The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-09-14

that those who sell IL, those who drink IL and
those who never did either, may settle II
among themselves.
INTERESTING EVENT IN CHURCH.
On last Sunday evening. the 5th inst, in the
Presbyterian church one OF the most interest
ing events in It's history was celebrated: 1t
was a farewell service 10 Rev. w. b. White
whom the congrega tion has agreed TO main
tain in the foreign field. Short farewells In
behaIf~of the Ladies' Missionary Society, the
Sabbath School and The congregation. all of
| which Mr. White responded to In most ap-
propriate, solemn and impressive manner.
after which general hand shak Ing, In which
the large congregation engaged In, was kept
up for several minutes. Great additions TO
MIR. Whites wardrobe and other tokens of es-
TEEN were made by the ladies OF the church
during the week, while the male members did
their full share In more tangible way. He
left on the early Monday morn ing train for
San Francisco, where he with others Will sail
for Africa.
THE COTTON MARKET.
Cotton Is coming In lively, there are eight
buyers here. The mark ct closed Saturday nj
6 81 for new, LILO for old. The Alliance will
meet Saturday To elect wcigher. Several
candidates are out.
NEEDS a DATE.
The recent address OF the reform county
chairman bears no date. II any OF our friends
think OF placing II In the archive OF the coun-
should be careful TO date 1t so that future gen.
erations will not cons lder IL n production OF
the Middle Ages, which are described as an
era of universal disorder IN Whlcn reason was
entirely dethroned.
LOOKING FOR SURPRISES.
The elections are now all over and the re-
turns all In. If they show Messrs. Moore,
Mann and Dendy to be elected, three greater ass
could hardly be imagined. ! have nad no
special friend in this campaign for whose In
terest was specially Soicitous, II had, my
greatest pleasure would be IN conSratulatlnS
him on his defeat.
SUSTAINED HIS REPUTATION.
The reform county chairman sent Mr..
John r. McKellar several hundred copies OF
his recent address for distribution. He evil
distributed and John L. fully sustained ms
past reputation for handling Objectionable
literature.
DEATH OF a GOOD MAN.
Mr.A. \. Blyth, one Of the oldest citizens
OF Abbeville county, and one OF the best me-
chanics In the State. died at his home at New
Market on the 3rd, and was laid 10 rest in the
Greenwood cemetery the following day.
large number of persons attended the funeral.
Mr.. Blyth was born in Edinboro, scotland,
May 10, 1908, and was consequently IN ms Soth
wear. lie came to America about 1873, nrst
Edpefeld county, where he married Miss Mar
guret Swearinean, who survives him. In 1857
he removed to New Market and engaged prin-
cipally In undertaking. This he followed un-
Ri the lust few years the intirmities Of age
| forced him to give up business so eXnctlng:
| lie turned over the business TO his son, ana
| has since spent his remaining years 1T his
quiet home surrounded by all the comforts
calculated to make him and his life partner
happy I'm their ripe old age. The writer has
never known another more careful, pninstnE
| ing and conscientious In all he said or dld.
| In him the physical man seemed near pcri"c-
| tion He lived and died without disease. HIS
| prostrat ion the few weeks before he died was
not sickness. lie did not suffer pain except
near the end. then some vital organ fiileu 10
DO its part and he slept.
PEOPLES PARTY VICTORY.
The following Is from Peoples Party paper
| published at Preston, Minnesota al the re-
| cent election in South Caioiina the Peoples
Party ticket was elected by about thirty thou
sand majority. The state Is sure to 80 Tor
General Weaver In November"
DRAMATIC SCENE IN THREE ACTS
| ON last Thursday as the crimson cvcnin .
| tide was drawing on apace, ana aS lhe huge
dark shadow OF The old depot crept slowly To-
ward Rileys hotel, in striking contrast To il
anh heading in the opposite uirectloh lhcr,
| fitted out mt DIR. Milwrc'S front gate and
across the green Swaru II small very dark 90
| icct, like n section OF smoke stack, followed
| BY Il lighter and much larger one closely re-
sembIing Il linen du>tcr and pairo SprriaG.es
| IL was Dr. MillwCe and hIS little negro. BUS
ter. They had disagreed over the pronGr tilhe'
lplace and manner of feeding cows. The race
was progressing finely, and but ior an nnior-
l seen accident, they might, at THIS Wrltlns
| have been In san Francisco. In crossing the
railroad the doctor tripprd and let fall some
important papers which had To he picked up
SECONDS we re as hours to Buster and he was
improving them. At This point the doctor
brought in II relay ni 1; cost nf 5Oc. who prov
ed himself equal to the emergency, for lie
soon had the fleeing servant hy the nape OF
the neck and landed himself back on the
premises from whence he had flown. by IN
instantaneous vision, one OF our lightning
. c;llcu latorS has re"kOncd that If the chase hau
been continued, Buster would nave rencheu
the Pacific slope III the lead hy j hours, j.
minutes % seconds. The next performance
opens IN the barn II Ia prize llsnI: minus inc
Marquis OF llurcnShury rules IL was Bus
ter's benefit and the doctor had Findly prom
iscd to assist. Tie performance was very
i quiet and did not materially dillrr from th0s'
usually played in the same house, on the
same stage, with the same cast ol character
and same costumes. the only Scmbnnce 10 al
encore was Busters ouibursiS In response u
[ the uOctorS local "hlls.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
When Mrs. rOrhctt told the reporters tina
: her husbrnd would whip the fight, John L..
should have Withdrawn. What 81 woman
D don't know about her husband she alWHy
manages to INA out from the helSlDolS, wiz
e are ever willing monitors. His fighting pro
e ppnsity is one ol the first things she learns.
GOV Tillman said Mt Ncwberry he would h
t. Governor in spite of hi. He might hav
S added, land Melton too"
Mr. Iuis Brabham, who moved here sevcra
years ago and engaged in business as the jun
:, ior member of the firm OF +. r. dunbar Il Co
has moved back To his farm in BarnWcl. ii
Z and his young wife have many friends hei
= who regret their removal.
Next to the pulpit, the last place In tn