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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-01
A CLOUDBURST IN TEXAS.
Over a Score OF Persons Lost Their
Lives in Coleman County.
Eerd's Creek Turned Into Torrent and
q Wall of Water Swept Away Camp
ers, Residents, Houses and Herds.

Austin, Tex. (SpeciaD.-Thcre was
series of cloudbursts extending from
the Pan Handle section Of West Texas
southwardS in Northern Mexico. Some
sections where these deluges Of wa
ter fell were so remote from telegraph
ic communication that only meagre
details of the damage were received.
The storm in Coleman County, Tex,
was the most severe of the series. II
flooded large section Of country, and
Herds Creek from q stream a few feet
wide was converted into a river over
one mile in width. The terrific food
came down the valley in a roar and
rush that was heard for miles. That
part of the country is thinly settled,
but over twenty people are known to
have lost their lives. Most of them
were ranchmen and their families.
Three families of campers, numbering
nine people, were among those
drowned.
John Euleisstine, j. o. Spath, four
little girls belonging to the Homen
family, Thomas Werkel, Joseph Fab.
lcght and Henry Davis and two men
are known to have drowned in one
community.
There was a cloudburst in Mason
County. flooding large section of
country and doing considerable dam.
age to property. There was another
cloudburst in Kerr County, washing
away many bridges and q section of
the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
Railroad. The storm also broke ove1
large section Of the State of Goa.
hula, Mexico, flooding all the rivers
and streams. Many Mexican settle
ments were washed away and the
damage to property was very heavy,
but no loss Of life Is reported.
The bodies of l. N. Cheek and wife,
John Spahl, John Christine, Mr.. Tate,
wife and two daughters, Bertie and
Lizzie; Annie and Ivy Brown, of
Stacey, have been recovered. Chris.
tine and Spahl died in an unavailing
effort to rescue two children. A
wagon. containing family Of seven,
was swept down stream and all per-
ished. Houses were swept off their
foundations and carried down stream,
while stacks were torn to pieces and
swept away. Ten miles of track and
grade Of the Santa Fe Railway were
obliterated, fifteen bridges being de.
stroyed, one being lodged three miles
below its original mooring.
Large numbers Of horses, cattle and
hogs were swept down the stream, and,
the loss in this line alone, together
with the damage and loss to crops,
is enormous. Sixteen inches Of rair
fell within two hours, and the water
ran to its highest point in thirty min.
uteS
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-01
GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

All Ask For-Light and Love-The An
swer to Prayer - What the Church
Needs - A Prayer for Missionaries -
Help Us to Forgive - The Lilac.
"Close to Thee" Where'er / wander,
Still these words my prayer shall be.
Life were vain, il l, forgetting.
Walked alone, apart frum Thee.
When in sorrow I'd recall them,
When in pain >repeat them Ger.
In temptation, donbt or danger,
Then Ill say them all the more.
"Closc to Theew Where'er I wander,
Keep me close, nor let me stray;
Guard my lips, my thoughts, my actions,
Keep ME all along the way.
And when earth life shall be over,
Still methinks my prayer will be
Just the same; 'tis all I'd ask for,
Just to be kept ''close to Thee"
Helen NJ. Merrill i'll Universalist
Leader.
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What the Church Needs.

We need men and women today OF
large and living faith-faith in God,
faith in Gods presence and providence
in the world today. faith in thought,
faith in freedom, faith that fears moth
ing that is true and despairs for nothing
that is goud, faith that is ready to give
up anything which has proved unfound-
ed, and that welcomes new truth from
any quarter. We need leaders whose
highest aim and JOY it is to advance the
kingdom Of God in the world. men and
women of broad and catholic sympathies,
Jealous and devoted in building up the
kingdom of God. to whom ecclesiastical
self-puffery is 0dious and loathsome, lead.
ers Of character who are recognized and
respected as examples Of the cardinal
virtues, of sincere and reverent piety,
whose religion attracts and commands,
and to whom sincere, honest. truthful
men and women are everywhere drawn.
God send ,ls such leaders i'll the church,
and God give the church a zeal for right.
eousncss and the best things which will
tolerate no other leaders!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-01
NEW FILIPINO HORSE.
Native Scouts to BE Mounted With Amen
leans as Oficsrs.

Manila (By Cable).-The military au-
thorities have ordered the formation Of
four troops of native cavalry, to be re-
cruited from the Macabebes and Off
cered by Americans. Major Batson,
the originator Of the idea of employing
the Macabebe tribesmen as scouts, is
to be commander of the new squadron
of Filipino horse. The officers will be
Captains James n Munroe William
G. Geiger and Francis II. Cameron,
and First Lieutenants David H. Bid
die, James Conway and Clarence C.
Culver.
The Macabebes have long been used
as scouts, and their value in such work
has already been demonstrated. The
present plan of mounting them is in
tended to render them more effective
by increasing their mobility. The pay
Of the Macabebe soldiers will be just
ore-half that given to American troops,
owing to the fact that they are to be
paid in Mexican silver. while the
Americans are paid in gold.
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|Al ~
BILE surface hbie potassium salts
are found IN anantities in all fertile
soils. These salts are sucked up by
the roots Of plants and trees, which
eagerly seek them out as necessities
Of lifs.sSIt Is significant fact that
even where soda predominates in the
soil the plants take up the potash
salts In preference.
After taking part in the processes Of
nutrition and being transformed into
organic salts the potash salts may re-
sumo their original form through COM
,bustion. There is a loss in quantity,
however, and in the case of plants
which are used fotsfood or in the vari-
Gus human arts there is, of course,
nearly complete loss. The cause for
concern in regard to. the question of
the world d's future food supply lies
In the fact tA$t pbtash is not renewed
In the manner of some other elements
sof vegeta aple lite iItsis a mineral de-
posit; arising through the natural de-
composition of certain rocks. On titled
land there is mo opportunity for re-
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The Answer to Prayer.

A hundred times have l sent up aspira.
tions whose only answer has seemed to
be the echo of my own voice, and l have
cried out in the night Of my despair,
"Why art Thou so far from helping
me-" But never thought that the SEEM
ing fairness was itself the nearness of
God-that the very silence was an an
swer. 1t was a very grand answer to
the household of Bethany. They had
asked not too much. but too little. They
had asked only the life Of Lazarus; they
were to get the life Of Lazarus and re-
velation of eternal life as well. There
are some prayers which are followed by
divine silence because we are not yet
ripe for all we have asked; there are
others which are so followed because we
are ripe for more. We do not always
know the full strength Of our own capa-
city; we have to be prepared for receiv-
ing greater blessings than we have ever
dreamed of. We come to the door Of the
sepnlchre and beg with tears the dead
body of Jesus; we are answered by 81
lence because we are to get something
batter--a living Lord.-Rev. George
NathcSOn, ID. ID.
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a food famine from the exhaustion OF
the potash supply is imminent. but the
possibilities Of such famine arc in
teresting to contemplate. 1t would
come about gradually, of course, the
dwindlihg of the supply being accom-
panied by steady increase in price.
The first result, therefore, would be
to place this once humble product
among the precious metals. AS time
went on it would rank, as Mr.. At
kinson suggests. even above silver and
gold.
Before this point was reached, how.
ever, the rise in the value of the min
eral would cause it to be sought after
eagerly lin 'every part Of the world,
would lead to the conserving of the
present sources of supply and to an
attempt to find new ones. Men would
prospect for potash with greater zeal
than they now put into the search al
ter gold. The terrors of the alkali
deserts would be braved and men
wot1ld bore for the precious deposits
all over the burning plains of the
Southwest.
At the same time, efforts would be
made to gather the product from the
scattered seurcestof supply now in ex-
istence in some financially profitable
manner. According to Professor Dit
mar, the very greatest Of all these
sources is the ocean, and no doubt the
brains Of inventors and scientists
would be racked to devise means
Of separating this potash from the
waves. In all primitive countries
where the supply of wood is large pot
ash is obtained by the lixiriation Of
wood ashes.
This source also would be brought
into use, and gradually the forest trees
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Help Us to Forgive.

Thy kindness. Lord in our forgetfut>
moss of Thee has made our hearts
ashamed. We confess to Thee our in'-
patience with Our fellow men, our un-
kind thoughts and words, our neSlects
and our trunSsreSSionS. Help us to for
give as We would be forgiven: to pray
eyer for our enemies without hate ana
with sincere desire to love. May We
study kindness more than ease. and proYe
in daily life and little things that I've
believe i, is more blessed 10 give than to
receive. And in our service low us
more of thine own generous thoYsh sht a:u
care, that we, like Christ. maE become
centers of light and blessing i'll the
world. SO give lis cheerful, lfclpful lives
and a good and prarcfylr'cnd. through
the the indweling-ShI9 Spirit and tn"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-01
ENDEAV0RERS TN LONDON
Ten Thousand Delegates Attend the
Worlds Convention Of the Society.
GREAT GROWTH OF MOVEMENT.

The Report Of Secretary Baer Shows That
the Young Peoples Society OF Chris
tian Endesvor Has 59,712 Local So
cieties With $500, 900 Members-Pre-
sident and Secretary Reelected.
London (By Cable. - Great enthu-
siasm marked the Worlds Convention
of the Young Peoples Society of Chris
tian Endeavor at the Alexandria Pal
ace grounds. Even the intense heat
could not dampen the ardor Of the del
egates. General Secretary John Will
lam Baer said In his annual report on
"Worldwide Christian Endeavor::"
"No one thing that I know of proves
more certainly that God is in the Chris
tian Endeavor movement than it's re-
markable numerical growth. In 1881,
one society with fifty members; in
1900. near 10000 societies, with over
3,5O0OO0 members. Nineteen years
ago, one country, America, giving
birth to our society; to-day >very ma
tion and land flies the Christian En-
deaypr banner. r.,.5f.
1--WE find id the land Of its nativity,
the United States of America, the
largest number of Christian Epdeavor
societies. The enrolment is 1922 So
cieties. Great Britain {and these
figures include England, Ireland, Scot
land and Wales) comes next with
about 1000 societies.
"There are now over 1000 societies
in Australasia. The Dominion Of Can
ada marshalls nearly, If not quite 1000
societies. China, poor, bleeding storm
wrecked, was the flrst foreign country
to take from the United States. the
Christian Endeavor seed;. and, while
the growth has been slow, compare
lively, China to-day has not less than
las societies. India has 459, and Ger.
many has 1888 societies.
"Africa's 139 societies, with many Of
their members in arms, are passing
through trying times. AS it was in
1898 during the American-Spanish war
so it is to-day uuring the British Boer
hostilities, the Christian Endeayor pin
adorns the uniform Of the opposing
forces.
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PRAYER for Missionaries.

Great Head of the church, our ever>
present Lord bless. we beseech, Thy ser
wants. who give their lives FOR the prog
rcss OF Thy kingdom. Spirit of the Liv-
ing God who, on the day Of Pentecost
didst bring multtudes Of strangers into
Thy ready church. give to Thy people IN
these latter days like carncstness OF wit
ness-bearing and readiness Of heart, and
may Thy power be shown in every land:
We thank Thee for the zeal and faith of
all Christ'S messengers for witnessing
lives and abundant fruit which Thou
hast given. We rejoice in true disciples
whom Thou hast raised UP in the midst
Of darkness, for Steadfastness of martyrs
for ChriSt's people on missionary ground,
who have witnessed good confession III
the midst Of trial, in the enthusiasm OF
service, and common faith and love draw
all hearts together in devotion to the
risen Lord. And may new hope be ful-
filed through many days to come, to the
glory of God and the advancement OF
the kingdom of our Lord. Amen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-01
FOUND DEATH IN AN OLD WELL.
One After Another Four Persons Descend
and wo Are Dead.

Wilkesbarre, Penn. (SpeciaD. A
number Of boys were playing bail on q
vacant lot at Buttonwood, small
mining village south of this city when
the ball rolled into an old, abandoned
we'll. Daniel Golivinski, aged fourteen
years, went down the we'll after it..
His companions were alarmed when
he did not come up within reasona-
Bile time.
The lads fatler. Frank Golivinski,
was notified. and he hastily descended
the well. He. too, failed to return to
the surface. a third man named STAN
ley Knofski then went down. Nothing
was heard from him, either. A fourth
man. carrying rope, took his life in
his hands and descended. He sue
ceeded in bringing the three bodies
TO the surface The two Golovinskis-
father and son-were dead. KnofsIi
WIS unconscious. but will recover.
The we'll had not been used for many
years and was filled with gas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-01
The Political Campaign.

The Arkansas State League of Re
publican Clubs has indorsed Mckinley
and Roosevelt.
The Mayor of Richmond, Va, has
been elected for a fourth term. He
is 4 Democrat.
Mayor Mcclure. Of Syracuse. will
manage the Democratic GuDernatoral
campaign in New York.
Governor Benton McMillin has with.
drawn frpm the contest for United
States Senator in Tennessee.
The first National Convention OF the
Anti-Imperialist League will be held
at Indiahapolis on August 10.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-01
Shnt HIa Partner Dead /.

alexander Sherman, manufacturer
of the antique pattern of lamps, was
shot and killed by his partner, Isaac
Michaelson, at their place of business,
in New York City. The murder was
the result Of a business quarrel. The
men had been partners only six weeks:
Michaelson is thirty-four years OLD
and Sherman was forty. Mlchaelson
was arrested.
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The Lilac.

Its May-ti,} he clusters. fair to 500.
And hcart3 shaped leaves appeal to me,
With smilf r. glad children thitlcr turn,
Though fSishion may its beauty spurn'
! fancied Hrood-nymphs fingered near
The old Greten lane and cottage dear,
When this strong standard by the door
Its pyr"mid'e of glory bore.
The praises tlue has every rose,
And cpiEaea,\ where'cr it blows;
Let NE eNtol This gift of May.
Its rustic blo0Am and graceful! spray!
George Bancroft Griffith in Zioni
1Ierald(
| saw that tEhcrc was no other way TO-
the afflicted cl4illrrn Of God to take bun
to Das;a E" & Brsinsr, GSa wth all their sorr0"S'-
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PAID oEAaLk FOR ANNUITY. !
s53,ss3 For s38od a Year and White!
Was Killed FouA Months After.

Judge Sewell at San\Francisco has sus.,
tanned the demurrer to Tho complaint in
the suit of Charles G: GebhaiSlt, executors
of the estate. of the last Jonathan Lloyd:
White, to recover $53.ss3 from the Mutual
Insurance Company OF New York Sity.
tna In ,i9sui Aaguist lSgs W6se paid to-
nuity OF $4,000 year. Four monthsA teri
he lost his life in the Baldwin Hotel\ FIRE;
at San Francisco. His executor sued to,
recover the original sum paid. The fcourt
finds for the COMPANY !
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-01
Railroads Employ an Army.

According to the report of the Inter
State Commerce Commission for the year
ending June 81, 1899. seventy-one railways
were in the hands of receivers ON that
date. The number OF persons employed on
railways was 92SS24. The number of peo-
pie injured in railway accidents was 81, ,743,
and the number Of killed was 1l23.
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The attempt the
pvnsy moth generally considered Important
of
termination species well of
introduction of made
Professor the
ter of raising silk The subsequent
escape clearly the result Twelve
wears introduction the mo serious nu
has expended for moth work the
of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-01
MESSENGER GIRLS IN LONDON.
Picturesque Innovation Adopted and Tier
Abandoned by the Company.

The messenger girl has been tried in
London and found wanting, or rather not
wanted. There fell upon the metropolis
few weeks ago dearth of boys so sriev-
Gus that the district messenger concern
had to employ girls.
The girl messengers certainly. looked
trim and worked quickly. But few days
ago, finding it feasible to get the neccs-
sary boys, and for other reasons, the mes
senger concern discharged all its female
proteges, and boys now reign in their
stead. Thus ends an attempt that, if it
had been successful. might have greatly
added to the picturesqueness of London's
streets.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-01
A Notxbla Negro Dead.

Cornelius Harris, the negro member
of the Grand Jury which indicted
President jefferson Davis, Of the Con.
federate States, Immediately after the
civil war, died at his home at Newport
News, Va. Harris was said to be the
only surviving member Of that jury.
He was Justice of the Peace for sew
eral years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-01
Bunion Causes a woman's Death.

Mrs. Hiram Schultz, who lived on q
farm about Il mile west of Washing
ton, y. j.. died from gangrene. result
ing from the poisoning Of bunion on
Eer right foot. The trouble set in
q month ago and the big toe was am
putated, but it failed e. save her life.
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TIinle Tropedy in baltimore,

Poverty, coupled with ill-health ano
a weak-minded wife for a helpmate,
were probably the causes which i'm
PEELED Louis Eisen, q shoemaker. ut
Baltimore. Md. to kill himself. his
wife and thirteen -months-old babe.
and to wound almost unto death his
three-and-a- -half-year-old SOB.
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Ynnno G,rll Killad by a Train.

Josie Zoble. aged sixteen; Katie
Schaf, nineteen. and Mary Wheeler,
sixteen. while out riding started to
cross the tracks of the Big Four Rail-
road about five miles from Shelbyville.
ILL.,, when they were struck by the loco
motive Of the White City Flyer and in
Stantly killed.
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Seal Claims VIII Be Arbitrated.

1t was announced in Ottawa. Ont,
that an agreement has been reached us
to terms of arbitration OF claims aris.
ing out of seizure of American and
British sealing vessels by Russian
cruisers in 1892.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-01
More Marine Lieutenants.

Judge-Advocate-G General Lemley, at
Washington. has decided that the Pres
ident has the authority ;e appoint six
teen more second and first Heutenants
in the United States Marine Corps.
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Sea Captain Commits Suicide

James r. Lent. of the ice schooner
Charles w. Church. from Gardner,
Me-, to Baltimore. committed suicide
by leaping overheard from his YES
sci. Captain Lent's home was in Weir
Village, near Taunton, Mass
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is in the exhaustion of the source of
supply when the demand grows, as
it is practically certain to do in ever
increasing ratio,
Not even Mr. Atkinson contends that
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that it possesses real importance IN
the production Of almost every food
crop that grows. Potash is present
in every part of the earth's crust, at
least in every part presenting an ara
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-01
Tornado Destroys q Town.

Peoria, Texas, was destroyed by n
tornado. Mrs. John Nelson and her
two children We're fatally hurt.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS With Germany.
The United States and Germany
have entered into reciprocity ar
raGGp;nent.
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and such plants as nettles, wormWood,
tobacco and kelp, all Of which are
capable of supplying potash in consid-
erable quantities, would be burned to
rejuvenate the impoverished soil. Men
would live more and more largely upon
the food plants. requiring only a small
amount of potash for their growth, and
complete change in the accepted sys-
TENS of diet WE lid result. =
To pursue the unpleasant transfor-
nation to it's final result it is neces-
sary to picture world growing grad
ually more and more completely de
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-01

In Salt Lake County Utah, over 90
per cent. of the domesticated bees have
been killed by the smoke from the
smelters.
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Welcome Rain In Nebraska.

Northern Nebraska was drencheG
with rain, and fears for the corn crop
in that ~ tim gre relieved
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lack Of POTASH May !
Cause a Wurld's Famine
Edward Atkinson's Dire Prediction.

yocoooooooooooooccoocoocoC
T.VERY now and again some
~ Scientific investigator. delving
" deepinto the secrets of natural
forces, has unearthed a menace
which has seemed to threaten world
wide disaster and destruction to the
human race, says the New York Her,
aid. 1t would be hard to tell how
many scores Of times the people of the
earth have been called upon to face
the prospect, remote or ;rimmediate,S
~ their assE annihsaflon. They have;
been asked to consider the results
which, in some future cycle, viii come
from the steady cooling Of the earth'si
surface, to prepare for mundane annt-s
hilation through collision with some
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,IunicIpal Milk Plants In London.

The municipal authorities ol London
have established storlllzed ml!d Plants III
different parts of the metropolis