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The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, 8. C. Published Every Wednesday by The Press and Banner Company W. W. Bradley, W. S. Bradley, President. Vice-President W. T. Walker, - Secretary and Manager Wednesday, No v. 6. 1912 The shop-early crusade is already on. Now that the elections are over let's get to work for good roads. Our idea of ^political Hamburger steak is the Bull Moose platform. The war against Turkey has re moved the dust from many an ency ciopeuia. It will soon be time for.the news papers to tell the fanners how much cotton to plant. Now is the time for the party to come to the aid of all good men who fit, bled and died for the cause. We are not for Turkey in the pres ent war. How this will affect the outcome remains to be seefi. - . One visitor to the State Fair says that Columbia's "square" meals con sist mainiy 01 rounu sausage. Keep your eye on the papers for the date of the good roads rally to be held in Abbeville. Now that 'simmon beer will soon be brewed maybe they will have something besides buttermilk to drink in Greenville. The Atlanta Journal wants to know "Where Shall Georgia Stand?" With both feet in the trough?if she can. If anybody envies Woodrow Wil son the job of satisfying all the good Democrats who are in need of job> we haven't found him. With cotton goin' up, 'sitnmons jrettin' ripe, col lards in the pot, 'tater. 'bein banked, who can have the blues ? By the time this is printed the elec tions will be over lorthisyear, which ought to add to the importance of the celebration of Thanksgiving. \ Battleship week in Charleston will afford South Carolinians an oppor tunity to inspect some of Uncie Sam's Kflflf flnklinn1 owift rFliO SlUV^llplp UVOV ll^lIVKIg VIUIVI * UV WJ/VVWV.? will be well worth seeing, s The McCormick Messenger says the citizens of McCormick will con tribute liberally towards the location of the proposed Baptist hospital in Abbeville. Bully for McCormick. With the Methodist Conference to ' meet soon in Anderson and the Bap tist State Convention meeting in Ab beville the Piedmont should not lack for religion. , Rumor has it that Mr. John K. Aull. court stenographer of the Eighth circuit, will soon become pri vate secretary to Governor Blease. Mr. Aull is one of the most efficient stenographers in the State, and is deservedly popular on the circuit. He is well equipped for his new du ties. NEEDED?A MOSES. In a signed statement in The Daily Piedmont, setting forth his reasons for not supporting the independent candidate for sheriff in Greenville county, Mr. Geo. R. Koester, pub lisher of the Piedmont, says: But, opposition to Independentism with me is so ingrained a,s to be al most a religion. Hampton's saying, that "an Independent is worse than a radical, because he steals the livery - * i i OI lieaveu serve uic ucvu iu imn been one of the articles of nay polit ical creed from childhood. I admit the provocation is great, but through out my life I have observed that the sensible man who yields to the seduc tive argument that "the end justifies the means" usually regrets the out come. Mr. Koester gives voice to the sen timent which has actuated the great mass of South Carolinians since the days of Reconstruction. But signs are not wanting that [any Democrats are becoming more ng to break away from the old itions. jmerly there has been no swifter *r road to political oblivion lependentism. Few men? jreat the seeming provoca. been able to overcome the lposed by a failure to lit of the primary, and, remember, no man irnself to be deceived kan independent has fcome back',' polit thick this year ^ndentism, and ) in Greenville county an independent candidate for sheriff has been placed in the field, not because of want of confidence in thepriiaary which de cided the part^ nomination, but be cause of certain acts of the nominee after the election. m !_J 41. ? 'I'D OUT liunu uus sereins uic iiiusi> flagrant abuse of the pledge taken at the primary that has ever been at tempted in South Carolina, and the pity of it is this action was taken by the faction which had been successful in winning every county office except that of sheriff?the element which should lead the parly and to whom the obligation of the primary should be more sacred because of their sup posed superior intelligence. Then, .too, there are many good men, formerly classing themselves as Democrats, who regarded the pri mary as imposing upon them no obligation to support the party's na tional ticket. The Democratic party in South Carolina is sadly in need of a Moses | to lead it out of the wilderness?a I man who will command the support and confidence of all factions. IMPROVING THE STATE FAIR. The executive committee of the Statie Agricultural and Mechanical Society has appointed a committee to take under advisement a revision of the regulations of the Society, looking to an improvement of the annual display of the State's re sources. We are not informed as to the Iplaus of the committee, but it it Would seem to an onlooker that oneway in which an improvement might be made in the exhibits at the State fair would be the establishment of closer relations between the State society and the associations in charge of the county fairs. A plan worth considering might be the giving of a prizp to the county making the best sboi'ing in-exhibitsat its county fair, a committee from the State society acting as judges. The visits of such a committee to different counties would afford a good opportunity for !a selection of the be?t exhibits for 'display at the State Fair and would i no doubt increase both the number and i excellence of the exhibits to be seeni m Columbia. A closer relation between the coun ty fitf ra aud the State fair is sure t increase the interest in both and will proye of advantage to all concerned PARCELS POST - Bankwell People. Two months from tomorrow Unclt Sana's new parcels post law goes into effect. On that day the mail order houses of the North and West will be gin (to reap the harvest, the seed for which they have.been sowing for a long while. This seed is advertising, and .unless the merchants of the town and .country wake up to the situation many of the them -will tind their bus inesses at a low ebb. . Express rates- are high, hut even so the mail order houses have sola millions of dollars worth of goods to the people of the South, and 'with the new< low postage rate in effect they ?v'Ul'increase tneir- sales many times; After January 1st, 1913, a package 01 merchandise weighing 11 pounds can be sent through the mails for 25 cents, making it very convenient for people living on R. F. D. and ? Star mail routes to order goods from Chicago or New York and have them delivered at their doors at a very little extra expense. , The writer has -long been opposed to the practice of sending money away from home when - the article needed could be had from the near est merchant. -But it is not entirely the I purchaser's fault. Much of the blame rests with the merchant He fails! to advertise his wares, while, on the bther hand, the mail order houses flood the mails with catalogues and letters and buy space in the newspa pers: that reach the people of the towns and country. What is more.nat ural! for a housekeeper,, when ''She seeBia needed article in one of these catalogues, than .to order it sent by mail or express or freight? True, this method is very .unsatisfactory f in many instances aud sometimes the article costs more than if it had been bought from the home merchant, but perhaps the buyer did not know he carried it in stock because of his failure to advertise it in the home pa per. I : Not long ago a young married wo man: living in this county ordered a pair i of shoes from a New York con cern. When they came they did not fit. She finally traded them with a home merchant, felling them for 30 per cent less than they cost her, not including transportation charges, and hnnoht rhp aamo nhno In a ol?4 that fit, fbr 8 per cent lesB than the mail order article cost, transportation charges not included. The mail order houses for handl ing general merchandise will multiply Southward as rapidly as those that line the river front in Jacksonville, Fla.,i for the distribution of liquors. Weeks ago an employe of a transpor tation company said in the presence and ihearing of the . writer that there were 170 such establishments in the Florida metropolis that sent out every day a solid express train of liquors to Savannah,- where the cars were distributed to Georgia and South Carolina territory. The mail order houses will abound In every city in the South. Their ground floors will cover acres and they will reach sky scraping height. The country presB is the only pro tector and preserver of the business methods that have obtained in the South to the advantage of buyer and seller for lo these many years. To protect the purchasing public as in dividuals and a generality against the beguiling advances of the far away, adept business seekers the country press should have the aid of the other occupations of its sur rounding territory in keeping as much money in home circulation as possible, for little of that which goes abroad comes back. Don't take our word for the above statements. Ask your postmaster and he will give you supporting, eye opening facta and figures. Let your light so ahine, O. Mr. Her chant, through the columns of your papers, and so help stop the com plete rubbing out of Mason and Dix on's line. 0?0?0?0- -0? 0 ?0-0-0?0?0 0 , * ' 0 0 MENTIONING ABBEVILLE 0 0 0 0?0?0--0?0? 0 >?0?0?0?0?0 Surprised We are surprised indeed to learn from The Abbeville Press and Ban ner that there v;as no buttermilk on exhibition at the Abbeville coun ty fair.?Greenville Piedmont. Tif~ k j 11IUI Ol^ AU A firm in Abbeville had an eight page advertisement in The Abbeville Press and Banner, a weekly newspa per,! last week. A few years ago Ab beville was just the size of Westmin ister and judicious advertising is in a large measure responsible for the great growth. Why don't some of the merchants in Westminister give us a lift in the shape of page advertise ments? It would help us to enlarge the (paper, and advertising is cheaper here than in most towns and cities.? Tugaloo Tribune. Deserve Credit Quite a number of our town people attended the county fair last week at Abbeville. They pronounced it good, and ;those who worked so hard (or its success deserve much credit. The different departments had good ex hibitions.?A. R. Presbyterian. W\l Contribute One of the most important and far reaching matters which will come be forei the Baptist State convention in its meeting in Abbeville in December, will*be that'of establishing a hospital or sanitarium. The indications are that! the institution will be established forwith. Abbeville will make an ef fort Ito secure this hospital in the event of its establishment. Many citizens hav? expressed their intention of con tributing liberally for the purpose of securing the institution for that city.? McOormick Messenger. Abbeville's Fair ADDeviue.naa a iair lasi ween ana it vfas a good one. Several hundred people from this county attended. As a visitor last Thursday the writer can testify to the crowd attending. One Abbeville citizen who seemed to be well posted said there' werte two thousand three hundred paid admis sions that day. There was certainly a crowd on hand. The exhibits were not t extensive but there were some very creditable ones. The live stock exhibits on Thursday were not as largie as they should have been from a good county like Abbeville. The main' attraction Thursday and Friday was the air-ship. It made two flights both. days. Another Abbeville citizen said the aviator, whose name by the way was Fred DeKor, re ceived about $800 for these four fligHts.. The sight was interesting to ill. All in all it was a very success ful fair. Abbeville is a town of mighty good oeople and a lot of them live in handsome homes.?Greenwood Index. POWERS 'OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE The death of Vice President Sher aan will not interfere with the elec tion next Tuesday nor the meeting of jongreas the first Monday of Decem ber.^ The people do not vote for the president or vice president; they vote :or electors to represent their re spective states and these electors do :he voting. Aside from party obliga tions they are free to vote as they please. They would not violate the constitution if they should scatter ind jvote for several persons. So far as we know, there is no statute bind ing them to vote for this man or that: man. Should a majority of Taft electors be elected next Tuesday they would have the right to name the man for second place when they met in their i respective states in January. There is no power above them. The execu tive committee may by some party regulation claim the right to nomi jnatea vice president, but the electors | are supreme and, if they wigh, may reject the suggestion of the commit tee and elect another man. If the elected candidates to.' both president and vice president should die before the electors meet to cast their votes, they would have the right to select two other men without the intereference of any party machinery. If one of the men elected by the people for either office should com mit a felony or be guilty of conduct wjiich would bring shame and dis grace to the country, the electors 1 would have the right to drop him and elect another man Each state has the right to say how electors shall be chosen, but they have; no authority to say how they shall vote. The following is their duty! as prescribed by the constitu tion:: "The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves. And they shall make a-list of all the per sons voted for and of the number of votes for each, which list they shall ign and certify and transmit sealed to the Beat of the government of the United States, directed to the presi dent 'of the senate." Suppose in the election next Tues day neither candidate should receive a majority of the electors, but that those elected by the Roosevelt and Taft factions should have a majority. It would not violate any law,.nor the constitution, if these electors should hold a conference before January and decide for one candidate or the other, or reject both and vote for new men who were not in the race. Having a majority, their vote would be final and decisive.?Spartanburg Journal. 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Bailey * has been President * _r il. ?n I Ui Lilt: 1I1M1LULIU11 UJJ * these years and has * . 2 associated with him |[ a large experienced J faculty of fourteen jjj instructors. * Last session stu t dents attended this * J school from all over !r * South Carolina and * five other States. * ..... * The dormitories are ? always filled to the * * utmost capacity and $ each year the school JJJ grows in favor with * the people. ICOLONEL F. 1 I PRES5E I EDGEFIELD - S( m * l(i ttrfr *ht journey. When you remedy you haven't got, to get it. If baby takes a remedy in the house? iche, earache or any other ble, BE READY for it by i line of household reme til the doctor comes. Drug Store. > ? n. ty wrug wu. )UT Mules lorses f year when hard work, . bad corn will kill your $7 per $100 on animals s, and $6 per $100 on bug 1 27 head last few days. PHONE US nee & Trust Ce. , j / iD, Secretary. 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Well, you haven't tried MI-O-NA Stomach Tablets or you would not be bothered with stomach trouble today. Perhaps you bought a box and took one or two una men lei tne real sianu, forgotten, iu the cupboard. Make no mistake; if you will take MI-O-NA Stomach Tablets regularly you cau forever end all stomach mis ery and have a stomach as strjng &Dd vigorous and as able to digest the hearti est meal as the best stomach iu Amer ica. If you suffer from Indigestioo, Dys pepsia, Gastritis, Catarrh of the Stom ach, or any Stomach Misery, C. A. Milford & Co. are authorized to refund your money if you are dissatisfied with the results obtained from MI-O N-*. Price 50 cent*. FOR SALE! . 132 9-10 Acres Land in Dia mond Hill Town shin about four lailes from Antreville. One five-room dwelling, two tenant houses; about 80 a ;res in cultivation, a good pasture, plenty of water, Two schools within two miles of this plaie 1 and three churches within three miles. Good orchard. $30 Per Acre. ROBT. S. LINK. An Itching Skin in abo*n the ruont troublepome thine there is. You know it if you've ever had' any kind of skin trouble. But they a'l give way, disappear, every last one rxlnrtnlll onoltr ifohinff KVCIJf JMLUF.jr, ?oj, ,,, eruptive kind of disease of the skiu?when you treat them to a box of HUNT'S CUKE well rubbed in. Nothing like it to make the shin healthy and smooth aud free from sting, or itch or pain. Price is 50 cents a Box and one box is guaranteed to cure any one case or you get your money back. Ask your druggist forHuut's cure. A. B. Richards Medicine Co., Sherman, Texas. SOLD BY THE McMURRAY DRUG CO. ABBEVILLE, 8. C. TRANSFER Brand & SHINGLES I will last 40 years if laid with zinc nails. Ask your dealer or write us I The Transfer Lumber Si Shingle Company I NORTH TONAWANDA, New York ] immmi mm-m HI TiftABTT11'iMffl Aboeville-Greenwood? MUTUAL ASSOCIATION. Property Insured, 12,100,000 February 1st, 1912. WK1TK TO OK CALL, on the nnderHlgnot or IDo Director of your Townshl; Lot any Information 700 mc.y dealre a boat our plan of Insurance. yonr property <!efltru< tlon by TIES, mmii 5E LiGSTSlSfi, a id dost' phfufer 1h?"" *nv infw?n<w crjr. p nv In Ihipi it/-. Dwellings coverpd with metal roofs h re Ir.nured !or-Jo per cent, cheaper tlr?n '? li?-r P'oierty. Remember we are prepared '0 pro*e tr. yoo that ours Is the safest and u!'?apM-i i-iiu- 01 Insurance Know n. J. R. BLAKE, Gen. Agent Abbeville, S. 0. J, FRA5EB LYON, Pre*. it 11^ a tm Auceviiie, r? H. li. Majors, Greenwood .J.T. Mabry CokoHoury W. H. Acfcer Donalds T s El 1 ... Due Wwi W. W. L. Kellt i uobr L'sne I I. A. Keller MrnUhvlile | 1). * W'ardlaw Cedar BpriOg W. W, .,radl->, AbbevlUe I 1 Dr. J. A. A?<lfcm>a AntrevlUe I< a s. Ro fH Lowaile?v1M* L A.O.Grant Magnolia A. H. Kennedy...... i.aifoouri Mills .S P M'.rrali Fordeatn ( ii. 1.-. Kawir W ahiul Grove t ' **. A Nn*hl"s Hodden L >1. li. liiiwiui - . . D.s. Haitiwurf?<>r -Nluety-ftlx |J A. D. Tm. Kii.wrUs ( Ir.. H Tuvlii' Jonepb L.^ke Pliosnlx .1. VV. snillll V'?rn?.p? C .T. II. <"liil08 Uracils i J. W. Lyon Troy i A w. \ouogblo<>a VfiiMi * (i. E. Dora...... Callison t U. K. Dorn ........KirkBeys fc 8. II. Stevens Hr.xjJw J AUlitoVlUe, a C.. Feb. 1. 1U2. ' For Rent. One large well furnished room, second floor, southwest exposure, private bath and hall. Well suited for married couple light house keeping, or four young men. Heated by grate. One closet fitted with shelves and hooks, Dimensions 20x20 ft. Mrs. J.C. Elugh. FOR RENT?A cart or the whole of the warehouse opposite the Southern depot. Price, reasonaDle. tf. . For Sale or Rent?Five room house on Greenville Street. C. Lamar Richey. FOR SALE?25 acres of good farming land within the incorporate limits. Apply to Mm. J. C. Klugh. For Kent. One large store, with plate glass front, on the Square, and next to Court House. One livery stable on good busines treet. Mrs. L* H. Russell. FOR RENT?House and lot, with or without land. Possession given January 1. Apply to L. T. Miller. FOB SiLE ?Twelve .Shares .Peoples Bank Stock. Apply to R. E. Cox. FOR SALE?Will sell my Flanders 20 Automobile. This car is in fine shape and a little beauty. If you are in the market for a car at winter prices come to see it. The price is where you want it. This car is fully equipped. R. G. Game. WANTED?Two rooms for Light housekeeping. Address box 113, Abbeville, S. C. WE OFFER FOB SALE THE FOI LOWiSG HEAL ESTATE 100 Acres known as the Hncbabee 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. 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 of land on poor house road, between city and poor house, within one-third mile of city lim its. This tract can be bought on easy terms. 1 Tract on Public Boad leading from L. R. Wilson to E. L. Bell's about lOf IdO ttClCU Ui UUC 1CVW1 1IU1U, |UUU buildings, good pasture and a good 3 horse farm in cultivation. One of the best places in the coun ty. Price $37.50 an acre. 100 Acres of land within one and one* half mile of Abbeville, at the very low price of $30.00 per acre. 1 Tract of Land, 146 acres on the pub lic road near J. J. Botts. Good 3 room house, price $16 an acre. 1 Tract of 100 Acres on Little Blrer. Good house, good two horse farm in cultivation, adjoining lands of R. A. Crawford, Bowman, 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 acre. ' . 68 Acres of land one and one half mile from Court House, on Abbe ville to Mt. Carmel road. On this tract there is a splendid six room dwelling, large new barn, 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- N its. Can be bought for one third cash, balance on long terms. 109 Acres 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. This tract can be bought for $25 per acre. This would be a fine investment for some good farmer. Tliis 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 per acre. Will possibly pay 16 per cent on money renting it Another good one of 207 acres fonr miles from Mt Carmel, adjoining the Cable lands. The Cable lands are held for something like $25 per acre. We can sell you' this 207 acres for $10 per acre. Bank Stock, Cotton Mill Stock and any other kind of stock cannot be compared to investment in real estate judiciously bought. A man could close his "feyes and purchase any of the above tracts and make good money both as a renting proposition and the increased val ue which is going on day by day. 57 1-2 Acres of land near M. B. Clink scales' X roads, at $zy.5u per acre. While we do not know anything of the land this price sounds cfheap for land around Due West. This world has no more land now than day it was created, but min- _ ute by minute, day by day, thous ands are being born into the world. Land is getting higher and higher year by year. If, you are wise you will buy a piece of dirt. Our best business men are the largest land owners. They know it, the best investment above all others. If you have real estate to SELL place it with us. We have fifty inquiriea for land where you have none,but keep this in mind that the day of miracles is past and we cannot get two prices for your land, but we can get what it is tyorth, and do not claim that we can get more. Abbeville Ins. & Trust Co. J. E. 3IcDavid, Sect cmmmmmmtm?mnamma?mmm?mmnmaMMmmmmmmmmmmmm Catarrh Sufferers Astonished Booth's HYOMEI, the Soothing, Healing, Germ Destroying Air Gives Instant Relief. If you already owu a HYOMEI uard lubber inhaler you can get a bot :le of HYOMEI for only 50c. Tbe jomplete outfit, which includes inhal er, is SI 00, and is sold by C. A. Milford & Co. ou money back plan. With every hottle of Hi'OMEI jomes a Hmall booklet. This book .ells how easy and simple it is to kill Catarrh germ* and end Catarrh by list breathing into the lung* over the Jatarrb infected membrane the pow erful yet pl asaut antiseptic air of Eu calyptus from tbe inlauil forests of \nstralia. 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