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The Press and Banner' Bv W, W. and W. R, Bradley. HUGH WILSON, Editor. ABBEVILLE, S. C. *#-Pabll8hed every Wednesday at E year In advance. Wednesday, June 10, 1908. ( eoreia'ti Governor. The election last week In Georgia broke t record for many years. Governor Hck< Smith was defeated for a second term Joseph M. Brown receiving a majority <> about 11,000. We believe all editors have given their owt belief in the reason for the wonderful chantt of Bentlment which overwhelmingly electet Hoke Smith two year's ago. This editor felt that Hoke Smith's crow< made a great mistake when they set off tui liquor vote to Brown. Although Brown wa> as good a temperance man as Smith, and hi though the Brown managers protest pi against his being aligning with the llq-io element, yet it Is fair to presume that llii charge stuck, as we thought It would. 1 lia charge gave Brown a very considerable vol* Hoke Smith's war on the railroads rea t< < against him. His election didn't make all ID* people rich. The railroads were compelled t< reduce the number of their trains. This rt duotlon knockcd train men and shopmen on of jobs. The reduction of trains sat the trn* eling public against the cause of the reduce* number of trains and the consequent lncon venlence. The laws of Georgia were so o| pressive that some of the railroads wlthdrev their deposits from the Georgia banks. AI this was charged up to Hoke Smith and b lost many votes thereby. The difference be tween the Hoke Smith party and Thos. E Watson, populist, one of the ablest a well as, one of the cleanest men In Georgia who withdrew blssupportof Smith and asbei his friends not to vote for Smith was an lm portabt factor in the election. Upon the whole, the change of sentiment 1 one of the most remarkable which we hav any knowlodge. Smith's mlBtakeb, and hi enemies, elected Brown. Brown made ni campaign speeches. Smith made many. The Bond Klecllon. The city election on the issue of 825 000 o city bonds for the purchase vof the electrli plant came off last Wednesday. Very llttli Interest was manifested. The vote stood 10 for the Issue, and one against It. Tbe bondi are to be 40-year, 5 per cent, coupons. This eleotlon was held on tbe day befori the election for Governor In Georgia. Quit< a number of Georgians were here laying li something for tbe election In Georgia, bu owing to the fact of our election on the bone question, tbe dispensary was closed, ant Georgfa was dry indeed on election day. W< saw none of the Georgians, but we heard an other say that if the dispensary bad beer opened the profits on liquor that day would have been a thousand dollars. Tbe profit! on the sale of liquor woold Beem to indicate an alarming condition of tbe country. If tbe profits demoralize one set and develop liquor drinkers of another set, what Is to be come of ns ? Tbe profits from tbe sale of ll< quor this year at our dispensary it is thought will amount to more tban SCO,000, about one half being made frcm Georgians and people living in ibis Slate ami far beyond our coun ty lines. But whether the people of the town, tbe county and the schools are demor allzed or not, and whether liquor drinkert are aeveiopea or noi, toe ibcib certainly inaicale that somebody is spending an enormous amount of money for liquor. Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Osteen of the Sumtei Watchman and Soutbron, on tbelr way tc the Confederate re-unlon at Birmingham, Ala., stopped over In Abbeville, with their kinsfolk, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. McDonald od Saturday evening and remained In town un til Monday morning, when they were Joined by Mrs. Voss and resumed their Journey westward. Mr. and Mrs. Osteen ro to Birmingham, as we guess, more to visit a son In tbat city than to atteDd the soldiers're-union These good people are looking well, and appearances Indicate tbat tbey have many yearB yet in store for them. Sons and daughters have married, and are keeping bouse on tbelr own account, leaving tbe old folk w tb only one young daughter in tbe household. Tbe old folk are lovers still, and love tbelr children, too. They bave had a long and bappy life, and during all the time tbey bave bad a busy life, too?she at home?he at tbe printing office. Mr. Osteen talked int' restlngly of typesetting machines and the linotype caBtlng machines. He tried the type-setting machines tor a time, and then bought a linotype. He hasn't thrown away his type-setting machine. butbe has set it aside, and the linotype is bow operated every day. He spent five week! Id the shops of the manufacturers, learning to operate it. We suggested to him to write on that subjrct at the next meeting of the Press Association atGaffney. We baveknown Mr. and Mrs. Osteen ever since the war, and there are none more deserving of respect and goodwill lrom all mankind. They have foogbt a good fight, a- d they deserve & crown in the end. They worshipped with the Presbyterians Sunday morning and with the Methodists Sunday evening. ( The New Postoffice. As everyboby knows, the Government has appropriated S50.000 for a post office in Abbe ville. And everybody 1b talking of the right place to put It. Instead of destroying good property to make an opening for It, let us do away with old or undesirable property In orcer to get a good lot. What Is the matter with the property opposite to Calvert <Jf >'lckles store? Is there any better place for It than the Miller hotel? 850,000 bouse would be quite an Improvement on the shops opposite to Calvert & Nickles, and a ?5U,COO house on the Miller lot would add to the beabty of that section. The post cfflce building would be acceptable to all. Pretty Viaitor*. Misses Lewellen and Rosa McKall, two of as pretty daughters as ever made glad a mothers heart, or ever caused Cupid to use a sledge hammer on breaking up the hearts of devout worshippers at beauty's shrine, went to Anderson last Satuiday to spend a week In the city. electricity by Water. Mr. John Boees Kennedy, a prosperous farmer la Bellevue has thirty electric lamp? on bis place which be runs by a gasoline engine. He contemplates putting In a water wheel to furnish the power. Mr.Paul Wilson to now on tbe place making estimates. Mr. OH Cade has an electric light plant which he has been running for a year by water that haeu't cost a cent for repairs. Mr. Wilson pat that plant in. , Mr. W. W. Bradley, ;trustee of Clemson College, met other trustees at the college lam Saturday. Batteries. For gas engines. A fresh lot Just received, W. N. Thomson. Kverything la lovely at tbe tew bookstore.] C. A. MliforU A Go. Inconvenient Schedule. The following resolutions by theCommer'Mal Club speak mildly theisentlments of the people of this city. Our people, as a rule, are slow to find fault, and this new spaper hopes tbat the Ra lroad authorities may take notice of our complaint and rectify the wrong to which this people are subjected. Here Is wbat thb Club says: Abbeville. S. C., June Sih, 1908. Whereas: TbeSchedules of the trains entering and leaving Abbeville, S. C., on tne Southern Railway are extremely unsatisfactory to tbe citizens of this community and to tbe traveling public, and whereas tbe Southern Railway Offlolals have shown in the past their desire to meet our wishes in this particular. Beit resolved: 1st. That tbe Commercial Club of Abbeville respectfully calls to tbe attention of the Trainmaster and Superintendent of this division of tbe Southern Railway the fact that ihe present schedules entail a delay of forty five minutes In tbe morning and an bour and thirty minutes In the after, noon at Hodges, on the part of persons leaving Abbeville and going east and those coming west, to Abbeville. i 2nd. We ask that this delay be obviated by a change In tbe schedule if possible. If not possible we ask that an extra train be run on tbe Abbeville Branch in the afternoon so as to reach both trains. i < Jamrs A. Summerset. Elsewhere, James A. Summerset is an nounced as a candidate for Railroad Commissioner. Mr. Summerset was a candidate ! before tbe people for this office last year rer ceivlcg a flattering vote. While he is not ? now connected with any railroad and bae not been,since the last campaign, much of bi? life work baB been In railroad service. It ie 1 on bis experience in tbe details of tbe rail i> road business that he relies for election. Hit i# contention is that efficient service can only ! come tbrough a perfect knowledge of rail i roaaing. i ' Dae West had a glorious time during Commencement. Tbe company was made up o; 9 tbe best of earth, and the literary feast and I musical recitals were up to the highest Btand e ards of the excellent educational Institution! of U.at olasalo town. The railroad was a . factor, and In the building up of the town ll 'g will do a hundred times more than tbe mosl L sanguine ever expected tbat it would. Pree j ident R. 8. Galloway, builder of tbe railroad deserves a monument as high as tbe sky, and as broad as tbe horizon. Practical efforts, based upon energy, whether in Cburcb or In State, religion or politics, furnish the basis of all success. TownB arc 8 built by practical effort. Salvation Is wod 3 by practical effort. And no amount of money can build a cburcb where energy and practical effort are lacking. ' The Ice Plant. c f> Mr. J, P. Richardson of Atlanta, Is now 4 superintendent of the ice plant He Is Bald to ft be an experienced man at tbe business. The company Is busy now Ininishing ice to > the town, and laying In a supply to answer > demands tbat may oome from tbe fruit cars j which will begin to run within the next few I days. Seventy tons have already been stored I for the trains and dally the Bupply is being I Increased. Tbe ice plant and laundry are ? giving satisfaction and onr people will have . reuBuu tu ue kihu U1 llB preueuce, ' ? Aiken on the Thi-IIT. > Read Congressman Al&en'? speech on the , Tariff printed In full In this Issue. He has _ bandied this ordinarily dry subject, prodnc. log some startling facts, In such a way as to make most lnterestlcg reading. It 1b well worth reading. ; IN THE BLISSFUL BOND, ' Foster Kirby Joins the Company of 1 the Blessed. Notices of the marriage of a former citizen i ba^e been received In the city. Itrends: Mr. William LambertKlrby aud Miss Cornelia Maud Brown were marrlfd, Tuesday, June 2nd, 1908, Washington, D. C At borne after September 1st, Takoma Park, Md. The bride and groom were In the emi lo- ol i the government. Mr. Klrby Is a printer In Washington, even as he was a printer In the 1 Press and Banner office In the long ego. In fact, It baB been bo long ago that many of oor people have never seen blm. Tbere 1b this difference In being a printer In Washington? the pay is better. ? FATS CHALLENGE LEANS. A Olipnled Point to be Settled. Tuesday afternoon, June 1G, tbe public will be given another opportunity to see tbe most unique ball game of tbe season. Tbe line-ups are as follows:? FATS LEANS M.H. Wilson Captain J. L. McMillan Alex Bowie C. J. Moore Mars A. B. Cbeatbam P. W. H.McFall W. H. Gallagher let B. C.J.Lyon J. E. McDavld 2nd B. Will Harris W.W.Smith 3rd B. W.G.Harper L. T. Miller 8. S. G. H.Smltb H. B. Wilson R. F. Fred Cason W. D. Barksdale C. F. J. M. HardeD M. E. Hoillngsworth L. F. Richard Sondlej Joe A. Wilson ) I H. B. McAllster Tom Botts ^Substitutes J, J. F. Hammond F. E. Fern j | J. W. McKee, Jr Tbe proceeds of tbe game will go to tbe C1nlo Club. Admission 25 and 10 cents. ANGELS' VISITS. Guests Gdch at ibe Age or an Old Bachelor. An old bachelor's life Is not cheerless at all times. Some times rays of sunshine cross his path, and light up his life and point his soul to eternal'bliss. One day last week two little girls and three Utile boys, came like angels with tbe brlgbiest nnd the beat of light In their eyes, wbile innocence, sweetness and goodness filled their hearts to overflowing. For a time this old bachelor felt tbat he was a child again and was ready to romp and play In childish sport. Feeling tbat they felt that be was one ol them, be asked them to tell him bow old they thought blm tobe. One sweet little girl promptly answered, "86", another said that 82 csnfe nearer being the correct figure. A lit tie boy said "76". Then another said "80" And still another said about 77 or 78. Their guesses put that old bachelor down out ol their ranks. As pretty and as sweet a little girl as ever dispensed sunshine from tbe windows of tbe sou), recommended a lady that she thought would Jexactly suit a man like tbls editor. She named ait good a woman as ever lighted tbe path or cheered tbe soul of man In peace or raised bis hair In stormy weather. They said, she Is younger than tbey thought tbls old bachelor to be Children you know tell It straight. Tbe old bachelor sent ofi for candy. Perhaps you think be ought to have ordered a hogshead oftb? freshest and tbe sweetest stufi that comes In barrels. But he didn't order that mnr>h Confederate Reunion. Abbeville will be well "represented at the Confederate Keunlon in Birmingham. Ttie following went from *bbevllle by way of the Seaboard Air Line; R. R. Hemphill, C- V. Hammond, Jason Sampson, T. P. Quarles, W-U. Sherad, E. B. Norrls, Geo. Mlliord. A. D. Wldeman, W. H. Pennal. S. T. Eaken, Mrs A. E. Wldeman, Mrs. S. P. Morrab, Miss Essie Lee McCord, Mrs. L. E. Vose and N. ti. Osteen and wife. Mr. T. R. Black well and Miss Mamsell Norwood weDt by way of the Southern. florae's Local*. An excellent ground coffee, "The Amos B. Morse Blue Lllao" brand In 1 lb. tins. For chickens, ground oyster Shells, a splendid mixture chopped corn and wheat: and fine laying tonic In 25 cent packages. Keep on bringing In old scrap Iron. I need a little more to make out a car load. I have the best stock of wood churns In town. 3, 4, and 5 gallons and extra dashers. Time you were cutting grain, come and get the best cradle on the market. I have a good stock of Mason's FruH Jars, an oi^cD, jciiic vxjcigbcb, calib iu^b huu ruubers. HaDd In your orders for coal right now, if you want the beat coal at tbe lowest price. The be*t desert you caD make?''Ice Cream" 1 -I have the freezers aod the "Jello ice Cream" Powders. Amok B. Morse, Johnsou has Just received a large shipment < of cut Klaas, silverware aud baud pu luted TARIFF T/ Is the Mother of Trusts, the Rc ' r ?T T _ f ? H7r. JJeceiver 01 tne i-aDonng ivic House of Representatives. Mr. Aiken said: r< Mr. Speaker: Tliore has been bo much mis- n representation of the effects of revising the hi tariff, at ditlerent times, that it is hard to T winuow the real truth. While the tariff Is a today too high, Its greatest evil lies not In ei the fact thai u is excessive, but that It make* u unjust und unreasonable discriminations. a It may as well be slated at the outset thai ? free trade is not and has never been tht i policy of the Democrailc party. Indirect 4 taxation Ik recognized by all as being tin c most suitable method of raising revenue; and a tbe extravagant policy ol the Republican t party has made a pretty stiff tariff necessary u even for raising revenue. Tuat this is thi paramount issue to day there can be nc t doubt. p Tbe Republican party has been so merciless t In its oppressions, through this in6trumen-|f lailty, thai It has at last stirred up formida- |c ... 1~"1 ? Ho iia'n ruhku* nud the dav I t Oieicuciuumu ..D has come when outraged Republicans, an well br Democrats, demand a measure of rtltel. Undoubtedly, tbosa who have deceived the lnnoceat voter heretofore, by shifting the Issue to alleged evil consequences of Democratic administration, must Had a more substantial and plausible reason for rot revising tbe tarltf. It u true that the effort Is again being made to postpone the real Is'sue. but this is mainly by those whose confidence In i the gullibility of the people has grown Into , a mania. J list prior to tbe Congressional elections It 1 >900 the distinguished Republican 'leader 1l the House, on being Importuned by some ot , bls.bretbren from Massachusetts to give some little crumb of hope for tariff revision with which to soothe their clamoring constituents, said; "Congress 1b not prepared to revise the tarlfl schedules In that calm Judicious frame oi mind so necessary to tbe proper preparation of tfee tariff act at a time so near tbe coming ' Congressional elections." I But tbe Congressional t lections have passed and on the hope held out tbat there would I 1 be revision after the elections a very muob | 1 reduced Republican majority was returned ? , to power. Of course those who know the i real disposition of this party to dare the ven- i 1 geance of the people to the limit In the in- 1 I terest of the trusts did not expect revision, i And for those Republicans knowing this, < who for no belter reason than party loyalty i ' have been hopelessly banging on, this must i , indeed be bitter. But what do?s this same i i distinguished leader say at this time? He i says nothing can be done now, because we i are "at tbe heels ol a flbanolsl panic and on t the eve of a Presidential election", Away with rlgh'; it 1? the party that must prevail. 1 ' He dare notop'niy dispute the necessltj: but I \X7 ?!t ho o*. 11 like tbe bopeiesH BiDiier ui AAuijr ??? o)alms:"Go thy way for this time: when I I have found a more convenient season" and t so forth. ] Well does he know that there are sufficient i tariff revisionists In the Republican ranks, 1 who, if allowed to deflect lu a popular i election, would Insure an overwhelming J Democratic victory. They must be held In 5 line on promises as vague as tbey are willing 1 to swallow, but held they must be. Once I the party has again triumphed at the pons, t 1 it Is easy enough wlih the party lash to co- v eroe Its own minority In Congress. A ma- \ Jorlty of the Republicans would continue an t excessive, discriminating tarlfl until the people, despoiled of their all, become mere vas- a sals of the trusts. t It Is interesting to witness some of the fi plans devised for deferring revision. The r latest ,'ls the suggestion ;tbat a tariff com- t mission be appointed (and even this goes too f far for some of the brethren) to go over the 1 tarlfl lists. The reason is apparent This t commission would, of course, be named by t "stand pat" brotherhood. It would not re- I port until after the Presidential eleotlon, and i the nature of Us report might well be pre- f dieted. f Pressed by its own creatures, the trusts, 0 wnom it bas sworn to protect in their ra- g paclous greed; badgered by tbe pe j>le, who have stood 1 tie limu oi corporate u|juirm.uu, .. tbe Republican parly has made Itself rldicu- 0 lous by Hb timid and Inactive course In tbls c Congress. t Bul tbere are prominent Republicans who it realize tbat tbe time bas oome when tbe If- 1 sue must be met. Witness tbe protest of Lbe fc Republicans of Massachusetts, wbo are on 1 ibe eve of revolt. Witness the statement of e Governor Cummins, of lows, thrice gover- r nor of the State ou the Republican ticket, t He said; ' I ' All the robberies and thefts committed by I all tbe Insurance companies officers since the business of life Insurance originated do t uot amount to tbe extortion due to the Ding- e ley bill lor one year." g The very men wbo are enjoying the fruits r ot excessive protection, seeing tbe advancing t storm of outraged public opinion, have o thought to avert It by conlesslons and con- e cessions. Mr. Mills, president of tbe Nation- I al Association of Implement and Vehicle v Manufactories, made tbe following startling f confession; II "When Congress gave us45 per cent, we c needing only 20 per oent they gave us a Con- p gresslonal permit, If not an Invitation to b consolidate, form one great trust, and ad- b vance our prices 25 per cent, being tbe dlflei- n ence between tbe 20 per cent needed and tbe o <r> ner cent, given. This difference would give a net annual profit lo my com w pany only of Irom Ave hundred thousand to w six hundred thousand dollarB, and to the In- a dustry at large a net increase In profit of sixty t< or seventy-five million dollars." b It will be noted alao that Mr. Mills frank- 11 ly admits that the act of Congress, in practl- n cally shutting out foreign competition by ex- s< cesxlve tariff rates, was taken'as an lnvi- 11 tation to consolidate and so shut ofi home 11 competition. There Is no more doubt that trusts are the immediate offspring of protec- a tlve tariff than there is doubt tbat the sun tl sblnep. The physical facts proclaim It. Why 11 during the little more than ten years of the li operation of the Dlngley law 655 independent b corporations have been merged Into 33 form- p lug giant trusts In almost every conceivable ei line of business. In these are not Included si the steel trust?greatest of tbem all?Incorpo- d rated at $1,-104,000,000, nor the Standard Oil V trust, that octopus that draws lis blood from & every man who burns a lamp. b If these physical facts are doubted, surely si none will doubt the testimony of the wit- ft nessea for the defense. J have quoted Mr, r< Mills. I now quote Mr. Havemeyer, than A whom no one is better authorized to speak, c He said; tl ' The mother of all trusts is the customs a tariff bill. The existing bill and preceding ai ones have been the occasion of the formation u of all the large trusts, with lew exceptions, a inasmuch as thev provide tor Inordinate pro- S tectloa to all of the Industries of the country, S sugar alone excepted. There is probably m not an Industry tbat requires protection of o! more than 10 per cent-ad valorem. It is the ti Government through its tariff laws which re plunders the peoDle, and the trusts are merely the machinery for doing it." 8? It gives one that tired leeilng to bear the m President and the leaders of the Republican w party talk of throttling, exposing, ana oioer 8t wise curbing the encroachments of trusts, |E I wben with blandness they feed these crea- tt lures, overlat from the tarlfl table. One ei might as well expect to destroy a Held of nut p( grass by mowing the surface and leaving the if nuts In the ground unharmed as expect to P( curb the trusts while they are fed on exces- w slve tariff rales. ril By the way, H may be remarked that Mr. p( Have meyer complained that his trust alone tb was not receiving adequate protection. The re lust annual report of the American Sugar <j? Refining Company shows net earnings 01 dc 89,000.000 and a surplus ol 82,500,000 alter pay- ju lng a 7 per cent dividend. Mark you, bow- w ever, the refining process Is only ihe difference Jof 13 cents per hundred between the _ ""wio nrttcie and the tariff on the finished product. While that going to V1 llie refiner may be comparatively smallirom a trust standpoint, the 11-3 cents per pound protection granted the Southern sugar planien>. yleidiDg a benefit o( something like 810 000,000 co?t the people|ol the United Stales 576.000,000 excess for their raw sugar. In We are not kicking against the Utile mite tr, that comes to the South, so long as the policy be of plundering Is In vogue, bui it only serves ht to demonstrate how the people pay for the protection o! the few. There Is some exouse Ht for a tariff on sugar, when the thousands ot a? producers are benefited. There Is some ex- , cuseforablgb tariff'on beef when the thous- Ch ands of cattle raisers are benefited, ta Tnere Is some excuse for htgu Kr tariff on cotton pic ducts, when Ql the hundreds of thousands ol producers of tb raw material are Indirectly benefited. But m for the Standard Oil trust and the steel trust, "f who themselves take the crude product from HO[ mother eartb and from their own claims Cei V?AH?.Hllnnr "???> Kilt O ffltO OnPTH 11 VPW '|'h luercujr ucuwtmt uV.w , tbere can now be no Just claim for excessive ed protection. Cotton seed oil bears a tariff of vit only 4 ceots per gallon. A tax of 15 cents per ]&i gul on Is laid on kerosene oil, tbat iu lin col crude state gushes spontaneously lrom the for ground. NVny the dltTerenct? This high ,, tariff, or course, shut out the lorelgn product and lndured the consolidation of all domestic companies, thereby Bbuttlugout competition at home. It Is bo poetlo lancy tbat we so often bear tbat the OH King has raised oil a ! cent or two, to reimburse after some display ' or pbllaotbropy. Tbere Is abuolulely no rea- JJJ* Bon for the rise or fall of oil except us it is willed by the master. The Standard Oil Com ,, pany during the years l!K)l and 1905 made a protlt of 60 per cent per annum on us watered n, millions ol stock. ' The great steel trust earned during the year " ending January 3D, 1907, 8101,190.945, and ol this l*1' amount $$0,000,000 was contributed by excess- pal Ive taritl. Where have all these profits gone? bet Two men, bom In obscurity and comparative poverty, Id the sboit space of a life time ln8 bave amassed fortunes running far up into tab the bUDdreds of millions and far In excess of CUI tbe private possessions of any potentate on 80C eartb. la there any legitimate business at whlob ? man can amaw sucb wealth in the Jle iborl apace of a lifetime/ IV t> have no yuar- Jns ^ Avtrn' ? - ' i lXATION I )bber of Consumers, and the in?Hon. Wyatt Aiken in the Jl with thflRe men personally, but with their lethods and with a Government permitting jot) methods we are forced to take Issue, be capital stock of the great steel trust lone Is one ?eventy seventh of all the proprty of the United Slates. Should not this 'end toward the centralization of wealth wake the sleeping people, who are even now wned by less i ban 200 money barons? Cenrallzed wealth means an aristocracy of realtb and the broadening and deepening of aate lines, It means arrogance and etfemlacy of tue rich and the hostile vassalage of be poor. It marks the decadence of govern- ' oeutas surely as history repeats Itself. There is no hope of checking this evil hrough the Republican party. It is senior iartner In the business. It has not scrupled o take lt? toll from the trust pile for catnwlgn purooues. It has promised "to love >bey, aud protect." and this It will do, bough all tbe people beg. The trusts and In uranca compaDien comriouieu iu uue year 'ear to the Renubllcan party for campaign T jurposas over S16 000,000. Does this not carry * pith It some obligation? Ad -amusing featured of Republican cam)alen thonder is Its great'.solicitude for tbe )oor laboring muo. Poor laborlog man, bow nany crimes have been comrruttid In thy lame!" Do not care anything about the po'-r rust magnat?. He can sbitt for himself on he eve of elect loon, and tbe poor laboring nan can shift forhlmself the day after Who ?re these poor laboring men referred to? \re they the corn or wheat growers of the SVest and Middle West? No; these men proluce more corn and wneat than any other jountry In tbe world, and corn and wheat :an not be shipped here free of duty to compete with our products. Are they the cotton jrowers of the South? No. the South has n practical monopoly of cbtton and tbe producer receives no benefits of the tariff except the crumb {that comes Indirectly from tbe tariff on tbe manufactured article. Are tbey ihe cattle rain rs of the West and Southwest? No, there Is no country that raises sufficient beef to com pete wtth the cattle men of our 3wn country, at home. Then who are these 1 laboring men? Tbe Republican campaigner means tor tbe term to apply to every man 1 Evbo eats bread by tbe sweat of bis face. In reality, tbe only laboring man who may 1 :lalm direct ibeneflt from tbe tariff Is ibat nan who Is engaged In tbe manufacture of a protected article, constituting a very smal aer cent of tie labor of ihe United States, I would not cut 1 cent irom bis wages, and tbe acts show that he would lose nothing under i revised tariff. With all our high tariff rates, bas the lajorer really been benefited? Has be received lis part of the spoils? Ifso, what mean these request strikes that are so disastrous to both aborand capita!? The price of necessaries, he oost of llvlmr. as stated by Byron W. Jolt before the National Civic Federation, las advanced 55 per cent In the United Statec n tbe last ten years. Everybody knows how learly the average laborers' wages are ad usted to his absolute necessities, and tbat >5 per oem advance in his expense of living s scarcely met hy bis advance In wage>. Ind then, too, there are great hosts of lalorers. clerks,!officers, and professional men vho receive not one cent from the tariff, but vho are forccd to pay tariff made prices lor heir necessaries. but is not excessive tariff, in some respe ts -i i positive hindrance to tradi? The law oi J tarter and exchange is as old as the human amlly: and nations, like Individuals, trade noat where they And .their own commodN les have the readiest and easiest market, n the year 1902 the foreign exports of EngIsh manufactured goods, a free trade coun ry, amounted to 81,200,000,000 while that ol he United States amounted to $100,000,000. n tbe year closing August 31 last, Great Jrltaln, taking most of ber;raw materia) rom us exported 20 yards or cotton cloth or every yaru exporieu oy u* ubhiuch zdo.uuu, 00 pounds of yarn. Our exports of cotton ;oods bave not grown an lota In Ave years Last year our total exports of manufactured irtlcJes to Oblna amounted to lens than 80 000 00. Almost every day we bear that tbere In io market for coarse cotton goods,, and yet be price of cotton goods is not low. What s the explanation? It Is largely thin; Cblua h buying her coarse goods in a market where ler own commodities flod easy acoess. Bhe Is simply governed by the law of barter and xchange, Asa consequence our mills are unmng on short time, and the laborer Is left 1 o do the best he can on his reduced earnings. . h there not just the suggestion of a lesson in 1 hepe statement*? Let us go even a step further. Existing J arid rates are so high on some artloles as to xclude tho foreign competing product ultc ether. Of course the whole Il6t might be aised ho as to exclude nil Imports. Then r here is no doubt about high tarlfls reducing ^ iur Imports. The figures and tacts quoted * ibove show that foreigners do not trade argeiy with us except for food products, for rhlch latter tact we may thank the Bountlul Otverand not the protective tariff. Now ben If our exclusive policy limits the pur- T base of our manufactures largely to our own 1 fople, Ik the nation really the gainer therty? Individuals may grow rlober or noorer, ut Is the common treasury benefited? Does ?. ot the only addition to national wealth ome from Its sales to foreign countries? It high tarlfl fleeced the stranger .along 81 Mtb ourselves, we conld bear the burden , Mtb less Irritation. But the fact is every . sanufactured article we send abroad Is sold e a the foreigner for much less thao It can be ought at home. Necessarily so, .for abroad i comes In competition with unprotected jauufactorles of the same kind, and It muni aek the same level. One or two notable lustrations will euffloe to demonstrate ae principle. ' There is a provision of the tarlfl law that n article made in this country and sent ouL ol S ae country can be brought back free of duty, 'It has not been Improved upon or advanced ^ 1 value. A certain broker In England p ought a lot of American watches at foreign w rices, about 30 per cent lfB8 than tbe Am- w rlcan price, wholesale. He reshlpped these \ irae watches to tbe United States, free ol uty, and sold them far below tbe trust prices, f ben this began to leak out tbe trust was, ol Durse, up In arms, and refused to fulfill tbe alance of the contract. Tbe broker entered [' lit, aud tbe trust paid a heavy fine rather !r irnlsb more watches. Now, to obviate a H ourrence, every foreign dealer who buys n merleau-made watches Is drawn up In the io*t binding agreement that be will not sell F ie goods In tbe United States unless tbey re Improved or changed, in which case they re dutiable. A common fraud Is practiced . pon our people by the trust sending thelf " lovements and cases abroad, putting on wlas dials, and selling tbe same here as wlss goods. All kinds of damaging test!? lonv have been lodged with the Department r Justice touoblng tha conduct of the watcb ust, but the Department baa complacently icelved It as Information. rj We will cite another case In point going to C( iow tbe discrimination against tbe borne larfcet. A certain Arm. in Portland, Ores., c< lsblng to buy a carload of tin plate aud a ieet Bteel, secured the cooperation of a firm g i Vancouver, British Columbia, who bought _ le goods In their own firm name, paying " ght or ten dollars per ton less than tbe fe inland firm would have been forced to pay g buyingdirect. When the goods were ship;d, tbe draft, with bill ?>f lading atiached, as sent to tbe Vancouver firm, who Immeotely paid It and forwarded it to the Arm in s artland. The goods In transit bad to pass rough Portland, but on arrival there the Jr al owners urmed with tbe waybill claimed illvery of their goods, and the road could f' ) nothing but comply. And so, by a little J, tematlonal conspiracy, the trust was oulItted for once. An American engwged In a small railroad iterprlse In Georgia, and another in Hon- "i iras, asked for prices of rails nut! was In- at rmed that the rail9 for the Georgia road ac Duld cost him $28 per ton and the rallH lor tu e Honduras road would cost him S'.'U per an n. tl( [n the name of outraged justice, In whose terest have the manufactories ot this couny been fondled, fed, and fattened? Are our ime people alone to be fed to his hydra- at< laded Industrial cannibal? May the day w >on come, and I think It will, when the tie Independence that Is left In us will le sert ltBelt! Tl &nd now we come to the old campaign ce orus of the Republican part*-, that high ? riff and prosperity go hand In band. No eater fallacy was ever fltumed In the faces an nvercredulous people. In the firet place ] is country has not bad an Inadequate tarlfl tla forty years. The rates under tne socalled )emocrat tariff," better known as the "Wll- tb? n Act," averaged42 percent against 50 per )ej t, the average under the iMcKlnlfy Act. po ie Republicans have time and again ussertwlth bold effrontery that the Wilson retlon act wa? responsible for the panic of 13. The fact is'he Wilson bill did not t e- st, uje law until 1S91, and the panic was raging . lourteeu mouths before Its passage. ue ?he Republicans lowered the tariff lists an erage of li per cent In 1S72 and there was a lifi nlc In 18*3. Tariff rates were soaring along m.. the top notch when the panic, the effects] wblob are still felt, came on, causing a loss > property and a shrinkage in values ol >re than thirty-five hundred millions ol ^ llarp. How will the gentlemen on the do ier side of the Chamber classlly these two publican panics? One was under a lowertariff the other was uuder the highest he nil tariffs. COt 'he one oceured alter some slight revisions; J"" ? other on the crest of t welve * ears of staoo tlsm. The fact is, the taritl does not v ir materially on .the financial system ? jept In ao far as it makes possible the pay; of dividends on inflated stocks, thereby but :tnglrom the proper channels of trade the W1 rency of the country. And If there Ih lug ne Indefinable connection betweeu tariff wo 'islon and panics there Is no fear that the thu publicans will undertake to lerret It out pre t at this time, owing to their press oij sha b is wonu jivmy. o.j cents, iea or sj iblets. C. A. Milfoni & Co. I ?. ? y l itihd who Is In perfect health, so he can nn honest d?i>'? work when necessary, has It icb lor whlcti he should be tbankiul. Mr. li U. Kodgere, Of Brauchlon, l'a., writes that i)( wuk not only luiahle to work, but he ildn'l stoop o*er to lie bin own shots. :six w :tles ot Foley'* Kidney Cine mude mw M n of hiu?. He M?yM, "Success to Foie.,'? J liej Cure." P. B. Hpeed. P> ~ ot ilness iu adjusting their present, dilemma Ui len, without foundation, they were charg "j| luriuci iu ueiiioerHUC lull II* 11 uld biive been well to have remembered ,t little quotation: "Past. lolllen bave ] sent obiijjutlona and old tiiUH buvo louy H^( .down." an / Piano Recital and Musical Lecture - BY ? Prof. Theodore Saul, I the eminent Pianist, Composer and Lecturer, at Prof. Huguelet's Studio, rhursday, June 11th, at ll a. 111. PROGRAM. Jrelude. Lecture on Harmony, old dance formw, Rythin and Composition. 1. Piano solo, "Norwegian Wedding Day"?Grieg. 2. Short lecture on Ed. Grieg, the Great Norwegian composer. 3. Scherzo in B Hat minor?Chopin. 4. Short lecture on Frederick Chopin 5. Piano polo, "Sonata Tragica"?Ed. MacDowell. 6. Short lecture on the late lamented MacDowell. 7. Jiourree icr jeic naDa aione? rueo. Saul. 8. Short lecture on "Bourree" (old French Dance form). 9. Prize ?oog from "The Meistersinger"? Wagner. 1. "Love's Dream"?Liszt. ? j a. "Will 0' the Wisp" ) T R , 2- < b. Gavotte |T- Baul 3. fcjonanta op. 8, Piano and ViolinGrieg. Prots. Saul and HugueIfrt. Organ Recital AT Methodist Episcopal CM, BY Prof. Theodore Saul, THURSDAY, rune 11, at 8:30 O'clock p. m. PROGRAM. 1. Tocato and Fugue in DMiuor, Bach. 2. j a. Asa's Death, ) from Peer 3. ( b. In the Morning, j" Gyat Suite Greig. 3. Andantino a Lemare. 4. Pastorale Rheinberg r. 5. Chromatic Fantasy Thiele. (j. Prelude, Cathedral Scene ana Pilgrim Chorus Wagner. 7. The Last Hope...Tbeme and variations, 8aul-Gott8chalk. 8. Tocata No. 1... .. Mendelssohn. 9. Isolde's Love and Death... Wagner 0. March, Religieuse Guilmant. 1. Tocata from 5th Symphony, Widor. 2. Improvisation on Home Sweet Home Saul. state of South Caroliua, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. o W R. Ellis, W. B. Uldrlck and J. D.Winn, Trustees School District No. ?0 : You are hereby ordered to bold an election tCold Spring school house, Saturday, June ?, 1908. lor purpose of deciding whether or ot a mill special tax shall be levied for obool t>urpo*eH In said district. You will be governed by Section 1107 School ihw of^South Carolina In conducting said lection. R. B. Cheatham, P. L. Grler. W. R. Bradley, County Board ol Education. Speed's Local*. If you want Huyler's Candy fresh, go to peed's Drug Store, agent lor tbe factory. Don't take our word lor It, but look at tht ouses around town painted with DtVoe'taint, and coin part- them with bouses painted 'lth other paiuts. Standing hall as long and re are satisfied that you will decide thai Deoe's paint la tbe paint to use. For sale by Speed Drug Stole. Speed's Clnco Cigars are still lhe favorite* f tbe city. Tbey are tbe best severs ever on ]e Abbeville market. If you don't bellevt , let us show you. It is mighty easy to do a alng when you have som's one to show you ow. DeVoe's paint goes further and lasts longer, or sale at Speed's Drug Store. Something good to read at Speed's. Huyler's Candy, food for the angels, always esh at Speed's Drug Store. Clnoe, Is all the go. Speed's Drug Store. Bui'kleu*<? Aruica Salve Wins. Tom Moore, of Rural Route 1, Cochin, Ga., writes : "I had a bad sore jme on the instep of my foot and : suld find nothiug that would heal it 1 mil I applied Bucklen's Arnica alve. Leys thao half of a 25 cent box on the dav for me by affecting a per- 1 tct cure." Sold under guarantee at i peed's drug store. I id | Kui; 11 mIi Spavin Liniment removes Hard. , lit or Calloused Luinpn uuu Blemishes irom 1 )rses; also Blood Spavins, Curbs, Splints, < veeney, Klne Bone, Stifles, Knralus, Swollen , a route, Coughs, etc. Save S50 by use of one < ittle. A wonderful Blemish Cure. Sold by k B. Speed, druggist. Urn i W. K. Ward, of Dyersburg. Tenn., writes: * ?hln is to certify thut I have used Orlno Lax- j lve Fruit Syrup for chronic constipation, s id It has proven, without a doubt, to be u nrnnirh nrui?t leu i rtmtfd v fur thin trnnhlo t id it in with pleasure I offer my consclen- t jur reference." P. B. Speed. ^ ? c Cures dizzy spells, tired feelings, omacb and Jiver troubles, i^eeps you c ell all summer. That's what Hollis- s r's Rocky Mountain Tea will do. ry it and you will always buy it. 3o t nts, Tea or Tablets. C. A. Milford Co. ii f you will make Inquiry it will be a revela- o in 10 you bow muny succumb to kidcey or H idder troubles in one lorui or another. II i patient is not beyoud medical aid, Fo''s Kidney Cure will cure. It never disuplntH. P. B. Speed. Pronounced by millions lhe greatest eugth maker, appetite builder and altb restorer. Hollister's Rocky ounlain Tea will make you feel tbat ' > , r . . ' HAD] Bargain Is attracting the beiore they are al Dress Goods, S Weekly arrivals o and examine our s R. M. HADDO] D. POL Hot Weather Clothing Meu's All-Wool $8.00 t $10.50 " $12.50 $14.00 Men's All-Wool Blue S three piece SHOES! Men's $3*00 Uuoit low ' $3.50 Admiral lo' " $4.50 low quarter Ladies low quarter $1.5 " " " $l.f U .( It The best goods in American per yard, all colore. Fancy Musnns jujc and loc i Ladies and GeDts Umbrellas Boys' Knee Pants, all ages fi Men's Pants from 50c to $5.0( A full line of Gents Furnisbi Satisfaction Guaranteed D. POI REGISTRATION The attention of the public is called to the Act of the recent Legislature, approved the 24th day of February, 1908, which reads as follows : An Act to Provide for the Re-Enrollinunt onH Ronriytrntiftii nf I hp Onnl. ffed Electors of this State During the Year 1908, and to Provide Compensation for the Supervisors o Registration. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the Supervisors of Registration in each County of the State are required to re-enroll all the qualified electors in this State during the year 1908. Sec. 2. That the same time the said Supervisors shall register all persons who may make application therefor and who may be entitled thereto. Sec. 3. That for the purpose of such enrollment and registration the said Supervisor shall keep the books of registration open at the several county eats every day (Sundays excepted), between the hours of nine a. m. ana six p. id., during the months of July and August, 1908; and in addition thereto, they shall attend, during the niuuth of September, 1908, at least one day in each township, in their respective Couuties, of which at least ten day's notice shall be given by advertisement in a newspaper published in the Couuty ; and in Counties containin^ fifty thousand inhabitants thev shall attend in each city, town, or industrial community, containing three hundred or more iunabitants, at least one day, upon similar notice : Provided, Tuat the provisions of this Section shall only apply t > the re-enrollmentand registration for the year 1908. Sec. 4. That for the purpose of said re-enrollmeut the Secretary of State shall furnish the Supervisors of Registration with all the necessary books, and the sum of five hundred dollars sball be appropriated for supplying said books. Sec. 5. That the Supervisors of Registration shall each receive for their services, during the year 1908, the sum of two hundred dollars, to be paid by the Stale quarterly, as other fcjtate officers are paid: except in the Counties r * 1)1 AU?'t:i3UJJt V^UUI IC^lUU , VJIIC^U vine, j Sumter, Orangeburg, Richland, where they shall each receive two hundred iud fifty dollars for the year 1908: Provided, That in Spartanburg County they shall receive this year three bunIred dollars, to be paid as above provided ; that, after the year 1908, the Supervisors of Registration shall each eceive fifty dollars per annum in of! ,*ears and one hundred dollars in geniral election years: except in the ibove named Counties, where they iball each receive seventy-five dollars, )er annum iu of! years, and in general ilection years they xball receive two lundred dollars each per annum, iniluuing the Couuty of Spartanburg. Sec, 6. All Acts or parts of Acts in!onsistent with this Act be, and the ame are hereby, repealed. Approved the 24th day of February, L U. 190S. All persons having business in the atter of registration will call on the ;hairmart, W. C. Sberanl, in theslore f E. R. Thomson on the public quare. W. C. Sberard, Chairman. A. F. Calvert, K. H. Armstrong, Board of Registration. Think* it Saved hta Lilt*. Lester M. Nelson, of Naples, Maine, iys in a recent letter: "1 have used >r. King's New Discovery many ears, for coughs and colds, and J . link it saved my life. I have found a reliable remedy for throat and mg cotuplaiute, and would no more e without a bottle than I would be i i'hout food." For nearly forty years 1 eiv Discovery has stood at the head S throat and lung remedies. As a r revenuve ui pueuuuum, auu ucmci j ' weak luugs it bas uo equal, Sold \ ider guarantee at Speed's drug store, r ic and S1.U0. Trial bottle free. t ? t Ueadquartt rn for fishing tackle. "The little a >re ou the comer." Set hooka, trot lines t d uelueu are uiy special tlea. a . . *-"r ' -'iff v ? DON'S .Counter crowds. Come in . 1 gone. All kinds of ihoes and Laces : f new goods. Come tock before buying. & COMPANY. / UKOFF. and Shoes at Cut Prices wo piece suit at $4.75 " $3.00 " " $10:00 erge in pinele and double breaat suits at $10 00. SHOES! quarter shoes $2.50 w quarter shoes $2.75 shoes $3.75 !o at 90c 50 at $1.25 >0 at $2.00 PrintB, formerly sold at 7c now 5c tnr\^a of 1/ln nor v*a?*sl ^wug Mb AVU ^/Vl J aiU* from 50c to $2.00. om 5 to 16 year9, from 25c to 75c. ). ng Goods at greatly reduced prices. on Every Article We Sell. jIAKOFF. CANDIDATES. : j For Railroad Commlisloner. I We ftffl ftllLhnrlspd tn onnnnni?A lamw A Summersett, a candidate for the office of 1 ataie Knilroad Commissioner, subject iO the i action or the Democratic primary. House of Representatives. I hereby announce myself a candidate for , the House of hepreseniatlves at the coming election, tubject to the action or the Demo' eratlc primaries. J. Moore Mar*. We are authorized to annonnce P. B. Carwile as a candidate for re-election to the , Honse of Representatives, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. Superintendent of Education. I I hereby announce myself as a candidate tor re-eltctlon to the office of County Superintendent of Education, subject to the action 1 of the Democratic primary. R. B. Cheatham. We are authorized to announce J. Foster Hammond as a candidate lor the office of County Superintendent of Education,subject to the action 01 the Democratic primary. For Auditor. I hereby annonnce myself as a candidate for rc-electlon to the office of Coonty Auditor, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. Klcbard Sondley. Thauklng tbe people of Abbeville oonnty lor tbe complimentary vote given me two years ago, and wltb no ill-will toward* any one, but good feelings toward* all and grate* fal lor any consideration given roe Id thla t election, I again announce myself a candidate for Co only Auditor, subject to tbe action of the Democratic primary. Kespecttally, R. D. Purdy. For Coroner. We are authorized to announce M.J. Link as a candidate lor rt-e.ecllon to tbe office of Coroner lor Abbeville county, subject to tbe action of tbe Democratic primaries. We are authorized to announce W. B. . Going &h a candidate for ibe office of Coroner of Abbeville county, subject to tbe action of tbe Democratic primary. We are authorized to announce H. W, Bowie as a candidate for tbe office ot Coroner of Abbeville county, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. For Treasurer. I hereby announce myself as a candidate or County Treasurer of Abbeville county, subject to tbe action of tbe Democratic primaries. John M. Gambretl. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Treasurer of Abbeville County, subject to tbe actlou of tbe Democratic primary. James Chalmers. I hereby announce myself as candidate for tbe office of County Treasurer, subject to tbe action of ibe Democratic primary. 7 Li D 11 u. X-. UIWilVJTi For Supervisor, I announce mysell as a candidate for the office of SupervUor of Abbeville county, (object to the action ol the Democratic' primary. J. A. Scbroeder. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for tbe office of Supervisor of Abbeville conniy, subject to the actlou ol tbe Dea ocratlo primary. W. A. Stevenson. . I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Sui ervlsor of Abbeville county, subject to tbefactlon of the Democratic primary. George S. Wilson. For Sheriff. We are authorized to announce L>. B. Speer as a candidate lor Sheriff of Abbeville County, subject to the action of tbe Democratic primary. I hereby announce myself n candidate for re-election to the office of Sheriff of Abbeville County, subject to the action of tbe Democratic party. C. J. Lyon. We are authorized to announce T. Lorton Robertson as a candidate lor Sheriff of Abbeville county, subject to the primary election. FOR SALE IDTS and BUILDINGS. One house on Barnwell street, five rooms, near hydrant, large vard and servant's house on yard. One house same street, three rooms, good yard. Oimvvacant lot same street. l'orparticulars see MRS. 11. A. IlICHEY A <>rnnU Family >I?Ui<-iuc. "It gives me pleasure to speak a jood word for Electric Bitters." writes Mr. Frank Conlaii of No. 4:>0 Houston st., New York. "It's a grand family uediciue for dyspepsia and liver comdicatious; while for lame barife ?r>H veak kidneys it cannot be too highly ecomiuended." Electric Bitters regilate the digestive functions, purify he blood, and impart renewed vigor ,ud vitality to tne wt-ak and debiliated of both ^exes. Bold under guar,utee at Speed's drug store. 50c. -- *4