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""""?! : The Press and Banner W.W. A W. R. BRADLEY. Editors Ck ? o'l ABBEVILLE, S. C. 6C U 4E#-Pabllabed every Wednesday at 12 a year In advance. <j Wednesday, April 27,1910. S1 Trolley Line Awakes Enthusiasm. * That the trolley line from Greenville to, > the Seaboard is a certainty anil that Abbe- tli vllle's chances of securing it are equal and ej ahead of any other town, has filled our bt people with enthusiasm. It is the talk of be the town. When the test comes our people 0f will meet it. We are going to get that ar trolley; It's too good a thing to let slip. p? Every man in the city is a unit on the T1 question of the trolley, and when the time in comes each man may be relied on to do his w< part toward financing the scheme. ar A, The Question of the Hour. TKaTnAllav Una frnm rirAAnn'llA TV ill hp built to the Seaboard. It is coming. It / is a certainty. This Trolley question is to not the idle dream of penniless promoters cc but the avowed purpose of business men g( of means. The Trolley is going to be built. The Seaboard railroad is to be ev connected with the cities of the upcoun- sa try. What is of most vitai interest to us ^ just now is, where will the Seaboard be al] tapped? Will it be tapped at Abbeville or at some other point? si, This is a question that will have to be yj settled by the citizens of this town. The Augusta and Knoxville railroad could . have been bought by Abbeville for the af paltry sum of $10,000 atjone time. Today there are individuals in Abbeville who ^ would give as much to get it. The Sa- ^ vannah Valley railway went begging for i 6000. It could have been brought by " here for that amount. There are, today A1 individuals In Abbeville who would fflve th $6000 to getthe Savannah Valley railway. ^ But those opportunities have passed and Ce gone forever. Now here comes another ex opportunity the trolley?shall we seize this opportunity or shall we let it pass, or and spend the remaining years In vain re- W . grets and sour replnlngs? Opportunity has hair on the "front of his head, he Is bald behind, when he meets in you you may seize him, when he is passed se you oannot. Our opportunity is coming? Pj it is here! What shall we do? All o??a fom^Hor annimh wifh fha hiatnrv I of trolley lines to know that they more than double the value of lands through , 1.. which they pass. All know what trolley j systems have done for the eastern states. If they do not and will take the trouble to Inform themselves they have a great sur- rc jj'.'-'v, prise In store for them. \ A trolley line will more than double the <2 value of the lands through which it passes. ne c i.' "What would it do for Abbeville County? .pe It will pass through fifteen or sixteen n< * * miles of Abbeville County grit if It comes e ? here. Suppose you count only lands with- se| in less than half a mile from the trolley, f? the increased value will amount to three ^ hundred and thirty seven thousand, two hundred dollars, almost Snough to build ?,01 it from Donalds here, and this is counting ? on just double the present value of a strip 1?2 mile from the line. What would it ? ' amount to if we snould count on the in- 1 &!.. crease to the entire county? Our people, we believe, are not going to 1 allow this opportunity to pass, we simply ^0< oannot afford to lose It. It is too good a co' thing to miss. With the promoters It is purely a matter *7 nf hunlnfxRs Thev wimh to tan thfi Sea board road in the most economical way, that is all they are interested in. They have no pets, know no favorites, and are . ( influenced by nothing except hard cash. 1S^ With them it is purely a busines propo sition, the sooner we learn this the better. 0 Thisroad is not to be had by singing pa- VU1 triotic odes or by making pretty speeches, ont for the men we have to deal with are neither troubadours nor, sonneteers, but business men and they will listen to nothing but business. They are "holding out 1 to us no false hopes but what they say fo11 may be relied on. ve3 Greenwood and Abbeville seem to be a the objective points just now. A3 between ^?2 the two places Abbeville has a decided advantage. The point from which we reckon ( is better. The line will be built through ^ Honea Path to Donalds and from Donalds ^ato either Greenwood or Abbeville. The me distance from Abbeville to Donalds is Do three and a fraction miles less than the wa distance from Greenwood to Donalds. 1 This is a great argument in our favor? t^ie almust an insurmountable argument within itself. It will be claimed by the Greenwood people that the line from Donalds to Greenwood is free from streams but we ? 8 can claim just as much for the line from . { Donalds to Abbeville, because Donalds and ^ Abbeville are both on the watershed be- a tween Long Cane and Little River. r There are two lines in prospect from . Abbeville to Donalds, one the way the ln crow flies and the other by way of Due ^0I West. Either is three or more miles near er the Donalds?Greenwood line. The tuc committee appoinled at the mass meeting last Friday will make a thorough survey ur of both routes from Donalds to Abbeville, the route over the water shed and the one 1 by way of Due West. The route by way m0 of Doe West will necessitate crossing one stream, while the other route will cross Ho no stream the entire way. . i While Abbeville wishes very much to , u rl bring the line here by way of Due West, and will work to that end, at the same nei time she will make the other survey so pa that she will have all the information in ?p( - hand when she bids for the road. r' It Is not likely that the people of Due West will allow a line of such importance . e \UG to come so near them without making an J * 1 effort to take it by that thriving town To allow it to pass almost in hailing dis- ^ tance without stopping would, to 6ay the least, be bad policy. There is another route which it seems rot would be a good one. It Is pointed out in a clipping from the Anderson Intelligencer. It is to tap the Seaboard by way of Abbeville through Anderson. Anderson is one of the most stable, thrifty, lively cities in 1 ( I the Piedmont section. The Trolley line has already been ,built to Anderson and the country though which it would pass 1 in coming to Abbeville is the cream of the p j earth. But what we are interested in most !11S just now is where the touchdown will be l< made. Our people are wide awake on the J question and well we may be, for no question of so Altai Importance has been before ! us since the Seaboard was built. ' Meeting of Citizens FridayA meeting of the citizens was hold in the >urt House Friday after-noon at 5:30 clock to hear reports from the committee nit to Greenville to represent Abbevlle >fore the Inter IT roan Railway C'<>. The committee consisted of Hon. F. 1>. arv, Mr. AV. P. Green, Esq. Mr. II. G. nith, Mr. W. S. Cothran, and Mr. J. S. ;ark. The committee reported that the Sea)ard Railway would be tapped beyond doubt. The place will be such as will Ijo lvantageous to the trolley line. The plan as outlined for the building <>f ie road seems to be this: one-half of the cpeo.se of the building of the road is to be >rne by bonded indebtness, one fourth to 5 borne by subscrtptions of individuals the towns thru which the road passes, id one fourth by the Interurban Commy, the Dukes and their associates. !ius if it should cost $400,000 to build the ie from Abboville to Donalds, Abbeville ould have to subscribe *100,000 of that nount. Four points are bidding for the road, bbeville, Greenwood, Laurens, and Clinn. No false hopes were held to any town. It purely a matter of dollars and cents ith the company and so they gave each wn to understand. Thus, if it should >st $75000 more to build the trolley from elton to Abbeville than to Greenwood en Abbeville would have to make things en by putting up the seventy-live thou nd. Abbeville has the advantage in distance r three or four miles. It is stated on good ithority that the line can be run from jbeville to Donalds without crossing a igle stream and to Donalds Via Dueest by crossing only one stream. At present the committee stated that ere was nothing to be done but to look ter the survey. A route should be located imediately from Abbeville to Donalds so to make the cost of construction as low possible. The following resolution was adopted. Resolved by the citizens of the city of 3beville in mass meeting assembled, that e city council of the city of Abbeville, be td it is hereby requested to appropriate e sum of $1000.00 dollars if so much necssary, for the purpose of defraying the penses incident to making a preliminary irvey of a feasable route for the proposed olleyline from Abbeville to Due West to such point in the vicinity of Due est as shall be deemed best. Be it resolved further that a committee five citizens of Abbeville be appointed ' the mayor of the city of Abbeville, with structiops to take the matter in hand, cure the services of a competant enneer, and report to a subsequent meetg of the citizens of Abbeville. Committee Gets Busy. The committee appointed by the mass jetingof the citizens on Friday afteron to make surveys of the proposed )lley route held a meeting Friday enlng. IV. P. Greene, Esq., was elected pennant chairman and Hon. Frank B. Gary rmanent secretary. The chairman was structed to consult the officials of the aboard road with the purpose in view of iuring the services of a competent and iable railroad engineer to survey the 0 proposed routes to Donalds. The chairman appointed a committee asisting of Mr. J. S. Stark, Mr. R. E. x, and Mr. W. S. Cothran to go over the rvey with the engineer. As soon as 1 engineer arrives the survey will be ffun. L'here are two routes mapped out and s committee will go over the routes >n and blaze the way for the surveying rps. )ne route will touch Due West, the ler will leave Due West considerably to } left. rhe distance of ji mile means something e a difference of twenty-five or thirty )usand collars, hence the nearest way >f course tne cheapest way. iince Abbeville is four miles noarer nalds than Due West we have the ad:itatfO of Greenwood to the tune of about i hundred thousand dollars. Committee on Survey. "he mayor, J. E. Jones, appointed the [owing committee to prosecute the surra from Abbeville to Donalds. Ie6srs, W. P. Greene, J. S. Stark, R. E. s, F. B. Gary, W. S. Cothran, J. L. ^Icllan, H. G. Smith, F. E. Harrison, and 3. Ellis. 'hese gentlemen held a meeting Satur' and they are preparing to make imdiate surveys of two routes, one to nalds straight, the other to Donalds by y of Due West. 'hey will lose no time in prosecuting i work. ????? u..l T....:. iTidiw mam'he Old Pilot's boat has drifted from the illow fathoms out to the unknown Sea. e lead line of his life craft now swings ;he ocean of eternity. No more will he rk Twain to the measure of our foibles 1 our follies. No more will he beguile us the hours that he himself at times ater life found tedious. His sun has le to rest; the evening star is out, the k has come. Mark Twain has "crossed Bar!" The old pilot of the "Great ters," the pilot of our humor and our i, "has embarked." He has met his 1 our Pilot faeetoface. Samuel Q?*ns has Marked Tsvain to the re rseless glass and scythe. w the Trolley Will Come into Town. n case Abbeville secures the Inter mil line it will likely strike the Seaboard ir the Shops. It will thus come in a rallel line with the new street recently jned up back of the residence of Mr. auk Henry. Jy coming in that way it will touch the iboard at its nearest point. Were it it coming to Abbeville, in all probability ivould enter Abbeville near the Southern pot, coming down the water course back Harbison College. But in order to tap 1 Seaboard it will cross the Due West id somewhere near Long Cane ChurchGreenwood Anxious for Line jieenwood is alive to her interests on 5 trolley question. She will leave no >ne unturned to secure the road. Should the road come to .Abbeville direct eenwood will have it extended to that ice. Greenwood knows the value of such an jtitution and when she begins to bid at 3 auction sale other towns may just as '11 prepare to go down in their jeans, irecnwood has acquired a taste for ilroads which is to be satislied by nothj short of every thing in sight. . TOWN OF McCORMICK AGAIN VISITED BY A BAD FIRE. $10,000 Loss Only Partly Covered by Insurance- Whole Town* in Hanger One Time McCormick?This town was again visited by a disastrous fire Friday night which destroyed several thousand of dollars worth of property. The fire was discovered at 11 o'clock at Fooshes Furniture store, a wooden building, and spread rap idly to the adjoining buildings; Mr. A. J. Davis real estate office, the barber shop, Sanders and Whitten's niereantilo store then to Mr. Geo. Siberts two story dwelling in the rear of the stores and to a tenant house occupied by negroes. The total loss aggregated about ten thousand dollars which was partially covered by insurance. The origin of the lire is Unknown but belied to be accidental. Practically everything in the path of the flames was destroyed except the household goods of Mr. Siberts. Mr. Pet Fooshes' stock was valued at $3,500 with $2,450 insurance and Sanders and Whitten had insurance in goods to the amount of Si,000. The whole town was in immenent danger of destruction and was only saved by the heroic work of the bucket brigade, and by a small chemical nngine belonging to the McCormick Land and Lumber Company. Paul Gilmore at the Academy. It is no exaggeration to say that Paul Gilmore enjoys as much favor with the theatregoing "folk of this good town of Charlotte, as any actor who is in the habit of visiting these parts. In fact this is a most conservative view to take of the situation. Mr. Gilmore seems by some magic to have won his way straight to the hearts of these people and they flock to hear and see him whenever he is billed. For several yejfrs one may have overheard his admirers say: "Yes, he's good in 'The Boys of Company Ba,' and in 'The . Call of the North;' but you just should have seen him in 'The Mummy and the Humming Bird;' that's where he really shone." And this remark or the substance K.,r> 1' *~t P../.. i ? ? wiuirui nuo irccju niaut: nut iini111 Charlotte. Yesterday at matinee and evening performances, Mr. Gilmore gave his Charlotte friends an opportunity to see him in this much-vaunted play, and in spite of the very high expectations entertained, the heartiness of the applause bestowed by both audiences evidenced that there was no disappointment in their minds when the final curtain descended. "The Mummy and the Humming-Bird" is too well-known to allow any discussion j in this place, but like many another good play, it will bear repetition. Played by Wyndham in London, and Drew in New York, Gilmore himself won showers of bouquets by its production here in the South some years ago, and the memory was such a popular one that the star saw his way clear to revive it this spring. It is whispered that a shrewd manager is going to send the company out under canvas this summer; and if this is done, it's a pretty safe bet that the enterprise will be go with a big G.?Charlotte Observer. Will be at the Opera House Wednesday, May 4th, 1910. --Blue Flame Oil Stoves in all sizes at Dargan-King Do. Poultry wire cheap at 1 he Dargan-King Co. Cos y J hn The early bird c for delivery for Abbeville 1 When the trolley to Due WVst is finished boys may attend lectures in Krskine College and live at home in Abbeville. When we get the trolley down this far 1 then we will take up the question of the old Cumberland Gap company whose charter has by this time expired. That! road is graded from Abbeville to Troy. Abbeville is the nearest city to the great Calhoun Falls on tin* Savannah and in time she will profit thereby. ltev. J. S. Mofatt of lirskine college | preached to the Presbyterians on last Sun-. day morning and on last Sunday night In* preached at a union service held in the A. R. P. Chiireh. On both occasions Dr. Mofl'utt preached j to a full church, lli.s theme on Sunday night was the life of Joseph. Birth On the twenty-first instant, a littlo girl cjime to the family of Mr. Alpli Lyon. WARRENTON. Some of our citizens claim to have seen the comet and their claims are doubtless true, but the time at which the comet can be seen is a time we are generally oblivious of comets and celestial bodies in general, being at that time with Morpheus. Mr. C. D. Cowan; however, says he has not seen the comet but some two weeks ago he saw a brilliant light in his window, and as it was in the dark of the moon lie said it could be nothing more or less than a Hash from the comets tail, i he next ; day we heard of the burning of the old I Gillespie house which is not a great distance away. This burning occured about the time Mr. Cowan saw trio brilliant : light of Halley's comet, which is not yet sullicieiitly near the earth to have become so brilliant. A housekeeper lias many and varied experiences in the course of a life time, but I Mr. J. C. Cheateani seems to have had one i that is just a little perpendicular to any we have heaad. He has discovered a new i kind of milk, one that seems to have considerable elasticity about it. His cook commenced churning in the afternoon and continued till night, and there being no signs of butter she concluded to let it stand till morning when she began churning again, continuing for an hour or two at which time she decided to investigate, which she did. Her investigation revealed the fact that she had made no progress whatever. Upon ascertaining tho state of affairs Mr. Cheatham instructed that the churm be placed in the sun to remain there through the day. J'his was done and the churning was resumed in the evening with 110 better results than before, he then turned the job over to the hogs but whether they obtained more satisfactory results he did nof say. Mr. Henry Cheatham of Abbeville spent Sabbath with his parents. There will be communion service in the WarreDton church Sabbath. There will be a preparatory service Saturday, preaching by t)ie pastor. We are truly glad to see Miss Nina Wilson out again. She has been very sick for the past two weeks. Preston has been heard from again. This time his uncle Jim (Mr. J. C. Cheatham) has received his attention. It is quite a joke 011 Mr. Cheatham but we will not tell it here. Mr. and Mrs. Ames Hollenwanger of Columbia are visiting Mr. Jno. Cheatham. Mr. and Mrs. C. l). Cowan spent a few days quite pleasantly with Mrs. Cowan of Be'llvue. The Sharon High School will close in two weeks, the Warrenton School will close in four weeks. The Librarian of the Warrenton School requests all the members and patrons of the library to kindly return all books bori owed from the library that have been out over two weeks or have them renewed. We have a collection of books of which we are justly proud but we will not have them long if the members of the library do not observe the rule or condition under which the book was loaned. tm Locals I>nr?:iii-Kiii? Co. For liti 1h Joe harrows and other farm tools sue Tbe l)argan-Kmg (Jo. Nails aDd barb wire at- the new hardware store at a bargalu. The Dargan-Klng CD. Poultry wire cheap at The Uargan-Klne Co Bd?e ball goods In a big variety at The Dargau-Klng Co. Tennis lovers can get what they want at The Dargan-Klng Co. See oar display of hardware In one of our windows. Tbe Dargan-KlDg Co. See our display of hardware in one of our windows. The Dargan-King Co. Kfjsa TOST 3EL.H JX&1W hMM-^BibaiS&ggaGSM .wJgJEftg mm i SasSSS fe^S2P matches the worm. Th any month in the yeai ASK OUR CI fce, La unci 1 CHE CPA] Dr. C. C'. Gamlifcll was in attendance 011 the State Medical Association which met in Lain ens the 1!) inst. The following oflicers were elected for the coming year: Dr. J. II. Mcintosh, o f Columbia, president; Dr. J. W. Jervey, of Greenville; Dr. It. li. Epting, of Greenwood; Dr. R. E. Hughes, of Laurens, vice president; Dr. E. A. Hints, of Seneca, secretary; Dr. C P. Ainrir, of Charleston, treasurer; Dr. John L. Dawson and Dr. llines, chosen lis delegates to the next annual meeting of (he Aniericnii Medical Association. To Mrs. W. E. Owen was born .1 little {jirl on t ho 12th instant. ? ? Rally Democrats. Eowndesville Democratic Club No. 2 will meet :il Eowiulesville ;it the usual place of ne'i'tintf on Satunlay. April > ?. at :> o'clock sharp, for ih<> purpose of clorliny ollieers for the next two years ainl to elect delegates to the county convention which will convene at Abbeville, S. C., on Monday, May 2, l'JIO. A full meeting is dusirod. W. G. Shaw, President. A. D. Broadwell, Secretary. '* ' " V ' * 'y \ " , ' ' * \" V . ' ' ** ' '/ Speaking of w,~l cSr-gg ^ W1"". ^7^7 " .TP?E^ Fin* Cfalm Mibw ' fWnxxi %od Ntw Yori We're showing the styh would afford us mo then PARKER Coa : Vkfe# : ft wmmmmmmmmmmmmmamammmmmmmmmmm Lere is need to hurry. Contraci r. In quality, we have no com] JSTOMERS. ~y and Fuel Co L. PEOFLE Our Own Congressmen SAUCE FOR 1 We are glad to have so many of our national legislators from South Carolina in ? . Charleston this week. We wish that the eona?nr cm;i entire delegation could have been here. *?n?Hir m? ' All of those gentlemen ought to come to Prn^priitinn Charleston oftener than they do. Each of i them has many friends here and the peo- Sold What plo of this city would like to know each of them better. Our own observation is that the >Soutii Carolina delegation in Congress f!ic 5?? V?n ' is more active and efficient to-day than in subject of disci years past. They appear to be doing more er" eongressm j work and better work, and they promise! Following th yet greater tilings. The Democracy is that the depart I awake, they tell us, and is girding up its C(' the attornej loins and preparing again to become the the grand jur ; triumphant force which it might always to i*?tton dealers j have been, and the South Carolinians are prepared a rest catching step and preparing to do their 'luce in the st part and more. We are glad of it. They provide that i can't do too much to suit us. Meantime, shall make an i ' we want them to know that the people of s,{l'l cotton f this city are following with interest their where they got movements and that we are prepared to do our part to hold up their hands in every JJR> senator 5 good work th?-v may undertake.?New.s euimii """ 111 J-1 ami Courier. * 11'11" l,e- ai,d bought eontrac ^.jie jaujt jg Several cars dieted lumber aud two cars ; tracts and thes< shingles, Just lu. Acker Building and Repair |jC prosecuted. Company. i Good Clothes \ If you knew the care we have taken in selecting our Serine ^ . Suits? H If you knew the talent used to It make our Suits faultless in P\ style and fit? f x Jf you knew the skill employed I r to insure durable linings, ? stifienings and trimmings? pf If you knew the high class of I ij tailors who do the sewing? ! a You'd know why we | guarantee them so conI fidently? v 1 Why their wearers continually grow in number js of the hour, and nothing re pleasure than to show n to you !. & REESE _ _ do you pay 1/1 2 HOUSE RENT? Why not own your own home jf'I ' ?Be your own landlord! f I We will help yon. ^ A Below we offer you desirable homes * * f I in difierent sections of the towo. If w vou are prepared to make a small cash I nay men t we will arrange to sell you ^ I 'he property on easy payments, bring ^ I ng a heme within tbe reach of any *' / energetic, ambitious man. Make tbe ' <lion ana you win boou owd a uouie : ' ; of your owu, where you are the boea and you will not have to be moving Hrouu'i the towD every time a rale of v teniae and lot is made. The prices we ; ofter on each piece of property listed I below is attractive aDd will prdve a good investment. I Od North Main Street, one two story practically Dew dwelling, in fine con* dltion, on a lot 65 x 500 feet. Price $3,000. Also on North Main Street, one new two story dwelling, on lot 65x300 feet. Price $2,500. On Walnut Street, leadiDg from Main Street, to the Ice Factory, two uew two story dwellings, with eewer8 age just installed, on large lot. Price M CAA Also on same street, handsome new cottage, corner lot. Price $2,000. I On Magazine Street, a splendid cottage with all modern improvements, large lot at the very attractive price of $3,750. On Cherokee Street a pretty cottage, \ close in to Wardlaw Street for $1,500. Two new cottages in Fort Picfcens, on large lot for the exceedingly low figure of $750 each. A nice little tract of land, 50} acres, well improved, 4 room dwelliug, pasture. orchard, etc. In fiue community, 1J miles from good school. Close to Presbyterian and Methodist churches, . 1 in Diamond Hill townahip, near Little DS maae Mountian church, at a very attractive petitors. pr,ce' Abbeville Insurance & Trnst Co. J. 8. Stark, Pres. J. E. McDavid, Sec. mpany ? Foley's rHt BULL SAUCE FOR THE BEAR f\ 1 H f \ h Would Have Cotton T 1 s Aimed at Those Who ^ rriflut5' What They W1U Do for You u'h? Th?y wln cure y?ur backache, e?- t . , Btrengthen your kidneys, cor. e announcement yesterday . . , .... mont of justice had instruct- rect urinary irregularities, build r at Savannah to present to . v charges against certain UP worn out tissues, and in Savannah, Senator Smith eliminate the excess uric acid )lution, which he will intro- t nnto tomorrow. This will I that causes rheumatism. Pre nhveestiSoneof those w'S I vent Bright's Disease and Diaor future delivery and | bates, and restore health and or where they are going lo . strength. Refuse substitutes* KTUlr if things "there C. A. MILFOED & CO. that if certain men have There Ib no cough medicine so popular as ?the men who sold the con- poley>8 Honey ana Ttr. It never tells to cure u are the ones who should ooogun, ooida, crtup and bronchitis. C. A. Mllford <k Co. Zach McGhee.