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w ?"?m?--v 11. The Press and Banner Bv W, W. and W, R. Bradley. HUGH WILSON, Editor. ABBEVILLE, S. C. 4t#-Pabllshed every Wednesdp at. 82 a year In advance. Wednesday, July 19, 1905. The New Cotton Hill. It li time thai our peopl? were taking another step forward. Abbeville does not grow by leaps and bounds, its progress is steady and constant. Abbeville bat* iakeu no lmpor * 1 ?V>lc TTQQr hnt. now 1b lb? UIQb UUVTttlU OlV>/ buio J vu. , time to move. The advantages of a cotton mill in town have been clearly proven and we presume there la not Id town a doubter on tbls sublect. Ten years ago, wbeo the price of cotton was depressed, and wben tbe business of the town was perhaps less than ever before or since, oar people with a notable unanimity subscribed to tbe capital stock of tbe Abbeville Cotton Mill. Our people Id their poverty and in tbe reduced business of tbe town, subscribed to tbe capital stock enough to set tbe enterprise od foot, aod tbe result Is that we baveobe of tbe best mill properties Id the State. Its presence and Its montby pay-rolls have put new life Id tbe old towo wblob eemed nearly dead. Business has Improved, the prloe of real estate has greatly increased, and tbe population of the town Is nearly three times what It was when the cottoa mill was started. A large volume of business is doDe along all tbe liDes, and every thing has received a new impetus. Tbe mechanic aud the common laborer have been benefitted. Better prlcos prevail and the demand for labor is greater than ever before. With this object lesson before us, we can hardly see bow any citizen oould refuse to give a helping hand. In our poverty, and wben our numbers were ooly one-third of the population today, over sixty of our oltl rens-subscribed to the capital stock. These subscriptions, as a rule, were made by tbe poorer men aud women, while some of tboie who were better able, and gained more in nr thoir rani AatAtn and business. UiO JUUICOOO V* ?UV.< *v?? were not dlstlngaisbed by tbe excess of their subscriptions, and now tbey could take tbe lead, and do something for tbe town. We will all follow. Tbe town, wltb a few exceptions In 1895, Joined beart and soul In tbe movement. Now, let every one of as subscribe something. Nobody can possibly lose mncb money, and all of as have macb to gain In tbe proposed Improved condition of tbe town. Ten years ago some of tbe poorest men In Abbeville subscribed to tbe capital stock of tbe cotton mill. Out of sixty not over half dozen failed to pay, and tbey failed because of unfortunate circumstances. Those who couldn't pay transferred their stock to others who continued tbe payments. If an effort should be made to organize a new ootton mill every man and every woman In town should be asked to subscribe. V^ry few would refuse to take some stock. Tbere Is scarcely a friend of tbe town in wblcb be lives who could not subscribe for a share. tko munnfflrinrc of cotton goods has been reduced to a science, and, with a good business mac at tbe bead, tbere Is scarcely a doubt of Its saceess. Tbe editor of the Prese and Banner, speaking for himself, makes no calculations as to whether a cotton mill pays a dividend. Having bad experience in trying to build a mill, we are ready to go in again. If tbe stock Is a good dividend payer, all rlgbt. We will sell It. If things look like tbe dividends will be Blow in coming, we sell. It makes no sort of difference to us about tbe dividend, or no dividends, as tbe case may . be; we shall sell out at tbe rlgbt time. Tbe <mlll is what we want. We do not care one red cent about wbo builds or runs It. or whether It makes money or losses money. Let us subscribe to tbe stock. If you are better ofl than this editor, you will probably sellout* It makes no sort of difference to tbe mill, If we do sell out. As a rale tbe stock owned by Northern men. If we give a little for a mill they will give much, and then buy oar stock a little later on. Aboot Disappointing Friends. As a rale It may be well lor a man to do whatever his friends expect of him. It Is a bad thing to disappoint friends, but in some Instances friends must bear up under disappointment. Some men actually take a dedegree of pleasure In disappointing tbe friends who see only certain misfortune ahead or tbem. If a layman undertakes to raise tbe roof a building:, experts see certain destruction iu life and property. Notwithstanding the loving kindness of the experts In buildlog, the difficulty . of securing hand* that are willing at an lnopportane time to come tumbling down to the earth beneath great piles of brick and lumber Is not lessened by the warnings of the prophets of evil. If a man undertakes to dig out the basement of his house so as to run the brick walls a few fdet lower, real wise expert house builders may see certain destruction Just a little way ahead. Acting as beacon lights and at lovers of the human family expert houBtbuilders, as all good citizens should do, may glve the alarm in time to save the life or honest laboring men. This is well, and the personal Interest which wise people take in the wellare of tbe Inexperienced bouse repairer ebowa a goodness of beart which will deserve consideration ae well as a reward on tbe day wben rewards and punishments are apportioned. Tbe lover of bis fellowman does a good service In pointing out the evils and tbe dangers which lie in tbe patb of tbe wayfarer. And ao it is, tbe prophets of evil ma; be actuated by tbe beet of intentions and tbe pareat motives. One bad result which may sometimes come to a wise and a good alarmist is disappointment. Tbe proof of tbe fact that bis Judgment isn't worth a cent may mortify blm. It la hoped therefore that a cold unfeeling people may not remind them 6f tbe recent exhibition they may have made a themselves. It mortifies a proud and noble spirit when be knows that he baa proved to the world thai be la most Ignorant on the subjects of which be would 6peak moat learnedly and most Knowingly. Expert house builders may out of tbeir own mouths prove that they are noi only good of beart but foolish of bead While tbe Knox corner may soon come down with a crash so sudden and bo surprising a>to catch beneath its ruins many good people, while tbe owner may now be making tracks over tbe bills to tbe poor house, and the Great Reaper may 60on gather him to his fathers. The right thing to do is to hope fot beat, and to be prepared for tbe worst. If thi strongest fortifications may be torn to pieces; if kingdoms and principalities pass away and 11 the greatest men on earth may becomt weary and lay down tlielr burdens, d( you know of any reaEon why an old brick building should stand forever, or can you as flure an old man that be will live for many years? The Knox corner mu6i crumuie nua AOtne down. Its owner must finally go to JjongCane. If the old (structure should stauo ifor a tew years and If Its owner bas but a abort time to live, let as hope tbat the evil days are not now upon us. At Glenn's. Mr. W. R. Bradley Is still suffering from tbc , effects of bis ailments whlls In tbe 1'hlllp- ; pine Islands. In tbe bope of relief be Is now 1 t Glenn's Springs for a time. A host of Jxiends wisb him a speedy recovery. Jam l*p Settlement. Comptroller-General A. W. Jones has instituted many retorms. and has brought about n? a new order of things In his office. It seems lb that he is determinded, unlike his predecea- A sors, to discharge the duties assigned to him. In compliance with the requirements of hirn by the law he was in Abbeville last week to make the annual settlement with the Treas- tc urer, the Auditor, and the County Supervisor. P1 He reports our ofllcerR as models in all that T go to make good officers. The money was t? accounted for to the cent, and all the records 01 were as clear as figures could make them. If Comptroller-General Jones does nothing P else he will deserve the thanks of the people ?' for making the annual settlement with the a county officers as required by law. The loose way which prevailed previous to Mr. Jone's ai Incumbency was unsatfactorlly to the public. 11 And the prevailing excuse for ripping w up o d and imperfect settlements to the Injury t( of both the good name and the estate of the n county treasurers was the best evidence oi 11 the Incompetency and inefficiency of formei rt Comptroller-Generals. Would any man ol v common sense accept as a true explanation H for the neglect of duty on the part of the ?.' Comptroller-General that the Treasurer's of- l( flee was bard to fill and the accounts were bard to keep. Age and postponement would b throw no light on the acts and doings of a d' County Treasurer. Conservative and thought- K' ful people are slow to accept damaging or un- ? lair reports of experts who may possibly a think they have a mission to perform. tc The post office department settles with the ^ postmasters at stated Intervals. The lnsur. " ance agents are required to settle once a 11 month. The dlspenBors are required to put n their money In bank every day. xne ranroad agents have their accounts audited re w gularly. The express agents Ijave to keep h their money In sigbt. The UnlCted States gov- " eminent looks after the National Banks. " The fact Is. we know of no fiduciary officer, a except county treasurers, whose old accounts have to be gone over and over for ten years n back. ' The fact that Comptroller-General Jones Is " attending promptly to the duties which re- w qairehlm to look after the trsasnrers must 81 be very gratifying to the people, and very as- 0 suring that we have at last succeeded In get* ting an officer In that office who will settle. 0 W itb a competent and an efficient Comptrol P lei-General these settlements wltn the treas 1( urwrs will be made very year. n We have thought that the Comptroller-General's office In tbe past was In greater need oi reform than any other. At least there was to our mind clear and Indisputable evldenoe that that officer was grossly inefficient as evidenced by the reprehensible reports thai p would occasionally get Into tbe newspaper? p that tbe Comptroller bad neglected to settle f with treasurers for years, and then would T follow tbe Information that the most Important officer of the government bad left for b years large sums In tbe bandB of tbe treat- E urers with whom be bad neglected to settle annually. We have thought tbat all loss to tbe State 0 because of tbe neglect of tbe Comptroller" " ?--? '~ nOl" At f General snouia oe maae op uy uc vuwi ? bondsmen. Tbe Comptroller-General, If be leaves money ;in the bands of tbe county treasurers after tbe proper time for settlement certainly should be accountable for loss In interest. But all tbls talk has reference to tbe past. We bave no doubt tbat Comptroller Jone* ? will perpetuate tbe reforms wblch be has Inaugurated, and tbat bencefortb we shall bavt p no more cock and bull stories to the Injury ? of county treasurers because tbe most important officer In the State failed to perform his 0 duty. No treasurer can settle without the * concurrence ol the Comptroller. _ 8' n Subscribe. Don't make out like you are not able to ^ take a share In tbe proposed ne t mill. Out of tbe sixty who subscribed' to tbe cotloD mill in 1895, we do not know of one who re- b g.' etslt. There ought to be one hundred and a Afty who can take from one to five shares |3 each. There ought to be twenty who can u take ten shares each. There ought to be ten tt who can take twenty shares each. And tberf n ought to be ten who can take fifty share hi each. n If oar people will act with the name patriotic spirit that governed them In 1895, the mill bi will go up. fc Let those who may be in charge take a T practical course. When subscribers cannot w pay all cash, let them pay a little, and wait ii ou the balance. The old mill took notes, indulged those who were willing, but could not tc pay all cash. We pledged subscriptions a* ai collateral for money at the banks. A deter- si mined effort, and a disposition to oblige subscribers will build the mill. bi m To Catch Gnilcrons. tt It makeB no sort of difference to you or to Wl tl>ls editor who builds or runs the new cotton w' mill. What we want Is the mill. If we gel tired of the stock we can unload on a North-, ar ern greenhorn who umy think money grows on trees down South. No sort of trouble to sell cotton mill stock to Northern Yankees. Water. The town council is putting In water " meters for all users of water. The minimum ohargelstobe 40 cents per month for 2000 gallons or less. If more Is used the chanRe will be 20 cents per thousand gallons. b> The meter system Is the fairest, and the G rate Is reasonable. The object of the change is to adjust difference In receipts and cost of gi delivering the water. Pi tt H ZB Ware a Shoal*. . Tbe Ware's Shoals Manufacturing Com- jjj paDy, of which Mr. N. B. Dial lb president, as will bold tbelr annua! meeting on Saturday next, July 22. A great work has been oom- ^ menced there which will result In great u good. To President Dial belongs tbe honor <ll of Inaugurating one of the largest plantain g( the Stale. North)rn capital will help to pi fliilsh tbe work. j? CHEAP RATES. gr Sc State FarinriN Institute. CI cm mod CollfK*'. S. C? Aug. K-ll. 1 wj Southern Hallway announces rate of one D| lrst-olas? tare plus 25 cents, for the round rip (minimum rate 50 cents) to Calhoun and Cherry's Crossing, S. C.. on account ot tbe Hate Farmer? Institute, Clemson College, 8. C . August 8-11,1905. Tickets to bf Mild August 6. 7, 8. with final limit August lStb, 1905. from all points in S--utb Carolina. Including Augusta. Ga. For full Information consult Ticket Agent, a, .r R. W. Hunt, w Division Passenger Agent, 111 Charleston, S. C, te b( d< at A Surprise Party. w. A Iilf.ec.li n I inirnl'il.'C nortv niflV } f> Hi n. pivor,,,,, ^ -- - jiven to your stomach and liver, by B taking a medicine which will relieve st their pain and discomfort, viz : I)r. st King's New Life Pills. They aie a w most wonderful remedy, affording sure ac relief and cure, foi headache, dizziness P. and constipation. 25c at P. B. Speed drug store. ) w The m<>Rt attractive line of crockery to b 1 seen !u this Rt Dmil'hii'h 5 and 10 cents store, e eli foi (Jo in MUford's f<fr nice, trfsh candy. ea We have everal new drinks we wunt you j lo try, so come to M llford's Drug Store where CH you can get what you want served In the th aest of style. Fc Go to Mllford'e for Llquozone. ^ Go to Mllford'e for Pouperlan Cream. trs The Sew Warehouse. It will be neen that t hp farrnerH are to meet 3\tSaturday afternoon to further consider p ie question of building a new warehouse a> ' bbevllle in wblch to store cottou. Wn learn 8 iat about two-thirds of the proposed 55.000 r ock has been subscribed. We believe everybody In town Is favorable ?the enterprise, and that a number of our <| eople will take a pmall amount of slock. t< own people would receive onlj the inelden- b il advautsges that would come from an In- [j aased price of the farmer's cotton. There has been so much talk of cutting the rice of storage that, as a money investment, 1 ur people, while entirely friendly, would be 1 frald to Invest much. The storage and cure- ' il keeping of cotton Is a practical business. ' d one to wblch considerable expense and ' ncertainty are attached. In five years our ' arehousehas paid no dividends, but owing > circumstances, the warehouse made big c ?oney last wluter. If the farmers should fill ^ jelr warehouse with cotton at a very low r ate the probability of a dividend would be ery remote But, dividend or no dividend ? ae farmers, it seems to us, would make oiodf by storing cotton. They can well afford ) take stock, regardless of dividends. We believe the warehouse In Abbeville has 0 een worth to the farmers many thousand ^ oilars. The financial condition of some ^ ood men is such that they must either sell - 1 ^" ?>?>)? M!inn Thflrd www ? r oorruw lauutj uu time when Nuch people would have been >rced to take about seven cents for tbelr cot>n, If It?had not been for tbe warehouse. A iving of 515 on two or three thousand bale* leans much to the cotton producer, who may ot be rich. This newspaper Is a believer In the good ork of Harvle Jordan. It seems to us thai e and his associates have saveq many mil. ons of dollars to the people ?"ho most need ;and most desire it. Without warehouse* Dd without unity of action on tbe part oi irmers Harvle Jordan could do nothing. He jcommends the building of warebouses.and our people would act In tbelr own interests, ley will build the new warehouse. A good arebouse, it seems to us, Is the best possible ifeguard against oppression in the matter ot f tbe price of cotton. We understand that there Is a kick because t the price at which lot owers hold their roperty. If anybody expects to get town its at the price of farming lands he will be ilstaken, Knox'M Corner. Mr. A. G. Faulkner is having a new front utln thestote on the corner recently occuled by Mr. R. M. Hill. Mr. W. F. Smitb nd Mr. Hugh Howard are doing the work, he upper story front wall is supported by s 5-inch double I beam Tbe store front Is to e of glass without sash and with as little oetal or wood as practicable. The store is to be occupied by Mr. J. D. [err as a furniture store, on or be/ore tbe rstof September. The building is occupied by tbe Knights of 'ythlas in the third story. The story below the store is occupied by n-? DamnAc ue I tCDP auu i^uuuv.t The three leases ere for five yearn or mote. When John Kdoz returns Irom bis great leep to Inspect bits former quarters he will ardly know tbe old building which be rected more than thirty years ago. If be as been In communication wltb tbe ropbets of evil be will be still more surprltd to learn that no part of tbe building fell urine the time ibat tbe changes were going n. He will see a new end wall In ;tbe rear, nd tbe parapet walls around the entire ulldlng are six feet higher than when be eftlbem. Instead of a celling In tbe third tory rf less than ten feet blgb, divided Into lne little rooms, be will see Pythian Hall, reading room, bath room and llltle stalls tr tbe Pythian goats, all beneath a 15-fcot itllng. j Tbe store will not be greatly changed. The seven foot dark cellar, with dirt floor are DrlCJK W8UB, dbg given piauo lu a ttuuuuu oor more than ten;feet below tbe store.tnlce7 plastered walls, the room being so well gbted that It baa become tbe borne of one of le best printing plants In tbe State. Before ie lights were admitted tbe workmen had to ave kerosene lamps to lay brick and to drive alls. Tbe foundat/ons were undermined and tbe rick wall* were ran down something like mr feet lower than when Mr, Knox left It. be addiUonal foundations of tbe brick all were laid in cement and are eight ^ icbeB wider tban tbe original foundation. ] Large wrought Iron grates allow tbe ilgbt ^ i strike the prl6ms In tbe large windows, ? ud a diffused light illuminates the place ifflclently for typesetting and press work. F Electric lamps now light the first and third :ory. As soon as tbe Improvements are ade in the store room It will be fitted up ^ 1th electric fixtures. 0 Insurance was reduced from 828.50 per ? ioupand to 814.53. After we put in t ater and hose for fire protection the rate a is raised to 818.50 per thousand. This Is v e second time tbat we ha ve bad our lnsur- t ice raised aner puumg in wsmr wumn. j. . e D "A GREAT BIG MAN-" ' < i'aller W, Ylsannha Come* Home trom Atlanta?Pleasant Talk With Him. e Mr. Walter W. Visanska, an old Abbeville J uy.nowa prominent Attorney of Atlanta, _ a., 1h here on a visit to bis lather. Mr. ~ ismiska In a welcome visitor 10 our city, as t ) bus many Mends here who are always f ad to see htm. A representative of the r res* and Banuer asked Mr. Visanska about ~ leuew South Carolina Soolety In Atlanta. 1 e spoke i ntbuslastlcally about tbls organl- g itlou, and among other things said: t "Ttie president of opr Society, the Hon. j >bu Temple Graves, Is an old Abbeville man (. ivlng been at Wllllngton. Mr. Graves J Idc trom beloK one or tbe most popular t nut-men personally, 1 ever met. Is an ora- f" r i I i.Mtli>nal it puiaiion aud dtsei vcdly so c II1 lie people ot Geoigta love John Tempie r) raves. He Is orator and possesses all tbe t lalilicatlons of a gentleman. 1 Bull want to s?y something about your minor, ibe Hon. D. C. Hey ward. He siiny captured every body, wnlle be wan in Atnta, aud I wonder if tbe people of Soutb irollna realize what a big man be If. Soutb irollna baB a governor ol wblcb sne may be oud, and bib representation for tbe old ilmetto State was rlgbt up to tbe mark. In tbe past South Carolina has produced eat statesmen, and I believe 11 tbe people of >uth Carolina will recognize blB ability, tbe ture history ofSoutb Carolina will chronl9 bis as one of her greatest sons. Iiey ward Is a great big man, and nothing 111 afford bis admirers In Atlanta greater easure than to know that Soutb Carolina ipreclates blm." Bent Her Double. "I knew no one, for four weeks, ben I was sick with typhoid and kid ey trouble," writes Mrs. Annie Hunr, of Pittsburg, Pa., "and when I got itter, although I had one of the b??ai ictors I could net, I was bent double, 3d had to rest my hands on my knees hen I walked. From this terrible Miction J was rescued by Electric itters. which restored my health aud reusth. ami now I can walk as ruipht an ever. Tbey are simply underfill." CJ ua ran feed to cure atom ih, liver and kidney disorders ; at B. Speed drugstore ; price 50u, A Jon't forget the embroidery and laceRat hlte'a. They are worth looking at. )o yon need u churn ? The elegant, whit *zrd churna we are ahowlnir are the sroorin youiohny, Eh ay to keep clean. J)ar? ai n'a .r? and ill eenta More. j [f jou want to be cooled oft and refreshed j j( II in at MUford'c J>ri)g Store and get any lng you want bervtU at my up to dale Soda mntaln. ft io to Mllford's lor [fine Colrgne arid ExICtB. ttl 1- * JTU^Ll'L..!. I lAJj L -l", 1 l.'^-'.L-i. !'.wi?.. ?'-! ' Tlie frpNltyterlan Collfep. Th * Clinton Chronicle In discussing the rop .811 ion to let other towns compete (or th? seat'on of the Presbyterian Co!leg9 and In pp? ;iue of the proposition for Clinton to alse {T-io.OOO for the retention of the College, aye: "We hope the money will be raised and ofBred to the board for Investment In buildags to be located on lands held by the CHnou College Association, or else given the ioiird on condition that the College shall lever be moved and that Us removal shall lever be disoussed again." It is wise to put In the saving clause, rlany years ago people In this counly conrlbuted mouey to the establishment and lmjrovementof Ersklne College, never donbtng that the money would be kept In this Jouniy. But the fact Is. the large endownents of the different Institutions at Due kVest have been carried away to another :ounty which will receive the benefTts which Abbeville County would naturally expect to ecelve. Nobody makes any complaint of the management of the mouey. We have no sort of loubt that It Is faithfully baudled and will >e carefully accounted for. The polntls, that hese large suras are u?ed to build up other immunities, when It would seem that Abbeville County should receive the b9nefi s. There are men and corporations at Due Vest who could care for the money, and who :ould lend It out In such a way as to enable >ur people lo further build up our own waste places. As a matter of public policy, too, a publl< nstltutlon might And It, advantageous to dc mslness with neighbors rather than witb hone Irlendsat a distance. The Chroulcle Is right in asking that the r>r ihs nnntrlbutorc T 13UCD auu tuvt IVOw w? ? ? ? bould be respected and safely gunrded. But aB the College may go to the highest >ldder, Abbeville ougut to pat lu a bid for t of, say, 850,000. We are not acquainted vlth tbe law on tbe subject, but If we can le;ally do so, the PreBB and Banner would be ;lad to vote for an Issue of to n bonds to tbe imount of fcjO.OOO to secure tbe Presbyterian College. The coming of tbe Presbyterian College Foald belp to build up our churches and vould Inspire the religions zeal of oar people to greater effort In the good work of christian 3ducatlon. Abbeville Is not Interfering with inybudy's College, but If tbe Presbyterian College at Clinton desires to move tbls way ve will help It to start housekeeping In the slty of Abbeville. Abbeville already has t tood sobool, but we need 6ome colleges tc nake our happiness complete. Tbe A. R. P, Synod Is moving along the iduoatlonal lines. Only last year, that ecclaM istlcal body assumed control of the Dm West Female College, and we should not be iurprl8ed If the Synod does not at an earl> lay take a s*.ep fnrthiir and enter upon the DUbllcatlon oi a churcb;paper. The name of the Due West Female College ihould be changed. There Is no sex In col ege. The name might be Bonner College Bonner College and Ereklne College would make good nalghbors and noble church lnitltutlons, while the church paper would [>less the whole. With the coming of the Presbyterian Col lege Abbeville will grow to even greater dl mensioDH than Us present size, and tb? necessity for s. trolley line to Due West wll be more apparent tban ever before, in orde' Lo be on more Intimate and more socla terms with our friends up that way.AbbevllIf will vote the necessary bonds to build a trol eyjllne from Due West to Abbeville, when svarm hearts and good colleges of both towm will be uDlted as by boobs of steel. We shall expect fre?nent excursions from sllher end of the Hoe. The A. R. P. Charol will become a power In Abbeville. And 1' wll! do u? all good to see long traljas of carf llled with happy young people from Diluent with banners flying In the breeze Elder W. T. Bradley will run Sunday School jxcnrslons to Due West commencemen' rom this end of the line, while Brotbei Salloway In charge of the greatest excursion hat ever camo from an educational centre tr \_bbevllle, will cry out, "Due WestSundaj School all aboard i'or home," when our bon >red .'euests will leave ns at the close o he day to contemplate the happiness Jusi in dec!. If we get the college we must get tb< rolley, sure. And so build up the city thai Ibbevllle may be a suburb of Due West, oi )ue West may become a mere continuatlor if Abbeville. All aboard. Mr. W. W. Bradley 1b off In Columbia, look. Ing after the dispensary folds, and their manner of doing business. In the absence of tbt rlessrs Bradley, we boys are tryingto tceei he office open, and will do our our best tc irtnt the paper for them. Rev. E. B. Kennedy, of Bartow, Florida laving accepted the call of the Associate Re. armed Presbyterians, resigned hl? charge It iafce City, and will be In Abbeville, wltbli he next few weekii, where a hearty welcome walls blm. The A. R. P. people having beer irlthout a patsor for two years, the opening 01 heir house again for the worship of theQreat lead of the chnrch Is a matter which glvee very heart sincere gratification. When th< iew pastor comes yon most come out to hear ilm. A11 will be glad to see you. )ne Dollar Saved Represent* Ten Doi lars Earned. The average man does Dot save tc xceed ten per cent, of his earnings. He must spend nine dollars in living xpenses for every dollar saved. Thai >eing the case he cannot be too careul about unnecessary expenses. Very iften a few cents properly invested ike buying seeds for his garden, will ave several dollars outlay later on t is the same in buyiDgChaniberlain^ }olic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, t costs but a few cents, and a bottle oi in the house often saves a doctor's till of several dollars. For sale by al' Iruggiats Abbeville, H. M. Young, )ue West. THE " BOSS "COTTON PRESS! SIMPLEST, STRONGEST, BEST The Murray Ginning System Gins, Feeder*, Condensers, Etc. GIBBE5 MACHINERY CO. Columbia, S. C. For the first time in history King Idwaid will n-view a detachment of merican soldiers in London. The Ross-Japanese peace pltnipo-' mtiaries will insure secrecy by meetig on hoard the president's yacht lay flower. Four United States soldiers were nesttd in Honoluhu chaigul with finy; implicated in making and passcounterfeit aoney. The program has been completed )r the transfer of the body of Paul ones to the American government) L PariB. '' '.'V ''StjSRg!' . - - L. T I EXCURSION, The Nenltoartl Air Line KniWny will 'Kilts Ihelr Annual Miil-Nnuiiuor Excursiun to Atlanta, July 24th. Mid-Summer Excurston to Atlanta via Seaboard, July 2I-25tb, Special train leaven Abbeville at 9:51 a. m. Kate SI.25 rouud trip. The Following i* a Ll*t of TriiHtaen Appointed at a Regular Meetlug of lh? fouDt; Board ol Education. District No'. 1.?J. W. Carlisle, S. F. Epps, T. J. Bowman. District No. 2.?S. S. Boles, E. A Cilnkscales G. A. Tucker. District No. 3.?Dr. J. B. Moseley, E. W. Harper, J. H. Bell. 'Jlsutct No. 1.?Jno. T. Baskln, W. P. McCprley, Jno. Sutherland. District No. 5.?S. A. Speed, P. B. Parmll, 9. S. Boles. District No. 6.?JaR. A. Hawthorn, J. N. Cooley; J. M. Huckabe?. District No. 7.?C. G. McAlister, F. E. Cowan A. A. Edg*. District No. 8.?Geo.Speer, J. F. Clinkscales J. A. Nance. District No. 9.-A. O. Grant, D, C. Riley, D. Burford. District No. 10.?Dr. J. M. Carlton, J. F. Sutherland, F B. Frasler. District No. 11 ?R. F. Morris, Albert Glbert I. L. LeRoy. District No. 12 ?Jno. B. Hnrmon, J. A. Corley, Dr. S. T. Cade. , District No. 13 -S. L. Edmonds, J. Q. Still' well, W. B. Quarles. Dlntrlct No. 14 ?Sam'l H. Tolbert, T. J.Brltt J. F. Palmer. District No.?15.?J. L. Cennedy, S. P. Morrah, C. J. Brltt. District No. 16.?\V. P. Wldeman, Geo. Han. vey, J. T. Bradiey. ' District No. 17 ?Edwin Parker, Robt. Mars, ' Jno. Martin. i District No. 18.-J. H. Link, W. H. McKlnney, Cbav. Daunby. District No. 19?Arthur Parker, J. D. King Charley Graves. District No. 20.?Jno. T. Cheatham, Jas. A., Gilliam, Jes S. Williams. - ... m n a Wiirilliiw DlSt. NO. 21.? w . 1, iniium, is. . L. A. Ramey. Dlst. No. 2-X?Jdo. C. FergersoD, Geo. 8. Wll bod, Win. MoNnll. Dlst. No. 21. -W. E. Leslie, A. G. Cochran, A. M. Reld. Dlst. No. 25.? Jobn E. Brownlee, E. A. Wll, Hams, ri. J. Power. Dlst. No. 20.?Enoch Nance, Joe Glbert, Max Below. Dlst. No. 27?P. A. Crowther, C. G. Kay, Dr. . J. A. Anderson. Dlst. No. 28.?J no. T. Bryant, G. L. Alewlne, DeWlttHall. Dlst. No. 29.?P. L. Busby, T. L. Ferguson, E. H. PenuH. Dlst. No. 30.-W. R. Ellis, W.B. Uldrlck, J. 1 D. Winn. Dlst. No. 3t.?R. H. Stevenson. A. T. Mollwnln, T. H. Bolts. Dl?t. No. 32.?T. N. Tolbert, Tate Barnett, : Thos. W. Miller. i Dlst. No. 33.?Thos. P. Thomson, T. B. Purdy , H. D. Pressly. Dlst No. 34.?A, F. Calvert, W. L. Radolefl, rhOB Kpplr I ft a Dint. No. 35.?G. W. McKee, Jno. H. McKIee Fos er Sea wrlght. Dlst. No. 36.?J. H. Green, P. B. Carwlle, H. R. Crawford. Dlst. No. 37 ?T. J. Bowem, Robt. Prlutt, Sberard CaUbsm. Dlst. No. 38.?Rev. J. A. Brown, Dr. F. Y. Pressly, T. R Blackwell. Dlst. No. 39.?D. M. Humghreys, W. W. Smith. C. H. Dodson Dlst. No. 40.?J. E. Munuy, a. x. muuuy, o. 0 Botts. Dlst. No 41.?C. M. Kay, J. G. Price, J. P. Smith. Dlst. No. 42.--A. J. Fergerson, 8. C. Link, ' R. A. Rlohev. I Dlst. No.43?Jas. Cork, W. M. Hlgglns, Jas M. Raysor. Dlst. No. 44.?D. N. Latimer, H. B. Mattlson. W. A. Calinhao. Dint. No. 45.?J. R Sheffield, Brooke Jannltor, J. M. A?bley. Dlst. No. 46 ?L. O' Robinson, Jus. A. Prultt. Daniel Flsber. Dlst. No. 47.-E. M. Richey, D. S. Kennedy, i Wm. Ashley. Dlst. No. 48?J. A. Brown, Joe S. Creswell, J. A. Young. ? . Dlst. No. 1U.-L. M. Patterson, T. H. Hall. VV.J.Cann. Dist. No. 51.?W. T. Cunningham, 0. P Grant, J. A. Campbell. Dlst. No. 52?P. H. Gable, J. D. Bowie, J. R. J. K. Creswell. F. C. DuPRE, Co. Supt. of Education. STATEMENT OF The Bank of. Donalds, DONALDS, S. G v At olose of business June 30,1905. Began business September 25,1603, RESOURCES. Real Estate and Banklng House S 1,705 28 Furniture and flxtares i,452 54 Loans and discounts 40,91)7 93 Oaf h ou band and in banks 5,407 93 819.473 34 LIABILITIES. Capital paid In .'. .. $ 14,350 00 Deposits 11.563 55 Bills Payable 20,000 00 Net profits 3.559 79 8 49,478 34 State of South Carolina, ) Coonty of Abbeville. J I. Jas. C. Booker, Cashier of the Bank oI Donalds, Donalds, 8. C.. do solemnly swear 'hat the above statement Is true to the best >f my knowledge and belief. Jaa, C. Booker. Cashier. Sworn to before me this 30lb day of June, 1905. J. C. Martin, Mag. A. C. Utest: M. B. CHnkscales, } K. L. Barmore. V Directors, J. J. Dudd, ) OFFICERS. W. K. 8trlnger, President. Robert A. Lewis, Vice-President. Jas. C. Booker, Cashier. DIRECTORS. Ellison A. Smyth, Robt. A. Lewis, w r. r>imn. J.J.Dunn. R. L. Barmore, M. B. Cllnkscales, W. K. 8triDger. DO YOU NEED A Mower or Rake ? IF SO, CALL, AND SEE US AT ONCE. WE ARE AGENTS FOR THE DEERING AND * HAVE A FEW THAT WE WILL CLOSE OUT AT A REDUCED PRICE. Yours for business, L. T. & T. M. MILLER. "Dnn't walffi mp!" """ I Pure, home-made ice-cream is ' the safest hot weather dessert for children?delicious and refreshing to everybody. Easy to make with a Peerless Iceland Freezer We have them, and can tell you all about them./ Abbeville Hardware Co. j \ ,r DO YOU Want to Hale A GOOD II1M one that is absolutely safe ? Well, buy good Real Estate. i Hnvnn know t.h a t real estate is rapidly advancing every year in price ? Do you know this is the best collateral one can give ? If you want to get on a solid basis buy good real estate: Read Carefull . I am - - a- n going-10 sen? 450 Acres Abbeville County, nice level Improved land In blgb stale of cultivation, on beautiful road, three I miles from Abbeville in the direction of Due West, Good tenant bouses, well watered. Tbls certainly is a bargain. Listen! $17 50 per acre. 345 Acres Greenwood County, six or seven horse farm open, In good state ol cultivation, 6-room dwelling, good tenant and out buildings, seven miles from Greenwood, six mile* from JNinety-six, tnree nines irow Coronaoa. The S. A. L. Rallwaj rani through this place and twr public roads, fine school and good neighborhood. 150 acres flue pine timber and nome original forest. I would like to make yon a price. 40 Acres In the flourishing little city of Ninety-Six. This Is fine. 101 Acres Four and one-half miles on pnbllc road above Greenwood. This laytwell, grows cotton waist high, good tenant bouses, flue bottoms and 16 acres In original forest. The lanut aronnd this sell for <20 and S25 per aore. I have a bargain In this. 200 Acres Well Improved, lays well, good scbool and neighborhood, neai Lebanon Church, balf way betweeD Greenwood and Ninety-Six. Tblf is a nice farm. House and Lot Laurens County, special bargain.! 1 rooms and out building*. All new, close to school bouse, five acres In lot. Listen ! 81,200. 7-Room Cottage On Main Street In city of Laurens, near union passenger station, one 7-room cottage and ont buildings. This is a beantlful place. I will sell this very cheap. OA A /lllAfl A ou auicis Two miles from Coronaca, home cost six or seven thousand dollars. This la a nice plaoe. Bargain. Listen! $3,500. 125 Acres A beautiful home, well Improved, high atate of cultivation, very desirable plaoe Indeed. Three nolle* from Ninety-Six. I will take 83,000 for this, 300 Acres Two miles from Greenwood, nice tenant house. |20 per aore. 12 Nice Cottages In Greenwood cheap. I will show them to you. If you would like 4 > buy or sell, call or write me. H iii. I Payne,! teal Estate, S ocks, Bond", etc., anywhere In the State. Home Ottice?Farmers I and Merchants Banks, j GREENWOOD, S. C. j . J yfTfifi'-fllTin"" A- J?LTx?\t i i' issaaaa f GEMS IN VERSE | .?.?.?.?.???.?.?.?.?* .1 The Poet's Prayer. A poet prayed aloud for power to sing To ail mankind one sweet, soul thrllMny song " I To bring forgetfulness of dally rTT-_ ?3 And swift surcease of transient trial* bring. O'er all the land his earnest prayer took wing, Soft echoing her" and there arold the throng From heart to heart, as gent., born* along As breeze blown fragrance from the flowers In spring, And when the poet walked among' his kind, Behold, they did great homage to hie name; Gave thanks for endless good hi? words had wrought And blessed the teachings of a master mind. Nor knew he whence came luster to his fame, For, lo, his prayer had been the aoag i he sought! , . < ?James Clarence Harvey Is Smart Set. \ The, Breaking Plow. I am the plow that turns the sod That has lain for a thousand year* j Where the prairie's wind-tossed flowetV { nod \ And the wolf her wild cub rears. X come, and in my wake, like rain. Is scattered the golden seed; J V I change the leagues of lonely plain To fruitful gardens and field of grain j For men and their hungry breed. I greet the earth In Its rosy morn; ' j I am first to stir the soil I bring the glory of wheat and corn For the crowning of those who toll. J I am civilization's seal and sign; ' Tea, I am the mighty pen That writes the sod with a pledge dhrln* A promise to pay with bread and win* For the sweat of honest men. *'.? ! Yd I am the end of things that were And the birth of things to be; j y My coming makes the earth to stir 1 y With a new and strange decree. ] / After its slumbers, deep and long; I . V I waken the drowsy sod J And sow my furrow with lifts of song . I To glad the heart of the mighty throng Slow feeling the way to God. i A thousand summers the prairie roe* : Has gladdened the hermit bee; ' A thousand winters the drifting snow* , Have whitened the grassy see. Before me curls the wavering smoke I, t Of the Indian's smoldering fire; Behind me rise-was It God who iipafcef? At the toll enchanted hammer's titroke ? The town and the glittering opire. t I glv? the soil to the one who does, For the Joy of him and his; I rouse the slumbering world that wai ' Y To th? diligent world that la. i i. Oh, seer with vision that looks away j | A thousand long years from now, i The marvelous nation your eyes survey Was. born of the purpose that hers today. Is guiding the breaking plow! ?Nixon Waterman In Succeoa The Man That Laughs First You've all heard the trite little motto That he who lautfhs last laughs the best. Be that as It may. 'tis a half hearted wajr Of meeting a friend's little Jest. Derhana <f la nHsa f r\ gftlsimw ( To alt bock with lips tightly parsed, Till all of the rest have applauded vitH { zest, But here's to the man that laughs first Of courue I am twisting the mdtto I To suit this melodious lay, But many I've found who twist It. around In just this identical way. / ". Pray, go to the play if you doubt it f 7 And wait for the laughter.to burst The number is vast that Walts to laugh last, * So here's to the man that laughs lint J We all like the rollicking fellow Who sees, in a Jiffy, the point Who throws ba.ck his head and laugba "on the dead" Till his feature* are all out of joint i ' The man that la ughs last X Imagine, J With a weak sense of humor is curasd. Let's laugh while we may; 'tis but for m day; ( J! DV uct CO IV Uic IIIOI laufuo mwii ? ?Milwaukee Sentinsl I . , 1 The Country of Wide Eyed Dreama. Where are you Journeying, little boy. So far from the world and met ' ' i Tour round, blue eyes are alight with Jejr At something I cannot see. . Wonderful visions of dewy dells, 1 Where sprites flit to and fro On shadowy wings and weare their speOe O'er the pilgrims that corns and go; Fire eyed goblins that grin and nod At the fluttering butterflies Fairies asleep 'neath the goldanrod That bends under autumn sMas All these must lie on the road 70a treed < .And beckon you on the while Toward the light that is lingering eg ahead In the land of the rainbow's sznlla. I T?lr#? m? with vou. far fte?Lnar rJf To that realm where you are todiiy, . H[ Where worldly carta and thoughts 01 MIf HI Are ever so far away. 1 S Show me the wonders your little eyes I M Have learned to discover there, | HE For I see them light with a pleaned war- Mi prise K As you sit in that rocking chair, And, swinging so dreamily, look an V To a country beyond my ken, A country I fear you will seek some da? And never come back again. B| Yet I know no way that a child may n Ha With a fair and cloudless brow Mb And never a shadow of pain or wo* faB But the one you are traveling now, ?James Montagu*. HSg The House of 8uocesa. flH There are no elevators in the House ot Hj Success, i Hi But Ihe stairs are long and steep, . " HE And a man who would climb to the fmf IH top jS9 Before he dare walk must creep. I nl There are no carpets In the House of Suo*. HS cess, <HB But the floors are hard and bar% Ml With slippery places all about HH And pitfalls here and there. wBB There are no lounges or easy chairs NB Nor places to rest your Bplne. Ml But when one has arrived on the roof at MB last? Idj Ah. but the view is fine! I figg ?Chicago JeurnaL Song of a Dyspeptic. 9?H If I could know The names of all the flowers that grow EBj? And all the stars whose light extends j KM Above me, like familiar friends, ! mB And fathom what their message ?' B8 I wonder If I'd be content? BMI If I could know Just when good dining meant my wo% SH I would rejoice and safely eat SSI My favorite pastry, fruit and meat. fiBI With a digestion worth a cent ffffll I know that I should be content IKS ?Washington Stan BSD Forced (o Starve. B. F. Leek, of Concord, Ky., says H "For 20 years I suffered agonies, with ^^9 a sore on my upper lip, so painful, sometimes, that I could not eat. After m vainly trying everything else, I cured it, with Bucfelen's Arnica Salve." Ita ereat for burns, cuts and wound9. At 1M P. B. Speed drug store, only 2oc. i IBM Action of the Tri-Sta e Quarantin |H Conference at New Orle ins in inaia- KR ing on a live days's trip at sea for ves HQ sels from infected ports in the tropics HB may seriouly affect the New Orleans HHj Lruat trade. , Bffl