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" " " ' POWER OF THE SOOTH. Senator McLnurlii 10 Couventlou. Columbia State, Wednesday. Mr. John L. McLauriu of Bennettsvllle electrified the Cotton Growers' convention yesterday. His speech mlgbt not staud a Democratic microscopic ex'imlnatlon without showing something distasteful to the party which favors "tariff for revenue only, but whuipvflr aretimenta be made In favor of pro tection had the force of logio in the attract-1 lve manner in which the subject was presented. Mr. McLaurln quite captured the convention, and for the 40 minutes of his speech there was rapt attention. Frequently there were outbursts of applause. While he was given a flattering reception when first called upon for a speech, yet the applause at Its conclusion was veryjnuch more demonstrative. "Just a few years aeo," he said, "tne farmers of Kansas and Nebraska were burning grain to reduce a surplus, as we have heard reoentlyof burning cotton in Georgia and Texas. For the few years past tue crops in the West have been the largest on record and yet wheat is today selling at nearly 51.120, Uu equivalent of 12 1-2 cent cotton, while oats, corn, barley, rye and all other breadstuff* are proportionately high. There is a striking analogy betweeu wheat and cotton: they are t he two great agricultural export crops of the United States; more and more, the civilized world is looking to our country for food and clothing. 'It is interesting and instructive in this crisis to find out wby it is that the wheat farmer has b?en able for the past year to hold prices so bigb above tbe European party. I haven't made the comparison in some time, but not long ago I did and while the Eurr? nfian farmers were getting about 80 cents the American farmer was receiving about 51 per busbel. Right across tbe border In Cauada, wheat was selling for much less than it was In Michigan. The wheat farmers know that sooner or later European supplies will be exhausted and they must draw on the United States. Making due a'lowance for war, which always makes provisions higher, would not answer the question, tor that would mean that European prices should be higher than In the United States. "A shortage in tbe American crop of 75,000. 000 busbels from last year is not sufficient explanation. Tbe great competitor of cotton is wool, and trade Journals speak of tbe almost complete failure of tbe wool crop of Australia, and it seems to me that undertbe ordinary laws of Bupply and demand this should be a factor in fixing tbe intrinsic value of cotton, but we fail to see its effect. "Nature has given the cotton planter s great advantage over the wheat grower, while the south enjoys an almost complete monopoly in tbe production of cotton, wheat is produced all over tbe world, from the Arctic to lower temperate zones. "There Is but one answer to the problem the wheat farmer Is organized and has learned tbe lesson of bow to manage bis affairs on tbe business principles that govern tbe other Industries of the world. THE LULLABY OF "OVERPRODUCTION," "A few years ago they were singing him to sleep with that same old song "overproduction," coined by seiflsb greed to enable tbe privileged few to rob the many. He was pointed, as yon are, to tbe laws of supply and demand?another law of God that has beei> prostituted and made to turn tbe products ot honest labor into the coffers of those 'who toll not, neimer ao iuey npiii, "The wheat farmers ol the west replied to these doctrinaires, 'away with your devll'8 gospel of greed ; we do not believe It. Kvery grain of our wheat 1b consumed each \ear. aDd yet we hear of famine In Ireland, England, India and Russia; tbe wail of the hungry poor of New York, Liverpool and P*rls reaches our ears. There are bread riots elsewhere, while we burn corn aDd feed wheat to cattle. Your economic theory is all a lie, for you tell these millions that they starve because there Is no bread, while yon tell n? thai we starve beoause of Its very abundance.' Thatlsjust what Is being told the cotton farmers today. As, Tom Watson said at New Orleans: 'If wem&ke no crop, It Is ruin; 11 we make a crop, it Is ruin too.' It Is tbe devil, fellow citizen,"not God, who promuiKaten the creed,'You can and yon can t, you will and you won't, you are damned if you do and you are damoed If you doo't.' WHAT WHEAT FARMERS DID. "Whatdid the wheat farmers do? They first organized. They built warehouses nil over tbe west. When tbe farmers can store * hair wheat thev eet a certificate for this, and they can go to any bank and draw tbelr money on It whenever It is needed. He needn't force his wheat on the market until the price le an Inducement. The trade Journals told up a year and a half ago that the farmers had passed the word around that they wanted and Intended to have SI per bushel for tbelr wheat, and In spite of the oomblned efforts of the speculators more than a year ago wheat went$t a bushel. For a few weeks they forced the price under 90 cent", but the farmers simply refused to seil, and today its equlv alent'ln cotton would be 121-2 cents a pound. Even In the far off Argentine they have taken the cue, and fixed upon SO cents as the price they demand for wheat, and at every shipping point there Is a warehouse where wheat is stored until It brings the price. Fel low citizens, cotton Is the only product where the price Is fixed by the purchaser, and the man who makes the article ban no voice In it. You haul a load of cotton loto town, you eo to a buyer; he says,'Walt till Liverpool comes in.' In a few minutes It Is chalked upon the DiacKDoara, aoQ >ou ai c iuiu t. take. Gentleman, this coat I have on stayed on some merchant's shelf until I paid hitprice for it. He told me what be would t - fee j and I either bad to pay his price or go without. "The coal trust, the meat trust, all fix the price of their products, and they keep them until they get that price. You may starve, i you may freeze, you may go naked, but you must pay their price or go without. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. "All that the New Orleans plan menus is that we, the producers of the material that clothes the world, Intend now and henceforth and forever to have a vote in fixing the price of the products of our labor. (Cheers.) To talk about the law of supply and demand to the planter is under present conditions an In salt to his intelligence. Only a year ago cotton that bad been sold for consumption and exported to Europe was borrowed, reimport? ed into this country and dumped on the market, nsed again and again, until Sully wa? broken and prices given a blow from which they have never recovered. "The laws of supply and demand! What chance have you to take advantage of the laws of supply and demand when the government Itself discriminates against your product, when the wheat larmer Is given 26 cents a bushel protection against wbeat from Canada and the Argentine and cotton can be brought bere free of duty and used to depress the price of your product? Cotton is the only great staple product not protected. Wheat gets 25, corn 15, barley, oats, rye and every? thiner oisa hoop thrown around it the foster? log care of the government, while cotton Is left to shift for Itself, and It Is our fao't. If we had bad a duty of 5 cents a pound on cotton Imports, Bully, Brown and Hayne could have held the market until it would have declined materially under the influence of a large crop and this crop would have averaged you 10 cents a pound. < "The laws of supply','aDd demand, Indeed How much good are they to you when the agricultural department spends $1;900.000 a year collecting accurate statistics on acreage and conditions and before you ever get a chance to market a bale the whole consuming world known to almost a pound what you will make. What chance did you have last fall after the December report; in a few hours cotton was below the cost of production "Wherever they can benefit them the law of supply and demand are absolutely denied the cotton farmer, while others glory in their beniflcence. Fellow citizens, the .New Orleans convention calls upon you to organize for self preservation. I have heard the sneer, Oh yon can't get the farmers to unite, the thing will fall.' To these 1 reply the farmers of the West are organized, they control the situation, ana the ssoumern coiwo pianier, In patriotism, Intelligence, patleDt endurance, self-control and courage. Is tbe peer of any man, anywhere In this wide world. (Cheers.) A COTTON MONOPOLY. "Will yon seize the opportunity or will you trample underfoot the advantages given you by God and nature ? Let us begin, let us or ganlze for tbe monopoly given us by Qod In the production or raw cotton ; Ills tbe first step toward that time when within our borders we shall spin all tbe cotton made and exporting nothing but the finished products make the South rich beyond our wildest dreams. There Is a fierce battle going on for commercial supremacy. This will not stop with tbe addition ot a cent or two to the price of cotton ; tbere are issues of greater momeni, It Is a fight for the supremacy ol the South fn tbe great industrial war now belnu wxged In this world. Tbe watchfires are lighted on the hilltops and the bugle has sounded tbe call to arms; tbe tramp of the legions may be beard from tbe Cape Fear to the Rio Grande. "The convention at New Orleans threw down the gauge oi battle and the captains ol of the tens and hundreds are mustering Israel's hosts. THE WAR ON WALL. SEREET. "I warn you that the fight will he lone hard and bitter; If we fall It means the world's contempt for a people who could not use God given opportunities. If we succeed. O, men. and the sons of men, who followed the starry cross over the hills of Virgin a and amla the swamps of the Mississippi, who rejoiced with Jackson at Bull Run and wept with Lee at Appomattox, It means, O, Lord God, of battles, that thou hast reversed thv verdict at Gettysburg and Appomattox, it means victory, victory for the South without the shedding of a widow's tear or the loss ol a single drop of human blood. "Fellow citizens, the Issue was made at , New Orleans, It is Dixie avenue against Walt street! The man who falters and hesitates Is the man who would make a few p iltry dollars, by Increasing his acreage at the expense of bts patriotic neighbor, he Is a coward and a traitor to his own section and people. > .... (Cheers.) "The New Orleaue convention fouDd] Itself confronted by two propositions. "Flr?i. to take care of the present surplus of 2.000,000 bales. ' Second, to curtail the acreage of the cur| rent year. "Tblrd, to nna new markets ny ivu/, so as o put our Industry on a stable basis aud prevent a recurrence of present conditions. "For the 2.000.000 bales of cotton a pool has been formed with ample capital to back it. If trusts are to be the order of the day. we will cease to be tbe only victim, and we will have a cotton trust too; not a secret, darklantern arrangement, but a trust formed lor self-protect on, in broad open day, by the representatives of 25 000 000 people Id twenty states of this unlou, prnduclng tbe crop upon wblob the whole world relies for clothing [ material. I "This In the most gigantic combinntion ever dreaiiied <1. What tbe result will be no man can tell. "One thing Is sure, If.vou carry it out. like every other trust. It will be effective. Refuse to sell your cotton, but iustead deposit it U a warehouse and draw ./our mouey at the banking agencies established by the cotton trust, and In addition reduce your acreage; It means that the men who form this pooi will have the consumers and bear speculators at tiieir mercy, and you can dictate I prices for the next crop. Whether the power would be abused or not U another question; out I do say, that it makes you for the time the complete masters of the cottou world, ana that you will have to consulted about the price of your product. No one will tell you what he will give, but will auxlously inquire what you will take for your cotton. "1 sav lurther, lellow citizens, that conditions which force a whole people to attempt the organization of a trust, which, like every otner trust, has for its object the overturning of the natural law of supply and demand, orauds as something false and wrong the political and industrial conditions under vvmcil 11 UCUUrtS. ll picocuto a ^iuuiciu mat jrles oat lor solution along reasonable natural lines. The statesman wbo denies It 1m a traud, the political economist wno shirks It is a byprocrlte, and tue Christian wbo passes it by Is a traitor to bis God and country. As to whether such a gigantic trust with lis millions of members, can succeed, and its effect on public Interests, constitute prob terns too deep for me. There Is no other solution otiered for the Immediate situation, and it is your duty and my duty to stand by the New Orleans convention, and organize every couuty and precinct in the State Texas and other states are thoroughly organized, and. South Carolina will be there when the long roll sounds, or prove false to *11 ot her traditions. I thought and said at the convention that the permanent solution of the cotton problem would come from wider markets for cotton goods. No intelligent and concerted action has ever been made on a targe scale In this direction. "Among the 400000,000 people of Cbina we can find a ready market at reasonable prices tor all the surplus cotton the world can produce. It has been figured out that the world can use 42,000,000 bates of cotton. "There is another thing that is being done on a constantly Increasing scale, the Chinese are importing yarns from this country and weaving it into cloth on their hand looms, like tho?e our great-grandmothers used back to slavery days. What a field there Is here among these people, rich with the stored up wealth of centuries. The oottun plant lu China Is a little stunted thing, with almost aostaple; tbey can raise too many other crops of greater value for them to make cot ton. Sell them our cotton goods dliect and bring back their camphor, hemp, spices aud teas. I derived most of my imormatlon I about China from .Minister Wu, and tie salu be south would Hud Hb salvation la tbe China markets, and be should certainly know." Mr. McLanrln oalled attention to the fact that while the merchant fixes the price on tils wares and reiuses to sell until he gets a price satisfactory, the cotton farmer must take whatever price 1b offered. He is the only clans In the world offering a commodity for sale who has absolutely notblbg to do with the fixing oftbe price of that commodity. In 1899 wnen there was a surplus crop, one Arm opened a new market in China and disposed 01 ?20,000,000 worth of manufactured <oods. He had been a member of the committee to visit the president and to appeal to congress. He had seen the president Monday ind bad received assurance that Mr. Roosevelt would give the weight of bis office to promoting the interests of the greatest industry In the world. He declared that the representatives at Washington get Jar away from the people sometimes uutii the people spunk tb< m and teach them better manners. This being taken as a philosophical and good natured acknowledgment of his own political errors, was greeted with laughter and applause. For the reason that the representatives get so rar away, he argued, they should be admonished by Just such an organization as tbl6. THE TARIFF QUESTION. In conclusion Mr. McLaurin spoke as follows in reference to tariff revision: "Why- should tbe wheat farmer use free IWIUO IU VYia^ Li to \Jl ULCtlCU w ucai wuuo I. l-l t cotton farmer uses protected bagging to wrap bis free cotton ?" He showed now tbe Houtb Is dlscrlmiuated against In tbe larIII. Eastern monopolists have schemed cunningly to plunder tbe Routb. Ninety per cent ol the Imports which are admitted to compete lion in this country are competing with product* of tbe soutb. "Let us demand that in tbe coming rev itIon of the tariff our representatives see thst tbe south gets her share of all that is going, tnat we are recognized as an Integral part 01 this unlou, ready to share Its burdens and II need beQ>;bt its battles, but demanding iu return a full share of all the benefits ol national Hie."Let us organize but keep our organization out of politics. Let the watchword be "meas ures not men." I have no confidence in help coming from any political party now In existence, until we are stronu enough to foroe It from any party that may happen to be in power. A man never gets JuBtlce until be lsstrong enough to force it with a 'big stick.' "The great questions with which we are confronted have no place in the little cabals, factions and caucuses of political parties, for their petty Jealousies and selfish ambition ever outweigh Ihecouutry's good. "In conclusion, fellow clttz?ns, I give you thin sentiment, God bless South Carolina; II she Is right I am with her; If she Is wrong, 'hone of my bone, fle*h of my flesh, God blest her still,I am with her.' " Practical Poultry Points. Keep your fowl stock young ; old hens are wholly unprofitable to keep. Cocks as well as hens eat a lot of food, and no cock is necessary except during the hatching season. Grade your , eergs as to size; it improves the sample, and consequently the price. Large, loose-feathered liens of the Cochin or Brahma type lay small eggs, and but few of them. They are also large eaters and poor rangers. Close-feathered, medium-sized hens of the Leghorn type are non-sitters, good rangers and great layers. It costs nearly as much to keep a hen that lays eighty eggs in the year as one that lays 130. Fowls should not be fed near the door of your dwelling house, or they wili stand about all day looking for food. Fowls roosting in trees and open buildings seldom lay many eggs, and those tbey do lay are often laid astray and lost. ItlONt Women Want Home Life. To the woman commanding a com forlable salary marriage and retirement to domestic life not infrequently involve a financial sacrifice, and it is not difficult to understand why young women able to support themselves in ease should be less susceptible to the uuucks oi L/upia man ouiers less rortunately situated, although it is by uo means certain that such is the case, at least to any appreciable extent. Nor is there that evidence of a growing distaste for home life and the tendency toward a pursuit ot the pleasures of single blessedness that pessimists would have us believe exists. There may be those in whom such ; sentiments have gained a strong hold ( but with the great mass of American women home is still that sacred in- , stitution of yore, against which all the financial allurements of com mercial or professional life are as 1 naught. ??.? i SiitmrrihrrM Will Plense A<l?! the Fol- i lowlnc Xfim<>u In Their I.isls. . Bradley, J. It. (res) No. 128. , Baer, C D.(reK) No. 121. Ellison, Lewln (Hackman) No. 105. Faulkner, A. <i. (WarehnuNe) No. 1G6. . Hick". EI. C. (res.) No. 100. > Lee, Mtr. V. 1). (ret;.) No. 97. Mlnshall, H. S.ires.) No. 08. Mallard, Mrs. T. J. (res ) No. 158. < Richie, R. A. (More) No. 165. Shannon, C. Al. (res.) No. 91. < Wllaon, Dr. J. L.. (ren.) No. 110. i ?.?? ?. Presentment of the Grand Jury. Abbeville S. C Feb. 23rd 1905. To His Honor Judge Ernest Gary. Presiding Judge: February Term of Court 1905. We the Grand Jury hereby make the following Presentment: We have examined and passed on 111 bills of indictment handed us by the Solicitor. We have visited by committee the County Poor House, the jail and the different offices in tne Court House. The last urand Jury recommended that two brick dormitories be built for the paupers of the County, one for the white and one for the colored inmates and the last Legislature made aspecial levy of % of one mill for carrying out said recommendation. The Supervisor tells us that as soon as the money is available he will build said houses. We find at the present time several old and helpless there who are not able to help themselves and that things are not kept as cleanly as they should be. * We also find several of the houses in bad repair and recommend that they be repaired at once. We recommend that a system of Sewerage be put in the jail as soon as practicable and further that the flour of the jail be thoroughly scrubbed and that the fencing around the premises be repaired. AVe find the Court House building in very bad condition, the roof leaking and the plastering falling off in many places and we would call special attention to the office (of the Sheriff, the floor of which is sunken and badly in need of repair, we also recommend that there be more shelving put in the office of the Treasurer, all of which repairs we think should be done immediately. We recommend that the Supervisor put a fire proof vault in the office of the Clerk of the Court for the better protection of the County records, we think it is dangerous for them to be kept in their unprotected conditinn The last Grand Jury recommended th^t the stage now in the Court House be'taken out but we find it still in use and we insist that it be taken out immediately after the present term of the Uourt ana that in tne iiuure ine Court room be not used for theatrical purposes. Not taking into consideration the danger from fi e & etc., we think that the damage to the building and to the furniture more than over balances all money received for the rent of same. Our predicessors recommended that an expert be employed to investigate the books, vouchers & etc., of the different County offices which recommendation was carried out and his report is hereby attached. There is one item in the said report that we would call to your especial attention and that i? that there is a charge of excess of interest on money borrowed from J. A.Harris and others of S492.31. "We therefore recommend that the County Attorney investigate the matter and take such action as he thinks nrlrisnhlp for tVip hpct. intprpat.u nf thp County. Respectfully submitted G. D. Graydon Foreman. * The State of South Carolina, Abbeville County. It appearing to the Court, thai at the October term of the Court of General Sessions for Abbeville County in the final presentment, amo' g other things, recommended, that the Stage now in the Court House, be removed before the next time of Court. And it further appearing that the said stage has not been removed in ac cordance with the reccommendation of the grand jury. And it also annearincr. that tha samp *s an obstruction and hindrance to a proper dispatch of the business of the Court, and that the use to which the Court House is put is without authority of law. It is therefore ordered that the County Supervisor of Abbeville County within ten days after the using of this Februa.y term of Conrt, remove or cause to be removed from the Court House the temporary stage, and fixtures alluded to in said present, ment of the grand jury and failing so to do show cause before the presiding ju^ge at the Court of General Sessions for Abbeville county, on the first day of the next regular term of said Court why he should not be attached as for a contempt of Court in failing so to do. Let a certified copy of this order be served upon the County Supervisor forthwith 22nd February 1905. Ernest Gary, Presiding Judge Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 17,1905. Mr. J. W. Sign, Foreman of Grand Jury, Et. Al., Abbeville County S. C. Dear Sir:?I beg to submit, herewith my report of the books of Abbeville Co., covering a period of from Jan. 1st, 1895 to and including report to Comp troller General of Sept. 15th, 1904. I have carefully examined the booki of the Clerk of the Court, Mr. J. L Perrin, and also Mr. Perrin's books as Clerk of Pensions, and find that he has made a proper accounting of all monies intrusted to him, and has receipts and lancelled checks as evidence of same. I have also examined the Sheriff's books, pertaining to fines in State 2ases and find that he has turned over to Trea?urer all monies so received. I have also checked up the dispeniary's books so far as they pertain to the payment of the Treasurer, from the time the dispensary was startjd up to Sept. 15th, and find that the Treasurer has, in every instance given him credit for money so received. In Mr. E. B. Wilson's report of Nov >9th, 1902, I iind that there was a shortrge of $765.90 in the dispensary fund. Thfs money has been turned to y^wA^-; v,. - .*>> r , - ... the Treasurer and the Treasurer has given proper credit for same. Also credits for School Bond account $111.10. Also G. C.&. F. Shop Bond accounts, $124.07. Also, a note for $4,000 00. These items have had proper credit. With reference to excess interest, uu borrowed money. Item 957.51, and also excess interest on Jno. A. Harris claim $492.31. These matters are still unadjusted. And as Mr. Wilson includes these amounts in his statement, as a just charge against the Treasurer, I will leave this matter for you to determine whether or not it can be collected legally, as there is considerable dispute regarding the validity of this claim. Attached to th>s report, is: a siatemcnt marked Schedule 1, which is a itatemenr. of the Treasurer's County Tax Recoid, and gives the names, dates and amounts of all vouchers mi- sing, and difference in the amount of vouchers found, which do not agree with the amount paid. In referring to the Supervisor's Record, I find that his Record in every instance agrees with amounts shown on Treasurer' Tax Record, and the fact that in many instances tiie amount of voucher found not agreeing with the amoun shown as having been paid, is not sufcient evidence for the County to hold the Treasurer responsible for these differences, as it is probable that a number of these vouchers were either mislaid, or misplaced From the d ite of Mr. Nichols term of office I only find one voucher mi3S ing, which is a note given to National Bank of Abbeville for $3,000.00. This note has been paid, but in some way, misplaced. Attached to t.bis schedule is u receipt from Benj. S. Barnwell] Cashier of the bank of Abbeville, stating that this note has.been paid. Attached to this statement, is Schedule No. 2, showing Treasurer's School Tax Record, and vouchers missing .?/"?! > Af f kooa tTAiinKorc JU VV/11 VI 1/11^3^ VUU^UtlO, VTtig u * i denced by School Commissioners Record, and Mr. Bradley furnished duplicate receipts while 'I was there of payments to L. M. Harper, $20.00 and J. S. Gibert, $100.00. Schedule No. 3 shows a list of all the vouchers I could find on which discounts were allowed. The majority of theie discounts were on local bills to which 10 per cent and more was added jn the way of discounts' These discounts amount in the aggregate to quite a good sum. The justness of which is something for you to de" termine. Schedule No. 4, pertains to discrepancies which are chargeable to and collectable from parties as follows: J. R. Blake Item 1 $100.00 j, xv. xsiaKe item o eu.uu W. T Bradley Item 2 20.00 W. T. Bradley Item 3 40.00 \V. T. Bradley Item 5 1 02 W. T. Bradley Item 0 15.00 Total $236.02 The above items are explained on Schedule 4, hereto attached, and were clearly discreapancies and omissions. And, it is my opinion that these errors were natural ones, and were made with no intention to defraud the County. In conclusion, will say, that Mr. Nickf Is, Mr. Cox and Mr. Bradley gave me every assistance in their power, and that their books, vouchers, etc., were always open to inspection. Respectfully submitted. W. B. Sheldon, Accountant & Auditor, 821 Empire Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Thin if* Not to Do. A dairy writer tills a contemporary some things that are not done on his farm : 1. We do not consider that we kuow everything about butter making, as something new is being discovered every month. Not only from ou^ own work are we continually learning, but also from the observation and research of others. 2. We do not keep a cow that m akes less than 200 pounds of butter a ' year. 3. We do not put the dry cow on a starvation ration. 4. We do not keep our cows in an icehouse, hogpen or dungeon. ! 5. We do not allow them to go a whole year without carding or brushing them. 6. We do not depend on pasture alone for a summer ration. 7. We do not allow the milk to stand very long in the stable to aosorb fowl odors. 8. We do not mixsweetcream with cream to be churned less than twelve hours before churning. The cream is ripened in one vessel which holds the cream for a whole churning. 9. We do not add scalding water to the cream ; nor guess at the temperature with the linger; nor take two or three hours to churn. 10. We do not gather the butter till the "dasher stands on top" and then dip it out of the buttermilk. 11. We do not add coarse salt by guess: nor work the butter into grease. 12. We do not send our butter to raarhet wrapped in old rags that may have seen other service iu the house. I'iclciiii; lTp Shock Corn. While buskers and shredders are quite common, the bulk of the shock corn is ntill husked by hand. Any 'one who h'is tried it knows what a l?a> kbrr;ikiL 4 jnh it is to pick up the corn aud throw it into the wagou. A better way is to take a wide-mouthed bushel basket, fill it, then empty [into wagon. Better still, where two ! men are working together, take a I yood-sized zinc wash tub aud when . fill** si nmr\l ir Ktf nnnh ivjqm tuHtlf* iniru, ciulmj kjj cai>ii mau tai\iug hold of a handle. Try it, and you will be surprised at the time aud labor saved. Was Catharine Smithies rieht or wrong when she wrote me, "I think the teaching to be kind to the lower animals is preparing the way for the gospel of Christ?" Geo. T. Angell. p ~ '~l ??? ??mmmmm For Coughs?at your druggists or direct from Murray Drug Co., Columbia, S. C ? "Murray's Horehound, Mullein and Tar. 25c for large size bottle. p, ^ m a Abbeville-Greenwood % MUTUAL 0 insurance. ASSOCIATION. * w' i,v c Property Insured, $925,000 ^ January 1st, 1904. a \*7"RITE TO OR OALL on the undersigned ^ ?? or to the Director ot your Township for any Information you may desire abou our plan of Insurance. We Insure your property against destruc tlonby FILE, WMM OS LIBEIS1S3, * and do so cheaper than any Inauranoe Com Danv In existence. Remember we are prepared lo prove to yon that ours Is ..the safest and cheapest plan of Insurance known. J. R. BLASE, Jr., Gen. Agent Abbeville, S. C. J. FRASER LYON, Pres. Abbeville, S..C. BOARD DIRECTORS. 8. G. Major - - Greenwood J.T. Mabry - Cokesbury W. B. Acker ...Donalds W. B. Cllnkscaies Due West T. L. ffaddon -Long Cane I. A. Keller -Mmlthville A. K. Watson Cedar Spring A. M. Reld? -.Abbeville Township W. W. Bradley Abbeville City. Dr. J. A. Anderbon. Antrevllle H. A. Tennent. Lowndesvllle A. O. Grant....? Magnolia J. R. Tarrant Calhoun Mills 8. Li. Edmonds Bordeaux 8.0. Harvey...- Walnut Grove W. C. Martin -Hodges J. D. Coleman.; Coronaoa J.Add Calboun-?..?Ninety-oix J. M. Payne - ..Klnards J. B. Taylor., Fellowship Joseph Lake -Pbcenlz Rev. J. B. Mase_ ?Verdery J. H. Chiles, Jr Bradley J. W. Lyon Troy W. A. Cbeatbam Yeldell P. B. Calllson ? Calllson W. M. Outs Klrhseys Caleb Walton Brooks Abbeville, 8 0.. Jan. 18. 1904. WM. H. PARKER. WM. P. GREENE ^ -V- < PARKER & GREENE, j Atto;&e7& and Gonnsellors atLiw. i Office on LAW RANGE. 1 ABBEVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA. J 1898. U Call or send for one of my descriptive blanks and list your real estate with me Robt. S. Lick. Trunks, Suit Cases, Grips, Teleaoopea, at ow price*. P. Rosenberg k Co. Darican's Locals. Dargan's5and 10 cent store Is selling a Semi Parcban plate 912 inches for 5ct?. eacb You have paid 50 ota. for a ?et of six like tb 1b figure out price?80cents. Getslxhere. Why oay more? JDargan's 5 aDd 10 cent store bas Just gotten In a big lot of extra t-lze glass covered dishes? you have paid as high as 25 centa for tbe same tbing, our price 10 cents. Nice large one balfgallon pitchers at Dargao's5 and 10 cent store for only 15 centa, two for 25. Glass dippers at Dargan's 5 and 10 cen store. Handle put together with rubber They are splendid value. Our price lOcte. a U 11? J1UO UJ UVlOi JULUp *11 111J U CJ O Ok JU?1" Sun'o 5 and 10 cent stor*. You can also get [acbeth Pearl top, tbe kind that lasts. A nice and attractive ltneof goblets to be bad at Dargan's & and 10 cent store for five _ cents eacb. Same beavy botel style la tbe lot. , j Lxree no. 8 Mammoutb lamp chimney*, made by Macbelb. 20 ceuts eacb at Dargan's 5 and 10 cent store. 50 cents will buy 8. Large 16 In. glass vases at Dargan's 5 and 10 , cent store, 10 cent eacb. ^ Hot and cold 8oda of every bind at Mil ford's up to date Drug Store. M'lford's Wblte Fine and Tar Is the best Cough Syrup on earib, every bottle guara - teed. A>k lor Milford's. Take no other. Phone 107. Wanted: A" Jlmid Primary". N >w and Courier. Tbe following appears In the Washington Post of February 23: "The people of the central and northern portions of South Carolina are more favorable 10 President Roosevelt than tbey ever have been before, and the only real opposition le to be lound In tbe region dominated by tbe Charleston News and Courier,' said Mr. Jobn G. Capers, United States district attorney and national committeeman for the Palmetto State, at tbe Raleigh lust nlgbt. "Since the speech made by President on Llnclon's birthday in Philadelphia there has been decidedly favorable trend of opinion toward Mr. Roosevelt, not entirely because of what be said, but as the result of tbe general feeling that has been growing for some time. Tbey believe that be is eminently Just and that they have misunderstood him. Tbe News and Courier, however, which has considerable Influence In the State, used tbe speech as tbe text for a venomous attack, which was unjustified and uncalled for. It went out of lis way to misrepresent him. The City of Charleston, as a wtiole, Is also opposed to tbe President, though there are a number like myself who have the greatest faltb in hi* Judgment. I do not suppose there Is more tban one other locality in the South where tbe President Is really disliked at the present time and that is wbere tbe influence 01 Qoven orVardaman Is felt In tbe Stale of which he Is tbe executive. Every wbere eise there seems to be a complete dying away ofany bitterness of feeling toward nlm. and all are looking forward to his term of office, irrespective of party with more satisfaction than during the campaign. In South Carolina Itself, the people are realizing that the Republicans are not the same now that, they were during the Reconstruction period.'' While the utterances of Mr. Capers about T,ae News aDd Courier are not necessarily of Importance, It would be worth while to demoiuhtrate whether or not he correctly voices the sentimentsof the people 01 South Carolina ? Is his statement In Washington that there has been "a decidedly favorable trend of opinion In South Carolina towards 'President Roosevelt" acurate ? Is he right in saying thatour people believe the President "Is eminently just and that C< tbey have misunderstood him"? be Id his estimate of a "complete dying "away of feeling" correct ? Is It, indeed true that Mr. Roosevelt's cruel and wanton Insult to Mr. Jefferson Davis, so jjj recently recalled by the letter ol the letter's vj Hnnt/hf?-r huM hppn fnro'nt.fpn 9 V(j Are our people reconciled to Crum, the yc Boo Her Washington lunch and the Indlanola jgt Incident? qi Air. Capers has undertaken to describe the ^r feeling In 8cntb Carolina "lrreppectlve of |e) party." If be has succeeded, It Is beet tbat It W( be known. SE Tbe newspapers of South Carolina are representative of Moutb Carolinians. Wesbonld < beglad If all of them, and particularly those CI "of the central and northern portions of go S' Utb Carolina," would express themselves about Mr. Capers's statement. We should ' like to reprint their expressions. Iftbettf- on publican national committee member has been able to sound the feeling of South Carolina Democrats,' the sooner tbe world knows It the better, It<y.e*e better for all of us to know "where we are at." * We do not wlsb'to needlessly arouse "feel- ' < lng" against the President, but If our peopie have been plaqedjp: a lalse position through the enthusiasm of the South Carolina Repub llcan leader we would have them set. right. We Invite a "hand nrlmarv" of ?h? Hnnth by Carolina praes. | by, L . ... ' - - - . ; -- We art Bole Agents here for . Vinol The most famous Cod Liver Oil pre il 1 i. ll.i aruuou auowu w uicuiuiuu. Contains ALL the medicinal elelents of cod liver oil, actnally taken om fresh cod's livers, bat not a drop ' oil. Delicious to the taste and recognized iroughout the world as the greatest STRENGTH CREATOR >r old people, weak, sickly women ad children, nursing mothers and afsr a severe sickness. Cures Hacking Coughs, Chronic tolds, Bronchitis and ail Throat and iung troubles; Uoequaled to create a appetite aod. to make these who re too thin, fat,iro$y and healthy.. Try it on our guarantee to return our money if you are not satisfied. Speed's Drug Store. \ e VALUABLE n mmi! FOR SALE ! r.W ' ' ' :j I offer for sale in thb 3ity of Abbeville, in a jood section of the 3ity, several desirable building lots. Prices reasonable; Robt. S. Link. / , v OR. J. A. DICKSON, SURGEON DENTIST. JOLD FILLINGS; CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK A SPECIALTY. a good plate- ....$8.00 amalgam fillings 75c and. 1.00 office over barksdaide's store. a 4 ? i.. *?taai js J j "~ 3 Q IZa ? < H p Si Notice. Builders and contractors ibould write the x>k-Dormony Co., Fitzgerald, Ga., for Lumir and Shingles. About ten years ago a brund of Cigars 3owd as Clnco's, was Introduced In Abbelle by Speed's Drag Store, as tbe years have me by they have grown Id favor, and to-day n can scarcely hear of any other Cigar, very thing has gone down before It aboat as lick ly as they appeared. All pet opposing ands have been laid aside and they acknow3ge "we can't do business wltnout tbeClnco 3 are not In It." Agency for tbe factory, at i ieed'a Drug Store. Christmas, six oclock dinners, and Speed's 1 uco cigars go band In hand, they leave a od taste In your mouth. tn old reliable Orlers Aim anac for every e, as usual at Spssd's Drag Slors. The Ladles' Friend. i Vhat? NeuralgLne. WbyT For It onrea 3tr Headaobes when all others fall. When iS once try It,you cannot say, I have someIng Just as good, for they kndw better. Try and see If they fire not right. Cures In 5 nutes and is harmless. 8old etenshan< drug dealers. 4 doses 10c. Manufactured I , 12m. Neuralglne Co..Augusta, Oa. td $10 to, Texas flNB WAV nnr AWI5T JUTES Villi" irni' WUHUW1 Iiatjuu '? DECEMBER 13 and 27, J Via COTTOH BELT ROUTE, h On December 13tfr4*Qd Zltb, I the Cotton Belt Route will sell one B way Colonist ticliets.from Memphis to I points in Texas at raw or ?iu, ucaeis ?ood in cbair cars and coaches. The territory to which these rates apply includes Texarcana, Greenville, Paris, "Bonham, Sherman, Dallas, Ft Worth"; Wichita Falls, AmarlUa, Tyler, COrsicana, Waco, M are n all; Pales- . tiner jLongvlew, fliilsboro,Brownwood, San Angefo,- Austin, San Antonio, Copns Ch l isti, Houston, Galvee- ton, Beaumont and J n termed lae points. Write for map, descriptive literar ture and any farther information concerning rates. ^. l. p. smfn, a., 203 Equitable;Blig. Atlanta, Ga. DR. J. Ri NICKLES, Surgeon Dentist. Office over (J. A. MUford'a I)mg Store. r-~ ; -7? ^ T Tim ltd. nrv m/\ liii i DO; wu iv r tm EUROPE I Would yoa like a superb tour at a moderate cost to all the brilliant capitals of Europe:2 ; I !, A special partvrW ladies, limited to ten, wiU sail during, the last ijroek in June, 1905 for' ; ITALY, SWITZERLAND* GERMANY, BELGIUM, FRANCE AND ENGLAND, < , under the personal contfuctonsblp o/a noted writer and linguist. Everything' will be first class; Our members will travel not as intruding tourists, label ieu ?mj BbTuuKens lor me curious, out BS refined and welcome vlalton to (fife; world's Bbow places. Writef?TySfBlDgroW, 843 Fifth Avenae. , New'Yoyic Ctjy. DEHTAX HOTICK. Or. 8. 6. 'Thornton, ?SS5.A2^d?" \ " 1 ? " " ?'" * ' i I have bought oat the StYW'lr ?t I ^ w^/JLm. VFI. reoently owned by |Mr. M. E. Maxwell, Wilder Block. V.%JH Besides the ordinary stock of General Merchandise, l^oB&r a fall'lineo^^ ' * & Christinas Goods, AT LOW PBICEa Tbe stock will be jeulded to at ohoe with completely aasoft^lt articles of General Merchandise. & './a K, t. 1. ?, Call and in as and (efpHees. . 'h'.-i'- . % -i Yours to please, r.V V".. f ??;.M R. A. Rickey. Calvert & Rubles | ? Headquarters for ? White Hickory Wagons Qwensboro Wagons, Bock Hill Buggies, Summer Buggies, Cheap Buggies, Harness, Laprooes, etc. ? ; " : J ' Calvert & Nickles. ] Feb. U. 1904. tf Paraflne wax for sealing fruit Jan for' sal* at Speed's. If you are thinking nf In veiling In Baal Estate, give we a call. Robt. 8. Link, -S ,v'"i" r-t L W. White's Locals.! ! V V If yon want bargains look over L. W. White's Remnant Counter. \ 1 Look at those Outings at White's'which are. offerea at 5 cents a yard. Former prloe 7 cents. They are certainlycheap. L. W. White offers Ginghams at cents which have been reduced from %% and 10 cents. Also Ginghams at 8% cents rednoed from 12>? cents. L. W. White has a ferr ladles Jacket left, which he Is Belling at prices regardless of 0081. Yon can buy from L. W. White a good artiole of Ginghams for bonnets and aprons at S cents a yard. If yon want Embroideries go to White** Yon can have at least ten thousand yards to aalAi>t frnm Bay your Rags now from L. W. While and set them cheap. Yon will fled the best White Matting at L. W. Whlle'it Pinner Beta, Toilet Sets, Plates, Cupt and Saucers and all kinds of Crockery, China and QlasB ware can be found at L. W. White's. Now is the time to bay an Overcoat. Go to L. W. White's Store and see how be has reduced his prices on Overcoats. On Iy solid leather shoes for the children . Strong comfortable school shoes.?P. Rosen berg <& Co. ?. J.UO BOHBOHB are iavora&ie, if your oorn? am rowing too last ana hnrt you try Bine Jay orn PlMteri, for Ml* at Spctd'a Drag Stow. > .1 '