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The Press and Baaaer. Publlelitii? very Wednesday h; two dollar* u a year !u Hdvjuiee. Wednesday, April 17,1912 For Rent. One large well furnished room, second lloor, southwest exposure, private bath mtrl ) i m 11 WaII unit or! fin* ma rri?*rl nnnnio litflit bouse keeping, or four young men. Heated bv grate. One closet litted with shelves and liooks, Dimensions 20x20 ft. Mrs. J. C. Klugh. Try the Wyandotte Chickens. White Wyandotte ejrjrs $2 per 15. Sil ver Lace Wyandotte eg?sSi.50 per 15. In dian Runner Duck eggs si per 12. The Lawsun Poultry Yards, tf Abbeville, S. C. For Sale. 65 gallon oil tank for sale. Call at D. PoliakofTs store. FOll RENT?A part or the whole of the warehouse opjK>site the Southern depot. Price, reasonable. if. FOR SALE?2;> acres of good farming land within the incorporate limits. Apply f?. XI ! ? .1 ( ! Klllirli Pleasant Visitor. Miss Christine Duke, of Columbia, sister of Miss Marie Duke, one of Abbeville's efficient Graded School teachers, is visit ing in the family of Mr. W. W. Bradley. Like her sister, the younger Miss Duke is pretty, accomplished, and of engaging manner. CONFESS TO SEVEN KILLING Rrntharc Artmi} Siavintr MnrP Tliam ftaH WIVIIIVltf nwiuu wiuji 11*0 l,lv* v ?? a Dozen Men in Alabama. Birmingham, Ala., April 13?Arthur and Walter Jonos, brothers in the county jail, charges with murder in the mining section of Jefferson county, completed this morn ing a confession telling of the assassination of William H. Rliee on January 12. 1905). near Kawisburg, Ala., the assassination of George Shoemaker in 19(15; the assassina tion of L. A. Evins on October 3, 1911, at Lewisburg all white; the killing of Kainuol Thomas, negro, on July 1<>, 1911; Lonis Lowery, negro, in 1911; William Spencer, negro,'last summer and Shep Cheney, ne ,gro, in 1010. The coroner's jury has been working for t ko weeks and longer on the furders^n Beats 22 and 50. The assassination of Felix Ellard at Lewisburg on March 18, 1912, is now under trial. Paint. All kinds of good Paint ii.? stock at this store, and we will sell you at a saving price, aud carry only guaranteed goods. The Dargan-Kiiig: <jo. TAFT WISHER IN NEVADA Early Returns Indicate That Administra tion Will Have Control of State Con vention Reno, New, April 6.?Eoarly returns from the State primary elections indicate j that Taft delegates will overwhelmingly control the State convention. The Roose velt ticket has been decisively defeated in Reno. Taft Carries Carson City. Carson City, Nev., April C.?Taft won throughout in the primary election hen today. The Roosevelt ticket was defeated by approximately one-fourth of the total Xew Neheilnle for SenlioitrU. No 33 due 12 3TJp. in. Southbound. No. 53 ?!ne 3.53 p. u<. SoulhbouDd No. 41 due 2.56 a. in. Southbound. Nc. 3.* due 6.59 p. m. Northbound. No. 52'lu* 12.-SO p. in. Nortlihoui d. KO. 38 due 2.0S n. m. Northbound. Get Rostonians for Eastor. Famous shoes for men. At Cason ?fc McAllister's. Everybody walks in Bostonians?famous shoes for men. Cason it McAllister. My alfalfa mule feed for your mules, cheaper than corn and better too. See the analysis. W. D. Barksdale. My alfalfa mule feed for your mules, cheaper than corn and better too. See the analysis. W. D. Barksdale. In line with the many other refinements of detail and hitfht grade equipment on Rer the Fifth?the last and most popular creation of the (renins of R. E. Olds?we have adopted the Goodyear Xo-Rim-Cut tires as standard equipment, says A. M. Stone Manager of the Abbeville Moter Bar Co. local Reo distributors. These popular tires are 10 yer cent oversize which easily adds from 20 to 25 percent to the tire mile age. This oversize is not measueJ by calipers, but by air bapacity. As these !roc Horn On nor nont irrtuitor nil* \ and hence that much moro loud carrying cayaeity, without additional weight or cost for the tires, iLshould be plain to all why we find so mil en enthusiam over our tire equipment among buyers of lleo the Flifth. "Keen Kutter" Tools are known the country over as the best on the market. We carry a full stock at all times. All guaranteed. The Parian-King Co. ? ? Foley's Kidney JET What They Will Do for You Thoy will cure your backache, gtrengthon your kidneys, cor rect urinary irregularities, build bp the worn out tissues, and iiminate the excess uric acid that causes rheumatism. Pre amt Bright's Disease and Dia fe&tes, and restore health and torength. Refuse substitutes. McMURRAY DRUG CO. m??i-i?wjtMTT?mawCTmw, Getting Even. Eels aro the luxury of the East end, and the fish shop stuck up proudly the notice "We sell eels to tlio king." From the opposite side of the road the rival saie3iiian watched his customers diverted to th? shop that claimed to supply the royal table with eels. And then, after a week's reflection, he put up the rival notice: "God save the .London Chronicle. JSWfi nL./ I > T" a ' The Photographer's Way "I've been looking at your framed photographs down in the reception room and I don't like any of them!" announced the girl in the evening gown, as she emerged from the dress ing room into the photographer's studio and posed herself gracefully on the Louis XIV. chair. "What's the matter with them?" asked the photographer. "Well," replied the girl, "I've ideas t of my own?you know I attend art Bchool and we've studied portraiture. 1 Now, there's a certain stiffness in all | of those photographs downstairs " "Stiffness!" interrupted the photog rapher, brusquely. "Well, all I can say Is that your art school needs a new teacher! Why, every one of l those photographs that you criticise i has won medals?two of them in Paris!" "I can't help that," returned the : girl, gently but firmly. "On the face of that 'Madonna and Child' that's i marked "First Prize' there's an ex i tremely worried look-?you can see ! that the camera was held a 6econd I too long and the product Isnt easy S and natural." "Weil, Dut Maaonnas are an son. of worried?look at the great ones," j protested the photographer, earnest ly. The girl smiled amusedly, as she might have smiled at a small boy ex | pressing his views on art. "But, don't i you see, they're natural in those great j pictures," she said. "The worry, if j that's what you call it, isn't because j the Madonna's afraid her mouth will j be stiff from holding the expression too long. Her eyes aren't stiff from being afraid of winking and blinking. Do you see what I mean?" She drap j ed her train more gracefuly. "Well, we've got to hurry now," said the photographer, glancing at his ! watch and looking meaningly at the j closed doors of the various dressing ! rooms. "How do vou want yours : taken? I suppose you "want to pose i yourself?" "Of course," responded the girl, coldly. She smoothed back her hair and smiled sweetly, bending a trifle forward. "There, I think this is a very good pose," she remarked, mod estly. "Um-hum!" the operated smiled. "That'll be a peach. It'll give you a nice big head and bring the forehead out beautifully! It'll quite hide your smile with your nose, which will be large enough for any modest human being, and If I take It full j length people will wonder whether ! one foot is really so much larger than j the other or if it's Just your shoes." She heard him snap the bulb?it I clicked loudly?and so she knew that was over. "Now, another pose, please!" He was aggressively polite. The girl in the evening gown held herself frigidly. "I think I'll have one, now, sitting dreaming?not any particular pose. I'll just put myself | in the attitude and when my expres sion is really that of a dreamer? when I've sufficiently forgotten your 1 presence and that of the camera? [ you may snap me." The photographer drew up a chair with much commotion and settled himself in it. "All right, get set!" he ordered, wearily. The girl, for lack of a window, se lected a certain leafy fly to set her soul upon in meditation. 'Well," she exclaimed, after five si lent minutes had elapsed, 'why don't you snap me?" "I haven't seen that dreamy expres sion yet" The tone of the photog rapher was calm. The girl opened her lips to speak but closed them and took up her po sition again. "Snap me in two min i utes!' she ordered, tersely. She dreamed during what seemed i to her several minutes without hear I ing a sound -from the camera. Her I lips were dry and her eyes ached from being kept in one position. She i closed her eyes a second for rest, wiping her lips with her tongue, when?click! She knew the photo i graph was taken. ! "Just two minutes," exclaimed the photographer, energetically, as he shut his watch. "Do?do you think It will be good?" queried the girl, apprehensively. "I? just know I blinked and that I had my tongue out in that last one!" "Well, you can't tell about these artistic pictures," commented the photographer, sagely. "But 111 tell you what I'll do?I'll take a few quick snaps, now, on my own hook. Just you sit and do what I tell you and 1 ; think ye'll manage to get a few good poses for you." When the door of the dressing i room closed on the girl in pink the j photographer said to his assistant, | who had come in to remove the plates: "I fooled her, all right?can't afford to let these people run the ; studio. Why, every woman would be I trying to pose herself and they ! would spoil plates by the score. She ! took some classy poses?and wheD i she was tired holding them I snapped the case of my watch shut?and told her how fierce the pictores would be. I Of course, I'll tell her that they came 1 out too dark to be recognized, sc she'll have to be satisfied with on? | of these poses that I made her take "Now, send in the next one. What Every Woman Knows. A woman always knows when a , man Is in love with her. A man often knows a woman is in love with him when she isn't.?Life. Not the Same. ** "You seem to think it's pretty well settled," said Miss Passay, "that I'd marry him J' he proposed." "Yes," promptly replied Miss Knc^. "The idea! So you think a girl should he ready to say 'yes' to any man who asked her?" "No, I don't say that a 'girl' should." 4*.?a&?SK&. ?? 'o- -i <e TAFT GETS SOME 'i ARHEELS North Carolina's Delegation Will be Divided, Eight for President and 16 for Colonel. Charlotte, N. 0., April 13.?North Caro lina's representation at the Republican National convention will be divided on a ratio of 10 for lloosevelt and eight for Taft. Announcement to this effect was niade^today by State Chairman John Morchead after a conference of party leaders to construct a new plan of organi zation in this State. Under the new plan it is provided that the vote at the various conventions shall be [prorated according to the relative strength of each candidate. Under the old olan the winner of a majority of the State's representations received the full strength of the vote of the State in the national convention. Mr. Moorehead's ruling was given at re quest of Taft forces in the Mecklenburg county convention held today, which stood approximately six for Taft and nine for Roosevelt. He also stated that this de cision would prevail throughout the State. Koosevelt leaders today insisted that under the plan of organization the mi nority should ;have no representation of its six votes in the State. EACH SIDE CLAIMS IT ALL Wide Divergence Marks Statements Given Out by Taft and Roosevelt Forses. Wathington, April 13.?Wide divergence in the claims [of fpledge delegates and a difference of 10 between the total of dele gates selected up to date marked the ri val statements issued by tho Taft and Roosevelt managers today. The Taft headquarters claimed 341 for President Taft and concede 113 to Col. Roosevelt. Ihe Roosevelt managers claimed 151 and conceded 4!) to Taft. In the Roosevelt statement, 161 were listed as contested and 10G as uninstructed. The total number of delegates selected up to date, as presented by the Roosevelt managers Is 510, while the Taft records show only 494. In Louisiana the Taft managers took count for a delegation of 20 for 'the colonel. The Taft statement showed a total of 22 delegates selected in Michigan, the Roosevelt statement, based on jreports ;from State Chairman Frank Knoi make the total of selected delegates as 26* Explained. Since little Paul wrote his composi tion on snow his mother hopes that he may De a poet. "i don't reaiiy Know what snow is," he began, "but I think it may be air with clothes on."? Youth's Companion. Romance and Fiction. When a very rich man marries a very poor girl, that's romance. When a very rich girl marries a very poor man, that's fiction.?Galveston News. Only Occasionally. Octxsionally one meets a man who la so sure of his own importance that he can, without feeling the slightest embarrassment, wear a tall hat in the presence of his employer. Pretending and Knowing. Girls know so much because they pretend not to. What Could She Mean? Miss Gldgirl?"Wheif-I am doing se rious work I hate to bave a lot of men hanging around bothering me." Mlsa Pert?"You do a great deal of serious work, do you not?"?Baltimore Ameri can. For the Darkness Draws Near. If a man have the truth in him, the thought of hla own death as an ever present possibility will, far from para lyzing effort, drive him to a more faithful performance of duty. As the poet says, "then let him turn today." ?Exchange. Somewhat Rough on the Fish. The Japanese have a novel way of keeping fish fresh for use. You go in to the restaurant and pick out your own fish in the tank. If there is more fish than you want the chef cuts oft a piece to St and returns the rest to the tank to swim about till wanted. Beyond His Ken. A teacner writes tnat sne nan a new pupil fill In a reference card last week. One blank asked for "Nationality of Parents." This had to be explained to the child. Then she wrote dowh: "Papa Is Irish and mamma Is German. But I don't know what they were before they were married." Best for Shoe Soles. Rubber and asbestos mixed has been utilized successfully for the manufac ture of soles for outing shoes. The material has the appearance of a thick, close felt, without odor, and without any discomfort to the feet, Buch as at tends the use of pure rubber. These ' will be extensively introduced next season. 8ubject of Prime Importance. Weather is the dhe topic of conver- i eation that never grows out of date. I We are almost as nearly at the mercy j of the sunshino, the rain and the snow j storm as we were a century ago. < Therefore we always scan the sky j when we get up in the morning. It ia almost instinctive, even with the city ( dweller. No farmer fails to take a , long look at the sky when he first . rises, for on the weather will depend his activities during the day. Important Thing to Know. It Is easy to understand why the na- ! tlon is willing that millions be spent on a weather bureau. If we can only foretell through weather experts, goose bone prophets, corn husk prog nosticators or in any other way just what the weather will be from day to day, living will be made a great deal easier for us all. We can get the hay in out of that thunderstorm or hold up that shipment of perishable stuff that a solid freeze and cero Heather jrill utterly ruin. ?-? f AUNT SIM'S | SANTA CLAPS | i ^ imxS Story a | ft <*?*?_# | Sukle Blueskln ^ She fell In love wld me, Ole Sukle Blueskln She fell in love wld m?, Ole Ann' Sukle Blueskln She fell In love wld me. An' she axed me down ter her house Ter drink er cup er tea." So sang Black Caesar, the wag of the plantation, and then he proceeded to tell us about Aunt Sukle. t "I des' tell yo' wat?I tell yo' fo' er fac\ by Jo! Ef I didn't git in de lam mines' scrape er Crismus time! DaV wus de time we an' dem w'lte boys made up ter play er projick on Unc* Ike an' Aun' Sukle. "Long time 'fo' Crismus come we don't heah nuttln' but 'Sandy Claws, Sandy Claws,' f'om Aun' Sukle. She go pudgin' erroun' de kitchen sayin': 'Um-m! Won'er w'at ole Marse Sandy Claws gwine ter fotch me Crismus.' n?n of wo frit tpr enttin' nn bit 'bout de bouse she 'low: 'Bettuh know ole man .'.andy Claws gwine ter pars alon' by 'n' nev' so much es no dice dem ole socks er yo'n. Won't eben put er groun' pea In 'em.' "So we all 'sidered an' 'sidered, an' las' we made up ter fix dat ole crittur up 'n good shape. We all know ole Aun' Sukle ain' got no sense ter frow 'way nohow, so we 'cide we gwine ter eca' Aun' Sukie 'n' Unc* Ike out 'n dey eeben senses. "Two er free days fo' Crlsmus we wus er settln' on de fence, 'n' ole lady Sukie come by wid some truck ter make de flab wld, an' den I sing dot little song w'at a be'n singin', an' I kep' on: "An' it's w'at do yo' fink Ole Sukle had fo' suppah, An' it's w'at do yo' flnk Ole Sukle had fo' suppah. An' it's w'at do yo' flnk Ole Sukle had fo* suppah? Apple sass an' sparrer grass An' hominy an' buttah. I "Well, sah, dat ole soul mos' had et < Bpazzum w'en she hearn us er singin' ' cnni? an' ohp rnll ont 'n' buse US min' w'at yo' 'bout an' 'buse us an' call us all kin' er bad names an' freaten ns wld ha'nts an' I ' dunno w'at alL * 1 "Unc' Ike, he Ann' Sukle'e ole man, , an' he wur de contraries' an' de spite fules' ole nigger on de whole planta- ] tlon. He al'us er pokin' erroun' an' er , grum'lln' 'bout sumpln. He couldn' res' easy less'n he studyln' up some < kin' er meanness. I don' see w'at mek , ole marse keep dat ole nigger 'bout d? place fo' nohow, 'case he aln' fitten fo' nuffln' but ter prowl erroun' an' hunt hen-nesses, aa' w'en he fin' one he al'ua tek toll out'n It He 'casloned us ter . git er many er larrupln'. wld 'e oto grumplln' ways, 'case marse b'llev# ev*y wo'd Unc* Ike say, mek' no dlf funce how much de ole scoun'l stretch de blankit But we done made up our mln's ter git eben wld ole Aun' Sukle an' Unc* Ike. too, an' we des tease dem ole pussons twel dey mos' have er fit "Useter sing dls way w'en we see Unc* Ike er comln': "Blp Ike, little Ilr?, yC bettah go; Sukle bake de aahcake slow, Dat's so; Bukle bake de aahcake alow, Too Blow; Big Ike, little Ike, yo' bettah got "Lo'd massy! To' des arter seed dat ( ole (0itrary niggah w'en we sing dat song. He look so vigus dat yo' fink ole "ZiAWD KB MASSY, TTTtt, HE'S OOMEl" Tomboy done got er holt er him, an' w'en we see de ole man grab up er bresh an' mek to'ds us we gtt f'om dar. "W'en Crismus time 'gun ter git close by, we all 'gun ter fix up fo' dem ole pussons. Day nex* fo' Crismus marse he mek er long bighferlutln' speech an' tell us dat long's we all b'haved ou'se'fs purty well an' wo'K hard an' mek er good crop, he gwine gin us er whole day fo' ter frolic erroun' an' 'Joy wese'fs. Me an' Jack an' Tom?dem wus de w'ite boy&?slip out'n de back do* an' des lit out. Down at de fn'niss weh dey be'n er killing hogs we sot an' rigged y(p er projicK'^ to' ter wake up deni ole folks. Ton} say, 'Jack, yo' mn' be de ole Sandi : Claws, an' we watch so's we don' gifV cotch up wid.' Jack Bay, 'No, I hain't, nudder, 'case yo" boys run an' lef me an' den I ha' ter git out the bos' I kin. Through the Swiss Mountains. At Bevleux (Old Bex), among tho Alps, the railroad passes the rocksalt mines, from which the Swiss govern ment procures most of the salt whose sale is a government monopoly, and often sold only by the lopal postmas ter, who dealj not only in stamps, but in salt. At this point a toothed rail is brought into play, and the gradient rapidly increases, as through woods of BV f ' *. ...v c. % Splendid Spring Oxfords It is impossible to realize how much goodness in quality and wear can be combined with such attractive style until you have a pair of Beacon Shoes. CW big showing will afford you ample :hoice of leathers and styles to select from. $3, $3.50 and $4 Remember, Our Guar D. POLL NOTICE TO CATTLE OWNERS. Quarantine Regulations to Pre vent the Spread of Splenetic or Texas Fever in Cattle. Owing to the release from Federal Quar mtlne of the aunties of Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, An?jrson, Spartanburg, Chero lee, Union, Laurens, Greenwood, that part )f Abbeville County north of the Seaboard Mr Line Railway, that part of Chester bounty west of the Southern Railway and ;he Carolina & Northwestern Railway, and ;hat part of York County north of the Kingville ?t Marion branch of the South jrn Railway the Board of Trustees of Dlemson College, under authority con ferred by the General Assembly, adopted i quarantine regulation, effective April 1, 1912, prohibitirg the movement of cattle 'rom other parts of this State or from any )ther State, into the above mentioned area >f South Carolina. This regulation also prohibits movement )f cattle from other parts of this State or from the quarantined area of any other State into Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, An ierson, Spartanburg, Cherokee, Union, Laurens, Greenwood, Abbeville, Chester md York Counties. The obieet of this regulation is to pro ;ect the above mentioned areas from cattle licks which cause Splenetic or Texas Fever n cattle. Copies of the law and regulations can be obtained from M. Ray Powors. State Vete "innrion Plonicnn PnllpcrA & P, Aril i 1? Contractors and Builders Estimates furnished free. Let us make your plans acd fig ure on your work, Ji ht ~ nomesieau i^ouce. State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. Ex parte Mrs. Susie Nance, Petitioner ?Petition for Homestead in Per sonal Property. Notice is hereby given to all persons concerned that Mrs. Susie Nance has applied to me to have the Homestead Exemption allowed by law set off to her in the personal property of her husband, the late John Henry Nance, deceased. Dated 10th day of April, 1912, and published: once a week for four weeks in the Abbeville Press and Banner. R. E. Hill, Master A. C. . relieved in 80 minutes bj 11 I.. I.- I EN FOR I $10, t For Suits that r ing, fabrics, style any other suit sc We have thei inllrr lie A'rtm lCX-liy AWJL LiO AJLVyXJ-L in a manner th? a $25 Suit. I You'll i $10, $12.5C * will satisfy you i well as any suit $10 more for. i**~ You Should i InvActino i antee of Satisfaction ( iKOFF, a Oklahoma < Low Round ACCO Southern Bapti SEAB( AIR LINE Rates Open t< Tickets will be sold at all pri connections May ioth to 14th, liir Round-trip rates from some 0 Chester, S. C $39.20 Clinton, S. C 38.05 Abbeville, S. C 36.80 Through sleepers will be ope Monday, May 13th, via Birmingl Lines, to arrive Oklahoma City ea Make reservations now. Information may be had from FRED U. C. V. 1 MACON, I May 7th to OP A O Round trip tickets will be sole limit May 15th, 1012. Limit ">th, 1912, by depositing at Ms Stop-ever allowed at all princi Very low rate round trip to points in Southern States di Rates from A Via Athens $4.10 Ask Seaboard agents or write Don't lot lice eat up your valuable poul try when its so easy to pet rid of them. Conkcy's Lice Powder, Lice Liquid and Head Lice Ointment are guaranteed to do the work quickly. Get a practical poultry book free from The McMurray Drug Co. You can't afford to be without Conkey's White Diarrhoea liemedy. It is a positive relief from this disease which kills thous ands of chicks yearly. Price 50c. The FRE] >1 TiTtit JS M 12.50, $15 ^present better tailor i, fit and services than ild at that price. se Suits made espec high grade material, it would do credit to 'M Find Onr " in every way, ycra have See Them Before in a New Suit Sroes with Every fair bbeville, S. C. * City, Trip Rates UNT ? ist Convention * DARD RAILWAY [) Everybody ncipal stations on Seaboard and lit May 30th, 1912. v' { the important stations: Carlisle, s. c.. $38.90 Greenwood, S. C 37-25 Calhoun Falls, S. C... 36.35 rated leaving Atlanta 4:15 p. m., 1am, Memphis and Rock Island rly in morning May 15th. Seaboard agents or by writing GEISSLER, A; G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. REUNION SEORGIA. 9th, 1912, OARD [ May 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th; may be extended until June icon and paying fee of 50 cts. pal stations. tickets will be sold at Macon irinjr the Reunion. bheville, S. C. Via Atlanta $5.20 D GE1SSLER, A. G. P. A.. Atlanta, Ga. Preferred Jail to Marriage. A country judge In England has just delivered the most sentimental decis ion ever heard of In hia particular "neck of the woods." He told a bur glar he would suspend sentence am him If he would agree to man? settle down or get a In order to