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m- ; f ? ^pja 1 ^ ~g=g? a - '. **2 , - ... -..." - 'n The Abbeville Press and Banner. I BY W. W. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1904. ESTABLISHED 1844 jf _ ? FIRE INSURANCE RATES. Nome ThiiiKM Ordinary Mortals Fail (o Vn<ler?tan?J. If the ways of Providence are inscrutable, the wisdom that governs insurance companies and the accidents that destroy'our prope rty by fire are all past finding out. ; The "old line" insurance companies r seem to think that there is great danger and great risk in tumble-down town shacks and isolated farm houses, and either refuse to issue policies on such property or charge very high rates. The Abbeville-Greenwood Insurance Company makes a boast of issuing little or no insurance except on property that the "old line" companies refuse, and which property is removed as far as possible from the protection which is given by a splendid organized and efficiently commanded fire company with all the needed water. The Abbeville-Greenwood Com . pany takee all such risks at about one third of the cost of insuring in a regular "old line" company. To an outsider the Abbeville-Greenwood Fire Insurance Company makes a mistake in avoiding the protection which a good fire company gives, and then we think it makes another mistake in not taking small risks on town property. Houi-es that are old, and having many occupants are charged a high premium, while the better class of houses are regarded safer risks and are charged a much less premium than the tumble-down houses. Except In cases of incendiary origin, fires are the result of accident or carelessness, and fire started in a tumble down house is not more certain destruction than a fire in the finest house in the town or city. It would eeem therefore, that a poor ( old house should not pay a higher rate ( than a good honse, which .may be new. i Of course reference is had to houses in j the same isolated or contiguous rela- ' tione. wnere one nouse may set an- , other on fire, of course a higher rate | should be charged for both ; but the i poor houses should not be rated for a 1 higher premium than the better , houses. i As a rule the class of houses which ; are rated fcr the higher premium are | less frequently burnt than the better | class of houses. i For instance : The Dendy corner i was a large wooden house, in a turn- j ble-down> condition. Tenants were crowded into it. After standing for I perhaps eighty or a hundred years, it had to be torn down. The insurance ( rate was bigh. ( The fine home of Thos. C. Perrin, I after stauding for twenty or thirty ' years was burned. The rate of insur- j ance was low. j The Miller Hotel which is a large < structure of wood has stood for more j ?r ^fty years. It is and has beeD j of occupants. The rate of insur- < ance is 5 1-2 per cent. 1 The elegant home of Gen. McGowan I - costing great stacks of money, after J standing for twenty or thirty year* | was burned long ago. The rate of in- j surance was low. The fine dwelling house on Main , Street, 'which was built by W. J. ( Xiomax in 18G0, and occupied by Dr. t \ 8. G. Thomson, was burnt about 1 twenty-five years after its erection. The next houpe to it was originally / a log house. It was enlarged and < stood for about a hundred years. It j refused to burn when Dr. Thomson'* ( fine house was consumed, and was j \ torn down last week. J rri.? *f 1?ii tt I j.ue luaisuttii xauuse noiei on me public square was built in the fifties. It was a large tbree story structure. Lass than thirty years after its erection > the flames consumed it, and neighboring wooden houses that were rotting V down wiih age, waited for the destruc- ? tion of the hotel. ( Dr. Marshall lived in a fine house { that was built in 1860. It was de- * stroyied .long before the neighboring cottage went up in flame and smoke. The stately mansion in which J. 5 Foster Marshall lived was built in the fifties. In less tnan thirty years it 1 was destroyed. f; The old dwelling which was on the < opposite side of the street was built < many years before the Marshall res- * idence was built. It stood for many ! s vears af* - *l,?. destruction of the Mar- i shall resiut^icA L Sixty years ago Hiram W. LawsoD ' built a tin roof wooden hcuse on the ' ^ east side of Main Street. It stood un- , ? til a few weeks ago when its owner, $ Mr. L. T. Miller, tore it down to make room for a larger and a better house. The house on the opposite side of j j the street, which Mr. Lawson built long after be built the tin roof house, t was destroyed by tire year3 ago. 'i The new house which was owned ' k by Mr. Glenn, was burnt a few*weeks ( ago, while the old neighboring houses of Mr. W. Y. Clinkscales and W. N. Graydon, 1 -q., are still standing. The old Methodist church, built of |j wood, had to be torn dqwn, while the brick church of the 0,esbyterians, | which was a newer structure, was w burnt twenty-five years ago. I Capt. L. W. White lived in a large | wooden house for twenty-five years. It was built nearly a hundred yei ayo. It. stood ,until a mouth a| when it bad to be torn down. It would seem that a greater nu her of new and fine houses have be destroyed while the old tumble-dov houses that were rotting with age ha been almost totally exempt from I< or damge by fire. It is clear that fire will destr either class of houses; and the fa show that more fine houses th shacks are burnt. The recent calamitous fire at Gre( wood, we believe, started in the mc valuable structure in the burntdistri In Abbeville w^ expected a redi tion in rates because of our most < cellent and efficient firedepartmei If any reduction in rates has occurn we d? not know it. Expecting gn things in the matter of insurance put in a two inch pipe, with pieces of five-foot hose. In a litl while the rates were raise.d When the Medium office w moved from over Mr. Smith's stc and a solid brick w all between us, ' expected a reduction of rates. T1 rates were again raised a few wee ago. And we hear that the tov must now have another rating t cause of our lack of an ocean of wate Solomon says, there be three thin which I do not understand: the wi of a ship in midBt of the sea, the w of an eagle in the air, tbe way of serpent on a rock?and he might ha* added the ways of insurance comp uies and the causes of accidental fire PAT CALHOUN SUED FOR 850,OC tli^Mnraret Calhoun Filed Bill Attachment On The Georgia Ai Month Carolina Property ? Mnk Sensational Charge* Agalnta Krot er. Atlanta, June 24.?( Special.)?T1 declaration in the attachment procee ings which Miss Margaret M. Calhoi sometime ago instituted against h brother, Patrick Calhoun, of Ne York, was filed Friday afternoon wi the clerk of the superior court. Tl allegations in tbe declaration are se sational. Miss Calhoun charging th ber brother by misrepresentation, o tained from her the title and deeds ill of the property she owned, save h wearing apparei one ciaims tnat u property was worth at least $50,0< ind sues to regain possession. The petitioner charges that on D member 16, 1901. she was persuaded fc tier brother to deed all of her proper :o him. She says that he entered in ind signed a contract agreeing topla ?50,000 with the Maryland Trust con pany, of Baltimore, as trustee, to 1 invested for her. He guaranteed th tht investment would bring her n less than $3,000 per year, or $250 p month. He gave as hiB reason f wishing to do this his brotherly lov itating to her, it is alleged, that h lid not wish to have her worry aboi he management of the estate, wht ae could care for it much better. Tfc ncome from the $50,000 deposit wou ae sufficient to support the petition n a comfortable manner for the balan if her life. It is charged that Calhoun failed 1 leposit the $50,000 in cash with tl ;rust company, but iustead deposit* $50,000 worth of preferred stock in tt Houston Oil company a speculative cc joration, which be was promotinj She charges that since then both o md truHt companien have failed, whi ner brother baa over $100,000 worth udgments outstanding against hin She alleges that her brother never hi aor never intended to deposit $50,0< jvith the trust company, and chargt ;hat she has failed to receive a cent ;he guaranteed interest since Octobe 1903, about which time the attachmen #ere tiled. The attachvuents cover the " Cc arm," in Delvalb county, which Mil 1'alhoun deeded to her brother, ar nuch land in Carolina which she i lerited from the estate of her grac jncle, James Edward Calhoun. Th jetltioner is represented by John ] hlopkins & Sons. A-?ilX?CK AT JE?BUilG. V<? Serious nnmn|(e?Rome Artlel Shaken from ShelveH. Jedburg, S. C., June 20.?Quite ievere shock of earthquake occurn jere yesterday eveuing about 8: >'clock. No serious damage was don Some articles were thrown down fro shelves in a store.?The Free Lance Rev. J.G. Dhle. At the prayer meeting at the A.! P. church Wednesday afternoon, tl Rev. Jas. G. Dale made an impromp iddress which intensely interestin Phe rower of the speaker's words can ihiefly from the nature of the facts pi ieuteu ana tne speakers manliest ze in his work as a missionary in Mexic Mr. Dale is especially near to the . II. P. congregation here, beingabrot jr of Mrs. M. E. White. Mrs. Da who, with one of her children, is wi Mr. Dale, is a medical missionary at md is a most zealous and succesf worker.?Chester Lantern. Jfc'ot Ice. I will be at Abbevlfie on first Monday jach month and two weeks following lor t surpose of treating Hemorrhoids (P1U rreatment consists In purely aseptic metbc .s painless and without the use of chlorofoi ind the knife. Cure guaranteed. All part Interested will find me at the Glenn Etl Ian Hotel, Abbeville. S. C., or Dr. B. A. Mai son. McCormlck, S. C. Office hours Irom 10 A. M. till 3 P. M. above mentioned days. J no. B. Brltt, M. E HAVE YOU A COUGH? A dose of Ballard's Horebound Syrup'w relieve It. Have you a cold ? A dose of H bine at bed time and frequent small doses W nrl Mvrnn /4 nruor ?l.n mill move It. Try It for whooping cough, for as ma, for consuroplon, for bronchitis. Mrs. J McGrath,3!i7 E. 1st street. Hutchinson, Ka writes: "1 have used Ballard's Horehou Syrup In my family for five years, and fint the best and most palatable medicine I e' used." 25o, 50c, 51.00, Sold by C. A. Mllfort irs PALMETTO REGIMENT IN MEXICO. ?0, By Captain J. A. Thomas. m" In the spring of 1846 the United en States Government called on South vn Carolina to furnish one Regiment of LVe volunteers to serve for twelve months in the war then going on with Mexico. 333 The Regiment was raised and kept in readiness during the summer of oy 1846. In the fall of the same year the order countermanded for 12 months volunteers and an order was for one an Regiment of volunteers from South Carolina to serve during the war, so Jn. there had to be a new organization of ' t the former Regiment. The organization was soon completed with compaet* nies from the following then district: lie- One company from Chester, Capt. jx- Dunovant; ut One from Fairneld, Capt. Kennedy; One from Lancaster, Capt. Secrest; One from Columbia, Capt. De;at Sesaure; we One from Charleston, Capt. Bland?0 One from Barnwell, Capt. Walker; One from Camden, Capt. Maffett; One from Edgefield, Capt. Brooks; as One from Sumter, Capt. Sumter: One from Abbeville, Capt. Marshall; One from Newberry, Capt. Williams, we making in all eleuen companies, with be one thousand men or more. ka The companies all rendezvoused at nii 1?4^? ?.?~ u . l/UUneHlUU DULL1C UUiC iU lUOiUOO Vft buc month December 1846 and then com,e" pleted the organization of the Regi>r. ment by electing Pierce M. Butler E9 colonel, Dickinnson Lieut. Colonel and Gladden Major, y The Chester company left Chester ay sometime in the first part of Decema ber 1846, the date not remembered, re marched to Columbia then by rail to Charleston. % The Regiment stayed in Charleston until about the first of January 1847; thenjce to Camp Joenston near Hamburg. to. The next move was to Mobile. A portion of the way the Regiment had or to march about one hundred miles nd through Georgia from Atlanta towards es Montgomery, stayed sometime in Mob bile, had good quarters and the citizens were very kind to us in furnishing us with the necessaries of life and shelter. From there we went on a sail vessel, " were out at sea some time and suffered ~~ a great deal from seasickness, it taking i; several sailors to transport the RegifY meut. The health of the Regiment was good while on water. * We then landed on lioboss isiac* a small island off the cost of Mex, ? stayed there some time and had a pret?" ty hard time, a great deal of sickness ? and some deaths. Then mumps broke p out and most of tha Regiment took the disease. Water was scarce, none except by digging in the sand, then the water was very brackish, we could not drink it without using vinegar very freely. fy From here we set sail for Vera Cruz, pretty much the whole army together, ce then about ten thousand strong, arriv-l Q" ing at VeraCruz and landing the 9th and 10th of March, 1847. The city of Vera Cruz was soon surot rounded and batteries placed in posier lion to bombard the city, though while or placing batteries and getting ready to e> shell the city our army was very much e exposed to the shells thrown from the I11 city. Whenever they could locate any in part of our troops, they would throw !e, shells among them, some men killed a and others wounded. After every er thing was in readiness for bombarding ce the city all of the American batteries were turned loose; and all of the Mexco ican batteries in the city were opened our army. It was a great sight to see ja the shells going and coming from the ie city after night, a light after every ,r" shell that kept the elements in blaze ?: all the time. During the night of the I bombarding the shells fell thick and fast in the city, the houses being flat or and not bomb proof, the slaughter was a considerable among women and children. I would suppose more so than ^ soldiers. Finally the city and forts ~ surrenaerea to (jen. ?cott, me com01 mauder-in-chief of the U. S. Army. J"' After the surrender, the South Carote liDa Regiment, with the Georgia Regiment and others were sent to Alvordo, )X a town 60 or 80 miles distant from Vera Cruz on a river a few miles from the Gulf, the river being navigable. There D" was also a gunboat sent which arrived lU before the infantry and the town aur'e rendered to the gunboat. It was a Lj* forced march there and back for the infantry with but little water on the route, and it not fit to drink, the water we had to use one night was a pond, that the cattle of the county had to get water, by wading knee deep in mud, en then the water was so thick with mud that it had to be dipped up and settled a before it could be drank. 2d The trip to Alvordo was very much 25 against the South Carolina Regiment, e. A great many took sick and were left m at the city of Vera Cruz where they i. died. After getting back from Alvorado aud recruiting some, our command was ordered forward toward the city of Mexico. The command was put forward on a r forced march to reach Saragordo before the battle would be fought with comtu mand9 that wereahead ofour regiment ~ but the battle waB fought the day our gg command left Vera Cruz; consequent.g_ ly our command was rested one day in ,aj order to get the command together, as ,0 at least one half was broken down in the first days march. jjl On the 3rd day we went forward and on reaching Saragorda it was the first place we had seen the horrors of war, mKon fhn KofflafiolH VioH hoon nlooraH 3(1 "UCU lUC UMU V*?VU uj of the dead and wounded, we who were curious to see a battlefield could see many a dead mac and no end to limbs and for ten miles the road was strewed with dead men and horses and mules; of many wagons and artillery wagons ,h? were broken upon all sides. IdJ We went forward and reached P erot rm a small city, which surrendered, rested, a Bhort while then forward to Jalappa, in. a beautiful city lying between the mountains and near the mountain 0D Peak Popocatapetl, which is always covered with snow. We were never out of sight of it. Jalappa is noted for its fine fruits of a great many kindsand reach maturity, cold water coming -in down from Popocatapetl and extra fine eJf: fat cattle. We were fed there on the Ol - . . T ^ , re- iauest oeer i ever saw. we scayea th- there camped three or four miles from oe town some time and lived well, nd We went forward to the city of Puei it bla, leaving behind a few of our men v.eT sick at Perot and Jalappa. The city of Puebla was said at that time to have a population of two hundred thousand. It was an old city, narrow streets closely built, with a great many Catholic churches; many of them were very large structures. The building in which the South Carolina Regiment was quartered was said to cover from seven to nine acres ofland ; at any rate our Regiment only occupied a portion of the building. The 8. C Regiment soon fell a victim of that dreadful disease diarrhea. Our command was the first to enter the city of Puebla. The city surrendered without the least resistance. The loss to our South Carolina Regiment from disease was greater there than any other place; staying there a considerable time, from two to three months, the Regiment was so prostrated from disease that there were scarcely enough well men to wait on thesick and bury the dead. All day long and every day from the South Carolina hospital you could hear the dead roll played by drum and fife marching some poor soldier to his last resting place, while there were so many died and were burried in the city of Puebla. They were buried as decently as could be expected in an army far from home. They were all buried in plain coffins. Up to this time I do not know to what command the South Carolina Regiment belonged, but from this time on the South Carolina Regiment formed a part of Gen. Quitman's Division and Gen. Shields'brigade; two brave generals who always led their respective commands in battle. From here we moved forward in a forced march for the city of Mexico in August, 1847. About the middle of the month we reached the outposts and forts that protected the city of Mexico. The first fort we come in contact with was Contreras. Gen. Quitman in coming in hearing of the fort, soon realized that there was a fight on hand. Gen. Pillow and others who were in advance had attacked the fort. The roaring of cannon and musketry was like that of a cane brake on fire. Gen. Quitman's command had just arrived at a village called San Angusttine within a few miles of the Fort about the middle of the day, August 1847, to wait for tbe provision train behind, for we bad been on a force march and were ahead of our rations and would have been very proud to see the bread wagoDS coming, before they came the long roll was beat and all soldiers to arms, Col. Butler on the color line with the captains of companies all coming in to form the Regiment for battle. Col. Butler advised the Regiment to leave all their belongings at camp and go to battle unencumbered. We moved forward with our brave Colonel in front, who thought his Regiment could do more than any other, and the Regiment, rank and file, thought so too. DID NOT NEED ADVICE. Tonne Lawyer Sharp Enough to Slake His Own Way. A prominent judge and a young lawyer were taking a holiday jaunt to?;ether, and having a very jolly time of t. One day the younger man said to his companion: "Judge, I wish you would tell me what it is to which you attribute your very unusual Buccesa in the law." " Well, I don't mind doing so; but it must be on one condition, and that is, that you agree to pay the rest of my traveling expenses on this trip. To an ambitious young fellow of considerable inherited fortune that was not too much to do, and so he agreed. "It is simply this," said the judge; " I always make it a rule to deny everything and insist upon proof." His friend acknowledged the remark with a simple 11 thank you," and nothing further was said about the matter. The judge did not limit himself in his wines and other expenses, and was running up a pretty bill. When their stay at that hotel was ended, and they went to the desk for their accounts, the judge received his, and passed it to the younger man with a twinkle in his eye. " Why, what does this mean?" he asked. "Mean !" said the judge, "it simply means that you agreed to pay all my expenses on this trip, and here's my bill." "Judge," Baid the other, "I deny everything, and insist upon proof." Reflection of a Spinster. A gay bird is quite likely to be an old crow. A woman must have lots of tact to know whether or not she will plsase a fellow by noticing his first delicate growth of maustache. The girl who marries for money can be sure of something tangible; the one who marries for love may find she has nothing. Many a girl marries just to show her best friends that she dosen't have to be an old maid if she dopen's want to. Men are not vain, but they always make sure their friends see their new shoeB. A good wife is one who never objects to anything her lord and master may want to do. When man is made he is a little lower than the angles; afterwards he spends the time widening the distance; sometimes he succeeds wonderfully well. Most men think when they spend most of their time with a girl they've done their duty and don't have to spend anything valuable. A man always thinks ne nas great courage and individuality of character when he sits up in comj any and tells people right before his wife that he is manager of his own house. Big line Neckwear just arrived. The best values for 25 and 50c. A splendid variety to select from. P. Rosenberg & Co. Mastic paints the kind that wears. For sale at MIlford'sDrug Store. Go to Penney Clothing Company for Man battan sblrts, the first ever shown In Abbe . vlHe. 81.50 and 82.00 Brelbabn also sells supar, cigars, tobacco, and a superior line of fruita and inanufectar! ed oandles. EAST END What "JI" See* and Hear* on H In ji Ronnrt* In Conntry and In Town. Abbeville, S. C., June 29,1904. R. F. Dv EXAMINATION RETURNS.?NEW OR- ^ +}L DER3T0 CARRIERS.?THE DAY WE t< CELEBRATE. lV . The examination papers made by appli- <1 cants, last week to' the two new routes from ? Abbeville were passed upon In Washington d and were l>elDg received by the applicants ft last Saturday and Monday but were not In n time lor us to make full report of same. ft Out of a possible 100. they ranged from 45 to a 97-75. The highest we have yet seen being fl that of Mr. Eddie Roach 97-75. We cannot say at this writing who the two carriers will t< be. tl Jjflst Monday all carriers from this office received peremtory orders forbidding them tl from carrying passengers, or any package or W parcels that could be mailed, also other minute and positive Instructions pertalntng to A the R. F. D. business. We bope our friends s and patrons will seethe position we ocoupy, ' and believe us when we say, nothing affords h us more pleasure than to oblige them when " It does not conflict with "government orders" u but the*e must be obeyed regardless of any t and everything else. We are positively for- ? bidden to carry whiskey to any one, sick or l< well. Ii Next Monday Is the "4th" the day "we t celebrate" and our patrons need not be un- n easy should they not see us on our rounds d fhot Hot? o ItVinnorh Trn hara rtnt rooalved Q A "call off" yet. a IS IT SACRILIGIOOS OR NOT. t( The too common perversion or changing of q the scripture these times, seem to us out of place, and entire y uncalled for, and we do g think to use the holy and inspired word of God flippantly, Jestingly by adding to, or -j taking from to suit the occasion, Is nothing ? more nor less than sacrl Iege. We notio6 In last week's Issue a "clipping" ^ which was a "parody on the 28rd Psalm" a that most beautiful psalm in which Christ is represented as the loving 8hepherd leading 4 and caring for His sheep. We like fan, wit Cl and humor, but when it is made at the ex- Cl pense, or "common" use of the sacred Cl scriptures, we look upon It In another light entirely. l! PERSONAL MENTION. ^ The many friends of Mr. Ed Syfan are glad s< to see him home again, and getting on so b nicely. He is able to be up about the bouse di and even walking In the yard, and hopes to soon to be himself again. He Is extravagant fr almost In bis praise of doctors and nurses In al St. Joseph's Hospital of Baltimore aud can h never forget their great attention and kind- tr ness, as well as that shown blm by other ai "new made" friends in the city. He is also oi grateful for oourteBles and kind attentions shown him by bis Abbeville friends slnoe C hl? return, especially tbe physicians. FRIENDS COMING AND GOING. 4) Mrs. Johh M. Gambrell will leave this week h to visit relatives In Bennettsvllle and Bates , burg. : Miss Wlnton Parks, one of the popular '' teacbfers In Abbeville's Graded 8cbool, after a delightful visit to friends in Virginia Is , now attending the Summer School at Rock Hill. , ? Mrs. Maggie Latimer Bullock returned ? borne last week from Beltoa where she attended the marriage of her cousin Miss h Malmle Latimer. Mrs. F. B. Gary and her handsome little & son Frank returned home last week from a f, pleasant Btay with bomefolks In Florence. ^ While there Mrs. Gary witnessed the mar- J* rlage ol her sinter Miss Lucy Evans whose " Abbeville friends wlib for her every bappl- ?. ness. Mrs. Gaines Hammond returned home ~ last week after a pleasant stay with homefolks at Greenwood. Miss Thomas the artiste milliner of R. 1 M. Haddon and Co. will leave for her home near 8ummervllle next Sunday. * HAPPENINGS ON HOUTE NO. 3. p MlssRena Kennedy the popular and ac- tl oomplished teacher of Fern Cliff academy p has olosed her school and will return today to Troy where she will enjoy the comforts f and pleasures of a haDpy bome life. Tbls Is t< the last school along tbe route ani "M" Is B now lonely as be passes by tbe school build- ? lngs, missing tbe merry laughter of happy a children as well as tbe posting of many v letters. tl Miss Ellen Link left last Monday for At d lanta, where she will have a pleasant stay a with relatlveE and friends. v Mls? Annie Mary Evans, accompanied by ol ber brother Mrs. S. E. Evans was among tbe n visitors to the* city last Saturday. r Mrs. Maggie Sberrard and son Sam spent w several days of tbe past week most delight- a fully with relatives at Iva. S. C., returning u home on Monday. n Mlffl Nina Mabry after several weeks lllnesB R Is now spending a while In tbe olty with her cc unole Mr. R. L. Mabry and family. ai Gilliam Brothers are out with their th resh- hi ar Tstnlr nnt. fnr them If vou want vour grain cleaned up right. MIbb Nannie Gilliam la attending the Summer school in Abbeville. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McGaw were among the city's guests last Saturday. Miss SuBle Speer of Monterey Is visiting relatives at Lebanon. BIETH DAY PARTY. On last Wednesday Master Earl, the bright w and handsome little son of Mr. and Mrs. C. ,t F. Graves celebrated his 5th blrtbbay. A number ol friends made the day happy for the little fellow. Delicious refreshments, ices and cake were erved, and "M" came along Just in time to h be waited on by two pretty young Misses " and Master Earl. The day and hoar was * Intensely hot and how he enjoyed the refreshmentfl none can tell. May Earl grow *1 up to be a great man, and have many returns or this Joyous occasion Is the wish of all d present. y MR. PAUL WILSON ILL. ri Mr. Paul Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. M George S. Wilson of Warren ton Is now lying very 111 at the home of his parents. Many tl friends along route no. 3 are very anxious F about him and hope be may soon take a B change for the better. It CROP PROSPECTS. ? The ootton fields along route No. 3 look K like well tended gardens, so clean of grass, and so nicely worked and the young plants ' seem to luxuriant in the hot summer's sun. D Corn Is twisting and curling up at midday, 1? * i? noli art/1 lo nrnmlotno ehnulri rain r bood fall. [* Wheat and oats have been out aDd harvested In fine condition and are nearly all out v of the fields. There will be no watermelons and cante- ? )ope?( county raised) on the fourth of July 13 too dry and hot for them so far. Much of the stubble lands have been plant- a ed In corn and peas. Rain Is needed as It la dry all along the ' route. ~ o Five Good Weather Rule* f, 8 An officer of the weather bureau at o Washington has collected a great number of weather proverbs. He says that * these proverbs forecast the weather accurately. and he thinks that they r should therefore be memorized by far- ^ mers, sailors and all such persons as g are out of reach of the daily weather 8 reports. ? The following five proverbs are those a that the officer sets most store by: c Rain before seven, fine before eleven. A mackerel sky and mares, tails Make lofty ships carry low sails. % If the rain comes before the wind. Lower your topsails and take them"in: * If the wind coraes before the rain, 8 Lower your topsails and hoist them i< again. ' F A morning red, wind or rain dreau. A circle round the moon bringeth rain soon. ? - ? r< ' o When In the city be sure to call at the h Furniture store of the Kerr Furniture Co. t< There you will find the largest and most up v to date stock of Furniture and house Furn- H lehlngs In upper Carolina. 11 y We have Just received a beautiful line o d stat lonary, school tablets, pencils and all such 1( at the "old reliable" Speed's Drug store. b 5t " LOWNDESVILLtf. few? from the Neren Hill City an Re- ^Mi I a ted by an Interesting; Writer. o0n Lowndesville, June 27th, 1904. here Mr. P. B. Speed and his little daughter of hare .bbeviHe. C. H., came up Saturday, then on gres j the home of his brother In law, Hod. I. H. find IcCallu. A It Is hot and dry. The two combined are Don amaglng old corn. The crops around here evei re dolDg as well as could be expected un- gocx er the circumstances. In some directions a was jw miles out, the rains have been mnch com lore plentiful, than they have been here and yeai jr a mile or two out. The most and perhaps it hi It of the planters have their orops in good Tc x. and are real anxious for rain. Mrs Those of our people Interested in the Court wllj 9 be held at Abbeville last week, left for Mel bat place early Monday morning, .. is a MaJ. and Mrs. F. W. R. Nance spent two or ster bree days at the connty seat, the first of Dou ast week. A Miss Helen and Miss Annie Barber were at Hlg ibbevlile C. H. for a day or two last week elec bopping. One or two of the above items It ii mB reported in last week's Press and Banner as t< y the local reporters, "East End" and W West End." They are again given by the sooi nderslgned, and he would further say, that Mr. be above mentioned reporters, have the ad- first antage of the writer in bringing rat In each will isue of the paper, items of a day or two Mai iter date than be. His report must leave cxol his place, by the 8 25 A. M' down mall train gro\ lUIJUtay UJUIU1UK, 1U UIUCI 1U1 lb KV toauu no lucc estimation Id time for publication tbat week mac nd their reports are not obliged to be In, till thai day or two later, war Messrs. D. L. Barnes and J. F. Harper went will d Anderson C. H. Monday. belj Mrs. A. J. Speer and tbe little babe went to on 1 Commerce, Tuesday to be gone sometime. Tbe Mr. W. W. Speer spent several days tbe wltt rst or last week, among relatives In Qeorgla. bofo Rev. H. C. Fennel was called to Warrenton futu uesday to visit a young man who was dan- a lit erouslv 111. Be Miss Leila Mosaly, on Wednesday went to att? Ir. J. M. Huckabee's near Latimer to spend Mlsi few days. Mar Hon. I. H. McCalla returned on Wednes- Se ay from a several days trip Into some of tbe ton ounUies above bere, composing the 8rd Mi ongresslonal Dlstrlot. He is pushing bis this andldaoy. . Cr Mr. ?. M. Snipes of Anderson, C. H. was this 1 our town on business, Thursday. yeat Misses Carrie Hunter nf Seneca, Mable and llden of Florida, Annie Farmer, of Ander- high )n, and Ida Mae Brownleeof Penny's Creek, eve been at tbe Kay house for sevoral >n. Our young people of i :offo, and some om tbe outside wert- ^lertalned at tbe bove mentioned House, Thursday night in onor of the young lady visitors. Refreshlents, cream and cake were served. This d other pleasures made of it a Joyous jcaslon. Xh Mr. M. P. MoCalla, went to Greenville, 8Uff( . H. Friday morning on business. Ml Messrs. J. B. LeRoy and J. J. Johnson left gon ( rlday morning, to spend a while In the C|ert loun tains, seeking a cooler spot, than this m, as been for sometime. Qre{ Dr.Jno. O. Wilson Presiding Elder, came gpro 1 Thursday evening, preached a fine sermon m i tbe Metbodist cburcb, f may at, 11, a. m. jjon ud at Its close beld tbe 3rd quarterly confer- j?j ace for this charge. Saturday morning Rev. ^otn , K. Peeler In charge of 8bltoh and Bell's ^ ime over and carried tbe first named to f0r t bllob where be preached at 11. a. m. then jil] eld quarterly conference for that charge. (Dl> f Tbe good ladies of tbe Presbyterian oburcb ad an Ice cream festival in tbe pleasant pjor rounds in front of Mr. T. D. Cooley'a home, )Uei rlday evening and night for the benefit or |De aelr church. It was a very pleasurable ocasion to all present, and quite profitable dU6 > tbe management. Our people young and weej Id helped them in tbe good work, by a beral patronage the receipts were 826.86, ]ast xpenses 82 86, leaving a balance of 824.00 vi 'hlch will go far towards meeting their uentlons. They are muoh obliged indeed ran j all who aided in raising tbe Bum received. ^ Mrs. G. W. Richardson of Hartwell is a~?, 4th tbe family of her brother, Mr. T. Baker > spend a while. Xh Rev. g. f. Gregg of Pendleton wlli begin a loa8 rotracted meeting In Providence charch on wi]1 ae 2nd Sunday in July, at 11, a. m. Tbe (jD0 ubllc is invited to attend. lDe ( Magistrate J. G. Huokabee was notified riday morning that a dead body bad been tjjjg >und a few miles below here In Rocky nrnn ?- a 1 a r?rl . U?T ylVOI. lio Bb UUWO RAVUV1VU Uy c? JUIJ ?uu nncr ?r. T. 0. Klrkpatrlok aa medical examiner. Tb d went to where the body was. ad la- ftDd estigation was bad and ibe decision reached 5 , aat was ibe body ol a negro woman so badly <t8h ecompoeed that It could not be Identified by aDri y one present, There were no marks of iv e{ lolence to be seen and It oould only be con- J " luded that she came to her death from atural causes and from a report known to omeofthoBe present that a woman who as said to be crazy and who bad been living few miles below where the body was found ift her home about two weeks ago and bad On ot been heard of. It was supposed to be her. gove eport since that the man whose wife was ilssing come up and recognized the body dlse< 3 that of bis mlsling wife, carrlcd it to his Ryd ome and gave it burial. tron . Tr??*e- m"S teot. port; m Kerj Troy, S. C.June 27.1904, Rev. W. A. Blakely of Ala. and his brother .e0r?di [r. Euell Blakely, from Fla. were here to see lelr sister Mrs. R. F. Blakely last week. Ice Mr. Dave Wardlaw of Little Mountain the i jent a day recently with Mr. J. W. Lyon's ,mily. . Bu Mrs. Bettle Wardlaw of Bell Vue celebrated agen er blribday annlvereary Thursday. These wayi re pleasant days at her home which are It iade so by the presenoe of children and Drui rand children. We hope she may yet pais warn lany mile stones In birthdays. Tf, Work on the Oil Mill Is progressing fine uner the supervision of the manager, Mr. W. W fardlaw, scaroltv of bands tbe only trouble. Mrs. Margaret Watson In down from Wood- sszz iff, to spend some months with her daughter Irs. D. W. Dowtln. ^ On tomorrow Tuesday at 3 o'olock p. m. in r ne Baptist Cburcb Miss Mytls Smart and Mr. rank PhllllpB of Columbia will be married. ;ev. J. F. Singleton ot Melton, Ga., a brother* i-law of tbe bride will officiate. We have no lmable or dearer girl. Tbey will make their ome In Columbia. Where tbe fortunate room ban a good position in Rail Roadlng. Mrs. J. F. Cllnkscales, entertained bospltaby Monday evening complimentary to her lece Mies lola Johnson, of Anderson. j Mr. James Evans, one of oldest and highly aspected fathers is siok. He has passed his )ur score, but is full of energy, and is always usy. He Is one of tbe pioneer settlers here, ye hope soon to nee him out again. Mrs. FanHle Jennings proprietress, of IcCormlck's best hotel, was gladly seen ere as a visitor with relatives last week. Mrs. J. F Puckett and Miss Janie White, re in Augusta, for a few days. Mrs. Martba Berry, so well known and sved bere died at the home of her son Capt. . M. Berry, In Augusta, last week from aralysls. She was a sister of tbe late Mr. lezeklah Burnett, and Mr. Lamar Ethridge, f this place. She was 84 years old. We are glad to kuow Mr. Charlie Cowan rom Bell View, Is well again, atter having uffered so much from an oat straw getting a his throat causing an absess. He Is one ftne exceptionally few good boys. MlssRebeoa Wideman, is down from Abbellle, with Misses Jennie and Clara Widenan, on Locg Cane. Tbe excursion Saturday, like all others, was ougb, too muoh booze and pistols, not many [a rhlte people were on. Some of them are anclng before tbe oounoll this morning for ettlng out of tbe pathe of rectitude after ettlng borne. Messrs Robert and Thomas McComb from lopewell, were In town Saturday. These re good farmers are they are boys you can I ount on for integrity. Girls do you hear bis? Mis. Bailie Griffin from Beaufort S. C., came II esterday and will spend the Summer bere Mth relatives. . ' Crops are beginning to suffer for rain and . i1 ardens are burned up. infc On next Munday the 4th the oolored people |,y , Mil celebrate the day with a barbecue and .v., ame of ball. 'orI Mr. Andy Young one of our good farmers It r ist a valuable mare last week also Mr. T, -niv ?. P. Creswellof Harrlsburg. - . ? spe< THAT TIRED FEELING! Jisu If you are languid, depressed and Incapable K jr work, It Indicates that your liver Is out of tivo rder. Herblne will assist nature to throw off eadaches, rheumatism and ailments akin T ) nerveousness and restore the energies and Ilallty of sound and perfect health. J. J. [ubbard, Temple, Texas, writes, Maroh 22, (02: "I have used Herblne for the past two 1 n< ears. It h6s done me more good man all the ootors. When I feel bad and have that tired seling, I take a dose of Herblne. It Is the est medicine ever made for chills and fever," lots a bottle. Sold by O. A. Mil ford, DONALDS. J |? r. T. E. Smith Jr. has decided to pat up lck yard on his /arm about a mile from aids. This will be good news to those labouts who wish brick, for It Is very 1 to get brick here now, the demand ls|so it elBb-where. Mr. Smith will doubtless this a profitable Investment. meeting of the stock-bolderR of the aids Oil Mill was held last Thursday , ling and the mill was fouDd to be In 1 condition. A dividend of 80 per cent. declared. Tblswasa splendid showing Jlderlng the faot that thlg was the first r It baa run and the many drawbacks id. All of the old officers were reelected. >mdrrow evening at the home of Mr. and . A. fi. Martin their daughter Miss Ollle, be united in marlage to Mr. Guy Lyn char of Moresvllle. N. C. Miss Martin popular young lady and a teacher of ling worth and It will be with regret tbat aldsglves her up. " meeting of the patrons of the Donalds h School will be held next Saturday to t teachers for the next scholastics term. s to be hoped that the school will grow so ) keep pace with the town.* 1th the coming of summer, work will l start on several new buildings in town. Luther J. Davis of Honea Path was the . to Btart the good work. His building ,j be two stories high and an ornament to v|a| n Street when completed. A telephone mnge Is being put In this week, the town vingtosnch a size as to make one of ie a necessity. This v/lll give Donalds sh better telephone servloe in the future l she has received In the past. A cotton e-bonse Is another enterprise, which doubtless go up soon and will be a great > to the town. Mr. T. E. Smith will be land to furnish all the brick necessary. se are all the assured enterprises but lout a doubt there will be others formed re many days shall have passed. The .'-vS re of our town is Indeed bright and with tie work can be made brighter. veral young ladles from this place are ndlng the summer sohool at Abbeville: ;es Pearl Shannon, Lalla Hlx, Ora Bell tin, Mamie Martin and Alonzo Stone. veral from this place will go to Charles* today on the excursion. r. James T. Johnson is in Abbeville week serving as a Juror. ops bere-abouu are looking better for time of year than they have in many a -. Labor is very scarce in these parts as the result of this, wages are much ler than they have been here-to-lore. H. C. B. SANDY LAND. Sandy, Land Jane 29,1904, e crops and garde aa of this section are >rlng for want of rain. as Nina Wham Is now at borne for a seaof rest She has been one bf the popular C8 of R. M. Haddon & Co. -b. J. A. McLean and ber children, of in wood, visited her brother, Mr. 4. H. iuae last week. > las Lldle Mandy, of Route No. 2 spent day with ber friend, Miss Fleming. sees Janle and Kate Campbell retained e from Greenville last Friday. lawn-party Is In the breeze of Sandy Land be 4 th. of July. oumberof our young people are anticipate 1 trip to Rapley's Shoals the 4th. Charlie Fleming and his slat Mies ence, accompanied by Mlas Ella Preasly ided services at Lebanon Sunday mornisfiers Will Gordon and Frank McGee. of West were gaeats of friends here laat . J. J. Kllgore came up from Newberry week and la visiting friends and relatives, r. and Mra. Charlie Cochran lrom tbe 1 try spent Saturday with Mr. Sam Cocb[ra. Baker, of Due West, visited her rhtft* Mrs flam fVuthvon loaf rxrtmlr ttle Jewett Bently Is quite 111. e people In this neighborhood areanxly waiting; for July 15, wben tbe mall be left at their doora. It is boped that le Sam will send qr a nice accommodalrerrler like those of tbe old routes. e Gilliam threaber whlob passed through seotlon last weak threshed some good 8 of grain, Mr. R. O. Hagan made 137 iels of oats from 124 dozen bundles e pretty new homes of Mr, Robert Bowie Mr. Lewis Jackson will be on Route No. be. This sectlOD is rapidly filling up as ould be, for tbe land Is exceptionally dne tbe dlstanoe lrom town Just right to easl>t all knd of produce to market. Brown Eyes. ? A Great Raler. e of the greatest of rulers is tbe liver. It rns tbe human organism. Wben the - is out of order tbe whole system becomes ised. Keep your liver healthy by using ale's Liver Tablets. They cure all liver ble. Tbey cure constipation. Your money : if they do not give satisfaction. C. A | 'mbI igs, Mattings, Plotures, Clooka, Shades, irleu, and furnltare of all kinds. See the r Furniture Co. * irplolde the greatest remedy ever dlscovfor the hair and scalp. For Bale at Mil s Drug Store. . i cream and cold drinks of all kinds at id to date store of C. A. Mllford. y your Cinoo cigars from Speed, the only t for the factory In town. You can ali tell who leads by others following. Is a pleasure to buy goods from Speed's f Store. He most always has what yon u 3 there Is anything you want In drugs, staj ary, tablets and oils, don't pass us by. Speed's Drug Store. ??\ '' GINNING MACHINERY B-E-S-T M-U-R-R-A-Y Made by Liddell vjfl Not only up with the times, but many- years thaad, if other systems are modern. QUALITY ? and -QUANTITY Get Particulars from G-I-B-B-E.-S COLUMBIA, a. c. | Please mention this paper. 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