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The Press and Banner Bv W, W, and W, R. Bradley. HUUH WILSON, Editor. ABBEVILLE, S. C. A^-Put.iished every Wednesday at 52 a year lu advance. Wednesday, Aug. 12, 1908. The Race for Governor. Tbe candidates for the office of Governor of tbe State, spoke In Abbeville last Friday. . Mr. Ansel bas been a friend to tbls editor and to th is newspaper ror many yearn. ^ir. Ansel has made a Governor with whose offiolal career we have fouud no fault. He Is a gentleman without reproach and an officer without giving just cause for censure. We take no stock In the various criticisms of the official acts which his competitor, the Hon. Cole L. Blease, has chosen to make. But notwithstanding the ties of friendship that have bound us to Mr. Ansel for all these years, and notwithstanding the purity and the rectitude of his whole life as a private citizen, and notwithstanding his blameless offiolal oareer as Governor of the great State of South Carolina, It requires an effort on our part to restrain us from voting for bis competitor, whom we have never Been and to whom we have never spoken?as far as we can now recall. Until recently we have scarcely known the ? name of Cole L. Llease, bat the bark of Tray* Blanche and Sweetheart have made bin name familiar to men In every part of the State. And COLK L. BLEASE JS A MAN. He Is a man before whom his defamere have not dared to make their accusations, or at leaBt, as yet, they have not done so. He challenges his backbiters and defamers to bring their charges and they have not done bo. It Is creditable and honorable In any man to ieek to become the Governor of the State ofSonth Carolina, and that fact of Itself furnishes no jQBt cause for Ansel's friends or bis follower! to fall upon Blease In their eflort to defsmeor to rend him. Now, Mr. Ansel, has not, himself, engaged In this unseemly warfare against bis competitor, nor has be, as far as we are Informed, In any of bis speeches, made offensive reference to Mr. Blease. But he has allowed bis friends to do this great thing. He has not protested. And It has gone on so long that men may conclnde that this unusual and tbls rtpreben slble course has met hlB approval or consent Mr. Artel n?d? to ke saved from h's friends Their conduct In abUBlDg a young man for no greatereffense than tbat of seeking to become Governor of the Stale offends the public sense, while Bltase's brave and manly course . Is certainly drawlDg great multitudes to bis support. While we cannot believe that a majority of the people of Abbeville county has been alienated frcm Ansel, yet we have beard statement in the belief that Blease will carry Abbeville county. We would especially note tbe conduct of some persons and the combined effort of the Newberry preachers to injure the prospeots and to discredit tbe ambition of one of the ablest as well as one of the most mauly young men in that county. When be confronted them like a man, not one of bis accusers would specify. One of tbe preachers who did not know Blease, and who had never spoken to bim, voluntarily Joined with tbe others to make injurious publication in tbe papers, as to their feeling or their Intention. Of course when preachers get tco good for anything on f>ils earth, they are fit to enter politics.* A more unusual thing than tbe effort of V men to discredit men of tbelr own county and tbelr own neighbors, is seldom seen. X Lltll. uy I U i a UHl UUUtJHl That fyly the bys owne nest.". Of course, we would not attempt to make prediction as to tte result of tbe eleotlon. We do not know bow a dozen men Intend to v ote, and therefore we cannot and would not attempt to speak for a hundred thousand. Bat It Is certain If Ansel Is defeated, be will owe tbe lact to Indiscreet or over-zealous friends, who have attacked Blease, lnitead of boosting the Governor. Without knowing anything particularly about Blease, we BBsume that tbe head and front of blB offending lies In tbe fact that be was born wltb an Iron spcon In bis moutb, an d that be Is scarce of kindred among tbe would-be rullDg class. lir. Orr. Rev. W. W. Orr, D. 1)., of Charlotte, N. C., was In Abbeville one day laBt week, enquiring for Mr. W. T. Bradley. When told that be was some seven or eight miles In the country, at tbe home of his inotber-ln-law, Mrs. Pressly, be expreEsed regret at no: being able to see blm. Dr. Orr came to town at three o'clock In the morning and left at four o'clock In the afternoon of tbe same day. During this year he has been In tbe evangelistic work, preaching to large congregatlODs. In tbe IbbI seven months be has preached two hundred and fifty times, and his labors have been rewarded by tbe addition of 1,400 members to the different Christian churches to whose people be has preached the word. If one man in this country, at no cost at all to the mission phurnhfid nun rln or> mnnh among oar own wayward brothers, how shal] we estimate the work of about 24 missionaries and native workers in Mexico, who claim to have scooped Into our communion last year about 40 or 50 gutter snipes or renegade Catholic*? It 16 certain, too, that the little home mission church at Abbeville was not assessed for Dr. Orr. From Dr. Orr's tslk, we are led to believe that be thinks there Is plenty of unasslmilated material In ibis country, If our preachers would hustle for It. to make the A. R. P. church a recognized factor In the religious world. l>r. Orr has In mind a great work In Charlotte, which thall be a blessing to honest working girls. He proposes to organize a home where such girls may be safe from the dangers which so often beset 4he straggling poor. He proposes a real philanthropic work, but we are Inclined to fear that but for exceptional cases, he will find the A. K. P. people already taxed to the limit. The Work Goes Bravely On, The Board of Registration Is still In session, and there are still a number of derelicts out In the cold. Every loyal Democrat, whether or not he expects to live forever In Abbeville oounty, should right up to the captain's office and get his ticket. A man may do very well In tax-paying time without a registration ticket, but in election time be doesn't amount to a poor man at a frolic waiting for a harefooted dance. The figures as lhey stood yesterday mornIns: Abbeville 597 Central 159 Due West C 128 Bryant X Roads 44 Keowee 74 Donalds 191 Rock Springs So Antrevllle 102 Downde6vllle 204 Calboun Fall* 52 ML Carmel 28 Willlngton 15M MoCormlck 54 Clatwortby X Roads M I And now it 1h claimed that there are mil- ' lions of gernin Id cracked dlHlies. J BOSSISM. 1 Is a Boss Ticket Acceptable? Three propositions now seem to be uppermost In th ; minds ot a few people In tbree I different communities who would boss the I oouuty. First?ODDosltlon to tbls town on general principles, which opposition we all regret. Second?In order to gratify that feellDg they are anxious to cut off from the public schools one-third of the net profit of the dispensary, estimated now at S50.000, which $50,000 is to be apportioned next February. Tblrd?They would cut < ff 515.000 which 1 will go to the county for the betterment of t roads and bridges, lor what reason, we are i not Informed. ' . Fourth?As an excuse for cutting off their , noses to spite their faces, they put up a plea < of "boiler than thou" in tbelr alleged anxiety j for the welfare of people who do not thank j them for their meddlesome acts. i Tbe boss promoters of this scheme of holler than thou, having utterly and absolutely failed to secure anything like the requisite number of names to the petition to secure the order for an election, on tbe dispensary question, would now aB& the people to send them to the Legislature, where they might possibly aid the movement for Statewide prohibition, without reference to the wishes of tbe best people of Abbeville Coun. ty. In 1876 the battle cry was "Hampton and Hume Rule." We have not Hampton now, and the would-be bosseB of the town In wblob tbey do not live and to wbloty tbey have evinced very little friendship would destroy our home rule. These good men are most excellent cIUecdr and are worth} gentlemen, but tbe candidate la tbe Boss Ticket who lives nearest to Abbeville seems =?) be more frledly lo Ureenwood than to Abbeville. His talk would lead us to believe so at least. Ibe candidate on the Boas Ticket who lives farthest fn m us haB shown lit tie friendship for iflls town, and It Is fair to preBume that It an > body fiom Abbeville should go' to his home town and should go tc^see the people In tbe bh. k lots In effort to lnter-meddle with the a Hairs of that town, good people would ha%e Just reason to be Indignant, however good the Intentions of the lnter-meddler. Except when there Is reason for doing otherwise, this newspaper believes that It Is I both good principle and good polloy to vote for one's neighbors and friends. And we can conceive of no good reason why the people of any town tbculd vote for the would-be Bosses over Its government. as a xuie me tjrtm yuuno um<t iu<eo ?.. play. That same great heart loves that true manhood which 1b developed by moral suasion. It loves that honesty which comes from principle. It loves and adores that rectitude and sobriety of life which comes from conscientious convictions as to right and wrong. Our B ones. It seems however, would abandon moral suasion and attempt to fence us In and make us temperate by cast Iron rules, even as they fence In and curtail the prlvlledges end rights of the cattle that rove ' their enclosed fields. Instead of preaching righteousness, Judgment and temperance some preachers prostitute Bscred desks In hcly temples by talk, lng about the dispensary at Abbeville and to the magnifying of the number of people whom they charge with the crime of drunken. nesB. We all admit that drunkenness Is bad Indeed, but all men are not drunkards. In ' this town of Abbeville, we do not believe ' that theie are anyway near half dozen men who may be olaosed as drukards. But there are a thousand boys and girls who are liable to become lovers of Intoxicating drinks. Did j anybody ever bear from the pulpit reference to this fact, with Intention to Instill temperance principle*? 1. Did anybody ever hear a preacher warn expectant mothers against drinking llquoi? 2 Did anybody ever hear of any preacher warning nursing mothers from the use of ' spirituous or intoxicating liquors? 8. We've all heard of the dangers or temptation to the drunkard that may be found at the dispensary, but who has cared for the unborn child? Who haB sought to protect the innocent babe irom acquiring the thlrBt for intoxicants as It takes In its mother's mtlk? 4. Who has beard of any preacher warning 1 parentsagaidst setting the feet of Innocent ' children In devious way&? 5. Who has Inveighed against social drink ( lng? ' On the principle that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, is It not better 1 to save our boys by moral suasion than to at- 1 (ho Hrnnlrorrt hv thft force Of ? bCUi|/b IV lOiUiiu vuv m* %. ~ J ? tbe civil law? Of courBe there are men who honestly believe that Intoxicating liquor should be banlsued from tbe country, but tbere are others who may be seeking a little notoriety wblcb tbey could never gain In any other way. And tbere are men who are prohibitionists from ulterlouS motives. 1. A large class of problbltlonlsU may be opposed to tbe dlsffeoBary because their employed laborers or croppers enjoy a drink. This class of prohibitionists generally belong to that class of well to do citizens who would destroy tbe poor man's credit by tbe repeal ol tbe lien law. Having land and some money tbey long for a system of servltnde or slavery that would practically made negroes and poor folk their serfs 2. Another class of prohibitionists may be opposed to tbe dispensary because of tbelr unfrledllness to tbe city of Abbeville. 3. Another class may be prohibitionists because they would deny to dying consumptives the drink that is lndispenslble to tbe prolongation of tbelr lives. 4. Another class of prohibitionists might be anxious to deny to those stricken with pneu monla tbe right of getting the neoessary at I m ti Inn t. ? 5. Another class of prohibitionists may be ' anxious to be relieved of the necessity for c moral suasion, preferring to be relieved of ' that heart responrlblllty by the cold forms oi law- f 6. Another class of prohibitionists may 1 eare nothing for the demoralization incident 1 to the presence of blind tigers. To allow or 1 to encourage the violation of law is to break 8 down the barriers that protect from danger. c Speaking for myself, I am now the only ' survivor of a family. My molher and her E children, died of lung trouble, and for eaoh of 8 them the physiolans prescribed Btlmulants. 0 Is there any man in Abbeville county, In his 1 hypocritical ory for prohibition, who would 1 have denied me the right to minister To theli f several neeut.? Is there an honorable man In 1 Abbeville county so lost to human sympathy 8 that he would deny the right of a physician to prescribe whisky for the pneumonia pa- 1 tlent that might be at death's dooi? 1 my- 11 self was sick of pneumonia. J contracted the c A w* V* I IA (n J ujdcooo nuuv iu huo wuicuviavo at luj . Having little to eat and little to wear, tbe ex- 6 posure to tbe weatber, and having no tent In wblcb to sleep, 1 was taken sick of tbe dls- 1 ease wblob Is bo fatal at all times. Tbat was d In tbe Fall of 1862?forty six years ago next 8 October. Tbe chills that seemed to precede 0 tbat sleep wblcb knows no waking, coursed ! tbe marrow of my very bones, and wben the ' mind was not wandering, tbe end seemed 0 near to him who felt tbat be was In the very 0 grasp of death. Itself. Standing beside the prostrate form of him whose hear! was so $ nearly stilled, is there an Inhuman being, an ' unreasonable pro blbltlonlst or a cold hearted ' oltlzen In Abbeville county who would have d denied tbe right of tbe physician to prescribe 1 tbat draught wblcb Bent tbe heart's warm 1 blood tingling through every artery and 1 every vein of tbe almost lifeless man and d brotbei? 8 Tbe kindly dogs licked the sores of Lazarus, v would any man Id Abbeville county deny 0 whiskey to a brother whose life might there- c by be saved? * QKuowlng that, except for small doses ol { wblskeo In 1SC2, I would now be sleeping In ^ au UUSDOWD aua unmarKeu touieuemio grave Dear the city of Chattanooga, Tennee- ? see, and that I would never have known THE ABBEVILLI a r . Wonderful success tor i Being of the Greatest E R. E. Cox, the Moving c Seven years ago when Capt. Jno. Lyon re- ? lred from politics he determined to erect a i warehouse, when a number of bis friends In $ :owd, out ol personal consideration for him, 1 iubtorlbed tbe necessary 80,000 of stock. ( /At this time the need o( a warehouse by 1 [be farmers for tbe purpose of storing their f :otton wus not acute, but hy earn est effort Capt. Lyon was enabled to construct a wan- I bouse wltb a capacity of 1 000 bales of ootton. me demand for storage being fairly good tbe tlrst season, tbe management wasencouraged ] to build a third room for the second season. < Tne capital sloctc was 80,000. Tbls sura was i expended In paying lor tbe lot and building t ibe first two rooms. Tbe third and last room was built from the proms or me cuuceru iui , tbe four years they owned It. I At tbe end of tbe fourth seaton tbe Farmers I Union bad come upon the scene. Tbls organ- 1 Izgtlon maintained that tbe wa^to get better i prices lor their ootton was to follow In tbe < footsteps of tbelr brother farmers of tbe West. These farmers who made tbe ooru and < _i ? # 1 witirt irpro linnpusfilv in I WUttUl lO ICCU luc nu... , . debt, their homes being plastered wltb mort- I gages. Out of desparaiioD, or a determlna- I lion to better tbelr condition, they built < warehouses throughout the country for the i purpose or storing tbelr grain and at the same time enabling themselves to borrow money tbereon?and thus not be foroed to sell tbelr graiu as tbey gatbered it. This plan worked admirably, and after a trial of four years tbe farmer who was previously debtridden bad been transformed Into a prospei- i ous, independent farmer wltb a bantc account, The cotton farmer of the South, who was yet in tbe very throes of bankruptcy, although making cotton sufficient to clothe tbe world, bad beard of tbe marvelous success of of the grain farmer, and determined to emulate his example. At this crisis there sprang up, from the Rio Grande to the Potomac, as If by magic, The Farmers Union, an organlzotlon banded together for tbe purpose of raising tbe price of ootton. How well tbey have succeeded Is a fact known of all men. This powerful and determined organization determined at this time to build a warehouse In tbe city of Abbeville, and Capt. Lyon, and those associated with blm, decided to sell and did sell their plant to tbe farmers. This was three years ago today. Before the Farmers Union entered upon the scene much of tbe stock bad cbanged at prices ranging from par to $120. At the reorganization, tbe Farmers, rather than build another warehouse to be In competition wltb tbe existing warehouse offered tbe stockholders 8150 per aha re. After some hesitation tbe stockholders in tbe original organization consented to sell all or a part of their holdings. To what purpose and to what extent the farmers have patronized tbelr warehouse is best seen when you are Informed tbat they handled 16,500 bales cotton this season. Tbe price paid for the plant was 89,000. The new concern was capitalized at 810,000. In the three years tbe new owners bave added two compartments, giving a capacity of 5,000. In addition to increasing tbe storage capaJ this generation, and tbat by the use or itimulants the lives of all my people who have gone to their graves were pro* longed by stimulants I (ball not vote to close Lhe dispensary in Abbeville aDd I shall vote Tor no Prohibition or Boss Candidate /or the Legislature. This coarse Is prompted by more than one reason. The prohibition candidates are not { more competent than the others. They have sot shown themselves especially friendly to Abbeville. , I should not be true to myrelf, and should , je false to the best Interest of this town whose people have been ao gooJ to me, If I ;ave aid and support to those who would Inter-meddle with the management of a town In which they do not live and In which tbey iave no friendly interest. While speaking of voting, I do not intend to vote for any man for the Legislature who would repeal the lien law with the view )f making negroes and poor white men tfcelr ilaves, or as stated In other words, to enable them to "control labor." ( I would commend to the attention of In- . ;ermeddlers into our affairs the example of . the man In Noitb Carolina who made a for.une attending to bis own business. While I make no apolrgy to anybody for rating for the dispensary, it may not be { iml8s for me to make a statement: I bave no , ecolleotlon of ever having tasted liquor but ( >noe, except when It was prescribed for me, | kl 8 la lea BDOY0. BUI J WHUl 1UC ^Iivuric UI i jaylDg liquor in cafe I should be sick ol | jneumonla or other ailment, and should ( leed It. If I should be stricken down as my ilBters were, with consumption, I may need , Iquor, even as they did. As there are other considerations, than j personal reasons, it may not be amiss to ( ipeak further of tbe dispensary. , During tbe first quarter of tbe year, and ( mmedlately after Georgia went dry, tbe , >rofltB ran up to 817,000. That figure Indicated ( i yearly profit of {60,000 or more, but lately ( be sales have run down until last month, , July,) tbe profits were only 88,500. It the ( ieorgia sales are not too muoh reduced, It Ib air to assume Ibat tbe profits will amount to ( iearly 850,000. Tbe profits aie divided equal- { y between tbe county, tbe schools, and tbe , own of Abbeville. The town of Abbeville, if t be profits should be 345,000, would get 815,000 md the county and tbe scboolB 830,000. Two rears ago It was thought ibat an equal dlvlson between tbe city and tbe county would >e fair, but because of dissatisfaction on-tbe >artof8ome of the people living outside of (j he town, the Legislature, In deference to t heir wishes, gave only one-third to the town. ( y ben tbe expense of police Is taken out of r be third coming to the town, tbe share of the r own la cut In half. The police costs the t own between 87,000 and 83.000, According to T ny way of thinking tbe roads, DridgeB end \ chools get two-thirds of the net profits, while ( Abbeville must pay about on6-balf of Its t ine-tblrdfor police?an expense which the j tounty does not Incur. 1 How to dispose of the profits on the d lspen- j ary without contracting expensive habits f las always been a difficult problem. If tbe t lquor is sold at coBt, we encourage the dtlnk- c ng of liquor. If we get a profit we reduoe tbe j ales, but do not know bow to spend tbe uoney without becoming demoralized. In Abbeville tbe expense .of police comes very tear to settling that question with us. The chool authorities and the board or county ommlsBloners are squarely up to the prob- ' - - - ? i?ioicn/vi t em. II IDB SOUUUI CUUIIUIBBIUUCI |Cia V'U.uw a addition to wbat Is now required, and ap- c >0rtl0DH It among the schools, wbat oaa tbe c rustees do wltb tbe monej? Can tbey do inytblng with It, except to build new school 8 louses and to pay tbe teachers higher salar- 1 et>? Il they pay teachers big salarl s some of 1 is young men who have been trying to 1 narry teachers for the last thirty or forty r 'ears might Just as well lve up the chase, lo there yon are. It was hoped that the people would be alow ed to vote on the subject of closing the HspeuBary, and I spoke to Capt. Nlckles, .skiDg blm If It were possible to do bo, to irder an eieotlon. He said he would be glad v or the people to express their opinion at ' ,be ballot, but he did not see bow he could 1 irder the election on petition of lees than me-fourth the registered voters. Tbe oounty Is now In debt something like \ 70,000 or 880,000 for the Court bSSSel" It would j te interesting and satisfying to know I whether tbe taxpayers preferred to close the 5 llepensary and to assume tbe payment of ? bat debt. The creditors of the county seem I o be totally Indifferent as to bow the money f s raised. They would Just as soon have their ebt paid one way as tbe other. It Is pre* umed that all those of our fellow-cltlzeas pho are anxious to pay for tbe court bouse * ut ol their own money would vote for tbe 1 losing of tbe dispensary, and those who b rould consent for Georgians and neighbors 1 rom Greenwood and Anderson to pay the ebt would be willing to gratify tbelr wishes a this respect by keeping the dispensary i pen. , It Ib a pity that tbe petition had not a buAI- 11 \ : WAREHOUSE. the Stockholders While tenefit to the Farmers? Spirit. !lty the matter of Insurance was thoroughly 5one Into. The old warehouse paid 70 cents jer year to Insure a bsla of ootton valued at ISO, and today the present company get their insurance for on(-ienlh of this amount. In irder to get the great redaction In Insurance the company wasTequlred to build a 30.000 gallon stet 1 tank at a cost of 82 500. The farmers adopted the only feasible plan to raise the price of cotton, to-wlt: Tne bulk ing Of standard warehouses. Therefore when the farmers bad a bank note to meet and when be had bauled sufficed cotton to town with which to pay said ^ote, be had no other alternative except to tell this cotton, let the price be what It may. The present company, The Farmers Wareaouse Company, held Its annual meeting In the Court House on August 8rd. The showing was entirely satisfactory to the stockholders. After paying 10 per cent, on borrowed money a dividend of 7 per cent, was ordered paid on August IS, 1908. No enterprise In the history of the city has lone as much good as the warehouse. It has not only emancipated the farmer, but has seen the salvat.on, (he very making of the banks In this city. The prcceeds of the ale if cotton comes In as regularly on Dog Days is lu November. The officers of this company at present are: n t> /~i?_ j rnMAAO XV. lb. U'A, ric?. ttuu a icon. A. F.Calvert, Vlce-Pres. W. E. Leslie, Seo. W. T. Mugiil, Manager. The moving spirit In tbe ultimate success of tbe enterprise was Mr. R. E. Cox, wbo entered Intotbe work with tbe ability ?nd the determination to succeed. It wan through him that its great success was made possible. Handlcaped as was tbe original company, with a confiscatory Insurance, a large success was not to be expected. But surprising as It may seem, yet it Is true that Mr. II. E. Cox, the new president, brought the insurance down to one tenth of tbe price which tbe original company paid. Instead of paying TO cents a bale, be now pays only seven cents a bale insurance. Having won out on the excessive Insarano? he immediately reduced to tbe oustomer the cost ol storage from 92.45 a bale by the year to S1.90 a year. Tbls great reduction In cost gave a great Impetus to tbe storage of cotton, and the bales were at times In- excess of tbe room. Part of tbe cotton for nearly a whole winter bad to lie on the platform, and the further receipts orcotton was deollned. Tbe ability, the energy and the good Judgment of Mr. Cox makes him one of tbe most notable factors in tbe business world of Abbeville. He Is yet a young man, In the prime of life, and his pbenomlnal development of power and Influence Is only equalled by bis pbenomlnal sueceBB in whatever be undertakes A few years ago he undertook, with Dr. 8. G. Thompson, to establish the Peoples Bank. Tbelr combined energy and their safe conduot of the affairs of the bank bas brought to that Institution an unprecedented success, tbe stock of which bas been withdrawn from tbe market, and cannot be bought. The slock in tbe warehouse Is as souud as a sliver dollar, and on the market It is about as bard to And. clent number of names to authorize the election, but those wbo favor the continuance of tbe system sbould see to It that they send nobody to the Legislature to give us trouble by Slate wide prohibition, including Abbeville county. In 1870 the battle cry was "Hampton and Home Rule." We can't have Hampton any more, bat we are not ready to elve np "Home Rule." If a majority of our people want prohibition, we ought to have It end will have It. The neoensary names can be bad next year or later, If they so deal re. ? ^ ?? U ADDTXTrOO THU ATT jj n.? ? xxijjou ? uuj A.JJU, Pretty Girls?Pretty Flowers^ Manly Beauty, Tbe wedding of MIbs Virginia M> 11 wain to Rev. Donald W. RicbardBon whs tbe happiest event of last week. Many pretty girls were present. Many good women of more mature yean were there. Not no lone ago, Ihese older women were as young and an pretty a* were tbe girls on ibis occasion. Thpse older women werebappy In the remembrance of the time when all eyei were turned to tbem ?s the bride of tbe occasion. Time may have dimmed their eyes and mellowed tbelr hearts which are as sweet today as tbey were In other days. Tbey are no lesB lovely today Lhan tbey were at the time when each became the bride of a loving heart. Looking on this scene of beauty and happiness was a miscellaneous lot of masculine hearts. Some were In tbelr teens, having ust opened tbelr eyes to the flower and the jioryof the morning of life; some were In Lhelr manly beauty, ready for tbe happiness jr tbe stern realities which might await Ibem; others bad passed tbe meridian of life ind their shadows were reaching toward the iast; the sun of others had gone far down .he western iilope, where It must bcod be lost Deyond the horizon. The wedding took place at half pant Dine )'clork, Wednesday morning, August 5, 1908. U one o'clock of the seme day the newly wedded folk boarded tbe train for the moun. alns. ?? A New One on Us. Ibe editor of tbe Press and Kmner never lid write a spencerlan copy plate band, and ie has always felt tbat, If be ever attempted o teach either penmanship or music, be ust go off into a strange community. For easons, wblcb we tblDk Justify us. we genirally try to write on paper on whloh the jame Is printed, or else we enclose our letters n envelopes with tbe name prlDted on the tutslde. This course was Induced because of be many funDy ways our name was spelled In answer to letters. But despite our care to iave It understood bow our name Is spelled Che Atlanta Georgian takes tbe cake. Tbat >aper spelled It "Hugh Witness." We give hat paper credit for good Intentions, and exiuse its shortcomings in failure to read writng and print, too. Boss Cotton, Mr. Geo. T. Wilson, on part of Mr. Wham's >laoe, has the boss cotton field for this sec lou. He ban eighteen Mores waist high a' 1 >ver. He fertilized bis Held wlib tbat kind >f fertilizer tbat does Dot cost. Tbat Is to say. is buys fertilizer from Mr. W. D. Barksdale, ind be says tbat Barksdale's fertilizer always nakesan extra bale to tbe horse. For tbls eason Mr. Wilson charges up nothing to fer.lllzer Bccount. He plows deep, and lets the ain come at night. The Best Peas in the County, Mr. Posey Wham, on the McMillan farm, <V./v Un.,? n f nona In ho fniltlH In A hhfl. Mile county. He has a field of twenty acres, vlth not a gully nor a galded spot in It. It's >eas on top. Mr?. Maggie Williams Smith, wife of Mr. iV. F. Smith, died 5th of August, 1!KJ8, aged 40 'ears, She was burled at Lebanon, Kev. illlhouse, her pastor,performing tbe servloe. Ihe left four children. A good woman who lad long been a sufferer Is now at rest. Lovng children and husband mourn tbelr lrrelarable loss. Both advisers of tho editor are off. Mr. W. t. Bradley, bis religious adviser Is oil with he eanapilun lolfc. and Mr. W. W. Bradley, its political adviser, Is with his uucle, W. T. Jradley at Cedar SpriDg, Rock salt, cattle powders, :orn and bran, at Glenn's. ; ffCi CANDIDATES. I For Congress. J alius E. Boggn. of Pickens, Is a candidate for Congress In ibe primary, subject to tbe g rules for tbe government of tbe election. j I We are authorized to announce Wvalt Aiken as a candidate for re-election to ConKress, subject to tbe Democratic primary. T? *H pnmmlaainnpr IU1 WftUlWHU WiMUiAWWAVWva We are authorized to announce James A. Summersett, a candidate I or the office of Hjate Railroad Commissioner, subject to tbe action of the Democratic primary. United States Senate.> I beg to announce m.v candidacy for tbe United States Senate in the approBchlnj? prl- 2 mary, and I respectfully 'wtlclt the support of the Democratic voters of this State. R. G. Rbett. Clerk of Court. ? I announce myst lr as a candidate for Clerk ol Court, sut-ject to Democratic primaries. J. L. Perrln. House of Representatives. I hereby announce my candidacy for Ihe House of Representatives, sul'j ct to the action of the Democratic primary. W. O. Sturkey. We are authorized to announoe J. B. Holloway a candidate for the Hoaseol Representatives, sul>j90t to tne action of tbe Democratic ' primary. We are authorized to announce Maxcy G. Donnald as a candidate lor a neat In tbe House of Representatives, subject to tbe action of the primary. Granville Beal la hereby announced as a candidate tor the House o( Representatives, subject to action of tbe Demooratlo primary. We are authorized to announce Isaac A. (Teller as a candidate for the Legislature, as an emergency candidate for prohibition, subject to the primary. We are authorized to annonnoe Melvln J. .Asbley an a candidate for the Houne of Representative*, KUbJect to the action of tbe Democratic primary. We are authorized to announce Q. N. Nickeln as a caudldaie for Houce ol RepresentatlveB, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. I hereby announce myself a candidate .'or the House of HepreBentatlves at the coming election, subject to the action of tbe Democratic primaries. J. Moore Mars. We are authorized to announce P. B. Carwile as a candidate for re-election to the Honaeof Representatives, subject to tbe action of the Democratic primary. Superintendent of Education. I hereby announce myself as a candidate fir re-election to tbe office of County Superintendent of Education, subject to tbe action of the Democratic primary. R. B. Cheatham. We are authorized to announce J. Foster Hammond as a candidate for tne office of County Superintendent of Education, subject to tbe action of the Democratic primary. , For Auditor. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the office of County Auditor, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. Richard Siondley. Thanking ihe people of Abbeville county lor the complimentary vole given me two years ago, and with no ill-will towards any one, but good feelings towards all and grateful for any consideration given me in this election, I again announce myself a candidate for County Auditor, subject to tbe action of tbe Democratic primary. Respectfully, R. D. Furdy. For Coroner. We are authorized to announce W. L. Dairacotl as a candidate for Coroner, subject to Democratic primary. We are authorized to announce M. J. Link as a candidate (or re-election to tbe office of Coroner for Abbeville county, subject to the , action of tbe Democratic primaries. We are authorized to announce W. B. " *??*"HMoto fr\r tho nfWno ftf Hnrnnpr VJTU1UK on a \.auuiv.?v? >v* ?v v?v ... ? of Abbeville county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. We are authorized to announce H. W, Bowie as a candidate for tbe office of Coroner of Abbeville county, subject to the action ol tbe Democratic primaries. For Treasurer. I hereby announce myself as a candidate or County Treasurer of Abbeville county, subjeot to tbe action of tbe Democratic primaries. Johh M. Gambrell. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Treasurer of Abbeville County, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. James Chalmers. I hereby announce myself as oandldate for tbe office of County Treasurer, subject to tbe action of the Democratic primary. J. K. Bradley. For Supervisor. I announce mystll as a candidate for the office of Sopervleor of Abbeville county, subject to tbe action ol the Democratic primary. J. A. Schroeder. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for tbe office of Supervisor of Abbeville county, subject to the action of the Deor ocratlc primary. W. A. Stevenson. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Supervisor of Abbeville county, subject to tbe action of the. Drmocrallo primary. ' George S. Wilson. For Sheriff. We Bre authorlzi d to announce JL>. B. Speer as a candidate lor Sheriff of Abbeville County, subject to tbe action of the Democratic primary. I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of Sheriff of Abbeville County, subject to tbe action of tbe Democratic parly. C. J Lyon. We are authorized to announce T. Lorton Robertson as a candidate lor Sherlfl ol Abbeville county, subject to tbe primary election. The State Campaign. Columbia?Tuesday, August 4. Newberry?Wednesday, August 5. n?annjnnrf..Thnri?iav. August (i. Abbeville?Friday, August 7. And? rson-Saturday, lugustS, WalhallB--Wednesdayt August 19. Pickens?Thursday, August 20. Greenville?Friday, August 21. Laurens-Saturday, August 22. Senatorial Candidates. Bunwell?Tuesday, August 4. Hampton?Thursday, August 6. Beaufort?Friday, Augvst 7. Walterboro?Saturday, August 8. Charleston?Wednesday, August 11). St George?Thursday, August 20. Orangeburg?Friday, August 21. St Matthews?Saturday, August 22. Ice crcam freezers and junkets at Glenn's. Turnip seed, barley and rye in season at Glenn's, MIlford'H Locnls. Prescription work Is a specially with ns. Dr. J. R. Power has (ew iquals and no superiors as a prescription^, and wben it comes from bin bands you will always And it o. k. In every respect. C. A. Mllford <Jt Co. Save your trult with Wheeler's preserving powder. For sale by C. A. Mllford & Co: Paints, varnishes and stains In any quantity always on baud ?t C. A. Mllford <Sc Co. If you are in need of a truss you want to go to Mllford's diug store. They can fit you up to your satisfaction. Seneca stock and poultry food at C. A. Milford a Co. Japalac and Iienulac always to be found at C. A. Mllford Jc Co. Neuralgia cured In ten minutes with Millord's Neuralgia Powders. Try them. Sold by C. A. Mllford & Co. Promptness is our watchword. Deal with us and you will always get your drugs and other goods wltbln ten minutes. Ask our customers. They can tell you how we do business. Yours to please, C. A. Mllford A Co. Hpeed'a Lorain. _ A good second band eoda fount, for pale at Speed's drug store. One 25c package Wood's preserving powder '' will keep sis gallons of fruit or vegetables. ,f - * - - * H i-iier at nro r or Baie at opecu o ui Try a 10o bottle of that corn cure at Speed's ti drugstore. It will sure cure corns. It Clean your old straw hat with a 10o package ^ of Hawkes straw hat cleaner. Makes them 'A' look like new. For sale at .Speed's drug store There is no cigar like Speed's Cincos. They are more popuiur than ever. The boys say , they just can't gel along without them. Try DcVoe's paint one time and you will b< use no other. Get it at Speed's. p, If you want anything in paints, oils or ,n stuins, go to Speed's drug store. H Huyler's oandy at Speed's. Fine stationery at Speed's. Fine cigars, Turkish cigarettes and smok- ,P o# Hnppil'd. ^ IU| WUBVW ?? J Vfc f - < < ' * r v-\. " ' :i ' CASH v4 ireat Bargains at Haddon's 50 pieces standard Ginghams were 12jc Figured Muslins, old price, 124c to 25c l Colored Strine Dress Silk 75c and 90c gi Colored Silk Parasols $2 2o grade now;| he think for the hot weather. FANS AND BELTS?20 per cent redi 0 per cent reduction in belts that were ?50c. Colored Skirts, ready-to-wear, at a big i NEW GOODS?Stripe Linens 36-incl lilk have been $1 now 79c. Going away on vacation we can fit you Hair Rats?New supply just in at 25c f Prompt attention to all mail orders. D M IIAIMARI la ITIi linVHVII < VERY LOW Annual Seashor AUGUST 14U SEABC AIH LI1XB 1 NORFOLI (Via direct route, also via Pet< WILMINGTON, MOREHEAD C] CAROLINA BE Rates from Abbeville To Norfolk, Va To Wilmington, N. C To Morehead City, N. C.... A great opportunity to visit the ginia Beach, Ocean View and Old Po ville Beach, NVC., at exceedingly low Tickets will be sold for all regu will be good returning on all trains tc 1908. For Pullman sleeping c*r reserva call on your nearest Seaboard agent, ( D. W. MORRAH, Traveli English-American Bid C. B. RYAN, i General Passenger Agent, Portsmouth, Va. fStiaffa/nnncra. V UM>VVWMV ww Disc F They Plow " a Comii A combination of mechanical fea Reversible Disc Plow the most prac plows for (be average farmer. Theym land, and are too well and favorably ecription. Tbey leave no "water fuir side or level land, when doing reverse used in plowing around land. They handle more cubic inches of board plows. They completely turn under stalk They break up "hard-pan" and pi They leave the ground at bottom < They prepare the soil to withsteni They insure be'ter crops than any SEE US FOR Abbeville Hardw TWENTY-NINTH MOUNTAIN I VIA SOUTHERN AlieilCT 1441 Huuuyi iin Very low round trip rates to the r olina, South Carolina and Tennessee folk, Va., including Asherille, Brevai Hot Springs, Lenoir, Lincolnton, Mari Waynesville, N. C1., also Abbeville, Ai ville, Laurens, Spartanburg, Walhal Spring, S. C. Tickets will be on sale t for all tVains on August Hth, 1908, fr derson, Barnw'ell, Camden, Chester, wood, Newberry, Orangeburg, Prospe Union, S. C. Tickets will be good returning 01 including September 1st, 15H)8. Children between live and twelve For detailed information, tickets, way agents, or address J. L. MEEK, Asst. (Jen. Pass. Agent, Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Thornton's Easy Teetber ba? saved the ves ol hundreds of tables ard will safely irry your baby through the most trying pe- IV odof Us life as It In a guaranteed remedy tor fori eethlDg, Summer Diarrhoea, Flux, ludigee???t all stomach and bowel trouble* of | ifaiitb. 25 cents. For sale by McMarray / mu rug Co. HDd country notrc-bunis, or Easy- ues eetber Medicine Co., Hartwell, Ga. I js '' " * I to f Every home with children should have a / efit dx of Dr. Thornton's Easy-Teetber In 11. A f.i durautttd rtuudy lor all bowel bp<I Mom* al" :h trouble In teething children. 25 cents. tile or sale by McMurray Drug Co. and country trie erchants; or Easy-Teetber Medicine Co., artwell, Ga. f*nt bpe Sully on the War Path Once More. The panic having ended, 1 am again In the al estate market, and will buy or sell lota til i short notice. M. E. Holilugsworth. j frts -v - y ' i i_ALB ! for the Next 30 Days. now 10c. now 8c, 10c and 12$c. rades now 59c and 69c. M.G9. White, tan and cream juat jction in fans that were 25c and 50c. , 75c and $1. eduction, $6 skirts now $4.79. i wide 15c. 36-inch Black Taffeta up at small cost. ind 50c, all bhades. 6 COMPANY. MIES {Excursion, j. k, 1908. 7 I Jard RAILWAY. i, yA. ?rsburg and Richmond.) , N. C., LJL X, JN. U., ACH, N. V. , S. C.: V $10.50 6.50 10.50 ( -famous seashore resorts; Virinl Comfort, Va., and VVrights' rates. lar trains of August 14th, and > and including September 1st, tions or additional information, >r write s / ng Passenger Agent, g., Atlanta, Ga. J. J. PULLER, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Atlanta,J?a. v ' Reversible low i' and a Coin'" inoAn mnltflo 41-tA Plioffonnnnrn micro ujaaco iuo vu?n?uw*.jjM licul and valuable of all disc 'ork on both hillside and level known to need extended deows" in plowing terracep, hilld plowing. Or, they may be ? t soil with less draft than moldb, trash and weeds. ilverize the soil. )f furrow porous and natural, cl either a wet or dry season. other method of plowing. TERMS. are Company. I ANNUAL EXCURSION RAILWAY. h, 1908. >rincipal resorts in North Car, Washington, D. ('., and Nor d, Flat Rock, Hendersonville, on, Saluda, Shelby, Tyron and idersoii, Glenn Spring, Ureen11a and White Stone Lithia 0 the above mentioned points om Abbeville, Allendale, AnDenmark, Greenville, Greenrity, Spartanburg, Sumter and 1 any regular train up to and years of age, half fare. , etc.} apply to Southern liail J. C. LUSK, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. <J. Kxcdlent Heallh Advice. rrs. M. M. Davison, of No. 379 Gifi Ave., San Jose, C'al., hays: "Tlie rth of Electric Bitters as a peneial lily remedy, for headache, biliouss and torpor of the liver and bowels o pronounced that I am prompted ay a word in its favor, for the benof those seeking relirf frcni fcuch ictions. There is more health .'or digestive oigaus iu a bottle ol ElecBitlers tliau iu any otlur lemtdy I )w of." Sold uuder guaiautee at ed's drug store. 50c. Icdd SnrlccH and Horrli Lltbla Water b every wttk, al C. A. Milfoid & Co. I 1