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rv-- - , r.' ! . *. " The Press and Banner ^"Pabllshed every Wednesday at IS a ear In advanoe. I Wednesday, May 13, 1903. A Card. We desire Id tbts public way to express our sincere inaDif mr ine very normal manner in which we bave been received Id Abbeville, and for tbe substantial way in wblcb we were aided In getting settled la our new borne. Also for tbe liberal way In wblcb our pantry was provided wltb good things, botb by members of our own congregation, and those not members of our congregation. We trust that tbe Master will enable us to show ourselves wortby of such coDfldenee and consideration. W. C. Ewart and family. k Gone Xorlli. k Mr. J. Kyle Lesly, who has for the past m several years been with the Press and Banf ner, left Krlday for Vandergrlft, Pa., where be has a position with a large Steel plant In that place. Mr. Lesly Is a wortby young man and deserves credit In laolng the world . m be baa dene, and tbe good will and best wishes of bis numerous friends accompany him to bis distant home, but Abbevlillans are everywhere, there belDg some four or five young men from this county, amoDg them Mr. Oeorge Duaenberry of this city. Wsnltil to Sell. Wanted to sell at a bargain a good flour and grist mill, a good location and doing a good baslDess, run by a 40 horse power engine. A ginning outfit, 60 saw gin, feeder and condenoer, Boss power press, 4-horse power en glne, sbartlngs, pulley*, bens, etc. 2S0 Acres of land 1 1-4 inlies from Due West oq the road to Donald*. A good farua and well improved. J. E Todd. Due West, S. C. Sew Preacher. Re*. W. C. Ewart of the Associate Reform, ed church arrived In town last week, and l? now maklog his home In the house recently oooupled by Mr. Barksdaie. Last Sunday be conducted services In the church, morning and evening, to the edification and delight ot his hearers. Mr. Ewart says that this church Is one of the nicest churches In the Presby tery.aod be Is well pleased with the outlook. He la hopeful of good results. In Town Now. Mr. 8. F. Cromer, since selling his farm, has conolnded to make bis home In Abbeville. Last week be moved to the Glen Ethel, where be wlil henoetortb make bis home. He is the largest stockholder In the Abbeville Furniture Factory, and It seems to us that be Is about to get rich by revenue from bis Investment In furniture stock. In order to reduce bis surplus be will make the trip to New Orleans next week. The Keutueklan's Boast. Keotacklans boast their fast horses, fine whiskey and beautiful women, but every housekeeper In this city who uses "Cllftoo" flour, made of native Kentuckey wheat, knows tbat this great State possesses another product of unexcelled merit. L. T. <? T. M. Miller. After Lsdrlppe, Lett a worse thing befall, rebuild tbe consumed tissues and renew tbe supply of red blood oorpasoles wltb tbe quickest digested and most nutritious .floor made?"CI in on." It Is tbe produot of native Kentucky wbeat. L.T.AT.M. Miller. Good Roads. There will be a meeting or tbe voters of Long Cane townsalp at tbe Center School House on Saturday, May 23rd at 3 o'clock p. m., for tbe purpose of organizing a Good Rotds Association. A. T. Mollwatn, T. W. MoCord, W. T. Cowan, Committee. A Towel Iu Addition. There is no use going to tbe dry goods store to boy your towels wben you can get a good 00 tneh towel by buying a 48 lb. sack of "Clifton" floor. Wben you buy "Clifton" you doi ; only get tbe best flour made, but get the towel In addition. L. T. & T. M. Miller. For Sale. One floe registered Jaok. bauds high. Color, a beautiful black with wblte point*. 8hapely and doolie. Offspring ta?ee premiums at CooDty and State fairs. Cheap. Mrs. Lizzie P. Wesftlnger, Adair, (Seaysvllle,) Lex. Co., S. C. Stark's Stable. Is the place to blre the best vehicles, the gvntleat horses, and tbe fastest travelers. If too want a safe ride and a quick drive call at Stark'* Stable*. 2t Flickering Light*. The flickering electric light may te caused nt tha rlrlvln? helt Of the ma cblnery. Salvia Plant. Mlas Rebecca Cater has hearty Salvia plants which ibe is disposing of at 5c. a dozen. Thou wbo wlah plants will do well to get some from ber. Denial Notice. Dr. 8. F. Killings worth, of the firm of Kllllngs worth & Latimer of Abbeville, will be In Lowndes vine next week prepared to do all kinds ofdental work. ~ SirayeU or Stolen. One mouse oolored, dish faced mule about 12 bands hlgfc. Anyone taking him up notlly, R. O. Edwards, Abbeville. 0 mm ? Dr. Phlfer Called Home. Dr. Fred Pblfer was called borne by telegram on Thursday and will be out of the city for several days. Dr. G. G. Green, of Woodbury, New Jersey. s Bole Manufacturer of Green's August Flow er and Bosobee's German Syrup, whose advertisement appears In oar paper regulajly, will send to any one mailing a two-cent stamp to ' pay postage, one of bla new German Syrup and Angoat Flower Puzzles, msde of wood anrl flans It imniM and Derolexas voune and old. Although very difficult, It can be maatered. Bl en lion this paper. On* of Abbeville's most prominent farmers is tbe only man that has cotton In both tbe Greenwood and Abbeville warehouses. L. W. Pkbrin, Esq., contemplate* going to New Orleans next week. Mr. Tdstkn may attend tbe old soldiers reunion In New Orleans next week. The Abbeville 9ferehai>t? Protective ' Association. This is tbe name of an association of tbe merchant* of thla elty, the purpose of which ila tbe matnsl protection of its members against parties who might be termed as "beata", or who la in tbe habit of "forgetting" mo tWalr OAAAnnffl IIu rales and agreements tire all on moderD, agresslve lines, and If yoa nhoula ever receive any of 1U "literature," 11 would be well for ' yon to b? persuaded at once. The Assoola. v tlonlsagood move In the right direction. " If you are In "good standing," your credit will be belter; If yon are lo arrears to ?ny of the Association members, you are In arrears to all. Its members consists ol about 90 per cent ofthe merchants. > Farmer'* Inatltatea. By authority of the Board of Trustees of Ciemson College, socal Institutes will be held Jn such ooanties &? send' requests, signed by fifteen termers before the fifteen th or June, to J- 8. Newman. Director of Farmers Institutes Clemson College, 8. C. The petitioners will name the places at which Institutes are de( sired and the dates will be arranged by the I college authorities. The State Institute will K h? held at Clemson College, commencing V Monday evening Aug. loth, land closing Friday evening Aug. 14th. Haddon's Local*. 811k gloves and silk cbltta white and black. AH sizes at Hsddons. ' White goods, Paris lawn, wash organdies, Persian lawn, embroidery and laces to trim same at Haddan's. Velvet ribbons?all widths at Haddon's. Towels?50 doz. towels, the largest and best towel on the market for 10 centa at Haddon'i*. The new Jane patterns In fall variety at Haddon'a. A fnll supply of fashion aheeta for JuDe at Badfleo'a. Now la the time to subscribe for the June Delineator. More than 5,000 Drummers' Samples mean just that many choice bargains for 1 somebody, and it is up to you P to decide whether you will take some of them or pay the other fellow 33 to 50 per cent, more for same goods. A. M. $mith & Co. I- . / GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Item* of More or I.cnn Interest Con<leiiNe?l?OutNlde the Stnte. Newberry News and Herald. Twelve men while eating dluner in the A?k?AB? Afo t?> /. r L' train u\ HflYlnr a fiinul I station on the Canadian Railroad. near Port!! Arthur, Ont., were killed or burned to death I by an accident caused by a passenger run- 1 nlng luto the rear of the caboose. The caboose overturned and caught fire. ' In a tunnel disaster on the N. A W. Rail- < way, In Giles County, Va? on Thursday, nine men were killed aud three totally Injured. 1 A gang wan double trucking the tunnei, and when the earth and stone for the tracks bad i been removed a huge slide of rock fell striking the gang squarely and with the tbe ter- t ribie consequence meutioned. J M. J. Pearsall, Esq , and Dr. Frank Daniel ( were killed last wei-K near Moultrie, Ga., by t tbe motor car, In which tbey were returning home after a flshlnc trip, colliding with a log ? canon the Georgia Northern railway. Tbe annual meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute was held In London on Thursday. ' Tbe annual address oi tbe President, Andrew , Carnegie, who Is tne first president not a J British fubject, was delivered. Tbe address was a very able and remarkable one. The British American Tobacco Company | made arrangements by which It will acquire absolute control of the T. C. Williams Co., of < Richmond, lis principal competitor, anu iue largest tobacco company In the country, t The price to be paid is $2,000 000. The Irish land bill passed lis second readlog in the Hou?e of Commons last week by a vpte of 413 to 26. The latest turn in the postofflce investigation lt> the retirement, by order of Postmaster General Payne, of August \V. Mecheiu. general superintendent of the Iree delivery system, and one of the most widely known governmene officials In the United Slates. In a fight during the recess hour at the Mann lag school on Friday, Tomrnle Hodge, a boy in short pants about fifteen years of age, cut and possibly fatally wounded bis schoolmate, Arthur Harvin, about 18 years of age. While the closing exercises of a school near Hickory Grove, In York county, were in progress on Friday night, Nary Belle Lessie, a 7 year old llltle girl, who was playlug around the outside of the building, wos shot and crippled for life by a young man In the crowd who was under the influence of liquor and was firing his pistol promiscuously. Spartanburg is to have a new 825,000 furakure factory. Laurens county boasts of a puppy with four tales and a pig with two. S. E. Brunsou of Florence^ who was struck Oy ll^Htning iue a ay 01 iuo uuiukjiui, ???. recover. A joint stock company has been formed to build a new and modern hotel at Colck Springs, Greenville county, a popular summer resort. Japbus Macomson, oolored, was convicted of murder In Spartanburg on Friday for killing Carolina Williams, colored, and was sentenced to be bauged June 5tb. Hoyt Hayes, the young farmer of Oconee oounty accused of murdering bis wife, wa* admitted to ball on Saturday before Cblef Justloe Pope In Columbia In the sum of 82,000. George Blanchard, a white man, was convicted of manslaughter In Spartanburg on Thursday for killing Martin Hardy, a colored blacksmith, and sentenced to two years In the penitentiary. The Spartanburg Dally Herald and Its two weeklies have been sold by J. T. Harris to Rev. G. H. VVaddell, tbe publisher of tbe Southern Christian Advocate. Mr. VVaddell will lorm a Joint stock compauy. Tbe famous stable manure case in Anderson oounty was tried before a magistrate In Anderson county on Friday?tbe fourth trial. The jury iave a verdict of SI for the defendant, and the plaintiff will appeal. A swarm of bees In Barnwell oounty settled on a mule's ear while be was ploughing In a field on Monday. In rests,lng their efforts to make a swarming place of his ears be angered them and they stung him to death. In tbe assignment of blshopR for holding tbe flext anual oonierence 01 lue suuiuem ( Methodist church Bishop A. Coke Smith will preside over tbe South Carolina conference, which convenes in Greenville the 9ih of December. IN THE STATE. The XlappeuiuicH in Various Sections of Sooth Carolina Briefly To ill. Two attempts were made to wreoti. Southern trains near Rtdgevvay by putting cross* ties on tbe track Tuesday night./ S. E Brunson of Florence county wan struck by lightning during a hailstorm ou Monday and may die /rom tbe etfeots. The ball on Monday extended over a large portion of the Stale, In some places doing much damage to tbe crops end fruit. Tbe Walballa board of trade bas subscribed $100 to a fund to secure a South Carolina exhibit at tbe St. Louis exposition. Col. W. A. Neal on Monday sold the county commissioners of Chester 85,542 worth of road* working machinery, to be delivered about the first of July. Morga'n SboemakeB, an aged oitizen of Elloree, Orangeburg county, was thrown froqj bis buggy on Monday and killed. Tbe horse took fright from a train. ^be case of ihe State against Reuben Pitts, the teacher charged with the murder of Edward Foster, bis pupil, bas been continued \d Spartanburg because of the lllneee of tbe ( defendant. The city council of Anderson has sold 54U,UW worm Ol mreci jui^iuvcujcuu emu school bonds to a Chicago firm at a premium c of 8900. The bonds bear Ave per cent Interest v and run lor thirty years. j Officers of the Farmers Alliance exchange j will meet the Cash Hill alliance of Greenville ? county today to see 11 the lawsuit against the , exchange cannot be settled out of court. It ? was ibis alliance tbat Instigated the suit. t A strong effort is being made to Induce the ? governor to pardon Mrs. Carson, who Is In b the penitentiary for life Irom Spartanburg j for murdering her husband. A petition with , 2,000 names has been sent to the governor. c E. W. Hughes baR withdrawn from the raco ^ as candidate for mayor or Charleston, the ward club eleoilons ^bowing that had no f chance against R. Q. Hhett, whose nomlna- ? tlon Is assured. T. Barker Jones will also ruD, presumably ad an lndependeul cundl- r date. . f Hoyt Hayes. a young white man of Oconee a county. Is Id Jail charged with murdering bis c wile. 8he was shot and killed April 20'.b, and r Iiwbs thought to be a cane of suicide; hut ^ later developments have fixed strong susplc- t Ion on the husband. Both Mr. and Mrs. t Hayes are members ol prominent families. r FOR THAT TORTURING HEAD-: ACHE j we have a quick and sure relief. Our| HEADACHE POWDERS act like a charm oil the racked and throbbing head. They clear the brain andj strenghten the nerves. They are Ihe most effective cure for nervous and: sick headaches. Contain nothing in- s jurious and leave no bad after eli'ects. t Price 25c per box of one dozen. Genuine grip capsules at Speed's Drug- Store. Nainple Sale Too. Bit! line of drummer's samples at New Yoi k cost?shirts, undershirts, hose, suspenponders, fans, overalls, parasols, ties, etc. May 5, 11X13. \V. D. Barkrdale. c Try our Egg Phosphates. Mllford's Drug ? Store, 11 We are the people lor line soap of every, t kind. Mllford's Drug Store. DDE WEST. Memorial ExcrclNi'M?C'r<?SH<>H of IIoiio I?ri>Mon(o?l ? Entertainment ? VIhI torn Coming and (JoIiik. Miss Annie Roid, an attractive younc lad if Grunge, TexaR, Is visiting her aunt, Mrs. I i'. Pressly She will remain until after Cou mencemen t. Mrs. Kate Kennedy returned last week a ter a piessant stay In Atlanta. Rev. D. G. Celdwell preached at First Cree in Sabbath. Mr. F. H. Darlington loft last Saturday a ernoon for Leaksvlile, N. C. Miss Luna Tribble spent a few days in th Aharon neighborhood last week. Dr. J. I. McCain will "peak on Thursday* ;hls week at the commencement of Jonc High School. Mrs. J. C. Wll lford and Mrs. Harvey Cllnl icales of Greenwood have been vlsltln rrlends iu Due West. Miss Lemmie Tribble has finished her wor it the Sharon School and has returned homi Mrs. Manor Rice and children of Ninety Six are with Mrs. Ric?'s parents, Mr. an Mrs. W.T. Cowan, for a few days. Miss Statia Wideroan went to Long Can Vfonday for a short Slav. Miss Jessie Epps left Tuesday for the So Hers' Reunion in Columbia. She is one < .be maids of honor, and will be among tb srettlest there. Miss Nola Ellison went, to Greenville moe Jay to meet her sister. Miss Daisy Ellison, < Waco, Texas, who has come to stay until a ,er commencement. An Instrumental and vocal recital will b liven by Miss Julia Poston and Miss Carrl ;ooke next Friday night. T*ey will be ai listed by Mies Jennie Galloway and M feden Pressly. The monument to be erected on the En tine campus In honor of I)r. Grler bus ai lved. The unveiling will beone of the pron nent events of commencement. In spite of the disagreeable weather a goo srowd was out Saturday to the memorial pj irclses. The exercises w?re opened wil jrayer by Dr. W. L. Pressly, after which th tddress of the occasion was made by Mr. Gu [)avls. Crosses of honor were presented t he ?)d soldiers by the Daughters of the Cot ederacy. Three young ladles, Misses Helf Jrler, Edna Ramsey and Ruth Todd gavea[ iroprlate reoltatlons. The muslo was furr shed by the Due West band. After these es rclses flowers were placed upon the gravt >1 the soldiers burled here. The one hundredth anniversary of the 01 ;anlzatlonof the Associate Reformed chnrc ield here last Sabbath was Indeed an enjo} ible occasion. The addresses were all helpfc ma iDSirucuve ana orougai oai many imei ;sting facts. Molasses as Stock Feed. A rather new discussion at the Fet uary meeting of the American Farm 5ra' Club at Donaldsonville, La, nought out the fact that molasses fe> n connection with hay, cottonsee aulls or other dry seedstuffs is not oo y palatable to livestock, but keep ;hem iu fine working condition, whil t is a great economizer of more costl, eed. Mr. Ant. M. Sobrel, who led ii ;he discussion, said that be began t eed molasses to the mules on his plan nation in 1901, He had fed it befor without mixing it with other feed jut with different results. Having 01 aand a lot of inferior hay, which hi itock did not relish, he conceived th dea of feeding it in connection wit! molasses as a sweetener. The experi nent was a perfect success. Th nules ate the nweetened hay witl jreat relish, and fattened upon il Mr. Kfihr^l hpcan with a small nuati ;ity of molasses, and increased it grad jally. "At the outset," he says, u :ut the usual grain allowance in bal ind substituted three-quarters of gallon of. molasses. I calculate a ful jraiu feed at five gallons of corn am >ats mixed ; hence the half allowanc >f which I speak was about two an< >ne-balf gallons, or a little less. This ration was continued unti \.pril 1, when alfalfa came in and ou iorn supply was exhausted. I r< luced the grain feed then to one gal ou of oats, mixed with alfalfa am nolasses, feeding twice a day. Whei he crop had been laid by I discon inued the oats altogether, and fee inly on alfalfa, gra s and molaases vhich kept the stock in fine order am >erfect health until the beginning o he grinding season. No green cori _ j. rv.. i_ ? 11 / *. u ~ vas CUL OU Alley LUUUfc) U lis plantation) last year; there wa m abundance of feed without it fifty one mules and four horses an ed on the place, and the animal iave never been in better health "Jot a dose of medicine has been givei hem in nearly fifteen months?tha s, since the feeding of molasses wa legun. Our stock has never befor >een in such good condition.' Durinj be grinding season I did not feed a loon?only at night. Didn't evei iring the muleB in from the fields a idbn for water, and found that tbej lid not seem to suffer at all under tbi reatment. I now divide the feed ;iving it at noon and night. The bill if Oak Alley for bought feed in 190 eached $4(?00. In 1902 the onl; (ought feed was a small carload o ats, costing $459, and a part of tbi vas sold to tenants on the place. Mo asses is a good substitute for corn. I s better to use oats in hot weathe i ? a ir..ir.. uau t'uru. /iiiMiia iq;iaucs uais. iave found that mule9 don't eat an lew feed with avidity, but will sooi ;et used to it. I don't think molasse; hould be given alone ; the better wa; s to mix it with other feed. About i >arrel of molasses is being fed everj lay at Oak Alley." Mr. Sobrel stated that many smal armers bought molasses from his plan ation at five cents a gallon to feer nules with, and thought these smal armers were . formerly prejudic igainst Its use. Its value'as an articli if stock feed and its great economy ?ver the use of corn have overcom* heir prejudices. Mr. Sobrel fays b )egan to feed a quarter of a gallon o nolasses a day, which he coutinuei or a week or two; then he increase) he quantity to a half gallon, and in irements were made at intervals unti ive quarts a day were fed. which wa he maximum quantity used. Mr. Tucker at the same meetini ;ave his experience with the use o :ottoimeed hulls mixed with molasse is a feed for milch cows. When fei ilone the cottonseed bulls were scarce y touched by them, but when mixet vith molasses they were eaten raven tusly. The hulls cost $7 a ton. Mr dcC'all regarded the solution of th conomical feeding of stock as lyini it the very foundation of the success ul prosecution of the sugar interest ii Louisiana, and i' such a saving in th :ost. of feeding could be made as de cribed by Mr. Sobrel, the questioi vould be solved. Mr. Sobrel in 190 pent as much of $500 some month or stock feed. In 1902 the expendi ure was less than $500 for the entiri rear, and the mules were strong, it ;ood order and equal to any in tin >arish. They got too fat in the sum ner months, aud the feed had to b< educed ; in fact, they gained so mud lesh that new collars had to hi >ought for them. From one-half t( hree-quarters of the outlay for feed iccording to Mr. Sobrel, may be savec it? t ho nun a f mnluuuou > J VUV UCb VI UiVIUiJOVC. Teachers' Examination. I^HK REGULAR EXAMINATION FOl white and colored teachers will be heli it Abbeville Court House, Friday, May 22nd 903, Beginning at nine o'clock a. ro. K. C. DuPRE, Co. Supt. of Ed. May 5,1?03. tf You can find some xquislte cut glass an< ihina at the store of A M. Smith <fc Co. Boys like the style? ..others like the mm ind making and fathers like the price of th drs. Jane Hopkins line of childreus clothini o be found at Hall <& Anderson's. - , ? Tliore is No ITii!>? Ii Thero is no unbolief! Whoever plants a seed beneath the sod And waits to see It. push away tbe clod, m ] r Trust# he in God. IThere Is no unbelief! Whoever Hays, when clouds arh in the sky, i v Be patient, heart, light breaketh by and by, TruHtH the most High. 1 There is no unbelief! f. Whoever sees 'nenth winter's field of snow The silent harvests of the future ({row, It God's power must know. f. There is no unbelief! Whoever lies down ou his couch to sleep, e Content to lock each sense in slumber deep, Knows God will keep. 8 There iR no unbelief! Whoever ?a.vs to-morrow, the unknown, t. The future, trusts that power alone g Nor dares disown. k There Is no unbelief! 3. The heart that looks on when dear eyelids close d And dares to live when life has only woes, God's comfort knows. e There is no unbelief! [. For thus by day aod night unconsciously >f The heart lives by that fath the lips deny, e God knoweth why. M n [j LOOKING OVER THE GROUND r* carefully we have come to the conclusion ? and our customers have also ' decided?that our blend of ^ ^ t-. < tvjj -f lit 11/ is superior to anything sold elsewl/ere. The berry is carefully selected from choice grades of new crops and roasted j by the most approved proce-s. None of the fine ajroma is lost, is This coffte is strong, pure and dee licious. II T. &.T. M. Miller. e J State of South Carolina, s 7 e COUNTY OK ABBEVILLE. h # i? By the County Board of Education t. * i i- To J. A. Brown, F. Y. Press I y and T. R. Black- j well, Trustees for School District No. 38: If It appearing to the satisfaction ] a or the County Board or Education mat, ine || lawn whereby an election may be held for the j purpose or levying a special tax ol three mills g In District No. 88, had been compiled with, It j Is therefore ordered that you bold an election In the town of Due West, at the umal voting place on Saturday, the lGtb day or May, 1903, r for the purpose or determining "whether the said tax shall be levied or not. That you give the notice required by law ~i before holding said election, j FRANK C. DuPRE, Chairman. K. F. GILLIAM, ! J. Fit \SER LYON, County Board of Education. j April 14,1903. tf Does it Pay to Buy Cheap 7 A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is all ' ' right, but you want something that will re- i e lieve and cure the more severe and dangerous , S results of throat and lung troubles. What 1 shall you do? Go to a warmer and more reg ularcllmate? Yes, Impossible; ir not possible ' a for you, then in either case take the o.vly 1 t remedy that Daw been introduced in an civi- j llzed countries with success in throat . H and lung troubles, "Boschee's German Syrup." 1 6 It not only heals and stimulates the tissues to r destroy the germ disease, but allays lnflama f tiou, causes easy expectoration, gives a good L night's rest, and cures the patient. Try onf. 1 bottle. Recommended many years by all t druggists in the world. You can get this re j liable remedy at Speed's Drug store. I, (ilrnn'* Locals. f Need Corn?You can find the Golden 1 Dent. White Dent, HnowHake and Stowells. y Evergreen at Glenn's. if Bean Seed?Now Is the time to plant. You will fltid all seeds at Glenn's fresh and s pure. Valentine, Wax, Greenpod, Ky. Won? der, the great pole bean, also pole and dwarl fc Lima butler beans. r Pei*rl Millet?Good to cut green lor your J cow. Heed at Glenn's. oliickcn Fooil?Mixed grain and crushed v oorn lor young chicks, find It at Glenn's. a Glenn can furnish you Wilson planters 9 half first shipment sold. Better buy now. a ? ?? ^ f| YOUR REQUIREMENTS ? 31 ( J canuotbe greater tliau our ability to ( j" fill them. We make many varieties of ] BREAD ' rl'iilv hpuiilcu mnnv ?nrt.q rif dplinioim ?; Cakes, Pies and Pastry. i . I All our efforts are directed toward < 11 producing things* of superior quality. 1 8iThat is the point in which we work to j a i excel. j 1 Those who know say our bread is s best. ( ; J. W. Breihahn, 3 , Proprietor. J a i i g Our first patent flour never fails to give sat- ) jlBfaclion, and you lake no risk In buying it, . } i as we guarantee every dust of It to pleaHe any- ' , [body. A. M. Smith & Co. < 1 The greatest lino of bells find fans you ever saw. Of course they are Drummers' Samples that Is why nobody else can touch our prices. A. M. Smith & Co. Unheard of bargains In ladles shirt waists and skirts. They are the latest sty leg?Drutnmcs'Samples?and dirt cheap?A. M. Smith jt, i' <fc i o. I if you are looking for the "very best" In fresh candy tlieu go to ' I w Speeds' Drug Store. ' p Smoking tobacco, cigars and plug tobacco ^ at retail and wholesale by -P. B. Speed, the tobacco man. I Kail In Hue with the crowds nnd eo to Mil1 ' ford's lor any and every thing you want. s | Just received the finest lot of paint ever 1 i j seen in Abbeville,atMilford'N Drugstore. ei If you want tobacco by the box at whole- v ? sale prices go to 1*. 11. Speed?The tobacco ? man. y ??r ? THE KITCHEN RANGE. How to Economize on the Cue of Coal?BalldinK Fires. une or tne most rruittui sources or lousehold waste and extravagance is :he coal bin. and tons of fuel are used where a single one would give the same results. Open drafts and a range full to the covers of glowing coals not >nly burn a needless amount of coal, [rat bum out the range at the same jme. A shovelful of coal or sufficient ;o lightly cover the lire will accomplish as much as a half scuttluful, excepting in the increase of the coal lian's trade. For a small range nut coal is best; 'or a large one, small egg coal. Red ish coal makes a hotter fire, with 'ewer cinders, than the white ash, and ;he latter bums more slowly. For :uese reusous a.u ?i]u:u iiirAiun; ui uic :wo is a wise economy. The ashes aken from the fire should never be thrown into the can until they are sifted. The cinders thus obtained can De used on the fire at times when the greatest heat is not n6eded. But they should always be added after the fresh ;oal is well aglow. A third of a cupful of kerosene with tvhich to saturate the kindling and ?oal before putting it in the i;ange will facilitate the housemaid's mornng work, whether or not the fire has jeen kept overnight Kerosene should lever, however, be poured directly Into i stove, either from the cup or can. rhe best way is to lay the wood on i shovel and cover it there with the >11, and then add a sprinkling to a shovelful of coal. Many housekeepers usure their kitchens againjt accident from this cause by leaving a part of a lupful of oil for the servant's use and locking the rest in the storeroom. A handful of sugar will revive aD ixpiring fire as quickly as will.kerosene, but happy the housewife whose maid Is ignorant of the fact. This accounts in many cases for the rapid dislppearance of the kitchen sugar supply. ? Sow to Make Buckwheat Shortcake. Take two cupfuls of nice sour milk [freshly churned buttermilk is the best), add half a level teaspoonful of soda (more If the milk is very sour) ind a level teaspoonful of salt Add sufficient buckwheat flour to make a eery stiff batter. Pour this into a buttered tin and bake Immediately for ibout 30 minutes. Serve with butter md maple sirup. How to Make Guinea Hen Pie. Bone the guinea hen and rub well tvith pounded mace, allspice and pepper and salt (use a teaspoonful of salt ind half a teaspoonful of mired spices). Then spread over a layer of forcemeat made by chopping two ounces of ham, ;>ne teaspoonful of parsley and the peel af half a lemon. Mlnee very fine, add a seasoning of salt, cayenne and mace. Blend all thoroughly together with six ounces of crumbs and two beaten eggs. Butter a raised pie mold and line with l stiff, short crust Then spread witli the forcemeat. Tut in the guinea meat, packing it well in. Wet the edges, put Dn a cover of the paste, brush over with egg and bake four hours. In the meantime make a good, strong gravy from the bones, pour it through a funnel Into the hole at the top, and the pie Is ready for use. How to Roast Clams. Wash and scrub the clams. Tut them an the broiler and over a clear fire. Aa they begin to open take them from the broiler and remove the upper shell. Pour over a little melted butter and 3erve with a quarter of a lemon. Add i little chopped parsley to the melted butter. Serve the clams very hot. How to Tell Age of Horiea. The popular idea that the age of a bor?e can always be told by looking at bis teeth, says a veterinary surgeon, is not entirely correct After the eighth year the horse has no more hew teeth, so that the tooth method is lifeless for telling the age or a norse wmcn is more than 8 years old. As soon as the set of teeth Is complete, however, a wrinkle begins to appear on the upper edge ol the lower eyelid, and a new wrinkle Is added each year, so that to get at the age of a horse over. 8 years old you must figure the teeth plus the wrinkles, How to Broil Ham. Cut some slices of ham a quarter of in Inch thick, lay them In hot water for half an hour or give them a scalding In a pan over the fire. Then take them up and lay them on a gridiron aver bright coals, then take the slices jn a hot dish, butter them freely, sprinkle pepper over and serve. How to Clean Cat Gln.ua. Cut glassware is both valuable and beautiful and should be carefully i a--' ?1 Tf flhnnM. irenifu w Lifu ucoxitu. aw In the first place, be washed ia warm water to which have been added a few drops of that invaluable cleansing agent ammonia. Having thoroughly rinsed them, brush each piece separately with a soft brush dipped in whiting, and then, when the powder is washed off, polish the glasses, which should drain for a minute or two, with tissue paper, which puts on a splendid gloss. How to Stew Carrots. Scrape some carrots and boil til] nearly cooked, place in a stewpan with one ounce of butter, a couple of small onions, miuced fine; a little chopped parsley, with pepper and salt to taste. Simmer slowly for nair an nour, uieu Add some flour to thicken the gravy. Iqueeze over all a little lemon julct And serve. How to Fry Eel*. After cleaning the eels well cut them In pieces two inches long. Wash them and wipe them dry. Roll them In wheat flour or rolled cracker and fry as other fish, In hot lard or beef dripping, salted. They should be brown?a ~n /vfow n*-h/A.iv?ncrhlv rlnnp. CM Oil U?C* UUU If you will call at Speeds' Drugstore you an get a free Hample of Knthymore Tooth 'aste. If you expect to paint any fills spring It Mil pay yon to Nee me before you buy your alnt, anything from the cheapest to the est at Speeds' Drug Store. Whv pay fte for a "bum"-clgar when you on ifct the ( Inoo for the same price, liothlmr i'" 'i f'"* >>" Kiimn ifiniiov. Sales three to Ix thousand every month controlled here by 1?. Speed. Our?oda fountain it) running in full i>l>?nt. Vtth two competent soda men at the helm, re can pleaso and cool t he most fastldiouH, ours to please, (J. A. Mliford.The Druggist. ' v'- W ? v ' Jfk "- "-V STUDENTS' DUELS. Bow the German University Men Are' Pudded For tlio Fight. j My friend had vanished into xhe dress- I lng room, and at first glance I entirely faik-d to recognizo him in the padded mon6ter that now staggered clumsily into the room, supported on eaoh side by his second and sword bearer. The thick armor of leather and wadding with which ho was bolstered entirely protected his body and limbs. His neck was rigidly incascd in n high, thick collar of silk and whipcord, and his eyes were protected by iron goggles as large as small teacups, from which a strap passed round the ears to be buokled at tbo back of the head. His second was somewhat similarly equipped, and in addition wore a leather cap with a stroDg Iron peak. The other principal presently entered the room and took up his position atone sword's length from Zimmerman. He was closely followed by the umpire or unpartelischer. This personage was a ehrouiu medical student *of ten years' standing?a mass ox jjemai rocunaity, with a fat, amorphous face In which features seemed a superfluity. He was duly qualiflod for his responsible position by an unlimited capacity for beer and the glorious fact that he had never passed an examination. Enthroned on an armchair a little in front of the other spectators, he divided bis time "pretty equally between a bugo mug of Muncbener and a long pipe of which the painted china bowl rested on the ground. He now proclaimed "Silentlura!" and proceeded to announce the duel. It was to last for 20 minutes, ex eluding all pauses, and as usual to consist of short bouts or "gangs," with brief intervals of rest between eaoh. The sword9 ?long, nasty looking blades, sharp as ra zors and flexible as riding switches?were ? - ?? a ?lit. careiuny wipeu wuu uiaiuiwuu^ iuuuu and banded to the combatants. The seconds took up their position behind and to the left of their respective men, and gave the word of command in the following traditional form: "Auf die M?nsnr bindet die Klingenl" (Cross blades for the duel!) "Gebunden Bind!" (Cross'ed thoy are!) "Losl" (Go!) The swords clash together In the preliminary stroke. Then ensues a brief ballstorm qf blows so rapid that tho eye refuses to follow tbem and retains only a confnsed Impression of flashing steel and flying sparks. The head of each combatant seems to be enveloped In a halo of gleaming points. It is impossible to realize that a?nti r>t thpsn licrht.ninc? strokes ia deliber ately and scientifically aimed and as deliberately and scientifically parried.?Pall Mall Magazine. MAMMA'S DEAR CHERUB. He Deferred a Spanking: and Got a Stranger In Trouble. People never get encouragement for doing the good Samaritan act in the interests of the pnblic, as the man decided who offered to assist a distracted woman and ameliorate the sufferings of a lot of people on a suburban car. The boy who howls was in evidence, the onrled darling of his only own mother and the terror of everybody else, and he had kept the car In a state of wild exoitement and exhausted the patience of everybody, Including his doting parent. "Oh, if your father were only here!" she bad said for the fiftieth time as she tried vainly to restrain the howling terror. ' ' * ' - ?- -a 1 ?l 1 AC inac ne scoppuu huwuujj iimy cuuujju to beat the air with bis small shins, and the woman on the other 6ide of him remarked audibly that a cage was the proper place for savages like bir:. "Johnny, dear," asked hi? mother, "won't you be a good boy?" Roars and kicks from Master Johnny. "Oh, I wish your father were here to give you a good trouncing this very minute I" she wailed as she struggled with him. , Then it was that the philanthropist of the company asserted himself. He had been trying in vain to road his morning i paper ever since he started from home. "Allow me, madam'," he said blandly. "I am a father myself, and 1 will be happy to chastise your cherub In behalf of bis ab If trcu u pttrcuu. "Oh, no, you won't; not if I kfiow it!" said Johnny's mother, rising in her wrath like n tigress. "Thero ain't that man liv* ing dare lay a finger on that boy?his own father or any other ugly old catamount who thinks be knows it oil!" And she shut off debate by goiDg into the next car ' and taking the sweet infant with Jier.? ' Chioago Times-Herald. / The Origin of Mr. and Mrs. In earlier times the ordinary man was ! simply William or John?that la to say, he bad only a Christian name without any ! kind of "handle" before it or surname 1 after it, says the Philadelphia Record, i Some means of distinguishing one John , or William from another John or William became neoessary. Nicknames derived from a man's trade or bis dwelling place or from some personal peculiarity were tacked on to bis Christian name, and plain John became John Smith. As yet there ' were po "misters" in the land. Some John Smith accumulated more wealth than the bulk of his fellows?be, caruo perhaps a landed proprietor or an ' employer of hired labor. Then he began 1 il- - -KT I tO D0 called ID tat) i>orujuu-j.'icuiiti ui uuo ' day the "maistre" of this place or that, of these workmen or of those. In time the "maistre," or"malster," as it Boon beoame, got taoked on before his name, and he beoame Maister Smith j and his wife was Maistress Smith. Gradually the sense of possession wai lost sight of, and the title was conferred i upon any kind?by mere possession of ^ wealth or holding some position of more or less consideration and importance. 1 Nice For Nervous People. A party of Cambridge professors on one ! A/??nc{r>n iinrlortnnb for A scientific obieCt. i , , . . . ; to ponetrate into the depths of a Cornish mine. One of the number relates the following startling inoident of his visit: On his ' soent in the ordinary manner, by means of a buoket and with a miner for a fellow passenger, ho perceived, as he thought; unj mistakable symptoms of tho frailty of the rope. "How often do you change your ropes, my good man?" he Inquired when about j half way from the bottom of the awful ! ftbyss. "We change them every three months, Bir," replied the man in the bucket, "and : we shall change this one tomorrow If we ! get up safe toduy, sir."?Pearson'a Weekly. The greatest potato eaters are the people ! of Germany and Belgium. The oonsump1 tlon of this vegetable averages 100 pounds j per annum for each porson. I A *nnfflnlAl ronnrf.o nf t.h? Japanese government the Island empire ontalDB 62,fe20 teaohen. Hundreds of sample handkerchiefs from cheapest to best. It will cost nothing to examine them, and If we cannot nnvo you :c> per cent, will not ask you to buy. Isn't tbls a fair proposition ? A. M. Smith & Co. A large bill of choice stationery expected this week. Call arid see these goods. 1'. 1J Speed. 1'. B. Speed has anything you want In the line of drugs, stationery perfumery toilet artlcleH and confectionary. Hiv prices will suit the size of your pocket book. The lies! evidence of the merit ol the CiiiRo Cigar Is that everybody Mnol<e? it and every retHiler wants to sell il. We sell lr<uii three to five thousand every month. I'. I!. Speed You can always got fresh candy from 1". U Speed. VALUE OF GOOD ROADS. Effect of Highway Improvement In New Jersey. The importance of good roads and their value to each district having . thein have long been advocated, but nnt- until rpr>ont rosrs hflfl the DUbliC > . ",3 been awakened to their full signiflcance. After all, it was not by argument that the public was convinced, but from necessity In the beginning and then by example. The state of New Jersey is wedged in between New York and' Pennsylvania, with one of .^fs the great cities of the country on its eastern borders and the second largest city on its western borders. Its farmers are mainly engaged in raising truck for the millions of people living in lUUM? UVU C1UUS. IU UU LHiO LUUUOttliUO ol' them drive to each city daily with a load of truck, starting in the morning anywhere from 12 to 4 o'clock to get to the markets early enough for the huck- ? sters. UM "Jersey mud," a clay loam, is proverbial for its stickiness and disagree- . able nature to travel through when wet, says the Putnam (Conn.) Patriot The Jersey farmer knows the lvalue of a dollar'and Js opposed to taxes, but he could reckon the difference between what lie lost daily by reason of bad roads and the tax he would have to pay for building a smooth rock road. That having been worked out, one good road was built, and those near it got to market regularly and easily, rain or shine, saving enough each trip to pay the road tax. "Seeing Is believing," and farmers in other parts became convinced of their economy, and the exampie was followed, slowly at first, but ..$3 gradually going on more rapidly. Last year 100 miles of new roads 'Is were built In that state at a cost of about $500,000. This year the demand for them is so great that the state will, the coming year, venture to put $1,000,-' v? 000 into 200 miles of macadam. The >J| state.commissioner of public roads de clares tliat this movement has Increased the taxable property of the . state by $27,000,000. Just think of BAY STATE ROADS. > ; -IB Some Fact* About the Hlghwan of ijra Massachusetts. It costs on an average $9,000 per mile to build a state road in Massa- " 3 chusetts, says the Boston Globe, but 4 the actual cost depends on locality and conditions, hardly two cases being ' alike. One-fourth of the cost of a state road is borne by the county in which it is situated, the balance being JiJI contributed by the state The work of the highway commission 'f,Js has developed a number of high class professional roadbuilders. Many of the younger and more ambitious have entered the employ of the national government In Cuba, Porto Rico and the ; v| Philippines in the same line of work. Most of the state roads are of broken stone, but a few are of graveL The AmaaJ Vt?iU4- la ^AfA?m1no/l Kw fKft ; .V?^i IJ'pe vi ivau uuui us uctcinnutu vj wu? * -. ? engineer, who makes careful examlna- j , v,^ tlon of soils, drainage, gravel, stone, #3 grades and traffic. t The thickness of stone on state roads varies from four to sixteen Inches, the t lesser being placed over good gravel or sand, the greater over heavy clay. The broken stone used on state roads passes through half inch, Inch and a half and two and a half inch screens. The largest size Is placed on the bottom, the second size on top of this and the , crown is made with hulf Inch material jrf All are rolled separately and thoroughly. The cost of trap rock for roadbullding varies from $1.10 per ton to $L60 * per ton. The state owns seventeen steam rollers,. which are employed In state roadbulldlng. The standard width of stone roadways In Massachusetts built by the commission Is fifteen feet There are some only ten and twelve feet wide, Dot tney are uoi ,\ deemed economical to maintain. When a state road Is constructed, It remains under the control of tjie state highway commission. The local authorities are taxed an amount not to exceed $50 per mile for maintenance. FOR BETTER ROADS. Men of Wealth Interested In Hlffh- ' way. Improvement. Men of wealth are evincing a practical Interest In road Improvement for _ * >the benefit of their fellow men. George Gould has offered to bear one-third of the entire cost of the improvement of the public highways In the vicinity of - ' C? r^akewood. N. J., and Colonel J. J. A3 tor has spent large sums on the roads . near Poughkeepsle, N. Y. Recently Harley T. Proctor, a summer resident of Williamstown, Mass., offered to give the town $10,060 for the improvement of the roads, providing the latter raises $50,000 for the same purpose. Mr. Proctor makes the gift because he believes that better roads would increase the popularity of Williamstown as a summer resort. He recently had the stone hill road put . /."$ in excellent condition at a cost of $500. The town furnished the drainage pipes and permitted Mr. Proctor to use the road scraper. ' ^ The Secret o 1 a Good Road. >' A hard surface, well rounded so that the water will run off quickly, is the secret of a good road. Attention after a road Is once permanently built is imperative so that the washed out places and depressions where water stands may be repaired. A little timely work will keep a road in good shape. ???_??, Civilization and Good Road*. There is perhaps no better test of the life of a civilization than that to be found In the extent and character of its public highways. The degree of perfection of country roads corresponds closely to the degree of civilization where the roads are situated. 'yioi We cau furnish the ladles with muslin underwear cheaper than they can buy tha cloth and make them. But we do nor. ask them to take our word for It, as the goods and prices do the talking. A. M. Smith <k Co. Our sample neckwear and hosiery are the greatest bargains you ever saw, and It will give us great pleasure to show and price them. A. M. Smith & Co. Toilet sets, maulcure sets, vases, leather goods, Hiid tine cologne, at .Milford's Drug store! I"'resli candy every week at Milford's Drug Stry. * nil on ij. i. iv I. .m. .unier lui ?<* rents, ralHlnA and citron. Old mountain Huck Wheat Junt arrived. W? also lmvo the Helf ruining buck wheat. L. T. Jt X. M. Miller. - v - .1 L'S