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I The DARG TOYLAND IS READY We have every kind of a Toy for both girls and boys, and many New Toys never shown before. Our line takes in Velocipedes, Try cicles, Wagons, Steam Toys, Elec trical Toys, ^ Mechanical Toys, En gines, Banks, Stoves, Hill Climb ers, Drums, Trunks, Games, Toy Books, Spelling Boards, Jolly Jig gers, Humpty Dumpty Circus and many, many other things. You Can Find What You Want Here 10c Store D T A has left the north pole and is rapidly coming this way with every conceivable Toy for the little folks, so children its time to be good now. > Come to our store and A see what you want and ~ +-V?nr? TFinta nUl Santn -* UJUVAJL TI A JltlV VJ.'V*. He is going to give you all a treat this year. The DAR Suits and C AN-KING Co.-Hg In looking for TOYS, DOLLS, GAM! HOLIDAY GOODS don't forget our l()c Hill & Sons, for this store is full of I5I< 10c buys more goods than elsewhei G-AN KING Co.-c: J )vercoats at $ 101, | t J I his is a real Clothes opportunity. We' ive built this clothes up to a $15 stand d and marked them down to a $10 price. 'ei wVio-f- ttto "h q ttq -rvn-f- into til A rarm fq I O W UUi U VV O UUi ? W i.u uv ?. W~? . the way of fine fabrics, smart style and )od honest tailoring that guarantees you Le right service, Can you afford to pay $15 for a Suit * Overcoat no better than these, or can| dm afford to pay $10 for Clothes worth! ss ? There is only one way we can prove lese facts to you, and that is by showing du the Clothes. It's worth dollars to you. Come in See Them Today. !ats?very special in hats. $3 " Chester-1 field" xxxx quality hats at $2. ! 3. Poliakoff irdware )olls, Dolls, Dolls A glance in our store will con ice one that we are Doll Head arters. Wc have every kind of Doll yon could think of, our line Dressed Dolls is superb. Dress dIIs begin at ioc and go slowly i to $10.00. Same way with un essed Dolls. Here the wide nge in price makes it easy for you make a purchase. "Baby Bumps" is the Doll nsation of the year. It is non eakable. ES, CIIIXA, and all STORE near A. M. 3 BARGAINS. re in town. Holiday Goods i China, Vases, Cut lass, Silver, Statu ry, Jirusii ana i^omo ets, Manicure Sets and >ads of other things. Hand Fainted CHINA Vi\ have just received barrel of real hand ainted China. Painted y a lady well known ere. It is for sale and e will he glad to have ou drop in and see it. Mm V/\/XJUV/Jk^ Election of Trustees Notice is hereby given that a meet ing of the qualified electors of the School District of the Town of Abbe ville is called to meet in the Court House on Tuesday, Dec. 27,1910, at Half-past Seven O'clock. The object of the meeting is to elect three Trustees of the said School Dis trict, to succeed those whose terms ex pire, anil transact any other business pertaining to saiil School District, which may properly come before it. The Trustees whose terms expire :ire C. C. Uambreli, J. Allen Smith, Sr., encumbents, and F. 13. Gary, re signed. l{y order of the Board of Trustees. K. E. Harrison, Chair'm. J. Howard Moore, Seo'y. What about an insurance policy? Wouldn't you like to leave some loved one eith er a certain sum of money or an income to be received so long as they may live. Come in and talk it over with me, I represent The Equita ble Life Iasurance Co., the strongest in the world, Robt, S. Link. Rheumatism Itclicveri in U Honrs. Dr. Deletion's Helicl for J thenmutism uh imlly rt*(|fivf? Keverox' once* Id h few Mourn.1 I'hMCtiou ui on iliet-yMem In r(-mnrfc;ib!p nnd (-ll"ntive. Jl rf-movts the cause unci ih^rtts fii'f- <|?l?-UIv <:'s;ipt>f>nr>--1 K-rnl iIuki' tviififllH. rac unci 81.00. S -lii liy P. H, Hjievd. driig^lat. A beautiful line of mirrors 10c to $10.00 ;it Mil ford's Book Store. "When you feci tired of tlio world get some good book or magazine. Alilford's Hook store. A full ami coiiiplH'' liii'1 of Mnnk liooks mill oflinr fciippli''* ?*il. Milfonl'.s Book Store AN INSATIATE ItlVER. HOW THE MISSISSIPPI SOMETIMES EATS UP REAL ESTATE. Captain King of Greenville Tells Hon the Father of Waters Swallowed Several Thousand Dollars' Worth of His Property In One Night. "No use talking, the Mississippi river is the most contrary tiling on earth," ro marked Captain S. II. King of Greenvlllo, Miss. "During the civil war, It will be remembered, there was a double bend, much in tho shape of the letter S, of the river at Vicksburg. General Grant, you know, wanted to change tho course of the river by cutting a channel through De Soto peninsula, thus cutting off tbe upper bend and causing tho river to flow straight across below Vicksburg and leaving the town high and dry. Grant could then have sont his gunboats by Vicksburg and escaped the shelling from tho upper bat teries of tho Confederates north of the town. He put General McClernand and sevoral thousand men to work at cutting this channel across the peninsula in iront I of the town, and they worked for some time, notwithstanding the harassment from the lower batteries of the enemy. But tho contrary river wouldn't show the least desire of accepting such an artificial channel anyway. The plan was finally abandoned and Grant's gunboats had to make the run beforo both the uppor and lower batteries. But in 1676 tho Missis sippi river, of its own accord, cut its way across Do Soto peninsula below Yicks burg, but farther up than Grant's artificial channel was started. De Soto peninsula is now Do Soto island, and tho body of water in front of Yicksburg is now known as Centennial lake, taking the namo from the year that tho Centennial was held at Philadelphia. This is only ono of many instances showing how the Mississippi re fuses to submit to tho dictation of civil engineers and bow it follows iteown stub born courso, winding and washing it* way here and there at its own will. "By the way, tho Mississippi washed leveral thousand dollars out of my pocket in one night about 15 years ago. At that time I owned a row of houses which began almost three blocks away from the rive* in Greenvillo, Miss. Ono day a govern ment engineer said to mo, 'Tho river will Bome timo wash away its bank hore, and your buildings will tumble in.' "Well, I laughed at him. Tho bank was 75 feet hlyh, and, besides, tho river was quito low. One morning I awoke to learn that thero had been a big cave in of the river bank tho right before, and that a couple of my buildings had becu carried away. I joined tho crowd of people that rushed to tho river bnnk to see this de struction, and, I toll you, I never ap preciated the terrible power of tho Father of Waters until I witnessed this scene. While I was standing there talking with friends another big slico of land, a block In width, crumbled away and fell into the river, carrying with it several more of my buildings. You can imagine how I felt, becauee I had been drawing an income of (1,000 a month in rentals from my build ings. Now over half of them were a mass of debris floating down tho river, and my real estate was only so much dirt in tha bottom of the channel. "As I stood there watching my build lngs and ground slip away into the river citizen approached mo and said, 'Cap tain, I'll give you $1,500 for tho remain der of your property.' " 'No, I'll cot take less than $2,000,' said I. "Tho words had no more than left ms tongue when there was another cave in, and two more of my lots and buildings tumbled into the greedy river. Tho citizen then remarked to mo, 'Captain, I'll give you $1,000 for your property now.' "I refused to entertain this proposition, which, of course, was a pure speculation, as no human agoncy could stop tho cave In. Pretty soon another one of my lota and its building went into tho river, and my speculative friend then offered me$SOO for the remainder of my property. By this time I had concluded to trust to luck and Btand all losses, and I refused to sell at any price. I now had one lot and one building left. During the excitement an old colored woman came up and said to me: " 'See heah, cap'n, will ye give me dein brick what's in dat cellar under yer house?' "I told her 6he could have tho brlok. 1 had a pile of now brick in the collar under my only remaining house. Tbo old col ored woman gave her husband 35 cents *ror?nn fn Knill fttCAV IU JJ11U u icaui QUU tiaguu iiuvw J the brick. Now, upon my word of honor, what I am now going to say is true. While tho old colorcd man was gone for a wagon another cave in occurred, and my last house and lot, brick and cellar and all, tumbled into the river. The cave in oame so suddenly that tho crowd of people standing on tho bank had to flee for their lives. After tho excitoment had somewhat subsided the old colored woman exclaimed: "'Laws o'massy I Dere's my brick in de bottom o* de ribber, an I done los' my quatah.' "Of course, while the old woman was out 25 cents, I was out another $1,000. During this series of cave ins that day efforts wero being made to place a long frame store building on rollers and move it to a place of safety. But before the building could bo raised it began to tilt, and the men wero compelled to desert it. Soon tho storo building slid into tho river and went kerchug to the bottom of the channel, as completely out of sight as if it had been 'tho only pebblo on the beach-' "In my opinion the Mississippi river Is all right?when it doesn't come my way. I built a nice roeidenco in Greenville several years ago and had a beautiful flower be decked lawn between the houso and the river, which was a block away. That lawn Has long since oeon Bwauoweu uy iuc ?u racloue maw of the Mississippi, and today my residence stands on tbo edge of a bank that is 75 feet high."?St. Louis Globe Democrat. Mediaeval Lynch Laws In Bavari*. It is curious to note that in 6ome parti of Bavaria a method of procedure which is called Habcrfold trciben still prevails and 1b practiced by the people in case of offenses which do not come within the pale of the ordinary law. Neither person nor property is injured. People assemble with black or masked faces in front of the offender's bouse and howl, fire riflcu und beat pots and kettles. A mock eormon Betting forth the oli'cn60of the person con cerned is then recited in the hearing oJ the misdemeanant.?Notes and Queries. The expenses of Great Britain aro novi about 5600,000,000 yearly, or nearly $1,00C per minute, but every tick of the clock represents an inflow of a littlo over $lt Into the British treasury, thus lcnv!&g?r annual surplus uf about $2o.0u0,(? When you take an insur- j ance policy in The * quitaoie i you are not speculating?as the beneficiary is sure to get the insurance Robt. S. Link1! i See our lino of cut glass. leather goods J and lint* crockery before buying. C. A. Milford & Co. : j Havo you tried Rexall 03 Hair Tonic V If not, tr?;t a bottle from (J. A. Mil ford & Co ?011 will Jm? delighted. Phono 107. v . /T; :> v mmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmammarnM GRILLS THE VIVISECTIONISTS. Advocates of Regulating Animal Ex periments Ask Operators Some Per tinent Questions. Protesting against attempts to mis represent the attitude of the Society For the Prevention of Abuse In Animal Experimentation, Mr. F. P. Bellamy, counsel for the society, denies that It ever proposed the prohibition of vivisection. The society stands, he says, upon precisely the platform where Herbert Spencer, the greatest of Engiisn wientiscs, stooa wnen in 1S95 be, with nearly 200 of the most prominent physicians in England and in this country, signed a statement in which he said: "We believe, therefore, that the common interests of hnmanity and science demand that vivisection, like the study of human anatomy in the dissecting room, should be brought un der the direct supervision and control of the state. The practice, whether In public or In private, should be restrict ed by law to certain definite objects and surrounded by every possible safe guard against license or abuse." Mr. Bellamy insists that these ques tions call for a frank answer from those who oppose any such safe guards: Queries For the Doctors. How can legitimate scientific work by competent men be injured by a law which will limit all vivisection to com petent persons? How can legitimate scientific work be Injured by a law which will com pel the use of anaesthetics in ail cases where the success of the experiment does not make the use of anaesthetics Impracticable? If our proposed legislation does not fully protect legitimate scientific work, why do not our opponents who criti cise It accept our often repeated Invi tation and suggest some amendment which will fully protect scientific re search? Why the secrecy with which vivisec tion Is surrounded? Has the disem boweling of living animals, In order to experiment with their vital organs, or the amputation of limbs from one ani mal and attaching them to another become so painless that the public has no interest to know what effort Is made to save unnecessary suffering? Or is the brutality of the whole thing so hideous or so unnecessary that the operators do not dare to let In the light of Investigation upon It? We again challenge them to open the doors of their star chamber labora tories and let the truth be known. In no other way can they quiet the pub lic apprehension or avert the legisla tion of which they have such dread. PIONEER AMERICAN LINEN MILLS BRANCHING OUT. Huge Plant Now Planned Made Neces sary by One Year's Development of New Industry. Impressive evidence of the progress of the pioneer American Linen mills established at North Brookfield, Mass., about a year ago is found in the plans Just completed for extending the plant Beginning with limited capacity in a mill that had to be adapted by degrees to the requirements of the Oxford Linen mills, the business has grown to such an extent that plans have been drawn for half a dozen new buildings, all larger than the present main mill. The plans call for an addition dou ble the size of the present main mill, a new stock, storage and shipping building, weave shed, "oxollnt" fac tory, bleach house and fiber preparing house. The two latter buildings will be in the center of a quadrangle form ed by the other buildings mentioned. All the buildings will be of re-en forced concrete. The new weave shed is to be a two story building, provided with overhead lighting by means of a saw tooth roof containing 375 sky lights. The power plant will be lo cated well away from the mill building proper, an me macmnery iu wwcu will be, electrically operated. A stock Issue of about $105,000 made in con nection with the beginning of these extensions was all taken within a week, largely by-original shareholders In the mills. The Oxford mill was the first es tablishment in the United States to undertake the manufacture of linen products from fiber prepared by the Mudge process. This accomplishes in a few hours the work that abroad re quires many weeks. Judging from the extensions to be carried out by the Oxford mills, there seems to be no further reason to question the Im mense success of the undertaking. ? a 1 ? - I urDino rans ror nmci iMn vi?<u noughts. For the forced draft equipment of the United States battleships Dela ware and North Dakota twenty-eight turbine fans, each with a capacity of 24,000 cubic feet a minute, have been built at the Troy works of the Sirocco Engineering company. Although only twenty-seven Inches in diameter, the fourteen Sirocco tur bine fans to be Installed on each of the United States Dreadnoughts sup ply 330,000 cubic feet of air every minute-to keep the fires roaring under the boilers of these monster war ves sels. It Is an enormous output for their small size that has led to the adoption of this type of fan on all the principal transatlantic liners, In Euro pean navies and now by the United Cfnfaa nnTfll nnthnrlMos The fans are built on the same principle as a stenm turbine and consist of a "squirrel cage" drum surrounded by sixty or more narrow blades. You ask. Who Is Guth ? Well, ho is not lh<! man who put the salt in the sea, but ho is the man who ninkos the line candy the <?Ii l.s like so well. For sale nt Speed's. Holiday books and j*if1 Itooks in great variety. Milford's IJook Store. Pictures and picture frames for every body. Milford's Book Store. Speed's Oinco's are si ill the most popular i^ar on tlio market. We sell from ten to ifteen thousand every month. Speed's Drug Store. i Guth's chocolates and assorted candy 'resh at Speed's Drug Store. Get your school books from Speed's Dm# Store. Window jjlass and putty for sale at peed's Dru? Store. The Press and Banner. Abbeville, S. C., Dec. 7,1910 - . . . . . - HUNT'S iniv Aal LlglHimilg VII is the one unfailing scientific dressing which instantly re lieves and permanently cures all hurts, cuts, burns, bruises, sprains and wounds of every kind. Pain leaves at once be cause the air is excluded, and the oil covering acts as artificial skin. The quickest, fastest healing oil known ? Hunt's Lightning Oil. 25 cents and 50 cents bottles. All Druggists Always. A. B. Richards Medicine Co., Sherman, Tex. For sale by McMurray Drug Co., Abbeville, 8. C. WAKE UP! x Shake off that * tired feeling due to sluggish liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels. Cleanse and purify your system with the greatest of tonics, OXIDINE ?a bottle proves. The specific for Malaria, Chills and Fever, and all diseases due to disorders of liver. bowels, stomach and kidneys. i SOc. At Your Druggist* For sale by Mt. Carmel Bargain House, Mt. Carmel, 8. C. New from Cover to Cover WEBSTEKS NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY JUST ISSUED. U-h Chief, Dr. W. T. Harris, former U. S. Con. of Education. The Webster Tradition Developed by Modern Scientific Lexicography. Key to Lit erature of Seven Centimes. General Information Practically Doubled. 2?00 Pages. 6000 Illustrations. 400,000 Words and Phrases? | W L. I I I I Laa UUW in Scholarship, Conven ience, Authority, Utility. Write for Spoclm^n Pa&tt to & C. MERRIAM CO.. SPRINGFIELD. MASS. Yog will do 111? ftvor to mention tMi pohUctMon. Ab DeTille-Green wo od' MUTUAL IIIMUCI ASSOCIATION. Property Insured, $1,850,000 February lbt, 1910, y \MT RITli TO OK CAIJj on tlia nnderslgned "? or the Director of your Township for any Id formation yeu may deaire about onr iilan of Insurance. Wc Insure vonr property <?galn?t trac tion us fisE, wnunu a uns, I and do so cheaper than any insurance Corn : pnny In existence. I Hoiuembflr we are prepared to prove to yon that ours Is tho safoft ai'd eUeapA&l l ' *?' ol Iusnrsnce known, ! J, E. BLAEE, Gen. Ageut Abbeville, S. 0. J. FRASZE I. YON, Vies. A Vk'hft srillfi. R. f|. 8. G. Majors Greenwood i J.T. Mftbry Cofcesbury : W. B. Acker Donalds T. S. E'll- Due Wost W. W. L. Keller J^ong Cane I. A. Keller .Smlthvtlle W. a. Stevenson Cedar 8;?rln? W. W. Fradl?y Abbovllle l)r. J. a. Anderson Anirevllle S. S. Boles Lowndesvllle a. 0. Graut Magnolia | Edwin Parker C&liionri Mills ! H. L. Edmonds ....Bordftnnx H. L. Kitsor M'ftlnnt Grove , \V. A NlcUles M. G. HdwIis ('orcw/ica D.tt. Haiti wauger........Ninutj-olx G. C. Dukc! beiry K'"Mrti? ! 1 rn B.Titjlor.. /oii. Woliii) J-wpV'b f/ihp ''lifPtiiv !, >v ' i ' J. H. PMcm ... - .]. W. Tuy A. W. Ynuugblood G. E. I>?rn...? ...Oh) i?ra O. E. !> ?ru Klrb \Y\ F. Hum I iton ... .* h!:ttvu;?. 8 Feb. 1. Mil Buy your ?lass and putty at Mi I ford's, aud keep out the cold.