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r I The DAK TAVI A Kill IVI Lit I! V 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, Toj Books, Spelling Boards, Jolly Jig gers, Humpty Dumpty Circus anc many, many other things. You Can Find What You Want Here 10c Stor has left the north pole and is rapidly coming this way with every conceivable Toy for the little folks, so children its time to he good now. Come to our store and see what you want and then write old Santa. He is going to give you **11 n fnnof fViic an a ii vat nuio j vwi The DA The Press and Banner. Abbeville, S. C? Dec. 14,1910 Pistoi Toters and the Ledger. The Gaffney Ledger thinks that a man who carries a piBtol is either a fool or a criminal. If the Ledger were 6talking around in' the Bad lands it would carry a stick for' rattlers. If he were fishing in tropical waters it' would protect itself against sea urchins. If it were crossing the Rockies it would want a big gun for grizzlies. The Ledger is warmly and snugly onsconsed in one of the best towns of the country, surrounded by finished products of civilization. It is not in the Bad lands, it is not at the south sea, noither is it crossing the rockies. So the Ledger says the pistol toter is a "fool or a criminal." But there are Bad lands and South seas and Rocky Mountains and all these in South Carolina, too, where a man needs nrnfau>r.inn Tho T,<xl?r<>r mav not feel the need of it and wo hope it never will, but it pipes a discordant note when it classes as either fools or criminals men in South Carolina who for their protection arm themselves. A kid standing on the roof of a house once railed on a wolf going by. To whom the wolf replied: not you but the roof on which you stand rails on me. Moral: Places often render timid meu bravo. We do not mean to say that the Lodger is at all timid for it is rather the contrary, but it is on the roof and not in the "Bad Lands." We can place the Ledger in a certain environment which, wo have in mind, and in the good old stato of South Carolina, too, where it would either go back to Gaffney by the first train or carry in its boot leg the longest and biggest and best shootin' iron it could buy. The one half does not know how the other half lives, oven in South Carolina. And as to thid pistol toting there are ? ? < i)w iiifr prm i?iTn iiftiiii<'w>'t Hi nil QAN=Kir loys e 111 looking foi HOLIDAY GOOD Hill & Sons, for i 10c buys mor tit rg-an-k: two sides to the question and one side is just about as big as the other. Mary's Lamb Attends School. Mr. Hichard Sondley possesses what, was once a pet lamb but which at present s a large ram which has put away lam bislfthings. A few days ago as a bevy of youngsters ivere on their way to school this wooly j jully took it into his thick head to ac-. ;ompauy them and no persuasion would iurn him from his purpose. So he diu. A.nd as he went he hurried the youngsters ahead of him. He arrived on time at the High school and followed the school boys in their | lusty scramble for cover directly into the , lower hall of the building. There ho paused a moment to admire the architec ture while scampering feet and slamming doors indicated that little less than a panic was about to ensue from the advent of such an unusual visitor. The hall was cleared "'right now," the sole occupants of the hall in just thirty seconds were the Superintendent and the sheep, both looked sheepish, but not for a long time for the sheep questioned the right of this stranger to stand in his way and put the question to action by making for the superintendent with blood in his eye, but the superintendent siue stepped | and caught the sheep by his horn and led him out. Forty boys immediately volunteered to take tho lamb home and in-as-much as the superintendent had what boys call a "sneaking" idea that the boys had something to do with the lamb's leaving home he counted out an escort "inilitaire" and marched tliem off under sealed orders. Why Not Give Clerks two Days Holiday? Some towns, Andeison among them, will give the clerks two days holiday instead of one day. Stores will remain closed Monday and Tuesday. Abbeville is a busy city but it is not so busy that it could not also give two days to the hard worked clerks. They need the rest after going through with what MG Co.-H* 1? At_> 1(1 of D U1 di rn r TOYS, DOLLS, GAM S don't forget our 10( this store is full of BI e goods than elsewlie H// II Pry 1 3 ING Co.-c thoy experience during the Christmas shopping. Allowing them Monday and Tuesday! will give each clerk who does not live in . ho fit.v a whole dav at homo as well as part of Sunday and I uesday. We believe the merchants of the city ire big hearted enough to give two days fthey are only approached on the sub ject. Let some one make the rounds with i petition asking for the two days. A clerk is more than a machine, with ;he longer rest they can do the better ivork. It would certainly add much to ;heir Christmas joys to be given another lay. For the merchants it will be like easting' bread upon the waters. Will some one pass around the petition? Nine Thousand Million Dollar Crop The value of farm products in the United States for the past year is in round num imi-u >a<i iwi n.in (inn This amount is beyond the conception of most of u.s. It is just a row of I inures and nothing more, Itis a stupendous sum of money. It is enough to givo every ptsr son in the United States nearly one hun dred dollars apiece. And yet there are men who predicting dire calamities, panics, money stringency and all sort of trouble in the near future. What they base such an assumption on is hard to see. "With such a crop as tin'Unit ed States has just made we may feel safe for at least a year to come. The people of the South are fast arriv ing at the point where money panics do not influence them one way or another, and it will be a glad day for the South when she can sav that she is at last imlependaiil of Wall street. She cannot say that yet. Many individuals can but a majority of the Southern people still have their noses to the gindsLouo, Have your next suit made to order by! D. PoliakolT. Crepe and fancy pa pens at Milford'sj nook blurt*. You can get a pixwrit for anyone at Mil ford's Book fcitoro. irdware Dolls* Dolls, Dolls A glance in our store will con nce one that we are Doll Head larters. Wc have every kind of Doll you could think of, our line Dressed Dolls is superb. Dress oils begin at ioc and go slowly ) to $[o.oo. Same way with un essed Dolls. Here the wide inge in price makes it easy for you > make a purchase. "Baby Bumps" is the Doll msation of the year. It is non reakable. ES, CHINA, and all 5 STORE near A. M. G BARGAINS. in town. Holiday Goods n China, Vases, Cul jlass, Silver, Statu iry, Brush and Com!) 5ets, Manicure Sets and oads of other things. Hand Fainted CHINA iVe have just received l barrel of real hand mint d China. Painted >y a lady well known iere. It is for sale and ve will be glad to have rou drop in and^see it V Election of Trustees Notice is herehv given thai a raeet ..e #? ,? miuliRuH olopforn nf thfi I III IUC ^juai<u\.u y. ... School District of the Town of Abbe- j ville is called to rueet in the Court Hou.se on ' Tuesday, Dec. 27,1910,; | at Half-past Seven O'clock. , The object of the.jiieeiinp is to elect j three Trustees of the s?id School Dis- [ | trict, to succeed tbpee whose terms ex j pire, ami transact any other business t i pertaining to said School District, t which rniiy properly 'tome before it. i The Trustees whose terms expire are C. C. Gambrell; J. Allen Smith, Sr., I encumbents, and F. B. Gary, *re- ( signed. , Jiy order of the Hoard of Trustees. K. E. Harrison, Chair'm. t J. Howurd Moore, Sec'y. J > I! Wiiat aooui (iii lusuiituuc policy? Wouldn't you like to leave some loved one eith er a certain sum of money or i an income to be received , so long as they may live. ^ Come in and talk it over with * me, I represent The Equita Ible Life Insurance Co., the $ 1 strongest in the world. JEtobt. Ij | S. Link. Hlit'iiiunfIsm Itcliri<mI in ("> Honrs, !;? l?r. Kfliei lor ItljMiinnnKm un- a daily iv leve* snvt-ifsi hhm-k in h I* w IiOUTn. j | |i? >.c! lot. ii (ion I tin >>Hl(iti Is ri-marSnble ttud < M.-iilvc. It rtiiinv<>i? thu cause and ibi-dis-! Im.isi- li t iliMiippHHru, Klrnl d?>*e h^uetllR. j 75: nun 31.00, Si>l?l hy t'. H. Speed, druufe'lnt. ' | A beautiful fine of mirrors 10c to $10.00 ^ at Mi I lords Book Store. When you feel tired of tlie world ffet some tfoo<l hook or magazine. Milford's i >< xjk iSioiv. i A full inn! ?,oni|?l<'t>' line of blank books and olliee supplies uL MiI lord's Jiook Sf.oro j Suits ant Come ir Library Shower. All adults who are Interested in the Abbeville Library, are cordially invited to attend a Shower to be given at the Li brary on Friday, December,.the sixteenth, from four until nine p. m! As the name of the entertainment implies every guest is expected to shower the Library with the gift of a book or a sum of money, and in return you will receive delightful re freshments, music, and a pleasant social evening. In view of the fact that the Li hrnrv has m>ver had an ODenincr reception. we trust that every friend of this worthy I cause will meet with us Friday and help with their presence and gifts. A hearty | welcome awaits all, subsciber and non subscriber, alike. The Library will be closed all day Friday In preparation for the afternoon entertainment. On Saturday afternoon at four o'clock the children of the town are invited to a Grab Bag and Story Telling at the Li brary. By paying ten cents a "grab," each child will receive a surprise package valued at ten cents, and will be enter tained in hearing what happened "once upon a time." Let all the children come. The order for new books has just been filled, and twelve of the latest novels are now on our shelves. During the past week Mrs. Fern donated the "Encyclo paedia Britannica," a valuable addition to the reference book department. WEST END. Personal Paragraphs and News Items Contributed by Miss Lily Templeton. Dr. S. F. Killingsworth of Columbia, was in the city the first of the week on busi ness. Mrs. W. T. McFall spent Friday and Saturday in Anderson the guest of her aunt, Mrs. J. W. Trowbridge. H.T i?? Pn -K1 inn \Tai*i'o K tt*?i c lmrn frnm 1X1 LOO vnilllllic JJ1ULLUII ??1*0 uvil/ ituiu Mt Carmel last week the guest of Miss Mary L. Morse. Miss Elizabeth Norwood left Sunday for Atlanta -where she joined her mother, Mrs. J. S. Norwood and on Mondav they left for their future home in Oregon. Their friends here regret to see them go, but wish them every happiness in their new home. Mrs. Wade 8. Cothran entertained the Ladie's Bridge Club Friday afternoon at ivery pleasant meeting. Mrs. Cothran lias recently moved into her attraetive new home wuich is ideal in every appoint ment and is well suited for entertaining. Mrs. Lawrence Parker came home last (reek from Courtland, Ala., where she has yeen spending some time with her home people. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Speer of Lowndes i'illo were in the city for a few hours rhursday. Mrs. ltosa C. Alexander is hero from Washington, Ga., visiting her brother Mr. Ed Calhoun. Aiva c. 7) "Rrmvn went to Greenville Saturday to shop. Miss Kate Haddon the successful tcacher >f the Fonville school spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. Mr. E. M. Haddon. Mr. J.Allen Smith, Sr., is at home again ifter attending the Bankers Association ,hat was in session in Baltimore last ;voek. Mr. Ernest Gordon spoilt with his home jeople in Antreville. Mr. Clyde Morgan went to Monroe, N. j, Saturday ai)d stayed until Monday vith his mother, Mrs. Frank Morgan. Miss Lucy Haddon of Duo West, spent 5unday here with her unolo, Mr. R. M. iaddon. Mrs.Alberts. Hawos of Elborton, Ga., vas in the city last week visiting her Hint, Mrs. V. D. Leo. U. D. 0. MEETS. Mrs. John 31. Blake entortainod the Ab >evllle chapter U. D. C's. Tuesday after- 1 u>on at a very onjoyablo meeting. This is the lirst meeting the chapter lias iad since the meeting of the Convontion , Che report of the delegates wore dole rates were listened to with interest. SECESSION OHAPTKR. The 8ocession Chapter will have their Pffular meeting' Thursday afternoon with iliss Louise Mc.Dill. Mr. and Mrs. Gibert Evans spent Sunday u Lebanon. Dr. Simpson wont to Anderson Tuesday Mr. William Speed of Oklahoma was in. lie city several days last week. Mr. Ipeed is visiting his aunt Mrs. It. 0. Bell ,t Latimer. Speed's Cineo's are still the most popular i^ar on the market. We sell fiom ten to ifteen thousand every month. Speed's hug Store. Guth's chocolates and assorted candy ] resli at Speed's Drug Store. Get your school books from Speed's )rug Stol e. Window glass and putty for salo at ' HM'd's l>rugSture. |t I Overcoa This is a real Clot have built this clotl ard and marked the: It's what we have ] in the way of fine ft good honest tailorin 4-V> vi-i /-vV> + fiftrTTi'no L.UD llgULU i3CI V iUC. Can you afford 1 or Overcoat no bet you afford to pay $ less ? There is only c these facts to you, i you the Clothes. It Hats! Hats! Very Special in Hats $3 "Chesterfield" xxxx quality hats r-i 4- <J?0 CLU i See Then LIAE The Trolley Line To Abbeville* Are we going to build that trolley line to Abbeville? The people along the line are ready for such a line and are in earn est in the matter and the business men of Anderson and Abbeville should take the matter in hand and inaugurate some plans by which the road may be built, Admittedly the interurban trolley Is one of the greatest factors in modern progress. It builds rural communities and enriches cities. But it does not profit the country's expense. Rather does urban enrichment come from the rural prosperity it serves inevitably to produce. The south is far behind other sections in the growth of interurban facilities but the immediate future bids fair to tell a different tale. South Carolina and other southern states within the next ten years will no doubt find themselves laced over with a net work of intnrurban trolleys. They are too effective as prosperity build ers for them to be longer unutilized. They frut-n nrlvnnfno-Ka of f-.hft fiitv'S Com raerce aud entertainment into the*country and they turn the pleasures and the plenty of the country into the city. Whero else could the Anderson Traction company branch out into interurban exten sions so timely and so advantageously as in linking their line with the Seaboard at Abbeville with this artery of trade, traffic and advancement? Iutelligencer. The Intelllgoncer Is correct in its pro phecy. The trolley system is sure to come And nothing, no other instrumentately nrMilrl hncfaii fhn nFomvfin and develOD ment of our two counties as could a trolley line joining the two cities. It is a matter for business men to look Into. As the Intelligenoer says the peo along the route are ready for the proposi tion. They arc ready to give the right of way and take stock as well. The money to build the road can be raised in Anderson and Abbeville and along the proposed x'oute of the line. jfVVith the use of gas cares the price of construction will be very materially re reduced, for a gas car can be operated on any line that will accommodate the ordi nary trolley car. It is in order to find out wha'; the road can be built and equipped for. We believe every dollar necessary for its construction can be raised without calling in foreign capital to gobble it up. But as for that it makes no difference who owns the road to us. What we wish is the road. We need every thing of the kind we can get. So if it is possible to get it let's have it. Our stove business has been big this fall and we have a long list of satisfied customers to show you. Our stoves and ranges save fuel. The Dargan-King Co. A Sale Day That Roes Not Come on Monday. Monday and Saleday are synonoraua, but next Saleday does not fall on Monday but the following- Tuesday Tile reason is that Sunday is Now Years clay and Is, according to law, ubserved the following Monday. Hence saloday will be the following Tuesday. The saleday for January 1012 will like ^ 1? ?.;il Ka W1S0 tail on J.UfSUUy mi iuuiiud; ..in uv Now Years Day and as such is a legal holi day, Ti.oso who have business of an oflieial nature to transact on next saleday will boar in :aind that the first Tuesday in< January is the day appointed by law. Nunnally's candy fresh twice a week by express. Any size box you want at Milford's drug store. (>ct the Ge uine Alwnyn A substitute In a dangerous muke-hlfl eapc mtliy In mediolue. The g'liuine Koiey's Honey and Tar cures cou>:h>< mid coHls quick y Hurt ir Id h yel ow pnc!<Hi:e. Accept, uo ubsltlulis. C. A. Ml llotd & Co. Xmas gifts of every kind to be nr*i fN I/? p had at 1 he L>argan-i\jng How about a fancy bux of cigars for lini ? If ho smokes, ho will suro eujov hem. Go to JIcMuiray's, he has the best. ts at $ 10 ;hes opportunity. We les up to a $15 stand m down to a $10 price, put into the garments ibrics, smart style and g that guarantees you to pay $15 for a Suit ter than these, or can |>10 for Clothes worth ine way we can prove and that is by showing 's worth dollars to you. . i Today LOFF. EAST END. Abbeville, S. C., Dec. 13,1910. The Bazaar held the past week by the Ladies Working Society of the M. E. ' Church was a grand success, they having cleared one hundred dollars. It was also a very pleasant occasion socially. The Southern Railway Company now have on the Abbeville branch a splendid new passenger coach No. 1270, fitted with gas lights and every convenient." This company are now building a fine new depot and ample sheds on their yard, in short they are doing things up in style and just as they should be for a traveling public who patronize them. A nice wait ,ing room with ladies toilet, well heated 1 and lighted, and to be kept clean and M bright as a new pin. Bight here permit us to say, some of the waiting rooms at S depots not a thousand miles from this city W are so badly kept are a disgrace to the ? roads upon wnich they are situated. Win dows so filled with dust and dirt that you couldn't see anything, even as large as an (, elephant through tnem. Half the time passengers sitting around in darkness, with no comforts or conveniences % all. We are glad the move is on. Miss Alma, the pretty bright-eyed little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Thornton, entertained quite a number of her littlS""--^ friends last Saturday afternoon at the an niversary of her seventh birthday. The home was beautifully decorated in gar lands and Christmas bells and in the cen ter of the table was a beautiful stand upon which was placed sev.-n lighted candles numbering the years of the little one's life which we hope will be alwoys as happy and bright as on this happy day. The lit tle friends enjoyed the occasion hugely. Dainty refreshments were served and as the hour of departure came, all bid their * charming little hostess good bye, wishing for hei- many happy returns of the happy day. Mrs. L. R. Vose, who has been so criti cally ill is now slowly improving under the skillful management of Dr. L. T. Hill and the good uursing of her sister, Miss Mamie Burn, of Georgetown. Mrs. Walter Blessing is lying critically ill at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Woodhurst of this city. Her many friends wish for her a speedy restoration to health. Our merchants are getting ready for the holidays, offering as inducements "special sales" of many lines of pretty goods suita ble for the Christmas trade. Now Is the season to remember the children. Let there be no empty stockings in all this sunny south, but let the little one's be happy and forget their troubles and trials of life. If they are not happy now they never will be, as this Is the bright spring time of their life. > Mrs. Robert Hill, after spending a while with her mother returned to her home in Atlanta last Saturday. NEWS ON KOUTE 3. Route 3 was well represented in the city the paat week hunting up old "Santa" and from the loads of pretty things they car ried home we judge they found him, and he loaded them with all sorts of Christmas poods for the little ones. Mr. and Mrs. 11. P. MdNeill, with their pretty little daughter, were welcome guests in the city one day last week. Miss Sallie Wilson, accompanied by her brother, Mr. T. E. Wilson, were^among the visitors in the city last week. The two aged sisters, Mrs. A. J. Wood hurst 83 years old, and Mrs. Janie Fos brook, 81 years, are bowed with grief over the death of their youngest sister Miss [Kitty Kennedy, aged 78 years. Many I friends extend sincere sympathy and hope many years of happiness may vet be add' ed to their already long and well spent lives filled with noble jets and good deeds that will iu the linal day wiu for them Ul'lgUt C1UWUS sjiiuiuuiy vutu jcncia nuu diadems, Mrs. Mary W. Parker is in the city the gnest of Alis. V. D. Lee. Miss Dotsie Evans is enjoying herself with friends on route 2. Mrs. Charlio Gibort accompanied by Miss Lizzie Gibort were shopping in the city last Monday. Last week the colored school house at St. Peter Church was destroyed by fire, but they are already hauling lumber to rebuild and the school will soon be re opened. Talk about a country life. There are peoplo who enjoy themselves and have a good time, they keep in touch with the world by the telephone, they visit and ride around, entertain, have picnics, dances, school entertainments, parties, and no^ and then "run away" and get a partner fo^ lite and all for "better or worse." They are generally speaking a whole-souled, hospitable people enjoying life in all its happy phases, then who can say naught but "give me a home down on the farm." Mrs. Harkness and sister, Mrs. Brown, wore shopping in the city last Saturday, llave you tried Kvxail iw Hafr Tonic ? If not, get a bottle from A. Mil ford & Co You will be delighted. Phone 107. \