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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
A GENIUS OF FINANCE.

/ Bought a Typewriter. and Paid For 1t
Without Costing Him q Cent.
"Do you see that young man over
there?" said man on a cable car, in.
dicating a young man reading a paper
in the seat opposite. Hes one of the
greatest financial geniuses in the coun-
try. if little things are any indication
| of a mans character. He'll be a mil
lionaire before long, or I'm no judge
of people"
| The young mans appearance did not
seem to indicate that there was any
thing out Of the common about him,
and his admirers companion said so.
"Well, I'll tell you how I came to
discover his genius" said the man who
had spoken first. "When tell you
what he did I think you'll. agree with
ME. He secured typewriter without
paying cent for it. and without doing
4 stroke of work for it. and he did 1t
in a perfectly honest and legitimate
way, too. In fact, he actually made
money on the transaction. only
discovered how he did it by accident,
and I've been wondering at the genius
and simplicity of the scheme ever
since. He was formerly employed IN
| the same office with me, and we both
had to do good deal of writing. One
day he came up to ME, and proposed
that we should hire q typewriter TO-
gether.
eve c1n hire typewriter for 81 =
month"; he said, and if we split 1t be-
tween us it will only cost us fifty cents
week each. We can do that all right.
| because we wouldn't be using it at the
same time, anyway. If you give me 81
now I'll go up to the Office of one OF
the typewriter companies and have
them send down a typewriter. I'll ar
range the whole thing so as to save
you any trouble
II agreed to this and the young man
went off with the 50. Every month ]
paid him 81. and we both used the
typewriter with perfect satisfaction.
About q week after the first payment
I learned that my friend was not pas.
ing anything for the typewriter, but
was actually making little on it. He
was hiring it out to man who only
used it occasionally. and whom he per-
suaded to pay him fifty cents a week
for the use of it. 1 thought that this
was rather clever, but didn't realize
the full measure Of my friends ability
until a year had expired. Then l
learned from a man who had callen
to collect a payment on 1t that he had
agreed to buy the typewriter on the
installment plan, paying 81 a month
for it. The man was calling for tie
last monthly payment Oh it at the time.
and the typewriter is now the proper.
ty Of my friend. 1t took him year
to pay it off at 81 month, and he
was receiving fifty cents week for
it all the time. 1 never took the trou-
BILE to figure it out, but can see that
he must have been making little on
it while he was paying for it."-New
York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
THE OTHER BOYS WORK.

"A boy one day built up man of snow;
He fashioned it with all the skill he
knew.
And looked upon it and was glad. and lo!
Another, when the happy child with
drew,
Rushed forth and battered down the lit
tie pile
And trampled all its human semblance
out,
As if it had been something loathsome,
vile
And heralded his work to all about.
"A noet wrote harmless little song;
He fashioned it with all the art he
knew, q
And sat and scanned it happily and long,
And. dreamed Of praise and fame, as
poets do
But 10! critic found the rhyme, one day,
And ridiculed and tore it all apart,
Is 'twere some shameful thing to put
away
And left shaft deep in a gentle heart
S. E. Rser, in Chicago Times-Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
cALvESTONs LOSS FIGURED UP,
An Investigation and Computation Place
the Storm Damage ut 100000.

Galveston, Iexas-The News pub
fishes a statement of the property
losses in Galveston caused Dy the ter
rible storm Of September s last. The
figures are the result Of thorough in
vestigation, and ara accepted as accu-
rate so far as it Is possible to compute
them under the circumstances:
The property loss suffered aggre-
gates $17,05S,275. divided as follows:
Residence property and contents, to-
tally destroyed, SG,196.000; damage to
other residences and contents. So, 2,250.-
600; church property, s300,OO0; muni.
cipal property. $336,000; wharves and
shipping facilities. SG56,O00; manufac-
turing plants. S579175; county prop.
erty, $242, 500; public institutions. $159,.
900; mercantile buildings. 1897, 200;
merchandise in stock. S1.391, $50; State
property, $110,600; United States Gov:
ernment property, So, 3,155, 800; railroads,
telegraphs, telephone. etc. $G70,000:
goods in transit. S415.750.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
BRIBERY Case IN ARMY
Captain C. W. King Caught by
Marked Money in Mobile, Ala.
HE IS ACCUSED BY CONTRACTOR

Captain King Placed Under Arrest For
Soliciting and Accepting Brides From
j. II. Hobson - Prisoner Was In
Charge of the Government Construc-
ton Work ut Fort Morgan, Ala.
Mobile, Ala.-Secret Service Agent
E. p. McAdams arrested on Royal
street Captain c. w. King, Quarter
master and Supervisor of the Govern
ment work at Fort Morgan, Ala.
Captain King had just received $1,000
in bills from J. II. Hobson, a contrac-
tor on Government work at the fort.
McAdams, with a local detective as
witness, searched the captain and
found the money, King telling them,
if it was any value to them to know
he would say that he received the
money from Hobson.
All the bills had been recorded pre-
viously, so AIcAdams was able to
identify them. Hobson told McAdams
this was the second thousand dollars
paid to King by him. King was taken
before United States Commissioner
Rickarby for examination. and held in
$4,000 bail.
Hobson testified before the Commis-
sioner that for some time he had been
having trouble in carrying out his
contracts on buildings at Fort Morgan,
about fifty per cent. Of the material
he furnished being rejected as unsatis-
factory.
About eight months ago King ap-
preached him and substantially said II
Hobson made an arrangement with
him he would not be so hard on him.
The amount named by King was
$4,000. and as failure on the contracts
meant ruin. Hobson agreed to pay
$4,000.
King said he would accept that
amount. as he had caused him loss
by being hard on him. Hobson paid
King $500 in October and the same
amount in November, and $1,000 on the
day Of his arrest.
King is a volunteer officer. He en-
listed in Dubuque. Iowa, in 1898. re-
ceiring an appointment Of captain
and assistant quartermaster. He
served in Porto Rico during the war,
experimenting loading and unloading
Of transports.
He was assigned to Fort Morgan in
April last. He has q wife and two
children. and has beeu we'll received
here socially. He Is said to have well
to-do relatives in Iowa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THs
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

Old Home, Good Bye-Faithful Servants
vulnerable to Temptation Chriscs
Kindliness - Gratitude's Influence.
The day is passing: have tarried long;
My way leads far thro' paths fear to
try;
But as 1 80 III cheer my heart with
Old home, goodbye!
In hallowed scenes what feet have trod
thy stage!
The babe, the maiden leaving home to
wed;
The young man going forth by duty led;
And faltering age.
And dear ones. coming back from dis
tant lands,
Painting and sick their ways to thee
have wended
To feel the sweet ministry Of loving
hands,
Their journeys ended.
Thou hadst a soul-thy goodly prop and
That kept the log, the compass and the
chart
And showed the way for many trust
ing heart
The long, long way!
o humble home! thou hadst secret
door
Thro' which I looked, betimes, with
wondering eye
On splendors that no palace ever
wore
But now, goodbye.
That door, methought some friendly
keeper swung
And babe me lay aside my cloak OF
care;
Some tuneful harp, for heavenly music
strung,
Made music there.
Thou hadst q magic window, broad and
high
The light and glory Of the morning
shone
Thro' it, however dark the day had
grown
Or bleak the sky.
It's panes. like mighty lenses, brought
to view
A fairer home; / saw in depths above
The timber Of the old home in the
The oak of love.
Irving Bacheller.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
Sporting Breyfties.

Motor bicycles are not coming into
popularity rapidly.
College sports began the century
with q boom that augurs we'll
The annual assembly of the L. A..
W. will be held in Philadelphia on
February 13.
1t is said that Maxwell W. Long,
the champion sprinter. proposes turn
ing professional.
The estimated value Of the Futurity
stakes Of the Coney Island Jockey
Club for 1903 is $4,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
The Decrease In Frances Population.

The decrease of the French population
is again causing alarm. Twenty years ago
there were 100000 more births annually in
France than to-day. What causes most
alarm is the striking decrease in the rurat
population, from thirty-six per square XII.
ometre in 1870 to thirty to-day, while the
increase in the city population has not
made uD the difference, nor kept pace with
that of other countries. Numerous sug.
gestions have been made. The latest pro-
posal is to change the laws regarding in
heritances and settlements on children, so
as to encourage larger families.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
To Search For the South Pole

The Duke of the Abruzzi is in Rome for
the purpose of obtaining the formal con.
sent of King Victor Emmanuel to his new
enterprise, which is not as reported an.
o:Mer North Pole expedition, but a well
devised scheme for the exploration of the
South Polar seas. The Duke proposes to
start from Buenos Ayres in 1902 in ship
which will be specially built in Italy from
his own plans and specifications. The
Duke has already selected as his compan-
ions Vittorio Sella, the geographer, and
several young officers of the Italian royal
navy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
Gave Birth tn Four ChiIdren.

Mrs. Newton McCann, of Wilkcsboro,
n. c., gave birth to four children, tive
girls and two boys, few days ago.
Eighteen months ago she gave birth to
three. All of them are well and hearty.
1t is said that this beats the worlds rec
ord. Seven children in less than two
years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
Gratitude's Happy Influence.

Genuine gratitude brings its own re
ward. Its cultivation as a duty be-
comes Il privilege and blessing to ever!
soul, enlarging ones mind, strengthen
ing ones convictions and insuring faitl
and hope and patience and peace as it
fruits. The truly grateful man vii
have happy influence also upon othe
lives, and he instrumental in makini
sunshine where shadows are dark.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23

both felt the foreboding Of something
like a calamity which had somehow
been avoided because of the converse
ton to which each had been an unwill-
ing listener. And to this day Ernest
does not know how near Burt came to
seriously falling in love with his pretty
wife.-Wayerley Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
REWARD OF $4,000 FOR LYNcHsRs
Georgia's Governor Offers s1oo Each Fol
Arrest of 100.

Atlanta. Ga.-Governor Gambler has
offered a reward OF 500 for the arrest.
with proof TO convict. of each one Of
the $50 lynchers of George Reeds. the
negro who was hanged and shot. near
Rome. for aSsaulting Mrs. Locklear.
IF there were $50 in the crowd as
stated" tile Governor said, that
means $15,Q0O for the arrest of the
whole crowd IL they get them"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
Proposed Monument of a Potter

notters af tbe Country shaI, arent q ,non,'s
ment to the memory of John Hart Brew.
er for his work in the development of pot
terry. 1t is hoped to raise $4,000 by con.
tribution of S. for each kiln in the hun
dred or so factories. while some leading
manufacturers may increase this sum by
special contributions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
A Filipino Eand NJ ade Prisoners.

Rear-Admiral Remey reported from
Manila tnat an attack by the Fourth
Infantry. marines and navy, at Cavite
Viejo. P. l., resulted in the capture Of
one lieutenant-colonel. two majors, five
captains, one lieutenant. forty-eight
private inSurrectos and four IaadrOnes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
New York Mail Stolen ir Italy.

Five bags of registered letters, three
Of them from New York City, have
been stolen on the raillt. between
Turin end Rome. Italy. The IT, is es
timated at $4,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23

his official career after serving two
years. His last official act was to ap-
prove an order increasing the salaries
of the assessors from $400 to 5000 4
year. He has accepted place as a
travelling shoe salesman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
Faithful Servants Neither Pick Nor
Choose.

We are not in the world to do our
own will. We are here to do not what
we like, but what we ought If the
luty is a pleasant one. we'll and good.
But we are not to consider too care
tully whether it is pleasant or not. 1t
Is our duty, and the call is to do 1t.
IF, therefore, there is any demand FOR
our service in the world or the church
we ought not to be heard saying do
not care for that kind Of work" That
8 not the question. The faithful ser
vant will not pick and choose. Nor will
The servant of the Lord who hopes to
be called at least good and faithful, De
picking and choosing. Modesty is good;
refinement is good; f-effacement is
good; the fellowship Of kindred minds
IS good. But what if it is not SO mucn
these things that are keeping us IN the
BACKGROUND, as timidity or indolenec OF
rastidiousness or fear Of offending or
ore-occupution with our own affalrs!
There may be, after all, no justihcatiop
for that quiet, pleasant life we are llv.
ing. 1t may be q cowardiy anu slniu.
life. 1t may be that we are not really
caring at all seriously for the things fof
which we ought to be caring the most;
~ that we are not willing to take up
The cross, or do anything against the
grain. in order that Gods kingdom
NAV come and his will be done on eartn
as it is done in hearen.-ReV. n. Arnoiu
Thomas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23

II il more absurd to trust God b,
halves than it is not to believe in him u
all.-Gcorge Macdonald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23

Montana as s'Copper State.
Montana leads all the States in, the pro
duction of copper and wool. ,,...
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
SOCIALIST MAYOR QUITS OFFICE.

John C. Chase, OF Hnverhill, Mass,
Ends His Official Career.
Haverhill, Mass. - Mayor John c..
Chase. the first Socialist Mayor ever
elected in this country, has completed
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
To Be Invulnerable to Temptation.


And SO We may see that human
nature is tempted at every point
wherever it shares a dominant impulse
Or strong bias. Our life in every part
Of it is exposed to excess or pervers!ont
and needs guardianship and discipline.
Our rarcst gifts are the most prone to
betray us, like the generous heart that
sometimes makes one prodlgal, and the
regnant will that so easily becomes
willful. In every great love for What-
ever object there may be generated q
lust which is temptation. Ihe only
ground of hope for us is in the forna-
tion of a Christian character; nothing
else can be adequately regulative OF the
Impulses and habits Of life; nothing
aIse can be an abiding and sure law OF
right and virtue in us; nothing else
aan give us rank with those noble ana
heroic souls who are invulnerable to
temptation, of both outward and inward
character. But in every case, there Is
NEEDED a discipline, the training of the
soul in moral traits. the giving OF the
heart to God, the closeness of the ALL
ance with the divine source of strength
and purity. This will always give the
necessary resource in the hour of temp
tation: this will make all stronger than
temptation.-thoset that rise WITHIN anu
those that are external since in con-
oue;ing the former we also conquer the
latter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-23
\ PRETTY WOMAN
By Greta Bryar.

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1 know that sometimes it seems a hope
less task. You toll on in different spheres,
sometimes with great discouragement.
People have no faith and say: 1t does
not amount to anything. You might as
stretched his hand over the Red Sea it
did not seem to mean anything especially.
People came out, 1 suppose, and said,
"Ahaw Some of them found out what he
wanted to do. He wanted the sea parted.
stretching out of his hand over the sea!
But after awhile the wind blew all night
from the east, and the waters were gath.
cred into a glittering palisade on either
side, and the pillows roared as God pulled
back on their crystal bits. Wheel into
line, o Israel! March, march! Pearls
crashed under feet, flying spray gathers
into rainbow arch of victory for the con.
querors to march under, shout of hosts on
the beach answering the shout of hosts
amid sea, and when the last line of the
Israelites reach the beach the cymbals
clap, and the shields clang, and the waters
rush over the pursuers, and the swift
fingered winds on the white keys of the
foam play the grand march Of Israel lleliy.
cred and the awful dirge of Egyptian over.
throw.
So you and go forth, and all the peo.
pie of God go forth, and they stretch their
hand over the sea, the boiling sea of crime
and sin and wretchedness. 1T doesn't
amount to anything" people say. Doesn't
it? Gods winds of help will after awhile
begin to blow. A path will be cleared fol-
the army of Christian philanthropists.
The path will be lined with the treasure
of Christian beneicence, and We will be
greeted to the other beach by the clap.
ping of all heavens cymbals, while those
who pursued us and derided US and tried
to destroy us will go down under the sea,
and all that will be left of them will be
cast high and dry upon the beach, the
splintereu wheel of chariot or thrust out
from the foam, the breathless nostril of
a riderless charger.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-01
The cuRAN ouEsrloN.
empire

Fifteen out the twentynine members Of the Cuban
constitutional convention have voted to accept the Plat
amendment and make it appendix to their organic law
Doubtless the vote would been larger had larger
been required There is Of the delegates who
has not been aware some time that until the request Of
congress complied with there could be Independent
Cuban government These delegates have played with the
question Of acceptance partly to show their import
ance partly pose as patriots" stood long
they could for independence which would not permit
American Intervention to prevent foreign domestic
anarchy and partly draw long possible their SO
day, says the Chicago Tribune.
The delegates are still playing with this subject They
have added the Plat law Introduction and also
amendments which congress may-and probably will
deem it exDedient to accept If it do not the convention
viii have to its work over again. The introduction
sers that Secretary Root being authorized by President
Mckinley has made certain statements to the object
Of the Platt There private conversation be
tween him and the Cuban commission which visited Wash
ington He may have expressed himself is said he
did could speak for and bind congress- It is
likely to accept his alleged construction Of the law
at liberty to reject it.
One the amendments to the clause concerning the
right Intervention for the preservation Of Cuban inde
pendenee and the maintenance Of fit government The
amendment reads:
right to intervene to prevent the action foreign power
or disturbances causing state Of anarchy that the
Intervention always shall be the act of the United States
isolated agents. The Intervention shall suppose
hehef sovereignty nor pIotecJOIaIe ana Sha asL only
sufficiently long establish normal conditions Said inter
vention Is understood shall not give the right to
interfere in the government but only the right to
independence"
Tribune thinks this dissertation subject
intervention may not be unsatisfactory to congress-
wiz be necessary await the meeting Of congress to find
II the meantime the members Of the constitutional
convection can remain in session and per diem
which seems riches to them.
If the delegates had really desired the immediate estab
Oh
have accepted the Pat without explanatory
comments three months Then it might have been
possible that government running order by
cember which is impossible The delay IS not harm
Cuba is better governed and the Cubans more
peaceful contented than they viii after
Independent government has been estabnshd
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-01
A - a. scoRcHERs-

Detroit seems to be peculiarly afflicted By bicvcle
scorcher owing according the opinion Of the Free
Press Of that cty) to the insane enency of one the
magistrates who is disposed treat the ofenses Of
scorchers lightly if not aippany' In recent case this
magistrate affirmed that soorchers are human beings and
entitled Of the personal liberty that other men
enjoy Fortunately another court recognized the serious
of the evil in Detroit After having fined one offender
$50 this wise judge announced his intention TO deal severely
with every scorcher who might fan into his hands ut
has become question he said whether the authorities
these mounted ruans have their wa in Detroit
Bicycling as form of pleasure OF an exercise has been
pretty generally abandoned and the wheelmea may be
Toughy divided into those ride for business reasons
and the scorchers Persons who the wheel merely as
means of ocomoton and not to race against time are
rational and respectable members Of society They Sc
through The streets without soandalous haste they Sit
erect ana they show every consideration for The humble
pedestrian The scorchers who now constitute large
part of the vheelmen OF every community aad who ride
with their heads down ana backs bowed Ike ansry cats
are no better than The reckless drivers of delivery wagons
anc have no songer claim TO be regarded by the courts
rs human Many ot them frecklefaced cigarette
hends Hbo seem 70 have been released from Juvenile RS
ioratog as hopelesy bad 10 have escaped from an
asylum for unatcs oans 20 tie reduced price Of BICYCLES
the owners ale no loneer careful to lock them up This
places wheels within the reach OF The boolunas who are
prompt t2 clutch them 1t IS the serious ambition of the
scorChes e 10 smash records and baby carazes n the
crowded Streets while in his lighter moods he runs down
elderly et nafsons The delivery wagon degenerate IS
moved o his destructive work by simple iliocy but the
soorcher seems to be malignant
The courts of the land should 5eci5e on policy of s
verify tlat would impress even the ecorcher with sense
al the majesty cf the law Apart from the fact than ms
reckless riding endangers hfe and limb the soorcher IS 4
q constant aactsble citizens Ne
head of family. person with any regard for lis o
dignity likes De forced sprint oat of th way Of =
young scoundre with bumped baeE and his shirt ont
side hs trousers magistrate who encourages scoroug