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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-31
(Nufrihutp<l Locals.

Cotton nick ing is now the order of the day.
None has been sold in Abheville as yet.
Mr.. Sam VisanSka, OF Charleston, Is home
for q few weeks.
clerk IN the Office OF the e.. &. & y. 4: r. CO..
OF Atlanta is here visiting among his many
friends. -,,,o,.
ont trip West returned last Monday and is
again Mt his post of duty.
MIR Richard Hill, who has been on pleas.
ure and business trip through Kentucky ana
the West returned Yesterday, bringing WIFI
him fine lot of horses. ~
Mr.. Frank Shillito. Of Laurens. is In town
on business and visiting friends aud rela-
tvPs. ~. o, .
nIeasnui trip among the mountains or Geor-
gia. returned Monday.-juSt to vote.
Mrs. =. b. Speed and children are now IN
Atlanta on visit to her parents.
Mr. r. NJ. Hin took advantage OF the tXcur-
sion'rates last Monday, and is of TO Charles
ton. ,,., uo,,,uoa 10
their home by the sea last Friday.
Miss Susie Arnold who has been visiting m
Abbevillc left last Saturday for her home IN
Greenwood. ,;o,. ,s 49,
again and we hope will soon be entirely wen.
Mrs NJ l.. Bonham. OF Columbia, Is Fisit-
ing friends In Abbeville.
Did you vote yesterday? III not uoh SIuii'.
hle at those elected to rule over you. II tneS
arc not good men IL is partially your lahlt:
Mr.. and Mrs Harrison. who has been visit
ing friends and relatives III Anderson return
ed horne last Montav.
Rev. j. Lowrie Wilson returned home in
time IN c,st his vote on the right side.
An extra trip IS now made on the Il. q D.
road TO meet the freight leaving here at ~ a.
m. and returning ll:jh a. III. This does not m
affect the regular passenger and mail trains
oS they leave and arrive as formerly.
Mir. w. +. Bell left yesterday for northern
markets. ,,,o, ,.ro
Abbeville is TO have another butcher, VINO
street. Come along. competition is the life OF
''aue' NJ.
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Wednesday. Aug. 81, 1892
The Serious Illness oil inc N"~'
Prominent Citizen Oh the Sa-
Hnnnail Side.

His many friends will regret to learn oi 'h'
serious illness Of DR.. James Albert Gilbert. I"
Bordeaux, in this county.
Last FrGay he was para!yzcd, ana since
then has been in an unconscious c"hul''o"
unable TO swallow either food or water
DIR. Gilbert was born in ISIS, and is now sew
enty three years of age. lie WAS twice NAV
ried. HIS second wife survives. Ec had "rIH
Two childreu-JamcS Albert Gilbert, 'Ir'' ""o
Mrs. Orsille II. Calhoun. The lal'er "''o
some four wears ago, leaving an infant WIG
has since been cared for by its grand parents
DIR. Gilbert was a lineal descendant ot th'
Hurueno,s who fed from France because I"
religious persecution. Ills grandfather WAS
minister of the colony and DR.. Della Howe
the founder OF the Della Howe schoo'' ";'>
the physician of the colony, and cohlehlPo'i'
ry OF DIR. Giberts grandfather.
The Hugueuots were an important factor III
the formation Of the religious anu mora
principles OF the people ol Aone
Vile county. and in Doctor GibertS strict Ill
,egrity, high moral character, and gentleman
" department, were eXemplified the oes
traits of his ancestors. He is the courteous
gentleman aud honorable citizen under any
and all circumstance. and lives in private Iil'
ON his princely eSlale-ncver having Soush
public office.
He never entered politics, hut loved hi'
country, and was ever aligned win the pes
people in all their struggles and III ;iii theli
chief endeavors. Endowed with h'gn I'm
pulses he always supported, in elections th'
men of the highest type and OF the best aho
most patriotic motives.
Tai. and commanding in his person, h1Si
in his ambitions, exalted in character, ah'
kindly of heart he is looked up to as the heat
NJ the descendants of the HuguenotS in tins
county, and is really the most conspicous per
son living on the savannah side.
II was his ancestors and their associates
that established the famous school Taught o9
DIR. Waddell, and 1t was TO them that we arc
indebted for the early establishment O
churches in this county, and IL was theli
friend and associate that left his munlhceh'
estate to establish the Della Howe schoo' ioi
Door children. Always moral ana reHeio"S
people the Giberts have made their impress
on the people Of the county. and remember
ing the history and traditions OF their ances
tors. they have held 10 the faith OF their Ia
theirs. and have done much to establish anu
maintain high standard of education whiie
impressing the Christian precepts and teach'
ing the morality which is most conducive to
human happiness.
No man stands higher than Dr. Gilbert. tic
has lived q bameless life, and his influence
has always been for the best moral. spiritual
and temporal welfare of those who have had
the privilege of his friendship or acqualhl'
ance.
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xshort and sure way.

Lord Dufferin recently at the Annu-
al Banquet of the British Conference
of Commerce, Paris, made a speech.
The extract below is the closing para
graph:
In former days declarations of war
were conveyed with great pomp and
ceremony by the Heralds Of the King.
In modern times these antique cour-
tesies have been dispensed with, and
the notification frequently arrives in
the shape of curt and ungrammati-
cal telegram. (Laughter.) Now my.
idea has been tnat two lofty gibbets
should be erected OH the frontiers
where the hostile armies are assembled
that with due pomp and decorum the
respective Ambassadors of the Powers
about to engage in war should be
strung up, and if these instruments Of
execution were further embellished by
the persons of the Foreign Ministers,
the lesson to be learned and the exam
pie to be given would he all the more
useful and striking. (Applause.)
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The Mississippi is doing immense
damage in the city and vicinity Of
| New Orleans, the receding waters
causing the banks to cave in, thus de-
stroying much valuable property
TIE railroad station of the Grand Isle
Railway has been eneulted, and it is
said, where brick buildings and gar
dens once stood the river is now 30 feet
deep. Divers who have had occasion
To go down to the bottom claim that
the river has made u subterranean pas
sage under the land, and at each eX-
animation find it growing larger and
the velocity greater.
St. Petersburg, Aug. @.-The Off
cial cholera report shows all increase
Yesterday of 3Sl new cases and an in
crease of 2237 deaths, as compared with
Saturdays figures. The total number
of new cases yesterday was G,S9l
deaths, 3,Sla.
Mrs. Ellen Wilson is editor and pub
Usher Of Public Spirit, q weekly paper
at Cocoa, Fla, and she Is member Of
the Florida Press Association.
Poor persons are supplied with spec
tacles, free Of charge, by Boston So
ciety. ..tE
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The executive committee Of the Peo
nla's Party met in New York August
y.
1t was resolved to put up full
State ticket i'm Maine, New Hamp
shire, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Maryland. Plans for an aggres'
sive campaign in each Of the States
were mapped out.
Over $500 deaths occur daily in
Prussia from cholera. 1t is raging in
Hamburg and is epidemic in Havre.
Alarm is felt in London aud the Uni,
ted States is taking extraordinary pre-
cautions to keep it. out of this country
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Extracts from Christian Neighbor
Ambition.

Ambition is defined thus: A eager
and some times an inordinate desire or
prererment, honor, superiority, power
or other object.
Ambition is tn he commended when
the object desired is Of sufficient worth
to justify the effort to obtain it.
The ambition Of one man is to get
riches; that of another is preferment !;
another is desirous of honor; another
desires office; another thirsts for fame
and 50 on.
According to the strength of desire
is readiness Of man to avail himself
Of means by which he may gain the
object desired. The desire may be-
come inordnate, the "ru'ing passion" "
and when this is the Gaze the man be-
comes correspondingly regardless OF
the difference between the right and
the wrong of the means used, acting
as he does, on the principle that 1.-THE
end justifies the means" Such a man
is unworthy to trust and is really dan
gerous.
Assuming thaythe desires specified
are, within proper limits, more or less
commendable, yet they are of the
world-"the lust Of the flesh, and the
lust of the eyes, and the pride Of life"
and with the world pass away put
he that desires to do and does the will
of God abides forever.
The desire for military fame is in it.
self evil because the object sought and
the means employed to gain such fame
involve wickedness extreme. For
what is more wicked than the destruc-
ton of mems lives in war? Nothing,
except the conduct of those men who
devise ard order the wholesale slaugh-
ter on battle field that they themselves
may get the fame of War heroes, albeit
their precious carcasses are generally
out of the range of the bullets aud
shells fired from the lines Of battle.
These get fame for "that which is
highly esteemed among men but
which is abomination in the sight OF
God" How can preachers of the gos-
pei of peace in their sermons eulogise
war heroes when their heroism has
been gained by exploits which antag-
onize the kingdom of Jesus Christ ?
Shall one man be made famous accord.
ing to the number of mems lives he
has destroyed, and another man be
made famous according to the number
of souls he, as agent under God; has
saved? Aside from military achieve.
ments the "heroes" may be men OF
fair character, but with their exploits
taken on the Scripture is suggested
"What concord hath Christ with Be-
llal ?"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-31
The International Peace Cong gress I'm
Session at Bernc. ~

Berne, August 22.-The Peace Con-
gress opened here To-Day, NJ. Louis
Rouch0nnet, who has been twice presi-
dent of the Swiss Confederation, pre-
siding.
Rouchonnet, delivered speech of
welcome TO the delegates, and Mrs.
Lockwood replied in behalf of the
Americans present.
The Baroness Sutner of Australia
declared that peace principles had even
overrun the universities.
Delegates from France, Italy aud
Germany also spoke of the favor with
which peace principles were being re-
ceived and the increasing popularity
of pacific ideas and doctrines.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-31
The Election.

The primary election In Abbeville County
passed of quietly yesterday with no ihci-
dent or accident to disturb the quiet ana Sood
order of the day.
The polls were closed Mt four o'clock. and
the work Of counting the votes began at once
Owing 10 the great number of names and the
difference In the ballots OF the dlhereh'
voters, considerable time was consumed IN
ascertanIng the result.
AS the evening passed away the interest," u
creased and quite a crowd waited In the Court
room To- receive the news from all parts OF the
State, and particularly from the different
boxes in the county.
The reports from the different boxes are
placed in the tabulaied statement In the order
I'm which they were received y
The first to come was from Verdery which
came I'm at G.i5 before Abbeville No.
had been counted. 1t was half-past eight
before the next dispatch came, and from
that time on they dropped in at intervals
when printers Immediately put them lu type.
The news from Columbia leads us 10 oe
lieve that Tillman will be reelected by
large majority,
WEDNESDAY, MORNING.
The reports from the country boxes are COM
irc in. and are added TO the list which we re-
ceived by telegraph last night.
The county seems practically solid for TIL
mnn, and il is estimated that his majority IN
this county will be not less than SOO.
Telegraphic information from Greenville
and Anderson warrant the belief that those
counties will give Tillman majority of one
thousand In each.
10 30 a. m.
Senator j. l.. NJ. Irby teegraphed to 1t Gov.
Gary that Tillman has carried all the counties
OF the State, except Charleston, Richiand'
Beaufort, and Georgetown.
The aggregate majority for Tiilman IN the
State will be about 25,OOO.
All returns are In except from PhoeniX' una
the totals are as follows:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-31

DR.. Blyden, Minister Plenipotentia'
ry from Liberia, stated to Liverpo"
audience that the true way of civiliz
ing Liberia is by the importation o.
negroes from the United States, the
West Indies and elsewhere. He says
that more than a million negroes in
the United States are anxious to 60
but by reason of conflicting utterances
among them the Government does
not see its way to assist them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-31
OUR TEACH ERS.
prorram of AbbeyiIIe County Teach.
ers' Association. Greenwood, >. e..
September 9TH and Sth.

September 1th ana Sih.
WEDNESDAY. SEPT 7TH.
MORNING.
930-OrganiZation.
lO.Ol-Business: Appointment OF Standing
Committees and enrolment OF mambers. ,
lO:I5-Pl.er: "Teaching Numbers 10 small
Children. Miss Leila Russell, OF Anderson.
Discussion Uy Association.
iI.00wpnper: 'reaching Of English" r. B.
Wilson, Superintendent OF Greenwood Grad
ed Schools.
Discussion.
l2:01-AdjUurnme
AFTERNOON.
4On-Paper: "The Chief Element of Success
i'm Teaching, Prof. Thos. p. Harrison, OF Glenn
son College.
Discussion.
j:;r-AdjOurnment.
S3O-Lccture "Worlsworih, n Teacher OF
Teachers " Prot. j. /. Mccain, OF Erskine Col
lege.
THURSDAY, SEPT. STH.
9On--Memorial Service.
g30-" Political Economy in our Acadtmles
and High Schools Rev. W. VI. Grler, ID. u.
Discussion. >,
lO::4-Papcr: topography. Prof. T.. l..
Hughes Superintendent GrcenFllle Cly
Graded Schools.
Discussion.
1910 Adjournment.
The above programme will be interspersed
with excellent music by select choir.
+. 4. Kennedy, j. y. IoTk,
Secretary. PRESIDENT.
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Pretty 0uartettc,

Four of the preltiest young ladies in town.
Miss jamie Quarles, Miss Mamie Iagsait'
Miss Eva Kirby and Miss JAMIE iollinGS'
worth called to see the press run yesterday
evening.
MIR DAVID THOMAS brought a bale Of cot
ton to town Yesterday in the seed, being lhe
first in the market this season. none "i tne
gins were ready To run. ana nc cpulu hot SeI
il glnnrd and packed.
Fine Mares for Sale.
Mr. Richard Hill has just arrived with
Twenty-Five head of fine mares, which he VIII
sell at low prices.
Mns. p. V. CAnnINGroH, and daughter Miss
Carrie OF Milleu.cvile Ga, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. X. e. Wilson OF this place.
The verdict Of the county is that Heath d
Go. sell the best Hour for the least money III
town. iau can get any grade rom :" per par
rel up.
The majority decides that llea,h's grocery
store is the chCapcSt and best place in town to
buy Goods. The rush for flour, sugar, colf"e
&C.. il evidence OF the fact.
In and to arrive three hundred and fifty
burrcls of flour in wood and sacks All grades
and the lowest prices our 81 Hour WI eXceI
any cheap goods in the market. Cal. anu en-
anime samples. Heath Il Go.
The meeting now in progress ut st.
Paul's Methodist Church is growing
i'm interest. The congregations are
large and attentive. Many renltents
have been to the altar for prayer, and
much good has already been accom-
plished, and it is believed that the
meeting will result in great good. The
pastor, Rev. G. Z. Watson, has labored
faithfully for the salvation OF souls,
and we earnestly pray that the Lord
will abundantly bless his unseltlsh la
bors for the advancement of the cause
of religion. n.---Orangebnrg Times and
| Democrat.
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Tale.Bearing.

Hannah Moore thought that speak
ing i'll was as bad as doing ill. If q
tale-bearer repeated to her some gos-
sipy story she would say,1"Come, we
will go and ask if this be true" The
tale-bearer might stammer out quail
6cation, or beg that no notice should
be taken of the story but the good lady
insisted, and scandaI-monger and scan
dalized were place face to face. -
No one ever ventured second time
to repeat scandalous story to the in
exorable lady, who insisted that what
was said of an absent person should be
said in his presence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-31

The Hotel Belmont in West Ashe-
vile was burned OH the night of Au
gust 24. One hundred and seventy
five guests got out safely, except per
haps u half dozen, Several jumped
from windows and were severely in
jured. Some lost very heavily.
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Try IL on n Man.

Only let the head of horse's driver
be checked back like lie has checked
back his horses head and he will learn
something of the cruelty Of the over
head check rein. And he may at the
same time be induced to exercise COM
mon sense and to give in to little
humanity towards the dumb and help
less beast. Off and down with the tor
turous check rein. ...
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Teacher'S Association.

Byreference to another column, you Will
see program of the regular Annual session
OF the Abbeville County Teachers Associa'
tion.
This meeting is of great Importance to our
teachers, and large attendance is earnestly
solicited.
Arrangements have been made for the free
entertainment of the teachers during the
meeting.
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The house of missionary Bartlett in
Asia Minor was not burned by fanati-
cal Moslems but by the carelessness ol
all American servant. And the Turk
ish officials further inform the United
States government that the mission
ary's life is not in danger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-31

A man by the name of Newton, for
merly of Marlboro, went to visit al
Clyo, Ga. While there he made sew
eral indecent remarks about ladies
living in the vicinity. The men oI
the place gave him one hundred lashes
and told him to leave.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-31

The smallest pony in the world re-
Gently arrived in the world OH the fa-
NOUS Shetland pony farm of the Mar
quis of Londonderry, on the island Of
Bressay. 1t is d little colt foal that
weighed but sixteen pounds, and was
only nineteen and half inches high
at its birth. 1t is perfectly healthy,
well-formed animal. 4
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-31
Polar Flowers.

Within the Antarctic Circle there
has never been found a towering
plant. In the Arctic region there are
1872 kinds of flowers; fifty of these
confined to the Arctic regioD. They
are really Polar flowers. The color Of
these Polar flowers are not as bright
and varied as our own, most of them
being white or yellow, as if borrowing
these hardy hues from their snowy
bergs and golden stars. g
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-31

A fire in Augusta, Ga, August q,
destroyed seven leading business
houses. The Chronicle office was
burned. Losses are placed at $500, ,OOO
with partial insurance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-31

Little Dick: School teachers hasn't
any feelin's at ALL" Mamma: "What
is the matter noww Little Dick:
MY teacher borrowed my new knife
to sharpen her pencil, SO she could give
ME demerit mark. street and
Smiths Good News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-31

Literature certainly runs in tie
Greensmith family. The two daugh-f
ters write poetry that nobody will
print, the sons write plays that no.
body will act, and the mother writes
novels that nobody will read" "Apd,
what does the father write?" "Oh, he
writes checks that no nobody will
cash." 10. 81.
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One hundred and forty-three miners
were entrapped in mine by all ex
plosion. 1t occurred in Wales Angus
25. Fifty men have been taken ou
alive.
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"rhcre is but one Glenn Springs" The
"Spartanburs Herald" says: "Perlodlcally we
hear of mineral springs just discovered
(which experts say are equal 10 Glenn
Springs" but just as periodically these
springs drop out Of notice. while the crowd OF
visitors at hcalih giving Glenn increases each
year. There are doubtless good mineral
springs elsewhere, hut to initiate Il cumpari-
son with trlenn Springs discredits whatever
else may he said in their praise. so far there
Is but one Glenn Springs, and ID. &. lul're, at
Greenwood is the agent.
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At Hamburg, August 25, one hui
dred and siSty-uine bodies of cholera
victims were awaiting burial. Many
assistants of undertakers have deserted
their places of employment. The
plague is advancing in Russia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-31

The cholera plague has caused panic
in portions of Persia. The dead and dy-
ing are deserted by their terror strick-
en- companions. In st. Petersburg tho
disease is advancing.
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The Metropolitan Opera House in
New York was completely gutted by
fire August q. Mr.. Vanderbilt is one
of the millionaire owners.
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Papa" said boy, ~ know what
makes folks laugh in their sleeves P'
"Well, my son, what makes them ?"s
"Cause that's where their funny bone
is" .. ..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-31

There are two kinds of unhappy peo-
pie in the world-those who are sad be-
cause they are not known, and, those
who are miserable because they are
known too well.
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Literary Club.

After an intermission of several nouns
owing to unavoidable circumstances. the III
ernry Clnb will resume lis meetings ar,i nuSr
the club. and Mr.. Benet wili read the essay;
Lei there be a large attendance at the rehe"a'
of these most interesting meetings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-31

J. Minis Sullivan the murderer of H.
G. Gilreath of Greenville, was admit
ted to bail by Associate Justice Pope
in the sum of $1,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-31

A shoemaker recently hung outs new
sign and then wondered what passers-
by found so amusing. His sign ran !:
"Don't 60 elsewhere 10 be swindled.
Walk in here"
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The North Side OF q Tree.

The side of a tree on which most Of
the moss is found is the north. If the
tree be exposed to the sun, its heaviest
and longest limbs will he on the south
side.
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Notice Township Tillman Chairman.

mit,ee " III meet In the Auditors office att II
a. M, Saturday the 10th. A II township chair
ma n and &C many Of the committee ny can
make IL convenient to attend are requested lc
come. .., -
Will come before the conference.
Joshua Y. Jones.
County Chairman Tillman Campaign Com
mttec.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-31

r. q. MCLEEs. of Greenwood, will address
the people of Lebanon on next Sabbath al
80 O'Clock on the subject OF domestic MIS-
sions. He being appointed by The Preso3 ler!
of South C,rolrna TO bring this subject 10 tlf
peopIr. The publ c are cordially invited tt
attend,