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The Press and Banner Bv W. W, and W. R. Bradley, j u[ HUGH WILSON, Editor. I h? _ ; nt A1IUEVILLE, S. C. * . . | ot WPublished every Wedneaday at. 82 a y -ar In advance. w' Wednesday, May 19, 1909. ^ The Annual Hulaballo With County tn Treasurers. - IJ K Hill HI ilr. W. w. nrauicj- ?uu ..uU&.. ... are oft to Colleton to run over the Treasurer's m books for tbe last ten years. Theexamlna- w tlons and the wild talk about county treasurers ha6 about come to be a public scandal, lo Tbe law Is wofully at fault or Stute officers w must be remiss In their duty when so many ni county treasurers are allowed to wait for years before making a correct and a final settlement. This editor cannot believe that the County treasurers are less honest than bank cashiers, Insurance agents, express agents, railraod agents or other trusted fiduciary officers, and we are obliged to believe something Is wrong when this an. . j nual hulaballoo is raised about somebody's accounts having been fhort for teD ye^rs. more or less. Tbe fact that a County treasurer has been behind with his account Is proof, beyond the shadow of a doubt, of In- b efficiency on the part ol those whose duty it Is to see that Justice Is done. f8 If a treasurer makes an annual settlement ^ for ten years, bow la It possible for an expert to go oier tbe figures for that ten years and change the figures so as te break up the treasurer? There is simply obliged to be something radically wrong with the law orwitb those who make the annual settlements R| when such things are possible. t( It Is not to be believed that a majority ol a, the treasurers are thieves or less honest than fiduciary officers in other stations. * * * - ' ?uoftiomcntR tn This tiling 01 rHKiufc ut. w.u break up treasurers or to bankrupt their widows should not become a public scauda! n or a disgrace to the State. We believe no j| other State has been disgraced so much as p has our State by the opening of old settle- 8| merits. si If a settlement is once made is there any sense, or any equity in waiting until the treasurer Is dead or out of office to make another settlement and a reclamation on Lis estate? n If the annual settlement by the treasurer a may be torn up after ten years, how long n will the revised settlement stand? Is there no end? tl ir an annual settlement is not a Fettle b ment, what Is It? I Does not this eternal accusation of treasurers prove that somebody In Columbia Is either Incompetent or inefficient? When an annual settlement has been made, the treasurer should be discharged, and further claim against him should be fc barred. But action should be commenced ? against those who may have made, or con- a Ben ted to, untrue or Incorrect settlements. We may be wrong, bat we cannot believe that a majority of our treasurers are thieves, or ?hould be beld responsible for the faulty or erroneous settlements of State officers who t are presumed to guard the public interest. ? As a rule, when a settlement has been t made it should stand. Tbe figures should 'be c definite and such that they cannot be juggled j with. r ? 1 ! Evil Effects of Prohibition. Like the fox which lost his; tail in a trap, Borne of the dry counties are urging the Heedlessness of the dispensary. f Anderson is dry, but for all that a great t noise Is made because the people still get t liquor?or in other words, the nol-e proclaims g that prohibition doss not prohibit in dry towns. In the month of April tbere were thirty arrests In the dry town of Anderson for c drunkenness. In tbe same month tbere 8 were eleven arrests for druDkeness In the 1 dispensary town of 'Abbeville. ( In the first ten day* of May there were ' eleven arrests in ABderson. In the sam 6 time in Abbeville there were five arresU. To state it difierentiy: For forty days in Anderson 41 arrests. For forty days in Abbeville 16 arrests. r Does that satisfy the conscientious cltizon t as to the evil efiects of prohibition? Prohibition sends its voice reverborating and resounding over the hills to Abbeville proclaiming the evil effects of the alleged e drought in the dry ;towns. j They talk freely ;agalnst the dispensary, t bnt in so doing they virtually admit the folly and the failure of prohibition. n mere were no violations of ;tbe probibltary law would, you expect In dry towns a greater num'ber * of arreBts for drunkeness than are made In a < dispensary town! 1 It may be tbat that some gentleman In ' this county may want to vote the dispensary { ont of Abbeville because'he happened to be 1 arrested and tlned. Ifour friend the voter think tbe police of Abbeville will be discharged If tiie dispensary Is closed they will be mistaken. ' As a citizen we do not favor tbe employ- ' ment of police at our expense to keep down blind tigers, but we do favor the keeping of a sufficient number of police to look up those who make spectacles of themselves. ? II tbe ;town should go dry, we can catch c one man a day as they do in Anderson. The floes would pay for two policemen, which number Is sufficient to take care of all those gentlemen who may chance to ? trade at blind tiger 6tands. The Edgefield News. J Mr. W. P. Calhoun, editor ot the Edgf field i News, announces the discontinuance of the e publication of that paper. The publication p oftbat paper was commenced some two or three years ago and during all that time the News was a most excellent paper. Mr. Calhoun is a good editor and a tlrelass t writer. He says tbat his health is the cause of his withdrawal from journalism. He may have lacked health to attend to the de. tails of publishing of a newspaper but he did e not lack either mental activity or the abllliy A to make an Interesting paper. ll In the demise of the News we have another proof that little townh cannot, or will not, support three newspapers. We believe the experiment has been tired In a majority of w the Court House towns in this state, and. as d far as we can recall the third paper is now v but a memory. A man having sufficient energy and ability toestabllsh a new newspaper, as a rule, has rt the necessary sagacity that would teach him t >- - nrnMtuhln II tlflprlB k I Df IU BCC& a uiuie .. woald buy an established paper, rather than start a new paper. t it If "dry" Anderson makes twice as maDy arrests for drunkenness as does Abbeville, the beauty of prohibition can readily be seen by a blind man. Would any roan on the face tl, of this earth conteDd that prohibition pro- w hlbitsln AndersoD? Judging from the complaints against blind tigers in other dry towns we are reminded of a story that was told, we believe It was of (.'apt. Hilly Smith, t' A new trainman had been employed. He w was Instructed to call out the stations the K< same as dl J the trainman In the other end of pi the coach. When the train was neariug the tc next station, the old trainman ciied out: "Honea Fatb." The recruit, trying to obey insVruction6, cried out: "The 6ame at this end.'' ** It makes little difference from whence the news of a dry town comes. It Is the same "at ttois end." j8 The High School. Our people are beginning to sit up and lake >tice. They seem to be wonderfully stirred > as to the location of their new school. The school trustees have a hardjob on their inds, and we think it would be difficult to id a more conscientious board. They are ixlous to do the right thing in the right ay, aud we believe the people realize not )ly that fact, but they are Impressed with e difficulty experienced In trying to do ell for all. It matters not where It is proposed to build , there Is objection. But each lot which has >en considered ban received favorable conderation from other sources. The biggest or the most pronounced kick lat we have heard Is that of the town coun1 who are asked to extend water main*, aud iwerage pipes, and to build a new street at i estimated cost of SI,000. These things are 5ce?sary If the school is built on tne lot blch now seems to have the "enrunment." B-sldes this, others contend that different ts would be more centrally locat(d,aud to bich proximity to Harbison College could Dt be urged. The Difference The difference between a "dry" town and a Ispensary town Is In two particulars, name : The greater number of arrests fordiunkrness In the dry town. And second, the llnd tigers pay no revenue while the dlsreniry builds roads and bridges, and pais the lacbers so that the schools may be open for m full term. Do you favor gocd roads, the bulldi g ol ridges, and the keeping open of the shools with the dispensary money, or do you ivor tree liquor or wholesale arrests for runkenness, and the closing of the schools? Skimming Along. Mr. Paul B. Wilson. Mr. Andrew Tulslne Qd Mr. J. A. Wilson of Greenwood, oame } Abbeville lasi Sunday In a swift going nd an easy moving automobile. Helping Speech. Is H right, or is It according to the ethics of le profession for a teacher to give lnformann tn otnrtcnifi ?h to the Questions or the articular thing* upon which they are to land examination at the close of.the seslou? Tommyrot. The clerlral politicians may talk ;of "blood loney", and then some leseer light repeat ll? s If It were a fact that the gales of whiskey sake blood money. Other extremely learned and original hinkers ask it the law against murder should e repealed. From | all such tommyrot may he good Lord deliver up. Now and Forever. Gov. Ansel Is greatly to be commended for lis refusal to pardon every convict who can :et up a petition. Gov. Ansel has backbone, ind he will do the right now and forever. Lucky Chester?Unlucky Newberry. At the congregational meeting of the A. R Church In Chester last Sunday Rev. D. G. 'hllllps, pastor of Newberry A. R. P. Church vas called to the pastorate of the Chester longregatlon. For Mr. Phillips the Press and iannerhas the highest regard. He Ik a good nan who is capable, reasonable, and active, ?bese qualities, prompted by zeal for the Master's cause make him eminently fit for th mportant position to which be has so lately teen chosen. ! You may be able to remove mountains by | aitb, but our experience leads us to believe hat pick, shovel and wheelbarrow are very tseful, if not necessary, to accomplish any | mch result. i I The Abbeville High School seems to be ' >n the move. It doesn't stay more than 1 i week In any one place, but now it seems to ' le more permanently located. -The City Council have been asked to spend 81,000 ? rootnr OamAraffA nnd a new ' treet. t It is all right to refuse dispensary profits to un your school. Sensible men will be glad oget It?you needn't take It. There can be no such thing as conscientious | icruples about running the ecbools with ? iroflts from the dispensary. No school In , his county has yet done so. ( Tbe cold undisputed fact Is, that Ander- , ion In forty days made 41 arrests for drunk>nne8B. During the same forty daysAbbfrllle made only 16 arrests for the same cause. Vnderson's excuse for the greater number of irrests Is tbe magnitude of that town. Arrests are not generally evidence of growth. , The spoiled or diseased Western corn of s-blch meal is made will foroe our people to ;row their own grain. No man should eat neal which is made from spoiled corn. - < If br.d Western corn will give a horse blind 1 itaggers is there any reason why meal made 1 >f tbe same corn should not kill you? < c I It 1r to be blind tigers or dispensary; * icbools or no schools. Take your Mhoice. t 1 i Spartanburg has a case of pellagra, and Is elegrapblng tbe fact all over tbe country. . t seems very little of which to be proud, ["he farmers of that county ought to raise inough good corn to make bread for the peo>le. We hear of one physician who does not use 8 lomlny or food made of Western corn meal. ^ _ t It Is dangerous to eat bread made of West- t rn corn meal. It gives people pellagra, t k.nd that Is as bad In men as blind staggers r d horses. { a (J Wouldn't It 6eem a little selfish if men who {l rould Increase the number of arrests for c runkenness should claim a monopoly of the lrtuet? g( tl Last Friday In Louisville, Ky., the Baptists u Used SU3.000 for the Southern Baptist heologlcal Seminary. b m t o It Is not too late to plant enough corn to lake bread for your family. It Is dangerous > eat Western meal, made of spoiled corn. Mr. R. E. Cox has applied for letters of ad- !? ilnlstratlon on the estate of H. P. Mcllri aln. Ic a A city woman visiting a farm In the coun- c< y said that farmers must have a good time, > >. >/.ai,ino initn oinpnt to watch the crops II II uwu.ui, ow. Our people have been watching the rice of their lots grow. They had better go i work now. tl Mr. M. T. Coleman has bought Mr. Min- S5 tali's elegant home. It a County Treasurer's annual settlement ii not a settlement, what Is It? a w The B~ L. D If it ip a wedding you for, it will be easy something suit* big line CHINA, CU and STEEL] Come in and look ov pleasure to si The R. L. I Usual Low Rat CONFEDERATE XTXAJ1TAJU M.JLM.KJ) Bound Trip $11.5 SEABC Short Lice from all ] Carolina and Georg trains daily. Sched Lv Abbeville Ar Atlanta Ar Birmingham Ar Memphis Reunion tickets will be sold for good to leave Memphis returning as li ment of 50 cents limit may be extend Tlirougn coacnes Call on Seaboard agent9 for further in J. D. Miller, Agei C. D. Wayne, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. j ? ' The Wirz Monument. Tbe monumert to Capt. Wirz of Anderson^ villa fame and noted lor his cruelty to North. ern prisoners has been unveiled. 01 One strange, thing to us Is that the women or of the Confederacy Bhould have erected the 11 mouument. w Another Is, that a military guard should 80 have been asked to protect the monument t0 from tbe feared action of negroes who might 8t use dynamite to destroy It. We would naturally believe that the guard 86 was to protect it from white men of the Con- tr federacy who despise the act of Wirz and who 8' might destroy tbe testimonial In honor of m perhaps the cruelest man that was ever put |CI In power In the Confederate war. The conluotof that prison ;was enough to put to aS shame the least respeotable people on the ^ race of the earth. The conduct ol that prison the only thing of which the South has a m perfeot right to feel ashamed. 86 The records of that prison were bad Indeed, 00 ind Capt. Wirz was Justly exeeuted for his Cc aruelty. gl ??? tri Might Have Gotten Cheaper Money, It has been published In tbe newspapers in (bat tbe Stale of South Carolina has borrowed ti< aalf million dollars to pay current expenses. The State authorities agreed to pay three per cent for the money. That Is cheap interest, but At the accounts of oounty treasu- < rers could be revised the amount might have de been moro easily or more cheaply raised. ] There are some forty treasurers. Suppose to their settlements could be revised, pd aver- , age of ten thousand dollars from each would pe relieve the situation. The tact that these du treasurers have already made tbelr settle- wl ments need not prevent. The great State of N< South Carolina need not know law or justice, re , . , cl< How They Will Vote. th We have heard the questlou asked If this jounty would vote out the dispensary. We :annot answer the question. We do not j mow how half a dozen men will vote. Those ivbo would increase our ujuuneuucoa i.u >u.? 0p )fa dry town will of course vote against the j ilspensary. Those who would close the pub- aD lc schools will probably do the same thing. W( ["hose who would cutoff their nose to spite j heir face will vote agtinst the dispensary, so ha .hat tbelr taxes may bs Increased. As a rule lD nen do not care for the expense of drunken- an jess. Men with sickly wives who need a litle whiskey may vote for the blind tigers. of ? . ? scl [ r in a W( I nfArm^iiAn WanlM IIIvi mauvu ......... The evil of drinking Is now being magnified ind proclaimed from the hills, the house tops> LrJ tnd the sacred desks. If we listen to those who would afflict hlB county with blind tigers and the housand Ills resulting from pro- I ilbltlon we would think that, excepting tbi hemselves, very nearly the whole county is thi nade up of drunkard*. The editor of the thi 'res#and Banner does not believe that thera vo ire more than one drunkard In every hunIred of population. We will be glad, thereore, to get lists from every section of the ounty, which , would furnish the J lames of all drunkards. We have made lar ome enquiry of others and no one can give rei be names of more tban 15 or 20. Please send Ca p the list so that we may be Informed. at We would like lor you to answer today, or 5 efore next Wednesday. We want the names in ' 41? wKiffl nr hlaolr nOB I me UIUUAUIUO nunvvi w.HVV, ? m I in I The New Court House. yei Tbe county of Abbeville bas an elegant t0T ew court house which cost 576,000. The peo- oul le, by taxation, have been paying SIC,000 or ^ 17,000 a year. Tbodebt and Interest 1b now w11 Jduced to about from SS0.000 to $52,000. This & i a debt for which tt e whole county Is bound ^ nd the building Is one of which the whole ?P' uunty has reason to be proud. on The Opera House Abbeville has an opera house wblcb, with 1011 ne grrouud on which It stands, cost 8'jy.000> ^0< he debt bas been reduced to a little less than 10,000. T . ? abc Unless you do something to encourage bus- ^ less the town might Just as well be labeled j ,e? ad laid away lor future reference. I jhe ?? V 1 V argan o. are needing a gift for you to find ' able in our ^ of T GLASS m SILVER. rer our line. Its a low goods. t n. rargaii iru. ;es Account S REUNION, TENN. 50 Round Trip )ARD points in South ia. Two good ule . 2.39 a.m. 12 31 d. m. . 5.00 a. m. 4.00 p. m. . 12.10 p. m. 8.45 p. m. 8.05 p. m. 7..'50 a. m. all trains June 5tli, Gtb and 7th, ate as June 14tb, and upon payed until July 1, 1909. and Sleepers. formation and tickets or write, at, Abbeville. D. W. Morrab, T. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. Clemson CollegeA grea! hue been prlDted within the lae w weeks a^out Clemson College. Wltbou idert*klng to review any of the comment any of the facts as they have appeared, li le newspapers, we would merely say tba e do not see how the State Is to preserve it If respeot while allowing Clemson trustee control a statu Institution, Ah we undei ood, Clemson gave 890,000 to the college wltl e proviso that the board appointed by him If should be self-perpetuating. And hi astees are a majority of the board. Th ate furnishes minority of the trustees an ore than twice as much money annually a emson gave at the start. It Is statei at a million and a half has been furnisbe DAA AAA *1 UDlVyiCUJIUUB [I Is probable that there Is not a coilge 1) e State that would not gladly let the SUU ake large appropriations for It, If the pr< dt owners were allowed to have as com pie t ntroloflt as Clemion now has of Clemsoi liege. Without doubt the Legislature ought tc ve back Clemson'e gift, and take entire cod j1 of its own college. If for no other reasoi e JnefQclenoy of Its management and th satisfaction In Us conduot Is enough t duce the State to either (stop Its approprl; dds or to take control of the Institution. In Forty Days. (1 arrests for drunkenness in "dry" An irson. IC arrests for drunkenness in the dispensary wer of Abbeville. A. long lime ago, it is assumed that the dls nsary was lnaccssslble to old man 'Noal tring his forty days cruise on the world de waters. During the wet season old Mr aah become so very thirsty that after bii turn, even he got drunk and made a speota 3 of himself. What m>re do you need to convince you o e evil effects of prohibition? The Schools. [n some of the "dry" counties the ^school ,ve either been stopped or else they are kep en a credit. In Abbeville the ecboolB are still going 01 d the probability Is, that when they clos s will have 55,000 to be carried over, it might therefore be well enough to ex ust this sum, during vacation, la Improve g the country school homes and In buying d In buying desks and other furniture le extra good and tbe rigid righteous voteri the towns may cut ofl money for th< nools next August, and then tbe school! >uld be scarce of money. Better iroprovi ur school now while tbe money Is on band ie*egood fellows who are opposed to coun^ j schools may Injure them when they can One Vote Against the Dispensary. t Is averred that one vote will go agalnsl 9 dispensary at Bordeaux for tbe reason it the Supervisor wont build a bridge sc at the voter can get to tbe dispensary. The ter will therefore cast his ballot contra. A Good Citizen Passes Away. dr. B. A. Boyd, of Ml. Carmel, died In Atita on last Tuesday, tbe 10th of May. His nalns were shipped to bis home near Mt. rmei hdq ouneu iu iuo ji. u. i.kiuuu; that plaoe. Ir. Boyd was a good citizen, a ruling elder the A. It. P. church at Ml. C'armel for my years, and a man who will be missed the community. le had been in falling health for over a ir. He bore his decline with Christian tltude. The cause of his death as given i by the Atlanta physicians was pellagra. !o man has been more closely Identified h the interests and upbuilding of his counthan B. A. Boyd. [e was a man of true Judgment, and his nlon was always sought and appreciated all questions of moment. The Poem on Kissing i young man ol Abbeville suggests the lowing statza as a Htquel to the kissing ;m ol lust week's edition: "A sure cure for every III To kiss a girl of Abbeville." he young man knows what he Is talking ?ut. It's a fact! he boys say that Speed's Clnco cigars does 11y keep a good taste lu your mouth. Try m and bee. Speed's Drug Store. "Home, Sweet Home." BY .MADGE II. TUCKER. Ray S'las was leaning on his saw and looking at the large wood pile that lay before him, but it was evident his thoughts were not of that, for every few minutes he raised his hand and brushed something from his eyes. At last he selected one of the sticks and fell to Hawing with a vigor which was surprising in one of his yearn. Ashe sawed he soliloquized as follows: "Well, its probably best for her to go, but its hard to have her leave us when she's all we've got. God knows we've always done our best by her; gone in want ourselves and giveu her i all, but we've never grudged it; no, not once, and if we were to live the past over aftain would do the same. I s'pose its only natural for young folks to want to see the world, and if it was only for a little while, but five yearsOb, Lord, how can we stand it"? Again he brushed something from his eyes, and turning, gave a long look at the old house that had sheltered many generations of the Silas family, but only this old man, his wife and daughter Annie were left. At length he turned again to his sawing and his reverie. "Go away and learn to si - g ! As il she couldn't sing now; why she fairly beats the birds themselves. Hark! listen to that!" From the bouse came the sound of a fresh young voiee singing the song that will never grow ola: "Home, home, sweet, sweet borne. Be It ever so bumble, there's do place like home." The voice was unusually sweet and ricb, but it lacked power and exprea sion that training would give it. "That's right; there iB no place like home, and she'll find it out mightj soon. But she will not go wrong! YV*( can trust our Annie," the old mat thought. The summer before there had come to this iittle mountain village one o the world's greatest singers, and sh? bad seen great possibilities in Annie'f voice, and offered to take her to th< city and give her the training sh< needed, but she would have to be gon< five years with only an occasional visi home. Annie was delighted with th( offer, and accepted it at once, with n< thought of trial it would be for her fa ther and mother to part with her. "Why, mother," she said, as thi mother couldn't keep back the teari when Aunie told of the plan, "I uidn' think you would care so much; indeed if you say so, I won't go at all. Bu just think ot the great benefit it will b to me, and Some day I may be a grea singer, then my dear old mother am father need never do another day' riTAplr J J Then the rough old farmer ha' spoken: "Little girl, no amount c trainin' as you call it, will make you voice sound any sweeter to your m and me, but if you want to go, nothiu shall stand in your way." "No, Annie," her mother sai through her tears, "if you think yo ? need this trainin' wewantyou to bav it. There is One who cares for us a and He will care for you when you ar lt far away from us, and here in tbis li t tie home an old woman will pray ft g you every night, that you may be kej j from all danger and returned to us i ,t God's own good time." 8 It has been ever thus, mothers an 8 fathers have sacrificed eveeythiDg f( _ their children. Have bade them far 3 well with aching hearts and tear-din med eyes, to see them come bacl s some only wrecks of their form< e selves, and some grown into a nob d manhood or womanhood. And Annie Silas went to the cit; j lifflp thinking of the sadness and de LI vv? O ~ ?a olation she left in ber childhood home. Many a night they would e i by the fireside, thinking of her wt . was so dear to them. The fire would get lower and low< J until only a spark remaiued; the motl a er's head would be bowed on ber han while the tears ran unchecked dow , her cheeks, and the father?he wt . was usually so cold and stern?woul Q feel a mist gathering before his ey< e and his thoughts would wander bac o to the tirpe when a little golden-baire a child played about tbem and he hear her merry childish prattle, then, risin abruptly, be would fix the fire, and g to his wife and lay his hand on h< head iu an unaccustomed care-s, an say in tones that would trembli "Come, mother, cheer up, it isn't as we had lost her forever, as if she la with the others on the hill, but sh will come back to us some time and won't be so very long either. And w hear from her every week; that " something to be thankful for, for sh ' might forget all about us you know. 8 "Our Annie would never do that, the mother would answer, "fer sh loves us, even if we are old and poor. And so the years passed, to the gii in the far-off city filled with wor and ambition, to the folks at hom filled with patient waiting. At las the time came when Annie was t ? I i ~ I J-I?i. ui ^ tuuKe ner tjeu-ui. ouc wuo u? iu concert for 9ome charity. Very beai 2 tiful she looked as she stood in he white gown, waiting for the pianist t pluy the prelude to her song, wbic was the old Scotch ballad, "Land t the Leal," for it was in songs like thi | that she excelled. Certainly her first appearance was ' success; every one was enthusiasti over her and all the flattering notice ^ that appeared in the paper she sent t j the old folks at home. [ Another night she sang at the entei tainment given to some poor news boys, and one little lad said to a gen tleman: "Was that an angel what just sun; to us, sir?" And, upon being an , swered in the negative, he said : " ' don't b'lieve an angel could do an: 1 better, anyhow." The music worl< 1 fairly went wild over her, and her en 1 ifagements were many. A receptiot was to be given to one of the nation' leader?, who was stopping in the city and she was asked to sing. At firs she refused, but the committee wouk uot take no for an answer, so she final lv nnnspnfpd. She selected for her soug anothei Scotch ballad, "We'd Better Bide i Wee," and sang it in her inimitabh way. Encore followed encore, am each time she sang brought a fresl round of applause. And at last sh< took her place by the piuuo and sung "lie iteverso humble, there's no place lik< home." Strong men were not ashamed of the tears its memories brought to their eyes, and their thoughts Hew back tc the time when they were little children, sitting by their mother's knee, while she sang this dear old song ot home. There was no applause this time, but instead there was the silence that means more than applause-?the silence of deep feeling. As she was putting on her wraps to go home, a messenger boy brought her a telegram, which read as follows : "Come at once. Your father is dying." Everything grew dark, and for a time she was unconscious. When she S 'I '> ' ... ... . w;.);VVh?-. ? *mrnmmmssmgemm MM BIG CASH / / We have bought 1,000 T Coal, and to make a good sta: to follow the fashion of a CASH BARC We offer this Coal for c livered in June at $4.75 PEE K I when delivered. No time at offer applies to a!l orders i make the change, Now is cheap, This is Positively I We will have plenty of tl ; regular prices and terms. r Amos B? __________________ ]lffoxi.e^ | $100,000 to lend on improved fa [ est payable annually. We are hen ; writing give number of acres; : > / buildings and amount wanted. .JAMES FRAM K ?fc SOIS 5 ' a t recovered, kind hands helped her to i - a -1? ??t-? fHo nnio i carriage, auu sue was owu >u vu? t of her own room. There was no trail e to take her to the little country villag t until the next morning, soahemue 3 wait, wait, wait. s Oh, this dreary waiting ! The min utes aeemed hours and the hours dayp d She lived again the time in which eh >f wa9 a little girl; remembered ho\ r kind to her the rough old man alway a was. Then she recalled the time whe; g she had come away, and he had bel her in his arms and kissed her man d times whiie the tears rolled dowu hi u wrinkled cheeks. And was he neve e to return her kisses again ? Would h 11 never speak to her again ? It couldn1 *? be. God would never be so cruel a t- that. Ob, that she might live her lif >r over again, she would never leav >t him, never ! n And so the weary hours passe > away, and at last the long night wa d over. The train, although it was a >r express, seemed to crawl, but at lac b- she reached the old farm bouse, wher 3- her mother met her at at the door. J) "Is he alive?" was Annie's fir.' question. le "Yes, dear, but he cannot last lonj He slipped on a piece of ice and fel y, causing some internal injuries, an a- ever since he became conscious he 's been calling for you." it "Then he will know me?" io "Yes, I think so; but he is aslee now. Try and get a little rest. I wi call you when he awakes." "No, you take a rest, yourself," Ar d nie replied, as she took the little wc n man iu her arms. "Dear mother, io have been selfiish long enough, an d let you do the hard things, but hence ?8 forth things are to be different; eo 11 k down and try to get a little nap ; if fi id ther wakes up, I promise to call you. d Id a short time her father did awak g and he called for Annie at once, o "Yes, father, I am here; is ther anything you want?" d "Your mother." His lips formed th words with an effort. if "I will call her." y When they were by his bedside h i? reached out and clasped their bands ii it his. 'e "Dear ones?I have got? to leav is you." At the first, words came elowl, e and indistinctly, but, as oe went 01 " became plainer, ?"but don't grieve" it will be but?a little while?before w ie meet again. I tried?to be good to" >ou bolh?dou't cry?it makes it bard rl er for me. The years?have been Ion k ?aud dreary?since you went?awaj e Annie,?but I thank God?that be ha 't returned you to us?a9 pure?as whei o ?you went away. There is one thin a I want to ask you?don't leave?you >- mother again?for yoj won't have l.e t long. Be ? good to her?dear, am o don't leave her alone." He pausei h and lay with his eyes closed for awhile >' showing plainly'that he was com 9 pletely exhausted, ami when next hi spoke it was with great effort, a "I have?done?my?best?and nov c God?is taking?me?home. Annie a sing?"Home?Sweet?Home." o Could she do It? She must: and shi would do her best, aud do her best shi > did, for although in after years shi I- sang for kings aud queeus, she neve] i- sane as she did for her dying father Surely it was some power from heavei ? that put such sweetuess iuto her voice I '-Home, home, sweet, sweet home! A Be It ever ho bumble, there's no place llki f home." i ^ As she finished, a smile of iueffabh content passed over her father's face 1 and, with a whi-pered "Good by," ht 3 had entered the "Home, Sweet Home' J for all. ! The Country Newspaper. A friend sends us the lollowlog? ind some - more?for publication. We ornit a portion that may apply In some ln-aillUs?but nol > here. i "There are few wbo appreciate the co ntrj I newspaper as tney should. The country newspaper Is a home crown I Institution, utid should be a part of every > man's aud woman's pride, wbo lives upon It* . good deeds. The country newspaper weeps when you weep, It tnourus when you mourn, It sighs ! when you sigh. It tells all of your good 'raits, and you have to be devilish mean when It says anything bad ab utyou. It tells of your prosperity and weeps wheD adversliy overtakes you. It will close Its eyes to the truth and say something nice about you after you're dead, and endeavor to nuke your wife believe you were an angel when she Inwardly knows It's a lie; and still you'll cuss It, and let the editor send your * tnlthAnl nuvlni/ him H. pHper mr jraia miuv><4> r-j . , rfud Mop your paper If iie Intimates be Is hard up. Shame on you." AI way* Looking to Voiif Iulcrtsts. Call and see me at once, as I have two neat cotia^cH near public square to dispose of at a sacrifice. Tbree sales of dwellings bave recently been made In tbe city to new comers, and the supply is running short. Can sell you a number of vacant lots, but unless yon apply early canuot All jour bill for Improved property. .Not. a vacant dwelling in tbe city, aud tbe supply Is not rqusl to demands, so you bad best look after tbe two cottages mentioned. M. E. HolllDgswortb. $4.78 SALE OF a,l! i i%ions of the Best Block Jellico rt for the season we a-e going IAIN SALE. s ;, ,r >rders booked in May and deHT SPOT CASH . this price in any case. This ? already booked if yon desire to the time to bny the best Coal i Only for One Month. Xjf tie same Goal to fill all orders at : I Morse Co. ? , V? to 3tiO?aoL S irms. Terms of loans 5 years. Interidquarters, therefore no delay. When number of acres cultivated ; kind of r, - - - AUGUSTA, GA. , = i There is no ! More Reason * *> * In sendiDg your moDey to New v York for Life Insurance than in sending your savings there to be deQ posited in New York banks. J Think of This: s South Carolina has heen sending ir about Ei*ht Million Dollars North e every year for insurance, but busily ness men every where are now placet ing their Life Insurance with e Southern Companies and this big e drain is being stopped. d Investigate ,s The Southern Life & Trust Comn pany of Greensboro, N. C., before r e placing your Insurance. It Is the \ Strongest, Most Successful and it Best Managed Company in the South. j' The dividends which it returns to ^ policyholders are more than twice ' the average of those paid by Northern Companies. It deposits its full legal reserve with the Insurance Commissioner II of North Carolina. It loans and invests money in j_ the community where premiums are collected. It has made nubT stantial loans right here in Abbe^ vilie County. . .. A policy in the Southern Life & Trust Co. is equally as good as a Northern Company's policy, and the money stays at home. Investigate?we invite comparison. Investigate ! e Represented by ABBEVILLE INSURANCE & TRUST CO., e J. E. McDAVID, Mgr. p Own your own home?buy a lot and we will help you J build on it. A purchase now i, of Abbeville real estate is " practically certain to net you ! a handsome profit. Let's talk - it over. Abbeville Ins- and * Trust Co. Phone, 118, 8 , ^ . p r !aii irtvirn? n i MABBWJND GRANITE. 6 I am in tbe marble and granite businees. I represent Owen Bros. Hara ble Company, of Greenwood, S. C. We Pay the Freight > and guarantee satisfaction. If work does not come up to contract it doea not cost you a cent. Any one wanting Monuments, Toombs, Slab Work or Cuibing I will ! be pleaded to bave tbem call on me at t Abbeville, S. C., or at the shops ia Greenwood. Joe F. Edmunds, Director of Agents. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. PROBATE COCKT. In tbe matter of the Estate of William W. Smith, Deceased. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons Indebted to ^ald estate mnat settle without delay, and those holding claims against tbe estate must present them properly attested to Smith & Sharp, Administrators. Huyler's candy fresh all tbe time at Milord's drug store. You can always get what yon want in stationery and school books at Speed's Drug Store. Tbe mascot of the city?Speed's Clnco cigars A big lot of standard novels?"reprlnta" only fifty cents each at Speed's Drug Store. Tbe best extracts in the world areBlacki'a On display at Mllford's drug store.