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The Fress and Banner Bv W. W, and W, R. Bradley. HUGH WILSON, Editor. ABBEVILLE, S. C. W* Published every Wednesday at 82 a ysar In advance. Wednesday, June 2, 1909. Going to CommencementRev. A. L. Patterson of Mt. Carmel passed through Abbeville last week on his way to the Mecca of all good aDd orthodox Associate Reformed Presbyterians. He weDt to drink aeep drafts of learning froinj the Pierian Spring duriog Commencement week. Weassume that he expected to hear the Commencement sermon on Sunday. Mr. Patterson Is one of the most faithful gospel preachers In tbe A. R. P. church. He la himself imbued with the true missionary spirit, while some wild and uncontrollable reprobates seem to think that the missionary business bas become in many others too much like a profession by which to make money. He no doubt thinks unutterable things of men who do not approve of tbe col lection of money In tbe name of the Lord and which money, as far as we are Informed, he does not ol ject to Its being paid to somebody's kin. Now, of course, the reaaer win unaereianu that Mr. Patterson did not fay a word of tbe above, exeept that be was going to Due West. All tbe balance?except wbereln we state facts as to his own life?is guess work. Ue didn't say a word about missionaries or tbe f collection of money In tbe name of tbe Lord, lie said nothing at all about bis own work, 01 tbe reason for bis going to Due West, or ol anything else except that be was hurrying to tbe train an hour before leaving time. He looked like be was thinking, and we have afterward guessed at bis thoughts. In going forty miles Mr. Patterson bad to ride on four different railroads andtlvedif. ferent trains,namely: On tbe Savannah Valley to Calhoun Falls; from Calhoun Falls to Abbeville on the Seaboard; from Abbeville to Hodges on tbe Southern; and Irorn Hodges to Donalds on tbe same road; from Donalds to Due West on the Due West railroad, ol which latter road Mr. U.S. Galloway Is President. 1 The New Cotton Mill. ? It seems that something Is doing in the way or preparing to build a new cotton mill In Abbeville. While we have It not from bis own Hps, yet we are reliably Informed that Mr. J. Allen Smltb and bis family will raise $50,000, If Abbeville will raise 525,000. This editor Is ready to pledge a subscription of, say, S for Mr.Smltb or any other man who will build a cotton mill. When a man shows faltb In himself and Is willing to p'ut up his own money Into an enterprise, be can add our subscription to It. The Press and Banner and the people ol Abbeville want a new cotton mill. And the Press and Banner and the people of Abbeville ought to Join teams with Mr. Smith or any other man who has faltb In himself to the exte nt of puttlDg his own money into It. There Is no manufacturing enterprise on the face of the earth that is so sale, so sure, or so certain of good results, or sure to be ol permanent benefit to the officers, the operators, to the stockholders, and to all the peix pie of the city. Of course there are failures, too. There Is a sort of management, and a sort of extrava? gaoce that would break anything, but the fact that a man has a big sum of money ol his own Is the best evidence tbat bis judgment may be relied upon In tbe management * ? - of a big enterprise. But management or no management, Mr. Smith or any other man can have a part of our money. We want no oftice in It, but we want the town to grow. The Road Should Sue A wagon belonging to a man in Spartan burg collided with a Seaboard train. The wagon come out second best, and the drivetlost a leg. Because the driver of the wagon put his vehicle on the track furnished a pretext for suit against the road. , The actual grievances in the first instances was against the road should have sued the wagoner for endangering the trains and ilives of the passengers. It Is said that Mrs. Chas. E. McKay will probably return to Abbevltle since Mr. McKay's death. She and her four children would be heartily welcomed back to the place of her nativity. Mr. A. M. Erwln is a happy man now. His youngest daughter is soon to be graduated from College. Her education is worth more to her than would be the whole of her - father's estate, without her education. "Undeflled" Is not a good word to use In the writing of an obituary notice of a young lady. MIbs Lou Ellen McFall of this city is off for Anderson to see some of her pretty friends and kindred. Popular and pretty at home we know that Miss AlcFali will have a good time In Anderson. * Tbe town of Rye, N. Y., has Just gone dry. And now It ought to change Its name.-Anderson mall. Why Dot add another letter to Its name and call It Drye? When Abbeville Will be Better Off AbbevHie. with about the same population as Honea Path, and a dispeusary, has an arrest every two days for druDkeness Id three months. A town Is much better oil', Id every way, without a dispensary.'and so >-re the people who patronize the town, Abbeville would be mucb aetter off without a dispensary, and we believe the people will vote It out for good this summer.?Honea Path Chronicle. ? 1 Burr Clover Seed Wanted, If some little boy hasn't a better job. he could make a little money gathering Huri Clover Seed for the Editor of the Press aod Banner. Mr. Ralph Grier. Mr. Ralph Grler of WIlllngtOD, as good f man 88 you could tind In a day's jouruej passed through Abbeville last Saturday going to Due West commencement. When w< saw blm and spoke to him we knew the gooc face that be wore, but we could not recall bit Dame. Sorry. Tell us next time, Ralph We have a very warm place In our hearts fo: you. Many of our citizens are drifting towardi Brigbt's disease by neglecting symptoms o kidney and bladder trouble wblcb Foley". Kidney Kemedy will quickly cure. C. A A111 ford & Co. This Labor Question! Mr. Hugh Bigby of Pelzer was in town las Sunday. He caine this lar with Mrs. Bigb; who is now in Elberton on a visit to her par ents. He says that there Is no scarcity of la bor in the mills in that town for wlllinj workers. Everybody In that town elthe works or moves on. When asked 11 a one handed man with a short arm could make i living Jn that town, he said that a man ii Pelzer with half an arm on one side and n< arm on tbe other, was making a good living He was surprised to learn that there was < scarcity of work for men In Pelzer. ? ? \ WHICH IS tl. n: I lie Uispi5dl]f V ?That is th All Agree that the Drinkinj But we Are Not all A Most Demoralizing?Si Give Blind Tigers a Ch How about Abbeville? |at I Says tbe Abbeville Press and Manner; "The 1 n( evils of prohibition are oow plainly llluiirated at Anderson. One man shot and 161 killed, and one man condemned to be at hanged for murder committed while be was a( drunk." We were looking for something of this kind from this source. of The man who did the shootlDg testified un- co der oath In court that the whiskey that he drank "tasted like cheap corn whiskey?like 111 dispensary whiskey." We do not know whether It came originally Irom the dispensary at Abbeville or not, but we do know that the Abbeville dlspeDnary has furnished supplies to blind tigers (n fe Bnderson countp in the not very remote past. We have not denied that there are some b lud tigers In AndersoD; but it is folly for anybody to say that the recent deplorable ai tragedy here was directly due to prohibition. a. There have beeu killings lu Abbeville that were directly tracable to tbe whiskey sold dy | 'a ID* AOUBVIIIO UIKlieunoi j . Will ibe esteemed Preen aod Banner give D U8 some Information on this point? WllUthe Press and Banner tell us how ol many killings there have been In Abbeville la county In the past few years that were due to h( whiskey, beginning with the Kennedy-Dansby tragedy, In which three men were killed 8( as the result of whitkey sold by the dlspen- tt sary? tc The Press and Banner keeps a cloBe watch <>n the police court records in Anderson: will ol it give tbo public some facts as to Abbeville's it own record? The Press and Banner not long ago asked The Dally Mall for SQine information about tl whiskey shipments in Anderson, and we 0| cheerfully secured the facts and (presented them without coloring. Will the Press and Banner now be equally obliging to us??Anderson Mall. b< Really, we would be glad to publish any u information obtainable on this question. Abbeville h?rtl three nomicldes in one night a few years ago. All the parties to the trouble were killed, and .nobody was Heft to be called Into court. Anderson has bad one ^ killing within the last few months, and Is to ^ have a hanging a little later on. These are r| regrettable affairs for which the people of , both Abbeville and Anderson are no doubt Q very syrry. As far bs that goes t?e honors ^ are not bo different, even lr iney are not, easy. ^ We have no means of knowing how many, 1/ any, killings have alnce occurred In Abbevllle court In which liquor may have been . a factor or even the exciting cause. But we , wish that we did know. We oertalnly shall gi conoeal no lmpoitant fact that may come to our knowledge in reference to the liquor b{ question. The Anderson Dally Mall is an honorable paper which fights fair and uses ^ legitimate arguments. The Press and feanner ^ bopesito emulate the example of the mall, ^ and to exhibit proper courteses and good will to him and to all men. HAS BEEN A TEMPERANCE MAN* ALL HI8 LIKE As it Is peBsible that the editor of the Press and Banner may be misunderstood, It 01 may not be amiss for bs to say a word as to pi our position; t m This editor has been a temperance man all hi his llf , and he hasnever knowingly allowed an [opportunity to pass without saying a n word for temperance. Few prohlbltionlstB h or any other man on the face of this tt earth, can be [a more zealous advocate of ai temperance than the editor of the PresB and Banner. In 1S56, he Joined the Sons ol Tem- d: perance in Newberry, In 1857 he helped to it organize a lodge ol the Sons of Temperance II lnDneWest. In that latter work Dr. J. I. p Bonner, the founder of the Due West Fe- a male College, and from which institution the tt Synod persistently withholds the honor of giving It his name, was so pleasant that the young priuter ventured to ask him to Join. This of course Dr. Bonner did not do, aR he "J 8l said'because the church was opposed to 6ecret societies. But for all thai Dr. Bonner's treatment of his printer boy In this matter is pi among the most pleasaut recollections ot that good man. In 1862 when this soldier editor c was stricken down with pneupaonia, when he was near death, physicians prescribed whiskey. Its good effect no doubt saved his life. While others may now think that the Confederate soldier could have been very well '"ntart fmm livlniranv lonerer. vet It is true v that this editor is glad to be alive today. c< On one occasion soon after the war he was urged to taste liquor, which he did, not Intending to swallow It, but he did swallow what he thought to be one drop. That Is all. ^ lias any protectionist a belter record on the liquor business? & Dl KEEKENCE IN CONVICTION AS TO WHICH IS BEST OK THK WORST METHOD. /The dltTerence between the Anderson I)al- 11 ly Mall and the-Abbeville Press and Banner lies In the difference of conviction as to cc whloh is the beit'method of dealing with liquor. The Dally Mail as we understand, preferi to run the risk of having blind tigers to the certanlty of having dlspansary?that ^ paper Relieving that the dispensary is a ^ greater evil than the bllndtlge rs. The Press and Banner has labored and slept on the public square of Abbeville for T flfty years. In that time we have had al sorts of lawB and part ot the time It wis prohibition or no law at all on the subject of p liquor, namely; b THE DlSl'ENSAKY THE BEST SYSTEM. Ourtestlmouy would be that the dlnpeu- p sary, considering only the sobriety and order a of the people, has given better results than any other system. The difference against e the barroom system and in favor of the ills- ^ pensary was marked. The high license Was pjrbaps the worst and,mo?t objectionable egai form of controlling the liquor traffic Prohibition was simply Intolerable. Tha Illegal tralllc was so bad and the consequent demoralization was so great that before we , had prohibition for one year, good church p people circulated a petition to the Legie' lature for permission to the town to restore the licensed bars. Well, now, we believe the above state- fi ments to be absolutely and ludlsputabty t! true. If anybody in Abbeville has a recollection of facts which are at variance with , these statements we shall be giad io hear t! (rom him. g I PRO IIIIIIITION INTOI.EKAIILE. 0 > u Being an advocate of temperance and a v r consistent well wisher of this people, during a lo;ig and active life, Is it reasonable to ex _ pectus to aid or to assist In bringing about a u H state of affairs which was In former years 0 t simply Intolerable? I 1 Uutll we are false to this people, and until r we shall renounce our temperance principles and forget the history ol the past we Klin.ll t not Join even the best of men In their effort 1 to bring about a state of affairs that would be c l unspeakably evil. ? We respect our friend the Anderson .Mall ,. for the sincerity and honesty of purpose, i but for all that our good brother, while In- c \ tending to do us good, IS surely helping to f 4 bring on Abbeville, what we believe will be a t 3 most ruinous and a most demoralizing state 3 of affairs. p i ACTUATED BY A Sl'JRIT OF KKVENGE. t Our good and pious brothers of the Assocl- 1 ? i- - ^ WORSE? I r Blind Tigers?; e Question. I of Intoxicants is Bad,: greed as to Which is the < ome Men Just Clamor to ( ance. i e Reformed Presbyterian newspaper at Due I est, we fear Is moved by a spirit which In )t quite so good as that of the Mall. We sraleo that It, besides wishing to bring i tout the destruction of the dispensary Is I bo actuated by a spirit of Jealousy or re. mgeupoD tbls unoflendlng people, because | tbe great profit that Is now coming to the I nnty. For fifteen years no war was made on i e dispensarp when the profit was small. 1 While we cannot read their hearts, yet Is iere not In the printed paragraphs of the ( resdyterlan newspaper enough to lead us to i ar that tbat paper Is using prohibition for I le double purpose of venting 1 ts spleen on 1 bbevllle, and of claiming to be the friend i id benefactor of the people, while In fact (vocation a system that must be unsatft- J ctory to all good men. i Beside the printed paragraphs In that pa' I ar, we believe It is trne that neither editor i ' that paper signed the petition to the Legls- | ture In reference to building the new court i juse. We believe It Is also true that as i >on as the contractors began to iear down ie walls of the old court house, the agitation ) vote out the dispensary and to cut 1 I.the incidental profit was begun. And would seem from the petitions to vote it . the dispensary ' tbat one ot >e editors signed his name twice and the her Signed lilu three times. iUAiwcmvivn i?t'T(Tinv< Of course there Is nothing wrong Id any)dy refusing to Bign the court bouse petlod, and there was certainly nothing crimal In good and pious preachers {signing the itltiontwoor three times, which petition mgbt the destruction of the best liqnor law 1 earth. Even If tbey bad openly, and avely said tbey wanted the demoralization feet of the blind tigers. Nobody bad a ght lo q uestlon their slncerety. There was prohibition?"as far as'we are lnrmed?no law against the signing *f the petldd asoften as any one Wished. And, aa there as nothing wrong In pious good men signing ro tor three times,tbe wonder to us Is tbat en as great and as good as tbe editors of tbe resbyterlan newspaper did not sign tbe pejn some fifty or sixty times. Tbe danger of detection by the County lpervlsor would not Jtbereby have been eatly In creased .;0f coarse If the election bad sen ordered It wonld have been unlawful id a crime to oaat more than one vote for ie dispensary, and we have no idea ;tbat lese christian editors would have tried to >te more tban once. We feel almost sure lat they wll| vote only once In August. the profits on whiskey. The profit on the Mies of liquor has been leofthe problems. If It Is sold at a low rice, then the buyer gets more liquor for hl^ loaey lhaa he would get If the price wa* , Igh, and Its sale would be tbus encouraged. Our contention Is, tbat tbe less i'qaor a inn gets for hla money the better It Is for Im. Long ago these men who controlled & State dispensary bad changed tbe price t various times. Tbe dlspenaor at Abbeville thought th Ifierence Id price made very little difference i tbe receipts of money at tbe dispensary. .0 IQOUgai/ lap uijij result was mat tuc legot more liquor for tbe same amount of loney. And so It was, tbe lower price gave le people more liquor for the same money. WITHOUT INJURY TO US. Tbe .profits of tbe Abbeville dlspenBBry >em to have greatly disturbed tbe rest and eep of our good and pious brethren of the resbyterlan newspaper. Tbe fact Is, the rice and tbe trade from distant parts have -eatly increased tbe profits without lncreasig the lnjurv to us. Adjoining counties and tbe State of eargla having closed their dispensaries and Isconttnued their licensed saloons, the prots of the Abbeville dispensary have been icreased or run up from SI5.C00 to about >0,000 a year. The profits on tbe sales to tbe >unlles of Abbeville and Greenwood uounted In lormer days t3 say, 815.000. nth Anderson, Laurens and possibly other rnntles In this State, and tbe adjoining 1 >untles In Georgia buying the stuff from bbevllle, the profits are now about 5(10,000. 1 i ,5,000 COMES TO US BECAUSE OK THE MISTAKE OF OTHER COUNTIES. / We are therefore realizing about $45,000 trough itbe mistake -of olher coautles In bollBblngtbe d)?p>>neary Ibat blind tigers lay And a lodgement In tbelr respective >uotles. Does not the higher price and the Increas1 sales since other oountlea and the State of i eorgla went dry, go to prove beyond the i mdow of a doubt that neither .high prices i Abbeville, nor prohibition prohibits i 3 other places? < HE FORMER DAYS WHICH WERE NOT BETTER THAN [THESE. Does not the "recollection of the former 1 roblbltlon In Abbeville satisfy !us that It Is ard to make people sober by law? It so happens through no act of the peole of Abbeville County, that a great flood of loney Is coming Into the treasury of Abbellle County, which flood of money seems to xclte the envy and Jealousy of our good and lous brethren of the Associate Reformed resbyterlan newspaper. Georgia and the adjoining counties are irowlng Into the treasury at Abbeville ounty something like 815,000 a year, over nd above tbe profits on the liquor sold to ireenwood and to our own people. itnni.- THAT PROHIBITION DOES NGT l'RO 11IT. Could there be stronger evidence of the utility of prohibition | than li furnished In he sales to dry counties? If we vote out the dispensary this SJ5.000 rould go elsewhere to relieve the burdens ol be taxpayers of other couutles, bringing a tale of demoralization and a lowering of ur standard Incident to the coming of the Und tigers which are sure to.follow In Its cake. Conscientious and sincere temperance men -prohibitionists, If you will?no doubt hold ip their hands in holy horror at the thought I so muoh liquor being sold and of so much >rolll being realized for our schools and our oads We would be extremely glad, however, II hey would Inform us why the Increased sales f prohibition really prohibits In dry ountles. / I I.I N I) TIUKKS SllOfl.I) UtTY IN A IIIIEVII.LK, If prohibition prohibits In the neighboring ouutles, why do we hear so much com>lalnt about our dispensary selling to illnd tigers? The people of dry counties, Instead of comilalng of our dispensary, should require their tllnd tigers to prove that their liquor came rom the Abbeville .dispensary. It Is * li sometimes a little dangerous Jto drink the concoctions which are sold by bltnd timers. We have never heard that. Impure liquor was sold In our dispensary. If, Ttherefore, liquor from Abbeville 1b offered, It may be ' accepted "as reasonably sure that It le what It purports to be. But the better thing for dry towns to do, Is to have problbttloD In fact. Iftheydonot have prohibition, why publish the fact of their failure to have thai ol which they boast? We ;answer: Simply because there is no such thing as prohibition WHICH IS WORSE? Reduced to the last analysis, the only real question In all ;thls great hulaballoo le 'Which Is worsf: the dispensary or the blind tigers?" Our testimony would be that prohibition in ;thls town was conducive of lnfinltelj more drunkenness and more demoralization than could be charged to the dispensary. W< being a temperance man all our life how ooulc pou or any other man expect us to prefer what we believe to be the worse form ol liquor traflic? Some mighty good men, how aver, are just tearing their shirts In ordei to bring down upon us the greatest known whiskey evil?blind tigers. Of course they dc not by so declaredly, but by lndlrectloc their efforts certainly promote the evil o which they talk. The sales at the Abbeville dispensary prove positively and Indisputably that prohibition does not prohibit In other counties If we did not have at the dispensary the positive evidence then this cry that comes :rom dry counties furnishes all the proof thai night be necesnary to convince a man who s open to conviction. But suppose, tl?e blind tigers." are a lesi >vil than the dispensary?which we; d< lot admit. Can |nny man lm sglne tha .here Is enough difference to warrant senslile people, when are clothed In their rlgh ulnd to throw away $60,000 annually? Could any man in his right mind contend ihat the existence of the dispensary at Abbe rllle Court House which contributes $20,00 to their support is worth nothing to the Bchools of .the qpuoty? 320,000 enables the people to get good teachers at better salaries and 1- enables the people to keep .the schoo open for the full school term. Would any reasonable or fair minded mai cut off S20,000 from the roads and bridges oi ordinary county purposes, because of an; imaginary advantage that might come fron the subBlsltltlon .of the blind tigers for th dispensary? Would any conscientious and honest tchoo trustee in Abbeville County contend tha there Is a difference o/829,000 In favor of th blind tigers as against the dispensary? MAKING A LIVING UY HANDING AROUND . HAT. Of course extra pious men who make a goo living by simply banding around a hat o Sunday ijoornlng, or who may be presente with big fees which have been collected b their lieutenants, may hoot aDd talk aboo "blood money." Men may rise up In the! pulpits and conyert them luto polltloi stumps, where tbe speeches of ojngressme may be read, where slang about baud wagons fools and liars may be pronounced. Tnat 1 all good enough In Its way, if people do nc object to Buob utterances In their holy ten plep; but the fact remains that money Is very real thing which need not be throw away because of the utterance airy nothing by men who haie studied what others say < theology, but who know little or nothing < tbe sorrows of the poor. This warfare by salaried gentlemen againe the interest of those who support them an sustain the church is not Justified. The grea mass of people are heavily taxed for both tb ohurob and tbe State. Tbe vast majority c tbe people are enabled to earn money b dally toll. It may be on tbe farm or in tb shop. Byeconemyand self denial they ar enabled to pay the church assessments an the Stale taxes. Does it come with goo grace from those who toil not nor do the spin to mislead tbe people Into unwisely c untboughtlessly throwing away their scboo money? Tbe throwing away of tbe scboc money means less comfortable school housei poorer paid teachers and shorter scboc term p. The throwing away of $201000 for ordlnar county purpose* must necessarily add a additional burden to the shoulders of tbeta payers. CAN'T AFFORD TO RUIN THE PEOPLE. While we might be able and willing t throw away 860,000, we cannot afford t demoralize and to make drunkards or ou people by nourishing and supporting blln tigers. The County of Abbeville owes a debt c $30,000 on the new court house. While no one cent of dispensary money goes into tb payment for that building, yet tbe ta: on this county Is already high enough. 1 tbe people of tbls county are lei to throw away 820,000 of our income our tasl masters will then add $20,000 to our taxes. A GREAT FORTUNE By an unprecedented combination of clt cumstances tbls county has become tb luckiest, or the most fortunate of all th COuntlec. Without selling much tb our own peopl* and without increasing tbe former evils, tb voting out of the dispensaries In tbe State c Georgia aud In other oountles of this Stat a great fortune has been thrown to Abbevlll county. Must this county then cast away tb nh?np? of a llf? tlmfr? Shall oar schools nei Isb or suffer because of lany mistake ii voting oul the dispensary and the consequen loss of 800,000. Shall our people be foreve hewers of wood and drawers of water whei we have a legacy offered to us by Georgia Is it Dot better to be sensible, and realize th advantage of the benefits that we now have and accept the chance that is now offered ( realizing unprecedented profits by keepini out the blind tigers? Tbechauce may neve come again. There will no doubt be changei in Georgia as well as changes in our owi neighboring dry counties. We will bav competitors In a little while. New market will be opened, and buyers of liquor will no always come to Abbeville for their groe There Is no friend so true as a dollar or twe When that friend Is here or wants to com shall we shut the door In his face? No; If w are wise. The right thing for good and Christian pec pie to do Ik to discourage the use of lntox cants. Friends of the blind tigers will a compllsh no good, and may do much harm CHIEF ADVANTAGE OF THE DISPENSARY I T1IE KEEPING AWAY OF THE BLIND TIGERS. There are two great advantages In keepin the dispensary. We will avoid the blln tigers against which our neighbors proclaim so vehemently. And, besides having th better system of controlling the l'quor traffl we will have 860 000 annually, as long as I lasts. For convenience, we have used th round figures SG0.U00. The profits last yea were in fact, only S6S,305, being the best an luckiest plum that ever fell Into anybody1 lap. In speaking as we have, we have done so 1 the full belief and the perfect confidence tha blind tigers are worse than the dispensar, and from which no good comes. We have had blind tigers. We have dli pensary now. If we believed that blln tigers were better than the dispensary, w should say, regardless of the loss in monej let them come. Where the morals and th welfare of the people are concerned, eve1 ?(>0,000 Is trash that should not be considered The loss of SGO.OOO is as nothing when com pared to the moral and spiritual welfare c the people which should not be corrupted b; either the clandestine traffic in liquor, or b; Impractical and unwise whimperings of un wise and Unreasoning fanatics. WHICH IS WORSE? BLIND TIOERS OK TH DISFEXsJAKY? But whether the clandestine or the lega sale of liquor Is belter or worse Is a mer matter of opinion. We think tbe clandestln sale Is worse The right thing for the reade / V to do Is to give the question his own serious thought. He should not shut bis eyes like an i Innocent little bird and swallow all that may be thrown Into his mouth. He should be a man and form his own opinion without maki lng himself a nincompoop In adopting any other man's opinion. i Every *hade of opinion may be heard, but ludicrous arguments tor tbe clandestine sale as against tbe dispensary should not be ' counted. Prohibitionists can go furtbor for their ludicrous argument** than anybody. Hut that, like tbls great qaestlou, Is a mutter of opinion. The best way for the voter to do, Is ' to believe nobody, but Bccept all statements as lnforraatien, lor further consideration. They can take our statements of facts and 1 tbe utterance of our belief on tbe same terms. 7 They needn't believe anybody and should 1 accept nobody's dictum. All we want to do ' Is to give the facts as nearly as we can. The ' people, wo know, will do the right, whatever It be, when In possession of the facts. If they r act on their own good judgment their wish will be our pleasure. We are a Democrat, and shall abide tbe pleasure of tbe majority. ) SOLICITOUS FOR THE OPINION OF THE PEOPLE I OK ALASKA. f Let us make a bypothatlcal case. Suppose that tbe Abbeville V It. P. congregation had control of the A. R. P. Synod, and suppose | that In order to keep tbe people from thinking that we bad organized a ring tbat tbe 9 members of tbe Mutual Benefit Association should all live at Abbeville, In ready call. Suppose tbat tbe members of the Mutual Benefit Association should direct Synod to make assessments and to take up collections 9 of money for the Lord. Then suppose the 1 members of tbe Abbeville A. R. P . Asso " ciauon, enouiu, wlub iu?jr mo iu Mexico, divide oat a large per cent of the 1 Lord's money among their own kin. In a . ca*e like thl? what do you think the people of Alaska would tblnk of the members of the " Abbeville A. E. P. Mutual Benefit Assocla0 Hon? ' ' ft] ANXIE t Y FOR THE SAFETY 0** THE DUE WEST RAILROAD. "l pi 1 Again: Suppose the Abbeville A. R. P. h Mutual Benefit Association In some of-tlie c< 1 meetlDgs when tho people are not taken into e' r their confidence should become alarmed for s< ' fear that the Due West railroad might cor- fc 1 rupt the morals and destroy to some extent e the religion of the town. Suppose, further, a, that Abbeville A. B. P. Mutual Benefit Aiso- si I elation should be apprehensive lest the wor- p t thy President of the Due West Railroad, Mr. D e R. s. Galloway, should be led to waver In bis fidelity or loyalty to the principles which \ were instilled into him in his youth. Suppose, too,that his association with other Rail- e j road magnates should alarm us as to his n safety and for the welfare of that town. And d d that the fear of the screech of the railroad y whistle might awaken along blils and valleys " r od Sunday morning. Ia the lace of all tbeae t jj feared calamities what would the good peon pie of Due West think of Abbeville If ti 9 we sought to fend a mob to the Athens of g' South Carolina with the purpose of tearing t up the Due West railroad and bursting the . locomotive boiler, while destroying the of- y ? fending whistle? 11 L d - "r , 8 The Funeral?Impressive Service. 1 }r i )[ Last Wednesday morning at half past nine o'clock a multitude of the good people bf it Abbeville assembled at the A. R. P. church t d for the funeral exercises over tbe remains of t n their late friend and neighbor, F. L. Morrow' e who had died on tbe ptevlous morning. I ,r From tbe home in which he died a large t y number of relatives and friends followed tbe E e remains to the church, which could not hold c e the great nuo/ber that came as a testimonial j d or good feeling lor tne dead and as a mars > d of sympathy for the bereaved faajlly. May bods, old soldiers, neighbors, friends and t ir kindred formed long prooesslon. ? c 1 Pastor, Rev. E B. Kennedy, conducted tbe t >1 religions services. a.tler the slogln? by Ihe c 3 choir, the preacher read suitable selections ,i from tbe holy scriptures. Sitting In tbe presence of the remains of him whom all v y honored and respected for tbe goodness of bis Q heart as well as for the purity of bis life, tbe v x congregation was In a receptive mood, t Tbe deceased needed no eulogy before that j audience and none was made. E*cb person there furnished bis or her own testimonial e 0 and reoelved a'lesson from tbe clrcumstsynaes. (r 0 The prayer was more than appropriate. It r sailed not high In tbe air far over and above t d the beads of tbe people, but went direct to 1 lhe heart and brought every sonl nearer to th?foot of tbe cross. In tbe preoce o? him >l whose soul had so lately taken Its departure ( 6 for its home beyond the stars, every, ear c listened to tbe words of tbs preacner's prayer t f to the throne of Grace. Without pretense at ? ^ great speech or effort at much speaking tbe i 1 petitioner awakened a responsive prayer In every heart. Tbe preacher renewed in the minds of eaoh of his bearers, sweet memories 1 . of tbe time when a christian mother taught e her child to pray at her knee. What old man 8 e that lives, or ever lived, when in tbe second n childhood, and approaching the shadows, ' 3 who has noL said: _ * e Now I lay me down to sleep, , if I pray tbee. Lord, my soul to keep; If I should die before ,1 wake, k I pray tbee, Lord, my 60ul to take. t e Beside this little prayer tbe preacher In- n r eluded In bis petition many of tbe sweetest tl words of tbe Pdalmist: "Though I walk " t through the valley of tbe shadow of derfth, 1 y will fear no evil," were words that went to Ij Q every heart. g 7 The prayer throughout was entirely rever-. y ' entlal and was absolutely free from vain a j repetitions, or disrespectful use of the Name u j of the maker and ruler of tbe universe, and, o g except In tbe needless statement at tbe P r beginning of the service that he would read s "God's word," the entire service was sweet Q and without speech that erated on any ear g .Tbe congregation was sufficiently Intelligent to recognize the reading as being from tbe t Bible, and there were none present who 1 ? would have thought he was reading the Karoo, the Book of Mormon, or Webster's ^ Dictionary. h , There Is nothing that comes so near the bu- b man heart as an earnest prayer from an earn( est soul. The yearnings that well up In us as b we feel our smallness and look up to the l( g Great Father as ouly a child can look. The ^ toeart bungerlngs can only be satlstied by earnest, humble, sincere unembeliihed aims pie prayer. 0 ? Money to loan on improved * a city or county property. J. 01 e S. Stark, President; J. E. Mc- 0 ? David, Secretary. e ~ 1 a T Trouble .Makers Ousted c J nn ?1. t I v u >vueu u suucin iiiuu Miwiuauu uuu- ^ 's ble takes Dr. King's New Life Pills h he's mighty glad to see his Dyspepsia b n and Indigestion ily, but (more?he's " it tickled over his new, line appetite, a y strong nerves, healthy vigor, all be- I ' cause stomach, liver and kidneys now [j * work right. 25c at Speed's drug store, w d , e 17*5 HMM> (] COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON." 125?li Year net; In* October 1. * Entrance examinations will b? held at'he n f County Court House on Friday. July 2, at 'J a. 0 m. All candidates for admission can compete 5 y in October for vacant IJoyce Scholarships. y which pay 5100 a year. One free tultlrtn scholarship to each county of South Caiollnn. '* Board aDd furnished room lu Dormitory, SI2. Tuition, SIO For cutalncue address F HARRISON* RANDOLPH, President. ?i )( We defy tlie world on icecream. Our soda *1 il fountain Is open In lull blast and our ice y e cream is made of pure cream and eggs- All (j orders, whether large or small, gotten up on 6 short notice. Yours to please, C. A. Milford r & Co. c 1 Usual Low H CONPEDERA' MEMPH] Round Trip $1 SEAB Short Line from Carolina and Gi trains daily. SCll! Lv Abbeville Ar Atlanta Ar Birmingham Ar Memphis Reunion tickets will be sold \ good to leave Memphis returning v meut of 50 cents limit may be ext Through Coacl Call on Seaboard agents for furth< J. D. Miller,. C. D. Wayne, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. Prayer. In speak log of prayer, we have Dever beei Die to understand why It Is that our peopl > seldom bear the Lord's prayer In tb ulplt. Will any reader recall the date wbei e has heard that prayer In any church, ei spt tbe Episcopal church, where It Is said a very morning service. As our readers bav Jldom beard ibat prayer iuoj ? ?rgotten It, so we herewith print the same: But when ye pray, use not vain repetition! s ttie heathen do: for tbey think tbat the; Jail be beard tor tbelr much speaking. Be not ye tberefore like unto tbem: for yon atber knoweth wbat things ye have need ol efore ye ask him. I After this manner therefore pray ye: Ou atber which art In heaven, Hallowed be th; ame. Tby kingdom come, Thy will be done ii arth, as It Is In heaven. Give us this day our dally bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive ou ebtors. And lead ns not Into temptation, bnt dell ve s from evil: For thine is the kingdom, an he power, and the glory, forever. Amen. For if ye forgive men tbelr trespasses, you leaven ly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trei asses, neither will yonr Father forgive yoc respasees. Tbat prayer is from tbe sermon on tb fount, as delivered by our Redeemer. D ou see any reason for omitting or tabbooln bat sprayer in the service In a Cbrlstla Ihnrch? If not, we ask you to read thee ?ords, which we doubt if you have beard i be boly temple a dozen times during yoc vhole life. And uoa spase an idrsh wuru?, m;iui I am. the Lord thy God, which bav irongbt tbee out of tbe land of Egypt oat < be bouse of bondage. Tbou sbalt have do other God? before rat Tbou snalt not make unto ibee any grave mage, or any likeness of anything tbat Is 1 leaven above, or that la In tbe eartb be leath, or tbat Is la tbe water under tbe eart Tbou sbalt not bow down thyself to tbec tor serve them fpr I tbe Lord tby Qod am ealous Qod, visiting the Iniquity of tb atbers upon the children antothetbirJ an ourtb generation of tbem tbat bate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands < bem that love me, and keep my command Dents. Tbou sbalt not take tbe name of tbe Lor by Ood la vala. for tbe Lord will not bol ilm guiltless that tnketh bis name Id, valr Remember tbe Sabbath day, to keep i loly. Six days sbalt tbou labour, and do all tb vork. Bat tbe seventh day Is tbe ?abbatb of tb jord tby God; In If tbou sbalt not do an ?ork, tbou, nor thy son, nor tby daugbtei hy manservant, nor tby maidservant, nc by cattle, nor thy stranger that la wltblr by gates. Kor In slxdays tbe Lord made heaven am artb, tbe sea and" all tbat In tbem is, am ested the seventh day; wherefore tbe Lor ilessed the sabbath day and hallowed It. Honour ttby father and tby mother; the by days may be long upon tbe land wblo ue u?ru iu/ uuu i^iiovu wuv? Thou sbalt not kill. Thou sbalt not commit adultery, Thou sbalt Dot ileal. Thon sbalt not bear false wltoeBS agalni hv neighbour. Tbou sbalt not covet tby neighbor's bousi hou sbalt not covet thy neighbors wife do lis manservant, nor bis maidservant, nc ils ox. nor bu ass, nor aaything thai is tb lelgbbor's. Do you still not see reason for tabbooini hat prayer. We think we can show you t east too good reasons wh7 that pray< hould sometimes be omitted "Thou hbal .ot take the name of the Lord thy God 1 ain: for the Lord will not bold him gulltlei bat taketb his.name In vain." Why shoul ny preacher say that prayer Immediately a er he basoalled the name of the Lord an lcked It aiiont as a plaything for from twei y to fifty times in one short sermon? If i sat* in the pujplt 'upes "vain repetitions a lie heathen do" how shall he expect to b beard for bia much speaking?" Again: "J e forgive men their trespasses, your heaven 7 Father will also forgive you. But If ye foi ive not men rtbelr trespasses, neither wll our Father forgive your trespasses." If w re not charitable and kind of heart is it do nreasonable and condemnatory in us to as ur heavenly Father to forgive us our trei assert as we forgive our trespassers." Be kind to the man tbat is down, Forgive and forget, There is good In him yet* If we do not forgive those who trespas gainst us, Is it not plain that to use tbu rayer Ik to call d jwn upon us the wrath c ur Lord? Is It not virtual admission tbat ou earts are j not right when tbat prayer I aDisneu irom our rengiuua ?ci ?iuci len refrain from becoming communicant ecauRe of fear that they m*y e%t and drln >th#lrawu condemnation). la like man er may It not be posdble that the Lord1 rayerls not said for fear of bringing dowi pon us the divine displeasure because oui wn manner of forgiving others tbeir trei asses. If such be tbe case, then we mue dmlre tlie candor ol ?n honest confessior We would not ask or expect any man t all down upon bis own bead tbe wratl four heavenly Father. MEN PAST FIFTY IN DANGER Men past middle life h>tv<- found com/or nd reiiel In Foley's Kidney Kemedy, espe tally for enlargt-d prostme gland, which 1 ery common utoong <lderiy men. L. E lorrls, Drxier, Ky., writes: "Up to a yea go my father nutTered Irom Kidney am ludder trouble and several physicians pro ounced It enlargement of the piostate giant nd advised an operation. Ua nccount of hli ge we were afraid he could not stand it one recou.mended Fole>'s Kidney Kemedy, ant je Jirst bottle relieved him, aua after tamni tie second bottle be was no longer troublet Hih this complaint." C. A. .Mtllo d &. Co. And just tbiuk ! There used to be peopli j thin country who were opposed to auto lobiles.-Anderson Mull. Helng opposed to automobiles Is nothing llty or sixty years ago some mighty gooi len in this county were opposed to tbi Ircenvillo and Columbia Kailrood beln; ullt too near their home?. Kveryone would be benefitted by taklnt oley's Orino Laxative lor constipation [oinacli and liver trouble, as it sweetens ih< lomach and breath, gently stimulates tb< ver and regulates the bowels and Is muct iperlor to puis and ordinary laxatives fhy not try Foley's Orlno Laxative today! . A. Miiford & Co. The bestextractB in the world are Blackl'i >n dliplay at MUford'a drug store. 'i i ????? BBM lates Account rE REuirioir, [S, TENN. 1.20 Round Trip OARD all points in South eorgia. Two good edule x 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. for all trains June 5th, 6tb and 7tb, as late as June 14tb, and upon payended until July 1,1909. lies and Sleepers. * 1 . >r information and tickets or write, * Acent. Abbeville. D. W. Morrah, T. P. A., * Atlanta, Ga. . / CROSSES OF HONOR. i > ' e List of Those Who Will Receive Them I on Davis* Birthday. : The Abbeville Chapter Daughters of tbe t Confederacy will on Davie' birthday, June 3, . preosDt crosses of honor to the /ol lowing: 6 John J. Bracknell, H. K. Burdett, ? e G. W, Banks, B. A. Boyd, W. T. Cunningham, J. W. Deason,J. T. Hunter, J. W. Keller, M. D., , W.A.Lanier, Wm. 8. Marshall, J Rev. A. L. Patterson, J. L. Simpson. Tbe croBtea wilt be delivered to tbe applir cants by Mrs. Lucy C. Thomson, president of l Chapter, at her .home on Upper Main streat. ; ?< y relit Jurors June Court. J .Samuel Able. Abbeville. Arthor Barnes, LowndeaviMe. R. Q, Williams. Diamond Hill, r W. E. Daniel", Lowodesvllle. I J. F. Young. Indian Hill. T. 8. Culbraltb, Long Cane, d J. I>. C'nrk, Abbeville. J W. Rlcbey, Doe Went. _ >r T. N. Hannab, Long Cane. S. E. Smith, Donalds, s- R. F. McKlnney, Cedar 8prlngs. 'r W. L. Glbert, Abbeville. J. P. Rowen, Diamond Hill. ' J. L. Prultt, Due West. ie j R. Lomaz, Long Cane: d Wm. Barnes,Lowndesvilie. Blllle Brougb, Calhoun Mills. K J A. Murdock, Due West, o S.F. Cromer, Abbeville. ie John R. Nlckles Long Cane. ' _ N. B.Caldwell. Diamond Hill. J. M. Mcl 1 wain, Abbeville. ir J. F. Ellenberg, Diamond HllL L. A. Gulllebean, Abbeville. j T. J. Slbert, Bordeaux. ' y Richard Bonds, Lowndesvllle. e John T. Sutherland, Abbeville. J. W. Covin, Calbooc Mills. R. H. Stevenson, Long Cane. , > B. L. Johnson. Donalds. q J. B. Carwlle, Lowndesvllle. J. R. Jennings, Bordeaux. T. F. Uldrlck, Long Cane. h Bill Dansby, Abbeville. , J. J. Dnn n, Donalds. a G. R. Tolbert, Smlthvllle. e d - , Stiff and I Aching Joints 1 ? / ?. i a v a d Can be quickly relieved by ? the liberai use of Eureka n Bl Nerve and Bone y Liniment * V Vs^'v ,t This is a soothing and healing )r application made from antisepq tic oils, and in all cases of rheu18 matic joints, cuts, sprains and d (. bruises furnishes a local appllca- ? d> tlon that will positively relieve. i L . _ ; mg uottie u 25 Cents. ir Try it on our say so. 11 . Guaranteed. e t k , ONLY AT THE < . ? ' ?*' 7\McMurray Drug Co. s MARBLE AND GRANITE. 8 l I am in the marble and granite busii nees. I represent Owen Bros. Mar ble Company, of Greenwood, S. C. J We Pay llie Freight | and guarantee satisfaction. FT work i does not come 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 j Greenwood. i Joe F. Edmunds, Director of Agents. - Cold* that bang on weaken tbe constitution , and develop Into consumption. Foley'B i Honey and Tar cures persistent coughs that j refuse to yield to other treatment. Do not i experiment with untried remedies as delay . may result In your cold settling on your ? lungs. C. A. Mlirord & Co. You can always get what you want In atai tlonery and echool books at Speed's Drag ' Store. *