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==================== HOT SHOT ON 1 ? ' j%\ . ' . Representative Aiken Shows / of the New T t*; 7' Mr. Aiken. Mr. Chairman, we are bere in i bill, extra session to revise the tariff schedules. I | lten believe that an honest sutement of the fact port It that we are bere obedient to the demand thej > of the people to revise tne tarlfi downward, out It is openly the purpose of the Democratic ty o party, reluctantly assented to by the Repub- bad Ilcans In campaign promises. the It is not that conditions under protection erai are KVtbbch worse now than Ui former years, not but the abuses, Inequalities, and absurdities ben of the protective system have at last filtered Tt through the public mind, and, thanks to the dev< consciences of our Republican friends oi the taiu Mlddie West, the popular demand for relief pert from tariff oppression b?s at last lound Its our way Into, the Republican piatform. Never The would the rlngmauters of standpatlsm bave a ve consented to commit themselves to any re- tecti vision downward if they had pot faced the witt * ~ namnftlpn KftW dOQDlIUl JSSUt? Oi a ipicoiucubiMi . made doubtrul by disaffection in their own lam , . - ranks on this very Issue. So throughly hud isjnc the Democratic idea of freedom from tbe tbat thraldom of tariff robbery permeated even bouf Republican strongholds tbat the dominant feet, party was left to choose between a platform left declaration favoring; revision and defeat at Nc the polls. This promise, though given reluoi- erati antiy, was interpreted and proclaimed by the < that party's candidate (or President to mean alio revision downward. And so, lor once, we are haut ail committed to tbe good Democratic doc- acco trine of Justice to all tbe people. Iber It seems, however, tbat Republican plat- Uuli form promises are lifce tbe smiles of tbe sum- cure mer girl; they are delusive to those who ill C would tase them too seriously. You oannoi us w trust them beyond election lime?the flirting It season. But tbe people are tired of this flirt- thou lng. They are beginning to suspect the truth, uerv, tbat In a Republican's dictonary a platform just is defined to be: "A thing to get in on", past How, In tbe face of campalgD promises, the ber,gentlemen on the other side can bring in a of 3( v oil! for this Honse to consider that in ibe ag- tlml v gregale, with minimum rates, is 1.56 per onl: cent bighft than the rates under the Diugley flee bill, is JubI a little more tban tbe consistent bole mind can comprehend. This, mind you, is 1! under tbe minimum rate, most favorably tion administered, jvhHe under retaliatory or stat countervailing rates tbe present bill would adn exceed tbe Dingley law, on an average, per- gen1 haps more tban 20 percent. The chairman oi thai tbe Wa$s and Means Committee lesents this Sou " ~ ?-4? l.r. Ih? l0Ct h ft limlRl. 8Utl lata, nunc u? auuioo iU> ?>., ? ? - . takes to explain that on the great majority ny < of articles the duty has been lowert-u and aflc that the Increase comes from placing a duty *>'dt on certain articles heretofore on the free list, fore It is proposed by this means to Increase the A revenue; the consumer In the end must pay hid" this Increase, and whether he pays It on oxa- l'"!. 11c acid, transferred from the Iree list to the ?'?j dutiable list, at the rate ot 1 ceDt per pound, de6i or on sugar, reduced five one-hundreths of 1 of'* cant per pcund, Is a matter of supreme lndif Jn? ference to him. The question that concerns hid the consumer Is not the method of robbery, 'be; but the faot. Prlc * In the tariff hearings before the Ways and Krai Means Committee, the captains of Industry P In evary conceivable branch, were called in thlt to say just how little proteotlon they would tlor consent to. It seems that In the framing ol the Dlngley bill no secret was made ol the hlne presence ol certain outside agents, whose purpose was to Influence the committee. And, ,nTa without charging that the committee was un- 11 duly influenced, it is a noteworthy fact that ?Ia( the Interest represent* d by one ot these fn' agents, a manufacturer of woolen tops, re- fbC; celveu a higher rate of protection than did !P, the manufacturers of woolen yarns, though tDM yarn Is a further step In. the manufacture BD., than lops, J?" Some one has asked: "If the consumer feels P himself so much oppressed, why did be not J??? appear before the committee and Jcd^e bis P3 " complaint?" The coi^umer, as such, is not ' organized, but the man Is not on this floor mei who has not heard bis complaint privately. u Why need he come here? H?6 he not a right, "01 undei normal conditions, to eXpect that be n will be fully and faithfully represented by u the very Members who compose that com- }DrJ mitten onrl whn nnmnnsA thifl Honsf? We ICQ* are the representatives of the consumer, a Ir?? fact long since forgotten or Ignored by some L\ It seems to me that even from the view Pr? point of the protectionist, something should j ' be conceded to the millions who do not de- ine rive a cent from a prolectlve tariff. It is freeJy admitted now that the effect of high tariff la J to .Increase the price to tbe consumer. Then, has the disinterested consumer no A rlghu? whs I suppose that a con?ervative estimate of and the population of the United State# In 1905 Co., wouid be something like 185,000,000 souls, deo There were at that time 216,262 manufactories, r-hoi with a capital of So,COO or more, and more Just than bait this number, 113.961, were owned by not single lDdlvuals. These manufacturing en- tect terprises employed 5,470,321 wage-earner?, who Tt averaged,received about $35 per month, or etre something over 81 per day. In this, of coarse tbe Is Included the highest as well as the lowest prlc wages paid. Now. if there is any m-n on the nes? lace of the earth from whom I would not take All a penny,either by legislation or otherwise,that lure man Is a wage-earner, the operative. The and question is, Does he get his share of the pro- Ant teclton when It Is considered that be Is a con- It t sumer as well as a producei? Who does not oer< know that tbe cost of living has advanced don fully 40 per cent; and who does not know tage that tbe operative barely breaks even on bis coat ' wages, when paying trust-made prices? It pra< tbe trust, with all of its oppressive power, is of ci sot the immediate consequence of a protect Wit lve ;tariff, then circumstantial evidence shot cobnts for nothing. During tbe first ten as t years oftbeDlngley law 655 independent cor- thet poratlons were merged into 33, forming I I giant trusts. While it is tbe trust that dl side rectly affects prices, it Is tbe tariff that direct- out ly affects tbe trust and enables it to levy ex- buy orbltaDt tribute of all the people. What, then, thai 1b to be said of the otber 80,000,000 consumers chef who derive not one penny lrom ?xcessi ve pre- elgc tectlon? Have they no rights in the American prot Congress? Are they from their labor to feed, tber foster and latten a few trust-protected barons tuaj under the pretext of protecting home Indus- mar tries? yar< We may ask very pertinently, what is pro- for < tectlon? It Is an unreasonable, Indirect tax, In a amounting quite or almost to prohibition oi Just tbe entry oi foreign products, and designed In dert tbe Interest oi tbe manufacturer at home if It without reference to the unreasonable exac- ter, lions lrom the consumer at home. An ex- hlbt treme example of protection is lurnisbed in free tbe countervailing duty on petroleum. Fe- met troleum might be made a good revenue pre- goo< ducer. lfa small tax was put on it, dlscrimi- thai natlng in favor of tbe American producer, but tbe permitting some Importations from Russia colt and other oil-producing countries. If this give countervailing duty, amcunting to. some- Tt thing like 15 cents per gallon, was removed, refe doubtless Russia would remove her export wor tax, and tbe United States Treasury would Nov gel some little toll from tbe golden stream lion inai 18 annually poureu imu tue toners vi lao uue Standard Oil Company. enoi There baa been bat one so-called "Democra- I tlo tariff" during the pastiorty years, and li tlfu was as Imperfect as a Republican minority wou could make It, cooperating with a dlsgrun- refli tied element of the Democratic party. Yet It lnco la not recorded that industry languished dur- art v lng the operation of this tariff. StO] And a further fact la, that during plct the last year or the Wilson-Gorman tariff bun $27,000,000 more revenue was collected than the during the first year of the Dlngley bill. That bav this la a natural consequence of low tarlfl and can be readily demonstrated by reference to Di some of the rates In the Dlngley Act and re- dut; produced In the.Payne bill. We will take, and lor Instance, flannels, worth more than 30 sam cents and not more than 40 cents per pound. II On such is levied a duty of 22 cents per cles pound, and In addition a tax ad valorem ol tlou 30 per cent. reel This, figured out Id a straight ad valorem foui tax, amounts to 143.67 per cent. Flannels, able vained at 40 cents and not more than 50 cents port per pound, are iaxtd 33 cents per pound; and a pr In addition, ad valorem tax of 35 per cent, oft This, when figured on the basis of a straight tarl ad valorem tax, amounts to 102 26 per cent, trlb The Importation of this classed gouds In 1907 the amounted to the Insignificant sum of 267 T1 pounds. Under a reasonable tariff', It might thie have run into hundreds of thousands ol lng pounds, bringing Into the Treasury of the hoh United S^tes a commensurate revenue, and ofb carrying comfort to many a cheerless home pro of the poor. Flannel is almost as necessary 8c for the health of the lndlvuai as the bread be ?tar eats. mere is r.o chicuihulik me ravage n a wrought by pne umonia, consumption, and -'dl* kindred diseases, In many cases through pnsi lack of bodily covering. It will be nottd that pan the tariff la higher on me cheaper grades, mai such as the poor migbt be expected to buy. "i And yet, our Republican Irleiids, claiming to ed f be the friends ol labor and of the poor, put a nor duty on this essential of comfort, which more brlc than doubles i:s price, and puts It out ol the Gi reach ol thlfc same laborer. It is the tame old Sen Btorj ol making the rich ilcher by sacrificing this the health and even the very lives of the "J poor. The boaettd wealth of the Amerlcau ml i people pales Into Insignificance when It wld- bus ens the line between the very rich and the ami very poor. This unnatural condition of so- bill oiety marked the decadence of Kome; It wl;l age just as surely bring about disintegration here. W * Alieody it has concentrated the wealth of tint this Nation in the hands of a itw hundred Wll men. One corporation aione, the steel trust, tot Is capitalized at ODe seventy-seventh of tne trui value of all the property of the United States. Pi The people may not be able to diffcientlate liev between the methods of tarlQ taxation; they adv may not be able to follow the tortuous anu wbi devious path by which their own Govern- adv ment lias syf-tematlcaily plnndered them, wes to glut the greed of a few trustfattened tarltl eve batons, but Indifferent to the method, they mei now realize the iact, and the old-line stand- ww patters will never find them so easily hood- ran winked again. When the greatest tariff Wb gourmand of them all placidly admits thai infc he has enough 11 does seem that it In time for tari the perpetrators of the system to cover their mei faces and change their course. pol It is not possible, In discussing this tariff U)| FARIFF BILL Seme Inconsistencies ariff Law. to do more than refer to a few typical is that need immediate correction. Imant amongst these is lumber. Despite popular demana that tftis article be put he tree list, the Payne bill leaves the dun 11, reducing It slightly. It Is, of course, policy to throw obstruction in the way ol home builder, and this objection Is genly urged, but, In my juagment, this id the most urgent reason lor putting lumon the free list. le rapacity with which the sawmill has jured the American forest indicates cevly, and it has been so estimated by exs, that within a decade practically all ol tqxcsi lands will have been denuded, gentleman from Mlcblgan(Mr. Fordney), ritable Gamaliel on the qu^stlou ;of pn 9d lumber,states that near his home, town iin.ii radius of 13 miles there were once lOt mills and that they cut a billion feet ol ber in a single year. He says today there >t a single toot of pine timber beingfcut In section; wnereas ne could once have ;ht It at 25 and 50 cenU per' thousand on the stump, the little white pine n^w would easily brlug S25 on*the stump. >w it tble wanton waste ol lumber, accel ed by government bounty, 1b continued xindltlon described will be the condition ver this land. If Canada wishes to exit ber forests at cut-tbioat prices for oui modatiun, why not let ber do It? II e Is no profit In the business now In the ted mates without protection, then the i lor the evil Is to curtail production udajaada with wasted resources must leave ltbout a rival. seems that even with a tariff of $2 pei sand the business lately has not been prosus. Tills saoiegentleman to whom I nave referred relates the fact that within the year his firm told 36,000,000 (feet of lnmcut In the State of Mississippi, at a .oss ) cents per thousand feet. This waste ol Oer without profit to the '.manufacturer 18 t a sample oi the lolly that would sacrlmillions of dollars that the luture could 1 for the paltry thousands of today. aave no sectional Interest In this quesi. 'Ibegentleman from Michigan, wnose ement I shall not question on this point iltted In response to a question ^from tae llernan from North Carolina (Mr. Kitchen] tihe larlfl whs not worth a cent to the tb Atlantic States. There Is ufo bettei aoriiy, and especially when the testlmo was so reluctantly gUen. But if it did ct my i?tate, the other and higher con ration of a reasonable preservation of our sts would determine me. ' notber interesting item in thiB bill. ic ?s, which ;bave been .placed on*tbe free thanks to the pressure of oar Republican uds of i Massachusetts. Free hides are irable, If we might also have free producu tatber. But does anybody think that 11 duty on shoes Is not reduced that free es will lessen the cost of shoes a oent? If sc 1 should not deceive themselves. Thai :e that the tariff fixes on imported shoes( led according to loe quality win uo nit :e of tbe borne product. The proposition 1e i; Cutofl entirely from foreign competli.jwlll tbe borne man tbrow away the yi bounty tbat the Government g!vei f? In It buman nature? Il le not hldei t be sells uk, but shoes, at tbe best price t be can obtain. ** am prepared to assert tbat tbe shoe man:turersdo not need this protection. J iw. Incidentally, one large sboe manuurlng .establishment?one of tbe largest his country?whose stock Is worth some )g like #10 for each 81 originally Invented i it bas been paying, as well as I can re, an annual dividend of something like er cent. I have received numerous let' i,from sboe manufacturers [candidly ad ticg tbat tbey no longer need protection, 111 ase leave to print Just one as a sped' i: ColumbuB, Ohio, Mar. 29, 1909. i. Wyatt Aiken, Washington, D. C. tar Sir: As one of tbe largest manufac :rs of shoes in tbe country, we urge you tc 1 your influence to place shoes on tbe list. 3e American shoe manufacturer needs nc lection. With free bides and cbeap raw Lerlal the American shoemaker can sboe world. Very respectfully, The Wolfe Bros. 8boe Co., R. T. Woue, President, similar letter, even in stronger termr received by the chairman of tbe Wayi Means Committee from A. E. Little <S - * T *f?an mlth oiirth acl, U1 iuano,, auu J vv, nitu auvu v.. ce Id the committee's bands, the [tariff or ?s was very sllehtly reduced. Tbere Is nc i flcaUon for excessive protection on shoes even In tbe mind.of an uncomprlsing pre lonlst. jere has been some slight redaction on 1 and articles manufactured of steel, but redaction Is not sufflcent. Tbe same iclple that Is applicable to tbe shoe buel11?applicable also to tbe steel Industry of those products uEed in tbe mannfac10I steel bave been materially reduced Iron ore bas been put on tbe free list, I why was iron ore put on tbe free llstf ias been postlvely and openly asserted j, aDd I believe It to be true, that it wat e for no otber purpose tban to give advan i to tbe iron Industry on tbe Atlantic it. It is said that |the steel trust ownt stlcally all tbe Iron deposits In Cuba, and )urse. It must be shipped in iree of duty, b cheapened raw material, tbe tarlfl aid be so reduced on tbe finished product o-admit some of tbe foreign product, eby Increasing the government revenue, relieve that a highly protective tariff, bes cutting dowD revenue actually obstrnou export trade. Nations, like individuals, very largely where they sell. Tbe sblF . can carry freight both ways can give tbe ipestrate to tbe shipper. Where a for ? i?? ?i* i>. ih. t UUUIJU J una PUiu I id fjuuuw, auu uu vu? jeeds of this produce established Its credit e It will go to buy, even If the same goodf r be bad at tbe same price in anotbfi ket. I-state this positive fact that 21 is.of clotb were shipped from Euglacd jvery 1 yard shipped from this country single year In the recent past.. I do not now recall tbe exaot year. Without unHklng to explain this myself, I wouid ask is not Just possible that the law of barhampered, and in many canes quite pro;ed by our exclusive system, atlects tbe dom of our foreign market? I do not in by this that tbe old rate on cotton Is, and especially coarse goods, is higher 3 is consistent with ralslDg revenue foi United States Treasury, but tbe trade In on goods may be hampered by our excet raies on other articles. iere la just one other llem to which I will r. I notice tbat oil paintings and otber ks of art have been put on tbe free list. v. tbe JDingley law permitted tbe lmportaofoll paintings and tbe like when desd for public art galleries. This Is all well ugh. hope I am not unappreclatlve of tbe beauI In art or In nature. I am sure tbat I ild do nothing to lessen tbe culture and [iement of my people. But I can not do insistent tblng when I know that no real uniage to .society Is derived thereby. > for one moment and think Just who gets ures from across the water. Are they g in the cottages of the poor, or even of moderately wealthy? No; tho men who e them will have them despite any tarifl, they are able to pay for them. aty on tea, duty on cofl'ee, duty on sugar, y on Iron, duty on 6teel, duty on flannel, all Mgh, and tree pictures. There is a pie of the consistency of tbe bill. aave mentioned a few of the Inconsistenof tbls bill. I have not done ltln a cap s spirit, but In tbe effort honestly to dlatteotlon to the Inequality and Injustice id there. I am not opposed to a ieason) tariff to raise revenue necessary tosupt, the Government, and, as I have said on evious occasion, tbe extravagance of tbe he dominant party makes a pretty stifl ff necessary. Bui let the burden be disuted. Do not lay it on tbe shoulders ol poor ma!my. jat glaring injustice would be found in i bill might reasonably be guessed, knowtbe sentiment of tbe .Republican party, llngihat everything, from a tiny stalk arley to a steel-rail factory, should be pped with government bounty. imthow, this whole theory o protection tsai the wrong end of the proposition, ssuroes. as did tbe royalists of old, the iflne right" to plunder the masses. In the t the American people have too nearly illeled conditions existing in England ay years ago. of which Macaulay wrote: V small portion or the people stand boot~ tnd spurred readv to ride, and a large lion or the people stand saddled and lied ready to be ridden." overnor Cummins, now United States ator. and a good Republican, made use ol i very strong language: V11 the robberies and thefts committed by usurance companies, officers since tbe Iness of life Insurance orlglnut d do not auut to tbe extortion due to the Dingley for one year. And tbe Payne bill, In tbe regate, In even blgber." 'lli tbe people stand H? Will they conae to bend tbelr necks to tbe burden? II they, half clad and half fed, continue itruggle under the weight of an Insolent ?t-fed tariff gourmand? urely an economic question, I do not be> e that a nation's wealth Is Increased by nncing thecost of tbe home made article, en tbe home consumer alone Is to pay the anced .cost. It undeubtedly centralizes ilihand creates large fortunes, but foi ry dollar of excess given to one set ol n to further swell tbelr burdensomti Utb some other citizen, who, perhaps 111 aflord to spare It, is a dollar poorer en the people, who may be trusted, when >rmed to do right, grasp the meaning o ff robbery, It will go, and it will be re mbered as one of the enormities of public ity. ^ ! It Is "McMurray made," it la guaranteed ileaic or we refnnd your money. ' - r" J ? I -fc? What" HI AH "Nature's I! The It. 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This chorus has been rehearsing for two months and Is In perfect mastery of this wonder music. It will be worth going hundreds of miles to bear. There is no other festival In the Sontb that will present Mme. Eames and it la tbe only opportunity to bear ber to be bad ontslde of tbe big cities of the North. Seats for the festival are now on sale and will be sold in this place by agent prior to the opening of Ibe festival. Tbe fact that the opening concert will be held on tbe evening of Decoration day will give many a cbance to be present. Tbe prices for the afternoon conoert Tuesday will be lower than for the evenings. Further information will be furbished upon application to J. J. Farrell, Augusta, Oa. i Words to Freeze the| 8onl. ' "Your son has Consumption. His > case is hopeless." These appalling ' words were spoken to Geo. E. Ble1 venn, a leading merchant of Springfield, N. C., by two expert doctorsone a lung specialist. 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A M 1 % were in my power to ^usian ra of my fellow housewives In animal fats ecommend any proprietary art ,hlnk ltr but after many year myself the excellence of COT ng from the eelf-lmposed rul t very best thing of Its kind eper, and I am glad of the o *i / Yours truly, ULOOU&U. /j known as one of the foremost cooking experts to t Book," and her articles on culinary subjects are wi th COTTOI,ENE make this endorsement particu: ict.that it came entirely unsolicited. FAIRFIELD. - - J. JVliss Mary ronng speut oaiuruoj night with Miss Mamie Creswell. Mrs. Mattie Roberts and children spent Wednesday with Mrs. J. W. Long. Mr. J. W. Creswell spent Saturday night with Mr. Dink Palmer. Mr. Tom and John H. Yonng spent Sabbath at their uncles, Mr. A. W. Young. Mr. Mose Wideman from near McCormiek, called a few days ago to see Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Roberts. Mrs. Joe Creswell and daughter Cleo of Troy, spent a few days last week with her mother, Mrs. Sallie Brown. Mr. Louis Reauford one of Bathiahs handsome young men, spent Sabbath night at his uncles Mr. L. O. Beauford Mr. and Mrs. J. L. fRussell 9pent a few days last week with Mrs. John Young. Mrs. J. W. Long called to see Mrs. Sam Young Tuesday. Miss Zellie Langley called to see Mrs. Roberts a few days ago. Miss Lina Spence has been visiting friends and relatives in Fairfield last week. Some of our youDg folks called at Mr. Sam Youngs Sabbath. Some of the names we learned were Misses Annie and Mamie Creswell, Annie and Birdie Beau ford, Messrs F. T. Young, Willie Long, Charley Creswell, and Sam Beau ford. We learned one of our good bachlors called to see Miss King, and we only wonder if he could riot decide to make her his pretty queen; let us ask him. Mr. Joe'Young callcd yesterday to see his brother, Mr. S. T. Young. Misses Willie and Maggie Young were at the home of Mrs. W. H. Roderts Saturday. Mrs. J. A. Brown cailed to see Mrs. Sallie Brown Tuesday. Mrs. J. M. Spence called to see Mrs. Brown, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Holder and children spent Sadbath with Mrs. Leard. j Mrs. J. W. Young and daughter Miss Daisy and little Gladys Bowen were the pleasant guests at Mrs. Mary Lou Puckett one day last week. Miss Fannie Long and brother Sammie went to Greenwood last week to visit relative?. Miss Annie and Mamie Creswell w.ere in Troy shoppiug Thursday. Mrs. Sallie Tolan spent Friday | night with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Brown. Mrs. J. W. Young and Mrs. Joe Russell and little Sidney, and Mrs. L. O. Beauford were the pleasant guests of Mrs. Fannie McCasian last Friday. ' Mrs. Sallie Tolan and little Robert, TLCrt*.*t pKfioouol] onH ^anorhf'.PP auu lUlO* luaij Vitonuii uu vimm^uvw. Miss Belle, were the pleasaut guests with us Saturday. Mis6 Daisy Young also was a pleasant visitor with us a few days last week. Mrs. Mary Creswell and little Minnie Bell Talbert were at Miss Jennie Creswells last Thursday. Mrp. Sam Young spent Saturday with Mrs. J. W. Long. Mies Daisy Young spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Young. Mr. Wylie Long spent Saturday night and Sabbath with Mr. David Young. T HI" T)n n Kn OoAmio rtQQQ. I Mr. J. 1U. DltUiVS liUUJ uruigia pucu ed by our home one day last week. He and his companion had been to look at the Ferguson gold mine. Mr. Banks expects to come back tkis week to go to work. mm ^ HELPFUL WORDS From an Abbeville Citizen. Is your back lame and painful ? Does it ache especially after exertion ? Is there a soreness in the kidney region ? These symptoms indicate weak kidneys; There is danger in delay. Weak kidneys fast get weaker. Ciivp vour trouble orotDDt attention. Doan's Kidney Pills act quickly, They strengthen weak kidneys. Read this Abbeville testimony: D. M. Keller, Main St., Abbeville, 8. <J., says: "I suffered for some lime from a dull ache across the small of my back, caused by disordered kidneys. I decided to try a kidney remedy and went to P. B. Speed's drug store for a box of Doan's Kidney Pills. I now feel much better, I have no hesitation in recommending Doan's Kidney Pills." For sale by all deulers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. " ' > %Y * v7 ' ?, -i' - , . V ?.. " thinks of inny South" I9Q6 of lard in my lit ? COTTOLENE, ' say that It has alone, as lastry, biscuits, ' this pure vegetable . place of the gross, icle in print, s use has proved TOLENE, I feel ... e. I honestly / ever offered to pportunity to make 'aaXoaa^I he United States. She Is the author of dely read and highly prized. Her high larly strong ana convincing, and it is EAST END. What "M" Sees and Hears on I Rounds About the Dity and Ale Route No. 3. Mis<j Jennie May Dunn accompanied ber father arrived In the city last week Iri Florida and will Bpend Home time with re lives In and around the clt.v. At present tt are the guests of Major Nance and fam Their Irlends extend to them a hearty w come, and are glad to see them In this tt former borne. Miss Kate Marshall left last week for > derson to attend the funeral of Dr. Sam C After spending several weeks In the cl Mibs Nelle McGaw returned to her coun home last Saturday. Misses AODleCochran and Daisy, Maxn accompanltd by Messrs. Ernest Wafdlaw b Victor Lomax spent last Sunday with frlei In Greenwood. Miss Hannab Cochran spent a few days laHt week very pleasantly with cer irh Miss Mattle Hipp in Clinton. Misses Mamie L.ou and Giace Smith afte pleasant stay In tbe Gate City returned ho last Friday. Many Abbeville friends extend sympat to Mr. Orr in bis recent bereavementdeath oSbls lather Dr. Sam Orr. Miss Antoinette Hammond left yesterd tnr i Yiiiimhin whfirn kh? will soend same 11 with relatlv s. Dr. Jack Prassley and bis cbarmiog br returned to tbe city Sunday alter r deiigbt "lsltlo relatives In WlDDSboro, N. C., ? will in tbe near luture leave for tbelr 1 away borne Id Mexico* Mr. aDd Mrs. Lowrle Beacbam came o from Atlanta last week to attend .tbe Mill Presslry wedding. Mr. Beacbam has turned and Mrs. Beacbam will spend a wb with ber borne people. Quite a number of Abbevllllnns will atte Ibe Musical Festival at Spartanburg t week. Tbls is a rare treat for all lovere music. Miss Baker of Cbappells will be the cbai ing aDa attractive guest of tbe Misses Co ran tbls week. Tbere is a rush even these quiet days at t great '>6*rgaln Store." They have the got aDd believe Id nsiDg printers Ink to let I public know It. Watch their ads and weel locrliandyou will see tbelr bargains Id < ferent lines each week. DurlDg the recent rise Id cotton a numl of our farmers let it go, and now tbelr mil are easy. " / Mr. C. C. Nabors died at his home Id t oity last Friday about 2 o'olock, and bis mains were taken to Macao. Ga , bis foru home where they were laid to rest la I presence of many sorrowing friends. He was a member of tbe Pytblan Lodge tbls city aDd an escort from that body w other frieads accompanied his reunalos their former home. Mr. Nabors has lived Id our city for soi time, and duriog bis stay Id our midst has his kind heart aDd geDlal manners woo 1 I resDect and esteem of all who knew hlui. He was proprietor of the Bottling Wor and by strict ntt ntion and fair dealing ? building up a fine business. Mr. Nabors wig a falthfal and zealo member of (be Baptist Cburch. Death Is always sad, but wl.en it comes It did in bis case, by such a fearful acolde and so sudden and unexpected It seems ha to bear up under such a ( hock. He was a Christian and tried to llTe t lite be professed, and doubtless has gone t< higher and nobler lift. The bereaved family bave thb sincere ay pattay ofthls entire community In ihetr s and unexpected bereavement. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wilsou of Gralnrld were among the visitors In the city Ji week. Mrs. J. B. Wilson and her pretty daugh Miss Lucile were guests in the city last Mc day. We learned of the death of Mr. John Ab last week with much regret, us we bad c even beard of bis illness. He was a geueroi kind hearted man, honest and lndustrlo and was respected and highly esteemed all who knew him. He was for a number of years one of c patrons on routs 3, and to him aud his fam we are indebted for many little acts of kit ness. To the .bereaved family and retails we unite with many other friends In deepi sympathy. , mnd l .nrilflp MoKflnzIn was one nf the f. glints In tbe olty Monday. The many friends of Mr. David Gilliam t glad ta know, after a few weeks of spec treatment in the hospital In Greenville, he home again and seems to be somewhat 1 proved, He with Mrs. Gilliam were^guei In tbe city Monday. We with hosts of rrlen hope be will soon be fully restored to bealt HELP! HELM! Everyone is asked to help fight Against Consumption Consumption can be avoided Hereditary tendencies can be overcom Consumption can be Curec Read all about it in this month's METROPOLITAN MAGAZINJ ._ _ If your dealer is ,, 15c. a Copy sold out, write to ?l-50aYe? | 3 West 29th Street, New York ? The Abbeville Insurant and Trust Co. are prepared 1 handle your real estate, you have any real estate t sell, or if you wish to bu call or phone us. Office ovc Cobb's shoe store. Phone 11 People past middle llle usually have foh u'lrinov nr iiUnlrlfr disorder that khdm the \ tality, which is naturally lower iri old at Foley's Kidney Remedy corrects urns troubles, stimulates the kldueys, and r stores strength and vigor. It cures uric uc troubles by strengtheulne tb? kldnfys i they will strain out. the uric acid that seitl tu the muscles and Joints causing rheum tlsm. C. A. Milford Co. First lot of Zach McUee's "Dark Cornel sold out. Second lot just arrived. Head It t all means. Only one dollar,at SpeidV l):i Store. We often wonder how any person can I persuaded Into taking auythlng but Kolej Honey and Tar for coughs, colds and Iui trouble. Do not be looled Into acceptli "own make" or other substitutes. The gen lne contains ho harmful drugs and Is In yellow package. C. A. Milford & Co. ' . . The ^ I U CREATION Secret of a good liniment is in its i warming, penetrating and ' j scattering qualities. The J ingredients of Noah's Lini- t , ment are ] such that with < very little rubbing the parts \ are [warmed, the inflam- ( mationjand congestion scattered, and the relief isj^almost instantaneous. For Rheumatism, Stiatica, Lame Back, Stiff Joints, and Muscles, Sore Throat, Colds, Strains, 1 Sprains, Cuts, Bruises, Colic, Cramps, Indigestion, Toothache, and all Nerve. Bone and Muscle Aches and Pains. The genuine has Noah's Ark on everv cackace. 2?c.. ?oc. and Si.oobvall deal ers in me?licine*everywhere. Sample by'mailfree. *OAH REMEDY CO..RICHMOND, VA.,4 BOSTON, MA tf.t U.S.A. " SoM uud yuaruiiteea uy C. A. Milf ord & Co. Abbeville-Greenwo od MUTUAL lisilil ASSOCIATION. ' Property Insured, $1,750,000 March 1st* 1909. ... Vf7"IiITE TO OE CALL on tbe uudorslgiie Mis '? or the Director of your Towiihul t'cr any Information you may desire about dig our plun of Insurance. We Insure your properly against destruction by & HIS, WIH5SI8EH OR U5HIHM, ,'p.T and do bo cheaper than any insurance con ,1^ pany In existence. ,ey Hemember we are prepared to prove to yoi elr that ours Is the safest and cheapest plan cl Insurance known. >? J. E. BLAKE, Gen. Agent try Abbeville, S. C. en J, FRASEB LYON, Pres. \'? Abbeville, 8. C. fm B0AKD~DIRECT0R8 m? 8. G. Majors...............Greenwood J.T. Mabry .... Cokesbnry tby w. B. Acker ....Donalds lhe M. P. Cllnkscftles ...Due Weet W. W. L. Keller Long Cane I. A. Keller Jdmllhvllle me W. A. Stevenson Cedar Spring M. H. Wilson Abbeville City V?? R. B. Cheatham Abbeville Country fu' Dr. J. A. Anderson Antrevllle md S. 8. Boies Lowndesvllle ar* A. O. Grant....- Magnolia Edwin Parker .......Calhoun Mills yer H. L. Edmonds Bordeaux ler" H. L. Rasor. Walnnt Grove T.e~ W. A. NIckles ..... .Hodges 1 le M. G. Bowles Coronaca , i?. 8. Hattiwanger Ninety-8ix P, G. C.'Dusenberry Klnards , Ira B.Taylor. Fellowship 1 01 Joseph Lake Phoenix lrv. Rev. JT. B. Mnse Vej-dery J. H. Chiles, Jr -...Bradley cb" J. W. Lyon - Troy . W. A. Cheatham ?..Yeldell>' ?? G. E. Uorn..., - Callison G. E. Dorn U.-Klrkseys '7 ? 8. H.. Stevens Brooks ?|* a i koviisx. H c? March I. If 9 Calvert & Uickles; his re- , iftr ? Headquarters for ? 1 u? White Hickory Wagons i J Owensboro Wagons, ' J Hock Hill Buggies, ""* Summer Buggies, 1 I Cheap Buggies, ! Harness,llaprobes, etc. < Calvert & Nickles.! ?d" Feb 24. 1904. tf ( 0. A. DEWEY ?D- " - , les j ? ...SHAVING PARLORS...; iur = lly ' , ( id- fB^HJS enterprising young u.an is iea doing a firstclass busii tojj. His ' 98 parlors are at the same old Stand?the f iir old postoffice. His jprices are right and ir he is getting the business. I tai Shaving - 10 cts. i m". Hair Cut - 25 cU. 'dlH Mr. Dewey is assisted by Mr. Wal,h8 ter McCord. These two gentlemen ' make a splendid team and can turn r out work most satisfactory in price, ?j and unsurpassed in execution-. s e MARBLE AND![GRANITE.' 1 o I am in the marble and granite husinees. I represent the Southern Mar- f ;q hie and Granite Company. t y We Pay Ilie Freight v !r and guarantee satisfaction. ff work a 3 does not come up to contract it does not cost you a cent. oe Any one wauting Monuments, Totinibs, Slab Work or Curbing I will j.y I be pleaded to have them call on me at e'. my shop or write to me and I will to come to see you. i so ! J. F. EDMUNDS. r'* s king'S NEW LIFE PILLS be The Pills That Do Cure. | Dr. King's New Discovery j KILLS THE COUGH. CURES THE LUNGS. *" * *"*" j To the Farmers! We want to talk to you a little now ibout our arnmoniated fertilizers. The acid and, meal season is about )ver. Those who use acid and meal laul it home early in the season so ;hat they can mix it. The season for t immoniated goods commence later, md, in fact, is about starting now. rhere is not mueh difference in &Ids; jne acid is about as good as another. : It is all made of phosphate rock, bone phosphate lime), crushed and treated with sulphuric acid. That is how you get your acid phosphate and one fertilizer company turns out about as good quality of this goods as another. The difference in fertilizer is jn ammoniated goods. Ammonia ted goods are made by taking this same acid phosphate and mixing it with ammonia tes, blood tankage, nitrate of soda, cotton seed meal, sulphate of ammonia, garbage. Now, some of these ammoniates do their work and exhaust more quickly than others and so by properly mixing and manipulating our am-, moniates, we have gotten a fertilizer that will nourish the plant from the time it sprouts, all during the growing season, during the laying-by season and up to the time the plant is matured and ready to be gathered.?? ' j Take for instance nitrate of soda. It. acts quickly and exhausts. Cotton ': i seed meal willcbme in next; it will dissolve and assimulate with the soil * : 'Hit and become a plant food. It all has to dissolve and assimulate with the spil before it becomes a "plant food, v just as when you plant a grain of :T, corn it has to germinate before it ;' comes up. Tankage come in next .; and then blood, which lasts until the crop is matured and ready to be ; gathered. So^ ?y taking the different kinds of ammoniates in the proper proportion, one coming in as one exhausts, we have a fertilizer that will feed and nourish the plant from the time it sprouts until it is ready to be gathered. That is'a icom- . - 1 -A- A iMl -.J U pitutr icruiiziw uuu uuic^o it uuco uiao it is not' a complete fertilizer. It does not matter where you get it, it is not a complete fertilizer unless it feeds .and nourishes the plant from the time it sprouts until the crop is ready to be gathered. These ammoniates are very expensive; that is why ammoniated goods costs more than acids. Take sulphate of ammonia; it costs $64 per ton laid down at the factory. "We have bought quite a lot of tljis and are using it in fertilizers that we sell for less than $30 per ton, just because we want to make the right kind of ?oods; goods that will make the jrop grow and keep growing and 1 .. v,;a will iiJctKt; a man iajvc ix uuuc iu uu jrop. Our ammoniated goods used )n lands that are prepared and cultiyated, as the farmers in this section iisually prepare and cultivate their ands, will get all out of the land :here is in it and a farmer should not De satisfied with making the land do / ess than that. The trouble about' jsing a cheap fertilizer is just this: )y the time you find out it is no acjount you have lost a crop and you lave lost a year's work and the only :hing you can do is to wait until ip\-t vear and trv aeain and fertilize ' ight. Every sample of our goods that las been analyzed at Clemson College an way above our analysis which ihows that we are making the right cind of goods. There is absolutely 10 adulteration in the fertilizers we ire making. They are made of bone )hosphate of lime ammoniates and lothing else. There is nothing beter niade. Our goods will feed and lourish the plant from the time it iprouts until it is ready to be gathired and that is the kind of goods ,-our land needs: that is the kind of foods your land must have to make irst class crops. If you want goods >f this sort, we have them and they ire for sale. They are home made md they are made right; they are jry and well pulverized and we rant you to try them. See our ,gen is. Undersoil Phosphate & Oil Company. D. S. VANLIYEE, Manager. J. R, VANDIVER, President. ....