The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, April 21, 1909, Image 4

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m The Press and Banner j Bv W. W, and W. R. Bradley. HUGH WILSON, Editor. ABBEVILLE, S. C. W-Published every Wednesday at 82 a y ;ar In advanoe. Wednesday, April 21, 1909. Which is the Lesser of Two Evils ? There having been some speculation as to how the election on the dispensary in this county would result it may not be Improper lor us to speculate a little, too. 1. In the lirst place, we do not know how a ~ , dozen men will vote, but we assume that a few men may be misled by a cry that Abbeville receives more benefit from the dispensary than does the country, Such men may vote against the dispensary. ' ?. Some men may nave a grudge against Abbeville, and they, without regard to the merits or tbe issue, may vote against the dispensary. S. In the third place, there are some good ana (sincere men wau ueucvc cum nu>?ie>j Rud morality will be advanced by forbidding tbe legal Bale of liquor. Tbey will vole against the dispensary. 4. Id tbe fourth place, there are men in Abbeville county who may be opposed to the education of the children of poor men, even though the liec scboolB should cost them nothing. They will vote against the dispensary. 5. Again, there are men who are indiflerent to the educaclonal interests of the children. Some of them will vote against the dispensary money for BChoole. J 6. There are men who would reduce the salaries of teachers ana shorten the term of the. schools. These men may be depended upon to vote against the dispensary. 7. There are men who may think that they will be iai6ed in the social scale by 1 doing the bidding ot clerical politicians who care nothing more for the people than to seoure their salaries. These men will vote for the closing ol tbe dispensary. S. There are men who do not do their own thinking. Tbey may be depended npon to vote as tbey may be told to vote. 9. There are hypocrites who make a pretense at greater virtue than is possessed by others. TblB class, 11 watched, may be depended upon to vote according to the wishes ol their overseers. 10. There are men who do their own thinking, and who believe that ^tbe legal sale ol liquor Is less demoralizing than the Illegal sale of Intoxicants. They may vote for the f dispensary. 11.' There are-men who tako a practical view of the legal or Illegal sale of liquor. While the Illegal sale 1b demoralizing, and while the legal sale may not be elevating, yet tbiy think that the money profit is some compensation. 12. There are men who see through the pretense of a desire for prohibition. The fact that the alleged prohibitionists in the LegU1 ature appropjlated not one dollar for enforcing the law, satisfies them of the deception In ibe claim of Intention to have prohibition. Voters who see the trick will vote for the dispensary. 13. There are men who are disgusted at the eflort of clerical politicians to redooe the pui' pit Mo the level of a political stump. These clerical politicians may be depended on to receive a rebuke. 14. The falsehood tbat bas been circulated ' to tbe effect that the court bouse Is being paid for by dispensary profits may not be corrected in time to influence a few votes. 15: Tbe faot tbat the dispensary profits are equally divided between tbe town, tbe schools, and tbe roads and bridges, may not be known to all. This division gives the country two-thirds of tbe profits. Tbe city of Abbeville receives one-third and oat of tbat third pays several thousand dollars to .' policemen, while not a cent 1b taken from tbe schools or tbe roads and bridges for that purpose. Associate Editor of The (ershaw New Era Visits The City. Mr. J. S. Hamel, associate editor 'and business manner of the Kershaw New Era, Is lu town on a twc-fold capacity. Offlcally as a delegate to the meeting of the Jr. Order and personally as pay iDg court to the pretty editor of the Medium. A correspondent of the News and Courier urges that paper to organize a "Press Club." Abbeville Is ahead of Charleston. We had three pressing clubs that were burnt down this winter. There may be other pressing olubs still in existence, and waiting to make a pyrotechnic display. "... ' - . i ... ' ~ 16. And then there may be men who believe tbat tbe city of'Abbeville will levy a tax on Its own citizens to enforce tbe law against the Illicit sals of liquor. Sicb men may tbe counted on to vote out tbe dispensary, even tbougb tbey might not expect us to tax ourselves for country schools ana oountry road*. 17. There are men who would vote against tbe dispensary because some of their farm hands may love a drink. Such men might be depended on to vote against the dispensary. Their ignorance of the fact tbat Illicit liquor can always be bad is dense. No hope for them. IS. Adjoining counties are complaining of b llnd tigers. Those of our people wbo may think that we are'better than tbe people ol the neighboring counties may vote against tbe dispensary. 19. It' may occur to some, that if tbe people of adjoining counties were not so free to admit tbat tbey are not enforcing tbe law, and would attend more to tbe suppression of illegal sales in their own counties, tbey would have less time to Intermeddle with us ana our legal sale of the 6tuff. 20. Nobody need doubt tbat all those citizens wbo have punished tbe violators of the dispensary law on tbe Savannah Valley Kallroad will vote againBt the dispensary. 21. All those blind tigers wbo think tbat tbe dispensary bas Interfered with their business may be depended upon to vote against tbe dispensary. > 22. We have heard "that blind tigers always vote for prohibition, but we really are not , personally acquainted with any men of that class, and, therefore cannot Bpeak for tbem. hel no man thick we are advocating or defending the sale or tbe use of intoxicating liquors. The only question 1b, "Which is worse?tbe legal or tbe illegal sale of intoxicants?" Belleving tbat the 'Illegal sale ig worse, and believing tbat tbe profit 1b some compensa lion, we believe that there are men who will vote for the leant of two evils. This newspaper Is a Democrat. We believe in the rale or the majority. If the majority prefer the Illegal sale, without the incidental advantage of the legal sale, then be it so. But we hope the people of Abbeville county may not expect the people of the town ol Abbeville to furnish all the money to fight the Illegal sale of liquor. The Widow Should be Provided For. The widow of the late John S. Grler, former pastor of Sharon. Tlrzah and Hebron A. R. P. churches, should be provided for in some substantial way. A fund should be raised for her support. Mr. Wilson is not contributing to the support of the male members of anybody's family In Mexico. He would be wllliog to help the widow of Mr. Grler, if there is a movement in the Church for her relief. County Supervisor Has Been Busy. j^le Owing to circumstances a large amount of bulk bridge work has accumulated within the last 'an(j few mouths. To show how busy the Super-1 mm( visor and his bridge builders have been we, t^at attach a statement as to the completed bridge awat work,as follows: ing t Russell's creek, leugth 40 feet. anot Hester creek, leDgth 24 feet. i88U? White's creek, repaired, 26 feet. pe) Calhoun's Mills, IroD, 335 feet. u8 tt McKettrlck's mill, Iron, 420 feet. give Morton's mill, Iron, 100 feet. at A Norrls" creek, Iron, 58 feet. the i Broadmouth, iron, 140 feet. est p Iva, Iron, ISO feet. calle Hall's mill, iron, 178 feet Thel Wilson's creek, Iron. 150 feet. beln Lowndesvllle, Iron, 334 feet repn Brooks' mill, Iron, 90 feet. 1 ts Curltatl creek, 34 feet. ter a Mathews creek, 20 feet. whei In addition to the completed work we are duct glad to report that other bridges are nearlng mali completion, namely: repl; Bradley's bridge. jouri Hamblln's bridge. upoi Bridge near Latimer's. presi ^t will be seen that much valuable work warc has been done, the cost of whlob has been whe paid out of dispensary profltB. The county's in share of the dispensary profits goes to the of p payment of bridges and road work, and not sple? to the payment of the cost of building the wrat court house. However much the friends of "Laj the illegal sale of liquor may try to cover up 1st the fact, yet it is true that the profits go to the levy roads and bridges. the ^>urr A Courteous Prohibitionist- tuT. The letter of Hon. W. K. Blake is so much a fa' out of the usual line of speech as adopted by beca the [average loud mouthed prohlbltloulst, offo that. T f*nn hardlv believe mv senses when I r?"8 area prohibltlonibt acting with fairness 8010 when dlscusBing either legal or Illegal sale ol does liquor. Htll< I am so surprised to know that at least a vl one prohibitionists can act with fairness W that I am so far disarmed that I make no A. B reply to Mr. Biake. I have turned hie lei- 01 s; ter over to another that he may answer him. ^ev I have no heart to do bo- ' to t Mr. Blake is a layman- a gentleman?for whose utterances all of us must have the I greatest respect ones better sentiment. canr To his appeal is in Btrlklng contrast with the ior 1 covert or the mean thrusts that are made by 'A'odl men who have gained admittance to the mor pulpit, men who would lower the respect forc ability ol sacred calling and pollute their ^ear sacred desks In the holy temple to the chttl standard of a mean political stomp. "th Malignant assaults from presumptuous ri?c so called christians can have only the ralB( effect strengthening and nerving the real of I man to arm himself more thoroughly and 8?0< more determinedly for the fray. hlBI While I have nothing but perfeot respect mod for M r. Blake's utterances?which I think are w the best and strongest that could have been maE made?yet, I resent with all the vehemence 10 ei of my nature the presumption of any self mor righteous prohibitionist In claiming to be al0D better than I am, or In claiming ;to have a U6e i? .havi grciticr juicicob rn luc ncnaic vi i.uo of Abbeville county than I have. Such pec- the ' pie have Dot the machcod to speak out. * They must eland behind a maekfd battery. 8,110 Again assuring Mr. Blake of my highest obui reaped for the sptrlt that pervades his letter. opln I would give evidence of a dlsjosltlon to be syn< even more kindly In my expression. | ? Hugh Wilson. ?We can understand bow a man who Is very fond of llpuor may vote for the dispensary to pflDi be opened up again In Abbeville, but bow a wr' man wbo does not drink and who loves bis D fellowmen and wants to see them do well n can vote to open the dispensary again, Is A moro than we can understand. N ?The only county in all this section of South qd Carolina In which liquor Is legally sold is Abbeville. Snrely the people or this county ne8Sl have Been enough of the evil of the dlspen- cbur sary and are ready to vote it out.?A. R. Th Presbyterian. There are many things which this editor ey 8 does not nuderstand. among which Is theun' Dr { fair manner in which prohibitionists state A ' their case. The fact is until our older people d and our preachers Instill temperance con. dear vlctlons or principles Into the minds of the young, the people will have liquor. ^ "In the Lagal or Illegal sale of liquor worse? QfM Nobody denies that the use of Intoxicants has caused, and will continue to cause un' , _ |v tD told evils. Nobpdy denies this fact, however much alleged prohlbltlonlBts may stek to ..jjj. charge others with encouraging either its use ^ or its sale. wll(j And we do not know why preachers In our ohar pulpits so often neglect to appeal to the rea* son and> the moral sense of the people. We do not know why the people are not warned d ^ We do not know why any preaober should der lay aside the religion of our blessed Saviour pregI to appeal to the State to make men sober by , Mild statute. 1 b ski We do not know of a single instance where lerej any alleged prohibitionist has ever sought to enforce prohibition. It would seem to us , . ' that good prohibitionists usually ttUnk they D have discharged their whole duty by de* Ca^j^ grading their pulpits to the level of a pollt- webb leal stump or by voting against the legal sale cff liquor, which voting against its legal sale . Is equivalent to voting for Its illegHl sale. To talk about voting agBlnst the dispensary is a fair apd honest statement however ge8gl erroneous the talkers opinion may be. The urging of votes for prohibition may be, aD C wnen reduced to the last analysis, regarded as a delusion pure and Blmple. At Abbeville ^e(Jl] we bavehad experience wltb^rohlbltory lawn of various kinds, and we know that prohibitory laws, of themselves do not prohibit B If the Legislature made any provision for enforcing prohibitory laws, we have over- p^of. looked the fact. If the people of Abbeville Beau county should think that the city of Abbe' 8ive ( vllle will at lis own expense shoulder the Qie(j cost of furnishing policemen to enforce the bom< prohibitory law, they certainly expeot to do Th< the city a wrong by the Imposition upon us rated of the tax which the prohibitionists In the greet Legislature completely Ignored. The prohl- bowl bltlonlst In the Legislature levied upon the the i county no tax to enfoyce their favorite law, 0ver and they appointed no officer for that spe" miss< clflc purpose. But the opponents of the dls- carrl pensary would trample under foot the man- Om hood and the self-respect of the peo- over pie. They would do this by virtually telling jn th lhen0; from "We have no confidence In your Integrity; In we Snow that you will get drunk. For this cong reason we prohibitionists shall not allow you 8( to exercise self-control and the freedom of An your manhood. We do not ask you to be so- wbet ber and temperate from principle but we de- wjtjj mand that you refrain from the use of whU- Tb( key. We call upon the State to take from alj w you the right to buy intoxicants, either as a lectl( beverage or as a medicine." good Tlnu Woot hdlntr o nnnrtmnnUo ?/v iioall /-v _ ~ *,VB.?w.Ue? VVUlOiHUUJ WlWCil, ?MV4 VJti. not governed by the same laws that usually grooi regulate other towns or communities, It will i need not for this reason think to shoulder the SOm < burden ol other communities for whoBe ac- the I tlon It Is In faot In no way responsible. Id and times past, Abbeville has many times and it To many ways, shown her friendship and her good feeling for Due West. Does It now come In good grace for a representative paper of that town to show ingratltud for the town that bas never refused material aid to Due West and whloh until its exhibition of unfriendliness upheld her ' Institutions. Does the propositlon ol the A. R. P. Presbyterian to inter- ' j meddle with the affairs of another town look more like friendship, or .does it look evlde more like arrogance? so me In 1892, when the people of Abbeville Couc- lhl8 ty were asked to vote on the subjeot of prohi- njat, bitlon the Due (Vest precinot with possibly new ( one exception as between prohibition and 11- f0r cense gave the largest per cent of votes against prohibition. Long before the people of the educational . centre of Due West succeeded In levying a tle g tax for educational purposes, naughty Abbe- store. . . 51 mr?i Q - ? , with its dispensary, awakened Itself Lc cause of education. I We Issued bonds tc I a 515,000 school house for our children taxes were levied at the rate of four 3 to pay the teacherH. l'he operation ol school was so satisfactory and It toad ec lened in our people the thirst for learn' hat on the Cth of this month to build her school house an additional bond i of 920,000 was voted. rsonally, it is a matter of great regret tc tat the i'resbyterlan should continue tc evidence of eo much malignant spite bbevllle. For the editors of that papei idltor of this paper entertained the great ersonal respect until Its vicious and un d for personal attack upon this editor r inability to defend a defenseless cause g the only c?use for their resorting to t ehensibie course. conduot in assuming the roll of charac Rsassln may have had a precedent some re, but we know not where. But lts conIn not allowing the man whom It had gned an opportunity to say a word it y Is certainly without precedence lr allsm. In the light of that clvllizatlor l which Christianity has made its lm< i such a course as that paper pursued to 1 this editor would not be justified any' re. now seems that the Presbyterian Instead reaching temperance, would vent lti m and open the vials of Its vllrlolh ,h upon the town or city or Abbeville 7 on Macduff," etc. ft It true that the A. E. P.Synod's art o lng and collecting taxes for the bentflt o A. E. P. ministry and alleged churci toses has been reduced to a science' n't forbearunce gone to the limit, whet ihurch paper feels warranted In asBalllnj thful and liberal supporter of the churci use of protests against longer palmlnj n the people what might be termed i ious gold brick by whloh the people hav< ng been flim-flammed? By what rlgh the church paper make demandB of tb< i mission church at Abbeville to suppor slonary mission scheme. here Is Ibe Intelligence of the laiety of tbi * P. Church? Do they read the minute pnod? Have they read the letters of tbi . T. G. Boyct? If so, and the; still bolt he system of supporting missions li ico, then the A. R. P. Cburch Is doomed >added rolls tilber In Mexico or at bomi lot save it. The substitution of name substantial support will be unavailing jy the mission cburch at Abbeville ba e names on its roll than ever before. Bu ine reason or another with the passlni s the strength and the support of tba rch grows less and less. And it seem6 a e Synod and the cburch paper would sac b the cburoh for no better reason than t< ) the cash with which to maintain a lo leople where they have done little or m 1, and where no man who Is clothed li right mind could reasonably hope for t Ileum of success. hlle the reports Bre so made OJt that m i could tell the exact flgu- es, yet It Is ear j tl mate tbat within the last thirty year e than $40,000 has beeri ^ald lo one mai e in Mexico. Is It not true that, by tbi of the religious gold brick valuable bouse 9 been built on the lands tq wblcb kin o Doard ofiorelgn missions have the titles ' wbai memca 01 reasoning can me iropc n of a heavy tax upon tbe little mlssloi ch at Abbeville be 6UBtalned by publli Ion or by tbe good conscience of tbi xi? BEAUTIFUL WEP"'NG. ular Young Medico From Over Tin io Grande, Takes Captive One o bbeviile's Fairest Daughterse of the prettiest churcb weddings wit ed Id mady days was held In tbe A. R. P cb last Wednesday night, April 14. e contracting parties were Dr. Jack Presi ,nd Miss Mt^ry Miller, Dr. Pressley Is t )fRev. Nell K. Pressley ofTamplco, Mex 'ressley has spent tbe past few years lr 3vllleand bis gentlemanly bearing, bap lsposltlon, and great big heart has en ed blm to all who became acqualntec blm during bis stay here. e bride, Miss Mary Miller la a daugbtei r. Cbaocey Miller. She 1& well known it 3vl 1 le soolety. A more demote and lov alden one rarely meets. b. hymeneal altar .was erected In the tie church around the corner.1' isters ol easter lillles, white splrea, and symlax adorned and festooned the ch and altar. 9 ushers, Messrs Henry Dupre, Hugb wain, Joe Haghea and Wilson Johnson 3e way to the bridal altar. Next In oriame the groom accompanied by Rev. iley. Following the groom came Misses red Miller and |Mary Qraydcn carrying Bts of lilies and splrea, which they scatover the path of the bride about to be. ) Dame of Honor, Mrs. Edward Dupre ,lly gowned In a princess of yellow satin Ing yellow roses preoeded the bHde. j bride elegantly gowned In while satin ied with lace of finest texture, carrying a uel of brides roses and lllllea of tbe valnd over all a filmy veil caugbt In places orange blossoms, came leanlDg on tbe 3f ber sister and Maid of Honor, Miss e Miller; who was dressed In pink satin carried pink carnations. Such a picture npanled by tbe intranclng strains of llesbons most famous production, the Ing march was entrancing. 5 ceremony was said by tbe brother of room, Rev. Pressly assisted by Rev E. annedy, pastor of the bride. The music sted of piano and violin executed by Jules Huguelet and Miss Lorena bam. After this beantlful and impresoeremony tbe bride and groom accompaby a host of friends repaired to the 3 of tbe bride. 3 bouse bad also been beautifully deccI for the occasion. Festoons of flowers ed tbe eye at every turn. Magnificent s brim full of delicious punch adorned spacious plazzttB. These were presided by a qaartelle of charming girls, es Mamselle Norwood, Fay Sellers, e Huguelet and lone Miller, e ol the capacious rooms was given to tbe many tokens of love and esteem e shape of beautiful and valuable gifts a hosts of friends the parlor the bride and groom received ratulatlons and good wishes from all ant. other attraction was tbe dining room e delicious things to eat were dealt out a lavish hand. 3 entertainment was erjoyed by all. and ho were present will bear a fond recol>n ol the auspicious occasion and hearty wishes to the happy bride and groom, ly one tinge of regret?that the bride and 11 will not cast their lot among us, but make their home beyond the broad boof the Klo Grande, under the skies ol tfontezumas and in tbe land ol silver gold, them we can only say a lond adieu! 90 Acres for $9,000. sn't often that a farm lu Abbeville sells hundred dollars anacre, but Mr. R.E. Cox veeft sold bis dwelling In the suburbs ot own and the adjoining farm for ?9,000. J. 8. Stark and Mr. J. E. McDavld are auyers. The fact that this farm was 3d a few years ago at 84,500 is the best mce that land in Abbeville Is worth thing. $9,000 Is a big pile of money, and editor would sell almost anything for amount. As much as be appreciates the 30urt bouse, he would sell his Interest in $9,000. sail 98 balr tonic kills microbes and dan, stops the balr from falllDg. Every botuaranteed. For sale at Milford's drug llnmin I 'j Reply to "Greenwood County." ,j A contribution signed "Greenwood C'oun ty," protesting against the continuance of tbe dispensary In Abbeville county Is printed in J tbe paper tbIs week. That our comment , I may be direct. It rosy be well to state that I our good friend, Mr. W. K. Blake, is author of L the article. Mr. Blake has many nice things to say of , Abbeville; of her "Judges, governors, wari rlors and statesmen." Of these,we grant that , the Greenwood section of tbe old county has . furnished her lull quota, but we can not grant . that our greatness, past or present, Is pertl. nenttothe discussion in hand. Fully half tbe "governors, judges, warriors and statesmen" of wbom Abbeville may boast were L reared during tbe bar room system In the county and the other half, those of latter .. years, have come Into power during the con. tlnuance of the much despised dispensary . system. I Of course Mr. Blake's article implies, that the Abbeville .of today should not dlsi grace her fair ntme of tbe past, when, as t matter of fact, what ever name this county . may have made for itself In tbe distant past . was carved oat under tbe worst of ail meth. ods of dealing with whiskey, to-wtt: tbe bar room system. I As Abbeville's past glory has notblDg to do , with tbe question at issue, eo we believe that Greenwood's material prosperity modestly referred to by Mr. Blake, does not touch the issue. t Tt miiv be nosltivelv stated Ibat tbe last f decade has shown greater material prosperlj ty In Abbeville than any previous decade in j her history. It is certain that tbe city of i Columbia has grown And developed more I daring tbe life of the dispensary In tbatclty i than it baa for more than double the time, at 5 any previous time In Its history. We lrankly i admit that the dispensary has bod nothing 9 to do with tbis growth any more than its l absence has affected the material giliwth of 9 Greenwood. Of course there Is the little int, cldental fact of county government, that Abbeville county paid all her county claims 3 cash, last year, without borrowing a dollar g and ran Its schools from seven to nine a months, leaving a cash balance in tbe treas1 ury at tbe end of the scholastic year. And it } is also a feet, if our Information is correct, lt that Greenwood owes now practically every e dollar ol Its last year's expenditures for g County purposes, by wsy of notes and other evidences of debt, and that her schools ran, g on an average, less than six months. But t these too, are trivial matters, notgermain to g the question at issue, and we would give I them no place in deciding a moral issue. 8 Our friend sayt: "with us (Greenwood)'proy hlbitlon is the fixed policy." We do not 0 question the wisdom of tbe policy, aB applied t to Greenwood. We believe that individual q restraint, and State control, cutting down 3 the hours of sale and throwing other safea guards around it is preferable. We have thouebt that it suited us better. Bat we are 0 not prepared to speak for Greenwood, and do e not presume to do so. It Is JuBt possible tbat g the tendency to drink there requires more 3 drastic measures. e Mentioning the lact tbat an election will 8 soon be held in this county on the question 1 ol prohibition 6ur friend says: i. "May we not ask that yon glveu?a oop of cold water lo lieu of a flask of whlskej?" 3 We reply tbat we will oot give blm either 0 unle*R be comes for It: The law does not pere mlt the shipment of whiskey from oDe county ' to another, while It does permit the shipment from Cincinnati, Baltimore and other towns out of the State to his town. While ? the business that comes to Abbeville 1b considerable, mostly Degro trade, the great volume of Greenwood's whiskey is bought out ? a of the State, for tbe reason tbat the express is . cheaper than tbe cost ol a trip to Abbeville. We would not have our friend mistake ( our position on tbe liquor question. We de- g test tbe Intemperate use of liquor as much as g lie possibly could; but we are not blind to existing conditions. In bis own language, f "liquor won't slay fenced. It will get over t 8 It, tbrongh It or under It as the emergency ( 1 requires." Believing this vre have no a puueijue wibu iiginittuuu uuxxjiu<mjy jjjuuiuii- ] lng, while filling ibe court dockets, In prohl- j ' bltlon counties, with violations of the DIs- c pensary Law. f 1 Some such dissatisfaction with legislative prohibition, must have struck the State of c r Nebraska, when recently twenty-five towns ^ 1 which once voted themselves "dry" have ^ reversed their views, after an unsatisfactory <j experience and have voted for license and f, ' revenue. The question Is, whether whiskey will be 1 ' sold lloltly or illicitly? So long as the State 1 can not prohibit Interstate shipments this question can not assume any other form A 1 Granted that whiskey increases crime. Granted that It Is not a violation of the right of the Individual to prohibit its sale; the question remains, does the absence of dispensaries decrease orlmtf A statement from the Solicitor of this circuit, published some months ago.showlng the number of homloldes in the various counties of bis circuit, put several of the prohibition counties of the circuit down as having bad considerably more homocldes during the past year than were set down to this county, January and February ofl907 the laBt year that Atlanta bad bar rooms, the worst form of handling liquor, showed about 900 arrests. Prohibition, with its new broom, came along, and in January and February 1908, arrests were reduced to a little less (ban 200. But the legislated morals of the people broke from restraints, and in January and February 1909, arrests Jumped up lo about GOO, with every Indication that they would finally reach 900 the maximum under the barroom system. That sobriety and decrease ol crime go hand In hand we readily admit; but that nnlruraal snhrlfttv In rnt.hnr a. flrpurnlhnn n realization ol tbe prohibitionist seems to be tbe fact. Mr. Blake asks: "Will yon not help us to place the brilliancy of tbe Attorney General's name over against the name of dispensary, and of him who engrafted It upon us to tbe end of time?" We thiDk surely tbat our correspondent must have gotten mixed on bis information. We have never heard that the Attorney General opposes local option as now applied; he is the father of. Nor do we know any reason why, on this issue, bis name should be "set over against" tbe name of Tillman. We do not understand, either Just how tbe recent decision of tbe Supreme Court of tbe United States should "send a thrill of Joy through tbe hearts ol tbe people and give them a g impse of a glorious future. " Aslde-from the State's rights question, tbe only question at Issue was whether tbe fund, dispensary fund, should be distributed through officers of tbe Halted States Court or through tbe State's officers. To those of us who think that dispensary funds are not essentially polluted, there might be some concern; buttotbose who dtspise this fund uduuuiu uui ujai/tci huoluci iiio juuiiidu up h by recelyere, devoured by attorneys or I dumped Into the ?ea. S The Fight on the Fly. Orangeburg Sun. ? The Mariue Hospital service is (ak- ing up the fight against the house fly * and we publish today au interesting I articie on what is being done. i It has been proved beyond a doubt 11 that the fly iB the active agent in the J dissemination of typhoid fever and intestinal diseases, as well as being a mi- o nor fact in the spread of tuberculosis. The fact that the domestic fly is passing from a disgusting nuisance and E troublesome pest to a reputation of be- u ing a dangerous pnemy to public or health promises to have important re- Ih suits. Merely to make,the common w house-fly known as the "typhoid fly" is a substantial beginning in educating ppople to the need of domestic cleanli- w ntss as a safeguard of preventative tb J medicine. When you divide the price by the number of extra months that XTRAGOODp^ CLOTHES FOR BOYS JL^ give extra wear you'll see,\: the economy of giving. enough to get enough. Built honestly?so the makers include their label. If the value were lacking so wouI'd the labels be. The YTRAGQon label is a pledge of "money back when you're disappoin ted." The safest clothes sold. ^//XTRAGOODknee pants are lined all through, which means that seat and seams w?ll hold twice as long and the pants will drape twice as gracefully. Only the price is ordinary? not the clothes. jnrr )| i nn ?n J 1 J. * * t An Ordinance. Stale of South Carolina, City of Abbeville. Be it ordained by the Mayor and the }ity Council for the City of Abbeville, it a regular meeting of the Council asembled : Section 1. That it shall be unlawul for any person, firm or corporation o bell or expose for sale, within the Jity of Abbeville, any fresh meat of iny kind or description, unless the an mal to be slaughtered for such meat s first inspected by the health officer if the City of Abbeville and declared it and suitable for such meat. Sec. 2. That any person, firm or orporation who shall violate the pro'isions of this ordinance shall bo fined tot exceeding the sum of One HunIred Dollars or shall be imprisoned or a term not exceeding thirty days. Done and ratified in Council this 3th day of April, 1909. J. L. McMillan, Lttest: Mayor. James Chalmers, * Cle^k of City Council. MHnHBanHBBBW Prat Act Your I COMPLEXION The heat and wind of summer, as well as the raw atmosphere of spring, play havoc with your complexion. An insurance against this is our Velvet Cream Lotion. ! This Cream is composed of pure, harmless and soothing drugs that preserve the beauty of any complexion. ] ) Price 25 cts. Guaranteed. __ j ! McMurray Drug Co. ; !< ! Something entirely new! i 'ablets and writing paper at f he 10c store with views of ^ Lbbeville on each sheet. Tab- ets 5 and 10c, pap^r in 10c lackages. The R. L. Dar-;. an Co. mm 0 mmi Schedule for Due Wcni Kiiihvay, [ ' Morning irntn leaves Due We*r at 10:30. ] v^nlng train leaven Due West at 4:10. These ' aln? meet the morning and evening trains! i ) the Southern at Donalds. ! Passengers can go out from Due West on | in evening Ireinht train wnlch leaves Due est at two o'clock. 1 > - tm Put np your winter clothes and blankets lib cedar aod lavendar Hakes. Much better j an camphor balls. For sale at Mll/ord's 1 ug store. Phone 107. I * Every Offering I ion Seal of In other words if you buy it 1 strong points of my store?the othe chants tell you the same thing?I on and prices, I'll let you be judge. Stylish Suits with Price In marking these Suits I tried t< and Ptill make a profit. I know I bottom out high prices, and you'll a greens I am offering. There's Four Poim Style, comfort, durability and pi lias the maximum amount of eac lasts they are made over. Comfort lines. Durability because only sele< because both the maker and myself A Coat Wears Out T But the extra pair now?I bou that could easily be told at a higher 'as a special bargain. Here's the dee Our $2.'50 Pants to go for Our $2.00 Pants for $1.48 Our $2.50 Pants for $2. $4 and $5 Tailor-made P We have the Pants in latest col< I I. WE Amos B. . We have just received a lot oi ready to show you a nice line of Dry Goods, Hats, and Sport Especially, would we call your atten Waists, and also to our Men's Straw We can furnish the small boy wit Goods. Come in and see oar line of I Am os B. ] The Peoples i ABBEVIL1 OFFICERS. 8.?G. THOMSON, President. G. A. NEUFFER, Vice-President. R. E. COX, Cashier. SCHOOL Tablets In General Scho Speed's Di Excursic . . . TC Louisville, Ky via SOUTHER Account Southern Baptist Convent very low round trip rates to Louisville, sold May 10, 11, and 12 and i3, 1909, lior later than midnight of May 22, 1909. Round trip rates from principal stati Abbeville $15 85 Charleston... Aiken 18 70 Chester Anderson 15 85 Columbia.... Batesburg 17 95 GafFney Blacksburg 14 95 Greenville... Blackville 18 40 Greenwood.. Rronohuiiio 19 00 Lancaster ... For tickets, detailed information, el igents or address J. L. MEEK, A.sst. Gen. Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga. > Base ball supplies at the 10c store. The R L. Dargan Co. c c Dog Ordinance B Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council assembled of ? Hie city of Abbeville, South Carolina, ind by the authority ot the same. | s Section 1. That from and after May 5 1st till Oct. 15th, l'JOJi. it shall be unawful for any and all dcgs to run at arge within the City of Abbeville, a south Carolina, unless the same be i nuzzled. Section 2. Dogs caught without muzdes will be confined for forty-eigb (48) jours a id then be killed, unless the * >wner in the mean time pay a tine of j ?2.50 and redeem name. g Doue and ratified this 13th day of April, 1909. a J. L. McMillan, Mayor. ras. Chalmers, Clerk. ci 81 Ci Is your house, furniture, y store, stock of goods insured? p [f not, why ? See us before > ;t is too late. Abbeville In- 11 surance and Trust Co. Phone [18. fi ? p You can always net what you wart iD 8taionery and school booka at !-<pecd'H Drug Store. fc 4 Here has FashApproval. ______ ^ S-*'~ bere it's nght?that's one of the r low price. Of course most merily ask that you compare my goods ;*.'/' V s Near the Profit Line. > see how cheap I could mark them ? have succeeded iu knocking the ppreciate it when you see the new fcs to a Good Shoe. rice. The tnen and women shoes h style?derived from the snappy because they are made on natural ;ted bides are used, and low prices are satisfied with a tiny profit. wo Pair of Trousers t ? ght a couple of canes of Trousers , price. I'm going to put them up cription : 98 cts. . / . ? v \ ' ; ants to go for $3.39. >rs and styles. INRAUB. Morse Co. f Dew and up-to-date goods arid are Shoes, (groceries iDg Goods. ' ,, 1 tion to our line of White Goods for Hats. x h anything he wants in Base BallFi*h Hooks, Fish Nets and Seines. -rfv/.v, VIorse Co. =============== '"1 Savings Bank. LE, S.. C. ( DIRECTORS. f Q TknmoAn CT H A nHflfQATl G. A. Neuffer, C. C. GambreH, W. E- OweiiB. F. B. Gary, J. S. Stark, R. ?. Coz, Jonn A. Harris. ' v __ BOOKS , . 'It * V- ,'j ^ ^ Pencils k / > > $ ol Supplies. ; ug- Store. <n Rates > . . . and Return N RAILWAY. > i' ion the Southern Railway announces Ky., from all points. Tickets will be . lited for return IeaviDg Louisville not ons as follows: n.ne\ rr\ -vr-?I >1/S Ort oi? xmw ueuy ouy 15 85 Orangeburg 18 40 16 90 Prosperity 16 45 .... 14 80 Rock Hill 15 85 : 15 10 Spartauburg 14 20 15 85 Sumter 18 25 " 17 05 Union 14 95 Yorkville 15 85 ic., apply to Southern Railway ticket J. C. LUSK, ( Div. Passenger Agent, ^Cfoarleston^^.^^^ LochIs Amos B. Morse Co. We are unloading a car of Jtlllco coal espeilally suited for cooking purposes. We bave on band a good stock of Wilson .otton planters. Extra doors and coverera or same. If you want a LIUIe Joe barrow or a good lultlvator call od me. We are receiving this week a small shlpnent of Bliss seed potatoes?the last of tbe easoo. Seed peanuts, a few busbets of spring barley md a fresh lot Nasturtiums, cat tall and gernan millet. Evaporated peaches and apples are nice for prmg housekeepers. We have tbem, don't ou want tbem? We bavea very fine feed for small chicks? ou should try a little ol it. > Ice cre*m salt now oi sale. Also tbe nicest nd driest package of table salt ever offered be trade. Amos B. Morse Co. Flower pots in all sizes at he 10c store. The It. L. Dar[an Co. il waj n Looking; ,o Your Intertst*. ChII aud see me at orce, as 1 bave two neat dUbbc* near public tquare lo dispose of at a acritice. Three sales of dwellings bave reently been made lntbeclty to new comers, nd the supply is running short. Can sell ou a number of vacant lots, but unless you pply early caDnol fill your bill for Improyed roperly. Not a vacant dwelling In the city, nd ibe supply Is not equal to demands, so ou hud be?t look alter tbe two cottages menuutd. M. E. Holiinguworth. Durand's famous blended coffee or sale by F. B. Jones. 40c the lound. ? > mm ? huyler's candy fresh all the time at Mllird's drug store.