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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04


That when the taxes and assessment or any
portion thereof charged against the properly
or party on the tax books OF the City for the
! fiscal year 1904. shall not be paid on or before
the 3lst day Of December, 1908. the City Treas:
drer shall proceed to add penalty OF one
per cent. on the tax book, and the City Tres
urer shall collect the same; and II the said
taxes and assessments Is and penalties are NOT
paid on or before the first day Of February
next thereafter, an additional penalty Of one,
per centum thereon shall be added by the
City Treasurer; and II said taxes, assessments
and penalties are not paid on or before the
first day OF Merch next thereafter. an Saddi.l
tonal penalty Of five per centum thereon,
shall be added by the City Treasurer and be
collected by him; and II the said taxes. as
sessments and penalties are not paid on or;
before the 18th day Of March next thereafter,
the said City Treasurer shall issue his tax ex-,
ecution for the said taxes. assessments and;
penalties against the property Of the defauit.s
| ing taxpayers according 10 law. :, St54 s.
A communication road tax will be collected
the same time as other taxes Of Two Dollars
from all male citizens between the ages of
eighteen and fifty Ave years, except those ex-i
empted by law. Unless said tax is paid on or
before the first day Of January, 1904. six days
work upon the public highways and streets
of the City will be required under the Street
Overseer. ~
All persons failing or refusing TO pay the
Communication tax or to work six full days,
shall, upon conviction, be fined not more
than Thirty Dollars or be Imprisoned not
longer than thirty days.
Done and ratified In City Council this 18th
day of October, 1908. ~
JAMES MCMILLAN. Mayor.
JAMES CHALMERS. City Clerk. Ia
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04
Estate Of ]. G. E. Branyon, Dec.
Notice Of Settlement and Appli-
cation for Final Discharge.

NAKE NOTICE that on the Bro day OF
Il Dec. 1908, We will render final account
of our a:tings and dOipgs as administrators OF
the Estate OF. &. f. Branyon deceased, IN the
office of Judge of Probate for A5beville Coun-
ty at 10 O'Clock a. m, and ON the same uay
Will apply for Il final discharge from my trust
az such.
All persons having demands against said
estate will present them for payment ON or
before that day, proven aud authen icated or
be forever barred. JDo. Thomas Ashley,
Nov 2, 1903 j. II. Clamp.
Administrators.
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Southern Railway Schedule.

Trains for Hodges leave Abbeville, s. c., No
Id daily $40 n. M; No. ll2 daily 1850 a. m
No. ITO daily 1.55 p m.; No. ll6 daily.
Trains from Hodges arrive Abbevtlle, NO. ll5
daily 1920 a; ni;; No. lib daily l2O5 p M;
No. Ill daily $40 p. m.
Nos. ll6 and III (night trains) scontinued.
Close connection at Hodges with through
trains for Greenville, Columbia, Charleston
etc., connecting at Greenville for A. Il G. Dl.
vision points and the East, also Asheville, At.
lanta, etc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04
What wOuld You Think 4?

What would you think If you saw the may
or, the chief of police, an undertaken, doctor
and the owner OF the property 60 to door
which they found locked, and then see them
try to look through the window, while one of
their number went around the house to the
rear? That is what some of our people saw
one day last week. They thought perhaps as
you would have thought.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04
SHOES.

We have been handling the
Geo. G.. Snow Shoes for the
past ten years with the great
est satisfaction. Have just
received a large shipment
from the factory, including
the water proof which keep
the feet absolutely dry. Don't
fail to inspect our line of
shoes before buying. A. N.
Smith & Co.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04
COTTON MARKET.

Reported by w. ID. BarksdaIe.
Number Of bales received since last Tues
day SOO.
Price ranging from 10 toto Ii cents.
Market closing at lO cents.
Cotton seed 20 cents per bushel.
Estimated loads OF hay l6. Price ranging
from 40 tol5O per hundred pounds.
Cotton firm.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04
Worth Knowing.

Save your land while it is fresh and
worth saving.
Plow on level even in new ground.
There never comes rain enough to
carry off all the face Of the earth at
once.
Prevent water from gathering and
you prevent Washing.
High and broad lines are not desir-
able. They should be simply guide
rows.
Rain water is the cheapest Guano in
the market. Save your rainwater.
Deep blowing holds the water till
the roots of plants come after it.
Instead of throwing up high levees,
throw out deep burrows and place
your surplus rocks in them.
Two things at once may thus be
done get rid of the rocks and save the
land.
1t is cheaper to remove rocks and
stumps than to work around and
among them.
Rocks and stumps do not grow.
Then why continue to plow and hoe.
Machine work is cheaper and often
better than handwork.
Paint is cheaper than lumber and
carpenters.
A bale per acre should be the aim of
every farmer.
A bale per acre leaves a handsome
profit to the producer.
Deep blowing and high manuring,
these should be our WatchWork.
Headwork first, handwork next.
This should be the farmers text.
There's wealth in the soil.
1t responds to intelligent toll.
That mans prosperity is not mis-
taken.
Who drives oat fed mules and eats
corn fed bacon.
Tar and grease as a preventative or
Cholera is highly recommended by a
good farmer who has tested it with
eminent success for years. Use 1t
literally on the hogs and on the feed
troughs and in the beds where they
sleep.
Curculia III Plum may be largely
prevented by using the stocks of Wild
goose plums to graft other varieties on.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04
Gravel Bed.

Congressman Aiken and Postmaster Link
have an immense gravel bed on their land
some five miles north of Abbevile. 1t in
cludes thirty acres. An examination proves
that 1t is fifteen feet or more in thickness. A
shaft Of fifteen feet was dug without finding
the limit of the vein.
So important is this that the Southern
Railway couiempiates looking into the
praclicability OF running side track to 1t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04

Instead of trying to induce several theologi.
cal seminarles to move In why does not At.
Inata send and get Dowie, Carrie Nation, an d
more advertisements in q week than the
semiparies would in decade.-Spartanbu burg
Herald.
And this, too, when DR.. Broughton is an the
city?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04

1t is stated that guards were placed at the
places OF Illicit liquor dealers, and the blind
tigers were run out of business IN Columbia
during the Fair week. Ifthe places Of Illicit
liquor dealers are known during Fair week,
1t seems to man at this distance that the
same information would be Of service at
other times than Fair week.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04
financial Advantage Of Immi 9 rat ion

hit costs 81, 500 10 grow an Infant from child
hood to manhood, is 1t not cheaper to organ
lie an immigration bureau with authority to
induce full grown people to come. we paying
all transportation expenses OF acceptable i'm
migrants? BY doing so, about $1,000 or $l,i
would be saved on each grown person.
Suppose If we need mules and We could get
them by merely paying freight on them from
Kentucky, would it not be cheaper TO pay
freight than to raise them at homer
When we can get mules and immigrants
merely by the asking and paying freight, why
should We go to the expense of rearing men or
raising mules.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04

Before buying your floor
covering be sure and ex-
anime our carpet remnants
and rugs. They are great
bargains. A. nj. Smith & Co.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04

Gen. Edward McCrady is dead. He died
suddenly at his home in Charleston, aged Il.
A better or more universally man did not
live In South Carolina.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04

Through train service between Augusta and Char.
lesion. ..,'-. .'- ~
For information relative to rates, etc., apply 70 M
W. B. STEELE, e. T. A., Anderson, s. y.
GEO. T. BRYAN, G. A., Greenyille, 3. O.
ERNEST WILLIAMS, Gen. Pass, Agt, 4
Augusta, Ga. aa;s
T. NJ. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04

A large stock OF flour is In store and to ar.
rive. Special bargains In coffee; Our roasted
coffee at 10 cents pound is prize.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04

or what offense is the Attorney General
guilty in strangling the infant county Of
Calhoun?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04

A little gent, flexible welt shoe, a soft shiny
stock, thick flexible sole, all sizes' lfou
babies size TO 2 little gents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04
The Tigers.

II the newspapers in Greenwood are an
index to the situation in that town the blind
tigers are much in evidence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04
J. w. Breihahn,
Proprietor.
Just received a fresh lot of
North Carolina Buckwheat
Flour. The dark kind, best
purest. A. NJ. Smith & Co.

New fall style OF the krippen Dorf Ditt-
man shoes are in. A beautiful assortment OF
these goods
A plain toe. patent leather vamp, dull kid
top, with Louis heel. This gives you faint
description Of dress shoe we are selling.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04
An Ordinance
To Raise Supplies for the
City of Abbeville, S. c., for
the Fiscal Year 1904.

DE 1T ORDAINED BY THE MAYORAND
Aldermen OF the City Of Abbeyille, 8. q, In
Council assembled and by authority OF the
same, That a tax for the sums and In q nian.a
ner hereinafter named shall be raised and
paid into the treasury Of the City Council for
the uses and purposes thereof for the fiscal
year 1904. ..... I
Notice is hereby given that the office Of
City Treasurer OF Abbeville, g. G., viii be-
open for the collection Of taxes for said fiscal
year 1904, from Monday, November 2, 1903. I'M.
til Friday. January l. 1904. without penalty.
Rate per centum Of taxation are as foilows:.
City Tex.-"......".....-.......4 mills g Gsg&
Water Works Tax Qnterest
on bonds and Sinking ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-11-04

A neat assortment of Cheviots, Meons, Diagonals,
Clay and unfinished Worsteds, former prices S12 So
S19 so and $500. They are going now for only
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-18
ONE GREAT
Moderator Coyle Sees an araIoama.
ton OF All P~resayterians

Denver, Sept E-The Rev. Dr.. P E
CoYie, moderator OF the general as
sembly OF the Presbyterian church
VINO has just returned 70 his home in
this city from 6 lecture tour Of rha
east believes that the time Is rot far
distant hen the twelve different Pres
bFterlan churches in the United States
VII! become one ThiS proba bitirr ne
says, Is due 10 the reconstructirs Of ne
creed Of his denomination which took
place last May. Calvanistic and Ar
menian lines which have SO long kent
his n the Cumberland PRESBYTERIAN
churches separated have now, he saws.
been effected and at present no dis
Gnctlons other thar ceremonial sonar
ate the two great religious orders that
began as one in the days OF omw
Another step" said DIR. Coyle. that
our church took at the last general as
ssInbly in May and one that tends
toward the unity idea is to emphasize
Christian education. With intellectual
development many sordid distinctions
that tend 10 keep churches separated
VIII be obifterated. Our church now
has an educational committee and upon
It has been imposed the duty OF rails
Ing IL million dollars for educational
purposes. Most of his money VIII be
spent upon schools in the west, for our
institutions Of learning in the east ars
In gO0d shape financially.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-18
Our Brit, Fate

Harper's Weekly: A New England
scientist has lately published some
suggestive conclusions on the snhs
1ect OF the btrth-rate in Amer,ca
Looking backward to the time Of RenIa,
min Franklin, he discovers that the az
erase number OF children to a family was
eher, eight; q century later 1T had declined
u; IN 1880 It was As; in 1850. s.3a; in 1s72
245; in 1900. lS. The birth-rate t~hro,eho,t
the entire civilized world, according tn
one authority, is steadily decreasing. ran.
IDLY in the new world, more slowly in the
o!d-truly an alarming condition or
things, for which We are offered the fol-
lowing explanations: -
.Family s~hrinkage seems clearly refer
able to the strenuous nerve-racking life
OF the day, to the struggle not for eyis-
tence, but for a luxurious existence tn
the ever-increasing desire for the iuxur-
les OF LIE and the morbid craving for So
clai disslpatiCHs and advancement. II ia
due to the desire to have no children or
only such a number as husband and wife
believe suitable and adapted to thar
Ideals of comfort and their sunnosaa
financial possibilities"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-18
BIG FUND.
las $16,ooo,ooo in It Now, but Is Grow
ing Rapidly.

Washington, Sept. lathe question
Of western land irrigation, which fol
years has been a great issue with the
arid states and. at the same tiny, the
shuttlecock of congress, at last has as
sumed such dimensions that it will
have a respectable hearing by all par
| ties.
For the cause OF irrigation no less
than l 100000 nov is available fol
the states where surveys nave been APP
proved by the government. Two years
ago, when congress provided SIX 0 ,000
for an irrigation dam in the river and
,harbor bill, that slight concession wal
,aafled by the advocates of irrigation
as an entering wedge" a decided fac
tor in the long-mooted question as to
whether congress should appropriate
money for irrigation IN the state and
territories.
In this short time note the result.
From the sale of these lands under the
irrigation act there is a fund of &c.,
0O0, 600 available for the purpose of rec
lamation of desert lands.
Those who know the general practice
of congress predict that the amount
will grow from SIG, 00O, 900 to ten times
that amount.
No issue before the American people
is of greater interest. The reclamation
of the arid lands means the addition to
the Of the United States of a
territory as valuable as that of the
great Louisiana purchase. which is to
be conmemorated in ST. Louis in 1904.
Fund Is Growing Rapidly.
As the government has reached the
point where it will donate SIC, 600, 900
FOR the purpose of irrigation, then it
is probably only a question of time
when the amount expended for this
urpos will equal that Of the river
and harbor bill.
w. "A. Richards, commissioner of the
general and office, has prepared a
statement showing the amounts COW
cred into the treasury to the credit Of
the reclamation fund from the sales Of
lands in the several states and
during the years 1901, 1909
and 1908, under the provision of the
act of congress approved June IT, 1902.
AT present there is to the credit of the
reclamation fund in the United States
reasury s16.1s1,s $50, of which $S,461,493
from sales Of public lands DUR
the present year.
To this date sixteen states and ter
rltories have contributed to this sum,
is set apart for the reclamation
Of arid lands. The u received
for the government holdings in the va
states are as follows:
Arizona, $685. sos; California, $685. ]
l1s; Colorado. $1,13s,o67; Idaho, ST.
[49,667; Kansas, $67,553; Montana, ST.
Nebraska, s354,o63; Nevada,
New Mexico, S297,365; North
Dakota, S2,456,S4e; Oklahoma, S1,S24,-
sS1; Oregon, S2,795.690; South Dakota,
'546, 9S2; Utah, S234,S44; Washington,
4, S94, 069; Wyoming, S65S,6S6, +,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-18

7 average condition Of barley on
l September l was S2-1, against SS.4 on
" August l. 1908, S9.T on September /.
500, SS.S at the corresponding date in
oel, Il q ~ten-year average of s.. 2
Tie average condition OF rye on Sep.
sember i was SAL, against So one
month ago, 96.s September /. 1902, s4.s
II the corresponding date in 1901, and
Ia ten-year average of SIS.
The average condition OF buckwheat
IN September / was 81. against $50 one
month 81 S6.4 on September |, 1902
o.s st the corresponding date In 1901
and y ten-ysar average of S4.4.
The average condition of fax on Sep
senber / was So.5. against 500 on,
month ago and 49, or July l. 1908.
A Shortage in Potatoes.
The average condition OF potatoes or
September l was S4.S, against ST.2 one
month g Se.l on September l, 1902
So at the corresponding date in 1901
and a ten-year average OF Is.
The era condition OF tobacco or
September was SS.4. against s.. 9 one
MONTH g and S. On July /. 1908.
OF the thirteen principal cloyer-seed-
producing states, four-na,nely, Indt-
M Illinois. Wisconsin and Iowa-re-
port increased acreages, while all the
other principal states except California
IN which state the acreage Is the same
Is iast year report decreases. In Colo
ado and Utah conditions are below
heir tea-year averages. while all the
other principal states reEaort condition.
Above such average.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-18
Mexieo's Military Ambition.

National Magazine: The army and
navy OF the republic Of Mexico are IN
dergoing the greatest transformation
in their history. From the border IN
fucatan and from the Pacific. to the
gulf coast the republic will soon he q
vast parade ground for troops and ma
rines. Quietly, but rapidly, h gov
eminent is carrying TO comnlefion
comprehensive plans which VIII make
Mexico or of the strongest military
powers for her area on the globe. with.
m a year or two at most President
Dtaz Will be able to mobilize on short
notice nearly 200. 900 well-equipped and
well-drilled soldiers. He desires to
make Mexico a nation of warriors.
therefore, in nearly II, 900 public schools
nearly 800. 900 boys are drilling daily
and dreaming of glory to be won on the
battlefield. Is there reason to doubt.
In view of such facts as these. that
the Mexico of the future will be able to
make demands and enforce them IL
need be?
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-18
Such a MISUNDERSTANDING.

Judge: When l saw hat she was al
most beyond my control" said the rail-
way engineer. II threw her over"
Brute" calculated a gentleman
wearing eyeglasses and grassy whis-
kers, who was unintentionaliy straining
her ears to overnear the conversation.
1T didn't do any good" continued the
engineer, so ! shut her off, but still
she wasyturnping pretty hard and slid
Ing around
Infamous. said the grassy-whis-
kered man.
sliding around; so I give her
air.
"Ah. then you have some little in
stinct OF kindness" growled the in
censed listener.
But it wasn't any use, and so I
Jumped n got away just when she
began to smash things"
And l don't blame her one bit" as
serted the ma with the eyeglasses and
the grassy beard. It's a pity she
didn't smash YOU, SO you couldn't come
mere and boast of your cruelty. I am
not surprised at the number of divorces
OwaGayS"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-18
AGED MAN SHOT.
Murdered South Carolina Man., the
Father of senator Simmons.

~ WtHsiI LIE
Father of Senator Simmons.
Newbern, N. c., Sept. 15.-Furrifold
G. Simmons, father of United States
Senator +. NJ. Simmons, was fouily
murdered yesterday on his plantation
a few miles from P~ollocksville, Jones
county. He had been missing since
yesterday morning. Senator Simmons,
who was in Raleigh. and Senator Sim
mons son, James, who is n merchant in
Newbern. We're notified OF the fact and
both went promptly to the old home
stead to assist in the search.
The body vas found near the river.
Mr.. Simmons lac been sho several
times with a shotgun. Bruises about the
head indicated that he was dubbed
also.
Mr.. was a quiet, inoffensive
man. about rs years old. and was gem
orally esteemed.
The cause of he murder is unknown.
"A negro named Daniels has been ar
rested as the assassin.
Another account from Pollocksville
says that Mr.. Simmons was killed by
an unknown ~trespasser who was
squirrel hunting on his and and whom
Mr.. Simmons went after when he heard
the shooting. and that one arrest has
been made.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-18
MUST HAVE SOLDIERS.
Army Authorities Order Immediate
Securing of Iowa for Men Who
Will Enlist in Army.

Des Moines, Ia. Sept. 15.-The posi-
oility of war with Turkey. or the needs
OF more men in the Philippines, Is the
attributed cause of a special order re-
ceiNed by Captain Il. H. Ely, in charge
OF the local recruiting station, instruct
ing him to disregard previous orders
Tor curtailing enlistments and to re-
crult men as rapidly as possible for
immediate service. 1t is stated there is
the greatest need for me for the in
fantry service In the tropics and prompt
action is imperative. On the strength
or this order recruiting stations will
be lmemldately established at Fort
Dodge, Burlington, LeMars, Ottunwa
aud Sioux City. After these towns have
been thoroughly searched for recruits
stations Will be opened in all Iowa
own having e population of 5000 or
over.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-18
UNIONS ARE SUED.
connecticut Hatters Demand S24o, 600
Damages for Boycott and In
jury to Business.

Bridgeport, Conn. Sept. I5.-In Unit
ID States district court today Loewe &
co. OF Danbury, hat manufacturers, in
STUFFED suit against the national Off
GERS of the American Federation of La
Dor, national officers of the United Hat
tiers OF North America, n $50 mem
berS of these organizations, residents
of Danbury, who were formerly in the
employ of plaintiffs. Plaintiffs allege
that because they refused to employ
only union labor in their factory. IN
on demand of the union in 1901, their
goods were boycotted both in the Unit
ed States and Canada. and in 1902 the
union men employed by plaintiffs were
called on to strike. Damages of S24o,-
eoe are asked under the Sherman anti
trust law.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-18
TO SETTLE BOUNDARY.
Srifish-Araerican Commission to De-
termine Sovereignty of East
Indian Islands,

Washington, Sept 1.-THE aonot,+.
ment OF a British-Anerican ounda
commission to determine the
iines on the coast of Borneo, separating
possessions in those waters OF islands
to b TWO countries, msv be
the eventual solution OF the inquiry
"NLcn LONDON government has sS-
dressed 10 the state department as to
the sovereignty ever certain of rbass
Islands.
Inc communication received from The
SEleish charge regarding the centro!
TO be exercised over these Islands which
have frequently been g resort for mir
ales IS still under consideration at the
STATE department and Acting Secretary
r. Ades viii consult with the sarratary
OF the navy before replying. So far az
can be learned there is nothing In con-
1roVeFsy which viii q for arbitra-
ton.