07 Jun 1899
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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1899
Page
1
L W White urges customers that trade will stay lively with close attention to business. New goods arrive every few days and buyers may always count upon getting durable, value filled items.
The Lowndesville column dated May 2, 1899, lists visitors and happenings: Horton family from Williamston, Barnes family, Dr. C. V. Barper visit to Anderson, depots and roads work, a historic bedstead heirloom, sees Prof. DuPre and Rev. Calds visit, Clemson booster remarks, a railroad trestle fire incident, and school events with Prof. Hartzog of Clemson College praising the Agricultural College’s future.
Special: Governor Ellerbe died at 8 26 PM following a long decline marked by choking and exhaustion. The scene at his bedside showed a devoted family, physicians, and friends attending as he fought steadily, earlier negotiating a land purchase and planning a peaceful home for his loved ones. Funeral plans were set for Saturday at the burial ground near the Ellerbe home.
The article chronicles M B McSweeney’s rise from a newspaper seller and book clerk in Charleston to Governor of South Carolina, highlighting his union work, editorial leadership at the Hampton Guardian, political service, and long involvement in state military and educational affairs. It also notes his July 12 1886 marriage to Mattie Miles Porcher and his family. Background on ongoing Manila fighting and US military actions follows, including casualty and troop transport updates from late May.
The piece warns against boastful rhetoric in American public life. It urges modesty from speakers and writers and calls for greater recognition of God over national exaltation, noting that the Lord lifts up one nation and pulls down another.
A fragment asks if the Spirit’s witness in the heart surpasses mental misgivings, noting how mothers may teach children to lie and urging belief in a living truth beyond doubt.
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