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t I MK f <> The Press and Banner bv W. W. and W. R, Bradley. HUGH WILSON, Editor. ABBEVILLE, S. C. M-Publlshed every Wednesday at $2 a year In advanoe. Wednesday, Oct. 28,1908. Extract from Bird, Game and Non-Miga a~ Cidli I nujp a! Cniith Pirnlina IVI J I Oil una VI VVMtll VHI vunm Section 617. At no lime during the year Bhall there be any permanent obstructions 01 any kind or nature whatever m any ol the Inland creeks; streams or waters ol me State to the lree migration ol fl?h; nor shall any seine, net or any plan or device lor the stoppage or collecting ol Ash which obstructs any portion ol any creek, there shall be a close lime in all the .creeks, streams and Inland waters of the State, irom the setting ol the sun each Thursday until the rising ol the sun on each Monday, during whlcn lime an RAineH. nets or any plan or de7ise for the stoppage or collecting of fish which obstruct* any portion of any creek, stream or Inland waters, other than a dam lor manufacturing purposes, shall be removed from aald creeas, streams or inland waters; and any person or persons using any such seine, net, plan or devise In violation 01 the provisions oi this Section shall be deemed guilty of a mlsdtmeanor, and upon oonvlctlon thereof before any court of competent Jurisdiction shall be fined In the sum of two hundred dollars, onehalf of which shall go to the lmormer ana the other half to the courts In whloh the case ball be tried, ftr be imprisoned Tor a period of not less than three nor more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court trying the case. AtuiiiiUK uerciii wuwiucu num %? Ashing with dip nets used by band. IMPURITIES NOT TO BE CAST IN FISH STREAMS. Sea 519. Should any person or persons cause lo flow Into or be cast Into any of ibe creeks, streams or lnlaad waters o 1 this State, any impurities that are poisonous to flub or destructive to their spawn, such person or persons shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished with a line of not lees that Ave hundred dollars, or Imprisonment ol not less than six months in the County Jail; the line to go one-half to the Informer and the other half to the County. NO FISH TRAPS TO BE KEPT UP NEAR THE DAMS ON ANY N WIGABLE STREAMS. Sec. SSI. It shall not be lawful for any person whomsoever, at any time, to erect or keep up any fish trap or other devloe lor catcblng flsb, or to fish with any net or seine, within eighty yards of any dam erected by the order or at the expense of the State across any stream Intended thereby to be made navigable, In which dams there shall be left or constructed any sluice for the passage of flab; and all and every person or persons offanriln* ahull rnruohanil AVArv nffeme DBV the a am of twelve dollars, to be recovered before the Court of General Sessions of the County where the offense may have been oommltted, one-half of which penalty shall \ go to the Informer and the other half to the support of the work to whloh the dam la attached; and all trapa and other devices for catching flsh ereoted or kept up in violation of this Section are hereby declared publlo nulsanoea and may be abated as such. The right to take flsh In a navigable river is oommon to all, and any party ha* the right to oonatruat flsh trapa beyond the prescribed distance from tbe dam,?Boatwrlgbt v. Bookman, 2 Rice, 447; JaokBon v. Lewis, Chev., '. * 259. PENALTY FOR OBSTRUCTING NAVIGATION BY FI8H TRAPS. ' See. 629. If any person shall keep, put, or ( cause to be kept, put or placed by him, her or ( them, any flab trap In or near any boat alulce In any of the rivers within ihla State so as thereby to Injure or In the least obatruot tbe free navigation of aald rivers, every such person or persona eo offending shall lorlelt for each and every Bocb offense tbe sum of one hundred dollars, for th? use of the Slate. Boalwrlght v. Bookman, 2 Rice, 447; Jack? son v. Lewis, Chev., 259. STEALING FROM A FISH TRAP; PENALTY. Sec. 523. Any person who shall take and carry away from any flsh trap In tbe waters of this State any flsh caught and being In said trap with Intent to defraud and deprive the owner or ownera of said trap of the aald flsh shall be deemed gollty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof by Indictment shall be pnbllshed for said offense by fine not exceeding two handred dollars and Imprisonment not exceeding six months. Boatwrlght v. Bookman, 2 Rice, 447. KILLING FIBH BY DYNAMITE, ETC. Bee. 027. It Bhall be unlawful for any person to kill, lDjnre or destroy any flsh In tbe fresh waters of this State by tbe ase of dynamite, giant powder or other explosive material,and any person violating this seotlon sball be deemed gnllty of a misdemeanor and be lm prisoned lor not more than 8lx months or be fined sot more than one hundred dollars, or both fine and Imprisonment at the discretion of the oonrl: Provided, Ibat nothing herein contained shall be construed to forbid the use of explosive material by the officers of the State or United States Government in the discharge .of their official duties: Provided, further. That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the use of any such explosive material by any person or corporation mining phosphate rocks in any of the navigable streams of this State under license from the State. An Act to Protect Fish by the Regulation of the Sale of Dynamite and Other Similar Explosives. NO PERSON TO SELL EXPLOSIVES EXCEPT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. Section 1, Be it enacted by th& uenerai Assembly of the Slate ot South Ca:ollna, That noperion shall sell, deliver or dispose ol dynamite or Blmllar powerful explosives, except ordinary gunpowder, unless Bucb person knows the purchaser or the party .to receive the same, and Is satisfied that the explosive Is not to be used for killing fish, and then only upon a written application from party desiring to purchase, stating the purpose for which be dealres to use the said explosives; and a person aelllDg, delivering or aispoalDK ot such explosive shall keep & book Id which shall be recorded the name of the purchaser or party to whom the explosive Is delivered, the quantity bo sold or delivered, and the date of such sale or delivery. SWORN REPORTS. Seo. 2. That such person selling or keeping for sale the explosives mentioned In Section 1 of this Aot be required to make sworn quarterly reports of Buch sales, name and race of purchaser or purchasers, amount sold and date of sale, to the County Auditor of each County. PENALTY. Sec. 3. Any person violating Sectloa l of his Aot shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by fine not to ex-ceed one hundred dollars or Imprisonment not to exceed thirty dayB. Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1908. ? PENALTY F()R FISHING OR TRESPASSING IN ANY MANNER Sec. 534. Whenever any one shall have made or created an artificial pond on his own' land, and shall put therein any flab or J 0tf?? of ?uy ftiq 4r 6jf?Ur, rov pufpo** mC breeding and cultivating flub or oyatera, an ft ?hall give notice thereof, by written or printed handbills, put up In public places near the said pond, any person or persons wbo shall thereafter enter In about auoh pond for the purpose of fishing, or shall eaten or iaae away any fish or oysters therefrom, or sbal' be guilty of committing any trespass upon any arllfiolal fish pond by fishing In the same, or In any manner using any means to destroy the fish or oysters raised or oolleoted in suoh pond, or by breaking the dam or dams lor the purpose of permitting the fish or oysters to escape, or by poisoning the same, or In any manner destroying or Injuring the same, upon conviction, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to a fine of not less tban twenty dollars nor more tban one hundred dollars, or be Imprisoned, at the discretion of the Court' which fine.il imposed,shall go one-half therel of to ibe Informer anil the other half thereo lo the person or perbons whose property shall have been injured: Provided, Tliat nothing ID this section shall be construed as applying to ponds ustd as water power lor manufacturing purposes. POISONING WATERS OF STREAMS UNLAWFUL: PENALTY. Sec. 535. It Bball be unlawful for any person In Una Stale to lake any tiout from the streams thereof, by Impregnating ibe waters with poisonous or deleterious subatanoea; and tiny peieon violating t^ls provision shall, upon conviction tbereol, be lined ten dollars lor every such oflense, or be Imprisoned not less than ten days; which fine, If imposed, shall go one-hall thereof to the Informer, and the other half to the school fund of the County In which such offense shall have been committed. An Act to Prohibit Trespass. UNLAWFUL TO ENTER LANDS FOR CER TAIN PURPOSES. Section 1. Be It enacted by the General Assembly ol the Stale of South Carolina, That from and after the approval of this Act, any person or penoDB entering upon the lands ol another, lor any one of the following purposes of hunting, fishing, trapping, netting, gathering irull, straw or surf; vegetables, berbs or cutting timber on the same, without the consent of the owner or manager thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not more than twenty dollars, or be imprisoned at hard labor not more than thirty days lor each and every offense. FINES AND FORFEITURES, HOW TO BE RECOVERED AND DISPOSED OF. . Sec. 541. All of the penalties and forfeitures mentioned In the preceding section shall and may be reoovered before any Magistrate in the County where any of the said oflenses shall be oommltted, and when received shall be divided and paid one-half to and for the * *'? n? ? wHowtt fha r\f. use of the poor 01 vuuui/ nueiv . tense shall be committed and the other half to the person who will Inform for the same; and the oath of one creditable witness, or the oonfesslon of the party accused, shall be allowed as sufficient evidence to convict the offender by every Magistrate before whom Information shall be made of any of the offenses aforesaid: Provided, That where the owners of any lands shall prosecute for any unlawfal hunting aDd ranging on bis or her lands, the oath of sach owner shall be sufficient evldenoe to convict the offender; but In that case the whole penalty ahall go to the use of the poor of the County. BEATS THE WORLD'S RECORD. NON-BUSTIBLE COTTON?NON-BUSTIBLE WAREHOUSE?THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM GUARD ALL FROM FIRE. / The Most Remarkabla Instance of Cotton Fires is on Record at Abbeville. On Wednesday morning of last week about 3 o'clock, Mr. J. M.Klrby In hla rounds, as watchman of the oil mill, which U on the opposite side of the street, oast his other eyeat the Abbeville warehouse, when be saw water running out of the door on the lower floor. Although he saw no evidence of fire,smelt no cotton, saw no light, yet opon going to the building he heard water flowing lnilde. In circumstances like these be ;felt waranted In breaking open a door. Going to the platform In the rear which Is on the level with the second story, he broke open the back door. He heard the flow of water, and with the aid of hla lantern, be discovered that there had been a Are in the room. The facts, as well as we oould learn, were about In tbls way. On examining the premises early in the mornlne. it was discovered that the flre bad started at the end of a bale, whlob fire bad made Blow progress, became, It is supposed, for lack of air. When tbe Are burnt through tbe floor, which Is iald double, It Is supposed tbe fresh air from below Increased tbe Are to a flame which spread to tbe celling, blacking It, and opening two outlets of tbo sprinkler system, wblcb sent a flood ol water on tbe flre, and extinguished it, without tbe aid or assistance of any one. Except for tbe runing water from the building tbe flre would not have been known before tbe business hours, but except for tbe water tbe warehouse and its contents would have been in ruins. A sprinkler system tbat will, unaided, put out a flre in a wareroom filled with cotton, Is, for many reasons, worth Its weight in gold. 1. It la worth something to know tbat a warehouse is protected from flre. 2. It worth mncb in tbe cost of lnsurane. Before Mr. Cox put In tbe Bprlnkler system tbe cost of lnsui lng a 850 bale of cotton was 70 cents a year. Since tbe sprinkler system was put In, tbe cost of insuring a 850 bale ol cotton lor a year is only 7 cents, and tbe in surauce luiu^aujco ^icict iuv vuvo^w* **? with the sprinkler system, than the higher rate without the sprinkler system. Id this fire which was put out without the aid or knowledge of human hands, the loss on eight baleB was estimated and paid at S160. Mr. Cox estimates the value of the cotton Id the warehouse at 8130,000. He bad insurance to fully cover tbatamouot. As an object lesson we would olte: The recent fire In the warehouse at Rook Hill where 700 bales were stored the loss was estimated at 135,000 or $40,000. Without our sprinklers there would have been a big loss to building and contents. Mr. Cox, the President of the warehouse company, on seelDg the damage to the cotton, Immediately bought other bales to replace the lDjured cotton, and replaced the Injured bales with perfect bales. And so the owners are fully prcteoted. While it la true that the burnt bales were as wet as water could make them, yet there were sparks In tbe inside. These bales were thrown out on the ground, where they were yemeruajr. Mr. W. T. Maglll, the manager 0/ the warehouse, on his arrival at his usual hour lor coming thought to test the water and turned It on with the two plugs still open. He thinks a man would drown If be were shut up In a bouse with this sprinkler system turned on. He now has no sort ot uneasiness about flre. The bale from which the fire originated was| brought from toe on mm giuueij' uu mo evenluK before the fire. Although the fire burnt a hole In the floor above the cotton In the lower floor no spark reached the bales over which the Are wan burning. In the room where the Are originated were 200 to 800 bales. In the room below 500 bales were stored. Mrs.J.B. Brltt went yesterday to Orage> burg wltb ber daughter, Miss Sara Brltt, where the young lody baa been awarded a scholarship In an Institution in that city. Tt,? T YV7 ?^L,. w. I Now have on e: ( greatest line of ill ~ ^ lwA. \ Misses' Cloaks e' I ill 1/1 | this market, an< vlvllilUJ desiring to pure [ will surely do we \ look before buyij ?CLOTHING J Our Clothing Departmen consisting of Men's and B the cheapest?it is wise to the celebrated Strouse Br and fabric of which are country, and we guarante Consult your int< our Cloaks, Over before making } TheL. W. W ^ III ^ Young Men's Clothes Ederheimer, Stein & Co., Ma ^ LL your pet ideas of ho\ 11 Fall overcoat should loc expression in the new styles showing. Most Young Men's < are lacking in either smartnes feet fit or right tailoring. Th correct in all three respects. Some of jrou haven't worn one of thei soldier-like, button-to-the-neck-coats. You've i tli*m nn nth.ri. You'll want other* to admil on you. We're showing several styles; in rich olives and other medium and dark shades Ederheimer-Stein name is guarantee of qualit | Perrin Clothing: * * ' ** V . * - ' \ ' \ V * White Go J( tliibition th?3 \ ' Ladies' and I ^ ? " ver shown in IQ\ D i/v (fl Q [1 a any persou III J)/J tiase a uioan it - ? t 11 to give us a n g. Prices I DEPARTMENT? t is now full to overflowing, oys' Suits and Overcoats from buy?to the best. We handle os. High Art Clothing, the fit unsurpassed by any in the e our prices to be right. V ?rest by examining coats and Clothing rour fall purchases. MITE CO I I gc=n _ ' ?Tl T x' ||lL Anderson i tip*. Phosphate J and Oil | Company 1 Has a limited . t amount of choice GRADE vs Fertilizer we're clothes is, per- ready for the grain ese are sowers. n L ie long, admired T re them ? browns, D. S.VANDIVER . Tho ' Manager, ^ Anderson, - S. C. Co. 1 ! i " / ->. TV V HOI MEAT unsHi SHI ABBE nHrm itA/lniT iimibuaj The Show this yea and in a More Coi ever before to in standing and ra Delight their Tin Many Entirely New ? i , -I il u p. i rew ot me many rc ffarion Sheridan and Her Troi 'rof. Buckley's Herd of Perfoi the Largest Elephant in t 103EDALE, the Beautiful Te AKE, Largest Gorilla ever E ten inches in height and Strength, marvelous agilit to behold. ' A Truly Wonderful Pi 100 People~25 20 FUWW PROF. WHEELEI .'he Flower and Pick of Feat Program Extant, startling carrying the spectators by i the"ktng^hf beai^^h ' Menagerie July king the m ittle ones jg h oil AH ENDLESS PROGRAM FREE STR Sep the Free Spectacular Sti Ground PERFORM. Afternoon at 2 o'cli 4 . / ' ' . ,. v i. . f. , 11 III IIW WMJJ'IM Ill ,|1 III I, rf ' HE O LONDON DWS 1 V ' ' il AT ? iVILLE I ON? ,J ,0ct. 29th. 1 ; . jf t \ > r is Bigger and Better mmanding position than aintain their unrivaled nk, and to Amaze and 7 > uisands of Patrons. i ^ 5 . and Exclusive Features! v: v,i latures You Will See: < ipe of Performing Lions. \VT ming Elephants, including iuchess, he World. /'-JM n Thousand Dollar Kentucky Horse. Exhibited in America. He is five feet weighs 150 pounds; has tremendous y, and his powerful arms are a wonder ' 'V? ?.? ?? i isplay of Trained Animals S 0 Horses and Ponies Y CLOWNS! * 'A I'S MILITARY BAND. ure Performers from all nation, in a struggles and ludicrous revelries, 3torm and wildly applauded by all, 11S FAMILY IflTN IQA7_ THE AQOV( PICTURE IS A DAILY IQxIJU/" SCENE WITH THIS SHOW. Mgt a ELEPHANTS llif CAMELS 1 K W LIOXS I WKT I MONKEYS I OF SUBTLIHG" EVENTS I EET PARADE ~ "? ? r> xV. Cil eet ?arade starling irom ine ouuw s at 10 a. m. &NGES DAILY-2 jck, Night at 8 o'clock.