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The advocate., 1895-07-31
HOw's This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F.J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We the undersigned have known B. J.
Cheney for the last fifteen years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation make by their firm.
WEST q TRUAx,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
WALDINa, KINNAN q MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and muououg
surfaces of the system. Price rs cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists. TestimOn-
ala fPAA.
The advocate., 1895-07-31

IT now looks as though abOut all acts
passed by the late legislature were either
errors or constitutional blundsrs.-Lsw.
renee Journal.
The chief constitutional blunder is
in the present occupants of the state
house.
The advocate., 1895-07-31
TRATERNAL AND MUTUAL INSURANCE.

furnish insurance OF life and prop
erty practically at cost. They ain
TO conduct strictly legitimate and
honorable business among their
members, as a rule, and hence they
eliminate the vast profits which, il
old-line companies, go into Corrup'
tion funds, are expended in the erec-
tion of palatial buildings aud in the
payment of exorbitsnt salaries to
q host of officials who are always faH
more ornamental than useful.
These mutual and fraternal sssoCia-
tions have become immensely popu-
lar with the people. They have had
the effect to seriously curtail the vol.
ume of business of the old-line comps-
MES and thereby materially reduce
their immense profits. In oonse-
quence Of this, and in accordance
with the tendency of the times to
concentrate every variety Of business
into q gigantic monopoly for the sg-
grsndizsment of a few men whose
chief motive in life is to prey upon
their fellowmen, war is being
WBged against them. This war is
beng carried into state Legislatures
and into state insurance departments
where, no doubt, a liberal sppropria-
tion from the spoils of past years
will find profitable investment. 1t is
only another instance of the general
warfare of monopollstlc corporations
against the exercise of the common
rights Of the people.
In such a struggle, 1t is not
strange that the present superin-
tendent of insurance in this state
should be for the monopolies and
sgainst the people. He is 80 consti-
tuted, and his susceptibilities are
such that he could not be expected
TO be otherwise, and during his term
Of Office the mutual companies over
which the law gives him any juris
diction, may expect to be hSmPereC
and their business ruined il it is il
his power to accomplish that result
It is fortunate, indeed, that in this
state the law gives him no authority
over the fraternal orders, and th'
membership Of these organizations
will do well to watch and seC
that no law is hereafter enacted that
will give the superintendent Of in
suEance jurisdiction over them. Ls
snCh q law once find q place upor
our statute books and we NIGH
ct once expect to see a sufficient
appropriation from the corruption
fund Of the old-line companies tt
control the rulings Of the superin
hendent. If we are watChfnl in tn
prevention Of such legislation, W.
may avoid injurious interference
with our affairs except so far as thC
personal influence of the superin
tendsnt may be able to weaken con
fidence in some Of the newer orgsni
cations. If George 7. Anthony car
do anything of this kind no one viii
The advocate., 1895-07-31
MONOPOLY OF NEWS.

Chicago dispatches of July %, an
nounce that the last patron of the
United press among the morning pa.
psrs has abandoned that association
and entered into a ninety year con.
tract with the Associated press for It's
daily report; and that the United
press is therefore left q clientsge in
that great city of only two minor
evening papers. This freezing out
process by the Associated press has
been going on for q number Of years.
II is in harmony with thegenersl ten
denCy of all other enterprises to con-
centration. The great monopolies
that have absorbed the productive
and distributive resources of the
country have been in need of q mon
opoly to sift and distribute to the
monopoly press such news as may be
deemed safe and proper for the COM
mon hesthen to receive; and
the Associated press is the
instrument selected for this pur-
pose. The daily papers of the
country are willing enough to serve
the interests Of monopoly but some of
the editors Of teleprsphic news are not
always as discreet as they should be.
Items not lnfrequently find a place
in the news columns that the mud
sills and dirty mechanics ought not
to see. 1t is therefore best TO sift
the news before it goes out, and then
accidents Of this kind will not occur.
This can only be done by having a
monopoly Of the means of news dis
tribution. There is already a mo-
nopoly OF the wires and all that iG
needed in addition is a monopoly in
the collection and preparation Of
news. The Associated press will
soon be master Of the situation.
Now isn't this a condition OF
thing for a free (') people to be OK
ceedingly proud of The independ-
ent soversigns OF this great republic
are not to be trusted with the news
Of actual events as they transpire
but great neWs.gsthering monopoly
must select and transmit such things
as it is deemed prudent to have
known by the general public.
Is it denled:that this is the mission
of the Associated pressG Only q
short time ago when j. K. Hudson
was the agent of the Association in
Topeka, D. r. Anthony, in the Lssv-
enworth Times, not only accused but
convicted him of Suppressing neaUsi
and VCe have several times sought to
get news items sent through the
agency here with invariably the
same result-failure. Only a Ger.
tain kind Of news is wanted by
this monopoly; and when all OPP
position to it is disposed of there will
be no further mistakes" made in
the news departments Of the daily
press. And is it not for such condi.
tiOns that the people Ote year after
yesrl
The advocate., 1895-07-31

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We are Offering the following liberal
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Where COnvicts Come From.

A short time since, q young man,
condemned to die for the awful crime
of murder, lay in prison-cell, await
ing the day of execution. A kind
lady, who had heard Of his condition,
visited him several times, aud sought
to lead him to penitence and faith in
Jesus as his only hope. On one occa-
sion the lady was accompanied by her
little son, who spoke kindly to the
poor prisoner, and offered him some
fruit. The man seemed much affected
by the grace and gentleness Of the
child, and drawing him towards him,
said, as the tears ran freely down his
cheeks
"My dear child, let me tell yon
what brought me here. 1t was DISC
beying my parents. then breaking
Gods holy day, and, lastly, drinking
and gambling, that grew out of the
other two. Never forget this, if you
would not be where / now am, and
tell all your play-fellows to take warn
ing by my sad fate. Always obey
your parents. never drink a drop of
anything that can intoXicate, keep
holy the sabbath-day, and turn, az
from the evil one himself, from any
who would persuade you to enter Il
gambling house or engage in game of
chance. These are the things that fill
the prisons of earth and crowd the
gates of hell with Victims"
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Poor Dolly.

I wonder if there ever was q doll
so badly cared for as /. Let me tell
you about just one day, and then tell
me what you think.
The very first thing this morning
Flossy lost me out of the window
She was teaching me to dance on the
window sill but she danced me over
the edge, so down fell into the mid
die of u rosebush. How the thorns' did
tear my pretty pink dress! And there
I should have staid till this minute, if
Bridget had not carried me in.
After that, Flossy lost me in all sorts
of queer places: once in the cookey
jar, once in Rover's kennel, once
behind the flour barrel, and twice
down the cellar stairs. And each time
Fossy's mamma or Bridget found me,
and brought me back to her.
But now I am afraid that they will
not find me at all She has dropped
me behind the sofa, and here ! have
been lying for three hours. To be
sure, L have plenty of company
Flossy's ball is here, and some of her
checkers, and ter big hat that she has
been hunting for ever since last Mon
day. suppose that we shall have to
lie here all together till next sweeping
day.
Did you ever see such little girl as
Flossy, and did you ever hear of such
Il poor, forlorn dolly as I?
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s.The Legend OF the Tive Sacks

An ancient legend describes an old
man travelling from place to place with
a sack hanging behind his back and
another in front of him. In the one
behind him he tossed all the kind
deeds of his friends, which were soon
quite hidden from view and forgotten.
In the one hanging around his neck,
under his chin, he threw all the sins
which his acquaintances committed !;
and these he was in the habit of turn
ing over and looking at as he walked
along day by day, which necessarily
hindered his course.
One day to his surprise be met man
coming slowly along, also wearing two
sacks.
"What have you here ?" asked the
old man.
"Why, my good deeds" replied num-
ber two. II keep them all before me,
and take them out and air them fire.
quently."
"What is in the other big sack ?"
asked the first traveller; lit seems
weighty."
"A1erely my little mistakes. 1 al
ways keep them in the sack hanging
over my back"
Presently the two travellers were
joined by third, who, strange to say,
also carried two sacks, one under his
chin and one on bis back.
"Let us see the contents Of your
sacks" exclaimed the first two tray
elers.
"With all my heart" quoth the
stranger, "for 1 have goodly assort-
ment, and I like to show them. This
sack" said he, pointing to the one
hanging in front of him. lis full of the
good deeds of Others"
, "Your sack looks heavy; it must be
very full" observed the old man.
"Hhere you are mistaken" replied
the stranger; "they are big, but not
heavy. The weight is only such as
sails are to ship. Far from being a
burden, it helps Inc onward"
We'll. your sack behind can be of
little use to- you," said number two,
"for it appers to be empty. And see
it has q great hole in the bottom of it,"
II did that on purpose" said the
stranger, "for all the evil / hear of peo-
pie 1 put in there, and it falls through
and is lost. So, you see, have 10
weight to drag me down backwards"
Selected.
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An Oriental Story.

An Eastern king was once in need
of faithful servant and friend. He
gave notice that he wanted O man to
do days work, and two men came
and asked to be employed. He en-
gagged them both for certain fixed
wages, and set them both to work to
fill O basket with water from a neigh
boring well, saying he would come in
the evening and see their work. He
then left them to themselves and went
away.
After putting in one or two basket
fuls, one of the men said
What is the good Of doing this use
less work? As soon as We put the
water in one side it runs out on the
other"
The other man answered.:
but we have our days wages,
haven't we? The use of the work is
the masters business, not ours"
IL am not going TO do such FOOLS
work." replied the other, and throwing
down his bucket he went away.
The other man continued his work
till, about sunset he exhausted the we'll.
Looking down into it, he saw some
thing shining at the bottom. He let
down his bucket once more, and drew
up precious diamond ring.
"NOw [ see the use of pouring water
into basket" he exclaimed to him
self. "If the water had brough up the
ring before the well was dry, it would
have been found in the basket. The
labor was not useless, after ALL"
But he had yet to learn why the
king had ordered this apparently use
less task. 1t was to test their capacity
for perfect obedience, without which
no servant is reliable.
At this moment the king came up to
him and, as he babe the man keep the
ring he said i:
"Thou has been faithful in little
thing; now I see 1 can trust thee in
great things. Henceforward thou shalt
stand at my right hand"
Is not this good lesson to teach u,
to be faithful in the small duties Of
each day, as well as the large ones to
DO everything no matter how small,
a. unto our heavenly Master? Little
acts Of duty or Kindness go great
ways when done for Jesus sake.
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Keeping n Promise.

Nan was little girl about ten year,
old. She was neither very good nor
very bad. But she was very good
about one thing. Ifshe made PROM
ise, she always kept it. She could
always be trusted to do as she said
she would. She was staying one sum-
mer with her grandmother. Her
mother was in Europe, and her grand
mother was very anxious all the time
for fear that Nan should be i'll while
her mother was away. Jack, her
cousin, was staying there too.
One day lie came into the room
where Nan was, with little box in
his hand. Of course Nan wanted to
know what it was. Jack told her it
was snuff, and he explained its re-
markable effect to her. Nan had
never seen any, and was very anxious
TO try it.
"No,n said Jack; II won't give
you any, because you would be sure
to tell, and then grandma would take
it away from me-"
Nan willingly promised she would
not tell, and begged so hard for some
that Jack was at last induced to give
her large pinch. She snuffed it up
her nose without an instant's delay,
and then she wished she hadn't. The
tears rolled down her cheeks, and she
speezed so many times that Jack began
to feel a little frightened.
Just then their grandmother came
into the room. Jack put the box IN
his pocket and ran away.
"Dear ME ~ said the old lady,
"what dreadful cold you have taken,
Nan you must go right to bed and !
will make you some boneset tea."
Poor Nan She hated to go to bed,
but she hated boneset tea still more.
There was no help for it she went to
bed IN short order. Her grandmother
hurried away to make the tea.
Jack met her carrying it upstairs,
steaming hot in bowl. "What is
that? 2" he asked.
"Some tea for Nan: she has taken
dreadful cold," said she. Don't stop
me, jack"
But he did stop her, and held on to
her 80 tight that she could not move
"Grandma," he said, with very red
face; "Nan has not cold. l gave
her some snuff, that made her
sneeze."
"Why didn't she tell me?" eX-
claimed his grandmother, as she gel
the bowl on the table and held up her
hands in surprise.
because Nan promised she would
not, and I knew che would 60 to bed
and drink all that stuff rather than
break her word. That is why I had
to tell myself" said Jack.
Nan was allowed to get up at once,
and Jack had his box of snuff taken
away from him.
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"AbOUt My Fathers BnsineSs."

This is what Christ loved better than
anything else in the world: his
Fathers business. the will of his
father in heaven, the work which God
had given him to do. When lie had
grown to be Il man he said that this
was his meat and drink ; and you see
that he loved it now that he was only
u child. Can other children follow his
example? Is there any way in which
you can be about your Fathers busi-
ness? Has God given you work to
do, and can you be useful in the
world ? Jesus was about his Fathers
business in the temple do you, think
that he left it Oft when he got down
to Nazareth again ? 70 be sure not !;
he was always about it one way or the
other.
Said a little girl with an anxious
countenance to her mother: "Mother,
L wish-but I am afraid that you will
thing it silly" ,
"What is it that you wish, my dear?
If know, I can tell whether it is wise
or not"
"Well, mother 1 wish I was an
angel in heaven"
w lltO 10 II tlldI HItthS Sbu say Sot
child?"
at was what my teacher said yes
terday about the verse [ learned,
"Thy will he done on earth as it is in
heaven, and thought it must be so
pleasant to he always doing Gods
will, serving him, and never leaving
off forever.n
The mother told her child that there
were many ways in which God might
he served every day intearth, and that
little girls might do his will as well
as angels. She said that children
could do it by being obedient TO their
parents, attentive to their lessons, dill
gent in work, and gentle and good
humored in play, recOllecting that
God sees them always, and will give
them his Holy Spirit 10 help them do
all they can to please him. Remem-
Der this, my dear boys and girls. You
may be about your Fathers business
without going into the temple or wait
ing till you get to heaven.
Doors are seldom doubters
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a wild Hibernicisnl.

"Well," said the returned traveller,
II had an experience in Ireland which
will lead me far toward believing any
thing that I may ever hear or read
about some Irishman's utter illogical
ity. 1t happened out in the hotel of a
little town in Galway called Wesport.
L was one of a party of four that had
gone across from Dublin to look for a
deserted silver mine that was said to
lie in the coast hills back Of the town,
and we agreed, as it was long drive
over there, that we should start early
the next morning.
"Seven was set for the breakfast hour
and half past six for the rising hour,
so we called in the solitary waiter of
the hotel and told him to rouse us all
at 80, sharp. L slept in bed that
was Us cold as an ice chest, and was
dreaming of New York and steam heat
when knock at the door awoke me.
"Who's there ," I cried.
"Shure, it's me, sor,' answered the
waiter. "It's twenty minits past foive,
sor. Will / wake ye now, or will ]
wait till half past seX?'
"At first | was angry, but when !
realized the full topsy turviness of the
fellows deduction just roared. And
it's fact, too"
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A Letter Rows.

Some Of your comprehensive hope
that they caunot say such things OIL
yOu-use prOfane and vulgar language.
Nothin is more easy to learn or more
difficult 10 forget. There have been
boys who could not tell whether they
swore or not. One such was in the
navy, and when asked if he swore
said he hoped not. but there was 50
much Of it going on around him that
sometimes he could not he sure.
One bad result OF using such Ian
guaee is that it is liable to come ont
under excitement, no matter where
you may he or how old you are. A
minister who in his boyhood had used
such language was once greatly excl
ted, and uttered a protane expression
which changed the whole opinion OF
the community regarding him. They
used to say that he was a bad man at
heart, or such words would not have
passed his lips.
A citizen has recently been elected
mayor of one of the largest cities in
the United States. Little was gener-
ally known about him before he was
elected, except that he was All excel
lent man, good citizen, and an atten-
dant at church. Some persons
thought that he was member OF the
church, but that was all error. Being
in responsible position, and having
to converse with many persons, the
newspaper reporters have sought in
terviews with him, and in talking on
exciting subjects he used some bad
language. Some Of the papers of the
party opposed to him have printed the
language, and those that are of his
party have said that he used language
more emphatic than eloquent, and then
left blank like this - where the
words would be.
This is unfortunate. Do not use
profane language; it will cause people
to have bad opinion of you; it will
stand in the way of yonr success; and
should you form the habit and break
it, under excitement sometimes the
words may slip out of your lips, and
disgrace you even in high and pub
lie position.
Besides, there is nothing to he gain.
ed by it.-N. Y. Advocate.
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SCHOOL TRUSTEES FOR ABB
BEVILLE COUNTY.

School District No. 1-Cap,. James Rogers
Six. iS'' ~ i''ps'''' D ''
School District No. 2-John Il. Sample. ]. l.
Hughey, Greenwood; j. ID. Fouche, Coro'
School District No. 3--Dr S. T. Lea. Cokes.
bury j. A. McCord, Hodges; q. b. Riley,
Riley.
school District No: &c. v. Martin. J. c.
Martin. Donald Ids S. J. Brrts, Honea Path.
School District No. 81. a. Devlin, w. r.
Ellis, T. j. Bowen, Due West.
Hodges: H. w. Bowie, Abbeville; NJ. q,
Smith, Donalds.
School District No. 7-R. D. Purdy. verdery;
p. ID. Klugh, ]. 7: Davis; GreenWood.
ley; Thos. j. Hearst, Verdery; DR.. z. II.
Adams Phoenix.
school District No. 81 + Wideman, ]. S.
Harris, J: W. Young, Troy.
vii Vile: ~ ~ '
School District No. Ill. G. Edwards. JAS
Evans, 5. II. Cochran. Abbeville.
School District No: PA. NJ. Erwin, L. p.
Hark ness. r. a. Haddon, Antrevllle.
school district No. l3-S. +. Epps, S. s.
B0les. ID. 7. Simpson. l.owndesvile.
terry; j. w. Boyd, Mt. Carmel; d. W..
Thomas, Watts, >. G..
school District No. l5-P. H. McCaslan,
Wideman; VIM. Mcneil, Mt Carmel; j. o.
t1cHlLUlnBer, Lluh.
School District No. 1G--Jas. Cothran, Jr.,
Mccormick; w. II. Britt, Sandover; ]. L..
Gilbert.
school District No. l7--E. S. Hale, E. w.
Lipscotnb, J. p. Phillips, Ninety-Six:
School District No. lS-C. y. G. Waller, T..
+. Riley, j. l.. Kerr, Greenwood.
Scno0l District No. l9-W. a. Templeton, F..
B. Gary, J T.. Miller. .Abheville.
School District No. 9O--Rev. A. L. Patterson,
w. l.. Miller. John w. Morrah, Mt. Carmel.
School Districr No. 2l-IOhn II, Cheatham
r. w. KpoX. Nicholas Schram.
The different Boards OF Trustees are re-
quested 10 hold a meeting at un early date for
The purpose OF organizing, by electing a
chairman and clerk twhcre they are not al
ready organiZed), and to meet with the Board
Of Examiners In the School Comm iSsioner's
office on Monday. the 3rd day of December
next (Saleday) at IL O'clock m. to get Trus
tees kecords and arrange plans tor conduct
ing the public schools during the present year.
w. II. MILFORD,
School Commissioner and Chairman
Board of Examiners. Nov. 10, 1894 o