The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, May 27, 1903, Image 5

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mm*' I The Press and Banner S3 |3F"Publl8hed every Wednesday at 12 a ear In advanoe. SJ^^Wednesday, May 27, 1903. A Correction. In the program of the MtCannel School for Thursday and Friday of this week as published last week, the names of the following essayists were unintentionally onimitted: . Miss Bessie Morrah?"America's Conflict I with Spain. Mlos Pearle Sutherland?"Music" These young ladles deserve to rank with the best in their class. Forrest Stllwell, Principal. Wanted (o Sell. Wanted to sell at a bargain a good flour and grist mill, a good location and doing a good business, run by a 40 borse power engine. . A ginning ouUlt, SO saw gin. feeder and condencer, Boss power press, 4-horse power engine, shaftings, pulleys, bells, etc. 250 Acres of land 1 1-4 miles from Due West on the road to Donalds. A good farm and welllmproved. J.E.Todd. Du^ West, S. C. v The Keotiickliin'n BohnI. c Keitucklans boast tbelr fast horses, fine s whiskey and beautiful women, but everv t housekeeper In this Pity who uses "Clifton" (. i flour, made of native Keutuckey wbeat, knows tbat this great State possesses another c product of unexcelled merit. L. T. & T. M. ti Miller l After Lh (irlppe. ' Ltst a worse thing befall, rebuild the cod- ^ turned tlisues and renew the supply oi red blood corpusoles with tbe quickest digested and most nutritious floor made?"Clifton." It Is tbe product of native Kentucky wheat. L. T. &T. M. Miller. A Towel Iu Addition. There Is no use going to tbe dry goods storf to h?iy your towels when you can gel a good 60 iDCh towel by buying a 48 lb. sack of "Clifton" flour. Wnen you buy "Clifton" you not OLly get tbe best Sour made, but get the towel In addition. L. T. & T. M. Miller. Clean U|?. All lots and premises will be Inspected from time to time from now on. A full use of lime la recommended. James Chalmers, i / City Clerk. Honie Barut. The dwelling bonne of Mr. Foster Searlg ht, near Due West, was burnt last Monday night. I Dr. Q. G. Green, of Woodbury, New Jersey. ' Sole Manufacturer of Green's August Flower and Bosebee's German Syrup, whose advertisement appears In our paper regulaaly, will end to any ODe mailing a two cent stamp to pay postage, one of bis Dew German Syrup and Angust Flower Puzzles, made or wood ' and glass. It amunes and perplexes young and old. Although very difficult, it can be v mastered. Mention this paper. DfL F. W.Phifek. graduate of the Unlver- ' ally of Baltimore. Maryland, who has been C practlolng medicine In Abbeville for about a t year, will take his departure today for his native town, 8talesville N. C., where he will 8 practice his profession in the future. Dorluti the Doctor's stay in Abbeville he has bad a c good practice, where be has made mauy ? friends. Because of his good stand In the 1 i commonliy our people are sorry to see him 1 go away. Good lock to him. t Pbes. George B. Cromer, L. L. D., of New- y 1 berry College, will deliver an address to the students ot Mt. Carmel Graded School on u , Thursday nlgbt, 28 Inst. Everybody is In- r vlted to bear blm. No obarges. j Josh BllllDgs says# that a family with J nothing but pedigree, generally lacks sense. * And advises against marrying pedigree, un 1 leu It la backed by bank notes. r Shoe Sale? 50 pr. ladies button shoes and a llDpera brokeD lots, former price 31.20 to u $150. Now on bargain counter 75c. at Had- ? j ^ don'a. ' 10 pr. ladies fine button shoes, broken lots- * Former price 8250on bargain counter 81 00 at b ' Haddon's. v Rev. J. W. Elkins, of Donalds,-will preach jj at tbe Methodist Church Sunday morning j W.?and' night. Q Rev. M. McGee will preach at Boulah on ^ tbe 5tb Sunday. k Rev. Mr. Fennel will preach at Hopewell at p 11 o'clock, a. m. Also at Mt. Carmel In tbe s ' evening. air. Jimi ittgsurt is iu lue cuy spouuiug n white with ble mother. Wanted?Two or three boarders. Applj *' to W. A. Templeton. c 'i Mrs. R. S. Galloway Is In Augusta. b J , . 9 8 Hnddou'K LochIh. o Silk gloves and silk mllta white and black. t All ?lze? at Haddons. V Wblte goods. Paris lawn, wash organdies, ( Peiilan lawo. embroidery and laces to trim c name at Haddan's. Velvet ribbons?all widths at Haddon's. Towels?50 doz. towels, the largest and best ' towel on tbe market for 10 cents at Haddon's a The new Jane patterns In full variety at a Haddon's. a A fnll supply of fashion sheets for June at a Hadden's. 8 Now la tbe time to subscribe for tbe June ? Delineator. ? j Does It Pay to Buy Cheap ? t A cheap remedy forcouebBand colds in all 8 right, bat you want something that will re- J lleve and care tbe more severe and dangerous ^ results ol throBt and lung troubles. Wbai , shall you do? Go to a warmer and more reg- J alar climate? Yes, If possible; If not possible t lor you, then In either case take tbe only c remedy that bas been Introduced In all civilized ooDntrlea with success In severe throat 11 and long troubles, "Boscbee's German Syrup." (j It not only heals and stimulates tbe tissues to L destroy the germ disease, but allays Jnflumatloii, causes easy expectoration, gives a good 1 night's rest, and cures the patient. Try one f bottle. Recommended many years by all u druggists in tbe world. You can get this re- , liable remedy at Speed's Drug store. " F t3lenn m LocrIn. c Nfrd Corn?Yon can And the Golden e l)ent. White Dent, SnowHake and Stowells, Evergreen at Glenn's. Bean Seed?Now Is the time to plant. ' You will find all seeds at Glenn's fresh and f pure. Valentine, Wax. Greenpod, Ky. Won- ? der, tbe great pole bean, also pole and dwarf Limit butter beans. 1 Pearl Millet?Good to cut green for your 8 oow. Seed at Glenn's. ] ?.;bieken Food?Mixed grain and crushed \ corn for young cblcks. And it at Glenn's. ? Smoking tobacco, cigars and plrg tobacco ( at retail and wholesale by -P. B. Speed, tbe tobacco man. t ,'is! bhd drU" 1H 1 LOOKING OVER THE GROUND ( carefully we have come to the eonclu- J siou ? uuu uur uuoiuujfrs uuve aisu decided?that our blend of COFFEE is superior to anything sold elsewhere. The berry is carefully selected from choice grades of new crops and roasted by tbe most approved process. None of tbe fine aroma is lest. This cofl'ee is strong, pure and delicious. L T. & T. M. Miller. If you expect to paint any tbln spring It trill nav vuuto mb me before vou buv Your 5>uInt, anything from the cheapest to" the 8 Oest at Speeds'Drug Store. i Our soda fountain Ik running Id full blast, I With two competent soda men at the helm, we oati please and cool the most fastidious Yours to plaaae, C. A. Mlitord, The Druggist. I. . I. . . ... t- ^ ^ ' Look T1 * ??? f ^ There are many thing's customers il* he only sto ^ possible to take some art ^ paper and otter it to those a. These special goods are in (are worth the price at \vh it would be easier to ere; ^ profit to make them move t (iloes Down to Jericho, Jerusalem, March 9, 1908. At last oil my journey I have reachid the Holy City. It is certainly the lirtiest, dustiest, filthiest place 1 ever aw. JBeggars, some lame, some tieormed. and many bliud, are begging ?n every corner, and especially at the loorsof the churches, moMjues, and md in the Jews' wailing place. The sitv outside the walls is new, mod >rn aud tolerably clean, but wheu ,'ou enter the gate you fiud all tilth ind dirt, rags and beggars. By carriage I visited Bethlehem, vhereyou tiud the church of the Naivity built over the birthplace of Christ. Three sects have churches juder this roof aud soldiers are staioued there all the time to keep them rom fighting. This little village has everal shops and small factories vhere souvenirs of mother of pearl md olive wood are manufactured to >e sold to tourists, and the work is rery good considering the looks of be workmen. Caravans of camels ind the patient donkey with his leavy load are ever present. The mosque of Omar, which was milt in the 5th century bysConstanine, on the site of the temple of tsoliiuoq and afterwards the temple of ierod (these temples have all but a ew fouudation stones been destroyed) vere located on tne Bummit or tfount Moriah and in tbe center under ho dome is the rock upon which Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. The rock is still here about 30 feet in liameter surface measure. Under hese temples and now under the nosque of Omar is Solomon's stables vbere thousands of arches support he buildings, and the court above hese stables is hewu out of the rock md arched up for strength. On the way to Bethlehem is passed oany sights of interest, one of which s Rachel's tomb. The Jews Wailing ^ace is of great interest. As I visitd it on Friday hundreds of Jews yere there wailing for the downfall f the Temple and praying for its estoration and the return of the Jews o this city (but I would adviHe all ews la America to stay there.) Tbe llouut of Olives, the pools and quaries of Solomon, the Hill of Zion and ud Garden of Gethsemaue are of reat interest, but I would advise my riends who have great respect for Jible history and reverence for the ioly place to stay at home rather than ' ? ? 1 lBlt Jerusalem, wueu uuc luuno ai be rocky, barren soil, the poverty and istress, the half clad wonderer aud be poor, over-worked camel aud douey, he is bound to say Moses was a oor judge of a couutry to pick on uch a place as this for a promised and. 1 am stopping at a French monasery outside the Jafla gate. It is very lean aud they are very kind. The ed is fairly good but the floors are lone, the walls stone, the ceiling tone, no tires anywhere; in fact no ue here ever has a fire. There is nobing to burn. You are fed on bread, yell cooked, honey and horse meat well done,) goat's milk and black oftee, but when you tramp through he city (no streets are wide euough admit of a carriage) or ride a donkey round the country you can eat with good relish what is set before you ,nd ask no questions. I would not dvise young people to come here to peud their honeymoon. You would ire of it soon. I left the ship at Joppa, or Jaffa as t is now called. This city is older ban Noah's flood and the country round raises the fiuest oranges, tmous, dates and olives I ever saw, tut after you cross the mountains of udea and get up here it is cold aud >ut little more than a desert. Jn lompany with Dr. Cotter, of Califoriia, I spent one day visiting the leper [Uarters and hospital. At the German Leper Hospital there are 51 paients, many with their hands aud eet gone, some blind, some minus ears iud noses, and Bome confined to their teds. I took photographs of most of hem end have a nice collection of tictures of this ancient aud dreaded lisease. This hospital can only be: intered by order of the German con-] nl. This was obtained thrc^igh Mr. Jlark, the American vice-consul who urnished us with a guide and cariage. After we got through there we ook donkeys and visited the leper ettlemeut outside the city walls. :Iere we saw over 30 of the worst vretches on earth living in mud and itone houses wiih dust lloors, no winlows, in dirt and filth, almost starvng. They could go 10 tbe hospital jut their religeou (Mohammedan) eaches ihetn thut if Alia desires them ,o suffer they must do it and not com>lain. On Saturday at qood I took car iage for Jericho, the Jordan and Dead sea. Jericho has about 350 population iviug mostly in mud huts and tenls. rhe Sheck or head man, took us to lis lodge where we saw the sorrow lance as the cholera killed 30 of their lumber recently. In fact the quaran,iue was only raised three days before A-e were there. We went dowu by he road traveled by the Good Satuarian when we found the traveler bleedug and robbed by the wayside. An nn now stands on the same spot ivhere the inn of old stood. I itopped there and got a cup of black jofi'ee. We passed the brook where Elija ,vas fed by the ravens, not birds but a ribe of Arabs that dwelt there at hat time. So the miracle goes to jieces. After spending the night at an inn n Jericho called the Gilgal, we visited he mountain where Christ was tempt;d and by Satan was shown all the vorld and was offered it if he would all down and worship him. The nountain overlooks the valley of the tordan from the Dead Sea about 20 niles north and the desert beyond the iver. The whole thing would be iigh at 30 ceuts for it is only a barren vaste. I then drove to the Dead Seii ind afterward to the sacred spot by he Jordan where the waters parted md let Israel's host cross. They ould have built a bridge in a couple >fdays as it isn't over 40 feet wide md not deep, a small, muddy stream. Vt this spot is where the Saviour was taptized. M any other historic spots- were *-^rr' , . .II? * hem Up. J r | a merchant can otter his * ps to think. It would be itie for each issue ol* the ^ who wanted that specialty, a every establishment. They i icli tliey were marked, but i ite interest by cutting the ^ * nn the return. This was a I drive of GO miles through rain andl mud, over mouutains and through swamps. The flowers of Palistine are beautij ful. The lily of the field is the nicest i wild flower that grows; but not a jbird, rabbit, mouse, snake or any 'living creature is seen (nothing but | lleas.) After my return to the Holy City I . spent one-half day In the church of the Holy .Sepulchre. This covers the ground where Christ was crucified and buried, also the grave of Adam, the center of the earth, and many other holy places. The church is large, many stories high, has several domes, aud caves uuder it. Four sects own it and soldiers are stationed here also to keep them from fighting. Only last year three men were killed here in a free for all to settle the question as to who I 1 ? f t/v omAort if Ail f TllO ilttU a Hj;ub IU o vr ccji; iu vuvi auv ulchre;of the Virgiu Mary, ibe tomb of Absalom, the pools of Siloarh and Jove and many other places were vi9ited, but I have neither time nor space to describe them. I have tried to give you a short sketch of lower Palistine, uot as seen by one prejudiced in any way, but just as it is. The city has about 50,000 inhabitants, of all nations, colors and creeds and a hard lot they are. Will mail, this from Cario, Egypt, as there has uot been a mail here for over three weeks and Turkish postal laws are very queer, as only a part of the mail Bent out ever reaches its destination. The time must come when Turkey will be blotted from the ? mu? Cl.iltovt Koo nrr\1> o HunflTTlft LUa[i. 1 lie ouilau naa ^u> t. and dyamite mixed iu his fertile brain and will not allow any electric lights in the kingdom for fe: r they will blow him up. A primitive railroad connects Joppa and Jerusalem. The engines are built by the Baldwin people of Philadelphia. On the way from Smyrna to Joppa I stopped at Bayrout one day. The American college here is a credit to any country. We also made a halt at Mount Carmel. I am glad to leave here. I now "go down into Egypt." Dr. G. W. Allaman. To the People bf Abbeville Connty. We call special attention to all readers of this paper that we have found the remedy at last. It is a recent Discovery for all Nervous Diseases, Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, Sour Stomache, Heartburn, Distress after eating, Costivene^s, Liver Complaint, Backache, all Kidney and Bladder troubles, i ^'A?v.nloJr?Jo nr ontr J'A'zeum. reuiuic ^uuipiaiuv.i, ? , disease arising from Impure Blood, Our New Discovery is the name of this wonderful medicine. , We give an absolute guarantee with ; each bottle, aud if you are not benefit- . ed after taking one bottle, please till out the guarantee slip and mail to us and we will gladly refund the ' Price you Paid. We offer $1.00 re- ' ward to any person or persons show- < ling where we have failed to comply with the terms of this guarantee. , For t-ale by all Druggists, price $1.00 per bottle. If your druggist can not j supply it, we will deliver it to you ' upon receipt of price. Our New Discovery Med. Co. 1 Laprens, S. C. 1 i If you are a millionaire i there is no special reason 1 why you should secure any of our Drummers' Samples, ; because money is no object 1 to you. But if you would ( like to have a little more money than you now have there is absolutely no reason , why you should not save 33 cents on every dollar's worth of goods you buy in the line 1 of our Samples. , A. M. Smith & Co. 1 i The vast majority of us drink water 1 simply because we are impelled to do i so by the seuse of thirst, without considering its necessity iu the maiuten- , ance of health. Yet all thoughtful ( medical men must agree with the , well-known dietician, who says that . "drinking not enough water is the greatest ami most common of dietetic 1 errors." To fully understand why 1 the omission of a liberal amount of i drinking water is so grave a crime against the laws of health we must ] understand what water cau do in the j prevention of disease; aud to realize ? this fully we must know the function '. of drinking water in health. A most scien'ific and discriminat- 1 itig professor in physiology asked his advanced class the chief use of water to (he body, and he was well satisiied with the simple and practical unswer, t "to wash the body out." The "iu-'t ternal bath'* is far more esseutial to'j health than the "external bath," just,, as much more important as the in- : terual organs are to" it than the skin,' and it must be obvious that for cleaus- 1 inir these organs, pure, clean water is 11 essential. There is a perpetual water famine in most human systems, a condition of things to which Is accorded the,1 responsibility of the sad fact that the | delicate flower of human youth and' ( beauty so soon fadeaway. The most1 , amateurish gnrdeuer needs no lessons': on the value of water for the welfare of his plants, but few indeed are the j1 keepers of the priceless blossoms of I human life who realize the necessity j for the same delicious draughts of j supporting vitality. Women iu particular abhor the simple glass of water, I sipping tea, cupful after cupful, doting ? upon their breakfast coll'ee, but of a water quailing not a drop for days, | even in summer; preferring the 1 sutrary pleasures of the soda counter to, * offering their scorched throats a swallow of refreshing wate^< | V WbvpayScfor a "hum" cigar when you can get the Ctnco for,Yhe name price, nothing like It for the HRint; money. Kale? three to nix thouxand ever^moiith con' *ollod here by .) I'. B. Speed. / ? M, i r f t / / . a aa> . vrvv.-r.rr.-. ?r,Try., VALUE OF GOOD ROADS. Effect of IliBhwuy, Improremcnt In < New Jeraejr. The Importance of good roads and their value to each district having them have long been advocated, but ; not until recent years has the public been awakened to their full significance. 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 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 those two cities. To do this thousands 1 of 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 hucksters. "Jersey mnd," a clay loam, Is proverbial for its stickiness and disagree able nature to travel tlirougb wlien wet, says the Putnam (Conn.) Patriot. The Jersey farmer knows the value of a dollar and is opposed to taxes, but he could reckon the difference between what he 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 con- : vlnced of their economy, and the example was followed, slowly at first, but gradually going on more rapidly. Last year 100 miles of new roads were built in that state at a cost of about $300,000. This year the demand for them is so great that the state will, the coming year, venture to put $,1,000, 000 into 200 miles of macadam. The state commissioner of public roads declares that this movement has increased the taxable property of the state by $27,000,000. Just think of that! BAY STATE ROADS. Some Facta About the Highways of Maaaachnactta. It costs on an average $9,000 per mile to build a state road in Massachusetts, says the Boston Globe, but 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 contributed by the state. The work of the highway commission has developed a number of nign class professional roadbuilders. Many of the younger and more ambitious have entered the employ of the national government in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines in the same line of work. J Most of the state roads are of broken Btone. but a few are of gravel. The type of road built Is determined by the 1 engineer, who makes careful examlna- 1 tion of soils, drainage, gravel, stone, grades and traffic. The thickness of stone on state roads 1 varies from four to sixteen inches, the i lesser being placed over good gravel or ] Band, the greater over heavy clay. The < broken stone used on state roads passes < through half Inch, inch and a half and 1 two and a half inch screens. The lar- gest size Is placed on the bottom, the second size on top of this and the ] crown is made with half inch material, j Ail are rolled separately and thor- ] oughly. The cost of trap rock for roadbuild lug vanes rrom $i.iu per ton 10 ?x.w per ton. The state owns seventeen steam rollers, which are employed In state roadbullding. The standard width of stone roadways In Massachusetts built by the commission is fifteen feet There are some only ten and twelve feet wide, but they are not leemed economical to maintain. When a state road is constructed. It remains Under the control of the 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 Highway 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 Lakewood, N. J., and Colonel J. J. Astor has spent large sums on the roads near Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Recently Harley T. Proctor, a Bummer resident of YVilliamstown, Mass., offered to give the town $10,000 for the improvement of the roads, providing the latter raises $50,000 for the 3ame purpose. Mr. Proctor makes the ?ift because he believes that better roads would iucrease the popularity of . Williamstown as a summer resort He , recently had the stone hill road put . in excellent condition at a cost of $500. ( Ihe town furnished the drainage pipes . md permitted Mr. Proctor to use the j .uau cui jpu. The Secret of a Good Road. A hard surface, well rounded so that :he water will run off quickly. Is the secret of a good road. Attention after i road Is once permanently built is imperative so that the washed out places ind depressions where water stands j nay be repaired. A little timely work i ivill keep a road in good shape. Civilization and Good Roada. There Is perhaps no better test of :he life of a civilization than that to ae found In the extent and character )f Its public highways. The degree of , perfection of country roads corresponds ilosoly to the degree of civilization ?*hore the roads are situated. 1 Remember always that, you mynt ;ive some thought, and a considerable r .mount of it, too, to the care of your lealth if vou exDeet to be of anv use H ii the world or comfort to anybody. >Vhat you are to try to acquire above lII else is repose, and the calm power requently iacking in the sons aud laughters of the nineteenth century. l e You will be compelled to have a hoe, goto . . R. Glenn and examine the larcest aHHort- ' nent of Scovtl and Uoose neck hoes to be ound in Abbeville. 1: : v '-v * '' ' / -V.V-" ..viv.w.tri;.!, fri>' rr, rr-r"?rrrVi-^'rirrrrsaaa BURDEN OF BAD ROADS. n (Tut Expense They Annually Place on the Farmer. Oi In a country as large as tbat In which we live, with the greater part of gc Its producing regions widely separated from the markets which they serve, P' the matter of transportation is one of b) vast importance, writes Hon. Martin Dodge in Forum. This applies partlcu- ki larly to our agricultural products; for, c? while a great portion botli of our man- h, ufactured output and of our farm growth must be moved long distances ai by rail or water before reaching a mar- llJ ket, practically all of the latter must Bt tUSU UC uauoyuiitu iui ui icoo u< distances over the public highways, jjj. The question of marketing these agrl- Bt cultural products, amounting in the p< United States to $1,000,000,000 annual- Kfl ly, on terms that the dealer can'afford h to pay and the grower to accept, often JjM, reduces itself to a question of cheap p< and quick delivery; In other words, to a question of economical transporta- a tlon. As far as the railways and steamship ^ lines are concerned, this problem has )C been dealt with very intelligently and satisfactorily. Skill and money have been applied without stint to the provision of enlarged means of convey- - ance, Improved ways and increased power. These influences, under the stress of strong competition, have re- t< duced long distance freight rates to a reasonable level. t There is one phase of this transportation problem, however, which has ap- 0( proached no satisfactory solution. That lB is the matter of wagon road haul. As ^ has already been said, while the great- w er part of our farm products travels by e) steamship, canal or railway for a por- d< tion of the Journey to market, virtually ra all of them are conveyed for some dis- 01 tance over the public, highways. It is la unfortunate that this is often the most expensive part of their journey. It has been shown by mathematical demonstration that It costs more to move a bushel of wheat or a ton of hay ten miles over the average country roads of the United States than to transport the same burden 500 miles by railway or 2,000 miles by steamship. It has happened many times in different parts of the country that farmers have let croDs so to waste because the cost of hauling them to the nearest market or railway shipping point over wretched and 111 kept roads amounted to more than could be realized for th*m afterward; whereas, If good roads on which heavy loads could be hauled had been at hand, the same crops could have been marketed at a small profit to the producer, while the economic gain resulting from their application to useful purposes would have been very consid erable. HIGHWAYS OF EUROPE. ?; CJ Prance Leads In Syatem of Building and Maintenance. Two hundred years ago England had the worst roads in the world because d the peasantry living on the roads alone (; were required to work them, Bays the American Asphalt Journal. In speakIng of them Macaulpy says "that a ,p route connecting two great towns which howo a lnriro nnrt flnnrlshine trade with e' each other should be maintained at the cost of the rural population scattered b between them is manifestly unjust It was not until many toll bars had been violently pulled do>wn, until the troops had in many instances been forced.to act against the people and until much blood had been shed that a good system was introduced." Every class now contributes to the maintenance of the road system in Eng- P land. The French have probably the most efficient laws and regulations in J the world for the building and repair- jj lug of highways. The minister of pub- tc He works has the general superintend- m snce of all roads and ways by land and 3. by water. There are four classes of D road recognised by law?namely, (1) Q national, (2) departmental, (3) military, pi [4) crossroads. National roads are built 18 md kept up by the national treasury. Q Departmental roads are a charge upon the departments through which they ?ass, and part of the military roads are m iept up by the government and part ^ ay the departments through which the E roads pass. The crossroads are kept up by the Q communes, though sometimes In thinly Cl populated regions these communes revive assistance from the government specially when these roads become of Importance. The national roads are paved like a _ jtreet having an average width of 52% teet. The departmental roads are 50 feet wide, and the military and crossroads are of variable width. Piles of Jbroken stone are placed at convenient llstances, and a man Is constantly em- I jloyed In repairing each section- ti, to Concerning Side Dltclhes. In When the road, is In an excavation, ? ?reat care should be taken that a side D litch is provided on each side to carry A may the water so that it shall not run p! lown the middle of the road, as is fre- ? juently the case. Every road should lave side ditches, even one that runs jtralght down the side of a hllL The iteepest road needs the side ditch most, ed jut often has none. Frequently the u ivater runs down the, middle of the gi :oad on a side hill and wears It Into jullles, which are a discomfort and U perhaps dangerous in both wet weather ind dry. The water must not be suffered to run In the road, but must be m &ade to run off the road. "h Jc Cities and Roads. J One of the speakers at the good J oads congress at Buffalo maintained , iat If the tide of migration to our :ltles Is to be turned it will have to b? lone by means of roads that make easy :ommunlcatlon with the surrounding rountry. In that light the good road* luestlon takes on a new aspect. j lit 11 r Teachers' Examination. re I "'UK KEGULAK EXAMINATION FOR U> white and colored teachern will beheld t Abbevl lie Court House, Friday, May 22nd, 30;>. Beginning at nine o'clock a. m F. C. DuPRE, 8e Co. Supt. of Ed. May 5. 1WK. tf B(l m St Found at last? Where? At Glenns. What 8 It. The bent lot of farming ImnlementH V ver brought to Abbeville. ' j If you need a genulDe Victor Sweep oall od. . R. OleoD. ai If you have to tine a Terrell Scrape see J i. (Jlenn before you buy. '. < * ; - ; , ' gagMMft _ /ii.rirr '.rrrr-Tr m.., ..w? r? rr li. tt', Wklte'it Locnla. Our trade in embroideries has been phenomlal. We- bad tbe largest stock of tbem we rer had to begin with, and yet we received jo large additional shipment* last week, ur nrlcf's are tbe lowest ever known for iese goods. Come and see them. L. W. White's immense stock of white >ods Is still holding out. He still offers the iclcest things to be had In white madras, Ina linens, waist linens, organdie*, batistes, ques, nainsooks, cambrics, <kc., die. Black voile oontlnues to be the leading ack goods of the season. Since L. W. White rst received his spring stock be has sent lorard five different orders for black voile. He eeps In Rtock two different grades, one at 50 mis a yard and another at $1.00 a yard. I' ynu want cheap goods you will surely id them at L. W. White's. Those white wns more than a yanj wide at ft cents a yard tnnot be matched anywhere. We have sold ready more than fifteen hundred yard*) of ieu). L. W. White always carries an Immense ock of cotton goods. His prices are as cheap 5w as they were when cotton was five and x cents a pound. HU stock of unbleached teetlnes, bleaobed long oloths, full wldtfa leetlngs, bed tickings,glnuhams, prints and creates was never larger than at present. Hamilton Brown Company shoes areo"ly nd In the city of Xbbevlile by L. W. White, e has a good slock of them now. Shoes for dies and gentlemen, misses, bo\s and chll en. This make of shoes Is not excelled In )lnt of style, comfort and durability. Tfty 1 \17 \W hltn'a 111 X I J AJ, TV* TfUIICO lunoicu wuiiccatiu CCUIO pound. It in a bargain. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLK. ly the County Board of Education 08. H.Tolbert, J. Blyth Allston and L. J. Britt, Trustees of School District No. 14 : T APPEARING TO THftSATISFACTION ' tbe County Board of Edueatlon tbat tbe we whereby an election may beheld fortbe iirpose of repealing a special tax of two illls in District No. 14. bad been complied Itb, it is therefore ordered tbat you bold an eel Ion at tbe u?ual voting place on the 18th ly of June, 1903, for tbe purpose of deterunlntr whether tbe said tax shall be repealed r not. Tbat y.ou give the notice required by ,w before holding said election. FRANK C. DuPRE, Chairman. R. F. GILLIAM, / J. FRASER LYON, County Board of Education. May 26, 1903. PltS2?!! YOUR REQUIREMENTS innot be greater than our ability to Jl tbem. We make many varieties of BREAD aily besides many sorts of delicious akes, Pies and Pastry. All our efforts are directed toward roducing things of superior quality, bat is tbe point in wbicb we work to xcel. Those who know say our bread is est. J. W. Breihahn, Proprietor. SHERIFFS SALE. , D. K'ugh against G. W. Syfan, Executor of G. W. Syfan, Sr.?Execution. VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION TO ME rected,lo tbe above staled case, I will sell i tbe highest bidder, at Public Auction, wltb i tbe legal hours of sale, at Abbeville C. H., C., on MONDAY, the 1st day of June, A. ., 1003, all tbe right, title and Interest of . W. Syfan, Sr., In the following described operty to-wlt: All that tract of land, conInlng ne Hundred and Thirty and OneQuarter (130 1-4) Acres, ore or less, and bounded by lands of Dr. J. '. W. Marshall, G. A. VUanska, Nelson vans and Estate of Samuel McGowan, Levied on and to be sold as tbe property of . W. Syfan, Sr., to satisfy tbe aforesaid Exeitlon and costs. TERMS-Caab. C. J. LYON, Sheriff Abbeville County. May 11 lb, 1908. SHERIFFS SALE. H. Wrenn against J. Altheus Johnson ? Execution. 5Y VIRTUE OK AN EXECUTIONTO MB rected, In tbe above stated cose, I will sell tbe highest bidder, at Public Auction, withthe legal hours of sale, at Abbeville C. H., C., on MONDAY, the 1st day of June, A. 1903, all tbe right, title and Interest of J. ltheus Johnson, Id tbe following described operty, to wit: ighteen and Two-Thirds (18 2-3) Acres, ore or less, In tbe town of Due West, boundI by IaDds of William Hood, A. D. Kennedy, . P. McGee, Robt. S. Galloway, Barbara B. rler and others. Also, ne Hundred and Thirty-Five (135) Acres, ore or less, located In Calhoun Mill Townlp, and bounded by lands of J. W. Morrab, iseph Brlltand others. Levied on and to be sold as the property of Altheus Johnson to satlBfy the aforesaid cecutlon and coats. TERMS?Cash. C. J. LYON, Sheriff Abbeville County. May 11th, 11)03. 1*. B. Speed has anything you want In the le of drug", stationery perfumery to!let tides and confectionary. Hie prices will it the size of your pocket book. l'he best evidence of the merit of the Clnco Kiir Is that everybody smokes it and every liilier wants to sell It. We sell from three five thousand every month. P. U. Speed You can always get, fresh candy from P. 11 ieed. Just received the tiuest lot of pp. at ever en In Abbeville, at Mllford's Drugstore. II JUU WUUb LUUUUCU Ujr lUC U(U ?L > UUICle prices go to P. B. Speed?The tobacco AO. Try our Egg Phosphates. Slilford'a Drug ore, /e are tbe Deople for line soap of every ad. Mllford'8 Drug Store. Unheard of bargains In ladles shirt waists id skirts. They are the latest styles?DrumI6'H' Samples?and dirt cheap?A. M. Smith i o. 7ia"ai iyn?-n"^';7^mrrTrfi -vt sa DOES A BABY PAY! 'A V*iher'* Tletr of tbe EtitrlM Ifofe on tke Family Ledger. Does a 2-year-old baby pay for itself up to the time it reaches that interesting I o ci T A:mi. T age: aunieuuie* x luiu& uuu x mvuguk bo yesterday when my own baby slipped into my study and "scrubbed" the carpet and his best white dress with my bottle of ink. He was playing in the coal hod ten minutes after a clean dress was put ' on bim, and later in the day he pasted 50 cents' worth of postage Btamps on the' <' j ' ir wall and poured a dollar's worth 01 the choicest white rose perfumery out of the window "to see it wain." Then he dug out the center of a nicely baked loaf of cake and was found in the middle, of the diniAg room table with the sugar bowl between his legs and moat of the contents In his stomach. - j. He has already cost $100 In doctor's bills, and I feel that I am right in attributing my few gray hairs to the misery I endured walking the floor with him at night during the first ye r of his life. What hns he ever done to pay m for that? " " " -M Ah! I hear his little feet pattering along out in the ball I hear his little ripple of laughter because he has escaped from his mother and has found bis way up to my study at a forbidden hour. But the door is closed. The worthless little vagabond can't get in, and I won't open it for him. No, I won't I can't be disturbed when I'm writing. He can just cry if he wants to. I won't be bothered for? "Eat, tat, tat," go his dimpled ? knuckles on the door. I sit in silence. "Rat, tat, tat." I tit perfectly still. - 1 > *} No reply. > "Peeze, papa." , Grim silence. '. "Baby turn in?peeie, papa." He shall not come in. r * v "My papa." > An "Papa," says the little voice; "I tab my papa. Peeze let baby In." I am not qnite a brute, and I throw . i't open the door. In he comes with outstretched little arms, with shining eyes, with laughing face. I catch him up into my arms, and his warm, soft, little arms go around my neck, the not very dean littie cheek is laid close to mine, the baby voicp says sweetly: "I tab my papa." Does he pay? Well, I guess he does! He has cost ne many anxious days and nights. He lias ; 'A cost me time and money add care tind self sacrifice. He may cost me pain und sorrow. He has cost much.. Bnt he has paid for it all again and again in whispering those three little words into my , -/ cars, "I tab papa." Our children pay when their very first ' ' ;S feeble little cries fill our hearts with th( mother love and the father love that ought never to fail among all earthly pasoUna | Do our children pay??J. H. D. in De- v'| troit Free Press. ' THE SPEED OF BIRDS. It la No* Nearly So Great u.Hu Been y . Generally Aiiomed. If you consult the usually accepted authorities on the speed of birds in their flight, you are likely to be misled by an exaggeration of from 100 to 300 per cent. This is because figures have been given on hearsay, appearance and very superfl- 1 cial observation. But recently American, English and French observers have been comparing notes and aTe practically ;&8 agreed, after most careful calculation, on the Bpeed of the best known birds. They started with the carrier pigeon rA and have made him a base-of comptrison. He has heretofore been credited with 110 miles an hoar, but it is now ' agreed that be is entitled to 50. A qulte recent long distance, carefully conducted test of 592 miles, from the Shetland islands to London, showed that the most !J miila H7 ml Ion an honr. rapiu pij,cuuo luuuu w On shorter distances none made more than 50 miles. Because frigate birds have been seen Car from land and have been supposed not to fly by night or to rest on the water they have been credited with a speed of from 150 to 200 miles an hour. If they' did fly at that speed, they would have to overcome an atmospheric pressure of from 112 to 130 pounds to the square foot of flying surface. There is no cer* tainty that they fly more rapidly than a passenger pigeon or that they do not fly , at night or do not sleep on the water. J? The swallow, that is indeed a rapid flier, has been credited with 180 miles - ?3 an hour, but he must be cut down to 65 miles, and the marten is five miles behind him, though authorities have placed him <,.53 ten miles ahead. The teal duck 1b brought down from 140 to 50 miles an hour. The mallard is ^ five miles slower ana Dies uie nuue u u? canvasback, while both of these are fire ' ) mUcs ao hour ahead of the wild goose and eider duck. * ':1&M The pheasant makes 88 miles an hour, which is three miles ahead of the prairie chicken and quail, though the latter ap- ? pedrs to fly much faster on account of his temporary burst of speed that seldom exceeds 200 feet The crow flies 25 miles an hour. 4 , Small birds appear to fly more rapidly than the large ones and hare deceived many observers. The humming bird doe* not fly as fast as many awkward appear-, . 'J, lug, very much larger, slow flopping birds.?Chicago Times-Herald. 1 Proud Father. ' ' A member of the New York Yacht' club was proudly boasting to an old 'r> friend he had not seen In 15 years of the merits dl bis children. "Henry, as you '. may possibly have heard, is at Harvard.! As yet he has done nothing for the fam- \ i Uy. Archbold is at the Leland Stanford university. I wanted to bring up my, ? ^aoaIWA "honA sons as iar upmi uo tiusmmc, ?w- ( lessiy different and varying dream-, stances. Of coarse Archbold has not aa , '$ yet done anything for the family, Har-! riet is married to young , and, well, I I really can't say that she has done any- j thing for the family. The youngest child' is Virginia, who is just becoming useful." < "Indeed? And what does Miss Ylr-I ginia do?" ? ^9 "She has just reached the age and stature when, she can wear her mother's old clothes. Captain, will you accoxnpa-J ny me to our grillroom?"?New York. Press. | Well Posted. , Mrs. Greene?That was a fine article ^ our husband wrote about "The Smoke i Nuisance." Mr. Greene says it is the; best thing that has appeared oo the sub-! Ject. i Mrs. Gray?Yes? I suppose it ought j to be. My husband smoked no less than ' -: 'V; * ? -1 ? ? xklU nrrlfin* It?. Rnutnl I lea u^aib ttm??? ? Transcript. ... ! :$ ?-.?.. M We can furnish the ladles with muslin underwear oheaper than they can buy the cloth . ~y and make them. But we do not ask them to take our word for it. as the (roods and prices do the talking. A. M. Smith & Co. 4 Our sample neckwear and hosiery are the greatest bargains you ever saw, and it will give us great pieasifre to show and price them. A. M. Smith & Co. f Toilet sets, mauioure sets, vases, leather a ?- ?? j u ? * ?#n/,./*'o hfner 1 koouh, auu uuo uuiugne. aw iumuiua Store! 4 Fresh candy every week at MUford's Drug Stry. ' tsk Call on L.T. & T. M. Miller for your en rent*, ralHlnfc and citron. 1 Old mountain Huck Wheat Just arrived. W? alio h*ve the self ralHlcg buck ? I L. X. <fc T. M. Miller. | . . ? . v;