Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r the Press and Bannei Published every Wednesday at two dollari a vs?rin advanee. ' Wednesday, Sept. 4, 1907. The New Pure Food and Drug Law. We are pleased to announce mat Fole: Honey and Tar (or coughs, oolds and lu troubles la not affected by tne National Pu Food and Drug law as It contains no oplal or otber harmiul drugs, ana we recommend as a Bale remedy lor children and udul P. B, 8peed. Of IutercMt to Many. Foley's Kidney Cure will cure any case kidney or bladder trouble that Is not beyoi the reach of medlclue. No mediolne can < more. P. B. Speed. l'be Daughters of the Confederacy will me at Mrs. Ducy Thomson's next Tuesday afU soon, Sept, lutb, 19u7, at t> ociock. Mrs. M. K. Holllngsworth leaves today I WlUlamston where she will spend a mon In recreation. Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cold. A. J. Musbaum, HateBVllle, Indiana, write "Last year 1 suffered for three mon the wlta summer cold so distressing that It lnterfcr with my business. I had many of tbe sym toms 01 bay lever, and a doctor's prescripts did not reacb my case, and I took sever medicines wblcb seemed to only aggrava my case. Fortunately I Insisted upon bavli Foley's Honey and Tar in the yellow pac age, and it qulcfcjy cured me. My wile h since used Foley's Honey and Tar with tl same suocew)." P. B. Speed. Mr. Ralph Grler Codicn lo Abbevill Mr. Ralph Grler who has been with tl Charleston News and Courier for some tin passed through the olty on his way to W llngton. Mr. Grler was accompanied by Mi Grler and son. ) Mr. Grler oomes to the Piedmont fort health. The ooast oountry did not agr with him. He has charge of the Wllllngtc school for the comlDg session. Tbe people that thrlvtng town are fortunate In securli "v his servioes. Mr. Grler 1b a son of the late Dr. W. J (Trier, and Is a young man of most agreeab personality, broad in views and hlgb 1 Ideals, and Is tbe possessor of a well round) and finished edacatloD. We welcome hi baok to bis home oounty. Tbe Hrtisra. Vhlleto the Front. For' years It was tbe custom of Mr. L: V White to go to tbe northern markets In ordi that be might personally supervise tbe bu: lng of goods. Tbat duty now devolves upc Mr. Will Wbite who frequently accompanU bis father on these trips. Mr. Will Wblte has Just returned froi New York where be went to lay In his stoc of fall and winter goods. Tbe mantle of tt father has fallen on tbe son and happily f< the firm and for tbe public, It has fallen c ** * -,J"? 4a ibilloH In fiOlA lOfltBUUlUCISUl UUO nuv > aainv- .... tlon and who baa been sobooled In flnanoe. We predict another prosperous era for tb well known and reliable Arm. Real Estate Transfer*. Judge Holllcga worth bought the Dusei berry property for 85,000, and sold dwelllr with fifty acres to Mr. Jas. and Thomas Hui tar. This place was known aB the Dav place. Mr. J. 8. Stark sold to Captain Long a trai In two miles of the city tor 833 per acre. Dr. 8. Q. Thomson Bold to Captain Loug 1] acres at $35 per acre. C. J. Lyon bought a tract on Tanyard froi Mr. C. V. Hammond for 8375. HolllDgawortb and Sondlty sold to C. Lyon 50 acres of land on Doable Branch ft $1000. v Assault In Level Laud. Mr. DeWlt Hall's six year old daughter wc criminally assaulted by a thirteen year ol negro living on Mr. Hall's plantation i Level Land, on last Sunday morning. Tillman Black, the negro, was accu?toine to play aronnd Mr. Hall's home and frequenl ]y played with Mr. Hall's little girl. On Sur day morning be took the little girl away o pretense of golDg to a peanat patch. Instea of going to the peanut patcb be took ber to cotton house on the place. After be bad at eompllsbed bis purpsoe be told tbe llttl girl tbat be would kill ber If sbe told, au probably nothing would have been known < tbe deed bad not tbe mother discovered It. Constable Wilson was summoned an Black promptly apprehended and brougt to Abbeville and lodged In Jail. Tbe grand lury In passing on tbe case rec dered a verdict of true bill, and tbe case wl be tried at this court. Letter 10 J. K. Glenn. Abbeville. S. C. Dear Sir: A ten-year-old boy cam into a store for a quart of white pain and said: "Tney are nice letters jl>< voe writes, a'n't they, Mr. Knight? In Bridgeton, Maine. "Are they what brought you here? asked the merchant. "Yes; ma sai get a quart of white; and I've com for the least-gallons paint." That boy'll be a man before h; mother. Yours truly 30 F W Devoe & Co. P. S. P. B. Speed sells our paint. The Blacksburg Chronicle in commtntic on tbe shooting oi doves says: "Women try all sorts of devices to rh themselves pretty and attractive shapes ac forms, bat with all tbelr Ingenuity tbey cat not come op to one of God b little doves." Of all heresies that were ever put on papi by a printer, this takes tbe cake and licks 01 the plate. Tbe writer of tbl$. must be UIlBUgJ'UIBV u/ uavUiQ >uu u uiiDV/^uiioi. % practice. He evidently got up on tbe wro: aide of the bed on the morning bis muse 1 dited tble article, milked tbe cow In a ral And oooked battercaKes for breakfast. < A pajaro prettier tban a woman ! Well, gi wblzz! Why a woman without a sing feather 1b more beautiful tban all tbe birds paradise that fly about tbe equator! H garth's line ol beauty fades lDto the shade of a shade In comparison with tbe turn of wrlat or the arch of an eyebrow. The noble ol all the Almighty's creation Is man and It most beautiful of all creation Is woman, ar the Blacksburg Chronicle Is the first to gall say tbe faot. The Chronicle has another look comlD ^Cake another squint, brother, at the dove at tbe woman. The prettiest thing this side tl milky way Is woman. Nothing In natu can be compared to her. She defies compel tlon and soornB contravention. r ? Court News. Tbe September court opened at 9 o'cloi Monday morolog, Judge Ernest Gary presl lng. All the officers ot the court were pre ent, Including solicitor Cooper, stenograph Aull, fcherlfl Lyon and clerk J. L. Perrin. In bis charge to the grand Jury, Judge Qa paid the county a high compliment. ] spoke ol ^ruall criminal docket as arguing healthy condition lor Abbeville county. lie urged the Grand Jury to trown down < all orime by punching the criminal*. J said that It was ibelr duty to protect tbe I nocent buj none the Itss their duty to pu isb the guilty. Tbe following bills are before tbe Ccurt: State vs. G. W. SlalnBker assault and bt tery with intent to kill. No bill. State vs. Herman Johnson assault and bi tery. /-. 1 kl OIHIO VOt V^BiiUCi nilliBUJD OOPBUII nuu ui tery. State vs. Jordan Moragne assault and bi tery. State vs. Clayton Smith. The following Jurors answered roll ce J. R Blake, K. A. Ware, W. B. Goings, A. Bass, Chat. Sobrlne, W.J. Sutherland, Joe Fergerson, Jas. L. Prultt, F. A. Carwlle, A. Wardlaw, J. C. Nance, R. 8. McCombs, 1 E. Sbebee, W. W. Campbell, J. D. Murdoc M. J. Brultt, J. A. Ma nee, P. E. Andersc Henry Ashley, Joe H. Hill, Fratfc JL. Cro ther, J. Allen Hagun, Fred Canon, G. L. Bu J no. Walker, Jaseph B. Ashley and A. Kennedy. In the case of ibeState against Geo. Carti Geo. Carter pleaded gulit> and was sentenc by his Honor to two months on the gang. In the case of the Slate against Marshi Giles the Jury found a verdict of not guilty xne CHMt) ui me oiaie hkhidsi joe oiuuu i Baited in Bmlth pleadingguilty and recelvl a sentence of two years on the gang. Augustus Colt man pleaded guilty and w sentenced to one year on the gang. ! Cbas. Ellis found guilty of running stol goods. "... ' ;.;V. ' V .. 'V; ' 1 AbfcctMte f The first of Heptember marks the begltihlhg ? of a new year with us. The hustle of busl9 a neas and noise of machinery pervades the at> mosphere. Everything seems to take on ? new life aDd activity. We seem to be entering a most prosperous season. Cotton opens up at a price which = warrants the produoer a margin of profit for bis labor, cotton Beedalso will command a j'B good price or should do so at the present ng price of oil. The country is full of corn and ![jj small grain aDd It will not be necessary for it this part of the state to draw so heavily on is. me western markets. Land Is enhancing in value every day and Immigrant* from adjoining counties and 0f states are ilocklDg into our borders, ad The merchants of the entire county are d0 laying In larger stock of goods, notwithstanding the higher price that must be paid for all >et classes of goods. ur- We are coming Into our own again. For forty years we have been struggling against jJJ odds that to a lees determined people would' have meant overwhelming discouragement. Through all these years the untiring energies and unremitted toll of our people have s: wrought wonders for our southland. ^ The schools both In the city and country p. are taklrg on new llleand aotlvlty. Tnere Is >n an ever growing demand for better teachers ^ and the teachers are being better paid for ag their labors. The city schools of Abbeville fc have outgrown their respective buildings AK A L. jt, i j _ j i _ aua.c muses muti oe uiviueu iu uiuci iu ?commodate the ever increasing .attendance. There (Is an imperative demand for new e. buildings. tje A new Court House and City Hall are beQe leg oodstructed at a cost or something over ll. one hundred thousand dollars. Mr. J. C. Elr8> 11a Is building lour elegant dwellings at an aggregate cost of about nine thousand dollars. Mr. J. S. Norwood has Ju Bt finished a ee model residence at a cost of over six thousand )D dollars. The farmers bank are preparing to Qj bul!d a new bank building at a cost of thirty -jg thousand dollars. Mesars J. T. Bradley, and W. W. Wardlaw ;ara .building iresldences In ^ the city. The ^Rosenberg mercantile comjg pany have Just finished .one of the largest lQ stores In this part of the country ;at a con* Jd slderable cost. And so we grow. m This Is no sporadio growth ;but a growth that baB been continuing steadily for years and it Is is only an earnest of what is to oome. There is not a more prosperous town In the county today than Abbeville and th&ie la not y. a better county in the entire Palmetto state er tban Abbeville. f* The grunter and the kicker and .the knock>n er are gone to the land where the whang d doodle mourneth and the cross vine twines There let him grunt and knock and klok and m rest. ik - ? 16 Hon. J.R. Blake Is preparing to move nis ot bouse nearer to Main etreet. Tbla will open in up several very desirablebulldiDg lots, wblob Mr. Blake Intends selling. These lota oanc~ not be surpassed for residence In tbe entire city. Here Is your opportunity. Is ? Death of Mrn. Crawford. Mrs. Robert Crawford died very suddenly at her home near Troy on laat Wednesday of heart failure. She was preparing to milk 1_ when the attaek came. For a long time she >g had been a consistent member of Lower , Long Cane Churoh, near whlob she was bur, led. If jt Mr. D. PollnkoflTis ready for fall business. 10 Mr.'D. Pollakoff has Just returned from New York where he personally aeleoted bla fall and winter stock of goods. Mr. Polls* 15 feoff says that be has the goods and tbe prices and Is ready for the biggest opening he has j, ever bad. )r Tbe P. BcNenbeiK Company. Tbe new company have about completed tbelr new building. It presents beautiful front of plate glass is marble and mosaic on both tbe square and d Trinity street, the building contains more it floor apace than any store In town and Is equipped with elevator aDd everything needd ed in ? regular department store. t- Tbe cellar of tbe building Is cool and capai clous and as a place for storing groceries cann not be equaled in tbe city. d Tbe company Intends to carry the largest a stock of goods In tbe city. t ? ? I Notice to Liquor Dealers. it ? i- Office of County Dispensary Board for II Abbeville County. Abbeville, 8. C., Sept. 3, 1007. Bids are hereby requested, in accord* ance with the terms of the Dispensary law now in force, for the following e kinds and qualities of liquors, beer 11 and other articles herein enumerated to j be furnished to the State of South Carolina for use of the County Dispensary n Board for Abbeville County, to wit: 125 bbls. corn whiskey, give proof " and age. If 2o bbls, gin, give proof and age. 5 bbls. rum, give proof and age. IS 5 bbls. alcohol, give proof and age. 2 bbls. sherrv wine. Bids will also be received for case goods, including rye, corn and Scotch whiskey, brandy, gin, rum and wine >g and beer. Also glass, cork and tinfold, wire and other articles used for a county dispensary. ? All goods shall be furnished in compliance with and subject to the terms sr and conditions of the Dispensary Law it of 1907, and bidders must observe the a following rules: >y 1. The bids shall be sealed and there K shall be no sign or mark upon the ent. velope indicating the name of the bidd. der. 2. All bids must be sent by express Ee or registered mail to W. T. Bradley, ie County Treasurer for Abbeville Counof ty, at Abbeville, S. C., on or before 12 o- o'clock of the 4th day of October, 1907. ,w The contract shall be awarded to the a lowest responsible bidder on each kind, 8t the board reserving the right to reject ie any and all bids and anv narts of bids. id The board reserves tbe right to increase - or decrease tbe above quantities at the same price as therein submitted, g. 3. All goods to be delivered f. o. b. id Abbeville, S. C., freight prepaid. ie Terms: To be paid lor within 90 days re and subject to regauge at our ware.1 bouse. Bids will be opened in the office of the County Dispensary Board at Abbeville, S. C. G. A. VISANPKA, ,k W. F. NICKLES, d- T. J. PRICE. County Dispensary Board for Abbe* er ville County. MONTBLY STATEMENT 911 ie Ln* of the Dispensary in Abbeville County for month of August, 1907, Dispenll" sary?Abbeville. Location?Abbeit ville. at. Total invoice including stock on hand first day of month $22,753 82 u* Total sales 8,549 35 Operating expenses 315 37 til; Breakage 29 70 Stock on hand last day of ?;) month 14.160 50 w State of South Carolina, >n. Abbeville County. rl* Personally appeared G. A. Visanska, u. W. F. Nickles and T. J. Price, memEr bers of the Abbeville County Disponed eary Board, who being each duly and i severally sworu, deposes and says that ft" the foregoing statement is true and e_ correct. u8 Sworn to and subscribed before me as this 3d day of September, 1907. J. E. McDavid, 0n Notary Public. 1 Mjjjj jB' tj'jWM* l\W f 1 1VTY JL Work is being possible on our Ne completed will be o as well as one of t the State. We shj merchandise heret< with additions. \ Clothing, Shoes, H ishings, and will b< furnish the buying latest styles in thes Our long experie in making selectio from the very best the full value quali We have already heim and Hackett i ing?any one at all Clothing makers of be told nothing by We shall contini best Shoes. Kripp and ITanan's for me no superiors. We expect to kee] Implements than e^ be able to furnish 1 thing used on the f Business. We wil! you. Good credit as well as the cash carefully after the i P. Rosen 19( RV1IY [III! Iliiilll 1 1UII Better equipped thai Bight in the swim, an< you and at the right pi SOME OF 01 The best lot of farm tools, PI Breakers, both kind. See our plo so every one says. See them you * Another Specii Try us for the best stove sold name means the very best cookin baoks. All good points known to you try one for 30 days on the hoi if not we will take it baok and it Still , Sewing machines, Wheeler a fl! 3 TV i' CI.. iL. ? dinger ana uomesuc. oeo me vi better. Sold any old way, or an almost. Putman Orga Royster gnano is leading for Bone" Fish scrap goods will do t On tl Five cars White Milling Coi it's sound and dry, Our Grocery Stoc Flour, Meal, Molasses, Cane Sugar, and Coffee, Tobacco Cannc cans. We put out today thirty-five 15n. Spa t.hflm. W. D / - - ? v'- : + - :.li building pushed as rapidly as w Building and when me of the most modern :he most attractive in ill rarrv pverv line of i>fore carried by us? Ve will specialize on ats and Men's Furni able all the time to public the newest and e lines. mce will serve us well ms, and buying only houses insures to us ties. secured the Cuppen^arhart lines of Clothfamiliar with the best ' the country needs to us of these people. le lu iictiiuic uiiiy me endofs for the ladies in have few equals and p a large stock of Farm irer before, and hope to to the fanners everyram. We want your I be prepared to serve customers appreciated buyer. We will look interests of all. berg & Co. 07. _mmw i ever for your business d lots of gooda to shoi ices too. TR SPECIALS. ows, Stocks, 2! horse plows, Middl w shapes. The best lot in the Gitj raelf. Collars, PadB, ete. il, Stoves, Bucks. and they are Bucks. too and whic g machine. White lined. 15 yes the np to date stove maker. Woe i8e. and if what we claimj you takelr don't cost you a oent. See them. Another. nd Wilson, No. 9 for the old reliable ary latest in these goods. Nothin y long time and too, at your pric ns are the Best. the cotton crop of 1807. "Farme] he work. tie road. n, which is the best for keeping, i k cannot be better in , Hay, Bran, Oats, seed and feed, Lar )d Goods, Big Hominy lOo for 3 1] doz. currf eombfcspeoial at 5,10 ai . Barksdale. irTfytmpawa g^a^riT7iT^iffiYyTmaai^ DARGAN'S 5 a After Two Week ing in N f The buyer of this store Is prep our line of Holiday and Wc most select and exclusive 1 and vicinity have ever seei A*TA13T guuua arc uuiuiiig iu c v ci j inspection from everybody, be welcome. We want a c money will go when spent Fancy Baskets We are showing a lovely line of Baskets made at the famous Indian reservation at Bombay, N. Y. 20c to 85c. Picture Plates We are showing something entirely new in a framed Plate, and the colors are rich and very decorativc. They will go fast. \ These are the lines we will be ] China, Crockery, Glassw Ranges, Toys, Dolls, Lamps, lOc Goods / We want 500 School Children to after Sept* O *: Dargan's 5 a Will Open on Monday, COME ' Sept. 16th, 1907. ThaAl THE City Schools for white ohildren will re-open on Monday, " September 16th, 1007. The Superintendent requests that all n new pupils report at his office for en- i r roliment on Thursday and Friday be- i^ifore the date of opening, between the hourn of 9.30 ana 11,30 a. m. Chil- i No tobaee dren under twelve years of age must , ever mad< come on Thursday, those older on Frir am tarpai day. hibitad m L. W. DICK, Su e Superintendent. OniytiS of the lei VALUABLE | I Land for Sale ment whic Aropj of i Bostattrmi We will offer for thirty days only bSuS^oci i, our farm known as the J. T. Mann i ? , u estate, situated four and one-half miles * H&flCOCl from Abbeville, and consisting of One LT Hundred and Seventy-Biz Acres. The El ace in one mile from the Sharon [igh School, has one large dwelling lfc ana one small dwelling and two ten- ????? ant bouses. The place is well imti proves! and has three stream running P| f\ f"Tfl through It. Apply to VI l| EUGENE MANN. ijlj M J Lots for Sale. "pgr B. " I ? si offer five desirable residence lota n? * ?/??! "Hi for sale, corner of Main and Wardlaw unexcelled street*. These lots adjoin the Graded ThrAncrh Pi '0 School Building and are conveniently b * near the ohurches and the Public nOT Square. Terms reasonable. ^jOL j. r. blake. Arriv re Big Bargain in Land.. ? T 115 acres, two miles of Abbeville. j Plenty of good bottom land, lot of productive cotton land, and pasture land 1 to spare. Will sell cheap for cash. i L. R. WILSON. SHINGLES! d, 240,000 OF THEM. b? Heart or sap at prices that will sell them. Samuel J. Todd, DUE WEST, 8. C. ?Tii 5?m ?r-7? r~ For full infori Miss Scully's school of Elocution and Music will open Thursday, Sept. 5, 1907. Kindergarben work a speo- BROOKS MORG ialty, Those wishing to enter will Asst Gen Pa* visa RahMv hv pftllinc un nhone , , jiw" -?- j . ?._VJ7%j/ : v. : _ . . . . , j rT^ffirWa-r^iTriin 'frf% ^ i1 frifflfittllfi^ nri I to STORK '1 I1U 1VV K/JlVIIUi -m s Bargain Hunt- j ew York 'v? ared to state emphatically that p adding Goods will he the largest, ;hat the good people of Abbeville rw _ " i l ? i-i i onerea at popular prices, uur r day now, and we want a close whether a buyer or not you will hance to show you how far your here. Statuary I V i We opened to-day a big lot of lovely Italian Bronze Statuary. You ought to see these goods. Make nice presents. 10c Goods In all lines we are showing the largest "M and best goods at this price to be found anywhere. Most anything you want, too. headquarters on this Fall:, are, Sterling Silver, Stoves, |J Tinware, Iron Wagons, 1 Heaters. < ';:W ?5c Goods. |j o call and receive a Book Cover mi be r 10th. nd 10c Store. | i it ' sto 4 ctual ipfel^|ka il nw/nowN 1 n J competition with the world, they have never failed golamedal lor their general excellence, high quality eir decided superiority over all competing brands. DOWN" is one of the coming brands of America. ; ! 9 years old, its unrivaled qualities have made it one idmg sellers over all other flue-cured plugs. It tr satisfies and perfectly suits everybody and all Sold at 10c and l&c per plug or 5c cuts. buy "SHOW DOWN," and save the tags. There s article you need for your comfort or entertainh these tags get for you without cost wr 1907 premium catalogue, which la one of the largest and rtir* ever gotten oat by a tobacco manufacturer, will bo mailed mm ia the United States on receipt of only 4c in postage B of the tags we are redeeming. - -Ja c Bros. & Co., Lynchburg, Va. [flERNJMILWAY. I i SOUTH'S GREATEST SYSTEM. J inning Car Service. JM illman Sleeping Cars on all Through Trains, ivenient Schedules on all Local Trains* ^ al and Departure of Trains. So. of rains. 110 Leaves at 8:05 for Columbia. 111 Arrives 9:10 from Greenville. K 112 Leaven at 10^0 for Columbia and Greenville. 113 Due from Columbia an& Greenville at 12:1?. 3* 114 Leaves at 3K)0 for Greenville. 115 from Columbia arrives Abbeville at 4:10 '/ 116 Leaves at 6:05 for Columbia and Greenville. 117 Arrives from Greenville and Columbia at 8:10. 1 mation as to rates, routes, etc., consult nearest Southern Railway Ticket Agent, or AN, R. W. HUNT, w. Agent, Division Pass. Agent, ia, Ga. Charleston, S. C. / $5