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?S The Press and Banner. ^oMlehed every Wednesday at two dollars a Hpyriraj a year In advaoee. raff Wednesday, Jan. 5, 1910. ^TS'1l Cotton Seed. Hagon's Improved Big Boiled Cotton. It i? a thrift.v rotton: limhs wpII ?md fruits jjgjW well; makes a pound to forty bolls and makes more cotton to the acre than any other cotton I have found. I can pick one|H third more in it than in any other cotton.! SgH Nine out of ten that has planted this seed will not have any other cotton. No other seed is allowed in mv gin house. Seed Sgg^^$1.25 per bushel. For further particulars ^^^^fevrite to W. A. Hagen, the Originator, 0ggMR||l R. F. D. No. 5. Abbeville, S. C. Married. the afternoon of Dec. 26, J909, the fol-! Sraanj^SsHg couples were united in marriage by P. Harkness, Magistrate. aJBSMffiKBM. Mack Giles to Miss Redy Blanchard LIr. ,J. IX Ivuiistcr to Mi>s Annie CampAll of Abbeville County. success is wished for the young a score of friends and relatives. will be a meeting of the U. V. C. H^M^^^HK'ourt House. Tuesday afternoon, at 4 o'clock. By order of the Schroder left Sunday for where he goes to take charge ^^^^^^RHPendid position in the S. A. L. His many friends regret to see a leave. ?.. ?T!?r VpIUpi TTnirhes snent Dart of the Holidays in Cross Hill, with relatives. wSKto For Mir. aSffi E?k-" from a fine hItrIa of Rbode Island flHh* Red fowl?: #1.50 per celling. HgHL J. Allen Sml b, Jr. r?rofgqsh. bi|"d *01 d< ors ju*t urrl ved. Acker BnlldlDK and R p<l' Co. Hwersl cars dressfd lumber and two e<*nJu?l lu. Aolt Ji building auu Repa r H^D^&iiii p < d ) . SiCTaBB^M^ the A.-ker Building and Repair Cm"ad." I^BHH^Teachers Examination. BBBagj^ examination will be held at the County Superintendent of EdAbbeville, on January 7th, 1910, WH^g?^ro*)nvenience of teachers who have J. Foster Hammond, Co. Supt. Ed. A. C. B^^^gH^^fctockholders Meeting. MHB^gElWBBHHtal meeting of the stockholders K^^M^8?^*>nal Bank of Abbeville will be JSBMWpi^ January the eleventh at 12 PHnl^ggSP? 3^K Bank building. Smith, Cashier. Dae Went KHllu ny, Jzg MoM?ln^^?a"*Q leaven Due W*?t at 10:30. |Hj Evening train IffyK Due W?-sl at 4:40. '1 he-? train* meet tbe mWtulunHod evening trains P oo tbe southern at uSnaids. ggt Faniengem cao gu out lr<?m D'>" Wmt or (he evening freight train wblcu U-av?<* Dn> H| Weal at two o'clock. I BASKET FULL OF 800D THINGS. Iff I" Inmates of County Home Remembered I on Christmas Day. s Mr. Editor : Please allow us space in your columns to say, that on December WL/f 25, 1909, our good Superintendent brought f us a nice basket full of good things, k On December 27th the Madam sent us a waiter tilled with cake. B9 On January 1, 1910, the good citizens of Hfi Abbeville remembered us with many good f things, for ail of whicn we return our sinK cere thanks. ! Inmates of the County Home. Pt LOWNDESVIUE. I Happenings of a Week In and About the Seven Hill City?Personals. Lowndesville, Jen, 3,1910. Mr. E. J. Huckabee went down to Sampit < Monday, and is still there with friends, r . Mr. K. H. Moeeley went to Anderson on Tuesday in the interest of the business men of this place in connection with the | cotton mill soon to be begun here. B Rev. E. W. Humphries on Wednesday [ was called to Mrs. Onie Bogers and united j in marriage her oldest daughter. Miss May r jjOUise isomers uuu iiir. o. wuyiuu iuyci?. ! An up-to-date dinner was well prepared for and partaken of by the guests present. This gave to the preacher a bitterly cold horseback ride or about eighteen miles. Never mind the weather, it is no respector of perso/is or occasions. > Christmas, meaning all of the holidays of I ' 1909. Is numbered among the events of the ' past White it was the coldest, and in some respects the dullest in years, yet all. or nearly all. can look back upon it as a joyous one, with fewer regrets than usual. There was a coming together of many of our citizens in way of big dinners which oemented the friendships of the grown upa, and the little folk as usual were glad Indeed to have another visit frotu their good friend Santa. The cold weather did not keep this patron Saint of the Christmas tide from making his grand rounds and distributing his gifts to make glad the hearts of tae little receivers, and mementoes and keepsakes were freely passed among older ones; a reminder of the couplet, "Christmas is a Jolly old time. Brings good cheer and makes you feel fine." The Anderson B. E. and I. Co., Mr. E. R. Horton, president, had a sale of some lots \ owned by It here on Thursday. While it ^ was a very cold day, the attractive posters, promising: that the occasion would be ? enlivened by a band of music, together v.ith a donation of $50,00, under certain conditions or something else brought out a pretty large crowd. The lots 25 or 30 brought good prices. This property is in the Northwest corner of the town limits and can be* improved and made a very pretty part of the town. Mr. Jack Bell, of Latimer, was a visitor in this place Wednesday. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. E. F, Latimer, a son, on Wednesday. Mr. J. Bruce Moseley, of Charleston, spent several days here among kinsfolk last week. Miss Annie Bruce Lipscomb, of NinetySix, spent a part of the Christmas holidays here. Miss May Anderson, of Ninety-Sis, was for several days the guest of Mr. B. H. f Moseley aud family. ? Friday night some of our young people intent upon following an old time custom, i went to the three churches, Baptist, Pres- j byterian and Methodist, and some to the i school building and as the midnight hour arrived, peals from the four bells, rineing I out the otd year and ringing in the new,: awaked the prevailing silence and the si-1 - muitaneou6 ringing also aroused as well as frightened some of the more timid ones, as' they were ignorant as to the intention and meaning of so much bell ringing. I Mr. Curtis Fennell, of Savannah, has spent the past day or two with the family of his father, Rev. H. C. Fennell. A nappy ana prosperous new year to me Press and Banner and its management, all of its readers and everybody. Troupe. 1 | JIorw'N LotmID, K We received la?l weefc a full line of nnts, al. Jc moods. Eogltsb walnuts and Brazil nuts. ' , We have some nice boroe-raiBed soft shell g pPCDd. I? Pruue?, dried Rpple* end peaches are now Pi In season. We cud furnish you w tb the bent 2% Have you made your trult c*lre? Ifno?, l?t 53 us furnish the ralslus, currants, citron, nute and spices. , ap On Saturday we will rrcelvp {toolbar uhlpM ment oft bat good eautage. Leave your order for a bocfeet. HL ^ Let qs ?end yon nrbuckwheat and MP . I ? .ill! ll. i l EAST END. What "M" Sees and Hears on H Rounds About the City and Alor Route No. 3. Good-bye old year, pood-bye, with a thy joys, sorrows and blessings thou ai now numbered with the past. les, twt sad to bear tho tolling of bells soundin thy deoth knell, but thou will nut be fo gotten, but thy joys and sorrows will lii ger in our memories as long as life sha last. From the sad refrain, came the deafnin whistles uf engines, and the merry rinpin of bells ushing in the happy New Yes with long and merry jubilee. The dawi ing of the New Year was beautiful, bi igt and balmy es the days of spring, and no as we welcome the year 1910, let us prof by tho past, and do our best to mak amends for failures, and lost opportun ties so that the world will be brighter an happier for oui- living in it. To one an all our sincere and best wishes are a ha] py and prosperous New Year, A BEAUTIFUL HOME WEDDING. LYON-KLUGH. On last Wednesday "evening, Decembc 29, 1909, the beautiful suburban home < Mr. C. J. Lyon was a scene of mirth an beauty. The old Colonial home nestlin amid the giant oaks with its beautiful ga don of magnolias and jessamine, whos 6\veet perfume filled the air, while th graceful heads of tall cedars swayed t and fro in the evening breeze, all conspii ing to make a picture both sublime an niff-iirocrniA Within wns a nieture mor beautiful and lovely to behold the happ union of two loving hearts which in futui shall beat as "one." There stood befor the altar a beautiful bride and handsom groom, only waiting beneath the marriag bell the earnest and impressive words c the man of God that would unite them i the holy bonds of wedlock. The word were spoken by Rev.' E. B. Kennedy an the beautiful Miss Ethel Lyon ana M: Charlie Klugh were pronounced "man an wife." The home was lovely in its artistic decc rations of smilax, ivv," ferns, palms, eeda and roses, so twined and intermingled a to form a striking contract upon the whit walls and lovely lace curtains. The color scheme was white and greer and rich Christmas colors of red and gree throughout, alternately arranged in th reception and dinning rooms as well as i: the spacious hall. The wedding supper was superb, elegan and all in all an "old time" wedding feas of good things. The spread was bountifi and served in style, and was indeed tit fo Kings and Princes. The grand display of presents were das zling to the eye, being elegant and costlj amounting in value to several thousan dollars. A greater and more magnificen collection of wedding present s were neve seen iu any home in this city. The lovely bride is the eldest daughtc of Mrs. and Mrs. ,C. J, Lyon, and althoug pretty at all times, never looked half s beautiful and graceful as she did on thi occasion while standing beneath the mai riage bell gowned in a superb white sati elegantly and elaborately trimmed i pearl passamentarie. She was the cync sure of every eye, the brightest, beau'tifi star of the evening. Miss Lyon is one c Abbeville's fairest and most popular voun, ladies, cultured and refined, having sweet sunny disposition that makes it impress upon every heart. The groom is a young man of sterlin, worth, having the highest respect an esteen of all who know him. Professo Klugh has charge of the high 6chool a (jfi<eenwood where he-is doing a fine worl He nas the eontratulations of hosts c friend&vin Abbeville and Greenwood an their be6f wishes for the future happines of himself &nd his charming bride. Mr. and Mrs. Klugh will be at home t their friends in the city of Greenwood. FlilENDS COMJNG AND GOING. Mrs. Harris, after spending Christma with her sister, Mrs. Carlton has returne to her home in Atlanta. Mr. J. M. Lawton, after a pleasant sta; with relatives in Timmonsville returne! home last week leaving1 his "better half who with children will return soon. Mi Lawton not only knows how to measur lumber by tlie foot, but can so measure . burning candle by his eye, as to calculat how long it will burn in days, hours am minutes. He is a close calculator and . first-class guesser and won the candl prize offered by that wide-awake and pro gressive merchant It. L. Dargan. The dinner given by the ladies of th Seceder Church last Monday was a grea success. The dinner was fine, aiTd wa well patronized and netted a handsom sum. Think of it, a turkey or'"possun tater dinner for only 25 cents. So chea that any man haviug the capacity migh have taken in both. Carriers ?Nos. 1 and 2 have purchasehorses and will pow drive each their owi "critter" and the line up now at the pos office will be iopr ipstead of two. So kee your horses apd vehicle? out of their wa; in rear of the post office building as that i post o/flce groupd apd is allotted to th carriers for hitching. A word to the wis should be sufficient. Another accident ope day last waek ou little crippled son Arthur picked up a rifl which some boys had been shooting at target in the yard and in some accidents way it was discharged while in his hand inflicting a flesh wound upon hjs only foo jurt between the toes?a flesh wound onl) which we hope under the skilful manage uient of Dr." James Hiil will soop be ai right. The little fellow is doipg nicely s far as can be judged now. Misses Ada McMillan of Columbia F< male College, and Alice Jones of Winthro spent the Christmas holidays with thei home people, and were both^velcomed b their many friepds. Abbeville's Graded School has resume its work apd teachers and scholars hav settled down to business. Miss Mary Syfan of Winthrop College spent the holidays with her home folk* and during her stay received a heart welcome from her many friends. She re turned yesterday to her studies. Mr. Bfl. Syfan spent several days of th past week in the city with relatives, all t whom were glad to see him. On last Fridav eveninc. Mrs. James J Hill entertained at euchre in cojpplimeii to her charming and attractive guest Mis Fretwell. During the evening deliciou and dainty refeshmejit were served an every one enjoyed the pleasures of th evening. Mrs. Hill is charming and ei tertaming hostess always giving he guests a delightful time. NEWS BASKET ON' ROUTE 3. Route 3 pulled out last Monday and w think the head of every family came to th city to take in Sale Day. Mr. Thompson Pepney after a week stay at hopie returned Ipst Monday to hi studies at Wofl'ord College. Misses Dotsie and Lyna Evans and Ev Mae Williams have all returned to thei respective college duties. Messrs. <T. N. Hillhouse and J. E. Evjin returned yesterday to Davidson Colle^ after spending the holidays with thei home people at Lebanon. Miss Annie Clark of Abbeville, speji last week most pleasantly with friends o route 3 in the Sharon section. Mr. Hiram Lawson spent his Christma looking around in Georgia. Miss Mary Evahs accompanied by he brother Mr. J. E- Evans were among th welcome visitors in the city last Monday. Mjss Robena Gilliam is home from Ashf ville College and is spending a few day with friejids on route 3. Miss Cjarrie Cowfin is now in charge ? Lebanon school. All the schools on route 3 have settle down to hard worjs lor another session. Hexametbylpnetetramlnp The above 1? the Dame of a German chen leal, which la one of the many vRinaMe ti eredlents of Foley's Kidney K?m< dy. H^si metfcylenetetramlne la recogn'jted by modlci text i.oofca and authorities t-s a tirlc ?c1d so ve?l and a?>t'septtc foMhcnrtne. Take F< ley'? Kidney Remedy kf nwiti n? yon rioiii an*-- irreunlarltleu nnd hvoig a serioiiR u ulad1 C. A. Mllford * Co. There Is notblrg het'er 'hat wr ktiowi for all hldDey PllroentB ihsn PlDeule". Thff pills are real'y excellent Id any cat-e of Kt< dey troutiie. For weak Imck (>r baekHCh . Mil. .! ' I*. ^.1 ... I.! .11 I KLUGH-LYCN i Abbeville has lost one of her most beau-1 tiful and attractive daughters. Miss Ethel j IS Lyon, dauhpter of sheriff C. J. Lyon, so J lg well known in Abbeville society has given herself away ,tc Mr. Charles Klugh of i Greenwood. 11 Mr. Klugh is a Nephew of Judge J. C. l t Kluph and is a young man of sterling jr worth. He is principal in the Greenwood r- city school where he has been teaching for ]" some time. | The ceremony was performed in the fr, stately old Calhoun mansion, the present g! home of sheriff Lyon. The house is an ?: ideal one for such a ceremony. The three ^ front rooni6 all of which are very large \v ^ ones, were thrown into one which made ft ample accommodation for the many people ! j' who were present to witness the nuptials, d Of course the bride was beautifully d dressed, but who sees the setting In the irridescent sparkle of such a diamond? The bride was gay, lovely, beautiful and withal serene. The groom was no less handsome than the bride was beautiful. !V They make a splendid pair. >f The ceremony was performed by the ^ pastor of the bride, Rev. E. 13. Kenned J? who in an impressive ceremony pronounc;e ed them man and wife. e The time of the old wedding supper has r_ about passed and now-a-days you are 'ed h at the weddintr supper on a few knick e kancks, salads, punch etc. but on tv . y occassion the old time costom was re e jurinated and such a supper as was served e would do for a patern to mould others by. g Every thing was to be had in super ab^ undance from the turkey to the sweets. s The) tables literaly ground beneath the d loads of good things fciled upon them. Ac" jj- commodation were ample and the guest were many all were served in elegance >- and taste. ! BLOCKADED e n ' 7 it Every Household in Abbeville Should it ii Know How to Resist It. >r The back aches because the kidneys r, ire blockaded. c] Hvlp the kidneys with their work. r The back will aohe 110 more. Lots of proof that Doan'a Kidney h Pil 1h do this. o It's the best proof, for it comes from this vicinity. n W. "P. Dean, Sr., 303 Magnolia >. St., Greenwood. K. C\, nayt>: ".-nme il time ago I wai feeling quite miser>f nble as the result of kidney trouP ble. I bad a dull aohe'hrough the a small of my back, felt languid and s often noticed that my kidneys did c not act properly. I finally decided d to try Doan's Kidney Pills and ir pmcured a box. I have not finit ished the contents, butcan say that they did me more good than any other remedy I had previously g used. The pain in my back has disappeared and I now feel better 0 in every way." Fi r sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New ^ York,sole apeuts for the United Slates. Remember the name?Doao's-and ^ take no other. e CAUSE FOR ALARM, H a Loss of Appetite or Diitrets After Eating ? Symptoms th?t Should Not be Dise regarded. t Appetite is just a natural desire of the s system for food necessary to replace natue ral body waste. Loss of appetite or stomii ach distress after eating indicates indigesp tion or dyspepsia. Over-eating is a habit t very dangerous to a person's good general health, and insatiable appetite is a cornel mon symptom of diabetes. n It is not what you eat but wh^t you dit gest and assimilate t}iat does you good, p Some of the strongest, heaviest and healthy iest persons are moderate eaters, s There is nothipg that will create sickness e or cause more trouble th&n a disordered e stomach, and many people daily contract ^/>??i Ann rrtnlnrlioo eimrvUr fliPAnrrli /lir- or r? scui'uo UJUIUUIVO oi^|nr pmuu^ii uioiu^ai u l or abuse of the stomach. e We urge every one suffering irom any a stomach derangement, indigestion or dysil pepsia, whether acute or chronic, to try s Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets, wjth the distinct t understanding that we wjll refund their r, money without question or formality, if >- after reasonaye use of this medicine they [i are not satisfied wjth the results. We reco ommepd them to our customers pvery day, and have yet to hear of any pnp who has 5- not been benefited by them, p We honestly believe Rexall Dyspepsia r Tablets to be without equ^l. They are y made from the prescription of a phvsician who devoted his time to the study and d treatment of stomach troubles. They give e very prompt relief, stimulating the secretion of gastric juices, strengthen the di5, gestive organs, aid to good digestion and , 3. assimilation, regulate the bowels, and prov mote nutrition. We urge you to try a 25-cent box of Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets, wjiicji give 15 days' e treatment. At the epd of that time your >f money will be returned to you if you are not satisfied. Of course, in ehrojiic cases L. length of vmtment varies. For suoh cases it we have t "arger sizes, which sell for 50 ,s cents and Reniember you can obtain p Rexall Remedies in Abbeville only at our d store,?The Rexall Store. C. A. M jlford & Co e [- ?* About Hyomei e * A. Bottle Cpsts Only 50 Cents? | A Complete Outfit Including a Inhaler $1.00, 1 Wben C. A. JVIilford & Co. will guarg antee Hyojuei to cure catarrh or give e you your money bftck, what is yourir answer? Are you s?a?i!-fied wilh your condiit Hon, or do you \vaut to rid yourself n forever of vile catarrh, with its humiliating symptoms, sucft as bawking, spiiting, blowing apd bad breath? Hyomei is a simple, anti.-eptic med e icine, that ypu breathe through a . small pocket inhaler oyer the parts 2- affected. s It is madepf Australian eucalyptus mixed with other germ fcjlliug $nd membrane soothing antiseptics, d Get a complete outfit torday. It only costs 00, and contaius every? thing necet-sary to cure any ordinary case of catarrh. JSxtra bottles, if needed,50c, a- Hyomei is the best remedy in the world for sore throat., coughs and jj colds, croup and bronchitis, It gives t- wonderful relief iu two minutes. For sale by druggists everywhere and by y\ C. A. Miiford & Co. Thpre Is nothing so rddo?1o? orsodlnncree,, abl?-B8 plies. We know of nothing so tflect, Ive In case of blind, blepdlnp. itching piles as p MarZan. You npplv MorZ?D very conveoj' L-r- ..! '(.< OOttll ... . .. ti. .i '-'n -nrf i i'i ' rill.i,i The North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association. The Largest and Wealthiest Negro Insurance Company in the World?Do Over $200,000 Business Annually?Owns Handsome Buildings. (Durham. N. C.. Dailv Sun.) Durham has many big things to bqast of, unci she moves along lines that accomplish something. The Sun has frequently mentioned the North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association of this city ?the largest Negro insurance company in the world?of which John Merrick is the founder and President; Dr. A. M. Moore, Secretary and Treasurer, and C. C. Spauldiug, Vice-President and General Manager. What is it doing? It is doing one of the most laudable things in the world for its race. It is providing a practical financial relief for those who leave children, wives and other members of their family. It is doing a business of more than $200,000 annually. With its assets and profits it is a potent Durham builder, which is a credit to Durham negro minds and citizenship. It is a force of excellent example and progress, which com'mends itself to the negro race in eveiy State, and not only the negroes, but it is an example the white people of Durham point to with pride, as it is negro advancement along elevating lines. The negro should be more than proud of such results and every last one of them should be in it, and thus help on the work of development and advancement. The business last year amounted to $187,000. This year it will be over $200,000. It does a large business in South Carolina. It has a handsome building in Columbia, S. C., and owns a valuable lot in Florence, S. C., upon which it will soon erect a building, it expects to go into other States, and it will benefit tne negro wherever it goes, for it inculcates a spirit of saving and providing, and selfrespect, and this spirit always improves the negro's condition when he gets hold of that idea. It is the oldest negro company doing the old line business, as well as the largest and wealthiest company in the world. The report for the year of 1908 on the business of all insurance companies both white and black on the total to protect contracts was $70,335.27. Of this amount theN. C. Mutual and Provident Association, of this city is put down at $61,950.19. Here you have something of its business and }ts standing. It is a source of satisfaction to" all Durhamites to know that a negro Durham institution stands well in South Carolina. The following report has just been made, by the Commissioner of Insurance, of that State, based on the legal reserve whose agent has been here and examined the business thoroughly, and inspected the block of handsome buildings: Columbia, S. C., Dec. 16th, 1909. The North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association, Durham, N. C.: Gentlemen?I take this opportunity of saying to you that I was highly gratified by the report which Mr. Phillippi brings to me of your company and its management, I can but feel that if all other companies are put on the same basis as yours that it will mean a great deal to industrial Insurance in North and South Carolina, and especially great benefit to the negro race. Very truly, F. H. MoMaster, Insurance Commissioner. Our own Insurance Commissioner. Hon. James R. Young, in a letter to.the editor of Sun, considers the N. C. Mutual and Provident Association "one of the best conducted associations operated by and for negroes. 1 have always found the officers of this society to do what is right knd to conform with the law." This association has the highest endorsement of all classes of our white business men, and in face of the splendid record it is making, it should inspire the negro race everywhere with new zeal for their betterment and high purpose to help themselves as well as their race builders. ? ? im omenrs' net. OFFICE WILL BE OPEN FROM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15th UNTIL FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1909. The $ate of State, County, School and Special Tax, Iuoluding Odb Dollar Poll Tax, One Dollar Commutation Tax. TN ACCORDANCE 'V1TH AN ACT TO raise t-uppilf* for the fiscal year commpDclug January 1, 1900, notice Is hereby given lb mi iheiflSceoi Cunuty Treasurer lor Abbevi le C>>uuiy will be open lor ibe collection o tuxes lor said fiscal jear trom Friday, October 15tb, until Friday, Pecepiber 81st, wltb out penalty, Tbere will ?e addedrA penalty ol one per cent, on all lazes not paid on January 1st, 11)10. A pei ally of two per cent, on all taxes not paid on February Jst, 1{)10. ?s A penalty of seven r?r cent, on all taxef not paid on Murcb 1st, 1QI0. Rates per cent, of taxation are as follows: Hlute Tax...,. 5% mills. ('niinlv Tax 8 " Special CoCnijr a. F 2% * Constitutional School ......... 3 " Total........... ,,.,,14 Io addition to tbe above. a special tax will be collected for tcbopl purposes as follows: Abbeville Special Schpoi,........ 5 ml'ls Abbevllje Special b. H. BouiJs JV^ " \bbevllie Hlgb School 1J* " Ant.revllle. 2 " Dona Ids 3 " Due W?8i ?....;.,... 8 Keowee 3 " Lebanon..........v.'..................,..... 4 " Hbaron 4 " Beihei 3 " Lowndewvilie 4 " Alt. Cnrmel 3 " WllilDKtoti..,, 5 'V MrCormlck .7 4 " Buffalo 2 ' / Fondvllle '. 3 " ^Varrenton. 1 3 " Cold Springs.,,.,....,,....,....... 3 " A po}l lax of One Dollar per capita on ail mule citizens between tbe age of 21 and 60 years, except sucb an ure exempt by law, wii. be collected. A commuiatlon road lax of One Dollar wilt be collected the fame time an other taxes from all male citizens between theugisoi It and 50 years, except such as are exempied b> law. Unless said tax Is paid by flrstof March 1910, eight days work uppn tbe pabiic hlgb ways will be required under an oveiaeer, II m much be necessary. Taxes are payable only In pnld and sllvei coin, Uulted States currency, JfatlonM Bank 'Notes and Coupons ol State Bondx wbicb become pa>able during tbe year 190p. A lax ol 50 cents will be collt cted pn eacb dpg. Parties deslrlug information by mall In regard to tbelr taxes will please write befort December 16th, stating tbe location ol theli property, ?ud inc ude postage (or reply, anu those puying taxes by check Uiuei lncludt the charge lor collection. J. F, BRADLEY, County Treasurer, Oct. 1909. We bave a laree and well selected line ol Christmas good* thai we aregolug to Fell a< KOC? bottom prices. See them before you make your purchase. C. A. Gilford Co. for colds and grippe take 7#51l at Mllford't drug store, It will soon be time to paint your boust be sure to use ibe paint that poet- tbe furtbet and lasts the longest-^DeVoe's. For sale only by Speed's Drug Store. Huyler's oandyj.fresb all the time at Milord's drug store. Tbe easy, pleasant, snfp. sure, prompt pills, are Ring? Lttt'e Llvei fills, in any emergency, Pint-salve Carbolijted is tbe salve to use. it sootbes p?ln?. It hials bruises. Sold bj C. A. Mlllorfl dt Co. Hot chocolate and all tbe hot and colu drinks at Mllford's'drug store. We want all oor ouRtomm to come and set* us within the next two weeks and cet one ot our calendars. We look out for you while you are asleep. C. A. M Word & Co. ^ > " >,r ,? . i | The Conquest v + I By Dr. FREDERICK A.COOK - - I * Copyright, 1909, by (he New York Herald Company, Registered In ? Canada In Accordance With Copy right Act. Copyright In Mex. * ico Under L&.ws of the Republic > of Mexico. All Rights Reserved j ?? ?> ?J? !? o > EARLY In January of 1908 tbe campaign opened. A few sleds were sent to tbe American shores to explore a route and to advance supplies. Clouds and storms made tbe moonlight days dark, and therefore these advance expeditions were only partly successful. On Feb. 19. 1908. the main expedition started for the pole. Eleven men. driving 103 dogs and moving 11 heavily loaded sleds, left the Greenland i shore and pushed westward over the troublesome ice of Smith sound to Cape Sabine. The glo^m of the long winter night was but little relieved by a few hours of daylight, and the temperature was very low. Eighty-three Degrees Below. Passiug through a valley between Ellesmere Land and Grlnnell Land from the head of Flagler bay. in crossing to tbe Pacific slopes, the temperature fell to S3 degrees F. below zero. in Baj fiord many* musk oxen were secured, and, though the winter frost ! - ' . HHpnrai| M|WMpw I mmmnm *r as ssss ESKIMO BELLES ON TE was at Its lowest, there was little wind, avd with an abundance of fresh meat atd also fat for fuel the life In the ?i?ow house proved fairly comfortable. The ice in Eureka and Nansen sounds proved fairly smooth, and long marches were made. With an abundance of game?musk oxen, bears and j hares?we found It quite unnecessary to use the supplies taken from Greenland. Caches of food and ammunition were left along Heiberg island for the return. "VV(l|ing Savage Hand%. Thus we maujjged to keep In game trails and la excellent fighting trim to the end of known lands. Camping lp tQe CQUI UI lue uuwumg tuua ui iuc i northernmost coast (Svartevog), we j looked out over the heavy Ice of the j polar seas through eyes which had been hardened to the worst of polar j environments. There was at hand an abundance of i supplies, with willing savage hands! and a superabundance of brute force in overfed pelts, but for a greater certainty of action over the unknown regions beyond 1 resolved to reduce the force to the smallest numbers consistent with the execution of the problem in hand. We had traveled nearly 400 miles In twenty-eight days. There remained a line of 520 miles of unknowable trouble to be overcome before our goal could be reached. For this final task we were provided with every conceivnhisv fn oqcq thla hnrrl Int* hlltl {4UUV IV VMWV VU4M M... ? , lo addition to a rdueed party, 1 now definitely resolved to simplify the entire equipment. At Svartevog a big cache was made. In this cache fresh paeat, todnu, pemmican and much other food, together with all discarded Articles of equipment, were left. In the northward advance every factor of the dog train had been carefully watched and studied to prbvide a perfect working force for the final reach over the polar sea. Etukishiik and Ahwelah, two young Eskimos, each twenty years old. bad been chosen as best fitted to be my sole companions in the long run of destiny. Twenty-six dogs were picked, and upon two sieds were loaded all our needs for a stay of eighty days. All For Progress. To have increased this party would pot have enabled us to carry supplies for a greater number of days. The sleds might have been loaded more heavily, but this would reduce the important progress of the first days. With the character of ice which we had before us advance stations were impossible. A large expedition and a heavy equipment seemed imprudent. We must win or lose in a prolonged effort at high pressure, and therefore ESTRADA WILL COMPROMISE. Managua Nicaragua, Dec. 27.?President Madriz to-night announced that he received a telegram from Gen. Estrada in eommand of the revolutionists at Blueflelds, in answer to his message of December 22, expressing a desire to reach some understanding that would lead to the reestablishment of peace. Gen. Estrada reciprocates this sentiment and declares his readiness to meet the proposition sub in i ttgd. ]>y tlm faeii- dent half way. President Madriz, wfyj was elated over this friendly statements laid: "I wiil im-| mediately call a meetiftg of OQflfr .. ..............?,..v ..... - ? ii -i i of the Pole 15 + Si * ni 4? v 4 b( * Eighty-Three Degrees Be- ei * ....?. _ ol * low?Willing Savage Hands. pi * Marching Over the Polar ? t Seas J* y* f t (FIFTH ARTICLE] tc ' 9 . ?}? %* o ? >2* v ? } ! v 6 hi absolute control and ease of adapta- cl bility to a changing environment must "w be assured. . f( It is impossible to adequately con- tt trol the complex human temperameDt b< of unknown men in the polar wilder- p< ness. but the two Eskimo boys could si be trusted to follow to the limit of my di own endeavors, and our sleds were A burdened only with absolute cecesslties. ic Cutting Down Weight. s* Because of the importance of a light d' and efficient equipment much care was tl taken to eliminate every ounce of * weight. The sleds were made of hick i ?* a. i. _,J._ H ory, toe ugntest wooa consistent wiun " great endurance, but every needtess r< fiber was gouged out. The iron,shoes d were ground thjn. and in every way the 81 weight of nearly everything was re- a duced even after leaving headquar- 'c ters. '? ' V n The little train, therefore, which fol- * lowed me into the farther mystery ? was composed of two sleds, each carrying 600 pounds, drawn by 13 dogs, under the lash of an expert p b Si 1 -S3Sfl '"t SffP1 p fu v' > # /&< % A/ <* '/': wi *: ' \ ; (j ' r v I LE JOHN E. BRADLEY. jj driver. The combined freight was as q follows: Pemmlcan; 805 pounds; musk M ox tenderloin, 50 pounds; todnu, 25 ^ pounds; tea, 2 pounds; coffee, 1 pound; e sugar, 25 pounds; condensed milk, 40 ^ pounds; milk blsctfits, 60 pounds; pea soup, powdered and compressed, 10 h pounds; surprises. 5 pounds; petro- t leum. 40 pounds; wood alcohol. 2 e, pounds; candles, 3 pounds; matches, I D pound. e The Camp Equipment. * q The camp equipmeut Included the p following articles: One blow tir? lamp s (Jeuel), 3 aluminium pails, 3 aluminl- f, um cups. 3 aluminium teaspoon^. 1 tablespoon. 3 tin plates, 6 pocketknives, 2 butcher knives (10 inches>, 1 saw knife (13 Inches*, 1 long knife (15 inch- * es),' 1 rifle (Sharpe). 1 rifle (Winchester, * 22). 110 cartridges, 1 hatchet, 1 Alpine ax, extra line and lashings. 3 personal ? bags. The sled equipment was 2 sleds/ weighing 52 pounds each, 12 foot fold- ~ lng canvas boat, 34 pounds; 1 silk tent. ^ 2 cauvas sled covers. 2 sleeping bags * (reiudeer skin), floor furs, extra wood ^ for sled repairs, screws, nails and riv- ^ ets. The instruments were as follows: " Three compasses, 1 sextant, 1 artificial ri horizon (glass), 1 pedometer, 3 pocket *( chronometers. 1 watch, charts, map- n making material and instruments, 3 thermometers. 1 aneroid barometer, l camera and films, notebooks and pencils. c! The personal bags contained four ex- ^ tra pairs of kamiks. with fur stockings. si a woolen sbirt. three pairs of sealskin *> mittens, two pairs of fur mitiens. a piece of blanket, a sealskin coat (net- 0 shai, a repair kit for mending clothing *c and dog harness. :tra fox tails. a< On the march we wore snow goggles, blue fox coats (kapitahs). birdskin ^ shirts, woolen drawers, bearskin pants. * kamiks and hareskin stockings. We P fastened a band of fox tails under the ^ knee and about the waist. c' Helping the Advance. On the morning of March IS preparations were made to divide the party. TDe advance must De neipeu over iue rough ice of tbe pack edge, and for this purpose Koolootingwah and Inu- C! gito were selected. Tbe other six Es- Ir kimos prepared to return. One sled ^ was left with the cache to iisure a * good vehicle for our return in case the ^ two sleds were badly broken en route. tf A half gale was blowing into Nansen sound from the uortInvest, but this * did not interfere with the starting of f1 those home going Eskimos. With abuudaut game for the return they required little but ammunition to sup- ? ply their wants. * When the word was given to start, the dogs were eaihered and tbe sleds a James Frank Clinkscales, ? Attorney and Counsellor at Law. 1 Abbeville, s. c. ho Office?First floor City Hall. \v oc ?n ITCH m Cured in :{0 }Iiiui(os hv Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Never .f1 ails. Sold P. B. Speed, Druggist. Pn, Wine Oardol w*?lb?r obart fre* to our cn?lonipro from now until the flrat Q^anuary. < oro spannod with a jump. - fioeti th#7 iBappe&red in the rush of driving * aow. The crack of the whips and -1 ie rebound of cheering voices, were le last wbich we beard of the faithful 4?| ivage supporters. They had followed v | ot for pay, but for a real desire to e.helpful, from the dark days of the '/&$j ading of night to the bright Qlghts f the coming double days, and their Jl irting enforced a pang of loneliness. Another Sleep Before the Startl With a snow charged 'blast lh our .,& irtao If trou nnffa I m nAOolhln fnP Tlfl i start, so we withdrew to the snow vj| ;loo, entered our bags and slept a few <-f ours longer. At noon the horizon eared. The wind veered to the south- ' ;< est and came with an endurable v irce. The dogs bad been doubly fed . | le night before. They were not to i e fed again for two days. The 1,200 1 sunds of freight were packed on our < eds, and quickly we slipped around | eep grooves In the great pollocrysdc oes. The snow had been swept from the j e by the force of the preceding :orms, and the speed attained by the ogs through even rough Ice was such ' j lat It was difficult to keep far enough ' ft head to get a good course. ' 'V|jg The crevasses and pressure lines gave ttle trouble at first, but the hard ir jgularity of the barect Ice offered a ^ angerous surface for the life of our eds. passing through blue gorge* mong miniature mountains of sea :e. Oil a course slightly west of { orth we soon sank the bqld headland 'hich raises the northern 'point of telberg Island. Camp la Pltche-. ; After a run of twenty-Si_ miles We t -y Itched camp on a floe berg of unusual ' ^ eight. There were many big hum JOCKS uuuuu iu lUC iw ML vrluiu irc&v reat banks of hardened snow. Away ' ijjj rom hand it is always more difficult > find snow suitable for cutting build- |? iff blocks, but here was an abundance y, onvenlently placed. In t^ -inrse of ^ n hour a comfortable palace of crys- V,1 il was erected, and into it we crept *>Jj ut of the piercing wind. The first ay's march over the circumpolar, sea ?as closed with a good- record. The dogs curled up and went to sleep rlthoot a call, as if they knew there r rould be no food until the morrow. ly wild companions covered their ices with their conyenient long hair' V nd sank qnietly into a comfortable lumber, but for me sleep was qnite A nposslble. Letters must be written, 'he whole problem of oar campaign rH 3ust be again carefully studied and nal plans must be made not only to each our ultimate destination, but for " tie returning parties and' for the seen- \ Ity of the things at Annootok. f.' J Impossible to ForyUII Return. V It was difiScuIt at this time to even |j uess at the probable line of our reurn to land. Much depended upon nnditfons encountered In the north- 1 <$ rard route. Though we had left aches of supplies, with the object o# 2turning. along Nansen sound Into lannon fiord and over Arthur Land. t entertained grave doubts of oar abDy to return this way. If the le# rifted strongly to the east we might ot be given the choice of working out ar own return. In that event we rould be carried perhaps helplessly to Greenland and must seek a return Ither along the east coast or the west ] oast .. /jM This drift did not offer a dangerous M ardshlp. for 'the musk oxen would M eep us alive to the' west, and to the ast It seemed possible to reach Shan- | on Island, where the Baldwln-Zlegler ii ipedltlon had abandoned a large ^ ache of supplies. It appeared not lin- | robable also that a large land extenIon might offer a safe return much -iA arther west Franeke't Instructions. Because of this uncertainty Prancke ras Instructed to wait until June 5, -i 908, and If we did not return be was ? Did to place Eoolootingwah In cWge Dd go home either by the whalers' or y the Danish ships to tbe south. No relief which he conld offer would elp us. and to wait for an indefinite Ime alone would have inflicted a need?ss hardship. This and many ocber / j istructions were prepared for Koojotingwah and Inuglto to take back. . In tbe morning the frost In crystals / ; ad been swept from the air, but there. > :> smained a humid chill which pierced ':2 ) the bones. The temperature was linus 56 P. A. light air came from.' tie west, and the son burned In a-" feezing blue. r' After a few hours' march tbe Ice hanged in character. The extensive .a iiok fields gave place to moderate tzed floes. The floes were separated J y zones of troublesome crushed Ice N J| irown into high pressure lines, which ffered serious barriers, but with the ] e ax and Eskimo ingenuity we man- j trot1 tn mnlfp fair nrn<rrpss. ' The second run on the polar sea waa ' i rlth twenty-one miles to our credit* . 4 had expected to send the supporting 1 nrty back from here, but progress I ad not been as good as expected. We- I Duld hardly spare the food to feed ieir dogs, so they volunteered to push long another day without dog foodReturn of the Helpers. On the next day, with Increasing difculties in some troublesome ice, we imped after making only sixteen illes. Here a small snow house wa? uilt. and from here, after disposing of ' pot of steaming musk ox loins and i roth, followed by a dcable brew of >a. our last helpers returned. With empty sleds and hungry doga j ley hoped to reach land In one long ay's travel. But this would make the j >urth day without food for their dogs, nd in case of storm or moving Ice ther days of famine might easily fall > their lot*. They had. however, an *.' bundance of dogs and might sacrifice few for the benefit of the othev5*, 11 e must often do. . ? he Rev. Irl R. Hicks A)na>ao ftr 1910. Rfcudy November l&tb, 1909> a splendid yeariok, on aRtroDomy apd meUflrolo*^ tb? ily one containing the original "meiii t eather Forecasts." By aoatl. postpaid, 3$c, i newst?ndB,S9c. One eopv frpe with a vear'? , bsorlptlon to Word and Work?,the Rev.Ir' j , Hicks Monthly Magaslne, the beat $100; ontbly Id America, DlscoonU on Alma- i ice In Quantities. Agents warned. Remenar. the genuine "Hicks ForecanU" are rot 1 ibllnhed anywhere else?yon get them only I hlH own publications. Word and Work* 1 lbllahlng Co., 2201 Locust St., St. Louis, Mo. j See our line line of cigars pntoplnXoiu ! .rkHjjR tor tbe holiday trade. C, A. Mil* O x-.Vw H