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The Abbeville Press and Banner,! BY W. W. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVHLE, 8. C.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1907. ESTABLISHED 1844 |1 PHILS The House that C We are better prepared tl do your trading with us. 1 tion of our Stock, noting ca mistake in dealing here. DRESS GOODS. NEV We are now showing all the g- f popular lines of wool Dress Goods, Grey, Re< such jis Voiles' Panamas, Batistes, 27 in. S Chiffon Taffetas, in all the leading colors, colors. 27 in. Ji LONG SILK GLOVES. Rea< We are selling an immense num- Fehav - ber pairs these gloves, but having \oileand bought big stock we still have leading C them in white, black and gr? y. 75c. to $15.00 e THI HILLD Q, ' /. t / * Is full to overflowing with the lai latest styles and all the most desired s plimenlary things that we have heard Fretwell to take charge of this departi s When in town we will appreciate Prices are very reasonable. / PHILS( . v ' - ' 7 ' The Press and Banner, r'*000"1 But Id case built by taxa Published Every Wednesday. easy. Poor r< A.bbeville. >? C. Honestly, bl _ Iald bare, do ; Abbeville she Wednesday, March 27, 1907. bouae? we h ? row-mlDrted, ? along, and thi mucu**l?s the Pre?M. by p,aclDK bJi Tfie Colombia Record a few days ngo had vote or a tbou something to say about tbe "vacultj" of the Informed oltlzi conn try press. The News and Courier made if a poor, t a most pleasant as well as a most compreben- the old barn w Ive review of tbe country press, with luol- need not tear 1 dental reference to Tbe Record. tlon to make The Press and Banner does not know ex- old Court hou actly what the city press expeots of the roun- uew suit of cl try press. This newspaper knows only Abb<- to a second tal llle county, and Is only Incidentally ac qualnted with either tbe State or tbe world beyond Its borders. f We never try to write about the Philip- Let the peop pines. We don't know anything of ibem. vllle may hav And If we attempted to expose our Ignorance One of tbe ci tbe subscribers to tbe tress ana Banner | uouri nouse. would not read It. and as able ti If we undertook to speak learnedly or tbe anybody?and Panama canal nobody would digest It. Every man 1 If we criticised Teddy, be woald pay do sort er of Abbevll of attention to us. Court bouse, i If we wrote a learned article on tbe nature that we bear and causes ot earthquakes, and tbelr effect committee Iroi opon Ibe Japatese or tbe Callfornlaus, tbe for a good Cot people would laugh at us. for fifty years i II we wrote a good article on the reieonx ulntlon of fifty wby Col. William Billy Bryan Kbould Mt With flue c, down and Keep silent, somebody would be fine court hoc vexed. keep us down! If we wrote on the tariff aud explained the and a fine cltj benefits to be derived from tbe subsidy five or six yet tbe reader of it might be summoned before public bulldli tbe Probate Judge to show cause why be forty-five year gbonld not be locked up In tbe hospital for us. the 1 una Lie. Let tbe genl If we In an able article of great force and forget that tbe wonderful power, tried to show Senator Till uments, each man how to do In Washington, do you think oue?It he wl be would appreciate it or heed ibe volume ot ready to pay t wisdom which we might offer? Not a bit ot It. Since be bas been in Wnshlrgton be tblDks be Is a bigger man than the edit rota O llltle country newspaper. Mr j p . So you see tbat a country newspaper need vuie but now not trv to rule the woi Id at lone ninue. Bui may be jou a?k II the n-wr-paper is nol ^ kinsman" a power within the State linen. Newsrapers vl|,e Mr You may be very useful when ibe Legislature 1* aR g0[)(j a man In session. They may ttl tbe people's rei>re- forgooli)ern F sen tat Ives bow lo vote on any proposed l.w j ^ jj^H jj0 Bat, as a rule. Legislate* do not read tbe tiuetbathebu country newspapers, and they must d? pend ? . , . od in? j'luriit larg. ly upon the dally press for Info'nimloti preservecj ju , or Instruction as to how they shall vote, and 0|ear a8 a jjell you <>H know whether a Leg'siuior does as he ,, one good. W is told by a dallv uew-paper. ? . ... . make of blm. But you may say that country newspaper* ao'dari fxerclse some Imaginary It fluence within . . . . ,, .... . . ^ war and who I their county lines. J'bat may be true, but _ . i . , t ve for many 2 wbeD a country newspaper tries to exercise ("me It'fluence be loo often tlnds out that his < f!brii* are resented, and then tbe hardheaded "Please < vo'ers Just go and vote the wrong way. We We are lQ r know that this le true. We have sonietlrme om.ccntWrap msd" It plain, bow tbe vote should stand, but ln i.piea8e C( It dldu'l 8tMDd that way. The fact Is, we don't ?h, believe the Press and Banner has Influence lbe mar(,|n m unongh to secure the butidlDg of a $100,000 ^OHtl4Ke< whict C ?urt bou>-e right under our nose at Abbe- 8c.|di.ai'complj vl le. TbiP. t:>0, ^hfi) the circumstance* are al favorable. Mr. Jones, ibe dlnpenfer, we are told, thicks that, under the ne*L. M.I. 'tw One of the the pr< fits on the sale of l'quor will amount pair of North < r to $15,COO for tblR j ear. At this rate the wbls- the hose reeli key & zzlera and the wblhkey soaks would ought to buy a ibem**- ve? bnlld a flue court bouse In seven pose. It woul< ye-trs. li the men who drink liquor wish t> t ON, HENR' irives you Satisfaction o: w ban ever before to show you tl We have more goods than we refully our prices, will convince / SPRING SILKS. Ncw Cream Dr< Cream Poplar Clot 36 in. wide, raffeta, in Black, Blue, Cream all woolVo i and White, $1.00yd. $1.00 yd. ilka in checks and Solid Cream all wool I 50c. yd. wide' 75c' yd* Cream 30 in. Mohai apSilk, 39c. yd. Cream 96 in. Albati 1 iy Made Skirts. HOSIER ejust received big line We hare everyth Panama Skirts in all the Spring Hose for Ladi< olors, priced from $4 50 in lace or plain stylei ach. ' from 10c to 50cta. i;uv i)kim in rgest and best selected stock we have ev ;hapes. Our Opening is now going on the Ladies say, we feel that we are 1 neDt. a call and will take pie asu* e in having) )N, HEKRY House, why not lettbem build Xew Court H As far as we are Inform the new Court house should be bow many oourt bouses 1 lion, that plan would be dead wltbin tbe last one bnndi 3)k8 would have little or no last fifty or sixty years we And then rich folk oould dodge, two court bouffs and one Ind reader, wltb all these facts Wltb plank abutters. you know of any reason why in the past, whenever \ mid not have a $'00,000 Court court boure we have torn :now of none, unless some nar- aDd built a new one partly ignorant voter should come together wltb some new j eaten to Intimidate somebody there. And we believe It I 9 vote In tbe box against tbe uoe tbe rubbish that can be sand more patriotic and better tobacco barn to make an f an than blmsell. bouse, without plank shntt< babby Court bouse is wanted, We a6ked Mr. JobnBon If! lllaDB?er tbe purpose,and we cement blocks for tbe on tdown. Acting on tbe aogges- wslls. He said that cement a 'new Conrt bouse out of the town bad not stood the fire set country editors can get a be something In this. Sto otbea by taking their old solte the fire test. lor. But unlesB it Is meant to t posed new oourt bouse at soi ? ? ? balld stllJ another new on ne Court House. . rubblgh( we woo)(| pr<jfer In nnt oluo nn hrtrto that. A hho. ?i. i? *_ t i. A**,* fc.?? lumg go op in smoKtt ie e at least a decent Court boose, should come along. Tbe I ountles Is building a 8100,000 build It so far from other I Abbevl lie 1b as good, as proud, danger of fir? would b9 re j bave a good Court bouse as mum. In case, however, It i Abbeville ought to have It. ^lr go witjj t^e hide. n tbe county would fe?lproudle county, if we had a fine m ind It Is with great pleasure that members of the building The Good Old Ch a oatslde tbe city are anxious All of a sadden and wltbc irt house. We ought to build matlon of Impending dangei when this city will bavea pop- last week tbat the offloe of t thousand. gusta Chronicle had been ( hurches, floe school houses, a aud everybody was iorry. ise, a floe town ball, what la to when they realized that It w 1 If we build a fine court house lcle, but tbe office, tbat wa ball, we will get It paid for In were not to sorry. Our ear irs, and then we can enjoy our of newspapers ts of the Ers ]gs for the oth r forty-four or the Abbeville BaDner and tb b with no caret to worry or vex lcle. When this editor was < log bis apprenticeship at Llemen of the committees not 8tarnes, another apprentice, y are building their own mon- the yard on mmmer event one of whom deserves a good noons aloud from the Chrcnl 111 build It. The people are or good llule boys, as the cat he expense. There you are. The publication of sermoi ? cle lu the early fifties sole prentice In the Ersklue Mlsc Id Confederate, In after years when he becaa i'oung, formeily of Lowndes- l,,tle PaPer-too publlshei Of Anderson, was In town ont reBClers fcuow. If the pcbllci : lu company with his friend ll,aKood thing, ibe Influent Mr. J. T. Latimer of Lowndes- cle WRB Bood- If? however, si me was an good a BOldler aud are ev''' lt5e AuKustf as ever shouldered a musket have a loDK Itemized bin iKbts. Although he doea not 0,,ar?e<l against It at the Una Is over GO years of age, It U Everybody hereabout holt is now pabsed hU Slst mile pos'|,n ^ooli eBleom, and all ar !y of life. He Is remarkabl> P,e8WeN "ua '>pe were inBui pernoD, aud lu mind be Is af- '8 Indestructible, I, wblle bis cheery voice uoe* e have only one complaint to He refused to break bread Xcw Hoime my comrade who lovea him lu Away baok ,n fln 0, aouors blm In peace. Muy bf oourt had beeD be)d wag lorn ears yet to comu. A new courl WHg built ps Copy Mnrk<'?l Portion," tobacco barb wa band rubbish, takeo from tb ecelpt of a newspuper under a M, . ... , tbe preceding court house, per, having wrltteu on It* maiopy maiktd pori.lt>u." We do proposed to c ;Dce It camp. TI?j wrlili'g ou rubbish now Id the tobaccc ade the paper 1 able to l:Iter ??urt house for Abbeville coi i wan not paid. And printers We are not Informed as to ' t with 6Uni<i iiioua lequists. nfibepiankshuiterii. The funny thing about tfc plank abutters Is, that sojc Flreuien. have opt ned and closnd ib<s - h..,i?ht a day for thlrts-flve vears. tillUHUU I u ? US unn "" "fl"' ? - _ Uarullua horses al S^KK) o bau s lor ibe flreuieu. Abbeville n autoujob.le lor ibe game pur- The Anderson Dally Mall i j be cheaper tban boraes. against small pox. Tbere 1 for wbatBome men may do. Y 4 00. r your urionej uacs. iat it will be to your interest to have ever had, and an inspec; you that you will make no 7 Goods. WHITE LAWNS. h, half wool, ?c* v Mercerized batiste 45 in. wide 50c j ile 45 in. wide, liTtPTi laccna fifW? Tt 9erge, 44 in. 40 in. white lawn 10c. y< 45 in. Sheer French lawns 15c y< ir, 50c. yd. . , 40 in. Persian lawns 15c y< roBS, 40c. yd. Y. SHOES. Many new models in ladies Ki ing in New 0r Patent leather Oxford's and Ril ;s and Misses bon tieg_ $1.25,1.60,2.00,2.50,3.0 b ,qn< priced Children's and Misses Oxfords, 7J to $-1.50.. rHENT er shown. Here you will find the very and judging from the very many corato be% congratulated on securing Miss /ou look through our line. V ? \ & CO. oomb. Time for Advlee. ied robody known This la about tbe right time of tbe year Vbbevllle has bad editors to begin to advise farmers about tt ed years. In tbe cotton ordps. And then It la aboat time have bad at least editors to pobllsb foollab statements ab old tobacco barn tbe redaction of cotton aoreage. Of coarse tbe Press and Banner knowa nc ie needed a new Ing at all about tbe business of farming, I itnirn the ntri nnn for all that. v? nlntm In trnnis an mnnh u a with ttae rnbblBh. other newspaper. lalcbes here and We reasqn this way: When farmer* i Is dow proposed to they have reduoed tbeir acreage and when taken ont of the have notice that a farmer has discharged ilegant new court negroes and knocked his conies in the he >rs. we believe that he has reduced the acreage be couldn't make his own farm. Bat when the discharf tslde part ol tbe hands go to another form we are Inclined blocks in another think that they may, with the aid of an test. There may male, make as much cn tbe Aim to wb! ne will not stand they bave gone as they made last year on I farm whlob they left. ear down the pro* From these statements yoa may make y< me future time to your Inference as to whether we believe c e out of tbe old word abont tbe tbe general redaotloc of 1 to see tbe whole acreage. A senslhle farmer In the cotton b ie next time fire will make the biggest crop possible. >etter Idea Is to buildings that tbe ' " duced to a mini- Solid Chunks of Solid Sense. must burn, let tbe Tbe Athens Benner is never dall. 8oa times It is sensible to tbe fullest measa Last week tbat paper bad a sensible piece "simpler fnnerals." From that piece we ini rouicle. that tbe people of Athens are aboat to mo >ut previous inti- forward and adopt a more meroifnl method r, the news oame conducting funerals. be good old An- While tbe out-of-date plan of ottering fro lestroyed by fire, the pulpit things about tbe dead which c But, later on, body believed, It is presumed, that this cour as not tbe Cbron- was not especially dlssgreeable to the dea s destroyed, they Proper consideration for the feelings of tl llest recollection kindred, and a Just regard for truth, won klne Miscellany, suggest tbat tbe burial of tbe dead be accoc e Augusta.Cbron- panled by suitable remarks to the living, i little boy. serv- Most of the churcbes have set forms frr f Due West, Pink neral services, and this 1b best. When su< would set out in fantastic performances were common i ngs Bnd read ser- Abbeville, some editors felt an interest 1 cie to reprobates noting the things which they should not si ie might be. la their notice of tbe deceased. is by tbe Cbronlopressed one ap- * ellany office that, Wanted. ie the owner of a A geeal qogntlty of old brick bats, odds an sermons,as our entjH 0j Becontj window*, (no plank stauue: * ?f\h "nh0^8 Deedecl) aDd 8crap tin and lumber from an 6 k hit ii n olc* bu,'dlD8- For further particulars appl aCp.P" " " " lo any person needing such things wit ^ d*i -t t wk'?k ^ul.d a D?w and elegant oourt houi o n c n for the eminently respectable people of Abb I accounting vHle county. Is tbe Chronicle e glad that tbe ? * " ed. TheCbronl- . ? L. HI. I. a. It Is gratifying to notice bow well the em inles of the former G. M. I. are pleased wit the L. M. I's. Tbe approval of tbe L. M. 1's. about like going to preaching. Notbln d shack In which wroug about tbem. Let's shake. down. irtly of tbe rubIt has beeD said tbat ladles' bats will b g uuiu oi second trimmed ttiItt season on the right side, Instea ie burnt ruins ol of on the left Bide. We thought (bat th ladles dressed their batu to the audience. Fi. ise the well worn lD9taD^: If they sit on the right band sld ? baru to build a of the congregation tbelr hats would b inty . dressed on the left side, so people might ad what will become tnlre therr. What's the ums of trimming ih aide of a hut next to the wull ? ie history of the ? rBhaUeTH ^every The Columbia Record bu>?t,een Dfl?ed "? til that puper bus lost Its temper. 10 needn't be disturbed, neighbor. You bav ability enough to bold your own. irees vacnlnnllon ' ? a no accountlng| Waterman's Fountain Pens the beat o; eurlh at Dtlliford'B Drug Store. QROCERIE8 2 ? u r _lj r <D H _ ? New and in 0 _ o up-to-date is u r . . FAN 1. - Grocer^ ' ? id )_ PH tha * ? /' I??A o * F. B. J ? HAS OPE! M J. F. Miller's $ Fresh, reliable, clean ( H ^ always here, and the pub (3) . to come and inspect them 0 Lowest possible prices 0 be my aim to always c; M Wtt.nu?. >elr 0 Give me a cal for oat *h- LJ bat JD I) kay V % i soudoojo OO fed Saved Her Bon's Life. Worked Like a < ew The happiest mother in the little Mr. D. N. Walker, loh t?WDofAva Mo., is Mrs. 8. Ruppe. spicy journal, the Edi :be ?^e writea; "One year ago my son was Va; says; "1 ran a nail down with snoh serious lung trouble week and at once app )Qr that our physician was unable to help Arnica Salve. No in: ine him; when by our druggist's advice I lowed; the salve slm he began giving him Dr. King's New Dis- wound." Heals every . coverv. aud I soon noticed improve- skin disease. Guaran ment. I kept up this treatment for a Speed's Drnggiat. 2>c. few weeks when he was perfectly well. . . He has worked steadily since at car- _ , , . . penter work. Dr. King's New Dis- Little globules of subs. covery saved bis life." Guarauteed 'J1? clouds away. J ie- best cough and cold care by P. B. E**1? i8?1? w 5C^ ,,( re. Speed, Druggist. 50c and 1,00. Trial sick-headache and bil on bottle free. d?DOt J#Pe or sicken. , and sold here by C. rer ? ' y Vo? Teachers' Fxamlnallon. Wi.etoani.el Fron Tbe next regular teacber'a examination <.j want to give some vi will be bold at Abbeville Coort House Friday, tboaa wbo suffer wltb lame m April 19. 1007, beginning al 9:80 A. M. trouble," aaya J. R. filanl io- No one can be employed as teacher In tbe jenn. "I have proved to pabllc schools ofthls county without a cer- talnty that Eleotrlo Blttei tltttate. . eure this distressing con d. Teachers and trustees pleas# note this fact. bottle gave me great relief, i be ' R. B. Cbeatbam, lew more bottles, I was con ,d Co. Supt. Ed. completely that It becomes tu oommend this great reme Q- " guarantee at Speed's drug st [How to Remain Yoong. , 3h To continue young in health and ,n strength, do as Mrs. N. F. Rowau, Mc T iD donough. Ga. did. She says; Three ? iy bottles of Electric Bitters cured me* of I chronic liver and stomach trouble, f complicated with such an unhealthy condition of the blood that my Bkin > WUCU II turned red as flannel. I am now prac- WW IItil II tically 20 years younger than before l| took Electric Bitters. I can now do all POMF^ 1 r? my work with.ease and assist in my wwlfltw I y husband's store," Guaranteed at P. B. | y Speeds Drugstore. Price 50c. TIlBACTI ie i ?- You should be very careful of your 1 bowels when you have a cold. Nearly m all other cough cyrups are conntl- I pating, especially (hose containing I S opiate?. Kennedy's Laxative Couuh I II I Sprup moves the bowelh-contalns No I tkm | h opiuiew, i/OUioriiiB 10 mtuuuni i-ure ij. Food aud Drugs Law. Bears the ,eudorsment of mothers every where,' . No tobaccos 'Children like itu pleasant taste-Sold ever made by C A. Milford. can surpass oui ,4?. hibited in comtx ie ? . ? _ ^ to winthegoldn u potHto Seed. , and for their dt Sweet potato aeed for sale. 81 00 ppr bnshe). "frfrt//) Tlfl/J e W. T. Bradley. ? i ? ir - Onlyafewyeax e The winds of March have no terror to the leading e the user of DeWit'ls Carbolized Witch I thoroughly sati: I- Ha-el Salve. It quickly heals chapped i Classes. Sold ai e and cracked skin. Good too for hois . Always buy *' and burns, and undoubtedly the bet t is many an artic | relief for Filep. 8oid here by-C. A. 1 i *nent which thes Milford. I [ A copy of our 1907 ? ? I mat Attn^HvA A v. n Mary?Dark circles under the eyes I staniMor 8 of the 0 indicate a fluggish circulation, torpid In , liver and kidneys. Exercise and Hoi- I tlcMCOCK BfO lister's Rocky Mountain Tea will make I |? you well ana beautiful. 35 cents, Tea n or Tablets. C. A. Milford. GROCERIES ! IH!H! . every way , o M the 4 f r* \T ^yjfi T Store j STED AT Old Stand. Groceries will i)e found ^ J ^ lie is cordially invited q v 1 will prevail, and it will 0 J| arry what the public H, || 1. Phono 55. , .|| . JONES. ; sepcsooj-o H Charm. |"In 1897 1 had a stomach disease. tL,f Some phyaiciaus said Dyspepsia, some ;/?' >f5!!?L 0fTnthat Consumption. One said I would not w live until Spring. For four years I exu?/i i8ted 0D boiled milk, soda biscuits, and ? ??i doctors'prescriptions. I could nitdiolvCed be gest anything I ate; then I picked op > $ one of your Almanacs and it bapqensore, burn ai e(j tQ my ]jfe_taver. I bought a nfty leea at a. cent bottle of Kodol and the benefit I received from that bottle all the gold f ? in Georgia could not buy. In two hinp thaf HrlvA months I went back to my work as a -sj&j t itfip machinist, and in three months I waa >r the eloom of wel1 411(1 bearty. May you live long o ? lonH nrnanof "?.CI "NT. fYirnplI. Rodincr. Recommended 0&>1906, The above 1S only a sample i mS of the 8rcat 8ood tfaat 58 daily done ' every where by Kodol For . Dyspepsia. r-li It is sold here by C. A. MiLford. % i the Sonlb. m? ' ''fifjiiS iloable advice to _ . ... , , , , %* j back and kidney For weak kidneys aDd lame back use teosbip, of Beck, DeWitt'a Kidney and Bladder Pills. rfDwiubSpositively Be8t for lumbago, rheumatism, bladdition. Tte flrBi der and other troubles arising from and after taking a bad blood. They cleanse the kidneys pleasure'to re aD<1 clear the system. Indorsed and dy." Bold under sold by C. A. Milford. ; ore. Price 50a : isssa '" III I.I L _ ? * ~7~ r Jbi ? J ; I iw/wmi ] | ' Plug, Twist and Smoking. Wherever ex- ' stition with the world, they have never failed j aedal for their general excellence, high quality '.cided superiority over ail competing brands. | ; 'JN" is one of the coming brands of America. . 1 s old, its unrivaled qualities have made it one sellers over all other flue-cured plugs. It , , 3fies and perfectly suits everybody and all | j 110c and 15c per plug or 5c cuts. SHOW DOWN," and save the tags. There :le you need for your comfort or entertaine tags get for you without cost. / ! premium catalogue, which ia one of the largest and er gotten out by a tobacco manufacturer, will be mailed Oi.i? - - mo wiiiixu auiuu <- - receipt oi only 4c in postage tags we are redeeming. s. & Co., Lynchburg, Va. _ 1 Im ?4 s '. I .' .1;.; ? ... ;,. ::i4Hv V'i,"'.'v -' . _ y .4 ;: >,V\ w - : .*eiK$'^SffiSsMisi