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3B I The Press and Banner ? W W. A W. B. BRADLEY. Editors ' S " t S ABBEVILLE, S. C. ' age ? ajsf i MB t *#-PQbll8hcd every Wednesday at C ? 1 Us! 'ar 10 a<lvanoe? i I Wednesday, Sept. 14,1910. H Be Honest. I Nine out of ten of us are disciples of Hypocrates. This is a pretty severo arraignin ent, and yet it is true. We quibblo and speak parrot, inince the truth, patter and 1 sham every day of our lives. ' On this question of prohibition nearly every layman in the church is a strong, ' shining disciple of Hypocrates, the dis- 1 y sembler. A man who does not practice what he preaches, what is he ? You know and 1 know men who do not shy in the very least at Old King Alcohol,?men who, while they do not abuse themselves in its J use, yet use it. They have it in their ' homes; it is there now; it stays there. J And yet these same persons will talk about ] liquor in a way to lead people to think 1 that they would not allow a drop to come 1 into their homes for any consideration. They seem to think that their positions 1 in the church and their standing in the 1 community demands that they take a certain stand in regard to the matter which will line them up right shoulders to the pas tors of their respective churches ana to "Johnny on the spot'' in polite society. ' How many times have you heard the ex- ' pression, "The whiskey evil" ? Do you 1 believe that whiskey Is an evil ? No, you I know that all the evil in this world is 1 bound up in the hearts of men and women! ' There is where all the evils are. Whiskey 1 Is no more an evil than is coffee and tea 1 and ether and chloroform. You will find all the evil in men. There is where it 1 lurks. Thence it finds expression. All the wines and the whiskeys and the beers and the absinths in the universe can- 1 not harm you, but remember! they can be ' the Instruments of doing you and yours 1 great harm morally, mentally, and physically. Within themselves tiey are harm. less. The danger lurks within you. ' But our teachers teach us that the harm is in the whiskey, our preachers preach to 1 us that the evil is in the liquor, and we our- 1 selves look on drink as a personified imp of Satan, or a spiritual chief clerk to Be- ' elzebub! Insn't that a fact ? 1 Whiskey to you is as harmless as the water that lilts over stones in the running brook so long as you and your conscience < are in accord. We all have a mlsconcep- ! tion of the right and the wrong of this 1 question. , We are all now crying, "Put it away! 1 put It away!" as if it were a dragon de- < vouring men and women; as If those who 1 are devoured are not at all responsible; as ) If the Dragon were responsible for all the evil Incident to its presence. You might 1 just as well cry, stop manufacturing cards; ( you might just as well cry, stop growing < horses! you might just as well cry stop t the existence of everything by which sin- f ful man harms himself and society as to t cry the present cry of Down with whiskey. Of course many will take issue with the <1 above statement. It is perfectly natural i k that they should. They see no way to ( lessen the evil from the use of whiskey ex- 1 cept to "Put it away." 1 There is only one way, and that is to teach and preach temperance; to set man's heart right; to follow the dictates of the still 6mall voice, the grandest leader in the greatest ngnt tnat pen nas ever pxubureu. What respect have you for a man who doesn't want prohibition for himself, but ' wants it for the other fellow ? "What do . you think of the integrity of a man who i'm ' votes prohibition and takes a nip every day and expects to do so after prohibition is in force ? There are scores of such people. If Prohibition is right for Abbeville county, it is right for South Carolina. If it is right for South Carolina, it is right for the United States. If it is right for the ^ United States, it is right for the nations of the world. And yet, mark you, should it , be possible by vote to dry up the source of f liquor until it was as arid as the Sahara desert, THERE WOULD BE SUCH A t FALLING OFF OF THE PROHIBITION , VOTE THAT WE WOULD THINK THAT , THE WHOLE COUNTRY HAD GONE TO THE DEVIL. Isn't that so ? What, then, is wrong with our policy that we thus make hypocrites of our people ? The trouble lies in the fact that we have a misconception of what is right and what is wrong. You will agree that a hyp- c ocrite is a most detestable person, and yet f our system tends to manufacture them by [ the wholesale. Make a man's heart/right and his conscience right and you have one whom neither life nor death, nor angels, nor prlndpalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature can injure or harm. The good ministers of our various churches think that their elders and their deacons and other officers are honest when they speak of "blotting out the curse"? when these same elders and deacons and officers often do not mean what they say. They talk one way and think another. It is wrong. It is a sin, a grievous sin. We should be taught to be honest first. If we are honest, in all probability we will be nearer the mark of what we ought to be than we are at present. It takes a man to tell his shepherd that absolute prohibition does not square with his views, when his shepherd has been preaching to him on it. "We go with the crowd, no mat- | ter what our own views are. No matter what we think, to run counter to the public mind might cause friction, and we trim our sails to suit the direction of the com- ' mon fleet, no matter what may be our own < opinion. ( Let us all learn to be honest first, and then It will be easier for us to cultivate the ' other crraces which make men useful, < which make men great, which make inen ' lovable. , 1 .. /: I .T . Clliott Stokes Caught In Florida. 1 Elliott Stokes, who was tried and con- , vlcted of stealing a cow a year ago, and i found guilty, the case being appealed to | the supreme court and the lower court j being sustained. Elliott made an escape. i Mr. George Hagan was on his bond for t $500.00 ( Elliott was caught at White House, Fla., forty miles below Jacksonville. Mr. Chas. Bruce, went to Florida for Stokes < and brought him back Sunday. Stokes is < now on the gang. I The Corn ExpositionThe commission in charge of the Soutli \tlantic States corn expositions, which is .0 be held in Columbia from December 5tt intil December 8th, met in Columbia re 'entlv for the purposo of making Ana announcements as to prizes to bo offeree jy the exposition from the several states to be represented. Tho prizes for South Carolina will b< given by Counties and prizes for othei States by congressional districts. There will be a trophy cup valued a ?1000 to bo given for tho best 10 ears o corn to be exhibited at the exposition This cup is given by the American Agri culturist which is one of the largest farn papers of the United States. The slogan of the exposition is, "Mori Corn and Better Corn." Never in tin history of the State has the production o corn received more attention of the farm ers than it is receiving today. The Boy': Corn Clubs are awakening wide interes along this line and, as a result, the ou put for this county will be vastly increase! this year. "More Com and Better Corn." Let i come. We need it. When the farmers o South Carolina move their old smok< houses from the west back into their owi back yards then look sharp, people. Tin South Carolina farmer will take the lea* in agriculture and the Northern banke: will be forced to change his superciliou: and patronizing smile at our begging fo; money to one of eager solicitation. Court News The first case tried at the court las n-eek was that of Chas. Pringle cliargec with assault and battery with in tent to kill. The defendent was fount guilty of assault and battery of a higi and aggrivated nature with recommenda tions to the mercy of the eourt. He was sentenced six months imprisonment or ti pay a fine of (150,00. George Holand indected for disposing o property under lein, fouud gniity and sen tenced to imprisonment for one year. In the case of Mat Patterson, charget with assault and battery with intent U kill the Jury {rendered a verdict "Nol Suilty." JesseBowieJwho was arraigned for man slaughter was tried and verdict of "Noi Suilty" rendered by the Jury. George Heard was fined $75.00 for dis posing of property under lien and paic the fine. J. M. Bigby and John Moore, who wen irraigned on the charge of muder, wer< found "Not Guilty." The case of the State Vs. Jim Stai k, foi Assault and Battery was tried and Star! round guilty. He was sentenced to oik **ear and to pay a line of $150.00. Motioi for a new trirlwas refused. Betsy Calhoun who lived near Willing ton was tried for burning a barn the cir :um6tantial evidence was so strong thai ;he Jury brr" *ht in a verdict of guilty. A notion, was for a new trial but Judg< Wilson will be admitted that he thoughi ie would not have brought in verdict ol juilty had he been in the place of the Jur ?? 4-kaf if woo Kncf fA 1 of, .HU, bull LllUUgill/ uiau IV ??c*o KTVOU ty ?vv ;he verdict stand and refused the motior 'or a new trial. She "was sentenced tc jerve 10 years In the penitontiary. After the presentment of tho Grand Tury the following Grand Jurors were apjointed to serve the County in the yeai )f 1911: Messre, M. J. Link, W. L. Singeton, J. Q, Simpson, W, H. Lewis, Geo, White, Jr., and J. C. Cox. Prospects Bright For New Depot. Mayor Jones and others meet members >T the Railroad Commission on last Friday n reference to securing better Depot ac iommodatlons for Abbeville. The Depots which we have at present ire antiquated affairs, built, one of them wenty years ago when Abbeville was a >ario. We are growing and are going tc sontinue to grow, and it lis only ightthat the Railroads give us better The business done at this place is enernous and mang Cities which do a fai smaller business have Jar better and more ittractive depot. The Mayor is after the commission and ve confidently expect he will accomplish something for the city. If we get the trolley line, which we hope o do, we will want a Union Depot. Owng to the topography of the town this vill be difficult of accomplishment but not it all impossible. The Trolley. The promoters of the trolley proposition ire out West inspecting electric lines and mrchasing stock for the line. When they eturn and meet Mr. Duke we will finally :now where the trolley goes. We are half inclined to believe that the >romoters would consider favorably wilding both to Greenwood ana to ADDeille. While no new road pays much divilends the first year still it would be only a luestion of time before both the branches yould pay. Greenwood has only one advantage over Lbbeville and that is in passenger traffic n the matter of handling freight Abbedlle offers better facilities and much lest nileage than Greenwood, and should the roiley go to both places it would of course eap both advantages. In the mean time we patiently wait the lecislon of the promoters as to which )lace they will take the line for the pressnt. It means more to either of thcs( .owns than the citizens of the respective wwns imagine. m m Prospect for Largest School in History o Abbeville. The present ontlook promises that ai ;he opening of school on Monday next th( ilasses will have a larger attendance than iver before in ths history ,of the city. The total enrollment for the past yeai imounted to nearly 1200. This year it if 3x pec ted that the enrollment will go ovei ;hat mark. The teachers will meet on Saturday be fore the opening to discuss school matter; md to map out the work for the year jus' beginning. The first, second, and third grades hav( ilready been divided and in anothei twelve month it will be necessary to dlvld< ,he Fourth also. Nothing marks th< growth of a city more plainly than does ,he growth of the city schools. The schools ire a sure indication of what the city is ioing. A nice five-room cottage on Orangt Street near Wardlaw. Convenient to th( jity Graded school, pleasant surroundings, torrent Apply to J. F. Bradloy. ?r-r 7? ___________ - ' ~ Two Crops of Oat? in One Season! Mr. W. G. Chapman, "rubber-tired fo j mer," takes the cake on making oats. M , Chapman, while he belongs in the class rubber tires, still outclasses many fn 11 mere who do not use 1910 methods. I I' Does not know how to make less than . bale of cotton to the acre, farm as he \vi This year Mr. Chapman sowed a Held * his farm in oats. After reaping an abu .. dant |liarvest lie immediately sowed t same land in peas. The oats left on t j. ground were thus turned under and I j some reason, probably due to somethi Mr. Chapman put under the ground w: them, they refused to stay under a 1 eame up with the peas. The oats and pc grew off nicely together, neither tryi , to trip the other up, and so it is that no i, at this writing, Mr. Chapman lwis a li j %rop of peas and second crop of oa grown, headed out, ripened and ready I 5 the blade. t We have never seen such a thing befc t It indicates that Abbeville County grit j a "huckle berry above the persimmon" any other farm lands in the country, la: t that will make two crops of small gr* f within ten months or less time. Who c . beat it? \s j The Library r The Abbeville Library Association li 3 opened rooms formerly occupied by t r Abbeville Medium. The Library now h over 500 choice volumes at your dispos The Librarian, Miss Jennie Allen, will glad to welcome you to her sanctum. T Library is a pleasant retreat and offe ^ a pleasant hour to any one who has t j time to while away. '1 he rooms will be found especially pit j sant to women who shop and for any ri son have to wait. Frequently women t company their husbands to town and wh . they have doue their shopping sometim ^ must needs wait for their better halv* The Library rest rooms make a splenc j waiting place. Do not draw the inference, howevi that the Library is for women alone, 1 j such is not the case, all will be cordial j welcomed, old and young, m t and women, boys and girls?anyo interested will find a visit to the Libra time well spent. ^ The cause is a worthy one. It is wort! the hearty support of all our people. T Library is doing a good work. In t j mean time pay Miss Allen a visit and ? her books, The Old Smoke House r This is a term which to the young c generation is archaic Greek. The old 1( , house with its bare joists of hewn pine a , its dirt floor long ago disappeared. In it more good things used to be stor . away than may now be found in our i . to-date groceries. From the joists us I; to hang great big fat hams, smoked wi L the bark of oak, smutted and begrimed ; the outside but within the kitchen kn I showed a dainty of peacock color like t f irridescent glitter of rich copper, which . the palate brought a gloat of such sat . faction as only those of the old smo , house times can know. > And the shoulders and the jowls wlii cooked whole with the turnips and cui [ mustard "transmogrified" the ;"grecn . into an epicurean dish of unquestion . renown?all were there, there in profusic . And the bacon, bacon' with the ribs in, n fat backs, but good old smoke cured bnc that made the darky's face shine like t oil of joy of bible times. Groat slabs ol were in the old smoke house witn tne ai floor. How greasy and rich that dl looked with the jugs of black berry ai 1 scuppernong and grape wines stickii their noses out of the earth where th were buried to keep cool. Oh, my what a picture to gloat on nc ' in this day of red ham and embalmed be ' and glucose and fat backs! ' And the sorghum molasses and t 1 home ground flour in the old smoke houf molasste having no speaking acquai tance to C. O.'s and P. R.'s and gluco ] straight. The pepsin and pancrea! juices well up and over flow at the thoug ' of the older joke house. It had only one door and when lock was lock';d with a chain. Every thii 1 went in straight and came out stralg No syringe shot poison preserving fluid 1 the bones of the old smoke house mej ' No embalming fluid touched the prechc ' of that glorious place. Go back, back to the old Smoke Houi With its rusty boards and dingy confine Seat your self on the old poplar me trough and ie the silent sombre Vista the past rnminate on its glories ai 1 learn how to live. I , Mr- Ned Bellinger. One of Charlestons oldest Commerci 1 salesman, was in our city on the lit inst. Mr. Bellinger was raised in ti rice fields, of South Carolina. Parties pi chasing from him will buy from one the best informed rice men in the State. Death of Mrs- Sarah ClayMrs. Sarah Clay passed from earth aw, into the great beyond on Monday a. i Sept. 5, 1910, twenty minutes till ni > o'clock, after an illness of only a few daj ) She was stricken with paralysis on Frida , Sept1 2nd., which was tin; cause of h death. She was 70 years of age. She di at the home of her daughter, six mil i south of Abbeville. She leaves two chii t len and two grand children to mourn h death. She came from Ireland some six odd years ago, and was just a young g - when she came to South Caiolina. S ; was married to Mr. Elisha Clay in t year of 18U0. Many friends will learn Jier death with great sorrow. The c ceased was a most estimable woman, s joined Lebanon church when quite a you] . lady and lived as a faithful christian. T i remains were taken to Lebanon on Tu< day afternoon at 5 o'clock. Funeral s< vices were conducted by her pastor, R< t Mr. Hiilhouse. Her remains were laid , rest in the presence of many sorrowii ' friends. Sincere sympathy of hosts friends go out to the bereaved family. The pains of death ?re past, r Labor and sorrow cease; * And life's long warfare closed at last, . Her soul is found in peace. Soldier of Christ, well done! Praise be thy new employ; And while eternal ages run, 5 Rest in thy Saviour's jov. ^ A Friend. i Miiford's Locals. r If you are going to school buy yo 5 books at Miiford's Book Store. ; Wo have school books for evcrybol ' Miiford's Book Store. 5 Come and get your school books befo ' the rush Miiford's Book Store. 3 The best line of school supplies over Abbeville at Miiford's Book Store. Call and get a school book list free Miiford's Book Store. ! We have all kinds of books, sehoolboo, are the most popular just now at M ' ford's Book Store. ' ' ' Sheriff Lyon Threw Away Mdiiey. / | Sounds funny but it's so. He throw awaj oj about twenty live or thirty <loll;ir slast Fri, day morning. Ofcuurse it was not his 2 1 It belonged to the stute. Certain iudivid mils in and around Abbeville had ordorec II | liquor for the purpose of selling it a#iii ' j and the ShcrllT of course soized it. It be | ing his duty to pour it out after a certaii 1 I length of time had elapsed proceeded t< 1,0 so Friday morning, to the tune of aboui . fifteen gallons. Some lawmaker will confer a favor oi the state to make some provision by whicl n(j whiskey thus seized may be jjivon to ho.< ,if. pitals, Poor House, or turned into Alcoho I denatured for commercial use. There ii lVV | no reason to thus waste thousands of dol J lars annually by pouring out whiske; . which lias thus been seized by officers o ' the law. Some hard things were said about l.'n ire Sheriff by sundry thirsty individuals as i j the sheriff were to blame for the pouring j out of the spiritf. To them it looked liki nfj a willful waste when the woeful want wa; tin a're?tC*y Present, There is no sense in ani an such law. It jtoints to nomoral.it read J no lesson, and ought to be stopped. It does not make mucn oiuerenutj ?im is done with sized whiskey just so it, is no wasted. There are a thousand w/iys b; which it could he used advantageously ti 83 tlie suite. 10 At each court house all over the stati at intervals this pouring out act take ?' place, and while it is not throwing awa; money it is throwing away the equivalen ie of money and is wrong. srs he 1 DUKES MAKE BIG DEAL ;a- _ ia- " ic- Take Over Greenville Car Line and th Lighting?The Price About $500,000. as. Charlotte, Kept. 4.?The Duko interests lid acting in conjunction with the promoter of the Greenville, Spartanburg and Anbei sr, son Eailway Co., the great South Carolin tor interurban corporation, have just purchat lly ed from the American Pipe Company c on Philadelphia, the property of the Green ne ville Traction company, and of the Green ry ville Electrec Light aud Power Co.. whicl ncluded the street car and lighting facil by ities of Greenville. be . While nothing definite is known as to th he consideration of the deal, it is said to b iea something in th<? neighborhood of $500,00 The Greenville Traction company in eludes the street car system of Greenvill which owns 14 miles of trackage and a fit plant from start to finish. The Grecnvil:. er Gas, Electric Light and Power Co., earrie og with it the lighting facilities of the city, nd Recently the Southern Power compan; organized i local concern to do 6ome light ed ing business in Greenville. It is presume ip. that hereafter this concern will have ea ed elusive control of the local business. ^ Greenville Reassured. on ife The appended is the dispach which Mi he W, S. Lee- vice-president and' geners to mnnager of the Southern Power compan} is- wired Mayor Marshall of Greenville, yei ke terday confirming the transfer: "Our interets have today purchased th ch Greenville railway and light properties 'ly We wish to advise you of this and assur is" you and the citizens of Greenville that a ed soon as we perfect our organization w >n. will have our representative call on yoi ot with the end in view of securing all inter on estsrconcerned to the best advantage." he According to the advica received fron ' it Greenville last night there was consider Irt able re.joji.1ng over the change of owner irt ship. While the America Pipe compan; nd has been popular in Greenville, its owner in u?~ Mnf?i.owav fnv an v svmnathet lJh IUIVC U*JV?JU w?n/ AU.L M ??vj w.v . ey ic relationship. On the other hand tin Southern Power company is extremel; >w popular in the mountain city: It is th ef purpose of the promoters of the Green villo Spartanburg and Anderson Eailwa; he company which already owns the lino An se, derson traction system, to make Green in- ville the center of the interurban systeii se of South Carolina just as it plans to niaki :ic Charlotte the center of the North Carolini ht and eventually the entiro interurban sys tem, lg Charlotte the Centre Mr. Lee has been in New York for tin *? past week in conference with Mr. J, E lt Duke and other Southern Power compai; ; promoters. He is expected home toznor row, accompanied possibly by Mr. Duk 'e- and one or two others. The center of oper JS* ations in the future will be in Charlotte. a' The acquirement of the Greenville trac ?' tion interests by the Greenville, Spartan 11 ^ burg it Anderson Railway Co. is said t< have ben essential to the welfare of th interurban, the local situation being sue) as to make the situation more or less im porative. And then the traction interest: ? of Greenville belonged to a Northern cor poration which was was willing to dispose 10 of it at a fair price. irof ? the: state fair, There is only one State Fair in South Car olina. It will be held in Columbia Oct. 31 ay November 1, 2, 3, and 1. The progress wil be more elaborate than heretofore* ,rS. The people of the State generally inaki y. this their one meeting place for tho year Any information desired will be given b] la Mr. John li. Mobley, President, Winnsbon d- S. C., or Mr. D. F. Eilrd, Secretary, Lexing er ton, S.C, ty ^ |j|; Help the Orphanago. of "One day's work in each year for th< le- orphan's home by every person young an< he old". This motto has been accepted b] :ig about twenty institutions in the Southeri ni * 'I"4 r\r*jxYx\Mx ni<Q *icL-orl f/i r?n lie oiaies, aim liic ^h-w|>i< ,?iv, ,.v ;s- operate. One Orphanage in Georgia re sr- ceived last year $14,000, a.s a result of tlx jv. observance oi the day. Wo are informs to that no institution in South Carolina hai ;ig received nioro than $4,000 in any singli of year, but this would be a good time fo the record to bo broken. \Vehope man} thousonds of people wili each send th< proceeds of wages, salary or earnings o Saturday, Sept. 24th to tho Orphanage o his own choice. Library Dots. The library gains in popularity. No ( nly is it a literary centur, uui> uiu auuw atmosphere is most delightful. It is fas becoming tin* gathering place of friends and there is a feeling of hearty gooc ur fellowship manifested l?y all. There have been alxiut two hundre( jy visitors during the past week, many o| these being boys and girls, spending hours in tin; reading room. Among the presents donated since open ingdayare; twenty five hooks, a mini I km in of magazines, subscription to two new magazines, the New York Herald, twi at large maps, and a nuni'jer of other valu able presents. ks * 11- ? ? ' Huylers caudy, fresh at Speed's drui; btore gsaia I Have You seen ou 15 \ Puzzle ? Any lar shaped bio ? less than ONE I the following 7 [> I Value One Complete Set of .' pieces) in a handsoi e One Keen Kutter Goli Elades in a Genuin( s One Set of Keen Kuttei (12 pieces), in a Worth One Keen Kutter Tool J i- in a heavy ash case h 0 0 A Clear Eye, a Littl 1 will cap e s [ WG* COME ] Sept. 19U ?Dar; u " The Mystery Of The Confederate 1 a Seal. , (Greenville Dally News.) According to an article in a late issue y of the Confederate Veteran, which is com- ^ s ment on in the New Orleans Daily States, the original seal of the Confederacy .was * adopted 011 Washington's birthday in 1862, e the center of it being a copy of WashingY ton's statue in Richmond. When the seal was first made, E. A. Tyler, who at that time was a well-known jeweler of New ai - Orleans, made several copies of it, after y which he destroyed the die. When the; . union army commanded by Gen. Butler occupied New Orleans the copies of the saal ? -- 1~.1 1 rr.,u? ) _ ~ were carenmy uonueaieu uy mi. _i.yjei.ip 1 and a great many years after the war one J 3 of them was given to the Washington artiliery. tl * But today nothing is known concerning - the disposal of the original seal of the Confederacy, but it is reasonable to suppose that it was in care of Judah P. Benjamin, Secretary of state, when President, Davis and hiscablnet abandoned RichB mond after the surrender of Lee's army at Appomattox. It Is know that the next ' to the last cabinet meeting of the Conf federate government was held at Abbe villo, S. C., where it is said that Secretary Benjamin burned all of his official papers. "There is a tradition," says the Rieh* mond Times-Dispatch, "that when he had left that town and was crossing the Savan_ nah river, Mr. Benjamin dropped the seal of the Confederacy into the stream, so * that it might never fall into the hands of o the federal authorities." But nobody has f3 been able to show that this tradition was ' based on truth. As a matter of fact there has never been any trace of the seal since - the Confederate government fell, and F s what became of it will probably remain a y _ mystery to the end of time. 3 . "PLUNGING HELLWARD." Tom Watson Declares World is Bound in That Direction?Wants to fumsn Hoke Smith- 61 l Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 3.?Declaring that the world is "plungfng hellward," Thomas 3 E. Watson, former Populist candidate for , the presidency, delivered an address in ' the auditorium here last night which r covered topics from religion to polities ) and from foreign missions to disfranchise- 8C . ment of the negro. 8C After "squaring" himself with the ni church fold on what he termed their mis- tt conceptions of his views as to foreign missions adequate pay for ministers, Watson cl devoted himself to politics and finally _i s came to the real purpose of his discourse, \ the unfolding of a "plan" wereby the .V1 South may rid herself of the negro in Ir politics. al I "The hour has struck for the South to ti< " say that the lifteenth amendment is not ~ law and will no longer be respected," said 8C j Mr. Watson. Our state legislature must V( ? propose an amendment to our state con? stitution restricting suffrage to the white. , l ' A white face and a set of tax receipts are 7 all the requirements that should be asked et J. of a voter." is c Watson declared that now is the time cc f for the Democrats to make the light, when rt the Republican party is divided and anxious to rid itself of the negro office- . seekers. He told his hearers that there "is not the slightest danger that the North and the East will light the South w t again about the negro." He said they w I realize the blunder thoy roadein giving re . the negro the franchise "but even if they ' * t I i *i.?... " wanted to attiiclv me aouti), ne sam, wu>.v would lind tlm west lined up with this section I leeause of a "color question out there." f Mr. Watson wound up with a criticism . of Hoko Smith and in this conncection j ' said: "Wo mean to elect a governor who will have the back hone to stand for the rights of the people. The allied Demo. cratsand Populists of 1!)U(J mean to punish TC 1 the man who broke the solemn'contract upon which he became governor." He did J' not detail his plan for "punishing" Mr. {J Smith. , Lord Casper cigars, the best oo cigar on Ji ' oarth, ut Mlllord's. mmammsmMBaHanaai UZZLB ir window ? Ha^ one who will put cks properly togetl HOUR, can have h ible P Keen Kutter Scissors and Shears ne Leatherette Case. Worth I Plated Safety Kazor with 12 E: i Pigskin Case. Worth ' Silver Plated Table Knives and I Sateen-lined Mahogany-finished I Jet, containing 17 highest grade T , Worth ----e Patience and Per ture one of these t [N AND T] ti the Contest Comr ran-Ki its are so carefully compounded there <U no wash for thenkin made tbut can. i >mpare with this ^reat household niedy for every kind of skin trouble. 61 D. D. D. is pleasant to use. perfectly trmless to the most delicateskin, and . jsolutely reliable. A 25 cent bottle A ill give you positive proof of tha ouderful effectiveness of this great medy. ^ C. A. Milford & Co., Abbeville, S.C. ti For Sale. Two miles East F public square of Abbeville | ^ 12 acres, frontage on mainj >ad of about 4 to 5 hundred ards. Seaboard B. R. runs irough the property. Price iO.OO per acre. Abbeville is. and Trust Co. BLOCKADED ; ' * very Household in Abbeville Should Know How to Resist It The back acheB because the kidneys , re blockaded. jD Help the kidneys with their Work. The back will-ache uo more. Lots of proof that Doan's Kidney ills do this. hn It's the best proof, for it comes from lis vicinity. j W. P. Dean, Sr., 303 Magnolia al St., Greenwood, S. 0., says: ".-?ome time ago I was feeling quite miser- p able as the result of kidney trou* ble. I had a dull ache through the small of my back, felt languid ami often noticed that my kidueys did not act properly. I fiDally decided to try DoaD's Kidney Pills and procured a box. I have not fin- ^ ished the contents, but can say that they did me more good than any other remedy I had previously used. The pain in my back has disappeared and I now feel better ( in every way." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. oster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, Ntew ork.sole agents for the United States. Remember tbe name?Doan's?and _ ike no other. t< ALL MY PIMPLES GONE n n irl Tells How a Blotchy Skin was S Cleansed by a Simple Wash. p 4'I was ashamed of ray face," writes 0! iiss Minnie Pick*rd of Altamabaw, C. ,'It was all full of pimples and :ara, but afier using D. D. D. Preoption I can say that now there is fy 0 bign of that Eczema, aud that was . iree years ago." lC D. D. D. has become so famous as a 1 ire and instant relief in Eczema and 1 otber serious skin diseases, that its ilue is sometimes overlooked in clear- ai ig up rash, pimples, blackheads, and 1 other minor forms of skin impuries. . ai The fact is, that while D. D. D. is i penetrating that it strike* to the ;ry root of Eczema ??r any other eeri- a( js trouble, the soothing Oil of WinrL'reen. Thymol and oilier ingredi wmvw., ' i 1 I j= ' f 7& You tried the the little irregu= 4 * 4 j her arid do it in lis or her choice of rizes ? <tS7 KD ! - Y f ,vv/ tt Jty' ,tr! 5.00 "ork . / >ox: 5.00 00lf 7.50 i ,\>. /' 1 v sistence, and You Prizes. *y it -w nences. \ ingCo loes Your Baby Suffer From Skin Disease? . ^ He would be a heartless father injed, who did not allay baby's suffer~ /li.i -Tlfw T? M Dn/yjn r\f "P.ritor. Ig AO lliU U? 1 X'J. lUt iJU^KU vi ^<u kv? rise, Miss. He says : "My baby was troubled with breakit, something like seven-year itch. re used all ordinary remedies, but othing seemed to do any good until tried Hunt's Cure and in a few days 1 symptoms disappeared and now iby is enjoying the best of health." rice 50c per box. Manufactured apd guaranteed by B. Richards Medicine Co., Sherman, Tex FOR SALE BY cMurray Drug Co., Abbeville, 8. C. JAMES CHALMERS INSURANCE LIFE FIRE We offer for sale the EllingDn farm, situate about eight tiles west of Abbeville, half tile from Watts station on eaboard R. R.f. near good enVi nnl and Plinrfih. R UI/llU OVUVVA wuw V ? ? ? q one of the best roads lea?ig out of Abbeville; We have divided this big irm into five tracts as fol)ws: Tract No. 1 contains 75 acres. Tract No. 2 contains 175 sres. Tract No. 3 contains 125 3res. Tract No. 4 contains 105 ires. | Tract No. 5 contains 200 H ires. I 3ne to two good houses with I ich tract. Tou will find I iese farms to be the best in I bbeville County. They are I i a high state of cultivation I )w. Extra fine crops on en- ra re place. No waste land. Eg We offer these farms at low 8 jures, on easy payments. B Qe-fourth cash, balance in H 70 to six years. ? jbeville Insurance & Trust Co. I J. E. McDavid, Secty. Bfl iee the Arkir liullOlug ?Ld Hr) air Cob hj ^ 1 .