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The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, ?.p. Published Every Wednesday by The Press and Banner Company W. W. Bradley, W. B. Bradley, President. Vice-President W. T. Walker. Secretary and Manager Wednesday, Aug. 7, UP12 Abbe ville always ahead. Every booster is a builder. Every little boost has a value of its own. Help yourself by helping your town. Trade in Abbeville, the town of the square deal. v Come to see us, the latch-string is 011 the outside. "Everybody'sdo it"?what? Get ting acquainted. These booster trips are good things ?make it unanimous. Here's howdy-do; glad to meet you. Hope to see you again. Well, anyhow, the Grace trial is over. Every little bit helps. There is no better cotton market in the Piedmont than Abbeville. Abbeville nas adequate warenouse facilities for storing your cotton. All roads lead to Abbeville, but we need to make some of them better. Remember the date for the county fair, Oct. 16,17,18. Everybody come. One swallow does not make a sum-, mer, neither will one boost make a city. Whon !n t^wn vmi will ulwfiv.i) hp welcome at The Press and Banner office. The much-discussed "cool day in August" made its appearance last Sunday. It is as necessary for a community as for an individual to have a fixed purpose. Every dollar you spend outside your own county helps to increase your taxes. Persistency counts for as much in booking as in anything else. Keep up the good work. "What is beer and why?" is the question that has again been asked of the Agricultural department. South Carolina is not represented in Teddy's third party convention, which met in Chicago Monday. Woodrow Wilson will not resign as governor of New Jersey because he would be succeeded by a Repub lican. Abbeville will buy your cotton at the top of the market and sell you goods as cheap as you can get them anywhere. There is enough public spirit among the business men of Abbe ville to make a great city, ali that is needed is concentration and coopera tion. The politician who has nothing of practical benefit to offer the people can always find the race problem to fall back on. They do more to create a race problem than ail other classes of citizens. According to the Wall Street Jour nal there will remain but 1,500,000 bales of spinnable cotton from a crop of 16,000,000 bales last year. What cotton is made this year should bring a good price. Hon. Jasper Talbert was eminently correct when he said that it was the cheapest kind of politics to pretend fear of negro domination in the South on account of the Bristow amendment to the bill providing for direct election of senators. Ought to Paint I ought to have painted last year, but I hated to pay $2.25 a gallon. I've got to paint this year; it'll take a little more paint; I suppose 1 gallon in 10; and a little more work, I suppose 1 day in 10. My job would have cost last year about $52.50; it is going to cost this year $57.75. $5.25 gone. I suppose it'll be the same asrain, if I wait again. What If paint goes-down to $2 a gallon ? $2.50 on the job! I shan't wait; what a fool I was! DEVQE P. B. Speed sella It. FOR QREATEI Abbeville, like Athens of old, will ever occupy a conspicuous place in history, by reason of her great men, living and dead. All that her sons have achieved at the bar, in the pulpit or in the halls of legislation will be cherished as a rich legacy; but in this age of pro gress when cities are building on every hill, the future of Abbeville must be looked to and this future is in the hands of the rank and file of her citizenship. It is the purpose of the business men of Abbeville to cultivate the J closest social and business rela tions with all the people of the county; to make those relations not only courteous, but cordial. There are many prosperous towns in the county and they are well | distributed. The growth of these, toe, contributes to the growth and prosperity of the county, and it is not desired to cripple or retard them. But it is desired that the citizens of these towns and the rural population contributory, make Abbeville their central mar ket, rather than the central towns of surrounding counties. Just as the city of Abbeville ?nd smaller towns grow and develop, just to that extent is the county inviting to home seekers. All investors like a prosperous county and their first insight into the prosperity and desirability of the county is gotten in the county seat. The central market town is the medium through which the resources of the county are advertised to the world, if tKo individual would have a bet-1 ter price for his land, more neigh bors, better schools and better roads, he must link his fortunes with the central market and make j it prominent in the eyes of the in vestor. To speak disparagingly of your county seat, your central market, is to depreciate your own property, remote as the bearing may seem. Now, the people of Abbeville city desire the most cordial busi ness and personal relations with the people of the county beside, and no pains will be spared to ac complish this much desired end. Ahhpville has ud to date mer A GOOD RECORD. Last Thursday evening the news papers of Abbeville were called upon by the business men of Abbeville to prepare and issue special "Booster" editions of their publications in time to go out with their regular editions' of Tuesday and Wednesday. To accomplish this task within the' allotted time and keep up with the regular work of the respective offices appeared at first a task almost be yond accomplishment, but, with, newspaper men boosting is a labor of love, and by dint of hard work they have accomplished a seemingly im possible task. The call for advertising copy met with a generous and ready response on the part oY the merchants and this department of the endeavor wa?, by reason of the cordial cooperation of the business men, made most suc cessful. Owing to the fact that the cuts de scriptive of the town had been loaned to daily papers and there was not sufficient time to get them together, it is impossible to illustrate these editions. Many other imperfections for which lack of time is responsible will, we (eel sure, be overlooked by the public. The papers invite careful attention \to the advertisemt nts in the "Boos ter" editions. They contain mes sages which should appeal to the thriff.v and ar#? fppminp with a SDirit of cordial good will which should meet with a hearty response on the part of their readers. The newspapers of Abbeville are ever ready to promote any move ment for the advancement of their city, and when the business men show the readiness to assist them that they have displayed on this occasion, the labor of such an undertaking is lightened to a great extent. It is believed that much good will result from this movement. If noth ing else is accomplished other than he development of the community spirit, the spirit of get-together, pull together which has accomplished so much for the upbuilding of so many other cities, then the etfort will have been more than worth while. XL tilC UllCUtl^Il VI UIC pers to give as complete a writeup of the sections through which the "Boosters" will pass in a subsequent issue, and, if arrangements can be made, to illustrate these writeup9. To this feature they invite the atten tion of the people in the territory through which the party will travel. A LIVE TOPIC. One good result that is apt to flow from these "Booster" trips is the de voting of more thought to the man- J ner by which we can best improve our highways. No subject is of such Jt-' -?sA:. iftjr J.'-zr * ABBEVILLE. chants in almost every line of retail business, and it can be truthfully asserted that no town in the State offers more reasonable prices. Abbeville is and has always been a good cotton market, and it is the avowed purpose of Mr. J. F. Barn well, president of the cotton "mill here, to pay the best possible price for cotton. It is the purpose of the business men of the town to furnish a good market for all pro ducts of the farm. A good market will help the buyer as well as the seller and in building up the town will contribute to the prosperity of every citizen of the county. By reason of the large cotton mill, and oil mill located in Abbe ville, the best prices can be paid for cotton and seed, and this will be done. If an immediate market is not desired, Abbeville has one of the best warehouses in the State, which is kept bonded. All the banks of the city are liberal in lending money on cotton certifi cates, and they are all strong insti tutions, equal to the demand. Without undertaking to recount, in detail, the opportunities for ad vantageous trade held out by the city of Abbeville, these points we would stress : We want social in tercourse with the people of our ' county ; we want ro sell to you and | j to buy from you ; we want to work i together for the upbuilding of a : greater Abbeville, town and county. Abbeville city is the nearest city of any size to the partially devel oped water power on Savannah l river. This is the greatest water power in the Southern States, and its fullest development which may be at no distant day, must contrib ute first to Abbeville county. There is scarcely a section of the [ county that is not in easy reach of a railroad. Much of our land is i UllbUI aiivi wi ?*\* intelligent and prosperous. We need only to look to our interests at home, instead of contributing to the growth of our neighboring towns to make Abbeville county the best county in the State, and Abbeville city the pride of the county. W. W. ~B. j vital importance to the national pros perity of town and county as this good roads question. Bad roads con stitute one of the greatest burdens of taxation that the people have to bear, though, by reason of its indirectness, not all can be made to see it in this ' light.. More than two thousand years ago] the Roman empire recognized the importance of highways to the devel opment of the Everlasting City, and the roads they built have been an en during monument to their foresight. Yet today, we of the twentieth century, who claim to live in the most progressive period of the world's age, are content to travel upon highways that can in no way approach those of ancient Rome. Our people need awakening along this line, and it is to be hoped that these trips will open up a discussion of this topic which will help towards a practical solution of one of the most important problems confronting the American people today. Catarrh of Stomach Indigestion and Stomach Agony Quickly ?Fnftor If you went to thirty doctors and paid each his fee for a prescription for indigestion or ftomacb misery it is ten chances to one you wouldn't get such a good prescription as thy one from which MI-O-NA stomach tablets are made. How can such a thing be? you nat urally ask. Simply because the man who wrote the prescription from which MI-O-NA tablets are made knows more about istoroach diseases than 96 per cent, of all the physicians in America, and he gets paid for knowing. And when you can get a large box of tablets made from this doctor's pre scription for only 50 cents, are you go ing to continue to suffer? Sold by (J. A. Milford & Co. and druggiBts every where. is the one unfailing scientific dressing which instantly re lieves and permanently cures all hurts, cuts, burns, bruises, sprains and wounds of every kind. Pain leaves at once be cause the air is excluded, and the oil covering acts as artifi cial skin. The quickest, fast est healing oil kuown?Hunt's Lightning Oil. 50c and 25c Bottles I Manufactured only by A. B. Richards Medicine Co., Sherman, Texas. SOLD BY The McMurray Drug Co. Abbeville, S. C. r #?l atuC deluxe M^dr-c6z& -dm 4it?.mmml I know that this store & It takes knowing how My drug store knows hoi and they have the right them with; and you just their beautiful toilet artic I am the New Drug S a job with THE BEST I The MeMurrav ROUND-TRI Atl: AND R '-*}<' Atlanta Manufac August 1 t< SEAB Tickets will be sold at sill sta' in, August i, 2, a, ;>,?), 7, ?,:? nna 12, 1912. Follow ing are the roun est stations: Abbeville $ 4.40 Calhoun Falls 3.9u . Carlisle (i.oo Catawba 7.70 Proportionately low rates fi for rates, sehe<lules and other infr \ \ ANNUAL MOUNTAI EXCTJ AUGUST ... A' Charleston & Westi ,* t r '/ 1 ; r . . . . t Spring and Mounta Carolina, Sout ' Teni For rates, etc., call on ti< e: SCHOOL Tablets In General Schc Speed's D] A. M. HILL & Our Motto: Fresh shipment of G: day. Ring 126 a our Groceries are w Headquarters for Whi ton's Teas, Ferris E Everything Sold Onder A. M. HILL ' , foe ells the best. ito be a good druggist, v to fill your prescriptions, kind of medicines to fill ought to come in and see les. tore Boy. I am glad I got )RUG STORE Drug Company P RATES TO anta ETURN Infers Exnosition ?10,1912 OARD tions in South Carolina on July 30, 10, final limit of all tickets August id-trip rates from some of the larg Chester $ 7.05 Clinton 5.70 Cross Hill 5.30 Greenwood 4.85 mm other stations. Call on agents >rmation. FRED GEISSLER, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Atlanta, Ga. IN AND SEASHORE RSION 14,1912 lfli . . . ern Carolina Railway O . . . in Resorts in North li Carolina and lessee cket agents, or address RNEST WILLIAMS, / General Passenger Agent. Son RrnaHivnv Ancmstn Ga. BOOKS Pencils K >ol Supplies. rug Store. ' i COMPANY THE BEST roceries arriving each | nd be convinced tha+ rhat we claim for them. te House Coffee, Lip lams. an Absolute Guarantee | COMPANY. I WE OFFER FOR SALE THE FOL LOWING REAL ESTATE ICS Acres in Greenwood county with in 1 1-2 miles of McCormick. 100 Acres known as the Huckabee place -in Lowndesville township, near Campbell school house. Can give you a bargain in this place. 48 Acres in Lowndesville Township joining lands of Will Burris and others, 3 room dwelling house and other, out-houses. A nice farm for a bargain. One New 9-Room house, with large lot, near Episcopal church. Close in to Square at a bargain. One 85 Horse Power Eclipse Engine, and 50 horse power boiler in good nnnHltlnn Pan Kd apon fit W _T Crawford's on Abbevilfe-Antre ville road. Price $250. 110 Acres in Warrenton. On this tract there is a good four room dwell ing, within half mile of school house and church. In one of the most thickly settled communities in Abbeville County. 31 Acres land on poor house road, be tween city and poor house, within one-third mile of city limits.This tract can be bought on easy terms. 1 Tract on Public Road leading from L. R. Wilson to E. L. Bell's about 135 acre sof fine level land, good buildings, good pastare and a good 3 horse farm in cultivation. One of the best places In the coun ty. Price $37.50 a nacre. Also 1 New Cottage on North Side of Church street with modern im provements, price $2250.00 100 Acres of land within one and one half mile of Abbeville, at the very low price of $30.00 per acre. l^Tract of Land, 148 acres on the pub road near J. J. Botts, Good 3 room house price $16 an acre. 1 Tract of 109 Acres on J4$e River, Good house, good two horse farm in cultivation adjoining lands of R. A. Crawford, jpowmaff, Ferguson and L. R. Wilson. Price $22 an acre. About 100 Acres adjoining the above tract, very little in cultivation but plenty of fine wood,-timber and good pasture, Price ?13.50 an fjcre. 68 Acres of land one *njl pne iialf mile from Cotirt House, on Aobe ville to Mt. Carmel road. On this tract there is a splendid Bix room dwelling, large new harn, all land is in cultivation.' This would make an ideal country home, giv ing a person all advantages of both town and country. A portion of this-tract lies within City lim its. Can be bought for one third cash, balance on long tefms. 109 Aeres In Diamond Hill township. This tract is in edge of the Nation, where all land is high, land rang ing in price from $25 to $50 per acre. Thi stract can be bought for $20 per acre, mis woum ue u iiu? investment for some good farmer. Here Is an op'?ortunitj for some speco lator to make a good deal. We of fer for sale 525 acres lying one $nd a half miles from Mt. Car mel for the small sum of 9:10.00 per acre. This is a proposition you had better get busy on. This is another fine proposition; 107 acres of land 2 1-2 miles South West from Mt. Carmel at the dirt cheap price of $10.00 pe racre. Will possibly pay 15 per cent on money renting it. Another good one of 207 seres four miles from Mt. Carmel, adjoining the Cable lands. The Cable lands are held for something like $25 fior a/iro Wo pan soil von thi) 207 acres for $10 per acre. How about a farm in a civilized coun try being offered for the insignifi cant sum of ?8 per acre. We can sell you 76 acres of alnd about four miles from Mt. Carmel, on Little river for $8 per acre. Of course you would expect to find a 510,000 mansion on tbls tract, all fenced, etc. You would find none of these but you would find a piece of land that is strong, fertile and well worth twice the price. Bank Stock, Cotton Mill Stock and any other kind of stock cannot bd com pared to investment in real estate judiciously bought. A man could close his eyes and purchase any of the above tracts and make 'good money both as a renting proposi tion and the increased Value which is going on day byday. 57 1-2 Acres of land near M. B. Clink scales X roads, at $27.50 per acre. While we do not know anything of the land this price sounds cheap for land around Due West. This world has no more land now than day It was created, but minute by minute, day by day, thousands of people are being born into the world. Land is getting higher and higher year by year, ir you are \ wise you will buy a piece of dirt. | Our best business men are the largest land owners. They know j It, the beat Investment above all I others. If you hare real etsate to SELL place j It with us. We have fifty inquiries j for land where you have none,but j keep this in mind that the day of! miracles is past and we cannotj get two prices for your land, but we can get what It is worth, and ' do not claim that we can get more j Abbeville Ins. & Trust C?. j J. E. JfcDarld, Sect 6-28-12. The State of South Carolina. ABBEVILLE COUNTY. Probate Court.?Citation for Letters of Ad ministration. By J. F. Miller, E?q.. Judge of Probate. Wberean,T. Lorton Rofoettaon bath made' suit to me, to grHDt blm Letter* of Admlnlr tratlon of the Estste and eU'eots of Mrs. J Lllla Grlmn Robertson, late of Abbeville Comity, deceased, These are therefore, to cite and admonish 1 all aDd singular the kindred and creditor* of tbeaxld Mr?.Lllla Grlflln Roberi?n.dec'd, that j they be and appear before me,'In the Court of! Probate, to he held at Abbeville c. H., on I Thursdxy, the 16th of August, 1912. after pub lication hereof, at 11 o'clock In the forenoon, I to show cause If any they have, why the said , Administration should not be granted. Given under noy hand and seal of iheCourt, I this 1st day of August. In the year/ of our Lord oue thousand nine hun- i dred and twelve, and In the 13Tih year of American Independence. Published on 'he. 7ib and ltth days of An gust, 1912. In the Press mnd Banner and : [>n the Court House door for the time re quired by law. J. F. MILLER, Judge of Probate. Great demand for graduate*. I.et us pre- i pare you for an Inde pendent car?er. We j ( teach every thing in) commercial branchei. j Addreu Spartanburg, I or Anderson, S, C. Right in touch with the Up Country. For Rent. j One large well furnished room, second floor, southwest exposure, private bath and nail. Well suited for married couple light house keeping, or four young men. Heated by grate. One closet/ fitted with shelves and hooks, Dimensions 20x^0 ft. Mrs. J. C. Klugh. FOR KENT?A part or the whole of the warehouse opposite the Southern depot. Price, reasonable. tf. FOR SALE?25 acres of good farming land within the incorporate limits. Apply - - -% TTI.wvJk AJ 0LI"0, d. V. Aiu^u. CANDIDATES Uaited Mintn Meimtt. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the United States Senate, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. Your sup port and influence will be appreciated. N. B. Dial, Laurens, S. C. For I hereby announce myself as a candidate for reelection as member of Congress from the Third district subject to the rules of the Democratic party. Wyatt Aiken. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Congress from the Third District, sub-. ject to the action of the Democratic pri mary election. F. 8. Evans. For Ho one of Representative*. We are authorized to announce Dr. P. B. Car wile as a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. We are authorized to announce J. W. Rampey as a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. We are authorized to announce J. Howard Moore as a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to ac tion of the Democratic Primary. We are authorized to announce J. S. nM D/uut/i rt# uiuuri ius a vo^uiumc iui wc uuun <n Representatives, subject' to action of the Democratic Primary. We are authorized to announce Melvin J. Ashley as a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the action of We are authorized to announce P. 0. J&oblDson, aa a candidate lor the House of Representatives, subject ,t0 action of the Democratic Primary. CJejk f I am a candidate for vJlerk of Court, sub ject to the ruled of .the Democratic prima ries. J. L. Perrln. We are authorised to announce Joeepb L. Johnson as a candidate for Sheriff of Ab beville County, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. We are authorised to announce C. J. Lyon as a candidate for re-election to the office of Sheriff of Abbeville County, sub ject to toe acuou 01 tne pri mary. We are authorized to announce Joseph B. Wilson, a farmer of Sharon neighbor hood, as a candidate for Sheriff of Abbe ville County, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. * County Supervisor. We are authorized to announce George' S. Wilson as a candidate for the office of Supervisor, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. We are authorized to announce Capt G. N. Nickles as candidate for County Supervisor, subject to action of the Dem ocratic Primary. v 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 Pnjnary. ' Auditor. We are authorized to announce Richard Sondley as a candidate for re-election to the Auditor's office, subject to the action of the Democratic Primary." We are hereby authorized to announce J. ?. Jones as a candidate foir Auditor, sub ject to the action of the Democratic pri mary. a r?r coroner. As there are no candidates for the office of Coroner, I hereby announce that I am in the race, subject to the results of the Democratic primary. James Augustus Watkins. ? We are authorized to announce L. B. z Wilson as a candidate for Coroner of Ab beville County, subject to the action of the. Democratic primary. * 1 We are authorized to announce W. L. Darracot as a candidate for the offiee of Coroner, subject to the action of the Demo^ cratic primary. 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 announoe 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 iier, subject to the action of the Demo cratic primary. I hereby announce myself a candidate to the office of Coroner of Abbeville County, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. JR. W. Smith. 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 authorized to announce Ron wick Bradley as a candidate for Superintendent of Education of Abbeville County, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. We are hereby authorized to announce A. F. Calvert as a candidate for the office of County Superintendent of Education, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. 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. We are authorized to announce J. Foster Hammond as a candidate for re-election to the office of Oounty superintendent, ui xm ucation, subject to the action of the Demo cratic primary. I hereby announce myself aa a candi date for the office of County Superintend-, ent of Education, subject to the action ofl the Democratic primary. C. E. William-] sou. r Sub-Wupervi?or. We are authorized to announce E. S. McCombs as a candidate for Sub-Supervis or, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. We are authorized to announce W. T. Magill as a candidate for Sub-Supervisor, subject to the rules of the Demobratic party. I hereby announce myself a candidate | for Sub-supervisor of Abbeville County, 1 subject to the rulec of the Democratic I primary election. Eight years experience as Township Supervisor. B.A. Wilson. We are authorized to announc# G. W. Calvert a candidate for re-election for Sub Supervisor of Abbeville County, subject to J the action of the Democratic primary. For Treasurer We are authorized to announce J. J Bradley as a candidate for reelection 1 the office of County Treasurer, subject 1 the action of the Democratic primary. We are authorized to announce W. Sherrard as a candidate for Treasurer < Abbeville County, subject to the action < the Democratic primary. We are hereby authorized to announcel R. C. Wilson as a candidate for County! Treasurer, subject to the action of thej Democratic primary. Legal Blanks for Sale at the Press and Bauer