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' I The Abbeville Press and Banner.? BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1904. ESTABLISHED 1844 ? j TROY NEWS. Missionary Conference ? Quarterly Meetlnic?Birthday Dinner?Per sonal Paragraphs. Troy, S. C. Jan. 18,1901 Mrs. B. S. B?rnwell and son Foster of Abbe ' vlile were down with relatives at Clear Sprluf last week. ' Mr. J. F. Cllnkscale?, wife, and little dangh ter Alma are near Lowndesvllle with kins fnlk Dr. G. Pressley Neel or Greenwood wai down to see hi* parents recently. Mr. J F. Wldeman is the newly electec Superintendent of tbe A. R. P. Sabbatt School, and In making a eood one. We are glad to know Mrs. Mattle Bowen o Long Cane 1m very much better after a orltl' cal hick need >?at week. Mrs. J. L. Kennedy and son Boaggs of Belle vae were with her sisters near here yenter ' day. Mrs. Dr. Sloan of Cedar Springs Is home from a pleasant visit with her nephew Rev, T. W. Sloan and family of Greenville. Col. F. H. Dunnlngton Is bere with a drove of Kemuoky mules. They come like rations so high you can't touch them wltb a 40 loot pole. Eev. H. B. Blakely will give ns a special sermon next Sabbath a. m. bearing on Temp * 14 OD UTQD hifi utnoo; we kiiuw u wm uo kuvu ?n n?... prayer service talk last nlgbt was. On Thursday before tbe 5th Sabbatb a Missionary Conference will be held In tbe M. E. church at McCorinlck, wltb prepared papers, sermons, etc., and on Friday and Saturday tbe Quarterly Conferenoe will meet and on Sabbatb tbere will be special services. Tbls promises to be a good meetingMr. W. J. McKain of Ureer'a, S. C. Is here among maoy relatives. Miss Nora Cnddy, tbe popolar teacher of Bordeaux School will soon leave for Osbornes Business College in Augusta. We bid her success In ber new work. Mtss Lizzie (irant tbe pretty teacber ol I Longmlree School was In town Saturday. Mr. Adam W. Bradley la bome from bis Mbool at Lethe. His work agrees wltb blm. He la looking well. mL ' " ,n- n?no ft onnro. xne ureeuvuit) rrwujwiwuF >u > .rr.. elation of their pastor Rev. T. W. Sloan have given him a mld-wlnter vacation of two weeks. Miss May Davis, who is in a hospital in AtlantA, likes her work and we know she will make an exceptionally good nurse. Mr. J. F- White is quite unwell in Augusta; ts a constant sufferer with bis back. All art anxlou* aboot his condition. Miss Ada Kennedy the deservedly popular teacher of the Robinson school is doing flue work and has a big number of pupils. . Miss Onie Kennedy complimented ber sis ter Mrs. W. H Brtlt of Buffalo wltb a bandsome birthday dinner yesterday. Bbe is a queenly woman and may sbe live to celebrate her .three score and teotb anniversary. We are sorry to lose Mrs. F. L. Cooper and little ones from oar town. Tbey have gone to their former home in Augusta. Mr. W. I* Burnside and family of Laurens have moved to Greenwood. He married one ofonr girls Miss Mamie Dawton, and we are glad to have them near us. Mr. Joel W. Lltes of Greenwood is quite lok. We hope thla good man will soon be well. DONALDS DOTS. | Death of Mr. Seawrlgbt and Mrs. Don , nld-New Lnmbrr Hill-Farm Labor Scarce. Jan. 26.1904. . Donald's 1b to bave a much needed lumber , mill. Messrs. May and Seawrlgbt began work on tbelr building today. Tbe mill Is to be situated near tbe oil mill on tbe oil mill sidetrack and will turn out blindB, window <v frames, doors, brackets, etc. Ii will be ruebed to completion and hopes to start to running MOD. On last Friday evening at two o'clock Mrs Emily Donald passed away. Up until Friday morning Mrs. Donald's bealtb was as good ah nsnal but on Friday morning wbile eating her breakfast sbe bad something like a falni-1 lng spell and lor awbile It was tbougbt that she was dead but she revived and seemed belter daring the day and about two o'olock , she was given some dinner, and right after eating this she bad anotber opell and died at once. Mrs. Donald was a Miss Seawrlgbt before jj . her marriage and bad six brothers and sisters and In tbe last two years four of tbem have died. Tbe average age of tbe six is eight; five. Mrs. Donald leaves two children, a sis ?av an/1 Krnt Kac anH ummrnl nrnnrlnklMvon w* ?UVI vsv*uva nuu ooToiai |iauuuunuicu and many friends who will miss her very much. 8tie was laid to rest In ibe cemetery of Greenville cburch of wtiicb church ?be bad been a life loDg member. Rev. Wylle preached tbe funeral. Mrs. Donald was loved by all wbokoew ber and it la bard to realse thai snob a good woman bas been removed from us. Tbe grim monster of deatb bad bat tbree or . foar days ago carried off Mr. James Beawrlght, Mrs. Donald's brother. Mr. Beawrlgbt waf ninety five j ears old probably tbe oldest mac In Abbeville county. He leaves an aged widow and several oblldren. Mr. L. A. Shannon from tbls plaoe attended J tbe good roads Convention In Columbia and reports a nice time. <Mr. Shannon is entbuslas Lie on tbe subject of good roads. Labor Is very scarce In these parts, and as a result of tbls many larms will probably be Idle tbls year. It is hoped that this Immigration movement will succeed. Mr. L. F. Davis of Honea Patb willoommenoe work on bis store at tbls place epon. Hon. W. P. Green and <W. If. Graydon ol Abbeville were in town on business today. A. C. B. NOT IN RAINY WEATHER. Newberry's Bonds are good, bat tbe Herald and New* Does Not Exhibit | Them ip tbe Rainy Season? Brother's Kindly Expremlon. Herald and News. Tbe Chester Lantern claims that Chester wan tbe first county to agitate tbe good roads movement to any great extent, and tbe Abbeville Prees and Banner knows nothing about that, but does know that "Abbeville bas some as good roads as we ex pect to see before we sball be a resident ol ' that city which is paved w tb golden bricks." We are glad to kuow that Chester bas long been anjEuivocate of good roads and we hope tbat her agitation has accomplished mnch I good. We are glad to know that Abbeville Eas roads very little inferior totbose in tbat elty which is paved with golden bricks, And we are glad to know tbat tbe editor 01 the Press and Banner Is traveling such good roads on a straight coarse to that city, and WA hnno ha n?r?n't Ko lnnolTT tehan ha <*atc Itbere, so far as his brother editors are concerned. We congratulate Chester and Abbeville and Editor Wilson. We only wlBh that every county In tin State oonld have been the first to start the agitation tor good roads and that ever; county In the State coald have got the good roads first. We have good roads lfi Newberry, too, but we don't bring them out In rainy weather. Pleanant and Moat Effective. T. J. Chambers, Ed. Vindicator, Liberty Texas, writes Deo. 25, 1902: "With pleasun and unsolicited by you, 1 bear testimony l< the curative power of Ballard's Horehonnc ' Syrup. I have used It in my family and cai cheerfully affirm It Is the most effective anc pleasantest remedv for coughs and colds nave ever used." 25c. 50o and $1.00. Sold bj 1 C. A. Mllford. When a woman knows she Is homely ah Isn't ashamed to boast oi ber ability as i cook. Some men don't care very much wha church they attend Just bo the pewB hav soft cushion s. Rev. Carllnle P. B. Martaln, L.L. 1) I Of Waverly Texan, writes : "Of a morning when flrat arlfclug, I olten find a troublesom collection of phlegm, which produces a cougl and 1h very hard to dislodge; bat a sisal quantity of Ballard's Horehouud Syrup wll at once dl lodge It, and the trouble is over, know of no mealclne that Is eqi' jil 10 It, and 1 is so pleasant to take. I cau uost ordlall recommend it to all persons needlDg i\ med cine for throat or lung trouble." 25c, >0c an $1.00, Sold by C. A. >111 ford. Tbe ministry will never be a soft snap t the man with a sensitive soul. When an avocation becomes a vocation I must prove Itself to be a virtue. No wonder some are llred of religion whe they take it all in kangaroo leaps. A BRILLIANT SUCCESS. 7 ""Driven From Home" By Local Talen The Hit of the Season. The melodrama, "Driven Fro Home," which was rendered in t] ' Opera House Thursday night, w ' such a brilliant success as to insure i repetition Friday night. The whole program from beginnir 9 to end was carried out (with the e ception of the cornet duet oy Mr. ar | Mrs. James A. Hill, which was omi ted,) in a way which deserves gre f praise, each member of the trou] ' carrying out their part to perfectior After seeing the play through, an it being so wonderfully well rendere , it is hard to say who proved to be Te 9tar, as all were stars, but the mo touching incident was when titl ' "Driven From Home" was being pe ! Honated; John Adams drives Haz from home, because she refused marry Northcote, the villian, and ) i she turns with outstretched arms an says, "all right, father, I'll never cro your threshold again," and Hon Sweet Home was very softly playe on the violin, then Hazel opens tt portiere and departs. They were ei cored loud and long. This troupe shows in Elberton Wei nesday night and they deserve packed house. o ? irci irn n? i mo HTUTCTTUV SAI9 11 0?iAii3 *? UIOIIIjI. South Carolinian Invent* Prnceftfl I Make Drink froui Watermelons. J. H. Nicholes, of Wedgefield, S. < believes that he has discovered a pn cess to make a drink out of wate melon juice which will supersec whiskey, sa.vs the Topeka Capital, an he want9 the Kansas state board < agriculture to assist him in securin capital to exploit the discovery. Mr. Nicholes says that he unde stands that some of the farmers < Kansas are raising watermelons sin ply for the seed aud are throwin away the melons after, the seeds ai extracted. He asserts that this is sin ply throwing away millions of dollai yearly, i In his letter he says: "I have the necessary machine! planned for separating and preservin watermelon juice, and 1 have a pr< cess for clearing the juice so that in few days it will look like pure cor urhinlrev onH in flft.D nr oiytv HflV'H OA give you a Dice drink with euoug alcohol iD it to make you feel it if yo drink a tumbler full. "I believe in temperance accordin to the Apostle Paul, and I have com to the conclusion that whiskey, ? made these days, in an unnatun drink?too concentrated?and as Ion as 1 can get watermelon juice as make it, I never will drink any moi whiskey. "I have Bold the watermelon juic for $2 per gallon, and there are mi lions in it at 50 cent* per gallon." The Royal Cotton Plant. The immortal Grady in one of h: speeches, thus apostrophized the co ton plant: What a royal plant it is! Th world waits in attendance on il growth ; the shower tnat talis wnn pering on its leaves is beard aroun the earth ; the frost that chilis it an the dew that descends from the stai are noted, and the trespass of a littl worm on its green leaf is more to Enj land than the advance of the Russia army ou her Asian outposts. It i gold from the instant it puts forth it tiny shoots. Its fibre is, current i every bank, and when, losing 1 fleeces to the sun, it floats a sunn banner that glorfies the field of th bumble farmer, that man is marshal ing under a flag that will compel tt allegiance of the world and wring subsidy from every nation of tb earth. It is the heritage that Go gave to this people forever as the 1 own when he arched our skies, estal lished our mountains, girt us abot with the ocean, loosed the breeze tempered the sunshine and measure the rain. Ours and our children's fo ever. As princely a talent as ev< came from his hand to mortal stewari sh i n. r " Object Lesson lorSontb Carolina. Washington, Jan. 21.?Seven thou sand acres of land situated in Waal ington county, Alabama, 35 mil* from Mobile, on the main Jine of tt Southern Railway, has been pu chased for colonization purposes. Tt tract will be subdivided into sma farms and sold to Italian farmer The heads of 25 families have alread reached the property and commence the erection of buildings. Farn ! will be opened up at once. The se > tiers will engage in general farmini the growing of fruits and vegetable From reports already received, the ii dications are that fully 1,000 colonis mill in Waohinnfnn Aniinfv H TT 111 OV l<l<IC 1 U f f lACUiUgbVU vvmuv^ ? ring the current year. I I Said old Thomas Fuller, "you cf not repent too soon, because you d ' not know how soon it may be t< late." "Repentance," says Dr. Conwe "is the greatest deed that can be doi 5 on earth." ? Never be discouragad because go< \ things get on so slowly here; ai i never fail to do daily that go* I which lies next to your hand. The soul grows strong throuj storm and conflict if it never gro^ o strong at all, we find it has nev a known the softening, hallowing tou t of grief. e The Cross of Christ is good ancht age for those who feel their weaknei , and even more necessary to the * who do not so feel. e ??* b COLD WAVE COMING. ' Tf n/tn kano Dr/lol.. Ull ?if In Ihn hnt I At J VU UO V 1VJUUIOC UII Ait 1U bUV ?v? * when a oold wave Is coming, you need i 1 fear attacks of Broncbltls, Pneumon J Coughs, Colds, eto. Rydales Elixir tub J! when attack begins never falls/to check I a progress of the disease. It Is equally succt fullnchronlo cases of tbroat and lung c ease. C. A. MUford. o Walstlngs. Under this head we show 1 it latest novelties In mercerized cotton, Fret flannels, fleeced lined piques, Ac. Haddoi Flannelettes are becoming more and m popular for early fall wear. Our stock t braces the newest patterns. Haddon's. "The Patton Spring." Rev. v\ T. Dale, D. D. . A few evenings at:o, my daughter, Miss Nellie Dale, Miss Ada Moore and I decided that we would ascend Cumin berland Mountain and visit the spring be known here as "The Patton Spring" as forever consecrated by the pure life of its Mr. William Patton of Abbeville Distric, S. C. ig I have often heard my father, Peter x- Alexander Dale, who was also born in ^ A KkatTillo Fliotpio^ in fHo KnnnHa r\f 'VI r&UUC VlllV JL/lOVl IVI 1 li VUV MUUUVlkJ . V* t- Long Cane and Cedar Springs conat gregation, speak, when I was a boy, pe of his friend and old neighbor, Mr. 1. Wm. Patton. who was murdered on id Cumberland Mountain by Bennet J, Dooley. :e The facts, as I gather them from st the oldest citizens of Jasper, Tenn.,? e, 2 miles from tht scene of the murder, r- ?are as follows : el He was on his ' ay from South Carto olina to Middle or We t Tennessee as with a view of purchasing land. As id this was in 1833, before the railroads were in operation, he was traveling on ie borse back. At Dahlonega, Ga.,. he >d fell in with Bennet Dooley, who was ie also on horseback. They came on ton _ unfit f Kair /trAQon/) f Kn Tnn rinc_ A U U til UUCJ 1/1UOOCU LUC JL CUUCO" see River and spent Sabbath night, d- June 9th, 1833, at Col, Oates' at Dates' a landing. On Monday morning they came on, and when near Jasper, took the Johnson road which led up Cumberland Mountain. Near the top of the mountain they came to a spring on the roadside. Here tbey stopped to get to water. And as they had no other means of drinking, they lay down. 3. And while Mr. Patton was .lying 0- down drinking Dooley struck him in r- the back of the head with a loaded ie whip. Whether one blow was Buffiid cient or not, I am not informed. But of after he was dead Dooley dragged him ig some fifty to seventy-five yards down below the spring over a kind of bluff r- and buried him beneath stones and of brush. Dooley then took Mr. Patton's 1- horse and saddle and saddle bags, _ Utn /vnr?. A g itraviug uio uwu uuioc auu nauuic auu re went on to bis home at Pelham in i- Frankliu county. He was very restrs less that night, so his wife afterward stated, and would get up and go to theduor and listen, and when asked y why he did so, answered that he g beard horses' feet, when it was only > the thundering of a guilty conscience, a Next morning be left home with a n piece of gold which he told some one n was worth $100 and which was afterfa wards Identified by Col. Gates as Mr. u Patton's. He made hie way over into Georgia, and one day was landing in g the door of a cabin where Mr. Pryant ie lived near LaFayette, Ga., when Mr. is Elijah Rice passed along. Dooley il bailed him and wanted to know g where h,e was going, and when told I that be was going to Jasper, he to<d *e him to hold on and he would go with bim. Dooley was quite talkative, and e assea a great many questions, assing 1- Mr. Bice bis name, and said bis name was Dooley?Bennett Dooley. At the very mention of Bennett Dooley, Mr. Bice knew that be was the man who was wanted for the l8 murder of Mr. Patton, but he did not so much as have a pocket knife to arrest him with e So they roc5 ) on together till they [8 got to Bossvi .e, Ga., near Chattanoog_ ga, Tenn., and Mr. Rice asked Dooley j to hold his hoiv. that he knew the ^ blacksmith there and wanted to speak ^ to him. Dooley did so, and when Mr. ie Bice went into the shop, he asked the .. blacksmith if he bad a pistol. He n was answered in the affirmative ; and i8 then he said, "that man, Dooley out t8 there is wanted for the murder of Mr. n Patton at Jasper," and asked the t8 blacksmith to - help to arrest him. y So Mr. Bice took the pistol and concealed it under his coat?the black1_ smith following him with a hammer ie in his hand, and Bice made as if he a was going to take his own horse, but ie took hold of Dooley's horse, and drew his pistol on him and told him that jr he was wanted for the murder of Mr. k. Patton at Jasper and that they were jt going to take bim. Dooley finding ? himself over powered had to surren!(j der. They took him into the shop r_ and made hand cuffd and put on him Jr and shackled bis legs and then the two men took him on to Jasper and turned him over to the proper authorities. A hundred men or more carried him up to the scene of his crime and made s- him tell where he threw Mr. Pattou's h- hat, and he showed them the bluff, es The boys went down under the bluff ie and found his bat and satchel or retir cule, which containedJiia papers. He ie afterwards got Mr. Pattern's watch ,11 which he had hidden under a rock, s. When court met, they could not y make up a jury in Marion county?all d men having either expressed them3S selves or formed an opinion as to his t- guilt, So the case was removed to g, Sparta, White county, where he was s. tried, convicted aDd hanged. a- And though this was 70 years ago it ts is fresh in the minds of the older peou pie here, and is even talked about by the younger people. No murder ever commtited in this county has produced such a deep and lasting impresin sion. I have talked with one man, lo Maj. Hicks, of Inman, who wa9 13 >o years old at the time of the murder, and remembers seeing Dooley brought j] into the court house here to be tried. Mr. Patton was buried in the Cemetery in Jasper, aud an old fashioned , tomb marks his last resting place. The slab on top contains a very fuli ^ account of the murder. The Patton Spring is now dry, owing to the long continued drougth ;h this fall, and I would not have been vs able to locate it, but for the fact that er my young friend Jas. 0. Hoge came oh along and pointed out the place to me. The tomb needs to be straightened up. Otherwise it is in very good con dition. His grave should be looked 186 after by some one. The cemetery is enclosed?and a small framed M. E. church stands near Mr. Patton's grave, tbe church being inside tne enclosure. 1Pe Jasper, Tenn., Deo. 11, 1903. iot la, :eD !gB? The soul iu its highest sense, is a iis- vast capacity for God. It is like a curious chamber with elastic and contractile walls, which can be expanded, [ch w5th God aa guest, illimitably. but a'8 which with'- l God shrinks and or shrivels un? j every vestige of tbe im divine is goi *. JACOB CLOY COMES BACK. B i Fatber of Jno. Cloy Returns After an j Abtteuce of 34 Years. Aiken Journal and Review. I About a mile from Deervana and < about 12 miles from Aiken is the old t Posey homestead. At one time, loDg r. ago, this was the sea't of one of the i U1U91 piUSpClUllD piou uauvuo iu luio ?. section. Frank Posey, the owner, wae j a true type of the rich Southern plan- ( ter of the ante-bellum days, owing c many Blavea and living in a manner t almost princely in style. Today this f old homestead is owned by those of c another name and the old place is no s longer the scene of affluent ease but the old l^ouse is tumbling down and ] the lands no longer yield their plenty i at the hands of their black tillers. J The story of the decline of the Posey a family and the decay of this country t seat is a story of greed and murder. t The great farmer had a sou. Martin t Posey, who married ka young wife, in c 1849, and for a while lived happily on \ the place given him by h.'s father, r The young wife was an heiress a sharing a large propetry with her sis- ( ter who was unmarried. 1 Finally the demon of greed entered r the heart of the young man and he t began to think how be* could obtain r possession of the property of both hi9 r wife aud her sister. And then the s thought of murder and the man's s soul was sold for its price. Martin E Posey, it is said, tried in many ways v to put his wife.out uf the way without t murdering her iu cold blood. She escaped several traps set for her aud he b at last decided to settle the matter a once and for all. He told her one a night that the dairy was open and she v had better attend to securing the 1 milk. The unsuspecting woman c went to the dairy and husband t followed. There awaiting her was a e hurlv necro who. obevine his master's 8 previous instructions'beat the young t woman down with a club. Then, on t her knees, the poor wife saw her lord 1 and master standiug in the darkness i making signs to the blacker faced, o but no blacker villain, urging him to t finish his work. It is said tbat the t poor victim begged her husband not to t kill her, but Posey continued to urge the negro, who beat her to the ground, t Then the body was dragged into the fe bushes and hastily buried. For ten t days after the body was searched for t and finally discovered in its dishonered a grave. Then the tinger of suspicion ( finally pointed to the husband, who g in the meantime had committed mur- g der to cover the first; he had sent g word to the negro who knew of his guilt, and under a promise to give him a large sum of money to leave the country, had lured him to the j, swamp and had there shot bim and buried his body in the swamp. Martin Posey, whose plan was to marry v his wife's sister, and thereby gain the whole inheritance, was convicted and hanged before his plans could be fully matured and today bis lonely grave, h near his home, is shuned the ne- r groes of the community, who believe j, tbat the devil and Posey hold high carnival there every night. Now, all this tale of horror would t 1 ? - 1 ? r U kAn O aOUDl Dave ueeu luiguiieu as 11 uu been for nearly 60 years if it had not f been for the arrival of an old gentle- 8 man at Graniteville on the night of last Monday week. On that night an old man of 83 years of age boarded the ? train for Charleston, which left Au- g gust at 11.15 p m? and told conductor Wooten that he was the father of Judge Jno. E. Cloy, of Graniteville, 5 and wanted to go there. The conductor told the old man that Judge Cloy's father had been dead for over b forty years, but the venerable passen- li ger was so insistent and was so anxious to reach his son's home that a when the train reached Graniteville ? the conductor told the station agent to f see that the old gentleman reached the home of Judge Cloy. The agent escorted tbe old man to the home of Judge Cloy and there his indentity was established and it was ? proven beyond a doubt that the g ancient stranger was Jacob Wesley p Cloy, the father of the honorable * Squire of Graniteville. When Jacob Cloy left his family t and home his son was only 27 days old. He held the position of overseer on the estate of Frank Posey and was ? the staunch friend of the son, Martin b Posey. When the young wife was f< missed Cloy joined with the others in 3 the search for the body and was one of the party who found it. As saicf a before suspicion pointed to the hue- a band of the murderered woman as the guilty party and the evidence of Ja- ] cob Cloy was considered a strong point J in the case of the prosecution. Finally the day of tbe trial came and the court room was crowded. Every one was ] waiting to hear what Jacob Cloy had to say but when his name was called he did not answer. He was searched for at his home, but although the prisoner was hanged it was not the evi- r deuce of nis rriena tjioy wnicn sent c him to the gallows. i At first it was whispered thatauoth- c er murder was committed in order to \ cover the others but after a while a B great many people became convinced tbat Cloy had left rather than testify * against his friend. Now, after fifty- t four years this idea is confirmed, but still not one word will the venerable . Jacob Cloy utter in relation to the murder. If he knows auythiug at all about it he keeps it to himself and rightly or wrongly, he is still true to the friend of his youth. When asked why he left his home and deserted his young wife ond infant sou, he replies, "that is too long past to talk about now." Although 83 years of age Mr. Cloy is quite active aud is remarxably bright and quick in thought. He. has traveled over the greater part of the United States aud Canada and has several times owned considerable mouey. He has heen engaged in the live stock business and his ventures in this ! line put him up in the world several ' times. During the war he served! through the four years'struggle as a scout. His conversation about hisj experiences after he left his home is entertaining, his interesting stories being lull or wit ana numor. ne uus. come to his son to spend his last years] broken in fortune and having no | claim upon that son, and not having the satisfaction of knowing that that sou's ability to care for him is due to any effort on his own part. When he left his home 54 years ago; he left that wife with the infant son to provide for. Well has the moth er wrought, as Jacob Cloy above all mpn ehouid. be able to appreciate. Mrs. Cloy died in 1889, never having beard from her truant husband. Once before bad Judge Cloy met his father. During the latter part of the ;ivil war, when Judge Cloy was a student at the Arsenal in Columbia, rbe Confederacy needed men and the joys of the south answered, the call ind became men. The boys of the \rsenal and the Citadel Academy, at Dbarleston, were mustered into one lompany and sent to camp at Spartan>urg. They were never ordered to the ront, as, soon after this, Lee surrenI n f A n?\AU%nffAV r* *1 rl f ha 1TA11r? IC1CU Ob JTX. JJ ^UlUai-LUA auu tuv JUUU^ oldiers were disbanded. While traveling to his home in Sdgefield District, now a part of Viken county, the youthful soldier, fohn R. Cloy, met a man in charge of k drove of stock that was being driven hrough the country. The man and he boy soldier struck up a conversaion and when the young man told his ame the man began to question bim wy closely. They were together for learly an hour aDd as the man was tbout to depart he told the youthful Confederate that he was his father, rhe youth was incredulous and the nan rode on without giving any furher information.' When young Cloy eached home be recited the occurence to his mother. From the decription given of the man and the ubjects on which he asked questions Irs. Cloy was positive that the drover ?ho encountered her son, was her maband. Nothing more was heard of the tusband and father until one day bout two years ago, Judge Cloy met , brother of his father in Augusta, vho told him his parent was still iving. Of this Judge Cloy was inredulous, and would not even bother o write to the address given. Howver the arrival of tbe aucient passen;er of the midnight at Graniieville be other night, has settled tbe quesion. The story of Jacob Cloy is, indeed, nteresting. If be ever tells the facts if the Posey murder it will not change be status of a case which at tbe ime of its trial excited much more ban a passing interest. As said before, this horrible story tas lain forgotten by many and un:nown by many more, for nearly a talf century. The reason why its listory is revived now is because tbe .rival the "prodigal father" at Jranitville demands the facts as ;iven. Therefore after this passing ;lance at the part that should be for;otten let us once more forget. The greatest work < f a human soul 9 to believe God. A sense of failure is the most unirersal sorrow of mankind. Sin destoys sense. There is genuine piety in simply ieing happy. j We need a holy fear to put ballast to our souls. Up from the deepest death grows be tallest life. Our trials are but the unripe taste of ruits which ripen into the golden weetness of paradise. He that isieast in the kinghom of leaven is greater than he that is reatest outside. \ How full and precious are God's iromises to us in our ordinary every ay life. Tbe rarest feeling that ever lights a tuman face is the contentment of a Dving sojul. Do not try to pass for more than you je worth; if you do your duty, your ;ood qualities of bead and heart will ie discovered and appreciated. ?? - K.LLED.I There Is not an acbe or pain that can be eacbed externally tbatcaonot be "Killed" Id few minutes by the use of Elliott's Emulalled Oil JLlnlnlment. Rub It on tbe affected art and tbe pain will soon disappear. Full ? pint bottle. 25 cents. C. A Mllford. Glittering generalities are as likely to mrt tbe devil as tissue paper bullets. Mr. Wm. .8. Crane, of California, Md? ufferea for years from rheumatism and lumago. He was finally advised to try Chamlerlain's Pain Balm, which be did and It efccted a complete cure. For sale by C. A. liliord, Abbeville, H. M. Young, Due West. If yon want your little fellow to look cute ,od attractive take blm to Hal) <fc Anderson's >od lit blm In a Mrs. Jane Hopkins' suit. Mato nf Rflm'l lMnwan IMd JUIUI.U VI UUUii iuwvu uuu| v ?v < Notice of Settlement and Application for Final Discharge. rAKE NOTICE tbaton the 3rd day ol February, 1904,1 will render a final account if my actings and doings as Executor of the Cstate of Samuel McGowan, deceased, in tbe ifflce of J udge of Probate for Abbeville CounyRt 10 o'clock a. m? and on tbe same day vill apply for a final discbarge from my trust is such Executor. All persons having demands aealnst said tstale will present them for payment on or >efore that day, proven and autbenicated or >e forever barred. W. H. Parker, Jan. 2,1904. Executor. FOR SALE. One one horse wagon and harness. About 60 feet 2 inch shafting. One 12 inch pulley, 6 inch face. One 24 inch pulley, 6 Inch face. One 24 Inch pulley, 8 lncb face. One 36 inch pulley, 8 Inch face. 4 boxes and G couplings forabove shafting. Abbeville Telephone Co. Jan. 12,1904. tf For Sale. Fine Cotton, Corn and Stock Plantation known as Fort Charlotte, on Savannah Kiver in Abbeville County, four miles from Ml. Car mel. Place contains about 700 Acres of Land, Good Dwelling and Tenant Houros, Ac., anc would be particularly desirable forstook rais lng. For terms, etc., apply to t ? i i _n juiian miicneu, 31 Hroad St., Charleston, S. C. Oct. (?, 1903. tr Halls Close. Abbeville, 8.0., May 26,1903. . The malls close at tbe post office at Abbeville, 8.C.,as follows: C. & G. R. R.- * 8. A. L. R. R. 8.10 a. m. Nortb. 12.30 p. m. South. 10.10 a. m. South. 12.30 p. m. North. 10.10 a. m. Hodges. 8.30 p. m. South. 1.80 p. m. North. 4.20 p. m. North. 1.80 p. m. Hodges. 8.30 p. no. South. 8.30 p. m. Nortb. pugDi maus on sanaay close at op. m. Antrevllle mall closes at 1 30 p. on The Rural Carriers leave at abont 7.15 a. m. Robt. 8. Link, Postmaster. A Prisoner In Her Own House. Mrs. W. H. Layba, of 1001 Agnes Ave., Kansas City, Mo. bas for several years been troubled wllb severe hoamness and at times a hard cough, which she says, "Would keep me In doors for days. I was prescribed for by physicians with no noticeable results. A friend gave me part of.a bottle of Chamberlain'* Cougb Remedy wltb Instructions to oiosely follow tbe directions and I wlsb to state tbatafter tbe flrst day I could notice a deolded change (or tbe betier, and at ibis time after using It for two weeks, bave no hesitation In saying I realize tbat I am entirely cured." This remedy is for sale b,v C. A. Mlliord, Abbeville, H. M. Young, Dot' West. Still another bargain. 15 pieces M tncb aloth finished suillngt, bought under price, worth 60 and 75s. While tbU lot ladia they ko at 50 aud 59j, at Haddon's. Imperfect Digestion. Means less nutrition aDd Id consequence leeR vitality. When tbe liver fall" to *ecrete bile, the blood becomes loaded with bilious properties, tbe dlgeailon bpcoaieo Impaired and Ibe bowels constipated. Herblne will rectify this; It gives tone to tbe stomaob, liver and kldneva, strengthens tbe appetite, clears and Improves tbe complexion, Infuses Dew life and vigor to tbe whole system. 50 oents a bottle. Sold by C. A. Mllford. Southern Railway Schedule. Trains for Hodges leave Abbeville, S. C.,'.No 114 (dally) 8.40 a. m.; No. 112 (dally) 10.50 a.m. No. 110(daily)1.55p.m.; No.U6(dally). Trains from Hodges arrive Abbeville, No. 116 (daily) 10.20 a. ru.; No. 113 (daily) 12.05 p. m.; No. in (dally) 8.10 p. m. Nob. 116 and 117 (nlgbt tralos) discontinued. Close connection at Hodges with through trains for Greenville, Colombia, Charleston, etc., connecting at Greenville for A. & C. Division points and tbe East, also Ashevllle, Atlaota, eto. HflTIPf Iff BERTSTBiTinU A1UJL1UU VI J.IXJU1M.L HULXiUJ.' The books for the registration of all legally qualified voters, and for the issuing of transfers, ect., will be open at the office of Supervisors of Registra-, tion in the Court House, between the hour 9 o'clock a. m., and 3 o'clock p m., on the first Monday of eacn month, and kept open for three successive days In each month until thirty days before the next genera] election. Any person whose qualifications as an elector will be completed after the closing of the Registration Books but before the next election shall have the right to apply for and secure a registration certificate at any time within sixty days immediately preceding the closing of the Registration Books, upon an application under oath to the facta entitling him to such registration. The registration of. voters must be by polling precincts. There must be a Book of Registration for each polling precinct, that is for each township, or parish, or city, or town of less than five thousand inhabitants, or ward of cities of more than five thousand inhabitants. Each elector must vote in the polling precinct in which he resides. If there'is more than one votiDg place in the polling precinct, the electorvmay vote at any voting place designated on the registration certificate. The Boards must designate in the registration certificate the voting place in the polling precinct a! which the elector is to vote. If there is more than one voting place in the polling precincts, the Boards shall designate on the certificate the voting place selected by the elector. G. H. MOORE, R. O. McADAMS, WM. C. SHAW, Board of Supervisors of Registration Mill II W. 8. COTHRAN, DEALE Proprietor. ^? 01ft Md AND ALL BUILI I Wagons, Bugg: m You are evident || taking your tir About purchasing that e;i M blame you for going slow [01 ilege to make comparison fe^jj the city offers for the leas lu| to consider us in the tran! 153 vehicle that this locality !f work of the best factorit p" ; enough to fit the conditio * I We do not want your patroni j^g we prove ourselves worthy IBJ Just give us a show. (B JN8 stock into our new rep M Our specialties are Owei ! | juj Wagons, Summer's Bugf | |uf Buggies. We also have i j j^j ness, laprobes, etc. ICALVERTi 1% X-X-X^EX'XX^XX^XX'X Congratulation*. v .^fl{ Mr. John H. Callom. Editor oftbe Garland J Texas. News, ban written a letter of congta* .'.J tulatlons to the manufacturers of Chamber- j lato's Cough Remedy as follows: "Sixteen 1 years ago wben our first child was a baby lie '* ' ? was subject to eroapy spells and we would . toH he very uneasy abopt him. We began using . Cbamberlaln's Cough Remedy In 1887, and fi finding It such a reliable remedy for oolda and croup, we have never been without It In ;:M the hou?e since that time. We have five V-.?| cDliaren ana nave given it to an or ntm 1 with good results. One Rood feataee oftbla 1 remedy Is that It is not disagreeable to take 4 and our babies really like 11 Another It that It la Dot dangerous, and there la no rUkfrom ; giving an overdose. 1 congratulate yoa opon ' -'SW the success of yoar remedy. For sale by 0. , Uj A. MUford, Abbeville, H. M. Yonng, Dae v. ?? ? ] Buttons are again at the front and will be >;|S CAICUOIVC1J uncu irUio ownuu, aud \ v -'(AHH variety to select from at Haddon'i. -i TO TONE UP the system some good medicines should ; utJ ittneu ucuowiuuaujr, jljuc uuuwu , strings become loose and may be : \sjM lightened by any of the several good tonics which form part of our stock of DRUGS AND MEDICINES. Perhaps you have a favorite?something which you used and found ef- . j fective. It is sure to be here and at 'm the right price. JP. B. SPEED.. Db. 8. F. Kllllngsworth. Dr. C. 8. Latimer Kllllngsworth & Latimer, \-?| DENTISTS. ' / If yoa want yoar dentaj done at home ' . see or write to tu. FOR SALE. ~ M 100 Acres Farm Land, 3 miles from Abbeville and within 1-4 mile of church and school. Good neighborhood. 3 horse farm opened. Good frapae tenant house. For particulars address Box 127, Abbeville, 8. C. ' JH DENTAL NOTICE. '% Dr. S. G. Thomson, OFFICE UP-STAIRS ON McILWAJN Corner,. Abbeville, 8. 0. WM. H. PARKER. W?i. P. GREENE . > *js?| PARKER & GREENE, Attorneys &&d Gonassllors &tL&w. ? Offloe on LAW RANGE. ABBEVILLE - SOUTH CAROLINA.] May 4. 18*.Rtf : DR. J. A. DICKSON, J SURGEON DENTIST. 'M GOLD FILLINGS; CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK A SPECIALTY. A GOOD PLATE- f?.00 ' - \? AMALGAM FILLINGS 75o and. L.OO OFFICE OVER BARKSDALE? STORE. MM, | RS IN l" " i A. Q. FAULKNER,: Manager mi ili| 1 ING MATERIAL. j|j ies, Carriages. ^ . |j ne I ;-M rriage or wagon, but we cannot ig in the matter. It is your priv- M 8, get prices and take the best |H( t money. All we'ask is for you KJ taction. We have every style of demands, representing the best js, and a rauge of prices elastic ^ ns of your finances. ^ age unless of it || ^ iemember we have moved our IS ository on Washington Street.) M asboro Wagons, White Hickory M fies, Rock Hill Buggies, Oxford KB a full line of cheap buggies, har- fcj & NICKLES | j vAi