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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
Rest.

The spirit of unrest which prevails
everywhere is one of the most charAc-
teristic features of the times in which
we live. Excitement is the one thing
we care for; boredom is terror to US,
and no one seems to have either the
inclination or the time for rest. We
crowd our days to their utmost capacl.
tv, fly from one appointment to an
other, and the amount of work we do
ard the number of engagements we
fulfill in twenty-four hours would have
made us stand aghast a few years ago.
The fashions change so quickly we can
hardly keep pace with them; our
clothes are out of date before they are
half worn out. We stick at nothing
that will help US to keep up with the
times and save US from the curse OF
monotony. We choose our friends
with the same object in view. AS
long as they amuse US, we are glad to
see them; it matters little what their
real worth is.
The net result of all this is that we
are terribly superficial, for we do moth
ing thoroughly. We never have a
moment to spare; We have nothing to
show for all the energy we expend
and we wear ourselves out both in body
and mind. In these enlightened and
superior times we tell one another that
rest does not mean inaction, but
change of occupation, and therefore,
when one-half of us is worn out and
unfit for further effort, we think, by
overWorking the other, we can restore
the first to its normal condition. Then
comes the climax, a general collapse is
Imminent, and the overtaXed brain is
ordered rest and change of scene and
air.
The one thing we never do is to rest
Look at the faces of the people you
meet in the streets. Do you not see il
written there? In addition to the pre-
occupied and thoughtful look you eX
pect to find when people are going
about their daily vocations, is there
not something else? A restless energy
a nervous anxiety to finish what they
are about, and get on to something
else? In church, in the theater, III
the concert room, this is even more ap
parent still. They are as much in re-
pose as they ever are anywhere, ano
vet there is an unmistakable air O
restlessness about them, which mus
be apparent to the most casual obser
yer.
We ask ourselves occasionally wha
will be the end of all this? 1t canno
fail to have some influence on the race
both in this and neutrality-suspicious.
Can nothing be done to arrest the evil
or will things run on in the same chan
nels until we have turned the corner o
the new century, and shall we som'
day learn to regulate our lives more
wisely?
Let US hope that this wave of unres
will soon have passed over US and b'
spent; that we may, at some not dis
tant date, recover our balance and fac'
the relaities of life with more courage
for there are evils more to be dreaded
than ennui, and if we would make thu
most of our lives, we must cherish
loftier aspirations than that of merely
killing time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
Delay i'm Ratification.

There is this to be said in the matter
Of the Senate's delay to pass the Treaty
of Arbitration, that it is only within a
twelve-month that the minds of many
of our people have reached the point of
accepting, as really practicable, such a
solution of international differences as
that which is now definitely proposed.
1t is being seen on all sides that the
means in order to this are all available,
if there be only the willingness present
to lay hold of them. The endeavor for
the rescue of this most beneficent
principle of state polity, has endued it
with an elementof worth and precious
ness which it might not have possessed
but for the risk of its loss. 1t does
not do, however, so. trifle with con-
viction, and this, fear. is what the
majority of the opponets of the treaty
in the Senate are doing. They ale
we'll aware that the sense, the moral
weight of the American people is on
the side of the enactmenl of the treaty,
that the latter is primarily operative
for five years only, and that if in the
interim it exhibit defects and weak
nesses these can readily be cured when
the time shall have arrived for the
treaty's re-enactment and extension.
I add here circumstance of recent
happening, taken from the Chicago
Tribue, supportive of the view of
many that, irrespective of the moral
and religious argument, the time has
fully arrived when war ought to be
done away with because of its exceed
ing barbarity and cruelty. Following
is the Tribune's statement and wise
conclusion: The suicide of Captain
Philo McGitfen is most pitiful thing,
and is an event which directly con-
Germs every naval power in the world.
The Tribune gave the particulars of his
affliction some days ago. He COM
mended the Chinese fleet in the fight
of Yalu river in September 1894. He
was on board the ironclad Chen Yuen.
He came out of the battle physical
wreck. His clothes were torn from
him just by the concussion of the shots
against the ironclad. The drums of
both ears were broken by the reports
of the big guns, and the shock to his
nervous system was so great that he
could not rally. In a few months he
became insane, and finally, to end un-
bearable tortures, he took his own life.
If ever fleet of great ironclads engage
in. war, that is, fleets of tirst-class
nations, the result will be most anXi-
Gus one to all civilized powers. When
shots are so fearful that, striking
against an impenetrable wall of armor
the conclusion of the blow tears the
clothes from the people on board, and
when the sound of the guns is fearful
enough to break the drums in mems
ears, it would seem as though the limit
had been reached and that it was time
to resort to arbitration.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
The Art Of Being Patient.

A wise man in an address to young
men advised them to learn the hardest
lesson in the world-the art of being
patient. He said:
"Do your duty and leave success to
take care of itself and then you will
see the wisdom of the old proverb.
"Everything comes to the man that
can watt You know, for instance,
how hard it is to learn difficult sub
ject. All the ideas are unfamiliar, all
the words are unfamiliar. We 60 on
Iaboripg and seem to make no way.
Now this disheartens nine students
out of ten-the nine out of ten that
will always be obscure people-but the
tenth man goes on. He works harder
and harder, he lets his mind play
around the subject, he let's the ideas
of that subject soak into his brain, he
is determined that nothing can possibly
resist persistent effort, and one fine
day great flood of light comes in-he
suddenly sees about it. His work
is easy, his:work is delightful. Every
body says of him "What an amazing
amount of ability that young man has :?
No, it was not ability, it was patient
perseverance. The man had learned to
lapor and to wait"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
MAY BE BISHOP.
A GreenviIle Boy Highly Honored in
Arkansas.
Greenville News.

The many friends here of the Rev. John
Gass will be pleased to know that this able
young Greenvillian and minister has become
y so we'll known and much thought Of in his
adopted State, Arkansas that at recent
election held TO name bishop coadjutor Mr..
Gass tied the vote, and the election was post.
poned for two months In order that II might
be accomplished at a special session.
In the report OF the council of the diocese OF
Arkansas. published In paper Of that State,
the following in reference to Mr.. Gass is
given:
1.-THE momentous question before the coun.
Gil was that OF the election OF a bishop coad-
jutor-a subject which Bishop Pierce had
urged upon the church for decision at the last
two councils. AT the bishops request, after
several able speeches had been made by men,
bers OF both clergy and laity, the clergy &C.
companied the bishop TO his residence across
the street, for private conference, in order 10
make the nomination. After two hours
conference the clergy returned to the church
there, the name OF the Very Rev. William
Montgomery Brown, archdeacon of the dio-
cese OF Ohio, for confirmation, TO fill the office
OF bishop coadjutor.
"The nomination was rejected by the laity.
The meeting adjourned till p. m, having
come 10 no choice between the two clergy
men, the Rev. William Montgomery Brown
and the Rev. John Gass, OF Christ church,
Little Rock. who held tie vote. At s p. m.
the clergy again retired to the Episcopal resi-
dence for consultation, with no more salts.
factory result. 1t was then moved and
adopted that the choice of a bishop coadjutor
be postponed for special session to be called
by the bishop at the end OF sixty days"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
The Vitality Of Harsh Words.

"Kind words can never die" So
we used to sing in the Sunday school.
We only wish it were true. But as q
matter of fact, ugly words are possessed
of the most vitality. The gray-haired
man wishes sometime that he could
forget the harsh anu cruel things that
were said to him in his far-away youth.
But the iron entered into his soul then,
and fifty years afterwards it is still
ranking. Much of the unhappiness of
life is caused by good people who can
never doa painful act. and seldom
speak q gentle word. One of the Curl
Gus contradictions of human nature is
that people who are morbidly sensitive
to physical suffering are wholly indif-
ferent to spiritual anguish. We have
known men who could give away thou
sands of dollars who could not speak
one kindly word to children or depen-
dents. The Bible beautifully describes
the life of God not only as loving and
kind, but as characterized by Glowing
Kindness" a distinction which few
have mastered, but which contains a
great truth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
Due West DIVES.

Due West, June 7th. 1897.
Rev. r. L. Grier conducted services In the
A. r. P. Church Sabbath evening.
DR.. w. NJ. Grier attended the dedication Of q
new A. R. P. Church at Generostee Saturday
and Sabbath day.
DR.. F. Y. Pressly preached at Abbevile Sab.
bath morning.
Messrs. Rose and Tucker OF Anderson were
down Tuesday looking up evil doers.
DIR. +. y. Pressly entertained the senior
class of Ersk Inc Friday evening.
Miss Minnie Black is. visiting her sister Mrs.
John McDill of Dondald.
Mr.. Marshall Bigby and daughter of Honea
Path have been visiting Mrs. s. w. Davis.
Invitation for Commencement exercises OF
Erskine and the d. w. F. c., have been sent
out.
were in Anderson Thursday.
Messrs. Vaughn, and Fisher Of Abbeville,
keep the peace during Commencement
Mr.. Milien Bonner OF Alabama is visiting
Due West.
Miss Mammle Ramsy of Kentucky, is on a
visit TO Miss Euphemia Young.
Mrs. Mary Taggart of Abbeville spent Sab
bath In Due West.
Mrs. Stelts OF Dover was in town last week.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
THE COTTON MILL.
Machinery Still Being Placed.

The machinery that has been put IN opera
ton at the Abbevile Cotton Mill is working
snIendidIy. and giving the best of satisfaction.
Another picker will be put to running This
week, and as each picker starts, other ma
chinery is set agoing.
Expert hands began to put spools on Inc
warmers last Monday, and before this reaches
your eye, webs OF cloths may be ready for the
looms.
The capacity OF the mill when all the ma
chinery now in the mill is started will be
ninety bales a week When the house Is full
OF machinery l20 bales will be required TO
keep the wheels running.
1t Will be perhaps month before all the
machinery Is ready.
II you cannot 20 10 the mill to see the work
as it goes on, call at the Press and Banner o.
flee and see sample OF the thread.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
FAIR ASSOCIATION.
The Young County of Greenwood Is
Wide.A Awake.

Greenwood, s. c., June7, 1897.
A call was issued about ten days ago re-
questing a meeting of all citizens who were
interested in an organization Of a fair assocla-
tion to meet here on the first Monday In
June. Capt. w. II. Frazier was called 10 the
chair and Mr.. J. l.. White acted as secretary.
R. P. Blake was requested to state the object
OF the meeting, and TO give his views on the
advisability OF organizing a fair association.
A temporary organization was effected to be
known az the Greenwood Fair Association,
with DR.. w. B. Millwee, President; Capt. W..
II. Frazier, Nice-President. and ID. G.. DuPre.
Secretary. with the following executive com
mittee: Capt. w. H. Frazier, r. z. Blake,
David Aiken, D. G. DuPre. j. A. Marshall, r.
c. Rice, g. NJ. kinard, K. II. Henderson, E. p.
Dargan. j. H. Brooks, J. Nc Kinard, j. NJ.
Rasor, E. w. Watson, j. w. Scott.
The second Wednesday In August was de-
cided upon as the day when the first exhibit
tion will take place. Only horses and cattle
will be exhibited. Every man who has fine
stock can get them in trim for this date AZ
ter the exhibition is over permanent organ
ization will effected with a view of buying
grounds and having the adjoining counties 10
Cooperate with US. So, Mr.. Editor, consider
you and the editor OF the Medium have stand
ing in vitations TO attend Greenwood Coun-
ty's First Fair Association. Spectator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09

You should see those beautiful silk and
wool dress patterns. No two alike. Cheaper
than ever known. Haddons.
French organdies, in all the newest tints
at Haddon's.
For the newest. prettiest and cheapest mil
inery 60 TO Mrs. Taggart.
Mrs. Taggart receives new millinery every
week.
Crinkled and plain Chiffon in all shades.
Musiline and China silks in different colors
at Mrs. Taggart's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
Declines With Thanks.

Mr.. Editor, Press and Banner:-Some time
ago | notice my name men toned in your paper
for the House of Representatives. have
tried TO arrange my personal business to &C.
cept the intended honor. But find 1t I'M
nosibe for me do so, therefore respect
fully decline. Thanking my friends for men.
tion OF my name. and for the very fattering
vote they have given me in the past.
W. c. Shaw.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09

Measure not men by Sundays, with
out regarding what they do all the
week after.
Do little things now, so sh all big
things come to thee, by and by, asking
to be done.
The habit Of jesting about sacred
things implies tn. possession of a low
and coarse nature.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
SPARKLING EDITORIALS.
Pretty Editor That Wears ritchfork
Badge.
Nashville Daily sun.

Nashville Daily sun.
Miss Mary lIemphill. daughter of Robert t..
Hemphill, of the Abbeville Medium. il Il
clever young woman. She Is associate euilor
Of the Medi1m and her sparkling editorials
are subjects OF comment in many PORTIONS OF
the State She is an advocate of woman suf-
fraee, and is sure that the day Is not far dis,
WELD much influence iii political campaigns
and cast their ballots for the right candidates
She is thorough Tillmanite and wears a
pitchfork badge. She is about 20 years old
and pretty. Miss Hemphill resides In an
historic ccounty-Abbeville-th birthplace OF
Secession and the last meetlng-place OF JEFF
ferson Davis Cabinet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09

Oxford tics black and tan at Haddon's.
Sandals with steel buckles, ladies, MISSES
and children at Haddon's.
White french organdies G6 inches wide, 9,
to so cents at Haddon's.
White and cream cashmeres at Haddon's.
TerrIs corset waists, ladies and Misses al
Haddon's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
The Lord Giyes.-Will We Pay On
Debt.

Debt.
We are accustomed to talk of giving
to the Lords work. That is great
mistake. The giving is from the other
party. The silver and gold are the
Lords. We only dig it up. The cat
tie upon thousand hills are His. We
only herd them. The wheat does not
germinate by our power. The sun
does not shine ut our bidding. The
rains do not fall at our word. The
soil is not fertile through our wisdom.
Our opportunities and faculties to make
money are gifts from God. He giveth
thee the power to get wealth. Let US
pay God His due.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09

Regard not much who is for thee OF
who against thee; but give all thy
thought and care to this-that God be
with thee in everything thou doest for
whom God will help, no malice of man
shall be able to hurt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09

The chief trouble with our hearts is
that they are under the rule Of gold
rather than the golden rule.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
THE WELL.

The Commissioners Determined to
Dig Deeper.
The pump in the deep we'll drew up seven.
ty-five gallons q minute all day Monday. The
Commissioners met last night, and deter'
mined to dig deeper. The present depth is
2I2 feet. Except about seventeen feet ol
earth at the surface, the balance OF the well
is in a solid rock. The water Is cool and
pure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
A GOOD CITIZEN GONE.
At the Age Of SiXty-Five Years Mr.
Geo. w. Collins Passes Away.

Mr. Geo. w. Collins died at his residence
last night. He was 65 years OF age. In his
death this community loses one OF It's most
active and useful citizens. He stood for peace
and goodwill among our people on all occa-
and improvement OF the com mmuniLy. He
was true friend, good neighbor, devoted
husband and parent, and sincere Christian. =.
"Charity for all and malice toward none
was the governing principle of his life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
Sunday Excursion Rates,

Via Charleston i Western Carolina Railway
Co. Tickets are sold for all passenger trains
scheduled TO pass stations after 100 noon on
Saturdays and until GOO p. m. on Sundays,
limitedior return passage until l2OO noon on
the Monday following date of sale. For rates
orany oiber further Information call on any
agent Of the Company, or
VIM. J. Craig,
| General Passenger Agent.
Augugta, Ga.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09

ID ICHA&D CAN'T, is now prepared 10 90
II all work In his department in the best
manner and at reasonable charges. Monthly
customers shaving, hair cutting and sham.
pooling 81 per month. Rasors honed and put
n the best condition for Is cents Zach.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
DENTAL NOTICE.
DR.. S. G.. Thomson,

OFFICE UPSTAIRS ON MclLWAlN
Corner, Abbeville. S. c.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
Wanted.

SETTLED LADY FOR HOUSE KEEPER.
~ Call or address the undersingned. Brad
ley, s. &. Mrs. +. u. 4oungblood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
REGISTRATION NOTICE.
Old Certificates Of Registration
are Void Everybody Must
Register.

The Books of Registration will be Opened
on the First Monday in December next
and kept Open for Three Successive
Days for the Registration of Voters
Entitled to Registration unter the Con-
stitution-For the Information of the
People Attention is Called to the Fol-
foling Provisions of the New Law, Ap-
nroved the Fifth Day of March. 1895.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-25
DEMOCRATS SPLIT.
Two Tickets Nominated In St. Louis
Republican Convention.

Two Tickets Nominated In St. Louis
Republican Convention.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 22.-The
Democratic city convention was the
noisiest in the history of the local
party organization. There were two
sets of temporary officers trying to
conduct the business at once for set
Of shouting delegates and an uproar-
ious lobby that would let neither side
act. Arrests were made by the police,
and finally there was an open split
The Meriwether-N oonan- Brown fac.
ton nominated Lee Meriwether, ex-
labor commissioner, for mayor on the
second ballot. The Harrison men re.
fused to accede and the convention
split.
In the evening the Edwin Harrison
men succeeded in getting the recogni-
ton Of the regular organization and
nominated their candidate. The Meri-
wether adherents withdrew to another
hall
The Republican conven lion homi-
mated ex-City Collector Henry Zeigen-
helm for mayor. and it is altogether
probable that he will be elected.
Chauncey !. Filley was temporary
chairman and the convention did as
he pleased.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-25
FITzsIMMoNs WINS.

Defeats Champion Corbott In Fourteen
Rounds by q Heart Blow.
CARSON, New, March 1s-Robert
Fitzsimmons is the champion pugilist
Of the world. He has claimed the title
for over a year, but yesterday after
noon he demonstrated his right to it in
a. fair fight. He met his one great
rival, James ]. Corbett, in the squared
circle. and in the fourteenth round he
knocked him out, as he had knocked
out" many good man before him.
The victory was not gained without
q struggle In fact, victory did not
seem possible for Fitzsimmons until
the last moment of the battle. Many
tnuA Thought he was slowly going to
pieces, but when the opportunity
came he had been watching for, tho
end OF the fight came almost in sin
gle blow. He struck the Californian
with force sufficient to have felled an
OK just below the heart, and sent him
to the floor with agony and despair on
liis face. and unable to rise within the
limit which would save him.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-25
SAVED DEEP
SHIP T. F. CAKES RESCUED
AFTER MANY PERILS.
Alter Terrible Experience with storms
end sickness She Was sighted and
Towed InsO Port By the British
steamer KAsbska--Out sSO0DayA

New YORK, March 22.--The long
overdue American clipper ship I. F.
oalses. which left Hong Kong on July
4, 800 days ago, with general cargo
for this port, and which had been
given up as lost, was toWed into port
this morning by the British tank
steamer Kasbeka, Captain Muir, who
picked her up last Thursday in latitude
sS.lO longitude 6s.44 The crew were
sick with scurvy and six had died.
Captain Reed of the Cakes told a
terrible story of suffering and priva-
ton. When about six days out in the
China sea a terrible typhoon was en-
countered, lasting several days, dur
ing which the fore and main top '-lasts
were sprung. The vessel was obliged
to. run before the gale, which had no
sooner blown itself out than it was
followed'by second typhoon, which
blew with great fury for twenty-four
days Gbe vessel had then got well
out into the North Pacific, and so far
off her course that Captain Reed de-
clded to shape his course via Cape Horn
rather than by the Cape of Good
Hope. hoping thereby to make better
time. The weather remained fine in
fact, nothing but light, battling lrs
nnd Gains were experienced until Cape
Horn was rounded, 1877 days out.
There sickness came and six of the
crew died. One by one the other sail
ors were obliged to quit work, until
on,March one nobody was left except
the second and third mates, the cap
tain and his wife. All were well nigh
exhausted, and when a strong north
erly gale sprung up ON that day the
brave woman was obliged to take the
wheel, and for eight hours, without re-
lief and without as much as a drink of
water, she kept the ship on her course.
The provisions were running short,
hnd the crew were left without other
than the barest necessities,