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W*" h' The Press and Banner. v BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, 8. C. : -WPnbllBhed every Wedneedp ?t. 82 a year In advance. Wednesday, June 24, 1903. Sbonld Illiterate Perilous be Allowed to Work ? Intermeddlers into the affairs of the cotton mills, It seems to us, will never rest A writer in the Elberlon Star last week charges the President of the Swift Cotton Mill with employing a hundred Illiterate people to work In the mill, and the president replies that be has not employed as man; illiterate people as was charged, virtually admitting that It Is wrong to employ Illiterates. The Press and Banner believes that cotton mills are a blessing to a large Dumber of la boring people, and It knows of no way of tonfining people to the mill against their wishes. The Ignorance In reference to the cotton mill people Is only equalled by the officious. Intermeddling of idle and troublesome persons who have more time to bother other people than they care to spend In attending to their own business. It may be that President Swift and other mIIi Kunl/IAnla n*wv# ^nlna no mnAh am than 1x1 111 k coiuuu ID IliV UW UVIU^ uo twuvu hd huv/ should do to establish schools. If so, then be the aln on their owe heads. But Qod forbid that the time may ever come when any man, woman, or child shall be denied the privilege of earning bread. Illiterate persona have a hard time of it at best. For this reason, we think Col. Bwift, or anybody else deserve* credit; and not oensure, for giving employment to illiterate persons. The presidents of cotton mills owe it to the poor people In their care to provide schools, but shame on the man or the woman who would make it a crime for the president of any cotton mill to give employment to the uneducated. It is true that schools and education are needed. It is also trne that it would be a crime before high heaven to say that only the educated shall have the right to work. It is trne, we presume, that Col. Swift has deprived no man or child of the education which waB acquired before they oome to the mill. It may be true that the Swift Cotton Mill Kno n?f Krillf aa monv orthhnl hnnsaa o 11 abould have done, but the building: of soboo) bouaes, or tbe failure to build them, la quite h anotber thing lrom abutting tbe Illiterate out of bla mill. He could be no more oensurabltfor tbe neglect In one lnatauce tban for dU* crimination In tbe otber. All men abould be allowed a fair cbanoe, and especially la tble true wltb tbe poor who may be anxious to work. It may be tbat became of tbelr Illiteracy, tbey bave been driven from tbe farms. It may be tbat a living could not be made on tbe farma or on tbe auburba of tbe towns, and tbat tbey were ambitious to feed and clothe themselves better. Would tbe Intermeddles have the president* of tbe mllla to tell these people to go away, and then say to tbem, bav log been unable to educate your children, you shall sot be allowed to Improve their condition. You pre not worthy to live and to labor for your children, and your children must wear the brand of Cain forever. Case of James H. Tillman. News and Courier. Columbia, 'June 22.?The Circuit Court. Judge D. A. Townsend presiding, today took up tbe cases of James H. Tillman, charged with murder, and a motion for a change ol venue was beard. On January 15, Tillman, then Lieutenant Governor, shot and killed N. G. Gonzales, editor of Tbe State, who denounced blm repeatedly when Tillman was a candidate for Governor last year. Tbe defence today produced stout 500 affidavits to show that a fair trial oould not be i bad in this county, because of prejudice against the defendant. The majority of the signers of these affidavit* are not prominent oltlzens, and the-principle affidavits were made by the defendant's counsel and friends, who asserted that the Colombia newspapers and preachers had Incited feeling against Tillman by their referenoe to the caBe. The prosecution presented about 400 affidavits In reply. Practically all the ministers of Colum> bla asserted that they have made no reference to the case from their pnlplts. Newspaper men, inoludlng Messrs. W. E. and A. E. Gon sales, respectively editor and publisher of The State, stated in affidavits that the Columbia nanflPB had mnintfilAnnlv And Aarfifnllv re r~r? ? r ?-?* ? - " fralned from Inflammatory denunciations 01 tbe deteDdant. These assertions were backed by statemeots from bank presidents, lawyers, physicians, college professors, merchants and men in all lines of business, Including many citizens of the county outside of Columbia. Tbe reading of these affidavits was not concluded when Court adjourned until tomorrow morning. Tbe argument will doubtless consume all of tbe day. Counsel on each side today contested very heartily every point and several eloquent speeches were made. Tbe prosecution Is conducted by .Solicitor J. Wra. Tburmond. assisted by Messrs. G. Duncan .Bellinger, formerly Attorney General; Andrew Crawford and Wm. Elliot, Jr. Tbe defenoe 1b reprented by Geo. W. Croft, of Ai ken,;tbe prlsoner'silaw partner; Ex-Judge O. W. Bucbannon, the prisoner's brother-inlaw; B. P. Nelson of Columbia, formerly Solicitor; George Johnstone, ex-member of . Congress, and George R. Rembert, of Columbia. Tillman's mother, wife and oblld were In Court part of tbe time, as was his uncle. Sen* ator B. R. Tillman. m--. In Error. We tblDk that oar esteemed contemporary, tbe Newberry Observer, Is In error when he think* tbe people object to high taxation. Does be remember of many Instances where tbe people did not vote for an Increase, wben the opportunity was afforded. Our own recollection of reports ol such elections to inorease taxes the average stands about fifteen per cent against and eighty-five per cent, for tbe Increase. We believe tbe voting on in* creased taxes in this county bas been almost unanimous at every sucb election. If our twill IftAb at a onnc nf tVia A />*? nf (ho General Assembley for 1903 be wJll do doubt be nmazsd at tbe anxiety of the people In all parts of tbe 8tate to Increase tbelr taxes. Let the observer watcb the election returns, and be Id formed. ? + Tbe Slate Exhibit. Tbe Newberry Observer opposes the appropriation of 825,000 for a State exhibit at St. Louis, among otber reasons, because tbe amount Is smaller than other States have appropriated for tbe purpose. This objection could be overcome by increasing our appropriation. As long as we have money to spend in monuments It occurs to us that we might make an exhibit at St. Louis. Get your order in for hay presses, hay wire, tomato cans, eta, \ W. D. Barksdale. Fresh lot mon J UBt received. W. D. Barksdale. You can buy a Gee Haw collar from H. M Tate & Co., for 50c. 10 pr. ladles fine button shoes, broken lots Former price 8250 on bargain counter 81.00 at Haddonrs. Our soda fountain Is running In full blast With two competent soda men at tbe helm we oaii please and cool tbe moat fastidious Yours to please, C. A. Mtlford.Tbe Druggist. Call and examine our line of mowers, rakes and Hay presses. W. D. Barksdale. . COURT NEWS. Civil Chh?m Are Taken Up. court ui ujuiiuuu rieus iur auumviiic wjuuty convened at ten o'olock, June 17, Judge A1 drlch presiding. In this branch there were no Jury oases merely order cases, appeals and other cases oi little Importance. Among them are: Everett. Ridley and Ragan vs. Geo. White, It was ordered that plaintiff have Judgment against defendant for ?i87. ' Tallulah B. Kay vs. J. 8. Walker, foreclosure. It was ordered the Report be and It Is hereby confirmed. jrnnce wiaeman vs. j. j. Aiarnn. Hixcei" tlon to Master's Report. Argument by W. N. Graydon for plaintlfl and M. P. DeBruhl and F. B. Gary for defendant. His Honor took papers to render bis decision later. J. S. Stark vs. C. B. Thompson. Argument by F. B. Gary for defendant and W. N. Graydon lor plalntUT. Papers taken, decision to be delivered later. . AT JUDGE GARY'S. The Yonut People Had n uood Time, and Ibe Old People Enjoyed Looh> lug On. Tbls Is the third piece on tbe same subject. You can read any or all of them ; or. ll you prefer, you can give this the grand bounce, and read the others. Tbe spacious halls and tbe brilliantly lighted parlors of tbe elegant mansion In which Judge Gary lives were thrown open last Thursday evening to as nice a company ol well dressed people as ever assembled anywhere. The Judge and Mrs. Gary are hospitable hosts, and their pretty daughters are not te?s gracious In extending a cordial greeting Music, reading, warm hearts, and eyes that looked love and Irlendsblp to eyes that spake again, made up the heart program. Chinese lanterns, with tbelr soft liebts. tbe green I a wo, and the moving pictures of beauty and manly valor, pleased tbe eye. Ice cream aiid cake, delivered by fairies and bird* of paradise, were enough for all. Tbe Instrumental solo by Miss Simpson was charmingly rendered. A distinguished writer baa said that "tbe beauty of a lovely woman Is like music." Tben, when beautiful woman and muslo, wblcb is sweeter than tbe symphonies that come from tbe spirit land, are present together, the susceptible bachelor Is struck dumb, and we are silent. Tbe recitation of the Lost Doll by Miss Esther Oraydon was incomparably good. Herself sweeter than tbe flowers wblcb she wore, her voice and ber manner delighted all, while she was In person as pretty a little maid as ever filled a father's heart with pride or crowned a mother's soul with joy. Not until tbe angels shall oome to take part In oar Joyous occasions will we see ber presence and ber efforts surpassed. Tbe Instrumental music by pretty Miss Blanche Gary was perfect in time, sweet in touch and more melodious than the music ol the stars. The reoltatlonyWhen the preacher oomes to tea, by Miss Jessie speed, captured everybody, and even the old bachelors fell down and worshipped her, and left tbelr hearts at her feel. The gods never looked upon a fairer vision or listened lo a sweeter voice. The reading by Wise Ellen Sherard was faultless, while In person and In manner she was beautiful beyond degree and lovely beyond comparison. Her art and her ability In reading a touohtng pleoe was tbe enraptured admiration ol all. The demonstration at ito close was so enthusiastic that she responded by rendering a second piece which, like tbe Drst, brought down tbe house. Rev. P. B. Wells read the program and contributed much to tbe pleasure of tbe evening. No man Is more popular with our people than Mr. Wells, and no man Is more active In the good work of tbe church. ? IN THE STATE. The Happenings In Various Sections ot Month Carolina Briefly Told. Newberry Observer. , The Oconee county summer school has an enrollment of forty teachers. Forty-three teachers are attending tbe county summer school at Laurens. Tbirty-nlne teachers are In attendance on ibe Greenville county Bummer school. Capt. A. K. Banks bus been chosen superintendent, of ibe Lancaster graded schools. Dogs caugut running about without a collar id Columbia are "Impounded." a collar oostsSl. Dr. J?'. A. Miles, a retired physician, died at nts borne In Greenville on Saturday la tbe 77tb year of bis age. Mrs. McDonald, wife, of Rev. C. E. McDonald of Wlnnsboro, died on Monday nlgnt. She leaves three children. Preston B. Mitchell, a farmer near Belton, Anderson county, oommitled suicide with a shotgun In bis Held on Monday. Greenville's county commissioners have deolded to pledge an expected appropriation ot 815,000 for tbe repairs of bridges. The trustees or Wofford College have conferred tbe degree of LL. D. on Associate Justice Charles A. Woods of tbe Supreme Court. Tee argument on Jhs. H. Tillman's motion for a change of venue will be beard by Judge Townsend In Coluinblaon Monday afternoon. Numbers of operatives from tbe cyclonewrecked mill at Gainesville, Ga., are ttndlDg employment In the mills of Greenville and vloinliy. Normle Hodges, white, who was convicted In Greenwood recently ot highway robbery, and escaped, waa captured by tbe Sheriff on Tuesday night. Spartanburg Will have to borrow at least 350,000, perhaps aa much as $75,000, to restore ana repair bridges Injured or destroyed by ibe floods of two weeks ago. Jobn C. Harveley of Greenwood, who was acting as telegraph operator at Hamlet, N. (J., was ran over and killed there by a train on Tuesday. He was only nineteen years old. J. H. Williams, a larmer of Lancaster county, Bged 35, committed suicide on Tuesday night with a shotgnn. He was despondent on account of 111 health and inability to work his crops. Jobn Brownfleld, colored, who killed Deputy Tax Collector Jas. C. Scurry while In the discharge of his duty three years ago, and who appealed to the Supreme Courts of the state and the United States, was resentenced on Tuesday by Judge Gary, the date of bis ex* eoullon bilng set for June '.tfttb. DUE WEST. Qlffen Pblfer and Edwards Bonner Weddings? Other News. Mr. John B. "Pressly left Wednesday for Waynesvllle, N. C., where he will spend sevMrs. Jones Fuller of Easley, spent Sabbatb wttb Mrs. J.J. Lindsay. Wt?m Qtniin Wlffamon Vioa haan AlfiAtoH laHo UX I DO ovawa t? IUOUJOU u?o *wu viw haj IUV*J principal of Jones bemlnary at All Healing, N. C , and bas accepted. She was elected a teacher in tbe Graded School at Conoord bat declined tbe offer. Mr. Paul Pressly left Friday for CameroD, Tex., where be will preacb during tbe Hum* mer months. Miss Alloe Todd leaves Wednesday for a visit to ber auot, Mrs. L. I. Ecbols In Covingtoo, Ga. Miss Mattle Boj ce who bas been quite sick, is some better at present writing. Mrs. Anderson of Falrvlew, Is wltb tbe family of Mr. A. 8. Ken nedy. Mr. Tom Moffatt returned from tbe Citadel .Saturday. He bas been sick wltb appeDdlcltls and was unable to go on the encampment at Rock Hill. Miss Carrie Wlderaan came borne Monday from Woodruff, wbere sbe bas been teaching for tbe past ten months. Rev. Bruce Giffen will supply the A. R. P. pulpit for several weeks wblle tbe pastor Is canvassing for tbe Twentieth Century Funil. Miss Pauline M*rtln, alter spending several days with friends In Due West, leaves for her home Id CovlDgton Wednesday. James, Statla and Eiolse Philips of Atlanta, are wltb tt-elr grand-parents, Or. and Mrs. J. W. Wldeman. Miss Ola Devlin entertained a few of her friend* last Wednesday evening in comp ! men l to Miss Azlle Cogburne. There will be two marriages In Doe West wltbln the next week. Dr. Fred Pblfer and Miss Margaret Glffen Wednesday morning, June 24 at 10:80 o'clock at the residence of Mr. R. 8. Galloway, and Rev. O. Y. Bonner and MIsb Jennie Edwards Tuesday morning, June 30 at 9 o'clock In the A. R. P. church. Miss Nettle Rrownlee died Sabbath afternoon of consumption at the residence of ber brother near Due West. She was a bright and attractive yoffng lady, a graduate of the college here aud the homemnfcer for ber brother, Mr. Olln Brownlee. Mr. Brownlee has bad sorrow on sorrow. He baa followed motber, father, two sisters and a brother to their last resting places. Tne hearts of oar people are full of sympathy for him In this dark hour. Mlsg Nettle was laid to rest Monday morning In the cemetery at Greenville Church. Haridon's Locals. A Mammoth shoe sale at Haddon's ft r the month of June. Now Is tbe time to secure a bargain In ox. fordB at Haddon's. We are Belllug oxford* and Bllppers at 25 per cent Dlsoount for caab call early and get a bargain at Hadapn'B. 50 percent Dltconat in some Button Shoes In odds and ends at Haddons. Have yon seen those shoes and slippers at 50 per pair at Haddons. . ' y-'X'ifii. /:? /' i r \ II ; th In these w many sides of the c all our statements stretching the trutl I jjl As we sell the Schloss Bros. & Cc wonder that we ha f r To tbe People of Abbeville County. We call special attention to all readers of this paper that we have found **11 the remedy at last. It is a recent "J Discovery for all Nervous Diseases, Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, Sour Stom- PI ache, Heartburn, Distress after eating, N| Costiveness, Liver Complaint, Back- rm ache, all Kidney and Bladder troubles, 'MM Eczema. Female Complaints, or any j5|| disease arising from Impure Blood, JjpE Our New Discovery is the name of f^y this wonderful medicine. ' We give an absolute guarantee with each bottle, and if you are not benefited after taking oue bottle, please fill out the guarantee slip and mail to 3 ? us and we will gladly refund the C Price you Paid. We offer $1.00 reward to any person or persons show- ^ ^ ing where we have failed to comply with the terms of this guarantee, snoul uolo Kit oil Ttmornrlota . npipn $1.00 ahmil A VI ' U1U KJJ ail A/lUg^lOI?|- ?vw T-"" per bottle. If your druggist can Dot pajgn supply it, we will deliver it to you Derm| upon receipt of price. ^ Our New Discovery Med. Co. bouse Laurens, S. C. ounce ^ of cui tlon a Ready for Businesshere l of ev< WITH A COMPLEfE LINE OF Cost. CARRIAGES, Sd BUGGIES, _1 WAGONS, HARNESS, Etc. K. Quality guaranteed. Agents for the celebrated "WblteStar" Summer's and Hock Hill buggies. Give us a call. Yours ror business, If y< gap nr CALVERT <fc SICKLES. THV fTk'VKTTIlf PTfrVM OF COM A JLX x-i V/VilUf iU* ^ ? BUSTIBLES _frag will be inimence on Independence Day sorae ( also the consumption of our BREAD, CAKES, PIES, ETC. Tea bj Uncle Sam's patriotic citizens 8'mP'DHFEu throughout the country will burn lote ? of powder. Throughout this section tbey will eat lots of tbe good things that are produced in our bakeshop. INDI Don't waste time ana energy uoiug any home baking for the Fourth. We and ol can provide things that will please prices both yourself and your guesta. J. W. Breihahn, L Proprietor. The r Fruit Jars, rubbern, etc., at W. J->. Barka- geeBbl dales. _ Hou'a. HALL & ANDERSOI Abbeville, S. CSumming Up. E FINAL ARGI eekly talks of the past few mo jlothing question?we have end ?we have sought to give fac 1 in our favor, nor distorting c In the meant tus many new frit ness have cemen newspaper, we ca but in our busin intentions?and at rthe eatingour 77 tremendous ivcrec Next week, ON SAS? \ 1 "Best-Clotliing-in-the-World,' )., of Baltimore there is little ve won such wide normlaritv. Every garment bears this HAJLL & A.NDBB CLOTHIERS AND FURMSHE1 for Gentlemen and Boyg. For the JbiViliK S?i VAR OF EXTERMINATION ju d be declared at once. No time ct d be lost in beginoiog tbe cam- in against all Insect pests. Don't Call early to sec it tbem to get a foothold in tbe vor on tbe plants or trees. An ll/V of prevention is worth a pound JLv -e and several ounces of prevennd destruction can be purchased ?????? 'or a small amount of money. INSECT DESTROYERS 3 ?ry good kind can be bad at low ? = eed's Drug Store. F. Kllllngsworlh. Dr. C. 8. Latimer. UlngMWorth & Latimer. Shirts, TJnd( DENTISTS. umiW' ) want your dental done at borne, ^ write to us. COME AN] mpmmJLi ifesSy Estate #f Elias 1 ^ XAJ^y.?9oJ,If wll^r. BBtwHlL J/ ?* / Y of my aotlnes and rtoln I I | I Lv / A I thn Estate of Elia*"- W r III I / il 1 office ot Judee of Probe I | | I I / n\ ty at 10 o'clock a. m. I JJ will apply for a final <11 an Riich. mmi tit-. AT miT.vn A" persons bav'ner THL REAL THIjSG estate 'Will present. t?a< before that day, provni rant, delicious, pure Tea from bejuaeViflJ903.red' af the choicest gardeus in China i purchased bere. Our O. & U. rand makes a beverage that is jrotgtf] (jf SjlllTlgf)] y perfect. The <lavor is iucom- * le. This is extra good value at r pound. Notice of Settle! carry a full line of cation for Fn A, CEYLON AND CHINESE TEAS rpAKE NOTICE thai ? .? i i ? ui- j - ,v ? A Juiy, 1!>U3, we will: fier the choicest blends at these of our aotingu and doi tbe Euiate of SImpeoi In the office of Judge o) Connty at 10 o'clock a. [ATM Millpr l i IX li ill ILLlllvl i All perHoua having U estate will present tbei belore that day. proven be forever barred. W. B. Ad lowest patterns and material In neell- '?lrn. U-. V. rta are being Hhowii at Hall & Andor-j June 2,1903. ' N , J M E N T. nths, we have touched on eavored to be impartial in its, and facts only?neither onditions of competition. ime, these "balks" have brought mds?and our methods of busited their patronage. In the m only declare our intentionsess relations, we can prove our ? the "-proof of the puaamg is in leriting success is shown in the ise of our business this Spring. we will "submit our case . to the jury." i k hp i rtm a HllMiVA * 7 madG Dy 'ima-matt uw uMitwu cause for II /?! \f / Wljolesale Drapers i corrniowno uti 5 1/sls/vl |(v^9 vmmammmmmmmwawawaaw label ?1 \ fSOJV, [IS tig Out Sale.at $t Haddon's. next few weeks you will find greatest line of Bargains in Wash Materials OWN BY US. Tbe goods we offer are all this Season's purchase, and a st the goods you need for the hot summer days. It is 01 istom to clean ud everv season all goods that may chanj i style. sure the choicest things on sale. . Haddon & Co aple Sale, Too. BIG LINE OF ... . Timers' Samples AT nr. Y. COST. srshirts, Hose, Suspenders, Fans, reralls, Parasols, Ties, etc. D LOOK OVER THEM. ). BARKSDALE. ffylas, Deceased. COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON - CHARLESTON, S. C. QOllt and A pli ,I^th Year BeSins September 25H ial Discharge, tetters. sciences. engineerin< One scholarship to each County 01 Soul Carolina. Entrance examinations he'd 1 Abbeville by County Superintendent of Ed t on the loib nay 01 nation and Judge of Probate, on July I01 ender a final account Tuition 8J0. Board and furnished room I gs as Administrator or Dormitory. $10 per month. All candidates f< '.vies, deceased. In the admission are permitted tocompele for Bovi ite for Abbeville Coun- scholarships, which pay $100 a pear. F< , and od the same day catalogue, address scharfto from my trust HARRISON RANDOLPH, May 25, 1003. tf President. demands against said em for payment 011 or 1 a*THnBTt'^It!merCl ?F A aP?c'al 1'ne of embroideries Rt 8 1-3 cen AdmTnlstrator. a yard will surely interest all close buyer Also a Hue of luces at 5cents. World beater A. M. Smith Jt Co. The largest. best selected stock of pain 1 Mml M e'eral","*yedlnA6b,,K,Uro88,.re. Don't forget thai P. B. Speed has a most d< ^ Iclous supply of the very best candy. " k?..o in? . ? aent and Appli- Gienuu ,f you are looking for the "very best" 1 al Discharge. fresh candy then go to ? Speeds' Drug Store. Fall In line with the crowds and go to Mil L on the 3rd day of ford's for any and every thliipr j ou want, render a Unal account Did you ?versee a pretty girl ?! did n< tngs as Executors of like candy? Why no. Well, S.' i can su i llolcoiiifo, deceased, ply you with the best. 1 Probate for Abbeville Wholesale and retail dealers In clgarR, t m., and on the Bame baccos, cigarettes, &c. Mliford's Drug Stori il discharge rooa njy it will pay you to Inspect our stock of pain emands tigainet sum "6 n for payment on or Phone or send us your orders, we ran glv and autlientlcaled or yon unvtlilug t" our line. Mlllord's Dru Store. Thone 107. her, Ex&mtor. When your eyes are weak, go to Milford' Holeom.b, hxecutrix. an,j g6t a ptt|r 0j Hawk's old reliable ey? glasses. - / ? ? =. m v?*r> THE STAGE ASPIRANT : A HARD ROAD FOR MEDIOCRITY TO TRAVEL ten Timet Too Many Applicant* For tlu Available Positions?How Incompetency Crowds Merit ? Information For the "StaReatrnck"?Davy Crockett'* Advice. "This thing is wearing me into the ground." It was a theatrical manager who hgd. just dismissed a young woman who had been imploring him to engage her. He was an unusually soft hearted manager. The average one generally gives a cynical grin and says, "Another , girl who wants to j)lay Juliet." Words may be futile to stem the ' , 4 torrent, but just a few hard facts may cause an aspirai v. here and there to atop and consider. Here in New York, this seething Mecca of the Thespian, the situation is yj actually tragic. There are just about 5,000 actresses too many for the positions. The pity of it is the incompetents M ire in many cases crowding out the ca pable, experienced players. True, the incompetents sooner or later find their' level, bnt while they are finding it the capables are out of positions and the wolf is patting in his time at their fifth flight hall bedroom doors, the critics are guying, the manager is fuming, and' ? ^ there is a good deal of unpleasant fric- , .i tion everywhere. I know of one thoroughly equipped player who has sewed the soles upon her shoes repeatedly to keep them on he* J feet while she walked the streets in search of an engagement Anothwr wash- .yS es her clothes in the bathtub of her boarding house and dries them in her room. Bo^h these women hpve played ?, prominent parts in good companies. Another has lived for some time on one m?aj. a uay. xuwae wurncu tun uiu vu -.",<4?, face?one of them would be called ' . ' handsome?and all are thoroughly oompetent The cases of the young, rnexperienoed ones that have come to me hoping I could help them are too many and too sad \ to recount They drift into typewriting, copying and starvation. Many of them ' 4 drift back home. Some become "extras." That means they go on the stage as "guests," or the mob, just to stand around and say nothing. They must^ 'J ; -' tend rehearsals, dress perhaps several times during the evening and be regard-, ed with scorn by those who have speak- ' ing parts, all for$1 a performance. $Varv the chance to do this hundreds crowd > the stage entrances whenever there is a call for "extra ladies." One young woman who made a short -'&& starring venture in the west and who ii undoubtedly possessed with tal<mt, oombined with the beauty of face and figure which make up a good stage preeenoe,'. . came two years ago to New York to seek an engagement She was armed with letters of introduction to many ', prominent managers from Colonel Bab^i^$|j ert G. Ingersoll, and the future seemed A rosy to her bright young eyes. This in* ? fiuentialman, who had seen heraet, flent glowing words to the Gotham magnates, ?$! but not one of them gave her a chance. She has not stepped upon a stage from that day to this. How has she lived? By doing euj- . .. | broidery for one of the large wholesale''^ houses. She has bravely kept fcer sell respect, and she has never given up trying. She makes her.rounds of the agen- j cies every little while, and she means \ \ to attain her end yet She will do it too. There is np sort of doubt that ) such pluck, earnestness and persever- || ance will win. * ' yT ;v:V^:^ Before the young aspirant who if in deadly, earnest about entering the dra- .. matic profession heaven forbid the writ-v'-v;} er should cast one straw of discourage'* ment There is not onlv room, but there i? a hungry demand, for the actress with ft fg strong dramatio instinct, brains; application and a large capacity for work, re' Work! I should like to write that lr word in capitals a foot high. ;e The work which in the golden age' . was done so well because the gods al- '$g ways 6aw must cqme back again to1 '0, earth. Until it does there will still be tea ,>3 and agony and suicide in the aolv-' . ing of the life problem. If you love the art so that no labor, ., '7^ privation, rebuffs or hardship can stand ' ii# your way, then you have a right to " think that heaven meant you to act , Do it though the skies falL If you want to go on the stage sim ply to wear pretty clothes and attract attention, don't do it, for the end ia dnst and ashes. If yon want to be a "professional" because yon "like the life," don't do it "" You'll find the life fnll of damp and dirty dressing rooms, dinnerless journeys, ice cold beds, hard hearted land-*" . $ lords and absconding managers. If you want to be an actress because you don't want to be a typewriter or a milliner or a saleswoman and the stage seems to be a place where yon can earn the most money in the easiest way, v don't do it There never yet has been AOOW ittott our xpntriftn iUliiiU o luai WMJ TTMJT 1. ,t to g&rn money. All legitimate work - must mean an equivalent for the dollar.. . In getting into this particular "easy" |p place and getting out of it you'll find ? larger crop of heartaches, tears and agonies than you ever could imagine would ' be compressed into one small life. If you think that mediocrity, trifling and laziness can succeed, let me tell at you that every case of that sort existing ? today is propped up somewhere against / n' a barrel or money. 11 yon can xay your / ?r bands on such a barrel and want to use 3? it for tbat purpose, no one will hinder you as long as the dollars last. If it is a toss up whether you go on the stage or do something else, be sure to do something else. 'B8 If you have a great, strong conviction s! that you are right, make the plunge, (s and God be with you. When you are v determined to succeed, you will Th? itrong heart wins. Alice E. I via. New York. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. Iu the Matter of the Estate of J. Waiter ' Sberard, Deceased. Notice to Debtors and Credlsors. ~ \ LL persons indebted to said estate must p settle without delay, and tboHe holding claims against t.be estate must present them 0 properly atlestpd to Mrs. Margaret Thomson Sherard, it May 20,1WJ. Executrix. e II' You arc tlie lluiiN^hrpprr K You will appreciate our suggestion that you use Branstords's "Clifton" Hour. It makes s the best bread,caKe ana pastry for home peoIple as well as visitors. Don't let your prejudice In lavorof another brand prevent your | trying It. L. T. <Se T. M. Miller. d