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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-24
LOWNDESVILLE LOCALS.
Pretty Girls Hunting 'Possum-Ne.
gro Killed-Reward- -Sch0Ol-Oys.
ter1. Etc,

Pretty Girls Hunting 'Possum-Ne.
gro Killed-Reward-Sc
ters, Etc.
.Lowndesville, s. c.. Oct Goth, 1894.
We are nov, passing through very pleas
ant but dry spell OF weather.
The cotton Is being gathered early and late,
aud much is being sold, at the lowest figures
Miss Emma Gin kscales LEFT a.few days ago,
for Macon. Ga. where she will attend. school
Miss Blanche Jones who has been with
friends in Atlanta for some time stopped over
here last Friday to see Mrs. ]. B. Franks and
other friends.
was in town for day or two.
Mr.. E w. Brown, OF Anderson, was In town
on business last Thursday.
Mrs. B. A. Henry and her little babe, came
home from Elberton Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Price. near Abbeville,
came up last Saturday and were the guests OF
Mrs. r. L. Moorehead.
Master David Mccullough, and bis sister
several days, the last Of last week with the
family Of their counsin Mr.. 8. F. Epps.
Mrs. Mary Tennant went TO Abbeviile. last
Mr.. Jas. Giles and Miss Mary Mccullough,
were united In marriage, Tuesday by Rev. j.
Miss Marie sadler who has spent sometime
with the family OF her uncle Mr.. B. G. Kay,
day en- route 70 his work at Wellington.
Mr.. A. L. Latimer. Mrs. Q. r. Horton, and
Messrs. j. G. Thomas and j. w. Harden, went
lecture from the justly celebrated, Hon. Bob
Taylor, OF Tennessee.
Our Presbyterian friends gave an oyster
supper Friday night, for the benefit OF their
church, and they were much pleased with the
result, having taken In about twenty four
A western fever has broken out, at and
around Barnes Station. There are said TO be,
Several Railroad Magnates from Atlanta and
other points, met about forty Of the above
mentioned afflicted onesr and held confer
ence to see If cheap transportation rates TO
can learn no definite arrangements were ef.
feoted, this by no means cured the disease.
Our High School Trustees have secured the
services Of Prof T. o. kirkpatrick, Of Honea
school Monday week, 18th Of this month.
Mr.. ]. G. Huokabee returned from Green.
wood last Saturday quite sick, has been In
bed In ever since, Is somewhat better at this
writing.
A new departure young gentlemen
accompanied by some young ladies, above
here, q few nights ago, took an old fashioned
'possum hunt and caughtone or two Of the
Sometime ago. Lace Martin, (colored) living
In Elbert county Ga, wanting to put another
darkey out OF the way, went TO his house at
night, t,armed, caught one Of his chickens, made
out, shot and killed him, Lace, OF course dis.
appear ed, and q few night ago. Messrs. D. L.
Barnes and e. w. Harper, caught him here
There was reward Of Sl5O for him. 500 Of
amount those gentlemen viii get. These gen.
tlemen are indebted TO oolored man here
for the in forma tion which lead TO his capture
and will share the amount. Troupe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-24
WIFI the People Vote for Irby's Con.
ventiOn3

vontiOn3
Heretofore, when the will Of the people was
respected. and when measures for the public
welfare Were h}se arged, they stood togeth-
er firmly and patftotically. They carried ev-
erything before them. They elected their
own men TO the Legislature. The Legislature
enacted wholesome and beneficial laws. New
Judges sit on the Bench. and Reformers I'LL
ell the officers. All these things we're gained
because Of the zeal ana patriotism of the peo-
pie. But now, when the people are to vote
on Constitutional Convention, the leaders
distrust the merits Of the Irby Convention,
and fear the people. Desperate and frantic
efforts arc made 10 soiidify the people on the
worse than doubtful Convention scheme,
and the requisite number OF tickets are not
furnished to secure Q fair vote. The Tillman
men have stood together on. principle. Will
they. now be ordered to stand together In sup'
port of costly and ruinous measure, fol
which there is no need.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-24

WE. Veronee Is now prepared to send q
frst.class machinist to any part Of the coun.
try to do any kind Of machinery work. At
White Brothers offer bargins in dry goods
ready made clothing, men and boys hats, car
pets and rugs, blankets and flannels.
R. NJ. Hadodn q Co, have nearly doubled
their shoe stock,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-24
Shameless Partizanship.
Columbia Evening Journal.

II the constitutional convention is defeated
IL will because those who assume to be It's
sponsors resort to methods and make appeals
which selfrespecting people are forced 70 re-
tuition Is per se one for progress but the Till.
mantle statesmen OF the Irby order would de-
grade 1t TO plane Of shameless partisanshiP
and prejudice.
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The Walter L. Main show Is one of the best
travelling. 1t Is clean and moral. Has no
taxing or games of chance, and is deserving
of liberal patronage. At Cleveland, Ashtab-
ula and Painsville 1t was greeted with mon-
ster ceowds, being forced TO turn people away
Abbeville, 3. c., Wednesday, Oct, slst.
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It was the first appearance Of the Walter L
Mains Grandest and Best Shows, ana tney
were fully grand in every particular. The
performances was equal II not better than any
circus that has ever been here, the Barnnm
Show not excepted.-The Chief, SanduskyI
Ohio. June /.
Abbeville, Wednesday, Oct 3lst
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INTERESTING MONUMENT.
Slab that Marks the boundary BE-
tween Mexico and the United states.
San Diego sun.

San Diego sun
Under the direction of the Boundary Sur
vey Commission the old marble monument
which, since 1919, has marked the dividing
line between the United States and Mex
leo at the coast has been brought TO the
city TO be dressed up. For years that
monument has been a point of interest,
and has been visited by thousands of citi-
zens and strangers. Each has apparently
felt that no one would believe that he or
she had been there if some portion of the
slab were not carried away to be offered
in evidence on all occasions.
The result has been that the marble has
been Clipped and defaced until it's original
form is almost lost. 1t is because of all
this that the slab was brought to this city.
To work out the effacement the surface
would have to he worked down two inches.
When rcdressed the stone will again be
placed i'm position, but this time il will be
protected by a fence of steel pickets. The
Enclosure will be twelve feet square. The
pickets will be eight feet high, the tops
sharply pointed and leaning inward, after
the device of some rat traps. So that
while it might he possible for an active
person to climb in, ii would require a first
class acrobat TO climb out over those curV-
ing pickets. Besides this, a new law makes
IL a renal offense to mutilate the monu-
mentS.
At Tia Juana a similar slab will be erect
ed on the old brick foundation in National
avenue, which has long been a landmark
there. The Tia Juana monument will be of
granite. instead of marble, and it will be
inclosed with steel pickets, like the one at
the coast line.
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WITH FATAL EFFECT
BOILER EXPLOSION At FRANKFORT
KILLS TWO AND INJURIES MANY.
Section of the Roller WeiGhin Near
Iy a Ton Hurled 100 lards-Sui-
IL of Miss Ivy Lyons
to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
FRANKFORT, Ind. Aug. PA terrific
explosion occurred at Kramer's sawmill.
in this city. at $50 O'Clock this morning.
the boiler letting go and killing two men
and seriously iniuring half a dozen others.
A section of the boiler weighing 1880
pounds was hurled 400 yards away, crush
ing through the roof of Classmeyer's coop
er shop. nearly killing Charles Barton, a
workman. The killed were:
JOHN VERMILLION, engineer.
WILLIAM JACKSON, sawyer.
The seriously injured are:
LEW DICKOVER, cut about head.
FREDERICK JACKSON, arm broker
and injured internally; thumb blown off.
+. j. HODGES, internal injuries: may
CHARLES BAGGs. badly cut about the
head and face.
ED HULL, arm broker and frightfully
JAMES BARTo. slightly cut about face
and body; badly bruised.
BERT and CARL AUBLE, brothers.
slightly burned and scaldSd.
SMITH JOHNSON and HARVEY CAMP
BELL, cut and bruised.
HENRY MARTIN, foot mashed.
CHARLES MDANIELS, cut about head
and legs.
Surrounding the Inflated mill were num-
erous residences. and a uozen of these were
more or less wrecked and the inmates in
iured by the flying debris. In May, 1891, a
boiler in the same mill exploded and deaths
harvest was then five men with twice that
number seriously hurt. The boiler that
let 60 to-day was comparatively new and
only a week ago the inspector had pro-
nounced it safe. The steam gauge showed
eighty pounds. and there was plenty of
water in the boiler ten minutes before IL
exploded. The mill is a total wreck. Mr..
Kramer holds an insurance on engine and
boiler of $500 in the Steam Boiler In
surance Company, of Hartford, Conn.
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New York Sun.

One of these days some patient, observ-
ant man Will arise and write a piece
about the relation of science to whiskers;
not the kind of science e~Xpounded by Prof.
Jim j. Corbett, or DR.. William MuldOon,
or Herr Zimmermann, but an abstruse
science. concerning which no one ever talks
to a finish. At this time Brooklyn has a
convention of the members of the Ameri-
can Association for the Advancement of
Science, and there are in that city enough
additional whiSkerS to weave cables for an-
other bridge across the East river. Sem
ator PETER would not attract special at
tention in Brooklyn now.
In the neighbOrhood of the Packer Insti-
tute and the Polytechnic building the
tempered wind seeks only the shorn
stranger from New York; the scientific
visitor braves the battling breeZes with
impunity. Then, there is another thing;
the scientist of the kind now swarming
the trolley-infested ways of lesser New
York is a confirmed wearer of white neck
ties. The reason therefor. with the cause
of his whiskers, remains unexplained with
such other impenetrable mysteries as lie
origin of earthquakes, thunder and the
prices Of mixed drinks.
The member of the American ASsocia-
ton for the Advancement of Science are
gentle-voiced men with dubious foreheads,
who develop enthusiasm only when they
unknowable. The degree of delight the
ordinary man feels when he sees Jack
Doyle line out a two-bagger is paralleled
by the devoted member of the A. A. A.
$. only when he Is listening to a note on
the Chemistry of Cernim'' or the
"Bacteriology Of the Soil as Affected by
Depth, Character and Use"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-25
THE ALCOHOL BLUNDER.
Republican Senators DO Not Think
Correction Is Necessary.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2i.-Many of the
Republican Senators do not consider it at
all essential that the bill repeating the
provision in the tariff bill for the exemp-
ton from the revenue tax Of alcohol used
in the arts should pass. and while the
majority OF them are willing that the
Democrats should have thir way about
this matter, they admit, if wisely admins
tered, the provision is an entirely proper
one. Hence their motive in preventing the
transaction of business by the Senate in
the absence OF a quorum. They say ii is
not based upon the desire to annoy the
Democrats. so far as this measure is con-
cerned. The principal opposition made TO
the provision for free alcohol for the arts
and manufacturer is that ii will be eX-
tremely difficult, il not impossible, to make
regulations which will not permit gross
raised this point. Republican Senators who
have given attention 10 the subject think
IT viii be possible to reduce the possible
ties of fraud to a minimum, and they say
the details for such regulations as will
this result are found in the
amendment TO the Mills bill on this sub
Ject, which passed the Senate in 1855, but
measure was presented in the Senate dur
dng the tendency there of the Wilson tariff
bill as an amendment, by Senator Plat,
but was not acted upon. This measure
provided for private bOnded warehouses,
IN which distilled spirits of alcoholic
strength to be used in the arts and manu-
features. might be stored, having been re-
original casks. or packages, properly
slammed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-25
TROOPS IN COREA.
Japan increasing Her War Force
Chinese ~Adynncing on Seoul.

LONDON, Aug. 24-The Times has re-
ceived the following dispatch from Shang-
hal: \ number of japanese troops ships
have been conveyed to the mouth of the
Tatung river, near Chung How. and are
landing troops.
\ Yokohama dispatch says: y Japanese
fleet is patroliing the China sea for the
purpose of ~intercepting Chinese vessels
and preventing any tribute of rice from
going north. The Japanese troops in Corea
nImber. il is estimated, between 5000 and
$1,000. Large numbers OF reinfOrcements
were forwarded by rail to-day. News has
been received here TO the effect that ten
thousand Chinese troops are about TO make
an advance upon Seoul. The harbor of
Nagesaki is now defended by tOrpedoes
and submarine mines. Neutral vessels will
b pilCted in by boats belonging to the
japanese war ships
Advices received from Toxic assert that
no serious battle has recently occurred be-
tween the Japanese and Chinese forces in
COrea. liz is added, however. that on Aug.
Il. a skirmish took place at Chung Hwa
during which a Japanese officer was killed
and five privates were wounded.
The officers OF the Kong Kong and
Shanghai Bank in London entirely diScredit
the report that China attempted to raise
a loan of one million taels upon the Sc
curity OF the China merchant fleet. 1t is
reported that China is negotiating with
Birmingham firms for a large supply of
OF the Chinese government intend 10 ship
these supplies 10 some Spanish or South
American port and then transship them 10
China
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-25
HAS 4 PULLMAN PASS.
CUnmissiOner of Labor Wright Rides
i'm Palace Cars.

CHICAGO. Aug. 24.-United States Labor
Commissioner Carroll d. Wright, chairman
OF the special labor commission. appointed
by President Cleveland to investigate the
Pullman strike was interviewed to-day as
to a report that he was in the habit of u.s.
ing a Pullman pass. He scarcely gave the
reporter time to finish his question.
YES, / nave an annual pass on all Pull
man cars" said he, with emphasis, land
/ use il whenever | want to-
Did you use it in coming TO Chicago?'
Il did not. and the government would
have been the only gamer if | had"
Are you in the habit of travelling on it?''
II use il whenever | please. The pass
was given to me by Mr.. Pullman. who is
n personal friend of mine, and | have had
IL for several year-ever since the first
Pullman investigation ! made-fOr | sup
pose that's what you are driving at.
never knew Mr.. Pullman until then. but
met him at that time and he has al
WAYS been a warm friend of mine ever
since. He gave me the pass and invited
me to ride on his ears whenever l wanted
to-iust as a man would invite another tC
take a ride in his carriage
Commissioner Wright's. pass entities him
To ride free i'm any Pullman car at any
time i'm any part of the United States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-25

DAVENPORT, Ia, Aug. 24.-At to-day's
session of the National Ladies' Aid Soci-
pty. an annex of the Sons of Veterans,
the following officers We're elected: Presi-
dent. Miss Madge Howey. Illinois; vice
president. Miss Pearl Wills. indiana: na-
1ionaI counsel, Mrs. :. r. Lyons. Mime
sofa; Miss Belle Gray. Iowa; Miss Alice
Stillwell. Kansas: Mrs. Francis Arnold.
Missouri: Mrs. +. H. Davis. Washington,
D. c.; treasurer, Mrs. Ella Jones, Pennsyl-
vania: chaplain-general. Mrs. \. L. Davis.
PENNSYLVANIA: chief OF staff. Mrs. j. VI.
Morgan. New York; nspectOr-Seneral Miss
Kate RaynOr, OHIO; mastering and inspect
ing officer. Miss a. =. NichoI kansas
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-25

No Alternative When Reed Pleaded
Guilty to Murder.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 2+-It looks
as if Terre Haute and Vigo county are TO
have a legal hanging, the first in nearly
forty years. Ben Reed, who killed Dan
Hendrickson a week ago last Tuesday night
for Sc. 80, has confessed TO the coroner and
pleaded guilty before the magistrate in the
preliminary examination. His wife, whom
he accuses of instigating him TO the MUIR
der, had not been able to see him until
yesterday, and said she went only because
the three little children had been crying TO
see their father. Reed scolded his wife for
not bringing him morphine and some clean
clothes, and when one of the children cried
to him to be taken up in his arms he told
the mother 10 give ii a good spanking and
make it keep still"
Reed must be hanged on a plea of guilty.
The law permits no discretion on the part
Of a judge in imposing sentence when the
plea of guilty is entered on the charge OF
murder in the first degree. On trial by a
jury a life sentence or death is discre-
tionary with the jury. There have been
only two legal %hangings here since Vigo
became a county. The last was OF a man
named Morgan, who killed another named
Petri, before the war.
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immoral Literature and Pictures.
Philadelphia Times.

II 1llldACifAlN1 49,
The whole subject of immoral literature
and pictures is a queer and puZzling one
and full of Inconsistencies. Some books
that are practically harmless are excluded
from the mails in this and other countries.
while other books that are really vile go
scot free. Pictures that are almost spirit
ual are rejected from art galleries. while
prints in the highest degree suggestive
may be seen displayed in Chestnut-stree
windows. What one considers ideal and
grand another looks upon as degrading and
vulgar. and the place of any particular
book or picture appears TO be largely a
matter OF opinion or favor. One of the
most popular and refined Illustrators
woman-has lately drawn the pictures for
a French book that is as broad as any
thing in print. In Melbourne they have
been debating whether Sarah Grand's
Heavenly Twins should be excluded
from the mails. At Ocean Grove. a re-
ligiOus resort, the flashiest novels are sold
i'm stacks from the newsstand counters.
There is hardly a prominent newsstand
i'm this country where you may not find
a republication of a book that many years
ago created a sensation and was tabooed
everywhere as dangerously and grossly
immoral.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-25

TWO ROBBERS Holt UP a TRAIN
NEAR CHICAGO.


CHICAGO, Aug. 2I-At 10 o'clock tonight
n north-bound freight train on the Chicago,
milwaukee * St. Paul road was held up Dy
two masked men at Deerfield, a small sta
fion just north of the line between Cook
and Lake counties One of the detectives
of the road, who was riding on the train,
was shot and killed, and the watch of con-
ductor LarZent, who was in charge of the
train. was taken from him. This was the
entire amount OF plumber secured by the
robbers. The train had stopped to allow
The engineer to take water from a tank. and
within thirty seconds after ii had come TO a
standstill two masked men climbed into
the caboose and ordered the conductor and
>pne brakeman, who We're in the car, to
Ehrow up their hands. The railroad men
we're forced to obey. and the robbers had
just taken the conductors watch from
him when the detective entered and showed
fight. He was shot and instantly killed by
one of the bandits. both of whom
jumped from the train and dis
appeared in the darkness. There is
no clew to their identity. and
the railroad men were unable even TO tell
in what direction the murderer and his
companion fed. Deerfield is a station con-
sisting of little else beside the water tank,
and it is extremely difficult to obtain in
Formation from there tonight.
The general offices of the Chicago. Mil
waukee & St. Paul in this city knew no
more than the above facts. and were not
even aware. at 2 o'clock. of the name of
the detective who was killed. A special
train carrying a number of special officers
of the road was sent out before midnight
10 run the robbers down if possible.
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Obituary.

NEW YORK. Aug. 2-James p. Daven-
port. father OF John l.. Davenport, ex-
United States supervisor of elections. died.
in the Long Island Cottage Hospital.
Brooklyn, to-day. de came from his home
In New Canaan a week ago to transact
some business in Brooklyn, and while
walking along the street he was knocked
down, sustaining a fracture of his thigh.
Pneumonia set in and caused his death.
BMPORIA. Kan, Aug. 24.-J. h. Fin
ley. capitalist, and one of the most prOmi-
pent men of this city. died to-day of
Bright's disease. He interested Eastern
rapital in the enterprise OF building the
Howard branch of the Santa Fe from here
10 Moline. and afterward was awarded the
contract of building the road. He laid the
foundation of his wealth as a contractor
pf the Union Pacific railroad.
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pointed strongly TO a complete shutdown
OF the window-glass plants Of the United
States. To-day. however. Mr.. Chambers
said the demand of the manufacturers was
excessive, and he would start his works
on Sept. l on a compromise Of % per cent.
After consultation with the worxmen. this
proposition was changed 10 provide for a
20 per cent. reduction for blowers. fatten-
ers and cutters. and 2 10 per cent. advance
for gatherers.. This scale was accepted by
the men. and while il is not satisfactory
10 either side. it viii be put into operation
as the best possible under the circum-
stances. and the Chambers and Phillips
factories will blow in on Sept. l. The
starting of these works will probably re-
suit in the forcing of the other manufac-
tursrs to follow suit.
The reduction is made necessary by the
new tariff law, the manufacturers figuring
that the cost. of foreign window glass VIII
be reduced 20 per cent. by an average re-
duction OF so per cent. on the w~indOw-glasS
schedule. AS the reduction affects only 30
per cent. of the labor, the manufacturer
have practically obtained d reduction of
only 10 per cent. Many factories Will be
unable to resume on this scale.
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How He Lost the Right.

New YORK Press.
Up i'm Canaan. Conn, peace reigns, and
Judge RorOback declines every invitation
to smoke. He goes out on the lake and
catches bass. and from the point of view
OF the outsider looks like a solid and salts
fed citizen. But he isn't. He wants 10
smoke. Under the influence of the same
enthusiasm which impelled so many of us
To lay dollars and deeds and destinies 10
dOughnuts on President Harrison's re-elec-
ton, the Judge agreed not to smoke until
a Republican occupied the White House.
The Judge kept on smoking until the night
OF Nov. 3, 1892. He has NOT smoked
since. His Democratic friend, who had
agreed 10 walk in bare feet from New
Milford to Canaan in the event of Cleve-
lands defeat, long ago offered 10 let him
off. But the Judge said that when he
made a bet he paid it. and that he would
not smoke again until a Republican Pres
ident was in the White House. He offers
cigars To his friends in his camp on Twin
lake. They smoke. and the judges face
is a study. Even If Connecticut voters
had made up their minds 10 vote the Re
publican ticket on tariff principles. they
would help the Judge out by casting their
ballot for anybody he pleased.