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i>\ % WEST END. Happening* nod Incident* of a Week A boat tbe City. Jane 2, 1903. Mrs. Augustas Marshall Smith has gone to Rock Hill to attend the commencement exer-?! nnn ? 0 Uflnth^An Pa I I OffO TXT h A Pa hor fllfit.OP Miss Sara White, will be one of thegraduates. Mlsa White will graduate with honors, as she has taken a fine stand id her olasses throughout her four years course. Mr. and Mrs. Wyman Brownlee came to Abbeville last Wednesday on their way to Antrevllle, where they will spend sometime with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. John BrownMr. W. Augustus]Lee came home last Thursday from South Carolina College on sick leave. Mr. Lee Is better, but will not be able to resume hit studies, as the session closes in a few days. book club. The Thursday Afternoon Book Club bad a most dellcbttal meeting Thursday afternoon at the home of Mlsn Kosa Maxwell. Marlon Crawford was the author to be studied for tb? afternoon. Two members that bad paperR were absent. Miss Maxwell read a oriei sketch of "Marietta," a novel by Crawford. The sketch waa good, giving one who bad never read the book a clean Idea of the plot and obaracters. Miss Haddon read a paper descriptive of her trip to Columbia to the Federation of Woman's clubs. Ices and cake were served at the close of the program. Mr. Wllber Blake has come home from Davidson College where be has completed a four years course and graduated from that Institution. Mr. Blake has the best wishes for bis success as be goes out to battle with the world. Mlsa Helen White leaves Thursday for Newberry where she goes to spend sometlmo with her oousIdb, Miss Myra Mower and Miss Carrie Poole. Miss Caro and Miss Onle Morse left Saturday for Spartanburg where they will attend Converse commencement. They will be the guests of Mre. J. D. CarslHe. Mr. Sol Rosenberg left Sunday for Charles too where he will Join bis father, Mr. P. Rosenberg, who bas been In that city for sometime. Mis* Graoe Jones left the first of last week for ber home In Ashevllle after a month's lay her* with ber aunt, Mrs L. W. White. Miss Adalalde Rlgg* of Cbappells Is !n the city the eneet of her uncle, Dr. G. A. Neuffer. Mr. R. C. Brownlee of Due West was In town Monday on business. Mrs. W. Joel Smith has gone to Woodruff od a visit to Mrs. 8allle Wardlaw Smith. Mr. Len White has returned lrom Davidson College 4?here he Is attending school. Mr. White baa one more year before completing bis fonr years course. Miss Ladle Calhoun Is at home from Philadelphia where she has been teaching for the pa*t six weeks. Mlas Marie Gary leaves Wednesday for ABbeVllie, N. C., where she will spend a rew day*. Mr. G. A. Vlsanska and Master Albert Rosenberg spent Sunday In Greenwood the gueets of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Rosenberg. Mr. William E. Hill spent Sunday In Due West tbe guest of friends. Mrs. Allen M. Sboen of Atlanta Is in the elty spending sometime with Mrs. James H. Perrln. Hon. and Mrs. Frank Boyd Gary leave Wednesday (or Ashevllle where Mr. Gary will attend the annual meeting of tbeBhrlners. <Mr. H. GlllecpleSmith waa the guest of Mr. W. Coulter Cothran In Greenville last week. Mr. A. 8. Morse, one of the trustees or Davidson College, attended the commencement there last weak. The graduating class made quite a favorable Impression on Mr. Morse. Mlto Ellen M. Brown of Rocky Mount. N. C., la In the city on a visit to her sister, Mrs. John Biseelta. Mrs. Brooks of Mllledgevllle.Ga., Is In tbe city spending sometime with her cousins, Mrs. P. A. Cheatham and Miss Margaret Brook*. Mlas Floride Calhoun and Miss Willie Calhoun left Friday for Dresden where they will u. faxxr hAfnrM rfltnmlnff tn thalr home In Atlanta. The Misses Calhoun will leave Atlanta In a abort while forSulllvane Island, where they will be the gnosis ol Mr. and Mrs. Louis Blmonds for a month. PYTHIAN PICPIC. The picnic given last Friday at Millwood by the KnlgbU of Pytblans was In every wa; asnocess. There was no accident to mar tbe fiteasnre of tbe day. The weather was favorte and all things blended togeiber to make it a day to be remembered. Millwood Is tbe home of Mr. Granville Beat, and to Mr. Beal all are Indebted for many kindnesses shown. A party of abont eighty people went from here and were Joined by a number from Eiberton and tbe country around Calboun Falls. In the cottage left by James Edward Calhoun tor tbe uso of the people every convenience Is to be bad, so a outing oan be bad yet with conveniences close at hand. One or tbe moct attractive features of tbe day wm the bonateous dinner that was served about one o'olock to a happy, hungry orowd. Dr. Frank E. Harrison leaves Wednesday accompanied by bis niece, Miss Marie Gary, to attend the annual meeting of the Sbrlners at Ashevllle. Mrs. Mary Parker has been In the oily for tbe put ten days the guest of friends. THOMSON-HIQHSMITH. Mrs. JLncy Calvert Thomson has Issued invitations to the mai rlage of her daughter. Mis* j*;uxa Alien, to air. inomas turner nignsmltb, Thursday morning, Jane lltb, 1903, at borne. Mr. H. G. Smith and Mr. Wade Harrison bave gone to Asbeville to attend tbe annaal meettngof tbe Sbrtners. Mr. M. T. Coleman 1b in tbe city for a few dav?. Prof. R. F. Gilliam came home from Atlanta Monday alter spending several days in tbat city. Mrs. W. H. Harris went to ber home in Wlnnsboro last week for a few days visit. Mr. R. M. Haddon went to Due West Mon day to attend tbe funeral services or his oonsln, Mr. Robert Haddon. Mr. Loots Blount, Sr., or Salisbury, N. C, was in the city the first of tbe week for a few days. Mr. G. B. Greene of Anderson was in town last week on professional business. Mtes Louise Brown and Master W. D. Wil klnson won medals for scholarship in tbe Sixth Grade. Miss Brogdon bad charge of the grade, and umder ber careful instruction theelass made flne progress. This was tbe only grade In tbe school in which a medal was awarded. INSTALLATION SERVICES. Thursday evening Rev. W. 0. Ewart was Installed pastor of the A. R. P. church. Rev. Mr. Parkinson moderated tbe meeting and preached the sermon. Rev. Dr. Frank Y. Prernly delivered tbe oharce to pastor, and Rev. Mr. Blakely of Troy delivered the charge to tbe people. Tbe service was Impressive and waa well attended. Rev. Mr. Wells preached at tbe Conference School at Cokesbury Sunday. Tbe pulpit of tbe Methodist church was ably filled by Rev. Mr. Elkln, of Donalds, at both morning and evening services. Mr. Lambert Caldwell went to Due West Monday. Dr. Frederick Phirer left for his home In 8tatMvllle, N. C., last Thursday after having made this his home for nearly a year. Dr. PblferbaagonetoStatesvllle, his old home, to take up tbe practice of one of the leading pbysletaus of that place who Is retiring. Tbe friends of Dr. Phirer hope that he will meet with aucoess In hla old home. ?. of c. Tbe Daughters will meet next Tuesday, - June 9th, at the home of Mrs. J. M. Harden at 6:80 o'clock. A fall attendance Is requested as tbe meeting Is an important one. Crosses of Honor will be delivered Wednesday. Jane 3rd?in tbe Court House at 11 o'clock. All are invited to be present. THOMSON?HIGHSMITH. HIM Elian Thomson and Mr. Tbos. L. HlgbMnllti tbe Happy Couple. Mrs. Luoy Calvert Thomson baa sent out Invitations to tbe marriage of ber daughter Miss Eliza Allen, to Mr. Thomas Luther Hlgbsmltb, on Thursday morning, June eleventb, at half past eleven o'clock, at borne, AbMvllle.Boutb Carolina. Tbe K. of P. Picnic Was a Dedlded Success. Tbe plcolo wblcb was given by trie Knights of Pytnias last Friday was a great success. About .eighty went down to Millwood In the * ? tho Anfino yaki vj ?uu vujuj VMW-B. Too much praise cannot be given those who bad tbe arrangements In charge. Tbe committees worked faithfully and tbey should feel well repaid for tbelr trouble.Mr. Granville Beal who lives at Millwood, was a happy and genial taostand by his many courtesies added maob to tbe pleasure of all. Mails Clone. Abbeville, 8. C., May 26,1903. Tbe mails close at tbe post office at Abbeville, 8. C., as follows: C. & G. R. R.- 8. A. L. R. R.8.10 a. m. North. 12.30 p. m. South. 10.10 a. m. South. 12.30 p. m. North. ju.iu a. m. Hodges. a.M p. m. oouia. 1.80 p. m. North. 4.20 p. m. North. 1.80 p. m. .Hodges. 8.30 p. m. South. 8.80 p. m. North. Night mallB on Sunday olose at 6 p. m. Antrevllle mall close* at 130 p. m. The Rural Carriers leave at about 7.15 a. m. Robt. 8. Link, Postmaster. The greatest line of belts and fans you ever saw. Of course they are Drummers' Hampies that Is why nobody else can touch our prloes. A. M. Smith <fe Co. s ; r it "C. ;.i-. r ? . i WHY US 1 ' M THP VFfiF Wa SUPERIOR IN QW ^ TOALL Address SOUTH SAVANNAH. GA, THE < EAST END. Whnt "SI" Sees and Rears on Bis Rounds In Country and In Town. Abbeville, S. (J., June 3,1908. "M" IN ANOTHER STORM. When within two miles of the city, your correspondent again passes through a fearful experience. Wind, thunder and lightning, accompanied by a downpour of rain and a terrific storm of ball stones irom the size of a bulled walnut to that of a large hen egg. They fell thick and fast, making knots on "M's" cranium, pelting bis old faithful horse <so severely she ran ofT, wrecking and turning the buggy upside down and throwing "M out In tbe tlusb, ball and rain, yet amid It all "M" came out right side up, save a severe RD8K0 UD BDU B lew KDOLS OU 11IH UOHU, BBU a wrecked batty. He came Id town mounted bareback, with harness and mall poncb banging over and about bis horse, making quite a comic picture, awaking the kind attention of many friends by the time be reacbed the front of tbe pom office. His mall was lntaoi and all rlgbt, but bis box of cherries 01s1 given him by a lady friend) and a bucket of butter Just purchased, were both reokoned among his losses. We are grateful (or kind attention and shelter given us by the family of Oliver Hill, nearest bouse where we were so suddenly and unexpectedly dismounted. We watched tbe gathering of tbe dark, angry cloud all day,and could at no time see any "silver llDing," and we drove before It as It rolled up In awful blackness until within balf hour's drive of home, when it overtook us with the above results. This we are sure will be chronicled as one of tbe worst hall storms that has visited tbls county for many years. We rear bsd news from the Flatwoods and Savannah river section. No doubt great damage has been done to cities and towns, stock and orops. The water courses were swollen in a short gpaoe of time, even the Blue Hill branch, as we crossed, was up to tbe bridge looking quite angry In Its wild and rapid rush, as if it loo would bold us np again, but not so, we ventured and landed safe and sound on tbe opposite shore. After tbe storm, then comes tbe calm, and in tbls quiet moment our heart goes out in gratitude to Him who rides upon tbe storm, and speaks, "peace be still," nod even tbe winds and waves obey Him Ye", o Him who holds us in tbe hollow of His hand and saves us in time of danger, even from the raging tempest. Qod be praised for III wiavAlfnl W I n A ? ? acq ATrnr no personal mention. The departure of Dr. F. W. Phlfer last week for Statesvllle, N. C.? where be will make bin future home was much regretted by bis many friends Id Abbeville, where be wan very popular socially, and where be bad worked up even In his Bbort stay In our midst quite a lucrative practice. Statesvllle is to be congratulated upon having blm locate in ber city. In leaving our olty Dr. Pblfer carries with blm tbe best wishes of onr people for his future success. chiming marriage bells. Invitations are ont announcing the marriage of Miss Clarkie Scott to Mr. Clande R. Bcacbam.all ot Atlanta, at Payne Memorial cburcb, 8:30 o'clock, Wednesday evenlDg, June 10th, 1908. Miss Clarkie Scott, tbe bride elect, will be remembered by our people as one of Abbeville's brightest and moat charming young ladles, who with ber mother moved to Atlanta several years ago, ana Is reoogDlzea toaay ny a large circle of friends as ooe of Atlanta's Crettlest and most estimable young ladles, elnved and respected by all who know her for her lovely disposition,as well as tbe many beautiful traits of character, both ol bead and heart, that are to be seen In ber every day life. Hosts of Abbeville friends extend In advunce congratulations and best wishes for her future happiness. The groom elect is also one of Abbeville's boyB who also moved to the Gate City several years ago and is now a self-made young man of sterling character and worth, uaving tbe esteem and confidence of his employers of tbe Southern, in whose employ be has been for a number of years. He is to be congratulated upon winning so fair and lovely a bride. I BUDGET OF NEWS ALONG ROUTE NO. 8. A terrific ball storm covered tbe route last Monday afternoon, doing great damage to crops. Many farmers were busy last Monday reaping tbe golden grain, but how It came out after tbe storm we oannot yet tell. Lebanon's fair daughters who are In attendance upon tbe commencement exercises of Clemson College: Misses Lucy and Lizzie Olbert, Misses Sarah and Margaret Evans, Miss Mamie Baskln. Miss Maggie Evans Is visiting relatives In Chester, and will go from there to Hock Hill to attend tbe commencement exercises of Wlntbrop College. Miss Nelle Watson, one of tbe brightest young ladles of Wlntbrop College is expected home tomorrow. Fine rains have fallen along Route No. 3, alm nut noai* t ho onllra mil t a or\H r n a r? H />At. ton are growing nicely and looking well where thinned to a stand and worked out. Miss Lillian McCanty and Miss Rosa Knox with Master Lonnle Knox took In the commencement exercises of Mount Oarmel High School last week, and report a delightful time and fine commencement. Moutit Carrael has always been up-to-date In her school ayHtem. Mrs. R. W. Bruce with her handsome baby boy spent last week most pleasantly with her rather and family, Mr. Thomas McNeill of Sharon, returning home to the city on Saturday. Miss Ellen Link Is visiting relatives at old Wellington, now Link's. She Is at present the guest or her brother, Dr. W. E. Link. Mr. Arthur Latimer rormer teacher of the Sharon schooi, spent a few days or the past week with blB friends and scbolarR of that neighborhood, being the guest of his friend Mr. W. E. Penney. Commissioner Nick lea has had the lumber fnr ika rahnIIriInc of Rnft'uln brldirs. fmannliip Whlte'B creek, laid down, and expected to bave bad It finished lor "M" to cross today, but guess be will be disappointed, owing to high water and heavy rainfall. When Cora mUsloner Nlckles gets a "move on him," be moves in a harry, "M" acknowledges the receipt last week of three boxes of delicious cherries presented by one of tbe prettiest little girls and two of the handsomest little boys of Route No. 3. Also returns many thanks for a bucket of luscious raapbemeR presented by one of his lady friends. "M" Is luoky, notwithstanding the "storm center" that seems to hover about his pathway. Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Edwards were visitors In the city last Monday. Mr. Eugene Link of tbe city spent last Sunday with bomefolks in the Flatwoods. Oats are very One In tbe Flatwoods. Major Arthur Parker bas the finest crop that has been raised on his plantation for several years. Mr. John A. Wilson hag we believe, tbe best looking cotton along Route No. 8. It le hoed to a stand, well worked out ana Bianas five to eight inches high. He also has a floe crop of oats. Messrs. Gilliam Brothers, Hiram Lawson and J. R. Thornton began harvesting last Monday, aDd we tremble lor them after the storm which evidently was severe In their section. TIME IS THE POOK.MAN'S CAPITAL. Yes, time is money. This Is a true saying, but not appreciated and fully realized by the Southern people, and especially by the agricultural olasa. It is noticeable by their knocking off work the greater part of every Saturday and pulling their teams to town literally loaded down with "human" freight. One load to town, and "two back" on the same wagon, viz: eight to ten negroes mounted on a big load of hay, porn and provisions. This is harder on the teams than plowing all day. These are suggestive thoughts called forth E LARD ? ft STABLE FAT f^ VLITY AND PURITY 0! , OTHERS |R% imiES || '-flSL M ISRBHnwn ERN COTTON OIL CO, M| 2AROLINAS AND GEORGIA. from oar observance last Saturday and actual count, as we passed over our eDttre route of 27% miles; we saw at work 29 bands Id all, 11 wub plows and 18 boeng. Oo Monday following we counted over tbe ax me territory 121 bands?53 plowlog and 68 hoeing and reaping. Tbls shows a big difference and In tbe wind up will prove tbut somebody will have to pay for lost time, wblob if counted up In boura and days will amouDt to a great deal by tbe end of tbe year, but unfortunately will appear on the wrong side ot tbe ledger. A great deal of this lost time is from force of habit. and bad management. We know tbe bands bave to oome to town some time, bnt Is It necessary for every one on tbe plantation, men, women and oblldren to oome? Tbere Is always a "feather t bat breaks tbe camel's back" 'tis said. A leak, unnoticed and unrepaired, will do much damage. Let us remember "time Is money," ana just In proportion to tbe lost lime In any business or vocation of life will be tbe decrease In profits. "Foar Clean, Straight Yearn." (Tbe A. R. Presbyterian.) Webavejast been reading of a boy who aid this at tbe close of his college course, be had left four straight, clean years behind. It may be a true story, or It may be Action, but It suggests some thoughts. Tbe boy who can truthfully! speak of bis college days as "straight, clean years." bas something for which be will be more and more thankful, and which will brio* blm more and more pleasure as the years go bv. Many bave regrt-tied bitterly the "follleH", and tbe worse tbun lollies of their oollege days, but It bas never been our experience to meet up with one who regretted bavlog|ilved a straight, clean life, no matter In what position his youthful years may bacs been spent. If In the army, In the workshop, or elsewhere In tbe various activities of life, It Is well that all tbe years be on straight lines. With many It Is regarded as a college boy*B privilege tosow bis "wild outs." TniogH that would ?end a negro to jail and on to the penitentiary are only sowing wild oats when committed by college boys. Of cour>e tbey are expected to sober down when tbey get through college, And some of tbem do. Not all however, bat some of tbem do. We are acquainted with some whosowed a full crop of wild oHts In and around Due Weal In tbelr orlloge days, but have since been towing seed ofa very dlflerenr Kind. But one serfoa* trouble Is tbat tbere Is but little opportunity to change impression* formed tbeb because associations change at tbe end of oollege life. M*ny of oar oollege mates we have seen bat seldom slnoe we left tbeoollege. Some of tbem are very different from wbat tbelr oollege days promised ; and yet?and yet, it seems so easy to think of them us we knew tbem tben. A sower of wild oats may become a sower of gospel seed but bis college mates will remember the days when he sowed bis wild oats. This Is a truth that applies to all and not merely to college boys. A Clean, straight life behind 1b a blessing to any one?a blessing In the way of a happy memory and a help to thinga still higher. But tbe otber kind of lift leaves memories In tbe mind of iho nomn hlma.>lf onri'nlan In Lhfl mind* Of otbera wbleh lime does Dot blot ont. The lire may change out tbat dws Dot blot oat the record of tbe past. Keep tbe yearn, as they go by, "straight and clean." Wluthrop College Ncbnlamhip nod Entrance Examination*. Tbe examinations for the award of vacant scholarships In Winthrop College and for the admission of new students will be held at tbe County Court House on Friday, July 10th, at 9 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 tbe highest average at this examination. The next session will open about September 16,1903. For further information and a catalogue, address Pres. D. ?. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. A fresh lot of candy evejy week at Milford's up to date drug store. Pratts food, perhaps tbe I-est animal regulator made. Give your stock a package and see them start "up hill." Make your hens lay with Pratts Poultry Food, a sure egg producer. L. W. White sells the best yard-wide ucbleached sheeting at 6 cts a yard to be fooDd anywhere. DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. S. G. Thomson, OFFICE DP-STAIRS' ON MoILWAlN Corner, Abbeville, 8. 0. Fresh Meats, Butter, Green Groceries, Canned Goods, Staple Groceries, Chickens and Eggs, Fresh Fish Fridays and Saturdays. Give me a call at tbe Younger stand. W. G. DuPRE, PHONE 102. Sept. 10,1902. tf i THE Abbeville Warehouse. The Abbeville Warehouse is prepared to store COTTON and other produce, or goods of any kind. Now Wfl.fmn SnalfiH hava ' U.XJJVI. w. -O ~ , just been put up, and the public j will be readily served in weighing cotton, hay, cattle, or anything els6i I JOHN LYON, Manager, j DAY8 GONE BY. Oh, the day* gone by! Oh, the days gone byl ' The apples in the orchard and the pathway through the rye, I The chirrup of the robin, and the whistle of the quail As he piped across the meadows sweet as any nightingale; When the bloom was on the olorer and the blue waa in the sky, i Ana my nappy Heart uruaawu uror u> hm days gone by. i In the days gone by, Then my naked ftat . were tripped By the honeysuckle tangles where the water j lilies dipped, And the ripple of the river lipped the moa { along the brink Where the placid eyed and lazy footed cattle i came to drink, And the tilting snipe stood fearless of the truant's wayward cry, , And the splashing of the swimmer In the days gone by. Oh, the days gone by 1 Oh, the days gone by! The m curio of the laughing lip, the luster of , the eye, The childish faith in fairies and Aladdin's magic ring, The simple, soul reposing, glad belief in everything, When life was like a story, holding neither sob nor sigh In the golden, olden glory of the days gone by. ?James Whitcomb Biley. 1 i m ntMu i n r Mttr*. Here Are the Point* That Go to Mak* a Centenarian. Here are the points of a healthy mail. If you have them all you may, barring acoldents, count on being a centenarian. If you have most of them, you'll reach a ripe old age, but even if you have only a few don't be alarmed, for many apparently crazy human machines last a surprisingly long time. First, your body and limbs should be plump, but the plumpness should be of the firm and muscular, not the fleshy type. Your figure ought to be erect, and, whether you are tall or short, well proportioned. Length without breadth Is a very bad thing in a man, for there is no room for vital organs large enough to thoroughl/ perform their duties. Your step should be springy and elastic, your gait firm and easy. These things in* dlcate muscles of good quality and nerve of good tone. Tour eye should be bright and neither prominent nor hollow. Bright eyes show that the circulation of blood In f.hA hmin Is unod. Your complexion should be clear and fresh. It is usually not well with you when your face is pale, sallow, florid or subject to Midden flushings. But in this matter yo or occupation has great influence, and you might have the worst possible complexion and be in perfeot health. But that, of oourse, la the exception, not the rule. Your head should not be very large, or at least if it is large your neck, shoulders and chest ought to correspond in size. If yov. feel your pulse, it should be regular; if it drops a beat now and again or beats very fast and excitedly after the least ex-' ertion or emotion then the heart is weak. Your breathing should be tranquil and inaudible. Any sounds mean that the passages are more or less clogged. You should not know you have a stomach?that is to say, as a rule. Of course there are times when that organ gets out of order in the healthiest individual, and then it is always Bure to make its owner aware of its existenoo. You should always, except when the weather is "bitterly cold, feel comfortably warm through your whole body, eveu to the tips of the fingers and toes. Otherw ise something is wrong with the circulation or the heat producing apparatus. You should have sound sleep, Without dreams or nightmares, and it should not last too long or too Bhort?say, eight to eight and a half hour* every night. Tour voice should not be hoarse, and von should be a stranger to sore throats. Your appetite should not be too great or too email, while you should not be a sufferer from headaches, giddiness or neuralgia, and, of course, you should not have palpitations or falntings or varicose veins. If you answer to the above description, you have neither disease of the brain, spinal cord, heart, lungs, liver, stomach, muscles or nerves, and you are In as perfect health as it is possible for human beings to be. A But at the same time many a round shouldered, narrow chested, thin and sallow man is as tough as steel, works hard and lives till he is almost tired of the 1 world, and, of course, even the healthiest of us must go through a course of colds, coughs, headaches, dyspepsia attacks and the like. 1 Still, if your chest is small in proportion to the rest of your body you ore likely to have less stamina, and you should not overdo such things as football, cycling or even brain work.?New York World. He Did Hi* Beat. 1 In an Aberdeen bookshop an old lady was inquiring for a copy of the Bible, and the shopkeeper brought forward one at half a crown. But the old lady wanted something cheaper. A copy at 18 penoa was produced containing illustration . But the Illustrations, the old lady averred, entailed superfluous expenditure. "Then, here," said the shopkeeper, "ii a copy for a shilling which contains a1 that's necessary for salvation." He descended from the ladder and laid it before ' his customer. "But hae ye no something a wee bit cheaperP" asked the old lady. "Wumman, wumman," said the shop- I man, "ca' upon the Almlchty to come down and sell ye his ain publications, tor I oan dae nae mairl"?London Chronicle. A Financial Shake. "Good morning Mr. Toney. On the tick list today?" "Yes, sir; got the ague." "Do you ever shakeP" < ?Vm ? *'When do you shake again?" i "Can't Bay when; Bhake every day. Why doyouaakf" i "Oh, nothing In particular, only I thought if you shook bad I'd like to stand ' by and Bee if you couldn't shake the 10 shillings out of your pocket which you have owed me so long I"?London Standtrd. ; Tortoise Shell. What is called tortoise shell is not the , bony covering or shield of the turtle, but only the scales which cover it. These are i 18 in number, 8 of them flat and 6 a little ] ourved. A large turtle affords about eight ] pounds of them, the plates varying from , an inch to m quarter of an inch in thickness. The Fool and His Money. "uptimism," saia ine Borry 1001, u j eeing tho green side of a $5 bill." I "And what is pessimism?" asked his friend. 4' Seeing neither 6lde of a $5 bllL''?New Tork Commercial Advertiser. m m Honthem Railway Schedule. Trains for Hodges leave Abbeville, 8.0., No 114(dally)8.40a. m.; No. 112(daily) 10.50 a.m. 8 No. 110(dally) 1.55p.m.; No. 110(dally). Trains froui Hodges arri ve Abbeville, No. 115 ilwily) 10.20 a. m.: No. 113 (dally) 12.05 p. m.; t i^o. Ill (dally) 8 10 p. m. ? Nos. 110 and 117 (night trains) discontinued. Close connection at Hodges with through trains for Greenville, Columbia, Charleston, He., connecting at Greenville for A. & C. Dl* onH fhfl tfaat ftlan Anhfivlllfi. A t- i k lanta, etc. We make prescription work a specially. We Have two of, the finest Prescription Men to be ound in South Carolina. One on duty all the ,lme. Night call No. <12. Mllford'H Drug Store. Phone 107. " TWILIGHT IN MY GARDEN. " |{ !> purple twilight, from thy dim recesses Pale memories steal aud shape thamssl^ss j anew, ' Soft breezes stir and lift fair phantom tresM, Tears mingle with the sacramental dew, And shadowy lips are wreathed with tsuilsi | smiles, And loving bands ataine faintly umnp ?ra gloom! Tls not alone the roses' fragrant hearts That flood the dewy dusk with rare perftune. The loved and lost with noiseless feet an straying Among the garden's old familiar wait*. [ wonder do they hear the fountains playing And see the lilies swaying on their stalksf D twilight time, when all earth's jars and fret Die out, and qaiet reigns on every hand! Who knows but for a little space perchance The dear ones slip from oat the ' 'summer land?" ?H. Hedderwiok Browne in Chambers' Journal. PRIMITIVE HOOSIER CABINS. Dwellings Constructed by the Earlier Settler* In Indiana.-In the primitive Hoosier cabin?rough, clmnla o ac m AM Affirm 1 Tift happiness has been enjoyed than in all the ] One, costly mansions in the great city of ( New York. Thousands of wealthy, re- ( Bpectable men and women are living today who were born, reared and married in snch humble cabins. And there are millions of people living today who have no 1 idea how these cabins are constructed. ] The pioneer from some of the old eastern or southern states, with his wife, six , or eight children, gun and dog, would ( come to Greene county in hiis covered wagon, which was the family abode until ! he erected his cabin, which was construct- < ed thus: Cut about 40 logs 8 or 10 inches in diameter, 20 of them 16 feet long 1 and 20 of them 14 feet long; slope the ends off half and notch the other half to i fit; put chunks in the cracks of the logs and daub them with mud. The gables | were made of shorter logs until reaching what is called the comb, the ends sloped down to suit the pitch of the roof. It being now ready for covering, cut poles 5 to 0 inches in diameter, 16 feet long, or the length of the house, notch them down on the gables about 8K feet apart. Cat down a large oak tree, square the butt and saw cuts four feet long, spill them In blocks about six Inches square, take a frow and rive boards half an Inch thick, lay them lengthwise on the aforesaid poles or rafters, breaking joints; 1 weight them down with small poles. Ton 1 are now ready for the floors. Cut poles i six Inches in diameter, length the width of the cabin, for lower joists; place them i about four feet apart; cut a tree?generally linn or some soft wood?saw logs about six or eight feet long; split into slabs , about three Inches thick; hew smooth. j With these make the floor. The door is made of boards the same as the roof, only longer. The fastening is a wooden latch with a string hanging on the outside. One window, 14 by 16 Inches, has greased paper for glass. The ceiling is made | with poles ior joists covered with clapboards. Now comes the most scientific mechanical mrt of cabin bull din cr?the fireplace and chimney. Saw oat aboat six feet wide oat of one end of the housfe, six feet high from the ground; case up the aperture. Inclose this aperture, extending i back far enough for the back wall of the i fireplace and as high as the aperture. , Now dig yellow clay, dampen and with a small maul beat down and form the ; hearth, jambs and back wall. Generally the jambs and back wall are about a foot thlok. Now split sticks the proper length for the size of the chimney?the sticks 1 about an inch thick and IX wide. Make a mortar of the yellow clay and build your chimney to the desired height. This makes a comfortable dwelling without nails, ( glass or paint. Move in and have a "hoe down."?Linton Call. Black'a Method of Writ In*. It is said of the late William Black thai 1 his literary mothod was a slow find pain- ] ful one. He thought about. a proposed book for months before he put pen to paper. He conjured up the chief incidents i and characters and lived with his person- , ages, eo to speak. When he came to the writing, ho was obliged to have perfeot , quiet. He could bear no noise at alL Those who complain of his endless desorip- ' tions of scenery will bo interested in knowing that he made careful and elaborate notes of that scenery, of localities and ' especially of atmospheric effects. "If one does not correctly and completely frame a character or an incident with all the circumstances of the time," he , Bald, ''one gets only a blurred page. For ' example, one may say, 'It was a beautiful day.' But what kind of a beautiful dayf ' It must be described so that the picture 1 shall be beautiful and finished. Every human being In real life has a background, and must have in a novel if the story Is to i appear real to the reader." Ifervef Well, Rather! A woman shoplifter was caught stealing an umbrella one day in a Philadelphia dry goods store. But it was decided not to prosecute her if she would pay for the urn* brella, valued at $2.50, which she did. 1 The next day she returned and requested : to see the manager. When that surprised i person could recover himself sufficiently i to ask her business, the woman calmly told him that she had been pricing um- ( brellas in other stores and found she could . purchase one like her own for $2 and she wanted to know if he wouldn't refund her 60 cents. As a tribute to her monumental aerve the 50 cents was handed her in si- 1 lenoe.?New York Tribune. Souther and Scott. A letter of Southey's recently sold In j tngiana contains an in teres nug pruyueu/ The poet writes to a friend: ''My profits upon this poem ("Hadoc") in the coarse , or 12 months amount precisely to ?8 17a Id. In the same time Walter Scott has sold 4,600 copies of his 'Lay of the Last 1 Minstrel' and netted over ?1,000. But my acorn will continue to grow when his Turkey bean shall have withered." Bat ( who reads Madoc now? . Spleen. Ginger is the most wholesome sploe, ; mace, cinnamon and nutmeg the most delicate, while allspice has a coarser flavor und one disliked by many. White mustard and celery seed give an appetizing flavor, and when the seeds themselves ; would detract from the appearance of a j relish they should be placed In a muslin . bag and discarded wnen tne reuaa la , jairned. A man's ledger does not tell what he Lfl or what he Is worth. Count what li in | man, not what is on him, if you would , know what he is worth, whether rich or { poor.?fl. W. Beecher. Wales 1b the richest part of Great Brit j kin in mineral wealth. IiOcaln?W. D. Bnrkmlnle. Drummers' sample sale of underwear, o birts,etc. Now! | 8ockd for babies. All colors, sizes, etc. puiMMn'c hnoo?Hrr?n flMtn.h. blrtflk. bllie. link, while, etc. Also^somo for ladles. All olors and kinds from :ic to SI per pair. * Parasols for children from 17c. to SI each. 0 loroe nice white goods. t Muslin underwear of dlflerent grades and v :lnds. Come In and let us show these goods. W. D. Barksdale. t _ _ _ C d Wheeler A Wilson sewing machines are. the h est, all guaraated. W. D. Uarksdale. si PLAT A'S ROAD METAL NOT DESIRABLE EXCEPT IN SMALL QUANTITIES. Acta M ft Cement to Knit the Stone Together When Properly Uaed?Action of Water on the Roadbed ? Prevent* Dut and Wear?Tree* and Hedges. The part played by water on crushed gtone while undergoing rolling is sevsral fold. In practice broken atone com* pletely wet down is tborongbly rolled with a roller weighing ten or more tons. The wet surface of the angular rock fragments permits a more thorough jompacting, as the water acts as a lu* bricant, allowing the stcnes to slip by sue another with greater freedom than would be the case were the fragments dry. At the same time the water re1 tains the powdered rock resulting from abrasion of the particles and holds il between the fragments. This prooesa is reaotionaiy and cumulative, for the presence of the powdei of attrition acts through capillarity tc take up and retain still greater quantities of water until the spaces between the pieces of broken stone composing the upper part of the road become completely filled with powdered rock. Not a little of the cementing or bonding oi a road during rolling is in reality the effect of capillarity existing between the grains of powdered rock and the adjoining walls. . i This prinoiple may be observed or firm aanohnma and annri rrmria Willie wet, the beach or road may be firm and unyielding, allowing heavily loaded teams to pass over them, but when drj such places are impassable for heavy teams and difficult of passage for all kinds of vehicles. In this oase cementing, as ordinarily understood, playi nc part in producing adhesion betweer the grains. Upon drying, the grains ar< entirely free to move over one another, having lost the water which served to bind them together. When a macadam road is thoroughly compacted, a careful inspection will Bbow that the fragments of broken stone are olosely packed together and the Bpaces between are filled with a fine powdered rock, which, if derived from tk suitable road material, carries a small percentage of olay. Any of our commonly used road stones contains an appreciable auantitv of olav disseminated in little particles in the feldspar whence It has been derived by the weathering of the rock prior to its removal Iron the quarry. The microscope shows that the feldspar of our traps and granites and othei road stones is never entirely free from a considerable amount of kaolinizatios or alteration to clay. This change hat taken place in the crust of the earth tc ? great depth, and no road material oax contain feldspars free from more or lesf of this mineral, depending upon the obaracter of the rook and the amount of weathering to which it has been subjected. By the gradual wearing of the feldspar, by the abrasive action, of the roller, the wheels of carriages, and the feet of animals, a small but important quantity of clay is liberated, and thif in combination with any clayey ma terial that may have been added to the road serves to. furnish the necessary quantity of cement to knit the brokex stone firmly together. It is not to be ? ? J ?am AttmiAAi aKIa nnA?iflf? UUUCIBbWU lliai au appiouiauio ^uauuivj of clay acts otherwise than objectionably when used in roadbuilding. As s rale nothing is more undesirable thar the clay element in highway construction, yet a little mixed with some ol our southern limestones serves to in orease their cementing and enduring qualities. Upon drying, the powdered rook sets much after the manner of c Bandy clay and serves not only to bind the pieces of rock together, thus giving rigidity to the way, but to retard the wear due to any differential motion ol the fragments over one another while the load is passing along the road. A wetting of the superficial portion of e roadway during rains tends by the expansion of the cement to knit the surface together and make it impermeable to the passage of water. From a theoretical standpoint il would seem probable that a certain condition of moisture instead of being objectionable to a roadway undergoing constant use is rather desirable than otherwise. A condition of ihoistnesi serves to prevent loss of material won fine by the abrasive action of the wind, and the presence of a thin film of wet dust acts as a cushion to protect the fragments of rook from the rude touch and impact of passing trafflo, thus lessening the wear and tear of the surfaoe. In the same manner the moist cemenl operates to distribute the bearing surfaces of the broken stone and to reduce the local intensity of the friotion between one rock and another, although cement in this condition will tend tc allow a greater freedom of movement among the broken stones, and hence in this way make the surface more yielding. Assuming that the loss through increased abrasion of material resulting from moist cement between the rock fragments is equal to tLe saving due to the cushioning effect of a small quantity of moisture on the surface, there still remains a saving to the road by the protection afforded by preventing excessive loss through the action of the wind. It is the custom in England to planl hedgerows beside macadamized roads frt inanvo a roniM flrvinff ftf fhp Ui ViUO* VV 4UQUAV V* road after a rain .by the son's action, [n Germany it has been the praotioe to plant fruit trees, particularly the oberry, while in France the mulberry tre may be seen along the roadsides, serving the donble purpose of food for silkworms and shade. In this country no precedent has been established in the matter. The Btates in deciding this question must of course consider latitude and longitude as affecting the character of the trees that will flourish therein and their re* lation to ollmatio conditions.?0. 1* Whittle. Do not try to pass for more than you .re worth ; if you do your duty, youi ;oo<l qualities of head and heart will ie discovered and appreciated. Endeavor to be patient in bearing ritli the defects and infirmities ol thers of what sort soever they he ; foi hat thyself also hast many failing* Phicli must be borne with by others, On the steep Hill of .Difficulty, in he Valley of the shadow, amid the rash of a universe smitten Into iniHtinguishable ruin, "Thoushalt keep im in perfect peace whose mind i.' Layed on thee !"?Canon Farrar. . ^K'SNhSBSHRn If you are a SI, 92, S3, or 98 hat D^H$jBHKflRS o difference your bat la at Hall CHALMERS & MCD^HHU Agents for Fire, Life, Accident,?BXBSBEji Liability Insurance. DR. J. A. DICKS(??P SURGEON DENTIST. GOLD FILLINGS; CROWN AND BBHWe WORK A (SPECIALTY. SM ;V^ AMaLOAM FILLINGS 75i'and. iflt ' ' ^ OFFICE OVER BARKSDaLE'S STdjME. i*?j H/TEETS EVERY THURSDAY EVENING & ItL at 8:80 o'clock In Odd Fe!low? Hall. All v 3 brethren, and visitors specially, are moat oor '>?B ! dlally Invited to attend. I J. 8. Cochran, L. A. Smith, Secretary. NobltoGimnd. ^ : E. F. QKXIAED, I | . .TAILOR,;?? HAS moved. aod occupies the rood* op \ .'V* tain In Knox'a Hall, and la now pre \v, I pared to do all kinds of re pairing and el tan ^4 I U|f UI KOUUriUVU UlUbUt* vu ?UMV MVWi I >Bam pies of niu?lw?7c<m hand. Ohtrgi : V-aSS r?Mon?b>* Have just received | a Car Load of.... BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, | I WAGONS,' I And Other Articles, 1 WHICH THEY ABE OFFERING ' ON THE BEST OF TERM8 AND AT JHE LOWEST 'LIVING PBTMS i ~: ~?J ' Call on Them | 1 AND SEE THEIR 8T0CK ' UliLl| ABBEVILLE, S. f Has changed management, the boase will be throughly renovated, sod I a new entrance win be made on tUa Poblfe I Square. Tbe traveling public will be furnished -with I nice clean rooms and good beds. Tbe table r*. I will be furnished with the beet Mat the intf* iVDH ket will afford. . , Every attention will be given to tbepteas^ I ore and comfort of guests. ; Patronage or.the traveling public la ?olloit^. '/WjB ed. Reasonable rates will be given. -J ! L. A. LLOYD, Proprietor. I January 6,1903. tf . Charleston and Western Carolina R. S % }& ' Angusta and Aeheville Short Liae. Schedule In effect February 25, 1808. I Lv Anderson ... 7 2S am Lv Abbeville 6 00 am jyv . 1 Lv ? nlhoun Falls 8 50 am V-fla | Lv McCoijhilck 9 50 mot 8 40 pm Vft . \r Angnste. 11 40 am 5 *0 pin . > Lv Augusta 2 35 pm A I Lv Allendale... 4 30 pm ' j.''J3E i Lv Yemaoaee 5 45 pm ?\ 'fij ' Lv Beaufort ....... 6 HO pm ' \ --VcS I At Port Huyal 8 45 pm Lv Yemaseee (A C. L.)... 5 60 pm ? Ar Charleston 7 30 pm Ar Bavannah 7 86 pm Lv StVbQifih 6 IS am V Ar Yen-arsee - 8 36 am , ... . Lv Charleston 6 87 am ' * -/.'f? Ar Yemaaa?e 8 86 am . Lv Port Royal (C. A W. C.) 7 40 am Ar Bcanfort 7 60 am Ar TemiMce 8 85 am v.. Lv Yemaasee 8 40 am \ >'*t & Ar Allendale 9 58 am 1 > -vS Ar Anguata.. ...... 11 65 am 14 Lv Angurto 2 55 | tn 10 lO'-tife' >Ar McCoruilck 4 40 pm 11 52 am J. Ar Calhoun Falls 5 45 pm Ar Anderson 7 10 pm ' $ ' /i Connections at Greenwood for all potato on Bm- j bo?rd Air Line. 1 ' For further Information rel-ttlre to tickets, rate* &: etc., address W. M. AKC1IEB, Ticket Agent, Anderson, 8. C. .J J QKO. T. BRYAN, G. A., Qreenvl le, CL C. ERNEST WILLIAMS. Gon. rasa. a*v.a.unutt.0t T. M. EMERSON. Traffle Manager. ; Abbeville-Greenwood MUriTAL i IT ii ith i n n n HVSltiAjVtfi ASSOCIATION. Property Insured, $800,000. __ 1X7RITE TO OR CALL on therundantgned ?* or to tbe Director otyour Townnblp for any Information yon may desire about our plan of In?uranoe. We Insure your property against deitrno tlon by - j ! wcb wrwnsTflPv nft mmrii tiMM| TTitfinilVNa aw in*v| j I and do so cheaper than any Inroraoos Or m I pany In existence. Remember we are prepared to prov?tt> yoo ; i that oars is the safest and oheapeat pUn of m Insurance known. : -j.;, pSkVErM J. E. BLAKE, Jr., Gen. AgentiMMl Abbeville, S. ! J. FRASER LYON, Pres. 1|JI 'Abbeville, S. C. -|cl BOAfiD^IRECTORiS. ffl t a ^*1 Vinfltv.flit Tnwmhln . u.auu. ?v., - ?-r S.G.Major Greenwood " i J.T. Mabry .. Cokeebury " (i W.B. Acker Donalds * ! M. B. Cllnfcscalee Due West " t: ad 1 T. L. Haddon Long Cane M 8. F. Cromer JSmllhvlUe " ; J. W. Lyon Troy ? L 1 A.K.Watson Cedar Spring ? W. E. Leslie Abbeville Dr. J. A. Anderson Antrevllle ? , H. A. Tennent Lowndesvllle " > A. O. Grant Magnolia " . , r J.R.Tarrant Calhoun Mills * \ , V;m S. L. Kdmonds Bordeaux " . ,"43 W. C. Martin Hodges " , /;ifl K. O. Harvey Waluutlirove " \ ' 1'. B. Calllson Calllnon " v W. M. Outz Klrkseys <* W I Jonepli Lake Pbcenlx , J. (J KuhIi Brooks B. B. Klnard KlnardH " , J. L>. Coleman Coronaca " i J. H.'ChlleH, Jr Bradley M . ( Kev. J. B. Muse Verdery " Abbeville, S (J.,: Jan. 14, 1908, ill