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m The Press and Banner. BT HUGH WILSON, ABBEVILLE, S. C. cPublished every Wednesdp at. $2 a year In advance. Wednesday, Feb. 17,1904. Lacking In Gratltmle. It Is true of the moat of as perhaps that wo are more earnest in our petitions than In our I thanksgiving. We thank God for His goodness, but when we come to pray for what we feel that need we get more deeply In earnest. It is tben that we lift up our souls unto God. Possibly this Is natural. A sense of need makes us in earnest. And yet when we get wbat we prayed for we ougbt not to forget Him who heard ue in our time of need. Oar sonis ought to go up in praise as well as in prayer. uur UtCUB aio UJULiy, UUl luo; die ivnvi the blowings we enjoy. We have less to pray for than we have to be thankful lor. And our hearts ought to be occupied less with thoughts , of what we need than with thoughts of what we are constantly receiving. A blessing Is none the less a gift of Ood because It comes to us day after day. The last year that manna fell, It was none the less a gift of God than the first morning that it lay round about the host of Israel, and itouijbt to have been reoeived, not with the same feeling ol glad surprise, bat wltb the same spirit of devoat gratitude. So ought it to be wltb what we dally receive. We are Inclined to think that more unhapplnessoomes from this want of gratitude thaD from any other one cause. We need not so much that our lives be more filled with Ood's , goodness as that onr hearts be more filled wltb His praise. Songs of thanksgiving to God would be songs of Joy in our own souls.? Associate Reformed Presbyterian. Oar thankfulness and our gratitude to the , Author of our being, should not be exhibited olely by vain repetitions in a peroration on Sunday morning to the Almighty, nor should our Bense of obligation be expressed only in high sounding words. Our gratitude should be evidenced in good works among all men, as well as in the purity of our lives. A Dure heart Is always an ac oeptable offering at the Throne of Grace, but we have no evidence that vain repetitions and falsome praises of oar Lord are acceptable at any time. . We do not, by a great string of praises, exs peot to appease the wrath of an offended God, bat if we are alnoere In oar repentance, and traly desire to avoid bis wrath we will mend oar lives Instead of Increasing the volume of words, extolling him for his forgiveness of the Bins whloh we still pursue. If a layman were allowed to talk back to the palpit, he would suggest the omission of tbe long exordium, or the never-ending peroration which usually precedes the prayer. The most important parts of tbe service are tbe prayers and the reading of the Scriptures. If the Scripture reading la omitted and tbe OAUIU1UUI UUUOIObO Ul lUQUBJUIUtOO AUI blessings enumerated, and tbe petition is for tbe giving of all sorts of things wblob may be supposed to be on the bargain counter, of what interest Is tbe service to tbe bungerlDg heart or of what benefit Is It to tbe wayward feet? If the prayers In tbe church on Sundaj 1 morning are only lor tbe benefit and for tbe self-laudation of the righteous, wherein Is tbt sinful heart drawn to tbe foot of the Cross? For what purpose was the oburch Instituted? Is It a mutual admiration society 1c whloh Its members are to be filled with pre sumption and self-rlgbteousness? Is It a place where Its members are to hold up tbe skirts of their garments while fulsome pralseiare Bounded to tbe Lord that we are not at other men? Or, la It a place, where evil doers are to bi drawn into paths of righteousness, and where they may be led to hope that their lives maj be Improved and their sins may be forgiven ? While many of us believe In predestination yet we pray to the Almighty for deliverance from the band of tbe Evil One We all know inai oar prayers uo not Bwerve the Almlgbtj from bis fixed purpose, but men of whatever faith believe in the power of prayer. Wbllt we may know little of the eflects of prayer ou tbe Almighty, yet we all know the effects ol prayer on tbe petitioner. It Bweetens and purifies bis heart, and this purification of tbc heart reflects Its influence on tbe lives and tbe character of tbe suppliant. It prepares him to accept tbe fate tbat may await him, be that as It may. Tbe Lord is a bearer of pray, er. Tbe soldiers of contending armies pray to the Bame God, wltb same faith, and each one has an equal hope tbat tbe Lord will bear him and answer his prayer. A layman would suggest that In our public worship the wayward, as well as the righteons, be remembered. Why should the way ward attend service, and listen for ball aD hour to a rambling prayer tbat didn't once stumble on a petition in bebalf of tbe class to which be belongs? In ocr vain repetitions, Is it not true that the Lord's prayer has been tabooed, or decreed as obsolete, or ruled out of date? That prayer is for tbe humble and lowly, but tbe sell-righteous and those who are better than their neighbors, need not ubo tbat prayer, and wo uciioyd luejr ueveruu. laiB iBjmBD nan forgotten tbe time wben be bas beard that prayer. And be certainly bas beard none tbat were better. Judge Gary's Illuetis. Tbe many friends throughout the State ot Associate Jostlce Eugene B. Gary will be pleased to learn tbat bis condition is so far Improved tbat his restoration to health is only a question of time and good nursing For tbe past nine weeks he has been confined to hla room and bed, suffering from inflammatory trouble, during all of which time hit oondltlon was critical. He Is reduced to Buch an extent that it will be some time before he can resume his labors. Tbe State Bar Afmofilfttlnn at. 1 to lna? moollno In Columbia passed resolutions expressive of Its sympathy with him In his sickness, and assuring him that his presence was missed at Its annual gathering. The resolutions were oonveyed to him by telegram. When reoalved be was at bis worBt, but the kindly sentiments expressed In them did much to alleviate his suffering. Justice Gary Is one of the hardest workers on the Bench, and his promptness In filing his decisions has done muoh to prevent the laws delays, ills judical career has been lounded upon the Idea that the rights of litigants should, as far as possible, be tried upon their merits, and that the true service of a technicality should be to prevent injustice rather than to enable lDjustlce to be done. May he long be spared to hold the place whloh he has so worthily filled. Cotton. The King is discounted in his own realm and with each succeeding day the price of the staple goes to a lower level. The ablebodied prophets who knew that it would reaoh 20 or 25 cents have disappeared irom the scenes of the cotton exobange hereabout. Their presence Is co longer needed, and their absence hardly fills a vacant 6paoe. The names of the wise men who could have made a fortune daring this flurry In cotton If they had had a little money, would All a book ; but the names of those who had a little money and lost it would make a sadder page of the book In which cotton transactions are recorded. As far as we are informed Quite a number of our people lost a little of their ready cash, and some of the men who laughed at the editor for selling his cotton at , 9 cents have since failed to show muoh greater , wisdom Id speculation. i This is one time the farmer received the benefit of the rise in cotton. The ^peculatorhave lost. And, upon the whole, we do no know if the country has been benefitted by i the high price. What the farmers made ' was lost by speculators, and so It goes. * * m i Barbsdale sells everything you need on a ' farm. Call and see him before you buy. i I 'jjl --. i " <> . . - ' THEM Vaii Muni I 1UU MUSI J fore the 1st G. N. N] CC Don't Want to Pay for Enforcing tbe Lnw. The opposition on tbe part of Bome temper, ance people, to tbe dispensary, has made some strange alliances. We can readily understand that tbe dispensary may be honestly opposed by two classes Df citizens. First?By those who maj think that pre- ! hlbltlon is better. Second?By those who believe that the license system is tbe better and tbe more suit- ! ihle way of dealing with tbe sale of liquor. That these people, tbopgh from different | standpoints, are equally honest in their opinion, we have not tbe slightest doubt. We ' take no stock in any assumption that one olass Is better than tbe other. The assumption of more holiness than Is possessed by another Is cheap seir-adulatlon, which fools only those who areas yet in the green state or lack a little of maturity. But tbe strange pari of this condition of affairs Is the alignment. Avowed advocates of the license system, and pronounced prohibitionists coming together makes something of the ludicrous. They all fight tbe dispensary?one to open the bars, and tbe other to have prohibition. Another strange thiDg to us is that temperance men 6hould oppose the lfevy of a small tax for the enforcement of a prohibitory law. It Is no surprise to us that the advocates of the license system should oppose the enforcement of the law. If there is no money to employ constables, there will be uo enforcement. Why should advocates of the license system try to enforce It? Who ever beard of a temperance man making effort to breRk up a blind tiger? Frt.m the very nature ot things be is likely to know less of the liquor business than any other man In tbe community. If there has ever lived In this Slate a I-ILUI-.I., JM.lt ?UIMI. I* prouiuuiuuiai wiiu uiuu t luiua jl uuuigutfled for blm to nose around after blind tigers we will be glad to publish bis name. We know of no sucb man. Tbe refusal to levy a small tax to enforce the prohibitory law, It seems to us, reveals a lack of sincerity of purpose along that line. Tbe New Bank. Cashier R. E. Cox of tbe Peoples Savings Bank spent several days in Greenville last week, conferring with experienced bankers In tbat city, and receiving sucb information as might be valuable to blm In the conduct of the new bank. Mr. Cox was delighted with tbe kindness and tbe consideration that was shown to blm by those whom be went to cononlt. A nH tin? ho 1o mnrP than AVPr Plfltffl at the prospects of a successful career as banker. In the life and career of Mr. Cox are object lessons for the struggling youth of tbe country. Up to the time of his majority be was a farmer, with only a limited education. But be bad studious habits, and by bis own unaided efforts secured something of a home education. When Mr. W. W. Bradley was Auditor be applied to blm for a Job as clerk, and without experience or education along tbe lines or his duty,he soon mastered difficulties which are sure to be found In that office. In the work of that office, be reached sucb a degree of perfection that when Mr. Bradley declined re-election, his friends Insisted on bis candidacy for election to the office of County Auditor. He was elected, and was afterward re elected without opposition. During the years of his service in tbe Court House he acquired a good knowledge of the law, and along that line be has given much of his time to answering the demands of hit friends. As a public servant no man bas been more efficient or more popular. In tbe conduct of bis private affairs be bas shown good judgment, and that good judgment bas been rewarded by a financial success tbat is seldom excelled. He bas never speculated, but gained bis prosperity by hard work, by economy and by safe iuvestmenis. His last venture is in tbe establishment of the bank for which be is to be tbe cashier, and tbe response to bis efforts along that line bas been most generous, with every indication that bis energy, his integrity, his ability, his popularity, bis conservative sentiment and < bis safe Judgment will tend to make the new 1 bank a tower of strength in the business circles, as well as a factor in the growth and the prosperity of tbe town. Death ot Mr. Haunt*. Marcus A. Hanna, Senator from Ohio, and Chairman of tbe National Republican Com mlttee, died in bis apartments in the Arlington Hotel In Washington last Monpay evening at six o'clock. He bad been 6lck for two months, and finally died of typhoid fever, qdpH ohnnt RK voarc He ttqq f ho ht>uf rnun in ~ J?" ? the Republican party, and no man Id tbe country was so universally beloved and respected. In tbe hearts of tbe people, be stood t Becond only to William McKmley. * 1 ???? 8 our for New York, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Haddon leave this week t For northern markets. They will buy as usual \ i complete and up to date stock of millinery t tnd ladles labrlcs. a R. M. Haddon & Co.'s store Is rapidly filling jp with black and colored dress goods, silks vnlte goods, embrolderles.laces and all staple ;oods for oarly spring. I 1 T\ ITS A TT AD TAA I t Pay It Bertf Maivh , VI 1V1U11/11. [CKELS, UNTY SUPERVISOR. WEST END. Happening ami luciiCeutM or a H'ceh Abont tlie City. February 16,1904. Miss Florence Klrby Is In Rock Hill visiting tier friend Miss Johnson. Miss Eva Teague was in the ctly Friday and Saturday the guest of Mrs. Lawtou Robertson Miss Leona Bluke has returned from a shore stay in Grepnwood with her sister, Mrs. Peay. Mr. J. 8. Norwood, of Dresden, wus In iowd Sunday aud Monday on buslneMr. Mr. William Lailraer came homo from Cleuison College Saturday to spend a few d<iyt here with his mother after examination. Mr. Edwin R. Lucas, of Walbalia, spent Sunday and Mouday in the city, the guest 01 Mrs. James H. Ferrln. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Visanska, of Charleston, are expected In the city Thursday iv spend some time with their'father, Mr. U.' A. V IUHllfcKU. Mrs. K. Lawlou Cargan Is In Spnrtanbur? tbe guest ol Her sinter, M'S. H. Frank McCiee Mrs. \V. Wideman Bradley left Monday foi Columbia where she will spend a week wllb Mr. Bradley. Mr?. Jobn 8. Norwood, of Dresden, epent Monday and Tuesday here tbe guest of Mrs James H. i'errlo. Tbe JLtterary Club bad a pleasant meeting Friday evening at tbe home or Mr. Charles I>. Brown The essay was read oy Hou. Frank B. Wary on "Andrew Johnson." Mr. Robert S. Link went to Columbia last week to be present at the oiganlzallon of u convention of Postmasters. Mr. Frank Robertson, of Belton, is here spending sometime with her brother, Mr. Lawton Robertson. Mrs. Frank Fetzer eutertalned a number 01 ber friends Monday afternoon at euchre. A wedding was solemnized last Wednesday evening In Balnbridge that will he of Interest to Mr. Clifford S. Haudon's friends here. One of tne prettiest weddings that has ever taken place In Balnorldge look place las' olght at the Baptist Church when Miss Giady unit Mr mitfnrrt S Hurlrlnr. were married. Tbe cburcb was beautlluiiy decoratep In pot flowers and vines, wbih down tlie isles at regular intervals were white standards bearing flowers. A wedding chorutwas sung under tbe direcelou of Mrs. Belcher. Four Utile ribbon girls and tour boys proceeded the ushers wbo were Mr. Rniph Belcher Mr. J. D. Harrel, Mr. R. B. Coleman and Mr. B. B?lcber. Tbe attendants were Miss Aiiie Goiden Cbatt, maid of honor, Miss Laurn iMonoman. Miss Bessie Tyler, Miss LouistBruton, Miss Varena Russell, Mr. Rane* Basbin, best man, Mr. John Hunter, Mr. H Touge, Mr. H. Arnold, Mr. W. O. Fleming Tbe bride entered with her uncle Mr. Clarauce Belcher. Dr. M. B. Wborton.of Kufaula, Ala., performed tbe ceremony. A deilgntfui reception was given at tbe borne of tbe bride after the ceremony. Hon. Isaac McCalla was in the city Monday tbe guest of Mr. P. B. 8peed. Dr. Frank E. Harrison was In Charleston several days last week. MIsk Lily Templeton entertained a number of her friends last Thursday afternoon at Pit At the close of tbe game a salad course was served. Those pareuts were: Mrs. S. G Thomson. Mrs. W. W. Bradley, Mrs. R. L. Iiurcnlrv Mrs. (4. A. Neuffer. Mrs. K. K. Tliom son, Mrs. C. D. Brown. Mrs. M. L.Bullock, Mrs. A. M. Smith. Mrs. W. D. Burksdaie. Mrs. A, B. Cbeatbara, Mrs. W. S. Cotbran, Mrs. C. A. Miiford, Mrs. L. T Miller, Mrs. John A. Clark, Miss Grace Jones, Miss Belle Visanska, Miss Foster, Mit?s Cochran, Miss Nance. MiniMontgomery, Mli-e Kennedy, Miss Nettle Busseil, Miss Grace Smith, Miss Rosa Maxwell, Miss Belle Haddon, Miss Sallie Calhoun, Miss Pievana Seal. Miss Male Robertson. Solicitor JuliusE. Boggs is hero a guest at the Eureka. Gen. Milledge Bonham of the Anderson Burr is here attending court. Mr. G. B. Greene, of Anderson, is here attending court. Mr. Greene is one ol Anderson's Jrislng young lawyers and a bright future is predicted ior him. The Tacky Party will be given Thursday evening lu Rosenberg's Hall lor the benefit of the monument. Tbe puoilc is crrdially invited to come as a pleasant time is looked forward. Mr. Aleck Bowie who for tbe past two years has been living in Chicago is here spending a while w2tb his brother Mr. James S. Bowie. Rev. H. C. Fennel I, of Lowndesville, was in town Monday the guest of Dr. John A. Dickson. Mrs. S. F. Killlngsworth has returned from a week's stay in Anderson at the bedside ol her mother. Mrs. \V. C. Therard is exoected home Wednesday irom Iva where she has been visiting her brother. Mrs. John Gass and lier interesting children are bere spending sometime -with Mrs. Ed. Calhoun. Alius Uass will go from nere to her home at Sawanee. Tenu. The frieuds oi the Misses Cater will regret to learn ol the extreme lllnesB of their brother Mr. Edwin Cater. Ij. W. White's Locals. An expert cutter, representing ibe well known house of Strouse <k Brothers Baltimore, the celebrated Hmh Art Tailors, will be at the store of L. W. White on Wednesday und Thursday, Feb. 17th and lSib, with an at tractive line of spring samples represent Ing a large assortment of up-to-date foreign and domestic wooleus Any one deslrlug an elegant < suit can have Ills measure takeu, and then superior workmanship, faultless tit and latest style will be guaranteed. When the high price of cotton is considered these prices seem very low: Prints from 4 to ginghams from 5 to 12^<\ he?t percales at loe, b.eachi d ione cloths irom 5 to 1while jambrlcs from 8 to cannon cloth from i 1-3 to 12J-^c. unbleached homespuns from 5 to *o, best leather ticking at 15c, shirting cheviots from 8 1 3 to iOc. plaid homespuns from > to Sc. while lawns from 5 to 15c, lining cam JrlCM h 11 11 91' W j ? I U. /\ll I lie HUUYC Will uu ound al the store of L. W. White. L. \V. White has already received large ihlpments of spriritr goods, and Ik selling hern very rapidly. They are very pretty and tery cheap. All kinds of prints, madras, per?ales, piques, and xnerrerlzed goods. Call and 1 lee them. They are goine last. Li.' W. White has just received about two ] lundred barrels of flour, the most of it in vood, and Is In good shape lor supplying the rade. } All kinds of farmers supplies can be found it L. W. White's. | t 1 Mllford's drug store Is head quarters for resh candy, l'hone 107. j.l ftWill String the Little Fisli First. Charleston gives evidence of furthe growth; in goodness. The News am Courier thinks when the blot macliiue are disposed of, that the tigers wil leave their lairs in the good old city t hunt new homes nearer the aettinj sun. We always knew that there wa hope for Charleston. Let the slotg hiding and hasten the day when tigei can no longer be 'mind on her streets. The News and Courier of Inst Frida says : The Abbeville Pre?R and I?ann? does not intend that Charleston sha be good if it can help it. Jt snears i this old place now because of the wn Which has been declared 011 the sir machine*, and insists that its brethrei of.the press "hold up on Charleston. It says: "The first thine: any of you kno< that pious old town will declare we on boot-black9, shoe-shiners, and ba ber shops if they attempt to spruce u the young men on Sunday so tin they may go to church or call ou the best girls. Charleston is good. 'Whe it is good it is very, very good, when is bad it is horrid.' Charleston is goo now. Don't bother the old town in i pious fight and in its war on slot mi chines. Let no man speak above whisper." That'is doubtless amusing tp tl: person who wrote it, aud it will be r yarded as very sharp by those i ! whome the lynching spirit has bee well developed. After the slot mi chines have ail been smashed, aud tL little gamblers have deeu driven 01 of business, probably?certainly, w ought to 8ajT?the authorities will g into the larger hells and break thei up, and Chicco and all the rest of thos who have excited the honest indigni tiouofour Abbeville friend aud a( mirer will move out and move on t< wards the setting suu." We shouldn't be at all surprised t bear that the Charleston police ai making war on the crap shooters, to< The Cheater Reporter. Tbat honorable and high-toned old pope starts out on Its thirty-sixth year, thankfi for the past and hopeful of the luture. Lot live the editor and his paper. The Kpiirtnuhnrif Herald. The Spartanburg Herald has come oat In spick und span new dress, which Is a dellgl to the eje of the reader, and a credit totl management of the paper. The Herald Is live, progressive dally In one of the finest cl les 10 00 [OUUtl ?UJ wueic, uuug , wave!?Sumter Herald. IN THE A. R. P. CHURCH. Rev. PhuI A. Prensly Difccnssios Pei fpctlon. Last Sunday?morning and night?Re Paul A. PresMy conduced services in the A locate Reformed church. In the morning die preacher tooK for h subject: "Perfi ctlon ; or our luablllty to A tain Perfection in thin World." Th? Injun Hon to be perfect, even us our Father I Heaven 1h perfect, muM mean that It la 01 duty to seek in life the highest, the pure* and the bent. staudarda. He that did ni atiive for the ideal would never rise above tt liommon level. Men seldom reach their idea In the desired aUalnmeutH, but thelrachlevi men la were largely gained or mea^uri d by tt ... rrioti cot in llfp_ Ws MVI HlUlJUUIUn wliivii >uuu >>v? ? . rife to higher things tbao those for which ? strive. Ii a lower standard than perfectlo whs sought, the succoss of the Indlvidu must be less than It would have been It higher mark bad msplrd his ambition an excited his efforts. It has been contended b ?otne meu that ibey were tree from flu, an that tcelr daily lile whs without offense I either the Supreme Ruler of the Universe c to their neighbors. Ttils theory or beilef, it preacher thought, might be very satisfying I 4he individual believer in such doctrine, bt be expressed very grout doubts as to whethi the neighbors o( such assumed hollnei shared lu the belief that lie was perfect an that his IKe was without sin. The suggestiu ol Ibis idea recalled to this hearer a rernar which Dr. Bonner made more than fifty yea ago, when be wit* told thai one of his neigl bors claimed that he bad not committed a si In two months. Dr. Bonnor replied that sue assumption of holiness was in itself a sli And Dr. Bonner, like the preacher last Sui day, iooktd al things from a practical stani | point. But we have digressed. The jsreache urge I the effort to reach the unattainable In th life. If the effort, was faithfully carried out I the end, we would, through our Saviour, reac perfection wtieu we had crossed the Klver. Is only through our Lord and Saviour Jest Christ that we can attain perfection. In 01 own selves, no less than in the planets of tli unlversp, are evidences of imperfection. Th humsu soul, In itself, cannot reach perfectlo except In our Saviour. If, as far as in us it D'?wer WO Hirivu IUI ^Clicuuvu, ??o hope for final i erfectlon through the grace i our Saviour. It Is in our Saviour that perfe Hon Ik reached. The modern? of the preacher was lmpre slve. By manner and speech he evidenced I his hearers ibat he was conscious of the nam tiiy of the pulpit from which he Bpoke In tt holy temple. His reverence in the use of tli Name which none should take upon the lips, except In reverential awe, added to tt preacher's consciousness of the importance < the lessons which he would teach. PAY YOUR ROAD TA) Before the First o March. From the following it will be see that the Auditor aud Treasurer bav no discretion. They must enforce th law as herein laid down : In lieu of peforming or causing to be performed the labor of ten "hours per day, as required for the several Counties, a commutation tax of oue dollar may be paid by, . the person ho liable on or by the thirty-first day of Maroh, 1902, and on or by tin# first day of March of each year hereafter: Provided, Persona liable to labor undor this section shall have the right to furnish a competent substitute to labor in his stead. G. N. NICKELS County Supervisor. Thomson Ilro. Locals. Ornuulated sugar is lis for ?1. ^ Coffee S1-3,10,12 1-2,15 ceutw per lb. Parched coffee lu, 15 and '-'5 ccnts per pound Rice 5 to 8 1-3 cents per lb. n Klli/ur 90 II. fnr SI We will hcI 1 you a good tobacco for 28 ct per pound. Shoes thnt are eood for S1.00, $1.25, SI.50, S'2.0 S2.50, S8.50 and S4.00. A good hal for SI. Cheese 3lb lor 50 cents and full cream a that. Get our prices on bacou and lard befon buying. The idler is the only mail who hat no business iu the world. Every.unselfish act makes unselfishness more possible. The Sun of Righteousness is evei ibovegus, to give light at all times. A great snul will be strong to live as .veil as strong to think. Every lot is hanny to a person who jeara it with tranquility. I r An Aoin?*I Story For ^ Little F0IK3 !8 II HOW 0 lim Rim Wac Frisihfp.nA/l I ! ^ nr | l/llll L/Uy T lUd I I (jlllUIIVU | g LS 0 ;o "The police are after you!" cried But- . s terfly to Jim Bug. 8 "What for?" asked Jim Bug. 1] y "They say you climbed the fence q around Farmer Jones' orchard and bit a piece out of one of his apples." F "Oh, my!" cried Jim Bug. "I am dis- C lt covered! What will they do with me?" ir Then he began to run for his' home. it When he finally reached the house he :i rushed in out of breath. " "Oh, ma," he cried, "what am I to do? The police are after me for takiv ing a bite out of one of Mr. Jones' apkr pies." r" "Hide in the cellar under the wash- I P tub!" exclaimed his mother. r ir So down into the cellar Jim Bug hur- I n ried and crawled under the wasntuo. j it He kept Just as quiet as he could be^ i"" 1??????-?????"I a it I??J le HE BEGAN TO BUN FOB HIS HOME. " cause he expected a big fat policeman lt would come along at any moment and cdrry him off to jail. Presently he heard his mother coming down the stairs. "It's all right, Jimmle; It's all right!" she cried. "They are not coming to do anything with you." r" "How do you know, ma?" he asked. tine Iricf Hoon hpr? ftTld J uwb wvv ? ? told me," she replied. "They were going to punish you, but changed their [" minds." * c- "Why, ma?" ? "Because they found that you had ;t. only bitten a crab apple. They thought ^ that would make you very sick and )o that would be punishment enough for you." sr "I do feel rather sick under my shirt," , said Jim. a: "Well, I'll give you a dose of ginger 1('J and you'll be well in a little while," >> said his mother. [o "That was the greatest scare I ever u had in my life," said Jim. "I guess I won't eat any more apples that are not ? mine."?Pittsburg Dispatch. it 3K 0 I <D T k An Aoirpal Story For a8 Little Folks n ib a. THE I 1 Frog Makes Love thi Moon Ij !? The frog fell In love with the moon I ii and made up his mind that he would \ ask her to marry him. He. put on his ie best clothes, and when night came and the moon rose high In the sky he sat . ie down beneath a tree and began to I d J 91 . V HE PUT ON HIS BEST CLOTHES. croak out his story of love. Just as he reached the point where he was going to ask the moon to marry him she hid behind a cloud. When she reappeared he began his courtship all over again; but, just as he got to the point of proposing, away she went behind another cloud. Then he * tried a third time and a fourth time, ? but whenever he was ready to "pop the question" the moon disappeared. t He was a very persistent fellow, how- . ever, and at last he was successful In asking her the very important question. He smiled his sweetest and spoke in his tenderest, most loving tones. "Will you, oh, will you, dear moon, will you be"? And before he could say "mine" the m i moon lind disappeared behind a hill, J and the poor, foolish frog shed a few frog tears and went home. He is a f bachelor yet if he has waited to marry rJ the moon.?Pittsburg Dispatch. Ki 0 ' iy 1 pr Krlelrahn's Iiocitlx, Come dnwn and see what paint and white dr wash wll 1 do. A new line of cakes. , ' All kinds of home made candy. Hot peanuts, the very best. Only original Hire's Hoot Beer. The only up-to-date bnkery that have ever ; . bpen here. Always will be the New Bakery. WI Flue bread and rolls fresh every day. ! Ht Order from delivery boy and see how quick 1 you will have what you want. evi Cakes made to order ou shortest possible notice. ,CUl Yours for business, J. W. Urlehahn I spi GREAT SALE OF EMBROIDERIES. We have on sale over two housand yards of Embroidry going at the special prices f 5c, 10c and 16 2-3c. These oods have just arrivfd, the ewest patterns out, and evry lady who has seen them ironounces them the greatst bargains ever seen in Abeville. A. M. Smith & Co. Abbeville-Greenwood MUTUAL tumm Lll U U Ililll V JJ ASSOCIATION. 'roperty Insured, $925,000. January 1st, 1904. [17BITE TO OR CALL on the undersigned *? or to the Director of your Township )r any Information you may desire aboui or plan of Insurance. We Insure your property against dest neon by FI&E, WlHDSIl&V' OS LI6HTH1S5, nd do so cheaper thafc any Insnranoe Core any In existence. Remember we are prepared to prove to yon latoursls the safest and cheapest plan of snranoe known. B. BLAKE, Jr., Gen. Agent, Abbeville, S. C. r. FRASER LYON, Pres. ^Abbeville, S. C. BOARD DIRECTORS. 8. G. Major -.Greenwood J.T. Mabry - Cokeabary W. B. Acker ....Donalds W. B. Cllnkscales Due Weat T. L. Haddon Long Cane I. A. Keller JSmithvllle A. K. Watson Cedar Spring A.M. Held- ......?..Abbeville Township W. W. Bradley Abbeville City, Dr. J.'A. Anderaou Antrevllle H. A. Tennent ?Lowndeaville A. O. Grant Magnolia J. R. Tarrant Calhoun Mills H. L. Edmonds Bofdeanx 8.0. Harvey...- Walnut Grove W. C. Martin..: -Hodges J. D. Coleman Coronaca J.Add Calhouu.. _Nlnety-8iX J. M Payne Klnards J. B.Tt?ylor Fellowship Joseph Lake Phoenix Rev. J. B. Muse Verdery J. H. Chiles, Jr Bradley J. W. Lyon Troy W.A.Cheatham Yeldell ( P. B. Calllaon Oaillson W. M. Ontz X Klrkw s Caleb Walton Brooks Abbeville. 8 0.. Jan. 18. ]904 Junior I Mpp i u o u munoo i Have just received a fresh car load of Kentucky Mules, which are on exhibition at Hill's Stable, Abbeville, and Dunn's Stable, Donalds. jiij nuyiuii uuuiij Books of registration of the voters in the City of Abbeiile will be open in the office of the !Ierk of the City Council from Janary 13th, 1904, until April 5th, 1904, iciueive. To entitle one to register ae following is requisite : 1. The production of a certificate of pgistration from the Board or Superisor of Registration of the County. 2. Residence in the city of four lonth*. 3. Payment of all taxes assessed gainst applican t for fiscal year of 1903. JAMES CHALMERS, Jan. 4, 1904. Registrar. i i We have a splendid line of Lubber Goats and Macintosh8 the very thing for rough leather, come and get one. Thomson Bros. 1 [i, i mm, < IUILDING CONTRACTOR! ( 1 A.nd Dealer in Wire Fence, i i t ABBEVILLE, S. C. I Jau. 12, 1904. tl cl d FOR SALE j 1HAT tract-of lam) known as th? LILA J. - NORWOOD ESTATE, Hltuate In the at woods oi South Carolina, Abbeville Coun, una consisting of 560 Acres of Land, actirally allot which is under cultivation' (1 HIM) 11JCIUUIUK us >VM.U. ? d stKbles, all iu good repair. For terms adet-s JNO. S. NORWOOD, B Jec 10,1903,-It Dresden, S. C. o - c Iladdou'M Locals. s'ew spring goods. Gingham's, percales ^ ltc i!"uds, emurolderltn, torcliou laces, <Sc. 0 id don's. Jomeslln Goods. The largest stock we have * er handled. Bleached and brown shtetlngs, ncl.ed and brown drillings, bed tlckiUKS, a avolt, ?fce., Just received at Haddon's. Jlack dress goods. All the latest for early n ring wear, at Haddon's. h A DUTCH TREAT Is where all concerned receive tte :'i equivalent of what they give. You always get the worth of your money here iu natinfaction and nourishment. Our breads are white, light, delioious )"J and nourishing. Our cakes ahd paatiy , are rich and toothsome and our home ujudu CiiuJ,y is up-to-date. J. W. Breihahn, Proprietor. _ . 1 i.-'* \ Cotton Must Have Potash " ' ,,v .| Potash is an essential plant food / which must be added as a fertilizer !wt?L . become e*-, " I vidfflk true of so i many cotton We have boolcs giving valuable tie tails about fertShtxt. We wHI send them free to any fanner who asks as for fhmn. GERHAN KALI WORKS, New York ?9i Ntias Street, or ' 'v Atlanta, Sa.-88M So. SnaAjK. ' 9 ; ... ''i ' ? rfrp'y We will sell yon a sewing machine for cash or on the installment plan. Oar prices are cheap and our machines are good. See us before you buy. We can save you money Thomson Bros. ' 'y:*GOOD HOMES ' TO EXCHANGE FOR Old, Worn-Out Fans. I have several nioe Houses in the >1 City of Abbeville which I will give in ",l exchange for almost any old worn-out farm. If yoa have no worn-out ^arm 'H to exchaoge, will sell to you on 60 B or 100 years time, with low rate of in- .. ferest. S I also offer the following farming" land, for sale : ' H 330 acres, five miles from Due West K and about 7 milea from Abbeville, H $7.00 per acre. 290 acres?$7.00 per acre. H 400 acres?$8.00 per acre. m All these lands are in the same S neighborhood, are well improved and H have good tenant houses. Will sell H with t>mall cash payment and >will I give long lime uu uaiuutc. t ROBT. S. LINK, 3 r' v _l 9 HQ Abbeville Lodge No. 45, L 0.0. F, I T\TEETS EVERY THURSDAY EVENING at 7:80 o'clock Id Odd Fellows Hall. All W| bretb reo, and visitors specially, are moat cor llally Invited to attend. HRa L. A. SMITH, H. G. SMITH, HI Nnhln Grand. ;?m" A COMPLETE SAW MILL OUTFIT - HS Engine, Mill, Saw, Log Carte, Beit and H it) necehsnry fix lures for operating mill. I will sell this outfit cbeap. For further In- HM formation apply to J. F. BRADLEY, H| Jan. 12,1904. 2m? Troy, H.O. OH NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS. I The following Ir the law of this State : ?H9 "Section 170. Every entry upon the landa [Dfl| >f another, after notice from the owner or enaut problbltlug tbe same, snail oe a mi bubrieanor, and be punished by fine not to ex* seed one hundred dollars or imprisonment vltli bard labor on tbe pabllo works of tbe HH bounty not exceeding iblrty days ; Provided, HtB l'bat whenever any owner or tenant of any BMB ands shall post a notice In four oonsplcious HH )lacen on Ibe borders of any land prohibiting ntry thereon, and shall publish onoe a week BBSS or four successive weeks such notice In any tewspaper circulating In tbe county where H ucb lands are situated, a proof of tbe posting hm ind of publishing of suob notice within R9H welve months prior to tbe entry, shall be ffiD teemed and taken as notice conclusive HEM igalnst tbe person making entry as aforesaid ^H9 or bunting and fishing." Having complied strictly with tbe above EfBH aw any person entering upon my lands will >e prosecuted and punished as above provld* BteHI W. A. Lomax. WWB R. R. Toibert. T. N. Toibert. HMB A. M. Tolbert. G. R. Tolbert. HW6B L. A. Miller. 999 8. K. MortOD. J. Y. Jones. { BM I. A. Keiier. (HQ Deo. 22, 1903, tf. JSfH ? ?? Special sale dress goods.?Some skirt length HQ| ouie shirt waist patterns, all at ^ price for ue week. naffi W. D. Barksdale sells tbe Richmond Guano HH| .'o's fertilizers. Try a ton. Whites' store Is undoubtedly tbe place to B8BB uy calicos. You can see there one thousand BSfiB r more different sty es. Southern States Fertilizers are sold by W. ^EH ). Barksdale. Try their high grade guano. MSB When In doubt buy Royster's Fertilizers HS nil you can't be wrong. W. D. Barksdale. Buy your cotton seed meal, potash and kal It fertilizers from W. D. Barksdale. He HMB ells the best brands. ^Esl H