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< ' \ /Vi"Vv'- " ' . , ~ The Press and Banner Bv W, W. and W. R, Bradley, j; I Ik HUGH WILSON, Editor. ti ABBEVILLE, S. C. J' r< **-Publlshed every Wednesdp at $2 a ? year In advance. E Wednesday, June 12, 1907. * ????r y * The C'auae Found A grain. Col. Asbory Coward has discovered the I causes of the war, and he has explained the same to the veterans of Yorkvllle. He also 1 showed that the Sooth had the right lo i eoede. r If the Colonel will refer to the proceedings c of the Secession Convention be will see an i authentic statement of the cause whloh led t to secession. If be will further refer to some \ proceedings at Appromattox he will find that 1 we bad not the power to remain out of the 1 Union. i Col. Coward said the North had 20,000,000 g population and the South bad only 4,000,000 population to draw from, when tbe war com i menced. If Col. Coward will study his own t figures a little be will readily understand tbe lnadvl8ablllty of four million trying to wblp twenty million. Tbe Colonel Is a chaste and eloquent speaker, and we love to read whatever he j Bays, but there 1b no use of going beblnd the { returns. Wfe need not be asbamed. Tbe | Booth fought for slavery, or for oar "pecohar , Institution," and any effort to deny a well t known fact does not commend Itself to favor- j -lil.-nnoMLrolInn . KUJO irt/uoiuvi w?iv?-i , Bat Colonel Coward, wltb all bis eloquence, oould not overdo tbe tubject wben talking ot tbe valor of tbe Southern soldier. We believe tbe valor of tbe Coo federate soldier commands tbe respect and tbe admiration of tbe world. He bud little or nothing to do wltb Inaugurating tbe war, but when tbe flgbt was on, tbe oobbler's son was as valient as tbe on of the richest slave owner In tbe land. Tbe great majority of those who carried muskets or rifles bad no slaves, but were of % that class which negroes bad been, to some instances, taught to denominate as "white trash" or "poor buckra." Tbe poor men who were not "fighting for tbe property tbey bad won by honest toll," were as brave and as courageous as tbe rlobeat man In the army, and tbe gettera>np of tbe flgbt need not try to dodge tbe faots by 8 producing finespun theories, let tbem sound v ever so nloely. We fought for slavery. Let v ; no man deny It. Tbe brave men wbo faoed 0 tbe bullets need not deny tbe trutb, tbe plain ' truth, tbe provable trutb, and nothing but tbe truth. Tbey owned no negroes, but were E moved by patriotism or love of country, to F ^ fight for other people's negroe-. 0 man of the oonrage of Col. Coward need 1 not deny the truth, or apologize for the 1 trutb. v f Conviction of Whit? Hen. q F t tbe 'term of Court held last week by Special Judge Hunter, tbe Jury oonvloted two wbfte men of soanslangbter, and each was sentenced to eleven yeara at nara laoor id tbe penitentiary. There baa been many homicides In tbla * county alnoe Democratic reconstruction, but m for aa we oan now recall tbla la tbe first q lnatance of tbe oonvlctlon of a white man for ( manslaughter for years. } We beard none of tbe trial, and know next to nothing aa to tbe merlta of tbe case, but we believe tbat both tbe convlotlon and .tbe j sentenoe meet public approval. It tbe oonvlctlon of these young men means tbat life la hereafter to be better proteoted, ( tbe people have reason to be proud ot having f an honest Jury whlob Is fearless and manly t In the discharge of Its duly. t Perjured Juries are tbe bane of tbe country, ^ bat when Jnrles act In a way so as to make life more safe, they are publlo benefactors and conservators of tbe peace. We have heard tbe highest praise of Mr. Hunter as Judge. One of the Juror* said tbat be ought to be a regular Judge. His charges 8 were Juat and fair, without Attempt to show 1 off. 8 While the Jury no doubt sympathized with tbe young men, and their kindred, yet they 8 regarded their oatha, and thinking a crime * nad been oommuted, they said so. J>o aoaoi they would have been glad to aoqalt tttem> 1 bat tbey did not let tbelr sympathies for the' t accused allow them to violate tbelr oaths. s The Juror who will do his duty to tbe State, e even when his sympathies are for the accused, rises to tbe fall ?t?tare of a noble machood. If Jurors woold cease to perjure themselves, life would be safe to South Carolina. / Without knowing anything of the merit* of ' tbe case, we know that the Jury aoted bravely P and conscientiously. Even If Jurors make a J mistake In conylotlng, the Judges or tbe ? Courts can easily enough correct or modify r their oonvlctlous. But if they err in acquit- 1 ting tbe prisoner, there can be no correction. c That deed Is final. c If tbe example of tbe Jury last week is to be 8 followed, we will bear of fewer homicides. E If Jurors refuse to perjure themselves because 0 ^ of sympathy for the acoased, tbe pubilo peace la secured. We all know that fewer murders would occur if tbe perpetrator of tbe crime knew that be would be punished. All honor to the Juror who Is honest and truthful, who a is fair and Just. , E D ClenmoD's Firat Duty to South Caro- t Una. t The Greenville News In a reoent editorial 1 speaking of the splendid future for Clemson 7 College, along with many other good things, a said that the college was one of tbe best In * ibe Slate. The Yorkvllle Enquirer takes him to task r and cites as one of tbe best evidences tbat F tbe College Is not all tbat Is claimed for It by tbe Greenville Mews, tbe laot tbat It bai practically no Undents from outside tbe SUleWe we surprise tlbar Yorkvllle brother, li DOW be not know tbat something like two v hundred Sontb Carolina boys are tamed away from CleniBon annually, for tbe simple e reason tbat tbey can not be accommodated- li It tu not tbe policy ol tbe College to admit students from otber States, ami It would not p be very consistent to do ?o, wben hundreds ol c South Carolina boys are knocking at her o doors In vain. li 81 From Pelaer. a ^ Mr. Hugh Blgby and bis friend Mr. Poor. 1( ' "were In town a few days ago. They come down to look at our stock of automobiles, and It la thought that a trade will be effected whereby our whole slock of autos will be transferred to Pelzer. Mr. Poor Is an loe-maker, having four tl years experience In tbe business. He was tl surprised lo learn tbat Abbeville bad no Ice a plant.lt being the largest town In tbe State S without such a plant. But he Is so well pleased at Pelzer that be will not come to Abbeville. b tl Delightful Magic. . b Somebody Id tbe Taggart bouse furnishes jj tbemost delightful Instrumental and vocal moslc. Oo special occasion, as on Monday evenlDg last, tbe music and song are worth almost any price, bat, by taking It as we take our electricity, on flat rate, It le fully wortb T 810 ? month, wblob, however, cnllke tbe no electricity, Is furnished free. A sweet singer exalts and lifts tbe baobelor's heart In rap- tc tare above tbe earth to scenes where the tt angett are supposed to live. <x 1 k>i / Mtopplnsr for Five MlunteH. Atlbe request of tbe commander ,of tb? ? . Veterans orders were issued by some of tu ill road officials to stop for five mlnMes a rains and all work Id the railroad iftop* la [onday week, beginning at 2 o'clock. The occasion furnished an excellent oppo unity for editors to let fly some of tbelr p riotic enthusiasm, In some "fine writing n nap aooaie bdoui wnai Jen uavis suuere wnp. To talk to old soldiers about what J< )avls "suOered" sounds like a Joke. Old J< iever missed a meal, be never slept on t! round, be never took tbe rain like a oow, 1 ras not in any rain of shot and sbell; bis cs la?e horses were well fed, and tbelr drive iad plenty to eat. Tbls editor 1s perfectly willing to give J< )avlB full oredlt for all tbat be did to achle uocees, but he knew nothing about "suffi ng." On bis retreat from Richmond to I mew not where, he wanted his followers nake a hopeless fight at Abbeville agate ads, when other widows would have be< nade. Jeff Davis, his household, his i lnueof servants, bis horses and watch di vere all hemed from tbe weather and reg arly fed, while tbe confederate soldier w n tbe weather hungry, tired and si?epy wl lowhere to lay bis body down, exoept on ti [round. Bat tbe occasion ol the unveiling of t nonument at Richmond furnished opp< ublty for a lot of slush and "fine*' writlt Off to Clemson. Mr. W. W. Bradley, the newly elected II .rustee, went to Ciemson College last Mondi o attend a meettng of tbe trustees of lb -aiitntiAn ? "Da?r>Hlou,o folhap nnHor tl 7111 of Mr. Clemson, was made life traitee ,be institution, and now after the death of t! either, tbe son was elooted to fill the vacan bus occasioned. Utile honor like the election to a tru<*t iblp of a college may seem a trifle, and jneeeoae it is a trlflle llgbtaa air and as a labslantlal as tbe fabric of a dream, but mother sense it is mora to be prized tbi joroneta. The young are always susoeptit .0 recognition. And recognition Is an lnspi itlon for effort to greater and higher aoheh nents. For tbls reason, as well as for othei Clemson did a good tblng in choosing A! iradley as bis father's successor. Not Dead. It is a great pleasure to tbe Press and Ba ler to note that tbe Public Service Corpoi ton is not dead. We wish the compai ;reat sucoess, and we would be more tbi rilling for tbls town to render any needi kelp. We gave tbe Seaboard Air Line 918,01 nd it proved to be tbe best Investment tb re ever made. Tbe proposed electric road would be of li dense value to tbe faring over wblob >asses. And so it Is hoped that tbe owne f tbe land along tbe route may appreola he ad vao tages which such a road would ! o them. It Is claimed that tbe cars will stop an; rbere along tbe line to lake on and put < taaaengere, and th^t the oara wilt run so ft [Uently as to be of tbe greatest benefit to tl ieople along the line. Commeocemenl at Dne West. Tbe commencement exerciser at Doe We tassed off moat pleasantly, All wbo attem d were delighted with the exercises. I Inffjti'i Ininsnal arMntaa hu hnAn mm om men ted on and moat favorably me loned. Tbe many speakers from sister ot ege? were macb eojoyed and seemed to si oy tbe occasion themselves. A very bright fotnreawaits the oolleges Due West. The sessions Jast closed have bei Dost prosperous ones. More and bett vork 1b being accomplished each year. Tl nstltntlons are not at a standstill, bat in tl root rank and abreast of any Institutions heir kind In the State. Tbe man wbo sent >ls boy or girl to Dae West makes no ml ate. Abbeville ii Ahead of Augusta. The Manufacturers Record Is boosting Ai ;usta, and Incidentally mentions that Augo a. In the near future, Is to have more thi 100,000 worth of Improvements. Abbeville, tben, Is ahead of Augusta Ju 00 per cent.. In comparison with tbe popul Ion of the twp plaoes. Abbeville, In tl tear future, Is to have more than $100,000 mprovements. Wbo said that we were b ilnd tbe times ? Take It back, old grumble md don't be guilty of utteriDg each a pestl irons Blander again. Cloudbursts and Winds. Tbe oountry in various plaoes baa suffer* rom cloudbursts and high water. Id otb ilaoea wind has done damage. Except aboi dr. Thomas Mlller'r place, Abbeville Counl ias escaped damage. At Mr. Miller's tl aln was heavy and tbe wind swept tbe grot n tbe yard near bis bouse. His bouse wi lot In tbe track ol the oyolone and was It inhurt. Tbe wind seemed to rise above U round soon alter passing bis house, aoved wltb great energy but we have bea: if no serious damage. ^ Attending tbe Press Association. Tbe Messrs W. W. Bradley, W. R. Bradh ,nd R. R Hemphill are off to attend tl aeetlng of tbe Press Association, which iow In session In tbe city of CberlestoD. They urged tbls editor to go along wll bem, but he couldn't well go. But ne aski bem to extend a cordial greeting to each be editors wbom tbey might meet. Iu tl ears that are pest we loved to meet ther nil t.h? frasranM nf thntn mont.lncra llnirn a a sweet memory. Good things to each and lo all of the bretl en. May boeta and guests meet Id love ac terfeoi barmooy. Deapotiam. The board of health, under authority i ?w, proposes to vaccinate every bod, rhetber the citizen Is willing or unwilling. We do not like the law, nor do we like tt zeroise of the authority which sn unwli iw gives. We all know that vaoolnatlon against ama ox makes the patient Immune. But 1 ace the patient wants the small pox, to ught to be allowed the privilege. He ca a feet nobody, except those who like hln elf, waots to take obances. This editor takes no cbanoes on small po: [e Is vaoolnated every time the thing oom< round. But we believe In other people ha^ ag It?It they want It. What Is Mexico Doing? We see In newspapera frequent referenoe 1 be possibility or the probability of war wit tie Japs. We have seen no "scarheels yvuv iUOAlW O IUKIUUUU IV DC7J&U kUC UUIbD la ten. Mr. A. 8. Kennedy, caebler of the Due Wei ank. was In town last Monday. He waa I ie best of company, namely; Four of tb eBt son* tbat ever made glad a father' earl. No better man than Beldon Kenned ve8. i v * y i 3 Dr. F. Y. Pressly, President of the Dtlfc^Vef beologioal Seminary came down ftnpd^ lornlng and preaoh In the Methodist etfttrcli Mr. Roper, the pastor, la away In Charles >n for treatment. It Is slnoerely hoped tha lis good man may speedily recover am >me back again to ua in perieot health. - . ...I . .. It t . ' \ w* , \ nrW<, r.w.V r;-r-- frn., WEST END j. 16 M )sa Lncv Henry in at home for the 8um11 mer from Wintbrop College. Bt Mr. Albert Miller Is home from Spartanburg where be has been taking a business coarse. r- Mrs. E'len Parker Norwood 1b here from a- Charleston mending some time with her i, sisters Mrs. Mary Parker and Mrs. J. H. Per rln. ia Miss Irene Rosentwrg spent a day or two Id Greenwood ism ween. ,g Dr. James HIM Is at borne again after a pleasant Btay Id Baltimore where be has been ,H to attend the CenteDDeal Celebration of the Qe L*Diversity of Maryland. ae Miss Susan Bill Is at home for the Summer after a year's study at Wtotbrop. ir~ Miss Susie Miller, of Laurens Is In the city irs (he guest of her sister Mrs. Horace McAlllsMiss Ivy Calbouo has returned to Abb<>" vllie after spending tbff winter in Oreeovlile ve wltb her sister. Miss Francis Calhoun. ,r Miss Helen and Miss lone Smith are at home Irom Converse College, ae Mr. aod Mrs. E. Rlogau Thomson and their to chllareo spent Sunday in Monterey tbe lBt guests or Mrs. John CUnkacalec. Miss Virginia Gambrell Is bere from At3D lanta spending a few days with ber home re- people. Mrs. F. B. Gary baa gone to Baltimore to be 8 treated. Mrs. Gary's friends bere hope sbt ;u* may soon return benefited by tbe treatment, as Mr. L. W. Dick was In Somier last weak tc th attend the Holman-Smlth wedding. . Miss Fraucis Morrah of M\ Carmel was In be the olty lam week lor a day or two tbe guest of Mis* Fannie Harris. h Miss Lola C. Wilson Is home lrom Winthrop where sbe has been taking special >r- music for tbe paBl year. ig. Mrs. Bascomb Brogdon of Atlanta Is In thr city spending some time with her mother Mrs. 0. V. Hammond. Miss Eunice Calboun Is home from Spartan Knr? mhom ih? has been teaching for the past y*ar. I?? Miss Mary Perrln having finished ber yean ay work at Wlntbrop is bome for tbe Bummei mOntbs. Mrs. Lewis T. Bryant left Sunday for be Jamestown wbere sbe will Join Major Bryant ol and spend noma time before going to tbe h? mountains for tbe Summer. Mrs. Jobn R. Blake Is at bome agalb after cy an f-xtended visit to relative* In Virginia. Mr. Arthur Norwood of Annlston, Ala., Ii . Id iheclty tbe guest of bis cousin Mr. Joel 8. Morse. Id Dr. T. L. Davis of Wlnnsboro Is In tbe city (,. tbe gnestof bis cousin, Mr. J. D Kerr. , Mrs. Cfttbrlne Mlmms of Lees vine Is In tbe city spending some time with ber daughter in Mrs. FrfdCason. tie Miss Mary E. Hill is at bome again after a delightful week's stay In Due West the gueat of her friend Miss Mary Oalloway. re- MissKatherlne Klugb has returned bome r8 from Converse College wbero she has been . ' studying for the past year. lr' Dr. and Mrs. F. Y. Prsasley of Due West were in tbe city Sabbath tbe paeat* of Mr. and Mrs. J. Hayne McDill. Dr. Pressley preached m tbe Methodist cburch in tbe morning. Mrs. Susan Hill has returned to ber home In Edgefield after a plaaaat stay here with ber n" sister Mrs. W. 8 Cotbran. a- Miss Isabel Mays of MontloeHo, Fla. is Id ,v tbe city spending a while rb tbe guest of Mlsn Essie Dick. in Mrs. W. P. Greene went to Rook Hill laai e<1 week to attend tbe commencement. Y) Mr. W. 8 Cotbran atiendod the Holman Smith weddin? at 8umter last week. al Mr. Ersklne Blake Is home from Clemaon for bis euromer vocation. jj- Mlsa Maggie Knox spent Saturday ?nd Runday In Greenwood witli* ber sister Mrs. 11 Jobn Maxwell. irs Mr. and Mrs. J. F. CUnkscales was down te from Monterey Monday. Mrs. Lila W. Mabry came home from Rock be Hill Thursday where sbe bad been to a'tend tbe oommeooement exercises. Miss Ellz* _ Mabry was one of tbe graduates, haviDg oom1 pleted a four years' course tbat has been >0 made up of hard study and close attention e- to duty. p.. Mr. M. P. DeBruhl was In tbe city from Columbia last week the guest of Mr. Fred Cason. Miss Irene Faulkner of South Port, Vs., who has been with Tbe Hsddon Company for the past season leaves Wednesday for Raleigh, N. C., wbere sbe will visit friends before at 8 log to her home. mr t o marshall a Dromlnent citizen ol Columbia was In tbe oily last week. >r. Miss Lorena Beacham la borne from the 3h College for Women in Columbia. 8be ban been making music a specialty and ber D* progress baa been remarkable. At a recital >1- given by Mlu Beaobam several weeks ago In , Colombia very flattering notices tqare given All that bas been said is well' deserved as Miss Beaobam Is Indeed talented. at Mrs. A. B. Cbeatbam Is At borne again after ,n a pleasant stay with borne people in GreeoWOOde " . er Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy Watson of Iva were ie In tbe city last week tbe guests of Mrs. Cbarlie Lyon. Mr. Laval Miller wbo is now looated at of Howells, Qa., Is on p visit to bis boms peo Is pie. Mrs. A. W.Jones of Columbia Is spending a wbtte with ber daughter Mrs. J. E. MeDavld Dr. J. Lowrle Wilson was called to Newberry to conduct tbe funeral Service i f tbe lateKev. J.L. Williamson Wbo died Thursday ai bis boose In Newberry after a abort illness. a Rev. Dr. W. M. MoPheeters of tbe South Carolina Seminary preached at Lonf Cane Sabbath morning. He was tbe guest of Mr. m Francis Henry while tn tbe city and Is always a welcomed visitor to Abbeville. Mr. John Simpson or WlnonB, Miss., ban st been in tbe city for tbe past week tbe guest a- of Mrs. John Oambrell. Mr. 81mpson stopped in Abbeville on bis return from Richmond, where be bas been to attend , tbe In Reunion. ie- Miss Harriet Greene wbo was graduated from Wlntbrop College last week hen been In tbe city for a few days tbe guest of Mrs. W. If- P. Greene. Miss Ella Carrlngtop of Charlottevllle, Va., to in tKo Aliiy iHa nhtfrmlntr anaaf nf Mlna Mary L?a Mor?e. Miss Bfancbe Gary la at borne from Greenwood where she haa been teaching mn*lc for tbe paat year. Miss Gary will retarn to 9(1 Green wood la tbe fall. er Mr. John F. Canon wbo Is spending Rome ,, time In Monterey with her mother Mri. J. F. CltnkHOHleg was In tbe olty Monday. y Mis* Cbrls Chalmers Is In And<>ri>oo speodie Ing a while wltb tier nelce Mrs. James Peatld Mlsr-Mary Q,. Link and Mr. 8. J. Link left Tuesday tor Jamestown wbere tbey will ift spend some time then go on to New York ia and other points of Interest In tbe North. Mr. L. w. Dlek has gone to Clemson to ftfII tend tbe oommenoement. rd Mr. James W. Moore bas goae to CbMTotte, N. C.t wbere b? has a fine position. Mr. Parker Douglass of Jacksonville, Fla., Is In tbe city visiting bla mother, Mrt. Jennie Donglass. ? >y ie Brllglag Immigrants Sooth. iB Manufacturers' Record. Lb It may be safely estimated that between 150,000 and 200,000 settlers bave of been attracted to tbe South, and that le between 2,000,000 and 3,000t000 acree D| of land bave been bought by tbera durrg ing the past 12 months. This estimate is based upon reports furnished by rep3. resentatives of leading railroads operand ting principally in tbe Boutb, and tbey reveal most gratifying results of tbe Sradical work which tbe railroads are oing iu tbe cause of immigration to tbe South. These results are, to a large ovfnnf mimnloHno flntri no frnm nor. VA 1<UU If VUUi UiHtl ? V) AiVTTAUg "VUJ I'VIof sistent work carried on Id some iny> stances for 10 or 15 years and promising even greater records iD the near 16 future. They have been gained Je through following different policies. Some railroads have lauds of their own 11 which have been disposed of to settlers n of their own seeking or to agents work16 ing in co-operation' with them. Other n roads, not landholders, have directed >- the newcomers to available homes within their territory, and yet other l- roads have combined industrial Up)S building with agricultural development. They have carried on" a campaign in this country and in foreing Darts bv means of the widespread circulation of literature descriptive of the advantages of' the South and its M opportunities ./or the industrious and h thrifty, of exhibits of Southern agri,1. cultural and mineral products and of 4 personal contact with heads of families who would better their condition in life.' Estimating the value of a man to the community at at least $2000,tbe ,t addition to the South's wealth in one n year through ttye energies of immigraie tion agents of the railroads may safely '8 placed at $400,000,006, or about oney third of the increase of its wealth in goods and chattels during the same period. These additions mean a much 1 greater rate of increase for the South t in material things in the future and >t an acceleration of the movement of y populatiou from other parts of the i. country to the South. ^ H X " ? Those new Columbia shirt* are certainly beautlea. Only one dollar each. P. Rosenberg & Go. :.ia.m j 'y-V-1'-' "v-y-- * ' i mm mm. Conducted by S, 0. Farmers' Union "* v?~- '*"> f?p Thlu Than WCt M UMA U (.1 MTN?# - ? ? ^ When He Gets 10 Your House. An impostor, uDder tne name of an eye doctor, is reported to this office as baviug just passed through portions of Oconee Pickens and Anderson counties in a great hurry selling brans frame spectacles for $10 that can be bought most anywhere from $1 to $1.50 each. His plao of getting a start in a 1 section is to learn the name of a prominent physician and a few good men in the country. He first succeeds in mak ing some prominent men believe, by 1 lieing, that tbe prominent doctor has sent him the eye doctor-to fit him up 1 with a $10 pair of glasses. Whfen this , sale has been made this circulating > eye doctor has this good mans name to use on the next good man, and a kind of endless chain, rapid moving business is on. The man actually sold sometimes as much as $40 worth to . families in sight of each other. "Get I your gun, Johnny" Don't kill hm or break any bones, for it would be a pity to take tbp time of good men to either wait on or bury such a scamp. But when you get him on the retreat dowii the road, let him have a mild i load of bird shot on tbe soft part just below the hip pnekets; this counter. irltant will not only encourage bim on , his way but it will make it more com1 fortable walking than sitting down for many days, which will keep him * *-* ? #-- ? J - * U1M. |.tn, walking. uoQ't lie airaiu ui mm mn1 ing you,such chaps never can att'md to risk the law. i Farmers mast stop that pet habit they have<of growling about what otners are doing against the interest of the farmer when tbey meet and then go back home and wait for something to turn up in your behalf. Far mere must get together and turn some' thing up themselves for their own interest or it will not be done. Get to> gether and organize Farmers'.- Unions all over the,country and then you will ! be in shape to demand and get fair play in all things and an equituble division of the good things and pleasures of the days as they .go by if you will co-operate and work together for the good of all. Farmers, above all classes on earth, can afford to Ret together and attend to their own business in their own way aud let other people's business alone save when tbey get in the way of our progress. / Condemn a man to death and then compel him to dig his own grave is the limit to his punishment and unfortunate end. About the next thing to that punishment is for the all cotton farmer to be condemned into the idea of setting rich by growing cotton exclusively and then being compelled to dig bis own grave, financially, by dumping his cotton upon the market at the other fellow's price to pay for bought farm crops|a]so got at the other man's prices. If that JehU the limit to farming agony and ignorance in a business sense what is it? 1 Watch the silent bull dog creep in up behind you; he is dangerous. But never mind about the much barking flee parading around in front of you' Parallel ca-es of this kind among men are common; the big fellows get together in secret meetings and conspire to rob the farmer, and the only way the farmer has to keep them from doI* in Crxw fa**MAna fA rfot ^nflrothor 111 IXJg II IB Il/A taiuiun tv p^vv iv^v^mv* ?w secret meetings and devise plans to protect farmers' interest against' all * the many schemes to get his products at their own priceB. i Educational and Co-oprratlve Union 1 There is a big thing ih this name. It implies that when the farmer becomes educated well up on the busii nese side of his farming that he will i hen know the value of the co-operation and join in a united work for the good of all. Payinc D< bin. . All individuals are at some time or , other under the necessity of using their credit and contracting debts, and 1 this situation furuishes about the best known test of integrity of character. A man or woman who can and won't pay an honest debt, is a very sorry .man or woman, usually deficient iu most of th6 qualities that command the genuine respect of their fellows. It sometimes happens that because 1 of misfortune or other considerations not anticipated, a debtor finds himeelf in the position where he cannot pay, 1 and there are cases under sucb circumstances where failure so pay is excusable; but even here valid excuses are rare. As a general proposition, we would say that no man can possibly bave a moral release from an honest debt without the voluntary consent of tbe ' creditor?this notwithstanding that the law provides means in certain casi es for abitrary release, regardless of jus tice to either party. ' Men of business, especially of large business, no matter how well off tbey may be, invariably hold their credit as being of more value than all other ' possessions and tbey are right. 1 There is, of course, a Jarge class of 1 people who feel that if tbey have the money witb which to pay for what they want, their credit is a matter of no importance; but even these are badly mistaken, for it is seld. m the case, a 11 ? tn Idkiva (vanonnf inno f hnt CPjJCLianj ju iai{cu uauoouuuuo ?vuow the man with cash alone can secure advantages equal to those enjoyed by men who have both cash and credit, or for that matter, first-class credit .alone. The man who would enjoy the best credit must meet all bills as soon as they come due. He must not contract accounts that he cannot pay. If however he finds that he is not going to be able to meet an obligation at the proper time, he must be the first to call attention to the matter by commencing beforehand and make his arrangements for extensions, etc. The man who would preserve his credit intact must not recognize statutes of limitation as a satisfaction, for such statutes do not settle the matter in the conscience of either debtor or creditor. The only right way to get rid of a debt is to pay it, and if it is not paid when due, it should be paid as soon as possible afterward.?Yorkville Enquirer. Some few men among many have it "sot" in their selfish bigoted minds that there should on most every occasion be something laying about for them that others don't get. These men are not lumblingover each other coming in the Farmers' Union, and fhey are usually worth nothing to the Union until that selfish rusty shell is rubbed off of them. _ way pay a aoiiar sdo a quarter lor a sniri. wben yon caD get tbe new Columbia at Rosenbergs for one dollar? ' i ' ' ; / .; V - . , GEMS IN VERSE. Opportunity. Master of huaan destinies am L Yame, love ?nd fortune on my footsteps wait Cities and fields I walk. I penetrate Deeerts and seas remote, and, passing by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or lata I knock unbidden once at every gate. If sleeping, wake; If feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire and conquer every foe Save death, but those who doubt or hesitate Condemned to failure, penury and woe, Seek me in vain and uselessly lmplara. I answer not, and I return no more. ?John J. Ingalla Speaking From Experience. War ain't any jokin, so don't you pack yes traps. ?u Euther rest In peaoe at home an cultivate th? craps. Been erlong with Longstreet, spent soma tlm* with Lee, n peace I want ter toll you's satisfactory ter me. War ain't any Jokln. They talks 1* low aa high. But it changes its complexion when you haw the bullets fly. It's fine fan?in the papers?but when I tea tha - awne O* bayonets right la Croat o' me I'll just taks horns In mine. " Ain't no fua la fightin. A feller does his beat, But he always weilrs the piotur'a o' hla loved onea on hia fcreaat. An then ter kiss an leave 'em, never mora tav meet, Tw'listen through a lifetime .far the ansatnrnln feet! War ain't any Jokln. Ef It comes, it oomea; An I reckon that I'd answer ter the roll oall tf the drams, Bat I ain't ia any harry fer packln up my traps. Bather rest In peace at home an oaltlvata the 2 ; oraps. . v. 1 ^ ?Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution * Having Company. . The lettekr read: "My dearest Sue, " Next Thursday I will spend with yoo. ' I won't enjoy my visit, though. If any trouble I bestow." "Oh, I'm so glad," cried Mrs. Whit* "For company is suoh delight I" But looking round her In dismay, *I must got ready right away." . Armed with a dustpan and a broom, Bhe went to work in every room. ^ Bhe oiled and polished, cleaned and rubbed And mended, acoured, washed and scrub i bed. , s I. I Then in the kitchen she began, While perspiration down her ran, At pies and paddings, cakes and bread. As if an army must be fed. fihe tolled and fretted, cooked and baked, Bhe hurried, worried, stewed and aohed. When Thursday came, she, nearly dead, j Just managed to or awl out of bed. And Mm. fVimnnnv nninA ton. t They kissed and hugged like women ia, And then began tired Mrs. White ? To make exousee, never right: "Oh, dear, my house (then waxen clean) Is most too dirty to be seen, Bo shut your eyes! You're looking stonl Take off your things. I'm Just worn ottfc 1 "You must exouse my oooklng too. ' It Isn't fit to offer you. ('Twas fit for kings.) Too bad yon ceiM just when I'm upside down at home I" > And thus she welcomed and distressed . And spoiled the visit of her guest, ( Who wished she hadn't oome to be tired woman's "oompany." 1 ?Farm and Flredte Near, bat Yet So Far. We talked of life and death. She said, "Whichever of us two first dlee i Shall, come back from among the dead j And teach his friend these mysteries1* She died last night, and all this day i 1 swear that things of every kind Are trying, trying to convey Some message to my troubled mlo& I looked up from my tears ere while. That white roee dying in the cup ;Was gazing at me with her smile. It blushed her blush as I looked op< It paled then with an agony Of effort to express me aught That would, I think, bring peace to ma I Could I but guess, and I cannot. f And when the wind rose at my door It clamored with a plaintive din, Like some poor creature begging sort t To be let In. I let it in. I It blew my light out. Bound my head t It whirled and swiftly in my ear v Bad whispered something ere It fled. It had her voloe, so low, eo dear. $ t The looking glass this livelong day Has wora that curious, meaning air. \ I feel it when I look away g Reflecting things that are not there. for hours no breath of wind has stirred, Tel bends the lamp's flame as if fannad I The clock says o'er and o'er a word, \ ' ,, Jajpl-O (Jodl?can't understand. j ?Gertrude Hall in Independent p \ Ha Writ m Book. Tondur, air, where you see them high weedi ] iirow , An briers wrapt about the slab that's broka I Thy buried a man there 1-o-n-g time ago That writ a book. ( I Don't seem to me I ever heard his name, u But nan whn 4a ihn UTtnn h<ra. he imIn I To me one day about him. All the tame, He writ a book. ; ? What was the book about} I never knew. 1 Pap never tole me that an never took Interest in him fortber'n I've told yon? ] He WTlt a book. . Pap says, says he, "Alter the man was dead t Strangers would come from miles away ts ( look t t that grave an lay flowers above his head c Who writ a book." j The years went on. an then, no more forlorn, v They come with flowers en with mournful ^ look 9o talk about the "genius that was gone" r Who writ a book. a An then pap seen that 'twan't no use to haTS I The sweetes' roses In that lonesome nook When folks had long stop'd vlsitln his grave t Who writ a book. s i Wot what's the use, air, If folks never pause J Among the many gravestones here to look For his, to plant the roees jest because He writ a book? I ?Frank Bell In Nashville Sua. {. Requirement. d W? llva by faith, but faith la not tha slava i Of text and legend. Reason'a voloe aa4 a God'a, Nature's and duty'a, never are at odda. What asks our Father of hia children aava r Juatioe and mercy and humility, A reasonable service of good deeda, 1 Pure living, tenderness to human needs, " Beverence and trust and prayer for light to at* I The Master's footprlnta in our daily wayaf J No knotted scourge nor aacriilcial knifa, j. But the calm beauty of an ordered life. Whose very breathing Is unworded praiaa, A life that stands, aa all true lives have atoad Urm roe tad 1b tbie faith that Gcd is good. -WUuia* t i: m v All cotton seed meal that is damaged 11 or risky to feed to stock should have j( the death cross bones branded on every sack. Our South Carolina pure food t law, possed at the last legislature, is no good. We need a pure tood law for both man and beast with an unerring y provision for its enforcement. I tj |p Plant all the cow peas and forage | crops that is possible. .Never hold up ( planting something as long as youj . think it will come in. Late hay crops j , are often best. i c I > *' f ' acaaa.-? n-na .?T<?nH ; f HADD' THE STORE FOR ' The increase in our bus: months means something. 1 for it. We think there are se 1. Our long experience ena that please the public. 2. Our large sales require our stock, therefore, we alway . to offer. 3. The immense volume ol business with the smallest poi 4. Our customers apprecii behalf. THE R. M. IIADDi 5Tour attention is call* we have completed ments tor the i t rr^tt n any quantity-. Doesn'ti STAPLE AN GRO0E1 jrood all the time and. ui areek. We have everyt Der pickle to a car load.( COAL! COAI STow is the time to bui sleak Winter days. Its i ind we sell the best Jelli ;o Abbeville. Undertaking De Our Undertaking Bus Dur Mr. McDill, and evei personal attention when ' i Phones {fa fence. orw EAST END. nJJ for be< 1 ? NEWS ON ROUTE 3. Q|jr Mrs. David and Mrs James Gilliam mai pent a day of last week very pleasant- heft y with their siater-in-law, Mrs. Sallie coir kelson. K Mr Pierce McNeill arrived last week in t rom Hatiiesburg, Miss., and will re- moi uaiD with his family at Sharon until tion o-day when he leaves for business at imp vnoxviile, Tenn. , teni Mr. Benuie Evaua is kome from Col- M imbia taking a rest from bis duties vhich have been v*ry confirming aLd her nost too much fur his health, that of com )ook-fcee(iing. M Mr. Charlie Evan" returned last Geo veek from Cltmson College and will wbc pend his vacation at bis pretty coun- M ry home. the Mr. James E. Lawson came home Mrs ast week from Gainesville. Ga., and well vent at once t<> the home of his father, M dr. H. W. Lawson where he epent wee leveral davp. Since then he has beet) tion vith relatiue9 aDd friends in ibe city. J burj The dwelling belonging to Wilson- " brothers in the Flatwoods, and occu-|and )ied by Mr. Eb Watson, wsb destroyed I Moi >y fire last Thursday night about 12. sisti >'clock. Mr. "Watson having just re- verj urned an hour or bo before. He man- t&ci iged to save bimt>elf, but that was all. trac Insurance 1300.00. - wre Misses Clara and Eobenia Gilliam of n itlended Due West commencement fron ast week and bad a delightful time. Whi Say boys! Do you ever get "setup?", helc here's my list for last week. Two big deli, nestes ot the finlst Irish potatoes, a M )asket of turnipe, a box of apricot w'tl jeacbes, and on Monday a kind heart- whi H vnune ladv brought us a bowl ot Pjet leliciouslce en am and a plate of de- Kel igbtlul cake. Ifanyjou poor, lired, iu ' veary carries can show up better we a la vould Jibe to kuow it. will If you think an "Irishman" can't aise Irish potatoes you are mistakened ind should see?Mr. W. C. McNeill's >atch. M Mrs. Ada C Kennedy, tbe popular eacherofFern Cliff school, is one of he finest gardners on Koute 3, tbat i?> udging from tbe fiue vegetables she of A ias given us, both early and Jate. for i Farmers are bustling now putting Abb heir stubble lands in sorgbum and R ?eae. Cotton is improving these warm lays and nights and is growing oil' ?f*? licely, although tbe stand in places ,re not as good as thty might be. Stat< Corn looks wtll. Last Sunday afternoon dur.ng tbe pe ain storm, li^htumg struck tl>e tt-le- yy. j ihoue lost at box JN . 1. Mr. Carlisle's berS n Koute 3, and shattered six posts beween tbat and box No. 2, Mr S. C. 8wor jiukh', throwii g the wiie tlown and ?0jtJ earing up things along that part of ,, 1 be line. Fortunately no other dam- . . w ge was done. 11118 Mr It. C. Pursely spent Sunday in be city worshipping with the Baptist u the forenoon and attending tent serices in the afternoon. He the guest Ilnj f ihe writer for a few hours. will Mr. Grier Sheraid, who has been on be sick list last week is up again and uoking after bis business. rpH] Captain McDonald will soon have -* J iiu luifi.lionp line Kb riubt. to the in on \ eiiifi.ce, if any, will not belong. In n Ilev. A. Lien te list ien (f St. Louis lio i.? doitg Evaugelit?lic work iii Lial city amoug Jews and Gentiles mn>m< reached in the city last Sunday 8B e lorning in the Presbyterian Church nd Sunday and Monday nights in he Baptist Church to a large and in eiet-ud icongiegation. His manner Yoi a as def ply tamest and he seemed full / - I ;' ' 5 - " ? Wi ON'S "" THE PEOPLE! w 'if. ~ . iness for the past five rhere must be a cause veral: ,bles us to select goods constant additions to 8 have the latest goods ) f trade enables us to do ssible margin of profits. * I ate our efforts in their ' t-li ! . ON COMPANY. V t Bd to the fact that [ our arrangebllowing: 1! ICE! v. melt in cold weather. D FANCY JIES ' 'A sed seven days in a hing from a ciicuin)f groceries. ' . - ;. < -.'ivia i! COAL! t Coal for the cold cheaper, you lpiow, ico Coal that comes' -n , . , V- . v. : ' . -V:. partment liness is managed by ry call will have his possible' ''m ood & McDill. love and interest in the Master's . k in which be has been engaged nineteen years. His eyes have a opened to the beauties of the istian religion as will be those of jy others, both Jews and Gentiles >re that great day of acconats shall j ie, ev. Prepsley of Due West preached he Methodist Church last Sunday -ning to an appreciative congregai. His sermon was very fine and rossion aud enlisted the closest ation of bis bearers. iss Virginia Gambrell of Atlanta lending a while in the City wiih home people, where she is welled by many friends. f its Alina Gambrell of La Grange, rgia is expected home this week ?re she will "rest up" for a while. !rs. F. B. Brogdon of Atlanta is . in city with her home people Mr. and^i. C. V. Hammond and in cordially n . corned by her many-frienks. r. C. V. Hammond, after a three k's trip to the Jamestown Expoeii and visiting relatives in SpArtan7, is expected borne to-day. M" ran ' amuck" ot an automobile a steam engine on his rounds last aday, and but for the very kind asince of his friend Mr. Willie Lyon i likely would have gotten "sorter rled up": as it was, he was side bed and saved from a disastrous ck. So much for a friend in time leed. Another gentleman alighted a the auto arid came to our rescue le the only remaining gentleman I down tie machine much to our ght. r. Beacbam is getting on nicely a his work on the O'JKeill store, ch when finished will add another ty store room to our city in which ler Brothers will spread themselves he sale of first-class goods, and on rger scale than at present, as they then have more room. ONTHLY STATEMENT bbeville County Dispensary Board iiontb of May, 1907." Dispensary? eville, at Abbeville, S. C. >ipts $7,137 16 enditurea 346 99 11 AT i<tv?gu J ( V illties 7,199 24 e of South Carolina, Abbeville County. rsonally appeared G. A. Visansba, ?. Nicklea and T. J. Price, memof the County Dispensary Board, being each duly and severally n, deposes and says that the foreg statement is true and correct, forn to and subscribed before me otto day of Juue^lJJOJ^ J. Mcuavia, Notary Public. yersity of Sonth Carolina, Scholarship Examination. E UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROTIN a offers Scholarships In tbe Depari01 Education to one youDg man Irora County. Knob Scholarship in worth StUO one> and 518 m>ttricuiailou or "term" iminaii'in will be beld ?t Counly seal >AY, JULY 5tb. Examination for ?don to me University will be beld at the time. te for Information to J A.>1 ir* SLUAi>, rremueui, Columbia, S. C. 1 can't travel Id comfort without a nice iaae. We have all grade*. P. Rosenberg