blew a gale all
through tbe night and on Saturday tbe temperature
was much lower than on tbe previous
day. At night tbe wind gained In
velocity, and tbe temperature was far below
he freezing point. Atone time It was not
?ery far Irom zero.
More coal was buret on Sunday than bad
>een burned for many days before.
We bad bad sucb pleasant weather that
nany people forgot all about the danger
>f freezing pipes. On Monday morning they
vere reminded of the situation. It was a
eal good day for the plumbers, b?lng the first
;ood day that they have had thlB winter.
The weather by Monday had greatly modiled
the Intensity of the cold, and the sun was
is pleasant that day as one could wlsb.
Hot house plants that were not cared for
,re now lifeless.
The cotton plants that showed Blgns of ltfe
re dead.
"Prominent and Fine"
If some Legislators would Introduce a bill
jr enactment Into law, that would fix a prop
r penalty for constant and meaningless use
f "prominent" and "fine" he wonld do the
>ubllc a great service. If any Legislator will
onffoflno r\nh'
VCU a I kGUJ ^ l> b\J iviiy TO a ivug omuoiiu^ f uw
c from the intolerable and everlasting sense
ass use of these words, we will make no fur .
tier request of him at this session. W
Every man who bas a eurpluB dollar should CC
eposltlt In one of the banks. Start a bank
coount, no matter bow small It may be, an d
ou will feel better and you will be rlober.
'be banks are glad to bave even the smallest
eposlts. They pay interest and you the faraer,
wbo has nothing to do but to watch the 1~*
rop grow ^will kbe kept busy seeing your * '
ank account grow. Money on deposit Is tbe
afest investment that oan be made. All the
took of tbe bank, and every stook-bofder is
lersonally liable for it. Tbe main thing for
ou tc do is to make the deposits and take
be proper receipts for it when your baggage
s cbeckek for a higher and a better financial
tanding. To have a bank account on tbe
lght Bide of the ledger is the best thing on
bis earth?except a good wife, which this
dltor bae, up to this time, been unable to
;et.
We understand that Senator Qraydon says
hat the Hen law will be repealed by this
legislature. The newspapers report that the
>111 ban already passed the House by a large
najorlty.
The fate of jbe dispensary Is uncertain but
be chances are that State?wide prohibition
ivlll fall.
The recent rise in the price of land made
uen rloh. The more reoent fall In the Belling
prloe ot real estate baa hurt many.
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!rom Wednesday,
Saturday, Februa
nffftHnc for CASI
Enterprise Stoves
at prices that w(
offered in Abbevi
Name of Siz<
Stove * 0\
No. 7 Adultant - - - - 14
No. 8 Adultant - - - - 14
No. 180 Grand Oak - - - 17
No. 188 Grand Oak . - - - 19
No. 88 Globe (6 holes) - - 18
No. 438 Plain Sq. Enterprise 19
No. 438 Base Sq. Enterprise 19
No. 188 Grand Enterprise - 18
With warming clos
8-19 National Range - 19
Sxtra 5
he following Stove
the fire and stood;
and are only sligh
sell them quick th<
the following price
. Name of Size
Stove Ovi
No. 418 Base Sq. Enterprise 153
No. 418 Plain Sq. Enterprise 15?
No. 428 Plain Sq. Enterprise 17?
No. 438 Plain Sq. Enterprise i9>
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Days of selling at t
ebruary 3rd to Febi
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Strictly Guaranteed
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XI7 15.00 12.00
XI9 17-50 14.50
XI9^-, 24.OO 19.75
X2I . 21.00 17.75
X2I 23.50 SO.OO
Xl8 34-50 ' 28.75
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X2I 55-00 46.50
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Cl6 16.50 8.00 ca
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Ibbeville Society for the Prevention of
Tuberculosis.
A meeting of Abbeville citizens was held I
n tbe Court bouse on last Friday night for
be purpose of organizing a Society for t^
ireventlon of tuberculosis. Notwlthetandng
tbe inclement weather a good number
vereout. Quite a number of young men
?ere In attendance.
The meeting was called to order by Dr.
s'euffor, who 1b an officer In this Society for
be State. Dr. NeufTer In a few well chosen
vords set fori h the purposes of the Society. c
itatlng that tbe 8oclety Intended to make & 1
Campaign of Education, to teach people bow v
oahun the danger and to Instruct sufferers 1
n sanitary laws so as to reduce the danger oj 1
nfectlon. Dr. Neuffer made tbe statement
bat practically no one Is immune from the c
treaded plaguo, but that If tbe proper steps 1
ire taken tbe dleeaee can be entirely stamped
iut In fifty yearp. Today It kills more peo- c
>le than any other disease.
Dr. Neuffer lLtrodaced Dr. Brltt of Sandorer,
who Is tbe Chairman of the Abbeville
ledleal Society. Dr. Brltt assured tbe
peaker ol tbe occasion, Miss Beall pi
Sumter, and those present tbal tbey might
ely od tbe Abbeville Medical Society to lend
ta aid to tbla cause and to take active part In
>ny work that might have such a purpose in
'lew. Dr. Brltt also said that Individually It
raa a question that be was much Interested
n and one In which be wlsbed to see tbe
lubllc Interested. 8
Dr. Harrison was next speaker. He stated 1
batltwaa a matter tbat shoujd be of vital b
ntereat to every citizen. In a few words be 8
aade plala* what terrible ravages tbe dread 8
llsease was making all ov r tbe world. Tbe 11
tatlstlcs are astonlsbing, ctartJlng, terrible. v
Dr. Gambrell spoke about tbe International r
Congress on tuberculosis that met lutely in 1
Vaabicgton and of which bn was a member.
ie showed very plainly that other people u
>r? aroused over tbe situation find tbat it *
cas time tbat we were al?o awaking to some 8
eallzatlon of our condition. ?
Mr. C. V. Hammond also made a short
alk, stating tbat be was ready to help In any
ray that be could, and tbat be was ready to
iay bis share of whatever expense might be '
nenrred. *
Tbe next speaker was Miss Beall, from 8
iumler. She Is secretary for the Sumter Solely
and Is an enthusiastic worker. Site told
if what they were doing in Sumter. How e
bey raised their funds, bow they had a
rained nurse, bow they bad a little city of 1
ants for i be sufferers. Her talk was not only ''
nterestlng but very Instructive as well.
A list of membership was secured consist- r
ng ol the following names: * a
Jno. B. Brltt, M. D., G. A. Neuffer, M. D .'F.
I. Harrison, M. D., Mrs. M. T. Coleman, Mrs. 81
'. E. Harrison, Jue F. Edmonds, Nettle Lou
Jdmonds, L'zzW Edmonds, Rev. E. h. Kenedy,
Dr. 0. H. McMurrny, L. T. Miller, Mrs. j]
i. T. Miller, Mrs. E. M. Clink6calef>, J. G. "
Ivans, C. C. Oambrell, M. D.. W. K. Bradley, n
. F. Miller, H. Wilson, Mrs. G. A. Neufler, ?
[rs. C. C. Gambrell, L. W. Dicfc, Miss Dick,
[|ss Sara White, Miss Helen While, W.T. 0
asoD, M. T. Coleman, ttev. Stokes. Dr. J. C. *
[111, Mrs. J. C. Hill, Dr. L. T. Hill, Mrs, L. T. w
[111, J. L. McMillan, H. Pappas, C. V. Ham- *
lond, Wm. Graydon, Geo. JLomax, W. D.
tmpson, M. D.,Wm. Hemphill, D. PollakotT, J*
[rs. W. P. Greene, F. Mlnshall, Mrs. F. MIe- 6
iall, W. C. Sherard, J. R. Blake. al
Dr. Neuffer was eleoted president of the sc- n
ety. Dr. Gaaihrell first vice president, Mrs.
.T.Coleman, second vice president, W. R. '
radley, secretary, and Dr. J. C. Hill, treasur- 1
tt
Dr. Harrison made a motion which was
,rrled,tothe effect that the president ap>lnt
the executive committee.
The time of the next meeting will be ac)unced
later.
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Unfair. oc
rhe city of Abbeville receives one-tlilrd of w
the proflte of the dispensary, but the city
is to pay out several thousand dollars for ftr
>lice. The County and the schools nhodld be
lp in and pay their share of the expense ol pl
e police. . 4 lD
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Harmless Drinks. tb
Let no man forget that there la much barm '
all those harmless drinks. Harmless 8 (
inks injure the stomacb; the stomach Is p
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e citadel or power house, with an Injured
imach ;comes impaired health, and lm- p '
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lred health brings that most unwtlcome
all visitors?Death.
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L'he dispensary officials have just placed $9.- re,
) Into tbe bands of .the superintendent of ra,
ucation. Tbe question now is:
I. win ail Fcnooi teacners accept iDe ctj
aney la payment of their salaries?
!, If not, should tbe schools be closed?
I. If the sobools should not be closed, will
0 people tax themselves to keep tbe school ;
en for the full term? ye
\ large amount of dispensary money has ni,
en Iplaced in tbe hands of the Count) ne
ipervlsor with which be may build bridges, ou
)rk the roads or pay outstanding debls#
ill he be allowed to :keep that muney in th,
9 pooket or should be be required to spend u0
on the highways? ' >j
. ? bo
kVblle tbure Is a vigorous war against thf llt'
le of InloxleautB no man has yet said n
>rd against the drug habit, which kills i
are .people .than does the acknowledged tei
aat enemy of man?liquor.
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Hr. Robert Hunter has rented tbe home ol 1,6
s fate W. T. Brudley, where he and his
Ide will continue to make each other happy n
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Out of the Ordinary.
'ipes Burst?Stoves Explode?Incipient
Fire Galls for the Fire Department?Not
that Kind of Fire
that is said to be Furnished
to Sinners
Free of Cost
For a little time there was more or lees exiltement
last Sunday morning. Tbe Are bell
ang. Late sleepers braved the cold and
vied by poking their heads out of windows
o enquire the coarse of the alarm. But mere
vas no great rush of Idlers to the scene.
We bavn't yet heard apon what authority
>r tor what reason tbe culinary members of
be household, began to buck and to kick
ehen required to work Just a little on 8uaday
Doming. We bavn't beard of any violent
evlval of religion among the slovee, and we
iavn'1 beard that they had been uninjured,
'be fact is, we bavn't heard of any protest
rom any souree against warming tbe coffee
ir fyrlog a little batter cakeon Sunday mornng
for the family breakfast, but it seems that
be stoves on last Sunday morning Jast went
nto coniptlon fits and backed and kicked
Ike Texas bronchos are said to back and
c lck od occasion?. The cooks didn't know of
mythlrg beltg unusual; the stoves, when
hey slatted the fire were as mote and solemn
s tombstones and^ade no more demonstra*
Ion than a beaihern god does in answer to
ils Idolator's prayer. But all of a sudden,
loves In different cook rooms, began their
trange and unusual performance. We have
lot beard from all of the stoves In town, but
re have heard that In several of the cook
ooms there was a merry old time. When
he stoves began to protest the cooks thought
lis oatonlc mojesty baa found a lodgement,
;nd they iun for tbclr lives and their sjuls
oo. The beads of the families rushed In to
etlle matters and the children peeped In, exacting
an earthquake, but nobody expected
he cook stove to explode, set the bouse on
Ire or kill anybody. But It seems that they
lid explode. Among tbe recalcitrant stoves
fere those of Judge Klugb, Dr. -Neuffer,
llcbard Hill, W. P Greene, M. Harvey W1I*
on, U. C. Wilson, (jordoa White and J. D.
Cerr.
But tbe most interesting and tbe most
xclting scene occurrtd In the cook room ol
lr. J. Allen Sujiib, Senior. Without the
east premonition the range in that partic.
at a. r?i? that scared not
!ir UUUBO VUH MP MW ?
oly the cook, but brought the whole family
unning without special reference to the
rrangement of their toilet.
The stove was In little bits of scrap Iron,
cuttered all oyer the floor; the live coals ot
re were la like manner spread ovtr the floor
he cook was badly injured by a pleoe of fly
ag pipe in way she indiscreetly stood when
Us explosion took place. The flre depart
lent was immediately called out when
nough flremen to pull the hose responded,
u arriving at the house flre was discovered
n the roof. With frozen pipes and the wind
tveeplng the ground at a lively rate, the
ork of putting out the shingles of the roof
as o Job at which the flremen bad a mou
ey and a parrot time. While the flremen
ere attending to the burning shingles the
imlly brongbt blankets from every quarter
ad the flre on the floor had soon quit bastes*.
About tbls time It was discovered that the'
se reel was standing above. The fiozen 1
remen finding the place neither interes
ng nor comfortable left, one by one, leaving
le hose wagon standing. A little later on 1
te captain of the flre department secured * 1
ifflclent number of men to brave the wind
id haul the machine back home. The fare- j
y were then ready for breakfast, and had '
it Utile time to prepare for Sunday School '
id re.lgious servl ces in the Churches.
mere are some things that this editor doe* 1
>t know, among which Is how a cook range '
Ith ft forty gallon tank of water hitched on
ihlnd as bustle, can burst and tbrow things
ound the room. Another thing wblcb Is
lyood onr comprehension Is, bow an icc
ant can burn. The simplicity of destroyg
a cotton gin makes the burning of that
ant perfectly plain. But wheD It Is prosed
to burn a stack made of biock9 of Ice
at isanotber tiling.
But to go baok to the oavorting ranges or
)ves, The plumber was called in, He ez
allied the couse of the explosion to be on
me tberory that a combination of Ice, Iron,
pes and tire would do woodjrs without
ymeor reason. He was able to repair all
e ranges except that of Mr. S niib'a but be
Id that the scraps could be sold to the zlnfe
aler and thai. Mr. Jones would be glad to
3der the needed assistance In getting a new
age.
rue excitement being over, we all went to
urcb, as usual. a
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Negro Woman Found Deader.
J. A. Nance notllled Coroner Bowie
sterday, that a negro woman, named Ane
LomHX, was found dead 1q a cotton patcb (j
ar bis home. Tbe coroner and Jury weni t
t to bold inquest as soon as notified. Dr. ^
irabrell, officiating surgeon, testified thai
e woman bad bad a rtroke of paralysis and u
it being able to move bad frozen to death. 6
I'bere were no marks of violence on her j
ity and the jury found that she came to her c
nth from natural causes.
Vlrs. Hammond has a son and a daugb
who are sufferfng from pneumonia.
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Soarse coughs and stuffy colds that may n
vel<>p Into pneumonia over night are \
lckly cured by Foley's Honey and Tar. and
sootbes Inflamed* membranes, heals the j
ngs, and expels the cold from tbe system.
A. Mllford ACo. e
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Calhoun,
Hampton, Aiken, Ellerfce.
We copy elsewhere In the .Press and Banner
an editorial, from the News and Courier,
which editorial Indaoes db to remark: >
1. That It is a little hard for ns to tinder- i3
stand clearly what the News and Courier Is - >
driving at.
2. That Calhoun lived In adlfforentcenem* . /' ?
tton from that of Aiken and Elierbe.
3. That Calhonn'a ability was not, and H ,
not, doubted. I . *
4. Ttiat Calhoun, like Tillman, was man ' '/
In Washington.
5. That Calhoun,unlike Tillman, flailed to
do anything for his home people? bis constl- ' ^
tuentfi?hi* State. ' '
6. That Calhoun's ability, energy and oratorlcal
pow. rs, unlike Tillman's, were centralized
on one great purpose, namely: The fas*
truing of the chains of slavery''upon tbe ne
gro in me aouin. ;
7. That Tillman. unlike Calhoun, led bit
poor white brethren to strike tbe blow thai
made tbem tree and made them factors In
tbe Government. '
8. That Hampton /reed as from tbe oppression
of tbe $Uen and the negro.
9. ThatTlllman freed as from the rale of 1
tbe 8ta'e bonse ring and the Oonrt boose
rings.
10. That Tillman, nnllke Calhoan, mud* _
bis impress upon tbe Ptate, which Impress
will go down to the ages as a bonedtetion to v
tbe people. . v^.
11. ThatTlllman gave as the primary In
tne low country, that be gave os Clemaon
College, and Wlntbrop College, and that be
closed 9W bars In tbe State, atd redaoed tbe
whiskey sellers from an estimated camber
as put down by tbe News and Courier, at 6.000.
That these 6.000 whiskey sellers, were re- ' '{
duct>d by tbe dispensary to COO, tbas taking
' 4,500 men Irom tne destructive side to tbe eoo?
nomloal side of the publlo welfare.
12. Tbat by Increasing tbe educational
facilities of the. 8tale and by reducing tbe
places for tbe sale of intoxicants from 009 to ,
100 Tillman did more forSoulb Carolina than
any man lhat ever lived. \
14. That Calhoan and his set are respoasl*
bie for the devastation, of tbe fairest part of
Abbeville county, it la only necessary to refer
lo tbe faot that hundreds of onr forefathers
were eltber forced or Induced to Mil
ibelr lands, Ibat tbey might be cultivated by
neighboring slave-owners.
15. Tbat Calhoun and bis ollqae ruled and
governed Sontb Carolina as by authority of a
king or a czar when tbe rich, the great, tbe
mighty, tbe proud old Palmetto State appropriated
about $15,000 a year with wbiob to
allow poor children an entrance ln}o the "
sobools.
10. That Alkun and Ellerbe more nearly
represent tbe people than did Calhoun or
any ofber man In Calhoun's day and generft*
Hon. Tbey come from tbe people whose Interests
tbey must represent or proving reorc|
ant to that trust ibey know that the people
will choose other servents.
17. Tbat in Calhoun's day tbe Congressmen's
first duty, If not his only duty, waa to
serve or to pleas^the court bouse rings in tbe j
various counties, wbloh court bonse rings
oom posed the Slate house ring, by which
tbe State and the oountles were governed.
18. Tillnrm smashed the court bouse rings
when the Slate nouae ring went to pieces ana
the people went Into power and asserted their
rights, which bad been so long trampled oader
foot or disregarded.
19. That If Calhoun sought to rivet the
ihackels of slavery upon the black man. Till* ,
man fought to cause the chains to fall from
the poor white man'* limbs?In case he ,
illdn't belong to our set or was an unconoon*
slable boot-lick.
20. That nobody doubts the courage, the
patriotism, the consnmmate skill with which
tfampton led 8outh Carolina to freedom in
1876.'
21. That Hampton, when in offloe, was
aithful to all those whose first name was
Wade Hampton,
22. That Hampton's war reoord was all
-Ight. He was a gallant captain. On on8 oosaslon
be captured from the enemy his beef
rain,^comprising 2,500 cows, whloh oar hungry
boys utilized to a mighty good parpoae.
23. That the News and Courier would lead
is from the main point at issue when dlscuas.
ng the primary and the convention plan of
ihooslng offloers.
24. Nabody has ever claimed that abler or
>etter men onn be elected by the people than
lould be appointed by a convention or by a
miliary ruler, or by an absolute monarch.
fbeiaotia a supreme ruler oould appoint
ibler men, who would more nearly carry oat '
be will of Ibe monarch.
25. In a free oouoiry tbe people are sop>6sed
to rule. Wben tbey are allowed to
ixerolno tbe right to vote they are better
>leased than wben officers are appointed over
bem. Tbe appointees of tbe people are ibore
ipt to be true to tbe people than would be
nonarcb's appointee.
Mr. N. Patterson in Town.
Mr. M. N. Pitrerson. who has been In An_
lersen for seven years, Is In Abbeville Uouny
looking after contracts for building steel
irldges for the county.
Mr. Patterson is a hustler at whatever be
mdertakes. He la always reasonable In his
ilds and always gives the best of service. It v.
h hoped that he may secure a good share of \
ounty work.
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Shot Near Abbeville.
Returnlne home from Abbeville on last j
louday afternoon Mr. Jack Shannon, son of J
Jr Lou Shannon of Donalds shot an old (
i?ero by the name of Ellis who lives at Dn*
Vest.
li seems that the negro attempted to pang
dr. Shannon when the latter abut him.
Nothing of the particulars has been learn*
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