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' The Abbeville Press and Banner, j [ BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, MAKCH 4, 1903. ESTABLISHED 1844 m EDWARD FOSTER DEAD. Papll Mti ky T?wfe?r Plin Mad MalMNMl-Tka TniImm] m ill la^awt-Tiw PmmI T*NI?I Bm <Wl< kytt* Ommw'i Jarj?Otfcc Hylh T?ll llM M RlMrjr. ?*" '-l'-t-.Kl I. IWu dtadiUtb* boas* of Mr*. Brown ml Ioma UiU morning at 11 o'oloek. w ^ .,k Xb? lsoDMt otar lb? body wu bekl at tfc jSfcSTlS nh< or tb? tragedy. U. natsooo. Kljijr etilaana of tba eommuolt WW pfunl at lb* proceed leg* wblcb wai ooad uo tad by Oorooar Foster. TteM ibdwi to be a silent oDdercorreni < ftiaimr agaloai Te*cbor Pitta. qnletly exprea cTmWIK u?d to ana; ""d I ^gSSSSESSaSfirti W oaboot liim BBBr im pu?n. a<u I mum wora qaoaitqoad. bat wjr mtto nui I fbatoty ItluMUoaVH obutBMt. I TK Mary of iMnd tn|?iy to beat told b B tbo eoatpiato laqacat proceeding*, tmbncin I tbo imUmv oi Um (fem teds vbo wata kef 5 lavHfefMiroaTDfriai. Tim' wr? mimA u tb? Inqueat. G. ( I FoMT, MteroTIk* daeMaad, U. C. KeUiei I MOMtfLunM, O, W. Nloboto mad suuj i MaoWltooa off tkb oil/, oc ?oun! tor w | Tom Ballaagar bdS| dal; worn, UaUOed I "Mr. Pltte kept /oar of oa In Toeaday alt? J aaom Md Mfcid me ud Bom* Wolfe ? Jaaae Ballanger logo Into ibeotbar room an M bad M baas la taere batjoat a tow nit MM til I aav Mr. Pitta Map to tbe eoror ad get two btokortaa. Ha mm baek an aldbagooaatdba would bare to wblp tk Vtobr. Faster aald bo didn't ear* about Ul lac a wblpptag, but laatead of tbat Pltu eon aaid vilpylsi bla and cm blaa tw. IMtejJtea ait tear baada ware oa um bic* on. Wo bajra wan tooklao ibroogb tbo eracl of lbs door. BoCb wara beat orar and rtj. oxi tblag I kaaw I baard a ptotoi lira; doa' kOOWWbaifOd tbo ptotoi. Piiu bad pine wbaa 1 ftteiaeee U. 1 didn't eee ptotoi ant I *- - -? ? Kia MiakaL KM. Ifnalf lWMMta MM ukl pistol* Md wbeo 1 rast MiiTit* Pitta pot ptsiol la bis pociie PKilwM MMMtttogo lor a doctor, w KumM V?KMOt. Tbsa Pitts left." Tmm lallmsr balsg qosstioosd by Jnrj ataa OatSrt bs bsrd soo* words pass bs^wssi Pitta aad Foster after tba sbot, bot was au MNfMtksr am na aaooKX> norJgMO hlhMW tsetlfled tbat H0S Tocsdn aftiteooo MLr. Pius asksd tbrssol as boys t 1 lata att'llwr ifw, nssau Fred Batiste nod laiawad Wot is. Ws bad not basa n tbsre aat a Jbw at antes uu ws snw Mr. Pitt Mia tba aonar and gat two hickories, asrsr baafd ao words aatwssa tbem at aJ - PlUabllPosier two licks; tbaa boat got bw of tbenteftorioe wttbeuiour bends anoid i Miailskw. Tbey atoopsd o*er and tnsi tbo pistol trad; dent know woo flrsd dUioi aaeereew aiaoi ^11 altar sbootlng. Fostc mm between bmand Puts. pttu nad pun ijftal saw lt;tbsu Pitta aeked soma oos t ebrladar. We wars alt peeping ibroog srssa of tba daor. Uaoal sbuved in - deoetn. It bcw ao task and atanda kmae open. ^tooono at!?pt to go la UU aiu Os bdag tastUanid by Juryman, Jeat Hsllirgnr said ba beard Pitta say ooioil aboat eboottog aad beard ao talk bstwrsi Pitts and Poster. Pius hollered "Lurd MNV" a UflM or two; entersd room aiu piaiof was krsd; dlea't near Poster make su QaaaUaart by Sttnjarbe WUeooof ?ood? |am*eauJea^??4 was Bred, bat did nu Aaked wbere toe black board was in tn nea wbara be waa waiting. Jssse baiiso*? replied "bailed ap beside tbe aoor on tba wai I aad don't bia^tr opening door. Came t deer nkaa Pitta weat lor btekorlas. near taellaka?bai eoatdaotsss Pi us aor Po?u>i Tba? were eeaflllag over biokoriss an til s&c did: doa'tkaow wbo fired sbot. Poster 1 iMtt ! MraK U4 iMfM ItaB nua. w I aH wu tanmgA Um door noon, frwl B* II MnCkTlB flruoi, but ?a prwUOiiijr u*?iue L VM ? WIMift roots UM7 W?re Ooiu I MMaa; mff uuai o?*r wjib; KdJie w. 7 riuiuw lk? floor fjpd Pllta ?<* ouodiu HawvfeM Ml um ?T f I do m koow i M7?M aoUMd k To ?M UUA, I dido' PttH <M Ml laaw autu doetur t*u?? WUlMMUd K?J* ?d Wolle." i??o flOUoogor dotojiod bo* bo ood tb ouor wo hi* ?ooBid IAmi mtfmtatag rout Pi On an nanvmian. hlliw Fmafe . Mcusatf iwuflod t FlUO?pl?Ktokla aad Mmadarioa bin l ?atf a?i wm*m, IBoallbro Bmlto and W?o L tltVW. om OS UM ittwiItiI caatnbora t>eiu MSt|< Tbto ?M exhibited to UM Jury. Tom Baal). * popji oiibeacauoi, u?uded I E ?maa oa tba rnaifiili, a m M f?nu m>i V tba Moooi botiM aad boarlog cufflin* ?u I taarwportofaputot. Wum oe rwMmwi ui I aofeoot feowo Footor was lylag oa tba ru f ram tmimd sot. " Bayaood L. Wot* loatlbkd: -PltutoW u * ? u-,? Mikw mnn and mm ttn II bo kept Vuatar lo be**, He got bia bickorit I *od airoeK Foaior I wo Ueb?. sod Koaier grm M UMO. Tboj were kcsffltog and Joat ?* h HM M IM>i< door opw. Wo eoate in no Pitta bad jptatet to In hud, ood b* aai -Lord Ood. l'*??fcot biio; Mxsebodv go for dotter." 1 woou Wbea I 000M bosk Fit) wnM Dida'l boor btoi hj wjjrmiu abodtWbipptogblaL iMUriold bo dlu m ?ss si^am.issbs X&.-&& OH baaa over FiUi' beod ood too otoor ou down; after too abot bo. gave waj. riuiba Sato baada o? ptetoi oner too abot bold tag to firoatofbua. At too Um too* were a boot aver together too platolflred. Tbajr *u IMortag toe eoato aide of too boaae 10 ui 1 door." TU im-Komv CTATxxsjrr. SCatoof tMUbCarolina.Hoortonbarg Ooaolj SorJSSStofibiZa "* *? Md!boto? bodiy wooaded by o^ietoHLn'tb baada of oao Beafcea Fitta oa F?b. M, i?u aad fOgUstog Mat Ma woo ad la oooaidere doagerooa ftad algbt prove taiai, make* m ble oola aaortoaa doatoroUoa: Fmu iu> jirtw Fttta ta principal of laatoa frad* aobooi aad tool oa Lb? afternoon or Feb. 'i lie. toobotdliiiapPlUc eooead mm to ato to oftor aefaooi waedtaeoleaod; oner worda b eouodaeoaa tobUeaadaoldae woe going I ?Mp a*. He eoot tbree other bojra out oi lb wsol Ho ookod a* why I did Dot slay in o too day before. I eald idld aot aalaa bat oa word oad woo Id not lobe a whipping. H toon wdaad it to gat oa oad aold bo wa ^ ? Ikaa iruhlMi) Ilia awiLc/i in fftold bUB I VM DM going to IBB* Ik II I?,,,"? trom right u> l?>t baod ao Mttdilutf OB hiP poekal aad draw a plau threw It op ID B7 KMi ItbM grabbed pii IOI aod triad to koOek H off; ba tbeo Oreo I itilli Bill ?ilM > ?1 lln Ididactkooi &itIVMrt?iaadl?b?bthUBbytbabaii ba amin IB row pistol Bp. I Utaa begaa to g< S?ti Bad Ml baak oa tba roauom. Kre Bailee car, Jeaee BeHeofU mod Raj moo WoUa wbo ware also kept la, wbo were to a adioialag worn. OOBM la wbeo tbe pleu SrS. PiUcoaMfailMldowa, MJoat ulej ' seated, job bib all ob maw He Jumped d [mwuiw Ubb, eaylBK be wae awfully eo nraboatlL Aboat tbattimeJeaee Ualleog* bod mj tikilb? BBfDetaoed. Pitta came u 255 wsaled to kaow where I wae ebot. B tfeaa lafltbaaaaai eaylag be wae golog I ssw?2arjsa* ? -u" ofiaad) **Kd. Porter. OTB to boor* M wis raoronry ma, two. ? O. H. Cbmp, V. P. TIM pbjatotana' twtlmoar u todeath tola toiBMboCwoand ?!Um abdomen, de artbioi woood tu aabomtad. TBI TUD1CT. TtotartMolUMju; wmi "lbat dtcewi ?ama to lila daatb t? ??J gttir* tf tutin P. PlUa oo M Fa*, two. ] I uiiar to lartr MeMiiliaa. e Dmt SirYou ara IntarcaUxl In tba pro 1 Mr)ty at your leva, and avanr dollar an. m bndyaavaa adda to lb* waallb of tba plane. m pijpi, m aava baif tbalr mosey oo p*li ? thu balf. Da?oa Laad and Zlt taftaa twvt gallooa Wan aistd palnta i mvar a bouaa. and laau twloa or tbraa Um< W ZTJmaalaaAand OIL fk pSift to -avadjjabor to-T* " SB yslollss btmiom is ni bill m fr qWtos Darora Laad awf Sine la aatoblUbi V tn Abbavtila. Abba*n?a will ?ar mora oat m it tbao waahalL Yoara troly. V a tar nnoitrv ^ W#w York. THE FURNITURE FACTORY. # ' Rtne I'bRMN la lb* OMeera off (hot " MnlrUl Katfrprlw. ! Ate of tbe directors one day. laiit vwk Mr. C. P. Hammond realirned the office of bookkeeper and trea?urer to Uke a pt*?l?r iloou travelling mIwrmii of the coniwny, d to commence oo hla new dutlea on tbe flrat cif Umb, ir To the duties of president o( the companjr i* ?w addrd the doty of tren*isrer, and ao Mir. y Blake ? now President and Treasurer. Mr. re J. R. Jones waa elected bookkeeper and entered on the duMea of bis office ivt Monday. >1 Mr. Jones wu n member of tha poll<re force a t + the time of hla election aa bookkeeper, wblcb i. position be realcned to take the new pla<*??. a. rtie city eoonoll then elected Mr. F. B. Molt Claln to All the vacancy occanloned by the f. resignation of Mr. Jones. it The furniture factory companv wa? organ> I fled noma two year* a?o, Measr*. W. U. Chapi man. C. P. Hammond and J. 8.Stark taking leading part*. y Mr. Chapman waa elected manager. and reK tlaued several months ago. >i A month or so ago, Mr. st?rk, who waa president, sold bta stock and vacated preatX dent's offioe. r- And now Mr. Hammond resigns the treaei urer's office. s Darin* the two year* that the company baa been In existence, much of the slock haa : changed bands, until now the shareholders, ?,iW -?.?-?bUna aM naur rnon Nmt nf. " WJJU W?UIP W*1 V|n?ww*| .... . a fleer* OH tbs places. 0 Tbe object of tb* organisation bu been tally i. teeoaplitbfd, namely: Tbe eatabllabment r ofto Industrial enterprise wblcb woaid give d employment to a anmbtr of those wbo wanti. ed or needed Joba Tbe tow n baa been greatly [ benefited, and nobody baa been ban. Tbe 1 stock baa changed bands at only a fraction ? below par, and we preadme tbat nobody baa i- any deal re to complain or to regret bla aoI Uoo. ? Tbe aame money baa done moat of tbe work t thai baa been done In Abbeville. Tbe abareii boMara In tna cotton mill gave tbat eoteril prise a big pneb, and tben aome of tbe aame t ism, wltb tbe aame money, gave a Helping i- band to tbe war?boaao or to tbe new botel. i a ? a rale a community tbat dealree tbe t growtb aod pro*perlty of tbe town can balld eoterprlaee wltboat much money. It reaaliye f- aome nerve lo aabaerlbe lor atock, and Iben i roo tbe rtok of aelllng It, but, aa a rale, oar >l people bare been lucky and have no reaaoo to regret I belr Investment. It la troe tbat tbe etoek of aome of tbe locka are quottd below par, but we believe v tbat otber atooka are aot par. If anything, beu low par. Tbe wareboaae aiock atanda bigber i, tban any otner atock, and would command a ?. Qigner premium uiia ion uj muj wvuci *>? " UirprtM la town From tba day of Its or*anli sat loo to ibe preeant time we have beard 01 . oo abate* being nold for laea tban par. Al j tbootb oo dividend baa been paid, yet tba ,s ibaraa would command a premlam of fifteen u or twanty par eenL i ? PROGRESSIVE FARMERS. u t J Seae llala Whlek lay be of Tain* la Them. j Study your business; such study U pays big. * The world's most ancient profession y is farming. Be kind to the pump; It also needs H a windbreak. a Oats are a greater producer of milk than corn, when fed to dairy cows. ' Reaolve to be a better farmer. The i. man who improves will not make the " same mistake twice. Be kind to the farm animals and ii teach the children so to be. This Is l humane, it is profitable. * Good shelter ia cheaper than corn to r. maintain animal heat and keep the s animal thrifty end comfortable. One-half wheat and one-half corn Is " one of the best foods for the bog, both U for fattening and for wintering pur* poses. t Even at this time of the year the ? city man, oooped up In a hot, stuffy 0 office, envies the farmer hid generous supply of oold, fresh air. tiend for your need and nursery cat0 alogue early so you will have plenty ? of lime to decide what you want be1 fore spring. Am a soldier Napoleon first mapped ? it all out, then he ruabed things. The d best farmers do it the same way. Qet * the catalogue*. ' The announcements of seed men and nunerymeu are beginning to appear. a This in a good time to get catalogue** i; aud lay your plans. * The farmer has plenty of exercise ? in the open air, which is one of the d beet preacriptiona a doctor can give ? for maintaining good health. ? Hoga that have all the corn they u can "la* to" Will atill taka a crmiH h ration of alfalfa hay every day. They * like it and it does them good. m Suppose a town man and a farmer 4 clear the same amount of money in ? a year, which is ahead? The farmer u Is ; he pay* fewer doctor bilk. 11 The number of colts that will come * into work next spring is not large, hence there has sprung up a good demand for work horees. Prices good ? and Indications that they will be higher. 4 In deciding whether it will pay to f, cook feed, the main question is not * merely whether cooked feed is better 2 than uncooked, but is it enough bett? ter to pay for cooking. Meet hog men J say not. i The farmer who taken no interest i in the institute is wont to nay, "Oh, It? f fcr nnar so miiaIi Knu t farmliyii* tsu MIIVW fmO Ullivtl WWU % KM lUlUg no " these fellers." Well, suppose you o know mom, what or it, you will Htill he the gainer by having your thinkshop aerated. Kicking Cow. One remedy or preventative is to tie . both hind legs together. Another way Im to pick up the cow's right front foo;, bend the leg up to the forearm and buckle antran around the leg as It is doubled up. The cow thuH has but three legs to stand ou, aud can Lot kick or step with the right band foot ' Still another way is to take a ?urr clngle or strap long enough to go around the cow's body. Put it over L* her hip, just back of the points, and in i9 front of the utilles ana the udder. Buckle up pretty tight for the first few times, and later not *o tight. Bbe cannot Htep or kick. Farmer*' Baiter. It is a pity that some of the farmers * who have given up making butter s. should have done ho. Well made dairy butter is the finest in the world. It will keep longer, retaining its original flavor, than nlne-teutha of the creamery butter on the market. - There are thounandn of city people now r' who prefer to buy their bu'ter of farmit era and thouxands more would be glad ?c to do bo if they could. But what ad ? vantage would that be to the farmer. It would meao a difference of from w tbree to aix cents on every pound ** made. If a man baa twelve, flfteeu or id twenty oowa, tbia means a fine addiof tlon to tbe yearly income. Ami moro of ua would And tbia a fine thing to reckon up the iwasou'a work. :: - j'l. ii w .l .. BLIND STAGGERS. e The Mate Veterinarian O Ives Home Valaafcle lafurmalioa as la the Mnhm. Clemson, Feb. 25.?Dr. Kesom, tbe State veterinarian, is receiving so many letters from various sections in reference to staggers that he has found i( impossible to answer them all. The following letter wil' be of interest to many throughout the State: As it ii quite out of the question to give personal answers to all of the letters received from citizeuH of South Carolina and Georgia regardfng a horse disease commonly referred to ss staggers, I take this method of saying to those concerned that more and more cases appear every week, and just at a season wheu horses aud mules are so much in demand for farm work it becomes a serious question. Tbe losses in South Carolina from this disease during tbe past year are estimated at about $10,000, and it is nrevalent in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina aud Kansas. I had diagnosed the disease as cerebrospinal meningitis nearly a year ago, but many of the diseases did not seem typical of tbis disease. 1 have recently forward ed to the bureau of animal industry at Washington six of the brains taken from homes that died of this disease. A partial report baa been received and the disease proves to be cerebro-spiual meningitis or ltucoencepbalitis. This is a disease of the nervous system, affecting chiefly the braiu and ita covering membranes. Most of the brains taken out recently have been congested, some blood serum around the brain, and In either the right or left half of the upper portion of the brain (cerebrum) there has been found a large area of degeneration. Tbia cannot be seen on the surface, but If the brain be cut open wbat appears to be a large ulcer is found in the substance of the brain. This Is the principal lesiou and is responsible for most or the ill symptoms. The symptoms are those of nearly all the other forms of so-called "stag gers," and death generally follows in one or two days if not very soon after the disease is noticed1. The cause of the disease is not well understood, but Is always associated with mouldy food, bad water and unclean surroundings. The remedy is to avoid the causes, use ouly the best food, pure water and itio Koat nf ACT|i tuo Ulmmo UUUVI HIV v? w? conditions an to cleanliness. In ooe case I saw where a number of mules died, the only bad environment I could find wan that a lot of rank weeds bad been mowed down around the barn and left there to decay during a rainy spell of weather. Medical treatment is almost useless, lesions of the brain have already oecured when the symptoms are noticed and cure Is generally out of the question when so much of the brain has become decayed. Cold shower bath* to head, doses of one ounce of chloral hydrate, one ounce aloes, or four ounces of whiskey, may relieve the symptoms for a while. Wheu the disease appears, clean, disinfect and whitewash the barns and do not use a stall where a horse has died. If possible abandon lots and barns for two or three months and provido quarters elsewhere for all horses kept on the place. O. E. Nesom, State Veterinarian How Thejr Silk la Porto Rico. The following from the government report on dairying in Porto Rico shows bow the operation of milking Is performed there. It is not quite worthy of imitation. The bind legs of each cow are tied together with a short $lece of strong rope to prevent kicking. The rope iu necessary in some cases, though very often it is useless, as many cows remain perfectly quiet. Each calf is near its mother, but not allowed to ???t? mtlftr unfll I# I a Ka? 6 ?n MIAC auj UJlirv Mil Wit lb id uvi kuiu vu be milked. When that t?me comef* the calf's appetite 1m well Htimulated by the long fast and by the short time the breakfast ban been almost but not quite, within reach. The milker releases the calf, allows it to draw a little from each teat, simply to start it, theD puts the calf out of the way, and draws into a pail what he considers about tbree-fourths of the milk In the udder. The calf is then allowed to have the rest. Sometimes the milker takes all the milk be can get from three teats, leaving the fourth for the calf, which is a much better division. If the milker does not succeed in getting as much milk as be thinks he should have, the calf Is allowed to start it a second time. Ad soou as the milker is through, the rope used to prevent kicking is removed, and the cow and calf are ready to go to pas turu. tuc j irm pri ww ?ai im iiuui one pint to more than 6 quarto. No diligent worker! could be mUhfled with a lazy life eveu iu Heaven, and there is no room in Heaven foi useless people. Only those who have sympathized with others in the hour of need have the right in their hour of trouble, tu expect comfort and help. Life is a series of surprises. We do not guetta to-day the mood, the pleasure, the power of to-morrow?when we are building up our being. Kind words are the brightest flower* of earth existence; they make a very paradise of the humblest home thai the world can show. It is necessary to hone, though hop* should always be deluded, for hope itself is happiness, and its frustration^ however fre<iueut, are yet less dreadful than its extinction. To dream gloriously, you must acl gloriously while you are awake; and to briufc angels down to converse with you in your sleep, you must labor in the cause of virtue during the day. Man cannot love too much ; he can not hope too much, or have too muck faith, or too much zeal, or too mucti wisdom or prudence, and iu like man ner he cauuot have too exulted an am bitiou. There in nothing possible to a human soul greatei thau simple faithful uetw. And the w*>rd faithful standi out as the hopeful, possible thiiifj about our lives. raitbful?faith it God, fidelity to God?it means both Faithful Uvday, faithful to-morrow will mean faithful unto death?and Utti will moan omurii nf II " | Wliak Will U?VWM - V.VTTM W- IHV. THE GREAT HIGHWAY. Automobiles tad (he Hew York-Cklcafo Road. The owners of racing automobiles have brought that machine, which might be useful, into such disrepute that It is pleasant to find one of them engaged In useful public service. Colonel Dickinson of Springfield, Mass., left recently on an automobile trip to Chicago which promises to strengthen the movement for good roads, says the Brooklyn Eagle, lie Is treasurer of the New York and Chicago Road association. which hopes to have a line of mooth, bard highways connecting the two cities. The distance Is some 850 miles, of which only 320 miles are of good macadam. The association, which numbers some 2,000 members, will ask the next legislature to bond the state of New York to build a good state highway, and Mr. Dickinson seems confident of state help In Ohio. Indir ana he regards as the enemy's country. There is no question that smooth, hard highways would be of Immense benefit to farmers and not be merely a convenience for the owners of automobiles and bicycles. It has been shown over and over again that the farmer could draw four times as heavy loads to market with the same span of horses over a properly made road as over the average roads through even. level country. The roads ought to be made and kept lu repair from local taxation by the towns and conntles through which they run. But co-operation between such neighboring divisions In the matter Is more difficult to secure than uniform divorce laws among the states or uniform trust legislation. - One long. One road as an object lesson might be worth even state co-operation for its effect upon other communities. * If the automobile can be used to promote Interest In that movement It la a good thing, but farmers are not going to vote taxes for roads which would be practically speed courses for these machine wagons and on which It would be dangerous to drive their family carryalls. Colonel Dickinson and his association should take the racers of their favorite machine in hand. If iue) UUUiU BUflHlCB HI HOC IIUUUI. uur aances, their &ood road movement would thrive better. OIL FOR STREET SURFACES. It Lara the Dut ud la a Powtrfal Disinfectant. correspondent contributes the following to the Bakerstield CaUfornian: Among the many advantages arising from the use of oil in the manifold ways in which It Is being made to contribute to the welfare of the people of the state I have never yet seen Included what, from one standpoint may be considered the most important or an. I refer to the increased bealUxfulness that Is certain to be observed in those communities where oil is used1 as a dressing for street surfaces. The street has always been and, but for crude petroleum, would always remain n thickly settled place which collects the dirt, the filth and the disease germ, only to turn them back into the atmosphere bearing more of poison and danger than when first deposited, with fthe result that humanity, cooped up la towns and cities, has bad to struggle for life. Inhaling air which is charged every breath of it with illaesu and death. An Important change is about to be brought about in this regard unwittingly and entirely without design by the discovery that crude oil will lay the dust more cheaply and more effectively than any other means. The method is being adopted merely be cause of these two reasons, bat the fact that the oil is one of the best disinfectants known to science accompanies it and will finally bring to the fortunate people who live in localities where the modern dost killing method la practiced a greater measure of health than has ever been their store before. PROTECTS THE HIGHWAYS. Law RenU?>f the WMtk of Tirca In KuuchiMtts. i In 1900 the legislature of the-state of > Massachusetts passed an act to regulate the width of tire on draft wagons, ' which was to take effect on Jan. 1, 1002. This law is one which should be widely copied by other states. It provides that: "On and after Jan. 1. in the year 1002, It shall be unlawful, except as ' provided In section 4 of this act, to use upon any road, street or way in I this commouwealth a arart wagon or cart having tires of Iron or steel or of ' any substance equally hard which are less In width than one and one-half 1 times the diameter of the axle meas' ured at the shoulder thereof, but in no 1 case shall a tire more than four Inches In width be required, and wagons or j carts built with wooden or hollow ax, les shall have tires not less In width than the diameter of the axle measured at the shoulder thereof. | "This act shall apply to all wagons and carta, the axles of which are two ! Inches or more In diameter, measured as aforesaid, and to all stagecoaches, L tallylio coaches, barges and other pas I senger vehicles not built to run on Iron i or steel rails and constructed to carry i eight or more persons. "Whoever violates any provision of this act shall be punished.by a tine net > exceeding $100.** i Oil Sprtakled Roads la Franc*. Experiments In sprinkling roads with crude petroleum In Franco have so far ' been attended with excellent results nil firo Imlfifr mnHnnral Tho InniTPflt J; stretch of road over which oil has been [ I sprinkled Is near St Germain, where the surface has been hardened and j made dustless, while the gray color Is restful to the eyes. The road? can be ' swept ss easily as an juephalted ^street. ABOU BEN J Abou Ben Adhem?may bit Awoke one night from a d And raw, within the moonl Making it rich, and like a An angel, writing in a book Exceeding peace had mad And to the presence in the i "Whatwriteat thou?" T And, with a look made all c Answered, "The name# n "And is mine one?" said A Replied the angal, Abou i But cheerily still; and said Write me as one that love The angel wrote and vanist It came and with a great And showed the names wh< And lo! Ben Adbem's no BEAUTIFUL WORDS. Heartfelt eatlaeats Feelladr Ci pressed. The following beautiful letter wa written several years ago by a gentk man to a bride on receiving her wet ding cards. It is exquisitely fresh an fbll of Doetrv. Though not intende for publication, It found its ways in to print, and we think it too much c s gem to be lost entirely: I am holding some pasteboard in m bands, Addle! three stately plucking from the bush of ceremony! I at gaxlng upon a card and a name?i name with which your gentle life b< gao, a name with which your tbrok bing heart was lost There li notbin strange about that card. The m&ide sign still looks from it, calm and cu; tomary, as it looked on many a frient ly visit, as it lies in many a formi basket. I am gazing, too, upon a car where the nearer parent tells th world she will be 'At Home* one dsj and that is nothing new! Bat tbei is auother card, whose minglin there puts a tongue of fire into thl speechless pasteboard, enameling fal on commonplace. It tells us that fee ing is maturing Into destiny, an that these cards are but the paJe be alda of a coming crisis, when a ban thst has pressed friend's hands an (ilucked flowers shall close down o ilm to whom she shall be friend an flower forever. I bare sent you a few flowers 1 adorn the dying momenta of your sli gle life. They are the gentlest ty p< of a delicate and durable friendshij They spring up by our side wbe others nave deserted 1% and they wl be found watohlng over our gravi when those who should cherish ha* forgotten us. It seems meet to me tbi a past so calm and pure as youi should expire with a kindred swee nesssboutlt; that flowers and musi kind friends, and earnest words shoul consecrate the hour when a sentimer is passing into a sacrament. The three great stages of our beln are the birth, the bridal, the buria To the first we bring only weaknes for the last we have nothing but dua ? - * ? ?*- f _I_ But Here at tne altar, wnere me jou life, the pair oome throbbing up to tt holy man, whlsperiug tbe deep proa ise that arm* each with tbe other heart, to help on tbe life'* struggle < cara and duty. Tbe beautiful will I there, borrowing new beauty froi tbe scene. Tbe gay and tbe frivolou they and their flounces will look so emn for once. And youth will come to gaze on s Its sacred thoughts pant for, and aj will totter up to hear the old wort repeated that to their own lives bai given tbe cbarm. dome will we< over it as if it were a tomb, and son will laugb over itas if it were a jok but two must stand by it, for it is fat not fun, this everlasting locking their lives! And now can you, who have queei ed it over so many bending forms, cs you come down at last to the frug diet of a single heart? Hitherto you have been a clock gi ing your time to all the world! Not you are a watch, buried in one parti ular bosom, marking only his noui and ticking only the beat of bis bes ?where time and feeling shall be unison, and these lower ties are 1c in that higher wedlock where i hearts are united around theGie Central Heart of all. Hoping th "Im annahinA mtv hallow VOUT cla& ed bands, I sink silently into a slgu turn. mmm Tea Poor Boys. William McKiuley's early hoc wan plain and comfortable, and 1: father was able to keep him at scho< Millard Filmore was a son of a Nc York farmer, and bis borne was i humble one. He learned the buslnc of a clothier. Andrew Jackson was born in a 1 but in North Corolna, and was rear in the pine woods for which his su is famous. John Adams, second president, w the son of a grocer of very modera means. The only start he bad was good education. Orover Cleveland's father was Presbyterian minister, with a smi Milarv and a large family. The bo, had to earn their living. U lyase* H. Grant lived the life of village boy, in a plain house on tl | bankHofthe Ohio river, until he w { seventeen yearn of age. Abraham Lincoln was tbe son of wretchedly poor farmer in Kentuck j and lived in a log cabiu until he w I twenty-one years old. Jauiea K. Polk Niient the earli years of bin life helping to dig a livii out of a farm in North Carolina. 1 ; wan afterwards clerk in a count atore. Andrew Johnnon was apprentio to a tailor at the age of ten yearn, I bin widowed mother. He wax nev able to attend school and nicked all the education be ever had. James A. Garfield was U?rn in log cabin. He worked on a farm un he wait strong enough to use carpe ier's tools, when he learned the (rat lie afterwards worked on a canal. i The secred of a quiet heart is to k* '" r n???r find. Staved on him, !shall not to shaken, mid our "hen I shall be fixed, trusting > > tlit* Lnn I We Ket above the ft>|{s when we ?? J to (Jod, anil eircuaistanees in th ; wildest whirl will uot suek Uh into i J vortex if we are holding by him n ' know that he In at our right hand. lDHEM. ) tribe increase ! eep dream of peace, igbt Id bis room, tllly in bloom, ; of gold. le Ben Adbem bold, room he said, he vision rained its head, >f sweet accord. f those who love the Lord." bou. "Nay, not so," ipoke more low. , "I pray thee, then, ? his fellow-men " led. Tbe next nigbt wakening light, im love of God had blessed ; ,me led all the rest. Your Lord is very jealous of your love, O believer. He loved you with Hueh 11 Invft that would not uton in i. Heaven without you : He would sooner die than you should perish and he cannot endure that anything should m 1 Htand between your heart's love and |" Himself. He is very jeslous of your l~ trust. He cannot bear that you should i hew out broken cisterns, when the u overflowing fountain is always free to you. He is also very jealous of your ' company, mere snouia ue no one with whom we convene so much u y with Jesus. q II is well to let our spirit of prayer s And expression according to God's j_ grace and our needs. It is said that when a Breton sailor puis to sea his e prayer is, "Keep me, my God; my n boat is so small and the ocean is so ^ wide." We need God's loving care at j. all times, and no place or degree of j danger is beyond the limit of his ability 4 or readiness to give protection, e We attract hearts by the qualities f, we display: we retain them by the ? qualities we posses. jittrficnvMi r- " Jj Notice of Settlement and Applijj cation for Final Discharge. fAKE NOTICE tbst on tbe I2tb day of March, 1WS,1 will render a final account ? of mjr acting* sod dolnga a* AdmiDlatnUrlx 1* of ? Eaisie of W. C. McUowao. docmaed. ?m Id lb* oom of Judga of frooata for ADDevwe CondIt at 10 o'clock a. m.. aod on the tame ' day will apnly lor a final discharge from my D iroit ma aocb Executor. li All peraooa bavlnc demand* agalnat aald eatate will praaant them for paymant on or before that day. proven and authenticated or ? be forever ha rrcd. .t Kra. Clella P. MrOowan, ' Pab. 10,1903. AdalnUtialrlx. n t a Abbe ville-Gr een wo od MUTUAL iiiiiiuu 3 ASSOCIATION. ? t Property Insured, $800,000. >1 ii WHITE to OK CALL on tbatnndaralgnad ill ? or to tba Director of yocr Townablp Sfor any information yon may daalra about onr plan of Insurance. We Insure yoor property against daatruc tlon by ? nu, mmu aa uunrat, e, and do ao oheapac than any Inanranoa Com of pany In axlatanoa. DamamhM am ammmM ti> IWlftTA tA VOD thai oura la tbe MflMt'and eheapeat plan of D* Inaoranoa known. ai J. K. BLAKE, Jr., Gen. Agent, v- Abbeville, 8. C. ? J. FRASKB LYON, Pre*. ? Abbeville, 8. C. S BOARD DIRECTORS. t J. Add. Calboon_.~~~-Nlnetjr-81x Townablp .? H. O. Major Greenwood " ai J.T. Mebry Cokeebury M p* W. B. Acker Don aide ? a- M. B. Cllnkaaalee. Doe Weet T. L. Haddon Lon? Cane " 8. K. Cromer .Hm lib el lie " J. W. Lyon Trojr " A. K. waUon Cedar Hprlng " W. K. Lealle Abberllfe Dr. J. A. Andereon Antrevllle " U. A. Tennent. Lowndeaellle ue a. O. Grant ..Ma?nolta lie J. R. Tarrant??..C?lboun Mill* " ,1 H. L. Edmonda Bordeaux " M* W. a Martin ~ .._Hod?w I* M. O. Harvey Walnut Grove " ID P.B.Calllaon ....Oallleon " a, W. M. Out* .KiriM>T? Joseph LaJU ..Phd-nlx '* J. C Ku*h ...._ Hroi>ka " OS H. B. Klnard _ Kln?rd* " J| J. D. Coleman - Coroooca " J. H. Chile*. Jr Bradley it? ItevJ. B. Mow Verderjr " Abbeville. 8 Cm Jan. 14, 1KB as :new hats1 to-Date lit ax ? MRS. MAR"! or Has a fine assortment of New Ha Hats, which she proposes to i ry or below cost. She eipects t eti sell all sorts of goods at cust ^ and if you want a bargain in "i> goods ninst and will so. u n- DRESSMAKING. ,e> I AM ICKADY AND PHfcFAUKD TO DO a Mil kind of tlrtftalilAKlllK. rru-ea r?*n?;?nutile. Work guaranteed, Give m? a call at lti? raaldeuee of Mn. Jaa. A. Hill. Aug. 37, IHtrj. tf Mia* LKNA MKN'DAL f|? we - rU " CHALMERS & McDAVID, M'r Agent* for Fire, Life, Accident. Bond and ?*i r i. Liability Insurance. mil ABHr.vii.i.K. . . . m. r. I July Id. IWJ. U MICK Of KKrlSTfiATIOF STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ABBEVILLE COUNTY. OFFICE OF BUPERVIHORH OF REGIB TRATION. ABBEVILLE COUNTY. Abbeville, H. C.. March ?, lttH Notice Is hereby given that In acoor* dance with an Act of the General Assembly, and in conformity with the requirement* of the State Constitution, the books for the registration of all legally qualified voters, and fyr the issuing of transfers, ect., will be open at the office of Supervisors of Registration in the Court House, between the hour 9 o'clock a. in., and 8 o'clock p m., on the first Monday of eacn month, and kept open for three successive days in each month until thirty days before the next general election. The Board of Registration is the judge of the qualifications of all applicants for registration every mala citizen of this State and of the United Stale, twenty-one years of age, who is not an idiot is not insane, is not a pauper supported at the public expense, and is not confined in any public prison, and who has not been convicted or burglary, arson, obtaining goods or money under false pretenses peijury, fcrgery, robbery, bribery, dultery wife beating, housebreaking, receiving stolen goods, breach of trust with fraudulent intent, fornication, odomy, incest, assault with intent tu ravish, miscegenation, larceny, or crimes against the election laws, and who shall have been a resident in this State two years (except ministers in charge of orgsnized churches and teachers of public schools, and these alter nix months residence in the 8tate,) a resident in the Coanty for six months, and in polling predncy four months, and who can read any Sectiou In the Constitution of 1886, or can understand and explain any sec- , JM tion of said Constitution when read to him by the registration offieer or officers shall be entitled to registration and become an eleotor upon application for such registration. If any person bav been convicted of any of the crimes above-mentioned, a pardon of tbe Qovernonremovm the disqualification. In caw any minor who will beoome twenty-one years of age after the dosing of tbe Books of Registration and before the election, ana is otherwise qualified to register, makes application under oatb showing he is qualified to register, the Boards shall register such applicant before tbe closing of tbe books. Any person whoee qualifications as an elector will be completed after tbe cloaing of the Registration Books bat before tbe next election shall have tbe right to apply for and secure a registration certificate at any time within sixty days immediately preceding the closing of the Registration Books, upon an application under oath to the facta entitling him to such registration. The registration of voters most be by polling precincts. Tbere most be a Book of Registration for each polling precinct, that b for eacn township, or parish, or city, or town of less than five thousand Inhabitants, or ward of cities of more than Ave thousand inhabitants. Each elector most vote in the polling precinct in which he reside*. If there is more than one voting place in the polling precinct, the elector may vote at any voting place designated on the registration certificate. The Boards must designate in the registration certificate the voting place in the polling precinct at which the elector is to vote. If there is more than one voting place in the polling precincts, the Boards shall designate on the certificate the voting place selected by the elector. G. H. MOORE. R. O. McAE AMS, ^ WM. C. SHAW, Board of Supervisors of Registration fir mi nmniM urn u vinb inn, ABBEVILLE, S. C. Ham changed management, the boo?e will be throughly renovated, nn<l new entrance will be made on tbe Pablte .Square. The traveling public will be furnished with nice clean room* and good bed*. Tbe table will be furnished with the beet tbat the mar* ket will afford. Every attention will be given lo the pleasure and comfort of gaeaU. Patronage of the traveling public le solicited. Reasonable rales will be given. L. A. LLOYD, Proprietor. January 6, l'JUi. tf -New and UpShapes. s J ST TAGG-ART ,ts and New Up-to-Date Shapes of Bell between now and Christmas at o give up her store room and will omers prices. She means business, headgear now is your time. The DENTAL NOTICE. 8. F. Killings worth, No. 4 Seal Block Abbeville, 8. C. DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. S. 6. Thomson, OKKICK CP-XTAIKH ON MolLWAlN j Corner, Abwrlllc. H. C. I WlnU?r (fcxxl*. All icr^len of wlolcr kikmIi 1 tuny now bo found tit U,iJ.lun ? i ..' , .1