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pi , . p. .. ) The Press and Banner. m ' BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C. i 4tf"Pabilshed every Wednesday ai ? a year la advance. Wednesday, July 17, 1901. A Thriving; HuNin?NN. s Many of the readers of the Presbyterian art hearty supporters ol the South Carolina Diepessary, this Is particularly true of those livlng outside ol the State. They bear about the i Institution and think It must be a good thing It may Interest all such to know tbat It Is Id a most flourishing condition. As a liquor selling affair it. is a great success. It Is going right along in its drunkard-making business, If Its design was to sell whiskey It must bt more than meeting the expectation of iU friends. Its business is increasing. The legislative committee have just examined It for the laRt quarter and they seem greatly pleased. Not tbat it has decreased intemperance. Not that there is less and less de* mand for whiskey. O, no. they are pleased because It Is flourishing. They, say, "This Institution Is still in a most thriving eondltion. > Every department is in thorough working order. Your committee with the closest scrutiny can discern nothing but the highest excellence." The thing which has so pleased the committee is the fact tbat the Dispensary sold over twenty-four thousand dollars worth of liquor more than for the same quarter last year. The receipts for the - ? ? ? pj aCA oO A v\A tho manotforc quarter were nui> ?.? are evidently expecting a good trade tbie present quarter. At any rate they are pre pared for It as the stock of liquor on hands to Columbia, and In the several countlef amounts to 3518,779.35.?Associate Reformed Presbyterian. It 1b also true that temperance advocates in every town of the State of South Carolina heartily support the dispensary law. The editor of the Press and Banner is proud to be one of Its heartiest supporters. He has been a temperance man, or a total abstainer all ol a life of more than sixty years. Ke has lived under all sorts of liquor laws, namely: License, Prohibition, and Di3pensary. He has lived, tolled and Blept, on the public square at Abbeville for forty years. He yields to no man In zeal for temperance, aDd be yields to no man In having opportunity for greater observation lp the workings ol the different liquor laws. Our reasons, In part, for pupportlng that law may be lnoluded in the following statements: 1. Under prohibition we had free liquor, and drunkenness was obtrusively offensive, On Saturdays and other pnbllo days, ladles avoided the publio square as much as possible. Now, cases of drunkenness are rare. 2. When the Courts had interfered with the dliDensarv and stopped Its working, the town was threatened, by negroes and others, with free liquor shops. To avert the calamH lty, the town council Issued no licenses, but g; granted Immunity from prosecution, on the payment of money. Liquor shops were opened in these instances under the granted immunity. 8. Before the enactment of the dispensary there were In the State^999 lioensed barrooms, using 999 storerooms, and giving, employ? ^ merit, it is estimated, to 6,000 men. An amount of capital to pay rents, to hire clerks, to buy liquor, to pay for furniture, pictures, $ >- mirrors, etc., far In excess of the amount required by the dispensary was necessary to run the bars. 4.' In the State the dispensary rents perj\V. . haps a hundred store roqms, and employs, including the central office, about five hundred people. 5. In adopting the dispensary 4.500 men were turned from the destructive side of the rV.. material economy of the State, to the productive side. 6. The capital that was invested .'n bar, rooms is now in better business. The investment in the dispensary liquor is profits that formerly went to the bar keepers. 7. Under the dispensary system we have absolute prohibition from sunset until sunriBe |P>\. " every nljht in the year, and every Sunday. 8. Under the barroom system, the liquor j shops were not closed until a late hour at ^ - 1 * ' Ka/klr trrarfi nnt O 1TX70tTO 1 ( I 11 igU Of QUU luo UOVO. viwto nvjv uv? ever, shut on Sundays. The dispensary at Abbeville, aa far as we are Informed, has never been entered on Sunday, since its establishment eight years ago. 9. Under the dispensary system, the average arrests for drunkenness Is about one1,. eighth of the number ol atresia under the license system. 10. The habit of treating has been entirely broken np. Treating laid the foundation for drunkenness. 11. Under the dispensary syatem, the allurements and the temptations of the bar, ; . and the acreeD, which the darkness offered, has been done away with. 12. No man can buy liquor from the dlBpenaary without the cash. This of itself 1b a restrictive measure. 13. No man can pledge his wife's Jewelryi his children's shoes, or his week's wages at the dispensary. 14. No man Is allowed to drink at the dispensary, and crowds are not permitted to oongregate thereto corrupt the youth or others by drink or immoral speech. 15. One thing about the change in the sys lem 01 aeanng wun liquor lies in me iaci that a man may feel safe In buying what be pays for. It has never been charged that "doctored" liquor has been sold by the dlBpensary. Sick people are not poisoned by It. 16. The houses in Abbeville nblch once ' ^ drew the rougher element Is now occupied V' by an good stores as any, and that part of town has been changed for the better. 17. Perhaps every man In tLis city would testify to the improved condition under the dispensary. 18. As a rale gentlemen will not drink, if they have to go to .the corner of a fenoe, to gulp down the hot stuff from the neck of a bottle. This fact restrains mat. y from drinking. ! . These are some of the reasons which imptl some of the bUst and the truest men in the State to support the dispensary. But. it is not claimed that tbe dispensary bas reached S * the acme of perfection. The law has been fought by the liquor element with a determination which bas never been equalled, and somtgoodand well meaning men, like tbe editor of Presbyterian, for instance, have opposed It with great force and with a conscientiousness that has never been doubted. Bat tbe liquor men and the temperance men have opposed it from different standpoints. Believing tbat tbe editor of tbe Presbyterian Is as sincere in his convictions as we are, and as both of ub are working for tbe game end, we would be glad if tbe editor ol the Presbyterian would Join other temper* anoe people In an effort to reduce the hours which the dispensary may be open, and to assist in having such Influence to bear as will increase tbe price of liquor to tbe highest possible figure. If we could reduce the hours during which liquor could be sold, and If the price could be raised, great good would result. We contend that a reduction of the boure and an Increase of price Is a practical plan for helping the dispensary law on to perfection, Tbe less liquor a man gets for bis quarter, the better it is for him, when he buys it to use ac \ a leverage or in tox lean t. Tbe testimony of the dispenser in Abbe vllle is to ibe effect that about tbe same amount of money 1b spent for drink. Tbe eflect ot raising or lowering the price affected more the amount of liquor sold than the amount of money received. Next year, when the election for Governoi takes place in this Slate, we hope that oui good brother will join us in supporting a can dldate who favors fewer hours and hlghei jftrloefl. The increased sales, of which tbe committee spoke, were not intended to show, and doef not show, that more iiquor is being drank but that tbe trfede ol the illicit dealers baf been withdrawn from these dealers and if given to the lawful establishment. Tbe dispensary Is better enforced now than formerly as is shown by tbe figures, which the Presbyterian quotes. i": Strikers and Corporations. Never in the history of the country ban there been as many strikes as have occurred within the last two months. A greater number of men quit their work than ever before at any one time. In a few Instances the strikers may have gained something, but in the majority of CafceB luai cave icruiiunicu iuc buikcib uuvc lost. There are nmuy who nre yet holding out, and Ntlll refuse to work, except on the conditions demanded, namely, higher pay or shorter hours. , Without discussing the merit or demerit between employer and em ployee, there Is one | good thing about It. \ Strikes always attest the prosperlly of the i country. ' When there is little to do, and many to do 1 It, there are no strikes. Every man holda to ' his job as long as he can. | When there Is rush ot work, then Is the op, portunity foY demanding higher pay, fewer hours, or other deBlrable concessions! But whether strikes are successful or not, I severe losses are sustained by both partleB, auu 1u buuio inhiuuces guuu iucu eunci vviy | greatly. i When men throw up their situations, which 1 are gladly taken by others, a hardship is in> fllcted ; and good men have suffered more I from the societies or organizations to which [ they belong than they have ever suffered at t the hands of the corporations whloh have > paid them higher wages than they can get ' elsewhere. I From our view point, corporations are the 1 best friends of mechanics or others who toil for a living. They pay higher wages than any individual could pay. corporations pay the ' highest wages"that are paid in this city. Very few men in this city receive from private industries over $50 a month. A great , number of men at the railroad shop, at the cotton mill, at the oil mill, and at the banks receive salaries ranging from 8500 to $3,000 a year. Much of the cry against corporations, njid possibly some of it against trusts, is unjust | and in the prejudice that exists against them the fact Is forgotten that there Is in this conntry enough money to duplicate every Indus , trial enterprise aDd every mile of railroad track in the land. When these enterprises attempt great Imposition, pabllo splr, Ited citizens will build new industries and new railroads. The Bible Society. Seventy-Eighth Annual Meeting of tbe Abbeville District Bible Society Is advertised lor i Wednesday, July 80, which will take place at i 11 o'olock in the Methodist church in this olty. It has been suggested to us that it would be 1 well for our people to make effort to Imve 1 this a moBt Interesting meeting, and that, In aid of tbe laudable purpose, ;our mercantile houses might suspend business for an hour and close their doors during the meeting. Tbe suggestion we think Is a good one, s nd we doubt not that our people will be a unit on this occasion. As it is evident that interest in these meetings have waned' in the last few years, it would seem that something should be done to make the meetings more Interesting. TbiB newspaper Is not certain what coarse is best tojjursue to bring tbe best results, but It occurs to us mat me occasion jb vuivujr ? business meeting, and except/incidentally, In ot an assembly for religious services. The object of the society 1b to raise money for the printing of the Holy Scriptures, and for the distribution of tbe same. If therefore, less time was taken up In devotional exercise, a greater number of business men and others would attend a business meeting of theBoclety which Is always Interesting. A suggestion : While the statement of the General Agent of tho American Bible Society Ib Intensely Interesting, yet as a rule, tired people get very little good from hearing statistics read. If that officer of tbe Society will furnish the copy of the statistics, together with other facts of Interest, which he might wish to make public, this newspaper will, without cost to the Soolety, print tbe same, and putcopieR on tbe pews, so that every person present may have the matter In print, and which he can carry home with bim, read at his leisure, and keep for future reference. If tbe agent's report was printed, and laid on the pews, people would have the report In more permanent form. Let not the offloers of the Society propose a compromise by excusing attendants upon tbe meeting immediately after the religious services. The business connected with the Society is the raising of money for the printing and distributing the Bible to the destitute in this and other lands, and is therefore the most Interesting as well as the most important part of the meeting. Let the people for one day in the year forget their own needs and assume that they have the gospel In abundance, and out of the abundance of their supply, are willing to spare a little for the heathen abroad and sometlng and give to the destitute at home. ? \ Charleiiton'a Tiger*. The State Constables have been attendlfig to the blind tigers in Charleston In a business-like manner. They at last demonstrated that it was perfeotly easy to break up the places which have so long defied the law. Although many of the higher or greater places for the Illicit sale of llqnor were raided, we have Been no published accounts of the calling out or tbe mmua or tbe holding or indignation meetings by tbe citizens of the good old town. At this distanoe it seemed that there is no more difficulty In breaking up a blind tiger In Charleston than there would be In disturbing tbe animal If he were in Abbeville. It is all talk when anybody says that tbe tigers cannot be molested in Charleston. But suppose tbere is difficulty in making the Illicit liquor dealers comply with tbe requirements of the law, the effort to teach them a lesson should be made. All honor to everybody who may be behind the constables in the discharge of their duty. If it is the Governor, then honor'to him. If it is State Board of Control, then honor to tbem. Since the recent publications by the News , and Courier and other papers it Is useless to i repeat the old story that the law oannot be [ enforced anywhere. It can be enforced, 11 the officers do their duty. If the officers rei fuse to do their duty, then the people ought i to know it. Bliud Titter* The News and Courier would like to know bow much whiskey the blind tigers buy from ,tbe dispensaries. The sin Is not In buying liquor from tbe dispensary, but in unlawfully retailing, or selling the same. THE BIBLE SOCIETY,. MeeU Wednesday, July 30, In (he MettioUlnt Churcti. Tbe 78tb annual meeting of tbe Abbeville District Bible Society will convene (D. V.) In the Methodist cburob at 11 o'clock, on the morning of Wednesday tbe 81st day of July, 1901. Tbe public are respectfully invited to attend. A collection for tbe benefit of the cause of Bible distribution will be taken, Anything you can give, however small, will be devoted to a good cause. Rev, D. O. Phillips will preach the sermon and J. Fraser Lyon, Esq., will deliver the address. The Board of Directors will meet Rt 10 . a. ra. F. Y. Pressly, President. i u. w. rciriu, .^secretary. , One dollar Invested In tbe old reliable American fruit preserving powder and liquid wll' save you 25C IbB. of Irult tor winter use,, for sale by Tbe Speed Drug Co. X" A ,4 T" . .".i -i C?ont nuil High Feet. Tbe typical Southerners seldom have gou in their lower extremities Is explained thu by Victor Smith in the New York Press. The moment one sits down he Iooks about Tor some object upon which to elevate his feet., usually resting them on a chair or window sill, If Indoors, or the balustrade If on the porch or piazza. Now tbe location of gout being simply a question of specific gavlty. It . ? ? foot hwpflnHP of his ha does UUl ut^urnu iv iuv tuw bitual elevation. It it should get there it, wonld be obliged to climb. Englishmen keep 1 their leet plastered right down on the ground or tloor at all times, hh If afraid Of letting something get away from them. They have gout In their feet iu consequence.?Spartanburg Herald. i It is perfectly natural for a man to put bis teet on the table, on a chair, or on a window sill, or other elevation. We do not know about gout, but there is a physical reason for the raising of the feet. It is a relief to heart action. When a man's feet are on the floor greater energy is required to lift the blood than Is required to cause circulation when the feet are raised, or when the body is prostrate. Nothing is more natural than the raising of the feet, and we are unable to see why an Englishman is exempt from the operation of the natural law of gravitation. 2 m i WELCOME WARKENT0N, , LUt or Good ThinK? and Good People, lu and About the City. Warrenton, S. C., July 15,1901. Since our last writing Providence has sent anoiher blessing on onr good farmers In the 1 form of a good rain. Just at this time nothing could bring the happy smile to the faithful farmer sooner than rain. Crops are growing. grans Is about killed, the last round has started, so now comes the time for trull, wa termelons, picnics and other pleasures that we country people fall heir to. Two of our brleht young elrls. Miss Marie Cheatham, and Miss Nina Wilt-on, spent several days last week with their aunt, Mlis Maggie Broods of Abbeville. Miss Nannie Gi'ilam of Sharon visited Misses Janle and Nora McNIell of Ellington and returned home last Friday; Miss Nannie is a very attractive young lady and adds much to the social circle when visiting among us. Miss Janle, the charming daughter of One of Abbeville County's best larraers, Mr. Wrn. McNIell, is visiting friends and relatives In I Uhornn Mrs. B. M. Cheatham who was quite sick last week is able to be up again and left Saturday, accompanied by ber three little children, for Greenville wbere she will visit, ber mother. She hopes to regain ber strength before returning. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Wilson and children were the guests of Mr. .and Mrs. P. A. Cheatham the latter part oftne past week. A number of the young people attended the plcnio at the Parker place laBt Saturday and reported a pleasant day. All went down In a four-borse wagon which Itself was a picnic. The party was composed of the following: Mrs.F. W Wilson, Mrs. Jim Ferguson, Miss Mattle and Miss Lela Porter, Miss Llla Wilson, Miss Annie Ferguson, and Messrs Wade. Paul aud Henry Wilson, Jim Ferguson, Herbert Brooks, Henry sad J. E. Cheatham. Master Sidney Brooks, a bright young man of Thornwell Orphanage Is vislUng his grand mother. Mrs. Thomas and bis brothers H. T. and Willie Brooks. Quite a numberof our young people expect to attend the plcnio at Calhoun's Mills on the second Saturday In August. The public should not forget the annual plonio at Warrenton on Friday, July 26th. All are cordially Invited. Miss Maggie Brooks and Mrs. Hlllbonse of Abbeville visited the hospitable home of Mrs. P. A. Cbeatbam last Thursday. There are some things this community needs, and the most important of all is a telephone line. Why not have this convenience when it can be had so cheap* "Clio." DUE WEST ITEMS, CbicltHftaw'M Babbling Brook?PerHonal Paragraphs? Dealb of a Good Han. Due WeBt, July 16,1901. Prof. McCain and wife have returned to Due West after an absence of several weeks. ' Mr. J. H. McDIll of Abbeville was In Due West one day last week. He Is affable and 1 interesting under all circumstances and no young man wbo has gone out from Due West , has left more friends to greet him when hfc returns. Mrs. Gilbert Tennent of AngURta, after nurs- ' Ing ber mother, Mrs. W. A. Lindsay, for a 1 month returned bome last Thursday. Mr. A. L. Kennedy and Miss Lavlnla Ken- 1 nedy are home from the Buffalo Exposition. 1 They had a delightful trip and nothing was 1 left undone that could contribute to their enjoyment while on the trip. MIbs Martha Watklns, teacher of art in the 1 Female College left for Ashvllle last Wednes- 1 day. She will return to Due West in time for 1 the opening of school In the fall. Prof. P. L. Grler left home last Wednesday 1 on his canvass for students forErskln College. 1 Prof. Caldwell will start on a similar mission J in a few days. Rev. Joseph L. PreRsly has gone to Kentuckey to supply some vacancies through the . summer. Mr. M. B. Clinkscales and Mr. R. C. Brownlee are thinking of going to Tate Springs, , Tenn., for the benefit of their health. Miss Elizabeth Tolbert visited relatives here , last week. Mrs. J. D. Brownlee will spend a week or , ten days with Mr. anl Mrs. Samuel Johnson | at Woodruff's. She went over on Monday. J Mr. David McAdams of Anderson Is visiting his father's famllv two miles north of Due West. He is a popular and successful young business man of Anderson, married , and happy. Miss Lizzie Harper and Miss Gnssie Harper | of the Thorn wel I Orphanage at Clinton are on a months visit to their mother. r Miss Pearl Dean of Dean's is visiting Miss j Annie Bowie. Mrs. J. W. Wideman and Miss Fannie Wide- , man visited the family of Capt. John Dyon at Abbeville last week. Miss Jennie Sondley is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. C. Haddon. 1 Prof. E. L. Reid has returned from North ( Carolina where be spent two weeks at the old ] home. He reports very heavy rains in and around Charlotte. Miss Lois Crawford Ir enjoying her vacation J after a years study at Winthrop College. Miss Docla Brock will spend the summer , with friends on the island of Porto Rico j She has made many friends there during , the past year whose Hospitality is unoouneea and whose friendship she appreciates. A good , position for next year is already assured Mies Aurella Anderson will spend part of , her vacation at Harris Lltbla Springs. Mr. J. R. Ellis has gone to Wbitmlres on a . prospecting tour. There are In Due West several graduates of Ersklne College who wish to teach school next fall. i DEATH OF R. C. BROWNLEE?A WONDKRF0LLY 1 AFFLICTED FAMILY. ( Mr. Robert Chester Brownlee died at his 1 home three miles east of Due West last Hat- i urday morning at 0.45 o'clock. He was a son i of tbe late Robert Brownlee who lived two miles above Donalds and who was for many years a ruling elder in Greenville Presbyterian Churcb. . Mr. Brownlee had been in declining health for several months. Early In the year he had I a protracted and severe case of grip from tbe effects of which he never recovered. Later . his heart became involved and adropsledcon- , ditlon followed. Hegradually grew worse until tbe end came. Sabbath morning at eleven o'clock bis body was laid to rest In tbe cemetary at Greenville Churcb, tbe funeral services being conducted by bis pastor Rev. Mr. i Wylie, assisted by Rev. W. E. Todd. His I work is done and be has gone to bis reward, f Within tbe past week he bad been in town 1 very few times. After commencment he came In and spent a few days at tbe home of his brother Mr. J. D. Brownlee which be seemed to enjoy. It was our privlllge to visit him al his ] home several times during his illness and of j 1HIV wo utiLLie tx w u.j ICC11U5 Luab uio uoj o noio j numbered. Circumstances make hi* death a peculiarly sad one. Within the past three years be has , lost first his eldest daughter, then the wife of his bosom, then his youngest son, all Irom consumption. Four deaths In one family In such a length of time 1b sbraething unusual in this community, Of the entire family there are now left only two, Miss Nettie, who was recently graduated from the Female College and Mr. Olln Brownlee who, since the flrst of January, hae been at home in charge of the farm. TboBe young people have the sympathy of a large olrcleof friends In their sad and repeated oereavments. Wh?n he was quite a youth Mr. Brownlee entered the Confederate army and did faithlul service as a soldiers until the clobeof the war. He was to uh always interesting and never more f=o than when relalintr his war experiences. He was a member of Company F, Second South Carolina rifles; Jen nil! O UII^HUC. inn WinnutllUCIIttSVJt'CN iuu^ih, 1 his weapons have beeu laid aside,;tbe last ro|l call has been answered. For several years paBt be has been an elder In Greenville i'rosbytprian Church. "Have you Reen George?" If you havn'tdo so, for every body says be makes ibe best Ire , oream to be had any where, you cau llud blm at The Speed Drug Co. See the pretty iiue of box paper Just re? | celved by The Speed Drug Co. Nice lote of fresh Canvassed Hams, I'lcnlo I Hams and Break fast ltacou Just In. Amos 11. I Morse. ] . ;4- <if -v 'S Jl / CONTRIBUTED LOCALS : Wbiit "M" Se?'K anil Hear* on Bin KoiiikIn About the lty. Abbeville, S. C., July 1G, 1901. SOCIAL. On Inst Thursday eveDlne Miss Nell Ed wards entertained most dellghtlully In honor i)f a number of her young friends. MISS NELL SIGN ENTERTAINS. On last Friday eveniog Miss iNell Sign entertained most charmingly in oompllment to u number of her friends. MISS JoSIE LYON *NTEKTAINS. Oo last Monday evening a number of Invited guests were moBt pleasantly entertained by Miss Lyon. HOME AGAIN. After rusticating for several weeks at the fine mineral spring at Little Mountain, Mr. K. A. Thomson and family, Mrs. E. Q. Graydon and family, Messrs. Tobe and Frank Fetzer and Miss Jennie Sondley, are home again much Improved by their trip. CORONER'S INQUEST. On last Sunday night about 9 o'clock, Edmond Simons, colored, living on the plantation of Dr. F. E. Harrison, about 3 miles from this city, died quite suddenly, and some of his friends and relatives suspecting foul play asked for an Inquest, whereupon Coroner W. B. Goings came down and summoned the following Jurors: H. H. Hill, foreman, 8. T, Eakln, Andrew Quarles, Jim Chiles, Tsiah Jenkins, Wm. Devlin, Webster Edmonds, Andy Adams, John Moseley, John Riley, Priam Smith, Gus Searls, who after reviewing the body and hearing the testimony, ren dered a veicnci id accordance luoiowhu. ium tbe deceased came to his death from natural causes. Ur. F. E. Harrison made the post mortem examination and stated In his testimony that tbe deceased came to his death from natural causes, viz., dilatation of the heart. P'rom the post moitem examination, and In all the evidence there was not tbe slightest suspicion that the said Edmond Simon had been poisoned, hut that he came to bis death as above stated. PKKSONAL MENTION. Mr. Harry EdUdr of Wllllnmston, and one or the bustling salemen of Carroll, Adams & Co., spent last Saturday and Sunday in tbe cltv. Messrs. Fred S. Hill, Fred H. Morgan and Morris fcpe, left last week lor Mexico. These gentlemen were connected with tbe Seaboard Air Llne.'aud during their stay in Abbeville, bad bv their genial manner and courteous bearing matte many friends, and "won the hearts" of some of Abbeville's fairest daughters, whose best wishes go with tbem In their far away home. Mr. Ernest Vlsansal, who recently graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy of Exeter New Hampshire, is home for tbe summer <? !-><-? fall ovnonfa t/k enfor Vq 1A VaCHUUU , OUJ IU luo Uol vereUy or Harvard, Conneotticut. Mr. J. W. Wells of Greenwood, was in the city yesterday. Mr. John Loroax was In the city yesterday and reports dry' weather throughout the Morton Mill section for the period of five W66k8. Mr. j. H. D>uPr?\ the efficient Cashier of the Farmers Bank, accompanied by his son, Julius, left yesterday for a trip among the mountains of North Carolina. Mr. DuPre has been closely confined and stands greatly In need of recreation. FRIENDS COMING AND GOING. Miss Sarah Henry left last week for Spartanburg, where she will be the charming guest of her friend. Miss Bessie Simpson. Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Tlddy left last Monday for Florence, where they will perhaps make their home for the present. Mr. Tlddy was one of the machinists at the Seaboard Air Line Bhops in this city, and bad many friends In Abbeville who regret to see him and his family move away. Mr. George Gambrell. with his sister Miss Eliza, are now at Wllliamsion, that popular summer resort known far and near for' Its fine mineral spring, its beautiful young ladles and its healthy location. Mr. K. M. Haddon is now enjoying the fine mountain brcezeB of Hendersonvllle, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Willlford, of Greenwood, snent last Hnnday in tbe city as the guests of Mr. M. E. Holllngsworth and family. Mr. Brooks Livingston, of Columbia, is In the city visiting his parents, and is cordially welcomed by many friends. Mr. and Mrs. Q. D. Reese left last Monday ror Laurens, whire she will visit relatives and friends. Messrs. J. T. Solomons and J. N. Roblnsonr of Troy, were In the city last Monday on business. Miss Lessle Fuller, after a delightful stay In tbe city, as tbe guest of ber brother, Mr. S. \V. Fuller, returned last Monday to her home at Cross Hill. < Mr. James Thompson and Mr. C. W. B&lkQlght, two of Walhalla's prominent business men are at tbe G lenn Ethel lun, looklDg after Bpecial business In the city, where only "two" are concerned, so it is whispered. Mrs. C. D. Mann, with ner charming and accomplished daughter and handsome son, of St. itattbewp, are In the city visiting her sister, Mrs. G. H. Moore and other relatives and friends. Tbe many friends of Mrs.R. S. Link will be uiuoh gratified to hear that she is now improving and getting on nicely. They all hope and pray she may soon be fully restored to health and to ber family. monu frlonria nf Mr. Tfarrv Himmnn will regret to know that be is 111 at bla borne In tbU city, ; Mr. and Mrs. It, A. HaddOn, of Due West* were shopping In tbe city last Monday. Mr. Uaddon reports a fine rain on 8unday whlcb was accompanied by a beavyi wind storm, blowing down fences and trees Dr. W. E. Link, of Wllllngton, (Links) was In tb? city last Monday visiting bis son, Mr. ft. a. Link. Mr. P. Rosenberg and family, left last Monlay for Henders<yivllle, N. C., wbere they will spend part of the summer months. Mr, and Mrs. W. D. Barksdale spent last Sunday In Greenwood. Mr. Barksdale has returned, leaving Mrs. Barksdale to spend a while with bomefolks and friends. Mr. J. C. Haddon, of Due West, and Mr. rom Seal. Jr., are^the guests of Capt.|Branch. at Little Mountain. Mr. W. J. Bryson, after a pleasant trip to Wrlghtsvllle, N. C., Is home ajjaln. Mr. Georee Speer, of Monterey, was In the jlty lust Monday snaking bauds with bis anmerous Abbeville friends.; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Maxwell worshiped last Sunday at Lebanon, spending tbe day wilb VIr. and Mrs. Will McAllister. Mr. F. C. DuPre spent last Sunday in Anderson where Mrs. DuPre is now visiting V 8. Mrs. Carlton, of Macon Georgia, tbe wife of Mr. G. R. Carlton dispatcher at tbe S. A. L. <bops, Is In the city, registered at the Glenn , Ethel Inn. Mr. Lambert Caldwell, one of the popular talesmen of R. M. Haddoa & Co., is now off or his summer vacation, who with Mrs. Caldwell will leave today, (Wennesday) for Donalds where they will spend part of their ,lme. WEATHER FORECASTS. Look for cooler weather today 17th, 18th ind lSHb, local showers, thunder and llghtilng. Many sections of onr County are sadly n need of ralD. Crops and gardens parching ind drying up, and It is earnestly hoped that be above predictions will come true. Pine rains fell last Sunday afternoon near Bradley ind Troy, and in and around Due West. HAVE YOU HEARD IT? Tbe Speed Drug Company have recently purchased a large and mannlflclent Phonograph which is an interesting and pleasing 'Draw Card," for their store. If you haven't aeard it call and hear the flue anthem, as mng by the Methodist choir of Abbeville, you vill be delighted. AIII'nT llilib O WH^AX OAi^U, Will Abbeville have a band? if not, "why sot? Let them get In shape to play at tbe Dounty Fair Instead of paying that money to itrangers, let it be kept at borne. "Mottling [ike blowing your own horn." DEATH OF LUCIUS L. OWENS. 'No night shall be in heaven; no darkened room. So bed of death, nor silence of the tomb, But breeues ever fresh with love and truth Shall brace tbe frame wltb au immortal youth." After a long and tedious illness Mr. Lucius Owens died in this city at the home of his br?thur-ln-law, Mr. H. B. Speed. last Monday morning, July 15. 1901 ut 8 o'clock, in the 35tb year of nls age. The deceased was tbe son of Mrs. M. C. Owens, and an only brother of Mrs. Speed ot this city, and came here from his Home in Georgia about five months ago, that ae might in bis declining health receive the personal attention of a fond and devoted mother and sister, both of wbom have been untiring In their watchful care and loving ministration to his every want. If the prayers and tender oare of a loving Christian!) mother and sister could have stayed the hand of the "Reaper" Lucius L. Owen's lile would have been spared longer to them, nit alas, such was not in accord with His .divine will, and He who gave called him from earth away to lhat bright home ol many mansions where the weary are forever at rest. Hie funeral services were conducted by Re*. R. H. Jones in the Methodist Church at t> 3'clock Monday afternoon in tbe presence of i large and sympathising congregation, after which his remains wera Interred in Melrose Hall A Anderson are offering a big discount an clothing this week. I My Btock of paper back novels must be reduced. Come and gel my prices ou quantities. DuPre's Drug and Hook Htore. Millinery. Tbls department bas always neeu the pride of our store. Tbls season's offering will certainly equal It tney do not sur- i pass all others. I # I The real thini ? i Particular p the finest fla 0. & 0 right, l'or rei p ^ ^ a delights the I I ^ ther. Tlitf first picking One lb. Cans 75^* tips. Has 1 Half lb. 40c. arising from One-fourth lb. 20c cup. Great s good body m AND RICHLY * _ end. A tas WORTH THAT. it. AVe also I mixed Tea ii T jC. T A/ JLy. JL c*. -JL Drugs, Seeds, Stationery AT MY STORE. CALL AND GET MY PRICI DuPre's Drug FOE EVERYT. Drv Goods i %/ Go to W. D. BARKSDALE and than they can be bought i Stock is complete ant .... First-cls Yours to please, , W. D. BAR T2 V PTP. A *???| ARCHITECT an< Will furnish Plans and take contracts e the Sta Cut Prices at TO CLOSE OUT O] SLIPPER SALE..... Over 50 pair Ladies' Slippers less of Cost. SHORT ENDS..... Colored Wash Goods, Law; thing for Summer Waists. Ready to Wear Shirt* TV Linen and Duck Shirts, a and below cost. Ladies' White, Black, former price 75c. and $1. N Colored Silk Parasols OnJy a few left, but they m We have no room to atoi time to secure great bargains R. M. H/ Rridces to Let. |t] O I will let to the lowest responsible bidder the building of the following Bridges : Bridge over Turkey Creek, near Turkey Creek Church, July 29,11A.M. Licks Bridge over Calhouus Creek, July 31, 11 A.M. Magrawa Bridge, same Creek, same day at 3 P. M. Approaches Cades Mill West side, August 1, 11 A. M. , Approaches Pettigrewp Bridge over Little River same day at 3 P. M. Approaches Bradleys Mill Bridge over Long Cane August 2, 11 A. M. Bridge over Bold Branch near J. H. Links same day at 3 P. M. Bridge at Brooks Mill August 6, 10 A. M. Bridge at Prices Mill over Hockey Biver on August 8, 11 A. M. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids. G. N. NICKELS, C. S. A. C. July 10, 1901. ij. W. wiiiie'M Buy your Ruta Baga and Turnip Seed from X,. W. White. Yon can get a dozen different varieties ol Turnip Seed frotu L. W. White. No better Seed are grown than Bulsts. You nan find Bulst'w Turnip Seed at the grocery store of JL. W. White. a July and A.ugustare the months for sowing m Turnips. Buy your Turnip Seed from L. W. m White. . Floor Is -very cheap now. Buy a barrel or a I sack 01 It Crom L. W. White. H L. W. White has In store and to arrive two I hundred Barrels Floar. No article of food Is cheaper now than ^ Flour. Ifyou will buy your Hour Irom L, W. White you will always have good cakes and biscuits. Flour TFlour f ! Flour !!! at ij. W. White's. | J>, For th? finest Ice cream and soda wntej J jlH tlrsnks to be iV?nd anywhere, go to The UK slpeed Dri?g Co, j |||J / ' i , ry !> / eople insist on having vored Teas. They are illy good Tea not only drinker?it goes furO. & O. brand is the s of early spring Tea that fragrant bouquet, a rich, flill flavored itrength combined with takes it cheaper in the tj* talis the tale. Trv liave the nicest 50e. i town. I. Miller. our Stationery ,ND Drug Account CAN BE REDUCED AT LEAST ItfE THIRD BY MAKING ALL PURCHASES FROM ME. YOU CAN FINE A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF and Toilet Articles ss. , Book and Seed Store. HING IN Groceries get your Goods cheapei niywhere else.1 My 1 my Goods are iss .... J / wen J& T CHAM, a BUILDER fc*** Specifications and tnywhere in ,te. ti^aa avi'ci i uauuua d. DDS and ENDS. 3 now on Bargain Counter regardas, Dimities, Batiste, &c., just tbe aists few numbers left now, offered at Tan and Pearl Grey Silk Gloves, ow 50c. and 7c. usr go. re carried over goods. Now your i in Summer stuff. irmniv ^ co. [ow's This,.. For Long, Keen One | ? ' OUR BOND HOLDH A EES USE THIS 8| M KIND TO CUT P| fl THEIR COUPONS, m B WE DON'T SELL plH MORE THAN A jBg GREAT UROSS OF THESE A YEAR. 1? BUT WE HAVE THIS FINE MAKE IN OTHEK STYLES f SUITABLE FOB | I THE LADIES USED9| SEE THAT,YOU mi "CLAUSS" WHEN YOU WANT r A GOOD SHEAR OR f] JT SCISSORS. i u mi Every ^air UUAKAI1 I ECU. A FULL LINK OF ocket ami Table Cutlery. Hill HIl CO. NOTICE! MflllXf II 11 11 b 11 V U V K * I 1 m * . . . - ' ' )M THE Hllli WAREHOUSE IS NOW READY TO STORE Cotton, Grain, Guano, Heavy Groceries AND ALL FARM PRODUCTS. 'u aH ' It Will Also Be Prepared to Press and Store all Hay Brought to Market. . .. The Company will continue to erect otber buildings sufficient to meet all the demands tor storage. JOHN LYON, MANAGER. June 12,1901. tr ' / I??? \ i&r Tik \ r WM Nftwa ? 5 | H Agency V |j I \k.UXmim J -below- K 5 ^POST OFFICE, m * V # | uvtvmiMmM ' Morse's Locals. I have added a line of wall panerlng to my business. A most complete set of sample > books with all kinds culers and grades, and mouldings to match, now ready tor Inscectlon. Orders filled promptly for any quantity, Satisfaction gnarenteed. Come ana see the beautiful samples. Anew lot of flower pots just In. I will give you 10 1M. of the bpst green coffee for 81.00 that you have had offered you la a long time. Ice cream salt, better %ni cheaper than the. ordlnery kind. Afresh shipment of crackers Just opened. Evaporated peaches and apples, dried apples, prunes, currants and raisins. Let me sell you some cheap fruit. How do these prices strike you T p / Some dried apples 7 cents pound. Evaporated apples, 8 aud 10 eta, worth 10 Evaporated peaches 8 and 10c worth 10 and 15c. i y , Prunes 8 and 10c, worth 10 and 15c. \ A few raisins with seed 121-2 and 15c. Seeded raisins in 1 lb. package 15c. 8 pounds of nicely cleaned currants, and that exhausts the stock. Amos B. Morse. To arrive on Thursday: 50 dozen Negligee Shirts 50 ets. , value at 38c, 75c value at 50c P. Rosenberg & Co. Look! Look! 1 /' , ' . Vj WE ARE GIVING FREE.... A FANCY GALLON JUG WITH EVERY GALLON OP OUR PURE APPLE VINEGAR. IT 18 THE "MONOGRAM" BRAND. THE HIGHEST GRADE VINEGAR SHIPPED FROM KENTUCKY. L. T. & T. M. MILLER. ;k I W. D. Addie. I ... THE ONLY ... PROFESSIONAL CYCLIST IN ABBEVILLE. FIRST-CLASS WORK DONE AT nri * n/"\XT A UT r DDTPM I_ AOUi^ X IViViA/i ALL WORK DONE ON SHORT. NOTICE. W. D. ADDIE. COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON, S. C. FOUNDED IN 1785. STRONG FACULTY; WELL-EQUIPPED Chemical, Physical and Biological Laboratories; Observatory; Llorary or 14,000 volumes ; and tbe finest Museum of Natural History In tbe South. B. A., B. S. and A. M. courses ottered. Tuition, ?40, payable In two Instalments. Board In Col..ge Dormitory can be obtained at 310 a month. One Scholarship giving free tuition Is assigned to each county of South Carolina, the holder to be appointed by the Judge of Probate and the County Superln- j tendent of Educatlou. All candidates for admission are permitted to compete for vacant Boyce Scholarships, which pay 8150 & year Entrance Examinations will be held In Abbe vllle, on July 12tb, 1901, by tbe County Super Intendent and Judge ol Probate. Next sea slon opens September 30, 11)01. For catalogue address HARRISON RANDOLPH, June 10,1901. President. We are overstocked on box paper and fine stationery, It must go regardlessof expenses. 11 you can use a good box of paper cheap call at the Speed Drug Co. I have now ready for Inspection an elegant line ol Samples for Tailor made Suits or simple garments?Pants a specialty. Come and naveaiiu good something good abd dressy, DoD't forget to look at my sample of Wall paperlug. Amos B. Morse. Pictures of every description In all colors and rugs to beat the band. J.U.Kerr. Putaway your winter clothes with Lavender and Cedar Camptior, and avoid that offensive smell of tar balls. For sale at Mi 1 ford's Drug Store. Phone 107. The most compleete Hue of brushes to be found in town Is at The .Hpted Drug Co. Tooth brushes, uall brushes, hair brushes, clothes brushes. whlsl brushes, in rud tiny kind of & j brush you waul. The Speed Drug Co, / /