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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-03
Proposed Florida Ship Canal.

Second only to the isthmian canal
| itself in Importance to this country,
the Jacksonville Times-Uuion argues,
Is the proposed ship canal across
Florida. It would eliminate the long
and hazardous voyage around the
Florida capes, and would be Of vast
potential benefit to the ports of South
Carolina, Georgia. Alabama, Louis.
lana, Texas and Florida. The move
ment for this canal has been advanced
considerably by Senator Taliaferro, OF
Florida, who has introduced into Con-
gress bill to appropriate $25, 900 for a
preliminary survey of q feasible route
for canal that would accommodate
the largest ocean-going steamships.
The canal, says the Times-Union,
would lat one stroke enable the great
West to lay its crops down at tide
water upon basis that would do much
to strengthen our hold upon the world
markets." The same journal con-
tinues: ., -
1T would annually save in insur.
ance alone an immense amount, not
only to ship-owners the world over,
but to the insurance company them
selves. And, above all, 1t would 80
shorten the time between our Atlantic
and Gulf ports as to give lasting i'm
petus to our foreign commerce.
"Senator Taliaferro has now taken
the initial step and placed the matter
before Congress. He proposes to follow
1t up with all his force and energy,
and the entire South will turn to him
In gratitude for his loyalty to it's in
terests. t' ...
1.-THE success of the proposition
Senator Taliaferro has laid before the
Senate means much for Florida, but it
means more for the country at large.
1t means that the mouth OF the Missis-
sippi will be practically an Atlantic
port. 1t means that the entire Missis-
sippi valley will be given the benefit
Of cheap water rate for the trans
portation of its products to the markets
of the Old World, and that the COM
mercial and agricultural interests. of
the entire country will be 80 quickened
as to promote the prosperity, not only
of the Senator's own people and his
own, State, but of every State and
every people in the Union" ,~a
The Atlanta. Constitution, which
began the agitation for this ship canal,
says:
Apart from the prime necessity to
the South of the isthmian canal, we
can think of no great national work
more to be desired by the Southern
coast States than the building Of this
ship canal across Florida. 1t will
mean saving of enormous value to our
commerce, coast-wise and ocean-going.
These we have already fully exploited
in these columns, but those cities that
are seaports and bave direct stake in
this matter should bestir themselves
at once and see to 1t that Congress will
lack no argument calculated to ad-
vance the enterprise until il is an
accomplished fact"
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THE CATAWBA POWER co.
Contracts With the Mills and Other
Enterprises Foot mp About Two
Thousand Horse Power.

Enterpr1SeB root up ABOUT IWO
Thousand Horse Power.
Rock Hill Herald.
The Catawba Power Co. will, within
the next ten days or two weeks, be
ready to supply electric power to this
city, and this will be an event of the
very highest Importance.
The pole line from the dam to the
High School property will cover dis
lance of 5 1.2 miles. The electric plant
at the dam includes dynamos of 1850
horse power each, while wheels have
been put in for two additional dynamos
whenever they may be needed.
So far the company has sold in Rock
Hill 500 horse power to the Arcade cot.
ton mill, 400 to the Manchester cotton
mill, 100 to Winthrop Collegs, 500 to
the Rock Hill Water, Light and Power
Co., and in Fort Mill 800 horse power
to the Fort Mill Manufacturing Com
pany and the Millfort Manufacturing
Company. It is expected that the Vic
toria cotton mill of city will be the
first of the contractors to be furnished
with power.
The contract With the Rock Hill
Water. Light and Power Go. covers a
period of five years at $40 per horse
power, with privilege of five years
longer at $50 per horse power. This
though is for run of "a hours per day,
Under this contract the Water, Light
and Power Company will control the
lighting of our names and business
houses, and the streets as we'll, but not
Winthrop College. It will also con-
troll all small motor work below. IL
horse power; all over IL horse power
will be under the control and direction
of the Catawba Power Company.
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Perhaps there is now shy solitary,
serious thought In your heart about be-
coming Christian. If you let it a.
lone, 1t may fly away like bird
through cage door left open, and
may never come back. Or else q
crowd of business cares and plans, or
perhaps host of social In vitations will
flock and the good thoughts be
smothered to death. You have
smothered just such blessed thoughts
before. The thoughts in your heart
is to become Christian now and the
great bells ring out. "Now Is the
accepted time; behold now is the day
of salvation" No soul was ever yet
saved, and no good deed was ever done,
tomorrow Be careful, dear friend,
lest tomorrow shall find you beyond
the world of probation!
Take Christ for your strength. dear
soul. He'll give you power. Power
to overcome the world, the flesh and
devil; power to cruelty every besetting
sin, passion, lust; power TO shout in
triumph over every trouble anb temp
tation of your life: ~ can do all
things through Christ which strength.
eneth me-" - D. L. Moody.
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Every woman believes In platonic
.love-until she tries it.
; Some men lie too much In bed and
some lie too much out Of It,. ..
Don't rail at the poor miser. BE
accumulates wealth for others to spend.
The leap.year girl should remember
that faint heart never wins the easy
mark.
A $2.9S phonograph is a handy thing
to have around the house when, you
want to get rid of callers.
People seldom appreciate any thing
they can afford.
Love usually renders a man color
blind as to compilations.
A lawyers interest In q case depends
upon the worth of his client.
Women seldom use religion as q
cloak; it isn't fashionable enough.
} Ifa play has short run IL usually
means long walk for the player.
; Sometimes it is difficult to distin.
guish between contentment and lazi.
ness.
/ When a married woman can't think
of anything else to talk about she tells
her husband what she thinks Of the
neighbors.
Some men trust to luck in this world
and some others are lucky to get trust
ed.
It's useless,for some women to deny
that they married for money after you
see their husbands.
It isn't the shortcomings Of a young
man that the girls father objects to; it't
his long stayings.
No,true novelist allows his hero to
patronize an elevator il the building is
equipped with fire-escape.
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The FOOLS Resort.

From the foundation of the world
the falsehood has been the defensive
weapon of the fool. Assail him with
logic and be answers with lies; lash
him with sarcasm and he retorts with
impale him on the rapier
of ridicule and he deluges you with
brutal defamation.
No creature rising to the moral level
of the NANCY coyote, the intellectual
altitude of monkey; within whose
brain theae was ever born q noble
thought: within whose heart there
pulses one drop ofgentie blood; withih
whose soul there is enshrined the in
stinots Of manly man, will utter q
malicious lie. The respectable journal
ist and well-bred gentleman, is ever
ready to break lance in intellectual
tourhey-to prove his prowess on the
Field of the Cloth Of Gold-but be
leaves the peddling of stale falsehoods
to fools, the concocting of unclean ca
lumnies to towards, the exploitation Of
filth to scavengers.
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SKINNED: MILK.
M4xesi with Cement It Mxkes an Exs
celleut Paint. .r

M4zei wfsas Cement It Mxkes an Ex.
celleut Paint. .-
:, [Scientifie Americana
A, use to which skim milk, sour
milk, butter-nilk, or even whole sweet
milk ia not often put IL paint-making;
yet this product of the dairy makes
possibly one Of the most enduring, pre-
servative, respectable end inexpensive
paiuts for barns and eatbuildings. It
costs little more than whitewash, pro-
vided no great value is attached to the
milk, and it is q question whether for
all kinds of rough work it does not
serve all the purposes and more of the
ready-mixed paint, or even prime lead
and paint mixed In the best linseed oil.
It is made as follows, and no more
should be mixed than is to be used that
day:
+ Stir into gallon of milk about three
pounds of Portland cement and add
sufficient Venetian red paint powder
(eosting three cents per pound) to i'm
part good color. Any other colored
paint powder may be as we'll used.
The milk will hold the paint in suspen-
sion, but bnt the cement, being very
heavy, will sink to the bottom, so that
it becomes necessary to keep the mix.
ture we'll stirred with q paddle.
This feature Of the stirring is the only
drawback to the paint, and as its efh.
cheney depends upon administering a
good coating of cement, 1t is not safe
to leave It's application to enthusiastically
or careless help. Six hours after paint.
ing this paint will be as simmovable and
unaffected by water as month-old oil
paint. I have heard of buildings
twenty years old painted in this man
ner in which the wood was we'll pre-
served. My own experience dates
back nine years. when I painted 8
small barn with this mixture, and the
wood to-day-second growth Virgins
yellow pine-shows no sign whatever
of decay or dry rot. The effect of such
a coating seems to be TO petrify the sur
face of the wood. Whole milk is bet
ter than butter-milk or skim-milk, as
lit contains more oil, and this Is the
constituent which sets the cement
If mixed with water instead of milk
the wash rubs and soaks off readily
This mixture, with little extra of the
cement from the bottom of the bucket
doubled on, makes the best possible
paint for trees where large limbs have
been pruned or sawed off.
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"You may" she said, and he grasped
her hand lovingly. -.
"May I tell you that I love your he
asked. 49,. -.!...... .
"You may" she said, and he drew
closer to her. ... ~
"will you be miner he asked.
II WILL" she said, and he threw his
arms about her. go.
"And will you be miner she whis-
pered in his ear as her head rested on
his shoulder. '... s ... , .. =. 80
IT WILL" he answered.
'Then guess I'll eat you at once, for
I am mighty hungry" said Miss Spider.
So she spun web about poor old Mr..
Caterpillar and had him for a neal
Atlanta Constitution.
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NOTICE or REGISTRATION

The books for the registration Of
all legally qualified voters, and for the
issuing Of transfers, ect., will be open
at the Office Of Supervisors Of Registra.
tion in the Court House, between the
hour 8 o'clock q. M, and o'clock o
m., on the first Monday of each
month, and kept open for three sue
cessive days In each month until
thirty days before the next general
election.
Any person whose qualifications as
an elector will be completed after the
closing of the Registration Books but
before the next election shall have the
right to apply for and secure a regis.
tration certificate at any time within
sixty days Immediately preceding
the closing Of the Registration Books,
upon an application under oath to the
facts emitting him to such registra-
tion. ~ @s .,l
The registration of voters must be
by polling precincts. There must be q
Book Of Registration for each polling
precinct, that is for each township. or
parish, or city, or town Of lees than
five thousand inhabitants, or ward of
cities of more than five Thousand
Inhabitants. Each elector must vote
in the polling precinct in which he
resides. If there is more than one
voting place in the polling precinct,
the elector may vote at any voting
place designated on the registration
certificate. The Boards must designate
in the registration certificate the vot-
ing place In the polling precinct at
which the elector Is to vote. If there
Is more than one voting place in the
polling precincts, the Boards shall
designate on the certificate the voting
place selected by the elector.
G.. 81. MOORE,
r. o. MCADAMS,
-. WIN. G. SHAW,
Board Of Supervisors Of Registration
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AhbeviIle Lumber Co.'S Locals.

just received one car of Lehigh Portland
cement at $500 per bbl.
One car OF cash, doors and blinds which we
are selling at the lowest prices.
shinglee-Yeilow pine at So rs, poplar Shin.
giles at 800. Welhalla pine shingles 216.
These shingles are much better than the 81
yellow pine shingle as TO besrt bat Win non
cover as much space to the 1000!
good grade ofoeiling at $l.l0 per 100 feet.
Weather boarding from 900 TO az per loo
feet.
Flooring dressed and matched At Sl5o. 3160.
SITS and 50 per n. Lath, kiln dried S2.i5 per
NJ. These laths are strictly first class.
Plastering hair at a6c per bushel.
Come and get our prices on all kinds Of
building material.
Abbeville Lumber Co.
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Happiness is the greatest paradox /

Happiness is the greatest paradox in
nature. 1t can grow in ANY soil, live
under any conditions. It defies en-
vironment. 1T comes from within; it
is the revelation of the depths of the
inner life as light and heat proclaim
the sun from which they radiate.
Happiness consists not of having, but
of being; not of possessing but of enjoy
ing. It is the warm glow of heart
at peace within itself. A martyr at the
stake may have happiness that a
king on his throne might envy.
Man is the creator of bis own happi-
ness; it is the aroma of life lived
in harmony with high ideals. For
what a man has, he may be de-
pendent on others; what he is
rests with him alone. What he OBJ
tains in life is but acquisition; what he
attains is growth. Happiness is the
SOULS joy in possession of the intan-
gible.- William George Jordan.
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Father and Daughter Dead In Same
House.

Special to the State.
Anderson, Feb. Mrs. Meade, wife OF Rev.
W, N Meade, rector OF Grace Episcopal
church, died this morning after ten days
illness. Her death is made doubly sad from
the fact that her father, Capt. j. B. Allston Of
Badwell, Abbeville county, died at the rec
tory Friday night. Copt Allston and his
wife came to Anderson the first part Of last
week 10 visit their daughter. who was then
i'll. On Friday night Capt. Allston complain
ed OF feeling badly and retired. and In
short time expired. Heart failure was the
cause OF his death. Mrs. Meade was at that
time 30 low that she was not told OF her IA
ther a DEATH and she died Without learning
the sad news. She leaves no children.
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psrfset conAdanes.

Where there used TO be. q feeling oi
uneasines and worry In the househo old
there IL DOW perfect confidence. Tubs
is owing 70 the uniform success OF Chamber.
iain's Cough Remedy 10 the treatment OF that
disease. Mrs. M. /. Basford, or Poolesvilfe,
Of that remedy Eays: "I have a world OF con.
fdence in Chambeflsin's Cough Remedy for
have uaed II With perfect spccesa. Ny child
Garland ts subject to severe attacks OF Group
and II talwsyGgiees him prompt reliefn For
sale by @. A. Milford, Abbevfile. H.. M.
Young, Due West. 80 /,
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DONALDS DOTS.
Sewsy Notes Personal and OtherwiS

, Donalds experienced some rough weather
last week. On Thursday IL rained, sleeted
and showed, and on Friday the ground was
covered with Ice consequently II was difficult
walking. II 10 very cold and windy yet.
B. w. Tribble OF this place has signed q
South Atlantic league. Mr.. Tribhle Is good
player and will NO doubt make good success.
Dr.. F. Y.Pressly, President of Erskipe,
preached at the Methodist church last Sun
day.
;, Mrs. Stokes arrived last week and is now
comfortably situated at the parsonage which
has been renovated inside. ......,
MIR. Geo: G. Head Of this placeis building a
copcrete guard house at Due West.
Several from here attended the show at
Due West last Saturday night.
Mr.. W. K. Stringer. ofBelton, was In town
Saturday and Sunday. 81. G. B.
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When You Have q Cold.

The first action when you have cold should
be to relieve the lungs. This is best accom-.
pllshed by the free use Of Chsmberlain's q
Cough Remedy. This Remedy liquedes the
the sir cells of the lungs, produces free ex.
pectoration, and opens the secretions. A
complete cure soon follows. This remedy
will cure q severe cold In less time than any
other treatment, and 1t leaves the system in
q natural and healthy condition. It counter.
acts any tendency toward pneumonia. For
sale by @. A. Milford, Abbev1lle. II. M.
Young, Due West. ..r
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Ap ADinDal Story For
Little Folks
@s Swimming School.

The bullfrog sat upon rock .-..'r.
And croaked aloud, croaked he:
'Tm tired. of. banking work: I'm tired.
More useful I will be.
'Tll stop this rocking all day long,
With greenbacks all around" .
And then he left the bank and walked
Until duck he found
Il, too, am sick Of quacking round"
Said Doctor Duck, with vim.
Lets start swimming school and
teach
The birds to float and SWIM"
Said Mr.. Frog: 'I'u teach the birds
To dive and swim, no doubt,
And you can float and swim AZ we'll
Twill be the best thing out"
They built bath house large and;briSht
Down by q running stream
And<hung up placards all around
To advertise the scheme.
Il.
The sparrow, crow and robin came,
With oriole and jay,
And all were entered on the books
For lessons every day.
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A Sadly nIercenary View.

"You say that you do not favor an
increase Of the salaries Of members OF
either house Of congress"
"That is my position" replied Sen
ator Sorghum. IF the salary gets
large enough to amount to anything
some of my friends among the cor
porations may assume that ought to
be satisfied with it and not expect any
further consideration from them."-
Washington Star.
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DEATH BED NUPTIALS.
Romance OF Grand Nephew OF General
Francis Marion.

Romance OF Grand Nephew OF General
Francis Marion.
New York, Jan. 30.-Robert Dupont
Cater. of Charleston, 8. G.. son Of Ju-
lius M. Cater, and grand nephew of
General Francis Marion, of revolution
sry fame, is dead in this city from pneu-
monia. An attempt was made to per-
form a marriage ceremony in the hos
pital between the young man and bis
second cousin, Anna Cater, an art stu.
dent, but before the minister bad gone
far the groom tainted. Oxygen was
used and every effort made to restore
the dying man so that his last wish
could he gratified, but he sank rapidly
and died in a few hours.
, Cater came here two years ago to en-
gage in newspaper work. His cousin,
with her sister. were studying art
here, and plans had all been made for
the wedding when Cater was striken.
HIS body will be shipped to Charleston.
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GROUP

Begins With the ptoms Of common cold
there ia chillineBs. sneezipg, core throat, hot
sk In Quick pulse, hoarseness and impeded
respiration. GiRe frequent small doses Of
i'ard's Hcrehound syrup, (the child will
cry for iD and al the first sign OF croupy
;Spsas sCusn, apply Ba'lard's sno" hinimsn' 10 the
Mrs. A. vliaf. New Castle, Colo: writes,
March 10th, 1901: II think Billiards. Hore-
hound syrup q wonderful remedy. and so
pleasant" 25c, 500 and $l0o. Sold by G. A.
Milford.
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Malls Close,
rTcH-RINaWoRm.

e. T. Lucas, Wingo, KY, writes, April 25th,
lOO2: For ten TO l2years had been affiicted
with malady known as tn 'itch.' The Itch.
years to find relief, having tired all remedies
could hear Of. besides number of doctors
wish to state that one single application OF
Billiards. Snow Liniment cured me COM
pletely and permanently. Since tnen I have
used the liniment on two separate Occasions
for ring worm and IL cured completely. 25c,
500 and Sl.00 bottle. Sold by @. A. Milford.
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tits no use denounong sin before you re-
nounoe IL.
The offense Of the Cross is the Christian's
best defense.
There is nothing pleasant about the SAVIOR
OF q dead piety. ..
Many man who gets on in this life will
never get into the other.
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Nothing Is too small or too personal
for prayer. If we lose somthing 1t is
right to ask God to help us find 1t. II
we have a small and difficult duty,
it is no more too small to lay before
God than it is too difficult. If we took
everything to God in prayer we should
have God with US in everything, and
that would be heaven.
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WEST END,
Happentnss and Incidents OF Week
About the City.

Feb. 2, 1904.
Mrs. Mark W. CAN'T returned:to her home
In Anderson Mpnday after spepding ., ~eeh
hare With her mother Mrs. b. d; Aeese The
Mr. w. D. Wtison len Monday ps .ne :
large and nys to date stock Of soods @ Ior the Se
Wilson. Henry Company. This store !es VIII os
opened in March and will be fully equipped
for the spring business. a.r. In
Mr. ]. Allen Smith, Jr. spent seVe'Sl oaSS III
Atlanta last week. on business. . g.,
Miss Mary Means ia spending few days 10
the oity as The guest OF the Misses Cater,
Mrs. Aug. w. Smith retnsnea s, 20 here her WitS
her mother, Mrs. Lewis W. Perrin'
PIT PARTY.
Last Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Charles A.
Milford entertained number OF per Iienos Tos
Jones of Ashegille. After number OF lnter,
estinp games delicious Charlotte. CAKE ano
candies was served. Those present were mrs
G Ne9er Ms s;cra9n Jsmss wSs,s' SGw.e' Mrs Mrs a. W.
White. Mrs. W. p. Greene, Mrs. Frederick
Minshail. Miss Nettie Russell. Miss Lucia
Parker, Miss Simpson, Miss bar9ee. MISS
Haddon. Miss Sara White Miss Male Robert
SOD, Miss Sallie Calhoun, Miss hosa maA"e'i'
Miss Grace Smith, Miss Lily Tempieton:
Miss Milford entertained again number OF
her friends Thursday afternoon at saian'e
8epede (?) Party. ,h,,a
With ber erandmother, Mrs. Fannie Allen.
MIRA, Victoria D. Lee has returned lrom
short visit TO Mrs. Cover in Greenville.
D.oFG
The Daughters will have their regular
monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon. Feoro'
ary ninth, at the home OF Mrs. Cnarfes hyon'
A full meeting is desired.
Mr.. A. n. Smith was In Atlanta seVerhi
days last week ON ousiness
Mr.. 3. l.. Dargau spent Sunday mere.
.,,. TACKY PATTY.
On Saturday night February the thirteenth
the Daughters OF the Confederacy Will give
tacky party. Every one is cordially Invited 70
come. A prize will be given for the tacklest
person. A free luncheon will be served.
CAV happy time can be had at small expense.
Mr., Stuart Miller Is to be found with the
enterprising company. L. T. q 7. NJ. Miller.
Monday was Sales Day and large crowo
was in town in spite OF the extremely SOLO
weather. ~.
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sou.hern Railway sehedu,s.

Trains for Hodges leave Abbeville. q. G., No
III daily $40 q. M. No. 112 daily 1850 a. M.
No. u0( DAILY lisp. M; No. lie daily
Trains from Hodgesarrise Abbevflie, No. 11t
daily 1o2o q; m:; No. lib daily 2.06 p. m.
No. Ill daily $40 p. m. - ~ ~ .s'
Nos. ll6 and III (night traips) discon tinued.
Close connection at Hodges with through
trains for Greenville, Columbia, Charleston,
etc., connecting ct areenville for A.. 4 O. d..
vision points and the East, also Asheville, At
lantA, etc, s-H>' - 49, ssth. 9.tl.. ~.