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The Abbeville Press and BanneiflB BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1901. ESTABLISHED' ISLE OF THE GATE OF GOLD i PoHMlbilltleK.?A Splendid Field l<? r Puerto jpico ?ud IIn Products and AmeriCHit Capital and Fnterpri?e? The Exposition at Charleston Will Alford a Fine Opporlnnity for tlie i , Stndy of Porto Rlcan Problems. Among those islands known as the ; West Indies, about which more curios- J * lly Das oeeu exuiouu oy Aiucnuaua during the past two years thau at any other period, there is perhaps none more interesting than the little island ofPuerto Rico, which is now one of the possessions of the United States. This island lies within the torrid zone, between latitudes 17 degrees 54 minutes aud 18 degrees 30 miuutes, but as it is far out to the eastward away from the warm waters of the Gulf stream, and its small surface is swept by the /; trade winds from eud to eud, even in the heat of summer, the temperature never rises above 95 degrees Fahrenheit on the seacoast, and the nights are usually cool. In winter the limit of mercury is about 80 degrees on the coast and ten degrees less on the mountains, dropping lowest in January. The "rainy season" in Puerto T*!"" ? lnn? nno anil llipm ifi never a day in the year upon which a shower ' does not fali somewhere in the islaud, , but the difference is tbat while the rain falls in a steady downpour during the rainy season, it fails in quick shdwers, rapidly dried, and succeeded ( by exquisite sunset effects during the dry season* Tbe deep, fast-flowing rivers of Puerto Rico are remarkably numerous,and much of the salubrious- j lfess of the climate is ascribed to these i and to the innumerable smaller i streams which vilify the.air and laud I alike. Yellow fever has never taken i the form of an epidemic in Puerto j Rico, and while malarial fevers are . common, as in most tropical climates, i * it has on the whole the most healthful | climate of all the regions of the western Hemisphere within the torrid zone and as a place of babitatiou is preferable to auy of the islands of the West < Indies. Though not impressiye in j appearance as approached by sea, Puerto Rico offers to the traveller, once on the island, a rare panorama of i artistic loveliness. Almost every foot , of land is rolling, except upon the j coast and in some narrow valleys i where the earth is flat as a floor, Ifom < the banks of the rivers to the very foot i of the mountains, which rise abruptly i to sharp, curved crests a thousand feet above. All of this picture is clothed in living green the entire year round, i "No more delightful place of abode lor j white men can be imagined; perfect j landscapes, a soil in which almost I everything under heaven will grow, < cool, nights, bearable days and the j whole of this ideealistic conception set < off with a filagree work of heavy j clouds, wonderful rainbows overhang- < ing the green of stately palms, wav- , ing, broad-leaved banana plantations, food and fruit trees and jungle forests, i - whose odd shapes and queer folliage lend a never-tiriug charm to the scene. . It is a tropical Elysium and will be- | come the winter Mecca of America, i INDUSTRIAL POSSIBILITIES. \ ^ I But it is in regard to its industrial I possibilities, rather than to its charm- I lng climate and its artistic effects, thai j thb average American citzen manifests most curiosity. Mr. William Dinwiddie, who was tent to Puerto Kico by the Harper Brothers to study , conditions and spent two months theie . immedia ely after the evacuation, ha- ' shown many ways in which the , enterprising American may turn au , honest penny in the 4,Isleof the Gate . of Gold,''as lie calls it. i While food is both dear and cheap? J eggs being five to ten ceuts apiece, , butter ten cents for a tiny pat, and . bananas two for a cent and five for a . cent respectively, there will be for ] some time to come an opening for , those who know how to cook aud . serve food after the American fashion. , Where a man has capital to invest ( there are many lines of business upou which he may embara with a fair ( assurance of the return of his money with interest. < COFFKE RAISING. I Coffee raising ranks first as au \ industry in Puerto Rico, and will open the best avenue for investors of la'rge j capital. Planted, as it must needs be in the higher altitudes of the pictures- , quely rolling hills, it affords the plant- , er a healthful, cool place of residence ( and an uncontaminated water supply, , besides offering the advantages of an ' occupation which may be conducted through every stage either under the shade of the thickly growing trees, or , under cover, and wh*t is perhaps as importautan advantage as any, no great technical training is required to , raise coffee successfully. Mr. Dinwiddie estimates that the cost of purchasing 100 acres of coffee land and converting it into a paying investment would be about $23,500,. this (iftver'nf oriirirml r>n?t nf nrwnltivatfd* land cost, of clearing preparing, planting and cultivating; cost of modern machinery necessary buildings etc, and he estimates the net returns at the end of four years as $3,150. For the next year and after the uet income would be $4,600 a year. About 55,000,000,pounds of cofle are annualy exported from Puerto Rico, but not more than 100,009 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 infancy. The quality of Puerto Rican / coffee Is held in high esteem in France, Germany, Italy, Austria and Spain. So far it has been sold only in small quantities in the Uuitied States, as our coffee buyers will not handle the commodity at the high prices asked i and received abroad. In flavor it is as fine as our best mixtures of old Gover-' ment Java and Mocha. It is stronger, than Java and has less of the pungent; ttUiiunj vi luuuuii, ?i IB a uevcia^c of fine aroma and most delicate flavor. THE SUGAR INDUSTRY. Itisan erroneous impression which is generally entertained that sugar cane raising and the manufacture of its products form the chief industry of Puerto Rico. The coffee crop is worth over three times the amount of the sugar output. However, under cer taiu conditions, this industry still offers inducements to capitalists, although sugar cannot be produced as cheaply as it was sixty years ago. It . * H, . \ . . '*. v * ' k'? 1 may be regarded as second in import ance to coflee growing. The scarcity of fuel is oue of the stumbling blocks in the path of the t-ugar-maker, as the island has been almost entirely demid ed of wood and 110 mineral fuel ha* as yet been discovered there, but possibly this problem will be solved in the future by the use of electric power. The evolution of the sngur industry may be studied on the island of Puerto Rico objectively from the old wooden crusher, driven by slow-pacing oxen, which may be seen in operation ici ' '????? 'vf (l?A rtlunou flwiJUC \Jl UJC WUl"Wi-UiV-naj through the litcle mills which dot the valleys of the sugar districts, turning out the lowest grades of muscovado sugar, up to the great central factories, which are gradually? rep'aciug the smaller plants. Mr. Dinwiddle estiinUt.es that the sugar raiser will probably lose S4 an acre the first year aud net $11) au acre the succeeding four years, but thiuks it doubtful if his profits year after year would continue toreach this estimate. However if this is possible on lands which have never been fertilized nor irrigated, if the cane needs to be planted only every four years, instead of annually as in the United States, and if it brings an verage per acre double the crop of the United States, there must be a remunerative future for this industry in in Puerto Rico for just such men as have struggled for a hundred years in Louisiua to raise sugar caue in nrtilicial environment. roBACCO RAISING IN PUERTO RICO. Tobacco raising rank9 third in the industries of Puerto Rico, but, while ' V* o wftiaA iu nrrnn; r* tro 11 our? 1 \? r?n bliv TW V V"\A lO gIVIf U n VIA UUU VMkJl* J Lbis island, toe industry itself has not been a progressive one, owing to many causes. The United States smoke its Puerto Rican tobacco through Havana. It is more expensive, but the label increases the flavor some 60 per cent. . As good tobacco can be produced in Puerto Rico as in Cuba, aud until the growing shall be doue on a large scale and careful methods of cultivation, handling curing and manufacturing shall prevail the quauity will be low and so will the price. Here is an opeuing for the progressive and energetic American citizen to revolutionize this iudusiry. The island tobacco dealers estimate the annual crop at from sight to twelve million pounds, but, as the use of tobacco on the island Is universal, the quantity exported is uot very large. There are, however, no published statistics by which one may arrive at any very exact conclusion. Very little of the tobacco which is exported is manfactured, most of it being made up iu to cigars and cigarsits in Havaua and in Spaiu, which bave so far been the priucipal purchases of Puerto Rican tobacco. There is a very limited output of very flue cigars, selling as high as$12 a hundred it the manufactory. These are made witn me utmost care, irorn ine rare, tine leaf aud wrapped singly in tiu foil. It is doubtful whether any Havana ^rown cigars can greatly exceed this particular brand, which at least serves to show what may be done with careful ind intelligent methods of culture aud handling. There is apparently a oright future in Puerto Kico for tobacco raising and manufacture pursued in the right way. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Fruit growing, though as yet undeveloped, offers one of the most promising fields for the investor. Ihere seems no period of the year when Puerto Rico is not au immense flower garden, for most of the wild plants blossom aud go through the stage on fruitage several times a year, iud the cultvated fruits, vegetables ind flowers are planted In successive iutervals of time, so that matured products may be had the whole year through, Fine, sweet oranges grow [intended in the densest thickets, Almost every known tropical and semitropical fruit can be grown to its highest per'ection in Puerto Rico, aud aiauy or me growtns or temperate ilimates find the soil congenial, rhere are no less than eight varieties jf banana, which are indigenous and ?row wild; plantains grow in abundince, limes reach a size aud perfection seldom seem elsewhere, Puerto Liican pineapples are famous for their delicious flavor and wonderful bouquet, even Cuba admitting that Lhe pineapple par excellence is grown an the sister island. Cocoanuts grow everywhere along the sandy coast lines and upon old coral rocks, pomegranates and tigs come to perfect maturity, aud there are' hundreds of less known fruits, like the bread-fruit, bread-nut, aguacate, or alligator pear, uispero, Indian plum, guava, tamarind, pawpaw, granadilla aud others, which ouly need improved facilities for rapid transportation to become important articles of export to the United States. DIRECT LINES OF FRUITERS. What is sorely needed, in Mr. Dinwiddie's opinion, is direct lines of fruiters running from the isiaud ports to the great marks of our Atlantic seaboard. It f-eems amazing that, with all this wealth of fruit of nature's raising, the fruit trade between Puerto Rico and the United Slates should have attained but iusiguiticant proportions. A companion industry, which awaits only improved facilities for rapid transportation to become one of the most important industries of the isiaud, is the raising of vegetables. All tubers?sweet aud Irish potatoes, tannia cassava and others less known ?besides such vegetables as celery, carrots, turnips, eggplauls, beets, radishes, okra, beans of many varieties peas, tomatoes, cabbage, ginger, sweet aud pugeut peppers, pumpkins, canteloupes, watermelons and squashes, are grown everywhere as common articles of diet, and spice raising can be carried on profitably. There is an immense range of mediciual trees, shrubs and herbs, and many dye,woods and plants. Indigo is easily raised and from many of the indigenous plants a number of gums and resius are exuded, which are gathered by the peasants and so d to pharmacist-, furnishing, even in this primitive manner of handling, no inconsiderable source of income. NEED OF RAPID TRANSIT FACILITIES. Railroad and modern rapid transit facilities are very much needed on the island, and there should be a great future for lighter tramway system ?such as trolley lines. The advantage . of electric road rather than steam r in the possibility of more rapid a i cheaper construction over hea ; grades, and in their ability to furni lif?ht, heat and power to many sm i towns along the rou:e. The scare of fuel is everywhere felt, and ; doubt in the future electricity will used, not only for domestic purpos but in supplying the great sugar mil i which run day and night, with lig and also power, and also in furnishi power for the working of the mode machinery, which almost every cof] planter desires to iutroduce, but dar rot introduce so long as his pow must be supplied hy steam boile which need fuel-fuel which gro more scarce and valuable every da Possibly it is compressed air whic after all, shall solve the problem of maximum of power at a minimun cost. At any rate, there seems lo a good field for the investment of caj tal along these lines in Puerto Hie ICE PLANTS DAIRY AND POULTI FARMS AND CATTLB RAISING. ice plants offers another induceme for the busiuess man, especially if ri in connection with cold-storage root for cooling and preserving beef, whi< must now be killed in the mornii and eaten before night. Cattle a numerous, fat and healthy all over tl island, and may be raised very cheap ana with very little attention, a% th< never need housing, and have t abundance of gieen.food all the ye; round, but there is no beef exported,: facilities for preserving are so rare i to hfi rtlmo?t. unknown Tn nnnncntir with these ice plants dairy fanning another industry which has a futur It ceitaintly has no present. Crea is unkqown on the island, becau: milk is never cool enough for tl cream to rise, and consequently tt Puerto Ricans eat questionable canne butler at from GO cents to $1 a poum annually importing this to the extei of 365,000 pounds, and if ever the drink fresn milk it is at break-fas and because of the fact that the mil man drives the cow from door to do< aud milks her according tothedemam of each customer. Cream, fresh butt< and cheese,(which is annully importe to the amount of a million and quarter pounds,) would find a read market at prices, for the present i least, much higher than those < America. Poultry raising offers t present also great inducements, tt poultry culture of the island bein confined to the breeding of gamecock Miserable little chickeus bring 50cen each aud fresh eggs sell for from 5 I 10 cents each for the reason that the become uneatable forty-eight hour after they are laid, which brings u the necessity for ice plants again. In 1895 the Puerto Ricans importei mostly from Great 'Britain, German and Spain, over 74,000,000 pounds < rice, which, added to the home-grow product, (for rice of an inferior kiu is grown rather extensively,) brinj the consumption of this cereal up i aud over one hundred pounds annua ly per capita and would seem to ind eate a new market for Carolina ri< when cheap, rapid communicatio shall be established between Oharlestc and Puerto Rico. SMALL INDUSTRIES. There are many minor industriei such as the culture of the bay tre which grows luxuriantly on the islam and the making of bayrum, and tb essential oil of the bay tree; straw hi making and straw planting; rop making from vegetable fibre, tortoise shell cutting, fan making, can mam facture, basket weaving, besides brict flagging and tile making, which off't gooa openings for the investment c capital. It will be seen that in natural r< sources Puerto Rico is rich, indeec but in manufacturir g power and inte ligent manipulation of raw materia wofully deficient. This is just what th enterprising American is best able t supply, and he will here find a wid fiela for his ingenuity and thrift. Th Uuited States by reason of the abunc aut supply of cheap fuel will be abl to furnish Puerto Rico with all cono modi ties manufactured from raw ins terials not found on the island at les cost than she can fabricate tbem hei self, and it may even be discovere that many of the raw products of tb islaud?where they are not perishabl* may be more economically enhance in value in America. New facilitit for transportation between Puert Rico aud Atlantic ports will open a these new avenues to American ap tal and enterprise, and also Dan more which are as yet entirely uc developed and even unknown. PUERTO RICO AND THE EXPOSITIO AT CHARLESTON. All the?e possibilities of the fuiui are to be clearly set forth at the Sout Carolina Inter-State and West India Exposition to be held at Ch&rlesto next year. Charleston is one of th neurest and most convenient ports t Puerto Rico, and expects before Ion to have dirent lines of steamshins rnr niug to that island. Rut it is no Charleston alone which is intereste iu all these productions and need which shall in the future create vigorous demands and supply betwee the markets of Puerto Rico aud of th United States. The entire countr aud each citizen of each Stale has a interest iu the development of trad with this territory, which has receutl been acquired. In no better nc j more thorough way can the capitalis or the intelligent man of afllars b< come acquainted with the industry possibilities which have been thus ou liued than by an examination of th exhibit from Puerto Itico which is t be made at the Exposition to be hel at Charleston next year, and which exacted to be the most complel has ever been made. Price our rugs before yo buy. We have an immens stock bought at close pricei and we will sell you the sam way. McDill & Lyon. Pictures of every description In all colo and rugs to beat the band. J.D.Kerr. If Yon WhiiC?Dress Goods, Silks or Mil nery go to Haddon's. Kid GIovck?Now that cool weather upon us you will want the new shade In K Gloves. You can be salted at Haddon's. lie AS TO PENSIONERS. nd vy ? ish Xccesisry Stops Which Valient Vcterall ?nN .llnst Take lit Secure a Small ity Pension. uo As the several towinsliip boards will ^ soon meet to receive application for es. pensions, and as all pensioners are lis. roMiiireri fn rnstp Hour urml inotinric ht the following extract from the Act of ng 1900 is publshed for the irafomation 'r,i and guidance of tho?e interested: fe? Section 1. Be it enacted by the 'es General Assembly of the State of rer South Carolina, The sum of at least rs. one hundred thousand dollars shall ws be annually appropriated to pay the ty- pensions provided for by this Act, h- and in case the same, or such amount a as shall be appropriated, shall be in sufficient, then the amount so approhe priated Bhall be distributed propor3i tionately among those legally entitled >o. to receive the same: Provided, That lY those spensionera described in subdivi- , sion (a), section 4, herein, shall have been first paid in lull. nt Sec. 2. The applicant must have in been a resident of the State for two na years prior to the time of the applica- ( 3h tion. . jg See. 3. In order to obtain the bene- ( re fits of this chapter, the applicant un- ( be qualified by residence must also show: ( ly . (A) If a man. J ;y 1st. That he was a bona fide sold- | in ierorin the Confederate States in the ( ar war between the States; and as 2d. Either (a). That while in such , as service he lost a leg or arm, or receiv- / >n ed other bodily injury whereby he has \ is become disabled; and further, that . e. neither him elf nor his wife has an g m income exceeding one hundred and j je fifty dollars per annum, nor property le sufficient to produce such an income; . ie or (b) that he has reached the age of { .rl M Ttnn un n rt <4 f Uftf al f K/tM V\ n mam ;u siAiy vcoio, auu mai ucituci uo uui g j, bis wife is receiving an annual income ^ it of seventy-five dollars from auy source, } >y nor possessed of property sufficient to t, produce such an income. ? k (B) If a woman. jr 1st. That she is the window of a is man who was a bona fide soildier or a jr sailor in the service of the State or of t >d the Confederate States in the war be- j a tween the States; and v 2d. That she has never remarried; . it ami )f 3d. That either (a) she is sixty it years of age, or (b) that her husbaud , le lost his life in the service of the State , g or of the Confederate States in the war g a. betweeu the States ; and ts 4th. That she has not an income of to one hundred dollars per annum, nor fi y property sufficient to produce the 3 s same. ip Sec. 4. The persons described in j the preceding sections shall be entitled < i, to a pension upon complying with; y the other provisions of this Act, and j if shall ha rtaid the amounts hereinafter ii set forth to wit: , id (a) All soldiers and sailors who [ js lost both arms or both lees, or sight to or who ar ? physically helpless, the j 1- sum of eight dollars per month. j i- (b) All soldiers or sailors who lost 2e one arm or one leg in the said service x n the sum of four dollars per month, t in (c) All other persons entitled to pensions under the provisions of this Act, the sum of three dollars per month: Provided, That the soldiers j, and sailors, now citizens of this State, _ e, or of the Confedeate States in the war j, between the States, and who are total ie ly disabled by paralysis, and who f it have no income, and who are unable J >e to make a living, shall receive pene slons as provided for by this Act the . j- same as thos^ under Class "A" of this t- section. >r Sec. 5. Before any soldier or sailor >f shall receive any payment provided in this Act, he shall make an applica? tion, in writing, through thetownship i, representative, addressed to the Coun1 ty Pension Board, to be appointed as J hereinafter directed for each county e of the State, setting forth in detail the o nature of the disabling would, if any, e the company and regiment or battae lion in which be served, aud the time 1- and place of receiving the wound, and e showing that neither he nor his wife i- is in receipt of the income as bereinafi ter specified, and showing further, the is time and place of residence withiu the r- State by the application. Such applid cation shall be verified by the oath of e the applicant, made before any officer j, in the State authorized to administer d oaths, aud shall be accompained by ?s the affidavit of one or more credible o witnesses, stating that they know the 11 applicant was a soldier or sailor, or the i- wife of such, as the case may be, and y believe the allegations made in the i- application to be true; Provided, That said applcation shall' show that the applicant is not drawing a pension in v any other State. Sec. 6. Such application shall be .e verineu also Dy a ceruncate ot tne ^ Auditor of the county In which the apu plicant resides, showing amount of u tax return, and that his income does e uot exceed the amount stated, and 0 he is not possessed of sufficient property to produce such income ; and it shall be the duty of the Anditor lo furnish such certificates, if he shall so find the facts, without fee or charge. Is The special attention of soldiers and a widows who inteud to apply for pensious is asked to the above. y j. r. .Livingston, unairman, 11 Abbeville County Pension Board, e - Purpose. 11 These two things are absolutely ^ essential to every true life; one is to ll have an aim and the other is to have l" a high aim. Some purpose,some aim, \e usually fixes itself in a child's heart early in life. This aim may often be V ouly a childish fancy which will again be changed and replaced ; but when:e ever a worthy and high purpose fixes itself in the mind of a boy or girl, or when that purpose is cherished and followed, almost invariably it leads U on to a high and useful career. Too many boys and young men look out e into life with no aim or with a low and 3, unworthy aim. e Remember, my young friend, that you have great thingn to do. Great .1 ill I n I L ~ Jt 11.. inmga win uentuuijr ue uone 111 me next fifty years ; why should not you have the honor of doing some of them? r8 To be great and do great tilings require, lirst, a high aim aud then diligj. ence, earnestness, hard work, definite and unremitting toil; but you can do lB what others have done and are doing id and win the prize which is waiting for some one to come and take it. > RULES. For the Guidance of County Pennioii Bonrdii, ntt Authorized liy Act Ap proved 19th Feb'jr, 1900. Columbia, 8. C. December 5tb,1900. (1.) The County Pension Boards will meet aa required by law iu January at the County seats, for purpose 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 of the County Board before the State Board will approve. (2) The attention of the County Pension Boards is directed to the certificate of the two witnesses, which requires that they 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 be designated by "Applicant under Ao.t of 1900." (5.) It will be neccessary for every old pensioner to make a new application, exactly as if they were applying for the first time. [6.) The County Boards are cautioned to provide the applicants with blanks suitable to his or her individual >ase. The State Board will not consider applications where this rule has aot been observed. 7.) Clas9 A.?Those who as a result af wounds received in the war are jbysicaliy helpless, or who wbile in luch service lost both arms, or both ege, or sight; or who are disabled by >xceed $150.00. This does not include )aralysis and are unable to make a iving, and whose income does not loldiers whose disabilities arise from liseases aDd causes arising since the (var. Class B.?Those who have lost one irm or one lee and whose income does lot exceed $150.00. Class C. No. 1. ?Those soldiers ind sailors disabled by wounds during he war whose income does exceed 5150.00. Class C. No. 2.?Those who have eached the age of sixty years and vhose income does not exceed $16.00. Class C,No. 3.?Widows of those (vholost their lives while in the service of the State or Confederate States and whose income does not exseed $100.00. Class C, No. 4?Widows above the ige of sixty years whose iDcome does aot exceed $100.00. rrtimlv RnarHo ponnnh Iip fwn furp ill in these matters of "income" and 'pbysicial condition." He is a very poor man whose gross ocome from labor, rent and other ources does not exceed $75.00, or joor lands, if any tha', will not proluce this amount gross. Property sufficient to produce $75.00 n applicant's or his wife's name debars aim. Where so'diers or widow dispose of heir property by giving or selling to heir children they are debarred. Widows of pensioners who re-marry ire not entitled to pensions. Pensioners who have moved to an?ther State are not entitled to a penion. \ Those who have moved to anolber bounty must have their names transerred and draw their pension from bat Countv. Please note very carefully the fol owing: Let County Boards act promptly ^ BATTERY Joyce i ?h<j.co"* 9 ** isuind n F. W. WAGENER. pres and fairly, giving the State Boar* full information, with complete report by Township for each County, wrltini the names alphabetically, full am clear, begining with Class A, aud gi' ing their reasoos for approving. In making reports to the State Boan l th* reports should be signed by eacl , number of the County Pension Board J. P. Derham, Comptroller-General, Chm'n. W. D. Starling W. E. James, W. H. Hardin. Attest : Kate F. Maher. Pension. Clerk. Tbespecial attention of soldiersau< widows who intend to apply for pen sions is asked to tbe above. J. F. Livingston, Chairman, Abbeville County Pension Board. - ? * ' ~ ? WEST END. / Happenings nnd Incident* of t? Week Auvnt iuc vimj Mr. John E. Bradley went up to Clemsor Col lego Tuei/Oav on business. Mis# Busle Ferguson, of Warr?-nton, uai com* back to Abbeville and has resumed hei studies at tbe Graded School; she la siaylnf with ber aunt, Mrs. R. C. Wilson. Mrs, William R. Bullock left Wednesday for Belton, wbere she goes to be preaent al tbe marriage of ber cousin. Miss Marthf Brown wbo is pleasantly remembered bare. Mrs. James Basklu and Mr. Charles Baskln were In the city Wednesday. Mrs. W. E. Caloe returned to ber home Thursday after a pleasant visit to relatlvef In Portsmouth. Mrs. L. W. Perrln left Frldav for Yorkvllle wbere she will visit ber mother, Mrs. Robert McCaw. wbo baa been quite sick. Mrs, James 8. Cotbran, ol Greenville, la hereon a visit to ber son Mr. Wade S. Cotbran. Mrs. Cotbran has been sick since she come to Abbeville. I Mrs. J. A. Wilson and Miss Plevna Seal have returned from an extended %lslt to friends in Portsmouth, Virginia. > There was an accident on the Seaboard Aii Line road between bere and Greenwood or Thursday morning. A freight collided with e box oar that had broken loose from a train at Greenwood and run several miles dowc the track in the direction of Abbeville Engineer John Yates, and Fireman Ed Barks dale were on the engine that struck tbe box Mr. Ed Barksdale was badly burned and slightly scalded, Mr. Yates had his foot badlj sprained. MIsb Meta Brown lee, of Antrevtlle. was tb( guest ot Mrs. Roberts. Link and Miss Ellzf Gambrell last wtek. TUB EUCHRE CLUB. Tbe Euchre Club was delightfully enter mined Thursday evening by Mies Florence Henry. The prizes for the quarter wert awarded at this meeting to Miss Mary L Robertson and Mr. GIlTeBpie Smith. The lady's prize was a Gibson picture, ''Dead Love." the gentleman's, a handsome inerchaam pipe. M'CLUNQ?KEHB. The marriage of Miss Corrio McClung and Mr. J. Davis Kerr will be solemnized January 30th. They are both great favorites In Abbeville and they have tbe good wishes of all oar people. The lrlends of Miss Llla Norwood will be | sorry to learn of ber illness, and tbey hope for her a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. James L. McMillan and Mas[ ter Leslie, returned Saturday from an extended visit to relatives In Florida. They visited Jacksonville, St. Augustine and all points ol interest In middle Florida, and report s delightful trip. Mrs. J. D.Long, or Carlton Gn., came over Thursday on a visit to her brother, Mr. W, H. Long. Mrs. Long returned to ber home Friday. Miss Meta Lythgoe was called ft? Aiken on Saturday by a telegram announcing the extreme illness of her little name-sake, Meta Henderson. Miss Belle Glrard is spending sometime In Atlanta with ber brother, daring tbe ab Hence OIOXIBB ramci,iu vuiuaiuio. Mr. J. C. Klugb left Monday for Union, where be will preside during tbe coming term of Court. ' Mrs. Cbfls. Lyon, ol Flat Woods, spent Sunday wltb Mrs. John Lyon. MIhb Jennie Cowan and Miss Carrie Cowan, ofBellevue.spenta lew days last week witb their friend, Miss May Lyon? Mrs. B. N. White, of Danlelsville, Ga.. spent several days in the city last weeH, the guest of ber brother, Mr. W. H. Long. S* pp PLEASAN1 " ~ RJ ^ >*CASTlE PJNCKNEY p %-Au *R^LtrtT/ ^,1 l&wr , ^fe&r ^fT SUMTER nittte IPENJNG DEC W. I9( CLOSING JUNE WENT. JNO.-H. AVER i Mrx. V. D. Lee went to Bordeaux last Tbur* ^ d?v to visit h*>r sister, Mrs. S. A. Mcintosh. 9 Mr. WHIle Martin ims left Charleston Col^ lege on account or bis health, and la now par* ^WBW -i suing his studies at Davidson. vfl Dr. 8. P. Kllilngsworth went to Columbia V yesterday to attend the meeting of the Grand * ' IIB Order of Masons. 4 Mr. P. Rosenberg has returned from a ten days visit to Atlanta. Hla many friends are ' ( '. 1 gNrt to learn that he has improved in health: .. : Invitations have been Issued to the mar*' V rlage today or Mr. Edwin Parker and Miss . ' -9 Bessie Kennedy, of Bel levue. Mlaa Kennedy " Is a young lady of much beauty, and Mr. .<?=?1 Parker Is to be congratulated on liavlng secured so fair a bride. Mihb JLlly Templeton left Friday for an extended visit to Rldgeway and Augusta. Mr. Rlngon Thompson and Mr. Lawrtnoe v?j Parker, went to Flat Wooda bunting last - Jivg Wendesday and secured forty-one birds. The -js days of Nlmrod are not yet past. J Mr. J. D. Kerr has bought the beautiful reel- ' <? dence ot Mr. C. 1). Brown on North Main St. Mr. Brown and family will oconny the Tntten house with Mr. and Mrs. A. 8. H. Day. West End was muob disturbed Saturday $8 nilbiuuuu u/ wc piuiuukeu wuiqiuug <ji uuh . v'<ni of the engines at tbe shops. Many thought i Ore bad broken oat and hastened In tbat dl- , rectlod. Tbey were relieved tb find H only a broden valve. Soma of oar older citizen* say ' :?$> tbat It reminded tbem ot tbe long wbistle " - ' tbat Engineer 8yfan nsed to blow wben news of a great battle bad been received daring tbe war. Invitations are oat to tbe marriage January vtVJgH t 30, of Mr. Anderson Speer and Miss Henrietta Seel, of Anderson. Dr. Jonathan Galloway, of Qastonla, b?s > been holding protracted servloes In tbe Asso- elate Reformed Cbarcb since last Friday, Dr. ? Galloway Is a Dreacber of mnch earnestness r and fervor, and many are availing themselves ; of tbe opportunity to bear tbem. Tbe dally press has been fall for tbe put r few days of tbe extreme illness of Queen : ssfi t Victoria. At ber great age it If thought that ' ;.;$8 t recovery Is impossible. ' OUK SICK FOLKS. Last Saturday afternoon Dr. Peony was V suddenly taken violently 111 In bis drugstore. ' 'y$j 1 For some moments be was unconscious, but SgCTHB medical aid being promptly sammoned, '.-HQ 1 he began to rally, and is now improving, to /. the delight of hie many friends. For several days last week oar community '?! wan saddened by tbe serious Illness of Mrs. K. - 789 E. Harrison. All will be glad to learn tbat " *28 Mrs. Harrison 1s now convalescing. Inexpensive Living. ' [ A uubject very much kgitated jost i now, is the problem, how to live with / 1 in one'sincome. "How to make ends, -'.^a ' muit" in a nruoain<ryiiiastlnn Annmr. VJ, Ui WV i MO M JL/AVeOAUQ \J MW ??|?|TVW? ' v ance must be kept up; people think, .' Ja : and to to this life is made a burden. . If we would put "appearance" aside and substitute comfort for show, ceil- ''iM ' venience for fashion, how much happier we would be! 1 "It is not heecessary In order to live cheaply that one must live mean- / * M ly. To be sure, we have to do without ; a great many pretty and; expensive . . trifles which wealthy people have, ' [ but we can be just as happy without ;'$sM , them. So much love, sincerity and kindness can be put into the simple, that its members will scarcely wlss the showy adornments. The true comforts1 VjS? . of life fiost little tnonev. Where one .-<3 has taste and refinement, the simplest |j| 1 home nny show the impress of tnoee, ; t | , and the people may be mach happier rrj in small cosy apartments than their richer neighborsare in their handsome ; $ ! establishments. It is well to begin low down. Those r who start at the top of the latter Rome . . times tumble oft while those who are content to begin at the foot generally Acquire strength and courage as they ' -'jl proceed. Let us be brave enough to seta fashion of simplicity, neatness and inexpensiveness, and many will be glad to follow and thank us for setting the example. The bitterest tears shed over graves 5;'$ are for words left unsaid and deeds lett f undone. ' Friendships that are not founded in ; respect always lack the quality of per- ' manency. . | Kit Ikm 'Ji \ % ,- 11 I laa^ V^I. I M l , I h- M 151 1902.. It 1 rxiorrtAQ ArkiVBii I LU, UlnUvlV/T??vtlYfcfTMw