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The Press and Banner W. W. * W. R. BRADLEY, Editors. ABBEVILLE, S. C. 49"Pablisbed every Wednesday at 92 a year Id advance. Wednesday, Nov. 24,1909. The Literary Digest has an article in a recent issue which concerns every person who occasionally has to send for a physician. The sense of the article is that doctors cannot cure diseases, that at best they cannot hope to accomplish more than to alle viate; that when once disease has fastened itself upon a man nothing the doctors can do wiil cure it. They may be able to alleviate and to help nature fight the disease but they cannot cure. We pride ourselves on being one of the most enlightened nations in the world, in making greater strides in scientific knowledge, in medicine, and in fact, in everything else, but what does it avail if our death rate is not lowered? It will oocur to you that China, the pagan < country, looks on medicine and the dispensers of medicine with probably a clearer vision than do we, with all our boasting. It has been said that China doe6 everything backwards, but do the facts bear out the statement. For instance: John Chinaman pays his doctor -when he (John) is well and when he becomes ill he immediately stops paying his medico, discontinuing payments until he is in good health again. This is backward, it is true, from our standpoint, but is it not about as good as our plan ? The physicians of our country have made wonderful strides in coping with diseases. They have been so busy curing the Ilia that, wfl hnvft rontracted that th?v have not had time to teach us how to dodge contracting diseases. c There must be some cause for all the diseases that we have fallen heir to, and the proper thing for us to do is to study these causes with an eye single to removing them. What we should know is not so much how. to cure a disease but how not to contract the disease. Of course, when we have a disease we want it cured, but it is infinitely better for us if we can dodge having the disease. Should we pay our medicos like the Chinaman does, they might ^/flnd time to study prevention and to teach us how to prevent diseases. So long as we are only interested in the profession when we are ill, we cannot hope to accomplish much along this line. If we would only set ourselves to the task when we are well and not wait until we are ill to dodge disease, there would be much less suffering and a much lower death rate in our land than there is at Dresent. That "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is a truth that ought to be branded into.our education as a plainsman would brand a mavarik. All the little indiscretions that we are guilty of and that lead up to disease if persisted in, should be arraigned before the judgment bar of our wills, but we do not know when we are committing these indiscretions and here comes the sphere of the physician. It is his duty to teach us these things just as much as it is his duty to give us calomel when we are billious. Thousands today are on the high road to disease and do not know it. Today thousands of our citizens are indiscreet in their mode of living and are unaware of the fact. Not all of them would take advice if it were offered to them, but a great number would take it and profit thereby. Shall we do as the Chinaman does, pay our doctors while we are well and when we become 111 promptly suspend payment until we are well again? Does it not seem that by this means we could direct the attention of the doctors to the prevention of disease and thus preclude the necessity of so Auch study on the cure of our ills? Compulsory Insurance. How would you lite to oe rorcea to taKe insurance whether you wanted it or not ? How would compulsory insurance suit you? Germany has had just such insurance for twenty-seven years and it is reported to be a success, so much so that the consul has called our attention to the law. Physicians are engaged by the insurance organizations at a cheaper rate than would ordinarily be charged for services. It is said that the plan works well and that many men who were formerly treated as charity patients are, under the new conditions, enrolled in the ranks of the insured. For the best floor aee the Rosenberg Mercantile Oo. , omNA' Tha OUT GLASS, I 11V CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, Jot TOYS AND DOLLS, BOOKS, MAGAZINES. Post Cards ^ Mrs. Abbeville Mo City and Co Dear Madam: Thanksgiving ting the day pass for your liberal imii Vi on r + i 1 v jruu uoai v i With Christmas urge you to start the rush?for rust to much better ad Join the 4*Sho your minds, and we along that line. We are going year, and will o splendid lot of D Yours s On the Be and the ar its colours, flies at th The : t3"h Watch the ChildrenNumerous cases of children suffering from adenoids have been discovered in and | around Abbeville lately, and many operations have been performed looking to the relief of the little patients. The doctors tell us that a very large per cent of our children have adenoids. While these little glands may not immediately result in harm to the child, yet if allowed to remain they may result in permanent and serious injury to the child. A case of Adenoids can almost be diagnosed without an examination of th? throat, the facial expression is a true index to the trouble. The child becomes listless loses interest in such things as it is accustomed to take interest in, loses its sense oi hearing to a certain extent, and instead o) breathing through the nose, breathes through the mouth. It becomes dull in its studies and makes no effort to hold its position in classes. Cases of adenoids havo been known tc result in permanent deafness. Such a cast is attending the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb at Cedar Snrinus. at Dresent from this county. Some provision should be made looking to the protection of the children from these common ills. The Board of Health might pass some regulation by which the lowest grades of our graded schools could bo examined for cases of throat, eye and eui trouble. A great many parents do not realize the necessity of having their children examined, and it behooves the state to dc for the child what the parent does not realize as necessary to be done. There is little doubt but that much suffering could be alleviated by the examination of the eyes oi the pupils alone. Often headaches are caused by a need of eye glasses. The operation for the removal of adenoids is a very simple one and one that should be made whenever necessary. It is little short of cruel to allow a little patient to sufferkfrom this fungus growth when a simple operation, fraught with no , danger, would remove it. Editor In Town. Editor A.M. Carpenter, of the Anderson Mail, was in town last Sunday night. He le the best man and the best editor alive today. Always good humored, ever fair and as warm as the sun, he has the best place in the heart of every editor. The only objection which we have to write against him is that he makes such short visits to the best town on earth - except Anderson. Look Out For This CompanyThe license of the Standard Mutual Benefit Association of Charleston has been revoked by Insurance Commissoner McMaster, as bring "wholly unsound and unsafe". This is a company engineered by color ed people. If any colored people in this county hold policies from the company they would do well to investigate. . Malevolent AssimilationThe Empire of Bussia has made a demand on Finland for $ 4.000,000,00 to support the Russian military forces. Finland refused and as a result the Finnish legislature has been dissolved. This means that the Bear, Bussia, is preparing to hug Finland into her realm, a case of Malevolent assimilation. Joho Jacob Aster is somewhere in the Atlantic wandering about in his yacht, Nourmahal,with his son, Vincent; while his wife is crossing the Atlantic on board the Lusitania wieh a writ of divorcement her pocket. rfc ? K. L. Lfargau >bing and Retailir and ioc Goods in all Line Abbeville, S. C., No ther, unty. - ? 1-? ? ? ?J ?? a /5 A n ib licit;, auu yy c uu xj without thanking yoi patronage this fall only a month off w on that Xmas shoppir l there is bound to b< vantage now. p Early'' Club and g 3 assure you we can he to give away a hands utline our plan next oils and Toys, respectfully, TH . ;y. v .-- v. - /. _ . . . .. . , x ; ?r*r .r'* * ?y ip^y , A* y/ijiifri p nt*go??i (mid ii ittlefields of Busir tillery of results 1 The enemies of 1< s head of our colu Kerr e 3. A High Dive. Mat Gay, the high-diver with Barkoot's carnival was alright. In publishing this account of the performance of another high-diver we do not wish to detract from his glory at all, for it would be hard tc find a performer with greater skill anc i grace than he. But, for pure, unadulterec nerve, he will have to ^ield the palm tc ToViKir Woro of Alihfivillfv who hich-divec ; at the Grand Opera House, on Mondaj night, Nov. 15, before the performance o . Fluffy Ruffles. > It took place promptly at 8.15 p. m ; o'clock. Manager Cheatham, not knowing i of it long enough beforehand, was unabh . to advertise it. I Jebby Ware is a little, black, curly, dog [ He belongs to Louisa Ware, who keeps i j restaurant not far from the Opera House y Now, do not confound Jebby's act witl . the high-dives of circus puppies. Then was no sheet, firmly held by men, for hin ? fall in. He dived straight into a row o > chairs. , | Neither were there any musicians 01 i hand to herald his descent with a blari of trumpets. He had to yell his own ac companiment while he was in the air. I ! might be mentioned,' also, that the accom ; paniment continued for some time after h< ; had hit the bottom. The dive was taken without any hesita tion on Jebby's part. Promptly at 8.11 . o'clock he ran into the right-hand peanu i gallery box, and after trotting around i i once or twice to make sure that he was ii . good physical trim, leaped into the pit. > Naturally, as this wbs his first attemp . in this line of business, he felt rather sor< ' for several days, but through the kind at i tentions of his mistress, he is now able U jump around nearly as lively as usual i Louisa does not want him to dive anj [ morfe, but, then, you can't tell what thest professional performers will do. CONGRESSMAN DeARMOND BORNEO TO DEATH. Through the kindness of the Daily Mai this paper has been informed of the tragi* death of Congressman David DeArmonc o, Butler Missouri, and of the death of his grand child. The message states tha they were burned to death. Presumable he metjhis death in an effort to save th< child. Mr. De Armond was one of the stroru men of tho House of Eepresenatives. H< was perhaps the best constitutional law yer in the lower branch of that body; ant he was a tower ofstrength to his party ii the fights on tho floor. Mrs. Clark, daughter of (jongressrnai DeArmond, is "well known to the member of Company A. 1st S. C. Volunteers. Sh was a visitor at the camp when this com p any was stationed at Jacksonville, Fls Her husband was Lieut-Colonel of the Ctl Missouri. Dr- T- W Sloan Arouse Greenville In a series of sermons on the vices of the city of Greenville Dr. T. W. Sloan if awaking great interest on the part o Greenville people. The Greenville Daily News has published the gist of these ser mons for the past two Sundays. We are not to make the inference tha morality is at a low ebb in Greenville Greenville is probably the peer of an: - * a 1 Gfofo mnrnllv QnPfik j City Oi IIUI III llliO UIUVU ing. The purpose is to better conditions as they exist. , Dr. Sloan is an earnest and zealou i worker, and also a forceful speaker, an [ his labors in Greenville are meeting w it success. STOVES, [ vO* RANGES, ENAMEL WARE. I Of TINWARE, ?# HOUSE FURNISHINGS, NOTIONS. Post Cards l__ vember 24, 1909. .ot feel like let1 and your husbands 1, and we do thank e beg herewith to lg list, and avoid 3, and you can shop Set the matter off ilp you wonderfully some Toy free this i week. We have a E R. L. DARGAN CO. / ig- />? < less?in the triump win the day. This }w prices have been mn. Furn STATEMENT i of tbe condition o 1 : The Farmers Bank j of Abbeville County, . locaiea at. Aooevji e, n. u iuc hudd m 1 business 16 Novenut-r, 19()D. ) RESOURCES. ' Loans and discounts $16:1,071 45 f (),veidralt8 >505 49 p Bonds and Smckt. owned by the Bank 4,550 00 Furniture.and flxiuie* 848 00 Due from Brinks arid TruRl Compuclef- 63,411 51) J Currency 7,(KM 00 , GolU 1,8?2 50 Sliver and oilier Cmu 3,367 36 Checks and Ca*h Iten s 343 82? 76,5S9 27 Total 8245,564 21 1 LIABILITIES. ' Capital stock paid In 8 75,000 00 1 Surplus Kuud 11,500 00 5 Undivided Profiip. lens cu'rfnt expensts and 1 'tuxet nulrt, and Rif serve Fuud 7,760 19 Dividends unpaid 589 00 Due lo Banks and Trust , ? PnmnAnipfl 457 22 IudlNi Uttl Deposits hui>' Jeet to Cheek t... 84,376 47 . Savings Deposits.,*-. 53,973 95 , Time Certificate* oi 1>t posit 11,907 3fr- 150,715 02 ~ Tola! .. 8245,564 21 State of South Carolina, I ao\ , County of Abbeville. | 8* ^ Before rreeame Julius H. DuPre. t'?i>hler - of the above numed bank. who, brlnK duly 3 sworn, snyM that, the ebove and foreiiolris t stHtf-meni Is a true condition of n*id bank, at l shown by ibe books of Bald tank. 1 Julius H. DuPre. 1 Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 25!ad day of Nov., 1909. Albert Henry, t Notary Publics. C. 3 Correct?Attest: F. B. HtirrlHon, 1 P. B Soeed, VDlreclors. ) K. M. Huddon,. j STATEMEN T of the condition of ?. The Bank of Mt. Carmel, located at Mt. Carmel, 8. C., at the close of nuslneus November 16ib, 1909. RESOURCES. 1 Loans and DlBooontP 818.437 75 Overdrafts 835 65 3 Furniture and Fixtures 1,572 50 1 Duo from Binks and Trust Companies 16,713 47 ' Currency 1,686 00 t Silver aud other Coin 178 37 ' Total 839,423 74 3 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid in 810,000 00 X Undivided Profit*, lens Current Exi penses and Tuxes Paid 1,728 02 Individual Deposits subject to Check 15,222 07 - rime Certificates of Deposit 1,780 32 i CMBhler'u Cbccks 693 33 Bills Payable, Including Certificates i tor money boriowed 10,000 00 Total ......839,423 74 ' State of South Carolina. ) 3 County o/Abbeville, j Q, Before me came J. W. Boyd, Cashier of the above named bank, who, be'nR duly sworn, * says mat tbeacoveand foregoing statement I. Is a true condition of said Bank, as shown by the books of said bank. J.W.Boyd. H r Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 22nd day of November, 1909. W.T. Miller. Notary Public. Correct?Attest: J. W. Morrah, ) T. M. Knox, > Directors. . " A. L. Patterson, | \ 3421. ' p Report of the Condition of ' The national Bank of Altai,SC k at Abbeville, In the State of South Carolina, . at the close of business, Novemb r 16,1909. 7 RESOURCES. 1 - -- oiortfioi rv? " Lords and discounts $iO~firnt ui | 5 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured... 11,227 2! U. S. Bonds to secure circulation. ... 18,750 to Bonds, securities, etc 500 00 S Banking bouse, furniture and flx, tures 5,000 00 " Other real estate owned 2,900 00 h Due Irom National Banks (not .Reserve Agents) 29,308 63 Due from State and Private Banks and Bankers. Trust Companies, " aud Savlcgs Bank? 4,074 52 Due from approved reserve agents... 50,860 96 Checks and otb^r Cash Hems 1,396 41 Notes of other National Banks 590 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels, and cents 246 06 Lawful Money Reserve In Bank, viz: Specie $14,009 00 Legal-tender notes 15,575 00? 29,584 00 Redemption fund with U. S. Treas'r (5 per cent, of circulation) 937 50 Total 8338,386 28 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in 8 75,000 00 Surplus fund 20,000 00 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid 15,550 23 National Bank notes outstanding 18,750 00 Individual deposits subject to check 178,633 11 Demand certificates of deposit 20,432 94 Bills payable, lnoludlng Certificates of Deposit for money borrowed. 10,000 00 Total 8338,366 28 State of South Carolina, } ? _ . County of Abbeville. ( I, H, G. Smlih, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. ii. O. Smith, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23id day of Nov., 1909. - W. H. White, Notary Publlo. j Cokbkct?Attest: J. R. GLENN, ) J S. STAHK, > Directors. J WM. N. GRAYDON, j Estate of Samuel Neisler, Dec'd, Notice of Settlement and Application lor Final Discharge. Take notice that on the 18lb day of December, 1909,1 will render a linal account of my actings and doing* as Administrator of tbe Estate ol Samuel Nelsier, deceased. In the office of Judge ol Probate for Abbeville County at 10 o'clock a. m.. and on tbe same day will i apply for a final discharge from my trust as such Administrator. ; All persons having demands against said estate will present them tor payment on or be-1 fore that day, proven and authenticated or be lorever Darren. FRANK E. HARRISON, Administrator, Wanted?100,000 pounds of old iron at Abbeville Warehouse. Highest price. W. T. Magill. Don't fall to read the special offer of 25 per cent, reduction, at present on Farrand pianos. Our C ihs of our trade?\ house has earned driven from the i iture You get your money's worth or your money back at the Rosenberg Mercantile Go. Buy your bagging and ties from the Rosenberg Mercantile Co. and save money. Forced Into Exile. Wm. Upchurch of Glen Oak, Okla., | was an exile from borne. Mountain air, he thought, would cure a frightful lung-racking cough that had defied all remedies for two years. After six months he returned, death dogging his step?. "Then I began to use Dr. Kings's iNew Discovery," he'writes, "and after taking six bottles I am a? well ns ever." It saves thousands yearly from desperate lung diseases, [nfallible for Coughs and Colds, it dispels Hoarseness and 'Sore Throat. n"n D??A?>rtK?Ho "UomnrrhflaOQ Vjurcn uii|;. xjiuuvuhic, ? y Asthma, Croup, Whooping Cougb. -50c. and $1,00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by P. B. Speed. There Is nothing better that we know of for all kidney Ailments than PlDeule*. These ollls are really excellent In aDy case of Kid dpy trouble. For weak Imck or backache, > benroatic troubles. e<c., they are unequalled. Sold by C. A. Mil ford ?k Co. Money Comes In Bunches to A. A. Chisbolm, of Tread well, N. Y., now. His reasofl is well worth reading : ''For a long time I suffered from indiget-tion, torpid liver, constipation, nervoueness, and general debility," he writes. "I couldn't sleep, bad no appetite, nor ambition, grew weaker every day in ppite of all medical treatment. Then used Electric Bitters. Twelve bottles restored all my old-time health and vigor. Now I can attend to business every day. It's a wonderful medicine." Infallible for Stomach, Liver, Kidneys, Blood and Nerves. 50c. at Speed's drug store. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup sets so prompt ly because It gently moves tee Dowem, wnicn In the bent, and Id fact the only way to cure k cotd. It lingers In the throat and heals and tllays Inflammation. Bold by C. A. Miltord A Co. Farmers Union will meet the first Saturday in December, December 4th. A $ F1 WE HAVE T oys anc / That ev we are g Doll the dow. A us a cal we can s 1 a big st( have m? fail to cc you that Don't forge i i YOURS TO ah/ A. D. v On the < * i - - it.. .. - olours! ; vhere the cannon of quality its victories by standing by -ield?and the low prices still I ' ' 1 1 . . Company,! eville, s. c. "n i ii i ou are J5eift i > on Saving Money = ;1 - :':r- *' You'll be here thirweek and share in these very Special Offerings Thanksgiving Suits j / Given the subject anv thought yet? It's time? Let's - ' ? " ?-!- A-- 11..1 to taiK n over oneny. xair lo asuuiuo iwn jruu wouii w pay as little as possible for a good stylish suit, you want a garment that looks like one made to order and one ' that will wear satisfactorily. Here is an assortment in which you will find it. None others in the stocks, And it shall cost you far less than it sells for generally elsewhere. Just a hint or two. ' ' 'v ' yj v ' * ''' "aSs" If Yo,u are in Need of Shoes . Yon can not do yonr pocket book a better tnrn than to come to onr store Oar stock embraces the seasons latest aid most wanted styles in all the latest leathers, < every pair strictly solid. When in need of Clothing, Suits, Shoes, Hats, Dry Goods, etc.* see us before buying TT WTT.TTCTP A TT"R JLJL. VT JJXAl jlvaa w A# 1 1 20 DOLL I N . ' '' ' ;'' ' V' THE GREATEST LINE OF ; ' i Christmas Goods ???? ? ? ?i???????i er came to Abbeville, and ;oing to give away the Big I it you can see in our win- . I .11 we ask is that you give I .1 and let us show you that I save you money. We have I Dck of these goods and we I irked them close jjoni i g )tne in and let us convince j 8 ; our prices are the lowest. I it to ask for the Doll I Coupon. PLEASE, :heatham Corner at McKee's old stand. / i