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Report of Mrs the Retir To the Members S. C. Federation: No life is complete, without its shadows, as well as sunshine; no story convincing, unless pathos tem pers its humor, and no melody ap peals to heart and mind, if the sweet minor chord is absent from the re frain. And so, tonight, charmed as we have been, by hearty welcomes and j appreciative responses, eloquently ex pressed; by sweet music and fratcr nal greetings, filled with fond assur-j Alices of the loyal friendship and de- : votion of sister organizations?these very elements of joy and cheer, re- J mind us, too, of the inexorable flight cf Time. They tell us of the passing of another cycle of twelve busy I months; that another year of earnest ) effort, many achievements and some disappointments, is almost ended,and j that, in a few brief hours, the record i of the present Administration will be f closed forever! And, as we rccall these efforts, ac complishments, successes, disappoint ments, achievements and failures of the past twelve months, let us listen I with willing ears and responsive' hearts, to the message, these remi-1 niscences may bring and may each I achievement prove an inspiration, each seeming failure an incentive, to greater effort, and more earnest work, in the years that are to come! Growth During Year During the current Club year, 12 new organizations have been admit ted to Federation membership; one has disbanded and two have with J* * u'k,"v on our urawn. >ve ua?c, weiuv.., ? ? Roll today, 95 clubs with a total .known membership of 6,245, the pres ent Administration having admitted durflig its two years of service, 35 or ganizations, thereby increasing the individual membership by a little over 1,200. It is with great pleasure, that we welcome, this evening, to their first Federation Convention, the represen tatives of the following newly acquir ed organizations of co-workers: Bennettsville, Tuesday Study ujuo; Bishopville, Civic League; Chester, Wednesday Domestic Science Club; Gaffney, Sorosis; Greenwood, Hospi tal Association, "G. F. C." Club, Study Club; Indiantown, Mother's Club; Orangeburg, Domestic Science Club; Rock Hill, Castalian Club; St. Mat thews, D. B. Johnson Chap. Winthrop Daughters; Winnsboro, Civic League. Free Scholarships The Convention of 1911 raised an amount sufficient to continue the 1910 Scholarships at Winthrop, be sides endowing a second one. These Scholarships are held by Miss Men denhall of Greenville, (who won the first scholarship), and miss tanas, ui Sumter, winner of the Scholarship ol 1911. The Scholarship at the College for Women at Columbia and Coker College, Hartsville have been won by Miss Duffie of Sumter, and Miss How ell of Florence, respectively. All these students aVe doing earnest work, and it is sincerely hoped, that the pres ent Convention will not only raise Tunds sufficient to continue our two Winthrop Scholarships, but that this and each future Annual meeting, may add others, to the list at the dispos al of our Educational Department. If our Clubwomen could but read the appealing letters, which come to your Chairman on Education as well as | your President, from ambitious,wor thy girls, yearning to botain the training which will make them inde pendent self-supporting womon?ev ery Club and individual member would gladly aid to increase a fund. Domestic Science The increased interest in Domestic Science, an Art which should appeal most strongly to all women, has been most gratifying, and it should be a source of special interest and pleas ure, to all Clubwomen to find, that among our 12 newly admitted organ izations there are 2 devoted exclusive ly to the Science of Home-making and housekeeping, while our able Chair man of this growing Department will have much to tell you of the excel lent results of the journey of the Clemson - Winthrop Demonstration train, and other splendid activities. dries "Civics" continues to be the watch word of an ever-growing number of Clubwomen, and today claims the ex clusive attention of 26 federated clubs in South Carolina while among the 32 Literary; 18 Educational; 7 Library; k music, and 7 remaining miscella neous clubs, there is scarcely one which does not in some measure or at some time, during the Club Year, en gage or aid in some work for munici pal betterment. As has been noted above, the Study of Literature and literary activity, still claims the devotion of the great est number of our federated organiza tions, and this is but natural. The literary club was the mother of the modern Woman's Club. It would be well for this Conven tion to consider earnestly and seri ously, plans of work for their Depart ments of Literary Extension, Health. Music and Art and Handicraft. , Legislative Committee Too much praise cannot be accord ed the faithful and efficient work of the legislative committee and we must all rejoice that, one bill in which Clubwomen were most vitally inter ested is now a law, and that bence .r"rrg(t^i . Visanska ing President forth the child malefactor will be given a chance in the juvenile court, and not dealt with by the methods employed, when adult and hardened criminals are brought to justice. The hill ma kins? medical insDection in schooU a state law, passed both 'lou ses, was vetoed by the governor and its passage over this veto was defeat ed by only 6 votes. That this bill had the ardent support of all rjght thinking citizens and the medical pro fession, was proven by frank endorse ment of the leading newspapers of the state, by the splendid address cf President Jervey, before the recent convention of the South Carolina Med ical Association, and by the volun tary attendance at this convention of Dr. E. A. Hines of Seneca, secre atry of the above named organiza tion of South Carolina's Physicians. It is to be hoped therefore, that fl.e moral victory, achieved by our women in the winters campaigns, will, in an other year .become an actual one, and that in the future the children of South Carolina may not be need Icssly exposed to communicable and preventable diseases, nor deprived of the opportunity to grow to healthy manhod and womanhod, for the fur therance of political schemes, or the gratification of personal animosities. It was real thanksgiving that all Clubwomen learned that during the recent legislative session, despite the governor's veto, the bill for the ap propriation of $15,000 for the much ueded additional building at the Flor ence Industrial school was passed. Conditions generally at the school are encouraging. Superintendent Em mons reports 58 boys, now under his care, doing good work and bidding fair to become capable men and use iui cuizeus. The chairman of Civil Service Re form still finds much up-hill work falling to her share. Our womei are strangely slow to grasp the signifi cance of this committee's endeavors, and your executive can but urgo tnal our women set aside some portion of their yearly programmes to study the :onditions of our penal elemosynrry tnd correctioal institutions, to learn nore of the economic and pj'itica? conditions under which they live to ac quaint themselves with the ord; lancea regarding health ^nd morality )f the communities of which they an.', iheir childrne are a pa?*t, and thus it themselves to deal more intelli gently with the many civic problem* affecting so keenly the home am family, and which could be readily lajusiea lr mem auu viuvtvuvj, m stead of political pull and personal aggrandisement could become the controlling forces in community, statr tnd national life! Recommendations. The S. C. Federation of Women'* Clubs, to contribute from its treas ury, $25.00 to the General Federa tion's endowment fund. 2. Federated Clubs to endeaveor to fix approximately uniform dates for annual meetings and elections of ( /Peers 3. The S. C. Federation of Women's Clubs to strive to increase annually che number of its scholarships at Winthrop, thus insuring to an over increasing number of South Caro lina women the means of a liberal education and independent livelihood. 4. Work for the medical inspection hill tn h? energetically continued. 5. Chairman of departments and standing committees to communicate frequently with federated clubs, en gaged in special work of said depart ment or committee, and enedavor to organize and bring into Federation membership, all bodies of women sim ilarly interested. Let us gain from this gathering, too, a spirit of devotion and un selfishness; a desire for service, not glory; a yearning to give, rather than a gaietaoin etaoin etaoin aoinn than to gani. Thus and thus only, will the Club woman attain her true mission as upbuilder and reformer. wot lor rewara or rticoiupeuae must she labor. Her's must be the loyalty that falters not; the love that asks little in return, and a faith that never questions, but endures. And, in return, will come, a city beautiful, which she may never see; a better and a higher citizenship which will arise and call her memory blest! Amid civic righteousness will ignorance, disease and sin be eclipsed by enlightenment, healthier bodies, sounder minds and cleaner souls, aud though the present workers will not behold this, others will, who taking up these tasks, will yet enlarge and perfect the plan, saying of South Carolina's Federated Clubwoman of today, as was said of her virtuous r\?AfAtirnA In oor/io nQof "flivP hpf ftf I JJIVIUIJ i/O 1U ?5V0 |/Uui,. VI?< V ? w ? - the fruits of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates!" Respeetfulyl submitted, Sarah B. Visanski. Xew Krheilnle for Kenbonrd. [ No. 33 due 1.19 p. m. Bouthbound. | No. 53 due 4 i 0 p. vti. Hou'btouDd No.41 due 2.5*1 a m. Southbound. Na 32 due C.l?6 p. m. Northbound. No. 52du? 12 r>6 p. m. Northbound. 88 due 2.08 a. no. Northbound. When you go for paint, say Devoe. Yoi will never be disappointed in looks noi quality. For sale at Speed's. You can (jet pure Linseed oil if you will go to Speed's drug store. Hrbednlt for Dae H>k( Km! I way. MornIde train leave* Due Want at 10:30 Evening train leaven Dui- We*t at 4:40. The* train* me?t tbe morulngand evening train on the Hoatbern at Donalde. Paaiengera oan go out trom Due West oi tba evening freight train which leave* Dm Waat *t two o'clock. MRS. STEVE Mr?. Steven B. Ayres Is the wife eighteenth district of New York, and New York Citv. The Value of Edu ing a Natioi [Paper read by Mrs. W. E. Humphries < Women' The following js the paper read be fore The State Federation of Wo I rnen'8 clubs Tuesday evening. II was awarded first prize in the State Lit-, orary contest, and is well worth your ?reful perusal. The Paper If it were possible to count all the void and silver in the United States o-day, we could not say that th<; rhole amount no matter how great, cpresents the wealth of the Union. Wealth consists, not in dollars and tents, but in anything that can be sed in exchange for the various com aiodities that the world's great mar ket offers for sale. We speak of mou sy as wealth because it is the medium of exchange adopted by our country. But if we eliminate what money will buy, we make it worthless. Hence, giving wealth its economic, meaning, that is, anything that is useful to man?his wealth of physical strength ?his health of worldly goods?his wealth of influence?his wealth of ? '"A ?and wp readilv see ttiuiu W V/ivuiv ? .. - . that a nation's wealth consists not only In the amount of money in its coffers, but in the number of men i:nd women who create those ihings which are of far more value- than sil ver or gold. And we cannot by rak ing thought estimate the value of ev en one individual. Each man is worth just what the world will give for him?his value varying in proportion to the usefulness of and demand for the articles he ia able to produce. Some men must be "hewers of wood and drawers of water," while others create great works of art, and stag ii-- ?..1,1 tim wnnrlor of 5Cr U1U t\ui IU mill .. their brain. Each class must bring his offering and in an open market,where th? Law of Supply and Demand de cides the true value, he must, dispose if his products as best he may. And these are they who constitute a na tion's wealth. But there are others, among both rich and poor?who are idlers?con suming day after day wealth they do uot create?depending on some one else for their support?they are the drones, the parasites, a burden to so ciety as well as a source of constant danger. They decrease supply and in crease demand. And these are they who diminish a nation's wealth. This fact the world is fast begin ning to realize, and we find, coming from the ranks of the idle rich, young men, sons of our great money kings, entering the very tread-miils of industry, beginning on the lowest rung of the ladder of their profes sion, with a mere pittance as a wage, toiling slowly along, side by side with the laborers of the very poorest and lowest type?thus fitting tliem aoives to be useful in the economical world, by becoming producers in stead of consumers of wealth. And it is education that is bringing this change of sentiment about. These men studied causes and conditions.and by becoming Informed, saw their great obligation to their fellows, nnd realized that the tendency of idle ness is to raise up a race of puppets ! rather than men fitted to assume the responsibility of the future of their I country. And it is through education alcne that the idler will ever be convened ( from a wealth-destroying to a weulrh jj producing agent. It is due to educa tion that the wonderful advancement J has been made in the great scientific j world?where men are using their - N B. AYR ES ( ] of the new congressman from the resides in Spuyten Duyvll, the Dronx, cation in Develop= n's Wealth. >f GalTncy before ttic Stute Federation of 6 Clubs. wealth of knowledge to help others less fortunate than they. They have given us ways and means whereby great epidemics of small-pox and oth er contagious and infectious diseases 1 that - were once so frequent now so rare, may be avoided. And it is but a stone's throw back to the time when 1 even cities were almost wiped out of ' existence by these pestilences, the cause of which were entirely un- ' known, and no one entertained a hope ' that a remedy would ever be found. 1 But thro' the never tiring efforts of ! our great physicians we have, now, ' anti-toxins for fighting and curing 1 these diseases. And diptheria, yellow ' fever, and others of thl? class, are 1 treated scientifically and cured with- ! out difficulty. ! i From every field of science that the ( mind of man has yet explored, are j brought trophies by the great philan- j vhropists, who toil year in and year | fljt and never tire, searching for still t richer treasures to lay as a free-will offering at the shrine of humanity?in flint / nmlifinns mav he hotter? ' in order to save men and women from the extravagance of ignorance. They warn us to screen our houses against the mosquito and the common house-fly, in order that we may elim inate the dangers of contamination by the bacteria that they bear. They study chemical combinations that we may have pure food, and may know the composition and nutritive va Ill's of the various food-products that we eat. And it is duo to their discoveries and inventions that men have passed the Pure Food Laws, whereby we are k urotectcd against injurious fooui jut c upon the market by dishonest, un- 1 principled dcalers.And to these we arc 1 indebted for the awakening all over 1 ihc country to the value of having our 1 girls study under the guidance of ' p trained hands the Science of Cooking in our schools, where they may be ^ taught how to prepare the ir.ost nu- 1 tritious, attractive meals at the least c possible cost. Thefe they loam thr great laws of economy?of how to N save the flour and meat and other food in the pantries?and how to save their own physical strength by using 1 system in their work?keeping in re- 1 serve the over-plus for the highest privilege of womanhood?that of be ing a competent helpmeet to'her hus band and a successful mother. And not only does Domestic Science teach economy in these things, but in others of far greater importance. For it strikes at the very root of all the trouble and seeks to eradicate every evil resulting from the ignorant waste of the ignorant house-wife. And while it is a great thing to learn economy in a material sense, there is a far greater lesson that its study teaches us?it is, that food has anoth er value besides sustaining life, that of making children what wo wish them to become. The well-nourished, properly fed normal children are easi- ' ly managed and not given 'o violent bursts of passion. While on th i other hand, a bad disposition and an unruly temper does not always ir.< ;.i: that the child is depraved, but in flu average ( case, is traceable to some diseased J condition of the body. We can all vouch for the fact that indigestion makes one pessimistic, over-sensitive, and irritable, unhappy, and cynical, ' and often melancholia claims as its I victims men of fine minds as a result ' | of some physical disorder. The world ' I is full of people suffering from ills ' that had their beginning back in the 1 fitchen. And it has boon shown that ill of this distress and waste of strength can be avoided,but the reme ly lies not in the cure, but in the prevention. Begin with the man when le is yet a child at his mother's breast jy giving him an educated mother,and she will see that he is started in the *ight. direction, and this means more han can be realized. For the habits if babyhood often lasts thro' life. The ibnormal craving for strong drink, or he habit of using morphine or opium niii, in many cases, bo traced back to he ignorant use of soothing-syrups ind other equally harmful drugs by he ignorant mother or nurse in chil lood days. Our great physicians tell ;is that this is true. And it is thro' :heir experiments and discoveries that t\*e arc able to take precautions aginst hese evils, and save our loved ones rom suffering. They have given us the great bless ing of surgery, and have eliminated ;he consciousness of its horrors by :he administration of anaesthesia, rviov toil im the great, value of fresh jir for making the body strong and its resistance of disease great?and of its !?reat value in the cure of tubercu losis and other diseases. And again, in the medical world are altruistic spirits sacrficing their lives, giving of their time and knowledge freely, in Drdcr that men in other walks of life may profit by what they have learned, ind avoid tlffc evils that the body falls lieir to. They tell us what great sac rifice of health and life each year is made at the altar of insanitation, and tell us how to prevent it. And there is no mason why every one may not liave a sanitary home, and rear ^ liealthy family. There are thousands of books written that tell us how. There are articles in every issue of our mag aziness that tell us how.And the daily papers are full of the ways anrl means by which we may all be healthy and happy. It is the uneducated class that arc deaf to the cry of warning from our great reformers. They do not know and cannot understand why thej should observe the laws of sanitat'on, and seek to evade them when they tan, I by concealing the existence of conta gious diseases, when t'.iev have them in their homes. And resent being quarantined when they are discovered. They do not believe that tin conta gious and infectious diseases pecu liar to children should be dreaded. They do not believe that their babies die because of infected milk and im pure food, and refuse to use proper precautions when they are told. Nor do they consider the common drink ing cup an evil.And in their ignorance they help to scatter disease, and en danger the lives of others by theii carelessness and insanitary habits oi living. And it is this class of unedu cated poor that are as a mill-stone around the neck of our government. retarH nrnerfiss. and drag down, in stead of helping onward and upward. From this class come anarchists and nihilists. They kill our presidents,and jther good men, because they want night to be right?and because they ire poor, and hope by foul means tc jain what they are too worthless tc jse fair means to procure. From this :lass come those who burn our build ngs and destroy wealth, because they late the man who succeeds. And this 'orm of destruction is a danger to he very life of our government. And thus the ignorant individual is i menace to all with whom he comes n contact day by day. Sometimes in >ne way, sometimes in another. Oltei. n his idleness the ignorant liusbanc orees the responsibility of supplying J he daily bread and other necessities j >f the family upon the wife. As ch.il Iren are born, and the needs of the arnily increase, each little one, as ;oon as he is old enough to use u >room or thread a needle, must fall in o line and shoulder his part of the esponsibility of the support of the u? nnvor Vnnws sinvthiner savi he daily grind of the mill, or some >thcr form of labor. It is impossible inder the circumstances, for him oi my of ihe other children to stop work o go to school. They grow premature y old without having had a chance U levelop in a normal way. Their minds ire narrowed to the only horizon hey have, the four dingy walls ot heir dirty homes. Their bodies are Iwarfed from lack of nourishing food ind exercise and fresh air, and often vaste away from disease that prey up >n the weak of the race.Their moarls re contaminated by the corruptatmos ihere that they breathe. They acquire he habits of their elders that.have jeen handed down from time ira nemorial. The inqiuity of father to ion?and so on, over and over. Gen jration after generation multiplies he number of homes of this: :Iass. And the increase year by year ' neans more mouths to feed, ami f : W- j ;r workers to supply their needs? j uore idleness and waste and im Ui- j :iency and ignorance and vi.;e. These ; ooorn Inn nnmnliratPil PY'er sUIill i I iUlid OUU1U tvv 0 be corrected. But there was never! 1 problem without some solution.And j he solution of this problem Ciii be j ound, but not by any one l'rom the, >utside. It must be solved by the in-1 lividuals themselves. They can bo i Lssisted however,in an indirect way. ' Vnd this assistance must come in the j orm of education, teaching them first I iow to read, then what to read, and i hen putting literature into their | lands that will point out the sacred j ?f m!in tn tnii.ii?and leave I SLMlftUClV/li \jm. iuu.4 ho rest to them. This method of rc-1 'ormation has never failed yet, and j ivill not fail in this. But there lies in the way of educa tion the great barrier of ignorant prejudice against schools and teach ers. There are families whom we all know living right in our midst and all aver South Carolina, citizens of the United ^States, who elect our presi d< nts and governors and senators and representatives, who can neither read nor write, and refuse to learn. What obligation do they feel as to whether the Governor pardons the criminal or oppresses the innocent? What shame do they feel when the whole country ridicules their chief executive officer when he stoops to encourage mob law and other forms of lawlessness. This class of ignorant men corrupt our pol itics and make it almost impossible for an honest, self-respecting man lo "be elected to office. That the lvmuly for this evil is education is a fact which we all know, but when parents in their ignorance, stupidly r&fuse to allow their children to make use of the opportunities of the public schools which are at their very door, it seems that the time has come for some out SKie pressure iu ut; uiuu^m iu ucm. For there is a sacred obligation upon, every man. And that obligation rests upon you?upon me?and the cry of the innocent children against the slav ery of ignorance calls us on to their rescue. And to answer this call means but one thing?Compulsory Education. South Carolina must have it, or be behind in her duty. The Laws of San itation demand it?the Laws of Econ omy demand it?and the Laws of Christianity demand it. We cannot go into their homes and show them how to be sanitary, and how to be econom ical. This they would resent, and it would probably make them more stub born in their resistance of informa tion. We cannot reach them by any di rect means. But by giving them educa tion they can be led into the right way by seeing for themselves wherein they nre wrong, and by becoming gradual . ;i-J ~ tvArn ly reconcueu lu a. ticauci emu m-u v. refined manner of living. But compulsory education means ex pense of labor and expense of money, and some there are who will he short sighted enough to think it a useless waste from which there will be no returns. But we are not the firsc to advocate it. It has been tried by oth er countries, and by some states :n our own country with success. And what the people spend in compulsory education will represent capital in vested at compound interest to be an inexhaustible source of revenue to the uation. It means exchange of gold foi human lives and human bodies and human minds to make them healthy "and strong, ready to do a man's worh j day by day and care for those little ones intrusted to him, in an intelli gent manner. It means the making of men who will rise to a country's needs and share in the great move ment onward and upward. And out of fV.;0 nlnoo milt nnmo thosp whfl will I/Li 13 V/1UOO tt in vviuv vmvwv >. solve the problems peculiar to their kind, and in helping will become the strong right arm of the Republic?fit to be called sons of our great America. The fight is on, and we are each responsible for the results. Let us en (Continued from Page Two) list and give our united strength to help turn the tide of ignorance by us ing the tactics of education. It will be a glorious victory. It will open the eyes of the blind and direct men to ward the goal of success, and hasten the day of true Democracy. For edu cation is altruistic, and seeks the greatest good to the greatest number. Seeks to make men realize their ob ligation to each other, and their sac red trust?God given?that of being their brother's keeper. It will prove that "It is more blessed to give than to receive?that by giving wnat ?e have to he used in promoting the gen oral good, we are casting bread upon the waters to be returned to us an hundred-fold. Giving, in order to re ceive. Laying up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth cor rupt," and in the end hearing our Master say to us: "Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord." DEATH OF MRS. WAKEFIELD Beloved Wile of Antreville Post tinaster Dies in Augusta Hospital. Mrs. S. J. Wakefield, wife of Postmaster Wakefield of Antreville, died in an Augus ta hospital Friday morning, where she had gone for medical treatment. The body was brought to her home Saturday and interred at First Creek Baptist church Sunday. A concourse of sorrowing friends from all sections of Abbeville and Ander son counties was present at the funeral. Mrs. Wakefield was a woman of many lovable trails and her friends numbered all so fortunate as to enjoy her acquain tance. She leaves, besides her husband, four children?two boys and two girls?of ivhnm Mu> voxncost is 10 years old. FORGING TO FRONT AbbevTlle Motor Car Company Places Several Cars. During the last two weeks the Abbeville Motor Co. lias sold in this county these - wiic.t, nt wwits has line cars, ju.u.u.n purchased a Krit toiuin#r cnr. Sirs. Mc Fall secured an Everett "30," while Mr. J, C. Neville ot Wot Union has engaged an Everett "30." Mr. Win. P. Green, president of the coin" pany, who is a delegate to the State Demo* cratic convention, made the trip to Col u in* hia across the connti v in an Everett "03' tuurieg ear. The ear will be left at the Columbia branch to be delivered to a cus 11 mer, and Mr. Green will return by rail, 31 iss Willie Gilmer Married. Miss Willie Gilmer, one of the best print ers in the country, and a young woman ol whose charms too much cannot be said, inairied last week in Hendersonville, N. 0. The lucky man is Mr. W. N. Harris oi Petersburg, Va. These young people met first in Petersburg where Miss Gilmer was engaged as printer last year. Miss Gilmer was with the Press and Banner for a number of years and has a great host of friends hero. The couple will make their home in Petersburg. EAST END What "M" Sees and Heirs en His , Rounds About the City and Along Route No. 3. Status Of Rural Delivery. On Juno 30th, 1911 the rural delivery ser vice was in operation on 41,056 routes serv ed by 41,559 carries at an annual cost of $37,130,000, During the past year 1911,608 1 routes were established and 31 discontin ' ued making a net increased of 577 routes. | During the fiscal year 1,864 petitions for rural delivery were filed, of which 1,056 were accepted for investigation leaving 190 still pending. The total mileage of ru ral routes in operation June 30th, 1911 was 1.007.772 and the dally travel by carriers was 1,000.277 miles. The average mileage per route being 24.19. Mr. DcGraw is urging that steps bo tak en at once to bring about uniformity in mail boxes both on rural and star routes to meet the demand made by postmasters and rural carriers and for packages that may be carried by Parcels Post, .the same to be placed on rural routes, after a fixed date sufficiently for in the future to avoid hardship to present owners of boxes, but that all boxes erected on new routes and substitutions of old and worn out boxes shall Ije of the improved style, and that the posts for rural boxes shall be of the improved stylo, and that the posts for ru ral boxes shall be uniform in size and painted white like the boxes and patrons name uud number of box shall be painted " ? ill Kln/ilr ein/1 In Klniilr I nf I Ol'O T t uu uuauo m uiui n. unu 111 uiuv^a ivuwi o> xu will be seen from the above that the rural service is now claiming every attention that shall make it most efficient. The Fedekation And Its Doings The "Womans' Federation of Clubs" has come and gone but thejmemoryof so many distinguished fguests still lingers in the hearts and homes of our people. During their stay in our historic old city they were shown every courtesy and at. tention by our people and expressed them selves as being delighted with the city, and especially with her kind and hospitable people. They had a big time and enjoyed every moment of their stay and our peo ple were equally .delighted to do them selves the honor of entertaining most roy ally their distinguished guests. Mrs. M. T. Coleman was elected Presi dent of tie State Federation of Womens' Clubs instead of Mrs. Julius Visanska of Charleston whose time had expired. This was quite an honor conferred upon our town's lady, but withal was discerningly bestowed, Mrs. Coleman is a leading and moving spirit in all movements pertaining to the upbuilding and improvement of our beautiful city and will now put forth great er zeal than ever in the work as president. Commencement times are at hand and our college girls and boys will soon be coming home to the great delight of loved ones and friends; tis a happy time, always" looked forward to with the greatest pleas ure. Mr. Henry Huckabee with his pretty and accomplished daughter, Miss Minnie Lee is in the city visiting relatives and meet ing friends of by gone days. They are the guests of Major and Mrs. Nance during their stay. Mr. Hubkabee is from the town of Norris in Pickens County where he is engaged in the mercantile business. Miss Minnie Lee his daughter, has been teaching, the past season at Ware's Shoals and after close of school is with her father visiting friends all around ere they return home. Mr Huckubce iwas formerly a resident o' LownJesville which city he will also visit having many kinsman there?He marked with pride and pleasure the growth and great prosperity of Abbeville and said if ho had been set down in the city blindfolded, and then the veil lifted he would never have known where ho was, notwithstand ing he has tramped the streets of the city frequently years ago. Mr. Calhoun Cason was quite sick a few days of last week but is at his duties iu the office. Ex Postmaster Tolbert filled his place during his sickness. Miss sarati avails is now in Atlanta to oe treated for appendicitis, the operation was to have been performed last Monday mom ing and her many friends hope and pray that it will be successful and that she may soon return home fully restored. Miss Lila Speer has been spending: some time with relatives at Lebanon. Sharon's School will ^close next Friday, and will have a basket picnic on Saturday following. The public\are cordially invited to joined them with well filled baskets and enjoy the day together. All the schools on route 3 will close next Friday. Mr.Sam Carter .after a most pleasant stay with his sister, Mrs. Adams and fami ly returned to his home in Elberton iast Saturday. Mr. Carter has many friends in Abbeville who are always glad to see him. Mrs. E. A. Gilbert has almost entirely recovered from her fall some time ago and JS now U.UIU 1.0 WtllK Willi L1IU U9K Ul urn. crutches. Iler many friends rejoice with her iu her recovery. The road drags are laid aside for the present and the plow is taking their place as the farmers are greatly behiud in their work. Splendid stands of both cotton and corn are reported. Grain looks well and the farmers are hustling between showers. Mr George .Beekings of Chattanooga Tenn., and contractor for Abbeville's new postoflice is in the city looking over the ground and formulating plans etc. and work will begin in about a month. To-Nitrlit at the Theatre. The eighteen million dollar fire of the Equitable building of New York which re cently occured will aguin be seen to-night in all its terrific destruction. The bio graph caught the picture and to-night it will be reproduced in Abbeville. The funeral of Gen. Frederic Dent Grant, late of the U. S. Army will also be shown. Friday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock pictures will be shown especially for the children. Mrs. Albert Gibert of Willington, was . shopping in town yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. John Kerr of Cedar Springs, were in the city yesterday on a shopping tour. Why suffer with corns when Russian corn cure only costs 10c per )?ottle at Speed's V