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The Press and Bannei ^"Published every Wednesday at W i ear In advanoe. Wednesday, Aug. 15, 1906. W. A. L. schedule. SouthboundNo. 51 dully leaves Abbeville 5 30 a m 58 " 3 42 p in t 33 12.01 p m 41 " 3 85 a m Northuound? 33 " 2.20 a m 32 " 4.52 p m 52 " ' 1.00 p m 50 " " Ar 9.30 p ill No reduced rates from Abbeville to AtlanU as yet. Hope to have It soon. Blight BUKSi! BnK Mil! Why do you allow your chlckeoB to be eaten up with mites and lice and your dug wilt fleas? C-N- Disinfectant will rid your prem loes not oniy of mltea and fleas but of all kinds of vermin, at the same time destroying those germs whicb pioduce sickness. C. N. wnile containing suoh great disinfectant and germicidal proprieties is entirely harmless to man or beast ana can be used freely anywhere. Try a package of N. C. and be convinced that it Is the cheapest and best disinfectant made. A 25 cent package will make 6 gallons ol the best disinfectant in the world. "Gel the habit" and go to McMurrays, they keep it. County Campaign Meeting**. The County Democratic Executive CommittAfl has named the lollowlng places and dates for the meeting oi the county candidates: McCormick, Tuesday, August 14th. Kobinson Springe. Wednesday. August loth. Calhonn Falls, Saturday, August 18th. lx>wndegvllle, Tuesday, August 21st. Antrevllle, Wednesday, August ??ud. Donalds, Friday, August 24th Abbeville, Saturday, Auguat 25th. (Dcbolarshlp. A chance Is still open to the yonng men ol this county to get a Normal Scholarship in the University of 8outb Carolina. An examination for that purpose will be conducted by tbo County Superintendent of Education, Friday. August 31,1906. w, . , Write at once for application Dianas to Benjamin Sloan, President. Columbia, S. C. County Union. Tbe Abbeville County Union win meet at 8 o'clock on Thursday August 16. We desire a full attendance of all tbe Local Unions, and want them to investigate and instruct the delegates tbe amount of bagging and ties they need. ^ q Calvert, Pres. Picnic and Barbecue at Central. r\n no,? CotiinUu A nor IK there will be a picnic and barbecue at Central school bouse. Bring a basket and notify the candidates they are expected. Tenrhrr Wanted. A teacher la wanted for the Warrenton School. Applicants will send naires to Mr. Jno. Q. Fergersnn, Mr. Geo. S. Wilson or Mr. William McNeil. Lost. Stick pin set with red ceral. Finder will please leave at Eureka Hotel with Mrs. McFall and claim reward. Tenrhers Wanted. The Edgewood School lain need of a teacher. Applicant* will please send their names to A. M. Reld, W. E Lesley or A. G. Cochran. ^ m Land For Sale. Two and three miles of Dne West, and four mile* of Donalds. M. B. Cllnkscales, Due West, 8. C. Bis Barbecue at Public Spring. Manuel McKeller will serve a big barbecue In tbe grove above tbe public spring, Thursday, August 16tb. All are Invited. D. of C. Becepllon. Tbe Daughters of the Confederacy will give a reception Wednesday evening, August the 22nd, on tbe lawn of Mr. J. S. Stark. To tblo reception the adult citizens of our oity and their visiting frlenda are cordially Invited to be present. Meeting of Days. At the request of the people, I will preach some days and nights at Cold 8prlng school bouse, near Mr J. A King's, beginning Monday nigbt, August 20. All are ureed to attend. A.C. Wllklns. For Male. I have for sale about 160 bushels of unusually fine wheat wblcb I desire to sell. Will tell in small quantities If desired. v Frank B. Gary, Abbeville, S.C. Dr. Frank Calhoun and Captain John J. Calhoun of Carteisvllle, Ua.. will be here at the nnvelling of tbe monument. They wont to meet all their old comrades of Companj C Sixth South Carolina Cavalry that will be present on tbe?3rd Instant, and hope the survivors of this Company will look them up. Hon. Frank B. Gary, of the Abbeville Bar, has been appointed attorney lor the South Carolina Pharmaceutical Association, succeeding Bon. J. b. Burke of Charleston, S. C Hon. Huger Sinkler was appointed assistant. This appointment lt> quite a compliment to Mr. Gary's ability as a lawyer, besides paylm; handsomely. Cokesbury Conference School Is recognized as one of tbe best conducted High Schools In the State. There should be a large patronage from Abbeville County. Write for catalogue ?it will Interest yon. Address G. Benjamin Dukes, Cobesbury, S. C. Tbe stork has brought to Mr. Cbas Wilson's family another baby, a ten pounder. Majestic Kange, Aug. 20-25. Abbeville Hardware Co. Don't forget the laces and embroideries al White's, be 1b aleo offering a very , cheap lot of ribbons. If you want tbe paint and all tbat goes tbf farthest and stays tbe longest go to Speed'i Drug Store. J. W. MrKee, Jr., sells tbe best flour on tta( market. Try a barrel and yon will be con vlDced tbat what we tay Is true. Call loi Capitola. Nice work in Engraving Cards, wed ding invitations, etc. gotten up oc short notice at Speeds Drug Store. ? Cialveaton'M 8?a Hull makes life now as safe in tbat city as on tbe higher uplands. E. W. Good loe, who resides on Dutton St., ir Waco, Tex., needs no sea wall for safe ty. He writes: "I have used Dr King's New Discovery for Consump tion tbe past five years and it keeps m< mall onH safe Rpfnre that timp I h#f a cough wbicb for years bad beer growing woree. Now it's gone," Curei chronic Coughs, La Grippe, Croup Whooping Cough and prevents Pneu monia. Pleaeant to take. Every bot tie guaranteed at Speed's drug store Price 50c and $.00. Trial bottle free. tm Majestic Range, A nn r? k Abbeville Hardware Co. 8ugar, Coffee, Rice, Syrup, Flour, Meal Bacon, canned goode, In fact anything In th Grocery line, J. W. McKee, Jr., If yon want to buy crepe tlaeue paper cbea] er tban ever before In your life, go to Speed"! drug store. ' V . i_s The Monnment. i In style execution and finish the Monu, ment, which has Jnet been erected, compares most favorably with any Monument of lis 1 kind In the state. It stands about forty feet high and Is a symetrlcal, well proportioned piece ot work. Tbe weight of tbe pile will approximate-ninety thousand pounds. The inscriptions are well chosen and appropriate. Tbe die, or central piece of the pile contains most of tbe Inscriptions. It Is a solid block of granite three and one-balf by four and one-balf feet, with cannon carved on each perpendicular edge. On the south side of tbe monument these words are engraved: on tbe fourth base "Ordluance ot Secession adopted Dec. 20, IStiO," on the cap occur the letters "C. S. A." 1 On the die are carved two rifles crossed and Just above the rifles are two crossed swords, blades up. On tbe east side the fourth base bears tbe luiscrjpuuu. ! "Od fame's eternal camping ground I Their silent teats are spread, And glory guards with solemn round ' The bivouac of the dead." The die has three Inscriptions as follows: "The world shall yet decide I In truth's clear far off light t Tuat the soldiers who wore the gray and I died i With Lee, were In the right." "Brave men may die right has no death Truth never shall pass away." "Come lrom the forewlnds Oh breath, and breathe upon these Slalu that they may live." The Cap has tbe figures 1861-1865 carved In heavy face. * On the north side the fourth base is this Inscription: "The first mass meeting for Secession was held at Abbeville, 8. C., Nov. 22,1860. The last cabinet meeting was held at Abbeville, S. C., May 2. 1865. Tbe die on this side is carved Into a wreath ; enclosing the flag with tbe thirteen stars. Just under tbe flag Is a monogram made ol 1 the two letters D. C.?Daughters of the Confederacy. On either side of a ribbon represented as fastening tbe wreath at its base are the figures *61" and '65." Just above the wreath is this lettering: "Erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy of Abbeville county," and Just below this is the year, 1 "liHXi." Tbe cap bears the same Inscription on tbls Bide as on tbe sontb side. Tbe west side of tbe monumentsbows more Inscriptions than any of tbe others. Tbe fourth base bas tbls on it: "Honor the J brave." "They knew their rights and dared maintain them." Tbe die bas an inscription that will sound familiar to every southern year: "We have furled It slowly, sadly, Once we loved It proudly, gladly. And we fought beneath it madly Fought In bloody, deathly pray, For we snore to tho6e who gave it That in triumph we would wave It, Or life's crimson tide should lave It Ere to blue should yield the gray. Yes 'tis taken dowD all faded Aad like those who bore It jaded For through lakes ol blood tbey waded Nor did weary footsteps lagOb! 'twas bard to told and yield It Wbile a man was left to shield it For 'twas Dixie's bonnie flag." Tbe cap, on tbe north side has tbe same lettering as on tbe soutb side, viz: "1861* 1865." The work is well done, Tbe gentlemeD who have put it up are gocd and worthy men. They have made themselves egreeauie ana i pleasant and we are loth to see them go. I Tbe daughters, who have been so untiring 1 In tbeir efforts /or these many yearB, are < about to see their hopes realized. These good I women wbo are so loyal to tbe "lost cause," i who love the town, their borne, so fervently, deserve a monument for themselves. Un- I daunted they have labored, Id tbe face of i scathing criticisms and adverse clrcumtftances they have pushed on. 1 Fired with a zeal that Is not bom of unworthy motives and an enthuseasm that cannot be quenced by tbe bickerings ol opponents, tbey bave spent their energies and lavished their loves on this one tribute. Did not this noble pile of granite commemorate i deeds and sacrifices unprecedented, did it not call to mind a subject of which our poets have sung and our orators spoken, still we i would cherish It lor tbe love and tbe labor ol 1 our noble women that Is cemented into ltB i every joint. During tbe trying epoch of stTlfe, when our fatberB heeded tbe tocsin of war and went tothefroDt to face the foe, the mothers of these Daughters ol the Confederacy, in many Instances unprotected, remained at home and lought tbeir battles as heroically as tbe southern soldier at Bullrun or English Bons at Balaclava. Not with the DoiBeof musket ry or tbe wbizz ol shot or bursting shell did they fight, but with hunger, with loneliness, with widowhood, with longings for the lives of their lo\ed, with hopes that were hopeless, with deslies lor a sight of unmarked graves, with yearnings for a victory that was lost, with poverty, with fearful uncertainty as to their own safety, they fought. Those who are not moved when they remember the hardships, the tears the hopeless longings ol our mothers during that strife are "fit for treason strategems and spoils, let no sueb man be trusted." And now as the visitor enters the Abbeville pli.za lrcm any side the shaft of granite erected to the memory of the tparlans ol America meets tbe eye, and while wt cherish the memory of these brave men?for braver men than these, hutorydoes not recall nor shall the Eons to come give them to tbe future generations?let us bare our heads and bow a moment in memory of our fair mothers who kept tbe vestal fires of our homes brightly alight with the lump of an unquenchable love and laved the sacred (altars with tears of hope while the men of the South were with Lee. Tbia is a sentiment that we should cherish. Not as the Spanish Hidalgo, as he set in the peaceful porches ol the Alhambra and gazed toward the sea with a longing lor the return of tbe lost Amada, lor "he would ride through slaughter to a throne and shut tbe gates 01 meicy on mankind." We look out on tbe sea ol the past ftom an epoch of unprtcedented prosperity and we see tbe ships that were , ours ruthlessly snatched from us by those, t our brothers. Tbty wrenched by force ol arms from us tbat which they bad given us. > They Invaded us and brought with them the ; bullet and tbe torch. Our rights were anathematized and usurped. We fought. We bled. We died. We were conquered. But shall we not remember our suffering? Aye. Even 1 as Vlrgel sings, as long as tbe stars shall feed tbe polet-; as long as the shaddcws tball creep over the mountain*; as long as the riverB shall fiow into the seat?So long shall we remember. 3 Tbe Daughters of the Confederacy have - done nobly. Would that some poet would l sing of tbtm. Tbe listening tanof the Soutb's - honny sens aie attuted tosucbascng. - Sir. Jhh. L. McMillan Elccted Mayor - Mr. Jas. L. McMillan has been unan1 lmously eltcttd Mayor, to fill the va1 cancy made by the death of Mr. R. \V. s Cannon. i Mr. McMillan is a wide-awake man " and has served the city acceptably in " tbe past. Tbe people of tbe city may feel sure tb'at tbeir interests are safe in bis bands. He is lo be congratulated on the confidence be has inspired in bis fellowtownsmen and upon his unanimous election. Frcm Aug. 20th to 25th, Dargan's 5 & 10 cent store will sell their $18.50 stoves for $16.65 caEh. This offer 2 is good ?Dly for one week. > Q B WetfiirBE Fountain Pens, tbe best made at Mllforda. ! l'j .r.-^wgwc?^.1.1 ^.c^gp?gc mmrnrmam jupu i LAMP EXPLOSION, Destruction of a Handsome Dwelling: Tuesday. Aug. 14, 1906. Notes of i Historic Lot. About Runrlse ou yesterday morning tbi handsome dwelling bouse on Main Stree owned and occupied by Mr. William Beck with was found to be on Are. Wben dls covered tbe blaze was coming out of tbi BhlngleBof tbe roof of an up stairs room Tbe alarm was Immediately sent In, wbei tbe fire company under command of Capt. L A. Rlchey responded to the call of tbe fln bell. But tbe headway of tbe fire and tbi distance from headquarters of tbe fire depart meuL caused such necessary delay In reaob lng the scene, as prevented the possibility o saving the building. Some of the furnlturi was saved. (While little was saved the goot work of the tire company on this, as well ai on other occasions, Is highly appreciated ty the property owners, and we hope that th( council may not lorget to give tbem tbelr ex pficted annual excursion or In some othe: way to show substantial appreciation oftbel; faithful services. Tbe origin of the tire is unknown, but tbi supposition is, that It was caused by the ex plosion of a kerosene lamp which was lef burning in the room where the fire began No one was in tbe room at tbe time, and n< one could enter ltafter tbe fire waB discover ed. Fortunately tbe little babe bad beer carried to another room wben Mr, and Mrs Beckwltb bad risen from their bed. When Mrs Beckwltb discovered tbe Are, she wai passing from the cook room, where ?be wai looking after the preparation of the. breakfast. Neighbors came In promptly, and all were anxious to lend a helping band. The lot 18 a part of the Foster Marshal] homestead, whose *wner won renown In tbf battles ol his county In ilex co In 1847. In 1860 Mr. Marshall again took up arms for the land of his birth. In one of the battle! around Richmond he fell, and his body now moulders In the yard of the Episcopal church He was burled as near the sanctuary as the laws of that cburch would allow. He and his wife sleep together beneath the shades o; the spruce and the pine which ornament th< hallowed ground. Tbe only sign of theli grav.es are two great Iron urns which wer< taken from bis own door. Tbe Marshall homestead was made htBtorlc for other rea/ sons than tbe owners zeal In eood works and valor In war. When tbe war was ended, and when Its owner was deed, and when hli princely estate bad been scattered to.tbe fom winds, tbe turbulent or unreBtful condition 3f the country was rucb that tbe widow in ler lack of a hut-band's strong arm to proteel aer, appealed to tbe Captain of tbe company )f United States soldiers for guard (gainst possible danger. Before the removal >ftbe first guard, which was composed oi ivhlte men, a colored company came to Ab Seville and they were put on duty. A dls urbance between whites 8nd blacks on tbe itreet, greatly Incensed tbe colored company )f ehllsted men. In tbelr anger tbey sought evenge. Going to the gate wblcb opened to he house,tbey waited tbelr opportunity.' See K a man Id the hall, whom they supposed .o be a sod of Col. Foster Marshall, they flred 3D him and killed him. It wai eoon learned hat they had killed the white soldier who was tber&on guard. For prudential reasom the oolored soldiers left town before the rise )f tbe Bnn. In after years tbe elegant bome passed intc the bands of as faithful a soldier as evei (ought for Southern Rights, namely: Col. J. T. Robertson. He bad shared tbe hardships and langers of camp and battle with his friend Col. Marshall. Butbe lived to come homt; and again entered tbe activities of a busy life Having good credit and being of known good buslDaBB ability, be was soon a merchant In Lbe forefront. > Handsome and pleaslDg in address b< courted and won cbarmlnga bride that wai fair to look npon, namely: Miss Eugenlt Miller. They bought the Marshall house anc were happy and comfortable In their new bome, uotll it was destroyed by fire. Col. Robertson, stout of heart and strong o; arm, was not caBt down. He and his devotee wife met tbe fate wltb a will to overcomi their misfortune. The remit is, though tbe} Bleep in God's acre, tbelr children today oc oupy lbe most elegant structure In tbe city and wblcb is surrounded by tbe most lm< posing array of ornamental trees. In tbesettlementof the Marshall estate li 1S78 or 1679, Mr. W. A. Templeton becamt owner of part of the lot, on wblcb be bulll the handsome bome of Mr. Beckwltb, whlct was destroyed by fire yesterday morning Mr. Templeton and his family oocupled tb< bouse until about two or tbree years ago when tbey moved to a neighboring lot. Mr. G. N. NlcholB became tbe owner through purchase at about 14.000. Later, be sold the place to Mr.BeckwItb for $6,000. Sla thousand dollars was regarded as a hlgt price, but slnoe then lots have changed bandi at figures so much blgber, that Mr. Beck wltb's price Is oonsldered low. He certain!] has a good lot, though the loss of tbe bousi Is a severe blow to an active and thorough going young man. And bis coming to Abbeville is an interest lng story. One of our prettiest young womer went to to teach scbool. Mr Beckwlth was charmed by ber beauty, bei grace of manner, and those womanly quail' ties which carry appreciative men captive She recognized bis manly wortb and blgt character, and bo Miss Pearl Mariln becami Mrs. Beckwtlb. Tbey were living bapplly with no cloud on the horizon, when theii home suddenly became a prey to the devour 1U|{ OICUICUU DUl IUC/, line OUUJC Ut ?u? IV* mer owners of the property, need cot be cas down. They are young and In good health And we have no doubt that they will react out and receive the good things yet In stor< for them. Mr. Beckwlth while living In town 1b farm Ing on the Martin plantation seven mllei north west of Abbeville. That farm once be long*d to Mrs. Beckwllh's forefathers, anc like the lot on which Mr..B?ckwltb lived, bai many Interesting associations, but wltfc which we are less definitely acquainted One story Is, that before the war, a store passed over that plantation, and, except th< mill bouse, blew down all the houses on tb< place, and carried his piano to the middle o the mill pond, where It went to the bottom The owner, so the story goes, was lrreveren and very much disconcerted. He raid tha "the Almighty out ol spite to bim, had de stroyed all his bouses, except his mill house and be felt ture it He bad known where 1 was, lie would have blown It down, too." But he was rich, and the bouses were re built. The owuer has long since gone to hli reward, and bis descendants arenow trylnj to reclaim the wide fieldB tbat have been going to waste. Ordinarily the less of the heme 1b record ltnca htit tharft TTOD OA mil?*h f CU 4+J |? iVTT IIVVP, IMW.V I.-W WW ? . love, of bope and of Interesting circumstance connected witb the old hlstorlo lot that w Uave written the above wben Ve could bav written a volume. For tbe Benefit of tbe Monument. The Spinsters' Return, Celebrate Burlesque to be presented by Abb< ville talent. Tableau and song. Th Bonnie Blue Flag by fifty of Abb ville's prettiest young girls. Hill's Pavilion Theater, Thursda evening, Aug. 21.8.80 o'clock. Prices, 25. 35, 50 cents. Tickets c sale at Milford'e. I Come and see tbe great cooking woi , deratour store all next week. S( advertisement in this paper. Abb l ville Hardware Co. W e are glad for you to emcke all tbe fr cigar* jcu caD get. It will cdIj make jon a predate Speed's Clnccs tbe more. Be sure and call at our store ne: week. Abbeville Hardware Co. WEST END. Kew* Dots Picked Up Here nnd There i Abont the City. Mr. John Htaton and bis Utile son of Darlington have been In ibe city for tbe past 3 week the guests of Mrs. Thomas Mallard. , Mrs. Henry Pressley, Miss Marie Pressley and Master Alfred Pressley are here from - Atlanta visiting the Misses Cater. Mrs. . Pressley who was Miss Willie Cater lived In . Abbeville for a lew years during her child* hood. Mr. John Calhoun was in the city Saturi day and Sunday staying with his home people. Mr. Calhoun travels and makes his '* headquarters In Hendersonviile, N. C. 0 Mrs. Susan B. Hill of Edgefield is in tbe 3 city spendlngsometlme with ber sister Mrp. W. 8. Cothran. Miss Cassle Fleming of Columbia Is bere " spending a while wlin relatives in and near f the city. B Mr. A. M. Henry left Monday for Atlanta where he will spend a few days before going 1 back to Augusta where he has a position 9 with the Buckeye Cotton Oil Company. . Mr. Lewis C. Harrison of Lancaster was In the cly Sunday and MoDday tbe guest of bis 3 brother Dr. F. E. Hairlson. ? Miss ViolaGoucbe has returned to Abbe. Tllle after a pleasant visit to Mrs. Poole and Mrs. Mower In Newberry. r Mr. W. A. Lee Is here spending sometime with bis home people. Mr. Lee attended tbe , Textile Sobool at New Bedford. Mass., and has been working in Utlca, N. Y. since leav lng school. I Miss Myra Mower has returned to her home In Newberry after an extended visit ' here to ber cousin Miss Helen White. 1 Miss Ellse Long has returned from a six . week's visit to relatives In Danlelsville, CartersviileandElberton, Ga. Mrs. W. H. Washington who was tbe guest of Mrs. Neuffer last week has returned i to her home in Laurens. Miss Annie Cochran Is at borne again pendinga delightful two weeks in Asbeville ' and Columbia. ' CLUB POSTPONED. Tbe Euchre Club that was to have been entertained by Mrs. Neuffer Friday afternoon I has been postponed until Friday afternoon ) August tie 28. Mr. Lawrence Pearson of Woodruff was In tb? city Monday on business. > Mrs. Charles A. Calhoun has returned to i her home in Wbltmire after a pleasant visit , here to Mrs. Ed Calboun. Miss LUlle Miller of Laurens Is In tbe city . the guest of ber sister, Mrs. Horace Mc? j Alllster. Mr. J. M. Giles of Anderson was in town for a few hours Saturday tbe guest of bit mother f Mrs. S. C. Cater. j Mrs. CatbriDe Minns of Colombia Is In tbe . olty to spend sometime wltb ber daughter Mrs. Fred Canon. , s Miss Sue Plnkney has relumed to ber i home Id Anderson after a ten days stay here wltb Miss Kate Marsball. Mr. Amos Davis of Wlnnsboro Is In tbe I olty the guest of his nephew Mr. J. D. Kerr. I Mr. W. J. Latimer Is at home again after a short stay at Clemson. Mrs. H. S. Robertson, Miss Annie Robert' ?on and Master James Robertson are here i from Columbia the guests of Mrs. Fred Caton. Mr.T. 8. Perrln left Tuesday for Atlanta after a week's stay here with home people. Miss Lavalett Dupny is here from David, son. N. C. visiting Mies Onle and Miss Caro 1 Morse. I Mr. and Mrs. H. Frank McOee are here f from Spartanburg visiting Mrs. McGee's parents Mr. and Mrs. Quarles. Mr. and Mrs. ' McGee leave Thursday for a two week's stay In New York. 1 UNVEILING OF THE MONUMENT. Col. James Armstrong of Charleston will ' deliver the address at tbe unveiling of the i monument. Col. Armstroug Is an entbuslas. tlo veteran and bis addresses before tbe veterans reunions have always been full of 1 u* terest to all. Tbe 1st Artilery Band from Cbarleston will fnrnlsh mnslo upon this occasion and as tbls is one or tbe finest bands in tbe South tbe mnslo will be all that Is 1 hoped for. i Miss Mary Lawson Link left Tuesday for Spartanburg where sbe will visit Miss Florlde Smitn. Dr. A. H. Moment has been tn Willlngton > spending a while wltb Dr. W. Link and meet ing hU friends tbere. Miss Janie McKellar has returned to bis borne in Greenwood after a pleasant stay bere wltb Miss lone Miller. Mr. .Lewis Perrin entertained a number of young men last Wednesday evening In bonor of Mr. Tom Perrin of Atlanta and Mr. T. P. Queries of Eataw, Ala. Duplicate whist was tne game of tbe evening an elaborate salad oourse was served. Mr. James A. Bowie from Chicago is bere on a visit to bis borne people. Misses Sara Calvert and Edna Cox are in Iva visiting friends. Mrs. William Holmes has gone to her home in Seneca after spending sometime here wltb ber oousin Miss Louise DeBrubl. Mrs. Mark W. Gantt of Columbia is bere spending a while wltb ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Reese. Tuesday morning about 5.80 tbe alarm of fire was given and tbe home of Mr. W. F. Beckwitb In West End was found in flames. Tbe explosion of a large lamp was the cause ot tbe fire. A part of tbe furniture was saved. Miss Rebecca Leverengln of Columbia is spending a while in the city as tbe guest of Mrs. Fred Cason. Mr. A. B.Morse was called to Birmingham Ala. last week on account of tbe illness of his brother Mr. Will Morse. Mr. W. G. Templeton 1b bere lrom Belton spending a few days. Mr. H. P. Hansel, of Fredrlcksbnrg, Va., was the guest of Mr. Joel S. Morse, several days last week. Mr. John Harris is at home again after a summer outing. Miss Nettie Brunson leaves Wednesday for Greenwood where she goes to attend tbe R1gge-Copeland wedding. Miss Sara Norwood is In Calhoun Falls on a visit to Miss Sara Baker. Miss Mary Lou Morse is at home again after a month's stay with friends in VI rginla. Tbere will be an important meeting of tbe Daugbters of the Confederacy Friday after ***'* R.OA A II avA ntiftar) r\ Ka at ihatr uuuu at u,av? All Big ui?&u iv wv H? * meeting. r- Mbm Gassle Wilson Is here from Colum, bla spending a while with ber sitter Mrs. ; H. M. Wilson. 4 A Mystery Solved. "How to keep off periodic attacks of r biliousness and habitual constipation . was a mystery that Dr. King's New . Life Pills solved for me," writes John > N. Pleasant, of Magnolia, Ind. The i only pills that are guaranteed to give , perfect satisfaction to everybody or r money refunded. Only 25c at Speed's . drug store. In Heir-Defense i Major Hamm, editor and manager of 3 the Constitutionalist, Eminence, Ky., when he was fiercely atiacked, four years ago, by Piles, bought a box of i Buckleu's Arnica Salve, of which he says: "It cured me in ten days and i no trouble since." Quickest healer of i Burns, Sores. Cuts and Wounds. 2oo i at Speed's drug store. ' i 3 During the week from Aug. \ 20th to 25th Dargans 5 & . 10 cent store will sell their I $12 stoves for $10 80 cash. - This offer is good only for one J week. g To the TrtiNteea of ; Abbeville Eplncopnl ('Lurch. 1 Gentlemen It's sound sense (bat we tell you. It will cost less dollars to paint your ,r church with L. & M. Paint, because 18 more painting is done with one gallon 6 of L. & M. than with two gallons of 6 other paints, and the L. ?fe M. Zinc hardens tbe L. & M. White Lead and makes tbe L. & M. Paint wear like iron. ADy church will be given a liberal d quantity free whenever tbey paint. 4 gallons L. & M. mixed with 3 gal'g Ions Linseed Oil will paint a moderate sized bouEe. Actual cost L. & M. about $1,20 pei v gallon. y J. E. Webb, Painter, Hickory, N C., writes, "Houses painted with L. & M. 15 yeara ago have not needec painting since." Sold by P. B. Speed. ?6 e- During the week from Aug 20th to 25th Dargan's 5 & 1C p- cent store will sell their $11 . stoves for $15.30 cash Thii x [offer is good for one week. - " ? - /< ' V ' * : - " - \ ; ?y * AH;-* -T v,: * l II. iPf?? mi I ?1?pffpif?-tmHwrwwwffrw i Spread the World's Table I ; raj along every line of longitude from ' ffl North to South; every parallel of ? W latitude from East to West; pile w iff thereon the foods of every dime and jft I Uneeda 1 Iff 8? n M*. 4i Si IDI56UII | will surpass them all in the elements which make a perfect world-food. jfi In a dust titfr, m TJWiSiurr proof jrucKux*. m NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY JK HADDOJSrS ? i?nii n ^ v ^-v n /% -ntil % r ? w\ Rnilrr I men rail mnviug juanj. DRESS GOODS?New dress goods are arrlviDg dally, such as panamas, all colors, paradines and cravanetts 25c to $1.25 yd. DRESS SILKS?This department is being filled rapidly with new silks just from the looms. All the new shapes, black and cream white. New Ginghams and Chambrays?Now is the time to get school I dresses and this is the place to get them. We are receiving new patterns every week at the same old price, 10c yd. New Ribbons?All widths and colors, big assortment to select from, all silk at 10c and 15c yd. Check Dimities and Lawns?Just received a fresh supply at the same old prices. Some dainty patterns for children's dresses. New Linen for Waists and Suite?All linen 36 inch at 25c. All pure linen 36 inch 50c. All pure linen 90 inch $1 yd. This is an extra good value. New Queen Quality Shoes just put in the shelves and the styles are new and dressy. In order to make room for them we will dispose of balance of our Oxfords at a great sacrifice. A 1 ~ r?APfV?nrn m O ftoffl fnP PVPTV uur uuyein aic jjuh scati/umjj i.uc uviw?u >?> >>.? thing that is new and up to date. R. M. HADDON & COMPANY. | Coal and Woodf ^ ntmmmAT\T7 /ft | f UK HVJiKYBUL'Y. | & After August ist >ji I will be prepared to deliver wood and A I coal to any part of the city. The best grade /j\ ^ of coal will be kept, and wood will be sawed $ A for stove and fireplaces. All orders will reT ceive prompt attention at lowest possible $ AS prices. Will appreciate your ord?r. fts $ Yours very truly, Qt I J-INI ) o o cl, j| |j Phone 165. ^ Abbeville, S. C. ^ He Smith Dry Goods Company We are headquarters for the things that contribute solid comfort and much pleasure to the boys and girls anil niftr VI vux uvuiii/jr v*wj. The Minneapolis : Ij^^il' faW -<Jw of A?e' Price 15c and 25c each.' Low prices for summer goods in our motto for the months of August and o September. : The Smith Dry Goods Co. John E. Dantzler, Manager. comiDg Aumctioua. j Majestic Range, The following are a few of the attrac' tions that Manager Hill will give the All^ public during the month of September: * Williams Comedy Company, Sweet - Sixteen, Trip to Atlantic City. The Abbeville Hardware Co. I Denver Express, Cowslip Farm, Field's MinstrelB, Two Old Cronies, Mildjrige and Boucbleir, Perochi and Candy wtrt ? Gypsine, this is only a partial liet. Milford's up-to-date Drug store. AmoUK these we see some that have Prescription work a specialty wltb us, already been here and have been pro- Three prescription men on duty an the time, Inouuced splendid. The public will Mll/ord's Drug Store. >!flnd splendid entertainment in the ?,itya Wo.toron haDd a11 ,he llm f high class shows represented in the atJ^llfor(18l)ru8stor?* i ohnvo lint Phone ub your orders If you want youi aDOve JiBt. Drugs promptly. Mlllords Drug Store, 3 Phone 107. If you want fine chewing and smoking to. Tanglefoot and Persian Fly Paper at Milbaoco go to Speed'a Drug Store. forda Drug Store. Phone 10:. "j AKNOryCEMEKTS. | For Congress.' J We are authorized'to announce WYATT AIKEN as candidate for Congress from the . rhlrd Congressional District, snbject to the; action of the Democratic primaries. 1 J ULI116 E. BOGQS of Pickens for Congress. subject to the rules of the primary election. j For House of. Representatives. We are authorized to announce Dr. P. "B. j CARWILE ha a candidate for the House or 7. jg Representatives, subject to tbe action of tbe v. jvj| Democratic primaries. We are hereby authorized to announce J.- y^aj Q. STILLWELL as a candidate for tbe House J of Reprenentatlves, subject to tbe action of tbe Democratic primary. We are hereby authorized to announce J. .V'jaHj M. HARDEN as a candidate for the House of Representative*, subject to tbe action of tbe ..ij9 Democratic primary. i We are hereby authorized to aunounce E. j A. MARS as a candidate for tbe Legislature, ?fl| subject to tbe action of the Democratio prl- !i-2| mary. ,1 We are authorized to announce FRANK 3 B. GARY as a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the Democratic primaries. r" JjM We are hereby authorized to announce ' -''3 GRANVILLE BEAL as a candidate for tbe ' '$3| Legislature, subject to tbe action of tbe Dem- *a nnratln nrimnrr For Probate Judge. We are authorized to announce J. F. MIL- :^ J| LER as a candidate (or the offioe of Probata . Judge, subject to the action of the Demo- ' cratlc primaries. . \ We are authorized to announce R. E. HILL l. -j3 as a candidate for the office of Probate Judge, > eubject to tbe action of the Democratic prl- 1 marles. For Superintendent of Education. :1 We are authorized to announce J. J. KIL- .;3 GORE as a candidate for tbe office of Connty Superintendent of Education, aubjeol to the action of tbe Democratic primaries. We are hereby authorized to announce R. B. CHEATHAM as a candidate' for County, ? :*3 Superintendent of Education, subject to tbe. action of tbe Democratic primary. I hereby annonnce myself a candidate for re-election for tbe office of County SaperlQ- . tendent of Eduoatlon, subject to the acUon ,\:3 of the Democratic primary. /Sa r . v. uvriuh ''. V 'T We are authorized to announoe W. A, LA-' NIEE as a candidate for tbe office of County raj Superintendent of Edocatloa, subject to the ' A action of the Democratic primary. .. : .-jyl| We are authorized to announce R. 0. Wit- ' SON as a candidate for School Commissioner, > 1 subject to the action of the Democratic priI hereby announce myself a candidate for iaSS 1 the office of O - y Superintendent of EdOr cation of Abbt .e Counly, subject to tbe ae- ' <?9 tlon of the Democratic primaries. I j. foster Hammond. ^3 We are hereby authorized to announce J. B. G1BERT for tbe office of Superintendent . of Education of Abbeville County, subjeot to jfi tbe aotlon of the Democratic primary. 5M For Auditor. . _ We are hereby authorized to announoe <v'jjaBI RICHARD BONDLEY for re-election to tbe A office of Auditor of Abbeville county, subjeot7 J*M\ to tbe aotlon of tbe Demooratlo primary. j We are authorized to announce R.D. FUR- ] DY as a candidate for Auditor, subject to the'. action of the Democratic primary. j For Supervisor. T hnrehv nnnnnncn mvself a candidate Aff "'wlI re-election to the office of County Supervisor of Abbeville County, subject to tbe action of -Xs| tbe Democratic primary. A G. M. NICKELS. ' ] % I hereby announoe myself as a candidate for tbe offloe of Supervisor of Abbeville J County, subject to the action of the Dwno- . cratlc primary. W. A. STEVENSON. ifJM For Treasurer. v We are hereby authorized to anh0unoe W. .:*bH T. BRADLEY as a candidate for County' Treasurer, subject to the aotlon of the Demo- ,1 cratlc primaries. ; I For Magistrate. We are hereby authorized to announce P. D.'VvSH KLUGH a* a candidate lor tbe offloe of W?k- I lstnite of Abbeville township, mbject to the'>?B action of tbe Democratic primary. ] ????????????? , ,j The Clemson Agricultural ' Jj College.... (The Agricultural aod Mechanical Col- <!? lege of South Carolina.) - J This institution in now equip- \ ped with courses In Agriculture, Animal Hua- 'J bandry, and C hemical Industry, Mechanical, 1 Electrical, Civil, Textile, and Metallurgical I Engineering. The young men who have grad- ?? uated from tbe College are filling poeli.lonaot trust and tbe demand for competent 6ngl- " j neers and agriculturists Is greater ibaa tbe College can supply. J The next session opens on September 12,v? 1906. New applicants and students wbo bavg /-'Am work to make up mnst report promptly ob.,; ^^9 that date. All students of last session who -'^|S expect to return muHt also report on t'ae 12tb. j It Is Important for boys wbo are in treated In tbls Institution to make tbelr applications J at onc6 If they desire to enter next seaaloqu Each year more applications are ipadeU)an'~^aH the College can accommodate. On Ausmit 15tb the roll for the session of 1906-7 will be J made by assigning to each county the nam-j/as ber of students In proportion to tbe members in the House of Representatives. For Information and catalogue, apply to \ a P. H. MELL, President. > Clemson College, 8. C. ~ ahES Land for Sale. ' "M rpHE HOME OF THE LATE S. W. COCH- f\ ran, containing . 150 Acres.. '- '^1 Twenty-flve (25)acres. In bottomland. Sito- ' ; ated three miles from Abbeville Court Houm >\v on Due West road. Apply to Mrs. H. M. COCHRAN, 4 Clinton, S. C. . | or C. M. Cochran on premises. June 20,11KW, 4m UFA 111 A iir. ?ras?t>*?!?} . I * i&c ? : 41 Physician mi gmrgmm. ; j Respectfully offers his profession- . al services to ths people -or Abbeville V and vicinity. Office In Bank building. South Carolina Military Academy. South Carolina Military Academy, Office of the Chairman Board ol Visitors, Charleston, S. C.?Vaoancles In the State Scholarships exist as follows in tb6 Counties nw?ed%to wit; Abbeville. 1; Anderson, 1;' Barnwell, 1; ; Beaufort, 2; Berkley,-1; Charleston, 2; Chester, 2; Darlington, J; ., Dorcbeater, I; Fairfield, 1; Georgetown, 1; Greenwood, 1; Greenville, 2; Kersbaw, 1; Lan/eas, 1: Lexington, 1; Marlboro, 1; Newberry, 1; Blobland, 1; Spartanburg, 2; York, 2; Hampton, 1. . '' ' Application blanks may be obtained from the County Superintenent or from the Chairman of the Board of Visitor*; Charleston S. C. These applications, fully made out as directed, must be In the hands ofthe < balrman by the 80ib of July. C. S. GADSDEN, Chairman Board, of Visitors. During the week froin Aug. 20th to 25th Dargans 5 & 10 ' cent store will sell their $15.50 stoves for $13.95 cash. I This offer is good only for one * \vvljjB ' !. \ jLflM