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The Press and Banner ^ ^ W. T?.. l^radlflv. uv vv > n i nuu *i ^ HUUH WILSON, Editor.) ABBEVILLE, S. C. *#-Pnblished every Wednesdp at. 82 a year Id advance. Wednesday, March 6, 1907. Paternalism. That the tendency of tbls government is toward paternalism Is not to be denied. We are striving for compulsory education. We are struggling for compulsory Idleness on tbe part of children. , We are striving for a law which would compel Impecunious children to refrain from helping themselves to food, clothing and other necessaries. We want legislation that would enforce ' >-?.<? nt nhiMmn that may Idleness on uuuuicun v< v..... live In mill towns. This, too, Id tbe face of tee fact tbat ldleneiB Is acknowledged to be * the devil's workshop. We want legislation tbat would compel tbat ldleDessamong young people which ldled ess may have a tendency to immorality wbere a great multitude of idler* are crowded together. We are so lnteot on preventing tbe poor people from bettering their condition, tbat no attentloD has bean paid by law makers to either their health or tbeir morale. Tbey allow all sexes, sizes and ages aod different < families to be Jammed together in little house*. But tbe greatest lmposltloo on defeoseless people, is the law which compels poor people to submit to vaccioatloD against small pox. It is well known tbat v?oolnatlon is a preventive of small pox. Then, why force men to be vaccinated, If they want to take tbe chances of having that loathsome disease? It cannot properly be claimed that thlB usurpation of one's rights is for the public good. Tbe disease cannot oe Imparted to the general public, for tbe simple reason that nobody that cares to protect himself can be given that disease. As a man with small pox cannot be said to be a menace to tbe public health, his rights should not be Interfered with. He can lnlect only such persons a* 'may have willingly or perversely taken the chances. In speaking of vacclnatlOD, we learn that the ohildren of tbe publlo school at Due West were lest week compelled to submit to vaccination. Tbe vaccination was according to law. Tbe authorities obeyed the law. The law is without reason, and we believe, that It is nnJuBt. bnt tbe school authorities who enforced that law are not to blame. Although the mothers and the fathers have reason to oomplaln of the treatment to which their children were subjected, that complaint doe* not Justly rest at tbe doors of tbe school authorities, who are presumed to set an example in obedience to law. But their grievance liee at tbe door of tbe politicians who have Innocently and with tbe best intention deprived their constituents of a natural bom rjuu u Id speaking of the fidelity with wblcb tbe school authorities discharged an unpleasaDt duty, we are glad to bear that tbe college authorities of that town took tbe view that Id tbelr case at least, the breaob would be more honored than tbe observance, and they did not eaforoe vaccloatloD on tbe studeots Id tbe respective colleges, which are Dot so directly coDtrollea by law. YouDg gentlemen were either vaccinated or took chances at scales and scratches, wbile young ladles submitted to tbe iDfectlouB process, or risked their facial beauty to fortuitous clrcumBtaooes. If our legislators would do a real good tbey would legislate agaiust tbe hog, whose preseoce Is a menace to the health of tbe community whose atmosphere be contaminates. (No sort of reference is here bad to tbe animal tbat sits od tbeeodof the church pew, so tbat otbers, comlDg Id after blm, must orawl over blm.) If, instead of provldlDg an unpleasant duty far school authorities, our lawmakers would look after the bog and bis pen, great good might be done. It 1b true tbat tbere are oo vaccination fees In protecting a community from tbe perils Incident to tbe presence ol * tbe bog pen. Tbere Is no vaccination against typbold fever. We can only remove or prevent tbe presence of well known causes of tbls terrible affliction, wblcb Is a thousand times more to be dreaded tban small pox. Can't Keep Ibe Step. Tbls editor In some respects may be like tbe recruit who Joined a well-drilled military I company. He tbougbt tbe others couldn't keep tbe step. We bave urged various reforms or change* at Due West and in Mexico, bnt it seems tbat tbe olber men can't keep tbe step. When we see our good frleDd and brotner Galloway break tbe step, we are undone, and we feel like giving up. For Instance: We would reduce expenses In Mexico to a minimum, but our good brother seems more determined tban ever to keep np tbat great establishment beyond tbe Rio Grande. And be won't keep tbe Btep. AKHIU : J. uics ouiiut wuuiu Uinivo iuc namrles of the professors in Erskine $1,800. If any professor refused to take as much as 81.500, we would turn blm out. We haven't heard of brother Galloway keeping the step. We would arrange so as to utilize a part of the time of the higher paid professors In Erttklne In teaching at the Female College, but we wouldn't call It Female College. There Is no Bex In college. We would use part of the money now wasted In Mexico In raising the salaries of the teachers at Cue West. We cannot 6ee the Justice of paying men In Mexico more than i* paid tc men In the highest educational lnstl tntlon In the church. We would remove the orphanage from Mexico to this side of the river. We would abandon the Mexicans to their fate if they cannot, after a quarter of a century, pay something into thecburch treasury, even as home mission churches are required to pay. We would, Instead of Synod's heavy levy, consult with the peoj le and see If It met their approval, rue i_,ora loveB a cneeriui giver, but we are not lnlormed of bis feelings toward tbe grudging giver or tbe man who gives Dot at all. But brother Galloway will sot keep the step. We would change the plan of assessment, or we would revise the church rolls. At Abbeville, for Instance, we bave 75 members. An average of a dollar is asked from each. A large per cent, of our members never attend t servloe; some of whom we btlleve have sever been there. There are about fifteen, and sometimes, possibly, twenty members who respond to Synod's levy. In response to the last call one man paid $10; one family pnld $10; one member paid $5. Ten others contributed $18.50. And sixty members paid nothing at all. This system makes a poor Bhowing when the per capita Is struck for seventy-flve. Two men paid more than thlrty-flve per cent, of the whole. But, It may be that we can't keep the stept and bave not enough church zeal to pay a heavy assessment to keep up Mexico, which pays nothing. If we are all heatben, then treat us all alike. What say you. Brother We thank the Newberry Herald and News I for an Invitation to visit Newberry, bo that we might see what progress that old towo has made in fifty year.). In glancing over last week's copy of the Herald we failed to recognize any of the nam w that appeared in 4b paper In 1856. Jtf ' ninlorn*. Rev. McMillan delivered a mlBMonary sermon in the Presbyterian cburoh Sunday niornlDg. Counting the ushers and the preacuer mere were mo went to bear Dr. Wilson but Mr. McMillan conducted the service, aud he made the bent and tbe most praotlcal missionary sermon that we ever heard. He made statements whloh we believed. As a rule we do not believe muoh that the average missionary says, bat as far as we could understand, tbe Rev. McMillan made statements which we did not doubt were true. We have sometimes thought that speakers on tne subject of missions did not expect grown up people to accept as literally true all that they said. As a rule their statements are entirely so at variance with our own experience that we Just don't believe very much that they say, but In tbe case of Mr. McMillan's talk on Sunday morning we thought his statistics were to be accepted as correot. At any rate, we were so Impressed with It that we thought of our good friend and pious brother Galloway. If there Is any unoccupied space in his grey matter that Is not already filled, we Just know that a little of Mr. McMillan's speech would have filtered tnto his tblnkpaa. If we bad tbe copy of Mr. McMillan's speeob we hnnid be triad to print It. This, too, In the face of tbe fact tbal we bad previously about made up our mind never to bear another missionary sermon. When a missionary undertakes to tell of Individual wonders, wblob tbe light of tbe gospel Immediately works on heathen mind, of course we know tbat tbey are presuming ou our Ignorance. Nothing abort of a miracle can change a man's religious convictions In an hour. And tben wben tbey are changed, there intervenes a season, or a time, of Infidelity before embracing a new religion. If it taken tbe Almighty a hundred years Urmake an oak tree, Isn't It presumption in any man tocliimto make, out of a beatben, a full fledged christian In an bour. We grow in grace. Too Pare for Enrtb. Wo see a statement tbat a "couvorted" druggist has burnt all the playing cards In bis store, for fear tbat they may lead to gambling. On the same principle be ought to burn all the drugs and medlolnes In bis store. Tbls for the simple reason tbat these drugs and medlolnes, if improperly prescribed, and unwittingly swallowed, may bring on death. A real, sure enough "converted" druggist onght to be consistent. Drugs improperly ad ministered do more barm than playing cards. And then a druggist who burns bis playing cards, may be prompted by the same motive tbat moves other druggists to burn last year's garden seed. We have Been tbe statement that Protestant objection to oards and dancing originated with our forefathers on tbe ground that it was necessary to do as much as po?slbla to show tbal we were different from Catholics, and. In this particular, to olalm superiority of purity over tbe Catholics. Talk against card playing may be effective amo g tbe Ignorant, and tirades agalnrt ' ? ? ? K tx moll POAat rfifl hv aaociug iu?j (cuciaiv -v.. . ? people outside tbe joclal olrc'e, bat abuse ol oard players and dancers bas bat llitleffect upon Intelligent people who are admitted w I lb In the purple, and wbo may be lovlted totbe dances among society people. Tbe cry agaLust tbe dances Is toooften^a case of sour grapes. Notice, and see If there Isn't foundation lor tbls. Nice Building*. Abbeville Is to have two nloe buildings, a town ball and a court house. t We learn that tbe city hall will be on tbe lot now oooupled by tbe Masonlo Lodge upstairs. and down stairs by Hon. F. B. Gary's law office aod by Mr. Rykard's Jewelry store. Tbe new court bouse Is to be ballt Id tbe neighborhood, 11 not od the same spot where tbe barn now stands. Tbe buildings are to be such as to do honor toany community, and will be a source of pride to tbe builders and to tbe people wbo are at tbelr back. Tbe rich, you know, can dodge, while tbe poor don't have to pay much. And so, you see, we will all be happy. Tbls editor was In hope that the court bouse would get a different lot from that on which tbe barn now stands, but tbe committee of gentlemen who bad tbe work In charge couldn't keep tbe step. But let them build fine structures, and no oue will be prouder than the Press and Banner. Heptnsopbg. Well, now, we will venure to say that you J~1 Kon opfl Vnn Hnn'l I UU UUl auun nuab ?uv/ w* v, Know whether they are wild animals or escaped Mormon missionaries. If you know what kind of a bird a Heptasoph Is, please Inform us. As a matter of faot, this editor knows as little about a heptasoph as you or anybody else knows. Bnt we are lnlormed that a number of them are expected to assemble at Abbeville on or about Monday, March 11th, In charge of Capt. John W. Cru tt of Baltl more and John B. Sloan of Atlanta, The Grand Oyaatlcutls on this occasion will be Thomas L. Lettlman of Anderson, 8. C., and he will make the show as attractive as possN ble. The Heptasophs are said to be a most interesting; set and a full pen of them Is expected to acoompany the show. The Case of Tom If arrii. The case of Tom Harris may not be a more plain case of murder jban was a recent killing In Gaflney, but the white man bad a better chance than the negro. The Court appointed a lawyer to defend the negro, and of course that meant no escape. The lawyer bad no time to prepare his case. The Press and Banner thinks that the negro ought to be sentenced to the penitentiary. A negro named Mao MoKelvIn was found last week In Spartanburg In a dying condition. Before a physician arrived be died. The coroner, under suoh oiroumstances, was called to asoertaln the cause of his death. If a physician had been attending him, there would have been no necessity for the coroner to inquire into the matter. We can account, for the death of a man who hires a pbyst clan. Orpbannges. The Methodists have the Epworth Orphanage In Columbia. The Presbyterians have Thornwell Orphanage tn CllDton. The Baptists have Connie Maxwell Orphanage In Greenwood. The Associate Reformed Presbyterians have an Orphanage In?Mexico. It teems that W. I. Fiacklln of Langley Is runnlne against the Immortal George In a rtn'? loll q llo bat Mr. Franklin made 540 by selling cherries off one trre. Washington and Franklin! The editor of the Press and Banner thinks that Brother Holmes of tbe Barnwell People Is flot an earnest advocate of foreign Immigration. Tbe Press and Banner believes that Congress ought to have subsidized the ships. Clly KrgiHlrftlion. The books lor registration of voters are now open al City Council office. J. L. McMillan, Mayor. Jamee Chalmers, Clerk. -J. ' ' ' " I* The I>lHp?>ii<iRrv. At a meeting of the Board of Dispensary j Directors yesterday Mr. J. E. Jones wan eiei;i | ed Counsy Dispenser and Mr. P. A. Roche >' was elected Assistant. Tbe bouils of the Dispensary Directors were sent to tbe Governor yesterday morning aud It Is thought that be will send tbelr commissions tbis everlDg. * As soon as an appraiser can be had ts H take an inventory of tbe stock, of tbe late V Slate dlspensay will be opned under Coun- f1 ty auspices. p R F. D. ('arrlcru Get $900. A It ts with great pleasure that we note (be ' fact that the Rural Carriers are herealter to t receive 590C. Congressman Aiken has worked d for this In season and out of season, this ? being tbe figure he has hammered on from t tbe beginning of tho fight. h We print elsewhere a speech made by him 1 during tbe fight for tbe Increase. It Is to the r point, and sbows that he has both tbe f Interests of tbe carriers and of tbe people h well at heart. t j Bnlldinff Blockfi. ( Mr. W. S. Colhran Is Introducing some- ? thing entirely new In tbe way of building jj material, that Is in so far as tbe city of Abbe- r vllle is concerned. t He Is manufacturing cement building , blocks that can, hardly be distinguished from p granite except on close inspection. Tbe R price of this material 1s reasonable and it is H said to give entire satisfaction wbere It has t been used, certain 11 is mat 11 maKw a vwjr ^ handsome building. , t The Colton Mill. A quorum of the Directors of the Abbeville Cotton Mil met In New York yesterday to eleot a President. It Is understood that Mr. Moore, manager of the Mill's mill, at Greenville as tbechoice oftne dlreetors, Director C. Ellis of Abbeville attended the meeting a td volcad the Sentiment of the home Dire torso boosing a president. (Wot All Hla Dams Th rough Tbe Congressional Record shows that nine bills introduced by Congressman Aiken (or i permitting the darning of Savannah River < at various points passed both bouses euccexs. j fully. Mr. Aiken Is a hustler, and wben anything is to be done looal or general be is to be counted on. Sale of the Furnltuie factory Sin- ' cblnery. 1 The stock holders of the Abbeville Furnl- i ture Factory effected a sale of the machinery 1 laat Monday to be given at Toocoa, Ga., for $3,750. Tbe power plant was reserved. i LOWNDESVILLE, j Lowndesvllle, March 4tb, 1907. < Miss Annie Hawthorn and Mrs. 8. JB. Cook 1 and her two children of L>atlmer came ai> Monday and were tbe guests of Mr. J. M. 1 Huckabee until Wednesday. < Monday night Magistrate J. G. Huckabee's services as a matrimonial knot tier were call- ' ed for twice. About 8 p. m. a dusky couple ' appeared before him and were made one, and 1 about 11 p. m. after tbe Judee bad disrobed I and ready to leave for "the land of nod" another couple of tbe same hue called for his 1 assistance, which was cheerfully given, and 1 tbey, too, went rejoicing. For two or three weeks there haa been ' r\t o QMr/?ltv of moat. hprA and t.hp 1 regular buyers of this Important commodity were somewhat troubled, but If all could be so fortunate as Master Jobn Wilson was one night last week, tbe situation would be much relieved. He weDt opossum bunting and caught seventeen of tbe nl?b t prowlers. Hannah Hunter, colored, living near this place, wbo is near seventy years old, has neither needed tbe services of a doctor, nor taken a dose of medlclDe, since tbe close of tbe war wben she w?s freed. Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Barnes and Mr. Irvln Cleckley went to Augusta last week, tbe first to get the lumber to flnisb tbe new dwelling wqlob be Is building on Depot street. Mr. R. O Bell of Latimer was In tbls.place Saturday on business, Mr. 0. G. McAllster, Jr., of Latimer, came np Saturday and attended the monthly meeting of the Masonic lodge. Tbe tblrd In a series of four leoinres under tbe management of tbe Midland Lyceum Bureau, of Des Moines, Iowa, took place Monday nlgbt In tbe scbool building. Miss Etbel Maria Surface oocupled the rostrum for one and a bslf hours, and during tbe entire time, drew tbe marked attention of tbe large crowd present. Her every move and gesture were of ease and grace, sbowlng her familiarity with the requirements ol a public speaker, for often the manner of say log a thing Is far more Impressive, far more pleasing, than what Is said. Her visit to us will be long remembered. The first twenty-four hours of th? "windy month", wound up ratber queerly.and In a wav to abruptly break tbe peaceful slumber of the natives In this section. A three or four days of oold, oloudy, drizzly weather was ended Friday nlgbt near 12 p. m., with a bard blow, with rain, tbunder and lightning. A large area was oovered by it. All for miles around this place, exoept tbe soundest sleepers, were awakened by tbe rather unusual sounds for tbe date. The hard rain tben, and t tbe wluds and warm sunshine since, will t soon nut tbe very wet lands In a condition to c he plowed, which will be pusbed as soon as It r can be. Our railway seems to be bewitched. A run , oil every day or two, and always tbe freight , trains. Saturday evening late, a part of the | down freight was wrecked a mile or two above here. Nobody burt much. The down 5 passenger bad to spend the nlgbt just above 8 Ihomwlr A wrflptr Inc t.rntn Hf.nl to thft rf lief ot the damaged freight, ttnelf ran off and [ I tbe road was not opened until yesterday eve- a Ding. r Mr. and Mrs. Sam McAdams of Iva spent y?s'erday In this place. f Mr. Ralph Nance went to Monterey yesler- * dav to see bis bomefolk. Miss Eola May Kay baa been with friends at t Anderson for tbe past few days. Troupe. it r THE DEAD DISPENSARY. ? The Easley Progress Reads Between the Liuen. j The Easley Progress, Feb. 80. In speiklng of tbe demise of tbe State dls. ? penwtry, our esteemed contemporary, tbe Ab- : bevlile Press and Banner. In Its last Issue 1 breaks forth In the following sad strains: l "Tbe dispensary Is dead, but we still live." 1 For wbtoti we should certalnlv feel thank- r ful tf we ever Indulged In "fuss X" to any ex- 1 tent. f ' The bar-room or llcenso people rejoice In tbe streets." g Probably because they also have survived. "Bar room people were, no doubt, honest In g tbelr contention." Who said they were not ? o "fetaperance men who stood to their colors o wtre no lesB honest." Which shows spunk, but poor Judgment "Ttie action of prohibition people In going ^ over to tbe bui-room crowd baa not been ex- . plained." 1 Nothing easier to explain. They wanted to i kill tbe State dispensary. a "Though tbe State dispensary Is dead, we need have uo fears, but tbat tbe pioblbitlonlhts can hereafter get a 1 the liquor they want r and all they voted for." j\ Tbat Is a bright Idea which will admit of several constructions. "Tbe death ot the dispensary Is a distinct triumph for liquor." But a death blow to g-r-a-f-l-e-r-B and eorrupt politicians. 3 l L. W. Whiten Loenis. 1 Those embroideries at White's are simply grand. Have you seen tbem? If not, go at once and enjoy a rare treat by looking at 4. some of tbe most dainty and artlstlo designs I ever seen In tmbrolderles. j The embroidery sale at White's is going on . all tbe time, and sucb prices are put upon Jj Qis goods as makes tbem go every time. , Advance arrivals of prints, pfrcales, madras, glr gbams and other spring fabrics c?tu now oe teen at the store of L. W. White. Li- W. White Ir dow ottering lor $1 25 a greet I bargain la a wblte counterpane. It la lull] size, beavy material, pretty design and would t be cbeap at II SO. ^ L. W. WblfJ bai a very large oollection of w five cent laces of all style* and all widths. . His all linen laceeat five cents Is a apt daily good bargain. ]< Don't forget the embroideries at White's. M ??? i Little globules of suBshine that drive the clouds away. DeWitts Little Early Risers will scatter the gloom of erck-'headache and biliousness. They w do not gripe or sicken. Recommended * and sold here by C. A. Milford. i< rmurn beginning iun mm, ... ( VbeD the postal appropriation bill whs rrorted to I he house It ca-rled a recommendslon grant Ing S840 for the carriers which was I lassed by the house. The Senate then amended the bill lncreas-| ng the salary from 8S40 toSMO. The tit 11 was j hen Rent to a conference or both houses fori Inal adjustment, when ihe representatives of I ?oth the senate and bon?e stubbornly stood' lytbe action of their respective houees on he rural carrier salary; and after sitting two lays the conference tli all.v agreed to give the larrlers $900. Chairman Oeer?-treet ht?l Inended giving the rural carrlers$S40 this yeir, o be Increased to $900 next year, but the Senile could not. see It tuat way and doggedly ook a stand that won In tie end. The new law a'ao gives all carriers who lave br-en Id the service for twelve month* IfteeD days aunual leave with pay. All t'ubslltules for carriers 011 vacation to >e paid the same rale paid the carriers, so low all are bappv. Congressmen who won be victory, Carriers aud substitutes tho do the work, and even General )eGraw (Fourth Assistant Postmaster Jenera') Is delighted, snd for bis kind ,nd heroic service the carriers are iruiy | Mitelu 1 aud assure him that for his generous Q ?nd thoughtful interest in behalf of the car- k lers he will forever bo!d a warm place In the learts of ihe R. K. D. boys. Now ibat Ihe tight Is over and the victory eon every carrier should exert hlui'elf, and - . ?(rnr, mnlte the rural ml lonu iBiimcu vmvjj ? ervlce self-supporting, ami we are sure we K>ice the sentiment of every carrier north, J outb, east and went when we way ''we cer- ? alnly will do so." fr The amount lor the support of th" postal j ystem for the fiscal year beginning July 1st ,> text Is as follows: h Postmasters salaries 825 500/00 o Cliy letter carriers . 21,100,000 tl Assistant postmasters, clerks, messenger* and ' Janitors In postnffl es 25 300.000 C Pneumatic tube service 1 250,000 ! Rent, 1'eht and fuel In postoffices 3.(K)0.n00 V Rural mall carriers 33,<00,000 Rail way mall clerks 17,500,000 o Star route service 7,250,000 b Railway mall pay and *, railway postoftlce cars.... 49 000 CO I Foreign malls 3.300,000 11 All other items 17 800 000 Tola! 20.!M00,00 IN AND AROUND THE CITY. A most delightful reception was ?lven last roesday evening by Miss Ant.lonelle Ham- _ nond In honor of her charming Kue?i8, Miss " Loralne Proctor of Durham, N. C., and Mis* f Lillian Hammond oi Columbia. The home was beautifully ?.'ei:orAted. ' About seventy five in vitatlons were Issued making the ocasion one of the most notable r tnclal events of the season. Through the entire evening most dainty 1 *nd deilcU.us refreshments were served. Beautiful souvenir cards of diamonds and 1 Hearts were presented to eaoh guest. The occasion was one of extreme pleasure f lo all present and will long linger In their memorv as one of the most delightful social J sven ts of the seaaon. Mrs. J. s. ^ochran has just returned from northern markets where she assisted in pur abasing the millinery for the Smith Dry ' Soods Company and will mauage the mllli- t aery aepBrimuoiui luin inui. mm. va^uiou , Is an artiste In this business and Is well * known to ouf people especially ?b one wh'> I Ban make the prettiest bonnets mid Lib i h ibat j aver graced the beads of Abbevt le'? beautiful women. 8be l? strictly up to date and can u make tbe mom homely kIrl an prelty uh a p jueen. (l One evening last week MIbm Sarah Klusrh snfertained most charmingly a number oi { tier friends. Delicious r?irenbment? were C served, and the evening pussed cQ uo<t j pleasantly. . The dispensary 1s lyiDg up a good while 1 Trom tbe effects of that "liw gripp" which f] settled upon It ana d-atb girpsome time ago t Many are anxious to know what tbe :>oard ofcontrol are going to do, wheiher we v will have dispensary, bar-ro ms, or high fl lcens<? In this connection we would su> r with abundant proof that, there has been >n the streets of U-ls city m<>re ImoxicUect c people since the close qt the <Jltpeti*ary than f were ever seen during two or more years ol J tft establishment In our midst. Jugs are arrl vlui; by tbe wagon load mskDg tbe express office a busy place. As for )urself we honestly believe the dispensary iroperly managed and controlled b>- koou neu and hedged about by strong laws rlgMly (. tniorceJ to be the best solution ol the liquor business and the nearest to prohibition we will e?er get until our law makers enact law* fi orblddlng the shipment of liquor into ti e State. Even should the dlspeui-ary be lotjver dosed and prohibition be voted lor Ab- e jevllie County, what would It be worth wlib)ut laws making the shipment of any liquor nto the .-Mate a ml-demeauor punl-hable by ? mprlaonment In the wta'e penitentiary and , lotwitbhlnudlng tbH law rigidly enforced II vould at the great risk be smugg ed In and .he latter would be worse than the llrsi. p ['his is only our humble opinion, rlgln or C vrong. t Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Roper entprtxlned the r lociai meeting ol the F.pworth Lc ague Tuee- ? lay night of last week m a most delightful a nanoer. The contest was the drawing of 3eorge Washington's photo and an original >lece of poetry composed by each member e The first prize was a handsome picrure 01 w Colonial times and won by Miss Louise DeBruhl, the second, a booby prize was the j 'orlglDal hatchet" with which "little" Georg* r sat down the cherry tree In his faiber*- K :arden and was won by Mr. O-car CVbh Jurlng the evening most delightful refresh- h nents were served. The next "Snclul" raeel- n ng will be entertained by Mrs. W. E. Cason. a lon <? ROUTE 3. w On last Friday night considerable hall and ^ aln fell along route3 and wbh accompanied n >y heavy thunder aod vivid llglnlrig. Tne ( >niy damage done was muddy aud heavy oads lor the R. F. I> .Carriers. Tbe condition of Mr. Leslie Waleon ft this v writing is, friends (ear, tending toward the ! ?orse as be Is gradually growing weaker aad 8 no better. Mr. A.J. Wuodhurst was laid up lam week vltb a severe attack ol liiuibago but Ik out 1 igatn. Friday and Saturday of last week Mr. John , I. Link bau ed tbe mall on route 3 a* sub J tltute lor*"M", his horse being tired out (] millnij through heavy roads, oeedad rest. i. The law allows 'one'' substitute to serve or several carriers, thereby giving them a S retlerjob. g The GypslPR are now encamped neur tbe lome of Sheriff Lyon. r Oq last Monday we ?aw only a few plow* unnlne, the ground belnif loo wet, and more specially the people wanted to take lu aleday. We have a solid car load of ^ Stoves and Ranges coming-, md we show onr confidence nthe Enterprise Stoves and kffational Ranges by confining I >urselves to tne one line-we a eel that they are the best, jtnd see no reason to handle mything but the best. Daren's 5 and 10c Store. 'he winds of March have no terror to t h>> user of DeWit'ta ("arbolized Witch V iazel Salve. It quickly heals chapped nd cracked skin. Good too for boils n<i burns, and undoubtedly the best elief for Piles. Soid here by-C. A. _ lilford. \ At Dargan's 5 and 10c Store ( rou can now find one of the 1 lest assortments of white ined Enameled Ware you ^ sver saw-prices away down voo?come in and let us show / t to you.Nothing nicer in tiiel ' :itcben than this white lined ] Enameled Ware. H'orkol l.ikc it Cliarm. K Mr. D. N. Walker, editor of that picy journal, the Enterprise, Louisa 'a; says; ''1 ran a nail in my foot last J ;eek ami at once applied Bucklen's krnica Balve. No inthuuuiation fol)wed; the salve simply healed the /ouud." Hea'.s every sore, hum ami (i kiu disease. Guaranteed at l\ Ji. ni'iur<riut 'iTui. ^ o We are or the ciiHtoinerfi are riilsir.n iHnas lib Roysien. FHimert. l'.ont* (?uhim> .\clds tc. Lei u? ink Ui ,\i>u atxiul 10-2 and 1 >?J _ i;ld and Win 2-2 guano ? :? guauo 10-1 1 guano (; ) 2 li-lO-M and 1C-4 4 guano. " -4/t . ?,T , .. EAST KM), JI e?H I>?(h Picked l'p Hi-rc and There About tliv City. KOKAli MOTES OK 1NTEKKST. Three hearty cheers for the CoogresFmoti ! rho ho nobly hdd kuccekk'uily expous-vi mine of the R. P. D. boy*giving thern $100 per; - ? ,.f r?,? | ir?r? for Seronrl Wwk to Convene 18lli dny of Wiirch 1907. W. B. Mann. LowrdeHvllle. G. K. Mann, Look Cane. <i. B. Ba*kln, Lowndeavllle. J. A. Gambrell, Donalda. s. K. Youni.', OdarSprluga. J. S. New. Bordeaux. W. It Maltlt-on, Donalda, .1 K Seuwriglit, Diamond Hill, II K. C Sbnw, i,owodeavllle. J I U W. Hawthorn, Long Cane. li. I,. Burls, Donalds. IB t\ M. Winn, Lone Cane. H I J L Dansby. Ci d-u* SprlDgR. B.| J. A. Prultl, Dne West. Joe Dllleafiaw. Bordeaux, it. P.Jamison, Donalds. G. 15. A'ewlne. Hue West. .Inline Maori, Abbeville. M. W. (Jxmbreli. Donalds, D. F, Madden, I)ae West. M. (J. A?nie.V. Dne Went. H. B, Allen, Lowndesvllle. Fierce Bowen, Long Cane. ? < T,. M Palterson. Diamond Hill. K] E W. Baskln, Lown lesvlllo. J. C. Taibert. Bordeaux. No-rift Waft*tleld, Diamond Hill. J. W. Long, Indian Hill. 17( Sim Ann ley, Due Weat. J J. M. Burton, Due Weat. J. A. Tnlbert, Bordeaux. I!. L. Ashley, Due West. W. E. Daniels, Lowndesvllle. John M?nlli. Due West. J s. MoC'ulu, Due West. J. II. Link, Abbeville. SHERIFF'S SALE. Br State and County Taxes. so 3Y virtue of certain Stale and County tax executions to me directed and lodged Id >y oftioe by W. T. Bradley, County Treat-urpr ir Abbeville County. S C., lor the ye?r 1905, bave levifd upon and will sell Id front ol le Court House lu Abnevllie, P. C., on tbf ret. Monday lu April. 1901. b?-i?ig the first day I the month, wlihln the legal hours of dale, 10 following described property, 10 wit: Four hores, more or less, lying and being Id tjq' ong Cnne township, houoded by lands ol " has. Bolts, the Marx land, the lands of Luier Cl*mp. fronting on the Hodges road. 1 e 'eit on ?nd to be no:d as the property Aies Dal i^ardlaw estate. Also, one lot. one-fourth of one acre, morer lees, lying ami bHng In city of Abbeville. V0' minded by lands Mar I ah Giles, Ann Watt nd otb*r?, known Ah pari of the Hirrj <n homax estate. L>-vlt*d on and to be Mold us- II] le property of Mary Watt. Terms of Sale?Lash. C. J. LYON, March 5lh, 1907. o ? ?. A. C. Post Cards are a line that ve pay a great deal of attenion to and we have a very arge lot on hand now, the lewest Comics, Easter Cards, be 7iews of Abbeville, and a . ovely line of popular Tinsel;d cards. Dargan's 5 and 10c 5tore. 'In 1897 I liad a stomach disease iotne phyaicians said Dyspepsia, some jonsumptioti. One said I would not gc ive until Spring. For four years I exsfed on boiled milk, soda biscuits, and l< ctors' prescriptions. I couM notdi:est anything I ate; then I picked np ne of your Almanacs and it bapqen;d to be my life-saver. I bought a fifty ;ent bottle of Kodol and the benefit I eceived from that bottle all the gold u Georgia could uot buy. In two it nontlis I went back to my work as a nachinist, and in three mouths I was veil and hearty. May you live long nd prosper."?Xi. N. Cornell, Rodin?, Ja; 1906. The above is only a sample f the gr< at good that is daily done sverywhere by Kodol For Dyspepsia. t is sold here by C. A. Milford. ? St Jfo. 13, Loral*. Qft Wanted 500 doz?n eggs during the next l? n ays. W 111 pay 15c spot cash or 21c In trade, Wsnted buyers for 10 dozen fat hens, too it to lay. l'rlce-10t: eHCh or 51.75 per dozen. ^5 Wanted buyers for 4 dozen large frys, 33 l-8c acb. cr 83.75'per di z.-n. Wanted buyers for 100 doz eggs per wrek urlug mouth of Fibruary. 2llc per dozen mall lots delivered. 18c per .dozen lu 20 ozen lots. Wanted buyers for eggs for settlDg. OrIngton eggs, from a pen beaded by a $1.60 ock and twelve heus eouliuK S18 00 A set- ? lug of l.'l eggs will cost J2.00. Ifyouwsbto alse some of lhls bre? d which Is the finest Mnter layers on earth, send in your orders ny time after Marco 10:b. If you wish eggs In the winter time while ggs are high, try tne Orpington; anything -III lu v trlK'n I hp Ih v birds do. Pure bred Plymouth Hock pggs, ?1 for 13. 'bey have the reputation ol ttu best all purio?>e fowl ever ruintd. Brown leghorn lorse'tfnp, non-seltlng reed, per Kfttiun of 13 75c. This breed lays lu e monlhH out of tw. ci ve. While U'Khornn ?ame sr above, price 75c per ettli <j. The above two breeds, crossed with IrplPKtou cocks per settlug of 18, 50c. It If aid by those who have tried It, that tbls roHH makes belter layers than fn 1 blood trplngton. Wanted buyer for one fat stall fed beel,/elghing about GUI) pounds, young and tener B B. Joms <fe Co. '" or weak kidneys and lame back use )e\Viit'? Kidney and Bladder Pills. Jest for lumbago, rheumatism, blaster ami other troubles arising from ?ad blood. They cleanse the kidneys ' nd clear the system. Indorsed and old by U. A. Mitford. -I,1!11? No. 13.; JEW FIRM OF MERCHANTS. R. B. Jones & Co,, Smitliville, I, C., Owuers of the Sunflower 'oultry and Stock Farm, Poultry nd Eggs, Beef, Cattle and Fine g fogs a Specialty. Farm Supplies, Hay and Corn. 13 Eggs to the Dozen. _ divert & Uickles s ? Headquarters for ? R^hite Hickory Wagons l? ? i tcr U. JwensDoro wag una, on Re iocfe Hill Buggies, g* Summer Buggies, ;heap Buggies, lamets.Laprobes, etc. Dalvert & Nickles. ob. 21. 1901 ?f Tr )R. J. A. DICKSON, SURGEON DENTIST. OLD KIL1 IN US; CltOWN AND HKUHth WO UK A ALTY. v A (iOOD I'LATK... 5<t.O? AMALUAM KILLINGS 75C ?ud. 1.00 "e' OKK!('K (iV KK MAKKMDALK'K HTORK. c al pro All grades Feitilizers at Jlenn's. J}0 .. \'*yar. \ --vr " 0F : 7 -irk/ 1C7V em m Better equipped than % ight in the swim, ant >u and at the right pr SOME OF 01 Thfl hftst lot of farm toolf. Pl( eakers, both kind, See our plo every one says. See them you] Another Specia Try us for the best stove sold me means the very best cookinj cks. All good points known to 11 try one for 30 days on the hou lot we will take it back and it < Still J Sewing machines, Wheeler ai Qger and Domestic. See the ve tter. Sold any old way, or anj nost. Putman Orgai Royster guano is leading for t ine" Fish scraD goods will do tl On tl Five cars White Milling Con s sound and dry, Onr Grocery Stocl Flour, Meal, Molasses, Cane, igar, and Coffee, Tobacco Cannei ns. We put out today thirty-five c. See them, W. D SCHOO] Tablets I General Sa Speed's I Tlifl Pfidnk JLIiV 1 VVJ/IVU ABBEVI] OFFICERS. S. G. THOMSON, President. . A. NEUFFER, Vice-President. R. E. COX, Cashier. NATIONAL BANI Statement or condition at c Resource*. ans and Dipcounts $I0S,064 O erd rafts Hi,336 iK c 1 . i fc: tsii Of O. DUUUf vr. 3?-r Securities 500 0( al Estate 9,383 (X demptinu Fund....* 937 0( e from Batiks 71,720 0( ih in Vault 21,000 0< $330,(>90 Of Oldest and Strongest Banl Ample Resources for all d Intercut Allowed on Depc ie State of South Carolina COUNTY OK ABBEVILLE. PROBATE COURT. the matter of the Euate of John A Harris, deceased, N.ulee to Debtors and Creditors. II Dernons iudebted to said estate frim If' without delay, and thoe uoidinf iiis HBHiust the estate must present then periy attested to. Mrs. Annie (J. Harris or J. C. Ellis. otH of good tilings for the Farmers In Plow w stocks gearing eto. Extra feet bandlet beams for all Bizet, ' , . ?-r~C o: :v V^r';v 1 ' . V. ; , |m; - ft# V7. ;.V : : 4 ? b\ /? > 3 i ever for your business. ' >; I lots of goods to show '* ices too. ra specials. . )ws, Stocks, 2'horse plows, Middle w shapes. The best lot in the City* rself. Collars. Fads, ete. 9 %Vv' il, Stoves, Bucks. and they are Books too and which g machine. White lined. 15 year . rfvLr\ the up to datp stove maker, Wont' .4 se. and if what we claimj youtakefit, ' 7 Jon't cost yon a cent. See them. . ;:v" . M Another. - ' id Wihon, No. 9 for the old reliable, try latest in these goods. Nothing ' plong time and too, atyour price .. ; .5 ? ' ^ 'jf.r |t us are the Best. . ;he ootton crop of 1807. "Fanners le work. ie road. a, which is the best for keeping* - as k cannot be better in Hay, Bran, Oats, seed and ffced. Lard, ; 'h d Qoods, Big Hominy lOo for 3 lb. - doz. curry combs special at 5,10 and ; : / v \ . Barksdale. ?mm L BOOKS ' r , ' "v Pencils . Vi V Hit hool Supplies. ?_?Tinny S+orft I,-LLE, S. C. DIRECTORS. S. G. Thomson, H. G. Anderson G. A. Neuffer, C. C. Gambrall, W. E. Owens. F. B. Gary, . J. 8. Stark, R. E. Cox, 4 Jonn A. Harris. ' , 'l ' ' ' --'Vi? )'4l I OF ABBEVILLE. lose or business Dec. II, 1906. II liabilities. >j; Capital Stock $75,000 00 ) Surplus and Profits 28,060 00 ) National Bank Notes 18,750 00 ) Bills payable 10,000 00 ) 'Deposits 203,880 00 5 ) j : ): $330,690 00 l in the County. einands. sits in Savings Department. Cbanve of Schedule. The arrival and departure as well aa time and connections with other companies are given only as Information and are not guaranteed. 32 arrive 4:25 * :xi " 1:05 S i - 12:48 83 " 1:U8 l 41 2:38 { M " 4:08 l <M( Tberfrare myrnds of twinkling atari, bat precious lew good cigars. There la one Id . ,' Abbeville tbm's all the go, It Is aold by , Speed and Is called Clnco. Flinch cards for sale at Speed's. I . .i m