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The Abbeville Press and Banner 1 . u V:*'^ $2.00 A YEAK ' ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1912. ESTABLISHED 1844 $1 v .-vit. ' ..... ..V" GOOD ROADS MEETIN IN ABBEVILLE Thursday evening. November 21, a good roads meetine will be held in Abbeville, under the auspicts of the Chamber of Commerce. Prominent cit izens from various sections of the country who are interested in the subject of good roads are expccted to be present. Several gentlemen interested in the good roads movement met last Wednesday in the office of Dr. Neuf fer and discussed plans for holding the meeting. Dr. Gambrell was elect ed chairman and Mr. J. E. McDavid secretary. Committees wore apyu.i ed to arrange the details for this n.eeting. It was decided to hold the meeting Thursday evening, Nov. ?l, and to in vite Hon. E. J. Watson, Commissioner of Agriculture, Commerce and Indus tries and Mr. R. C. Hood, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Greens boro, N. C. Mr. Hood is a good roads PEELS POST JANUARY FIRST! The Rural Carriers Will Need Vehicles. CONVENIENCE TO PEOPLE IN COUNTRY. Merchants Should Be Quick to iuhc /\u y ailirt^c ui oj .1 i^ui? Eleven Pounds Maximum. Parcels Post will be inaugurated Janu ary 1,1913. This will mean much to our local merchants, who can then really have a mail order business at home. Parcels weighing 11 pounds or less can be seen by the mail man. The rural carrier will col lect parcels arriving for them. The house wife in the country can telephone to the store for a dress pattern, a hat, or any of the thousand and one things that are needed In the home, and at a very email | cost, have it sent to her by the carrier on his next trip. The rates will be very low, and the use of the parcels post will become more and more common. It will revolu tionize the express business, and while the express companies will doubtloss cut their rates to those of the Government, yet to anyone in the country the parcels post will be of more benefit, because of the fact that their parcels will be delivered to them instead of having to come to town for them. The new arrangement will necessarily do away with the use of motor cycles as well as buggies by the rural carrier, for the parcels to be carried will be of such a nature that many times they cannot be loaded on to eitner class or venicie. ine carriers will probably be compelled to use two horses and a light wagon. However' with the advance in salary made them this year, and the probability of a still further advance in tlie near future, they will in the long run be benefitted. This furnishes an opening for an up-to the-mipute merchant and our carriage manufacturers should also be ready to supply the demand for vehicles. NEEDED-A MISSIONARY OF SOIL y A Man With the Missionary Spirit in Every County, Says Barrett, To Solve "Kural Problem.'! To the Officers and Members of the Farmers' Union: I have always been in favor of mis-, sionaries. The kind that the farmer now needs most is the man, just one man, with the missionary spirit in each county, who will stud} the problems of the farmer and bring to their solution the same zeal and fervor of the man or the woman who travels to distant lands to convert the heathen. The farmer is the greatest, the most priceless asset of America. 1-J i o nrnKln m c o m fVin r\rnKlntv?c> r\ f mo aic 111c ui the nation. They cannot be settled by lecturers or enthusiasts in convention halls, however kind intentioned or devoted these gentlemen may be. They must be solved by the man who lives with the farmer the year round, who sees him in gladness a:vi sorrow, who can show him how to avoid the pitfalls of the demagogue, and also of his own weakness and here and there, his suspicion and his credulity. Do you think there in one man in your county who will put up with your cussedness, as well as your 110 bilty?for you are a strange mixture of both; do you think there is one man in your county who will develop the courage to tell you the truth, not once but all the time; who will stick to you, even when you show signs of abandoning him? That is the sort of spirit needed to aid the farmers of America, wherever located. The work may not pay much in dol lars and cents. But the man who en lists in the cause may have as his re wara tne consciousness tnat ne is serving generations yet unburn. Charles S. Barrett, Union City, Ga., Nov. 12th, 1912. O?O?O?O?O? 0 ?0?0?0?0?0 0 0 0 CHURCH BAZAAR 0 0 The Ladies of the Working: 0 Society of the Methodist church 0 will hold a Bazaar on the 12th 0 and 13th of December. 0 0?0?0?0?0? 0 ?0?0?0?0?0 G TO BE HELD TOMORROW EVENING enthusiast, having had a practical de monstration of their value in his own community. Having been largely in strumental in the building of good roads in his home county in North Carolina, he is thoroughly familiar with the problem, and is willing and anxious to give every county the bene fit of his knowledge. Upon a recent vis it to Abbeville, he expressed to Mr. J. E. McDavid his willingness to help spread the gospel of good roads, and the meetine on Thursday night is the result of his promise to come to Ab beville at any time and talk upon the subject of good roads. Commissioner Watson has likewise manifested a deep interest in the sub ject of good roads, and the work of his office has placed him in touch with the accomplishments of sections of the State along this line, and his advice should be worth a great deal. The meeting will be held at the Court House at 7:30 in the evening. cnunD puccuidc LUII UrV ullLOIIIItL SHOT BY MULDROW I Auderson, Nov. 1G.?V. B. Cheshire, pub lisher of the Anderson Intelligencer, was shot through the body here today by W. . J. Muldrow, a former magistrate. The af fair grew out of a former fight. Cheshire and his brother, Dick, went to Muldrow's 1 office this morning. Muldrow had bullets ( put through his coat lapel and sleeve. -A bystander, Mullinax, was shot through the forearm as he endeavored to stop Cheshire. Muldrow got his pistol out of his desk drawer and shot Cheshire four times through the body, in the arm, shoulder ] and a flesh wound on the body. The ab- 1 dominal wound was the most serious, but , will not prove fatal, as it was high. An ope- j ration was performed at the Anderson hos. pitttl, and the wounded man is doing well- < ] CONDUCTOR DEADWILER INJURED By Five Tramps Who Were Heating u Ride ou His Freight Train Conductor V. H. Deadwiler, who runs as conductor on a freight train ] between Abbeville and Monroe, was attacked by several tramps near Whit mire Thursday night and received a bad wound on the forehead. The fol lowing account from The State gives 1 che details of the assault and arrest of the tramps: Newberry, Nov. 16.?Pick O'Dell, constable for Magistrate Aughtry at 1 Whitmire, brought two white men, 1 named R. S. Peigler and John Nor- 1 man to jail yesterday, charged with assault and battery upon Conductor ' Deadwiler of freight train No. 21 on the Seaboard Thursday night about midnight, and today he brought three others?John Lindsay, Kinard Wil liams and Jim Gregory?who are said to be also implicated in the affair, which occurred at the coal chute in < .he town of Whitmire. The five men, except Gregory, who lives in Whit nire, were beating their way on the freight train, it is alleged, and when >".he conductor attempted to put them off they attacked him and beat him up, giving him one very serious wound in the forehead with a rock or lump of coal. In spite of the row, the four ho boes, if such they were, insisted on riding on; but a, wire to Clinton had an offlfcer ready] for them when the rain got there arid they were arrested. John LVudsay is said to be from Louis iana and Kinard Williams from Sene ga. They are all young men apparent lj?>**fitween 20 and 30. Th^conductor was badly hurt, but managtXHo get as far as Abbeville be fore he iftft his train. The sheriff of Abbeville Vjred Sheriff Buford to be sure to hold the men, intimating that the wound of?, the conductor might prove serious.; DEATH OF GEORGE C. PERRIX Mr. George p. Perrin, of Union, S. C.. died at his !nst., at the af the youngest sc lome there on the 18th 5 of 62 years. He was l of the late Col. Thos. C. Perrin of this city and has numerous relatives here. Rice, of Union, seven sons an the failure of vice-president ing and Trust known in bank: Mrs. George W went to Union He married a Miss vho survives him with , one daughter. Until is health he was the f the Nicholson Bank ompany and was well ig circles in this State, ite, Sr., a sister of his, Monday to attend the runerai. Demonstr ' The demonstra nal," conducted King: Company, eight housewive thp addition of their kitchens, panv attribute tb stration in large tion a Success. Ion of the "Ranere Eter ist week by the Darcran was quite successful, being made happv by me of these ranges to The Dargan-King Com ir success of the demon .art to advertising. Death! of a Child. Mr. and Mrs. R|S. B. Martin, of Calhoun Falls, have the sympathy of many friends in the death of t^eir little girl, Catherine, aped three years and. 11 months, which oc curred Thursday. Nov. 14, 1912, at the home of the chilcLs parents. Abbeville is jreparing for the Bap tist State con .ention, the greatest event of her civ life since the "speak in" on Secessio Hill in 1860.?Ander son Mail. a Event MEDICAL ASSO. AI GREENWOOD Third District Organization will Meet Tomorrow. INTERESTING TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION TiAadintr l'hvMir.iaiiM Have Place oil Program?Pleasant Time Expected. The doctors of Abbeville are look ing forward with pleasure to the meet ing of the Third District Medical As sociation, which will be held at Green wood tomorrow, Thursday, November 21st, at 11:30 a. m. Mayor Kenneth Baker, of Greenwood, will welcome the visitors on behalf of Greenwood, while a member of the profession will welcome the association on behalf of the Greenwood doctors. Dinner will be served at the Moreland Hotel. The officers of the association are as follows: President, G. A. Neuffer, M. D., Ab beville; Vice-President, R. E. Hughes, M. D., Laurens; Secretary, G. P. Neel, M. D., Greenwood. The programme shows some inter esting topics which will be discussed by the leading physicians of the State, which should be interesting and in structive. It is as follows: Programme 1. Called to order by the President. 2. Reading of Minutes. O DwwAllmAnf aP Mnmhora O. DUlUUiliCUl Ul *uv,iuwviu. 4. Address, Chas. M. Rees, M. D. Charleston, S. C., President South Carolina Medical Association. 5. Address, E. A. Hines, M. D., Sen eca, S. C., Secretary South Carolina Medical Association and Editor of Journal. 6. Syphilis, E. W. Carpenter, M. D., Greenville, S. C. 7. 606, Clarendon W. Barron, M. D., Columbia, S. C. 8. Surgical Aids as Rendered by the Modern Cyetocope, A. B. Knowlton, M. D., Columbia, S. C. 9. Typhoid Vaccine, Clarendon W. Barron, M. D., Columbia, S. C. 10. The Alkaline Treatment of Ty phoid Fever, W. T. Lander, M. D., Wil liamston, S. C. 11. Anti-Typhoid Vaccination as a State and Municipal Duty, F. A. Cow krd, M. D., Columbia, S. C. 12. Present Status of the Treatment 3f Goitre, LeGrand Guerry, M. D., Co lumbia, S. C. 13. The Modern Treatment of In testinal Disorders in Infants, William Weston, M. D., Columbia, S. C. 14. The Evolution of the Doctor, Rnifo r Hng-hps. M. D.. Laurens, S. C. 15. Some Factors in the Early Diag nosis of Tuberculosis, C. F. Williams, M. D., Columbia, S. C. 16. Amoebic Dysentery Cases Cited, r. L. W. Bailey, M. D? Clinton, S. C. 17. Appendicitis, G. P. Neel, M. D., Grreenwood, S. C. 18. Diseases of Lymphoid Ring, W. P. Turner, M. D., Greenwood, S. C. 19. The Value of Cunical Observa tion in Advancing the Science of Medi cine, 0. B. Mayer, M. D., Newberry, S. C. 20. The Eradication of Malaria, G. F. Klugh, M. D., Cross Hill, S. C. 21. Volunteer Papers. 22. New Business. THE CONGRESSMAN VIGILANT The Same to the People Every Year f ? All IS AlHt'Il To the Editor of The State: In your paper of yesterday you spoke of a congressman in Massa chusetts going around thanking the people for supporting him. Wyatt \iken must have given him this ad dce because that is the habit of the bustling congressman from the Third South Carolina. Since the last pri mary he has been all over the dis [rict thanking the people for their support and making enquiries as to what the sentiment is in the district jn various topics, id, as he says, he "eels that it is incumbent upon him :o go all over the district and see as nany of his constitutents as he can n order for mutual understanding nid acquaintanceship. Mr. Aiken ioesn't know the difference between campaign year and any other year, md that is one reason why he ear ned every box in this county at the last primary. "Newberry." Newberry, S. C., Nov. 14. SOUTHERN ENLARGES WORK OF INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT Washington, Nov. 15.?The Southern Railway company will on November L5th enlarge the work of its Land and Industrial Department in the South by opening three new offices to be located at Birmingham, Ala., and Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tenn. These new offices are established in harmony with the policy of the South ern Railway to cover as fully as pos sible the development of the agricul tural and manufacturing and other in terests in its territory. In connection with the opening of these offices the following appointments have been an nounced by the Land and Industrial Department: J. W. Paige, now agent at Bristol, Tenn., to be agent at Chattanooga, Tenn.; R. G. Hanson, Jr., now travel ing immipgration agent in the North, with headquarters at St. Louis, Mo., to be agent at- Bristol, Tenn.; E. P. H. West, agent, Knoxville, Tenn.; J. M. Marsh, agent, Birmingham, Ala.; and W. E. Price, traveling immigration agent to succeed R. G. Hanson, Jr. With the opening of these new of fices the Land and Industrial Depart ment of the Southern Railway will have offices and agents in the South ! at Atlanta and Macon, Ga.; Mobile and Birmingham, Ala.; Chattanooga, Knoxville and Bristol, Tenn.; Colum bus, Miss.rSJolumbia, s. C.; Asheville, and Brevard,* N. C.; and Danville, Va. PROGRESS MADE IN EDUCATION The County Superintendent Has Prepared Report. A REVIEW OF THE YEAR'S WORK. Interesting Statistics About the Schools of Abbeville ? Ad vancement Noted. County Supt. of Education J. Foster Hammond has about completed his annual report of the public schools of Abbeville countv. He will be ready to forward it to State Superintendent of Education Swearingen in a few days. There are 56 school districts in Ab beville county, twenty-seven of which have voted a special levy for school purposes. Five districts voted a levy during the past year. The districts that now have a special levy for school purposes are: Abbeville Special school .... 4 mills Abbeville High school ... 2 1-2 mills Antreville .... 2 mills Donalds ... 3 mills Due "West .... 3 mills Keowee ... 3 mills Lebanon .... mills Sharon ... 4 mills Bethel .... 3 mills Lowndesville ... 4 mills Mt. Carmel , .... 3 mills Willington .... 5 mills McCormick .... 7 mills Buffalo ....5 mills Fonville .... 3 mills Warrenton .... 3 mills Broadmouth .... 2 mills Hagan .... 2 mills Park Creek ... 3 mills Central .... 2 mills Rock Springs .... 2 mills 2 mills PIneville ... Long Cane . Santuc Sunny Slope 2 mills 2 mills 2 mills 2 mills Young's School House 2 mills 1 Besides these districts Rocky River, 1 No. 4, has alsq voted a levy of 2 mills which will be put on next year. It is 1 very likely that other districts will < vote special levies during the incom- '< ing year. ' Some of the figures compiled by Mr. 1 Hammond will prove interesting read- ' ing to those interested in the public ' schools. 1 1 During the year $8,655.80 was paid 1 out to white male teachers and $22,- 1 637.50 to white females. To negro male i teachers $1,797.50 and females $6,026.- * 25. For furniture and appliances $424- i 18 was spent on white schools and 1 $5.00 on negro schools. For fuel and I incidentals the white schools spent 1 $1,597.44 and negroes $153.00. On re pairs the white schools spent $2,104.22 ; and negroes $44.95. On Grounds and j Buildings, white $7,921.09, negroes ] TTl T il *<>>4 9 IK $10.01/. rur i-iiuianca, wunc negroes nothing. Total amount ex pended on white schools $43,794.47; Negroes $8,016.28. The receipts were as follows: From last year $ 7,327.11 Poll Tax 5,290.06. Three Mill school tax 18,600.87. Dog Tax 1,106.28. Dispensary Fund 2,575.-14. Special taxes 11,004.99. High school fund 1,915.00. Term Extension 1,040.30. Library 160.00. County Building Fund 787.50. State Building Fund 787.50. Other sources 12,965.50. TOTAL The report shows that the value of the school buildings belonging to the white people was $/s,z<o.uv, equip ment $7,225.00; Negroes $4,300.00; equipment $526.50. The number of white male teach ers' in the county was 15, females 80, total 95; regro male teachers, 20, fe- 1 males 75, total 95. The number of : white public schools in the county was 66, negro schools 80. The attend- ? ance of the white and colored children 1 presents an interesting fact, and 1 that is that about the same percent- ^ age of white children attend school as r negroes. It must be remembered that the negro population of Abbeville t County is just about double that of the * white population. In the county, in- t eluding towns, there were 1,453 white 1 boys enrolled, average attendance s 1,045: girls (white) enrolled 1,460, a average attendance 1,061. The enroll- r ment of negro boys was 2,659, aver- f age attendance 1,651; girls (negro) s enrolled 2,978, average attendance of ? 1,937. v In the receipts shown above it will t be noted that there are funds received i from the "High School", "Term Ex- v tension," "Library" "County and State I Building' funds. Anyone interested in t any or tnese special iunas can get full informatcion from the phamphlet which Mr. Hammond will be glad to give you containing all the School laws of the State. ? STATE RESTS IX 1LLEX CASE. Completes Its Showing Against Leader of Mountain Clan for Alleged Murder of Judge. Wytheville, Va., Nov. 16.?The State rested its case in the prosecu- 1 tion of Sydna Allen, leader of the mountain clan, for the alleged murder of Judge Alassie at Hillsville. The first defense witnesses were called to disprove any concerted plan by the Aliens to shoot the court officials. Lorimer Recovering. Chicago, Nov. 16.?William Lor imer, former United States senator, is rallying tonipht from the effects of an ?eration for appendicitis perform ed today at the Presbyterian hospital. o-o?o-o-o? 0 ?o?o?o-o?o 0 D. A. R. 0 0 The Andrew Hamilton Chap- 0 ter D. A. R., will meet with 0 Mrs. W. C. Sherard, Wednesday 0 November 20th, at four p. m. 0 Mrs. G. E. Calvert, 0 Cor. Sect. 0 0 0?0?0?0?0? 0 ?0?0?0?0?0 LIFE IN UNCLE SAM'S NAVY Barnwell AiJken Writes Inter esting Letter. THE RESCUE OF THE NOREVM. Target Practice Off Virginia tapes?w ailing ior ejec tion News. U. S. S. Idaho, Sou. Drill Grounds, Off Virginia Capes, November 6, 1912. Dear Daddy: Last week I wrote you about three lines to say that we were on our way to the drill grounds to have our prac tice by day and night but 1 find that I have a good deal more to talk about than target practice. We got to the rendevous and everything was ready for the practice when we received an S. 0. S. wireless distress signal from the ship (steamer) Noruega, saying that she had received damages and asking all stations for assistance. The Idaho, Minnesota and Michigan and the tug Sonoma were dispatched right away to find her as she did not know her position. The weather was rough and there was half a gale blowing and all in all we had a fine time looking i for the ship. We kept in touch with the other ships and then we received a wireless from the Noruega, saying that she had been able to figure out two different positions, so the Cap tain sent a message back and said that he would take a course midway between the two positions and would flash searchlights. Up to this time we had no information as to how the ac cident occurred but as we came near the Noruega, we were able to ask her how she came to be in distress. ii. Beeins inui iuu inuj uega, ?uitu is a medium sized steamer, was rammed by the full rigged ship Glenn Lui, a : 3ailing ship and received a hole.near the starboard or right hand bow and was. taking water in her forward nolris. She reported that she had six 3f the crew of the Glenn Lui on board md that the ships had then drifted , ipart. The Glenn Lui had her two for ward masts carried away and also her ' bowsprit and was supposed to be 1 leaking. The Noruega said that she * bad two steel bulkheads left and a wooden partition that was - being I strengthened and that she expected to ( reach port if the weather abated any, j is her engine was in good condition ind that she was making two knots an lour then going backwards to keep :he pressure of the water from her ( watertight bulkhead. 1 Soon after we received this message, 1 i liight was reported sighted and we ( flashed our searchlights. Three red rockets were fired and the Noruega < rennrteri hv wireless that she could < seo our lights. In about half an hour ( tve came within sight of her. We put Ihe searchlights on her and you could see very plain. A great hole was visible on and be low the water line and she was settled iown by the head to a considerable extent but as long as the bulkheads leld there was very little danger as :he weather was calming down. We itood by for an hour or so and then ;he Revenue Cutter, Onandaga came jp and reported ready to render aid. 4.fter this the Minnesota and the Mich gan came up, being called by our wire ess. The Admiral told the Idaho that lis ship would stand by to render aid )ut the Captain on her said that to lim the law was very plain and that it van the duty of the first ship there to itay there and that the Idaho would emain by the Noruega until the veather moderated or she sank. The Vdmiral evidently didn't like tbls for t here was quite a few code messages i lasihed back and forth. The Onandaga < itood by of course as neither the Ad niral or the Captain of his ship had v tny right to tell him to leave as he ? van from the Treasury department and lot the Navy. The next day, Sunday, Instead of he weather going down, it continued f o get rougher every hour and we all hought that the Noruega would never a >e able to live through the storm, but I he continued to steam backwards t incl owing to the fact that we were I un ning with the sea she made about . ive knots an hour. Ail day Sunday we tood by and watched her as she pitch- 8 d and rolled. Every time her stem 1 vould go down you could see the great 3 lole in her bow and the water rush- 8 ng out of it only to rush in again d vhen her bow went down. It was re- c lorted that she had three ladies on I loa.rd and one man passenger and she 13 van asked permission from the Onan- 1 laga to transfer them. A boat was put over the side and for a long time it t vas lost to sight so great were the 8 vaves, but at last she reached the s 'utter and transferred her people and 1 hen she put back to the steamer and n he same old story went along until r >unday night. The weather began to e >e calmer then. b About ten o'clock Sunday night ? he skipper of the Noruega sent a nessage over saying one of his bulk leads had just given away under the >ressure and thought he would aink vit.hin three hours. Every thing on the ds.ho was made ready to render all >ossible assistance in case she did go lown. However the weather grew calm vilhin half an hour, I guess, and she loinmenced to ride more easily. Mon lay morning was smooth and we stood >y until dark when a wrecking tug rom Norfolk came out. The Onandaga lad passed her a line so to save sal age for the company the Captain re used any assistance from the tug >oat. We left them Monday afternoon ibout dark and he was reported safe nside the Capes. The Michigan and the tug Sonoma vere sent to look for the sailing ship hat was reported down near New In et, N. C., and the tug found her. She \-as turned over to the wrecking tug md at last reports both vessels were in their way to Norfolk or rather iampton Roads. You can be sure that it was an ex iting time on the Idaho when we first CONFERENCE OF ME WILL Anderson, Sfov. 15.?The eyes of South Carolina Methodists in particular and the members of other denominations in gen eral will be turned toward Anderson the later of the present month, because the conference, the governing body of the church in the state, will begin here its annual sessions on the night of the 27th. Anderson Methodists and their friends hovA tyioHa orronrtiihianfa fn fKpnur r\f\nr> HUTU IUW4U U> 1 lull ft) vllivjll UO IA/ vil a \J TW their doors of hospitality to the delegates and each and every one will be made to feel at home. The pleasant social inter course among friends In church work Is one of the attractive features of the Methodist conference In South Carolina. The ministers .mingle together and dis cuss Informally church affairs that are of common interest. Bishop John C. Kilgo will preside and many distinguished bishops and educator?, attend the conferences and their able ad dresses and sermons provide instruction and information for th? ministers and the delegates. Under the rules of the Methodist con ference a minister must change his charge, or church, every four years, and conse quently at the annual conferences there is a general movement among the pastors. Bome are s^nt from smaller churches to larger churches while others are sent from larger churches to others of less Blaze at Lowndesville Pats Ser vice Oat ol Commission in Abbeville. Fire at Lowndesville Monday night which destroyed the store of Mark Speer, ilso burned a pole and the wires used for ;rans.mitting the electric current which jupplies Abbeville with light and,power. As a consequence the city was without , Ights Monday night after 10 o'clock, and :?n Tuesday those industries dependent on ' ;he electric current for power were: at a complete standstill. ( The Press and Banner was considerably ] crippled for lack of power to turn the ( irheels of the linotype machine, necessi- , :atlng the omission of considerable matter | >f news importance, As this is written no definite information i an be secured as to the extent of the t iamage, but the current came on about 1 ] 'clock yesterday. j j 0?0?0?0?0? 0 ?0?0?0?0?0 D 0 } PERSONAL 0 [> 0 o-o?o-o-o? a -0-0- 0?0-0 "Citizen" Josh Ashley, of Anderson, was in Abbeville last Friday, shaking lands with friends and attending to jusiness. Among visitors in town Friday was 3on. Melvin W. Ashley, member-elect )f the House of Representatives. "Mr. Hugh Wilson, of Abbeville, is mother of the remarkable Wilson 'amily."?Anderson Daily Mail. Mr. B. B. Aiken, of the United States >Javy, is on a visit to his father, Hon. Wyatt Aiken. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Davis have re amed to Augusta, after visiting Mrs. Davis' parents, Mr. and Mrs. J,, S. Jtark. Dr. J. W. Wldeman, of Due West, va$ a business visitor to the city Tues lay. Conkey's Stock Remedies are not oods, but medicine?a separate rem idy for each disease?made by the arao people tnat mane uontsey a 'oultry Remedies. Sold on a money d tack guarantee by The McMurray o 5rug Co. I ighted the distressed ship- and saw a he great hole in her, and there were ? ,11 sorts of speculation as to how long J he would stay up. We had ? good leal of work keeping everything se ure and the rough weather gave a . ;reat deal of concern to the Captain, I mt everything is over now and no I ives lost at last reports. j All day Tuesday, yesterday, we had arget practice as the weather and ea were just right and we made fine cores. This is the short range prac ice, none of the ranges being over a aile and a half. Our after 12 inch tur et got out twelve shots and made leven hits and if the plug of one gun ad not stuck for twenty-eight seconds 0 he would have beat the world's rec- u rd for time and short range firing. k ls it is she will probably get the Navy p E" for excellent. Today we have two j. lure runs iu munt uuu mcu nc a hrough until Divisional practice later n. The wireless people have tried to :et hold of some of the press news to nd out about the Election but so far iave failed owing to the number of tevy Orders, being sent :by the Flag hips. We have no mail as yet and I on't know when this will get, off, robably tonight or tomorrow. Hurrah or Wilson any way. I have tried to tell you about the hip wreck as well as I could but as was up all last night with some of tie Umpires, acting as recorder of hots fired I don't feel any too well, 0 o you will have to excuse the looks k f this letter. S( Well, I must close, as I . ;uve to get 3 work on some of the ship's work k nd that can't wait any longer. Much jve to all at home, Auntie, Mama and ei ae Uncles and Aunts. Please kiss the oi labies for me. Your son, tc Barnwell Aiken. fc THODISTS MEET AT ANDERSON , , r j prominence. The changes among the pas* tore are followed with interest by the min isters themselves and their friends and friends of their families. Educational matters and improvements in the yanous denominational colleges la the state also lend additional interest to conference pioceedlngs especially among those who are directly concerned with the management of the institutions. Colum bia college, in Columbia, is a Methodist college maintained by conference for girls, while WofTord at Spartanburg is the male institution. Friends of tbese two institu tions will watch with Interest action on matters that are related to improvements in the educational facilities of the denom ination. Epworth orphanage, another church in* stitution, is located near Columbia. As stated before, changes in pastorates are made at least every four years, though in a few instances, for personal reasons, a change may take place every two years. The Methodists of Abbeville will be grat tifleld at the return of their pastor, the Ray. Mr. Tj?nnn.rri. This ift Mr. Tj?nnnrd'? first year at Abbeville and It Is not likely that a change will be made, as his congre gation holds Mr. Leonard In high esteem both as man and preacher. IDEM MRS. HARDEN ''Sr Died In Abbeville,'.this State, In ibf*$ven Ing of the 12th instant, Mrs. Sophia Helen Harden, relict of the late Honorable Ed ward Jenkins Harden, of Savannah, Geor gia. Mrs. Harden was born at Belfast, in Bryan county, Ga., on the 29th day of Feb ruary, 1820, and was at the time of her de mise ninety-two years, eight months and fourteen days old. She was the daughter of Col. John Jackson Maxwell and his wife Mary Ann (Baker) Maxwell, of Georgia. Her grandfather, Colonel John Baker, of Libartv Conntv In that State, was a soldier Df note during aCd^after the war of the / Revolution, and he stB&tMUgh* esteem of the people of Georgia, so mucn so that one of Its counties is named for tiim. Mrs. Harden was a grand-daughter of William and Constance (Butler) Maxwell, uid great-grand-daughter of James and Vlary (Simmons) Maxwell, who moved from Jouth Carolina to Georgia about the year .752 and settled at Belfast in the then parish of St. Philip, now Bryan county, ;he place where this most estimable lady vas born. Sho TX70a fVin mnfhor f\t flAUAn nhllrfpftn. til of whom, except one, grew up and mar led. She is survived by one daughter md two sons, besides a large number of rrand-chlldren and great-grand children. The daughter is Mrs. Anna M. Maxwell, of IbbevUle, S. C.; ono son is Mr. William larden, Librarian of the Pubiio Library *f Savannah, and the other Is Mr. Edward ?. Harden, of Los Angeles, California. A laughter, now deceased, marridd Mr. J. Lllen Smith, of Abbeville, and he and Ave hildren reside in that place. Since early Childhood Mrs. Harden had een a devoted member of the Presby erian Church, a noble woman, known for iety and her consistent Christian spirit. After an unusually long life, made beau iful by its works of love and unselflsh less, she has gone to meet the Saviour In rhom she confided as in the only hope of uture life of eternal bliss and happiness, ihe was indeed a "mother in Israel," one /hose example it is always safe to follow nd to imitate. 1 The funeral exercises were held Thure lay morning at 11 o'clock at the residenoe f Mr. Amos B. Morse, conducted by Eev. [. W, Pratt, and the Interment was at <ong Cane cemetery. The following acted s pall bearers: Messrs. L. C. Haskell, C. >. Brown, T. G. Perrin, J. Allen 8mith, Jr., oel S. Morse and J. C. Thomson. I AAI I The open season for game came in n the 15th of November. From now ntil March 15th it will be lawful to ill certain kind of game in the State. Tactically all the game to which the iw applies in this section are par ridges and sportsmen are preparing d make things interesting for these irds. Season for Game The seasons for hunting the various inds of game found in this State are s follows: Deer season: September 3 January; partridge and wild tur ov Nnv 1 Kth to March 15th: dove, .ugust 15th to March 1st; woodcock, eptember to February; willett: Nov. ) March; woocl ducks, September to [arch; grackle, October to March. It is unlawful to disturb the nests r eggs of any of this game or to ill any of the above game "out of ?ason." The penalty for violation of le law is ten dollars for each bird illed, caught or pursued with such itent, and twenty-five dollars for ich deer killed, or imprisonment for ne day for each dollar of the fine tat is unpaid. The penalty is not ? exceed $100 fine or imprisonment >r 30 days. . r