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ir-'.' ' I he Press and Banner. Published every Wednesday at two dollars a a year In advance. I Wednesday, July 17, 1907. Lumber Wanted. Wanted. To oontraot at onoe for three hundred thousand feet of framing lumber. Frederic Mlnsball, Abbeville, S. C. Honne Wanted. I want to rent a three or four-room cottage near my place of business. W. 11. Hays, New York Itackct, Abbeville, S, C. XfW T?'lt'pllOIK'H. Aiken, Wyatt, residence 208. Andrews, W. J., residence 174. Bowie, J. R., residence 71?L Calvert, Dr. G. E., residence 158. Cox, J. 1).. residence 201. Caldwell, L. I)., residence :s>4. Cochran, Mrs. T. H., residence 183. Express of lice 104. Fergerson. W. !>., residence 191. Gilliam, lienry, residence 34. Gore, W. A., resldonce ICS. Putnam, T. A., residence 11. Richie, Mrs. C K., residence 171. Mlromons, R. J., residence 202. Smith. A. M.. residence 15fi. White, T. (J., residence 177. Please mnrtc out old numbers 174, 133, 191, 1T1, 181, 177, 11, 84. SI. IBS. Wm. M. Barnwell, Mgr. Call >umbers. Subscribers are requested to aik for numbers not names when using tbelr telephones. It Is Impossible for Central to memorize all of tbe names and sbe la too busy to look, tbern Dp. Please give us your aid. Abbeville Telephone Co. Wm. M. Barnwell, Mgr. JLoot. Knight Templar watch fob. Finder will get liberal reward by returning same to C. A. Mllford at drug store. Sleeting of District Bible Society, The 841 b annual meeting of tbe Abbeville District Bible Society will be held at Abbeville In tbe Presbyterian cbuzcb, 11 a.* m , Wednesday, July 31. The sermon will be preached by Rev. A. C. WUklns. Societies which moy not have recelvrd blanks for reports wl 1 pleuse notify the undersigned. E. B. Kennedy. Boru. At Abbeville S. C July 51907 to .Mrs. W. L. Qlenn, nee Miss Marv NicKles, a daughter. Something of a Tomato. Mr. H-T. Tusten picked two tomatoes last week, one weighing a frnetton under two pouiids, and the other welching two ponnd)and two-ounces. This, we tblDk, was from some of Congressman Alb^n's eeed, thongb we do not recall the variety. Mr. TunenV entire crop Is excellent. Tbe PrefR and Banner would be glad to bear from tbe inau who bas raised a larger tomato. , Jinn CoHtello Arrestee Here. Jim Oatello wnu arrested bere laHt week by Sheriff Li on and Deputy 8herlfl' Charles Brace. Coatello was acting In a suspicious manner and aa I* tbe case with such persons In Abbe vllle be wan promptly nabbed. He is wauted In Augutta, Ga. Deputy Sheriff, John Boukn, oame np tor Coalello on last Saturday and retarned with hie cbarge tbe same day. Coatello la cbargcd wltb assault and battery wltb Intent to kill. ateCoen-Warren. On laat Tuesday, at tbe b^me of tbe bride, Mr. Samuel MoCuen and Misa Oille Warren were married. Mr. McOaen la the able mannger of the Ca'boun Kails branch of the Kerr Furiilturt Company. Tbe bride, MIbb Warren, 1b one r>f the best known young ladles In town. For a Ion,; time sbe bas managed tbe Telephone Central bere and ber work wan most efficient. WbeD MUsOllle was at tbe Central you were sur* to get your number. Abbeville has always been tortnnste in the service of Its "Hello Girls." Bot Mltw Ollle bas bung up the reeelver ODd cm otr?U connections. ,Hello Central! Hello. Yes, there Is anew voice. MIbb Essie McCord takes Miss Ollle'* place. Bbe has been night manager and if now promoted to day manager. No belter selection could Mr. BHrnwell have made than be bas made Mr. and Mrs. McCuen will make Calhoun Kails their borne. ' Miss Loo Ellen McFall returned last wfek from Anderson where sbe bas been visiting relatives. Miss Matt'e Eakln, who bas been spending sometime bere with her grandparents Mr and Mrs. H. T. Eakln, baa returned to her bome In Watklnvllle, Ua. Mr. Walter McCord came bome Sunday from Greedvllie where be has been spending a few days wltb relatives. Mr. L. W. Dick returned last Monday from a mostmccessful week's canvas for ibe College for Women. The prospects of ibe Institution are brighter tban ever before. Miss A. E Dick left yesterday for Baltimore to visit her sister Mibb A. E. Dick. Miss Merle Gary, Miss Mary Evsns of Edgefle d, and otbers leave Thursday for nn extended tonr north. They will visit the 1 > Jamestown Exposition before returning. / ^ NOT ONE CENT FOR a. 0. P. FUND. Cause of Northern Attacks on State Mutual Insurance Company. SOME INSIDE FACTS. ^ Splendid Condition of the South Carolina Branch of (he Biff Corporation. From Rome Daily Herald, June 22. The growth of the state Mutual Life Insurance forces In South Carolina from five to 75 agents was told 01 id itome yesterua.v wnei. W. A. Clark, president of the Caroline Agency company visited the beadoilloeol tbe company. Mr. Clark also m president of tbe Carolina National Batik, '06, Columbia, S C., one of tbe oldest bank<? In tbat state ol honored traditions. "Tbe cry of Southern people for Southern Insurance Is a factor In our progress In South Carolina, for both financiers and the raasM o' tbe people of that state are beginning to realize that tbe natural wealth of the South ' mast be conserved Tor Its own development if the aectlon is to grow rich," Mr. Clark aid. i "I have been president of the CarollDa Agency company for the past live monthi, from tbe time this conoern look over the business of Mr. John Y. Garilngton, who was former state manager of the State Mutual. But my Interest In Southern Life Insurance did not commence then. I have ob?erved lis growth, have anticipated tbe good result*, and am one of tbe strongest apost>es ot the doolrtne. "The attitude of the people of South Carolina toward tbe State Mutual is unlformally friendly, aDd It has Btood tbe State Mutual Llie people In good part against tbe bitter attacks of tbe general agents of northern oompanlee. "Of course they are careful not to base tbelr attack upon tbe grounds that our compuny Is Southern?but they advance always thai tbey are tbe conservative companies, and represent tbe better part of It. l'hey attack tbe State Mutual for aggressive methods of securing business, while the new company Is only using fcucb as advanced tbe old com* panlea years ago. "But I tblnk our people have solved the problem. 'Why do tbe beatben rage and tbe people Imagloe a vain tblng They see up taking tbe Insurance of tbe state, aud I be lleve South Carolina people are absolutely certain that tbe State Mutual ban not, and never will contribute * cent toward tbe Republican campaign fund. "It U from tbe represtntatlves of the big easterti companies that tbe attacks have come, but we bnve tbe Htrongent men In South Carolina enlisted with us es policy holders, and we have tbe best agents In tbe state In our forces. They bave been drawn to us by tbe standing of tbe State Mutual, and with a record of five million a year written In South Carolina the Carolina Agency company Is lorglng ahead, aDd promises belter muits." Tbe Carolina agency company Is made up of other men strong In financial circles and tbe esteem of the people of South Carolina, as Mr. Clark Is. General Wllle Jones, who has been for the last twenty years chairman of tbe executive com nil I let ui iue i^ruiucruiii: purij', omu m be tbe most popular mac In tbe state, aud president "I tbe Palmetto National Back, \t> ODe of tbe directors. Another lb T. S. Bryan, president of tbe Bryan Printing company, a very large book concern. Judge J Fullei Lyon, father of tbe attorney general of tbe stale, John Y. Garllngton, and Hon. Jos. A, McCuIlougb of Greenville, are directors o] tne Carolina Agency Company. John R, Blake, for many years state senator from ' Abbeville, and one of tbe leading buslnes* men of tbe state, Is also a director or tbe k company tbat band'es tbe South Caroline business of tbe State Mutual Life Insurance Company. / } s w' * . LOW RATE | I EXCURSION [ k>l> N TO K | ATLANTA I I VIA ? I g SEABOARD | H A III LINE RAILWAY | | Monday, July 29th, 1907. 1 M | ?*< For rates and time of trains, see Kj band bills or call on nearest agent. Kj C. B. RYAN, W. E. CHRISTIAN, K Gen. Pass. Agt. Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt. ^ 1VT new uuuuiiig i t Work is being pushed as rapidly as possible on our New Building and when completed will be one of the most modern as well as one of the most attractive in the State. We shall carry every line of merchandise heretofore carried by us? with additions. We will specialize on Clothing, Shoes, Hats and Men's Furnishings, and will be able all the time to +-V. n tl QTTTAof OfirJ J.U1111511 LUC UUJillg pUL/llt lilt lit w tot auu. latest styles in these lines. Our long experience will serve us well in making selections, and buying only from the very best houses insures to us the full value qualities. We have already secured the Cuppenheim and Hackett Carhart lines of Clothing?any one at all familiar with the best Clothing makers of the country needs to be told nothing by us of these people. We shall continue to handle only the best Shoes. Krippendof's for the ladies and Hanan's for men have few equals and no superiors. We expect to keep a large stock of Farm Implements than ever before, and hope to be able to furnish to the farmers everything used on the fram. We want your Business. We will be prepared, to serve vou. Good credit customers appreciated as well as the cash buyer. We will look carefully after the interests of all. * P. Rosenberg & Co, 9 WOFFORD COLLEGE, SPARTANBURG, S. C. HENRY NELSON SNYDER, M. A., Litt. 1)., LL. 1)., President. Ten Departments.?Gymnasium under competent director. Athleti Grounds. Library and Librarian. Science Hall. Fifty-fourth year begin September 18, 1907. For catalogue address J. A. GAME WELL, Secretary. Wofford College Fitting School, SPARTANBURG, S. C. Three New* Brick BuildiDgP. Steam Heat and Electric Lights. Individua attention to each student. Next session begins September 18,1907. For cata logue and information address . A. M. DtjPRE, Headmaster. srr,.siw. c. hollingworte Uses less fuel, heats quicker, KEEPS IN STOCK lasts longer, a perfect baker every stove sold on merit. Bicycles and Sundriei Abbeville Hdw. Co. ^ ^ Pretty Pictures 1785 1907 Pretty Frames ; College of Charleston, 25 cts. to $4. CHARLESTON, S. C. 1??h(I Year Begin* September 547th. _ ' ... . . . ? , .. 1 Mure?co, marallle and alabastlne for tb 1 Letters, Science, Englneerlng. One scholar wallB are the thing at Mllford's. ; 6blp to each county In South Carolina, giving ... .. __ . . . , . . . W1 r free tuition. Tuition $U0. Board and furnish- . ~J* the up-to-date drinks are made at Ml > r, ? <?,, _ .v_ >ii ? lord i aoda fountain. ea room iu i;uruinorjr ^11 it uiuuiu. aii w?ij dldates Jor sdrnlcsloD are permitted to com- We bavea good line of buggies at reason pete for vacant Boyce scholarships which pay ble prices for cash or on credit. P. Rosenbe; 8100 a year. For calalogoe, address a Co May 22,1907. HAR N KANp?eBldent. w When you want to buy a buggy call and b< * Rosenberg's. m < ? . , , j GEMS IN VERSE I ? INow and Then. All of U3 commit mistakes, Now and then; 1 !Some of ua make serious breaks, Now and then; We are apt to set the pace Sin the hustling worldly race With more recklessness than grace. Now and then. IWe are fond of breaking out. Now and then. And we go too far, no doubt INow and then; Yes, Indeed, 'tis nothing new To be sorry, through and through, !Por the foolish thlngB we do Now and then. Well, we only really live, !Now and then; Others' faults we can forgive, Now and then; At our own, then, let us wink; | Of life's sea we'd tire, I think. ^ It we didn't sort of sink \ | Now and then. I ?Milwaukee Sentinel. I Any 8oul to Any Body. d Mo we must Dart my body, vou a!nd L ^ Who've spent so many pleasant yean | togetherI 1 'Tis sorry work to lose your company, | Who clove to me so close, whatever, the jj weather, I From winter unto winter, wet or flry. | But you have reached the limit of your * tether, I And I must Journey on my way alone 3 And leave you Quietly beneath a stone. ITRiey say that you are altogether bad! (Forgive me; 'tis not my experience) And think me very wicked to be sad At leaving you. a clod, a prison, whence I To get quite free X should be very glad. j Perhaps I may be so some few days i I hence, 4 But now, methinka, 'twere graceless sot " to spend I A tear or two on my departing friend. I Now our long partnership Is near completed, And I look back upon Its history, I greatly fear I have not always treated You with the hohesty you showed to me. And I must own that you have oft defeated Unworthy schemes by your sincerity And by a blush or stammorlng tongue have tried to make me think again before I lied. Tte true you're not so handsome as. you were. But that's not your fault, and is partly mine. Tou might have lasted longer with more care And still looked something like your first design. And even now, with all your wear and tear, "Tls pitiful to think I must resign Tou to the friendless grave, the patient prey Of all the hungry legions of decay. But you must stay, dear body, and Z ge, And I was one? so very proud or youl You made my mother's eyes to overflow When first she saw you, wooderful aad new. And now, with all your faults, 'twere hard to find A slave more willing or a friend mors true. Aye, even they who say the worst about , you i Can scarcely tell what I shUl do without you. ?Cosmo Monkhouse. Within ths Rsaoh of AIL The gift of beauty lies within the reach Of all who seek It You wh? scan la vain Your candid mirrors, showing but how plain g^Lre the reflected features. I beseech TV) listen to the lesson I would teach. The best cosmetics In the heart and brain Their beauty bringing Qualities obtain; Laboratories wooderful are each. A noble Impulse In the cause of Tight, With finer fairness, dowers ths humfcUat face; Pure thoughts and self forgetting lore will light T9ia hnmollMt fnhina with a. haAmnlT grace. Lending a loveliness not age'a night Nor erven Death himself shall quits efface. ?Edward Ju Church. Plaint of the Plutoorab X have bought everything I can buy; X have tried everything I can try; I have eaten each eatable, Beaten t&ch beatable;. X have eyed everything I can eya I have sold everything I can sell,' X have told everything I can tell; I have seized all the selsabla, Squeezed all the squeezable, Till they have shelled everything they can shell. X have ridden each thing X can rids; X have hidden eaeh thing X can hide; ' I have Joked ali the Jokable, Soaked all the soaltable, I have slid everything I oould slide. X have walked everything I could walk; I have talked everything I could talk; I have kissed all the klssabl* / Hissed al! the hlasable; X have balked everything I can balk. I have cruBbeo every one 1 couia crumnj I have hashed every one X could hush; I have drunk everything drinkable Thought every thinkable; X have rushed everywhere I could rush. I have been everything I could be. And the scheme of things will not agreei I have spent all that's spendable; , Still It's not endable, And I mean It*s a bother to ma ?Chicago Tribune^ Life. little cry of fear through which Tour heart is won; Two eyes with sudden wonder fined. And life's begun. The tears of childhood and ttM play That soon la past; Th? triumph at the altar whan The bond la fast The striving after thiols whereby Men measure worth; c The wrinkle* and the thinning hair, ^ The growing girth. The rounded shoulders and the bogas That one by one Die off until the last goes out. And life is dona. DlacoveHe*. Little drops of knowledge i Little grains of sense, Solve the mighty problaoi l" Of the home expense. Had the little leakage Earlier been checked. Then the mighty vessel r Never had Deal wrecked. J Thu* the srolden trifled Make the sum of Ut% linking home on Eden Or so endless strife. ~Oood Housekeeping 3 "Skat" is a soap, yet is good for cleaning anything. It is an enemy to grease. We are agents for Abbeville. Dargan's 5 and 10c Store. 6 Rosenberg baa a splendid line all leather snit oases and hand bags. arg fiuqklen's Arnica Salve 36 The Beit Salve In The World. ? ^ T . ri4 Need a N Hnr "VAllow W UiJk A VXAV f f Makes the Cheapes We have several (all grades) on c make you low pri Why not own Lots will never b Abbeville, and we for thinking that will go much hig time to take "Bu Stock" and let us ft ing Material Cheaj Our Stock is complete and w< Thanking our Mends for past ance of same, we are, Very resp Abbeville Lui Tried la the Supreme Court I .4 11-t ...I D....1.r)h> (ha 7 . _ Ul UUIYIiiaw A vpuimi.ji >uv _ ? _ Best Jud{e? of Tobacco Always Decide is Favor of CjB LEGALy TENDERV TWIST * This tobacco is one of the oldest and bist brands of oldest manufacturers in the country. Established i very highest standard of manufactured tobaccos ev in America has been reached; a standard which is st up to in every plug we make. Experienced buyers e leading markets or Virginia and North Carolina, ch< * - ? Li-V ? the most select, high-graa? growm. wim wmui w u iinequaled quality of "LEGJtLTEAiDER TWI Sold at lOc per Twist In So Cuts Always discriminate in favor of "LEGAL TENDER TWIST," an TAGS. A copy of our 1907 premium catalogue, which Is one of t] most attractive ever (rotten out by a tobacco manufacturer, will be address in the United States on receipt of oily 4c is postage fftamj | tags we are redeeming. I HANCOCK BROS. & CO., . LYNCHE Watch this space for Estate of Frani REAL ESTATE Notice of Settlemc . for Final P A "R ft A TKTfi f >$wuejr.?: DAHUTAinO! fggf Judge of Frobste for o'clock a. m., and on 1 =* for a final discharge fi Ail persons havlof estate will present 11 "* * I ha'nro 1 hat Hnv. nrOVl tUUltJii J! AKH19) be forever barre'tf. ELIZAI TIMBER TRACTS, BUSINESS and GOOD RESIDENCE PROPERTY. For Sale by FOI S&1( Jas. H. Darby, is / from the lncorporat Real Estate Dealer. J5rw^i.DeT^ t house, large Dew bar WAT.TTAT.T.A . . S r flue well or water. Tl " - " D. I/. tl0|1< flne nelgbborbc ti i t> u 1 w1111611 "mailertrao Office : Peoples Bank. G June26, 190!. tf Now is the time to paint. Use "Masury's," the painters SSul. cry for it. Lasts longer, looks y?ar money, better, costs lees. Abbeville Fresh candy aiwayi tt i ? One ot those feather uQWi vOi senberg'a. The very t "Casey" Is a rftllro We have them. Darg When you travel have a good stout trunk p08t cards of the "o that wont break to pieces you can get u at graph finish?the mc Rosenberg'*. gan's 5 and lOo store. Link will save you money on flour and After smoking Sp give you the best on earth. years I can find bo An assortment of Tooth Brushes, the equal satisfy me. Frloea 10-16'25 and Call at Link', new 35 oentB, a? MoMorray, need of anything foi i ifjEjLm ' ** * * * - V "^r1* 1 r- ' " ew Ronf? 1 Pine Shingle 1 Best and 1 it Root ' I hundred thousand M ? rk vt /?n *1 C'rlaB >ur jraru anu uau ces* l a home? | e any cheaper in 'M have ffood reasons Building Material, J| her. Now is the lilding and Loan M irnish your Build- I.J 3 guarantee satisfaction. ; fe,vors and soliciting a continu- || ectruiiy, mber Co. -g* 8- J A H^PPJ Man ' """""""1 is Amos F. King, of Port Byron, N. Y., [85 years of age]; since a i?ore on his leg, which had troubled bim the yM ^ greater part of his life, has been entire ly healed by Bucklen's Arnica Salve; Kb , the world's great healer of Sores, Cuts, W89 Bums, Wounds and Piles. Guaranteed by. P. B. Speed, druggist. Price 25c The B. M. Haddou Co. Loog gloves, white, black and colored at The R. M. Haddon Co. We are closing oat oar maslins at redneed prices. Come and get some of these rare bar nB^H galas. The R. M. Haddon Co, " SUA SHjHNK^W Big line perca'es and colored madras at The R. M. Haddon Co. ?Tr . , . II. li.. ./ .i.n|a .AnWo (hat DA TT v UttVtJ tft uig IIUO Ui owipio ^\a?ud VMMV ? w j^QBOaH are Belling for I fas than we can bay them for ^HRH today. Tbe tt. M. Haddoa Co. Where GO-FLY goes files will not go. Use T . ,l 03 yoar Hor888 an<1 Cattle. 25c and 50o. 8t BGO-PLY keeps files ofl Horses and Cattle25o and 50o. Bold by C. A. Mllford, and McAl- *? lister 4 Black, Mt. Carmel. 8t one of the Try as and we will show yoa the best ? iqki values In Tooth Brashes In town. The Mof* * Murray Drug Co. er attained jngt before leaving for the Jamestown exnctly lived position call In at Rosenberg's and get a nice % over all the ..uncase. oosing only ? ? ; tnintain the If you want to sleep good, have pleasant uuuuuu ww dreams, and get up with a good taste In your ' < month smoke Speed's Clnco Cigars. I No need for mirrors if yon polish your furniture with Liquid Veneer. Speed's Drug a SAVE THE j store. Tbe old, original, reliable Native Herbs nd . v ""j! # Tablets for sale at Speed's Drug Store. >a, or a ol tna Yoa arfl ftlwayg Correotly_dressed4 in bat wear wnen wearing a uuiuuiun o^nouu. mnn WA ? Rosenberg ACo. )Una, wfu ~ j We are always replenishing our stock of I Stetson hats. No old stock. P. Rosenberg & . -?S ? Co. Everything new and stylish In men's bats. p. Rosenberg 6 Co. The new Colombia negligee shirt atone dolsis Arnold. Dec d. lar at Rosenberg's can't be beaten. ' When yon boy get the best. Rosenberg jQ ????? keeps the best line of negligee shirts In the . , . market. The new Colombia at one dollar snt and Application each has no equal. Discharge. m , ? onai aSSndtftofm?acu "Clauss" Shears and Saze2??1VttbeeSjXaof ors. Everyone guaranteed, 'da^wnYappiy Sive money back if rot pleas^.rdrgS?rLd ed. Abbeville Hdw. Co. sem for payment on or m , m sn and authenticated or LocalH. 1ETH W. KINARD, When yoQ g0t Nnnnally,B :oe cream.yoa know yoo have The best. You can get It at McMurray's only. If you want a good milk shake or a uaucer TT'ATPAA of The Bent loe oream go to the McMurray JC AXvXYJL Drug Co. they have It. Try our guaranteed corn ebeller?only 10 I cents. It will do the work?the McMurray 5 A* K Oflt Dra' 00 4 UI AUulXU Tired aching feet are Instantly relieved by 9 tbe nse of AmmeBs Prickly beat and Baby Powder. Try It! The McMurray Drug Co.? 25 oentfl the can. TO CHANGE MY BU8- * ' " sequence of wblcb I of- -rw It f\i 11 * place one-half (>Q mile 1 Ii 7111 A (,A AflPA u If parties desire. () ' 1. C. DUSENBERRY. ^ TITTP. W"RRT S. fi. ooklDg Speed'* CJnoo , , yon have the worth of Is located in the healthful and moral town of Due "West, S. C. The work it i at Speed'a Drag store. ha9 been doing for 69 years is its best weight .nit casea at Ro- advertisement. Its tuition charges are bing for a lady. reasonable. Board in the College ad lantern and dandy. Home at cost. an's 5 and lOoatore. The Wylie Home accommodates a lty'Mn beautiful pboto- limited number of young ladies, tuidurable kind. Dar- ^ free > M Oram fnr Abbeville County patronage is ap other 5ooig?rTbat will I predated. j Send for catalogue to fyo!Xu8et0re When ln J. 8. MOFFATT, Pres. . i ' A ~?- -