The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, October 27, 1909, Image 4
The Press and Banner
W. W. ?Jt W. R. BRADLEY, Eclltorn.
ABBEYILLE, 8. C.
^-Published every Wednesday at 52 a
year In advanoe.
Wednesday, Oct. 27, 1909.
Mrs. W. H. Kerr Dead.
Mrs. W. H. Kerr, of Greenwood, died at
her home Sunday, Oct. 24,1909, aged about
60 years. The immediate cause of her
death wag paralysis. Mr. W. II. Kerr and
six children survive. The children are:
Mrs. T. J. Crymefi of Greenwood, J. Davis
Kerr of Abbeville, W. H. Kerr of Monroe,
Mrs. Thomas L. Estes of Union, and two
unmarried daughters. Misses Eula and
Rafela.
Mrs. Kerr was a positive character, fehe
knew know middle ground in friendship,
and knew no motive but right motives.
Possessed of a strong and well poised
mind and of a kindly heart, her influence
for good was felt wherever she lived. She
died as she had lived, in the Presbyterian
i aim.
Mr. W. H. Kerr, Sr., the bereaved husband,
was for twenty years Clerk of Court
of Fairfield County. Few men were ever
more popular in that County and none
were more deserving of popularity. No
man was ever thrown intimately with W.J
H. Kerr, who did not feel a personal attach
ment for him. v
Since leaving "Winnsboro Mr. Kerr has,
lived at Greenwood, with the exception of
a short interval in which he stayed with,
his son at Abbeville. He was elected'
Mayor of Greenwood and did much for
that city's improvement as well as for her
finances.
The sorrow of the family is shared by
many a home. And for him who has
walked far'on life's way, and, near the end.
has seen the companion of his joys and
sorrows pass first within the shadow, there
is no real comfort. There is nothing that
. ean relace the living touch of hand and
heart. But in that broader view, that
spirit in which she died, a few years more
either In her life or his, count for nothing.'
lney are but moments 01 waiting at tne
gate of the great beyond.
Dr. Cook to Climb Mt- McKinley.
Dr.Cookwho.it is averred, claimed to
have ascended to the top of Mt. McKinley
and in reality did not do it according to
the testimony of some, will take a try
at tl^ mountain again. He will prove that
he went to the top by going again.
Cold weather ?
Heaters ?
Dargan's.
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Our Bargains
Pesirable Goods at Mo
d:
Best Brand Calicos, at 5 cts per
Checked Homespun at 5 cts per
A Better Grade at 7^ cts per y:
Yard-wide Panama'Sheeting at
A good heavy Sheeting', 3 yards
at 8 cis per yard.
Elsmere Suitings at 5 cts per ya
Amoskeag Heavy Outing at 10 c
White, Blue and Red Flannels f
25 cts per yard.
Argule Dress Suitings, 27 inch v
per yard.
$10.00 Men's Heavy Weight, 1
in black and gray, sine
breasted at $6.50.
$12.50 Men's all wool heavy Wf
all the latest colors at $9.5c
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Sizes 15 to 20 from $4.50 to $i<
All of our Men's and Youths' Si
up by the best manufacturi*
i
In straight and Knickerbockers,
Prices $1.25 to $6.50.
Men's First class Overcoat
long, from $3.50 to $7.50.
Men's Dress Shoes, solid le;
cut, at $1.35.'
$2.50 Men's Dress and V
box calf, gun metal, ox blood ;
a pair.
$3.50 Men's Dress Shoes i
gun metal and tan at $3.
$4 and $4.50 Men's Dress
ent only, at $3.75 a pair.
Men's and Boys' Hats from i
_ J 9 J 11
.Ladies ana in
Blankets, all wool ai
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Death of Sidney E. Graves.
Sidney E. Graves, who has been ill for
long time, passed away monday evening a
6 o'clock.
He went away some three months ag
but was not benefited and returned horm
He was never able to be about after his re
turn, but gradually grew worse until hi
death on monday.
He was a popular young man and had
host of friends here. He is survived b
four brothers, one sister, one half broti
er, and four half sisters, C. A, Graves, S. A
Graves, W. 0. and Jno. H. Graves, G. (
Dusenberry, Mrs. H. P. and Mrs. J. E. M<
Ilwaine, Mrs. W. A. Nickles, and Mrs. T
H. Reid.
He was a member of the Blue Rldg
Lodge K. of P.. Greenville, S. C.
The funeral services were held at th
house, conducted by Rev, Henry Stoke
who was assisted by Rev. Hinds. His r<
mains were buried in Long Cane Cemeterj
The President of Clemson.
We do not kDow whether Dr. Mnffi
would accept the presidency of Clenr
son college or not, but we considt
him tbe best man lor tne place ma
can be found. He is one of the hij
gest men, intellectually, in tbe stat<
and he possesses the necessary execi
tive ability, as is shown by his wor
at Erskine. Heisan unusuallystrnn
man in many ways. We believe tha
if he could be induced to go to Clemso
his personality and his presence woul
give thecollege tbe very thing it needs
He would inspire confidence and corr
mand respect, for himself and for th
college as well.
But unless tbe trustees are willin
to turn tbe college over to him and It
him run it, without hindrance an
without advice except euch as h
might ask for, he had better rpmai
where he is. A man like Dr. Mofti
cannot afford to go to Clemson Collet
under the conditions that have pr<
vailed in the past.?Anderson Dail
Mail.
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derate Prices j| Compart
EY GOOD
yard. 27 inch Peki
yard. per yar<
ard. 36 idch, all
5 cts per yd. at 25 ct
to the pound, 36 inch, all
all coloi
price 35
r(^" 36 inch, all
:ts per yard. 5o cts g
r?m 15 cts to 45 inch, all
colors, ;
ride, at 10 cts 75 pieces
select fr
2LOT IIIN<
ill wool, Suits $1-5.00 Men'
le or double brown s
$18. 00 and :
jrsted Suits in made c
). double
ouths* Sw
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lits are made styles, c
;s in the ccun- antee tfc
joys' suit:
ages 4 to 17. Men's
from $7. 50 1
s, 56 inches
Every c
cunp.Q
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ather, blucher Also a
Shoes from
/ork Shoes in
and tan at $2 Ladies'
ranging in p
in patent colt, pair.
Shoes in pat- Children's !
shoe to $2 I
)0c. to $2.50.
[en's Underwear from 50c to
id mixed blankets, in all colc
iks at low prices.
>u buy elsewhere. No trouble tc
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ou may differ as t<
3 to buy your Fur:
Kerr
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Good Advice.
a "You hero live on agriculture," continued
t the President. "I sincerely hope that you
are not growing up with the idea that it is
o your business to go into the town6 and
). j cities. The future of the American boy, in
!- my judgment, is largely involved in his
s j pursuing the science and profession of the
I farmer. The results of economic, scientific
a | business-like farming are more prolitable
y | than any other trade or profession, and
i- j when you look forward, just consider that
l. ' you are going to follow along the course
3. j of our fathers, and that you are going to
?-1 make this country, or some other country,
blossom as the rose. The tendency toward
the city is not one^that we ought toencoure
age. I hope that the development of the
comforts of country life are such that we
e may look forward now to a lessening of
is the movement toward large cities. The
j- place for us to accomplish things is in the
country. The cities will take care of themselves."
The above is a part the President's talk
to a bevy of school children at Terrell, Texas,
on last Sunday morning.
it In it he gives the children some wholesome
apvice. The glamor of city life soon
!r wears off and leaves us hungering for the
' wild. Then science says not more than
? three generations can live consecutively
jl in cities before they must get back to nature
k or die out.
g It is better to stay in the country with
it health than in the city with wealth, paraJj
doxieal as it may seem. You have only to
ask those who have tried both to provo the
J statement.
e OLIVER GOLDSMITH SAID.
Prinze nnrl lnrrlc mnir flm'irifch nml mnv
e
J fade,
d A breath can make them as a breath has
e made,
n Rut a bold peasantry a country pride
it When once tis lost can never be supplied,
e Oliver did not have reference to the
j_ colored contingency when he wrote these
lines. He ment the anglo saxon farmer,
y the highest type of man in the big round
world.
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ct Attention.
> Our Goods and Prices |
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n Stripes, in all colors, at i2^c
i
Wool Poplar Cloth, in all colors, _
s per yard.
Wool Sicilian Dress Suitings, in
:s, woith up to 50 cts yard, our
I cts per yard.
wool Brilliantines, in all colors,
oods, at 38 cts per yard.
wool Striped Mohairs, in fancy
75 cts goods at 50 cts per yard.
Armour" Flannelete, a big line to
om at 10 cts per yard.
jr
s all wool Worsted Suits in blue,
ind gray $12.50.
$20.00 Men's Suits, neat patterns,
>n the latest designs in single or
breasted at $15.00 per suit.
itS
7c. have them in alll the latest
:olors and designs, and we guarlem.
s
Rainproof Cravanette Overcoats
to $10.50.
>ne is 56 inches long.
complete line in Men's Heavy
$1.25 to $2. 50.
all leather heavy and dress shoes,
rices from 98c a pair to $2.50 per
jhoes of all sizes from 25c child
Soy's Shoe.
$2 per Garment.
>rs, from 75c to $4.50 a pair.
> show goods.
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Welcome the Brethren.
The South Carolina Conference of the
Southern Methodist Church is soon to
meet with the people of Abbeville.
I This is no local affair to appeal to the
j Methodist people alone, but it is an op!
portunity open to the whole people of Abbeville
without regard to denomination.
We want to go into this as ono people.
! A small town in this county once entertained
the Associate Reformed Synod for
the first time. Houses wore painted, fences
whitewashed and everywhere there was
evidence of preparation.
In those days bar rooms were common,
and a certain bar keeper was noticed to be
dusting and cleaning unusually. On being
asked by a friend the reason for his activity,
he replied, "that he was fixing up for
presbitry".
In this spirit, if not in the letter we
should meet the visiting Methodists. When
Conference met here on a previous occa
sion some of our Hebrew friends were
most liberal and generous in entertaining.
Entertainment should be as general again.
There is perhaps not an abler or more
influential body of men in the State than
this same Conference.. They enter the
homes of rich and poor alike in their pas.
toral ministrations, and no finite mind can
compute the extent of their influence for
good on society. The Master said, in substance,
to his disciples, into whatever
city ye go and they receive you not, shake
the dust from your feet. Their sin be
upon their own heads.
Never will Abbeville be classed as one
of such cities. Doors that have hung
open to the "stranger within the gates",
will not bo closed to the servants of the
Master, whether of high or low degree.
But, if we did not open our doors to our
Methodist brethren, in reconition qJ their
great work in the moral uplift of society,
there is still another good reason for doing
so. The Methodist preacher is always a
man of affairs. His standing in his church
is measured by what he does. Think of
these men going into every nook of the
State, carrying to their people, accounts
of the splendid possibilities that are presented
in hospitable old (Abbeville.
Of course our people will respond, to a
man, in helping out our sister Church, but
should* any one neglect this opportunity
they will be lonesome indeed.
The good thing about a Methodist
preacher is his adaptability. He is self
adjustable. There is 110 home so exclusive,
and none so lowly that the inmates
will not find pleasure in entertaining him
for a little season. Even a cup of cold
water given in the Master's name will 'not
bo without its reward.
But we must let our welcome go further
than the home. Let it be read in every
face and felt in every hand clasp. That is
the Abbeville way; her way in the century
past, her way for all time. Not a discordant
note?that is our motto. The
opportunity is with us rather than with
those who we may entertain.
EAST END.
What "M" Sees and Hears on His
Rounds About the City and Along
Route No. 3.
Mr. Harry Hill of Monroe spent last
Sunday in the City with his home people.
Judging from the loads of goods we meet
every day we should say Abbeville's Merchants
are driving a good trade.
Farmers are strictly iB the swim but the
fellow who has no cotton to sell is at the
botton.
Mr. P. B. Speed is remodeling his dwelling,
making extensive improvements
which will add greatly to its appearance as
well as to the comfort of Ihe family,
The "Bears" in the cotton market this
season are denounced as "traitors" and
treated with contempt.
The "Bulls" will certainly have the
"Push" this season.
News on Route 3.
Messrs James and David Gilliam have
divided their real estate Mr. David Gilliam
taking the Turkey hill and Haskell
tracts of land which with an intervening
tract he puchased gives him 1700 acres all
together in one body. Mr. James Gilliam
takes the land and homes in the Sharon
section where both brothers have lived and
raised up large faipilies. These brothers
have lived together for many years in
peace and harmony and now as they divide
their property they do so without having
to call in any one, but settle themselves
in the most friendly manner and are yet
brothers in every sense of the term..
Mrs. Maggie Sherard with Misses
Annie Gibert and Bettie Evans accompained
by Kev. J. B. Hillhouse and Professor
.James o. uiueru ieit iusi, rnuity iui wituleston
where they will spend gala week
and take in the many sights in and around
the City. We wish for them a pleasant
time and safe return home.
Mrs. J. D. McGaw who has been in
Augusta for special treatment is now improving
and hopes soon to be home again.
Mrs. Jane McGaw and Miss Ellen Link
an; spending awhilo with relatives at
Grainridge.
Miss Nell McGaw is in the City for awhile.
Miss Emma Penney of Sharon was in the
City last Monday accompained by her father
Mr. J. H. Penney.
Miss Rosa Knox spent last Sunday with
relatives in Mount Carmel.
Misses Lillian and Josie McCanty were
shopping in the City last Monday.
Many bales of cotton arc lying around in
private yards and at the gins. Can you
afford this risk, with no insurance and
where people are standing around smoking.
Miss Sallie Wood hurst who has been
quite sick is now convaliseing and sit up a
little.
Sirs. Janie Rlchey with Miss Maggie
Evans were in the City last Monday on account
of the extreme illness of Mr. Sidney
Graves.
Mr. A. B. Boster of Sharon was in the
City a few days ago selling cotton.
Big frost and ice last Monday morning
givibg us a slight fortasto of approach of
winter.
The Rosenberg Mercantile
Co. are showing a fine line of
shoes this season. See them
before you buy.
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I the North Pole,
urnishing is
iture
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What's the Matter With Mr Aull(Contributed.)
Mr. Elbert H. Aull takes the subscribers
to the Herald and News into his confidence
! and talks shorp. If he had conferred with
an old friend up this way before publishing
he would have said: "Don't."
Another newspaper's subscription list
was not different from that of the Herald
and News, except in the matter of num^
bers.
A newspaper up this way took notes
from those in arrears, naming for payment
a date in the full. Many of these
notes have been paid. The payment*
have been most satisfactory, and, by careful
looking around, the owners of the
aforesaid newspaper have found good
places to put the money. The owners oi
that newspaper would about as soon think
of throwing away bank bills as to thro^
away the notes of its delinquents. At the
same time the owners of that newspapei
would be glad to give everybody a preeenl
in money ranging anywhere from $8 tc
SI 5, but their bank account wouldlwarran)
the prodigality.
Another strange expression was this bj
Mr. Aull:
"We will take off the man worth a hun<
dred thousand just as quick as we will
the man who has no property at,all."
As a rule,-it takes business methods tc
run a newspaper, even as it requires busi
ness methods to run a bank, or a store, 01
a cotton mill, but the Herald and News
seems to be an exception.
There is a newspaper in upper South
Carolina that would send its office, "lock
stock and barrel," if a proper order was
received from a man who had the means
to pay the bill.
Suppose a bank or a store should ad
vArtisfi t.hnt it would cive th? man with
out any property at all as much credit as
it would extend to one worth $100,000.
Suppose a merchant should advertise
that debtors need not pay; that theii
debts were wiped out, and the owners oi
the aforesaid bank or store loved its
debtors as before.
It is hoped that the Judge of Probate
may not see Mr. Aull's piece. He mighl
issue a subpaena of inquiry. If he had n(
use for the money, he might have lent il
out to some needy person.
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BOYS' OVERCI
$2.50 It $10.
BOYS' sun
SI .50 to $10.
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\\JE aim to keep this store stocked with
' * everything that you can want as well
as with everything that you need What is
| old and passe we get rid of, what is old and
[ good we retain. Again, what is new and
,r trashy we reject, and what is new and good
*
: we take up.
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In this latter department we have just put j
into stock the latest thing, in the shape of a
new 7-Jewel Watch with a price sensationally
low. It is called the |j|
Ingersoll-Trenton ~
and is guaranteed fully and flr EJ
I strongly. Size 16, Men's Models %P v
Same movement in 10 and 20 year gold I
filled cases, $7 and $9.
It Is worth a call, If only to Inspect,
.
Johnson,. The Jeweller. I
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A?Overcoats,
ng'! Overcoats!
HEN AND BOYS.
>ys and come to see us. We will
biggest and best variety of styles
i this market. We will give you
3 best values. Strouse &. Bros.,
3.. makers of High Art Clothing,
ead. They are master tailors and
ost enviable reputation for goods
ear.
DATS MEN'S OVERCOATS
$5 to 525.
rs MEN'S SUITS
*3 10 *13.
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men s ana coys r urmsmiigs io wu*:all
before buying.
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