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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17
w. L. WILSON'S WARNING.
The Postmaster General Writes His Views
in Regard to Currency Agitation.

The Postmaster General Writes His Views
in Regard to Currency Agitation.
New YORK, July THE World this
morning publishes a copyright signed
statement written by Postmaster Gen
eral w. l.. Wilson. Among other
things Mr.. Wilson SAYS: This mo-
mentous issue seems about to be de-
cided under conditions little favorable
to calm discussion, This, l believe, is
ground for alarm. 1t was truly said
by the late Mr.. Lamar that financial
legislation dealt with the two most
delicate and sensitive parts of the
apparatus Of civil society-the cur
rency OF o country and the all per-
vading relation of debtor and creditor.
n being true, there is nothing in
the relations of human society that
ought to be touched SO cautiously,
nothing that rash experiment may
affect more dis~astrously.
IF the questions so essentially non-
political as the standard of value and
the quality and quantity Of currency
are eve to be submitted to popular
vote, such submission can be safely
made only after full and honest dis
cussion at a time when the people are
ready to listen with open minds and
with a sole desire to determine what
is right. 1t is perilous in the extreme
to force such questions into the Arena
Of partisan politics in times of general
depression, when men are too often a
ready prey to any fallacy or delusion
that is held out to them as an immedi-
ate relief for their distresses. Our
uniform experience has been that in
every era Of hard ti1naS' MANY voters
are the victims of financial delusions
compromises with them are directly
responsible for our disordered none
tary system.
'It is now proposed to commit the
party to free coinage of silver at an
arbitrary ratio, SO hat the governo
nent shall stamp as "a dollar one
hundred cents worth of gold bullion
or fifty cents worth of silver bullion
for any n who may present the M
or the other at its minis. This never
has been n Democratic doctrine and
cannot be harmonized with principles
or the practice of the party"
Mr.. Wilson explains the historical
position of the Democratic party, and
says: SIT is clear that the attempt to
commit the party to the advocacy of
free silver at a ratio totally regardless
OF market values as a supreme issue is
to set up a new test of party fealty,
and one Numerically opposed to all
past party declarations or action, and
the warning has already been given
by leaders whose words cannot be
lightly weighed that such action
must inevitably result in more or less
party disruption.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

An Iowa physician has demonstrated
to his W satisfaction that a man who
has been struck by lightning can be
revived by a second application Of the
same agency. His patient was a man
who had been unconscious for twent,
minutes from a stroke in a recent
storm and who revived at once when
he received a charge from a ~galvanic
battery. The difficulty in many cases
will be that the victim of lightning
will think he has been killed and
therefore be unequal to the effort re-
quired to reach a point where he can get
struck again or v e receive the recu-
perating current from a battery. It
remains to be proven also that the pa.
tient of the Iowa physician was not
ready to revive in the ordinary way
at the time the battery was applied.
The theory is fascinating. ever if in
credible, and some further experiments
will - awaited with Interest
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

1t is stated upon reliable authority
that the Adirondack wolf is not yet
extinct. Who ever supposed him to
be? He hibernates during the season
of ice and snow for effect, but he
proves c~onclusively that he is anything
but extinct about the first of July,
when he crashes his shining fangs Of
hope and opens his hotel for the sum-
mer and his jaws for the ummer
boarder.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

The cemetery trustees at Lansing,
Mich, are really ingenious. They have
adopted a unique plan for making peo-
pie pay for the lots bargained for. If
the obligations are not l%iquidated
within a reasonable time the bodies
buried in the lots will be disinterred
and buried in the potters' field and the
delinquents dispossessed of their burial
places. The first thing they know
somebody will be starting an OPPOSE
ton cemetery with cheaper lots.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

When Mary McKenna, a Pittsburg
woman, Went home the other night she
became angry with her husband be-
cause the supper did not suit her. She
proceeded to kick up a row, and ended
by knocking her husband down with a
plate, and inflicting a severe scalp
wound. She was fined $40 for usurD-
ing a mans privilege about kicking
about his meals.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

The watermelon crop will be enor-
nous this season. From Georgia alone
there will be shipped 5000 carloads.
Practically all the Georgia melons that
go out to these markets are grown in
that narrow strip of land extending
from the Savannah river to the Chat
tahoochee across the state, below
Macon, down to the Florida line. There
are many extensive melon plantations
around the town of Thomasville.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

Miss Mamie Reddy of Chicago has
been awarded $3.50 0 for damage in
street car accident. But it is likely to
be some time before the company will
be ready to pay.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

Our greatest glory is not in never
falling, but in rising every time we
fall. A gem is not polished without
rubbing, nor is a man perfected with
out trials.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

George Delong of Benton Harbor
says it's an i'll wind that blows nobody
good. His uncle, who was killed in
the St. Louis cyclone, left him $3.50, 900.
George will now have a berry patch Of
his own.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

1t was a feminine patient who was
cured of hiccough by putting out her
tongue for a few minutes. The scheme
might not work so we'll for the quieter
sex.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

The New York newspaper proprie-
tor who offered ex-President Harrison
10000 to report the proceedings of the
st. Louis convention seems to possess
nerve as well as stamps.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

The sickness of Aubrey Bear@sley
was SO clearly a case of retribution that
one is amazed at his recovery.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

"A number of deacons in Orange, n.
j., have decided against bicycle riding
IN Sunday. 1t was easier to do this
than to check the wheels at the church.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

The towns of Cincinnati and Clevc-
land are now rising to prominence.
They are important w%ay-places on the
road to Canton.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

A Missouri man claims to have
chewed up a half mile of three-inch
plug tobacco within the past sixteen
years.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

A Missouri man claims to have killed
SOC snakes in n afternoon recently,
and is said to have remarked that he
considers it a rather poor afternoons
work. Some people are v satisfied
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe is IS.
but Uncle Toms cabin seems to be a
thousand.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

shall recommend Piso's Cure for Con
sumption far INC wide.-Mrs. Mulligan,
Plumstead, Kent, England, Nov. s, 1895.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17
Trying to get something loses many
q man his money.
Congressman Cobb would look we'll
on the Kansas corn train.

Things are moving in Guatemala as
usual. Another revolution has broken
out.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

If you are an old work OK, and fit for
nothing else, don't try to be a butterfly.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

One of the funniest things in the world
is to hear a pretty girl talk politics.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

FITS stopped free and permanently cured. No
hts after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. Free SO trial bottle and Il eats e NARY.
olous cures. DIR. KLINE, 931 Arch st. Phi.Aueiphia, Pa.
Some men are never content unless en-
gagged in a conspiracy of some kind.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17
a Child Enjoys

The pleasant flavor. gentle action. ana
soothing effect Of Syrup Of Figs. when
In need Of a laxative, n II the father
or mother be costive or bilious, the most
gratifying results follow its use; so that
1t is the best family remedy known and
every family should have a bottle.
A woman who is devoted to church work
doesn't neglect her affairs as much as the
man who is devoted to politics.
The question often askeds"Why are pu-
pills of the New England Conservatory SO
uniformly successful as teachers or perform
ers?,'-is readily answered by those who
have Leen fortunate enough to become ac-
auainted with the institution. With an
equipment superior to that of any other
school, with both American and foreign
teachers of the highest rank, with Boston,
the art center of America. to furnish the
best operas and concerts, it is easy to see
why one year of study there is better than
two elsewhere. Its prospectus is sent free.
There isn't anything worse h a cold in
summer, unless it is to have to sleep three
in q bed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

There isn't anything worse than a cold in
summer, unless it is to have to sleep three,
IN 4, hal -
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

A woman who is devoted to church work
doesn't neglect her affairs as much as the
man who is devoted to politics.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-17
Editorial Association.

We have received circular letter from Ed
itor Earle of the Oconee News on the subject
OF forming an Editorial Association in this
State. We hardly know the object Of the AS
ISOLATION except as we infer from some Of Its
wording about "harmony." We fully agree
with our brother that more harmony and bet
ter fellowship would be conducive OF good,
but we never expect good feeling TO prevail
among the brethren until they treat each 9th
er with respect, and accord to each other the
ordinary civilities which are current among
gentlemen. This editor has no special desire
to enter into In Association" with men who
lack the selfrespect which would compel
them te treat brother with as much consid-
Grafton as they would accord to county Of
fcer with q dollar and a half Of advertising.
This editor loves to be in good fellowship
with all the brethren, but we Will not sacri-
flee the expression of our opinion on public
questions, and we will follow no man except
in the light Of reason. Except in The exercise
OF common Justice will we be in Harmony
with nobody.
The object OF our brother of the Oconee
News seems to be good, and we hope to see
his scheme succeed. If he can make the dis.
cordant editorial elements harmonize, and
assume the practices and methods of gentle
men in their treatment OF each other he will
have done much for South Carolina journal.
ism.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-17
Death of DIR. Latham.

Rev. Robert Latham, D. D.. pastor OF Long
Cane and Bradley Associate Reformed church
es, died at his home last Monday evening al
o'clock, June Is, 1896.
DR.. Latham was one of the best men In the
Church, and as a scholar he had few equals.
In many respects he was a man OF wonderful
ability, and his mental requirements were
great. He was always student He was
graduated from Erskine College in the fifties
studied Theology, and for about forty years
was one O the most useful men in the church.
AS a preacher, as a teacher, and as a citizen
his life has been one OF purity OF living ana
cleanuess of heart Thoroughly imbued Win
the Christian cruces, he ever sought TO exem.
plify the truths and beauties OF the religion
which he professed. His heart was full oi
love for all mankind, and his whole life's Ia
Dor was TO benefit and bless his fellow man.
His literary tastes led him to write much
for the newspapers, but his chief literary
work was his history Of the Associate Re
formed Church.
For many years he was pastor Of the Asso
ciate Reformed Church at Yorkville. He was
afterwards chosen Professor in the Theologic
al Seminary at Due West, and latterly he
served the congregations at Cedar Springs
and Bradley.
He was buried yesterday at Cedar Springs
He leaves a widow and several sons and
daughters.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-17
DIR. ThOs. J. Mabry.

DR.. Thos. j. Mabry has been quite unwell
for several weeks at home some five miles in
the country.
DR.. Mabry has lived long and useful life.
His services TO his Fellow man could not easi-
ly be computed. He belongs TO that profess
sion which more often than any other calls
upon ones generous nature, and he never re-
fused the best of his medical attention TO the
poor, and always gave the needed kindly
word or inspired hope in the heart of the de-
spondent.
No man has done more for the needy, or
served the rich with more fidelity.
He has answered the demands OF all alike.
and now when the advancing years have so
enfeebled him that he is physically unable to
respond to their calls. the people realize thai
a life long friend has retired from the field In
which he was SO useful in giving not only the
needed medical prescription but In giving lhe
com mfortlng word, and in extending the kindly
deed.
DR.. Mabry Is now eighty years OF age. lie
was never strong and robust, and the prog
longntion Of his life would seem TO be q spe-
cial act of Providence, whereby the klnu'
hearted, frank and honest doctor might ioi-
low the example OF the Great physician III
healing the sick. binding up wounds, anu
minislerng to the hungering hearts OF tne
poor and friendless. while giving succor and
to the rich and powerful. DR.. Maory mas
been no respector OF persons, out lie resarueo
the brotherhood of man, and administered 10
the wants of each as the needs OF each might
appear.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-17
MT. Carmel Personals.

Mt. Carmel, S. G., June ID. lS9j.
The friends OF Mrs. Heard are glad to well
come her home, alter being absent two weeks
on q visit 10 Anderson.
Messrs. Fred and Norman Cason spent Sat
urday and Sunday with Mr.. II. 5. CasOn.
MeSsrs. Tom and Bob Mcneil and S. o. Sis.
trunk made IL flying trip up to Watts Sunday.
Messrs. j. +. Miller and Lloyd Moorhead
were up from Wilmington Sunday.
Mrs. Paschal Is home again afi er spending
Il most pleasant trip TO Augusta. Ga.
Mrs. Bullock left this morning for her home
In Greenwood. She has been on a visit to heI
brother, Mr.. Engham, and while here made
many friends.
Miss Vic Heard has returned home after be-
ing away two weeks.
MIR. Robt. Cade, of Lisbon, Ga, visited his
sister. Mrs. Heard, Sunday.
Mt Carmel will have quite number OF WIS.,
itOrS next month.
Mrs. Matte Tarrant is quite sick. We hope
for her speady recovery, NJ.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-17
RELICS FOR RICHMOND.
Notes OF Men Who Took Part in the
War.


The following articles OF interest have been
shipped to Richmond to be placed in the
South Carolina Room;
/. Protrait of Gen. Samuel MCGOWAN do.
mated by him to the South Carolina Room in
response to a request from Miss Hampton
.. A large fra me containing a map with
names and locations of historic spots In Alb.
beville City and County, with photographs OF
the five Colonels who fell from Abbeville,
Gen, MCGOWAN, Chancellor Wardlaw. who
wrote the ordinance of secession. The Burt
House and Secession Hill and the ssuare in
Abbeville. Above the map, giving a touch OF
color TO the whole account grouped models of
two Of the flags used by the Confederates and
a tiny palmetto tree with miniature OF the
State flag.
The photos are protected from fading by a
handsome silk flag which can be pulled across
This record of Abbeville glorious past was
collected. arranged and presented 10 The
South Carolina Room at Richmond. by Mrs.
w, G.. McGowan, in the name of the Abbeville
County Chapter OF the Daughters OF the Con-
federacy. Small photographs of this collec.
ton can be had by applying TO Mrs. Nc.
Gowan.
owned by Miss Lythgoe.
4. Abbevile Banner, extra 1860, with Ordin-
ance of Secession, Mrs. Robert Link.
5. Gun Case of President Davis, Mr.. John
Perrin.
6. Photograph collection made by Col.
James M. Perrin owned by his son James
Perrin.
Mrs. Henry Cannon.
S. Confederate Army Regulations and his
pieces of music and old gun, Mrs. Lucy
Thomson.
9. Copy of "slcGowan's Brigade"
10. Coat Of Col. James NJ. Perrin.
II. Belt of Col j. &. Slmkins.
u. Sash OF Col. a. NJ. Smith.
Is. Sash Of Col. A, J. Lythgoe.
II. Hat with bullet hole, Mr.. Edwin Cal
houn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-17
Republican Convention.

The Republican Nominating Convention Is
in session at st. Louis. Seventy thousand
dollars has been spent on house in which
the Convention could meet, and otherwise
great preparations have been made to vel
come the Convention.
The outlook at present is that the nominee
Of that convention will be elected President
and 1t looks rs though Mckinley would VIII
the nomination. With Mckinley as Presi'
dent, and with high tariff the country Will
prosper. Laborers and mechanics will nave
more work and better wages-and the wages
will be paid in gold, and not with pewter
dollars.
If the tariff had been higher, and more golo
had been paid into the treasury for the ad
mission of manufactured goods, for the last
few years there would have been no def
cheney of gold in the treasury, there would
have been no need OF issuing more bonds.
Low tariff and inefficiency on the part o
the Democratic party has brought about the
deficiency in the gold, and that party II
perhaps the cause of all this idlotic cry fol
pewter dollars with which to pay off the Ia
borer. The open ports for manufactured
goods has knocked out the manufactures, anc
the knocking out OF factories, has knocked
the laborer out of his job, hence this cry fol
pewter dollars with which TO pay the few Ia
borers who may get a job.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-17
The Cotton Mill.

The stockholders of the Cotton Mill met
Yesterday evening in the National BANK
Captain L. w. White was called TO the chair
Mr.. \. B. Morse was requested TO act as Sec
retary. Hon. w. H. Parker read the minutes
OF the last meeting, and stated that this meet
Ing was held to vote on resolution 10 al
vance the capital stock to 5000 ,0OO
Steps were taken to see If quorum was
present. The addition showed that I99 shares
were represented in person or ny proxy.
The resolution for increasing the capita
stock was adopted by UNANIMOUS vote.
Hon. w. H. Parker was appointed com
mittee to make the formal application TO the
Secretary of State.
The construction of the mill is now an as
sured fact, and 1t will not be necessary to cal
on our friends and neighbors for subscrip
tions. The mill is an actual, living thing
and, barring accidents and disappointments
the work will now 60 on without interrup
ton. The friends of the enterprise are pro
foundly grateful for the sympathy and sup
port which they have received from the pub
lie, and any further notice which we may
make will be merely to note progress. Oul
friends need have no fears Of ultimate sue
cess. We are erecting magnificent building
and its walls will be sure to be filled with the
latest and best machinery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-17
Missionary Visit.

Elders Chester V. Call, Chesterfield, Ban
mock county, Idaho, and Elder Thales II. Has
kell, Manassas, Conejos county, Colorado, are
in town to propagate the religion Of the
church of Jesus Christ as held by the Latter
Saints. We understand that they are what
is commonly called Mormon missionaries
and we have no doubt our people will show
these missionaries the courtesy which we ex.
pect the Christian missionaries to receive In
foreign lands.
Speaking for this newspaper we believe the
Mormons are the worst prosecuted people on
the face of the earth. They are prosecuted
chiefly because they marry two women.
Over in Georgia the veriest Christian saint
may haye as many women as he pleases, If he
kicks out preceding wives before taking in
the last one. Mormons must support all
their wives. Georgia Christians Just kick the
first wife out of doors.