davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-04
New zsaiand oners More Aid.

LoNDoS (By Cable). The Earl OF Rantur-
Iy, Governor OF New Zealand, has cablsd
to, Colonial Secretary Chamberlain that
that colony wishes to indorse the position
taken by Great Britain In reference to In.
tervention in South Africa. He assures
Mr.. Chamberlain that New Zealand sup
ports the mother country, and will main.
tain that position irrespective OF conse'
uuenceS,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-04
siMDst Work for God or Home.

Any right-minded man, who desires t.
make the most OF his life and to be Of use
10 the world. will accept his responsibility,
oth tor himself and for others, and try to
set If suitably. This is what Christ
isl hft3 do. It involves the honest,
Scssnts consideration OF the claims OF
51jIffisf#as the. Redeemer OF man upon
fndi8tdkaf soul. And this leads
rs aeceps bce Oh Christ as personal
Hour. I 6f ehSie In this matter each OF
i! Isl tesp ponstble and the only true, wise
Involves ipyalty to God through
)Ehfj6 II u also Involves admitting that it is
fh - a0Hsr tofiake other people better or
m fhAn theywould be II they had not
$c5Hd 16}o contact with us. 1t is inevitable
liiakT8d q 3 6themgood or harm in some degree.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-04
A sensible Yonnr Woman.

A young couple at Philadelphia were pre-.
pnrlng for murriage-the day was fixed and
invitations sent out. Just week before
the time, the lady smelfed whisky on her
lovers breuth. She at once declared the
engagement-offa and nothing could induce
her to chaugeher mind. he brought suit
for breach Of PROMISE The judge In.
structed the jury that "It' is a woman's
privilege to annul her promise Of marriage
il she believes, In good faith, that good
reasons for 30 doing have arisen since she
entered into the contract" The jury con.
sidered whisky drinking good reason fol
breaking the contract and found for de-
fendant. Wisely the brave young woman
said: "I'd rather have to work all my life
and die M old maid than marry mar
who drinks whisky"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-04
Woman Killed by u Jealous Wife.

MIss Annie Strother, night cashier in a
restaurant in Chicago was shot and almost
instantly killed by an unidentified woman
who escaped. Five shots were fred. The
6rst struck the cashier In the breast. Miss
Strother turned and fled toward the kitch.
en-. The woman with the revolver followed
her and fired four more shots. The MUIR
,ierer then coolly walked out OF the place.
Later in the day Mrs. Charles Smith.
tYsnty-tLree years oil, wife OF saloon
keeper, was arrested and made confess
sion, saying she had shot Miss Strother be-
cause the latter had taken her tCsbpEIs
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-04
Boers Blow Up Bridges.

CAPE Town, South Africa (By Cable).-
The Beers have blown up the bridges nortt
OF Bloemfonfeln, including those at Win
burg aud Kroonstad. The bridge over the
Moddsr River, fourteen miles north OF the
Free State capital, has been destroyed.
The law courts at Bloemfonteln have besp
reopened. :.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-04
ssT1ss Holy = 3 7 Spirit VIII { Guids.s

81 re eanGot perfectly lnd dssstsld the Inf,
;nita aiiti Almighty One. He dsnota g super.
n$tnrai e Sd dp6rhnman Man. He IS mot an
easssgSi M indi iierent Being no iss lie a
Y asstsrn: 1extbie u lynx nuist alike.
Siak sti6nnl lid dual estfny. 1t
:KGoW his; duty to God study what
ne & revealed Stib0iit be- divine 81 charac-
.ferssaarnsstly and 5praSsrfu The Holy
SHIFT may b6 dhpAp deef upon TO guide him.
no snch: an lens sGh Will reveal Himself rs
!. as is. 10 saShs stud ths tHfinfte beauty,
M oysIi1esa una gracio ionslsss OF tsthe
z sidasina nh haraesers all the more attractive
sheeanss founded saupon sjusti Ices ads absor-
rSiiee of AMt. .wlt ltreyeal themselves ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-04
ror From the Millennium.

On the occasion OF the Inauguration oil
Governor Nhsh, OF Ohio, the Press Commit.
tee gave big spread to the editorial fra
ternlty OF the State. A daily paper IN
to compare their treatment at the banquet
to the dawn OF tue millennium, E
| This moves Editor Palmer, OF the Dan
vile Citizen, to remark that II the edltor's
views OF the millennium are correct, be
don't care to be In it. After defining mil.
lenpium 10 mean "heayenly place Whore
Christ regns," he says.
"How do you suppose 1t would look tc
see thousnnd;or ilfteen hundred men who
were erroneously dubbed the sConserva-
tors OF Morals and Good citizenship ofthe
State OF Ohio smoking corncob pipes and
splitting fine tobacco juice, and drinking
beer aud WHISTLES and utterlng foul oaths.
etc., how would such picture look
through the glasses OF the Saintsp
"The cold fncts in the case are namely:
Tint the Chairman OF the Press Commit.
tee was most courteous to tho visiting
delegates while In his office, but when the
time for refreshments came, to which, oil
the press representatives were invited, a
direct insult was offered to temperance
and morality. On one side Of the room
tlireo men served lunch which included
bread, butter. two kinds OF meat, potato
salad and pickles. Mo wnter. or coffee. On
the other side OF the room intoxicating
liquors in the form Of whisky and beer
were served, all OF which were free to
the press representatives. Cigars also
were free aud freely used, as also were the
intoxlcunts. ..> ..
sRumocraoy has great cnuse. for re-
joiclng, while temperance hides her face
In shane!" -
"The Citizen has looked In vain for a
word OF reproach from any OF our ex-
changes, but on the contrary great mum
ber Of the press publications endorsed the
action In highest terms, and liken It to the
millennium. May God save US from the
millennium II that occasion was simile."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-04
BOLD ROBBERS GET $4,000.
Run on With \ Satchel Being Sent 10 4
Bank In Paris.

Bank In Paris.
PARIS (By Cable).-An audacious robbery
OF $50, 900 was committed from the NORTH
ern Railroad. The company, which three
times weekly deposits large amounts with
the Bank Of France, sent s126,000, O.!
which amount $4,000 was in small bills.
This was placed in satchel, and the
money was conveyed from the station to
the bank In cart, which was In charge O.:
two clerks.
Before they started one OF the clerks
placed the sutchel beside the coachman.
Two men approached and engaged the at
tention OF the clerk and coachman, while
third man picked up the satcheI and bo!ted
with 1t. The loss was not noticed uu'
til 1t was too late to catch the robbers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-04

Articles Of Incorporation Of. the Equine
Provident Society have been flled I'm ths
County Clerks ONES in Brooklyn. Ihe OBJ
ject OF the society is ''to provide o AheltSfi
their masters faithfully Gun be taken care
O. In theIr declining years." 4.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-04
Eby Eek .mple.

4. "a lbls for the silent influ-
sSnce; ;6f BrfS III pf iiiei whether We dis
fi1ctsS ii 56fsEs u 3bfsSs Others thereby or
not Y8 z. "a measure. their
a6clght ltaAIk Hons sand ambitions,
their hopes AN their plans for life,
:thefE reia ttons s9 kesent, aud to the long
Roas,biisy zoe rests gH3n,sh upon US be- be-
sthe conscio ousnsss encourage and
strengthen thamst The battle OF life, as
without our, aid they net, is not only
possible but easy by B8fnpathetic spirit.
the kind dly5word, tf1en6t 8nd consscrated
sexatnpie no matter h9 8estly set before
then. 81 Responsjb btiity fha6ed serious and
well ghty; Eut also it is R legs, and may
tss g joy and g slessin ins ,1 s.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-04
Property RIGHTS OF THE DUTCH
Great Britain VIII Not Recognize Aliena'
- tions or Concessions.

d CAPE Town, ,South Africa (By CabIe).-
Sir Alfred Miner, the Governor OF Cape
Colony and British High Commissioner OF
South Africa, has issued proclamation
declaring that the Imperial Govern msnt
will not recognize rs valid or efieetual any
alterations Of property, whetherot lands
railroads or mines, within the Transyaal or
the Orange Free State, or any interest
therein or encumbrances, or any concss.
sions granted by: the said Government.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-04
B0ERS DENY TRBACHERY.
President Steyn's Answer to the
Charges Of General Roberts.
PREFERS COUNTER ACCUSATIONS,

Beers Have Not Violated the Usages OF
of Civilized Warfare-B urghers Were
Tired OIL bylBritish Troops After the
White Flag Had Eeen Raised.
LONDON (By Cable. The following dis.
patch has been received at the War Office
from Lord Roberts, at B!oemfontein:
Il have received the following reply te
my telegram Of March II, to the Presidents
OF the Free State and South African Re.
public:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-04

Nonsf OF us really finish anything Ii gu,
sho.t life. We only begin things aud: then
leave them for etherssta; take up and carry
sson. II IL better, therefore, that We shosild
work as for ,the longest life. though our
days bebuss few. Hence IL is better ws
ishoald, NOT know the time we are to live. 1t
keeps in; our heart all the while the element
got expectation and hope, for we may live to
reach fourscore. At the same time it holds
upon US perpetually the pressure OF urgency
AND. haste. for any day. may be our iast.-J.
b Miller. D. d. Z. Z = ~. - -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-04
Whats In . Name.

There is more truth than poetry il
thc following: Call girl achick and
she smiles; call woman hen and
she bowls. Call a young woman q
nalnA and she is pleased; call an old
nwitch and she is indignant.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-04

The Board OF Ordnance aud Fortlfca-
lions OF the United States Army has recon-
mendsd that the Ohief OF Ordnance be au-
horizsd to accept 5000 ammunition wrist
vented by Thomas G. orndorn, OF Worces-
ter, Mass. Mr.. Ofndorfrs offer Is made
without expense to- the Government for
:he purpose of experimental trial. The
wristlet encircles the forearm and holds
twenty cartridges. It weighs less than
one.hals ounce. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-04-04

morality does that which. is mol; hf tnaka
seen. or heard by five people bec9ms htId
be seen or heard by 1860 people, aa
platform Of fthat spectaculara all: the, ,speAes
!, lecture by Edward Everest Ia sekMpn
there shall be no oaroussrs mo- fnekt lates no
eyprian, NO Zoe Of good morfls fna4e1tih
or feminine. s.[l. 8
Now LET us have new institgt tiRls With
expurgated. drama and With the tsonnt.;
ings Ehave spokenEof an tnsttt ntt0n Which
we can without sophtsttS andwlt hort sen!
deception support and pntEo nizes s an tnatls
tuition SO oupcompromlsin9ly good thatG;Ma
eau attend 1t without any shocg TO oHtfes
llgious ssnsibilities, thong the 3arbath
before We sat at the holYsacralnent.s ~
The amusements OF life are beautis md
they are valuable, but they can4pt ypn
tor the loss OF your soul = cottd not Tell
YOUR eharncter;I could not tell yoHt pros.
poets FOR this world or tbs next. by the par.
ticuiar church yon attend, but II yo1 Will
tell me- where you were lust night and
where You were the night before. aud where
you have been the nights OF the last month
think I could guess where you VIII spend
FiFsssAs to the drama OF tyoufIifs and mirs II
/ VII soon end. There will be no encore 70
bring us back. At the beginning OF that
drama OF life stood u cradle; ut the end OF
it will stand grave. The first act. vel.
come. The Inst act, farewell. The inter-
mediate acts, banquet and battle, process
sions bridal and funeral, songs aud tears,
laughter and 2roaus. >:
Scene: The last day. Stage: The rocking
earth. Enter: Dukes, lords. kings; beg.
gars. clowns. No sword. No tinsel. No
crown. For footllchts: The ktnding flames
or a world. For orchestra: The trumpets
that wake the dead. For applause: The
cluppins foods OF the sea. For curtain:
The heavens rolled together as scroll.
For tragedy: "The Doom Of the Profit.
gate" For the last scene OF the fifth act:
The tramp ct nations across the Stage
some to he.right, others to the left. Then
tue bell OF the last thunder will ring, aod
! the crrta'p VII! drnn
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-03-09
LUVE
LETTERS
Book OF 100
Pages
3S flrr
tupsnaueEs

We have had q numb ber of ca II
for this charming little book men,
toned above. We give the book
free to new subscribers, to the
NEWS, and to old subscribers who
pay a year in advance. Send your
subscription OF one dollar to this
Office.
Youth and Age, very fine pa
per, published by the same com.
pany is given, with q subscription
to the NEWS, for $1.5O, saving you
90 cents. Call or write for sample
copies. This paper Is next to the
Youths Companion, and will please
the old as well as the young.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-03-09
A Life and Death Flight.

Mr.. WA Hines of Manchester, Ia, =
writin his almost miraculous Oh
cape from death, says: Exposure
after measles induce serious lung
trouole, which ended in consumption
had frequnt hemorrhages and
coughed night and day. all my doc
tors said l must soon die. Then j
began to useDr. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, which
completely cured me. / would not
be without it even if it cost $500 q
bottle. Hundred have used 1t on my
recommendation and all say it never
fails to cure Throat Chest and lung
trouble. Regular size Soc and $1.00
Trial bottle free at Jno. Il. Jackson
Drug Store
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-03-09
Death VIM. T. Morton.

The following letter, was received
q few days since, from Mrs. S. s.
Steele of Monroe County, w. Va,
with the accompanying obituary of
her father. This venerable man
will be remembered by many of
our older citizens, who will sill.
emily, at least extend their SYM
pathies to the bsreaved ones.
At his home in Cedar couney,
Mo, on Jan. 6. 1900, w. T. Nor
ton closes long and useful life.
During his seventy>eight years he
passed through many vicissitudes
and much suffering. Three times
once In youth, once middle life and
last in old age-he was crippled
and broken seemingly unto death,
but his vigorous frame and will of
iron brought him back each time
from the gates of death. But of
late his strength had failed him
and the attack of pneumonia car
ried him off on the third day. The
attack was sudden and deadly but
he testified that it found him ready
for the change. Ho leaves a wife,
ten years younger, and seven chill
dren. Of these the eldest is set
tied among our native hills ofVir.
glnia, one in south Texas, aud the
other four settled near the old
home in Missouri where they laid
him to rest in the old family bury.
ing ground aJ Bethel. The re be.
side our loved aud sanity sister
he will have respite from his life's
pain.
Thus has gone one of the best
men we ever knew. Stern of de.
meanor and vigorous in action, d
hater of deceit and chicanery, he
was a typical Anglo-SaxOn- the
race that has made the world a fit
place to live in. And it isbetter be-
cause he lived in it. Peace to
his ashes.-Cumby (Texas) Rus
tier.
Mr.. Morton was the father of
Mrs. s. s. Steele, of Pickaway, and
the uncle of W. b. Morton, Esq, of
Johnston's Cross Roads, this
county Monroe Watchman.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-03-09
Mine HORROR IN
WEST VIRGINIA
Over 100 Men Believed to
Have Been Entomed.
F0UR-FlFTHS OF THEM DEAD,

This the Estimate of the Num-
Der Killed - Grief Stricken
Crowds aud Frantic Women
and Children Add to the
Horror Of the Wreck. Red
Ash Mine the Scene of the
Disaster.
Charleston, w. Va, March G.
The greatest mining horror in the
New River region region occurred st
Red Ash, about 8 o'clock this morn.
ing. by an explosion in the drift
mine ct the Red Ash Coal COMPANY.
The mine was full OF men and tho
explosion occurred near the entrance,
which was closed by falling slate.
A relief crew was quickly "a, work.
The working capacity OF the min.
is 175 men, and it was being worked
to it's full copscity to fill rush orders.
1t is believed over 100 men were st
work.
Already fifty bodies have been
taken out aud tho work of rescue ia
still going on. State Mine Inspec
tor Pinkney is on the ground with a
corps of exports, lending all ussis-
tance possible.
The explosion made but little
noise, aud tho accident was first dis-
covered by "a laborer at the entrance.
SCENES OF THE DISASTER
The injured are being cared for "a
well as possible under tho circum.
stances, and every nerve is being
strained to rescue those still in the
mine. The scene OF the accident is
three miles above Thurman ON the
Chesapeake aud Onio Road. The
principal owner OF the mine is J..
Fred Efiinger, OF Staunton, Va. The
manager is Ferdinand Howell.
1t believed that four-fifths OF the
men in the mines were killed.
The mines were on the mountain
side above water, and the coal is
similar to that found in The Poca.
hontas district. On this account.
it said here that the accident cannot
be caused by nre damp, nor by gas,
as supposed, but from dust as was
the case in one OF the tragedies somo
years ago in IA Pocahontas mine.
The district Id a wild one, on Rush
Run, which is IA south brar ch o. New
River, having Its mouth at Thur
mond. 1t il about siIty-five miles
from this city. The miners occupy
the dwellings in the vicinity of the
mines.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-03-09
Glorious News

Comes from DR.. d. B. Cargile, of
Washita, l. T. He writes: Four
bottles OF Electric Bitters has cured
Mrs. Brewer: of scrofnla which had
caused her great suffeting for years.
Terrible sores would break out on
head and face, and the best doctors
could give no help; but her cure is
complete and her health is excellent.
That shows what thosands have
proved that Electric Bitters ia the
best blood dui ifier known. 1t stjmu-
liver knidnev and bowels, expel
poisons' help digestion builds up the
strength. Only 80 cert Sold by
Jno. e. jackson Druggist. Guaran
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-03-09
Temperance Meeting

The temperance meeting, which
was held in the Court House last
Friday night. was largely attended,
Notwithstanding the inclemeucy of
the weather. Capt. Tynes presided
over the meeting aud DIR. r. b. Gil
lespie Secretary. Several speeches
were made, and the following
resolutions were adopted:
Noticing, with conriderable alarm. the
evident Increase of drunkenness on the
streets of our town. especially upon
Court days; and,
whereas; liquor drummers from Poca-
hontas, Bluefield and other places are
continually soliciting orders for, and
are bringing or shipping liquor into our
town; and
Whereas: Many citizens, in violation
or all moral law and social order. are
assisting the liquor business by patron
izing its representatives, thereby .re-
venting the development of a pur.
moral atmosphere that should surround
all lovers of deceucy and good order,
Therefore be it resolved:
lst. That in the judgment of this
mass meeting, the manufacture. sale
and use of Intoxicating liquors for
beverage purposes is one of, il not the
greatest of evils in our government, and
we hereby pledge ourselves to use all
honorable means to suppress the same.
End, Recognizing the influence of
OF men whom we have chosen for public
offices by our votes, we call them TO
Join them TO join us in our efforts To
to quicken the public concience on the
question of temperance.
Srd. That all ministers of the posnel
members of the church, male and fe-
male, and all good citizens be asked to
lend their support to this cause by their
influence, example and earnest effort
IN the home, in society and in the
church.
4th, That we discountenance the
sale OF, or importation OF Intoxicating
liquors into our town and county by
drummers or others.
9th. That we hereby urge our may or
and marshall to enforce, strictly, the
law against drunkenness and immoral
ties resulting therefrom in our town:
9th. That the chair appoint an ex-
ecutive committee of five persons who
shall take such steps as they may see
proper to further the objects of this
movement as indicated by the fore
going resolutions;
9TH. The Chairman is hereby empow-
cred to call mass meetings or conven-
tions at this or any other place in the
county when authorized by said exscu-
tivecommistee.
Furthermore, be it resolved, that We
instruct the secretary to furnish a copv
OF these resolutions for each n ewspaper
In the county and hereby respectfully
requested that they be published.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-03-09
Mr.. Ellyson Names Them.

Richmond, Va, March 6.-At the
racsnt meeting of the State Com
mlttee resolution was adopted re-
questing the State chairman to ap-
point a committee of ten, one from
each Congressional District, to ex-
anime and Recommend to the State
convention any necessary changes
In the party plan OF organization.
Chairman Ellyson. who is ex-
Off clio member and chairman OF the
committee, has appointed the follow
ing gentlemen from the various dis
tricts:
First-Claggett b. Jones; Second
w. w. Dey; Third-E. l.. @.
Scott; Fourth-F. X. Lassiter; Fifth
r. A. James; Sixih--J. p. Woods;
Seventh-George w. Morris; Eighth
George s. Shackelfor1; Ninth-R.
Tate Irvine; Tenth-W. A. Andsr-
son.
Mr.. Ellyson hopes to have this
commitece meet before the conven
ton, and il not sooner, it will surely
convene in Norfolk on May LIST, the
day before the convention.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-03-09
Death of Mrs. D. o. Baldwin

Capt. ID, b. Baldwin has received
a telegoam from his son, Rev. DO.
Baldwin, conveying the sad intelli-
gence of the death of the latter's wife
which occurred st Elizabethton, Tenn.
at 3o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Mrs Baldwin has been almost an
invalid for more than two years, but
IL was thought there had recently
been marked Improvement in her
health, and the news of her dea th oc-
stoned surprise and sincere reuret
among her many friends in this
city.
Mrs. Baldwin, who was the daueh.
ter Of MIR. and Mrs. Lawrence Burns
was 80 years of age, haveing been
born in Lawrence county, KY, in
1864. While quite young her parents
removed to Lebanon, Va. She was
educated at the Tazewell Female
College, and for more than 20 wears
had been a constituent member of
the Methodist church, She possessed
charming disposition and winning
manner and was well beloved i'm the
various communities in which her
husband minstered, and her death
Will be regretted by large circle of
friends. She is survived by too
children, one of whom, Harry, is
nearly grown.
The remains will be brought to
Lebanon. Va, where the interment
Will be made to morrow