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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25
DISPENSARY AUDITOR ISSUES A
WARNING.

According to q notice Dlspensary
Auditor West sent to county dispen-
sary boards today those boards in
counties makeing payments for whis-
KEY or dividing profits or playing out
ANYTHING axcept for strickly current
expenses are liable to got in taonble:
These accounts must first be o. K. ID
by Mr.. West.
The notice reader:
"Gentleman: This is to give you no.
tice that under section 2 of an act OF
the general assembly, 1909, providing
for the closing of the several dispensa-
ries in those counties voting against
sale, that no claims are to be paid by
YOU until same have been audited, ap-
proved and ordered paid by the State
dispensary audit. This, of conrse does
not include nor prevent the payment
of the current expenses incident to
closing up the business, but does IN
clude such items as may be due the
whiskey houses with which you 90
business, any unpaid profits and
amounts that you may owe banks ON
notes or for borrawed money, 1t is
expected that all county dispensnry
boards will adhere strictly to the pro-
visions of this act, and any violation
of same will be reported promptly Tor
the reason that it would in all pro.
baility give rise to complication q
furnish ground for suits and litigatious
"Yours respectfully,
"Dispensary Auditor
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25
TO CONTEST The ELECTION.

The Anti Saloon League are to contest the
Election in Richland County.
The League should be satisfied with what II
has done. Neither the League nor any one
else has the right to try to undo what the
people OF the county have done.
What is written. Let all good people abide
by the result. We have law for etingency
and sevirity unsurpassed by any in any other
State. For these of US who did not want the
law II Is the part OF good mel to fall in with
those who did want II and DO what VIZ can to
enforce IL, until we can get something better,
The Dispensary advocates are bowling grace
fully TO the new regulation and they nay be
depended upon TO do their part in enforcing
the law.
There will be no contest here we are Law
abiding people above everything else and
those who voted to retain the Dispensary will
help In the enforcement OF the law just as
quickly as those who voted for the blue law
Those who are OF the Dispensary persua-
sion and who are opposed to the blue law
may find consolation In the knowledge thst
the blue law not stand. The old Dispensary
system may never oomeagain but the present
law is too blue In complexion for nine tenthe
| OF those who voted for IT.. 1t is unconstitu'
tioual, rabbid, radical and red headed but II
is law and that shout lie enough for every
good citizen.
The pendulum, however has been drawn to
far beyond Its center lof gravity and is Just as
as certain to swing back as the sun is to rise
tomorrow.
The complexion of the act is too blue tc
suit any one except the man who made 1t.
Whether the farmer of the act bad any u
terior motive in view or not when he drew 4
up is something do not know sometimes |
looks that way.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25
An Ordinance.
Compulsory Sewerage Ordi'
nance.

At meeting of City Council held
August 10, 1909, the following amend
ment was made and passed to the Sew
erage Ordinance.
That the limits of the Compulsory
Sewerage Ordinance are hereby ex-
tended to embrace the area within the
following described boundaries:
Beginning on Magazine Street where
Poplar Street crosses same, thence on
Magazine Street to Main Street, down
Main Street to Walnut Street, down
Walnut Street to a point opposite
Whitehall Street, thence through lot
of 81. D. Pressly estate to Whitehall
and out through said Whitehall st.
across Vienna to Pipckney Street,
thence in q northeastern direction up
Pinckney Street to Cherokee Street on
through Cherokee Street to Lane ST..
through Lane st. to bottling works,
then easternly direction in STRAIGHT
line to Poplar Street, thence along
Poplar Street to starting point on Mag
azine Street.
Done and ratified in Council this
10th day Of August, 1903.
Jas. Chalmers, J. L.. Mcmillan,
CITY Clerk. Mayor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25
Why not AbbeviiIe?

The member Of the Board Of Trustees o.
Clemson College ale thinking OF establishing
fitting school for that Institution. The
course of study at Clemson Is SO different
ire m that of other institutions Of learning
that a fitting school is almost a necessity
For Instance as we understand, the Clemson
student begins the study OF mechanics early
in the College course and there is no study IN
the common schools leading up toShis study
The course of study in the common schools
is preparatory only for literary colleges, and
mechanical .and agricultural colleges labor
under a disadvantage In this respect.
If his fitting School is built and there is
a likelihood that 1t will be built. Abbeville
Is the logical place TO locate 1t. 1t has been
suggested that the school be named 1.-The Cal.
houn ISchool,"in view OF this Abbeville
should by all means have the School; for
Abbeyille 10 Calhoun's native County. He
was born a few miles below here, on what is
now known as the White Place He prac-
ticed law here, this was his home.
It would not be advisable 10 build the
School TOO near to the College. The two
should be separate and distinct, and 1t is
probable that 1t will be built at some dis
tance from the co lege. There are many
good reasons why the school should BIZ estab-
lish ed here and no good reason why 1t should
not be established here.
! We can get 1t If we 20 after II In the proper
spirit. It is worth having n so why not
have IL? The Calhoun Fitting School OF
Abbeville sounds good, let US make 1t a re-
ality.
No place can have too nan institutions OF
learning. Nothing gives a city prestige more
than to possess within It's borders high class
Institutions .of learning, We need all the
schools and colleges that we can get.
1t is worth the while OF the Commercial
Club to LOOK into this SO that when the time
comes to act they will be prepared.
Calhoun Fitting School on Secession Hill
does sound good and there is no blottipg 1t
out. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25
DIRECTORS.
PERIL0US HEADACHE MEDICINE.
Department Of Agriculture Issues
Warning.

The Federal Government. through the DE-
partm ent of agriculture, has deemed II ao-
visable TO issue a warning against dangerous
drugs IN headache medicine. says q Washing
ton special to the Indian apoi:s News.
"~Acetsnilid, antipyrin and phenacetin
(acetpnenelidin) are three comparatively
new drugs which are widely used TO produce
insensibility to pain" says the warning. and
proprietary headache medicines are very apt
10 contain on or more OF them. Tney tend
TO depress the heart and the nerves and may
lead 10 the formation Of a drug habit. This
Is proved by reports from Jour nundre1 pny,
stciaps, made from inquiries from The United
States department OF agriculture: These ply
sicians state that from 1884 to 1907 they have
known. twenty-eight. deaths resulting from
the use OF one or another OF these three drugs
besides Sl4 cases of poisoning and l36 cases
In which The patient has formed the drug
using habit, with various evil results.
"In fourteen cases antipyrin was poison
GUS even when used externally. Even sup.
posing the 525 physicians who Jailed TO reply
Lad no cases to report, what q terr1ole snow
ing wopld be made II the l25 OOO physicians
In the United States could all give their testl-
mony. Or the four hundred physicians, &C
etanilid IL rarely or never prescribed ny 2l2,
%antipyrin by 307, and phenacetin BY lS. lu
more than one half the cases OF poisoning the
drugs was taken by the direction OF q phy-
stefan, u fact which leads one 10 reflect that
II the physician Is likely TO nave pad results
in the use OF these drugs the ordinary man
should be doubly cautious IN using them or
containing them. Nowadays no
one need take them lor Inc
National food and Drugs Act requires that
LABELS of proprietary medicines containing
them shall show the fact.
"Th statements OF these four hundred ply
sicians are confirmed by those Ola COMMITTEES
OF the British Medical ASSOCIATION, which In
vestigated the matter In 1894. The medical
Journals, also, from time 10 lime, have con-
tained articles describing cases In which the
use OF these drugs has resulted badly. Alto
gether medical literature makes q showing
OF thirteen deaths and 297 cases OF poisoning
from acetanilid; 4SS CAKES of poisoning from
antipyrin aud seventy Cases OF poisoning
from phenacetiD.
'Pnysicians sre using these drugs less Tree
ly and with greater caution than when they
were first Introduced. But the general pub
lie, on the other hand, In response TO lngenl.
Gus a. advertising, seems more aud more TO be
hradache mixtures containing
these drugs and dosing Itself without advice
from q physician. When considered In con-
u ection With the fact that cases OF poisoning
and death have been more frt quent In recent
years, this should lead the common man 10
be extremely cautious In the use OF any rem
containing acetanlIid, antipyrin or Phe-
nacetiu."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25
HELP COLUMBIA and CHARLESTON

Our two largest cities, Columbia and Charl-
eston, have retained the Dispensary. What
objection could there be on the part Of the
Prohibilionists to those who wsll have their
liquor ordering 1t from these places?
1t will make them rich, OF course, but we
would rather make Columbia and Charles
ton rich than to enrich Chattanooga and
Cincinnati.
A certain amoun Of liquor will be had, II
1t is possible 10 get 1t home without conis,
cation. and why not make q law that will
allow these who want 1t to get it in Column
bia and Charleston Those places are near
They see what they represent, and the buyer
knows what he is getting. 1t can be deliver
ed from Columbia sooner Than from other
places, 30 why not get 1t there.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25
OFFICERS.
GH0ULS ENTER VAULT.
Grave Of De La Howe desecrated for pot
of Money!.

The De La Howe vault at Lethe was recent
ly dug into by unknown parties, supposedly
In search, for buried treasure.
DE La-Howe was the founder Of the Lethe
Orphan school. He died over 100 years age
and left his entire estate consisting OF very
valuable tract OF land end some money ior
that purpose.
In his will be stated in what manner be
should be buried. Before be died be had the
doors Of the vault made. The door Is OF iron
and all the lettering IL also OF iron and IL well
execrted.
De La Howe wss q French Huguenot. He
fed 10 this country In order to find a place
where he might worship according TO the die
tate of his conscience without molestation
and mindful OF his troubles In bis mother
country, and desiring 10 forget II all, be
named his new home Lethe. which as you
know means the River CT Forgetfulness: A
river in the lower regions through which
when one passes, he straight way ioIgets hif
past.
De La Howe was an eccentric man.. Short
ly before he died he in ormed the trustees OF
his es To that IL was his intention TO come
back to this mundane sphere alter the space
of 100 years In order that he might see wheth-
er or not the terms Of bis will were being car
ried out.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25
Let Future Delivery Alone.

farmers TO be tempted by the price offered for
future delivery cotton. 1t 10 not our purpose
10 run other peoples business, but we do
think 1t we'll 10 caution against that which we
believe TO be Injurious to their interests. The
Indications are for cotton TO bring q splendid
price, everything points that way. The mills
are bare, and the demand for MANUFACTURED
goods is the greatest ever known. Cotton
goods, in anticipation OF the high price Is ad.
vanclng daily, the manufacturers have their
agents'in the field TO make contracts for the
all delivery, and with this condition 1t does
strike us that the growers OF cotton can afford
TO wait for the markets 10 open, and not tie
themselves to spectators. Every bale of cot
ton sold for future delivery aids in keeping
the the price from reaching the value that
supply and demand creates, and those who
make these contracts hurt themselves as we'll
as their fellow farmers. We therefore take
the liberty to advise against selling future de-
livery oD.-Exchange.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25
Barnwell Sentinel.

The sheriff seized q quart of whiskey from
q colored man on the streets OF Barnwell
Tuesday morning, Under the present act al
we have heard it Interpreted by able lawyers
IL is against the law for any person TO receive
accept. deliver, store or keep 10 possession IN
this State any whiskey or liquor Of any kin
(which II drunk to excess will produce intox'
all lawabiding citizens that II they have any
whiskey, wines or anything OF the kink In
their possession they had better pour 1t ou1
at once, for the sheriff and other peace Officer
are under oath to en- force the laws OF the land
and by that oath are In duty BOUND to seize
intoxicants wherever they can be found. A
word 10 the wise is sufficient. Ifyou are put
led, It will be your own fault. The sheriff has
started out to do his duty, and, no doubt, the
other peace officers will fall In line with him
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25

Paying compliments sometimes puts mon
ey In q mans pockets.
The miser who has money to burn ouSnt 10
take IL with him when he dies.
'B" Is Il dangerous letter; IT transforms a
srainstOrm" into Il "braiustorm.'
1t Is study that makes US realize what little
we know.
A little deposit in a bank Is as suggestive
to man as the nest egg IL to the hen.
The woman who throws herself at a mans
head seldom makes a hit.
The most valuable feature OF success Is the
struggle that proceeds II.
BY the time q girl gets old enough To be-
Iieve that men don't moan the nice things
they say she Is 80 cid they don't say them
anymore.
Some men who pore as good story tellers
are not much good at anything else.
Even The aristocratic passenger on n sleep
ing car doesn't object 10 a lowry berth.
It's an easy matter TO get married on Sc a
week, but staying married on II is another
proposition.
Our companions please us less from the
charms wkich we find In their conversation
than from the charms which they fEd in
ours.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25
Pandars.

For many years the education, the morals
the uplilt OF the South has been a source o
grave concern TO certain unctuous denizenl
OF YanKesdom.
These "maw-worms" and "pecksniffs" ha1t
looked on US with the same cross-eyed craft
ness with which We have looked upon ths
bottentots and cannibals OF East India. Tt
them we have been something worth while
sighting a gun at. To them our cruelty to the
Door and the down-trodden reeks OF the pit
and the incense from our affairs, to them
smells of birthstone.
Some OF these bewiskered pharisees have
kept so close an eye on us that they have
been unable to see what is going on around
themselves, snd following a wilio-the-wisI
in the South nave failed to discover the ter
rible wrongs that are being enacted every
day around them.
1.-The Nation and the Traffic in Women" IL
the title Of a pamphlet printed by the Ma
tional Vigilance Committee OF the united
States. AL that is said In this little book IL
true, and It's subject matter is enough TO MAKE
the most calious skin curl In cold horror. Ii
is enough 10 make the goose flesh rise up and
crawl of.
The Idea hat people can reach such q point
as TO make their bread by stealing innocent
and helpless girls away from their homes
keeping them in durance vile until they have
completely accomplished their ruin is simply
unbelievable. Thank the Lord that the man
does not live that can do this in South Caro-
line.
About a year ago the body of q young girl
was taken from the Lab at Chicago, and dur
log the time alloweI for Identification 1t is
said that nearly 500 persons, relatives OF miss
ing girls, called to see If this was their lost
one.
Instance after instance Is cited where "ca.
dets' kidnapped and marooned innocent
girls In these horriiying holes OF purgatory
until they have accomplished their complete
ruin and degradation.
And yet some beetle-headed ninnyham-
mers who live in the very midst of all this,
have their eyes 80 distorted with the my opia
of prejudice that they nno see anything
wrong next door. but can see imaginary
wrongs away of down here where 1t does moi
concern them In the least.
There Is no name from the South that has
Joined the galaxy of saints, but our people
are made OF q clay that will not brook such
tanning practices within the borders Of our
Southland. If the North does not put a quick
stop to the awful practice, the South would
do we'll 10 send missionaries up there who
would help those %benlghted people to open
their eyes to q practice within their borders
that Is born of the bottomless pit and hal Is
unnamable in Its horror.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25
Bic Day at Sharon.

Be sure and attend the Educational
Campaign Meeting at Sharon on Fri
day, August q. The speakers are DR..
D. B. Johnson, of Winthrop College,
Prof. A.. G. Remhert, of Wofford Col
lege, Senator William N. Graydon, of
Abbeville, Prof. B. NJ. Cheatham of
Watts and Miss Mamye Cromer, of
Newberry. There will be picnic and
hash dinner for all who attend this
meeting free of charge.
Every body is invited to come.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25

Misses Annie and Willie Clark are Visiting
relatives in Atlanta.
Miss Sallie Pearle Woodhurst has returned
home after q very pleasant Walt to MISS
Pearle Bailey, at Lawrenceville. Ga.
Miss Ethel Williams is visiting relatives at
Thomson. Ga.
Mr.. George Ivey of Atlanta, Is visiting In
Abbeville.
Mrs. Bob Parker has returned TO her home
in Atlanta, Ga, after a pleasant visit TO rel
atives here.
Paicts. oils, window glass, putty, door
stains. Murisco, Deco.Mura, anything you
need in this line can be had at Speeds Drug
Store.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25
LITTLE TOTS CATCH MoccASIH.
Did not Know What it Was but brought
il 10 Mother.

MIR, Geo. Anderson, a well-to-do farmer,
who lives TWO miles west OF Greenwood Ia
the father OF two fine children who are not
AFRAID of snakes. Last week they we're out in
the yard at play when they found a snake OF
the highland moccasin variety. The little
tots thought that they had made a wonder
mi discovery and wanted to show 1t 10 ma
ma, So they picked up the snake and car
ried 1t together into the house. Imagine the
petrifed horror Of the mother when they
came into the house with the moccasln hug
ged up In their arms!
getIc manoevers that we're worthy OF a com.
manding general, In freeiug the arms OF her
little tots ofthe snake.
II ia said that a snake will not bite a child,
From this instance IL won seem that the
YIN is true, The ssnake seems TO know
that here can no harm come to him from
the child and therefore Ia not afraid.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25
Taking Stock.

A FOOD wife has said: Before passing your
final judgment on that husband OF yours AND
claiming he's ueglecling you, just take q pen.
Gil and tablet, write down oil his faults, and
be .ide that column write down his good
points. Then write down your own faults
and next your good traits. Then add up and
see which Is the worst OF the two. Ten chan
ces TO one the husbands good points Will out
weigat your own. II so, turn over q new
leaf and try to gain AZ many good points az
he has.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25
Scared with a Hot Iron,

or scalded by overturned kettle-cut
with a knife-bruised by slammed
door-ipjured by gun or in any other
way-th the thing needed at once is
Bucklen's Arnica Salve to subdue in
fammation and kill the pain. It's
earth's supreme healer, infallible for
Boils, Ulcers, Fever Sores, Eczema and
Piles. Csc. at Speeds drug store.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25
Washineton's Plague Spots

lie in the low, marshy bottoms of the
Potomac, the breeding ground of ma
laria germs. These germs LUIS chills,
fever and ague, bilio usness, jaundice,
lassitude, weakness and general debil-
ity and bring suffering or death to
thousands yearly. But Electric Bit
tiers never fail to destroy them and
cure malaria troubles. "They are the
best all.round tonic and cure for mala-
ria 1 ever used" writes r. M. James,
of Louellen, 5. G. They cure Stom-
ach, Liver, Kidney and Blood Trou-
bles and will prevent Typhoid. Try
them, soc. Guaranteed by P.B. Speed
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25
For Sale!

A large nine-room dwelling on North
Main street, 100 feet of piazza, 10
feet wide, shady front and back
ward, large barn, out houses. A
beautiful home on acre and q half
lot. House in fine state of repair.
This is a bargain for some one.
A five-room cottage on Church Street.
Lot large enough for three houses.
If you want q home at q bargain
see us at once.
Six.room cottage on Church Street, Il
acres. barns, orchard, garden, plen-
ty of room for extra lot.
A new six-room house and large lot on
Ferry Street. Price 81, $50. House
rented for q little more than 10 per
cent. on this price.
Two six-room cottages on Cherokee
Street. Nice lots, well located for
$1,000 each. On easy terms.
A new six-room cottage on Orange
Street with a large lot, barr , etc.
Ten lets on new street between Epis-
copal parsonage and Mr.. Bowels,
on terms to suit purchaser. This
is a specially good proposition.
70 acres on Blue Hill road, half of place
in city limits. Ideal location for
truck farm or suburban home, at
$40 per acre. Place now rented.
Al acres on Blue Hill road. Entirely
in city limits. All under cultiva-
ton at SIS per acre.
5S4 acres 7 miles southeast of Abbe-
vile, plenty of wood, now well
rented, at $11 per acre.
443 acres of land within u miles from
Abbeville. A fine neighborhood,
five settlements on the place. Will
sell the whole, or will cut it in
\ three tracts as follows: One>tract
i of 100 acres, with two 4room
houses, barns, etc., at SIS per acre.
This tract now rented for 1000 lbs.
lint cotton. Another tract of 116
acres, with one good 4-room house,
at $40 per acre. Another tract con-
tanning 237 acres at IS. 50 per acre.
This tract of land, for the money,
cannot be equaled in the county.
A large two story building on Main
street, with large lot. close in, not
over 200 yards from square, at q
price which will sell It. To the.
. man that wants to live close in this
il the place you have been looking
for.
Five nice level lots on the new road
through the old Templeton place.,
close to Main street, but without
the dust of this main thorough
fare. Price $500 each.
142 acres five miles from Abbeville, q
new three room house on the place,
an abundance Of wood on the
place. Price $40 per acre.
73O acres of land five miles from Mt.
Carmel on Savannah river, over
$50 acres of fine river bottoms on
this place, a lot of fine saw timber,
at $40 per acre.
List your real estate with US for sale.
We will get you quick results. If
you wish to buy and need some
help, see US, we will arrange to
loan you money on your land.
AbbeVille Insurance & Trust Go.
Phone 11S.
J..E. McDavid, J. S. Stark,
Secretary. President.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25
Graminivorous or Carniyorous.

The question, is where did those chiggers
get I heir breakfast the morning before the
fat lucious picnicers arrivedf
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-25
On what platform will Judge Featherstone
run for Governor now?

Ifthe next Legislature does as many think
1t will do, pass a state wide prohibition bill.
the State will not need the services OF speci-
alist Featherstone at all. What q pity!