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The Press and Bannei
W W. A W. R. BRADLEY. Editors
ABBEVILLE, 8. C.
A#-pQblUbed every Wednesday at 93
year In advanoe.
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Wednesday, June 8,1910.
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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
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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
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