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The Press and Banner. Published every Wednesday at two dollars a a year In advance. i ^ Wednesday, Oct. 16, 1907. e IHspeiittnry or Blind TlgcrH. ' Opponents of the dispensary held a meet- \ log In the Methodist church last Monday af- < ternoon, and organized an anti-dispensary , club, with a full set of ofllcers and a commit- 1 teeman from each county. J Abbeville In 18V2 was among the strongest , prohibition counties In the State. < Whether we are now to have the dispensary J or blind tigers Is of secondary Importance. , The great and Important thing for each of i us to do, Is to so act and to so speek as not to | array one against another, , I he fact is, that all men are patriotic and i love their country. The virtue and the honesty of the country Is not all on one side. The dlflerence between the dispensary and ] blind tigers la not enough to repay for 111 feelings thai may be engendered. J Years ago this newspaper advocated tbe i opening of tbe dispensary at a later bour In tbe day and closing It In tbe afternoon. If tbe dispensary was open foronly a few bonrs, : Instead of all day, tbe sales would be reduced, and tbe demand lor blind tiger liquor would not be so great as If tbe dispensary wan closed. There can be no doubt tbat tbe Legislature may regulate tbe sale of liquor as tbey do of any otber poison, and tbere can be no doubl tbat liquor, like otber poisons, will be wanted or needed. And wnetber tbe dispensary Is continued or discontinued Intoxicating liquors will toe brought Into tbe county. * Good people bave a rlgbt to believe tbat tbe love of liquor Is one of tbe besetting sins of tbe time. And tbey even think tbat the offloe of dispenser Is Incompatible with cburcbly relations. As yet we have heard no declaration as to tbe propriety of a good churchman holding the office of express agent, where he must handle car loads of tbe stuff, and band It out to all who choose to order It from a distant city. Imagine, If you can, bow a good and conscientious Christian oburcbman receiving Jugs on Sunday, and then hauling them to tbe office from wblcb be is to band out the stuff to saint or sinner as the case may be. If It Is wrong to handle bottles and Jugs of liquor in a dispensary, is the act sanctified by calling tbe place of delivery an express office ! Again: If it is wrong for a dispenser or an express agent to handle goods In bottles and * Jugs, what about tbe railroad agent at tbe depot? If tbe bands of tbe dispenser and tbe express agent become nnclean because of tbe handling of liquor, how can tbe bands of tbe railroad agent be clean, If he does the same thing? If the Legislature should enact a prohibitory law, why shenld the railroads and their trainmen be allowed to convey to us an outlawed artlole? It is very easy to assume that we arc better and parer than onr neighbors, and It Is equally as easy for such neighbors as are better than the rest of us, to assume a monopoly of the virtues. Speaking for this editor: If our preachers woald seek to Instill temperance principles, and wonld not seek to make men sober by law, they would accomplish a better work. If they would warn tbe young against tbe dangers that beset those who drink, they would act along the line ot their legitimate professions. As a man ongbt to be honest from principle. and not from fear of tbe law. so a man ought to be sober from conviction, and not by foroe of the olvll government. i Killing; at Sit. Carmel. A most unfortunate killing ocoured near i Mt. Carmel on last Saturday night Statements from those who live in or near , tbe place, from relatives of tbe parties, and from Mr. Orr. Frith who has been arrested for tbe killing agree pretty well as to the | particulars. Ordinarily these people are quiet law-abiding and in dustrious. On tbe nlgbt of the killing, however, they had seoured a lot of blind tiger liquor from Augusta and all were more or IeM under me muuence ui uriu*. the story goes, Mr. Alonzo Lawton and Mr. Billy Frith, lather of Orr Frith, ordered Orr J Frlth's aunt to oook them some supper, she decUned and it Is raid that Ihey struck and abused her In the eflort to make her comply. , Mr. Orr Frith It Is aald remonstrated with i them, whereupon the parties turned on him I and began to strike blm. Mr. Billy Frltb was armed with a bed slat and Mr. Alonzo Lawton bad a knife. Mr. Orr Frith tried to take the slat out of bis father's bauds and | while doing It Mr. Lawton attacked blm with his knife. Mr. Orr Frltb finally got the slat oat of his father's band and struck Mr. Law- < ton on the bead Inflicting a wound from wbloh be will probably die. Betben turned j and struck bis father with the slat killing , him. * Mr. Orr. Frith surrendered to 8herlll Lyon { Sunday night and Is now in Jail. ] OIIUU A IK CI U1 B/tS|FCUonj( ji i A question having been raised as to where j W. A. Frith got bis liquor tbePresBand Banner with Sberlfl Lyon, Grover Frltb, and Jo Lawton called at the jail yesterday to see Orr Frltn to ascertain the facts as to where the whiskey cane from. Mr, Orr Frith made a statement substantially as follows: "My father W. A. Frith, got from the depot at Mt. Carmel a gallon of whiskey on Saturday morning of the afternoon when the difficulty occurred. I got two quarts the same morning from John 8tokee, who said that be ordered a gallon from Snider of Augusta, whlob gallon Stokes divided It wltb me." Messrs. Qrover Frith and Jo Lawton Inform us that great quantities of liquor are shipped to Mount Carmel every week. Some times as much aB fifty or sixty gallons come In a single day?generally the heaviest ship mHDL UOIUK uu riiua/ auu -c?tutua/ AB a rale tbe people of Mount Carmel don't buy t liquor from Abbeville. Tbfy buy It from * Augusta. It can be ordered In tbe evening ' and It will come next morning. Tbe Mount' Carmel people, as far as tbey bave beard, care 8 Dotblng about tbe dispensary one way or another. Tbey bave no trouble In getting all tbe liquor tbey want from Augusta. Mount Csrmel has not been bothered with Mr. Slur- e key. The people of Mount Carmel,never buy whlBkey In Abbeville, except whan they may 8 be in town and need a little to wet their ^ throats. Their supplies come from Augusta. W. A. Frith died Sunday morning, and wbs c burled at Mount Carmel on Monday. Alonzo JLawton is said to be lying In a t hopeless condition. Sheriff Lyon has a list of tbe blind tigers, of 1 whom John StokeB is obief of some ten or , fpka qknvlff ? riaa rvrxvm i. IWOITO. iuo ouoiiu una a unc 1 uuiu iu ILie Jail with Iron bars across the windows, wblcb f be holds In readiness for any blind tiger ibat may be caught straying off from bis !alror ( neglecting his business. _ Coot Ware, a reputed liquor seller, wss s killed at Mount Carmel, two weeks ago last Saturday. But we are Informed by Mr. Frith tbat bis death didn't cripple the liquor business at all. o e At the Opera. v The Osman Stock Company are here for ? this entire week. The Company presented a t play on Monday nlgbt entitled "tbe Countefelters" v.b'cb met with much favor. Mr. Floyd Whltson, the company commeaian, wan at bis best and bis specialties kept the audience convulsed with laughter. ' Tbe play last night was Tbe Gambler's Sweetheart, aDd met with equal success, Ou n tbe whole tbe Company Is decidedly stronger than it was when It visited the olty last and y is playing to full bouses. ' si Cigars. New cremo cigars 5c. Two Orphan cigars wo for 5c. Tbe beet that money can bay. j <* * ' ' " *' 1 * ' '' EAST END. IN AND AROUND THE CITY. Sheriff Lyon has finished up ble 5000 can ?r lOUQRieeK, UUUUIIUK iu iw vbub ui ucnui These goods are all put up "full weight, tnd nre nlwely labeled, aud many of then ire already on sale Id several stores of ou ;ity. These goods were raised on three acre >f poor land now let's see bow ibis Kind arming compares with raising cotton. 5(K ! pound cans of tomatoes at 121-2 eta. eac vould amount to 8625 In other words wonl >qual 12 bales cotton weighing 500 pound eao a 10 cts. per pound?8000 or would be equal t 1500 pound bales per acre. Who can beattb! 'arming? It goes without saying that C. . Lyon Is the Sheriff In the Un Country, an squaltoany In the State. While the at>ov Jgures prove him also one of the best farm jrs In the State, as we bave seen no figure t jeat tbe above. Right bero we would sa Sheriff I,yon known nothing of our figure find will be surprised himself. Besides tfc ibove, be has sold In small quantities to oc 31ty folks over $40 worth of tomatoes, an has given away many to bis friends, besld< supplying bis family the entire season* wit all they could consume. We call thts fine farmlng-wbatdo you ca It reader? '*- I rnn ormnHtnjn tntn thA trunlt hns ness another year right, that 1b oq a muc larger scale?looking perhaps, to the estat llsblng of a oannlng factory which oonducte nn the same scale of bis present system < canning wonld mean "big money" to blm. makkiage bells. Invitations are out announcing the marr age of Miss Mary Lucia Cheatham to M Ames Haltlwanger of Columbia, 8 C., 0 Wednesday evening at# oclock Ootober 23r at Lebauon Presbyterian Chnrch. The "Ladles Aid and Missionary Socletj with the children of Lebnnon Presbyterla Church, were most charmingly entertalne at their Munre last Friday afternoon by tbe pastor Rev. J. B. Hlllhouse. Tbe children romped and played, while tb good ladles talked over what tbey had e ready accomplished, and wbat plans tbe would pursue In tbe future to crown tbe efforts with even greater suocess. Delightful Ices and cakes were served. This kind and nb e pastor has Ingratiate himself into the hearts aud homes not only < bis own member*, but of all other congr gations among whom It has been bis plaasu to mingle. He Is an Indefatigable worke an earnest and forceful preacher, and a laltl ful pastor. Misses Dotsle and Llnle Evans spent la Saturday and Snadav with their Aunts Mr Ellis, and Mrs. Robertson living near Du West, Mioses Nellie McOaw and Bessie Lin snent lost Sunday with tbelr Cousin Ml Maggie Link tn tbe Bethia section. Lebanon and Sharon Sobools are now rut nlag on full time, all tbey lack 1? more eebe ars, but these will be added daily and tt teachers will ere long have as many as th< can conveniently manage. On Sunday nlgbt of last week a large ne barn, (almost completed) on tbe Kenned place, upon wbioh Edgar Howllu now llvi wbr completely destroyed by fire. Wit difficulty be managed to save bis borae mules and stook. Origin of fire noknowo. Miss Suste Speer of Lowndesville Is tt charming gnest of relatives at Lebanc Mr. aDd Mrs John A.'Wilson were tt guests of Mrs S. B. Nelson and family la 8unday. Mr. Edwin Parker was ont at bla plai tatlon last Monday looking after business. Mr. C. F. Graves and family spent 1* Sunday In the City as guests of Mrs. JH. 2 Pennai. Miss Mary MoMHlan Is tbe gnest of Mr. i J. Woodbnrst and family. sick folks on kottte 0 Mrs. Janle Kosbrook Is still quite 111. Mr. J. H. Penney la Just able to alt up little. Mr. Ray ford McKenzle has recovered ac is oci attending to bis farm duties. Mr. George McUanty Is still very sick ar baa called in the services of a trained nurs and tls hoped be will soon be on tbe men Tbe ginneries on route 3 are still hum ml n tbelr daily song, "more cotton more cotton Coroner M.J. Llpk beld an lDquest la Sunday at MtCarmel over tbe dead body i Mr. Billy Frltb, which was Indeed a mo shocking tragedy and tbought be would ba< to bold another over tbe body of AIodzo La ton, but upon examination there was allitt hope for his recovery on Monday Mornliij We leave tbe "write up" of this sad affa those wbo know tbe facts, as we odI krnow f hflm frnm hftar-HflV. I>- THE CITY GATES. Hon. M. P. DeBrubl spent last Monday 1 the City on business. His many friends ai always glad to see bitn back on bli old Btam lnu ground. Dr. E. L. Wilson of AnderBpn Is in the Clt greeting bis old friends, all of wbOm give hli a bearty welcome. The many friends ofMr. J. C Ellis ex tec slnoere symdatby to blm In bis deep affllcllc the death of bis mother. The dwelling bouse of Mr.? McKee nei Donalds was entirely consumed by Are la Sunday night about 10 oclock. Everything In the home except a few art oles of furniture was burned, the family bar ly escaping with tbelr lives. Origin of fire unknown at this writing. Oo last Saturday morning the dwelling 1 Mrs. Mary Taggart was In a blare, the roof ( the stove room being 00 fire, catching t supposed from the stove pipe. Luckily It wa6 discovered In time, and r damage was done save the tearing up of a fe shingles and the frightening of Mr. and Mr Robert Hill and Mr. and Mrs. Nolenbergt who oocupy the bouBe. Did you ever know that reading ad'j 1 your City news papers would save you mac times the prloe paid for the paper? It will d It try It for yourself. Cremo Cigars. Millions of dollars back the New Cremo c jar. The q allty must be the best. Loek Oat for Tbis Fellow. Jhlefof Police, Dear Sir A fellow who nsaally gives b: jameas J. Allyn Lewis has been obtalnln uoney under false pretences using our Art lame?The University Society, 625 Looui Street. St. Louis, Mo. Tbat Is tbe address < >ur 8t. Louis representatives. This felloi ias printed order forms for tbe World's Bei VIuslo or other books published by ns an its scheme is to take orders for oar books s nucb less than regular prices and then g< ts large a first payment as possible. Man rlcttmshave paid blm In advance anywhei rom $5 to $20. We have a good many ma "der customers In all towns all over tb United States and someway or other be sue seeds In finding In almost every place on >r two of our regular customers, but, ( :our*e, his operations also include peopl * bo have nbver purchased from us. He has vlotlmlzed In tblB way people 1 Oregon and California and in all States East vardoftbe Mississippi River. He was las ieard of in Tennessee. Will you do anything possible to secure tb irrest of this fellow If he tarns ap in yon >ltv? Would you be good enough to seni blS letter to tbe leading newspaper of you community and donbtlesB they would pup ish some article warniDg tbe public agates ilm. We are sending this letter to all places c my Imparlance In tbe Southern States. Yours very truly, The University Socle ty Inc. Charcb Wedding. Mr. Robert Marshall Haddon has sent lnvl atlouH to the marrlHge of his daughter 1st > lie Ferrln to Mr. William E. Hill, Wedoei lay evening tbe 30 h of October, 1907, at elgh >'plock, First Presbyterian Church. Reception Immediately after the ceremoo it the home of tbe bride. ( Irou't) Locals. Vulcanite roofing?better and cheaper thai hlnglee, at Glenn's. Weed barley, rye, oats, hairy vetcb, onloi ets, at Glenn's. Double and single guns, and club shells, a Jlenn's. Leather, soles, tacks, hammers, last am ?tber shoe findings, at Glenn's. Good collar pad 26c, saddles, bridles, wagoi sarness, at Glenn's. "King Bee" and puff bide shoes, no bette nade, at Glenn'B. UV'UU Utnr; UO551 LI 5 DUU UCO, pi iViO IUW, ft Menu's. Good values id brown sheeting, (bought be ore advance) at Glenn's. Extra good values In bats and caps, a Jlenn's. 81.00 will buy tbe best 5-pound can coffee lx Stale, at Glenn's. Tin and enamel ware,old prloes, at Glenn's Big line tree brand knives at Glenn's. No borne Is so pleasant, regardless of tbi omfortH tbat money will buy, as wbeu tb< ntlre family Is In perfect beaitb. A bottle o )rlno Laxative Fruit Syrup costs 50 cents. I rill cure every member of tbe family of con tlpatlon, Rick headache or stomach trouble >. B. Speed. W hlte'w Locals. Canton flannels, extra values, 6c, 81-3e, 10c 2/^c, at L. W. While's. We are showing the beat assortment of flanelettes and outing to be found. L.W.White, Red and white wool flannels 15c to 50c, at L, 7. White's. 10-4 bleached sheeting and ready-made aeeta at L. W. White's. Dltinfect with Knso. For sale atMllford'i rug store. : . *; . New Gremo cigars 5 cents. Two Orphan cigars two for 5 cents. The best that money! ,8 can buy. | J ir Politics and the Church. 8 )i Out Id Utah continuous war la being made upon the Mormon Church, charging It with (1 being in politics and contending that It la a b governing factor In deciding polltloal Issues. ? When preachers In this part of the Lordii vineyard bedraggle their priestly robes In the d dirtiest of all the polltloal polls, some of our je peoplp may possibly approve; others may re o mail/silent, and still others may think the y pulpit it degraded when it Is used aa a pontile cal platform. ir ,g Sensible. b Th? fJnpnunnil Index announces that It jj baa discontinued the alubbing business in 1859 tbe Independent Press, slnee consoli' dated wltb tbe Banner, under tbe name ol Press and Banner tried to club wltb a ladleid Magazine. It didn't take but one year for >' ibe owners of tbe Press to learn enough to quit tbe boslnese. We gained notblng, and bad a lot of trouble. Subscribers did not get I- tbe Magazine or the Magazine did not gel r- the money, and we bad to pay twice for sevd eral copies. Since that time every editor has had to carry his own skill as lar as we are n ooncerned. d lr Reaped a Bleb llnrve*l. '? Last Saturday was "show day" and as Is nearly aiways tbe case, except In great moral ;> towns like Abbeville there was more or less lr violation ol municipal and state laws. The mayor's oourt Monday morning looked like Green wood opera bouse does Just before tne curtain rises ou a good minstrel show. And 31 most ol the big audience had a very real and 6 painful part In tbe performance. Tne fine* re ol tbe morning amounted to over 3125 00. As * H nMtneiis nut it. "It looked " ' UUO UC(1U OUU1QU > ? - ?t .. Q" like every nigger In dls town got ter flgbiln' Sad-day nlte and SuDday." Bad booze and 8t otber causes made tbe offender)* bilious. " Tbeybadlopay lor tbe frolic.?Greenwood *- Index. I Dr.^C. J. Oliveros, Ear, Eye, Nose, ? Throat & Lungs, 1424 Marion St., Columbia, 8. C., " WILL BE ID lit 2?TWO DAYS?2 j. .At Dr. Neuffer's office. gt October 21-22, Abbeville, S. C. <* Prepared to treat all troubles of the ^ above. . Georgia-Carolina FAIR, d! ?. Augusta, Ga., St K Nov. 4th-9tb. 1907. w It ?; Round trip excursion tickets to Augusta and return from points in South Carolina via in Charleston and Western Care olina Railway at rate of One ^ . First-class Fare plus 25 cents. * (Minimum rate 50 (fcnts.) :No! No! No! at , Not a Patent Medicine. Stands in a class of its own. THE NEW DISCOVERY of ^ ][ Kaw uermaii urams. No Drugs?No Dieting. w Cured every case?Indigestion, Con* stipation, Insomnia?all Stom,r ach troubles. Write I P. B. SPEED, ABBEVILLE, SrC. t The State of South Carolina, ABBEVILLE COUNTY. Probate Court.?Citation for Letters of Adminlatratloq. ' By J. F. Miller, Esq., Judge or Probate * WHEREAS, A. I.. Bass ban made salt to ? V* noe, 10 grant fclm Letter* of Admlnis,. tration of tbe Estate and (fleets of Mason J( Adams, late of Abbeville County, deceased. _ Tbese are tberelore, to otte and admonish ,. all and singular tbe kindred and creditors of d tbe said Mason Adams, deceased, that tbey be and appear before me, la tbe Court of Pro,. bate, 10 be beld at Abbeville C. H., on Tbursv day, tbe 31st day of October, 1907, after pub:e llcatlon hereof, at 11 o'clock In tbe forenoon, I to sbow cause If any tbey nave, wby tbe said e Administration sboold not be granted. Given nnder my band and seal of tbeCoort, e tbls 15th day of October, In tbe ,, year of our Lord one thousand nine e hundred and seven and In tbe 182d year of American Independence. D Published on tbe 16th day of Oetober, _ 1907, In the Press and Banner and on the Court , House door for the time required by law. 1 J.F. MILLER, e Judge of Probate, r : ? Master's Sale. * The State of South Carolina, >f County of Abbeville. Court of Common Pleas. C3-' U 17* HI" Ottlt&U Hj? iUUltt^UC iU liOl UWU llKLlt and as Administratrix of the Estate of J. B. Allen Moragne, deI. ceased, and others, Plaintiffs, i- against Peter Bowie Moragne and > A. Lester Moragne, Defendants.? Suit in Partition. y By authority of a Decree of Sale by the Court of Common PleaB for Abbeville County, in said State, made in tbe above stated case, 1 will offer for 3 pale, at public outcry, at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on Salesday in November, 3 A. D. 1907. within the lecal hours of sale the following described land, to wit : All that tract or parcel of laDd i situate, lying and being in Abbeville County, in tbe State aforesaid, cona taining SIXTY-EIGHT Acres, more or less, and bounded by Ovill Calr boun, Mrs. B. E. Moragne, Tract No. t 2 of paid estate lands and others, beii g Tract No. 1 or the homestead tract. Also, Tract No. 2 of said estate lands, containing SEVENTY-THREE and t ONE-HALF Acres, bounded by Little River, Tract No. 1, Thomson and 1 others, and known locally as the "Carr Tract." Alisn. TrAP.t Nn. 3. nr Oin Hnune Tract, containing Acres, boundB ed by Tract No. 1 and the town of 9 Bordeaux. On this tract is a firstclass [ ginnery, consisting of one ]8-horse . power engine and boiler, two gins and . one cotton press, all in good repair. This one of the best stands for a ginnery in the county. Plats of the several tracts of land will be exhibited on day of sale. | TERMS OF SALE.?Ccah. Purchaser to pay for papers. R. E. HILL, Master A. C., 8. C. i Oct. 14th, 1907. i You want to see that elegant line of deoo- i > rated crepe paper being shown at Mllford'a i drng store. ' " . ;; < .sfV . . It Pinkos Us Tirrd. It makes us tired, If not Indignant, to beBian alleged prohibitionist talking glibly In such a manner as to create the Impression that be thought he was embodiment of an exoesslve amouit of virtue, and tbuthe rest of ns mere as nothing. The testimony of this editor would be to the eff ct that be b<Ueves many prohibition's!* are tbo most self-conceited persons ou the face of this earth. And he would further state ns his belief that tbey are not one wblt better or more conpclentloun than the men from whom they differ. Prohibitionists however, are good In their way?If you like ilielr way. It Is their assumption of "better than thou" to \7bleb we object. Being a? good and as pure as some of them are, tbcy ought not to talk to ordinary mortal*. ? m m Somebody "shot up" tbe home of the Wayorof Laurens last Saturday night, and tbe people are Indignant. They are looking for tbe sbooter. Prayer. Oct. S, 1907. Clinton Chronicle. "When ye pray use not vain repetitions so the heathen do; for they think they will hp heard tv ibelr much speaking." The Lord's nrayer that follows his only s'x'y wnr<is in English and about eighty In original Greek When Jesus was crucified he said ten wrd* In prayer for his enemies end only f^nr for himself. Where Is the man who would atop at less than several hundred word* of prayer for himself and none for his enemies? The hpalhen prayer of many words |h now heard from every pulpit end at pverv place where public praver Is offered. Thprp l? not a maD hut would be r hnmed to go b^forp ?hp pobllowl'b a true Christian prayer of few word*. Everywhere we hear the long tiresome praver of the hpathen. Wheo Elijah prayed for Are from heiven he bad about slxtv five words. H?a'hen prayer brings beathpn results, the pri?-B'sof Basb praved much hut no fire came from beaveD. Go to anv revival meeting and vou will hear an abundance of wordy prayer hnt von will see no results direct from besven. The educated man of prayer of loday would argne all day rather than atop nslne his beatben prayer of many words. Tbe folly of a many worded prayer ban never entered his bead. The average man finds It Impossible to pray these loag beatben prayers in good tylp and he avoids prayer. He lets bis bealhen pres?her do all tbe praying Like the priests of Baal we want many words and some groaning and Jumping and other bodily exercise. A short prayer of sixty words or less, would be enongb for any meeting. Five words were enongli for the publican. Let It be real prayer and not Impudence. The Lord knows bow to understand as without onr using a word of explanation. ? Thomas M. Workman. Mr. W. H. McKall, the popular proprietor ofthe Eureka botel Is visiting friends In Anderson. Court New*. Civil Court convened here Monday, Oot. 14th, Judge Ernest G*ry on the bench. Only two oases hi?ve heen brought before the court this far. The Aral was isase of W. C. Hall vs. J T. Latimer & Son, sntt to recover the value of a mortgage bought by Hall of J. T. Latimer <% Boh. The mortgage proved to be a forgery. The Jury gave Mr. Hsu a verdict for ihe amount of the mongage 8138, which of course Mr. Latimer will lone. Perkln'o Mle. Co. Is suing Mr. W. Joel Smith for $760on account, ol supplies furnlxbed In the remodeling of his h use which bad been let by contract. A verdict was rendered against Mr. Smith far 8736. Lunatic Ueis In B?d Work. Tom Turner, a negro who attended Harbison Colored College of this place, and who was fairly well educated, lost bis mind and prooeeded to use the time honored razor with serious efTeot. His mental condition had been unsound for oome time, and as be showed soma disposition toward vIoleDoe, members of his family tied blm securely. He war turned loo*e Id order that be might eat, whereupon be seized a rasor and ran everybody out of the house. One Oliver Nance got a shot gun and shot over the lunatics head to frighten blm, wbeD he turned on blm, razor In band, and pretty moon severed his bead, except, the few vita' b'ood vessels which fortunately be trimmed around. The crazy man then made for bis father who was in bed In an adjoining room verv sick. His brother seeing the danger shot him In tb? hips and lower extremity. The lunatic Is seriously though perhaps not dangerously shot. Turner was tied after he was shot and brought to town, and when be Is sufflilentlv recovered he will be seDt to Ibe asylum. In bla raving, be bad torn his clothes off at himself. Wanted. Wanted a live agent for the largestexrlu xlve personal accident ana neann lunurunco Company In tbe world for Abbeville county The right party can get an excellent contract. Apply to W. Carlisle Fnrse, Manager, 303 LioaD and Exchange Bank Balldlng, Colombia, B C. 4t The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. PROBATE COURT. In tbe matter of the Estate of Augustus B. Sohroeder, Deceased. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons indebted to said estate most settle without delay,and those holding claims against the estate must present them properi ly attested 10 J AS. C. COX. Administrator. Ky<>, Ear and Throat Specialist. I Dr. Ollveros, of Columbia, eye, ear and loroai opeciaiiHi. wjir. uo uere on tur nuu 82d InRtant. Thone wishing to rooiult blm Will And blm Id Dr Neufler'n offlce on tbcwe dayb. Dr. Ollveros 1r a physician of macb ex perlence and do doubt uaoy will avhII tbem elvenof tbls opportunity to consult blm. A Fine Young Cow for Sttlc. If you are In need of a young milk cow, (jiving from tbree to five gallons ol milk, according to tbe feed, apply to Lamar Cllnksoales i t Letter to Gtorge Wilson. Abbeville, S. C. DtarSir: Tbe easiest way we know of to make a little money is?if you're going to paint?to paint with tbe paint that takes least gallons. Take a small job; say it takes 10 gallons Devoe, two coats ; that's au average house. When the iob is done and the bill comes-in, it it* $50; tbe paint etc $17.50; tbe rest is for labor aDd cartage; the labor is fixing the surface, shifting ladders scaffolds pulleys and ropes, and brusbiog-on paint. Take another job exactly like that; try another paint; it takes 12 gallons. Tbe bill is $10 more. Take another exactly tbe same; another paint; it tajtes 20 gallons The bill is $100. There is only one Devoe ; there's a dozen 12-gallon paints, and 100 that take 20 gallons to cover a 10-gallon job. Tbe only d fflculty ia in finding-out Devoe. After that you save work; there's less work in 10 than in 12 or 20 gallons ; less paint to buv and less to UlUOLJ?WLI ttlJU JC3B If Devoe were only a little better than other*, there'd be some difficulty in fludirg-out the difference. It goes twice as far as half the paints; that ought to be easy. Jt wears longer too. You'll wait a good while, if you wait to find-out now long it wears; there are thousands of people who know that the least-gallons paint wears longest. Yours truly 36 F W Devoe & Co P. S. P. B. Speed sells our paint. Thrice ?uccfH?rnl. Mr, A. W. Smith, formeilv of Abbeville but now of Woodruff, oitrne to tow n last Sunday 1 on account, of the death of his foreman od | lb* larm, Mr. Mason Adams. Mr. Hmlib encce'd?d as a merchant. Then , he succeeded In building a cplendh) cuiton , mill. And now he crowns It all as a ?ucce?slul president of the mill which he built. | ( it olteD happens that a man succeeds In bulldiDg a cotton mill, or other big enter- , prise, but It Is seldom that the bulldfT sue- j i ceeds In operating the enterprise. Mr. Smith , succeeds along all the lines. Uls mill stoci commands a good price, and bis stockholders nre slow to part with their shares in the mill which he is mahaging so well. . i ': - - m., ' ' ' . #-' / MCUUAR ENGLISH SPELLING. j Wtit Difficult of All Syatema to Ax i|Uirc rjavcyi me vuijicbci ? English spelling is the most unsystematic and therefore the most difficult of all systems to acquire, exccpt the Chinese. The French has not a complete alphabet i to represent all its sounds in a simple and systematic manner, but the French usa the incomplete and defective Roman al?habet much more consistently than wo. 'he object of writing is to convey thought. An ideal fystem would allow of the con , veyance of thought with the least expenditure of enorgy on the part of both writer I and reader. I The sounds of the spoken language should be represented by the simplest, ! most complete and most logical system. otvi \r* T^nryHch df) Hict.inpt oniinrta* 40 distinct letters are needed to represent them. With such a system the Interminable difficulty of learning to spell would disappear, the time spent in printing and writing unnecessary letters would be saved and the learning of the language by children and foreigners would be greatly tosilitated. There ia no valid objection to phonotio spelling except the difficulty of Introducing it. The etymological objection is unworthy of serious consideration. The etymology, for example, of "sophlam" (which, by the way, does not import s wise saying) resides in the real word, not in its spelling. Any one who knows the history of the word would associate that history with it, however it might bo spelled. The Philological association favors phonetic spelling. It is, of course, Impossible to make so radical a change at once, but it docs not follow that the benefits of phonetic spelling, the metric system or any other great improvement will come to us in the surest and best way by simply leaving the matter to chance. There is a tendency to shorten spelling, but the benefits to be derived from improvement are so great that definite action should be taken to secure them early and to make the changes in the way that will be niost beneficial. Changes for better and for worse will continue to come by chanoe aa they have come in the past, but chance 3hango in so important a matter aa the language of the most enlightened and r,iv\wncaliTfl nnnnlft C\f t.hfl WOflfl 1UUOV yXU^AVOSiTV ^VWJ/.W ?? ? ihould not be satisfactory.?Self Culture. MAN A NONCLIMBER. He SboTTi a Slngalar Repngnane* t? * Becoming "Arboreal." Climbing runs In families, for steepleJacks ore often the sens of fathers who were in the business, but it is somewhat odd that man, though he learns to swim bo well that armed only with a knife he can encounter a shark in its native element, and judged by the extent of his mining operations in comparison with the size of his body surpasses by a thousand times all animals that work underground, has never become a good climber or shown the slightest tendency to become "arboreal," as he has become aquatic and subterranean. I South sea babies that cannot walk will roll into the dea and swim, collier boys at 14 will take pick and lamp and descend Into the mine almost as naturally as young moles, but we believe that in spite of the danger from wild beasts in forest regions and the fact that in such places there is ten times more life on the level of the tree tops than on the ground there le no single instance of a tribe which, properly speaking, has become "arboreal" and learned to climb like monkeys. Though not a few make huts in trees they approach these by Ladders, and except in the hats which they use as a refuge and sleeping place they spend their time on the ground. Even in lorests wnere ine upper levels of the trees are so closely laced together that a comparatively slight adaptation would enable the Indians to progress from tree to tree, and where nearly the whole of the fruit and the greater part of the birds and animals used for food are found only In this "upper story," man Is not, and always refuses to become, a' 'climbing animal." Natural repugnance to this form of enterprise seems characteristic of savage men, and even of animals which run no risks whatever. African natives who have only lived In one storied huts show the greatest dislike to going up stairs and have been known to creep up on hands and knees, while large dogs when required to ascend stairs for the first time often refuse to do so except under strong persuasion and with evident reluctance,? London Spectator. Duma*' Adaptations. Alexandre Dumas, who hated the English, would have cursed In his breeziest style had he known of the number of unmitVirvrized adantations and annexations of his "Three Mpsketeers" which bristle on our boards. Beerbohm Tree put on the historic conglomeration in gorgeously panoramic style at Her Majesty's. Sidney Grundy, play adapter in ordinary, prepared that version for the stage, and his name appeared in bigger type on the posters than that, of Dumas. Dumas was lucky to be mentioned at all. Most of the play tinkers here erase the name of the original author altogether and insert their own. As I walk along tho Strand I sometimes think 1 bear Grundy and Comyns Carr and Hamilton and Hose, all the modish native adapters of the day, sing in chorus tha good old couplets: Bring me the works of V. Sardoa, Bring me the works of E. Angler, ' Bring me the paste and soiaaora, toe? I am the man to write a play. ?London Letter. The Wife Knew Better. "Charlotte, my dear, how is it I find you weep in gr navo yuu uou ww ucns from your husband?" "Oh, worse than that! My Arthur writes me from Carlsbad that he would die with ardent longings for me were It not that he could gaze affectionately at my picture and cover it with a thousand kisses every day." "That is really very nice of him. And, pray, is it that you are crying for? I would give anything to have such a poetic and tenderly loving husband as you have 1" "Ah, yes, my Arthur is very poetical I But let me tell you that, just to try him, I slipped my mother's photo into his traveling bag instead of my own before he tarted."?London Tit-Bits. Another Ancient Myiterr* Johnny?Pa, is there anything mar* valuable than diamonds? His Father?No, son. Why? Johnny?Oh, I was just wondering what they gave Methusaleh on his five hundredth wedding anniversary.?Jewal An Old Palace. i Lambeth palace, London, has been the home of the primates of Canterbury for over seven centuries. This place can shovr specimens of almost every Btyle of architecture which boa prevailed 1190. Anti-niopeiiNary I.eniriie JlBftx. The antUdlnpenMiiry league met, In the MethodUt Church at. Abbeville, Monday Oct. 13th. While we have not been able to net the minutes of the meeting, we elve the sn?Rtanoe of the proceedings n6 related by Mr. \V. 0. Sturkey. The attendance was Rrnall, Dr. Moff.itt of Due West elccted permanent Chairman, ami Kev. E. B. Kennedy was elected necretary and treaHurer. Neither of 'hese uentlem?-n werp In aitendanee. Kev. Itnperof Hie Methodist' Church of thlH place whh elected vice president. An executive committee whh nppnln-| i?a conHiHiinKoi one memuer uuiu i'ucu iuwu 8blD of the County. Mr. Sturkey stated that comt-tlilne like seven hundred and fifty signatures bad bef-n secured on his petitions, and tney would aoon be prepared to begin proceedings. Baskets of every kind at MUford's drug , itore. rRAINLOAD OF EXPERTS ON EDUCATIONAL TOUR. fa h rhlrd Train Thut Has Been Sent Out b V n I ft n n 1 A mm no I n 11 on?-Son til ^ to Be Tnnglit to Build Hl*hway? ^ SclenUflnallf. ? A train of twelve cars, known as TI Ihe "Good Roads Special," left Wash- ? Ington on the .Hues of the Southern ^ railway early in November to stop at ten or twelve of the chief cities reached h by the system and aid in organizing ? good roads associations and at the Barae time give a practical illustration Df modern roadmaklng. The tour will a end .Tan. 1. . 8 The train carried a full equipment f, of roadmaklng machinery and a party "3 of eighteen persons, all skilled in th3 0 manufacture of good dirt and macad- jj am roads. It is the third such train t to be organized through the efforts of the National Good Uoads association. J one having been sent along the route t of the Illinois Central from April to July and a second having traversed the i district between <jmcago ana uuuaio ' along tbe routes of the Lake Shore * route and tbe New York Central Ev- ^ ery where tbe meetings have been widely attended and have produced per- ^ manent organizations determined to better the' country roads of tbe sec- " tlon concerned. Mr. Martin Dodge, director of the office of public road inquiries in tbe agri- t cultural department, and M. 0. El- i drldge, bis assistant, with Mr. W. H. \ Moore, president of the National Good ( Roads association, are In charge of the ( "Good Roads Special." Under their direction fourteen road experts, Mr. R. W.- Richardson, secretary of the national association, and several clerks will undertake to organize in each of the cities visited a permanent good roads, association. To this end they will confer with the mayor and city council of each city and the officers of Its commercial organizations, arrange LOAD IK WBONG PLACE. ? that a suitable ball stall b? hired and J obtain the use of ten or twelve teams, ] as many men and a sufficient supply of crushed stone to construct a length j of good road as a sample. j When the train arrives, the engineer* 1 will begin at once to build about a mile of dirt road with the teams, men and materials furnished by the local- , ity. They will then surface or macad- J amize as much of that road as their , time will permit When the practica- j billty of the movement has been thus i manifested, the mayor and commercial < 'a. I- M a 1 organizations wui unue ui n can j.ui a public meeting to organize an association. President Moore of the National Good Roads association says of tta project: "The sooth can have good roads If It will, and the sooner the citizens get together and work along some well organized and practical line these results will be reached the quicker. There is nothing that will do more to increase 1 the value of virgin lands and advance 1 the development of the rural districts 1 than well constructed public roada. : The improvement of the road system will have a wonderful effect upon stim- , ulating the settlement of people on i farms, and as these settlements are be- < ing made so will the value of the land | increase. ""Wherever n city or town is found 1 possessing well made roadways leading therefrom you will find the business of that point Is in a prosperous ' condition. Therefore the citizens of 1 every town In the south will be pro- 1 , moting their owfi Interests if they give this movement thelf moral and If necessary financial support . "It Is hoped fhat every state, county, city and town officer will give this Subject of better roads serious consideration and then take the mutter in hand Immediately and show his constituents that the movement for better roads will receive his utmost consideration and utmost co-operation. "It Is universally decided that good roads are what we want. In order to secure them we must pull together, working systematically and on practical lines. This grand tour, planned by ' the Southern Railway company, is a signal for action. If tue states visited are not alive to this and do not avail themselves of the opportunity to secure Information rendered by the good roads special train, no one will be at fault except the citizens of the states In which the exhibits are made." Grades of Rondi, The grade is the most important fac? : tor to be considered in the location of roads. The smoother the road surface the less the grade should be. Whether the road be constructed of earth, stone or gravel, steep grades should fclwaya be avoided if possible. They become covered at times with coatings of ice or slippery soil, making them very difficult to ascend with loaded vehicles, as well as dangerous to des'?nd. They allow water to rush down at such a rate as to wash great gaps alongside nr tn rnrrv the surfacing material! away. As the grade Increases lu steep- , ness either the load has to be diminished in proportion or more horse# 01 power attached. l>eatli of Mure Adams. The bnoy ofMr. Mace Adams llvln? on the Gus Smith plantation -4 mile* south of Abb*- i vllie was found dead In h's bed last Sunday mornlne. He was in Abbeville Saturday afternoon apparently In his usual health, hut ere another bud bad risen and set his body ' was n corpse and his soul had eone Into that lend from whence no spirit returns. j The funeral services were conducted on la?t Monday niornlne nt Sharon Chuoch by Rev. . J C. lioper and his remains tDterrod In the siuiron Cemetery In the presence of a number! ol fcorrowltiy Irieuds. i ' W T MnDnnnlif. I C r For stationery Mil ford's Is the place toero. Bueiry paint and household paint, varnishes and stains in any quantity at Miltord's drug store. For Indleestlon and constipation take N. R tablets. For sale at Milford:B drug store, I . 3HHDEEFS COLUMN. _ , ^ Jo^inny VVhlppen'g sew waxcnu Johnny Whippen wanted a watch on hltf ; irthduy and wanted everybody to know e wanted it. For weeks In advance at reakfust, lunch and dinner he told hir* it her, mother, sisters and brothers hcn? ( e yearned for the timepiece. ? His persistent harping on Ae matte* nally became unbearable to the othei lembers of the family. When Johnny lentioned the word ''watch," they be- . , uno severely silent. But Johnny kept, Ight on. , i: One evening ho was sitting in the drawag room with his father and concluded it ?> J ?as a good opportunity to do a little lobying for himself. ' $$? "Say, pa." .V "Pa" laid down his paper on the table nd looked sternly at the boy over hia ,f; Dectacles. * "Now, Johnny, I am going to^putmy ; oot down on any more of this watch Jk. - , J fou are making life a burden for t. rest ; V-? f us. So, If you were Intending to atk .. > ne about the watch, you had better not j <J ayjinythlng further. Don't let me hear he word again." Johnny was repulsed, but not defeated. ' V. !t was the custom in the Whippen family -o or each member to quote a verse of Scripture at family worship each morning. v The day following Mr. Whippen's ulfciDatum the family met for worship. It . t$j| vas Johnny's turn to quote averse. Ha waited until he was sure all present wera Ujt? ittentive, and then he slowly repeated srith great emphasis the following vera: "What I say unto you I say nntoall, Vatch." Johnny wears it in his top vest pocket, fif.; ?Buffalo News. A PiUlent Patient. Flossie's doll was a very patient little ) / ilng. It never cried or screainied or A nade any trouble. It was just as content \'/?, : vith a bed on the floor as in tlieorib. One lay Flossie thought Dollie was sick, and 1 - .* if course she felt very badly about it, and "> hardly knew what to do. A happy thought same to her. She dressed hastily and took /! Dollie to get some medioine. She found Dr. Guy in his office, bat all ready to ride , iy ' aut. He gave her some medicine andj* promised to call and see her. Flossie wai eery glad for his cheering word* and the ? medicine. Dojlie was soon better and ha* ;v v dot needed any. medicine sinoe.?Onr Lift- . tie Folks' Magazine. ' ; A Stranire Pet. . 1. Perhaps the strangest pet ever kept by man was a wasp which Sir John I/ubbook sanght in the Pyreneei and resolved to tame. He began by teaching lt to take tbr' V^ meals on his hand, and in. a very short c, space of time it grew to expect to be fed in ' that way. Sir J*hn preserved this pel with the greatest care. True, it stung him .'>j once, but then it had every excuse for do* Lng so. Sir John wits examining it while ' J on a railway Journey, and, the door being opened by a ticket collector, he uncere*: moniously stuffed it into a bottft, and the outraged Spaniard, not feeling/quite at-.w {J home during the process, gave him a gen* ' tie reminder as to the proper way to treat ft guest. ,* oj A Hparted Little 1 There is an 8-year-old boy in Emporia W with a heart in him aa big as a man's, says a Kansas exchange. Observing for & successive 4ars another boy 6 years old carrying big Bundles of clothes, which his v V mother washed in order to earn a support for him and her, an idea struck him thai i, nice little red wagon would lighten his burden.- So he went among his friends [, and collected $1.60 in nickels, and with this he bought the little wagon and gave It to the washerwoman's boy for a Christ- ''Jf-Ii mas gift. The Robin's Red Breast. Tc robin redbreast is ascribed a legend that most of us are familiar with. He If said to have plucked a thorn from the crown that our Lord wore on the cross, and kho hlnod. running down. Stained hlf breast red. j ~~~~ " 3 The Snovrflake Ball. u ypt :: ;ft| l ^?r j^ Frost on the window-stormy wearner? The winds and the truant leaves at Phf* And, dancing across the day together, , . . The dainty snowflakes flit away. Light they are as an elder feather, White they are as an Easter lilyElves escaped from a misty tether. Romping away to a revel chilly. I / ' ' Flddle-de-dee! The gray trees fiddle j A woodland tune to a gay quadrille. ,! Across the sides and up the middle The snow elves dance with a. happy will Oho, for the snow and wintry pleasure! Bright is the sun In its robes of gray! Come, join in the snow. elves' dancing measure? I j > The romping tune of a stormy day! ?fhlearo Record, i Of Conrne He Couldn't. Angry Father (to little Willie)?Why ire your clothes soiled so frightfully? ! Little Willie (whimpering)?I fell la the gutter. % j "And with your new pacts on?" i "Yes, pa. I didn't have time to ooa? , home and change thorn." i MrMurrai'N Lorain. | For the latest In post cards go to McMnr-] , ayV. I Ask at McMurray's about the Sanitol offer. Remember your friends with a post card rom McMurray's. Nothing better In its line than Sanitol >roducla at the McMnrray Drug Co. Ten Sanitol preparations for one dollar. Lsk how at McMurray's. Wanted! You to remember that the Mc.lurray Drag Co. baa a laige line o 1 new poet ardn. Rlverle talcum, nothing better, at McMuray'B only. / To Rent. Dwelling and two borne /arm on Abbeville oad, three miles lrom Due West. Apply to 1.8. Galloway, Due West, S.C. ^ w \ t > /