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ti Y w. W. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1912. ESTABLISHED 1844 AN ENTHUSI MEETINC FAIf Plans Laid to Make Fall Committees Announced to Begin Soon?M The meeting: of the Board of Directors of the County Fair Association, which was held in the office of the president, Dr.C. 0. Garabrell, last Thursday afternoon while not largely attended made tip in en thusiasm what it lacked in numbers, Those present were thoroughly imbued ?ti-u al- nnfluntr nnrlnnP Willi Mltf PUI'IASSO IA? IVMIV UVV1U1Q that'would'promote the interest of the Fair to be held this fall and make it the best in the history of the organization. An attractive premium list, which will afford sufficient inducement Tor exhibitors, will be offered. The premium list will be prepared by the various committees, each committee having| in hand that portion of the programme relating to the department of which it has chargo, the whole to be submitted to the Board of Director's for ratification. The committee having in charge the work of securing the premiums consists of Messrs. J. D. Stark. Wade Cothran and W. A. Calvert. This committee will soon be gin an active canvass for premiums, and their efforts will no doubt meet with a ready response on the part of everyone. President Gambrell announced appoint ments for the heads of departments as follows, the chairmen.to select their own assistants: Department of Swine?R. S. McComb. Department of Racing?"NV. H. McFall. Department of Cattle?\V. A. Stevenson. Department of Poultry?J. F. Bradley. Department of Horses?J. S. Stark. Department of. Agriculture?W. T. Ma gill. CHARLESTON MAYOR AND GRAFT CHARGES Grace Says He Will Prove State ments. # "LIAR AND COWARD," SAYS BLEASE A Warm Session ol Dispensary Investigation Expected In Columbia. Governor Blease was asked today what hp thought of the charges made by Mayor Grace, of Charleston, recently and repeated by him yesterday, that "graft" had been received at the governor's office, and of Mayor Grace's expresed willingness to ap pear before dispensary* affairs investigat ing committee and "prove" these charges, and the chief executive madethelstatement that he considered a man that would make such a statement a coward, and he applied 4... LJ 4.1.~ IIaI. <\m4- '? TUa LO fliui tut; euvi 1/ auu nuiu. jliiu governor further described the recent sit uation in connection with the Grace charges as a pre-campaign blow at his can didacy. Sensational devolpmentsand sensational testimony arc expected when the legisla tive committee, investigating the affairs of the late State dispensary, the governor, the attorney general and other persons connected therewith, convenes in this city early next week, and Mayor John P. Grace of Charleston is to be the principal witness. He lias said he will appear be fore the committee and tell what he knows of the charsres made hv hiin rwent.lv that the governor's office had been receiving "graft" from blind tigers in Charleston. The committee will probably sit Tuesday. Tom Felder, the Atlanta attorney of great fame in South Crrolina, will also likely be a witness before the committee at an early date and If he does not care tu come to Columbia it is probable that the committee will sit in some Georgia city and there hear testimony from him. Gkace Repeats Charges. In answering the question whether or not' he would appear before the committee if summoned, Mayor Grace yesterday in Charleston made the following statement: "I have made the statement regarding the graft conditions in Charleston, and I have no desire to avoid responsibility for anything I have said. 1 am ready to sus tain the statement". "If I subpoenaed. I will tell the grounds on which the statement was based, and I am sure that those who hear me will agree witn jne in tne conclusions wmcti I liave reached. I can prove that graft exists in Charleston, and I will say, as I have stated on several previous occasions, that I can trace the graft to the governor's office at Columbia." The facts behind this statement by Mayor Grace are these: Not many weeks ago Common Sense, a paper published in Charleston and known as the organ of Mayor Grt.ce and nis po litical faction, published an editorial in which it was stated that "graft" had been coming from the blind tigers in Charleston. In the next issue of the paper itwasstated that the "graft" was coming to the office of the governor. It was also stated that B. H. Stothart, chief of the constabulary, was the |>erson who brought the "graft," money to Columbia. The committee plans to summon Stothart as well as Mayor Grace to tell of these charges. Othek Expected Witnesses. The investigating committee now plans to summon Mayor Grace, Attorney T. B. Fel der, Chief Constable Stothart,"Hub" Evans, of Newberry, and State Senator W. J. Johnson, of Fairfield county. These last two have testified before the committee al [ASTIC i OF THE { DIRECTORS Show One of the Best? ?Canvass for Premiums ay Get Aeroplane. Amusements?Jas. A. Hill. The president was empowered to appoint a committee of three ladies to have charge of the department of household and fancy work. The announcement of the members of this committee will be made later. The discussion at this meeting was pure ly informal and the work done was mostly of a preliminary nature. The committees having in charge the various departments ?iii i/uuiuit;uvcs ?vur in ucciu uuiiigoi nii/u in a short time. The directors decided to conduct a pub licity campaign later on, which will be cal culated to stirrup enthusiasm. No definite appropriation was made for this purpose, but it was the concensus of opinion that a liberal use of advertising: space should be made to insure the success of the Fair. Mr. W. H. McFall, superintendent of the department of racing, has under considera tion plans for making the racing at the Fair this fall better than usual. He is get I ting in touch with owners of racing stock who will probably have some good ani. mals in this section about the time of the Fair and hopes to make arrangements to bring some speedy ones to Abbeville. As announced last week, Manager Cheat ham has already secured two of the best attractions on the road for the dates on which the Fair will be held, These are "Forty-five Minutes From Broadway" and "Mutt and Jeff." Altogether the outlook for a "best-ever" Fair is bright indeed. ready, but it is desired to hear them again. I The investigating committee was created I to ascertain the truth and source of cer j tain charges made by Governor Biease in bis annual message to the general assem i bly last year against the members of the i "Ansel" board of investigators, discharged by Governor Biease, and against the gen ; eral and other persons. To allow the com j mittee to get the bottom of these charges I the legislature passed the bill providing 1 for the investigation of the dispensary i officials, the governor, the attorney gen j eral and other persons.? Thus it is seen the committee has the right to go into * a j thorough investigation. To this end every person who knows of any illegal dealings ! in connecton with affairs of the old State dispensary are to be summond by the | committee.?Columbia Record. In the last issue of Common Sense, the ; Charleston weekly in which the charge of graft was first made, appears the follow I iner editorial. In this article the state ; ment is made that Mayor Grace is the re* ; sponsible!author: | "The statement published in these col I urns charging wholesale graft by the con stables, in the 'enforcement' of the Dis I pensary law In Charleston seems to have I stirred up a hornet's nest throughoutthe ! State. The ^further statement that 'we | have traced this graft .practically up to | the Governor himself' lhas met deservedly I with tremendous Interest and has elicited from the Governor a rather caustic, if in deed, irrelevant, denial, coupled with some biting epithets. It will be noted, however, that what theJGovernor says is 'that any- 1 one who stated that he, Blease, had receiv ed graft from Charleston blind tigers was u coward and a liar.' This is not to the 1 point. It is a nonsequitur. Upon it there 1 can be no issue between the Governor and 1 us. If we had competent proof to show J that the Governor did himself, in proper person, 'receive' this graft, our readers 1 may rest assured that we would say it- 1 But we have made no such claim. What ' we have said and can abundantly prove, is , that the constables here in Charleston have 1 received',it. Moreover, we say now, weighing our words well, that not only ' ; have they received it, but that the first thing they did when sent to Charleston ; was to organize a perfect system of graft, that in one first stroke they made a lump collection of a large amount, and that ever since, they have been exacting and collect- < ing, according to the volume of business done, a stated sum at fixed intervals; and that these actions have been coincident j with the comings and goings of [ certain persons and personages i whose movements point with utmost I circumstantiality to our conclusion that the graft is 'traced ^practically to the Gov j ernor himself.' The .known facts of graft I collection are so clear and the conditions ! are so convincing that we have for our I selves reached a moral conviction in the | matter. Upon the same character. of evi ! dence we would under oath find guilty a i person accused of murder. Whether or j not the Investigating Committee will 1 reach a different conclusion from our own ! remains to be seen." I Forgers Caught. I Jno. Garrett and Ben Stewart, twn i negros, attempted last Saturday to recu perate their depleted finances by forging a check on their employer, Mr. W. R. Ellis, but Dr. S. G. Tompson, president of the Peoples bank, did not like the looks of the check and refused to cash it, notifying Sheriff Lyon, after satisfying himself that a forgery had been committed. The Sheriff immeditately gave pursuit and captured the guilty ones several miles from town. < On his way back to town the Sheriff picked | up another coon found carrying a pistol. < news anapsnois Preg5d Of the Week' sendoff by thousands of admirers points In the track, field and water OPENING OF CAM Expected Trouble Did r ? 1 r cv v^rowa irom oevei dance?Order Is dates for Go\ Spi (Special to Press and Banner.) Sumter, June 18.?With citizens of si counties In attendance and with the who State on tiptoe and expecting the warmei campaign In the history of South Carollr In many years, the initial meeting of tl State-wide circus was held here today. The meeting was held on the green ] front of Sumter's new $118,000 court hous the speakers haranging the crowd fro: the portico of the temple of justice. Owing to the fact that many peop from other counties were expected, mo of them decided partizans of either cand date for governor, every precaution h? been taken to insure order, but no clash* of any kind occurred and the meetin passed off quietly. It was expected by some that the ace bidity which has characterized the" can paign so far would find an outcro] ping in. the meeting today, but the tw leading candidates, Ira B. Jones, forra< chief justice, and Cole L. Blease, candidal for re-election, contented themselves wit reading their typed platforms. The were each allotted three-fourths of a hour. Governor Blease was forced to sui pend for several minutes during hi speech on account of a minstrel banc which played furiously while marchin past the court house. The Governor reviewed his record, cil ing the recommendations which he ha made, but which the general assembl had disregarded, as well as the measure which had been passed over his veto. H renewed his declarations of policy mad [n his platform of two years ago and re iterated in his inaugural address. The Governor paid his respscts to th newspapers, charging unfairness, but hi attack was couched in more parliamen lary language than that which have char icterized former attacks on the same line Blease claimed that large sums of mone; were being used to put the office of gover nor into the hands of ring rule and corpo rate interests, but had no proof that Judg< lones was a party to such effort. Jno. IT. Duncan in his speech criticize* :he dispensary commission for resurain* work on the eve of the opening of th< campaign. Judge Ira B. Jones was cordiallj received when his time came to speak though a noticeable feature of th meeting was the absence of cheering for either candidate. Judge Jones recited his platform commenting on the several proposi tions as he went along. He said it was his earnest wish that the cam paign be conducted on a high plane He deprecated the appeals to race prejudice which had been made, anc the arousing of prejudice betweer working men in the mills and work ing men in towns and on the farm "Down with such contemptible poli tics," he declared. "What shamefu demagoguery Blease talks." Judge Jones said that the governoi had spoken of corporation control 01 the governor's office, and yet B. L. Ab ney, cmei counsel xor tne soutnerr railway, was a cousin of Blease anc resided with him in the mansion ir Columbia. "Nobody owns me," saic the speaker dramatically, emphasizing the fact that he was not owned bj corporations or newspapers, but was a man of the people, sprung direci from the working classes. Judgf Jones said nobody had ever giver him anything and that he had paid his way as he went. Referring to the second term prece dent, Judge Jones said that the gover nor himself had disregarded this precedent by opposing Governor An sel in the latter's campaign for re election. THE CANDIDATES. Among those who had announced thei: jandidacy but who failed to specify whei ihe ti me came for filing pledges, are L. IS Connor, of Orangeburg, who had said h< i by American Press Association. epnbtican national convention met In tbe c< ent Taft, ex-Pi^sident Roosevelt and Senai ed tbe aspect of a race war. Many of tbe < re to represent America In tbe sixth Olymj who expect it to dnpllcate the victories of events. THE STATE PAIGN AT SUR IS SOME\ I Not Materialize?Large al Counties in Atten Preserved?Candi rernor Read Set :eches. [would run for governor, and "Hub Evans," Ix who had said he would make the race for le attorney general If he had to make the st race "from behind the bars." I mi. - #^11 1 X- 31*.+ /?# /.ftn/l{/1AfAa ?I1U IU1IUW1LI# IO LUC not VI wmiuuowo who have complied with the requirements and filed their pledges: Governor?Ira B. Jones, Cole L. Blease, J. T. Duncan. Lieutenant Governor?C. A. Smith. Secretary of State?R. M. McCown. Comptroller General?A. W.Jones. Attorney General?J. R. Earle, Barney B. Evans, Thos. H. Peeples, J. Fraser Lyon. State Treasurer ?S. T. Carter, D. W. McLaurin. Superintendent of Education ? Jno. E. Swearingen. Adjutant General?W. W. Moore. Commissioner of Agriculture?E. J. Wat son. Railroad Commissioner?Jno. G. Rich ards, Jr., J. H. Wharton, James Cansler. United States Senate? B. R. Tillman, W. J. Talbert, N. B. Dial. Congress, Third District?Wyatt Aiken, F. S. Evans, M. C. Long. For Solicitor of the Eighth Circuit?R. a. uooper, JiiSq., nas no opposition. SOUTHERN LADS TAKE HIGH RANK Half of Honor Men at Annapo lis From Dixie. The following from a Maryland paper showing the high stand taken at the An napolis Naval academy, will no doubt b gratifiying to many. Mr. Samuel H. Zeigler, Sne of the honor graduates, is a grandson of Maj. M. G. Zeigler, former clerk of court of Abbeville county, and also a grandson of Mr. M. E. Mcintosh, of tho Bordeaux section of this county. "Annapolis, Md., June 6?Half of the ten honor men of the graduating class of the United States naval academy announced yesterday are southerners. The list is neaaea Dy iiaroia ii. saunders of Michigan; Garland Fulton of Mississippi is second; Samuel J. Zeigler of Louisiana, fourth; Clias. H. N. Morris of Alabama, sixth; Russell Milton Pace, Jr., of Alabama ninth." CHANGES IN LOCAL RESIDENCES. A.B. Cheatham has just sold his home on Greenville street to W. H. White. Mr. White will move on July 1. J. H. Parks has just moved here with his family Irom Laurens. He occupies the Lyon home on Greenville street. Mr. Parks has charge of the Southern Cotton oil plant here. Lewis Perrin has moved his home on upper Main street to the vacant lot ad joining and will build a $10,000 home on the old lot. W. E. Johnson has purchased the old home from Mr. Perrin. J. D. Kerr has rolled his house back and will add four rooms to it, making it one of th e handsomest homes in the town. The new Baptist parsonage is nearing completion. The pastor, Kev. Louis Bris tow, expects to move in about July 15. The Seaboard Air Lino railway is put ting in a steel |span over Vienna street, thereby enabling the street to be graded and widened.?Special in The State. Negro Church Flglit. Sheriff Lyon received a hurry call Sun day night from the Flat Rock negro church, where a free-for-all fight was in progress. After investigating the affair he landed in jail Georga Jackson, Sam Padgett and Sam Williams. All these of the arrested men were badly bunged up. >liseum, In Chicago, for the purpose of < ora La Follette and Oammlns were the i raptured rebel negroes were executed foi )lad at Stockholm sailed from New Yort former years. It is probable that Ami ITER CHAT TAME SOME ELECTION FACTS. The primary election will be held in South Carolina on August 27th. A registration certificate is not neces sary to vote in the primary. The regis tration certificate is required for the general election. The requirements to participate in the primary election are: Residence in South Carolina one year) Residence in the county GO days pre ceding the next general election. No person shall be allowed to vote ex cept his name be enrolled on the partic ular club list at which he offers to vote at least five days before the first elec firm Tchfnlt nlnh aholl hovo a aonornfA polling: place for primary elections. BALD EAGLE KILLED NEAR LITTLE MOUNTAIN Great American Bird Shot Pre paring to Swoop on Child. David Green killed Ja bald eagle at his home near Little Mountain on the place >wned by Dr. W. A. Hunter, last week. ; The bird flew by his house in the dlrec- i ion of Troy and in about three hours re- j ;urned from that direction, alighting Id a ;ree near the house. A two!months old \ :hild was lying in a cradle in the yard, j ireen happened to see the bird and got: lis gun and shot it. Placing one foot on I he tip of the eagle's wing the other wing ip extended above the head. The eagle was evidently contemplating naking a meal of the child and could easi y have carried it away in its talons. A wing and foot of the bird are to be een at the Peoples' bank. Both indicate ts enormous size and strength. For Sub-Supervisor. Mr. B. A. Wilson is announced In this S8ue as a candidate for sub-supervisor. Ir. Wilson was for eight years a town hip supervisor and is well known. "Abbeville in 1859.'' We are indebted to Mr. Hugh Wilson )r an addition to his "Abbeville in 1859" rhich lack of space forbids us printing, bis week, It will however, appear some t me in the near future. WHO WILL ' DITRI irAT A X-/ < ji m.* With the Kepublican National Conven or) now in session and preparing to enter pon the work of nominating their ticket, le outcome seems shrouded in doubt, loth the Taft and Roosevelt forces claim jftlcient votes to insure the nomination t their favorite. During the greater part f la6t week the national executive com littee has been engaged In hearing con 3sts among delegates. The result of fieir deliberations has been to seat practi ally all of the contested delegates for 'aft, having given to him 235, while for toosevelt only 19 have been seated. One significant fact which shows that tie Roosevelt people are somewhat un asy as to the outcome Is the fact that Mr. :oosevelt himself has gone to Chicago nd taken active charge of the campaign 1 his own behalf. rr*' UJ?U 11 1110 LHllUMiess yyuiuii jiuo an aiuu& viiiui- ^ cterized the campaign has been accentu- , ted by the action of the national commit- ( 36. The Roosevelt forces have been cry og robbery and have seriously threatened ( bolt in the event that the convention ' bould uphold the decisions of the oxecu ve committee. Charges of bribery have also been made y both sides. 1 The corps of newspaper writers at the con- A entlon, embracing many men of the high- ) 3t distinction in the profession, seems j opelessly at sea with regard to the out- ? >me. Almost anything seems liable to t iko place. f The only people who are apparently 1 iking the situation with any degree of 1 juanimlty are the Cummins and LaFol- 1 itte delegates, who will in all probability 1 choosing a nominee for the presidency, rival candidates. The rebellion In Cuba attacking white women. The athletes c. The team was given an enthusiastic jrlca will capture three-fourths of SPLENDID SHOW NEXT MONDAY. Pamahasika Will Appear With Trained Birds, Dogs and Pony, June 24. Manager Cheatham received yesterday an acceptance of his offer for an engage ment of Pamahasika, the performance to be held at the theatre Monday, .Tune 24, matinee at night. This is rated as one of the very best numbers of the Alkahest Lyceum course and will be sure to please the children and grownups. Mr. Brlstow, who saw Prof. Pamahasika at the Elberton Chautauqua two weeks ago, says of this attraction: "Prof. Pamahasika's 'pets' are well worth seeing. These birds, dogs and pony are jail tunusually well trained, andtheifper formances are really wonderful. Prof. J Pamahasika has about two dozen canaries which do a number of truly remarka ble feats, riding a minature merry-go round, rolling a small barrel, swinging each other in rings, and the like. About a dozen white Australian cockatoos, belong Ing to the; parrot iamny, ana many ui which talk, fight a fire, ringinging the fire gong, putting up a ladder and pouring buckets of water on the blaze; they push a wheelbarrow, pull a cart, fire a tiny can non, and do other clever tricks. "Half a dozen purple birds belonging to the same general family also perform well. A very small pony will;win the fa vor of every boy in the house, and the . large number of dogs will captivate every- ( one who witnesses their'stunts.' Besides, , Prof. Pamahasika is a dignified, courteous, ( polished geDtleman; and his talks to the ( young people added to * the work of his 'pets'is of great educational value and moral worth.'This attraction is very . valuable." . In'order that all may have anopportuni ty to witness this good attraction Manager j Cheatham has decided to put on a matinee ,{ and to reduce the price to 15 and 25 cents. ) Mrs. Robinson Worse. Mrs. T. L. Robinson, who returned to Columbia recently for medical treatment, accompanied by her little four-year-old son, is not doing so well, her condition re quiring the attention of a special nurse. Both Mrs. Eobinson and her son are suff ering from pellagra. The little boy is appearantly on the road to recovery, but the mother's condition is quite serious. Sunday School Picnic. c The Sunday Sc hool of the A. E. P. Church 11 enjoyed a delightful picnic yesterday at Roach's spring, several miles from town on the Southern railway. rHE RE- 1 iS CHOOSE?; C' hold the balance of power when the time f iomes to nominate. While it seems Drob- h able that these votes would go to Roose velt after the first ballott, and while over tures have been made to them to join the Colonel's forces, no statement has come from either thd Cummins or LaFollette forces, and their probable action is based solely upon the assumption that they pre fer to vote for progressive Roosevelt rather than reactionary Taft. The strength of the Taft forces appears to .consist to a groat extent of the south arn delegates which have been accorded a place In the convention by the action of the national committee. The Roosevelt forces are now claiming the deflection of sven some of theso delegates to their ;ause. Should this claim prove true, the Colonel's chances will assume' a brighter ispect, as he goes into the convention tvith a strength of 411 instructed and un contested delegates against 201 for Taft. So far Mr. Justice Hughes, of the United States Supreme Court, Is the only "dark lorse" who has been Drominentlv mon Joned as a compromise candidate. Hon. Wm. J. Bryan is at the convention n the capacity of a newspaper reporter. Kmong other well known journalists who ,vill report the convention for different mpor3 are: "William Allen White, of Kan sas, author of the famous editorial "What's ,he Matter With Kansas?" Sam Blythe, a amous "Washington correspondent; Mr. )ooley (Peter F. Dunne); Geo. Ade, the lumorist, and our own Maj. J. C. Hemp lill, who will write for the New York rimes, with which he is now connected. REGULAR MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL Ordinance Regulating Autos Passed. STREET IMPROVEMENT, SEWERME Hog Ordinance Failed of Pas sage?Mr. Anderson Reelect ed?Police Report. The regular meeting of the city council for June was held lastfWednesday night, all members being present. Much business was disposed of during the session of about two hours duration.' Among the matters acted upon were the election of a superintendent of the water and light plant, the authorization of the street committee to proceed as soon as practical with the work of grading a side walk and filling a hollow on Moeely street, the grading of a sidewalk under the Sou thern trestle on the street leading from Fort Pickens, the rejection of an ordinance to permit of keeping hogs within (the cor porate limits under certain restrictions, the extension of the sewerage on Mill street, the passage of an ordinance regu lating the operation of motor vehicles, and other matters. A numerously signed petition was pre sented to council as follows: "That you have filled in the hollow about five feet high at the branch on Moseloy > street between wards 3 and 4, then gradu ally taper off the hill up to and opposite the residence of Mr. W. 8. Cothran's. Then grade off the top of said hill to about 6r in front of Mr. Joe Thornton's resi dence and that you also continue the side walk from the residence of D. A. Schroe der or by the residence of W.8. Cothran and connect same with sidewalk across the branch next to the city on public square." t The petition was referred to the street committee with authority to begin work at the earliest practical date. A petition was presented asking for the extension 01 tne sewerage on Mill street, which was referred to the street commit* tee, with Instructions to investigate and report to a subsequent meeting. The city clerk was Instructed to t&ke up with the superintendent of the Southern railway the matter of grading] a sidewalk under the trestle of the road on!the street leading from Fort Pickens, using a por tion of the right of way of railroad. The election of a superintendent of the. water and light plant, which had been post poned from a former meeting, was dispos ed of by the unanimous reelection of Mr. W. R. Anderson, at a salary of $100 per month. The council adopted an ordinance regu lating the operation of motor-propelled vehicles, to take effect July 1. This ordi nance is modeled upon the law In force In Columbia and other cities, and is intended bo preserve the rights of autolsts as well is pedestrians. It will be found In anoth er column. Council refused to repeal the ordlnanoe prohibiting the keeping of hogs In the cor porate limits. Alderman Syfan Introduc ed an ordinance providing for,the Issuance )f a permit to keep hogs under the follow ing restrictions: None to be kept within 100 yards of the square, within 100 feet of i street or 100 feet of a dwelling and only n an enclosure containing 4,000 square 'eet. The council refused to adopt the >rdinance, and.the hog will remain barred rom Abbeville. The report of Chief Biley for the month >f May showed that there had been 42 ar rets, divided as follows: Disorderly, 18; arceny, ;5; .selling liquor, 3; drunk and lisorderly, 4; visiting disorderly house, 3; :eeplng .disorderly bouse, 1; boarding rains, 3; drunk, 1; fighting 3; vagrancy, . During the month the sum total of Ines collected amounted to $231.78; seven ases were dismissed and one was oontin led. Two prisoners were sent to the gang. STRANGE COIN. tusNian Copper Piece Unearth ed at Due West. Mr. R. S. Ellis, while plowing In one of is fields within the Incorporate limits of )ue West, several years ago, unearthed a opper coin weighingjseveral ounces. Mr. U lis' | father-in-law, Mr. J. G. Loner, ex ibited this coin in Abbeville last Satur ay. It was coined by the Russian gov rnment in 1781. Mr. Loner is In corre pondence with collectors of rare ooins in ae larger cities of the country, and hopes ) receive a good price for his find. lO SPECIAL TERM TO TRY VAUGHN. T. U. Vaugban, who is now in the Green ille county jail being held on the charge f 1 1 - l oucgou lu Lltt*0 UtrtJU CULUUUILMJU UU girl under 14 years of age who waa under is charge as an', inmate of the Odd Fel ?w8 Honie near this city, will not be tried t a special term of court of General See ons. Solicitor Bonham has given an interview ) the press, in which he says that inas much as there is no danger of a breach of ublic peace, he does not see the necessity I asking for a special term. The regular irm of court for Greenville will convene le first Monday in September. "Notice Song Books Free" This paper has received a copy of a book ititled "Old Favorite Songs." It contains fine selection of those old songs which e most loved and the delight of every >me. These books^are being sent out as i advertisement by the A. B. Bichards Co. lerrnan,Texas, and those people desiring copy should send in their name and ad ess to that company promptly. The >ok is a nice one and one that the people ill be glad to get.