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The Press and Banner! 6v W. W, and W, R. Bradley. HUGH WILSON, Editor. . ' - ABBEVILLE, S. C. , W-Pnbllshed every Wednesdp at, 82 a year In advanoe. Wednesday, July 18, 1906. lnkliiiKN<~ .It has been suggested to us that Abbeville seeds an opera house. It has also been suggested, If our people would sell their oolton mill stocfc, and re-luvest the money in a new cotton mill, such an additional enterprise could be had for this city. It has also been suggested to us that the owner of the K. of P. hall ought to finish it. Mr. J. 8. Norwood contemplates establishing an Ice factory in connection with a cool yard. It has alio been suggested that Mr. Norwood will start a laundry. Hon. F. B. Gary is building an elegant home on tbe Due West street. Mr. J. C. Ellis has bought a part of Mr. Haddon's lot. , The warehouse company have bought land adjoining their house and fronting on Cabell avenue, extending to the street in front of r Mr. Klrbs's home. 300 feet at 310 a foot. If Mr. Norwood establishes his ice factory, as now contemplated, another warehouse may be built at tbe Southern depot. R*' The Associate Reformed Presbyterians may offer their pastor a month's vacation. This In order tbat tbe members themselves may have a vacation, too, in which time they may repay tbe visits of members of other cougre- 1 gatlons who have honored them by a visit. Mr. W. T. Bradley went to Atlanta Monday, ' to consult a physician. Mr. W. R. Bradley has moved into his new house. I It ie said that Mr. Harland Freest contem- 1 plates moving to Abbeville. 1 Tbe price of land has advanced so much In Abbeville that everybody Is afraid to sell or set a price on bis lots. K* Mr. W. H. Long is enlarging bis bouse, and will put iu eight additional glus in time for ginning tbls season's crop of cott<~n. lie ex- ( pects to run twelve gins. He will tben gin { and pack your cotton without your having to | E?jV wait. The Due West railroad seems to be up in the air just now. We'll let you know when It comes down. I , Hon. Wyatt Aiken came home last week. * After working faithfully in Congress, be will rest a few days, after which he will go to repairing and building his politicaj fences and 1 rubbing out bis competitor's constructive tracks. 1 . > Mr. Thomson is now at work on his store, extending tbe rear end of It. Tbe new front L?i will make tbe building a thing of beauty. Mrs. H.P. Mcllwaine has rented a part of her house to Mr. Robert Simmons. , . Mrs. Klrby Is away from home with her i daughter Miss Eva Klrby, wbo has been for a i month sick of fever In Spartanburg. She is better now and ber mother will come home. Everybody is glad to see Mr. L. T. Miller on tbe street again. He bad a close call with a spell of fever which kept him away from his plaoe of business for a month. No better man than L. T. Miller could be found. Good of heart, strong of character, prosperous Id baslnees. Patriotic and public eplrlted he lovea the town Id which be lives, aud his liberality always gives good things a push. Work on the round bouse of the S. A. L. progresses daily, and the railroad will have a jlm dandy structure when it Is finished, and wo hope the contractor, Mr. Frederic Alin ball, may make a fortune on it. Every mechanic and all the laborers are busy, and you can't hire one lor love or money. Try It. The town council, with the concurrence of the lot owners, are putting down some nice aldewalks. Cement concrete makes the best Bldewalk In this part of the world. Mr. Lnclan Douglass has opened a ten pin alley, where good people may take healthful exercise in rolling the balls at the pins thai stand at the other end of the alley. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Link have been for a month making their home in the house with Dr.Gambrell. Mrs. Link wishes to read the beat book dow Id print on the subject of Mex lean mIsslonB, and she shall have the opportunity to do so. Rev. G. G. Parkinson, editor of the Asso-. elate Reformed Presbyterian, has been called to tbe bedglde of bla sick mother In Tennessee. Mr. A. F. Calvert has returned from a trip to New York. We are Dot Informed If our old special friend found blm, but we have no doubt that be was found. The State Press Association Is now Id session at tbe Itle of Palms. We salute tbe ' brethren, and wish them all the possible pleasure and profit. Our representative, Mr. W. R. Bradley, will meet tbe brethren. General Hemphill is off for tbe meeting of tbe State IJress Association. PRETTY GROCERY STORE. i The Best ofGoodn in the Best of .sty lex and Sbsprs. Next to Messrs. L. T. & T. M. Miller's store is tbat of A. M. Hill's & Sons, and both are beauties, and each excelsaloug different lines. ova In f.hartp KtnrpR nifirfl Irinriu nf canned goods tban any of which tbe most famous Bible dreamers ever rc-luted visions. TblDgs from bakeries to eat wbich are sweeter 1 and better tban tne manna which tbe Father < of us all prepared In bis culinary department , and spread on tbe face of tbe eartb as If It was a great table at wnlcb bis favorite chll- < dren mlgbt feast. Tbe great multitude wblcb dined on manna without fee or price luxuried . In tbe love and the generosity of Him lrom whom cometh every good and perfect gilt. 1 There people sat down in tbe grass to eat. 1 Not so with customers at Miller's and Hill's j stores. They are amazed at the style, tbe sweetness and tbe beauty of such things as < meet tbe eye; while vbe temptation to buy is < great, tbe price is so small that a customer at i one ol these stores leels that he is being catertalned free of cost with a lot of good cheer ( anil warmth added. i In tbe store of the Messrs, hill Is a new and , splendid refrigerator, where things are kepi oool and sound despite tbe hot weather. Tbe refrigerator cools ibe goods, while tbe Messr*. Hill, by tbe radiation of warmth and good cheer from tbelr own hearts, Imparts a responsive warmth in the hearts and minds of their customers. In the store of the Messrs. Millor Is to bp foand tbe place where originated the Idea of 1 making tbe array of sweetmeats and groce t rles attractive to tbe eye and pleasing to ibe , eight. In their counters and 6belvesaredraw- \ eri, boxes and all sorts of receptacles for keep- J ing and showing?for tempting aDd for selling i goods ?nice things. A nice store, lull of nice goods, can supply all the demands of trade. When polite and fquaredealingclerks < wait on you. you are glad lor the opportuo- ( lty of reducing your surplus cash. And , when tbeee same clerks are bossed by a machine that counts tbe receipts, makes a note of goods sold on credit, and bas an eye to cash collections, you know that for both customer and owner all is well In that store. If you "want what you waut" go to Speed's' I Drug Store you will find it. < Link will surely save you money on fruit iars. The finest hams and breakfast bacon, each one guaranteed. S. J, Link, I' ? Dioptnion. 11 is reauy iu uuousc jio next week, if convinced. Fools and dead men do not change tbeir minds, and It is a Ju11 man who declares that tie learns nothing with the passing of the years. The only question with us Is to be right. While we would not knowingly or willingly give Just cause of offense to anybody, yet we do our own thinking and do it in the open, without reference to whether our opinions are popular or unpopular. While we appreciate the endorsement or approval of good men, yet if we should strike the popular current, we instlnctly set ourselves to enquiring if we are not wrong. If we have not expressed an opinion of passing events, it is because of our lack of feeling as to their importance. As far as we know ourselt we have no concealments. Lets Have So Concealnient*. if any candidate lor any office is afraid to announce bis position in certain and positive terms, the people ought to ?ee that otheis speak out. This is a Democratic county, and the people are the rulers. Those candidates who favor prohibitions should say so, aud it Is the duty ol al 1 prohibition voters lo vole for prohibition candidates. Ifany candidate favors the dispensary, let him say so. And then those voters who favor the dispensary should vote for him. If any candidate is opposed to the dispousary, let those who oppose the dlsnensarv vote lor him. Abbeville County wants no dodgers, aud tbe candidates should reluse to take votes under a misapprehension. Let no man go to tbe Legislature without as fully fair and unmistakable expression ot opinion. Jf the candidates now In the field are for tbe dispensary, they are good enough tor friends of the dispensary. If uny are opposed to tbe dispensary, they are good enough for such voters as oppose the dispensary. But the matter which we think of impor" tauce Is to have enough candidates-for the Leglfclature who will support ibe Legislature, This Is a campaign of principle?no! of men ?and every voter s houId vole according to his convictions. This editors convictions favor ibe Slate dispensary, and he shall vote for such candidates as favor the dispensary or It Is, with better laws for Its enforcement. If there are enough men for tbe Legislature who are in favor of the dispensary, ibis editor will make up his ticket from them. Tbe same rule will govern him in his vote lor all officers from coroner to governor. We want no doubtful condldate, or fence straddler. A fence straddler is less deserving of our vote than the candidate who has a principle and is not afraid to say so. We would sooner vote for an opponent than for one whose con vlctlous are unknown. When a candidate will not state bis portion you can safely guess that be 1b against you. .NextSa'turday la the last day for tiling pledges. We hope to see a full set ol lude" pendent outspoken candidates. You're Sure to Get W? II. Dr. James C. Hill, was recently graduated from Baltimore Medical College without loss jf time, and without a great flourish ol trumpets comes home, and will henceforth jive the best attention to those of his friends who seek his advice about getting well, oue ;ood thing about his practice is that be bus the benefit ol his father's advice, aud this advantage will be ol benefit alike to him aud to His patients. Some may dodge the lawyer, libers may avoid the presence of the preach 3r, but eacb of us in turn must fall Into the naudsof tbe doctor. II any man seeks to es :ape from the doctor, the coroner aud the aadertaker will get him later. You couldn't [all Into better bandB than Dr. JamesC. Hill. lU'imiriiif; a Store. Mr. Uingun Thomson is extending his store, some twenty-five feel, and when lhwl part of tbe work le finished be will take out Lbeold (rout and put in u new and elegant plate blasts front. When this work Ih finished >*ir. i iioujsou wm nave one 01 iuu mecn stores la town. Mr. Tliomsou 1b a good business inun, popular with Ills customers and ieserves to live In the large and commodious jtore which he will have. I>r. lioyce on Kdncntion nml .lll?siuns Dr. James Boyce of Due West was In town rbursday, going dowu to see his kinsman. Hou. W. P Wldemau. The Doctor in enLhusiaslic on the subject of the improvement of the Due West Female Cohere. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Klrseyare home agnln visiting her mother, Mrs. Martin. Old friends are always glad to see them. This time they bring their pretty daughters, Miss Nellie ana Miss Eva who have nearly reached womanhood. the i'ucln iii lllf i'uhl*. The esteemed Abbeville Press aud Banner, replying to rue Lauren* Advuitser, savs Hint It Kuovs,s nothing about the Klchland LMsttillng Company. We do. We kuow mat it is owueU lu'the main by whole-sale iealers lu whiskey who live in Baltimore ?ud other clues outside ol South Carolina and that it sola to the State Dispensary about [>ne million dollars worm 01 liquor lu about aue year. The Richland Distilling Company lias more at stake lu tue perpetuation ol the State Dispensary than all other interests combined, except, ol course the bauded trailers who arc its agents. Instead ol disiroyiug ilio whiskey business, ttie State l>ic.yensaiy simply look it out ol' I lie hands ol natives una put U In the bauds ol outside whiskey dealers. The Press ana Banner also says: "Our recollection is that tue blind tigers, whiskey guzzlers and barroom men of Charleston voted for prohibition years ago. We do not expect temperance relorm or good whiskey laws from any city which Is douiiuated by barrooms and newspapers friendly to their cause." '1 he Press aud banner liad better not trust to us recollection. Tue oniy time Chai lestou has ever voted directly on the prohibition questiou, iu 1892, the vo^e whs overwhelming against prohibition, lu 189s Mr. Featherstone curried Charleston against Governor Ellerbe but iess than halt the vote ol the county was polled (less than 2,000 ) At tbat time, the metropolitan police system was over the town and Charleston would have voted against any governor who permuted the existence or that outrage. In ilHHJ there whs no metropolitan police and the race was between Mr. McSweeney, dlspausary.aud the late Col. J. A. Hoyt, prohibitionist, aud also au antl-Tillmaulle. Charlestou voted McSweeney, 3,174, Hoyt, t)73?or at the rale ol nearly five to one against State prohibition. Furthermore, any rational and Intelligent man in Charies'on will tell the Press Press uud Bauuei .hat the county is against prohibition now and In lavor ot the dispensary as between the two. Having innocently but wholly misstated the facts, let us see w.hether the Press and Banuer will set Its readers straight by reprinting this.?i^aurens Advertiser. The Advertiser states the facts as we understood them belore, except that I had no thought of the metropolitan police. I did not recall the particulars as to Mr. FeatherBtone's race. Of course nob idy knows better than the Press and Bautier that neither Charleston nor any other treat city Is In favor ot prohibition. They are solidly against State reKtraluts on the traffic In liquor. The prohibitionists are foun^l In the country district#. uTbe license men and a majority of the anti-dispensary people are fouud In the towns and cities. Our testimony would be that in this county, we have reason to believe that the bulk of Col. Hoy t's vote when he ran for Governor same from men who either drank liquor, op posed the dispensary because oi its restrictions, or who favored the license system. Of course, the Press and Banner*could name very few voters whose position we know, but we do know.or believe from information that we have no reason to doubt, that men who Irank liquor and favored the license system furnished a majority of votts for the prohibition candidate. As to setting the readers of the Press and Banner right, our frleud of the Laurens Ad" vertUer need have no doubt. This newspaper has no concealments. It has no pride We Art! All ol' Out' .Hind. I Webolievo there In ni> division of sentiment unions Hie candidates In ibis County All favor the dispensary, except those wb< are prohlbltlonisls in fact and in principle On the liquor question prohibitionists hav< no choice of candidates for the Legislature If they vote at all for members they must bi like other people, and go along with thi crowd. Hut when It comes to voting for Uoverno the prohibitionists will be unspeakable hap py in casting their ballet for Joel 10. lirunsou Of course Mr. Hrunson knows that ther Is scarcely a handful of prohibitions in th State, but he knows that whiskey drinker? saloon ad vocates.and some others have vo'es Mr. BruDHOD will get more votes than hi friends are counting on. If all the barroon or license men opposing tb? dispensary vol for him he will be in the second race. If Mr Urunson commands the anti-dispensary vole as we have reason to bt Have that he will, h will head the ticket on the first primary, am at the second primary, either Mai.nlng o Blease will beat him out of his boots. Let the Laurensvllle Advertiser take not of this prediction. A very considerabl number of anti dispensary votes In dlfferen parts of the State are obliged to vote fo Hrunson or else v^te against their principle If a man favors the dispensary, he Is for th dispensary and lie needn't try joflne an split straws. He is either a prohibitionist, license man, a dispensary advocate or a anti-dispensary man. U is liquor or prohlbl tion. Dispensaries are bad. Har rooms ar worse. The crowning evil Is fie? liquor o prohibition. DEATH OF MRS. GILMER, tiip i.iirlit and Central Figure of ! Home Circle Hhm <ione Out. After an Illness of Reveral weeks Mri Susan Gilmer widow of the late John Gilmei died at her home In the city oi AbbevilU July ft. 190f?, ag"'l fiftv-five years. Mhe leave lour children, Misses Marvt Willie and Bettl Lou and one young mod, Irwin. Mrw. Gilmer also leaves two sisters, Mrt J M. Campbell of Greenville, Mrs. W. L. Mc Cord and one brother, Mr. H. O. Stevenson <i this city, and an aged mother in the nlnetj first year of her ttge. After religious services conducted by Kev J C. Shlve ihe body was laid to rent In Uppe Long Cane Cemetery where so many of he relation" had preceded her to the grave. Mrs, Gilmer's husband died fourteen year ago, ieavlug her an.i her little children with out his aid and without the support ot hi strong arm In the battle of llie. Bravel; she met the privation^and discouragement wblcn only people In her circumstance could understand or appreciate. Ju III dealt) ofMra. Gilmer her chi dren are or phatiH indeed. Mrs. Gilmer's real worth and persona VlFirts are best attested and best proven bj the elt'orts and bearing of her children win are an honor to their mother, and worUi; of the heart fell sympathy and go. d will o all men Their brave tight aeaiust odds ha beeuagood one. And in their lives the show forth the g?od qualities and the nobl .u. - |. tm)!8 OI a Illlliur I vv iiltu ? <- rAciuiM.uvu II her children. "Blessed nrc the pure In h> art. Tlie mother w bo has just gone to her horn beyond the stars left a beneuictlon toohlldrei who have met the responsibilities of life will a couraee and determination that command the admiration of all. Good minds have dl reeled willing heprts and have been read 'o meet ibeir circumstances ,lu Cbristiai fortitude and in womanly graces. 1 he bereave ! family have the sympathy of all who knt w her. CHARMED LIFE. Knuauay Horn***. I'pset HiiicicI?'m. him I.i'atl In tlie Brain Cau'i Kill Him. Mr- Albert B Hamlin, Jr., of this city, bn an experience which is not parallelled ti this country. Several years a?o, while drlv Ing, his borne took fright, run, smashed th huggy, and Net him down violently on hi head. Doctors>iud kindred were soon wit him but they did not see how he could r< cover. But he held on to life, and wan Auh ly victorious. He regained his former heait and was employed iu the shops of the Abbt ville cotton mill. He afterward went to Augusta, Ga., wber he went into the stock business with his ol neighbor in Abbeville, Mr. T. W. Morton, Business was moving on all right, wbe: the firm came to the conclusion that the <0<J<10H<1 low murp liurscs or mule* lu thel stable or stockyard. Mr. Hamlin went I BowllDg Green, Ky., to buy the desired an mills, and while mere be was found lu one c the parks with a bullet In his brain. Th first news come that It wan suicide, and the: it seemed like murdet. Dally a corpse wa expected In Abbeville. But, in this case a Id tbt runaway sctape, Mr. Hamlin agree? bly disappointed h'.s friend*. He had no finished his work on earth, and he resolve to gel well, and so li is, he Is now with lb old folks at home. The bullet haB been lc cated by Xrays. It Is not far from the ear. After his experience, It would seem tba Mr. Hamlin's Is a charmed life. A life lha s safe against accident or misfortune, an that be need take out. no Insurance. Afte bis perilous experiences be deserves to live hundred j ears. He 1ft perhaps ttie only mai alive today In South Carolloa who has a bu let In his brain. His friends expect to se nlm perfectly well and all right in a shot time. It Is said that the removal of the lea< Is contemplated as soon as he Is able for th operation. If a layman's opinion was askec we certainly should say that this is a case fo letting well enough alone. It Is a questloi which Is worse iu the brain?lead or doctori probes. NEW CHURCH. The Colored Presbjlerians Occuplei Their New Honse of Worship I^a* Sunday. Last Sunday was a good day omong the co ored Presbyterians ol Abbeville. And the; were jtrstly proud. The former home of Mr. Maxwe'l on Wash lngton street was sold to them severs months ago, and since then mechanics hav been busy changing the dwelling into a hous ol worship. Work had so far progressed the they occupied It. last Sunday. The roof of Mr. Maxwel's house was take off &ud a o^w roof of tin with a much steepe pitch was substituted. Tne weatherboarde walls were veneered with brick, and as It noi stands Is quite a nice building. The house Is beautifully lighted with elet trlciiy. Instead of with benches, the church Is to b luruisbed with opera chairs. We have been furnished with the foilowln Interesting statement: TitK SECOND J'HESBYTEKIAN CHURCH. This church was organized about twenty five years ago and has occupied a lot on AcacJ emy street. The old buildlog come to ncei repairs and as Us situation was uot bellevei lo be the most central tor the congreeatloi steps were taken to better the location, henc a lot was secured ou Washington street, am yesterday the new church was opened am three masteily sermons were preached lo th edification of the congregation. At 11 a. in and 3 p. m. the pulpit was occu nled by Rev. P. (i. Drayton, D. D., professo In Blddle University at Charlotte, N. C. At n. m. the sermon was delivered by Kev. PL J ' .-r M , '/Inn Pruhuluriill church, Due West. The new church Including the lot cost th congregation three thou and dollars. The collection yesterday amounted to 811 and pledges were made which brought the 11 nanclal efforts up to 8175 for the day. Th building committie reported during the dui that It had given a mortgage on the propert: for Si,500, which the congregation would havi to raise; that no Individual or board of thi church, or northern philanthropist, wonli pay for the church, and give It to the congn gallon; but that the congregation Itself, will the assistance of its friends in the comma nlty, would lift ihe mortgage In time. The church has a membership of about i hundred. The elders are tieorge Klchle, Wil Ham Pope, Norman Richie, James White an( Charles B. Johnson. The pastor is Rev. Charles A. Ward, who Ii a native of North Carolina, a graduate fron tuc oriuiuttij ui uiuuic uuivcinuj ?u *-??* lotie, N. C. The church though connected with the Ap tHenibly of the Northern Presbyterian churcl is at the present self-supporting. Have a Telephone in your residence?$1,50 per month?only 5c a day, Day, night and Sunday service, Abbeville Telephone Co, Wm, M, Barnwell. Bucltlen's Arnica ?alve The Dest Salve In The World* - - - - ------LEAVE FOE E. F. D. MEN. * , CouKre.HNinun Wyatl Aiken Make* Answer to Various Iuqnlrle* on 9 Subject. To the Editor of Press and Banner : e Having had Inquiries from R. F. D. carriers In dllferent pans of the State aa to lenv?- oi absence with pay I will state for uie lnformnllon of those interested that carriers will be r allowed 1!? days' leave with pay altor ihey have served l'J months, ott'eellve July 1st luft. Wyatt Alkeu. i Abbeville, S. C., July 12,11)00. e , MlNiinotatioiiN. i. During the remarks in the Swayne s case Congressman Clayton of Alabama a used the quotation: "The tree is e known by his fruit." Whereupon . there was laughter among certain Bes publican*, who thought Mr. Clayton e of misquoting. But lie quoted Corel rectly. The Bible say&: "Either r make the good, and his fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt, and his e fruit corrupt, for the tree is known by e bis fruit." The Bible is often misi quoted so is shakespears. It would r require columns to name the mis i. quotations of snaKespaare. a iew w e amples may be cited. "Comparisons (i are odious" is a misquotation. Shakes? pea re wrote, "Comparisons are odorn rous." Another misquotation ?is, - "'One foot one sea and one ou land." ^Shakespeare wrote, "One foot in sea r and one on land." of poor old Jack it is commouly quoted," "And then he babbled of green fields." The correct quotation is, "A babbled of green fields.,' The great bard is often made to sa.y, "A looker ou in Venice." What be wrote was a looker on in Via enna," "Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows" is often , quoted as "Misery makes strange bedpi fellows.', Auother misquotation is, ' "Man clothed iu a little brief authorial ty." Shakespeare wrote "dressed" aud not clothed." We often see this; ' Nothing exteuuate, Nor aught set down iu malice. Shakespeare wrote it this way: r r Nothing extenuate, H Nor set down aught in niaice. Score* of such misquotations might v be cited. Here is a misquotation k that is without sense: H ; \ man convinced against his will (s of the same opinion still. ' Manifestly such a thing is imposti, ble. Uutler wrote intelligently: He that complies against his will " Is of his own opinion still. \ j ^ "Look before you leap" is another ? misquotation from Butler who wrote: ' 'Look before you ere you leap." Manv persons insist, on substituting |. "even''for "noiseless" in Gray's iniy mortal Elegy, '"Kept the noiseless ten nor of their way." ' Tf she seem not chaste to be, What care T how chaste she be? That is the way Sir Walter itaieign wrote it. Behold how it ho often appears in misquotation: i ff she be not fair to me, What care I how fuir she be ? ^ That is straying pretty far. "N ^ pent-up Utica contracts your#powera." e wr<(te Sewall, , but it generally ap - pers, "No pent-up Utica confines bis J' powers.,' "All is not gold that glitj. ters" is a misquotation of "All is not t> gold that glist';nth." The same au * thor wrote, "Approbation from Sir e Hubert Stanley is prise indeed," but J it is often misquoted. It should b* "Speed the going guest, according to j Pope. ' Fresh woods and pasturer new," wrote Milton, but "fields" is ,? often substituted. An "Unruly evil" >j is the tongue; not an ."unruly member." One more ? misquotation, of " Shakespeare: Mercy "droppeth as the , gentle raitT," for "dew".?Na>hville - nmerican. it ??? > A WnHted Life. i The New York Sun printed not j long ago a tragic letter which, though r anonymous. bore every mark of being n a genuine leaf toru out of a man'b ? heart-book. The writer said he came to t- New York a very poor boy, aud having ' now made a large fortune, had retired 2 from business. "But," says the confessI, ing millionaire, "when I thiuk it over r day by day, I can ouly be ashamed of " it all. I supposed that I was no worse than the others ; I know that some were worse than I. But I forgot that there was such a thing as a square deal. If I could get the better of an ast-oeiate or a customer or au employee, I did. Anything that I could do to attain m> own success was good business, and I ii did it. I have given to charity, but it t doesn't satisfy me. I know what I have done wasn't manly. The modern , success is rank failure. I would give y all that I possess tonight if I could say: 'I have given every one a square deal. * I have done no man wrong.' Think it le over; it will meaa a lot to you someday, e It ought to mean a lotto every young 1 man right now. Let bim ask himself n whether he ever heard a man talk ir that way in old age who in youth had d deliberately turned away from money" making and devoted his life to doing good. Did he, in fact, ever hear any poor man speak with such cold, shivering disgust at life? Any young g fellow with horse Hense ought to be able to see that starting out to get rich is just the same as writing "Foolin . capital letters on his own forliead.?Jui terior. L) i ???. ? ii ? I'oiuteil Pnruici-aphH. j One kind word a day is some men's e limit. Being out of a job soon gets to be a ~r habit, with the lazy man. 8 What will women do if there is no l housecleaning in heaven ? Before attempting to size up an e easy-going man arouee bis temper. . You may have observed that a loafet; 1 never cousiders himself a loafer, e A girl basu't much use for a young 7 mau who asks for ''just onejciss." e A sign painter doesn't think much f of a portrait painter's ability as an ' artist. j' If bis children listen eagerly for his - footsteps he can't be such a bad fellow, j It's almost impossible for a single . mau to save money?and a married i man doesn't even try. K You can always tell a married couple i in a restaurant by the way they don't - talk to each other. When a woman is urable to crowd . hor fnnt intr? r small shoe she is an advocate of sensible footwear. A woman may declare that ahe has implicit confidence in her husband but she will always carefully examine the color of the long hair she happens to , find ou his coat. ' < We have every reason to be proud of our flour trade?proud, because we sell enormous quanti- < ties of flour and proud because it ! never fails to please. S.J, Link, j AN INSATIATE ItlVElt HOW THE MISSISSIPPI SOMETIMES EATS UP REAL ESTATE. Captain King of Greenville Telia How the Father of Waters Swallowed Several Thousand Dollars' Worth of His l'roportj Iu One Night. "No uso talking, the Mississippi river ia the most contrary thing on earth," romarked Ohptain S. H. King of Greenville, Miss. "During the civil war, it will be remembered, thore was a double bend, much in the shape of the letter S, of the river at Yioksburg. General Grant, yob know, wanted to change tho course <>f the river by cutting a channel through De Soto peninsula, thus cutting oil the upper bend and causing tho river to flow straight across below Yicksburg and leaving the " town high and dry. Grant could then jj have sent his goabonts by Yicksburg and escaped the shelling from tho upper batteries of tho Confederates north of the town. He put General McClernand and several thousand men to work at cutting this channel across tho poninsuia in front of the town, and they workod for some time, notwithstanding the harassment from tho lower battorlcs of tho onomy. But tho contrary river wouldn't show the least desire of accopting such an artificial channel anyway. The plan was finally abandoned and Grant's gunboats had to make the run beforo both the upper and lower batteries. But in 1876 tho Missis sippi river, of its own accord, cut its waj across De Soto poninsuia below Vicksburg, but farther up than Grant's artificial nVionnoi Tr-na c(*nrtpfl Soto noninsula le now Do" Soto island, and tho body of water In front of Vicksburg is now known v os Contennial lake, taking the name from [ the. year that tho Centennial was held at I Philadelphia. This is only one of mon3 instances showing how the Mississippi refuses to submit to the dictation of civil engineers and how it follows it? own stubborn course, winding and washing its way hero and there at its own will. "By the way, the Mississippi washed ( several thousand dollars out of my pocket in one night about 15 years ago. At that ' time I owned a row of houses which began ( almost throe blocks away from the river in Greenville, Miss. Ouo day a government engineor said to me, 'The river will some timo wash away its bank here, and your buildings will tumble in.' "Well, I laughed at'him. Tho bank was 75 foot high, and, besides, tho river was quito low. Ono morning I awoke to learn that there had been a big cavo in of the river bank the night before, and that a couploof my buildings had been carried away. I joined tho crowd of people that rushed to tho river bank to seo tfiis destruction, a^d, I tell you, I nover up predated the terrible power of tho Father of Waters until I witnessed this scene. While I was standing there talking with friends another big slico of land, a block in width, crumbled away and fell Into the river, carrying with it several more of my buildings. You can imagine how I felt, because I had been drawing an income or $1 ,000 a month In rentals I'rom my buildings. Now over half of them were a mass of debris floating down cho river, and niy real estate was only so much dirt in th* bottom of the channel. "As I stood thore watching my build ings and ground slip away into the river a citizen approached me and said,'Captain, I'll givo you $1,500 for the remainder of your property.' " 42so, I'll not take less than $2,000,' said I. . " The wofla had no more than left my V tonguo when tbero was another cave in, and two more of my lot6 and buildings tumbled into the greedy rivor. The citizen then remarked to me, 'Captain, I'll give you $1,000 for your property now.' "I refused to entertain this proposition, which, of coursc, was a pure speculation, as no human agency could stop the cave in. Pretty soon another one of my lots and its building went into tho rivor, und my speculative friend then offered mo $800 for tho remainder of my property. By this 2 time I had concluded to trust to luck and 3 stand all losses, and I refused to sell at - - T 1 1 1^4. A,w1 any pnco. i now uuu uuu iu? uuu uu? building left. During the excitement an J old colored woman ciuiio up and eaid to me: " 'See heah, cap'n, will ye give me dem | brick what's in dat cellar under yer - house?' 81 "I told her she could have the brick. I hod a pile of now brick in the cellar under my only remaining house. The old colored woman gave her husband 35 cents to hlro a team and wagon to haul hway the brick. Now, upon my word of honor, 0 what I am now going to say is true. While the old colored man was gone for a wagon another cave in occurred, and my last house and lot, brick and cellar and 7 all, tumbled into the river. Tho cave in a oame so suddenly that the crowd of people 0 standing on the bask had to flee for their lives. After the excitement had somewhat ubsided the old colored woman oxolaimed: " 'Laws o' massy! Dere's my brick in de bottom o' do ribber, cm I dono los' my quatah.' "Of course, while the old woman was out 25 cents, I was out another $1,000. During this series of cave ins that day | efforts were being made to plaoe a long frame store building on rollers and move lb to a place of 6afety. But before the e building could be raised it began to tilt, d and the men wero compelled to desert it. Soon the store building slid into the river j and went kerchug to the bottom of the c channel, as.completely out of sight as if it had been 'the only pebblo on the beach*' ? "In my opinion the Mississippi river is all right?when it doesn't come my way. 1 built a nice residence in Greenvilfo several years ago and had a beautiful flower bedecked lawn between the house and the river, which was a block away. That lawn * * -1? ? ? ' ViT-? +ViQ ttn. Das long Minuo ULX'U swuuun cu uj (IUC u raoioue maw of the Mississippi, and today my residence stands on tbe edge of a bank s that is 75 feet high."?St. Louis Globe- V Democrat. Mediaeval Lynch Laws In BaTarla. It is curious to note that in some parts of Bavaria a method of procedure -which is called Haberfeld treibeu still prevails and Is practiced by tbe people in case of offenses which do not come within the pale of th? ordinary luw. Neither person nor property is injured. People assem ble with biatfk or masked faces in front of the offender's house and howl, fire rifles and beat pots and kettles. A mock sermon getting forth the offonso of the person concerned is tbeu recited in the hearing of the misdemeanant.?Notes and Queries. The expenses of Great Britain are now about $500,000,000 yearly, or nearly ill, 000 per minute, but every tick of the clock represents an inflow of a little over $ie into the British treasury, thus leaviug an annual surplus of about $20,000,CG? J. M. N1CKLES, -A-ttornev nt Law Al>l?ovill?s ?S. C. LJrtlce with VV'. N. Gruydon: Nice work in Engraving Cardn, wed- ? iling invitations, etc. gotten up on short notice at Speeds Drug Store. if you want t lie piilnt RUti fill that goes the %urthem iiml ?tayn the tougunt go to Sin'ed'nl >mg Store. j - . ' ... { * For Eight We have been i ECONOMIST and we have sold a lot of them t ever selling a grate or back for c speak a whole volume for their i like to try one? We will guar; be perfect or replace it. ' They square ovens and full trimmed. Well, see us about it anyhow. IE ON TIME Every time, and use a Ice Cream. No risk of being caught; without dessert if you have a! rcuitas lULiaiiu Freezer Never turns hard. After turn-( ing the crank three minutes Dpen the freezer and you find j smooth,, delicious, _ firm ice, :ream. / I ^Are the favorite} TheirMfa inade* themTio^ana 'them??wearl by) tin any other lawUTj CHISELS, oinith, 3-arden Hose, Water C Preserving Kettles, , We are agents for "S! Ball Go* Abbeville Hai ?!?, fa??!le Hill, " f N( of cl ?hysiQmm sM Surgeon* 'a RESPECTFULLY OFFERS hlo profusion < *- al services 10 the j>?ople or Abbeville ! ad vicinity. Office lu liauk building. ] J Land for Sale. J * ] j PHE HOME OF THE LATE S. W. COCH- ] L rau, couialuliig j 150 Acres. i wenty-flve (25) acres In bottom land. Situ- ] ted three miles from Abbeville Court House ^ n Due West road. Apply to t Mrs. H. M. COCHRAX, Clinton, S. C. < or C. M. Cochran on premises. ] June 20, ISOH, Im * 1 f See the beautiful line of Crepe Paper md decorating paper at Speed's Drug Store cheaper than ever. If you want to buy crepe tissue paper cheap J. r than ever belore In your lite, go to Speed's mar rnp- flfnro. . VlD< Cap If good quick service Is what you want Jtlford is ibe maD you wi.nl to deal with. So le basthe More, (be Block scd a fine set of Bac< lerks. Uro< BREIHA N o w Be :AKES, CANDY and B Be Sure and C; and see my nei Lunch C which is run i MILK SH1 To the Queen CIG-AI All Havanah. and Di Best that can r. W. BRE New Store above M ?? t Years i A selling the STOVES 1 ' -oo, hut we cannot recall . . ine of them. Don't this durability? Would you intee every STOVE to are full nineteen inch Haven't got the money? ^ ' > We can fix that for you. I . 1 lust Opened up Another Lot of the 'I Ke7te F,y Fan, | ? 1 j You know these are solid , for the Table. There is ' * ' * * yi jS no more ''Shoo Ply" when you use one of these. ' $ . m . V flicfcie riatel .base ana Adjustable Wings. ,1 5olajoKgood4wor5> ^B| rouna/goodnes^Kailaj^wfo^everiwed m YoujcantJus? - ;< rou want tojdo* work. i toolers, Oil Stoves, Fruit Jars. PALDING-" Base ods. . dware Co. | otlce to Telephooe subscriber*. > connections on any line going outside . liy llmltB will be allowed to atay ou Ion- 1 Iban (8) (bree minutes. dd following names to onr list.? ' Bowie, J. 8., residence 113. Ualveri, W. A., res. 106. I'alboun.T 8., res. 178. [illllland, Guy, res. 176. tlubert, T. H.. res. 177. laddon, R. M., res. 181. dcDavld, J. E., res. 179. .xorwoua, J. O?? rev. IU-I; McMurray Drag Co.,94. iowen, P., res. 220 C. Hilford, W. J., re*. 220 F. Price, T. O., res. 212 A. >slle, W. E? res. 212 B. Barksdala, J. H., run. 212 C. Eteld, A. M., res. 212 D. aill, J. L.. res. 212 E. jlttle, J. W.,res. 212 F. Leslie, J. W., res. 212 O-' Smith. J. G.t ren. 212 H. Ferguson, T. F., res. 180 A. Wilson, J. P., res. 180 B. bounty Farm, 180 C. Klien, 8. A ,res. 180 D. \* Ferguson, J. H., res. 180 E. Richie, R. A., res. 180 F. iraves.S. A., res. 180G. ^ergosoD, A. J., res. 180 H, Jary, E. B. Judge, res. 170. 3ambrell, Geo., res. 109. wisher, J. 8., res. 171, Smith Dry Goods Co., 173. Wm. M. Barnwell,. General M'g,'r. ________ W. McKee, Jr., sella the best flour on the ket. Try a barrel and yon will be con* J ?u-* *rnfl Pall for :ea turn wum no car ? ?. I tola. gar, Coffee, Rice, Syrup, Flour, Meal, jn, canned gooda. In fact anything In the k :ery line. J. W. McKee, Jr., * iHN'S~ j ikery. READ THE BEST. all Around 77 '* Counter . ip-to-date. IKES , 'cj HTacf-o k KJ Jk UiW wv IS omestic Goods be had. IHAHN, cKee's.