DOTE WRITES OF
JOYS OF COUNTRY LIFE
watts, s. c.
deer editoral,?
soon arter ther linchin i mooved
4 ther kuntrie. that isther reesin
, you cood not find me Krismus ter
give me mi Krismus presint an why
1 did not git yore letars buot quit
ritin. arter ther linchin i dersided
i wood moove ter ther Kuntrie arid
rite no moar fur a while, so i mooves
ter ther kuntrie, that is ther reesin
hear you has sumthin a cumin ter
700. it is wun of ther largist places
1 have bin fur so fiew houses an pee
pul.
1 did not git yore letars bout quit
lcuntrie in genrul tho i loves watts
in spots, the reeson i is outdun wiff
ther kuntrie is konsurnin my medicin.
i has had ther indergestun. fur
a good menny yeers an 1 toun nuuun
ter doo me no good till i stracks tip
.with a medic in made in jacksunvil,
flurriday, which is good for ther
Btummick. the oanlie trubble wif
this medisin is keapin in it. the
Sprees Kumpny will let a felar have
a shipment of this medisin, knone
as Bitturs, oanlie wunst a munth.
now i seed i was goner git out so i
sines my name to a kard whitch sais
send fore dollars and git fore qts.
of sed bitturs, ernnff ter doo you
for a month, well i sends the fore
dolars an a fiew days befoar Kristmua
i comes inter toun in ther.rane
becos i seed if i did not git the bitturs
i was in fur a spell of sickness,
well when i gits ter the offis, i finds
that insted of sendin ther fore sed
; qts. as stated the doctar had sent
oanlie one qt well walkin in all the
way to git wun qt whitch wood
not kure a man. long was purtie bad,
but i sais if that is aul i will taik it
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Sf$ ; ''-v-;; : $
I, a Soiitl
Gentlemi
am Nami
a v
Well, way back in
in this bright, ha;
days, I began to g<
have any name.
' Folks were calling
one" and "whatdy;
it a bit Then >or
Chief tdephoning i
to meet in his offic
Pretty soon they a
chaps, short chaps
chaps. "Now the
Big Chief, "what v
My! tow they w
SOVEREIGN?
for I want you a
I am gu
v If you
your mc
the wor
Sove
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out, but the yung man Clutch is
reedin the book saiu you is a day
soon, and i sais how is this and he
sed you is here a day too soon and
you must cum back tomorrie. well
i nevar wood a got the kount rong
if i had bin in toun but in moovin
ter the kuntrie i losit the Grears al
mernack where i kuaps a recRard
of all sitch and i knode he had mee.
well i was spectin as mutch, so i
had sed ter lizzie if i is not fealin
better i may spen the nite in toun
and cam hoam tomorrie, an she sais
you git hoapi on time, whitch i sed
1 wood nex day as stated, well nex
day i seed so menny of my frends in
toun an they wus all so glad ter sea
me an mi nelth had improoved so
mutch by takin the qt. of sed bitturs
that i furgot bout goin hoam,
thinkin i still lived in toun, till late
in her evnin i remembirs that i has
mooved ter the kuntrie, an i drawed
a long breff when i thinks of what
lizzie will say but i takes the mater
in han and htes out fur watts, s. c.
and reeches hoam boat ten erclock.
well i goze in softly and lizzie sais
is thet you Dote an i sais ye6, weak
like, as if i wus still sick, an she
sais as how the cows has bin out evry
sints yistiddy evenin arid sed git out
an hunt em, whitch i did at wunst.
well i wus not quainted wiff the
kuntrie roun bout there, but i sais
as how the cows is bout huntin sumthin
ter eet, an i lites out fur the
bottums, and the furst think i knows
' i trips myself up in a bramboo brirepatcn
an lites in the bottum of wun
of press Cheetums gullies in that
visinnity, an when i nits the ^furst
thing whitch cums to mee is thati
is muddy and lizzie will think i is
drunk, well arter climbin up bout
half way an slidin doun three or 4
times i finerly gits out the gully
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Kami
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1901, after I had been
ppy world for . several
it worried like. I didn't
; me "it" and "the new
i-call-it" I didn't like
ie day I heard the Big
ill his department heads
?.
11 came filing in. Tall
fat chaps and skinny,
it he is here," said the
pill you name him ?'
rancrlpH and wrancried
The Folks of the South
The Folks of the South
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the best?is none too g
s one of my friends, and
aranteed by
don't like me return
>nev back. I have said it
Id over for keeping his w<
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reign
I THE GENTLER
vntfof J,
an goes on, when i runs inter a wii
fenae. well i still has on my oavei
coat an i wus gittin warm froi
walkin by this time, but i sees th*
the fense must be crost, so i trie
to fine a plais whur i cood cross
but it is too high, so i said i wi
craul thru and i fines a wide pla:
*-?% ?-fanoA on/? Knnf lioff flir
Ill OUU XUIIOW U11U glW MVUV AtMu WM*
and fines that my oavercoat is hun
on the top wire an i kennot grit n
further, i sais well i will back bacl
and try her agin, but when i trie
ter back i fines that boath legs c
my britches is hung on the hotai
wire an there are nuthin doin. we
i was in a lital onkunfurtable pei
sishun ter stay there so i rared th
way an that an struggled fur hot
a haff hour but i oanlie got titer.:
looked like i was in the saim fix c
a sheap in a briar patch and it cunr
to mee that i is hung in the fensi
jist then a idee cumes to mee and
slips out of by oavercoat an g(
loose frum ther top and then i slij
out of the britches and gits thr
arter a hours hardest wurk i has du
suits last julie. well arter dressin
goes on doun an i heers a bell an
it souns fermilyer and i walks ril
on an fust thing i knoes i walks ril
inter the creek steppin off ther ban
and fallin bout foar feet and litin o
mi side, but i hit ther sand an di
not git mutch wet oanlie scratche
my fais pr.rtie bad on a briar white
was ernuther sine agmst mee. art<
gittin out of the creek i fines thi
"it is my cows as stated, but i cuddei
fine the ford where they got a cros
; J?? i.i ? il.
1 urives uivrn up iuc v;xcaa iux
mile loolcin for a ford and it wi
muddy an wet and i was hot an ma
you bet, but sed ford cood not t
foun, then iturnt them roan ar
goze back boat a mile an cams t<
a bridge and gits wan oaver, bi
and wrangled. Youkno
them argue whether I
or Johh or Jim before,
spoke up and said:
"Why not call him 'S(
mother was a Virgini
aristocrat of the Care
from the very best stocl
the very sweetest, rip?
ginia and Carolina tob;
raised right in one of th
healthiest homes on eai
erner born, a Southernc
gentleman?the king o
SOVEREIGN.'
i KNOW good blood.
KNOW good tobacco.
;ood a name." So I w
. it means a whole he
me to your dealer ?
A Southern gentleman i
ord, and I have given y(
Ciga
IAN OF THE 8
(fa
\
e that yung heffer of mine seams ter j
r- be skeered of a bridge an evrie time I
n i goes roan her and tries ter git her I
oaver she runs by the bridge, well
d i worried wiff that cow till i cum
it neer losin all my religin an she are
|l not oaver yit, so i sits doun and
(g waits till mornin as i seed ther day
u cummin, an when it cums i hollers
g fur help an a partie cums doun and
q helps me drive them hoam. he was
j a man whitch i think has had his
d oan cows out as he was verrie sympeijthetic.
n when i gits the cows in an fed and
11 milked and thort i wood go in an.
iv taik a lital nap,' lizzie sais there are
is no stove wood cut on theas premit
merses an no fire wood, an no nuthin,
it and i knode the house was no plais
if fur mee, so 1 gits out and fines that
is the handal is broak out of the ax,
? i on i Titfld navfir to a nabnrs ter bor
Zr? j " ? ? ?
i rie a ax an i gits there jist as they
>t is sittin doun ter ther taibal to eet ?
)g breckfust, so i walks , rite up on ther ]
u! pieza an washes mi hands and fais j
n i and taiks a seet atthe taibal jest like i
i i was invited, an i has a good breck- 1
d, fus. well yousee that 1 had hed
je'nuthin ter eet sints dinnar the day
? ibefoar an i was a lital hungrie an i
k eets a purtie good breckfus consider- '
n in it was good kuntrie sausaig and 1
id hot koffie and good biskets an i forid
got all bout the stove wood an fire
:h wood at hoam fur a hour or too
>r when me an mi nabur got ter tellin
it joaks, but suddently i thort bout it
it i lites out fur hoam walkin fast an '
s. told lizzie as how i had ter go all (
aWver ther settermint ter git a ax !
is ter cut ther wood, well she didnt
d, say that she bleeved me an i didnt !
>e loose enny time ter ax her if she did,
id but i lit inter ther wood an cummenst 1
ir ter cut the hardest wood wiff ther
at dullest ax i has ever seed, well, will
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w, you have heard s
te'd be called Jack
Finally, one fellow
)VEREIGN'? His
an, his father an
? TT
rnnas. ne comes
k. He comes from
st, mellowest Viracco.
He is being
e cleanest, whitest,
rth. He isaSouth;r
bred, a Southern
f them all?a real
ras named, friend,
jap when I sayBuy
me.'
Mid get
s known
>u mine.
rettes
OUTH
I
WATO'
My liiift of high grade watcl
children is right up to the n
your choice of either open fa
' fitted with any of the Stands
I jewels or many?any style cae
Also bracelet watches, ch
outfits. I'll be glad to show y
W. E. JOH
Your Jew
stop, but i (tells you this, i has heerd ^ s
tell of the good ole kantrie time; but *
1 enny of my frends is cummin out ?
n the kuntrie to live i ecvises that *
they sell there cowa. *
yours as evar, V *
Dote.
Aein: Has you evar spent a rainey No.
randay in ther kuntrie, if not watcn No.
fur mi next. Dote. No.
No.
SOME BIBLICAL DAfA. No.
: No.
~ - ' '? x- i al, on;i.? S0,
DO yOQ desire W nuun uic muic XNO.
A.re life's origin, sin, death, satan's gto
death traps, divine means of deliv- ?
erance, and great final acts in 'the '
World's History comprehending the
Second Coming of Christ, the First
Resurrection, the Millenium, the Se- du?
cond Resurrection, the Judgment, wh
the Battle of Armageddon, the Hea-'
venly Home, Facts of interest to'you?
If so, read the following subjects, S'
and, as you would in. reading a book,
begin at the first chapter, hear the
first sermon. The growth m interest
will be steady and normal. To assist .
you in understanding these sermons Git
fully, announcement is here made
that the book, "Life and its counter By
currents," written by the pastor,
which, chapter by chapter, treats of
these sermon-matters, , is now on ha1
sale at Bowden-Simpson's Drug Store
Get a book and ,read it through, then t&t
read each chapter after each sermon 1?*
treating thereon. If you do, you ,
will get a better idea of the Bible
and fife and eternity than in simply ??
hearing sermons f6r ten years.. in
1917.
Jan. 8.?What is Life? It's source,
sacredness, happiness and destiny. V?
Is capital punishment ever right?
Jan. 15.?The First Counter Current
Entrance of Sin. What is sin?What
is hereditary sin? What its _j.(
results Arb babies lost because of ,
it? X 0f
Jan. 22.?Frightful results of the ^
First Counter Current The peryer- W{T
sion of the senses. ; Why evil is de- ?hf
sired. , .
Jan. 29.?-Counter-Crrents two, 19'
three, and four. Retaliation, excita- Qn
tion by strong drink, morphine, etc., tin
sensuality. Plain facts, for honest
people. (This discussion Dr. Mac- 24
Arthur, D. D. LL. D. of N. Y., says
should be pondered by every living
soul.)
,Feb. 5.?Counter-Current five, six,
seven?the outward appeal to per- verted
sense of sight a"nd hearing. *
The sin of the dance, modern style,
cards, etc. ;. an
Feb. 12.?Results of the Counter- ho
Currents. What is death? Is it uni- I
versal? Is it annihilation? The stra- wi
tegic point in redemption. v Vi
Feb. 19.?-Divine provisions to be
counteract the counter-currents^ The ho
Abrahamic covenant, the Mosaic law; in]
their relation and fulfillment. (Dr.
Lamar?former State see. of Baptist
missions of $. S., Says of this discussion
that many ministe?B have op
never^griasped its vital truth. p
. Feb. 26!?Provisions to counteract
the counter-currents concluded. Jes- C.
us, the Christ His life and its ef- # in
fects. Christ a ransom but not to
Satan. Umversali8m a fallacy, . ?
March 5.?The counter-currants FT
conteracted. The world redeemed.
Eschatology. Satan bound. Second
Coming, first resurrection, Millennium,
loosing Satan, gog and magog,
judgment, earth destroyed and renewed,
the saint's final home. I
Be sure and get you a book, (reduced
to one dollar) and read
through before series begins. Let
us this winter learn the Bible! What
say you? Why remain ignorant of
matchless truths of infinite value to
us? Read the book and. then listen
to the sermons. *
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MONEY I?0R NATIONAL F
FOREST ROADS AND *
TRAILS ALLOTTED r
' I
Washington, Jan. 15.?Secretary ^
Houston has announced the amount
allotted to each State from the mil
lion dollars to be spent during the
fiscal year 1918 in constructing
roads and trails within or partly t
within the National Forests. This "
money is part of the ten. million
dollars appropriated by the Federal
Aid Road Act to, assist development
of the National Forests, which becomes
available at the rate of a million
dollars a year for ten yepjrs.
The allotments as approved are as
follows: Alaska, $46,364; Arizona,
$58,604; Arkansas, $9,803; "Calif- ?
ornia, $140,988; Colorado, $62,575; H
Idaho, $108,730; Montana $70,042;
Nevada, $19,296; New Mexico, $42495;
Oregon, $128,111; South Dakota,
$8,092; Utah, $41,167; Washington,
$91,944; Wyoming $40,684.
A total of $9,995 has been allotted
to Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, >
Nebraska, North* Dakota, and Okla- am
homa. The group of Eastern States I
?Georgia, Maine, New Hampshire, m
North and South Carolina, Tennes- I'
see, Virginia, and West Virginia?in
which the Government is purchasing
lands for National Forests, receives I
$21,120. I
In making allottments, it is ex- ||
plained, ten per cent of the amount
available for 1918 is withheld as a ['
contingent fund. One-half of-the
remainder has been apportioned
among the States in amounts based
on the area of the National Forest
i?J- ?-L oi-i.
lanus ill caun wiiuc tuc
half has been allotted on a basis of
the estimated value of the timber
and forage resources which the
Forests contain.
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les tor men, women ana
linute. I can give yon , - ||9
ce or hunting style case, ;;JSB
ird movements or few
le yon want.
ains, fobs and watch
NSON, [M
SEABOARD TRAIN'''
SCHEDULE. ; Vj|
5, Sooth, doe
. 29, Sooth, due 8:69 P. M.
11, South, due 3:04 A.
17, South, due 6:00 A. M. :M
6, North, due 7:46T<Ik^B
12, North, due .... 1:42 A.
80, North, due ??12:54 A. ML.,~.JH
18, North, arrives 10:00 P.
'A Master of Finance who alloWB*^HH
ncmber to become in arrears
58 is a monkey wrench in
eels of progress," I
ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; M
County of Abbeville.
Probate Court ;; ,
ation for Letter* of Adminktrm- ; fjS
J. F. MILLER, Esq., Judge of raj
Probate; :M
J7HEREAS, Dr. G. E. Calvert , 9
h made suit to me, to grant 'hinfcSM
tters of Administration of the
e and effects of Henry. Thomas*^m
d of Abbeville County, deceased. '
rheae are therefore, to cite and '.M
noniflh all and singular the toulr,aH
1 and creditors^ of^he Mid JBtannjH
jear before me' in the (Jourt of ,ij
Probate, to be held at lAbbferffliai J
art House, on uonaay, tne xobqahc
7 of Jan. 1917, after publicatidn* JS
eof, at 11 o'clock in the f6re- ' m
m, to show cause, if any
,-e, why the said Administration1.$3
>uid not be granted. v'ijS
GIVEN under my hand and itflraHH
the Court, this 1st day ftf
the year or our Lord one thouaaadi/MM
le hundred and seventeen/ and 1 M
; year of American Independence*jBM
Published in the 8rd day of 'ItuujSKM
17, in The Press and Banner uuifl
the Court House door for the~&H
ic4uuwi uy
^ J. F. MIL LEE,
HOW THIS MOTHB) |fl
lot Strength To Do Her Work ,;3|
Fair Haven, Vt?'1 was so neiToai;"OH
d run down that I could not. do
uwwork for my little family 61 threaga^B
had doctored for nearly two year* <|
thout help. One day I read sbMMgH
nol, and thanks to it, my .health Itn:^
en restored so I am doing all BTf^|K|
numnvlr MIM IflAfO T fiffl tflllilUr lU^sH
r friends what Ylnol has done for met*
Bfn.jAMX8H.ED0T.Vinol
is a combination at fumjal^H
ales which we guarantee to buil^pSH
the weak and run-down. ^JHj
B. Speed, Druggist, Abbeville*'S^H
Also at the leading drug stoi^^H
all South Carolina towns. v|||^B
WOOD'S I
Seed Catalog !
for 1917, tells aboutthe best |B
farm and m
Garden Seeds m
nd gives special Information as to
he best crops to grow, both for
iroflt and home use. 3?'JB
The large increase In our boat- tjfl
icss which we have again experi-; .-3
need during the past year la the ...?
test of evidence as to the high
luaUty S
WOOD'S SLLDS. M
Write for catalog ana pnceam -vm
5rass and Clover Seeds, Seed :
Potatoes, Seed Cats or any ^9
Farm Seeds required. J
Catalog mailed free on request. '
T.W.WOOD 6 SONS, M
SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va: J
RUB OUT PAIN
with good oil liniment That*8
the surest way to stop them.
The best rubbing liniment is
MUSTANG
iiiiiiriiT
.inimcni
Good for the Ailments of 1|
Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc, ')
Good for your own Aches,
Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains,
Cuts, Burns, Etc.
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