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PS ' ' ^ /"; 7 The Press and Banner 6v W. W. and W, R, Bradley. HUGH WILSON, Editor. ABBEVILLE, 8. C. -WPubllehed every Wedneedp ?t <2 a year In advance. Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1905. "Civil War," "Confederate War," "Rebellion," Qen.'C. Irwin Walker, of Charleston, as true and as brave a aoldler as ever wore tbe gray, or courageously met an armed foe, makes a vigorous protest against speaking of tbe war between vbe States as the "Civil War." He prefers to have ibat war referred to as tbe "Confederate War." Speaking for taePressand Banner, we are perfectly wll llngto ke agreeable and call It by any uame that would pUase. We would not otfend tbe ^sensibilities of any one, but wa do not take a special liking to either "tbe civil war," or tbe "Confederate war." We would Mwafa* (Ahu?a ? vafAvtiul ?/v ?B IIDoKaIIiam ? |/t iu u??v IV ivivitvu kU no A?(UC(UVU? or tbe "War of Rebellion." That name, we bellev?, comes more Dearly to tbe trutb and a more correct way or speaking. "Confederacy" is not nearly so good a woid aa "Rebellion." A confederacy may be organized ftw a good or bad purpose; but a rebellion, snob as ours was, Implies resistance to actual, threatened or imaginary wrong, forfait wrong, It seems to us, comes from tfee sotoieal Impulse, call It by whatever name yooMiopee. What's the matter over In Augusta, anywayt Only a few days ago a young gentleman, lu tbe Cbronlcle, tried to prove that tbe war was not on account of slavery. If )be Chronicle, or the young author, had referred to the zonules of tbe South Carolina Convention tbe fact as to tbe cause of Secession might have been learned.; It is fair to presume tbat tbe Georgia State convention madil k dallvmnM nn thn an ma question. What would yon do with "Jonny Reb." or what wonld yon say of the line In tbe book ol "Dixie," which aaya "we're fighting (or tbe property we've won by hardeat toil?" What about tbe "Babel YelJT" ' We wonld wonad nobody on tbla subject. ( Wiata willing to call tbe war by any name that Bounds beet or moet agreeable to otbera, bnt, aa for tbla editor, we believe In calling It boneatly and truly by tbe proper name, "Rebellion." We are prond of the "Rebellion," and we have no apologlea to make for It. Tbe Confederate soldier waa admitted to be aa fine a apeolmen of a soldier as ever lived, and we do not see why as brave and aa gall.v>ta soldier as was General Walker, sbonld not be prond of being a "Rebel." Tbe Confederate soldier was fighting for our rlgbts and he should not now allow anybody to apologise, or to make ezcusea lor the proudMt. ftAf In Onnl ?ww ?H U UlOkUi / But.we are agreeable. Call It "Coofederate war," "olvll war," or belter still, "rebellion," asdwe are satisfied. We are proud of being a Southern Rebel. Tbe South rebelled against tbe threatened Northern usurpation of Southern Rights. Tbe southern armies fought nobly. While the South was defeated we bave not beard of any one wbo has assailed Southern valor. Tbe congress of tbe United States honored the Southern soldier It by unanimous vote of both bouses dedicated Cblckamaaga Park to American valor, Irrespective of tbe army to;which.the soldier belonged. Then, let the confederate soldier be not*asbamed nor let blm make apologies for tbe war, by whatever name you choose to call It. The fame and glory ol tbe Southern soldier will live forever. Be needs no excuses, apologies, or smootblngs over for tbe proudest of all human eflort. m m mi The Due West Railroad. ' We bear that tbe people of Doe West are very much Interested In tbe proposed rail road from Due West to Donalds, Honea Path and Bel ton. Thinking as we do, we are sorry that our friends do not torn tbelr faces this way. Abbeville would no doubt lend a helping baad, and one of our railroads, we feel quite sure! would be glad to aid In tbe construction of tbe road from Abbeville to Doe West. The Southern road would flkely be willing to help; and tbe Seaboard would bave more to gain by tbe connection. Tbe Soutbern gets nearly all the business from Due West as matters now stand, andtbat road would not likely give as much as tbe Seaboard would . give. If tbe Seaboard would build and operate a road to Due West, they would dud It a valuable feeder to tbelr main lines of road. Tbe mercantile business and tbe shipments ofootton from Due West, to say nothing of ylMMBger traffic, would make tbe road a profitable on* to either tbe Southern or tbe DMOtra. Tbe price of farming land between Abbe Title and Dae West la higher than in any other part of tbe ooanty. If, tbea, the price of land ia an Index to tbe prosperity of a country, tbe bnslneaa ot tbe road with tbe farma along tbe line would be considerable. Tbe obert beds lyln? about midway between tbe two towna would offer mncb business, and if a. station were established there, it would be a central point to which much business would gravitate. j Abbeville has better railroad facilities than Donalds, Honea Path, Belton or Greenville. We have tbe Southern and tbe Seaboard, and we are in close touch with tbe Western Carolina. With the road built to Greenville tbe Due West people would have less railroad competition than they would get at Abbeville. Ttoey would then go fartber and fare not so well as with bomefolk. While tbe Press and Banner is not authorised to speak tor, or to pledge anybody, we feel quite sore that <30,000 or HO,000 oould be had in this city in aid of that road. Tbe town has done well la tbe past In voting bonds, and we. have very little doubt that our people woald vote a liberal Issue of bonds lor the road. ... \ The townships along the line woald And the road of great value to them, and we have ' no doubt that they would contribute bonds. And Due West, we learn, la ready by private subscriptions, to give a big cam. But the town ought to vote bonds. It Is the fairest way. Bonds ooet each one but little, and the increased valoe of property and buslues* would greatly overpay the cost. A big plleoi bonds at a low lDterest costs bat little. If the bonds were payable In thirty years, the next generation could easily pay them, or else issue new bonds. . Before the Press and Banner saw the good of voiing bonds we were opposed to tbelr issue. Bat now we would favor bonds for anything that promlstd good to the town. Bonds can now he floated at four or fourand-a-haif per cent. It the money realized from them 1b Judiciously ?pent In building up the town, no better Investment cou'd be made. The building or a railroad la a business proposition, and practical metboda should HE govern. Let Due West tome tbls way. We can give better accommodation at leas coat, sw Let one i f the roads co-operate and run the trains. y Business Proipfrlty. The oily and the county of Abbeville wer* never more prosperous than tbey are at pia ent. Town property and farming lands are ' tflguris much above prices In tbepaat, and 1 the values are going still higher. Good crops of ootton that bring tou cents are doing the work. " l -r_,A>': ? Religion* Bn?ln??i? Enterprise. We always find something Interesting and Instructive Id every copy of our religious contemporary, the Associate Reformed Presbyterian. In the issue of that paper for last week, we find this statement: "The advertising of the A. R. Presbyterlau Is in the bands of the ReDglout Frews Advertising Syndicate, T.F. Jacvb?, Magr., Home office, illntou, 8 C." Just opposite that announcement is an ad. like this: "Canoar. Its treatment and oure." On tbe next page appears a consplcu ous ad. and cut of a pistol wblc{j "when called npon you cab depend on . . . tbe reiiablf kind." Another conspicuous ad, top of col um, same page, "you can atake your bottom dollar," tic. Jt is not unlawful to cure canoer?If you car dolt. It is, we believe unlawful to aell pis tola In ibis State, The statutes and courts o Ibis State are pronounced against staklnj our bottom dollars, on anything from i horserace to cotton futures. About'.rellglous advertising agencies: Tbej are no doubt lawful, but they seem to be ai 'nnovatiou. Wbat about a "religious barbe shop," a()'rell?lous ootton mill," a "religion beef market." a "religions lively stable," i "religions dry goods stor*?" It ocours to u that men sb< uld not make a merchandise o tbelr religion Gratifying. A popular and beloved minister of thegoi pel recently said some very pleasant thing of our "religious" editorials. He first sal' tbal be did not agree with alt editorials w bad written bat be said be reoeived bene fit from them. That be was reminded by od of tbem of the question whlob an old mlnli ter at-kod him after tbe delivery of one of bl first sermons: "My son, do yon know tba there lasuoh a thing as a proqpun 7" Another honored servant of tbe Lord, gav a divided compliment, even as did the fin referred to, but considered as wbole, h was Indeed most pleasant in bis endorsemen of some of our utterances. .'t Don't Degrade Oar Girl*. Tbe Anderson Dally Mall, wltb whom w toofterVagree Is a wrong In bis talk aboa makln^botel table waiters of 8outbern glrli Amonypther things, tbe Dally Mall saj?: "A man should ratber have his meal served by a trim, neat white girl than by slovenly negro man. He will tw more satis fled with bis food,and be will treat the gli reappctmlly. "We nope to see tbe time oome when wblt girls as fullers will be tbe rule, and not tb exception, In tbe hotels In tbe sontb." There Is no honorable work at Which w would not sooner see a nice girl do tbaa t beoome a servant In a hotel where she mui Mr. Ernest Wilson, whose birth place li Abbeville, but whose borne baa been In Greenwood for several yearr, Is now at home with bla mother and other bomefolk. He bos been for a long time prlhter for Dr. Sard' uer of the Journal. He says a great lot ol printing la done In Greenwood, aud the pros, pecta are that another Job printing establish meat will be opened In that olty on the first ol January. The printing business la great when a man wants to make money at hard work. He Is sore to get the bard work. Time will Ull If he get* the money. "" Ml 1__ BIRTHDAY DINNER. Worthy Patriarch Invito Honored j Desccndanla to HI* Botrd. Hon. John E. Bradley of the southern portion ol Abbeville county hH8 for years cole- i , breted bin blrthda*? by gluing a b'?? dinner to which bis kindred, and etipecli 11 v his chll- , dren, are Invited. HI* children au-: i r I M'9. Carrie Klugb, wlf? or Judge J. C ' 1 Klugh. ' Mr. W. W. Bradley. one of the owners oJ { 1 the Press anu Banner. ! Mr. James .Bradley, traveling salesman for i . a tobacco house. i Mr. Tatom Bradley, farmer In the county. ' Henry Bradley, dead. i Mm. Statia Wldeman, wife of Dr. Artbir . , H Wldeman. j . Prof. Mark Bradley, member of the ClemBun College Faculty. , 1 Mr. Luther Bradley, farmer, with bis father, j f Mr. Bradley's birthday comes on Christmas < bm this year be walled a day to celebrate t he 20th of December, as his 89tb birthday. He, r 'beiefore, entered upou hiB 70m year Ust I B Monday. ? descendext from one of tdk oldest and best families. ' Mr. Bradley 1b a descendent from one of ibe oldest anil most honored families in tne county. About 150 years ago John Bradley, healing 01 the cheap lauds In America where one man 1b as good as another and belter, loo, oonciuded to leav? Ireland and try his i. rortone Id tbeNew World. He brought with 1 g hliu bis only wealth, tiamvly: A strong body and a strong mind. H1b wind wan Imbued a with tne determination to beiler bis cond e Hon, and he had the muscle and the courage Ia to brave the dangers ana iu? umunuipo dent to tbe ?eu lament id a new and i ndevel6 oped country. He oame ennyless, a s> ranger i. In a strange land, but be and bin dependent* have conquered a nuccenn and won a good place lo Ibe hearts ol their fellow-countrymen, t Without attempting to sketch tbe careers of the older and lend known ot Mr. brad ley's ancestor*, we shall note only tbooe witb whom we are acquainted. We knew Mr. it Bradiey's falber, Hon. W. K Bradley and bite brother General P. H. Bradley, aud all tbe older citizens accord lo tbem tbe be&t places 1 in tbelr memory. MEMBER OK DEMOCRATIC fcEGJ8LATCRE. Hon. John E. Bradley was elected at tbe e bead of tbe ticket to tbe first Democrutic Legislature, wblob body overcame the negro 1 rule lo 1S76. With blm In Ibe Legislature i. from ibis comity were W. K. Blake, F. A. Conner. R. R. Hempb 1', W. H. Parker. Mr. Bradley, like his predecessors In the ' family, was always popular wltb tbe people, * and at oDe time since tbe war he oould have " bad any offloe within the gilt of tbe voters. His father and bis uncle Gen. P. H. Bradiey amassed large estates before the war, W. K. ? Bradley leaving some 4,000 acres of the hem 6 laud lo tbe couuiy. Livlug id the bouse or his. father Hon. William K. Bradl<*. Mr. John E Bradley la distinguished Air 0 bis putllc spirit and for bis services to tbe t people In various ways. For Instance: t OBQANIZED FARMERS BANK. if He was tbe organ leer and founder of tbe Farmers Bank, and when organized tbe Hon. W.H. Paiker carried on tbe work lo a nuccesslul Issue, SAVED LETHE. At an* time be exercised sncb Influence wltb tbe Democratic Legislature as defeated u ~ - """" .H ui? nf th? l,ettae En tote?some ' l,700acrea. Through hla efforts mat large and princely estate la kept Intact for tbe benefit e or education of poor children. >f BCILT TH> FIRST MECADAM ROAD. I, / t Abb life trnatee of Clemson College he built ' the first meoadam road that was built In tha >t State. >* TBCSTBB OF CLEMSON. 6 He wna appointed life tiu?tee or Clenuon e College by tbe lonnder of tbe lDalltuilon, and >t no man baa been more faJtbful In hia attendanoe upon tbe meeting* or ibe board of trw** tees. Hla appointment aa trnatee of deration d inaiead of truateeof tbe church college from which ha waa graduated li a proof of tbe adage about where a prophet la nit honored. b WENT TO THE WAB. >r Inaplred by love of country, be left college d claaaea and waa fmong tbe Aral to volunteer . aa a Con federate soldier. He remained In the a Held, defending tbe Confederate flag, until tbe surrender at Appomattox. LOYAL CHURCHMAN. meet ana race stranger* who would nave id right and might exercise the prlvlledge c giving them ordera. Old Boys at Home. Last week two of Abbeville's moat bonot ed toDf were lo Abbeville for a day ortw< namely: Tbos. P. Cotbran, E?q., of Greet vllie, and President A. W. Smith of th Woodruff oolton mill. Mr. Cotbran la one ( tbe ablest lawyers In Greenville or elsewberi and serves his State In tbe Legulature. Mi Smltb la making a record aa one of the mot snocessfal cotton mill men In tbe State. Al beville' boys when they go abroad prov themselves to be men among men. We hav always been sorry tbat Mr. Smltb did nr build his eotton mill In Abbevftle. But w hope that be may some day oome back, an build ? mill In hia own town. Sluce writing tbe above Mr. Julius M. Vli anska, eame home to spend a few days wit bis father. Julius Is as good a son ?sev< gladdened a father's heart, and Is as lair an as proaperous.a merchant as you eould flu In a day's Journey. ' ItmocRhs and stockings. There were only three arresu last Hatuida In Abbeville on aooount of liquor In tbe syi tem. Two lacked the neoesaary money t put up for their appearance before tbe oonr ell, and for that reason, they pledged the or absorbed portion of spirits as an earnest c their intention to come back and aooount fc any little infraction of the town ordlnanc Tbe council, It Is said, Is now the custodlaD < 15 quarts of dispensary Christmas goods fc grown up men and boys. Santa I laus ha nothing to do itb these packages sf stu tbat were Intended more for men's stomacti than for oblldren'a stocking*. Editors and Primers. This is tbe seaaon of tbe year when tbe bar worked country editor who has done but 11 Ha vnrk for A trhnla vaor anttAnn^ ?k ? _ .. ? ? - ?- ? ?w?w j wot* | nu uuuuvido l<unti 4<u bard-worked printers who have bad a plenl for a year, will reit from tbelr labor for whole week, and that the offloe will not aen out a paper for tbat time. Tbe Presa and Banner some twenty or tbli ty yeara ago quit suspending publication cause of tbe Cbrlstmas holidays. As a bus ness proposition, we would ooooer take foe weeks vacation on tbe Fourth of Jaly. N week* In the year la more profitable tba Cbrlalmaa week, but then If a man haa a tbe money tbat be want*, he n*Mi nnt anr daring ChHatmas holidays. Spending Chrliimiu at Home. Congressman Aiken la at borne to spen tbe Crlatmae holidays. He, like bla father, 1 an able'and fattbfal representative of tbe In tereata of tbe people. And be, like bla bonoi ed father, deaarvea to be entrusted with a aea In Congress for many years to oome. Odd Bandays. When yonr own pastor la not at borne, o when yonr own obnroh 1* cloned for a Sunday come to tbe Associate Reformed obhrob. J bearty w?loome, good muslo and a good aer idod hwhu yon. ai a mailer or fact, tber are good folk who are not Id tbelr own pew every Sunday. Let all neb, ca well aa otber who habitually or occasionally absent them selves from aervloe In otber obnrobei, pot li time by coming to tbe "little oburob arouni the corner." Tbe Aasoolate Reformed Pre* byterlana are alwaya glad to bave tbel frlenda worship wltb them. Tbey note will plp&sure tbelr preaence. 18 1-8 Cents for Cotton, Mr, W. G. Cbapwan sold two bales of cot too last week to Capt. Lyon lor lit% cents, l was or-aouoiry long staple. Mr. Cbapmai says tliat it costs no more to produce than tb< sbort staple cotton. He bas sl*ty bushels o tbe seed of tbe long staple, and will plant bli whole crop with It next year. He has oc ana now iuu irniea, pari ia warenoaae anc part In bla back lot. Mr. Cbapman la one o our moat proaperoua citizens. Tum? His Cotton. Mr. Cbarles E. Wllaon of tbla county la i good farmer, bat we believe be atorea cottor under a tree and turna it over after ever; rain, ao ibat tbe blueing may take plaoe on all aldea. Printer at Home, 1 ?v?ry larner that can be preset] t ut this maet- ' i 1 nir. , This organization fc's nocarokllshed n great f , deal by onltlng the farmer* and ratalng tlx price of cotton, thereby putting tbousanda 01 1 dollar* In tbe pocket* ot tbe farmer*. This matter U of too great Importance to bt neglected, ? 8 Attention Is called to H.Q.Anderoon ? Go's, r J nt-at advertisement on another paRe. Tbey are rbowlng some particularly attractive p styles la Men's Ulotlilug tble week. As b churchman, Mr. Bradley has be: a loyal and true 10 ibe Associate Reformed Presv byterlan church, and his children all sing . Psalms today. WAS GRADUATED TROM EE8KINE. ? He was graduated from Ersklne Collegr, the church institution, and Id due course 01 ' time bts sons and bis oepbews were graduat" ed from the same college. His daughters >r and bis oeloes were graduated irom the Due _ West Female Coll*ge. But notwithstanding the fidelity of himself >r and his kindred the Synod Dever recognized tr his worth or sought to do him honor, it reA malned for the great State Institution to do ^ that wblob bis chnrcb did nutdo. , conquering mi6f0ktunk. Mr. Bradley Is no less distinguished Id bis private life than Id bis public career, HIf private character Is best attested by years of diligent effort to settle aD old debt which fell upon blia from no fault of bts own, and (< wbare others were not to blame. Id a year from now be hopes to have paid off the entire v debtwblcb came against htm by mlsfortane. e An honest man Is the noblest work of God.' 10 victory of an irishman. * The founder of the Bradley family, when In ? Ireland, was a Catbollo, but wben be came to Amerloa he left bis Catholicism. Iu this . country bis descendants have been zealous and exemplary Protestants of the Associate p* Reformed Presbyterian faith. I. And so It Is. the bumble toller In IrelaDd Ir left tbe laDd of his blrtb and established In Amerloa a family whose Influence has neen h 0 factor for good In Churcb and Id State; for d good In education and for good In reflne> .< ment; for good citizenship and for good In Christian olvlllzatlon. K If tbe poor Irish t>oy, who afterward brcame In America Squire John Bradley, oouid realize tbe result oi bis labor, be would be praud Indeed, No man has done more for Abbeville County, and bla descendants deserve tbe good plaoe which they bold In tbe hearts of tne people to-day. d 8 * ^ ? : A HOMESPUN REVIVAL ,t Speaker Csuuuu To Wear South Carolina Home<puu, The State Bureau. 1417 G.St., N. W.. Washington. Dec. 'S2. r Wlieo oongres* convenes again Uncle Joe Cannon, tbe speaker, will appear in a new ' suit oi olotbes of Confederate gray Jemie ^ woven by a South CijroMni. woman up In w tbe mountains 01 uwute uuuuiy. uu ioe ? opet-lng day of cougreKS Representative , Wyatt Alk?u appeared in 11 suit of borne made Jeans, a neat sack coal salt, tbe clotb I of which was woven from tbe wool of Blue Ridge mountain, sheep. He got tbe clotb of an old woiopo up lo Oconee wbo oilpJ ped the wool from ber own sheep and wove . 1 H on ber own bome-maklng loom It made a oe^l Mil and wbllea little odd for a nember of congress, yet It was remarked by | r many of bis irleuds tbat Representative j ) Aiken waa one of tbe "well dressed" of tbe bouse. Just before leaving for bome Mr. Aiken made Uncle Joe Onnon a Christmas present of a piece of tbls same clotb, explaining to him tbat every slltcb of It was made on an old fashioned loom by a good < old wo:nan wbo came Irom the best fighting ; . stock, from people who have fonght fur the t United States lu every war since long before i 1 the Revolution. Be also told tne speaker i tbat 1/be would have It made up he would B have ibe best snltof clothes in the house. < f 'fills Uncle Joe bas decided to do. He baa j 1 none in h Washington tailor and ordered an ( 9 English walking *utt made out of the piece i of bomespoD. lie tells of It with great prde. . ' ( 1 When congresa reconvenes it may become f favblonable to wear 8outh Carolina bom*, spun Jeans such as Confederate soldiers wore during the war. Wbo knows ? ( Zack McGhee. ; FARMERS IN COUNCIL. r * i Meeting Called to Educate the Brelb- ' reu. Tbe County Farmers Educational and Cc- ' operiittve Union wilt meet at tbe Court House ' on tbe first 8aturrtay In January, at eleven , o'clock, and we hope every local Unlo* throughout t?>e county will t?e itprtseui. d i As this u tbe Hist meeting of the new yeai , there will be business of very great lmpor- d WEST END. [fcppentng* nml Incfdrntf) of n WVi k About tbe <ity. r Mi. Aug. W. Smith from Spartanburg was ^ n Ibe city for a few days last week. t. Pri. I)i?vld 1J. Henry is here from Clfem*on pending tbe holidays with lite bonj? ptnple. ~ MIsb Eliza Mabry came home last Thursday roin Wlnlbrop College for a week's stay ffitb her mbiher Mrs. LUa Mabry. ? Mr. aad Mrs. Jobu A. Cheek and their llitle . laughter are home again Hfter a short stay m 1 ieneca wbere they went to attend the mat- t lage of Mr. Cheek's brother. > Mr. Walter Vlsan&ka of Atlanta was here . ,be first of the week visiting his hume peu- * jIp. i Mr. J. Townes Robertson of Birmingham, j A.la., la in the clt.y. Mr. Robertson has been transferred to Raleigh, N. C., and will make tils bon<e there in tbe future. 1 Mrs. W. C. Soerard was lo Monterey lact | week attending the marriage of Uer nltce MIm Eibel Nance to Mr. O.-tcar Lanier. ' Mr. W. J. Latimer la Dome from Clemson I 'pending ibe holidays wlin nia motner Jlw. . J. H. Latimer. Mr A. Mcllwaln H?nry of Augusta, Ga., ! left Weduesday after a short stay Uere with I bis home people. , Miss Emma While (atue down from Spartanbnrg Kriuay and will spend tbe tioliuaye 1 wl'h home people. ( Mr. and Mra. <J. 1) Cowan are here the ( guests i f Mr. and Mrs P. A. Cheatham. Mr. Lorlou Robertson war in Honea Path I lost week vlhltmg relatives. He was called to i Bonea Path on account of tbe death of bis j ancle Mr. Edmund K<>beri~on. Mies Auule McDufUi and Mr. John MiDuffie of 'Gidsden, Ala., arrived lu tbe c.ty Tuesday and will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Wilson forsome time. Mr. James H. Perrin ol Birmingham, Ala, Is in tbe city for a two week's s ay with home peop'e. Minxes Mary and F.nnle Stark are home from Atlanta where they have been tudyluv mi vy ttNuiugiou ouni iimry. iiiej win s? , North lor t?a extended vmlt ufier tbe noli- , day*. Mr. Robert Jones of Gibson. N. c , in Mip ?inest of bltt sister Mrs. J. E. iMcDavld for u ew days. , euchke clpb. Mrs. Edward Klngan Thompson entertain- 1 ed the Euchre C.ub Friday aliemooo ?l a very delightful meeting. The score cards were appropriate for tbe Christmas sem-on, being band painted sprays of holly. Tlit parlor wbere tbe games wore p ayed was tastefully decoraad wllb bolly aud growing flowers. After tbe games a tempting menu was served. Mrs. McJJ, Cat^r of Anderson Is In tbe city spending a wblle wltb relatives. Mrs. 8. A. Allen of Warrentou spent Monday In tbe oily wllb ber bister Mrs. Harvey ' Wilson. Miss lone Miller baa been In Greenwood lor tbe past wetrk tbe guest or ber Irleud Miss Janle McKellar. Mrs Jotiu Cotbran and her children of Atlanta are here tbe guesla ol Mrs. Wade S. Cotbran. MaJ r L. T. Bryant has returned to Abbeville after u business trip to AUhiii ic City. Mr. Krsklue B ake 01 Ciemsun auii Mr. Lowrle Blake of Woflord are spending tue holidays here with tbelr father Mr. J. R Blake. Mis* Lillian Gambrell Is spending her holidays with ber pareDts Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gnmbreil. Miss Gambrell la teaching at Doumark. Comptroller Gen. and Mrs. A. \V. Jones of Colombia are staying with Mr. J.,E. Mo David for a few day* Mra. Garry Hali and Master Garry Hall have gone to Charlotte, N. C., to visit motives. Miss Mamie Morse came borne f'fim Presbyterian College In Columbia Friday to spend a while. Mr. W. G. Templeton of Belton spent Sal* nrday aod Sunday in the city. Mis* Eunice Calhoun who Is teschlog at Pncolett came Friday to spend a while. Miss Josie Lyon attended the wiaeoiacT\an/tti Of^Hfttnu ir\ Hno Wool towt n*otb Mrs. t>en W...White, Jr., Is borne from Chattanooga where be bus class of Latin anu French la a Boy's High School. Mr. While It n successful teacher Hud though quite a young man ^asaspiendlil record. MIskcb Francis and Laiile Calhoun of Greenvlllmtre'spenrtlug a f? w dHjs here with their mothey.Mr. Ed Calboun. Cadet Caluouo Huh* el I Is here fiom Clemsjn spending tbe holidays. Miss Kate Jackson Harris and Miss Emma Harris bave gone to ihelr bome tu Courtiaud. Ala. MlrtEmma Harris will return to Abbeville alter tbe bol'days to resume her dalles In Ihe Graded (School. Ml-s Harris has reslgntd ber position here aid will not return inucb to the regret or ber pairous and friends. She ha? taught here lor thrre years and her work was most successfully carried on. Miss Lois Wi'8on and Louise Allen have gone to Columbia to spend a week or ten days with Mrs. D. B. bloau. "Mrs. Claude Jones and Miss Elizabeth JonfS 01 Allanta are at Mrs. Seal's tor a two weeks stay. Mr. William L. Templeton of Little Rock, Am., are In ihe cliy lor a short slay. Mr. Dxvld Hill Is home from Clemson for lb* holidays. Miss Eutcen'a Roberuon left Tuesday for Trenton where she will spend a while wilh ber friend Mrs. D*y. Mr. Lewis W. Ferilo, Jr., who Is attending 8ouib Carolina Collegers bome f6ra while. Miss Blanche Gary Is spending a few days bere with ber borne people. Mi*? Gary has a large music class In Green woodi Mr. John McTboi'n of Mlller?-burg, Ky., Is Id town tbe guest of Mr. W. A Templeton. Mrs. W. D. Barksdale aad ber children are In ftrvntiwood fur a few davs. Miss Jck 1 1a Foster 1? spendfDg her Christmas holiday with her home people la Spartan burg. Mr. Joel Morse came home Monday fr m Dotbeu. AIh., where he lias been /or a few j months. Mr. Mone wl'l htay id AbbevMe; next year with tb? firm or A. M. Smith. Mihs Aims Qamt>rell Is home from Helton Mrs. Jennie Mallard huti returufd to her | home Id N. C.. alter ash rt stay here wuh tier hod Mr. Tom Mallard. Mr. Edwlo R. Lucas of Walhatla spent Sunday In the city the guem of Mr. James H. Perrln. Mlkb Leona Blake has gone to her bnme In QreeDWOid on account of the llluess other bro'her-lo-law Mr. Peay. Mlt-s Ciara Bi-attle Is in Winnsbora spendIdk the holldavH with her home people. Mrs. J. S. Cotbran of Greenville is In the city visiting her bod Mr. W. s.Cothrao. l5r. J-imea Hill Is home from Baltimore to spend bla holidays Mr. and Mr?. Earl C. Page ol .. lorence a e the gn?nts of Mrj, H. D. R^ese. Mr.E'Dest Visanufci w here from Virginia where he Is attending the University ol Virginia, for the holidays. Mr James Rogers of Uolon spent Monday lDt>>eclty. He made many Irleudu durlug hlsBtay here lastsutnmer. Mrs. W. P. Fnrgmon of FarmlngUm, Ga ,1 is ("pending a wblle with Mm J. J.) Kerr. Mrs. L'zzle Harrison and Mr. Wad" H?rrlson of Midway were tbe guests of Dr. F. E Harrison last week. Mr. Tbomss CJthrau and Mr. nou'ter Cotbran were down from Gri-envl le Saturday arid Sunday tbe gueuis ol their broiber Mr. W.8. Cotbran. Miss Caroline Graves w<n', to Litlmsr Sunday and staved uu11 Tuesday. Mrs. Edward Noble wbo for many years made Abbeville her home dlerl lust Thursday at her home In Ctllfornla. Mr*. Noble was an aunto/ Mrs. L. W. Ferrin and b?s many friends here wbo regret to learn of ber detib. Ml*a Annie Rogers of Union ts In the city to wppnd so'ne time wM h tbe M iss?h Stsrk. Mr T S. Perrln of Atlanta Is spending the holidays with bis parents bete. Miss Louise B?lley of Columbia Is the ifuent of MNs Mary and Miss Fannie Starke. Mr. Pbilliq Cromer Is here from CbarleMon. Mr. and Mr*. Julius M. Visanskl of Charleston are spending a wbile with Mrs. P. Ftos-enburg. , Tbe Dispensary N:iIon Grow hem. Tbe week Dispensary sales have fallen short of the sales lust year, rhe people of the county are fieling rich without having to buy tb^ dram. J An unprecedented prosperity has caiiH- J ed men in ull vocations to brace up i iud look forward to belter things in Lbp future. Not only are the dispensary sales short of' what they were the same j week last year but the whiskey bought i w??s of a better quality and couee- i uieutlv cosilier than the lower crudes. ' Fills fait also lessens the amount of wLi skey consumed. Brniy MerrhuntN, The merchants of the city had an lnprecedented run of biMnees last fveek. Everybody seems to have plen:y of money and the crowded store* i .vere forced to put on an extra force of :Ii rks to wait oil the throng of C'hriatu is buyers. Every avenue of trade lias received n impetus and fortune smiles benign- , y on all. The Dispensary alone comes out be- ? lind this year, the sales being less'j hau for the same period last year. | , Look out for P, Eosenberg's a id next week. It will be of1 auch benefit to yon in your pur-! bases, f J ^ ( am bb A I?rCHl>yi?*riat? I'iniiO. News and Courier. The Associate [Informed Presbyte- Ne iaus belong to thai sect of Christians I who were d? scribed by the old repro>ate Parson iirowulow, of Teuue^ee, ome years ago, as "a very deserving | of 'people, w ho sing David's Psalms, r* 'plow with double luies and grease er 'theirshoes with tallow." Jt wm not ^ o be wondered at that so miserable a tic jreature should have sauglit iu this lb vay to make game of a particularly JJ" iue people, who have ever stooil Vai- ol: autJy f?ir the faith ouce delivered lo .he saints. ?J This particular tort of Presbyterian vi lias always bt-id to the use of a Scrip- co ural Psalmody, although we must say B#1' ;hat in comparatively recent jea h lu ^reat changes have been made iu the U1 poetical construction of the aucieut JJ} ougs of Zi< n. At one time not so very hu long ago it was possible for almost any re >ne who could sing to "ra'pe a tuue," Lhe Psalms ln virg been alnu st wholly u confined in their metrical version, to L< common metre song-1, but now the p( poetry has been so changed tnat there ?i are all sorts of metre in the book until le ?t requires-a degree of spiritual insight lo determine from the music thai i lie u Psalms as they are surg to-day are not t] the works of "human composition," so ? readily do the^ conform to the lequire- ri meats of modern musical composition. ?J Last week the Associate lieformeu p 0...ui.,.?..vi.,i1Q 4 hhuvi 1 Ifv held a Coil- It i icauj bcnauo uv M-vMv.... gregaiional meeting fciabbaib evening * ut which the subject ot buyiug a piano or organ was fully discussed. We are e1 informed by The Pr?-s-< and Banner that Mr. J. Hayne MoDill explained d, to the congregation that agoodsnb- w scription had been rais<d, af:d that the J( opportunity of buying a nice piano ai Hi a reasonable price was pre-euted ; b "therefore, he would move to ascertain "the sentiment or tbe congregation by u "a rising vo e as to whether or ?iot we "j "ought to boy a ptauo." The motion was carried t?y a risiug vote and with- 8t out a single dissenting voice, although L one of the more cautious members of t'| the congregation refraiued from voting V' His scruples, if lie has any, are sup- " posed to have been removed after the formal vote of the congregation, and y, it is said that "all who wers present h "were in favor of buying the piano." u There seemed to be a doubt in the mind of some of the congragat.ion as to whether or not the Due West people would approve the action of rtie Psalm uinirpru Rr. Ahhp.ville. but hcvever that may be, the Abbeville Seceiers were unanimous in (heir approval of thfe piano purchase, aud the instrument bay now been established iu the church. f One member of the Abbeille congregation, we are told, said that, while tie would a^ree to the piano, he would draw the line at a fiddle or si cornet. But why should he do anything of the sort? There is authority, we be-' lieve, for the use oF an instrument of j( ten strings, and for a harp, and the c< timbrel, and high-sounding cymbals, s and hackbut, aud psaltery, whatever t, that was-, but there is no authority, ?.< we believe, for the use of a piano. We 81 donbt, however, that the use of an instrument with a few strings, more or less, would greaeiy aft'ect the aceptability of this part of the service. Some 4 of the more old fashioned a?thereuis of j the Seceder Church might obect to the 1 piano iuovatioa at AbbeviHe, but the J trend of the times apears to be towards j ,hu nf rtniiii' mnderu methods ^ iu the sei vice of ilie church, if the S "Improvements" are^ 10 continue, it 4 will become more ami more difficult j for the untiained soul to determine,.!be J exact difference between a church with j j a piano and a church with an organ. [ i ?? - ] Iliriini W. IiinvNon'i Peemi Tree. ? News and Courier. < In 1845 Hiarm W. Lawson, o'Abbe- < ville, planted a pecnn tree iu his gar- *! den. Jt was brought from Hamburg,} and is now said by The Press and 1 Banner to be "a noble specimen of its * kind," its symmetrical branches cover- \ ing a wide aera. and from this tree < bushels uf nuts are sold every year. ' "That tree "pays ihe taxes on the ? place." The South Carolina pecan la!* the best pecan grown ami comman's J the highest price and a certain msrket J i wherever it is offered for sale. Major ? John S. Hoibeck, o*Charleston, bason * bis plantation in Christ Cliuich Par-|< iwh, mar this city, the largest pecan j grove iu the world, and the Jude Rol- , iuson ruts, from Rowesville, Orange-! i burn County, are much .affected by j! codnoisseurH in this mart-et. Where] 3 ever the' pecan has been planted inji tlrsState it has flourshed, and there is! J no reason except the indifference of J our people why the South Carolina pe- j can should not run the Texas nut out 5 of market. 7 We would 8ug est to our Aobeville i friends, in view of the splendid record 1 that the Lawson tree lias made for it- 4 self, the advisability of going intb pe- 1 can culture a? a side cop. Ti e climate ] and soil of Abbeville are particularly < well adapted to the growth of this tree. 1 On the Gordon place, about four miles < from Abbeville Court House, there < u?ed to be a trrove of scaly-bark hick- * ory trees which yeilded wagon load < of the best nuts every year. Where * ever the hickory trees flourishes the * pecan, which i- a member of the hick- < ory family, grows to perfection. The < Abbeville people ought to go into its! J cultivation in a commercial way. TheJ < Luwsou pecan tree has set the pacei < all the frugal and forehanded people of) J the intelli^eut community ought to < follow. liriN Kringle TiiitM The Mill hoIiooI , On Friday before Christmas the chlldreu < of the mill school assembled ut the fchool ^ bonne, nit to slu-ly letsous, b4l to meet O d < Santa Claua 4 Altera lew prelltnetiHries Miss Moxwcli 4 er quired of t he pupils bow msuy bad seen 4 Sauta Clause, h lew bunds went up. then < Miss Maxwell asked how mauy wished to \ seeSsnta und every hand went up. arid < i-tra'gt way old Saola m.ide h s appearance. 4 S?nta tbeu made h short speech to he 4 children telling them why they should be <| glad on ibis occasion, e>c A p-ogrim ore- 4 vltn'g:y arranged by Mrs. Canon and MIsm ? Max we 1, co> slstlnirol recitation* and sonus f by' the pupils was rendered, t.ne Messrs. Hurdlt) furnislilug the music, and after the coucHihlon of th? <xi rclces the pupils were ushered Into another room of the school building where a large well adorned Christmas tree bent i's limn* with the load of n'ce Ihlngx 11 held for the boys and girls of the n tohool. a 3ld Santa remembered evory boy and girl In ^ the school ami ail went away happy. " Among other thin?s that Sauta broughtwas ? bouquet of flowers f-? President Jno. Har rls, this was a gift from the school children. Mrs. Lizzie Cason and Miss Rosa Maxwell are both excel ant touchers and they ipared no pains to make the occasion a 0| lapny one for the ch'l Iren. a Ttiev were eminently successful In their inderlalUugH. We wish to thank our many ? justomers for their liberal patronLge during the past, and we asture them we will redouble our iffortsjn future to do even better llt; ,11 along the line, in giving full ,o; Qoney's worth. Merry Xmas and Happy New "?' fear to all. P. Eosenburg & Co, hu I?ii. SHADY GROVE JOBILANT. g <1 Drops Into Vsr?-Slrong Aritn ucul AifuiiiMt the Ilnttd Ditpeusary \ ?It Must Vo. "CuilBi maB comes but once a year Au every nigger tils bis hbare"? dispensary ncker. Two thousand fools ~ uiied up to 1D? d)speu*ary la?l week,?me luouj; tue Dumber. Au alter sashaying ao tiifiu pardon a* It wua, an siguin idey dies, received their portion of Christina* ber. Tbtuk of It sutterln brethren! two ousan peopie,:all forced, forced mm ytr, to to one place to get their cbiUtmas llc&er. sttnink.for one mlnit what a avanoo 01 zueaa would be aaend up If the dispeneary u no done away with, All mis trade would be vided ermoiig 9 or 10 meu an Ibal wonid tl ean 9 or 10 more biz cas booses for Abbe-, m lie. Me an Feb Blitz wun J-e dltpiorlu the udltloun totber day~m<?y ue youeos don't n, iow Peb'a bad a orful time sins ibe pltspenry come. . He useter run a wet nek concern tl Aooevilieau made good inunny till tbe .. jf.<vavorable fate* sprung the dispensary u i u? au ibeu Feb ilUed to perished to deatn, c/ course Peb wuzu't allowtd 10 run nib bar i be tried a restaurant lu connection but tbe N bull wun. as be btated, tbe lniernal ole.dU- ai uttary *oid ticker f>o cheap he uacnerly cud* 8J ;nt compete an he Ju*t bail 10 skid qui 10 q eoiK'u or perish?tic skipped. Peb heerd as l?w we nun going 10 vole out tbe il.apeusarj 1 heeauie rite straight. back Now there? eb cJntz run ciesn out ??f ttie country on acjunt oi tbedlspepsary, au P?b'e m good fei- d r too, lu bla w?y. ule deacon Smith Was miplainltig about Peb and ?uld Peb vrud ?] ve licfcer toyoung boys, but tbata tbe fuat ^ aie 1 ever neard of a man coinplalnen rboqt'a uian ?lven sut'un away. PebV ncnerly a go<d hearted 1?1 *r, bes give me ]j t*ny a ?fl;t neck wbeo 1 was as dry as tbe in of a big rneetln buggy to Juiy! Tbe idee c i tbe oie dwtcon complalneii erbout Peb t] ivin 8utbln a way, Iih utterly r? dicderioreit. tb'siheoniy man I knowol In tblH country 0 )Kt hates tbe dispensary as corduly as I do. o ,ud P?-b's lb' only rouD tbatagiuddern 1 am l Lserin tbe<>le tbloggo. D By the way, wheu tbey start tbe petition a n.und to vo'e out tbe dispensary, Pab-says, : lit If they need anybody to circulate K, e's at tbeir disposal. Bessy* be* w.Uid to osnything be can to nelp along tbe good ? ort. I've beard as how that tbare feller Joe t noes dont believe weere goln to vote tbe } -tuBIn ole dispensary out, but If tbe so Serin reibren amt bvln ilcker Irom Pab Bills 8 isiedofainln tbem tbare tantallzlo yeller 0 rips at tbe dispensary counter, one year ; no now meand Pab's mlscalkerlated, that's 1 >1. Weel have sumtbln any bow by gun 1 *b *ays tie's a floe perscrtptton cierxau ne'a linking MtroDK about patten up a drag B ore the mlnit we vole tbe dispensary out. a et'e get to work. Gents, weere bnrnla duygbt. wee've overslept oor rites too Iodk ago ' > talk about. Arise ob, 3 6 gallant Abber- g llllanx. an shake off tnis terrible octopus, >18 orrlble Iccabos tbnta wrapped Its * ilghty tennoles erboul oor grand oie coon- t ! Oi ye patriotic Abb?r Vllilana, aback onrcoxts, roll up yonr sleeve, spit an your F 9dk hd MtiHke your'flits lu rlgbieoas rmtb at ] ml menance tocivilization?tbe dispensary. ^ Here* to tbe bealtb of Pab Slllz, c That noble Induatrlns frller; Mtty be give tbe.dlepensary flu , I And cause 1U adherents to beller. c An beres to ole deacon Smith, g May bla ahadder never gro shorter. May be not learn that Ita pnrly a mytta, r Ah to what 'e ougbtent and ongbter; C An bares to Double OSturkey, < ,'r ( The feller aa baa fought a good' foot. t An may be move like a turkey, ' Till tbe dispenaary la voted clean'out. { An here* to tbe State, tbe big Slate paper, ' Tbe only pamftet on the pebly beaob. An may It make tbe dlapenaary cat a rcaper. .''7 That'l simply make tbe problbi screech, i If tbe rytbm of this plottoodlnons effooelon < on't seein to rime Its not because tbe, antv- j ct Is unpoetlca", for In my e^lmasban ,lt , -vmes tally up to the charges of tbe lit* bree- < adeatSan Won Hill or tbe blatorlc Yell of rezers lepglons at tbe fall of the Alamo. I eg to remaneyonrsdlameterlekaily, obleek- I i> and perpendeckerly opposed to a?i re- t Irlctlona, - Gullermo Bed.' ? * t p-'' ; [creating ah [ demand : | 11 , fr The profit in the salvof cereal < > 1 t foods Is large, but a market la \ [ * f not to be had for simply the < ? 4 I asking. ) \ 1 o * > A market can be created < I ( jj and kept In exlitence only ] ' j b by pertliteat publicity. ( ( F The mart who makes wheat < > ] k coffee spent, last year, $884,000 \ [ r In advertising in 800 newapa- * 1 pera and 30 magazines, and this \ \ ( ' year he is spending a million <1 ( dollars. \ \ \ ' The maker of abredded < 1 I veheat npenda f700,000 a * [ J > year in publicity. < > ( . Another paid $5,000 for the J | } privilege of painting the name < > of his product on a big chimney J * In lower New York that can b? u ! seen from all the North river 4 * 1 ferryboats. He has for month* <! ( J kept before the public eye a * J comic figure and some swlnginf < > ] rhymes and has made all Amer- ** } lea and England faugh. But the ? ^ j| laugh has coat this manufactur- J \ > er hundreds of thousands of dol- < ? lars.?Frank Fay ant In Success. * \ * > The best way to crente a < ? j? demand for your wares la to * > advertise in your home pa- j | e I pers. For a steady pull at J i , trade all the time nothing < , ? takes the place of it ?? * * t > i c . _ t We 5re too bioj to wri'e an ^ dvertisment this week but you 'ill hear from us next week, S P. Rnaflnhnrv &: fin. I ? o ~ Tn Mpn?Me<> 3i< tiee. ^ All peisont. aic lu-i ?-( ;. forbidden to buul i llnu on ilie iMMl i-w i tii biju controlled by it. TietpH?Btib min le piosecuted. T. W. Miller. ?? Goud H'urk, (J Guloitieo'd Hiii shop. lor all kinds of P] i'CK ml nil .Hi d wood woik. Joe t\ Edmonds, Prop, p s: FAII.KXKRS LOCALS, P hist lecemd by Faulkner 1 cur of sa6h, iiH> Hlid M.lidS HI 1 tiiZtfh aud pi teen. Mou.dMiy* ol hi! kinds atid prices. Don't t;t?i lue place, "i'auik ner V' on Trinity reel. C'i tiie in hud lei nie ligure wntj you ueiiic vou buy or not, 1 Jike >o give prices "" d inhke tue otberleilow cell you cbeap, If I X u'l sell you. II It Is shingles you waut.I ^ i the uiud to see. ^ ? -? nil IEW YEAR PORTENTS 1 ?? )' ' "*-v~ NCIENT 8UPER8TtTION8 REGARDING THE WEATHER. > . / tie Twelve Daji Succeeding Chrlitau Supposed to Be Indices For the Kualsc Tear?Curious Customs ud Belleft at Many T-mdh . V \ 1 The 12 days from Dec. 20 to Jan. 0 ave long been recognized as indices of le weather during the following year, he ancient texts referred to distinctly. < , ssert this, a Sanscrit proverb running ' ins, "The 12 nights are an imageof le year." Another text from the same rarces evidently refers to the same peod, "The Rhibhns (storm demons) leep for 12 nights and days in the once of the Bun god Savitar." In northern Germany it is said that ' s the weather is during each of the 13 ays, so it will be during the corre-^ ponding months of the year to ooma l like belief exists to this day in Lanashire and Northamptonshire, Engine!, and a very old writer (1590) re* ords the current notion in his day that . he 13 days served as an index of the ; oming year's weather. It was said hi ne English port that if the windjblew ard'on the fifth night (Dec. 80), ships t sea would be in great peril the com1 ag year. The iuhabitaiits of the Vosges moon- - ( ains restrict this prophesying period to bat of our holidays, from Christmas to Jew Year's, and are willing mly to ay that these six days indicate the, haracter of the weather for the |tfceeedng six montha , In one part of oar own oountry it is aid that "the first three days of Janu ixy rale the coming three montns," rhile in another place the 18 days are ; -y aid to be the "keys of the year." . Of New Year's day itself we have he authority of a very old weathtt/^T irophet? author of the "Shepherd's Calendar"?for the generally ominous ' V. iortenta to be drawn from the weather in that day, "If New Yflar's day in'llfr>v. norning open with dusky red cloud*, it lehotes strife and debates among the ;reat ones and many robberies t?at rear.,r More recently it is said q| t*?ie lay? "If, the morning, at New iYear\ lay la red, itportpnds fottlHreatl er^iX" treat, need: "While of the srijbpnd d< -(H if the year it is saifi, . lentsj, 1614, Jan. 1, 2, 8, 4* fm&Tnfc let down as unlucky days. Another shroniole says: " January.?Of this first nonth, the opening. day, ^uxd seventh, ike a sword will slay. * ir fche first day of the year is often retarded as the proper time to make cefain divinations with reference to many ivents affecting the future. In Northimptonshire the master of, the,family hen tempts fate by opening the Bible r > with hiB eyes shut and obtaining ?rpm *jfM he passage first touched with his finger tome indication of' the events of the ; ioming year. /. > Among the' Wends young maiden* . lasten the advent of the chosen husband )y going to the henhouse on New Year's sve, Btriking the perch right among the $/ ', lens, while repeating to themaelvee lie following doggerel: If cackles the hen, "! ,'! '<v Yon wUl have a man; ! ' If cackles the bto, Who knows when? Certain observances are supposed to >btain luck for the year following, In roe part of modern Greece all in the louse go ont early New Year's morn* ng, then return to the dwelling bearing . taoh a branch on which the leaves are,. veil dried. These are cast on the open f ire, eaoh wishing at the same time ' food luck to the family. The drier the eaves, the ^greater the flame and the . { letter the augnry. In the north of 'England new clothes f ire put on for lack the first day of the *;' h rear. An odd ceremony is recorded of one ooality in England^ Bands of strew y * vere put under the feet on New Year's yjw lay while at cable. When the meal waa },y inished, one person got under the table . >, ind another one sat on his back and irew,out the bands of straw. These 'H vere taken to the orchard and bound <1 . $ crund trees, which were thereby insured i o bear a full crop of fruit the next < rear. v In parts of France it is regarded ' mlucfv to lend anything on,N$W feat's day. The fire must be watched with great sare on the first day of the year. In Lot- ; saShire, En^and, it is said that if it io lot burn through the night of N?W Fear's eve, bad luck will visit At L lousehold that year; nor must any *ne >e given a live coal, or even a ligltec :andle at this time, for the bad iuok will then visit the reoipient of the gift At Auspaoh the ah ad ow# throw m v; :he wall by the oandles on tbe ums*> xiafl tree, on New Tear's evening will,. f any one is to die soon, represent tali ihadow headless. In Roamania the New Tear begins frith a ceremony of blessing the wateza, ie priest performing a mass and . >. ipriniding the streams with hojy water nrhile blessing them.?St Louis Remblia 1 .C t \/ Qa?er Welsh Btltoft. In many parts of Walee to see one's ihadow in the moonlight upon New fear's eve is believed to be an infallible tign that the person seeing it will die >efore the expiration of the oomingNew Fear, and there is also a popular super itition that if an unmarried woman ihould see her face reflected in water on tfew Year's eve it is an infallible sign hat she is destined to livetnd die in * itate of single blenedneaa?New Tack go Many Gift*. j fhree hundred and sixty-live spick, spaa, amt . 4 kaudfnl presents for me and for 70a! I riJJ them with kind raws and wnrtla* Jmf I honey, I Lnd you'll find these glfta better than play* I thing! or money. u ?Youih'i Oompantoa. I "" r n 1_ i? t'_ a <. _ _ I ? ur top JU11018 ior Jjauieu, a osey, useful present for Xmas. Ihildren'e fur top bed room slipers, sizes 3 to 5. (Infants) 65c, izes 6 to 10 at 75c, 11 to 2 at $1. Eosenberg & Oo. Our store will be open un/ LI 10 o'clock p. m. throng' [mas Holidays. P. Roa^" urg & Co. /I ^ an jjM