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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1899. ESTABLISHED 1844 |||
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LOWNDESVILLE LETTER.
Death of a Good Woman?PreachersPicnics
? Lawn Party ? Personal
Paragraphs.
Lowndesvllle, August 7,1899.
Dr. J. B. Brltt. of Wldemans, was lu this
community on a visit to the family of bis
kinsman, Mr. T. B. CUnkscales.
Mr. J. F. Barnes who bad spent tbe past two
weeks with relatives Id Anderson county, re
lurueu lu u in uuiuo uwrcuu iuuuua) .
Mr. Mack McCalla and his sinter. Miss Leila
Bell McCalla, went to Bordeaux Monday to
spend a few days with friends at that place.
Mr. W. A. Latimer, of Augusta, Ga., spent a
few days the first part of last week with his
brother, Mr. J. T.Latimer and other relatives.
Mrs. 1). K. Cooley is at Brevard, N. C., to
stay sometime with her old homefolks.
Mrs. Glen LeRoy, of Norfolk, Va., came
Tuesday and will remain with the family of
Mr. J. B. LeRoy, her brother-in-law till the
yellow fever 6care Is over at her home.
Rev. W. S. Stokes began to move bis housebold
effects to the depot Tuesday and the next
day he and family went by the dirt road to
I. Cokesbury, which will be his future home for
Bometlme.
Miss Marie Cheatham, Miss Leila Wilson
and Master Paul Wilson, ot Warrenton, came
op Thursday and have alnce been the guests
of Rev. H. C. Fennel.
Miss Nellie Moseley and Miss Liilie Huckabee
went to Latimer Tuesday to spend a few
days with Miss Ida Hawthorn.
Mrs. A. E. Moorhead after a two weeks
sojourn at the Diamond Spring, moved back
to her borne here Wednesday.
Rev. Peter Stokes who will at least have
charge of the ministerial work of the Smyrna
and Ridge churches during the balance of
this Conference year, arrived ou Wednesday.
Mr. Andrew Edwards and his sister, Miss
Bessie Edwards, of Abbeville, came up Wednesday
to spend several days with Mr. J. H.
Baakln and other klnspeqple.
Mr. B. Boltu Allen began to move on Wednesday
to his place here, a late purchase of
Dr. B. A. Henry. We are glad to welcome
him and family to our town.
Dr. J. B. Mathews went to his old Elberton
home Thursday to Bpeud a few d-iys, then on
to some rest and health giving resort to recuperate.
He has been so constantly engaged
In hlB profession for sometime th*t his
physical interests nave oeen negieciea, aoa
ne is obliged to look after them for a time at
least.
Quite a number of young people from tblB
place, Latimer, <tc, met at Mr. J. M. Hucka
bee's Thursday nlgbt and engaged In a Lawn
party. Refreshments, Ice cream and cake
were sierved, and those present had a decidedly
Dleaoant time.
Miss Ida Hawthorn, of Latimer, and Miss
Janl? McNeill, of Mt. Car mel, came up Haturday
evening and have since been the guests ol
Miss Ltllle Huckabee and Miss Nellie MoseThe
annual picnic wasbeld at SwearlDgen's
Mill on Saturday. Several of our youQg people
attended It and report aB usual, a good
time.
Rev. G. T. Harmon, Presiding Elder of the
Cofcesbury District, came In Friday. Saturday
morning at 11 a. m., Rev. Feter istokes
who has Just taken charge of this work, occupied
the pulpit In the Methodist Church,
and gave to his hearers a good sermon, bin
first to our people. At Its close the first
named took tbe cbalr and called the third
for this charge. Quarterly Conference to order,
Tbe session was a very harmonious oue and
was about as satisfactory to all concerned as
could have been expected under the circumstances.
On Sunday at 11 a. m.. Rev. G. T.
Harmon occupied the pulpit In the above
named church, and took for his text a part ol
the 8th verse of tbe 3rd chapter of Paul's
Epistle to tbe Fhlllpplans. He treated hie
, subject from a christian educational stand'
point,and handled it In a very Interesting
and instructive manner. To those who have
beard this able divine, it Is needless to say
that hts effort was a fine one. It was a Melbo
dlat educational sermon and one calculated
to arouse an Interest in, and desire for greatei
attainments along this line in the breast ol
every oue, excepting in the breast of those
with whom "ignorance is bliss, and 'tis foil;
to be wise."
DEATH.
Mrs. Julia Bell, wife of Mr. Jas. H. Bell,
died last Thursday morning, and her remain?
were laid in their last resting place the nexl
day. In the family burying ground near hei
girlhood home. She was the third daugbtei
or the venerable. Mr. Frank Cllnkscales
She joined the Methodist Church Id early life
and was ever after a consistent member. Sb?
left a husband and six daughters and naanj
relatives and friends to mourn her loss. She
was a good Christian woman, who will b<
missed In the community. In the home clrcW
and lr tbe church. Rev. Peter Stokes official
ed la the last sad riles, in presence of inanj
n..Airino frlnndR and loved ones. Troupe.
We cheerfully refund yoar money wher
a r heel cholera cure falls to cure hogs 01
owls ol cholera. P. B. Speed.
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DEATH OF MRS. COCHRAN,
Mrs. Aylette Chalmers Cochran, Passes
Away After a Look Illoess.
Mrs. Cochran, wife of Mr. J. S. Cochran,
died at the home of her mother, Mrs. C. T.
Chalmers, on lastTnursday morning, August
3,1899, about 5 o'clock, after a long and tedious
Illness.
Tbe deceased had been In declining health
for a number of years, and through all that
period of great suffering, her active mind and
useful life was subjected to many self-denials
and privations, which to her meant a great
deal, as she was endowed with those nobte
traits of character, both of heart and head,
that gave her tbe greatest pleasure when she
was permitted to minister to the wants ol
others. She was continually going about
scattering "seeds of kindness," filling many
homes with sunshine, and speaking words ol
comfort to those in trouble and sorrow.
The deceased was born and reared in this
city, and was a universal lavorite, sharing
fhn hiahaol vocrorH unH cctaam nf ovarv ono
In all good deeds and cbarlty acts she was
flrst and foremost. She was a devoted, faithful
and consisteat member of the Methodist
cbarob, in whose cause she was ever zealous
and earnest, being always and at all times a
willing worker, often carried away by her
zeal and love, even beyond the strength ol
her physical nature. She was organist, and
sustained her relationship with the choir for
about fifteen years, and during all that time
was rarely If ever absent from her place;
through her untiring effort and indefatigable
energy the organ now in use was purchased,
she supplementing the voluntary contributions
by her own personal note for the balance
of the purchase-money, thereby becoming
alone responsible until by further effort
sbe could realize sufficient funds to liquidate
the entire debt. This was one noble and generous
act among many of her life. In summing
up her relations with the church, we
believe we are correct in spying that while
this congregation has many useful and ready
workers, yet there Is Done among it that has
done more for the Methodist Church in Abbeville
than she. Not only in church, but especially
In Sunday. School work was she
active, efficient, and faithful as scholar, organist,
teacher, and in mission work?in fact,
In all relations of the Sunday School she was
a live member, doing whatsoever her hands
could find to do. In this noble work Bhe was
an especial favorite, having the love and respect,
not only oC the scholare, but of superintendents
and teachers as well. She was
also a member of the Juvenile Missionary
Society, and, we believe, the prime mover in
establishing the Society here. She was also
president of the King's Daughters for many
years, from which office she was never removed
until she resigned on account of fail'
lnc health.
' In her recent Illness she suffered much, bul
amid It all was sustained by the religion she
professed and lived in her dally life; and
when the end was even nigh she wa? po?
sessed of all her faculties of mind, and war
sensible to the last moment, and when asked
If the thought of death troubled her, she rei
piled with almost angelic smile, that death
had no terror for ber, as she was ready; tht
only expression of sorrow was in leaving
those she so fondly loved.
She selected the hymns tbatshould be sung
i also the pall-bearers that should convey hei
body to its last rest resting place. Etch o;
these requests were fully complied with.
The pall bears were: Dr. C. C. Gatnbrell
Bradley Reese, Albert Henry, Frazler Lyon
i Gordon White, Lewis Perrln.
Ua? ftirflior MAMoct woo that aha clinnlri hf
burled at sunset; and as she quietly anc
peacefully fell a6leep just as the first beami
of the moroiag proclaimed the opentug day
> so she was gently laid to rest In thesilentcltj
i of the dead Just as angel hands were folding
the departing day to rest.
! The funeral services were conducted in th<
Methodist church on Friday afternoon at !i.3<
o'clock by ber pastor, Kev. Dr. Daniel, in th<
presence of a large congregation of sorrowinj
friends.
' The newly-made grave was covered witt
beautiful flowers, placed upon It loving re
membrace by the tender hands of those win
' loved ber in life, and who cherished her mem
ory In death.
"Blessed are the dead who die In the Lord
and their works do follow them."
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SUCCESSFUL TRIP.
, The Abbeville Cotton Hill to b?Fllled
With the Xewe*t and Beat Machinery?Hope
Ends In Fruition.
President B. F. Bailey, of the Abbeville Cot,
ton Mill, has Just returned from a business
i trip North In the lnterestof bis mill, and, as
usual, he comeB back, successful in bis undertaking.
He had no trouble In securing all
the machinery that will be needed to All all
the floor space of both the mill and the
i annex.
His success from the first has been pbenomei
nal, and that success has been attained under
circumstances which, in one particular was a
i big Job. As everybody knows, this Is a
small community In which thece were no
rich men, and whose aggregate property was
about three-quarters of a million. But they
' had faith In mill property, and, bad confidence
in Mr. Bailey. Our people of their
i small means raised about 840,000. Through
Mr. Bailey's ability to unite our people, a renewed
effort to raise the capital stock to 8100,000,
was made.
The subscriptions, on bis appeal was raised
to 873,000. Land was bought and the contract
for building the mill waB awarded to Captain
Cagleof Greenville, who is acknowledged to
be one of the beBt mechanics In all this country.
The mill bouse was finished and Mr.
Bailey made another effort to Increase the
capital stock, and the amount was raised
from 573,000 to 8100,000.
But tfiis lacked much of getting the necesRary
machinery. The idea occurred to him
that he might secure help from investors in
the North, and so be went to New York and
Massachusetts on the mission in behalf of
the mill.
He found Northern capitalists cautious, but
upon being satisfied as to the solidity of the
> structure, and the abundant supply of
water, he met with great success, and npi
on the advice of his architects. Messrs. Loeki
wood, Greene & Co., a large quantity of first
class machinery wax bought, including 801
Northroo looms. 10.000 8Dlndles. and 36 revol
. viug flat top cards. But this machinery did
. not fill the mill, and In September of last
, year, he bought 32 new looms and paid for
them out of the profits of the mill. In January
last be added 40 looms, bringing the
[ looms up to 370. And this Rummer he added
l 520 looms, and other machinery. On his rei
cent trip North he bought241 Northrop looms,
. and other machines amounting to over $50,000.
From 304 looms be bas brought the number
i up to 940 looms. All this in two years.
All of these looms and everything else in
i the mill has been paid for either by profits
i from running the mill or from sale of stock.
BeBldeB the 8100,000 of borne stock, Mr. Bailey
. through bis Northern friends, bas sold $350,000
. of stock In the North.
Mr. Bailey's success in raising the capital
> stock of the mill Is not more notable than
) was his Judgment In choosing the right
1 architects and the right financial agents.
. With Mr. Stephen Greene to plan, and with
i Deering, Mllliken & Co., as advisers, the mill
I was furnished with the latest and best machines,
and with Superintendent Thompson
i to set the machines In motion, It is not surj
priBlng that the mill may be thus early set
: down as a splendid success.
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, the mill has already realized during the first
r six months of this year a profit, of eight per
f cent, on the entire plant. ?150,000 has just
been put In, or will arrive within the
next sixty days. With a full complement of
( machinery the stockholders in the mill may
reasonably hope for good things.
5 While Mr. Bailey's success In building the
I Abbeville Cotton Mllllsunprecedentd in these
i parts, yet it Deed not be torgotten that the
t manufacture of cotton Is peculiarly a Southr
em enterprise. Except cotton and cotton
r seed we have little material in sufficient
quality to warrant an outlay in manufactures.
5 And the increasing number of mills Is not
I surprising when we remember that no well
3 managed cotton mill, having the hest maj
olilnery, has ever failed. Failure can come
only to badly managed mills, or to those
i which have old machinery.
From the water tube Habcock boilers, and
j the compound condensing engine to the Northrop
looms there is not a second class machine
in the house. When suitable water is
secured, when strong and substantial houses
are built, and when they are filled with up-to
> success may be predicted wllh as much
certainty as the finite mind can count on
anything In the fut ure, which is less sure then
i absolute certainlty.
The Abbeville Cotton Mill is no longer an
experiment. It may be set down as one of the
" accomplished lacts, and Mr. Bailey's ability
" to run it Is not doubted bv anybody. He has
1 managed to hold the friends of the mill loyal
to him, and possessing their confidence In a
wonderful degree, some of the home stockholders
have entrusted to htm a very large
percent of their small estates. The success
[ of the mill has satisfied them, and now hope
ends in fultlon.
. Mm. Tascart still leads la both quality and
I prices oq millinery.
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WARRENTON WATCHES.
Town? ? Farmer! ? llonnekeeper* ?
Literary Women and their Club?
Ton are Invited to Call.
Warrenton, 8. C.t Aug. 3,1899.
The Junior Editor of tbe Medium has truthfully
said that Warrenton 1b oDe of the most
progressive little towns In Abbeville County.
While thanking her for a deserved compll
ment, we wish to give one or two reasons why
Warrenton is a progressive place.
Tbe men are up-tO'date, Intelligent farmers
of Independent means, who realize what progress
means, and devote their time to Btudy
of practical methods of business.
The women of the community are excellent
housekeepers, given to hospitality, who believe
not only In keening house out In making
homes for their husbands and children.
Th? ohiirtron or? ftmhlttnus. hrlcht and de
termlned to make for themselves an Important
place In tbe world around them.
Given then, comfortable homes, Intelligent
people,and some little property, tbere Is no
wonder that Warrenton Is progressive; tbere
1* no wonder that ber men take an Interested
part In all tbat pertains to public enterprise,
and tbat ber women refuse to become old and
lees Intelligent than tbelr [children. 80 the
women of Warrenton have formed themselves
Into a Social and Literary Club. v
While tbe men are keeping up with the 1
times by devotion to tbelr business Interests
and to the publlo work wblcb they have In 1
charge, tbe women are Btudylng current
topics which will keep them la touch with
their husbands and oblldren. Tbey have
obtained from the 8. A. L., a Library of fifty
Interesting books and will malts use of tbem
not only for tbelr own benefit, but for tbe
hannflt of their children. This Library con-1
tains the latest works on farming, poultry
raising and horticulture, standard works in ,
fiction and histories of dlflerent countries.
The books can be obtained by any on? In
this community, who will promise to return
tbem to tbe Librarian In good condition.
At a meeting of the Club, Mrs. S. A. Allen
was chosen Librarian and she will have tbe
books In her home within a short time.
The Social and Literary Club of Warrenton
is not a Woman's Rights Club, It Is exactly
what Its name Implies. At tbe first regular
meeting held at tbe pleasantbome of Mr. and
Mrs. P. A. Cheatham, topics of Interest to all
the membnrB were discussed, a Librarian
elected and an afternoon spent in social
pleasure. The women of Warrenton have all
tbe rights they want without venturing Into
tbe field of politics. They have comfortable, |
pleasant homes, good neighbors and intelllgent,
gentlemanly husbands and if they take
any Interest at all In politics and office seek-11
ers, It is simply the interest of lookers-on ;
and they have no desire to discuss political
questions when there is so much else of Interest
to be learned.
So dear reader, if you wish to come to a
progressive Uttle place, come to Warr itr- ,
and If you wish to see why she Is pro,
look at the books, magazines, newspa,. x ' ,
music in her well kept bomes, and look
her people, men, women and children, whol
are bright and up to date enough to know
that progress is the watchword of the 19lb I
Century and that If they wish to be consider-1
ed Intelligent, tomorrow ibey must study
and strive for intelligence today.
Warren ton.
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W. White's LocnlN.
We are offering Rome specially good bargains
this week. We have on sale a lot of
goods at Sets, a yard which are worth 10 and
15c. a yard.
A lot of white pique remnants at 12%c.
which are worth 25c. a yard. We have some
extra trood values in white lawns at 5 and 8
cts. a yard.
We have all kinds of material for making
waists from a beautiful assortment of prints
to the tlnest silks and satins. Colored muslins.
lawns, organdies, piques, crashes and
ducks can now be bought from us at prices
greatly reduced from those that ruled in the
earlier part of the season.
Now is the time to buy alpaca coats and
summer clothing of all kinds. You will And
a good assortment in this line at L. W.
White's.
All kinds of turnip and ruta baga seed can
be found at L. \V. White's,
Buy your turnip seed from L. W. Whlteand
get the best.
Look at our stock of ribbons and embrolde
rien. iney are very hiuouhyc vcr.v ueBlrabie.
L.W. White.
Trunks, trunks, trunks ! L. W. White has
Just received the largest and best stock of
Ntrunks ever offered.
When In need of medicines at night our
pharmacist will be found next door to the
Western Union Telegraph office, over the
Abbeville Supply Co.'s store.
Harrison & Game.
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CALL FOR MORE TROOPS.
Secretary Root Decides Upon an Ag?
(Creative Policy Id the Philippines
and Will Send Enough Hen to End
the Trouble at Once. *
Washington, Aug. 7.?It is evident tbat
Secretary Root Intends to push the campaign
In the Philippines and close tbat Incident be*
fore the presldental campaign opens. President
McKlnley thinks that be has fonnd a
man on whom be can rely. The president Is
tired oat with the barden and wnnts to shift
Ittosomeone else's shoulders. When Secretary
Alger was In tbe department tbe presi
dent was largely tbe seoretary of war. He
was consulted by Seoretary Alper with everything,
and his advice was sought lo matters
of tbe moat tri val detail. He has now a secretary
as self-reliant as any man who has beld
tbat portfolio In many years. At least saoh
seems bis poise at present.
Tbe president's friends Bay tbat be intends
to leave tbe management of the Philippine
campaign to his seoretary and not to meddle
witb it unless bis advice Is specially asked.
H*e bas made bis expectations Known to Mr.
Root, and tbe letter seems to tblnfc tbat they
can be realized. Tbe president wants tbe war
olosed before the opening of tbe next raining
season, and does not care particularly how It
is done as long as tbat result is accomplished.
Tbe means rest largely with Mr. Root. Heretofore
tbe president bas been troubled more
about tbe means of ending tbe campaign
ihan Kw ?ho mnnlimlnn.
CALL FOB MOBE TROOPS.
He seemed to think It would be bad politics
to call for more troops and when finally he
was forced to make tne call, be made it for
ten regiments only. Now it is Almost certain
that there will be another call before the December
session of congress The president
has shifted the responsibility, however, and
the call will be Root's, not the president's.
By degrees the president has learned that all
politics are good politics which accomplish
results, and so If it takes a hundred thousand
men to put down the Filipinos before the
next spring he will call out the number, the
full quota allowed by tne act of congress in
providing the provisional army.
It must be said that Mr. Root has no Idea of
evading the responsibility that has been
placed on blra. He has entered upon bis task
In the most matter of fact way and seems careless
of any criticism. Big black lines 1? the
New York papers will not be able to frighten
him, if his manner and face Is an index to bis
TJa 4a flrnlno tn flahf. thfl War 111
the Philippines as a business proposition, and
what 1b more, he will not permit nls policy to
be lorn to pieces In tbe cabinet room. He has
already made it distinctly understood that he
has no desire to interfere with tbe finances of
tbe country, and in turn will expect to ran
bis own department. Every member ot tbe
administration breatbes freer since Mr.
Root took charge. They all seem to feel that
tbere Is a master man at tbe belm. He may
disappoint tbem. but be bas started *ell.
chiefly bv attending to bis own business ana
letting other people's alone, a virtue not posRessed
by everv member of the present cabinet,
be it known.
MATTER-OF-FACT MAN.
Tbere is notblng remarkable about the
manner of Mr. Root. He Is purely of the conventional
type of lawyer. He seems to do
J 11st what any conventional man would be expected
to do, doing the right thing at the
right time, never showing any Irritation or
haste. He Is cordial Id his manner, out wneD
be thinks he has given enough of hU time to
any one person be closes tbe Interview without
awkwarkness, eltber to himself or to his
visitor.
He bns taken bold of his office with a business-like
grip and there will be no cliques or
cabals formed there while he Is In power.
He and General Miles have already struck
their relative positions. As stated would be
tbe case when he tlrst came in he has relegated
to each head bis work and does not let one
branch of the service become prominent at
tbe expense of tbe other. His manner on tbe
day when he was sworn in waft the same to
all men save when General Miles entered.
The secretary for the first time showed any
special Interest. Stepping forward he grasped
the commanding general's hand and greeted
him with the bearty expression, "General, I
am Indeed glad to meet you." Tbe expression
of bis face and tbe grasp of the band
showed to Allies more than anything else
would have done that henceforth be wan not
to be a cypher In thit department. Every
one Instantly felt It and to the crowd standID#
about the commanding general at once
took on additional dignity, being clothed, it
seemed to them, in new power.
When you want a nice belt buckle, don't
forget Mrs. Taggart.
Just received a large lot of ladles and misses
sailors at Mrs. Taggarts.
The latest smoking tobacco on the market.
Try a,package at 10 cents?Klondike Mixture.
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THE SUMMER SCHOOL.
Some Notes of tbe Pretty Teacher* I
Who are Being Taught How to
Teaeh.
Prof. 8. H. Edmunds, who Is presiding oyer
tbe Abbeville County Summer School for .
Teachers, Is a son of Rev. Dr. Edmunds. pas .
tor of the First Presbyterian Cbnrob of Snroter.
Prof. Edmonds was graduated from Davidson
College In tbe class of '90. Immediate- ,
ly after graduation he was elected principal
of the Sumter Graded School, '90-'93. From
'93-'95 be was principal of Rock Hill High
School. Slnoe 1895 be has been superintendent
city schools ofSnmter. Prof. Edmunds
has taken teaching as his life work, for wbtcb
be Is fitted to be eminently successful. His
contributions to current educational literature
are numerous and valuable. The teachers
of Abbeville owe a vote of thanks toSobool
Commissioner Glbert for selecting
annh a piftpd scholar to Dreslde over tbo Sum-!
mer School. jj
Miss Sarah Withers was educated in Ches-J
ter Graded School, this place being her native 3
town. She then finished at the Wlnthrop
Normal College, Columbia, graduating with
high honors in tbe class of '92. She hap [
taught in tbe Darlington Graded .School from j
>92 to tbe present time. Miss Withers is a. J
young woman of extraordinary ability In imparting
instruotion to others. By her sweetness
and modesty she has completely won
tbe hearts or tbe entire Summer Sobool.
Miss Bewie Wilder was graduated from the>
Abbeville Graded Sobool with distinction in
class of'97. She has been teaching for the>|
past year in Virginia.
Miss Lulu Penney received her training in
tbe county scbools. Has taught four years. ;
Mjss Coral Muse was educated at Verdery,. j
S. C. Taught two years in Greenwood Coun-- |j
ty. She Is highly prized by patrons, having I,
taught four years successively in her presentschool.
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Miss Ida Nlckles was graduated from theDue
West Female College in tbe class of '97.
She ha* taught two years In Anderson County
at New Prospect aDd at Annie, and has
been re-elected at the latter place for another
term. _ _
Miss Eliza Thomson nas nnisnea hi iue aobevlile
Graded Schools and baa spent a year'
at tbe Abbeville, N. C.,Normal aod CollegiateiDBtltate
preparing herself to teach.
Ml88 Fannie Wldeman, a sweet girl graduate
of tbe present year, Is In attendance. 8be
has not taught any yet, but she promises to
let us bear Irom ber as a pedagogue In thenext
two years.
Miss Nellie Nickels, another sweet girl grad *
nate of Due West, and the present year Intends
to make her reputation as a teacher.
Miss Florence Henry was educated in theschools
of Abbeville, finished tbe course of
IU6 ADOevme untueu csuuuui; bauguw uuv
year la this County, then took a Normal.
Coarse at the Peabody Normal Institute,,
Nashville, Tenn.
Miss Mamie Cox. having graduated with
distinction at the Due West Female College,,
taught for several terms at Lowndesville, S.
C., later taking a normal coarse at WlnthropNormal
and Industrial College, Rock Hill,.
H. C. For the past two years she has been
teaching In the Graded Schools of Abbeville..
Miss Nina Wham received her training in
Greenville County school, and attended the>
Wlnthrop Normal School for the past year.
Miss Emma C. White was educated In Ab beville.
Finished the course in the Graded1.
School with distinction in class of'96. She:
then graduated with honor at Converse Col
lege, Spartanburg, S. C. She has been elected!)
principal ol Rock Spring school in this coun- '
ty. This school Is famous for having sent out
many bright minds in the various walks oi'l
life. t
iVl 188 uarne xj. xoud^ recuivcu uoi umuu<6 <
at Union Academy, Level Land, S. C. She-1|
has taught two years in this county. <
Miss Jennie (Jowan was educated at Will- jj
ington,8. C. She baa taught successfully In 1
schools In Lincoln, Ga., Anderson, 8. C., and |
has been teaching the Wllllngton school for
several years. She is now teacher of the pri- J
raary department In the Wllllngton High J
School. J!
Miss Lois Crawford was educated In the> <j
county scbools. Has taught two years. Is u
constant attendant of the yearly Institute,. |j
and is thus perfecting her natural gift for im- I
parting knowledge.
Miss Cassle Flemming was educated In the1
county schools and attended the Newberry i
Graded School for two years. In addition she j
has hud a years training In Normal Institute
of All Healing, N. C. .
R. M. Haddon & Co. are preparing for fall;
business. They have special bargains for
next :i0 days.
You should see the remnants or silk, of
fered at reduced price by K. M. Had don <t Co. i
On these hot afternoons nothing is so re-;
freshing as a "Lolly Pop." Sold at Speed's
soda fountain.
New embroideries, val laces and insertlngs
at Haddons.
The best flavoring extracts that can fee J
bought for sale by Speed.
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SERIOUS EAOE EIOT. '
Several Hen Wounded In a Small BaiiU
tie at Tbat Plaee this Bornlnir.
Greenville, 8. C., Aug. 7.?A raoe riot oosurred
here last night between the operators '/fe
at the Foe and Sampson cotton mills and several
hundred negroes. But although the flrlog
was fierce and furious at times and oon* tin
tlnued off and on for five or six hoora.nobody
was dangerously wounded and all It --'it
quiet today. No lurther trouble Is expected.
Among the whites Ben Odam was shot
through the Jaw and J. C. Couch, who came -XS
to his assistance and saved his life, bad hi*
suspenders cut with a bullet next to bis heart
ana received three other bullet holes, two
through bis coat and the other through the
brim of his bat.
The most serious skirmish occurred when a V
party of about 20 negroes attempted u? armi. . -?
four young men near the mill. The white ' J
men resisted and foaght. It was In this battle
that Odam was wonnded. The whites . JgB
were quickly reinforced and- drove off the
negroes. This ended the riot.
A military company was out to the scene - -'-a
at 2 o'clock this morning. All trouble ended
after that. So far as can be learned only one
negro was wounded, John McClinton, who *j
was badly bruised about the bead and shot \
through the left wrist. The row started over ' itm
a party of four negroes firing into Operative
Ellerburg's residence.
Zaok Moore, one of the /our, was arrested ?' -jM
by operatives and placed In Jail.
The negroes imagined that be had been .-.jjX
lynched and sent couriers to all of the churches
to have It announced that a negro was being
lynched at the Poe mill. About one hundred
negroes gathered within five hundred
yards or the scene armed with shot guns, Ja
axes, revolvers and one hud a hand reaper.
The sheriff and chief of police could not
persuade them that the negro Moore was in ft
Jail and one yelled out: "We will kill the > ?j
cbtef If Moore has been lynched !"
'Finally Rev. J. A. Plnson, pastor Mt. Zlon
colored Baptist church, went down to the
jail and returning testified to having seen ''si
Moore and pacified the negroes. The town . .rvS
wasxreatly wrought up over the affair and at ./'$J
one time it looked as if wholesale slaughter
of negroes would occur.
THE OUTLOOK FOR CUBA.
A Havana Merchant, who haa Never
Heard of tbe Fljrhl-Box Law,
Tki.i,. <hai lha lalnml Will B?
?ome An?Hiier Hayti Unless It la
Annexed to the United States.
Havana, August A leading Havana merchant,
a Cuban, hav D? business oonnections
with most o/ tbe cities of the Island, and wbo
claims to be well posted regarding Cuban affairs,
said today tnat universal suffrage In
Cuba would mean a black republic in the
near future, and tbat the only means of pre- r /V
venting It will be the incorporation of the island
an a possession of the United States, as a
State, Territory or colony, leading to American
Immigration, Intermarriages and the Improvement
of the population. In his Judgment,
Cuba is otherwise doomed to,become
another Haytl. ' . *V3a
His assertions are based upon tbe fact th^t
In a population not exceeding 1,250,000, with a
voting capacity of 400,000, the Spaniards number
only SO,000, the wblte Cubans 125,000, those
claiming to be white 25.000, while the blacks
number 209,000, In voting strength. .JEQfl
theory Is tbat more than half tbe Spaniards , %
under a system of universal suffrage would
not vote, and that, the number who.wou(d
vote must inevitably diminish each year.
Tbe Cubans, wbo will no longer have tpe
blood of Spanish immigrants to draw upon,
will gradually grow fewer, while on the othdr
hand, the blacks, who thrive In this climate.
and are a big, strong and healthy race, will
Increase at a rapid rate. The result will be,
he believes, that In fifty years there will..be
more than 2.000,000 negroes in tbe Island an4
less than 250,000 others.
in iha flrnt election." he declares.
"the blacks could carry everything their owA
way If they knew their strength."
A Lady's Kiuubllngs at R. C, Bernau'ji
Jewelry Store.
A lot or the latest styles of belt and sash
buckles and neck clasps have just arrived,
they are beauties, and prices only from 25 ots.
to 75 cis. each. You will need one before going
off to spend the summer.
Mr. Bernau Is showing some nloe pictures
made with a S5 Kodak, Just the thing to take
on your trips.
Blouse sets of the latest patterns can be
seen at R. C. Bernau's. Cresent shape pins
are the latest fad, one must see these set to
appreciate them. Miss Inquisitive.
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One Economy Gas Ligbt la equal to six In1
candecent electric lights.
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