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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.
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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."
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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.
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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*
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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.
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PLANTER A8
HIS LANDS.....
olina Chemical Co* J
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?New and Up-"
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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
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Charleston and Western Carolina R. B
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^ 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.
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