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License for Whiskcy 80 License for
Marriage.

I0e DelONeU QTC6SueIS vi SUNllSSO-- rSN''
= views on the
OF every citizen to take and in
Il gse IN the welfare Of the country, bat lay
mean are prone to object to clersymen taking
a b Snd in politics.
TS put IL mildly, we think the preachers o'
Charleston have exercised their ih1luenc'
before fhls Legislature In behalf OF NV" meas
ures Which every thinking citizen must ad'
nit Is .f questionable propricty.
In the first place. they would require free
and independent citizen of this common
wealth to secure license to marry. They
we believe contend that by putting an EN-
bargo On the right of marriage that the num-
her of unhappy marriages would be reduced
That may be true In proportion as the total
number OF marriages is reduced. II canno'
be otherwise. for the simple reason that Ger
tIficate or permit adds nothing to anything
The policy Of our civilization Is to encour'
age-not to discourage-marriage among inc
people.
But It seems that those devout Charleston
preachers to prevent unhappy marriages
would keep men out of matrimony. Oi
course. II there were no marriages at ali,
there would positively be no unhappy mar
riages.
By reading through the lines 1t seems plain
to us that the Charleston preachers would
open our Courts to divorce suits-and, as {;
consequence, an endless amount of scandal
and decentralization would follow.
Another license, in which the Charleston
preachers have taken an Interest, Is the
whlskey license. They not only want !crns"
for marriage, but want whiskcy license
placed so high that none but people who are
able to keep arlstocratic saloons, MAY be al
lowed the right TO dispense mean whiskcy
over polished counters al an enormous price
Rich whiskey dealers, we believe, are, a.
O rule, unanimously in favor of high license
the very measure which the Charleston
preachers are boosting.
Ordinary Democratic poor people, who can
not afford to pay 500 for the privilege OF doing
business, are solid in opposition to high
license.
The injustice Of the act of the Charleston
preachers IN this matter needs no expiaEa.
tion 1t is apparent, and Is the first time on
record, OF which we remember, where preach
ers sided with one set of bar keepers and
against another set. Ordinarily, preachers
oppose the whole business, but here We ac
tually see preachers aiding and assisting in
the enactment OF d law which would benefit
rich bar keepers, by giving them n monopoly
in the whiskey business, instead Of cncourag-
ing active and energetic competition.
II the sale OF whiskey is TO be licensed at
all, let the fees be placed at Il reasonable
amount, so as not 10 crowd out the poor deal
er-this Government should treat all citizens
fairly.
AS we understand, the Charleston preach
ers make no war OH the whiskcy tradc-they
simply ask that Il few men have the monop-
oily OF the business, and we presume that they
think that with few bars closed, the bus
iness will, to that extent, be reduced.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-18
Was iIr. Davis EX-prcSiIent?

We notice that our exchanges speak of NJ
Davis as the EX-Presdent of the Confederate
States. Is that the correct speak OF
him ? Was 1e not the!tfcsidcnt Of the Con.
federatc states? Has he had successor? IT
occurs to us that the proper way TO speak Of
Mr.. Davis would be as, President Davis II
seems to MS If the Ex had to come in, il would
be before the Confederate States, as, "the Ex.
Confederate States
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Prcsbytcrian Coming HOme---The
Railroad Must Connective 1t u
Helping Hand and Help the
Town.
Due WEST Dec. lG, 1889.
Wedding bells
Mr.. Power is quite sick.
Mr.. lIaync McDill is in town.
Trade in Due West is good.
The associate Rcfo'mcd Presbyterian will be
moved 10 Due West Wednesday,.
Mr.. Il. c. BrOwnlcc, ST., will moye 10 town
during Christmas.
Miss Leila McDill and Miss Cora Davis. will
assist one Of our firms in selling goods during
the holidays.
We heard TWO most excellent sermons last
Sabbath. What people have IL better church
privilege than we?
Prof Kennedy Is some better than he has
been for some little time, and is enjoying this
fine weather.
Some people are holding back killing hogs
on account OF the weather.
Mr.. IIayne McDill. one of Ahbevilles most
ciate Reformed church last Sabbath. Mr.. Nc
Dill Is II genial, courteous gentleman. lie
speaks hopefully or the Associate Reformed
church at Abbcvillc.
Mr.. Gardiner Philips, OF Ca, Is expected IN
Due West during the holidays. The prob
ability Is that he will enter the Seminary her.
Mr.. Mccormick, of Va, ana Miss Lizzie Lip
ford, one al our most beautiful young ladies'
church here, on nrNt Thursday. \ number
OF attendants will rcv0i vc as bright satellites
on this happy OCCASION, Of which We Will
speak again.
Mrs. ID. q. Caldwell, of Statrsville, N. G., is
visiting the family OF her father, MIR. James
SitLun.
Mr.. Sammic Todd is clerk ing OH Saturdays
with j. +. McDiIl e Co., and Mr.. Luther
Mitchell with Galloway & son.
Capt. Kirk was In Due West last week seek
Ing route for the railroad from DOnalds tc
this place. lie will probably survey the route
in few days.
Now is the time for Due West to get rail
road at u nominal price 10 her citizens. IL Is
proposed to make il Il broad gauge. The In
ducrmcnls Of such an enterprise are too nu.
mcrous to mention. Everything about the
enterprise is voluntary, if you have not sub
Scribed go and do So, you will feel better. we
must work unitedly on the matter and all pull
together, and we will have the road.
The ladies supper Friday night is expected
to be something elegant and rare.
The cards are out for the marriage OF Miss
Leon, Parker Of Starllville, Miss, and Mr.
Mitchines of the same place.
The style of the new firm is: Ronner, Alb
bercromhIe, & Co. We wish these gentlemen
abundant success. Il. >. G.
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Always TO be found n complete stock Ladies
hats, dress goods. trimmings, silks, vclvetS
ribbons and almost every article belonging
to u ladies wardrobe at aslonishingly low
prices. IL. NJ, Haduon anu 20.
r, NJ, HaddOn anc Co. are constantly adding
new and seasonable goods to their already
large and varied stock.
Finger shoes worth sl.75 for Sl.5O. Call early
and get ut. Smith Son.
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What have our readers, and the brethren o
the press, to say abont the advisabiliy OF pub
fishing, in n country newspaper, the Govern.
or's message or the Presidents message? We
should like to hear expression OF opinion BY
subscribers and brethren of the press? This
may be very simple question, but We arc in
doubt, all the same.
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Enquiry.

EtFitOf If'CNS UNN HftNHCF:
If the town of AbbcvilIc WAS the only place
in the County where spiritunus liQEois was
sold before the last vote was taken on prohi-
E!tiOu, would ii not bc an inSGlL To Tie people
of Ahbcville County for the LEGISLATURE to
pass bill cNcmpiinS the town of Abbcvillc
from the provisions of The very Act upon
which tha, vote was taken.
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clemson College Costs
Nothing.

lations provided by the bill for
!shmert OF tho Clemson College
'e6r the first year TO $4,000, in round
HDers, rs follows: Land scrip fund, 5000 :
Hatch fund. $4,000; privilege tax on fertil-
iZers, $1,000; sinking fund balance in the
State treasury, S}0O0O: sale of agricultural
buildings. S5,O00 sale Of experimental farms,
$4,000. 1t is estimated that the annual ap,
prOpriationS for the Clemson College will
hereafter amount to S}9,OO0.-Nc'cS and con-
rier
The Press and Banner has abandoned any
idea that il ever entertained that our taxes
will ever bc reduced.
At one time it was said that the phosphate
royalty would greatly relieve us of taxes
The royalty is now about S10l,0OOa year. oul
taxes are higher than they were when tho
royalty was only $M0W.
Our people might just rs well make up then
minds TO pay heavy taxes.
This country has about gone crazy on tho
subject of educating other peoples children
and IL seems that the less property other peo
pie have to assess, the more children they
have to educate.
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LET THEM ANSWER FOR THEMSELVES.
The Press and Banner Does not Know
More Than Can be Learned from an
Article Elsewhere i'm This Paper.

rIrI BRANCH, :. G., December II, l>Sl.
EnitOr iTeSS tuud tanner:
Will you kindly give NE the names ofSOme
Of the contractors Of The g., e. d \. Railroad
nearest AbburIic {. II. and their post office.
BY so doing you will greatly Obligc.
w. r. CARTIEDGE.
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Re-conSitcred.

Judge Cothran will not resign his scat in
Congress. aud, as consequence, there will be
no election for successor.
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-ASSBSSuDIT OP RbAL ISTlIb.


Must be returned between the first day Of January 1891
and the goth day Of February, 1890.
particular an
that avo fair and o
TAXPAYERS ARE EARNESTLY REQUESTED 10 MAKE THEIR
PROMPTLY and the penalty
Auditor tho places on lo
signatcd below:
Verlery WEDNESDAY, January Sth 49,.
Greenwood: THURSDAY, SATURDAY, January 9 @h
Verdery TUESDAY, January Hh
TIL liSl>AG January h anu
Troy: evening" 10Th and FRIDAY, Ith
Mccormick: SATURDAY, january 18th and MONDAY ZWh
Bordeau TUESDAY, January Dist
WEDNESDAY, January 22nd
CARMEL TIL RSDAY, Jamury 2'ndmd FRIDAY, 2lh
SATURDAY, 9th MONDAY january
TUESDAY, january 2htl
IIcscs WEDNESDAY, january -th.
Hodges: andT February 81 and Nl
Till @bAI, February 9TH and 6h
Due Vest: andS SATURDAY, February Th and Stl
View: MONDAY, February 10TH
FRIDAY, February 1lh
Sprinys MONDAY, February l1th
hIcvilc c. II, Janua February 10Th.
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Onr line Of Ladies, misses, children and In.
lants shoes still complete and at lowest prices.
r. NJ. Haddon and Co.
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ONE THOUSAND BARRELS OF FLOUR

Thew have Flour for all from the lowest to the finest quality in
sacks or barrels Give them call when in need Of Flour and you
will most certainly be suited both price and quality In ad
tim To their enormous stock of Flour they supply you with
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DUE WEST AS 1T IS.

Randor, Shots at Matters rs They
Fly The Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Coming HOme-.-The
Railroad Must Connective 1t u
Helping Hand and Help the
Town.
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The Resolutions arc Adopted.

The Chairman at this time submitted td
the meeting the question as to the adoption
OF the resolutions, and they were unani,
mously adopted by rising vote.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
JONES +. MILLER J. T. ROBERTSON,
Secretary. PRESIDENT.
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love 1rN admiration for the great Confeder
al%1cader. II is only thus, that we can hes
Show, that VIC are not ashamed of the grea
cause for which Jackson died and Lee ant
Davis suffered, and that we cherish our his
torc past as the best heritage Of our people.
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4 Rich Legacy TO Future Genera
ti0nS.

Mr.. ]. Allen Smith, President of the Abbe-
vile National Bank, said:
M Chairman:
The occasion which calls us together this
morning Is one OF deep Solcmnity and sorrow.
4 nation meets to-day to do honor and rev.
crrnrc To the memory of It's departed leader.
We, too, have mel To mingle our tears with
those Of every hamlct city and common.
ours for one we loved and honored-One so
truly deserving our honor and our love. We
have not met, Mr.. Chairman, to revive
dead. sectional issues, nor 10 Indulge in heated
arrimOny. because, fOrSOnth. some narrow,
Wom!"n SOuicd arrnntCc refused TO do honor
"a or Immortal dead. otr beloved leader. He
is 0Ulw. This Is CT SORROW, and the stranger
need not nicrmeddlc Herewith.
jefferson Davis. the accomplished man, as
tutr statesman. uncGrrup;cd and incorrnpt-
ible patriot, uHcOnQucied and incOHQmPrGbte
clIicftain. HOW that the smoke OF battle has
rolled away, lies yOndcr, calmly, peacefully
at rest. with his martial cloak around hrm.
wrapped In the glOriDRv grey which lie adorned
and loved so we'll. There was no hur,'. brarer,
Diunl'r man. Sweet be- his gentle sleep.
Sir, most heartily second the resolutions.
Thc American Continent Has Lost
E:s .tbIcst Citizen.
w. l.. Miller. ESQ, then spoke us follows:
Mr. Chnirh N:
Iaarcc with thr words AMI with the scmti.
mcnt expressed by the last speaker. it well
becomes Gs--it we'll becomes the people or Alb
bcvillc-a people whose history i. SO int Innate
ly connected with the lie of the ,lcceased-;,
people who have given to our country so
many distinguished meE-a people who gave
to the Senate ofthc United States Ca!houn-tO
do honor IL the memory of Mr.. day Is, who rs
Il statesman, ranked next TO the ilustriouS
Caroliniau. Had success: and not deicut been
the result of our efforts 10 maintain our lib
critics and win oHr independence, what town
In all the lon. l:st nf towns that dot this
Southern land wUilid have been h0ncrcd more
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-12-21

For the last fifteen or twenty years
travellers have occasionally brought
specimens of very remarkable amber
from some locality in Southern Mesi-
co. The only information gained con-
corning it is that it is brought to the
coast by natives, who say that it oc-
ours in the interior so plentifully that
it is used by them for making fires.
The color is rich golden yellow, and
when viewed in different positions it
exhibits a beautiful fuorescence,
similar to that of uratine, which it also
resembles in color. A recent specimen
is even more beautiful than the famous
so-called opalescent or green amber
found in Catania, Sicily. This ma
terial would be extremely valuable for
use in the arts.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-12-21

SPEAKING of the late General Har-
tranft, @He was one of the finest
men, said Ex-Governor Curtin the
other day, shat I ever saw in the ser
vice. Through me he was offered q
full Colonelcy in the United States
service, which he refused to take, al
though I begged him to do so. He
would not, and he did not, take it. He
was q singularly. reticent man, and
modest and retiring withal, but as
brave and gallant . soldier Is ever
faced the fires of battle. He was a
man of whom very few anecdotes are
told, and my "reminiscences are very
few, and I do not now recall any of
them. He was of q reticent, retiring
nature, except in battle, and then he
was Q war-horse, and always in front
of the enemy. No drawer soldier ever
faced bullet. Anecdotes Of him must
necessarily be mainly of . military
character, and not personal, and are
mainly known among the members Of
his regiment, and not to the general
public. HIS private lie. however, vas
sxseptionaIly exoRlnty.
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comfortable grief. so pathetically expressed
all these things proved this to have been
real labor Of love with the great mind
that had conceived it and caressingly
wrought it from the gigantic block Of spot
less stone.
1t is said that Barrios did the entire work
OF chiseling these figures. which are con-
siderably above life size. and that he spent
three years upon them. The hire of mod.
els alone must have amounted to . great
sum, although one was a corpse. What an
unsuspected outlay Of thought and toll
and money such a work representa- What
happiness In the doing!
OfDalon. the erstWhile communist: Of
the erratic Rodin. whose name may yet
stand as the greatest of them all: of Fran
cheski. whose magnificent Fortune is.
next to the Aurora the finest female form
in the Luxembourg: of Sh9newerk and his
delicious -Au Matin:" Of Saint Na-ceaux;
of the brilliant coterie Of animal sculptors.
and Of the one hundred more great names.
I can say nothing now. There are more
than few men and women of culture in
the West who would find pleasure in col
lecting Photographs Of their beautiful
works. and in learning something Of these
men who constitute the most remarkable
school of sculpture OF modern times.
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Dubois. all is methodical and carefully
planned. II his work seems less spontane-
Gus than that Of many others. he has on
the other hand no mistakes to look back
upon with regret
It il really amusing to see how some
sculptors, after weeks of conscientious re-
search and measurement of tho model.
win systematically obliterate the evidences
of their painstakine. With few mastery
strokes and . little soft clay dragged over
the carefully scraped surfaces he will en-
deavor to convince the public that those
perfect forms were evolved without effort
BY Q mere turn OF masters hand. FIRE.
quently they gre successful. and tho ANA
tours are well pleased to b. thus deceived.
We all like to see q great work done with
apparent ease: there is no evidence of
power about it that is SO gratifying to rs
small people.
As applied to accessories this sketchy
tzeatment Il certainly ono Of tho great
charms Of French sculpture. but It & .
question whether its rise in the important
portions Of . work be really q gain. mo
fact that form In bronze or marble sue-
gests . palpaole existence OF cenfmiSe
seems to Imply and demand soDethin9
worthy q such immortality, rAthW thaS
- paAyml executton Of Q wax oo1Ge
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dreamy figure tells no story. and none is
required. Its beauty is its reason for be-
ing. Live folks" sometimes have poorer
EXCUSES for existence.
1t is easy to make even a commonplace
figure pretty. when one can use an album
dance of draperies to conceal and accesso-
ries to distract the attention. It is easy.
too, to make figure graceful. in relief or
painting. from the one chosen point of view.
But to take nude figure. with but narrow
mass of drapery falling in few almost par
allel lines. and to make of this graceful
composition from score OF different views
is problem that has proven too much for
many an ambitious youth who could draw
an academy" or model "morceaux" to per-
lection.
wish that all sweeping directors to nude
art could be brought into the dazzling
presence of this diyinity-and left there
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-12-21

A RESIDENT of Wheeling who has an
unfortunate habit of swearing had for
years been endeavoring to break him.
self. He has only succeeded after in
venting a bureau provided with draw
ers working on rollers, which render
the drawer unusually well behaved,
and never invite the customary out
bursts of profanity. Being fastened
into the wall and floor, it prevents the
CAV and festive collar-button from
bouncing under or behind it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-12-21

A MAN married woman who had a
wooden leg. In thirteen unlucky
months he became jealous of her. She
went to live with her friends, and after
some weeks the husband sought her
out to see if he conld not get divorce
from her. They quarreled, and the
husband tore his wife's wooden leg off
and bore it away. He has been arrest
ed, and it ia to be hoped will be severe
ly dealt with. A man mean enough to
steal his wife's wooden leg should be
sent up for life.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-12-21

Miss ELIZABETH J. BANKS, the pri-
vate secretary of Hon. John Hicks,
United States Minister to Peru, writes
home from Lima: "There are some
very pretty Peruvian girls to be met
on the streets or saying their beads in
some of the many. churches. Their
dark eyes are the kind that would
make man jump off Pizarro's bridge
into the river Rimac if his suit hap
pened to 60 wrong. The Peruvian
men pay great deal of attention to
their personal appearance, and pass
away much of their time in dress suits
and toothpick shoes. They are very
gallant, but are not half so nice as
American men from any point of view. I"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-12-21

"THERE is great mistake" remarks
a California astronomer, "as to the
actual amount of movement of the earth
in an earthquake. In the Chabot OBJ
servatory this morning the earth moved
a little less than quarter of an inch,
and in East Oakland, where the shock
THAT of July 81 was heavier, it moved
about five-sixteenths of an inch. An
earthquake in which the motion was q
half-inch would prove very disastrous,
and yet people do not hesitate to say
that they saw the earth move at least
a foot"
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figure in the rotunda of

figure In the rOtunda OF the Grand Opera;
an original and clever production. fault
lessly executed. but far inferior to the
Aurora in poetic beauty. Still another
work of great technical strength is the
Eve After the Fall. in the Luxembourg. but
the heavy voluptuous form is not pleasing
one. Evidently the artist has wished to
represent his subject as the potential
mother Of the race.
Not by any means the least important of
the six great names which I have chosen
as representative stands that of Ernest
Louis Barrios OF quiet. almost reticent
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-12-21

IT. TRowBR1DGE, whose stories for
BOYS have made him famous, lives in
retirement in Boston, seldom receiving
callers. He has made fortune by
his pen, but does not care for society
in his declining years. He is now
over 20 years old, and has a very
handsome face, which tells of o we'll
spent life. Mr.. Trowbridge declares
that work will never injure man if he
leaves all kinds of dissipation alone.
He is good example of his - doc
trine.
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used tea, coffee, or tobacco. He now
weighs 24O pounds, and is in the regu.
lar practice of his profession.

MAJOR WILLIAM POWELL proposes in
the United Seruice Magazine that res
ervation Indians be enlisted in the
regular army. He holds that many of
the reservation Indians will never be-
come good farmers, while most of them
may be good soldiers. He cites the
fact that European nations have armed
the members of nomadic tribes in their
territories and colonies. Russia arms
the Cossacks and England the Sepoys.
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How the Arabs Make Tea.

The mistress of the tent, placing .
large kettle on the fire, wiped it care
fully with horses tail, filled it with
water, and threw in some coarse tea
and little salt. When this was near
the boiling point she tossed the tea
about with brass ladle until the liq-
uor became very brown, and then it
was poured off into another vessel.
Cleansing the kettle as before, the
woman set it again on the fire in order
to fry q paste of meal and fresh butter.
Upon this the tea and some thick cream
was then poured, the ladle put in req
uisition again, and utter time the
whole taken off the fire and set aside
to cool. Half-pint wooden mugs were
handed around and the tea ladled into
them, this tea forming meat and drink
and satisfying both hunger and thirst.
However made, tea is blessed inven'
ton for the weary traveller.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-12-21

In Holland lady is expected to re-
tire precipitately if she should enter q
store or restaurant where men are con-
gregated. She waits until they have
transacted their business and departed.
Ladies seldom arise in Spain to re-
ceive q male visitor, and they rarely
accompany him to the door. A gentle
man does not offer to shake Spanish
ladyis hand.