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A Place of Amusememt for Abbeville,
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Tlie kouU nuuieu ul tbe Civic I.ittgue are th
now at work on a hosplta'. When they have
finished that the city haB another work for
them?the building of a place of rest and k<
amusement. 0'
There are many places in town which could h(
be Improved and made attractive to old and ui
young. One place, especially, oflers splendid 8C
opportunity ior developement and that Is the ?|
Old Public Spring behind the Court House lri
and City Hall. At present, It Is In tbe "Underworld."
Tbe old dilapidated calaboose ^
stands silent seutlnel over ten thousand tin pc
cans and rubolsh to burn. Tbe croak of et
lrogs and flips of leathei wings mark a deso ^
latlon within a hundred yards of the square.
If this place was terraced^ the residential fa
mansions (?) of tbe neighborhood relegated to ^
"Pin Hook" or some other alley, a pool built in
where llllles and water-flowers might grow, a'
oomfortable seats placed In the shady nooks, ^
swlngB and flying Jinnies built for tbe bene- In
flt of the little ones, an enclosed swimming 00
pool for little boys, aud such things that In- te
terest all, were established?11 tbe civic,league cc
could do this for ns, It will not have existed m
lo vain.
Naturally. the\place is a beautiful one.
rr"-lha Kaal Otirl hnlflPHt. HDTlntfS 1D
Z UDIC JD VUO Vi IU? uv?k > ? ? ( w the
country there. It is in the ebape of an
ampltheatre and with little trouble an artlfl- gc
cial Jake could be made. The only objection r
to this would be Madam Stygomla Faclata pI
and It le probable tbat something could be
done tc prevent this pest from making her gc
bpme In the lake. K
Ope thing that makes this place favorable th
to developement, is its proximity .to the
square. A splendid road could be built be- q<
tween the Court House and the old law offices c8
down to the spring. This would Improve the iti
the Court House grounds as much as much -g
as ttDp-hlng else that could be done now, (or
the grounds In front are perfect as they now tto
are. m
Tennis Courts, Crcqnet grounds, if the rc
game is nit too old fashioned, walks, flower y<
beds, etc., would work a wonderful metamor- pi
phoels on the place. b<
AH cltleB have places of recreation, a place bi
to go when yon are tired and want to rest, a
place where little ones can play?a public to
pleasure nround. We could have It with w
little ovnaimn nnrt It la wnrth havlne.
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The Pride of Opinion. J
Some men are proud of tuelr wealth; some w
are proud of tbelr lineage; some are proud ol tb
tbelr achievement*; some are proud of tbelr
persons, but every mother's son of us Is proud cc
of bis opinion, w
We are less charitable In regard toitbls mat- w
ter of opinion than we are In any rther way. 01
We are prond of our powers of argumentation a:
and yet, nlnety-nlne one hundreths we make it
are wasted breath, and Idle words. tt
When we fall into an argument with any
one, we do n:>t weigh what the other man n
' ' BHys?we do not even listen, we must be fa
tblnklDg of something else to boost up our it
side of the question. How many men, do la
you suppose, have had their opinions changed
in an argument of this kind? Even the b<
onlookers or liBtenerB, If there be any, watch V\
more for amusement than for edification, g<
Tbe purpose of such argumentation Is noi L
to arrive at truth but to play Brattlebore aud b
Shuttlecock wltb words, b!
A wise man will not eater Into such a die- a
cussion for be knows tbat tbe end thereof If
mild lunacy ? tbat nothing Is to be gained sC
and something la to be lost by It. it
Tbe man who thinks tbat he Is always a
right, and tbat other men ate always wrong oj
who differ with blm Is a fool. or
No man in this mundane sphere has yet ar
rived at all the truth. You have your opinion
on everything, you do not mind airing
It. You are sure yon are right, but do you
know that you are mistaken In man/ InBtancei?
by what means haveyou arrived at
the whole truth? Where Is your particular fc
Deplhian Spring. oi
Faith, Hope, Charity, and tbe greatest of ai
these is charity. At least It is a grace more h
difficult to exercise than either of the other a
two. Why can we not be charitable In re- la
spect for tbe opinions of other*? Wbyeanwe e;
not differ from otber men and yet have a
hleh reeard for thnlr Intpcrilv nnil hnnpRtv In
the matter of opinion?
The Gocd Book te< ches us to be cbarltable,
and It neltbar makes ezceptlcna nor applies
special cases. We are to be obarltable In
everything. We ought to be charitable In tc
this.
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At Mi Old Home ?i
Mr August W. Smith, and his son, Mr.
Wardlaw Smith were In town on Saturday.
Mr. Smith came in bis elegant aatomoblle to
work after his primary interests on Lang u
Cane, and his son, Mr. Wardlaw Smith, who
Is now a grown young man and.a graduate of r<
South Carolina, we presume is looking after
some pretty girl, who no doubt is glad to
meet so handsome a young man.
Mr. August W. Smith left Abbeville a few ?'
years ago to build a cotton mill at Woodrufl", '
and his success has been so amazing that it J
aooentuates Abbeville's mistake in letting
him go away. He has now, a much larger w
mill than the Abbeville mill the Btock of vI
which is selling at a big premium, but which ai
Is worth two for one. He has faith in cotton b<
mills and says there is no doubt as to the sue- b
cess of a well managed mill. Cl
When asked about electricity or a power
bouse he was not very decided- Steam was a
certainty and coula be relied upon. Electric- el
lty sometimes failed.
Plans ere on foot to build another cotton
factory In Greenwood this fall.
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The man who is not much Interested In
another cotton mill Is not much Interested In Vl
his town,
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Time Is precious and Abbeville bas none to (a
lose. We must either go forward or back- Q)
ward. We cannot stand still. ^
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Don't let any microcephalous son of a y<
grouch preach pessimism Into you about
your town. Kick htm, and If necessary, call u
for help. b
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Stock In an insurance company may prove B
a failure, and the company go delunct; Heal tt
Estate companies may go and come; Banks d<
may break: many businesses may go de- li
lunct?bui a cotton mill is like Tennyson's
"Brook."
A Bale for cotton.
Positions for hundreds* of laborer*. b'
896,000 turned loose In town each year.
A considerable town In Itself.
Immense stimulus to buslnesH. bc
A magnet for foreign capital. 11
Enhanced values for real estate.
A prevention of emigrationA
stimulus to Immigration, M
A COTTON MILL f b(
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More Improvements- "j
Part of the O'neil property is being Improv- y
ed. The store formerly occupied by the post
cfflce is belrg remodeled. A new front will
be put In consisilcg of gisnlte and plate glass
The store will be occupied by W. E. *
Johnson, the Jeweler. "i
A new shipment of ladies oxiords Just In at
Rosenberg's. I
Here is Trouble.
r. Editor:
Vour article on Good Roads was read with
uch Intercut. My opinion of It la that you
iBted some good time, printer's Ink and
luable 6pace. Abbeville county ban better
ads tban Greenwood, Edgefield or Laurent)
unties, then why should our borne papers
i decrying things that we bave tbe best ol
our section of the State. If you would
rn your attention to telling us how to
Ise more cotton to tbe acre, of fattening
>gs. or raising good mules, or something
at each Individual could do at borne then
>ur labors would not be ln^valn, but you
em to lose sight of the lact tbat we pay our
ad tax of 50 cents and that Is enougb to
>ep the roads well worked in every section
the county.
Now you would have each farmer leave hit
nne work and go out on tbe road and fill
> the rough places. So every little cigarette
aoklng Euan with an automobile can run
rer them bo fast tbat when tie scares a good
d trusty mule he cau't he caught by the
ate owner.
Our roads are good enough to drive four
lies an hour over and tbat is fast as any
an should drive; we can haul one thousand
)unds with two muies and that is load
lougb. Land Is high enough on ihe public
tads and why should tbat be used as an
gument.
Now, Mr. Editor, all our roads and out
uhful Supervisor needs le time, and the
^operation of tbe Courts, to give a few mort
inds to help keep our already good roade
t .elr present shape, but I am very much
raid tbat it will only he a short while before
e will be outrof hands, at least convicts, ^
ie moneyed men of tbe county keep bond
g tbe guiltv onee and keeping tbem from
imlng to trial and conviction.
Now, Mr. Editor, let up on tbe roads and
11 us bow to do something tbat will put
itton up and keep U6 Irom spending oui
oney alter we sell tbe cotton.
"Old Roadster."
"Old Roadster."
We bad something to say last week aboul
>od roads and before the Ink was dry,'"Ok
oldster" "rid" into the office on the abovf
-eambulatlon.
"Old Roadster's" favorite hymn is "It'i
>od enough for me." "Old Roadster" 1? an
pbralmlte and his Shibboleth is "Let everj
ilng alone but cotton." If "Old RoadsUr'
ved III China lie wouia oe a ni|u rncoi m
>n fuclus. He treads in tbe "path of tb<
If," 1b a great marble player and bis favorb
feint Is "venture every tblDg" from i
traight" shot to "knucks.'
"Old Roadster" gave himself away on on<
>lug. He says: "You would have each far
er leave bis work and go out and fill uj
iugb .places?Id front of bis bouse." Bel
iu a tbrlp against a ginger cake tbere art
g wallow In front of ' Old Roadsters'
>me. But be look* on that as tbe countlei
lslness altogether and would not throw t
tovel full of dirt Into a public loblolly foi
ve nor?oh, yes; he would but he woulc
ant Stevenson to pay him ten cents i
lovel full and then pay for tbe shovel.
Here, a merchant will pay half tbe cost o
laklng a concrete walk In front of his stor<
i order to get the City Conncll to put 1'
jwn. but you telegraph me at my expenst
hen Roadster makea a proposition llk<
iat to Bill Stevenson.
If "Roadster" lives on tbe public road hi
tuld with very lfttle trouble keep the boj
allows filled up. These suck holes and hoj
allows do more barm than any one tblni
i roads. Tbey muddy vehicles, tbey breat
lies, tbey jolt passengers, tbey besmlrct
le landscape, they wprry draught animals
tey are unmitigated nuisances.
We know a man who rids the road of tbesi
usances where the road passes through bli
rm. He does not ask the county to pay fo
either. He raises fine bogB, but be regu
,tes bog wallows to persimmon branob.
"Roadster," if the reBt of us will flllupthi
oles on our land will you do it on yours
re are going to throw a few shovels full o
jod clean grit In our?, you fill up yours toe
et's make good roads even 11 we have ti
elp do It ourselves. Let's get Stevenson'
lue checks out of our minds and fill up wltl
"pint stoup" of good roads.
"Roadster" asks for two prescriptions: Oni
stimulant, another a method of stopplni
toney leakage. He wants to know bow u
take money and then bow to save It, lnsteai
[preachments on good roads. We are m
Medico but here goes,
Prescription to make money:
Rx.
Ellx dirt In boles, bble. ,
Gits sweat Jug full.
Directions: Shovel lulls aa often as needed
This is a good prescription. It will b
)und a splendid tonic in toning up the prlc
riand, for journeymen may see your farn
i tbey pass f>y instead of keeping eyes oi
og wallows and dodging ruts. Ifyoubav
good high way through yoar estate you
ind goes up in value and so you make mon
7- '
Prescription to save money.
Rx.
Comp. 4 In tlrer IV wheels
fao. roads free emulsion enough to
make 2000 miles.
Directions: A heaping road bed all the we;
> market.
Tbls 1b also an A1 prescription. If you wil
>llow It carefully you wllL Hod that you cai
an 1 8000 poundB Just as easily as yon do 100
ipreseDt. You will thus save two trips K
>wn. Suppose It cost* you something t
jme to market.Fay fOc, You will save, tben
y this prescription S1.00 each time you com
>market.
"Old Roadster" Is level headed Id on
ispeot. He speaks of the danger of lb
junty losing labor Justly dae it through tb
iterference of habeas corpus proceedings.
He thinks that sometimes cases are bel<
ver that might come to trial In order tba
le culprit may make a crop for the signer o
le bond. The longer a case Is put off, tb
iss llkllbood of conviction. In some case
e call for Immediate trial. If immedlal
la! Is good In one case why Is it not good li
QOtber. Wben a lawyer has a case of whlcl
b is doubtful as to the issue, the first tblni
b does Is to postpone it until next term o
nnrt.
"Roadster" Is so level bead don thlsqoes
od ibat we believe he will get right on tb<
itlre question of good roads.
Build up waste places.
Eyes Fitted With Glasses.
Eye glasses or spectacles when properly (It
id.are a great help to those who need tbem
at when tbey are improperly fitted tbey ar
ery injurious.
At present the coustry is Infested with pat
es claiming to be Dr. So and So from Atlan
i or New York. The majority of tbem ar
.fees, pure and simple. Tbey fit you rlgh
* wrong, get your money and are gone
>'ould It not be Infinitely better to get som<
illable man to fit your eyes,eome one wbon
au can see again if necessary.
We were in Dr. L. T. Hill's office a shor
me ago, and were surprised to find that h
as filled bis office with everything necessarj
> make thorough examination of weak eyes
le can examine your eyes and fit them wltl
te proper glasses Just as well aa It can b
jne any where else, and perhaps better thai
a some places (bat rank as first class.
Canning Vegetables at Home.
The faimers Bulletin Issued May 10,190S
y tbe U. S. Department of Agriculture an<
rltten by J. F. Breszeale of the Bureau o
aemlstry, is one of tbe most interestlnj
)oks Issued by tbe Department in a loni
me.
Il treats of canning vegetables In the home
Hon. Wyalt Alke? Is sending out ifl.OO
tplesof ibis bank now. It never came In i
itter time, for just now Is the fruit and veg
able cunning siason. Every bousewlfi
lould have a copy ol the book. It Is rellabii
i every resptct, and yet It costs nothing t<
it It. If you have not received a copy, droj
/yatt Aiken a card and you will gel odo.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McFall have re
jrned to Danville after a deligbtfu
lay with Mr. W. H. and Mrs. W. T
dcFall at the Eureka.
Mr. tleo. Bigby is visiting his rela
ivfs in Abl>eville.
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Pre-Election Thoughts.
In six weeks we will have an election In
<iAbbevll)e County. Tbe question to settle
will be Dispensary or no Dispensary. You
bave probably made up j our mind bow you
| are going to vote on that is*ue. We bave no
i desire to dictate bow you should vote. You
will do what you think best for the citizenship
of the county. You will stand for what
; you believe to be the best for the welfare of j
all concerned, from the richest to the poorest, ^
from tbe best to the worst. s
We be brethren. We shou'd remember that <;
1 at all times. One side or the other will be ]
defeated. Let no one of us say anything or j
i do anything that would give Just cause for j
bltteruecs after the question is settled. We j
' will have to live together after tbe vote Is (
I over even as now; so let my daily walk and f
1 conversation be such that my neighbor will (
. think just as much of me, if he thinks dlCTer- (
ently from me, after tbe election as be does g
j now. t
, Why should I assume superior koowledge ?
i and show contempt for my neighbors opln- j
. lont-? 1 have bad no revelations. Tbe hest (
) that any of us can do is to believe that we j
' are right. We may even think so to such a (
' degree as to think that we kaow we are j
i right But remember, I must, that my j
i neighbor thinks that be knowB that be Is j
' right Just as well as 1, so I must be cbarlta- t
ble.
I lfl would keep tbe respect of my brother I ]
; must rebpect him. A man who would bave s
friends must show himself friendly, Just so, \
a man ?ho would keep tbe respect olothers
must Himself respect the opinions of others.
If I arrogantly discount your reason, If I }
assume superior knowledge, If I contemp- |
' tlously treat your opinions what do you think
of me? Will I bave any Influence over you J
' in any way after I act thus? No. My influ- <
enoe with you 1b ever afterward dead. I
' If 1 differ-from you In opinion and am earc- I
1 est in my convictions, if I am fixed In my J
' belief and yet not blatent with superior wu- f
dom nor loud-monthed In dissentlons, yon f
1 may give me credit for being a man and
' respeet me and my feelings Just as much as I
If we were of the same opinions on the sub'
Ject. ' , ]
This promises to be a trying eleotlon. I
' There are two sides to tbe question Just us I
there are to any other political Ibsup. Both I
sides tblnk that they bave r ght on their I
sides and both bave right on ti elr sides. I
Bitter things will be said. Let's not you or I 1
say any thing that will hinder our useiul- J
ness hereafter, there will be no reason for It,
for tbe question will be settled In the best I
way, whatever that may be. I
If alter this election la over yon cj?n look I
' back and say Ibat you bare been guilty ofno I
IndlHcreet argument, tbat you have not un1
necessarily hurt any brothers' feellDg", tbat
5 you bave lost no worthy .friendships, tben <
' you will have increased your own self- 1
i respeot and at the same time will have been 1
3 an example worthy of emulation.
There will be Intemperate talks on both
' sides of this question Just aa sure as the sun
5 sblues. Don't let them ruffle your equlnlml'
ty. Be charitable even when you know tbat
1 what you hear Is 111 advised and openly
1 wrong.
1 Tbe greatest of the tbr*s races Is charity.
It must be tbe greatest for It Is beyond doubt
tbe most difficult to exercise.
? Men who are the most useful In this world
s are men who are the most charitable, look
r around you and you will see them. You bave
' In mind now a man who bas opinions of bis
own, he does not mind telling you, but be
e does not flare tb?m abroad with trnmpete,
7 be does not write lbtm in lurid letters ol fire
' across tbe Bky. tie is a good man and you
' know it and it makes no difference what be
3 votes or bow he thinks, be Is your friend and
g nothing can prevail egalnst tbat friendship.
3 As a matter of fact, you bave seen tbat this
friend-Is so often In tbe right tbat you are
6 sometimes Inclined to bis opinions. Is It not
i SO?
9 Again, look across tbe ooontry and you will
3 see a man wtio bat a long tongue and little
9 brain, yet be thinks that be Is "Sir Oracle"
and vuoom will die wltb bins. He,Is loud lo
bis utterances, wblcb are alter all onlyrr.
flections and refract Iocs of some other Intellect.
Ha la blatant and boisterous In bis
acuous ebolutlom. You have seen him,
' this particular codger lives lfl almost every
e community. What doyou thick of blm on
e the dead level?
3 No. Too may think one way and I may
3 think another, and both of us may be wrong
e or both may be right?be ibat as It may, you
r are my brother and 1 think more of you than
~ any question under tbe sun. Shake!
Long-Grier.
On last Wednesday, June, ?3, at Dae West
the home oflbe bride, tbe wedding of Prof,
jr Udg&r Long of Gastonla, ana Miss Agnes
Qrler was solemnized.
I Dr. Paul McCain, son of Dr. J. I. MoCaln
Q was best man for Prof. Long. hrof. Long add
0 Dr. McCain were clastmalea. Tbe Maid of
j Honor, was Miss Julia Moflatt, daughter of
0 Dr. J. S. Moflatt. Tbe music rendered dulf
ring the ceremony and after It was beautl/ul.
" r*,~ u w 1 " M Jktnhop! GuronoHfi"
e r??uiu. ;
and "Mendelssohns marob,, were played.
e Prof. Long is a graduate of Ersklne College.
8 He finished hi* course bere In 1906, and li now
e a tuier in his Aluna Mater.
Mlsa Agnes Grler la tne youngest daughter
3 of tbe late William Grler and one of tbe
t sweetest girls In tbe country. Prof, Long bas
won a prize Indeed. She Is beautiful In pere
son and lovely In character,
, Many relatives of tbe oouple were In ate
tendance at tbe nuptials.
3 The y*ucK people will make a tour of tbe
3 northern oltles soon, on a honeymoon trip.
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' Cotton and Woolens as a Clothing for
Summer.
" It may be that tbe recent rise in wcolens
will cause us to pause a moment and think.
Woolens have gone up 35per cent. A suit
of clothes that ordinarily would oost 820 in
New York Is now 935. We must have woolen
olotblng in tbe winter but we bave no use for
U in tbe summer if we consider cost and
' oo m fort.
0 In all bot countries white cotton olotb is
used for men's clothing. It is used because It
Is cheap, because it is so much cooler, because
* It is so neat In appearance, yet we, here in the
0 o?...u ?v.Anttnn la nnr atanlo. nil r a \)
? OU UbU, V"UOIO VUUbVru Mtj wu? w?v.r.v, %.?. ?
1 clotbe ourselves in bot woolen goods and
' roast under a subtropical beat.
8 Sooner or later we will awake to tbe fact
1 tbat we are sacrificing our comfort, our looks
and our money, and return to sanity In tbe
1 matter of clotbing.
e We want to make a market for cotton goods
1 and yet we wont wear It ourselves. There Is
no dress UDiier tbe sun as neat as a pure
1 white, Immaculate cotton suite.
9 Canvass shoes are also muoh cooler than
1 leather yet we continue in tbe same old rut
of wearing wollens and leather In tbe good
old summer time when we might be so much
more comfortable In cotton
This Is a subject for tbe cotton union to dls'
cuss If every man In tbe south bad five or ten
1 suits of cotton clothes the aggregate would
f
' mean mucn.
81 The only reasons why we do not wear cote
ton In tbe summer 1b tbat we do not Know
the great comfort derived from this light
' clotb, and became we have no market wbere
0 we can buy.
* If some of our clothiers should put In a slock
of sucb clothing we believe tbey would sell.
0 One thing Is certain when once tbe bablt of
8 wearing white cotton Is formed tbere will be
' no turnlDg to tbe woolens, for summer wear.
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JlcKep'N Locals.
81.00 Union Overalls at McKee's for 89c.
j Good soap 10 bars for 25c at McKee's.
Gold dust 10 packages for 25c at McKee's. '
25o agate pans for 16o or two for 25c at McKee's
Btore.
U. M. C. gun shells for 39c a box at McKee's
Good cypress water bucket* at McKee's llo,' I
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TILLMAN
On the Lumber Tariff.
Congressional Record.
Mr. Tillman. Mr. President, before
ho lumber schedule pusses from the
itteution of iheSeuate, L want to make
i brief statement. When it was in the
senate before, two or three weeks ago,
[ voted for the amendment proposed
>y the Senator' fmm Alabama, Mr.
lohnson, to put lumber and all buildng
materials on the free list. Jn the
liscussion I remarked that I was in
avor of free lumber. When the Senaor
from North Dakota, Mr. (Jumber,
>f!*ered an amendment, which did not
jive us free lumber, leaving the duty
>n whitewood sycamore aud basswood
it 50 cents a thousand, I voied against
t, because it did not give us free lum>er.
The Beuate adjourned immedately
afterwards, giving me no opporunity
to vote for free lumber. There
i&B been no opportunity to vote for
ree lumber. There has been no
imendment proposed for free lumber
oday. 1
Mr. McCumber. The Senator will
ecall that some time ago I introduced
in amendment for free lumber, aud it
ivaa defeated.
Mr. Tillman. I was not present.
Mr. MeCurtiber. Oh. yes; it was
irgued here for days and then defeated
jy a very decisive vote.
Mr. Tillman. If tbe Senator will
look at the Record, he will see that be
iid not ofl'er any amendment for free
lumber, but only one for "sawed lumber
not specially provided for," and so
forth, leaving in the bill 50 cents a
thousand on basswood, sycamore, and
jo forth.
Mr. McCumber. I did not change
that, it is tru?*.
Mr. Tillman. I voted against the
McCumber amendment. It was defeated
by a very decisive vote, 55, I
think, or something like that, to 30, or
jround there. I still think we ought
to have free lumber, and I will give
my experience and my reasons for that
belief. I know, of course, we can not
it.
Twelve years ago, when the Dingley
bill was on its passage, I voted for a $2
tariff on lumber, and remarked, very
much to the disgust of some people and
the edification of others, "if thtre was
to be stealing, I wanted my share." I
bave found out thac I can not get n\y
share; that tbe conditions of tbe South
are such that the articles and products
of the region which are capable of being
protected are so lew in number
that if we were to throw around everything
down there a high protective
tariff, we would not get anything like
a proportionate benefit wiila tbe New
Edgland and manufacturing States of
this Union.
In regard to this matter of lumber I
have watched the result of <be daty.
Immediately afterwards our timber
lands, wnicn naa previously ueen neglected
so there were comparatively
email lumbering industries down there
began to be in demand. Meii from
Wisconsin and Michigan and other
northern States where lumbering bad
practically denuded the forests of timber,
or were about to finish them up,
came into the State and bought uj>
very large tracts of timber at a very
small price. They did this all over the
South. Large mills were established
and the lumbering industry began to
pick up, showing investmentof capital
and a large export. At the same time
the price begau to rise, a little faster,
apparently, tbbn the industry itself.
Now, consider lor a moment tbat tne
people of South Carolina are in about
this shape; the State being a triangle,
the upper part cutting off like the letter
"A" is largely the white section of
the State. Nearly two-thirds of ill?
people, although it is only oue-third of
the area, live there. They are consumers
of lumber and they have no
yellow pine or very little. They have
been importing tbat lumber from the
lower belt of counties next to the sea,
and that region is occupied almost
wholly by the negroes; that is, the
negroes outnumber the whites in Beaufort
County, for instances, 10 negroes
to 1, Colleton 7, Georgetown 7, Williamsburg
4, Sumter 6, and bo on. In
this coast region the lumber industry
has taken root and is now very extensively
carried on.
I noticed after three or four years ol
this introduction of lumbering on an
extensive scale that the price went
steadily up, up, and it very soon became
noised abroad, I do not know on
what foundation, tbat these lumber
men had formed a combination and
they would not sell under each other
to the consumers in the upper part of
tbe State.
Lumber is not a luxury. It is a necessity.
It is one of the necessaries of
life. When I saw that the farmers,
who had to build houses and fences
and barnes iu the whole upper country,
were being charged steadily increasing
prices for their lumber, I began
to change my opinion as to whether
I was getting my share of the.stealinK
or not. It looked like somebody
not very far away was getting an unreasonable
profit out of our trees,
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of money relatively. So my opinion
In regard to the benefits of the tariff in
our State changed very radically.
I believe in the greatest good to the
greatest number; and when I saw that
the people who use lumber, practically
four-fifths of them, wjere paying an increased
price, I decided if I ever got a
chance I would take that tariff' oft'.
That is all there is about it. I do not
feel that it is my business here to protect
the industry of lumber which, perhaps,
involves the interests of 50,000
good and worthy people, as against the
500,000 equally good and worthy people
who have to use lumber, and we
would not be saved from an exorbitant
price, because, I think, those people
formed a combination and agreed that
thev would not undersell each other.
The only reason why we were able,
or will be able, to get lumber at a reasonable
rate was due to the fact that
there were some old field pine second
growth left in the upper part of the
State and small patches, or small area.*,
two or three hundred acres or 500 acres,
all through in the middle lower region
that the lumbermen had not bought
or could not buy at the high prices?I
mean the great lumber companies,
with their railroads, and all that sort
of thing, running oni into the swamps.
The only reason why the upper-couutry
people could get lumber at decent
prices was because a little one-horse
saw mill, costiug $1,500 or at most
$2,000, would go iuto tbese little patches
of pine and saw-the lumber up and
furnish the people this necessary, as
against these great combinations of
capital which had aosornea our umber.
I have felt that it was my privilege
to explain why I am apparently in
contradiction with mypelf, because I
voted against the amendment ottered
by the Senator from North Dakota.
Mr. McCumber. Having stated that I
wanted free lumber, having had no
chance to get free lumber, I still am
against the amendment, because it did
not offer free lumber.
That is all I want to say. I did not
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PREPA
JOHN W. KENNEDY &
want to appear to be at war with myeeif,
nor do I say this because of the
hue and cry raised in some quarters
that I have not stood on tbe Demo
craiic platform. I am here as a Democrat.
If my Democracy is not above
suspicion I do not want any certificate
from any source.
Money to loan on country
and city property. Abbeville
Ins. and Trust Co. Phone 118
J. E. tacDavii, Sec.
Kodaks Kodaks
KODAKS
We have secured ihe agency
for the Eastman Kodak Co.
and expect to^ keep a complete
stock of amateur goods
on hand all the time.
Our present order includes
Kodaks from
$ 1.00 to $20.00
filmp, developing tanks, printing
papers, carrying cases, developing
solutions, post cards,
in fact anything you would
likely need for amateur photography.
If there should be
anything we haven't in stock
it will be a pleasure to get it
for you.
"TRY US." '
McMurray Drug Co.
arms out,"
The Struggle Discourages Many a
Citizen of Abbeville.
Around all day with an aching back,
Can't rest at night:
Enough to make any one "give
out."
Doan's Kidney Pills will give renewed
life.
They will cure the backache;
Cure every kidney ill.
Here is Abbeville proof that this is
so:
I. S. Gibert, Abbeville, S. C.,
ays : "For six years I sullered
from kiduey complaint the principal
symptom being a constant,
dull pain in the small of my back.
I became tired easily, felt languid
and was subject to headaches and
a blurring of the eyesight. The
secretions from my kidneys were
too frequeut in passage and I was
forced to arise during I he night.
Learning of Doan's Kidney Pills,
I procured them at P. B. Speed's
drug store. They relieved me
from the,first and I continued their
use until a complete cure resulted."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Bullklo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Kemember the n?me?Doan's?and
take no other.
Read Rosenberg's advertisement on front
page.
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nless ^remedy,..beings pleasant and
Jly g*ood for children and adults.
Chest and Bronchial troubles,
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the inflamed parts and gives vigoi
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ie merits of Bees Laxative Cough Syru]
on oe refund your money. Buy a botth
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; PROCLAMATIOr
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State o?8outh Carolina,
/. Executive Chamber.
( Whereas Information has been r
ceiyed at this Department tbat on ar
before 15th. day of May, A. D. 19(1
that (hp cow or cows belonging to M
? W. P. Wideman were shot in bis pa
ture, in Abbeville County on rur
i route'from Troy by party or parti
i unknown in the County of Abbevill
and there being reason to believe th
the shooting was an act of malicioi
mischief.
Now, therefore, I, M. F. Ansel, Go
;ernor of the State of South. Carolin
in order that justice may be done at
, the majesty of the law vindicated, <
hereby offer a reward of Fifty Dolla
for the apprehension and conviction
the person or persona who commitU
said act of shooting cow or cows
Mr. W. P. Wideman.
In testimony whereof, 1 have her
unto set my hand and caused the Ore
Seal of the State to be affixed, at C
lumbia, this fifteenth day of JuDe, i
D. 1909, and in the 133rd year of tl
Independence of the United States
America.
M. F. Ansel.
By the Governor:
K. M, McCown,
Secretary of State.
University of Sont'n Carolirii
Scholarship Examination.
The University of South Carolii
offcrs Scholarships in the Departmei
of Education to one young man fro
each County. Each Scholarship
worth $100 in money aud $18 matric
lation or "term" fee.
Examination will be h?-ld at Coun
seat Friday, Julj 2. Examination f
admission to the University will I
held at the same time.
Write for information to
S. U. JMitchen, rrea.
Columbia, 8. <
List your property with u
We can find a buyer for yoi
If we do not, it will cost yo
nothing:. Abbeville Ins. an
Trust Co. J. S. Stark, Pres
J. E. McDavid, Sec. Phone 11
D. ATdewei
...SHAVING PARLORS.
THIS eDterprising young u.an
doing a firstclass busing. H
parlors are at the same old Stand?tl
old postofflce. His prices are right ac
he is getting the business.
Shaving - iv via.
Hair G'ut - 25 eta.
Mr. Dewey is assisted by Mr. VVa
' ter MiCoid. These two gpntleme
make a splendid team and can tui
out work most satisfactory in pric
and unsurpassed in execution.
17K3 n?oo
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
125(It Year Feirlii* October 1.
Entrance examinations will b? be'rt at tl
County Court Hounf on Friday. J a I > '2 at 9
tn. All candidate* for admlsblen can compe
In Ocloi>er (or vacant Boyce Scholarship
which pay $100a $e?r. One free tuition acbc
arsblp to eacb county of Soutb Carolln
Board and fumlcbed room in Dormitory, SI
Tuition. SIO For catal^ene addrext,
HAKKISUN ItAJfDOLPH. President.
McMnrraj's Locals.
Enj ?y your vacal on. Get a kodak. ])a
light dPVfloplrK, no dark room necfRoni
wlih a Kodak Developing Tank. Tbe plea
ure of kodaking la In tbe developti g.
Hrnwnl? Kodaks for tbe boys and glr
SI 10 to So.GO.
We can turnUh you everything from tl
k"dak lo tb?-c?id to mount your picture o
Kodak your borne, print on a post card
send to Iovpu ones. You can do It.
Let us show you some beautiful plctun
taken with u kodak. You can equal them.
The Rosenberg Mercantile Cc?the your
men's headquarters. Yon are alwayn we
come.
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For Sale! I
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A larce nine-room dwelling, on North H
Main street, 100 feet or piazza, 10 R|
feet wide, shady front and back fl
yard, iarge barn, out houces. A IB
beautiful, home on acre and a half
lot. House in fine slate of repair. 9
This is a bargain for some one. B
A five-room cottage on Church Street H
Lot iarge epough for three houses. H
If you want a home at a bargain B
see us at once. B
Six-room cottage on Church Street, 1} fl
acres, barns, orchard, garden, plen- B
ty of room for extra lot. B
Aruew six-room bouse and large lot on - -B
Ferry Street. Price $1,750. House \
rented for a little more than 10 (.er B
on tbifr price. ' > B
Two six-room cottages on Cherokee ; B
Street, Nice lots, well located for 1' < -B
$1,500 each. On easy terms. B
A new six-room cottage on Orange H
Street wite a large lot, barn, etc. B
Ten lots on new street between Epis- B
copal parsojiajge and Mr. Bowie's, B
- on termH to suit , purchaser. This K
j. : is a specially good'proposition. B
70 acres On Blue Hill road, half of place fl
i , in'city limits. Ideal location for H
L , Truck farm or suburban horoeLat 9
v $40 per acre. Place now rented. '
41 acres on B'ue Hill road. Entirely I
1 ^ - a n a
m Cliy hiuiip. ah uuucr uuiuvh'
tion at $75 per acre.
310 acres of land between Abbeville
and Greenwood, about 7 miles of
Abbeville, all lies well, A good
place and a big bargain at $8 per
. acre. . ^
, 584 acres 7 mi'es southeast of Abbei
ville, plenty of wood, now well
f rented, at $11 p^r acre.
223 acrjs on Mt. Carmel road. Well
reined and always in demand as
' reining property.
3 Also 200 acres near Troy, 4 miles out,
wood and timber enough to pay
for the place three times over.
1' These' last two tracts of land can be
bought at a price which will guar.
antee a good profit
N We have a Dumber of trade of land
and city lot*, houses, eto.4 listed. %
Come abound and talk the matter A *
over with" us. We can help you
buy a home. If you are prepared
?T * . to make any kind of cash payment
we will loan you balance ot money jl
on terms to suit. *
ti Abbeville Insurance & Trnst Co.,.
e* J. E. McDavid, J. S. Stark,'
e, Secretary. President.
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of Blue Ridge Railway Co.
g. Effective JaneS, 1909.
at I No. 12 No. 10 No. & !/,
O- Eaatbonnd. Daliy Dally Dally
V ' Ex. 8no
tie Stations? A.M. P. M. P. M.
nf Lv Walballa 8 45 3 27 1 85
Ul Lv West Union ?... 8C0 ?3 82 . 145
Lv Seneca. ...... 9 08 3 50 SIS r
Lv Joraanla - 9 10 3 52 5 29 ' "I
Lv Adams 9 25 4 07 5 47 I
Lv Cherry *8 . 9 28 4 10 5 50 I
Lv Pendleton 9 40 4 22 6 02 I
Lv Antnn 9 48 4 30 6 13 1
. U IT, UM 4 fW 6 17 I
- Lv Denver..!. 9 56 4 38 6*5
? Lv West Anderson v? 10 10 6 45 >
Q Lv Anderson (Pass. dep). 10 18 4 67 ,6 56
? Lv Anderson (Fgl. dep)... id 18 5 00
Ar Beltop 10 45 5 27 ...... .
Westboand. No. 11 No. 9 'No. 7
Stations- < P.M. A M. A. M.
Da LvBelton - 5 45 -U 55
nt Lv Anderson (F?t. depot) 6 11 12 SI ...-.
" Lv Anderson (Pass, dep)- 6 14 12 24 9 20
m Lv West Anderson- 6 20 12 30 9.80 ,
is Lv Denver 6 33 12 48 9 80
Lv Sandy Springs 6 38 12 48 10 00
U Lv Anton ..... 6 41 W 51 10 05
Lv Pendleton 6 49 12 59 10 20
tv Lv Cherry's- 6 59 1 09 10 86
or Lv Adamr ? 1 02 1 12 10 40
, Lv Jordan 1h - 7 20 1 80 11.06 \
bt! Lv Seneca 7 22 1 32 12 06
Lv West Union 7 40 1 50 12 80
Ar Walballa 7 45 1 56 12 40
Will also stop at the.lollowlng stations and
n take on and let off paksengers?Phlnney.s,
James, Toxaway, Welch.
_ J. R. Anderson, Superintendent
" marble iNDI I granite,
18 I am in the marble and granite businees.
I represent Owen Bros. Marld
ble Company, of Greenwood, S. C.
We Pay llie Freight
and guarantee satisfaction. Tf work
,1- does not come up to contract it does
>n not cost you a cent.
Any one wanting Monuments,
e( Toombs, Slab Work or Curbing I will
' be pleased to have them call on me at
Abbeville, S. C., or at the shops in
Greenwood. .
I, Joe F. Edmunds,
Director of Agents.
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Succeed when everything else fails.
? In nervous prostration and female
a weaknesses they are the supreme
remedy, as thousands have testified.
8 for kidney, liver and
;;; stomach trouble
to it is the best medicine ever sold
over a druggist's counter.
We defy the world on Ice cream. Our i>oda
fountain Is open In full blast and our Ice
cream Is made of pure cream and eggs. All
'K orders, whether large or imall, gotten upon
1- short notice. Yours to please, C. A. Mllford
A Co.
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