The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, July 22, 1903, Image 5

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IT W - " b** The Press and Bannei EJ^Pubilnhed every Wednesday at 82 i ear In advance. TTT aJnAD^nTT T n 1TT 00 1QHQ ww cuuvouajf) t? uij f<jfjy ii/uu. A ?u>irri'Al(>ry of Mii<tlc. c Prof. D. N. ltaldwlu, of Marietta, (Ja.. Im been ennamM t>y the members of "Baldwin" Military B:?nd." recently orsranizfd in thi city, as instructor and director. Xit conuec tlon wilb his Baud he will open a Conserva tory of Music, and will take a limited num ber of private scholars on violin, nmudollu cornet, An. l'rof. Baldwin conns high I) recommended from some of the largest clliei in tieoreis, where he Ims for thirty years pas conducted bauds and orchestras under hi own uaine. Those who wish to avail themselves of thli opportunity wl'I do well to consult I*ro( ? Baldwin at theUlen Ethel Hotel forterms, Ac rThc .llnrrli of Protrrett*. As long as people knew no better, they wen content to do without the railroad, th?) tele phoue, &e., but who. In this progressive age would dispense with these necessities now' Ho ll is witu tiour. as long as you use inn rlor flour and know nothing of the merits o Bransford's "Clifton," you may be satlsflec wlib your bread, cake and pastry, but If yoi try one suck of "Clifton," the "cake Is dough' with all Interior flours. L. T. ?Jt T. M. Miller Summer School. The summer school for white teachers will be held In the Graded School building at Ah bevllle. beginning at 10 o'clock, Monday, July 27th, 1!?03. Tnose who Intend to teach In thii County next yeur are expected to attend. F C. DuPre. County Sup't. of Education. EmpliaMixeN its Superiority. ? The best test of the merit of an article It "V the w?y It sells. Bransford Mills, Owen* b ?ro, Ky., where "Clifton" fl >ur is made, run SB nlghtmid day, and yet they cannot supply Br the demand for "CHlton." lu this city, at W elsewhere, It is thestandard by which othei r flours are gauued, and the statement that "ll r Is Just as good as "Clifton" only makes its sn perlority more pronounced. L. T. & T. M Miller. v New .tlercliiiiilM. Messrs King aud Martin, merchants of Anderson, have come to town and will occupy * the store of Mr. Tate on Washington Street, Mr. Tate will occupy a store under the Glenn Ethel hotel. Messrs King and Martin will meet a cordial reception from our people, and the Press and Banner would have good things to come to them even as they cametc . Mr. Tate. \ _ _ No Services. ?A tho ? Af tha WotT W I* Sams from tbe city, there will be no service a'. Trinity Church ou Wednesday afternoon. Services on Sunday at 11 o'clock with a celebration of tbe lioly Communion. This will be tbe last service in Trinity Church until the first Sunday In September, as tbe Rector will be away for a month's vacation. ' l Summer .School. Tbe summer school for negro teachers will be held at Greenwood, S. C., beginning Monday, July 27th 1903. You are expected to at tena and remain during the session of the school. F C. DuPre, County Sup't of Education. f Cltsn U|?. ' , All lots and preuilms will be Inspected from time to time from now od. A full use of lime is recommended. James Chalmers, City Cleric. Calhonu.MillN Picnic. There will be a large picnic at Calhoun Mills. Parks <t McDonald, tbe owners of the *?%?]! ImuIIa aw^puntio t a r>r\ nr? o onM hrl n tr fnll basket* Saturday, Aug. 1st. l)oo't forget tht date. - Welcome VUltor. Mr. Fred W. Cragen ol Portsmouth, Va., In tbe city lor a few days. He is the guest ol Mr. Lulber Hlggason while here. School Notice. A meeting of the patrons of Smithvillf School, Is called to ireet at the School House on Friday the 24th 3 P. M. To elect teacher* lor tbe next let m. T. H. Tolbert. Oil for Oil<11 ii SpriiiK". Mr. A. B. Morse, merchant. Is ofl for twe weeks at Glenn Springs, where he goeB foi rest and recuperation. To Tencher*. Mis. G. E. Nichols desires boarders. Those attending the Summer school will find this u pleasant home. For Kent. Nicely furnished room, also a few selecl boarders. Apply to July 21,1903. , J.L.Maxwell. i Who In He? Who Is it that makes the Fewer gallons; wears-longer paint ? Potntue Slips. Yam potato slips for sale by (J. R. Rlcbey. ^ The Conlederate Veterans of the Count> will meet at their usual voti- g precincts in each township on tbe First Saturday In FAueust to elect by bullot, an ex-con federate Soldier or Sailor, not a holder of, nor an applicant lor a pension, as the representative of the veterans of said township. Tbe representatives so elected shall meet at Abbeville on the first Monday of September following for the purpose ot electing a County Board. J. F. Livingston, July 17th, 1908. Chairman Co. Board. Rev. W. B. Sams has gone to Columbia to attend the Anniversary Service of Bishop Capers at Trinity Church on Wednesday. July 22. This service Is In honor of the Blsh op's 10th year a Bishop ol the Diocese, and od this occasion tbe clergy will present their beloved Bishop with a "Loving Cup." The Laity will give htm a very handsome set ol Episcopal Robes, and tbe chlldreu will prtsent him a private Communion Set of solid silver. Messk?. B. K. Bkacham and w. b. Bench am, his brother, have been awarded contraci to build grand stand and other buildings on fair grounds nt Athens, Ga. Athens will bold big talr first week iu October. Miss Christine South of Greenwood Is on a visit to MIsb Florence Klrby. l-iii'i I Will Do It?What I * riAKE CREAM OR ICES WITH A Peerless Iceland Freezer (One A\otion.) I LL TlnTi/lnrnYiA PA " AUU6Y111C flttiuwaicvju ?. We are constantly replen ishing our stock of Samplei and are still selling Shirts I Underwear, Hosiery, Belts Umbrellas, Neckwear, Sus penders, Towels, Handker chiefs, Gloves, Skirts, Waisti and very many other articlei - ^ at exactly wholesale prices A. M. Smith & Co. J. Vi N I.ocrIN. Try McKcfe K 1'urlty Coffee 15c 2 for '2.>c. Try our KngllKh cured shoulders. Try h eallon of New Orleans Syrup at M< Kee'fe,60c per gallon. Kret-b cheese at 20c per pound. SB? He sure and see us before you uuy you SUES fruit jar*. Ugl If you need jelley glasses call at McKee's. gjs?| ? ? ^ ? WB Angels without wings are the Itesl P!? They are not so fly. I | LOWNDESVILLE. IIit|?l>.V JlrtrrlHU'i'-l'tfiiic- HauislritO'f Court StvuppiiiK Parly. I Miss LIZic!e Nhijc?' titid Miss s Jennie Maj and Kutii Dunn, have spent I lie last ten days | at the Honieot Mr. "Hoss" Xaucemar Muntt ' rey. . Mr. Ira Kei\having compieiea nis course ir Telegraphy under >lr. K. W. Coiycr, \yas forI tunatein securing a posotlon lu Charleston s lor which place he left Monday morning ti s j begiu Iiih duties. ^ ! our planters, for several day* af'cr Monday were relieved of grass-killing because of Hit . j ground soaking rains which fell on thai day. !. Messrs It. (i. IVrrin and A. (J. Carpenter I ol Klberton, were here on 'I'uesday ou busi ' ' ness. s | Mr. J. M. (taker left Tuesday morning foi j I Washington, 1>. C, where he went to ineel g his lather, Mr. T. Haker, who has spent uiort than a year m that place, and Philadelphia , under treatment. They reached this plact Tnursdnv moruintr. the last, much benefitted, .Vims Fannie Henry, of Klberton,, after spending sometime with her brother, Dr. B, A. Heury, on her return to her home, acrost the river, stopped over here lor a day or two 3 with the faintly of Mr. E. \V. Harper. Mrs. Jas. M. Giles, of Anderson 0. H., c?mc . down Wednesday morning to stay a lew day* ? with her brotlier-in-law and ianiily. Mr. Win, Moore. t Mr. Thomas Speer. who went to CRlllornlH 1 about a year igo, cune back Weduesday tc spend a while with the family of his father, ' Mr. li. W.Soeer. Miss Anui'e Davis, from near Abbeville, C. H. is at i he Lome of Mr. Jas. M. Young to stay sometime. 1 Mr*. J <s Chalmers, of Abbeville. C. H., and her visitor, M n-s Carrie Tennent. of McAlllster, Indian Territory, catue up Weduesday aud were the guests ol Mr. H. A. 'ferment till the next evening. Mr. J. F- Harper and family, after spending sometime in K berton Co. lit., with kinspeople, came back to their home here, several days bgo. Mrs J. M. Ward, ol Florida, being on n vls.t 1 to relatives in this county came here uud spent Thur-day with Mrs. .1. D. Wilson. 1 Quite a crowd, about 2> of our young people drove up to Burdett's Mill on Kocky ' Klvt-r, tlve miles from here aud had a picnic ' on Thursday. A lew ol the young people ol : that neighborhood heard of their com I ng ' aud met them there. It was au Ideal tnld summer day?the place selected a suitable one?provlsslrtus in quantity and quality, and variety, to satisfy I lie demands of a first classdltiiug, and the gathering could not have . been oilier than a very pleasurable one. Mr. J. Fulton Ciiukscales, of Troy, and Miss Leona Cilnkscales, oP'The Fork," Wore united In marriage Thursday at <>, a. in, at I the home ot the venerable lather of the bride, Mr. J. F. Clioksc-iles. Tne ceremony was [ per.*vru.ed In the presence of a few of the , friends ol the contracting parties, by Kev. H. W. Barber. The bridal party took the 8,'2") train going South, lor the home of the groom. Man> friends extend to thetri their heartfelt wishes , for their success along all lines, in their new ( relationship to each other. Mr. Henry Power, of Penny Creek, was here on business Friday. I Mr. J. M. Giles of Anderson C. II, came down Friday aud was me guest til 1 that evening of his brother-in-law, Mr. William Moore. Mr. A. J. Wardlaw, of Due West, was in town Frldny. Mrs. J. C. .Nick les and her four children, ot Greenwood C. H., came up several days ago to spend a while with the brother ol the first named, Mr. E W. Harper. Miss Hose Hill, of Bell's, came over Friday and has spent t he time since with Miss Annie Bell and MissLlllie Huckabae. On Friday there was a case in Magistrate J. G. liuckabee's Court of unusual interest, io much so that attorneys were present to defend the litigants. Lank Martin <co,) brought suit sgalust the Farmers Bank of Abbeville, C. H., which he claimed the Bank was due him. Capt. W. H. Parker who Is President of above Bank, and one of the oldest aud best lawyers in the state, was here In the interest ol the Bank. Mr. W. P. Green, a prominent and coming lawyer of the Abbtvliie Bar, was the counsel for defence. Mr. W. B. Martin, also af the Abbeville Bar, ijuite a young mau who but recently joined the legal fraternity and who will doubtless be heard frora later on, was plaintttrs counsel. Alter the usual formalities In such cases made und provided, the jury decided In favor of the defendan t. Mrs. V. L. Kenneuy.who spent sometime with homefo.ks In Maryland, came back several days ago., >lr. Will Sadler, ot Florida, Is visiting friends and relatives in this section, bis boyhood borne. Mr. Jas. Lomax and Mrs. Frank McCord and some ot tbeir children, being at tbebome of their klnsmau Mr. R. T. Wilson, spent Saturday at Mrs. A. E. Moorbead's. At the suggestion ol Miss Leona Blake, of 1 Abbeville, who has been here for a short time tue "powers that be" of the Methodist 1'arsoniige Aid S icleiy, decided to have a swapplug party last Friday night. The place selected was at the elegant home of Mr. E. W. Harper. The house and grounds were well lighted by lanterns placed at proper distan oes. A large crowd, of young and old, men, women and children honored the occasion by their precence. A program of recitations and music, vocal and instrumental was carried out, thus aiding in making the time past rapidly and pleasantly, iu due time ttie swapping took place, and perhaps do bucU assoum*-ui wan ever seen before. It was equal to a regular junkshop or any other noudesirlpt. Much mirth was tbe result. Later came tbe refreshments, which euded the exercises for evening (about 12 o'clock) the management was well pleased wltb the result, having taken In near twenty dollars. It. togeiber with all who were present, are under many obligations to Miss Leona B ake for the active interest she look and the ild given by her In making o! the party so complete a success. Troupe. TROY. Good Crops?.Moccasin in the Parlor ? Kltcllon of Teachers?Picnic ni Lellie. Juiy 20th, 1993. If the farmers fall in a crop this year It will be because of grass, as the seasons have been abuudaDt. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Cook, and her sister Miss Hawthorn from Iva, S. C. are here with Judge Cook's family* Mrs. E. J. Taggart 1? In Vienna, Ga., with her son Mr. J. L. Taggart aud wile. Mrs. Ada Kennedy from Flatwoods, was gladly seen In I'roy recently. Mr. J U. Wardlaw, one of Bellvue's best I farmers, killed a huge moccasin in his parlor last week; we expect the slayers of the grass chased him from bis place of safety in the 1 cotton fields. Mrs. M. W. Cuddy and Miss Clara Wideman Irom LongCaue, were Mrs. J. M.Cuddy'6 guests Friday. Miss Mary Latimer one of Greenville's pret* ty girls, is here with her cousin Miss Alice Uendy. We are sorry to know Mrs. Mary Drennon one of thedenr mothers ol Long Cane is still * - ? \f wrt I U quilt M('K litre Ul uer uuugua-i a .-no. u. o. Burnett's. Alius Br tiny Kennedy has In a'delightful way, entertained her little chum and cousin Ml>-s Luuive Brown of Due West, and Miss Ethel Lvou of Abbeville. Dr. H. L. Co I her ton and little son and ('aiKhter Harvey and Maggie were over from Amity, Ga., last week to see his mother-in luw Mrs. Mary D enuan. Auother marriage tu our western mburbs next week Kev. A. D. Womlle will begin a ?erles of meetings at Iloreb uext Sabuath. Dr. Buckhoitz ol Abbeville will assist him. A telegram iroin Uak Hall, Kla., wllh the <ad bearing that M:ss Ktbel Harrison had lieen drowned. She was a granddaughter o' the late Mr. James Wldemau near here. She was beautiful in person, amiable In disposition and a model >oung lady. This Is a crushing blow Ki all lie loved ones. She lot several years has umde her home with het aunts Mrs. James Wideman and Miss Eula W idenian at Mill way. A lovely Christian gone to meet others on that beautliui shore, Itlsa pleasure to write that Mr. Lntbei Bradley, son of Mr. J. K. Bradley ol Lour Cane, is belter. For six weeks he has been ex treuiely sick wllh typhoid fever. We hop( i the crisis Is pat>t aud he will soon be made well. Mr. Charlie Cllukscales and family froir near Lowndesvllle were here last week to se< nis oroineriur. j. i. < niin-voicr, .,..,..3,.. " bis handsome bride home from near iva, It - tlie persou ol Miss Leona Cllukscales. W( s extend many congratulations and warmlj welcome her as member of the Trojan*. Mrs. Eva Jay baa bought the home now oc cupled by Mr. J.S. Harris, and will move ir town at an early date. We are glad to havi . tbem as residents of Troy again. Prof. Robinson of Lancaster, was electe< ? Principal of our hcbool, and Miss Poatcui Kowan of Virginia as 1st assistant. Nh( a comes the second term; It is a source of de light to all to know she is coming again; ai c yet the 2nd assistant is not elected. Schoo opens on the loth of September. All who are Interested in the Cemetery a * Cedar .Springs will meet there on the firs Wednesday In August to clean oil thi grounds. Be there at S o'clock. There will be a big picnic at Lethe nex Friday, nnd a big crowd, bigger time and tin biggest kind of dinner will be there. Thosi people are noted for their nice dinners. Mrs. Mary Sullivan and Mrs. J.S. Jay re turned to Grceuwood Saturday alter a plea* .. am. stay with Mrs. O U. Prentiss. Mr. J. C. Kennedy had a good mule to di last week, supposed to be a decayed bone li one of its legs, and it bad to be killed, r "And the washing still continues." "Nick." , . f you are looking for the very Desi u fr(<KU candy tlieu go to Speeds' Drug Store. SCHOOL TRUSTEES. ? 1 Their Sium'N anil l"o*i Olliccw. DiKlricl No. 1. l?ow?deKvil!c?.1. \V. Carlisle, S. b\ Kpps. T..]. Bownwin. >! District Xo. B. Lowmlesvillt ?S. S. Boles', K, | A. IMnkscales, G. A. Tucker. j D.strict No.LowDdesvllle? Dr. J. B. MoRelev. E. \V. Harper. J. H. Bell. District No -J, Lowndesviile?Jno. T. Baskin, P.T. AlcCarley, John Sutherland. District No. f?, Lowndesville?S. A.Spoed, F. B. Farnel, S. S. Boles. District No. 0, l.owndesvllle?.1. U. Lomnx, Johnson 1'iwkley, J. M. Huckiiiu'e. District No. 7, Latimer -G. O. McAllister,.!. K.Norwood and U.K. Kricrson, falhoun K>?ll>?. ! District No. s, Monterey -George Speer, J.K. v'llnkscales, \V. A. Daniel'. District No. it, AH. funnel?A. o. Grant, S. l C. Riley, D. Burtorit, ftlhoun Kalis. . District No. 10, All. Carinel?Dr. J. M. Carlton, J. K. .Sutherland. T. B. Krasier. | District No, 11, Wililunton?K. L. Morris, Albert Gibert. I. L. Leltoy. I District No. 12. bordeaux?J. l. Gibert. Jqo. B. Harmon,.!. A. Corley. | District No. 13, MoUormick?J. B. Harmon, i S. L. Edmund*. X. G Brown. District No. 11, Budwell?Jos. Blytli Allston, i Lewis J. Brill and Samuel II. Talbert, Sandi over. District No, 15. Wideman?J. L. Kennedy, S. P. Morrab. C. J. Britt. District No. 16. Hunters?W. P. Wideman, , J. R. McComb, Genrne Hanvey. District No, 17?Edwin Parker, Abbeville, ' Watklus Leslie, Bob Mars, Mt. Carmel. District N<>. IS, Hnnters?J. H. Link, W. H. ,! McKlnnie. Charlie Dansby. District No. 19 Abbeville-Arthur Parker, Ja*. King, S. L. Wilson. District No. 20. Abbeville?John T. Cheatham, James A. Gilliam. James WilllamB. District No. 21, Abbeville?W. T. Magill, D. A. Wardlaw, L. A. Ramey. Dlsiricl Mo. 22?Special district. District. No. 28, Abbeville?Geo. S. Wilson, W. C. McNeil, J no. C. Ferguson. District No. 24, Abbeville?W. E. Leslie, A. G. Cocbran. A. M. Reld. District No. 25?John E. Brownlee, E. E. Williams, JNicnoias nenson, urowmee. District No. 26?A G. Basklu, Charlie ' linkFC-Ues, John M. M?Mahan, Lowodesville. District No. 27?E. C. Shirley. W. P. McCari ter. Antrevllle, C. G. Kay, Keaton. District No. 2S?Jno. T. Bryaut, G. L. Alewine, K. E. Eiiis, Level Land. District No. 29-R. M. Pratt, M. C. Ashley, Level Land.T. L FereuRon, Antrevllle. District Mo. 30?W. R. Ellis, J. A. King, S. H Cochran, Abbeville. District No. 31?Dr. J. W. Kellar, R. II. Cochran. R- H. Stevenson, Abbeville. District No. 32?T. N. Tolbert, Jas. Anderson. H. L. Cole, Abbeville. District No. 83?Thos. P. Thomson, T. P. Purdy. H. 1). Pressly, Abbeville. District No. 31?A. K. Calvert, W. L. RadClitl', Thos. Nick les, Abbeville. District. No. 35?John H Nickles, W. C.Haddon, G. NV. McKee, Due West. District No. 36?J. H. Green, P. B. Carwlle, M. G. Donald, I'ue West. District No. 37?D. A. Crawford, Due West, J. \V. Bran yon, T. J. Bowen, Globe. District No. 3S?J. A. Brown, F. Y. Pressley, T. R. Blackwell. Due West. District No. 89?D. M. Humphreys, W. W. Umlth. C. H. Dodson. Donalds. District No. 40?J. E. Muady, S. T. Mundy, S. 0. Botts. Abbeville. ni>l.lnl MI ( > Vf V , ? T rz Prion T P Smith, Donalds. District No. 42?James H. Ferguson, S. C. Link, R. Ricble, Abbeville. District No. 43?G. W. Johnson, James M. Raysor, James Cork, Donalds. District No. 44?S. N. Latimer. H. B. Mattlson, W. A. Ch 1 laban, Honea Path. District No. 45?J. R. Sheffield, C. B. Kay, Brooks Jamison, Honea 1'ath. District No. 46?C. W. Norrls, S. J. Fisher, L. E Brvant, Antrevlile. District No. 47?E. M. Richie, W. N. Mo Lalu, D S Kennedy, Donalds. District No. 4S?J. W. Young, Joe 8. Creswetl, J. A. Brown, Troy. District No. 49?J. B. Hampton, L. M. Patterson, W. N. Hall. Antreville. District No, 51?G. P. Grant, Edward Smith, Jas. T. Baskin, f.owndesvltle District No. 52?W. H. Kennedy, Josiah Patterson, Troy. Charter Applied Tor. State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. TVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE -L* undersigned, as corporators, will apply to the Seoretary of Ktate for a charter lor the Abbeville Burial Aid Society. W. G. Andrews, Elbert Jackson, R. P. Williams, July 21,19(13. Corporators. 0 THE CONSUMPTION OF COMBUSTIBLES will be immence on Independence Day also the consumption of our BREAD, CAKES, PIES, ETC. Uncle Sam's patriotic citizens throughout the country will burn lots of powder. Throughout this section they will eat lots of the good things that are produced in our bakeshop. Don't waste time and energy doing any home baking for the Fourth. We can provide things that will please hnth vnnruolf onrJ vmir rrnoafs J. W. Breihahn, Proprietor. A. B. WARDLAW, Dentist. Office over Kendall's Storr. April 15, 1903. tf :H?* f CANNED (iOODS FOR THE CAMP ? or home. Ours will be found suitable for either places. Have the tine flavoi that makes them acceptable ever where ? choice fresh vegetables, meats, etc., are plentiful. ' Only the finest goods are used by * the canneries from whom we pur ? chase and we consider them worthy 1 to be in this stock of [ GROCERIES. 0 Goods can be packed aud made 1 ready for shipment anywhere. !'L. T. & T. M. Miller. The promises of God are richest tf ; those who lack, to those who are whol ; ly dependent. Life is a sum, and it becomes us t< a do it properly, as it can be done bu once. I * ' v?" i . * Notice of flWtiAn I iJllMlvll i OT10K is hereby Ktvon by the City Council <if Abbeville that an election will bo held in the City ol Abbeville on August 5, 1903, (oemg \veduesday) Between the hours 01 s o'clock a. in. and 4 o'clock p. m., at tbe office of the City Clerk of said city, upon the question of Issuing coupon b onds of said city to the amount of Twenty Thousand Dollars, bearing interest at the rate of five per cent, per annum, payable In any legal tender money of the United 8tates, forty years after date, with privilege of redemption twenty yearsafter date, for the purpose of constructing and erecting a sewerage system and plant in tbe said City of Abbeville for the use of said city, at which election all qualified registered electors shall be entitled to vote. That those favoring the issue of said bonds shall vote a ticket on which shall be written or printed the following: Shall the city ol Abbevil!' Irsuo coupon bonds to the amount of twenty thousand dollars, bearing interest at five per centum per annum, payable forty years from date, with privilege of redemption after twenty years from date, for purpose oi erectiog a sewerage system and plant for said city ? Yes. Those opposing the issue of said bonds shall vole a similar ticket, exoept that the answer No, shall ta&e place of tbe answer, Yes. At such election the following shall act as Managers of election: J. E. McDavid, Thos. Thompson and W. E. Hill. J .L. McMillan, Mayor, James Chalmers, clerk. Folly of I'rnl'Hiiiiy. The Tampa Tribune remarks l.Uat many a youug man and boy could be reclaimed fromnhe 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 ia the act of a fool, and that not eveu 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 thata boy should learn to swear from his mother. Women, except of the lowest order, rarely swear. If any of them did, they could not geta moderately decent man to come near them. There have been cases where wives driveu to heroic treatment of the habit of profanity in their husbands have made a feint of adopting that habit themselves. It has generally effected a cure, although the Tribune cannot advise any one to proceed to so desperate | an extremity. But do not the simple facts that tins newspaper nas siaiea demonstrate the essential fol'y and gross 11 es.s of profanity. The Knlinlrop's Nlory. One rainy day, as a sprightly little fieldmouse was sitting near the door of his house, greedily chewing a grain of corn, a raindrop lell on a leaf beside him. "Where did you come from ?" asked the fieldmouse, looking anxiously at the rain drop and wondering whether he would get an answer or not. "From the sky," answered the raindrop, very readily ; "but my real home is the sea. One day, as I was playing with my brothers ana sisters iu tnai beautiful home of ours, the hot sun shone u|>on us. It drew -nany of us up into the sky. I was among them. We could see the green fields and beautiful flowers far beneath. We came close together and formed a white fleecy cloud. Pretty soon a chilly wind began to blow. We crowded together to get warm. We became so heavy we could not ntay up in the clear air. We came tumbling down and I have alighted here too?" But just then a sparrow, who was very thirsty, gobbled the raindrop up so quickly that he did not have tims to-finish his story. Every little raindrop has its work to do just as every little child has. If this one had not gone to quench the .thirst of one of God's sparrows it might have given new life to a blade of Krass or a pretty flower of the field. God cares for all his little creatures and gives each one work to do for him. ? Pointed Paras: rap hi*. Starched goods don't always command a stiff price. Character writes it's name on a man's face in indelible ink. No man can succeed unless he has f-.'iu : ? _ u:i:* lauu JU ma uwxi Muinij'. A woman never feels dressed up unless she feels uncomfortable. It seems cjueer that contractors should be employed to widen streets. Even the perssiroist sometimes laughs at the troubles of others. It's easier to get the best of an argument than it is to prove that you are right. Love that has nothing but beauty to keep it alive is apt to be short lived. It is easier to be a little man in a big town than it is to be a big man in a little town. ? A scientist has discovered that hens lay ^ggs in the daytime because at night they are roosters. Uriiin IjPttkM. It is easier to save than it is to mend. [ There are no oil endowed institutions in heaveu. If we never had trouble we could 1 not appreciate our blessings. Katan moves up to make more room when a church congregation begius to quarrel. The man who waits for something to turn up generally discovers that it is his toes. ! ISeware of the straight tip that is handed out gratuitously. A girl's first attack of love is limited only by her capacity. The wise weather prophet never bets real money on his predictions. } An Irish philosopher says it isawise man who marries his second wife lirst. J A mau may eat, drink and be merry 1 ?provided he doesn't have to eat his words. IMMENSE SIZE OF ALASKAN TERRITORY. ' II <'over* Nearly 600,000 Sqmire Mile*. , Hardly one person in 1,000 knows that Alaska covers ")90,804 pquare 1 miles, or 369,000,000 acres?equal to the combined area of Maine, New naiupsuire, Vermont, luassacnuseiis, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, I'enn- 1 svlvania, Maryland, Virginia, West 1 Virginia, North Carolina, South Car- ' olina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Notwithstanding the fact that much of it has never been trod by the foot of man, it is already producing gold, silver, copper, oil, coal, lead, tin, cinnabar, arsenic, antimony, manganese, corundum, petroleum, slate, clay, and and many varieties of building stone. It is also making wonderful strides in farmiug and stock raising. Wheat, barley, oats, rye, and all hardy vegetables and berries are profusely grown. Cattle, sheep, and swine flourish. It is already the largest fish and fur producing country in the world. Alaska can furnish homesteads of 320 acres each to 200,000 families. It can support in comfort over 3,000,000 people. When Secretary Seward induced the government to buy Alaska from Russia in 1809 for $7,200,000 many called it a "gold brick." It is now apparent that the United States then made the most protitaoie invent- i ment known to history. The government revenues from Alaska from the date of its purchase have already amounted to $10,000,000. Its present revenues are nearly a half million annually and the ground of this immense territory has hardly been scratched. Its wealth is not confined to precious metals and agricultural products. There are coal beds sufficiently extensive to pay the United States its original inves'ment. There are mountains of iron and inexhaustible veins of copper. There is a luxurient pasturage fcr live stock, and the entire territory is interspersed with rivers, lakes, and streams. (Illmnte of Alafaka. . Alaska has been maligned, abused, and totally misunderstood. It lias been regarded as a frozen, worthless waste, whose only value consisted in its seal fisheries, and a# beiiig totally incapable of furnishing homes for civilized people. Recent developments and a clearer knowledge of Alaska make these maligners ridiculous. Justead of a frozen waste you can travel ? from one end of the Yukon to the . other in the summer time and never ! see snow. On the contrary, you see J luxurant vegetation, large forests, and such luxuries as strawberries, raspber- j rie?, red currents, salmon berries, [ huckleberries, and cranberries in pro- : fusion. Cattle are grazed in meadow I grass reaching above their backs.. , Naturally the climate of Alaska ' varies. Within its area is combined the climate of Maine and Florida. t The southern portionj is warmed by the Japan current. The fact that the ? shore line of Alaska, however, is over . 20,000 miles in length, or more than * the circumference of the earth at the [ equator, and much of it in the arctic circle, suggests the variety of climate to be found in so great an area as the territory contains. In the southern portion of Alaska the temperature rarely falls to zero, s and even in the coldest portions of e Alaska, where the thermometer reach- 1 es its lowest point, the atmosphere is 1 30 dry and bracing, that one does not 1 notice the degree of cold so much as ' in many points in our Northern states, f One peculiarity of the country is that 1 in the summer the sun rises at about \ 1:30 oclock A. M., and sets at 10:30 P. 1 M., giving about 20 hours of mnlight, c with four hours of diffused twilight. Iu winter time this is reversed. The snmraers last from seveu to eight months. The average temperature of Valdes is the same as that of Boston, Mans. Natural causes', with the rapid influx of human and animal life and their coincident civilized conditions? the wonderful inventive ingenuity of c the American people?the building of homes, factories modern transporta- a tion facilities and their development f along all other lines will in the very c nature of things uudoubetedly produce f a change in the climate of Alaska. Its 8 people to-day are so acclimated that 1 the climate is no longer consedered. c r Original IuhnbltuutN. c The Eskimos of Alaska more close- / ly resemble the Japanese in appear-1 ance and characteristics than they do I _* .# i is r a 1 .rl i our iraaiuonai inuiaus. iumeau ui being warlike, they are docile, hopeful, energetic and willing workers, ? eag^r to be taught our language, trades aLd handicrafts. They are ex- ? pert reindeer herders and drivers, j Since the American invasion they ; have abandoned their old mode of living and have adapted themselves [ to modern civilization, living in houses, mingling with the Americaus, engaging in sawmills, logging camps, * mining and working about the c wharves, canneries, trading posts and doing mental work with hopeful satisfaction. They have taken to f civilization more rapidly than did the Indians, and are anxious to emulate ? our dress and customs. Gold I* roil ii ell on. j The most important gold-producing ' area in Alaska is the Klondike regions 1 and the Seward peninsula, better 1 known as the Cape Nome and tribut ary districts. In the report, or l)irec- 41 tor Roberts of the United States mint a for the ten months of 1892 it is shown I that out of a total of $18,870,075 Nome produced over $5,000,000. When it is considered that these receipts are from placer miues, with crude and inadequate machinery, it can readily be imagined what the receipts will be g with stamp mills, hydraulic plants and other modern mining machinery, transportation facilities and abun- i dance of supplies. To quote the expression of an old miner, "the ground has only been scratched; wait till we a start digging." ' Nome can boast of good hotels, large 11 stores, newspapers, banks, trust companies, water works, electric lights, telephone and all other adjuncts oi ? civilization. Nome is connected with St. Michael by cable. '? Port Clarence, northwest from Solomon City, presents the best harbor on this coast. It affords anchorage for larte vessels and wharves and ware houses can be built on its shores. 1 The few railroads now in operation 1 in Alaska are already making fortunes for their stockholders. As rapidly as new territory is opened, just so rapidly * are new and marvelous discoveries * made. As the white man delves dee|>er into the interior and brings his . skill and ingenuity to bear on this dormant Croesus, the world is startled by the vastnerisof its wealth and possibilities. Heretofore the miner has been great- , ly handicapped by the practical impossibilities of getting supplies and machinery into the interior. Only 1 ^r r - short trips for short periods have bet possible, as only sufficient supplies t a few days or weeks could be trai: ported. While thousands of clair are being worked at great ex pen.? other thousands of claims have bei located and are being held, the owners only awaiting the advent transportation facilities to enable the to work their properties to their fulle capacities with improved macbiner It can readily be seen that railroai are an absolute necessity for the fu ilevelopment of Alaska, even far mo so than in any other country. Railrondd. The White Pass and Yukon Rai road, constructed in 1S08 09, at a toti jost of upward of $3,000,000, for a tot >f only 112 miles, paid nearly $2,000,0< nrnfita in t.hfi first tWO SPRSOnfl ftf i ipuration. Its stock started at $6.< per share in 1S98, and is now quete ibove $500 per share. The compan oaid 60 per cent dividends last year. The little "Wild Goose Railroad, unning only five and three-eighth Miles, between Nome City and Anv Jreek, which was built by a Californi xiillionaire.'at a total cost of less tha ?30,000, is reported to have paid tt :otal cost of construction in the firi pew nays of its operation, making i >ue fulfsummer'a season, some$280,0( jet profits. Agriculture in Alaska. Many have an idea that there jothing in Alaska worth going for e: :ept gold. The following is an extra* roin the United States treasury di jartment's book, "Commercial Alask n 1001 " "Tn olmnul oil rmrf-o t-h bailey of the Yukon you can gro >ats, wheat and all kinds of grain. ?ave seen blue point grass grow tw ons to the acre and I have seen 1,4( >ushels of potatoes grown in four acn >f ground. Timothy I have see itanding four feet high and growin vild for miles around. These resou; :es are well worth looking after an ieveloping." Secretary Wilson of the departmei >f agriculture at Washington declare ;hat the best wheat that has reache he department was grown in Alaski ind gave it as his opinion that tb ieed wheat of the future would a :ome from that country. John G. Brady, governor of Alaski lays : "There are vast areas of the fit at agricultural land in the world tot 'ound in Alaska." He says it it tL igricultural development of the terr ory that is going to pave the way I statehood. It is becoming more apparent eac eason that a great, undevelope ource of wealth and a food supply fc he people of the United States are t )e found in the fish with which tb vaters along the coast of Alaska ai )lentifuily supplied. In addition t he numerous canneries which hav >een in operation for some years, on ma repontlv hppn pntulil iwhwrl at. Nnmi rhe Nome cannery will have a capac y of 20,000 cases of salmon, and shoul he venture prove a succees, which i lot doubled, the owners will iucreas he capacity to 75,000 cases. The ilso expect to ship smoked salmon an vhite-fish to the United States ma Lets in large quantities. There is n loubt that as large as it is the fishin udustry of Alaska is yet in its iufai yBig Coal Fields. Coal has been discovered in variot ections of Alaska. Some of the moi xtensive fields are tlioae at a poic vestward from Kenal in the Sewar ^eninsula, and which rank second t hat of Kyak. * The coal is hard, bri iant, clean and very strong. Thes ieldsare of unique value because < heir location, these being nearest of a American coal mines to all of tb sland possessions of the United Stat< m the Pacific, the nearest point, i act, of the American mainland t r ft n /I 3 tl.A nt.! nawau, oamus, uruaiu auu luc riu ipines, and are nearly 2,000 mil< jearer to Asia than the Puget Soun nines or San Francisco. The ad'var age of these coal fields can be readil ealized when it is considered tbt hey are 1,792 miles nearer to Nona hau the coal supplied of Seattle, Ta< ima or Vancouver. In southeastern Alaska the island ind main coast are covered with dent orests of spruce, hemlock and Sitk edar, and in the extreme southeaster >art the red cedar is found in abunc iuce. There are many forests alon he rivers of the interior. There i :onsiderable timber in the Solomo iver and Council City territory, littl >r none of which has- yet been cu \.ll the lumber and timber which ht >een u ed in the great mining entei trises and in the rapid building up < Dawson, Dyes, Sitka, Nome, Solomo tnu Council Cities has beeu transpor d from Puget Sound at great expensi The timber of Alaska remaius as rreat resource to be developed iu th uture. When Alaska has obtained arge commerce with Siberia, Japai Jhina and the Phillipines, the eno nous value and advantage of thes wests will be fully realized, and ii jutting, milling and marketing wi jive employment to many thousant >f people. There are churches of every deuom jation in Nome, Sitka, Dawson, an ill the other leading towns. There ess disorder in Alaska today than i my one of our states or terrPories, no vithstanding the fact that saloon: nusic halls and theaters are pleutifu riiis high moral status is due to th act that it is practically impossible f< aw-breakers to escape the clutches < he law, as there are only two or thn jorts of exit. The drones and lawles ilement have been made unwelcom* md the Alaskans of today are turdy, industrious, law-abidiug pec >le. KodoctioiiN of it HiM'licior. It's never too late to spend if you'v rot it. Some of the shirt waists make batl ng suits look very modest. When a woman is dressed to put o i low neck gown she is scared to deat f anybody sees her throat until it i ill undressed. If she could only get well agai ifterward, the average woman woul ike to die every once in so often t ee how nice a funeral she ooul lave. Tight mau, loose tongue. A man wants to Kuqw if a woma oves him ; a woman why he love ler. After a woman has told a story < vhai happened to her for the secon ime she can't recoguize it herself. The only thiug that causes more ui lappiness than telling lies when the >ught not to he told is not tellin hem when they ought to be. One's friends are like all choice ii vestments?thhy cost good money. A girl likes to he a girl so she ca ike the hoys to like her being one. L m the eureka hotel. or > . [S* Noon to Be Occapled? Furniture Being: Placed?Finishing Tonche*. ' Tl^e work of staining the floors of the din* lug room and ball ways, etc., of tbls splendid , lir Hostelry Is uow going on and the farnltare ()f of the several rooms Is fast being placed In position, so that wlibln tbe next two or three . . "j weens Aooeviue win nave open auu reuuy !9t Tor tbe accommodation of the traveling pubv 11c one ofthe best hotels Id tbe state. The rompxny is fortunate id having seenred an Manager, Mr. W. B. McFall, wbo baa I ill for quite a while run tbe principal hotel at re Pelz<T, a C? .-nil who in justly regarded as one of tbe best all around hotel men In tbe ? . South. .' e? It having bfeu rumored tbat tbe work of the contractor In tbe construction of tbe walls of tbe building had been such as to II" render the same unsafe li? the opinion of an , ' >?2 al expert employed by tbe Company to make ? l an Investigation, we determined to test tbe rt truth of such rumors and so we sought an W interview whlcb one of tbe directors from t? whom, we are glad to say, we learned tbat -n there Is no truth whatever in such state- ' meuls. . '<1 The only foundation for such a rumor is th$ y f^ct that tbe Board of Directors having reason to t>elleva tbat tbe work In several panico,, lars, and especially in tbe matter of the ma, terlais used, were not In accordance with tbe IS specifications, employed an expert to deter:i mine tbe difference In tbe cost of the work 11 done aDd materials used and tbat which la shou'd bave beed tbe case provided tbe ,n specification had been followed. This was ? uuutr HL Luc HUKti'anuu ui lue uiuuueti wuu, when his attention was called to tbe matter, it bad to Admit tbat tbe contractor bad not q conformed to tbe specifications Id the work ,a done and materials used In several minor ;u particulars. This Investigation, In other words, was merely preliminary to a settlement with the contractor and not for tbe purpose of de- 4 terminlng tbe safety of tbe building of wblch is the directors have never entertained any c- fearsSt ea" REV. E. E. PRESSLEY. iJj ie w On Hia Old Stamping: Ground Bot Hlmm Old Folks. 0 Rev. E. E. Pressley, brother of Mr. Jamea )0 Pressley of tbls couuty, was In town Monday. Jfj He was graduated from both Ersklne College ' and Ersklne Seminary, and was brought Dp Q in tbe way be should go. And like a great . ]/M g many others?wben be was grown op?away - he went. For many years he has been a , faithful preacher in the Presbyterian faith.. , "a 0 From his youth up be has been a devout Christian. -Nature has been good to blm. i -J It All his life be has bad good health, and good ' j spirits, the best thine tbls side the river. And -rijS u when be has finished tbe good Work which be d Is doing for the Master, be will be rewarded > with a harp and a crown Id tbe city to whlota ' lie 1h heading. He has spent sometime at ie DueWest seeing old friends and counting those * ^ 11 who have gone before. Tbe ranks, as he and- v', we saw them at Due West in tbe fifties have 3 been greatly thinned, and only a few sentl1. nels on the ontports are to be round here and 1- there. ? Mr. Pressley thought tbat the PublloSquare , and the physical condition, looked very 16 much as it did eight years ?go, wben be saw -;4g i- it last. He seemed not to note tbat we had y. in that time built a big cotton mill, a furol- ,u ture factory, a roller mill, a ware bouse, water works, electric lights, a telephone system, a h thirty thousand dollar holel, ahd had more * 1 than doubled our population. While It Is true tbat we have a few kickers >r who can see no good in Abbeville, it is also ,0 true tbat few towns In tbe 8tate have made greater progress than Abbeville has dene during the last ten years. e Seaboard Air Line Railway. 3* Doable doilv service between New York. Tampa, i- Atlanta, New Orleans and points South and West, d In Effect April 12, 1908. \l SOUTHWARD. Daily Daily le No. 07. No. 87. , LiV bbw l ora, r. n. k j.* oo pm iz iu >m <J Lv Philadelphia, P. E. B.... 3 29 pm 7W)ara r- Lv Baltimore, P. B. R? 5 45 pm 9 34 am n Lv Washington, W. 8. By..... 7 00 pm 10 46 am u Lv Richmond, 8. A. L. By 10 35 am 2 16 pm & Lv Petersburg " 11 17 am .2 57 pm 1- Lv Norlina " 1 35 am '5 15 pm Lv Henderaon " 2 22 am 6 03 pm 'f Lv Bale'gh " 4 00 am 7 33 pm > -<f Lv Southern Pines u 0 00 m 9 86 pm Lv Hamlet u 7 25 am 10 40 pm .' Lv Columbia J " 11 00 am 12 55 am 18 Ar Savannah " 2 20 pm 5 05 am g8 jt Ar Jacksonville " 6 50 pm 9 15 am ' y'jg it Ar St. Augustine 1 55 am d Ar Tampa ' 6 45 am 6 00 pm A*Jilvi ;o : N^~88 mT V SggS i Lv New York, N.Y P. * N.....+ 7 55 am 8 ? pm >! M 1 Lv Philadelphia^ " 10 16 am 11 Sl pw . '6 r-. vt ? -\r. l. a n d q '' i 'a nn *' . -V:t v jL/, . . 4 > j |. 1_J V new xwrn, V X/lO.O,W...f O W ^Ui rft!F* }| LrBaltlmoreTRS.P.Co ~ t 6 wfe i Lv Washington, N. aW.SB 6 80 pm ? Lv Portsmouth, 3. A.L.By 9 OS pm 9 25km i8 LvWeldon " 11 4^ar, 11'55 am ii Lv Norllna " 150?ji 140 pm V' n Lv Henderson u 2 22 ..m S 10 pm , I v Kaleisb " -it^ ^ OOim 4 00 pm ?* Lv Southern Pines " 6 00 am 6 16 pm 38 Lv Hamlet " ' 7 80 am 10 40 pm d Lv Wilmington 14 8 30 pm /' 1 - Ar Charlotte - 10 08 am 10 45 pm y Lv Cheater > " 10 25 pm 1 35 pm. .f Lv Greenwood u 12 83 pm 8 43 am Lv Athens " 2 50 pm .8 05 am ,e Ar Atlanta ? " 4 CO pm 8 CO am V $* Ar Augusta,C. AW C... ... 5 80pm Ar Macon, 0. of Qa 7 20 am 11 3S?m Ar Montgomery, A.&W.P 9 20 am ,6 25 am . " ie Ar Mobile. L.& N 2 55 am a A!' New Orleans, L.AN 7 15 pm q Ar'Nashville. N.C.Afit.L 6 40 am 6 55 pm \. Ar Memphis 3 45 pm 8 45 am g NOBTBWABD. Dally Dally jcj No. 8>. No. 88# ? Lv Memphis, N.C.&StL 12 45n'a 8 00 pm Ie Lv Nashville 9 30 pm 9 30 am f Lv New OrUans, L. &N 8 IS pm c- Lv Mobile, L AN 12 40 am 18 Lv Montgomery, A.4W.F 6 45 am 1 00 pm , ' ^j r- Lv .NTicon. C. of Qa 8 00 am 4 20 pm >f Lv Augusta, C.A W.C 10 10 am n Lv Atlanta, $ S.A. B.Ry 12 OOn'n 8 10 pm t- Ar Athens " 2 5T pm 11 25 pm a Ar Greenwood " 5 15 pm 2 05 am Ar Cheater 7 17 pm 4 15 am a Lv Charlotte " 7 25 pm 5 01 am ,e Lv Wilmington ' 3 80 pm & Lv Hamlet " 10 80 pm 7 50 am '/ 31 Lv Southern Pines " 1118 pm 8 45 am r- Lv Kalelgh " 125 am 1115 am Lv Henderson " 2 5S am 12 50 pm ; Lv Norllna " 8 48 am 145 pm Lv Wt-ldon " 5 06 am 3 00 pm U Ar Portsmouth " 8 00 am 5_86j>in Is Ar Washington, S.&WiB, ... 6 66 am Ar Baltimore. B.S.P.Co +6 80 am j- Ar New York. O.D.S.S.Co to 00pm d Ar Philadelphia, N,Y.P.<!tN... t5 46 pm 5 10 am jg Ar New York " 8 15 pm 8 00 am No."84. No. 06. Vj4 u Lv Tampa 3 A L.Ry .. 9 00 pm 8 50 am Lv fit. Auiruettne " 5 40 am 6 20 pm ' ?' Lv Jacksonville * 8 45 am 7 80 pm 1* Lv Savannah " 115 pm 12 10 am ie LvColumbiug " 6 38 pm 5 30 am ?r Lv Hamlet ' 1030 pin 8 55 am 'r r .. o .1 m .. 11 1U?_ a AZ am c uv o'?u'utTii rinee" < 11 xo 3f Lv Ra.eigb " 1 25 am 11 50 am ;e Lv Henderson " 2 SS am 1 10 pm Jt. LvNorllna " 3 40 am 155 pm Lv Petersburg u 5 49 am 4 09 pm Ar Richmond " 6 85 ain 4 65 pm a Ar W&shincton, W. S. Ry 10 10 am 8 36 pm . Ar Baltimore, P. K. K 11 52 am 11 25 pm Ar Philadelphia, P. R. B 1 36 pm 2 26 am Ar New York, P. B.B 4 15 pm 6 80 am v " Note?t Daily except Sunday. $ Central Time I Kan tern Time. Q. W. FULLER, Local Agent. Abbeville, S. C., April 10, 1903. PAGE WIRE FENCE " H. BEACHAM, Agt., ABBEVILLE, S. C. u March 11,1SHW. tf :s _ _ When some men know their duty j they try to dodge it by asking advice. An automaton m?nnfai>fn i*ar rononl. ly made a toy tramp?but it wouldn't j. work. When charily begins at home with b Home men they lock the door and keep it there. l* A whole lot of people love to aing "Rock or Ages cleft for me" if they can n enjoy a softly cushioned pewj'while doing so. & Jtaa.-W. .-JH&