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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
A Sad Death.

Mrs. Matte Strawhorn Gordon. wife OF, Mr..
T. f, Gordon, died at her home Jan. %, 1905
Mrs. Gordon had been suffering for more
than three weeks.
All that q skilled physician and loving
hands could do for her was done but her case
was beyond medical aid, and on Sunday
morning about eleven o'clock death came to
relieve the suffering and her spirit took 1ts
flight to q better land. On Monday morning
at eleven O'Clock funeral services were con:
Quoted at the grave by Rev. J. Q. Shive, and
her remains were laid to rest In Long Cane
Cemetery.
Mrs. Gordon was member of Upper Long
Cane Church, aud was ever ready and willing
to perform her duty.
She leaves a husband and three children,
IA her, mother and number Of brothers and
sisters to mourn her death.
The bereaved family have the sympathy OF
our com N unity.
One precious to our hearts has gone,
The voice we loved ia sttued.
The place made vacant In our homes
Can never more be filled.
Our Father In his wisdom called,
The boon his love had given,
While here on earth her body lies,
Her soul Ia safe In heaven.
Lizzie Sharp.
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MT. CARMEL.
Happenings In and Around the Val
ley Town.

| Happenings In and Around the Val
ley Town.
Mrs. T. B. Frasier went to Anderson this
q. m. on visit to her daughter, Mrs. T. E.
Howard. ..
Mrs. ]. W. Morrah 1s In Augusta for Medi.
cal treatment. We are glad to report that she
Is improving. Mr.. Morrah and Miss Kath.
ieen spent last week with her. -
Mr.. ]. W. Boyd has recently purchased Mr.:
T. g. Bakers house and lot and has moved
In. MIR. Baker has moved to the Watson
house. -. H. I'll.
MT. Clifford Cade has been quite sick, but
is better, hope be will soon be out again.
Mrs. Jcel McKeller left this A. M. for An.
gusta 10 visit Mrs. Morrah. '.. .. :
The Mt. Carmel graded school Is at work In
earnest again after a vacation OF two weeks.
Professor Werts, OF Newberry, Is principal
with Miss Jones and Miss Florence Patterson
as assistants.
her sister, Mrs. John Tarrant.
Mr.: B, A. Boyd has returned from visit to
his son Mr.. BeDj Boyd, Jr., OF Athens, Ga.
Mr.. g. A. Wakefield has moved IN his nice
new house on his plantation near Lodimont
Misses Alice and jamie Boyd have returned
TO Jones Seminary, N. c., after spending the
The young people enjoyed dance at Ms.
Willie Boyd's last Friday evening.
Miss Anna Brough is at home again after q
stay OF several months In Elberton, Ga.
Mr.. W. r. Clark, Of Middleton, Ga, has
moved In our midst. He lives with Mr.. John
Boyd. We welcome all good citizens.
Mr.. William McCelvey is suffering with a
very sore arm from vaccination. -..-
Miss nellie Patterson has charge Of the
school near I,odimont. ....'. -
Miss Elizabeth Tolbert. OF smithville, is
teaching the school near Hester.
Mt. Carmel has two mail route,. "A Star
route from Lisbon, Ga, and R lral Free
delivery. II Is certainly nice and convenient
Mr.. w. w. Black has moved 20 his planta-
ton and will try his hand farming this year.
Mrs. P. K. Black is better after several days
illness.
Rev. r. G. Boulware has moved In the pret.
ty new Methodist parsonage.
The Presbyterians have commenced work
on their church, when finished, 1t will be
almost likes q new building.
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r. E. COX, Trustee.
j. M. NlCKLES,
TintIng Dress Goods.

A secret worth knowing is how to
tint laces, chiffons, silk or crocheted
buttons, feat hers, slippers, gloves, ETC.,
to gown shade. The process is vouch.
ed for BY the National Dressmakers'
association, from whose journal 1t is
taken. The materials required are oil
paints in tubes and gasoline. The gas,
oline is placed in porcelain bowl and
the paint is dissolved in it. The work
has to be done quickly and, of course,
in q fireless room. Mix the paint to
the required shade in saucer, compar-
ing it with the goods till the right col
or. hen the exact tone is reached,
mixv the gasoline and dip the lace
or whalever is to be dyed quickly be-
fore the paint falls to the bottom. DO
not let the goods touch the bottom, as
there might be spot Of paint there.
A hairpin comes in handily to hold the
edge Of the goods. Shake out quickly
and pin up to dry. 1t is we'll to make
a few experiments before risking cost
ly material, but the process Is really
not at all formidable.
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Pronunciation.

The following rather curious piece OF COM
position was placed upon the black board at
certain teachers institute and a prize Of
dictionary offered 10 any person who could
read It and pronounce every word correctly.
The book was not carried off, as twelve was
the lowest number Of mistakes In the pro-
nun citation made:
"a sacriligeous son Of Belial who has suffer.
ed from bronchitis having exhausted his d.
nances In order to make good the deficit re-
solved to ally himself to q comey, leDient
and docile young lady OF the Malay or eau.
casian race. He accordingly purchased CAL
liope and coral neck lace OF a chameleon hue
and securing suit Of rooms at q principal
hotel he engaged the head waiter as his coad.
tutor. He then dispatched a letter OF the
most upexceptiopal caligraphy extant, invit-
ing the young lady to matinee. She revolt
ed at the idea refused to consider herself sac
riflcable TO his desires and senta polite note
of refusal, on receiving which he procured
carb.ne and bowie knife, said that he would
now forge fetters hymeneal with the queen
and wenL to an isolated spot severed his jug
ular vein and discharged the contents OF the
cal bine into his abdomen. The debris was
removed by the coroner"
The 10 istakes In pronunciation were made
on the following words: Sacrillgeous, bron-
chitis, exhausted. finances, deficit, comely,
leniept, docile, Malay, calliope, chameleon,
suite, coadjutor, caligraphy, matinee, sacrih-
cable, carDine, hymeneal, Isolated, Jugular
and debris.-EK.
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One or the Best.

The preliminary staten ent of the Equlta-
BILE Life Insurance Co, for the year ending
Dec, 81, 1904 has been issued. The statement
shows the past year to be record breaker for
this mammoth concern.
The Com pany has over a billion and half
dollars on ontstanding insurance; assets over
SAP, 600 10000; surplus over SIS. 900, 90.
which is the largest surplus OF any company
in the world the company paid out to policy
holders last year over $4,000 10000.
A man can feel perfectly safe II he has mon.
ey in this company for 1t Is one OF the best In
existence.
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We have very large Stock Of Goods
which we are anxious to reduce to
make room for Spring Goods.
i Come to see us.
L. w. w FL I T E
See That Your Cotton IL Properly.
Housed. 5sjs5 N ~ -

In view of the unusually large amount OF
cotton which is held on farms and at gin
houses this season. Il 10 more than ordinarily
necessary that the cotton should be properly
housed and protected from the weather in
order to avoid damage, especially where
owners contemplate holding for lengthy
period. The South. Eastern cotton buyeff
association has sent out 70 their buyers and
shippers the following circular: 70.
"On account Of the large amount OF cotton
held throughout the country and LETT exposed
this time forward. an unusually large guam.
tity of damaged cotton. s u = ~
We beg TO notify you therefore, that we
ped rs, upon the weight Of came, after, WehAye
received, picked and put, IL in perchsnt-
able condition. We. would much rather not
have damaged cotton, shipped us. ct 'slia ,sf 4
the necessity of housing their cotton from
the weather, in order TO avoid heavy Losses
by damage."- Chronicle.
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The EqaifabIe's Life Insurance. Conn
pany Promptness In Settling
Death Claims. -

Bennettsville, 8. c., Jan. II, 1906.
Mai. P. 6. Alston, Agent,
Equitable Life Assurance Society.
Dear Sir: Please allow me TO thank you,
promptness In paying the policies on the life
Of Col. G. 8. Mccall for s650OO. 'ts,'s>
Your State Manager, Mr.. Roddey, a. soon
as he heard OF the death OF Col. MCCALL, sent
blank for proof OF death, and same reached
your home office on l1th inst. The check was
issued on same day. without o moments
delay. We greatly appreciate the considers
tion and kindness Of your company. We
feel that there is no better company anywhere
than yours in straight and fair treatment.
Yours truly, ...E
b. D. McColl,
for Executors @. 8. Mccall, decd.
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Pointed Paragraphs.

Alawyer never makes an unbreskable Will.
The flower OF a family ia usuallya blooming
nuisance.
1t is on crooked.
Ifyou have grudge against man induce
him TO run for office.
When a pessimist has nothing TO groWi
about he growls about that.
Instead of boasting OF being selfmade some
men ought to confess 1t.
When lovers are inseperable nothing short
OF matrimony can separate them,
It is easier to induce q woman to tackle
physical culture than mental culture.
The milkmaid In q comic opera isn't any
thing like the milk made in the vicinity OF
the barnyarn pump.-Chicago News.
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CHILDREN's LOVE.
The Basis OF the Best and Deepeet
Married Happiness,

Married Happiness.
Happiness in marriage is good deal
like happiness I'm work II goes far deeper
than mere qualification. While grauhcatton
fades, happiness remains, and becomes, e. IL
were, q part OF ones nature. When my wife
and had passed the youthful period OF our
love, re knew that we had experienced an
know again: but the great compensation
was that we had no Wish to experience it
again, because we had found something
stable and better; hapPinssss .ss,s sssSs,sted nd
toward our children. Moreover, With nearly
all intense gratihcation but the loye Of
children is, in its very nature, an unaIpyed
delight. With the coming OF our ch1ldrens
my wife and knew that we had been given
the greatest incentive 10 good living That
human beings can have. II children cannot
make parents long TO lead hne lives, nothing
can.-From 1.-THE Autobiography OF . MAT
ried Msn,"-Everybody's Magazine for Feo-
ruary. ;: -
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headache and bad taste in your mouth
smoke Speeds oinco cigars. No charge for
the subscription, only for the remedy. Speeds
Drug Store.
just received Target lot OF hand made
Indian baskets, something ne ". 5cts. $3.50
each, at Milford's Drug Store
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Stop the Granting of Ball.
Che9tar Lantern. T

Ifthe Legislators wish to do something that
will be OF real benefit In dispensing Justice
and dispatchipg business In our courts, let
them devise some measure that will stop the
granting OF bail to man.slayers who ought 10
be hanged, and coutinuances to defendants
who wish TO get evidence out OF reach, secure
a satisfactory Judge have time to find out the
sentiment OF men who are to become Jurors
and get favorable conditions arranged gener.
ally.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
Drunk enness In q Prohibition Town

And az TO CIegg was drunk and he had been
30 habitual in the use of liquor that be be-
came crazed and accidentally killed bis son
while handling his pistol This 10 the infer.
ence drawn from the evidence. He was SIM
ply crazy from the excessive use OF liquor.
Liquor did the work, and not John Clegg
who freed from drink, Is kind. indngent
parent and yet be Is responsible for 1t; for
crime committed while drunk is no excuse
and we do not suppose that Clegg himself
would con tend that 1t was.
Ifcurrent reports be true John Clegg Is not
the only policeman In Greenwood addicted TO
the use OF strong drink. 1t is common talk
that there are others.
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The Ladies' Friend.

What? Neuralgine. Why3 For 1t cures
they once try it, you cannot say, I have some
thing just as good, for they know better. Try
1t aud see II they are not right. Cures In 3
minutes and Ia harmless. Sold everywhere
by drug dealers. doses loo. Manufactured
by, l3m. Neuralgine Co..Augusts, Ga.
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Will Please Add the Fol,
lowing Names TO Their Lists.

Bradley, ]. R. (res) No. l2S.
Baer, G. D. (res.) No. l2l.
Ellison, Lewis (Hackman) No: 100.
Faulkner, A. g. (Warehouse) NO. 100.
Hicka. E. C. (res.) No. 1O6.
Lee, Mrs. v. D. (res) No. 81:
Minshall, II. 8. (res.) No. 6S.
Mallard. Mrs. T. J. (res No. l5a
Richie, r. A, (store) No. l65.
Shannon, G. M. (res.) No. g..
Wilson, DR.. ]. l.. (res) No. ll0.
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The place TO get what you want! More
truth than poetry in this. Speeds Drug Store.
Don't forget Speeds remedy for that mean
Milford's sarsaprilla for ehood bit
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WEST END.
Happenings and Incidents OF a Wee X
About the City.

About the City.
Dr.. Frank E. Harrison has returned from
ten days stay in New York where he went
Miss Hettie MoCullon and Master Maxwell
Smith left Tuesday for Columbia and Sum.
merton, where they will spend sometime
with relatives.
Mrs. Eugene B. Gary has returned from a
The friends OF Mrs. V. D. Lee are glad to
know that she is much better after being
quite sick With grip for two weeks.
Mrs. W. p Furguson has returned from an
Ithe guest OF Mrs. 8. M. Cover.
Miss Georgia Edwards has accepted po.
sition in the Office Of w. P. Green and will
come home from GreenVille In few days to
begin her new duties.
Miss Ellen Gambrell and Miss Alma Gam
brell went to Bolton and Anderson Saturday
and returned Tuesday. They were the
guests of Mrs. Kemper D. Lem while in
Mrs. A. s.. Cunningham returned TO her
home In Lowndesville Friday after spending
some time here as the guest OF Mrs. Ed. Cal.
houn.
Miss Mamie Lou Morse left Tuesday for
Columbia where she goes TO enter the College
Mr.. Ben Kay and Mr.. Luther Bowman. OF
Lowndesville, were In the city Monday on
Miss Cycle Pool. of Newt berry, is in the city
spending some time with her aunts Mrs. l..
w. w nlte ana Mrs. y. a. MllI0rQ.
Miss Msie Robertson and Miss Lily Temple
ton spent Saturday and Sunday In Lowndes.
Vile the guests of Mrs. T. D. Cooley.
On Wednesday January twenty fifth Mr..
George Klugh and Miss Mary Kate Turner.
Of Ninety Six, were married. Mrs. Klugh, as
Miss Turner.is pleasantly. remembered here
having visited the city. q number Of times.
Mr.. Klugh is rising young business man.
The best wishes OF large circle Of friends
are extended 70 Mr.. and. Mrs. Klugh.
Mr.. Moses Weinstock died at his home in
Charleston last Wednesday after lingering
illness. Mr.. Weinstock at one time lived in
Abbeville and was highly respected citizen.
He passed to his reward after living to q ripe
old age He has two grand children living
here, Mrs. P. Rosenberg and Miss Belle
Visansk1. - ..,-.. ...s...
Judge E. B. Gary is at home from Columbia
for few montha ~.
Miss Emma Harris has returned from q
months visitto friends In Winder.
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State Ssunsy q sSg!o Of QsES'1Rni aSSsRiiie. ss.'
I,Benj. 9. Barnw well, Cashier OF the above.
named bank do solemnly swearthat the above
statement Is true to the best OF my knoWiedge
and belief Benz. s. Barnwell, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this l6th
dow Of Ianuarv| 1905. Julius q. DuPre.
' Notary Public.
CoRRECT-Attest:
j. r. GLENN.
l.. W. WHITE, Directors.
w. JOEL SMITH,
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Charleston and Western Carolina B. 3
Augusta and Asheville Short Line.
schednla In effect Sentemhar s. 1901

Pullman car service between Augusta and Spar.
tanburg.
For Information relative to rates, etc., apply to
j. E. CRYMES, Tkt. Agt., Greenwood, 8. y.
GEO. T. BRYAN, g. A., Greenville, 3. o.
ERNEST WILLIAMS, Gen. Pass, Agt.,
Augusta, Ga.
T. N. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
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Food for the angels, Huylers Candy at
peed' Drug Store.
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Now is the time to get bargains IN
RUGS.

We have large line Of them and
they are going fast at popular
prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-05
SOLDIER ENDS HIS LIFE
INNATE OF ST, ELIZABETH'S COM
MITs SUICIDE.

Charles johnson. twenty-five years old, a
member of the 18th United States Cavalry,
who has been an inmate of st. Elizabeths
Insane Asylum for the last fifteen months.
committed suicide early this morning in his
room at the hospital by hanging himself
to the bed post. He was found by nurse
at about $50 o'clock while she was on her
rounds. All efforts to revive him proved un-
availing. Dependency is assigned as the
cause.
Johnson returned from the Philippine Is
lands, where he had been doing duty. and
was assigned to a hospital in California.
One year ago last June he was committed
to the local asylum. The doctors say that
he had shown very little Improvement.
He showed no unusual symptoms of de-
spondency last evening when the nurse last
saw him in his room. Ne. ,her had he ever
given the authorities any intimation that he
would commit suicide. Shortly after 8
O'Clock this morning the nurse entered the
room. johnson had tied a handkerchief
around his neck tightly and then fastened
this to the bed post. By throwing his
weight in an inciining posture he strangled
himself into Inconsistencies
Coroner hewitt viewed the remains of the
dead soldier about noon and being salts
fed that he died from strangulation, gave
a certificate accordingly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-05
The Hessian Fly.
From Success Magazine.

From Success Magazine.
Few people know that the Hessian fly Is
one of the oldest of all the crop pests in
this country and that its name was given
it as result of the fact that 1t was
brought to the United States In the straw
included In the tmpedlmenta Of the Hes
sian troops sent over against the Ameri-
can revolutionists by George III in 1776.
1t was first noticed on Long Island. about
125 years ago and since has spread CO.
extensively with the progress of civiliza-
ton and wheat growing west, north and
south. Sometimes it completely destroys
the growing wheat in certain sections, and
the average loss it causes Is about 4O.Oc0.-
600 bushels annually. or about or per
cent of the total crop. The chronological
bureau has studied 1t long and closely, and
the recommendation made to wheat grow
ers have undoubtedly kept the damage far
below what 1t would otherwise have been:
and yet, in spite of the best efforts of the
scientists and the farmers who act on their
advice, the fly got beyond control during
the season of four years ago and destroyed
fully 50 per cent of the crop in the infested
neighborhood Of So, 100000 or $40. 600, 900.
opment was due to weather conditions ia
vorablc to the pest and to an unusual scare
ity of its parasitic enemy. This parasite,
which forms inside the body of the fly
has been secured in large numbers by the
entomol0gists and liberated In several
wheat-growing states. and much good has
resulted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-05
CITY OUTLAWS AT WORK.
Notorious Gang Raided Near New
York Police Station.

NEW YORK. August 5.-The notorious
Paul Kelly gang. to which much lawiessness
and crime have been attributed. began
temporary reign of terror in the lower East
Side today by a raid and window smashing
on stores within half a block of police head
quarters, in Mulberry street, and ended by
beating man so badly that he may not re-
cover. With plate glass windows crashing
first on one side and then on the other in
the vicinity of Houston street and the Bow
cry, fifty angry policemen tried in vain to
catch the elusive rioters.
A coffee house was next raided the gangs
only object being to smash up the dishes,
which was done after the walters had been
thrown into the street. The police were hot
on the trail Of the toughs by this time and
We're just in time to rescue Christie Colo
james, a Greek, after his face had been
lacerated and two ribs broken. The gang
was robbing him of pennies and nickels.
Only one member of the party was caught
and arrested
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-05
EACH HAD HIS PLACE.
Taken All in All, It is the Best School
Board in New Hampshire.

From the Youths Companion.
The qualifications for membership on the
school board In a certain New England
town were carefully explained to a visitor
who was interested in education. and who
had remarked to her host on the way home
from the closing exhibition at one or the
schools that she would like to know why
four men Of such apparent dizziness had
been chosen for the board.
well, now, you take Abe Ransom" said
her host, lightly Ticking the whip on the
backbone of his stolid old horse, hes
good choice, fust rate. He never made
much of a boast of book learning. but he
keeps a good assortment of paper and pen
ellis and ink and all such in his store, and
sells 'em reasonable, and it sort o. makes
him a patron of education, you might
say Then there's John Willett. he's
free-handed man as ever was, and he hauls
a good mess o. wood for EN- fall and win
ter, and never charges a cent for teamfng.
and puts the price on the wood low, too
guess there isn't anybody much better
suited for the school board than John. He's
elected unanimous every time.
And there's Jim Rawson- What d'you
say? I'm. Well, p'raps he isn't bright
as some, but tell you, he keeps that school
house In fust-rate repair. and fixes up the
grounds, too L guess 'tisnt every school
board has got man on it thatH shingle
the roof half price, put in window glass
when needed. tinker up the desks and so
on spring and fall and fetch down lawn
mower to run over the grass once month
during vacation.
Now suppose you're going to light on
me about Billy Lane. the young Teller, but
l tell you we couldn't keep schoolma' am
In district in the dead O. winter If 'twast
for Billy. He's good judge O. school
ma ANS. and he rides ern out sleighing and
keeps 'em chirked up through the hard
weather. and mid time niffQ
high boots twice a week evenings and calls
on EN-. l guess IL you're talking about
valuable men, you II have to put Billy pretty
high up.
Take 1t by and large, don't believe
you'll strike a better board than ours In the
whole state of New Hampshire"