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|^pT ;_?gfc '-r. : . / I The Press and Banner. |*. BI EUGH WILSOt), ABBEVILLE, S. C. . K*#-Publlshed every Wednesday at 92 a year in advanoe. Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1902. n ???????^? . When Should Copy of Advertisements be Handed In T We frequently see notices In onr exchanges ; requiring the copy for changes In advertise- , ments to be sent Into the office several aays >v-v before publication, creating the lmpreeslon that changes were made reluctantly, and as a , special favor. We saw a notice last week In 1 x' our wideawake neighbor the Yorkvllle 1 V/vAMan wKIaK AVAatA/1 that fmnrAfiulnn. In many other newspapers we have seen i no Intimation as to what .rule governed it" ! The Press and Banner never refuses the re^ , quest of an advertiser which would not In- 1 volve the missing ol the mails. We believe it Is good business to accomodate one's custo, men. That Is what we are here for. In this ofBoe advertisements have the right of way, and editorial, correspondence, news Items or almost anything elBe 1b sldetraoked for advertisements. They are more Important to the reader, and more valuable to the publisher, than anything else. '? t If we can tell the pretty women where they can boy the prettiest millinery and the love* : Ileal dresses, the Information la more lmpor* tant than telling them that Jim Smith Is visiting John Jones. 11 we can tell people where to buy the best clothing and the best shoes, that would certainly be more Important than telling them that Bam Pumpkins of Sleeping Hollow has painted his front gate. If we can tell people where to get the best and the purest medlolnes, or the nicest fruit, that Is oertalnly more valuable lniormation than the fact that Col. Self-conceit had conHAftAandoatnHlnaislth TMr HnmilltV. IX we can toll wbere to get the best bargains in furniture and other needed goods lor tbe boose, we would do a better servloe tban In tolling, tbat Mr. Buoy Body bad worn out bis bounds bunting bobtail rabbits. li we can toll tbe people wbere to get a good stove at tbe lowest price, or hardware, or tency groceries, or tinware, or cigars on tbe most advantageous terms, tbe Information would be more valuable tban lntelll' genoe of tbe fact ibat the pet dog of Mr. and Mrs. Smltb bad died of fits. Wben a man Is seeking Information as to tbe beet places to spend bis money be Is IntV different to tbe movements of far-off people, and be Is not tblrstlng for editorial oommeot , He would sooner know wbere to buy a good mole, or a cheap wagon, or a nloe buggy tban to read almost any contribution tbat gets Into a newspaper. We enoourage customers to change their advertisements, and always do so wltb pleasure, never counting tbe expense of type-setting. As long as a man changes his advertisement be Is watcblug it, and be realizes a . xn knn ha ncr.lAj.tn his .ilffartllAmant , 1 yiVUkt TT UOM UU UC5ICVVQ UID UW>V?V?dvm.W?? [C -1 r too long It 1* not profitable, and then be thinks advertising does not pay, and be will take his ad oat of tbe paper. As long as be .' v : will attend to changing bis advertisement it ' pays, and be Is a believer in advertisingTake tbe firm of R M. Haddon 4 Co.; tbey have been prospering from tbe start. Tbey change tbeir advertisements frequently? sometimes every week. Only one issue of the Press and Banner for abont twenty-live years haa appeared wltbont their ad In it, and If tbey live they will prosper for twenty-flve years longer, and their ad will be in its accustomed plaoe. This is mentioned only as aa Instance. Many other advertisers will do as Mr. Haddon baa done. Tbey have already set In for twenty-flve years of advertising and prosperity. Bring in yoor advertisements, gentlemen. We will gladly change them, even if we have to leave ont anything else that may be sohed, nled for publication. We are In the bnslness to publish advertise menu. Other matter* oome in as Incidents. Themao?y la In ads, and the more ads we ' have, tbe more we will make. We are not publishing k paper for tbe fan there Is In It. r' 'VS. Oar Senators. Since Wade Hampton led tbe Democrats of this State to victory In >76, we have had various Senators In Washington. Senator Butler served his country well In settling disputed questions and In securing rights for his constituents. And be received the well done of his oountrymen. Wade Hampton was rewarded by a seat In tbe Senate because of his splendid servloe In redeeming the 8tate. In Washington be did i nothing. But tbe people love blm yet. Benjamin R. Tillman, like Wade Hampton, was sent to the Senate because of valuable, or appreciated servloe to the State. That servloe consisted In building Clemson College for boys and Wlnthrop College for girls. His work In tbe curtailment of tbe sale of whiskey, as determined by tbe dispensary law, was his crowning aot, for wbloh temperance ywyni win over letji tn(eiai, auu lor wuiuu the saloon men will ever bate him. In Washington be bas done little, except to atlr op tbe animal*, Hla Influence tor tbe good of tbe State Is nominal. Jobn L. McLaarln was sent to congress because ol bis ability, and because It was tboogbt be would be an bonor to tbe State, as be baa been. He voted for tbe Paris treaty of peace. Although bis aot had Democratic precedent for a hundred years, yet tbe popullstlo element of tbe party, bad prevailed on the oartv to vote aoalnst fivdrvlhlnc thn Re publicans voted for. Thla act of McLaurln's brought down the maledictions of Tillman and bia followers. McLaartn's influence t Washington, and Tillman's lack of lnfluenoe at the National Capital it Is thought will be McLaurln's undoing. Tillman's failure to influence the adminis tratlon in behalf of bis constituents haB made blm more popular with bis people, while McLaurln's ability to get good things for his people seems to be the main source of bla weakness at home. McLaurln's influence at Washington appears to have made blm the subject of the hatred of all the less Influential representai lives in Washington. McLaurln having gotten more favors from the administration than all the other South Carolina congressmen, they turned against him, knowing they could do but little, resolved not to apply to the dispensing power for favors 'which they could not get. Possibly a case of aoar grapes. But sour grapes or otherwise, what use can a man be to bis constituents If be cannot or will not, get favors from Washington. We have no other place to look for good gift*. Trade In Islands. T# h?a T?-4 ~ tjA?.n MV uao U?cu DU(|COICU vuni JtUUUV ULCUI/ 1b comlug to this oountry to make some sort of a trade for some of our Islands. We haven't any Islands to spare. But James Hennessey onoe suggested that we trade off Charleston to Spain In exchange for Cuba. This latter proposition has stood off so long that the trade had better be deferred. We'll sow get Cuba, and It 1b possible that th<3 Exposition will so educate the people of Charleston that we might regret It If we trade her away for Islands. Question. If It be undemocratic to hold the Philippines, would it not be well to Investigate propriety or legality of holding the Louslana purchase? See as when yon need drags. The Speed Prog Co. It' ' "" jfe;/: ^ ; ! . 'k > FDENITOBE FACTORY. i ne woru OI nailUIDg nm oeen xienrly Finished?The EdicIdc and Olher Machinery ii Being Placed?All Thing* are Belnjc Pat in Readiness to Set the Wheels In Motion. Superintendent Chapman and bis associate, 1 Mr. C. P. Hammond, are rushing tbe work ol fulling the lurnllure factory finished. Except me warehouse, tbe work of building house* has been finished. Many of tbe machines bave been placed in position and others are oelng assigned to their proper places. With no backset the whole plant will be ready for business by the earlv days in Spring. 160,000 feet of lumber bas been bought, and tbe stock Is receiving additions as the timber may beoflered. A large part of tbe lumber was sblpped from abroad, but all suitable tiui ber, which local sellers have offered, bas been bought. Mr. Bradley and some others of the local mill men have made Bales. The railroad bas complied with its contract to put in a sidetrack, and cars are now pulleu up to the doors ol tbe bouses for unloading nLAf monhinarv vonrfk 11 nInHflPd VB lerday. Tbe town council will open a new street in the 'actory, and the place will be made acces slble for wagons and people of tbe town. The-lmportance of tbe furniture lactory to tbe town may be estimated wbeu it is undeiBtood tbat irom twenty five to fifty bands will be employed, and tbat a market win be opened for all the surplus timber tbat may be 01 In connection with the factory a saw ml 1 will be in operation, and all suitable logs wnl be bought at fair prices. Tbe factory will empoy a night watchman. If a suitable man can be bad, and somebody is going to get a nice easy Job silling up ol nights to receive such guests as may call during the hours when tbe officers of the mill are off duly. The mill, or lactory, will do nverylhlDg In its power to have an u^-to-date management, and will provide ample accommodations, and furuisb a man to respond to all calls wblcb may be made at night. Nobody will be disappointed. A man will be found to stand down tbe ball, and welcome guests at all hours of the night, whoseduiy It shall be, among other tblngs, to help over tbe barbed wire fence all those customers wbo, after transacting business, are in a great harry to get home for a rest before ibe passing of the hours allotted to sleep. Tbe preseace of usher will not be needed during tbe day, for the simple reason the gates will be open, and Visitors may take their time In going in or oal at the wicket which will be open lor them at all hours of the day at their pleasure. The night watchman will be an able bodied man, who will be chiefly Interested in lifting visit ors over tbe wire fence on the toe of bis boot. cnToiotJ TtnnKr nr*n XlJL/AXVSlli JJJLUVSX1 UUO.U, Prominent Aiken Han Passed Away After Illness of Nine Weeks. The State. Aiken, Feb. 2.?Mr. Langdon Cheves Ltgon died at his bome here last evening after an Illness of Dine weeks. He was tbe senior editor of the Journal and Review wltb which be had been Identified for about 25 years. Mr. Ltgon was born In Abbeville and learned tbe printing trade under Mr. Hugh Wilson in Tbe Press and Banner Office. He was about 45 years of age. His lo#t> to Aiken will be great, for be had given his time and energy in upbuilding and beautifying the town. He leaves a widow, two sisters, and three brothers, two of them being Presbyterian ministers in the upper part of the State. M r. Ligon was a native of this County, who some thirty years ago came to tbe Press and Banner office to learn tbe printing business. Correct and upright in all his acts, be was much respected by those who knew him as a young man. His first marriage was with Miss Emma Wilson, who died In 1880. Those who remember blm will regret to bear of bl? death. HIb illness was not generally Known until tbe announcement of blB death appeared in the State. THIRD DISTRICT CONGRESSMEN. m m Wyatt Aiken In the Race?Other Probable Candidates. Greenville News. Wyatt Aiken, of Abbeville, tbe well known ex-court stenographer of tbe eighth Judicial olrcult, was In tbe city Monday. When seen by a News Reporter and asked If it was true that be would enter tho race tor Congress from tbe third district. In reply, Mr. Aiken said, "It certainly is true. Iam Id the race, heart, soul, and body, add in to win. I am determined to win and befleve I will be successful." This determined announcement on tbe part of Mr. Aiken will relieve tbe suspense many I of bis friends have experienced since It was first rumored that be had entered tbe field. Tbe third district doesn't Include Greenville county, but Mr. Aiken bas many friends here who doubtless would vote for him If tbey bad the oppurtunlty. In taot, "Wyatt" Is known well throughout tbe Piedmont section, and his intimate friends say that his chances for sucess are good. Other probable candidates for congressman from the third district are George E. Prince of Anderson, Dr. Frank Smith of Easley, I. H. McCalla of Ix>wnedsville, and W. N. Graydon of Abbeville. Tbe race gives promlseof being one of the most interesting and exciting in tbe State. MONUMENT TO BUTLEK, Congressman Lever Wishes to Get One for Cunningham's Victim. A special from Washington to tbe Augusta Cbronicle, published yesterday, says: " Representative Lever todav introcuced a bill In the boose appropriating a sum sufficient to erect a monument to toe memory of Oapt. James Butler and his 30 comrades who were foully murdered by " Blooddy Bill" Cunningham during the Revolutionary war. Tbe monument is proposed for tbe campus oi Leesvllle college In Lexington oounty. Tbe sum of 8100 per annum Is also asked for tbe maintenance of tbe monument. Mr. Lever feels confident of the passage of the bill at this session." Lowndesvllle's Letter. Lowndeevllle.S. C., Feb. 3, IB02. Mr. M. C. McCalla, or Washington. D. C.t came borne Monday and will remain for a short while. Mr. Jep Jones, an Liber ton cotton buyer, was here on Monday and bought from some of our merchants. Mr. R. C. Webb, life Insurance agent, from Anderson was here on Wednesday in the Interest ot his business. Mr. Johnson Cleckly, of Latimer, whs among our people on Wednesday. Mr. T. B. Martin, a few days ago, opened up a stock of goods in his own building near the Methodist parsonage under the management of Mr. Charlie Bowen. Mr. D. K. Cooiey began again to merchandise In the store formerly occupied by Messrs. Harper <fc Latimer near the depot. A flood-tide of burglary seems to have been let loose In our State. Safes have been cracked, stores and post offices robbed, a>never before In the history of our country. Some seem to think that the Charleston Ex position is indirectly responsiDie tor una condition of affairs, as tbe crooks who were so mucb In evidence at tbe Buffalo Exposition after It was over came to oar "City by tbe Sea" to ply tbelr trade and as tbelr visit to tbat city bas not proved so profitable a one as tbey expected and hoped for to keep tbeli "hand In" are taking anything tbat offers, aud are overrunning tbe country. Those having money on band bad better keep it any wbereelse than In a safe, as tbat now Is tbe moBt unsafe place in wbicb it can be kept and then every one can do as tbe editor of tbe Press and Banner says, tbat be will leave safe unlocked and tell the llgbt-flngered gentry to betp themselves. Mr. W. W. Thompson in charge of route No. 2, left bere Saturday morning on bis rounds, crossed Kocky River, but could not get back till yesterday evening and then had to go several miles up tbe country before be could get back. Tbe planting Interests were never In a more unsettled condition In this section than tbey have been for sometime. Many of tbe plan ters did not know bow to do, nor what to do. Tbls uncertainty has delayed to a considerable extent, general farm work. Those who bad made a start along tbat line were stopped by last week's wet spetl, and under the most favorable conditions, it will be several ditys before another start can be made. Troupe. Glenn's Locals. Eggs for setting from tbe finest B. P. Bocks, Now Is tbe best season to set eggs 10 get strong healthy chick. J. B. Glenn. It you want good grooerlenat lowest prices and prompt deliver, call at GlennB. Olenn buys In large quanitles, psfys spot cash. Come and I will sell at the lowest living prices. Shoes, dry goods, notions, bats, farm tools, collars, pads, harness, traces &c. Never buy fiour, corn, bran, oats, sugar, (KOod 1 sugar 20 lbs. $1, Coffee, rice, molasses, <kc., before you get prices from Glenns. ! Garden seed all kinds. Also bliss triumph : seed potatoes, the earliest and best at Glenn's, j All goods delivered promptly at Glenn's. Keep your eyea on DuPre's show windows and get bis prices on vases, dolls, and other [ Christmas goods. SfcokiiA'v. u v, ??^ ????a anrm paatyq PAflTfVR UVV1/ AlVXXJ/KJ A iXvo.vjL? INFLUENCE OF TROLLEY LINES ON HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT. Their Extension Need Canse Good Road Advocates No Alarm?Will Increase the Volnme of Travel?Prob-. lema to Be Considered. A new factor that must soon be taken Into consideration In connection with the good roads problem Is the rapid extension of the electric traction systems into the rural districts. Not content with the immense volume of earnings of the Intramural systems, the ^ x !~ l.ofo lnrn/ln/1 street ruiiwujr miuicaia uu > c the country with long Interurban llnus that are already projected all the way across large states, says H. W. Perry In Good Roads Magazine. These street railways, or electric traction roads, are not to be Ignored by the good roads workers. They must be studied for the purpose of determining the effect they will eventually have up HARD ON THE HORSE. on highway travel, whether toward increasing or decreasing its volume or as reducing the length of haul by horses and wagons and changing its direction. Practically all of these railways parallel important highways between the principal cities and towns. Many of them have franchises from the state granting the right of construction and operation directly on the public highways, while others own pax*t of them in the shape of purchased rights of way. J The cars on these lines transport passengers from town to town or betweeu the points on the road as comfortably, more cheaply and almost as quickly as the steam cars between stations au<l far more quickly and agreeably than the "trip, long or short, can be made by horse and buggy or wagon. It seems obvious, therefore, that the electric roads will tend to reduce the light passenger travel along the wagon roads which they parallel. But the traction companies are not by any means content with passenger business alone. They have already embarked in the express and light freighting traffic, despite the legal obstacles which are being thrown in their way by the steam railroad companies, whose contentions have been defeated in the supreme court of Ohio. This freighting or express business promises in the near future to become more profitable to the roads than the transporting of passengers and to grow more rapidly In volume. It cannot be doubted that this draws wagon traffic from tne parallel highways. As yet few If any of the electric roads have attempted to embark In the heavy freighting business in this country, though it has been done in Europe. We may safely predict, however, that In time the traction companies will attempt to secure much of this business also, unless legal restrictions debar them, for they can operate as cheaply as the steam roads, and in many cases they have advantages over the latter In facilities for handling such freight However, If the lnterurban roads reduce the travel between towns on the highways which they parallel, they will surely Increase the travel on the crossroads leading from the farms to the railways and which act as feeders to the steel ways. They will also undoubtedly Increase the volume of travel on the roads reaching from villages off the lines of the electric and steam roads to those through which these lines extend. Good road advocates have no reason for becoming apprehensive that the extension of the lnterurban electric railways will cause, any of the wagon roads to be abandoned and to fall Into v WhllA thev aeem llkelv to re duce traffic on some of the main thoroughfares connecting towns, their effect will be to increase the number of short hauls in the aggregate on others. It Is at any rate a factor in highway Improvement. The progress being made here and abroad in the manufacture of practical and economical steam and gasoline trucks and "lorries," as well as passenger coaches, for the transportation of freight and passengers on the public highways offers the good roads enthusiast sufficient guarantee for a counteracting influence tending to give the Interurban wagon way a new importance. It will probably then come to a struggle between the operator of the motor stage and the electric traction companies to decide which of them can reduce the cost of operation to the lowest point When Traveling Was an Effort. The roads in Poland at the beginning of the nineteenth century were so bad that twelve horses were required to draw a traveling carriage, and sometimes sixteen horses were needed to drag it at a foot pace through the mud. Good Roads Growing In Favor. The value and Importance of good roads are appreciated more and more each succeeding year, not only by people in the rural districts, but by inhabitants of towns and cities as well. AT HOME. Mr. Jo Hughe* In a PronperooM Kail" road Man. Mr. Jo Hughes, who la one of Abbeville's axoelleut young men Is In town with bis family for a day or two. He has been on tbe Southern Railway for several years, and be, like bis brothers, stands In with tbe railroad folk. Everybody Is glad to see Jo prosper and rise. Milford's Neuralgia powdar will relieve you svery time. No cure, no pay. Milford's Drug itore. Phone 1OT. j . I. From Farmer to Flagman. Mr. Hagb Howard started from Abbeville to go to Hnmlet, N.C.. last. Saturday afternoon to take h place a* flugmxn on a truln between Hamlet and Monroe. The Pre?8 and Banner believes that railroads and otber corporations are tbe beet friends that the laboring man has on this earth. td?v pay oener wages than anybody, and If Mr. Howard doesn't find that flagging a train In more profitable than pulling a hell cord over a mule we are very much ml tafcen. We will be still further mistaken If bis efficiency and application to business do not wlo for blm, In a reasonable length of lime, a still better place than that of flagman. Let htm strive for a good place, aud be will get It. Bnrk art ale's Local*. "Gue*s I'll try Barkodale,'*?that's Imw most of onr best customers begun?they tried. That's what we want you lo do, try. Garden seed, garden seed, that's the cry, and Barksdale can supply you. Dried peaches and apples, prunes, be.., Just received. W. 'J Barksdale. Corn, mea!, flour, brau, rice, meat, molas ?e?, soap and other supplies always on hand n y riHH b r uuu rui juui ku/uk m-u pi'uiw;, von won't regret It. 86ld by W. D. Burksdale. Don't bay your fertilizers until you g*-' prices from Burksdale. See our line of farm Implements, plows, harness, collars, traces, plow storks, <fef. W. D. Bnrksdale. "Man wants but little here bHow," nay* phliosophy. But usually he wants a lot for iim money, ana we are the ones to give ltio tiltn. W. D Barksdale I See our line ofcanned goods before you buy. W. D. Barksdale. GLENN. pn SppH-A,exaDder,flfieed VJf<*iJL Ut/Il ^v?t5UL""2% eta. a paper. Alaska Peas,Bliss Ked Trlumpn Seed Potatoes Cii/vnn 20 lbs. Good Plantation Grann "jated Sugar for 81. 8% cts. to 15 cts. for Green. 12% \jU!LCC/"ein. to 80 cts. lor Roasted Coffee. Fall line of Canned Goods and other Fancy Groceries. Anfc Corn, Bran. Shorts, Wheat. Call VJ?iLO"iind get prices. Plnnr 25cts. Barrel under the market. J- XI# III "Big lot boaght before the advance. Every barrel sold under a guarantee. PIatto StocftB, Haines, Traces. Collars, XTIf# W ?"Pads. Bridles, Aip?, Handles. Picks, Shovels, Forks, MBttncks, Nails,Locks, Hlnees, Leather, Half Boles Shoe Nails,Horse I Shoes, etc. ' Gil t\Cka-New Stock. Guaranteed to give OllI#t5S"uRti8factlon. Men's 81.28 Shoes | for {1.00. Solid Leather. DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS. NEW LINE. GLENN. ! For Sals! AMle team Lanndry, i Good Family Horse, 1 Single Phaeton, ji Horse Doable Seat Snrrey, 2 Sets Bo? Harness. Priees Reasonable. See Me at once. P. HID. Jan. 21, 1902. 8t The Same Old Story Every week we continue to tell you of tbe excellence of our goods. It's an old story, perhaps?we have been telling It several years?but a good story wtll bear constant re-tell log, ana we propose iu seep cuu stantly re-telllng It. It's Practical Economy To trade with this store. Qualities are not sacrificed to prloe, and yet prices are never hlgb. We get the best things and sell them as close to oostaswecan. We.make prices so close that there's actually no room to get between. By Buying of Us You Save Money, Time, Labor, Word and Temper. Get our prices and we will get your business. | "W. D. Barksdale. J. L. HILL & CO., BUGGIES, WAGONS, CARRIAGES and HARNESS REPOSITORY No. 3 Rosenberg Block Car load of New Orleans molAeses Just received. Flour, corn, meal, brand at lowest marke prices. J. Allen Smith, Jr. , Lowney's candy fresh every week at the he up to date drug store of C. A. Mllford. m - k t % i % CONVICT LABOR ON ROADS The Experiment Likely to Be Tried In New York State. Commenting on the enforced idleness of convicts in the state penal institutions, the New York Tribune says edi loriuny; The suggestion which was some time ago made in these columns that ablebodied inmates of prisons and penitentiaries be set at work building improved roads seems at last to be acted upon to a considerable extent and with gratifying results. The convicts In the state prisons are as a rule otherwise employed, but those in charge of the penitentiaries have not been able to provide work in prison shops for the prisoners under their control and so have sought it outside. In eight or more counties of this state the penitentiary prisoners are employed either at roadbuilding or at crushing stone for roadbuilding. It is not known that any bad effects have been experienced from the undertaking, while the good effects are numerous and obvious. Among the latter these are conspicuous: The prisoners have the physical and moral benefit of healthful labor in the open air; the prisoners are made to pay their way Instead of being a heavy charge upon the community; the construction of good roads Is promoted, and the cost of them to decreased, and the number of prisoners Is diminished, for tramps and other "sons of rest" avoid counties where committal to the penitentiary means atone breaking and roadbuildlng. It j may be added that one of the chief ob- j Jections to the system?the offensive parading of convicts in the public view ( ?has been found groundless, for no one would take the penitentiary prisoners working on the roads to be other than ordinary laborers. There is reason to believe that this system might profitably and properly , be extended throughout the state and be applied to the Inmates of state prisI ons as well as of penitentiaries, when ! other work fails. The prisoners might also be employed at repairing andj, maintaining the roads after they are j built. Most of the prisoners at Sing Sing are now at work, but It is not long since most of them were idle and were seriously suffering, morally and j physically, from enforced idleness, and yet within a few hours' drive from Osslning are hundreds of miles of I roads that are In their badness a reproach to the community and a cause of vexation and of actual pecuniary loss to all who are compelled to use them. We do not mean, of course, that counties and towns are to wait until prisoners can be secured to build &ood roads. But whenever and wherever , ablebodied prisoners are idle the re- , proach of bad roads is aggravated twofold. All roads should be made and ' kept good, and all prisoners who are able to work should be kept at healthful and profitable work. Those are two rules which should be constantly observed and between which an Intimate relationship is to be found. FREE RURAL DELIVERY. Continuance of the Service Depend* on Good Roada. In the forthcoming report of Superintendent Machin of the free delivery service there will be an extended discussion of the necessity of good roads in the extension and maintenance of the service. Heretofore It has been re-j quired that In the establishment of the service first consideration should be given to the condition of the roads. It has developed that inspectors have only .superficially considered this question. I Eecent official Inquiries disclose the j fact that a portion of the roads of more than 1,000 of the 4,500 routes now in operation requires some repairs. While ; the roads In the southwestern states, as a rule, are in good condition there are sections where repairs are regarded as essential in order that an uninterrupt? " J ? ~11 4-U*. ! ed service may prevail uuriuy an mc i year. Several months ago announce-1 ment was made that there were routes In Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, the Dakotas and Iowa where the service would be discontinued unless repairs and Improvements reported to the department as necessary were made. In most of these cases the warning of the department has been heeded. It Is evl- j dent, however, In several Instances that no serious consideration has been given to the announcement of the postmaster general in this connection. In such cases the department Is advising road supervisors and other interested officials that the lack of care given to the roads covered by rural 1 routes will, if continued, endanger the permanency of the service. In discussing this question today Superintendent I Machin expressed the opinion that ru-1 ral delivery would eventually solve tne question of good roads. Good Roads and Farm Valves. While It Is true that statesmen, financiers and other citizens of the Empire State are perfectly aware of the ad* ' vantages which would accrue from the possession of smooth and permanent roads, it Is equally certain that there Is need of substantial argument and demonstration In the matter among residents of the rural districts, says the New York Sun. Such residents, naturally enough, vigorously oppose the imposition of additional taxes for improvements which, they declare, would benefit rich people more Immediately than others. Most farmers overlook the fact that better highways would enable them to draw heavier loads than they are able to draw now, would entail less wear and tear upon their wagons, would save much time in transportation and would considerably increase the value of their farm property. A Point to Remember. Improved roads should be built with foundations deep enough and surfaces wide enough In the first place so that I no second rebuilding will be necessary. I -1 Examination for Teachers' Certificates. APPLICANTS FOR TEACHERS' CERTI< flcntes will be examined at Abbeville, Friday, February 2 . 1902. Tbe examination will begin at 9 o'clock a. m. J. S. GIBERT. Jan. 21,1902. Co. Supt. of Education. Five Drops for sale by Tbe Speed Drug Co. Glass and putty can be bought cbeaj est at The Speed Drug Co. The Speed Drug Company Is head quarters for paints and oils. I I Virginia=Cs Chemical Cc , CHARLESTON RICHMOND, V ATLANTA, GJ Largest Manufacture Fertilizers i Importers of . . . Pure German H Muriate of Pota Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate of Pot It is important in" buying only to buy goods of established grade, but to buy where yr character can be supplied. We are in position to fu goods and in such quantities a will pay you to see us before p Address Virginia* Caroi Charlt Send for Virginia-Carolina Almanac, free for the liking. HADD 0 Early Spring Shipment of I Embroidery-The Prettiest Styles, Percales, Cheviots, Light S DRESS FABRICS. . . . ' J ?- " Hhrnn' rsiaoK HUM tuiuici uutmiiM) Black Mohairs, White, Pink and L PLAIN SILKS. . . . All the New Spring Shades in Taff Silks. Call and see the Latest Sprit R. M. HAL PROVISIONS # # C i ^ / We Have Them for Yon at Living VEGETABLES, COFFEE, FRUITS, TE CANNED GOODS, IARD and COTTOLE1 HAMS and SHOW BUIST'S and FERRY'S GJ KEROSENE OIL OL Motto: "Prompt Deliveriei livery wuguuo, L.T.&T.M Phones 75 and New Orleans We have just received a car 1< New Orleans Molasses, consist well known brands: G. 0., T.. K , and we are in a position to i on these goods. Be sure to give us a call if low prices on Heavy Grocerie A. M. Smif |j PRATl I POULTRY and S' JK The best thing on eart] JK and Poultry to prevent c JK er diteases which is so now until Summer. For W C. A. MJiv JjJ Phone 107. McK^'k Lock In. Butter, we have the nicest, freBh from the Ladi counliy every day at loo per pound. dou's. Try a sack of our Capllola flour at 65c. The Jack best patent. regard Slop at MrKee's and get a package of fresh Bar* roasted peanuts, we have them every day. jSu'j Sv rup* and mo'asseH cheap. A uood 25n mo- _ou Q) lasies mr 20 a -10c molasses for 35c, a good 50c Lrimi syrup (or 40c. oargai We sell 18 lbs. best granulated sugar for SI 00. A good f oap 15 bars for 25c at McKee's Jack >> ?i ? inci at Hac If > ou neeci engs can uuu en ub, w,. j-d. bought. Nort A nice lot of rutabaga turnips Just received, Kid try some tor dinner. 3iac Cabbage, onions, cocanuts, apples, sweet po- jjew tatoes, Irish potatoes, keg pickle*, mackerel, ' pickled pie's feet, and many otber things to New eat at Mckee's . ~ ? | Weg We exchange school books. Speed Drug Co j drug II m y-'-iV'Y' '/ ^ yllL J -T-U'v) " ' ' < , IF w JL JL IX.Cv mpany, . v .31 ,s.c. A. i. jrs of n the South. % Lainit, Lshf 'ash. your fertilizers, not reputation and high >ur wants of every ' ? ?? i . . irnisn ail classes ui s buyers desire. It i urchasing. Una Chemical C6; >ston, S. C. m * . f >N'S ' Soods Nov on Sale. ? ' White Goods, Ginghams, hades Outing, Etc qj k and Stretched, Hop Sackings. K'jbB fght Blue, 8ilk Sublime. * X$j eta, Peaa de Soie, Ratine, China t >? Styjes now on sale at )DON & CO ELOCERIES. ~ Prices: Green and Farehed. :as, (o. & o.) floue, ; m IE. MEAL, LDERS, OBITS. LRDEN SEEDS. fR LEADER. 3." We run two de.Miller. ^ I 85. 1 v;i Molasses! I . _ v U ^?: ' ' - - ' S5 !"'i ' - i / i-essas Dad of Jno. B. Meyers ;ing of the following A.., P. R., C. H. and 0. 3ave you some money * you are looking for s of all kinds. h & Co. 'i "S | '' 1 rOCK FOOD. | h to pive Stock iholera and oth- JK prevalent from JK 1 sale by JK FORD, J THE DRUGGIST. JP Hailrion'* Locals I as' thick soled Winter Shoes at Had J to?a few Ladles' and Misses' Jackets, I lesH of cost, at Haddon's. ains In Winter Dress Goods at Hadhave the room for Spring goodR. So If eed WiDter Stuff now Is the time for us at Haddon's. Httddon'M Local'*. els and fur collarette at redward price Idoo's. b Carolina blankets at Haddon's. * * * ? ~ gloves biacit anu cuimo, at uauuuu =. k slik collareti ai Hoddoti's. dress goods at Haddon't. tlanels for waist, at Haddon's. ire headquarters for anything In tbe ne, Mllford'B Drug Store, j