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[ The Abbeville Press and Banner, j I BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1903. ESTABLISHED 1844 \ ??????| IEA8T END. VlMt NtM aad Heard on HU ! < la CMilry la Tow a. Abbevllla. 8. C.. March II, IMH. KWS PICKED CP OS ROUT* NO. S. MlaiLHM* Edward* of Lebanon. relumed booMlaat Ha tarda/ after a pianntnrt'i TWI to m?od? to Abbeville. Mia Ussl* Mabry upeot last week with ber Mvad.Mra. J. J. Link. Mm. MatUe A. Wllaoo 1e spending thin Iweefc'wltb ber brother and busily, Mr. W. J. ^ hhT Mra.Jaa?ea Gillian la visiting ber daughter. Mrs. Prtoor, ol Antreviiie. Mr. m4 Mr*. iMvid Ullllara were visitor* to Um eity last Monday. Mlea Minnie Forreat, the pretty bright baby daagbterwMr. Cbarley Tbornton, apeui tbe gaatetUUthe borne ol ber grendmotbar, Tbe many friends of Mr. Joe Tbornton will be gtad to know be la getting on nicely with bts woanded knee, being note to return to his bocae last Monday. Blrtb? At Sharon last week to Mrs. Jailor Mean, a daagbter. IM?J Artbnr Parker spent one any or last WHkKDradto. UUl' BMOTH HIU AXD THKKB. The Mm4i of Mr. and Mr*. C. B. Wo?MBdy till ie*ret lo learn of the lllat*a of tlMlr Ittti* diOKbttr, Pauline, and hope for ^!Vifell^dw*rd^*nd Mlee Wlnton Ta?. pwt ted a pletsnnt vim lo Doe Went one day "Mr'tad Mr*. W. K. Own expect to leave BMt Handay for Oraeoetera. *TC, to visit Mrs. K. K. Piatt niter a pleaeant stay In the H ally vltfeboMloilu, win MraioSonSVW Wm. (Mr |mi in Uraalteellle. G / Mr. R<* Bill l?i Wnmid to Abbttlllt ud im bM bis feracr poalUoo at ib? a. A. L. Depot. Mi Kn ilm Ilk* bouif. SH Tbe I filial ten gentleman, Bee. John H O Wliaun, ni ta in* cuy laat Monday and W waaeordiaily greeted by many friend*. W Ibeataay mend*of lira. A. B. Cheatham Mr gladly vttoMM ber beak 10 ber boom m the 9 82L!22Lie MMr* >J!aMa *< bar borne In j SKoiaod Job? weot to Atlanta tat week Mb* aad bad tbe pieaeare of aeelng tbat famooa H stay. Beo Bar. Mr.JoeLso Diekaoo. of Norfolk Virginia. M mamma tbreagb tbe eity laat Bandar alterV ktoa twoMa for Atlanta. Mr. Diekaoo la V qatta a faeortU vttb aaveral of tbe yoong lodteaof oar eHy, aad aapeclally of one In partlww. All of ebon, with aeveral yoonc antteaMO net bin at tbeB. A. L. Depot, Joat foeay bovdy aad good bra. If nothing more. Mr.C. V. Keadail left mat Batnrday nlgbt tor Maw York, wbere be goee to parobaae a U Mr. Joe Jomh b now bookkeeper at tbe foatltn Keetory. vtoe Mr. C. P. Ham M?i vbo to nov mealing ealeeman for tbe /HaHatj, aad la baaUlag Mr tbe aale of loroi / 9M Mead MeClnng, ooe of Abbeville'a At bnabtottMd yractieet yooog Indie*. la again MMHU,, nriw ?r w tMJ.ll aa I Mr. J, V. Bctlte hM fiven up bis black mlU bMlnwi nd U no* employed at thr . FncniUira Faotory. Mr. Baagto to misted Rob bit (top, ih lit wu u food t imltti a* I Tr.'VJ.Vu'iU. * ?ow .. ,M d,?y twatMM. b?Tlkif porcbaacd tba areaier p?ri of Mr. Blebey'? Mfd, atao bta dairy wagon S u4 Hilt oum. end ii Mr. Bleb*/ step* cot I T&gassffiisrarb- w. M ?MK wttb poeiUBOBi* to bow Improving 9 H HARBIAOK BKUL8. Wt Mat aoonda Uk* merry chimin* marriage V bbtto are beard ataacraaia No. 3, wit aoonda ' -i?? OuyoapMHwbor E MUM a? VAjacaio nrmm. I lnwiri on TClUli "till tbe elooda roll by" to berla work. Owing to tbe rainy a*a mo bat little baa yet buo done on the farm. Maab of tbe lata aoalng of amall cram baa bna UIM.wotpt tbat la drtlla, wblch la toatac oat waodartatly daring tbe past m VMft oi vara eprtag Ilka waalbar. V MR IX immtr, YET UAH A OBATBrUL B KBAKT. H Joat ator tba raaaat tydooa bad oaaaad and 9 tavatedati tbe garden faoceofa colored man la tba LahaBr" aaotloo, be look ad around W npaa tba daatraotlon and raid. "Well ti I* gone aad MA lota of baiM work for me to do bat am thankful I am left to do it." Ttm V waa aot oaly a ilboagbtfttl, bot a viae ipaeob. Btvm BKBV1CK. L Be*. P. 8. W>Ila filled bta pulpit laat 8nn day morning &ad evening. At nijbt bla?nbK Jeat, "Tba latarmadlata State" waa cloaaly ilataoed lo by a vary large aad attentive eon cracatloo. Nasi Henday night bla aubjetn | will ba "Tbe Oaaaral BeaarracOoo," Act* I M. Tba paMb ava aordlady lavlted. A I ftaarty waleomi attended to itrangere. DOHALDS HEWS. I *. aaMaftba Kalaapalaaa Mm laa ami l IbM MM Will Have?All tbe Local Dooalda, 8.0. Minh , 1? <& nwMiliMJl Wh baalaeaa tt tbe not old Mud sad while aba baa dot made the etrtdee forward that ioom or bar alater towon bare made, yet aba feete tbat the it about to Hfla a aaora paoaparooe im, Aa otl mill laaa aaaared bet and tbla la a beslaalac oTwbat omm JMIow. la elewrte wUwy wa Wurt Shoals to XtebMsaad to Abbeville via. Doe Waat l? om tblas we hope tor. Oar haaloaaa men I will ?ee tbe aaawitty or Ik Mr. Wtlllaaa Vermillion la lylac critically 111 at bla boom aaar bare. Bla many friend* racial to baar or bla lllaaaa aad wlab nuojr more daye tor him. Qaartarty Cbatoraaaa anal bara laat saturday aad Sooday. Or. J. O. Wllaoa presided labiaaaaalbappy manner. Ha piaeobad a toralble aad bicblj latercetloc aa wall aa toaafcm aaraaoa Sooday. Wa bara beard many compliments oc tba doctor, and air wtob tor blm to eiatt aa agala. Baa. J. W. Blktaa praaabad la tba Metbodlatabareb Sanday alsbt aad aa oaaal bU aaraaaa waa llataaad to with plaaaora aad nfoAt, Mlaa Dora Agaoar aatartolaad aoma Oar Waat faaab College glrla Saturday and Hod ^Slaa Magic Galilean of Tumbling Sboela Waa a ttriWr la toara Saturday and Bandajr. t Mr. H. IX Caldwell aad R. 0. Brownie* I aaaaalalaiday Bight on a vlalt to frlenda and I w!"K. Kllla, tba gaalal knigbt of tb? grip, epaat aeverai daya with bla family laat weak. Mia. I Zantac Bodgea Agaew, after aeeeral , dayaatay wH^^ber igtrenu, baa returned to Para work of all aorta baa been retarded by ^Tb^iuSeacTuterery Society of tbe Oonatda Ulitb School will bold Ite public oetobratloo April Utb. Several apaakera of oota will bobnra. \ OartotboolbipracrraalBf nicely with Prof. 1. L. Kf nnrdy aa pflnolpiuand Mlaa Clllford I Joidaa m aanetaat. Both are flat taaebera GOOD E0AD8. fbat la W9UU wo Bow Mead ? Attend ttota Mootlac and Holp with allaed Work. By raaolatloo of tba CooeeoUon of tbe Qom Roada AaaoelaUoa of Hoaib Carolina. t|M County Sopervlaora ware requeaUd to orgaaiae Connty Good Koada Aaaoetatlooe In Tialr rnr?"i'~" eoootiaa. la aeaordaaee wltb tbat revolution, all clttoeaa lataraatad la tba Improvement of our aablto blgbwaya are hereby relocated to meet at Abbaellle Saleaday la April, for tbe par* pone of organising aald Ae*oeJatlon. It la aaraeatly dealred that'there be a full ' a11f * "? Itom every auction of tbe cnanty. Q. X. Mlcklee, Supervisor. March 9, IBB. Freak Lot J net Received. ? - * 4 * ? tmmmK Ut aT tUMIC. I WO Dive JOilV rwwifwi m uwu IV* VI viir loo" floor, en4 will kMp U lo Mock re?ui*rly la U>? feiore. Keerjr > ?rtd with the ( bubIn tfcst It to the beet patent Hoar la QS^Irtet. L. T. A T.M. Miller. An open countenance in not the one paoat often open to criticism. TROr NEWS. ? A 4<rnnri Time nt n School Exhlhi 11 mm X *M?jr \uirn All Around. Troy, H. C.. March 9. IWtL Mr. Tbeo. Miehle au<1 family from Charte* ton are here with bl* *l?tor Mr*. J. T. Solo moo.H. Mr. Kennle Cade and Ml** Nora Caddy (rom Bordeaux, were among the the pinaaanl vMtor* at ilio *chool celebration Friday. The hour lor nervioe In the A. It. I*. Church baa been changed lo II o'clock luntead ol 13 and Habnalb School ai in o'clock promptly. Tbe death of Prof. H. K. Honner at Out Wftl wa* heard will) Morrow, nod to bl* luniUy maijy ?ympathUing word* are Hem. He waaoneof tbe mo*t unmutumlni; CnrlatUiM we aver knew. Mr. W. W. Hackett from Augu*ta, Joined bl* lam 11} here yetlerday, where they are enJoyinc a plcaMtnt vl?lt with her pureuU, Mr. J. X. Ivudy aud family. Tbe winter Da* heeu mi mild we can scarcely rvailse tbat tbl* *uow-capptd king ba* been here, bat ibe rain* are lone&iwiot, and f*rui work I* at n ntand ?UII. Mr. tuid Mr*. J. s. Burnett spent last week at Amity, Ua.. with her elater Mr*, il. 1*. CutbcrlsoQ. Mr. Joe P. Cremwell and family who movotl to Woodruff in December, came liomo Tliur*da> aud now occupy Mr. 'vady'i house nwr lhe Method 1*1 church. We sue wberu the> arc right In cooilu* home, ?nd we are glad to welcome tbem aa TroJ m* ntcalu. Mr. W. S. Horue will at once begin hi* new oottage near bit father'*. We are glad to know Ml** Margaret Adam ?IU, Nlirr IWII UIHUIIIO ntl? ??i Iiuruiuiium at bar near Abbeville, will aoun Uk* ber accuatomoi place t?mon<?i u? ouce more. Ml** Mlualc T?K*urt la off to Atlanta to nee tier ?lai*riu-luw, Mr*. J. L. Taggart, where be la Delecting her tnilllnery. Mower*. T. It. Oendy uud f. J. Albert were down Iroai Ureea wood yodeiday. They both have |aud r?o?ltlon? at oar county mwL Mrs. K. F. Biakely and little daughters are in Clinton lor several week* with relative*. Miss Martha Roagao and Ml*a Laura Gable have closed their schools for this season. Ua Saturday before tbe fourth Sabbath there will be aervle* In the Baptist church, and coruiaunion on Sabbath. M l?* Li la Iftorue will in a few day* open nice line of millinery on the secood floor ol Mr. J. H. Burnett's store, and will be glad to we tbe ladiea. "An<> all went merry aa a marriage bell." Laat Friday evening our Academy was filled to lu ntnicat with parents and weetnearis, to ?ee and bear what nloo things were on the program. Tbe stage wltb wltb Ita twining vines, and palms, and ferns, and prettv mot toa pleased tbe eye. After prayer by Hov. R. F. Bradley, tbe exercises proper were opened, >nd all acted bis and bet part so well It would be an injustice to call any name. Hnf flee It to lay oar teachers deserve tbe praise. ?s they lost bat little time In preparing. Tinorder was perfect. was taken In at tbe door, which will be used for school gronnd? Improvement. This morning frolle baa been laid aside and attention to books will be given ontlt June, wben we know again oar efficient teachers and studious scholars will cloae wltb a commencement ibat will refleoi greater credit than ever. Speak a good word lotbescbool; give tbem your support; lend ihem a helmnr hand. A word ol encour >?cetnen I dropped by the way la liken shower ;u the dry paicbed earth. The teacher'a lift la an arduoaa one. to aay nothing of the faithful editors', who from day to day bare their oral Da to a commotion?wbat to m* and bow loaajr. Tbla work of quill driving la, wbo to pliaw and bow to do ao. But we bat* wandered aomowbut ? bnving bad jnat enough experience Is both to know nothing of eltbei >ne, we are reminded of the old lady who In aelng banded the tootbplcka after dinnet aald. "No thank ye, having never tanled anj ?f ibom. any more would be a tlipplly-floppN ty." -Where Ignorance la bll*>," etc. THE WAREHOUSE. ? . a. ieka R. Blake Bnya a Control!lax latanat. CiVer 1111 Cv iuc ui|iuimiiuu ui uiu ware* aouae company about two yearn ago, there qu been Jealouay an to tbe poealblllty ol <ome alngle perton buying enough nbarvn to ooulrol tbe company. From desire to own a majority of Ibo a took, aud from (ear that other* would finally own It, tb? shunn bare, from tbe flrat, maintained a fictitious value. Wben qultaa nutnberof abarua had changed uanda, other stockholders neeiued to b?ve oeeu inspired with the Idea tbat tbe? bad a bunansa, and would not part wlib tbalr holding*. Aud ao matter* bave alood for m?? time. Klnally. tbe cunteat waa narrowed down to two persona, numely : Mr. H. F. Cromer aud Hou. J. H. Hiake. Twenty* five per cent, premium waa bid lor twentytwo abarea, and Mr. Blake became Ibe purcbaaer, and, aa aoonaequenco, be now bolda a majority of tbe.atock. Mr. B aka baa been president of tbe comoauy from I la organisation. Opt. John Lyon took personal charge of tbe work ol oulldlng tbe bouae, and aluoe Its completion ue baa been Ita cfDctant and obliging manager. Frealdent Blake and Manacer Lyon #ill no dooblcontinue tbe acceptable policy by wblcb tbey bave been governed in tbe naat In deailna wltb tbe nubile. From the Aril, tbe warehouse baa made a profit, bat because of a debt on tbe construcClou account. nod because of Ibe more recent building of an office, and Ibe potting In ol acalee and waterworks, tbe profits nave been tbaorbed in tbe payment of debts. Prealdent Blake, and bis associate directors, thought It better to pay tbe debts out of tbe earning ol tbe warehouse than to laaue atock for tbat parpoto Tbe debt* are uot nil yet paid, but ibe company I* doing agood business, and tbe stockholders may lay away their lioldloga with the belief tbat tbe dividends will aurely come. It dow seems thai tbe company will be oat of debt In less than a year's time, aud will then begin to earn good dividends. Ttta company laoneoftbe few corporallona whose stock has never cbuDged bands below par. Prealdent Blake now occupies tbe office wbleb was formerly occupied by the late W. A. Lee as a law office, where he will be pleajed to see bis friends wuo may call on business or pleasure. ellwala?Mailer. Mr. W. A. MuUer and Mlsa Ollle Mollwaln were married Feb. 'jr.i h at Weil Kud Hotel, Spartanburg, H. C.. the home of tbe bride. The parlor was tastefully decorated with ivy poplnars, palms and idlest. From an arch made of evergreens a horseshoe waa an* pended, in the center a small bull, under tbli the bride and groom stood while l)r. Watklm MMisted by Or. Holmau performed the so! emn ceremony wblcb made them man and wife. Tbe bride wore white organdy trlmnW with and bahv ribbon. Her veil win looped ?itb orange blowout* ahe and carrtef a lane Uwqnet of bride'* wm. The brldearaatd* wore white organdy ove pink and blue and carried pink and wblli carnal Ion*. Ml*a I'earl Penland rendered Meiidelxaobn'i wedding march to wlilcb tbe party enteral In tbe followlu* order; Mlaa Halite Mllford with Mr. C. 11. Kug b el mar. Ml?* Llla Heandrot with Mr. J. J. Wot ton Ml?a Annie l'enney with Mr. J. It. Clement Mini Marvin Gilbert with Mr. - l?ve. Mlaa Virginia Mrllwaln, maid of bonoi wlib Mr. Henry Henly, be?t man. MlaaOrene Mcllwain, flower girl, and Ma? ter Carlton Oarrett page. Kefraahmcnta were nerved of naiad*, pick le?. cake and chocolate. They received quite a number of baauttfn and naeful present*. On Friday they tool the train for Charleaton amldal * ho went <i rice, congratulation* and good wlwhrw wher tbey ware tendered an elegant reception b; friend*. Ml*a Mollwaln haa many frleud* here wh wlah her much happlne?a In her married ltd Mr. Mnller I* a popular youiiK bUHlnei man and number* hi* filend* by the aeon Tbey will make their home In Npartanhuri Presenting a ntufl't<l animal in a dea give away. I)ogn generally bowl when .they a! driven to bay. "No wonder I groan," thought tb table, "I'm set upon from all side*. Never Maw a bull in u china Hbof but we've seen a cowhide in a ntore. Some babiea seem to think ever day is a legal holler day. It take** a man with nerve to *tan a woman who has "nerve*." > The price of an evening gown i seldom cut ax low um its neck. ' . .< - . ... END OF A USEFUL LIFE. . Prol. II. II Itonucr In Nirirkrn INmu lx l?e*th 4'omrN In it |>w Honn. rt Associate iieforuied Presbyterian. On last Monday morning at 10 T o'clock, Prof. Henry K. Bouuer waai*' I strcken down l?y an acute stroke of apoplexy. He wan iu his store, Hitting 08 dowii writing at his desk. Suddenly bi he fell over. His little sou, Lane, was vr ' alarmed and ran for help. , Prof, Bonner was found to be unconi wcious aud speechless. Mrs. Bonner was summoned aud medical aid called. He; wan tenderly placed on a cot oe aud carried to his home. No tdgus of an consciousness came iu answer to the tendered nursing and the skill of tbe wl physicians. His life gradually ebbed Jo1 -.?'I Hi A .'IO n Ml lha Ultirif IU] itwny nuu ut ? ..-v took it* flight. Prof. Bonner bad not been well for Hi threa days, but kept on his feet. He hii attended church and Sabbath school bo Sabbath morning. Did not feel well enough to go out that evening. Mou- "t( day morning he wan at his place of Ml business as usual when the sudden wi summous came. Ouly his son Lane was present. No word was uttered. In the twinkling of an eye he was ] cut down aud a useful, honorable life tei was closed. Family and friends were topluuged into the greatest grief and the hqj mourners go about our streets, be- he cause "the silver cord is loosed aud dh the golden bowl broken." Of Prof. Henry Erekine Bonner was Hei the third son of Dr. J. I. Bonner and pr vf~ A?m?thln? r.imliiHv Honner. He ho wan born ou the 18th of August, 1861. Re Hence he would have been 52 yearn bo old on the 18th of August, 1903. He cle was educated in the primary depart* do ment of the Due West Female College foi and Erskine College. on He was graduated from Erskine in College In July, 1872. Boon after bo graduating Mr. Bonner taugbt the of primary department of the Female otl College. He then entered the mer- ' cantlle profession. In 1887 Mr. Bon- dr uer having associated with him Mrs. wi Llla Morse Bonner, took charge of the un Due West Female (College. Under elf their administration tbe College did to< some of its most useful and noble rel work. All over this Southland will Ei be pupils and graduates who will an mourn when they see tbis announce- th ment. - inj In 18D5 Prof. Bonner and Mrs. Llla Su Mor?o Bonner voluntarily retired uli from the management of tiie College 1 aud Prof. C. E. Todd took up the fei work. After the death of Dr. Grier, of Prof. Bonner wat elected president of to the Female College. ThiH position he held until this last year, ever taking b|( a deep and abiding interest iu the m work and owtb of the College. He nil kept up hi* mercantile business and m actively was engaged iu it when he *ii died. He Prof. Bonner married Mis* Nettie Speer of Greensburg, Indiana, a graduate of the Female College, under the administration of Dr. J. I. Bonner. 1 Seven children have blessed this un- hi Jon?Ave boys and two girls. Mrs. fa Bonner has been a faithful helpmeet en in the years that have parsed. She Hi and the children have the deep sym- m lathy of their friends iu this hour of to trial ami alfliction. N Besides othes |iositions of usefuinass in and trust Prof. Bonner, at the time fo of bis death, v as chairman of .the M Board of Foreign Missions, a trustee Fi in the graded school and for years a hi ruling elder in the A. K. P. church, Y< being the permanent clerk of the Due au West session. Ol Two brother*. Rev. O. Y. Hon tier ?a and Mr. Jno. B. Bonner, and three tb sisters, Mrs. W. T. Waller, Mrs. J. D. UmuihIiiii anil \fro li ( ItrriU'tilw CO uauvr uivv hmu *> ? **? -w survive Prof. Bonner. Tl This evening after thia iHsue of the <*" paper has gone to the press all that is cu mortal of Prof. H. E. Bonner will be vi laid to rest in the village cemetery in ui Due West. The funeral taken place til at 4 o'clock. At that hour we shall ki have the mournful privilege of ming- b< ling our tears with those of the afflict- di ed ones, and to gently lay the dust lo away to sleep until the resurection B morning, when Jesus shall come to di call his owu to be with him forever di and ever. R. 8. Ci. 01 B -' * 1 Si ai THE CAN A I. TKKATY. |? ? cc NcBulor NartM i Oppoallleu?The (K. Nfonlf UbwIIIImk to Allow Him lo ! Print HI* Bemnrka In the Journal, jj' Washington, March Tbe Senate com- H? mlltee oo foreign rotation* today agreed to favorably report tbe Colombian canal treaty OC to the nenaie. >o action won mien on the . Cuban or other reciprocity treaties. The ta Colombian treaty win reported aa In the (or rp mer MtiMion without tnemlment. 1 i When the aenate went Into executive m-h c< ?|on Senator Cullom reported the treaty and i It wtui read at length, h- the rule of the ten- . ' ate required. Under the rule* an objection Hl carried the treaty over (or one day betore It tl I could be oonaldered and Senator Morgan ob r JecU-d to lu consideration today. . I After reading of the treaty Senator Morgan P' Hinted that he dtnlred to have the Spanlnh bl 1 copy of the treaty ao a* lo compare It with the Kngllsh text. The State department wa? r notified ol thla rrquenl and It Ih expected w s that adraftol thl* treaty In SpauUb will be tv aent to the Nenate tomorrow. . ? Membeni of the committee on foreign re- tl 1 latlon* exprww the opinion ttmt there will not bt> any great delay In the'ratlflration of li - the treaty, although no undrrxtandlc.g ban been reached wltu Senator Morgan on the V, . Mibject. In the committee today Mr. Mor- " ran murto no onnoaltlon to r?nnrlli>? ih? ul treaty. Sanator Clark or Montana, who sueceeiled Senator llalley an a member of the committee, was present at tod:iy'H meetlm; ft( During tbe saaslon of the committee >?n for- fn eluu relation* Seualor Morgan ofWod ".neon- ?< : ?en t to a vole on the Calnotbuiii canal treaty at 2 o'clock on Saturdoy, providing the sen- ?* it ate would consent lo allow him to print ?mrti iw * remark* an he wanted hi The Uecord or as a ?1 puhllc docamenL From the firm Senator e Morgs!) has expressed thin deal re. hut no fur V iim he h*H not received any encouragement. h After the proposition today member*' of the o committee dltcusaed It with ottier senator* and the consensu* of opinion seemed to lie '* ? against the permission. Some of the rvmurk* ! < ? ft heretofore made by Senator Morgan reflected < j rather aeverely upon i^iiomblan government and especially the president of Colombia and K senator* think It would be Inadvlaiblo to gl ve t< official sanction to auch utterances by allow- r. d Itu them toitp|Mur In the records of Ine aen- , ate. It la aKti feared thai the Columbian gov- 11 erument might take otfeoae and lull to ratify e U the treaty, at le?*t that la oni> contingency i that In apoken of In conneatlon with Senator ' :, Morgan's request lo prlul. |'1 ft Senator Allison, chairman ol the Itopubll-; f| m 1 can steering committee, baa sent notlcea lo all _. j Republican, senator* requesting them to be i . ? r.reaent at the sessions of the situate In order 1' ' to maintain a <iuuruin. No (it-hoiil*; line o( a policy Iim be?n agreed upon in the way of ? y prcNitlni; the treal.. but the Intention I* to i keep It before the nenale and tiuiler i.unolde- II ration ii? Iouk uk (MMtHlble i"u*h day. While y (1 little oppoNltlo i Iih? been Miown n?lde from Senator Morgan. I)iiinoor*l!c aenatoia have wald that lin y d< not intend that the Ala | |M hama neiiHtor Khali be Mtibje^led to undue i F vxlcal ntralu In prcaoutlm; IiIn view*, i ' Something About Venezuela. \ enezuela bus been so conspicuously ?fore the public recently that out >i?ders way be interested in an articlc rinted in the HoHton Transcript and ritteu by Frederick W. Coburn. he article is entitled "Venezuela and s people," and is as follows : It is significant that the capital, C.'arais, eight miles from La Guayra as the rd flies, occupies the crater of an old ilcano. With the rucial egotism goes lf-asH?rtivenesH easily excited, easily layed. The Venezuelan is jnst now lowing his head ofF'?or rather havg it done Tor hint. Occupation has en found for the crowds of idle men d boys who loaf in Caracas streets, nays well dressed, we.1 groomed, and itli no visible susceptibility toward a (?. A gay place Caracas is, a minian Paris, though Parisians make wry :es at it?a town of which Richard urding Davis has told to the world * love. A town it is where everydy wears diamonds, even if the shirt nigged ; where champague id used a put out Ares" and "bank notes to (idle themwhere debtors are far Mer than their creditors. rnriiai Id mm mt Honmly. [t in contrary to Venezuelan charac to pay a bill which he can repudiate morrow. Present a claim for a tall amount to a Curaca* citizen and will engage a high-priced lawyer to ?cover a loophold in your contract. course the lawyer's bill is never ttled either. Yet these Venezuelans ide themselves upon their scrupulous nesty. You may leave a bag of nugts in the streets of Caracas and notly will disturb it?unless you lay lim to it (or some other foreigner es). Sneak thieves, according to our -mer minister, Mr. F. B. Loom In, e almost never encounter* anywhere the country. Thieving is low, dianest, unworthy a proud descendant grandoea ; but cheating?ah, that is lerwise! that is a game. Fhe people are singularly alive to the r% t ka urtluhn tka inuina t <wt m BlUwbit, tuc ai wiovii/* auv vuwun th versifiers who fill half the colana of provincial newspapers with isslcal effusions. Painters there are. s, strong men in landscape and igious art. Grand opera from irope drawn immense audiences; d by night, when nothing is on at e opera house, ladies of high standr organize little street dances with itar music. A gay. thoughtless popstion it to. This of course is the urban Venezuela Iu the hinterland the great rnaac population lives without working, r> easily, fed by bountiful nature, oat of-them have more or less Indian nod ; iu Home districts pure Indians ay otill be found. The aborigiues arc xipleminded folk whoae needs do nol ake them good buyers of textiles, ice a blue loin-cloth ordinarily rves for the whole rib. A Rich Mat redeveloped Land. The Spanish-Speaking population is been iu Venezuela a long time?in L't about four hundred years? long iough to have built up a great empire ut Hurke's aphorism regarding "little iuds and great empires" holds good an eminent degree in Venezuela, i>t means, but men, have been wantg. The country has extent sufficient r an empire. It count* nearly 0,000 square miles?more than rauce, Holland and (iermany comtied. It Ih ten times the size of New ork State. And ia variety of Hoil id climate it ha* marked advantages, r the twenty-three States every one it id to contain mouutaln*. Back from e coast the mountain range cropi I. ? U .. I.., I li.n.w nC > l.? l\m r?jr ill nic Uiiwu ubuiid we IUC vmuir , a plaiu of increditable richuess tie land of Venezuela, taken as i hole, may be classed an either agri ltural, pastoral, or sylvan, each di siou showing almost boundless and itouched possibilities. In the fere niountaiu vallevs grows every crop town to man. Vast forests of ma >Kany and cedar have scarcely beet aturbed. The mineral wealth hai ng since excited the cupidity of th< riton, giving rise to the bouudarj spute of a few years ago. The goli ggiugH in Yaruarri yielded 42,81< inces in ISfK). Silver is abundaut it ermudez, Lara, and Les Anidos ilphur, coal, asphalt, lead, kaolin id tin are found. Great iron mine ive been opeued by an America! tmpany at imatica on the lower Oriu ?, The pearl fisheries at the islam p Margarita employ four hundre< >ats and still show no signs of ex austiou. The grazing country, now ipports ten million head of cattle ant >iiId easily Hupport more. Of all theae treasures the Venezue ns have proved unfaithful stewards hey have had wealth which thej >uid not use from mere incapacity t< cure and husbaud it. The countr amis in no letter condition to-daj mn under Spanish rule before 1811 arge tracts of territory remain unex lore<l. Not only have roadH not beei lilt, but no advantage ha* been take! r the ten thousand mile* of navigabli aterways. With a long coast ant k-enty harbont no considerable mer lant marine ban ever bean launched In all that concerns the necessities o fn the Venezuelan* have shown them Ives exceedingly lax. Prices in al le cfclies run higher than auywhen no ill the world outside of mining unp?. The only cheap thing iu Car aa in the violet; you can buy an arm il for 120cents. American sugar coat' ? cents a pound, flour $112 a sack, egg ? cents a dozen, butter 7-fi cents i mud, coal $24 a ton. Kverything else corresponds. N< licieiit street-car serv'ce in the cities elice one must take a cab. Charge ii the railroads are extraordinary irstclass passengers pay from s to 1< nts. second class from "> to 7 cents pe lile; Merchants groan constantly r? urdincr freight charges. It cokIm mor ) net u ton of coffee to the ship's Hidi oiu a town ten or fifteen mile* bad lan to send it to England. It in les x|iensive to ship freight from Chirac i New York than from Caracas to L iuayra, sixty milt'* hy rail. Th reight rate on the (ierinan Centra iilr<iad?thesource of present ditlicull s?is .'Ml cents* a ton jjer mile, n gainst 1 cent a ton |h.t mile on man, imcricaii roads. No nianufactujin' ndustrits have been develo|>ed anj rhere in the country, F.ven th oarse Harking in which agriculture irwuucui urt; wrapped uu* 10 in* mi h?rU*?l. In hiicIi condition* comuierc luturully lungiiislif*. The ">.".0 milt of railroad belong altogether to the for, eigtier. Mhlac far Oar 4'oaalrjr. | American capital has not yet been ' diverted to Venezuela in any copious ; stream, perhaps fortunately. Yet, 1 though North Americaus have never, been profitable accessions* to Venezue- 1 la's population, they have always been 1 regarded as models for emulation. 1 However we may or may not flatter 1 | ourselves while looking at the imitation, there can be no doubt of the intended flattery. 0. Washington and Grover Cleveland rank with 8. Bolivar 1 as patron saints of Venezuela. In all ' manner of ways we have been copied, though hardly followed. The very name Los Kntadoa Unldoc de Venezuela tries to translate us. The Venezuelan constitution has been modelled nnnn nil's Tha liruulrlant in inannli. I upvu v/u*r?? * uv |/4 woiuv u v id iuuup^u rated on March 4 and lives In a "Yellow House." Be enjoys the ume length of term as our president?when he has the luck. The chief difference appears to be that the office of ex-president is more lucrative for tbe Venezuelan than for the Yankee. The typical ' Venezuelan "former" president lives in Paris upon an income derived from $20,000,000. Where did be get it? That is the mystery surrounding every apparently opulent native of Castro's country. m m m ? I L0WNDESVIIJ.E. W. O. Haeh?>M i'Htleolly Mll-Uws? < tofllle Mm la Uracrnl. LoffndMvllle. Msrob a. 1900. I Mrs. H. W. Cook, dm Miss Ida May Haw- < thorue. wbo ?m married on Dm. 10, last. and j dow of Barnwell, came over to Latimer Toes- , day, to apeod sometime with (be family of 1 her father, Mr. J. A. Hawthorne. I Mr. U. W. Mpeer wae away at Andsraon i from Wednesday evening till Friday. Hon. and Mrs. J. C. Lomax of Latimer paw ed through her* Tuesday on their way to the < home or their brother-in-law, Mr. E. C. Mesehlne on Savannah River. . Mr. B. A. Davie of Htarr, >peat several days laat week among friend* here, hie boy and J young manhood home. Soon after tbe war be moved to Anderaon where he has since been. Mi a. 8. F. Eppe went to Anderson Thursday 1 end came back Friday. ' Metseera Hoi In Allen and E. R. Horton were called to Abbavllla Friday on bualnesa. Tbey tried the dirt road, found tbe one by Martin's Mill, much better than the 1 > one by Warren ton. Mrs. M. M. White of Greenville, came down < Friday In reebonse to summons by telegraph < to eee her sick sister, Mrs. E. J. Barnes, who I was very slek. Mr. J. F. Barnes of Elberton < nme in the same day and for the eame rea> < , eon. Mrs. Barnee at tbia writing is much I better. > Hon. W. D. Mann of Antrevllle came over < , Friday and spent awhile in our midst. ' Mr. Tbomas Cochran of Abbeville came up l ' Friday and Is still here. > Mrs. Mary Cochran and Mr. and Mrs. Adl drew McMehon of Diamond Hill have been , here for several days. ' Mr. H. L. Huckabee of Oconee, came down - Saturday. These are here because of the crlt, leal lUuesa of their kinsman. Mr. W. G. Hockr a bee. His condition is somewhat Improved. Dr. J. E. Latimer of Washington, is bere for a few days slay with his father, Mr. J. T. Latimer. Mlas Jante McNeil, of Watts, eame Bator* day and will be tbe guest of Mr. K. W. Collier, for sometime. > Dr. T. O. Kirkpatrlck came over from his i temporary home in Atlanta Saturday to re . main a few day*. Mr. tUlpb W. Muod went to Verdery Sat urday to stay till today at the dome at the ? home of bla partnU, HeT. and Mra. K. W. Mai nod. Trie old Held plum trees are abowlng some evidcnee of the approach of Spring, and a few day* of warm weather will pat them In fall , bloom, other fruit treee anaar favorable <x>q' dlllona, wll| aoon ba In bloom. Troupe. Par Caw a I nerf Cuba leeacftll Plradi, Washington, March 5,?President Roosevelt today sent the following memage to the senate: To the Senate? I have called the senate in extraordinary session to consider the treaties concerning which it proved impossible to take action during the session of congress just ended. I ask yonr special attention to the treaty with the Republic of Colombia, securing 'o the United States the right to build an isthmian canal and to the treaty with the Republic of Cuba for Mecuring a measure of commercial reciprocity between the two countr'ett. ! The great and far-reaching impori tance or these two treaties to the weli fare of the United States, and the uri pent need for their adoption, requires . me to impoae upon you the inconveniaiiMi nf moolinff at this lima ? ?VMW v. kMX/Vi" ^L MW a Theodore Roosevelt, i White House, March 5, 1903. 1 Apple* for Nlffpl?Mn?M. ir The apple is such a common fruit 1 that very few persons are familiar with its remarkable efficacious medicinal - properties. Everybody ought to . know that the very be?t thing they P can do is to eat applet* just before re} tiring for the night. Persons uninitif ated in tbe mysteries of the fruit are y liable to throw up their hands in bor. ror at the visious of dyspepeia which such a suggestion may summon up, i but no harm can come even to a delii cate system by the eating of ripe juicy e apples before going to bed. 1 The apple is excellent brain food, - because it has more phosphoric acid in I tf ullAlkA tllA II Ulttl tun11 j ui^rnitu nuairu luau auj ?/bia?7fc f fruits. It excites the action of the liv er, promotes sound and healthy sleep, 1 and thoroughly disinfects the mouth, e This is not all; the apples prevents in; digestion and throat disease*.?Popu lar .Science. t k Palaimt Pamcmpkn. I .Some men go to bed too late ever to > wake up famous. $ ; The chief end of man is the one with ? the head on. A woman is as yotyO}. as ojfier worn" en thinks she looks. V^' [ A man is seldom as smart or :ut ? foolish us his wife thinks he is. e Strenuous pursuit of the impossible i liegels activity minus the rewaxd. a Think of your own faults and you ? will talk less about the faults of other*. II it is easier to get a modiste to cut a * gown than it is to get her to cut the r Money may not make the man, but thut doetn't prevent the man from ^ trying to make money. r. A third parly may be all right in t> politics, but when it come* to courti| tthip, it's different. i- The average woman can detect llat e tery every time except, of course, >h when it is lavished upou herself. NO 8LEEP FOR MORTGAGE, j The Inrxorablr TubiaMUr l)fMribfd by MnfTrrer. ? The mortage ih a self supporting institution. It always holds its own. o It call* for just as many dollars when urraln in cheap us wbeu grain ih dear. It is not drowned out by the heavy raiiiH. It never winter kills. Late 'J springs and early frosts never trouble ^ it. Potato bugs do not disturb it. Moth and. rust do not destroy it 11 It grows night*, Hundaya, rainy days * ana even holidays. It brings a sure " crop every year and sometimes twice a a year. It produces cash every time. ? It'does not have to wait for the mar- 6 ket to advance. It is not subject to 11 speculations of the bulls and bears on B the board of trade. It is a load that ? galls aud frets and chafes. It is a burden that the farmer can- 6 ?? - t__i or t? i- ...lit, l.|n. ??.n UUfc HUaKU OH* it ID WIIU IIIUI uiuiu- . injf, noon ami night. It eats with J him at the table. It sets under bis a pillow wbeu be sleeps, It rides upon ^ bis sbdulders during the day. It ' consumes his grain crop. It devours bis cattle. It selects the finest horses ? and the fattest steers. It lives upon F the first fruit of the season. It stalks ^ into the dairy where the busy housewife toils day after day and montb ? after montb and takes the nicest ? cheese and the choicest butter. It * shares the children's bread and robs ? them of their clothes. It stoops the toiler's back with its remorselees bur- " den of care. It hardens bis hands, ? t l a_ xa ~.i 1 * _ >. 1? C ucuumua IIIB luieuai) prematurity whitens bis locks and often time* H *ends him and his aged wife over the ' bills to the poorhoase. It is the in- ? ;iorab!e and exacting taskmaster, rts whip is as merciless and crael as 2 the lash of the slave driver. It is a 5 menance to liberty, a hindrance to ? progress, a corse to the world. ? Ring- H wood (Okla.) Leader. - 1 ? ? tl Estate of V. G. McGoiao, Dec'd <j , s b Notice of Settlement and Appli- a cation for Final Discbarge. TAKE NOTICE that on the 12th day of [ March, 1908, 1 will render a final account II ?r my noting* and doings aa Administratrix b if the Estate of W. C. MeUowan, deoeaaed, . In the office of Judge or Probate for Abbeville 4 L'onnty at 10 o'clock a. m.. and on the tame t lay will apply lor a final discharge from my ? trout aa such Executor. All persona bavins demand* against said y mi ale will present them for payment on or t before tbat day. proven and authenticated or t>e forever barred. a Mra. C lei la P. McGowan. a Feb. 10,1003. Administratrix. C fc Abbeville-Greenwood ? MUTUAL IKSUIAICE ASSOCIATION. Property Insured, $800,000. 1X71UTE TO OB CALL on tbaMndaraifiiad or to the Diraetor of yonr Townablp for any information yon may daclr* about oar plan of Inmmam. Walnanra your property against daatroe tlon by ru, wmnu n u?imi?, and do ao ehaapar than any Inanxanea Com < pany In axlaUnca. | Bcmembar wa ara praparad to prova to yon tb at oars ta tba safsst and obaapaat plan of Inannnoa known. J. &. BLASE, Jr., Gen. Agent, Abbeville, 8. C. J. PRASES LYON, Pres. Abbeville, 8. C. board"d5ectors. J. Add. Calhoun Ninety-Six Township M. O. Major Gr*enwoorl " J.T. Mabry ..?._.....OokMbury W. B. Acker __Donalds M. B. Cllnkscalss ......Due West " T. L. Haddon Long Cane " H. F. Cromer Hmlthvllle " J.W.Lyon Troy A. K. Watson ...Cedar Hprln* " W. E. Leslie Abbeville | Dr. J. A. Anderson Antrevllle 11. A. Tennent...?..Lowndeevllle " A.O. Grant ?Magnolia " J. K. Tarrant Calhcwin Mills " H. L. Kdmond* Bordeaux " W. C. Martin Hodges H.O. Harvey ...- Walnut Grove " F. B. Calllson Calllson " W. M. Oats KlrknevH Joseph Lake -Fbtfulx " J.l' lluili Brooks #M B. B. Klnard ............Klnardu J. D. toleman Coronaca J. H. Chile*. Jr Bradley M ICev. J. B. Muse Verdery " Abbeville, s C.. Jan. 14. lWi. NEW HATSto-Date MKS. JYL<i |Has a fine assortment of New Hal Hats, which she proposes to s or below cost. She expects tc sell all sorts of goods at custc and if you want a bargain in goods must and will go. DRESSMAKING. JAM KK.\1>Y AM) I'KhPAKKD TO l>Oj h11 kluit of drcBNiuiiklutf. Prlr.-H ublt. Work KUHrittiU*ed. Ulv.- tui< a c-h1! ul ! tli? nihlilc ir.' of Mr*. Jna. A. Hill. Aug. i!T, IMU. tf M Imm i.KNA MKNUAl. CHALMERS & McDAVID. Agents for Fire, Ltle. Accident. Bond and I Liability Insurance. ?HBKVII.I.i:, S. July Hi. II 1 NOTICE OF BMBAT8I TATK OF HOUTH CAROLINA, ABBKVILLK COUNTY. KFICE OF 8UPERVIH#>K8 OF KEUIH TRATION, ABBEVIIXK COUNTY. Abbeville, 8. C., March ?, 18M. Notice in hereby given that in acoor* unce with an Act of the General nweiubly, and in conformity with the equirements of the State Constitu* on. the books for the registration of II legally qualified voters, and for the ' suing of transfers, ect., will be open t the office of Supervisors of Registra* ion in the Court House, between the tour 9 o'clock a. in., atad 3 o'clock p a., on the first Monday of eacn iionth, and kept open for three ?oo eaaive days in ?'ach month until birty days before the next general lection. Tbe Board of Registration ia the udge of tbe qualifications of all applicants for registration every male itizeu of thin State aud of tbe United tale, twenty-one years of age, who is tot an idiot is not inaane, is not a tauper supported at the pabllc extense, and is not confined In any pubic prison, aud who has not been conicted of burglary, arson, obtaining pods or money under false pretenses eijury, fcrgery, robbery, bribery, dultery wife beating, housebreaking, eceiving stolen goods, breach of trust ' ritb fraudulent intent, fornication, odomy, incest, assault with intent to avish, miscegenation, larceny, or rimes against tbe election laws, and rho shall have been a resident In this Itate two years (except miniaters in barge of organized churches and Mchero of public schools, and these fter nix months residence in the Itate,) a resident in the County for ix months, and in polling precincy )ur months, and who can read any lection in the Constitution or 1886, or an understand and explain any secIon of said Constitution when read to lim by the registration officer or offers shall be entitled to reglstration;and ecome an elector upon application for uch registration. If any person has een convicted of any of the crimes bove-mentioned, a pardon of the lovernor removes the disqualification. In case any minor who will become wenty-one years of ace after the cloe* Qg of the Books of Registration and efore the election, ana is otherwise ualifled to register, makes application under oatb showing he is qnaliled to register, the Boards shall ngia* er sucb applicant before the closing o( he books. Any Derson whose qualifications as ,n elector will be completed after the losing of the Registration Books but efore the next election shall have the ight to apply for and secure a regisration certificate at anv time within ixty days immediately preceding be closing of the Registration Books, ? ipon an application under oath to the acts entitling him to such registraUn IUU. Tbe registration of votera must be >y polling precincts. There most be a took of Registration for each polling irecinct, that is for eacn township, or tarish, or city, or town of less than ive thousand inhabitants, or ward of lities of more than five thousand nhabitants. Each elector mast vote n the (tolling precinct in which he esiries. If there is more than one roting place in the polling precinct, .be elector may vote at any voting )lace designated on the registration Krtificate. The Boards must designate u the registration certificate the votng place in the polling precinct at which the elector is to vote. If there s more than one voting place in the [tolling preciucts, tbe Boards shall iesignate on tbe certificate the voting place selected by the elector. G. H. MOORE, ~ R. O. McADAMS, WM. C. SHAW, Board of Supervisors of Registration GLU ETHEL 1,1 ABBEVILLE, S. C. - ' I Has changed management. the boa?c will be throughly renovated. and a new entrance will be made on tbePabllo Ma a* re. The traveling public will b? furnished wlUi Die*) elean rooms and *ood beds. Tbe table will b* furoUbed wltb the bent tbat Upmarket will aflord. Kvery attention will be iclvcn to Ibe pleasure and comfort of guests. Patronage of the traveling public la aollelN ed. Reasonable rates will b? given. f,a L. A. LLOYD, Proprietor. Janaar> 6, 190H. tf \ -New and UpShapes. J r TAGG-ART ;s and New Up-to-Date Shapes of ehf between now and Christmas at i give up her store room and will imers prices. She means business, headgear now is your time, The DENTAL NOTICE. S. F. lvillingsworth, No. 4 He*l Block1 Abbeville, M, C. DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. S. 0. Thomson. Wnl OKKICK Ul'iSTA 1 Krt* ON J MclLW JMSHB Oornor. Abbeville. H. C. nMjH Winter komIh. All krn<i?? of winter kou^HRK^B nui> udw l??! fouutl at iliuiJ?u'? HmQK 1