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WRITES INTERESTING | .LETTER OF LONG M I JUDGE BENET MAKES TIMELY SUGGESTIONS REGARDING v. HISTORY OF ABBEVILLE. "Editor Abbeville Press and Banner. Dear Sir:? !; In your issue of 5th inst. you published a letter from Mr. M. E. Hollingsworth, which I am sure all vcur readers were very glad to see. It v ;as full of most interesting his- , torical information about the Abbeville of fifty years ago?just after ; the war. My old friend (and once < my schoolboy,) Manse Hollingsworth. was then a lively lad of eleven years, ] and what he then saw lett a lasting- i impression on his mind which enables ] him now to give us a lifelike picture | of the scenes he describes. His let- i ter, ha says, was suggested by a pre- ; vious communication of mine which , had appeared in the Press and Ban- j ner. That is very gratifying to me; ; and it makes me hope that other sur- , vivors of that eventful period, will j follow Mr. Hollingsworth's example \ and contribute their recollections to , the columns of your paper. j The history of Abbeville town and j of Abbeville county, should be pre- ^ served. It is a history of which the \ sons and daughters of Abbeville < should be proud. Why should there i not be an Abbeville Historical Soci- ( ety? No town or county in the j Sta'e could offer a finer and more t fertile field. And there are men ( and women now living whose recol- < lections of the years before, during, ] and after the war, should not be lost. ( Too much valuable historical materi- j al is buried in the graves of our con- , temporaries. Many a time I strongly urged the late Robert R. Hemphill to write and publish his reminisccnces of the war. Who could have pictured the life of a Confederate Soldier so well and so faithfully as he? Now all his numberless recollections are 1 ? ' rni buried m ODiivion. ine ruswry ox j the Reconstruction period and of the j ] '' ; The Rayo Lights ! Like a Gas Jet i t ' I vO light the Rayo ^ lamp you don't 5 have to remove the 1 shade or the chimney. Just lift the gallery and touch a match. It is just as easy to light as a gas burner and it requires littlf rffnrt to keen it 1 ? r clean. < Rsyd ? ?r?-Mr^r-ics juainpo arc the modern j lamps for the farm. Simple in design? yet an ornament to any room in the j house. Use Aladdin Security ! Oil or Diamond 1 t* r? _ ^ ? / . wmte uii to ouzain . best results in Oil Stoves, Lamps and j Heaters. The Rayo is only one of our many products that arc 1 known in the household and on the farm for their quality and economy. Ask for them by name and you arc sure of satisfaction. Standard Household Lubricant Matchless Liquid Gloss Standard Hand Separator Oil Parowax Eureka Harness Oil , )( MiGa Axle Grease if your dealer does not have them, write to our nearest station. ' SrANDARD Oil. COMPANY (New Jersey) BALTIMORE ! Washington, D. C. Charlotte, N. C. Norfolk, W.Va. Charleston, W.Vn. j Richmond. Va. Charleston, S. C. | Red-shirt Revolution of 1876,?no one took a more active part in them, no one had more or more accurate information about them than the late Col. James A. Hoyt, of Anderson. I used to urge him to publish his invaluable recollections. They too, are forever lost. Will my good old friend, Mr. Hugh Wilson, pardon me for suggesting that he might enrich the columns of his old paper, the Press and Banner, with some of his reminiscences? He has had a long'life during an eventful age, he has a good memory, and I think he has a bulky scrapbook. To save him from pen-labor he might dictate to a stenographer, and I know he could furnish your readers most interesting matter. I am greatly obliged to Mr. Hollingsworth for correcting the mistake I made. The three old Abbeville fathers who had twenty-seven sons at the battle front were, Robert H. Wardlaw, Charles, Haskell and Mr. Rnf-.ts. not Mr. Sharpe, as I had stated. Mr. Hollingsworth refers to the last meeting of Jefferson Davis's Cabinet, as having taken place in the nousc of Mr. Armistead Burt. I oelieve that the town of Washington, Seorgia, has claimed that the last meeting was held there. But there s no doubt it was held in Abbeville, it will surprise Mr. Hollingsworth, and many others, to be told that, anless my memory has played me False, and I feel sure it has not, ;he Confederate Cabinet held its last nesting, not in Mr. Burt's house, but n the house of Mr. Thomas C Perrin, iust across the way. Of course my testimony is pure hearsay, but in :his case it is most trustworthy hearsay, for it was Mr. Burt himself ,vho told me. On more than one occasion I heard his account of that ?A aw/4 Vin novpv hnimprl lliccung y auu uv *?v. v. ;hat it took place in his house. Presilent Davis stayed at his house, while ;ome members of the Cabinet were VIr. Perrin's guests. My memory loes not mislead me when I say that Mr. Burt used to tell how he walked vith President Davis through the side *ate and across the street to Mr. Perrin's, the President talking cheerfully, and walking with a light, ac;ive step. Then he would tell of lis escorting President Davis back to lis house after the Cabinet had dis1 1 1J i-1 4- 4-U^v janded, ana ne wouia say mat uic President was a different man,?that le seemed tweney years older,?that le walked feebly, and leaned on Mr Surt's arm, which he had not done n going over. That is the picture of President Davis which Mr. Burt's description eft on my mind. And I never had iny doubt that the last meeting of :he Cabinet was held in the stately, spacious drawing room of old Thomas Perrin's house, which was burnt years ago. Yet it seems to be generally believed th?.t it took place in 'the Burt House." Now, Mr. Editor, I do not desire :o get into a controversy about that 'last meeting", either with Abbeville 3r Georgia, but I havo a very dis:inct recollection of having heard Mr Burt, more than once, describe the ncident just as I have recounted, rhe main point with him was the ?reat change which had taken place n Jefferson Davis, "Mr. Davis was i different man altogether coming -?ack from that meeting." I can l'lmost hear Mr. Burt's voice now ifter so many years. The last time [ heard him speak of it was in the summer of 1879, here in Cashier's Valley, on the front porch of his nountain home, where Dr. Frank Wiles, of Baltimore, and I were at ihe time his guests. W. C. B. Cashiers, N. C., Jan. 26, 1916. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Leap before you look and you will ook fcolish. Kind words never die, but the unwind live quite long enough. On the ocean of life many people sail under false colors. And some jokes are solemn enough to make an undertaker grin. Among other pipe lines are those written in favor of smoking. The ex-husband is apt to think :hat alimony means all the money. A. coward manages to dodge a lot if things that are headed his way. We feel sorry for some men who are compelled to listen to their own talk. What a mother likes about a vroung man is usually what her laughter doesn't like. Poverty is one of the crimes for which a man is sentenced to hard labor for an indefinite term. It sometimes happens that a marriage license furnishes a man with an excuse for trying to drown his troubles. After a man has looked through the bottom of a whiskey glass a few times it is difficult for him to keep his train of thought on the right track. Perhaps a man can write a sensible love letter, but he never does. Sometimes two women can stop talking about each other long enough to swap kisses. If every man were taken at his own valuation there wouldn't be half enough halos to go around. Sometimes you can judge by appearances. Many a woman appears to be strait-laced because she really is laced that way. It does seem queer that people who are not able to make good themselves seem to think they can hand a winning brand of advice to others. ?UICUCCTCBCDII 110 ^siiunba bis ? IHI? DIAMOND BRAND ft>o* *er < >'S<L'" c? \kx m ladies j r Ask your l>ru|?PUt for CITT-CHES-TER S A diamond likaxd PILLS in Rkd and/j\ Oor.n metallic boxes, scaled with Blue\0> Ribbon. Take no other. Buy oF your \/ I>rurf?l?t ond n?k fop CIir-CIIES.TKE 8 V DIAMOND REAM!' PILLS, for twcnty-fivG ye;ir3 regarded as Best, Safest, Always Reliable. BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE S ?|? ?j;? .j. {. .j. !* *1* + *i* ?* 'i* *1* *> I * *I * THE LAND'S FIRST NEED. * * Fertility Is the first word in ?t? farming. It Is the first cousid- * 4? eratlon In placing a value ou * new lands. It is first meutloned j < when old farms are sold. It is ?2* j the first problem that confronts > ' the beginner as well as the ex pert who takes up the cultiva tlon of new crops on new fields. * | It Is first In a list of questions asked b.v those seeking help in * farming. The solution of the f sr < tility problem makes many other > problems comparatively easy to > solve. * ?fr The quick and easy way to get ?> fertility Is to buy it. It can be I had in bags in the form of com- ?> mercial fertilizers or by the car- ?> load in the form of animal manure. i But this method of fertilization * requires cash capital and does ?> not fulfill all the needs of the * ?% inn*! Kfnoo wo hnvp Ipnrnpd 4* that a fertile soil is a mixture of mineral and vegetable sul>- *> | stnnoe. teeming with germ life. > { fermenting with innumerable > j minute plants and chemical > j cbnngcs. we have learned that a * soil needs more than mere min eral plant foods to enable it to grow the maximum crops. * It has long been known that legumes and green manures jire * beneficial to soils, but only re- < cently have we learned to use > these green manures to build a soil up permanently and to keep it up at the lowest cost. * * J* J* SAVE FERTILIZER ELEMENTS. irmr^rlipntR Existina In the Soil Should Be Utilized and Developed. In the unusual conditions existing in the fertilizer trade, says a statement just Issued by the secretary of agricul ture, it is important that all fertilizing materials on the farm, especially those containing potash, should be conserved. The fertilizer ingredients already existing In the soil should be utilized and developed to the fullest extent. A great deal can be accomplished in this direction by deep plowing, con stant cultivation and thorough tillage. There should be a proper system of 4 rotation. Especially where one crop ' has been grown for several years a different one should be planted this year. Green manures and cover crops should be used as much as possible In their proper rotation. Of the orgauic substances manure, t both solid and liquid, is the most im- b portant and should be utilized when ii ever possible. All material of an or ^ ganic nature, such ns leaves and bed ding of various sorts, should be com posted and the .compost applied to the 8 soil. Special attention should be given ti also to the conservation of wood c ashes. Depending on the character of the wood, they contain potash in quantities varying ordinarily from 3 to 10 per cent. All tree trimmings, brush F cuttings, etc.. should be burned and I the ashes derived therefrom utilized. t The application of lime to many soils is of undoubted benefit Though | the availability of the fertilizing ele- ^ ments in the soil may not be greatly increased by its use. the resulting im provement in physical and bacterial c conditions may increase considerably f - *.? -a ??jl f tue prouueuveuesa ui iue sun. c A Screen Coop. This drawing shows the plan of chicken coop we designed and have been using the last ten years. Th?? coops are made In the winter time when the men are not busy with other ^ work. They are made of twelve and j. six inch s^oft pine boards. They are 11 twenty-three inches long, eighteen Inch- j es wide, eighteen inches high in front and a foot high at the back. The roof s extends over the side walls ahout three inches on all sides. The floors are h lifiicrorl nn. :i<5 shown, and the coons are o painted Inside and out. Wire screen is e put in the ends, as shown, to provide ventilation. The little slide door permits chicks to come and go. The ma- n terlal in each coop costs about $1. We o use the coops from year to year, as e they are cleaned out every fall and 0 put away in a dry place during the winter. I have never yet lost a chick- ? en in these coops, either by drowning, smothering or through having some t animal get in.?Mrs. S. M. Gephart in j, Farmer's Mail and Dreeze. a Value of Oats. 1 When oats are no more expensive * than corn, pound for pound, wise poul- c trymen will feed a fair proportion of |s this vigorous building food. Oats put,g quality into the muscle and nerve tis- j. Imnon on,l hoi, OUC W. .W.V. ?V... , y |t Bush Fruit In Winter. ja Currants and gooseberries are some- : * times broken by the weight of heavy | unow. If the bran flies are drawn to- j j pother and tied with coarse cord this Lj danger will be obviated. ^!| I \ f Cut Your Store Bill Down One Half Tens of thousands of farmers as well as own and city folks cut down their store ills one-half last year and saved money i spite of generally short crops and reluced wages. Absolutely millions of dollars were aved and countless families lived better han ever before in the lace 01 me coituu risis and general business depression. How were these burdensome store bills ut down? By the real money-saving lower of good home gardens, rightly tlanted and kept planted and tended hrough the season. Hastings 1916 Seed Catalogue tells how 0 cut store bills down; tells about garen and farm seeds of kinds and a qualty that cannot be bought from your merhant or druggist. It's full of garden and arm information. It's free if you ask or it Write for it now. H. G. HASTINGS !0., Atlanta, Ga.?(Advt.) POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Even those who have no sense of umor may act funny at times. Plagiarism is merely a lack of skill 1 effacing coincidences. The cost of experience is never ully realized until one goes to law. It's their crooked ways that enable ome men to make both ends meet. If a word to the wise is sufficient, iwyers must consider jurors a lot f idiots. There isn't a department store on arth large enough to supply everyhing a woman wants. Occasionally a man knows a good hing when he sees it, but most men re too dignified. Fame, from a literary point of iew, consists in having people know ou have written a lot of stuff you aven't read. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. PROBATE COURT. Station for Letters of Administration. 5y J. F. MILLER, Esq., Judge of Probate: WHEREAS, W. W. Bradley hath nade suit to me, to grant him Letters f Administration of the Estate and ffects of James Foster Bradley, late f Abbeville County, deceased, THESE ARE THEREFORE, to ite and admonish all and singular ? ? i . i ? J i :J. 4-u~ ne Kincirea ana creun,uia ui mc aid James Foster Bradley, deceased, hat they be and appear before me, n the Court of Probate, to be held t Abbeville Court House, on Wedesday the 9th day of February, 916, after publication hereof, at 1 o'clock in the forenoon, to show ause, if any they have, why the aid Administration should not be ranted. GIVEN under my hand and seal f the Court, this 26th day of Janu,ry, in the year of our Lord one housand nine hundred and sixteen, ,nd in the 140th year of American r.dependence. Published on the sccond day of 'sbruary, 1916 in the Press and tanner and on the Court House loor for the time required by law. J. F. MILLER, Judge of Probate. j|& Princc || fits jo] \|pll Meets the fondest \ m ^ likes to smoke becau* and aroma and coolr fill tobacco you ever It's easy to change the shaps and color of unsalable brands kkSi to imitate the Prince Albert tidy \K J red tin, bat it is impoitible to imitate the flavor of Prince ___ Albert tobacco! Tha patented oXIJ process protects thatl pjg. the natio 7or it exceeds in goodness and vord we ever printed about it! Hen, we tell you this tobacco w k>, take this information at 1005 >ipe from its hiding place or lc UI1U JLUii-tUi Your wishes will be gratified at the neo for Prince Albert is in universal deman the states and all over the world! T tins, 10c; handsome pound and half-po fine pound crystal-glass humidor with keeps the tobacco in such excellent trii L J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO NOTICE. The undersigned Receivers of Calhoun Falls Company will entertain offers for the purchase of farm lands of said Company, at or near Calhoun Falls in Abbeville County, in such parcels as may be suitable for farms. F. E. Harrison, A. T. Smytne, Receivers Calhoun Falls Company. Jan. 17th, 1916. 4t. 4t. 52 00 TraiKO-&raiait RjXJ ijik circs rheumatism. Neimuuu. scm? TKA. ANO KINDRBb J45EAIE5. honey isbiuduvu u * i?i?^ , 'oh ?alc and qumantivd st It. KIRK WOOD, New Jeweler. ! DR.W. E. McCORD .... DENTIST .... over Dr. Speed's Drug Store Office | Phone 24?, Abbeville, S. 0 | Notice To Taxpayers. | For the Purpose of Accommodating the Public in the Matter of Making Their Tax Returns, I Will Visit the Places Mentioned Below On The Dates Indicated in Schedule. ALL RETURNS must be made under oath, of personal property returned at its market value. Persons not making their returns between January 1, 1916, and Februi ary 20, 1916, are liable to a penalty j of 50 per cent This penalty will be j enforced against delinquents: for the failure to enforce it heretofore has put a premium on neglect of the law. The returns of those who conform to the law are placed before the Township and County Boards, while those who disregard the law come in afte.* the meeting of the Boards and return to suit themselves. The enforcement of this 50 per cent, penalty will correct this evil. Employers are requested to return all of their employees after notifying them and getting a statement of their property. Returns will not be taken by mail I unle:* they are sworn to before some proper officer. All Improvements or any transfer of real estate must be reported to the Auditor. All tax returns must be made by school districts. So please look up your plats and find the number of acres in each school district, also amount of personal property. My Appointments are as Follows: Calhoun Falls, Wednesday Feb. 2. Lowndesville, Thursday and Friday, Feb. 3rd and 4th. Mt. Carmel, Saturday, Feb. 5. Willington, Tuesday, Feb. 8. Bordeaux, Wednesday, Feb. 9. McCormick, Thursday and Friday, j Feb. 10th and 11th. Donalds, Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 14th and 15th. Due West, Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 16th and 17th. E. A. Patterson will take returns at Antreville. RICHARD SONDLEY, Auditor, Abbeville County. * ; Albert ur taste! vishes of any man who se it has the right flavor less. It's the most cheerdid pack in a jimmy pipe i ror roll into a cigaav rette. And it's so good you just feel you never can get ' enough. The patented process fixes that?and .cuts out bite and parch ! "hen you fire up your first loke you'll decide that you yer did taste tobacco that s your fancy like JERT nal joy smoke I satisfaction the kindest ill be a revelation to yon. < get out the old jimmy >cate the makin's papers rrest store that sells tobacco, d. It can be bought all over oppy red bags, 5c; tidy red and tin humidors?and--that i sponge-moistener top that , Tl. Winston-Salem, N. C. j AbDeviile-ttreenwood MUTUAL iimiuci ASSOCIATION. J Property Insured, $1,890,000. . September 1, 1915. WRIT TO OK CALL on the nnderilgi.e* o? tbe Director o/ yoar Township for an) .aformation yon may desire efco i oar plan of Insurance. W* Insure yonr property against deatnu Hon by F1SE, WISDSTOSK OS UtHfflH, ana do so cheaper tb?n anv inannuiA* Onra* i In exlst?Die. Dwellings covtred -with metal roofs Hre Insareil lor 25 per cent, cbeapt. tb?n other property. Remember we are prepared to prove to yoa that oars Is the safest and cheapest plan of Insurance known. J, h. BLAKE. Gen. Agent ^ Abbeville, i. r. FRA8EB LYOft, Free, dfl Abbeville, 8. J' ( ?. M? tor*............... Green wood w Cokesbnry C H. Dodson Donalds - < - Due West fl W. W. L. Keller -Long Can* T. A. K?1I<t Hmlthvllle P. A . Wardlaw Cedar Spring w. w. 8radl?y Abbeville Dr. J. A. Anderaon Antrevllle H. 8. Rolaa Lowndeevtll* a o. r5-?*n? _ Magnolia , \V. D. Morrah Calhonn Mills ' n. r Mnrrnii Bordeaux H. L. Hasor Walnut Grove W. A Nlcfcle* Hodges M. G. Bowles Coronac# D.8. Hattlwanger ...?Ninety-Six " " KI nurds " " KeP^wshJn Joa?ph Lake Pbcanx J. W. Hmlth Verd*ry J. ?r. Cbllea Bradley t Wf t .....Trov T. K. Moseley ....' Ye defl ' K B. Bell .... ^'lUson " " ..,....Kirkseys Abbeville, S. C., June 1, 1915. * > MAXWELL'S MARKET % T. H. MAXWELL, Proprietor * T ?/\Oir 43 4 TTO % i ALiJU X V1HV OAl/iJAUIi SMALL HAMS, KOAST PIG, FRESH FISH and OYSTERS Highest Cash Prices Paid tor Cattle, Hogs and Sheep, ' Green Salted Hides. PHONE 298 Maxwell's Market j