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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-10
winthrop college.

Governor Eilerbe advises the Legislature to
90 slow In any effort to enlarge the Winthrop
plant He fears that the history Of Clemson
College In its abnormal attendance may be
repeated at Winthrop.
The Governor is right. There will not here
after be such q rush at Winthrop, and the
probability is, that the buildings are now
sufficiently large to accommodate all who
may attend the exercises Of that institution
in future years.
The people go crazy every few years on
some subjects, and this idea Of sending all the
girls OF the State to Winthrop will pass.
On general principles, there is more hum
buggery to the square inch in the education
Of our girls, than in anything else under the
face Of the sun. The importance ofthe educa-
tion OF our girls is not denied, but we do deny
that the sending of our girls off TO college is
always properly rewarded for the exposure
involved and the great expense incurred.
The good mother and the sensible father
who have a daughter TO educate, should more
often keep the daughter at home. 1t is sell
dom that anybod is better prepared for the
training and care OF a young girl than her
mother. This being true, governess or
teacher should often be brought into the
house instead Of sending the daughter of to Il
boarding school, where hundreds Of other
girls congregate.
Reasons for keeping girls of tender age al
home, will present themselves to thoughtful
parents.
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His Own business.

eff a man wants to drink whisky,
that is his business" says the saloon
apologist
Let's see. When Bob Poland and
Conn Parker were drinking in Hefian,
Ala, last Saturday night and, in their
spree ran car Of the Southern rail
road off the switch and out on the
main track down the grade, until il
stopped on high trestle, it become
the Southern railroads business"
And when loaded freight train
came along and rushed into the car
causing a 100000 wreck, destroying
much valuable merchandise, it became
the business of a great many mer'
chants and shippers, as we'll as the
railroad.
And when three bodies were dug
ont from under the wreck it became
the business of some wives and or
phans.
And when the taxpayers are called
upon to support the families whose
natural providers have just been sud
denly taken away, it will become the
business of several other people.
One mans drinking often becomes
the business of several hundreds OF
thousands of people, and the man who
cannot perceive this fact ought to be
sent at once 10 All institution for the
education of the feeble-minded.
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"We Have Seen His Star

The Star of Bethlehem with all its
promise has risen upon the earth, but
1t has not yet come into the horizon OF
all hearts. Blessed are those eyes
which have truly "seen' the star, and
have followed it until they have for
themselves found Jesus. The star
shines through all the pages of tile
world,ln history and song for "all the
prophets from Samuel down have pro-
phesied of him." 1t shines through
the clouds of war and tumult and hu-
man unrest: for it is He who shall
shake all nations, turning and overturn-
ing until the scepter is acknowledged
to be His in all the Kingdoms of this
world. 1t shines in the dark places OF
the earth, bringing promise of the
morning. II shines in homes of sor'
row, blessed ray amid the gloom.
Happy, indeed, are we if upon our own
spiritual sky His star has risen, our
light, cur guide, our harbinger of eter-
nal day.
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The Wearing Of ESret Plumes.

Nothing for some time has been
more commonly seen than Tie delicate.
airy plumes that stand upright in ladie>'
bonnets. Mr.. w. H. HUDSON, auth, r
of ~ he Naturalist in La Plata says ::
The aigrette worn by ladies' IN our
day is in very nearly all cases actually
made of the slender, decomposed feath-
ers that grow at one time of the year
on the egret's back and drop gracefully
over the sides and tail of the bird The
less fine plumes with shorter and stiffer
filaments are from the squacco heron,
which is not an egret." Mr. Hudson
adds that "those who engage in the
business of procuring these plumes
know that, to obtain agood supply with
little trouble, the birds must be taken
when the breeding season is we'll ad-
vanced. The best time TO attack them is
when the young birds are fully tledged
but not yet able to fly; for at thai.
time the soiicitude of the parent birds
is greatest, and, forgetful of their own
danger, thev are most readily made
victims. And" he continues, "when
the killing is finished and the few
handfuls of coveted feathers have been
pIucked out, the slaughtered birds are
left in a white heap to tester in the SUI:
and wind in the sight of their orphaned
Young that cry for food and are not fed.
There is nothing in the whole earth 80
pitiable as this-so pitiable and so
shameful-that for such a purpose hu-
man cunning should lake advantage of
that telling and instinct which we re-
gard as so noble in our own species,
and as something sacred-the tender
passion of the parent for ii offspring,
which causes it to neglect its own safety
and to perish miserably O sacrifice TO
its love! And those who,
not ignorant of the facts, encourage
such things for fashions sake and for
the qualification of a miserable vanity,
have part in it, and are perhaps more
guilty than the wretches who are paid
to do the rough work."
Continuing to speak of the time
when the birds wear these plumes, this
writer says: "It is when in that gayer
dress that birds are most valuable for
the purposes of fashion and for other
forms Of decoration nor is this all it
is then that they are most easily found
and taken. The shyest, most secretive
kinds lose all their wild instincts in
this overmastering anxiety for the
safety of eggs or young. And when
the poor bird, uttering piercing cries,
its sensitive frame quivering, its bill
gaping, as if the air could no longer
sustain it in its intense agitation, and
huttering its lovely wings to make
them more conspicuous, and by such
means draw the danger away from its
treasures and on to itself--when it has
been ruthIessly shot for its reathers-
its edglings are left to starve in the
nest. The mania for egret piumes is
still 50 great that it seems to exceed
the former one for wearing the bodies
of birds, and it is quite rs senseless.
Any observant person who notices
these plumes waving not singly, but
often in clusters, on the heads of SO
many women, must know that the
slaughter has not been thousands, but
millions"
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Care Of the Organ

Those who own parlor organ may
find, in the following extract from The
Score, hint as to its care which will
save them trouble and expense. Most
people take fair care of the cases OF
their instruments, but the interior
would show much dust and dirt. A
gentleman called on us IN relation TO
an organ purchased three years since,
an d said it was "all out of tune,n aud
That something ratified" Being in
the habit of receiving the information
that an organ is ''all out of tune"
when there is a small piece of dirt
stopping one reed, we sent a friend to
look at ii. He reported that it was
"outrageously" out Of tune. 1t was
sent to our repairing room, and On
opening the top. lid the whole interior
was found filled with large cobwebs.
From under the keys was taken amass
of dirt, in which we found one hairpin,
three needles and eleven pins, while
from the reed cells were removed thir-
ty-two dead flies, and on each reed
point was a cake of dust, while the
tongue uibrated between two thick
walls of dirt the dust Gu the tongue
Altering the pitch, and the dirt Oh the
block changing the tone. After clean-
ing the reeds and replacing them in
the cell every one was found to be in
perfect tune. Now, this organ had
been kept open ali the time, and the
stops left drawn. Had there been no
forte" stops to mold the sweIls open,
the dirt would have remained compar-
atively harmless on the outer board.
But these being left permanently open,
together with the other stops, the dust
and insects had access to the most de-
licate parts of the organ, and the con-
sequence was much annoyance and
with the instrument
when the latter was not at all in fault.
Keep all tops closed when they are
not in use.
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Are There Glasses in South Carolina

Are There Glasses in South Carolina:
It makes q tired feeling come over US when
we see so much legislation, or attempted leg
( islation, In reference to particular people.
1t has been the boast OF our country that
one man is as good as another, and that there
is no nobility or rank, except that nobility
which comes from nature and Individual ef
fort.
But the Legislature Of South Carolina
would seem anxious to establish classes
among our people.
They can hardly do anything without want
ing the farmers coddled and honied. Then
they make a class OF landlords that must en-
Joy special privileges. The factory operatives
must be voted serfs and their very hours OF
labor must be regulated. Another class is
soueht to be made of the employers of labor.
One set Of laborers ought not 10 be allowed to
work for more than eight hours day, while
another set may be required TO work indeti
nitely.
1t seems to a layman that all such efforts to
establish classes in free America Is based on
no better or more patriotic motive than that Of
gaining popularity at the sacrifice OF that
principle which should be dear TO every
American ctizen-equal rights. To say that
a factory operative needs the protection OF
the law is 10 put him beneath the level Of
the negro, who has asked and needs no stat
ute 10 encourage him in idleness. To say
that man should not work more than q
certain number of hours is to deprive him OF
a god-given right.
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Appeals 10 UnSaved.

Stop q moment! Just word Un-
saved one, what is to become of your
precious soul ?-Saved or Lost-which
will it be? ?-What are you doing to
save or lose it?
Ready to perish'-"Look unto
Me, and be we saved?" Isaiah 27: 49,
As: 32. Yes, "ready"-not may per-
ish, some time, or even before long
but "ready to perish" Now! Like
the man whose foot has slipped from
the edge Of precipice that overlooks
a deep, dark gulf Of sure destruction,
and now hangs only for a moment by
frail twig, aud behold even that is
bending, breaking now-"ready to per-
ish n Like the man out yonder on
the reef in mid-ocean, even now he
stands to his neck in the rapidly swell
| ing tiood-tide see ! he trembles and
sways moment, the tip of his foot
barely touching the reef in moment
more he must be swept away by the
resistless current-"ready to perish 9'
Or like the man who has fallen over
the side of the ship and drifted astern,
in the midst of u storm he cannot
swim, aud already he has sunk once,
twice, beneath the pillows but look
he is now ready to so down the last
time throw him a line-quick or
he's gone! o thou unsaved sinner,
thou art the man-''ready to perish "
hearken joyfully and speedily to the
! voice of infinite Mercy, calling you
away from your sins and from the
crumbling brink of ruin "Look unto
Me and be ye saved !" Nov is the
day of salvation"
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w. ID. Bark sdale a. CO.'S Locals.

Come and see us for evaporated apples,
pears and peaches lOc. ID.
OIL, oil We sell IT, too.
A splendid smoking tobacco 25c 10.
Cotton seed meal. Leave your orders.
A splendid sugar sc 10. Gran ulated, too.
Coffee 5. and lbs. TO the dollar. Good
Rio.
3 lbs. oft flakes tor l0c. Crockery down.
Glass lumblers 2Oc set.
Octagon soap for &c. Tho best.
Tinware cheaper than ever before.
Cottoene-all sizes and shapes.
Morrison's uncanvassed hams and break
fast bacon--the finest meat in town.
Bran and hay, oats and corn.
Tierce Musca vado molasses at SOC gallon
the best grade sold.
See our plow shoes-some beauties.
Low prices on flour. All grades.
Canned goods, okra and tomatoes, corn
peas. toms toes, pears, peaches, dry ed peaches,
apples-all cheap.
Come and give us a call for any goods want.
ing.
The best yard wide Sea Island sc yard.
splendid lot OF outings percales.
Calicoes, shirting, pants, cheviots. etc.
Come and see us aud our goods.
w. ID. BarkSdale d Co.
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Due West Dots.

Due West Feb. 9, 1897.
Rev. Nell, of the Seminary, conducted ser
vices fnr Rev. Bonner Sabbath evening rs
Rev. Bonner was holding service, In the
The hotel owned by Mrs. Polhill came near
being destroyed by fire Wednesday morning
The fire was discovered in time to put 1T out
before any great damage was done. Ii was an
MIR. Gage, OF the firm of Level Il Gage. ol
Green wood, was here Wednesday and Thurs
day.
seven months this year, with the exception
of Due West College and Little River, which
will only run SIX.
Mrs. c. +. Todd and Miss Mamie Todd were
in Abbevile THURSDAY.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. u. Donald are on visit to
Bolton, S. T..
More students matriculating.
The friends of MIR. F. NJ. Bell Will regret 70
severely injured.
Masters Nick and Jim Hull will return TO
Savannah next FRIDAY.
The sick are all improving.
The dorrnito has been completed, and the
committee are expected here thls week 10 re,
ceive II.
The twentieth semi-annual celebration O
the Euphemian Literary Society of Erskine
College takes place on Friday evening, Febru
AIRY l2lh.
President-B. ]. GitTen.
Freshman Declaimers-R. r. Moffat, P. A.
Pressly.
Sophomore Declaimers-R. A. Lummis, l..
II Moore.
Debate-Resolved, That the United States
should have O censorship Of the press.
Afflrmatise-M. F. Bradley, s. Bonner.
Negative-J. r. Martin. j. l.. Sherard.
Committee of Decson-B. j. Giffen, j. 5.
Caruthers w. n. Dale.
Marshas-J. W. Pressly. chief, A. II. Lati'
NJ er and L. p. Wideman.
Invitation Committee-L. C.. Galloway,
chairman, B. F. White, g. Y. Love, J. L.
Hemphill. Jr., Geo. 5. Bonner, A L. Lindsay
w. A. Moffat.
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HatldOns' Locals.

We are taking an inventory of stock pre-.
paratory for spring goods.
Our rule Is never to carry over stock, except
staple goods, from one season 10 another II
we can find purchaser at cost or even less
All short lengths are measured, ticketed
and placed on bargain Counter.
500 yards or more short lengths In calico
good styles and the best on Bargain Counter
at and &c.
40 to 80 remnants woolen dress gonds-just
the stuff for spring skirt or wnist-on Bar.
gain Counter at about half price.
Carpets, carpets! We have 3 or 4. one-halt
price, OF Ingram carpets which will be closed
out regardless OF cost.
Shoes, shoes! We have gone through our
shoe stock and every pair not right up TO date
goes on TO the Bargain Counter At price. We
have them divided into three lots: 81 shoes
at 81. $3.50 shoes at 81 so. So 80 shoes at 81. II
you need real good shoe don't object 10 buy.
ing them at half price. Look at our Bargain
Counter.
Blankets! Only three pair fine blank cts
left. Can't somebody use them at price.
Jackets! Just six jackets left. The- will
be sold at Il sacrifice.
We want everybody In Abbeville County TO
know that we are agents for BuitericR Pat
terms and all their publications. Instead OF
sending your orders 10 New York send them
To II. NJ. Haddon Il Co.
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Unclaimed Letters.

Letters remaining in Ahbeviile, S. c., post
office for week ending Feb. 8. 1897:
B-BattIe, Mrs. Mary; Battle, Sammie
Brazil. Susie.
Amer; Cox. Miss Maggie; Calhoun, B. w.
care MIR Bill Harden: Creighton, Il. ID.
Church, Salem, care Il. w. Morton.
E-Ellis, }. ~. Jr.
F-Fair, Mrs. Flora.
G-Grigby, Hensy; Gardner, R. II.
H-HiI'. s. j.; Marris, Miss Annie; Hills
Yorans f.
K-Kuox, Mary Lou.
M-Mause, s.; Mahsffy, MrB. Mary L.
Marphy, Capt. +.
P-Pressley. Miss Ella; Pitts, Miss Mammie
S-Satter1ed, r.. F.; Sanders, Miss Minnie
Sanders. Miss Minnie; Sanders, Miss Min
c.: Schrlty, John.
T-Tabert, Nathson.
W-Wideman, George; Williams, Miss Sal
lie; Wallas, j. L.
Robt, S. Link, p. VI.
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He that ascends the mountain OF
truth will find the horizon widening at
every step.
MANY man has been knocked over
by stumbling on the body of sleeping
Christian.
To have the advantage of an enemy
and yet abstain from using it, is tC
display true Christian magnanlmity.
There are preachers who get large
salaries that accept support from VIII
ows who must make their money over
the wash tub.
Many have an idea that they are
serving the Lord when they are med
ding with something that is none OF
their business.
How many blunders we should es-
cape, if we were not so much inclined
to think ofourselves more highly than
we ought to think.
Try all the ways to righteousness
you can think of, and you will find
that no way brings you to it except the
way of Jesus.
If you have made a mistake, don't
think it condescension TO apologize.
The true gentleman is always ready to
rectify blunder.
The historian puts good deal more
weight on the opinions Of mans
neighbor than he does on the lettering
on the tombstone.
There are men who are very profane
who suddenly become very pious in
the midst of a thunder storm, or in the
presence of physical danger.
When the recording angel writes up
the book Of life, he doesn't consult the
church register, so frequently as he
does the merchants list of dead
beats"
Of dozen photographs of q scene
taken frOm as many different points OF
view, no two are alike. And yet we
are persuaded that the man who differs
with us is either blind or Il fool.
Set before you high models. Try to
live with the most generous and to OBJ
serve their deeds. Be cOntented, yet
aspire; that should be the faith OF all l,
and the TWO are quite compatible.
When grease is spilled OH the kitchen
floor or table, pour cold water over it
instantly. BY 50 doing it will harden
instead Of sinking into the pores of the
wood, and can be easily removed.
He that ceases to be useful to others
becomes a burden to himself
When you are in doubt whether you
ought to say thing, do not say it.
The veneering is pretty thin on a
great many of the polished gentlemen
you meet.
Intellect is great endowment, but
it is not to be compared with III
tegrity.
Leisure is sweet to those who have
earned it, but burdensome 10 those
who get it for nothing.
The uplifting power of a vigorous
and spiritual sermon can hardly he
overestmated.
1t is great mercy to enjoy the Cos
pei Of peace, but greater to enjoy the
peace of the Gospel.
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SHORT STOPS.
Notes Over the Telephone Wires.

Notes Over the Telephone Wires.
Mr.. Cherry ran over TO Augusta last week
on business.
Mr.. Hagan and Mr.. Nick els were down from
Due West last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nance visited up about Lown-
desville last week.
Miss Marie Gary has returned home from
Rock Hill where she has been attending
school.
Mr.. Gaines Hammond came home from
Spartanburg last week.
Mr.. Charley Pratt and DR.. Edwards were
down from Due West last week.
Mr.. Beatty played on the lovely organ In the
Presbyterian church last Wednesday night
for the benefit OF the people.
Miss Madge Graydou after spending while
with relatives in Abbeville has gone back 10
Edgetield.
Mr.. Will McIlwaIn was in town one day
last week from Greenwood.
Miss Alice McAllster was In town shopping
last week.
Miss Minnie Bass and Mr.. ThOrton were
happily married at the home OF the bride in
the Sharon section. Rev. w. II. Arial per-
formed the ceremony.
Mr.. MaZck died at his home in Charleston
last week, and his remains were bI ought TO
Abbeville last week.
Miss Orene McIlwain Is visiting Miss Lizzie
Penney.
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Spring medicines, onion setS. garden seed
and stationery at Harrisod Games.
Call at Harrison & Games drug store and
get Grier's almanac, aud buy your garden
seed.
A fresh lot Of onion SETS and garden seed at
Harrison & Games.
The best and cheapest garden seed at Harri-
son & Games drug store. New stock Just In.
Please return all empty Harris Lithia water
bottles as soon as con venient to Speeds drug
store.
Why be annoyed with ring worm, te tt Q
and such like when Westmorand tetter DIN {
ment will cure it. Try II. For sale at Speeds
drug store.
Carry your empty beer bottles to Speeds
drug store where you can always get good
price for them.
Westmoreland ointment will sure cure ring
worm, teller and all skin troubles. For sale
at Speeds drug store.
Chliren's Jewel caskets In white metal'
prices ranging from l0c. TO Toc. Handsome
white metal framed mirrors at 25c., toilet
cases, etc., at r. G. Bernau, the jeweler.
Horse and cattle powders, blood purifiers,
garden seed and onion sets just in at Harri-
son 4 Games.
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Every man has paradise around
him Till he sins, and the angel of an
accusing conscience drives him from
his Eden.
There is time when thou mayest
say nothing, and time when thou
mayest say something but there will
never be time when thou shouldst
say all things.
Though an Inheritance of acres may
he ebeuueuthed, an inheritance of knowl-
edge cannot. The wealthy man may
pay others for doing his work for him
but it is impossible to get his thinking
done for him by another, or to pur-
chase any kind of self-culture.
Troubled with our own cares, busi-
ness perpleXties, household sorrows
and fears, or with the tendencies OF
the times, have we taken all these, in
salutary and believing confidence, to
our Father, as little children take their
troubles to father and mother?
Contention and disputation are not
the mark Of either c great mind or a
calm, sweet spirit. The thinker quiet
ly does his best to make his meaning
clear but if there is still lack OF per-
ception OH the part of his hearers. he
simply waits for that justification
which time is sure to bring.
All truly consecrated men learn little
by little that what they are conse-
Grated to s,uOt joy or sorrow, but a
divine idea and profound obedience,
which can find their full outward eN-
preston, not in joy and not in sorrow,
but in the mysterious and inseparable
blending of the two.
81 never was deeply interested in
any object, | never prayed sincerely
and earnestly for anything, but it
came at some time, no matter at how
distant day somehow, in some shape
probably the last should avedesired,
it came, and yet | have so little faith.
May God forgive me-, and
wipe the sin of unbelies from my
heart"
Were we sure of living forever upon
the earth, reason might approve Of
worldliuess. We would then be .justi-
fled in laying up material treasure and
in seeking power. But we are here
only for Il moment. Treasures must
be left behind and power must be re-
linuuished. A death-doomed creature
should show wisdom by grasping an
portion.
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The candidates for the Masters office In this
county, made vacant by the resignation o.
Hon. j. c. klugh bave oil quit the field, ex
cept Walter L. Miller. ESQ.,, who will likely
remain to the finish. If the office Is moi
abolished by consolidating it with that o
the Probate Judge Mr.. Miller will get the ap
pointment. We have heard it suggested, that
liz view OF the reduction OF the area Of the
county, the two offices of Probate Judge and
Master will be consolidated, but Of this wt
know nothing.