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The Press and Bannei Bv W. W. and W. R. Bradley. HUGH WILSON, Editor.! ABBEVILLE, S, C. ^-Published every Wednesdp at. 82 year In advance. Wednesday, Feb 20. 1907. Death or ('apt. L. W. White. Leonard Walter Wbite died at bis home the city of Abbeville. 8. C., Wednesday, Fe ruary 13. 1907, In bis 64tb year. For several weefcs before bis deatb If w evident to bis friends tbat be was not In b usual good bealtb, bat nobody wai apprebe: slveof tbe calamitous result tbat awalti him and bis family. Tbe fact Is, tbat i great number of our people knew tbat be w sick until tbey beard of bis deatb. He bi not been missed from our streets until a ve abort time before tbe end came. He w down town on Monday. On Tuesday afu noon be sat around tbe family beartb, and eleven o'clock Wednesday nigbt tbe ei came. Tbe Immediate cause of bis deatb believed oy laymen 10 oe orient? unc? and resultant blood poisoning. Capt. White himself seemed to have bi I little realization of his true condition. 1 made no will or disposition of bis propert v and, as far as we know, expressed no wish to it* disposition. Bat we learn tbat bis Bona, T. Gord< White and William H. White, will contln tbe mercantile business in bta three stores < what has been known for time out of mil as "White's Corner," and where Capt. Wbl and his father John White, each In turn d business In their day. John White commenced business < 'White's Corner." about tbe year 1832, ai s nntll tbe war came on be did a success! business. Tbe trade then was very dltTere from the trade since the war. r Before the war there were no grocery stor t in Abbeville until 1S58, when H. S. Kerr printer and former owner of tbe Abbevi] Banner, opened a grocery store where k Link Is now doing business. When John White opened his store.no cor no meal, no flon", no bacon, no lard, or an thing of tbat kind was 6hlpped to Abbevll Tbe people from tbe surrounding count brought to town and fold to the stores t such goods In sufliolenl quantities to supp village/ ' * ' When the war brobe out Mr. L. W. Whl enlisted as a private soldier In tbe army Virginia. And while It lusted, he was i enthusiastic soldier, and, trusting In tbe fin triumph of Southern Rights, be perform very duty faithfully and valiantly until t; surrender. When Lee's army surrendered, tbe war w over with Capt. While. But be did not r pine. He went 10 work with all tbeeneri of vigorous yontb and Bturdy manhood. I wasa worker and a builder. While he bi for JeQ Davis an adoration almost akin Idolatry, be never looked back. To Captain White tbe history of tbe stru glea, tbe hardships and tbe dangers of t! camp and the field were a sealed book. Ti hopes and tbe fears of tbe people of Dixie bi been settled, and be resolutely turned b face to tbe,future, never looking backwar Every energy was directed to the mater) advancement of tbe community In wblcb 1 lived. He, like bis neighbor and friend. Ge eral Samuel McGowan, never fought b battles over In tbe days of peace. He reasi bis warfare, and forgot bis contention. 1 buried bis hopes of Southern Rights wb< be laid down bis arms at Appomattox. Coming home L. W. White found h father's fortune had been dissipated by tbe i result of tbe war. His splendid estate w gone, and be was so far advanced In ag % tb he could not commence anew the fight f fortune and for competence. tBut bis sods, Leonard W. end George. to< np tbe struggle, where their father la it down, and after years of partne ship Mr. Geoige White withdrew from tl Aim, since which time Mr. L. W. White b conducted tbe business at the old stan where bis father served hie day and gener tton.and where he blmself has labored sin 1865, and where bis sons will continue tl business. The business on "White's Corner" b been conducted by John White and bis s< Leonard White for seventy years, and nowt sons T.Gordon White and William H. Wbl succeed to tbe business, wbere their inherit* qualities of mind and heart, and tbe lead lngs of an honorable and upright father w enable tbem to preserve and to transmit their own history tbe ancestral tradition While forging to themselves tbe same succe aD(J tbe ^eme good will of tbe people whl< crowned tbe labors of ibeir father and the groud-Iatber, they will no donbt prove tbei elves to be worthy sons of worthy sires. As a merchant, Capt. L. W. White bad i operlor, bis standards were tbe highest, b Judgment was tbe best, and bis deolsloj were bis oonvlctlone. As a citizen be loved his town, bis coun and bis state, and when occasion required, 1 man surpassed blm In gervlce or in generoi ty of gifts. In 1876 Capt. White was a lead In tbe cause of "Hampton and Home Rule and in tbe cause of right be was fearless at outspoken. Because of bis fitness and becau of zeal for tbe welfare of bis town, be w eleoted captain of tbe Abbeville Rifles, a pos lion wdicd ne neiu ior years. At the organization of the Commercl Club last year, Capt. Wblte was cbosc President, which position he held at the tin ol bis death. Wben peaco bad been given, and wh< the government of the State had been r stored to Its rightful rulers, he devoted; b time exclusively to the conduct of his stoi and In all the years no man has bad cause oomplalnoflll treatment from L. W. vshlt He was an honest man from principle, i had no policy, and was no part of a pollt olan. His guiding ?tar was honesty, and 1 all tb? relations he was a man. He was wit out guile. He was simply an boneBt* ma and be bad the courage of a man whose soi Is imbued with truth and principle. "> . Capt. White married Miss Mary H. Jone of Newberry, In 1871; to them were born nir \cMldren, eight ot whom survive. The funeral exercises were conducted 1 the Presbyterian churob by bis pastor. Re J. Lowrle Wilson, being assisted by Rev. ] B. Kennedy. After which the remains wei followed to Upper Long Cane Cemetery by large number or persona. And so it is, after a long and nnoeaslng it bor, be rests with bis lathers. Capt. White was one of the most energet: men that ever lived in Abbeville. He nev< tired and he never rested. For over fort years be worked dally, and during all tbi time, be was to be tound lu his store. Xb only exceptions being when be went as delegate to a Presbyterian General Assen bly, and when he was in the markets buyln goods. Capt. White was a good buyer and It wt sa^fe to buy from blm. He always bougt goods that were wortb the money, and n customer at his store was afraid of not ge ting the value of bis money. ru?%* Q/Vtlto hod tho nnnflrlonno f\t fho nr\rw muntty, aud all regarded him as an hone* man. And an honest man Is satd to be tb noblest work of God. p ' For 8?Ie. I have for sale 175 lbs of seeds. Rockeyfor canteloupe and best variety of Bouiber: grown watermelon seed. * J. W. Rj bard. fe-: P. P ' ?r ' ?? . _L_J , "J J Profunlty by Public Speakers. | r In deference to the religious sentiment of ? their bearers, public speakers, except In the F puipn, KBUttrany reimiu tuo Irreverent use of the name of tbe Almighty, h ? The people, however, for some reason, unknown to us, still tolerate In tbe pulpit tbe * _ flippant, Irreverent or needless use of the E ~~ nameof the Ruler of the universe. This lr- s reverent,?If not profane,?use of th? Name, a occurs without deference to the presence of 1 good women and Innocent children. H a If a speaker outside of the pulpit should do 0 the SHtne thing, we would likely hear a 1 ? mighty bowl. ' e Profanity on the stump having been abnn 1 ? doned.now let tbe better class of people de? mand that the standards of their pulpits be' t raised, and that the temple itself be not dese- ' orated by flippant or Irreverent use of tbe t ,D holy Name. I b" We submit that a preacher In tbe pulpit aboul 1 not show us bow easily tbe command i as may be disregarded or set aside, but be should < 1,8 set ns an example In reverence. s Q~ Why Is It that profanity Is tolerated In tbe < pulpit and not on tbestnmp? I 10 Why sbonlJ a minister of the gospel not be ai In bis speech as reverential as a layman ? I id Can anybody give a reason why tbe re- 1 r} llglous press should not manifest as blgb I a8 standards of reverence as are ezempllfled In I 5r* tbe columns of the secular press? ' Wbil? there are some honorable and nota- < Jd ble exceptions, yet a majority of tbe religious f 1* press that we see seem to exercise no restraint < ** wbatever in tbe needless, if not sinful, use 1 of the name of the Almighty. I ?d Would the people tolerate In a public i If speaker on tbe stump tbe flippant, lrrevej ent y. and needless use oi tbe name of the Creator i ?r iQiriy or tuny iiuien iu uue-umi uum < > Ie tbere any reaBon why proftne preachers >n should not be oiled before the church court*, that tbey may be glveD an opportunity to ex>d press penitence or to give a reason why the) 3d should not be expelled ? it* The preacber of the gospel who uses the Id Name, with which to All out the time or to lengthen bis r-peecb, or blB alleged sermon 3D may Dot only be displeasing to his congreg?iad lion, but be may be unjust to blmself b> ul creating In the minds of his bearers the lmnt presolon that be Is lacking Id piety and is deficient In personal respect for the Author of et- bis being. At any rate should not an ordaln,a ed minister of the gospel be as reverential as lie are bis elders ? D> The Subject Being Lunation. ' Somebody is always wanting a law to make somebody else do things. One set of lunatics wants a law for compul- ' sory vacolnatlon. Another set of equally crazy people want a &e law to enforce Idleness on children, if tbey happen to be born of poor but honest parents, lle and live in mill towns. 01 Another variety of lunatics, who may ultl- 1 iD mately prove that tbey are in danger of be-? ' a' oomlng sane, want compulsory education. ' ' Another set of well meaning lunatics are 1 * so determined on compulsory sobriety, tbal they would Join the bar-room or license ele- ' ment to accomplish their noble purpose. e" Another set of lunatics who have not ap25 piled to the legislature for a charter, are ' ie those narrow minded but well meaning peo- ' pie, wbo may tblnk or claim tbe divine right 11 to a monopoly of purity and wisdom, while setting off evil In full measure to neighbors ' 8" whose meotallty and vision tbey doubt. ' ADOtber set of people wbo are off their base ' are itjose who would enaot a marriage license ' law, and then possibly fix tbe license so high ' '* that poor folks couldn't marry at all. d Another set of unwise people are those wbo 1 a would let down tbe gap for husbands and ' ae wives to be dlvcyced?thus offering a pre- 1 L" rnium to men who had made bad bargains ' llfl and allowing them to get rid of supporting 1 ** i belr wives and children. Another set of lunatics may aid second ' 30 class doctors In preventing people from kill- 1 Ing themselves, except upon prescriptions 1 1,6 from the aforesaid M. D.'s. e" But the worst form Of lunacy seems to have ' 81 attacked that variety of politicians wbo 1 a' would ruin the poor man's credit, and out off 1 or the landowner'!) Income, are those wbo would ' repeal tbe lien law. Another set of men wbo see things that are 1 ld not, is that segregation of simpleton's wbo ' f- go to Columbia, with a copy of some fool Bill b* in their pockets, and who labor under tbe as impression that tbey would be better serving 4, their country by enacting some unheard of law, than in killing such lool Bills. ce ^ _ I 0e Whiskey Supply Cat Off. I Prohibitionists are rejoicing at the thirst of ll(l the whiskey guzzlers, occasioned by tbe clos)e log of the dispensary, which baB been supplye(J log a 'ong felt want. h_ For fifty years this editor has beeD flgb ting HI for prohibition and temperauce, and vexing ^ hi* soul for fear tbe whole world might be l8> drowned in a whiskey barrel or carried to tbe demnltlon bow-wows by (be little schooner. But be will not farther disturb his rest on ,)r bat subject. Tbe desertion of prohibitionists to tbe ranks of avowed blgb license people enabled 30 tbe license element to close tbe dispensary. |(, High lloente people believe this Is tbe best a(i Prohibitionists acted as If they believed there Is virtue In licensed llqaor. But other temperance people feared tbe ]0 Greeks bringing gifts, aDd refused to enllat ,l_ under tbe bar-room flag. Tbe dispensary was er bad enough for tbem. (. i out, wueiuer uuunr proamnion, license or 1 lcj?dispensary laws, we bave neve r seen tb 1 le thirsty whiskey gazzler kept long from tbe 1 bb coveted drink. Tbe boys who bad inan- ] ii- (furated a big thirst for Court week, are dleap- , pointed. Tbe dispensary Is closed temporar- < at lly, and tbe blind tiger was caught napping, ( >n without supply of tbe stuff. As a result, j le fewer men will put up at tbe Abbeville Inn, i and a greater number than usual will sleep at 1 >d tbe Eureka, where the lodging ia both better j e- and cheaper. I lf> Prohibitionists should put on their broad e, est smile now. The hated dispensary folk , to will laugh later. * I* t f I- We are Agreed. In h We need a Year Book, small In size but full f of Information about our Cburcb and 1's u, work and costing only a few cents. With J Ql ?uch a bonk we would not be ro badly cramp- T d even if tbe Minutes were not out unlii * Spring. We bave examined the books of c 8, 'bis kind Issued by tbe Congregations lists, r ie tbe Northern Presl>yterlans and tbe 8oulh- r em Fresbj teri??"sand there is much In tbem 1 to commend. Members of those denomma- 1 Id tlons will find uere much tbnt wlp Interest v. and inform them.?Assoc ate Reformed Pies- 1 Kolarion d E. b re Tbe Press and banner aereta luily with b a this suggestion. If, Id addition to this pro- K posed book tbe cbarcb paper would publish * )_ tbe calendar, ?nd keep It standing, preachers and people could better obey tbe orders of 10 Synod. To delay tbe collections ao that- tbey 3r are crowded into a shorter space of time than ,y waa intended by Synod must work di?ad11 vantageously, and the collections cannot be ^ ie maC.e at the rig .t time unless information is v ? <iven. a. Tbe churches, too, as a body, should for t g other reasons, comf ly with all the require- b meDts, and this at the time Indicated by p ip Synod. A little space In ibe cburcb p per Q it would relieve tbe situation, and no part of 1( i0 tbe paper would be more interesting. Even b . If tbe minutes were out, tbe dates, appoint- w ments, etc., wonld not be seen by many as wou'd sea it in the church paper. ?t tl e DR. J. A. DICKSON, J SURGEON DENTIST. GOLD FILLINGS; CROWN AND BRIDGE b WDRTT A RPEf!TA f,TV. a d A GOOD PLATE $?.00 0I n AMALGAM FILLING8 750 and. 1.00 . OFFICE OVER BARKSDaLE'S STORE. dl ' rT?T:; * , r \ 1 ' - '' /)' ' . - Public High School Nefdwl. We bear that, the proposition to give the 'renbyterlans 510,000 with which to buHd ft enorolnatlonal high eohool at Abbeville ban een abandoned. If we are right a* to our lnDrmatlo d, the people are to be congratulated* 'rom the view point of this editor there lever wan a more unwl?e proponltl ?n. It earns to be fooll6b for a community to bu'ld . denominational high school at a time when ' " <? ?" lloair D hli/h aotiool lor I .11 ttie people, to be binder cur iwd cootrol hqd supervision, and whose; lenefltB may be shared alike by people of very denomination, or possibly ot no delomlnatlon al all. Tbe graded soboal, at tills time In crowded o its capacity, and tbe need today Is for more oom. Tbe condition tbat now confronts bis people demands tbat tbe city, or fts peo)le, Bball build additional school room. ' Tbeu, If we are In need of more school oom, why not build a high school for the own, take one or two grades from tbe graded icbool, put thein In a new school, and then alse tbe standard of the high school one, wo, or three grades as may be deemed best. This course won d relieve tbe congestion at yhe graded school, and be of Inestimable senetlt, to the people of this city. In that aIgb school boys and glils could be prepared tor the College classes at a nominal cost. To send a boy or a girl off to college, when considering all tbe Items 1 n preparation, joing and coming, the cost of board and tuition fees amounts generally from $200 to (800 a year. Tbe cost of sending boys and {Iris lo a b'gh school at our doors would not ue appreciable. And everybody known tbat when educational facliltes are available at sur doors tbat many youog people receive ?ducatioDBl benefits that would otherwise, from necessity, be denied to tbem. It 1b true that all men should marry wives who are competent to bring up their Jaugbttrs, and It laalno true, that there are more or less feasons why a young girl should be at home vl'b ber mother. For many rea ?ons our mothers should naturally prefer to Seep tbelr daughters at Lome until they reach, or approach, the years cf womanflood. Bearing facts and reasons In mind, which aeed not here be specifically referred to, there la an urgent need for a high school at Abbeville lor both boys and girts. If Ibere Is a good school at home, no young boy or young girl need be sent away from the unneasingly tender care of motber and father. It Is a serious matter tp send a child of either sex away from home. The associations, the restraints, and tbe benrflolal influences at i'stant schools are all of unknown quantities us to power in potnibly reahaplug the cbtrac ter and the hablta of tie cL.iid of tender years. F< r this reason a fearful responsibility and a great risk la inourred when motber und father send Innocent and pure youDg {iris to take chances of fompanlonsblp. and of influences, away from home, with tbe certainty of the deprivation of a motberV guiding presence and tender care. In our tender solicitude, and In our pride of pretty youug daughters, ia it not possible that tbey may beioo often exposed to Influences or companions that tbe mothers, 11 their children were at borne, would not arprovt? Tbe education of our girls Is of the first snd Inst Importance, and tbey should be sbleldrd jven as wesbitll the apple of our eye. Tbey ibould go to tbe best schools for tbelr education, training and culture, but we leave it for others to say If a girl of too tender yearn ibould be sent from tbe mothers care. Let us b illd a high school In Abbeville' where all our boy* and "11 our girls may ri'elve a good education?<? school In which they may be prepared to enter a college cla?* hat la higher thao the lowest. Let us hulld i school house that 1s worthy of Ahhevt'Ie. We may be able to get help from Carnegie tr Rockefeller, and we see nothing amiss In noaklng an effort We learn that Ctmegie ;ave 810,000 to build a dormitory at Dne West, rhen, may be not be willing to give SlO.fXJOor { 20,000 to build a schorl or a library at AbbepIIW ? The time has come when we mu*t tulld more room, or else bar some of our ;bildren from the graded school. Let visionaries and dreamers build schools ror favored denominations, but let sensible men build scboolB for themselves. Impndeucp. Some of the newspapers are impudent snough to Inquire Idio tbe disposition tbnt 1* being made of fbe tithing fends of the MormonB. ADd Buob Impudence comes from newspapers tbat are fighting tbe MormoDS. A.ny Idea that tbe people ought to know spealflcally and definitely what becomes of their money la not ta be tolerated for a moment. If tbe churches, everywhere, were to make known to tbe multitude bow tbelr money Is spent, widespread dissatisfaction might follow. For this reason churches, In all lands, should withhold from tbe people anything like an exact or specific accounting. -'The Incidental reminder tbnt tbey did not pay inough" ought to satisfy the curious. Those who are not satisfied, and are disposed to be Ins'B'ent npon knowing it all should be summarily excommunicated. It will never do to allow tbe average contributor to be too determined to know what tbe Lord's anointed may do wlihto vulgar a thing as money. Now bear what tbe Halt Lake Tribune has Lo say: The Secret Funds?The proposition is ifteu presented by tbe J)iaer?t News that tbe ^Itblng accounts are open to tbe Inspection of iitbe payers, so tbat ibey may know Just what disposition is made of tbe funds which bey contribute. Tbat being true, then so high a dignitary in ,he church as an apostle surely ought to snow what becomes of this money ; but If we ire to believe Reed Smoni, do such knowlidge Is possessed by apostles or lay-members. >r anybody else except the man wb<*hassole ontrol over tbe fnnd. When he testified In lis own bebalf at Washington, tbe apostle wa< asked questions intended todiscUse the ase? to which tithing money is nut; hut bis mswers were <?n the order of ,-Ot course I mow little about that," and "I am on y tel!ng you Just what I have beard lridlrpctly." Now, tue truth In ibis matter Is that Joseph r Smith bas complete and Bole authority >ver tbe tithes and their disposition. Aboul ill tbat tbe members of the Mormon oburch iave to do with them 1a to pay tbem ; and the extent of tbe access which tbey have to tbe iccountN is to be able to discover bow much bey paid In any given year?with the pnssl>ie Incidental remlDder that tbey did not pay 'nougb. That fund Is Just. as secret In the twrdnof rosepb F. Smith an Is any treasure at tbe disposal of tbe rnost despotic rulers on parlb ^withstanding what tbe church organ say* >n this matter, every time tbat the subject Is nentloned, the payers of ihe tithes know no nore about 'he manner of tbelr disposition ban does tbe beggar in Jerusalem. Ami bey can never get that Information, either, lowever desirous they may he of po'sesslng t. Under these circarastHnces there Is no loubt that, If tbe real qa< sllon at Issue can hn irontfbt before a competent court, there will e Judicial decision demonstrating the 1 1haliiy of the false pretense ? f Ihe g?therlntf. nd tbt Improper, secret u?e of tbe vast titbng fUDQS. The New Court House. Tbe Newberry Observer notes that New erry gets a $15 000 court bouse, while Abbe lile proposes to build a $35 000 court house. Speaking for tbe Pre?s and Banner, we hick a $35, COO court bouse Is unworthy of Ab evllle county, and we hope that no such Icayune establishment may be built. Our Id court bonse cost nearly tbat much, and ' we can't do better than build a 8-15,000 court ouselbe same old tobacco bam will do for x 'bile yet. It cost nearly >30,000, Including lrnlture, safes and tbe old bricks and bats ftbe burnt oourt bouBe wblcb were used In :ie walls of tbe existing barn. Our hot'1 oobI i the neighborhood o' i i0,000. Some ol.our churches con >15 010 or ' 18.0U). If tbe young men ol Abbeville could build j $ '10,000 botel, If single denominations can ulld <15,000 or 818,000 churches, then Is It not , disgrace and a shame to tbe proud people ra whole county that they oan not build s eoent court House? I Death of Thomas FI. Cochran Mr. Thomas H. Cochran died suddenly aud without warning, on last Thnrsdty Feb. 1-) about 2 o'clock at hla 6tore while attending tc his business The deceased had been In falling health (01 orae lime, bin trouble being with his heart but tbe end was not expected so suddenly HIs death wan a tremendous Phock to hi* friend*, and especially to his family. Mr. Cochran came here several years aar from near Lowndesvilie and waaengptfid lu the mercantile business which be bad jus' sold to Mr. Addle.of this city, and It was aftei dinner; while be was settling up tbe trad< that he dropped aud expired at once, heart failure we presume, superinduced by the worry or excitement of closing out bis business Mr. Cochran was tbe sou of Mr. TUodihi Cochran (deceased) and bad a large funul) connection In Abbevltle couuty. He whs t good citizen possessing mxny excellent tralti of character. In disposition be whs quiet auc unassuming, yet withal was a man of genla spirit and affable manner. He was u mem be; of tbe Methodist cnurcb. His fuueralservices were conducted at bli home on Friday afternoon by bis pastor Rev J. C. Roper, after which lntermeut was madi In Upper Long Cane Cemetery In tbe pres ence of many relatives ana friends who bai assembled to pay their last tribute of respec and emeem to his memory. Beauuiui now em covered hlB list resting place ou eartb His work here bus ended bud be bus gone li bis reward. I A beart broken wife and two marrlei daughter* survive him, together with host of IrlendB all of whom extend ibeir deepes j sympathy to the bereaved family. M. The OflenH?ry Tbe News and Courier has a go< d temperei editorial In which It would explain lb I downfall of tbe dispensary. Tbe'nollons, prejudices and desires of th people of South Carolina Is an unkuowi quantity. In 1876 the State was a uult fo Hampton. In 1892 or thereabout, tbeStau turned lis back on the old patriot, and ilectei B. R. Tillman In bis place. In 1895, a llttl later or a little earlier, the Stale enacted tb dispensary. In 1907, It repealed tbe disper eary.i"1 Would tbe News and Courier undertake t( assign reasons. If tbe people repudiated t.be dispensary fo cause, t be seme could not be said as to tb turning of Hampton out of tbe Senate. As a rule, prohibitionists iblnk they ar Just a little too good and too pure lo In habloel Ibis globe. We've been one of 'em. As a rule, prohibitionists think tbi licensing of sale of liquor 18 the worst thin, on llils terrestrial ball. An exception to these rule*, for which w cannot account. Some of the aforesaid pre hlbitlonlsts Joined tbe aforesaid bar peopl Id tbelr effort to kill tbe dispensary. Tbe Ttmw Trial. Mncb speculation or muoh comment ba been made on the Thaw trial In New York I We believe h majority of the people tblnl Thaw will be acqnltted, and some editor have expressed tbelr Individual or persona I opinion to tbe same effect. | Tbls editor would n murk that It Is well fo Thaw that be Is not on tbe Jury, for then reasons: First?We do not believe that one man ha a right to kill another about a trifling wo man. | Second?We tblDk that tbe crszv mat whose people allow him to go at large, snoul< be held accountable for his crimes. Third?We would take the evidence agalns (be dead with a great big grain or s>-K. Fourth?Tbe man or woman wbo*o's Inli court for rqulty must himself or tem If hav olean bflDds. i Flttb?The whole outfit seems to be d bat [lot. aud they bave do rlgbt to insult pabll morals by maklug an exhibit ot tbeir evl doings. No I hange Swed, Our respected couiempcirarlen ai Oreenvlll aud Auderson Bitli persist (but rumors are ii tbe air to tbe < fl'-ct that a charge In to b made In tbe snbedule ol the rnnulng of th trains over the Greenville and Columbia ral road. The Press and Banner hopes that no cbang will be made. Tbe running of ih? trains, a at present, suits tuls newspaper better ti<a any other schedule. Ir anybody hereabout, objects to the Rohed ule as now run, we h-iv? not heard of It. Tbe schedule Is all right for tbls neck of th woods. Let it stand. It Is good enough fo Abbeville. DlH|Mn?-nrv Director*. Abbeville has no fears that, good men ma not be fouml to manage tbe County Dlspei sary. Out of a whole company of able, com petent and houest men to be found In Abb( vine tbe loiiowmg named persons nave Dee suggested by men ou 1 he street who have n authority to act: J. M. Harden, W. E. Leslie. William Stevenson. We are not informed as to who the author ltlea will appoint. All Hurts. A city like Abbeville ought to Insure th properly of Its citizens. We pay aunuallj about $16,0<>0 ou policies and get back fron 8500 to 12 000 a year/ It has been twelv< years since we bad much loss by fire. A sav Ing of $18,000 a year for twelve .rears wouli amount to $180,000, or more than all the clt; taxes for that length of time. TheState ought to insure the lives of It citizens. We believe thst $2,7U0,000 was pal< In life policies last year?(or the year before )and lens than hall of It whs paid back to tin polloy holders. Mayor MoMill in has done much to Improvi the towu. He contemplates building i city Hall. And we venture to suggest. Unit hi will build ou? so good, so elegant and s< utilitarian that neither he. nor his children nor his grandchildren will tear It down. Am If he will inaugurate the Insurance business generations yet unborn will rife up and blesi his memory. # And County Supervisor Nlckles ha* a heai on his shoulders which is getting level ou lop He and hit) associates will build an elegan court bouse, that will stand for a century a the pride of Abbeville County, aud we as some, of course, that he will put it m a goo< place, and tear nothing down. Keprest niHtive SlUlwell, of McCorrnick Is t man alter our own heart. Hespj s Abbevllii ought to be ashamed of the tobacco bam, am although be and bis neighbors txpfct to er tabllsh a new county and build a court boust at McCormlck, yet he wants Abbeville tc have good court house. As long as he re^ mains In Vbbevllle Couuty, the people of the city ought to vote for him. lithe new coun ty 1bestablished, then McC'ormlck ought to make him a Senator for life. He linn as many square sides aB anybody, aQd his lnapnlsei are as high as the highest. No. 13. NEW FIRM OF MERCHANTS. R, B. Jones & Co.. Smithville, S. 0., Owners of the Sunflower Poultry and Stock Farm. Poultry iud Eggs, Beef, Cattle and Fire Hogs a Specialty. Farm Supplies, Hay and Corn. 13 Eggs to the Dozen, The State of South Carolina, i COUNTY OK ABBBVILLE. , . JPItOBATE CoUET. In the matter of the Estate of John A. Harris, deceased. , Notice to Debto-s and Creditors. All persons Indebted to said estate must i KMiHe wiLUout delay, and ibot-e hoidiDg < tints huhidmi 111'; Hntu>e muHt present lUem : LiloULTiy atti-aled to. " ?nniB {?. Harris or J C. Kills. t T r The State of 5outir Carolina. . ABBEVILLE COUNTY. ' Probate Com t.?Citation lor Utters of AdmlnlsUatlou. i r By J. F. Mii.j.sck, Esq., Judge of Pribate. i \\THERtA-S. T. O. White and W. u' , ?? Whue made suit to me, lowrnnt them . L*Uer* of Administration or tbe Estate and ' tftects oi L. W. White Into oi Abbeville I County, deceased. r 'i'bt(-? *re tnoreiore, to cite nnd admonish 1 ?li and mosuiHf tne Kindred and creditors of ttie said L. W. Wnite deceased, that tbey be b aud appear before me. In ibe Court of Probate, 10 be held at Abbeville c. H., on ibe lourib (4th) day oi Miircu 1H..7, alter publlca9 lion bcit'oi, at 11 o'clock iu me forenoon, to i- sbow c-tune if auy ibey nave, wuy the said j Admin ihtiatlon sbouid not be granted. Given under my hxnd aud seal of tbe 1 Court, tbis 18.b cay of February In [SEAL] tbe year of our L?rd one thousand ' nine huudied and seveu and In the 181 ye?r of American Independence 0 Published ou the 20u> day of February 1907 lu ibe Press and Banner aud on ibe Court 1 House door lor the lime required by law. 3 J. F. MILLEli, 1 ,.i PrnliHla. h u M w vi ^ I ' A Policy against loss by fire in a good reliable Insuri ance Company is conclusive e to sound sleep and gooi die gestion. The cost is small. J Consult with: me on the suba ject. d J. E. McDayid. p * LOWNDESVILLE. a Mr. and Mrs. E. J. HucKabee went to Audersou, (J. H. Monday, and lrotu lb ere the II h nuiued weui to Ailania, Ga. on business. r Mr. Win. (Jastleiuan ol Latimer was In thib e piace, Monday (or Home hours looking ai.er <-ome ol lii8 interests. On Monday, Mr. C. L. Bowen wbo has occu* pied ihe lower uoor ol the Mot-onlu building, in which he couducted bis busluess moved nib niock ol good*, to the new sure on the corner oi Mr. J. H.. Ben's lot. a Mr L >ulh bell, who bus for some time been g Telegroph Operator, on the Weelern Cxroilua U'tilWHy lu Augusta Ga. came up TuesUaj ?iju has i ice been at work, in the Depot, in p iblH placv. > Dr. W. K. Link of Wllllngton, came op , Tuesday to pay a visit to tils uepbew, Dr. J.lj Wilson, who had the mistortuue some time i*o lo break bl* left let:, near the unkie. He was crosstug a wire fence made a misstep and as a c<>Dt>tqueuce, since then bus beet confined to bis i>ed with a broken limb. Mr B. B. Lings ton representing ihe Ander1 Hon Di'ly Mall, aud he was bere Wedneedaj and Thursday. k Mr. George Wilson ol Grain Rld^e spent a ?i WoiinpHdav. that night and a part ol p "he n>-xi day with ibe fanny of IjIh brothei il Dr. J. D Wilson. Tbureday evenlog M Iss Cnrwlle Smith anc tier brotner Master Bub Lee Smilb gave t T -aleuthe drawing to their 111 Lie friends, lti e iow and l-be near by country at fhe home ol heir lather Mr. R. L. Hmitb. Miss Luetic Humphries aud Grace Wilson, assistant* It f oe High School In ibis place wrre present . th specially Invited guests to nld In the eujoyment ot tbe Utile folks. This wax the onl> .peclal observanceof St. valentine'* day thai 1 cau* here. There were as usual on such ocj aslons, no uoubl many private observance Sub Tbl* year has started out as another recon. ' breaher. It 1* Well K tii'Wi) that generally i * cooler lempeiaiure" follows a warm r-?ln. uij "visa verm" after a cold ralu, warn <9ealh?r may he 1-uKed for. With u* fot e innie time co d changes hove followed warn vtrid and sunshine without ralu. j Tuer#* ?re some illtle Indications of spring. I'ue shide trees alonx the side walks of tbi c i.owu, are KhowlUK s gns of lite and activity I and will soon be robed In green. No frul blooms nave as yet shown t hemselves and ) is to be lioprd that old winter will abide wltl is lon< -noiiuh to keep tb?-se forerunners "ot he good od stun tner time" from getllng to> smart in order that the good Irult supply tuaj he as abundant as in the "duys of yore". ' Mr. and Mrs. K. K. M- s ey of Andervon. C. f II. came down Satuiday evening and remalnf ij villi relatives 'III today. Messrs. John and Tom WHsou-of Grain Rldgi e .tient yesierdsy In town, with the family o) t- 'heir brother Dr. Wllsen. The writer ha* Just heard that the younj; p> ople, the gr< v n ops had a valentine draw ' ineTh'j?d?vn gittat ihu nl'-e home of Dr. T. O. K^ktrick, much fun was the result. n YnsierrtHV In I'rovtdt-uee church 1Mb pise, juslalew moments before I he 1130 A. M. .reitehlne ser vlej was to lietin the Pacini - Kev W, S Hnrntler bad a talntlnif spell, and ;va? taken to the home ol MD, Cooley. Dr. \. J. Hpeer was called and ijave the nec'essur* e o.,/i ii.u nri nrhit whs noon betler. ittlCUUVU UU?J <' f -- - r Troupe. ' Trciiiincnl Of <?rlp. Thf prevalent"ol grip In Ihls country hi j lent'fl <1 lo by rt-puriH Imm varlon- centeri-, noians ibe return ol w n.ei'iice lo health hijo Iip that Is ho especially Insidious tbat pre' aul|onnry action cannot be loo strornjl* - urged. This li Utiei Zi is not a new di?eaw iv any means, ut It has its subsidences ano reapp-aracces t?i cnrously Irregular intervals 1 wmeilnriPH many years apsrt. Its curlouai d rtceDlly observed ai'lnnce with Komi otber diseases like appendicitis, neurits, pneumonia and bronchitis. makes grip s lblrg to put us strictly on guard, especl'ulij wbeie age cieatea a peculiar tbreat from heart exhaustion. 81r John Moore, the grea1 KnuJIsb medical authority, says tbat Infl'ieu/.a shows a decided tendency to relapsef lo which the Indirect tati llty ot this disease Is In great n ensure due. So far from establlsbulg Imniunliy, *n attack of this muie ady seems to render the Individual more liable to counteract tbe dUeaBP upon a future ' exposure to its contagion, Dr. Hector Mac3 kenzle of St. Thomas Hospital holds that iresb air Is the bf st propbyladiir against in flnenza and asover?igu remeby Is lee treat" mentofbotb acute and chronic muDllesia1 ' Ion* of tbo disease Id i be respiratory tract. t He el-'o polntH out tbat influenza ?prtadt' rapidly In stuffy and 111 veuilialed hotels h fact! hat ba* been verified hy experience Id New York City. Sir Wullani Broadbent Id j the praclltloner, says ibal from ibe first invasion oflnfuenz* quinine la tbt " bn?t remedy taking It in dot>is of odo drachm t- 10 amrooniated acetatis in one hour Id Ioui bour periods, Bnlibeway or pieventlon 1? evidfnily the fresh air one with a ecpln^ * anarirneDts clean dry and well ventilated. a 1 -- M p 1 The State of South Carolina. J COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. ' Probate Court?Complaint lo Sell Lands to ' 3 Pay Debts. Betlle Jenkins as Administratrix Plaintlfl ' HgaiijHi i Charles Thomson. Cornelius Jer kins, Isaac . Jenkins, Will Thomson, Aijujes Tbomson and John Thomson, De endants. In Pursuance of an order of the Probate 1 Court. 1 1 I wiil sell at public on'crv at Abhevll'e Cuun Houhp, oh sa'cday in March 1907 rexl J . for ibe pK.vnieut ?<i ditiin, in* ioi ow;ug ae ncrlbed rem estate pi:H>ngnig to tbe estate nl I E .Ague.* Thomson deceased, situate In said 1 Slate and County to-wli; All ib>-t tract or ' u puree- laud*, sltuitte, lylDg ?-r)d belug lt> Abbeville County and Hie .State aforeeold, ' oon'alnlug Twelve end ball Acre*. more ot i > less. bounded ny lands of G. C. Duseubery, Klcbard Sondtey and other*. Terms: Cusli purchaser to pay for pnperc ; i J. F. Mliter. Judge Probate Court. JLoettl*. I T<-n thousand of the < M re'lnble Greer's Almanacs Jtixt received at Spteo's Drug Store. Conn- in and gel one. j Huylers candy, tbe kind the glrla like, 1 fresh Ht Speed's. ' FliDch cat (In for sale at Speed's. Kisin;- Iroiii ilie Grate A prominent manufacturer, Wm. A Pert well. ?>l Lucania' X. C., relates a most xnihikuWe txpern uce. He say*; "Afier 14. k i i> tr tt'f* than t It retb<?itle? <>f E'.n uic liilh i>, I feei 1 k?* lie rifiiin from thegiave. AI.v trouMe is Bright* (li.-tsisf in she Diaheles !sta<:e. I full} hi lievt- Electric Bitters \\iii cure nie |>t imam udy, for it has aluiidy s-tcpi ttl tin- liver and b.'aiMer e< in|<lii-a?ion.- which have troubled me lor 3ears." Ciuaiameid at P. B. Bpted, diuggist. Price only 50c. 19< lb run mn mill Mi Better equipped tlar Right in the swim, ant you and at the right pr SOME OF 01 The best lot of farm took* Pl< Breakers, both kind, See our plo so every one says. See themyoui Another Specia Try us for the best st^ve sold name means the very beet cookinj i backs. All good points known to you try one for 30 days on the houi if not we will take it back and it ( Still 1 Sewing machines, Wheeler ai Singer and Domestic. See the ve better, Sold any old way, or anj almost. Putman Orgai r . ' ' I Koyster guano is leading for t Bone" Fish soraD goods will do fl On tl Five cars White Milling Con it's sound and dry, Our Grocery Stocl Flour, Meal, Molasses, Oane, Sugar, and Coffee, Tobacco Cannec cans. We put out today thirty-five i 15c. See them. W. D. The unusual barg R. M. Haddon Goi 30 days have attrs preciative buyers continue these S3 will offer some cho: De Sprit, Net, To] and All O. er Lac* goods out. We are better ths serve you. The R. M. Notice to For the Purpose of Accommot of Making their Tax Betur tioned Below on the Datei ALL RETUNS MUST BE MA personal property returned at its true i Persous not making their returns I JOth, 1907, are liable to a peualtv of 50 igainst delinquents; for the failure to m neglect of the law, The returns of those who conform I iliipsand County Boards, while those ' meeting of the Board* ami return tosu >0 per cent penalty will correct this evi Employers are requested to return hem and getting a btatement of their | Returns will not he taken by by m jroper ottieer. This does not apply, b( All improvements on and transfer! Vuditor. My Appointments are as Folli Calhoun Falls, Wednesday, Janua Lowndesville, Thursday and Fridi ' ? i m a 1YIT. ^armej, luesutty, juuuarjf uij Willington, Wednesday, January : Bordeaux, Thursday, January 24th MeCormick, Friday and Saturday, Donalds, Monday and Tuesday, Ja Due West, Wednesday and Thursd Oltice open at Abbeville, Jan nary ] t ? i'..-: : i- : 37. =============== " - ' ' i ever for your business.. 1 lots of goods to show V y'- ,T f'X. jA ices too. f, , " " :* rs SPECIALS. 7 / ;v -. -r , < jws, Stocks, 2*horse plows, Middle w shapes. The best lot in the City, rself. Collars, Pads,;6t . >' . ';y!ksM il, Stoves, Bucks. and they are Books' too and which ' > I machine. White lined. 15 year the np to date stove maker. Wont ".VP se. and if what we claim, you taketft, ' -1 1 y.-.". V(.-: lon't cost yon a cent. See them. ,v ^ Lnother. > , id Wilson. No. 9 for the old reliable, ry latest in these goods. Nothing j long time and too, at your price I is are the Best. he cotton crop of 1807., "Farmers ie work ie work. ie road. i, which is the best for keeping, as v (-M ti i cannot be better in ." '-V Ray, Bran, Oats, seed and feed. Lard, 1 Gocds, Big Hominy 10c for 3 lib. loz. curry oombs special at 5,10 and . v - ... Barksdale. ' p jains offered by The npany for the past icted hundreds of apapd while" we will PECIAL prices we ice bargains in Point p Laces, Val Laces )s, the very newest mever prepared to Haddon Co* L. ! : "ivf> . ?'i j&!, . elating; the Public in the Matter n8,I Will visit the places Menvindicated in Schedule: DE UNDER OATH, AND ALL PER iiarket value. jetween January 1st, 1907, and February per cent. This penalty will be enforced nforce it theretofore has put a premium o the law are placed before the Townwho disregard the law come in after the it themselves. The enforcement of this il. all of their employees after notifying property. ail unless they are sworn to before some >wever. to persons returning only land. 3 of real estate must be reported to the 3W8 ; ry 16th. iy, January 17th and 18th. d. 23rd. January 25tb and 26th. inuary 28th aud 29th. ay, January 30th and 31st. 1st to February 20th. * RICHARD SONDLEY, County Auditor. I v-.Vs