t fe* ' " The Press and Banner BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C. i _ ?#-Publlnhed every WedneRdp ?t. 52 1 year In advance. Wednesday, March 23,1904 Award of Sewerage Contract. The Sewerage Comissioners on Saturday the 12th Inst., awarded the contract'for tb< construction ol the system of sewerage to Mr Frederick Mlnshall of this city. Bids lor the construction of the work wen advertised for to be opeaed on the 10th, anc alter canvassing tbe bids it was found tba the appropriation for the work would no meet the work laid out,and all bids were re jected on that date, and on the 12th tbe Boarc gave tbe work to Mr. Mlnshall.after making some changes in tbe plans. Mr. Mlnshall is now engaged in getting ready to start the work, and by the first of th< coming week will have tbe construction un der way, it being his intention to make t start about Wednesday or Thursday of thii week. All material for the work has beer ordered and muoh of it Is on the way now Mr. Minshall's Superintendant and ChleJ Engineer, Mr. Ed. Hawes, is now on tht ground and within a day or bo verything will be in full blast, and it Is the expectation oi Mr. Mlnshall to have the work completed within three months, no that the opportunity will be afforded all to make their connection to the system of sewers before the.' Fall weather begins. The work, as outlined, will cover the entire oitvand we think that the city Is fortunate in getting such a large amount of work done for tbe money appropriated, wben It Is considered tbat Anderson's 12 miles cost her about $45,000, Newberry's bIx miles cost about 828,000 wblle the eight miles here will cost only about 920,000, and Mr. Mlnshall also built eleven miles of sewers and built two sewage disposal plants at Greenwood for 830,000. These faots Indicate tbat tbe city Is fortunate In securing the services of Mr. Mlnshall In tbe preparation of the plans and specifications and In the work of construction of the work complete as well. He has performed considerable work In this State, all of whiob has been most satisfactory, and he has also been engaged in almost every state east of tbe Mississippi River, in municipal works of va' rlous kinds, and for these reasons the success of tbe enterprise is assured. A great many of tbe people here are anxious that the work be completed as early as possible, In order tbat they might make tbe connections to the sewers and have the plumbing completed In their residences be lore me winter sew id, ana irom iue auuviij dlaplayod thus far, It would seem that the work will be completed at an early date. The Peoples Savings Bank. The Peoples Saving Bank Is now open and ready for business. The ofllce Is on the oor" ner where Mr. Jones F. Miller did business for many years. A wonderful change has been wrought In the building, and It has been so arranged and beautified that It Is admirably fitted for the purpose of a bank. The officers, with ready cfish, are ready to serve the public to whatever may be needed In the line of greenbacks. The capital stock Is to be $25,000, a large part of whloh has already been paid In. Dr. S. G. Thomson Is President. Mr. R. E. Cox Is Cashier. And so It Is, that Abbeville has one more anterrtrlse to be numbered amooz those al ready established. The banks are not fighting eaoh other, bnt each one for Itself Is seeking pnbllo favor, and the business of the community will prove the neoeBsity for having three banks. Additional Wareroom. Mr. Blake and Captain Lyon, President aDd Business Manager ot the Abbeville Warehouse, are busy adding another section to the structure, which will Include two rooms 40x 100 feet. The people as they become better acquainted with the advantages of a warehouse are using It more and more. Wholesale Grocery Business. Messrs. A. W. A John Calhoun have opeued a wholesale grocery business at the Abbeville Warehouse, and In this way a need of the town has been supplied. They occupy a room at the warehouse, where the greatest quantities of goods are kept for sale and delivered on the shortest notice. And so it Is , Abbeville grows. The Verb and the Preposition. English is said to be one of the most difficult languages in the world for a foreigner to learn. The verb and prepositions are particularly puzzling. A professor in Columbia School of Mines tells of the trouble of a Frenchman with the verb " to break." " I begin to understand your language better," said my French friend, M. De Beauvoir, to me, "but your verbs trouble me still. You mix them up so with prepositions." "I saw your friend, Mrs. Berky, just now," he continues. " She say9 she intends to break down her school earlier than usual. Am I right there?" " Break up her school, she must have said." " Oh, yes; I remember; break up her school." 41 Why does she do that?" I asked. " .Because ner neaun is oroKen inio." "Broken down." " Broken down? Oh, yes. And, indeed, since fever has broken up in her town?" " Broken out." " She thinks she will leave it for a few weeks." 44 Will she leave her bouse alone?" 44No; she is afraid it will be broken ?broken?how do I say that?"? 44 Broken into." 44 Certainly ; it is what I meant tc Bay." 44 Is her son to be married soon?" 44 No; that engagement is brokenbroken?" "Broken off." it Vno hrnlrnrt nfF 71 uAh, I bad not beard that!" " She is very sorry about it. Hei son only broke thenewp down to hei last week. Am I right? I am anxious to speak English well." " He merely broke the news; nc preposition this time." " It is hard to understand. Tha young man, her son,t is a fine younj fellow?a breaker, I think?" " A broker and a fine fellow. Good day!" So much for the verb " break."Philadelphia Ledger. Billy-tioat* Needed. There is no doubt of the fact that th waste paper on the streets and publii places should be cleared away, an< from an observation covering man; years, we should suggest the very bes 1TQV in whinh tn intlliro thn Hcofruntini of all waste paper, litter, old shoes, til cans, etc, is for council to put a squai of William Goats in the field. New and attractive line of white, colore fend black silks at Haddoos. SA-* \ MS jKn^i 5 I * Bfip 2p? ^?Kb9? i*PJ fi$?i ; 7^'E ai f| ever shew make th pearance JT and we ]c and Men7 Is j and worli ml Ai Come you I WEST END. Happening* and Incidents of a Week Abont the City. fp?" Dr. Frank B. Wardlaw of Greenville spent several days In the city laxt week, the guest KSHREBEER of Miss Lila Mabry. Dr. Wardlaw has loca- r ted In Greenville, and bis friends here will I laffl I tjfejl be glad to hear he is doing well in his chosen ?n profession. 1LI) , Mrs. Brooks Livingstone has retujned to ber borne in Columbia after spending some- 9 ? I I j lime nere wnu ner Bisier, mm. omuco j.u.n- m nan i pp ?--j Miss Eva Teague spent Sunday In the city ? the guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. Lorton RobertMr. W. D. Barksdale was In Greenville last "?*?i8HSes Thursday on business. , Miss Onle and Miss Caro Morse leave In a short time for an extended trip to Davidson PRICE C and Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Visanska left Sunday for Atlanta, where they will spend sometime * ?. before going to their home In Charleston. The friends of Mrs. Visanska are glad to know that.she Is able to be out again. Miss Mary Parker is in tbe city spending a jj while with her niece, Miss Lucta Parker. Mr. T. G. Perrln has returned rrom Wal- 'TT EwSuOl halla after a pleasant stay there with Mr. Ed- rrm-m'BiMfH* win P. Lucas. Mr. A. B. Morse has returned from a buslness trip to Atlanta. jcxCjlif: JBBj EUCHRE CLUB. ' I'I'M'B Hj|g| The Ladles Euchre Club was most delight- ?rr-r " ' fully entertained Friday afternoon by Mrs. S. G. Thomson. After a number of lnteres- .Lkfr J-l pPw ting games, an elaborate salad course was Ift.L _l jiiHjb1 served. Tbose prosent were: Mrs. H. A. Anderson' Mrs. Charles D. Brown, Mrs. Mag- ? ? ele L. Bullock. Mrs. William D. Wilson, Mrs. | SSHWWsMe E. Rlngan Thomson, Mrs. A. M. Smith. Mrs. SdtwLrfefec:^*Wade S. Cotbran, Mrs. II. L. Darean, Mrs. G. [gSEJP'Svl-ps A. Neufler, Mrs. William W. Bradley, Mrs. William P. Greene, Mrs. Frederick Mlnahall, Miss Lallle Calhoun, Miss Plevna Seal, Miss Nettie Russell, Miss Eunice Calhoun, Miss # _ ** Nettle Branson. Miss Lily Templeton. * (BSSSBBaaSssiii Mrs. W. D. Wilson will entertain the club at its next meeting. Mrs. A. S. Garrison is at home again after spending a week at Peachland, N. C. Mr. J. K. Durst of Greenwood and Mr. PRICE CC Branch of Richmond, representing the Mer cbant6 National Bank of that city, were here _______ last Wednesday among the guests at the Eureka. Miss Kate Turner of Ninety-Six is in the city the charming guest of her friend, Miss ' -rr-n--n? Corrie Hollingsworth. IT1 "aBn. 11' Mr. Perrln Quarles leaves Wednesday for TC IU t'tlfi Wlnnsboro, where he will spend a lew days tUlSncE 1 before going to Richmond, Va., on a business ~ Rev. A. C. Wllklns of Bamburg has been ffjjfjM'n: called to the Baptist Church In this city. Mr. Wllklns will come to Abbeville in a short r?Mrs. J. S. Norwood of Dresden spent Mori- 51 it^ jfi day and Tuesday In the city the guest of Bui) IsQ Mrs. James H. Perrln. lLz^-mj-^-MLLT8i Mr. and Mrs. Christy Sayre of Ware's LL -==; , Shoals were in the city several days lasi /*? ' ~~T? , t week the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dill. Mr. Frank Robertson leaves Wednesday for his home In Beltou, after spending some. time here with his brother, Mrs. T. Lawton Robertson. Mr. Robertson health is greatly PR| improved. LITERARY CLUB. The Literary Club had a pleasant meeting . last Friday evening at the home of Mr. A. B. " Morse. Nervous Capital 1 ' Can I Do Good Work on Buildings? Vitality is the availal ) KIJnlDk8,?V 1 wU1 H feWK?n!,ie ergv of the bodv; itisti buildings I have worked on or built, and If ,!?' ? , ~ ' ... ? you are a judge of such work, will ask you to Steam is to a locomotive t go look at these buildings and compare them human body and the lo T with some of the buildiues I did not build. I jg ju many respects, a 1 ' worked on the United States Court House ' and Post Office building, Kalelgh, N. C., cost tlie locomotive IS Uieie . SoUO.IJOO. Also residence of Dr. Hawkings, by means of which ttl< Raleigh, cost 135,000 I superintended the res- or stored Up. ill coal ail ldeuces of Mr. A. W. Jones, Dr. S. G. Thorn- ' ,. . - son's, Mr. C. I). Brown's, Messrs. A. M. Hill & maj oecon\ertt(3 intone Son's stables, and was foreman on the Eureka as heat and work. No Hotel until it reached the top of the top of body like a locomotive, the first story. I had nothing to do with this building after that. for th.e conversion of I worked last year on the finishing up of the and air and water CO hotel at Mt. Airy, Ga., which cost about ?100,- piiemv This puprirv 0 000. I built Agricultural Hall and grand < 1, stand at Athens. Also put In glass front f<)f)d, air and water, is c ^ clothing store at Athens, have also worked human body into ene 3 on some of the best buildings at Columbia as heat and work ] L7 and Anderson, etc. ,.nu,0. ,lf ut? ' ? ; B. K.Beacham, Builder. power ot the steam-e t upon the amount of en 1 ? (iuce from its fuel, so i ^ This being a flower season our slock Is su- depends Upon 1 a perb and those wlsb'ng an up to date hat energy he can produce uhnnM trn tn thA (iikhlrmuhlp ctnro r>f Hurl. <. ?...?? ?i lit o v illicit in IU caj , > iuuii( ?? # . , . .. tt ?. . a mau corresponds exi the smart set always visit Haddon's empo nnnliml to ?i rlum, for there they see the newest styles. hm t i .. d Be sure and call for the new neckwear be- "lie body, tlieD, act ill ing shown at Haddon's. air aud water, produce re now opening iothing, Shoes, E m in Abbeville, e man," but v * mr -w M ^ ^ to wear Uf-1 iropose to give t] s Furnishings f< :manship consid( l"i~n 4\ XJ IMK in and gi my your s YOURS Up-to-Da =31'Top... 1.75 Stel? FFpFF| B D-8y2.2.75 mm "ELASTK II '? 1 D-1014 3.00 They C-r ^ 1 Base.. 1.75 This is the case ssSSm? at a time witho can be arranget omplete $9.25 is protected by dust-proof do< best, and only , ^ __ ?,*. made. Our illu ? 15 top-"1-75' | able combinati* H S ^etotVoX j nish them in pi mm I D-8%. 2.75 genuine mahog. ffl 11.1 ] give prices of tl | so the cost of rffSB I mm/inn anycombinatio RSI D',0?3-00 One thing wed. '~r?rlg that is the beau yg-'H"! j the cases. But fl-pM I D-12M3.25 call and see th TBEKfflI ABB] i 5MPLETE $15.25 1.75 Top... 2.75 D-8^ . ^ 2 Tops.. 3.50 I 2 D-8>2 5.50 i 3.00 D-10X iigii 2D-,oM6-o? 3,5d,2k j I 2D*12^650 1-75 Base.. i 2 Bases . 3.50 $15.25 Left T CE COMPLETE $25.00 I Jsed Up. and iDlluenees dvaw upon that's The greater the amount of >le working en- made, and the Je we would like to have you em?or will send catalogue. t FURNITURE CO., SVILLE, S. C. 'jBjjpBBD-^-2-75 Desk. .4.00 Fa D"'2K3.25 ? PRICE COMPLETE p. . , T. t_, _n ler. Right Tier 523.50 ? $38.75 vitality, work, produce less then the one bun- j/jySSL vitality dred per cent, needed by the body as a pended, whole?ay uinty per cent. Ofthisnino be ex- typerceuf., thirty is being consumed le indi- by the daily work, leaving for the motive power of the organs only luced to sixty per cent, instead of the us sup- eighty required. That is to say, ; ?k? ^r.rono wKinh nroiiuce vitalitv need UClttlCU line .. ...w >ercent, vitality for their motive power. If respira-1 tliis luotive power be deficient, they Cu yill say, will make less and less vitality until , which j the zero-mark is reached. This zero- Most vari< capital. I mark means insanity, nervous prostra- mare than enjoined by the disorder affords the of moisture, y made vitality-making organs a change to Add at least is, if he "catch up." Usually, however, the sand to the ?... ?r .iluti f u TII ian who| illness is miai, owing iu muiv ui cuuauvitality | (utional strength. Few people, save flourish In: it uiade, j those who have suffered from it, have strong, hot Mictions any idea of Ihe horrors of nerveous plenty of lit jhty per prostration. Few people realize that of the sun. vitality- the causation of nerveous prostration In wiudo percent, may be expressed by a simple formula, freely appl for their as explained above.?Success. . , f . .... ' ' ' ' t 1 11 rrT 1 | J Bj||jjj| line of ' IIING, ; es, Hats Mt^ m-jmuMM (ImIIBSESSc^ r? ah ! before j u (JU. I Ef^^m THE HOE I Knows a good one?and right I here is the reason we sell so -|jjB many noes ana rm Machinery 1 the kind that cause you to vB remember this store with f? pleasure ? the good, strong, BH serviceable and durable kind. iituro of Begonias. smooth-leaf resorts, and an occasional ,, , , .1 spraying of the foilage of the Rex type fin sties of begonia like a soi will not injure them, if the plants are ijely of leaf-mold and sand, uot in the sun. It is best, however, ell in ordinary garden soil f0 SUpp]y moisture for this class by it. Good drainages must keening a bowl of water among plants , for nothing damages a tbe at aIj time3i ier than a soil too retentive Give the begonia good care, and it causing the toilage to drop. will not disappoint you. BUB one-quarter sharp, coarse s leal-mold used for these , , BH such a compost they will fCliriaUtly, if kept out of No five cents cigar like the CIdco. If yoa uiMiuhiiia Tlitw reduire want tliem fresh and sweet, direct from tbe Km sun. nine, i nry i^juii factory) buy tbem rrom the agent ror the fao. jilt, but not the direct rays tory, Speed's Drug Store. |HH \v culture water mav be W. White's Stock of Black Goods for i*wi Hia fnilflirp of thp Sult8 aod Skirts was never larger nor more flip iniinirP oi LLie ,iOP)WOKia thon ut. nrwsflnt. Re sure tn see KBH ' bern. HH '