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' * km i ??????? Local Items Fifty Years in Business. A. M. Hill <fc Sou are celebrating thic year their fiftieth year in business in Ab bsville. They have their books since th< seventies and a glance over them reveali much, in the way of interesting history In those days people bought sugar, flour meat and coffee and such things as canned peaches, tomatoes, shrimps, lobsters cabbage, potatoes- or turnips were noi found on their lists. Fish sold for thirty five cents a string and oysters for thirty five cents a quart and came packed ii WOll at tuxirgc auu uio ltiuuuo wugiavulate him on his new honors. He is also a star player on the foot ball team. Eddie Greene Mairied. Announcement cards has been received in Abbeville telling of the marriage of Mrs. Minnie Lucas Greene, of Chicago, and Mr. Edwin Van Antwerp Greene, of 8umter. Mr. Greene is well known and iiked in Abbeville and his friends congratulate him and wish him happiness. A Candidate for Congress. Mr. Henry C.Tillman is being announced by his friends as a candidate for Congress from this district Mr. Tillman is referee in bankruptcy and is well known throughout the district. He is the son of Senator Tillman. Our Son Bill. Our son Bill has a fancy for spending money. Io our endeavor to keep the habit from growing on him, we have to call a halt sometimes. Last week he was told he could not have some desired object, and he at once asked "why V Our reply was. that such things cost money, which made Bill remark, "Well, ain't my Daddy getting rich, ain't he bought the Press and Banner ?" Saturday he was 1 nvited out to dinner, and when our specialist in hands, face and ear troubles got after him with a wet rag, he was told that he was the "dirtiest boy in the world." ' 'How about the Belgians ?" he replied. A Pretty Visitor. Miss Winnie Stone,'of Wytheville, Va.,is in the city for an extended visit to Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Stone. It is always a pleasure to have such charming and attractive visitors come to Abbeville. Oyster Supper. The Ladies A id Society will give an oyster supper in the Lebanon Presbyterian ManBe on Friday, Feb. 26th. At the Opera House. A man who has not been in Abbeville for some years remarked to us Saturday night after the "show," that he had never seen as many nice looking people chewing gum in ail his life. The first three front rows of seats were taken almost entirely by people from out of town, Saturday night. We had a pretty young woman pointed out to us in the Opera House Saturday night and were told that she was worth sixty thousand dollars. That'a mighty fine, but she would have nothing on us 11 ' we noa jubL bii uuiiarb 111 cttbn. Abbeville People Entertain. Miss Orene Mclwain was hostess at a delightful meeting of the Sin Nombre Book Club Saturday afternoon at her home on West Ead. After the exchange of books the hostess, assisted by her mother, Mrs. iW. J. Simpson, and Miss Emma Thompson, served a salad course and coffee. Miss Floride Davis, of Laurens, wa6 an out-of-town visitor.?Chester Correk spondent, State. Off to Market. Mrs. James S. Cochran left Saturday for Baltimore and New York, where she will buy the latest spring styles. Notice of Postponement. The "Silver Tea," which was to have been given at the home of Mrs. J. C. Ellis on Feb. 26tb, has been postponed. Notice will be given later of the date. Something Doing. We may have misunderstood the conversation, but it seemed to us, as we passed that it was this way; S. F. C.: See here! By Golly! If ar irresistible ball were to come in contacl with an impenetrable wall, what, bj Golly! would be the result ? Dennis: Well, sir, Mr. C , accordlnj to my interpretation of the scriptures there would be a crush of worlds and t wreck of matter, Yes, sir. Selah! Marriage of Miss Lois C. Wilsoi Mr. John T. Dees, of Plkeville, N. C., ant Miss Lois C. Wilson, of Abbeville, wen " married Saturday, February 20, 1915, ai the Methodist parsonage at Freemont, N n ci A.i? A u is. cwvcim inuuue in uie cuuiracuu# par ties witnessed the ceremony. Mr. anc Mrs. Dees will make their home io Pikes' ville, where Mr. Dees is engaged in th( mercantile business. Mrs. Dees is thf only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Wil son, of AbbeviUle. All her friends wist for her and Mr. Deee long Ufe, happiness and prosperity. jL. X. ?~ Joe N. Nance, the cotton king, who came to Abbeville from Due West several years ago and made Jess Ellis and R. M. Hill "walk about," was in town Friday. Mr. Otto Price, one of the most prosperous young farmers of the county, was In town Saturday. Mr. Perry McKinney, of Bordeaux, Is atJ tending Court. Hon. C. C. Featherstone was pver from ( 3 Greenwood Thursday. 3 Dr. B. W. Carlton and wife were down from Donalds Saturday night, taking In the "Prtfcce of Tonight" at the Opera House. t Mr. James H. Qreene was down from . the Gilgal section Saturday. J3e said . there was no news in his neighborhood; , that he hoped Germany would "Uok the stuffing out of England," and that If he j had any money to give away he would hand It out to the Germans. f Mr. John W. Simpson from the Buck - Stand, was on our streets Saturday. : Percy Tompkins, the young boy whose , ' arms were cut on uy uie oeauoara uaiu 1 some time ago and who was taken later , ' to the Chester Hospital, Is recovering. He | is able to be up and dressed. He will re- , turn to Abbeville soon and will be looked after by Supervisor Stevenson until he^can make a new start in life. Augusta, Savannah and Atlanta have . adopted cotton uniforms for their police and firemen. Augusta has already placed . an Older for one hundred and seventy-five uniforms. How would Abbeville's "foinest" 1 look "diked out" in white ? Miss Annie Jones, of "Winthrop, and Miss Bessie Grier, of Spartanburg, .spent this week-end with Mrs. L. W. White. 1 Miss Plevna Seal has returned to Abbeville, after a pleasant and extended visit to ] Mrs. Maud McClung Stillman in New i York. 1 Mr. V. K Howie went to Norfolk, Va., ' this week on important railroad business. Mr. and Mrs. Thomson Haynle and their 1 son Charles, of Anderson, visited Mr. and - Mrs. H. A. McLesky last week. ' Little Miss Maydel Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Miller, who live on 1 Wardlaw street, is getting well again after a serious spell of sickness! ; Messrs. W. Joel Smith and Ed. Smith came over from Atlanta and spent Sunday with home people. Mr. M. P. McCalla was down from Lowndesville Monday .J Messrs. J. Claude Ashley and J. W. McLane were down from Due West Monday. Mr. 0. Y. Brownlee was down from Due West Monday. He is serving on the Grand Jury. Messrs. J. W. Dodson and J. P. Smith, of Donalds, are serving on the jury tbis week. Messrs. J. M. Gaines, of Greenwood, and J. L. Grey, of Sumter, were In the city last Friday on business. Mr. W. A. Todd, of Due West, hit the town Tuesday. Dr. and Mrs. A. T. Jamieson cfme up , from Greenwood Thursday anid wore with their friends Eev. and Mrs. L. J. Bristow. Eev. H. E. Pressley and Mrs. Pressley are over from Clinton for a weeks viplt to Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bradley. Miss Rosa Bradley, of Troy, is In the city and will spend this week with Mrs.W. B. Bradley. Mrs. John Lyon came over from Greenwood last Friday and was the guest of Mrs. John Lyon, at Mrs. McMurray's for several days. George T. Hodge, of the Nation, was down to see the show Saturday nigbt and had a seat on the bald-headed row. He had a Rood time. Hon. W. N. Graydon went to Washington Monday to be present when the case of Thornton vs. the Seaboard was argued in the Supreme Court. On account of the bad weather through January and February the fine'feature pictures have been discontinued at the Opera House. The weather is better and last Friday a first-class feature was put on for matinee and night. Johnny Tolbert, so well known in Abbeville, was on our streets Saturday seeing his friends and visiting bis brother ,on Parker street. ? The friends of Mr. L. M. Fouchee in Abbeville will be sorry to know that he has asked for leave of absence for a year from ] the Internal Revenue Collector's office at Columbia. It Is hoped the rest will improve his health. The George Washington Party at the Graded School was a success in every way. The costumes were good, the recitations well selected and the minuette danced by the Eighth grade boys and girls a very ' graceful affair. About twenty-four dol- j lars was realized. The money will go towards the establishment of a Domestic Science department for the school. Jack Bradley, of 'Greenville Street, won the prize for the best costume. James Hennessy spent Sunday and Mon- . day in Abbeville with friends. He is mak- ! Ing his home in St.' Louis and .is traveling ' for the Texas Oil Company. * I The lights on the White Way are in on ' uusn biues ui me street as iar up as me Baptist church. They were turned on, < Saturday night, and looked fine. Rev. H. W. Pratt, Rev. J. B.Hillhouse j and Rev. R. E. Telford represented Abbe1 vllle at the Laymen's Convention In Char1 lotte last week. ' Miss Caroline Graves spent last week at the Presbyterian Manse the gueBt of Mrs. Pratt, while Mr. Pratt was away at the Laymen's Convention in Charlotte. The Haddon-Wilson Company are re, ceivlng new things every day. Watch for their "ad" in next week's Press and Bani ner. They have something to tell you. t Mr. Leslie McMillan is at home from ' Clemson. He Las visiting him Mr. W. E. Sweinhardt. \ f Mrs. W. J. Duncan was called to Comer, ? Ga., Monday, to attend the funeral of her l mnt.hftr Mrs. T.Invrl Mrs. Frank B. Jones has gone to Columbia to visit Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Jones for t some time. Mr. Jones is at Clemson looking after his duties as Fertilizer Inspec1 tor. < 't Miss Grace Smith entertained the Bridge Club most pleasantly Friday afternoon. * The games were enjoyable and and the re' freshments delightful. The guests from a distance were ifrs. J. B. Doty, of Winnsboro, and Mrs. Jai^es, of Atlanta. , Mr. and Mrs. George Maglll came over from Greenwood Saturday and took In "A Prince of Tonight" at the opera. They j were acoompanied by their friend* Mrs. Sylvester, of Augusta. - ! A SPRING BLIND. ~ ' "To tall yon the troth, old fellow, | ever underatoed why with your capacity >r domestic enjoyment you remained Ml Id bachelor. Early disappointment In >ve?" "I towed to marry her or not at all, am! Just at that moment the aprlng roller i lind of a bouse that faced direotly on thi ' idewalk flew up with a sudden "Br-r-r" nd a imap. Both the men looked around, . nd both ware just in time to catoh night f a remarkably pretty girl's face with a out of vexation on it. The blind had rldently slipped out of her fingers and ailed Itself up when it was not asked to. * "Who is that glrlf" Guthrie asked. } "I'm afraid I don't know her, old fid- 1 3W," said Bean. "Sho's a very pretty 1 irl, I should aay. We'll ask my wife ' rhen we get home. Now go on with your i scret." ] "You haven't any idea who Uvea In thai i ouBe, have you?" 1 "No, I haven't. Oh, by the way, I ] Mnk I do know i Unless I'm mistaken, 1 > - ?.iii 1?i tr?>. . Mi 0 kJ Masters Jack and David Bradlley spent % few days in Union last week with Mr. late Bradley. They eay they had a good " time, and say they saw no hard times over B there? that there were plenty of nickels to throw away on little boys like themselves. Mr. S. J. Link visited his daughter in n Spartanburg last Iweek. Miss Leila is attending school there. , * Miss Fannie Harris is home after a visit | to Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Marchant, of Greenville. b Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Nickles sspent the 0 week-end with the former's parents In T Hodges. p 1 U i. ?# t.v. nm.ll n* 11-l. t AUUUl 111b/ Ui l<UO OUUU1 t'llUUiVU VI beville were Invited to take part in the " Rabbit Party Thursday afternoon. * Mr. L. 0. Parker left Monday for New tork, where be will buy a complete line of goods for the spring trade. Mr. Eugene Martin, of Donalds, is In the city visiting Mr. W. ?. Johnson. Mr. T. P. Thomson, of Verdery, was in the oity Saturday and made us a call. Santuc was represented in the city Saturday by Messrs. Geo. Milford, W. J. Milford, N. P. Milford and T. W. McCord. Miss Annie Davis, of Greenwood, was a risltor in the city last Friday. Mr. Jim Gibert, of Lebanon, was in the jity Saturday on business. Mr. I. A. Cannon, Boute 2, paid us a visit Saturday., Mr. E. C. Town send, of Columbia, S. C., i son-in-law of our esteemed citizen, Judge M. L. Stanton, of Mt. Carmel, is critically ill with pneumonia. Notice of City Democratic Election to be held on the 16th of March is published in this issue. The terms of Dr. G. A. Neuffer in Ward 1; J. L. McMillan Ward 2; J. R. Glenn Ward 8; and C. A. Haigler in Ward 4 expire. J. S. Cochran on account of having moved out of the Ward will resign as soon as his successor is elected, and consequently an election will be held In that Ward for a successor to both Messrs. McMillan and Cochran. It is. understood that all of the Aldermen ? will stand for re-election. i Stockholders Meeting. " The stockholders of the Abbeville Insur- t mce and Trust Company will hold their innual meeting In Mr. W. P. Greene's of- t Ice on Tuesday, March 2nd. at 7 :S0 p. m. _ J. 8. Stark, President. J J. E. Jones, Secretary. 1 ? g Ready to Serve You. With twenty-seven years experience as Magistrate, and a recent appointment as ? Notary Public, I am now prepared to do it my kind of civil work. Bpeeial attention e given to Collections, Distress Warrants, j J Deeds, Contracts, Wills, Mortgajrefi, Real j t Estate and Auctions. No charge unless | sollections are made. All charges reason- t able. No fees for legal advice, or marriage service. Office in rear of Peoples 1 Bank, Phone 186. M. E. HOLLING8WORTH, 1 Notary Public, 8. C. 1 Alcohol From Nlpa Palm. The Philippine Islands product) approximately 10,000,000 gallons of alcohol yearly. Almost all of tlds 1? made from the sap of the nlpa palm that grows In great abundance In various swamps of the country. Hail Kills 8eagulls. In a thunderstorm at Teenmouth, , England, It is recorded, so much hall | of such large size fell that the beach I was strewn with the dead bodies of 1 gulls and other sea birds. On threequarters of a mile of shore, 300 dead gulla were counted, all killed by th? hall. Nigeria mver ot inK. In Algeria there to a river of ink. In the upper part of its course it flows through beds ot decaying moss, ( in the lower part through strata of iron ore, and thus, through the combi nation of the two. Its waters acqulr* err nearly the color and aaznothing of tho taste of black ink. . r ;L . i _ . L- ~? \ .} ' aac 8 OIU l^aiLLlUrpc a yutvo. uo a a iw i >w commuter of mice, and that's about j lie full extent of our aoqualntanoe. But i be Isn't the young lady of your secret, i? 1 he?" . < "That's just It," sal* Jeff, with a pus- < led expression. "She can't be, and yet < bat face for the moment looked"? 1 "Like her?? Was'her name Calthorps?" "No; her name wtui Skrgerrt" ] "Bow long ago wiis It?" < "Seven years.1" j "Well, one of the few things I happen to j jiow about old Calthorpe," said Bean, j mghing, "Is that be oomes from Khodi iland. So"? "Oh, no, not" Guthrie interrupted. ] Miss Sargent Is dead, old fellow." ; The r.wo walked on in silence for some . line. "It Isn't a long story," Guthrieprssenty continued. "She taught school there a that faraway little Tillage among the j Ills and the mines. I was interested in er from the first and tried to win my nvf into some sort of acquaintance with . nr. Buik she seemed disinclined to any* hlng like society." "You didn't stay there more than a ysaff { litogetbeir, did you?" Bean asked. "Much less than a year. I never ex? hanged more than six words with her in 1 tanM hnth In that vlllAffe. >on't laugh at me, Maurioe. Ton didn't pool roe of belngso romantic, did youf ito died. ' "Thuwf" "Yea, then. Somehow the sadness of t struck deeply Into me, and now?thlii irl"? , "Is this girl 7*17 much like Miss Barents" "So much like that it wouldn't be n?mrkable even 11 they were twin sisters." 14Which, of oourse, Is Impossible," said lean. 1 . . "A twin sister of hers would be nearly 0 by this time," "And the young woman at the blind 1?> ot more than 19, I should judge. It la urlous, though." Guthrie's visits to the home of his marked friend were all much alike in one van' ileasant feature?he always romped with wo out of three ohlldren, while the youngirt?the baby?looked on and. crowed and urked itself about enviously. "Now, what Is it?" Mrs. Bean aaked, urning to her husband when Allle and IttleJeff had both been finally illpoocl inder the bedclothes. "Oh, Jt Isn't my affair, "said the husiand. V J II A^ ..L (# MAN l>nM0 tl "IT^?'1 WUWHl KJ OM U /uu "iitn mm 11m Culthorp* here, living fa thai new ed brick bou** at tb* end of the oom aon," said Guthrie. Mm. Bean ahook bar head. "No Mi*i 'althorp* Uveii there," the aald. "Mr. Jal thorn* live* thai*." "Oh," aald Bean, "wai that old womaai laJtharpe'i sister?" "She Isn't really old, dear. She'ii ounger than Mr. Calthorp*. There'* onii laughter, I believe." Butt that night Mrs. Bean said to h?r iQsband: "Leave me alone for two days, nd X will know all about your window Und young lady. Then make Jeff Gutb le corn s Here ana stay overuigut. !Phe next visit of Jeff Guthrie vu plannl far a Saturday evening, with express nangements for a stay over Sunday. After church thin subtle woman insisted n lingering about the porch until a ?ray Aired lady came out, and with her her aughter, the girl who had pouted at the rindow blind. "Mm. Perry, let me lntroduoe our par loular friend, Mr. Guthrie, and thlii hi diss Perry." Nothing eould haw been more properly onventional than thla Introduction, and bat was why Guthrie was so angry with, ilmself for turning red and becoming' onfused. Mn. Bean had, unknown to luthrie, expressly incited these two ladles o dinner beforehand. "Tell me, have yen any relative?bad ou, I should say?of the name of 6ar lent?" The girl's faoe changed In a moment she wan pais ana on ner up. "Oh, Mr. Guthrie," she tald, "you nnrt ask mother that! I don't know ibout 11. I was only a little girl of 10 rhen poor Margaret left us and married hat"? She oheaked herself; then, after an ?mArrassing pause, went on, lowering ha roloe to a whis ier acid glanolng round at ler mother: 'I)id you know her?'himP" "I onoo kn?w a Miss Sargent?vsry lightly." "Where!?" "In Pennsylvania, at Brinkvllle." "Oh, yesl He treated her so badly, aftr alL She had. to go somewhers and be a eaohnr. Mother would have forgiven evirythlng, but Margaret was too proud to ome bao'k to us. She went and oalled miu I lunnoM. We only heard bat the hsd dlsd in Pennsylvania?nothng mora. I was sent to school In Geroanj soon afterward." "I understand," said Guthrie, "your nother has had a great deal of trouble." "That la why she looks so old at 60. Mil me, ]>leas?, aia I so muoh like poor lsr.er Margaret?" *'8o muoh that I thought I was looking kt laer for the moment when you appeared * 'the window." Jeff Gulihrle oeased to be the old baahtlor friend of the Bean family, and It was II owing to the escape of that roller blind rom a girl's fingers. The marriage of ter youngest daughter at least was not kgnlnnt Mrs. Perry's wishes, neither was 11m unhappy one, and Mrs. Bean prldo herself upon having brought it about. -Pittsburg Pod Om mt Ufa's L*modi. By the time a man has learned to speak rlth diioretion and weigh his words oare* nil* a Tounser feneration springs up, ihruria t?tTP in oorxier and will not M |i? gpa?k tl alL?AtohUoi. Glob*. Culture. Taking culture In the Individual at meaning -a development of all the faoultles it follows that the most cultured nation is that in which there is the greatest number of all round men. And If this be true, we must at once realize how hopeless is the task of attempting to estimate the extent of culture la various nations. Perseverance Means 8uccess. Nothing Is Impossible to one wltfc fl ?L _ .. - J --nn? "i , , I Tl ??? I NEGRO ' I >' -t ' r ' t mwi t t [ndianola, Miss.i Man Tells a Unique t Story of the Colored Brother -1 in His Delta. . I i From early childhood I have been a s instant observer and an ardent ad- 1 mirer of tne wonarons w or ice 01 v*oa, i jays S. F. Davie, of Indianolfc, Miss, in t ;he Memphis Commercial-Appeal. In l my early days birds, bees, bugs and i Sowers were a never-ending source of pleasure to me; and when a lad of more nature years I have lain for hours in bhe shade of some friendly tree and < played with a toad frog or June bug un- 1 til the dinner horn blew, when I was er- 1 roneously supposed to have been dili- < jently hoeing cotton. In after years I 1 have sat silently on the seashore and watched the tide ebb and flow; I have * zlimbed lofty mountains and looked 1 iown upon the clouds; I have descend- ? 3d into the valleys and stood on the 1 banks of the world's greatest river and 1 watched its turbulent waters roll by ; I t have looked, above into the starry deck- ? ed dome of Heaven and gazed upon the i far-away planets and comets perform- < Lug their stupendous and harmonious < revolutions, and have seen written upon j the face of all nature the glory and 1 wonder of the great Creator. But I < have always, and do now, regard the aegro as His masterpiece. He stands alone in a class by himself; and while the Yazoo and Mississippi Delta is pecu- liarly suited to his needs, yet he can ad- ] just himself to any grinds of climatic i conditions and live and die happy under 1 the most trying circumstances. i 1 ' Bleep In tbe San. He can lie down beneath the scorch- i ing rays of a noonday snn and sleep the ] sleep of the seven sleepers of old with- j out suffering any evil effects from it < whatever; or he can weather the fiercest j winter gale, clad only in a pair of cot- j ton overalls and a blue jumper. He can j also wear, an overcoat to a Fourth of : July celebration, or a pair of linen pants and in alpaca coat to a Christmas tree, i and be perfectly comfortable. *' And, strange as it may seem, any- i body's clothee will fit him, and look nice on him. King Solomon, in his declining years, when ne had become thoroughly i disgusted with high society and fast liv- < ing, said that there was nothing new under the sun; that he had gone all the Sits and had seen the whole show, )m the free exhibition to the grand concert, and that there was nothing to - A- +*--?. -? L T?_A Si. ' it, or woras w mat uauut. out n> mu be remembered that he never had any negroes to deal with, or he would have had a new problem to solve every day of his eventful life. There is nothing else like the negro under the sun. He 8668 I all things, hears all thingB, believes all things, and has implicit faith in everything he sees or hears, aud stands ready at all times to stop aboard of anything that comes along from a young mule to a flying machine. Hm Used Wireless. Wireless telegraphy is nothing new to him; he has used it for ages; every negro's mouth is a transmitter and every ear a receiver.. If anything of importance happens on a plantation to-night every negro for forty miles around will know it by morning. If you ever arrive in a delta town on the train on Sunday and the whole cblored population is not at the depot to meet you, do not get off the train, for you may know that of a surety some catastrophe has just struck the town. Saturday is his special ?ay by custom and common consent, and if you have any business to attend to in a delta town on Saturday, attend to it early and get off of the streets before you get hurt. A negro cannot see you Saturday unless you owe him something, and if you get in his way he is liable to step on yon, sit down on you, or back you lip against a brick wall and smother you to death. He does' not usually do these things or any of them, through any evil design, as many sometimes suppose, but he simply cannot help it if you get in his way, i for he is busy and cannot look out for you. Saturday is his "rashions" and , news exchange day, and in addition to having all 'those things on his mind, he has to shake hands with every other negro woman he meets. You had better take out an accident policy or get off 4*1*ofwnafa Qofnrdnir VUG DVACOVO tAIVUlUWJi Stomach Like nn Aeeordion. The standard "rashions" for a negro is a peck of oorn meal, two pounds of sugar, one pound of coffee, three pounds of salt meat and one gallon of black molasses a week, but he can consume all of this at one sitting if necessary, or if he is working for you and boarding himself he can live a week on three soda crackers, a box of sardines and five cents' worth of cheese. In other words, his stomach is built on the same general plan of an old-fashioned accordion, and either contracts or expands according to the pressure brought to bear upon it. He is also immune to nearly all kinds of poisons, and can swallow the most deadly drug with impunity. I remember of having a negro working for me one time who was having chills and was suffering with severe backaches. I got rum a Dome 01 emu ionic 10 ihkh huu a bottle of liniment to rub his back with. The liniment was labelled in box car letters, "Poison, For External Use Only, " and I cautioned him about it when I gave it to him, bat for tfcree days and nights, before I found it out, he had been rubbing his back with the chill ; tonic and taking a tablespoonfnl of the , liniment three times a day before each meal with excellent results. On anoth- 1 er occasion I was sick and had a negro to wait upon me, and the doctor opened a can of antiphiligistine to make a plaster for my siae, and left the can on the kitchen table, and when my negro went in to get his supper he mistook it for a can of peanut butter and ate the whole ' of it without ever discovering his mistake. Layi Up Mo Treasure. The negro does not lay up treasures on earth where moth and rust would corrode them or where thieves might break through and steal, but when he has any money or other valuable thing he immediately puts it in circulation, and the things in which he usually invests are never of a permanent or lasting nature. He spends much money each year for legal and medical advice, presumably for the purpose of finding out what he ought to do, so that he may do the opposite, for it is a well known fact that a negro was never known to shut a gate or follow anybody's advice about anything. He is also an ardent admirer of the work turned out by the dental surgeon, and down deep in every negro's heart there is a secret longing to some day have a gold tooth in -front, one on a plate so that he can take it out and look at it and put it back at wilL Strong for Art. He ia likewise a great admirer of art, I nd in nearly every negro's home, be it He ver so humble, there hangs a life-life and rayon portrait of himself on the wall the ight opposite the door, where yon will wea e sure to seet it as yon oome in the door, ing Che rest of his surplus money he usual- moi y spends for entertainment, preferably bat! ,n excursion, but anything else in mo- itoi ion will do. I have frequently stood on owi he street corner oh a cold; cloudy win- Sue er day and watched as many as fifty ne- thei proes, who would not average 50 cents ing ??h, and none of whom had oh clothes occ though to ffag a' hand car, clinging to a whi nerry-go-round as it went round and bac ound, grinding out that well-known hav md much beloved melody, "O, Bill car 3ailey, Why Don't You Come Home," hap ind their front teeth shining like, the its ceya on a "baby grand" piano, while | and randreds of others, who did not have foil he price of va ride, were standing in Ii lalf-frozen mud shoe month deep, cheer- clef ng them as they came around. olir EdJ y? Cireosrs and Funerals. Ut6 All things are pleasing to him. A cir- ^e !us or a funeral is equally enjoyable, warat a protracted, meeting followed by a vi0i rig baptizing, or a term of the. Circuit bur Uourt followed by a public hanging is an^ lis chief est delight. the The negro was once the white man's cafc ilave, but that was only for a Bhort a & ime, and was a part of the grfcat ^ icheme which God had in mind to better prepare him - for the enjoyment of ;he great things which he meant to be- A itow upon him in the future. By long obr md close association with the white' goe nan, the negro learned all of his ways, ual md his most innermost thoughts, and day ?n now size him rn and classify him ter, iust as accurately as a cotton buyer does dul he different grades of cotton, and can and lo it much quicker. . .. er i He Gcta What White Man Has. ^ He is no longer a slave to man or $30 Mammon, and verily that .Scripture for svhichs&ys: "The last shall be first and anc ;he first shall be last" has already come wh bo pass and the negro now has a reserve the leat in the front row. - If any good seii things are to be had he is sure to get his disi AarA One dav a' neero asked me if I kn< thought a negro had a soul. I told him Ev< [ most assuredly did. And if he did not of tiave one it was the only thing I had not aver heard of a white man having that of i a, negro did not get if he staged with lik< him long enough. The negro has no S great problems to solve. There is no det race questions so far as he is concerned. fin< He enjoys the society of all races, ages and nationalities, and will mingle freely . with any of them. . He enjoys with v equal pleasure the companionship of a A 5-year-old white boy, or an aged Chinaman who is unable to speak or under- " stand a single word of English, for in either case he gets to do most of the talking. ?T] For a Silver Standard. The tariff question or the currency ?Ei question does not interest him in the least. Silver is his standard and he does " not want any other kind of money. Neither does the Mexican situation worry him any. All those things are the ^ white mAn's trouble. But if the white fblks want to whip Mexico or anybody else, for any cause, or without any trjj cause for that matter, and will furnish v him with the arms and ammunition, and will back him up in it, he will be ?T glad to do it for him. Hii One ClKBt Trouble. uj The road question is the only ques-, ?0 tion that ever gave the negro any real trouble, but that was when he was subject to road duty, and happily for him, "T that burden bas also been shifted to the white man, and the roads of the Delta are now being worked by taxation, and ^ all he has to do is to pack them down after they are constructed. Neither does the levee or the want of a levee bother him That is some more of the white folks' trouble. If we have an overflow, or do not have one, it is all right with him. If we do have one, he is the first to have a boat and "P get out into it and paddle around from . morning until night with the blessed assurance that there will be no more work "T done while it. lastn,. and that he will draw his rations from his landlord or from the Government, and sometimes - ? ? ? ^ - U L botn, mini in suDsiaes. - ? Whenever a negro tires of country life he moves to town, acquires a charcoal bucket and a tailor's goose, forms an alliance with some white man's cook, "B and with his living thus assured, opens Mp & cleaning and pressing establishment. SAVING YOU] This is the machine we have just install most modern machine made. We dampen then mould it in a steam chest so that it ha 3pace between the outer and inner edges to ] This saves wear and tear on your collars which is desired and admired. Phone us to Abbeville Steal Phone 68-B / ' c ? Cigars Speed's Dr D1 rnonc . Always Ready t Stationery \ mi ifmt white clerks of the town, and .ring them himself every oig^lM^B a, flattens them out with 1 and rashes them home to iers, so that they may wear -tfeMW iday, collects $1.50 for his semoe^BH ir behalf and goes on his way But should there be anybpra^H asion in town on Saturday nig] eh he wishes to attend he h?^H k the best suit thathe happei e on hand and wears it to that^HH riea it home Sunday morning, ipenB to wake uj) in time; otherira^S owing Monday. ? perchance his fancy does not rr^M ming clothes, he gets himself a dm ie stove aud other paraphernag^n srewith to defeat the vagrant sta| , and sets up a lunch counter, whgl serves all' such as care to ooinet^^Hj Y, irrespective of race, color or^ttHfl is condition of servitude, with IjSfl gers, hot catfish and beef gftaflMM . some sweet spirits of fermedMHC side. But should neither of the^^H ions appeal to him, he usually op&M )lored barber shop with a poo! rotm I crap table in the rear. . ''1 Back, Bui S?t to Stay. Vj ? soon as the city authorities becoi loxious to him, however, he agafl s back to the quiet country life, lv right after the Christinas holl '6, and joins himself to a cotton plan and bv his certain written contraf^H y executed in duplicate,ObBfflH L binds himself to cultivate and gas^H i crop of cotton on the land than cribed fend on the strength ther^pBK ceeds to eat up anywhere fromlHM 0 worth of grab while.he is TOjj|?^B the ground' to get in Bhape to?loji^H 1 it very frequently happen* thflfl en the trees begia to bud and wh^H birds begin to sing, Mr. Negrti^flj sed with wanderlust, and' sri^^l appears, and the people m him know him no more foreviH jry Delta town also has its full qtuwH negro women, who, like the iflytjl| neither do they spin, yet thrt^H jheba, in all^her glory was never (urely the negro is fearfully fully made, and his ways PICTURE SHOW PB09BAIJ --TUESDAY? jS be Gun Fighter"?A Dramatfj^H of A Woman's Choice. 2 reerej^H ans Lucky Day"?Beauty C<j^H b Episode of "The Peril* Ine."?5 Reels in all. -WEDNESDAY^H be Better Man"?re&nmnr&n?& Gist In a Western comedy Artig Abel, Fatty and The stone Comedy. Vy '>j9H HE BABY"?Drama. 4 reetfj| -THURSDAY-^ 9 be Sea Brat"?Drama. JMj M n the Table Top?-A clever?* tlve Play. jl he Unwilling Bride9?A / n&Mlfl Farce. : oH wins and A Stepmothe^^p^H bouser Comedy, featntiq^^^^B Thanhouser Twins.?I afl be Still on Snnaet Two Reel Western. jfl eannts and Ballets"?Ker HE SEA WOLF"-A Gre^t picture in 7 Reels. 10 reels ?SATURDAY? jfl Farewell Dinner"?A Soctefl Drama, featuring w. e. Lawrence. B lng Around the Rosey*? omedy;J or. Her Brother's Sake"?Wortenj^H El COLLARS M 4K led to laander your collars. It is tbM the edge so that it folds easily an<fl s a round, smooth edge and amplfl permit the tie to slip easily. i and gives yoa that set and finifijH call for your next bundle. ' n Laundry I Phone 68-lfl Candy M ug Store. I 18. 1 o Serve You. 1 B Toilet Goods 1 Mall Carrier Winn is making his trips . on his motor cycle, wlilch has been out of ' commission since November on account of the bad roads. The noise was so unusual last Saturday that people up the Due West Q road went to the window to see who was ^ going by. Mr. Winn runs such a regular ,, schedule that people can set their clockii (< by his trips. Mr. Hugh Bowen is clearing up the treoti 111 on his place on the Due West road. This ^ is the beautiful stretch of woods opposite ?j his house, and is where the gypsies and n apple wagons always camp. We are sorry n to eee the trees go. o: The road near the old Gordon place on J the Due West road Is being widened ancl n scraped and is an improvement. The road lending out past the power house and the Hill farm is in pretty good shape and one can ride out six or eight; miles in a car, without taking out e:ctra life 1( Insurance. Mr. R. C. Phllson left Monday afternoon for New York to buy his spring stock oi! goods. He will be away ten days. J Joe L. Maxwell Is a candidate for alder-' 1< man from the 5th ward, in the race now oc tl In Greenwood. Johnny Coleman wants to Berve his country from Ward 2. ^ Messrs. A. V. Barnes and Henry Mosely, a of Lowndesvllle, attended court here ft] Tuesday. Mr. 8. M. Beatty was down from Iva this week in attendance upon Court. Mr. J. L. Corley, of McCormtck, is on the jury this week. ' J Magistrate A. R. Ellis was down from j Due West Monday, looking on in Court. Miss Esther Graydon, who is attending " Brenau College, is home for a short visit. ^ The many friends of Dr. and Mis. Harper are glad to know that the former has |; 3tood an operation and Is getting on nice- L ly. We hope to see him back In Abbeville h eery soon, well and strong. h Miss Eugenia Robertson is home after a j, pleasant visit to friends in Trenton. D Mr. Roddey Devlin spent a day or so with friends In Abbeville last week. * Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Thomson spent the 0; week-end In Hodges with friends. W. W._3radley went to Green^rtlls on 1 Monday. B square tin cans, witn ice on me ouunue This ice was frequently In demand in case* of slcsnesa. Along in 1874 or 75 the first pound ol fancy candy is found on their books. Before this lemdn and peppermint stick candy and gum drops were the favorite 6weets. Their customers have come down from father to son even to the third generation. < It's a Long Way to Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. McKissick, and Mr and Mrs. Henderson came over from Greenwood in their car and spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. T. G. White. We understand that Mr. McKissick "cussed all the way here and cussed all the way back" on account of the roads. "Ked" McMillan at Clemson. At the election of officers for the Calhoun Society of Clemson, W. Leslie McMillan was chosen secretary. He is doing _a.11 aaIIaaa nn/1 Kio frinn