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\ r * i " \ I ?. .... , -1. . The Press and Banner Bv W. W. and W, R. Bradley, t liUGH WILSON, Editor. t f ? ? = t - W7^"*7"r-W" T XT* a g~^_ r AUXJJCL? jl a a ^_7. . , t Ad~PnbllHbetl every Wednesday at. 82 a t year In advance. t 1 ? > Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1908. I < Proposed Labor Contract Lawn. Two bills are pending In the State Legislature, one In the Senate and one in the House, I proposing to,remedy the defect In the Labor ( Contract law declared unconstitutional by tbe United States Court. ' Doubtless both of these bills have been ably v digested by experienced lawyers and legisla- i tors, and It Is possible that If one of *tbem H enacted Into law, tbe United States Couri ( may be circumvented. Speaking as a lay- i v? an nor flops not see how UJOU IUV * IVDOMUV. A'? ? - the changed wording changes the force ol an act when the underlying principle is the | saine. I The former act was declared unconstltutlon- < al because the penalty for offending against li amounted to Imprisonment for debt, which M Is alleged, is dlreotly et variance with the constitution of the United Slates. The pro- , < posed bills make the penalty for offense, floe ,and Imprisonment. Fine for what? Imprls- , onment for what? Clearly for acoepting advances, Incurring a debt, and refusing to make payment by fulfilment of contract. TheD if the former contract law could not, b* sustained because the penalty was construed to mean imprisonment for debt, is not this subject to the same defect? It Is true that in both the proposed bills It Is sought to make the violation of the contract a misdemeanor by statute. But a statute proclaiming certain conduct to be a misdemeanor 1b effectual only when the principle underlying Is not repugnant to the constitutions of the State and the United States. That a man should fulfill his contract, thai be should pay his debt, there is no doubt, but does the contract to labor differ from any other contract and does the promise to pay In labor differ from any other promise to pay? All other promises to pay can be collected only by civil process, and It 1b not likely thai the courts would make an exception of this. Realizing that the man with properly can be forced to comply with hie contract by civil process, and that civil process is ineif fectual when applied to the rank and file ol the laboring clasB, it does seem that tbert should be some method of holding them to performance. But what the Federal Court should do and what it has done are different propositions. It has aeoiarea a contract 10 labor to be a simple debt, and tbat the laborer can not be Imprisoned lor failure to pay. If Ibe proposed bills contain any new prlncl pie we have not discovered It. _ Fine Cotton. Mr. L. n. Wilkinson had two bales of cotton ginned at the oil mill last Monday, the lint of which seems to this editor to be mncb 1 above the average first class lints. Mr. Wilkinson owns and lives on the farm formerly 1 owned by Mr. Dusenbnry, two miles north ol Abbeville, adjoining the Long Cane Church 1 property. He Informs us tbat be made 900 ' lbs of lint on one acre. He need 200 lbs cot- 1 ton seed meal and acid per acre. The lini turned out forty five per oent of the gross weight 01 me Beea couon. sir. vru&iuruu has no seed for sale. As proof tbat Mr. Wilkinson is a good far- 1 roer, be cites the faot that be beats Mr. Cbap- 1 man bis neighbor, who doesn't make over Ave hundred pounds of ordinary lint cotton ' to the acre. Mr. WilkiDson hopes Mr. Cbap> 1 man knowBtbat be is as truthful a man as 1 t bere is In Abbeullle County. Mr. Cbapman b e says is a sort of a town farmer, wbo cou!<* ' not make more with a two hundred dollar 1 mule than be could make with a milk cow. ' Misunderstood. We assume tbat no member of the Legis. 1 ature frcm this or any other county would maliciously or wilfully vote for any law wblch be knew would result in barm, or wbicb W8B contrary to tbe publio demand W e think tbe vote to repeal tbe lien law came about in tbls way. A meeting of tbe Farmers Union was (held in Columbla< w bleb meeting of officers; adopted reeolu lions favorine the repeal. The legislators mistaking that meeting to be a representatives body, was willing to respect the public demand. But wbat of tbe delegates to tbe farmers meeting that adopted tbe resolutions, asking for tbe repeal of the Ilea law? War there a poor man In tbe orowd? Was there any but landowners In that body? Wat there a renter In that meeting? Was the Interest of tbe poor man consulted once? Did any man explain why a poor man should not have a fair chance to get bread and oredlt? Did any man In tbat farmers meeting urge tbe curtailment of tbe oredlt of any but tbe poor? Did any landowner :explain why be should 'control" the man to whom be rents g his land? e Tbe editor of tbe Press and Banner does i not believe tbat any representative In the i legislature would willingly discourage or | cripple any poor man In his effort to support i bis family. Neither do we believe tbat any e representative would seek to subject one < white man to another's arbitrary control Of course the demand of landowners for tbe repeal of.-tbe lien law was Intended as a blow to tbe negro, but tbat blow would be more effectively humiliating to the white renter, some of whom at least,| are as good and as honest as those who would oppress them. So Honeat Man. Senator Tillman and some others think tbat tbe lien law will affect no honest man* and tbat the other sort of men need no aid or help. The presumption is tbat all those wbo give liens now do so because they have nothing else to put upas collatteral, and they do it not from cbolee but from necessity. We ihlnk it a pretty broad assertion to charge all llenera with dleboneoty. And we think it hard beyond desorlpUon for \ any man to put a stigma upon poor men by refuslDg them tbe right to give a lien whereby the needed goods may be had to secure the making of a crop. The lien law doesn't go like a roarlDg lion seekiDg victims, and cer talnly hurts nobody that dislikes the law or does not need It. Poor Folks Not In It. .Tbe House ol Representatives having vo'ed to repeal the Hen law, by which repeal tbe credit of many poor men Is rained, bas also voted down tbe proposition to give to poor children school books free. With the poor man's credit gone, and free school books refused to him he will And Jordan a hard road to travel. Xo Uronnds for Spite Ht Abbeville. More than one thousand good people petitioned tbe Legislature for authority to build tbe new court house, with tbe hope tbat tbe W4A 1DTJ IfUUlU UUW MO 1ULICQ0CU mure man one mill. Tbe levy instead of being increased, we are told, will be reduced half of one mill. The people ol Abbeville County will have a tine couit house, with modern conveniences. I If any man waB ever pleased with newspaper approval of hla conduct, AttorneyGeneral J. Fraser Lyon, should be proudvery proud. Abbevllie bu reason to be proud ^ of her worthy son. V / Cnrloim Malady. A disease that Is spreading with alarming apldity la described In a recent Issue of the s'ew York Tribune. It le called Morbus Sabjatlcus, or Sunday sickness. Tbe attack lomes on suddenly on every Sunday; no ymptoms are felt on Saturday nlgbt; tbe pa lent sleeps well and wafees feellDg well, eats i bearty breakfast, but about cburob time he attack comes on and continues until services are over for tbe morning. Then tbe jatlent feels easy and eats a bearty dinner, n the afternoon he feels much better, and s able to take a walk, talk politics and read be Sunday papers. He eats a bearty supper, )ut about oburcb time he has another attack. He retires early, sleeps well, and wakes up Monday morning refreshed and ibletogoto work, and does not haveaby lymptoms of the disease until the following Sunday. Tbe peculiar features are as fol Iowf: First?It always attacks members of tbe sburcb. Second?It never makes Its appearance exsept on Sunday. Third?Tbe symptoms vary bnt It never ln? terferes with the sleep or appetite. Fourth?It never lasts more than twentytour hours., Flllb?It generally attacks tbe bead of the family. . Sixth?No phvslclan is ever called. Seventh?It always proves flalal to the endto tbe soul Eighth?Religion la tbeonly antidote. Ninth?It Is beoomlng fearfully prevalent, *nd Is sweeping thousands every year permanently to destruction.?Anderson Dally Mail. A strange dlspase seems to have broken out In Anderson. Up to this time It has puzzled tbe zeal of the ministers and baffled tbe skill of tbe physicians of the city. Swine of the fields, when called and fed. will respond every time, with a promptness that Is gratifying. But stop the feed and It If only a short time until tbe swine lose tnelr hearing. Without feed tbe acuteness or sensitiveness of their ear-drums is dulled, and all tbe daughters of muBlo are brought low. Without feed swine are unable to hear or to recognize tbe farmer, id soma respects human beings or sheep of tbe folds are not totally different In their characteristics from tbose of tbe swine. It may be that the ministers oi Anderson have not called the people aDd it may be that some of them hav6 failed to feed their flock. Tbe flock that is often fooled may be Booaer or later taken down with tbe fearful malady tbat is now afflicting tbe good people of Anderson. t, We are inolined to fear when Morbns Sabbatlcus attacks tbe people tbat their souls, or their intelligence, may have been neglected. If tbe preacbers of Anderson bave studied tbelr sermons and bave given tbe people something to think about, and have remembered in tbelr prayers tbe miserable Blnnern that sit in tbe back part of the ohurob, we do not see how Morbus Sabbaticus can exist. Let tbe Mail tell tbe preaobers tbat sailing high in tbe bluest etberand saying a long string of the most ornate airy nothings do not count in prayer, any more than do empty words in an undigested discourse , or rambling speech in an alleged sermon. To feed tbe flock tbe shepherd must prepare something with wblcb to nourish and to support tbe perishing souls to whom he ministers. Tbe average bearer knows when he is cheated, even aa does tbe disappointed swine when be is not given tbe life giving grain. As long aB men bave as much sense as the swine of tbe field it is useless for the minister to withhold tbe effort to make Interesting tbe old, old story. A man of ordinary intelligence knows when be has been cheated, and tbe existence of Morbus Sabbaticus Is at least one evidence tbat the hungering soul bad not been ministered to. The age of martyrdom is past, and the hungering sou Is of worshippers must be fed, or tbey will fail, like tbe swine, to see tbe necessity for "coming up" merely to be counted. Let tbe preacher give at least a modicum of thought as to what he is going to say on Sunlay morning, and let bim try to say something for tbe benefit of bis hearers. Almoal anybody knows when be has been cheated at church. ' Let the preacbers of Anderson do as do the preaobers In Abbeville, and tbe dlseaBe callad Morbus Sabbatlcns will. disappear. Tbe rull attendance at our oburobes every Suuday prove tbe 'ability and tbe zeal of our preachars to be snob as to preclude the possibility of the existence of tbat most dreaded of rfll diseases, Morbus Sabbatlous. Our people go to church for spiritual nourishment, and not merely to have their forms and faces oounted. Returned From Pleasant Trip. .Miss Ida MattbewB, Abbeville's faltbfol and efficient telegraph operator, baa Just returned Jrom a two week's vacation whlob was granted her by tbe Superintendent. Daring her absence, her place was filled by Miss Lucy Barron operator of Atlanta. Miss Barron thoroughly enjoyed her stay In Abbeville, and her attractive personality fonn^ ready reception In the hearts of our people. Miss Barron was unsparing In her pralBe of Miss Matthews, touching the oonduct and jondltlon of the offloe. To quote her word?j ihe said that "she had never seen an office better kept in all her experlenoe." Ml8s Matthews well deserved the little rest granted her, and her many friends are glad to welcome her home again. t i Didn't Marry In our Met. Miss Gladys Vanderbllt has married a Hun ;arlan prince whose name we can not attempt ipell, and even if we could spell It, we cobldlot pronounce It. Nearly all the newspapers lave mentioned the fact, and some have ex sressed opinion on the nnlon. As Gladys narrled out of our set, we have nothing-to iuy, except as a rale, it Is better for people to marry In their own set. , < \ Divorce Yo rt from lard c The purity of Cottole | compare its source?the e South, with the source of is an animal product of wholesomeness; Cottolene ? solute cleanliness and puril The economy of usi figure when you know required than of either 1 If purity and economy for anvthinp- in vour eves. J Q J - , -J ~ / lene should be the frying j shortening medium used in kitchen. It is recommend* the most noted cooks and food advocates of this coun people who have scientif analyzed it and carefully 1 it for all cooking purposes lard or butter has been previ used. Buy a pail of Cottole; I day and give it a personal I Nature's Gift fron \ Ifk- , ... V Honey. Respeoted and wise politicians are olaraorous for ?tbe issue of more money. My friends. It you have cotton, corn, beef cattle, hides,lor other useful products, you may get stacks of money now. But suppose the Government or the banks Issue wagon loads- of It, how are we to get It If we have nothing to eli? Ignorant as this editor Is on flnanoes, he would not attempt to solve the money problem for the nation. As rauoh as we can do to keep out of the poor bouse. If we have financial or executive ability to run a one horse farm 'successfully we are doing reasonably woll. "He that buys land, buys stones, He that buys fisb, buys bones, But he ib*t buys liquor has nothing of his own." Why the Repeal? While we are not convinced that It Is a fact yet we have beard it ohlrped that the cotton mill men are at the back of the efiort to repeal the lien law, and that tbey are supporting that faction of Ihe landowners who want to "control" somebody. Ira few land: OWDerB c*d idqucb iue uoKiomiuio iv pi?uv such a etlgma upon poor white men an would force them totbecotton mills, tbo Idle machinery of tbe State could be set Id motion at once. If seir respecting white men are forced to tbe cottcn mills, and If tbe lando.wner could "control" tbe negroes we would have a glorious State of affairs. To free the poor white man and enslane the trifling negro, wonld so t things to right. Getting Close to Uncle Joe. For several years an effort has been made to pass a law for tbe protection of tbe forest on tbe Appalachian, Wbtte Mountain range. The importance or such legislation has been urged by tbe strongest delegations from all the Slates effected. The necessity for it has become apparent to every o?'e who koowa anything of tbe subject; but Speaker Cannon has been blocking tbe game for everybody. It remained for Congressman Aiken to get U.ncleJoe to let up In bis opposition. Having oalled to the Speaker's attention tbe almost overwhelming sentiment In the Honse in favor of soch a measure, and having urged tbe necessity for some snob aotlon, the old legislative veteran consented to allow tbe bill to oome np. There Is little doabt that ir this promise Is carried out tbe bill will ppsp. This Bill means a great deal to tbe manufacturing interests of South Carolina as well as to tbe land owners living along the waterways. One-Third to School. Representative F. B. Gary Introduced and secured the passage of a bill dividing the dispensary fond: One-third to schools, on t-third to the county, and one-third to the town of Abbevll'e. There Is no doutit but that Senator Greydon will get the bill through the Senate. It Is now estimated that there will be no additional tax levy for the Court house. On the other band the levy will probably be reduced half a mill. The dispenser, Mr. J. E. Jones, estimates that tbe profit of the dispensary will be $45,000 this year, Instead of 830,000 last year This Increase Is due to tbe Increased demand for liqnor that comes from Georgia and from dry counties In tblB State. Fifteen thousand dollars additional for the schools will be of great help to that department of the government. vDenth or a Former Citlsen. Alexis H. Templeton died at bis home In MyleB Miss, on Feby. 1st, be will be remembered as a brother of our townsman Mr. W A. Templeton and was in business here for a year or two. , \ International Marriage. The Anderson Mall baa an Interesting editorial On "International marriages." Brother as long as ;we can keep the titled creature from marrying Into oar set. or Into our families, we need not care. Rev. AnguB Jobnron of Texas, Is dead. He. was born August, 1807. Hla wife Is 90 years , of age. He waB a Presbyterian. f - ^ * Wearesorry lo note the misfortune that came to oar friend, Ex-Go*. M. B. McSweeney In tbe loss of bis printing office at Hampton. He bad tome lnsuranoe, and be bad a lot of money laid away for a rainy day. Mac Is in no danger of going to tbe poor boost, be will live and procper for many years yet to oome. Harry Tbaw baa been acquitted of tbe obarge of murder. He Is too rfob to be oonvlotea. ^ Members of the Legislature were at borne Iaat8nnday and Monday, meeting tbelr cod* stltaenta, and resting from tbelr labors. It Is well. * Gen. Hemphill, obtef clerk of the Senate, waf at borne last Monday and Monday. He Is so efficient and ao popular with the Legislator! that be may be regarded as a fixture, Ioe and sleet'and rain bad an Inning last week. In company with a stiff breeze for two days some little damage was done to property bat nobody was badly hart la tbe pocket or In the hip. I urself ooked food ne is apparent when you otton fields of the Sunny : lard?the pig-sty. Lard doubtful cleanliness and i vegetable product of abty. ng Cottolene is' easy to f Vi A & /N?n A 1 mat uuc-Luiiu icw 10 ard or cooking butter, count i the Sunny South I2T I .. . n I,, _ , \ ONE MAN IN A MILLION. H #?i Striking: Case of a Former Lowndes* vllle nan who Toiled Twenty-five j p? Years. B< News and Courier. A Ii N a .m.iofn no Vohrna ru 1.?Johll A. Bf 11. t now of Portland, Oregon, a native ol Lbwu- 4 " desvlile and afterward a citizen of Augusta, A bag demonstrated tno (act that he Is a man among few men In tbe world. Twentj-five Ne: years ago his fortunes and appareuily every x prospect In life were rained In tbe financial panic. He bad been oasbler and te ler of tbe j D Commercial Bank and later a stock und bond ? broker, handlingJarge funds. In tbe latter . I circle be bad particularly bright prospects, '* K but when the financial crash came he was on T tbe wrong side of tbe market. He fa* 1 d aud bis liabilities were between ?35 000 aud (HO.tOO I s; He left AuguRta penniless in 1834 and noiblng >p more was beard from him until 1890. Jobn B,. Bell was but a vloilm of circumstances, sucb " as thb world has known all Its yearB and will ^ know as long, as it exi-u?but be was differ- ?St ent from other*. In 1890 a letter was received la AtiKasta, mailed Hum Portland, Oregon. Id which Bell stated thai be baa in muse itterveniog years been striving to rebuild bis wrecked fortunes, and wa? than In a position Wt to otfer a compromise At 20 per cent to el! tils H creditors. Tbls was arrauged, the compilation was effected, the money paid and Bell ?n discharged from all obligations. _ Since that time many of bis creditors have x died believing tbat Bell bad settled witb them, but In a quiet way he has kepi track, He as well as be could, of every claim against O Dim, and during the very recent past sums ol yet money have been received here to tbe full amount due, alter the pay mem of the 20 p?*r T cent settlement, on each of tbe claims. In A many instances tbe pa>meui was made to widows and orphans. There still remnlneo An one claim, or rttber original debt, lor all tbe claims bad been settled by agreement, and Up Bell was unable to locate tbat one man. In tbe past week, tbrongb tbe assistance of an Th Intimate friend In Augusta, tbat one old claimant was located, tbe money st-nl to him, and now the snnouncement comes from " Bell's friend here that every penuj* loot to his creditors In B n's failure has been fu.lyrt- Tei paid, and he does not owe a mau In tbe world. He is president anil active mana. er nf a laigt- ? wholesale fruit business in Portland, Oregon, ?. and has established himsell in the minds ol tbe people of his native home as uoe among many?an honest, upright man. I Mr. Bell left- Ix>wndesvllle, Abbeville conn- it " in ?vimn?np with Mr. W. r\. t Latimer. Bulb located In Augusta, and Mr Latimer has bad a long and uninterrupted prosperous career. For a time Mr. Bell whi equally prosperous, but as above stated b' was unfortunate and lost all. Not only ha- Th Mr. Bell settled all of bis old debts, bot be b?k Kent to eacb of bis sisters a present of J2.000 Mrs. Wm. Moore of Lowndesville, and Mrs, Jq James M. Giles of Anderson, are said to t> tbe lucky recipients of tbese valuable glft> _ from a brotber who deserves golden honors ^ not only from themselves but from all tbe world. "T Mr. Bell after going to Portland, Oregon, married a,lady of Oregon possessing tbe most j superior qualities. She w?s made fully acquainted with Mr. Bell's financial condition, _ and onder tbe clrcnmstances consent to tbe marriage. She afterward entered (ally Into bis eflorts to meet his financial obligation*. Mr. and Mrs. Bell came to South Carolina Id 19C6, to visit his klnfoik. On their return she was taken sick on tbe train and died. Mr. Bell is still living in Portland. Oregon. Th One singular thing in tbe history of Mr. Bell aDd bis sisters is tbe fact that neither ol Th them have any children. Well, now, if yoa have read a stranger *tory in fiotlon, than is here glvea la facts, *r please let tbe world know of it. Th A dia Swine anrf the FfoWfir Oh me! I saw a huge and loathsome sty, Bu Wherein a drove of wallowing swine were barred, " I c Whose banquet shocked the nostril and FL the eye; Then spoke a voice, "Behold the source of lard!" g; I fled, and saw a field that seemed at first One glistening mass of roses pure and white, With dewy buds 'mid dark green foliage nursed; i And, as I lingered o'er the lovely sight, The summer breeze, that cooled that "h Southern scene, Whispered, " Behold the source of CQTTOLENE!" u BBSBnHBBMinUBV A Great A3 Surprise! j % J ************ 1 J I "11 It is a great surprise to know that there are people 1 who will allow a cough to Ai run into a serious affection ? Bo of the lungs when a bottle of I Fo Eureka Laxative j i Cough Syrup will cure the cough and avert further trouble. The cost is % >> 25 Cents the value beyond computa- , tion. THEMcMURRAY DRUG COMPANY. i j H mn ; 9 Ml WW V WLM WLM X. X ^ Is well equipped to supply the public 1 with seasonable goods at rtasouable prices. C HARDWARE. Vulcanite Roofing, Garden Wire Plow Tools, Saddles, Briddles, Collar.-, Padf Hi Hames, Traces, Nails, Horse Shoes, Leather, Tinware, Crockery, Buckets, 1x5 Tubs, Well Chains. At GROCERIES. UE Oats, Coin, Mill Feed. Chicken Feed, Bacon, Hams, Lard, Tobacco by box 3Uo to 50c, Syrup in kegs, half barrels aud barrels, new crop N. O. Nc Good value in Coflee, Iiice, Soaps, oi Soda, and ('an Goods. Majestic Flour the best. Pratts Cattle Powders, Poultry Food Lice Kiiler aud Roupe Cure. DRY GOODS < Sheeting, Cheviots, Outings, Denims, Ticking and Dress Goods. i SHOES. yQi King Bee and Tuff Hide, all leather, pU nothing better. ? J CLOTHING. me Men's and Boys Suite, extra Pants wg Overall*, Shirts, Underwear, also Hats and Caps. J. R. Glenn. ? \ V'"' . -r v?-?-.v x-'f'ii-zip.'j: 1 \ " v: ??.,???.?. < >?..?? GEMS IN VERSE | ? Sources. ! issed a stagnant marsh that lay J eneath a reeking scum of green, 7 oathscme puddle by the way; I o sorrier pool was ever seen. ! lought, "How lost to all things pure d nd clean and white those foul deptha ? be." j ct day from out that pond obscure ) wo queenly lilies laughed at^me. assed a hovel round whose door ! he signs of penury were strewn; j lw the grimed and littered floor, g ho walls of logs from tree trunks 1 hewn. J Ud, "The gates of life are shut ; o those within that wretched pen." 1 t, lo, from out that lowly hut ^ ame one to rule the world of men. I trlckland JN. Gllllian In Baptist Un- j Ion. I The Wrinkle of Laughter. ! iat hair he has is very thin and gray; i [Is eyes are sometimes filled with bitter a team, . 1 d when you see him on his weary way \ ou wonder how he carries all his years. 1 is so old, so old and filled with pain f ne marvels at the spirit he displays; ( t from those eyes there flashes once j again ! he splendid courage of his younger ^ days, ! d ever, when you greet him, you will see I on his face a smile from worry free! n ere are a hundred wrinkles on his j face? I cars left by Father Time from battles i grim? t there la one which does deserve Its place, ind, wrinkle that It Is, It honors him. i 9 long and deeply marked, and some ' might say t marred that strong old face. That Is not so! i la the badge of laughter; day by day ' le saw the happy side and made It grow! ' ough life has been no joke to him, he's found f e value of a laugh?and passed It | round. " years to come, when I am old and " gray, ?ne hope I have?that men may say of me: he wrinkles that he has we would not change. 'he cheerful side of life he helped us see!" ack Appleton In Cincinnati TimesStar. "Whiter." i, winter, ruler of th' inverted year, y ecatter'd hair with sleetllkp ashes fill'd, y breath congeal* d upon thy lips, thy cheeks lng*d with a beard made white with other snows an those of age, thy forehead wrapp'd In clouds, leafless branch thy scepter and thy throne Bllding car, indebted to no wheels, it urg*d by storms along Its slipp'ry way, irown thee king of Intimate delights, reside enjoyments, home born happiness id all the comforts that the lowly roof undisturb'd retirement and the hours long uninterrupted ev*ning know! ?Cowper. Nothing to Suggest. 7 Uncle Hi's mind has an equable poise through seasons of drought and of rainin*. f a worry," he says, "we lose sight of our Joys, In' we spend too much time In complalnln', the Lord in his wisdom sends felessln' or blight '11 take what he sees fit to proffer, ir I'm firm In the faith thaUhe's ru*-. nin' things right, In' I have no suggestions to offer. 'o the Lord, when in travail, no dolbrooa plea make, for my creed's not so narrow i to think for a moment he'll lose sight ot me Vhen he notes e'en the fall of the spar row. ) is there on his throne, an' so just Is his rule, ; Hike to the saint an' the scoffer;' alt here at home jes' a-takln' things cool, In* I have no suggjestloms to offer. b's a mighty good world tlla* we live !o today, Por the good's all the time growln' better, L\" my Uncle HI adds In his comical way, 'It satisfies me to the letter! I Jes' keep to work In the shadow atf ? shine, Jit by bit addin" gold to my coffer, _ ir the world's beln' steered by a hand that's diving, In' I have no suggestions to offer." ?Roy Farrell Greene In Success. TL? VA/-W w;? I 11W If a/ bV mm "Strike" while the Iron la heated; , "Pause," and the Iron's cold. If you strike too late on a hardened plate, The weld will never hold. "Beck," and success will ftfltuts "Walt," and It passes by. I Be quick to grasp, then hold It fast And trust for a better try. Work," and the world works with you; "Loaf," and you loaf alone. This strenuous world'a a continuous , whirl; It offers no room for the drone. "Life" Is an undertaking; "Death" is a silent thought; 60 let life's light illumine the night With the deeds that you havs wrought ?Indianapolis SentlneL The Larger Hope. >h, yet we trust that, somehow, good Will be the final goal of 111, To pangs of nature, sins of will, >efects of doubt and talnta of blood; ?hat nothing walks with aimless feet. mat not une me ana.11 uo ucouu/cu Or cast aa rubbish to the void; Vhen God hath made the file complet* Phat not a worm Is cloven In vain; That not a moth with vain desire Is shriveled In a fruitless fire )r but subserves another's pain. ?TennysonForbearance. ist thou named all the birds without a gun? ved the wood rose and left it on its stalk? rich men's tables eaten bread and pulse? larmed, faced danger with a heart of trust? id loved so well a high behavior man or maid that thou from speech reirumeu, iblllty more nobly to repay? I i, be my friend and teach me to b? thine I ?Emersom. g Some one has said, "Go to angers for charity, friends for nee, relatives for nothing and a will always have a full supr." We add, go to Rosenberg's your clothing, shoes, hats and n's furnishings and always be F 11 dressedr ] sh cur*d In 30 minuted l y Wool ford's San-1 ? y Lotion. Never /allu, Hoitl by P. B., k ed, druggist. Cm J " V ) ( m HOGLEJ i Jf The Southern standan j lative satisfaction. Pur I ified. Nature's natun | fat, for all purposes, i p | making to fish-frying. I wholesomeness, and I ness combined. The ji I V i \ other anywhere near s f ft THE :S0VTHEDN COTTON I ||NEV YORK-SAVAMAH'ATLAOTAHEW' ff Faints! Paints! We carry the largest and best stock of and Stains in Abbeville County, such a Town and Country Paint, Remulac, Floor- Paints. * We also carry a very la sizes and shapes. When in need of an; see us, and we will guarantee the best j as well as courteous treatment. Yours to please, / C. A. MILFOR Phone - - - v ' \ The Onliest Pressing i 1 fill PIS Over The McMurray 1 / i Klothes Kleaned 1 ON SHORT NO1 First Class Work and Prompt Deli n......... 4 * aA fniol io all wo flflV. uuaraubooui xx mui ID UH n? Ladies' Skirts Kleaned and Pressed Dyeing a Specialty, J. W. McKEE, Jr., 'HONE 190, ' M. P SOUTHERN fii THE SODTH'S GREATS ' -7? Jnexcelled Dinning Cay Service. Through Pullman Sleeping Gars < Convenient Schedules on Arrival and Departur No. of Trains. \ 114 Leaves at 10:20 a.m. for Qr Columbia. \ / 115 Arrives from Greenville ai at 11:59 a.m. 116 Leaves at 5:50 p. m. for O Greenville. <* 111 Arrives from Greenvhle ai at 7:15 p.m. For full information as fo rated, routes, etc., Lailwiy Ticket Agent R. W. HUNT, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent ' Atlanta, Ga. Dr. C. !. Oliveros, I ^ <2 Ear, Eye, Hose, 1 fhroat & Lungs, S g 1424 Marion St., Columbia, S. C\, 2?TWO DAYS?2 ^ AI Dr. Xeu ller's i flice. ?oe? t/ cbriiarj 7-J% Abbeville, S. C. t'repyred to treat hII iroublf-s ot ibeuoovt. Scier The best one and two horse *JXdnoT liddle Euster plows in the mar- mhuu'c et at Rosenberg's, j "'ME5 o *y<'t?;'? V; 5?=#ss#=? 1? nrx: urn 5Sw| W W? W i of super- JS ity person- ||| il cooking- v f from bread ? Economy, > healthful- 0 ire's none III 0 good. J hOJLCO.^1 f > BLEANSCH1CAG0, f JH ! Paints! \ uvwww, Paints, Oils, Varnishes s Mastic and Harrison's Japalac, Floor Fix and ,rge stock of Glass, all 1 of the items, call and goods at the best prices D & CO., 107 ; : ii the City is * llll 3 _ , , / ' Drue: Co. ~ V and Pressed ncE. very. Satisfaction p , v; ~v' - > -J&l Proprietor. _ . PEBDUE, Manager. I l TT TI . IT 7 ULWAJ. 1ST SYSTEM. L /' on all Through Trains, all Local Trains* e of Trains. r eenville and I. nd (Columbia riumbia and id Columbia consult nearest Southern , or J. C. LUSK, Division Pass. Agent, Charleston. S. C. tiding a skotrh and description may irtuin our opinion free whether aa I proDRDiy paienuiniu. vuiuiiiuiui;oreonildentlul. HANDBOOK onl'atcnta Most aeency for securing patents. ikon tnrough Jlunn & Co. receive 5, without charge, lii the itific Jftitcrlcatt. ;]y lllnstrntefl weekly. I.mvest cfrany srientltlc Journal. Tern s. $3 a uontlis, (L Sold by all newsc lalers. I Co.36,Broa<,"*?- New York ffloe. 625 F BU Waihln^tOQ. D. C. , I