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The Press and Banner W W. <t W. R. BRADLEY, Editor* ABBEVILLE, S. C. WPobllshed every Wednesday at K a J sr Id advance. Wednesday, Aug. 24, 1910. The Three Dollar Road Tax. A gentleman, a native of Abbeville County, while discussing the Three Dollar Road Tax last Saturday said: "The prosperity of any community primarily depends upon good schools and good roads. We have neither and it is a shame upon us. ! We have never had good schools, nor have we ever had good roads. Did we not have a comparative knowledge of other schools and other roads we would not make such a sweeping Stater-nun* K?if tVila iro hova ntwl an \VA al?pk t.n the proposition. Not long since an old darkey "was engaged in conversation with several others when the course of conversation turned to the Atlantic Ocean. The old fellow stated his position succinctly and clearly on the subject. He said: "I don't belieb dere is any 'Lantic ooean; some fool niggers been off yonder an' wanted to bring some big lie back here an fell on diss subjec' of de .'Lantic Ocean as bein' de mos' monstrotlous lie dey could hatch out! Furdermore." said-he, "I ain't right certain dere 1s enny sich place es Georgia yet!" When it comes to schools and good roads wo are just about in the position of old Uncle Ben. We don't believe. We don't believe that the prosperity of a country in any way depends on good rqads. v-We don't believe other counties have enhanced the value of their farm land thru the Instrumentality of good roads. ! We don't believe that other Statea that pay five dollar tax get value received. We don't believe that a negro who owns a mule and buggy and who does not own a foot of land, but who is cutting ruts in the road half the days of the calendar year, should be burdened with a three dollar road tax. . We don't believe that a white man who owns a huiidred acres of land and two horses is able to pay two dollars additional to what he already pays. We don't believe that the Supervisor is doing his best to build up the roads and 1 bridges of the county. We don't believe that gasoline will pull ? * scrapes as well as mules. We don't believe there is enough rocks in Abbeville County to macadamize the roads of the county. We don't believe we would get the tax if we should vote it. We don't believe in voting bonds for the next generation to pay out of the enhanced value of property. We don't believe that experts tell the truth when they say that a mile of good road eaves to the county in traction power and vehicle repair, a road of average travel, ninety-one dollars and twenty-five cents in twelve months! We don't believe that any civic pride should be allowed to influence us to build roads equal to the roads In other counties. We are just like Uncle Ben. We don't believe there Js any such thing as the Atlantic Ocean and we are not certain at all that there is any such place as Georgia. A few are raising a hue and cry against the three dollar road tax, but when the tax is voted and the roads improved, then these will be glad that the tax was voted. The three dollar tax is coming. It is coming because? It is an equitable tax, it falls on all alike. It is a necessary tax. We cannot have roads without money. It is not a burdensome tax. All within the age can pay it. It is a popular tax. The majority of our people want it, therefore it is coming, and we will have better roads. ; Trolley Committee Busy. At a mass meeting: held some time ago a committee was appointed to take all steps necessary to bring the trolley to Abbeville. That committee has been busy daring the past week and there is little doubt that we will be able to comply with the terms exacted by the trolley company The matter will be decided in a short while and we Will know whether or not Abbeville or Greenwood will get it. In the mean time it is understood that Greenwood is not allowing any grass to grow under her feet. She is doing all in her power to pull the plum in that direction. If she gets it we bid her God's speed. If we get it we shall be the sub. ject of congratulations. Hob. Coke D. Mann Withdraws From The RaceHon. Coke D. Mann has withdrawn from the race for Congress. He gives as his reasons for so doing that no provision was made for an official canvas of the third District. This leaves Col. Aiken on the road alone. How lonesome he must feel! But the Co.onel has his hat in his hand and Is still running like a scared cat. Colonel Aiken knows nothing else but to run! After running for so long he cannot slow down to an ordinary walk, even though his running mates have left the track. He is still running, and when he passes under the line nothing will stop him but the call to Congress. He runs all the time, day and ni^ht, summer and winter, campaign or no campaign, Congressman Aiken runs "He that hath no music in his soul nor Is not moved by concord of sweet sounds is fit. for treason strategems and spoils' let no such man be trusted". The wisdom of Shakespeare thas been evidenced in Senator Heyburn of Idaho stopping an orchestra from playing "Dixie". The air of Dixie is too pure for the Senators retroverted callous conscience. "This is a republican meeting, we want no such tunes here" yelled the senator as hs strode over the platform to the orchestra playing s melody in which the beautiful, inspiring strains of Dixie had a part. The august senator wants no Dixie enthusiasm, so much the worse for him. If lie is not moved by the sounds of Dixie? he is Indeed fit for . "treason, strategem and spoils". The Rev- Mr. Mann of Oconee is a wdrIhy gentleman but his withdrawal will jiot materially affect the result in the race for Congress In the Third district.?The State. I - . JtatftMlilM itaf Iwbi The iiitroduction of the automobile ha6 been fraught with severe criticism on the part of some people who drive horses or mules that shy at the machines. Hani things have been said about the man and his machine. Unspeakable emphasies has been made in such speech and sizzling, frying epithets applied to the "shofer." The man who drives a machine should remember that he is lieing thus criticised, and he should do all that is in his power tci put down the! predjudice against the man with the machine. When the automobilist meets a man with a mule that frightens at machines he should not pass by or leave the spot until he has assured the man with the mule that he sympathise with him that he is sorry his benzine buggy has scared the other mule. The man with the machine should pour oil on the troubled waters and leave the man with the mule feeling that he is in at least speaking distance with the man in the machine. , Let the man with the mule start out to town wh'.ire he is to meet creditors. Guano notes, low prices for his produce, and nvAOflnninC! flml Int tiiin nil some narrow strip of road meet a goggleeyed "shofer" shooting sparks and gasoline to a thundering, coughing, wheezing twenty-horse engiue, and let the man in the machine, without looking either to the right or left ont of his driving bell eye glasses thunder by the man with the mule sundry horrible;hoots and clouds of of dust and casoline smoke at the. rate of forty miles the hour while the man with the mulo occupies the gully and embankment on the road side and |>y the piper that played before Moses, when the man with the mule lessons his grip on the lines and once more gets back into the public road and once more settles down into his jog to town if the air around is not lurid then the mar is a good methodist. But the man "with the mule is usually tooj prone to consider the man in the machine In the wrong light. He should remember that where the man in the machine seems to be lacking in politenes, not looking up from his wheel, that if the man with the machine should look up and around there would certainly be a wreck. The fellow at thewheel cannot look at the sceneryand talk politics and discuss prices and be amiable and run an automobile at one all the same time. The man with the mule should bear in mind that engines are stubborn things that they will run their way or not at all. That the engineer cannot always inaice it go the pace he would like to make it go, and when ho meets an auto in the road kicking up a cyclone of dust ho should stop and think what a dust he would kick up if ho were driving twenty mules instead of ono. One auto is just as skittish, just as 6tartlish, just as ungovernable, just as volcanic, as twenty mules. Let the man with the mule remember this that the man in the machine has in his hand twenty lines, that his dust proof goggle eyed binoculars are squinted on twenty bucking, restless, rampant mules, that his nerve gauge stands at 200 with the safety valve tied down let him consider these things and he will let the man with the machino thunder past with no more demonstration than a soft soothing sigh of sympathy for the man at the wheel. The automobile is a great invention. They are here to stay. If you have not yet accustomed yourself to the horrible honk, honk! you will become acostomed it in time. Be easy. Some of these days a case of cramp colic will grab you with a pair of nail grabs, and when the medico answers the phone message at the rate of 40 miles ner hour. The same old honk bonk will fall ou your aurriculur anvils with as much pleasant welcome as the soft soothing sound of twlight melody. Water Still Contaminate!. The city fathers are doing their utmost to remove the impurities from our water supply but as yet they have not succeeded. Returns from the State Chemist on lust Friday showed that the water was still contaminated and unfit for drinking purposes. The citizens of the city have heeded the warning of the Board of Health and are boiling all the water they use for drinking purposes except such as are using wellsGreat care should be taken in the matter of reopening old wells. 1 he wells should be thoroughly clemed and if there is any possibility of contamination from sewage The water should be analyzed before it is used for drinking water. New filters have been ordered by the city and will be installed at once, and it is hoped that the chemist will soon give ? return that will show that our supply Is free from bugs. In the mean time boil your water. It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. I Some are drinking only melted ice. Such are secure. The water of which the ice is [ distilled water and of course is absolutely pure. The ice factory is the gainer. The Fair The dates of the Abbeville County Fair are October the eighteenth, ninteeth and twentieth. Exhibits are solicited from all parts of the county. Places in the Fair building will be given for exhibits from any school in the county that wishes to make an exhibit. The list of premiums will soon be printed and it i6 hoped that there will be a full exhibit of every thing for which premiums are offered and many things for which there may be no premium. A roil IS fUULailUiiai auu ii/ouviuu ?yv o" considered by citizens and as such deserve the patronage and support of every loyal citizen. Greenville's Best and Abbeville's Prettiest. Mr. John Todd of Greenville was in Abbeville last Sunday for a few hours. His mission was to visit one of Abbeville's best and prettiest girlg. Mr. Todd fur n is lies eviaence ui uiw own j uuy un-n l when he comes to a city full of the best girls on earth, and when he courts the best among our best there can be no doubt of his wisdom. Loving hearts are more than coronets. The Veterans. Veterans who attended the reunion at Spartanburg are loud in their praises in the pospitable treatment accorded to them. They were so well treated that they were) jealous of ady side glances that might be' given to the Sons of Veterans and the lh-d Shirts. Members of the Abbeville delegation came back with the rei>ort that the Spartanburg meeting was the best they ever attended. - Remember the Heroes ! The recent reunion hold at Spartanbdrg was a groat occasion to the Veterans nn.'l Red Shirts in attendance. Tlw Orator of the occasion in the course of his remarks voiced a sentiment tha t has for forty years been voiced and will continue to l>e heard until it is cluystalized into a reality a tangible mark of respect for our heroes of South Carolina. ^ The speaker mentioned the names of Hamton, Butler, ami Gary. Of these Gen. Wade Hampton has boon remembered in the erection of a bronze statue on the grounds of our state Capitol. Generals Gar y, and Butler have 110 such mark to point the young Juliuses of generations to come to tho Aeneases who have led thom from the horrors of Troy to tin1 pleasant shores of our present Latium. Many say that we pay too much homage to the heroes and not enough to tho private soldier. Such people should bear in mind that such men as Butler and Gary 'stand for the private soldier. They are the | personification of the soldier of South Carolina and in honoring them we reach out and boyound to that great army of our state than which no braver, no more selfsacrificing, no moro terrible to its enemies ever waged a battle. In these w-3 see the I simple soldier with-out a stripe. In these we see the humble citizen inarching to tho defense of his country without epaulette. In these we see that dauntless courage and godlike bravery which they have bequethed to us, tho richest heritage they could leave us as wo gathered up the broken threads of our country's fate and began again to weave with a warp of poverty and a woof of Philistine domination. Oh that all theso heroes could see the cloth of gold that has resulted from the loom their own hands sot.! No unholy ambition fired the souls of these men. They wore not soldiers "who would wade through slaughter to a throne and shut the gates of mercy on mankind" but they were men whose souls rose higher than the?sordid soul of the Philistine, men who knew no domination except the easy yoke of the Right. Thus when the final clash came the result was inevitable. They represent the spirit of the sixties which crushed in a tyranical oppression yet rose again to Olympian heights in A' 70. Raise to their memories lasting memorials. Not to Butler and Gary alone do you do the honors but to evo ry soldier who wore the grey. Look through the statue of Gen. Wade Hampton to the spirit of Carolina's manhood. This soil grows men, men! not weaklings, Ruild monuments to their memories that coming generations may see that you and I admire :men! And it may be that in another age when nursed in the lap of luxury our descend an ts may for-get to guard their inheritance handed down to them from these nobles of the sixties, when the hand of another Babytonish king may opress, that some seer, some prophet may rise and enquire the meaning of these remembrances we are to erect and shall gather from the smoldering ashes of the past a fire to burn the fetters of a futur j tyrant. i m Superintendent W. K Tates on County SupervisionIn a recent letter to the News and Courier W. K. Tate, Superintendent of Rural Schools, proposes the following as an Improvement on the present plan of Supervision work for County schools: / "Firfct. Tirtt; t.hft npnnlft Alftp.fc a ooinitv board or education composed of three members. At the first election iet one man be elected for two years, another for four years and the other for six years, ami thereafter let 0110 man be elected every two years. This will insure a stable board. If it is desired the board may be made to consist of live men rather than three. Secona. Let this county board of education select the county superintendent of schools just as the city school board selects a city superintendent. They should be allowed to select the best man for the work to be done, regardless of where he is to be found. Third. This selection should be for a term of four years. . , Fourth. The county superintendent should be paid a salary which is sufficient to enable him to devote his entire time and attention to the supervision of the schools. No county in South Carolina can afford to pay a county superintendent of education less than $1,500. Fifth. The county board of education should also be authorized to employ a county supervisor of instruction, whose duty it shall be to visit the country schools and to show the inexperienced "teachers how to teach and organize their schools. This official should work under the direction of the county board and county superintendent, who would be left free to devote more of his time to the administrative duties of his office, such as the voting of special taxes, the consolidation of schools and erection of proper school bnildings. The numerous requests which have come from the county superinten uems iui" uie services 01 an e.\peiiujciiuu i supervisor to be placed in one county of I the State for the coming year, is an indication that such help would be appreciated. Sixth. The county board of education* should be empowered to levy a speciar county tax not to exceed one mill, to be devoted to the supervision of the rural schools. Under the constitution the salaries of county school olllcers can not be paid from the 3 mill tax and they are in t'onsequence dependent on legislative caprice. The county board should be in a position to control the funds for supervision. As I stated above, I should be pleased to have this scheme of supervision made the basis of general discussion by those interested in education. W. K. Tate, State Supervisor Elementary Schools. Mr. Tate is an experienced live energetic teacher and has done much for the schools of Charleston where he labored before asuming the duties of Superintendent of Rural Schools for the State. The above suggestions have been made after mature thought on the subject and are well worth considering by those interested in the betterment of our rural schools. r. At present thy rural schools have practically no supervision whatsoever and many instances little is accomplished because of the very fact. Under the present law however, the County Superintendent has.so much office work to do that it is impossible for him to visit all the schools in the county more than once per year. Very few experienced school men hold positions of County Superintendents owing to the vorv small salarv naid this oflice. If we were to mako a criticism of tin* plan proposed by Mr. Tate it would Lh; that oflice duties should be renmved from the shoulders of the County Superintendent so us to give him carte blunche in Supervision work. We think the plan ought to be intro duccil us soon us n is possioio w no so, and all others wlio know the wretched conditions existing in oui country schools will agree that ttyis would be a great .step in improving tlie county schools. Our Ice cream Is made of puie ir<jaiii. Rich milk and egfcfi can't poHMilily hurt youi culiu. 1 ttend tbem down. MHIord'n dius store. ^? lOrtriDtSillUI: # Happenings of a Week In and About the Seven-Hilled City - Personal;}. Mr. Anion Wilson ami family of Parksvillo spent the greater part of last week with Mr. B. A. Wilson. Miss Major and brother of Honea Path were guests of Mr. E. F. Latimer for several days hist week. Mr. W. W. Shirley of Honea Path spent, several days at the home of his son-in-law Mr. E. F. Latimer. Messrs E. F. Latimer and L. B. Loftis, mailt) a trip to lliehmond last week. Messrs L). W. Arkiil and Charlie Bowen are olT on a pleasure trip to Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Toronto and other plaees of interest. Mr.It. E. Mosely and family of Anderson are visiting friends here. Mr. J. B. Huckabce and Miss Louise Harper went 'to C'apt. J. E. Brownlee,s Thursday evening and on to Greenwood Friday where they will spend a few days with relatives.. Thursday evening some of those seeking the good will and support of' the people of this Township in the near by primary and among them were some of the holdovers, viz: Messrs Bradley, Sondley, Perrin, Hammond and Miller. These good friends were not, here for the purposeof making nearby paying investments political in gaining friends to be of assisstancc to them in thceoming primary l>ut rather dealing in future* to bring returns two years heriee. As they proved to be ellicient officers in taking care of the people's interests, they need have no fears as it-will take u long pull, a strong pull and a pull all together to dislodge them. Mr. S. B. Cook of Latimer has been given the place of book-keeper at the Oil Mill and ginnery and has taken charge. His family will move here soon. Miss Floride McKelvey of Mt. Carmel is visum# .hiss iuiuuiu i'LUJuui^* According to s< *iiie highly colored descriptive handbills which had been placed in circulation for a day or two, a tout showtook place here Friday night. A good crowd attended. Some of those present were not well pleased too much was promised that failed to materialize. According to announcements the county campaign meeting took place hero on Friday. Mr. E. W. Harper presided and in turn each of the candidates for the Senate and House gave to the people their ideas as to how affairs of State should be conduct ed and it goes without saying the people were well pleased as nothing to the contrary has been heard. A large crowd was present a good dinner was served. MrlD. U. Lipscomb anil family of nintety-six came in Saturday and are yet with relatives in this place. Another mix up among the darkies this time among the little folks. See the force of example, a week before, several grown ups engaged in a cutting and shooting scrape. The smaller fry on Mr. Irwin Cleckley's nlace, some little boys said to have been ten or twelve years old, following in the footsteps of their elders of the week before, had a falling: out and proceeded to settle it, in most approved negro way, wentto using a knife, the one, the other a part of a brick, the one with the i""''" ?><lipr wiHi tlin ninee of brick a cut when ho with tho brick struck his assailant with it on the head, rendering him seemingly lifeless for some t ime. Dr. T. (). Kirkpatrick was called in. After doing all that he could advised the carrying of him 5to the Hospital at Anderson. Fie was brought here Saturday and carried by above phisician to above place, but befero an operation could be performed the boy died. His body was returned to this place that evening. Maj. Huckabee being called upon, impanelled a jury consisting of Messrs E. ,W. Harper foreman, and Rev. Humphries, B. A, Wilson, Georgo Waters, J. R. Lomax, J. W. Hardin, S. B, Cook and J. D. Ilill. The decision of tho jury after hearing the best evidonce obtainable in the case, was that the said J. P. Johnson came to his death by a blow of a brick bat thrown by Jessie Bowie. Troupe. Quarterly Conference. Our 3rd Quarterly Conference will be at Salim Church?Latimer, on next Monday tho 20th Inst. All official numbers are invited to be present. Geo. Gary-Leo. The State candidates arc here to-day. Tho cofl?ty campaign suspended operation on last Saturday on this account. Tomor" row the county candidates go to Donalds and Friday they will go to Duo .West They will wind up the campaign here on Saturday. Aeroplane Service. Contracts are to be let immediately for onmnlnno eoi-l-inn from tllO 7)11 in 11 IT>f>nt.f> the parting of the ways on Main Street. Planks, plunder, sand, brick, lime, scantling, flooring, barrels, mortar, mason?, ropes, dust, et eetra ad sidera stick out and stand up and lie down and see-saw in a kaleidoscopic contusion that makes the pedestrian think of the Charleston earthquake and the Topeka cyclone. Therefore be it enacted that J. W. McKee, Jr., be asked to submit bids on aereal transportation until the city stops growing in this particular spot. So many new stores aro going up and old ones being repaired that it takes a professional short stop slider to slip thru tho mystic maize of building mrterial and de-. bris without endangering his. "curporo-, sity." All aboard! A Forecast. Basing our assumption upon the recent, political history ol' the past in this county I wo believe that Little Joe Brown was reelected as Governor of Georgia yesterday. | In former years the best man and most popular oflicers Abbeville County ever had wni'n /likfiinfml in nu'ix for m inirl as far as wo can r ow recall 110 defeated politician was ever re-elected after his first defeat, no matter what may have been the cause of his lirst defeat. There being no special reasons for the defeat of Joe Brown or the renoniination of Hoke Smith, we expect th hear of his nomination yesterday. Death of W. C Turner Mr. W. C. Turner, a miner, who settled hero some months ago, died at tho homo of Mr. Eli Link's 011 last Sunday night. He was buried Monday in the Bcthia churchyard. j The deceased was from Chicago. He is survived by a wifo .tide one child. Dr. Albert Welborne Calhoun, the voteran eye specialist of Atlanta, died at his home there last Monday. Dr. Calhoun was a civil war veto ran. a native of Georgia where he studied medicine. After completing his education here he went to Europe and there made a specialty of the eye. car and throat. He had an extensive practice thruout the entire South. I We are under the impression that our enterprising neighbor, Greenwood, thinks she will get the trolley plan without coming down with any "scad." Abbev ille is in ' dead earnest about getting it and has raised over eight thousand three hundred and seventy-two dollars in subscriptions. , 5fou seo thfi point? ( ?i?^ are now read houses. "V v Stocked < We are no longer Abbeville; four ye us many warm highly. We want eral patronage giv giving our custom low prices. We bi 1 rtrtO 00(1 II V V VI V V V Come and see FLOODINi DOORS Tin Shingles, We have any of glad to see you at or prices oil everything*, V< THE OLD LUME The Butler Family Reunion. Anir fholOfli nf. ATr TTnnrv Kiit.lftr'f who lives three miles* east of Hodges wo* the place of the Butler families and relatives reunion. This particular family has 'about two hundred relatives in this ant adjoining counties. One hundred or more were present ou this occassion. Mr Butler's mother was present who it eighty three years old and Mrs. Henr> Butler's mother who is seventy live years old. There was four generations repre sented at this reunion. In addition to the Butler relatives Mr. Butler invited afew ol his near neighbors, just sixty six. The place was an ideal one for the re union. One of the few places where there lias been preserved a grove of origina oaks. In this beautiful grove Mr. Butlei had erected a table one hundred feet loii? on which to place the many good things there was to eat. In one corner of the yard under a beautiful oak the youn? people had erected a platform to plaj steal partners on. About eleven o'cloci we were all e>n hund, the old people ii buggies and carriages or seated on the long, shady piazza. Mr. Butler and his maiiy helpers at the barbecue hash pots apelthe young people stealing partners fo tno sweet strains of the violin. Mr Bampey said they were playing twistiti cation for he had played it fi'fty years age and it now required an effort to keep hin. oiT that platform now. At one o'clock Mr. Butler announced dinner and sure enough it was two hundred pounds o) barbecued hash and my! fried chicKen potatoes, pies of all kinds, cakes iced and trimmed as if to adorn a wedding tabk and so many other good things toe numerous to mention. After an houi spent around the table of good things and drinking iced lemonade that Mr. Butlei had prepared by the barrel, the old people became better acquainted and the young paired oil', some back to the platform, some to a single buggy whore every one couid not hear what was being whispered. Mr. Mendozn Wiggins the boss farmer and corn raiser could not be present, he was7 too busy praying for the salvation of lost sinners. After spending lour or tive hours in social intercourse we weie again invited to the table where still remained so many good tilings to eat but the universal regret was the meals were coming too often. Thus ended one of the days long to be remembered by the Butler family and the friends who were honored with an invitation. The universal wish was that Mr. Butler would repeat it next year. Mr. Joseph Nance, of Due West, was in town last week and rented a hall for the entertainment of cotton seed and the delight of the sellers of that product. He h;is great piles uf "scad" and expects to give unprecedented prices. Miss Anderson Entertains. Miss Marie Anderson delightfully entertained Monday evening in honor of her charming cousin, Miss Robin Patterson, of Laurens, S. C. The home was beautifully decorated in palms and ferns, while the lawn was attractively lighted with electric lights. [ Ul Il'I I, lUv. 1. L v illll clllll LtlllU served by Misses Amelia Anderson, Rosa MeFall, Marion Cason, and Margory Bradley. The evening sped away all too soon for the guests wno declared it was the most pleasant evening they had ever spent. - ? has had one frightful drawback?malaria trouble?that has brought .suffering and death to thousands. The germs cause chills, fever and ague, biliousness, jaundice, lassitude, weakness and general debility. HutE'ee-i trie Hit ten* never Lil to dectroy ibetn j and cuie malaria troubles. "Three bottles completely cured me of a very severe attack of malaria," writes Wm.; A. Kretwell, of Lucama, N. C., "and I've had goc.d health ever since." [Jure Stomach, Liver and Kidney l'roubles, and prevent Typhoid. 50c. Ouarauteed by P. 15. Speed. y to repair o have antic: pants and ha\ Our Y ard ? ? A/v 4- lm /\ m/I strangers iu uic yc ars business with friends whom w< t to show our appn en us, and in ordei lers the best stock ought before the pr I DIME CI ' I lllb VI them?they are e> B, CEILING, 5, SASH, B Felt Roofing the above in large qi Lr place, show you the ery truly, .LE LUM *ER YARD NEAR S. A Important Interview from President of I Southern Railway Washington, D. C., August 17th.? i President Finlev, of the Southern RailI way Company, being asked today about s the policy of that Company relative to the . validation of order notify bills of lading > for export cotton, said: "The management of the Southern Bail> way Company recognizes the great com mercial importance of this subject, and J will do all that it properly can to promote F confidence in the markets of the world in its bills of lading. It is believed that the effective enforcement of certain business > precautions will go far to satisfy any 1 doubt which "now exists as a result of * certain alleged manipulation by shippers f of order notify bills of lading for export > cotton last season, for which the railways > were in no way responsible. r "The system of issuing such bills of ' lading was the subject of a special eont ference between the carriers and bankers, i Asa result of this conference, which was 5 held at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., s on the 19th. ultimo, the Southern Railway ^ ? ?1,1 " "?KAwnninff nn > UOmpaiiy Will aiUUl^C, uc^iauuig V?. > September 1, 1910, to make effective the safeguards surrounding the issue of order notify bills of lading which were then > agreed upon. Among other things agreed i upon tending to improve the system of : issuing order notify bills of lading for i export cotton, these regulations provide f for a bill of lading signature certificate , which will be signed and attached, on I behalf of the Baiiway Company by a i validation officer, to each order notify > bill of lading for export cotton issued by ' agents of the Company authorized to i issue such bills of lading. Each vali dation certificate will set forth that the I agent who has signed the bill of lading is the regularly appointed agent of the Company, and, as such, is authorized to. sign bills of lading in accordance with the | regulations of the Company, and that the signature on the attached order notify bill of lading is his signature. The certificate will be irremovably attached to the bill of lading covered by it, and, as an additional safeguard, the bill of lading, hi addition to its own number, will bear the number of the certificate issued in connection with it. Agents will be instructed not to sign bills of lading until the cotton is in the possession of the Eailway Companv. "Realizing the importance of this matter, the officers in charge are instructed t-n adont everv Drecaution to make the regulations effective, especially that prohibiting the issue of these bills of lading before cotton has been received by the carrier. It is believed that the effect of these safeguards will be to prevent any such manipulation of bills of lading as it is alleged was practiced in connection with last year's crop, but, as 1 have said, for which the railways were in no way responsible." Record Pull For Train| Sixteen full loaded tourist cars, besides two baggage cars, pulled over the Blue ! llitlge on schedule time with but one engine was the record made bv the Carolina I Clint-htield Ohio Kail way Saturday | It is doubtful if anyone of the six hunI fired excursionists to Niagara Falls realtzj ed that they were riding the greatest sinj gle locomotive train that ever ran between J the North and South. From Spartanburg to Johnson City, over the highest land ol the appalachian system, members of the party say the train moved like a boat on | smooth seas.?Camden News. | . Fittinz Glasses. Dr. Lomax will bo in town at the photograph gallery, prepared to examine youi eyes with the latest improved methods? tin* Kyescope eliminates all your wants. If yon* have neuralgia, headaches, burning of tin' eyes, or if letters blur while reading. don't fail to consult Dr. Lomax. All your troubles that need glasses corrected. Ten days?until September 1. Htonmcli trouble and Indication can be re- j l!ev? d by Caldweli'K Syrup 1'epniii. For Hal' , at Mllford'Hdrug utore. j 'armers ?r build farm Lpated your re . .v Heavily. ople living around; them has won for ; appreciate most xiation of the lib* to do this we are obtainable at very ice advanced ilium cc tllll?hhV I J;! :tra good grade. SIDING, LINDS, V Valley Tin. lantities. We will be stock, and make you . t * ? BER CO. . L. R. R. DEPOT. WOFFORD COLLEGE Henry Xelwon Snyder. A. M., Litt. D. LL. President. Ten Departments; Library and Librarian; Gymnasium under competent Director; Athletic Grounds. Next Session begins Sept. 21. For Catalogue address J. A. Gamewell, Sec'y, Spartanburg, S. O. Wofford College Fitting School Hitch Wrade Preparatory School Well equipped plant. Limited school; small classes; charges reasonable. Session begins Sept. 21. For catalogue address A. M. DuPre, Headmaster, Spartanburg, S. C. JAMES CHALMEBS INSURANCE LIFE FIEE We offer for sale the Elling- , ton farm, situate about eight milna wsat ftf Ahhfiville. half UilAVM W VWV ???? . ? __ mile from Watts station on . I Seaboard E. R., near good I public school and church, I on one of the best roads lead- I ing out of Abbeville. n We have divided this big E farm into five tracts as fol- 9 lows: Tract No-1 contains 75 acres. I Tract No. 2 contains 175 I acres. I Tract No. 3 contains 125 B acres. B Tract No. 4 contains 105 I acres.* I Tract No. 5 contains 2Q0 acres. I One to two good houses with B each tract, You will find 9 these farms to be the best in H Abbeville County. They are 9 in a high state of cultivation I aow. Extra fine crops od entire place. No waste land. I We offer these farms at low I figures, on easy payments. H One-fourth cash, balance in 9 two to six years. H AhhflvMfi taranrp A Trust Co. 9 nuuu IA11V iiiUUiuiivw ..... ... _ J. E. McDavid, Secty. jfl Si Coker College for Women I A highly endowed institution of higher m learning. New building, new furniture and ? equipment. Superior faculty. Music, Art 9Q and Expression. M Annual interest income makes possible the advantage of the high priced College BI at cheap rates. Next session opens September 2;2d. H Address Coker College for Women, SB Hartsville, S. C. 99 To keep your health Round; to nvotd tbe H IIIh of advancing years; to coucerve your MB physical forceH (or a ripe and taeallh'ui old Sfl ?ije, Kuard your kldneya by taking Fule>'a H hLldney Kemody. (J. A. MllforU A Co. BH