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"CC DRY GOODS, NO MENS CLO' GLASS, CK WOODW,Dolls, Toys, Will be open tor you sure ana pay We are Always l A Call always will be You Remember i CASH : YELLOW FRONT Orphanage WOrk Day. Attention is called to the concert of ae i I1UU tiuiuil^; lliv V'ljinnii iiioucutnuio \/ South (Carolina with regard to a special work dav effort Saturday, September 25 next. Thornwell Orphanage, Connie Max well Orphanage and Epworth Orphanagt have definitely planned for the ^sucess o the day and are circulating literature up on the subject. We presume that ever) orphan institution, of whatever size or uii der whatsoever auspices, will bo glad t< have its friends remember it on this day. The plan is simple enough. Let even boy and girl, every man and woman young and old, devoto the income of tin day to the Orphanage of his choice. Sonu of "the children may pick cotton, other) may gather up old iron and sell it, sonu will devote their salary or wages of tin day to the care of the orphans. Coming down to the truth, is there an) ca*fce that warms the cockles of the hear like the plea for the fatherless? Let tin peojJo join in the work day effort Sept. 25 and roll up a big amount for the orphans and forward the same to such institutioi as each may select.?Baptist Courier. Drt1.ll At* PaaL I cai j ui vvvn. The story of Dr. Cook's discovery of tin Pole will be published in the Press am Banner. This makes interesting reading and will give us some insight iuto tin hardships that men undergo in traveling in polar regions. All tlx* sympathy seems to be with Dr Cook in the polar controversy. It wouh seem that a man who has sense enough ti graduate at Annapolis or West Point am hold down a job with the government foi the time that Peary has, would have th< gumption to steer clear of such a contro versial bog. Commander Peary has actet more like a corp'r'l than a commander The fact that Peary belongs to the "regu lars" is much against him. When a inai joins the regular army he immediately get6 out of touch with the world. The of fleers are waited on by the follows in kali ki, the "yallcr dogs." What they saj goes. They are dictators. To them no body talks back. If the fellow in the rank: (lares do so, they salt him down in a coo place in order to remove the freshnesi from such a recruit. The array office: brooks no back talk. He is it. He holds ; commission. The follows in the ranks be long to another sphere. There are exceji tions, of course, but the army system cai only bring aUmt just such results, as i rule. Thus, Commander Peary looks 01 himself as the only logical discoverer o the pole. That a fellow from the ranks like Cook, should discover the pole befor him Is simply preposterous. Hence, fus and feathers. Dr. Cook came up in a school that teach es respect for the opinions of others; tha teaches fallibility of all men; thatteache! charity and benevolence. Hence, no lou< blast of trumpets; no arches of triumph no self-plaited laurel wreaths. t And the great public mind turns to Cook and will remain staunch for him until h proves himself unworthy its confidence while Peary?it is to smile. Caught Gambling. Thirty-two negroes were caught gam Ming near Dysons in Greenwood count; last week and arrested. Two were caught here and held for tli Greenwood police.' They were Shilol Broughton and Robert Berneau. It is a hard matter to keep the eolorei man from gambling. If you have walkei >me : ) INSPECT OUR LIN TIONS, HATS, Sh rHINQ AND EX1 ROCKERY, TIN, El V I\L< IL/W1V1 V *714^ 111^ Novelties, etc., I r inspection in due tir our store a visit. Its w< Glad to See You, and Shoi Appreciated by us, and is. Most Cordially You BARGAIN Below L. T. Milli I ~ | about the outskirts of the city you have i been struck with the number of places f that have l?e<?n a rendezvous in times gone L | by, a place where the ground has been j swept off to be used as a deal table. About , j nas tjoon scattered carus gaiore. aws anu r trays and kings and queens are thrown around in profusion. There are scores of such places around , Abbeville. They are afraid to play in town, so they hike .o outskirts of the city ' if possible just beyond the city limits. 11 ; is appalling to see how the gambling spirit j lias seized the negroes. Such is the case 5 not only in Abbeville, but in every towr ; where negroes are to be found in this part of the State. , It looks almost wrong to hunt these net groes down and jail them when they seem to be harming no one but themselves, play ing for small stakes as thoy do, especiallj i when the same thing is being done bj some white men, and for greater stakes,? but the trouble with these fellows is thai they are constantly on the still hunt foi new recruits. They take the recruit or 1 the outskirts and proceed to skin him, ' The recruit is not a good laborer any more ?one taste is sufficient to ruin him. Once 3 lie shufllcs the cards, he is a gambler foi keeps. Again, the negro cannot take losses like ' the Oriental nations. The Orientals are 1 all past grand masters in all games ol ) chance, and when he loses he does so phi' losophically. He shrugs his shoulders and r the matter is ended. The negro some3 times loses his temper with his money * and gets careless with guns, razors, etc. ' which is sometimes detrimental to the * best interests of those concerned. It is said that tlip garden back of tin 1 great gambling house at Monte Carlos if ' rich with human blood of suicides, The * negro does not see the sense of killing " himself; he kills the other fellow, which ' by the way, Is the most sensible view tc " take of the matter. s The gambling ought to bo stopped, bul 1 such a thing is more easily said than done s as long as they hide out in the woods an< r thickets. i * To give you an idea of how * cheap we sell school supplies i we quote you one item. Crayf ons in regular size boxes 10c I each- The R. L. Dargan Co. s * " John Robinson's Shows. Its coming 1 The circus ! Thirty-six carloads of eye stretchers ant ; brain dazzlers. The mouks; the elephants, big and little mt.1 <.n rrne i ?f "Wilrl Uaocfne*" rrlif ' ami iu^vc vt n *iu | Dtib e tering chariots on wheels of ribald red; i >t steam piano, that will awake echoes foi miles and miles?all are coming. Fine horses, from the wee Shetland t( the enormous Norman, white-faced clowni and good looking women, and the bi( tents and the little tents and red lemon - ade and the pop-corn and the baloons an< y the dying swan whistles and the noise am roarings and the glorious sweltering e crowd and the lianas, 1110 uauus o [j music, thej bandmaster with nothing 01 but gold lace and nothing in his hand bu j a wand?all just as it used to be?the Jaj j with his Jap umbrella walking the tigh EN." E OES, BOYS ANE RA PANTS, NAM EL and elsewhere. :or Christmas ne. When in town be orth your while. w You the Goods. our Values will make irs to Please. STORE. er, Trinity Street J rope, the girls, swinging to nothing up 1 ;' the air, soul-stirring leaps and hair-raisin acrobatic feats?all just as it used to be. You have seen it all before, but if notl , ing happens you at e going to see it agaii 1 You like it, it pleases. ! A special invitation is extended to a of the little boys to go down to the S. A. I [ Depot to see it unload. Accomodatior ! are beihg made to stand comfortably 5< little boys on the banks of the railroad cu ( All little boys should come early an ; avoid the rush. They should eat enoug i supper to do for breakfast the next mon t ing, for there will not be enough time t ; attend to it during the day of the circus. If you have heart trouble you had bett< . stay at home. The excitement will t [ tense from start to finish. Hair breadt . escaj>es will be as common as browni< - throughout the entire day. r Those who keep their children away o . account of conscientious scruples wi ; please give each the price of admittance t the big show and let them go to the pa: ade and buy red lemonade. We suppose that by this time our frienc at Abbeville have heard of the discover of the pole.?Anderson Daily Mail. Yes, neighbor, we have heard of it, bi wehave been going a little slow in takini sides with Dr. Cook and Command* Peary, for the reason that wo have bee listening for some Anderson mao to setu a claim and we usually try to suppoi Anderson right or wrong, mostly wronj From the columns af the Dally Mail m have known for these many years "the the axis of the earth stiuks up visibly" i the very center of Anderson. We are holding our fire for an Anderso man. Editor Hugh WilsonAlthough Mr. Hugh Wilson announce 6ome time ago that he had retired froi the editorship of the Abbeville Press an Banner, he is still contributing to tli > columns 01 tnat paper every ween. n: 1 mind has not lost any of its vigor, and hi articles are as clear cut ana as full ( kindly humor as ever. We always enjoy reading any thing tha Mr. Wilson writes, whether we agree wit r it or not. In fact, we think we will n< read the Press and Banner any more aft } Mr. Wilson ouits writing for it. The ne editors, the Messrs. Bradley, are all righ ' but tiie old paper will never be the sam , without the old editor.?Anderson Dail ' Mail. No man appreciates the good opinion < his friends more than does "Editor Wilson He likes the Mall, but does not understan why that paper charges us with writin for the Press and Banner after we "r< tired." Even if the Mall is correct in it I guess we are puzzled to know why readei of this paper think they can recognize i , in the editorials. But for some reason unknown to us i eeems that Editor Wilson's pieces are rc< r ognized by many. They don't even ask we wrote a piece. They simply speak ( ) it as though wo had signed our name. M 4 Wilson is truly grateful to the Mail for ii r kindly mention of him, but it is not cle< - to us how a man in Anderson or elsewhei i can tell when we write a little piece or tu 1 for the Press and Banner. Anyhow it . tii.m V.<i tilnncmitlv fAmamWud ; iiivu iv uv; pvuouiiifij iviuv/iu uvivu> 1 Oil cloth at 15c yard at th J 10c Store, The R. L. Darga t Go. 5 and 10c Store. Schools Tho county and city schools are beg ning another years work under more fi orable auspices than have ever attend such openings before. Educational rail held in every county of the state have h the good effect of stiring the people up a new interest in school affairs. TJIE RURAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ASi OIATION. Has accomplished more by much th most people thought it would. Neai eveiy school in the county has dono son thing in tho past twelve months towa improvement in one direction or anoth In many places flowers, shrubbery et have been planted in the school yards order to glvo them a more home-like ai pleasing appearance. Again in mai places the buildings have been improve so that today, while conditions are f V from ideal, still thev are better than th< J have ever been at any time in the past. THE ABBEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL" la the result of activities along educ tional lines in Abbeville. While the bull ing is not yet completed that fact will no way interfere with the High Scho work. It will progress just the same, is proposed that the High School will pi pare boys and girls for entering the fres man class in any college in the sta This is what we -want, this is what \ will have. The High School will consist four grades, beginning with the eighl and ending with the eleventh. The eigth, ninth and tenth grades w be removed from the graded school ar there will only be seven grades taug] there. Greek will be added to the His School course. Those pupils leaving tl graded school and matriculating in collej for a Bachelor of Arts degree have four themselves unprepared because son Greek is here required in the freshmi . class. The mathematical course will 1 * broadened and extended to meet all r quircments. Improvements, however, a: not limited to the higher grades. Her to-fore the teachers in the lower grad have been teaching two separate and di tinct schools. This has been hard on tl teacher and just as hard on the progrei of the pupils in the lower grades. Wh; we mean is this: The lower grades ha1 been so crowded that it was found impo sible to accomodate all the children at 01 time, consequently the grades had to 1 divided, half of each grade coming In tl morning and half In the evening. So th those pupils received only about half tl ^ Instruction they should have receive This has been remedied as the removal the High School leaves room for doublii up several of the lower grades. TEACHERS SHOULD NOT LOSEj SIGHT ( THEIR DUTY. To the school as a whole, most teache feel satisfied when they have discharg* their duty to the pupils in their ov grades, but this position is too [narrow f the teacher in the city schools. It is h or her duty to be ever on the alert for tl welfare of the school as a whole. Cri cisms that come to their ears should 1 weighed and reported. Unjust critlclsr should be refuted.!* , In the matter of promotions the teach has a most delicate duty to perfon Sometimes the nunil Is below the mark b so near iit that the teacher frequent strains a point and passes the pupil. 1 stead of doing a kindness to the inexpe . enced pupil in thus promoting him, t teacher does a palpable wrong. The r n rent is thus deceived. The incentive < g the part of the pupil to more diligence paralyzed. Making grades becomes "easy mark" and the purpose of t school thus-far frustrated. Teachers should be very slow in for ing opinions of their pupils- That '"t Jl proper study of mankind is man" is 13 good text for the the teacher to rumina w on at the beginning of school. The teat ^ er should know something of the teinpe: ment of eaeh pupil under his care, oth wise ,he cannot do the best work, should be the ambition of each ;teacher ? make these schools the best in the sta No school can be greater than the teacl !r at its head. No chain is stronger than ,e weakest link, and, to a certain degree, graded school is stronger than its wet 's est grade, n THEBE ABE LESSONS NOT IN TEXT BOOKl 11 to be taught and the teacher should r o lize this at the outset. The teacher th r- limits his duty in the school room to he ing recitations utterly fails to reach t mark expected of the teacher. The lit 1-1- 1? J r to BUC'ltJty in iiiixiaturc icpit'&ciucu uy uic ? y pile in the school room is to bo goverr by the teacher, and in it will spring ^ questions to be settled just as in the [soc * ty at large, hence a wise head is neces* ir ry. PARENTS HAVE DUTIES. P As well as teachers. They should wat f their children closely. They should espe q ally see to it that the older pupils stu their lessons at home. There are no cb n dren to such a degree precocious that it not necessary for them to study, and wh n the parent sees ithat the pupil is i< at home it is time to act. Th should investigate?go to the school-ro< if necessary, see how the pupil recit talk the matter over with tha teacher a set the pupil right. d ONE GREAT MISTAKE. 31 d That parents make is discussing t (0 frailties of teachers with their chlldn |? People used to believe in the divine rig of kings?that kings could not eer. parents would get the most out of scho< ^ for their children they should apply tl old doctrine to the teacher of their cb sr dren. Every body knows that all teache w eer at times, but this is not a question g' be discussed by parent and pupil. I y serve that subject until the children ha gonefto school or to bed, and then >f charitable. Many parents do not reali that the minute the eeacher is dlscouut d in the home circle that that minute t g teachers influence for good over th< e- children ceases. If father and mother si :s that the toacher is no good that is a fir 6 settlement with the child. The pare is may forget that he said it, but, the child never! it > '[ Butcher knives with a r. kinds of blades at the 1C ts Store. Drop In and see thee ? The R. L. Dargan Co. JO is Singing Convention to Meet. The Abbtville County Singiug Co vention will meet at Rocky River Ba fc tiat Church, Oct. 23 and 24, all singe n and lovers of music are invited to i tend. J. Q. Smith, Vice Preaidei ? . * ,.a t . ~ - - *' i M< 30an ? rly ? lerd :r; I have moved in ?d next door to the ay t sure and call to see av offer you - ; SHOES, CLOI It e h t? re " Shoes at Whc id We will sell you S ?h Shoes for $2.98; $3., ie id I Suits at a Bai ? $15 Suits for $9.89; e- Si Union Overalls fi 98 8ie fi Groceries at I w A full line of Groc Z Sugar, Coffee, Rice at 1 ie line. d. of )F Be sure and give E filled or Is ae J. W ly n ri- ? u _ _ _ ? Grand Jury Presentment. on * an STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. he m_ County of Abbeville. h? To his honor S. W. G. Shipp, presiding a Judge Sept. term 1909. We submit the folate lowing presentment. ih" indictments. er_ We have passed upon all the indictments It handed us by the Solicitor and have found "true bills" and no bills as the facts in each ^ case warranted, ler jail. its We visited the jail and found the sanitary no and physical condition of the building ik- good. The interior of the building, including the cells is particularly clean. We com3 mand the Janitor as a most efficient offloa cerat POOR HOUSE. ar- We find the buildings and things generhe ally at this Institution in good condition, tie The inmates are kindly treated and proper>u ly fed and cloth?d and seem happy and conied tented. The superintendent is faithfully up discharging his duties. ;le CHAIN gang. jaOwing to the lack of time we have not visited the Chain Gang but from what information we have before us, we are of the ?h opinion the Supervisor has used the Chain 'ol- Gang advantageously and most profitably dy in rebuilding the bridges washed away >11- last August, while the Chain Gang doubtis less could have been used to great advanen tage in making the highways. Yet with a lie depleted treasury, no money to pay for ?y the building of the bridges, the use of convicts for this purpose was wise. BOADS AND BRTDGE8. Bridges to the value of Fifty Thousand ($50,000,) Dollars wera destroyed and washed away last August. The destruction he wrought in one day was greater in dollars than the entire revenue of the county for 'ht the year |1909. The situation had to be If met, hince the entire convict force was used in building bridges the working of the roads lis had to be put off. The roads are therefore >11- in bad condition, but in view of the fact that I irs the bridges certainly the more important ] to ones are completed; there is no good reason I te- why the convicts and scrapes can not be ve utilized the balance of the year in road be making. PUBLIC OFFICES. ed ke Having previously examined the several }jr offices, with the assistance of a competent expert, his findings being incorporated In iaj a former presentment, we have not'.at this nj. time, made any further examination. Our l_ Foreman however witnessed the annual settlement of the county Treasurer and the Snperintent of Education and saw that vouchers, claims ana cublao uuucu a.nU that the same were cancelled. ^ FINANCES. The finances of the county are in bad Q. condition and some means must be devised to enable the Sapervisor to proceed with the legitinate work Incident to his office. Th? mirrAnfc exDenses of the county myst met. As wo understand the situation the Logu islature levied a tax of 3 mills for ordinary oounty purposes and 3 mills on the assessed value of property of the county to wit $6,000,000, will raise $18,000. The taxes raised by this levy have been pledged to v.. ...... >yk; my stock of good: err Furniture Co., oi 3 us. We have som< MING and DB ilesale Cost hoes at wholesale cost. { 50 Shoes for $2.78. gain $12.50 Suits for $7.68; $: Dr 87 c. All Pants at cost. jowest Prices :eries at lowest prices: F1 Canned Goods, In fact a us a call or Phon and delivered prom \i,. -LfJLV foreign banka, so to speak, for the full i $18,000, and same has all been spent. i After carefully convassing the situation, * we conclude the profits from the dlspen- ] sary from now till it is closed, Nov. 1st, t will aggregate for county purposes four thousand dollars. Fines and Licenses . probably One Thousand Dollars, and In j addition the sum of Six Thousand Dollars will be required to defray the expenses ! from now till Jan. 1st 1910. In view of the j present financial state of the County "we i urgently recommend that the supervisor 1 borrow Six Thousand Dallars and we fur- ( ther recommend that our Legislative dele- < gatlon levy one mill In the year 1910 on the < property of the Couuty to pay last lndebt- , ednese. With this recommendation backed up with the endorsement ofour representa- i tivee, we feel quite certain the local banks will come to the rescue of the County. EDUCATION. The subject of education is an all prevadlng one. Our people are fully awakened to the necessity the advantages, the possibilities of education. Our County held its rally flbd the response has already come in the effort of our people to lengthen the school term, secure better teachers, erect new buildings or Improve and beautify the old ones. The latter is the special work of the Rural School Improvement Association whose organizers are doing good work in our County. The Superintendent has visited all the schools and is doing commendable work. With regard to finances our schools are in good condition. We thank his honor the Solicitor the Clerk and the Sheriff for the courtisies shown us during Court. Respectfully Submitted, J.H. Bell, Foreman. ? ? 1 Galvanized tubs and paiU cheaper at the 10c Store. The , R. L Dargan Co. ? j Lethe School. McCormick, S. C. * Editor Press and Banner, i Will you be kind enough to give me little t I space in your paper. first I do not like news paper noteriety, I see that each of my ^lUrorc' nomoRnrflRicned to a certain IlWUilUUiVUC article in this weeks Press and Banner, o expressing regrets at the removal of the t S resent superintendent at The Lethe Q [ome. ? I object to their names being used with- a out my consent. e I certainly approve of the action of the 8( four trustees of the De La Howe estate. They have elected Mr. Geo. Watkins, of d McCormlck S, C., to be superintendent at tJ The Lethe Home. Abbeville county has n never raised a son who is more worthy of trust than George Watkins. His election to this place makes it possible for another most worthy person to receive benefit from the estate of the Noble De La Howe. It is a wideawake sister of Mr. Watkins. a Mrs Toland, with four children, Her hus- s, band was murdered in cold blood in Florida JNot very far from where I lived twenty- ~ one years. This School was "only a " few years ago at a very low ebb financially" e but these trustees are stiring hard to raise a the standard of the institution. There was a time when people looked down upon The Lethe Home. And some people speak disnarairinerly yet of this Homo for needy children. 3ust yesterday I heard a man laughing about their dletof black molasses, bread, and water, While others at the same table had a line supper. "A lady friend said to me not long ago, that this fine estate belonged to those little orphans, and that what they got was a mere Pittance" ( '1 D! s to our old stand a Main Sreet. Be 3 bargains we can LESS GOODS. f 44. r\ 1 r ^44 . r\ al . ?5 ^noes ior #3.95; #4 to Suits for $6.38. lour, Corn, Meat, Meal, mything in the Grocery e 139. All orders ptly. KEE rhe trustees are trying: to right these vrong. If you doubt what I have said ibout the bread molasses and water, I re'er you to the Medium of last weeks issue. But let that be as It may, they are living, ind thinly clad for summer. When my brothers and myself were soys, mybro. Nick would ask Mother to rive him his desert first, or before eating ais dinner. Not so at The Lethe Home, rhe desert which the children get there is, jarefully served in the school room by Mr. Arch Tolbert. It 18 in several courses from Websters Bine back spelling book, and others of like value, He is using his energy and inteligence to its full extent to advance these fatherless and motherless children in their school room in a manner which is obliged to cast a bright reflection upon Arch Tolbert. May God help those who are trying to raise the standard of this orphanage, which should not be second to any in this state. It is the oldest industrial school in the United States. Established in 1712 and stands at the bottom of the ladder. If the next legislature will elect an up-to-date man to help th6 four present trustees, then The Lethe Home will come to the front. Respectfully. Prue P. Benson See our shoes and hosiery before you bay elsewhere; Cash Bargain Store. Just received line of men's and ladies neckwear. Cash Bargain Store. Mflthun of (ha Confederacy. Lift your hat to Mrs. Becky Hill, She is a mother of the Confederacy, being the mother of Mr, J. J. Hill, a stanch veteran. Veterans are growing scarce. What should we say of mothers of veterans? They fought a fight against greater odds than did their sons. The sons went forth to war in good spirits; the mothers remained home in tears. The sons suffered physical suffering; the mothers, mental igony. Which is worse? Mrs. Becky Hill lives near Donalds. Eler son, Mr. J, J. Hill, lives near Latimer n this county. Are there any other mothers of the Conederacy in the county? If there be any jlease let us know. We wish to pnblish heir names. They should be given o cross of honor wrought in the precious metals and jewels f the "Celestial City." God alone knows he height, the depth, the breadth of the ufferingthat these heroines underwent - - AL.t \TA tTAlnmA TTID orr_ uriiig Limt bii u^ic. xw W&ULUV* ??*** r contain the anguish, no slab ever incribe the woe, no traditions will ever paas own thru memory to coming generations hat great heart-ache suffered by the lothers of the Confederacy. How many more are there In the county? The Regiment of United Confederte Veterans of Abbeville County are uvited to participate in the reunion of trrs Rifle to be held at Abbeville 8ept. nth "Thursday" dinner will be t?erv d by the daughters of the Con federcy. Lucy C. Tomson, President. James Frank Clinkscales, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Abbeville, s. c. Office?First floor City Hall* .J i