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The Abbeville Press and Banner j BY W. W. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1909. ESTABLISHED 1844 , -. . :" ' '- :^- : " ~A , . .. ;' [IN METHODIST CHURCH THE PASTOR, THE REV. HENRY STOKES, SPEAKS OF ARMINIANISM. Gives Scripture Authority for His Belief, and Warns the People to Continue to be Faithful and to Hold Fast to that Which is Good. Last Sunday morning a goodly number of worshippers assembled in the Methodist chureh at Abbeville. The pastor, ltev. Henry Stokes, conducted the service, taking for his text St. John vi :UG, "'From that time many of the disciples went back, and walked no more with him." The preacher commenced by saying that he feared that the distinctive features of the Methodist Church had not heretofore been presented as often or as fully as they should have been. For this reason he would present this morning his belief in some of the grounds upon which the Arminian faith was founded. He thought to inherit the linal blessing which was vouchsafed to the faithful by our Saviour, we must be steadfast in our faith, and must make a perpetual light to keep sin from our minds and hearts. That at any time sin might enter the heart and lead us into OVJLl ?Ofjr O. ill tuo |;aoi cvaioj/icuuuo vawiii pies were furnished to show that some of the best men in the pew, and even the sacred desk, had abandoned godliness for unrighteousness. Men in no station in life were safe or exempt from temptation or danger. Conversion was no guarantee that we might not later on fall into sinful and evil ways through which we might forfeit our hope of eternal happiness in the world to come. The life of the Christian must be a vigilant and unrelenting watchfulness to guard against letting sin into the mind and heart. He himself, after preaching the gospel for fourteen years, felt the need of unremitting care in guarding himself from the possibility of committing in live minutes some act which would ruin the character he had so long i and so earnestly labored to establish. He thought it was necessary to keep a vigilant watcn to prevent the strongest and the best of men from falling into that sin which might ruin the character of a lifetime, and send the soul out into that night and darkness which is perpetual. "Let him that thinfceth lie stanaetn wkc ncea lest he fall." In the Scripture we are often admonished to be on guard or to arm ourselves against danger. Even human wisdom would not guard us against impossible danger. If ' human wisdom would not guard us against impossible danger, why should the divine wisdom do so ? I The mother, in this beautiful and level country, does not warn her children against the danger of a precipice which does not exist. The divine wisdom guards us only against possible danger, and the wise man will take heed to the warnings of Scripture lest he fall. Our Calvinistic friends rely upon the following words to satisfy themselves that once converted and brought to the foot of the cross, salvation would surely follow I to all those who embraced the faith : "For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, "Nor heicht. nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." The preacher said that he fuliy agreed with that sentiment. Every word of it is true. But, my friends, it is nowhere said that by his consent sin may not enter the heart of man and do that which neither powers nor principalities may not, or cannot, do. Our final salvation, then, depends upon our own faith in the Redeemer and our service to the Father, which includes faith, purity of heart and correct living, to which, of course, is given or added to us that Grace which comes from above. Satan himself was once an angel, but because' of that innate power, which neither life nor death could control, he fell, and ''from that time he walked no more with him." The Father of us all did not create the evil. It was in the heart, and, obeying the promptings of evil, Satan fell from his high estate. It was the evil in his heart, not any outside power, that induced one of the disciples to betray our Saviour at the Last Supper. The thirty pieces of silver referred to in the betrayal, being about equal to $18.00 of our money. If the idea that conversion included assurance of the divine irrevocable decree of linal salvation was correct, then the Ar minian doctrine was in no way shaken. If Calvinism was right in the contention that there was no falling from grace, then the conversion of the Arminian was as effective as the conversion of the Calvinist, and the Arminian had an equal chance of salvation, though he might fear loss at the last. Our constant watchfulness does not militate agaiust our chances of final salvation. Some may contend that what we believe matters little. But I tell you, my friends, that a man's actions, or his conduct in life, are largely governed by what he believes. If he believes in the right he is much more apt to act right than if he believes in the wrong. We must so guard our minds and hearts as to keep out that evil which cannot enter except by our own consent. At the conclusion of the sermon the preacher read Hymn 493, which was afterward sung by the choir, two verses of which hymn are as follows : My soul, be on thv guard; itfll (/I1UUOOUU 1VCO (11 lOU , The hosts of sin are pressing hard, To draw thee from the skies. Ne'er think the victory won, Nor lay thine armor down ; The work of faith will not be done, Till thou obtain the crown. on Bald Xoaoialii. On a lonely nigbt Alex. Benton of Fort Edward, N. Y., climed Bald Mountain to the home of a neighbor, tortured by Asthma, bent on curing him with Dr. King's New Discovery, that had cured himself of asthma. This woDderful medicine soon relieved and quickly cured his neighbor. Later it cuivd his son's wife of a severe lung trouble. Millions believe its the greatest Throat anil Lung cure on Earth. Coughs, Colds, Croup, Hemorrhages J* e> T u.. :t aim ?ore JjUli^s ?ic buicij cuieu uy u. Best for Hay Fever, Grip am) Whooping Cougb. 50c and .$1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by P. B. Speed. Not Interested. "I have called," said the boob the I "to see if I can interest you in a little work"? "Young man," snapped the woman who answered the door, "just now 1 am interested in washing my dishes, dusting, cleaning up after the paperhanger, making six beds,, polishing the hardwood floors, irouing my hus' band's shirts, getting two more meals today, darning nine pairs of stockings and stringing my sweet peas, and J might say that that's more work thai] you men ever thought of doing. No; you can't interest me in any more.' ^-Detroit Free Press. LOWNDESVILLE. Happenings of a Week In and About the Seven Hill City Personals. Lowndesville, Sept. 13,1909. Mr. Joe Gibert and Magistrate J. G. Huckabee went to Abbeville on Monday on business. Lowndesville's quota of jurors for the September term ol' Court were oil hand at the county seat to serve as above. Miss Miller, of Anderson, a trained nurse, came down Monday evening to take charge of Mr. T. Baker in his illness. Labor day, last Monday, passed ofl* here without "fuss and feathers," with 110 attempt to celebrate it as usual. This may be accounted for, in part at least, by the fact that there are no labor organizations in or near this place. We are therefore free from strikes and other such like injurious agencies to public interests, 'lhe three rural carriers resting from their labors as such, at home with their families, ?all other laborers, sc far as known by the writer, spent the day in the pursuit of the ' almighty dollar." "Labor day" is rather 1 a misnomer, for the 5th of September. It would be rather more expressive and give 1 a clearer insight into the meaning oi it to call it "Laborers Day," or something more descriptive of a holy-day than the first is. "Rumor has it, that moving day will soon ; be upon us, as several important home changes, for this small place, as to ownership is mentioned, but as there is said to be "many a slip between the cup and the 1 lip," the particulars are withheld for a 1 while. Mrs. I. H. McCalla, of the Fork, was among friends here for a time on Tuesday. : Messrs. G. C. Graves and C. G. McAllister, of Latimer, were here on business on i Tuesday. 1 .The teachers, together with a creditable enrollment of pupils of the school in this i place, were in their places on Monday and began work for another scholastic vear. i Messrs. Talmage Harden, John Lomax, Willie Bowman, Dan Latimer and Alvin Harper left Wednesday for Clemson College for another year at that renowned institution of learning. The first named went up there during the late vacation and stood an examination for a scholarship and gained it, and is reaping the benefits. : The success of Mr. Harden is quite creditable to him, and his friends are quite sure that he will make good use of the opportunity thus gained. Mr. Jas. B. Latimer, a graduate at Wof ford uonege ai< its iaty I'liunucutciucmi ivi?. Thursday for Oswego, Union county, to to take charge of a flourishing school in that place of which he had been elected principal. Mrs. J. T. Latimer who expects to make her home here went to Anderson last week for treatment. Rev. R. W. Humphries, pastor, carried on a four days meeting at Smyrna, this place, beginnipg with the 11 a. m. preaching service yesterday a week ago and ending with the 8.30 p. m. service Wednesday. Miss Ethel Speer who had spent some months at GafTney, S. 0., and Gainesville, Ga., with relatives returned to this place, her old home, last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. \V. M. Speer after a time spent in Atlanta and a few days at Commerce, Ga., came back to their home in this place last week. The venerable Mr. T. Baker, the oldest citizen of this place and section quietly passed away yesterday at 4 a. m. He was born near this place Oct. 25th, 1824, and spent the many years intervening between then and now of his checkered career among the people of this section. While growing up ne utilized to the best advantage the best school facilities to be had, land being well endowed mentally made good use of them. For a number of his earlier years he gave his time and attention to agriculture, where his labors were crowned with success. He was among the favored few, being endowed with an energy unsurpassed ; whatever his hand found to do, he did it with his might. Just before the war, he went into business with Mr. D. - * #..1 F. Freeland, one or tne most succesmui merchants that this town has ever known; while engaged in above business on Oct. 28th, 18G0. he married Miss M. E. Latimer, only child of Mr. J. Marion Latimer, a man of considerable wealth, widely known and highly esteemed by all- that knew him. Mr. Baker, the subject of this memoir, is survived by his widow with whom he happily lived for nearly half a century, and bv three sons. His eldest son, Mr. James M. .Baker, is and has been for some years, assistant librarian of the United States Senate. His socond son, Capt. Charles F. Baker, of the United States army, stationed at New London, Conn., and third son, Mr. Gibbs L. Baker, a prominent lawyer of Washington, D. C. His only daughter, who was Mrs. J. B. Franks, of Philadelphia, died in that place more than a year ago. Mr. Theophilas Baker who first saw the 1 ight near here, spent the most of his more than four score years in this place or near it, and all along through life was closely identified with the people amid all of the changes in the citizenship, he was ever regarded as being one of the best citizens. After the war he moved to this place, and until a few years ago was one or its leading merchants. By that time his mercantile and farming interests had brought to him a competency, and he gave up the former and devoted'his time and attention to the latter, till the infirmities of age caused him to give that up also. For some months he became gradually more and more enfeebled, and when at last he succumbed it was the wearing out of all that was mortal about him. It was in the family circle, and anion*? his rao6t intimate friends, that ins true worth could be estimated, and Tor years to come, the memory of Mr. T. Baker, by a host of friends, will be revered, and by them he will be missed and mourned, and the friendship true and tried formed for him long years ago. by the undersigned, has never in all of those years felt even a momentary check, so witli all of his intimates, those closest to him. At 11 a. m. today at the home, the funeral sen-ices will be conducted by Rev. R. W. Humphries, at the close of which the remains of the deceased will be carried to Smyrna cemetery, and laid away beside his loved ones gone before. Troupe. A NARROW ESCAPE E'gar N. B#yll8M,a merchant of Roblnsonv" e, Del., wrote: ''About two years ago I wtB thl i and sick, nod coughed all the time and u I did not have consumption, It was near to It. I commenced using Foley's Honey and Thi, and It stopped my cough, and I am now entirely well, and have gained twenty-eight pounds, all due. to the eood results from Inking Foley'B Honey and Tar." C. A. Mllford ?t Co. How the Trouble Began. TXrt knan raorlinf* f ho nonor QTlH XiC uau uccu icauii.s iuv occasionally repeating to her some item that seemed particularly interesting. Thus it happened be ran across an item about the invention of a machine for washing horses. > "They'll have machines for washing i babies next," he suggested. "Huh !" she exclaimed indignantly, "I'd just like to see my baby washed by a machine!" , "So would I," he returned. He aterward explained to some one f at the club that it was an exhibition of the insincerity of woman, for while i he baa done absolutely nothing but s agree with ber, she was so displeased ; that be found it impossible to read his i paper in comfort. ! * - \ The mascot of the olty?Speed's Clnoo clears WEST END. ? Personal Paragraphs. and News Items Contributed by Miss Lily Templeton. Major and Mrs L. T. Bryant and their children of Atlantic City are expected in ! the city this week to spend some time with Mrs V. D, Lee. ' i Miss Edith Ward law who has been the attractive guest of Miss Eliza Mabry for sometime, leaves Wednesday for Wood- j ruff, where she will visit relatives before returning to her home in Oxford, Miss. Mr. Courtney B, Wilson is home from ' Brevard, N. C, where he has had a good < position. Mr. Wilson met with some in- 1 jury by the explosion of a chemical Fire * engine during his stay in Brevard. His 1 friends are glad to know he is improving. 1 Miss Meta Lythgoe is here from At- ' lanla spending a while with her friend ^ Miss Man,' Lou Smith. * Mrs L. i. Deanjand Mrs Elizabeth Dean Hartzell have returned to their home in t Eufala, Ala. after a short stay here as the c guests of Mrs C. D. Brown. < Mrs George Mann Wright, and children f of Clinton are here spending some time > with Mrs A. M. Smith. Dr. and Mrs A. G. Wardlaw, of Union, J were the guests of Miss Mary Lou Smith, i during their stay in our city, Dr. Ward- < law preached Sunday morning and even- * ing at the Presbyterian church. Mr. Goode Thomson has gone to < Charleston to resume his duties at the ' Citadel. 1 Miss Lucy Henry left Friday for Wades- f boro, N. C. where she she will teach for the < school year. < Mrs J. H. Skinner of Columbia is in the * city visiting her daughter, Mrs Frank < Clinkscales. Mr. J. Allen Robertson has gone to Clem- J son where he will'enter school. j Mrs Fannie J. Haddon is at home again * after a pleasant visit to friends at Troy. Little Misses Sara and Martha Grier have returned to their home in Laurens after a short stay here with Miss Sara Lee. MrsC. D. Brown and Miss Louse Brown have returned home after a short stay in | Trenton and Augusta. Miss Winton Parks of Rock Hill is here spending a while with her friend Mrs C. C. Gambell, Miss Hattie Oetzell of Scranton, Penn. who for several seasons has fo successfully ? assisted Miss Nannie Seal in the manage- J ment of R. M. Haddon's millinery department is here for the winter season. Miss J Oetzel has made many friends during her ? stay in Abbeville and they are glad to ' know of her retnrn. Miss HelenSmith who has been studying 6 at Columbia University for the past three * months, is at home again. Miss Smith 1 visited friends in "Wisconson, before com- J ing home. She has accepted a position to J teach at Danville, Va, IT? DftMni'm r\nAwlaa io artAn/)m<y n faw ( HAI. renin WUttllOO lO opcuuili^ a ivn days here with his home people. 1 Mr, and Mrs C. D. Brown entertained informally last Tuesday and Wednesday \ evening, at Bridge in honor of Mrs Eliza- j beth Dean Hartzell who has been their handsome guest. Miss Mary Baird of Oxfort Miss, and Miss Lida Baird of Clinton, are spending a while here as the guest of Mr. and Mrs M. H. Wilson. Mr. Harold Nance spent Sunday at Monterey with his home people. Miss Lilliain Gambrell has gone to Bennetsville where she will teach again this year Mr.' Oscar Cobb was in Atlanta several days last week on business, Little Miss Mary Norwood Perrin is the name of the little stranger that has came to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Perrin. Miss Vivian Caldwell of Greenville is here spending awhile with Mrs. Lambert Caldwell. Mr. W.P.Green entertained at tea Friday evening in honor of Judge S. J. W. Chips who is holding court here. Mr. Dick Sondly Jr. has a position with the firm of L. D. Caldwell. Miss Florence Patterson of Mt. Carmel is speding some time in the city. A Realist. "I am a great believer in realism," remarke the poet. Yes?" we queried with a rising inflection, thereby giving him the de sired opeping. "I sometimes carry my ideas of realism to a ridiculous extreme," continued the poet. "Indeed!" we exclaimed inanely, -nmuaihst imnatipnt. tn reafih the point of his witticism. " ?es," continued the poet, "the other day I wrote a Bonnet to the gas company and purposely made the meter defective." At this poiut we faiuted.?New York Times. ' HEALTH AND BEAUTY AID Co?meticn and lotions will not clear your complexion of pluaples and blotches like Fole>'a Orino Laxative, lor Indigestion, stomach and liver trouble and babltual constipation. Cleanses tbe system and m pleasant to take. U. A, Mllford & Co. An Unfounded Rumor. "Mrs. Muchmore told me," said Mrs. Oldcaatle, "that the miniater came in his vestmeuts when he officiaated at your daughter's wedding." "It ain't true," replied her hostese as she flung one of her ropes of pearls over the back of a ninety dollar rocki nor nhui P "Wo hrmicrht. him OVfir in UG *' " our automobile." ? Chicago RecordHerald. A very good remedy and one that we can highly recommend In all casts of Kidney rouble, IsPiueules, the new kidney remedy. Ta ey are especially good In all cases of rheumatic pains, weak back or backache, urinary disorders and weak kidneys. Hold by C. A. Mllford A Co. + Getting an Easy Start "Fa ther; what do you wi ah me to be when I grow up?" 1 Tue same as I am, my son?a lawyer." "Then instead of wasting and more lime ou arithmetic, geography and such truck I,d better be getting at tbe hypothetical question, hadn't I V"? Judge. A Harry Up Call. Quick ! Mr. Druggist ? Quick !?A box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve?Here's a quarter?For the love of Moses, hurry ! Baby's burned himself, terribly? Johnnie cut his foot with the axe? Mamie'B scalded?Pa can't walk from niles?Billie has boils?and my cornB ache. She got it and soon cured all the family. It's the greatest healer on earth. Sold by P. B. Speed. Money to loan on improved city or county property. J. S. Stark, President; J. E. McDavid, Secretary. m ntm The best extracts Id tbe world are Blackl'i On dlap lay ai MMord'a drug store. v Death of Mrs. Sallie C. Allen. Mrs. Allen died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Jones F. Miller on Thursday night Sept. 9, 1909. Mrs. Allen had been a sufferer for years with heart trouble, during which period she was confined very little to her bed. On Friday night the 3rd inst. she was stricken with paralyss, involving her en tire left side. From thattime until death came she was only partially conscious. Mrs. Allen, before her marriage, was Miss Sallie C. McCollum, of Bennettsville, 3. C.. beging a daughter of the later John McCollum of that place. She was married to Mr. Thomas Warren Allen, of Abbeville, 3. C., on the 29th of November, 1$59. She :ame to Abbeville a bride and spent the lrst years of her married life here, At ;he close of the war she return to Bennetsville, S. C., where she lived many years, Far over twenty yerrs, she made Spartanjurp, S. C? her home., She moved to Abbeville several years ago where she lived intil her death. Mrs Allen had reached the age of seventy hree years. She joined the Methodist ihurch early in life; she loved the church >f her choice and ever stood ready to do t nything in her power to advance its nterests. Mrs. Allen was a sweet spirited, pure, naodest Christian woman. In her last Uness her bed was surrounded by loving array rnoHv frn O/ilTlininfAr 'UCD MUU TT OIV V?Ivhvi/ wv JVery comfort. Mrs. Allen left surviving her a son and laughter, Mr. Warren Allen, of New York' md Mrs. Jones F. Miller-the wife of Jones S\ Miller of this City, and the following sisters and brothers: Miss. Hetti^ Mc3ollum, of Abbeville, Mrs. 8. M. Cantey. >f Sumerton S. C.. Mr. J. H.McCpllum, of sumter, S. C., and Mr. Angus MdCollum, jf Memphis, Tenn. Home has lost a sweet spirit, her church las lost a most useful example. It makes leaven brighter to our hopes to remember ler life. J. F. M. LAW AS TO SIGNBOARDS. .aw kequires Thai All Public Roads Shall Be fostedThere has been some discussion in several newspapers lately as to the law requiring the public roads to be posted vith signboards at all forks or orosaings. Che law is very clear but It is not generilly enforced. Following is the law on the subject: "Sec. 446. Any person or persons who ihall cut down, burn or deface any mile >ost or stone, erected by the county commissioners or county supervisor of any !ounty, he, she or they, upon conviction ;heroof shall forfeit and pay the sum of en dollars, lobe recovered by idlctment >r information before any court of competent jurisdiction. "Sec.447. If any person shall wilfully iemolish, throw down, alter, or deface my guide-post, every person so offending shall, upon conviction thereof before any magistrate of the proper county be fined n a sum of not exceeding ten dollars and ;he cost of suit, or be sentenced to labor >n the public works of the county for a term of not more than thirty days, and the money when collected, shall be by the magistrate collecting the same treasurer. "Sec. 448. The county board of commissioners of any county neglecting to sause the public highways in th$lr county to be posted and numbered and to have pointers erecoed at each folk of said highways declaring the direction of such highways shall be liable to pay the sum of ten dollars for each and euery said neglect, to be recovered by Indictment in the court of genneral sessions of the county within whifth the same occurs, to be collected and paid to the treasurer of such county for the use of the county. Proqided, That no county commissioner shall be liable to said penalty who shall have his division of toads worked." The civil bode of South Carolina has also a section bearing upon this which gives the county commissioner authority to erect such sigh boards and charge the cost to the county, and the neglect of this can be construed by the public to mean that they are indifferent to the convenience of the public. The section is as follows: "Sec, 1.387. Each road overseer within his district may erect and keep up, at the the expense of the county, at the fooks and cross roads a post and guide-board, or finger board, containing an inscription in legible letters directing the way and distance to the town or towns, or public places, siturated on each road respectively."? Spartanburg Journal. ABOUT CENSUS APPOINTMENTS. Enumerators and Clerks To Be Appninted some lime next winuary. The daily papers a few days ago carried an announcement that about 3,000 additional clerk would be needed, in tbe census department and that examinations would' be held in a few weeks in maify of the large cities to fill tbe places. Typewriters and stenographers are wanted. Tbe pay will run from $600 a year up. The supervisors announce that they cannot appoint enumerators until their own appointments have been confirmed by tbe Senate This will be along about Christmas. Then they will proceed to appoint the enumerators. There will be one for eacb;township and In large townships, two or more. Their pay will be between $150 and $300. It is hoped to arrange it so that all will receive about the same compensation. PELLAGRA. 1 Pellagra is ^caused from eatiug musty mem or lrum imuimuic w>ut the disease may realily prevented by a very simple and inexpensive precaution. Hand mills may be bought for family use atja cost from three to eighl dollars, A bushel of meal may bt groun in less than an hour, from selected corn. In this way the consum er may be positive that no aduiteratec meal or unsound corn comes to hit table. We have urged our hard wan dealers to place these hand mills or the market and feel sure that satife factory results may be obtained Sufficient meal mav be ground in flv< minutes for a day's consumption The saving in tolls will pay forthi trouble and insure fresh meal just whei wanted. JttlngB inline Liiver z'nia iur iici iiei^uiiuu1 and biliousness. Tbey are easy and pleasan to take. A cooling, healing. soothing, cleans Ing salve is Plnesale, Carbollzed. Sold by C A. Mllford & Co. Don't fall to look over tbe new lot of stanl ard novels Just received at Speed's Drai tore. I have call* every day for lands. Wba have you to offer? Robt. 8. Link. Hnyler's candy] fresh all tbeltlme at Mil ford's drag store. True bravery is shown by perform ing without witness what one migh i be capable of doing before all tb world.?La Rochefoucauld. LACONICS FROM HOY. ' V ? Interesting Items froa i Wide Awake Correspondent. Almost five weeks since any rain has fallen here, and vegetation is parching in a crisp. 1 ' 3 Mr. Thomas Hanvey, with his pretty i little daughter Dora, are down from 1 Portsmouth, Va., to see his parents Mr. G. 1 A. Hanvey and family from near Long i Cane. i Mr. Ed. Dunnaway a prosperous young planter from Amity, 6a., was seen head- \ ing towards the home of one oI Bellevue's 1 most lovable young ladies Saturday. He drives a spanking pair of fast steppers. < Mrs. L. W. 8heppard of Liberty Hill, is ( with her Bister Mrs. jb. a. aaouomDs at Abbeville, where another little son has come to adorn the happy family. Miss Kate Hunter of Hunters, S. C., and who has been abroad this summer in Europe, has returned as far as Boston, Maes., where she is spending some time with her sister Mrs. Rebecca Barker. It will be of interest to his many friends and relatives throughout this county to know that Rev. Lowry Davis son of Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Davis once of Clear Spring, but now pastor of Palmer Presbyterian Church in Greenville, 8. C., will leave soon for Soo Chow, China, as a missionary. The prayers and best wishes of all go with him. """ Mrs. Polly Bently, perhaps the oldest resident Jin the BeUevue vicinity and a highly respected christian womap, has read the New Testament through nine times this year, and she says each time she finds new truths. May her sunset days be her brighest and best. Prof. W. R. Bradley after a rest up here and drinking this pure water, left Saturday for his some in Abbeville ready for his school work. He is genial and popular with all who know him. The family reunion of the late Mr. S. 0. Young's families was well attended and enjoyed at the old home last Monday. \jftma \f orrvornf TT annoHxr OTirl /I fill t Miss Alma fromS^ue West were down re- i cently tc see her son Mr. J. C. Kennedy and family. ,, , . Miss Bosa Bradley leaves today lor Linwsod College where sfafe will teach English. - ' Troy school will open this morning with Miss Nora Davis as Principal and Miss Aiyce Dendy assistant. Mrs. McFadden from Clinton will teach the Bobinson school another term. She is an experienced teacher/ Birtn. To Mrs E. N. Creswell, a son. , " Mr. Paul Lyon who has been with home folks for two months will leave tomorrow for the Panhandle, Texas. He is leaving some aching hearts. < Misses Millwee Davis, and Alma Ginkscales will'hot attend College the coming session. s , Mrs, G. W. Abnev. with her attrrctive daughters Misses Mattie, Helen and Bernice after a two montbB visit here among relatives will leave this week for their home in Florida. Messrs B. H. Taggart and Willie Mars two of Clear Springs sterling young men, also Mr. AlexTennan tof WiUlngton. spent last week on abig fox chase at Parksville. Cotton market opened up this morning cotton bringing l"2l-8 and seed 28cts per hnahal gtna. nra hiiav humming BELLEVIE. Miss Annie McCrary, of Pendleton has been the guest, of Miss Bessie Morrah, {or the last week. The Misses Sewell, left Monday to visit friends in MtCarmel, they will leave in a ; short while, for Oakland, California. Miss Ellen Morrah is at home again a pleasant visit to friends in Iva, Anderson, and Clemson. She also attended the Woman's Missionary Union in'Anderson. There was a picnic at Cades Mill on Friday, also a moonlight picnic at the same place on Monday night, In honor of Miss Booth of Athens Ga. and Miss Hamilton, assistant teacher, of the Wlllington School Mrs W. H. Kennedy spent Friday in Augusta. - Miss Kate Whitley was the guest of Mrs J. E/Britt Thursday night. 8. P. Morrah Jra David Kennedy, Clifton Lesley, and Ben Britt, left last week, for Clemson. J ' Misses Rebecca and Lizzie Wardlaw, Janie Lee Morrah, Mabel Kennedy, Buth Robinson and Bettle Morrah and several little girls from Abbeville are in Clemson attending the house-party given by Mrs M. E. Bradley. Mr W. H. Kennedy spent Tuesday in Iva Mrs M. E. Wardlaw and Mrs W. D. Mor rah were visiting relatives in Abbeville last week. Mrs C. J. Lyon and children. Miss Hattie Lyon , Mr and Mrs Sondley, Mr and Mrs ii iKK??rtiiaonH Mm .T r nOtiiiUll VI AWUTtUO|-MA www ... Kennedy, Miseee Bonnie, Mabel, and MaJvina Kennedy,. Mr Harvey Eobinson and daughter Miss Ruth, of Troy Dr Killlngsi worth ofMcCormick Mr Horman Cason Mr Frank Thomson Mr Luther Bradley, Mayor Parker, Mr and Mrs Edwin Parker, and a number of others attended the picnic at Cades Mill on Friday. Mr Oscar Morrah came - home from Anderson on Friday, on Wednesday he was so unfortunate as to get his band badly crushed by the running machinery in the Orr Mills, and it was necessary to amputate three fingers of his right hand below the middle ioint, his friends very mucn regret the sad accident, he is getting along fairley well, and bears the pain and soreness remarkably well. KILLS WIFE AND SELF INHOBOKEN fiSMETERY Musician Carries Out/aet Made With His Spouse, Shontinj Har at First Husband's GraveNew York, Sept. 1.?Chas. A. Orlambuni der, a musielan, 65 years old, shot his crip1 - ' ' i-Ill-J Eled wife dead tonignt ana taeu imeu i imseif with the same revolver at the grave of the woman's first husband. The [, bodies were found in Hoboken| cemetery , in such a position that it was thought the woman must have been leaning on her I crutch over the grave when her husband I * shot her. After she fell, he evidently wip' ed the blood from her head, as a hand- 1 i kerchief still wet with blood was found in j ? his coat pocket. j The woman was found dead at the feet . of the man, who was sitting on a bench still breathing. He died before he could ' be taken to a hospital. 3 A letter found in the womans handbag pointed straight to an agreement between 8 wife and husband to die together. i "Bury us and whatever the.expense you will be paid," it directed. A card in the ?craxra th? n?mfl of a friend man o jaa/auu qwtv wm? who, an indorsement explained, would e provide mouey for the funeral. Oriambunder had married the Widow of r his employer, the owner of a Jersey City " beer garden, where for many years he had led the orchestra. A deed of title from the first husband to the burial plot where l the two chose to die was found in the i wife's handbag, t " ' " k The Official GoiL "Your wife doesn't eeem to care much for that friend of jours." " "No. He's the man I lay the blame 1 on when I'm detained downtown. 6 Philadelphia Poet. j : mi% MOD ROADS. -?* ,r*.t ; . T?? r (1 rhe Poitoffiee Department Ami ib the g 4 Ciuwlllifcfjilfjr 'h Btttar lotM 1 Help the term*.' 1 Becent great improvement in public X roads throughout the country, followed by imitation of the subject until it has I< become one of the live topics of the day i las resulted in the receipt of many lnqui- T ies by the postofflce department at Wash- * ngton concerning the matter. v Under direction of Postmaster General 1 aitchcock replies In detail are made to ihese communications without reservation While, the postofflce department has not ? my thing official to do with the matter of " food roads or road building, it has, in the latureof things, to co-operate with the y iepartment of agriculture, division gqod 1 roads, where governmental aid is necess- T iry, and in that view the bureau of fourth isslstant postmaster general has been . ible to help the general cause through the ivenues of rural delivery. The postofflce department for a number . >f years has been using every endeayor vithin, the limits of its jurisdiction to sejure the improvment of the public hi(?hvays. It Is a primary' essential to the j] )rompt and uninterrupted deliverery and ; Election of mail that roads over which oral delivery servicS is established shall >9 maintained in condition to be traveled j vith ease and facility at all seasons. This ioes not necessarily mean that the roads ihall be of the highest Improved type, bat tr tdoes mean that they shall be kept mooth, free from ruts, and drained. B Whenever report Is made to the depart""?* wnarfa mi whlnh a. rural rnufA ifl f UCilb bUOU ivwvuj vu kmvu ? w established are In bad condition, Impeding ;he progress of the carrier or causing the a. lervice to be delayed or suspended, the oad officials, postmaster, and patrons are mmediately notified that, unless steps D ire taken within a reasonable time to mprove the condition ?f the roads, service ? viu be withdrawn from such roads. These isualiy result in prompt and favorable B iction, but, when lgnored, the service is vithdrawn. W In furtherance of its policy to secure rood roads, the department has been oo>perating with road officials, Federal, State ana looaIvand with good road assoc- c, ations. The result of tne department's, ' in ceasing demands for good roads and itsi , XKjperation with toad officials and others n wnoernedin the movement has been most jratifying to those in charge of the service revolved, and it is an established fact that ;here has been more money appropriated 'or, and spent on, good roads during the a thirteen years which rural delivery has ? seen In operation than in any other period 3f the country's history. \ Many letters have recently been received it the postoffice department from different States of the Union, extending invitations to officials to attend and address ?ood roads conventions apd to express the a attitude of the department upon the snbr ii iect. Circumstances and conditions have tl compelled declinations of tbeee invitations g but replies have been made* (11II7 explain- u Ing -why Rood roads are. essential to the g auocesful operation of the rural delivery fa service, ana stating that the department, j directly through postmasters ana cat rlere ? sends ready and willing to co-operate in a aH good roads movements as fax as oon- fa ditione will permit. ^ V ' ' X ' 1, BACKSET TO 0001 ROADS. An election has Seen held ' In New 1 berry and Spartanburg counties on the J issuance of bonds for building and T Improving roads In those counties, and ' in both the measure was defeated, in j Spartanbnrg by a small , majority and * iu Newberry overwhelmingly. \ The result of the elections is to be 1 regretted. It waa hoped by many that Spartanburg and Newberry, by voting c favorably on a bond issue, would set % the pace for the other counties of the State. Aa waa pointed out in last < week's Issue of The Farmers' Sun by < Mr. F. H. Hyatt in hia able and inter* 1 eating article, the only way to get ' good roae is by Issuing bonds. There is nothing objectionable Jn. this. II is only calling on posterity to help bear Ita share of ian expense for that which it will largely enjoy. All' this talk about good roads amounts to nothing at all it nothing is i done. Under the present syeteti^ of t hniMino in thla Ptate each sue* I Yon can always get what you want In, ?taI Uonery and school books at Speed'* Drag Store. oeedlng generation can do . nothing more than patch such roads as we have I for temporary use. In. the long ran I this costs infinitely more than to build i permanent roads now. The ancient Romans, who were far ahead of us; in 1 the matter of road building, baveindl- J csted the proper course. Many of 1 their roads are as good today as when they were built, and are among the i best in Italy.- -They bulit roads to last for ages. We should , build roads for future generations and let those generations nelp pay for them by issuing bonds to mature in their day. y.? k ROAD PRESCRIPTION. It His Bmb Found Good in This Section. "It seems strange tliat roadmakerS have not long before this 'got onto' the fact that almost any common soil, when mixed with sand, can be rolled into a roadbed which is practically impervious to water," said Col. w. F. 'Baker, of Council Bluffs. "Immence sums have-been wasted through ignoranse of this fact in road building. Now, there is not a township in Pottawatamle county that has not a supply of sand which can easily be secured forroadmaking By a suitable mixture of sand in road material, the roads of the country can be i greatly improved especially in their abiiltv T to resist washing from heavy rains which every spring undo a great deal of the work put into the roads." Here is Colonel Baker's road prescription: I "To make a good road, take two or three I inches of good sand, such as Is suitable for I plaster, with an equal amount of hill clay, i black soil or gumbo. Thoroughly mix these ingredients' have the roadbed salidly compacted, spread the mixed sand and soil in two-inch layers, thoroughly rolling each layer before the the next is applied in order that the whole mass may be rendered as solid as possible, and you will have a spendid roaa that will be impervfn Wflfar 1UUO W nww?. "We made & test of this plan at a point where the water ran through a culvert onto the road with great force. It had no effect whatever on the road which had been build in this way. Go with Bash. The demand for that wonderful Stomach, Liver and Kidney cure, Dr. King's New Life Pills?is astounding. P. B. Speed says he never saw the like. Its because they never fail to cure Sour Stomach, Constipation, Indigestion, Biliousness, Jaundice, 8ick Headache, Chills and JVIalaria. Ouly 25c. What's Dixie Doing. W. R. Smith in September Southern Enineer.) he sugar In your coffee an' The ^lothee upon your back, he fruit you have for breakfast The rice they "puff" and crack, he very bed on which you sleep Yous furniture,?.per se" ha mAiiA In THtIa fnr Vnn From Tezas toSf. C. hey build your house of Georgia pine, It's roofed with Georgia slate ou bought the dails in Birmingham, If you were up to date. The rugs laid upon the floors, The curtains, towels, and the sheets 'ere probably made in Southern mills Whose product can't be beat. our horse that steps in "two or three" The "brand" you love the bestbe first one comes from Tennessee, Kentucky dos the rest. nd when you've dined on Southern fruits And roast of Texas beef, lie smoke your "chewing" plug Is fine Virginaleaf. , . aur food is cooked in cotton cii It has "hog grease"?"skinned a mile" tie folks that use it regularly Wear no dyspeptic smile. re're lightening half the continent With Texas kerosine . aey're burning it. 'oeath boilers from PhaenlxtoNew Orleans. e're selling shirts to Chinomen Aqd oil to "parlez vous" at when it comes to cotton bales, Well- Europd takes a few? our hundred million dollars Was last year the export sum nA ?hnf wo nard nnrdAlvAfi You'll And we'rt "going some". ixle's doing all of this? . > She's very much "on top," verybody's hustling Ana hasn't time to stop. ut when you're deat and dodefor, Just to snow our sentiment, ' { re'll pile Geargla marble on you Ana there's your monument. > ^ UNDAY LAW WAR REACHES CLIMAX. EFOIMEI CAUSES MKSt of AT- . - 4 uirn-tmnriurM. ik* .Pi> . :! Uiu. ., htries Neglect of Duty?Secretary ot Law and Order Leagae Smears Oat Wahirt Chaitiof Failsre to fnforee Law.' Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 4.?The cruade against the Sunday selling of liquor i this city came to a sudden climax late lis afternoon when Mayor Franklin P. toy was arrested upon * warrant charg- . -? )g him with ignoring a notification from tate Attorney General 'Wilson ordering lin to enforce the Sunday closing law. layor Stoy, following the serving of the rarrant, went before Magistrate Huges ad entered in $6,000 balT for a farther learlng next Tuesday. The technical charge which has been mraght against the mayor Js mjsdeoe&nor in office for alleged failure to en- - 3 oroe the Sunday closing laws. The war- . ' *5 ant was served by E. C. Hann, son of the iev. S. H. Hann, secretary of the New fersey State Law and Order league. The warrant was sworn to by James Stelman, in agent of the local reform organization. The order of the attorney general was Bsued about two weeks ago, but Mayor (toy maintains he was not served legally rith the document and therefore ignored The movement of the reformers has saused considerable speculation as, to the sourse that.will be taken by the saloon 1 ceepers tomorrow. .... / . w - Eight detectives brought here today are >ut tonight endeavoring to secure evi- '-'4, lance against alleged^gambling houses. )llng house they find open. rys*01 . TNIOW OR THE LIOIT. > Farm and Factory. Yonr business principles may be igbt; your goods the best; your service ;o customers faultless; bdt the publio x ias got to knowir ~ Keep always your talking points before toe public. Get in the glare of Eavorable publicity. Make known the merits of your proposltlop. ; Success comes by focusing the diverging rays of public opinion?centering the buyer's choice on what you have to offer. < ? * Make your ability, your commodity and your service known Throw on the light! : #, ( ? .? .' Defying DeathThere is no use of reading any more rnles about how to live a long.lime. An nid ladv 100 vears old.has eaten New England doughnuts all her life.? Birmingham Age-Herald. , ? " HIDDEN DANGERS. Nature Gives Timely WanlBfi That ' 'kj S# AMmvIIIc Citi|M Cm iJbrd '-1 i*-s <> to Ignore* vitf DAGGER SIGNAL NO. 1 comes from the kidney secretions. They will warn you when the Sidneys are sick. Well kidneys excrete a clear, amber fluid. . Sick kidneys send put a thin, pale and foamy, or a thick) red, ill in ?I"? '?ll t\t oarllmant and tttlieuiug UliUO, luit v?, irregular of passage. DANGER SIGNAL NO. 2 oomee from the back. Back paios, doll and heavy, or sharp and acute, tell you of sick kidneys aud warn you of tne approach of dropsy, diabetes and Bright's disease. Doan's Kidney Fiils cure sick kidneys and cure them permanently. Here is proof in the statement of a nearby resident. Mr*. If. L. Motes, Garlington St., Laurens*, S. C., says : "I have used Doan's Kidney Pills for some time and have been greatly benefitted by them. I suffered a great deal from baokacbe, had freouent dizzy spells and my kidneys were very inactive. The kidney secretions were unnatural and otherwise disordered. Learning of Doan's Kidney Pills, I procured a supply and they helped me at once. The pains in my back have greatly lessened, my kidneys are normal and I feel better in every way." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburq Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. / . It will stfon be time to' paint your boose be sure to use tbe paint tbat goes tbe farther and lasta tbe longest?DeVoe's. For tale only by Speed's Drag Store. "'9 |