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- A $1.50 A YEAH ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1914. ESTABLISHED 1844 Judge It. E. Hill Writes oi Things Long Ago in Abbe ville County. (CONTINUED) I have mentioned Mr. James Shilli to as one among the men of decided character that once lived in Abbeville. He was a tailor by profession, and lived for a great many years before his death in the house in which R. S. Link now lives, on lower Main St. His shop stood just a short distance below his house nearly opposite the house now owned and occupied by Hugh Bowen, which was then owned by a gentleman by the name of Branch. Mr. Shillito was one of the most genial, whole souled men I ever met; a man of fine intelligence and a most entertaining conversationalist. When a boy my father owned and we ' r lived in the house now owned by Mrs. \ Addie Hill, which is nearly opposiet the Shillito home, consequently I saw a good deal of the old gentleman and ii used to do me good to hear him laugh when he would tell a joke, which he could do in an inimitable manner. In his more-youthful days he would occasionally get on a little spruce but on such occasions he invariably stay ed close at home, as infact he gener ally did on all occasions, this being one of his peculiarity. On one of these off occasions this Air. Branch, who was a great church man of the Methodist persuasion, con cluded he would go over and have a talk with Bro. Shillito about the way he was doing. During the conversation Mr. Rranch had occasion to remark that he felt confident that" if he were to die at that moment he would go straight to heaven; to this Mr. Shillito said, "Branch, if I were you dammnd if I didn't go and get somebody to kill me, if I had to hire him to do the job; thus ended the interview. Abbeville In those days had her full complement of bad boys?chief among .\\)iom was Lon Sperrin and Ed Kingsmore. These boys, for some reason took -s-vl/?ae>+ on/1 mnct nrnml U11CII5C at IUC uiuvot UUU UAVMV XT" nent doctor In the placp, Dr. Isaac Branch. So to gratify their spleen, they went to the stable where he kept ihs buggy horse, a fine animal and shav ed every hair off his tail. Of course everybody knew who did it, but it couldn't be proved on them. In anti-bellum times, away back in the fifties, the Abbeville bar could justly lay claim to as fine an aggrega tion of lawyers as could be found in the State. There was Major Armistead Burt, Hon. Thos. C. Perrin, .Col. Jas. M. Perrin, Samuel McGowan, Edward Noble, John H. Wilson, James S. Coth ran, W. A. Lee, and several others I could name, each of whom took high rank among the legal profession. I used to greatly enjoy attending the sessions of our courts in those days, where I never failed not only to learn something worth knowing, but often was highly entertained by list ening to the brilliant Sallies of wit and humor with wnicn some 01 mese men w^re wont to interspersed their speeches. Mayor Burt wa sa fine lawyer, and a most entertaining speaker but the most sarcastic man I ever knew. It was decidedly interesting to hear him cross examine a witness, especi ally if the witness didn't testify to suit him?and it was perefectly with ering the manner in .which he would wave his hand and say to the party, when he had gotten through with him, fcyou can go sir." But tehre was one occasion which I recall, when he met his match, in the person of a woman who was able tc hand him back as good as he sent? "a Roland for his Oliver." It seems that he had reason to sus pect that she would prove to be a formidable witness against his client and he was anxious tc disparage he r testimony before the jury. She was not a woman of first class character, a fact which he him self well knew, but he wanted th< jury to know it also?the fact was sh< had more children than the law al lowed her?in other words those sh< had were illegitimate?something a ' that time, calculated to reflect some what upon a woman's character. The first question which he put t< her was. "Mrs. Jones", (her name wa Betsy Jones), "how many childrei have you? To which she promptl: answered, "three." "Now Mrs. Jone will you please tell us the name o your husband?" "I've got no husband "Eh! grot no husband, why that is ra ther remarkable." By this time Betsy was getting pre! ty "hot in the collar," and lookin daggers at the Major, she said, "Mr Burt how many children have you?" To this he replied, "well really haven't the good fortune to have any, "l'es you have but you darsnt own 'em," which remark tended to discon cert the Major no little. Mr. Burt once said to me, "Hill I would like very much to have you come in my office and study law un der me. I have made some pretty good lawyers out of some very rough material"?rather a left handed com pliment don't you think? When I was comparatively a young man, being fond of a good horse, I generally had one. At the time of which I shall speak, I was not bur dened with a surplus of flesh, which in fact has always been the case with me as far back as I can remember. On this occasion, having what I thought an extra good horse, I rode around in front of Mr. Burt's office and was showing the horse to him. After critically examining the animal tor a wane, ne saia, nm you musi "treat your horse better than you do yourself, for while I notice that your horse is in good condition, I can't say as much for yourself." Sarcasm was such a prominent con stitutent in the make up of Mr. Burt, that he couldn't forego the pleasure of giving expression tp it when occasion offered, even at the risk of offending his best friends. I once heard him make a remark in the court room during court about Mr John H. Wilson, a member of teh bar, rather an old man who didn't do very much in the way of practice. He said "look at Wilson he sits over there anr' looks wise like an owl. He Is au Equity Lawyer." On one occasion I went to him to collect a small account which I had against him for copying some papers on file in the Judge of Probate's of fice, where I was employed as clerk for my father, who was the incumbent al that time. It happened to be in :,dog days." Mr. Burt took the account and looked at it a while when he turned to me and said, "Hill I am surprised at you; dun a man in dog days?dun a man in dog days, why I am perfect ly shocked," and so he went on until I became almost persuaded, that it was perhaps not exactly right to dun a man in dog days?so I left him with out getting my money. Mr. and Mrs. Burt, his wife, were as handsome a couple as I ever saw; both being large and stately and both most dignified bearing,?but what de tracted somewhat from the latter was the fact that she had the appearance of being proud and ahughty?in other words a little too dignified At one time she had an old lady living with her as house-keeper. This old lady was from the Prov ence of Ulster in Ireland, and was nnoupscprt nf a eood deal of that spirit of resentment which is being mani fested by the Protestants of that tcountry at the present time, in pro posing to fight the whole British Gov ernment rather than submit to the law in reference to Home Rule. So it to the best mode of cleaning cut-glass happened that one day as she and Mrs Burt were discussing the matter as the old woman ventured to remark? "well Mrs. Burt, I will tell you how it is done in Ireland??at which Mrs. Burt drew herself up and said, "in Ireland! Why you don't pretend to *uy that they have cut-glass in Ire land?" As quick as a flash the old woman said, "Yes Mrs. Burt they have cut glass in Ireland, and more than that, Mrs. Burt, there are thous ands of people in Ireland who would think themselves as much above you, as yon think yourself above me." and getting her bonnet she walked out of the house. It may have been barely possible that Mrs. Burt knew better and said what she did, merely to tease the old woman. There were two other rather re markable characters^whom I over looked in mentioning the list of men of peculiar characteristics?one of TUJoV. Wilonn anH thp f)th waa XJiijau II imvu er Matthew Owen. While these men did not live im mediately in town they spent a good i deal of their time here. Lyjah, as i everybody called him, was a wagon . maker by trade, and had a shop a short distance from town. As I stated he spent a great deal of his time in i town, -and being fond of strong drink, i he generally imbibed pretty freely in ? it when he was where he could get it. ? He was rather a skinny pld fellow adn what muscles he had in his arras stood out pretty prominently.' ; He had a habit, when drinking of ; rolling up his shirt sleeves, and stretching out his arm, and saying to - the boys about him, "jump on and t ride." He would grit his teeth, swell " up and blow out his breath, making a noise equal to a porpoise. Like Sy 0 las Anderson he was a past master at s swearing. When I first knew him, I 11 was really afraid of him, as I thought - - 1 ? VtATT 11T1 he would as soon eat a umc uu; as not. At that time there was a mar living not far from Hodges.?known as Big John Adams. He was physical ly a powerful man, and being con scious of that fact he seemed to tak< delight in imposing on men not his equal in strength. On one occasion as he was return ing home from town, he had to pass by Lyjah's shop?being in one of hi: mischievous, ugly moods, he got of his horse and went in to the shop where Lyjah was at work and began worrying him in variouB ways, when suddenly Lyjah picked up a piece of spoke timber and struck him a blow on the back of the head, which sent him sprawling to the ground. I heard Adams telling about it af terwards. He said he never for a mo ment suspected that Lyjah would re sent anything and was therefore tak en completely by surprise when he was struck; that when he regaining his senses and got up, he saw Lyjah about a quarter, of a mile down the big road running like a race horse. As proofe of the wonderful physical and vital powers possessed by this roan Adams, it is only necessary to state, which is a fact, that some time after the occurrence which I have lust related, he was shot six times with a 38 callibre Smith & Wesson pitol at close range, by a man by the name of Bill Hughey, who kept a ho tel and barroom in the house after wards known as the Miller hotel oft Washington street, and was not killed. When Adams was drinking he cared for no one, nor what he said nor where it was. On the occasion of the shooting he was taking dinner at Hughey's hotel, and was indulging in very indecent language at the table. Hughey went to him and told him he had to stop it or leave his house. At that Adams be gan cursing him and started to get up, as he did bo, Hughey drew his pis tol and btgan firing and never stop ped until he had emptied the entire six chambers, every ball taking ef fect. \ Of course he fell and every one ... . . _ _ present tnougnt ne was a aeaa man, but he receovered and lived a good many years thereafter. The only in convenience which he seemed to suf fer from his wounds was caused by one of the balls passing through his windpipe which- ever afterwards af fected his speech. Matthew Owen, the other was an Irishman, a^ shoe maker by trade, who had no fixed place of residence, but went about from place to place, a kind of privileged character for quite a long time before his death, a man for whom nobody cared particularly, but every one would tolerate him, just because he was, in a manner, a harmless> old fellow and would oc casionally do little jobs, such as half soling a pair of shoes or mending the farmers harness, etc. The only serious fault that Mat thew had was he would get drunk if he could get the liquor. He was anti Roman Ca'hoHc to the core, and I have frequently seen him, when drunk get out on the Public Square, jump up as high as he could and yell at the top of his vdlce?"To Hell with the Pope and God bless King William"? the sequel invariably being that Mat thew would be arrested, locked up in the calaboose and made to pay a fine the next morning. With the recital of one more Bather amusing incident, I shall close at least this intsallment of ipy reminis cences. if not the whole matter. Al though I had thought of writing one more installment in which I would make mention of matters relating to the men who went to the the Mexican war in 1846-7 as members of Capt. J. Foster Marshall's company, and of the dual between Ben Lane Posey and Dr. Warren Lomax, and the particu lars leading up to that dual. The incident which I shall relate occurred shortly after the close of the Civil war at the home of Mr. Moses Winstock. There were two other old gentlemen present one of whom was my father, William Hill and the other MrA Dennis O'Neal, who refuged from Charleston during the war, came here bought a tanyard, a few miles above town out of which he made big mon ey, and was wise enough to invest it. as fast as he made it, in town lots, so that at the close of the war he own ed all those stores and offices known as the O'Neal property, which was recently sold to parties in Greenwood. These three old gentlemen were bosom friends, and the attachment be tween Mr. "Winstock and Mr. O'Neal was something remarkable in view of the fact that one was an Irishman and the other a Jew. Of course, as might well be expected, they had some thing to drink and no doubt the three were in a very affectionate mood by the time they were ready to adjourn. As Mr. O'Neal was bidding t Mr. Winstock good night, he threw his arms around the latter's neck and said, "Moses, if ever I change my re ligion which God forbid, I'll be a Jew." ? Clears Complrxlon ? Remove* Skin Bkml^hrs Whv go Ihrough life embarrassed o.nd disfigured with pimples, erup^ tions, blackheads, red rough akin, 01 1 suffering the tor'urrs of Eczema, itch i tetter, salt rheum. Just, auk youi i Druirgist for Dr. Hobeon's Eczemf Ointment. Follow the simple sug gpstions and your skin worries ar< over. Wild, poothinp, effective. Ex j cellent for babies and delicate, tende: 5 skin. Stops chapping. Always helps Relief or money back. 50c., at you Druggist. . . 3 , 3 Landreth's seeds fresh a r Milford's. LETTER OF SALOR WERE HELD PRISONERS FOR ABOUT FIFTEEN HOURS, SAYS LETTER. Took Flag off Boat and Threw , it Overboard. St. Louis, April 25.?A story of the arrest of the United States marines at Tampieo Mexico, which precipitaled the present Mexican crisis, is contained in a letter re ceived here today by Mrs. John H. Hay den from her brother James Cole, a salor on the gunboat Dolphiu. The letter was written at Tamplpo, April 14, and describes the arrest of the marines of the gunboat Dolphin as fol lows: "The other day we went ashore, ten of us, and the paymaster, to get supplies, and we got too far down the firing line. As soon as we hit the beach the federal army captured us and we were flying the American flag, too. They held us prison ers about fifteen hours. Our captain came over and got us. They took the American flag off our boat and threw it overboad. They thought the paymaster was a rela tive of ex- President Madero. "The admiral certainly did rave. He sent word to the Mexicans to offer an apology and fire a salute of 21 guns to the American flag or he would blow the city of Tampico up. Two Mexican officers came aboard and apologized, but they would not fire the salute. The admiral told them to fire it within 24 hours; but nothing stirring. He then gave a 24 hour extention. Word was sent from Washing ton that, if he didn't receive word from Washington by 6 p. m. last night, we were to take the city. "We never got word until yesterday afternoon. We were all ready for action. We had 4,000 salors ready to land from the ships." WEST END. Mrs. J.F. Bradley, visited friends and relatives in Cedar Springs, Monday. Mrs. Fannie Thompson of Troy, was the guest of Mrs. J. C. Klugh, last week. Mr. J. T. McCaw, came from Columbia Saturday, to spend a few days with Mrs. McCaw and baby, who are spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. James Lawson. Mrs. W. T. Bradley, and Mrs. Harland Pressley of Cedar Springs, were the guest of Mrs. J. F. Bradley,Tuesday. Miss Georgia Edwards of Georgetown, is visiting her mother Mrs. Jno. G. Ed wards. v Mrs. T. H. Furman, has as her charm ing guest Miss Annie Gienn Cheatham of Norfork, Va. Chevis Sondley of Atlanta, spent Sunday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sondley. Rev. J. L. Martin of Waynesborro, Ga., spent the week end with Mr. J. Allen Smith and famiily. The many friends of Rev. J. L. Martin of Waynesborro, Ga., were glad to see him last week.' He was the guest of Mr. J. Allen Smith. Prof. Hale Houston and Mr. Sweeney of Clemson college and Mrs. William Dickin son and Miss Smith of Lexington, Va., spent Saturday and Sunday with Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Pratt. Mrs. J. Allen Smith Is at home after a two weeks stay in Atlanta. Little Miss Grace Smith is much better since her treatment at the Hospital in Atlanta. Mr. Cheves Sondley of Atlanta spent the week end with his parents in the city, re turning to his duties on Monday. Mr. U.J. JLyon spent last week in CJreen vill attending United States court. Mr. Chalmers Haddon spent the week end with his mother Mrs. Fannie Haddon in the city returning to Due West on Monday. Mrs. C. D. Brown entertained at the regular meeting of the Bridge Club on last Friday afternoon. The games were much enjoyed by those present. Mrs. Houston and daughter Miss Jessie Houston of Toronto Canada spent ten days in the city the guests of their cousin Mr. Hugh Wilson. Mrs. Houston and Mrs. Houston met quite a good many of the ladies of Abbeville. Those who met these charming visitors were delighted with them and enjoyed their company to the fullest. Mrs. Houston was charmed with old Abbevllla and the many beautiful houses and gardens. They hope to return and stay longer. On last Saturday afternoon Mrs. T. K. Furman entertained at a delight ful affair in honor of her guest, Miss Cheatham, of Norfolk, Va. The afternoon was spent most pleasantly chatting and listening to beautiful music rendered by several of the guests. Delightful and re freshing crcam and cake were served. Mr. H. I. Horton, of Columbia, spent Sunday with Mrs. R. C. Philson in our city. Mrs. C. D. Brown spent Saturday in , Greenville with friends. Miss Charlotte Brown spent Sunday \ with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D j Brown. Miss Annie Glenn Cheatham, of Virgln r la, Is the guest of Mrs. T. H. Furman. * Dr. D. C. Mahon spent Sunday with Mrs. Mahon, who has been at Williamston for the past few weeks. Mr. Wm. M. Barnwell has commenced , hl6 new house on the lot bought recently " from Messrs. W. W. Bradley and J. D. Kerr. Mr. Barnwell expects to build an RALPH J. SYFAN WINNER < In the State Oratorical Contest Held at Bock Hill on Friday Erenlng.? Represented Wofford College. Frank Broyles, Representing College of Charleston, Second. Ralph's Subject Was "Neglected Opportunities." The many friends of Ralph Syfan, and of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. . Syfan, will be delighted to know that i he won first honor at the State Ora- : torical contest held in Rock Hill Fri day night. "You can't beat an Abbe ville man" is again proven. The State of Saturday had the following a- i count of the contest: < Rock Hill, April 24.?Speaking of < "Neglected Opportunity," R. J. Syfan, \ representing Wofford college, was | awarded first honor in the State ora- i torical contest held in the auditorium, j of Winthrop college here tonight, i Second place went to Frank Eugene j Broyles of the College of Charleston. Mr. Broyles' subject was, "A Shadow" Third place was awarded to Howard D. Smith of the Presbyter^n College 'j of South Carolina who spoke of, "And , Thou May^st Add Thereto." The winner is a native of Abbe- j ville. Mr. Broyles comes from An- i derson and Mr. Smith resld|p at ( Yorkville. v- i The judges were: J. E. Boggs, An- j derson; the Rev. Howard Lee Jones, Charleston; J. M. Spears, Darlington; j tne itev. w. x. ssioan, ureenviue; j. ] J Lawton, Hartsville. i A. C. Dick of the College of Char- | leston Is the new president of the as- j soclation. A change has been made In the' method of electing officers. Heretofore there have been five of- i ficers and an executive committee of j nine, consisting of a representative of. each college. Next year there will be i nine executive committeemen and the ! five offices will be filled from the list. 1 "Neglected Opportunity." 'Neglected Opportunity" was the ' subject of R. J. Syfan of Wofford < college. ' "Taking into consideration the' i money, the time and work that we i have put into them our. common ' schools are a failure," is a statement I made by Charles W. Elliott. Is this i statement true and If so why ; "We are not a reading public, and the little time that we do spend in reading is usually spent in reading ] books that are either morally debas- I ing or mentally debilitating} As the i twig is bent the tree is inclined. If j the democratic mass does not care i for the best in literature the blame must be laid at the door of . our com- ] mon schools. The habit of reading . and -taste for good reading are almost Invariably formed between the ages of eight and fourteen. Many of our < common schools are flttgd up with , every modern convenience when they i haven't a single book for the chil- j dren to read 4 , "Reading Is necessary to secure, a , high type of citizenship. A man's character must be developed from within, and this development is or- 1 dinarily secured in two ways; reac- ( tion upon environment and reaction upon ideas. As the environment of ( the mass of our people is not cond.u- j cive to the development of high char- , acter they must reach above their , plane and get ideas and Ideals from books. "Our schools In teaching the chil- ] dren how to read and not to read and what to read are placing an edged , tool In the hands of an educational . infant and making no effort to teach , that infant how co use It. You can't put a stop to the reading of bad lit- ( erature by any method of censorship. Let us try not a cure but a preventive Let us put more emphasis on good reading and good libraries in our common schools. Let us teach the children not only how to read but to read and what to read." nn-to-dftte house in everv respect, which will add much to the street leading to the Southern depot. Miss Georgia Edwards, of Georgetown, spent several days of last week in the city with homefolks. Mrs. John Randolph, of New York, is in the city the guest of Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Harrison. Mr. W. R. Bradley spent the week-end with homefolks. Miss Mamie Devlin went to Due "West on Saturday to spend Sunday with her home folks. Mr. Georgi Cannon was in the city Sat urday and Sunday. There were no services at the A. R. P church on last Sabbath. Mrs. A. W. Jones from Columbia spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Jones. vTr. "D T! KnooH Vina hnni/ht. an automo bile?Overland. There are several new automobiles to arrive soon In the city bought by some of our townsmen. Mrs. Fannie Thomson made a flying vis it to Abbeville one day last week. She visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bradley. Now is the time to paint your house. Use DeVoe's and you won't be sorry. Speed's Drug Store. " important Happenings in the Trouble With ' Mexico in Condensed * Form. Washington, April 24.?Three regi ments of infantry at San Francisco and the artillery at Fort Riley, Kan., were ordered tonight to report to Gen. Bliss for service along the Mexican border. Washington, April . 24.?The war department plans do not contemplate the enlistment of any commands out side the regular militia organiza tions. There were many such during riders." ?x?' Galveston, April " 24.?The Fifth brigade of the First division, U. S. A. tonight received orders to embark on w aiting transport^' for Vera CrUz. The orders caused a fliiry of preparation, but little remains to' be done except get up steam in the ships' engines, as the brigade has been ready'here for" three days and the transpbrts have taken on two' months' provisions and 800 . coffins. It Is expected the brigade will sail late tomorrow. . .... ... X? . Washington, April 24.?Fighting in the. city of -Vera Cruz.. .finally ., has 3topped. r-Rear Admiral Fletcher by wireless under date of 9 o'clock to night reported that desultory firing that had continued since the Ameri 3an forces landed Tupsd^y. fyad. been 3ilenced by a house to.-bpuge search and disarming qt all inhabitants.; Rear Admiral Fletqher ^announced, In a dispatch to tlie state. depart ment, that three seamen were killed and 25 men were wounded 9$ a re sult of'the'firing last night andw tjhls morning; " '*! * Washington, April **fciie -Thlitd cavalry wants ,tb. lead the advahctf from Vera Cruras it did in 1847./' H''" This message was telegraphed ltd lay by Col. A. P. Blockson at Fort Sam Houston, commanding'the Thir?M to Brig. Gen. Hugh'L. Scott". ?i? ' 1,1 Washington, Apfil - 24.?Xit6r ' a . .. . . , conference at tne state aeparunem with Secretary BVyan representatives 3f the constitutionalists here late tp 3ay telegraphed Gen.Oarranza ad vising-that he -maintain a-neutral' at-, titude towrd the United States lfi Its difficulty with the ' Huerta "govern ment. ; * ? - ' ! ?x? . '' Laredo, Texa-g, <rApril24:?Nuevo Laredo, the thriving Mexican:border :own opposite this place, was in ruir tonight, devasted by dynamite and 3red by Mexican federals who late to lay . began an- orgy. of destruction which ended only when they were forced to flee before the guns of the American border patrol. . . ,, ? j. ?Xt- .. Austin, Texas, April ,?4.-r-ThIrteen companies of infantry, two troops of cavalry,'a battery of \ field artillery and a medical corps detachment of the State National Guard were ordered to day to mobilize at Brownsville, to as sist United States 'troops and home guards in patroling the Texas border. 'Orders to the militia" were issued by Gov. 0. B. Colquitt when appeals came from a score of towns near the Mexican line. Fear was expressed af raids from across the Rio Grailde. Secretary Garrison has given assur cnlrHors will he lilUC mat a.u&u(.A\/uuA Wv.v.?w.M ? assigned to the border patrol. Washington, April 24.?Rear Ad miral Badger at Vera Cruz reported his forces at Vera , Cruz . were., so strongly posted that.no attack from to the navy department tonight that the Mexicans was expected at present He said there had been no further casualties and that the wounded were doing well. One hundred and twenty-six Mexi cans have been killed and 195 wound ed in the fighting at Vera Cruz since the American ^forces landed: Tuesday.: ?X? w . . V . . Chicago, April 25.?Twenty refu gees, 19 American and one British subject, have been taken prisoners by Huerta's forces and are believed to have been executed by a firing' squad, according to a telegram received from Secretary Bryan tonight by B. R. Herbert of the Mexican Plantation company. ?* ' 1 *' i? Cheap Excursion Rates. ' Cheap Excursion rates, from Coupon Points via Charleston & Western Carolina Railway to Jacksonville, Fla., account U. V. C. Reunion, May 6-8,1914. For rates, etc., call on Coupon Ticket Agent# or write. '.ErnestlWIlHams; General Passenger Agent,: . 829 JBroad St., Augusta, Ga. . . I. u ? Golden Wax and' Stringless Green Fp4 JBeans at C. A. Milford & Co. Watermelon Seed. Branches celebrated Rattlespako Water melon Seed, the very test, andTBerckman's' fruit treeS for sale. ' J.'W. Kykard. 4-1 -Hy K, If you expect to Btami the cbld fc'et your blood stimulating in order to circulate properly. Milford'a bipod purifier will do SHALLOW CULTIYATIOIf Frequent Use of Weeder and Section Harrow Will Prevent Land From Baking. Clemson College, April' 26.?Shallow cultivation" is a practice upon which depends in no small measure the suc cess of a South Carolina farmer's crops. This matter has been brought to the attention of farmers repeatedly by the extension division of Clemson College and notice of it is especially timely at this season. "The season is now on lor plant ing," said W. H. Barton, assistant State agent of demonstration, "and therefore for cultivation, which should begin even before the plants are out of the ground. The weeder or harrow, or even the drag, pulver izes the top soil, destroys both weed and grass seeds In the sprouting stage, and leaves a clean surface for young plants. This cultivation makes a. good stand more certain and con serves moisture which will be great ly needed in the later growth of the crops, especially in the development of fruit. ' ' "Ordinarily, every seven to ten days is' regarded as sufficiently fre quent for 'oultivatlng. It often hap pens, however, that the best results are obtained by cultivating more frequently; indeed, as frequently as it rains and a soil crust is formed. "Moisture is the greatest necessity for the successful production of crops and- frequent shallow cultiva tion is the key to its conservation in so far as evaporation~is concerned. This, however, will not prevent the leaching away of large quantities of moisture where the soil is not suf ficiently supplied with humus. "Frequent use of the weeder and Section harrow 1 s urged now just %fter the heavy rains we have had op all of. our plowed lands. This is flpr |the purpose of breaking up the spH'crust and preventing it from be coming hard and baked- The use of sucb^iinpl.^ments should be continued on lan$8 wjhch are! liable to bake un tira;;gobd germination and stand are tffecuredf''' Afterwards such soil iirrt /loonlv til A flPflt OUUU1U UO VUlUiHbvu time; to open up the seed: bed and 'facilitate the'penetration of the roots 4nt6* their feeding areas." > CletHscw College, April 26.?Many Indications' point to a great future for the live stock Industry in South Carolina and Clemson College Is ac cordingly urging upon farmers the importance of making good pastures. Bermuda grass, the best pasture grass grown in the south, should be plant ed, at once. It will grow on almost any 'soil but, like any other plant, will produce the best yield" on rich ground. Not only Is Bermuda a fine pasture grass but It can also be used for a lawn grass and 1 t forms a covering th$t' will prevent land from washing. The chemical analysis of the grass shows It to rank high, as a cattle food, It being remarkable high in protein. It is easily digestible and Has no equal as a cheap food for cat tle ? > ,i Ralph J. Syfan Honored* : Ralph J. Syfan, son of our fellow towns man, G. W. Syfan, won the State medal In the oratorical contest last week. He rep resented Wofford College. As a student here and at Wofford Mr. Syfan has been signally honored. He was a favorite with the people of Abbeville, and his many friends while expecting him , to attain success in all his undertakings, Congratulate him most heartily on this last distinction. . 1 Warrinton School Picnic. There will be a picnic, given by the Warrenton School, Saturday, May 2nd at Wardlaw Bridge on Little Elver. All other1 schools of the County are invited. Ward 'aw tjridge is on the Warrenton Boad, Communion Services. There will be Communion services at Upper Long Cane church next Sunday, with preparation services on Saturday at li o'clock. All the membership and the public as well are cordially invited to at tend these services. ? .A* Mr. W. W. McDill. Mr. W. W. McDill, brother of Mr. J* 0 McDill, and Mr. J. Hayne McDill, deceased* is visiting in the family of Mrs. J. Hayne McDill. Mi". Will McDill left here In 1880 settling in the Yazoo County, Miss, and has not re turned until this trip. Champion of England peas come in early. For sale at Milford's. Light your way with' an Ever-Ready Flash Light. For sale at Speed's Drug Store. No candy, like Eiuyler's. A freeh lot just received at Speed's Drug Store. Russian corn cure makes rough roads easy. For sale at Speed's Drug Store. Palate pleasing candy. That's the kind Milford sells. Pure, wholesome and de licious. No prolonged waiting in having a pre scription filled at' Milford's. An expert pharmacist always waiting to compound the required medicine for you. Yod can always depend on the rubber goods you get at Milford's. Every pioce is guaranteed and your money is stall yours if the article proves unsatisfactory.