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The Press and Banner |yPub!lBhed every Wednesday at 12 a ear Id advanoe. I Wednesday, June 28, 1905. * Rotten Potatoes. I In buying a barrel of potatoes It would be a special wouder If tbere were not some rotten t tuber* Id tbe lot. Do we not throw away tbe ' bad and bold fast to tbe good ? It we get a ' million Immigrants there will be some bad ' ones In tbe lot. No doubt about that. But 1 would we exclude from our shores all the good ones because a few sorry ones applied i fnr hHmission. It would be bard to find a * million native born Americans who were faultiest!. We have elbow room In this county and can give all tbat come a Job. The bad ones we can bang or send to tbe cbaln gang. ? Nbroeder*9IcClnln. We announce the marriage of Miss Inez Sbroeder to Mr. Bruce McClaln of Atlanta. The ceremony wa? performed by Mr. Wilkin# Wednesday afternoon at 8 o'clock in the presence of the family and a few Intimate friend1' of tbe ynune couple. Tbf bride wore h durk grey traveling gown with hat and glove* t< match. Immediately aft?*r the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. McClaln left over the Seaboard for Blue Ridge, Qa We congratulate Mr. McClaln In winning ucb a lovely bride. Death of a Lltile Child. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C DuPre died at tbelr home Monday. June 25tb, 1906 Sne bad been an exceptionally healthy and robust child prior to a month ago, when ' Bbe had measles. She had never recovered ' from tbe effects of the meaxles. / The remains were taken to Sharon for j burial yesterday morning at ten o'clock. I The Summer School. It Is s ratify Ins? to learn tbat tbe attendance t on the sum our school Is considers bly increased. Many teachers who attended last year and bad their certificates renewed for two years are this year giving the school a wide berth. Sufficient are In attendance however, to keep up enthusiasm In the work, and good progress Is being made in teaching i the teaobers. I , New Depot. It is understood that the bine prints of the magnificent new depot to be erected by the Southern road have arrived. The new depot will be located on the site oi the old depot, and is to be a modern up to date balldlDg. Excursion to Allnnts. J In another column the Southern Railway ( calls attention with schfdulps of an ezcnrslI on to be run to AtlantH on July 6. Train Leaves Abbeville at 8:50 A. M. rate / $1.50. This is a fine opportunity to take in the Gale City at an extremely reasonable rate. wanted. District Manager for Abbeville, S. C , for the r old reliable United States Heaitb and Acci dent Insurance Company. Liberal contract* to producers. Address John R. Thornton, Agent, 60S 9 Oonld Bulldicg, Atlanta, Ga, Drowned While in Swimming:. > On last SQDday Bishop Patton, colored, aged about 14 years, wan drowned wbl!e swimming In Ancrum Pond near ibis place. ^ For Sale. , Tbe Counters and Shelves Jn Mr K. M. ? Hill's store. C Engine for Sale. jj One 2-borse power Acme steHm engine for sale. Apply Press and Banner office. c Miss Lon Emma Crowber, daugnter of Mr I Fleetwood Crowiber, died Sunday June 25 v 1905, and was burled at Sblloh c Mrs. John Knox of Antrevllle after having * spent a month wltb ber son In Birmingham, Ala., returned Monday night and went oti r home tbe same nlgbt. J; c Requirements for Wiathrop ScholarShip. I All competitors for scholarships must fill out and lorward this paper to Prssirient D. B ~ JobnBon, Wintbrop Col'e^e, R?ck Hul, S. C. c The competitive examination lor ihe award r of Wlnthrop College Scholarship* will be held v at the County Court House n< ??ch countj Jaly 7tb, 1903, at9 a. in. at the ?ime time tb< examination lor entrance Is heid and upon the same questions. Tbe examlnotion will be held upon Aritb tneilo. Grammar, Geography, U. S. History, Algebra through Simultaneous 81mpie Equation*, Writlog, Spelling and Composition. A eebolnmblp ia wortb free tutition aDd om hundred dollars In money for one session and may be continued from year to year for fout yearn or antll graduation, upon the good behavior and earnest, conscientious application ol tbe student to all ber school duties. Tbe?e Beholorsblps will in no case be continued !? E students whose raofe and standing Is low, 8 whose general demeanor Is objectionable, who do not give promise of usefulness ? teachers,or whose health or other circumstances prevent attendanccon or performanci 1 of college duties. j Each county Is entitled to as many scoolai- t ships as It has representatives in the howet i House of tbegeneral Assembly. a Precedence In admission and accomodatlot s of new student* will be Riven to Bcholarshii c students. , Theannual session open6 on Wtdnesdaj, i September 20th. Students must be pieseui t: on the opening day. Those absent without good cau?e will lorteit their scholarships and dormitory certificates. The qualifications for becoming a competl tor for a scnolarship are a? fellows : The ?pplicant must be not less than fifteen years I . age; of irreproachable moral chaiacter; in good bealtb. with no physical d> lee's, baoltt or eccentricities, which would interfere will' teaching ; and must propose to follow tench Ing as a vocation. She must als<< make pro 1 lo the Board of Trustees of the College, upoi t certificate of Auditor and Treasurer ot ibt Counuty, of her financial inability to attend t College. Unless ihlB proof is sntlsfactory to t iue ocwru tut) upiincaui chuqoi oe awaraea x c scholarship. ' No ooe will d? bebarred because of attendance apon the College during the past session r unless she has forfeited her membership Id the College under its rules. Ao applicant must make an average of no! less than 70 per cent, on the whole examination aDd must not fall below 50 per cent, on any of the subjects of the examination In order to be eligible lor HppototmeDt to a scholarship. It Is possile for an applicant to < enure 100 on each subject. Blanks for benetlceary scholarships may be bad on application. i ??- c A New Book! I External History ol" the Bible? ( A Comprehensive an<l III- J structive Work. i 1 "The English Bible; A Survey of Its External History." Bv Rev. P. B. Wells. PEKHAPS YOU NEED THIS BOOK- DO you wish to know something of the various versions of the Bible, of the sources for recovering the original text of Scripture? Do you wish to know something of the external history of the Catholic English Bible, J and of the Proteitant English Bible? You will find It In this book. Price, bound Id heavy paper, 70o postpaid. Price, in full cloth binding, SI.a) postpaid. Order at once of the Author. (Rev.) P. B. WELLS, June 28, 1905. A BBEVILLE, S. C. 5 ! Kerosene oil at Dargan's store 18 cents per gallon. In 5 gallon lots 17 cents. ( If you whdi to be cooled ofl and refreshed J call in at Mllford's Drug Store and get any thing you want served at my up to date Soda , Fountain. I Go to Mllford's for Wilson's Freckle Cure. 1 Go to Mllford's for Cappllarls. Tbe roost attractive line of crockery to be seen In this at Dargan's 5 and 10 cents store. Go to Mllford's for Llquozone. 1 Go to Mllford's for Pomperlau Cream. < ivV. . X' EAST ENfr " (flint "M" See* ami Hear* oil II KouuJm ia Country and .in Town IN AN1) AROUND THE CITV. Mr. Ed Sytau who bas been Nick so In tad Btlil Is lu leeble health. will give a rt: slave barbecue on the 4th ol July next lor t )wd beDfctl', be is uuabte t'j oo maaual lah ind uses ibis meaus to belp himself. T sarbecue will be on Wardlaw branch it t dg spring and just above Judge Klugl ?ark. Ladles are especially lnvlteu hi :hose who cau't come. If they will send :beir orders iu i he motulng they will rtcel prompt and perHODal allenllou. Ou last Sunday morDlnt: several negrn sere bat hing in Ancrum's park near the cl when sud ieuly Bishop Paiton, a lad about P-ear6 old took crump and was drowned, as tank otie Slug Cosby tried tote-cue him ai :ame uear being drowned hin,8*lf, as tbe 1 :augln his feet aud pulled hiui under, wb ie kicked loose and lelt the boy to his s"ate, Tbe hero of tbe occasion was a lad fro actory town by tbe name of Mike Sml vho arriving at tbe pood and wa? told t >o\ was Htttie bottom, Imiiit-d Rtely piung n, dived to the bottom of 15 to 20 loot, wai mil brought the lad up and out, but as tad been drowned about- half au hour I vas extinct aud all eflorts to recusitate bl iruveu luuir. T Is Is a solemn lesson and h sad sequel be breaking of t be Sabbath day. Mrs. Lambert Caldwell alter spending sor inie In Green vile rHurned borne last K lay with her bright little son who Is mu >enefltled by lhe trip. Miss Antoinette Hammond Is vlsltli elatlves in Greenwood. Mrs. Fannie J Marshall Is In Anderson tl :uest of her sou Mr. C.i boun Marshall at arolly. As the 4'h of July Is a national bolidi p?s hope "Uucle !">am" wM reiueruo^r me i\ 1) boys and give them a cnauce to c? 1 irate, a* they are CM^ety coufl'wd every dt n the year (sur.da> s excepted ) One day last week "aunt Francis L?me: as everybody calls tie1) and Mamie Gac wo of our bliihly respecti-d colored peop net with a serious and painful aicide (roving almost fatal to them both. Tl torse I hey were driving bicome frightened be "big road horse"', that is tbe traction e ;ine, and ran away smashing up tbe b iff ind throwing them botn out causing point irulsee and we hw'ieve n few dislocated at iroken bones Under tbe care of sever itoysiclans they are doine very well at heir many friends both white and color lope tbey will soon bead right. Tbe Misses H sse't, Lillie Mhv and Katie talelgh. N. C., are lit the city visiting Ml Vda McMillan and Miss Halilf Lyon. Many friends are glad to see Mr. Clce itlgbes in this his old home where be Usttlng relatives. ??.?? ?CuniKio P. K toIII nrennh In tl detbodlM church next Sunday and <>n Mo lay following will hold the 3:d Quarter Jonf**ret)w4 for this station. The Ice Cream Festival given last Frld* iftemoon and evening at 'he Methodist pt onage by the Indies of th? church was nost enjoyable occa^n aDd looted up Dug liltleBucu ab.iul $!? to drop In the treti iry. If the men of the church had half tl nergy of ihe Indies t> plan, do and wot hlDgts would Dot be as they are but atich be case we be'leve In all congregations. Miss Eva Kobblns left ni^t Monday fi ler home lu Forlda, having tlnlshbd her e isueraent with K. M. Haddon & Co . for th ea*on. Mi km Isabella Haddon left l?Kt Monday I iarrls Lllbla Springs wnere she will Join hi atber. AROUND ROUTE NO. 3. Mrs Sallle B. Nelson has b?en qul'e sl( luring Die punt week aud Is .still confined ler bed. The lniant babe of Mr. and Mrs. Walter V11 Ron Is quite sick. Miss Saiile Wilson accompanied by h irotber Mr. George W. Wlisou were vislto o the city lam Monday. Miss Emma Penney after spendlne ad Ighttul time with her Mster Mr*. R. P. M iell 1 of Waynesvilie, N. (J., returned bon exterday. Miss Rockle McKenzle Is In the city sppm ng a while with ber sisters Mrs. Joe johnsc ind Mrs. Luther Nickel*. Mr. WalterB. Wilson ba? Just had anoth fell dug as the first one completely-falli nd could not be dug deeper a- it was wnil< pith rock. He has a tine water at a depth 5 feet. Sharon and Betbta t ams crossed bats la laturday afternoon and at the close of tt tb Inning the score stood 26 to C In favor iharouV team, wno asked the Bethla team I ome again when tbey are In better praotic Rev. L. W. Brown, the beloved pastor jebauon Presbyterln - Church is a grej worker. being tilled with zenl for the M.ister lause. He has organized the entire mi-mlif hip, old and youug 1 to workingcommuten tbeSuodaj School and In the Church. (J B8t Sunday an attendance of nearly 100 we tre^ent, In the Sunday School, niimberlr .bout 10 classex. Bible classes of the old DPmbfri both male and female. Fine prerchiiiK, good singing, and a;eaioi ffort will do much goyk toward the buUdlt ip of the cbnri-b. On last Saturday afternoon as Sam Kenc ly, colored, was returning from the city lis home In the Sharon sect-on he fell by tl oad ride near the home ol Mr. J J. L;r vben bis cries for help brought out Mr. Lit ind ail near at band, who did all they onu iui to no avail as he expired In a few ml ites His death being so sudden his isml ind friends called tor an Inquest, wbli Joroner Link held Sunday morning. L Jeuffer bolulng the Pot-t-Marleui ex-itnln Ion which revealed uo symptoms of pols< n the stomach, but that he came to his dea rom heart tallure, from which he had bei ufferrlng tor some time past and such w be verdict or the Jury. COTTON BT.OOMH. On the 19tb by Fleas Miller, colored, a ct ier of ttie piantatloa ol Qllllam brothers, t econd by Mr Tom McNeil on the 23rd. WKATH OK MARGARLT MA HA LA DUPRE. >u lasi wonuay ui'jruiug dune lue -o 80>. about 7 o'clock the gentle spirit. of lit' rlHtgarel Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. \ J. DuPre was borne irora earth to heaven < Uigei wings. Margaret was a bright ai ittracllve child of about 17 montn?. 11 weet baby prottle and tottering foots te laiirnd the attention, and called forth tl ove of the entire household of wbich she w be hbirilnu little sunbeam that made hon lappyi Joyous, und bright. "RhP was the treasure of onr heart. She was our Joy and pride; W" loveu her. Ah! perhaps 100 well Kiu soon she slept and died. All Is dark wlitaln our dwelling; Lonely are onr heajts today. F"r the one we loved so dearly, Has from us flown awayy." The funeral services were <*on<Juct?d at tl lome Tuesday morning at 111 o'clock by pn or, Iiev. P. B. Wellsol the Methodist Cnurc Ifer which interment was maite iu Khan Cemetery wtiere bright beautlfnl flows overed the little mound emblematic*) he"tlny bud" that slept beneHth. The family have the sincerc sympathy nany friends In this sad bereavement. EXCURSION. .'heap Ex<*ur*ion to Atlnntu, Ga., ( July 6, 1905. The Southern Hallway will operate a po ilnr daylight excursion toAtlauta, Julytj tu the following schedule and rates: Lv Abbeville S.oOam $1 50 Lv Hodges ' 9 3(1 am I 50 Lv Warevllle 9 48 am 1 50 L.V Donalds 9.55 am 1 50 Lv Uonea Path 10 07 am 1 oO Arrive in Atlanta at3 p. m. Returning, this excursion train leaves A aula 8 p. m? Atlanta Time. July 7ih, A representative ot the Passenger Depa nent Southern Hallway will personally oc luct the excursion through to Atlanta to 1 lure good order and ample accommodutio or all. This is a rare opportunity offered people :his section to visit Atlanta. For Information, apply to Ticket Agents < St. W. Hunt. W. E. McGee, D. P. A., T. P. A., Charleston. S. C. Augu-ta, tia Cuban Diarrhoea. U.S. soldiers wno served In Cuba durl .be Spanish war know what this disease tnd that ordinary remedies have little nu effect than so much water. Cuban dlarrlio s almost as severe and dangerous us a ml ittack of cbolera. There is one remedy, ho sver, that can always be depended upon vlll be seen by the following certificate frc VI rs. M in Die Jacobs of Houston, Texas: lereby certify that Chamberlain's Colic, Ct sra and Diarrhoea Remedy cured my husba )f a severe attack ol Cuban diarrhoea, whl le brought home from Cuba. We had t.evei lectors but tbey did him no good. One b< ,le of this remedy cured him, as our nein jors will testify. I thank God lor so valual i medicine." For sale by all druggists Abl rllle, H. M. Young, Due West. We have the most complete line of pain >lls and varnishes to be found anywhere. Vlllford's up to date Drug Store. Phone 107 We are kept busy these days lookl ifi?r the wants of the people that we ba Lo stay close to the ground, we have Lime for "hot air" and flghty flights, Speed's Drug Store Marietta Journal: The price of c< ton reaching 8 cents has induced a go leal of it to Marietta market lately. Bi m on is food to live |@ & (jw A man works to w) litro 1;,7^ /fA ad y uvu 1IW 111U9L 11VW ft| I He does both I H better on h vjv Uneeda Biscuit, W ?* yml the soda cracker jwl I that contains in the H most properly bal- II anced proportions I a greater amount n IW/ of nutriment than InJ ?"' (fl) any food made Yak S HJjf from flour. W JUneeda I Biscuit | I5 I NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPAWr |9 I Wjll g Don't forgtt \ JMk 7Wi / ^rabam Crackers \ W/ 7y\ I Batter Thin Biscuit j Iktk I \ Social Tea Biscuit J jEjj I 1 \ l omnn Cnans / I IB 8 JwrBi ' ^jf?l Bh * | f For a Summer % * # Bride. % be There no gift more appropriate, surely afc none more acceptable, than a | 1 Buck Stove I s m or Range. m oe A Buck Stove wiM last almost a life time. -j? Car load just received. Call and see tl(ir. JMy m (-1 ^ >11 ?? s PAINT Tor Sale Cheap. YOUR One 12-Horse Engine. Two 60-Saw Gins. HOTTW Feeders and Condensers. ? 11V V Line Shaft and Pulleys. ua j Cotton Fans, &c. :'J. H. C. Waddell ; All in good running order. Will paint yonr house inside M. B. Clinkscales, and out reasonably, t lrst-class work guaranteed. Btst of ref- DUE WEST, S. C. * erencesfurnished. Graining a . 're specialty. Give me a trial. q0 mllford's for make man tablets. ea Don't, fall to call and see D. Pollakoff's 83.0C ud mr tut o . * d _ men i-hoes tor S2 50 w- Mess. A. M. Smith & Go, Base ball goods In all the grades at, Dnrgan't BS Ci?a Tl,? Macbeth lamp chimneys at Dargan's. im Uear birs?ine barrel Ot ifKnsslan Corn Cure falls to remove you! >01 flour bought of you short 2?srpeer8Drufs?orre.lly refuDdy ,ur money cb While ago is by far the best I The fire backs In all our stoves are guaranral-i j t i \ teed lor 15yearfl. You run no risk. Dargan'* t- have used since I have been, 5 and 10 cent store. !b- tiAncclraaninai We have a nice line of ladles hand bag >le llUUDCivCC|illlg which we are selllncr at reduced nrlces.? ue- Very trulv Speed's Drug Store. * r* m 11 Enterprise Quality Stoves carry with them A, (J, Faulkner. a" the beauty and goodness that a stove lR? rni, i) ii 1^ maker can give them. Dargan sel's tbem. at mat s tne W3.y ail our cus* W e hav e several new drinks we waDt you tnmprK talk Whir Ar\n'+ VrtTT to ^ 80 come lo MUford's Drug Store where ng lalK. W fly aon I XUU you can get what you want served In the To try our flour next time ? T? du?m ??,?? A. M. Smith & fin smoking tobacco you are looking for whole i. * ** vw. 8aie or retail at Speed's Drug Store. ~ ? We offer the best grade Chamber in a large at- Bamberg Co. The farmers have size for 28 cents each. They are white and r*/l had pood wpather (hp last fpw Havm tr> pretty shapes. Dargan's5and 10 cents store, od xiau toou weatner tne last iew oay.s to RuBflSBftn Corn Care make8 rough road Kill grass and they made use of it. tmooth for sale at?Speed's Drug Store. A Tb? Farmer sod the Manofaetorer,? The Necessity of roily on Part of 1 ihe Farmer,?The Sltni of the JJ Tim en. Editor Press and Banner: Q A great de?l 1b being said now ahoat controlled markets. We mean markets controlled by i be produce them Reives. We nave b?d controlled markets for many years. But bv whom? By tbe different boards oftrade, by the gentlemen who sit back on their dignity and handle our orops with pen and paper and who never do any bard manual labor but are making three and tour times as much out of tbe necessaries of life as tbe men who toil day in and day out in tbe heat of summer and cold ol winter, by tbe men wbo scoff at tbe farmer and call him "old bay seed." and who say the farmers haven't sense enough to stick . together. w These men of great means who btve been maderlcb by tricks of trade wbo have not only dared to say Just bow muoh shall be c< paid to tbe bard-working tillers of the Boll j< but how much the hard-working consumers In tbe oltles shall pay for tbe neoessa- ? rl< 6 of life. Those vampires of society who q bave tb* audacity to pay tht> farmer 4 cents .. per pound for pork and sell It to tbe conso- " mer at from 15 to 20 cenn ner pound. e: Yes sir, we have controlled markets for a ' long time but not tbe kind that suits us 11 What we want now and wbat we must d have and what we are going to bave Is a marltet controlled by tbe producers themselves. We don't want exorbitant prices, t< but equitable prices that will give tbe producer ? fair profit on bis Investment and *' labor Under the present pystem very few ol farmers have been able to make bnt a mean living. Very few bave been able to 1m- prove their homes as they would like to t bave done and as their comfort and con venlence demand. Many would like to see their homes comfortably arranged and tLeii children given a good ednci tlon but bave not been able t6 realize these things elm ply because of tbe pernicious system of robbery. Ifyou will examine the history of oar country you will find in most cases tlie people liave had to command Id the way ol legislation. But the farmer by beingtoo busy to read and think has failed to get what be should bave bad and got what be did not want. Manufactures can sblp tbelr products to foreign markets and actually sell them for less money than tbey can get for the same article In America, simply because we bave laws favoring the American manufacturers. The farmer Is told be does not need any law to assist him in getting a better pries for | bis produola but the law of supply and fi demand will regulate the prloe. We brand the assertion as false If It .was not why did it not govern the price last season ? Did the farmers not force the price of cotton up when tbey stood as a a unit, even though there was the largest *7 crop on haDds (bat was ever known. Tbelr II rights were recognised when they stood h as one man and demanded it. We must become a unit on this proper- g< sltion, viz. The pricing of our prodnotP. It ^ is a duty we not only owe to ourselves bat . to coming generations. P' Some may sa this has been tried before h and failed, sucb is not the case. No true reform onoe started can fall. The time may be prolonged but the quea- g tlon Is up now for final settlement It ' must be met and settled right. We are K the only odes to settle It. Our courts can q notaDd will not do It. T I believe there can be no progress made 1 in this direction witbout united actlnD. oj There is but one reasonable conclusion and ^ KUU tUNb IB tU 191 giu JZ>C OUU CIVb lURDLugi ? The cheapest kind of labor Id elites?Jan- n ttors, ooal heaven#, street cleaners, boot +. blacks, are organized and f.helr rights are K respected. ai Tbe highest class of laborers?engineers j. elect'lonl experts and blgb salaried mechan- u' los are organized and tbelr rights are pro- 01 tested Not on tbe American soil today Is there ?) a body of men not organized except tbe VI farmers. Perhaps yon will &ay be Is too +1 scattered, yon are not too scattered to visit *r your home town near by every Saturday tl afternoon. n Wbat Is wanted Is a leader to propose * organization, tl Are you wllllne to take, tbe lead ? If not, w don't you know who would make you a 7; good leader ? I a?k you to do tbls now as organization r Is In tbe air and no prosperous and intelllgent community will want to be behind ui in tbls movement, lam not asking yon el to do anything which will cost yon a doN lar, but on tbe ot.herjband to get in o position to keep tbe profits on wbat you raise and h< not. allow tbe middle man to eet all tbe profits all tbe time. ~ e< If 200 farmers la a township are organized h who or what Is there to oppone tbelr plans? . Yod ask for what you want and get It. Will this pay for trouble of forming a Far- ]g mers Union? Let me Impress It on you to move in this 111 matter now. Tbe matter of forming these ai Unions Into a State ordination will begin very soon. " Tbe National Farmers Association is g( almost organized for tbe purpose of directIng and encouraging tbe formation of local r< Farmers uoions everywhei#. I appeal to bt your Intelligence and good sense that there Is nothing to loose and mucb to be gained ** by joining In tbis word of farmers organlza- ix tlon. Tbe time is not fir distant wben you ^ and tijos# ybo aot wltb you will be proud 1,1 of the part yop take In the Farmers organi- Bt zatlon. In tvelva months it will be tbe most powerful organisation in tbe world. W. L. Kennedy. ft * , Yl Ul South Carolina Notes. ^ The dispensary at Pickens has at tl last, been closed. b; Two negro boys were sent to the jj penitentiary from Charleston for steal n ing bicycles. a James W. Biley of Bamberg has , been appointed a captain at West Point. " Thomas C. Baker, a student of Ai- 0 ken, was found dead in his bed in Boston, Ma*s. . u Jailer Noe in Greenville disovered and foiled a plot of some of bis prison- tl ers to escape. y Extensive preparations are under g| way for the observance of the Fourth of July at Anderson. $10,000 has been subscribed in Ben- J? netttville to secure the Presbyterian " Colleee. Ladies attended Main Street Metho- b diet Church in Columbia Sunday n night without hats. it Hon. M. L. Smith will deliver an 61 address at the meeting of the editors y at White Stone next month. ^ Rev. R. Mtiynard Marshall of Sum* ? merton has accapted a call to the w Church of Our Saviou at Abbeville. " "The City of Columbia," the new r< steamer to run between Columbia and * Georgetown, has been launched. w The directors of the Presbyterian fc seminary at Columbia will meet in a 4 few daya to elect a president of the institution. a A party of live Clemuou boys in two . boats made the trip from Clemson College to Augusta In four and six ? days respectively. o: Charleston sent a delegation to the f meeting of the Southern Wholesale ii Grocers Association at Norfolk, Va., d: clad in cotton suitn, the cloth of & which was woven in Charleston. g The Standard uu uo, 01 i^entucKy has accepted a raise of its South Caro- j, liua assessment from $17,000 to $125,- J: 000 and will pay taxes accordingly. J. C. Cole was acquitted in Florence al of the murder of a despeaa(e negro. " Capt. A. E. Hutchinson, a promi- ? nentcitizen of Rock Rock Hill, is dead T at that place. ft Capt J. W. Fairy, a highly respect- g< ed Confederate veteran of Orangeburg, t isdead, i Between 250 and SCO teachers have 5, arrived at Clemson to attend the sum- . mer school. 11 Rev. N. W. Edmunds, pastor of the Q1 Presbyterian Church at Sumter, has SP resigned on account of ill health.^^t The fSoutbern and Seaboaad roads 8; , may b ' asked to put a drawbridge n across ibe Congaree river below Col- h umbia ^ S. P. Harvey is on trial in Charleston for appropriating to his own use J $35,000 belonging to the Atlantio Coast .Line. Seth M. Miliken moved before Judge Brawley in Greenville Friday for the taanefer of llie Laurens mill w 1 case from the state tc the federal court. President Roosevelt has suspended I E i the orders relieving Lieutenants Har-^ ; ris and Walker from duty at the 81 Charlestsn navy yard and has oadered, ? the navy department to investigate ? i the trouble. i Ne"er has there been suoh a beautiful line o/ Stationery seen, as you will ftnd displayed 01 at Mliford'a prug Stare. -- * i . IAKING DIRT EOADS . I OOD DRAINAGE THE MOST IMPOI TANT REQUIREMENT. tmi Should Be Removed Between ltoa way and Bitch?Rain Can Be Made Ui ful?Height of Crown?Simple Engine* ing Principle* of Road Building. The Spectator has recently had e? eoce of the enlightening influence i ravel. For years he has had occasif 3 walk, to drive and to wheel'over ertain piece of country road, a piece i Dad as bad as a combination of mi nd sand and eods and loose stones ca lake a road. Last summer he four bis piece of road not only good, bi xcellent and improving all the tim ntil in the autumn it was as good irt road as any one could want. / The other day the Spectator chance ) meet the overseer of the district?tl ?me overseer, by the way, who has hi barge for 25 years past. "I wish ;- * \nrtT^: ,iT^rTEpT STONE CULVKBT. k [From Good Roads.] jngratulate yon, Mr. Overseer," sal 16 Spectator, "on the good road yc ave made. It is fine, flnel" The na| ad lace of the overseer wai wreatlu i smiles, and hia cheeks glowed wit Leasnre. Then, as he spoke, his loo scame serious. "Well, I tell you how it was, M pectator. Last fall I took a drive dow i Blank"?naming a large town <3 dies away and three counties off?"ar seen some roads that made me ashame ! the old mudboles up here, and I saj > myself, 'If ever I work the roads < ly district again, I will have good ro^c >o.' So I asked 'em how they did. i ad, by George, they tell me that the idn't do nothin but keep the ston< iten the road, keep the sods off, as wart nn t.h? fiifcrhpH on qa thfl mat ouldn't wash. And that's all I doi lis spring, bat I kept on a-doin it, as lough we bad the worst washes th jinmer I ever see, the roads in my di 'lot have been bettor than they ev< as afore. Next year," he oontinne< I mean to tell the town committee thi will take a mile more of road, an 3n't want no more money than I bee attin." w ^ Now, on this little ezonrsion frai ome, this honest old farmer had leari 1 the real secret of road making, an a had had the sense to apply it whe a resumed work in his district Wat< i at once the most destructive and tl: tost beneficial force that the road mak< 3d the road repairer has to oonten ith and to count on, If it be harnessec ) to speak, it can be made to keep tt >ads clean and smooth and hard; if : i uncontrolled, it is sure to wash ti )ads into ruts and make them all bx passable. Drainage is the most essez al feature of a road, and in most ii ;ances this is simplicity itself. In the Spectator's experience he hi irely come across a country road make ho did not believe that the sods take at of the side ditches should be put ii ?the road to be ground up into dust fa le wagon wheels, converted into mu j the rains and Anally washed bac )to the ditches again. This process < >ad repairing does no good at any tim< i the road so worked iu usually?ii Bed, in nine oases oat of ten?bett< hen the repairer pats his hartful has pon it than at any other time. It is so easy to make a good dirt roa ad to keep it in order that it seen rer a wonder to the Spectator that i lis oouutry, where the people plan lemselvei upon their ingenuity an iaptabillty, they should keep on bein mpid in this very important matter < )ad repairing. The Spectator know rom actual experience that in the ave ge country neighborhood the roads oa 5 kept in most excellent order te lonths in the year with the money thi i now spent on them. If elementary ii auction in drainage could be given 1 le overseers of the roads, then tt owew of nature, now only destructiv< raid be made to do most of the neoei ury work of road repairing. The sprin una can be made to do the work ( Dad scraperand the rammer rail ill more frequently than not suflloe 1 eep the roads moderately froj wi A good dirt road should have a sligl rown, so that the water will drain eac ray^rom the center to the side ditcl nd there should be no intervening strj t sod between the roadway and ti itch. The second requirement is mot nportant, and it is almost universal] ( regarded. The sod is tougher tha Irfe, and it also becomes higher. T1 rass being permitted to grow, its edg >rms a ridge which interrupts tt rainage, and then, when the rainfa > heavy, there is sure to be a gulJ bove the ditch?a gully which in a li e while will extend into the roadwa ad make it more or less impassabl* ne crown to a aui roaa, or 10 any roa >r that matter, should be higher on rade or hill than on a level stretol be rainfall on a hillside rnns off wit reater velocity and therefore does moi amage. Therefore it should be diverte om the surface of the road even moi aickly at ench places than where th rade is level. These few simple ei ineering principles, it seems to tb pectator, could be inoulcated and tl iral population relieved of a lei savy burden without any cost wha rer in the first instance. ?Outlook. A Barf Scarp. Some day you will get a bad scar hen you feel a pain in your bowel ad fear appendicitis. Safety lies ?r. King's New Life Pills, a sure cu >r all bowel and btomaoh disease 1 cb as headache, biliousness; costiv ess, etc. Guaranteed at P. B. Speet rug store, only 25c. Try them. If your child is weak aDd puny try Vic , will brlnsr health and color to tbe lit becks again. We guarantee it. Spee irug Store. - } | GEMS IN VERSE J The Poet's Prayer. poet prayed aloud for poorer to -etaf To all mankind on* sweet, eoul thrtiHnc A BODS To bring forgetfulnesa of daily WTOCff ? And swift surcease of transient trials lP bring. O'er all the land bis earnest prayer took Soft echoing here and there amid the '* throng oJ From heart to heart, as gently borne jn along Am breeze blown fragrance from the flow" ' ere In spring, Cu And when the poet walked, among Ilia 1(} kind, J, Behold, they did great homage to bis , name; 1(1 Gave thanks for endless good his it words had wrought a. And blessed the teachings of a master 8 Nor knew he whence came luster to his id For, lo, his prayer had boen the uong 30 he sought! ^ ?James Clarence Harvey in Smart Bit. The Breaking Plow. 3 I em the plow that turns the sod That has lain for a thousand yean Where the prairie's wind-tossed fltnrov And the wolf her wild cub rears. X come, and in my wake, like rain. Is scattered the golden seed; I change the leagues of lonely plain To fruitful gardens and Add of grain ^ For men and their hungry breed. I greet the earth in its rosy morn; I am first to stir the solL I bring the glory of wheat and corn For the crowning of those who totL ' X am civilisation's seal and sign; , Tea, I am the mighty pen That writes the sod with a pledge divine, A promise to pay with bread and wtoe | For the sweat of honest men. I am the end of things that were And the birth of things to be; My coming makes the earth to stl* I<j With a new and strange decreet After Its slumbers, deep and long; 10 I waken the drowsy sod ?- And sow my furrow with lifts of song To glad the heart of the mighty throng M Slow feeling the way to God. ik A thousand summers the prairie rose Has gladdened the hermit bee; _ A thousand winters the drifting now* Have whitened the grassy sea. Before me curls the wavering smoke >0 Of the Indian's smoldering lire; id Behind me rise?was it God who spokeV? , v&a d At the toll enchanted hammer's stroke ^ The town and the glittering sptr* rf X give the soil to the one who does, 1. For the Joy of him and his; , I rouse the lumbering' world that was ? TO the diligent world that la. >y Oh, seer with vision that looks away >s A thousand long years from now, j The marvelous nation your eyes survey Was born of the purpose that her* today 18 Is guiding the breaking plowl it ?Nixon Waterman In Suooeas. i* Thtt Man That Laugha First. I- Tou've all heard the trite little motto 31 . That he who laughs last laugha the best i Be that ixs it may, 'tis a half hearted way ^ Of meeting a friend's little Jest " Perhaps It is wise to be solemn, id To sit back with lips tightly pursed, ,n Till all of the rest have applauded with sest, * But here's to the man that laugha first VgB X. Of course 1 am twisting the motto * j To suit this melodious lay. But many I've found who twist It arouad 111 In just this identical way. Pmv trr\ tn tba ntov If vmi A rvnKf U M And wait for the laughter to buret. __ The number Is vast that watts to laugh * ' last, id So here's to,the man that laoghe first I' We all like the rollicking fellow ^ ' Who sees, In a Jiffy, the point > Who throws back bis head and laughs 19 "on the dead" jt Till his features are all out of joist The man that laughs last. I tmsgtns. With a weak sense of humor Is osissd. 1- Let*a laugh while we may; 'tis hot far ft day; Bo here's to the man that laughs first! ?Milwaukee BentlneL . ? The Country.of Wide Eyed Dreams. * Where are you Journeying, little boy, 7 So far from the world and met ':&$ ,d Tour round, blue eyes are alight with jey i At something I cannot see. ^ Wonderful visions of dewy dells. Where sprite* flit to and fro X' On shadowy wings and weave their epsOs jj O'er the pilgrims that come and 90; d Fire eyed goblins that grit and nod j At the fluttering butterflies, I ,j Fairies asleep 'neath the goldenrod i8 That bends under autumn iklee A All these must lie on the road you treed ia And beckon you on the while % Toward the light that is Uafntag ea '? - ahead 8 In the land of the rainbow's smile. Take me with you, far seeing etf, To that realm where you are today, f- Where worldly cares and thoughts at self A ;} Ait ever so far away. n Show me the wonders your little eyes " Have learned to discover there, i- For I see them light with a pleased sor? X) I*1" i l6 As you sit in that rocking chair, * 3, , And, swinging so dreamily, look away I. 5 To a country beyond my ken, _ A country I fear you will seek seme day ? And never come hack again. is Tet I know no way that a child may go, , ,*> jq With a fair and cloudless brow And never a shadow of pain or wo* D But the one you are traveling now. ?James Mnnfagoa ( h The Houss of 8uoesss. i, There are no elevators In the IIwise eC D Success, I ' But the stairs aro long and steep. iA i _ ? ..<14 ~1??V 4A AA - AHQ A UliLii wuu wvuiu uiutw w wv v?#] It top ' lj Before be dare walk must crecp. A There are no carpetarfa tha House qi Bn*? '6 cess, : ;e But the floors are hard and bant With slippery place* aQ about ; .. And pitfall* hear* aad there. I II j There ar?. so lounges or easy chairs k. Nor places to rest your apln^ _ But when one has arrived on lbs roof At J last- ; 3. Ah. but the vie* Is fin el d ?Chloago JmbhL ] - *'* i u 8ong of a Dyspsptta. { If I could know ,. The names of all the flowers that |IM * And all the stars wboss light e?tsafls J " Above me, like feTtifflar frlenda ' e And fathom what their m?e*eesaee^ i ,e Z wonder If I'd b? content? , l" If I could know i le Just when good dining meant sag we% te I would rejoice and safety sat _ My favorite pastry, fro* and msaA J With a digestion worth a oeot T 1nuvar* #Ko t 7 sKaiiM Ka <vW*nt ?Wuhfaigtoa Mm ?) Waynesboro True citizen: If dryj ;8i farming should be a success, which is in extensively on trial now on some of the re arid lands of West, why should notour -s, farmers adopt it and prevent the poesi*' e- bilitv of a failure of crops on weather I's conditions. The idea is that by a certain kinds of deep plowing what moisture (toes into the soil by absorption or oth-, erwise is retained sufficiently to make? , 1 crops in spite of the weather. It is well, tie for our farmers to note the experiments.I d'a Success in some places has already been] attained. g I