The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-17

EditOr..-Whnt the "OTh"S -"A
Have Right to Do---Beauties OF
Prob ibitiOn.
Our Baptist friends talk Of having an oyster
simmer this week. Will not this look lttle
like "crowding the mourneis? -
DR.. Sheppard has introductd ne" @ .u ",
nocknt handkerchief. He will explain upon
application. ,,, ~ +ha
The supper provided by the ladies OF the
Baptist CONGREGATION last Friday evening
turned out we'll fnansiaiiy' II tEs wr,tner
the net proceeds footing up tWenty'SlA uoiiatn.
The Editorial Brevitics' department Oh tne
Associate Reformed Presbyterian is the mloSc AZ
iigious paper. We always expect to hnd ootn
wit and wisdom in the "Brevities," ana are
seldom if ever disappointed:
The Rev II. c. smart IN M ms ,sahts IAN tn az insst
upon their children. particularly the ooys, o.
cupying the same seats with themselves our,
ing divine service. This good advice Shoulu
be followed. for where thrce OF lou, ui ~ q
ewes of their parents, the devil Is very apt 10
figure pretty extensively In the proceedings of
the meeting. l;,.
satisfactory all around would. be to increase
the offices to such an extent that every lelloW
can get one; bu: there does not seem 10 pe
much hope in that direction nnaer Mr. o,,IS WieSIeS
lands administration. Another way woulq
he for all the fellows to drop oficeseeklng ana
try like other men TO make an honest liHlns
But the latter plan is out Of the question; !;
they'll never do 1t. ,-, ,
ever met are daughters Of one of Troy,s most
estimahle me rchants. They are named re-
spectively "siavlla' and "Manilta" Ihty are
anywhere, pn having each wealth. Of hair "wo-
mans crowning glory" In addition TO this
they are both bright and pretty.
One of the gentlemen VIII" .occupiea tt,e the
~ of fl,nc c
ladies' of the Baptist congregation last Frluay
evening evidently had attended other chnrch
festivals. When asked II he would nave .sus
ar and cream in his coffee he promptly re-
piled, "No cream; skinned miik, ,. IL Ia Sut ''t
please" 1t is unnecessary TO add that lie got
what he wanted: ,..+
The Troy baseball club organized last
Wednesday evening by the election OF the lol.
Captain, J. NJ. KENNEDY; Second Captain, j.
H. Chiles, Jr.; Secretary and Treasurer, niius
Vasanska; Umpire, J. w. Lyon; Scorer, r. a.
Cook. The club has twenty-three members
and starts out with sixty dollars III the treasu-
(which is your favorlte hymnP' asked the
Methodist minister OF certain young lauy
last Sabbath afternoon ~ III aont @ IKE iRe fa 90
vorites, and like to know the preferences OF
tho vomnp ladies." "Well If must tell I rath-
er like Sam-the most" 80, ali! yes, see,"
said the minister in some surprise; You pre-
$.
The country papers are luuding Mr.. r. b.
Tillman to the skies az "model tarmer oe
cause he sold the other day two Wagonloaasoi
homc-cured bacon. What we want 10 Know,
hogs were home raised. Most any farmer
could cure and sell two wagonloadS or pacon,
provided some other fellow furnished The
hogs. ,,,,
his Farmers Convention called. and we shall
look for thnt assemblase to "evolute" numer-
Gus reforms. By the way, did It ever strike
you, reader, that the average "retormer Is
out to reform their fellows generally need re-
forming themselves worse than the fellows.
According to the theory of the Press ana
Banner only lawyers are qualified TO be 'esis-
latOrs Is there no room In our Legislative
halls for merchants, bankers, farmers, me
chanicS, etc.? Is the experience OF such CLASS
es of our citizens not TO be sought IN the irhni,
ing Of laws affecting their respective calllnss!
Our idea of model legislator is ono who has
"wisdom to apprehend and discretion 10
choose" no matter whether such on one DC u
lawyer or hOdcarrter. -.
Georgia can boast of the champion 1901 oi
the present age. His name Is John FosSet
and he lives in Dodge county. Some one tod
FosSet that If he would distribute matches
pretty freely through his corn while putllnglt
Into the crib 1t would keep or the rats. re ne
lid So and now Mr.. FOSsct has neither corn
nor crib, the whole having been consumed ny
fire one day last week. go
There was no lack of ''grnb" at the supper
provided by the ladies OF the Baptist congrc.
CATION last Friday evening. The very pretty
Young lady who waited on the table at wnlch
we SAT brought US u plate OF ProVenoer Lne
"muchness" of which would have staggered
Barrums Jumbo in his pallniest days; ana
when we asked for another plate-mcaning
an empty one-she brought us second LOAD
OF "fodder'' which made the hrst one LOOK
very tired She must have thought that
Brother Jay had been starving us ior inonth
t>y1 n
for that supper.
II is said that DR.. J. G. Armstrong, the Epis-
copal Clergyman who has been debarred rom
the pulpit ior five years for getting drunk and
visIt Iting houses of i'll fame In Cincinnati, mas
purchased an interest in and Will edit the At
ianta Sunday Telegram. Doubtless THIS step
will convince majority OF cnurcn he.noIiS ,i'.
that the ecclesiastical court did not greatly
err when they found DR.. Armstrong guilty. OF
the charges preferred against him, ana tnat
Bishop Beck with was not far wrong when ne
We are pretty well satisfied that most OF the
evils of which our agriculturists complain
can be traced directly to what some one mas
aptIy described us their insane system OF
farming" All the leSisating and "conven-
tioning' and caucusing that can be done from
now until the crack OF doom cannot make q
wise farmer out of an un~1se one; nor VIII
such work make two stalks OF corn grow
where but one grew befOre-sOmelh1ng our
farmers must learn TO do before they can eX-
pect to be prosperous. ~,
The Rev. Sam Jones announced from Chi
caro pulpit last Wednesday afternoon that lie
"had quit playing mountebank and was going
To preach straight gospel" Speaking OF this
Georgia evangelist In your columns last sum-
mer we pronounced him u mountebank, or
used words TO that effect. Some OF the "breth-
rem" where we then were objected to our re-
ferring in such manner to minister of the
gospel Our reply was that such was our opin-
ion of Mr. Jones, and 1t would not be many
years before they would agree with us. And
now the Rev. Sam publicly admits tnat ne
has been playing the mouutebank. "Ilne at
last sets ali things even."
Mr. W. ID. Howclls, to-day the leading nov
elist of America, began life as typesetter on
his fathers newspaper in 4 country town In
Ohio; was exchange clipper on the co.
lumbus State Journal. when he commenced
writing poems for the Atlantic Monthly; was
appointed Consul to Venice; published on his
return Venetian Life. and soon after became
assistant editor of the Boston Magazine. where
he won his fame The fact that SO fine q writ
er, in point of style. should have had no regu-
lar education and should have received most
of his instruction at the printing case, would
seem to seriously cripple the academic theory
that q man cannot be master or lis own
tongue without completing course OF classl-
cul studies.
Mr.. Charles A. Dana editor-in-chief of the
New York Sun owns the building in which
that paper is printed and one hundred and
fifty-tiVe shares of the stock of the paper,
worth something over $1,000 q share, which
gives him controlling interest. His annual
income often exceeds S2O0,OO0, and he is eStl-
mated TO be worth at least 81 600 COG. Mr..
Dana speaks French, German. Italian and
Spanish like O native, and reads Portuguese
IT, noo ofcl, o,1 hnr lar II