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IF Makes lJs Tired.

II makes us tired, II not indignant, to heer
on alleged prohibItionist talking glibly In
aucn a manner as to create the impression
that he thought he was embodiment or an
excessive amount OF virtue. and that the resi-
of us mere as nothing. The testimony OF
this editor would be to the effect that he Dr.
lieves many prohibitlon'sts are the most
selfconceited persons OH the face Of this
earth. And he would further state as his
belief that they are not one whit better or
more conscientious than the men from whom
they differ. Prohibltionists however. are
good in their way-if you like their way. 1t
Is their assumption of "belter h thou" to
which we object. Being az good and az pure
az some OF them are, they ought not TO talk 10
ordinary mortala.
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Dumal, ~Adaptations.

Alexandra Dumas, who hated the Eng
lish, would have cursed in his breeziest
style had he known Of the number Of un-
authorized adaptations and annexations OF
his "Three Musketeers' which bristle on
our boards. Beerbohm Tree put on the bis
torio c~onglomeration in gorgeously piano.
rsmic style at Her Majesty's. Sidney
Grundy, play adapter In ordinary, prepar-
ed that version for the stage, and his name
appeared in bigger type IN the posters than
that of Dumas. Dumas was lucky to be
mentioned at all. Most Of the play thinkers
here erase the name of the original author
altogether and insert their OWL. AS I walk
along tho Strand I sometimes think !
hear Grundy and Comyns Carr and Ham
ilton. and Rose, all the modish native
sdapters of the day, sing In chorus ths
good old couplets:
Bring me the works Of Y. sardou,
Bring me the works Of E. Angler,
Bring me the paste and scissors, too
am the man to write q play.
London Letter.
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Letter 10 George Wilson.
Abbeville, S. G.

AOueNlllo, y. ".
DE- ar Sir: The easiest way we know
of to make a little money is-if you're
going to paint-to paint with the
paint that takes least gallons.
Takes small job; say it takes 10 gal.
Ions Devoe, two coats ; that's an aver.
age house. When the job is done and
the bill comes-in, it il $50; the paint
etc $l7.5 the rest is for labor and
carriage; the labor is fixing the SUI
face, shifting ladders scaffolds pulleys
and ropes, and brushing-on paint.
Take another job exactly like that
try another paint 1t takes u gallons.
The bill Is $40 more. Take another
exactly the same; another paint ii
takes 20 gallons. The bill is 500.
There Is only n Devoe there's q
dozen 12-gallon paints, and 100 that
take 20 gallons to cover a 10-gallon
job.
The only d ficulty ia in finding-out
Devoe. After that you save work
there's less work in 10 than in IL or 20
gallons ; less paint to buy and less to
brush-on and less wages to pay.
If Devoe were only q little better
than others, there'd be some difficulty
In fndipg-out the difference. 1t goes
twice as far as half the paints that
ought to be easy.
It wears longer too. You'll wait a
gUod while, if you wait to tind.out
how long it wears there are thou
sands of people who know that the
designations paint ear longest.
Yours truly
SO F w Devoe & Co
P. S. P. B. Speed sells u paint.
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Grader of Roads,

The grade is the most important fac.
tor to be considered in the location OF
roads. The smoother the road surface
the less the grade should be. Whether
the road be constructed Of earth, stone
or gravel, steep grades should always
be avoided If possible. They become
covered at times with coatinss Of Ice
or slippery soil, making them very diff
cult to ascend with loaded vehicles, as
well as dangerous to des~ End. They
allow water to rush down at such a
rate as to wash great gaps alongside
or to carry the surfacing material
away. AS the grade Increases In steep
ness either the load has to be dlmin'
ished in proportion OF more horses o.
power attached.
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LOAD M WRONG A

that q suitable hall shall. be hired uud
obtain the use Of ten or twelve teams,
as many men and q sufficient supply
of crushed stone to construct q length
Of good road as a sample.
When the train arrives, the engineers
will begin at once to build about q
mile Of dirt road with the teams, men
and materials furnished by the local
ity. They will then surface or macad'
amiZe as much Of that road as their
time will permit. When the practical
bility of the movement has been thus
manifested, the mayor and commercial
organizations will unite in a call for a
public meeting to organize an associa'
ton. .
President Moore Of the National
Good Roads association says OF TIE
project: .
'The south can have good roads If 1t
will, and the sooner the citizens get to-
gether and work along some well or
ganized and practical line these results
will be reached the quicker. There is
nothing that will do more to increase
the value Of virgin lands and advance
the development of the rural districts
than well constructed public roads.
The improvement Of the road system
will have a wonderful effect upon slim.
ulating the settlement Of people on
farms, and as these settlements are be-
Inc made so will the value Of the Land
increase.
wherever a city or town Is found
possessing well made roadways lead
Ing therefrom you will find the busi'
|. ness Of that point is in a prosperous
condition. Therefore the citizens OF
|. every town In the south will be pro-
|, noting their OWL interests If they give
this movement their moral and If e
essary financial support.
|. 1T is hoped that every state, county,
city and town officer will give this sub
feet of better roads serious considera-
ton and then take the matter In hand
Immediately and show his constituents
that the movement for better roads
will receive his utmost consideration
and utmost cooperation.
1T is universally decided that good
roads are what we want. In order to
secure them we must pull together,
working systematically and on practi-
cal lines. This grand tour, planned BY
the Southern Railway company. Is a
signal for action. If the states visit
ed are not alive to this and do not avail
themselves Of the opportunity to secure
information rendered by the good roads
special train, no one will be at fault
except the citizens Of the states IN
which the exhibits are made"
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LunatIc GETS In Bad Work.

Tom Turner, a negro who attended Harhl'
son .Colored College OF this place, and who
was fairly well educated. lost bis mind and
proceeded to use the time honored razor witt
serious effect.
His mental condition had been unsound fol
some time, and an he showed some DISPOSE
tion toward violep oe. oers OF his family
tied him securely. He war turned loose 10
order that he might eat, whereupon be seized
q rasor and ran everybody ont nj the house.
One oliver Nance got a shot gun and sho1
over the Irpatics head to frighten him, when
he turned on him, razor In hand. and pretty
much severed hlH head, except the few vita
blood vessels which fortunately he trimmed
around.
The crazy man then made for his father
who was in bed In an adjoining room very
sick. His brother seeing the danger shot him
In the hips and lower extremity. The lunatit
is seriously though perhaps not dangerously
shot.
Turner was tied after be was Rhot and
brought To town, and when he Ia suf1cients
recovered he will be sent TO the asylum. In
bis raving, he had torn his clothes of OF Ill
self.
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GOOD ROADS BY RAIL
rRAINLoAD OF EXPERTS ON EDucA.
TlCiNAL TOUR.

Third Train That Has Beer Sent Ont
by the National Associntion-South
to Be Taught to Build Highways
Scientifically.
A train Of twelve cars, known as
The "Good Roads Special" left Wash
lngton on the lines Of the Southern
railway early in November to stop at
ten or twelve of the chief cities reached
by the system and aid in organizing
good roads associations and at the
same time give a practical illustration
of modern roadmaking. The tour will
end Jan. 1.
The train carried a full equipment
Of %roadmaking machinery and a party
Of eighteen persons, all skilled In thu
manufacture Of good dirt and macad-
am roads. 1t is the third such train
to be organized through the efforts of
the National Good Roads association.
one having been sent along the route
of the Illinois Central from April 10
July and q second having traversed the
district between Chicago and Buffalo
along the routes Of the Lake Shore
route and the New York Central. Ev-
erywhere the meetings have been wide
" attended and have produced per-
manent organizations determined to
better the country roads Of the Sec
ton concerned.
Mr.. Martin Dodge, director Of the Of
fee Of public road inquiries In the agri-
cultural department, and M. O.. FL
bridge, his assistant, with Mr.. W. 81.
Moore, president Of the National Good
Roads association, are in charge OF the
Good Roads Special" Under their d.
rection fourteen road experts, Mr.. Il.
w.. Richardson, secretary Of the ma
tional association, and several clerks
will undertake to organize in each Of
the cities visited q permanent good
roads, association. TO this end they
will confer with the mayor and city
council Of each city and the officers Of
its commercial organizations, arrange
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Chief OF Police.
Dear Sir: A fellow who usually gives bis
name as J.. Allyn Lewis has been obtaining
money under false pretences using our firm
name-The University Society. 825 LOCUST
Street. st. Louis, Mo. That 10 the address oil
our st, Louis representatives. This fellow
has printed order forms for the Worlds Best
Music or other books published by us and
bis scheme 10 to take orders for our books al
much less than regular prices and then get
as large a frst payment az possible. Many
victims have paid him In advance anywhere
from SIS TO $40. We have q good many mail
order customers in all towns all over the
United States and someway or other he sue
eeeds In finding In almost every place one
or two Of our regular customers, but, OF
course, bis operations also include people
v no have never purchased from us.
He has viotim1Zed In this way people In
Oregon and California and In all States East
ward OF the Mississippi River. He was last
heard of in Tennessee.
VIII you do anything possible to secure the
arrest OF this fellow II he turns up In yonr
city? Would you be good enough to send
tb is letter to the leading newspaper Of your
community and doubtless they would pup
lish some article warning the public against
him.
We are sending this letter to all places OF
any Importance in the Southern States.
Yours very truly,
The University socle ~ Inc.
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strange Pet,

Perhaps the strangest peteyer kept by;
man was q wasp which Sir John Lubbock
caught in the Pyrenees and resolved "a
tame. he began by teaching it to take 10
meals on his hand, and in very short
space of time it grewto expect ODE ted IN;
that way. Sir John preserved this pei
with the greatest care. True, 1t stung him
once, but then 1t had every excuse for do
ing so. Sir John was examining IT whils
on a railway journey, and, the door being
opened by q ticket collector, he uncere.
moniously stuffed it into q bottle, and the
outraged Spaniard, not feeling quite e.
home during the process, gave him 9 gonn.,
tie reminder as to the proper way to treat
a 0ueSt. sEWt
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Glenn's Locals.

Vulcanite roofing-better and cheaper than
shingles, at Glenn's.
Seed barley, rye, oats, hairy vetch, onion
sets, at Glenn's
Double and single guns, and club shells. at
Glenn's.
Leather, soles, tacka. hammers, last and
other shoe findings, at Glenn's.
Good collar pad 25c, saddles, brides. wagon
harness, at Glenn's.
King Bee" and puff hide shoes, no better
made, at Glenn's.
Good heavy bagging and ties, price low, at
Glenn's.
Good values In brown sheeting, (bought be-
fore advance) ut Glenn's.
Extra good values In hats and caps, at
Glenn'a.
sl.00 will buy the best 5-pound can coffee in
State, at Glenn's.
Tin and enamel ware, old prices, at Glenn's.
Big line tree brand knives at Glenn's.
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Tho Wife Knew Better.

"Charlotte, my dear, how Is 1t I find
you weepingP Have you had bad news
from your husband9"
ooh, worse than thatl My Arthur
writes me from Carlsbad that he would
die with ardent longings for me were 1t
not that he could gaze afectionately at
my picture and cover it with a thousand
kisses every day"
"That is really very nice Of him. And,
pray, is it that you are crying fort I
would give anything to have such poetic
and tenderly loving husband as you hsvel'
"Ah, yes, my Arthur is very poeticall
But let me tell you that, just to try him,
I slipped my mothers photo into his trav-
cling bag instead Of my own before he
started. London Tit-Bits.
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A A NONCLIMBER.
He Shows q singular Repugnnnoe to
Becoming "Arborea1."

He Shows q Singular Repugnnnoe to
Becoming "Arboreal."
Climbing runs in families, for steeple-
Jacks are often the scns Of fathers who
were in the business, but 1t is somewhat
odd that man, though he learns to swim
30 well that AIMED only with a knife he
can encounter q shark in its native ele.
ment, and judged by the extent Of bis
mining operations in comparison with the
size of his body surpasses by q thousand
times all animals that work underground,
has never become q good climber or shown
the slightest tendency to become "arbo-
real" as he has become aquatic and sub.
terranean.
South sea babies that cannot walk
will roll into the sea and swim, collier
boys at IA will take pick and lamp and de-
scend into the mine almost as naturally as
young moles, but we believe that In spite
Of the danger from wild beasts In forest
regions and the fact that in such places
there Is ten times more life On the level OF
the tree tops than on the ground there II
no single instance Of a tribe which, proper
" speaking, has become "arboreal" and
learned to climb like monkeys. Though
not q few make huts In trees they approach
these by ladders, and except In the huts
which they use as a refuge and sleeping
place they spend their time on the ground
Even in forests where the upper levels
Of the trees are so closely laced together
that q comparatively slight adaptation
would enable the Indians to progress from
tree to tree, and where nearly the whole
Of the fruit and the greater part OF the
birds and animals used for food are found
only in this upper story" man is. not,
and always refuses to become, a"climbine
animal" Natural repugnance to this
form of enterprise seems characteristic Of
savage men, and even Of animals which
run no risks whatever. African natives
who have only lived In one stored huts
show the greatest dislike to going ny
stairs and have been known to creep up on
hands and knees, while large dogs when
required to ascend stairs for the first time
often refuse to do so except under strong
persuasion and with evident reluctance
London Spectator.
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PECULIAR ENGLISH SPELLING.
Nest Difficult of All Systems to Ao
quIre Except the Chinese.

Nest Difficult of All Systems to Aos
quire Except the Chinese.
English spelling is the most unsystem-
attic and therefore the most difficult Of all
systems to acquire, except the Chinese.
The French has not a complete alphabet
to represent all its sounds in a simple and
systematic manner, but the French uss
the incomplete and defective Roman al
phabet much more consistently than we.
The object Of writing Is to convey thought.
An ideal system would allow of the con
veyance Of thought with b eleast expendi-
ture Of energy on the part Of both writer
and reader.
The sounds Of the spoken language
should be represented by the simplest,
most complete and most logical system.
There are in English 40 distinct sounds;
40 distinct letters are needed to represent
them. With such q system the intermina-
BILE difficulty of learning to spell would
disappear, the time spent in printing and
writing unnecessary letters would be saved
and the learning of the language by chill
dren and foreigners would be greatly IA
silitated. There is no valid objection to
phonetic spelling except the difficulty Of
introducing 1t. The genealogical ob1ec-
ton is unworthy Of serious consideration.
The etymology, for example, Of "soph.
Ism" (Which, by the way, does not import
. wise saying) resides In the real word,
not in it's spelling. Any one who knows
the history of the word would associate
that history with 1t, however it might be
spelled. The Pathological association Ia
vors phonetic spelling. It is, Of course,
impossible to make SC radical a change at
once, but it does not follow that the bene-
fits Of phonetic spelling, the metric system
or any other great improvement will come
to us in the surest and best way by simply
leaving the matter to chance. There Is O
tendency to shorten spelling, but the bene-
fits to be derived from improvement are
so great that definite action should be
taken to secure them early and to make
the changes in the way that will be MOST
beneficial. Changes for better and for
worse will continue to come by chance a
they have come in the past, but chance
,hange in 30 important a matter as the
language Of the most enlightened and
most progressive people Of the world
should not be satisfactory.-Sef Culture.
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New Creme cigars S cents.
Two Orphan cigars two for 3
cents. The best that money
can buy.
Politics and the Church

Out In Utah continuous wal ia being made
upon the Mormon Church, charging 1t with
being in politics and contending that ills a
governing factor in deciding political Issues.
When preachers In this part OF the Lords
vineyard bedraggle their priestly robes In the
dlrtiest OF all the political polls. some OF our
people may possibly approves; others may re
maiY silent, and still others may think the
pulpit 10 degraded when 1t Ia used as a politi'
cal platform.
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Death Of Mace Adams.

The body OF Mr.. Mace Adams living on the
Gus Smith plantation 4 miles south Of Able
Vile was found dead In his he'd last Sunday
morning. Ee was In Abbeville Saturday
afternoon apparently In his usual heaith. mt
ere another sun had rIsen and set his body
was a corpse and his soul had gone into that
land from whence no spirit returns.
The funeral services were conducted on last
Monday morning ut Sharon Chnoch oy. Kew.
7 G, Eorer and his remains Inferred IN the
sharon Cemetery in the presence Of a number
OF Borrowing friends.
W. T. Mcdonald.
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Court News.

Civil Court convened here Monday, Dot.
14th, Judge Ernest Gary on the bench. Only
two cases have heep brought before the court
this far. The first was case OF W.. y. Hall W.
J r. Latimer & Son, snit To recover the value
OF a mortgage bought by Hall OF ] T. Latimer
4 Son. The mortgage proved TO be q forgery.
jury gave Mi. Hall a verdict for the
amount OF the mortgage sl3S. which OF course
Mr.. Latimer will love.
Perkins Mig. Co. Is suing Mr.. W. Joel
Smith for 500 on account OF supplies furnlsp.
ed In the remodeling OF bis h. use which bad
been let by contract. A verdict as render
ed against Mr.. Smith Tor STS8.
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State of South Carolina,

ABBEYILLE COUNTY.
Probate Capitalization for Letters OF Ad.
mi%nistratiop.
BY ]. F. MILLER, ESQ.,, JUDGE OF PROBATE
WHEREAS, A.. l.. Bass has made suit To
w noe, 10 grant him Letters OF Admins
tration OF the Estate and effects OF Mason
Adams, late OF Abbeville County, deceased.
These are therefore, TO cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors oi
the said Mason Adams, deceased, that they
be aud appear before me. In the Court Of Pro.
bate, TO be held at Abbeville 9. b., on Thurs-
day, the 3lst day Of October, 1907, after pub
lication hereof, at II O'Clock In the forenoon,
TO show cause II any they have, why the said
Admin istration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal ofthe Court,
this 18th day of October. In the
year Of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and seven and in the 1920
year OF American Independence.
Published on the 10th day OF October,
1907, in the Press and Banner and on the Court
House door for the time required by Law;
J.F. MILLER,
Judge OF Probate.
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Masters Sale.
The State of South Carolina,
County of AbbeyiIle,
County of Abbeville

Court of Common Pleas.
Sarah E. Moragne in her own right
and as Administrative of the Es-
tate of j. B. Allen Moragne, de.
ceased, and others, plaintiffs,
against Peter Bowie Moragne and
A. Lester Moragne, Defendants.-
Suit in Partition.
By authority of q Decree of Sale by
the Court of Common Pleas for Able
vile County, in said State, made in
the above stated case, l will offer for
sale, at public outcry, at Abbeville G.
H., 8. c., on Salesday in November,
A. D.. 1907, within the legal hours of
sale the following described land, to
wit !: All that tract or parcel of land
situate, lying and being in Abbeville
County, in the State aforesaid, con.
tanning SIXTY-EIGHT Acres, more
or less, and bounded by Ovill Cal
houn, Mrs. s. E. Moragne. Tract No.
2 of said estate lands and others, beilg
Tract No. l or the homestead tract.
Also, Tract No. 2 of said estate lands,
containing SEVENTY-THREE and
ONE-HALF Acres, bounded by Lit.
tie River, Tract No. !, Thomson and
others, and known locally as the "Carr
Tract"
Also, Tract No. 8, or Gin House
Tract, containing - Acres, bound.
ed by Tract No. | and the town of
Bordeaux. On this tract is a firstclass
ginnery, consisting of one 1S-horse
power engine and boiler, two gins and
one cotton press, all in good repair.
This one of the best stands for q GIN
merry in the county.
Plats of the several tracts of land
will he exhibited On day of sale.
TERMS OF SALE.-Ccah. Pur-
chaser to pay for papers.
r. E. HILL,
Master A. c., S. G.
Onf 18th 1Q07
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Reaped q Rich Harvest.

Last Saturday was "show day" and as II
nearly always The case, except In great mora
Towns IKE Abbeville there WAS more or lest
Violation OF municipal and state laws: The
mayors court Monday morning looked is
Green wood opera house does just before INT
cnrtain rises on q good minstrel show. Anc
most OF the big audience had q very rea! ane
painful part In the performance. ne me,
OF the morning amounted 10 over SlSoU ". a.
one negro woman q witness, put II, III looked
IKE every Niger In dis town got ter nghun
Sad-day bite and Sunday" Bad booze ant
other causes made the offenders bilious
They had TO pay for the
index.
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Sensible.

The Greenwood Index announces hal !
has discontinued the clubbing business II
1859 the Independent Press, since CONSOLE
dated with the Banner, under the name o
Press and Banner tried 10 club with a ladie'
Magazine. 1t didn't take but one year lol
the owners OF the Press TO learn enough Il
Quit the business. We gained nothing, ans
had a lot OF trouble. Subscribers did not &c
the Magazine or the Magazine did not re
the money, and We had 10 pay twice for sew
eral copies. Since that time every editor ha
had TO carry his " skill as far as we az
concerned.