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The Abbeville Press and Bafij$S BY W. ?. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1906. ' . CAPERS CHARGES FILED BY AIKEN. His Coame W?i Dlclnted Not by Pergonal Motives Bat Wh Matter ol Dot j. ' Tbe State Bureau, 1417 G Street, N. W? / Washington, Jan. 19. Representative Wyatt Aiken ia tbe man through whom charges were filed against the appointment of John G. Caper* as district attorney. This he stated to-day and gave bis reasons. Some time ago," be said, " I came to tbe conclusion that Capt, Capers wan not the man for such a place, that it was a great injustice to tbe State, to both Democrats and Republicans, to bave him in an office of such responsibility. Numerous persons complai led to me and I bave no doubt complained nlwxnf I# an/1 tu uiuci jrpiCDcuianvco auiruv n auu as no one else seemed to take the matter op, I determined to do it, and as I do not wish to be thought half hearted in this or anything else, you may say that for several months I have pursued the subjeot persistently and relentlessly. " Here Mr. Aiken stopped, then after a little added: "And you might say I have called oq the president and the attorney general a number of times and Iliave placed with them all the letters and complaints that have come to me." " What other oharges besides the one connecting him with the distilling company were filed?" Mr. Aiken was asked. * Oh, it is not necessary to go into that. I will only say that they are of a public nature concerning his actions as district attorney and especially as Republican referee for South Carolina. There were all sorts of complaints about theappointments he recommended, but there is no use to go into particulars. There is no manner of doubt U //v. ?kA nLna on/) lilAt uc jo uijiii ivi wuu pave auu vuv agents of tbe department of justice who made the Investigation evidently satisfied tbe president and Attorney General* Moody as to this." " Did you assist these agents in any way? " "No, not the agents themselves. ] onlv furnished what information 1 could get hold of to the department of justice." There is a general disposition on the part of the South Carol! a delegation here to Jet Republican pontics alone. Representative Aiken says be is so inclined himself as a general thing,1 but that in this case he felt it was his duty to bis district and to the whole State to do what be could to rid the State ef an nnworthy man. " Yes, I told the president that there were good Republicans in South Carolina and that J would not ask bim to appoint a Democrat, but to appoint some man like Mr. Cochran or some others I mentioned, who bad the re" spect of all the people, Democrats as " well as Republicans. No, it was not a personal matter, I felt it my duty to the State." Zach McGhee. Hews Her* and Therr. Mr. and Mrs. Will Haynes and little daughter of Toccoa, Ga., are viniting Mrs. R. V. Hitt this week. Miss Lula Wbaiey of Laurent), Is *-? 1 t il Vr_ T XT U7U? |A? visiuagimr urvuuot mi. j.u. < um^, Miss Ira Douglas visited Mits Irene Wilson a few days last week. Mrs. A. H. Barnett is visiting hir 1 daughter Dear Lowndesviile. Mrs. ?. A. Loden and her interesting llltle baby ''Bernice," are visiting ? I her father Mr. W. 8. Wilson near the city. Mrs. W. 8. Wilson and daughter Leo, after a pleasant visit to Tocooa, Ga., have returned home. Miss Jennie Bowie is visiting relatives near Bodges. Mrs. R. V. Hltt and little Grace and Eunice, after a pleasant visit to Toocoa, Ga., returned borne last week. Mrs. Will Hitt and little daughter are visiting her parents in Elberton. Miss Bettie Lou Gilmer visited Miss Estelle Stevenson for a few days last week. _ Mrs. W. F. Daneby vistteu ner unole Mr. Evans last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Robertson visit| \ ed her slater Mrs. Wilson last Sunday. I * SOUTH CAROLINA HOMESPUN. Speaker Cannon JLOoka "Dreny" for Onee In hi* Life. Washington January 15.? Special. Speaker Cannon to-day appeared in the House clad in a new suit of homespun, band woven jeans. The fabric was made from wool of South Carolina sheep by an old woman who greatly admires Speaker Cannon, although be bas never seen him. She made the ^ gift through Representative Aiken of } South CaroliDa to whom sbe also ' gave cloth for a suit. The Speaker had the material made up by a wasb* ington tailor and wore it for the first L time today. He recieved many comHfe pliments upon bis 'dressy appeaeance' K HHk miogton, Georgia, a boiler blew npand burled Mr, W. P. Furgerson out of the room, tear!ug bis cloths aud shoes off. Mr. Fergeraon was picked up for dead but woe fouud still in possesion of Hf. Tbe physicians thought that he would live out would be deprived entirely of bis sight, and power of speech- Since, however, be has recovered to such an extent that the Doctors believe be will pe entirely well and really for duty with every sense intact in a very short - time. * It is little short of of miraculous that one should be thus hurled by such a terridle force and recovery in such a withont even a scratch. Half The World Wonders how the other half lives. Those who use Bucklen's Arnica Salve never won der if it will cure Cuts, Wounds, Burns, Sores and all Skin eruptions; they know It will. Mrs. Grant Shy, 1130 E Reynolds St., Springfield 111., says: ,4I regard it one of the absolute necessities of Housekeeping." Guaranteed by P. B. Speed, druggist. -25c. . i Dap's 5 i yg It ia hardly a year yet. since we began we have sold ONE HUNDRED OD8 secret to our having done s Enterprise Stoves and National ] est and skilled labor can build. $8.50 to | PICTURES. We have just received another lot oi $i;oo I Well Buckets. We have about 15 dozen of the c bought them before the recent ad 35c each; or < "D /-ITTA1 rvi+fl xvuyai ujiaiuug MVCOX Its maDy excellent qualities have el' it has no equal. We carry a ft mmwrM We have a very extensive line of Tir prices are lower than elsewhere, the line here. China and Cut Glass Fine China and Cut Glass can alway brated fiassett line of Open Stock Glasa Ware in some beautiful new st showing you through. I Dargan's 5 & Fertili J am now in po you all grades of F< lots or by the car. ] and get my prices be J. Prosperity In The South Causes J Soldier Famine ??5 rot Owing to the very many opnortuni- jjl1 ties for soldiers, who are being discharged at tbe expiration of their tearm P. of sevice, to secure positionsa t good pay ? the army is is having a bard time get- . tiog these men to reeniist. Out at Fort ' McPherson, whare the Seventeenth United States infantry is at present ? stationed, very many of tbese soldiers are being discharged almost every day. P? The reason for this is that the men , have just returned from two years' ser- ? vice in the Philippines, and most of them enlisted in the army several months before shipping for duty in the j Far East. As they have now been in Atlanta several months, this means that their three years have expired, ArmoH o/Jfh thoip rJisnharcea DaDera. the BoldierB have onlv to make their way down town, and let the fact be known that they are open to a business , engagement and p<sitiouB a re offered them by railroads, business houses wanting clerks, teamsters and em- 1,1 ployees in many lines. This prosper!- V ty is worrying Uncle Sam, as he Is always particularly anxious to secure the enlistment of old soldiers. Officers state that never before has the percent of reenlisted been so small and all be- ~ cause the scarcity of labor in the south D{ affords openings for these soldiers such OE as they have never known in thepaat. 8l< 110c Store' the Stove and Range business, yet ^ Stoves and Ranges. There Is juat (_?0I o well on Stoves?we have in the fori Ranges, the very beat goods that hon- Jh Price. . j* 545.00 ??r ??? gon Gri flel r those beautiful Christie Pictures. Qf lach ra[ ???????am Z elebrated Boss Well Buoketfl and we t^c Ivance and our prices are the i for $1.00 w;: MH > ... 80E Ware. ^ actrlfled the world. For durability El* ill line. .. at ???? wl - Df mm s IflF F " Gn mware. ?* h BBSS An tba ton A k AU as i Cb. obc iware and we guaraDtee that oar the Then you can And any article in the froi the ???__ agg I * Sh< -8 be found here, also the justly celeChina. Tro ... . 1 lowinge. Give us the pleasure of ha^t Dr. con his livJ , 10c Store? fat' izcrs. s Wet sition to furnish Add Alk utilizers in small Bar BMI Berl 3e sure to see me ?> Clai . / - - - Ooli ifore you buy. KS ran Floi Geo: W. McKEE, Jr. p ' Ker Lac Lao i Lee. Lex [t is cot a question of their having to Mai ply for positions. It is simply up to Nej 9 time expired soldier to take his Qrai oice of many offers according to the Pioi ktements made at the garrison. Bail- j&to' id officials bear of men wbo are to be gQD ^charged,and solicit their business Spa the government allows tbem trans >rtation to the city wberetbey enlist- ydr I. Bnt railroad officials say that ry few of these are returning to their 1905 i homes, but are accepting business : ?? iportunities In Atlanta, Georgia and e south. As the recruiting officers e also having a hard time trying to rsuade men of the advantages of ?fet my life at $13 per month when even borers can get $1.50 a day, and con- J ?nt employment, the prospect seems be for depleted ranks among the eiments srationed in the south that ill have to be filled with "rookies" the recruits are called from sections par; iteide ofDixie. said you If May Live 100 Years. 5rti| The chances for living a full oentury 8t e excellent la trie case or aire, jeuDig ??., uncan, of Haynesville, Me., now 70 are old. Sbm writes : "Electric Bitrs cured me of Cbronio Dyspepsia of se years standing, and made me feel as "??y all and strong as a young girl." saw lectric Bitters cure Stomach and A ver dieaaes, Blood disodrera, General spe< Ebility and bodily weakness., Sold ?i a guarantee at P. B. Speed drug .J* 3re. Price only 60c. ' ! cla Yannah River Power is to be Developed 3NEYFOB CONSTRUCTION OF DAM AOEOSS SAVANNAH HAS BEEN RAISED LINE TO BE BUN TO ELBERTON. The following qeci&l frona Anderi will prove interesting leading to i people df Elbert county. For a aider of months the development of water powor pt Gregg shoals and erokee Sboala has been talked of . O. H. Bbeffied. of Atlanta, the proter of the enterprise has been vork constantly on the venture, and w it seems that his fondest dreams 7e materialized into a reality'. The iole speaks for itself, which reads follows: l __l? ? it ?Jll (ha Appiiuauuu win uc Luauoi i/v tun reta'ry of state at once for a coram fail for tbe SavaDDab River Power upany, and tbe company will be mally organised <d about two weeks, e company will develop Qregg and erokee Shoals, two important water vers on the Savannah river. The porators of the company will be: Dr, M. Orr, H. H Watkins, of Anderi; J. E. Slrrene and J. L. Orr. of wnville; H. A. Orr and O, H, Sbefd, of Atlanta, and C.Elmer Smith, Yqrk, Pa; 'The company will be entirely sepae from the Anderson Water, Light 1 Power Company, though for the ?ent the two companies will occupy i same offices. 'Mr. S. M. Orr this morning made > following statement concerning 5 new company: 'The developnent at Gregg Shoals 11 be begun in the next thirty days ere 2,500 horse power of the river II be turned into electricity and arge block of it brought to Anderi so that all the present needa for otric power for small industries will supplied by next fall. We contemte erecting a stone dam at Gregg oals 1,000 feet long, twelve feet wide the base. The: contracts for the ieel plant will be let outfln the >xt thirty days. The ooetofthis tial development will be $300,000. e money arrangements have all in perfected and the work will go ward at once. Mr. J. E. Sirrene of senville, is engineer. The princloffice of the oompany will be at derson, although the probability is ,t there will be linee run to Elberi. Ga.. Lowdensville. Calhoun Falls, bevllle and Greenwood, 8. C., last soon as the seoond development at arokee Shoals is completed. Cher? Shoals are situated in sight'of Seaboard Air Line bridge aorqps Savannah river, about two miles 3i Calhoun Falls. When both of se shoals are developed tbey will rregate about 9,000 horse power. 'The present development at Gregg sals is about four miles from Barnes ;ion. seventeen miles from Auderand is about the same distanoe m Elberton and Abbeville." 'be officers of the ne* company re not jet been fully determined, Orr say a. Dr. Orr, himself may beie president, but he is anxious for son, Mr. H. A. Orr who is now ing in Atlanta, and Is the southern resentative of the General Electric mpany, to come back to Anderson i take eharge of the company. . i DISPENSARY'S PROFITS. , Columbia, Jan. 17.?The annual ;etmentof the profits of the dispen- < y paid to the oouties, and the profits < he wholesale dispen say paid to the i UUI 1UUU, woo uuuiuicivu ivua; ?uv? >W8 an interestiDglnoreaBe: . Profits Paid Connlin and Town* for Fiscal Year (by Counties; From November l?t 1#?4, to November 30, 1005. grille .IH.SSS'Oe en ~ - 16.700 44 lerton 82.798.6S ibere. 14,761.11 awsli 56.918 49 afort 13,868,37 tlay ............... fl.867 74 ' rlutoo 68.078.80 iter 38,066 26 terflald ...... 9,*88.40 rendoD 11,702.04 ton 11,169,17 llnctoa 14,784.41 obeater 9.066,80 i ;efl?ld - - 5,854.17 rfleUJ 7,084.14 enoe ? 28.866.70 1 rgetown ..... - 88 486.29 BDTille 84.683.46, , npton 8,260.9*. ry .......... 8,812 73 haw - 16 830 06 caater 10,667.86 . ren? 13,100 62 .. 14.011.41 ' luglOD 8.168.04 Ion .. 15,869.80 ] 7 888.44 ' DM..' 7,789,68 geburg 40.408 25 tens .f. 2.270.18 Hand _ 67,906.17 Ida 8 678.80 iter 31.814.73 rUnbarg 81,600 22 OD 12.825.2fl lUmeburg 14,747.06 < k '. 8,59150 | | , net profits paid town and oonntle* $665791.27 , net profits irom atate dispensary for 1905 led to the oredlt of.the school fnnd 214,626'90 , Grand total ,8870,81807 profits for 1906 1870,818 07 I profits for 1904 775,475.96 i Increase of profits 1905 over 1901 $94,842.18 < | Speed's Locals. j Iter's "Lucky Curve" fountain pen for i . at Speed's drugstore, ."Tbey work for , but feed themselves." you want to buy crepe tissue paper cheap | DAD ever UUIUtU 1U /UUI HID, |U w oyvmi - . I atore. ' leed'a Clnoo clgara are better than ever. 1 growing In favor with the bOya, We 8.000 every two weeka, tbla la proof Kb. ? those alcohol lamp* at Speed'a drag e. Hot water Id two mlnntea, can curry oor pocket, most oomplete thing you ever lot of the lataat oovela Just received at sda drag atore. r? htre the beat line of bt>ya' school and la aboea ever abown Id Abbeville. Perrln thing Co. * . ; f.i_ ' X | ^ I^Hv? \K\ It's cold, ii best of this h of the "S. M. s A t>ination that The " S. It. fit and durab: at the right ] |? is moderate i: garments.- !L I Perril \ > t i i a ' * \ WHEN WADS HAMPTON WO] Scene Of Twenty-alne Yean At Recalle d?Colonel Baeon'a Vivid ' ! Picture [C. E. M. in .Spsrtanbnrg Jonrhi A. B. Williams, gn the 29th afco rereary of the overthrow of the oai pet bag govementjrecaHs the eoenfe l the public square of Spartanburg, tt night Hampton was known to 1 Blected. The Palmetto House was! c the corner now occupied bytbe uunca Building. The telegraph offioe wu i it. Ad immense orowd was Id too Colonel John Evins recieved hoar 1 boar as the day advanced, telegraim The returns from differeot sections:ft hope. A little after sanset it was be tain, so says a dispatch from Columb democratic headquarter* that Hami ton had sorely won the day. For ? fe moments, the feeling was too de? for utterance. Thea the voice ortl crowded street was ooe great cry joy. "Hurrah for Hamton. Hurrah f< Hampton." It was not long before the throng meJ ed. Men went home to tell the wom< who bad prayed while they had wai ed;"The State is redeemed", aod moi than one woman wept. Only tta oould relieve the tension of the ps weeks. A heart throb o( joy intoi Dated tbe people. At nightfall s bonfire was kindle where the fountain now etauds.Men all degrees af life met. joined banc and circled around the blaze. A negi who bad always been a democrat, wt had been vlrtully ostracised by bis ra< wa sfairly beside himself. He^knelt I the street, and in ecstasy thankf God. He shouted until he was hoars then rolled over and over screamk in sbeecjoverpowering joy. " *- ?* ?.iu? in MnrnHnm It JI IB liUli puggjuic w iv|?v?_v. jensations of that hoar. A blood lei revolution bad been effected Mhere Lradegy bad been feared. I copy from an oldscrapbool 'Finis Coronat Opns."written by Co James T. Bacon in tbe Edgefield A< irertiser, More than one man deolarc no other editorial gave so adequate e: preaaions to the feelings of the houi Lt seems worth reprinting, "It is upon our large pnblle squar )pen and unobstrnctea save by tne tt Beautiful little park in the centr &nd the day of Waterloo is drawic to a close. This square is tbronge< jpon every foot, with red-shlrted rr< men--bold, brave, manly, genoroui food. We know them well and loi them well; and tbey are just as w represent. Yes, tbe Edgefield me whom our political enemies have sti| matiaed to the world as "Sioux, (lends, lawbreakers, ruffians, etc., etc ire bold anb brave and manly and gei ;rous, and good. Tbey will be fre ?nd therein lies their orime. n.14 They are nnea who exuiumuu wh jlory?with unbounded, unrestraine< tumultuous joy. The day has oome I their deliverance from the most dan able aud degrading yoke that ev< jailed the necks of freemen! Many < them are mounted, the majority are c . \-; r r t " ' * . ' ' * A i I ^ ' I : . ' .; Morning i ' *.. - r. ' ' ' j |... 11 1 3n't it? The only weather is to dress & S." Suits and OVi ; insures warmth ax & S." clothes are tt ility, because they a jrice " The price . A- .?au* i'a D to M a comparison with, i >et us prove this to ; ' ' : ? fS 1 ' ; v. ,r- , I I (foot. They yell, ebrlek. they sciW] ' they about, they slog they pray; the; embrace their friends, hafi their oonc ro rades, they cheer lustily for Hamptoc for Tilden, for Butler, for Gary! The charge to and fro like rackets. The stream about Id ever* eddying channel . of excitement. They are wild, crazy " buoyant as the bubbles upon th ii* created waves. And why should the: r- not be? In 4he name of God wh; n should they not be? ie If they shoot the stars and sraddl< >e the meteorg^iind leap over the moon m who could blame them? > iQ . But hark! There Is such a stornr n outburst of enthnslam, such a raglnj t. togetber-of nations of the nations, am to sUCh a conclusive pressing together o a. men and horser, as to be abeoluteh id feaffMK r The red-shirtc have diaooved Genei la aI MVQ, Butler, have torn him fron p- his horse, have elevated him upoi w their shouldrs and are hearing bin >p atound the park in a frenzy ofprid ie and love. He struggles and laughs of and shouts; and laughs aud shouts ant struggles; and finally waving his ha or ou high and joining in the songs, b submits unresistingly to muscle, atroDj It- aims, and glory, Aid now th< 10 earthquake breaks out at anothe It- Mint. . They hare .1 seized Genera e Gary, the old ."Bald Eagle," am ra are aotually flaunting him to and fr< at in the atmoerphere as one would a ban :i- ner. Andabannerbe was to then truly?a banner leading them to'vie d, tory and freedom. And uow the: of snatch.the Hon. George D. Tlllmai is from his buggy and appear to be rend ro ing him in twain. And as they bea 10 him aloft with his Roman head, hi 3e looks like a sort of Jupiterr. And nov in they elevate Dr. Hugn Shaw, and Cap -d taiu b'cott Alleu, and John C. Shep e, pard aun John K. Abney and Sberif ig Gatson. And now they dart into oui piazza and snatching up our lighi le from, shake us on high as if we wer< Is but a tassel, and cry wildly, three a cheers for the Advertiser. The soen< is glorious! It Is delightful! It Is eno1. bilng! It is worth having lived for! il. And now the twilight deepens intc i- night, and old trausparencie art >d brought forth and lighted; and th( K> musicians rise up like the blades iu r, the spring; and there Is a sound of revelry by ni^ht vloiius, violins, and p, me aauce. laejr umiw uiuu tuo uaie ked bosom of tbe MotberJSartb; thej b. dance upon the democratic platform Ie J I tbe park, tbey dance in the Masonic , ball; indeed, tbey dance upon the verj ? air? And they yell the while?that i, yell, that Mackey so glorified and 'e Chamberlain so shrank from. And e lights wave and flicker at every oorner. n And tbe tramp of horses is heard foi ?- miles around. And brave couriers " come thundering in from all our 1? precints, with tbe news that Edgefield J- is redeemed and that tbe white mac e; has come again to bis own! And tbe night deepens, but we reh Jolce without sleep or slumber. And i, the gray dawn breaks, but still w< to yell aud danoe! And Weduesday's sue i- rises in the east and we are but as gi ar anta refreshed with new wine. Anc of on we go, on, on! And to>night w< >n .1 iv??i i ' A *SP id comfort. J8 le limit of style, ire "made right 1,1 Bhoot the stars,^ straddle the! meteors y and leap the inooo! And why'should -rS i- we not? In Gode nami, why should -3 . i, we not?." y It msy now seem an extravaganza*' i y but thea it was the outponrit^r of s thankfulness, joy, victor^; echoed by :1>9 , f hundreds of the best and bravestot;$m e the State. '5 A NEW AND COMPLErE ' j [J LINE OF WATCHES I ^ JUST ARRIVED AT RYKARD^S J JEWELRY 8T0RE. THE VERY '.({j ? THING FOR A CHRISTMV8 b PRESENT. ALL SIZES AND , ' 2 r STYLES AT PRICESTHATCAN'T ; | j BE BEAT THE WORLD OVER. M o SEEING IS BELIEVING. j J. W. RYKARD. 1 L Npv. 29,1905. U I t Please don't forget (bat we carry a. moat ex- . ; J P oelient line of Hoeery for ladl?>e. men, boys I ? and girls. Price 10a Dargan's & & 10c ?tore. I ' '4Stt ! CORRECT DRESS | The "Modern Method "-system of i high-grade tailoring introduced by I L. E. Hays & Co., of Cincinnati, O., ^ satisfies good dressers everywhere. All Garments Made SfrietJy to Your Measure | at moderate prices. 500 tfcyks el foreign j and domestic fabrics froia to choose. ; 1 ReoroMntM1 by 3j I H. G. ANDERSON & CO.i. j|3 1 Abbeville, S. C*