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' !* "I ast( The Time to 1 Let I We are showi: that we have ever of everything that Here Are Soft Felt Hats $ Straw llats $1.0 Ties 25 and 50 c Shirts 50c, 75c, Men's Fine Suits $18.00 and Boys' Knlckerbd $3.50, $4.00 Boys' Pants 50' Do your trading witl Guaranty CASON ? The Press and Bannei W W. A W. R. BRADLEY. Editor* A HHV.VTI.I.R. S. r. Wednesday, April 3,1912 The Situation in Charleston Mr. A. D. Oliphant of The State staff, j last week ran a story of conditions In Charleston that wasfanythlng but compli mentary to the police authorities of the City by the Sea. Mr. Oliphant represent* Charleston as "wide open,"a very suggest ive adjective and one understood by all readers. A prominent minister of Charleston preached from hi? pulpit last Sunday on the conditions as they exist, calling on the men of the city to clean up. He stated that the trouble lay In the pollution of the fountains. 4 'The prophets prophesy false ly, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so; and what will ye do in the end thereof?" quoted the minister in his sermon. The Florence Times, in commenting on the story in The State, says: "No one need be surprised. Twist it as you may, the real truth will stick out that the lawless element In Charleston threw all their sup port to the present administration, State and municipal, and they have the right to expect immunity from prosecution, and It seems that they are getting It." At this jab the News and Corrier talks back and says that the Times is too fast In Its judgment; that the Grace administra tion has only been in office a short while and that it has not yet had time to demon strate what it will do to make a clean city. The News and Courier, however, does not deny the allegations set forth in Mr. 011 phant's story In The State, but rather con firms the shocking report. There is just a little humor In this re cent discovery of Charleston's wide-open ness. Mr. Oliphant writes as if someone had removed all the blinds to the soft drink (?) counters since he was in Charles ton last. Every man who has visited Charleston in twenty years, Mr. Oliphant included, knows that unless they are serving "It" on the streets the city cannot be much wider open now man ic aiways has been. Charleston's liquor laws are a standing Joke to up-country people. That preacher hit the nail on the head with a sledge hammer when he quoted: "and my people love to have it so." That is the secret of Charleston's condition; it is just as the people of that city would have it, as they have had it, and as they will contlnu? to have it so long as they are in the present attitude and frame of mind towards drink. Charleston's majority stands for the "Wide Open town, and the enactment of laws will not close many shutters nor stop one glass of rum from going its cherished way. For Charleston's laws are our laws, but her people are somehow not exactly as our people when it comes to the punch bowl. There Is so hope for old Charleston. imriT rv.n-iVi m ..niW-m ;r Gre Wear New CI01 Is Sell Them 1 ag the best things 1 shown. Our stort ;'s new and stylish Some Specials 1.50, $2.50, $3.00, $3.5 o a fl> *> nA Lf, L?OU) ^7il?VA/ lenta. $1.00, $1.50 * in all colors, $10.00, $20.'K) >cker Suits in browns, i, $5.00, $6.00, $7.00 , 75c, $1.00, $1.25 anc Uam^ah inno uuotuuiauo Famous Shoes for Men See this beautiful Un of Oxfords. Patent; Gun Metals and Tarn Buttons and Lace $3.50, $4, 95 jjf i us and be satisfied". * "1? Itfl Sflt lsC7U I'V Ul V u ^uua* w & MCAI When the children of the coming genera tion are taught by priest and parent and precept that "at last it blteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder," that the suc cessful man of the future will be the sober man, that the gin-drinker can have no ca reer, no health, no peace, no self-respect, no self-reliance?nothing that Is worth while, looking at life from the attitude of age?then Charleston, and every other community will find its wide-open-ness to contract to such a degree as to become in visible or at least unnotlceabie. j The reformer from a distance does qot treat Charleston quite fairly. He com pares Charleston to inland cities, to Char leston's disfavor. He does not understand Charleston's people, her population, their hahits, mode of life, etc. The people who liva in that citv are not bad, as a people. On the other hand, they will compare fa vorably with any people on earth. They are big-hearted people, kind, generous, hospitable. Their one fault has been flaunted over the State to such an extent that her virtues have been almost eclipsed. We say with the News and Courier, give Charleston time, give the mayor time and expect no permanent results ui$il the in dividuals. who are the city, have been reached and pursuaded that the fault of the city is merely the fault of the individ ual. Then the laws on the statute book will be respected and not enforced 1 ' * This Is a campaign for the mayor* it is true, but to the extent that it Is for the pulpit, the parents and particularly the schools. The Individual must be reached before that city can hope to close the shutters. The business men of a city can do much to promote proper sentiment arih-form public opinion. When they fr0wn the population squeaks. The trouble is the business man is smiling. He isjpontent, satisfied. He feels no responsibility and delegates such matters to the politicians and the preachers. **' _ The preachers preach at the political leaders, and the political leaders refer tije matter back to the preacher* with Recom mendations. and so the question goes, battledoor and shuttlecock, white Uie wirtfunnAnnAMi continues as it baa* oon-1 tlnued and as It will continue in Charles ton and Vladivostok and Valparaiso and Abbeville and everywhere else until "my people" do not wish "to have it so." Charleston's fault is the' fault of every city, town, and hamlet in Booth Carolina, only Charleston's fault has beeu empha sized by her peoullar conditions and peo* 1 in " pie. tt. One difference between Cherie6tod''aad many other towns Is that Charleston does not bandage her sore, while the others have bandaged theirs tight and fast. They have a horror of any one else seeing the thing. Charleston doesn't seem to care. No one will deny that every town in the State, largo or small, has such a sore. Abbeville has it but she has such a rag on it that no peeping eye can tell just how big the cancer is. And so with all our other sister towns?and yet we complain about Charleston. Preachers, teachers, business men, asso ciations, fathers, mothers, unions, doctors, druggists, priests, acolytes, elders, dea cons, class leaders, newspapers, editors, lawyers, farmers, are not doing their duty toward the Individual. Stop for just one etings! thes is Here? to You UU WU$UL uxno ooaouu i is brimming full to wear. for Easter o $12.50, $15.00, $ 1(1.50. tans and blues, $3.00, I $1.50 J. V?TAU?^k1n?? nrA do 11 1q mu vorj i/iiiu? nv ovi* *o isfactlou. LUSTER, moment and think. How many men in your oommunlty really bother themselves about the amount of liquor consumed? | How many lose sleep on account of some body else's drinking? No, we pity the ! drunkard, and pity is a synonym for con tempt, and there our interest stops. Get your Millinery at Cash Bargain Store. Should be Remembered. A letter "from Mr. Tom Young who many of the older citizens will recall as an active figure In the trying days of 1876, here, is published elsewhere in this issue of thfi Press and Bauner. It reveals a condition of need, If not of want, in hie present circumstances, and undoubtedly should apDeal to those with whom and for whom he forked In 1876, to redeem the State from carpet bag rule. Many people in Abbevilla county have benefited direct ly by the dangerous part that he took in the county's redemption, and every citi zen of the county has reason to feel grate ful to him for his valuable and disinterest ed services. While this Is a period of the States his tory that we do well to pull the veil over, those who imperiled life and liberty for the common good should be cared for, if trouble or privation over takes them. A petition will propably be circulated in the city, on some public occasion to raise funds to send Mr. Young, and every man should give something. A generous re sponse, even of small amounts, would pro bably relieve his stress of circumstances. Tw#?Iv#? Cent Cotton. One of these days In the very near fu ture the Press and Banner confidently hopes to republish in the light of confirma tion an editorial stating that some of last year's crop of cotton would sell for twelve cents per pound or better. This editorial was written when cotton was selling un der 9 cents per pound, and when It looked like the bottom had dropped out. Conditions surrounding preparation for a new crop, over estimates, and interests held by speculators, almost invariably give the man who can hold his cotton, the op portunity to market it much higher than he oould have done to have thrown It on a flooded market in the fall. t? fall nuliui <o ro<? fVo uallnr ohnnlH take it and not wait for a fortune in each bale; but if the fall price is abnormally low, and the seller will bide his time he is almost sure to be rewarded. What weather conditions are over the cotton belt we are not prepared to say, but an unprecedented condition exists here. Last year on April 1st, practically all lands had been plowed and were ready for planting. Today not ten per cent, of the lands of Abbeville County have had a fur row in them. It would seem that farmers hereabout have wasted the time consumed in getting pledges to cut down acreage. He who controls the destines of men, it would seem, will, through the agency of the elements, reduce the acreage and in all probability the yield, too, with short crop advocates will be more than satis fled. My alfalfa mule feed for your mules, cheaper than corn and better too. See tho analysis. W. D. B&rksdale. irrmrrifyyi^ Charlie E. Wilson Dead. After an illness of several weeks Mr. Charles of E. Wilson of the Bethea section of this county died, at his home, Sunday night IMarch 30th, 1912, aged about 40 years. He had pneumonia, with a com plication of.gastrites, and both of these troubles had more or less subsided, when his throat In some way became seriously involved. Physicians were almost confi dent of his recovery until the very day be fore his death, ?.8 were many of his friends, but from the beginning, he assert ed that he was on his dying bed. Mr. Wilson was a7good citizen, pleasant in his dealings with others, industrious in providing for his family, and a kind fa ther. He was a member of Bethea Pres byterian Church, and having taken an ac tive Interest in church work he will be greatly missed. His ueaui xe pai uuuian; o?va vj . of the fact that he has ft widow and six children, most of them small. His moth er, too, who la well on in 80 years of ago, is left to mourn the loss of her youngest son. Thore are sad chapters in the life of the mother, that make the closing days of her life peculiarly sad. Some fifteen years aRO her son Mr. Joseph Wilson was re turning from jAbbeville. He was a man generally liked and had the ill will or no one. A negro mistaking him for another for whom he was 'ylng in waiting, shot and killed him. Thus In a few short years Mrs. Wilson has lost her two youngest sons. Mr. Charles E. Wilson widow of the de ceased Is a daughter of Mr. D. H. Howard of this city. Many friends sympathize with her in her groat loss. Mr. Wilson was buried yesterday at old Bethea Cemetery. The funeral services were held in Bethea Church and was largely attended by friends and .relatives - One of the unique novelties of staging this season is In -'Bustor Brown" at the opera house Friday April 12th, the chorus being costumed to suggest a xiunu eucvb. Vivid coloring and beautiful designs make this a veritable feast of feminine delight. Let it be whispered that the famous Buster Brown Company is soon to appear In anv town throughout the United States or Canada and interest with happy antici pation is at once aroused. "Buster Brown," that irropressible youngster will be seen at the opera house, Friday April 12. The management offers an .entirely new production this season. Splendid soenery and costsmes and a com pany of experienced and capable artists. FIVE NAMES 01 THE BALLOT Wilson, Clark, Tift, Roosevelt and La Fofletto Entered in Hew Jersey Pri maries / Trenton, N. J., Bpril 1.?Five names of candidates for president of the United States will appear on the official primary ballot of New Jersey to be voted for May 14. Petitions for President Taft and Champ Clark were filed today. The others are Theodore Boosevelt, Wood row Wilson and Bobert M. La Follette. No petitions for either Judson Harmon or Oscar Under wood were filed. Parcel Post Sumter Herald We note that Congressman Aiken comes out in an article explaining that the parcel post will not hurt the home merchant. Tnis is well and timely of Mr. Aiken. The interests taut are against me parcel pust have been flooding the country with neat ly printed short arguments that tend to snow that parcel posts will ruin the small merchant by making easier the opportuni ty to buy from the big mail order houses. The argument of course is ficticious, but it will catch some of the trustful and un thinking who are not on the lookout for the evils of the interest. The corporations and the associations that have grown rich on special legislation, or lack of legislation, are never asleep, and never ceaso to fight in the dark. Get your muslin underwear at Cash Bargain Store. ?The stockholders of the Glenwood cot ton mills met in the office of the company on the 19 inst., and passed resolution to increase the capital stock fiom $240,000 to $500,000. Issuing to the present stock L..1 J yv# A A ?VAW AAnf UUIUUI'B ti DIAAJH U1V1UC11U UJ. TV LA71 VCUl. The president and treasurer, M. W. M. Ha good, was instructed to sell $264 00o of the new stock, giving the present stockholders the privilege of taking their pro rata share. A large majority of this stock has already been placed. Contracts for building the addition to the mill will be let next week. Contracts for the machinery have already been placed at advantageous prices. Congressman Aiken, in a letter replying to a constituent, explains the parcels pest bill now before congress as being in the in terest of the public. The bill applies to rural routes to receive and send packages over their routes at a rate twenty-five per cent. Less than at present. Merchandise from distant cities would continue to be sent at the present rate?16 cents for each pound. Mr. Aiken is in favor of the bill.? McCormick Messenger. We sell wash dresses cheap ?Cash Bargain Store. My alfalfa mule feed for your mules, cheaper thau corn and better too. See the analysis. W. D. Barksdale. Relieve Indigestion Quiekly. A littie tablet called "Dige tit" has brought instaut relief to thousands? their own statements are proof. Two or three tHblets after meals or when suffering stops fermentation, prevents distress, relieves indigestion and cuies dyspt-p'ia. Digestit" is sold with the distinct under-landing that your mon ey will be refunded if you want it? 50c. Ask at C. A. Milford's Drug Store. The regular Qity election w ill be held at the City Council Chambers, Abbe ville, South Carolina, April 9th, 1912, from 8 a. m. till 4 p. m., for Mayor and four Aldermen. Manugers of Eleclion?T. C. Seal, J. L. Clark and James Faulkuer. T. G. Perrin, J. E. Joues, City Clerk. Mayor, Best Trunks and SuitCases cheaper at Cash Bargain Store. We All L < EVERY MAN toc?tsru.M V While our Qarm our Furnishin shops of the i Oiir Pi Pa r k < 65 dozen Towels at special prices. Gash Bargain Store. CANDIDATES County Supervisor. We are authorized to announce W. A. Stevenson as a candidate for re-election to the office of County Supervisor, subject to the action of the Democratic Primary. Auditor. We are hereby authorized to announce J. E. Jones ?i8 a candidate for Auditor, sub ject to the action of the Democratic pri mary. For Coroner. We are hereby authorized to announce R. H. Armstrong as a candidate for Coro ner, subject to the action of the Demo cratic primary. * We are requested to announce Mr. M. J. Link as a candidate for Coroner, subject to the action of the Democratic Primary. We are authorized to announce H. W. Bowie (better known as "Dock") as a can didate for re-election to the office of Coro ner, subject to the action of the Demo cratic primary. I hereby announce myself a candidate to the office of Coroner of Abbeville County, -1-1?' nnHnn nt thp Tlftmnnrfttin oUUJCCl IU (iiiu oi/vivi* ui w??w primary. R. W. Smith. We are authorized to announce B. H. Williams as a candidate for the office of Coroner of Abbeville County, subject to the action of the Democratic Primary. "We are authorized to announce W. A. Gallagher as a candidate for Coroner of Abbeville County, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. Superintendent of Education. We are hereby authorized to announce B. M. Cheatham as a candidate for the of fice of County Superintendent of Educa tion, subject to the action of the Demo cratic primary. We are authorized to announce John B. Gibert as a candidate for Superintendent of Education, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. T horehv announce myself as a candi date for t&e office of County Superintend ent of Education, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. C. E. William son. * Amos B. Morse Co.'s Locals. We have a full supply of seed Irish potatoes ? Irish Cobbler and Bliss. Oive us your orders. Now is the time to plant yourgarden. We can furnish you with all kinds of freBh seed. Golden Dent, White Dent, and Hickory King seed corn. Early Amber and Orange cane seed, Kaffir Corn, Millet and Rape, at right prices. We have Lawn Grasses, Nasturtiums, and a complete line of all seed. Amos B. Morse Go. Iicli relieved in 30 minutes ly Woolford's Sanitary,^Lotion. Nevtr fails. Sold by P. B. Speed, Druggist. ' jsgamin ' 'v' i -i-r:J I V -I .ike to D 3n Eastei LIKES TO LOI ents are the best gs, Shoes and Hat nost noted makers rices Very Rea sr & I CORN IS hic hig: The best informed peoj Cash Corn this year, wh price for mule feed for j tracted in October for 2,1 which is corn, oats, alfal out as an even balanced? or any other feed. We < ton or $2.00 per 100 lbs. We will be glad to sho cheapmess, also analysis. w n R4 WW , JL^. A. M. H Our Motto: Fresh shipment of G day. Ring 126 s our'Groceries are t Headquarters for Wh ton's Teas, Ferris Everything Sold llndei A. M. HILL The State of South Carolina, ABBF.VILLE COUNTY. Probate Court?CltHtloo for Letters of Admin istration. By J. F. Miller, Esq , Judge of Probate. Whereas, A. B. Morse bath mude suit to me, to vraot blm Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects or Jobn H. Nance, fate of Abbeville County, deceased. Tbese are therefore, to cite and admonish <11 and singular the kindred and creditors ol .be said Jmu H. Nance, deceased, that they do and appear betore me, In the Court of Pro bate, to be held at Abbeville <\ H., on Moo Jay, tbe lotb day of April, 1912, after pub lication hereof, at 11 o'clock In tbe forenoon, o show cause If any tbey have, why tbe said Vdmlnlstratlon should uot be granted. Given under my band and seal of the Court, this lft day of April, In tbe year of our Lord one thousand nine hun dred and twelve and In tbe 18(i;b year of American Independence. Published on the 3rd day of April, 1912, n the Press and Bauuer and ou tbe Court House door tor tbe time required hv law. J. F. MILLEH, J udge of Probate. Shoe your feet with Oxfords from Cash Bargain Store. Vir fir ,******** r I r rnnn i n iin - ress Well r ' *'* )K HIS BEST 1 srybody Appears o be on Dress D?miIa i &sauv w is a splendid time, ind here is a splendid Dlace to get your Easter Suits and all your other 2aster fixings. ne Here for Your Outfitting d on Easter Sunday you'll be looked upon as i Weir Dressed Man. hat's made, and s come from the you will find. tollable rH and GOING HER! )le say we will have $1.25 ich will make the highest rears. Seeing this I con 500 Sacks of Alfalfa Feed, fa hay ground up and put ration?cheaper than corn Dffer this at $38.00 by the iw it and its advantages, A -W TT-A ILL CO. THE BEST rroceries arriving each and be, convinced that tfhat we claim for them. dteS House Coffee, Lip Hams. r an Absolute Guarantee COMPANY. Mr I id Contractors and Builders Estimates furnished free. Let us make your plans aid fig ure on your work,