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The Abbeville Press and Banner.! j BY W. W. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1904. ESTABLISHED 1844 :?| THK Rl'RAL ROUTES. ConicretNiiiHH Aiken Hhk Secured 2-1 UurtuK HInTwo YeurH In Office. Hon. VVyatt Aiken, of Abbeville, who represents tbe Third district in congress, has been spending several days in Newberry this week. Congressman Aiken is now serving his first term iu the national house of representatives. Since he has been in office he has done some good and effective work for this district. He has been especially active in the matter of securing better mail facilities for the rur*l districts. When Mr. Aiken went to ugress there were sixty-nine rural free delivery routes in this district. Today there are ninety-three, an increasy of twenty-four, secured iu two years by Mr. Aiken. Another route is soon to be started from Blairs, in Fairfield county, which while it starts in the Fifth district will aerve principally theThird district and Newberry couuty. The route,starting at Blairs, will take in the Maybinton, . Glvmnhville and Keitt sections of this county.?Newberry Herald and News. r CAROLINIAN PREACHED SERMON Rev. Oliver JobDNon to Students of Oldest College In United States. Williamsburg, Va., June 19.?The closing exercises of the 211th session of William and Mary college began today with the baccalaureate sermon preached by the Rev. Olver Johnson of South Carolina from the words, "According - -* - 2- JJ to your laito ue n umu juu. The sermon set forth faith as a divine j nnwer to human life?faith in yourself, i r 1 faith in your fellow man, faith in Jesrs Christ being the three manifestations of it which, taken together and working together, determine our lives. The two literary societies, the Phoenix and the Pbilomathean, will hold their annual celebrations on Monday and Tuesday respectively. The anniversary address before the students of I the college, as also the alumni celebration and banquet, will be on Wednesday; the award of diplomas, medals p and scholarships ou Thursday. ABE NOrFREEAND EQUAL Anoth?r iconiclast is arisen. The favorite doctrine of campaign and "fourtlj of July orators is attacked, and wbatofnany of us have believed to be a rnyt n, one man has the courage to so declare. ij Dr. Frank W. Gunzaulus, in delivering, in delivering the baccalaurate aI address to the graduating class-of the iLI Armour Institute, Chicago, said: a.1 "There was never a more interesting 01 falsehood than 'all men are created free *c and equal.'" "The Declaration of In- *? dependence was the work of iT} hour te I of intense excitement and on every '? national anniversary this phase is mis5 quoted because when it is taken from its context it is false. Freedom is something to be won. Men are not born * ? T"1 -? ?? ? ? "'*?? I ?-* f ntl^Auo nAntml . 1 retJ. JDVBIJ (JU YYCl I u ly nuuoo wuuui q| a man comes is a conquered freedom, tt There are no equals in this universe of p( God's. God is no socialist. q "The problem of problem9 is to get a humanity that is energetic and mill- gl tant?that is restful. The world needs aI men that can observe the approach of i tremendous coming events as the en- g P gineer does the eugine and still remain fa ! placid in the face of this force. Get the utmost efficiency into life with the j lean waste, just as in the principles of physics. Put your methods iuto life so as to make the engine of life go "* ahead accurately and with power. U( The young man of today has an errend 111 I to the world and must make himself a '3 'i captain." P1 'f A ^ y i To Hake Cloth From a New Fibre. ^ | Washinton, June 27.?The following n extract from a report to the depart- e( raent of commerce and labor from li I United States Council Boyle of Liver- ai pool, England, will be of interest to w people wherever cotton is grown. He re I sends the following extract from the I'o London Daily Mail. w "With regard to the statement that a Rochdale engineer and weaver have anlri f?r $973 000 a secret nrocess for I the manufacture of rhe fiber ramie?a pi wild grass of the nettle species?Mr. J' J. W. Lodge of Sowerby Brid e writes a' to say that the manufacture of this W vegetable flbre.is now well understood ?' and the initial and original difficulty Ul of degumming has long since been overcoma. Today I have slieves and A tops ready for spinning of the most P" perfect and beautiful character, and c< which we can produce in unlimited P< quantities at about 4 l-2d [9 cents] per pound?considerably less than the price of raw cotton. Its purity and intensity of silky whiteness, its soft# ness and tenacity, exceed anything that can be obtained, in my opinion, p from the best American or Egyptian s( cotton." ti Mr. Lodge states that he has manu- g factured the grass into cloth, dress t< goods, ropes for lifting or driving pur- r poses, and other articles. The ma- c terial, he says, Is capaple of being p made up into the finest plush fabrics f on account of the length and tenacity j of its staple. Object to FKIplnon Abbreviated Contame. Cleveland, Ohio, June 57.?Con- 8 cerningan order that the members of ( the Negrito and Igorrote tribes at ( the Fillipino exhibit at St. Louis { cKrvniH ?p#p mnre rtlnthinE'. Col. I Clarence Edwards said tonight that , hereafter the children of these tribes would not be permitted to go about ] without some covering to their bodies. ( The matter of the dress of the mtm- ( bers of these tribes had been discussed with prominent men and women and , there had been no suggestion of complaint from them, he said. St. Louis, June 27.?President Roosevelt will receive within the next few days a number of protests from fair officials and others against the proposed draping of the Igorrotes. Cameron Forbes of Boston, who was recently appointed a member of the Pbillipine commission by President Roosevelt and who is now at the fair, visitedjthe Igorrote village today, and then said he would write President Roosevelt that he saw nothing objectionable about the manner in wbich the Igorrotes were clothed. We have pi Summer G Middle Cc will close 1 and Below C. 1 THE SAVAT UBLIC ENTERPRISES P GRAINS ? WATER ELECTRICITY. We take the following paragraphs om theElberton Tribune : NOTICE OF LOCAL BILL. Georgia, Elberton County.?I will >ply to the Georgia Legislature now i session for the passage of "an act to : 11? Kid aaan lcuun&u uiau vine ucai auu uio iwou ates or assigus to construct two clams iross Savannah river at Trotter Shoals r the purpose of developing the war power for commercial uses," and r other purposes. Granville Beal. June 27, 1904. Another advertisement for the conruction of two dams across Savanih river at Trotter Shoals appears in lis issue. This makes four dams that emission to construct is asked of the eorgia legislature, all of them in El;rt county. If the general assembly ants these requests?and it should? id parties interested construct the ims?and we hope they will?why, Ibert county will hum with manu.cturing enterprises. HON. GRANVILLE BEAL. Granville Beal, of Millwood, visited lends in Elberton Tuesday and Wedstday. He is one of the popular leu of Abbeville, S. C., and deserved so. His open-handed hospitality is roverbial, and his great big heart in treat big body pumpb nothing but inerous blood through every vein. '.e is a candidate for the legislature ora Abbeville county. In 1876 a umber of Elbert county voters croes1 the Savannuh to help South Carona out of a political "wine-hole," au there are hundreds of our readers ho would be glad to go over again, mew political affiliations aud vote r the piincely host of historic Millood. Georgia, Elbert county.?I will aply to the Georgia Legislature at the jne, 1904, session for the passage of j act entitled "an act to authorize O. Sheffield and his accociates or as gus to construct a aam across ?avantih river in said county at a poiut beveen Mattox's mill and tbe Seaboard ir Line railroad bridge for the purDse of developing the water power for >mmercial uses and for other puroj*es." O. H. Sherffield. Juue 15,1904. NOTICE OF LOCAL BILL. Georgia, Elbert County.?I will aply to the general assembly now in tjfsiou for the passage of an act, enitled : "An act to authorize O. H. iheffield and his associates or assigns 3 construct a dam across Savaunah iver at "Gregg Shoals" near the Liouth of Pickeuks creek, for the puriose of developing the water-power or commercial uses, and for other pur>oses. " O. H. Sherffield. . June 22, 1904. WHERE IS THE STATE LINE ? Where is the line between Georgia ind South Carolina ? This question is being very much liscussed in Elberton now, on account )f the local bills being introduced in he Georgia legislature asking permislion to construct dams across the Savannah river. The generally accepted idea is that low water mark on the Carolina side 3t the Savannah river is the line between the two states. But lawvers who are investigating the matter hold that the middle of the river is the dividing line. The code says that the river is the line, conforming as near as possible to the treaty of Beaufort. The treaty of Beaufort says the bed of the river is the line. A lawyer who has investigated the matter says a supreme court decision makes the middle of the run of the main stream the line. The treaty of Beaufort gives all ol the islands to Georgia. Some of the islands are beyond the middle of the run of the main stream. Some suggest that all the islands are Georgia's; and that the entire bed ol A."X I laced all our roods on the unters and ;hem out at Cost. KIT. J sfNAH SIDE lND PERSONAL PARAPOWER TO DEVELOP the river is the territory of the government and under the control of the United States. The Tribune doesn't know where the line is. It is not right sure it knows anybody who does know ; but would oe very giaa do nave some uue who thinks he knows to tell our readers where the line is, and why he thinks he knows it's there. The development of the great power on Savannah river which is going to waste between Abbeville andElberton county has been a dream for many years, and as no great movement ever goes backward we may confidently expect to see something done on these shoals at an early date. The Savannah Valley Railroad was talked of for mauy years; a great iron highway between Charleston and the west was for flfty years the hope of our forefathers; the development of the great water power on the Savannah, like the other enterprises, has been in the minds of the people ever since this editor was a little boy. The railroads have come, and the people everywhere along their lines have realized the resultant advantages. Commerce and agriculture have revivor! on awntrAnincr inaniratlon. and life and activity is more apparent than ever before. The development of the great water power on the Savannah will give employment to honest labor, and this employment will bless the people in giving them the opportunity of earning money. In furnishing this opportunity the greatest good will be done. Carnegie may well boast of his libraries for the rich people and the idle set of the great cities, but he would do a thousand times more good if he invested his money in industrial enterprises, where honest labor may become independent without the forfeit selfrespecl. The recipient of charity and he receiver of gifts, when he is able to help himself, cannot be as independent as the man with his proud spirit and his willing hands?find work to do. Carnegie's libraries are well enough in their way. The cities may be proud of the elegant apartments, and great numbers of volumes may line their walls, but they are not for the masses. The elegance with which they are furnished and the presence of the splendid dressed people who frequent these halls would exclude the poor. In nlAtKinra ? T"? t\ f V? Ol t* loSklr f\f IUC11 xuugu UlUlUlLlg, auu VUVAl mvn v. familiarity with the ways of society, they feel unwelcome guests, in such company and such places and the consciousuess of deficiency along these lines would naturally cause the best and the most worthy poor to shrink from the obtrusion. But furnish men and women with the opportunity to help themselves, and the blessings which come from industry and fugality will be theirs. Instend of being the humiliated receivers of giftB, honest toil will make men and women the proud architects of their own fortune. But we are not preaching. Let the town dudes assemble in Carnegie's libraries and loaf there to their hearts content. 1 Manly men and womanly women a. a. i preitjr io gu iuiu ilic uuliviwcd ui uic where the benefits and the blesaing : of labor may come to them. | Conscious of their mate worth and proud of their ability to conquer and s to be independent they lack only the f opportunity to work. r c These embrace Chiffon Suitings, low Silk Waistinj Now is tl Your mid These goc tain or s< We Cord: KE! The development of tho power which the Savannah affords would be the greatest possible good to u? all. Those who would work and be independent may do so. Those who own property in the neighborhood will receive benefits. Those who would go - ??11 i : J - i iqio commerce win imvtj a wiuti uuu a better field. The paragraph which is personal to Mr. Granville Beal is pleasant indeed. If he should be half as successful in improving the Savannah as he was in building a magnificent Masonic Temple in the State of Florida he will deserve a monument as high as the sky and as broad as the horizon. But before he gets the monument, the people would make no mistake in giving him a seat in the Legislature. Any man who contributes to the improvement of the county deserve well of the people. Mr. Beal is a gentlemen of good judgement and quick perceptives. A better man than Granville Beal has seldom come amongst us. r m*rwnvroT7TT T V jjvj vv 11 jujuu i xjjuxji Neffo from the Seven Hill Clly bs Related by an Intereatlng Writer. Lowndesvllle, July 4th, 1904. ADotber Indepenpence Day Is upon us, as to whether, any oflte prlvlllges, will be enjoyed by any of the citizens, In this great "land of the free, and tbe borne of the brave" In this part of It, remains to be seen, at this early boar, 6 A. M. Tbe carriers, on tbe two R. F. D. routes wl .l have tbe speolal freedom from duty, and will doubtless enjoy tbe Miss Lois Hill of Anderson C. H. came down Monday and joined tbe bonse party at tbe Kay House. Quite a merry orowd of our young bome folks, and tbe visiting young ladles, tork a daylight drive to Tuoker's Ferry on Savannah River Monday evening, and a moonlight drive, tbal nightcoming bank. Master Louie and Tbad Horton of Anderson C. H , came down tbe first ol last week and spent tbe week wltb their boy friends, In this pl?--e. Messrs. E. J. Huckabee, Ralph and Ed Mason, left Tuesday morning; for a book canvassing tour la tbe Donalds part of tbe oounty. Mr. Charlie Tennent who has been In business, In Atlanta, for tbe ptAt few months, oame bome Monday to stay till bis servloes are again needed. Rev. R. W. Barber went to Honea Patb Wednesday, to attend tbe session of the District conference, wblob began in that place that day. _ Hod. I. H. McUaiia ana LIT, a. j . opetsr were present and took part In tbe same meeting. At a former quarterly conference bere of tbe Smrvna and tbe Ridge cburobes Dr. Speer and Dr. J. B. Moseley were eleoted as delegates from tbls obarge and Mr. MoCalla one of tbe alternates. As Dr. Moseley could n t go, tbe alternate went in bis place. Miss Pearl Rassel of WilllamstoD, came over Wednesday and spent several days wltb ber friends tbe Misses Barber. Mr. J.F. Harper is at Rock Hill, in attendance upon tbe State Normal School, that be may better equip himself for bis life work, 1. e.,a teacher. Tbe wife and ohlldren of the one named above, are In Elbert County, Qa. among kinspeople. Mr. Dueret Lipscomb and family of Ninety Six came up Friday and will stay for a while wltb the family of the father in law oft he first, Dr. J. B. Moseley. MIbs Ella Floyd of Brevard, N. C. came In tbe last of tbe week, and will be for a time with Mr. D.X. Cooley's family. Mr. John Klrkpatrlck ot Honea Path was bere Friday and Saturday, to visit bis brother Dr. T. O. Klrkpatrlck. Mr. Fulwer Watson of Anderson County came down Saturday morning to look alter bis land Interests near bere. He aUo attended the 11 o'olock a. m. preaching services In the Presbyterian church. Mr. Rosooe Moseley, of Anderson. C. H. came dowD yesterday morning and spent the day with relatives here. Mr. J. L. Jones went to Ridge Spring, his former home, to spend a few days with relatives and friends. No rain yet for thiB place and Its vlolnlty, and from present indications, next report from this Bcrlbe will be a similar one, as there is no apparrent prospect for rain. A midsummer drought has this part of tbe country in its damaging grasp, and unless It Is loosened soon, because of refreshing sbowerB, much loss will result. Cotton seems to be BtlU growing but slowly, corn 1* not doing so well, but Is needing rain much worse than tbe former. Not a home raised watermelon has been tasted bereaboutf todate, beard of by tbe writer, and without a obange for tbe better soon the earliest o these summer luxuries will be small and far between. Troupe Big line Neckwear just ar rived. The best values foi 25 and 50c. A splendid variety to select from. P. Rosenberg & Co. * > ? ? A Great Rnler. One of the greatest of rulers le the liver. II governs the human organism. When thi liver Is out of order the whole system become diseased. Keep your liver healthy by uslni Rydale's Liver Tablets. They cure all live trouble. Theyoureconstipation. Yourmone: back If they do not give satisfaction. C. A Mil ford. OS i all the Cotton Liberty Silks, Gr Grenadine in a] le Time t( summer wear to >ds are well adapt jashore wear. \ ially Invite Y UVI ' The Sixth. Shi] Call Before They Are Cash 01 Goods Deli They excel in the foil This will be the last this season, i Ask your neighbor ab< fifty testimonials them right here in TIip, to Fi AUV AAV1 A A I Phone 8. rrom start to it saves time day in the kite worry, annoy appointment. THIS IS "THE The Ladles' Friend. What? Neuralgine. Why? For It oures ' their Headaohes when alt others fall. When . they once try It,you cannot say, I havesome thing Juet as good, for tbey know better. Try . It and see If they are not right. Cures In 5 minutes and is harmless. Sold everywhere . by druK dealers. 4 d*,_8s 10c. Manufactured by, 12m. Neuralgine Co..Augu8ta, Ga. Anew lot of Pjctures Jnst ln^ Prices way ' down yonder. Kerr Furniture Co. Anytblog In the rirug, stationery and paint ? line can be had at MUford's Drug Store. s Now Is the time to lay In your winter's supg ply of ooal. See A. M. Hill & Sons before buyr ing. i A. M. Hill & Sons, old reliable coal dealers, are In the market with the very best quality of ooal. Voiles, Colored L ecian Voiles, Sat: LI shades, Zephyr ) Purchas wear on your su ed to suits lor trj ou to See The >A.l f Dment Just In! All Gone. Credit. veered Free. owing points: 1. Cleanliness. 2. Free Circulation. 3. Economy in the use of ice. 4. Condensation and dry air. 5. Low average temperature. 6. Freedom from condensation on inner walls. 7. Freedom from damage by use of ice picks. fi Prnnnr lnpoflnn nf <lrin nlnp. 9. Long life. shipment we will get 30 call early. >ut the Gurney 1 Over from parties using t your city. lrniture Co. ABBEVILLE, S. C. a xvru Buck's Stove Saves finish. First, 5 ?an hour a ;hen. It saves ance and disBUCK'S STORE." Wblte'd Local*, Look at White's colored Lawns and Muslins. They are pretty and obeap. L. W. While bas lust reduced the price of flue Zephyr Glngbame. These goods are worth 20 cents a yard, but we are now offering tnem at 121-2 oents per yard. Look at the white lawn In remnants that you can buy from White at 5 cents a yard. L. W. White has Just put on sale a new lot of embroidery. Call and see tbem. You can get good bargains. L. W. White offers more than one hundred pieces Bleached Goods at old pribes. Now Is thr time to buy. Look at the beautiful mattings that you can And at W. White's. Call on A, M. Hill & Sons and get their prices on coal before buying for tbe winter. w ? |i .awns, Chambrays, 1 in Dimity, BungaGinghams. ? 1 mmer ouxmg. iveling and moun- 1 ise Goods. I ULm i That Sobered He. ? .;!vs A gentleman high in commercial v circles in a Western city was relating some of bis experiences to a group of friends. " I think," said he, "the mostsingu- . ^ lar thing that ever happened to me was in Hawaii. My father was a mis- i sionary in those islands, and I was born there. I came away at an early age, however, and most of my life has been spent in this country; but when I was a young man?and a rather tough Trnnnn man trui T man oo??T J ~ O ""-"I ? ???J JL noui back tbere once on a visit. The first thing I did was to drink, more than I should have done. While I was in this condition an old man?a native ?persuaded me to go home with him. He took me into his bouse bathed my head, gave me some strong coffee, and talked soothingly and kindly to me. " 'Old man,' I said, 'what are you doing all this to me for? " 'Well,' he answered, 'I'll tell you. The best friend I ever had was a white man and an American. I was a poor drunkard. He made a man of me, and, I hope, a Christian. All I am or ever hope to be I owe to him. Whenever I see an American in yoi?r condition I feel like doing all I can for him, on account of what that man did for me.' . , "This is a little better English than he used, but it is the substance of it. " 'What was the name of the man ? I asked him. " 'Mr. Blank, a missionary.' " 'God of mercy!' I cried. 'He waa my father.' "Gentlemen, that sobered me, and, I hope, made a man of me. It is certain that whatever I am to-day I own to that poor old Sandwich Islander."? Youth's Companion. I Notice. I will be at Abbeville on first Monday of each month and two weeks following tor the purpose of treating Hemorrhoids (Plies.) Treatment consists In purely aseptic methods la painless and wltbont the use of chloroform and the knife. Cure guaranteed. All parties Interested will find me at the Glenn Ethel Inn Hotel, Abbeville, 8. C., or Dr. B. A. Mattlson. McCormlck, 8. C. Office hours from 10 A, M. till 3 P. M. on above mentioned days. Jno. B. Brltt, M. D. 4 HAVE YOU A COUGH ? A dose of Ballard's Horebound Syrup will relieve It. Have you a cold ? AdosetffHerblne at bed time and frequent small dos6s of Horebound Syrup during the day will remove It. Try It for whooping cough, forasth* ma, for consumplon, for bronchitis. Mrs. Joe McGratb, 327 E. 1st street. Hutchinson, Kan.. writes: "I have used Ballard's Horebound Syrup In my family for five years, and find It the best and most palatable medicine lever Bed." 25o, 50c, 81.00, Sold by C. A. Mllford. ? We lead?others follow, cJoin the merry throng that Is ever Journeying to the busiest store in town Kerr Furniture Co. FOR SALES I I offer for sale house and lot in City of Abbeville, conveniently located for a business man. The house is comparatively new, has bath room with hot and cold water connections, and everything about the place in good repairs. Will sell at a bargain, ROBT. S. LINK. ' GINNING MACHINERY B-E-S-T M-U-R.-R.-A-Y Made by Liddell Not only tip with tl&c tim??. but many yasri ahead, if other systems ar? modern. QUALITY and QUANTITY I Get Particulars from G-I-B-B-E.-S COLUMBIA, S. C. . Please mention this paper. t