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p1 ; '';V''-^rpfefe;::?The Abbeville Press and Banner. ! v - ., , ' f' ~: 3h BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1903. ESTABLISHED 1844 || LAST CABINET MEETING. Ami Xow Comes .Gentlemen from Kpnrta Who Controverts Mr. C'lilIioiiu and Knilenvorw to Prove, Reyoiul QupNtion, (hut .Heeiiuif Wan at WaMhinic.on, (in. Augusta Chronicle. Washington, Ga., July 1903. Editor Chronicle: Sir: LIKe Banquo's ghoft, the dlscussloD as to the lust cabinet meet)Dg of the Con fed eracy seems unwilling to down. 1 reler lo articles under dales of June 19, and 26, over the signature of Mr. William P. Calhoun, of Col umbta, 8. C., and appearlug In your paper. At most, the articles are rather amusing tban serious, and lu many Instances tbe author has made many ludicrous statements. * The author feeling himself "again called on to put history straight, and to correct a statement that Is totally wrong," only succeeds in establishing a fact which we do not deny? tbat tbere was a meeting at Abbeville, but *y does not show tbat it was tbe last. He boots 1 at the idea that there could have been a meeting here, for be says that "history shows that but one or two members oi tbe cabluet were with Mr. Davis when be wi-nt lo Washington." His "history" is evidently wroug from all records and statements that I am able to find. Some years a?o when this discussion was rife, I wrote lo General Reagan in regard to tbe matter, and May 1,1899, he wrote tue a6 follows: "All the members of the cabinet were not together alter we lett Charlotte, >>". C. | Secretary of tbe Treasury Trenbolm became able to travel soon after we left Charlotte, and we saw him no more. Attorney General Davis found bis motherless children neat Charlotte, and tbe President and members oi tbe cabinet advised bim to remain with them, aqd we saw no more of hlin after leaving there. All tbe members ol the caolnet were . with tbe President at Abbeville, and were also wlltt him at Washington. (He subsequently wrote me that Mr. Benjamin was not here.) At Washington, Secretary of the Navy, Mailory left us to go to bis family at LaGrange, Ga. Secretary of the War Breckenrldge wub a remnant of cavalry, went west from Wash logton, and I followed President Davis south, overtook blm tbe next day, and remained wltb blm until we were captured near the vll. lage of Irwinville, Ga." lo papers left by Mr. Mallory^and as published by his daughter in (abont) December 19U0 McClure's, he statet tbat be gave in bis resignation to Mr. Davitat Washington. Many of the orders given tie re in tbe disbursement of the treasury have tbe signature of Johu C. Breckenridge signed u or oountersigned on them. As to marking a "slight Investigation" as to finding out if the last cabinet meeting could bave been held here, the above statements ol tbe members are sufficient to show tbe last was not held at Abbeville, for does not Mr. Mallory say thai be resigned here ? Does not General Reagan say that with tbe exception Of Mr. Benjamin, all tbe members of tbe cabinet who were at Abbeville were likewist here? Doesn't Mr. Davis'own statement ?s Is found In Mrs. Davis* "Life of Jefierson Da vis," show that even after leaving Washington tbat It was bis intention logo on toward:tbe trans-Mlsslssippl department where ne haiiavAd be would find Generals E. K. Smith an<j Magruder, wbo would upholn him Id tne cause? Doesn't this prove beyond a doubi tbat be bad no idea of giving up at Abbeville? Wasn't It at Abbeville tbat General Keagau was appointed acting secretary of the treus Dry, and wasn't Assistant paymaster, J. F Wheelees, C. S. .N., ordered to proceed to Washington, Ga., and there present to General Reagan sucb estimates ot the amount required to pay off the officers of tlie Naval school for one or more months? Does this look reasonable to suppose that It the cabinet bad been formally disbanded at Abbevilit and the members of the cabinet and body guard ot the president scattered to the foui winds of the earth, so to speak, tbat Mr. Reagan would bave been appointed an officla. whose duties were to be discharged at Wash; lngton, Ga., aud orders given to proceed to tbat point to have tht m passed UDon ? Wasn't It Here tbat Mr, Davis gave his last official or der in appointing Col. Micafah Henry Clark acting treasurer ? Id private letters to parties - oere, mis. Davis has said that "she has always relieved tna't the last meeting was held in Washington, Ga " As to the gre*t seal hnvlng been last seen ai AbbeylUe, Mr. Burton N. Harrison, private secretary to Mr. Davis, has stated that the statements that the great seal was last seen ai Abbeville and that It was destroyed is evidently a mistake as the great seal was nevei used in cabinet meetings, but in toe secretar\ of state's office, and luat upon the "retreat" from Richmond all the papers, etc., ol this of floe were entrusted In tbe care of a prlvuU person, a Mr. Bromwell, wbo sold them to the United Slates government sometime In the '70s, and tbat tbe great seal will more than likely be found in one of tbe departments ai Washington city. v Tbe assertion tbat tbe bodyguard was dis banded and tbe members of tbecabtuet scattered in all directions wbile at Abbeville i all a mytb. Mr. l^avls says tbat "after tbe e_plration of tbe armistice be rode out of Charlotte, attended by all but two members of bis cabinet, bis personal stall and escort?tbe wboie number being about two thousand." He then proceeds, saying he crossed the Sa vannau river "with a company wblcb bad been detailed as bis escort." Mr. Ma I lory states that they left Abbeville with tbe presi dential party, con?lsliug of some twenty wagons, several ambulauces and about 150 mount . ed men. 1 have above stated who were with tbe president at Washington. In his article ander date ol the lGtb instant, the author says this: "I have been In the home of General Toombs in Washington in i bis life time and he never mentioned to me , any suob claim as Is now being made In talklag of war matters. It Is true tbat tbat mat< ter was not specifically mentioned." What argnment tbe author wishes to deduce from Bucb an assertion I am at a loss to see. He J surely does not mean to assert that because IVwvmKa H4H t>s\* UAlilntoKlIn mnntlAr. tbe fact that tbe lust cabinet mating wat held here Id Washington that there could not possibly have been one. There might have been a dozon, but because General Toombs did uct happen to think of It, especially when it was not "specifically mentioned," Is ridiculous tc say that none happened. M. H Clark's letter to me, makes one of the moet ludlcrouH and absurd statements I have ever seen In print by a man wno has been called on (?) to set history straight, for be says: "Then he (Col. Clark)dashes the claims oI Washington, Ga.vto pieces by stating that rtbe last cabinet meeting at that place was * held Id the Robertson hcuse, when the people of WashlDgton are trying to save the Heard bouse as the historic residence!" To one in any wl6e lamillar with Washington at all, and the author should certainly know somei thing of tbe place If be has been here, be k wouid know that tbe "Robertson bouse" and tbe "Heard house" is oue and the same. But to enlighten the author and any one m else I will give a few poiuts about the old V house. Tbe old building was built about 1824 as a branch office of the Bank ol tbe State 01 Georgia, and Dr. J. J. Robertson was its cashier at the time ol President Davis'slay here. Id the vaults of this bank the Confederacy's bullion and coin were stored. Soon after the close of the war Dr. Robertson removed fi-om the building, which was then used as a poslotKce, a mtlilner'N8bop. and a boarding bouse, when in 1870, Gen. B. W. Heard purchased It and made it bis residence. In the letter of Hon. Wm. H. Parker, of Abbeville, I find several statements which I shall comment upon. Oue is that Mr. Burl staled to him that atone timedurlng the meeting at his house, Mr. Davis displayed great emotion and was led from the room, and tbe members of the cabinet agreed on final disposition. This may have been true in so far as the mem. bers were concerned, but their subsequent actions do not bear out tbe assertion, for General Reagan says that all save Mr. Benjamin - were with the president at both places, Mr. Mallory states that be resigned here in Washington, and it is shown that Mr. Benjamin left with the presidential parly from Abbeville, but parted from them before reaching the Sa vannah. Doubtless Mr. uavm was very tducd distressed upon bearing that some of bis men who bad sworn alleglauce to tbe cause were deserting, but being assured of the hearty cooperation of others and the members of his cabinet that they would undergo anything for bis persona! safety, aud being ever ready to defer bis own personal safety to that of his country, be still believed that he could reorganize and give life to au almost dead cause If be could gel across the MlsNlssli>pi, lor he nays: "When I left Washington, (Ja., my object was to go to the south far enough to pass * points occupied by Federal tioop*, and then turn (o the west, cross (be Cbattabooche, and meet the forces still supposed 10 be in the field In Alabama, if there should be no prospect of a successful resistance west of the Miisisslppl, I Intended to cross to the tran-Mlsslsslppl department, where I believed Generals K. K. Smith and MHgruder would continue to UDhold our cause." If he bad that object at Washington. he surely bad the same oujeci at Abbeville If Mr. DavlB ever felt tbe hopefulness of carrying on tbe war. It wan Burely at Wasbln ton, for knowing of Lee's surrender, ? besays. In speaking of UeDeral Upton's pan*. I* log Dear Washington on bis way to Augusta i to receive the surrender of ibe garrison and i military material at that place. In conformity g with orders Issued by General Johnston,' thu " waa my first positive information of blssurI. : ' render." Ii was very evident that now know Inn of tbe surrender of two of hlsstronges wings that he would have felt how futile wai the attempt. Mr. Calhoun savs that Col. Clark's memorj has become clouded by reason of lapse o; tl>up. This may be true in some respects, bul Mr. Parker has certainly gotten dates and places mixed In respect to Mr. Davis' move ments rrom Abbeville to Washington when he states that the party did not leave Abbevllle until daybreak, that tbey passed hie mother's plantation about 8 a. m., and that thev breakfasted at the residence of Capt. W. T Drennan.and then crossed the Savannah river. Mr. Mai lory says that "the party left Abbeville at 11 o'clock the same night (May .'I) for Washington.Ga.,a distance of some fortyI mitPB and bv ridine briskly reached tbe Savannah river at daylight. This they crossI ed upon a pontoon bridge and reached Washington at about 10 o'clock a. m." Mr. Davis says: "Alter two halts (after leav'ng Charlotte) of half a day each, we reached the Savannah river. I crossed early In tbe morning of May 4. with a company which bad been detailed as my escort.and rode some miles to a farm house, where I halted to get breakfast and have our horses fed " I have written several parties respecting the movements of Mr. Davis from the time he left Richmond until bis eapture, and from tbem I shall, I ?ra sure, bear the truth of this controversy. Uutll then I see no plauslb e reason why Abbeville has any claim. Very truly yours, Emmet C'allan. CONTRIBUTED LOCALS. I'lckctl t'p Here mid There on Ruiiuda About the City. Abbeville, S. C., July 21,1903. w ..... 1 .It 11 A i-.in altar I> lllpHKftllt HtftV mrii. uiu >iuu uuiiui?.i,a,,v. - ... ? with relatives In Tocoa came borne a few days ?go. Misses iNkia and Lila Wilson of Warrenton spent a few days in tbe city last week, tbe siH'stK of Miss Maggie Brooks. Mr. and Mri. Kearsey and their five beautiful children, after a week's vls t to Mrs. Martin, have returned to their bonje In Augusta. Miss Jennie Cleudenlng of Crlnton is on a visit to her sister. Mrs. Bud Sign. Rev. Mr. Bucbboltz Is carrying on a very Interesting meellug at tbe Baptist church. Tbe attendance so far as been good and we hope may coutluue so tbrougb the meetings. Miss Kittle Martin 01 Due West Is on a visit to her cousin, Miss Pearic. A crowd of young people enjoyed a ploasant otcnic at Little Mountain last Friday with Mrs. L.T. Miller and Mrs. Harvey Wilson as cbaperones. Mr. Mitchell and George Hodges were suddenly called borne on account of tbe illness of their mother, Mr. Robert Hemphill gave an at borne last Thursday night In honor of Mr. Coward and Miss McFail. Miss McFail and Mr. Coward of Charleston ire In the city tbe guests of Miss Grace and Mr. Robert Hemphill. The young ladies of t be Presbyterian cburcb <erved cream last week on the lovely lawn ol Mrs. J. S. Stark's. From all accounts their profits were successful. Mint) Gussle Wilson Is on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Harvey Wilson. Mr. l)lck Bruce and Lnval Miller are enjoying the cool breeze and good water at Little Mountain. Mrs. Henry Norwood of Greenwood Is the <uest ol Miss Lucia Parker. Mr. Gus Lee Ik visiting friends in Trenton. Misses Nell Wilson and Fannie Harris have returned alter a pleasant visit to Miss Lizzie Morrabof Belvlew. Mrs. Lutber Nickels was of Abbeville's representatives at the Gilliam picnic last Saturday. Miss Janle Edwards is visiting her brother out in the Sharon neighborhood. Miss Annie Hnlcomoe isspendlng this week with her aunt, Mrs M. E. Uolllngswortb. On account of the absence ol Rev. Wells there was no preaching la the Methodist 'oburch lust Sunday as he hasgoue lot month's vacation. Dr. Piatt spent a few days at Little Mountain last week. Miss Beneie Bruce, after a long sick spell, Is up again. Our Summer School opens Monday, July 27th, and our city will be brightened by beautiful teachers. 1 SECOND CROP STRAWBERRIES. ? * Secenttlon Hill Rained a Racket Forty Yetirs Ako, and Now tbe Historic Spot lirowN WellcloiiH Strawberrl?N. Mrs. S.N. Williams Uvea Ids pretty home surrounded by tbe most beautiful gardens, wlille ibe most, lovely shaded walks abound. On tbe spoi wblcb gave blrib to Secession, and wllblu tbe shades of magnificent oaks, .Mrs. Williams cultivates flowers In all their iierfectlou. In tbe gardens her vegetables grow In great luxuriance, but liercblef.dellgbt is In raising strawberries. She pleases tbe nppetlte of toe upproacb of tbe sunshine iof spring, and lh autumn tbe lusclus berry gladdens tbe eye and gratifies tbe taste, tier becond crop of strawberries are uow at tbeir best, and we presume ihat. tbe best of all tbe berries will be with us until the chilly frosts of winter hhall give tnern notice to run to cover. If It be a feat worthy of note to grow two fclades of grass wben only one grew before, what shall we say of those who can grow two crops ofstawberrles In one year? FIIj. llnKb HcUHNter. For nearly eight years the business affairs ol The Evening Host have been under tbe direction ot Mr. Fltz Hugh McMaster, who closes bis service with tbe paper this afteruoon and on Monday becomes circulating manager of Tbe Columbia Htate. It Is notallgbt parting that separates the man and bis work. Peculiarly successful and gratifying to himself, tbe rpcord of Mr. McMastet's service with The Evening Post Is a vital story to the paper. Tbe Evening Post's survival of early trials, development under first encouragement and final and rm eHuioimumeni are 10 uu eimueui ucjjrcc attributable to btm. It must be bard for blm to leave; It Is distressing to The Evening Post to have him go. To us the ODly consolation In parting la the privilege It gives us Of recording an appreciation of the man, which we might not bave been permitted by the proprieties while he was a part of ourselves. Yet with the opportunity comes a realization of our Inadequacy to it. Wecan only say that bo will aiways be remembered by The Evening Post as a faithful steward and successful manager and beloved by his associates as a true mau and loyal friend. An energetic and righteous citizen, his departure will make a gap in this community, where he has made a home and a name. Good wishes and earnest prayers for bis success und happiness will follow him from Charleston and he will always find hearts nr./4 VwxmtiD k.lm Vw.-,, A ...I no Tho Evening Post goes on in Itn course of usefulness UDd reaches to higher successes In the future It will ever he mindful of the splendid services which were rendered It by KHz Hugh McMaster, to whom we now Bay farewell and God-speed.?Charleston Post. Will LhukIi hi Their C'Rlnmlly. E'HtorJohu W. Holmes, himself u bachelor, has the following In the liarn well People: 'Editors Hoy t of Ureenvllle, McHweeney oi Hampton and Wallace of Newberry, three ol the best, have contracted the pernicious simultaneous habit of publishing weekly what they style, 'Reflections of a Baohelor.' . "Brethren, we would In all kindness suggest that some of these day s a cyclone of fernlnlne wrath will dishevel your locks, and you had better drop It. Woman Is. we have heard, a very forgiving angel, but she can't stand every thing. Your better halves?no metaphor In that?will oouclude that you are dreaming or tbe days of single blessedness now gone forever, and woe be unto you. And Bros. Hugh Wilson, James T. Bacon and the rest of us will lauyh at your calamity and mock when your fear cometh. "t^uil your nagging. The bachelors have trouble enough, anyhow," When the ottlce ie compelled to seek I the man it'n rlrtiicrhnnta tn fmltrp that ? vv?0???ww QW ? there is uo salary attached. Probably the worst thing about pov, erty in its monotony; there is little or uo change iu connection with it. i| All a rogue wants is justice?to heai him tell it. inn ? I And Last Cabinet?Important and Very Valuable Contribution t.n Hnntrnvfirav Nnw On. AN EYE-WITNESS TALKS. This (ienllemnu Given Testimony as to U'hat He Sbw and Heard?CircnraNtances Under Which Mr.Davis Lett Abbeville. Abbeville, S. C? July 10th. 1903. Editor of^Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, ua. L/eur oir.- n uou x wuocuau vc u uj. a ? Calhoun, Esq., some Items of Information connected with the movements of President Davis and his cablDet at Abbeville, I had no expectation of being drawn Into the controversy about the place of the last meetiDg of the cabinet, but Mr. Ernest Callan, of Sparta, In his communication of July 4th, to which my attention has been called by a friend, has charged me with "having gotten dates and plaoes mixed," In reference to Mr. Davis' movement from Abbeville, and I request the privilege of a limited space In your paper to correct bis erroneous conceptions. Permit me to say, In the first place, that I take little Interest in the question as to the last place of meeting of the Davis cabinet, whether in Abbeville, 8. C., or Washington, Ga? and If the Daughters of the Confederacy In the state of tieorgla desire to invest their money lu the ancient "Heard House" to prevent its being torn down, because It was the last roof to shelter the fugitive president, I would certainly make no objection to their doing so, and respect the sentiment moving thereto. , It is admitted that a cabinet meeting was held at Abbeville, as stated by Mr. Burt, In bis residence, at which only four members of the cabinet were present to wit: Mr. Beuja| min, Mr. Reagan, Mr. Mallory and Gen. Breckenrldge?Secretary Tranbolm and Attorney General Davis having separated from the party before reaching Abbeville. Mr. Benjamin left the party before reaching Washington, Ga., so that nut three of the cabllrtA* Mmolnml mUh Ilia nrfluMflU t "trhpn hft reached Washington. Mr. Reagan seems to have overlooked the absence of the above three members, as Mr. Callan says he "subsequently wrote me that Mr. Benjamin was not here," having previously stated that "all the members oi the cabinet were with the president at Abbeville and were also with him at Washington. Again the presence of tbe three members of the cabinet with tbe president at Washington, did not necessarily import a cabinet meeting, and no statement to that effect, so far as X have seen, has been made by either one ol them. Mr. Reagan was from Texas, Mr. Mallory from Tennessee, and Mr. Breckenrldge from Kentucky; and the route by Washington would be naturally taken by them to get to their respective homes, and it appears that Mr. Mallory aud Mr. Brecken ridge promptly separated from the party before President Davis left Washington. Mr. Callan says the "dlsbandment of the troops at Abbeville is a myth." If so, how was it then 'hat tbe president's party left Abbeville with nly "about one hundred and fifty men," when, as he hlmseir states, "be rode out of Charlotte attended by all but two members of his cabinet, his personal staff and escort, the whole number being about two thousand." Perhaps Mr. Callan can suggest what became of tbe remaining seventeen hundred or eighteen hundred mounted men. Contemporaneous rumor had It that about half-way between Abbeville and Washington, Ga., a raid was made upon some of the wagons hiving money of the Confederate government, and cavalry scat tered with what colu they oouia lay tceir bands on. Mr. R?agan says General BreckeDbrtdge left Washington wltb a "remnant." What became or the remaining troops? Now as to the "Great Seal,1" do statement was made that "It was last seen at Abbeville," but Mr. Perrln's statement as to the consultatlOD what to do with It, and hm recommendation, would not be questlcued by anybody who knew his high character and punctilious regard for trutb?but would anybody credit the statement that Mr. Benjamin turned over the "Great 8eal" of tbe Conlederate government to a "private person," with all the papers of tbe office, and that It has remained all these years. "In ooe of the departments at Washington"? that certainly Is a "myth." Wbat a gold mine "that private person," who sold all the papers to tbe United States government would have bad, if he could have bartered tbe "Great Heal" of the Confederacy. Now Mr. Editor, as to the time of the departure of the presidential party from Abbeville, I have only tbls to say, as stated by me In my letter to Mr. Calhoun, I saw President Davis wben be rode through tbe town and went to Mr. Burt's residence. My family were then living wltb my mother at her plantation atiout ten miles from Abbeville and a >alf mile from tbe Vienna road leading to Washington. Ga. In the afternoon I Joined my family at tbe plantation. In conversa J tlon. It was suggested tbat, lr a federal roroe reached Abbevlll In pursuit of the president, certain valuables we bad stored there, mlgbt be In danger ol spoliation and loss, and I re turned to Abbeville, In my mother's two bone wayon, accompanied by oor faithful carriage driver, Dave, arriving there about 11 o'olock or a little later. About two miles from Abbeville, I met a scouting party of cavalry with an officer in command, and it was suggested to me that it would be safer not to go through the cavalry encampment with such horses, and I turned off the main road and going by the poor house farm, entered the town lroin a different direction. I learned then that the president's party were still In Abbeville and did not know that they intended leaving Abbeville that night. Having secured what I came for, I left Abbeville about twelve o'clock and would have known ot the departure of the president's party If it had taken place before that time, as I was, with my wagon and team, at the premises of Judge Wardlaw (my wife's father) which was Immediately contiguous to Mr. Burt's and Mr. Perrin's residence and lot, and the narty would have necessarily passed by Judge Wardlaw's bouse. I reached my mother's Dlace. as near as I can guess, between two and tbree o'clock a. m. Id order to get hack to Abbeville at an early boar, I bad either eaten or was ready for breakfast about seven o'clock or a little later, when I distinctly heard the rumbling of the wagon train, coming down the long red hill near the White place about a half mile across from my mother's plantation. 1 hiij satisfied It was after seveu o'clock. I distinctly remember that regret was expressed at the time that we had not known the president and the parly would pass at that time, as we would have oflered them breakfast. They actually took breakfast with a well-known citizen about three miles further on, after crossing Calhoun's mill bridge, over Little Kiver, I did not see '.bo president's parly or the wagon train but unless the party had preceded the wagon train some hour*, X am satisfied I am approximately correct. This, Mr. Editor, will close my connection with the question of the place of the last cabinet meeting, aDd after having carefully read the previous artloles In your June numbers, and the last, of July 4lh, I see nothing to prove that any cabinet meeting was held at Washington, Ga? though Mr. Heagan, Mr, Mallory and Gen. Breckenrldee did arrive there with 1'resident Davis, of whom the last two took their departure before tbf president. Yours very truly, Wm. II. I'arker. worthy minniou. ,Mr. J. H. Oulla, who Ih in charge of the Mechanical department of the Connl'e Maxwell Orphanage at Greenwood came up last week to help Mr. Robert Crocker get a Job at the shops. His Interest lu Mr. Crocker waB touching. Robert lu an orphan, who has been in the Orphanage for several years. Recently he arrived at tbe age, when boys must leave the lnftiltutlou, and Mr. Oulla came up to help receive a place for as ;good a boy as ever went from the institution. Possessing hia high character and governed by noble inxtlncts it is hoped that the orphan boy may find good friends, who will be of advantage to him. Wealth doesn't always bring happiness? and tbe same may be said of poverty. Only tbe judg" at a prize baby show knows how to sympathize with a base Ku II 11 rnniru Cal)-drivera' lives are filled with whoa. I Co HAS AN II KINDS AN THE SAME A POUND i An advance in pric Save \ ' That Corn Stalk Question. r? Southern Cultivator. P? Ioi Have you settled it? If so on which j0, aide do you stand. As a farmer you on must raise cornstalks. You can not Up raise corn without them. 80 they cost au you nothing to raise. They are strict- to ly a by-product of growing corn. Now w| then having these stalks, what will pi] you do with them ? They have a val- g]( ue. How much they are worth de- pj< pends upon how you dispose of them. an The old way was and is to pull of! DU * U/* nnH )ao ma f Ko jif n 1 Ir f/\ r*r\ f i n ? LUC IUUUCI auu 1CI??c KUC nwtia LU ivv IU Qf the field or to be burned next spring. tw This is a very losing way to use pu them, It costs as much to save the th fodder as it is worth. Very often y0 more. Why then-do we pull fodder? Before we learned to grow bay for dj horses and mules, we needed the fod- an der as a rough food. th WE KNOW BETTER NOW. * But we have learned that the entire an stalk is good for bay. We have also in learned tbat the fodder blades are need- pe ed to help the grain fill out. Tbat an we can not pull the fodder without making the grain lighter. The minute you take off the blades the corn ceases to fill. Hence more is lost in tbe pp weight of the grain than the fodder yo weighs if the fodder be picked a little Yt green, as is often the case. yo We have learned that the entire stalk 8ts is good for hay. J f properly prepared yo stock will eat it freely and do as well f as upon any other bay. yo We have learned tbat it is as cheap m< if not cheaper to cut and shed the or stalks as to barvest tbe corn in the old coi way. th We say we have learned these things. They are no longer doubtful, bo mapy experiments have beeu made arid such success has attended them that we may safely say they are practically settled. F01 We do not mean to say that every '9 one has succeeded. Many have failed . r to be pleased at first, but tbere has !8 always been some sufficient reason. !1?; Tbe shredding was not properly 8'' done or the corn was damp or some ^ such trouble. Cattle" have been a little slow to take ^ hold freely in some cases. Generally v* this was becaure the work had not been properly done somewhere. Shredded cornstalks, when well ^ made has proven about equal to other bay. ah the value. d The stover about equals in value the wj grain. That is if you get twenty bush- ?r els of oorn you get a ton of hay. The 0* hay will sell in the market for as ^ much as the corn. ne Now is it good business to throw 0f away one-half you make. We think not. If you have made $ 100 worth of corn you have $100 of stalks. It is not a question whether you should make these stalks. You were compelled to make them to get the corn. The real question is what will you w: do with them now that you have made them? Will you use them or will you ar loose them? The wise man will use gt them, the foolish man will losejthem. w If you are running a two-horse farm g0 you should plant at least twenty acres w in corn and make at least twenty tons .u of stover, worth $300. This added to gj the income of your year's work will make quite a difference in the year's business. So if you are a good business man you will save what you have made. NOW IS THE TIME TO DECIDE. tu Do not wait until the last day to set- j8 tie this question, but settle it now and g( begin to make your arrangements in ju time. w Shredders are not expensive. But if you do not feel able to invest in one alone, join with your neighbor and get one. Or see that some one in your . community has one to travel around * and shred just as they travel and ' thresb grain. WHEN TO CUT THE COKN. 81 Wait until tbe fodder is well yel- ei lowed, a week later than you would to pull the fodder. Then shock from 100 to 400 stalks in " a shock and tie them tirmly so as to w Now is the tton f [y_ OlENCE STOCK D IS OFFERING JfKiUJiB AH W ?1 CHEAPER THAN e is sure to com* money by buyin L. W iist windstorms. To do tbis get a ice of 2x3 scantling about 12 feet ag. Put two logs about 3J to 4 feet io nn rtno onH R.Aah t.hft nther find -*e v" vuv v? ? -? ? the ground. Three feet from the per end bore an inch and a quarter ger hole. Make a pin four feet long go through tbis. Set your horse lereyou wiwh the shock, put in tbe a and place the corn in tbe four ania. Get on tbe horse and have a dw line with a ring tied to one end d throw this around tbe corn and t the rope through the ring and aw tight. Then with a piece of ine tie the corn firmly. Get down, ill out your pin, yoke your horse u>y e upper end and go to tbe next plac? u wish a shock. We have written often all of these reclions, but we have many thousds of new subscribers and many of e old ones did not catch on last year. ? we write them again. The shredder will take the ears ofl d shuck them and cut the stalks to fine bay. Some of the more exnsive machines will shell the corn d sack it. work for your own interest. Do not let your old habiis or your ejudices or your laziness prevent u from saving your corn stalks. >u would not think of throwing ur cotton seed away. Your corn ilks are worth much more than ur cotton seed. 3ave them, shred them, feed them to ur cattle, sell tbe cattle and make :>ney all round. When it takes all your cotton to pay your debts your ru stalks will give you money to buy e comforts of life. How to Stand Btrnlitbt. One of the most admirable points in ilitary discipline, says an exchange, the erectness of figure given by the ill exercises. A "soldierly" beariug proverbially a flue one. Tne ionowg rules, if strictly carried out, will ve the civilian the benefit of such a rriage. Try them and see. Make it a rule to keep tbe back of e neck close to the back of the collar. )11 tbe shoulders backward and wnward. Try to squeeze the shoulr-blades together many times a day. and erect at short intervals during e day?"head up, chin in, chest out, oulders back." Walk or stand with the hands claspbehind the head and the elbows ide apart. Walk about, or even.run i-stairs, with from teu to forty pounds i the top of the head. Try to look at e top or your high-cut vest or your icktie. Practice the arm movements the breast-stroke swimming while inding or walking. Hold the arms hind the back. Carry a cane or urnella behind the small of the back or ihind the neck. Put the bands on the hips, with eliws back and fingers forward. Walk ith the thumbs in the arm-holea ol e vest. When walking, swing tb m and shoulders strongly backward, and now and then during the da> ith all the posterior parts of the body, far as possible, touching a vertical all. Look upward as you walk ot] e sunny siae of the street.?1Tht andard. Grit mid BrninN. Grit is a good thing, an essentia ling, but there must be brains to hole ie liues. Holding on toabadthinj; just as disastrous as letting go of i >od thing. Be sure you are not 1001 ig with a buzzsaw and then don' orry about a few suspender buttons To work fearlessly, to follow earnest ' after truth, to rest with u childJik? >nfidence in God's guidance, to leav< ae's lot willingly and heartily to hiii -this is my sermon to myself. II w< >uld live more in sight of heaven, w< lould care less for the turmoil o irth. The serene beauty of a holy life i.' le most powerful influence in th< orld next to the might of Clod, Time to Buy (tOO<I w 1 V w vm OF COTTON GOC G THEM AT P EN COTTON WAS IT IS NOW. . . j? mm^m ? g before the advai WF | CRACK GOES THE | IN COME THE 01 MirgmMul 2 QPI I <; THP VFPV RFST ( FERTILIZER AT THE VERY LOWES 1 It pays to fertilize your la THE VIRCHNIA-CAROI CHEMICAL COMPAN ' - PRODUCTS. BOLD EYERYTJ.7H1 Th? Virginia-Carolina Chemical CHARLESTON. & C. r niiFit I Texas, Indian Territ sas, and ^ THE NASHVILLE, CHATTANI AND WESTERN AN! Solid Vestibule throuj i and Memphis. Onli Texas. Very low rate 1 west and West. BEST SERVICE. . ? i For rate9, schedules, maps or : jno. No. 1 N. Pryor St., Atlanta, Ga . L. W. Wliitf'N I.ocaln. Our trade In embroideries ban been phenon enal. We bad tbe largest stock of them ;w . ever had to begin with, and yet we receive r two large additional shipments last weel Our prices are tbe lowest ever known U [ tbexe goods. Come and see tbem. ' L. W. White's Immense stock of whl l goods Is still holding out. He still offers tl > choicest things to be nad In white madras, I ' dla linens, waist linens, organdies, batiste piques, nainsooks, cambrics, <&o., &c. Black voile continues to be the leadlr black goods of tbe season. Hlnce L. W. Wbl first received his spring stock be has sent lo ward five different orders for black voile. 1 I keeps In stock two different grades, one at cents a yard and another at $1.00 a yard. If you want cheap goods you will sure find them at L. W. White's. Those whl . lawns more than a yard wide at 5 cents a va cunuot be matched anywhere. We have so already more than fifteen hundred yards them. L. W. White always carries an lmnien stock of cotton goods. His prices are as chei now as they were whfn cotton whs five at six centB a pound. His stock of unbleachi . sheetings, bleached long cloths, full wld 4 sheetings, bed tickings,glnuhams, prints at ^ percales was never larger than at present. l Hamilton Brown Company shoes are on j sold In the city of Abbeville by L. W. Whll ' He has a good stock of them now. Shoes f 3 ladles and gentlemen, misses, bovs and ch f dren. This make of shoes is not excelled point of style, comfort and durability. i 3 L. W. White sells the best yard-wide u bleached sheeting at 5 cts a yard to be font anywhere. ... s' i )DS OF ALL .? p ArrririAT.T.v FIVE CENTS I * * ace is established. ilTE. RDERS '' JBL Mcalfc, ZfiffV ' i rlraWM WW! jRADESOF ITCOSJ/ Jp J :|| TH Illtllll (IIILIfl I lt??"JSIJMU C8MFI1T j "The Largest Manufacturer of Fertilizerson Earth" . Forty odd WT \ Manufacturing, plants Wholesale purchasers Si Largest imoorters ^ Concentration of Management Bills TO ;ory, Oklahoma, ArkanMissouri, M 1A M IflCH ft CT innre PAIFWiV jvun a. uii uvuiu umuunij 9 ATLANTIC RAILWAY, | ;h trains between Atlanta / one change of cars to ;s to points North, North- 4 . . QUICKEST TIME. any information, write, E. SATTERFIELD, Traveling Passenger Agent Onward and Upward. "e We live but one life, we pass but id once through this world. We should jj* live so that every step shall be a step onward and upward. We should te strive to be victorious over every evil 36 mnuence. we snouiu sees: 10 gaiuer good and en rich meat of character from every experience, making our progress ig ever from more to more. Wherever te we go we should try to leave a blessf" ing, something which will sweeten an5^ other life or start a new song or an Impulse of cheer or helpfulness in anothly er heart. Then our very memory when we are gone will be an abiding blessid iug in the world, o/ _ j u *p Tlie Ri^lX Time for Pruning. 'jj The largest brauch starts from a bud, tti which a slight movement of the finid gers would have broken off. By going over young trees and rubbing off buds iy that appear when branches are not needed, there will be very little pruning to be done when the trees come iu into bearing. Humility is the virtue all preach, n." none nrae.tifte. ?n<l vpt <?vervbodv is J content to bear. >, v'.'A . . -o; . ,v, \;\a