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IB IThe Press and Banne: K Bv W. W, and W, R, Bradley. K HUGH WILSON, Editor. m' ABBEVILLE, S. C. K Jt#-Publlshed every Weduesdp at Si! I /ear In advance. | Wednesday, July 4, 1906. I A Word to the Laurent* Advertise i This week our good brother of the Laurel I Advertiser flres a broadside at the Press at |i Banner. While it would take a volume I enlarge on each division or question of 01 [ aeighbor, we shall attempt to answer. First?As to preachers, blind tigers, at others in tbe cause of prohibition. As ti I as our Information goes, the chief support the antldispensary candidates In the pa has been from drinking men, tbe friends tbe licensed barroom system, and preacbe of tbe gospel of Jesus Christ. I XI easy enouju 10 accuuui iui iuc luumo drinking men and tbe advocates of llceuh Anybody can Bee that. But tbe action preachers in trying to break down tbe prob billon which we now bave, and their goli Into the ranks of tbe anti-dispensary peop Is what we do not understand. They see to think tbat the breaking up or tbe dispe sary would bring prohibition. This cla of the best people on earth appear n to nse their reasoning faculties. They act practical matters too much as they do plrltnal matters, namely: By divine lnsp ration or personal revelation from On Hig Tbe Inspiration on spiritual matters Is pe feetly correct and entirely orthodox. B when tbe domain of politics Is entered ai tbe pnlplt bedraggles the pure and spotle eatmentH of the cbnrcb In the dl rtle known pool, tbey subject themselves critloism in whiob their Influence for goc may be Injured. A prohibitionist,we believ and we were one for a long time, believ bis position the highest, and consldeis b opinions unassailable. Keeling so tbey som times are not governed by tbat prudence < discretion for which they may otherwise I Im nuuwa. I This editor baa lived on the public squa I for forty years. In observation, and exper I enoe with tbe whiskey laws, and In perso; I al zeal for temperance he yields to no ma I living. i Oar testimony would be to tbe effect tbi Kp~: tbe dispensary law has given us le | drunkenness, and less disorder tban either 1 I eenBe, high license, or prohibition. Bellevlr I that tbe law Is the best tbat bas ever bee I devised, we shall support tbe law and vol I for those who will sustain It. We are coc I oeWed enough to believe tbat we know moi I about tbe different whiskey laws than an; body who has not bad an equal chance for o I servatlon. We know nothing of the Richland df tilling company. Oar reoollection la that tbe blind tiger i. " whiskey guzzlers and barroom men < Charleston voted for prohibition years ag We do not expect temperance reform or goo wblakey laws from any city which is dom I nated by barrooms and newspapers friendl to their cause. We know nothing of the State board i control personally. If tbe Legislature elecl tbe wrong men to this important office, tbe ix'r the members voting lor improper persor might be exoused from further service in tt I Legislature. We are not Informed, as to change of sent ment of license advocates, or their allle forces. Neither can we understand bow ten perance men can Join the advocates of 1 cense. Admitting that tbedlspensary Is evl a barroam Is certainly bad. About tbe "advocacy of tbe dispensary there might be a difference of opinion. W bonld say that It is tbe liquor men who ar opposing tbe dispensary, with tbe aid an oountenance of some good men who ai guided by Inspiration, rather than by faci and conditions as they exist on tbls globe. How honest and sincere advocates of ten perance can follow tbe lead of newspapei wblcb openly advocate bars Is beyond ot comprehension. All thlB agitation agulm tbe dispensary is lead by newspapers, wblc advocate?not temperance?but licensed bar If there is a prohibitionist newspaper maklo war on tbe dispensary, we do not know of 1 Tbe dispensary Is bad enough, but what ten temperance man is simple enough to belles that a bar room is better than anything * We are not willing to have county dlspei sarles Independent or a Sate system. W don't want local dispensaries just as tbe have In Athens. County dispensaries woul be little or no improvement on tbe old tlm barrooms. We favor the giving of a llberi salary to tbe State board of control, tbe Legislature bas not tbe backbone or I lacking In ability, to elect proper men t that position, then let tbe people demand th right to elect men themselves. Tbe peop] could not be corrupted, and they seldot make a mistake In thflr elections. Tbe pe< pie elect good treasurers, good comptrollei generals, good attorney-generals and goo governors, and our good friend at Lauren need not doubt that tbe same people wb elect good officers could electa good board ( control. The State board 1b far removei from contact with the people, an the people would do rlgbt. Personal consid eratlons would not enter. Bat we predict those who voted out tbe die pensary will vote It in again. We agree with tbe Advertiser In sayln thatcountles should have tbelr wishes re spected as to whether the Individual count sbould or should not bave a dispensary. P". 1 As a parting shot tbe Advertiser asks: "Eut doe6 Abbeville favor "Hub" as agalni Fraser Lyon? That Is tbe Issue." We contend that our respected neighbor 1 In error. This campaign, as we understanc Is run on a question of principle or polic: wbere men are merely an incident. Neither "Hub" nor Frazer Lyon is an issu in Abbeville County. "Hub" Is not a cac didate. and of course be is not a factor In tbI Issue. Mr. Lyon is a candidate for attorney general upon principles which are contrar to the well known principles oi tbe Press an Banner. We expect Mr. Lyon to vote a cording to bis convictions, and this edltc vill likewise vote bis own convictions. iv* "" * .. . Our rale Is to vote for oar neighbors, excef when special reasons exist for doing othei wise. This, we believe to be good prlnclp and good policy. In Mr. Lyon's flgbt on graft in the dlrpei sary this editor concurs; on the question < abolishing the State dispensary he dissent It Is a question of principle and not of men. Smith Dry tiootlN Co. A new and fresh line ot wash belts at tt Smith Dry Goods Co.'s store. Lovely embroideries and laces at the Smlt Dry Goods Co.'b store. White canvas Rboes are plentiful and celllc * fast atthe Smith Dry Goods Co,'b store. Lovely fans, breezy fans, windy fan6 at tt Smith Dry Goods Co.'s stoio. Centemerl kid gloves, long and short klni at the Smith Dry Goods Co.'s store. The finest Muscovado molasse at Link's. ' -Y . ' p . I'nnemiiarlly Alarnietf. We see in tlje newspapers a letter by Sena~ tor Blake in which he seems to express a fear that Abbeville county may lose farm hands _ who have overdrawn their pay, or something like that. ' .4 _ Unless the farmers on the Savannah side ? are richer thau we are in the city of Abbeville, no considerable number of them are able to advance lar?;e amounts to laborers. = The experience of peoplo in the. e parts Is, that It !h a hard scuffle to pay their debts as 8 they become due. We don't believe that any considerable ? number of farmers, or contractors, or prlu- i ters, are able to make big advances to any- j body. And we further believe lhat the vast j _ majority of those who have money to let out, j have too much sense to throw it away by c r. making advauoes to laborers. aB We hope that the Governor may not get ex- v id cited on this subject. Abbeville farmers, as a c to rule, may be depended upon to take care of j ar themselves. If necessary we could put a few ( negroes in "Hominy Pot" or in "Shuck Pen." j id Don't you lose any sleep. Governor, about j ar the formers of Abbeville county. They'll or take care of themselves, and the negroes, too. 8 st i 01 Public Bui Idlnc* I'or Grreunooil ami C rs An<l?rsou. I In the appropriations for public buildings ^ by Congress, Gieenwood comes in for SCO,- _ 000 and Anderson for $50,000. Thi<* is a great j triumph for Congressman Aiken and Senator j" Latimer. Mr. Aiken has been working on the appropriatlou*for these cities for more ? than two years and his skill In the manlpu- . lation of legislation enabled him to get them ^ S|i through the House. Its passage at the Sen- * j ate end oftbe Capitol is the good work of j Senator Latimer. Senator Latimer and Mr. ID Aiken may justly be numbered amongst those Congressmen that do things, and It Is .. this that makes them so useful and popular with their constituents. j The Press and Banner hopes that Abbeville ld may soon have the requisite population and post office business to warraut a public building. Our Congressman has fully de8t monstrated his ability to help us when the ,0 oondltlons can be compiled with. >d e. et- "Killed Like hIIok by a Car" The above beading or words with the same e- : n meaning has been quoted aacoming from a New York paper when speaking of the killing of Millionaire White by a society man re named Thaw. Th?w shot White on account l_ of his (Thaw's) wife. Q_ The killing of men on account of women D has become almost an every day occurrence, and we think that such murderers should be ft| puniBhed. By authority of either law or of B(, public opinion is a man authorized to commlt murder because of his lealousy of a 1(( member of his own family. By what methQ od of reasoning should a man be exoused for murder because his wife has been unfaithful 1 10 mm. ,e By what method of reasoning Is a man allowed to kill another because he married an k. unfaithful wife. Not one virtuous married woman in a thousand Is approached Improperly. The married woman who receives lmg. proper suggestions may well ask herself 11 she has behaved prudently. Married women who encourage Improper attentions, (and she will likely get none against her will) do not o| deserve the protection which should be accorded to virtuous women. The slayer of a j man because of his wife's Impurity Is guilty of murder, and should be so treated. Should be Aboli?hctl. We see by the newspapers that there has ol been wrong-doing by some of the employees 8 In the Columbia post office. The stealiDg or n dishonesty may be charged to the presence ol it the dispensary or to the Law and Order " League. We know that the churches are not responsible. And we do not know to whose influence this wrong-doing may be charged 1- up. But It 1s certain that the Columbia post d office ought to be abolished : i- First?Because It 1b in close proximity to c 1- the dispensary and the Law and Order y ll? League. tSecond?Because of evidences of corruption J or dishonesty, recently made publlo. r,, Third?Because we have reason to believe I that the pout office at Columbia receives dally 8 a great number of copies of the Dally Record ^ d to be passed through the malls at second g rp class postage rates. * Lfi Fourth?The reasons which call for the ex- t elusion of the Columbia Record from the post office may be found in tbeedltorlal columns ? r(i of almost every issue of that parer. B First?It without the fear of Uncle Sam or t sl any of bis post office hirelings dally prints 8 (j editorials In support of the horrid old dlspen. ^ s sary, about which we have heard so much, F ' and about whose alleged corruption nobody ? t has ever been called to account. c Second?Because its efforts to throw mud at re the investigating committee, might lead the * public to believe that the Record thought the B Investigating committee was not as good as I It should be. ? Q- All these matters should be called to the at- g * tention of Mr. Capers at once. y I >?? a a t e Make a Little Allowance. 11 While the suspicions and the hearsay evl- \[ 11 dence would make tbe management of the C 8 dispensary very bad, yet nobody has been ar- n ? rested. If a few men saw signs of evil doing t ieI In the dispensary investigation,it is equally c e I true that ten times as many men could be u found who knew of nothing wrong. Where n 3 Ave men saw wrong a hundred oould be round s r~ who saw no wrong. ^ d But liquor from any quarter Is bad. The e "" dispensary is bad and we know of nothiDg 0 which we think could be worse than a dlspensary, and that is a barroom. A few d mighty good men have been swept oil their d feet by all this howl against the dispensary, c while no notice has been taken of the fact a that opponeuts of the dispensary, as a rule. " are fighting for open bare?high licensed bar6 n at that. Fifty years ago bar keepers thought that 8 under high license, was the Ideal way of sellIng wbiskev, and strange to say, some prohi>' bltlonlsts today have gotten on the bar platform. a Jf prohibitionists are sincere they will vote >i for Bruoson. [] M If liquor men are sincere tbey will vote for r candidates who would linker with the dlsis pensary law as muc.'i as possible. 1. If temperance men are sincere they will vote for tbe strict enforcement of the dlspen- J sary law. with additional safeguards. Abbeville's Jieeilx. c Abbeville needs the Fretbjterlan High 8 y School. ^ jj Abbeville needs an Ice plant, and needs it c> badly. ^ )r Abbeville needs a new cotton mill, and J must have It.' a )t Abbeville needs a laundry. It 1b not clear J1 how we can get along without It. 1 ie Abbeville needs more dwelling houses. ? You couldn't rent one now. Abbeville needs a sanitarium, where the 2 ulnLr rn a r? ranaiv'a the* nt oH IPO I dflPnflnfl 3f "v"? '""J ?- ^ ? and the best nursing. t If one dispensary is bad, are not forty die- j pensarles worse? j ie Congress has adjourned. t ,h The candidates (or State offices have been I "doing" the lower part of the State. Up to '6 this time we are not informed as to the pro- S 1 gre^s, or l*ck of progress, any candidate is 16 making on the highway to office. a, < The dispensary is bad, but a bar Is worse. i jo If the State dispensary Is bad, how many Ioouniy dlspensarlei must we have to improve fl the condition? I \ TJD3E MACJKAY'S THANKS Iff TOWYATT AIKEN kn Eloquent Lelter in appreciation -* of an IncreHNe In liis Mexican War Pension. The Stale. The Slate Bureau, 1417 G Street, N. WM Washington, July 1. Judge Thomas Jelferson Mackey has )een formally notified of aD increase u his pension for services in the Mexcan war. Now the judge is appreciate of the services of those who have :outributed to this consummation of lis hopes, aud the eloquent pen which le wields on many occasions reminds me of the still greater and still more nspiring eloquence of his tongue. Concerning this pension, he writes tepresentive Wyatt Aiken the followng letter: "I have just returned to this city ifter a week's absence and received inder your frank a copy of the law inireasing my pension from $12 On to ;20.0<> per month. Jiut for your kind iftices, so considerately volunteered in , uy behalf, this timely bencfact'on vould never have been conferred upon yg ne. And be assured, dear sir, that ny gratitude is enhauced by the relection that it has come to me in the lay of my need through a represeutaive worthy of my native State, whose >rave ami honorable kindred have jver proved true to South Carolina, vhether S;ate or province, bond or rpp in war and in neace: aud in a " renal period and throughout great >olitical vicissitudes kept the whiteness >f their souls untarnished. Believe ue, dear sir, ever." K. F. I>. Carrier* to Hnve Vacation A ' Beginning with July 1st all rural ree delivery carriers will be entitled I o two week* leave of absence on full ia( >ay. Several of the South Carolina (.0< lelegation have been urging thisprovis- m! on, bills having been introduced along his line by Messrs. Aiken, Lever, th Patterson, and I suppose the others, ni They and others have been dingdong- its ng after this thing until finally the :ommittee itself put it into the bill th ind it is now law. Some of the South gii Carolina members have been getting a Gf lumber of letters from rural free de- 1 iuery carriers asking about this mat- w er, so many they say that they have )een unable to answer them. . m Zach McGhee. ht th Prewbj-terial High School for Abbe- jj, ville. yv Is It to be, or not to be ? all This depends on certalu conditions. ca As a citizen of Abbeville, who ban the best nterests 6f the town and community at leart, I wish to contribute some Influence tr 0 belp make real this worthy enterprise. q( It la generally understood that $10,000 and , 1 site, will he necessary In order to give us a easonable hope of securing this Institution. Of rbat amount has notyet been raised, but can ind will be, 11 the necessary effort Is made. y There will be a called meeting ol South CI Carolina Presbytery on July 19, to decide CO his whole question, at which meeting the at peclal Committee, appointed by Presbytery o take Into advisement tbe establishing a ne ilgb School or Academy, will submit Its re- th ort. nr Refnre this date. Julv 19. we must all Dut 5. mr shoulders to the wheel, ami be ready to ls >ut Into the bands of the Pnesby terlal Com- of nlttee tbe bona fide otter ol $10,000 and a good Pf. He. V' .Some reasous why you should contribute ". o thlR fund: 1. Because It will bring far more money to be town and County than we contribute to eoure the school. All properly any where m, iear the school will certainly Increase In tai ralue. e|t 2. Because It will help to bring an Instltuion here that will increase tbe culture and eflnemeDt of our society; and make this bo lready delightful town, a more pleasant and lellghtlul place to live. 3. Because it Is the cheapest way to educate m< our boys and girls. Let us reason a little: mi luppose, by leaeon ofan Imagined Inability ar( ogive S40<>, y.tju lose this opportunity and all to get the school located here. ttD You have, say, six children to educate, pu 'wo of them are ready to go off to school ' ome where next year, and must go. It will ostyouuot less tnan J200 each, or (MOO lor 111 iotb;and this is for only one year. If thev th< o three years, you will have paid out $1200, r nd the other children are growing up In gnorance, because you are not able to seud hem. of' Now suDDose vou eive $400 and secure th'a i chool, and send all elx ol your children the ull three years course. The tuition lor all Ix for three years will only be $720. Add 1 his to your 8-100 contributed to get the school, nd It will be lesB than It cost you to send . mly two of your children away from home. l'ou have thus, by this liberal, far sighted c lollcy, made a good contribution to a noble ause and educated all six of your children,? ? , grand work for God, of which you will never oi ease to be proud. let Now Is the time when It will pay to b? c^j pise, and folly to be foolish. n 4. Because It Is for a worthy cause. It Is J sacred cnuxe, a religious cause, for the nink- tei ng of better men and women, whose lnflu ] nee may be felt, for good In the world In ears to come. If you yourself never get any 8* ood out of It, others will. " And this Is the highest and loftiest reason. j9 { t is for the Christian Education ofour youth. . nd a grander Incentive never Inspired you De o give of your substance. ter Next to the church Itself, our greatest need ?, not mere cotton mills, nor banks, nor . . ulnlture factories and work houses, but 1" Christian Schools, which blessing this com sic aunlty.I believe, has never yet enjpyed. ci^ 8bail we be so stupid and short-sighted as , o lose tb is splendid opportunity, which Is iow so near our doot? ha In short, if we contribute enough to secure 8pt his proposed Academy, It will be a decided ipllft for our people Intellectually, morally, 8?' oclully and financially. gn Let us all come to the mass meeting next eV( ilooday, and If there Is any good In this nterprlse let us have it soi J.C. Sblve. th< r th( da Do you understand bow a temperance man an Join the license crowd In this fight j gainst the dispensary ? If you understand 1, please tell ua how a sincere temperance ^ nan can Join the license crowd. r tb( Cruel. ^ Greenville News. wt By all means Invite Col. Lumpkin to speak p.} t the Sandy Springs meeting. Certainly , euator Tillman would Dot object to partlclDg In a joint debate with blh opponent. It CU 5 not loo late to exiend the tbe InvlalalloD 9 Ibc Colonel, and no doubt he Is waiting to , ecelveone. 1 ? P'i A handsome Metal Hat lack, with a mirror center is cbi >eing given away atDargan's th] > and 10c Store now, and you an* hould try to secure one. ^ rhe plan is simple. You get ] vith each CASH purchase of 0 cents at this store one lit- ibt le check with a number on 'or t. We give away Two thous- arJ ind of these little tickets, ind when we have given all ^5 >f them away, then we open for he Seal, under which is the lumber that calls for the Hat sib lack, and if your number is 8h| he one, why present it and wb ve will give you FREE of JJ*1 iharge one of these hand* tbt ome racks. nn* tinlret. with flvfirv 10 lents that you spend with us. IU(^ If you "want wbat you want" go to Speed's fn_ )rug store you will tind it. ^ as If you warit the paint and all that goes tbe t urtbest ana Btays tbe longeBt go to Speed's )rng Store. &?< t fc Smith Dry G )r the Next Two Weeks wc p ness by making Special Sis following Seasonable Ladies and Children White C.'n Ladies Muslin Underwear. Ladies White Shirt Waist. Ladies Neckwear. Children's Parasols. Ladies Ileady-made Skirts. White Canvas Belts. White lied Spreads. Colored Muslins and Floral I)i The above mentioned goods a] Big Reduction in Price. Ear lues. The Smith Dr I John E. Dantzl HOME BUJERS. * var abr Town Ih Known By The W omen In Q it. anc tear Women:?T don't call you auj lies. God made the women. The ok-lady and the scrub-lady were .rl ide afterwards. t. You love the town of your birth, or {r( e town of your adoption. You magfy its advantages, and you belittle y I disadvantages. No woman is half of a woman unless . ere is engraven upon the looking ? ass of her mind that patriotic motto local progression. ^ "My town first; other towns after- A ,, ards." Jut You are the owners of your town. nf ull 1 ao may iuiuk uc io uu?aivu- . ! can survey, but be isu't. J He who would beard the lion in his ?n; who would press his finger upon . e button of trade, that business may , ngle when be connects the wires; ~ ho would smoke his cigar before the y'fl l-ready-to-smoke mouths of many in^ nuon; dares not face bis wife-of-over * year, wearing the second pair of *ro ousers made by the tailor who does ,u >t fit to suit her. ,nc The mother of creation is the buyer ' creation's necessities. ep* Without depreciating the great me- a"' lanical and financial interests of the iuntry, I will make the surprising mu id yet positively true statement, veri- lov' id by the unimpeachable statistics of co' e world, that the larger part of the ' oduct of the earth, and of machinery, ' intended for the inside and outside the human body, and is used in the ouomy, comfort, and luxuiy of home- jf ^ing. 08DI Woman controls the family. She is CBD< e queeu of the home, the home tbe aker or the home breaker, tbe cap- wiii in of the house, and the naturally ti ?cted buyer. dorn Woman uot man hold9 trade iu the no llow of her hand. looy Eighty per cent, of the advertise- ihe juts in your newspapers, iu your pow igaziut-s, and in your family papers, l6 i written for the eyes of w< mau, and new nouuceiroods used by woman and sjDC rchased by women. if ^ The woman buys for herself, for jor), c children and for every member of do D i household. it L'he woman of your town, not the a D, jn of your town, make the business a8 d your town. re8p Within the woman is the power to |Dle| ike or break the town. theu Jnless the town be merely a subur- C0UI u bedroom, its character is reckoned tbe its business. cbai show me the business street of a not, vn.and I will tell you the sincerity Hent its churches, the size of its librar- 8U,j i, the breadth of its schools, and the eeDl aracter of its people. folic The business street is the giant ar- lhel y of the system of progression. Hud [n local home-business is local pro- haV( 69810U. CftDQ Where there is local business there 0iig* ivaiIable|money for belter churches, Tt tter libraries, better schools and bet- you everything. canc Annihilate local business, or stunt wm i growth, and there comes a depres- Xb >n that depresses everything even to e. b Miization. 0r h Would you, as representative women, ln ,t ve your town satisfactory to your 01 ves. satisfactory to your visitors, lopi od enough for your children, so pro- dlda >ssive, so pleasant, so filled with )st8 ery needed advantage, that your Ihe j 39 can afford to make the town of. eir chiitinooa tne nome-iowo oi i iir life and business, and your Tb ughters may not be driven across iis' an ? rders in search of husbands? [n your hands rests the fate of your bave ft'U. metl \8 you will it, so will it be. The business of your town makes If i town and you make the business. b Let your local duty be your first Dewi ty. There can be no second duty, rHnc jile the first duty remains uuattend- Hlg to. . 8)ze There cannot be business without tl stomers. ^ fou are the customer. horS( Don't go to the distant city a-shop- Mr jgora-buying unless necessity de- 0(|0| inds. iive your local stores the first h)8V iDCe- BWttL 'f your town is half-way decent, ?re is very little of necessity, and J almost as little of luxury, which u cannot buy at home at big-city Asi ces. lbeJ Don't for a moment think that J ,Jj8 a juld be so foolish as to say it is a of tb -man's duty to buy every thing at lhal j local store, unless it pays to do so, KeHle I am aware that there are excep- Ke, itional towns where the local stores Ke, i not worth patronizing; but I know, Ue, ill experience, that in ninety per He, it of the local towns of fair size, lt ( i stores carry goods good enough becb auybody, not perhaps in confusing 1)am rlety, but in sullicient number to pre8i' isfy the reasonable demands of sen- nol j le people. tbe , )id it ever occur to you that the dent >ddy woman of shoddy style, who toac'( itewashes her gingerbread that her ighbors may think she has frosted ce. is sometimes the oue who makes ! biggest fuss about shopping, and A v 10 often (-pondsthe most, and gets|(;tve, i least for her money ? Really sht"t.ftl C( rks harder in getting jid of her mani >ney than in getting it. woul( ifou have a duty to perform, and Wh0 it duty is for you to support your vu from progrefesive moti\es as well from selfish motives- Wb f your local stores don't carry the Ih it I )ds you need, the chances are it is it t " , \ ootk Company ropose to liven up busilughter Prices on the ? Merchandise. nvas Oxford Ties. osigns in Imported Eoleines. re high class Merchandise ly buyers will get the best y Goods Co. er, Manager. ir fault, not theirs. They cannot ird to carry good things in great iety if you spend your dollars oad and your cents at home. live your stores the opportunity, 1 they will give you the goods, pend your money in a distant city, 1 all you will receive are thv goods i buy. Spend it in your town, and fill come bark to you; not only in goods you buy, but in better ;ets' better frchools, and better ry thing. pend your mone.y away from home i you only receive back the princi Spend your money al home, and i get back the principal aud fevering interest. lead your local paperp. It's yotlr y to know what is going on about i. lead the advert isemeuts of your lostores. Ceep posted on the business of youi /r, as well as upon the social funens. lany a good thing is lo.-t to the man who does not regularly read i advertisement.". 'atriotism is not all in rallying und the flap, in the (one of th*mpet, or in roll of the drum. All ise things glorify, but the l.rillianof the halo of their glory is dependupon the background of hard rty. lo long as there is money there ist be business, and the busines of u /n is the maintaining element ot nfort and progress. 'he town is yours. Vhat are you going to do with it ? The State Campuitiit. any body doubtn the orcei-Hity foraStflte molon u'licra I ho nonnlo ninv mppt thp ilidaioei face lo lace, be has only to read accounts of these meetings hb printed i the editorial comment In the headings. >e campaign meetings have completely e away with rule by newspapers, and It Is wonder that dally newspapers should : with disfavor upon any movement for continuation of a system, by which tbelr er may be curtailed. it the reader call lo mind how often the spapers have r< fl&ctcd put lie sentiment e the appearance of Tillman on the stage ley have been In- sympathy with the may of the people In a slif?le Instance, we ot now recall the lact. Is true, however, as we believe, that quite jmberof country newspapers think Just o the great dallies. We have too much eel for the sense, the manhood and the grlty of the city newspapers to charge n with taking tbelr positions from the ltry press. The fact that great minds In newspaper business run In the same inel is no disparagement to either. But vithstanding the similarity or oneness of Iment bj a number of the press, the fact remains that they do not voice, or repre, the public sentiment. The city press In iwing In the wake of the country press in fight against the dispensary will no doubt at the close of this campaign that they b lost Ju?t as they have done in every palgn since Tillman began to fight the ireby. le dispensary will be on top, and don't loreet what we say. The much esteemed 11 dates who are sitting astride tbe fence be left there, high aud dry. e honest and sincere prohibitionist, Joel runson, will be mortified at the treachery Is prohibition friends when he finds them le liquor camp. course those prohibitionists wbo are true Jnciple will vote for the prohibition cante. But some of these same probibltlonseem to be leading the dally press Into icecse camp. e C.-I. man was made happy Monday by Id friend, J. W. Durrance, wbo presented 1th a tine, large watermelon. We ate it a rellftb.as It was one of toe finest we ) tasted In many a day, and we take this aod of thanking Mr. Durrance for ho lly remembering us.?Courier-Informant, ow, Fla. tbe Press and Banner hod been "made >y by an old friend, J W. Durrance," this spaper would have said: "J. W. Dure Is one of the best farmers In FlorldH. cash pile Is only equolled In size by the of bis watermelons. His daughters are prettiest young ladles In tbe State, ills os step higher and trot faster than any b it) this neck of the woods." Hnrrono ilnocn't r>Qro ohnnt vnn* [ thanking him. He wanted you to tell readers some fact about his prosperity, fell Improved farm, bis Jersey cow,or the op land wblcb be bad reclaimed. ('resident of llrxltlnc. uniing that Dr. F. Y. Pretoly will accept ['residency of the Theological Seminary, ctlon will create a vacancy In the chair e President of Ersklne College. To All vacancy we have heard some names sugd. Mentioned alphabetically they are : f. M. 15. Urier, of v. E. B. Kennedy, of Abbeville. f. J. S. Moltatt. of Chester. v. I). (J. Phillips, of Atlanta. las been suggested, If a layman should oseu that Hon. J. H Miller,of BlrmlcgAla., would make a most acceptable dent, the only fear being that be would eave a profitable law practice to accept lalary which Is paid to Ersklne's preslIt would be impossible for th's editor :ept the place. We are rebtlng now. Where They Stand. oter Iiiim aski.'il the Press and Haulier to Fpuce to candidates to dt-Hnu their polllijiivictlons. The space is at theirecmI, and we have no doubt that ihe people d be ^l?d to hear from any caudidate may have an} tliiDg to say. o Is It thai is leading this liquor tight? liceuse advocates, or la it prohibition, or emperauce people ? \ For Eigl We have beei ECONOMISE and we have sold a lot of the: ever selling a grate or back f< speak a whole volume for th< like to try one? We will gi be perfect or replace it. Th square ovens and full trimme Well, see us about it anyhow BE ON TIME Every time, and use a Ice Cream. No risk of being caught! without dessert if you have a I >- . . . ...A l Peerless iceiana Freezer Never turns hard. After turning the crank three minutes open the freezer and you find smooth, delicious, firm ice cream. ' I Are.t^e (aye tneu.^ Thetff inadc themfoo, WlTSl^ tbem^sweanb; other b (BISK Garden Hose, Water Preserving Kettle; We are agents for " r?_ii n ID bill U Abbeville Hs BREIH, New B CAKES, CANDY and Be Sure and and see my n hunch which is run MILK SI To the Que CI Qrl All Havanah and Best that a J. W. BRI * New Store above SOUTHERN THROUGH ? EVERY DAY A! High-Back Coaches, Drawing-Room ? Southern Sai Finest Cars. I Covenient Schedules For full information, consult any R. W. HUNT, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, 8. C. j } 4 . ^ it Years i selling the r STOVES A in too, but we cannot recall )r one of them. Don't this sir durability ? Would you larantee every STOVE to ey are full nineteen inch d. Haven't got the money? \ We can fix that for you. , Just Opened up Another Lot of the Keyless Fly Fansi You know these are solid for the Table. There is no more '"Shoo Ply" when you use one of these. / Nickle Plate! Base and Adjustable Wings. rJ 4 ' iY JIUVJLrv* ?riteT tools 'of^goo^^wort^ rand' aU. whomever tuscd /Ithan. You^canYfus? id if youfwaat tojdoMhe^^^HH bd^Work. LS. BATcrcrs.\^^^HHHBH LCtb, Coolers, Oil Stoves, s, Fruit Jars. SPALDING" Base rOOds. irdware Co. J AHN'S C^L JrV. JL I BREAD THE BEST. j I ;; Call Around iew .... Counter | . up-to-date. IAKES en's Taste. 4.RS ? - t Domestic Goods m be had. CIHAHN, McKee's. RAILWAY. 5ERVICE. LL THE WAY. ileepers, and i lway Dining Cars. 'astest Time. i on local Trains. Southern Railway Agent, or BROOKS MORGAN, Asflt. General Past-enger Agent, Atlanta, Ga. /