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S7 n msnnrfc^^? m The Press and Bannei W W. A W. R. BRADLEY. Editors ABBEVILLE, 8. C. A#-pQblUbed every Wednesday at 93 year In advanoe. * Wednesday, June 8,1910. \ A Mexican War Veteran In the death of Mr. John Wilkerso: Abbeville loses its last veteran of th Mexican War. One by one they have beei passing away until now, and now the las answers the last roll call from this count) in the person of Mr. Wilkerson. Mr. Wilkerson's father -was a Britls soldier who settled In Mecklenburg County N. C.. in the yer 1812. Mr. John Wllkei son was born in Mecklenburg County in th year 1826. He married Miss Sara Hi Verell In Laurens County, Dec. 29, 185! She was a daughter of Dr. Dr. John Verel After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Wllkei son moved to Ninety Six where his el children were born. Of these, Laura E. Wilkorson was bor Nov. 20,1863 and died August 16, 1855. Augustus and Ella D. Wllkersoi twins, were born March 1, 1856. Ella wo married twice. The first time with F. 1 Blyth of New Market, and the secon time with A. J. Pounds of Bradley. Sh died in 1886. Augustus aiea in me yea 2889. He was never married. Lod H. yVilkerson was bom March 2< 1868, Forty years ago he moved to Whit Bali, from which place he moved to Abb< ville about five years ago. At present h is a resident of this community. . . _ Lula Belle Wilkeraon was born Octobe 29,1860 and was married April 30, 1884 t Mr. W. G. Chapman. They have lived a Abbeville ever since their marriage. i Mr. John M. Wilkersor, was born Fel 28, 1863. He married Miss Lula Mam daughter of the late W. D. Mann. To thei were born five sons, being the only gran children of Mr. Wilkersbn. He suffered none, but passed away quiei _ \7 on Friday morning, at his home hen June 3,1910, aged 84 years. While not rich in the general acceptanc of the term today, still be had a compt I tence of this worlds goods, and lived tta f we ox an numoie, nonest, reepeuteu uiuzei His wtfe was born in the same year the he vai borat 18SS. They lived togethe -68 years, and she Is now In fairly goo health mentally and physically. The! MI married life was most happy, thfey wei lovers' even until the (toyof his death. Mr. Vilk^on was perfectly reooncile ^ < to his fat* .-fteWdBev. Mr. Stokes, hi spiritual $tf$te?,'tbat theLord h^d bee good to him and had West him with healt and freedom from pain for many Ion Tears.' - ^ The funeral at the house was oonducte ' on Saturday morning by the Rev. Henr Stoke? in the presence of a goodly con: pony composed largely of the older citizen who had come tdbpay honor to the oldee man lq the oommunity and to his bereave pi v-fuplly^ ./* John Wilkerson left Abbeville In tb year 1847 in the Company'commanded b Captain J. Foster Marshall, which con nanv was a nart of the Palmetto Regimen in the Mexican War. The company cor stated of ioo able bodied men of whom no , one-third returned. Some were killed bu many more died from diseases due t different climatic conditions and impur drinking water. At that time we had n - railroads and the company marched froi here to Augusta, Ga., by way of Edgefielc ' They camped the first night at Wharton fin house on Curl tail creek. It rained a night* and next day they waded th branches which they crossed. The? next day they stopped at Hoop' where an elegant dinner was served then but the rain ruined nearly every thin' except the brandy. The second night the stopped at Winter Seat and built grea campflres and dried their clothes. Th next day people In the neighborhood cai ried them to Edgefield In wagons. The soldiers were treated royally ever where they went. They were met on th way from Winter 8eat to Edgefield by band of music, and great waiters ladene with Whiskey punch. At Edgefield the were*lnvlted to a magnificent feast at th hotel'">where they were served with a thatcouldjsatlsfy the appetite or gladde the h&art. Th6 people of Edgefield carried them 1 wagons to Aiken the nest morning, wher the oompauy for the first time saw steai cars. They boarded the train and went t Charleston where they stayed for a wee or ten days before returning to Augusta Ga. They went thence to Atlanta by rail an from that point they again resumed trav< on the ''peoples line" and walked 110 mile toward - Montgomery. At Montgomer they went aboard a boat and were take to a small island In the Gulf of Mexio The army was in command of Generi Soott. And upon arrival at Vera Cruz t demanded the surrender of the Mexican Instead of surrendering they fired on hie Like all Mexican soldiers who have su vlved dufing .theJast twenty years, wha ever their * financial condition, Mr. W1 kerson was granted a pension by the Fe< eral Government. This was original) eight dollars per month, afterward raise to twelve. Members of the family expref themselves very gratefully for the woi of Congressman Aiken in having h nenslon raised to twenty dollars d< month, by putting through a special a of Congress for that purpose. Mrs. Wj klnson, widow of the deceased, will r ceive a pension of twelve dollars per monl for the rest of her life. i ? f Theo. Abroad. Ih&J. awkward blunderbus of a son of ol MreTtTl^~Thw.'Itosevelt, has certain] got The old lady.U S his mother, on pins f< fear he will be guilty of some breach of di corum that will compromise the eutii family. Theo. is the sort of boy who wi stick his fork Into the fried "taters befoi the blessing is asked. He is the sort < boy who will blur right out all the famil secrets and then seem surprised when i is rebuked. Theo. has put on his ne ' ? -* ?rxlA 1 domes &nu KUIU9 Vibiuiig oun uiu 1U1? V 8. Is watching her boy even as a haw watches a chicken. The neighbors are a ready criticising Theo. but Theo. is sure t stir up criticism. He would think his vis In vain unless he had instigated some rac) et. Theo. glories in a racket. He is n< of the Sunday school-never-do-wrong, sai to faced type. He is a blethering blustei ing blethum of a boy who is always in row, never satisfied unless he is in a ro and wouid'nt live unless he could stir up row. In Honor of Saffiiiel Speneer. . Atlanta, Ga., May 1, (Special) In honot' of the late Samuel Spencer, first president = of the Southern Railway Company, and , one of Georgia's most distinguished sons,' j a portrait statue of heroic size in bronze, , set upon a pedestal of Knoxville marble, , * placed on the plaza of the Atlanta Termi- j - nal Station, will be presented to Atlanta ] and to Georgia at two o'clock on the afternoon of Saturday May 21, as the gift of j : thirty thousand employes of the railroad , system which represents the great work of j his eventful life. a The statue is the work of Daniel Chester ( e French, perhaps the most famous of living j a American sculphors, and has been declared ( it to be among the best that has come from : r, his hand. As the memorial of so large a number of men who under him had labor- j h ed in the upbuilding of the Southern Rail- ( j, way System the statue is a fit tribute to ( r- Mr. Spencer. That it should be placed at , e the Atlanta Terminal Station is also proper 11 as few enterprises engaged the interest of 2. Mr. Spencer as did the building of this 1. magnificent passenger station, the comr pletion of which has marked a distinct x epoch In Atlanta's life. The monument and pedestal occupy the n center of the platform in the form of a half circle on the plaza and facing the Atlanta i, Termidal Station. is The platform, which is raised about 2 * * onnrnnoK f/? t".h A i_ reec apove ui? iwvci ui mo d Station is 75 feet across the front. On ie either side is a granite pier surmounted ir by an ornamental lamp post (electroliar) of bronze 18 feet in height. A coping of 5, granite extends completely around the ? circumference of the platform and caries y- two Knoxville marble seats of classic dee sign. The pedestal is eight feet in height, , and 6 feet square with a rounded front, ir It is ornamented with a touch of each coro ner and with garlands of Southern pine kt branches and cones. The inscriptions are in Roman Incised letters on front and >. back. i, The statue represents Mr. Spencer seated , a in what might be an office chair. He leans d slightly forward with one hand, the left, grasping one arm of the chair and the right b- elbow resting on the other. The feet are drawn well back to look as if he might ! easily rise from the chair. It was intended e to suggest in the attitude the alertness and * ' fk/l 1 j. quickness oi motion, cnarauwsnsLiu m mo e man. The statute if in standing posture j. t\ ould be about nine feet in height. \i Of the pedestal, designed by Henry Bair con, architect, and executed by Piccirilii d Brothers of New York, Daniel C. French, lr t ae sculptor of the monument, says, "It is e one of the most beautiful things of that kind I have ever seen. The carving of the d ornament is magnificent." Ig * On the front of the monument is the n following inscripiion: ? 1 h 8AMUEL SPENCER ' e 1847 1906 d The inscription on the back is as lollows: y i A GEORGIAN 8 A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER it FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE SOTTHERN , d RAILWAY COMPANY ERECTED BY THE EMPLOYES OF , o THAT COMPANY y Both the statue and the pedestal have < l* been shlDDed to Atlanta and they will I * probably be put in place In a few days as I the platform has already been prepared. 1 No higher tribute could ever be paid Mr. ? Spencer than the spirit in which the men 0 who had worked under him undertook the e work of raising a permanent memorial to 0 him. Only a few days after his death on I D November 29, 1906, the suggestion was 1 made that a memorial be erected by the I j? employe!, of the system. The idea found favor all over the system and a general e committee was formed on which were representatives from every branch of em- | 8 ployes. Though many wished to make i ,' large contributions, the committee early i g decided that what was most wanted was i y to have the monument represent the con'* tribution of a large number of men. Con- ; e sequently a scale was arranged, by which each man was requested to srive in propor- i tion to the salary he received and no man i y was allowed to give more than his allot- i e ment. Thirty thousand employes respond? ed. Payment was made in the shape of < u order on the paymaster xor me amount y given by each employe to be deducted e from his salary for March 1907. These " "deduction slips" bearing the signature of n every man who contributed u> the monument, will be placed in a mortised stone in n the platform. / e n ? ? o k AmcusU end President Taft's Traveling Expense. d President Taft spent a mint of money in i\ his travels throughout the South and ? West last fall and when reconing time y came certain democrats waxed livid >n and kicked at the proposition to pay the o. president's expenses whereat Augusta Ga, il becomes enraged that her eretwhile guest le should thus be humiliated by the haggling s. democrats and proposed to pay whatever Q. expense the president incurred while a r- visitor to that city. Here is Augusta's telet gram to the president: il- "Augusta, the winter home of President j. Taft, stands indignant and mortified at the action of certain democratic members y of congress defeating by technical objection sd a proposition to make retoractive so as 5s to cover all expenses of the last southern .j. trip, the appropriation of $25,000 for the . president's traveling expenses. " ' 1 - ? 1?.i. /v# f Ka /kKfimViAn A? *" "All a JU1UL WVOblug VI uic tuauiuci v/j ir commerce, Merchants and Manufactures' ct Assosiation, cotton exchange, board of II trade and the Georgia-Carolina Fair Associatirn, held this day, it was unanimously e- agreed that we respectfully tender through h you to the government of the United States the $5,000 necessary to meet the deficiency of the president's recent transcontinental trip, which did so much to cement the ties between the different sections and bring the nations and the nation's chief executive in closer touch and sympathy with each other." This is too small an affair for Southern Congressmen to haggle over. If they can n find nothing more to do than to quarrel e" with the president about his mileage book "e why they would do much better to come ^ home, hang up their "Jim swingers" :e and get into the making of the next cotton crop. Such service would be more accepty able to the people at home. le w " ? Hon. M- S- Conner for Lieut. .1- Governor 10 The News and Courier publishes a ft "Special" from St. George to the effect l~ that there is a strong probability of Hon. ^ M. S. Conner entering the race for the Lieutenant Governor's chair. r? a Good sound white milling corn at Glenn's. Plural Punishments for Singular Offenses. fn the case of Sturkey vs. Deason for J assault and battery which was tried 1 n Monday's court the jury rendered a ' sealed verdict which was read l?y the ' jlerk to the court 011 Tuesday morning the verdict was, "guilty of assault and oattery." 1 The Judge called Mr. Deason to his 1 feet and asked him if there was any reason why sentence should not be im_ x>sed upon him. Mr. Deason in his repiy stated that there was no reason Jxcept that he had already been punished tor the same offense by the Town Council 1 sf McCormick, whereat Judge Aldrich read a lecture. In his lecture the Judge showed that he is possessed of th^t acumen and common sense for wliich he is noted. In effect he said as the law now stands ; a man may be tried, convicted, and punished in the police court; tried, con- ] victed, and punished in the court of ' ?J ^ 1 1 | general sessions; anu meu, uvu?ivi and punished In .the Federal courts and all for the same offense. The const!- 1 tution of the says that a man is to 1 be punished only once 'for any offense ( and while the law says that he may be i punished more than once it is hard to < see how such a faw squares with the 1 constitution. And, by the piper, Judge Aldrich is right? A little meditation < and serious thought on the subject will bring any one to the conclusion that when a person is punished once his 1 punishment for th^c act should endi and this method of the courts of having 1 spanking stations all the way from the \ Mayors Court up to Uncle Sams Court | Is wrong! ' Johny was not such a bad boy but he ' was prone to fall in to mischief. Johny [ went to school. On an occasion ho did something that called down upon himself the severe wrath and punishment af the teacher. Johny was sorely 1 "battle whanged" by the teacher. Being uncertain of his grounds at home Johny 1 took his meals standing and in silence for several days, but things will leak ( out and so did the fact of Johny's flogg- 1 Ing. When the news Anally reached home Johny's mother called him one day with the question: Johny,' have you been behaving at school? Yes, ma. Stndying your lessons? Yes ma. Johny, I did not know until to day that you had received a whipping at school, You j didn't? Why I've been knowing that' for ; a week! I was there at the time? Johny's mother, after the good old style, proceeded to make Johny remember his whipping for another week and thrashed 1 him roundly for being thrashed at ' school. Not long afterward Johny'r. father came upon the scene and- knowing1 that 1 Johny's mother rarely punished him and that when she did she rarely gave Johny what he deserved took the young man in tow and led him to the woodshed where he received his third admonition. In a short time Johny's grand father ?nnf/io/iVioH t/i wViora fh? vnunc anion was lugubriously bemoaning bis fate in i dismal corner of the wood shed, and as the old gentleman peeped around the jorner Johny shouted out to him "cut ; itout, grand pa, Ive had enough. I'm ?oing to join the church, Y. M. C. A., ind study for the ministry! / , a i Col- F. H. Hyatt, Formally Announces. Col. F. H. Hyatt of Columbia has formally announced himself as candidate for Governor. His platform will be found in his announcement which reads like this: Campaign promises are easily made My purpose is, if elected to give the peoples plain, honest, and business-like administration. Of course I shall advocate good roads, good schools and good government; my attitude to: the same being well known to the public for many years. I consistently advocated prohibition and was among the first to Rive money ind lend influence to push that movement more than 20 years ago. As a business man my chief aim, if ( sleeted, will be to conduct a state govern, ment along business lines. Mr* J. Howard More. Esq- Resigns his Position on County Board of Education. Mr. J. Howard More, who has been a member of the County Board of Education since April 1909, has now resigned his position. His resignation is due to the fact that he was recently elected a member of the City Board of Education. Mr. D. H. Hill, Esq. has been recommended to take Mr. More.s place on the County Roard and will no doubt In due time receive the appointment. Summer SchoolThe Summe school for Abbeville County will open on the twelfth day of July. * The sessions of the school will be held in the new High School building and will under the supervison of Prof. L. W. Dick assisted by Miss McLane. The School will last for three weeks The county teachers will do well to take advantage of this opportunity of study Ka Citmmar l.Ui bliV uuiuiuvit i i Veterans and Sons of Veterans Take Notice. The time for distrbuting Crosses of Honor to Confederate Veterans is about to end. Veterans desiring to get Crosses will apply to W. A. Templeton Adjutant of Abbeville liegt. U. C. V. or Mrs. Lucy Thomson President of the U. D. C. Sons of Veterans can also obtain Crosses by applying for them. ' Memorial Services- ' Memorial services, in honor of the deceased members of the B. L. E. Will bo held in the Opera House, Sunday June the 12th, at 2:30 o'clock The public are cordually invitod. Abbeville Post Office Moves Up a Peg. On recommendation of a post office inspector who was here last week the Abbeville Po6t Office was moved from the third class to the second class. This carries with it larger pay for the pastmaster and better facilities for the public service. C'onkey'M Lice Powder. Get a 10c package Conkey's Lice Powder and a copy of Conkey's Poultry Book free. The Powder kills lice instantly and the book Is full of valuable information for the i poultry raisers. By mail 7c. The Mc- < Murray Drug Co, r i r- ^ <>.IH 7.7 The Flying Machine Glenn H. Curtiss performed rocchtly in New York a most wonderful feat with his flying machine. With such success did he Accomplish his flight and win the $10,000 prize offered by the New York world that we are constrained to think that the Hying machine is about to pass the experimental stage and become a part of our arts and crafts. "With such success did he accomplish his feat that those who are about to engage in future warfare may just as well prepare to fly or surrender. U. S. military tactics will include the Hying machine from now on. The manoevers about to start at one of the western camps will bo characterized by manoevers with arroplane. The Aeroplane can carry a considerable load. One can imagine what mischief would be wrought to a city or fort should Aero planes swoop overhead and drop hundred weights of gun cotton or other more dangerous explosive on the town or fort below. It is easy to detect a ship at 3ea with the aid of powerful search lights* but whether or not it will be an easy matter to detect the aeroplane or not is another question, and when the aeroplane is once detected it is doubtful whether or not big guns can ne trained on it, nywiK at the rate of 60 miles per hour or whether small guns will suffice to cripple it. The soldier of the future, it seems, will earn his $15 per month, his bread, and his clothes, to say the least. The Anglo Saxon Is afraid of nothing so long as he knows he stands an equal footing with an enemy, but it would be hard to say what a bunch of Anglo Saxons would do should they see an engine of death flying over them bearing a deadly exposivo to drop upon their heads. The light would be too one sided? even for an Anglo Saxon. Should there/be cover near the commander would need all his magnetism and experience and power to keep the bunch in line. Maybe the aeroplane will be a blessing in disguise, who knows? Should it stop the building of live million dollar battle 3hips it will have acconfplished much, and will more than pay for all past experiment oiHa^Kq mofnr at7An in fhfl PA-RA of L?I1 l/l J iO OiUO l/iiv nuuui vtwm *?. ?mw a single battle ship. TROY'S LACONICS. Interesting Paragraphs from a WideAwake Correspondent Rev. H. B. Blakely, assisted in the Sabbatn school convention at Bold Springs, yesterday. Rev. N. E. Smith of Bradley most acceptably filled the A. R. P. pulpit yesterday. Misses Mary and Virginia Aiken the pretty daughters of Hon. Wyatt Aiken are enjoying vacation days in the grand old country home of their aunt, Miss Sue McCaslan at Cedar Spring. Again Mr. Paul Johnson of-Greenvllle, was seen heading towards Bellevue, recently, seemingly great attractions thereabouts. Mr. J. C. Kennedy is In Due West attending commencement. His daughter Miss Bunny is one of the pretty graduates. Dr. and Mrs. L. W. Sheppard were up from Liberty last week. They bought of Mr. W. L. Burnsldes his home here, formerly the home of Mrs. Sheppards mother, Mrs. Taggart. They will be cordially welcomed as Trojans here. Mrs. S. R. Zeigler, of Shieveport, Louisiana, was among the honored visitors at the school entertainment here last toeek and was Miss Onie Kennedy's guest for the time being. Mias Jennie Wideman is gladdened home by her many friends from her school duties at iva. Miss Rosa Bradley was among the .visitors at commencement in Columbia at the College for Women. Mrs. Margaret Watson will spend the summer months with her daughter, Mrs. Willie Bryson Fowler, at Ora. S. C. It is a pleasure to his many friends to know Editor W. R. Bradley has been elected superintencjant of .Abbeville City Schools. A splendid selection. Mrs. J. G. Sanders and her pretty daughter, Miss Bertha, of McCormick paid their cousin, Mrs. J. M. Cuddy a visit recently. News of the death of Dr. Lindsay at his home in Willington was heard with sadness. He was once a staunch citizen of Clear Springs, which honored land marks are fast passing away. Miss Millwee Davis left Friday for Walterboro where she will enjoy ten days with her friend, Miss Mamie Stokes. Prof. F. W. Bradley ran up from the 8. C. University last week, ere he takes leave for Germany. He is a scholarly gentleman and no doubt his t rip will be of great benefit. Miss Mollie Tittle spent last week In Greenwood with friends. The annual piano recital of Miss Louise Solomon's will be given in McCormick on the lf'th of this month. This event is always looked forward to with great pleasure. Mrs. Fannie Haddon of Abbeville was down for a few days recently. The closing exercises of Troy school passed with a crowning success, and teachers and pupils deserve much praise for their evenings programe. The medals for declamation and essay reading were well delivered and read. Hon. H. C. Tillman made an interesting address and aiso presented the medals. Master Hunter Blakely and Miss Margaret Cook have the honor of wearing them. The teachers, Misses Davis and Dendy have done faithful work and deserve vacation days. Mrs. T. R. P. Creswell'8 death at her home near Cedar Spring's a few days ago, brought grief to many. She attended the service meetings at Cedar Springs. With communion on Sabbath, after going home complained of being cold, at 4o^lock she suffered a stroke of paralypis and died on Monday night. She was Miss Maggie Butler, and a mosf; zealous and happy christian. She leaves many lovod ones who are sorely bereaved, She was buried at Cedar Springs by # many loved ones. Pretty little Misses Marian and Willie Jay, are in Due West, and Abbeville with their aunts. Mrs. Lennie Robinson and Mrs. Fannie Haddon. Mr. Eustace Bradley, who for the past year has been a student in Abbeville graded school is home for the summer. Mrs. J. F. Clinkscales, is with relatives at Anderson and Lowndesville to speiid some days. Rev. and Mis. i. H. Burton, wore called to Augusta Friday, to the burial of Col. Ahnftr Bushnell. Mrs. Burton's brother. I The Junior Society of the A. It. P. church will in a few weeks give the play. "When the cut's away the mice will play." More again, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Bradley. with their bright, and interesting boys Author, and Jim were with his parents Rev. 1{. F. Bradley and family Satuday night and yesterday. Coal Fields Brought Nearer. The coal fields of Virginia will be brought nearer to Atlauta and the entire Houtbeastern territory and the transportation of fuel from this section will be greatly facilitated in a few months by the completion of the new line of the Virginia and Southwestern Railway, extending 47 miles from Moccasin Gap.Ya., to Bu Is Gap,Ten n., where connection is made with the main line of the Southern Railway. Tbe construction of this line has now reached a point where the Company hopes to have it iu operation in a short time. Thie line is being built on favorable) grades owing to the fact that it is located iu the valley of the Holston river thus avoiding the heavy grades between Moccasin Gap and Bristol. This new line will also furnish railroad service to a territory rich in its agricultural resources which has heretofore lacked this very important facility. AiN LNHMATE RIVER, i MdW +HE MISSISSIPPI SOMETIME! EATS UP REAL ESTATE. Captain Kinr of Greenville Telia How the Father Of Waters Swallowed Several Thousand Dollars' Worth of His Property In One Night. "No use talking, the Mississippi river la the most contrary thing on earth," remarked Captain S. H. King of Greenville, Miss. "During the civil war, it will be remembered, there was a double bend, much In the shnpe of the letter S, of the * river at Vlcksburg. General Grant, you know, wanted to change tho course of the rlvor by cutting a channel through De Soto ponlnstila, thus cutting off tbo upper bend and causing tbo river to flow straight across below Vlcksburg and leaving the town high and dry. Grant could then have sent his gunboats by Vlcksburg and _ escaped the shelling from the upper bat- | terles of tho Confederates north of the ' town. He put General McClernand and sevoral thousand men to work at cutting this channel across the peninsula in front of the town, and they worked for some time, notwithstanding the harassment from the lower batteries of tbo enemy. But the contrary rivor woujuu s miuw least desire of accepting such an artificial channel anyway. The plan was finally abandoned and Grant's gunboats had to maice the run before both the upper and lower batteries. But in 1876 the Missis slppi river, of its own accord, cut its way across De Soto peninsula bdlow Vicks burg, but farther up than Grant's artificial ohannel was started. De Soto peninsula la now De Soto Island, and the body ol water in front of Vlcksburg is now known as Centennial lake, taking the name from the year that tbo Centennial was held at Philadelphia This is only one of many Instances showing how the Mississippi re fuses to submit to tho dictation of clvU ^ engineers and how it follows itejjwn stub- _ born course, winding and washing it# ? way here and there at its own wilL "By the way, the Mississippi washed several thousand dollars out of my pockct In one night about 16 years ago. At that time I owned a row of houses which began almost three blocks away from the river in Groenvllle, Miss. One day a govern* ment engineer said to me, 'The river will ome time wash away its bank here, and {J your buildings win cuiddjo in. "Well, I laughed at him. The bank was 75 feet bigb, and, besides, the river was quite low. One morning I awoke to learn that there had been a big cave in of the river bank the night before, and that a couple of my buildings bad been carried away. I joined the crowd of people that rushed to the river bank to see this de traction, and, I tell you, I never ap p *eclated the terrible power of the Father 01.' Water* until I witnessed this scene. While I was standing there talking with friends another big slice of land, a block In width, orambled away and fell into^he river, carrying with it several more of my buildings. You can imagine bow I felt, because I had been drawing an income of $1,000 a month in rentals from my buildings. Now over half of them were a mass of debris floating down the river, and my real estate was only so much dirt in thi bottom of the channel. "As I stood there watching my build lngs and ground slip away into the rivex a c!tizon approached mo and said,'CapI lain, I'll give you f 1,600 for the remain der of your property.' " 'No, I'll not take lees than $2,000/ I said I. "The words had no more than left my tongue when there was another cave in, and two more of my lots and buildinge tumbled into tne greeay river, xne olwzen then remarked to me, 'Captain, I'll give you $1,000 for your property now.' "I cefu6ed to entertain this proposition, which, of course, was a pure speculation, as no human agency could stop the cav* In. Pretty soon another one of my loti ahd its building went Into the river, and . my speculative friend then offered me $800 for the remainder of my property. By this !] time I had concluded to trust to luck and stand all losses, and I refused to sell at any price. I now had- ono lot and one building left. During the ezcltcment aH A old colored woman come up and said to '' me: " 'See beah, cap'n, will ye give me dem ? brick what's In dat cellar under yei v house?' ) ^ "I told her she could have the brick. 1 v. had a pile of new brick in the cellar uadqg ,, my only remaining bouse. The old ( ored woman gave her husband 26 ?ent? v to hire a team and wagon to haul away -i7 tho brick. Now, upon my word of honor, J what I am now going to say Is true. While tho old colored man was gone for a ( wagon another cave in occurred, and my v last house and lot, brick and cellar and ; all, tumbled into the river. The cave In: t oame so suddenly that the crowd of people -Ji ntanding on the bank bad to flee for their / lives. After the ezcitcment had somewhat 1 ubsided the old colored woman exclaimed: ^ " 'Laws o' mossy I 1 Dere's my brick in v de bottom o' do ribber, an I dono los' my ? quatah.' iv "Of course, while the old woman was ? out 25 cents, I was out another $1,000. \ During this series of oave ins that day ^ efforts were being made to place a long v frame store building on rollers and move (7 lb to a place bt safety, But before the ^ building could be raised it began to tilt, I and the wen were compelled to aesers it. v Soon the store building slid into the river ~ and went kerchug to the bottom of the ,>1 channel, as completely out of sight as if It had been 'the only pebble on the beach.' ^ "In my opinion the Mississippi river it all right?when it doesn't come my way. 1 la built a nice residence in Greenville several years ago and had a beautiful flower bedecked lawn between the house and tha e river, which was a block away. That lawn has long since been swallowed by the voracious maw of the Mississippi, and today my residence 6tands on the edge of a bank that is 75 feet high."?St. Louis GlobeDemocrat. ri .< Mediaeval Lynch Laws In Bavaria. t It la curious to note that in some parts * of Bavaria a method of procedure which li called fiaberfeld treiben still prevails and < la practiced by the people in oase of offenses which do not come within the pale of the ordinary law. Neither person nor property is injured. People assemble 0! with black or masked faces in front of the offender's house and howl, fire rifles and beat pots and kettles. A mock sermon setting forth the offense of the person concerned is then recited in the hearing of the misdemeanant.?Notes and Queries. [ i Cm The expenses of Great Britain are now |q bout $500,000,000 yearly, or nearly $1,000 la per minute, but every tick of the clock ,n' represents an inflow of a little over $16 ^ Into the British treasury, thus leaving an annual surplus yf about $20.000,00ft A Mile of Pennies w Some time last year slips were sent out w n,o rivipfiiih for "a mile of Dennies.', Each Slip was one foot in length "and held Tii sixteen pennies. A sufficient number was ' sent out to make one mile, while filled ?,c with pennies would amount to 1844.48. Many of these slips have been returned ou and a comfortable sum was realized, how- C ever there are still many to be accounted for. The Hospital Committee would be glad i to get them-back filled out.Send to Mrs. W. P. Greene or phone 138 and they will be called for. Save the little chicks from indigestion, diarrhoea, etc., with Con key's Cholera ~~ Remedy. It is guaranteed lo give satisfaction. The Me Murray Drug Co. J Ice Cream, Toba Cigarret Paints, Oils an Wholesale and re Up-to-date Drug S C.A.Milfo: Ne Are Ready f mer Campi Come and see us or sen< We h ive all kind* of Staple Good", Fa Goods, Shoes, etc. We carry a good line specialties are: Seed Corn, Cane Seed, Mil! just now is a good time to buy an Ice Crea stock of Fruit Jars, half gallons, quarts ar Rubbers. Oar Sales of Coal have been very ingcars every wees now ana are TaKing < livery up to November. So hand in your you wish and relieve your mind of the mi \mos B. Morse SOUTHERN I THE SODTH'S 6REAT nexcelled Dinning Car Service. Through Pullman Sleeping Cart ^Convenient Schedules c Arrival and Departu No. of Trains. 110 Leaves for Greenville ar 9:20 am. x 112 Leaves for Greenville at 114 Leaves for Columbia at ( 111 Arrives from Columbia i at 11:05 a.m.' 113 Arrives from Columbia i 115 Arrives from Greenville For full information as to rates, routes, et Bail way Ticket Ag? ALEX. H. ACI . * Travelling Paesengei Augusta. Ga. J. L. MEEK, A8st Gen. Pasc. Agent, Atlanta,'On. Ii&rieston and Western Carolina Ry Wobedale In effect September 12, 1908. I I vl Dally Dnlly r Augrnsta 10 10<tm 4.85pm 6.80acu r McCormlck.. ll.&Urn 0.38pm 8. Mum " - ' - QlH.m 7 ucuormioK r Calhoun Falla... ti.2Sn.na _ rApderwop.. ll.ooam It 18 8 t McCo'uiicK U.56*m 6.48pui r Greenwood 12.57pm 7 50pcn r Waterloo 1.88pm r Lauren* 2 00pra ,,AIie ?v, a?n diseas< tlX. Han. hlrwul 7 Laurens 2.86piu 8.10am diooq. r Fountain Iud... 8.17pm t?.23am ^id 111 r Greenville 4.o0pna 10.20am regula v Luurtu* 2,82pm in exCfi r WoodruH 8.18pm interni r HpwrtaDbnrg ,... 4.U6pm remed; ^ boarUuburK..... 6.26pm (OO.H).) will no r Henderson vine 8.1&pm at bes r Aabevtiie ti 15pm treatm v ASbevllle 7.00am (Ho. R>\) firmer r Henderaouvlile 8.05am the pal r Spartanburg-... 12.90pm (C. AW.C. Ky) Diatlsn fWoodruO 1.13pm rotten rLaurenw 2.03pm Scien 7 Greeuvuie? 12J0uui 4.80pm liixjsuu. and CO r Fountain Inn... 1.03pm 5.25pm macide r Lauren* 1.45pm 6.26pm has effi 7 Lauren* 2.12pm (C.N.iL) 'believe ? Clinton 2.32pm at the r Newberry 8.20pm poisoni r Columbia 4.66pm ^LTnnr r Charleston 10.00pm and mi r Lauren* 2 82pm (.' <k W. C.) "Ktrlkp r Green wood, 3.32pm 6.66am moves ' Anderaon 4 OOpra Rf)]H k, 7 Calhoun Falla... 5.36pm r McCormlck 4 82pm 7.52.im 6.46pm , t McCormlck 4.82pm 7.52am 6.47pm , r Apgp?ta 6.15pm t).H6am 8.35p?n Bookie , k...,???? ?r^.nviileand 5011(1 mruutcu iraiuo ucbTT?.on ? ... jarleston via Laurens and CoJuirbla. zou rrl-weekly Palace Car Line between Auifta and Abbeville. Train* JNoa. 1 and '2 ave Augusta Tuesday a, Thursday* and Bat- PDfof< days. Leave Asbevllle Mondays, Wednes- JJouaW iys and Friday*. I Note?The above arrivals and departorea.aa all as connections wltbott er oonjpanics,are police ven ait Information, and are not guaran6d' Take Ernest Williams, G. P. Agt.. Augusta, Ga. 19ia r R. A. Brand, Traffic Manager. noting* _____________ Estate c of Judg Route No. 1, R. F D.. 12o'olo< Rome, N. Y., Jan. ?7.1906 ply for le Bloodlne Corporation, Boxlon, Ma-a. such Ad Dear Sir*: I bave used eighteen bottles of All pi >ur Bloodlne for kldoey trounie, and tblnk estate v Is tbe be?t remedy I have ever used, ai d before t Ub you would send me a box of Bloodlne be forev ver Pills at once. Yours truly. Ben)4inln Frank. D. A. Milford & Co., speoial agent*. 1785 Rock salt, cattle powders, qqjj ats and bran, at Glenn's. ,*f , Entrt SCARED INTO SOUND HEALTH the Cou Mr. B.'F. Kelley, Springfield. Il?.t writes: at 9 ai year ago I began to be tiouWed with mv caiicoa dneys and bladder, which gn w worse uutU scholar became alarmed at my c-ndiiion. I suf- free tu red also with dull heavy bead?rbe? and ac- South C in pf my bladder wb? aunoyln* and pain- jn norri I. I read of Foley Kidney Fills and after in0.IIfi ? king them a few weeks tbe headaches left *r e, the action of my bladder wa< ag"ln nor- ** at, and I was free of all dlstiei-s." C. A. ll/ord Jc Co. ? flnrAfi Cracked corn, chicken feed, Rheui heat and com, at Glenn's. i thousar Littleton, N. H., A tip 6, 1006. Trlal ^ ip Bloodltie Corporation, Bunion, Mbhb. 01' lC Stl Dear Slra?Please *end me one dozen bottles bitt Ch< Bloortlne hy express prepaid. Kind en- $t.( Ball >sed P. O. Monev Order for 65 00 to pay for me. Send as noon as you chd, an I am all t or It. Youratro'y, Cbailes Kourae. WI 3. A. M11 ford & Co., special agents. \ Bum ? to deve JAMES CHALMERS tbecoug INSURANCE ir'c.' LIFE FIRE Beetl,, pany'a " .'ar of sash, blind and doors, Jubt arrived. Blue I ker Building and Kepalr Co. Dargan k ll "f11 WW I' " f!, IJtl" JJ^iJSL^yUSQSg :'' ' ' i cco, Cigars tes, id Stains tail at the tore of rd&Co > or the Sumrign! 1 us your orders. irminor Tnn1?. f}rr>rprlpfl. Drv of hardware. Some qf our let and all small seed. And im Freezer. We have a big id pints* also extra Tops and satisfactory. We are receivsrders for every month's deorders /now for aDy month itter. Company. ATT WAV J AiLniii. f 1ST SYSTEM. " i on all Through Tiaina m all Local Trains* ire of Trails. wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrn V ? ? id Columbia at 4:06 p.m. v.. 3:25 p. ra. \ . and Greenville j Sv ' at 5:20 p. m. at 7:50 p. m. cM consult nearest Southern mt, or CER, r Agent, W. E. McGEE, Division Patu^Apent, Char teuton N. (7. w to Cure Rheumatism^ ! x~ n Internal Disease and Requires g an Internal Remedy. * M cause of Bbeumatism and kindred H 38 is an excess of uric acid in the m To cure this terrible disease this n iust be expelled and the system so V ted that no more acid will be formed H ssive quantities. Rheumatism is an 9| ll disease and requires an internal H y. Rubbing with Oils and Liniment i B t cure, affords only temporary relief \ t, causes you to delay the proper S ent, allows the malady to get a hnM nn wni T.lnlmflnts mav ease K n, bat they will no more cure Rheu- H 1 than pain t will change the fibre of wood. B ice has at last discovered a perfect H raplete cure, which is called "Rheu- H i." Tested in hundreds of casee, it M BCtejl the most marvelous cures; we, M it will cure you. Rheumacide "gets SI joint* from the inside," sweeps the fl 3 out of the system, tones up the S ih, regulates the liver and kidneys Hj ikes you well all over, Rheumacide H 8 the root of the-\disease and re- M its cause." This splendid remedy is 9H r druggists and dealers generally at H I-$1.00 a bottle. In tablet form at 25 B| c a package. Get a bottle to-day. t free if you write to Bobbitt Chem- S| ..Baltimore, Md. Trial bottle tablets H mail. For sale by C.A. MilfordACo. H 9 of L. H. Nickles, Deoeased. I of Settlemeut and Application EH for Final Discbarge. H notice that on the 20tb day of Jane, Ifl will render a final account of my 1MB and dologt) as Administratrix of the BM >f L. H.Nlcklea, deceased, In the offloe il e of Probate for Abbeville County at BjH ik a. m.. and od the same day will ap>t jpv a final discbarge from my traal aa ?g| Imlnlalratrlx. BR arsons having demands against said M rill present them for payment on or Bgfl bat day, proven una aamemicaiea or er bnrr?d. EH MRS. S. ESTELLE NICKLE^, AdmiDlHtratrlz. 9PI 1010 H LEGE OP CHARLESTON. (th Year Begrins Sept. 80tli. Btfl nice examinations will be held at inty Court House on Friday, July 1, m. All candidates for admission qjff ipete in September for vacant Bovce ships, which pay $100 a year. One HS ition scholarship to each county of . jS8| 'aroiina. Board and furnished room aitory, ?12. Tuition, 140. For cata- Hfl ddres8 Hi ARRISON RANDOLPH, President. Rheumatism to Stay Cured. Ba macide (liquid or tablets) removes BH i.L. 4n se ana stops me ptuu uunaijr. AII km I (blood) remedy, which has cured BH ids of bad cases. At all druggists. MM ittle tablets by mail 25c. Send coin . |HI imps. Booklet free. Address Bob- gnl smical Company, 816 W. Lombard KQ jmore, Md. Sold by G. A. Milford Co IAT A SUMMER COLD MAY DO BH roer coid If uegiected Ih Junt an apt 9|U lop IdIo hroDchltlR or pneumonia hh tlier Reason. Do not neglect It. Take H9 Hooey and T?r prorop'ly. Ii looHena b, snotli^H and henla ihe InllHirted air i, nnd ptppIs the cold Iroin the aysA. Milford A Co. BM 5 A rker Building and Repair Com BHl ''lame oil slovea In all alzea at Tfce IBM King Co. mug i JH