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' - ?? I The Abbeville Press and Banneiil BY W. W. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1905. ESTABLISHED 1844a Per r i 11 ( ^Vi (<mi| ?Succesi . "A V . v PENNEY CI y CLOTHING -:v ' J , . * ' f * " f " \ J ! On account of char ,\l make room for our i going to offer for the i our Men's Clothing a1 JI This opportunity vi \ and no goods charged PERM CL . Special Offer of Cattle GrLICI ? Cash E. C. MESCHINE of LowndesvIUe offers f.?r Bale bl? entire herd of cattle, consisting of: i*n*?infRmiaTPBPnj i increases eacl C.C. JKRSETS, 6 COWP.3 belfers. 2 ingr in large q belfer calves, 6 bulla from 4 years Cash when tb to a fewlmonthB old. 8[ and sbari| his customers Here is an opportunity for the farmers ?. <pr 1 of this section who want to improve It I PT1T1 Hfl^ I their stock to secure at SCRUB- UlVJllll UU.U J PRICES, full blooded regis. tered animals from no- 40Q B ARRE] ted families. ? ,, lbs. Sue;ar, Cc j Rice $1, Tot 9 Head of HALF JERSEYS, 1 ~ . ' ,, , ' oow,8 heifers,5 heifer-calves. Oats, Molassi 9 Grade Jersey cows. 1-2 Bbla. an lower prices I , on present mi Also for Sale. Glenn is after tb 3 Registered Berkshire pig*. Quality Fair (boRrsS4.75 a piece) and a lot of pigs, y? Berkshire. Prices will gel A reason abl & C MESCHINE, vaQCe(1 on LOWNDESVILLE. 8. C. HOUSE RE( who buy at G OA iiwi i>:^? ov lus* xiac alii A PLEASANT TRIP a?*2-o<) TO THE ? , , , i KdhhIh h liONH an WORLD'S FAIR lost in the operati Is via Atlanta, Chattanooga, Lookout Port Arthur as si Mountain, Nashville and the New York Press: I,TT1.AT/, , _ "Russia has lost TTTNflTC and the other cou LLiriUiD \JUl\ 1 HAL worth somethingn< "Russia is drivei RAILROAD. ofdi0"ar -'watedr ' Two trains dally, 8.20 a. m., and 8.30 p. city of Dalny, on to., with Pullman Sleeping Cars from ities broke out she Atla-ta. 000, and Japan ow war. Ten 10 d*y coach excursion ticket* on "Russia has 108 cale each Tuesday aDd Thursday dur- gaiued, one of th< Ing November, with through coaches constructed fortific rom Atlanta. stretchiDg from Lii aud one-half miles For fall Information, rateB and Sleep Ing Car reservation addresB, Cotton Growers Ah ti s r\ ht'll la xreu u. itiiner, Wa8blDKton.Feb. ?, Mr. Clay presented a TRAV. PAPS. AGENT, ilonal Cotton Grower N. Pryor St. ATLANTA, ?A. f^^Sn^MbeS o "keis via Illinois Central R. R. Nothing Danv, L sors to? iOTHING- CO. AT r.AQT I ill UVU1 i lge in business and to spring stock we are f/> lext 20 DAYS all of Igb ; cost for CASH. rill last only 20 DAYS \V tLL LilOO? pilUOO. |j^ OTHING CO l j my } More Money for the Public Schools. VI l\| 1 Lowadesvllle No. 1 8 14 04 ^2 Kldge 22 38 8 Lowndesvllle No. 2 54 34 l? ? 4 Lowndesvllle No. 8 20 02 I 5 Lowndesvllle No. 4 20 P4 1 | ZjIiLjLw 6 Lowndesvllle No. 8 21 58 A J. 7 MoRnolla No 1 84 53 n ;>ihkuuiih uo ou 9 Magnolia No. 3 79 80 , tn 10 Mt. rarrael 7S (H) ijeardue to buy- n wniinRton 78 oo imntitips with PDot 1'^ Bordeaux No* l.......... 5-i 80 uanuuea wun epoi lg McCormlc i?4 05 e markets are low- 14 Bordeaux No. 2 39 00 Dg the gains with jjj LoDg'ttD*."^ n ?o 17 Ctilboun No. 1 40 28 18 Betbla 42 64 19 Calhoun No. 2 48 16 > .1 i 20 Sharon 64 22 <A110hi 21 Belbel * 07en jUNcIIL 22 Abbeville 838 26 0 23 WarrentOD 34 oS 24 Reld 35.36 23 Pine Grove 28 86 r K nf Wlnur 4flfl0 2U Lone Foreal 35 10 L,b 01 X1 lOUT, 4U1JU 2? Anlrevme 6443 ifFee, Rice, (30 lbs. 28 Uonioo 25 48 /n-i u i. \ 29 ^unny Slope .. 89 78 lacco (2/ic. by box) 80 Cold Springs 32 50 Rrcmn and Shorts 81 Long Cane No. 2 ; 47 32 Brans ana onoris, 82 smllbviiie 6110 es. Svrups, Bbls. 33 Promise Land 87 96 ca, ^j uF , 34 CeDlra, 3g 26 d kegs, at much 35 Hagan 14 30 k.it, 36 Park'BCreelr 27 82 ,uau uc wuiu uuj i 37 Xeowee 44 40 88 Due West 90 22 lrKel* 89 Donalds 68 82 40 Pineville 81 20 p Pn^li Ttusinoss 41 Vermillion ? 23 92 e v.ajsu rsusiriese. 42 Groves 25 48 43 Oak Grove .. 85 88 T 41 Broad Moutb 26 00 -dealing, and .Low 45 Honea Fath 14 30 t if 46 Koy 13 CO in- j 47 Winona 28 OS e amount cash ad- 48 Young , 18 20 COTTON WARE * Hgll^ gg L'EIPTS to parties 52 Indian Hill 80 16 r 63 Drake 4 16 rJenn 8. K. c. DuPre. I 16 lbs. Sugar County Superintendent of Education. December 12,1904. ? at Glenn's. ?. m ixteen miles inward from the sea. . ? , _ "Russia has lost, and Japan hai gained another modern city at Por ? Kiiof otofamonf nf a ?.? u.?*. ?.u: ? w..w. niiuui, uu wuiuu uu uuuujf ui a ijuai gained and Ruasia ter of a billiion dollars had been plan ons in and around ned by the Russian Empire and or immed up in the which $140,000,000 actually had beer spent when Admiral Togo hurled hit seven bottle-ships destroyers against the sleeping squad iplement of a fleet ron last February. ;ar $100,000,000. "Russia has her railroad from Por a forever out of the Arthur to Liao YaDg, *ith its spurs the fond realization and Japan is in absolute posession c port for the Russia it. Here is another item running fs 68ipated. up in the millionb." the fine modern which when hoatilhad spent $125,000,- Reflection* of a Spinster, ns this rich prize of r^g mojority of girls would rathe t, and Japan has ,b?'=lhe,r P?cket bt,olls tbsl i most elaborately 1D?Uei. r! . ... ations in the world, 'A'&e Knowledge teat eome people a ao promontory nine sometimes tell fibs destroys ideals bu to Golden Hill and is of material service. One advantage about lovemakin k Few Million Doi- over the telephone is that it can't b reproduced in black and white i: court. -Id the senate todwy petition from the Na- It is good for a dignified man t a* association lor the have to chase his hat down the streei arketo?wttongooda.0' it prevents him from taking himse and his dignity too seriously. W. H. PARKER i SOMETHING ABOUT ABBEVILLE'S DEVOTED SON, WHO HAS JUST PASSED AWAY. Flowers and Tears, Love and Honors, for the Distinguished Dead. Hon. William Henry Parker died in Greenville at the home of his son, Mr, Lewis W. Parker, Feb. 7th, 1905, in his seventy-eighth year. Mr. Parker's health had been failing for some time. Looking to the end, he thought best to dispose of the elegant home that he had built and lived ic nearly half century, and where he had seen much pleasure and much sorrow, With his only daughter, Miss Lucia Parser, he left Abbeville let, January Telling friends good bye, he said if spared he would spend Easter with them, On the 10th February his remains were brought back and placed by the side of a devoted wife and children. Friends, relatives and children came from afar and give evidence of their love and regard for him who had just laid down life's burden and passed to the great beyond. + . Citizens of his old home filled the church to mingle their tears of sorrow rrr W V* V?5o forw^ltr HPKn Moonna Vinnni" frt Ann UrllA ViqH IaTICT hAATl A flVl f H i flO TTXfcia UiO lUtXJilJ JLUO JMHOUUO Ultl UUUVt WW VUW nHW UMV* p? - 1? ? ? c light in their order, {services held in the Episcopal church by. Rev. S. B. Sams and Rev. M. Mitchel of Greenville. . A beautilul tribute of rare flowers covered the casket. Mr. Parker's devotion and interest in his church was such that his vacant seat can never be filled. Mr. W. H. Parker graduated in South Carolina College, 1846. Admitted to i the Bar, 1849; formed a partnership with Samuel McGowan. He was always noted for his sound judgment, and had the confidence of the people. He served several terms in the Legislature and often filled important appoint* ments. He served in the war as adjutant of the 19th S. C. V. Mr. Parker married Miss Lucia Wardlaw, daughter of Judge Wardlaw. She was one of the loveliest and most accomplished women of our town. To them were born ten children. Four sons and one daughter survive them. In one summer two lovely daughters were taken by scarlet fever. His four sons have followed in the footsteps of their father in doing honor to their country. CAME FROM CHARLESTON. About 1830 several families from the low country and Charleston hearing of the productive lands of Abbeville district, bought lands near Calhouns Mills and were successful farmers. Among the number were Steven Lee, Dr. Joseph Lee, father of our townsman, the late Augustus Lee, and Thomas Parker. Later on Charles Haskell, David W. Thomas and others settled about ten miles in what is now called The Flatwoods. Thomas Parker married in Charleston Miss Ellen Frost, sister of Judge Frost. He bought from Gen. Hutton a valuable tract of land on Calhouns Creek whereon was one of the first framed houses ever built in Abbeville. The house was painted red, had wooden shutters. In this house Thomas Parker lived until his death. He is buried very near it, a rock wall enclosing the sacred spot. The home was burnt whpn owned by Henry Latimer. A com* fortable cottage is now in the place, owned by Mr. Arthur Parker, fifth eon of Thomas Parker. v WENT TO WAR. In 1836 a eompany from ihe neighborhood went to Florida under the command of Thomas Parker and took active part in the war it that time. After this Thomas Parker was always known as Capt. Parker. Capt. Parker left a widow and seven sons, a daugnter dying in inraney. Mr. W. H.Parker was bis second son. EDUCATED THOMAS THOMSON. There were no schools in the neighborhood then. Capt. Parker had a room added to his house where he taught a regular school for his elder boys, until they were prepared for the high school in Charleston. It was in this school room that Judge Thomas Thomson was taught by Capt. Parker and where the foundation was laid for the learning which he afterwards attained. His walk to this school was eight miles a day. Capt. Parker afterwards assisted Mr. Thomson through college. After Capt. Parker's death Mrs. Parker took* charge of the school room and was quite equal to the task. Here she taught faithfully her younger boys until Mr James Lesly opened a large school at Clear Springs where her boys were then sent, a distance of four miles, until they were prepared fof- college. Many of our best men were taught at this school by James Lesly, who, next to Dr. Moses Waddell, was one of the greatest eduoators of the State. ONCE MEMBERS OP, LEBANON CHURCH. Mr. and Mrs. Parker had been brought up in the Episcopal church. There was no church of that denomination nearer than Columbia. Being the sincere Christian people that they were they felt the need of a church for their growing family and united themselves with the Lebanon Presbytorian church where Capt. Parker was a ruling elder until the organization of the Episcopal church at Abbeville. FOUNDED THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Thomas Jackson and Capt. Parker were the founders of the Episcopal church in Abbeville. A small wooden building was erected on the spot where the present edifice now stands. .nuBJjjt; wuDij&a. Mrs. Ellen Parker, mother of W. H. Parker, and six other sons, and Mrs. Charles Haskell mother of Mr. Alec Haskell and eight other sons, were among the noblest women who ever lived in Abbeville. Coming from a city life where they had been brought up in the lap of luxury to a country home where comfortar were few, they entered heart and soul with their hus bands in a farmers life. They brought up families of noble sons and daughters who are monuments to their mother's wisdom and strength of character. a Man who Sells His v?tc. of American citizen. He sells his In his retiring message the goveroer birthright?his privilege of decision of of Indiana declares that "the statistics public questions for himself as one of of political debauchery in his State in the body of men in whom is the ulti3 191)4, if it were possible to present mate soverign power of this nation.? ' them, would be astounding." Greenville Herald. He asserts that there is an Indiana " county, casting o,uuu votes, in wnicn . 1 1,200 voters are "regularly listed as a purchasable " and says: "Our present Bourke Cocbran and Washington Df t rrarUf(fhU Gardner, of Michigan, were having it Jf fhCin?n 'A* en0fI?,ty hot and heavy yesterday in the H?use w e 1D the Purchase over the proposed increase of teachers' j t^!fi *uod lQ ? t ? .... salaries in this city. Gardner stood > h?!?uo Smiuwi rth t^earS a P0^11'" for a $500 salary as adequate in certain cal batttle ground, w th the great part- case8 .'Why," said he, "I know !eain^ranmL?^ in strength that con- etenographers and college graduates in tests for power are unusually close. 80me parts of this land who are glad Under such circnmstances the tempta- to Betla8 much as that " lJrJLt 'and8?hi1l.tF1Uiiater ^ehthod8 aref "Where is that place?" inquired great, and the veual voter becomes of po^ran nynirallv r undue importance Cock ran, gnic^y ^ thunbered Every community is more or less Gardner Whp> f8' well," replied the urbane New 0 In!i h! if ? Yorker, "that's unknown country." 1 tSSLj!^ i}8 enori?llty- "Ah, yes," continued tbe Michigan ^pak nnt hnh ! ??? r, ?D?t h . man, "but you stumped out there in ? pea out boldly against it, and to jaHt eamnaien. I noted that % Point out to the people of Indiana thv, wherever Vou' enoke the Reoublican n pub ic dangers they tolerate in failing mafo?ufe8 were i^rlased in NovSTreaolutely to drain the marshes of pub- ^ ? increased in iMovem o nnnrmUir nf ? tu "Which is an argument," retorted t; can be no ll?ofien8e the.re Cockran, not to be ^utdonel -proving sells his vntft id im^nrth f nfn ? that Michigan is not up to her opporb18 vote 18 ^worthy of the name tunities."-Washington Poet. Bankrupt d 4 T T71 1 siiij rji ; ENTIRE STOCK OP L. Alewine is oemg soia imuw :mk GREAT SACRAFICE To the People of Abbeville | County. We take this means to thank our Mends ill and patrons for their liberal patronage the;l past year, and hope to be favored with aeon-Jj tinuation of their favors, all of which we ap^J| predate- Tours to command, C. A. MILFORD. PHONE 107. SCHOOL BOOKS Tablets Pencils % General School Supplies. Speed's Drug Store. || A TBIP TO ALEXANDBIA, VA. iearly every trunk flne runn* ng? Into* Waah* ' lngton. It is connected with Washington by I - an electric railway rnnnlne from Washing? . :J.1 Historic Town of F.m %!& Editor of Press and Bauner: paratlons are belqg made for pntUng np *1? A few days ago, Barnwell Aiken and myself gantlc works there by the Pennsylvania Ballr/vj&H took a trip over the electric Hoe frotn Wash? road which point will be the terminal of the j lngton to Alexandria, Va., and thinking that 111? ??id that at Alexandria and along the readers of the Presa and Banner might be the line of the Pennsylvania Road to Wuh? >l5a Interested in some of the historical facts lD?!?.w ll*?y "Pjnd twenty million dollan. > '^S touching this quaint old town, I shall under- . WUh all of these factors so potent in tha take to describe briefly some of the polnuol making of modern towns, and with a water -r'jsj mhiAh wnrA shown ns there. rate which would enable her to compete With Alexandria Is located on the Potomac, me oesi marjteui or me united state*, 1111 -*Em abont seven miles south of Washington and possible that the old adage "thy glory hath \ % Is at this time a town of some twenty thou* departed may yet be Inapplicable to A lexmn- f,jJH sand Inhabitants. There 1b perhaps no more ar'a' . , _ . historic spot In the United States. It was a On our return in crossing the Potcfcnac into flourishing town long before the majestlo Cap Washington, we notloed thousands of per? . *^4} ltal City was laid out; and there are houses sons men, women and boys np the river skat- '^9 standing there today which are from one bun 'ng on lu frozen suriaoe. The river was, and ' ' Jf dred and sixty to two hundred years old. still Is, a solid block of ice a toot or more la > *;? A house that Is always pointed out the tblokneasand the temperature that afternoon stranger. Is the old Carlisle House. It has was not calculated to diminish lu There has been preser7ed more its a rello than tor ntlll- Pe*?r own, even here, such a waste and prod- < M ty. The front of the old building, or what 'ga'lty of cold weather. It most be hotels#? .3 should be the front, for It originally fronted where for surely not even a cool zephyr tiaa . .1 on the rlv^r, is entirely caned in and obstruct- been spared from the eonoentrated attack of 3 ' ed from view by a large hotel building which the elements on this place. for a long time could not accommodate the We went up to where the skating ?u 3 trade, has Itself long since been abandoned for Kolng on and Just for tbe novelty walked oat ' ;S hotel purposes, and Is now little more than an pn the frozen river, but the weather waaao oldrookerv\ Intensely oold that we soon started through The Carlisle bouse la a small two story brick the pelting sleet for home. ^ building surrounded on the side now visible by a rock court. The entrance Is through a -m ? m kind ot portal or tunnel. It was In tbls house that the Colonial Gov- l ernors held the first oonferenoe suggesting the A SUOfl-ESTTOTI. taxation of the Colonies which measures lead ww 1 to the Revolution; It was here that Washing- , ton was commissioned a major in the British Army; and It was here that Braddock was T_ th_ nan*hter? or<h? rv>nfori<.?.?_ I entertained on tbe eve of bis departure on the 10 ine ?? ?ne confederacy , 1 disastrous expedition against Fort Duquesne. It seems to be tbe avowed purpose of the V? Almost In sight of the building, Is tbe build- Daughters to erect a monument totbeOonfed jS log known as the City Hotel. It is a three erates from Abbeville County. Would It not 1 story brick building about sixty to forty feet be better to build a Memorial Hall? It oould w:t and covered with slate. Tbls was General be done for tbe same amount that It will take >3 Washington's headquarters when stopping In to build a respectable monument. By follow 5s bis borne town. Mere la l/Uluumi uttjm ?uu <u iU|j iuig |>uu ;uu will uunu uviu lur tug ut- am the Infancy of tbe Republic, be entertained In lng and tbe dead. Yoa will need a lot 40x100 the danoe ball and otherwise the stately gen- feet, In some suitable plaoe wblob ought to be tlefoik. . . * booght at a very reasonable figure, and 11 yon About Ave blocks from this latter building have as muob as a thousand dollars on hanfl and in view of it, is Christ's Cburoh, a brlca you might commenoe building now. When building fifty or sixty feet long, and In ap- this building is completed yon would have* -s pearance not unlike the less pretentious home where you could bold your entertain? . ^ churches of today. It has been kept In per- men ts and secure funds to finish payment. V feet repair, and yet in such a way as not to On the walls of such a hall would be ample > mar its original appearance in the least. Tbe room to plaoe tbe names of evert Confederate << neat well kept appearance of Ibis old building soldier from the Countv, in snob a ball yoa "'-3 would be an object lesson to the congrega- could place a library filled with Southern lit? ^ < tions of those old historic cburohes of oar erature, in such a ball yoa oonld plaoe tbe rel r own sectton. Washington's pew, like the ics of bygone battles, or any memento of the I pew of Lincoln. In New York Avenue Presby. Lost Cause. terlan church, Washington, is still preserved, By adding one?third more to tbe ooot It la i Intact. ,, probable that you could build a ball above tor -J2SFa But Alexandria's history Is not all anolent. the Masons, and for 6ucb a comfortable and '1 It bold6 a conspicuous glace In tbe early bis? permanent bome no doabt they woaid be will * tory of the civil war. ""i"" ? uouu^mc ?OUH?,, BIJU nuiilu a Id its gates" is pointed out the Marshall also help pay^Tor the building, 'j House where one of the first tragedies of the you have done well and deserve the hlgheet 3 Civil War was enacted. commendation, and, if your hearts are set on It seems that the town was ocoupled by ? monument, it 1b ail right, yoa will build It. ^ United States soldiers. In a moment of en- Think about a Memorial Hall and compare 3 thuslasm, tbe owner ol the Marshall house it with a marble shaft. A ball whloh you oaa a hoisted over It a Coufederate flag, which a look on as home, a place where you can g&th Union officer, Col. Elsworth, pulled down, er together all the literature, and all the relloa ^ whereupon the Coftderate shot and killed pertaining to that great struggle that touches ' him. This so encouraged the troops that they U8 a" 80 deeply, a place wbere you can ooua in town riddled the Southerner's body with memorate the deeds of our heroes Just as af? bullets and hoisted over the hou<>e the United Actively as on the marble shaft, a place that States Aug. offers fetter opportunities of perpetuating r$3 Although in sight of Washington, the seat their history than would a shaft as high aa of Federal power, the spirit of Southern pa? the Washington Monument. trlotlsm burned an fervently In tbe breast of A Confederate. ! the Alexandrians as in the breast of the most | loyal of our own State. There stands today / ' In tbe streets of this quaint old city a hand- ~ | some Confederate Monument of marble upon ' tfajw which Is poised the bronze figure oi a Conted- na . % erate private, facing tbe Capital, that Its pro? *.ome 10 "inner. ! totype struggled so hard to enter. Standing at the threshold ot the great Southland be ^J10 Daughters ot Ilebekah will serve dinner keeps his silent vigil, a monument lo the de- ana oysters Tuesday and Wednesday during votloD if not the discretion of the people ourt week also salads and oysters Tuesday of this hlstorlo old city. night In the ball above Henry & WllsonV, i Were it not for tbe proximity of Alexan- store. dria to Washington it would doubtless be a * 1