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The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

Recently the San Francisco Argonaut had an edi.
torial on "Was Benjamin Franklin a Gentleman?
pased upon or inspired by the fact that MIS-. yonn m
king Van RENSSELAER, and other colonial DANES IN
Philadelphia decided he not because his 1aLner
was boiler and tallow chandler Hence BEN
!alnn rranklins descendant VINO sougnI aai'E.s, -,
sion Into the Society of Colonial Danes ON the
strength OF Franklin's social prominence ana use
iuiness in colonial times, refused ADMISSION
because OF the plebeian occupation or MS rathsr,
ana the conclusion is inevitable if Benjamin FRANK
lin was no gentleman on this account then the ap-
plcant was lady. But the society finally recon-
sioered this decision, and the Argonaut says
,,s ~ Ian democracy obtained new iease ae, vi
IRE But alas that social equality ana aoiilty
should be question of ancestry and OF occupa-
toa-yea, even of dress
here is another illustration OF the narrow inter
Pretation given 10 society which limits IL 10 4UV
Not long ago the san Francisco Chronicle printed
associated Press pspstches fSSpaea picture Of Mrs
John Jacob Astor with the headline, or scareline,
Ihe Probable Queen of Gotham Society," and
wedt On 10 warn US that "society was waverlng pc
Tween the Astors ana Vanderbilts but that young
, MIS- Astors undeniably brilliant future may wei
give pause TO those who think OF giving their ALE
glance TO the Vanderbilts, as every one admits
tnere n. VIII De permanent split in New fork So
cIeIy. just why San Francisco and the entire
country should be warned OF this impending social
ccataclysm c In New York is not apparent. NO won
ate and is National Joke. It is too much the
truth that our maidens who are to be the mothers
no adequate training i0I b1d
and then to get married and live happily ever after
as the romantic novel has it, is TOO often the
experience that their wedding rings include a
deeper, more enduring social service.
rms modern Mariana" who is no longer kept
IN tne clnsion of the "moated grange, but is re-
srcted oy scciety's dctums, which are as the laws
OF the Medes and Persians to certain sociaoe OBJ
serVances Is aposrophiZed by latterday poet as
ioLows and it is so much better than can do that
quote him:
TO walt and wait and wait and wait
ana wait and wait and wait and wait
Expressed her beings aim and range,
A. was her fate, IL was her fate
sweet damosel, oh say, is there
not something else that you can dor
lis SAID that laborers are few
AND fields are plenty and TO spares
"a no, said this invertebrate
II Is every maiden's mission great
10 walt and wait and wait and wait
ana walt and wait and wait and wait:
Have you not heard the proverb state
Inat all things come to them that wait
. Ihey do, answered, that is so,
but all things mean TOO much you know,
Wnne they who work sometimes choose
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

IN IN howells "Altrurian"-"who seemingly had q
oonscience light as air and Dragged herself up as
=. rVuen ~. uO when you make concessions to them"
~ IS 700 often true that women "sink down in the
IIerNous woes OF comfortable people, the total
oepIavity OF domestic help, the theme of rher talk
~ To % ,snorlng OF questions OF larger social import
negiect and stultify the original all around
u.nsss OF women Is n social defeat. They have
ihtultlVe sense OF affairs snd sufficient execu
ne,na a9iIIy, put shut out from the rational and
nanai a pay OF intellectual forces they have de-
NsLope1 the morbidly emotional and exag-
ssla'eu respect for tradition and authority. The
;,a vus.n @ anu knowledge experience alone can
eane Was declared unconventional and even uncon-
s..uslonal. Social prejudice piled mp against wo-
nSn S proper appreciation of social duties.
-, 'ow, we ulo not start that way In the begin
SAID II yeu would eat you must work IL you would
PreseI We your onspr.ng you must invent the ways
anu s means OF doing So and woman mother was
rounu ~ equl TO the emergency. Now that eco
nomlc conditions haye broken In upon social tradi
tiVn anu women again face the problem of self
suPpoIt, tney still at times get scared and vclun-
temporary barriers outside of which lies the nm
conNenIional thing IL is not considered womenly
" ~ hhat ADJECTIVE ''woma anly" and the synonym
IsoyHke nave beaten back much praiseworthy
ambition. lt Is not good torsne health of the So
cial organism to educate woman merely as woman.
q; na nuan creature is your state, and TO be human
Is more great th6n even womanhood"
Ihe responsibility of woman's inefficiency as a
sOcle, Iacsor rests upon society whole neither
sex alone can be adjudged guilty. II is the 'eect
OF ner previous condition of servitude." However,
tne social status Of women has generally
risen, as the more intelligent peoples feel
ohe pressure OF the social and economic
realizatlon in thought and deed of the spirit of
cooperation, The Competition of sex against sex
VIII VII iaii win that of man against man. The high
ssx sss economy OF the future VIII demand
AT the present time women acceptably fill
places Oh responsibility, and just 10 far as woman
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pY conclnsion approved by che

the house, happy conclusion approved by the
family apd society.
Charlotte Bronte in her "Jane Eyre" was among
the first TO utilize the governess the central
figure In fiction. This parsonage, whose vicissi-
tudes of fortune extending from the snubs and hu-
mutations accompanying her daily life up to the
glory attending her marriage with lord was q
favorlte characterization with writer's at that
period and later.
There now appeared the first great woman novel
ist, George Elliot, of whose choice delineations
none appeal to the heart so strongly as the i'll
fated Maggie TuIliver and none dwell so
tenaciously in the memory.
OF the latter school, composed OF Mrs. Olphant,
Ward, Grand and the host OF others, English and
American novelists, none thus far have succeeded
in creating Characters bearing the stamp of per.
petuity. Josiah Aliens wife is recognized by the
down Fasteners typical of women in certain
localities in Yankeedom. These are provincial
types appealing to the few only, and must soon !be
forgotten
The reasons why women novelists have not
generally succeeded In creating types in paint
Ing nature are obvious. In life women for
bidden by circumstances to contact with the world
in Its greatness; custom enions that they shall be
shielded and protected from all but that which
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10 take the best, the worst refuse.
Oh, hing aside traditions weight
And be some good: at any rate
Do try to be more nm IN date

Oh, ming aside traditions weight
ana be some good; at any rate
DO try 10 be more up to date.
NOW the condition OF things up to date, in this
economic chance world, is that women are repos-
seSsing the industrial world, Invading the
sphere of men to The neglect of their natural vo-
cation, as the ''remonstrants" say, and il is also
ana wait they may never be as fortunate the
late Mrs Hugh Glenn OF Colusa. A man passing
s sns SIenn mn ranch' seeing another mendng fence
asked him If he We're working for Mr.. Glenn
MOT exactly, said MrI Glenn, for 1t was he, ''I
am am work ng for Mrs. Glenn and the children"
Inc iscts are told in figures by Carroll ID. Wright,
United States Labor Commissioner who saws in
iosO, out OF 1853 groups industries in only
tweive were there no women or children EN-
ployed.
Now the change in the social condition Of
women as the result OF their readvent into the in
dustries and the evolution which has taken placa
IN IN tne domestic life has made women freer The
could take their full share of the pubc life of the
people, If society would take on broader mean
ing and embrace "the whole civilized community
with common interests and aims: IL IL would be-
and not seem to be a democracy.
Bnt woPan, as social factor still-"walketh
Neheo ana sleeping, for she knoweth not her
power-slow advancing hating, creeping comes
the woman to the hour" AS mother she loves and
bosom; the emotional nature is aroused but the
strength of her understanding, the Sharpening of
and discussion OF methods which shall make soci-
ETY. safe and helpful for her babe has not been an
emphatic part of her education
1t is said women have no sense OF puhIIc dutv
no sense OF the correlation OF social and National
concerns. Herbert Spencer says, 'The Compare
tive greater impulsiveness of women wouId make
Increase of influence an injurious factor in
legislation, and that religious fanaticism has
oeen carried further by women than men,"
OF several kinds of fanatic. Furthermore. IL is
said, ana not by Spencer, that women constitute
seif-iimted society that their social duties are
so lightly held, that they whimsical and no
man can pretend TO comprehend woman fneither
90 they always some things OF their own creation
tine new charter, for instance. is subject 10 as
many interpretations as the "Dew woman'')
women In fiction also have for the most part been
portrayed as capricious, irrespon sible lovable
chlldlshly egoistcal, Mrs. Makely, for instance
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COB SPEED FOR HUMANITY.

Edtor OF E CAar Your
woman suffrage indeed ig
does not liberty
the natural
i've Every step toward the abolition
step forward IN the march human Man
Yoursfor
H. F. DESSAM,
Preiden tSingleT TaxSo
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

IN
t lie Morning Session the womansC
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
Before Children.

One of the strangest things parents
ever do is to punish their children for
what they have not the strength of
character to overcome themselves.
Fathers have been known TO punish
severely their little ones for profanity,
when at the same time they almost
increasingly indulge in it, saying: II
have become accustomed to using such
expressions, and cannot help it, but
intend that my children shall form no
such bad habits as have"
Oh, Inconsistency, thou art a
jewelw Do they not realize that the
whole list of the little ones doing IS
an imitation of its elders?
If the elder, with his reasoning fac
culties matured, and with the full force
= of will power Of their own, cannot
overcome fault, how can child be
expected to?
Mothers often seat their little ones
at the table containing food injurious
to both parent and child, compelling
the child to abstain while they partake,
afterwards remarking In the presence
OF the child: II ate too much Of that
rich food, bnt I could not leave it alone,
it was 80 good"
What kind of an influence does such
an example exert over child? Does
not the child feel that it has been
wronged, and as soon as it can have
its own way it will Indulge in the
food, or language or other forbidden
thing that seems to be considered 81
very wrong for the child, but all righ
for older people?
Many times will the child say some
thing before caller for which it is re
proved, and in eXtenuating its conduc
will say: "Why mamma, heard yol
saw so.h 1t is important to be very care
fui of words and actions before thes
little imitators, and do not punish fo
what we cannot overcome in oul
selves.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
Patented Cuff But
tons that will wear 5
years, SO cts.
\ STONE
SOLID - GOLD
WITH NstFlI ,INNl-
{aH TAILS,
Only $3.50

Every one is steadily making a death
march in the sense that every step he
takes In life brings MIN one step,pearer
7 to his diving hour This fact, while 1t
should not make life gloomy, shbufG-
make it one of constant preparation
for that hour. He who practicallylives
as if he were immortal on earth, makes
grave mistake.
We want guide who knows US,
whether we be self-willed and over
confident, or despondent and over.sen-
sitive-who knows our frame ana
pities US, is not vexed with our ignor-
ance and mistakes, but is tender to-
ward US, and patient. We want
guide who values character, and
knows how to train while he guides.
What better guide could we have than
God?
It is better to go at once to Jesus
with our difficulties. Why not tell
Jesus first instead of running with
our griefs to our friends? However
willing they may. be, they are often
unable to help us. The Christian who
has learned to lean on Jesus for coun-
sci and comfort has learned the secret
of the Lord-"the peace that passeth
understanding"
The out-and-out Christian is a joy
full Christian. The half-and-half Chris
tian is the kind of Christian that a
great many of you are-little alquaint-
ed with the Joy of the Lord. Why
should we live halfway up the bill,
and swathed in mists, when we might
have unclouded sky and visible end
over your heads, if we would climb
higher and walk in the light of his
face.
It is cowardice to conceal your reli-
gion through fear of man, and it is
Pharisaism to flaunt it ostentatiously
in the face of the world.
The best way of serving God is to
do some worthy work for your fellow
men.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09

An elegant line OF pocket books at Speeds
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
Locals, Amos Il. Morse.

Nov. 18th, w. w. Gilbert bought of Amos B.
Morse one Sl.O lap robe warranted 10 keep of
the mud. | have few more OF the same
kind. Come and get one.
Nice fresh prunes. dates, raisins, cleaned
currents, citron. spice. etc.
A big lot Of stick and fancy cand les just In.
Special prices on lbs and upwards.
If you are expecting to have hot supper,
go TO Morses for candy, apples, cigars, etc.
Low figures.
I have n fine lot of cigars at 30 cts box.
Evaporated peaches, apples and aprlcots.
Eat rolled wheat or oats for breakfast and
get fat.
Smoke "Rlch and Rare" cigars, the best
l.2 ct. cigar you ever lit. A box OF so for 80 C.
Another lot of "Martyn Rat Trap" In. The
best on the market. S5c each.
Come and let me sell you shot gun. Load
ed shells.
have a superb lot of pickles, preserves,
jams and jellies.
Have you ever tried breakfast bacon in
tins? Only 25c. box, and it Is very nice.
Try one.
carry big stock OF canned goods.-Pine
apple. peaches. tomatoes, corn, okra, toma.
toes boston beans, asparagus, pears. Also,
salmon. oysters, sardines, crab, shrimp, lob
ster, dried and corned beef
Maccaroni and cheese make fine pie for
dinner. And condensed mince meat makes
the nicert OF deserts, unless you prefer an
elegant cocoanut cake, 10 pail or package,
shortened with cotto.ene. am the man TO
| furnish .all OF the above together with the
best flour in the market.
| The best SOC axe you ever saw. a bright all
steel axe at little higher price and the very
best axe handle for l0c in the world can be
had at Amos B. Morse.
| You ought to 20 fishing around Morses
! and catch n mess OF mackerel for breakfast
or kit full TO last you week
Speaking Of break fast reminds me that you
should drop in and get q few pounds of pine
mountain buckwheat and take your jus
along for gallon OF nectar drip to eat The
I cakes with, or we can furnish the jug too.
Fine timothy hay In small hales and pric,
:. way down. Cheaper than fodder.
, l wish you would come and help me NOV
of my stock OF shoes, clothing, hats, blank cts
lap robes, outings, worsteds, under wear. necl
wear, hardware. wooden ware and everything
else TO wear or eat either. have more good
than / want and am anXious 10 trade then
off for money or cotton.
, Speaking of cotton reminds that l have
good many accounts on my books tnat
. woul like to trade to the owner for the whit
Y staple.
Come along everybody, pay your account
and do your trading with me.
Amos B. Morse.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
Don't BE n Fool.

Why will you pay from 10 to IS dollars for a
pair of gold spectacles to some travelling
spectacle veDder when you caa get fitted at
r. c. Bernau's for one half the money.
Mr.. Bernau and Mr.. johnson are graduate
opticiars and know how to fit glasses, hav-
ing each taken course in optics. They are
aigays at their stand to correct any mistak e
and to make good their guarantee. we do
and know we can At and If your eye needs
treatment send your glasses to some one
Who knows how to do 10. We will not give
you blue glasses either and promise That
they will cure your eye troubles, We believe
they we're made only for fancy price doctors
and do no good and we have statements from
eminent oculists affirming our belief. II you
need glasses come to see ua and we guarantee
we can suit you or will refund your money.
r. c. Bernau.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
Tax Collectors Notice.
His Office to be Open from Thurs
day, October 18th Until Thurs
day, December 3lst.
The Rate of State, County, School
and Special Tax, Including One
Dollar Poll Tax. One Dollar
Communication Road Tax.
Other Information to be Had BY
Writing 10 the Treasurer.

TN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ACT TO
i raise supplies for the fiscal year COM
menclng November 1, 1895. notice is hereby
given that the office OF County treasurer OF
SbbeviIle County will be open for the collec-
lion of taxes for said fiscal year from Thurs
day, October 18th until Thursday, December
3lst, without penalty.
Rates per cent. OF taxation are as follows:
State Tax.............................4 AZ mills.
Ordinary County Tax"."...... n " "
SCHOOL,.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09

1t is an ancient belief that when q maid
ees cupid In her dreams he will in some
measure assume the outward appearance o
the man whom she will wed. Whether this
be true or not we cannot say. but we do know
this. that all the maids in this section should
see the pretty line of millinery displayed by
r. NJ. Haddon q Co., at Abbevllle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09

New crop cleaned currants just received at
A. NJ. Hill 4 Sons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
What the Vim. f. Bell Cash Company
Will Sell You.
We will you good calico at 3 IL cents.
We will sell Won sniting at 4c., worth 1C

Wewill you good calico at IL cents.
We will sell you suiting at &C.. worth &c.
We will sell you children's rubber shoes
for 10c.
We will sell you the best 1Oc towel on earth
We will sell you towel for Sc that Is a
hummer.
We will sell you a ladies' good black hose
for sc, and a word beater for ten lOc
We will sell you brown homespun for SC
We will sell you plaid and ch. homespun
for sc.
We will sell you ladies shoe for Sl5O that
will please you.
We will sell you best child's spring heel
shoe you ever bought, for 81.
We Will sell you the best cotton flannel
you ever bought, for lOc.
New crop cleaned currants just received at
A. NJ. Hill 4 Sons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09

Any one wanting apples In any quantity
by the dozen, peck, or bpshel, should call on
Amos B. Morse. l have a big stock of "Kings
& Baldwins" aud am selling them cheap.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09

1t is poor and empty life. that does
not bring an ache to the hearts and
tears to the eyes of some that are left
behind.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09

Pure Mountain buckwheat and different
brands and Size packages of prepared buck
wheat at 10c, l5c, aud 25 cents. Fine syrups
TO eat the cakes with. Amos b, Morse.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09
Charleston and Western Carolina E. r
Augusta and Asheville Short Line.
In effect Oct. /, 1896.

Close connections at Greenwood for all points on
8. A. L. aud @. & g. Railways, and at Spartanburg
with Southern Rsilway.
For any information relative to tickets rates, sched-
ule, etc., address
WI. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agent, Augusta, Go
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-12-09

TOtal....--........ ..-....luA .
In addition TO the above special LAX VII
be collected for school purposes, as follows:
Town OF Gree wood ...""........ 3mllls.
Mt. Carmel.-...............
Mccormick. ................... ..........
Lebanon .........
Town of Abbeville:
Retiring Railroad Bonds and
paying interest on same......" mills.
Special School, retiring bonds
and paying interest on same mills.
Townships OF Cokesbury and Ninety-Six:
For defraying expense of Rail
road Bond Suit........-.. l LIZ mills:
A poll tax Of One Dollar per capita on all
male citizens between the age Of q and 6O
years, except such as are exempt by law, Will
be collected.
A Communication road tax Of One Dollar will
be collected the same time as other taxes.
from all male citizens between the age or ls
and so years, except such as are exempted oy
law. Unless said tax is paid by first January,
1897. four days work upon the puollc nlgh'
ways will be required under contractor:
Taxes are payable only In gold and silver
coin. United States currency, National BANK
notes. and Coupons Of State Bonds, which DC.
come payable during the year 1896.
The law having been repealed requiring
Treasurer's to visit certain sections OF the
county for tie collection Of taxes. all taxes
hereafter will be collected at the office OF the
Treasurer.
Parties desiring Information by mail In re-
gard to their taxes will please state the loca-
tion OF their property, and include postage
for reply and those paying taxes by cheek
must include the charge for collection.
]. R. BLAKE, JR.,
Oct Z 1898. Treasurer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-10

it fail to, however, the search ought
not to be given up. It is sometimes
under the most discouraging circum-
stances that the greatest results
have been accomplished. This, as
far as THE ARGUS is concerned, has
been the experience in this
particular case. If Bastian has
burned the bodies of his victims.
as is now believed, or ii he
has adopted the equally, If not
more horrible practice = and fed
them to the hogs-diligent search
may reveal evidences of the fact. no
matter how slight. There is a fair
array of proof at hand in support
OF either supposition, but the con-
ciusiveness of the suspicion is what
is desired if it is possible to obtain
it. 1t has only been through unre-
lenting energy that the true nature
of the Black HawS demon has been
laid bare. 1t was only because Of 4
determination to fasten crime of
which he was suspected and of which
those ia pursuit OF him were con-
scientiously certain that be was
guilty, that he was driven to his last
desperate act. 1t was only because
Of the furthering of clues to the
missing men that the authorities
were given such circumstantial evil
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-10

such an exhibition of hustle and bus
tie as has not been witnessed before
in recent years. The caldron is be-
ing prepared and there will be a hot
feast for somebody who would rather
not partake Of it after the primaries
of tonight are over. 1t was origin
ally designed by Steve Collins that
the caucuses be held Saturday night,
bat this was afterward deemed an
ineypedient time ard the arrange
ment not being formal the time was
by Chairman Donaldson OF the CITY,
township committee changed to to-
night. The various elements Of the
party are at variance over the simple
matter OF party control. Steve Col
Inns wants to remain in the saddle
for reasons. 7. H. Thomas
friends are anxious to have
him supersede the irresponsible
Steve-also for reasons. William
Baker. too, has hankering for the
office. and SO has Capt. II. c. Cleave
land, but the latter is not saying a
word. He is a believer in the dark
horse doctrine and is counting on
coming in ahead on the home stretch
The three first named politicians
con slider thst upon their fate tonight
may depend their chances for federal
recognition should the party gain