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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
A Popular Faliacy.

The idea OF using brandy as specific
for the euro OF nervous debility (as caused
by overwork, mental worry, etc., Is only
another form OF the popular fallaoy which
mistakes a process OF irritation for pro-
cess otinvigoration.
"Aleohol is neither q food nor a gener-
ator OF force in the human body" says DR..
N. s. Davis. ex-President OF the American
Medical Association, Though like ether
and chloroform, its presence dimlnishes
the senslbility OF the nervous system and
brain, thereby rendering the individual
less conscious OF all outward impressions.
This dlmlnution OF senslbillty may be seen
IN all It's stages from simple weight, ex-
hibited by ease, buoyancy, hilarlty, to that
of complete Inconsistencies aud loss OF
muscular power. It has long been one OF
sthe noted paradoxes OF hu man physiology,
that the same individual would resort toa
In winter and protect from heat In sum-
mer, to strength when woak and weary,
and snothe aud calm when afd fcted In
Oody or mind. The fact Is that alcohol
achieves those effocts simply by lessening
our consciousness OF Impressions. But
while It's presence dimlnlshes the sensibll-
lty OF the nervous system, 1t also Injuries
the functional efficiency Of the organism
md tends to retard the process OF nutri-
tion and elimination"
It might bo added that evea that sham
relist Is confined to the brief initial period
OF the poison-fevar, and that the net result
OF the experiment never fails to aggravate
the symptoms OF whatever distress may
have tempted the sufferer to invoke the
treacherous aid OF alcohol. -.
One great temptation In the practice OF
physicians privately opposed to the use OF
! alcohol In any form, is the proMptness OF
that apparent relief effected by large doses
OF alcoholic stimulants.. The patient applies
for q remedy rot for lecture on the phys
, io!oglcal cfte3ss OF hts ursanltary habits,
aud perhaps oToa believes In the existence
OF miraculous specifics that would enable
| him to reconcile those habits with the en-
ioyment of permanent health. It would be
difficult to convince him that total abstl-
nepce from stimulauts, combined with fru-
gality and outdoor exercise, would ultt-
mately effect u far more thorough cure; he
demands more direct results, and believes
to have got his moneys worth In the form
OF a prescription by which those results
have been apparently accomplished. He
deudes himself with the hope that the
MON entary feeling OF relief might be ac-
cepted as asymptom OF permanent I'M
provement.
But Is It not, on the other hand, more
lhau probable th,k the inevitable dtsap-
pointment OF that hope LAS done much to
weaken the confidence In the trustwortht-
ness of medical prescriptions In general?
Here as elsewhere, absolute honesty might,
after all, prove the wisest plan.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
THE GREAT DESTROYER.
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF iNTEMPERANcs.

What Have You Done To.Day:-Brandy
Should Never Be Used ~ "A Specific For
the Cure of Nervous Debility-It Al
fords Sham Relief.
[ saw farmer when the day was done;
The setting sun had sousht its crimson
bed,
And the mild stars came forward one by
one;
Isaw the.sturdy farmer, and said
"What have you done to-day.
o, farmer, say"
"Oh, I have sown the wheat in yonder
field,
And pruned my orchard, to increase the
yield,
And turned the furrow for a patch OF
corn
This have done since morn
I saw blacksmith in his smithy door,
When the day had vanished and the west
grew red
And all the merry strife and noise were
. DER;
Isaw the kindly blacksmith, and said:
"Whht huve you done to-day2
o, blacksmith say"
"Oh, hnvo made two plowshares all
complete,
Aud nailed the shoes on many horses
feet; ...
And-O, my friend, cannot tell you half"
The man Of muscle answered with laugh.
saw miller when the day was done,
And all the sunshine from the hills had
And tender shadows crept across the
lawn; ..t.. .t..
saw dusky miller; and said:
What have you, done today
o, miller, gray" :'
"Oh, have watched my mill from morn
till night; ...
Did you ever see -four so snowy white?
And many are the mouths to-day I've
And merry miller laughed as thlshe said.
saw another when the night drew nigh,
And turned each daily toller from his
task
When gold and crimson cloudlets .decked
"Wiat have you done to-daya 79-
Dram seller, say" -
But the dfink'seller turned, with dropping
Aud not single word in answer said.
What had he done2 His work, he knew
full we'll, s,,.. - ffsY,.-.
Was plunging souls in deepest hell
Alasl drink-seller, on that awful day
When death shall call you, and your race
Is run,
How can you answer What can you say
WAen God shall question you, "What
have you done?'
How can you meet the eye
or the Most High?
When night approaches, and the day grows
late,
Think you to And your way to heavens
gate?
Think you to dwell with the souls OF right
eous men?
Think you to enter in? II not, what thenp
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
THE NEWS EPlTOMIZED.
Washington Items.

Congress has been appealed to by the
Tav, and Treasury Departments to act as
Umpire In radical difference OF opinion
'egnrdng the surveys Of the new Island
possessions.
Secretary of War Root made an argument
n favor Of the Armv Reorganization DILL
before the House Military Committee.
report on Pacific cable surveys by
Commander Hodges, OF the Nero, shows
:hat thoroughly practicable route was
discovered.
The Hon. Lillian Pauncefote, third daugh-
:er of Sir Julian Pauncefote, British Am
oassador TO the United States, was mar
red to Mr.. Robert Bromley, Honorary At
tache Of the British Embassy, In the pres
snce OF q distinguished company.
General Otis has asked tho War Depart.
ment for 1000 pairs OF handouts and 200
pairs OF shackles. They are to be used
principally to restrain insane American
soldiers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
Foreign.

Two more white persons and eight
ianska, have died from the bubonlc
plague In New Caledonia.
The Colonial Patriotic Fund Committee
.orwarded $4,000 to the London Imperia
Eund: as the first installm ant OF NeWfou nd
.and's subscription. r.
A retired German army ofhcer charges
hat the army hns been weakened ny the
Kaissr's changes 10 the regulations.
The total Boer losses In killed and
xounded since the beginning OF the war Is
yiyen, on the best authority at not over
1900. the lists OF names OF all thektlied ana
wounded having BEEN published IN tne
,ficial Boer papers, the ages which were
ylysn In most cases ranging from nineteen
FEARS to ffty. :,
The highest Prussian court has decloea
hat the American title OF "Dootot" can
aot be used In Prussia Without speetai
permit from the Government.
Frauce and Switzerland will hold Hteia-
,hone convention to regulate the sef'ico
between the two countries. <
The independence OF Slam Is said to he
:hreatened by proposed French expeol-
:ion to seize Haiuan.
Artificial coal Is being made at Al!l ana
!
many is desperate ,..s.
Herr Ile, King Menelik's chief, who IS In
Mnrsel,les,' France, retutes the stoty Lnas
he King Is planning an anti-Ehslsn GUY
IN Abyssipta. - -.
Italy's foreign trade last year agSregat-
ID s5S7, ,5s5, 600 and surpassed all reeoras.
Five Egyptian officers have been essn, esia a.
cred In the soudan for insupordlnation
and sent as prisoners to Cairo. .
ntscovsrv Of the mutilated body OF
Thomas M. Atkinson, a marine OF the
United States cruiser Prairie, IN tue sana'
at Havre, Indicates that he was mufaereo
and robbed by seaport thugs.
The Colombian newspapers are discuss, ar
ing the reported discovery py German GERMAN
engineer named Krwiese OF an sl issnm,an man
canal route which is only eleven m'.es ions.
The German Government was defeated
:. ha BsIeh.tao IN a motion to repeal a
m measuts M enforced in Alsace-Lorraine:
The British House OF Commons rejected
tbe Iriah EvIn.pn Tannnfa
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
LIFE IN new KLONDlKE.
Cane Nome is the Richest Gold Bet
Ever Discovered.
HIGH PRICES FOR FUEL AND FOOD

Winter Life in Cape Nome-fie"'S VI
Food, But Wood and Coal Are 'caF'e-
Discoveries oe Gold in the beac" san"
CoonF For Miles East and West-f'os-
nectors Waiting For the Spring rhaws.
TACOMA Wash. (Sperian.-Cape Nome
,ows 70 Decsmb Der Is was received here by
.he steamer Humboldt. 1t was brought oy
car Won Kooesdorr and Charles d.
camohell who left Nome on December TO-
waxing trip OF 1900 miles to Dawson IN
attv.ssvsn days, Including rests OF six
days. They reached Dawson teoruaey ."
Immsdlately upon their arrival the Daw.
aon paper, issued extras CONTAINING 'u''
d.,oi,s Of Nome happenings, and tnese
asnsr, with letters direct from Nome
.a Ear rsbsd through by dog teams trav-
sIIno TG, IN relays day and night from pa"-
EN- eIinE Esnder I'd Government mail contract.
SOU rh. nows from Cape Nome Is that tnrenee
u,nre- nne discoveries prove thut that Iistrlct
ts nnJoubtedly the richest golu Delt eaer
iEH,annrered. ~ In several districts tue men
us ore at work this winter plllnS, up DiG
dumns d Of gold-bearing sand ana sraVel
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
The Labor World.

Tie United IIatters nre spending thou
sands OF dollars to advertise their unlor
label.
Miners are scarce in Great Britain, and
il is difficult to find workmen sufficient to
man the mines.
The average advance in wages 10 Wis.
cousin for all classes in the year past was
fifteen per cent.
The clgarmakers' strike In Havana was
broken. the men returning to work At theis
employers terms.
Wage claims for s14s, 900 have been fled
for l6l employees OF the Dock Department
In NeWfork City.
In Wyoming the railroads have raised
wages to S1.75 per day and cut the board
down to $3.50 per week.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
An InsItlious Evil.

The perslstency with which tue daily
papers continue to inform US that tho
drink habit is growing among women Is
alarming. II it bs true, as leading New
York paper asserts upon the authority OF
zone OF the 400" that Delmontco'5 ana
the Waldorf-Astoria ure the, scenes OF
drunken debauchery upon the Part OF
women OF the most exclusive circles OF
New York society, and that lady members
OF leading arlstocrattc families go ABOUT
the streets OF New York, In public places
and in the homes OF their friends, With
their breath reekiny with the fumes OF
LIQUOR, q new and specially dangerous
phase OF the liquor problem conirouts us.
There is nothing incredible in the reports.
The morality Of the women o. O nation
seldom remains for great length OF tim =
alta higher grade than tue morality Of
the men.-The New Voice.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
KENTUCKY OFFICIALS SWORN IN.
Minor oficers Then Go to State House
But Do Not Get In.

Minor Oficers Then Go to State House
But Do Not Get In.
FRANKFORT, KY. rCspeciaD.-The state
Contest Board awarded certificates OF cleo
tion to all OF the Democratic contestants
for minor State offices. Immediately after,
ward the contestants were sworn In ana
went to the State House In body, where
they made formal demand on the kepup-
llcan lncumbents for possession OF the
offices, but the demands were not acceded
to.
The Democratic contestants sworn IN
are: Secretary OF State, G. b. Hill; At
torney General, Robert ). Breckinridge;
Auditor, Gus G. Coulter; Treasurer. Wilbur
Hager: Superintendent Of Public lnstrac-
tion, II. V. McChesney.
The clerk OF the Court Of Appeals, Mr..
Shackelford, administered the oath of ONCE
to all the contestants for Office other than
Governor and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14

Fifteen Years For Robbery of Four Cents.
Hugh McCann, OF Cohoes, N. y, con-
Sicted OF highway robbery and assault'was
sentenced to fifteen years IN Dannemora
Prison. McCann was indicted Jointly with
Archie Langlier in holding up IN old man
named Levallez, In Cohoes. IN December
last. and taking four cents from him
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14

Publishers Want Congress to Investigate
z The American Newspaper Publishers As.
ISOLATION met In New York City and adopt
ed resolutions asking Congress to inquire
into the advance IN the price or paper.
which they held to be without warrant ant
due to the workings OF q trust.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
Newsy Gleanings.

An epidemic OF burglaries is sweeping
over Long Island.
James Walker, Of Wilmington, n. c., is
to provide the City Hospital there with
building to cost $4,000.
The New York Fire Department has pur.
chased the searchlight engine which It has
been testing, at contract price oil
5000.
The Prussian Minister OF Commerce Is
working on bills to be presented to the
Reichstag for the control OF trusts and
pools.
A census OF the demsnted. deaf. dumb or
blind persons In Delaware Is being taken
by DR.. HaEker. CT the Delaware State Hos.
pital.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
Dewey's Prize Claim Cut Down.

The United States Court OF Claims Mt
Washington rendered decision on the
claim OF Admiral Dewey for prize money
on account of the destruction OF the Span
lab fleet in Manila harbor. The court de-
cided against the Admiraps contention
that the enemys force was superior to his,
and awarded him IS, $40.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
ProIiest son ! snieide.

Michael Sullivan, Jr.; aged thtrty-a
ysazs ot Phtladelp hia. who robbed his
ag8d father OF his savlngsSotamany years
about q month ago and then disappeared,
lsTgturned home q few wdaYsago almost pen
tsniless. s.Saud-comuitted suicide by BLOWN 8
Eunt his brains IS -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
Recommended ShoOtl

Recommended Shooting Spanish Onicers.
In replying to Spanish criticism Rear
Admiral Sampson said be had recommend
cd shooting two Spanish captains for de-
stroying ships after surrendering them In
the naval battle near Santiago de Cuba.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
Georgia Bank Robbed. .

The Perry Loan and Savings Bank at
Perry, Ga, was entered and robbed OF
ss5oo. The vault door WAS blown open by
dynamite as was also the inner money
vault. The loss is covered by burglar in
surance
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
Aby.stnia Gains rerritary.

The Anglo -Abysslnian Conysrtl
frontier dsllmItatton has been isa
tween Emperor Menelek and Gfea
ain. MsteIneh, which was withlna
auencs ofthe English zone, is ne@ "A
sinian territory.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
Mortgage Indebtedness in Cuba.

Senior Varona, Secretary OF Finance. at
Havana, has completed statement show.
ing the mortgages now existing on proper
ties in Cuba. The total number Of incum.
bered properties is 1915, and the llabili
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
MAI .t Her sister,s BetisideY

Mrs. Katharine Kennedy went to tht
Mercy Hospital in Pittsburg, Penn, to SCI
her sick sister, Mrs. John Reardon. Hell
sister, who was asleep, was 80 wasted away
by fever that Mrs. Kennedy fell dead ol
shock. The body WAS removed while Mrs
Reardon was still asleep.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
Sensational Murder and Suicide.

Wilson WaSelin, farmer, residing near
Brock, Nsb., murder J his wife, formerly
President OF the ". c. T. u, OF Nebraska,
by cutting her throat. He then went to
the cemetery where his arst wife was buried
and standing on her grave cut his own
throat and fell dead.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14

Having exhausted all judicial ayenues$of
escape from prison, Carter must NOW gbe3
incarcerated IN tIia Fort LeayenWotth
Penitentiary. There he viii: serve the sem
tencs OF flvs years at hard labor imppsst
upon him by the court.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14

sleeping moments Gun see Tue tuture W0rIu
nnl hold consultation. with spirits. Yes,
before the time OF Christ. the Brahmans
went through alfthe;tabIe moving, all the
furniture excitement, which tho spirits
have exploited In our day, precisely the
snme tbing over and over again, under the
manipulation Of the Brahmnns. Now, do
you say that spIrituaism Is different from
th ese? answer, al these delusions have
mentioned belong to the same family.
+ They are exhunations from the unseen
world.
What does God think OF all these delu-
Fions? He thinks so severely VI tnem that
Hs never speaks OF them but with livid
thnnders Of indignation. He says, ~ will
be aswlft witness against the sorcorer."
He snys, "Thou shalt not suffer witch to
live" And lest yoa might make some i'm
portant distinction between spirltualisn
uud witchcrait God says in SO many words.
"There shall not be among you Il consultei
of familiar spirits. or wlzard, or necro-
mancer, for they THAI 30 these things are
m abominalou unto the Lord" The Lord
God Almighty in Il score OF passages which
/ have not now tine to quote utters Hts in
dignation against all this great family OF
dslusions. After that be spirtualist if
you dArel
still Turtherywe learn from this text how
1t ist.iat people come 10 fall oiSpiritGal-
ism. Saul had enough trouble % kill ten
nen. He did not know where to 80 for
relief. After awhile he resolved to go and
see the witch OF En-dor. He expected that
oomehow she would afford him relief. 1t
was his trouble drove him there. And
have to tell you now that spiritunlism
ands its victims In the troubled, the bank
rupt, the sick, tile bsreft. You lose your
watch, and you go to the fortune teller to
find where 1t is.
You lose friend you want the splr-
itunl world opened, so that you may
have communication with him. In IL
highly wrought, nervous and diseased
state OF mind you go and put yourself
In that communication. That Is why l
hate spirituallsm. It takes advantage
OF one In y moment o. weakness, which
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.

SWINGS DEPAEVIMENI.
Deposits OF 81 ard upwards received. In
terest allowed 81 the rate OF per cent. per
annnm, on smoruts acove S5 and not exceed
ing $500, payable quarterly, On first days of
January, April, Ju.y and October.
r ~ WALLACE.
T.. s. CARSON, President.
Cashier
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02
Cotton Seed Oil Bill.

Che following FROM the News end
Courier about the Grout bill, which, it
is said. will seriously affect the Gotten
sees oil industry if passed, will be Of
interest TO macy people here:
A vigorous fight is being made
before the agricultural CON mi::ee of the
house against the passage of the Grous
bill, which, if successful, will effect
very lpjutiously the cotton seed oil
industry Of the south. Representative
Stokes. wto is member of the agricul-
turai committee, 10 taking an active
part 10 the fight against tie bill in the
Interest of his own constituents and the
cotton seed oil Industry of the scusa
generally. He said : The newspapers
Of toe south are Dot giving IS much
attcption 20 this measure as IFS import
ance to the intecsste CT their section
you'd warrant, and i. seems to ne that
the people of the south are not aware
how seriously this bill will affect their
industries, or they would take keaaer
interest 10 the proceedings before the
coumi,tee. There have been cotton
seed oil ren from North Carolina,
South Carolioa and Georgia cp tere
lookiog after individual Interests, but
as yet there has Only been one delesa
ton before the commitse, aad that was
from Texas 10 bis judgment the
people ~to have large iosereste 10 the
cotton seed oil trade should at once get
their size of the question before tie
agricultural CON mitteee a: the earliest
possible momeot. for the people of The
aorth aud northwest sections Of the
country are working very bard for the
passage Of the bill, and if there is uot
so1ae hard aud effective work done by
the people of the south and other sec.
tiops which will be affected by the
passage Of the bill it secEs to me that
the cotton seed Industry will suffer very
greatly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02
THE BANK OF SUMTER,
SUMTER, s. c.
City and County Depositary

Capital stock paid IL, SIS, 900 co
Uadicidei su-p:ns. l6,0ce 90
lndiviaual !ishlity Of stockholders
10 excess o; their stock, $4,000 co
Trsas4c;s general baking business; also
has ). Savings Bank Department. Deposits of
81 and npwsrd received. Interest allowed a,
tie rate OF 4 !e: ceu:. per arouE, payable
seml-euncal!r.
w. B. HAYNSW0RTH, President.
MARION MoIsE, ". F. RHAME,
Vice President. Cashier.
Jan 81.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02
Notice Of Registration.

The State Of South Csrolua-Sumter Couo-
t5-Ofice o. Supervisors ot Registration,
Sumter County. Sumter, S. c., February
Isl, 1899.
Notice is hereby given that in accordance
with an Act Of the General Assembly, and in
conformity With the requirements of the State
Consultation, rbe books for the registration
of sll legally qualified voters, srd for the
issaips Of transfers, e,c,, will be open at the
oaice OF Supervisors CT Registration in the
court aouse, between the hours of O'Clock
a 60 !. and o'clock p. ~, % the tEstMon.
dav of each nontb, until thirsy days before
the next general election. Minors who shall
become of age during that period of thirty
DAYS shall be entitled to registration before
tie books are closed, if otherwise eua.ided.
The requirements for qualified voter are
hat the applicant for Tegistrstion shall be
ub;e TO read AID write correctly, or possess
IN his own nsne property TO the amouut ct
three huodred dollars. upon which be pays
taxes. E. F. BURROWS,
T. D. DUBOSE,
j. II. KNIGHT,
Supervisors of Registration Sumter Co.
Mch