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e v: r 6 -7 WEST END. ? Happening!* and Incidents of a Week Abont the City. Miss Grace Jones of ABhevllle N. C., Is Id the city the guest of her aunt Mrs. L. W. White and her ooasln Mrs. C. A. Mllford. Miss Jones has many friends here who are glad to weloome her to our olty. Hon. W. U. Parker was In Colombia last week attending the Dloscean Council. Mrs. Eugene B. Gary went to Columbia last Tuesday and stayed until Wednesday In that city. Miss Mamie Lou Smith returned Saturday from an extended stay In Atlanta wbere she was the guest of her friend Miss Meta Llthgoe. Mrs. S. Caroline Cater of Anderson Is in the city spending awhile with her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Temple ton. Mr. John M. Harden, little Miss Nelle UorHon onrl Moofor EMorar Harrtttn lflft. last Friday for Savannah where they will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Harden. Mr. Harden has taken Master Edgar to Dr. Pblllp for some slight operation on bis eyes. Their many frlendB hope for the very beet results to be gained by the operation. Mrs. William Andrew 8peer of Anderson was In the olty Monday the gaest of MIbs Lily Templeton. k. of p. picnic. The Knights of Pythias will have a picnic Friday at Millwood. An excursion train will be run leaving at 8 a. m. and returning at 8 p. m. A pleasant time Is anticipated by tboae who are going. Mr. George Clarke returned last Thursday from Baltimore where be 1b taking a course In Pharmacy. Mr. Clarke will have a position at Speed's where he 1b well known. H1b many friends are glad to have him here again. euchre party. The Euchre Club met Friday afrernoon at the home of Mrs. Wm. P. Greene. The meeting was in every way a delightful one. De IIcIoub Ices, strawberries and cake was served at the close of the afternoon. Those present were;?Mrs. A. M. Smith, Mrs. F. B. Gary, ? 1" nr D.A^|AM u n Thnmnann mil* TT YT JDIBU5QJ | iui v? vj* vn Mrs. Maggie Balloon, Mrs. James Bradley, Mrs. G. A. Neuffer, Mrs. Wade' 8. Cothran, Mrs. Gordon White, Mrs. A. B. Cheatham, Miss Graoe Jones of Asbevllle. Miss Lucia W. Parker, Miss Marie Gary, MIbb Nettle L. Brunron.Mlss Male Robertson, Miss Nettle Russell, Miss Sara JLae. Miss Ellse Bowie, Miss Eunice Calhonn, Miss Ltly Templeton. Miss Plevena Seal spent part of last week In Dulutb Ga. and then came to Atlanta to hear Nordlca In Grand Opera. Miss Seal Is a thorough muslolan and appreciated the great singer to the fullest. Miss Joele Lyon has been chosen Sponsor , of Camp of Seoeeslon No. 416 and she has chosen Miss Nelle Edward* as maid of honor. ' They left Tuesday for the Reunion in Columbia. 1 Mr?. G. W. 8peer and Mr. G. W. 8peer, Jr., of Monterey were in the olty Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Starke have moved Into their new borne. The place is greatly beautified by its new dress of white and green. Mre. Edith Riggs Holloway and Miss Adelaide Bowie Rlggs,Jbotb so pleasantly known here, are In town visiting Mrs G. A. Neuffer Mr. Lawrence C. Parker spent last Sunday In Anderson. Miss Bessie Jones, of the Greenwood Graded School was here last week visiting the school. Miss Jones was the guest of her friend Miss Bertba White while here. Prof. R. F. Gilliam and Master Edward Gilliam went to Columbia last Friday and stayed In that city until Sunday, with Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Bailey. Mrs. Gambrell, of Anderson, Is In the city the guest of her daughter Mrs. Thomas Glenn. Mr. H. S. Lunslford, of Washington D. C., was In the city several days last week the gnewtof Mr. H. D. Reese. Mr. Walter Vlsanska, of Atlanta, Ga., Is in the city the gueet of his father Mr. G. A. Vlsanska. Mr, H. Q. Anderson has returned from a short trip to Anderson. Mr. R. Law ton Dargan spent Sunday In - xheclty. Mr. M. T. Coleman was In the city Saturday and Sunday. Miss S. Leona Blake went to Columbia Monday ana win spend a wane wun uer friend Miss Emily Verner. Miss William* left Jast"Tbur8day for Asfce llle, N.C., where she will spend some time before returning to her borne In Cape Charles. WHIST CLUB. Tbe Men's Whist Clab was entertained Friday evening by Mr. H. Gillespie Smith. The meeting was a yen pleasant one. Master Terr*l Jones, Master Roy Jones and Master Lowrle Beaoham went to Columbia Monday to spend a few days with Mr. A. W. i> Jones. Mr. Eraklne Blake went to Colombia Monday. Captain John Lyon went to Columbia Tuesday to attend tbe Reunion. Mr. Harvey M. Wilson expecte to go to New Orleans to attend tbe Reunion of tbe Confederate Veterans of the Southern States. Mr. Robert McCaw of Yorkvllle has been in tbe olty for several days the guest of hU sister Mrs. Lewis W. Perrln. Dr. James Hill is at borne from the Baltl more Medical College where be has been attending college for tbe past several years. Mr. Lewia W. Perrln leaves Monday for New Orleana where be will attend tbe Reunion. Mr. Perrln will spend tbe time with bis son Mr. Robert MoCaw Perrln while In that city. CAMP SECESSION MEETS. Camp Secession No. 416 baa a meeting last Wednesday afternoon In tbe Court House. Tbe meeting was held to elect delegates to tbe Reunion. Captain Jobn Lyon and Mr. JobD Kraaler Lyon were elected to go to tbe Re nnlon In Columbia. Miss Josle Lyon was elected as Sponsor and she obose MIbs Nelle Edwards at ber maid ol honor. Mr. Lewis W. Perrln and Mr. H. M. WllBon were elected to represent tbe Camp at tbe Rennlon In New Orleans. , Mr. Geo. Smith of Calhoun Falls was In tbe city Monday tbe guest of bis brother Mr. W. Joel Smith. ROCKY RIYER. News Notes from JLowndesvllle and ' Vicinity. Lowndeaville, May 11, 1908. Mrs. Mellnda Kay left a few days ago to spend a while with relatives In Alabama. Mr. Will Swift, of Elberton, and bis Bister Mrs. Pearl Swift Hollburton, Of N. Y., spent a day or .two last week with Mrs. T. Baker. Mrs. B. C. Kay and Miss Eola May Kay were at Anderson C. H. for a day or two last week. Miss Helen Hopkins, of Seneca, has been with tbe family of ber uncle, Mr. A. N. Barnes, for tbe past few days. i Miss Jennie Harper Is with friends at An demon C. H. Miss Mamie Bowman,at ber nice home In the ooantry, had her young lady friends with < ber on Friday. The embroidery olub held lta month'y meeting there In the afternoon. Last week. Miss Kate Giles of Qranltevllle who la well known and has many warm i friends In and around this plaoe. was united m marriage to Mr. E. 8. Jones of Bessamer, Ala., where they will make their fntnre home. Invitations to the above event were | oxtendcd to tome of oar people. Mm. E.C. Meeohlne and Mlsa Annie Lid- { dell went to Latimer Saturday morning to Bpend a few days with friends. Several doys ago Mr. and Mrs. B. Berry Allen went to McCormlck to visit relatives. Miss. Lizzie Nance, Mlsa Ruth Dunn and Master John Nance went to Abbeville C. H. Friday-evenlog to spend a few days with the family of Mr. Sam Nanoe, brother of the ' first named. Mrs. B. F. Price and Mttle girl, have been at Mrs. A. ?. Moorheada, sister of the first named for the past few days. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Horton went to Savan- < nah Wednesday to attend the Southern 1 Baptist Convention,wblcn Is now In session 1 Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Speer, and their little 1 babe went to Harmony Grove Wednesday. < The first returned Friday, the others will stay for a time longer. Messrs J. A. and G. W. Wilson of Warrenton, on their return from a business trip to Anderson O. H.. stopped over here Saturday and were with Dr. J. D. Wilson, brother of the first and oonsln of the second, till yester day. M!m Bettle Daniel, quite an aged lady, who was born and raised near tbls piece, died at tbe borne of ber brotber-ln-law, Mr. Jaoob Alewlne, near McCormlck on Friday. Her remains were brought to ibis place Friday evening and carried over to tbe old bomeftead and burled In tbe family burial ground Saturday morning. Troupe. Johnnie bad been told to write a short composition in which be should say something about the days of the week. The little fellow thought a few minutes, and tben triumphantly produced this : "Monday father and I Killed a bear, and there was most enough to last over Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday." . Bystander: "What are you doing on that fence, little boy ?" Boy : "Dad gave me a penny to sit here an' make faces at the coal wagon drivers." Bvstander : "What is that for?" Boy: "Why, they get hot an' trow coal at me an' it falls into our j yard." i V t, J.". ' > . .. iffX'nilk&B&C' ( EAST END. What "N" Sees and Hears on Ilia Ronnds In Country and In Town. Abbeville, 8. C., May 13, 1908. GOOD ROADS MEETING AND PICNIC. Dr. W. A. Hunter one of the go-ahead men of Cedar Springs township has called a meeting of the people to assemble next Saturday (16th) at Little Mountain lor the purpose ol organizing a Good Roads Association. Thle Is a Kood move In the right dlreollon, and we are proud to see that the good people of thle township lead off In this great movement ol the day. Ttiere will also be a Dig DasKei picnic aou the public are most cordially invited to oom and bring well filled baskets. A full tarnoul of the people of tbis township is earnestly de sired aB the business to be transacted is ol great Importance and interest to one and all, If they expect to have the benefit of ibe Rural Free Delivery mall system they must have good roads, thus it will be seen these two movements go band in hand. SHARON'S GRADED SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT, Notwithstanding the unfavorable evening an Immense orowd assembled at Sbaron'E sohool building on last Friday evening to wit ness tbe entertainment given toy the sobool, consisting of recitations, dialogues, farces, plays, drills and tableaux, from which it will be seen the program was most interesting and varied. The stage was most artistically decorated with cut flowers and evergreens gracefully trailing over a wblte ground which brought out tbe most beautiful effect possible. Two ol the tableau scenes, 'Tbe Evening Prayer" and "Rock of Ages" were beautifully presented, and therefore are worthy of special mention. Between tbe plays sweet strains of music floated out on the evening air and beld tbe rapt attention of the audience. Tbe orchestra: Miss Maggie Evans, pianist; Mr. Charles Cowan, violinist; Mr. Norman Cason, guitar; Mr. Clyde Curry, banjo; Mr. Festus Curry, vlollnlRt: Prof. I. C. Curry, violinist. Tbe Messrs. Curry were from Laurens and beiDg accomplished musician* added greatly lo tbe enjoyment of the eveutng. Mr. Clyde Curry la a "musical prodigy," playing sweetly and skillfully any Instrument placed In his bands. Tbe mutio was very fine Indeed, and was so pronounoed by all present. Tbe caste of characters were well sustained by every one. Tbe crowd was said to be tbe largest ever assembled at tbls school building, wbTcb speaks volumes In praise of Prof. Curry and bis efficient assistant, Miss Lemmle Triable. Tbey are :o be congratulated upon the grand success of tbe entertainment. Prizes awarded: 1st prize, Miss Annie M. Williams, greatest improvement In writing; 2nd prize, Miss Mabel woodbarst, attendance, deportment and scholarship; 3rd prize. Master Robert Che;.lham, attendance, deportment and scholarship. PICNIC AT BOCKY GROVE. At the plotnresque home of MaJ. Arthur Parker will be tbe plcnio of tbe season, on Saturday, May 23rd. Big dinner, music and danolng will be tbe main pleasures of the day. The public areoordially Invited to come and bring baskets Oiled and rnnnlng over, and have a Jolly good time. PERSONAL MENTION. At the close of Lebanon sobool, Miss Louise Watson was awarded tbe prize offered by Prof. Harmon for tbe scbolar making the greatest Improvement in writing during tbe session?a beautiful gold pen witn carvec pearl handle, a most appropriate present. ECHOES ALONG BODTE NO. 3. Messrs. J. L Kennedy and John U. Ward law were the honored guests of Maj. Arthur Parker laat Thursday. Miss Mary Bherard, ot Iva, Is spendlDg a while with her aunt, Mrs. Maggie Bherard. Miss Mary Edwards Is home again after a week's pleasant stay with her sister, Mrs. W. J. Edwards. Miss Lemmle Trlbble has returned to her home In Due West. Mr. John A. McLean and children, ot Spartanburg, came over to the 8haron *ohoolen tertalnment and are the guests of Mrs. David Qllllam. his Bister. Prof. I. C. Curry returned to hla home near Laurens last Saturday. Mr. J. J. Edwards, of Lebanon, will attend the reunion of Confederate veterans at Columbia this week. Mrs. Mattle A. Wilson Is now spending a while with her two sons at Lethe. Mrs. Amanda Ramey Is quite sick. Mr. J. R. Thornton has two slok children. Miss Anna Bass is spending a few days In the olty with friends. Messrs. A. M. Hill & Sons have the finest field of wheat along Route No. 3. Messrs. Arthur Parker and Bass Brothers have the best oats along Route No. 8. The farmers alonz Route No. 3 have the "blues," being much agitated over the cold windy weather and the poor Btands of cotton. Some of them are running around ttielr cotton, others are running a narrow over It, and some are "waning uu me uiuuud iuh ujr, auu tbe ralDs desoend; others are planting over. In planting this season it seems tbe first shall be last, and tbe last shall be first. Many who planted early have not only lost their seed bat will have to plant over, while those planting later on will most likely fare better aa their cotton is now oomlng np nicely. IN THE CITY COMING AND GOING. After a month's stay with friends and relatives in Baltimore and Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hill returned home last week. Mr. Hill is wild over bis trip?says be never spent a more delightful time in all his life. They were moet royally and hospitably enter lalned during tbelr stay, and tbe kindness of tbeir hosts will not Boon be forgotten. Mr. Walter Vlsanska is in the olty spending a while with bomefolks. Mies Minnie Arnold, a charming young lady of Griffin, Ga., Is In tbe city the guest of her friend, Mrs. R. G. Game. Miss Lizzie Nance, acoompanled by her niece, Miss Ruth Dunn, of Lowndesvllle, spent several days In the city the past week, the guestt of Mr. and Mrs. 8am Nanoe. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Power were tbe guests or Mrs. J. L. McMillan several days of the past week. Miss Helen Edwards spent last Friday night with her brotber, Mr. R. O. Edwards and family, and took In tbe sobool entertainment Miss Lillian Power, tbe pretty and accomplished daughter of Mr. Henry Power, has just closed her school at Burnsville, N. C., and is expeoted In tbe olty this week, where she will be tbe guest of her aunt, Mrs. J. L. McMillan. Mr. Burroughs, auditor for the Seaboard, arrived In tbe city last Monday, looking after bis offlolal business with tbe offlceof this city. "? t riolrtooll onrt Mlaa Vn.o Rom. mond are visiting relatives in Green wood. Mr. W. J. Brynon after a pleasant stay with bomefolks In North Carolina has returned to the olty. Master Henry CaBon has a severe and painful case of mumps. There were no services In the Methodist church last Sunday on account of painting tbe pews and cleaning up wltblu. The pastor preaobed in tbe Baptist cbnrcb. Rev. Mr. Ewart preaobed In tbe A. R. P. oburcb to a large and attentive congregation. Mayor MoMilian and Superintendent E. A. Thompson bad a delightful outing on Savannah river for two days of last week, as tbe guests of Mr. David Gilliam. TOO LATE ! TOO LATE! Another summer baa rolled around and Abbeville has no loe plant as yet. What's tbe matter, anyhow? Abbeville must wake up and keep cool, or go into a "Rip Van Winkle nap." Which will she do? All talk and no work will aooompllsb no good, but talk and work together will build furniture factories, establish ice plants, canning factories, and even cotton mills. Messrs. James Gilliam and James Williams, Jr., have been elected trustees of Sharon Bchool, and Jobn T. Cheatham retained. SPECIAL MENTION. Miss Josle Lyon left for Columbia yesterday and will represent Camp McUowan as sponsor, and MIbs Nell Edwards Maid of Honor. Camp McQowan oould not have been represented by two of Abbeville's fairer and more aooompllahed daughters. ?? OUB GRADED SCHOOL. Tbe Kver Recurring: Question of Electing' Prlnclfml nnd Tenctaem. Mr. Editor: Will you allow me space In your valuable paper to mafce some oomments on the recent election by our very efflolent board of trustees, of tbe principal of our splendid Graded School. And so we are to be favored with tbe same excellent administration under which "our enrollment has Increased nearly 66 per cent.," due entirely of course to causes other than tbose Incident to an increase of population, &c. Our Board, It seems, "like Collins* Ram, has heads of Its own," and don't hesitate to use them?perpetuating our present Incomparable regime by "re-electing unanimously for the sixth time ' (see the "State." May 9th) the Incumbent, noU withstanding the lact that tbe citizens proper, that 1? excluding a certain element Introduced into local politics In the last few years, bad lu the two last annual election of trustees recorded themselves as being against their favorite. 'Tls a pity, however, that "the Board" did not get together In better shape and time, -?-l aa^malln l?>a.rtlont Kim frw (ua aUtk tlma HliU auiuow/ ? U-VlUVk UiUi iwi IUO OiA l>U liUiU unanimously," and not as It has leaked out, barely got blm In by the legal requirement and tben had some friction to make It unanimous. "Hurrah for the Board!" May none of them ever experience any trouble In being unanimously re-elected for a second, third, or even "sixth" term. Admirer, Suffer if you must. ** Only try, if you are to suffer, to do it splendidly. That's the only way to take up a pleasure or a pain. Ill ! "I" '. 'l I I in- I Improved Southern Pastures. Which shall It be, three acres to each head of stock, or three head of stock to each acre ? It lies within the power of each and every land-owner throught the entire South to determine the manner in which he individually will answer ; that query. If he so electe, he can i leave his so-called "pasture" in the i condition so many of them are to be J found in at this present time, to wit, [ three acres furnishing t>ut a very scanty subsistence for one single head of j live-stock, or if he elects, he can so im; prove the general condition and fer tilityof his pasture as that a single r acre of it shall furnish more and batter i grazing than is now furnished by three > acres. 1 We have seen high, dry and comparatively poor pine sandy land?land that would have been considered a : dear bargain at fifty cents per acre?so 1 enhanced in value by Bermuda tak, ing complete and entire possession of > it (though much against the owner'* will or wishes in the matter) that $5 per acre would have failed to purchase l it. We have seen many acres on high, dry and comparatively poor sandy pine hills that were so heavily set with Bermuda ahd the turf so ; dense that one single acre of it would and did furniHh more and better grass 1 than was furnished by three or more 1 acres of rich bottom, laud where the so-called "native" grasses were the sole dependence. One reason the average Southern pasture is no better than it is is on account of so many useless, unsightly and pestiverous weeds that, each in its season, are allowed to take posseb* 1 ^ ?Vio mnro iifiofill 81UU auu C1UWU uut ijjc uiuiw uuv.w. and valuable grasses, as dog-fennel, sneeze-weed, etc., and that pest of every lover of good milk and butter, the "bitter" weed, each and all of which might be eradicated by a little effort in the way of running the mower, or if too rough or too many washes and gullies, even a scyth and cutting them just as they come into bloom and before any of the seed have had time to mature. Hand-pulling is a somewhat slower, though surer method. We have depended exclusivly on the latter; hence it is a mere chance if we ever see any of them in our pas- ' tures, and if so, they are immediately pulled up, and more often than any other way, carried to the fire and burned. We are satisfied that the lee-side of of a barb-wire fence is a rather poor protection from either a cold northwest wind or an easterly rain, sleet or snow, and as it is an undoubted, and, in fact, that animal heat must somehotir or other be maintained, and also that said animal heal is far cheaper when maintained from the outside by the aid of a good shelter than from within by the more costly carbonaceous foods. No pasture, even in the "Sunny South," is complete without eome shelter for the stock to run to from sudden northers, etc. "The merciful man is merciful to his beast.'' Sufficient timber should be left for neccessary shade, but as grass does not and canDot thrive where shade is too dense, all timber not actualty needed for shade is a detriment to the pasture, and should be cut down without mercy. Whatever arrangements are made about water, and from whatever , source obtained (living springs are best), the supply should be both abundant and pure. The health of the stock it largely dependent on the water supply, and still more on the purity of that supply. The fence should connect with the barnyard by at least a lane if no other way, and be put up ' so firm, stout, close and high that any and all live-stock enclosed therein i shall be actually and positively restrained trom depredating on either your own fields or those of your neighbors. This tends to keep peace in any neighborboad, and may save lots of trouble both home and abroad, as well as some expensive lawsuits. The one great error into which many of our farming friends have been led is that something can be obtained from nothing ; that the pasture forms the single exception to nature's inexorable law of restitution or "so much for so much," and that as the animals are continually depositing excrementitious matters on every square yard or even foot of it, that instead of the anil nf t.hft pasture becominsr deDleted or exhausted of its fertility until' grass refuses to grow and noxions weeds and useless moss supplant them, that the pasture of all places on the farm should finally become immensely rich and fertile; in fact, the richest land on the place. It is needle9s to undertake to prove the above to be a fallacy; it proves itself on every band the entire country over, and in each- and every individual pasture. To keep a permanent pasture in good order and increase its ability for growing grass, hence its capacity for supporting stock, the soil should be feo, and the more liberally it is fed the greater the quantity of grass furnished by it and the better Its quality as far as succulence and nutrition is concerned. It is seldom necceesary to apply nitrncrAn tr? a nftrmanent n as t ure. the droppings of the stack and the leguminous plants, an the vetches and clovers, invariably found in every good pasture, tending to keep up the needed supply ; Btill we have derived both satisfaction and profit from an application of fifty to seventy-five pounds of nitrate of soda per acre, broadcasted in early spring before the weather has become sufficiently warm for active nitrification to set in. The pasturing of stock, particularly of growing animals and of cows whose milk is sold, exhausts the phosphate and potash of the soil very rapidly, and it is important that these be restored if the sod is to be kept in the best condition. To do this 500 pounds of a fertilizer containing 8 per cent, phosphoric acid and 8 per cent, potash may be applied per acre. It is a great mistake to locate the permaneut pasture on the poorest part of the farm, as it requires a good, soil, better and more thorough preparation and a greater amount of after-care to , make and maintain a really good permanent pasture than it does for any other crop on the farm ; but when all this has been efficiently and rightly done, aside from the vegetable garden, no other crop on the farm affords as much satisfaction nor so much clear profit, though more often than any other way it gets the least credit for it. G. H. Tuknek. Burgess, Miss. The greater part of the courage that is needed in the world is not of a he "I" Pniipairo mnu ho ijianlftvpd 1U1U AlUUi VVU1 ujmj WW in every-day life as well as on heroic fields of action. The common need is for courage to be honest, courage to resist temptation, courage to speak the truth, courage to be what we . really are, and not to pretend to be! what we are not, courage to live(i honestly within our means, and noti< dishonestly upon the means of others. j* - 1 i Stepping Slon * THE SUCCES I FERTILIZES The Virginia^Cai ; j "Manufacture* the 1 Virginia-Carolina Chemical i |j CHARLESTON. & C I NEW HATS to-Date MRS. MAI Has a fine assortment of New J Hats, whioh she proposes t or below oost. She expects sell all sorts of goods at cu and if you want a bargain goods must and will go, Women Learn to be Practical JPari era. Outdoor work ia beginning wi the spring term just opened at t school of practical agriculture at horticulture, which has been in ex tence not quite three years at Poug keepsie. The school was formerly < tabnshed near Ossining-on-the-Hu eon, but was later moved to Poug keepsie for better facilities, tbelectui and labratory experiments beii In tho nltw ofr 137 TVf m UlUICU UU 1U viav WIWJ 14V *w* gomery street, while the praotic farm work is taught and practiced the big farm of R. Fulton Cuttli situated half-way between Poughkee sieand Wappingera Falls. Mr. Ci ting is treasurer of the institutic and as soon as the present sum $41,000 now possessed by the trust* grows into the $100,000 consider uecessary, suitable, large school buil ings wiil be built on the farm, whi is 450 acres in extent, and the schc will then enter on a permanent c rangement of life. At present t students live in the city and go o daily in the working season to t farm by street cars. Of the 17 st dents now at work nine are wome who are received on a perfectly equ footing with the men, learning wi them to plow and barrow, cut at load bay, putin the crops and harv< them, milk and care for cows, groo and harness work horses, feed ai tend pigs and fowls, including tl care of incubators ana in snort, perform all the athletic work of Cractical farmer. It is not suppos y their instructors that these womi students will actually follow the pl( and reap the fields in their futu work, but both teachers and studet feel the absolute necessity of a prac cal education in every detail or ag cultural life, and the work, muscul and physically difficult as it is these women, is doggedly pursue with gratifying results. The womi prove themselves in earnest and cat ble. One graduate has already estf lished herself in New Haven, Ct., a florist, with a large hot-house violets and carnations; another, afi working a year as assistant to a lac scape gardener, is going to set up 1 herself, and a third 1b trying the j suits of her study in Honolulu. The Holy Spirit goes through t world employing the magnet of t cross everywhere to seek to draw m to Himself by the attraction of love. Our lives are not made up of chan and accidents, but God has forese and provided for those who are sav< so that they might not be idle and exposed to temptation. THE Abbeville Warehouse The Abbeville Warehouse is pr pared to store COTTON and other produce, or goods of ai lrin/1 Moot Wq crrm Rp.nl fin hfn just been put up, and the publ will be readily served in weighir cotton, hay, cattle, or anythii else i JOHN LYON, Manager. DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. S. G. Thomson, OFFICE UP-STAIR8 ON MoILWAJ Corner, Abbeville. 8. 0. Abbeville Lodge No. 45, I. 0. 0. F lVffEETS EVERY THURSDAY EVEN1N L?JL at 8:80 o'olock in Odd Fellows Hall. A arethreo, and visitors upeolally, are moBt oo llally Invited to attend. I.H. Coobran, L. A. Hmltta. Heoretary. Noble Grand. s ' - ; -T- . * I HB nHBfl be i ' coi -* Tb ' , v on feggj) So i es to Prosperity 1 SFUL PLANTER A8 HIS LANDS..... olina Chemical Co* J oi rfltiiTOi oo urn ? c?2____^J| " ??.<) " ?. ?New and Up-" k Ck OflAO U 1 UUO||/U0I J IY TAGQ-ART Eats and New Up-to-Date Shapes of jj 0 sell between now and Christmas at 1 to give np her store room and will w istomers prioes. She means business, in headgear now is your time. The ! es luar&CL. it- <?' t'i* ? :al Fresh Meats, at Batter, ag ,p. Green Groceries, it- , Canned Goods, Staple Groceries, >es Chickens aod Eggs, ed Fresh Fish d' Fridays and Saturdays. Cn Give me a call at the Younger staDd. ir- W. G. DuFRE, be - . PHONE 102. Sept. 10f 1902* tf jp he * u ; Charleston and Western Carolina R. B al ~~ ^ Angnata and Atheville Short Line* j(J Schedule in effect February 25. 1908. I Ly Anderson .. 7 '26 am S] m Lv Abbeville 6 00 am \J 3d Lv ( albonn Falls 8 50 am T .. AA-n l?V O s/l g?nm no JUT u <yv MU. w iw |* ?? . Ar Augnsta 11 40 am 5 M pm 10 Lv AngnsU 2 35 pm a Lt Allendale 4 30 pm Lv Yemaasee 5 45 pm ?_ Lt Beaufort ..... 0 HO pm 311 Ar Port Royal 6 4-5 pm Lv Yemassee (A 0. L.)... 5 50 pm ire Ar Charleston ........ 7 80 pm T. j^g Ar Savannah 7 86 pm Lv Stv&nnah 6 IS am S pj_ ArYemasaee .. 8 30 am , I_ _ Lv Charleston 6 87 am nl '**r ArYemasaee 8 85 am w *? Lt Port Eoyal (C. & W. C.) 7 40 am iC, Ar Beanfort 7 60 am BQ Ar Yemaasee 8 85 am a> Lv Yemaasee 8 40 am }?" Ar Allendale 9 58 am e<3 ID- Ar Angusta 11 55 am as Lv Augusta 2 55 pm 10 10 am nf Ar McCormlck...... 4 40 pm 1152 am Ul Ar Calhoun Falla 5 45 pm Ler Ar Anderson.......^ 7 10 pm Id ?nP Connections at Greenwood for all polnta on Seabo*rd Air Line. re- For further Information relative to tickets, ratoa, ~ etc., address W. M. ARCHER, Ticket Agent, Anderson, 8. C. GEO. T. BRYAN, Q. A., Greenvl.le, 8. 0. ERNEST WILLIAMS. Son. Pas*. AtrtAuifuata, 8*. be T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. be en i w I J. R. GLENN. I en J !? Cash, Cold Hard Cash, is a Great Hammerer of ~ Prices. p J. R. Glenn need this hammer with ^ great roroe in ouying spring a lock oi a ro Shoes, Hats, Clothing, No0. tions and Dry Goods. Farm Tools, Plow Stocks, Hames, Traces, Back BandB, Collars, Pads, M Shovels, Hoes, Forks, Rakes, Mattocks, pa Picks, Axes, Handles, Tin, Pans, Palls, Horseshoes, Nails, Leather, Half Holes, jq \y Brads, Jcc. J. R. Qlenn put In hard licks In De- J, cember (when prices were lower) on iC contracts, with two of the best mills, _ for two car loads of Good Floor, (not '& the sticky kind) for January shipment tg ?one car on the road, the other In a few days. Big shipment of Molasses, C. 0? F. A., P. R, S. P., O. K. and Georgia Cane In stock. Corn, Bran, Oats, <fcc., coming as fast J as railroads can bring them. , Try the Cash Hammer on - GLENN. ' E. F. CflLLIAED, { /.TAILOR,/, j G J ! O AH moved, arid occupies the rooms up p ,r* 1J stairs In Knox's Hall, and Is now pre j pared to do all klndBOf repairing and clean j Ins of gentlemen's clothes on short notloe. h Samples o 1 suits always on hand. Charge . reasonable 4 r i) i i -. i.-"i)'iii"i i" ?*?i Ml I ford In ITp-to-date. Everybody at Mllford'B Drug Store have en busy getting things In shape for the oofort and convenience of tbelr patrons, e entire store has been done over and In ler to make more room, the shelves In the mtof the store have been removed, the or handsomely covered, and chairs and >les arranged where all kinds of delicious d drinks will be served. )r. Mtlford, always progretslve and ener:1c, has associated with him a corps of -1-" ? mill olrnaTTa bahha n/\n I r* o mAtt native and charming manner. Southern Hallway Schedale. Trains for Hodges leave Abbeville. 8. C., No i (dally) 9.0 a. m.; No. 112 (dally) 10.50 a. m. ?. 110(dally) 1.55p.m.; No. 116(dallj)9.15p.m. ?ralns from Hoagesarrlve Abbeville.No. 116 rtly) 10.40 a. m.; No. 113 (dally) 12.05 p. m.; ?. Ill (dally^8.10 p. m.; No. 117 (dally) 10.30 Jlose connection at Hodges with through iIdb for Greenville, Colombia, Charleston, i., oonneotlog at Greenville for A. & C. Dillon points and the East, also Asbevllle. At* ita, ete. Through sleepers Hodges to Cbar> ton, on train connecting with No. 116. ' you are a SI, 82,83. or 88 bat man It makes i^rence your hat Is at Hall A Anderson. CHALMEBS & MoDAVID, ;ents for Fire, Life, Accident, Bond and Liability Insurance. ABBEVILLE, S. C. Inly 16, 1902. tf DR. FRED W. PHIFER, Physician and Surgeon, |FFER8 HIS SERVICES TO THE CITI' Z6D6 of Abbeville and mirronndlng ooan7. Calls may be left at Mllford's Drug Store at office np-ntalrs in Bank bonding. August 27. 1902. tf )R. J. A. DICKSON, SURGEON DENTIST. 5LD FILLINGS; CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK A SPECIALTY. A GOOD PLATE $8.00 AMALGAM FILLINGS 75c and. 1.00 OFFICE OVER BARKSDaLE'S STORE, )7bTcollieii, ? All kinds of* Repairing In ? ROOFING, TINWORK, Etc. epairing of Every DeBoription. Orders filled promptly and *atlafactorlly ben In need ot any kind tlnwork, call on e at Lawson's old atand. D. B. Collier. Feb. 5,1903. tf 11II! ft Have just received a Car Load of.... CARRIAGES, WAGONS, And Other Articles, WHICH THEY ARE OFFERING ON THE BEST OF TERMS AND AT THE LOWEST LIVING . PRICES. Jail on Them AND SEE THEIR STOCK rnnrn, ABBEVILLE, U? IAS CHANGED MANAGEMENT. THE bouae will be tbrougbly renovated, aod new entrance will be made on tbe Public in a re. rbe traveling publlo will be famished wltb ce clean rooms and good bed*. Tbe table III be furnlabed wltb tbe beat tbat tbe mar )t will afford. * Every attention will be given to tbe pleaseand comfort of gaeats. Patronage of tbe traveling public is sollclt1. Reasonable rates will be given. L. A. LLOYD, Proprietor. January 6,1903. tf Abbeville-Greenwood MUTUAL movm in fin I 111 JI nil 11 in ASSOCIATION. roperty Insured, $800,000. X7R1TE TO OR CALL on the!underelgned ? or to the Dlreotor of your Township r any Information yon may dealre about ir plan of Iniuranoe. We lnaure yonr property against <le?true jn by FILE, W1SDSI0EH OS LrSBTWHS, id do so oheaper than any Iniuranoe Com ,ny In existence. Remember we are prepared to prove to you at ours Is the safest and oheapeet plan of suranoe known. * , B. BLASE, Jr., Gen. Agent, Abbeville, S. C. , FBASEB LYON, Pres. ;Abbeville, 8. u. B01RD~DIRECT0RS. '.Add. Calboun Ninety-Six Township I. O. Major Greenwood " .T. Mabry Cokesbury " V. B. Acker Donalds " i. B. Cllnkscales .....Due West " '. L. Haddon Long Cane " I. F. Cromer Jdmltbvllle " . W. Lyon Troy " L. K. Watson Cedar 8priag " V. E. Leslie .Abbeville >r. J. A. Anderson Antrevllle " 1. A. Tennent Lowndeevllle u l. O. Qrant Magnolia " . R. Tarrant Calhoun Mills i. L Edmonds Bordeaux " /. C. Martin Hodges u .O.Harvey Walnut Grove " '. B. Calllson Calllson " V. M. Outz Klrkseys " oseph Lake Pbcenlx " . (J itusn . B. Klaard Klnards ' " . D. Coleman Coronaca " . H. Chiles, Jr Bradley " ?v. J. B. Muse Verdery " .bbevllle, 8 0., Jan. 14, 1908. i BOADS OF KENTUCKY : J ' 1 OLD TURNPIKES TO BE JBUPER8EDED* BY MODEL HIGHWAYS. _ Method of Reconstruction of til* ' ; | Limestone Pikes?Points to Cons Id> ^?3r r In the Maintenance of Stone Roadway*. , '.if. The limestone turnpikes of central Kentucky have been famous for more than half a century, and now Fayette county Is the first of localities In the great west to take up the mo lei roads system on anything more than an experlmental basis, says the Louisville S.V. Courier-Journal. Thirteen gre't turnpikes radiate from Lexington like the spokes from a wheel, and for two /v?|w miles on each one of them, commenc- " lng at the city limits, the fiscal court &V hno nrdorod to hA Pnnfltmrtpd a til HI pike on the model road system. Thif means twenty-six miles of roadway, % and It Is more than probable that before the contract for this length of road Is completed other contracts for V, additional road construction on this principle will be let As there are 4.00 ? rV miles of turnpike lu Fayette county the complete reconstruction would .$ mean the Investment of $500,000 in ^ new pikes for the county. It Is expected that by the fall of 1902 the twenty-six miles of model road contracted for will be completed. The fiscal court Is then expected to Issue an order for an additional two miles on ; < -i each of the pikes nntll all nre reconstructed throughout the entire lengths .,V i The model road when completed Is as ## smooth as a billiard table, sheds water ' like a duck's back and, It Is asserted, 10 ^ more durable than the regulation macadamlzed pike, where the cracked rocfc "Imnlw Hiw?m nnnn thin roadbed U> D" " -1- > rrg and allowed to adjust Itself to condK w tlon. As a preparation to reconstructing1 an old turnpike a fifteen ton spiked ^ ; roller is run o ar the old oad to tear up the metal, as the rock is called, of which the pike Is constructed. This (a followed by a half ton harrow, wblch completes the work. A modern grader then shapes the metal so that the road ;.r1 will have the proper "crown" for shedding water. New cracked rock Is added and the entire mass rolled until it. If apparently solid. Then it Is watered* and screenings or the small cracked A MODEL HIGHWAY. rock dust Is spread over the road and a second rolling given until the bib ma- ^ chine makes no impression on the roadbed. In this way the soft lime? . -'jl tone rock Is welded or cemented Into \ jfl a solid mass and a road equal to a dark driveway created. ;1 ~>j Of course there are a number of de-" *sj tails connected with road construction which add difficulties to what appears to be a very simple mode of building, and to avoid these various artifices are resorted to. In discussing the question Professor M. A. Scovell, director I nf tho Kpn<-nrkv a cTlmiltnral exiieri* *7 J mental station, said: "A number of things affect the dura- . :V blllty of a road. First, if water stands on It; second, if the road is not so constructed as to prevent water from per- ' iJjjZ meatlng It; third, If the roadbed on i which the metal rest* becomes , soaked with water; fourth. If the metal is not firmly bound together by first com* pactlng and then cementing; fifth. If r the metal Is too soft to stand wear. To prevent standing water the road '\ 'r should be well crowned. If water can permeate the metal of a road, especial- ' ly In freezing weather, It soon disintegrates it and causes ruts. The metal should be compacted and cemented by having heavy rollers run over 1(, Wet- ting thoroughly and rolling and then wetting again and rolling with fine , rock scattered over the roadbed. This cements the entire mass. If the dirt foundation on which the metal rests I becomes filled with water, It soon set- ] ties, and this causes the metal to break;' When It freezes enough to freeze ^ XI -If I tnrougn tue meuu, tuc buu uuuc?u?ui .. expands, and this expansion soon J breaks the metal and destroys the road. It Is necessary, therefore, to I well drain any places In the road which ?j are liable to be wet For this tile /sj drains are pnt down at the side of thoroad three feet deep. Proper crown, : thorough cementing and compacting and drainage of the foundation road- '>? bed are the essentials of model roadbull ding, and these are essentials In the constructing of the Fayette county - . roads. Special Agent Joseph A. Holmes of the national department of agriculture visited Lexington for the sole purpose of Inspecting these roads and declared that the material and construction were equal to any In the world. J Tax For BoAda. The best method yet devised for levy- < | tag taxes upon city property for the purpose of building country roads Is by the medium of a state tax. This Iq ,} levied upon city and country property alike, upon all classes of people, so that every locality, every taxpayer, contributes proportionately according to the amount of property owned, the : j wealthy property owners contributing J the largest amounts.?Otto Dorner. > 1 Schoolma'am : And now, Johnnie, let me hear you bound Alaska. Johnnie : Oh, no you don't. You can't get me tangled up in any of your old international disputes. "Johnnie," said his mother severely, "someone has taken a big piece of gingerbread out of the pantry." * TrtVinnia KlncKa/1) ivnilfiltt l/UUUUIO UIUOUCU gull IIIJ. "0, Johnnie! she exclaimed. "I , ,? didn't think it was in you." "It ain't all," replied Johnny "part of it's in Elsio." . A Clay and unknown pom for sowing a Ukna'a. 4 U } : I