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-TC" ' ' v ' ' ' :l- " - , ^ M The Abbeville Press and Banner.! BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1904. ESTABLISHED 18441 MR. AIKE1S SUPPORTING HIS BILL~ MIGRATIOI Mr. Chairman: Several days ago I introduced a bill .H. R. 14833, identical in terms with the bill introduced by the distinguished Senator from North Car? r immmnl qn t hr>ri7i ncr thp uiiua [*y? 1 oiuiujov/uji v?v.v?_ ?o '? Commissioner-General of Immigration to establish an information bureau on Ellis Island for the better enlightenment of immigrants and for their better distribution throubgout this land. I fear, Mr.Chairman, that we do not fully realize the tremendous influence that immigration has had and is destined to have upon tbe internal development of this country. We are a nation born, as it were, of tbe peoples of the earth. Already more than one third of our population are of foreign parentage, and this number is annually augmented by over threequarters of a million immigrants. That the future of jtbis country will be ? fAi?o?nrn hftnHa is wruu^ui lai^ciji ujr iviviju ? ? beyond question. What is the work of development which this country unfolds before the industrious immigrant, and what are the opportunities offered him here? These are the questions now agitating the country and which we as Representatives are called on to aid in solving. Some rambling poet thus apostrophizd this country: American! half-brother of the world! With something good and bad of every land, So wide and varied are our industries, so cosmopolitian are our people, that we can scarcely escape the application of these lines. We may add, however, that with an area measured rvnlw K11 on ontirp rniih. with climate I VUIJ %JJ MU vuvt.w ? 7 conditions unapproximated in any country on the globe, with physical conditions as varied as tbe thoughts of the wildest dreamer, we have, by tbe skillful and energetic use of chose natural advantages, become not only a brother but an elder brother, feeding and clothing the natious of the earth. We lead the world in the production of cotton, corn, and wheat, and it is to this fact that we owe the distinction ol being tbe wealthiest of nations. With what zeal, then, should we guard the agricultural interests of those sections which pour into coffers annually millions of newly created wealth. In passing let us look briefly at the industrial status of those sectious. In the Middle West, and some Northern States where corn is the product, we find a dense white population, com posed largely 01 uesira.uie jc.uiuyeau immigrants and their descendants, and as a natural consequence we find farm lands in the highest state ol cultivation and selling at what to utof the South seem to be fabulous prices. Agricultural conditions there are all that could be desired. In the West and Northwest, the great wheat-growing section of this country, we have witnessed industrial evolutions which are simply startling. Modern appliances for planting aud harvesting, and tbe railroads, those great arteries of commerce which have done so much for our internal improvement, have en bled a somewhat scattered immigraut populaiion to take first place in the world's supply of cereals. Now, let us turn to tbe South and view the couditionB there, for it is of mis secuou inaiuiy iu?i ? uctub iu speak. It is said that in the South alone may be found the pure blood of t^e settlers of this country. This is a veri' pretty thought, but scarcely com* pensates for retarded industrial devel* opment. Though we have about $200,000,000 invested in textile industries in the South, to say nothing of the milliuutinvestd in other manufacturingenterprises " we are nevertheless essentially an af cultural people. Tht ^ioctrine of political economy is: " Tha^-communities manufacture oDly when the population has become too dense to profit by tilling the soil." Measured by this standard we are not naturally a manufacturing people, and are such only because of our proximity to the raw material and of our unequaled natural advantages. While we welcome capital into our midst, and feel that ere loug conditions will warrant a fuller development of manufacturing interests, the sudden and enormous growth of the iudustry has brought us face to face with a grave problem. Since the days of slavery our lands have been but poorly tilled. No thought of their preservation is ever entertained, tbe doctrine being to "wear out the old and cut down down the new." A German family is often supported on the products grown on 2 acres of land, while 30 to 40 acres constitute a one-horse farm in the South. This prodigality and wasting of lands, than which none better may be had in the world, is due to the scarcity of labor; and yet from ranks already thiu have been drawn annually thousands of mill operatives. We are practically without competition in th<? nrodufition of o.nt.tnn Our crop just marketed amounted to over half a billion dollars. Think what this means to the South. Think what it means to the United States. Can we afford to allow this industry to decline? And yet, I tell you that it is declining. Every year witnesses a great influx to our cotton mills of the intelligent farming population, which at best was inadequate for the proper cultivation of our soil. Under the new conditions cities and towns are springing up everywhere. Demand for farm products of every kind is growiue, while the capacity for production, owing to the scarcity of labor, is declining fear fully. 1 But some, from the past, would call up the skeleton of overproduction. Mr. Chairman, in a few years the South, under the most favorable conditions, can not supply the world's demand for cotton. Have we not seen the world's demand raised from 10.000, 000 to 12,000,000 bales within the past five years? What, at this rate of increase, will be the demand, say, twenty years hence? A well-informed English authority states that at the present ratio of demand the world will require ii>,uuu,uuu uaiet* ui wuun auuuauy withiu the next ten years. rs SPEECH, Providing for an in nf bureau. Those wno read between the lint 'in the many eastern disturbance know that within a score of yeai China, like Japan, wil hsave felt tfc quickening effect of western iufluenc< and in the most remote corner of thi great sleeping Empire will be sold th products of this and European coui tries. Overproduction to-day is bi little more than a specter of Wall stree and at most can be only tempori.rj The danger is that England, being th greatest sufferer from underproductioi in this country, will so encourag cotton growing in India and Africa a to develop serious competition. A ready the English spinners have tbi matter under consideration, with view to urging it upon the Govern ment. If increased production is uecessar to meet increased demands, let th demand be met by southern develop ment. Having Been the great westeri wilriprneKS- with its hostile Indiaus. it scarcity of water, and other attendan obstacles, pass, as if by magic, int< peaceful, thrifty Commonwealths, and considering that this was wrought b, immigrants in little more than a quar ter of a contury, we conclude that witl this tide of immigration once turnei southward we may look forward to ai era of agricultural development whicl will meet all demands upon us am allay competion abroad. In the light of experience it is evi dent that great activity and concert o action on the part of the boutheri people will be necessary in order t< direct immigration southward. O 700,000 foreigners landing in this couu try during the year ending June 3C 1902, less than 10,000 settled iu tb< entire South, and 5, 000 of that numbe settled in Louisiana. Let me digress a little here to correc two erroneous ideas which havi militated very much against thoSouti in securing desirable immigrants The first error is that tke South doe not desire immigration. This is uteri; untrue. While the South has neve" exercised itself as other sections hav in securing immigrants, there is n< place uoder the Stars and Stripes where the stranger finds a more congenial reception. llie second error is that the immi grant fears he will be degraded by contact with the negro in the sam* line of work. In answer to this I wil say that to the southern white mai works in the field and elsewhere witl the negro and is fully respected From personal observation I may ad( that the immigrants who settled ii my own sections are not only a highly respected, but are as thrifty an< profeperous as the best of our citizens. Let me say in this connection tha there is no disposition in the South t get rid of the negro. While he i improvident touching his own affairs under the iutelligent direction of th white man he is unexcelled as laborer. When let alone by agitator he is cod tented and happy and is wel aHnntori f.n thp warm, southern climate He will be found as useful to the smal immigrant farmer as he has proven tc be to us. We will now review aome of th< opportuuites which the South offers t ihe immigrants: The Isud urea of the South is 585,31C 000 acres. In 1900 the total faro acreage was 387,690,426 acres. Th total improved|acreage was only 145,18 599. This leaves about 242,000'00l acres of farm lands to be put int profitable cultivation. The uuimproved farm lands of th South give a areater area fo settlement and cultivation than thi total area of Texas, Louisiana, auc Arkansas combined. Over 110,000.00 acres of this land lies east of th Mississippi River, and there is com numt.ivplv AMmfkll a mnnnt of it whicl is not available crops of somekind For diversity, quantity, aod qualit; of productions the Southern States an uusurpassed. Mr. Wilson, Secretar; of Agriculture, after touring th< South. Baid: "No section of the worli offers such inducements for diversifiei farming;" aod he predicted a futur for that section such as has not beei witnessed before in this country. That our people grow cotton almos exclusively is due to the fact that a prevailing prices it is the most profit able and merchantable crop that ii planted. Where the farmer turus hii attention to diversified crops the result compare favorably with the besteflort of farmers without this region. 1 Pennsylvania farmer settling in Nortl Pornlino nn lanHu Ujhinh (tnHt. him ? per acre, lands thought to have beei worn out, raised 18 bushels of wheat pe acre. An Illinois farmer settling ii Madison Connty, Ala.,a few years age bought 500 acres of land at $15 per acre Last year this land yielded 30 bushe] of wheat per acre on 175 acres planted A farmer in Anderson County, mj district, realized this year on a one horse farm of ordinary land, frot cotton and other products, over $1,20( According to the figures of a late yea] book, good and bad wheat fields tc getherin South Carolina yielded a average of $8.62 per acre, against $7.o in Minnesota, $7.07 in North Dakota A/. O 4 t\-*1?st $O.Ot lli OUULU i^auuin, auu i Iowa; and the value of land in Souti Carolina is much lower than in an; of the States named. A few years ag tobacco culture was not thought of i South Carolina. To-day, from a con paratively small area in which th experiment has been made, we sel annually more than $2,000,000 wortl of tobacco. In the great Appalachian belt, froi the Patomac River to the Tennesse line, the soil is peculiarly adapted t fruit growing, and especially the app] industry. Virginia has been giving a tention to this industry, and she i now the third State in the Union with a fair prospect of becoming th first, in the production of this. Th celebrated Aibermarle pippin, fruit < Virginia, is considered the finest expo: apple that this country produces, an -L V- . - * ?* tk praucauy me wuoie urup cu vu. variety is marketed in London at i per barrel and more. It is said thi the mountainous sections of Nortl and South Carolina are also well adap ed to the growth of this variety < apple. In this same belt peache grapes, and other fruits are produced in rhe highest state of excellence. That the greatest yield of corn per acre was in South Carolina, I need scarcely remind you. That the North [ has its vegetable gardens in the Soith Atlantic and Gulf States; that the greater portion of seinitropical fruits, such as oranges and bananas, are ?s shipped from Southern States; that >a i?reat Quantities of fish and game 8 with which the northern markets are ie supplied are shipped from that section 58 are facts with which every vendor in it the streets is familiar ie In fact, the scope of southern indusi tries is so great that we can not classify it or enumerate them in the brief space t, of this discourse. Suffice it t!o say r, that no worthy immigrant from the e North or from Europe can land in our a midst without finding an inviting e field in which to exercise his bent or is inclination. i- As I am perhaps more familiar with is the peculiar advantage of my own a State, and as it is perhaps becoming i- that I should particularize only with reference to it, I shall attempt to lay ? knfrtna oarvta r\f f Viaoa orl \tq n f urrOQ y UCIUIO J VU RV1UV VS1 VUV'OP (?u TMUvwgvwt e South Carolina's 34,000 square miles ?- of territory may be considered tbe i garden spot of tbe Atlautic coast s country and the ideal location for the t home seekers for several very potent l> reasons. Tbe State is in the shape of I, an isosceles triangle, protected on its y northern side by the towering walls of tbe Blue Ridge mountain chain, while b on the east, the coast line, the temd pering Gulf stream makes its inward bend'on its way to the British Isles, its 3 influence on the climate being so cl marked that an annual mean temperature of 65 is obtained, it never being i- greater than 50, even in the extreme if alpine region. 3 In the center of the triangle an ) unvaryiug mean temperature of 47.2 f in winter, 63. 4 in spring 76. 4 in summer, and 63. 9 in autumn is mainl, taiued, with ten aud one-half hours of e daylight on the shortest day of the r year and fourteen on the * longest. With such meteorological conditions t Soutn Carolina is easily the southern i France of America. Coupling this i matchless climate known the world . over through the scores who have s sought and recovered lost health at y such resorts as Aiken, Camdeo, and r Summerville?with a most productive, e sandy, and porous soil, capable of a growing money crops the year through i cotton, indigo, tobacco,sugar, tea, rice, s corn, wheat, oats, barley, fruits of all kinds of finest quality, truck of every - description, in short, all crops com mon to the different portions of the i United States?coupling this with 1 rarest deposits of minerals?gold, tin, a iron, lead, copper, manganese bismuth, 3 aluminum?granite of ffhest quality, . kaolin and other money-value clays, 3 her great water powers and other 3 resources of value to the investor, the ? warrant for the assertion that this J State is the ideal spot for the homeseekers who wishes to devote his enert gy to agriculture or industrial pursuits 0 or the investor seeking sure results b from his energy and enterprises is '? apparent. e South Carolina is one of the original a States of this Union, She has been s primarily an agricultural State. She 1 has never realized the need of labor > until the last year or two, but now 1 she has established her "depatment of > agriculture, commerce, and immigration," in charge of Commissioner E. 0 J. Watson, a most able and efficient o officer, and issued her invitation to tbe people of other lands and other > portions of this country to come and J enjoy her exceptional advantages, e This has come about by reason of tbe 5 last decade and by the phenomenal ) success attained in industrial develop0 ment. The upbuilding of the cottonmanufacturing industry and of manue facturing enterprises of other kinds to r that degree which makes her the 2 second State in the Union to-day, 1 with about $40,000,000 invested in 0 such plants, as stated generally of the e South, has unconsciously drawn from i- the fields the intelligent white tenant 1 class of her citizens, a strong type of I. America citizen, until now intefHgent y white labor is needed to carry the e agricultural development to that state y of perfection that it can easily attain. 2 The tendency of the negro is to the J trades in the great center of population, d This is following in the wake of the e education of the race. This State is Q to-day aiding the negro in these lines by maintaining a mechanical college, t where he ie given such training, pret ferring intelligent white labor on the .- farms, with their intensified methods, 9 and aiding in the solution of a great a problem. s Diversified farming is now claiming <s the attention of this State's best farmV ers and| land owners, and they want i European, eastern and western, meth5 ods employed. Hence they invite the l sturdy white settlers to come and r share with them what nature has so i lavinhly bestowed upon their land. ) They seek them to come while nudes' veloped lands may be had at miniIs mum prices on easy terms, and not, i. aB in thickly settled strips of country. J at $150 an acre. It is the province of this new department of our State povn 4. I 4. u eiuujeuk, just eBiaunoueu, tu uuiieuu ). these lands, locate the settlers, and r- watch over them, giving fostering care >- to their welfare. o The stock-raising industry is now merely in its infancy, notwithstanding i, the thousands of acres of rich and valu uable meadow lands. Maoy are going h iuto this indnstry, and the man who y is familiar with its methods, settling 0 thereat this time, can not but reap a n harvest. So it is with poultry raising, i- dairying, and trucking for the early e eastern markets, 1 No State in the Union for its size i has finer railroad ifacilities. The map is a network of railroad lines, conver " gtng at tne center 01 me inangie. e Through the State run the three main 0 North to South trunk lines, with fast e passenger and refrigerator service, t- each with many branch lines, reachn ing into all the counties. One of the trunk lines has more of its mileage in e this State than in any other of the e States it traverses. The navigation of the inland waterways is now thorough, ft a line with connections with steamJ ships for New York, Philadelphia, is and Boston having just been opened 1*5 to the very center of the State, mak*t ing rich river bottom lands available 1 no nwA fnurt SaVtA/1 Ktt 1 * 1UI BUUL1 SClllClO ao aiC iuiuiougu \JJ t- Holland, for instance. The telegraph af and the telephone connect practically a, every town and hamlet with the out side world, and tbe farms can and d secure the latter service. Educational advantages in Sout Carolina are unsurpassed. In th country the State maintains asuperic type of public free schools under th directions of the State superintenden of edncation. All the towns and citie nave mouern ana up-to-uaie rree puc lie schools and high schools, cartryinj the education of the children to th college stage. The State maintain and heartily supports literary highe institution of learning with a recon of a century, a splendid agricultura and mechanical college, a fine mili tary academy, ami a college for th< literary and industrial training of it women that possesses a widespreai reputation. There are in differen portions of the State four other high class colleges and universities for th education of men and seven college fnr rho oHnnoHnn nf wnmon Snrol' South Carol in's educational atmos phere equals her matchless climat and makes hei a leader in the cause o education. But not alone in the instances men tioned is the prosperous and rapidl; developing little State a leader. Sh has set the pace in the South in the mat ter of building model gocd roads. It i now some years since the work wa begun, and the sand-clay mixture, well drained system of roads was first intrc duced here, soon attracting the atteD tiou of the Federal Government's good roads experts, who have used them a object lessons in good-road building ii other parts of the country. To-da; this State has miles upou miles of thi class of roads, a joy to the farmer am automobilist alike, and the good worl has but just begun. In some countie the spledid granite deposits have beei well utilized in the building of lastinj macadam roadways. The topography of the country ii South Carolina has blessed the Stat with rarest water powers. A coneerva tive estimate places the developed am undeveloped water powers at 1^000,00 horsepower of water power. Tbe de velopment of a portion of this power i decade ago led to the introduction c transmitted electric power, generate* at water-power plants, to cotton mill some miles distant. This was firs tried here, and to-day many a spindl is operated by the overhead motor driv furnished with electricity carried loni distances over wires. This was one c the great elements entering into tb< rapid development of cotton manufac turing in South Carolina. It made in vestors independent of high-priced site beside water powers, aud removed al question of availability of sites. It i noteworthy to remark in this connec lion that in 1882 only 4,113 horsepowe of water power was in use. To-day,i: one city alone, there is a single plan developing nearly tbreejtimes as much In speaking thus at length of m own State it is in no sense with th idea of disparaging the resources c other States, but I rather refer to i aa something of a type of the who! South. Surely there is much in con mon for which we should feel justl proud, to which I can only refer i this connection. The value of cotton mills in th South in 1880 was $21,000,000; in 190! $175,000,000. In 1880 farm propert was valued at $2,212,000,000; in 190 it was valued at $5,158,000,000. I 1893 southern exports amounted t $250,072,790; in 1903 to $545,011,661. I 1880 the South had 20,000 miles of rai road; in 1903 the mileage was 50,00( In 1880 the South manufactured 397,0C tons of pig iron; in 1903,3,300,000 ton< The value of lumber products in 186 was $39,000,000; in 1903 they reache the sum of $200,000,000. In 1880 th South mined 6,000,000 tons of coal; i lyus sne mmea /u,uuu,uuu ions. This internal development, rapi and stupendous as it is, is only ai earnest of what we may reasonabl; expect in the future under prope conditions. We invite the northern and westen farmer and the deserving Europeai immigrant to share with us "Ihi goodly heritage." We would hav them link their arms in ours now a the dawn of a new era and participat ully in the benefits and glories of ou development. In England, Ireland, and Scotlam only one person in thirty-one owui land, and this is mortgaged for 60 pe cent of its value. In the populou rural sections of the North farm land sell at from $100 to $150 per acre. W offer you lands at from $5 to $15 pe acre, which with a little attention, ar just as productive and more desirable owing to climate advantages whicl adapt them to a great variety of crops While we are awake to the necessity of immigration as a means of feeepin] our farming interests commensurat with our manufacturing interests, wi confess some solicitation, and w< think the United States Govorumen should feel some solicitation, as to th< character of those immigrants. This Government should look wel to the laws restricting immigration and while no worthy berson, sounc physically and mentally, should b< V>o nlr m n (jKauM qaa f a if f Kq luiiicu uauA) "c ouwutu occ iw iu hjo this country is not made an aaylun or alemhouee for the undersirabh citizen of the Old World. We wanl ouly voluntary immigrants; not sue! as are induced by their own countrie to seek new homes. It is true tha the constant loss of able-bodied youni men, for it is this clas* who usually emigrate, is a severe drain on the ol< countries. They have all the care an< expense of rearing them to years o maturity, which is estimated at $60 to $1,000 per individual, and receiv absolutely nothing in return. Asid from this item of expense, however emigration works but little detrimen to the old countries, for they all dense ly populated, and in all, save Ireland the births are very much in excess c the deaths. While we should hold out opei arms to the deserving immigrant wh is not satisfied with conditions in hi native land, it is our inherent righ and but self-preservation to exclud that turbulent, thriftless, disaliectei element who, restrained only by fore at home, in this ccuutry indulge ii most unbridled license. We neec tillers of the soil, who bv industry wil will build up the waste places am make our hillsides- aud valleys goldei with the fruits of honest toil. That this is a condition and not theory which we are confronting !ma be inferred from the following figure compiled by Chairman MoLeod, c the Western Passenger Aasociatioi Out of 700,000 immigrants arrivm ?r v.. . o here in 1902, New York received 203, 824; Pennsylvania, 139,000: Jllinoip, h 45,845;MaH8achusetts, 50,939; Obio, 25e 900, with other Northern and Western , ir States following with from 5.000 to 15e 000. You will note that the greatest t influx was into States having the 8 largest cities, already overpopulated, d i- auu, hh i nave niaieu piviuubi^, tuui- g g paratively none went to the South. Of e this 700,000 accounted for, 2,947 had J s professions 79,769 were skilled worfcr men, 422,379 were classed as miscella- a i neous, and 153,149,tncludinff women 1 .1 and children, had no occupations. t i- If this miscellaneous class were 3 laborers, who in time would seek the ^ a rural districts, we might well welcome c i them. If they are so many additional t charges in the cities already burdened, ^ - we can not calculate the possible evils t e which may arise from their coming, s We can easily assimilate the indus- | y trious workingman, but this country i- can no more apsimilate great hordes i e of disaffected immigrants than the t if human system can assimilate an over- B dose of poison. ( i- It is the purpose of the bill which I ? y introduce to meet this very exigency t e by establishing a bureau for the intelligent distribution of worthy immigrnts. \ s As to what countries furnished the s most desirable immigrants, speculation ? I- ?? in tvtunk ? r ui upiuu 10 vcij ujutu uiviucu. x ?- seems to be strong prejudice aeainst t i- the Asiatic aud southwestern t 1- European. Until lately considerable 8 s prejudice existed against the Italian, i a but with most favorable testimony, y in his behalf from Georgia. Louisiana j. s and a number of other Southern States, i our people look with a great deal more c i favor on these hardy,industrious agrl- 1 s culturists. c It is not alone the foreigner whom g we would invite to our Southland. 1 In fact, the settler whom we most c 3 desire is the intensive northen farmer. * e In the South he will find conditions ^ of soil and climate which respond i most readily and abundantly to inten- J 0 sive methods of farming, He will find [ >- lands selling at much lees per acre a than he rants bis northen lands for c if annually. He will find a people frank 8 d and congenial in their dealings. He i a will obtain a better idea of southern k t conditions, and will more fully [ e acquaint his northern brother with e those conditions, thereby overcoming J g local prejudices. I assert, in the t if light of wide observation, that no t a northern farmer can reside for two y years in our midst without bacoming 4 i- one with us. g ? JNow, Mr. L'nairraan, mat my 0111 II is an important one, looking to the is proper selection and distribution of }- immigrants and to the best interests r of the immigrants themselves, in d furnishing them, helpless and alone it as they are, such information as will l. enable them to choose wisely the y homes of their adoption, must be ape parent to everyone. The importance )f to this nation of aiding and encourag* t ing desirable immigrants to come e amongst us can be realized only in the i- light of the fact that our future history y will reflect in great measure the n characteristics of these immigrants. e y DONALDS. 0 . t 0 Newsy Budgets as Related by the Young I Q Correspondent. ( 1- Donalds, S. C., May 23rd. 1004. ). Before a tremendous crowd tbe cloBlng ^ exercises of tbe Donalds Hlgb School were v held last Friday night. The exercises weie r of high order and reflected great oredit on 8 iO those who bad the entertainment In charge. j j After tbe exercises by the children were < u over So pelntendent of Education O. B. Mar6 tin dellverecT tbe literary address, and It was j q a One one. Professor Loy and bis assistant j Miss Blanche Matblas are to be congratu- ( lated on tbe most excellent manner in wblob j a everything was carried out. q Tbe Jones Hlgb School closed last Thurs- j, ? day with the usaal exercises. A tremendous t, ' crowd was present and seemed to enjoy the r day unusually. Dr. H. N. Snyder delivered tbe literary addrass. , n Invitation are out announcing tbe marlage u of Mies Lois Martin to Mr. T. Johnson on 1 Wednesday June tbe 1st, in the Metbodlst 8 church. Both are popular young people and ? many friends wish a happy married life for tbem. t Mr. James C. Booker attended tbe Py tblan " ???? In Innt week. g U'UVOUbJUU iu v?vvM....? Professor H. M. Loy has returned to hi# home In Burlington, N. C.t Xo spend the Bummer vacation. j Messrs. H. B. and P. B. Ellis, of Greenwood, spent yesterday here with frunds. 3 Mrs. T. F. Wright of Phoenix spent last T week with her mother here. q Rev. J. P. Snipes of Due West preached In the Methodist church here yesterday. 8 Union meeting will be held In the Baptist e church here next Saturday and Sunday, r Dinner will be served on the grounds both days. Large orowds are expeoted. B The Donalds Oil Mill has shut down for , the seaton. This mill has rnn longer than j any mill hereabout, for most of tbt> mills have been shnt down for a month or two. H.CB. 7 ; 0 0 NERVEOU.S DYSPEPSIA CURED BY RY? DALE'S STOMACH TABLETS. t Mr. R. E. Jones, buyer for Parker <k Bridget, B whose large department stores are located at 9th and Penn. Ave. Washington, D. C., writes, under date of April 14, '04. as follows: Last 1 February, one year, while In New York on . business lor my house, I coughta severe cold, i which laid me up for several weeks and left 1 me weak and nerveous. I bad little or no S appetite, ana my digestion wkk very puui. My physician could not get at tbe cause of my trouble, as my digestion seemed so much 1 Impaired. I decided to try Rydale's Stomach 3 Tablets, being assured by a friend, tbey were a good dyspepsia medicine. After using them for a few days, I began to realize that I was i getting better. I gave up the dootor'i DresS criptlon and have gained 20 pounds while using two boxes of these tablets. I never felt better in my life, and accredit Rydale's Stom? acb Tablets with having cured me. I can j recomend them, most heartily, to sufferers j from nervous indigestion and general run, down conditions of the system. C. A. Mil1 ford. I "CLEANLINESS t IS NEXT TO GODLINESS." > ?AND THE? if i Charlotte Steam Laundry s -HAS ANe AGENT a e in your city, who collects 3 and delivers your \ LAUNDRY. d Q Work Guaranteed. Shipping day Tuesday, a I Theo. Percival, Agt. " HUo to Penney Uiotdlng company mr ?mn* i '! hattan shirts, the flrst ever shown In; Abbeg vllle, 81.50 and #2.00 | WEST END. 9appeniug:ii and Incident* of a Week About the City. May 24,1901. Mr. Sherard of Iva was In the town several lays last weefc visiting his son Mr. W. C. Iberard. JUIBB iriargarei recuse IN HI UUIUO BIICI j pending Rome time in Anderson with tier lster, Mrs. Gantt. Mr. Brown was In Greenville last week .ttendlng a meetingoftheKnlgbtsof Pythias. Mrs. H. F. McOee returned to Soartanburg 'uesday, alter a ten days stay here with her noi.her Mrs. Quarles. Mr. and Mrs. Jobn Harris left Saturday for it. Louis where they will attend the Expoitlon. They will be out of the city for ten lays. Mr. Barksdale went to Grlffln and Galnesrllle the first of the week on business. Mrs. T. C. Gower of Greenville Is In the city be guest of Mis. Lee. Mrs. Russell has gone to Columbia to atend the Fun Flower Carnival. She will be be guest or relatives while In that city. Mr. Chalmers attended the K. of P. aeetng in Greenville last week. Mr. Harden, left last Wednesday for Mobile, Alabama where be goes to attend the General Assembly. Mr. Harden was Joined at Calhoun Fall* by Mr. Fennel of Lowndesvllle. Mrs. Bullock left Monday for Belton where be will visit her cousin Miss Latimer for a aw days. Miss Irene Rosenberg returned from Atanta Tuesday after a ten days stay there vlt.b her unole, Dr. Vlsanska. Miss Jennie Sondley returned to Atlanta Saturday after spending a few days In the ilty with Mrs. Kills uraydon. Mrs. S. O. Thompscn and their daughter Vntl'>nette have gone to Colombia to attend he Fun Flower Oajnlval. They will be iway about two weeks. Mr. Galnea Hammond attended the K. of \ meeting In Greenville last week. Mrs. John M. C. Thorn of Mlllersburg, Ky., b In the olty spending some time with ber notber Mrs. Templeton. Miss Lizzie Glbert of Lebanon was in tbe ;Ity Saturday shopping. Mr. H. G. Smith leaves in a few days for )avld?on where he goes to attend tbe Comnenoement Mr. Robert Mabry attended tbe K. of P. neetlng In Greenville. Miss Nelle Cochran was In tbe olty Monday in ber way to ber borne near tbe olty. 8be tas been teaohlng In tbe Anderson sobools or sevural years and Is one of tbe most suo* ?s*rul teachers. i Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Livingston of Colnm> ila attended tbe funeral services of their ather, Mr. J. F. Livingston beld here on Sunlay , Miss Ethel Mills, one of Greenville's most ibarmlne young ladles, Is In tbe city tbe ;oest of Miss Lee. Miss Barbee has returned from Atlanta cnere sbe bae been to assist la the concert I ven by Mrs-Simmons wbo has charge ol nuslcal department of Shorter College at loroe. Miss Kate JacksoD Harris left Tuesday for ler borne In Huntsvllle Ala. Miss Harris bas ieeo most successful In ber work bere and ter patrons are glad to know sbe will reurn. Miss Eugenia Robertson came borne Saturlay from Trenton, wbere sbe bas been teach ng for the past school year. Her irlends are ;lart to welcome her home. Miss Montgomery left Friday for her home n Marlon. Miss Foster went to Greenwood Friday to ipend a few days before going to ber home In ipartanburg. MissTempleton spent Sunday and Monday n Athens the guest of Miss Susan Butler. Miss Robertson entertained the Encbre ;iub Tuesday afternoon at a very pleasant neetlng. Mrs. Brownlee and Miss Ellse Brownlee vere In town last Thursday to attend the nosing exercises of the Graded School. Thursday night In the Court House the iloslng exercises of the Graded Sobool was ie!d. Tbe graduates were Mies Mary Hill, diss Mamie Morse. Miss Helen Miller, Miss Dannie Harris, Mr. Francis Link, Miss )llve O'Bryant, Miss -Ivy Calhonn. Tbe issays were all well written and read dearly ind distinctly. Muslo between tbe essays pas furnished by the Link Orchestra. At ,be close of tbe evening Mr. Green presented o Mr. Gilliam with a few happy remarks hree presents presented by tbe teachers, ormer pupils and the present student body, dr. Gilliam, by a few well chosen words, hanked tbe givers for tbe gifts and more ,ban all, for tbe kindly feeling tbat prompted be giving. Rev. Mr. Wilkes, pastor of the Baptist Church, has returned from Nashville. SAD DEATHS. Mary Griffin Infant daughter of Mr. A. B. /ocbran died at Jefferson, Ga., Friday, after a hort illness. Tbe remains were brought to Abbeville Saturday and tbe body laid to rest n Long Cane Cemetery. Friday night Roy, tbe Ave year old son of Idr. Johnson died. The oblld had been II for several weeks and tbe end wcs uot unexpected. The sympathy of the entire town s extended to the afflicted family. Mr. John F. Livingston died at, his hom a this alty Friday morning. He had no ? ? * J ?Ama Kin Haofh tDQfl <3GU eiCfi BUU tuo UOTTO VI UiD MVWVU n?w I ||g^ ^ |ij ( - QllVNAV^I At* f / V^I >?* UJJV^ A * VS* <g It is sold VMUOM CO. I Bat t Mastic Pai JS[ EVERY GALLON y Three Thousand Pounds of this L week to be added to 01 4 C. A. Ml |j The Pai shook to bla relatives and friends. The funeral services were conducted by Dr. .? Wilson Sunday in tbe Presbyterian!Cbnrob. lie leaves a wife, one daughter and three sons ? to mourn his lo?s. Mr. and Mrs. J. "F. Llv- jW tneaton, Mr.and Mm. Brooks Livingston of Columbia, and Mr. Hal Livingston came to be present at tbe funeral services of their father. The interment was at Long Gaae S Cemetery. CtTUMfD PAT HQ Summer colds, usually bane oo Btubbornly aud are bard to cure. Rydale's Elixir speed* -i lly cures summer colds and lingering oongbs. This modern scientific remedy Is a prescrlp- J.g tlon, especially adapted to tbe successful " treatment of all cbmnic, throat or Iodj diseases. If you are afflicted wltb a summer cold or a lingering cough, get a trial bottle of Rydale's Elixir. You'll be suprlsed at tbe result. Trial size,25c. Family size 50c. C. A. Mllford. Patience and earnestness are pass ^ words to success. * 7 lH TO FARMER AND STOCKMAN. r ur r ariueio muu uwuem; umj iLlliOLL B Emulsified Oil Liniment?Is tbe beat ever produced. You get a fall half pint for 25c. and i you'll find It a very satisfactory liniment for s use In tbe family and on animals. C. a. Mil- .* ford. A CHINAMAN'S "HOWDY" /|| In Cblna. tbe customary greeting Is "How Is your liver ?" If Rydaie's Liver Tablets were as well knowD tbere aa In some parts of . America, the answer would be: My liver la all & right. I use Rydaie's Liver Tablets*. These r% tablets care constipation, biliousness and all liver troubles. C. A. Mliford. Learn to avoid all ill-natured re- ' | marks and everything calculated to ?9 create friction. Me of land f State of South Carolina, *' f| COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. By virtue of the authority given me, /'Ha under power of attorney by the heirs ( "j?! of Georue R. McCaila, Jr., deceased, I will sell at public outcry at Abbeville ? C. H., S. C., on Saleday next, June 0th, 1904, the following described real es- | tate of said George R. McCaila, Jr., ,-J deceased to wit: 'iJS An undivided one-fourth of all that tract or parcel of land situate, lying ; j and being in Abbeville County, State of South Carolina, containing NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY acres, rj more or less, and bounded on the Xnrf.Vi hw lands nf T TT Mpflnlln t.hft * ' ? *"? ? -? Moore place, Cater place, on the East by Rocky River, on the South by lands of Estate of James Edward Calhoun. deceased, and lands of John W. Mc- ^ Calla, deceased, and on the West by Savannah River. The eaid undivided one-fourth of said lands being all the . interest of the said George R. McCalla, < Jr., in the real estate of George R, McCalla, Sr., deceased, under the will of said George R. McCalla, Sr. TERMS?Cash. Purchaser to pay (,l i for Daners. I. H. McCALLA, | BDCSM& ^ Attorney in Fact. e get able 11 d all othersB rer-y-wherep': SAVANNAH ?A* [\"Sll ' ? x Thft kind ? ^ that wears ? I GUARANTEED. $ famous bsaud will be in this ^ lr already large stock. A LBORD, | int Man. $ ? V. -.1.. . -