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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-19
Santuc.

Mrs. julius Mann and children ]. T,
Margie and Sarah, Of Mccormick, are
spending some time with Mrs. D. E.
Newell.
This section has had some nice
rains in the last week, the crops are
looking fine and but for the threaten
ed low price OF cotton the farmers
would feel good.
Miss Lucia Vim, Of Donalds, =
spending a few days with Misses Eu-
nice and Eva Uldrick.
Miss Georgia Haddon, of Due West,
has been the guest Of Miss Ola Ellis
for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Crawford, Of Iva.
attended the picnic at Cold Spring
and spent Wednesda ynight with MIR.
ands Mrs. Otto Price.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Gordon. Of Aa"
beville, spent last Friday with Mr.. J.
3. Sharpe and family.
The picnic at Cold Spring last We'd
nesday passed off very quietly, there
was between 1900 and 1000 peo-
pie present. A number Of candidates
were present and many Of them spoke
during the day. We also had with Mrs
Ella Cromer, president OF Rural
School improvements, who made (
very interesting talk in behalf Of ru-
raj school work. There was plenty o.
good hash and picnic dinner . The
crowd was we'll behaved and every
body seemed to enjoy the day.
Miss Mary Uldrick is spending some
time with her cousin, Miss Addie Mae
Uldrick of Bethlehem.
Mrs. Andy Morrison. Of Columbia.
spent last Thursday with Mr.. N. p
Kay and family.
Mrs. Otis Smith and daughter. Ine2
Of Arborville, are spending this week
with her mother. Mrs. D. E. Newell.
The many friends of Mr.. George Nc
Kee will be grieved to hear Of his
death which occurred at DR.. PryoT'*
hosnital In Chester last Thursday al
: tcrnoon where he had undergone an
o~neration Thursday morning. Mr.. Nc
Kee had been in bad health for a long
time and his death was not unexpec'-
cd, Tho family have the sincere SYM
natbv of their many friends.
Miss Elizabeth Sharpe spent from
Thursday until Sunday with her SIS
ter, Mrs. Frank Kay.
Miss Euphemia Uldrick was the
guest of Miss Bessie Uldrick for a
few days last week.
The many friends Of Mr.. Lee Blan-
ctett will be glad to know he was SO
fortunate as to win a Clemson schoi-
orship. Lee is a deserving: boy and all
who know him wish him well.
Mr.. Herman Sharpe of ArborVllle'
spent Sunday with Mr.. W. R. Ellis and
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and especially in Abbeville, his home
county, do not understand why Mr..
Aiken voted against President Wilson
on the repeal of the free Panama toll
act. They say If President Wilson
and Secretary Bryan could see they
were wrong and changed their minds
why couldn't Mr.. Aiken. Some do
not understand either why Mr.. Aiken
| should have voted against the "Pure
Food Bill" which was before congress
for several sessions and which was
bitterly fought by the manufacturers.
Mr.. Aiken was one of II democrats
to vote against the bill and he gives
as his reason that there was An OBJ
jectionable clause in the bill. If so,
why didn't he propose an amendment
knocking out the Objectionable clause
Another thing many people do not I'M
derstand Is why Mr.. Aiken Is shown
as being present" IA times when
questions were being voted upon in
stead of casting his vote either for or
against. Being present" and not
voting is the same as voting for n
bill. .1y~A8@M
Everywhere you go you find a SEN
timent for a change as Mr. Aiken has
been in congress IL years and his
father was there 10 years and many
think it an opportune time to make a
change and many there are who are
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family.
Misses Eunice and Eva Uldrick
spent the weekend in Donalds with
their uncle, Mr.. j. B. VIM.
Miss Clayton Blaine returned to her
home in Greenwood last Thursday A.
ter spending some time with Mrs,
Jim Culbreath. Miss Blaine made
many friends while here who regret
to see her go.
MIR. and Mrs. Will Davis, of Due
West, spent Friday night with their
daughter, Mrs. Jim Sharpe and Mr..
| Davis attended the speaking at Able
Vile Saturday.
Mr.. Floyd Uldrick and wife and lit
tie baby. Julia, spent Sunday at the
home of her father, Mr.. ". B. Uldrick.
Mr.. Marion Killingsworth, Of Co.
lumbia, is visiting relatives on Route
Two, this week.
Mrs. Alonzo King and little Isabel,
and little Misses Lounelle and Ethel
Bowen spent Saturday with Mrs.
Frank Kay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Stevenson and
children visited relatives at Donalds
for a few days last week.
Mr.. Jesse Cochran spent Friday
night with his uncle, Mr.. J.. B. Sharpe.
Miss Belle Meadors Of Greenville, is
visiting relatives near Abbeville.
Betsy.
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L0WNDEsVILLE
happenings OF a Week In and khout the
sevsn-NilIed city-rerse5als.
LowndcsviIle. Aug. 18th, 1914

NV li''SNIilt. HNS. lcui, lcit.
Dr.. and Mrs. ". T. Martin, Of Laurens,
came ovpr last Saturday and spent several
anrrs ia this place. The first was here
sowing out the land with a view of settling
herr f"r The prartice of his profession.
The matter has not Yet been decided so
far as known 20 tie writer.
4 few years ago one Of our most popu-
!ar and pleasing good i&Gips was Mrs. S. T.
and moved to Columbia. She came up
and ms ended a two weeks visit to this
| hcr %f@rlupr nome where Sine was warmly
welcomed.
Mr.. ". L. Daniel Il few days ago started
on a trip to Atlanta where he will stay
with relatives, then on 10 Alabama where
he viii spend a while with kin people.
Mr.. lanes Jones, of Ridge Spring, came
over last Sunday. Some years ago he
cierSed for some time for Mr.. T.. C.. Lid
dell. where he was MERCHANDISING and
while here formed many very strong
friends. These were al very cad to have
him with as again. He was here until
Thursday.
Misses Elma and Lula Sutherland, of
Martins mills. spent a few days with the
family of Mr.. ". E. Ellis the first of this
week.
Mr.. Robt. c. Smith has bern from home
for some days in the interest of his candi-
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Suddenly.

Mrs. R. A. Richie who was operated
on a few days ago for an insignificant
ailment, died from the effect OF the
anesthetic administered.
She had taken ether in the opera
ton and afterward feeling more or
less nervous, was given a usual dose
of morphene. The sank into a sound
sleep and fingered in that condition
until death ensued at five o'clock
Monday morning. .
The sympathy of the community
is extended to the bereaved family.
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Lightens Your Burden

An Inactive liver will put a load on
you that is enough to stagger stronger
men and women than you.
Relieved of the impurities that clog
its natural functions this same liver
will double your efficiency In business,
in good nature aud in your good feel
ings.
Calomel used to do but not now.
Science has found a better way in
GRIGSBY'S LIY-VER-LAX. Sold in
soc and 81 90 bottles under guarantee
by Auy Druggist and every bottle
bears the likeness of L. K. Grigsby as
a protection to you.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-19

PLANTATION did not explain though
! Every true American Democrat
knows that free, tolls through the
Panama Canal is g. 3Ship-subsidy:-
taking money out Of the peoples
pockets and putting It into the Golfers
I.of the ship owners. And to our utter
surprise what do we find on page
three Of the Daily Mail of August 7th.
WE find John L. McLaurin coming to
the rescue Of Mr. Aiken. Mr.. McIRurtn
Is a political outcast of the democrat
ic party of South Carolina and he
owes his predicament to this Same
thing of voting against the people.
After that memorable vote IN the Uni
ted States senate the people Of South
Carolina left "Curley Headed John
ME" at home the first opportunity. Mr.
|McLaurin has Skinned the Cat" and
"Looped the Loop" time and again to
get back into the good graces Of the
True Democrats Of South Carolina
but all to no avail. And the latest re-
~pudiation of Mr.. McLaurin was BY the
"Bleaseites., He cut q double-back-ae-
ton s%nmmersault and landed IN the
Blease camp. But after they looked
him over they decided they did not
need him. And now Mr.. Aikeais
friends are trying to justify his acts
by this same "curley-headed John
ME-
Mr.. Aiken did not explain that vote
Of his against the pure Food and
Drugs Act to the satisfaction Of the
voters of Anderson and the Third
District. If you want the record in the
matter ask Mr.. Aiken to send you
CODY Of the Congressional Record OF
June 23rd, 1906. Look on page 1856
and you will find Mr.. Aiken along
with 1s others voting against this law
and the only member Of tho South
Carolina delegation so voting. S4z
voted for the measure. VOTER
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turning to Mr.. Horton because he has
made his own way from the ground
up, educating himself and knows
what it is to have to earn a living by
the Sweat Of his brow" and having
made a success of his own affairs the
people will take delight in h~onoring.
him by making him their representa-,
tive. :; fsaE
Remember, Mr.. Horton has no po-
litical organization and cannot. send
out letters under a. frank, and has no
friend to appoint men to office that
are working for him on the side.
Stick to John Horton If you want a
friend that will do ito tie to-"
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"BIRDS OF 4 FEATHER FLOCK
TOGETHER,

l was very much interested in the
congressional campaign and espe-
cially the meeting at Anderson. It
was really amusing to see how our
present congressman, Hon. Wyatt
Aiken, twisted and squirmed under
the attacks Of his opponents His ex-
plantations were really ridiculous and
the more Mr.. Aiken explained the
more untenable his position seemed
Mr.. Aiken said the steamship
Trust" told him, that is it's represen-
~tatives, that they really wanted the
Free Tolls" done away with. We
all know it was a case OF the Rabbit
begging not 10 be thrown into the
briar patch-and yet Mr.. Aiken had
the audacity to hand that out to an
Anderson county audience. The ex-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-19
:Coustipstton Causes Sickness ~

Don't permit yourself to become
constipated, as your system immedi-
ately begins to absorb poison from the
backed-up waste matter. Use DIR.
Kings New Life Pills and keep we'll.
There is no better safeguard against
illness. Just take one dose tonight.
25c- at your Druggist
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

man among them realized thatethey had received
kilograms that were epoch-making.
Everybody in the United States was quite pre-
pared to learn that the Langley alrship, when the
attempt to fly her on October Z was made, was
wrecked and the bold navigator of the air almost
killed in his f~oolhardy attempt to emulate a real
bird.
AS a spectacle it was dramatic, impressive.
The a%eroplane was taken from the houseboat
early in the morning, weather conditions being
ideal for the first time in weeks, and under the
direction of Mr.. Manly was assembled with the
greatest care.
The a~eroplane was poised on the turntable atop
the superstructure, fifty or sixty feet above the
Potomac, with open water on all sides, and a
vast stretch of unobstructed sailing area in three
directions, 30 that in the event Of success the
aerodrome might have flown for miles. Had the
a~eroplane been tested on a level stretch OF
ground, which would have been possible had 1t
been equipped with light bicycle wheels, that day
might very well have witnessed mans triumph
over gravity.
The aeroplane was a beautiful thing, like some
great white bird poised there on the houseboat.
and waiting only the signal to spring into the
air. It's long. white Penaud tail added to its bird
like appearance. 4
1t was about sixty feet In length, exclusive Of
the tail, with a main body ~elliptical in shape, to
which were attached the four spreading white
silken wings,
Mr. Manly weighed but $50 pounds. He was
the lightest man in the party. Moreover, he was
coinventor, and for these reasons he claimed the
privilege and the honor of making the first fight
as pilot.
AS Mr.. Manly climbed into his dizzy perch
and took his seat he looked down at the handful
of newspaper reporters who were gathered
around the household and who. in addition to the
members of the Smithsonian staff and represen-
tatives of the army and navy. were the only wit
nesses, and smiled at them The reporters gave
him a cheer.
Manly started the motor and braced himself
for the start.
The aeroplane. ready for its voyage, was held
in leash on the t~urntable by a powerful spring,
which, when released, would give 1t an initial
velocity OF about thirty-dve feet per second, and
enable 1t to. clear the superstructure. AS Mr..
Manly put his hand to the lever and set his Jaws
the spring was released.
There was a whirring noise increasing to a
roar, as If a thousand eagles were passing over
head. 1t was 1920 o'clock p. m. when she start
ed. The great birdlike thing few swiftly over the
60foot track OF the launching apparatus. passed
over the edge of the houseboat, and then some
thing happened.
Instead of soaring on into the air like the thing
of life she looked her beak dipped. and she shot
downward, ~plunging head first into the river only
so yards from the houseboat- The propellers
worked perfectly until the very last. and one Of
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18
Hot Water Sponge Cake.

Beat two eggs till very light, add one
cup sugar (granulated) and stir all in,
then have in your sitter one cup pastry
flour, one teaspoon cream of tartar and
half teaspoon soda, one-half tea
spoon salt. Sift all into the egg and
sugar and stir till all mixed in, then
add, a little at a time, one-half cup hot
water, then one teaspoon vanilla or
any flavor. Put in pan 5x9X2 inches
and bake at nee In moderate oven.
Grease your pan before you begin to
make the cake, put paper in bottom of
pan and grease that too. Measure -four
before sitting. You can bake this cake
in a larger tin and use for jelly roll or
Washington pie tins. 1t just fills two
large sized ones. You could put part
of dough in small size round tin for
a Washington pie for two" and the
rest in a smaller loaf tin. Frost as
you like.
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DISHES FOR SUMMER
MENU SHOULD BE SUITED TO
TEMPERATURE.
Some Hints That Ma, Help House.
wife TO Set Out a Temp. ing Meal
That viii Be Enjoyed
by Family.

In winter the curling steam from
foury potatoes, the fragrant odor from
the uncovered joint, the rich brown
gravy, are all attractive. but in hot
weather-ughi
Here are some practical hints which
may help. Non 10 expensive:
First, the table [ is the setting to
a meal, and should be mad to look as
cool and as attractive as possible.
Make it look inviting" in every enee,
with flowers, fish and ferns. Little
ferns are cheap enough. Regularly va
tered, occasionally repotted, and given
two or three drops of castor oil four
times a year, they are a permanent
possession.
cold soup? 1t must be well strained,
free from fat, of medium thickness.
This makes a most satisfying summer
dish.
Cold meat is not attractive, and
stews and hashes are worse-in sum
mer! After a joint has appeared once
1t Is best to cut the meat into very
lhlCh SllCeS, anu lTlm lulO CuliSl
shapes, and fry as you would do fish,
after dipping into egg and bread
crumbs. Potatoes, too, are much bet
ter mashed, cut into squares, and
baked till the outsides are a nice
brown.
Fish should always be served with
a frill of parsley or lettuce leaves. A
sliced tomato, some watercress, some
pieces of lemon-this at once tempts
a tired man to eat.
Salads and salad dressings are most
important a~djuncts to food in summer
With a well-made salad the man for
gives the cold mutton! Here is a sim
pie, yet quite nice, salad. 1t dispenses
with other vegetables. Slice up a
small cooked caulifower, two or three
potatoes, two lettuces, one large to-
mato, a beetroot and a cucumber. Add
a little finely scraped horse radish.
So, with the table nicely laid, at
tractive with ferns and flowers, a spot
less tablecloth and the food daintily
put before him, the breadwinner is
certain to be more than satisfied.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

Pare half a dozen medium-sized GU
cumbers and cut them into thick slices,
place them in iced water, let stand
half an hour, drain, simmer in I'M
seasoned beef stock until tender, then
skim out the cucumbers and lay them
in a hot vegetable dish. Cook one
tablespoonful of Drowned flour in one
tablespoonful of butter, add the stock,
stir until thick and smooth, season
with one teaspoonful of kitchen bou-
quet, one-third teaspoonful of onion
juice and pepper and salt to taste.
Pour the sauce over the cucumber be-
fore serving.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

anu connuent that he was on the right track"
@ 10 go ahead, a determination that
was thwarted by his untimely death in 1906.
The history of invention has NO record more
palmetto than that of Samuel P. Langley. At the
very moment when success was in his grasp,
"nen the dreams Of a lifetime were about to
come true and the labors of years of toll to be
rewarded, the cup was dashed from his lips
through the failure, not of the invention itself.
but OF a purely mechanical contrivance of minor
Importance. Derided in congress and held I'D by
the newspaper wits of the world as a target for
their jests, Langley must have died q thoroughly
discouraged man.
The experiments of 1903 were the elimination
OF years of patient effort. AS. far back as 1891
Professor Langley announced that as the result
OF experiments carried on by him during previous
years it was possible to construct machines
which would give such a velocity to inclined sur
faces that bodies Indefinitely heavier than the
air could be sustained upon 1t, and moved through
1t with great velocity"
President Mckinley had become impressed with
the possibilities Of the airship as an engine Of
war, and in 1898, at the request Of the board of
ordnance and fertilization OF the war department,
Professor Langley undertook the construction OF
a man-carrying flying machine, and an allotment
of $4,000 was made for the purpose. The serv-
ices of Charles M. Manly were secured as an
assistant.
In his earlier tests with models Professor Lang
ley had employed a small household, from the
roof of which he had launched them. He de-
termined to follow the same procedure with the
larger man-carrying airship, and, although ad-
vised not to do so, he persisted until the end in
this determination. And 1t was the launching
apparatus which caused the final failure!
An enormous houseboat, therefore, was built.
Atop the house was the superstructure carrying a
t~urntable, weighing about fifteen tons. supported
on a circular track, an arrangement which was
designed to make it possible for the a~eroplane to
be launched from the roof" headed into the
wind. without the necessity OF turning the entire
houseboat.
Finally on August s a quarter'size steam-driven
model was launched from the top of the house
boat. 1t was in the air 81 seconds and covered
about one thousand feet. The experiment was
regarded as a success and gave the inventors
great hopes for the success Of the man-carrying
machine. Numerous delays occurred to prevent
the launching Of this, and 1t was not until Oc-
tober Z that the real Langley a~eroplane was sent
forth into the air, the first heavier-than-air ma
chine carrying a man ever to attempt a flight.
A few days before this date the reporters at
Widewater received from their home Offices que
riess reading about as follows:
Two brothers named Wright are said to be
experimenting with an airship at Kitty Hawk,
N. c. Ask Langley what he knows about it."
It was the first time any man in the reporters
camp had ever heard of those famous brothers
from Dayton. Orville and Wilbur Wright. Not a.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18
Rluht Rellshea.

With fish, meat and game serve the
following relishes:
Roast pork and roast goose, apple
sauce.
Roast turkey, cranberry sauce.
Boiled turkey, oyster sauce.
Boiled chicken, bread sauce.
Roast beef, grated horseradish.
Roast veal, tomato OF mushroom
sauce.
Boiled mutton, caper sauce.
Roast mutton, currant sauce.
Lamb, mint auc
Broiled fresh mackerel, stewed
gooseberries.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-18

Negro farmers own or control $780,
900 acres of land in the state'of Ala
bama, or $4,000 more acres than they
controlled in 1900, the New York
Times states. The colored farmers
of the state have under their control
1858 900 acres of improved land, and
are farming 500, 900 more acres of inn
proved land than they we're cultivating
in 1900. In ten years the number OF
Negro farmers increased 17.3 per cent
and now they own or control one
fourth Of all the farm property in Ala
bama, having an aggregate value of
$97,37O,0 900, or 1915 per cent moro
farm property than they controlled at
the beginning of the ten-year period.
The progress of the negroes in Ala
bama is typical of what the negroes
are doing in other states. With its
colored population Of 908 1882, the third
greatest negro population tn the Uni
ted States, Alabama affordssa striking
illustration of what the race bias &C
complished.
The first negro bank in the United
States was established in alabama. In
the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial
institute, of which Booker T. Wash
ington is head, it possesses the leading
negro educational institution of the
world. Now Alabama has the first
railroad in America to be conceived.
promoted, built and operated by negro
people, namely, the Dixie line, run
ming from Kowalaga Community, col
ored, fifteen miles to Alexander City,
in the eastern part of the state, where
it connects with the Central of Georgia
railroad.
. In agriculture, ,howepeF* they are
making the most progress. Fifty per
cent of all the persons in the state en-
gagged in agriculture are negroes. On
the other hand, rs per cent of all the
negroes in the state are engaged in
farming. There are 11044Q colored
men operating farms.
The banking business is another line
in which the negroes of the state
are making progress. There are five
banks in Alabama operated by ne
groes, the Alabama Penny Savings
bank and the Prudential Savings bank
of Birmingham, the Penny Savings
bank of Selma, the Penny Savings
bank of Admission and the Penny Saw
ings bank of Montgomery. A remark
able increase is shown during the ten
years in the number of negroes who
have established successful grocery
stores, drug stores, real estate Offices
n other enterprises. In practically
every city in the state where there are
large numbers of colored people they
have acquired the ownership of entire.
city blocks.
The negro church has kept pace
with the progress of the negro in ag-
riculture. commerce and education. In
every city in Alabama where there Is
a large community of negroes they
have built churches costing 100000 to
$4,000. The value of the church prop
erty owned by colored people of the
state amounts in all denominations to
81, 000, 900. Thus with the physical
progress of the negro churches of Ala
bama has come intellectual and moral
advancement.