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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-13
MOrSe'S Locals.

We have a fine lot OF fat mackerel, In kits
and open barrels.
Good old genuine ~buckwheat flour in next
week.
You can 1ud hairy vetch, crimson and red
clover, oats, rye, barley, dwarf rape, alfalfa or
lucerne at amos B.. Morse Co.
We can sell you trunks and suit cases 80
that you can save money. See ours before
you buy.
II It's flour sou want, we have the best and
will sell 1t at a low price. See US for groce-
r!es. Amos 3. Morse Co.
1t Is time to plant your onion acts; you can
get all kinds from Amos b Morse Co.
We are offering stock feed at q very low
prlce-good for horses, hogs or cattle.
We have an unusually good line OF shoes.
II you are looking for a good reliable winter
shoe A mes B. Morse Co. has II.
Boys. you can get air rifles from us al so and
Is cents. Amos B. Morse Co.
We sell the best In hams and breakfast ba-
con.
1t Il getting cold. See US for coal. Amos
B. Morse Co..
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Ask the Doctor
Ask the Banker .
Masters Sale.
The State of South Carolina,
County Of Abbeville. u,
Court of Common Pleas.
Lila G.. Rice ct al, Plaintiffs, against
Mary Ransom ct al, Defendants.

Court of Common Pleas.
Lila G. Rice ct al, Plaintiffs, against
Mary Ransom ct al, Defendants.
BY authority of a Decree of Sale by
the Court of Common Pleas for Abbe-
vile County, in said State. made in
the above stated case, I will offer for
sale, at Public Cutlery, at Abbeville G.
H., S. c., on Salesday in November, A.
D. 1909, 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 hesitate aforesaid. containing ONE
HUNDRED and SIX QO6) Acres,
more or less, and bounded by lands of
Haddon Estate, Tracts Nos. 2, 3 and 4
of the Cowan Estate lands, and known
as Tract No. / of said Estate lands.
Also. all that tract of land contain
Ing SEVENTY-NINE coy Acres,
more or less, bounded by lands of A.
S. Kennedy. DIN Brownlee, Tract
No. 3 of the Cowan Estate lands, and
known as Tract No. 2 of said Estate
lands.
Also, all that tract of land contain
ing SEVENTY-NINE Coy Acres,
more or less, bounded by lands of Rob
ert McAdams, Mrs. M. Hawthorne.
Tracts Nos. 1, 2 and 4 of the Cowan
Estate lands, and known as Tract No.
8 of said estate land.
Also, all that tract of land containing
ONE HUNDRED and FOUR QO4)
Acres, more or less, bounded by lands
of Paris Cowan, Haddon Estate, Tracts
Nos. l and 8 of the Cowau Estate lands,
and known as Tract No. 4 of said Els.
tate lands.
Terms of Sale-.One-third cash, bal
ance on a credit of one and two years,
with bond and mortgage of the prem
Uses, to secure the credit portion-or
purchaser or purchasers may have the
option of paying all cash.
Purchaser to pay for papers and re-
cording. r. E. HILL,
Oct. II, 1909. Master A., c., s. c.
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Masters Sale. .
The State of South Carolina,
County Of Abbeville.
Court of Common Pleas.

Court of Common Pleas.
G. A. Visanska and Celia V. Rosen-
berg, Plaintiffs, against r. R. Toll
bert, Jr., Defendant.
BY authority OF a 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 cutlery, at Abbeville G..
H., S. c., on Salesday in November, A.
D. 1909, 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 NINETY-THREE (93) Acres,
more or less, and bounded by lands of
W. o. Cromer, r. r. Tolbert, Jr., A.
NJ. Smith and others, and known as
The Morton Mill Tract.
Terms OF Sale-Cash. Purchaser to
pay for papers.
r. E. HILL,
Oct. II, 'O9. Master A. c., s. G.
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]. F. BRADLEY,
County Treasurer.
Masters Sale.
The State of South Carolina
County of Abbeyille.
Oct. 1909.
Court of Common Pleas.

Court Of Common Pleas.
J. G. Milford, Plaintiff, against Vince
Ter Adams and The National Bank
of Abbeville, Defendants.
BY authority of a Decree of Sale by
the Court of Common Pleas for Able
Vile County, in said State, made in
the above stated ease, | will offer for
sale, ut Public Outciy, at Ahhevi!le g.
H., s. G., on Sa!cshay in November, A.
D. 1909 v thin ,he legal hours of sale
the following described land, to wit:
ALI that irac: or parcel of land situate,
lying and being in Abbeville County,
in the State aforesaid, cnntaining TWO
HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE
(235) Acres, more or less, and bounded
by lands of the Estate of William
Weir on the North, on the East by
la, DIS of n. E Johnson, on The South
by lands of the CcX place, and on the
West by lands of William P. Greene
and Frederick Minshall-the same be-
ing a part of Tract No. II Of the Swil!-
ing place. ,,
Terms of Sa!e-One-third cash, bal
ance en- q credit of n and two years
in equal installments, the credit por-
ton TO be secured by bond of the pur.
chaser and a mortgage of the premises,
and to bear interest at The rate of eight
per centum per annum, payable an
nually, and if not so paid each years
interest to become principal and bear
interest at the anne rate-with the
proviso in the bond and mortgage that
if the same shall have to be collected
by suit, ten per cent. attorneys fees
will be added thereto. Purchaser to
have the option of paying all cash.
Purchaser to pay for papers and re-
cording. r. E.. HILL,
Oct. II, 100. Master A. c., S. G.
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curtaiIment For Cotton Mills.

The cotto on mill men met last week in
Charlotte and decided that the price OF
cotton is too high or that the price Of cloth
is too low.
The present disparity between..the price
of cotton and cotton goods pre!cluding the
possibility of the successful operation OF
Southern mills.
At the meeting of this Board of Cover.
ners, a resolution was passed appointing a
committee to draft and send out a curtail.
ment agreement which every Southern
mill will be asked to sign.
What we wish to see is the price of cot.
ton cloth rise a hundred per cent III value
so that the mills may get rich and the
farmers get 20 cent per pound for his cot,
ton.
The Southern mills prefer to see the
price Of cloth rise than the price of cotton
fall. The Enlish mills may be interested
in the reverse. 1t is q time, at any rate
for the former to sit up and take notice,
for when the mills say that they will cur.
tail they mean just what they say.
Curtaitment is sure to have its effect. II
will either raise the price of cloth or lower
the price of cotton, probably this latter
possibly both.
Sure it is that farmers ought to do all
they can to keep the price where it is. and
to put it even higher if possible, this would
result in the raising the price Of cotton
cloth which is entirely too low in com
partisan with the price of cloth made from
other fabrics
The people oil the world at large should be
charged more than IL 1+2 cents for a shirt
that price is too low. A shirt for a pound
Of fat back is out Of all proportion.
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Greatest American Play.

Theatre patrons Of this city will have an
opportunity of again seeing here at the
Opera House soon one Of the greatest, if
not the greatest American play, ever writ
ten, THE Lion and the Mouse" by Charles
Klein. The play will be produced under
the direction of Henry B.. Harris and will
in all probability prove the dramatic as
we'll as social event OF the present season.
The success Of this drama is so well known
to all classes of people throughout the
country owing to it's phenomenal IN in
both Chicago and New York, that it is
scarcely necessary to make further state
ments relative to the merits Of the play.
Mr.. Klein has used as his theme the money
interests of the country against social
problems which cannot fail but to appeal
most keenly to all t~heatregOers.
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In addition 10 the above. a special tax vi
be collected for school purposes as fol'o"s:

A poll tax Of One Dollar per capita on al
male citizens between the age OF 81 and ~
years, except such Cd are exempt by law, Will
be collected. -,
A Communication road tax of One Dollar will
be collected the same time as other taxes
from all male citiZTns between the Ggfs OF le
and so years, except such as are exempted by
Ia ". Unless suid tax Is paid by first of March
1910, eight days work upon the pubic high
why's will be required under an oVerseer, II 81
much be necessary.
Taxes are payable only In gold and silver
coin, United States currency, National Bark
Notes and Coupons OF State Bonds which be-
come payable during the year 1868. A tax o.
50 cents will be collected on each dog.
Parties desiring IN for nation by mall liz re-
gard TO their taxes will please write before
Dec ber 16.h, stating the location OF thell
property, srd inc ude postage for reply, and
those paying taxes 10y check must Include
the charge for collection.
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The Rosenberg Mercantile Co.. are opening
up fall goods every day. You will save mon
ey by seeing their goods before you buy.
Saave money by buying your spectacles
Rykard's.
First lot of Zach McGee's Ozark Corner
sold out. Second lot lust arrived. Read 1t by
Store,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-13

The Womans Missionary Union of the
Babtist Church will meet Thursday after
noon at 3o'clock at the Church and not
at Mrs. Barksdale's residence as prev
iously announced. Members will please no.
tice this change.
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For Sale.

Large two story dwelling on South Main
street. Lot extends through from Main to
Jail street. Within two hundred yards of
public square. A bargain in this for some
one. See j. S. Stark, or j. E. McDavid.
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Get an opera glass at Rykard's and you
can see the whole show.
Best quality spectacles and opera glasses
at Rykard's.
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Mr.. S. w. Wilson who now lives neal
Due West was in the city Monday. He is
q splendid farmer and a good citizen gain,
ed to the Due West section. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-13

Bees Laxative Cough Syrup moves the bow
elS gently, but freely, and al the same time it
heals irritation Of the throat and In that way
stops the cough. 1t is sold by c. a. Milford &
Co.
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PrO1lt 1Or years ~ w
Now when it is considered that the ave-
rage crop to the horse in Abbeville County,
this year will be nearer six bales of cotton
than ten bales, some light begins to dawn
on the unselfish mind as to the plight Of
the tenant.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-13
Mills Combine to Depress Price Of Cotton.

Ihcr is, in progress, q combined effort
on the part of foreign mills, northern
mills and finally southern mills to curtaiI
the output of manufactured cotton.
There is no effort to veil the purpose of
this movement; the mill men frankly
admit that its purpose is to reduce the
price Of cotton.
1t is contcnded that the price of cloth
has not kept pace with the price Of the
raw material, and this is the excuse given
for the the curtailmcnt of production. 1t
is not expected that the price of cloth will
respond at once to the price of cotton.
The cloth that is now being sold was man.
ufactured from cotton, some of which was
bought as low as 9 cents per pound; and
to expect fifteen cents prices out of cotton
costing nine and ten cents, is simply try
ing to eat out Of both ends OF the trough
at the same time.
The mills are just beginning to spin the
new crop, and as they usually sell from
three to six months in advance, they will
deliver little or none of the cloth produced
from new cotton for six months.
This means that the mills will take ad-
vantage of the short crop Of cotton, by
curtailing manufacturing, to try to ease
eff cloth they now hold made from ten
cents cotton, on. a fifteen cents basis.
They will then sell the manufactured pro-
duct from the short crop on it's normal
basis from 10 to Is cents.
This is all right for the mills, but what
about the man producing the raw mate
rial? Last year the cotton crop was large
and the price proportionally moderate.
This year the crop is admitted by all to be
seriously short. Must he then be denied
his share ia the operation Of the law of
supply and demand? And is it just for
southern mills to join in this unholy
attempt to so rob him?
The present price Of cotton is not the
result of any agitation or combination;
the cotton association is dead. It is not
the result Of holding; for cotton is being
sold direct from the press to the platform,
with the warmth of the gin saws still on it.
Nothing bnt the unquestioned short crop
of perhaps less than II, 500, 1000 bales, max
ing q cotton famine almost certain,
accounts for the advance in cotton.
Should a II, 500, 900 bale crop be worth no
more proportionately than q 1850, 900 bale
crop? Should the farmer who made ten
bales of cotton last year and received ten
cents for it, receive ten cents likewise for
his crop of six bales? Did it ever occur to
anybody that the farmer as well as the
mills, might reasonably desire sometimes
to make ends meet?
1t is this disregard of the farming in
terest by those who are dependent on it,
that has blanketed so many farms with
mortgages, and that has driven many men
whose natural inclination and trend Of
capacity are for the farm, to abandon it to
the unintelligent.
1t is evident that the mills have set
| about to sell at least half of last years
crop and all Of this years crop on a basis
of fifteen cents cotton and if the producer
wishes to make this easy for him, let him
turn his cotton loose at the price dictated
by the mills.
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TAX COLLECTORS NOTICE.
WILL BE OPEN FROM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18th
UNTIL FRIDAY, DE-
GENDER 3lst, 1909.
The Rate Of State, County, School
and Special Tax, Including One
Dollar Poll Tax, One Dollar
Communication Tax.

TN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ACT TO
l. raise supplies for the fiscal year commence
ing January /, 1909, notice is hereby given
that the flee OF County Treasurer for Abte-
Vile County Will be open for the collection Of
axes for said fiscal year from Friday, Octo-
Der 18th, until Friday, December slst, With
out penalty, There will ne added
A penalty Of one per cent. on all taxes not
paid on January LIST, 1910.
A penalty OF two per cent. on all taxes not
paid on February lst, 1910.
A penalty Of seven ptr cent ON all taxes
not paid on March Isl. 1910.
Rates'p per cent. OF taxation are as follows:
sis,s TeE%~~ q mills
Special County $. F-.--.-- ~
Constitutional School ...-..
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There is a false idea prevalent about
the cost Of production Of cotton. The
average crop, which is ;about six bales to
the horse, costs over ten cents per pound
to produce it, and the man who does not
get over ten cents for his cotton has his
labor for nothing.
The only way to demonstrate this is to
take the tenant stripped Of everything
except his physical strength, the man
who actually makes the cotton, and see
Just what it costs him. 1t is not just to
assume that he has, mule and corn and
land, for these things are only instruments
in the cultivation, and they count for the
same whether supplied by the tenant or
by the landlord.
A simple sum in addition and subtrac-
ton will demonstrate more clearly than
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15
Wilson Creek Spends $4,000

WILSON CREEK, May 15.-Tne
work of installing the pump and en-
CINE in connection with Wilson Creek S
new system of water works was COM
pleted yesterday evening and water
pumped into the reservoir. The well
is 70 feet deep. and contains 20 feet
of water. The reservoir is located on
a high bluff, overlooking the town on
the east side, and is 125 feet above the
well. A 25-horse power engine drives
the triplex pump. The latter will
raise 230 gallons of water per minute,
taking between eight and nine hours to
fill the reservoir Several hours steady
pumping failed to lower the water in
the well more than four inches.
Twelve thousand feet of mains have
been laid and additional pipe ordered
for extensions of the main lines. The
mains are of wood of the latest and
most approved pattern and material
Ten fire hydrants. have been located in
advantageous positions. The city
council has ordered a standard hose
cart and 1000 feet of standard hose.
The total cost of the system will be
about $4,000.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15
LICENSE QUESTION
UP TO SALOON MEN
Told to Bring About Local Option
Election or Go Out of Business

wENATCHEE, May 15.-The order
issued by the city council several weeks
ago, that the saloons in this city must
close by June L. has been rescinded and
three months more of grace allowed the
saloonkeepers Councilman M G. Russl
who has been absent for the past SIX
weeks, holds the balance of power on
the saloon question There was tie
vote two weeks ago, when an ordi-
nance was introduced providing for
the closing 'on June /. Last night, at
the meeting of the city council, Mr.
Russi stated that ne was in favor of no
license, but desired to have the question
of whether there should be saloons or
not in Wenatchee settled by the people
und1r &c new local option law. He
moved that the saloOnkeepers be no.
titled that they will have until Sep
TENDER / to bring about an election,
and If not by that time he would vote
dry"
The motion was carried unanimously.
One more saloon will go out of bust
ness on June Is, leaving three saloons
in the city to supply the demand until
after the local option election if one
be held The license of the Depot sa
loon was revoked owing to the fact that
the proprietor, Patsy Taylor, was found
guilty a few days before of selling
liquor on Sunday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15
North Coast Makes Offer.

NORTH YAKIMA, May 15.-The
fight here between the North Yakima
& Valley road and the North Coast
road is for the right of-Way through
Union gap, just below this city The
gap is narrow. The Northern Pacific
has its tracks on the west side OF the
river already. A year ago the Inter
valley road was organized. This COM
pany bought the right of way through
the gap on the east side of the river
Since then the company has merely
held it. A week ago the North Yakima
& Valley road secured an option on
the right-of-awy, and now the North
Coast is making a strenuous effort to
secure this strip. The North Coast
has offered large sum orally, but re-
fuses to commit itself to writing. The
fight for the right-of-way further down
the line is still going on.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15
Kaiser Arrives at Vienna,

VIENNA, May 15.-The German
emperor, ACCOMPANIED by the en-
press. reached Vienna from Pola, where
they arrived on the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern yesterday, and were Civ
en- hearty and elaborate welcome
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
and all the Austrian archdukes and
archduchesses met their majesties at
the Southern Railway station. The
greetings between the two monarchs
were exceptionally cordial. as also was
the ovation accorded them by the i'm
mense crowds that had gathered on
the streets through which the visitors
drove in an open carriage to the Wen
ma Hofburg.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15
HARMONY WECOME
IN NEW YORK CITY

metropolis to conform to, and make a
sky line unapproachable. If the arch
fleets can bring it about, a general
agreement of property owners to OBJ
serve something besides mere height,
and if necessary they would like to
get a law that will compel such ac-
ton. Already in the case of the new
court house decision has been
reached whereby the new building will
conform to the city hall, which for
long years has been held to be the
most perfect building in the city. No
body attacks that edifice. 1t is al
most sacred in the eyes of the archi-
tects and of the artistic public. The
next large municipal building at the
Brooklyn Bridge entrance will, it is
expected, assimilate these two build
ings SO that the beautiful hall of yec-
ords there will be created a city
hall park ensemble that will be a
thing OF beauty and joy forever. If
Trinity will leave the ST. Johns
chapel edifice stand then with Trinity
church itself there will stand two
beautiful Old-Style, dark-cOlored
breaks as if they were gates whereby
to make entrance into the City of the
Beautiful The west front will be
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15
A Woman's Appeal

To all knowing sufferers of rheu-
matism, whether muscular or of the
joints, sciatica lumbagos, backache
pains in the kidneys or neuralgia pains
to write to her for home treatment
which has repeatedly cured all of those
fortunes. She feels it her duty to send
it to all sufferers FREE. You cure
yourself at home as thousands will tes-
tify-no change of climate being nee
cessary. This simple discovery BAN
lshes uric acid from the blood, and
brightens the eyes, giving elasticity
and tone to the whole system If the
above interests yoI, for proof address
Mrs. M. Summers, Box r, South Derd.
Ind.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15
RANCHER AND SON
BURNED TO DEATH
Blazing Roof ColIapses Before Neigh
bors Can Give Assistance.

CLIFFORD, Idaho, May 15.-Tne
charred bodies of George Brammer ST.
aged 20, and his 14-year-old son,
George, were found in the ruins OF
their home, three miles east of Clifford
by neighbors at midnight, Thursday
Both corpses were lying on the bed
covered with clothing, the elder Bran.
mers hands being crossed on his
breast. Brammer was in Clifford the
day before paying bills, and at the
time displayed a large amount of mon
ey. He has relatives in Spokane.
The aged rancner was a Hanoverian
and veteran of the war of Sc. The
coroner said the position of the bodies
and other circumstantial evidence go
to show that the fire started from a
defective stovepipe while Brammel
and his son were in bed, and the
burning roof fell on them while asleep.
The flames were first noticed by a
neighbor. Mrs. Heese, who gave the
alarm. The roof fell before friends
arrived. The building was a small
tWo-room structure.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15
BIG CONSERVATION
CONGRESS CLOSES

efforts at remedial legislation thrott,
ed by our representatives in Conpros,
Wher. l say our Representatives,
do not mean to cast any insinuatiors
at the representatives of Oregon on
Washington but 1 am speaking in een
eral terms. l repeat that our legisla-
tors at Washington are not doing ,ho,.
duty toward the people they represent
Legislation Throttled.
To-day the national conservat;o,,
movement is being carried on largely
by private individuals. In our legis.
lative halls legislation is choked T
would ask what influences are at wor,,
to prevent the progress of the CON
Servation movement?
"The average vested interest is .
continued wrong. When you sec any,
people resting contented in yeste,
rights you see them enduring a CON
tinued wrong.
ut is merely form of bribery when
an individual of this generation for
his own benefit sells out the people,s
interest in any public or natural re-
source. The public as a whole of right
own and should control the natural re-
sources"