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; BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1901. ESTABLISHED ^184^1
1 ISLE OF THE GATE OF GOLD |1
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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. ? ' ,
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