The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, May 15, 1907, Image 5

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Ihe Press and Banner. ] Published every Wednesday at two dollars a a year in advanee. Wednesday, May 15, 1907. A Most Welcome and l uminal Visitor c-moi? ihfiinih tnotont and thus reads bis card: "Harold T. Nlelson, Scientific As alstant, Forage Crop investigations, Bureau ol Plant Industry, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C." As we understand tbo matter: H Is purpose was to make Major Arthur Parker a visit and examine, so as to report Intelligently to (lie t Bureau of Plant Industry what progress was ^ being made In the culture of burr clover, | crimson or red clover, the vetches, aud espt daily alfalfa or lucerne; the ultimate purpose of the department being, If tbe conditions are feasible and their utilities will warrant furtber expenditure, to establish under tbe supervision and possibly tbe fostering care and protection ol the department a more ex- , tensive cultivation of other arears, (garden t pots as it were cf 5 or ltf acres eaob) In these aod other legumes lor forage en ps in this / Slate. / It Is gratifying that we can state that Mr. Nielsen -bas expressed himself encouraged by p tbe outlook for success promised by MaJ. Par- *" Iter's experiments, anj It is hoped and expected that this vlplt will lead to the sowing of many ten (10) acre plots for tbe speolal cultivation of such legumes lor forage as shall be found to do well here. We cordially welcome Mr. Nlelson and In- . *>"<* hin rot 11 rii in nertenL the ulans outlined above and which all of us will facilitate to the uttermost. Mrs. Wi*s? of the Cubbage Patch. C Tbe rehearsals for the roarlngly funny farce \ ot "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" are * progressing splendidly. Tbe characters aie . working hard every night to make ibis play L one of tbe beat amateur performances ever k given In Abbeville. Tbe parts are all well sustained and each character Is striving to make his or her part a (lowing suocess. The play Is a combination ot tbetwo books 'Mrs. Wlggs of ihe Cabbage PatcbM and "Lovey Mary," two of the most noted literary successes of years, and is teeming with "" the homely pbllokophlcal savings, which has made these books famous. This play will be given at the opera house, Tuesday. May 21st, Tor the benefit ot the Episcopal church. There wilt be specialties by the best talent ot the town between acts. You will miss a rare treat and a hearty laugh should you Dot come to see Ibis piay. Come and eDjoy yourself and help a good cause. , Cast of Characters. Mrs. Wlgg" Miss Antoinette Hammond Lovey Mary Mrs. Jas. A. Hill Miss Hazy Mins Kunette Turner Miss Lucy Miss Kmily PreDtite Asia Miss Ma'jorle Kern Europoeua ...? Ml?s Auoiit lurk Australia MIks Hmtie Lyou Mrs. Elchoru Miss Mary Mlilei Mrs. Scbultz Mrs. J. E. MrDavId Mr. Stubbing Mr. Jas. A. H11 Mr. Eicborn Mr. Geo. A. smith Mr. Schultz Mr. A. B Cheatham lMnltl Wlgge...... Mr. J. s. Cochran Bill Wing* Mr. Wm, E Hill Chls Hazj Mr Sam 'i utner Hunkerdeus Joue- Mr. Harry Cobb Mr. Bob Mr. Wm. K. Hlli Sheriff Mr. W.S. OuPre Neighbors and cltiz -us ol the Patch. ? > The Speed and VlHanNkl NedalH. The following in a list of tbe young genii*? men who will take rnrt In tbe Speed medal for best deolalmei: Mr. Foster Biadley, Mr Goode Thomson. Mr. Hugh Cromer, Mr. Andrew White. Tbe young ladles who will participate In tbe VlsaDHkl medal art: Miss fcjeniliua HoillDgswortb. MlS8Edna Cox, Miss E'bel Lyon. Each of these young people are ai work lo earnest aDd there Is a promise of a verj lively contest ODe week from today. In sddltlon to tbe deolalmations there will be musical treats by 'be following members ol tbe tenth grade* MUs Bern 1<jb Cramer, MistBessie Lee Cheatham. Miss Ethel Lyou. Miss . Mary Clark, Miss Septlma Hollingsworth, Miss Isabel Sign. Death of Dr. Lomiiz. Dr. Horac? Hutson Lomnx, colored, died In Abbeville, May 11, 1907, after a lingering Illness. In early llie tie laugm rcuooi. adoui n?t or six years ago be w?b graduated from M harry Medical College Id North Caroline, since which time be has practiced med'clDe. He was tbe joungpRt son of Hntson J. Lomaz wbo was elected Spnaior during tb< Republican days and In 1870 was killed In tbe wceck of a train on tbe (iteenvlile ana Colombia railroad He was burled Sunday aftern on In the presence of an Immense usnembly of colored friends. GO-FLY keeps flle?ofl Horee? and Cattle. 2>o and SOo. Sold b* C. A. Mllford, and McA'llster <fc Black, 191. Carmel. 8t Rev. Dr. A. C. Wlklns left this morning to attend tbe Southern Baptist Convention In Richmond and tbe Jamestown Exposition Tbere will therefore be no preacbing In tbe Baptist obnrcb next Sunday. He expects to be home before May 26. Rev. E. A. McDowell, pastor of the Mt. Carmel Baptist church, will not be able to meet his appointments with that cburcb next Sun/iow ioth tnatant. on account ol a meeting now Id progress with the Ninety Six Biptlst oburcb. In the felecllon of Mr. W. W. Bradley, ol Abbeville, to succeed bis father, Mr. J E Bradley, an a life member of tbe board of trustees of Clemson Col ege tbe gentlemen of the board bave made do mistake. Mr Bradley Is ot e ot tbe proprietors of tbe Abbeville Press and Banner and 1? Congressman Aiken's private secretary. He is a gcod citizen and will reDder tbeStnU) good service In'tbe new position to which be bas been called.?Uieenvllle News. ?? . Clemson Agricultural College. Scholarship and Entrance Examination to Frdshmul Glass. The examination f>r tbe award ?>f scholarships from Atitwvllle County and AUMIS-' SION TO FRESHMAN CLASS will be h. d at tb* County Court House on FRIDAY. JULY 5. at 9 a. m. Applicants for scholarships may secure blank application forms from tbe County Superintendent of Education. These blanks must be tried out properly and tiled wllb tbe Couuty Superintendent before tbe beginning of tbe examination. Those taking tbe examination for entrance to the Freshman class and not trying for a scholarship shomd file tbelr application with the President Mell. Tbe scholarships are worth 8100 and fret) tuition. One scholarship student lrom each county may select tbe Textile course, others must txke one of tbe Agricultural courses. Examination paper will he furnished, but each aprllcaut should provide himself with scratch paper. The Dumber of - scholarship*) to be awarded will be announced later. P. H. MELL, Prenldent, Clembon College, S. C. Charleston and Western Carolina Ry Schedule Id effect Jan. 10, 1907. Dally Daily Daily Lv Augusta d.-SOam ? 05pm 6.30am Ar McCormtck.. 11.35am 6 50pm 8.13am LvMcCormlcfc 816*m Lv Calhouo Fails... 9 20am ? Ar Andersop 11.00am Lv MoCormlcK 11.85am 6.52pm Ar Greenwood 12.28pm 7 45pm Ar Waterloo 1.09pm Ar Laurens 1 40pm i Ex. Sun. Lv Laurens 2.10pm 8.10im Ar Fountain luu... 2.52pm 9 25am Ar Greenville 3.35pm 10.20am Lv~Laurei)8 2 07pm Ar Woodrutt 2.49pm Ar Spartanburg 3.40pm Lv aparuiuburg 4.00pm (So. Ky.) Ar Henderson vine 6 25pm Ar^ABhevllle^ _ 7.30pm Lv AsbeviiTe 7.15am (So. Ry.) Lv Hendersonvlile 8.10am Lv Hpartanburg 11.50ptn (C. & W. C. Kv) Lv Woodruff 12 88pm Ar Laurens 1.22pm Lv Oreenviue 12.i0pm 4.80pm Kx.SuF. Lv Fountain Inn... 12 63pm 5.26pm Ar Laurent 1.88pm 6.20pm LiV Lauren* 2.02pm (C. N. <fc L.) Ar CUotOD 2.22pm Ar Newberry 3.10pm Ar Columbia 4.45pm Ar Charleston 9.50pm Lv Lauren* 150pm C. &W.C.) i Lv Greenwood 2.52pm 6 55ara ,; Lv Anderson 4.15urn 1 Lv Calboun Fans... 5.46pm j Ar AlcCormick 3 45pm 7.47nm 6.48pm Lv McCoiin Ick 3.45pm 7.47am 6 50pm Ar Adcdup 8 80pm 8 30pTi \ ' ' Note?1 be abuve arrival* uDd departures, as i well as con i-eri ions wlihot* ?-r companies, are given ae inloimauou, atd are not suaiau Through Pullman Sleeping car Augatta and JacfefcODvUie Dally. Lv. Augusta 10.20 { p. m. arr>ve Aukubih 7 40 a. m. ' Ernest Wllliamo, G. P. Agt. Augusta, Ga. 1 R. A. Brand, Traffic Manager. How things that are none of our bus-' iness do interest us. i J Piotorial _ U1 _ fot Juae. diiii u WEI Sweet Girl Graduate We are showing thousands of yards of Laces, Em>roideries and the Sheerest French Lawns and Organdies. Uso Fans, Hosiery, Gloves. All the wanted articles for ommencement. Smiti Dry Ms Co. M Wisdom al Troth Lincoln said, u You can fool all the people some of the time and you can fool som? of the people all the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time." That is true. But isn't it better not to fool or try to fool any one at any time. We think so, even if only for policy's sake. Honesty always wins?she never fails?especially is this true in business. The business man who keeps only the best goods and offers them at honest values, so as to share his living with that of his customers, is the man who gains the confidence of the people, and confidence gained is the soundest basis on which to build and increase a business, and proves the most valuable asset any business house can possess. These policies have, and always shall, govern our dealings, and by continuing these methods we feel confident of not only holding our present customers, but have every reason to believe that we will gain patronage from those who have not heretofore given us their trade. P. ROSENBERG & GO. The R. M. Haddon Co. Just recevied a new supply BlaqT?dDRESS GOODS. Call and see those beautiful Printed Lawns and Muslins at 5, 8l/i and 10c per yard. Our White Goods Sale is still going on, and the Persian and Linen Lawns are attracting the trade by their good quality and low prices. Ladies and Children's Oxford at old prices. Broken cir/oc at rn atiil -1 cr -mir Pa11 and seeMiem. ixv ? / J- X B THE R. M. HADDON COMPANY. Dargan'a Xocala. Dargan's 5 and 10c itore received a car load Valuable Farm Prop)f Enterprise stoves and National ranges last * week. They have lined up 26 dlffereut styles. fnn Go You can be pleased If yon come to tnis store \5Jl I'j lul ijdlCi !or your stove wants. Wedding bells are ringing again. Call* tor The old Mattox Home Place, oontalnlu sot glass, silver or china, and we have strong 366 acres, located near Heardmont, Elbe: showings In each of these lines. Dargan's 5 County. Georgia. ?od 10c store Tbts farm contains five settlements. It hi . ' , a lot of fine bottom land. It Is well timbers u; kHi rallroad lantern and dandy. water power developments taklc We have them. Dargan's 5 and 10c store. place OD e?ber ()f ? F]y%tQ geven m| Post cards of the "city" In beautiful photo- Hon dollars to be Invested within the ne: graph finish?the most durable kind. Var- two years. L.ana advancing Dy leaps an gan'Bo and 10c store. bounds. "Palmer" baunmocks are the very best and I have other fine land for sale, some el Its this kind we are showing. Dfi.rgan's 5 and uated In the famous flat woods section of E 10c btore bert county and others In the famous peat J belt of Elbert couuty. Size farm to salt pa m V* chaser. The MoMarray Drug Co. Is headquarters for For farther particulars write to or call on disinfectants and germicides. B. F. SMITH, Elberton, Ga. li Drv SAVE Saturday, May gg? EMBRO WORTH UP T( CHOICE THE YARD iattings, JL/f Curtain " iii in tit. Conducted by S. 0. Farmers' Union ? A paper read before the Powdereville ( Union on the social features of the ? Union. j Mr. President: i The founders of the Educational and i Co-operative Union, in their introduc- j tlon, laid down as one of the principles t to constantly strive to secure entire i harmony and good will amongst man* { kind, and brotherly love among our- j selves. 1 To gather the tear? of the distressed ? the blood of the martyrs, the laugh of t innocent childhood, the sweat of hon- i est labor, the virtue ot a happy home J the brightest jewels known. Onejof the greatest questions still < unsolved is how to make life more j bearable by filling it . with the every t Kafmoon (tin nntnlflM thflV ( move along the highways of life together. It is the little conrtesies that we have learned as human beings to extend to one another that almost more than anything else make life worth the living. If we could make every one realize he can never do his duty to his fellowmen by giving money or material gifts without their sympathy and love A man that boards his money and refuses to help his fellowman is called mean and stingy. You have no more moral right to hoard your sympathy and love than you have your money. Life is too short to think of nothing but the almighty dollar. The worst feature of it is that 'in this mad chase for it, turns the hand of every one of us against his neighbor, ana our neighbor against us. It makes that heart that ought to be throbbing with love an abode of hate. By the cultivation of a spirit of j sympathy, sociability,.love and helpfulness in the Union, the home and the chnrcb will have a new ally, constituting a powerful agency for good. To encourage individual honesty and sobriety, thrift and the noblest, unselfish work should always be our *Kn TTnInn QiUi 1U IUV V/U1VUI Don't Qnnrrel Over the Skin Before Yon Kill th? Cotton Bear. Ever eee rabbit beagles stop cbaaiog a rabbit to qaarrel over the game be fore the rabbit vas caught? No, these have more common animal sense than some of we Cotton Association and Farmers' Union men who pop up now and then Zand go to quarreling with each other about who is entitled to the skin of the cotton bear before the old heifer has been killed. It matters little to the average cotton grower who kills out the ootton bear and speculating element just so we get them out of the way. The great rank and Hie of the Farmers' Union and the Cotton Association are more Interested in combining the forces of the two organizations for good strength and bard fighting on cotton prices next fall than we are in elevating the interest of a few officials in both organizations who keep up strife for their own selfish ends. Violations of tbe 8. C. Fertiliser Law. ' Clcmson College collected $1,334.09 penalty moDey from eleven companies for se ding out fertilizers below grade and other violations of the law last year. If there is ooe farmer in the state who has collected the dollar penalty money or shortage, which they can do, we have not heard of it. Farmers, you are simply sleeping over your privileges. We calculate that at least $7000 could have been recovered by the farmers if they had kept up with these violators by reading up on these fertilizer bulletins that are beibg sent out from Ciemson College. If your county business agent cannot tell you how to proceed to recover shortage and penalty write W. C. Moore, Greenville. 8. C. Your state business agent. He, no doubt, will take pleasure in figuring the matter up for you. It is to the credit of the fertilizer companies to state here that 11 out of 12 companies who fell short last year naffloH nr. nlalirm nrnmnt.lv. nnlv one 3 c-ciuvu up ? company who ia charged $660 on 1 eight below grade samples is still contesting Clemson's claim for penalty. i Hilling' Grans And Planting GraaN. Last week we saw two men digging i up Bermuda grass roots out of their I cotton patches and another farmer ] - hauling these same roots to bis farm j planting the roots out on the same kind or land near by. This may re- j " mind you that it takes good grass and little work to grow fat stock and a deal sight of hard work, guano and nthor rhintra too worrvine to mention rt to grow cotton. 18 * i. We know of other men that are tryingto kill out the whiskey evil by it keeping it out of the country, while d others are tryiug to kill out all the t_ whiskey in the land by bringing it in |Z and drinking it up. sb r Try to be content with your lot even if it isn't a corner lot. (rood v?x i vr w YOXJ MQ] 18th, 10 a. m. IDERIES ) 50c YARD. 15c. ice Curtail Swisses. EA8T END. /-ibst prayer delivered in american congress. The prayer waa ottered by Rev, J. Daobe, md la aa follow*; O Lord oar heavenly Father, high and nighty king of kings, and Lord of lorda, wbo loat from thy throne behold all the dwellers >d earth, and relgneth with power supreme md q noon trolled over all the kingdom, look low d In mercy we beseech Tbee on theee American Statea, wbo have fled to tnee rom the rod of the oppreaaor, and thrown beraaelveB on Thy graolona protection, dfilrlng henceforth to be dependent only on Tbee; to Tbee they have appealed for the Igbleousness of their cause; to Tbee do they low look np for tbat countenance and snpwrt wblcb thou alone canst give; take them, .berefore, heavenly Father, under tby nurtnrngcaie;glve them wladom in counoll and ralor In the field; defeat the mallolona dcilgn of onr cruel adveraarle*; convince them >f the unrighteousness ot tbelr cause; and If ,bey persist In their aanqnlnary purpose, O! et the voice of tby own unerring Juatlce founding In their bearta, constrain tbam to Irop the weapons of war from tbelr unnerved lands In tbe day of battle! Be thou present1 ) God of wisdom, and dlrtot the oooniela of ,bls honorable assembly; enable tbem to set,le things on the best and snreat foundation, hat the scene of blood may be speedily ilosed, that order, harmony and peaoe may >e effectually restored, and troth and Justice, elision and piety prevail and flonrlab among * - <Ka WasIIK nf I hnlr y people. rrcaervc vuc umitu v> >odles and vigor of tbelr mind*; sbowerdown >n them, sod tbe millions tbey here repreient iDob temporal blessings u Thou seeat ixpedlent for them In tbIs world, and crown hem wltb everlasting glory In tne world to ?me. All tbl? we ask In tbe name and brnugb merits of Jeans Cbrlst, Thj Son, oar Saviour. Amen. We bad this beantl/ol prayer presented to is by an old Mend who baa carefully prelerved It as an honored rello of long, long ago, >nd thinking yonr readers woald be gUtd to lave It we band It In for publication, Mr. Andrew Ferguson on route No. 1 Is a lne marksman as will be neen from tbe folowing: One day last week be was driving lis cow out of tbe field, and as sbe was a lit* Je contrary he threw a rook at ber and bit )era"oenter lick" In tbe forehead, killing ler on tbe spot. Tbe cow was fat and In fine tondltlon and Mr. Ferguson prepared ber or beef and sold ber to some one ofonr >utobers. This was hard luck but could bot >e helped after It was done. Moral?Be careul bow yon throw atones at your cow. BUBAL NOT Kg OF INTEBE8T TO ALL. Tbe new salary schedule beoomlng efieotlve Fuly 1st. 1907 la as follows. Routes Per 4nnnm. 24 or more miles 1000 00 89 to 24 M 864 00 90 to 22 * 810 00 18 to 90 " 720 00 ltf to 18 " 680 00 14 to 16 " 9iu uu 12 to 14 " 804 00 10 to 12 * 403 00 8 to 10 " 482 00 fl to 8 " .. ... 890 00 Tills readjustment adopted will involve an ixpendltore for rural delivery aervloe for tbe lext fiscal year of nearly 886,000,000. Since tbe lnorease In the letter carrier'! elery resignations bave rapidly decreased. Tbe division of dead letters returned to endera during tbe month of Mareb 1907, 74,279 undelivered letters and paokagea, vbicb la a reoord breaking performance In bat line. In Marob 1908 tbe number returnee ras 925,438. Tbe reoord for a single day n tbe returning branch of tbe dlvlsloo vas also broken last montb, April, vben 20,868 letters were retorned. Tbe argest number heretofore returned In a sln[le day was 14,4 8 on 28 of Marob last, Tbese tcords are results of tbe change In tbe meib>d of handling tbe tbe nna?llvered mall natter wbiob was Inaugurated by Assistant 'ostmaater Qenaral DeGraw In January last. Cbe number of letters now on band awaiting eturn are 63,000, Tbe total number of pleoe* tfmall matter turned in to tbe division ol load letters during Marob was 1,078.637, as compared wltb 1,040.863 In Marcb 1906. Tbe imo'unt ol money found id ine oeau itjuerv vas 96 407.70, against 15,106 17, tbs Mine month ant year, 1006. Assistant, Postmaster General, DeGraw, lays box number only Is no address and unler existing rules snob mall cannot be deIvered, but mtst be addressed Individually ;naiructlons are being sen tout by tbe dlvlaon of dead letters as to tbe proper method or iddreaslng mall matter wblob gives tbe upyer left band corner ol tbe faoe ol tbe en vei>pe as tbe on y proper position for tbe return tddress. Postmaster General, DeGraw says there are low 87,400 rural delivery routes in operation md tbe latest returns show that tbe rnral nail Is Increasing tbe average per month on >aob route 5,435, compared with 8,688 pleoec a rear ago, an Inorease of 20 per oent. There ire 48 routes on which tbe amount of mail landled exceeds 15,000 plsoes psr montb, ten >r these routes handling 20,000 pleoesa month. The s verage number of money ordera handled >er montb by eaob carrier Is now 685 as com>ared with 548 a year ago, an Increaao of 25 >er oent. Patron's boxes mnst be standard, ont of 65 >oxes recently examined by a opeolal oomnIttee appointed by tbe Postmaster Geaeral 6 have been found that do not fully comply ?ith ThB regulations. There are now about 00 style* of approved boxes for rural delivery ervlce on tbe market, ranging In prices from 0 cents npward. Tbe Postmaster General bas lssaed an order >r notice that all raral mall carriers have tbe 'rlgbt of way" on all oountry roads and tfcat ill other vehicles must surrender tbat rlgbt >f way to tbe rural carriers. Tbat was tbe ule when tbe malls were oarrled In" four jorse stagecoaobes, and every one bad to get >ut or tbe way wben tbe mall ooacb came Hong. It Is a very serious matter for any ine to obBtrnot tbe rapid transportation of .be United States malls. Qet oat of tb* road when tbe rural oarrleoomas along wltb Unole Jam's mall! One or tbe old puzzla letters tbat bas for pears amused tbe visitors to tbe dead letter jfflce museum is tbls one. Wood John Kansas It took some ilme to envolve out of tbls Lbe fact tbat tbe letter was Intened for Jobn Underwood, Andover. Kansas. President Lindsay of tbe National Letter Carriers Association Is ealllng on carrier for help and Justly so too, as be bas mortgaged nn/i hie aii tn h?in thn Association LI IB UUUiC Cluu ? ? r and bring about the means which caused tbe Increase of salary and 15 day vaoatlon wltb p-y. Ever; oarrter wbelber a member of tbe National Association or not profits by the ualary and time above mentioned and should end In any amount tbey reel able to lift tbe mortgage, thereby showing their highest appreciation of his noble ana herolo services In their behalf! NEWS ON HOUTE 3. Forest, tbe pretty little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Thornton on route 4, spent several days or tbe past week with her grandmother Mrs. Margaret Bass. Mrc. Ada C. Kennedy accompanied by Mr. C. F. Graven was In tbe city last Friday. Messrs J, 8. Williams, Br., A. J. Woodburst, J T T fJ ?-Mo anvoaantArl jatneo ilivhdb auu j. ?< ?ui?iuo >ij,, route 3 at tbe reunion last week Id Columbia, &dd bad a fine time. Tbe locusts are making tbe forests ring with their monotonous cry. Mr. W. E. Penney carrier No. 4 saya Ibey are about to take little mountain and are oalllng King Pbaroah of Egyptian fame, We hope tbelr great nam" Is (Jo. MY. MILLINER] No matter what your you. Ready-to-wear or ti Sailors : 1S> Smitli twr la not an omen of a dry year as It was in 1881 when they swarmed as now. Mrs. J. It. Thornton and daasbter Miss Ammle were visitors la the olty last Saturday. WibiTtbMQ asked a number of times wby the dispensary don't open as early as the other atone. "We" don't know nolesstbe State, like Unole Sam has its own way of doing business. Tbe boys say they have to wait so long for an "early eye opener' tbat they lose tbelr appetite and tbls Is InJarloas to their health unaron ttign sodooi oioaea imi many wuu interesting exercised in the morning and a basket picnic wbere teaohera scholars and patrooa mingled together Id Jubilee. Tbe only thing that caat a shadow over tbe occa loo waa (be absence of MIm Herbert, the assistant teacher who waa caled home on Thursday before by telegram announcing tbe orltieal itinera of one of ber sisters. Prof. 8. W. Rabb left Satarday morning for Doe West wbere be will spend a while with relatives and friends. Mlaa Nina Mabry returned home Satarday from a protracted stay In Clinton, 8. C. . Miss Bessie Link and brother. Houter, were in tbe city last Saturday. Messrs A. M. Hill and Sons, and 8. 0. Link both "crack" track larmers on route 3 are supplying our home market with nloe fresh vegetables gathered dally from their gardens. Mrs. David Gilliam was right sick last week bnt is now about well again. Mrs. Jaoe McGaw after a tough spell of chills and fever Is now convalescing. I Messrs Gilliam Brothers have the oontraot for suwing tbe oross-iles for ibe Due West and Donalds Railroad and Mr. David Gilliam Is there with bis big trsotlon engine and la superintending tbe business In person. He speat last Sunday at home, returning Monday to bis business. Mrs. Halite Nelson and daughter MUs Annie were visitors In tbe city Saturday last. Mr. W. H. Lawson lost a .nice ooltage laat week by Are, the origin of wqlob Is unknown. Lebanon hat gained her School District at laat, by a bard flgbt against Sharon and Bethel and will soon erect a nloe and commodious school building having already 8160 In band and tbe Misses Glbert we understand will give tbe lot. Tbe trustees are L. A. Ramey, W. C. McNeill and J. R. Thornton. Rev. J. B. Hill house waa regularly lnatalled laat Monday morning at 11 o'clock as pastor of Lebanon Presbyterian church. Dr. J. Lowrle Wilson preached tbe lnstalatlon sermon and delivered tbe cbarge to the pastor. Rev. T. C. Llgon, of Anderson In an earnest, and Impressive manner delivered tbe cbarge to tbe oongregatlon. A large oongregatlon was present and feel now that they are no longer a flock without a Shepherd. Rev. J. B. filllbouse Is an able preacher, a good pastor, and an earnest worker in tbe Master's vineyard. Mr. James 8. Glbert will leave today (Wednesday) for Birmingham, Ala., wbere be goea as one of tbe Commissioners appointed by tbe lait Pseebytery to represent tbe Southern Presbyterian church at ibe General Assembly. within thi crnr gates. - Tbe Junior teams of Greenwood and Abbe* vllleoroased bate on ttae Abbeville diamond last Friday alternoon. Tbe game was holly oonteated for a few Innlnga when tba Abbeville boT? got down to business and cleaned ap tbe Greenwood team, tbe soores after tbe nln lb Inning being 9 to 2 In favor of Abbeville. Tbe many friends of Miss Katberlne Link will rrjoloe to bear tbat she la aome better at tbla writing; abe baa been quite sick for tbe put few days. Mr. and lira. Clyde Fuller of Greenwood spent Sunday In tbe olty as tbe guests ol Mr. and Mrs. 8.8. Turner. Mra. Lawrence Parker Is visiting ber borne people In Oourttand, Alabama. Mlaa Lillian, tbe pretty bright eyed little dangbter of Mr. and Mrs. Sbebee, will today entertain a number of bur little friends; tbe oocaslon being tbe celebration of tbe anniversary of ber 5tb birthday. From 6 to 0:30 tbey will romp and play, alter wmoh aainiy refreshments will be served. Rev. John O. Wlllion, D. D., preaohed In tbe M. E Church last Sanday morning to a large and appreciative congregation. Tbe paator being Indisposed, at night a song ser> vice was beld. Edgefield and Abbeville. Edgefield News. What Abbeville has accomplished, Edgefield can accomplish, In 1890, or about that year, Abbeville was a smaller place than Edgefield is now. Now it claims, we think, about five thousand in population. Then there was about as much public enterprise there as there is here now. Then Abbeville bad but one branoh railroad eleven miles long. All at once it began to improve. Enterprising men came to the front and took bold of matters. The Seaboard railroad wanted to come by there and the people gave it about $40,000.00. They wanted the shops of that road, and we tbink the people donated $20,000.00 more. They wauted a high school and they raised $16,000 more. They wanted water works and they raised $25,000 more. They wanted sewerage and they raised $15000.00 more. They have a court house that Is a palace as compared with our*; they raised 50.000 from the oounty lor a new one and will pull down the old one, partly because they did not like its looation, and will buiid a new one. The city wanted a city Hall and it has raised $40,000 more for that pur pose. In order to make room for tbe new improvements, tbe county and town bought stores, law offices and vacan t lots. Tbe stores and law offices will be torn down, and the new buildings erected in their stead, and the vacant lots will be turned into a beautiful park. What has Edgefield done in that time? Jiulit tne a. u, t. i. at a cost ui about $1-5,000. So far as we keow it has not a dollar in public enterprise while Abbeville in addition to what has been enumerated, built splendid cotton mills costing thousands of dollars. It has a good electric light plant coating a good round sum. Besides it has a new and excellent hotel and has greatly improved its streets. Edg Held can do as Abbeville has done. In 1890, there were men in Al b ville who talked just as some of our to It nmu ihnt in thev said pcv|/iv ** ** | ?MM? .w, ? ? that Abbeville could do notbing because ibere was no money there. We copy an article on the subject from the Press aDd Banner which can be found in another column. We write the above from memory, and may be wrong in some of our figures,. but we have not exaggerated the push, pluck and progress or that good old town. . ; : . . ' fc '. ? . , i #. u -^3 Ready-to Wear Skirts and - yM Shirt Waists. '''MM 7 :m i v wants may be we can please immed to suit your taste. i5 and 50c. Illi f1 J ft m Jry wis to. 1 V The State of South Carolina, 4)9 ABBEVILLE COUNTY. Probate Court.?Citation for Letters of Ad- v , ministration. By J. F. Miller, Esq., Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, J. Allen Smith made suit to * * me, to grant him Letters of Admlnls- . Z&$m tratlon of the Estate and effects of Lee Had- . a don, late of Abbeville County, deceased. These are therefore, to cite and admonish^' .' >,'<!| all and slngalar tbe kindred and creditors otp' tbe said Lee Haddoo, deceased, that tbey be ,? and appear belore me, in the Court of Probate,' to be held at Abbeville C. H., on Friday, 241 h day of May, 1907, after publication hereof, at II o'clock in tbe forenoon, to show cause If any tbey nave, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal of the Court, this 4ib day of May, In the vAor nf Anr l.nrilnriA thnnkAnii nln? hundred and seven and.In the 131it year of American Independence. ' Published on the 8lb day of May, 1007, .\-~J5S In tb? Press and Banner and on tbe Court House door lor tbe time reqnlred by law. J.F. MILLER, J udge of Probate. The State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF ABBEVILL& PEOBATE COUBT. In tbe matter of tbe Estate of M. T. Hatchln- , <Jjjk son, Deceased. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persona Indebted to said estate most settle without delay, and those holding claims against tbe estate must present tbem properly attested to Robt. J. Hutchinson, Admr. Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examination. 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