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utaiNrtrr The Press and Banner Bv W. W, and W. R. Bradley, HUGH WILSON, Editor. ABBEVILLE, S. C. *tf*Pnblished every Wednesday at, $2 i year la advance. Wednesday, May 26, 1909. Dispensary or Blind Tiger. This editor has been against liquor all hi life. He favors the system of fighting I which will least corrupt or least demorallz the people. For this reason, we favor the dli pensary and oppose the Illicit sale of intoj icants which will surely come if tbe dispet sary Is abolished. This editor has lived on the Public Squar of Abbeville for fifty years. Daring tbe time we have had various laws or reg ulations in reference to the sale or non-sal of liquor. Our testlmoay would be that dui lng the period of prohibition we bad a lee satisfactory control of liquor than under an other law. Bar-rooms are not now unde consideration. They can neveraguln exist 1 this State. The Constitution forbids the re tall of liquor by the drink. While no man could say that there are nc evils resulting irom the dispensary, yet n man could say that Abbeville would not b afflicted by the illicit sale of whiskey if th dispensary was closed. Evils from whiske are sure to come. They are ever presen Tbe only question with those of us who favc temperance is, from which source will tb greater evils come, namely : From the legi sale or tbe illegal traffic. This editor's opli Ion is, judging from the past, that the evil which would result from the illegal sale ai greater than the existing evils oi the dlspei sary. For this reason w e fear the certalnt ' of tbe illegal sale. Another matter: There is no revemi from tbe illegal sale, while there is a revenu from the legal sale of intoxicants. While no man should vote against his cor vict ions because of the profile, yet itistru that the profits are some compensation, eve orfmtHlnB whirh wn do not. that the evi; resulting from legal sale* should be as gref or greater than the clandestine sales. No man should, however, sacrifice bis prli clple or his convictions for the sake of tb money profit. Where a principle Is Involve money should not be regarded as above tt sands under our feet. Men who believe the the evils of clandestine sales are fewer tba tbey would be tinder the dispensary 6ystea should vote against the dispensary. Where prlnoiple Is Involved It should prevail. Another matter. When the voter Is mak lng up his mind, be need not believe everj tiling he hears on either side. He should ri eelveall that he hears as information, an should, upon reason and common sense, vot as his judgment dictates. In order that our people may know some thing of the financial results of the lege sales, we quote some figures. Before nelgt boring counties went dry we quote tb sales at the dispensary at Abbeville. In 1906. The gross salts were $97,478 ( The profits were 19.7SG 1 Or, to the schools Sti.595 65 iu fcuo guuubj? ?,? ?? w To tbe town Abbeville 6,595 65 S19.7S6 95 The monies to the schools and for roads an bildges were clear profits, but tbe city of At bevliie hart to pay perhaps $4,000 for pollcln or enforcing the law against the Illegal sale ( liquor. During the year 1906 the sales wet con fined almost exclusively to citizens of At bevllle and Greenwood counties. In 190S. The gross sales were $153,300 Tbe net profitB were 58,375 This amount of $58,375 was equally divide between the schools, the roads and bridgei and the town of Abbeville, each recelvln $19,458. The taxable property of tbe Couuty Is, 1 round ; numbers. $6,000,000. To realize $19,4c lor the roads and bridges would necessltat au additional levy of 3 1-2 mills?or mor than double the amount now levied tor tha purpose. During the year 1908, tbe sales were It creased one-third while the higher pric charged realised two-thirds more profit. Th dispenser believes that the sales outside c Abbeville and Greenwood counties were In creased about sixty per cent. He tblnfcs th sales In Abbeville and Greenwood countie have somewhat decreased within the la? year. Large shipments are made almos dally to Georgia. Now as to the taxes: Tbe le^y last year wa for School purposes, Constitutional 8 mills Ordinary County purposes 3 mills Debt on Court House 11-4 mills Finishing and furnishing C. H.. 11-2 mills State purposes 5 M mills 14 mills This of course Is exclusive of special debt or levies which thb people of tbe difleren school districts voted upon themselves. These we believe to be Indisputable facts t which the tax payer Is entitled. But whether the dispensary Is an lnstltu tlon from which greater evils result thai from Illegal sales of liquor is a question wblct no one can Intelligently or certainly decld for another. The settlement of that questloi can only be decided by each man to his owi satisfaction. No manly man should evadi the question, or be too much influenced b: the opinion of others. Tbe wild statement! of lanatlos should not be believed until the1 can bring conclusive proof. TUe oplnloni and facta of a prohibitionist are no more t< be taken at tbeir face value than are th miraculous and unbelievable stories of mis lonaries. Let every man give It serious thought If he believes the dispensary Is i greater evil than those whloh result frocc tbe illegal sales, then he ought, by all means not to flinch at the prospect of doubling hi* tuxes for ordinary county purposes. Whllt half ol the school money would be cutloff, th schools may be closed a little sooner and by paying teachers a less salary, |no additlona' tax may be levied for that purpose, but we know of no way of avoiding the doubling of your taxes for ordinary oounty purposes 11 tbe same amount Is to be raised. A small matter like 3 1 2 mills on one's taxes should not lnfluenoe any good citizen's vote. Personally, this editor will vote for wbai h? thinbn for the best interest of tbe Deoolt of the oounty, We opposed the establish meot of the dlspeusary, but Its beuellola effects have gome what modified my objectlor to It. We are not as much an advocate of th dispensary as we are opposed to the methodi which some good men have adopted to tigb the beat Interests of the people of the Count; and the city, No man wno Is an enem; of this town or who seefcs through the pretenseof religion orclalm of superlor.vlrtui can have onr support In lighting this towu We are standing lor Abbeville all of the tim and against every enemy, no matter hov mnch religion he may profess, or bow mucl he may blandish his superiority. We lower ' our crest to no man. Except to tbe Ma ker and Ruler of tbe Universe we acknowl edge no master. We ask each and every voter In this Cout ty to give the subject of the comlug electloi his serious and prayerful tbought omitting al idea of anything except tbe good of tbe peo pie. Let him cast his ballot according to th dictates of his own (heart and not accordlni to the command of any presumptuous o self-righteous creature wbo may assume re sponslblllty for your conscience. Aiken la making arrangements to bull< another cotton mill. 1111. > iii 11 w nuiwii >??*???? trnai Clemson College. > Mr. W. P. Calhoun sent a bomb Into camp when he said: "Many suggestions have been made about - tne muddle at Clemson college. We do not propose to offer any solution, nor to condemn any one. It does not make any difference as r towbo Is right, as the college has its hands deep in the pockets of the State and pulls aB much money as lis wants, and more than it ought to have. Clemson took his wife's tuon- m - ey aDd property that belonged to his grar.d daughter and gave it to the State, not toadB vance education, not for his love lor mankind, but simply to gratify bis vanity aud mm - private spite. He despised his fellow beings and was without religion. He told us several years before his death that tbere was no room ? for an honest man In South Carolina. "Why," _ " he exclaimed, "if tbere was ever such a man ? as Christ, and if he would come to South Carolina be could not be elected to the office of a constable." 6 "We omit In relating the above the number . of oaths stuck In at every point. "A college founded by such a man with e other peoples' money through vanity aud i>. xpite, cauuot expect to get. on smoothly. Clemsou's sole aim In giving his wife's money to South Carolina whs to keep the Calhoun >" lamlly Irom owning Fort Hill, and he said so with many oaths; and to make his spite complete, he stuck his own name to the college, e not one dollar of the money nor one acre of ^ the land he gave the State being rightfully or morally hie own." e To this piece the Anderson Mall makes an r. able and forceful defence of Clemson and the ig college, without attempting to reply to any of y the assertions of Mr. Calhoun. We would ir add tbat if Clemson was a bad man or a n selfish man, we think It will be conceded that ~ he married a mighty good woman. And that, at least, was something to his credit. As for ,t the name, nobody knows anything, except 0 that he established the college, and that Is e glory enough for one cranky old man. If he c did nothing else he kept the college from be- 0 y ing called Calhoun, and tbat was something I. additional to bis credit. While we think that ? ir John C. Calhoun was an able man and a good ie man who stood high among the Congress- -y il man, yet we know of nothing that he did to j. benefit Abbeville county or the State of South lb Carolina. That portion of the county in e which he lived was almost uninhabited at the i- close of the war. His whole soul and his evy ery energy seemed to be to still further rivet the BhacklcBof slavery. II he ever aia anyie tblng for tbe uplift of tale people we are not it lnformtd of tbe fact. He established no schools of wblcb we have any knowledge. If i. be secured tbe passage of any law In tbeState 1 ie or In Washington that waB of benefit to this * n people, we would be glad to be Informed. / It. Tillman made bis Impress upon Soutb Car- v tt olina. He established tbe primary Bystem in tbe low country. He built Clemson College C 3. and Winthrop Collece. He put in the constl,e tution of tbeState a provision tbatno more d licensed barrooms should ever exist in tbe ie State. He gave as tbe dispensary. Since he lt went to Wasdington he uses hlB pltchfoik at D intervals and says spiteful things of the high" J( est and best of tbe Republicans, thus antagp onislng the rullDg or governing party In tbe ^ country. Like Calboon, he basdone so little J at Washington that it could hardly be seen i. by a telescope of a thousand diameters, 1 ?. Neither he nor Calhoun ever even got a post d office for Abbeville. C e We Intended to copy what the Newberry *"* ?1J 1 hoc .oirf nn thn niemson* f" neraiu uuu iicno wwo uWi? ~ ? v j. Calhoun matter, hat we mislaid tbe paper, il That paper agreed very fully with the re]. marks of the Press and Banner last week on ^ e the subject of Clemson College. The college may be said to be a hydra-head, ed Institution. It is ruled by two sets of trusH tees. It has a literary president, and a millJo tary ruler. It has one eye on the treasury o/ tbe State. And It needs no tongs to lift money out of the treasury. When It gets a set of boys that It cannot govern, they are turned off or sent home while the pay of professors go on. 1 " Clemson College Is a unique institution. J " Against the Dispensary. 1 e Rev. J. C. Roper, of Greenwood, delivered two discourses In the Methodist church here on Sunday, protesting against tbe continuance of tbe local dispensary. His remarks contained some interesting figures well pre. " sented but were less effective by reason of bitter invective against those who dared to ' difler from b!ni. g The speaker referred In a most oompll- vl mentary manner to Attorney General Lyon ^ and Congressman Aiken. He resd approv- 25 ingly the greater portion of a speech which Mr. Aiken delivered In Congress in which he 18 t advocated general prohibition, and tbe pas- ** sage of a law by Congress giving the States cl the r ight to control and to regulate the Interstate shipment of whisker. His reference to Mr. Lyon waR in line with cc many similar references to him by the pec- F' pie and papers of the State. di It lookB as If Mr. Lyon might be a formida- ey 0 ble competitor of the Hon. C. C. Featherstone ei * on tbe Prohibition ticket for Governor in the 8e coming election. 1 , . Qi ct 8 Lets Tie Civil- si v te When Senator Tillman first went to tbe tj. Senate be won some notoriety uy me ubu ?jj his pltchfolk. Isn't It about time for the warfare to stop? While Mr. Tillman !may care nothing at all for what his constltatents may g think, yst we think they are getting tired of t pitobfolk manners. It would seem after b) s years of time !n Washington, that a Senator 1 might "refine" a little. It is useless for the t South, or the Democratio party, to claim a tb 0 monopoly of all the virtues, while assigning all the evil to others. jQ a * to 1 Public Good?Not Public Gain. al 6 They are having a time of it In Newberry, ^ 1 trying to locato their new school. The 3 Herald says the location, "should be settled 0t, 3 with a view of serving the Ilnterests of the Be Y entire people, aud not to sell the property of ct 5 any Individual." jy ? This editor is glad that he has no responRl- H * I Kiiifv in the TOfirlr of Kulentlnp a. lot, for thn . u.?.vj " JK Abbeville school. If the trustees would like 8a e to be rellevtd of a disagreeable duty they y( ' might let the tax payers vote on It. Anywhere suits us, however. i 1 Taxable Incomes w as The following named citizens of Abbeville ie county are subject to the taxable income, as fo per the statement belew. These taxable in- m comes are upon sums over and above $2,500? no tax being exacted of those with less in- at comes tban ?2,500. or Anderson,H. Q S!)60 00 tb Barksdale, W. D 1,100 00 ae Blake, J. R 1.010 00 Britt, .T. E. McCormick.. I.OiiO 00 m lirownlee,R.C.Due West 450 00 tb Calhoun Falls Co 1,268 89 lj Cox, R. E 2,000 00 Gambrell, C. C 1,000 00 f-iravrfnn. W N 205 00 Greene, W. P 8,116 S7 Hutlilon, K. M. & Co 362 00 HarrlsoD, F. E 500 00 } Kennedy.A.K.Due West 875 CO KlUgh.J. C 500 00 H Link, S.J 1,000 00 Neufler, G. A 436 58 fu Smith, A. M 2,100 00 ai ^ Smith, J. AlleD, Sr 3,505 00 n< 8lark, J. S 1,440 00 In Thomson, S. G 700 00 J| Ylsanska, G. A 3 5S0 00 hi Wilson, Hugh S60 oO hi 827,469 84 M Anderson Reaping its Reward. 1 The evils of prohibition are now plainly vi illustrated at Anderson. One roan shot and 1 killed, and one man condemned to be hanged m for murder committed while he was drunk, fa This is beautiful, to say nothing of the aver- lo S age dally plain drunk in the dry town of tli Anderson. This free liquor business is now dc recommended to and urged upon the people w ofAbbevillo by clerical politicians, who, if 1 they ever preached temperance, we have no information of their having been oaught at It is vS. I5C Wednesdaj A These lots are locatei n the eastern side of the he property. These lots rell drained. i THESE AM Due West is a town ege and the Due West F 3-raded School to whicl :oming year. The Railroad fo Due West as a tradin )resent themselves. Fr luring the past twelve m ion. Now is the favoral TERMS OF $ One-fourth Cbester Lai R. Death of F. L MorrowFrancis Louis Morrow was born In Abbetlle county Nov. 15, 1848, and died at bis j r>me In the city of Abbeville, Tuesday, May > i, 1909. . In bis young manhood be entered the mill- j try service of tbe Confederacy among tbe jys who enlisted a short time before the ose of the war. He expressed tbe desire that religious serices be held In the A. R. P. church, In which ingregntlon he bad long been an Elder. altbful to all tbe duties and responsibility jvoIvIdk apon him as an officer, be was rer a zealons and consistent Christian workwherever the opportunity to do good prctnted Itself. He was a Royal Arch Mason and he relested that after tbe religious services In tbe lurch, his body be laid to rest at Cedar \ pilngs by tbe members of tbe Masonlo fra- { rnity of which he was a member. Besides ] lese matters he earned his oholce of under- i ker, Mr. J. W. Sign. i Mr. Morrow had been a sufferer from j right's disease for more tbun a year. Last } prlng he predicted that he would not live r i see the close of the year. He fully realized t is condition and often talked of tbe ap- ( oacblng end with a calmness and a serene- ; which Is not often seen In men who know t >at their days are numbered. Up to three weeks ago Mr- Morrow perrmed bis duty as station agent at this place r the Southern Railway. One afternoon * >out three weeks ago he seemed to collapse, ? id was unable to walk borne. He went to ( >d that evening, where he remained until e i passed away last Tuesday morning at'6 t clock. Up to the last moment his mind I emed to be clear. He talked with bis illdren calling them by name, and seeming spoke la a perfectly coherent manner, owever, In tbe midst of a talk with his mlly od the afternoon before his death he Id: "Hello, Mr. Harden, I am glnd to see ' >u, how are you?" On being a^ked If he saw r. Harden he said. "Oh, yes; I see him; 1 >n't you see him?" f We make note of the fact that Mr. Harden 1 as a zealous chucbman, about tbe same ' ;e of Mr. Morrow, who almost daily more or ' ss associated In friendship and good will ' r each other. Mr. Harden died about a 1 onth ago. 1 On the coffin were the square and compass id tbe letter G?emblems of the Masonic 1 der. The words ."At Rest" were also on I e coffin lid, and they spoke as truly of him ' i they could speak of any man. 1 Mr. Morrow was twice married, his first arrlage being with Miss Lydla Culvert. To iem were born six surviving children,nameMrs. J. B. Hrltt, Abbeville County, Miss Frnnle C. Morrow, Spartanburg, J. A. Morrow, Anderson, Mrs. S. C. Seal. Abbeville, Mrs. W. E. Owen. Abbevlllo, ( Frank L. Morrow, Jr., Daillngton. His second marriage was with Miss Lizzie enry who survives blm. No man had friends who were more faithil or attentive. He hud lived all bis years I upright life and in his heart were gooc!;bh and kindness for all mankind Living ' i child-like faith, and exemplifying the ( Qrlstlan graces, the world has no doubt that 1 B is now,as he wub immediately preceding Is death, in the spirit land with bis friend, 1 r. Harden. Services will be conducted this morning in 1 ie A. It. P. church by the pastor, the Rev. E. . Kennedy. And this will be last seen of 1 im who never absented himself from ser- 3 ce in that church. Mr. Morrow's death Is a serious loss to the ttle church around the corner. He waB a lthful and unostentatious worker In all tbat oked to the advancement of that congrega- 1 on and to the glory of the Redeemer's klug>m. He has no doubt heard the words: * elldoot; enter thou into perfect rest. ^ .1 II a County Treasurer's annual settlomen not a settlement, what 1b It? 1 - - - - - 1LE ( I, June I t 2:30 P. i d within the corporate 1 : town. The Due Wes are beautifully situated : IDEAL BUILI with fine educational a emale College are locat 1 is to be added a Hi^ Has Attracted g point, and openings f ire new brick store bu onths and another will i )le time for buying pro] SALE Cash, balance January id and Inv R. HAFNER, Presid Uniform PythiansQuite a Dumber of the members of tt Knights of Pythias are off to Cbarlestoi rh ey went Monday morning by way of tt Southern. As far as we could learn, the fc lowing members went: C. D. Brown, Stuart Baskln, Leroy Cramer, R. L. Dargan, Captali Wallace Harris, M. B. Hipp, W. A. Harris, Albert Henry, Lieut. David Hill W. E. Jobnson, J.W. McKee, J.B.Miller, J. E. McDavld, J. R. Nlckles, G. A. Neuffer, J. Roy Power, M. B. Reese, George Smith, W. H. White, Lieut. The Press and Banner doesn't underatan ivby newspapers 60 frequently cast slurs i ;be Mecklenburg Centennial. If it afforc Sortb Carolinians any pleasure to believe i t, why attempt to deprive them of that pleai ire. We needn't be jealous. We would soont lave one cotton mill than the biggest center ilal on earth. If we can get a new ootto nlll for Abbeville,North Carolina is welcom 0 all the centennials. But, cotton mill or n :otton mill, let the Old North State have a nuch pleasure as she can get out of her ceo ennlals. The L'dger-Dispatch of Norfolk, Va., quote 1 former Abbeville boy. Mr. J. T. Hanvey, a itrongly of the opinion tbat prisoners In tb ilty Jail should be made to work on tb itreets or pabllo highways or at some occupt Ion tbat will be ol benefit to the community Hr. Hanvey is a member ot the citycouncl Schnltz High School<Ve have received the program of the Con: nencement exercises of the Bcbnliz Hig Sebool, which takes place May 31st in Nort Augusta. Among the young ladles to t rraduated we are pleased to note the nami if Ml68 Eva Kearsey and Mies Nellie Xearse laughters of Mrs. Fannie Martin Kearse; wife of Mr. H. M. Kearsey of Edgefield lorn jrly of this city. In the closing exercises tfc piano solo is by Miss Eva Kearsey. Tti Press and Banner is always glad to note it welfare and prosperity of all those who wei ance of us or among us, and it is with specii pleasure that we Dote the graduation of tfc Misses Kearsey from one of the best seboo In the Stale. Good Work. Among other good things this town coui ill has recently done is their suggestion 1 the railroad authorities at this place ol the J< nfrablllry of placing sewerage in their respei live passenger stations, and we are lnforme :bat the rallrcad authorities concur in thl Dpinion, and will therefore put in the closeti Town Builders. Elsewhere in this paper will be found lan idvertisements. These men are town build :rs and home givers, and It will bo well te se htse notices. One of the sales will be held at Due Wet the Dear future where you can buy a lc it whatever price you may choose to give fo t. The other Is In Abbeville city and countj It you want a home these men can suppl; rou. See them.. The subject of the tariff Is receiving conhld arable attention just now. Democrats a isual, are making figures of themselves ii Washington. This State Is pretty safe. I las more 6plndles than any State excep Massachusetts. The Republicans are not go ng to hurt Massachusetts, and not hnrtlDi ilassachusetts they can't hurt, South Cart luu. 11111 ' ?!as? )F ots nd, 1909, M. \ imits of Due West, S. C., t Railroad runs through [ on high ground and all DING LOTS. dvantages. Erskine Coled here. There is also i ^h School Department the New Interest or business will gradually ildings have been erecte( soon be in process of erec perty in Due West. 1st, 1910. estment Co. ent. Polygamy and Divorce. ie Id the Southern Presbyterian Cbnrc q. now In session at Savannah, Qa., it Is state ie that there is much dissatisfaction amoi ii- memberB of the Church on account of tt uncertainty as to the status of polygmlsts i heathen lands applying for communion wit d. the Church." As far as we have noticed do attention wi given to the subject of divorce In chrlstla lands where members of tbe church put awa one wife and take another. From a human tarian standpoint it would seem better I provide for the Gretas well as for the secon wife. Is It not violative ol the belter lmpu see to put away any wife. Ought Dot a ma to take care ofi?ll that be marries. P lygamy being wrong Id a heathen land, fc d what method of rtasoDlDg can divorce 1 justified in a christian land? Is The people of South Carolina have the grea D est reason to be proud of the protection wblc 8- is gl ven to womeD In this State. All lav >r which require marriage license are again i- the women, and In favor of the unscrupi n lous men. e Any, acknowledgment of the relatlo o in South Carolina establishes the fact of bu >s band and wife. We need no legal prelim i" narles. ADd in no State In the Union ai there fewer broken up famlJles than In Sout Carolina. On no spot of ground on all th faceofthls globe are women and women honor bo sacredly guarded as In South Car< 8 Una. We have no polygamy and we ,have n dishonored or discarded wives. The wome of South Carolina are the best and the pure? tbat can be found. And wben she is once J' wife she Is a wife forever. DEATH OF MRS. OSCAR C0V|N >- A Beautiful Character Transferred froi tartn to tne spirit Lana. On Sunday, iMay 16:b. 11)09,at her home i Wlllngton. S. C. Alpha Riley Covin, was ta ken by Ibe all-wise and Just God, to he y bomeln beaven. Hucb be is, and we mui meekly submit to His divine will; but, ho\ ' hard, Ob! how bard it was to say as He 1)8 taught us, "Thy will be done." when we wll ie nessed the grief of ber devoted hutband an four darling children, together with a fori mother, father and two sisters, who are beai ie broken at her death. :e I need Dot say that dear friends, als mourned ber loss, for who in -Ihe oommunit of YVllllngion and MtCarmel, doeB not kno* ie of the long and brave struggle this dour oni la made in an effort to battle with the '"Reaper wbo has been knocking,' knocking at be door for eighteen long and painful monthf Who does not know of this dear mother1 submission to a long separation from be darling children and loved ones, In a brav attempt to ward off the approach of th "Death Angel" and of bow she longed an 3* prayed to be spared to Bobble, Marshal ,o John, and dear little four year old Franeli - Every possible aid was given her by eml nent physicians and specialists to restore be c- health, and ber husband was devotion Use a um uuw, -? ? I to her cheek, but ?II to no avail, God calle and she must go Why this dear mother wa 3- taken, we do not understand, but "Some sweet day, by and by" We shall know as we are known. She was laid to rest In the Mt Carmel Cem< . tery, a large concourse of relatives an d frlen ds attending. Rev. A. L. Patterson cot ! ducted the funeral services from the Jjiptis e Church, of which she was a faithlul and col slstent member for nauy years. Many beautiful floral offerings were cor it trlnuted by dear friends and loved ones, th lt mound being entirely obscured by their love ly blossoms. r Our hearts go out in love ami sympathy ti tbe dear father, mother, sisters, husbabd , and precious children, and to them we ?a; y Not now, but Id the coming years. It may be In the better land. We'll .know the meaning of our tears Aud then sometime we'll understand. Mrs. .1.1>.C. s E.Tbe Atlanta Georgliin ;says that a youni a man of character and tsileut has determine* t to enter the pulpit, and names Hugh S. Wa! t lace as the remarkable man. L, It will si ou tie time to paint your housi be sure to use the paint Hint tfoes ibe furthe 1 aud lasts the longest?l>iVi>tV. For sale onli by Speed's Drugstore. agflgggifi^ j The E. L. I If it is a wedding yo' for, it will be easy something sui big lir CHINA, CI and STEHI * Come in and look c pleasure to s The R, L. . Usual Low Rj i C0NFEDEHA1 MEMPHII Round Trip $11 SEAB( i Short Line from a i Carolina and Geo trains daily. Sche Lv Abbeville Ar Atlanta Ar Birmingham Ar Memphis f Reunion tickets will be sold fo J good to leave Memphis returning a ment of 50 cents limit may be extei Through Coach* Call on Seaboard agents Tor further J. D. Miller, A] C. D. Wayne, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. $4.75 BIG CASH : co ? We have bought 1,000 T( lg Coal, and to make a good star n / to follow the fashion of a K CASH BARC 1to d We offer this Coal for o: ,D" livered in June at : $4.75 PEE TC ? when delivered. No time at * ' offer applies to all orders i I- make the change. Now is t cheap, This is Positively l ? ???wm?mmm? h ;e We will have plenty of thi 3! regular prices and terms. o : Amos B- ] ? There is no ? More Reason ?r J,1 In sending your money to New is York for Life Insurance than in - sendingyour pavii>gn there to be de^ posited in New York banks. 1 Think of This: " South Carolina has been sending * about Eight Million Dollars North 9f every year for insurance, but busir ness men everywhere are now plac1. ing their Life Insurance with '? Southern Companies and this big J,r drain is being stopped. 5 Investigate The Southern Life & Trust ComS. pany of Greensboro, N. C., before it placing your Insurance. It is the * Strongest, Most Successful and k Best Managed Company in the South. The dividends which it returns to ! policyholders are more than twice d. the average of those paid by Xorthlt ern Companies. i' It deposits its full legal reserve with the Insurance Commissioner J. of North Carolina. c It loaus and invests money in the community where premiums ii are collected. It has made nuby stantial loans right here in Abbeville County. A policy in the Southern Life & ' Trust Co. is equally as pood as a Northern Company's policy, and the money stays at home. Investi- , Kate?we invite comparison. Inj vestigate! Represented by ABBEVILLE INSURANCE & TRUST CO., B J. E. McDAVID, Mgr. f Tbe best extracts in the world are Blackl's On display at Mllford's drug store. 1 , )argan Co. a are needing a gift for you to find table in our ie of JT GLASS JUG SILVER. "v iver our line. Its a show goods. i ' Dargan Go. lies awuuuv 'E REUNION,. 5, TENN. . .20 Round Trip 7 3ARD \ ') 11 points in South rgia. Two good > dule 1 / c .... 2.39 a. m. 12.31 p. m. ...^ 5.00 a. m. 4.00 p. m. 12.10 p. m. 8.45 p. m. 8.05 p. m. 7.30 a. m. r all trains June 5lh, 6th and 7th, s late as June 14tb, and upon payQded until July 1,1909. i' 'M js and Sleepers. information and tickets or write, gent, Abbeville. I D. W. Morrab, T. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. ' $ii? i! SALE OF stll t , * >ns of the Best Block Jellico t for the season we are going IAIN SALE. ^ j rders booked in May and de- v 'IT SPOT CASH ' this price in any case. This I ilready booked if you desire to he time to buy the best Coal Inly for One Month. 3 same Goal to fill all orders at Mforse Co. MARBLE AND GRANITE. I am in the marble and granite business. I represent Owen Bros. MarMa (Vmnonv nf r-Jpoomvnnii S f!. , We Pay the Freight and guarantee satisfaction. Tf work does not cotne up to contract it does not cost you a cent. Any one wanting Monuments. Toombs, Slab Work or Curbing I will be pleaded to have them call on me at Abbeville, S. C., or at the shops in Greenwood. Joe F. Edmunds, ? Director of Agents. 1 The State of South Carolina, | COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. 9 PKOBATECOURT. I In the matter of tbe Estate of William W. Smith, Deceased. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons Indebted to said estate moat settle without delay, and thc*e holding claluis Hgainst 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 you want in stationery and scnool books at Speed's Drag Store.