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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-08-07
MEETING ABBEVlLLE Dis
TRICT Bible SOCIETY.
THE EIGHTY Y-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD ON
JULY 31ST IN BAPTIST CHURCH. OFFICERS
ELECTED AND THE ANNUAL REPORTS aa ses e
<. WERE MADE.

hand at this time, the status, however
is very little changed from last year.
Rev. Davidson NJ. Douglass, D. D.,
President of the Presbyterian college
of South Carolina was chosen to de-
liver the Annual Address next year,
Q913). And the Abbeyille Presbyter-
ian church as the place Of meeting on
the last Wednesday Of July, 1913 at
II o'clock. ~ & = &c !.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Rev. z.
Pressly, President; DR.. J. d. Neei;
1st Vice President; Mr. W, d. Mor-
,rah, End Vice PRESIDENT = Mr.. w. r.
Dunn, 3rd Vice-President; Rev. III.
Waddell Pratt, Ph. D. 4th Weep Presi-
dent; DIR. J. I. Mccain, 9Th Vice Pres
ident; Dr. C.. A. Milford, Correspond
ing Secretary; Dr., 8. g. Thomson,
Recording Secretary, Miss Jennie AL
len, Treasurer and Librarian.
Revs. F. T. Freely, H. w. Pratt e.
B. Kennedy, J. B. Hil1house, II. b.
Blakeley, Drs: ]. D. Neel, J. I. Mccain,
P. K. Black, C. A. Milford, 8. G. Thorn
son, Messrs. w. d. Morrah, w. R.
Dunn, R. s.. Galloway, Jno. w. M0rrsh,
J. N. Knox, VIM. P. Greene, ]. Allen
Smith, R. C. Brownlee, Hugh Wilson,
Miss Jennie Allen. !.
,s Meeting adjourned after prayer by
Rev. Louis Bristow. I'd,
- Amos. B. Morse,
Recording Secretary.
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The Abbeville County Bible Society
at it's annual meeting held in this
city last Wednesday elected Mr..
Hugh Wilson a director OF the So
ciety. He was a number OF years ago
elected life member of the Society.
Life membership in the American BIZ
BILE Society is secured by election
here, and by the payment of $4,000 to
the American Bible Society, by the
Abbeville Bible Society for each men,
bership.
In electing Mr.. Wilson director,
the Society has done honor to a faith
full and worthy member; one who has
always recognized the necessity for
Bible distribution in the broad field
of Christian work. MrWilson does not
wear his religion on his sleeve, and
yet he is by nature essentially relig-
ious. While protesting modestly his
daily life to those who know him well,
is the inevitable working out Of faith,
honor and reverence which has de-
scended to him from his Scotch an
cestorS. That he does not always see
things as those about him is no
stranger than that his ancestors in
Scotland could not and would not
conform to the Church of England.
No man has been so thoroughly
misunderstood by those who did not
know him well as Mr.. Wilson. He is
OF a sensitive nature, and while no
man can be more polite and respectful
to those who respect him, no man is
more relentless in resenting discour-
tesy or injury.
Many years ago, while he was .
poor printer boy at Due West, Mr.
Wilson united with the Associate Re.
formed Church at that place. In those
days, when greater rigor character
lied the church, the minister officiat-
ing at the first communion service OF
which he should have partahen, sc
emphasized the admonition "he that
eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth
and drinketh damnation to himself" as
to create fear in -. Wilson's heart.
He never aiterward communed. A man
lass sincere, less thorough in self-eX-
animation, less conscientious, might
have accepted the doctrine of grace
and mercy more readily. To say that
Mr.. Wilson's entire life, public and
private, has been characterized by
this same conscientious scruple is not
an eXaggeration.
If, in matters religious, he has
followed afar off" it has been from
no lack ofJa desire to serve the Mas
ter, but it has been due to a sensi-
tive conscience and a misund arstand-
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ing of his characteristics by ministers
OF his church, Only about twenty
years ago was there an Associate Re-
formed Church in Abbeville, and while
prior to that time, he regularly at
tended other churches, in his heart,
there has really been room for but
one church, the A. R. P. church, his
mothers church. That for any reason
in himself or in the arbitrary conduct
of the church, he should be shut out
from the church Of his first love Is
indeed pitiful. To know the extent OF
this deprivation one has to know his
souls longing as only his intimate
friends can know it. .-> ''s1s:'"-~.
Mr.. Wilson is a liberal and cheerful
giver, whether in or out Of the
church So long as he remained active
ly in the Abbeville congregation he
was a most liberal contributor. In
4 business way, Mr.. Wilson has been
successful. He began life in Due West
and that place has for him all the
memories that cluster about the old
home. An unkind word coming from
there cuts deepest.
Whatever others may think Of Mr..
Wilson, he has lived in Abbeville for
over fifty years. His life has been
an open book and there are no chap
ters left out. He has the respect OF
every man, woman and child of Abbe-
Vile and a very large per cent Of our
people cherish the kindliest feeling
, for him. He has made enemies, even
here, as any man Of strong conviction
must do, but il he has enemies, and We
know Of none here, even these would
accord him honesty OF purpose al
ways. , .
Mr.. Wilson's election as Director
of the Abbeyille Bible Society, an old
and honored Organization that has e1-
listed in the county for SO years, and
has always had on its roll of direct
ors the best men Of the county, is no
light testimonial of his genuine worth
and high standing. During this time
there have been 81 persons elected
as life members of the society and 139
directors have been elected. or the di-
rectors elected only II have been TAX
Ell from the ranks Of life members,
thus comforting a double honor, and
Mr. Wilson is one Of these. This rec
ognition of his worth at the hands of
the Christian men and women of Alb
beville county is doubtless exceeding
ly gratifying to Mr.. Wilson and it is
even more gratifying to his friends
who wish only peace and contentment
for him in his declining years.
w. w. Bradley.
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Pension Board Elected.

A meeting of Confederate veterans held
in court house. August 5th, 1919, for the
purpose Of electing board Of pensioners
for Abbeville county. Mr.. w. A. Temple
ton was elected to preside over the meet
ing. z
Mr.. I. P. Quarles having given notice
that he could not serve longer on the
board, owing to his leaving the county, the
following members were elected: Messrs.
w. A. Templeton, D. P. Hannah. b. W.
Bowie and J. H. Barksdate.
No other business before the meeting
adjourned. sr
80 W: A. Templeton, presiding.
j. l.. Perrin, Clerk. ..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-08-07
A Narrow Escape.

Edwin, the little. Son of Mr.. L. B. Ramey,
had narrow escape from choking last
Monday. The little fellow swallowed a
screw, which lodged in his throat. Moth
ing but the presence OF mind of his moth
er saved him.
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Master Thomas Oliver. OF Elberton, Ca,
is on visit to Masters Theron and Jack
McLesky. Master Thomas will return
home this week.
Rev. H. S. Allyn is here the guest of
Miss Genevieve Marchant at Mrs.
Loves. Mr.. Allyn is Missionary in
Brazil and is here on furlough. He
will conduct Prayer Meeting services
Wednesday evening in the Presbyte-
rian church.
Miss Marion and Miss Emmie Nc
Crary, of Clinton, are in the city the
guests of Mrs. w. T. McFall at the
Eureka.
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and was buried in Augusta Saturday.

and was buried in Augusta Saturday.
We learn there is going to be marriage
next Sunday. What about 1t, Pat?
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Long, Of Clinton,
are visiting the latter's mother, Mrs. VIM.
Bowie.
Mr.. Link Evans left Thursday morning
to join his brother Joe in the oil fields Of
California. We wish him good luck.
Miss Essie Going visited her aunt and
uncle near Cold Spring, Mr.. Sam Gilmer
and Mrs. Jess Bolts.
Look out, girls: don't make your hobble
skirts so tight, as friend Of mine went to
jump ditch the other day and fell and
broke her thumb.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-08-07

The eighty ninth annual meeting
of the Abbeville District Bible Society
was held in the Baptist church, Abbe-
vile, S. c., Wednesday, July the 31st
at II o'clock. Rev. F. T. Pressly,I DID,,
President, presiding. 80 &
Opened with devotional exercises.
The minutes Of last meeting were
read and approved. Rev. e. B. Ken
nedy, reported that he had looked af-
ter supplying the county all and Aims
house with the Scriptures. Mr.. j: AL
len Smith reported that his committee,
in regard to sending a letter to- Direc-
tors who have not been attending, the
annual meetings and urging them to
do so, and also to organize auxiliary
societies in their communities, had
done nothing. The committee was con-
tilued and urged to act. -.
The Society was then, favored with
an earnest and instructive sermon by
the Rev. Louis Bristow. subject: "The
Word Of God Grew" -, ~ III.
A collection was taken amounting
to $5.11 and contributions from the
following: Miss M. L. Smith 81; Judge
and Mrs. ]. C. Klugh (1911) 81; Mrs.
Klugh, (1912C 81. The Auxiliary So
cieties reported as follows: -
: AbbeVille: Members 225, donation,
$113; delegate present l. Judge Jones
F., Miller. p ....-..t ..
Due West: delegates Z, Rev. F. T.
PressIy, DR.. J. l.. Mccain, r. C.
|, Brownlee, H. M. Young, Prof. q. L.
Reid, J. B. Pressly and R. S. Galloway.
donation $47.36., Value Of books on
hand and received during the year
s58.O4.- Number of copies Of Bible and
parts of Bible sold, 1877. y .r.iz
Shiloh: delegates, two, Mr.. and Mrs.
A.. M. Erwin, donation $1311.
Cedar Springs and Bradley: No re-
port. .>i.a -. =
Lower Long Cane: delegate, W. D..
Morrah, donation, $12.
Greenville: delegates 8, G. N: Nick
les and two others, donation $l2,
members .48. .. 4.
Troy: donation $21.25.
Lebanon: delegates two, donation
Sc. '' -.., ~. ~,
The Treasurer's report was read as
Cash on hand, July 27, 1911. .s2s.57
Reed sale OF books ...:.....:: S:62
- ... - $ss.is
Aug. 7. BY pd. exp. Prof. Wardlaw =
/, Speaker ........ ...... .....$ $50
1912 r.. ..> o.. ...-- -.
ByPtg. address Prof. Wardlaw $12.15
July II. Adv annual meeting
1911 ...... ...... .-......... l.Vu
est = ....< ~. s1s75
Cash on hand -. -. ..$20.44
1911 Book Account - ..-,
July, 26, To Dep. with Parent =
society .........c... ...... 9oi.ol
Nov. 27 BY books ordeded for .
Due West Aux. Society ....$29.64
Amt. to Cr. Book Actin NY. $57.S7
Messrs. A. M. Erwin and j.. B.
Pressly auditing committee reported
1t correct. ..., o. ... s.''
The Librarians report was then
read as follows: ... .-...... /. .~.-.. '
The sale Iof Bibles has been very
small as report Of Treasurer shows.
There has been very little demand for
the class of Bibles and Testaments
that are carried in the Library There
has no addition been made to- the
stock in the last year. The old and
damaged copiees referred to in last
years report. have been disposed OF
in the most instances being given
away. On account of the condition of
the Library building it was not at all
convenient, or hardly possible to
make an inventory of the books on
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-08-07
Cold Springs Picnic.

There will be picnic at Cold Springs
Wednesday, August IA. All are invited to
attend, including especially the candi-
dates.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-08-07
Library Opens Monday.

The public library will be open to mem.
bers next Monday. The entrance will be
next to the drug store Of Harper Il Nor.
gan. .....
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Amounts Paid to American Bible sseisil
hY AhheYills District Bibls $eeiety.

The Press and Banner is indebted to Mr..
WA. Templetoh for the following figures,
showing the amounts contributed to the
American Bible Society by the AbbeviIle
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Civic Club Meeting.

The regular meeting of the Civic Club
will be held at Mrs. NJ. T. Coleman's,
Thursday ev ening at half past o'clock.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-08-07

The pension board was called 10 order
after adjournment Of meeting OF veterans.
Present: H. W. Bowie, D. P. Hannah and
w. A. Templeton. w. A. Templeton was
elected chairman and commissioner. Adj
journed to meet at call Of chairman.
: Wa. Templeton, Com.
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Total for SO years. .$l2,462 rs
1t is interesting to note that Jas. II. Bas-
kin was born 1857. Died 1879. During his
membership Of fifty years he missed but
one meeting. ~
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VOTE FOR GOVERNOR
IN SECOND PRIMARY

The vote by counties in the Sec
! ond primary of 1910 was as fol-
| lows:
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-09-12
PAGE FIVE
FROM ONE OF THE PLAIN COM
MON PEOPLE WHO WAS AT
THE THOMSON MEETING.

Dear Mr. Watson: For eighteen
years I have been one among your
best friends; at this present am Of
the same faith, and shall continue
to be your best friend so long as
you may life.
Col. West gave me quite sur
prise Tuesday when he interfered
with J. J. Brown while delivering
his truthful speech. | did not
dream of such taking place. /
knew Mr. West was very much out
of place, because arrangements had
been made with the court for the
noon hours; therefore, Mr.. West had
no more business interfering with
the meeting than | had to go into q
church meeting and interfere with
the preacher when he was delivering
his sermon.
I am sorry your friends did not
know Beforehand that THAT crowd
had planned to interfere as they
did. 1 was there soon after Mr..
Brown began. l stayed until he got
through and heard him relate the
true facts in the case, and same
were good. When you asked if we
We're going to allow Col West to
break UP our meeting, l was one
among the first who said NO" and
I meant it. At the time 1 was
standing in the main aisle coming
up to the bar near the front. /
walked from there to the fireplace
on the left-hand side Alb L0clzett
was holIering rally, boys! NOW Is
TIE TIME TO GET HIM"
Yes, Mr.. Watson, was there, and
there to stay until you and Mr..
Brown had your say in full; so az
ways remember that on such occa-
sions | will stand by you as long as
l have breath. I have been wishing
for a long time I could arrange my
business at home, so l could go with
you while you were making speeches
in different places, but it has been
so [ could not; anyway, if you
should ever need me, do not forget
to let me know. l have heard
good many Of the boys in my neigh
borhood say it would be a good idea
to call another meeting in Thomson
for the near future. 1 think SO
myself.
am, your true friend,
EDGEWORTH E. MORRIS.
Thomson, Ca, Rt. 2, Box 20.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-09-12
THE eJEFFERSONEAN

apOStateS IN particular.
WASHINGTON STUDENT.
P. s-FIush! I have made a dis
covery! Perhaps, I'll be sainted as
the father of it!
Washington City is distributing
Windie's "Reply to Thos. E.. Wat
SON.
Hush! DO not tell, but Saint Pat
rick's Roman Catholic Church, rec
tory, and parochial school, adver-
tised as the richest Papal church in
the United States-the church
where President TAFT mixes Church
and State in clinking cups of wine
with Cardinal Gibbons, on "Pan-
American Thanksgiving the
chief headquarters for the free dis
tribution of Windle against Watson.
Hush. Do not give me away, but
"Monsignore" Russell, Saint Pat
rick's rector, is the chief cook and
bottle washer in the propaganda of
''Windle against Watson" in Wash
ington City.
Hush! Don't tell it, but all the
Holy Manners are working overtime
in giving away Windle against
Watson.
Windle must be making a pile of
money out of it. He may be run
ming off his tenth edition right now.
Hush! Don't. mention it, for
Heavens sake, but the Jesuitical
"Aloysius Truth Society,"" with
headquarters in Jesuitical George
town College, is working night and
day so hard, in distributing Windle
against Watson and footing it's horn
OF self-laudation, so Justify, that it
is on the verge of nervous collapse.
Now be it remembered that the
Jesuitical Truthers and Holy
Manners were the fellows in the be-
ginning who advertised in The
Washington Herald that they had
met, resolved, and appointed a com
mittee to wait on the Postmaster
General to have him and the United
States kick Tom Watson clean out
Of the United States mails, and then
spread all over the National Capital,
scattered by the Papal press all over
the country, that they had actually
had the United States mails closed
to Watson's publications, when, in
fact, and these Jesuitical Truthers
and Holys knew it, the Washington
News Company was then holding
Watson's Magazines in it's depot by
direction of the New York News
Company, headed by a Papist, in
collision with the Jesuitical Truth
ers and Holy Manners to destroy Tom
Watson.
Hush! The secret is out, at last.
The great Roman Catholic Church is
the source Of the unlimited supply
and free distribution of Windle
against Watson.
Windle is growing wealthy. By
this time Windle may be turning
out the seventeenth edition of Win
dies Reply to Thos. e. Watson"
It is great discovery. Next
after the discovery-the re-discov-
cry, I mean, of the New World by
old Chris Columbus, is this our own
discovery Of the great Roman Cath
Ollie Church and it's Pope and HER
archy, and it's priesthood and Holy
Manners, and Jesuitical Truth So
ciety, distributing Tconoclast Win
die against Watson in war on Wat
son to his determination and
destruction.
WASHINGTON STUDENT.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-09-12
To The Jeffersonian:

n Il.
- Windle is in pamphlet
form, 30 pages, and good print.
His picture adorns the front page in
pleasing effrontery. He wears a
winning smile and looks all right
But Windle's Reply is wind bag
of glittering generalities, and does
not disprove Watson's charge that
the Roman Catholic Hierarchy is
the deadliest menace to our liberties
and our civilization"
Windle's Reply is in it's Fourth
Edition Price 10 cents" evolution,
and is growing. Though it's price is
10 cents, it is had for the asking
even for hint. Indeed, it is given
away by the thousand, and by tens
OF thousands. Windle must be max
ing money, if he is paid for it; but
losing heavily if he is not
We have read about Windle in
Watson's Jeffersonian for four
weeks, and wondered who Windle
is. Everybody has been asking:
"Who is Windle-the Mr.. Windle
Watson has been walloping?" We
thought he was some poor Knight Of
Columbus. But he is not, not even
We are glad to meet Mr.. Windle, but
sorry to see Windle against Watson,
and we are sorry for Windle for
Watson's walloping, however de-
served that walloping may be, but
that it is deserved, and very well
administered, we all agree.
Yes, Windle is here-here in
Washin gton. Windle against Wat
son is everywhere. He is making a
whirlwind canvass of Washington
the Capital City of the nation. 1t
looks like world move against
Watson. We are wondering why,
and ask: Who, what, wherefor, and
wherewith is this wholesale propa-
ganda Of that pamphlet OF Windle
against Watson, and it's sowing all
over the land? Who is doing it.,
and paying for it? 1t is important
to know, and know we must. The
whole world should know. If Windle
is paid for it, he is making money;
If not, he is losing heavily. Who is
doing it; who is paying for it, and
why? That is the question
Windle's "Reply'' is free to all, is
given away to all, particularly to
the n0nPapists. 1t is given away
not only by ones, twos, and threes,
but by the score, by the hundred, by
the bundle, by the basket, by the
lbarrel-all for the asking, abso-
lutely free; not penny do you pay
No, sir, not even with the proviso to
pass it on after you have read it..
That means it's supply is without
limit and it's free distribution with
out restriction.
Who is paying for non-Papist
Windle's pamphlet for Papal propa-
ganda in war upon Watson? It
looks like a Jesuitical trick, and, if
Jesuitical, you may be sure it will
be o Jesuitical boast of turning
Protestant against Protestant in
Staying each other. But, after all,
a it will live in history as a misleading
Jesuitical trick in miscarriage.
Anyway, Windle must be making
money out of it.
Who and what is back Of vit? We
must know. Some, in whispers, say,
some, in warning, some, in awe: cit
is the doings of the Columbuses in
Roman Catholic war upon Watson.
1t is the Papal priesthood speaking
through Windle to the world against
Watson" "Many men have their
price" they say, "and may be Win
die has his, but whether for money,
apostasy, or cheap notoriety, God
only knows" But Of one thing all
are absolutely certain: 1t is the
Panal priesthood SOAaking through
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-09-12
Potato Slips
Cabbage Plants, etc.

From May Doth, on throughout
the seasons, will furnish you
Nancy Hall Potato Slips at $500
Per Thousand
Cabbage Plants For Easd Fall at S1.5O
Per Thousand
Tomato Plants, per 1 200, $500
Strawberry Sc " +" $3.50
CASH WITH ORDER
Nothing shipped c. O. D. Remit by post Office
or express money order. Don't wait until the
very day you need your plants TO send in your
orders. but let them come NOW and avoid being
disappointed. l guarantee all goods delivered in
good condition. Address
THE CURETGH NURSERIES, Dept 90, AusteI, Ga.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-20

Baltimore, Nd,
April IA. - Pastor
Russell addressed
large audiences
here today. We re-
port one Of his dis.
courses from the
text, with what
body do they
comei"-I Cor. XIV,
35.
On last Lords
day we discussed
the fact Of the res
direction andshow-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-20
JESUS A SPIRIT
NO LONGER FLESH
Pastor Russell Explains an Un-
SGTIpturaI Error
THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST

Bible Clear and Harmonious on This
Subject, Pastor Russell Points Out.
Theory Of Body Resurrection Unrea.
sonable and Suggests Ghastlinsss.
"Flssh and Blood Cannot Inherit the
Kingdom Of eod"-NasuraI Men Can.
not Appreciate Spiritual Things.
The Washington times., 1912-03-22

Court asking that he be adjudged in
bankruptcy. Attorneys Wilton J. Lam
bert and II. II. Yeatman appear for
The Washington times., 1912-03-22
Commission Is Sued
AS Baseball Trust

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, March O.
! The Steubenville-M Mingo Baseball Asso-
clation. owners of the Follansbee CIV.
Va.) franchise in the Ohio and Pennsyl-
, Vania League, has hired firm of local
attorneys to bring an injunction suit
in the United States district court
against the National Baseball Commits
n sion and the National Association Of
Minor Baseball LeagueG to restrain
. them from placing Steubenville on the
!. blacklist by the National Commission
I because the owners of the franchise in
4, 1911 did not pay all their salaries and
:. The Steubenvile-M -Mingo is a new or
=, ganization. and the officials of the club
: claim they are not responsible for the
q. diets of the former owners, Monte
&" Cross, Michael DoOlan, and Michael
! Schfartz. The new owners cannot play
/ their games here unless the National
{ Commission sanctions their action. Sun
! day baseball Is allowed here, but not
: at Follansbee, and the new owners
: want the National Commission to with
: draw the blacklist order so that they
= can play their games here.
I 1t is reported the injunction petition
4 Will charge that the National Commits
I sion contributes a Baseball trust, and
). that 1t has arbitrary and unlawful power
IN the baseball world, and is a combina
fttion in restraint of business in it's domi-
nation over baseball.