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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-03
FARMERS UNION MASS Meeting.
Will be Held in Columbia on Friday
Night Of Next Week.

The following letter from President
Perritt of the State Farmers Union ad-
dressed personally to each county union
president and to all others who contem,
plate being at the State Fair, will be sent
out this from the office Of the state union
secretary. It is hoped that all who can
will attend this meeting, as matters OF i'm
portance regarding. the improvement OF
the farmers organization are to be con-
sidered. The letter reads:
"Dear Sir and Brother: There Will be
Farmers Union Mass Meeting in Colum-
bia, s. C. during the State Fair, on Fri
day, November 5, 1909, at z: 80 p: m. The
Richland county court house will be used
unless otherwise engaged at that time. II
any change of place Is necessary due no
tice will be given. =,
Gail the county presidents are requested
to attend this meeting, and the invitation
is also extended to all members of the
Farmers. Union who expect to attend the
fair. 1t is desired to have as many mem
bers present at this meeting as possible.
"The newspapers will give full informa-
tion as to reduced rates to the State Fair.
"This meeting is called to consider what
can be done to improve the work OF our
organization; to set in motion some de-
finite plan to build warehouses to be ready
for use by next season; to take up the fer
tilizer question and the planting oflegumes
to consider the advisability Of establishing
an experimental station in some one Of
the counties Of the coastal plain belt un-
der the auspices of Clemson College.
ave hope that you will attend this meet
ing and try to bring some other union
member along with you.
"By order of the president.
"a. j. Perritt,
president S. CsState Farmers Union.
j. Whitner Reid, Secretary.
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For the Season Of Long Evenings.

There are no lonely winter evenings. in
the homes where The Youths Companion
is weekly visitor, and there need be no
idle hours. The variety Of the papers con-
tents appeals to every member Of the
household, and before one issue Is exhaust
ed the next is waiting at the post-office.
During the winter season The Companion
prints nearly hundred complete stories OF
considerable length, besides the absorbing
serials, some Is articles by men and women
of renown, and about twice as many short
character and humorous sketches as there
are winter nights. Such an article as "Win-
ter Gardening" suggests an interesting oc-
cupation which can be carried on in Alaska
with snow twenty feet deep, and without
the cost Of q dollar. 1t is well worth
while" to read paper SO carefully and
ably edited.
Send your subscription (S1.75) at once so
as to receive free all the issues Of The Com
panion for the remaining weeks Of 1909, as
we'll as The Companions Venetian" Calen-
dar for 1910, autographed in thirteen COL
ors and gold.
The Youths Companion,
Companion Building, Boston, Mass.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-03
THE JURY AcQUITS
GREENWOOD men.
The States Evidence Not Strong Enough
to Convict Deliberate Fifty Minutes
Contradictions in Testimony Of Prinei-
pal Negro Witness Weaken Case Against
WilIiamsons.
Columbia State.

Greenwood, Oct. 29.--After celebrating
fifty minutes, the jury in the "Williamson'
case, that of Henry Williamson, Sloan Will
hanson, Ashby s. King and Sam Cooper
charged with having caused the death OF
Gus Gilchrist by whipping him, returned a
verdict Of not guilty.
The case been conducted vigorously on
both sides. It consumed day and a half
with the arguments Of counsel. Some ad-
ditional witnesses for the defense were put
up this morning, most Of the testimony be-
ing corroborative.
The defense stressed the fact that DR..
Lyons testimony showed that the whip
ping could have been administered any
where from to 4S hours from the time
when he saw the marks and that the negro
had been in custody only IL hours. The
defendants, each Of them, denied specifl-
cally and categorically that they offered
Gilchrist any violence or saw any one else
offer it. Then the witness, Robertson, man
ifest lying, first one way and the other,
helped the defense.
No dependence could be put In his state
ments. No one who knows Capt. Rogers
believes for minute that he threatened
the negro, yet the negro 80 swore and i'm
mediately swore he did not.
Solicitor Cooper conducted the prosecu-
tion ably and well. He has been much
complimented. on his work and on his
speech. He stressed the force Of circum-
stantial evidence and the part 1t played in
this case, especially that one fact In a case
sometimes made chain Of circumstances.
The jury was composed of intelligent
and conscientious men 30 far as general
knowledge goes. According to their views
the State did not make out its case by the
greater weight Of the evidence, and they
rendered verdict for the defendants.
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Feeding Farm Hands.

Every farmers wife knows what tre-
mendous appetites farm hands usually
have; but while they eat well they
work well, too.
Here's good suggestion about feed
ing farm hands. Give them plenty
of Quaker Oats. A big dish Of
Quaker Oats porridge with sugar. and
cream or milk is the greatest break
fast in the world for a man who needs
vigor and strength for a long days
work. The man that eats Quaker Oats
plentifully and often is the man who
does good work without excessive IA
tigue. There Is sustaining quality
in Quaker Oats not found in other
foods, and for economy it is at the
head Of the list To meet needs Of
those in different climates Quaker
Oats is packed in regular size pack
ages and hermetcally sealed tins;
the latter for hot climates. 5
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-03
new GERMAN LIBEL LAW
In Germany Business Men Who Talk III
Of Each Other Are Punished

Berlin, Oct. 26.-The first cases to be
tried under the new law, section COM
mercial rivalrIes, will come up for q hear
ing next week. The statute against un-
lawful commercial competition makes 1t
q criminal offense for business man to
speak i'll Of the business methods Of his
competitor. Any person doing so may be
condemned to pay damages, even II done
only in casual manner, II the Ill remarks
are based on known falsehoods then the
business Hbeler may be sentenced to i'm
prisonment and a fine besides.
If business man asks one Of his en-
ployees to speak i'll Of rival, not only
the actual nbeler, but the instigator Is
punished. Another section Of the new law
which will be tested for the first time In
court is that entitleing business to dam
ages if competitor assumes his. name, or
part of it, or q name he created for his
goods, that Is misleads the public in any
manner or form.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-03
CLEAN LIPS.


A friend Of Governor johnson, Of Mime
sofa, who knew him WE'LL said that he never
heard him tell soiled anecdote or utter an
unclean word in conversation. He liked
anecdotes and told them well. He also
talked we'll, but used only clean words, be-
cause his thoughts we're pure. That was
a high tribute to pay to q man who had
been actively in political work and asso-
ciating with all sorts Of people. But such
a habit and virtue should not be noticeable
in men any more than In women. 1t wuOld
be reflection on womanhood in general
If some one should pay such tribute to a
1t is the rare exception when woman uses
words unfit to be heard by man.
But thereisdecidedi improvement In men
in that respeet. One may mix up with
young and dIHmen III business and society
and never heafunclean words. This retail
er Of filthy anecdotes Is passing away. Dur
ing the county campaign last year and the
goods roads campaign this year, there
we're some Objectionable anecdotes told,
which no refined man wanted to hear and
no man OF clean lips would utter. That
will be changed, but the change will come
slowly. Hereafter when speaker on the
stump begins to tell a dirty. disgusting
story or repeats an anecdote that should
not be spoken before ladies, some man OF
character in the audience should call him
down and tell him that the day Of such low
debasing, unmanly talk had passed,
In fifty years acquaintance with DR..
Carlisle, the writer never heard him utter
an unclean word, He enjoyed humorous
touches in conversation as well as any one
we ever knew, but he wanted it chaste and
pure as the aroma from sweetest flowers.
In all his private conversation his thuoghts
and words were as simple and clean and
pure as the words of prattling children.
Itought not to be difficult for teachers.
preachers, public speakers and all men in
the social circle to sterize their vocabula-
ries and kill the germs that produce un-
clean words. Our leading men in the pro-
fessions should set the example. They are
looked up to as standards. There Is no
reason why the spoken or written words
should not be clean. forcible, strong, with
out the aid Of soiled phrases. just call to
mind the most sparkling gems Of all litera-
ture and consider how pure they are. No
one ever heard an unclean anecdote dote
that he felt like writing out and pasting in
a scrapbook for wife and children to read
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-03

SALE DAY.
Some Valuable Property Went Under
the Hammer,

Last Monday was Sale Day, and every
thing combined to bring the largest num-
ber Of our citizens to town.
The weather was ideal. 1t couldn't have
been more pleasant. The roads were good.
The high price OF cotton made trip to
town interesting, and many A. Il. Ps came
presumably to dine with the A. r. P. ladies.
The financial success of the dinner was
great, while it was most satisfactory to
hose who entered the eating contest.
The ordinary business was transacted,
ind all who came were In q good humor
18th themselves and the balance Of man
kind,
AS q rule O great number on Sale Day In
November indulge in little Of the fluid
that brings us victorious over all the Ills OF
life, but last Sale Day the arrests for
drunkenness or disorderly conduct were
only five.
While the crops are short, yet the good
price Of cotton has kept up the spirits Of
,ur people. The banks, we believe, peyer
had a greater amount of deposits, with
iewer demands for loans. The merchants
are satisfied with their trade, and all
seems well. H.
Quite a number Of second hand horses
and mules were auctioned off.
The official sales by the Master were :,
239 acres Wheeler Adams $4,000 bought
by j. Allen Smith, Sr. y.
9s acres R. R. Tolbert, Jr., $500, bought
by Tolbert.
by R. E. Cox and J. Allen Smith $2,725.
70 acres Of w. T. Cowan lands bought by
r. E. Cox S2,025.
10 acres of W. T. Cowan lands bought by
r. G. Brownlee 1900.
1O4 acres of w. r. Cowan lands bought by
Rev. r. A. Ransom 81, ,450.
House and lot Of estate Elijah Jones
bought by J. L. Perrin Silt.
1SO acres estate Geo. Wallace bought by
Stone & Burris $500.
155 acres estate Sam. Robinson bought by
TT. Robertson $500.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-03
CAROLINA MILLS
IMPORT COTTON.
Msssrs. townsend and snyth Buy East-
Indian Product Begin with q Small
Order II Shorter Staple Proves satis-
factory Large Orders will bs Placed at
0nca.
Columbia State.

Anderson, Oct. 2s. President H.C. Town
send of the Townsend twine mills and Pres
ident Ellison A. Smyth Of the Pelzer cot
ton mill have placed orders for several
hundred bales Of East India cotton, aud 1T
is said, that other mills In the Piedmont
section have done likewise.
The Indian cotton Is Of q shorter staple
than the upland cotton but Is as white and
smooth. The mills are going to expert
ment with this cotton and II It works sat
isfactorily, and the mill men are confident
it will. large orders will be placed at once.
The experiment Is being made with this
cotton on account Of the high price OF
American cotton. g
The Indian cotton was bought at 1111SS
cents +. o. b. New York. The freight to
Anderson is Sc cents per 106 pounds This
cotton can. therefore, be laid down here
for about liz cents, while the American
cotton is bringing ~ here now. The
saving Of 2 cents per pound will be q big
item with the mills and, II the experiment
proves satisfactory, arrangements will be
made to bring large shipments from an In
dian port direct to Charleston, by which 25
cents per 100 pounds will be saved.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-03
A Practical Plan Of Eradication.

AS Prof. Smith has pointed out, to era
dicate the tick we must learn his life
history. Find his week points and hit him
there. These weak points are; Q) The
mature female tick can not crawl far and
usually lays her eggs within foot or two
of where she drops to the ground; (2) the
Young ticks do not crawl far because they
stand better chance Of getting on an
animal by crawling up the grass and twigs
and waiting for their victim to come along
and pick them up; (3) they only get on
cattle, horses and mules: az II they do not
get on cow, horse or mule they can not
reproduce, and die in about three months
IN summer and from six to eight months
during the colder season.
With these facts in mind it is easy to
plan method Of eradication.
The cheapest most certain and under
all conditions the best way is to take the
cattle, horses and mules out Of the pasture
on September st, and KEEP them out un-
till May st, following; or take them out
Nav 1T and keep them out until Septem-
ber st. If this be done, the ticks will be
dead and no more will get back in the pas
ture unless carried to it on cattle, horres
or mules.
Care must be token not to put tick in
tested animals back in the pasture. 10
free the cattle of ticks put them in a clean
lot and grease them thoroughly with any
heavy nonirritating oil. and in two weeks
give them another greasing. If these two
greasings have been done thoroughly, the
cattle may be safely put on the clean
pastures.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-03
DR.. COOK WILL PROSECUTE GUIDE.
Ends Lecture Tour to Go and Confront
Aecuser- Declares BarriIl in Con-
spiracy - Explorer Thinks Montana
Man was Influenced by Outsiders.

Minneapolis, MINI, Oct 27-Patience has
ceased to be virtue with Dr. Frederick A.
Cook and he announced he is about to be-
gin legal proceedings in the Mt. Mckinley
controversy, which may take a criminal
libel turn against Edward Barrill, the guide
whose affidavits recently arraigned the
Arctic explorer as being the most colossal
faker that ever presented a tale OF marvel
lous adventure.
II Barrill refuses to retract his recent
statement in which he alleged Cook never
reached the top of Mt. Mckinley, prosecu-
tion will follow, it is said.
DR.. Cook repeated that his records are
safe in O metallic tube on the summit of
the Alaskan peak and that he will start an
expedition Monday for the purpose Of SUBJ
his statements. That there
were inducements offered Barreli to make
the scathing affidavit discrediting the
statements Of Cook in his book Top of the
Continent" is the statement that has been
given the doctor by his legal representa-
tive, who is already in Mossoula.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-03
HALLEY's COMET IS NEARER TO earth
May Be Observed With An Ordinary
Telescope in a Short While.

New York, Oct. 26.-Halley's comet Is
now so near the earth that it may be OBJ
served in short time through an ordinary
telescope, according to reports received
from different astronomical observatories.
Although it has been speeding toward
the earth with tremendous velocity ever
since it was rediscovered on the night OF
September II, it is still far too remote to
be seen with the naked eye.
But the Harvard College observatory
has issued bulletin stating that Prof.
E. E. Barnard, Of the Yorkes' Observa-
tory, obtained visual observations Of it on
the 18th and 18th Of this month. On these
two dates Prof. Barnard found that the
comet was not fainter than the IS 1-2 mag
nitude, having diameter Of fifteen seconds
and while it exhibited no elongation, 1t was
less definite and bright in the middle"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-03
SKY CYCLE IS PREDICTED.
Jersey Scientist Says any One Will Soon
be Able to Fly Around.

New Brunswick, NJ, Oct. 27-At meet
ing of the New Jersey State Microscopical
Society, held at Rutgers College, Prof. Ju-
iius Nelson, State biologist in lecture on
aerial navigation, prophesied that within
a few years any one would be able to as
cend and descend in the air without the
aid Of aeroplanes or similar machines, but
by the use Of what he termed skycycle.
why not manufacture wings something
on the order of those on birds and have
them controlled by the leg muscles of the
human being?" asked Prof. Nelson. "Sci-
entists have been giving this much thought
and I prophesy that within a short time
people will be able to go into the air any
time they want to. Just take the wings out
of your pocket and ascend. When you
come down, fold them up and put them in
your pocket"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-03
SMsetliearts.

From Womans Home Companion.)
Sweethearts come and sweethearts go
According to the weather,
But three there be as true es steel and
loyal altogether. ~.
I fell in love, the first I loved
In fact, we loved each other,
In holiest Of sacred ties
My own dear gentle Mother.
Sweethearts come and sweethearts go
According to the season, !.
But know one who changes not,
Who loves beyond all reason,
When first I saw her face, found
(And only love discovers),
The sweetest wife that ever lived,
And She and are lovers.
Sweethearts come and sweethearts 90
According to the notion,
But one there Is whose little heart
Is deeper than the ocean.
And DER her little golden head
Gods angels surely hover,
The truest sweetheart In the world,
My own wee baby-lover.
There's place In my heart for my old
true love,
For the mother who first loved me.
And a throne Of pure white for my hearts :
delight.
For the Queen Of my life Is she.
And q wee little niche for the rosy checked
witch, ~
Who is dearer than life can be;
I'm in love- I'm In love, and I ever &
~ shallb
And I'm happy, so happy, with sweet
hearts three! n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-03
HOW TO GET RID OF THE CATTLE
TICK
Progressive Farmer.)

At the Recent Mississippi State Farmers
Convention one of the subjects most dis
cussed was the cattle tick and the methods
of eradicating it. The discussion was
opened by Prof. Archibald Smith, and his
remarks, the gist of which we here give, are
just as applicable to the Carolinas as to
Mississippi. 49,,
TO eradicate the cattle tick it Is neces-
sary to study his life history and habits
When this is done it's eradicrtion at once
becomes simple and easy. The large
female tick which we see on the cattle drop
to the ground, crawls under the leaves and
grass and in a few days begins laying
eggs. In ten days or two weeks she lays
from 1900 to 5000 eggs. In warm wealth
er these eggs hatch in from 18 to 20 days:
in cool weather it may take much longer
for them to hatch. They crawl up on the
young grass and twigs and wait for the
cattle to come along and pick them off by
brushing their legs against the grass on
which the ticks are punched or by lyiug
down on them. After the ticks get on the
cattle they shed their skins twice and re-
main about four weeks, when they are full
grown and brop to the ground as before.
To eradicate the ticks the mature fe-
male ticks must be prevented from drop
ping 40 the ground. This may be done by
greasing the cattle and killing all the ticks
on them, or by removing the cattle from
the pastures until the ticks die from
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-03
FOREIGN TESTIMONIAL
Mr.. W. A. LANIER'S PROMISED 4
FORTUNE OF $4,000.
He Will Soon be Rich and We will Then
All be Dukes and EarIes.
Contributed.

The following high testimonial to Mr..
WA. Laniers integrity of character Is no
news to the people Of Abbeville Comfy.
All the people have known him and his ex-
cellent qualities for many years so favor
ably that they have repeatedly trusted
him with some of the most important Of
fees in the county, but the promise OF a
man in Madrid, Spain, to endow him with
fortune Of S16O,OOO is startling revelation
to our people.
Mr.. Lanier no doubt will be at loss to
know what to do with so much money at
once. Being of kindly heart, ne may be
depended upen to put it where it will do
the most good. If any neighbor is in dis
tress, let him file an application now for
the needed cash. The Press and Banner
makes claim for $4,000 to build a
hospital at Abbeville. All collectors OF
money for foreign missions and other
cheats should now let their wants be
known to Mr.. Lanier, Abbeville R. F. d.
No. /.
Mr.. Lanier is no miser, and he may be
depended upon to aid in every good pur-
pose. The money could not have come to
a better man. He will be dong good with
that money until the last day Of his life.
It will be noticed that Mr.. Lanier has only
to cable for the money. Here is the letter:
Madrid, Spain, 9Oth 9-'09.
Dear Sir-Having not the honour to
know you, only from good references about
your honesty, send you enclosed an artl-
Gle Of a newspapers published in London
about my arrest; you will see also my sad
situation. charge you reserve about this
affair.
AS soon as my letter to your hands please
send me q cablegram. Address enclosed
person Of my confidence for to know II you
receive this letter, then ] will instruct you
In all my eecret for to obtain sum OF
$3.50, 900 / have in America saving at the
same time to my dear daughter coming
YOU here to rise the seizure OF my baggage
paying to the Court the expenses OF my
trial.
AS reward I give you the third part, viz:
S160,0O0.
1 can't say you more now. Awaiting
your cable, I am,
Yours truly,
Petrovicz.
Address by cable, not by letter:
Manuel Gomez,
Cappellanes St..
Madrid.
And to sign by precaution your cable:
Comas.