The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, July 07, 1909, Image 1
The Abbeville Press and Banner |
BY W. W. & W. R. BEADLEY. ABBEVILLE, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1909. ESTABLISHED 1844 j
Press Comment I
on Mr. Wilson's
Retirement. P
Below are some expressions from the brethren
of tbe Press CO' cernlng Mr. Hugh Wllson's
retirement. He Is one of the oldest ?
newspaper men In the State and the success $
that he has achieved has fallen to very few jj
heirs of tbe "Fourth Ettate."
Mr- Wilson Resigns. d
Abbeville Medium. ^
Mr. Hugh Wilson has reslgnrd from tbe .
editorship of the Abbeville Pre** and Bun- ri
ner, his name not appearing hi (tie be?d 01 fi
tb? editorial colacnn of the hkiic ol Juut 30t.h i .
For fifty years Mr. Wilson has been connected
with the Press ami Banner and the
fact that be has severed his connection will m
be a distinct loss to jjurnailsm.
For fifty years he nan lent his energies to- i
wards tbe building up of a clean, upright d<
newspaper and his effort* have been crowned at
with success, the Press aud Banner meeting
with such support a? Is gwtn to lew weekly
newspapers. Mr. Wilson's editorials,have W
always been In a style peculiarly his own h(
and be bas always expressed his opinion ?
boldly, Irrespective of whether he be on tne "
popular side or uot. HI
Mr. Wilson has amassed acomfortabl- for- q
tone and lo every enterprise looaiug to tne ,lt
upbuilding of tbe town be has been generous
In his subscriptions. He wan a firm Iriend ol 1E
the Cotton >1111 HDd helped materially In c
thl?, tbe longest stride forward, tbe city has
ever taken.
A'ter a brief season of rest Is to be hoped er
that Mr. Wilson will resume his accustomed fo
work. _ se
th
Editor Hugh Wilson. D
Greenville News.
Mr. Hugh Wilson, for fllty years at the ,W
beim of tbe Abbeville Press and Banner, has t>t
retired from newspaper work. This Is bad D
news and we are Indeed very so>rv to hear
It. South Carolina journalism sutlers a rl 1htlDCt
loss by reason or his retirement. Editor
Wilson stands as high as any man in. the
profession. He bas lived to see uinch of his
best work bear abundant fruit. No roan In
the state has worked more fearlessly aud
diligently for the upbuilding of a clean, vig- g|
orous. Independent press.
Tbe only pleasant thought In connection
with tbe announcement is best told in tbe
words of tbe editor of tbe Abbeville Medium:
"Air. Wilson has amassed a oomfojtable fortune."
Tbe News is now doubly bopelul that
Editor Wilson will atteud tbe presseonven- tn
tlon In this city next week and tell bis uc
Irlends of rhe profession bow be managed to wl
amass a comfortable fortunne from tbe pub- "<i
1 io lion ol h uewspaper Id South CsrotlDa. Tl
We believe this should be add'd to the pro- th
gram as we can conceive ol nothing thai of
would contribute more to the imprest and ui
enlightenment ol .South Carolina ediiors tban oc
toe discussion of ibis subject by ourvenera- or
ble friend Irom Abbeville. ,Ct
? ly
Anderson Intelligencer. J,"
Although we hive never met Mr. Hugh
WiisOd, who for fl'ly years has edited the hi
Abbeville Pre^s and Banner, we are a great
admirer of tbe man on account of his open as
way or editing ti at paper, and when we at
learned a lew days ago that be had retired we pf
felt that Abbeville eount.v had lost one ol fl
her chlel booster*, for he whs lor bis count} h?
first, Ipst aDd all the tlnie. But he deserves a w
rest. We envy blm tbe solitude ot tbe creek re
bank.wlih tnthtng to disturb him but tbe tt
pesky tly that scrapes and creeps on his un- a
protected dome. SI
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Spartanburg Journal. A
Hugh Wilson has retired Irom the editor e'
ship of tbe Abbeville Press and Banner after T,
a service of many years. Mr. Wilson Is one et
of tbe moil sensible and practical craDks we ?'
have ever known. He usually seemed to he d<
wrong about everything, but he has managed 5"1
to conduct an excellent aDd successlul news C1
paper and accumulate a laige share of this
woild's goods lor himself as a proper reward
for .is labors. He has our best wishes in bis
retirement.
A Most Unusual Dam. "
There are cofler dam?, mill dams, 8'
tinkers dams, and various kinds of ct
dams, as a school boy would say, but a w
jug dam is something entirely out of 11
the ordinary.
This particular dam ppans the broad C1
waters of Wilion's Creek, near Dysons w
South Carolina. Mayor McMtlian, bl
who has been making brick for some
time iu that vicinity reports that while 9<
some of his brick hands were bathing
in the creek, they came upon this un- re
usual find. At first the bathers vi
thought that they had discovered a cc
rock ledge, but upon investigation the lt
phenomenon turned out what seemed
to be a submarine jug yard. Jugs ga- bl
lore were fished out of the muddy wa- t1'
ters of Wilson's creek, but to the cha- hl
grin of the bathers all the jugs were lt
empty of the glorious corn aud rye
juice that once filled them. lE
How the jugs got there is an uu- lt
solved mystery. ls
?le
ct
A Peculiar Accident.
A corresnondent. writimr from .
Aulander to the Jtoanake-Chowan "
Times, relates this strange accident: *
"A peculiar accident baj pened to
the youngest child of Attorney and
Mrs. Alex Lassiter some dajs ago. '
The child, which had just learned to
walk, was attacked by a game rooster, w
who flew upon and badly lacerated n.
the baby. Fortunately the child's 0
eyes^were not injured, owing to the f'
fact that its body was face downards,
but the game cock left many scars and
bruises upon its neck anil limbs. Had
not Mr. Lassiter appeared on the ^
scene in time it is likely that the
child would have been killed. The j"
injuries were painful and might have
been serious."
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Life MMUMM> Year* Ago. ?i
Scientists have found in a cave in b
Switzerland bones of men, who lived 11
100,000 years ago, when life was in con "
stant danger from wild beasts. To-day b
the danger, as shown by A. W. Brown 11
of Alexander, Me., is largely from
deadly disease. "If it had not beeu a
for I)r. King's New Discovery, which 8
nnreH mp T rould not have lived." he e
writes, "suffering as I did from a ee- fl
vere lung trouble and stubborn cough." b
To cure Sore Lungs, Cold, obstinate 81
Coughs, and prevent Pneumonia, its b
the best meeicine on earth. 5Uc. an<l k
$1.00. Guaranteed by P. B. Speed. "
Trial bottle free. a
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Why run the risk of losing J.
flll when you can insure so b
cheap. Insure you bouse, fur- 5
niture, outhouses, etc. The
fire companies represented in
our office have assets aggregating
over $50,000*000.00.
We give you the beat protection
against loss by fire. J. S.
Stark, President; J. ?. McDa- t
vid, Secretary. Phone 118. I
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GOOD WORK OF
COUNTY SUPERVISOI
The Couuty Supervisor has bee
busy since he took the oath of olJic
and the roads improved and the list <
bridges built pile up a good work toh
credit.
The following is a list of the iro
bridges that he has built.
Broadmouth Bridge on Turke
Creek.
Iva Bridge on Rocky River.
Hall's Mill Bridge on Rocky Rive
Double Bridges on Rocky River.
Wilson's Creek Bridge on Wilson
Creek.
Hamlin's Bridge on Little River.
Penney's Bridge on Penney's Creel
McKettrick's Bridge on Long Cam
Morton's Mill Brsdge on Lopg Can<
Brooks Mill Bridge on Calhoun
Creek.
Norris Bridge on Norris Creek.
Pettigrew's Bridge on Little Rivei
Searles' Mill Bridge on Little Rivei
Cade's Mill Bridge on Little Rivei
Morrah's Bridge on Little River.
In addition to these Iron Bridges
twenty-four wooden bridges of si2
have been completed. In a shoi
while the County will beatthehea
of the list so far as its bridges are cot
jerned.
The next thing to look after is goo
roads. While our roads are in fai
jondition. We want to make ther
jven hetter. This, however, will r?
juire the co-operation of the voter
PRETTY WEDDING
AT DONALDS.
rot. Ralph McDill and Miss Eula May
Dunn are Married.
T>onalds, July 1.?The social event
f the season here was the marriage
esterday of Miss Eula May Dunn at
er home here to Prof. Ralph Byron
IcDill of Erskine College.
At 10:30 a. m. Mendelssohn's weding
march played by Mrs. L. A.
rock, aunouoced to the overfilled
nuee that the bridal party had arved.
The bride, dressed in a beautiil
travel costume and escorted by her
rother, Mr. Herbert Dunn, was met
: the altar by the groom and his best
lan, Rev. H. E. Fressly of Mexico,
he bridesmaids, Misses Mary Shel>n
Dorah, Agnew Jennie May Dunn
id Lucille Humphreys, formed to the 1
ght and left. The bride and groom,
ho stood beneath a beautiful floral
ill, were quickly pronounced mau
jd wife by Rev. R. J. Williams. The
ray of bridal presents was unusually
umerous, costly and appropriate, and
.test the popularity of the contract- '
ig couple. Immediately after the I
sremony the bride and groom board1
the northbound train, amid a show- <
of rice and a fuBilade of old shoes, <
r Washington and cities north where
veral weeks will beBpent,after which i
iey will be at home to their friends in <
ue West. <
An old fashioned wedding dinner <
as served the wedding party by the 1
ide's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
unn.
FIGHT IS HOT ABOUT LIQUOR.
Istol, Va., Across Street From the
Tennessee Bristol, Scene ot an Exciting
Election.
Bristol, Va.. July 4 ?Thp excitement of a
ayroalty contest In New York la a contln- ,
mi8 peace conference compared with that '
blch baa beeu stirred over the "wet" and
Iry" election wblcli taken place here next
inr?day. Nor only does the election aflect ,
e Inhabitants oftbla city, but tbe residents
Bristol Tenn., Just across the ftreet are
tewlse interested, although tbey are?wltb, |
it a vote. Should the city go wet II will be
le of the ew legal cases of Its kind from
imberlank Gap to tbe LouUana line, near- I
all of theSouthem States having banished i
toxlcatlne liquors from their domains or
eatly restrlced tbe aale.
T" loot Hoco rtf -thfl ftflmnolcrn thp flght
<h simmered down to a contest between
jrosoerlty" and "prohibition." Two years
;o Bristol voted on the dry. Not long
terwards tbe leglslaturn established a dis>n?arv
at Abingdon, Va.. 1C miles away,
knue 15 miles have become almost as famous
i tbe 40 miles of "Sheridan's Ride". It Is
ud tbe records of tbe Norfolk and Western
tllws.v lor the last twelve months show
tat ISO,000 round (tip tickets from Bristol to
blngdnn were so'd, Under tbe laws of the
late a dispensary has not the right to ship
quor to Its customers, but It Is said that
aln loads of people have returned from
blugdnn with satcbc-ls, dress suit esses, and
/en small trunks filled with Intoxicants,
b- wets clslm drunkenness has not decreas1
here during the dry spell. The temperace
forces deny the assertion. Tbe wets
eclare that Bristol is losing S100.000 every
ear It keeps the saloon out, but the "drya"
luuot figure It out that way.
To Eat or Not to Eat.
To a man who used to throw a sack ol home
ilsed corn across tbe back of a mule and ride
) mill, who returned wltb tbe meal and
'Its hot from tbe rocks, who broke tbe same
>rn pone Into bis buttermilk and mixed tbe
ime sbucky grits with bis gravy?to him
ie sky looks bilious.
Science with ber terrible test tubes and ml oscope8
bave ditcoveifd bugs! bugs that
lggle Into a man's "corporoslty" and hold
uh nornlool.
Years ago tbere was a bug whose name was
>methlog Use Trichinae. For bim we bad
le greatest respect. We ale do raw meat for
ar hie TrlcblDaelc Majesty might pay ub a
sit Now a brund new bug has been differed
Id meat tbat makes trichinae took
le shadow of a sunbeam.
Ptomaine le tbe name of another genus
jg which Is becoming more common every
?y. Ptomalne.ls a kind of amphibious bug;
e lives on meat or lee-cream or almost anyting
good to eat.
Mlcroscoccl by tbe millions wabble about
i the water we drink, every one wearlDg an
idulgent smile, awaiting the opportunity to
ike an excursion down your "alamagoozam,'
where he may build cities and dig
iDals and accomplish things aloDg the line
' his own idea of Improvements.
And that good "old pone" corn bread, two
iches thick with the prints of mother'* flairs
od top?that noble staff of life, no sweet,
> satisfying, over which the melted butter
jed to pour a golden stream over a silver
ed?the bread that would metamorphose
uttermllk into ambrosia, the thoughts ot
inch made us doublt-quick when the diner
horn blast reverbeiated amoDg the danng
falrlet?it, too, now nurses a bug in Its
alden crumbs. Jit lu, Brute! Oh, how bard
is to give up the goiden granular gift of tbe
ads! In the warm breast of the present
pone" lurks a monster of frightful mien,
an it be so? This erstwhile solace of cliildood,
this one oasis Id the desert.offspring
ire, Is it to be taken from us? "If you have
ars, prepare to shed them now." Pelagra
as piDcbed our bread.
Ao more may you sit on the meal-sack on
ie way from mill and dream of math and
illk. The micrococci Is abroad In the land :
e bus made corn meal headquarters, whence
e directs his horrible manuevers. Alas, that
fair Science" ever frowned ou my "humble
lrlb,"and 6bowed me these micrococci In
eemlng millions ready to devour!
Melancholy marks me for her own as I bid
dleu to the old "corn pone," my prop and
tay of youth, and tears gather to dim my
yes asT look on the puffed array of breakist
foods as they shine out In glittering
oxea. The old dun-colored meal sack posssses
more beauty than all the puffedup
reakfast loods that glitter &Dd glisten and
Ummer In all their painted vanltj hold !
By the piper that played before Moses," I'm
Presbyterian, and Science shall not shackle
ae with her "shants." Come on, old corn
odger, we have gone side by side from the
he time of tin caps, pewter spoons and
becked aprons until now, and I will not deert
you when science throws its foils about
ou and claims you as a victim.
" An' O! my 'I'one,'
My Jewel, my 'Pone' f
Wha wadna be happy
WP 'Good Corn Pone'?
A' pleasure exile me,
Dishonor defile me.
Ir e'?r I beguile thee,
My 'Old Com Pone.' "
First lot of Zach McGee's "Dark Corner"
told out. Second lot just arrived. Kead 1t by
ill means. Only one dollar, at Speed's Drug
itore.
V . 4 \ *
with the (Supervisor.
EARLE AND MANN
WANT AIKEN'S JOB
Rumor has it that two Oconee mei
will be in the race against Congress
man Aiken in the next election?Sec
ator J. R. Earle and Reprepentativ
Mann. It has been'rumored for som
time that Mr. Mann, who is a Methc
4ist minister, had in mind trying fo
Mr. Aiken's place. Senator Earle, ed
itor of the Oconee News. a weekl;
newspaper published at Walhalla ii
a talk to a newspaperman in Aodei
son recently, said that he was think
ing strongly of running. Thursday
while speaking to a representative c
Farm and Factory, Mr. Earle sai
things that would lead one to thin!
that he will be in the race hot an
heavy. Both Senator Earle and Ref
rosentative Mann are well know
throughout the district and they bav
rendered the public excellent pervic
during their political career. Ocpne
has? always been one of Mr. Aiken1
heaviest supporter?, he nas a iarg
number of loyal friends in the count
who will stick to him, even tboug
the chance be given them to vote fc
home men.?Farm and Factory.
Rev. Coke D. Mann, of WestUnior
was in Seneca Saturday. To a Fari
and Factory man Mr. Mann said tht
the report was true that be would b
in the race for Congressman Aiken
place in the next election.
A Lyceum Course.
How would you like to hear Bob Taylor I
the new Opera House?
Plans are on foot to establish a Lyceui
Course for Abbeville. It seems a woud<
that such a course has not been arranged hei
long ere this
Tbe Lyceum Course proposed !b most lute
eating in every detail. First, there is B<
Tay tor on tbe list, than whom there Is n
belter entertainer in all tbe country. Tbe
UUUiOH 1 UO (liuouaw uiauu vpoi*
which speaks for Itself. It has earned a mo
enviable reputation all over the land. Ne:
la Senator Dollver. All who have beard bli
will bear bim again. He Is as full of
"Quips and crpnks and wanton wiles,
Isods and becks and wreatbed smiles"
as any Puck. Tbe Vasfar Girls will get a fa
bouse, rain or sblne, Tbe name is enoug
but these girls are not entertainers Id nan:
only, tbey are tbe real tblng. Whit Miller
another on tbe list.
This Is entertainment that anybody ca
recommend. It 1b chaste, high class and uj
roarous amusement and deserves tbe cor
mendation and support of all.
Josh Quarles Gets Rid of Grass With
Vengaence.
In the section above Abbeville where tt
ruins bave kept tbe fields in a state of emu
slon for tbe past few weeks liven a tbrlfl
colored ^man, yclept Jonb Quarles. T1
wet weather has been loo much for J?s
The rain Kept falllDg ado the grass Ke]
growing. Josh Id a fit of desperation, wei
out Into bis field sblmmerlDg with ?wat<
and emerald with flags of Geo. Green at
with his baDds tore up the grass and carrle
It out Into tbe road. Passers-by wanden
what bad happened to the road to so cbanf
Its color, when behold, Josh with bis baske
of grass appexred, tranrferlng b!s enemy 1
tbe hard pan of tbe publlo highway where
might lengthen Its coids and strengthens i
stakes at leisure.
Josh has tbe mettle In him to make cotto
If all we-e like Josh tbe shirt tall of tl
Filipino and Chlno would have to be begat
ered sevearal digits In order to have an 01
put lor the staple, and a fourteen mllllc
crop would be marked down to barga!
counter figures with 50 off.
Nees Mother <*row Young.
"It would be hard to overstate tl
wonderful change in my mother sin*
she began to use Electric Bitter*
writes Mrs. W. L. Gilpatricb of Dai
forth, Me. "Although past 70 b!
seems to be growiug young agaii
Sbe suffered untold misery from dy
pepsia for 20 years. At last sbe coul
neither eat, drink nor sleep. Doeto
gave her up and all remedies failed ti
Electric Bitters worked such wonde
for her health." They invigorate a
vital organs, cure Liver and Kidn<
troubles, induce sleep, impart strengl
and appetite. Only 50c at Speed
drug store.
**
Tortured on a Home.
"For ten years I couldn't ride a bor
without being in torture from piles
writes L. 8. Napier, of Kugless, K>
"when all doctors and other remedi
failed, Bucklen's Arnica Salve cur
me." Infallible for Piles. Buri
Scalds, Cuts, Boils, Fever-Sores. I
zema, Salt Rheum, Corns. 25c. Gui
anteed by P. B. Speed.
IMPORTANCE OF
t GOOD ROAD
n The Atlanta Journal.
e{. The importance of good roads to I
? people of the south and indeed to t
18 people of the whole country is couv
cingly set forth in an able and exba
n live article by Logan Waller Page,
rector of the United States office
good roads, in tbe department of ag
culture, published in the July numl
of the World's Work.
Many of the facts and figures i
, more or less familiar to those w
8 bave followed this discussion, but R
Page takes a broader range than usi
in tbe discussion of the general qui
tion, and shows tbe importance
- good roads, by tacts and figures, in J
* lations which have not heretofore be
8 dwelt upon in detail.
He shows that, according to the f
ures of the interstate commerce coi
r* mission, the railroads of the count
r* haul approximately two hundred ai
r- sixty-five million tons of agricultur
forest and miscellaneous products
'? year, and he makes the conservati
f estimate that two hundred millii
tons, or less than eighty per cent
" these products are hauled over t
country roads. This does not take 1
to account the millions of tons of mi
d eral products which are hauled !
ir wagon, or the products hauled ba
Q and forth between the , farms ai
" mills.
8 The average haul is known to
nine and four-tenths miles, and av
age cost twenty-three cents per t
per mile, (as against twenty-nye cei
ten years ago;) so tbat tbe cost: of t)
transportation over country roads
railroads amounts to four hundred a
' thirty-two million, four hundr
thousand dollars, to which must
added the products hauled to cana
wharves and docks for shipment
q water.
Half a billion dollars is a conserv
tive estimate of tbe rural freight Dill,
e The average cost of hauliDg on t
e improved highways of Englac
France and Germany is about t
r cents per ton mile, but even if 1
l_ could reduce our present rate one-ba
,, or to eleven and one half cents per t
n mile, wewould effect an annual es
.. ing of tWo hundred and fifty milli
dollars a year.
) To this should be added a waste of
least forty millions of dollars a year I
*? on/1 fifootofnl at
ll cauae Ul auiiljuaicu auu ITIU1VIU1 ?a
terns of road administration, and ^
j have an aggregate of not less than t1
hundred and ninety million dolh
q which mi^ht be saved to the farmi
e of the country every year.
e If we estimate the wear and tear
e vehicles and the useless number
g horses and mules, the sum will go
e several million dollars more.
v Seventy years ago the charge
h hauling on the old Cumberland pi
,r was seventeen cents per ton mile, a
this admitted of a profit, and yet tod
it is costing the average farmer i
cents per ton mile more than that.
>i There are four hundred and twen
n five million acres of uncultivated la
^ in this country. The possibility
'6 bringing this land under cultivati
's by good roads, and by an intensi
system of farming to get the beBt
turns from it, it is indicated by I
fact that the average revenue per a<
from wheat is only seven dollars a
three cents, of corn only eight doll
n and eeventy-two cents, while the av
age revenue pt r acre from small frui
m in 1899, was eighty dollars and eigl
- nt uoirfiUhlM fnrtv.lwn (j
sr UCUU), ouu v?. iv6v?u.w| ...VJ ... . .
re lars per acre.
There . are eight hundred and fi
r- million acres of improved and uni
>b proved lands in this country, and it
10 estimated that good roads would <
n hance.the value of it anywhere fr
f, two to nine dollais an acre. At an i
Bt erage of tive dollars this would incre;
rt our national wealth by four billi
m dollars.
Bad roads are a menace to bea
and an obstruction to our educatioi
developement. Tbe direct influei
U upon the growth ot population in
b( given locality is an interesting and
,e structive study. In twenty-five coi
is ties, selected at random, pobsessing
average of only one and a half per c<
,D of improved roads, in 1904, the decre
p. in population averaged over thirty-<
q. hundred during the ten Jfears betwt
1890 and 1900. In twenty-five ot)
counties, selected at random, havi
an average of forty per cent of i
a proved roads, there was an average
crease in population of over thirty-<
thousand in each county.
Ie A loss ;of thirty-one hundred
il- against a gain of thirty-one thouna
y is an eloquent testimony of tbe imp
I,? tance of good roads in relation to poj
ni lntinn.
j1 Good roads enable the school cl
?J dren in the rural districts to atte
d school more regularly than in the 1
j* fortunate communities, and this i
u matter which comes home to the p
to pie of Georgia. It is found that in fl
states with practically thirty-five ]
8 cent of improved roads, seventy-sev
d: out of every one hundred pupils <
j? rolled attended the public schools ri
al ularly.' But in five states?of wbi
>n Georgia is one?having only one an<
ln half per cent of improved roads, 01
fifty-nine out of every one hundred j
pils enrolled attended school regular
The relation of good j-oads to illit
acy is still further evidenced by t
ie fact that in four states with cons
3e ciously bad roads, having a populati
i? of seven millions in 1900, ther# wi
4 U knnHroH onH QOron^V.flVA t.hn
[]- IUJCC UUUU*W? UW . WM ?J
ie and white illiterates born of uat
. parents; whereas in four states e<
s- spicious for good roads and having
Id population of more than six millio
rs there were only twenty thousand il
ill eratfc8.
rs Figures like that shouid stir our p
ill pie to action.
?y There are no statistical figures as
;h the effect of good roads on the pul
['s health, but it is clearly shown by
periments made in England that roi
treated with bituminous and ot!
binders which are in themselves ai
peptic, and at the same time lay
se dust, reduce the sickness and mortal
?", along the line in a marked degree.
| Thus we see that from every con*
es vable point of view, as shown by ft
ed and figures, good roads are the gr<
is, est uplifting force of the present d
^c- and the work of improving tb
*r- should not be allowed to fag until
have forty per cent instead of one i
a half per cent of improved highwi
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IS CLEMSON A
S. STATE COLLEGE ?
Status of the Institution Will Be Deterge
mined by U- S. Supreme Court.
;(jg
}n_ Greenville, June SO.?Growing out
U8_ of a ca9e which wag decided by the
jj. Supreme Court of th? State, the ques0f
tion as to whether Clemson College is
ri. a State institution or not, will be delpr
finitely determined by Supreme Court
of the United States.
ire Th? ca9e is of especial interest to
ho the people of the State, now that there
fr have been so many questions raised in
iaj regard to the College.
ea. It is alleged by attorneys interested
0f in the caee tbat the College is ifot a
re. State institution, as the will of Mr.
en Clemson, which made the College possible,
provided for a board of trustees
which should be self-perpetuating.
f?. On the first day of January, 1905,
ry Dr. John Hopkins, a resident of Oc'onee
County, brought an action agaicst
a] the Clemson Agricultural College for
a damages, which be claimed that his
ve bottom lands sustained by reason of
on the erection by the Board of Trustees,
0f of a large dike on the eastern bank of
he the Seneca River, which dike, it was
lD. alleged, prevented the natural and ac[D.
customed overflow of the Seneca Rivby
er on said lands, thereby depriving
c? them of the rich deposits necessary to
Qd their continued fertility, and with the
result that said lands have gradually
be become less and Jess productive, until
er- now they are comparatively worthless
on for agricultural purposes. The dike
!ts was built under an Act of the Legists
lature, authorizing the same.
to The suit was instituted by Attorney
ad R. T. Jaynes, of Walballa. The case
ed was heard by Judge Aldrlcb, who debe
elded tbat Clemson was a State insti1b,
tution and that this suit was against
by the State, and the complaint was dismissed.
Mr. Jaynes appealed the case
a- to the Supreme Court of the State, and
the decision was sustained.
h? The Hon. J. A. McCulJousrh was
id, employed to assist Mr. Jaynes for the
en purpose of baviDg the question tested
we in the Supreme Court of the United
If, States, and the said case is now No.
on 543 on that docket.
iv. One of the main contentious of the
on appellant is that, under the will of
ClemBon, who nominated the majority
at self-perpetuating, the institution is not
)e- a State institution, and, therefore, the
ys- Supreme Court of the State was in erive
ror in so holding.
ivo '
ire
ers The Taxpayer and The Tiger.
of ' (ContrlbuUd.)
of The News and Courier of la?t.Friday pubUP
llsbest eo editorial which we think bean
equally or Abbeville Conn ty and Cbarleatons
County. Abbeville County ovei a debt of
for $60 000 on the Court Home, which In being
be met by a tax of 2 3-4 inlllf?or about S17.C00 a
j year. Money tojiulld the Court House was
DU borrowed from the State Sinking Fund, and
ay thin money and lntereat must be paid In
SIX IUU1 jrcaia.
OwlDg to the profit* on tbe dispensary a
very small levy baa been made lor county
ty* expense*, tbe roads, tbe bridges and otbei
D,? Items. In cast tbe profits from tbe dispen,
eary are cut off and to the tigers, tbe tax levy
01 mutt of course be increased. And then About
on $18,000 or 920,000 of dispensary profits bac
Ive bPen going to tbe school*. Now if oar fellowcitizens
wbo wlFh to cripple tbe schools will
re" havear opportunity in August, Tbose wbc
ihe favor tbe building of good school bouses
r?i*0 without additional tax levy might do well to
. Investigate tbe faota before voting for blind
DQ tigers. All tbose wbo favor high taxatloc
are can add to the buiden by thiowlng away
er. fSOJOOO or 960,0(0 of dispensary money while
helping tbe blind tigers. Tbe New* and
,l8? Courier ?a.vs;
lty THE TAXPAYER OB THE TIGEB??Lasl
i0i. Tbnrsday tbe voters of Charleston autborl'
ties the Issue of 5400,000 of bonds to pay for tbe
building of a modern system of sewerage for
fty tbla town. A special levy of a tax of one
m. mill on all properly here will be made to pro.
vide for ;the payment of these bonds. Tblt
18 tax will yield about 920,000 a year, wblcb
E>D- means tbat the taxpayers will have paid for
om tbe new sewerage (system, probably, by tbt
year 1020, wblcb means that they have assum
av~ ed a large debt for a most necessary public
BSe purpose but a debt tbey must pay.
;on An election Is to be held In this town next
moDtb on the liquor qnestloh. If tbe taxRayers
vote against the sale of Intoxicating
quors under the dispensary plan It will be
nni necessary to provide by special taxation for
a deficit of sometblDg like $14,000 for tbe sup3Ce
port of tbe public schools, the bulldlDg ol
a good roads and for general expentes. Thli
:n. will mean that the taxpayers will be compelled
to stand an additional levy of about six
in- mills, exclusive of the levy of one mill foi
an tbe payment of tbe sewerage bonds; that If
to say. tbe present taxes, already grievous to
UC uuiuc, ma uw auuu u vuvvuuu ?...
tbey are now. That Is not an agreeable pros*
>ne peot, surelj; bat If the voters would like to
>on have It tbat way tbe decision Is In tbelr owe
'eu bonds.
tier if tbe voters vote against tbe sale of Intoz
ng Icallng liquors as now regulated by law, tbey
m will vote, In (act, for free liquor. The ques
tlon reduced to Us last analysU Is, therefore
ID- The Taxpayer or the TlgeiT
>ue
a8 Many people with chronic throat and lunj
> trouble have fouDd comfort and relief in FoDU
ley's Honey aDd Tar as It cures stubbort
or- coughs after other treatment has failed. L
DU. M. RuggJes, Reasnor, Iowa, writes: "Tb<
K doctors ffild I bad consumption, and I go* nt
better until I took Foley's Honey and Tar
lil- It stopped the hemorrhages and pain Id mj
nH lungs aDd tbey are now as sound as a bullet.'
ggg C. A. Mllford A Co.
s a ' "**" "
eo. Seaboard Schedule.
[ve No. 83 due 12.31 p. m. Houthboucd vestibule
No. 52 due 12 4b p. m. Northbound local.
3er No. W due 8.16 p.m. SouthbouDd Iccal.
en No. 82 due 4.15 p.m. NoribbouDd vestibule,
in. No, 87 due 2 89 a.m. Southbound Dlgbt train
"" No. 3t> due 2 43a.m. JN'ortbDouca nigm trau
eg* .
j 1 mm u m
a (Foley's Honey and Tar not only stop?
1 a chronic coughs that weaken tlie constitution
lly and develop Id to consumption, but heals and
1U_ strengthens tbe lungs. It affords comlort
, and rellel in tbe worst cases of chronic
ly- bronchitis, asthma, bay fever aDd lung trouer
ble. C. A. Milord & Co.
:he ~
pj. Sohodule for I>ue West Railway.
nn Morning train leaves Due West at 10:30.
Evening tralD leaves Due West at 4:40. Tbese
ere trains meet the morning and evening trains
us- on tbe Southern at Donalds.
:Vp Passengers can go out from Due W?st on
the evening freight train which leaves Due
)D- West at two o'clock.
: a
'
lit! Delay In commencing treatment for a slight
irregularity that could have beeu cured
quickly by Foley's Kidney Remedy may reeo
rult in a serious kidney disease. Foley's Kidney
Remedy bullm up the worn out tissues
x and strengthens tbese organs. C. A. Mllford
t.0 4 Co.
)llC ? ? ?
ex- Always Looking: to|Your Intercstn,
ada Call and see me at once, as I have two neal
her cottages near public square to dispose or at s
.. sacrifice. Three sales of dwellings have recently
been made In the city to new comers
tbe and the supply Is runnlDg short. Can sell
litv Jou a number of vacant lots, but unless you
J apply early cannot fill your bill for lmproyed
property. Not a vacant dwelling In the city
cei- aDd tbe supply is not equal to demands, sc
tots you had be*t look after tbe two cottages men
;at llonet1' Ho^'Dgsworth.
em E8ee Rosenberg's for wash ties. 2 for 25c.
we The Rosenberg Mercantile Co. are selllnf
?nd olotblng every day. Tbey bave the rigb
goods and reduced prices. See tbelr ad.
iya.
WRECK ON THE
SAVANNAH VALLEY.
The work train on the Savannah
Valley Railroad was wrecked last Monday
morning. The train was proceeding
%|ong.a level stretch of track, and
no cause is assigned for the wreck.
Mr.Stoney Bonchillon, engineer of
the hoisting engine was seriously injured.
He was taken to Anderson in
care of Doctors J. E. Watson, of Iva,
and T. 0. Kirkpatrick, of Lowndesville.
Mr. Bouchillon was taken to
the Anderson Hospital, where his
wounds were examined. It is thought
by the physicians that he will recover.
The wreck occurred just a short distance
above the Abbeville County Jine
in Anderson. The engine turned over,
and it is a great wonder that others
were not Beriously injured.^
EAST END.
What "M" Sees and Hears on His
Rounds About the City and Along
Route No. 3.
Miss Etbel Lyon Is visiting Iliac, Mlaa Bernlce
Cramer of Monroe, N.C. >
Mr. Parker J. Brown of Liberty 8. C., spent
sevipr<u cfays of last week with bis cousins,
tbe MItxeti McCord on Magazine. .Street.
Mrs. W. L. McCord returned to ber borne
In tbe city last Saturday after a pleasant
vl"lt of two weeks to her slater In Newberry.
Mrs. E. L. Vose aorompanledlby ber daughter
Mr*. Robert Hill and ber little son,
Robert expect to leave this week tor a vtelt
to friends and relatives In Charleston, Georgetown.
Pawley Island, Beaufort and perbaptf
Sumter This la a delightful trip and they
will have a flue time.
The Abbeville boys oleaned up tbe Monroe
team out of sight at which they wera much
"disgruntled and wratby", bnt oar boya held
their own aa tbey Always do add returned
with newly won honors.
Mr. and Mra. J. Lawton and children left
yesterday for?? trip to tbe mountalna of N.
C. for a summer outing.
Major and Mrs. F. W. R. Nance left last
Monday for a visit to Wtlllamaton, Due We?t
and Donalds, and win wind up oy a trip i>
to tbe mountains. Their stay will be perqrtm
two weeks.
Ranter Hammond Caldwell with a good
number of his little friends celebrated bla Cib
birthday last Monday afternoon. He received
quite A number of nice presents and
all enjoyed tbe afternoon. Delightful cake
and cream were served.
Mr. and Mrs. 6. I. Waller and children of
Mxeon, Oa. are vW*ig their sister, Mrs.
C>ary on Magazines#
Miss Mary DuPre and nelce, MIrb Fannie
OuPre returned home last Saturday after a
pleasant stay with relatives at Walballa.
Abbeville's base ball team wilt leave today
for Union, 8. C? where they will play Union's
team a series of three games, we expect
Abbeville's team to hold to their rep as win-1
ners on the diamond. ?
Miss ClandJa Bell of Due West, and Miss
C'yde Brooks of Atlanta are tbe pretty guests
of Miss Helen Edwards.
Miss Annie Cochran' left yesterday for a
visit to friends in Colombia.
The R F. D. Boys epjoyed their holiday
last Monday, celebrating tbe remembrance
of tbe fourth.
Mr. W. E. Penney. R. F. D. No. 4 spent
Saturday night and Sunday with relatives at
Sharon.
A Jolly picnic crowd from Abbeville visited
Kaplej'o ynoaifl sou naa a Dice nine eicrpi.
tbe accident to Mr. Henry (Jason wbo came
ear beintr drowned, but fortunately was
saved by friends. Let tbta be a warning to
persons wbo cannot swim. *
1 . rotjtk 8.
Mr. R. W. Knox was quite sick a few days
of last, week, but is np and about again. Dr.
Neuffer In attendance. .*
Mr. Lamar Gilliam of Cedartown, Ga.,is
i spending awbtle with home people at Sharon.
Miss Ruth Woodtrarat* Is spending awbtle
I wltb ber grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
i Wood burnt.
i Mr. DavM Gilliam knows bow to raise flue
' cabbage. He gave u* a beautiful bead last
I week of tbe "Charleston Wakefield type"
i wblcb weighed 10 poonds. Mr. Gilliam
1 knows where and from wbom to bay plants
r that will grow to sueb fine cabbage.
Messrs John A. Wilson, Edwin Parker and
Boggs Kennedy bav'nt been "paying tbeir
I preacher" or leaving out some duty (as an old
friend used to put it when they were dry and
i felled to get rain) but they have fine crops all
tbe same wblcb will grow still finer wheu tbe
> needed rains come.
Mr. R. W. Knox ban as fine upland corn as
i con be seen on route 3.
i Mr. Boggs Kennedy has tbe finest field of
pf-HB we see on route S
Nice rains bave fallen recently all along
route 3, wltb few exceptions and crops of all
i kinds look well and are growing nicely being
well worked and clean up to now.
t "M" Is a little ofi tbe past week suffering
wltb rheumatism and a severe boll on bis
; right arm,
% ? ?
, ' DUE WEST
Doe West has bad almost a week of dry
: weather and a shower would be welcome,
i Most of the grass is under control; crops are
late but thriving.
'We bave only a few people coming and
going.
i Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. C. Fleming with tbelr
i children are spending a week with tbelr
mother, Mrs. Todd.
Miss Susie Mills returned bome Saturday.
Her bealth Is mnoh Improved.
Mr. E. G. Carson, wbo has cbarge of the
Villa Uelgbtbs A. R P. cburob In Cbar'
lotte, has gone to Ran lor a month.
Rev. Henry Preasl.v left Due West Saturday
to take bis place in Charlotte.
Mr. J. H. Long of Charlotte is In Due West
' on a very pleasant mlstion.
Prof. Paul Pressly leaves Thursday for
1 Harvard.
Mr. Robert L.MllJs left Thursday for Green!
vine. He ba? a position In a dry goods store
> Mexsrs. N. E. AU11 and George Klrkpatrick
are doing some fine and fast work on ProL
| Li. C. Galloway's bouse.
Two marriages of Interest took place last
Mr. Ralph B. McDIll and Miss Eala Mae
DunD were married in Donalds Thursday,
.1 uiy ou.
> The wedding of another popular young
man of Seneca will take place on Wednesday,
tbe30tb, wben Mr. T. Leslie Strlbllng
, will be married to Miss Mtlle Nickles or
Due West. Mr. Strlbllng 1b tbe proprietor of
tbe Seneca Pharmacy and one of tbe rising
business men of tbe city. He Is related to a
number of Andersonlan^and Is well known
1 bere. His friends feel mucb Interest In bis
approaching marriage.?Anderson Dally
Mall.
BLACK ROOT AFFECTS COTTON.
Georgia Farmers Greatly Worried Over
Appearanoe of Disease
Atlanta, July 1.?Farmers from the southwestern
part of tbe state are greatly alarmed
over tbe spread of tbe black root disease In
cotton according to former State Senator J.
A. J. Henderson of Oollla, who Is here to see
what can be done In tbelr bebalf tn combatting
tbe disease. In order that the aerlcultnrui
fi?nnrr.ment may have sufficient funds
. to carry on its investigation*, a bill will be
i Introduced ln'o the bouae tomorrow, appropriating:
810,000 to tbe entomological bureau
witb wblcb to flgbt tbe disease and to discover,
if possible, a remedy.
[ If people with symptoms of kidney and
. bladder trouble could realize tbelr danger
they would without loss of time commence
' taking Foley's Kidney. This great remedy
i stops tbe pain and tbe irregularities, strengthI
ens and mllds up these organs and there Is
no danger of Brigbt's disease or other serious
5 disorder. Do not disregard the early symp.
tows. C. A. Mllford & Co.
Pat ap your winter clothes and blankets
with cedar and lavendar flakes. Much better
than camphor bells. For sale at Mllford's
rog store. Phone 107.
t Ladles oxfords In all tbe latest styles Just
received. The Rosenberg Mercantile Co.
?v. r- v.. _
CADET MINSTRELS TO
SHOW IN ABBEVILLE
The "Citadel Cadet Minstrels" play->
ed in Columbia Monday night, receiv- ,:i
ing much applause. The cadets received
encore after encore. The an
dience sure manifested their appreciation
of a high class minstrel. The
performance was a good one, and a
second performance for another night
was spoken of, but tbe cadets are not
showing in any town but one night. . *
If you wish to know of the class of '
this show, t^k the people of Charles*
ton, Columbia or Orangeburg who
have seen the performance; read the
complimentary reports and criticisms
from all these cities. In Charleston
the Cadet Mipstrel, which was put on ' { v$?
in Aprtl, was rated as the best Min?- $ v .;
frel snow of the season, although AL " y
G. Field's and Lew Dockstader had
both played there in the same season.
A Quotation from the News and Cou- ,
T. L. Rlgby,
Manager Cadet Minstrels.
. 11mi _ i A. i '' A. i .1
rier is, viz : - ine uesi imrmrei snow
of the season waseDjoyed at the Aca- Z
demy of Music last night The house 7
was packed with an audience whose \
appreciation was well worth courting.
The cadets worked with a dash and
assurance that banished the idea that' r .
they were amateurs. A pleasant variety
marked the entertainment."
The end men, who are talented ' v
minstrels, worked with a vim and
showed their high class powers to
good advantages-bringing laughter *
from the fun lovers or pleasqre seekers
of Columbia.
The song of the Citadel made a hit ,
in Columbia and received a great deal
of applause.
There were other good features
which received flattering applause.
Tbey were, "The Silent Drill," which
would naturally make a hit in a town ' ' . '
with so many military men as Columbia
has. Another good feature In the
line of military was the funny "Awk
lj ci a 3 n-:n ?? ui?u
wuru SljUUU HUU Willi, WiliUU WM
about as funny and nonsensical as the
"^ilent Drill" was perfect. This
f J. G. Osborne.
'_ - ~ in i a L
"AwKwara squad" was com maim eu
by "Sargent George Jenkins (Rogers),
who is quite a talented young man.
The Jebbury Sympathy Concert
Band was real good and came In for
its share of the praises of the people.
The third part was the burlesque or
Verdi's Opera, "II Trovateip," which
certainly as a burlesque was welcomed
with much applause and laughter.^
This excellent show, which was so
well taken in Columbia and Charleston
is to be presented in Abbeville, or
Wednesday night, July 7th. It is
hoped that a packed house will greet
tne Citadel Cadets in Abbeville. Abbeville
is in a section where there are
Citadel graduates and therefore Citadel
lovers, and we hope that the song
of the Citadel by Mr. Bethea, will
make quite a hit in Abbeville on Wednesday
night.
Don't fail to see this high class show
which is making such a hit over the
State.
A \tght Hldcr'n Kald.
The worst night riders are calomel,
croton oil or aloes pills. They raid
your bed to rob you of rest. Not so
with Dr. King's New Life Pills.
They never distress or Inconvenience,
but always cleanse the system, curing
Colds, Headache, Constipation, Malaria.
25c. at Speed's drug store.
norse'8 Locals.
We bave again reduced prices on Jardlnlers
and flower pou, and are ottering tueip for a
mere song. Amos B. Morie Co.
Scovll and bandied hoes, bow sweeps,victor
wings, beads and bolts.
All sizes of fruit Jars, extra tops and rubbers.
Wf bave a good style of Ice cream Ireezers?
prices right, also I. C. salt.
Time to sow peas and cane seed. Come and
get your teed Irom us.
Come to us for wire horBe muzzles and calf
wftftimp.
Seines, flab books and lines and sinkers, together
wlib all kinds of base ball goods lo
abundance. Wright & Dltaon's tennis ball*
35 cents eacb.
See Rosenberg for clotblng.
il I'V