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II II I II I I I n?? The Press and Banner bv W. W. and W. R, Bradley. HUU11 WILSON, Editor. j , ABBEVILLE, !*?. C. WPabllshed every Wednesday at 82 a ear in advance. Wednesday, Feb. 24, 1909. Shankhigh Cotton Seed About two years ago congressman Aiken distributed bis small quata ol free cotton seed some eighty ball-peck Basks to the entire district. One oftbe varieties sent out was the "Shankhlgh seed." Tbis variety ol cotton ban been variously cussed aud discussed. One gentleman planted tbe seed on tbe richest spot ol ground on his place and gave tUe patch every attention. He exhibited some stalks here la Abbeville that bad grown higher than a man on horstback coulil reach, and there was very little Iruiton it. It would have taken a book and ladder company to have gathered the little fruit that was on it. JBut we are prepared now to say that the lault was in the farmer and not In the seed. Tbe Shankhigh cotton seed are for poor land and when planted on rich land no ammonia whatever should be ustd. Potash and pbosponic acid may be ustd In abundance but no ammonia Shankbigh is essentially a poor land cotton. Here is an illustration of what it will do on poor land wltbJuBl half a chance. In January, 1907 Mr. J. K. Deason, of Mc_ Cormick received a gallon of Shankbigh seed from Mr. Aiken which be planted on outfonith of an acre of poor land using only twenty-live pounds of standard fertilizer. Through the month of July the stalk grew luxurantly but little or no fruit appeared. His neighbors passed by and laughed at him, Bud In time be lost hope himself, resolving that be would plant no more Sbankblgb seed. But through August the fruit began to pile on and Mr. Deason picked 720 pounds ot seed cotton off of his little patcb In the fall. The next year, 1908, he planted three acres on poor sandy land with Sbankblgb seed, and three acres of the same land rlgbt beside U, wilb Truitt seed. He pnt 100 pounds ol standard fertilizer to the acre under eacb patcb. In the fall be getbered 1047 pounds ol lint cotton ;.nd 400 pounds of seed cotton off tbe Sbankbigh patcb and he gathered less than BOO poundsof lint off of the Truitt patch He Is seeling all of the seed he can spare at $1.00 per bushel. Tbe department 16 not sanding out any more of these seed as they change the variety every year. , Senator Gary Rakes Immigration Commission. Senator F. B. Gary, in a well prepared speech called the Immigration Commission I to task for its long continuance on so exper- 1 give a scale, tie wouia ntce to nave a report from the Commission. Among other things he charges that one member of the Commleslon, a professor In a Western College, bat drawn an annuel salary of $7500 without losing a single day from his College work. He also N charges that a secret service agent Is drawing a like sum, with no evidence of a commensurate return In services. He does not d^ny the necessity for Investigation of the Imml gratlon question, and be urges a tightening . of the Legislative screws on this subjcct. " His purpose in urging a report of the Com mission Is that Congress, with the proper lights before It, may procced more Intelligent- > ly to shut out the ignorant and pauper Immigrant. ? Senator Gary gave some rather startling b figures from criminal records, of the per cent ^ .of crime, cbargable to the foreign element In suc? cities as New York, Chicago and even ~M staid old Boston. tl ?, > ? P Gladly Help Him to Start a Paper. * Yesterday Mr. Mtlvin A. Jones, a gentle- ^ man living near Abbeville, came Into the 81 ofllce of the editor of the Press and Bannen 11 and after seating himself comfortably, stated f8 calmly that be wished to start a paper. ai Rumors bad bten circulated to tbe eflect that 13 anew paper In Abbeville was a thing of the S1 near future, but none was looked for from thfo M r Tahqq colrl I Vio I Via hod Kaon f^ vuio cvui a** a s u uuvo cuiu iunt uv wnu www trying to see tbe editor for this purpose for P something like three months. 11 Just as the editor was gettlDg his breath to give requested Information tbe gentleman 8 Bald: Well 1 am glad J saw you. Just atari 11 tbe paper to me on route 4 Abbeville, next w week. a i a Fish Suited to Pond. * Mr. Jakle C. Rykard and Rev. John War- a ren, each recently completed a flsh pond. - f. DeBlrlng scientific lnlormatlon as to tbe best y flsh with which to stock their ponds they p wrote to tbe Fish Commission, lor the lnfor- t,] matlon. Mr. Rykard said In describing his pond to tbe Commission tfcat it was 1100 feet g. long, 700 leet wide and 1-ifeet deep, while that cl of Rev. "W arren's was 9C0 feet loDg, 500 feet u wide and 12 feet deep. Tbe Commission In / response to their Inquiry promptly replied gi that they should stock their ponds witb y oMonntrwo irholoa onH hlnnnnAtoml on/1 (hot 14 aiic^oiviDi n uai^D nuu auu luai jj they would try to furnish same at once. M 11 New Commissioners. ji The Legislature made for Abbeville County appointment of new County Commissioner*, ti Mr. "W. D. Morrab of Bellevue and Mr. A. M- tl Ervln of Antrevllle. Tbe appointments are good. These men will give of their very besi 01 service to the Cofcnty. gi ? g< Mr. John Wilkinson, an honored survivor 11 of the Mexican war was In town last Mon- B day, looking bale and hearty. He is now as M - far as we are lnlormtd, one of only two of the n survivors in this State of the old Palmetto Regiment wblcb placed tbe first American &1 flag on tbe walls of tbe city of Mexico. Fred- M erlck W. Seileck, who now sleeps In Upper g' Long Cane cemetery, was the beaier of that flag. After coming home be sickened and P died in 1852. Mr. Wilkinson was one of 29 out M of 100 that went In the company from Abbe- m ville to Mexico and came back. A few were killed in battle, but a greater number died of M disease incident to camp life, bad water and g< malaria. Mr. Wilkinson, we believe, is the M oldest man hereabout, being now 82 Ills el health Is good, his appetite Is good, and be tl sleeps as &oundly as a babe. Long may be oi J 1 ve lO give H1J (JBUJJ11I5 Ul CUCOIIUILCSB tlliU >< to teacb us the art of preserving oar lives. at G O Dr. J. Lowrle Wllfon bas promised to make a speech for some of our neighbors on commemoration or memorial day, or the day on which we strew flowers on the graves of our heroic dead. The Doctor will take the Con- a federate soldier as his text, and will draw let- 01 sons from his valor, as an Inspiration to the 01 new generation that bas come upon the scene " since the old soldiers have gone to their rest. lt o: tt fr The stock of the People's Bank at Abbeville w now commands a premium of sixty percent. That Is to say, that every share of 5100 Is lt worth 5160. ? n o ? Yesterday was Dr. J. Lowrle Wilson's ? birthday, but which one be did not say. C ' v 8 a If it Is leather goods you want, Miltord has wbat yon want. . > * x ^i b ? THE NEW CO lo Dispensary Money in the New Building b] It is being alleged by a good man House is being paid for by the profits refutation of such a charge, we woulc provisions of the law iu referonce to t profits and the act providing for the ] Court Honse. Sect. 18 of what is known as the < lows: "On the first days of January, A year, the County Dispensary Board si sworn statement of the profits of each the three months preceeding eaid da recorded by him in a book kept for tl with by said Board once in a news pi ty. The Board shall file a copy thei otlicers: The County Treasurer,^the C Superintendant of Education, and th or town wijthin which a Dispensary said days shall divide the profits into be paid to the Connty Treasurer fo: third to the County Treasurer for the and bridges as may be determined bj tion three of this act and one third I pality ill which said Dispensary is 1( Except in the counties of Abbevu caster where tha profis shall be equall for ordinary County purposes and the sary is located for municipal purposes next session of the Legislature, in 190 distribution of the funds arising from Abbeville'Countyy it is provided th 9ale of alcoholic liquors in Abbeville lows: Oue third to the County, one tl third to the public schools of the Cou Then again?In "an act to raise i for the.fiscal year commencing 1908" 'For the county of Abbeville, forord one half of one mill; one and a quart interest and principal of the debt for and one ha/f of one mill for paying pi completion of and furnishing the Net So it will be seen that in all these sition of the dispensary fund and the there is not one word said which woi grounds for the statement that the Co dispensary profits. As well say that the inmate9 of tl ported on the profits from the dl9peni who are paid salaries, are paid in thai Court House is being paid for out of 1 iEORGE WASHINGTON : PARTY. & v IOT BEING ABLE TO COME HIMSELF, 8, HE WAS REPRESENTED BY PROXY. I ^ L liss Maggie Brooks Entertains Hun- 0 dreds of Her Friends on Her Natal B .Day. / 0 . u On last Monday evening Miss Maggie c irookegavea George Waehltgton party at b er home In tble city./ A great number of c eautlful young wooden and handsome oung men lent tbe charm of tbelr presence, rblle many who were older grown were tiere to add tbeir blessing to tbe younger b eople. Many were tbere In costumes of tbe most ai ronder(ul design and of tbe querest creation. 0 len may don all sorts of trlmmlne?, and v 1111 be handsome men. Women may sport ? le oddest forms of beadgear and tbe most intastlc Ideas of drapery, but tbe sweetest ? Dd tbe best thing In bats or In Ibe great p uffs of balr, Is a pretty face that reflect! tbe b Dod lieait wltbln. e] Bilore tbe party broke up rain bfgan to ^ ill aod "hit hep a drappln" so long that tbe retty girls had to face tbe damprecs with 1( a Incident Injury to femlne altlre. j Halls and rooms were decorated with ever- p reeup, baicbets, leaves and cherries. In b 3e splendid parlor decorations were In red, a 'hlte and blur. George and Mkrtha received tbe gacsts In k 11 tbe splendor and eleearice for wblcb ^ ristocracy of the Colonial days were dlstln- R ulsbed. | Tbe prettiest little girls' In all the world a nd tbe handsomest boys In Abbeville grace- gl illy danced tbe minuet, wblle MIib Lois fl Alison skilfully touched the keys of the a lano that filled the air wlih the sweetest and h le best of music. , e Mies Mary Graydon, with a charm and t race that would make the angels Jealous, re- a ited tbe poetry previous to and In ezplana- (, on of tbe dance wblch was to follow. f( Tbe dancers came, out with their partners r] 8 follows: gl Lisa Nona Barksdale, Master Marlou Turner. a LIss Edna Bradley, Master William Hughes. C( Lisa Mary Graydon,Master Edward McDavld. w [188 Mary Milford, Master Allen 8mltb. w llss Katie McDlll, Master Andrew MoDUl. [lss Mary Helgler, Master William Bradley. Miss Scully managed tbe dance to perfecon, and tbe youDg folk won tbe plaudits of le cbarmlDg on-lookers. The orchestra was In tbe canvas enclosure n the piazza from which the sweetest music 0j reeted the coming visitor and gave a hearty fC i>d-speed to the departing guest. In this lusfcal quartette were Included Miss Lorena eacbam, pianist, Mr. James Mill, Mr. Berto IcDavld, acd another whose name we did otlearn, At tbe entrance, In costume that would ave eclipEed all tbat George ever wore, iartln Cheatham opened tbe door and m reeted tbe coming guest. u. At the door Mrs. Fred Cason, Mrs. Roy w ower. Mrs. C. C. Gambrell, Mr. J. R. Devlin, ir. Robert Greene and Mr. Henry Wilson ti lade a pleasant reception for all. lo In tbe Iront 10cm MUs Brooks, Miss Foster, [r. and Mrs. P. A. Cbeatbam and Mtb. Rln- a( in Tbomsou, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Miller, Mrs. \\ [. H. Wilson received tbe guests In a style ee egance surpassing tbat of any of the recep w ons of George and Martba at tbelr mansion a tbe Mount Vernon eminence that overDOks tbe Patomac. . Guests were then ushered into tbe grand " ssembly hall where tbey were presented to ^ eorge and Martba by Mrs. Mazyck, Mrs. jj( ullock, Mrs. R. Hill, Mrs. McDill, Mrs. W. w . Graydon. fo On this interesting occasion Mr. W. W. b| radley personated George so well tbat we q, Imost felt sure tbat George was present not ^ oiy In the spirit but In tbe flesh and blood w F tbe great American. Acd we know tbat Martha bad 6een the pret'y Impersoniflca- P] on ol herself in the youngand pretty person I Mrs. James Hill that she would, in con- Q] implation of her own locks, have Jumped om tbe top of tbe hill right Into the flowing aters of the historic Potomac. Intoxicated with the pleasures of tbe even>K, guests who would sober themselves then jpalrtd to ihe place where the host had v tilled tbe flowing bowl until It did run ? ver." Here those who were in fact them- b found Miss Scully, Miss Bessie Lee D 'heatham, Miss NlDa Wilson, and Mr. Geo. I y mltbservlDg that nector which was flt for B II the gods. 118 Then ttoe guests were presented with hatch-' d ' / mWT It?The People Pay tor' f Direct Taxation. i iy persons that our New Court i from the County dispensary: In J 1 call attention to the following i he disposition of the dispensary , payment 6f the costs of the New * j ( L'ary-Cothran act, provides as fol- j < pril, July, and October in every lall tile with the Clerk of Court a Dispensary in the County, for tes, respectively, which shall be latnurnose, and published forth ?per published within-the Coun eof with each of the following ounty Supervisor and the County e Mayor or Intendant of any city may be located; and upon the J three equal parts?one third to ( r ordinary county exjicnses] one County school fund or for roads r the election provided for in sec:o the Treasurer of the munici>cated, for ordinary expenses,? le Union, Newberry, and Lanly divided between the Counties i town or city where a dispen. Then in an act passed at the 8, being "an act to provide for the the sale of Alcoholic Liquors in J at all moneys arising from the county shall be distributed as foliiird to the city of Abbeville; one nty of Abbeville. supplies and make appropriations the following taxes are levied: icary county purposes one and er mills for the purp9se of paying i the New Court House, and one . ' bicipal and interest of -debt for [ v Court House. I acts in reference to the dispobuilding of the New Court House j uld connect the two, or furnish ' f urt House debt is being paid from , 'I lie asylum for the poor, are sup3ary or that our County offlciaifr t wav. as to sav that the New ;be profits of that institntion. U, cocked bata and other platters filled wltb be nicest and the sweetest of the solids that vet find tbeir way dc wo the red lane to the Itadei ol lite. Id tbe dining room Mrs. Lncy Thomson. Irs. Livingston, Mrn. Sberard and Mrs. R. 0. Alison did tbe honors, while tbe guests were i Brved by tbe prettiest waiters that ever reeled the eye of any old bachelor. They reri: Mips Irene Rosenburg, Miss Louise teBruhl, Miss Eugenia Robertcon and MIbs , ioIsWDsou. \ Cbanriellers, cocked bats and garlands decrated the walls ol every part of the hoQBe, rblle tbe rooms were filled with tbe sweetest nd brightest forms of living beauty. This Id bachelor held his heart Id bis band, ready j throw It at tbe feet of any one of tbe 1 harming women who might not be afraid of | elng courted. He has for ages sought to be I rowned with ' 'A woman's heart and a woman's life, -t And a woman's wonderful love." I But on this occasion they were all afraid ol , elng courted. ' While tbe little folk were dancing and ( eewilngly not knowlDg what to do with their , ther foot, we were reminded of a lecture rbicb Dr. Bonner gave this editor when he j ras a boy. Alter he bad served bis appren- , keehlp at the printing business wltb the 1 octor, be, in tofcen of bis appreciation of his 1 rlnter boy's past services offered to board , im for flvA wppks until the end of the ses* ( Ion of the school which be was teaching and fhlch school afterward developed Into what ) now Dae West Female College, bnt which i (act should be the Bonner College, even as zander College 1b nBmed lor 11b founder. The rlnter boy was appointed to make a ppeech eloie tbe tcbool in a succeeding Friday Itemoon. At tbe appointed lime be apeared at lbe proper place for tbo speaker, landing fpiadcle fooled, be made bis bow as ieM be could, and c<nmrnced and ended bis \ ercb In 11: If way. "The love of our country aotie of ibe noiut-M panFlons that can warm nd animate the Lum htait." He bad forDtten tbe rest of tbe speech, and running a nger In tbe button bole of bis coat, frankly | cknowkdged tbe fact. Still standing tbere efore tbe whole school Dr. Bonner proceed- j d to tell tbe printer boy bow be should have nade bla bow .and then Dr. Bonner gave ezmple or leBBon In tbe art of making a grace' 1 ll bow. He ?ald: "bring tbe heel of tbe rlgbt 1 x>t to tbe hollow ol tbe left foot with tbe Igbt foot pointing to tbe right at nearly an cute angle from tbe left foot. Then to mabe , graceful bow was *asy encugb. But nobody )uld make a gracelul bow wblle standing 1th tbe feet inches apart, wblle tbe toes ere pointing straight to the front." - . i i Sunday ServiceLast Sunday was a pleasant day, and no. 3dy could have been kept away on account r tbe weather. The attendance was as i tllOWF.-. Baptist.... 100 Methodist 138 A. R. Presbyterian 52 Presbyterian 170 j i 4fifl < Tbe Episcopal church was closed. Of the ' lembersblp oi that congregation It Is e?tl lated that of tbe above numbers twenty ere from the Episcopal church. Tbe usual .tendance at tbe Episcopal church Is esmated at forty, one half of whom were I eluded In the counts at the other churches, j Well now. kind reader, It Is -tip to you to t scount for this large attendance at churoh I Mtbout knowing tbe white population. It In j titrated that In Abbeville there are 2,50? bite people. I * 1 M 1 I ispensary Case in Highest Tribunal- ( "he question whether.tbe Ss.000,000 left In tbe andsoftbe State Dispensary Commission, ill be W ft In the hands of tbe state officers r distribution, or will be placed in the ( ands of receivers appointed by the (J, 8. * Durt Is up for adjudication in tbe Supreme J ourt of the United States, and the bearing \ ill terminate today. 1 There are various opinions as to what tbe [ nrllnp of the Court will be. The Press and Banner can not express an ( pinion with the lights before It. j t c t Dispensary Caused Flood. ? Tbe disastrous floods of last August wblob r wept away .so (many bridges In Abbeville * 'ouulyhasat last been explained. It bas een learned, on good authority tbrougb a roblbltlonlst, that tbe flood came to gobble p tbe much despised dispensary money. , ut what of poor Anderson that lost ten dol- t irs to one lost Id this County, and baa no { lepensary money to gobble7 -! 1 J ILJL-JLjiU No Interstate Passes io Newspapers. In response to lnqulrlv from numerous lewspaper men as to whether or not a recent ullng of the Interstate Commerce Com misiton permitted the Issuance of Interstate jasses to newspaper men In exchange for advertising. Mr. Aiken received the following ffhich we publsh as Information: Interstate,Commerce Commission, Washington. . V February 16, 1909. Hon. Wyatt Aiken, M. C., House of Representatives, Washington, D C. Dear Sir: In reply to yonrs of the 11th Instant, I ivrlte to any: Tbe Commission does not at present con:emplate reconsideration of Its ruling to the sffect that Interstate transporallon may not awfully be exchanged for advertising. Tbe Commission believes that this ruling Is merey declaratory of the present law. and Id this jplnlon it has been sustained by a recent leclslou of tbe UDlted States Circuit Court. Yours very trnly, Alartln A. Knapo, Chairman, j Southern Railway Co., Office General Passenger Asrent. io itvm x- out uai jr iuf Issuing Interstate precs traosportation In ex change for newspaper advertising. Hon. Wyatt Aiken, House of Representatives, Washing ton, D. C. My dear Sir: Yours 11th Instant. Herewith copy of imr olrcular No 3031, Issued December 31st, 1900, which Is belf-expianitory. There Is no change in this matter so far as Southern Railway is concerned. Yours truly, W. H. Tayloe, C General Passenger Agent Washington, D. C., Dee. 31,1906 Advertising. To Publisher: Effective January 1, 1907, these Companies will not undertake to pay for advertising with Interstate transportation nor issue intrastate transportation on this account or any other accouut which may be u*ed as any part of any interstate Journey which in any way might be qsed In violation of the existing amended Interstate Commerce Act.' This in accoidance with advice of our Gen eral Counsel and following the rullug of the Interstate Commerce Commission. / W. H. Tayloe. General Passenger Agent. 8. H. Hardwicfc. Passenger Traffic Manager. I1???^? The Name of Jefferson Davis' Restored to Cabin John. It Is a tribute to President Roosevelt's lense of fairness that be has ordered that the ame of Jefferson Davis b? replaced on CabIn John Br'.dge. When Mr. Davis was secretary of war this bridge for many years the longest single arch stone bridge in the world was begun by blm and his name was put on i tablet on tbe western side of tbe bridge.' rbe bridge spans Cabl John Ran at a point ilx miles west from Washington. During he war tbe name was chiseled from the tablet by order of the United States government Robin Coopers Trial Continues. The trial of Robin Cooper, for the killing of Senator Carmack is still in progress. Robin Jooper made a splendid witness in bis own iefense though bis caie has been somewhat weakened by tbe testimony on cross examination of one of bis co defendants, Ex Sheriff, Sharpe. HE 0ES AFTER THE IMMIGRATION iCAiiiauiitiAu uummutdiun. Senate Adopts a Resolution Asking the 'Commission for a Report of its Acts and Expenses. Anderson Mall. * A press dispatch from Washington last nlitbt say*: Tbe Immigration commission, composed In Lbe main of members of tbe senate and of tbe boose of representatives, was tbe subject of ibarp criticism today In tbe senate. Tbe jrltlclsm wpd made In connection with a speech by Senator Gary, of Bontb Carolina, based upon a resolution Introduced by bim elf, directing tbe commission to report to tbe lenate a summary of its acts and lts present work. Mr. Gary bad Dot proceeded far wben be was Interrupted by a number of otber senators. Senator Dillingham, chairman of the comDlsnlon, said tbat while not desiring to Break In npon Mr. Gary's speecb, be was d**'lrous ofglvlDgall tbe Information possible. Be stated tbat In addition to tbe senators ind representatives, wbo are members of sommlsslnn, It was composed or Professor Jenks, of Cornell University; Dr. Wtyeeler, of California and Labor Commissioner Nelll. He also stated tbat. lbe salary of each of tbese Qad been fixed at 87JOO a year, or the equivalent of tbe salaries of senators and members, [n the case of Mr. Nelll sufficient, bad been added to bring bis pay up to that figure. Senator Bailey said: "Never Icr an?bour has that man tNelll earned one third of this imonnt." Mr. Gary deolared that, whether or not the proqlslon creating tbe Immigration commission two years ago, was enacted for tbe purpofe otslde tracking and preventing needed legislation, as some have asserted, tbe people bad a right to expect from It som^suggestlon as a basis for legislation against I tie evils ol Ibe present methods or immigration, bat bad received none. Mr. Qary charged that there was much laxity Id the enforcement of the Immigration laws, and said tbe commission bad already expended upwards of S35S.OOO and be added "the eDd Is not yet." He charged that odo memb?r of the commission received a salary of $7,500 a year and ?200 a month for expenses, aod said be was Informed that this man bad not "lout a day from his regular work as professor since his employmens by the commission." He spoke at length upon the undesirable nature of the Immigration flowing Into this country. Upon the conclusion of Mr. Gary's address Ibe senate adopted bis resolution, calling for Information concerning the work of the irnml gration commission. Furniture and sewing machines going at ridiculously low prices, S. J. Link. WERE MARRIED IN GREENVILLE. Mr. G. A. Shilleto and Miss Florence Parish Married Yesterday. Anderson Mall.] Mr. Geo. A. Sbllleto of this city and MIbb Florence Parish were married at the home of ibe bride's sIMer, Mrs. W. O. Callabam, at ireenvlila yesterday afternoon at rour j'clook. The ceremony was performed by ftev. Z, T. Cody, pastor of the First Baptist :burcn there, in the presence of a number of datives and friends of the young people. Mr. and Mrs. Sbllleto arrived in tbeclty last algbt, and will make their borne wltb Mr. ?nd Mrs. L. A. Dean on River Street, for the present. Mr. Shlllelo la manager of tbe Anderson Metal Manufacturing company, formerly \rcber and Acker, aDd has many friends lere wbo will be Interested In Ibe announcesent of bis wedding, tie is a most excellent poung man, with marked buslnrss ability. Mrs. Shllleto Is well known In Anderson, laving lived berefor some time, and she .lias nude many friends In tbe city, who will warmly welcome ber return. She has recenty been making her bome with her s!?ter In ireenvllle. Popular Boarding House. Mrs. Mary Tnggart having bought tbe E. G. iraydon bomestead has transformed thai louse Into one of tbe most elegant boarding louses to be lound In tbe up-country. Sbe la i worker and knows exactly how to please a vbole bouse full of hoarders, no matter bow tig the house. And tbe boarders knowa good jlace at which to make their bome. That Is be reason Mrs.Taggart always needs a bigger louse and more rooms. She never knew her alent until sbe struck tbe boarding bouse >uslness, and now the prospects are that she vUl get rich, and having no poor kin sbe will >e happy Indeed In the old days that are to ome to ber. Sbe deserves all success and nany friends are pleased that good things are omlng her way. Good judgment, great enrgy and taol bring all Things to itiONewho tokens these qualities, aH dots Mrs. Tnggarl. ier boarding Douse Ik next door to the Bap1st church. I The Cameron Eange can't be jeat, Will not blow up. We sell hem, The L, W. White Co. ' j * , T-- .y, ; V : .m \ ' - *?i - - / Analysis oi Our I I \ f Samples of three brands of our drawn by a State inspector of fer ' by the Clemson College authori ing results: \ Our 8-3-3 ammoniated goods ana Our 8.75-2-2 ammoniated goods a Our 16 per cent..acid analyzes 16. You will make no mistake in bi We are running on quality: Th< they are much above our guarar Several of ouf customers ha on the good, dry, mechanical cc this year. Anderson Phosphal ANDERSON, POWER! POWEB \ If you are thinking of buying line Engine for driving machi would be to your advantage to The Hill-Moseley ABBEVILLE Imillin /av I will be ready albou i\\ with a complete lin | Ladies' and Child ? Chiffons, Malines, Ribl /|\ and everything to be f< I llp-to - Date Milli A Your patronage is re $ cited. Prompt attei T tomailord' 1 Mrs. JAS. S. C || New Building'. West EVERY TWO MIN BY TH A person dies in the United S Do yon know how many die eacl lina, in Abbeville County, from The Great White Plague?cons ber is appalling. Right fiow is the time when" pronounced. If possible, would to protect yourself from its rava NEUFFER LUNG T( is a combination of ingredients antiseptic and healing properti will d? much to prevent you ( tion; for its special action is to e build up the broken down tissue antiseptic. It is of incalculable diseases, measles, colds, grip o] persistent, hacking cough. T] Neuffer's Lung Tonic and testify neglect that cough, it may m grave. Did you ever think of it Neuffer's Lung Tonic is only it may save your life or that oi you than life. ti.a UaU..^.. n. i isc iviomuiiay m \ Don't fail to see us for roofing. A'w,fly , ? Call ai S. J. Link, cottaiseH Hacrifice . . cently ti imil the >?>u a m ltevoIiM at Cold Stfd. >M>piy v? ' proper! v "Your only hope," said three doc'and the tors to Mr.?. M. E. Fisher, Detroit,1 you h"d Mich., suffering from rectal trouble, i110 ' "lien in an operation."? "then I used Dr. King's New Life Pills," she writes, wfl "till wholly cured." They prevent Appendicitis, cure Constipation,Head-j grocer iche. 25c. at Speed's drug atore. Give I * *// Fertilizers. !| fertilizers have been tilizers and analyzed ties with the followlyzes 8.69-3.66-3.60. nalyzes 10.43-2.02-2.11. 87 per cent. ' { lying ouf fertilizers. J 3 analyzes shows that i J itee. ' 1 ve complirpented us j >ndition of our goods 1 ? ( i i le & Oil Co,; Sa C. 'A POWER! a Motor or a Gasonery of any kind, it see or write to Electric Co., : r n 1 lERVl t March 1st ^ ie of x $ ren's Hats, f ions, Veilings & ound ia an w nery Store. | spectfully soli- Sp Qtion given I ers. 'J OGERAZT, i End Square. T UTES / * E WATCH tales of Tuberculosis, i year in South Carotbat dread monster? umption? The numwe see its effects most you not do something ges?? * 'S )NIC I ] ! of recognized tonic, ies. If taken in time jontracting consumpitreDgthen the lungs, s and act as a general benefit in all wasting , r wherever there is a housands have used r to its merit. Don't ean a consumptive's 7 ? 1 50 cents a bottle and ' some one dearer to j < | 110 ftnmiHinv WIEipUIIJ h Looking to Your InlrrcstN. 0 id see rue at once, hs I have two neat b near public square to dispose ot at a y . Three sules of dwellings have re- r een made lu iheoity to new comers, V supply i? running short. Can sell 1 imberof vacant lots, but unless you c rlv cannot till j our hill (or improved ? . Not a vacant dwelling in the city, supply is not equal to demands, so beit look utter the two collages menM. E. JlollingHWoith. (l are overstocked on heavy * ies bought before the rise, j is a call, S. J. Link. " A TOU0H, k living coal, and with iW glo?0 /_ It touched anothpr coal, when, le. The dark form into radiance yrew, And light and cheer beamed forth &MW.' A loving heart, and with its love It touched another heart, which stror# With adverse waves on troubled sea, " When oars were plying heavily, And, lo, through rifted clouds Hope tmlU^ And Love the weariness beguiled. That living coal be mine to glow, That living heart be mine to show. While earth has sorrowing hearts that wait j The opening of Redemption's gate. ?Advance. HOTEL KEYS. Phey Are Carried Off by Gneiti Who Forget to Give Them Up. "Our key fitter is one of the most iro^or:ant men on our staff," said the manager Df a large New Orleans hotel. "He 38 kept busy every day of the year, and < sometimes he is so rushed with wefck that tie has to call in an assistant. It is no exaggeration to say that he averages from 25 to 30 keys a day." "But I would suppose," remarked a listener, "that eveij a big hotel would acquire a sufficiency of keys in the course of time." "So it does," replied the manager, "if the public would only let it keep 'em; but it won't. It would astouish anybody not in the business to know how many guests walk off with their room keys ,when they leave the house. When the average mau gets ready to depart, he packs his valise, I 1 I f- -< __a xl J! ? 4.u~ locks dis aoor aau iiieu gues uircui w uio cashier's wicket to settle his bill. Whea that formality is attended to, he is generally in a rush to get to the depot and ia quite apt to forget that he has omitted to return his key at the clerk's desk. That, at any rate, is the way I account for so much absentmindedness on the < V Bubject. The clerk doesn't discover that \ the key is gone until the chambermaid jjj applies for it to clean up the room, which Is probably an hour or two after the guest 'has taken his departure. Then nothing remains but to call in the kej\y fitter and tell him to prepare a duplicate ; v as quickly as he can. / * "Formerly the hotels tried to guard against this innocent kleptomania," the manager went on, "by having their keys made very large and cumbersome and attaching them to enormous metal tags, the idea being to render it impossible .to put them in one's pocket To that end they were probably a success, but they were such an unmitigated nuisance otherwise, and guests complained so bitterly at the annoyance of handling them, that they were generally discarded. You will still find the plan popular in the country, however, and in small houses that have no locksmiths o"n the premises, and only a week or so ago I dropped into a quaint ? little establishment where the keys were attached to brass disks fully as large as dessert plated and serrated at the edge ' j like circular saws. "At present most of the big hotels use a modest metal check, stamped with theil! address and a request to forward through / the mails if accidentally carried off. All that is necessary is to attach a 3 cent 1 stamp to the tag and drop the key in th? '' nearest letter box. Incidentally I may say that about one man in 50 takes the v trouble. But, aside from the room keys, carried away by guests, a vast number of all kinds disappear through the mysteri- . ous channels ?to oblivion that exist in all' large hotels. They vanish, and that's the end of it?keys to furniture, wardrobe v ' ,keys, closet keys, bathroom keys, keys to , the help's lockers, padlock keys from the outside storerooms, big coal bunker keys, gate keys and keys of every imaginable size, shape and style. They are continually missing and have to be replaced. - '/ If a lost key turns up later, the duplicate Is carefully ticketed and\laid away in *' drawer set aside for that purpose. Bat they seldomvturn up. They have gone to the limbo of lost pins, last season's birds' nests and the snows ot yesteryear."?< t New Orleans Times-Democrat. . ? I Eat All Yon Can, Mother! An old man whose hair and beard wers f cut in a chaste, rural design appeared In one of the table d'hote restaurants the *! -il 5 TT_ L.J US_ !<. V.'m oilier aay. ne uuu uis wuc mm uuu. That was more than the old lady could i say of her hearing. She wau almost stone deaf, which gave everybody a chance to find out what splendid lung* her husband had. , - - ' The meal was luncheon. The price which the old man was asked after he had ordered two meals was 75 cents. "Seventy-five cents!" he exclaimed. "You don't mean apiece?" "Yes, sir." . s: "Gracious!" vjj He thought It over a minute or two. Then he looked at his wife as if considering whether he should try to get the dreaded news past the old lady's tympanum. Evidently he gave it up. But he did what he>could. When the first course came on, he leaned over and shouted in her ear: ( "Eat all you can, mother! Til tell yoil why after, awhile!"?New York Sun. ' - '' Got Hla Tips Direct. One of the shrewdest serving men whc| haa iwmo tn lnt-olv i? o Tcnifpr in th? employ of Whittaker Wright, a London millionaire and director of the Londoo( and Globe Finance corporation. Mr. Wright not long ago discovered that the waiter was practically running & syndi- < cate on the strength of remarks relating to the mining transactions the millionaire "J let fall at home. From the day that Mrj Wright discovered it that syndicate be*| gan to experience a series of misfortunes^ and from that hour forth the face of tha j domestic, formerly so bright, became more and more careworn^ The ultimata fate of the syndicate was what might have been expected.?M. A. P. J 1 A Coin Collector. Mrs. Goodart?Yon seem t#have som^ sducation. Perhaps you were once a professional man? Howard Hasher?Lady, I'm a numismatist by profession. J Mrs. Goodart?A numismatist? : Howard Hasher?Yes, lady. A collector! >f rare coins. Any old coin is rare to me. ? I ?iixcnange. j Suitable Book*. Customer (hesitatingly)?I suppose?er ?you have some?er?suitable books for I man?er?about to be married? Bookselleiv-Certainly, sir. Here, John, jhow this gentleman some of our account j aooks?largest size.?London Tit-Bita. j _______ ? L'and cultivated by irrigation is more productive than land where rainfall mo!? :ure alone is sufficient to mature th? rrops. ^ An average sheep yields 91 pounds of , neat, 43 pounds ?f fat and 18 pounds ol uJo and wool, . J i Don't (lift a Divorce. A western judge graDted a divorce n account of ill-temper and bad reatb. Dr. King's New Life Pills ?ould have prevented it. They cure , Constipation, causing bad breath and jiver Trouble, the ill-temper, dispels olds, banish headaches, conquer hills. 2oc at Speed's drugstore. No more divorces. r Hubby" will stay a lover true, ]very wife his only sweetheart, too, ^ 'erpetual matrimonial bliss 'twill be, f both take Hollister's Rocky Mouatain Tea. C. A. Milford & Co. ' .. ^ . *: u