The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, July 27, 1910, Image 3
The Press and Banner
rel W W. d YV. R. ItRAItLET, Editors
P ABBEVILLE, S. C.
5B@? ?#-PabllBhed every Wednesday at 82 a
|Bsb year In advanoe.
K Wednesday, July 27,1910.
Wj& Prodigality.
No State of tho United States is so blest
with fruits, domestic and wild, as is Soutl
Bb| Carolina.
Bra There is no year with winter so seven
Bag! ana protracted that fruit fails us altogeth
er. So common and so plentiful are oui
fruits that we do not value them at theii
real worth, in fact many of us, do not loot
on them as having food value.
If there were any way to form statistics
of the amount of fruit that will be utterlj
H neglocted and wasted in South Carolina ir
H the year 1910 the result would be astounding
and would rightly bring down on out
heads the severe condemnation of thos<
students of the economy of living wh(
know |the| important part that the fruit
crop should play in our living.
This waste does not go on in fruit farms.
There the fruit is systematically looked
after and harvested, but it does go on on
I our farms and about our homes to an unreasonable
extent.
Many times have you seen an apple tree
loaded with fruit which falls to the ground
to rot. Like Grey's flower born to blush
unseen. On asking a farmer why he did
not market the fruit from such trees he
replied. "There is no use, I could not sell
them if I had tliem in town, and besides 1
have not the time to take them to market
because I am busy in my crop".
And so the apples rot! Peaches, too, go
to waste in Abbeville County by the tons
It would seem that people guilty of such
waste would suffer, and they do in a way.
They make their cotton but when the short
days and the long nights come many ot
them feel the need of the fruit that was
wasted the previous summer.
There is much in what the farmer said
about the market. There is not always a
ready market for his orchard fruits.
Almost all the housekeepers have fruit of
their own and do not go on the market to
provide themselves with such fruit, but
this is not ^sufficient reason for us to let
our ^orchard fruits rot on the ground.
They may be dried or they may be preserved
so as to keep for months and they
may be marketed in this form -when it
^ would be Impossible to do so as the fruit
ripens.
The blackberries and the old field plums
that rot in Abbeville county each year
would sink the American Navy, and yet
these two fruits stand at the very top of
the list In point of nutritive and health
giving qualities.
Not long since several Chlcoproans spent
the summer in Greenwood County, and
when the wild mulberries becran to ripen
they began to get bnsv. True to the Instinct
to save all of value they canned
mulberries to the Intense amusement of
the neighbors. The Chicagonan^ were
brought up in a dlffierent school of economy
to that in which we receive our schooling
and it is second nature to them to
I save, and while we might draw the line at
canning mulberries still it might be well
[for us to realize that we do waste tons of
fruit that could be turned Into healthy
food and even to money, had we the
energy to do so.
There is no excuse for the peaches and
\ apples to fall off their stems and rot. It
were better that we change our law and
provide some means of turning them into
brandy rather than to have the fruit to go
thus utterly to waste.
The brandy proposition is one reason
there are so many peach trees scattered
over the farms.
Before the war each farmer made his
own brandy and to do this he had to have
peaches and apples. The brandy is gone
but the peach and the apple remain.
Let us use them somehow and not allow
this great food crop to go thus to waste.
Union ServiceOn
last Sunday night Union Services
were held at the A. R. P. church. The little
church was full to overflowing. The
Rev. Mr. Pratt of the Presbyterian church
preached a splendid sermon on the Unity
of Christ and his Church. In the course
of his remarks he spoke in commendation
of Abbeville's custom of holding these
Union Services.
xne union services are aiways wen attended
and the purpose of such services is
being fulfilled. The churches should meet
often on a common grtund. After all
there is but the one great purpose and
that should never be lost sight of. The
The Union services bring us into closer
relationship. The Union services broaden
our creeds. The Union services strengthen
the tie of our common brotherhood
and bring us closer to our Elder brother.
Let us keep them up. Let us lend them
our encouragement by our attendance.
The Moving Pictures Move.
The opera House is the scene for kaleidoscopic
movement these pleasant nights.
The pictures as a rule are very good
and, as we prognosticated months ago,
the crowds are on the increase. By the
last of the season everybody will be going
to see the moving pictures.
You can drop in almost any time and see
interesting pictures for a pleasant hour.
Change of pictures daily make the week
one round of varied entertainment.
The Civic League now asks us to boil
all of our water and we have a mind to
take a vacation in Augusta or Charleston
or Milwaukee where people drink?where
they don't drink water at all.
Our vote is ready for the Legislator
who will show us the way to "pike" Abbe"
ville County from A to izzard and lead in
the work. Good roads are coming and we
.. might just as well get ready to pay for
them and get them.
The Deadly Fly.
Hardly as large as the nail of the little
linger, yet able to carry G,G0u,000 germs.
It is a disease aeroplane! And it carries
consumption, typhoid and other repulsive
disease tferms, above its altitude rudder.
It may kiss the lips of a consumptive patient,
ana then fiy to kiss the lips of a
sleeping infant. It can dip its deadly bill
in typhoid germs and carry them to impregnate
the morning bread. Then like
a ghoulish atom, it may fall in the morning
coffee and form a cup of poison as
deadly as the asp of Cleopatra.?Johnson
JNews Monitor. j
(Consistency.
(Contributed.)
A numl>er of our exchanges are criticis
ing the consistency or inconsistency of tii
candidates for Governor. This scribe a
ways reserves the right to change hi
mind next week -if convinced thatwcwei
wrong, or mistaken, last week. Consis
oncy is a f<H>l, and never learns anythinj
Only fools and dead men never chanj.
their mind. It may be that some of tl
candidates fur Governor know more aboi
the liquor business today than they kne
about it years ago, and their added know
[ edge has warranted a change of the
, mind.
We have always voted, as wo thougli
? for the least evil in the liquor traffic, ai
. expect to do the same thing in the futur
r but we do not propose to vote for Sta
r wide prohibition. As we look at it. Abb
> ville County has no legal or moral right
interfere with the local government or o
; fairs of another county. The wishes i
the people of other counties should be r
, spected, even as other counties respecte
. the wishes of the people of Abbevil
. county.
, Another matter: If prohibition is forct
, on an unwilling county, how are we to ei
force the law in that county ?
Again: Prohibition, with no provisic
for the aged or the sick to get whiskey,
I not right. A law that is too stringent cai
! nut Ui ?iu nut ut* cuiuiuuu, uuu ouuuiu in
be enforced. Very many old persons, an
some sick persons, or their physician
, think they need a little whiskey. Is i
[ then, for their neighbors to deny it 1
1 them ?
"We care not what any candidate thougl
, years ago of State wide prohibition, or 1
cal option, as we do not expect to vote f<
a "State wider." Nor do we expect to vol
for one who is not in favor of inodifyin
the existing law?if there is such an one i
the iield.
I "While we voted against closing the di
pensary, wo would not vote to open
again. But the prohibition should be s
modified that feeble folk or sick folk, <
others needing it as a medicine, could I
allowed to keep it in their houses, even
they were not legally allowed to buy it.
?
Should Judges Delay Opinions
Charles Dickens emphasized the tard
ness of English Courts, that often delayc
even to the miscarriage of justice.
In a recent number of the Saturda
Evening Post nu merous cases of delay i
oar own courts -were cited, in some <
which, judgment was so long suspended I
application for new trial, appeal and othe
wise, that the parties originally gainin
the suits, died or gave up in despair, fc
want of funds to further prosecute the:
claims.
That such delays are common even i
our State Courts seems incredible; an
yet they are. In this County when Greei
wood was a part of it, the Pope Salina
case, a suit over a house and lot in Ninet
Six, in one form or another, was in th
courts for ten or twelve years.
A growing evil of the courts is th
tendency of Judges to hold up their dc
cisions. The State Constitution provide
that decisions must be rendered withi
j? J- ? i.L. ^ i :_
si.\ty uity? noiu uaw ui iieuniiif, uii
yet some Judges have held cases thro
months, six months and even twelv
months. When it is considered that th
tortuous way to the Supreme Court, an
possibly back for new trial, must be er
dured by the parties to a suit, and the ir
terests of the parties, however momentu
must stand In abeyance, all the whil<
there is little wonder that the people con:
plain of delay in court procedure.
"While there is no court other than th
Legislature that can hold a Judge accour
table for such delays, a sense of his res
ponsibility, consideration for the interest
of the parties .to a suit, and the plai
mandate of the constitution should b
to him imperative reasons for renderin,
his decisions promptly.
The May Pop
Next to nut grass the May Pop is th
most industrious hard working plant o
the South. In season and out of season i
worns. it is an example ior me siuggaru
For penetration and -'stickability" it ha
no equals, nut grass excepted.
It is said that one Mr. Leard of Abbf
ville County while digging a well an
having reached a depth of soineteing lik
fourty feet encountered there a root, whit
and succulent which to his astonishmon
proved to be the top root of a May Po
vine. Mr. Leard had always wondere
why it was when cotton was nearly dea
for the want of moisture that the may po
seemed to thrive just as well as ever, tha
while the Jblades of corn shreveled an
dried up during a drought the may j>o
was ever green and nourishing. When h
discovered the root at^tlie bottom of tin
well he no longer wondered.
The May Pop is a beautiful flower. It i!
much prized by people who live in a differ
ent clime from ours. Not long since
man who lives in Ireland wrote a frien
in South Carolina to send him a passio
flower. The flower was forwarded.
The May Pop got its name of passio:
flower from the early Spanish settlers c
the South. They were a sentimental ire
aginative people and could see more in i
flower than the ordinary man. They in;
agined that the flower represented th
Passion of our Lord. The fringe, vari
colored, was taken to represent the crow
of thorns. Just above the fringe are liv
yellow petals on green stamens, these t
Hia imaginative SDunish mind reDresentei
the marks of the wounds. Two in th
hands, two in the feet and one in the sid<
Still further from the fringe are thre
styles which represent the nails of th
cross.
On account of the large and beautifi
flowers many of the May Top species ar
cultivated in hot houses. In tropici
countries they are cultivated for thei
fruit.
POSTMASTER ABROAD.
He Sees Better Corn and More of It tha
Ever Before?Peas Are on Their Be:
Looks?The Cotton is Good and Blooir
ing? Farmers Prosperous.
Postmaster Tolbcrt of Abbeville lias jus
returned from a visit to the Antrevill
country. He reports that the people hav
more acreage and better corn than eve
before. Peas are looking well. The cottoi
is good, except on sandy spots. W. E. Lc
lie, S. J. Wakefield, Joe Hill and Mr. Bel
have notably fine fields of corn. Tlies
fields are practically made. Other field
will need more rain. Mr. Sevier Wilsoi
carries the star route mail dally, excop
Sunday, from Antreville to Brownlee post
office, "making of thirty miles trip, cross
ing Little River over the fine new bridg<
at Martin's Mill. Antreville may act th<
part of Joseph in feeding the hungry.
Prof- Patterson WardlawProf.
L. \V. Dick, Superintendent of the
>- Abbeville Summer School, has arranged
e for several lectures. The first was deI
livered Monday night by Prof. Patterson i
is Wardlaw of the Sout h Carolina University. I
o Prof. Wanllaw spoUo of the great]
t- changes that are going on in education
and the tendency of the day toward voc.ice
tional education. An appreciative nui-iie
enee heard the address which was internt
esting because it was intensely practical,
w' opening to the minds of his hearers some"1
thing of the thought that is being agitated
ir in educational circles all over the land.
| lie spoke of how Educators are noting
d. the value of technical education and are
id about ready to cast off as useless and
e.'worthless many things that our fathers
te studied asiduously.
e- As a matter of fact we are just entering
to an era of universal education, which of
.f- course means mind training for every
of man and woman in the body politic for
e- some purpose in life. If education then
fd s to serve its purpose it must not only
le train men for the polite professions but
alw train men for the common vocations
sd in life, and as we all know, to do this will
i- require many radical changes in our
present standards.
>n To take a concrete example: mere are
is in our city, say, among the white popula11
tion of 2500. Five ministers of the Gospel,
)t eight lawyers, six doctors, eight pharmaid
cists, sixteen teachers and maybe a dozen
s, others whom our present methods of
t, education would help vocationally. There
to arc then fifty five out of two thousand and
five hundred! "What about the other two
it thousand four hundred and forty-five?
(v Have they not the right to demand some
>r vocational education? Do they not pay
te their part of the taxes? There are some
ig of the questions that are occupying the
in thoughts of our educators of to-day.
Of course the schools, and colleges as
s- well are open, to boys and girls from the
it industrial walks of life and always have
jo been but what is there for them in the
)r colleges and schools. Prof. Wardlaw says
>e most people answer this by saying that
if they have their minds trained but that> he
doubts whether five men out of a hundred
know just what they are talking about
when t.hev answer thus.
No plan for the education of those two
j. thousand four hundred and forty-five has
>cj been formulated. Schools and colleges all
over the county are experimenting, feeling
? in tho dark for some method by which
n they may accomplish something for the
->f vocational classes.
y Years ago vocational education was rer.
ceived thru tho old method of apprenticcg.
ship. Many men in Ablicvillo to-clny
)r received their education thus, hut to-day
jr men are asking tho question why cannot
the schools of our State accomplish for
n the individual what the old apprenticeship
^ plan accomplished. The question has not
j. yet been answered. But there is a '.way'
lg and it will be found. Be assured that the
y teachers of this land are not asleep and no
e more progress is being made in any other
profession than in the teachers profession.
e It is their problem and they will work it
out in their own good time.
s ? - ?
r" LECTURE ON THE HOOK WORM.
e .
e With a Prelude by the Editor
0
j On Friday night Dr. Ward of Georgetown,
the Government Expert on the Hook
worm, will deliver an illustrated lecture in
the High School Auditorium on the subject
"Hook Worm."
' We will proceed to deliver our lecture
now, a sort of preludo to the main play.
e The Hook Worm Is a sort of narrow
minded insinuating invertebrate with de.
cided carnuovous tendencies. He is
ovoviviparous, and while he is not so large
n as a equirrelor a rat he l>elongs to the
e familyof rodents, that is ho gnaws mainly
p for a livelihood. The horpetology of this
infernal reptile has been developed by one
Dr. Styles who is proud 'of his job, tho
little kens ho of the uneasiness, the self
examinations, the doubts and uncertaine
and even agrivatod hysteria he has
'f brought on the body politic by so doing,
t Lest we should shock tho modesty of
some reader wo will say that tho Hook
s Worm has his habitat in shady places,
iTlio word "shady" is here used ligura'
ively.)
J There he lounges around and possesses
e ^imself in all the patience that he can,
e longing for some little boy to put his podt
al extremely on him. Once stepped on
p he resents it with all tho energy that ho
J possesses and spends ,the rest of his life
d in wreaking vergeance. Boys should be
P very careful and look where they step lest
it they should tread on one of these vindi
u dive nttie animais.
P Vermes, that order of Zoology -which
e comprises worms, fail to give any history
2 of the Hook worm. We may safely say,
however, that it is no relation to tho Hook
5 Bill or the Hook Squid. His family tree
- lias somehow been misplaced and it is not
a known whether his ancestors were jointed
d snakes or "Stingamarees." Suffice it to
n say he has developed marked interest in
his history 1 about which wo will learn
n something Friday night.
'f I3ut to revert: when once this aboinini
able "paller killer", seizes on to a little
a boys epidermis he hangs there like grim
i- death to a defunct Stnogambian. He wige
gles his way thru the poros and Sweat
- glands just as you have often seen a large
11 cat fish wiggle his way Into a fish basket,
e and when once introduced to the boys
! l.? U I. Jo l,?f f>1,l|c
" nervous SJ'BIUUJ 111; uan^a 1<1< I no imu, |>uim
^ off his coat (if you don't believe thin just
0 ask Dr. Ward Friday nighti and begins to
circulate like a red hot cornet in tin* so6
lar system.
e While the scoundrel is amphibious lie
never-thc-lesa posessos decided a<juatir
11 proclivities, so when he slips thru the dere
mis he immediately makes for u blood
vessel and takes a plunge. There in lii.ii1
guoviilis lounging lie lloats on the swiftly
gliding current, planning and premeditating
and gloating on vengeance prepense.
He thus circulates his solar system
until he plunges into the heart, and
l ic-ht here you must pause to bow your
U head ill gratitude to this vermicular "varmint,"
for if he stopped here in your an"
atomy and began operations it would be
I- hard to predict whether you would die
right away and peaceably or go ofT in tant
trums. But, thanks to him, and tins is
i. the only instance in which we feel jjratee
ful to him, he sweeps his lazy length along
with your life blood until he. reaches your
breathing machinery, and right here he
II gets busy. '
L'| How it is he knows that just over the
hill there are rich pasture lands is not yet
t1 announced by Dr. Stiles, but he knows it
-j somehow and he immediately begins to
"I climb out of the lungs, up the wind pipo
\ hill to the cross roads, and when ho comes
to the cross roads ho falls down the othor
fork frith an ecstatic toggle, Katies thiii
the stomach, spends a short time gazing
at the jjrarnl scenery and soon takes a
train to his final destination which is the , |
soft siiculcnt side of the sinal 1-er-or-well
alimentary canal will do.
When ho resiches this point ho "Socks" j
his hook up totheeyo in your flesh and'
? v *
begins a life time of chewing and maim-. i
faeturing poisons. Friday night you will I
see pictures of this post sticking on the i
vail of the intestine inflamed and sore i
and red with poison made l?v him.
We think that there Is no doubt at all i
but what you have them. You feel lazy in
mornings, do you not? An inclination to
lounge around and smoke and put ??1T.
work until the last minute? You prefer to
hire a negro toJjoe out the beans rather
than your* self? Yes, these are certain |
signs, undoubtedly we have diagnosed i
your case correctly, you've got 'em. Bet
tor go out and h#ur Dr. Ward.
WEST END.
Personal Paragraphs and News Items:
Contributed by Miss Lily Templeton.
Mrs. C. 15. Layton and her children are
here from Gainesville, Fla. to spend tlio
remainder of the summer with Jul ye and
Mrs. R. A. Hill.
Miss Eliza Mabry loft Tuesday for
Greenwood where she goes to attend the
marriageof her friend Miss Annie Tarrant.
Mrs. .1. C. Roper and little Miss Ellon
Sandifer arrived in the city Monday from
Rock Hill. They will bo tlio guests of
Vt:?/~ T ....So? 1J,r,?. tim.i
JilOO X4UUIOG II iW4 ovmv tauu.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Perrin and little
.Miss Mary Norwood Perrin loft Sunday
for Ceafar's Head where they go to spend
the rest of the si mmer. Mr. Perrin will
be (nit of the city for a week or ten days.
Mr. W. L. Templeton left Saturday for
his homo in New York after spending his
summer vacation with his home people
here.
Miss Eunice Erwin of Antrevillo was in
the city Monday, shopping.
Mr. Garry Hall, Jr. is in Charlotte. N. C.
spefiding a whilo with his grand parents
Mr. and Mrs. John Hall.
Mr. Lem W. Reid is spending this week
at his home near the city.
Mr. and Mrs. W. 1). lJarksdale came
home Saturday from Washington where
they spent last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Ellis left last week
for California whero they will enjoy an
outing of several weeks.
Mr. J. Frank Clinkscales spent Saturday
and Sunday with Mrs. Clinkscales in
Columbia.
Mis* Janie Belle Pennal who has been
enjoying her summer vacation is back
with the A. 13. Morse Compsny.
Miss Margaret Richey and Miss Jnnie
Lou Richey left Monday for Hutehisonville
whore they will spend several weeks.
Dr. and Mrs. John G.-Edwards ate
here from Edgefield,-- visiting Miss Janie
rVltrr.. .vie 1
Miss Louise DoBruhl left Saturday for
Greenville jvhero slie will spend a while
before goii^1 to Hendersonville for a j
month's stay.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Brown leave Wodnes-1
day for Milwaukee, Wis., where Mr. Brown
(roes to attend the annual meeting of the j
Knights of Pythias. Mr. and M re. Brown j
will spend several days at Toxaway before
stalling on their trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Garry H. Hall went to Elberton
Monday to attend the funeral of
their friend. Mrs. E. "\V. Roberts, who died
suddenly at her home Saturday. Mrs. '
Roberts has visited Abbeville several times
and is pleasantly remembered.x
Mrs. Laura B. Love left Monday for
Monterey where she will spend sometime ;
with her sister, Mrs. W. T. Cunningham.
Miss Eugenia Robeitson left Saturday j
for an extended visit to friends in Bates-! (
burg. Trenton and Augusta. She will be |!
away until September.
Mr. Clyde Morgan spent a jwtrt of last.
WORK Willi HIS noniL' peopit: ill Jiuuruc. i
Dr. J. C. Swinger and Mr. Bradley Mor- j
rah of Mt. Carmel arc in the city spending
a few days.
Mrs. "Vv. P. Kennedy and Mrs. Neil Kennedy
Moore are here from Due West,
guests at the Eureka. They will be in the
city a week.
Mrs. J. S. Cochran is at homo, again after I
spending sometime in Charlotte with relatives.
I
Miiss Gussie Cunningham and Miss
Louise Cunningham of Monterey were !
shopping in the city Monday.
I Miss Ellen Gambrcll left Monday for I
Pell Oit}', Ala., when; she will spend some- <
time as the guest of Mrs. E. A. Thompson. |
Mrs. W. T. McFall went to Anderson and .
spent Sunday with Mrs. Lou McFall. '
Mrs. Foster Barnwell and her children ,
left Monday for an extended visit to her 1
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Thompson, in
Pell City. Ala. , i
Miss Blanche McClelland of Anderson is I
visiting Miss Alice Green this week. ;
Mr. J. S. Bowie is at home again after a ,
pleasant stay at Tate Springs.
Mis. P. A. Cheatham and Mrs. R. C. Wilson
are at home again after a pleasant vis- '
it to Millcdgevllle and Augusta. I
Mr. Bob Green is home from Isle of <
Palms where lie spent his summer outing, i
Mi's. A. G. Faulkner and her two pretty ,
little daughters are in the city from Alex- .
audct, Va., spending some time with relatives
here.
Mrs. E. A.Thompson left Monday for her j 1
home in Pell City, Ala,, after spending M
sometime here with liei daughter, Mrs. I
Foster Barnwell. j,
Mrs. J. E. Hopkins, of Seneca, is in the | ,
eitv snendintr sometime with Mr. and Mrs.!
J. A. Check.
MHenry PuPre spent Sunday with
friends in Atlanta.
Miss Mario Gary, Miss Blanche Gary and |
Miss ICiiza Gary came homo Tuesday from i
Charleston where they have been visiting <
their aunt, Mrs. Marie G. Eason, at her i
summer home on Sullivan's Island.
Miss Mary. L. Robertson ieayeji Wednesday
for Anderson where she will visit rcla- j'
tives in the county for several weeks. j'
Mr. S. E. Ingram loft Tuesday for his I
i home in Manning after a several weeks' i
stay here with his daughter, Mrs. F. E. i
Harrison. <
Miss Nina Thornton of Ilartwell. Ga., is I,
in the city for a ten days visit to hsr cou-j
sin, Miss Jessie Speed. '
Miss Irene Parie of El rod, N. C., is in the j
city the guest of her aunt, Mrs. J. S. Coch- j t
ran. t
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Perrin entertained ,
Friday evening at euchre in honor of Mr. ,
and Mrs. William H. White. Miss Sara
Lee served refreshing punch at an att;rac- j
lively decorated table in the hall. After '
the games Miss Lee was found to have top *
score andf was given a fan. Mrs. White i
\vn& given a picture; Mr. Albert Honrv i
won thn>genticman's prize -an attractive t
match Ifoldcrs. An elaborate saiau course j _
was served. J
| The Bridge Club on,joyed a very pleasant!!
! meeting Friday afternoon with Mrs. Wyatt i }
Aiken. An attractive salad course was i
served after the games.
Hiss Nellie Hay Csison of Atlanta is in (
the city spending sometime with Mr. and j,
Mrs. Fred Cason at their pretty home on j
North Main Street. j
Mrs. Martin Heard of Alberton and Mrs. i '
James ration of Washington. D. spent J'
Saturday in the city, the guest of Mrs. .1.11
II. Latimer. t
j t
Killed at Picnic- ,
At a baseball picnic about six miles 1
south of Abbeville, Saturday the 23rd, 1
ltobert Hughey killed Harry Carson by 1
striking him in the head with a rock or (
some other missle. j,
It seems that Robert Hughey received i 1
a two jut; of prohibition liquor S.-iturday
morning and while lie was proha-' *
hly sellinn souie of it, he itnhided a good- J '
ly quantity himself. lie waseursing the I*
negro woman on the ground when IJarry "
C'arson tried to stop him. AVords follow ! (
ed with the result above stated. ' i
SheriiT Lyon was soon on the spot and , 1
while the negio was not caught that \
night, he knew that he would bo caught* '
and he surrendered next morning. j ,
Hughey is now in jail. I *
HISTORIC DOCUMENTS.
.etters That Show the Villainy of Sherman
as Weii as the True Bravery of
Hampton
In order (lint tin* younger generations
may form some idea of the
troubjous days of the sixties, The Advertiser
publishes two letters that
passed between Gen. Sherman and
Ren. Hampton that were publihed in
the Augusta Chronicle Sunday last.
The documents also have a historic
value and t.hould be preserved
The following correspondence between
General Sherman, the'modern
Duke of Alva, and General Wade
Hampton, should be of interest to the
young men, not only of the South,
but of the North as well. It shows
something of the firm and desperate
determination of the Confedeoate soldiers
to protect the honor of Southern
ladies even at the risk of war to the
death.
The iucideut to which allusion is
made by General Hampton in this
correspondence was an outrage committed
at Feasterville by a lieutenant
ill Sherman's army, who was soon afterward
shot for, it. He killed the
father of the house and the outrage
following, left the beautiful daughter
a white-haired imbecile.
It is because of outrages like this
that Southern men cannot understand
why some Northern people greet
Southern guests with the air, "Marching
Through Geogia." They seem to
think it appropriate. They would
not if they knew the inhuman deeds
it reoalln.
Headquarters iu the Field, Feb. 24th,
18Go.
Lieutenant Geueral Wade Hampton,
Commanding Calvary Forces Con
federate states Army.
General: It is officially reported to
me that otir foraging parties are murder
?1 after capture aud labeled "Death
to all foragers." One instance of a lieutenant
aud seven men near Cbesterville,
and another of twenty, "near a
ravine eighty rods from the main
road," about three miles from Feasterville.
I jiiave ordered a similar number
of prisoners iu our hands to be
disposed of in like manner. I hold
about 1000, prisoners, captured in various
ways, and can stand itas'long
as you, anil would suggest that you
give notice to the people at large tnat
every life taken by them simply results
in the death of one your Confederates.
Of course, you cannot question
npr right "to forage on the country."
'It is a war right as old history. Th*
manner of exercising it varies with
circumstances, aud if civil authorities
will supply my requisitions I will forbid
all foraging. Bull can flud no
civil authorities who cau respond to
my calls for forage or proviiions; I
therefore, I must collect directly of [
the people. I haw uo doubt this is;
the occasion of much misbehavior on
the part of our men but I cannot permit
an enemy to judge or punish with
wholesale murder. Personally, I re
gret the bitter feelings engendered by
this war, but they are to be expected,
aud simply allege that those who
strucK me nrsi oiuw UIIU iuuuc nai
inevitable, ought not iu fairness to reproach
us for natural consequences.
I merely assert ray war right to forage
and my resolve to protect my foragers
Lo the extent of life for life.
I am with respect, your obedient
servant, W.T.SHERMAN,
Major General United States Army.
To this bombastic fulmiuation General
Hampton returned the following
answer:
Headquarters in the Field, Feb.
2(jth, 18U5.
Major General VV. T. Sherman,,
United States Army.
General: Your communication of
the 24th. instant reached me today.
Tu it you officially reported that your
foraging parties are "murdered after
capture." You go on to say that you
have "ordered a similar number of
prisoners iu our hands to be disposed
>f iu like manner," that is to say you
liave ordered a number of Confederate
soldiers to he "murdered." You
haracterizo your order iu proper
terms, for the public voice, even iu
your own country, wnere it seiuoui
lares to express in vindication 01
ruth, honor, or justice will surel>
jgree will/ you in pronouncing you
iuilty of murder if your-order is carried
out. Before dismissing ibis portion
of your letter, I beg to assure you
i.bat for every soldier of mine "rnur
Jered" by you, I sball bave executed
it once two of yours, giving in all
ja^es preference to any oflicers who
nay be in my hands. '
lu reTereiice td the statement you
make regarding tbe death of your
foragers, I bave only to say that I
Know nothing about it; that no orders
jiveu by me authorize tbe killing of
prisoners after capture, and that 1 do
jot believe niy men killed any of
yours, except under circumstances in
which it was perfectly legitimate and
proper that they should kill them. It
s a part of the system of thieves,
whom you designate as your foragers,
;o fire the dwelliugsof those citizens
whom they have robbed. To check
,his inhuman system, which is justly
xeci'ated by every civilized nation, 1
jave directed my men to shoot down
my of your men caught burning
louses. This order shall- remaiu in
Virce as long you disgrace tbe profession
of arms by allowing your men to
lestroy private dwellings.
You nuy that I cannot 01 course ques
iou your right to forage oa the ceuu;ry?"as
it is as,old as history." 1 do
lot, sir, qutaliou ibis right. But
here in a right older even thau this,
ind one more alieuable?the right
;hat every man has to defend his home
md protect tiiose who are depeudeui
jpon him; and from my heaii, 1 wish
.hat every old man and boy in the
vnuilry who can lire a gun would
.hoot down as lie would a wild beast,
;he men who are desolating their
and, burning their houiia anil insuitug
their wouien.
You are particular in delining and
ilaiming your "war rights." May I
isk if you enumerate among these toe
iglit to lire upou a defenceless city
without notice and burn that city to
lie ground after it had beeu surrendi.v
ihw iuhabitauts, who claimed,
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.hough in vuiu, Lhut protection is
ilways accorded in civilised warfare
o non-combatants; to lire the dwellngs
of citizens after robbing them:
ind to perpetrate even darker crimes
han these?crimes too blaek to be
mentioned?
You have permitted, if you have not
mitred the commission of these oll'en en
against humanity ami the rules of
var; you liivd on the city of Columbia'
.vitliout a word of warning after its)
mrrcndor by the mayor, who dcmat:mJ
protection t? private properly, you
uid tii j whole city in ashes, leaving
imidst its ruins thousands <.f old men
uid helpless woim-it and children >
vho are likely 10 perish. The march'
an be traced by the lurid light of
Miming houses, and in more than one
lousehotd there is now an agony
vorac than death. The I ndian scalped
lis victim legardless of ageorsex, but
villi all his barbarity he always rejected
the persona of his female cap-j
MS. ?oUf goldleM.jttoKI &&v4gg
than the Indian, insult those whose _
natural protectors are Absent. . .
In conclusion, I.have only to request.
that when you have one of. my ^
men "murdered" or "disposed of," foi*, t?
the terms appear synonymous with D
you, you will let me hear of it, that I
may know what action to take in the L
matter. In the meantime I shall hold Jc
fifty-six of your men as hostages for
those you have ordered to be executed. ?
I am yours, etc..
WADE HAMPTON,
Lieutenant General,
i In the face of this threat of retalia- jj
tion it is safe to say that Sherman ^
reconsidered his ill-advised proposition
to "murder" his defenceless h
prisoners. F
Week of Entertainment at Anderson. (
Anderson, S. C., July 25th.?Everything a
is in reaniness now for Anderson's Homo i
Coming week, which will be August lst-6tli
The Railroads have given special reduced
rates for the occasion and are industriously
advertising it and all indications point
to a tremendous crowd for the entin:
week.
It is hard to tell which will he the biggest
day of the week. On different days
there will be different things to interest
the different classes of people and each day
promises to be a big one. There will be
something doing all tho time.
.Monday, August 1st, will be devoted to
general preparations. The first of the Lyceum
numbers will be given Monday night
at Buena Vista Park and also 011 Monday
night tho eleccric illumination of the public
square of the plaza will be turned on
for the first time. Thousands of incandes- (
cent lights have been strung around the 1
norlr onil Hirv nflVr-f will he hrillinnt. hevnnH I
conception.
Tuesday, August the 2nd, will Firemen's
Day. Anderson's fire depigment
will have annual parade and inspection
and this will be followed by a hose reel
tournament. There will be a number of
visiting teams present and as the prizes
offered aro unusually largo the contest
will be spirited. The local firemen will give
the visitors a smoker Tuesday night.
Wednesday, August 3rd, will be Farmers
Day. Dr. Tait Butler of Raleigh. N. C.
and Rev. 0. J. Copeland of Gainesville, Ga,
both popular and distinguished men, will
be present and deliver addresses. The athletic
team of the Y. M. C. A. will give a
number of exhibitions at Buena Vista
Park Wednesday morning.
Thursday, August 4th, will be Woodmen
of the world Day. Every camp in Anderson
County will be represented in a monster
parade and several of the camps are designing
floats for the occasion. All of the
state officer6 have been invited to be present
and some of them will deliver addresses.
A general invitation has been extended
to all members of this popular fraternal
order in the state, to be present.
Friday, August 5th, will be Confederate
Veterans Day. A barbecue dinner will be
served the veterans^at Buena Vista Park
by the members of the Chamber of Commerce.
There will also be a number of addresses
appropriate for the occasion. On
this day the park will bo reserved for the i
veterans exclusively. On Friday morning {
the local autoists will give a hill climbin/? |
rontest on Wost Market Street. Mr. H. H. ^
Orr is chairman of this committee in i
charge of this event, and he has already c
secured a number of entries from other C
cities. Some very handsome prizes have [
been offered. ?
Saturday, August 6th, will be Red Men's t
Day. K special dispensation has been grant- g
fid by the Great Sachem for all the tribes in
Anderson County to wear their regalia
in public that day. There are eight tribes c
in Anderson County and each of them t
will turn out in full force. A prize of 550.00 ?.
has been offered for the tribe making the
best display and $25.00 for the tribe making
the second best display. The tribes
are getting up special costumes for the ,
occasion and the Eed Men's display prom- I
ises to be a very interesting and unique '
affair.
Following.is the detailed program for
the entire week: * j
MONDAY, AUGUST 1. e
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8 p. m. Electric Illumination of Plaza
and the Court Square. 1
8:30 Walden, Magician, at Buena Vista a
Pni'k
TUEEDAY "AUGUST 2.
10 a. m. Parade of Anderson Fire Department.
'
11 a. m. Firemen's Tournament, South
Main Street.
2:80 p. m. Air Ship Exhibition at *
park. '
4;30 Baseball. j
8:30 Marvin William, humorous Lectur- 9
er, at park. I
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3. |
10 a. m Y. M. C. A. display at park. c
11:20 a.m. Ilev. O. J. Copeland and Dr. c
Tait Butler In addresses to farmers at ]
park. -j
2:30 p.m. Air Ship Exhibition, at park, g
4:30 p, m. Baseball. ' t
8:30 p. m. W. Powell Hale, impersonator
and entertainer, at park.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4.
10:30 Mammoth parade, Woodmen of
the World.
11:30 a. m. Public speaking to Wood- p
men and others, at the park. c
2:30 Air Ship Exhibition at the park. 0
4.30p. m. Baseball.i *
8:30 p.m. Band concert at the park. c
j FRIDAY, AUGUTT 5,
10:30 a.m. Automobile Hill Climb, West
Market Street. ..
11 a. m. Confederate Veterans Reunion g
at park. (For the Veterans exclusively. *
~ ? ? * J- Olun avhiKifinn nt thn f
*It !5(J p. Ill* All OlUf tAUiv<y?vu v*w wuv
park. Jj
4 p.m. Horse racing at Fair Grounds. ?
4:30 Baseball. Q
8:30 p. m. McDowells Trio, Musicians at
the park. .
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6. *
10 a. in. Monster Red men's parade. j?
11a.m. Red men's exhibition, on base- t
ball grounds.
11:30 a. m. Buiriss Reunion at Fair
grounds.
2:30 p. m. Air Ship Exhibtion at the
park. S
4:00 p.m. Horse racing at fair grounds, f.
4:40 p. m. Baseball. 11
8:30 p. in. Farewell band concert on
court square. ?
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Two Constables and a Baby- 0
A negro woman, named Met Patterson, w
n
was arrested July 22, charged with assault j(
with inteut to kill Mr. John D. Alowine. P
It seems that the woman had a baby about
live montiis old, which fact she forgot to ,
montion at the preliminary trial. As sho
was sent to jail the five months old baby Q
was left on Mr. Will Bell's plantation. c
Tho baby refused to be comforted. It o
would eat nono of the man-made foods A
prepared for it by the Ktncuy ioik inert- m
about, and it cried incessantly. Mr. Boll ^
stood the crying baby as long as he could Zl
and lje then phoned Magistrate Hurkness '*
to coino and get the baby. The Magistrate's
Constable, Mr. Prince, said he
would resign his job before he would take
the negro baby to the jail.
Magistrate Hurkness was up against it,
but out of the kindness of his heart he
determined to do something. He agreed
to go with his deputy. The two secured ?
the weeping infant, and armed with all
the majesty of the law, they brough it to 11
Abbeville. The deputy refused to carry of
tin.1 baby, but Magistrate Harkuess took ^
it, cooing in his arms to Sheriff Lyon, who on
took immediate charge.
By dint of good nursing, paregoric, etc.
the baby was landed safely in jail, in the
arms of its mother. Sheriff Lyon will b
I BI
help to take care of it hereafter. I bj
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MatoAtffir
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\ State Henatfe t
We?reauthorized to annonnbe WM. N.
RAYDON hm a candidate for re-election to
ie State Senate, subject to the action of tbe
emocratlc primary election.
We are hereby authorised toannounce J. C.
CM AX as a candidate for tbe Seattle, sublet
to the Democratic primary.
I berebv announce myitelf as a candidate
>r tbe Senate, subject to the action of the
lemocratlc prlm'ary. J. MOORE MARS.
Honne of Representative*.
We ar? authorized to announce J. HOWARD
MOORE as a candidate for House of
lepresentHitves, subjfect to the action of tbe
lemocratlc primary.
We are authorized to announce FRANK
t. GARY an a candidate for tbe House of
lepresentatlves, subject to the action of the
lemocratlc primary. " /
We nre authorized lo announce MELVIN
. ASHLEY as a candidate for r?-f 1-ctlou to
ho House of Representatives. subject to the
etlon of the Democratic primary.
Phe Following is the Apportionment
of School Funds for the
Scholastic Year 191Q-'ll.
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to S
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Name of Dlstrlot. ? a
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so o a
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Corner : 1 82 $ 250 95
ildge..... 2 88 249 40
.?ownUe?ville...'. 3 213 481 52
tocky Kiver 4 110 320 1 8
'ork 5 80 187 08
Sextu* 6 108 861 58
jatlmer 7 346 861 88
kionterey 8 217 536 06
'alhoun Falle 9 300 758 62
rtt Carmel 10 300 602 67
>V linn* ton 11 289 882 81
Bordeaux ; 12 152; 406 36
vlcCormlck 13 395 1354 81 !
iuffiilo 14 145 642 31
iellevlew,... ,... 15 184 532 98
3old Branch 16 71 181 85
?*lalwoodn 17 147 443 64
Jeihla- 18 156 494 59
'em Clitf. 19 33 59 21 " .
iharon .C. 20 215 251 04
ietbel 21 140> 428 78 V
Ibbevtlie 22 1190! 2126 60
Varrentou 23 178] 680 38
*eld 24 14U; 4o5 08
JrowDlee 25 119 289 93
jODe Forest 26 124; 380 27
V.DtrevlU> 27 250 434 ?i *
Jnlou i 28 14H 644 29
iunny Hi ope *9 152 ?il 26 v
Jold Hprlnif 30 881 186 81
liOng C*ne 31 158! 419 14
Jmllbvlie 82 203 528 94
' i?nl <V"a o?)
'ronime la>iu i?? 011 ?*>
Antral 31 85 220 86
iagau .So SO 200 45
'arfcH CreeH - 36 88 219 18
ieowee 37 208 539 68
Jue Weal 88 466 1886 94
Donalds 89 188 816 98
iMnevlllr 40 70 180 80
/ermlilon /.... 41 104 259 20
'ondville 42 82 435 24 ,
lurefea* 43 102 274 82
3roadmoutb 44 87 246 51
lock Sprlne 45 52 163 45
46 100 220 00
Vlnona 47 95 2H6 71
fOUDK 48 9-i 266 94
iall..:. 49 75 184 60
;anit 50 86 292 88
)Q]?h 51 122 508 33
Ddluo Hill 52 100 210 80,.
Drake 53 85 70 J5
jCbaDou 64 100 113 80
,lne 55 44 134 08
ianlup.... !56 129 322 50
The above Is tbe apportionment Of funds
ia band and money to be collected by Treasirer
on account 8 mill constitutional tax, poll
ax and do# tax. Money raised by special'
nxi'i to be added to special districts.
J. Foster Hammond,
July 25 1910. Co. 8upt. of Education.
taker College for Women
A highly endowed institution of higher
earning. "New building, new furniture and
Kjuipment. Superior faculty. Music, Art
md Expression.
Annual Interest income makes possible
lin nrlvnnt-jio'fi nf t.hn hiirh nrif!0d College
it cheap rates.
Nest session opens September 22d.
Address Coker College for Women,
Hart6ville, S. C.
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as contributed some potent forces to the
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he graduates located in the county.
Erskine College
tands ready to do further good work for
.bbeville County, and to this end solicits
? school patronage. 4
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