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IB .nMnwrjiipi?Mwiw>L*iefl'w; i i The Press and Banner W.W. A W. R. BRADLEY. Editor* ABBEVILLE, 8. C. fi ?#-FDbllnhed evory Wediieuiiay at f2 a y ,-ar In aJvanw, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 1910. An Election Reverie The first chapter is finished of the election. The second chapter will end on Tuesday, the thirteenth, the observer sees much of that in comprehensible thing, human nature, during Election times. Ho sees many funny thiugs, many things to be regretted, many conscienceless acts, many brave acts, during election times_ He hears men, good men, responsible men, say things they do not mean. He hears men make statements which they pretend are in keeping with their policies whan the observer knows such are not their policies. He hears stinging things about candidates, which under any other conditions I than'that of an election, would not be uttered. He hears one candidate berated in order that an impression may be formed that the other candidate is better suited to the office, when in all probability the first candidate is just as good a man as the second, and just as capable of filling the office. Blease and Featherstone, Featherstone , and Blease. Poor Blease, what a black sheep he must be to deserve the quartos and folios and 8-Vos of set solid nonparael opprobrium that has been heaped on his poor sinful bead during the past month. How much guile, what artifice, what chicinery, what Jockeyship must Blease posess to call down on his head all the damning epithels and innuendoes, and insinuations that have lately fallen on him. What a devil of a man Blease must be! But are all those who make such inunendoes and insinuations, are they perfectly honest: or are they one of a pack whio I bark in the trail of the leader? Tney say the devil himself is not as black as he is painted. This is all, as I see it, that prevents Cole L. from being covered from head to foot in a coating of linseed oil and lamp black and sprouting horns! What a picture of Bleasehas been held up to the public eye during this campaign! In comparison Captain Kidd is a Sunday school boy. All the bad language of the mother tongue has been doing double 1 duty for a month In making word pictures of Cole L. and mind you,some artists have been on this job. I wondor if it seems thus to other folks. I could not have happened to strike just such as were reading Cole L's titles each time and thus heard it all. It is not at all likely. Other folks have heard it too no doubt. Let's see. Have I really heard anything good about Blease? I don't remember it if I have. That man is an enigma to me. How does he receive political preferment so often in his home county and yet be I 6uch a rake-hell, reprobate, and rapscalion as he is painted in word pictures almost every hour in the day? Birds of a feather flock together, are the people of Newberry of that stripe? I wish I knew whether or not he pays his debts, if he falls to pay his debts that is enough for me. If he does pay his debts kon ho rmo.holf trnrvH man T wish T knfiwv Ill ask someone who knows him and find I out, for some who have been berating! him do not payitheirs, I'm sure. This matter of making my mind up how to vote worries me some. The "State" says platforms are to be laid aside and the contest made between men, but this does not help me for I know more about the platforms than I do about the men on them. Now, I do not know Mr. Featherstone. I : have met, him it is true, but I do not , know the man. Notono word of censure have I ever heard of Featherstone. He , must be an idealman. When a man enters politics it is said that all the meauness and rascality he has been 1 guilty of in his past life comes to light, 1 placaraded. advertised, heralded from 1 house tops, and yet not one word against ' the reputation, the character of candidate Featherstone have I heard. Indeed he must be a model man judging from that fact, and yet I feel that I know just as little about Featherstone as I know about I Oole L. The "State" says choose between men. The News and Courier says choose 1 between men. But neither the State nor ' the News and Courier lives either in New- ' berry or Laurens. The editor of the State and the News and Courier are good and wise men. I know 1 that on the dead level the above advice is good to follow. After all that is what we people do. W e chose between men plat- 1 forms do not bother us much, we talk ' them sometimes but when It comes to voting we fellows cast onr ballot for the man who we feel is nearest to us, for the man who sympathises most with us, In other words for the man we like best, 1 that is about the truth of it. Now these two papers say choose be- ' tween men and choose Featherstone. For law and order and peace and tranquility choose Feotheastone. shim Blease as if the State House were a china shop and Blease a roaring bull of Bashan. And yet a majority of the good old common people of Newberry county endorses Blease and repuidates Featherstone and a majority of these same people in the adjourning county of Laurens endorses Blease and repuidates Fettherstone, and that too when Newberry is the home of that wild cat Blease, and Laurens the home of that good man Featherstone. I'm all tangled up, I dont know where I am "at". Do the Editors of the "State'' and the "News and Courier" know more about these two candidates than a majority of the people in the candidates own home counties? Maybe all the #ood people voted for Featherstone and all the bad people voted for Blease and the result only goes to 6how that the wicked outnumber the righteous. But such a hyj>othesis is T L*nnnr i\t rrnnH innn lnipOSSlUie wiauoi; a nuvn n^w. ? here in Abbeville who voted for Blease, even if I do not know some bad ones who voted for Featherstone, and that is not saying I do not know some such people. Oh, I believe I have the key to the situation. Itisl892agaiu.it is the Tillmanite and the anti and the Tillmanite is still in the ascendency. Let's see, Mr. C. is a strong Featherstone man, what was ho in 18'J2V "Why he was an anti from the heart. Mr. R. is a stroug, talking arguing Blease man What was he in 1892V A Tillmanite as s ure as the world, and the "State" and the News and Courier," what of them. Can this be the key to the situation? No, I would rather think not. Let bygones be by gones. We live in the present, not in the past. The '-State" rakes Cole L. over coals for r~ .* - ??> , Democratic P j .' a J a; ? Jt i I 5 x . PRECINCT. * j ? i > M M i ^ X , or I , u i F ! Js | i Abbeville No. 1 .. 161 Abbeville No. 2 312 Abbeville Cotton Mlllp 108 Donalds 1;W Hillvllle 29 Meaus Chapel. 2!? Hampton 34 Level Land 75 Calhoun Falls 92 WlillngLon 49 Clatworthy'a Cross Koads 45 Antrevllle 122 McCormlck 22? Cold Spring 27 Hno WfiRt 1-0 | Lowndi'svllle 234 ( Abbeville Railroad Shops ... -10 Keowee (>3 Mt. Curuiel W! Lebanon 17 Central 44 Mountalh View 48 Young's School House 24 Kocfc Spring 26 Total 2157 being a staunch supporter of the rotten old State Dispensary, well, I guess the "State" has me "on the hip" there. I thought the old State Dispensary was a good thing and voted for it. I thought the county dispensary was a good thing and voted ror it. Now I think prohibition in Abbeville county is a good thing because the majority want it. I have improved, I have changed from a State Dispensary to a County Prohibitionist, mam mat woiu county please. If they are going to blot out whiskey altogether let me be honest here annihilate it so to speak and prohibit It altogether, I will be plain with my-self that will not suit me. There is no use being a hypocrite, better be just what I am, and honest with my-self in this matter. If it is to prohibit in fact, then candidly that doesnt suit me. I have a pint at home now and it is against the law to keep it there, but Sheriff Lyon doesn't give a rip and I know it. But what about the church? Someone poured a load of hot shot into me once with the question "How can you be a consistent church member and hold to such a policy?" but I remembered that he owed a certain eleven dollars for some years which he had never paid and concluded that the ston-j did not fit his sling. I have improved. Maybe Cole L. has improved, but you can never tell. Featherstones lips fit tight. He has no half pint on mantle. No Medico would prescribe spiritus fermenti for his family. It wouldn't go. He is uncompromising, he must bo honest else some one would have found nnt that, hn was dishonest and Droclaimed it to the state during this campaign. I do admire an honest man, a man who uses strichnine instead of whiskey when he says he does. How can Colo L. havo any honesty and be guilty of all the other sins he is said to be guilty of? But I'm only going round in a circle, here I am, just where I begun. I'll not tell any one how to vote in this Section. I'll just watch the men who I know are honest, who I know are men of integrity and see how they are going to vote ind I will follow suit. The Fairs. The time for the Fairs is rapidly approaching. Not many people look on a visit to a fair as being educational in its nature and yet such It ought to be. Of course many go for pleasure alone, and It is well to have this feature to our Fairs, but every person who attends imbibes more or less valuable information from such a visit. Abbeville county had only one exhibit at the State Fair last fall. It will be different this year. Let it be said, how3ver, the exhibit we did have won a prize, it was an exhibit of oats and was mado by Mr. Wham. Make your arrangements to attend the Fairs both County and State. You will be the gainer by doing so. Those who have axhibits at the County Fair will no doubt in many cases wish to take the same exhibits to the State Fair. This can easily be done for the County Fair just precedes the State Fair by a day or two. Under date of Aug. 16th, Dr. N. E. Pressly writes: We are safe in Nassau. Had good weather and good fare. Passengers were genial. The weather is hot. We sail for Mexico tomorrow to arrive the 20th.- A. K. P. Presbyterian. It is not stated why Dr. Pressiy wenti so far "out of his way" in going to Mexico. The average citizen might have simply gone down to Texas und crossed the river to get on Mexican soil. Looking across the map it is about half as far to Mexico as it is to California, Washington, Idaho, and other States. The fact is, that nearly half of the territory of the United States is at a greater distance from Abbeville than is Mexico. Oar recollection is that Dr. Pressiy sailed from Charleston a few years agowhileon his homeward journey. We wish the Doctor a pleasant voyage, nml hone that he may live to be a hundred years old?Contributed. Prof- J. W- Thomson in New York. Prof. William Thomson of Winthrop College is in Now York under treatment. Prof. Thomsons health lias been rather poor for some time due entirely to too much work. He is one of the pillars in the college at Rock Hill and has done a great work there. His friends hope to hear of "*is recovery and speedy return home. Protracted Meeting. Protracted services will commence at Lebanon Presbyterian church next Friday night, Sept. 9th, at 8 o'clock. Preaching by Kev. Mr. Pratt of Abbeville. ~}r-y ? rimary Election, At u >, >-.11 Senator Housp Itppiwpnni ? ? oj ? g ? * . .. U * *! 1 ? . if s ? a li I *j . 2 sS?=i > 3 9 J O i r 3 ? 12J j. I i i o g i ; * I i j i s |? o r * ? i o . 2 - -. ? ! a | z 3 S aia a o ? 1? p ^ "? "j | <3 a. "i;1-; H |J 3 101 13 47 61 l.'i'ij 1011 13)1 51 Ml lftti 161 51 i.i-j it lta, i.v; 274' as 313 312.312 ii; 2?j i! 77 !>4 ITli 57J 10Ij 50 I 107 10S; 1()S 3t 4Sj 21 03 | Hi laij 43 101] JR? 184 134J 184. it; 7 i 82 30 ~37 it 3ol 4 an 3d! 3!i' 2: ? , ( 5 | 24j 21 20; 21 24 2 29 29 29 2 1 1 82 21 33 j 20 24 4 34 34 34 S> 14 7j 5-1 ?<jj 45 33 14 | 75 71 72' 5' 32 37 j 24 50 741 34 01 5l ?3 !I3 ttlj 1 3 2?j 20 13 27j 3(1 j 2)1 3K 4!t 4'i 4!>j I: loj 5; 251 34 3oj 43 l!) a 45| -lo Jo i. '!8| 71 Tit 71 ~!)S 57 S8 51 lJaj 12" lit' !'( lOJij 20! 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From the indicat the assurance received alreadj State, I am confident of being Carolina, but the victory can nc j sistance of my friends in each c I wish to say that from no) will have headquarters in Colu ing to the campaign will be atte may communicate with me. Sincei Columbia, S. C., Sept. i, Miss Mary Smith Enfertaines. Miss Mary Smith entertained at tea, last Monday night iii honor of M. Alex i Dick, Fourteen friends were present. Mr-i Andrew "White was toast master. Toasts | wflrn made bv Mr. W. D.Wilkerson, Miss J Adtt McMillan, Miss Mary Smith, Mr. Ij llobert Coleman, and Miss Janie Morse. : Tho evening was most pleasantly spent ^ in games etc. The name "Alexander Col- { clough Dick" was used as an alphabet up- i on which to build words. The prizes for j building the largest number of words were , given to Miss Ada McMillan- and Mr. 1 Andrew White. 1 Mr. Alex Dick leaves Monday for Harts- J ville, S. C. He is a splendid young man ^ and his going will be a decided los6, espec- J iallytothe younger members of Abbevillo ( Society. , He goes with the best wishes of every i acquaintance, of which he has many. J 1 Excursion to Atlania. J There will be an excursion to Atlanta 1 *r * - XT by way of the Southern on Monciay, i\ov. ( 12th. Daylight ride both ways. ' Two nights and two days in the city. ( The excursion will be run by Messrs. Smith and Bock. The fare for the round trip is only $2.75 ] The train will stop at Darraughs for pas- >: sengers. Court Convened Yesterday. On account of Labor Day coming on a Monday, the fifth, Court was postponed 1 until yesterday. s Tho' there was no stenographer, Mr. JK. Aull being sick, court convened voster- s day. Stenographer Anderson of Edgefield I was dispached to this court. e The Judge in charge of the court is Jno. t D. Wilson of Manning. Judge Manning is 11 an affable, cultured gentleman and a safe v Jurist. This is his llr.st court in Abbeville- <1 c After 46 Years. 1! Mr. Black of Florida is visiting his kins- ? ' man, Chief Riley, here. ? [ Mr. Black is a native of old Abbeville ] , County having been reared near Greenwood. 46 years ago ho moved to Florida < where he lias made his home since. I DR. VISANSKI HERE. I 11 Dr. Visanski of Atlanta is spending a v : few days with his father, Mr. G. A. Yisan- ' jski. The doctor stopped over on his way 11 , from Wrightsvilles Beach where he met j tiie Dentists association. He read a papor 1 i before that bod yon the.subjeet 'The EelTeel I1 l, of Eating Sweets on me j wm. I The Doctor is making research and; ! exi>eriinonts along this line, and of course j has something to say. The Doctor does ? not take othtjr jjeoeles word for thingslie linds out f?V himself. To such men we owe Twentieth Century progress. s . l> The Abbeville Fail?October 18, 111, and ^ 20. t . ^ ? A Fair at Abbeville. The Fair of the I Season? 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C. Featherstone. 1910. CARD FROM MAYOR COLE. L- BLEASE. ? ( To The Democratic Voters of Abbeville 1 County. 1 I am deeply grateful for the niagnili- 1 :ent vote which I received for Governor 1 n the first primary, and I take this * uethod of expressing my thanke for those 1 >Tou gave me in your county. 1 Leaving my home county of Newberry vitii a handsome majority, and leading , ill the .other candidates in the surround- * ng counties of Lexington, Union, Saluda, Fairfield, and Laurens,?the latter county t jcitig the home of Hon .C. C. Featherstone i ivlio is my opponent in the second race,? ny vote was general throughout thestxto 1 vithout regards to geographical lines, or < foliations 01 mo. in sovuiiicoii ui ;nv ourty-three counties, although there vere six candidates before the people, I * oeeived more votes than anv other can- t lidate. Having led by several thousand i rates in the iirst primary, and with the ? lew assurances of support which have ome to me, I am confidently expecting to 1 >e nominated for Governor in the second i primary. , ? I have sought to place my compaign upon a lii^h plane, seeking the votes of ;he people on my own merits.. If elected t [ will be 1 he Governor of the whole people, yithout regard to section or class. { I desire to warn the voters against , ,'leventh-hour rumors and false charges. 1 I shall deeply appreciate the suffrages i >f the cemocrats of Abbeville county in ( .lie socoml primary. , Respectfully, (Jole. L. 131 ease. ? dewberry, S. C. 6 >ept. 8,1910. i - t How They Take the Medicine. ?. "The News and Cyurter" is no\V asking ^ bout the weather and talking about the 1 'hilippines. The Blease-Featherstone race 1 eems to occupy none of its attention. ' Like Mr?. Volentine, colored, who had * proad a wedding supper for her daughter, 1 jizzie, an.l Lizzy's intended. The "intend- 1 id" failin;: to materialize, and Mrs. Volen- 1 ine being diidod with the desertion the i! lext iiK,ruing replied : "The nigger rusent no 'count any how and sides, Liz' * lon't giw : confound." I "The Iw'wn and Courier" "don't give a 1 oil l'ou lid." Hiif t.lio "Stale." "The State" is wiggling 1 ike a tn r.ipin with a e<ml 011 1 lis bark. 1 The Sta'.u' is bci.itfhin^ like a "miter" inder liot sand for some means to defeat 1 JleJise. ^ Did not tlie people of the State know the 1 S'. tc" m ti'?n! * on the liquor question the ii!,<ri's> iiijiuitm-e would be much greater. Tin- people know that if it is a question f men now it was a question before the I irst primary. 'J hey also know that if it 1 las a question of platforms before the i irst pri niary it is a question of platforms ' io\v! 1 "Olo Brother l'eeple" is not stieli a mutoii bead as not to know that men and ' >latfi>nns co not hop about likf skipper < uj?s on a hot skillet. t < I ( l/ister Richardson Pleads Guilty to Sell- 1 ing Booze. In Monday'* city court Wister Kieliard- j, oil, while, \v;is arraigned for selling wlii*oy and pleftd guilty. Tin; mayor, .1. E. Jones, lined him ?7">. Jayor Jones believes in making breakers v * the law pay foi it. $73 is liis line for hose who plead gu:.lty to the lirst oJlonse. See the sights at the Abbeville Fair, Out. 8, 11), and 20, ^ msemmest ata <*** mmmmmm HARD \\ HARDWARE We sell the great "Keen Kutter" line of Hardware and carpenters have told us that our prices are lower than elsewhere i'n town. China, Crockery, ( Sterling Silv of ever \ 3DON'T F 011 Trinity S'reet iiexi lots of big bargains ti go in this 10c Store. THE DA CR< Campaign Lies. (Contributed.) The good old Yorkville Enquirer is genjrally in the right, and as a rule, we agree ivith all that it says: Last week that pa- i per said: Because of the reputation the campaigri iar has made for hituself. even the truth las a poor showing in election years. Most sensible people follow the rule of putting ill slanderous political stories down as 1 inc To all of the above we say a hearty unen. , As far as wd can now recall the campaign liar" has done no business in , ,his campaign in Abbeville County. We 1 lave no recollection of having heard a vord agaiust the character of any candi- ; late. But in a previous campaign there was jnougli said or insinuated against Blease * ;o excite the sympathy of voters who love ? i fair deal. While tliere has nut said I l word as far as wo have heard or seen ' igainst any candidate, yet we Imve heard J >r read much which we thought to be in- ) iinuation against Blease. This by what ve regarded as members of the "holier j ,han thou" element. I The vote of Newberry and Lauivus give ] issuranct; that where Blo;ise is woii known j 10 has the approval of might y good com- , nunities. We happen io know something i )f the people of those counties in the lif- < ,ies, and as we knew them then t!my were , is good as the best and we are willing to ) iupport their judgment or opinio!.'. Mease I iceded no other certificate of character 1 haii that of the voters of Newberry. As the situation appears to us: All the < :andidates are, admittedly, gentlemen. ' 31 ease having this disadvantage of the ' est. He was born of the uneducated class ind because of his inherited poverty, and ] lis ambition to rise to positions' of influ:nce and usefulness, the other set are jeal- ( nis of him and his ability?:i;.J we assume j hat there was not one in the Governor's < ace a man who would claim to have more j ibilitv. While Mr. Featherstone's good charac.v.. Mi.nL-ium.ut vnf ho nnu .til" IS III nil MU.V ?? ,.... wises to deny to a part of I In- counties the itfht of local option?a rijflil which was reely offered to Abbeville and other eounies. If local option was ri#!it last year, it s right this year. The State of South Carolina has as much ' ight to say that Abbeville shall sell whiskey as it has to *av that Charleston shall lot, i The cry in is7f> was "Home Rule." I Believing that "political storir:." are , campaign lie*" and believing that the op- ] >osition to IJlease is based more on jeal- } aisy of a poor boy who is ambitious to ' ise in the world, than upon substantial J 'easons, this seri be expects to poll his vote i lext Tuesday for Cole L. Bleaso. Whatever the facts may be, we think f 51 ease is a manly man, and we ln>lieve that j ppositlon to him is largely based upon I his faet, and I lie fact of I lie poverty of his ' (irlh. lb* has no Colonel* or Generals or J ioMTIIOl'b IIIIIOIIK ??1 iHUr>ii_v. iinu ?i; ( In nut lii'liovi* in rlo.siiig tin* of hopo 1 ir ri.-t'ii.?iii^C pii'iii'>ti??ii t?? tin- poorest l>oy '. ti South Carolina. To.-jerk to lj?* Governor , s a laudable ainl'iLioii. s Conic to tin.* Abbeville Fair, livery body rill be then1. All roads load to the Abbeville Fair. i ? # What are you going to exhibit at the Lbbcville Fair on Oct. ltf, ID and 20V i "'f. .. rAHB~HAKD |l r WIRE FENCE How about that fence ? We have a car load of American Wrapped Fence in stock. This is decidedly the kind to/ buy. , Let us price yo?iZut Glass, Enamel tp cr, iu^?> ctliu uyjlia. ything in Holiday "ORGrET to t to A. M. Hill & So iere to offer you. See RGrAN-K 3CKERY--CROCKE CANDIDATES. State Sen <tc We are authorized to announce WM. N. QKAYDON a? a candidate for re-election to the State Senate, subject to the action ol the Democratic primary election. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the Sen?te. subject 10 the xrtlon of the Democratic primary. J. MOORE MARS. Butter and Butter Substitutes. The great majority of people eat butter tiid much prefer it to any of the substitutes which have been upon the marked However, a great many people must use' i substitute on account oLthe high prices tvhich prevail.during certain months of the year. . Oleomargarines the most common substitutes for butter and millions of pounds :>f this product are consumed each year. The difference in cost of production be;wee olemargarine and butter is so great that when butter is retailed at fourty sents per pound, olemargarine may be retaiiecl at twenty cents per pound at as great a profit to the dealer. The person who chooses to purchase the substitute should be allowed to do so and lift should be reouired to pay only the| price of the substitute. The difference in price between the genuine product and the subsiituto is so great that dealers are tempted to sdl the latter for the former. Unly by requiring that the consumers may differentiate between the two articles ;an honest traffic be insured. This was contemplated by Congress tvlien the present internal revenue tax of ten cents per pound was levied upon "ar- j tiiicially colored olemargarine". JIany people think that all oleomargarine is tax>d ten cents per pound. This is not a fact. Oleomargarine which is " artificially colored" so that the consumer cannot distinguish it from butter is the only oleomargarine that is thus taxed. When it is put upon the market in its natural color it ,s taxed only one-fourth of one cent per pound. It is only when the product is made to look like butter so that it may be fraudulsntly sold as butter thot a burdimsome tax is imposed upon it. The imposition of the :ax is not to suppress the sale of oleomargarine or to make it mora expensive to the consumer, but to prevent fraud in its sale. The National Diary Uivioa, E. K. Slater, Seep. St. Paul, Minn. TO REVISE SCHOOL LAWSCommission Appointed by General Assembly Meets in Columbia. Columbia, Sept. 1.?The commission to revise the school laws of this Statu has jeen in session here for the last two days. L'he members are: J. E. Swearingen, State Superintendent of Education; W. H. [land, State high school inspeetoi; M. L. Smith, Member of the House of Kepresen-. ;atives from Kershaw County; I). H. Johnson, president of Winthrop College, and v II. Edmunds, superintendent of the Sumter city schools. Every law relating to schools is being ;one over and revised where, in the >piniou of the members of the commission, t is thought to be necessary. As has ...r>n niiiiited out bv State Superintendent >f Education Swearingen, the school lawaj ?f the State arc very complicated. It was >11 the recommendation of Mr. Swearingen j .hat the Legislature passed the Act reating the commission. The recomiuenlation was made in his annual report. lh s the hope of the commission to haw its eport completed in time lor the next j session of the General Assembly. m m i Good fare at Abbeville during the Fair, i School books, Tablets, Pens, Pencils. iud all'you need at Milford's Book Store School opens on 19th, are you ready? f not go to Milford's Book Store. mtmm nii'V- I ' mii^^ WARE. RANGES iges Ranges iu^'cs and Stoves we the very best that are 3 had, and in saying we are not exaggeg in the least. e invite a close inion of our Ranges Stoves from the floor This done, you will ore than apt to buy. PAINTS AND OILS f These goods are soaring way up now, but if you come here we will name you prices that will interest vou. for we got in on J V* the ground floor. Ware, Toilet Sets, , A full line Goods. call at our 10c Store as. We always have how far a dollar will ING CO. RY. HHUBBNBBHi IW? Yniir Rahv Suffer vvvpf VNI mm m* mm J ' * . I From Skin Disease? f He would be a heartless father in% deed, who did not allay baby's suffering as did Mr. E. M. Bogan of Enterprise, Miss. He says: "My.baby was troubled with breakout, something like seven-year itch. We used all ordinary remedies, but nothing seemed to do auy good until I tried Hunt's Cure and in a few days all symptoms disappeared and now baby is enjoying the best of health." Price 50c per box. Manufactured and guaranteed by A. B. Rbhards Medicine Co., Sherman, Tex FOR SALE BY McMuiray Drug Co., Abbeville, 8. C. JAKES CHALMERS INSURANCE XIF3 FIRE WesfTer for sale the Ellington farm, situate about eight miles west of Abbeville, half mile irom Watts station on Seaboird R. R., near good public school and church, on one of the best roads leading out of Abbeville; We lave divided this big farm iito five tracts as foll ioWH ; Tract lo-l contains 75 acres. I Tract No. 2 contains 175 I acres. Tract No. 3 contains 125 I acres. I Tract No. 4 contains 105 H acres. 9 Tract No. 5 contains 200 I acres. One to two good houses with I each tract. You will find B these farms to be the best in 9 Abbeville County. They are I in a high state 01 cumvauuu now. Extra fine crops on en- H tire place. No waste land. We offer these farms at low figures, on easy payments. 9 One-fourth cash, balance in I two to six years. B Abbeville Insurance & Trust Co. I J. E. McDavid, Secty. ffl Kee the Acktr Bulldlcg and liejalr Com 9 r. I