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The Way to Town Suppose trolley lines led to Abbeville from all parts of the county where would the people en the outskirts of the county trade? Impossible, eh! Well, suppose macadamized roads led to Abbeville from all parts of the countv where would those living on the outskirts of the county do j their trading? Is this impossible ? Is it impossible for Abbeville County to macadamize her main thoroughfares ? One of the first, marks of a well-developed country is first-class highways. This is a mark of which Abbeville cannot boast. It seems that we are always in debt, always on the verge of bankruptcy and are thus in no condition whatever to make these improvements. Suppose that a young man starts out in life on a salary, so much per month, so much per year, with expenses about the same per month and per year. How long would it take such a 'i i man to become a millionaire uy saving his money ? Have you ever tried it ? Look around you, see those who have accumulated money, who are wealthy ; did they make their wealth by saving their salaries ? No, not in a single instance is such the case. They made their wealth by using the money of others and not by saving salaries. Let us give you a tip. If you wish to become wealthy, get wise to the fact that jou must have money to do it. * 1 ?? ~ 1? mAnotf VvAr Any man wuu mctrwco muu&jr rows money ; without it he would be helpless. Money is required to make money in the case of individuals. If this is really and truly the case with individuals, what about corporations ? Does not the same role hold good ? Corporations cannot turn a wheel without borrowing money, and they borrow it constantly in the pursuit of their business and improvements of plants. Why, then, is the same not true of the County? Why would it not pay for the County to borrow money for improvements ? This generation would not have to pay the debt ; why should we be squeamish about borrowing money for improvements which we would enjoy and for which we would not have to pay more than a small interest in this generalion ? jjo you Know 01 any cuumy that has borrowed money thus to build highways, which has gone broke or suffered financially from from such a course ? The county is even like the individual. If a county would take the lead it should borrow every cent that the law of the country allows it to borrow and lay out every cent thus borrowed id permanent improvements, and as the county's land enhances in value from these improvements, and as wealth accumulates, the .1?_i u I couniy aumoriues snouiu continue to bond the county and borrow to the limit, ever making such improvements as will be permanent and cause the lands of the county to enhance in value. It is an endless chain that begins with a wilderness and winds up tvith wealth and order and development. Good roads are imperative. We have the material to make them without going out of the county to get it, and all that is necessary is the money, and it can be had if we are willing to borrow it. What think you ? Mr. Joe F. Edmunds lost u child by' dwith lust Wednesday May 1th. The j tauneof the child* death was eonjestion. The Funeral H-rviees wore hold at the Tzoriio conducted l>y the pastor lie v. Dr. 'Wilkius, and interment was made in Melyo&e cemetery. (Several care die =*ed lumber and two earn I Singles, just in. Acker Building and Repair > Company. To Advertise the City. The Press and Banner has been furnisl ed with a list of home seekers and inves ment seekers, who have tiled requests f( information with the Seaboard railroa< There are about 300 of these names, an the Southern road agrees to send later j list of about 400 names of such person The rail road authorities asslire that tlies persons are all seeking homes in this se< tion of Country. There never was such a opportunity to advertise this town an County, as would result by putting a cop of the Industrial addition of the Press ar Banner in the hands of each of those hoir seekers. The Press and Banner has not the exti papers to meet the requirements of th list, but if those who have contracted ft extra copies will return to the office an surplus papers, we will undertake the e: pense of sending them out free of charg One gentleman who has engaged to tal fifty papers says he will give twentv-fii of his to this purpose. Unless a sufficiei number of papers are given we will not ui dertake it, but there has never be( offered a better opportunity to advertif our town. Heavy Hail Here Last Wednesday Nigli On last Wednesday night one 01 ti heaviest hail storms of recent years visits Abbeville. The stones were not so lar< but the length of time for which they 1 surpasses any stoi'm of the kind that h visited us in years. The stones were n so compact and heavy as is usually tl case. They seemed to be made up < slightly compressed snow. The earth w; quite gray after the storm passed, ai though the rain fell in torrents, the ha remained on the ground for some time j terward. The Progress of the Census. The census men have finished their woi in the city and by the end of this week tin will have finished in the county also. If there are any who have not bei counted they should notify the census a thorities at once. In the cities of And* son and Spartanburg the work was doi so poorly that many were missed. Spartanburg especially was the work : carelessly done that whole 6treets we left uncounted. The city will have anot er count. The taking of the census Is a most lr portant matter. It costs a pile of mone It can be taken only every ten year therefore, it is Incumbent on us to see thi the figures are correct, for what is a eensi worth unless we know that the figures a: reliable. Have you been counted ? High School Meet in Columbia. The athletic meet which was held in C lumbia on last Saturday was a succee Not all the schools of the State were re resented but enough pupils were presei to make the meet Interesting. In all thei were about seventy contestants. Prizi were offered for the best speod in a hui dred-yard spurt, in a 240 yard dash ar also in a 480 yard run; for the best bro? jump; for the beet high jump for the be pole vaulting; for putting the shot ar throwing the hammer. [ The Easley High School took the honor followed by Sumter as a close second. Next year there will be an attempt 1 hold such a meet in each county, at whit meet representatives <eill be selected to a tend the State meet which will be held 1 Columbia. The high schools of the county will tal notice that they are expected to send re] resentatives to Abbeville next year to ei ter the county contest. Let each big school provide itself with the necessai equipment, which will not cost much, at begin practice of running, broad jumpinj high jumping, pole vaulting, putting tl shot and throwing the hammer, etc., pr liminary to a county meet. T?is is the suggestion of Presidei Mitchell of the South Carolina Unlversit; who is deeply interested in high scho< athletics. Election of Teachers. At a meeting of the city trustees las Tuesday night all the teachers of the Al heville Graded School were re-elected. On of the second grades has been tqmporaril in charge of Miss lone Smith who has mos successfully Ailed the unexpired term c Miss Sohlman, who resigned a few month after the opening of the school. Mie Phillips, who is pleasantly remembere here, was elected as second grade teach? for the scholastic year, 1910-1911.' The High School teachers were re-elecl ed. The only change being that of Princ pal for the High School. Mr. Eugen j. \jy>ui iiaa uucu ciuuiuu tu tuat jjvoauiul Good work has been accomplished In bot Graded and High Schools during the pas year, and considering the disadvantage under which the High School pupils an teachers labored, they bo;h are to be con: plimented on the good work done. The Superintendent of City School! Prof. L. W. Pick, and Principal W. E. Brae ley, were re-elected at a previous meeting An Explanation. Mr. Editor?Some people around her have been accusing me of coming to tow too often for the good of my farming opt rations. In order to relieve their minds, I wi state that my chief object in coming her has been to see how the several countv ol licials are conducting themselves. While I llnd that some of thera are to often absent from their places of duty, believe that upon the whole they have don pretty well, and 1 would therefor recoir mend*to the voters of the county that the be given another term?after which think the last one of them should be n tired, as by that time they will all hav provided themselves with a plantation o two?some of theiu have already tha many. Those officers that do not run lIus sum mer should have one more term any wa.\ and will thank my friends to stippoi tliem. Yours trill v. Dote Smith. Mrs. -T. E. M< Davi.l returned last Frida; from Columbia whoreshe attendee; the inn ?i<-al festival. Dr. Kellar, avIio has been spendinpr som time in Florida, returned Monday evening ? W. W. BRADLEY ?a j. < ? mu/ J^Ultors ana *-ropr?eiurs vi jljh Greetingit. The Press and Banner presents in this 10 special edition facts and figures about Abbeville and Abbeville County succinctly rp stated, that will appeal to the home-seeker r j the manufacturer and the capitalist. This ag county perhaps presents as groat a variety . t of opportunities as any section in the )e State. Hero fertile soil can be bought for from ag ten to twenty dollars per acre, according to location, transportation facilities and "? ! its proven adaptability for certain lines a J of agricultural and horticultural productiveness, tmd it is safe to say that no other section of South Carolina affords greater advantages to the man who desires to make his living and add to bis competence :k by tilling of land. ay To the farmer living in the West or in the frozen Northwest. Eastern or Newen England States Abbeville County appeals. 1 u- With a climate that is healthful, invigor- ' >r- atlng, and yet with a mean annual tem- ( no perature of 25 to 6D degrees in winter? 1 rn when the people of the North are expend- 1 so ing their greatest energies in providing re fuel t>? ke?*p warm?with healthfulness h- that is well know i,, wlili the very best of educational and church facilities, there is 1 n- everything to attrnct and nothing to dey. tr ict. i a, ? : : 18 re fc*fi| wmm im ?~ k * n,' is. jgjfjf .'v ^h?g| it bbll-r . /.3bbjgl? ^^ h^kr. l||||8yjb a" f * ffilll id "': ' ''; <-^hjgl id " . jflhgffll st :^ra9h| ?&& v s, ikyk -. Mm t0 b> 111 hkskh^ jb" t- hgbrabi1': ':' jfl _ </ '."' hi bl b?l , 9 liii i ' lyyyv^araal n. h^bmw#M% ' ^5^1- ipffim h^bewl);': ^hsiusk'' tfttth h * nr^fel^b 7 b^mr .fefif c jmmbbbi id ie mammmmam y, 3l MR. AND MltS. Publishers of Special Newpaper scrlptlve Booklets, etc. Cori it nent address 38 Floral Ave., a st : ^ 0mmm >f s ^MWrmnWmfflffln88888188883888^^!^^^^^ j r I* j ^ i e Kk t'';:' J . - . ;.. ,: : . y g|||||j H* jflffimniiifiifi?mviifh wBwai mbb flBBB imnriiffatf 0 :. lion. Engcne 15. Gary t. - ii n H BMir*^ ei aBBjEF , ci TT P TJT> A rkf TTV " I? J t. JL^(.iikJLrUX>X i Abbeville Pres- aiul li;.iiner 0| Of This publication is issued after days of of tireless energy, and no little expense and difficulties and we recret the delay of the w issue, but we have lost no time in the m compilation and editing; no one but those ^ actively engaged in it tan appreciate tbe extent of the work required to bring it to completion. We have taken every care ^ possible to make the edition perfect and complete as for as our time and space would allow. Only a few of the commer- ^ cial and industrial interests of our city tailed to eilifer into the spirit of our enterprise. 0' The chief work on the edition has been done by Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Loop, of 83 lanta, who have had much experience in this line of work, and without their ju help we could not have accomplished what ?' has been done. , i The Pn;st> and Banner will take great dc pleasure in answering any specific ques- ac tions regarding Abbeville and Abbeville m County and their opportunities and resources, and we hop#1 that our readers will avail themselves of the opportunity' to ?f write us, or the following realty men: th Rolx'rt S. Link or J. E. Mobavid. Write fully and freely regarding our town and county and learn what they have to offer to the home-seeker, the mauefacturer, the capitalist. j M U a Biu Si te y< in CO m to pr irj be kl in T1 ar wl 80 W( th ne ta R< H< 8U las ab th lei th hi 0? t. M. LUUf clt Editions, Illustrative and De- co F6 -espondenee solicited. PerraaAtlanta, Ga. wt foi his de j? F '" "* | : jl im otl Hn^Hpi fj wc hit iiili'll'Wil' 'lll'l'flr WffPMlWPiP" " r" 1 * ui Mr , Associate Justice, Lei ... *.- , '7 ' ' -'l Geometrical Jumbles Politicians do not always get their P'i [juare. A man's success as a public servant yaps directly as his stock of human kindess. i no locus of a politician on the eve of lections has never been discovered. The pursuit of happiness falls under the icory of limits; however near we may pdroach to it we muy never reach it this de of infinity. A. four square man is hard to find; rao6t [ us are fashioned after the pattern of a apezium. Some men labor in an elipse; a rounded fetime brings them back to where they egan. Many a round dollar hns been mado on le square. He who is perpendicular to every one [se in his opinions may expect to bend or it transversals sooner or later. A man who is continually flying off at ingets may not hope to cut any figure. It is easiest to run parallel to the opinion f others. Conflct is thus avoided. You irmot do so. hhwever, and hold opinions 'your own. There is no rule under the sun by which e may show that any particular human 'e is reduced to the minimum or raised to ie maximum. After six thousand years it is difficult r most of us to cet alone withoilt svm >ls. How few of our lives are straight lines; ow many are broken! Few men feel that they wind up their e problem with the "Quod erat Facienim" of the finished construction. The wedding ceremony is not always the :1s of symetery for two lives. To the most of us our lives seem but a mble of segments and sectors instead a well rounded circle. A thirty dollar salery and a hundred illar appetite are quite incommensurable id neither approach happiness even reotely. The problem "woman" was indetermine in the time of Euclid and the delving later students has thrown no light on e question. Death of Miss Ruby Bently. (Communicated.) Miss Euby Bently, grand-daughter of r. D. H. Howard of ithis city, died at the >me of her imother in Knoxville, Tenn., mday afternoon, May 8,1910, in her sixenth year. For a little less than two sars previous to her death she had been the Thorn well Orphanage at Clinton. About two months ago she became ill or nsumption, and was taken back to her other. The reports of her teachers as the excellence of her deportment and oflciency in the lessons were most grat. zing, while Dr. Jacob's testimony as to ir lovely character were of the tenderest nd,?such as to move the heart loving sympathy for the orphanle kindly expressions from teachers d president increase the grief for her 10 to doubly dead in that she died yonng?died at the very threshold of >manhood. Eer remains are expected to arrive at e Southern Depot this morning, (Wedsday) at 9 40 o'clock when they will be ken to Long Cane cemetery for burialiligious services to be by the Bev;nry Stokes of the Methodist Church. Death of King Edward. King Edward the seventh of England ccombedtoan attack of pneumonia on it Friday. While the life of the late King was not ovo criticism still there was so much of e human In him, so much of that parals the experiences of other men that ere is a strong cord of sympathy for m In the great public mind. Men in King Edward's position are tarts for the shafts of criticism from all isaes. While the evil in him is not to be ndoned still it must be membered that he was tempted in a eater degree than is the ordinary man uoh fact was due to his exalted position, i Whatever were his fault he possessed , jjreatlblg heart which, after, all is the eatest asset a man can nave in taig rid from the standpoint of men. Full human sympathy, broadminded big 1 uled, with an enduring love for his peo- < >, respeot for their wishes, and devotion their interests, he| drew them to.him as hooks of steel. 3e was a man who had to exercise srnal vigilance over self, and if he fell at aes it is only what we all do. King's are , t Infallible. But with all his faults he < n1n/>a in tho hAftrfa nf JI1U CUi VMtiuU*v {/4WVV ** vuw ? people and today England mourns ] eplyits loss. - j C. University Boy Has Letter From ! King Edward of England. Dwo students- of the South Carolina liversity while discussing their relative portance made a bet, the one with the lor, that King Edward of England mid not (answer a letter addressed to . n from one of the boys. )neof the boys took the ground that \ i King would answer his letter and :ked his belief with a strip of "long J jen". The other covered it. L'he young man wrote the .letter to His ijcstv at Buckingham Palace, explaining 1 ) wager and promptly received an ans- ' r. The young niau is proud of his let- j '.which showed that lie did not err m | j lgment as to tho relement of human in- 1 est in the make-up of King Edward, [and j is also proud because of his enlarged j llet. < Services at Sharon and Bethel. "ho Rev. Mr. Egley, of Los Angles, lifornia, will oonduct services at JSharon e urch on next Sunday morning at the < lal hour for services. Ho will 'preach ( o at Bethel in the afternoon. The Rev. j . Egley will bo with the Rev. Geo. Gary j 2 during Monday and Tuesday. -" Of ' Vt// ;V,' / V ' Kr, v, ^ '-f- ." v V'^ And It a Blue Cat John Davis, his two sons Philip and Zach Davis and Oze Ellenbery went flsbing one day last week. At Tullis bridge, over . Long Cane, they caught a large blue cat fish, weighing it is estimated, some seven or eight pounds. When the fishermen were ready for a fish fry, they prepared their catch for the frying pan. In doing so they found in the stomach of the blue cat a full grown water moccasin, as long as an umbrella. Mr. Davis did not eat of the blue cat, but , others did. Mr. Etlenberg in bis sleep that night had something to say of a four- : four snake In a blue cat, and of a blue cat in his own stomach. i % Mr. Eykard also quotes Ur. James Taggart as authority for the statement that it is no unusual thing to find little snakes in the stomachs of fish. Mr. Eykard thinks this is a true story? , not a fish story? not even a snake story Mr. Eykard, reports that his son J. P. Eykard, lately saw grass moving In his fishpond.. He shot.and killed^two large moccasins with one load. There is nothing unusual in his killing one King fisher v or one bull frog at one shot.but it is not often that two snakes are killed at one fire. Death of Mary Cox. Mary Harbison Cox, daughter of E. E Cox, died last Wednesday May 4th in Atlanta where her father had taken her for treatment. She had sufiered for six weeks with fever and was not strong enough to rally from the evil effects of the disease. She was three years old. A large number of people attended the iunerai, attesting tneir.iove ior ine suiferer and their sympathies for the bereaved family. Funeral service was held at the home conducted by the pastor, and Interment was made at Long Cane Cemetery. i?^ ^ * 1 Moving Pictures. J At the tneatrt^each night of the week, except Sunday night, may be seen moving pictures produced by the latest and best machinery for the purpose. The continuous performances are being well attended; if interest increases as it has for the past month as the season lengthens the moving picture man will be a busy person by the end of the summer. To the educational advantages and the high class citizenship with which Abbeville is now, and has ever been blessed, is due the fact that she has '.always occupied a leading place in the affairs of the State. In the past she has furnished more able men to the service of the State than perhaps any other County. Nor is her star waning even to the present time. Amongst her more prominent public men of today, might be mentioned Ex United States Senator Frank B. Gary, Congressman Wyatt Aiken, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the State, Eugene B. Gary and Circuit Judge James C. Klugh, all ol whom reside here; and Attorney General J. Fraser Lyon and Comptroller General A. W. Jones who are living temporarily in Columbia. The faithful service of these men and their re-election from time to time attest the high esteem in which they are held and the ability with which they have served. Abbeville like others of old will live for all time in the history of her distinguished public servants. Delegates to K. of P. Grand Lodge. At a recent meeting 06 the Abbeville Lodge no. 64 Knights of Pythias the fol-^ lowering gentlemen were elected to repre sent the Lodge at the meeting of the Grand Lodge which meets at Bennettsville on the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth inst. Messrs C. D. Brown, R. L. Dargan, J. M. Nickels, and W. H. White. CAVE DOTS Mr. Bob Davis and Mr. BUI Hanner made a call at Abbeville last Thursday. rT14-?- ?? ?a?nnAniiUr f/i Ka nIH man - Xfl?y UUtll ttID VOl; ^V^UlOl WV WV WAV. UAWAA Messrs Bob Crawford and Bee Loner spent 8unday with us. Mrs. E. B. Taylor spent Saturday and Sundav with Mrs. E. B. Pruitt. Mr. Lonie Ashley has bought him a new horse. Miss Maudie Davis is visiting relatives at Keaton. Mr. Ralph Tucker passed hear Saturday on his way to; we dont know where. We all are so glad to see the rain. Vloiet. ? To Atlanta and Return for $2.75. On May 24th, an excursion will be run to Atlanta, which will be personally conductsd by Messrs. L. P. Smith and if. I. Brock. That these centlemen will personally con duct the excursion Is sufficient guarantee that it will be of the best. The train will leave on the following schedule: Abbeville 7 a. m., Hodges 7.80 a. m., Shoals Junction 7.40 a. m., Donalds 7.50 i. m. and Honea Path 8 a. m., and will arrive in Atlanta at 2.30 p. m. The train will leave Atlanta, May 25th, at 11 o'clock p. m., Atlanta time. No Place Like AmericaMore than twenty years ago your Uncle A.ndy Carnegie wrote "Triumphant Democracy"?at that time a very valuable as well as enthusiastic book?filled with eu^' logy and statistics. Born in Scotland, is a most intense American. Lately he has remarked that he would not want a ' free ticket to heaven if it did not contain a return coupon to America. "There's a reason." lour uncie Anay tias made many millions in America. It is aot at all likely that he could accumulate so much iu heaven?nor in the other place. So, why should he not wish to stay nere? But Uncle Andy is not peculiar in that; for men who have never succeeded in accumulating a dollar here are in no greater lurry to go than the canny Scotch muitinillionaire of the steel trust.?Newberry Observer. Stockholders Special Meeting. There will be a special meeting of the ;tockholders of the Building and Loan AsOL'iation of Abbeville in the otlice of Dr. >. A. NeulTer, at six o'clock Wednesday ivening, May lath, to consider the advisatility of changing the rate of interest roni six to seven per cent. J. S. Morse, Sec,