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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-28

Call and see one full line of buggy harness
We are making and selling them cheap. Z
r. Hammond & Co.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-28
v HAVE JUST RECEIVED

A LARGE QUANTITY OF HIGH GRADE
SECOND PATENT FLOUR AND PRO
POSE TO SELL 1T AT $3.50 PER BAR
REL. GIVE Us A CALL WHEN IN
NEED OF FLOUR.
WE SELL ARBUCKLE'S ROAST COZ.
FEE ATT POUNDS TO THE DOLLAR.
THE GREEN RIO COFFEEWE SELL AT
NINE POUNDS TO THE DOLLAR
GIVES GENERAL SATISFACTION.
SNOW BOY WASHING POWDER AT FIVE
CENTS A BOX IS SOMETHING NEW
AND IT IS GROWING DAILY IN POPU.
LARITY. TRY A BOX.
CALL ON US AND GET A SUPPLY OF
FRUIT JARS.
DON'T FORGET US WHEN IN NEED OF
T., FLOUR AS WE WILL SAVE YOU
MONEY AND PLEASE YOU IN GOODS
BOYS JEANS AND LINEN BULL DOG
PANTS ARE THE BEST.
STRAW HATS, COLORED SHIRTS, UNI
BRELLAS, AND AN ELEGANT LINE
SUSPENDERS AT LOWEST POSSIBLE
PRICES.
W.J0EL SMITH & SON.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-28

Bicycles repaired promptly at c. p. Ham
mond j. Co.
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And just here 1 would say that our people
should manifest q more patriotic and liberal
spirit than Is often done when 1t becomes
necessary to change the location or a road
and be willing to take something Ike the &C.
tual value Of the land required by the change
OF location, instead Of demanding four or five
times Its worth. as l have known to be the
case.
In working the roads there should be no
more fresh earth put thereon than Is abso.
lutely necessary to keep them rounded on
with the center slightly elevated above the
sides and leveling up the holes-and In this
last mentioned particular never done VIII IRE
sand or gravel cun be had at all conveniently .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-28

The question OF good roads is occupying a
prominence 10 the minds Of our people at the
present time far In excess OF anything OF The
kind heretofore existing. and the increasing
interest everywhere manifested In this I'M
spread effect and IL OF much deeper slgn,f1-
canoe than anyone who has not given the
matter special consideration would suppose.
Within the last few years 1t has begun to be
realized that the question OF good railroads
and good dirt roads Is to be a prominent fac
tor in the prosperity Of this Southern country.
and the owners OF the different railway sys-
TENS, acting upon this conviction, have gone
to work In 8 way which Indicates hat before
a great while, If not already, we will have as
finely constructed and as fully equipped rail
ways as can be- in any country.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
SHOOTING AND FISHING.
Trap Shooting Arranged for Ihis
Month-Professor Gilbert's Lecture.

Trap Sh ooting Arranged for Ihis
Month-Professor Gilbert's Lecture.
Now that the season for the shooting oil
wild game is over gun clubs are springing
up like mushrooms, and nothing can be
heard in sporting circles but trap-shoot-
ing and prospective tournaments.
There are several Shoots slated for
this month, but possibly the largest num-
ber of clubs that will be represented on
the shooting grounds will take 10 field OF
claws on Sunday, the 14th inst. The fol-
lowing shoots have been announced:
March 7-California Wing Club at Ingle.
side and Lincoln Gun Club at Alameda
Point.
March 14-Olympic Gun Club, Ingle-
side; Reliance Gun Club, at Webster
street grounds, Alameda; Encinal Gun
Club, at Birds Point; EN- pire Gun Cluo,
at Alameda Point, and Golden Gate 6 uu
Club, al Pacific Tourney grounds.
On Tuesday evening, March 9, Professor
Gilbert of the Stanford University vii
positively lecture at a meeting of the Fly
casting Club, in the rooms of the Fish
Com mission. His subject will be, 1.-THE
Trout of the Pacific Coast Streams All
sportsmen and anglers are invited to at
tend.
The trout-fshing season will open, as
formerly, on April l, and the Fish Com
missioners have detailed two deputies tc
ratroI the coast streams until the opening
day OF the season. Any person caught in
the act of taking or killing trout by any
means will be arrested.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
CORONER TO INVESTIGATE
Will Irquire Into the Circum.
stances of John Fen.
tons D ath.
The Deceased Met With an Accident
Within Twenty.F .ur Hours
Before He Died

Coroner Hawkins is Investigating the
death of John Fenton, who expired sud-
denly on Monday last al 234 Kearny
street after having been unconscious for
twenty-four hours.
Fenton was an old and valued employe
of Wells, Fargo G. Co.. having driven one
of their wagons for thirty years and had
for some time been in feeble health owing
to heart trouble.
He was attending to business on Satur.
day last as usual and on Sunday went to
the house mentioned, which is kept by his
stepdaughter, formerly the wife of
''Jerry" Drisco'l. He died there on Mon
day morning, and it is the circumstances
surrounding his demise that the Coroner
will look into.
DR.. Samuel Newman signed death
certificate to the effect that he had died
of apoplexy. but il appears possible that
he met with an accident in the house that
made the case one for the Coroner. DR..
Newman was told, SO he says, that Fenton
had had a fainting fit and that he had
fallen against the foot of a bed, striking
his head. The doctor also stated that on
Thursday last Fenton called on him to be
treated for heart troubles and had made
but had failed to keep the engagement.
When it was learned ut the Office of
Wells, Fargo &5 Co. that at>Fenton was ill an
employe went to see him. This man
gained the impression, from what was
told him at the time. that Fenton had
fallen downstairs and injured his head SO
that he remained unconscious until the
hour of his death.
The case has many OF the elements of an
accident and when the Coroner's attention
was called 10 the matter yesterday he de-
cided to look further into it.
Fenton was an Odd Fellow and his body
was placed in the hands of that organiza-
ton for burial. 1t was sent to Gray's un :
dertaking parlors and the funeral will be
held from there to-day unless the Coroner
decides that an autopsy is necessary.
Fenton and his wife, when they were
married some years ago, each took out
life insurance policy for $1,000 in favor of
the other. Mrs. Fenton died about a
month ago and her husband intended TAX
ing trip East to see relatives there as
soon as he bad collected the insurance
mUnev.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
NO TINE TO Be
LOST FOR CUBA
It Is Decided to Hold a
Mass Meeting on
March 13
A Number of Committees Are
Appointed to Arrange
for It.
Great Interest in the Formation Of
Leagues at Sacramento, Vallejo
and Else where.

The Cuban relief COMMITTEES, which has
recsntly taken such decided steps to aid
the struggling patriots in the country
known as the "Pearl of the Antilles" met
last night at the Occidental Hotel. Gavin
McNab officiated as chairman and E. s.
Salomon as secretary.
1t was decided to appoint number of
committees and arrange for the holding
of great mass-meeting in Cuba's inter.
est at an early day.
The committee on resolutions appointed
was as follows: Henry E. Highton, Gavin
MoNab. George T. Gaden, Fisher Ames,
T. c. Masters.
Charles NJ. Shortridge and e1-Judge
Robert Ferral were asked to appoint a
committee Of ten on invitation.
A committee to select speakers was ap-
pointed, consi sting of H. E. Highton, E.
S. Solomon, Fisher Ames and F. E. Man
erline.
Committee on hall and arrangements
G. T. Gaden, A. P. Van Duzer and F.
Jones. On finance. Robert Ferral and
y. M. Shortridge.
The general meeting of the committee
Of fifty, appointed last Saturday. was
called to meet on Friday evening. A
mass meeting is to be held Saturday even
ing, March 13, at Metropolitan Hall.
provided the hall can meanwhile be OBJ
tanned. The meeting WILL. however, be
held at any rate, and it is believed It will
be very large one.
T. A. Nerney a travelling man whose
business takes him to all the principal
towns and cities of the State, called at
Cuban League headquarters yesterday
and told President Jones and Secretary
Mascherini of the great enthusiasm that
is developing in the interior over the
cause of liberty.
At Visala he was in conference with
number of journalists and prominent citi-
zens. who were eager 10 form Cuban
league and cooperate with the sympa-
thizers of this City. Mr.. Nerney told them
that it was not men tnat were needed
when they talked of raising company to
60 to Cuba, but money, medicine and
munitions of war. When he left Visalia
preparations were being made to form a
permanent organization for the purpose of
raising funds.
At Grass Valley meeting was held at
which c. Z. McGlashan. brieadier-general
of the Uniform Rank of the Knights of
Pythias-a strong Cubin sympathizer-
delivered an address. The audience was
wrought up to high pitch of enthusiasm
and unanimously agreed to take an active
part in aiding the patriots, even 10 going
10 the troubled Isle, should it be neces-
sary.
Mr.. Nerney is on the staff of Major
General James OF the National Guard and
also on the staff of General McGlashan,
and both he and the latter will join the
Cuban League.
They will do as much as possible to
spread the spirit of Cuba libre in the in
terror. General McGlashan will probably
be among the speakers at the mass
meeting to be held on the 18th inst.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
TIRED OF LIFE.
Cora Hill, S ick and Despondent, Saved
From a Watery


Grave.
Cora Hill. woman living at 515 Kearney
street, was found wandering along the
water front Tuesday night, and, as she ap-
peared to be hysterical, she was taken to
the Harbor Police Station and later TO the
Receiving Hospital as she declared her in
tention OF drowning herself. She was de.
tanned in the hospital till yesterday after
noon when young man called and took
her away with him.
The woman said she was native OF
Birmingham, England. She could not
get along with her stepmother and came
here about four years ago. She tried to
get work, but failed for a long time. and
then she earned wages barely enough to
keep her alive. She applied to the British
Consul to send her nome, but he refused.
Then she applied for relief to the British
Benevolent Society and got dollar. She
did not care 10 apply again.
She had been sick for some time and
few weeks ago was arrested for vagrancy,
but was discharged. She got so despond-
ent that Tuesday night she determined to
drown herself.
The doctors OF the hospital thought she
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04

interested ought to be heard in the case
and therefore he gave the little one into
the care of the matron OF the Receiving
Hospital until 10 O'Clock this morning, at
which time Attorney Eugene Deuprey
will be present to represent Mrs. Hol-
strom.
All who saw the child in court declared
tha, the disguise was first-class and officer
Coleman was congratulated for his
shrewdness in baking what the lawyers
for Mrs. D'Artnay think was plan to re-
move little Effie beyond the courts juris-
dlcfinn
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
HAIR CAN Be RESTORED.
Successful Process Which Has
Been Discovered by a
Local Scientist.
Several Citizens Bear Evidences of
This Most Wonderful
Inv ntioa.

William Henry Druhe, local scientist,
has discovered an invention which no
doubt will net him fortune before long.
1t is a process by which he can restore
hair on bald heads. This invention, how
ever, is not altogether new one, for Mr.
Druhe has been working out his ideas.
which are founded on purely scientific
basis. for many years past, and it is
claimed b. the gentleman that the result
of his untiring efforts nave been awarded
with a phenomenal invention. AZ the
parlors OF the eminent scientist, at 1247
Market street, corner of Ninth, between
the hours OF and 3 P. NJ, there are to be
seen daily many living exem Publications.
of the great discovery.
The following is copy of an affidavit
which was compiled and sworn 10 by Mr..
Druhe, and is an evidence of one of the
many patients who stand ready to vouch
for the great things that have been done
for them by this great scientist:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, J
City and County OF SAP Francisco, %.
I, William Henry Drnhe, being first duly
sworn, do depose and say that l am native
OF this City; that have had John Bleidorn,
resident of this City for more Than twelve
years, and who has been bald on top of his
head for more than ten years, un6er my treat
ment since the 18th day of August 1896; that
1 have by my method produced on his bald
head a permanent ana healthy growth of hair
Have also had three other welLknown gen.
tlemen Of this City under my treatment with
the same results.
These statements can be fully corroborated
by reputable witnesses.
WILLIAM HENRY DRUHE
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 1st
day of March, A. D. 1897. JUsTIAN GATES,
Notary Public, in and for the City and County
of San Francisco Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
Coresters Entertain.

An entertainment and ball was given by
Court California No. 1914 A. o. F., on Mon
day evening at the South San Francisco Opera
house. A very interesting programme had
been arranged by the members of the court.
The participants were Mr.. and Mrs. Reed,
Miss Hunter, Moore brothers, j. Widmau and
many others. Singing and speaking were the
principal lea lures of the programme. At the
conclusion of tho entertainment the Foresters
and their many friends spent the rest OF tho
evening in dancing, music being furnished by
the famous Veteran Firemen's band, under
the leadership OF J. Fernandez.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
A LITTLE GIRL IN
4 BOYS BREECHES
Four Year-Old Effie Hol-
Str0m in a Mas
querade.
Her Long Curls Had Been
Ruthlessly Shorn to Complete
Her Disguise.
Mrs. Fredericka Van Valkenberg Ar.
rested on a barge of Taking the
Child Out of the State.

Nearly every tragedy has Its phase of
comedy, and this was illustrated in Judge
Coffey's court yesterday, when the case of
little Effie V. r. Holstrom W as called for
hearing.
Attorney Matt 1. Sullivan introduced
the subject by informing the court that
the little girl was in court disguised as a
boy.
MAY have been at the MardI Gras
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY.

First race-AIma, Soniro, Sepoy.
Second race-Pat Murphy, Tempestu-
Gus, ID. j. Tobin.
Third race Good Times, Damien,
Howard ).
Fourth race-Preston, Yemen, Sweet
William.
Fifth race-MidIO, Perseus, Clissie B.
Sixth race-Sir William, Queen Nab,
MorelIito.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
DR.. Marten is Insane.

DR.. Arthur E. Marten, who will be remem-
bered as the seducer of his ward, Alma Josse-
lyn, was yesterday adjudged insane by Judge
Belcher of the Superior Court Marten will be
committed to the State asylum at Ukiah.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04

Safes which outwardly resemble iron
ones, but really made of thin boards, are
now supplied by various firms. and are
sold to people starting in business who
want to make big show.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
HELD WITHOUT BAIL.

Patrick Dolan's Murderer Must Be Tried
in the Superior Court
Eugene Kenney, who shot and killed
Patrick Dolan in the latter's saloon one
week ago, has been held to answer by
Judge Joachirisen before the Superior
Court on charge of murder. He was not
allowed bail.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04

In some OF the farming districts OF China
pigs are harnessed 10 small wagons and
made to draw them.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04

was suffering from consumption. She is
26 years of age.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04

Lso IN AND TO AN UNDIVIDED INTER
"A est held by the above estate in certain tract
of land situated in The City and County Of Sa !
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04

BOvEE, TOY & SONNTAG,
Real Estate Agents and Auctionesrs,
80 Mont igomery ST., opp. Lick House.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
LADIES' KNIT UNDERWEAR!

1Sc-75 LADIES' JERSEY RIBBED EGYPTIAN COTTON
l1C neck sleeveless handsomely
regular price So Dozen special sale at 15c each
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04

All sales subject to confirmation Of
probato C,ourt
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
COLORED DRESS GOODS!
SILK DEPARTMENT.!
BLACK DRESS GOODS!

So-One EXTRA FINE ALL WOOL ENGLISH STORM SERGI
ooO wide. worth ST. will be placed sale at o5c
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04

Winner Lo dge's BY Euckra Wand lime, IA
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04

AGUNA-sT LOT. BEING THE NORTH
IL west corner of Lombard st., size 30x110 feet;
one-sixteenth interest
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04

MEMS a patterns
eguar price ST. will be placed a
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
LADIES' KID GLOVES!
HANDKERCHIEFS!
MEMS FURNISHINGS! |!

dozen MEMS VICUNA CASHMERE WOOL SOCKS
with double piced heels and value
15c
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04

X REENWICH- ST. LOT, SOUTH SIDE
VI 1925 81 8 feet west of Buchanan, ives: 122:7x
100 feet through Pixley ST.; this os ready to
build on and finely located
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04

CHEsTNUT-ST. LOT, SOUTH SIDE 1875
~ feet east Of Laguna size 6S:9xl 81 IS feet; 16
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04

(,REENwICH-sT LOT, SOUTH SIDE, 1926
u feet west Of Cough ST., west rs by ITO feet
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-04-23
FLOOD. AND AGRICULTURE.
The Crop This Year Depends Upon
When the Water Recedes.
100000 ACRES FLOODED.
A Statement BY the Government
Showing the Magnitude of the an,
terests Affected BY the Flood.

F.. A statement relative to the agricul-
tpral interests of the Mississippi valley,
south of Illinois, has been issued by
the Department of agriculture at Wash
ington. 1t is based upon chart pre-
pared under the chief of the " Gather
Bureau. showing the extent of the
flood on April d. To tn chart the De-
partment has appended the crop statis-
tics OF 1896, as representing more close
ly than any other available data the
,the acreage and value of the crops now
I'm jeopardy. Ihe statistics of popula-
ton, of the number and acreage of
farms and offarm implements are those
of the census, and the statistics Of live
stock are those of the department OF
agriculture of January lst, 1897.
The total area under water on April
9Th was about 10, SJU square miles, of
which 1,yUU miles were In Mississippi;
4, 900 in Arkansas; 1, 7JU in Missouri;
l,2OO IN tennessee, and 45U In LouIsl,
'ane. This region, in 1890, SO faras can
be determined from the somewhat in-
definite boundary lines of the flood,
had population of 80, ,6S,, of which
1876, 4Ss, or about one half, were in
Mlssissippi; lUU, 235 in Arkansas, and
the remainder almost equally divided
between Missouri and Tennessee.
Taking the entire region, the colored
population outnumbered the whites IN
the proportion of IL to !, third pre-
dominating in the flood districts of Mis-
sissippi in the ratio of more than . to /,
and III Arkansas in that of q to 1. In
Missouri and lennessee the population
OF tue flood district is largely white, III
the former State in the proportion of fO
to /, and i'll the latter, 20 to i. he flood
districts, it is estimated, contain
about So, 500 farms, of which Is, 5UU are
in mississippi; nearly 10000 in Arkan-
sas, and like number about equally
divided between Missouri and Tennes.
see. These farms have n total area of
about $500, 0UU acres, one half of which
is in Mississippi, and rather over one
fourth III Arkansas, the proportions in
Missouri and Tennessee being about
the same rs is the case of the number
of the farms.
he total value OF these farms, with
their implements, etc. is close upon
sixty five millions of dollars, and here,
also, the proportion in the above
States Is about the same as noted
above. The total number of acres, at
the taking of the last census was about
two million md n In "nd "~"~ ' 4
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-04-23

tories as Il rule, ana not q few private
ana expense to the study. Mr.. w. IL.
Childs, OF Brattleboro Vt, probably
bears of the palnr He has full sta
tion of his own. and has provided $cv-
cral others in Vermont, beside having
some extra features in his own outfit.
He is an enthusiast and if there j. any
thing more needed to complete his
plant it is because he has not thought
of it yet His anrmomctHr. illustrated
herewith. is an elaborate affair on Il
hill outside the town. the wind dircc-
iionS being read with Il telescope from
III" house, beside recording direction
ana force electrically. not merely in his
own home. but in the leading hotels and
public DlnccS of the city.
Seasonal forecasts are among the
dreams of the science, but there iS no
telling when the time will come when
the larger features of Il years weather.
and long droughtS. Wcttcr or dryer sea
SOnS than the normal and so on, will be
forrtoln. but the department is under
stood to have no desire to .cnturc upon
them until based on Il better scientific
Foundation than now
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-04-23
Old COrkS.

Cork has become one of the most val
TN bic cOmponcntS of II city'S refuse
Great quantities of discarded corkS are
now used again in the manufacture of
insulating covers of steam pipes and
boilers. points to be protected from the
influence Of heat. Powdered cork is
very useful In filling in horse collars
and the very latest application of this
material is the filling in Of pneumatic
tires with cork Shavings. Mats for
bathrooms are made of cork exclusive
ly. and it also goes into the composition
of linolcum. Cheap life prcScrvcrs are
now filled exclusively with bottle stop
pcrS. cut into little pieces.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-04-23
THE WEATHER BUREAU.
&hciency OF Its Service Much En-
hanCcd Inst Year.

Nhciency Of Its Service Much En-
HANGED Last Year.
So unobtrusive seems the work of the
weather bureau that except to those
who made the weather more or less of
speciality last year in that department,
would not seem to differ much from
former years. Yet 1896 was distin-
guiShed by n number Of marked i'm
provements In meteorological service.
Perhaps the most notable is the exten-
sion Of daily map issue, and, almost
cofncident with that, the securing Of
regularity and uniformity of the
bureaus publications.
The State weather bureaus have be-
come eaS8mewhat familiar adjunct of
the weather bureau, issuing crop re-
ports weekly and more elaborate wealth
er summaries in the form OF monthly
bulletins. Neearly all the States east Of
tho mississippi have had such bureaus,
and some have been established to the
westward of the. river For eight
months the weather bulletin has beeh
uniform In character and amount of In.
formation, size and .number Of pages,
and even In the disposition on, the re-
spective pages OF tho various sorts OF
data given ~. ~ g #: -, H.
This feature Ia o,nphatlcaliy the pop4
ular branch Of service. 1t enlists tho
very best people. being unpaid and ap-
pealing only to those Interested In
scientific weather observation. A large
number Of people arc anxious to study
science. but don't know just what to do.
and this. Is something really worth
while. The notion is growing also that
the weather is not governed by chance.
and lis, as a rule. widespread rather
than local affair. Professional men
and teachers are numerous in this body
of workers. They are equipped with
maximum and minimum thermometers
and rain gauge, generally by them
selves the instruments being standard
iZed.
Colleges and the chief educational in
stitutions have we'll equipped observa-
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-04-23

According to an Oklahoma Sena tor
that Territory is "happy land where
King Cotton and corn and wheat grow
side by side in the same broad fields,
where the stately cottonwood and mag.
nolia wave their laurels from the same
green grove, and the honeysuckle and
morning glory form Eden bowers
around the humble cottage Of the un.
terrified sooner, and the lark's early
song awakes the gray dawn Of morn.
and the redbird and the robin close the
dewy eve Of Sunday with joyful
praise"