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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-22
A Slight Difference.
Florence Times.

nan rod in the Times last week, the reporter
said "therc were gathered some $50 people"
;rhe editor of the Timmonsville Fdrnler',
E5.iend said: "rhere were in nll from 1,5oO to
. 600 people present-not about 2O0 Us has peen
stated by the daily press. -
In noticing Senator Edwards appearance
the rpportrr for the Times said: "Col. Ed
wards was next introduced, and the people
,verc evidently not very anxious 10 hear him
for thoy scattered when he came TO the 'front.'
and the cry was made for Tillman."
The editor Of the Friend said; "H!s lCol,
Edwards very appearance awakened live,
burst of applause issued from the audience
There is quite difference In the two nc.
counts, to be sure, but the reporter for the
Times is willing to leave 5uag,nens @ rs.s ON "hloh
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-22
GREENWOOD. s. c., Aug. II, 1S|

GREENWOOD, s. c., Aug. II, 1888.
Editor LoWndesvNe Advertiser:
The election passed off quietly yes
terday, and over three hundred votes
cast. We were pleased to see the good
feeling prevailing, Notwithstanding
the earnestness with which some
of the voters worked for their candi'
dates.
The Female College of this place be-
gins its next session on 3rd September,
and the Male High School soon there
after. The prospects of both are fiat.
tering, and several families are making
arrangements to move into town fol
the purpose of educating their chill
dren.
Mr.. Strother, of Chappells, is now
erecting large ten room dwelling fol
himself, and four or five other dwell
ings for the purpose of renting.
The G. & @. r. R. reception room il
nearly completed. While it is small
yetit is very neat and attractive IN
appearance.
Recent rains have greatly revived
crops. Cotton prospects flattering fol
an average yield. MORE ANON.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-22
Looking for the Information.

COLUMBIA, s. c., August l6, 1SSs.
M Hugh Wilson, AbbeuiiLe, s. q:
DEAR SIR.-UpOn Mr.. Verner's return this
A. NJ, my attention was called to your letter
addressed to him published In the Press ana
Banner Uhe letter bearing date Of the End
instantly Had your letter been received 1t
would have had reply long since.
AS soon as the Information can be gotten
ready Mr.. Werner will write you. Under the
counts are kept by the County Commission
ers, and not in this office. Consequently. the
only way that the information that you de.
various settlement sheets from 1876 up to 1888
or 1884. and as you can see this will take some
little time. AS soon as I can possibly do this
and obtain the information Mr. werner Will
write you. Very respectfully,
WINTHROP WILLIAMS,
Chief Clerk.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-22
Washincton GOSSIP.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. August 10, 1888.
had the pleasure lately of making Q Visit
islators at work, 1t was an extremely hot
day, 30 the members seemed to be in an effort
to see how much Of their clothing decency
would allow them to dispense Win. u,.u
streaked, and striped. they did not impress
one as being very August assembly. Big
fat Tom Reed, Of Maine, the leader OF the Re
publicans sat near The rear, painting and
couldn't get 1t. A great many Of the Demo
cIats have no more love for him than the
devil has for holy water; for. whenever ne
gets chance. he sits down on them" He Is
shrewd, quick to make point, and full OF
II is said the Democrats will try the same
game on him that the Republicans have been
con centrate their efforts and endeavor TO de-
feat the leaders Of the Democrats, letting the
others alone. In this way, they defeated
SaW eame neaa Said % Try Il Ms
But he has discovered it In time, and says
they cannot succeed for bis constituents are
not for sale. Reeds majority was very small
and possibly ne can os r sae aG @S
with which you have to buy.
Just across the centre.aisle from Reed, sat
Congressman Hemphlll and Cothran, exhibit
Ing a degree Of oti,tnl cum dt0nitate that was
quite refreshing and in happy contrast with
some OF the other Democrats. Mr. Hemphli'
is chairman OF the District committee when
makes him not only a conspicuous member,
but also the subject of many compliments by
the local press for his efforts In behalf Of Dis
trict improvements. This being Judge Goth
rams first term, he has not yet had the oppor,
tunities Of fully revealing that ability and
parliamentary knowledge which accomplish
20 much in Congress and which he possesses.
He has made good impression ana Will en'
ter upon his second term with bright pros
pecis. l., ,.
Mr. Breckenridge, OF Kentucky. Is only
most prominent, active, and influential mem
bers in the house. Near him sits Major Mar
tin, of Texas. who may be regarded as q
suuerannuated cowboy. He has long black
locks of hair, a long loose coat, and black
siouch hat, in which he puts cabbage leaf
on hot days. He says II keeps his head cool.
Senator ingalls,, the President of the Senate
was attired In q black alpaca, buttoned up
closely, and looked very much like Cath2lic
priest. L. IL
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-22

With this issue of the advertiser,
Rev. w. Smith Martin retires from the
editorial chair. Mr.. Martin is a vigor-
GUS and fearless writer, and his ready
pen will be missed in these columns.
In assuming control of the editorial
columns it is with the hope that we
may be ablo to give more of our time
to the advertiser than we have given
heretofore. We shall endeavor to keep
up the moral standard of the paper,
and give our readers the latest news OF
the day.
We feel grateful for the support the
advertiser has received from it's many
friends and readers, and with their as
sistance in the future we hope to make
it better paper.
Very respectfully,
JAS. M. BAKER.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-22
Light Beginning to Dawn On the
C0urt.

The decision OF the Supreme Court In the
case Of FAINT against Brown, Of spartanburg,
goes to show that the Supreme Court is not
all wrong Oh the subject OF setting aside
mortgages by married women. The Court
held that the mortgage osa married woman's
land to secure the purchase money OF mules
was good.
The same Court also held where mar
ried woman had transferred real estate to SET
tie a:trouble into which her husband had fall
len, that the transfer was good, but that she
could not be made to pay the note which was
to settle the difference.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-22
CONGRESSMAN COthran's Work
p;rEe,,s iSe,ltincl,
Ropracontotive Cothran secured an anne

mani tn the general deficiency bill, providing
$4,000 for the eimbursement OF county
sherlffs in various states who have provided
food for United States prisoners conhded 70
their care. or this amount 600 will be di.
Vidcd among the sheriffs OF South Carolina
at Charleston, Grcenville, Columbia, Plckens,
oconec, and Anderson, and such other points
as come within the scope of the amendment.
work on this subject for some time past, re-
nniring numerous visits to the department of
Justice and the Treasury Department. The
necessary in formation only reached him last
THURSDAY, and, after explaining the situation
to the House, unanimous consent was nc-
corded him to Introduce his amendment,
which was promptly adopted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-22
Slandering Candidates.

We ask the public to be slow to believe evil
reports about any candidate. AS rule IL
may be fair to charge these reports to parti-
sans OF opposing candidates, and these re-
ports are used as 80 much stock to advance
the competitor. We think all talk about any
in this race using whiskey to ad.
vance his interests may be set down as abb
solutely untrue.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-22
The Pee Dee Index.

This paper comes to US this week at the be-
ginning of new volume, and with measure
Of columns reduced to the standard-l3 ems
plea. The Index is live, good paper, In
which something to read may always be
found. The change Of measures was big
job, and was brought about by the extra ex.
ertions Of the foreman, Mr.. James H. Evans,
who as printer, has few equals in this coun-
fry
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-22
Question for the Farmers Club.

How many bales Of cotton to the horse Is 1t
necessary for man to make to entitle q man
to be recognized as farmer? Is three
bale scratcher Of the soil entitled to the hon.
orary title OF farmer2 We will thank some
we'll informed farmer to throw some light on
the subject.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-22

Col. EUGENE B. GARY is expected home
from the mountains to-day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-22

A Few Practical Suggestions Which
May be Worth Much, if III eeded-All
Manual Labor Schools I'm the Past
Have Been Absolute FaiIures-Can
Clemson Change the Record? or
Will He Entail a Calamity on this
People?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-22
AsIIEvILLE SULPHUR SPRINGS, n. c.,
Auy,lst = 1898

scribed mostly by the citizens Of Cokcsbury
They started out in 1897 with near 4U0 acres o.
fresh land, O two-story brick building with
hall and Kitchen, stables, horses, oxen, cows
hogs, and not owing one dollar. 1t was q pop.
ular idea, and was patroniZed not only by
Methodist farm ers, but by those OF other De
tion. The students were required TO work In
the farm three hours day, at ten cents pei
hour, placed to the credit of board and tuition
the institution in debt, and the hours for work
by students were reduced to two, and after
wards to one. DIR. Thos. II. Gary, most esti'
mable citizen and good business man, was
ali bills as presented, whether there were any
funds in the treasury or not. at the end OF
the third year, think, he made q settlement
with the Board of Trustees. which met only
once year, and 1t was found that the school
was in debt about s, 900. This was sumner
to the trustees, and the result was they dis
continued the work OF students, SOLO Iand 10
pay the Indebtedness, but contln9ea tne larm I'm
by hired labor; and after years of struggle all
the stock and all the land, except seven acres
and the school building, have been sold. Boys
are boys in all ages, and they are Just thss ths
they learn then? heard one student, n mem
ber of the Legislature in after years, say that
working In that farm gave him such DIS
tance to work that he had never liked IL since.
He certainly did not Work. Mr.. Hodges was
the farmer and he was good one ana always
attentive, but the boys would get ahead OF
him sometimes In planting corn they would
drop handful in a hill, and the boy following
with the plow would cover it up. SO 1t was not
discovered until 1t came UP. There was stu.
dent by the name of Hogg, from the lower
part Of the State. The students, some twenty
Ave or thirty, some with hoes and some with
plows, were at work when one OF the boys
cried out, "Mr. Hodges, there is q Hogg IN the
field" "Well, run him out" Plows and hoes
were abandoned and off the boys started In
chase after Mr.. Hogg, and ran him all over
They taught the OK teams the habit Of run
ming away whenever they got to hill, and
they never failed to do IL. to the students de-
light. These are not encouraging preceuents,
but they are facts all the same.
CAN'T EAT YOUR CAKE, AND HAVE 1T, TOO
THE MISSISSIPPI HUMBUG-AN ASYLUM
FOR DEAD FAILURES AT PRACTICAL BuSI-
NESS.
Mr .TiIInnan said I'm his Rneech at Hodges, f
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-03
THE THREE "RockERs.D

Three rockers together, a-rockin' slow,
On the east PLAYER, all in er row;
Where are the folks yer want ter know?
No answer comes but the wind signs low.
'"The old house is gray with weather an time,
The well curb is messy an green with slime,
Winders rattle an endless rhyme;
Nobody'S here, but the cheers rock slow.
SIT amt very long sence all in er row
Three sisters sat rockin' here to and fro.
Knittin', countin' from heel to toe,
Watchin' the bay where sails come and go.
''They watched an they waited day arfter day,
Not single ship sailed inter the bay;
'Joe's long a-comin', then they say,
whales must be skeerce,' and they all rocked
slow.
"But while they watched Mandy whitened and
shrank,
And Mercy into strange silenceS sank,
And Marthy, she looked old and lank:
When will Joe conner an they rocked more slow.
''Then Their come er day when an empty cheer
Moved soft in the wind by the sister pair;
year more PARSED, and Mercy there
Sat watchin' two idle rockers blow.
''Three rockers together, a-rockin' slow,
Not soul in Their place to make 'em go;
Folks are dead, if yer want ter know,
An the lonesome sea is rockin Joe!'
w H. Winslow in Youths Companion.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-03
"A Joke on the Duke.

Duke Carl, of Wurtemberg, was great
hand at practical joke in his younger
days. Once he called at farm house and
asked the farmers wife, who was churn-
ing, for a drink of milk. She did not
know her visitor, but went away to fetch
the milk, when the duke seized cat,
which was lying near, and threw it, to-
gether with ducat into the churn.
When the woman returned, he drank the
milk and walked away. A year later the
same prince entered the house in different
dress, and again asked for glass of milk,
and inquired whether some one hadn't
once secreted a cat in her churn. The
farmers wife laughed, and said: ooh,
yes and I wouldn't mind his doing it
again at the same price, 'sWhat did you
do with the butter you were churning
then?'' ooh! 1 sent it to the palace,
where they take all my stuff. San
Francisco Argonaut.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-03
A writing Desk of Cannon Balls.

The twenty-ffth anniversary of Prince
Bismarck's services in the government of
Prussia brought him, among others, a
present Of unusual weight from Lord
Ranelaeh, who is a great admirer of the
prince. ''An iron present is the most suit
able gift for the iron chancellor he may
have thought. And there was delivered
on the festive day, at the palace of the
prince, parcel of immense weight. To
guess by it's weight, says contemporary,
it might have been Bismarck's voice in
the council of the powers, but it was not.
When the covers were removed there
stood a writing table of iron fashioned as
if made out of ''real live cannon balls. -
Chicago Herald.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-03
Improvements in the Air Brake.

Eighteen years ago, when the air brake
was tried, it required eighteen seconds to
apply it to train 1000 feet long. Four
years later the time was reduced four
seconds. Recent experiments with the
air brake on freight trains show that it
can be applied to every car in a train of
that length running at the rate of forty
miles an hour, and that this train can be
stopped within 500 feet, or one-fourth of
its own length, and all this without any
serious jolting. -New York Sun.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-03
Pleasures of Duty.

Busy Father--My daughter, I must
take an early train tomorrow, the alarm
clock is ont of order, and some one will
have have to sit UP so as to wake me.
Dutiful Daughter-I'll do it, pa
MY dear, you are daily and hourly
blessing to me. Are you sure you can
keep awaken
"Oh, yes, George VIII be here tonight !"
Omaha World.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-03
Sluggish Liver,
ETC, ETC, ETC,

Unlike many kinds of cathartic
- medicines, do not make you feel
worse before you feel better. Their op-
Grafton is gentle, but thorough, and
unattended with disagreeable effects,
such as nausea, gripping pains, etc.
seigel's Operating Pills are the best
family physic that has ever been discov-
cred. They cleanse the bowels from all
irritating substances, and leave them in
a healthy condition.
The best remedy extant for the bane
of our ives-constipatio and sluggish
liver.
These Pills prevent fevers and all
kinds of sickness, by removing all pois-
onous matter from the bowels. They
operate briskly, yet mildly, without any
pain.
If you take a severe cold, and are
threatened with fever, with pains in
the head, back, and limbs, one or two
doses of Se1ge1s Operating Pills will
break up the cold and prevent the fever.
A coated tongue, with brackish
taste, is caused by foul matter in the
stomach. A few doses of Seigel's
Operating Pills will cleanse the stom-
ach, remove the bad taste, and restore
the appetite, and with it bring good
health.
Oftentimes disease, or partially de-
cio
diarrhCea. If the bowels are cleansed
from this impurity with a dose of
seigel's Operating Pills, these disa-
greeable effects will vanish, and good
health will result.
Seige1's Operating Pills prevent
ill-efects from excess in eating or drink
ing. A good dose at bedtime renders a
person fit for business in the morning.
These Pills, being sugar-coated, are
pleasant to take. The disagreeable taste
common to most pills is obviated.
For Sale by ALI Chemists. DruggIsts
and Medicine Vendors.
PROPRIEToRs:
A. J. WHITE, LIMITED,
LONDON, ENG.
S. ROTH,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
So Fort ST.. Honolulu, HI.
HOLLISTER & CO.,
Druggists and Tobaceonists,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
So Nuuanu Street, and cor Fort Merchant Sta
saw
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-08

The Arion Singing Society, Of
Newark, N. j., held q rehearal at
Thomas A. Edison's West Orange
Laboratory on Sunday afternoon and
sang to the phonograph. An account
says:
Behind the conductor were three
big tunnels, respectively nineteen,
nine and five feet long, leading to as
many monographs. Four assistants
adjusted the instruments, Mr.. Edison
being only spectator and listener.
The monographs, by means of branch
ed ear tubes, repeated theconcert after
ward to $50 people "in blocks Of FIVE. "
Every since the more or less "per-
fected'' photograph was given to the
world last spring experiments have
been kept up at the laboratory. A
substance more durable than wax has
been found for the record cylinders.
Now, the instrument is so sensitive
that any grasp or yawn is recorded.
1t will distinguish between the
breathing Of healthy man or con-
sumptive and record the beating of
the heart. One of the little wax
cylinders details an iterview between
two lovers, and persons of experience
said yesterday that the kisses were re-
produced with tantalizing accuracy
fervor. The instrument was taken to
a Thomas concert the other night, and
now one may hear an entire concerto,
with Joseffy at the piano.. Possible
facilities are thus afforded for stealing
new opera or for transmitting in.
strnctions as to the Interpretation of
music and dialogue. The ear tube is
not an indispensable adjunct to the
phonograph. The sound is transmit
ted through twelve-inch funnel so
loudly that grand piano may be play
ed in duet with it. 1t provided music
for private dancing party in London
not long ago.
One popularity Of the photograph
is that when it reproduces tho short,
high notes of the violencello the
sounds closely resemble those of lady
singing. This is said to confirm the
assertion that the violencello resem-
bles the human voice more closely
than any other instrument.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-08
The New City Charter.

On the severance of the Office of re-
corder and mayor, Mr.. Jas. B. Baker,
one Of the most popular men in the
city, who could have defeated any op-
ponent five hundred votes, was defeat
ed for no other reason than that he
refused to urge the abolition of the
Office Of recorder. 1t is also said that
this proposed new charter seeks to
concentrate all patronage in the
hands Of the council, giving it the
power to appoint most Of the city Off
GERS. The most important Of these is
the city engineer. A city engineer is
the only check that the people can
possibly have upon dishonest or in
competent council or chairman Of
street committee, and above all officers
should be placed beyond the caprice
or power Of the very man or men hi
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-08

An excuse Is sometimes put up by
persons who do not wish to support a
Newspaper enterprise that the paper
does not have enough in it. 1t is not
large enough. That mans idea Of
enough is measured by the square foot.
He would buy goose eggs in prefer
ence to any other kind, simply be-
cause there is more of the bird in the
shell. Quantity and not quality is
the standard such persons measure by.
1t would be as useless to attempt to
instruct such man as to attempt to
find fur on Berkshire pig.-Templs
Times,
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-08
father as a check upon. Orr

city father as check upon. Orr
having adopted a
new city charter to besubmit--
ted to the next legislature. it
is very pertinent to ask whether the
people will be permitted to have a
peep at it before its final passage by
the legislature. The people are
largely interested in this matter and
it would seem most proper that the
proposed charter be published and
discussed by the people before the
Legislature is asked to pass it. OF
those parts Of the charter which have
leaked out, some are seriously objec-
tionable; some Of the provisions have
already met the condemnation of the
people and in many places where there
is most room for improvement, there
is no cha &c. A little over two
years ago the people in the most en-
phatic manner declared against this as
check reform. Above all men in the
city government he should be elected
by the people and responsible to them
alone for his stewardship. If he should
be incompetent or dishonest the coun-
Gil should have power to impeach but
never to appoint. There may be 9th
er points in the new charter to which
the people who are to be governed by it
would object, and they should be al
lowed to have peep at it before the
Legislature is asked to vote upon 1t.
Respectfully,
CITIZEN.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-08
For some time wide-awake steel

For some time wide-awake steel
men have been aware, says cores.
pondent, that John w. Bookwalter, of
Springfield, O., has been engaged in
porfccting and introducing a new pro-
cess for the manufacture Of steel.
From what could be learned Of the
process there were well-grounded rea-
sons to believe that extraordinary re-
suits could be produced by it. a.
series OF thorough tests that have just
been made before practical steel men
and exports from all parts Of the
country would seem to leave no doubt
that it is destined to be wonderful
success. Steel Of all grades, and ever
wrought iron Of the highest purity
and quality, can be produced, says al
account, from the pig iron in eigh
and one-half minutes, and at a cos
even less than by any process hithcrt
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-08
Ago brings WEAKNESS.

Ago brings WEAKNESS. The agile
youth who was won't to fly about like a
nervous grasshopper, when he was
young in age sits in an easy chair, in
slippered pantaloon and mods in senile
somnolency, waking up by fits and
starts, and renews his youth only in
spasmodic energy when some one tick
les him in the ribs. The earth is
growing old and the clerk of the
weather seems also to be in the stolid
condition of senility. Last summer
he let Texas burn up with drought
when some one woke him up and point
ed out the fact. Then the old gentle
man started the water pumps with a
full pressure. He seems to have fallen
asleep again and to be sleeping still
with all the valves gaping and stop
cocks open.