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The A b be v ille Press and BarindH ; BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1901. ESTABLISHED ^184^1 1 ISLE OF THE GATE OF GOLD |1 [ ? 4 I < Po?Mibllltie?.-A Spleudid Field for Puerto Rico and lis Product* and , Ainerlcau Capital and EnterpriNe? ( The Exposition at Charlentuu Will j Afford a Fine Opportunity lor the . Ntudy of Porto Rican Problems. ^ Among those islands known as the;' "West Indies, about which more curios- i iiy has been exhibitd by Americans j during the past two years than at any ( other period, there is perhaps none; i more interesting than the little island : s * of Puerto Kico, which is now one of t the possessions of the United States.! \ This island lies within the torrid zone, j t between latitudes 17 degrees 54 min- s utesaud lSdegrees'30 minutes, but a* i it is far out to the eastward away from j * 1 " ?*? > lolom r\f tho Dlllf afrwim. c W ' . tuc r?fl?LU T aiV4 u V. V44V , % and its small surface is swept by the j j trade winds from end to end, even in a the heat of summer, the temperature f never rises above 95 degrees Fahrenheit l on the seacoast, and the nights are It usually cool. In winter the limit of i mercury is about 80 degrees on the i coast and teu degrees less on the t mountains, dropping lowest in Jan- f uary. The "rainy season" in Puerto t Rico is a long one, and there is never ^ a day in the year upon which a shower ( does not fall somewhere in the island, e . but the difference is tbat while the i rain falls in a steady downpour during ] the rainy season, it fails in quick i showers, rapidly dried, and succeeded a by exquisite sunset effects during the dry beason. The deep, fast-flowing rivers of Puerto Rico are remarkably j .numerous,and much of the salubrious-| i ness of the climate is ascribed to these t and to the iunumeraUe smaller 11 streams which -vivify tbe air ina lana t alike. Yellow fever hasnev^r taken i the form of an epidemic in Puerto i Rico, and while malarial fevers are I common, as in most tropical climates, t it has on the whole the most healthful [ climate of all the regions of the west- f ern Hemisphere within the torrid zone j and as a place of habitation is prefer- < able to auy of tbe islands of the West c Indies. Though not impressiye in 1 appearance as approached by sea, f Puerto Rico offers to the traveller, s once on tbe island, a rare panorama of f ^ artistic loveliness. Almost every loot i of land is rolling, except upon the i coast and in some narrow valleys t where the earth is flat as a floor, from e the banks of the rivers to the very foot t of the mountains, which rise abruptly i to sharp, curved crests a thousand feet i above. All of this picture is clothed in 1 ' living green the entire year round, i "No more delightful place of abode for i White men can be imagined; perfect i landscapes, a soil in which almost t everything under heaven will grow, e cool nights, bearable days and tbe i whole of this ideealistic conception set e * off with a filagree work or heavy 1 clouds, wonderful rainbows overhang- c ing the green of stately palms, wav- a ing, broad-leaved banana plantations, \ fnmt unrJ frnif.trpM Aitrl ilincr|p> fofpflts. t whose odd shapes and queer folliage J V \ lend a never-tiring charm to the scene, g \ Ic is a tropical Elysium and will be- f come the winter Mecca of America, t INDUSTRIAL POSSIBILITIES. ? But it is in regard to its industrial I possibilities, rattier than to its charm- t ing climate and its artistic effects, that f tbt> average American citzec manifests most curiosity. Mr. William Dinwiddie, who was sent to Puerto Bico by the Harper Brothers to study t conditions and spent two months theie , < immedia ely after the evacuation, hashown many ways in which the v enterprising American may turn au j honest penny in the''Isle of the Gate t " l of Gold," as he calls it. s While food is both dear and cheap? a eggs being five to ten ceuls apiece, a butter ten cents for a tiny pat, and j bananas two for a cent and five for a . cent respectively, there will be for ( some time to come an opening for v those who know how to cook and a OAHMa fr\r\r\ o#Iai* f Ka A rvk Aft nn rt Pnokw\rt i . oci * o iiAAi auci iuc niuuitau laouiuu. I ^ Where a man has capital to invest e there are many liues of business upou L which he may embars with a fair c assurance of tbe return of his money 'j with interest. 0 COFFFE RAISING. i 8 a Coffee raising ranks first as au t industry in Puerto Rico, and wili open ' f the best avenue for investors of large d capital. Planted, as it must needs be t in the higher altitudes of tbe pictures- t quely rolling bills, it affords tbe plant- 0 er a healthful, cool place of residence and an uncontamioated water supply, a besides offering the advantages of an a occupation which may be conducted t through every stage either under the f shade of the thickly growing trees, or a under cover, and what is perhaps as j important an advantage as auy, no c great technical training is required to 0 raise coffee successfully. Mr. Din? j widdie estimates Jhat tbe cost of a purchasing 100 acres of coffee land and converting it into a paying investment would be about $23,500, this covering original cost of uncultivated; ] land cost, of clearing preparing, , planting and cultivating; cost of . modern machinery necessary buildings etc, and he estimates tbe net returns . ^ at the end of four years as $3,150. For the next year and after the net income . would be $4,500 a year. About 55,000,000,pounds of cofle are aonualy exported from Puerto Rico, but not more than 100,000 acres are under cultivation and the methods in vogue for handing the crop are very primitive, so that it may be confidently said that the coffee industry is yet in its iu. fancy. The quality of Puerto Rican ^ coffee Is held in high esteem in France, j Germany, Italy, Austria and Spain. Bo far it has been sold only in small! quantities in the Unitied States, as our coffee buyers will not handle the commodity at the high prices asked' and received abroad. In flavor it is as | floe as our best mixtures of old Goverment Java and Mocha. It is stronger than Java and has less of the pungent I acridity of Mocha. It is a beverage of fine aroma and most delicate flavor. THE SUGAR INDUSTRY, ft? / % It is an erroneous impression which is generally entertained that sugar cane raising and the manufacture of ' its products form the chief industry of ' Puerto Rico. Tbe coffee crop is worth over three time* the amount of tbe sugar output. However, under cer tain conditions, this industry still offers inducements to capitalists, although sugar cannot be produced cheaply as it was sixty years ago. It \ may be regarded as second in import- i auce to cofl'ee growing. The scarcity of fuel is one of the stumbling blocks i iu the path of the sugar-maker, as the j island has been almost entirely denud- I ;d of wood aud no mineral fuel has I is yet been discovered there, but possi- < >ly this problem will be solved in the i oiture by the use of electric power, i Fhe evolution of the sugar industry I liay be studied on the island of Puerto 1 Rico objectively from the old wooden |> :rusher, driven by slow-pacing oxen, ] which may be seen ia operation iu j looie of the out-ot-the-way places, | hrough the little mills which dot the i ;auejsor me sugar uismciB, turn iug 11 >ut tiie lowest grades of muscovado i ugar, up to the great central factories, 1 vhich are graduallyl replacing the ] smaller plants. Mr. Dinwiddle x jstimates that the sugar raiser will i >robably lose S4 an acre ihe first year < md net $10 an acre the succeeding i bur years, but thinks it doubtful if t lis profits year after y?ar would coniuuetoreach this estimate. However f this is possible on lands which have lever been fertilized nor irrigated, if he cane needs to be planted only every j bur years, instead of aunually as in j he United States, and if it bring9 an \ /erage per acre double the crop of the r Jnited States, there must be a remun- t irative future for this industry in j n Puerto Rico for just such men as j aave struggled for a hundred years a n Louisina to raise sugar cane in ] irtilicial environment. { 70BACC0 RAISING IM PUERTO RICO. Tobacco raising ranks third in the t naustries of Puerto Rico, but, while v he weed is grown well and easily on a his island, tne fndustry itself has not j >een a progressive one, owing to j, nany causes. The United States smoke n ts Puerto mean toDaeco mrougn c iavana. It is more expensive, but f be label increases the flavor some 50 ^ >er oent. As good tobacco can be a >roduced iu Puerto Rico as in Cuba, c *nd until tbe growing shall be j ioue on a large scale and a areful methods of cultivation, hand- D ing curing and manufacturing shall a )revail the quauity will be low aud 0 10 will the price. Here is an opening a or tbe progressive and energetic t, American citizen to revolutionize this q ndustry. The island tobacco dealers u estimate the annual crop at from j, ight to twelve million pounds, but, as / he use of tobacco on the island is p iniversal, the quantity exported is r, lot very large. There are, however, c 30 published statistics by which one ^ nay arrive at any very exact conclus- e on. Very little of the tobacco which j s exported is manfactured, most of it >eiug made up into cigars aud cigar- a itts in Havana and in Spain, which t ?ave so far been tbe principal purchases of Pderto Rioan tobacco. There n s a very limited output of very fine a :igars, selling as high as$12 a hundred r it tbe manufactory. These are made c vith tbe utmost care, from the rare, [f ine leaf and wrapped Bingly in tin foil. , t is doubtful whether any Havana a frown cigars can greatly exceed this >articular brand, which at least serves o show what may be done with careful v md intelligent methods of culture and. 8 iundling. There is apparently a a >rigbt future in Puerto Rico for obacco raising and , mauulacture >ursued in the right way. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ? Fruit growing, though as yet a indeveloped, offers one of the most e iromising fields for the investor, n rhere seems no period of the year n vhen Puerto Rico is not an immense s lower garden, for most of the wild fi >lants blossom and go through -the fl tage on fruitage several times a year, g ,nd the cultvated fruits, vegetables ci ud flowers are planted In successive ntervals of time, bo that matured s< iroducts may be had the whole year b hrougb,? Fine, sweet oranges grow li intended in the densest thickets, v> .Imost every known tropical and semi- e ropical fruit can be grown to its high- si st perfection in Puerto Rico, and fi uany of the growths of temperate I limates find the soil congenial, a Phere are no less than eight varieties t< if banana, which are iudigenous and n ;row wild; plantains grow in abund- t< ,nce, limes reach a size and perfec- ? ion seldom seem elsewhere, Puerto s< iican pineapples are famous for their tl [elicious flavor and wonderful is >ouquet, even Cuba admitting that n he pineapple par excellence is grown it >n tbe sister island. C'ocoanuts grow fc everywhere along the sandy coast lines K ,od upon old coral rocks, pomegranates tl ind figs come to perfect maturity, and ti here are hundreds of less knowu n ruits, like the bread-fruit, bread-nut, d' guacate, or alligator pear, nispero, p Indian plum, guava, tamarind, pawiaw, granadilla and others, which mly need improved facilities for rapid ransportation to become importaut a irticles of export to the United States, c DIRECT LINES OF FRUITERS. ^ n What is sorely needed, iu Air. n Dinwiddie's opinion, is direct lines of p Fruiters running from the islaud ports t( \9 yuc great ujuriis 01 our auuuuc u ieahoard. It teems amazing that, C vith all this wealth of fruit of nature's ii aising, the fruit trade between Puerto w Jlico aud the United Slates should v lave attained but insignificant pro- tl portions. A companion industry, 1 vhich awaits only improved facilities a or rapid transportation to become one ii >f the most important industries of the w sland, is the raising of vegetables, b \ II tubers?sweet aud Irish potatoes, n annia cassava and others less known o ?besides such vegetables as celery, c ;arrots, turnips, eggplants, beets, p adishes, okra, beans of mauy varieties i seas, tomatoes, cabbage, ginger, sweet e tud pugent peppers, pumpkins, caute- b oupes, watermelouH and squashes, a ire grown everywhere as common e irticles of diet, and spice raising can li se carried on profitably. There is an immense range of medicinal treesr shrubs and herbs, aud mauy dyewoods aud plants. Indigo is easily , raised and from many of the indigen- t 3us plantsa number of gums and resins g ire exuded, which are gathered by the peasants iind so d to pharmacist-, * furnishing, even in this primitive } manner of handling, no inconsiderable 3ource of income. NEED OF RAl'ID TRANSIT FACILITIES. Railroad and modern raoid transit!8 facilititesare very much needed on the E island, and there should be a great future for lighter tramway system t ?such as trolley lines. The advantage i c t)f electric road rather than steam li in the possibility of more rapid aui cheaper construction over heav, grades, and in their ability to furnisi light, heat and power to many smal Lowns along the rou!e. The scarcit; if fuel is everywhere felt, and n ioubtin the future electricity will b used, not only for domestic purposes but in supplying the great sugar mil If which run day and night, with ligh ind also power, and also in furnishinj power for the working of the moderi uachinery, which almost every coffe planter desires to introduce, but darei aot introduce so long as his powe li list be supplied by steam boilers A'hich need fuel-fuel which growi nore scarce and valuable every day Possibly it is compressed air which ifterall, shall solve the problem of i maximum of power at a minimun o ;ost. At any rate, there seems to hi ?good fleld for the investment of capi al along these lines in Puerto Rico :CE PLANTS DAIRY AND POULTRY FARMS AND CATTDE RAISING. ice plants offers another inducemen "or the business man, especially if rui u connection with cold-storage room 'or cooling aud preserving beef, wbicl nustnow be killed in the morninj ind eaten before night. Cattle -an aumerous, fat and healthy all over th< sland, and may be raised very cheap!] ma with very little attention, as the] aever need housing, and have ai abundance of green food all the yea ound, but there is no beef exported, 6; acilities for preserving are so rare a o be almost unknown. In connectioi vith these ice plants dairy farming ii .nother industry which has a future t certaintly has no present. Crean 9 unknown on the island, becaust ailk is never cool enough for th< ream to rise, and consequently thi *uerto Ricaus eat questionable canuec mtter at from 60 cents to $1 a pound .nnually importing this to the exten ,f OLitL A/iA IC ?!.?. n ow,uw 1 litJO| auu 11 cvci tiicj Irink fresh milk it is at break-fast me! because of the fact that the milfe an drives the cow from door to dooi ud milfesheraccordiog tothedemaudi f each customer. Cream, fresh buttei nd cheese,(which i9 aimully importec o the amount of a million and t uarter pounds,) would find a read; Liarket at prices, for the .present at - ast, much higher than those ol Lmerica. Poultry raising offers ?at resent also great inducements, the oultry culture of the island being onfined to the breeding of gamecocks, liserable little chickeus bring 50 cents ach aud fresh eggs sell for from 5 tc 0 cents each for the reason that the; ecome uneatable forty-eight hours fter they are laid, which brings up he necessity for ice plants again. In 1895 the Puerto Ricans imported, aostly from Great Britain, German; nd Spain, over 74,000,000 pounds ol ice, which, added to the home-grown iroduct, (for rice of au inferior kind 3 grown rather extensively,) brings he consumption of this cereal up t( ud over one hundred pounds annuals' per capita and would seem to indl ate a new market for Carolina ric< ?hen cheap, rapid communication hall be established between Charleston nd Puerto Rico. SMALL INDUSTRIES. There are 'nany minor industries, nnh au t Fm nnlf lira s\ f f lia kn it frnn UVsU <W HJV VUllUiy UI bug UftJ 11V V/1 ^hich grows luxuriantly on the inland, nd the making of bayrum, and the ssential oil of the bay tree; straw hat aaking and straw planting; rope mking from vegetable fibre, tortoisebell cutting, fan making, can rnanuicture, basket weaving, besides brick' agging and tile making, which ofl'ei ood openings for the investmght of apital. It will be seen that in natural reDurces Puerto Rico is rich, indeed, ut in manufacturing power and intelgent manipulation of raw material rofully deficient. This is just what the uterprising American is best able tc upply, and he will here find a wide eld for his ingenuity and thrift. The Jnited States by reason of the abuudnt supply of cheap fuel will be able > furnish Puerto Rico with all comlodities manufactured from raw ma jnais not iounu on me lsiana ai less ost than she can fabricate tbem herjlf, and it may even be discovered bat many of the raw products of the iland?where they are not perishable, lay be more economically enhanced i value iu America. New facilities >r transportation between Puerto Licoaud Atlantic ports will open all, aese new avenues to American capiil and enterprise, and also many lore which are as yet entirely uneveloped and even unknown. UEKTO RICO AND THE EXPOSITION AT CHARLESTON. All these possibilities of the future re to be clearly set forth at the South iarolina Inter-State and West Indian Ixposition to be held at Charleston ext year. Charleston is one of the earest and most convenient ports to uerto Rico, and expects before lout; ) have direct liuesof steamships runiug to that island. But it is not Ibarleston alone which is interested 1 all these productions and needs rhich shall in -the future create a igorous demands and supply between tie markets of Puerto Rico and of the Juited States. The entire country nd each citizen of each State has an merest in the development of trade nth this territory, which has recently een acquired. In no better nor aore thorough way can the capitalist r the intelligent mhn of affiars beome acquainted with the industrial iossibilities which have been thus out men than oy an examination ot ine xhibit from Puerto Rico which is to e made at the Exposition to be held t Charleston next year, and which is xpected to be the most complete las ever been made. Price our rugs before you >uy. We have an immense stock bought at close prices, ind we will sell you the same vay. McDill & Lyon. Pictures of every description In all colon ,ua rugs to beat the band. J. 1). Kerr. IT You Wanl?Dress Goods, Silks or Mllll lery go to Had .ou'e. Kid Glovon?l.ow that cool weather li ipon us you will want the new shade in Klc jioves. ion cao uo smicii hi naauuo h, - .. - ? , : . * e 1 AS TO PENSIONERS. d y ll Necrwnr; Steps Which Valient Veter11 hiin MiinI Take to Secure a Small y Pension. 0 As the several towinship boards will e soon meet to receive applications for ' pensions, and as all pensioners are '? required to make new applications, t the following extract from the Act of ? 1900 is publshed for the imfomation 3 and guidance of thope interested: e Section 1. Be it euacted by the } General Assembly of the State of r South Carolina, The sum of at least . one hundred thousand dollars shall s be annually appropriated to pay the pensions provided for by this Act, and in case the same, or such amount 1 as shall be appropriated, shall be inf sufficient, then the amount so approB priated shall be distributed propor tionately among those legally entitled to receive the same: Provided, That { those ppeusioners described in subdivision (a), section 4, herein, shall have been first paid in full. t Sec. 2. The applicant must have i been a resident of the State for two s years prior to the time of the applicai tion. 5 Sec. 3. In order to obtain the benee fits of this chapter, the applicant une qualified by residence mystalso show: / (A) If a man. , , / 1st. That he was a bona fide sofdj, ier or in the Confederate States in the r war between the States; and s 2d. Either (a). That while in such 3 dwvjw uc mat a, icg ui ai uj, ui icuciv i ed other bodily injury whereby he has s become disabled; and further, that . neither himeif nor hi9 wife has an i income exceeding one hundred and i fifty dollars per annum, nor property 3 sufficient to produce such an income; i or (b) that he has reached the age ot 1 sixty years, and that neither he nor , his wife is receiving an annual income t of seventy-five dollars from any source, r nor possessed of property sufficient to , produce such an income. (B) If a woman. r 1st. That she is the window of a i man who was a bona fide soildier or r sailor in the service of the State or of I the Confederate States in the war bei tween the States; and ' 2ii. That she has never remarried; ; and 3d. That either (a) she is sixty years of age, or (b) that her husband s lost his life in the service of the State ; or of the Confederate States in the war between the States ; and i 4th. That she has not an income of > one hundred dollars per annum, nor - property sufficient to produce the same. ) Sec. 4. The persons described in the preceding sections shall be entitled , to a pension upon complying with ' the other provisionH of this Act, and f shall be paid the amounts hereinafter i set forth to wit: I fa) All soldiers and sailors who j lost both arms or both legs, or eight > or who arj physically helpless, the sum of eight dollars per month. ' (b) All soldiers or sailors who lost i one arm or one leg in the said service i the sum of four dollars per month, i (c) All other persona entitled to pensions under the provisions of this .fyit, the sum of three dollars per month: Provided, That the soldiere and sailors, now citizens of this State, ( or of the (Jonfedeate States in the war ; between the States, and who are total? ly disabled by paralysis, and who S have no income, and who are unable > to make a living, shall receive pen. sions as provided for by this Act the . same as tbos" under Class "A" of this . section. Sec. 5. Before any soldier or sailor ' shall receive any payment provided in this Act, he shall make an application, in writing, through thetownship , representative, addressed to the Coun. ty Pension Board, to be appointed as hereinafter directed for each county i of the State, setting forth in detail the i nature of the disabling would, if any, i the company and regiment or battas lion in which he served, and the time . and place of receiving the wound, and t Bhowing that neither he nor his wife . is in receipt of the income as hereinafi/vM r.rv/\ni ^ rt/4 A M/l nlinini r> m C i ? f V-? r\ f t V* f\ ici pjicui ucu, uuu auuwiuj; luimci, iuo i time aud place of residence within the . State by the .application. Such application shall lie verified by the oath of i the applicant, made before any officer in the State authorized to administer oaths, and shall be accompained by i the affidavit of one or more credible witnesses, stating that they know the , applicant was a soldier or sailor, or the wife of such, as the case may be, and believe the allegations made in the application to be true; Provided, That said applcation shall show that the applicant is not drawing a pension in any other State. .See. 6. Such application shall be , verified also by a certificate of the Auditor of the county in which the applicant resides, showing amount of tax return, and that his income does not exceed the amount stated, and he is not possessed of sufficient property to produce such income ; and it shall be tbe duty of the Auditor to furnish such certificates, if he shall so find the facts, without fee or charge. The special attention of soldiers and widows who intend to apply for pen. sions is asked to the above. J. F. Livingston, Chairman, Abbeville County Pension Board. Nnsrnr-Cured Hnmn. For one-hundred pounds of meat ' use nine pounds salt, four ounces saltpetre, and three pounds of brown sugar. ! For fifty pounds of meat use four ' and one-half pounds of salt, one and 1 one-half ounces saltpetre, one and one1 half pouuds brown sugar, one-half 1 ounce bicarbonate of soda, and three ga'lons of water. Leave in in pickle six weeks, then smoke. Many use these proportions: An [ onuce of salt to every pound of meat,, , one ounce of saltpetre to twenty pounds ' of meat, and five pounds of brown , sugar to every oue hundred pounds , of meat, with enougg water to cover. It is mockery to pray that your children many be gathered home in eternity while you do nothing to keep 3 ihern at home in time. Tue wars waged by Christian naatious are most notorious offenses agaiust the sixth commandment, I gainst the Christian religion.?John Jortin. RULES. For (he Guidance of ConuIj Pension Boards, as Authorized by Act Ap proved 19th Feb'y, 1900. Columbia, ?. C. December 5th,1900. (1.) The County Pension Boards will meet as required by law in January at the.f!nnntv seatw. fo. nurooae of examining the applications or the exConfederate soldiers and sailors and widows who are applicants for pension under Act approved Febuary 16th, 1900. Said applications must have the approval or the County Board before tne State Board will approve. (2) The attention of the County Pension Boards is directed to the certificate of the two witnesses, which requires that t hey shall not be on the peusion rol. That is a change from the old form and too much attention cannot be given to it. ; (3.) Do not send this office disapproved applications for pensions. (4.) Do not use old blanks, but those prepaired under Act 1900. They will oe designated by "Applicant under ifct of 1900." (5.) It will be necceqsary for every old pensioner to make a new application, exactly as if they were applying for the first time. (6.) The County Boards are cau cloned to provide the applicants with blanks suitable to his or her Individual case. The State Board will not consider applications where this rule has not been observed. (7.) Class A.?Those who as a result of wounds received in the war are physically helpless, or who wbile in such service lost both arms, or both lege, or sight; or who are disabled by exceed $150.00. This does not include paralysis aud are unable to make a living, aud whose income does not soldiers whose disabilities arise from diseases aud causes arising since the war. Class B.?Those who have lost one arm or one leg and whose income does not exceed $150.00. Class C. No. 1. ?Those soldiers aud sailors disabled by wounds during the war whose income does exceed $150.00. Class C. No. 2.?Those who have reached the age of sixty years and whose iDCome does not exceed $15.00. Class C,No. 3.?Widows of those who lost their lives while in the service of the State or Confederate States and whose income does not exceed $100.00. Class C, No. 4?Widows above the age of sixty years whose income does not exceed $100.00. County Boards cannot be two careful in these matters of "income" and "pbysicial condition." He is a very poor man whose gross locoiue irom moor, rent uuu yiuer sources does not exceed $75.00, or poor lands, if any thai, will not produce this amount gross. Property sufficient to produce $75.00 in applicant's or his wife's name debars him. Where soldiers or widow dispose of their property by giving or selling to their children they are debarred. Widows of pensioners who re-marry are not entitled to pensions. Pensioners who have moved to another State are not entitled to a pension. . Those who have moved to another County must have their names transferred and draw their pension from that County. , Please note very carefully the rol lowing: Let County Boards act promptly and fairly, giving the State Board full information, with complete reports by Township for each County, writing the names alphabetically, full and 1. V * . \ z t A* BATTEN joyce ^ts 5 'SUND 4 ' F. W. WAGENER,?m clear, begining with Class A, aqd glv ing their reasons for approving, i 1 n making reports to the State Board j the reports should be signed by each number of the County Pension Board. J. P. Derham, Comptroller-General, Chm'n. VV. T>. StArtlinc. W. E. James. W. H. Hardin. Attest: Kate F. Maher.' Pension Clerk. The special attention of soldiers aud widows who intend to apply for pensions is asked to the above. * J. F. Livingston, Chairman, ' Abbeville County Pension Board. WEST END. Happenings and Incident* of a Week Abonl tb^ Clly. Miss Carrie Belle Giles and Master J ollan Kennerly, left Thursday for Bessemer, after a lew days visit to relatives bere. Dr. T. 8. Blake, of Ninety Biz, was In tbe city last Wednesday, tbegaestof bis nephew, Mr. Jobn It. Blake. Mr. H. D. Reese has resnroH bis work throughout the State, after spending several weeks bere wltb bis home people. Captain L. W. White spent two days last week with relatives in dewberry. Mr. Jobn F. Barns and Mr. J. E. Allen, of Lowndesvtlie. were In tbe city on* day last week on bOBinc^s. MlssEffle Watson was in tbe city shopping. Saturday. Miss Mary Lou Smith ana Master w. Joei Smith, went to Atlauta Tuesday, while la the olty they will be the guests of Mrs. Aofter. Mr. JobnF. White is building a uew home next to the home or his brother, Mr. Klnard. Mrs. J. D. Chalmers returned lastTliursday from a pleasant visit to Mrs. James Pearson In Anderson. Mr. J. S. Link entertained the Ypug Men's Duplicate Whist Clob Tuesday evenlDg at a pleasant meeting. Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Miller entertained a few of their friends at a pleasant dining last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Jennings went over to Elberton Sunday and sbent tbe day with friends there. THE WEEK OF PBAYKR. ' The week of Prayer closed Friday Dlght, with services in tbe Presbyterian. Owing to 1e Inclement weather the meetings were not ?s well attended as they would have been otber wise. Judge J. C. Klugb, who has been holding Court in Spartanburg last week, came home Saturday for a few days. Mrs. R. Lawton Darg&n vlsltcJ her friend. Mrs. Tolly in ;Anderson, several days last week. ' Mr. Agnstus Anderson attended the mar. rlage of his sister, Miss Mlnole Anderson, to Dr. Gus Tbomsom, both of Anderson County. Miss Mazle Cason Is home from Spartanbnrg, where she has bad a good position for tbe past two soasons. Miss Cason is a general favorite here, and her irieods welcome her home. Rev. J. G. Galloway, D. D., will begin a series of sermons in tbe Associate Reformed Rresbytertan Churoh Thursday evening. All tbe denominations are cordially invited to Join with tbe A. R. P's. In these services. Rev. Mr. Querry was In the city Saturday and Sunday, tbe guest of Rev. J. F. McKlnon. Mr. W. W. Bradley bas a position in tbe enKroaslng department during tbe session of Legislature. Mr. Bradley went U9 Columbia Mr. M, T. Coleman was called home last week on account of the severe Illness of bis son, Robert Coleman. >Rev. Dr. J. W; Davis, of tbe Tbeoloelcal Seminary In Columbia, preached in the Presbyterian Cbarch Sunday morning, and at tbe evening service a lecture about China and tbe situation there was given. Dr, Davis bas spent more than a quarter of a century in Cbina, and is thoroughly acquainted with this work. While in China Dr. Davis trans-, lated tbe New Testament into Chinese. Tbe lecture was instructive and earnest, setting clearly befoie ns tbe hard present situation In China, tbe probable outcome of the war, and the benefits both for missions and commerce that will probably result from It. Gen. R. R. Hemphill came up from Colum bla last Wednesday, and returned Monday. Tbe friends of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Colman are glad to learn that Master Robert Coleman is rapidly recovering from a severe attack ;of pneumonia. Dr. G. A. Neufler leaves In a few days for New York, where he goes to take a special course In medicine ana surgery. THE WOMANS CLUB. Tbe meeting of tbe Womanp Clob was held at the home of Miss Annie -Penny Friday afternoon. The meeting was a pleasant one. Master Calhoun Cason has a position as niton ?- / / PLEASAN1 tv; %jp ^ J^CASUtPINCKNEY P ^ ^Vtwmtir *' 3PENJNG DEC. 1ST I9< CLOSING JUNE sident. --- JNO. H. AVEH , ' i/\ ' , ' . .\S' ' / . ' * J . ' \ ' " " ' I pnee, in Colombia, daring the session o 1 Lejtltlature. . r Mrs. Hue Barksdale was la the city laat ,? week, for a abort while. The frleuds oi Rev. T. H. Plemmoos will ?;>; , <'' l&irn with regret that he will leave Abbeville the first of February. Mr. Piemmons will go to the Baptist Chnrcb In Ninety Six. Mrs. fj. W. White returned Saturday from a pleasant week's stay with her slaters ia New* ben-y. Rev. W. W. Gordon, of Chester Copaly, has been called to the Baptist Chareh here. Mr. Gordon and family will come to Abbeville In a few dayn. i . Miss Beele McKlnzle has returned to her home In Sberan, after a short stay here with her sister, Mrs. Joe Johnson. Miss jsancey Mciiwaine is Keeping nonse for her brother, Mr. H. P. Mciiwaine at his ' home. r.-Vr Miss Florence Henry will entertain the Eorchre Clnb at the regular meeting Tbors- ft* day evening. Mrs. J. McKlnnon Is visiting relatives In >; ,>? Aiken. 'V.-; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Knox came here from Antrevlile Thursday, and left via Seaboard Air Line, for tbelr new home in Birmingham. . \. \ Mr. J. Fraser .Lyon baa a position as a clerk ofoneofthe commuters of the Senate daring ' tb is session of Legislature. Prof. Marie B. Bradley was In the city, last .V Saturday aDd Sunday visiting relatives. Miss May Lyon spent several days last ' week in tbe city with her mother, Mrs. John .TSj Lyon. i ??-?1 ';!) .1 ia ** *T Onr Eternal Choice; .,j "God is love." 'It is not merely that be is loviog, but he is love. ^ T.nwa avor rrnaa nnt frnm ' Hnil u light and beat ever go oat from the shining sun as the great central orb of cfur planetary universe. We can sb ut away ourselves from the blessed influence of God's love, but we cannot '-M change, or cause to cease, the blessed and ceaseless love of God. God's love . ' Vl keeps on going out toward all that God ever made or ever loved. It does not change, even when man changes. Yet even the blessed and changeless love of God does not and cannot force itself on an unwilling soul which will not yield to it, or receive It, or be'open to it. God himself has given to every soul the power to tarn / away from him, to snut itself up from trim, to resist or refuse the Influence be ever proffers, yet never forces. In that sense man can change, God cannot. God cannot cease to love while he Is . God, for God is love-^-not merely has love, but is love. Man can cease to vv love by refusing to accept God, or the influence of God's love, from which alone comes all love, in any creation of God. God in his love gives to us the nrivileore and Dower of receiving \\t that love, and so of sharing it UDto : ^ eternal life, or of deliberately shutting ourselves away from, it * Unto eternal death. What a responsibility! .The old year is gone ! What V jjjjj good have you done? 8uppos6 God -ri .it dealt with you according to your neg- > .?:a lect and your folly, what would be your portion now? What a debt of ~8j gratitude you owte to Him for his long suffering and fbrbearanoe. ' The sweetest revenge you can* take is to prove that your enemy was mis.taken in judging you harshly. Do him a service, though he has done you an injury, and thus kill a foe by mak- . ing him a friend. Jt is a hard leeaon ^ to learn, but it worth learning. , Dress Goods?Now Is the time to get bar/gains in 86 to 40 Inch dress goods at Haddon's* ' , . 52-Inch?Venltian cloths; fail line or v# shades at Haddon'a. t VA V yU '' feSflS ???????????????? DR. J. A. DICKSON, SURGEON DENTIST. . ' GOLD FILLINGS; CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK A SPECIALTY. $3 A GOOD PLATE- ,,...$8.00 AMALGAM FILLINGS 75c and. 1.00 2 OFFICE OVER BARKSDlLE'S STORE. ? ' , ft llMI ! 1 ' I' ? ; 1 I <31 Nl i[;| tt V ; I ' ll ^ ' I': '% 5;;'f -{ j :|?| | ;-i %Lff' !| If DL- : M M IE 1902. -w !ILL,0IRECT0R<GEN?ffAL