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I BY W. W. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1909. ESTABLISHED 1844 ||
sou for whom such prescription is issued
or to the physician, or to some
one authorized by the physician, or in
case ft minor to his parent or guardian
or physician or some one authorized
by said physician.
Sec. 6. That any retail druggist
whose place of business is located in
any of the incorporated towns or cities
of the State may lawfully sell alcohol
in quantities not greater than five (5)
gallons to be used in the arts or for
scientific or mechanical purposes, and
su^h druggist may sell, in like <juantities,
to chemists and bacteriologists
engaged in scientific work, and for
such purposes ouly, and such druggists
may sell in quantities, not greater
than one-half gallou, wine used for
sacramental or religious purposes ouly
That any person desiring to purchase
alcohol for the purpose set out in this
sectiou, shall sign a written or printed
statement, giving his name, residence,
occupation and the purpose for
which he intends to use said alcohol,
and he shall certify that said alcohol
is purchased in good faith for such
purposes and noothtr, and that said
druggist shall, at the eud of each
mouth, file, with the clerk of court of
the county in which he is engaged in
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State of South Carolina,
County of Abbeville.
Notice is hereby given that an Election
willbe held at the voting pre|
cints prescribed by law in paid Coun|
ty, on Tuesday, August 17, 1909, as
provided in tbe following Act.
No. 42.
An Act to Prohibit tbe Manufacture,
Sale, Barter, Exchange, Giving
Away to Induce Trade, the Furnishing
at Public Places or Otherwise
Disposing of Alcohol, Spirituous,
Vinous or Malt Liquors or
Beverages, or Other Liquors or
Beverages by Whatsoever Name
Called, Which if Drunk to Excess
Will Produce "Intoxication,
Except for Sale of Alcohol in Certain
Cases Upon Certain Condi
tions, And Except the Sale of
WiDes for Sacramental Purposes,
And to Provide Penalties for the
Violatiou Thereof.
Sectiou 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina, that all alcoholic liquors
and beverages, whether manufactured
withiu this State or else!
where, or any mixture by whatsoever
name called, which if drunk to excess
will produce intoxication, are hereby
declared to be detrimental, and their
use and consumption to be against the
morals, good health and safety of the
State, and contraband. That it shall
be unlawful for any person, firm, cor?%Ai.o?iAn
at uounniufinn within fh>?
State to manufacture, sell, barter, exchange,
receive, accept, give away In
induce trade, deliver, slore, keep in
possession in this State, furnish ut
public places or otherwise dispose of
any spirituous, mall, vinous, feiruented,
brewed or other liquors and beverages,
or any compound or mixture
thereof which contains alcohol and is
used asa beverage, and which if druuk
to excess will produce intoxication,
| except as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. That wholesale druggists
may lawfully sell in wholesale quantities
to retail druggists and to public
or charitable hospitals or to medical or
pharmaceutical colleges, and in no
other way, pure alcohol for medical
purposes only, or grain alcohol <o be
used .by chemists or bacteriologists
actually tngag?d in scientific work
and for such purposes only, aud such
wholesale druggist shall at the end of
each month in which any such sales
have been made, file with the clerk ol
the court of the county in which they
do business, a statement in writing
under oath, giving the name of the
purchaser, the price paid' the date of
sale, and the quantity and character
of the alcohol sold. That if said
wholesale druggist making such sale
is not a resident of the State of South
Carolina, then such statement shall be
tiled in the office of the clerk of the
court of the county in which the purchaser
resides.
Sec. 3. That any retail druggist
whose place of business is located in
any of the incorporated towns or citiou
nf this StHtp. who is himself a rec
istered or licensed pharmacist, or who
regularly employs a registered or licensed
pharmacist, may sell, in the
manner herein set out, upon filing a
bond in the sum of five thousand dollars,
to be approved by the clerk of
the court, iu which such druggist doe*
business, conditioned for a faithful
observance of the provisions ot this
Act, such bond to be approved by the
clerk of the court, pure alcohol for
for medical purposes only, grain alcohol
to chemists and bacteriologists
actually engaged iu scientific work,
and for such purposes only and wintto
be used for sacramental or religiou.Dumoses
onlv: Provided, that noth
jug herein contained shall prevent
v such druggists from using alcohol iti
the compounding of prescriptions or
other medicines, the sale of which
would not subject him to the payment
of a special lax required of liquoi
dealers by the Government of the
United States: Provided, further,
that nothing herein contained shall
prevent such' druggists from compounding
or selling medicinal preparations
^manufactured in accordance
with formulas prescribed by the Unit
ed States Pharmacopoeia and National
Formulary which contain no more
alcohol than is necessary to extract
tbe medicinal properties of the drug
contained in sucb preparations, and no
more alcohol than is necessary to
hold the medicinal agents in solutiou,
and which are manufactured and
sold as a medicine, and not as a beverage.
Sec. 4 That no sale of pure alcohol,
for medicinal purposes, shall be made
by any retail druggist, except upon
the prescription of a regular practicing
physician of this State, who, before
writing such prescriptions, shall make
an actual examination of the person
for whom the prescription is issued,
anH Hip HHirl nrf?sp.rintion nhnll ho enh.
stantially in the following form:
"State of South Carolina, . . . County.
To . . . Druggist. I, ... a regular licensed
and practicing physician under
the law9 of this State, do hereby certify
that I have examined . . ., a patient
in my charge, and I do hereby prescribe
for the use of said patient . . .
alcohol, and I further certify, that the
use of fruch alcohol is, in my judgment,
absolutely necessary to alleviate
or cure the illness or disease from
which said patient is now suffering,
and that I am not interested in the
drug store to whicL 'his prescription
!q HirontoH nnr in thp nrnfito ah tlm
drugs herein prescribed. Dated . . .
M. D.
Sec. 5. That no prescription shall
be filled herein except upon the day
upon which it is issued or the following
day, and no more than ont-hall
fiiut ot alcohol shall be sold and deivered
on any one prescription, and
when such prescription is filled, it
shall not be refilled, but shall be delivered
to the diuggist filling same' and
at the end of the month in which the
same is filled, it shall be filed by such
druggist iu the dfice of the clerk ol
the county in which said druggist it
engaged in business: Provided, nc
druggist, who is also a practicing physiciao,
shall fill his own presciptionf
hereunder, ncr shall ihey be filled al
any drugstore in which the said physician
is financially inteiested: Provi>
ded, funfcer, that the delivery of such
alcohol sold under such prescriptior
shall be made only directly to the per
i... .
business, all sucti statements, wuu a
certificate under oath, that said state
ments contain a true statement of all
such sales.
Sea 7. That it shall be uulawful to
sell wine for sacramental purposes ex- j
cept to a miuister, pastor, priest or ,
regularly constituted officer of a reg- ,
ularly orgauized religious congrega- ,
| tion or church. Any person, desiring
| to make such purchase, shall sign a j
written or printed statement, giving ,
his name and residence and the name
and location of the church for which
such wine is purchased, and he shall
certify that said wine is purchased in
good faith, to be used for sacramental ]
or religious purposes, and no other
That such statement shall be filed, as |
provided for in the next precedin* (
section, in the office of the clerk of (
the court.
Sec. 8. That all statements or pre- (
-nrintinns rfnnired Lv this Act to be ,
tiled in the office of the clerk of court
shall be recorded and properly indexed
by him in a book kept for that pur.
poae, which shall at all times be opened
for public inspection, and a certified
copy of such record, or the original
statement or prescription, with the
certificate of the clerk of the court indorsed
thereon, showing that it hatbeen
Recorded, shall be prima facie
evidence of the facts recited therein.
For rnaRinn such record, the clerk ol
the court shall be entitled to charge
and ollect for each prescription a fee
of ti> e cents, and for each statement,
other than prescription, a fee of fifteen
cents, which shall be paid by the
party filing the same.
Sec. 9. That in addition to the requirements
hereinbefore prescribed; all
licensed aud registered druggists selling
alcohol by prescription shall keep a
record thereof, which shall bear the
true dates of the sales, the names ol
the persons to whom sales were made,
the names of the physicians or surgeons
upon whose prescriptions each
were made; such records shall be sub
jeci at all time9 to the inspection of ,
the solicitor of the district, the sheriff'
aud other peace officers of the county,
the mayor and police officers of the
city or town in which said licensed
and registered pharmacist's business is
located, and all otber persons,
and each druggist making
any such sales shall be required
to report, under oath, to the Circuil
Judge presiding at *ach term of court
of the county in which said druggist
is engaged in business, a true statement
of such facts, and also file on
Monday moruing of eacb week a list
of the alcohol sold by him, to whom
sold aud by what physician prescribed
with the chief of ^police and the mayor
or intendant of the municipality,
aud past one copy in some puoitc place
in such municipality. ]
Sec. 10. That nothing in this Act
shall prevent the sale of wood or de j
natured alcohol.
Sec. 11. That any person who vio- ]
lates any of the provisious of this Act
sball be guilty of a misdemeanor, and J
upon conviction thereof be fined in a
sum not less than one hundred dollars ,
nor more than five hundred dollars,
or imprisoned at hard labor lor a pe- ,
riod of not less than three months,
nor for more than one year;, and for ;
the second or any subsequent offens
upon conviction thereof, shall be im- ?
,.A ? f Vs n ^A 1
isuucu au uaiu lauui lux nut JCBD (
than one year nor more than five j
year?. I
Sec. 12. That any druggist or phy- (
sician who violates in any way the
provisions of this Act shall, in addition
to the punishment herein provided,
have their liceuse revoked for a <
period of not more than one year for
each offense.
Sec. 13. That this Act phall not
have the ettect of preventing the indictment,
prosecutiou and conviction
of any perton who has been guilty of
the violation uf the proent criminal
law relating to the dispensary or pun- (
ishment therefor, as now provided by J
law for ollenses heretofore committed.
Sec. 14. This Act shall take effect
on the tirat Tuesday in August, 1909: ;
Provided, That in the counties then :
having dispensaries an election shall
be held on the third Tuesday in August,
1909, for the purpose of determin
ing whether the dispensaries located
therein shall be reopened, and such
election in each of said counties shall
be held and conducted by the same
officers and under the rules aud regulations
provided by law for general
elections.
Sec. 15. At such an election the
CiCUllWU ^UUJLUlCDiUUClO 1U1 0UCU UIJUU"
ty shall at each voting precinct therein
provide one ballot box in which
. the ballots must be cast. Any person
who is a qualified elector of such
county may vote in said election.
Every voter who may be in favor of
the sale of liquors and beverages in
such couuties shall cast a ballot iu the
box provided therefor, on which shall
be printed the words, "For sale aud
L manufacture of alcoholic liquors and
beverages," and every voter opposed
sball cast a ballot upon which shall'
1 be printed the words, "Against sale.
| and manufacture of alcoholic liquors
1 at)d beverages." If a majority of the
' ballots cast iu such election be "For
"jsaleand manufacture of alcoholic liquors
and beverages," it shall be law[
ful for such liouors and beverages to
be sold in saia county as hereinafter
provided: Provided, That expense of
I
these elections shall be borne by the
State.
Sec. 1G. In case an election as
hereiu provided shall result in favor
of the gale of liquors and beverage?,
the dispensaries in each -county so
voting shall be reopened and conducted
under the provisions of an Act entitled
"An Act to declare the law in
reference to, and to regulate the manufacture,
sale, use, consumption, possession,
transportation and disposition
of alcoholic liquors and beverages
within the State, and to police the
same," approved the IGth day of February,
1907, aud Acts amendatory
thereof: Provided, That all of the provisions
and limitations of the said Act
not inconsistent with this Act shall
remain in full force an^ effect in all
of the counties of this Sta'e; Provided
further, That in counties which
shall reopen dispensaries therein, the
county dispensary board and dispensers
in" office on June 30, 1909, shall
continue to discharge their several duties
as if such dispensary or dispensaries
had not been closed. That in the
counties which have heretofore voted
upon the question of dispeusary or no
dispensary under exit-ting or previous
laws aud have no dispensary at this
time, shall have the right at any time
atter the expiration 01 iour years irom
the la9t election on the liquor question
to hold an election upon the question
of dispensary or no dispensary as
provided in an Act entitled "An Act
to declare the law law in reference to,
and to regulate the manufacture, sale,
use, consumption, possession, transportation
and disposition of, alcoholic
liquors and beverages within this
State, and police to the same," approtf?d
FebruaYy 16^1907.
Sec. 17. That all Acts and parts of
A.cts inconsistent herewith be and
the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 2nd day of March, A.
D. 1909.
Before the hour fixed for opening
:be polls Managers and Clerks must
;ake and subscribe the Constitutional
jatb. The Chairman of the Board of
Managers can administer the oath to
:be other members ahd to the Clerk;
i notary Public must administer the
)ath to the Chairman. The Managers
jlect their Chairman and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
jpened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed
it 4 o'clock p. m., except in the City
)f Charleston where they shall be openid
at 7 a. m. and closed at 6 p. m,
IfnmA/vAM a t?n f Ka rvAtrnr f A
1UC| iXLtauagCt a uavc iuo pungi w
ill a vacancy, and if none of the Managers
attend, the citizens can appoint
xom among the qualified voters, the
VlaDagers, who after being sworn, can
;onduct the election.
At the close of the election, the Manigers
and Clerks must proceed publicy
to open the ballot boxes and count
ihe ballots therein, and continue with>ut
adjournment until the same is
completed, and make a statement of
:he result for each office and sign the
same. Within three days thereafter,
;he C hairman of the Board, or some
me designated by the Board, must deliver
to the Commissioners of Election
he poli list, the boxes containing the
jallots and written statements of the
esults of the election.
MANAGERS OF ELECTION.
The following Managers of Election
save been appointed to hold the
election at the various precincts in
;he said County:
Abbeville?F. W. R. Nance, W. G.
Chapman, R. O. Hunter.
Auireville?Murvin McAdams Wayuian
Bowen, J. N. Knox.
Wlllington?>W. D. Morrah, 8. CCovin.'W.
H. McNair.
Due West?A. B. Kennedy, W. B.
Soing, A. J. McAdams.
Donalds?G. W. Johnson, W. R.
Dunn, W. B. Acker
Central?D. P. Hannah, A. J. MorrisoD,
Thomas Nickles.
McCormick? Jack Edmonds, Thod.
Deason, T. J. Sibert.
Keowee?Robt. Pruitt, J. Will Ashley.
Burt Ferguson.
Mt. Carmel?Tom Knox, W. W.
Black, John Morrah.
Lowndesville?J. H. Bell, Gus. Basdn,
Joseph Glbert.
Magnolia?H. W. Lawson, H. H.
Hester, R. G. Bell.
Clatworthy X Roads?John Brown,
F. H. Link, Jos. Link.
Bryaut X Roads?Frank Carwile,
I. D. M. Ashley, John T. Bryant.
Rock Springs?R. J. Jamison, M.
r fo f ? rvi n * /Tl T. Dn via
U. juauui^i) u. oj. L?uiin,
The Managers at each precinct nam;d
above are requested to delegate
>ne of their number to secure boxes
ind blanks for the election which will
ae delivered at Abbeville on Saturlay,
the 14th Aug. 1909.
M. H. Wilson,
R. 0. McAdams,
W. E. Morrison,
Commissioners for State and County
Elections for Abbeville, S. C.
A. F. Calvert Clerk.
ABBEVILLE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.
The Association will meet at Lowniesvilb,
Augjst 3rd and 4th. A suggested
program follows :
TUESDAY.
10:00 a. m. Devotions.
10:30 a. m. Organization.
11:00 a. m. Sermon.
12:00 m. Denominational L i t erature.
12:15 p. m. Foreign Missions.
1:00 p. m. Intermission.
2:30 p. m. Aged Ministers.
3:00 p. m. Home Missions.
0.-4C ? TIT I. TIT 1_
o.tu p. Lu. woman s worts.
4:30 p. ra. Miscellanies.
8:30 p. ra. Sermon.
9:30 p. in. Miscellanies.
WEDNESDAY.
10:00 a. m. Devotions.
10:30 a. m. Sunday Schools11:15
a. m. State Missions.
12:15 p. m. Education and Ministerial
Education.
1:15 p. m. Intermission.
2*30 p. m. Obituaries.
3:00 p. m. Orphanage.
3:45 p. m. Temperance.
4:80 p. m. Miscellanies and Adjournment.
The churches will please increase
their contributions for Minutes and
Associational Expense?. Let delegates
read carefully and bring this program
with them.
A. C. Wilkins,
Moderator and Chairman Ex. Com.
Huyler's candy fresh all the time at Milord's
drug store.
EAST END.
What "M" Sees and Hears on H
Rounds About the City and Aloi
Route No. 3.
The whole world has run mad c
baseball and but little wonder whe
you think of the money backing it u;
which it ifl said is more than theei
tire cotton crops of the worla. Thin
of it! In this line Abbeville is kee|
ing in close touch with the world, ol
liged to do so to keep in the front rani
for she like other cities and towns inui
keep pace with the interests that mo\
the world.
Our Abbeville team seemed to be
little too "heavy" and too hard "hi
ters" for the Ninety-Six team. So a
tef one game they left for home givin
our home team the "slip." Come bac
and try it again, young men, and pe
haps your luck will change for bette
Now it is up to Abbeville to knock ot
the Whitmire team which of com?
they expect to do, that is, if nothin
happens.
Miss Ellen Gambrell Is home agai
after a most delightful stay of seven
weeks at Wrightsville Beach.
Miss Mary Douglass left yesterda
for Atlanta where she will spend ht
* n an f J rirtf K Viak ntatnf
vauaiiuu vvitu uci nioici,
The Minsea Phillips are the prett
guests of Miss Alice Jones, their coi
sin.
Mr. Andrew J. Penney is n^w tafe
iDg his vacation and Mr. Jack Fergi
son is serving the peop'e moot faithfu
ly and acceptably on Route No. 1.
Mrs. Clary, who has been very ill, i
still improving but very slowly. H
friends hope sbe will soon be restore
to perfect health. Mr. Clary has ale
been sick but went out on his ru
Monday.
Prohibition or no prohibition! Whs
say you ? Do your own thinking an
say for yourself?shall the diapensar
stand or fall ? A friend who has jut
returned from Charleston say there j
more liquor and beer in the city no\
than when the dispenpary was then
Any "policeman" will show you wher
you buy it during day or night rigb
over the counter, regular bar root
style. Other towns where prohibitio
reigns, we are told, you can get th
"meanest" liquor you ever saw c
drank anywhere, and at any time, als
more drunkoess and other kinds c
meanness such as blind, tiger liquc
would be calculated 'to make a ma
commit, So with us, it is simply
question of choosing the best of th
two evils?dispensary or blind tigers
Two pretty, daughters of Mr. an
Mrs. J. C. Marshall of Anderson ar
visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Fan
nie J. Marshall, on Magazine Hill.
Miss Margaret Evans entertaine
quite a number ef her frienda last Fri
day evening at their pretty home oi
Upper Main Street. Delightful r?
frephments were served and all spent
most enjoyable evening. Miss Mai
garet is a pretty and charming hostee
and entertains in a most cbarmin
manner.
ALL AJLONG ROUTE NO. 3.?
We bad the pleasure one day lag
week of meeting our ojd "No. 3" rout
friend, Mr. J. *J. Link,""who now live
on Route 4. He wax as usual comin
to town with something to sell?a bi|
load of fine melons', and said up to thi
time be bad sold over $50 worth am
Kao rtl An t ir mAVo of V* /\ ?v? Ufa T?
uno piuu \j Luv/t o au jljkjj liCi iUI J U
Link is one of the successful farmer
of the county. He worke bar<J>^arl;
and late and knows how to run a fori
to pay. He raises his own hog am
hominy and lives at home.
Yet at his own home which he bough
about one yea^ ago, and which hewitl
his good wife are daily improving
they are comfortably fixed and bav
bright prospects ahead. Godd luck t
the happy couple.
A number of young people on Rout
3 left yesterday morning for Millwooi
on the backs of the rolling Savanna!
where they will spend a week or sc
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Gravps #n/vinn
panied them as chaperones.
Birth?To Mrs. A. K. Drennan, Jul,
22,1909, a sod. This little sun beat
has come to brighten and add joys t
the home.
' Mr. Andrew Bass spent last Sunda
very pleasantly with his friend, Mr. J
H. Hester, of Hesters station.
Master James Kennedy is all righ
again after a few days sickness.
Master Tom, one of the little sons (
Mrs. Sherard, is right sick.
Mr. and Mis. A. J. Woodhurstsper
last Moi day In the city with their sot
Mr. James Woodhurst.
Mr. David Gilliam has returned t
the hospital at Greenville for furthe
treatment. Mrs. Gilliam accompanie
him. We hope this trip may prov
satisfactory to the building up of hi
health, and that be may soon be full
restored.
Crops on Route 3 look fine and ar
clean and well worked. Many farmei
are still ploughing on, but the heatc
the battle with general green isabot
over and the farmers are vlctorioui
Fine rains have fallen recently whic
came in good time and did a great det
of good.
Mr. R. W. Knox is building a largt
store house as his business bas ou1
grown the present one. i Mr. Knox i
one of the most successful farmers o
Route 3. He is a firstclass farmer an
knows how to make upland corn, ?
least you would think so if you sa^
us** *>A~. 1*- v 1 1
iiio wiu^f uuh. mi. xvljua Lias uee
farming a long time and only recentl
bought bis first lot of com (or met
we have forgotten which) but both ai
the ueceesaries of life, and of each b
always makes plenty to do at bom
and some to sell.
It is said Mr. and Mrs. Charli
Schram will make their home net
Watts.
Miss Daisy Edwards, a sweet and ai
complished teacher of Leesville, wb
formerly taught Edgewood school o
Route 1, is visiting Miss Mollie Cocl
ran, a popular teacher of ProBperit
school.
Miss Leila Ellis is visiting friends 1
Anderson this week.
Miss Leila King is visiting frienc
at Honea Path.
Mrs. Davis and her pretty daughte
Miys Alfa, of Level Land, are visitin
Mrs. W. H. Davis and family o
Route 5.
Tbe
mascot of the city?Speed's Clnoo olga
A big lot of standard novels?"reprints" o
ly fifty cents eacb at Speed's Drugstore.
j . j
DR. MOFFATT
DRAWS CONCLUSIONS
lis '
Editors Press and Banner: s
The article of Mayor Sherard of Anderson
in reference to the working of
,n prohibition in that city impresses me
'n with several things:
P> 1. It seems to show that the aboliQ"
stion of the dispensary is not followed
k by a great and injurious prevalence of
P" blind tigers. It furnishes convincing
b* evidence of the contention that when
the officers are in earnest and do their
Bt duty, the law making liquor selling
r? illegal can be enforced as well as any
other law.
a 2. It gives satisfactory proof that
t- prohibition largely decreases the consumption
of strong drink among the
g people. The drop from 60,000 to 80,000
k gallons a year down to"5-5,000 gallons a
r* year is a pretty considerable slump in
r- liquor drinking, and who will deny
it that Aniiorsrtn nnunf.v in nr?t t.hn hotfpr
,e for the slump.
g 3. It makes evident the fact that
prohibition promotes good order
n among the people. The cases in the
*1 Mayor's court decreased from 1440 under
the dispensary to 634 under prohiy
bition; the cases of drunkenness, from
>r 775 to 257.
Mayor Sherard surely has grounds
y for saying: "Prohibition is working
l~ successfully in Anderson. It is bringing
about a moral uplift among many
people."
i- Why should we not enjoy these de1
sirable results In AbbeviUe county ?
J. 8. Moffat t.
Is
?r
o Points from Mayor Sberard's Letter in
d the Anderson Mail.
SELECTED.
d In view of the fact that in half the
y counties of the State there is to be an
election on the question of dispensary
is or prohibition, to be held next month,
v it is well to look into the manner in
which prohibition works in the dry
'? counties.
it A n/lAfann fa Arin r\f fhn lorrVDaf
niiUViDWU AO VUU tuv UJVOV
D populous counties, and the city of An0
derson is on? of the largest and wealthe
jest in the State. The city and county
,r of Anderson have heen dry for three
2 years, and many people have written
* to Mayor Sherard for information as to
,r the practical working of the probibiD
tion law. From bis reply we take the
a following:
? The number of cases in the police
? court for the last year of the dfspeno
sary was 1,140, of which 775 were for
e drunkenness. Foikthe. first year of
prohibition the total number of cases
was 634, of which 257 were for drunkP
enness. Since that time, according to
the citp directory, the population has
D increased 33 per cent, woile the number
of police caseB have not so ina
creased, and the number of drunks
r- has not kept pace with the increase in
18 population. The records show that
g the number of all cases has been reduced
56 per cent, and the number of
drunks 67 per cent., under prohibition.
Besides, says Mayor Sherard, the namlt
ber of petty offences incident to liquor
ntitAorin/v vnm/lnlonn on/1 f K a 11 Irn
0 ?swcaiiugi iunujioui( auu iuo line-?
B have been very lately reduced.
? From tbe record of sales in the disj;
pensary, and from the records of the
g express office, it is seen that appfoxij
mately $100,000 less i?* being spent in
e the city of Anderson now for whiskey
g than when tbe dispensary was in opv
eration. Mr. Bberard did not take
q into consideration the sales of $18,708
^ at the Pendleton dispensary, estimating
that this amount of whiskey is
t brought in by express to other places
[j> in tbe county.
, In the matter of revenue, Mayor
0 Bberard shows that the loss was, $14,0
470, as over against the $100,000 saved
to the peop'e. Where then is the loss ?
e he asks.
j As to violations, the Mayor frankly
h admits there are violations of tbe law,
> as there are violations of every other
,1 law on the statute books, but affirms
that it is not difficult to secure a cony
viction, where there is evidence.
q The foregoing are only a few extracts
0 from Mayor Bherard's public letter.
Tbe document is filled with the most
y important and encouraging informaj
tiou to prohibitionists, and it would be
well for tbe men who are leading the
lt fight In the wet counties to write to
Mr. Bberard for a copy of it, and have
it published in the qounties.
It has been shown over and over
again that the stock arguments against
, prohibition are fallacious. Blind-tiger'
ism is a disease of the liquorites and is
0 a bogy, a scarecrow, held before the
ir timid, to say nothing of the serious in*
4 dictment sgainst the police and other
e officials, to whom will Jbe fen trusted the
[8 execution of \the prohibitory law:
y A vote for prohibition is a vote for
good morals, anyway.
,e Respectfully,
^ Opposerof Intoxicating Liquor.
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b The Abbeville Insurance
1 and Trust Cc.
t
q Notwithstanding the Dull Times Have
d Been Turning Things in the Real
Estate Market.
n Within the last forty days tbey have
y sold a 200 acre plantation near Troy for
it $2,000; 10 acres in Abbeville for $1,500;
e 30 acres in Abbeville for $2,000; a iiouse
ie and lot in Abbeville for $2,000; a buildie
ing lot in Abbeville for $600; an auction
sale of lots to colored people, sellie
ing 40 lots at an average of $40 per lot.
ir If you have any real estate to sell, or
wish to buy either city property or
c- farm lands, see them. It will cost you
0 nothing to list your property with
n tbem unless thev make a bale.
a- They have some very desirable city
y property in the way of unimproved
lots, dwellings, etc., in the City of Abn
beville, wbicn they can sell at attractive
prices, also farm land in almost
Is every portion of Abbeville County.
' Abbeville Insurance & Trust Co,
n Phone 118.
Office over Cobb's Shoe Store.
Electric T^^Laxiuv,,
n i BITTESS Family Medicine.
NEED lOOjiONSTABLE
SO SAYS MAGISTRATE TOWELS IN
LETTER TO GOV. ANSEL
Magistrate D. H* Towels has wrltte
the followiDg to Gov. Ansel in refe
ence to the liquor situation in low*
Colleton. This letter will prove inte
estlng reading, but there are those wfc
will conclude that Magistrate Towe
uses rather extravagant language i
describing condition?, or that he fat
cies conditions are going to be muc
womb down there than ever before. I
eitheh event the duty of the Magistral
is plain and be will doubtless do hi
duty. It would possibly.be better fc
him to exhaust his power as Magi
trate and then call upon the Goverac
for assistance. But this letier followi
Meggetts, 8. C., July 12, 1909.
To his Excellency, Gov. M. F. Anse
Columbia, S. C. J
Dear Sir?I wish to invite your al
tention to a section of Colleton count
as the election for dispensary or n
dispensary is near at band. I wish t
say that our county is being invade
by what is known as so-called probib
tionists (blind tigers), for I am we
informed by the railroad employees o
the A. C. L. railroad that whiskey
and beers are now being delivered a
along their lines, not by the gallor
but by the barrel and car loads,
would further sav that the Bo>calIe
prohibitionist is lookiog to the 17th c
August as our school children are loot
ing for Christmas. I suppose yo
have ween by the papers of last wee!
what has happened by what is gene
rally known as blind tigers, or so-call
ed prohibitionist. Now, Governor,
wish to say that 1 am not in favor c
whiskey being sold in any way, as
am sure that it is not needed by an;
u.an or woman's needs, for I wish t
state that all men who know me knoi
that I have drank my share of th
evjl when I drank it, and now fo
three years or over I have not drank
drop. Ityy health is better than it ha
been foi; years, Therefore, I say whfa
key is not needed in any one's need
for existence.
I will say that if we are to have pre
hibition, why not suppress the evi
even if it takes every dollar of th
taxes collected for all purposes to\ sup
press it. Now, Governor, I am fo
suffering this evil as you see that w
have bad in last few days two old citi
zens killed from the cause of bhq<
tigerism, and I ask of you, Governor
if possible to appoint one hundre<
constables, as 1 am certain it will tak<
that many to keep the blind tiger
down on the Hue of our rivers and rail
roads in Colleton countv. for I fee
that ninety men out of every one hqn
dred in our territory should be maid
constables to watch the other ten, ah<
then we may have the blind tiger sdp
pressed, and without we won't, for l
will take from one to two men at ever?
railroad station in Colleton county
and the same at every steam>boa
landing on our rivers, and some t<
watcu the landings that sail-boats cai
land at, and then keep our publi
roads full of constables, and with |tha
kind of fight and war against blin<
tigerism we may get prohibition [t
some extent, for I tell you if you don'
have this many constables appointed
whiskey will take the lead, and lav
and order will be a thing of the past.
Thanking you in advance and hof
ipg you may mase inquiry irom ou
representatives, and you will find
am right. Your obedient servant,
D. H. Towles, Magistrate.
TROY.
Troy, P. C.. July 28,1900.
Misses Jennie and Clara Wideman areglat
ly reoeiveU bomn alter several weeks spent 1
North Carolina.
Miss Nora Davis Is enjoying some week
wltb relatives In Washington, ?>. C., also s
Bellare, Oblo.
Mr.aDd Mrs. .f. M. Caddy were with bis pa
rents at Bellvue last week.
Miss Alyce Dendy is entertaining in man
social ways Mies Lily Hackett of Angusti
and Miss Carrie Lou Connor of Greenwood.
Rev. Paul A. Pressly of Louisville, <ja.,,wl
aisist Rev. H. B. Blakely with a series c
meetings In the A. R. P. church, embraoln
the second Sabbath in Augast.
Mr. E- Shirley Solomons, of Greenville, I
borne for a lew days.
The masquerade party by Mlsn Louise Solo
mons in honor of Miss Hattle Rocbe, of At
beville, was a brilliant success. -About lift
enjoyed the evening. A delicious swee
coarse was served during theqvenlng.
Pretty little Miss Carrie Bradley made 1
most sleasant lor a score of her friends an
cousins one day last week. Little MIsm
Edna and Billy Bradley, Margaret and Mar
Bradley, Uary and Janus Klugb. prelty rei
resentatlves of Abbeville, also Muses Bat
Robinson, Margaret Cook, Mabel Kenned3
Sallle Lyon, and handsome Masters Teofll
and R. F. Bradley the tblrd, Misses Elzzl
and Rebecca Wardlaw, with tbelr little broil
er Master David of Bellvue. A day of gee
nine pleasure and most sumptaous dlnne
and pretty little C&rrle made an enviable bo
tens. All spent a royal day.
Miss Gertrude Caldwell, a btgbly respeote
and mucb loved Christian lady died here Iri
Friday, after several montbe of 111 healt
and was burled ln.tbe family burying g^oun
8atnrday. She was a life Ions member of th
Metbodlst church here. Tbe burial servk
was conducted by ber pastor Rev. A. H. Bes
and Rev. B B Blakely of tbe A. R. P. ctjurcl
Mrs. D. M. Milling wltb ber trio of littl
boys from Alx, 8. C.. are here ecjoying a vis
with ber father, judge Cook and family.
Miss Mary Morris, one of Wellington's hlgl
ly attractive young ladles Is tbe guest of h<
cousins, Misses Louise and Jennie Cresswe
at Barrlsburg.
Mrs. G. W. Abney with her pretty daugl
ters, Misses Belen, Mattle and Bernioe, <
Lake Clti, Florida, are making it pleasant fc
many friends and relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Robinson and llttl
dear are visiting In Belton and Due West fc
ft few days.
Messrs. Palmer and Free are ready eac
Tuesday and Thursday to do your cannlni
and they understand tbelr business.
Miss Hue Griffin, one of Ninety-Six's mof
accomplished and best women, and who bs
an important place on the program forth
W. M. U. Is our tbrlce welcomed visitor thl
Mls? Emma Wilson, one ol Phoenix's popt
lar j oudk ladies, has returned from a vlsl
with her cousins, Misses Bertha and Ad
Langley.
A1 tapes Llasle and Rebecca Wardlaw accon
panted by courtly brother Master David, war
among the pretty girls and handsome llltl
lads here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Clinkscales were calle
to Lowndesvllle last week to the bedside c
bis father, Mr. Lewis Ullnkecales, who die
Friday. He baa often visited our little tow
and enjoyed the friendship of all hlsacquain
ances. He was 8d years old.
Little Miss Katbie Harris, Is home fror
Honea Path, to spend vacation. Her llttl
friends are delighted to see her.
Mr. W. W. Wardlaw leaves this a. m. fc
Nashville, Tenn, to be gone two weeks on
business trip. Mr. Q. W. Long leaves on tb
same train for Atlanta.
Mr. D. W. Morrab, Travelling Passengc
Agent Seaboard Air Line, is here to see hi
parents at Bellvue.
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Who is Cash Bargain Store
Leaders of low prices. Com
see us.
Bee Rosenberg'a for wash ties. 2 (or 25a
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S FAMILY REUNION.
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H Characteristics of Some of Abbeville's
First Settlers.
Washington, D. C., June 23,1909.
r_ Editors Press and Banner:
" In the Press and Banner of this
week I notice the item which tells of
* two brothers meeting, after 43 years, at . r.;?
the home of their sister, Mrs. Susan J..
Britt (nee Bouchillon), of Sandover.
I have to-day a letter from one of
J them (Thaddeus W. Bouchillon) telling
of the reunion which was had of
1 fbe six remaining children of the late
[ Joseph Leonard Bouchillon at the old
home at Bordeaux, where Henry M.
Bouchillon, one of the six, now lives.
Be says in the letter:
"We had the privilege on the 14th of
' assembling at the old homestead, the
pla<*e of our birth where all were
' reared, and discussing child and girl
and boyhood days while we pointed
out the old familiar objects which still
y remained?the old familiar stones, the
n old oak trees, the old corn crib built of
logs, the old harness house, the -old
store house, (he bubbling spring pour.[
ing forth its water second to none, the
sloping hills and depressions over
which we roved and played during ': $
.. our childhood. During the noon
. hours, we, with others of our kinsfolk,
2 partook of a sumptuous repast pre_
I nofo/l Kir tKo tirlfa r\t rvn * K n o Uan. V
J VU UJ tuO TT1IO VI UUI UlUliiOl i-Lvii
. ry; and, before we parted for the day, - >a
. we assembled in the room, the si^c of
JT us, our ages ranging from 62 to 81, and,
u with one of Henry's daughters at the
, piano, we sang the old familiar song,
. "Nearer, my God, to Thee."
f "This meeting of old brothers and
sisters I am not able to describe. I
j bad not seen Benjamin for 43 years;
then he was a mere beardless boy, now '%
y an old grey-headed man. He left for
w bis home in Florida on the 17th. I
_ will leave next week for my home In
? Mississippi." . ->M
It is remarkable?the vitality, the
long life and the large families which
. ran with so much of the old Huguenot
' blood ihat settled at Bordeaux and ,
from there spread to other parts of the/
h country. Golden weddingB which
i apeak of a happy home-life, were nu(
merous among that people.
Joseph Leonard Boucbillon? whose
' surviving children have just met each
e other again at the old Bordeaux homestead,
was one of three brothers, each
j of whom reared a large family and re-;
joiced for more than fifty years with
1 the wife of his vouth. Johu Rouchil
Ion and bis wife, who weDt West and
are buried in Texas, lived together
over 51 years; James Sevang Bouchilj
Ion and his wife, who also went West
and are buried in Mississippi, lived to"
gether over 57 years. Joseph Leonard
\ Bouchillon and his wife lived together
at Bordeaux over 52 years.
I Isaac Bouchillon, a first cousin to
the three brothers above named, mary
ried a Quillebeau with whom be lived
; for more than 63 years. They are bur'
ied in Floyd county, Georgia, where
one of their children is 'still living at
83 years of age, honored and loved by
, her descendants of three generations,
j Mrs. Susan J. Britt, mentioned above,
and her husband, the late Joseph 8.
t Britt,' lived happily together for more
than 55 years (to be exact, 55 years, 6
' months and 18 days) and were the parents
of seven children, all of whom
are still living. The lady who was
honored at Montgomery, Alabama, aa
j the oldest and most ctoerlsned survival
of the early days of the town, and who
in December last died at 96 years of
age, retaining alL her faculties to her
last day (Mrs. Lucinda Hasan Fountalne),
was of this Huguenot strain,
transported when a little playful girl
from South Carolina to Alabama.
i- She was of the Covin-LeRoy blood
d and a first cousin to the Bouchillon ;
B brothers above mentioned.
it If properly written, an account of
the habits and home life of the Huguenots
who settled in Abbeville county
y and of the impress of their blood as ft
blended by intermarriage with others
u and spread into other States, contrib>i
uting to what is best and loveliest in
* the domestic character, would be a
B most interesting chapter in the history
of our Southern people.
H J. Altheus Johnson.
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t Red Shirt Reunion.
d Editors Press and Banner:
* Reading the red shirt reunion program puby
llshed tn the Greenville News, calling upon
J- the red sblrt democracy of the State to don
b their Insignia of vlotory and rally aa veterans
7- In Anderson city, 24th and 25th of Angnat, re9
mlnda me of the glorious and memorable vie6
tory achieved' In 1876. It seems, the Demoo>
racy has been silent a long time In reviving
that ..great illustrious struggle for emancipar<
tlon from Radical domlneerlsm, similar to
B* the throwing off the British yoke of oppreaJ
itlon, a hundred years ago.
u I Tbe history of mat evenirai campaign
I should be perpetuated by commemorating an
n anniversary celebration of Jollification, In
d keeping with tbe Confederate reunions of the _ ?
>e Civil war. Itoccars to tbe veteran red shirt
* scribe, wbo has passed bis scventv-ttatrd mile
' poet on tbe Journey of life, knowing that Ab'
bevllle county was a leading and Important
e factor In aiding the oombleed State Demooraoy
In obtaining tbe complete mastery of
tbe State government, woald It not, Mr. EdlJ"
tor, be meet and proper to call a meeting for
* Saleday approaching to nominate a fall dele"
gatlon to be on band and lc procession to represent
Abbeville county on that august occa'
slon??2-ith and 25th August, In Anderson
>{ city. i
>r The colored Democratic voter, wbo bas been
loyal to tbe cause of Democracy since '76,
e ought to be recognized In tbe procession,
>r wearing tbe regalia of allegiance?(red
u shirt.) 0. P. H.
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e with attached cuffs, all fast
Is
colors, only 45c each. Gash
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Delay In commencing treatment for a slight
e Irregularity that could have been cured
quickly by Foley's Kidney Remedy may rt
j ruib iLi ci Dcnuus &iuuujr uibociDc. ruicj i aiu)f
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A and strengthens these organs. C. A. Mllford
P it Co.
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? We sell solid leather shoes
ir at low prices. See them be?
fore you buy. Cash Bargain
Store.
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Foley's Honey and JTar not only slops
chronic coughs that weaken the constitution
und develop Into consumption, but beats and
i strengthens the lungs. It affords comfort
and relief In the worst oases of chronic
0 bronchitis, astbma, hay fever and lung trouble.
C. A. Milord 4 Co. The
best extracts In the world are Blackl'*
On display at MllSord's drug store.
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