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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Keep Your Head Level.

The people should take the published pre-
dictions Of the enemies of the dispensary with
some degree of allowance.
1t will be remembered that the advocates
OF the barroom have announced the death Of
the dispensary every time Judge Simonton
heard the petition ofa liquorite.
The friends OF liquor are now confidently
Announcing that the Dispensary must 60.
They have SO decreed and 1t must be so.
Let the reading or thinking public. wait to
hear from the temperance side. The temper
perance people are not as vociperous as the
liqnorite, and they are no doubt as true to
their principle, and as faithful to the good OF
the country, as they have ever been in the
past. They will hardly return TO the bar
room even under the delusion OF high license,
which perhaps is the greatest deluson that
ever ensnared honest people into the trap OF
the enemy.
Let the blind tiger run the gauntlet and
let the "original package" try it's hand, but
let the temperance people not yield to the
tempter. If they will stand firm 1t will be
the "original package" and the blind tiger
that must 60, and not the dispensary.
Blind tigers in every cellar and "original
A4SAA
compared with the licensed bars.
The question now is, shall the foreign whis-
key syndicates rule South Carolina, and gov.
ern our morals and sobriety. or shall we have
home rule. Twenty years ago the people oi
South Carolina revolted against the polit.
ical rule OF this state by the city Of Washing.
ton.
Under the cry Of Home Rule" Hamp
ton and his followers wrestled the State from
the hand of the allen and the negro.
Under the banner OF whiskey. shall for
eign liquor stlllers, aided by their traffic
agents, wrest the government OF this state
from the hands Of the moral element? Will
the pride and honor Of South Carolina sub
NIT to the rule of the foreign liquor dealer?
Can the foreign liquor dealer consider this
as his own conquered territory?
Are the morals and manners OF South caro-
lima to be gauged and regulated by the for
eign LIQUOR dealer, who has no interest In us
except as subjects to whom he may sell bis
intoxicating stuff.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Under Georgia Law.

AS rule we have felt satisfied with the
learning and common sense displayed in the
DEGREES of the recognized State Supreme
court, but a recent decision In one Of the
building and loan cases is enough to take the
breath out OF the ordinary man. That court
solemnly decreed that a contract might be
so worded as to allow the Georgia plaintiff to
apply Georgia law to a citizen ofSouth Caro-.
lina-that Georgia law being at variance
with the Statutes OF South Carolina.
The learned judges may have been able to
find plenty OF precedents in other states
for such a ruling but we hardly think such
precedents could be found in the law books Of
the state that led other states into war be-
cause of the defense Of the principle OF state
rights.
We may now expect marriage In South
Carolina under Georgia law, and possibly
Georgia divorces may follow.
Men in South Carolina may conclude to
commit murder under Georgia law after Gov.
Adkinson's time is out.
And all sorts Of mischief may possibly be
done under Georgia law when the laws OF
South Carolina conflict with the criminals
ideas Of punishment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Fine Stock of Goods.

Capt. L. w. White asks your attention to
one of the best stocks of goods that he has
ever offered to the public. Capt. White has
been a hard worker for thirty-two years.
Since the war he has worked necessarily, and,
day and night he has applied himself to the
study of his business. His energy and Inter
gritty have not been surpassed by any man.
His keen perceptives, his notable ability, TO-
gether with his manner and method OF cor
rectness in dealing with his customers has
made for him an enviable reputation, and
won the confidence and respect Of all who
know him. He is an excellent Judge OF
goods, and knowing the people he can buy
and has bought, goods that will please all.
He always opens the prettiest and best goods
that he can find l., and customers may buy from
him without doubt or question that his goods
are what they seem.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
HamDtOn's Office.

If there is anything that would destroy
public confidence In the Government at
Washington 1t is statements like these:
ut is currently rum ored in WashI ngton that
the President intends 10 abolish the office OF
railroad commissioner. For long time the
advisability of doing away with this sinecure
post has been discussed. Mr.. Cleveland
thought once OF abo fishing IL but his consi-
derstion for ex-senator Hampton alone pre-
vented him, II is said, from doing 1t. A mem.
Der OF the present cabinet is authority for the
report that President Mckinley Is thinking
seriously OF letting the office 60 by default or
else abolishipg it altogether. This Is the Of
flee that was promised 10 General Longstreet.
One official today, in speaking Of the place,
said: ut Is q perfectly useless Off zee and al
most without any function for service 10 the
government. If President Mckinley decides
TO continue II and appoint General Long.
street, he will do so purely for personal
reasons"
or course everybody in South Carolina
loves and respects Hampton, but some OF
them may not see the justice Of maintaining
"a perfectly useless office in order TO pension
either Hampton or Longstreet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
The Election.

The second primary election for member
to fill the vacant seat In the House Of Repre-
sentatives came off yesterday. The race was
between Messrs. NJ. p. De Bruhl and w. N.
Grayson. two Of our able and popular law
yers, either one of whom Will make good
m member. For this reason and the fact that
there were no great questions or issues In
yolved in the contest, it was reduced to mere
ly a choice between two good men, either one
OF whom would be acceptable.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Valuable Information.

Every reader OF the Press and Banner
should preserve the description OF the bound
ary lines of the new school districts, as pup
lished in the Abbeville papers. The laying
off of the county into school districts Is
matter Of much importance, and many
questions may arise In future as to the loca
tion of the lines. 1t Is barely possible thai
the exact description OF the boundary lines
may never again be published, and. when
this copy of the paper is lost. that you may
wish that you had preserved it. The descript'
I've lines of the school districts, together with
the names of the different trustees, form an
important paper, which 1t would be well iol
you TO preserve.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
ABOUT PAYING DEBTS.
Let Every Debtor Save His Credit by
Meeting Promptly His Obtga-

tiOnB.
Now that the crop Ia being harvested all
creditors are anEiously looking to the collec'
tion OF their bills. and. one year with anoth.
err It's best to sell cotton as soon s 1t Is reaoy
for market. 1t y always best TO pay depts
promptly. Let no man sacri fice bis credlt lor
the sake OF bale of cotton, or hold back NE
cotton In the hope OF spet,ulating on that
which Is justly the property or the money OF
another. The wisest and loest financiers In
the country know nothing Of the future price
OF cotton.
A good name Is OF great value TO any man.
The rich become richer 10y the use OF thelr
credit, and the poor are 50 we'd from great EN-
barrassment by the fact Of good name. a
good name Is rather to be chosen than great
riches. BY good name , and by good credlt,
the man without money IL set forward In Inc
affairs OF the world. Th erefore pay what you
owe, If II takes the last cent. You can men
use your credit again. A man with gooh
name can pledge his W. jrd at any time arn Sc
cure the needed help. but the man who IL Ia
boring under bad nai M, rs TO debt pay Ing, IL
In bad fiE.
There Is B. great diff ,reuce In being prompt,
and in delaying Dayr lent
The man who pos tpoues the payment OF a
debt Injuries his or edit aud gains nothing
Two men pay all the " owe-one pays prompt
~. the other delays -one has good credit, tne
other has not so gOC Il q tslSfs of credit.
No man can atfo' III to throw away goou
name for the sake II q bale of cotton. bale
OF cotton is as tri ssh when compared TO tha1
priceless boon-a good name.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Remarks able.

The Augusta Herald notes the fact that
some of the life insurance companies have
complied with their contract by paying the
life policy promised. 1t is always well TO let
the public know when an insurance company
carries out its contract. Ordinary business
men need not run to the printer for notoriety
when they pay debt. 1t is taken for grant
ed that they pay their debts, but in the case
of insurance companies fulfilling their con-
tract we notice that the fact has been mat
ter worthy OF comment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
No MutilatiOn.

The school house hos been nicely painted
and 1t Is hoped that the beautiful walls OF the
recitation rooms may not be defaced by any
one trying his hand at penmanship or al
giving an example of his art In drawing
pictures. If the teachers would make known
their dlsapproval of this kind of desecra
ton, the scholars might be careful In prescrv'
ing its beauty.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
SUGGESTION.
How Would 1t DO to Establish Voting
Precincts at the shops and Fac.
tory i?

Owing to the trouble and expense incident
to the voters coming from the Raj road SHOPS
and from the Cotton Mill 1t seems 10 the Press
and Banner that voting precincts might be
established at these places.
The number of men at each of the places,
It's seems to us, would warrant the effort TO
better accommodate them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
READ AND OBSERVE!
ID. E.BROWN.

Art Tailor, Cutter, Filter, ETC.,
NF 30 YEARS PRACTICE AND - kannE ar
~ experience in the various styles OF I,has hmer,
,cao. French and English costumes. Clothes
ronnvated in silks woolens. etc. Dyer ana
nresses. w1nauire at +. F; Gilllaras isa1
Tailor Shop. July 49,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15

THINGS TO EAT
A Promising UOung Merchant Goes In
for a Good Share of the Grocery


for a GOOu SHHre VI '"e
Business.
Mr. Tbos. Thomson's new market and gro
cerv ia an acquisition TO the town. lie mas
Stendfd stock of staple groceries and canned
goods-all of approved selection. The IF iTesn 81
meat department Is July yr'isd up 10 da'e anu "''
Mr.. Thomson Is sterling yonng man, wei
Lnown 70 the entire community. With his
ability and experience he is IN position m to
hold foremost place among AooeVllies 1--WE
Thos Thomson's store is good place to buy BUY
things 10 eat. '
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
Sit1lntIOn Offer ed.

The McCants. Hotel is in ne ed OF CLERK
The right mari can get the pl ace. Apply "
the hotel. IT,.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15

For writing pads, pencils, stationery. etc
90 to Haddon's.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-04-30

alive the morning of the day his body
was discovered
Rev, II. &. Pcttibone, pastor OF the
lioqulam Presbyterian Church, met
with Il dangerous and possibly fatal
accident on the evening of the Goth.
He was going to Aberdeen, when
his bicycle became unmanagcable, as
he was crossing Il bridge over the big
slough, half way between the twin
cities. The machine ran off the bridge
and the good man fell about twenty
feet, striking upon log and cutting n
fearful cash in the back of his head.
1t Is feared that the skull is fractured.
Messrs. Daniel Gillrs, Capt. Mitchell
and others who were some distance
behind Mr.. Pcttibone SAW him fall,
and fastened to his relief. He was
taken back to Hoquam in a spring
wagon and now lies in very critical
condition i'll the hospital. Mr.. Petit
bone is about 60 years OF age, but he
has robust constitution and may
rally. He has made many friends in
Hoquiam during the four months that
he has pursued his sacred calling in
that city.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-04-30

jones' JOKE. His accidencv,s
party of inspection of arid lands, con-
sistlng OF Commissioner Bridges, Ii
brarlan Bashford and State Printer
HICKS, spent day in Spokane and the
Governor and Land Commissioner
spoke at a rally of the municipal
forces. deep Creek" Jones also adj.
dressed the meeting, and during the
course OF his remarks, alluded to his
late political disappointment by the
dry remark: az, too, have recently
been viewing arid lands" with a
glance at his accidency which gave a
peculiar point to the remark.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-04-30
A Just Award.

If the position of Receiver of the
Land Office had to 60 into the hands of
n political opponent, We know of no
one who we would rather see secure the
prize than our respected contempor-
airy, J. OBJ. Scobey, who has spent so
many years in the endeavor to foster
our local interests. Although he and
the writer have at times widely diff
fered on matters of public policy, We
have always accorded to him SINGER
ity that is not always found in those
whose life is largely devoted to politi-
cal effort through party means. 1t is
now evident that had Mr.. Scobey Sc
cured the executive chair instead of
the crank who now occupies it, that it
would have been splendid thing for
the people of Thurston county, and we
might be in line with Minnesota in
over a prospect of securing
million dollar building for half that
sum by simply extending the State
credit over the warrant-issue till the
Immigrant becomes available for pay
ment of the whole expense. But then
had the fusion party selected almost
else the result would have
been the same, without the danger
which always attends the placing of a
in office. But with a
straightout foe to contend with, we
would know just where the blows
would fall. His official acts would
conform with well-defned principle
and there would be no dread of any line
of policy based upon no higher
groundwork than individual opinion or
personal prejudice: condition infin-
itely to be preferred to the one-man
rule which has the past few months,
resulted in so much bitterness, con-
fusion and disorder among those who
were SO honestly and zealously banded
together for reform.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-04-30

A LATE New York dispatch says
that ex-senator Watson C. Squire has
disposed of all his holdings in New
York for the snug sum of $4,000.
The purchaser is not named but it is
reputed to be John ID. Rockefeller of
the Standard Oil Company. 1t is
further announced that Squire will
early return to the State uf Washing
ton and make his residence at Seattle
with the intention of beginning his
campaign as the successor of John L.
Wilson in the Senate.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-04-30
A Rash Comparison.

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-04-30
From Onr Regular Correspondent.
WA>HINGrON, April !3d, 1897.

MUST HAVE THEM.-The following
interesting statement is made by Da-
vid A. Wells in the current number OF
the Popular Science Monthly: "Ol
the commodities in general use in the
United States, the two that have not
notably declined in consumption dur
ing the almost universal depression of
industry in recent years are fermented
liquors and manufactured tobacco,
more especially in the form of cigar.
cites" Stimulants have been pur-
chased and cigarettes consumed, while
the sales OF bread have fallen off and
manufacturers stopped making cloth
and producing shoes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-04-30
Durrant Confesses His Guilt.

Kloss, the murderer lately executed
at San Quentin prison, California,
stated just before execution that Dur
rant had confessed to him his guilt
for the murder of Blanche Lamont
and Minnie Williams. The two pris-
Oners had been thrown much together
in prison life, affording rare opportun-
ity for those confidential disclosures
which sometimes pass between people
involved in a common misfortune. 1t
frequently happens that hardened
criminals break down when hope has
fled, and from the fact that the story
comes through one who stood on the
verge of the grave carries with it con.
viction and clears up the lingering
doubt that always attends conviction
on circumstantial evidence.
Kloss in his statement said that one
day he found that Durrant was weep
ing III his cell. When he spoke to
Durrant during their walk he said !:
What have you been crying about?
That's not the way for man to act"
81 have wept for what have done
in the past" said Durrant.
"Well, you are no worse off than
am" Kloss answered. 1--WE are both
in the same boat"
"That may be true" said Durrant.
g am a guilty man, as you are, but
that is no reason why we should not
try to save our lives"
"If you are guilty." Kloss answered,
"keep that to yourself"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-04-30

THE prospect that high water will
enable the warship Oregon to visit
Portland almost compensates for the
damage and Inconvenience of the an
nual overflow, and the Oregonian
vigorously opposes the order of the
Secretary of War that the big ship
anchor at Tongue Point. near Astoria,
to enable the citizens committee to
make the presentation of service of
plate as a recognition of the compli.
ment paid the State in naming the
vessel. A united effort is being made
to secure a modification of the Secre.
tary's order.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-04-30
" Raising tn Standard. :

l. seems 10 iia>,. h.on tine principal
am and ':,pr,, lA,'. wears, ri the Stat,
Board a.: Education To- sec how ditii-
'ul, thry can max, il ipr the teachers
"i common ~'h""l~ t" legally qualify
th"n~rl',~ fer thrir rI"-ru work.
Within tn" last Decade, the Various
Boards al Education haze several
times wrc>tled with the hackncyed
problem 60: "rai>iug the standard OF
teachers examinations, and this pues-
ti"n ia- again hccalnr the dominant
issue among the JEALOUS members of
the hoard !ow holding Il session in
Ellcn>hurg.
One 81 the resolutions passed 10y
the hoard declares that the standard
should To, - raised a. t. knock out"
twenty per cent. OF the up-to-latc
candidates applying for certificates at
thu quarterly examinations as now
conducted. Plainly stated, it means
that the board have determined to
pr"hlhit twenty young women out OF
every hundred throughout the State
from engaging as teachers in our
rural district schools, however we'll, in
the eyes Of the law, they may have
been heretofore qualified morally and
intellectually for performing such SER
vice.
1t is claimed that there are now two
teachers for every school and that the
contemplated "rise" will not only
drive to the wall these useless and
wicked supernumeraries, but it will
secure uniform standard OF quail.
iication in all the counties.
Now it is well known, and County
Superintendent will attest the fact,
that in the great majority of rural dis
tricts the number of children of school
age range from five to dozen, only !;
and the average age of the children
attending school during the summer
months will not exceed eight years.
Moreover, since it is incumbent upon
the teacher to instruct these infants in
the simplest and most primary princi-
pies, only, of an English education, it
is difficult to see just where comes in
the crying need of another horizontal
uplift in the standard of qualification
among teachers.
The duties and powers of State edu-
catiOnal boards are themselves defined
and prescribed by the laws that create
them, but when such boards assume
to themselves IL despotism and trans
cendentalism utterly at variance with
long-established precedent and hostile
to the best interests of the people who
make up our sovereign commonwealth,
then it is quite time for those laws to
step in and correct such abuses of Of
fetal power.
The great majority of our district
school teachers are young women who
are seeking the means of gaining an
honest and honorable livelihood, and
prohibitory burdens should not be al
lowed to be laid upon them by official
resolutions which have not the sane
ton of legislative enactment.
The district school teachers career
is but brief one at best, and motor
iously precarious; then by all means,
let her have a reasonable chance to
earn her bread and butter the few
short summers she is able to engage in
such labor.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-04-30
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
LAND OFFICE AT OLYMPIA, WN..l
April H. lsg7

Notice Is hereby given that the following.
TO make final proof in support Of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before Register
and Receiver at Olympia. Wash, on Satur.
day. May ~. 1897, viz: Frederick Springman,
of Rainier. WASH, Hid. No. 1850 for the SW !.
Sec. 2. TIP is n. X. l East, w. M
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz: Nels Bungard, Alfred Rad.
burn: Lee Waddell. Robert waddel, all of Rain.
ier Wash.
And viz: Nels Bungard, of Rainier, WASH,
Hd. 6,705 for the = NV = and y Of SW 4.
Sec "a, TIP 10 n. X East, W. NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF
said land, viz Frederick Sprngman. Alfred
Radburn, W. b. Waddell, Robert Waddel, all OF
Rainier, Wash.
JESSE +. MURPHY,
Register.
Date of first publication, April l6, 1885.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-04-30

A GRAND excursion of Eastern lum-
bcrmen to Puget Sound, has been ar
ranged for July. The Northern Pa
citic and Great Northern have given
them Il rate of $75 for the round trip.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-04-30

W. w. ARCHER, of Tacoma, has
been appointed migration Inspector,
10y Secretary OF the Treasury Gage.
The office pays $1,000 per annum and
expenses.