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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12
A Medical InUuiSitiOn.

It Ia definitely announced that the cele.
brated Juggernaut, known as the "Code OF
Medical Ethics," is to be pulled from under
It's tent and set In motion for the purpose OF
smashing and crushing the prominent and
popular Allan Ia physicians, says the Consti.
tuiion. It's machinery Is little rusty, and
its cogs creaky, and its steerling apparatus
out or gear; but. on the whole, It will do.
Anyhow, 1t is to be brought out, and all medi-
cine men Of whatever tribe or nation are ex.
pected 10 loo< permanently grave and solemn
while the exhibition Is going on.
II is an awful affair, this "Code OF Medical
Etbics," aud not the less awful because 1t Is
ancient. It was probably invented in the
dark ages, when physicians were supposed TO
be magicans. How such ponderous affair
has been preserved Is a mystery 10 those oi
the public who have never been permitted TO
peep behind the scenes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12
DUE WEST.
Her People and Her COllegea--Sold
First Bale of Cotton 10 the Abbey.
lille Cotton Mill.

Due Vests. c., May 10, 1897.
Rev. J. c. Galloway conducted comm union
services Sabbath morning In the A. Il. r.
church, and J. l.. Brownlee preached In the
evening. Rev. Galloway again at night,
services will be continued twice aday for
several days.
P;of a.. E. Bonner is confined to his room
at this writing.
Miss Clifton and Miss Seal remained over
from the Junior Exhibition and attended
services at the A. R. P. church Sabbath day.
They were the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. W. +.
Bell. ~
People who go pleasure driving on Poverty
Hl should sound mole n 1f bs ~a1nns
g. N. Nickels has the distinction OF yelling
the first cotton to the Abbeville Cotton Mill.
Had you ever thought OF what high head.
crawling? They seem 10 know that all Eheir
DossessiCns are on their backs and 1t makes
them proud just like some folks.
What about visiting on the Sabbath day.
There are people who do so In other places
" + H' Brooks and J. n. Wrenn have con-
verted the old Alewine and Power places into
model farms.
last Tuesday night as per programme, which
was both interesting and entertaining. one
of the pleasant features OF the occasion was
the solos sung by the young, ladies' all OF
whom SneWeu luTOuBu uhuoHieuSo OIL" o'oiA
Mrs. Estha Cochran was called to see her
M other Wednesday. who is very III, and lett
Thursday. Little Robert accompanied her:
Prof. D. G. Caldwell after several weeks
illness Ia again able to attend to his duties.
ID. w i. c. entertainment netted over iorty
dollars.
Mr.. r. w. Haddon has returned from Au-
gusta after pleasant visit 10 that city.
w. M. Grier, ,Jr., has returned from WISH 10
J. q. Pressly.
Southern Babtist Convention which convened
In Wilmington, n. c.
Your correspondent has cat that Will soon
celebrate his 10th year.
Lyons road machines are doing Some ex.
cellent work. The roads between Due
West and Abbeville were never better.
Hon. w. L. Miller, Master of our county,
spent sabbath in town with friends
Miss Ella Boyd OF Abbevile, was welcome
euest to trends In Due West Friday.
Mr.. John Martin returned from his river
antaton Saturday, where he has been ior
sometime looking after large herd Of cattle.
Mrs. o. Y. Bonner and James Neel have re-
turned from Troy.
Master Willis Gerk Is confined TO his oed.
Revs. J. C.. Galloway OF Gastonia and j. Il;
Brownlee OF Alabama, are spending BeVeral
DAYS with friends and relatives.
Mrs. f. H. Gerk Ia still confined to her room.
Her daughter Mrs. ]. c. Willilord OF Green
wood is still with her.
MIR. A. D. Kennedy had horse to run away
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12
CORPORATION STORE.
The AbbevilIe Cotton Mill Will
Likely Put In n Store.

In order TO accommodate the mill opera
tives 1t is quite probable that the company
will at the proper time erect a store house
and open a stock OF such goods as the mill
may need.
This act will be done as much for the &C.
cummodation Of the operatives as for the
profit there may be in it. 1t would be a seri
Gus Inconvenience if the operatives found II
necessary 10 come up town eVerytime they
need a nickle's worth, or a dimes worth, of
goods The distance and bad roads vii make
IT inconvenient for operatives TO come every
day to town for little things, but it is presum-
ed that they will spend the bulk Of their
money up town in the stores of the city.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12

If you want the best bed spring on earth
for the money call for one No. Six, sold ex-
clusively by US. j. ID. Kerr.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-12
ANNOUNCEMENT!
To the Public of AbbeVille County!
There is Now on Exhibition at the Stores Of L

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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
MAKING VIOLlNS.
A Defense OF the Instruments of Amer
lean Manufacture.

A Defense OF the Instruments of Amer
lean Manufacture.
There is a popular belief that the
violin-makers Of today cannot rival the
famous old instruments made by ANA
ii, Stradivarius, G%uarnerius and other
Italian masters, say the Savannah
News. 1t has been supposed that these
men possessed some special secrets not
only about the kind of wood which
should be used but also concerning tho
methods of preparing It. They were
said to have had mysterious chemical
processes for drying the wood and
adding to its powers Of vibration. Ac-
cording to a modern authority, how
ever, 1t would seem that all these be-
liefs must be added to the list of ex-
ploded supersitions and the fiddles
made by American manufacturers to-
day are every bit as sweet-toned as
any Amati or S~tradivarius of them all.
Parts of beams taken from old houses,
broken and useless furniture and old
chests are transformed into instru-
ments the tones of which even virtuosi
are unable to distinguish from those
old "Strads' and Amitis. The woods
used, however, though old, must be of
the best quality and the greatest care
must be exercised in cutting to the
requisite degree OF thinness. The
string-and-bow material also needs to
be selected with great care. 1t seems
doubtful yuhathnr pat0uf uyao aunr
really used for strings, though 1t is
related that Tom Hood once prayed
heaven to reward the man who first
hit upon the very original notion of
saving the inside of a cat with the tail
of a horse" Horse hair is always used
for bows, but for a long time past vio-
lin strings have been made from the
intestines of lambs and sheep reared
on dry, mountainous pastures. 1t is
stated that the intestines must be ia
ken from the bodies while they are yet
warm and Immediately stretched and
scraped. September is the month when
strings are made and the process is
said to be long, tedious and far from
agreeable. The bow Is perhaps the
most distinctive and important part Of
the violin, yet is on the whole the
least difficult to make. 1t is of horse
hair, fastened On a light, flexible wood
en- frame. BY its skillful use 1t is said
that one bar Of music may be given
in fifty-four different ways. Great
knowledge and skill are required in the
fitting of the bridge to the violin, an
undertaking over which a careful
workman will sometimes spend days.
II the violin plates are of hard wood
the bridge also must be of hard wood.
Slight variations in the length of the
violin make necessary corresponding
alterations in the height of the bridge.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23


Identification az Mrs. James M. Gordy,
who, as Mrs. M. Lewis, had lived at
2613 Eighth avenue, New York City.
Mrs. Lewis said she was the widow OF
an ink manufacturer. but a few days
before she left New York she told her
a~cquaintances that she had married
Gordy, a planter and horse breeder. Nv
ing In Delaware. A medium-sized'
lgood-looklng man, with a dropping
mustache, came to the Eighth avenue
apartments, the furniture was packed
up and moved away. and the woman
and stranger left the place together.
"A few days later the body was founh
I'm the mud Of Broadkill Creek. near
Milton, a little inland town nine miles
from Georgetown. There were three
wounds On the head, any one OF which
would have caused death. The absence
of water in the lungs showed that the
woman was dead when thrown into the
water. A boat that had been stolen at
point half a mile further up the
creek was found adrift near the body.
Not far from Il was a broken oar, n
In the boat were some halrpins. The
scene Of the murder Is a secluded spot,
hidden from observation by trees n
lclumps Of bushes. The officers found
the tracks OF a wagon In the road be-
side the stream and traced them for
several miles. They also learned thai
residents In the vicinity had heard a
wagon go by about IL o'clock the pre-
lvious night, and after turning around
pass rapily back. Further investiga-
ton resulted In suspicion falling upon
Gordy, whose farm Is near Milton.
When the officers went to his place 1t
was found that he had gone away.
Then Acknowledgement White offered
$500 reward for the arrest OF the MUIR
derer. From Milton Detective Witsil
and Constable Lynch went to Whites
VILE, In the lower part Of Sussex coun-
ty, where they arrested Gordy. He was
In his mothers house, and when he saw
the officers coming he ran out and
headed for the Maryland State line.
which Is near by. He was captured.
however. and taken to the Georgetown
jail, fifteen miles away. The feeling
against Gordy is very high among his
neighbors In Delaware. Some time
ago his first wife, upon whose life he Is
said to have taken out $4,000 insur-
ance, died, but no investigation was
made and the money was paid by the
insurance company.
Janitor T%horndyke Of the Eighth
avenue house says that the murdered
woman rented her apartments on the
top floor there six weeks ago. She was
a good-looking woman, about 30 years
old, and was nicely dressed. She fur
nished her rooms well. but lived very
quietly. Each morning she went out
about 0 o'clock, %returping about $50
o'clock In the afternoon. She had sew
eral talks with the ~janitor and his two
colored assistants.
The gist If her conversation was to
the effect that her husband had left her
his business downtown. She said that
It paid pretty well. but that she was
eired OF the work and cares Of the bust
ness. Two weeks g she went away
Tor . day or two. and the other tenants
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
A Bioodhound's Keen Scent,

From the Kansas City Journal: A
remarkable exhibition OF the keenness
of scent Of the bloodhound was given
at the little town of Bronson, In Allen
county, the other day. The town re-
Gently appropriated 500 out of the
city treasury for the purchase of one
OF these animals. the purpose being the
detection and capture of thieves who
were operating in the ~neighborhood,
and a test of the hound was considered
desirable. At noon three men started
out on foot and walked four miles into
the country. Then they mounted
horses, and by a circuitous route re-
turned to the town. Six hours later
the hound was permitted to smell a
glove which had been worn by one
of the men, and the next instant. with
a deep howl. he caught up the trail and
followed 1t on the run. At one point
the men had walked for thirty yards
ON a fence. and when the hound came
to this point he carried his nose along
the rail with hardly any reduction of
speed. Coming to the place where the
men had mounted he took up the train
Of the horses and iollowed II into
town, where. In a crowd of more than
100 men. he picked out tae one whose
glove had been given him TO smell.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
THE POE CABIN.

dows Is a little strip Of vegetable gar
den. A narrow path winding about
this garden loses itself under the trees
Of the orchard. There, among the trees,
In the solitude he loved so well, Poe
often wandered; and a rock ledge
which rises a little farther on, partly
covered with pines and cedars, was a
favorite resort of the poet. From this
spot a fine view of the surrounding
country Is obtained. Poe was fond OF
walking. and. while at Fordham, often
strolled along the country roads come
miles westward. to the Hidge Bridge.
on whose lofty arches the aqueduct
crosses the Harlem river and where a
charming view OF the rocky western
shores car be had. Poe's best known
poems, with the exception of THE Ra-
ven." were written while living in the
cottage. THE Bells" "Malume," Lines
to Helen" For Annie" and probably
"Annabel Lee" the date Of which Is
vague; but his weird. narrowing
stories. as "The Gold Bug" and "The
Murders Of the Rue Morgue." were pub
lished before this time. THE Raven"
claims an old-fashioned house In
Bloomingdale. N. Y, once occupied by
Gen. Washington, as its birthplace.
There. in an upper room. upon the
black carved mantelpiece remains the
poets name cut into the wood. Across
the way. from the Poe cottage Is some
land set aside by the New York legts-
lature for the reception Of the building
when removed from It's present loca-
ton, which Is deemed advisable. An
appropriation has been made to con-
vert this land into a park. to be called
Poe's Park, and when the cottage
filled with mementos OF the poet, has
been placed on Its new site II will b.
another literary shrine" for public
alteration.
The cottage Ia now rented to a family
who will remain until definite arrange
ments for the change Of location arr
completed.
One can fancy how the rooms looked
when Poe with his sweet, delicate CIR
wife aud mother called II home. Som,
II has said. Upon the ground foo
were two small apartments, a kitchen
ami u sitting-room, and above. up
narrow stairway. was Poe's room,
low. cramped chamber lighted by littl,
square windows like portfolios. and an
other diminutive closet of a bedroom
scarcely large enough to lie down In
The furniture In the cottage was of tn
simplest. On the clean. white fioore,
kitchen stood . table, chairs and small
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23

but as a rule he will never curtail MS
drink bill that he may replcnish bis
wardrobe. He must have his "hot
stuff, gin cocktail" or his "three-cent
early morning bracer," even though MS
toilet suffers. In front of n saloon
stands a huge wooden waiter done up
in blue and white, who extends a mon
strous tankard Of lager from which a
piece of the foam has been Clipped
of. The saloon is called the "Puri-
tan" Next door to this hosiery an
enterprising proprietor advertises The
largest glass OF beer and the largest
glass of whisky in the city for three
cents" All the odd signs are not con-
fined to the Bowery, for there are GER
tain annexes to the Bowery when
have been struck by the contagion OF
its peculiar business methods. me
upper portion Of Park Row Is one OF
these districts. Across n store front
on the row is stretched a sign In great,
glazing letters that "a be read q
square away:
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
GIRLS HORRIBLE SUICIDE.
Threw Herself In the Path of = Nov
Ing Train.

Threw Herself In the Path of q Nov.
Ing Train.
A woman deliberately committed sui
eide near the Lebanon Valley railroad
bridge at Reading. Pa. the other day,
by dasbing into a rapidly moving en-
CINE. She was seen walking near the
river an a Schuylkill mixed freight and
coal train came along, and appeared to
be in trouble. Several people who OBJ
served her noticed that her actions
we're suspicious. Suddenly abe dropped
her mum, raised both her hands and
leaped directly in front OF the engine.
Hery body was instantly ground be-
meath the wheels. Engineer William
G.. Osmond had wbistled several times
to warn her of the trains approach,
but her act was deliberate. Her body
was dragged some distance under the
engine and about thirty cars passed
over her before the train could be
stopped. Her right hand and lower
limb and her body were frightfully
mangled.
She was we'll dressed and carried on
her severed hand a gold ring set with
pearls. Her face was covered with a
black veil, and about her neck she
wore a collarette Of monkey fur. On
examination n small package was found
In her pocket wrapped in white letter
paper and containing a silver dollar
and a fve-cent piece. On the inside OF
the paper was written: Isabella Full
ton. 1876 North Fifth street" 1t was
then learned that Isabella Fulton was
n sister Of Miss Minta Fulton, a teach
er in the Girls High school. and that
she had come to Reading from Decatur.
ILL.,, on a visit. She had been suffering
from nervous troubles for some time.
She left her sisters residence about
half past 8 o'clock In the morning for a
walk, and that was the last seen Of
her. She was about AZ years old. Miss
Fulton was n teacher In the Chicago
high school, but because of her nervous
condition stopped teaching recently
and came East for a vacation. Several
people who live in the vicinity say they
saw Miss Fulton along the river bank
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23

stove. The sitting room, whose floors
were covered with a checked mating,
contained only four chairs, a high
stand and a shelf. On this shelf we're a
few books, many Of them presentation
copies to the poet, the Brownings be-
ing some OF these"
Although its occupant was poverty
stricken, the cottage always looked
neat and tasteful. This poverty, which
beset Poe throughout his career, per-
haps reached its climax while at Ford
ham. Often the rent Of five dollars
a month could not be paid, and many
stories are told of kind neighbors who
supplied the family with the necessi-
ties OF life. Up in the northwest room
his wife died. 1.-The rare and radiant
maiden whom the angels named Le-
nore," and indeed the description Of
her unearthly beauty would seem to
warrant this praise. Hers was a pure.
gentle soul SO bound to the poet that
in "Annabel Lee" this depth Of devo-
ton is measured. And this maiden
lived with no other thought than to
love and be loved by me-" Her last
illness has been most pathetically told:
In the coolest of weather she lay or
a straw bed, her only means Of warmth
her husbands great coat and a tortoise
shell cat held closely to her during the
dreadful chills which seized her, now
and again. Fortunately, before the
end. friends came to the assistance OF
the Poes and she died surrounded by
comfort and sympathy. The cottage to-
day bears nc trace of this sad story
Of sickness and misery, but, set amid
the charming landscape, 1t satisfies m
ideal Of a fitting home for genius. The
next day the writer wandered into n
Of the curio stores. in which. New York
abounds. The dealer brought forward,
with pride, "a treasure" he saba
portrait of Poe bought from one to
whom he gave It," From out the
dusky canvas cleaned a face marred
by lines of disappointment and care,
but from whose eyes-"awful eyes," as
has been ~said-leaped forth the whole
burning, unhappy soul. a soul that
never rightly gagged the world, but
blindly struggled on It'll the fever
called living was conquered at last"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
TOOK THE WRONG MULE.
Consequently Judge Lynch Nearly
Had u New Victim.

Consequently Judge Lynch Nearly
Had u New Victim.
They were a convivial lot Of old
fOrty-niners. and 1t was the man who
is now a contractor that told this one,
says the Detroit Free Press. "Of
course every man took big chances
out there in those days. but my closest
call was when ] was helping to work
that old claim g Yuba. | was ex-
pecting some important mail from
home and the day I thought It should
be due l askel n new man on the dig
gings for a mule to ride over to the
office. You're welcome, pard,' was the
reply; he's the old lop-eared fellow
with burrs in his tail feedin' up there
on the hillside I had no trouble in
finding an animal answering the de-
scription and was soon belaboring him
over the route to the Office. had
worked my passage for about three
miles when l heard.a great clatter of
hoofs behind me and before l could
make out Just what 1t all meant | was
surrounded by half a dozen greasers.
who were excitedly talking In a gibber-
ish that I could not understand. be-
gan to comprehend proceedings. how
ever. when they threw a lasso over a
limb and, had my head pretty well
surrounded with guns while they led
me forward and adjusted the moose.
II Is remarkable how fast one can think
under such a stimulus. My first i'm
pulse vas to die fighting, but that hope
which exists while there Is life assert
ed itself. Something might turn I'M.
And It did. Just as l seemed To he
floating away without any special pain
or regret there was another clatter
Of hoofs, some quick, sharp reports
and l came to trying to swallow some
Of that 40 brandy that would strange
a mummy. had taken the IRON
mule and It belonged to the Mexicans
camped near at hand. American
precedent RAJ good enough for them
and they FASTENED to carry out the
verdict OF Judge Lynch without coins
into the merits of the case. Thei,
hasty departure was noted, the cause
soon ascertained and a r~escuing party
took the trail. The fault In my pard',
description was that every mule IN
that part OF the world had a tail full
Of burrs."
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23

OF the house surmised that perhaps the
pretty widow had gone to get married
again. When she returned she denied
these rumors at first, but a day or two
later. when Thorndyke's assistant,
Smith. went to her rooms to fix the
gas, she told him that she had been
married.
II have got the incest husband In
the world" she said, and she went to O
closet. opened a little hand satchel.
and. taking out a diamond ring. showed
It to Smith. This is my engagement
ring" she said.
She told practically the same story to
Thorndyke, adding that she was soon
going to move.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
Telephoned Through u Man.
(St. Paul letter.

There is only one man in the world
who has been telephoned through. He
Is Torger o. anderson. "a Swede of
Rock Dell. Olmsted county. He held
the ends Of a telephone wire while
people several miles away talked
through him. The electric current
knocked him down. but he held bravely
to the wires. and the remarkable ex-
pertinent was a complete success. His
performance has attracted wide atten-
ton among scientific men. anderson
is a lineman and when n day he was
sent out to repair q break the operator
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
SOCIETY FOR ENCOURAGE
MENT OF WEARING
CLEAN SHIRTS.

The great secondhand clothing and
shoe marts are in Mulberry and Baxter
streets. "Misfts'' are the great staple
in the more important shops. The pro-
prietors tell prospective customers
that they can sell them all-wool suits
for 81 because the gent vas order 1t
did not fit der suit ven der tailor vas
done and Why should 1t go to vaste?'
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23

ages to the quiet village to view the
pretty dwelling that was once the
abode Of genius. Fordham Is only eight
miles from New York, and easy OF ac-
cess from the city. The Poe cottage
Is situated on the edge of the town.
on what is known as the old Kings
bridge road. II is an o~ld-fashioned
wooden structure, n story and a half
high. containing four or five small
rooms. A veranda extending the length
OF the cottage is upheld by FIVE white
pillars-an attempt. apparently, at a
colonial elegance Of architecture. Two
doors. plain In design. open upon this
veranda, and the house faces a small
garden. When Poe lived here the gar
den was much larger than to-day, for
the present owner has erected upon a
portion Of II several houses called the
Poe villas, which quite o~vershadow
the cottage. On the side of the house
facing the road, over the s%mall-paned
windows Of the second story. has been
painted, In black letters, The Poe
Cottage, 1S45-1S49." and above a raven.
Never fitting, still is sitting. still is
sitting" From the rear and side of
the house stretches a grand old cherry
orchard, and under the eastern win
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23

A strange and startling incident is
reported from Forsyth county. Georgia.
Last week a man died and two of his
neighbors volunteered to sit up with
the corpse. During the night both were
taken sick and died within t~wenty-four
hours. All three were buried from tho
same house.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23
Showing the Queer.

Edgar Bryant and Charles Brown
have been arrested In Harrodsburg,
KY, for showing queer money. They
claimed to be canvassing for Bryan's
book. Considerable bad money was
found on their persons.