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EAST END.
What "M" Neoi and Hear* on His
RonaUi In Country an?l in Town.
Abbeville, S. C.. May 27,1908.
ROCK V GROVE Pft'NIC.
On last Saturday the pretty country home
of Major Arthur Parker wan the scene of
mirth and happiness. As we drove up It
seemed as if we were approaching "(airy
land,"?so many sally attired childreD running
here and there in Joyful elee. There
were to be seen groups of pretty young ladles
roamlne among the flowers and through the
spacious balls and piazzas of the cottage, all
carefully looked after by stately matrons,
who by tbe merry twinkle In their eyes
showed tbey too eDjoyed the bappy life plolure.
Tbe young men were gallant, gay and
bappy as larks, and never looked more handsome.
Music and dancing made up tbe pleasures
of tbe day.
About one o'clock p. m. dinner was announced,
and as tbe crowd assembled In tbe
grove, a long table filled wltb "alack" pies
aud custards, chocolate, pound and plain
cakes, ham, fried chicken, pickle and everything
good was to be seen ; tbe appetites of all
were sharpened by tbe slgbt and every one
did justice both to tbe dinner and blmself.
Everything was nicely served, tbe young men
waiting on the ladles. After tbe repast all repaired
to tbe cottage and enjoyed themselves
as best suited their mood.
Major Parker was Indeed a best fully equal
to tbe occasion, giving up his entire bouse
(excepting his own room) to tbe plonlcers.
Tbe Major was at his best, and as he sported
wltb the girls, looked bappy.
Tbe day will long be remembered by those
present and tbe courtesies and kindness ol
their generous host will not soon be forgotten.
LITTLE MOUNTAIN PICNIC.
On Saturday Prof. R. C. Knox, principal of
Bethel scbool, joined by tbe patrons and
nf th? unhnol hnrt a mnnf. rinlkrhtful
plonlc at Little Mountain, which was In compliment
to tbe school children. This too was
a happy Joyous crowd, pretty yoi dk ladles
and bright happy children made the moun
tain woodland ring with their merry voices.
A fine dinner was spread, lost such as the
people of that community know bow to prepare.
This was one day tbe writer heartily
wished he could be present at two plaees
about tbe same time.
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factory picnic.
These good people bad a picnic too, at Mo
Mlllan's spring below tbe old fair ground.
This was perhaps tbe largest plonloof tbe sea
rod, about 100 being present. Long tables
were built, and a magnificent dinner, and in
great abundance for all.
A prize, in the shape of a large coooanut
cake, "full grown," was offered by our city baker
to the boy of "fleetest loot7' In the foot
race.
Mr. Barnett, one of the kindest and generous
hearted merchants on Factory HI 1!, made
up, and presented to tbe plonlcen ten gallons
ot Ice lemonade. This was a generous act and
highly appreciated by all.
This was a happy day and a Jolly orowd enjoyed
by all present.
picnic at kxttoh's pakk.
On Friday last Miss Mai Robertson and
Miss Eliza Thomson, tbe populat teachers 01
tbe third and fourth grade in the Abbeville
Graded Sobool, united In a delightful picnic
for theoblldren or these two grades and tbelr
Invited friend* Tbe children bad a splendid
time and a fine dinner, and returned to tbelr
respective homes sounding aloud the praises
vj iuoj i icauuoi o.
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
On last Saturday afternoon Miss Emma,
the pretty little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P
D. Klugh of Fort PIckenB, celebrated tbe anniversary
of her tenth birthday, at wbion the
entertained moat charmingly about 27 of her
little friends.
Delicious refreshments were served and tbe
afternoon was one ofextreme pleasure to the
. little lolk.
Mlsa Emma Klngh, the merry and happy
little boat, was tbe recipient of a ntamberol
pretty presents and beBt wishes from her 111tie
friends,
ALL ALONG ROUTE NO. 3.
Divine services were held at Lebanon
cbnrcb last Saturday and Sunday, by Rev.
Mr. Hamlter. On 8atnrdav only tbe "faith
fal few" were there, but on Sunday a fine congregation
was present.
Mr. Charlie Olbert, after an absence of more
than a year, returned home last Friday from
Arkansas, acoompanled by Prof R. E. Rm
son, once principal of Lebanon sobool. Tls
needless to say the arrival of these two gentlemen
gave both homefolk and friends a deDflnDAn
Uft
for bis borne In Charlotte, N. C.
Miss Maggie Link alter a pleasant stay of
two weeks wltb ber cousin, Miss Nellie McGaw,
left last Saturday for ber borne at Hun*
lers, 8 C.
Mr. Grler Sberard spent a day or so of tbis
week behind tbe counters of Messrs. L. T. &
T. M. Miller.
Mrs. Henry Wilson, of Pboenlx, Is visiting
ber daughter, Mrs. P. B. Metis.
Messrs. A. O. Grant and J. R. Woodhurst
were In tbe city last Saturday. Tbey report
fair crops on tbe river and stand for tbe one
mill tax and good roads.
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down came bbidge, wagon and all.
On last Wednesday morning as tbe camp
wagon of tbe county obaln gang, in obarge of
Oapt. J. A. Scbroeder was crossing Buffalo
bridge over White's creek, on tbe Charleston
road, tbe bridge gave way, botb sleepers
breaking, causing a general collapse, bringing
wagon, driver and mules down into tbe
oreek, about a 10 foot fall. Fortunately no
one was hurt, only one mule a little bruised,
and tbe coupling tongue of tbe wagon broken.
All scrambled and pulled out, badly frightened,
but not burt. Commissioner Nlckles id
doing all be can to bave tbe bridge rebuilt at
tbe very earliest possible moment. Tbe falling
of tbls bridge ulveB "M" an extra drive
on Route No.3. but be is equal to tbe occasion
and is still serving hlb patrons on both sides
of tbe break down.
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CHANGE OF SCHEDULE ON SOUTHERN.
On last Sunday a change of schedule went
into effect on the Southern, wbtob res ailed In
the taking off of the night train.
ilY
DOTS PICKED UP HERE AND THERE IN THE
CITY.
Mlu Eunice Calhoun left yesterday tor
Clemaon, where she will be the guest of the
'> Misses Calhonn, her cousins.
Mrs. EllaLatliner returned home Saturday
, from a pleasant visit to relatives at Belton.
Mrs. Nance, of Anderson, Is in the city
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. O'Bryant.
Mr. Francis bas been enjoying country
life at Grain Ridge last week. Ue alBo took
In the plonlc at Rooky Grove Satnrday. He
Is now In the olty to the delight of his many
friends.
Mrs. C. J. Lyon, of Abbeville, took In the
picnic last Saturday in the neighborhood of
her old borne, and spent a pleasant day with
-- her neighbors and friends,
w . . Mr. Will Fennel, of Abbeville, accompanied
by DIb friend Mr. attended the
I Rocky Grove plculc.
Mrs. A. W. Smith and son are guests of
homefolk in the olty.
Mr. and Mrs. "W. E. Cason leave tomorrow
(Thursday) for Woodruff, where they will visIt
friends.
Mrs. Mary Johnson, accompanied by Miss
Lillian Power, spent Saturday In tbe city
guests of her son, CapL Johnson.
Miss Manson and Mrs. Fair Bufort, of Clinton
and Newberry, passed through the city
last Satnrday on their way to Antrevllle,
where they will be the gnests of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Power.
Mr. and Mrs. James McMillan, of Cedarvliie,
Ohio, spent several days of tbe past
week In tbe city, tbe guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.
f . L. McMillan.
Mr. Hodges, salesman of L. T. & T. M. Dt! liter.
returned from Spartanburg last Monday,
bringing with him Mrs. Hodges, who will
make tbelr home In our midst. We welcome
them and hope their stay will be both pleasant
and profitable to them and our people.
Capt. Branch will leave next Monday for
tbe cooling: shades of Little Mountain, where
he will enlov ouiet for a season and drink of
tbe health-giving waters.
Mrs. C. P. Hammond left last Monday for
"Washington, D. G\, where she will Join Mr.
Hammond and spend a while enjoying tbe
sights and pleasures of city life away from
home.
Miss Nora Hammond is now in the Gate
City tbe guest of frleuds.
Mr. W. E. Hill left Saturday for Newnan,
Georgia, on "particular business." He will
return this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman with their son, Mr.
John Coleman, are In tbe city tbe guests of
tbelr son and brother, Mr. M. T. Coleman and
family.
Miss Antoinette Hammond left Saturday
for Arkansas via Atlanta, where she will
spend a few days.with friends, after which
she will continue her Journey. She will be
absent for several months, and we wish for
her a very pleasant visit and sale return
home.
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Latimer, of Lowndesvllle,
spent Saturday and Sunday in tbe
city as the guests of tbelr sister Mrs. Ella
Latimer.
DIVINE SERVICES.
Union services were held In the Eplsoopal
church last Sunday night, Rev. Sams oon.
ducting tbe services.
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Finish every day and be done with
it. You have done what you could. ;
Some blunders and absurdities no
doubt crept in; forget them as soon as ,
you-can. To-morrow is a new day;
begin it well and serenely, and with 1
too high a spirit to be cumbered with ,
your old nonsense. This day is all
that is good and fair. Jt is too dear,
with its hopes and invitatiooe, to
waste a moment on the yesterdays. <
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GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Item* of More or Leu* Intercut Condenacil?OutNide
the Nl?tp.
J no. J). Hock feller lias given 850,000 to the
Y. M. U. A. at Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Curry, widow of the late Dr. J. L. M.
Curry, died In Atlantic City, N. J., on Frl
day.
Paul Blouet, better known as "Max O'Rell,''
died at bl> home In Paris, Franoe, Saturday
night.
* An unknown msti committed suicide on
Sunday by jumping otl Brooklyn bridge In to
the river.
The Seaboard Air Line shops In Portsmouth,
Va., were burued on Friday night
with a loss of S7.r>0,00U.
One man and three women were killed by
the falling ol an elevator in Pittsburg, Pa.,
on Friday night.
Our perlpatcilo president spent Sunday in
Seattle, Washington. Yesterday he started
on his return Journey east.
A tornado destroyed the bouse of W. D.
Wilson near Hereford, Texas, on Thursday
and hla wile and baby were killed in It.
Grant Blodgett, bookkeeper of the bank of
u"flr"1" Unlfaln V V nnmmlf.tfid suicide
on Sunday because be was short 8519.
Five offenders were whipped at the whipping
postat Greenbank, Del., on Saturday.
Three were negroes convicted of larceny.
Mrs. Tbos. Conntesa and her servant Margaret
Morris were Instantly Killed by lightning
at Merldianvllle, Ala., on Wednesday
night.
Jno. Broadnax' the young negro who murdered
Sidney Blair, an aged and esteemed
citizen was hanged at Went worth, N. C., on
Friday.
Four hundred feet of vacant frontage on
Broadway, New York, sold on Wednesday lor
SI.314,000. The lots lie Just north of the Grand
Circle.
The New York board of education have
decided to retain "Uncle Tom's Cabin" In
the school libraries and to drop "The Life
Of Poul Jones' Instead.
The Tolman expedition, fitted out by Miss
Helen Gould, sailed from New tfork on Wednesday
to spend four months in European
cities studying the poor.
Tbere were 35 beat prostrations in jnbw
York city on Wednesday, seven of them
proving fatal, and tbere were thre? deaths
from sunstroke the same day In Philadelphia.
George Crawford, colored, of Birmingham,
Ala., has been selected as one of the four sen'
tors,of Yale university to speak at commencement
In competition for the Townsend prize
of $100.
William Hopkins, colored, oharged with
assaulting his nine-year-old step-daughter
was taken from officers and shot to death
near Balnbrldge. Ga., on Thursday nlgst. He
confessed the crime.
Postmaster General Payne says the deficit
In the free delivery service at the close of the
present fiscal year ending In June will be two
and a quarter millions, about half of 11 being
chargeable to the free rural delivery.
In a thunder storm In Philadelphia on
Wednesday night the mauufaoturlug plant
of the Geo. W. Blabon company was struck
by lightning and burned, with a loss of 150 000
and also a private residence worth 825,OuO? by
different strokes.
A dispatch from Butte, Montana, on Friday
says: The loss or sheep la the four days'
blizzard euUlnc Monday will aggregatefHH),
000, and for two months before that by a
similar but less furious storm 600,000, making
a million and a half for the winter op to
date.
Forty-two editors of the Alabama State
PresR association in session In Annlston, Ala.
on Thursday were asked their choice for
president. The vote stood: Cleveland 19,
Gorman 10, Parker 4, Oiney 8, Hearst 2,
DAnaaiia11 9 WoltorcAn 1 Rrvfin 1 Rrninft 1.
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Dae West Items.
Miss Alice Wlngo of Atlanta, la expeoted la
town tbls week to visit her sister ^Mrs .J. H.
Brooks. MM68 Wlngo formerly taught the
Primary Department and Expression In the
Female College and Is now a teaoher of English
In Valley Seminary, Waynesboro, Va.
Mrs. Arthur Wlngo of Atlanta, Is also expected
to visit Mrs. Brooks.
Miss Statla Wldeman who b?9 been teaching
a private school at. Concord, N. C? came
home Monday.
Prof. Barron Caldwell, who has bad charge
ol a very successful school In the Antrevllie
neighborhood, Is at home. H1b patrons speak
In very flattering terms of blm and say be Is
the finest teacher they ever had.
Mra. Calvin Reld of Sardls, N. C., Is visiting
her son Prof. E. L. Reld and family. She
will remain for Commencement.
Tuesday night, May 26, the Junior olass of
the Female College srlves a reception to the
Senior class. Several of the young men of
tbe town and College were favpred with Invitations.
Mrs. Tom Sullivan and Miss Margie Sullivan
of Prlnoeton, attended tbe recital on Friday
night. They were guests at the Female
College.
Miss Norma Cllnkscales of Qreenwood, Is
with her grandfather, Mr. Poore.
Mr. Odlorne spent Sabbath with bis family.
Rev. J. Knox Montgomery of Cbarlotte, N.
C., will deliver a lecture before tbe students of
the Theological Seminary Thursday night,
May 28ib.
Mina Mahal Odlorne. of Anderson arrived
in the city Monday to spend Commencement.
Prof. Cannon treated tbe pupil* of the public
school to loe lemonade Thursday afternoon.
It was very much enjoyed on such a
hot day.
Erskine played tbe laBt ball game of tbe
season Saturday morning when xhe defeated
Wofford by a score of 10 to 8. Erskine now
holds the obamplonsblp of tbe State, having
lost only one game, tbe one played with
Wofford some time ago.
A large crowd was out to witness the game
Saturday and at times the excitement was
Intense. Tbe score tied twice. Wofford played
fine game but tbejuck was Ersklne's.
Tbe recital given by tba Expression pupils
of tbe Female College on Friday night was
very good but quite long. There have been
so many reoltala, lectures, concert*, entertainments
and celebrations In Due West tblo season,
that It doesn't take much to satisfy an
audience.
Haody Land.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kay of Honea Path
visited relatives here last week.
Messrs. Oforge White and Jim Crawford of
Troy visited relatives here Sunday night.
MUses Florence and Carrie Fleming two
pretty young ladlee of Durraugris, accompanied
by their handsome brother Mr. Ernest
visited relatives here Friday night and taken
In tbe picnic Saturday at Little Mountain.
Mr. John Morrison visited lo Bandy Land
Friday night.
Miss Ira Hamilton and Brown Eye's taken
In the picnlo at Little Mountain Saturday,
They report a very pleasant time.
Mr. Emery MoCord a handsome young
man visited In Sandy Land Saturday.
Messrs. Clyde Fleming and Ralph 8prouse
visited near Darraugh Sunday.
Messrs. Eugene Purday and James White
i^adea very pleasant call near Long Cane
Sunday afternoon.
Rev. Mr. Gordon of the city vlBlted In
8andy I.and last week.
Mrs. C. 0. Fleming and Misses Cassle and
Olive, Mr. Frank and Master Jyles taken In
the picnic at Little Mountain Saturday.
"Brown Eyes."
Letter to O. H. Cobb.
Dear Sir: You know all about shoes.
How many customers have you who know
anything about 'em ?
You have bought and sold shoes for years,
and have learned what you know by your
customer's UklDg one sort, and not liking
another. They And out by wearing 'em.
So with paint; but we go deeper. We are
149 years old in the business ; and we make,
not buy?we make a good deal of paint.
We paint a good share of the railroad and
steamer property In the United States, and
may as well paint the private property.
Yours as well as anybody else's.
Devoe Lead and Zinc Is your paint. Costs
nan as mucn as mixed paioi or jeuu uuuuii
because It takes fewer gallons and wears
twice aR long.
Beck Bros. & Co., Wllllamsport, Fa., write :
Mr. Ezra Ratbmell bad used 11 gallons of a
well-known mixed paint for bla bouse-be
repainted It tbfe year wltb Devoe Lead and
Zinc; bought 11 gallons and bad 5 gallons
left. ,
Yours trulv,
F. W. Devoe A Co.,
New York,
P. 8. P. B. Speed tells our paint.
Winlhrop College Scholarship auU
Entrance Examinations
Tbe examinations for tbe award of vacant
scholarships in Wintbrop College and for tbe
EidmlsBlon of new students will be held at tbe
County Court House on Friday, July 10th, at
J A. M. ,
Applicants must not be less than fifteen
years of age. ,
When scholarships are vacated after July
10th, they will be awarded to those making
the highest average at this examination.
The next session will open about Septem- 1
bpr 1G, 1903. i
f or ruriner information ana a catalogue. ,
iddreus Free. D. IJ. Johnson, Hock Hill, S. C.
Clay and unknown peas for Rowing a |
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EARLY SETTLERS. -
An IntrrrKllnE l.ciicr ill neiercnce
(o Those Who Firttt Made Their
Home* In Abbeville County.
Charleston, December 21,1764.
Sir: There being about 300 German
Protestants arrived, who by bis Maj- ]
esty's order are to be settled together,
I therefore desire you in conjunction i
with Mr. Fairchild to consider a prop- J
er spot where they may be placed, and <
about 20.000 acres of good land allotted I
for them and others who may follow. :
I shall put the warrants of this division
into Mr. Fairchild's handa as dep- i
uty surveyor, which may be about 150 i
souls, and the remainder who are sick
ly will follow as soon as they are able, I
and their warrants shall be put into 1
your hands to execute.
A ihwp npnnln ?r#? nnripr tho nflrhV. i
ular protection and countenance of
the King, and have been supported I
hitherto, and will be until the end of <
September next by the noble bounty
of a number of charitable gentlemen
of London I desire and expect that a
particular attention will be paid to
their being seated upon good soil, and
convenient branches for water. The
upper place which was shewn to the
French Protestants, will I believe be
very suitable. They chose to be together.
and therefore the lands must
be kept for that nation of Germans.
You are to mark out 400 acres for the
use of the fort, which Capt. Cochran
pitched upon at my Deine, at the fording
place about 15 miles above the
mouth of Long Cane River on the Savannah
R. to be reserved for the
King's use.
Let me hear how the French Protestants
go on in their settlement, as J
suppose by this time you have surveyed
most or their warrants, and they
are beginning to clear their land for
their provisions next Fall. I am
Yr. very humble Serv.,
Wm. Bull.
To Patrick Calhoun, Esq.,
near Juong ^aura. >
December 23d, 1764. I
P. 8. As the weather is ccld and <
may be rainy, I desire you to make up j
a log house about 35 feet loDg and 20 t
broad and 6 feet high, covered with I
clapboards, and make sheds on each 1
side which may be .covered with barb. This
will afford shelter for them on '
their arrival, and contain their bag- i
bage. When they are settled, tbis <
sball serve them for a church. Lei <
this work be set about immediately af- <
ter you receive this, and send me an
account of the day's labour not extrav- i
agantly charged. Let ihls house be ]
placed on a spot near the centre of
their intended settlement for which I <
shall lay out 20,000 acres. If Mr. I
Faircbild does not go soon to you, you
are not to wait for him, but proceed to ]
fix the spot yourself. The first party
of 150 may be expected at Longcanes about
the 10th of January, aud as they '
will soon go upon their lands and
make huts each for himself, this house 1
may serve the second party who shall 1
go up as soon as they are able.
Make a log division at one end to be 1
used as a store room, and lay beams
across here and there, on which some 1
stores may be hung.
I desire you also to make an oven if
possible you can contrive it for the
poor cr&atures to bake their bread. 1
T s\4- it kft 1 n M/va An/tiirrK I
UCl It uo JOI^C tuuu^ 4-?.
As the Indians are very jealous and
alarmed at new settlers in bodies, you
must not carry these Germans beyond
the eastermost branch of Gennerastee.
W. B.
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MERRY .MAY.
Its Problems and Its Opportunities
- for Retailers*
The retailer finds May a month in
which be has plenty of opportunities
to exercise his advertising abilities.
Spring is well under way, the threshold
of summer is but a step and
goods that are timely must be well
brought before the public.
May shopping is a serious matter to
every woman. She wants articles of
dress such as ready-to-wear garments,
Bilks, dress goods,' velvets, wash fab- 1
rics, rucbings, laces, gloves, etc.
"Sales" Bhould be constantly adver- .
tised in these goods. The more clever- 1
ly and comprehensively thev are written
about, the more closely followed
vill be the advertising and the more
productive will it be of results. 1
Every man and boy does some May
q h nnni n nr
OUV^IUg*
Ttie summer suit is a question that
the wide-awake clothier has anticipated
by preparing a line of suiting that
sheds much light upon fine lines of
summer suits. The new summer
styles of shirts, neckwear, fancy
vests, shoes, hats and all manner of
furnishings should receive some publicity
in the May advertising.
The housekeeper should be spoken
to by the May advertiser. In furnishing
and refurnishing her summer
home she appreciates the advertisement
that directs attention to rattling
good values in house furnishings
cnina, glassware, crockery, bric-a-brac,
lamps, etc. tibe needs these goods and
advertising will help to sell them to
her.
May is the month that really introduced
the summer goods. May is
full of sunshine and warm days and
though summer may not have set in
according to the idea of those who follow
solstice situations, vet the be
guiling balmy weather influences be- 1
get a stiff sale of summer merchandise, i
"Openings" of summer goods are in '
order in the merry month of May. I
There are any number of summer 1
styles in millinery which every pro- gressive
milliner is anxious to tell the (
story of. There are scores of styles in 1
shirt waists that May openings will do i
justice to. The new summer shapes 1
in low cut shoes is a subject that is 1
agitating the shoe dealer's mind and
good advertising on this will remove <
bis anxiety as to future sales. t
As you look up and down the line i
of retaildom you can see that May ad- I
vertising is pretty important adver- 1
Using. If done right it gives an irn- i
petus of incalculable benefit to sum- i
mer advertising. If the May ad- 1
vertistng lacks the qualities that go to (
make up good advertising then the 1
whole summer advertising suffers.|(
A /Jtrnrf that olorfo nnf I Jolt
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more likely to result iu a good sea- e
sou's advertisiug tbau the advertising ?
begun poorly even though it may rJ
brace up towards the end. i
Therefore begin tbe summer ad- a
vertising with good May advertising. I
It gives a grand climax to spring advertising.
J. Angus MacJDouald. 1
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Never let the seeming worthlessness a
of simpathy make you keep back that s
nf which. when men are sufferinc.
your heart is full. Go and give it f
yourself without asking whether it is t
worth while for you to give it. It is v
too sacred a thing for you to tell what t
it is worth. God, from whom it a
somes, sends it through you to His b
aeedy child. li
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L. W. While sellR the bent yard-wide un- n
bleached Hheetlng at 6 eta a yard to be fonud j,
inywhere.
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OUR WANDERING WARDEN.
Jro. Allaninn In l'on*tantliio|ile nod
SmjrnA. Ilia ImprcNsioiiH of the
Bloody Turk.
The Carolina Odd Fellow.
Bevrout, Syria, March 4, 1903.
Editor western uaa .peuow :
I had uot intended to write you
again until I reached the holy city but
new objects and interests follow so
closely upon one another in this Eastern
country that I will try and tell
you something of the intolerant
Turk. Intellectually he is narrow,
selfish and a coward. He may be
said to be set in his way, for if he is
unce a Mohammedan he may travel,
become educated, but no matter where
be goes he is a Mohammedan still.
I arrived at Constantinople, the
capital of the Ottoman Empire, on
Friday, February 27, and departed
Sunday evening, March lv. This i? a
sity of about one million people, built
in three parte, two in Europe and one
in Asia. The sea of Marmora, the
Golden Horn and the Bosphoros
[which connects the Black Sea with
the sea of Marmora) divides Asia
rrom Europe. The Golden Horn is
formed by the junction Of two large
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rivers woicn uiviue iue uurupeau
portion into two parts. All these
waters are excellent harbors and gives
be city a great water frontage and
nakes it" an excellent shipping center.
It has a better natural harbor
:ban New York City but the docks
ire very crude, ancient affairs. The
own has narrow, crooked, dirty
itreets and a queer appearance. Mr.
Dicberson the American consul, met
hebhipand showed us every atteu,ion
He is a fine gentleman and
;borougbly acquainted with tbe city
ind was * of much service. I spent
me entire day carriage driving about
he town. Many mosoues are soat;ered
over the city. The Mobammelans
are very devoted in their worthip.
On the night after my arrival
iiyself and two fellow passengers
aired a guide and went to the Mosque
+ t_ f _ 11T? ~
H CI. popuiH. vv t) were uuuapciicu iu
;et Turkish fezes and take off our
jboes . before we could enter. Then
feneel down near the door, then go
Farther in an kneel again, and so on.
Friday is the; Mohammedan's day of
worship and Christian dogs are not
illowed to enter their worship on Frijay.
There were four or five hunJred
present all chanting a weird
jong. With their faces turned towards
Mecca, they would follow the
motions of the priest. He would bend
partially forward cbant some words,
straighten up and again bend farther
forward, and the third time bend and
kiss the carpet.
The great building was dimly lightad
with hundreds of incense lamps.
This mosque was built by Emperor
Justin in 506 as a Christian church;
afterward taken by Mohammed the
2nd and the crosses and figures of
Christ that crowned every arch were
chiseled away, as the Mohammedans
will not tolerate the cross. The dome
of this mosque is 105 feet in diameter
tnd 184 feet high, with 40 arcbed windows
in the face. The walls and ceilings
are beautifully frescoed and laid
in gold leaf. It is a grand building,
the finest of its time, it cost $5,000,000.
There are many of these mosques
with great domes over the city.
rpUrt QnHon hoa nna noar tha nolu/to
JL UC UU1M*U U?a VUW VMV |/WIHW
lor bis own use as he never goes in
public for fear of losing his bead. He
is 62 years old, has 27 wives and a
large harem besides. The Turks dare
not speak his name only in a whisper
and then not within one-half mile of
his palace. He deposed his brother
some years ago because he was 'too
friendly with Christians and now has
bim shut up in his harem on the Asia
side of the city.
Soldiers are everywhere and dogs
by the thousand. The interpreter of
the American Consul told me that
there were about one dog to every
five inhabitants and that not one in a
hundred had an owner. They are a
mangy, measley, flea-bitten lot of
yellow curs some with an ear, some
with an eye gone, many minus a tail.
Tbey lie around the streets and will
not move. You are compelled to
drive or walk around tbem. At night
they make the town ring with tbeir
fighting, barking and howling. Every
Turk thinks it a religious duty to
rob a Christian and tbey do their <luty
faithfully. The men are worse than
beasts of burden. The streets are
alive with men, all wearing red fezes
but it is seldom you see a woman ;
when you do she is heavily veiled.
Women are no more than slaves
here.
I also visited the treasury here,
where are hoarded untold millions of
gold, diamonds, emeralds, pearls and
rubieB. The sight is dazzling. There
Eire pearls by the bushel, diamonds by
the peck, and other precious stones
jcattered everywhere. One chair captured
from Persia is valued at two
million dollars. It is of gold covered
wood inlaid with pearls, diamonds,
rubies, and emeralds as large as chestnuts.
There are precious stones
?nough in the crowns of Justine or on
Lbe scabbard and bilt of the sword of
Mohammed the 2nd to make an
American worth millions. Still the
nation is baukrupt. The people are
oppressed and the city poorly lighted.
do sewers, and altogether the filthiest
Dlace I ever saw. A Jew named Levi
has the largest oriental bazar in the
2ity. He has in his employ as an advertisement
Far Away Moses, who
was made famous by being pictured
ind described by Mark Twain. He
was Mark's guide when be made bis
trip, here in 1869, from which he
wrote "Innrceuce Abroad." Far
A.way'8 name is found now in all
;uide book?. He is an old man now
with white beard and wears a green
fez because he has been to Mecca. I
was introduced to him and found him
very clever.
The Hippodrome, the Genoese Tow;r,
the palace of the Sultan's father,
be summer home of the Sultan, and
rany other places I visited are grand,
jut I have not time or space to speak
'artherof them. When a man lives
n his own property the taxes are 8
xiills of actual valuation per year.
When he rents it it is ten mills. All
Christians outside of Constantinople
jay a poll tax of $1.50, but are not
impelled to serve in the army, as
hey will only have Mohammedan
loldiera. There are^few or no saloons,
is Turks are not allowed to drink.
L'here are a few street cars. They are
Irawn by four horses driven abreast
ind are double deckers, the upper
>art having no covering.
In case of fire a flag is hung out.
rheu four firemen shoulder a small
ihemical engine and walk to the fire
md make a bargain with the owner
is to what he is to pay them for their
ervice.
T ...ill J.w.fr j 4 U.. t
x w i ii j ust ttuu i li tt l lucre ttie suine
ine oblisks here that are from 3 to 5
housand years old. The museum is
ery fine and has some remarkable
hingg such as the stone tomb of Alexnder,
which shows him cut in marie
on its sides in the various ages of
ife, from boyhood to bis death,
'here are tablets in this museum that
rove that this world was civil?ed
8,000 years before Christ. The
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stone of Nebuchadnezzar, the blstori
rock of Jerusalem, aad things to
numerous to mention. \
When we left on 8uud*ay evenly
the ship sailed up into the iilack Set
then turned its head toward1,Smyrna
the great metropolis of Afli'4 Minoi
famous for its rugs and CArp&s. M,
passport was taken up when I arrive
ana 1 was toiu to iana. j asaeu wuc
I would get it bank. Tbey told mi
it would be taken to tbe police h>eac
quarters as I would probably need. !
there before I left tbe city and mlgh
have it stollen if I kept it. So,. I got H
when I left.
On March 2nd I landed at Smyrn
at 11 a. ni. and sailed at 9 p. m. Tbi
iB the most important city in Asi
Minor, has 40,000 inhabitants and i
quite a commercial city. This is tb
center of the Smyrna rug and carpe
trade and also exports large quantitie
of crude crugs, has fine bazars, and 1
divided into three sections, tbe Eog
lish, Greek and Turkish. The ruin
' of the Acropolis and near it tbe torn
of Polycarp, tbe first Christian bishop
who was martyred A. D. 169, are o
the hill Just above tbe city. It too
me three hours to reach these place
by carriage as a long detour must b
made on account of the hill. It wa
carnival day and everybody was oi
eating a picnic dinner. We passe
one of the seven churches of Asia o
on the way and an old aqueduct ths
that still supplies the water for th
city that was built 2,5000 years age
When it crossed a ravine there ar
three rows of arches one above at
other. All Eastern cities that I bav
visited, even to Constantinople, ar
supplied with water in this way. Prot
here a railroad runs to the ruins c
Ephesus. Tuesday morning tbe shi
Passed along the shore of tbe Isle (
atmos where John wrote the Reveli
tions, and at 1.30 p. m. we rounded tb
Point of Rhodes, viewing the pillai
where one of the seven wonders of th
world stood 500 years B. C. This wa
also tbe home of the Knights of S
John before being driven out by tb
Turks. Tbeu they went to Main
The Island is now used for a prison b
the Turks. Cypress was also passe
on the way here. In Smyrna the cai
avails were coming in and probabl
not less than 500 camels were on tb
ftreete loaded heavily, some wit
rugs, carpets and drugs, some wit
wood, others with charcoal, all doin
heavy work. It was certainly a gret
sight to me. No freighting is don
here with wagons, all on the back <
camels or asses. We leave tonight fc
Jaffa, then to the Holy City.
Dr. G. W. Allaman.
Poluted Paragraphs.
Only the sympathetic are entitled I
sympathy.
Short-sighted people are natural!
close observers.
Marriages add either to a man's hap
piness or to his misery.
If a man has nefther friends no
enemies he has lived in vain.
When tbe average man tells a lie h
is in a hurry to prove it.
If you would retain your friend
don't remind them of their laults.
It is a wise woman who can smil
at a compliment and then forget it.
Amateur photographers are willin
to take anything except advice.
Next to a good temper the moe
cheerful thing in a family is a ban
balance.
Leave your worries at home whei
you travel. You can get a fresh suf
ply anywhere.
It costs more to support one vie
than ten virtues.
Some people are in mighty poor con:
nanv when alone.
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Crank notions are all right if the
can be turned to good advantage.
One enemy may do more damag
than a hundred friends can repair.
Next to having wisdom yourself i
the ability to profit by the wisdom c
others. - - .
No one is able to discover that a ricl
man is a fool until he loses his moc
ey.
It is a mean man who will throw u|
a New Year's resolution to another a
thin late day.
When a young man waute to get ri<
of his best girl be should take he
Iskatinsr and let her slide.
Although some people are continual
ly changing their minds they seem un
able to get a decent one.
Reflections of n Bachelor.
Everybody longs to be a farmer ex
cept the one who is.
The biggest joke of all is the mar
who sets out to cultivate his wife'i
| mind.
j If the average man had the sam<
success with his business as with hii
summer garden his permanent addresi
wouia oe toe poor nouse.
Women will begin to acquire braic
power when three of them can sit in
a room for teu minutes without all ol
them talking at the same time.
Cupid is not so blind as those who
cannot dodge bis shots.
The greatest line of belts and fans you evei
saw. Of course they are Drummers' Ham
pies that 1h why nobody else can touch out
prices. A. M. Smith <& Co.
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? This Miss is unhapy?misfortune,
g This Miss is not always honest?misi,
appropriate.
t This Miss is uncivil and ill-bred?
misbehave.
? This Miss wastes time and money?
Q misspent.
e This Miss Bhould be shunned by the
j. traveler?misguide.
It This Miss gives unreliable informait
tion?miscall.
it This* Miss meets with ill-luck and
\ I delay?mlnadveuture.
This Miss can destroy the peace ol
a ftbe nation?misrule.
s ^Thie Mies is an uncertain correse
pAdent?misdirect.
it 'j^b Miss makes trouble wherevei
18 sbe^Bt-misdoing.
8 Ti^^^tflss causes sorrow to hei
'* mot^^^^sconduct.
b .TbvM^yoes not value
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n This Miss is distrustful of burijm nak
lure?misanthrope.
!8 These three Misses are untruthful?
e misrepresent, misinterpret, mistake.
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t study the lives of our children, we
shall certainly find that tbey have
not a fault nor a weakness nor a man*
ifaahatiiin nf atpanorth whinh mnv not
? be fouDd in our own lives, and we are
J responsible for our posterity.
e Every ending includes a solemn
n element. Every ending, cutting short,
>f foreshadows the ending, cutting short
p of life. When the end is come, the
>f endless end, the end which is the
i- final beginning, be Jhy word to eacto
>e of us, Come. In us see the travail oi
:s of Thy soul, and be satisfied,
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d OFFICE UP-HTAIRS ON MoILWAlN
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b. B. COLLIER,
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5 ROOFING,
TJU% WUM, ?itC.
Kepairing of Every Description,
Orders filled promptly and Ratlsfaotorllj
When In need 01 any kind tlnwork, call 01
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> D. B. Collier.
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Butter,
^ Green Groceries,
Canned Goods,
i- Staple Groceries,
Chickens and Eggs,
y Fresh Fish
Fridays and Saturdays.
6 Give me a call at the Younger stand.
, W. C. DuPRE,
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Samples ol aulU always on hand. Charge
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ABBEVILLE, . . . 8. C.
July 16, 1902. tt '
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TWEETS EVERY THURSDAY EVENING ' '
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brethren, and visitors specially, are moetoor J
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Secretary. Noble Grand. 7 v?
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' IT AS CHANGED MANAGEMENT. THB *'}
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Schedule In effeet February 85, 1608.
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Lr < alboun Falls 8 GO em - ^JSShhEmB
Lv McOormlck 9 50 im 8 <0 pa
Vr Augusta II 40 am 6 80 flm1
Lv Allendale..... 4 30 pm
Lv Temassee 5 45 pm
L>T Million u 'V yuA
Ar Port Boyal 6 45 pm '
Lr Femaeaee (A. C. L.)... 5 SO pn4
Ar Charleston T 30 pm V
Ar Pavannah 1 8P pm ' , ;. 1 ! Aj
Lv 8 ivr-nnah 6 15 am ~ ,
Ar Yeiraasee 8 3S am ~ Vj
Lv Charleston 6 87 Mil
Ar Yeraaaaee 8 85 m
1> Port Royal (C. <k W. C.) 7 40 am
Ar Rfwifort 1 50 am
' Ar Yemossee 8 35 ao
Lv Yemissee 8 40 am >W.'
Ar Allendale ? 9 68 am ' SWhBW
Ar Augusta 11 55 am
Lv Augusta 2 65 pm 10 10 im'Ar
McCorrolck 4 40 pm 11 52 ??
Ar Calhoun Falls 5 45 pm
Ar Anderson 7 10 pm
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S.G.Major Greenwood " v JjB
J.T. Mabry Cokeabury S3
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T. L. Haddon Long Cane "
8. F. Cromer .Smlthvllle " VijH
J. W. Lyon Troy 9
A. K. Watson Cedar Spring " C
W. E. Leslie Abbeville 9
Dr. J. A. Anderson Antrevllle I
11. A. Tennent Lowndeevllle u 1
A. O. Grant Magnolia I
J.R.Tarrant Calhoun Mills " 1
S. L. Edmonds Bordeaux " 1
W. C. Martin ..Hodges " .n
S.O.Harvey Walnut Grove
P. B. Calllson Calllson " M
W. M. Outz Klrksevs " JB
Joseph Lake Pbcenlx " K2
J. C Rush Brooks " SSS
B. B. Klnard Klnarda
J. D. Coleman Coronaca " WaB
J. H. CbileH, Jr Bradley " ^ \
Kev. J. B. Mum. Verdery " l
Abbeville, B 0., Jan. 14, 1908.