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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-21
A Rich Joke.

That was rich JOKES very rich
joke-which a good young man in
Chicago thought he would play, when
he moved baby's carriage few rods
away from the store where its mother
was shopping, just to see how scared
she would be at finding her baby
gone. But its richness came out IN
its fullness only when the good young
man had to pay fine of $3.50 for his
amusement-a penalty from which the
fact that he was an official of the Y.
NJ. G. A. didn't save him. st. Paul
Pioneer Press
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-21
MODEST HERO CRUSHED TO DEATH
New York Policeman Saves Two Lives and
Loses His Owr.

Spurring turiously after pair of runaway
horses in West .Seventy-second street, New
York City, Mounted Policeman Thomas r.
McIntyre saved ]. P. Robinson AMI his wifo
from serious injury. perhaps from death. and
rs they hailed him for the hero he was, his
own horse threw him. fell on him and
crushed him fatally before thcir eyes.
The brave man soon died in Roosevelt Hos
pita. He was in the prime OF life and was
soon to be promoted. Hs had thrice received
honorable mention for bravery i'll stopping
runawavs.
His act was the most heroic doed evor per-
formed by mounted policeman in New York
City. His attempt to stop the running horses
he knew meant great danger for himself. as
the animals were plunging madly toward Il
series OF elevated railway pillars. Mcintyre
took the chance aud won, but pail the p u
atty Of his heroism with his life. He was
buried with imposing honors.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-21
RELIGION AND DRINK.

DR.. H. X. Carol. who Is authority on Gov.
ernment census statistics, furnishes an est-
mate OF the expenditure OF the churches Of
the United States for their maintenance. He
says:
"Tbe grand total for all denominations
could hardly be less than $3.50, 900, 900, and
1t might be many millions larger. These
figures appear large; but compare them W tn
$780, 0O,000-the annual expenditure OF
the American Nation to sustain the National
crime OF the liquor trafflc-and they are
ANAL. For every dollar spent by Uncle Sam
for religion, twelve arc spent for drink. VINO
will say that Christian America Is unwilling
to pay for her vices?"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-21
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

1t is the moderate drinkers who keep the
saloons going.
Drink stands alone as the chief destroyer
OF life, character and property. Danish 1t.
The man who begins by drinking some
time, may end by. having to drink all the
time.
The rum traffic is IN unmitigated evil.
Not ono honest word can be said in its favor.
Suppress it.
Mr.. W. 8. Cainc, NJ P, estimates the mum.
Der OF total abstuiners in Great Britain at
seven millions.
Drink has blasted moro homes and broken
more hearts than wars or famine or pesti-
lenqe. Suppress it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-21

Have you ever been in one of the great
weaving factories, and seen the curious
fingers pick up the threads one after the
other as they are wanted-all machinery?
And you see iron and steel working mcchan-
ically only. yet working out the plan which
wisdom and skill devised for them before
hand. SO life is a great factory, and the
fsrces that we call forces of nature and life
are these busy fingers; but they are doing
the work that wisdom and love ordained be-
forehand they should do. and are working
out a pattern that by and by will be COM
pleted in the eternal world.-Lyman Abbott,
D. d.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-21
Geneva Congresses.

Geneva, in Switzerland, thanks to its uni
versal exposition, already opened, will have
this year the monopoly Of International con-
crosses. After the congress OF the electri-
clans was held camo that of the philatelists
No more complete collection of postage
stamps has ever been gathered. The mer-
camille value Of 1t Is estima ed at about $780,
00O. The great philatellst firms Of Paris,
New York, Leipsic, London, etc., have sent
splendid lots OF their own treasures
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-21
TREES BLOWN OVER.

Many orchard trees have been blown
over recently by high winds. Where
the roots on one side are still intact,
such trees can be easily saved. L. B.
Rice, of st. Clair County, Michigan,
describes his method as follows:
Dig large hole on the side on
which the roots are broken, and some
three or four feet deep. Extend this
excavation under the body of the tree.
so that when it IS raised up it will
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-21

this is hinged slat twork arrangement
that permits the fowls to feed through
It, but will not let them get into the
food. It opens out from the top when
one is putting food upon the board,
and remains closed when shut. New
England Homestead.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-21

II you have any trial that seems intoler-
able pray. One disabled from duty by sick
ness may pray for health that he may do his
work or one hemmed in by Internal i'm
pediments may pray for utterance but the
answer to the prayer may hc. as it was with
Paul, not the removal Of the thorn, but in
stead Il growing insight into its meaning and
value T. Clarkp
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-21

one poorly cared for. Wool IS q
product from feeding, the same as tat.
and many farmers lose half the profit
from neglect to feed properly. Sheep
should have, besides good feed, dry,
clean quarters, sheltered from rain
and storms.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-21
A HANDY FEEDING ARRANGEMENT.

When hens are fed in open dishes,
they will persist in getting into their
food. soiling it and themselves. A
handy and cleanlY feeding arrange.
ment is shown in the sketch. A board,
with rim in front, is nailed to the
wall, six inches fl ON the floor, and to
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-21
THE GROWTH OF TEMPERANCE.

The report presented at the annual gather.
ing OF the Catholic Abstinence Union OF
America shows wonderful increase Of the
organization, says the st. Louis Republic.
Last year it established 120 societies, with
membership OF 5761. and In three years a
total membership OF 18. .3S2 has been enrolled.
This IS certainly record OF which any
temperance organization can feel justly
proud. and, taken In connection with the
gains made by other temperance bodies, is
striking testimony to the growing popularity
OF the temperance cause.
1t Is remarkable, however, that, notwith-
standing the zeal ofsuch organizations as the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union, the decline
in the consumption Of Intoxicating liquors
seems exceedingly small.
Some figures are now published as to the
consumption OF certain intoxicants In the
last ten years. These show that the total
annual consumption OF distilled spirits has
fallen from 1.4S to 1888 gallons head Of the
population. while In the consumption OF
wine there Is decline Of six per cent. OF q
gallon. On the other hand, there has been
an increase in the consumption OF beer and
other malt liquors Inthe period mentioned
tho consumption has risen from 1914 to 49,
gallons. These figures would indicate n
change OF taste In the matter OF liquors
rather than any marked growth OF total alb
stipence. II temperance does not spread
mere rapidly, however, the fault does not
lie with such organizations as the Catholic
Total Abstinence Union, whose splendid
work is universally recognized. And 1t Is
certain that, whether or not the average
consumption of alcohol has decreased, act
uni drunkenness has been markedly dimin-
ished. The temperance societies must have
at least part OF the credit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-21
Doctors Adopt q New Rule.

The doctors OF Dawson, Ga. will, after
January /, give no more physic, except In
cases OF charity, to parties who have awaited
themselves of their medical skill and made
20 effort to pay them,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-21
Now York Wants Policemen.

President Roosevelt issued another appeal
for good men to apply for places On the
police force OF Now York City, There ore
to be 800 appointments male within four
months.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-21

Caledonia, N. Y, Is now lshtel by natural
gas The village pays one cent d:y for
each o3e OF its street lights.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-21
"THEY ALL DRINK

It is we'll known that Mt certain central
agencies record is kept Of the name, posi-
tion and standing OF nearly every business
man in the country. Careful men are en-.
ployed tc collect this information; and 1t not
only includes the amount OF property which
the parties are worth. but also their stand
Ing us regards punctuality, promptness, in
tegrity temperance. morals, etc.
A number OF years ago, it is stated, q firm
Of four men in Boston were rated as "a l. !"
They we're rich. prosperous. young and
prompt. One OF them had the curiosity to
see how they were rated, aud found these
facts on the books and was satisfied but ct
the end it was written, shut they all drink. :"
He thought 1t was good joke at the time;
but few years later two Of them were dead,
another was a drunkard, and the fourth was
poor and living partly on charity.
That one little note at the end Of their rat
Ing was the most important and significant
OF all the facts collected and embodied In
their rating. Sobriety has its cash value,
and drinking costs; oh. who can tell how
much il does cost2-Thc Christian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-21

vanla avenue ana reacneQ the Nnlte House,
did not have to climb over political obloquy2
Not one. How much scorn and scoff. and
brutal attack did Horace Mann endure be-
tween the time when he first began to fight
for a better common school system in Massa-
-chusetts, and the day when statue in honor
OF him was placed on the steps OF the State
House overlooking "The Commons?"
Read the biography OF Robart Hail. the
Baptist preacher, who, though he had been
pronounced Ounce school, lived to thrill
the world with his Christian eloquence; and
OF George Peabody, who never owned car
riage and denied himself all luxuries that
he might while living and after death,
through last will and testament, de-
vote his uncounted millions to the
education 81 the poor people Of Eug-
land and America; and Of Bishop James,
who In his boyhood worked his passage
from Ireland to America, and became the
Joy of Methodism and blessing to the race.
Go the biographical alcove In city, State, or
National library, and find at least every
other book au illustration OF overcome OBJ
stacle. and of carmine gate that had to De
forced open.
What is true of individuals is true OF Ma
tions. Was it mild spring morning when
the Pilgrim Fathers landed on Plymouth
Rock, and did they come in a gilied Yacht,
gay streamers flying? No. 1t was in cold
December, and from ship in which one
would not want to cross the Hudson or the
Potomac River. Scalping knives all ready
to receive them, they landed, their only wei
come the Indian wur-whoop Rel men on
the beach. Red men in the forest. Red men
on the mountains. Red meu in the valleys.
Living gates OF red men. Gates OF car
buncle!
Aboriginal hostility pushed back, surely
now our forefa:hcrs will have nothing to Go
but to take easy possession OF the iairest
continent under the SUP. The skies so
genial. the soil so fertile, the rivers 50 pop
ulous with !lnry life, thu acreage so i'm
mense. there will be nothing to do but eat,
drink and be merry. No. The most power
full Nation, by army and navy. sounded its
protest across three thousand mill, OF water.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-05-12
A CRISIS AT HAND.

The arrest, trial and sentence to death of American citizens captured on board the schooner Competitor by the Spanish in Cuban waters Is likely to precipitate trouble between the United States and Spain if, as is reported, General Weyler insists upon the execution of the sen tence. Already. it is stated, an earnest request-in fact a thinly disguised de- mand-that the execution of the sentence of the military court be delayed until this government can investigate the facts in connection with the affair has been sent by the state department at Washington to Minister Taylor, to be laid before the authorities at Madrid
 This may or may not produce the desired result and secure a postponement of the execution of the captured Americans. A refusal on the part of the Spanish gov ernment to accede to the request of the United States in this matter cannot easi- ly be construed otherwise than as an in sult which should not and will not be tolerated by the American people. In any event, the time has arrived when the president will be compelled to take a firm and positive stand relative to Span ish-Cuban affairs and assure the people that their wishes in the matter as ex- pressed by the almost unanimous action of both branches of congress, will no longer be disregarded It may be that had the president taken such action as the sentiment of this nation regardless of political parties, demanded, and the con- gress requested some weeks ago, the present crisis would probably not have arisen. It is not improbable that within the next thirty-six hours the American people will know whether or not their countrymen can be court-martialeds sen tenced to death and hung at the dictates of an inhuman butcher and against the protests of our government and the of- lenders go unpunished. |
Birmingham state herald., 1896-05-12
CHRONICLES OF THE COURTS
The Vanderbilt Steel and Iron Company Sold for Si0,000 to Satisfy
 Decree.

At F o'clock yesterday in front of the court house N. L. Miller clerk of the city court, sold at auction the Vanderbilt Steel and Iron company and all of its properties. The sale was made to satisfy decree in favor of F. w. Roebllng, trus- tee for the bondholders.
 The properties consist of a 125-ton blast furnace situated at East Birming- ham, the ground upon which 1t stands, and other holdings of the company. The claims of the trustee amounted to $65,- 576.35. The property was purchased by John H. Blackwell and William H. Gan dy, two of the bondholders. There was not much bfdding-only two bids being made, the highest being $10,000. The plant after 1t was built did not run long, owing to its being overburdened with debt, and it is now understood that it will be opened up in short time.
 In the city court a damage suit for $5- 900 has been filed by Clarissa Simmons against the Southern railway. The plain tiff claims to have been put off a train on the defendants road after having paid full fare to company's agent then being compelled to wait for another train and pay second fare.
 The case of J. c. Brook, administrator of Thomas Boozer, vs. the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company, Is on trial.
 The juries for the week are as follows:
 Jury No. 1.-J. I. Black, l.. E. Friend, J. B. Jones, G. s. Earnest, David H. Heath, D. B. Sims, w. E. Huff, John E. Foster, A. F. Goodwin, E. J. Finney, J. R. Purcell and w. M. Reid.
 Jury No. 2-W. H. Vilbervill, Pat Walsh. R. T. Sims, T. s. Wood, M. M Boggan, J. L. Barker. S. V. Copeland. w. w. Brown, B. w. Taylor, W. H.. Reynolds, D. M. Malone and John H. Hill. Circuit Court
 w. D. Richardson yesterday filed suit in the circuit court against the Birming- ham Cotton Manufacturing company for injuries sustained by his daughter Laura while working in the defendants plant. The suit is for 5000.
 Criminal Court.
 The cases being tried this week in the criminal court are non-capital felony cases. of which the following were tried yesterday:
 John Morrow, assault with intent to murder; two and half years.
 John Morrow, burglary; two and a half years.
 Drayton White, petty larceny; thirty days.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-05-12
THE MICHIGAN AFFAIR.

Somewhat has been done by the gold standardists in the way of jubilation over the action of the Michigan demo- cratic state convention in electing a ma jority of "sound money" delegates to the Chicago convention, but the facts do not justify the exuberation. The Adrian (Mich.) Press, whose editor was a dele gate to and participated in the proceed ings of that convention, publishes the fol- lowing respecting the relative strength therein of the gold standard and free coinage delegates:
 "Of the BPS delegates elected to the con- vention, 7S3 were present either in per son or by substitute, as shown by the first ballot. Four hundred and ninety seven were elected under instructions from their county conventions to vote as unit for 16 to 1 silver resolution. Granting that the forty-five absentees
 were all silver men, the silver cause ought still to have 452 votes in the con- vention.
 As the vote for Judge McGrath (310) was fair test of the relative strength of the first candidate of the administration gold crowd and the first candidate of the silver, it follows that there were 142 silver backsliders in the convention. livery mothers son of the 142 is pre- sumed to have acquieseed to instruc- tions of their home conventions to stand by the silver standard to the last ditch
 yet they came to Detroit and bolted at the start into the camp of the goldbug administrationists. where they were re- ceived with open arms"
 It Is then shown specifically from what county delegations that had been in strueted for free silver assertions oc- cured and the number of deserters from each delegation. numbering in all 142 Had not thesemen been influenced" to disobey instructions and misrepresent their constituents the majority in favor of free coinage in the Michigan cohven- ton would have been 161, and that state would have been represented in the na- tional convention by solid free silver delegation.
 It is not denied that large majority of the convention was for free coinage, but by skillful manipulation it was con- trolled by the gold standard faction. It has come to pretty pass when po- litical organization, as the gold mono- metallists may be properly called, claim ing to represent the wealth. intelligence and patriotism of the country, is com pelled to resort to questionable methods to override the will of the people and accomplish their purposes. Such vic tories can but be barren of good results to those who achieve them.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-05-12

news. The real cause of the dispute lies deeper than the question immediately at issue. Free Cuba has long been the ea- ger desire of a large body of American opinion. The present incident may or may not be tided over, but it seems to be the beginning of the end. President Cleveland has an admirable opportunity. We will not regret if he has used it to the full. Nothing could so forclbly strike the imagination of the electorate as the emancipation of Cuba. There cannot be any doubt as to the merits of the case. We assume that there are faults on both sides, but it Is obvious to all that the Spanish rule in Cuba is inapt and abom- inable. The rulers have learned nothing from progress and less than nothing from disaster. Their cup Is full, and unless some marvel intervenes to save them again from their own folly, it seems in- evitable that the end will come soon."
 After picturing the probable benefits of free Cuban republic, which might even, It thinks, eventually asked to be in- corporated into the United States in or der to warn off English competition the Chronicle concludes its article as follows:
 ''If Washington presses the question Spain is poWerless. War is an ugly thing at the best, and we should be the last to invoke it. But an American ultimatum in the present case would not be the be- ginning of war. but would be the end of an interminable guerrilla fight"
Birmingham state herald., 1896-05-12
THOMAS sEDDoN.

The death of MT. Thomas Seddon, pres ident of the Sloss Iron and Steel com pany, is public calamity. He was one of the most valuable citizens of Birming- ham, and much of the development of this district has been due to his fntel1i- gence. zeal and industry. Mir. Seddon came from an honorable and we'll known Virginia stock. His father was a mem Der of congress and afterward secretary of war under President Davis. Their home was near Richmond in Goochland county, where the lavish hospitality of a Virginia plantat ton was dispensed with that open hand that marked the vir- ginian of ante-bellum days.
 Mir. Thomas Seddon was a man of high culture, broad mind and practical good sense. He conducted his trust with marked ability. and was liberal and public-spirited citizen. The people of Birmingham deplore his death and ex- tend their sympathies to his friends and relatives
Birmingham state herald., 1896-05-12
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

Poor old Louisiana.-Galveston News, Dem.
 The capture of Illinois by the friends of Ex-Governor Mckinley makes his nomination by the republicans for presi- dent so probable as to be almost certain. Brooklyn Eagle, Ind. Dem.
 No man who misses the American flag, as certain socialists in New York are said to have done Saturday last. ought to have the privilege of American citizen ship.-Boston Globe, Dem.
 It is Mckinley against the field. or rather the field against Mckinley, all over the United States. The favorite sons are simply the dummies of the po- ltical bosses.-Albany Argus, Dem.
 The party in Illinois has not commit ted its brains and it's conscience to the keeping of any man. The people are the bosses.-Chicago Times-Herald, Rep.
 The Illinois republican convention did exactly what the Mckinley men have been saying for weeks past it would do. They said beforehand that they had majority of the delegates. and they knew what they were talking about-Hartford Times, Dem.
 Returns from the conventions, in Illi- nois and Vermont prove that the repub lican contest is all over but the shouting. There is nothing for Platt, Quay, Cullom and Manley to do but sit on the fence and cheer the .procession.-New York Mail and Express, Rep.
 Nothing could be clearer than the ef- feet produced upon the republican situa- tion by the Mckinley victory fin Illinois. following that in Vermont, and what were practically no less Mckinley victo- ries in New Hampshire and Connecticut. The consensus of opinion is unmistaka- ble.-Hartford Post, Rep.
 President Kruger exploded dynamite under a most notable company of British magnates when he published that series of telegrams passing between the partiei- pants in the late raid upon the Trans vaai Several distinguished gentlemen were blown into the air and have not yet tcme down. while Mt. Chamberlain himself has received something of a shock Boston Post, Dem.