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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
Finish What You Begin.

My old great-grandmother Knox had
a way of making her children finish
their work. If they began a thing
they must complete it. Ifthey under,
took to build cob house, they must
not leave it till it was done; and moth.
ing of the work or play at which they
set their hands would she allow them
to abandon incomplete. I sometimes
wish ! had been trained in this way.
How much of life is wasted in unfin-
ished work? Many man uses up bis
time in splendid beginnings. The la
Dor devoted to commence ten things
and leave them useless would finish
five of them and make them profita-
BILE and useful. Finish your work.
Life is brief, time is short. Stop be-
ginning forty things.and going back to
finish four.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
]OTTINGS FROM JONES.
Literary SOciety-Lost u Fine Horse
Farmers Behind With Their Work
Two Souls Made Happy.

Jones, >. u, req. II.
Rev, "A. Swiudler is in town for few
days. ,,,,,,
Mr.. James Davis. OF Ninety.Six, Is spending
q few weeks with his relatives.
Mr.. T. G. brennan is getting fine lot OF
cross ties for sale.
Our literary society has opened It's doors
to ali who wish to unite with US.
Mr. Lewis Martin and wife, OF Laurens are
visiting cir Son-in-law.
MIR. T. C. Drummond has another pupil for
Jones high school,
Mr.. j. II. Blackwell has recently lost very
fine horse. ., -,
If the weather permits, the citizens or
Jones will hold public meeting on the 2Ith
Owing to the severity OF the weather the
farmers Of this section are getting very nuch
behind with their work.
our townsman, Mr.. j. B. Moore, has opened
upa first-class restaurant. ,-
Two souls made happy. Mr.. Harl.y Brissie
was married on the 2ist instant 10 Miss Laura
Mabry AT her home. Prof c. A. Fellers,
James Morrison. Samuel Brissie and James
Henderson were the groomsmen. Miss Maud
Maory, Miss Maggie Morrison. Miss Fannie
Henderson and Miss Blanche Daniel were
the bridesmaids. Rev. D. A. Swindier
performed the ceremony. We hope that MIR;
and Mrs. Brissey will find life pleasant and
happy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
Etiuuette Of Conversation.

Do not talk of your private, personal
and family affairs.
Do net talk very loud. A firm,
clear, distinct, yet mild; gentle and
musical voice, has great power.
Do not speak with contempt or rid
icule of locality where you may be
visiting. Find something to truthful
ly praise and commend; thus make
yourself agreeable.
Do not make pretense of gentility,
nor parade the fact that you are des'
cendant of any notable family. You
must pass for just what you are, and
must stand on your own merit.
Do not make parade of being &C
quainted with distinguished or
wealthy people, of having been to col
lege, or having visited foreign lands.
All this Is no evidence of real genuine
worth on your part.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03

We often do with greatest confidence
those things for which we have the
least capability. TO attribute motives
fairly to our fellow men and women, is
admitted to be q difficult task. But to
ascribe reasons for the actions of chill
dren and infants-this is only too sci.
dom treated with the dignity due tn
a vital problem. a little child may
cry and cry on, not for one reason, but,
successively, for two, three, or more.
The cause for the beginning Of the cri
is not necessarily the cause for lis con-
tinuance, though there be not a mo.
ment's interruption. First the child
may have hurt himself, aud, before be
RECEIVERS and is stilled, his mother OF
his nurse may have hurt him by j
scOlding word or an unsympathizing
manner. He will now cry on, more
for the heart wound than for the pain
i'm the flesh. In certain nervous or
ganizations the hurts of both kinds
have worn themselves out, as motives,
aud the crying becomes merely physi,
illogical. The paroXysm has outgrown
its original motive, and shifted its
ground the nervous system Is DOM
inant. The child is simply crying
machine, without conscious motive.
But if the parent recognizes-as pa
rents too seldom do-that the quality
Of the demonstration changes, how
often does the parent consider the ne
cessity of a change of attitude toward
the chilli, and of methods in dealing
with it?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
Test Question as to the Worth Of
AmuSementS.


First Do they rest and strengthen
or weaken the body?
Second. Do they rest and strength
ell or weary and weaken the brain?
Third. Do they make resistance to
temptation easier or harder?
Fourth. Do they increase or lessen
love for virtue, purity, temperance,
and justice?
Fifth. DO they give inspiration and
quicken enthusiasm, or stupefy the in
tellectual and harden the moral ma
ture?
Sixth. Do they increase or dimin-
ish respect for manhood and woman
hood?
Seventh. Do they draw one nearer
to or remove one farther from the
Christ ?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
TALK FROM TFs
Farewell SermOn-I.iquOr, Card.Pi"y.
ing and Gambling M"nopoly-En.
joyabIe and Elegant Snpper-Death
of Miss Reagan.

lOyRDle anu Eie-hht ShpVSA
of Miss Reagan.
Troy. <. c., March |.
Rev. T.. W. Sloan was unable to fill his ap,
pOintmeut nj King 8 Creek yesterday.
Much to the regret OF all. Rev. w. &. John
son preached his last sermon here in the
Baptist church Key ,nis w. vasr H. harle
Miss Sallie Banks LETT saturday LOT AL
Healing, y. c., to euter the college there
A number of our citizens went TO Green
wood Friday night TO hear sam Jones anu
were we'll pleased.
one of oar bachelors has special attrac-
ton at Mccormick. ~ r..
Weare glad 10 know that an election for
Intendant and Wardens will take place here
Tomorrow. There Is enough 'deVlitfy 1--WE
don't know what else to call lO going on mere
and Satan is as busy as bee. NOW. IL Tue
citizens have any "git mp and git let theIi
keep their eyes and ears open and we feel
sure thinks will work smoother. LIQUOR,
card-playing, gambling, ETC., seems 10 nafe aTs
quite a monopoly here, and thaL is ~ noI an az
It's disgrace, it's shame. US a SID ano an !
the matter should he looked lnto Inc
drunkard the gambler, the backolter' tne
stumbling block, the prolane sweater; e.S.
are all at large. and where the wicked rue
the righteous mourn. Now, If the shoe hts
wear It, ,.o o,,os, :,
Miss Statia Wldeman II d "e'eoHie Sues' ~
town. $1,000 r g.,
lille stranger at Rev. Il. F. Bradley's.
MIR. lanes Horn is enlargiug his store and
MIR Malcolm Spence will take charge OF the
shoe shop department. He has oousnt q
fine machine and is prepared 10 90 anything
in his line.
Prof and Mrs. II. L. Scaite were the guests
of Col" and Mrs. Aston at. Pettigrew's
Our merchants are busy bringing in their
Miss Parvle Leard has returned from Au.
guSta. r,,
MIR. and Mrs. w. \. Glover 8 "At Home" on
Friday evening was most enjoyable analr
The supper was elegant, their hospitality un
the latest. The honored guests were Kew. J.
w Sloan Prot. and Mrs. II. l.. Scaife. Mr. ana
Mrs.J. y. Bohinson. Misses Rosa and Myrtle
Smart, Miss Minnie Taggart. Miss Anna NC
Caslan, Mr.. w. Fuller and MT l.. T. MuiIlnax
May the Major and his vile always oe as
happy as they seem TO be now.
We are glad 10 hear Miss Eloise CarWile Is
in Macon, Ga. and getting on so nicely. ,
Miss Rachel Reagin from Connie Maxwell
Orphanage. was here last week TO see her sister
Miss Josephine, who is quite sick. We sincere
ly hope this good woman Will De spared ye'
Mrs j. S. Jay. who has been here for seve-
raj weeks, left Saturday for her home In
Greenwood much improved In hea1th.
The street from town TO Mr.. j. w. Lyons,
Well, well, you just can't get thar now lhis
is a fact.
One of our good Deacons was hunting q
"hand" Saturday 10 help him sci out shade
trees in the A. r. =. church yard. NOW ask
him if he found the right one. .---
Mr.. c. Franklin, tirst-class work man lron
Augusta, has moved up and Is ready TO DO all
kinds of blacksmith work.
Miss Josephine Reagan died last night ana
tomorrow. Blessed are they that die In the
Lord.
Nick.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03

The Oxford (Me) Democrat tells a
story of gentleman of the old school
in Oxford county who used to aspire
to all kinds official honors and
sought every occasion to expose his
oratory. He was once undertaking
the feat of fording the AndroscoggiI
River with the old mare and wagon
on the bed of the river. In relating
the circumstances he said "The first
thing I thought of was how / should
eXOnorate myself"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03

Cultivate the habit Of always seeing
the best in people, and, more than that
of drawing forth whatever is the best
in them.
He that is content to he creature
of circumstances is likely to become a
poor creature in very poor circum-
stances.
A man is no sooner his own master
in the world than he Immediately ell
slaves himself by becoming the master
of others.
God never works miracle to relieve
us from our obligation to Use common
SenSe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03

*Daily. fDnily, ex. Sunday. +D"ily cN. Monday.
Nos 403 and 402 "'rhe Atlanta Special" solid Yes
tbulrd Train OF Pullman slcepers and Coaches be-
tween Washington aud Atlanta. also Pullman
Slccpers between Portsmouth and Chester, > g.:
Nos Al and IS, THE 5. A. l.. Express" Solid
Train Cuachcs aEd Pullman Slrcprrs hctwcrn Ports
mouth and Atlanta. Company Slcepcrs bct~ecn
olurnbia and Atlanta.
Both trains make immediate connections Mt Atlan-
IN for Montgomery Mobile, New Orleans, Texas, Cal
ifornia, Mexico, Cha,tanoosa, Nashville, Memphis,
Macon, Florida.
For Tickets, Seepers, apply to
B.A. NEWLAND. Gen. Agt, Pass. Dept.
6 Kimha House. Atlanta, Ga.
GEO. Nc. +. Bate, Trav. Pass. Agt
Charlotte, n. G.
+. ST. JOHN. Vice-Pres. and Gcn1. Mgr.
V. i. MCBEE. GenN. Superintendent.
II. W. B. GLOVER, Traffic Manager.
T. ANDERSON. Gen' Pass. Agent.
General Oilices: Portsmouth, Va.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
Good Temper.

Good temper is the most contented, the
most comfortable state Of the soul; tho
greatest happiness both for those who pos
sess it and for those who feel its influence.
With gentlencss in his own character,
comfort in his home and good temper in
his wife, the earthly felicity of man Is
complete.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03

Close connections at Greenwood for oil points on
$. A. L. aud G.. Il g. Railways and ut Spartanbur@
with Southern Rnilwny. ,
Fer any Information rrlatiy tickets, rates, SEIZED
ue, etc, address
w. j. CRAIG. Gen. Pass. agent Augusta, G'
i. NJ. NORTH, Sol. Agent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03

Syrup wild cherry compound will stop HAT
cough. Call at Harrison IL Game.
Grip capsules prepared by Harrison Game
never fall to cure Il case of grip. DC per box.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
Roll Of Honor, Iuka School.

David Anderson,
Johnnie Davis,
Matte Davis.
Walter Davis.
Corinne Edwards,
Jennie Edwards,
Jimmie Edwards,
Lula Edwards,
Matte Edwards,
Nina Edwards,
Ophelia Edwards,
Traywick Edwards,
Annie May Hinton,
Isabella Hinton,
Johnnie Hinton,
Cora Hunter,
Ila Hunter,
Minnie Hunter,
Walter Hunter,
David Malone,
Ben Nickles,
Bessie Pinson,
Clara Pinson,
Josie Pinson.
Tillman Pinson,
Wallace Pratt,
Fannie Rogers,
JAMIE Rogers,
Lewis Rogers,
Annie To.bert.
Ida Talbert,
Rebecca Tolbert.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
r. F. G1LLIARD,
-. IT AILOR :.

I7AS moved, and occupies the room recent
II ly occupied by j. L. Clark. the gun,
smith. and is now prepared To do al, KINDS o
repairing and cleaning Of gentienlen's clothes
on short notice. r.
samples of suits always on hand. Charges
reason able
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
Speeds Locals

Speeds Locals
Try Johnsons chill and fever tonic. NO
cure no pay. AT Speeds.
Our line Of soap and toilet articles Is com
plete. Call and see before buying:
P.B Srecd.
We are headquarters for fine toilet soap.
hair brushes flesh brushes clothes brushes.
tooth brushes &c. In fact everything in the
line of toilet articles L. b. Speed.
To cure n cold In one dav take laxative
bromo qunine tablets. only 25c per box. For
sale ut Speeds drug store.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
Water W orks.

HAVE your work done by man that
IL knows his business and save money
and health. I. Is. ENIl NEE.
Practical and Licensed Plumber.
Abbevile, :. e., Jan. II, 1897.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
Restaurant.

r would announce to my friends and custn
Il mers that have moved my RES IA u
RANT 10 Cothran's Block, on washington
street where | will be glad ru serve the pub
ic with an good meals as the provisions o.
the market will afford.
HARRIET T.. ADAMS.
Gnns
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03

70 Atlanta Charlotte, Augusta. Athens. Wilmington,
lrw ORLEANS Chattanooga, Nashville and New York,
Boston, PHILADELPHIA. Washington. Norfolk, kch-
mond.-Schrdule In effect Fet. 7, 1897.
SnT,puRnrND M aO2 No Al
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-28
MEN BURN SPONTANEOUSLY
Medical Science Records Instances of the
Combustion of Mesh From Within.

Medical Science Records Instances of the
Combustion of Flesh From Within.
When Dickens used so effectively the
spontaneous combustion Of the human
body as u climax for u novel, he had
back of him great deal of evidence
that such a miracle had actually taken
place.
In an article on 1.-THE Pathology Of
Man, " in the old French Encyclopedia
Methodique, " D'Azyr gives the case of
a woman 80 years of age who had made
a practice of going to bed drunk every
day for many years. Her bones were
finally found in the bedwith the flesh
charred from them, as scientists sup
posed, by spontaneous combustion.
The somewhat similar case of Grace
Pitt is given in the transactions of the
English Royal society. She was the
wife of fishmonger who lived at Ips-
witch, and she was found stretched on
the kitchen floor by her daughter, burn
ing, the girl said, without flames. !"
Her body and legs resembled smoldering
Goals and when water was thrown on
her gave forth the odor of scorched
flesh, accompanied by suffocating
smoke. The girl ran from the house and
called in the neighbors, who found
nothing but bones and charred flesh left
of the woman She, too, had been a
hard drinker.
A third case, given in a French essay,
is that of Nine. de Boiseon, 80 years
old, who lived near Dol. 1t is said
she was very lean and that for several
years she had drunk nothing but spirits.
Her waiting maid found her burning
in her room, the fire in her case, as in
the others, seeming to originate in the
flesh itself and not in the clothing.
Water thrown on her failed to check the
fire, and she burned until nothing but
her skeleton remained in the chair,
The chair itself was only slightly
scorched. New York World
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-28
London's Water supply.

The water supply of London is enor-
nous. 1t reaches Sal, 4Gl houses, and
the average daily consumption is
1877, $50, 233 gallons, or daily average
of about 33 gallons per capita in pop
ulation of 5,G75,270. The area supplied
is $40 square miles, and there are
5,147 miles Of water pipe and 33, 965
fire hydrants. OF this water l07, 900, 600
gallons come from the river Thames,
1000, 900 from the river Lea and the
rest from springs and artesian wells In
former years there was great deal of
criticism directed against the London
water supply because of its insufficient
quantity and its impure quality, but
since 1898, when parliamentary com
mission was appointed TO investigate
the question, there has been no cause OF
complaint
The greater part of the supply taken
from the Thames comes from above
Richmond. where the water is compar-
atively pure, and is conducted by a Sc
ries of aqueducts into "a different res
ervoirs, covering $50 acres, with an ag-
gregate capacity of 1895, 100, 900 gal
Ions. From these the water is passed
through 100 filtering beds, some Of
which absorb /, 600, 900 gallons min
ute. The water passes through six or
seven inches of sand before it reaches
the pipes, and this sand is cleaned care
fully every month. Chicago Record.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-28
PClLYS DANDER UP.
1Efiamed at Sight OF an Offensive Bird q
Visitor Wore ON Her Hat.


A bridal couple who put in several
days recently taking in the sights Of
the capital enjoyed themselves i'm.
mensely until the day preceding their
departure. IL then occurred 10 the bride
that she had not called upon dear
Fanny, who had been her chum dur.
ing her days at the seminary. Now.
Fanny was still enjoying single blessed
ness, and this may have had something
10 do with the anxiety of the bride 10
call upon her maiden chum George de-
INJURED feebly, but at last consented 70
pay formal call The bride dressed
herself in fetching gown and placed
upon her saucy head a Partisan dream
in the way of hat The hat was one
of those Undesirable creations of the
milliner's art, mass Of flowers with
bird or two partially concealed III the
foliage, so TO speak
The pair went gayly forth and in
hotel coupe were soon at the door Of
Fannys residence Their cards were
eaken and they were ushered into the
drawing room. While awaiting the
coming of her friend the brides atten-
ton was attracted TO a large cage con-
tanning splendid parrot She chirruped
cooingly 70 the imprisoned bird and
wished she might take him out Of his
cage and caress him. George remarked
that he looked tame enough and sug-
gested the opening of the door of the
cage Suiting action 70 the word, he
opened the door and the released bird
calmly walked forth and strutted
about, blinking his beady eyes know
ingly. The bride, with usual calls of
Poll, pretty Poll I" coaxed the bird to-
ward her, and poll proceeded to climb
up the rounds of the chair upon which
the lady was sitting and perched herself
upon the arm of the chair The parrot
uttered cultural cries of "Polly, Polly,
this word seemingly comprising her en-
tire vocabulary.
The bird accepted the caresses, and
apparently all was serene, but without
an instants warning she uttered a
scream of rage and flew at the lady s
headgear. alighting fairly thereon, and
then for few minutes the air was fill
ed with flying feathers and bits of flow
ers, while the atmosphere was fractured
by screams from the bride and discord-
ant cries from the parrot. George at
tempted to come to the rescue and had
his face badly scratched for his pains.
The lady finally shook the bird loose
from the flower garden she was wear
ing upon her hat and made one wild
dash for the front door, followed close
ly by the bridegroom. Once on the pave
ment, they became somewhat composed
and determined to return to their hotel
to repair damages. They did not tarry
long enough to see dear Fanny"
The sudden wrath of the bird was
evidently caused. George thought upon
reflection during calmer moments, by
the fact that amid the flowers in his
wife's hat there nestled stuffed Caro-
line parrakeet, which the parrot took
to be real live rival and proceeded
| forthwith TO demolish The bride is
now a thorough convert to the teach
| ings of the Audubon society Wash
! ington Post.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-28
,Japanese Sarcasm.

The growth of Christianity among
the Japanese is not without opposition.
The Yorodzu Choho, Tokyo, says: lin
the long history of Christendom we
know of not single case of a country
saved by it. With Montezuma' Mexico
and the meas Peruvian empire the
course of Christendom was absorption,
destruction, humiliation. 1t has killed
India, politically at least. 1t has killed
Burma and Anam. 1t has killed Ha.
wall, after keeping it alive some 40
years. 1t has killed Madagascar, and it
will yet kill Abyssinia, Egypt and Ma
rocco What security have we that
Christendom will not kill China, Korea
and even Japan. if the opportunity Of
fers? Christendom does its destructive
work not only by guns and bayonets,
but by means much more formidable. 1t
kills non-C Christian countries by its
runs and WHISTLES and by its foul dis
eases. "
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-28
English and American Wheels.

People who have had occasion to COM
pare American bicycles with those Of
British make are at once impressed with
the striking differences between the
two These differences are all in the
line of greater strength in the foreign
wheels. This, of course also implies
more weight and clumsiness, but it is
better suited TO the harder use TO which
English machines are subjected. Steel
rims, for instance, are more common
there than those Of wood, which are
now almost universally seen in this
country. The brakes, too, instead of be-
ing small, light affairs, like ours, are
made for hard service, and are usually
rubber lined The saddles are large and
springy, comfort never being sacrificed
to weight considerations. Perhaps the
most noticeable difference of all is in
the mud guards, which are designed for
true British weather. They are of am
pie size and shape and are generally
made of celluloid or steel. Riders in
England make little account OF the
weather, being accustomed not only to
pedaling along in mud, but even in
rainstorm. from the force of which they
are quite we'll protected by circular rub
Der cloaks, designed especially for cy-
clists' use.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-28
Indoor Photography.

To make good portrait i'll the ordi-
nary room is quite difficult task, as
all the light to be had comes through
the window and leaves the shadow side
Of the portrait underexposed. This can
somewhat be remedied by the use of a
piece of white muslin about IL feet long
and about 3 feet wide or more.
Stretch string across the room par
allel with the window and fasten it to
a point about six feet from the window,
and also six feet from the floor. Fasten
the muslin over the top of the window
and throw the other end over the string,
allowing it to fall to the floor. This forms
a sort of one-half side of tent, and
this somewhat confines the light and re-
fleets it on the shadow side of your OBJ
ject and helps to brighten and soften
the light. In using curtains for back
ground place them Lack of the sitter ms
far as the wall will allow, so as to pro-
duce soft effect. Place the sitter about
three feet from the window and about
opposite the far side of the easement.
Pull the window down from the top, and
perhaps it would be best to cover up the
lower part of the window with some
dark cloth or paper. Close all doors SO
as not to have any draft, and then make
the exposure. j. A. Boos in New York
Mail and Express.