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I The Abbeville Press and Banner f BY W. W. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, 8. C., "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1909. ESTABLISHED 1844 111 NOTICE OF ELECTION State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. Notice is hereby given that an Kle< tiouwillbe held at the voting prf ? cints prescribed by law in naid Cour ty, on Tuesday, August 17, 1909, a provided in the following Act. 1 No. 42. An Act to Prohibit the Manufactur* Sale, Barter, Exchange, Givin; Away to Induce Trade, the Fui nishingat Public Places or Otbei wise Disposing of Alcohol, Spiritn ous, Vinous or Malt Liquors o Beverages, or Other Liquors o Beverages by Whatsoever Nana Called, Which if Druuk to Ex cess Will Produce Intoxication Except for Sale of Alcohol in L'ei tain Cases Upon Certain Condi tions, And Except the Sale o Wines for Sacramental Purposes And to Provide Penalties for th Violation Thereof. Sectiou 1. Be it enacted by th< General Assembly of the State o Soucb Carolina, that all alcoholic li quors and beverages, whether manu factured within this State or else where, or any mixture by whatsoeve name called, which if drunk to exces I will produce intoxication, are hereby declared to be detrimental, and tbei; use and cousumptiou to be against th< morals, good health aud safety of tb< \ State, and contraband. That* it shal be unlawful for any person, firm, cor poration or association within this State to manufacture, sell, barter, ex change, receive, accept, give away t( ! induce, trade, deliver, store, keep ii possession in this State, furnish a public places or otherwise dispose o any spirituous, malt, vinous, feiment ed, brewed or other liquors and bever ages, or any compound or mixtur< thereof which contains alcohol and is r used as a beverage, and which if drunt to excess will produce intoxication except as hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. That wholesale druggists may lawfully sell in wholesale quun tities to retail druggists and to public i or charitable hospitals or to medical 01 pharmaceutical colleges, aud in nc other way, pure alcohol for medica purposes only, or grain alcohol to t>< 5 used -by chemists or bacteriologists actually tngagtd in scientific worl and for such purposes only, aud sucl wholesale druggist shall at'the end o each mouth in which auy f-uch sale: have beeu made, file with the clerk o the court of the county it> which tbej do business, a stateiueut iu wiitiuf under oath, giving the linrue of th< purchaser, the price paid' tue date o sale, and the quantity and charactei of the alcohol sold. That if nak wnoiesaie aruggisi maKiDg suco san is not a resident of the State of Soutt Carolina, then such statement shall b< filed in the office of the clerk of tb< court of the county in which the pur chaser resides. Sec. 3. That any retail druggi* whose place of business is located ii any of the incorporated towns cr cit ies of this State, who is himself a reg jstered or licensed pharmacist, or whi regularly employs a registered or Ji censed pharmacist, may sell, in thi manner herein set out, upon filing i bond in the sum of five thousand dol lare, to be approved by the clerk o the court, in which such druggist doe businees, conditioned for a faithfu observance of the provisions ot thi Act, such bond to be approved by thi clerk of the court, pure alcohol fo fnr mo/linnl rilirnncpfi nnlv ornin ulnn *WI r..rvwvv v?v, - M'W Lol to chemists and bacteriologist actually engaged in scientific work and for such purposes only and win< to be used for sacramental or religiou purposes only: Provided, that noth ing hereiu contained shall preven such drugg'sts from using alcohol ii the compounding of prescriptions o other medicines, the sale of whicl would not subject him to the paymeu of a special tax required of liquo dealers by the Government of tin United States; Provided, further that nothing hereiu contained shal preveut such druggists from com pounding or selliug medicinal prepa rations Manufactured in accordant with formulas prescribed by the Unit ed States Pharmacopoeia and Ration al Formulary which contain no mori alcohol than is necessary to extrac the medicinal properties of the druj contained in such preparations, and u< more alcohol than is necessary t< hoJd the medicinal agents in solution aud which are manufactured am sold a* a medicine, and not as a bever age. Sec. 4 That uo sale of pure alcohol for medicinal purposes, shall be mad< Dy any reian uruggisi, except upoi the prescription of a regular practicing physician of this State, who, befori writing such prescriptions, shall maki an actual examination of the persoi for whom the prescription is issued and the said prescription shall be sub etautially in the following form "State of South Carolina, . . . County To . . . Druggist. I, ... a regular li censed and practicing physician unde the laws of thia State, do hereby certi fy that I have exaaiinpd . . ., a patien in my charge, and I do hereby pre scribe for the use of said patient . . alcohol, and X further .certify, that th use of such alcohol is, in my judg ment, absolutely necessary to alleviat or cure the illness or disease fron tirhi/ih cai/i notipnf ia nnir unffurino and tbat I am not interested in tb drug store to which this prescriptioi is directed, nor in the profits on th drugs herein prescribed. Dated, . M. I Sec. 5. Tbat no prescription sha] be filled herein except upon the da upon tfbich it is issued or the follow ing day, PPd no more than ont-ba pint oi aicobul shall te told and d< liveied on any ope pieecription, an when such prescription is filled, i sball not be refilled, but ehail be delii ered to the druggist filling sipip' at at the end of the month in which tb same is filled, it shall lue filed by sjuc druggist in the tfiice of the clerk < the county in which said druggist engaged in business: Provided, n druggist, who is also a practicing ph: siciau, shall fill his own piesciptioi hereunder, nor shall they be filled i any drugstore in which the said pb; sician is financially inte-ies-ted: Prov ded, further, that ibe deliveiy of sue alcohol sold under such prescripts fcball be made only directly to the pe I son for whom such prescription is is sued or to the physician, or to som< one authorized by the physician, or ii case a minor to his parent or guardiau or physician or some one authorized by said physician. > Sec. 0. That any retail druggist whose place of business is located in i- any of the incorporated towns or cities is of the State may lawfully sell alcohol in quantities not greater than five (o) gallons to be used in the arts or for scientific or mechanical purposes, and such druggist may sell, in like quantig ties, to chemists and bacteriologists _ engaged in scientific work, and for . such purposes only, and such drugh gists may sell in quantities, not greatr er than one-half gallon, wine used for r sacramental or religious purposes only e That any person desiring to purchase . alcohol for the purpose set out in this i sectiou, shall sign a written or print I ed statement, giving his name, residence, occupation and the purpose for ,f which he intends to use said alcohol, ; and he shall certify that said alcohol J is purchased in good f&ith for such purposes and no other, and that said druggist shall, at the end of each f month, file, with the clerk of court of the county in which he is engaged in * business, all such statements, with a * certificate under oath, that said state " ments contain a true statement of all g such sales. f Sec. 7. That it shall be unlawful to r sell wine for sacramental purposes exe cept to a minister, pastor, priest or ? regularly constituted officer of a reg1 ularly organized religious congrega* tiou or church. Any person, desiring * to make snch purchase, shall sign a - written or printed statement, giving ) his name and residence and the name i and location of the church for which 1. on/1 Vta oVioll L SUCLI W1LIC 19 pu 1 uua^uu, uuu uv ouui* f certify that said wine is purchased in good faith, to be used for sacrameutal - or religious purposes, and no other. i Tbat such statement shall be filed, as * provided for in the next preceding i section, in the office of the clerk of , the court. Sec. 8. That all statements or pre3 seriptions required by this Act to be . filed in the office of the clerk of court j shall be recorded and properly indexr ed by him iu a book kept for that pur) pose, which shall at all times be open1 ed for public inspection, and a certi> lied copy of such record, or the origi? nal statement or prescription, with the i certificate of the clerk of the court ini dorsed thereon, showing that it has f been ^recorded, shall be prima facie s evidence of the facts recited therein, f For maRing such record, the clerk of } the court shall be entitled to charge t and collect for each prescription a fee j of li-e cents, and for each statement, f other than prescription, a fee of fifr teen cents, which shall be paid by the 1 party filing the same. ? Sec. 9. Tbat in addition to the rei quirements hereinbefore prescribed, all UA/?nco^ onH ronrioforfiH drnrrffiufQ f IIV/CKC^U UUV4 t vgiDbvAvw UAMggiuvw wv.. ? ing alcohol by prescription shall keep a . record thereof, which shall bear* the true dates of the sales, the names of i the persons to whom sales were made, i the names of the physicians or sur geous upon whose prescriptions each - were made; such records shall be sub:> ject at all times to the inspection of . the solicitor of the district, the Bheriff e aud other peace officers of the county, j the mayor and police officers of the . city or town in which said licensed f and registered pharmacist's business is ? located, and all other persons, ] aud each druggist making s any such sales shall be require ed to report, under oath, to the Circuit r Judge presiding at pach term of court - of the county in which said druggist (. is engaged iu business, a true statement of such facts, and also file ou [! Monday morning of each week a list of the alcohol sold by him, to whom . sold and by what physician prescribed I with the chief of ^police and the may, or or iutendant of the municipality, r and past one copy in some public place ) 111 ?UUL1 LUUlJJUJpttllCj . t Sec. 10. That nothing in this Act r shall prevent the sale of wood or dee uatured alcohol. Sec. 11. That auy person who vio| latesauy of the provisions of this Act . shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and . upon conviction thereof be fined in a e sum not less than one hundred dollars , nor more than five hundred dollars, . or imprisoned at hard labor for a peP riod of not less than three months, t nor for more than one year; and for i the second or auy subsequent offensj upon conviction thereof, shall be im>j prisoned at hard labor for not less than one year nor more than five j years. Sec. 12. That any druggist or physician who violates in any way the provisions of this Act shall, in addi1 tiou to the pupishment herein provi ! ded, nave tneir nceune revoKea tor a r period of not more than ope year for I each offense. B Sec. 13. That this Act shall not j haye the effect of preventing the indictment, prosecution and conviction 1 of any perton who has been guilty of : the violation uf the present criminal law relating to the dispensary or pun1 ishment therefor, as now provided by r law for offenses heretofore committed. Sec. 14. This Act shall take tffect I on the first Tuesday in August, 1909: Provided, That iu the counties then having dispensaries an election shall e be held on the third Tuesday in Aug. usf., 1909, for the purpose of determine iug whether the dispensaries located a therein shall be reopened, and such election in each off-aid counties shall e be held and conducted by the sapie n officers and under the rules and regu e lations provided by law for general elections. / Kec. 15. At 6uch an election the election commissioners for such county shall at each voting precinct therey in provide one ballot box in which the ballots must be ca9t. Any person who is a qualified elector of such * county may vote in taid election. " Every voter who m?y be in favor ol the sale of liquors and beverages in such counties shall cast a ballot in the d box provided therefor, on which shal be printed the words, "For sale anc " manufacture of alcoholic liquors aut ?' beverageB," and every voter opposet '8 shall cast a ballot upon which shal ? be printed the words, "Agaiust saU f~ ,ynd manufacture of alcoholic liquori ,plaud beverages." If a majority of tb< ballots cast in such election be MFo y~ fcale and manufacture of alcoholic li jjquors and beverages," it shall be law | ful for such liquors and beverages t< ,n I be sold in saia county as herelnaftei r"Jprovided: Provided, That expense o -1 these elections shall be borne by tb i State. 1 Sec. 16. In case an election a i herein provided shall result in favo I of the sale of liquors and beverages the dispensaries in each county si voting shall be reopened and conduct " ed under the provisions of an Act en titled'"An Act to declare the law ii 1 reference to, and to regulate the man | ufacture, sale, use, consumption, poe , session, transportation and dispositioi of alcoholic liquors and beverage within the State, and to police th< same," approved the IGth day of Feb ruary, 1907, and Acts amendator thereof: Provided, That all of the pro visions and limitations of the said Ac not inconsistent with this Act shal remain in full force an^ effect in al of the counties of this State; Provide< further, That in counties whict shall reopen dispensaries therein, the county dispensary board and dispen sers in office on June 30, 1909, shal continue to discharge their several du ties as if such dispensary or dispensa ries had not been closed. That in th< counties which have heretofore voted upon the question of dispensary or nt dispensary under existing or previoui laws and have no dispensary at thit time, shall have the right at any time after the expiration of four years frorr the last election on the liquor questior to hold an election upon the questioc of dispeusary or no dispensary at provided in an Act entitled "An Acl to declare the law law in reference to and to regulate the manufacture, sale use, consumption, possession, trans portation and disposition of, alcoholic liquors and beverages within thit State, and police to the same," approv ed February 16^1907. Sec. 17. That all Acts and parts o Acts inconsistent herewith be anc the same are hereby, repealed. Approved the 2nd day of March, A D. 1909. Before the hour fixed for opening the polls Managers and Clerks musl take and subscribe the Constitutiona oath. The Chairman of the Board o Managers can administer the oath t( mamkaM a Vwi tn tVia Olorlr IUC UlUOl LUUULiUVtO UUU IV buv VAV?U a notary Public must administer the oath to the Chairman. The Managerf elect tbeir Chairman and Clerk. Polls at each voting ?lace must be opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closec at 4 o'clock p. m., except in the Citj of Charleston where they shall be open ed at 7 a. m. and closed at 6 p. m. TheJ Managers have the power tc fill a vacancy, and if none of the Man agers attend, the citizens can appoint from among the qualified voters, tht Managers, who after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, the Man agers and Clerks must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and couul the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same if completed, and make a statement o: the result for each office and sigji th< same. Within three days thereafter the C hairman of the Board, or som< one designated by the Board, must de liver to the Commissioners of Electloc the poli list, the boxes containing the ballots and written statements of the results of the election. ****** ^ Tina nu t?t wtfrrrw JlAI^AUJDivo vr jcjxjajk. x ivii. The following Managers of Election have been appointed to hold th< election at the various precincts it the said County: Abbeville?F. W. R. Nance, W. G Chapman, R. O. Hunter. Amreville?Murvin McAdams Way man Bowen, J. N, Knox. Wlllineton-^W. D. Morrah, S. CCowan, W. H. McNair. Due West?A. D. Kennedy, W. B Going, A. J. McAdams. Donalds?G. W. Johnson, W. R Dunn, W. B. Acker Central?D. P. Hannah, A. J. Morrison, Thomas Nickles. McCormick?Jack Edmonds, Thos Dea?on,T. J. Sibert. Keowee?Robt. Pruitt, J. Will Ashley, Burt Ferguson. Mt. Carmel?Tom Knox, .W. W Black, John Morrah. T T XI 13 all T T Poo. UUWUUCO*lllC U . XX. JJCU) I/I 4. kiD, Joseph Gibert. Magnolia?H. W. Lawson, H. H. Hester, R. 0. Bell. Clatworthy X Roads?John Brown, J. H. Link, Jos. Link. Bryant's X Roads?P. L. Busby, M S. Ashley, A. F. Carwile. Rock Springs?R. J. Jamison, M. L. Latimer, G. L. Burts, The Managers at each precinct nam ed above are requested to delegate one of their number to secure boxes and blanks for the election which will be delivered at Abbeville on Satur day, the 14tb Aug. 1909. M. H. Wilson, R. O. McAdams, W. E. Morrison, Commissioners for Btate and Countj Elections for Abbeville, S. C. A- F. Calvert Clerk. mm a MB! The Abbeville insurance and Trust Ce. Notwithstanding the Dull Times Hav< Been Turning Things in the Real Estate Market. Within the last forty days tbey hav< sold a 200 acre plantation near Troy foi $2,000; 10 acres in Abbeville for $1,500 30 acres in Abbeville for $2,000; a nousi and lot in Abbeville for $2,000; a build ing lot in Abbeville for $600; an auc tion sale of lots to colored people, sell ing 40 lots at an average of $40 per lot If you have any real estate to sell, o wish to buy either city property o farm lands, see them. It will cost yoi nothing to list your property witl them unless they make a bale. 1 "" ? - - J?! LI., .it. j.ney cave some very ueuimuie uit; p' property in the way of unimprovei I lots, dwellings, etc., in the City of Ab .beville, which they cau sell at attrac [Itive prices, also farm laDd in almoa 11 every portion of Abbeville County. I Abbeville Insurance & Trust Co [ Phone 118. j Office over Cobb's Shoe Store. a ?9 wm f! Put up your winter clothes and blankel - vitb cedar and luvendar flakes. Much bettt . than camphor bxiln. For sale at Mllford J rug store. Pbone 107. rl ?? r I The beet extracts In the world are Blackl f On display at Mllford'a drug store. . consistent with facts. Possibly such tt i was not desired, as it might have prov- p< f en a strong argument in favor of the 01 , dispensary over blind tigers and pro- oi hibition. B. 8? i tr 1 OI 1 Prohibition Paragraphs, or, Selected a! ! "Anti-Liquor Nuggets " ec A gentleruan and consistent prohibitionist lately said to me; "Our contention is against the legalized whis- P( 1 key traffic, whether under high li- ^ * cense, low license, or the dispensary, pi > Our present fight is against the dis- dl pensary in our State, sinoe that is the shape of the enemy before us right now." Good and true. And dispen' sary liquor makes one drunk and breeds corruption, shame, and crime just as effectually as bar-room whiskey does. The dispensary was launched p> and has been strongly supported by . the dream that an evil could be poi- m iBhed, regulated, and made respeota- rr ble, decent, and harmless. Dr. George [V flmmpr1# wnrHa pnme in well here. He said : "Any restrictive Bcbeme that tends to make an immoral traffic reputable and popular is a vicious and * dangerous scheme. H ? ei Is it a kind, dutiful mother that en- 'h courages and protects her children in * things hurtful and degrading to themselves and others?things that will m bring to them shame, poverty, crime, ? peril, unhappiness, imbecility of mind, tt weakness of body, insanity, suffering, Jn and disgrace ? Now, every citizen, " young and old, male and female, in wi South Carolina, is, in an important sense, a child of the State. We own and are expected to render fidelity to Ti the State?our mother. Let not that J > mother entail and hold down upon us lD ' so great an evil as this one in question. ' Poes our mother (the State) love us, hc ' her children ? If so, and if she has ?e self-appreciation and self-respect, she tb must say : "I deserve no credit, no re- . ?Vv.%#- Awln oKomo onrl HnnriiHaHnn L W Ulll J UUIUIJIJ OURUJV HUV4 UMUJi.iMV.VW| yt for corrupting my own children ar T through my endorsement and protec- {" tion of any pernicious business of any sort." at bt H Not long ago I was talking with a co i citizen in a county that has dispense- M ' ries. He is a man of many good qual- m ities, a church member, but a weak to one. Strong drink has caused him to * fall, again and again. He seems to tb have inherited the love of it, and if be fo . smells it, the passion for it seems irre* j" sistible. He said : "I want the dispensary closed. I'll vote for prohibi- fa tion. It will take a generation to get {" this thing right. Our children should to 3 be brought up with right views as to r the evil." This man longs to live ; right. He is the slave of an appetite i and needs help and sympathy from his fellow citizens. And as a brother he - appeals to Christian voters to take u i L1I " c away inem.uuiuiiijg?uiui;a. uuuutwi . are like him and all are crying to us r for an uplift. 0 Brother! You voting y r citizen and church member! Will j you help Buch men, August 17th ? Or, le a will you keep the "bottle to your J? neighbor's mouth" ? ? y ? tj J In this country alone two billion | >- dollars ($2,000,000,000) is spent, each V; year, for whiskey. The liquor thus a f Un.ir.kif b-illa rvn the avoraorp 100.000 IK UUUgUk nillD, -?v. ~ . 0- , people each year. Ninety-five per t? ceut. of the murders, seventy-five per o I cent, of all crimes, seveuty-flve per JJ ' cent, of divorces, forty per cent, of in- a 6anity, all from whiskey! Now, judge v your tree by its fruit. | ? V "Drunkards shall not inherit the * 18 kingdom of God." The occasional * drinker is on the road to drunkenness. ? A. C. Wilkins. i t ' A big lot of standard novels?"reprints" op ly flf ty cente each at Speed's prog Store. e DR. MOFFATT'S ? CONCLUSIONS , i CRITICISED. a [Contributed] "It gives satisfactory proof that prohibition largely decreases the consumption of strong a drink among tbe people. Tbe drop from 60,? 000 to SO 000 gallonB a year down to 26,000 gaiIons a year Is a pretty considerable slump In e liquor-drinking, and who will deny tbat An- J? . derson county la not better for tbe slump ? " , "It makes evident tbe fact that prohibition 8> r promotes good order among tbe people Tbe - cases in tbe Mayor's court decreased from t 1,440 under tbe dispensary to G84 under probl- P1 i bition ; tbe cases of drunkenness from 776 to . 1 257." J J The above paragraphs, taken from r an article of Rev. J. S. Moffatt, in the Press ana Banner, who seems to be R< much exercised over the dispensary k j question, manifests a reckless handling ' _ of facts, inconsistent with a candid ^ " and honest discussion of the question. n< j Tbe article of Mayor Sherard's, from which Mr. Moffatt draws his con J elusions, stated that under the last K year of tbe dispensary system, the in- ^ : stitute at Anderson Bold $114,000 worth $ of whiskey. During the year 1908 q when the dispensary was ckmed, the b' express office at Anderson alone re- ^ ceived 25,000 gallons, a reduction in the amount of previous year. The dj ; Rev. Mr. Moffatt stated that the dif- b( ' ference amounted to a "drop from 00,' 000 to 80,000 gallons down to 25,000 [ gallons." Will he explain the method ^ of his calculation ? As all dispensaJ ries bought their supplies from the vi State Dispensary, the average price W per gallon at each dispensary would T| f approximate tbe same?which at the ti Abbeville dispensary was $3.33? per W gallon. M If the Anderson dispensary sold for & ' tbe year mentioned, according to the r Mayor's official statement $114,000, JjJ ; the total amount sold was 32,400 gal- , I Ions, which was only 9,800 gallons r more than the express office at Anderfion received after the dispensary was {J, . closed. Where does the Rev. Mr. ev i tf.o'.ii i ui. 11.1 _ ? .? eft Ann hi . luuiiau liis uiufj iiuixi \j\j \jxnj iu -j 80,000 gallons down to 25,000." ? When T) we take into consideration the dozen gr other express" offices, and stations k* I throughout the county, which received " , their pro rata share of the stuff, it would be nearer the truth to say 60,- & 000 to 80,000 gallons more were sold ( the year the dispeneary was closed. m In his comparison of cases in the Mayor's office, hi* statement is equally , witboutfoundation. While they show a decrease in the city of Anderson, if ti Mr. Moffatthad investigated the Mag- )D istrates' courts in all places where express offices were located, he could havo mnHa a ofnfomonf mnfth mnrft 'E EAST END. that "M" Sees and Hears on H Rounds About the City and Aloi Route No. 3. Abbeville, S. C? Aug. 4,1909. merry fishing party. On last Tuewiay, July 27tb,a merry crow r young people from Sharon and Abbevll ift In a slx-borse wagon for Millwood, one le blatorlo spots on tbe Savannah river i )end a week. Tbe weather was Ideal aDd everythlc >emed to conspire to tbe enjoyment of tt leasnre seuBers. Tbey bad flsb fries every day, besides gret iskets filled wltb all kinds of good tblnf om tbelr homes. Boat riding and dancing were tbe ohli nusementa. Nothing marred tbelr pleasure except tt scldent that bsppened to Miss Lonlse M< enzle and Mies Ethel Pennai, who were oa] zed In tbe river by tbelr boat striking ick, bat were luckily saved from a water ave by an old colored boatman wbo ws aar by wltb bis battean and resoned tbem. Tbe following persons made np tbe part; z., Misses Llna and Dotsle Evans, Clara Le llllam, Ada McNeill, Loolle Wilson, Rob nox, Louise and Marie McKenzle, Bessl ink. Lillian McCanty, Nellie McGaw, Etc n Pennai, Margaret MoCord and Willi lark; Messrs. W. J. Evans, Bam and Motl llllam, Langdon Wilson, Bayfordand Bot e McKenzle, Hanter Link, George McCan Mabry Cheatham. Jack Pergaeon, Emor oKee and Jlmmie Woodbnrst. Mr. and Mrs. C- F. Graves (with tbelr chl en Earl and Sldelle) were the cbaperones. This was a Jolly party and tbe trip will Ion ) remembered by one and all. personal noteb and items of interest Misses Maggie and Sara Evans of Lebano e entertaining a bonse party In honor < leir charming guests Mlsse* Little, of Carm lie, Georgia, also Mr. Orvllle Calhonn, < UHngton. A delightful dining was that given lai lursday by Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wllsoi tie following were tbelr honored guests: D '. E. Link, Mr, and Mra. J. D. McGaw, Mi . J. Link and several others whose name e failed to get. This scribe was not forgol n but was served wltb a delightful dinner. Miss Donnle Gilliam of Hodges spent tb ist week wllb her oohsId, Miss Robena mi im. Cnpt. George Redd la now lo Danville, Va. Mr. and Mrs. David Gilliam are sttll 1 reeavllle. Mr. Gilliam we are aorry to r< >rt ia not doing much rood, If any lmprovi ent it la very alow. Bla friends bope, bov er, be may Improve rapidly and aoon b maelf again. Don't forsrei tbe farmers meeting tomorrow inraday, 5th Inatqnt, at Sharon. It will be eat gathering, and a big barbecue anfi bai it dinner for everybody. Be aure and atten distinguished speakers will be present t terest yon. Mra. James Gilliam witb ber brother. Mi W. Knox, apent last Sunday with relative Monnt Carmel. Judge J. S. Olbert was among tbe vlaltor the city last Monday, Mlsa Belle McKenze witb ber slater, Mil arte, were among tbe pretty visitors in th ty last Monday. Mra. Mary C. Parker Is now visiting rels ves In Greenville. Mrs. Edwin Parker and children are apenc ie a while with home people at Bellvne. Messrs. J. R. Thornton and Andrew Bat 3d several others along route 3, are brlngln i fine melons to supply tbe elty trade/ Cropa along ronte 8 are almply oat of algbl tat la, growing "out of algbt;" tbe proi rata are now very encouraging for a fln op ol both corn and cotton. Messrs. Edwin Parker and A. B. Kenned 1 the Flatwooda, are ralalng fine melons th lason, and tbey are good too, for we ha^ led them. Mr. 8. C. Link, the champion track farm* 3 roote 8, has as fine melons aa we have sec >is year, and we know by experience the 11 nun. MI?b 8eawrlgbt. of Doonlds. hu been eleo 1 teacber In i^e Fernollff school. DEATH 07 LITTLE BOYCE HAHKJJE33. Tbe Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harl ecu, of Avondale, Alabama, died at tbe ome last Sunday evening, aged about sev? lontbs. Tbe remain a accompanied by tt irents were expected In Abbeville laat Moi ?y"God needed one more darling obild, In blssblnlnK angel band, Bo He bent wltb loving smile, And duped our darling's band." Mrs. Harkness was before ber marrlai lis Nannie Gilliam, daughter of Mr. an r*. james Gilliam of the Sbaron section. Many friends of tbe afflicted and distressc ?rents extend sincere sympathy, Tbe little darling was tenderly laid to rei i Sbaron cemetery to await tbe resurreotlo orn. Beautiful flower* made bright the lai ?tlng place of little Boyoe on eartb, bi rlgbter f^r will be bis borne In beaven ami tat angel band. NEWS IN AND AKOUND THE CITY. Mr. C. V. Hammond and daughter, Mlt ntolDette, left last week for Florida, wbei ey expect to spend several months. M ammo' d has exchanged places wltb tb ; press agent at the olty where be goes. S e express office Is now oonducted by tb lorlda agent, who wltb bis family are in tb ty for a while. Mr. Hughes of Fort Pickens met with al oat a serious acoldent last Monday whll mlng to town with a tip top load of fln elons. As be plunged In tbe swollen strear i&t runs under tbe culvert be went aow to a bole and found tbe water too deep; foi nately himself and bone managed to g< it, bat tbe melons floated away and tb agon was badly damaged. Moral?Bett? alt a while tban rush into a swollen strean jat Is our advice to tbe R. F. D. boys. Messrs. Will Penney, Eogen? McMillan an lden Lorn ax are now enjoying tbelr tw eeks holiday, and tbelr sobs respectlvelj essrs. Reld, Ferguson and Little, are un e these routes. Mr. Andrew J. Penney after enjoying bl >liday Is back on route X. Mr. W. C. Moore, now ol Due West, spec veral days of this week with relatives 1; e olty. Abbeville Is not asleep, bnt wide-awake a e noise of tbe saw and hammer are atl! >ard In ber limits. Messrs. Cox and Smltl e building a fine store room on Mala stree< id other private dwellings are going np an ting remodeled. Mr. Julius H. DuPre, tbe faltbfol oasble id bookkeeper of tbe Farmers Bank, ha ten quite sick and Is yet confined to bis bee Is many friends wish for bim a speedy re >veiy. Acoordlng to law the dispensary closed lai ooday afternoon at 6 o'clock, and will r< ? ? ?a?. tnta naatra nnMI a ft as* tho a1aaI(a Hi U DU IUI WTTU Ifvcno uuvu ninvi m?v v?wv?vr. r "whiskey or no wblskey." A great "rush bb made all day Saturday and Monda ben all kinds of "trnok" was carried off b ie armful. It la boped by tbe time (tbe 17tt r tbe election everybody will be "clotbe >d In tbelr right mind," bo an to vote for tb )8t lntereats of tbe people at large. At tbla writing Monday nlgbt tbe rain I lllng and we doubt not but tbat tbe R. F. I >ys will have trouble wltb swollen stream it rain or shine Uncle Sam's boys are boun go, and tbey go, too. EDITOR RESTING, fith no Vacation for Twenty Years, Edi tor W. D. Grist is off on a Journey. orkvllle Enquirer. Mr. W. D. Grist, editor of The Enqulrei ft last Friday evening for Charleston t /a* "Now Vnrl 1KB a uyue iiuc .v> .... om which plaoelt la his purpose to mak tour Of New England, returning In abou vo weeks. Mr. Urlat baa beeD at bla post 1 le editorial ohalr of The Enquirer lor somi ilng more than twenty years, wltb but tw a callous of as much aa four daya la ieogti ad bis co-workers on tbe paper bave lnalste iat be take a sbort vacation. Having nei r been nortb of Baltimore, be decided t ike Id New York and New England, an ame back by way of Philadelphia, Atlar lo City, Baltimore and Washington. Altb L was wltb considerable reluotanoe that b nally cooaented to take tbe trip, bla c< rorkera believe be will erijoy It, and b< ause be has never been able to eave Tt Inquirer's readers out of bla mind, excel rblle asleep, we feel pretty anre tbat 1: rill seQd us soDae laterentlog oopy for thee Iso. That, however will depend on the o ortuDlty be might bave lor writing wbll inrrylng from one place to another. In tt neantlme, the balance of the staff will ke< be paper golDg aa well aa It can, feeling au hat our readers will be duly charitable uob shortcomings aa mlgbt appear. I - .... j| t Qualification $ Coming 5 i " ; lg s J To the voters of Abbeville Coui ^ f The general elections held l af i cation of the will of the peopl 0 mary. There was practically t > t was no necessity for a rigid ac ? J tion to be held on the I7th of 7 \ laws, but the conditions are ver 18 A upon the question to be decided ? S is thai every inch of ground wi ? S It will be necessary for the i- # election law to the letter, or els< J r It being probable that the ?- W rigidly enforced in the election y ? than they have been in the past i_ 2 man to point out to the voter, v, X or in favor of the dispensary, A may legally vote. In the case f 76 8. C., 574, our Supreme Coui n " the right to vote each elector J! 4 ^ " istration certificate for the pr< <: " proof of payment of all taxe4 it J. " oath that he is a qualified elec \\ |) The election v^ill be held wi b /{I I. therefore, suggest to each i- () tiflcate and his tax receipt, and e 0 he is registered. l~ i' If you have mislaid your U i J County Treasurer that you hai ? | j year. Nothing short of this wii ^ 11 are so prepared you need not e 41 right. We must have a fair ele l \ 'Co e Critisising a Criticism." ' . Anderson Dally Mall. Anent the dluaulon of "abort funerali |. wbloh has arlien from the oaaitlo remar made by tbe Abbeville Press and Banner oo M bernlng tbe services held over tbe remal e of a prominent minister In tbatclty recent we feel oonstralned to sav a few words on tl >. other side, h It seemk to as tbat tbe erltlolsm bad as wi ie not been; made. i Two things were criticised by tbe Press al y Banner?tbe character ol tbe servloe and t! jB length of tbe servloe. re The several papers tbat bave quoted t criticism bave bad tbe semblance, at least, >r endorsing wbat was said, and nf endorsing in for tbe purpose of making tbls an examj iv or a common error on the part of mlnlsU In oondaotlng tbese obsequlres. t. It may be tbat tbe Dally Mali comes tbls class, and we do not wain to ooqqi tbe position, after more mature reflection We understand tbat tbe funeral service - Abbeville was conducted by an aged mlnlst f" who was Invited by tbe constituted autbo ties of tbe ctaurcb, and who arrived at Abfc " vllle late Saturday even'ng, before the fun< ' al was to take qlacenn Sunday. This minister waa tbe life long friend tbe dead minister. They were born In tl same year, united with tbe ebureh on tl same occasion, bad been In tbe same gre struggle for tbe defense of principles of go ernment which tbey deemed to be right, ni ta studied thelogy together In tbe same semln d I ry, and a quarter of a century naa oei most Intimately associated In their ebon id | work within the bounds of the aame Presb I tery. it It may reasonably be supposed that tb minister thought tbat be knew tbe wlshet it I bla departed friend aa to tbe obaraoter of tl it I services at bis funeral. d I Now, aa to tbe character of tbe service, f Presbyterian ministers, aa do moat olbei make It a rnle not to deliver personal enli glee. ,, [ Tbe minister who conduoted tbe service c e| this occasion doubtless felt tbat be w - burying bis friend aa tbe servant of Qod. 1 ' took as tbe text for bis discourse, we are tol ? the words ."And when tbe Cblef Shephei . I shall appear ye shall reoelve a crown of gloi e tbat fadeth not away." In bis discourse, we are told, bgdwelt npc i I tbe faithfulness and reward of a servant e|Cbrlst, and moat toncblngly applied It to tl e I life of tbe dead man, who was so well know n I in tbe oommunlty. q I He doubtless considered "this aa tbe mo ,.j beautiful Immortelle tbat be oould lay npc ,, I tbe bier of bla departed friend, and so do w ej As to the remarks of the other rmlnlste ir which were denominated long and In ooe j mon place, we would suggest tbat there ma ' be differences of oplnlnlon aa to what coi d stltatea lengtb and what Is oommon place. 01 Tbe young minister bad been aasoclated li , I tbe cburob work for montba with tbe age man who was dead. He bad gone to blm ft I counsel and bad found it good. He wi KI standing by tbe dead body of bis teacher ao I bis friend. lt I We have been told that be gave expresslc D j to bis reelings In words tbat were tender I I love and pulsating with grief, Eloquenoer jj not always blgb sonndlng pbraaes and e: II1 travagant expressions. A stateman stas b | merlng with sobs and sighs may be mo t eloquent. J And as to tbe lengtb of tbe services, Tbey were conducted In the cbnrch, at tt r J regular ;hour for service on the 8abb*tl s I There were hymns,| prayers, a sermon, and I few words of appreciation by one minister. ,.1 They may have been long. If so lt was tbe exception and not tbe ru i? and surely It need not bave been paraded b< fore tbe publlo, with an application to mli I, lsters as a whole. > We have observed that as a rule tbe funei y al services of most ministers are short. The y rarely Indulge in remarks. The servici ,) generally consist of one or two hymns' a fe d appropriate passages of scripture for tbe oon e fort of tbe bereaved, and a prayer. We b< llevetbatas a rule they do not exceed ! t minutes. ) 8urely the ministry as a whole do not ne? g' to be publloly reprimanded for something* J which tbey are not guilty, There may t some things for wbloh tbe lash of tbe pret ought to be applied to tbe pulpil, but not ft long funerals, for they are not long. T&ken as a whole, we believe tbe Press an Banner's crltloism was In poor taste, an ought not to have been made. We are willing to believe tbat tbe orltlolsi ixmii witnont due thought. At an rate we do not want to appear aa having ei ' dorsed it, and henoe these remarks have bee offerred, In tbe kindest spirit. + Twiw a Glorious Victory. ? There's rejoicing in Fedora, Tent e A man's Iffe has been saved, and no' ? Dr. KiDg's New Discovery is the tal i- of the town for curing C. V. Pepper < o deadly lung hemorrhages. "I coul *1 not work nor get about," he write " "and the doctors did me no good, du o after using Dr. King's New Discover fj three weeks, I feel like a new mai o and can do good work again." F< ? weak, sore or diseased luugs, Cougl ? and Colds, Hemorrhages, Hay Feve ie LaGrlppe, Asthma or any Bronchi >t affection it stands unrivaled, Pri< If 50o. and $1.00. Trial bottle free. So p* and guaranteed by P, B, Speed. e , , , ie sp Don't fall to look over tbe new lot of stai re ard novels Jast received at Speed's Dr of store. Huyler'a candy freeh all tbe time ?t M *d's drag store. of Voters in the t 1 : Election. | ity: J | ^'jj leretofore have been simply a ratifl- 1> Ie expressed at the Democratic pri- (I iut one side, and consequently there (> Iherence to election laws. The elec- 11 August is under the same election * y different. Our people are divided J > at such election, and the probability ^ > 11 be contested. ^) > managers of election to follow the () 9 the election will be a nullity. <1 election laws will be so much more j [ to be held on the 17th of August, < | i, I feel it my duty as County Chair- ' > whether he be in favor of prohibition ! j what he must do in order that he ^ -- /;<: of Wright vs. Board of Canvassers,, ^ \ ft decided that "as a pre-requisite to <> must present to the managers a reg- I( ecinct at which he offers to vote and * [ i for the previous year. Taking an * J Vi stor is not sufficient." 1 ^ Ith this law in view. 11 voter to look up his registration cer- ^ i offer to vote at that precinct at which (> >x receipt, get a certificate from the < ' 7e paid your taxes for the previous < II entitle you to vote, and unless you *. ' ; be surprised if you are denied the | > ction, let the result be what it may. < \ FRANK B. GARY, < J unty Chairman Abbeville County. * Listen, 'Prohibitionists! | I COIMTY DEBTS mow. be j * bii And Many Counties Seem to be Intent id * on Piling Them 0p. be "A classified statement of bonded Indebted' ol neas by oonnttea woo Id startle tbe people of It tb!s state Into a realisation of a most serlona /' >16 state of affairs tbat exists from one end of tbe >n state to tbe other," said Comptroller General Jones. "Few people realize bow steadily 1? and rapidly this Indebtedness Is climbing np. \ i-Jf, py 1 really can form no aoonrate conception of thA (Ma faflti mmal f Kn4 1 Wviam .mv *? ww invw im/vou, wut * auun iUHU <k u?M At climbed to an alarming degree, and the alta- , 'Jfi tr atlon ih gettiog worse steadily. ?- "Probably tbe moat serious part ol tbe *- business la tbe way tbe debts of tbe oountlee Br- are piling up. A ooooty will set behind with a floating debt on lta bands, and the next \\$S of thing we hear of la that tbe oonhty'a delete gatlon Is down here with a scheme to dispose ^ of this Indebtedness with bonds. I, know of at one coanty that has bad Its bonded debt In - creased to abont 9300.000 within recent years. ad "This ofDoe has had In ylew the work of a* compiling a statement of this bonded conen dltion for some time; bat this woald require 3b a great amount of :work, the sending of * yt special man oat over the state, as well as .almost end lew work In tbe offloe, and we aimils ply have never gotten to It, and probably of never will. The legislature does not give us ae sufflolent offloe force. "People wonder that a oounty treasurer oo> caslonally g6ts mixed up in his aoooantsand goes short. It's a wonder to me that mor* o- of them don't get Into trouble, v The system of booking has been so oomplloated by tbe ?n requirements of tbe legislature until I am expeetlng somebody In the next legislature to le advocate the appointment of a state auditor a to do nothing bat look after this sort of offlrd oes. y "School dlstrlots have gone mad issuing bonds for special school purposes. There are in over fifty new ones this year. The treasurer oi Is required to keep each of these separate and tue dog and poll tax collected la eaob d district separate. Why, a man paytng bit tax from any part of the oounty may elect t under the law to have his taxes go to any 'U school district he may name, or even to any ? special school" 0- m * m* iy jj" LOWNDESVILLE. d T Ho A n? O l(ku >r Mrs. Udora Barnes and her two ohlmren of u Prattville, Ala., are making tbelr annual ' id summer visit to kinsmen In tbls place. Miss Elmlra Grogan of Mlddleton, Ga., la >Q spending awhile at tbe home of her uncle Mr. P Harry Grogan. '* ' At tbe home of Mr. J. Henry Bell on Monday night, the young people of the town and D; in reach gathered and passed some pleasant 81 hours. Mr. Frank Hardy of Lavonla. Ga., spent several days of last week at the home of bla 'e aunt,Mrs. B.C. Kay, - - ' b- During the month of July Just past only * two bales of cotton, and those by Rev. H. C. Fennel, were marketed at this plaoe. Rev. R W. Humphries, entitled by mlnls e terlal right, and Mr. R. H. Moseiey as an ^ elected delegate from Smyrna obarge to a seat ?- In the Anderson Dlstrlot Conference, which ' held its annual session during the past week f- at Sblloh church, went over to that place Wednesday 8nd remained there till SaturM day. They report a very enjoyable time, w Most of the people know tnat some years ago o- the Methodists and other denominations ?* moved tbelr rural churches where it was pot20 slble, to or near tbe railroad stations, and since tben as a general thing the oountrjr ld churches have been Ignored tn tbe selection of a plaoe for tbs calling together of obnreb Ifl nffVnlalc /ah thfl tronoonflAn rvf /ikn?Ak knnl '- ULUViaiO KUW viwmowumvu VI VUU1UU UUli* u ne?8 over a large territory. Years ago tbe >r preachers and laymen could gather any. where, as the most of them went from piaoe <J to place by private conveyance. Now they d depend upon tbe railroads, therefore the experiment (for It was an experiment) to bold 10 tbe last Methodist DlBtrlot Conference In the y country eight miles from nearest railroad / 3* point, was crowned, from all reports, with n abundant success. Nothing else could have been expeoted from Sbllob?she never doe# things by halves. It was a big undertaking to carry perhaps fifty delegates to the obnrcb. and baok ana forth to their bomec, some of tbem several miles from tbe church. So far 1 na hnarri from all worn wall nlaoiiAri. w Dr. R. A. Child, agent for Wofford College. " came here Wednesday, and on Thursday K wont over and attended tbe Conference. )f Dr. John o. Whibod, President of Lander a Female College, Greenwood, after attending tbe Contprenoe at Sbllob, came here Saturday S, evening and the next day at 11 a. m. filled tbe t, pulpit In the Methodist ohnrcb, giving to bis ' hearers an Instructive and entertaining serj moo, 3. Miss Lonl86 Barber o1 Greenwood, who bad )r been here for sometime with the family of her 1a brotber-Jn-Jaw Mr. E. J. Huckabee, left on iH Thursday for a trip to tbe mountains. r, Last week, and a part of tbe week before, al for tbe first time this year, this section bad ? one of Its dry-weather annoyances, 1. e., dry Pv and rattling buggy and wagon tires. Tbe lu rains have been all along frequeut enough to keep tbe above vehicles In a condition to be used without Injury or repair. The northern and eastern part of tbe township was blest ld with a fine rain Friday evening. Tbe rest of Q? the township la dry, dry { * Mr. J. B. Huckabee now baa emplyment at 11. tbe power-house at Oreggs Shoals. 1 Troope. I ^ ^ ^