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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-16
PROHIBITION MEETING.
Small, But Very Select Assembly. n
AbbevilIe Last Saturday.

Last Saturday was the day appointed for
the meeting OF The County Prohibitionits to
hold their meeting at Abbeville TO elect dele
gates to the State &c Conference which meets In
AS far as we cou Id ascertain Rev. Mr. Morer
Of Antreville, and his neiehbor, Dr. John "A.
Robinson, came down IN 5buggy together,
and falling to find delegates from other SEQ
formation as TO the leading Prohtbttionists In
town. They we're referred TO Mr.. w. T. Brad.
lev, and went around TO his home to see him
on the subject OF organizing d5I Psohi6ition on
most courtly manner welcomed the gentle.
men TO his house, and was aa polite as posi-
BILE, but told them that he was then
supporting the dispensary law. He had
that law, but now he was satisfied with the
dispensary, and believed 1t to be the best pos
sibe manner OF dealing with the liquor ques-
tion. =.
the Auditors Office by various OF our citizens,
who &lked with them. all unconscious OF
their high and benevolent mission. Auditor
Bradley was not at the office and knew moth
Prohibition missionaries. Magistrate r. E.
Cox was busy on the Auditors BOOKS, ana II
Prohibition was talked be did not notice the
facts.
office and tslked to Mr.. Moorer for sometime,
hut the chief subject was Masonry or other
matters than Prohibition, and SO we found 1t
bard to find out what action was taken by
the Prohibitionits. IL is known, however,
that diligent enquiry was made for otner
Prohibitionists who had not come. Every.
body knew of Mr.. NJ. L. B. Sturkey, OF Nc.
Cormick, and his absence could not be ex.
planned. If the name Of any other absent
Prohibitionist was mentioned, the fact escap'
ed our attention.
II any committees or delegates we're elected
we could not ascertain the fact. sI
Capt. Lyon was written to some ttmeSego,
to give the name Of a prominent Prohioieon.
ist at Abbeville. The Captain replied that at
no prohibitionist, prominent or otherwise,
but that If he should learn OF such q person
that he would write, TO the enquirer. Up TO
midday last Monday, he had not written. =.
AS far as we know, no citizen at5AboeVllle
has enlisted In the Prohibition party. and DE-
Robinson, Rev. Moorer, and Mr.. M. L.. b.
Sturkey are the only known Prohibitionists
In this county, though the suggestion has
been made that there might be o Prohibition;
list at Mount Carmel. We haven't heard
from Hon. w. d. Mann, but the presumption
ia. that he is ProhlbItionist, though OF this
we have no information.
Capt. r. H. Armstrong was In town last
Monday, and we asked him IL he knew OF any
Prohibitionists, and replied "Oh. yes; Rev.
Mr.. Morer and DR.. Robinson are prohi6itlon-
lists. have heard that Mr.. w. A. Callahan
is prohbitionists, but of this am not GER
tain"
or two things there need be no doubt;
|. That the Prohibition party is not in the
majority in this county.
2. That the personnel OF the party will aver.
age higher than that of any other political
party that ever existed in this county. lndl-
yidually, they are all Of the very best men-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-16
Gospel Truth.

In politics the Southern white man and
negro are unalterably opposed to each Other;
of different races, different in intellect tenn
perament and sentiment, they appear on the
surface TO be natural enemies Bnt let any
body invade the rights Of, or do any wrong
to, white mans Niger. and he files At once
to bis defence. Any personal injustice TO the
Southern white mans niger arouees all the
resentment in the formers nature and he Is
ready TO fight in minute The proposition
appears anomalous, but we ststeit correctly.
The fact is that there Is an indet1nable affinity
between q gentleman and 9 Niger. and
while TO all appearances they are at variance
at every point, they are at heart the best OF
friends.-Charlotte Observer. =.
No truer words were ever spoken. II you
scratch the back OF the man In the South
who hates the negro. and who refuses,to give
justice TO the faithful employee Of that race
you will find in ninety.nine cases ont OF q
hundred that he was born north of the
Mason and Dixon line. In the one hun.
dredth case you will hnd that he ia q half
breed. There is something In the nature Of
every gentleman which rebels against an
Injustice inflicted upon faithful negro
Spartanburg Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-16
SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
Side Trips from Charleston, 8. c., dur.
ing Annual Meeting National Ed.
| ucatfou JuIy IA. 1900.

Southern Railway will sell side trip tickets
from Charleston, s. C., at rate OF one first
class for the round trip TO st. Augustine. Fla,
Pensacola, Fla, Mobile, Ala, New Orleans,
La, Meridian. Miss. Birmingham. Ala,
Chattanooga, Tenn. Bristol, Tenn, White
Norfolk, Va, and intermediate points.
Tickets will be sold July 14th, 1900. with
final July Goth, 1900, to holders OF return por.
tlons OF round trip tickets sold 70 Charleston,
8. c., account Annual Meeting National Edu.
cational Association, Such return portions
of round trip tickets 10 be deposited with
Agents from whom side trip tickets are pur-
chased. Agents will issue receipts for tickets
so deposited and upon presentation OF said
return portions OF round trip tickets de-
posite l. ~" . -
For detailed Information apply TO any
agent Of the Southern Railway, or Its connec-
tions. ." .-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-16
Mr.. A. B. williams.

The Charlotte Observer has q very high esti-
mate of Editor A. B. Williams OF the Green
willie News. It says:
Excepting Hon. Henry Watterson, Mr..
Williams is the most brilliant writer In the
South. It Is worlds pity that man OF his
gi fts, his newspaper instincts. training, pre-
dilections end experience, should feel himself
called upon TO abandon the profession Of q
lifetime and take up new occupation. he
is q sound money Democrat and perhaps
there was not room enough for him in South
Carolina. -. .',a- = -@.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-16

and many friends. heartily extend TO. the
dear ones left behind, that sym pathy which
they so much need in this their hour Of sor-
row.
The Introductory Spring communion ser.
vices in Providence church were to have be-
gun on Saturday. but owing to the death of
DR.. j. o. Lindsay, and consequent absence OF
the pastor, there was no preaching at above
hour. Rev. H. G. Fennel returned Sunday
morning In time to occupy his pulpit, and
gave to his congregation good sermon af.
Ter which the sacrament of the Lord 9 Supper
was administered. Troupe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-16
FESTIVAL OF LETTERS.
CoKesbury Conference schooi Will
Celebrate. the Close Of Another
Scholastic Year.

Invitations are out for the Com mencement
Of the Cokesbury Conference scnooi' ihe
following is the program: ,
May 27th, IL O'Clock, Baccalaureate sermon
by Rev. w. r. Richardson, Columbia, Sc.
8 O'Clock, p. m, Sermon before 7; n. e. Az
by Rev. W. l.. Wait, Ninety SIX, S;C. ,
dress, by Hon. F. B. Gary. Abbeville, s. c.
s O'Clock, p. M, Literary Address, oy Hon'
j. A. Mccullough. Greenville. 5. Z.
Tuesday, May 29th, II a. M, Annual Debate.
So'clock, p. m., Reception.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-05-16
Vow. Made Bat TO be Brok en-.

Vows Made But 70 be Broken. ~
Last week dear delinquent said he'd pay
up II he lived. 8 ~
He's dead. go
Another sald. "t'll see about that little ae-
He is blind. 81. - . i''s.
Still another said, I'm pay. you this week
or 60 to the devil"
He's gone. ~ s, >s+A,
There are hundreds who ought to take
warning from these awful results OF pro-
0crastination. = 81 H
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-04-13
A SmItten Conscience.

Madame" began the winter pill.
grim, do you remember that last Feb
ruary that I promised to clean the
snow out Of your yard?"
Eyes, and then sneaked off without
doing it." retorted the angry house.
wife.
But I came back, madame;
tramped through July sun to keep
me word. When reached your gate
the snow had vanished, but you told
me to take the scythe and cut the
grass instead"
And you sneaked off again, you"
But me conscience smote me.
OATS why tramped through ten-feet
drifts to finish de job.-Indianapolis
News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-04-13
Swift Failing Bullets.

Falling bullets kill many men, even
when they are lying sheltered behind
trenches. If a bullet is fred In the air
1t falls with as much force as It goes
up. But, curiously, there is certain
limit of height beyond which bullet
gains no more falling force; the rea.
son being that when the motion Is
livery rapid the resistance of the air
balances the attraction of gravity. In
the siege of Sebastapol-and In fact.
during every campaign-a great many
men were killed by falling bullets.
And the terrific force with which they
come down is shown by case in
which the bullet entered the shoulder
Iof cavalry man, passed down through
his body and penetrated several inch.
es into his horses back
A curious instance occurred not long
ago in India. While a native was
cleaning boots in the open air he was
seen to drop dead without cry. On
examining him, they found that bul.
let had entered the top of his head.
No shot had been heard. and the per-
son who fired it must have been a
very long way off.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-04-13
Queer Jobs for Conqressmen,

Curious requests of every descrip.
ton are made of members of Congress
and to be able to comply with al Of
them the members of the lower house
would indeed lie a versatile lot. Re.
Gently an Illinois Congressman, while
at home, received Il letter from one
of his constituents who had secured
position in Washington. The writer
was not at all modest in his request.
but simply asked the Congressman 10
go to the house of his constituent get
an OLD pair of shoes, and mail them to
MIN under the Congressional frank.
The member was startled at the an.
dacity of his correspondent and it is
needless to say that he did not com.
ply with the request. This member
received letter from one of his con.
stituents asking him to secure the yo.
ter position as bartender in this citv.
AS this is not in the line with the
work of a Congressman, and as Tn.
dse Sam does not employ any one in
this capacity, this request was also
turned down.
The other day the same member
was amused by finding in his mail a
letter from one Of his constituents
who is in love with a young woman
residing in the statesmans district
The writer said he knew the member
had considerable influence and mod.
estly requested him to exert it to bring
about marriage between the two
persons in question. He went on to ex.
plain how much property the young
woman owned, how charming and
beautiful she is and the intensity of
the love he had for her. While the
Congressman was willing to favor his
constituent, he did not know Just how
to go about it, as he is not running a
matrimonial bureau.-Chicago Trib.
une.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-04-13
THE FUR CROP.
How Animals Are Trapped in North
western Connecticut.

The method of trapping foxes near
Winsted, Conn, is unique A large
stone is placed in the centre of pool
Just out of the foxes reach On the
stone is a piece of meat for bait. In
the water nearby a steel-jawed trap Is
hidden and a piece of green moss four
or five inches square put on the pan
of the trap The trap is under water
and the green moss hides it. The fox
doesn't like going into the water in
this weather, and when he sees the
bait he figures out that he can get it
byjumping on the moss, but he doesn't
succumb all at once. He begins to trot
around the pool. trying to find some
other way of reaching the bait. If he
is very hungry, or very young he will
stop after a few laps and. standing
on the moss, get himself Immediately
caught.
The trap is not fastened to any
thing, and the fox carries it out, but
he cannot go far with it, owing to the
pain inflicted by the jaws and to its
weight. He is soon tracked down
and captured by the hunter.
The old willy foxes are not deceived
by the green patch of moss. Some
times they will trot around the pool
until they have worn path about it.
A coon which has less intelligence
than fox, can always be trapped by
the pool and moss game but even
when trapped he Is not always caught,
for he will gnaw his leg off, and, leay-
ing 1t in the trap, get away with the
rest of himself
The quotations in the market this
year are as follows: Raccoon skins,
from 90 cents to Is cents; mink, from
$3.50 to so cents; red fox, from $500
to so cents; beaver, from $500 to
$3.50; skunk, FROM s1.50 to As cents;
muskrats, from II cents to s cents;
gray fox, from 81 to 40 cents; black
bear, from s25 to SIS; black bear cubs.
from $12 to Sc; otter, from $40 to 81;
fisher, from So to Sc; silver fox, from
$3.50 to $50; cross fox, from 500 to
$40; lynx, from SO to So; wild cat,
from 35 cents to 20 cents; tame cat,
black, 80 cents; badger, 40 cents;
civet cat, 80 cents
Now and then lynx is bagged on
the New York border, but not often.
But fixes, red and gray, few cross
foxeJ, minks. otter, skunks, wild cats
and 'coons are plentiful enough, and
are shipped from all the towns here
abouts in large quantities. Nearly all
the minks and many of the other an
finals are secured by trappers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-04-13
LIFE PROLONGED.
More About Metchnitkoff's Serum
for Old AGE.

DR.. Ellie Metchnitkoff, of Paris, has
reason to believe that he will discover
serums which will feed the human
eells so accurately that the life of
man may be prolonged to two hundred
Ind fifty years.
He said the other day: cat present
we are only in the theoretic stage, but
The surprising success that has at
tended our experiments thus far gives
hope that we shall soon be far be-
yond mere theory Unless the best
serum for use to the end of strength
uning and invigorating the nobler cells
of the human body is found, we shall
be defenseless against old age but
this once discovered, the cells needing
1t are armed for the conflict with their
destroying neighbors. Then death
will become less terrible, for we can
adjourn the final hour until the tired
body calls for rest. The time assured
~ will come when we shall be able to
maintain for an indefinite period the
equilibrium between the constructive
and destructive forces of the body.
am not prepared to say that man
ever will be able to live always. No
one would want that Some force APP
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-04-13
Last Years shipbuildino.

The yeal 1899 produced 2,447,53s
tons of new shipping, Great Britain
leading, with 1,7G3,914 tons. The Uni.
ted States followed, with 1896 tons,
and Germany came next with 1925
tons. OIe of the remarkable achieve.
ments of the year was the Oceanic.
one of the largest vessels ever built.
Another novelty was the steam tur.
bine torpedo-boat destroyer Viper.
which makes some 80 knots an hour.
A striking feature of the years record
was the increase of tonnage built on
the Great Lakes. Seventy vessels, t
1904 tons, were built on the G.ea
Lakes. On our seaboard 1913 tons of
steel steam vessels were built, the
largest output in our history-Balti-
more Sun.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-04-13
VENT9tI COUSIN.
No Such Thing as Throwing the
Voice.

'Ventriloquism as vaudeville spec
ialty is about played out" said Il vet
eran Snowman WHO passed through
the city this week. 1T was always Il
great fake. OF course, we know nova
days that there is no such thing as
throwing the voice and that it is
simply an illusion in which the eye
plays Il bigger part than the ear. For
instance man is seated on the age
with mechanical dummy on his knee
and you hear voice The mans face
is stiff and the jaws of the dummy
are wagging-naturally you jump to
the conclusion that the voice comes
from the doll. If you were right beside
them you would know better, but you
are too far away to exactly locate the
sound. That's the principle of the
whole thing, but in the old days the
voice throwing theory was generally
accepted
81 remember in the season of 1890
l was manager for clever preStidi-
gitator who was also a ventriloquiSt
He claimed to be able to throw his
voice AZ feet and land it in a space
10 inches in diameter as you might
speak of pitching Il baseball or a
QUOT. 1t was most absurd contention
but he stuck to it--even to me in pri-
waite, and we had a stock story we
used to work off On the country's pa.
pers, about his appearing at a Coro
ner's inquest an making the corpse
accuse suspected person of murder
AT that Instant the climax ran, a
hollow voice issued from the dead
mans throat. 1t was a very thrilling
yarn. and in the course of time my
boss got to believe it himself, and
would narrate the details with every
evidence of good faith.
During the performance he us to
order everybody off the stage. but oc
casionally | would sneak around behind
and listen through peep-hole, and it
was wonderful how the illusion was
lost. Frequently, ON the road, he
would be embarrassed by requests to
throw his voice into this thing or
that to further some practical joke,
and would always reply that his
lalynX was Il trfle infamed.' Still he
was capital yenrriloquist-one of the
very best, | believe, that was ever in
the business. IN. Y. sun.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-04-13
Influenza Caused by Ozone.

On one occasion the writer walked
to the edge of Lake Michigan when
strong wind was blowing right from
the lake. The bodily condition was as
near perfect as could be, and yet in
less than five minutes there was every
evidence of having caught an extreme
~ hard cold. The severe influenza con
tinued until, on walking away, in less
than 800 feet, it disappeared as If by
magic 1t is very certain that the tenn
perature had nothing to do with this,
nor the wind; but the influenza was
directly due to the abundant ozone in
the air. BY inquiry it was learned that
hundreds of residents who had lived
upon the immediate edge of the lake
had been obliged to move back three
or four miles in order to relieve them
selves from such experiences.
Physicians readily admit that it is
not always possible to say why one
catches" cold; it certainly cannot al
ways be because of undue exposure
or change in temperature but proba-
bly, also to changes in the electric con
dition Of the air. Facts of this kind
should lead to thC EXTREMIST caution
in studying any supposed relation be-
tween the weather and health.--Popu.
lar Science,
The Gcrman feedin@ s,a..t,,----s for
animals in tie fl st period OF fatten-
ing calls for % pounds Of protein, II
pounds OF carbohydrates and 3 far
per thousand weight Of animal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-04-13
The Murder In Literature.

But the old gray millionaire in the
problem story is by no means without
recourse.
"Why do you murder me?" he ex-
claims. at is not for you to commit
this mysterious crime! For you are
by no means the last person in the
book who would be suspected of such
a thing"
The other Is at once struck by the
force of this argument, and sinks
away, first letting fall the glittering
dagger from his nerveless fingers;
while the millionaire felicitates him.
self upon the accurate understanding
of the literary proprieties.-Detroit
Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-04-13
BOTTLE OF POISON.
Lord Kitchener Always Carried It to
Cheat His Enemies.


Cheat His Enemies.
There is a pretty general impression
that the work undertaken by the spy
Is invariably disgraceful work, and
that the professional military secret
service agent is a more or less degrad-
ed creature-degraded, that is, for the
time being, by the very nature of the
mission he undertakes. OF course,
nothing could be further from the
truth. There are spies and spies. The
paid renegade, who for mere pay, un.
dertakes to pry into and betray the Sc
crets Of his friends, stands entirely up
on an entirely different footing from
the officer, who, taking his life in his
hands, ventures into the enemy's
camp in order gratuitously to obtain
information which may turn out to be
of infinite value TO his own intelli-
gence department.
Lord Kitchener was a SPY of this
latter sort, and it was his cleyerness
energy and resourcefulness in this ca
pacity which first attracted to him the
notice of his superiors. Alone and I'M
armed he plunged into the revolted
Soudan in the autumn of 1882 and
succeeded in penetrating disguised as
a peddler of hurra cakes, as far as
Omdurman itself. Here he saw a fell
low spy stripped naked. logged till
the flesh hung in ribbons from his
body, and then crucified face down.
ward in the blazing sun. Ever after.
ward, in his wanderin.,s among the
wild desert tribes, Kitchener carried
with him a tiny phial of cyanide OF
potassium. AS he tersely put it, Il do
not fear death-hnt snrh O daothp
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-04-13
Protection of CALIFORNIA; Bio Trees.

Steps are being taken to preserve
the famous Calaveras grove of big
trees, which will probably pass into
the hands Of large lumber firm
which has secured an option on this
famous grove 1t is the intention of
the new possessors to build large saw.
mills in Calaveras county, and thew
will then turn all of the big trees
which have been made one of the
points of interest to visitors into lum.
Der unless some immediate steps are
taken to save them. Various clubs and
associations in California are doing
their best to save the great trees.
which are famous all over the world
1t is urged that national park would
be most desirable at this point, az
has been done in Mariposa and Tulare
counties. Scientific American.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-04-13
THE WoNeIN CAMP.
he Wongin is the Woods Store That
Lumber Camps Maintain.

The favorite story that the satirists
49, the woods tell of the typical Maine
o""gongin camp is the story of Pete the
~. /. They say that Pete couldn't fig
VI er and couldn't write, and that when
',rre came to settle at the wongin for
~ THAT he had bought during the win
ter he found an array of charges
or gainst him that fairly paralyzed his
Senses
~ Pete didn't thing of disputing the
tharges-for they were down in those
NC Mythical, puzzling "figures"-and he
- sad great fear and respect for fig
res.
w. "Of course, all l know about it."
or aid the willy keeper of the wongin,
No, is what my figures say. You aren't
N eoing to dispute the figures, are your"
,;r "Ah wasn't thinkin' O. that" said
-, Pete. "but All was a-thinkin that
GO here was some o the things we have
LOOT down there that never had"
y "What, for instance?" asked the
~ Fongin keeper, fiercely.
oh ''Wol," said Pete, read 1t over
/, ~ gain"
4 "There-there, hor on there" cried
! he woodsman at length. 81 never had
co hree pairs O. stockin's las winter
nj ;ever had EN-"
IIa We'll. let's see what the fggers
way" rejoined the wongin keeper.
These fggers hadn't ought to lie.
rb now. there was the pair you had"
~ "Yis."
nj "And the pair you didn't have"
ny "Yis."
M "And the pair you ought to have
pad"
: - "Yis."
n well, Great Scott, man, are you
y, 10 dense as not to be able to see that
-. hree ones make three-that makes
7 hree pairs of stockings by the fig
+ eSers. I know that you never went to
% lchool, but any man ought to be able
4 20 understand that"
vi "Wol" said Pete. scratching his
head, Il suppose it must be so if the
m. lggers have it that way-but blame
m ne. this settlin' by fggers is a curis
N ;hing-a blame curis hing."-Lewis-
{ on, Me-, Journal.