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IN Uliyiiig a UU1L Lilt, oo is to buy from a relia This is the way we do ii our goods to sell. We from established hovses, \ made their reputation by High Classed Clothing, back every garment we sc personal guarantee. We have been in busii enough to know that it p give our customers the ^ v values for their money. 2* Rosen The Press and Banner < WW. * W. B. BBAOLEY, Editors ABBEVILLE, S. C. Published every Wednesday at 93 year in advanoe. Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1910'. Santa Has Been Seen i "Santa is sneaking around these iong nights. He has been seen several times , lately late at night coming from the Rial to where he had been to buy things for the little boys and girls. I Santa wants to get the best things before . they all go. Such an array of pretty things was never seen before as is to be seen now In Abbeville , and Old Santa is slipping around and in and out from store to store on still hunts for toys and nice things for boys and girls who do not know him. Some say that several little boys caught j old Santa getting toys down town and that old Santa did'ent like it a bit, and " * *' *- U*. T^ll ' mat II la very uvuuuui nucuim uv mu bring those boys any thing Christmas or not. ? Old Santa is a strange old fellow. He -n does'ent like for boys and girls to catch him in the act of making up his list of pre sents, that's the reason he has been slip ping around at night. Christmas is over three weeks off but you don't catch Old Santa napping. When the time comes he will be there with the goods unless the boys have found him getting the presents. In that case he may pass them by when Christmas comes. Durno Durno, the Fakir, as he subscibes him self amused a number of people at the theatre Saturday night by means of his tricks of ledgerdemain. Durno says that his tricks are so simple that once people knew how they were done all the charm of the thing would disappear. It is only the mysticism that entertains. He made this reply when asked whether a recital of how he did his stunts would not bo just as entertaining as the performances themselves. The secret of ledgerdemain, he says, is in concentrating the eye of the audience at a point where the operator wishes it to be so that what he is doing in another place will go unnoticed. The saying tnat movements w me operator are quicker than the eye is a mistaken idea, success as a fakir depends entirely on deception. As usual all the youngsters who saw the show are practicing to beat the band, practicing ventriloquism, sleight of hind, and every thing else they witnessed Sat urday night. Santa Claus has his headquar ters this year at The Dargan King Co.'s main store, and at their 10c store next to A. M. Hill & Sons. Fine candies, cut glass, Christmas goods and something good to read at Speed's drug store. A complete line of decorations lor Christ w A man is judged by the Clothes he wears. The Clothes need not be very expen= sive, but must be of a becoming pat= tern, fit well and hold shape. ifest plan tble firm. 1 buying buy only riio have r making and \ve BYth ne a steady! If anythi not prov( give you ill by our less long ays us to very best nouse, we to us. < rl from hou You bi money's back. V\or*a* "IN/Taty" MWJ. MVXV Miss Kiftie Kennedy Dead. After an; illness of something like two weeks, Miss Kittle Kennedy died, yester day morning, Dec. 6th, 1910. She was about seventy six years old. Forfffty years Miss Kittle Kennedy's life has been one of self denial and service of the Master. , -? If ever flower "bloomed to blush unseen" bloomed with that fragrance of heart that rises like sweet incense to Him who Is the Maker of all, then here it is found in its fulness. Men see only the lowly toil ing drudgery of life slowly "fretting the puny body to decay," while the All-seeing Bye records every heart pulse that ebbs, In the service of humanity. If we may rest in-the faith of the church, i-iian HonfVi to at ins TCit.ttA is but sleeDinc while passing lo the other shore. The Daily Mail Won. ^he Daily Mail has been' at work for some time on the proposition of building a, college for Anderson City. The Mail has won. The college will be built. The Mail is to be congratulated. The people of Anderson are to be congratulated In thus securing the college. It will be of more worth to the city than any single Industry it may have. A college for women carries with it a refining influence, a softening atmosphere It is a rare jewel for the city. To see the girls come and go?the sweet, tender, lovable, pretty college girls, to see them come and go on the street, to hear their gladsome chatter, to peep in on their soirees, to be entertained at their enter tainmen ts, are all to the good on the scale of culture and refinement and uplift. And what a boon for the Anderson boys! Yes, the Mall is to be congratulated in deed, and we hereby doff our hat and "shake." It is the best days work that has been done for the city of Anderson in many a day. I Another Editor has Bridge Troubles. Way out in Texas the new disease, "Bridge," has made its appearanc and is making considerable inroads among the feminine population. A Hillsboro editor had kthe temerity to offer advice to the afflicted which was not at all taken in good spirit. In fact they demanded of the editor that he should apologize for what he had said. Being a peaceable man ho made the iouowmg aoject apoiugy, uiwji rvuuing which the afflicted ones could certainly have felt no naoro iro toward him. Here Is the apology: "Several of the leading society ladies of Hillsboro insist that we apologize for an article appearing in the News two weeks ago, in which we stated that too much valuable time was wasted by the ladies at their function of Bridge. We humbly apologize for the item and wish to state that we lied. There is not a lady in Hills boro that knows the jack of clubs from a Jerusalem artichoke, and as for Bridge, they never saw tho game in their lives, and some of them think it's a new kind of corset. And wnen they meet at social functions they occupy their time reading their bibles and conversing about the efflcacv of the atonement and the which ness of when." Nothing speculative in an Equitable lite insurance poli cy. It is a sure thing. Eobt. S, Link. .is method of doing busi es our sales have showed increase from year to year, ng you buy from us does i as represented, we will your money back. The i buy from will refund it Ahis is the reason we buy ises of reputation. ny from us and get your worth or your money iantile Co l Is the Rate too High. It would seem from the general com plaint relative to the cost of electric lights in this city; either that the rate Is too high or the lights are far in advance of the citizens limit of extravagance. One gentleman who claims to have used every reasonable economy in the use of his lights and water paid something more or less than nine dollars. Another gentle man for the' month previous paid about six dollars for lights alone and yet skinned his shins every night walking through dark rooms and halls. We have heard indirectly of much larger bills than these but the information did not come directly from the parties. Without any accurate Information on the subject, it is portinont to ask if the rate for lights in Abbeville is on the same basis approximately as that of other like towns? One thing is certain whether this rate is right or wrong, the ordinary man who pays over three dollars per month for his lights must be robbing his grocer or his clothier. If a man paid in proportion for everything else as he does for his 1 ,vf mAnfli UitMJUUU ll&IlbO, tt dtUUl y VI pui inunui would not suffice for his monthly expenses. The city should do a little more public lighting with the existing rate anyway. For instance there should be an arc light at the Southern depot. The traveling public is entitled to this either at the hands of the city or of the Southern road. Let them place the responsibility, but give us the lights. Christmas Gomes Anon And while old Klaus is looking out for favored boys and girls won't you direct the old spend-thrifts attention to somo whom he may overlook! There are so many roiK tnat mayoe in some neglected spot some live that might bo overlooked unless his kind attention is turned that way. Tell old Santa, if you should meet him, that last year he missed at least two doz en families in Abbeville. Of course it was an oversight, but what an unhappy one it was! Jjfs awful. Santa failed to come to our house once upon a Christmas tide?just once-and what a desolate house it was that Christmas! Santa has to burden his mind with so many things ho may forget to pay his annual visit to some. Won't you please remind him in time? If his attention is called to those he missed ho will not pass them by again unvisited. If we know that the kind old Saint has filled every wee stocking in .town the pleasure of opening our own will be doubled. You know whom he missed last year. Won't you tell him? Errata In an article of last issue a name was used where we should havo used "Put man." No one knows how this name managed to tuke Putmans place, but all know that no one can take Putnam's place. Mr. Putman is literally making things hum at the Abbeville mill as is vouched for by the late meeting of the manage ment when a dividend was declared 011 common stock. Mr. Putman knows every detail of his business and has proven himself a valuable asset to the Abbeville mills. Cat Fish, Spill Ways and Baiteau Sluiecs, South Carolina is in a tantrum over her share of cat fish and suckers in Sarahnah River waters, and threatens to tear down the large dam across the river "seven miles above Augustawhicli was built by Augus ta people and Augusta money. The great State of South Carolina is jealous. Becauso there is at present no fish way at the dam, the fish way having been washed away in the flood of two years ago, and fish cannot cross over the dam. For this reason South Carolina asks why el.A mm. (our nAvnvt.ho flam. That dam furnishes Augusta with thou sands of horse power. Almost all the in dustries of the city get their power from this dam. Cotton mills, grain mills, ma chine works, Industries large and small are furnished power from this dam, and to toar it down would mean that tho in dustries of the city would.be crippled be" yond measure. And all this because of a few sand cats, mud cats and mullet! It does not look very neighborly for South Carolina to thus treat-her sister State. If there were anything at stake it might be different, but all of us know that navigation on the river is impossible unless millions were spent in cleauing the channel. Years and years ago when there were no railroads a few cotton boats worked their way up and down the river, over rocks and through whirlpools in a most laborious fashion, but when the railroads came the cotton boat disappeared. They could not meet the competiton. In the language of a man who used to 'run the river", "It is the hardest work that I ever undertook. "We padded our shoulders so that the poles would not make them raw and even then we were so sore after each trip that we had to rest several weeks before we could make another." v As far as the fish way is concerned the """"la r\t Aitmicfjv nrnmiRfl to out in one |/OVpiV Vi ^ ? ^ - to be a pproved by the U. S. Government and are only awaiting instructions and specifications, it is not becoming in us to thus threaten and worry our neighbors ovor a matter of no importance to us and which is of such great import to them. A State, as well as an individual should ex ercise some lienency and charity toward others. The peoplo of South Carolina especially of Abbeville County, should remember that they may be placed at some time in the shoes of the tormented. Undoubtedly the greatest asset that this county has to day is the Calhoun Falls. The immense, overwhelming power and energy latent in those falls is beyond the comprehension of most of us. The power will some day be developed by the government and not by individuals and it will' thus belong to the citizens of .the State and we could wolf im agine our chagrin should such develop ment be retarded by citizens of Georgia on account of a catfish run or a batteau sluice! If you are reading this in Anderson or Abbeville or Greenwood and at night, you are probably debtor to Savannah River power for your light, wwcn is or tne most use to you, that light, or a few bewhisker ed channel cats or larger headed mudcats floundering around over in the Savannah? People are quarreling about] tho batteau sluice being closed by dams when as a matter of fact, about the only way to 1 make the River navigable is to build dams at tho different falls thu6 making water thereabouts of sufficient depth to float a boat. As it is this writer has waded Sa vannah i.River from the South Carolina side to the Georgia shore and ho is no Go liath of Gath either! This, too, was at tho foot of Calhoun Falls. What think you of calling such a river a navigable river? The men of Augusta are fair minded men they will do any thing in reason and / it is hardly worth while for the State of South Carolina to hold over their heads a threatening stick. South Carolina gave Augusta permission to put tho dam there and it does not beaomo her now to thus threaten Augusta even though she has no intention or tearingdown the dam. Besides it is a State against individuals and in such a case the stronger should ex ercise all charity in dealing with the weak er. We have no patience with the action of the State thus threatening to paralize a neighbor on account of a batteau sluice and a bunch of cut llsh. Even fbelow Augusta which is on the 'Fall Line", it has been impossible to sub need at navigating tho l iver, and only last week the citizens of Augusta met and sub scribed a large sum of money in a desper" , ate effort to recusitate the Augusta Savan nah-line. It simply won't pay. If it has been shown that such a lino as this will not pay what may we hope for up here whore a school boy can wade across the river? AFTER TEN YEARS Mrs- Maggie Sassard Visisls Her Old Friends in Abbeville. Mrs. Maggie Sassard, has been absent from the city for ten years. She speaks most pleasantly of tho great improve ments that have been made in the city of recent years. She lives, with several of her children on one of the islands. Her son, Arthur Sassard, is married and lives in Tampa, Fla.. one son and her two daughters live together?one daughter be ing married. Her youngest son, Achicld, turned out to be a preacher. Mrs. Sas sard is looking well and happy, but does not- say that sin; will come back to tho best place on earth. To Prosecute Cotton Bulls. The indictmmt handed out August 4th lafit against Patton, Scales, Brown and others for raising the price of cotton, went into effect only today, December 5th, and arguments 011 demurrer will be heard 1 January 15th. The'Prcss and Banner would like to con tribute to a fund for tho defense of these 1 moil and every newspaper ami every eot ton farmer south of Mason's ami Dixon's line should subscribe to it. You can't afford to specu- J late in life insurance? you want to feel sure that the in- 1 surauce will be paid Such i is the feeliilg of the Equita-i( ble policy holders. Robt. S.i Link. i1 4 ? Gutli's candy is what you want for your, ' girl. She likes it. Speed's Drug Store. For real enjoyment smoke Speed's C'inco' cigars. I ( Here's a prop money to botl time against ] Exceptionally fine that sell at this price it right here in this " ? we can and will " ma! Sack Suits ( Remember too that t] store for PARK! Good Thin WE HAVE A F STAPLE AND FA Some of our Sepecialties are: Riti Fine Cream Cheese and Dove Brt filled our store room with a comp Clothing, Ladies' and with a line of Up-to-Date what you need in Field Seeds, Hard Give us a trial and we a Amos B. Moi JAMES CHALMERS INSURANCE LIFE FIRE Foley's Kidney Pills What They Will Do for You They will cure your backache, trongthen your kidneys, cor rect urinary irregularities, build ap the worn out tissues, and eliminate the excess uric acid that causes rheumatism. Pre vent Bright's Disease and Dia bfltes, and restore health and strength. Refuse substitutes. C. A. MILFORD & CO. $80.00 per month straight salary and ex penses, to men with riff, to introduce our Poultry Kennedies. Don't answer unless you mean business. Eureka Poultry Food Mfff. Co. (Incorporated.) East St. Louis, Illinois. 5t Morse's Locals. Twenty cans fresh sausage for Thanks giving. A half barrel of the finest fat mackerel pou ever saw. We will have a shipment of that fine sausage to arrive today, and will make or ders ail during the fall. This is the season for big hominy and the old fashion buckwheat. We have them When you make your fruit cakes or mince meat pies, remember we have the needed raisins and currents, all the differ ent kinds of nuts and citron. We have a small quantity of nice home aisi'd pecans. A line lot of cucumber piekel in brine las just been received. Mackerel and white fish in kits; they are iue. Come and see them. Give us a call if you want nice prunes, or i good Edam cheese. Remember we can furnish you with the jest Jellico coal. Amos 13. Morse Co. A fresh lot of Huyler's candy just re vived at Seed's drug store. t mmm / osition for you?one hofus. We're willii pours to explain and -way* ahead 'of the ger as a rule. How do w< id" you have our Pos re good" our promise. )vercoats Raincoat lis is me xllusl piautu 1 Men's and Boys' Im: ER&F \gs to Sat! OLL STOCK OF NCY GROCERIES ters Canned Goods, Apple Butter, md Macaroni. Also we have just lete Btock of ana Gents' Shoes DRY GOODS. We alwas carry / ware and Tinware. ire sure ta please you. Company Charleston and Western Carolina By Schedule In effect September.12, 1908. Dally Dally Dally Lv Augusta 10.10am -1.85pm 6.80am Ar McCormlck? 11.50am 6.8spm 8.14am Lv McCormlcfc 8.15am Lv Calboua Falls... n 9.25am Ar Anderson- 11.00am Lv McCcrmicK 11.56am 6.48pm Ar Greenwood 12.57pm 7 50pm Ar Waterloo ?... 1.23pm Ar Laurens 2.00pm Ex. Sun. Lv Laurens 2.85pm 8.10am Ar Fountain Inn... 8.17pm 9.28am Ar Greenville- 4.00pm 10.20am Lv Laurens 2.32pm A.r Woodrufl 8.18pm Ar Spartanburg -... 4.05pm Lv (Spartanburg 5.25pm (So. By.) Ar Hendersouvllle 8.15pm Ar Asbevllle ......... 9 15pm Lv Asbevllte 7.00am (So. Ry.) | Ar Henderson v llle 8.05am Lv Spartanburg-... 12.20pm (C. A W. C. By) Lv Woodruff 1.13pm Ar Laurens ?. 2.03pm Lv Greenville 12.20pm 4.80pm iSx.Sun. Lv Fountain Inn... 1.08pm 5.25pm . Ar Laurens 1.45pm 6.25pm I Lv Laurens 2.12pm (G.N.AL.) [ Lv CI In ton 2,32pm A.r Newberry 8.20pm Ar Columbia . Ar Charleston 4.55pm Id.00pm Lv Laurens Ar Greenwood. 2 82pm C. * W. C.) 3.32pm 0.55am Lv Anderson Calhoun Falls... Ar McCormlrk Lv McCormlck Ar Augusta 4.32pm 7.52*m 6.4ooro 4.32pm 7.52am 6.47pm 6 I5i>m f*.35 tm 4.0i)pui / 5.36pm Molld iDrouifb trains between Greenville and Charleston via Laurens and Columbia. Trl-weekly Palace Cmt Line between Au gusta and Ahhevllle. Trains Nos. 1 and 2 leave Augusta Tuesdays, Tbur-days end Sat urdays. Leave Asbevllle Moudays, Wednes days hmI .Friday*. Note?The above arrlvslK ard departures, as well as connections with oU er companies, are given an Information, and are not guaran teed. Ernest Williams, G. P. Agt., Augusta, Ga. R. A. Brand, Traffic M?nag?r FUHS WANTED All kinds of Furs Muskrat and Others. Muskrat 25c to 85 cts. Mjnk - 50c to $7.50 The highest market price always paid. Further iuformation may be had by calling on or addressing S. POLIAKOFF Next d jor to Postoffice, Laurens, 8. C. Smoke Speed's Cinco cigars and keep a good tasto in your mouth. that means riflf fn nnf mir l*g VV?A show. hat the Cltfthes We Sell r e better values, have more yle, are better tailored,made better woolens, than any her house in the city can or >es sell. We're willing to put our ne against yours to show >u. / We'll do more. v \ If for any reason the gar ent you buy does not come d to what we've lead you to ;pect?we will refund your loney. ^e've some very serial Suits and Overcoats at $10 and $12.50 S" ' *' t ' s Leral run of garments - * ' ^ Trr.n ?^ ' 3 <10 1T.Y W t)ii, wo uu iitive Guarantee that . \- " . < /' s Autocoats \ 1 ' sal; the best prepared Is Gifts. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEV1LJ.E. PROBATE COUBT. Id the matter of the Estate of Jacob Olamp, i/uuonocu, Notice to Debtors and Creditors*'"' All persona Indebted to said estate moat settle wltboot delay, and tbose holding claims against the estate mast present ibem properly attested to Mrs. Isabella Wilson, or to John S. Martin, Admr'a. Blue Ridge Bailway Co. Effective July 28,1910. NO. 12 No. 10 No. 8 Eastbonnd. Daily Dally Dally Ex. Sac Stations? A. M. P M. A. M. Lv Walballa 7 (X) 3 20 10 80 Lv West Union 7 00 3 25 10 35 Lv Seneca 7 23 3 43 11 00 Lv Jordanla - 7 2tf 3 48 11 33 Lv Adams 7 41 4 01 11 53 Lv Cherry's 7 44 4 04 11 56 Lv Pendleton 7 56 4 16 12 12 Lv Antnn 8 04 4 24 12 38 Lv Handy ttprlngs 8 07 4 27 12 42 Lv Denver 8 12 4 :? 1* 50 Lv West Anderson ........... 8 2a 4 47, 1 0? Lv Anderson (Pass. dep). 8 81 4 52 1 16 Lv Anderson (Fgt. dep)... 8 34 4 55 2 23 Lv Ersklne Siding .. 5 15 Ar Belton 9 00 5 25 2 50 Westbound. No. 11 No. 9 No. 7 1 Stations? P. M. A. M. A. M. Lv Helton 5 S5 11 22 ...... Lv Ersklne Hiding... Lv Anderson (Fgt. depot) 6 00 11 47 .... Lv Aodereon (Pass. dep)? 6 08 11 50 7 flO Lv West Anderson- 6 08 11 57 7 08 Lv Denver 6 20 18 JO 7 28 Lv Handy Springs 6 23 12 is 7 33 Lv Antun 6 27 12 18 7 36 Lv Pendleton 6 34 12 28 7 60 Lv Cherry's- 8 44 12 38 8 11 Lv Adam* 8 46 12 39 8 14 ' Lv Jordanlu - 7 01 12 07 8 85 Lv Seneca !... 7 08 1 00 8 38 Lv West Union 7 21 1 18 9 46 Ar Walballa 7 26 1 23 >80 Will also stop at ttae following stations and take on and let off passengers?Pblnney's, James, Toxaway, Welcn. J. R. Anderson, Superintendent $1000' "I wouldn't take a thousand dollars for the good VINOL has done me. I was told tnat cod .uver Oil was the medicine I needed for my weakened condition and poor blood. I could not take the greasy mixture, and when our druggist told me that VINOL contained not only tonic iron but all the medicinal prop erties of Cod Liver Oil without the grease or oil or bad taste, I made up my mind that was the medicine for me. I tried it and to-day am strong and well." Mrs. J. T. Snyder, Greensboro, N. C. We guarantee the genuineness of the above testimonial. We sell VINOL with the understanding that if it does not give the purchaser per r> r\ 4-1 rvn UrA Vn4-11 icl. t dauoiav^uuii) his money without question. Will you try a bottle un der these conditions? P. B. SPEED. You can get what you want in school books at Speed's drug store.