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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
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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
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and the ar
its colours,
flies at th
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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.
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K. L. Lfargau
>bing and Retailir
and ioc Goods in all Line
Abbeville, S. C., No
ther,
unty.
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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,
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ittlefields of Busir
tillery of results 1
The enemies of 1<
s head of our colu
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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
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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.
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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.
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its victories by standing by
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on Saving Money = ;1
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You'll be here thirweek and share in these
very Special Offerings
Thanksgiving Suits
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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.
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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
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i Christmas Goods
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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.
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