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EAST END.
Whnt "M" Seen Hiitl Hears on Hitt |
ttonDds In Conntry aud In Town.
Abbeville. S. (J.. June 10, 1908.
Merry merry, marriage bells chime on.
Mr. William Pannv. of tbIs city will today.
lead to the marriage altar MIhr Alma 8pearmao,
one of Anderson's fairest, and most
charming young ladles. The marriage cere
mony will be conducted by R - v.
at the home of the bride. Mr. Penney is one
of Abbeville's best young men, and notwithstanding
he Is now engaged In the Mercantile
business at B*inbrldge Georgia, yet we
are proud to claim him as an Abbeville man
and his many friends here extend in advance
congratulations and best wishes for the future
happiness of himself and bis beautiful bride.
Mr. and Mrs. William Penney will return at
once to Abbeville, where they will spend a
few days before golng.to their Georgia home.
CKOM KR?B U KNSE.
Invitations are out announcing the marriage
of Miss Maude Cromer to Mr. James T.
Burns, on June 24, 1903.
GIFFEN?PHIFER.
Invitations are out announcing the marriage
of Miss Margaret GlBen of Due West, to
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Jane, 1903.
Dr. Edgar A. MoMlllan and his charming
bride of Pelzer are visiting relatives la the
city.
OUR COX.LEGE BOY8 AND GIKLS
' ' Are now In the city for their summer vacation
aod will gladden the hearts of loved
ones and add much to the pleasure and
gayetles of the social circles of the olty. We
are glad to see them ooe aDd all and have
them home onoe more.
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JCR. W. C. BROWN AND RURAL ROUTES.
Mr. W. C. Brown, special Agent, was here
lasi week as already noted for the purpose of
locating two more K. F. D. Routes from Abbeville
as well as to examine applicants for said
routes. Mr. Brown went over each proposed
roate as petitioned by the people and round
the sections too thinly settled Just now, but
hoped In the near future to be able to establish
both routes. Mr. Brown is zealous In bis
work for the Government, and Is coarteoue
and obliging and will do all in his power to D
benefit the people. t
NEWS BUDGET ON ROUTE NO. 8. (|
After a delightful visit to Clemson Com
menoement, and friends the following young ci
ladles returned last Saturday to their respec It
tive homes at Lebanon:'Mlss|Lucy and Miss
Lizzie Olbert, Miss Sarah Evans and Miss b
Mamie Baskln. V
Miss Maggie Evans after a pleasant visit to
friends In Chester and a delightful trip to the It
Commencement exercise* of Wlnthrop Col*
lege at Book Hill, returned home last week. y
T* ?-> rwtii ? hn hot K
Aire. VY. AJ, VT 1I0UU| ov;wui|/nuicu v/ uv> ?
niece#. Misses Mary and Catherine Link, and
her nephew, Master Francis Link, spent last S
week most delightfully with relatives at
Gralnridge tbe pretty country borne of Mr. b
, William Wilson. Tbey returned home last S
Saturday much Invigorated by tbe fresh
country air, pure and sweet from tbe wooded t<
Hills. 11
Mr. John Bass 1s borne from Georgia for a w
few days helping Gilliam Brothers with their
machinery. p
Messrs. Gilliam Brothers have been overhauling
tbelr engine and threshing machines tl
during tbe past week, and are now ready for
business. These gentlemen are progressive 8
and up-to-date, and bave the best and latest
improved machinery. Make your appoint a
ment with tbem and tbey will serve you well.
- ' Buffalo bridge is finished and seems to be a a
good Job. but "M" thinks It dangerous with- a
out side railings. Should a horse become
frightened there is nothing to keep him from ai
backing ofl or falling 10 or 12 feet Into tbe
stream. Neither is there any railing oo
Whites bridge. These little things omitted
might sometime cost the county something
" vi?nio a Wllunn Aftnr several woekx r
stay al Letbe visiting her children and 11
friends, returned to her home at Lebanon ni
/ W66k
Mr. A. J. Woodburst returned home last al
. . week from tbe Lodlmont section and report- p
ed great damage done to crops, especially ^
those of Mr. B. A. Boyd, J. W. Boyd aqd A, O.
Grant, together with those of their bandsentirety
destroyed.
Mr. Edwin Parker lost a very fine mllcb *
cow last week, valued at fifty-dollars.
Mr. Allen McCanty challenges route No. 8 .
to beat him on onions, which be raised this ,
season as large as a sauoer, tbey are tbe white
sliver skin and very One, we know whereof
we speak. Who can beat, this? Let,"M" be
tbe Judge, bring them out and he wll render r
a fair decision.
The plcnlo at Fern Cliff Aoademy has been .
postponed Indefinitely on account of mumps 18
lo that section. You shall know when It will u
be. s
Miss Lucy Evans one of Clemsons prettiest _
young ladiee is spending a while with re J
> latlves at Lebanon. ^
Messrs. A. M. H1U <k Sons have tbe finest
field of corn we see on Route No. 3. It is
boulder high and tassellng out.
Mr. John U. Penney of Sharon neighborhood
baB a field of seven acres of pretty up.
land oorn.
Mr. J. G. Walker of Sharon has some fine
cotton, It is in good fix and looks well.
Air crops along tbe route are being nicely ?
worked, and despite tbe cold weather arc .
growing and seem to be doing well, altbougb it
quite small. w
Mr. W. P. Hammond after several weekw
illness is up and able to walk about tbe
bouse. p
CITY NEWS PICKED UI' HEBE AND THERE J*
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. R. Nance spent last fti
" Monday in tbe clt.v, guests of bis son Mr.
Sam Nance of Fort Pickens. Major and bis ft
good wife are always welcome visitors to old fc
Abbeville where both of them have bosts ol u
friends who are ever glad to st e them. u
Mr. and Mrs. Cohen after a few days spent &'
in tbe city as tbe guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. L a!
McMilllan, retruned home last Thursday.
Mrs. Marie Eason of Charleston Is In the 11
elty where she will spend sometime with u
relatives. At present she Is tbe guest of her lc
brother Hon. F. B. Gary.
Miss Lizzie Penney spent last Sunday In "
tbe ait? witb home folks. .as
Mr. J. C. Miller, one of tbe bustling sales- h
men of Abbeville Bpent Sunday In the olty u
y- with bis famllv. "
Mr. Eugene DuPre of Clemson with two of tt
his children spent last Saturday and Sunday J
In tbe olty with relatives. M
Miss Bruce McKannle, an attractive young 11
lady of Atlanta Georgia Is In tbe city as tbe W
gnest of friends. At present she Is tbe hon- fr
ored gopst of Mrs. M. T. Coleman.
Mrs. Henry A. William and Bister Miss
A nHaro/vn nf WlnkmAnfl V? ora tho (TIlOQla r\t ft
Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Williams. <]
Miss .Lillian Gambrell returned borne last
Friday from Wllilamston Female College. 211
Miss Ada Rlcbes spent last Sunday In the w
city the guest of her Irlend Miss Virginia n
Gambrell. Q
RELIGIOUS SERVICES. P
Tne Greenville Convocation was beld In O
Trinity Cburcb of this olty during last week. 8<
, Bishop Capers presiding. Several visiting f1
ministers were present. Services were held u
morning and evening. On Thursday evening V*
Bishop Capers confirmed a class of 6. On a
snnday evening R6v. Aleck Mitchell of <
Greenville preached a fine sermon, delivered "
In an earnest and forceful manner boldlng a
tne closest attention of bis unusually large H
congregation. Tbe body of the church as
well as the galleries were filled to overflow- J'1
lng. We were denied tbe pleasure of attend- b
lng these Interesting services, hence our re ^
muplro orn nnt In full
Tbe doors of several of our chorhoes were U
j closed Sunday night that their congregations g
mlgnt attend ibe services At Trinity Church. 0(
Rev. P. B. Wei's of the Methodist Church T
preached at the Factory Church last Sunday 1
afternoon. b
OUR DARLING IS WITH THE ANGELS. C<
Aylett, Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. a
James Chalmers, after a tedious Illness of a
8 weeks, died at tbe home of her parent* In n
tbe city last Thursday morning June 11,1903,
at tbe tender baby age of 21 months. Aylett P
was a bright, sparkling sunbeam In the home, ti
and by her baby chat and merry laugh made k
all hearts happy. Baby reigned as queen In
tbe home. v>
She Is now transplanted to tbe bright bap- b
py home of the angels, where sbe'.wlll in a P1
few sbort years welcome loved ones to that ,
bright, beautlfnl shore. K
The funeral services were conducted at v
tbe borne by Rev. J. Lowrle Wilson of the
Presbyterian Church and Rev. P. B. Wells of ,
tbe Methodist Cbnrob. After which she t<
was laid to rest In Long Cane Cemetery.
The family In this deep grief have the sympathy
of many friends.
"This tiny bud, so beautiful so fair ;
Called borne by early doom ;
Called to show bow sweet a flower
In Paradise would bloom. K
Kresln could barm, or sorrow lade,
Death came with friendly care, (i
The onenln? bud to heaven conveyed >
Ana bade It blosfeom there."
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.Halls Clone. v
Abbeville, 8. C.. May 2G. 190.1 18
The malls clone at the post office at Abbeville,
8. C., aa follows:
C. & (i. R. R.- 8. A. L. K. R8.10
a. m. North. 12.80 p. m. South.
10.10 a. m. Soutb, 12.30 p. m. North. n
10.10 a. m. Hodges. 8.30 p. m. South. 81
1.80 p. m. North. 4.20 p. m. North. _
1.80 p. m. Hodges. 8.30 p. m. South.
8.30 p. m. North.
Night malls on Sunday close at 6 p. m.
Antrevllle mall closes at 130 p. m. Cl
The Rural Carriers leave at about 7.15 a. no. i\
Robt. S. Link, Postmaster. sr
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The obedient mind will sometimes
be led in prayer, as a blind man is led
by his guide?in the right way, and S
yet, unable to nee the path or trace the
footsteps. , *
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A City Courtship.
The proper place for eourtlng,
By tbe story-books' reporting
Is some laue or meadow pathway out of
sight of town,
With the sweetness blowing over
From tbe fields of beans and clover,
And the skylark dropping westward as the
sun goes down.
But I've met onr little Sally
At the mouth of Dawson's alley,
As we walked alone together toward the
dome of St. Paul s.
'Mid tbe Jostling crowd that passes
'Neath the glarlug lamps and gases,
'Neath the shouting of tbe drivers, auu
the newsboy's calls.
And the Illy of the valley
That I gave my little Sally,
Was tbe faded penny bouquet that a flower
girl sells;
She has never seen one growing,
And Its easy to be showing.
For Its birthplace In lu Dreamland that's
beyond How Bells.
Oh! it pains me In our walkingAll
the oaths and shameful talking,
And tbe folks that brush her passing, and
tbe glances bold;
But though evil thing* may touch her,
They can never hurt or smutch her,
For she turns tbe dirt to sweetness, as a
flower the mold.
Nay, It's not In country places,
'Mia tbe fields and simple faces,
Out of sight and sound of evil, that a pure
heart grows;
But It's here In London city,
In the sin and sLame and pity ;
For tbe pure heart a aws Its pureness from
the wromj il Knows.
?? o cmnnfnODC frill nH TY1P I
VY uru IUJ 0"?i< J a a TT Wiuvm ..... ,
I was like the men around me,
I was coarse, and low, and selfish as the
beast that dies;
But her grace began to win me.
And my heart was changed within me,
Audi learned to pray Irom gazing In my
darling's eyes.
?London Spectator.
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Sandy Land.
June 9,1903.
Mr. George Anderson spent last Saturday
Igbt in Sandy Land the guest of Mr. Eugene
'urdy.
Mr. J. ;S. Williams of Sharon visited reitlves
here last week,
Mr. and Mr*. Fleming, of Darraughs acompanled
by their little son Joe, visited rent
vs here Saturday.
Miss Lee Hprouse, aocompanled by her
'Other Ira made a quick trip to Sharon
/ednesday afternoon.
Mrs. L. C. Haskell of the city visited reitlves
here Sunday.
Mr. Arthur Fleming a very Intelligent
oung man from Darraughs visited here
unaay di^ul.
Mr. Lawton Robertson of tbe city visited In
andy Land Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Charlie Pressley of Bethel, accompanied
y his sister Miss Ella visited frleDds here
undav.
Mr. T. Miller of tbe city made a quick visit
) Sandy Land Sunday afternoon. Mr. Miller
Ba very pleasant young man and we always
elcome those kind In our midst.
Mr. Carl MUford. of AntrevlHe made a very
leasant call here Sunday.
Mrs. J. R. Glenn and Mrs. G. A. Neuffer of
ie city visited here Monday.
Rev. Mr. Gordon of tbe olty visited in
aody Land last week.
Mr. Eibert White went to Stiaron Sunday
rternoon.
Mr. Eugene Purdy made a very pleasant
ill near Lone Cane Sunday. We suppose be
illed on his best girl.
Mesnrs. Frank Fleming and Ralph Sprouse
ttended services at Ebenezer SuDday.
"Brown Eyes."
June 15, 1908
Brown Eyes is It her post again and will
>nd In a few notes picked up here and there
) Sandy Land.
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Air, ana mra. tumuc ? no?u, ... ...
re ibe guests of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel How*
rd.
Miss Lilly Purdy attended services ai
edar Springs Sunday.
Mr. W. D. Cntles, a very handsome man ol
je city, visited In Sandy Land last week.
MlssCassle Fleming spent a few days last
eek very pleasantly In the city with friends
ad relatives.
Misses Ada end Nina Wham accompanied
y their nephew Master Sam Adams spent
ist Wednesday In Due West.
Mr. and Mrs. i. H.Sprouseand Mrs. W. F.
mlth visited relatives In Sharon Sunday.
Misses WaDetta aod Willie Gordon visited
lends here last week.
Mrs. Jones Miller or tbe city spent part of
,st week with relatives here.
Mr. James White went to Cedar Springs
iinday.
Mr. Ernest Fleming of Darraughs visited In
andy Land Sunday afternoon; oallagain Mr.
, you are always welcome.
Mr. Frank Singleton of Bordeaux visited
datives here last week.
"Brown Eyes."
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Servants in Manila.
From my friends here I learn that
luch of the patriarchal system of liv)g
still prevails even in Manila, a
Titer in the Outlook says. In some
irge houses there are from 20 to 30 deendents
of all degrees, from poor
slations to cnoks and scullions,
hese persons live about the houue
eeping in corners, aud clothed and
id by the mistress. They marry,
ave children and raise them in a
arum-scarum way that would drive
a American womau to an insane
jylum. Again and again I have seen
i oue or me tmesi uuupcb ucic olu?h
aked children asleep behind the par>r
door, while large-eyed, placid
'omeu nursed babies quite unabashed
i they crouched on the floor in the
allways. These servants have their
ome, their clothes, food, and from
iree to five pesos a mouth. In a way,
suppose, they earn this money, as
ley non-chalautly polish the hardrood
floors x>r carelessly flap tHe dust
om tbe center of tables and chairs.
They sit on the floor in kitchens in
ont of a pan of water and wash the
isbes that are piled up around them,
ud stack them edgeways aloug the
rall to dry. Surely their ways are
otours, and and it is a shock to the
erves to see a kitchen in the heat of
reparation for a banqnet of which
ne is to partake later. It required
)me skill to nass between the various
iebes being* prepared on the floor,
'here cats and dogs and babies, meatu
nd fruits and vegetables, seem hopeissly
jumbled up. I always forget
!>out it later, for a delicious dinner
'ill almost always come forth from
le chaos. Many of these servants
ave lived all their lives in one family,
hey feel themselves dependent on
aeir m sters, and the idea of their
oing away or being dismissed never
ccurs to either master or servant,
'here is consequently a family feeling
etween them, and a freedom of interaurse
that we, Democrats though we
re, would not tolerate. A friend told
le that bis head servant always relonstrates
with him when he disaproves
any course of action, and sememes
I have witnessed an altercatiou
etween the mistress and maid in
'hich the maid prevailed. At one
ouse, I remember, there was a differtice
of opinion at dinner as to the
itid of wine to be served, and the serant
had bis way ; yet they are not
ousidered impertinent by their mas3rs.
Southern Ktiilway Schedule.
Tralus for Hodges leave Abbeville, S. C? Ko
14 (dally) 8.40 a. m.; No. 112 (dally) 10.50 a.m.
ro. 110(dnlly)1.55p.m.; No.llO(dally).
Trains from Hodges arrive Abbeville. No. lift
lally) 10.20 a. m.; No. 113 (dally) 12.0.5 p. tu.;
lo. Ill (dally) 3.10 p. ra.
Nob. 116 and 117 (night trains) discontinued.
Close connection at Hodges with through
alns for Greenville, Columbia, Charleston,
Lc., connecting at Greenville for A. ?fc C. DI-,
lslon points and the Hast, also Ashevllle, Atii)ta,
etc.
Efforts to be permanently useful 1
lust be uniformly joyous?a spirit of
jnt<hiue?peaceful from very gladness .
-beautiful because bright. j
Let your religion make you more <
mnro lntnnr* on/1
juoiutiatv, iwiu^ uu\i aiiiaul"
re, more able to think of and enter
ito the pleasures and interests of
thers.
The mark of a saint is not perfecon.
A saint is not a man without
iiilts, but a man who has given him>jf
without reserve to God.
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GEMS IN VERSE.
The Little Streets.
"Tomorrow I'll do it," says Bencle.
"1 will by and by," says Seth.
"Not now?pretty soon," says Jenni*
'In a minute," says little Beth.
Oh, dear little people, remember
That, true as the stars in the sky,
The little streets of Tomorrow,
Pretty Soon and By-andby
Lead, one and all,
As straight, they say,
As the King's highway,
To the city of Not at Alll . '
?Annie H. Donncll in Youth's Companies, j
If I Were Yon.
It I were yon, I'd see my path of duty
So plain and straight, withoat a curve or bend,
And walk upon it, without swerve or falter,
From life's beginning straightway to its end.
I'd be so strong, so faithful and so true,
I would, If I were you.
If I were you, I'd live upon a pittance
And save up money for a rainy day
And never buy a pretty gown or jewel
Or take a bit of pleasure by the way,
And then I'd be so cheerful, never blue,
I would, if I were you.
If I were you and friends that knew you longest
Would hurt and wound, advice unasked would
give,
I'd still forbear and cherish all their virtues
And ever with them in contentment live.
I'd be so raiULtUi, constant im-uugu uu
through,
I would, if I were you.
If I were you and found some gentle woman
Who gave you sweetness, trust and sympathy,
I would not turn to them for consolation,
But Beek alone the barren friendship tree,
Nor try to find a broader mental view.
Ah, no; I would not?not if I were you.
And if a man should help you with his liking
To stronger purpose or to brayer deed
I'd do without his presenoe and Incentive,
Lest all the gossips' tongues thereby should
speed,
Although it take from life its pleasures few?
I would. If I were you. f
If I were you, I'd stay in old inclosures
And be consistent all the way along,
No matter what the stress and strain of lift is,
Tttnptations, trials, sorrows, loss among.
A?i this and more I'd do,
I would, if I were you.
But for myself, as I am Just a woman,
I'll take what help and gladness I can And,
Nor make a pledge to absolute perfection.
And all my way to hard heroics bind,
Uontent to ui&e, wim Kiuaiy uwus an iutui,
While here I dwell I lose no hope of heaven, ,
And so, withal, at last I may not rue
Mot doing w?I would If I were yoa.
?Anna Oloott Commelln.
Child and Mother. I
0 mother, my love, If you'll give me your hand
And go where I ask you to wander,
1 will lead yoa away to a beautiful land.
The dreamland that's waiting out yonderl
We'll walk in the sweet posy garden out there
Where moonlight and starlight are utreaming
And the flowers and the birds are filling the
air
With the fragrance and musio of dreaming. .
There'll be no little, tired out boy to undrew,'
No questions or cares to perplex yoa;
There'll be no little bruises or bumps to oaress
, . >
Nor patching of stockings to vex you.
For I'll rock you away on the silver dew
stream
And sing you asleep when you're weary,
An>l nn r>nn ahull know of our beautiful llrMTI
Bat you and your own little dearie.
And when I am tired I'll nestle my bead
In the boiom that's soothed me so often,
And the wide awake etars shall sing in my stead
A song whisk my dreaming shall soften.
Bo, mother, my love, let me take your dear
hand,
And uwa7 through the starlight we'H wander.
Away through the mist to the beautiful land.
The dreamland that's waiting out yonder I
?Eugene Field. '
The Mirror.
Hy mirror tells me that my face is fair? i
And can I doubt but that it tells me true?
My mirror says that I have golden hair
And cheeks like the wild rose and eyas of
blue.
I say, "Do I indeed these charms possess,
0 trusty glass?" My mirror answers "Yea."
When lovers' tales this heart all free from car*
Have surfeited with flattery's cloying sweet.
Unto my mirror do I straight repair
And ory: "0 mirror, is this all deceit?
Bay, do I merit praise and fond caress ?"
Then doth my trusty mirror answer "Yea."
Deem me not vain, I pray, for well I know
That when life's skies have lost their rosy
hue
1 must one day unto my mirror go
And say, "Oh, tell ma, mirrors i> It true
That every day my youthful charms grow
less?"
Then must my trusty mirror answer "Yea."
And, oL, I trust that In that later day, > ,
The time of silvered hair and fading sight,
When I unto my looking glass BhaM say,
"O mirror, with my beauty's waning light
Doth honor also fail and virtue go?"
Then may mine truthful mirror answer "No."
?Margaret F. Mauro in Module's Magsalna. ,
Each In His Own Nam*.
A fire mist and a planet,
A crystal and a asll,
A jellyfish and a saurian
And caveswhero the cavemen dwell.
Then a sense ot law and beauty
And a face frnarmri from the clod?
Borne call it evoftntion,
And others call it God.
A 4k* #a.
UUAO UU tuu itu UUl 1AVU|
The infinite, tender Bky;
The ripe, rich tints of the oornfleldJ
And the wild geese sailing high
And all over upland and lowland
The charm of the gcldenrod?
Borne of as o?H it autumn.
And others oal'. it God.
Like the tides on a orescent seabeaah
When the moon is new and thin.
Into oar hearts high yearnings
Come walling and surging la.
Come from the my?tlo ocean,
Whose rim no fool has trod?
Some of us call it longing,
And ?th?ra call it God.
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A pioket frown oa duty,
A mother starved for her brood,
Boorates drinking the hemloek
And Jesua ob the rood,
The million who, hamble and nameless.
The straight, hard pathway trod?
Bome oall it ooMeoratlon,
And others call It God.
?W. B. Oarruth in Chriatlan Register.
Ton o'n talk o' martial heroes till th' toot '
Gabriel's horn
An declaim about your statesmen Mil you'rt
hoar so,
Bat they ain't th' biggest heroes that into th'
world was born,
For compared with Boaae their work ifl
mighty coarse.
Th' real heroes wear no tokens bat th' blisters
on their han'a.
Thev're th' toilers that abonn in every dime.
They're th' very bone an ainoo o' all timea an
o' all lan'a.
They're th' men who keep a-hustlin all th'
time.
?Omaha World-Herald.
God's glory lies not out of reach.
The moss we crush beneath our feel,
The pebbles on the wet wabeach,
Have solemn meaninj{a,afrrange and sweefc
?Owaa Meredith.
liemember, in speaking to anyone
you want to help, the more earnest
and unconscious of self you are the better
you can help them.
| |We are bound if we are Christian
people, by our obligations to! make
C'hristianity look as beautiful in peo
pie's eyes as we can.
Never was a sincere thought utte.Iy
lost. Never a magnanimity fell to the
ground, but there is some heart to
greet and accept it unexpectedly.
Settle it in your own heart that it
is the sum of all your business and
blessedness to live to God.
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miT Ti?I'j T v.. . li-tffc-III mil, ir.i-l! i'f r l JOLTING
OVER BAD ROADS.
The Majority of Farmers Show No Interest
In Road Improvement.
With the same patience that the early
settler waited for the railroad to be
built most the advocates of good roada
wait for any decided action to be taken
for the betterment of our pnblio highways,
says the Whitewater (Wia.) Journal.
J For the last five years oar roads have
4>AV\IA tUn nmoa Knf *ro fail i
UCCU LJUCJ uupiu UJL iuo jjiuoo) uuv no JLM?*
to eee the good effeot that this should
have had on the minds of an intelligent
people, and, strange as it may seem, the
farmers are the very last ones with
which this matter finds any favor.
While our city consins have long since
protested against the slow, uncomfortable
horse car and compelled the companies
to build expensive electric lines
with palace cars, we are contented to
jolt along in enmbersome vehicles over
nearly as bad roads as those onr grandfathers
traveled in early pioneer days,
and farmers who read from time to
time of the large"sums of money Bpent
by the government in making pnblio
improvements would vote against an
eqnal amount being expended on onr
highways.
For a proof of this faot just see with
what reluctance most farmers work on
the road, even when well paid for their
labor; better paid than they often are
for the work which they do on the
farm, and yet a greater proof is the
fact that in many of the towns in this
county they still cling to the old way
of working out road taxes by allowing
a man so much for his team, plow or
shovel and giving him ten hours' story
telling.
At a rough estimate there 1b between
$10,000 and $15,000 expended annually
on the roads in this county. If part of
this large sum of money was invested
in machinery used in making roads, and
then have the woric done Dy a Doay 01
men working under a county overseer
who had proved his ability as a road
builder and civil engineer by paising
a satisfactory civil service examination,
we could get more and better work
done. Such a man could be obtained
for a n\oderate salary, and the work
done would be more uniform and satisfactory
than that done by pet overseers
who are appointed regardless of ability,
but because of some political pull at
town meetings.
Of course there are exceptions to the
general class of farmers who are working
and talking to the best of their
ability for good roads. It is to be hoped
that success will in the end crown theix
efforts. '
WIDE TIRE BENEFITS.
JThey Not Only Improve the Boad, bat the
Load la More Emily Drawn.
The beneficial effect of the wide tire |
on dirt roads is strikingly shown in
some recent tests at the Missouri agricultural
experiment station at Columbia.
A clay road badly cut into ruta
by the narrow tires was selected for
the test as presenting conditions least
favorable to the Broad tire. A number
of tests of the draft of the narrow tire
were made in these open ruts and immediately
followed by the broad tires
running in the same ruts. The first run
of the broad tire over the narrow tire
ruts was accompanied by an increased
draft, the second by a draft materially
less than the original narrow tire, the
third by a still greater decline, and in
the fourth trip the rut was practioally
obliterated and filled. The narrow tires
were then run over the same road, with
the results that the draft was lighter
than before the broad tires had been
used. Alternating the broad and narrow
tires on this road for a number of times
resulted in a gradually decreased draft.
In other words, the oroad tired were
improving the road surface to such an
extent when run but half the time as to
make the draft considerably less for all
vehicles. This clearly demonstrates tnacs
if even half the wagons ?used on dirt
roads had broad tires the results would
be beneficial in djaft and enormously
beneficial in bettering the condition of
the roads.
In another trial, when a olay road
was so badly cut into ruts as to be almost
impassable for light vehicles and
pleasure carriages, after running the 0
inch tires over this road 12 times the
ruts were completley filled and a first
class bicycle path made. A careful reoord
of the drafts shows that the draft
was materially less than with the narrow
tires immediately before. Thus the
road would have been gradually improved
by the use of the broad tires at
the same time that the farmer would
have been able to transport his products
over the road with greatly reduoed
draft
Steel Boadway.
Secretary Wilson has given directions
to General Roy Stone, chief of the
bureau of good roads at the department
of agriculture, to construct a sample steel
roadway at the most convenient location
be can find at the Nashville exposition,
where it may be seen and studied
by the visitors who will attend the exposition
during the summer. Secretary
Wilson thinks the steel. trackway for
wagons is the easiest solution of the
good roads problem, particularly in the
west, where stone and gravel are soarce,
and the soil is deep and sticky.
Improved Boad? For MUiiwlppL
Mississippi now has a road law,
which, if properly .carried into effeot,
and if kept in effect for a material
length of time, will probably give the
state a system of public roads superior
to any that it has ever had and perhaps
mperior to that of a majority of the
southern states.?Mobile Register.
Farmer* Took the Lead.
It was the farmers who originated
the state aid law or JNew Jersey ana
who carried it into execution, with its
vastly beneficial result, not only in the
state, but as an example to many other
states. It was also the farmers who
built the excellent Canandaigaa roadi
in New York at their own cost
The human race is divided into two
classes?those who go ahead and do
something and those who sit still and
inquire. "Why wasn't it done the
other way ?"
find has promised to satisfy?but lie
did not promise when. God 1ms time
enough, and so have you. God has
boundless resources, and his resources
are yours. Can you not trust Him?
Trust and wait.
The way of the cross was the path
of victory for Christ, and the same
way is the path of victory for His
followers.
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How Ouo .Hhii Succeeded.
,Joe Trigg, who writer the three columns
offarm comments in the Roekford,
Ja., Register, tells an instructive
story of how^ one young farmer in
northern Iowa has succeeded. Ten
years agoasayoung farmer, he took
a load of hogs to town, which he sold
for $93.35. With his money he paid
the collector the taxes on his farm he
was trying to own, paid the grocery a
lonar due grocerbill, called at the bank
and paid for an extension on half a
dozen notes, paid an attorney $30 on
a mower note sent on tor collection
and went borne with ?2.50 in his
pocket.
That night, says the editor of the
Register, the grocer paid his clerk and
his delivery boy tneir wages, out
of the money left by the young far-)
mer. The boy spent his money at the
skating rink and the clerk spent his
money for presents for his best girl.
The lawyer took his commission,
which amounted to about $3 and attended
a church fair, and the tax collector
bought a fresh Havaua cigar.
But the young farmer went home and
with his wife he poured over the figures,
trying to see how to pay the
next batch of interest on the mort- >
gage on the farm. The young farmer
and his wife somehow managed to
meet all their payments and they
have the farm, much enlarged and
stocked with the best cattle and hogs
in the state. When they go to town
they go in a double spated surry, with
the back seat filled with children.
They are spending this winter in California,
while the oldest son is looking
after the farm.
This is vouched for a true story.
And what became of the clerk, the
delivery boy, the lawyer, anil tne
tax collector? The clerk iss'ill clerking,
the delivery hoy is teudeng a
bowling alley, the tax collector is a
curbstone dealer and the lawyer is in
the West selling mining stocks to
Eastern suckers.
Folly of Profrtiilly.
The Tampa Tribune remarks that
many a young man and boy could be
reclaimed from the vile habit of profanity
if he could only be reached by
the direct admonition of some good
man or woman who would simply
prove to him that to swear is the act of
a fool, and that not even those who
practice pro'anity themselves admire
it in others, which is entirely true.
Boys learn it from their fathers and
elder brothers. But fathers and elder
brothers seldom relish this fruit of
their own planting. It is almost inconceivable
that a boy should learn to
swear from his mother. v
Women, except of the lowest order,
rarely swear. If any of them did,
they could not get a moderately decent
man to come near them. There have
been cases where wives driven to
heroic treatment of the habit of pro*--U_
1 ? iL.S- U a
lauiiy 1U liueii uusuauuo uavc mauc a
feiut of adoption that habit themselves.
It has generally effected a
cure, although the Tribune bannot advise
any one to proceed to so desperate
an extremity. But do not the simple
facts that this newspaper has stated
demonstrate the essential folly and
grossness of profanity.
The world needs good men?men
who are honorable in their homes,
men who are honorable in their business
dealings, men who ace conscientiously
faithful in every duty of life
which confronts them.
Don't waste your life iq doubts and
fears. Spend yourself on the work before
you, well assured that the right
performance of this hour's duties will
be the best preparation for the hours
or ages that.follow.
^ all cooks are 1
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F, -;-m um mmp
i/T ((leered Always
^ a mo^e^vs/
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Proprietor.
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AND ALL BUILL
$ HEADQUAI
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If PAIN!
C. A. Ml
^ Phone 107.
The world delights iu sunny people. I
The old are hungering for love more
than for bread.
Greatuess of mind and heart, purity
of motive and desire, strengtn and
tenderness, faith and charity; joy and
hope, sublime heroism and ministrant
virtue?these are God's workmanship.
'What is repentance?" asked a
Sunday-school superintendent; and
a lime giri wiaeiy answered, -\n< is
being sorry enough to quit." Not bning
sorry, but being sorry enough to
quit.
We make prescription work a specially. We
have two of the finest Prescription Men lo be
found In Moult) Carolina. Oue ou duly all tbe
time. NUht call No. 42. Milford's Drug
Store. Phone 107.
DENTAL NOTICE.
Dr. S. 6. Thomson,
OFFICE DP-STAIRS ON McILWAlN
Corner. Abbeville. 8. 0.
WM. H. PARKER. WM. P. GREENE
PARKER & GREENE,
Attorneys ani Counsellors at Law.
Office on LAW RANGE. '
ABBEVILLE -?V80UTH;CAR0LINA.
May 4. 1898. tf
W. C.
Fresh Meats,
Butter,
Green Groceries,
Canned Goods,
Staple Groceries,
Chickens and Eggs,
Fresh Fish
Fridays and Saturdays.
Give me a call at ihe Younger stand.
wr n n?DDV!
WW I W? AftMJI
PHONE 102.
Sept. 10,1902. It
THE
^Abbeville Warehouse.
The Abbeville Warehouse is prepared
to store
COTTON
and other produce, or goods of any
kind, New Wagon Scales have
I just been put up, and the public
i will be readilv served in weighing
cotton, hay, cattle, or anything
glge,
JOHN LYON, Manager.
There are times when we are unable
to care for or think ofourselves, but
God is ever watchful, and w ever lovingly
miuistering to us.
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IN j A Q FAULKNEKt
| Manager
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LFORD, I
The Druggist. S}/
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If ynu are a SI, 82. S3, or S8 hat man it makes - V
no dill'ereucc your bat Is at Hall <? Anderson. 5
PTT 4T.MP.Bsl MoBAVYDT' I
Agents for Fire, Life, Accident, Bond and '
Liability Insurance, a
ABBEVILLE, 8. .
July 16, 19C2. tf
DR. J. A. IwCKSON, * 11
SOftGEON DENTIST. *
GOLD FILLINGS; CROWN AND BRIDGE 1
WORK A SPECIALTY. :
A GOOD PLATE $8.00 , *fj|
AMALGAM FILLINGS 75c and. 1.00
OFFICE OVER BARKSDalE'S STORE. :
Abbeville Lodge No. 45, I 0. 0. F. ||
HTEET8 EVERY THURSDAY EVENING
"A at 8:80 o'clock in Odd Fellows Hall. Ai* i .
brethren, and visitors specially, are mo?t cor ?
d tally Invited to attend.
J. S. Cochran, L. A. Smith, '.-/tsp':
t Secretary. Noble Grand.;
E. F. GILLIARD,
/.TAILOR, /. :
HAS moved, and occupies the room* tip >
stairs in Knox's Hull, and is now pre
no roil t/> Hn all L-lnrlnnt rnnftlrlnff and oltU'
tng of gentlemen's clothes on short notloe.
Samples oJ units Always on hand. Chw-rsre
r^n?nnublp (
[pis'
fiave just received
a Car Load of....
BUGGIES,
CARRIAGES,
WAGONS,
And Other ArficleSj>^'g
WHICH THEY ARE OFFERING ; r
ON THE BEST OF TERMS AND . <' /'}
AT THE LOWEST LIVING r9^H
PRICES. oj%
Call on .Them ' J|
AND SEE THEIR STOCK. /^v,
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
HAS CHANGED management the -?j?
boune w.111 be throughly rflftovated, and, '?jbM
a new entrance will be made on tbePabti<r ; ^ .
The traveling rnbllc will be fnrntsbed with }!
nice clean room* Rnd good bed*. The ttibte/ '
will rte furnished with the best that the maw '
ket. will atlord.
Every attention will be given to the ptejUK -WJSEM
ureand comfort of gnents.
Patronage of the traveling public 1b uollclt? - V,'
ed. Ucaoonabie ratea will be given. \
L. A. LLOYD,
Prourietor* iW
Jan nary 6,1903. If
Charleston and Western Carolina R. R
Angusta and Asheville Short Line*
Bcbcdnle In effect February 25, 1803k "
Lv Anderson ..... 7 25 us
Lv Abbeville 6 00 am
Lv ' nihcmn Falls 8 50 am i
Lv McConnlck 9 50 am 8 40 pm
Vr Angusta 11 40 am . ' 6 20 pm \
LvAuenRta. 2 35 pm. , ~
Lv Allendale 4 :i0 pm
Lv Y-emaasee 5 45 pm
Lv Beuufbrt <j :<0 pm
Ar Port Royal > 6 45 pm ^ . :
Lv Yemaesee (A C. L.)... 5 50 pm
A r Charleston.. 7 30 pm
Ar Savannah 7 pni^ fXa
Lv 9'Vp.n-n.h, 6 15 am '
Ar Yen argee 8 35 am , ,r. , \'j
Lv Charleston " i6 87 am
Ar Yemaasee 8 85 am
Ly>orrRo^(C7^w7cy~7"40 wn
Ar R*ftOfoft 7 N) im
Ar Yeinassee 8 85 am
Lv YeiDussee 8 40 am ; ? i;
Ar Allendale 9 53 nm
I Ar Artffuatft It 55 am
Lv Augusta 2 55 j m 10 10 ?m
Ar McCormick 4 40 pro 11 52 am
Ar Calhoun Falls ... ...... 5 45 pm
.Vr Anderson 7 10 pta ' >" v
Connections at Greenwood for all point* on j ?
bo rd Air Line.
For further information rel.tire to tickets, ratca
etc., address
W. M. A KC1IER, Ticket Agent, Anderson, 8. C. , J
OKO. T. BRYAN, Q. A., Qreenvl le, 3. C. - 9<
ERNtBT WILLIAMS. ?.>o. Pass. r
T. M. EMERSON. Traffic Manager. . _
Abbeville-Greenwood;
MUTUAL
IVSIRAVCE ;
ASSOCIATION. I
Property Insured, 5800,000* -JB
WRITE TO OR CALL on the!undenilgned
or to the Director of yonr Township
for any Information you may dealre about
our plan of Insurance.
? r. ilflitrm I". ;
we insure your ???* ?.?? ? , .w
tlon by J>M|
F1ES, W1NDST0EK OS U9ETNW, j
and do so cheaper than any Insurance Com J
pany In existence. 1
' Kemember we are prepared to prove to yon . 1
that ourH 1h the xafeat and cheapest plan of 4
Insurance known.
J, R. BLAKE, Jr., Gen. Agent,
Ahheville. S. C. ' v
J. FRASEB LYON, Pres.
[Abbeville, S. C.
BOARD DIRECTORS. v
J. Add. Calhoun Ninety-Six Township
S. (I. Major Green wood " v - :
J.T. Mftbry Cokesbury " ' >,
W. B. Acker Donalds " ' A
M. B. Cllnkscales .....Due West "
T. L. Haddou. Long Cane ?
S. K. Cromer .Huillhvllle "
J. W. Lyon Troy "
A. K. Watson Cedar Spring '
W. E. Leslie Abbeville
Dr. J. A. Anderson Antrevllle ?
H.A. Tenneut Lowndesvllle "
A.O.Grant Magnolia "
J. R. Tarrant Calhoun Mills "
S. L Kdraonds Bordeaux "
W. C. Martin Hodges " i
S. O. Harvey Walnut Grove " J
1'. II. Cuillson t'alllHon "
w M oniz KlrkHo\H "
.iiwepii I.Hke I'lKenlX " |
.J.C UukIi Urooktt ' . jj
li. 15. Kin:ird KlnnrdH " f
,1. li, < oloiimn Coronaca "
.1. H. ('l)ileH. .Ir Hni:]loy ' M
ltev. J. H. Mime Verdery " ^
Abbeville, a U., Jan. 14, 1908.
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