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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-02-04
A Good Towel

IL alwavs In demand, whether II comes
around forty eight pounds Of the best patent
-four, or In bought mt Ave cents yard. 4
good many people would rather get % Inch
IoweI out Of the Rack their fiour comes pack
ed la than buy the towel at tho dry goods
store, and that Ia why every forty.eigh
pound OF ''Clifton" Is packed In regular towel
ling. Ask l.. T. & T. M.Miller for II.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-02-04
MCMILLIAN'S AUTOMOBILE.
when It's Character Changed. and II
Became An Ordinary Old Fashion
ed Steam E0Gine.

wo referred 0 week or two 70 Mr.. ]. l.. Nc
Miliian's automobile. An automobile, N We
understand. 10 o machine that runs along the
public high way by steam or electricity
When II 10 on the road IL has been called q
horseless carriage. hence Mr.. McMiilian's
steam engine became an automobile or horse.
yokes OF sieers TO the tongue OF the thing.
and started 10 town. When IL reach.
cd place In the road. which was muddisI
than any other part, and corrcspondlogiy
er. When the thing stuck In the mud and
all the Kings horses couldn't pull u up the
hill, the character of the machine was chang
ed from an automobile 10 stationary engine
IL In an honary looking machine. IL STANDS
at the shops of Richard Romans, and will Dc
taken back TO The brickyard, II somebody
doesn't steal for drewood the saplipg that u
used an O tongue.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-02-04

Anything In the drug line can bs had a
Aiiforta Drug store. Phone lO7.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-02-04
NEW HATS...New and Up.
to.Date Shapes.
MRS. MARY TAGGART

Has fine assortment Of New Hats and New ptoDae Shapes Of
Hats which she proposes to sell between and Christmas at
below COST She expects give her store room and will
sell all goods customers prices She means business,
and you bargain headgear your time The
goods must and will 20.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-02-04

Call on l.. T. Il T. II. Miller for your Gu
rents, raisinh aud citrOn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-02-04
Mails Close.

Abbeville, y. c.. Jan. Il, 1909.
The mails close nj the post Office at Abbe
WILLIE. 3. c.. an follows:
ca q. X. r. =. A. l. Il. H.
$50 q. m. North. 2.9 p. N. south.
IL. % n. m. Soi tn. f.l5 p. m. North.
lO.1 a. m. Hodges. 500 p. m. south.
Lao p. m. North. sop. IN. North.
l.sO p. m. iiodcos.
6IO o. m. South. ltobt &. Link.
Postmaster.
The Western news., 1903-02-11
ART CANNOT RIVAL THEM.
Sculptures Wrought by Nature in th
Great Canyons of the West,

Sculptures Wrought by Nature in the
Great Canyons of the West.
Famous the world over are the grand
canyons of the Colorado and of the
Yellowstone In both there is wealth
Of colorng. The ravines are abruptly
countersunk in plateau and both are
mainly the work of water. But the
Colorado's canyon is more than a thou
sand times larger, and as score or
two new buildings of ordinary size
would not apprecably change the gen
eral view of great city, SO hundreds
of Yellowstones might be Croded In the
sides of the Colorado canyon without
noticeably augmenting its size or the
richness of its sculpture. But it is not
true that the great Yosemite rocks
would be thus lost or hidden. Nothing
of their kind in the world SO far as
know. rivals El Captain and Tissiack.
much less dwarfs or in any way belit
ties them. None of the sandstone or
limestone precipces of the canyon that
l have seen or heard of approaches in
smooth, tiawless strength and grand
the Tenaya side of Clouds Rest
These colossal cliffs, types of perma-
nence, are about 5000 and 5000 feet
high; those of the canyon that are
sheer are about half as high. and are
types of fieeting change. while glorious
domed Tissiack, noblest of mountain
buildings, far from being overshadowed
or lost in this rosy. spiry canyon COM
pany. would draw every eye, and, in
serene majesty ''aboon them a" she
would take her place-castle temple,
palace or tower. Nevertheless. n noted
writer, comparing the Grand canyon
in a general way with the glacial 70
semitic, says: "And the Yosemite-ah.
the lovely Yosemite! Dumped dowh
into the wilderness of gorges and
mountains, it would take guide who
knew of it's existence long time to
find it." This is striking and shows VI
well above the level of commonplace,
description, but it is confusing and has
the fatal fault Of not being true.
The Western news., 1903-02-11
Convicted by Thumb Marks

Readers Of Mark Twain's novel, Pud-
denhead Wilson. remember that the
climax of the story turns on the evil
dence of finger marks. Evidence Of
the kind convicted burglar in a
Southern court recently. He had made
his entrance through window whose
sill had been freshly painted. He left
plain imprint of his thumb. This
led to his detection and seven-year
sentence was the penalty of being so
careless with fresh paint. The min
ute lines and ridges on the finger tips
and particularly the ball of the thumb
constitute an autograph signature
which cannot be forged and which has
n peculiar pattern for each individual.
Since 1894 the English police have
preserved finger print records of GRIM
inals as certain means of future
Identification. A similar method Of
authenticating signatures to impor-
tant documents has existed for ages
in the East, and in India to-day the
use Of thumb marks as signatures is
q part of the postal order system
adopted by the British postoftice au-
thorities as sa eguard against for
1arv
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a SHARP OvERSEER.
men In the Employ of Mrs. Howard
Gould Have to Toe the Mark.

men In the Employ of Mrs. Howard
Gould Have to Toe the Mark.
Mrs. Howard Gould assumes the role
OF overseer of the workmen employed
at the Gould mansion from the mo-
ment they enter the house until they
orop their tools at night and depart
Tor home. Hers is no lackadaisical in
terest in the affairs of her decorators
ana carpenters, but she makes each
man "step lively" in most business
like fashion. A rule that is never
sWerved from in the slightest degree
Is that Of enrolment. If man doesn't
wish to be enrolled he must go; if he
objects to being numbered there is
another to take his place. AS the av-
erage laborer is not very rebellious
when 1t comes to matters Of this kind
Mrs. Gould usually finds no difficulty
in writing down the name of each man
and setting a number opposite to it,
this number corresponding with one
on badge of blue ribbon which she
causes to be pinned to the mans coat
or suspender strap.
This done, in the first hour when
the workmen enter the house, they
take up their various branches of
work, and the unsophisticated thinks
he is left to the sole mana cement Of
his master workman. But not SO; Mrs.
Gould goes among her wOrkmen once
during the morning and surveys their
work, with the observation of wom-
whn ma ri 1,nr ind Inv,
dred times before the work is COM
pieted. Then comes the noon hour.
If the men are not back at work when
they should be, Mrs: Gould wants to
know the reason for the delay, and i'm
mediately inquiries into the matter.
When these men work in the after
noon, Mrs. Gould is generally among
them twice, directing a change here,
suggesting a different pattern or some
new and fantastic idea.
Woe to the man who displeases, he
cannot stay. 1t isn't just report made
to the master workman, nor COM
plaint to the contra ctor, but imnedi-
ate, rapid-fire action that takes place.
Mrs. Gould ranges her little force Of
authority lin the form of Mrs. Gould
herself, lead pencil, and notebook)
in front of the unfortunate offender,
and, calling his number and name,
crosses both from the book with a
stroke of her pencil that plainly says,
"Out, damned spot" and, whether it
be in the morning, afternoon or even
ing, that workman is discharged then
will keep him bis place. He has Offend
ed and must 20.
The Western news., 1903-02-11
Runs Through a ID, sert,

A well-known civil engineer, II. B.
Carpenter, who has recently completed
the survey of the southern line Of Utah,
says the boundary between that State
and Arizona does not cross foot Of cul-
tiyated land. 1t trayerses a desert,
which is cut up by great canyons that
are almost impossible. The length of
the line is 277 miles. Landmarks along
the line will make 1t possible for the
boundary to be located without any
difficulty in the future. Just east Of the
Colorado River a sandstone butte rises
1000 feet above the plain. and the very
peak of this butte is exactly on tie
boundary. Mr.. Carpenter named the
peak State Line butte. Not far from
this butte is another, which stan Is
1900 feet above the plain, and was
named Tower peak. These two gigan-
tic stones will always be guide to per-
sons who have enough curiosity to pen
citrate the desert in search Of the State
line
The Western news., 1903-02-11

vestigation. His family objected tn
cremation. Then he conceived the
'dea of building vault which would
permit OF egress in case OF the resus-
citation OF supposed corpse.
With the aid of his son, Thomas bo
built such tomb In Grandyiew com.
etery. at Williamsport. The body of
it is of solid masonry and it fits into
the side of a hill. Five comportmants
OF cast iron were inserted hor,zontal-
~. one for each member of Mr. pur-
sells family. Each chamber is sbonad
similar to Il coffin and is open at tho
outer end.
All of the steel heads which aro to
cover the compartments are fitted
with combination locks of Mr. p,r-
sells invention. Should he or tho oc.
cupant of any of the other chambers
return to life the working of the COM
bination from within would loosen tho
head and give freedom.
The Western news., 1903-02-11


mans personality is mirrored in his writing as
it is not in his photograph
1t is in the natural wholly unstudied writing that
persons characteristics pnest shown and these are
the specimens sought by the when called upon
to make comparison. In school and early lie we v
acquire model hand and strive for GER
tain ideal The exgencies of business in later life Hody
this ideal until fits itself into life III such
way purpose by recording our thoughts'
stamping personality it. and greater or less ex-
rejecting character. Many people 'lX character
characteristics BY the first is meant traits or car
the individual; by the second peculiar ana per-
the handwriting that establish the identity
of the writer. When attempt to disguise our Wrltihs
we face the following propositions We must know all
OF handwriting = We must be
able eliminate them at will If wish to simulate the
handwriting of another have the added PROPOSE
tons: l. know all the characteristics entering
into his handwriting g We must be able to acquire these
characteristics at will do not believe there IS an hd
viua and successfully DO these
things. few people know the characteristics
of their own handwriting.
The Western news., 1903-02-11
RECENT JUDICIAL DECISIONS,

The adoption of a law authorizing
the prosecution of crimes already COM
mitted. by information. is held in State
vs. Kyle (Mo.D, 56 L. r. A. 115. not to
be forbidden by the constitutional pro-
vision against ex post facto laws.
A statute providing for a bounty on
the manufacture Of beet sugar is held,
in Michigan Sugar Company VS.. Dick
(Mich.), SO L. r. A. 800, to be unconsti-
tutional as a taking of the property Of
the taxpayers for use which is not
public.
An insolvent corporation is held in
National Wall Paper Company VS.. Co.
lumbia National Bank (Neb.), 56 l.. +.
A. 121, to have no right to give prefer
ence to a debt due from it on which
the officers and directors are bound as
surcties.
A condition in policy insur;ng a
building against loss or damage by
fire, which purports to give the insurer
the option to rebuild in case of total
loss. is held in Milwaukee Mechanics
Insurance Company VS.. Russell tOhio),
Sc L. r. A. 159. to be repugnant to Il
statute providing that in case of total
loss the whole amount mentioned in
the policy shall be paid.
Municipal authorities are held in Peo-
pie ex rel. Bibb VS.. Alton Qll), Sc l.. Il.
A. 95, to have no right to establish diff
ferent schools for white and co!ored
children and exclude colored children
from schools established for white
children and send them out of their
district to reach colored school es-
tablished for the colored children,
though equally as good or superior to
those established for white children.
The owner of a life-insurance policy
having agreed to pay a city for sup
port furnished him out of its poor fund,
the city is held. in McQuillan VS.. Mutu-
al Reserve Fund Life Association
(Wis.). 56 L. r. A. 233, to be his credit
or for the value of the support furnish
ed within the meaning of clause in
the policy providing that, in case of
its assignment to a creditor, 1t shall be
valid only to the amount of his claim.
A provision in an insurance policy
that if policy holder, in case of for
feiture for failure to pay assessments,
shall afterward pay the amount due
from him, the policy "shall be holding
from the date Of the receipt of SAID
amount" is held in Johnston VS.,
PhelnS Countv Earmers' Mutual In.
surance Company (Neb.), Sc L. r. A.
127, to prevent receipt of the amount
Of the delinquent assessment from
operating as a waiver of forfeiture if
at the time Of such receipt any of the
insured property remains in existence
to which the revived insurance may
attach.
The Western news., 1903-02-11

SOME OF NATURES WONDERS
''*f+.t'.t.'3..t. a..s..s..t.3..*3.+.:..:..ta.

When you get bored with life in gen.
eral and mourn because there is noth-
Ing new under the sun, you might take
up Nature study and learn that all
about you-in the cir, under foot, in the
water-are marvels greater than Pelee,
as unexplainable as the magnetic COM
pass.
For years Adele NJ. Fielde, Of New
York, has been studying ants. Your nat
ural history has told you that these in
sects live, fight, rear their young and
die very much as do human beings, pun
ishing offenders, amusing the little
ones, and at least initiating much
higher type Of life.
They are practically blind. Even in
the sunlight the ant cannot see more
than one-quarter of an inch in front of
its eyes. 1t works in the dark as we'll
as in daylight, and has the sense Of
smell so highly developed that this sense
takes the place Of eyes.
Put an ant under a microscope and
you will see two long, flexible horns on
the front of it's head. The horns have
twelve joints, and the last five joints on
each horn have the sense of smell. BY
the twelfth joint the ant tells it's own
nest from the nests of other ants. By
the eleventh nose the ant recognizes
blood relatives. By the tenth joint the
ant can scent it's own trail and follow it
as hound follows the path Of some
wild animal. The eighth and ninth
joints give the ant power to recognize
its own children. What the remaining
seven joints are for is an unsolved prob
lem. These things were discovered by
a process Of amputation. The nature
students cut off the various joints, rob-
bed ants Of their senses, and made the
discoveries related above
With five noses amputated the ant is
an imbecile, Indifferent to friend and
foe, unable to find it's home-stupid in
the extreme-without the instinct to
seek food or avoid danger. So blind
ant can work, eat, hunt, fight and car
ry out the marvellous scheme of it's ex-
istence without eyes, unaided by the
sun, not hindered by darkness.
Man, the highest type of life, cannot
do as much. If you would be amused
and interested, study the ant The more
you study, the smaller you will feel in
the face Of the mighty mysteries Of
| nature.-Cincinnati Post.
The Western news., 1903-02-11
PRICES GO UP IN BOUNDS.

Startling Manner in Which Real Estate
Values Jump on Long Island Sound.
Real estate values in some parts of
Long Island have lately increased with
amazing rapidity, owing to the evident
desire of certain wealthy men to form
large holdings. The following story is
told in New York paper in connection
with the recent purchase of a 45-acre
farm near Lake Success: An agent
called on the owner and asked him
what he would sell for.
Five thousand dollars" he replied.
"All right" said the agent, "but first
l will have to see my principal"
In a day or two he returned saying,
"Well, we will take your place"
Il am asking $4,000 now," was the
reply Of the owner, who had "become
wise"
The agent demurred, but the farmer
insisted, and the agent was compelled
again to consult his principal. On his
return the farmer had raised the price
to $4,000.
"Well," said the agent, "that is too
much. We don't want your farm par
ticularly, anyhow"
"All right" was the answer
week later the agent visited the
place again, and on seeing the owner
said. "Well, have you jumped your
price again?"
"Ycs. have; want $4,000 now
'I'll take it." said the agent. Here
10 deposit. for there's no telling
where you will jump to next"
The Western news., 1903-02-11

Bibles for the Rlin6.

There is New York publishing
house which sells Bibles for the blind.
The letters are embossed and stand
out in relief sufficiently high to en-
able the trained fingers of the "read-
er" to interpret whole word almost
as quickly as the eye transmits the
same intelligence to the mind. The
Bible. printed in eight volumes, can
be had for IS. but as only a small
portion of the blind can afford to buy
them, the sale Of the books is neces-
sarily small.
The Western news., 1903-02-11
Suffered from Neglect.

Lady" began the dusty wayfarer,
.'could you help poor sufferer of Mont
Pelee?'
"AIont Pelee?' echoed the house.
wife; why. you are no resident OF
Martinique"
Il know dat, mum. but I am a suffer-
ladies had saved fer me dey sent down
dere." e."-Philadelphia Record
The Western news., 1903-02-11

Europe that has not given some Of its best to
help IN building up the American union. Many were
compelled to leave Europe for political others for religious
reasons. but the majority simply emgrated find
opportunity for remunerative occupation Whatever the
motives OF the emgrans the latter of char
acer considerably above the of those who
malned at homee The who travelled thousands of
miles to find for themselves homes necessarily pos
sessed more than the ordinary of energy and
courage The nineteen millions of people who crossed the
Atlantic during the last century had confidence in them
selves and in the future and seeking if only in
material sense country better than the in which they
were born they were masters of their fate.
The United States may be compared with crucble Of
continental dimensions BY the melting and fusng to-
gether of elements Of different naonaltes the American
nation was formed The fundamental character of the
Americans remained specifically English. This
had at Its command the entire abundance of
natural resources of the country Free from all preu
dces, traditions and hereditary Institutions which have
been an obstacle in the development of the European
ons the new country freely and developed The first
aim of the people to accumulate wealth That is still
the aim Of the Americans toward which they striving
with all their might and energy and for that they
easily overke their competitors whose strength and
ergy is used up in various other pursuits
The Western news., 1903-02-11
IRON TOMB IN WHICH
ITS INVENTOR RESTS.

In the vault which he invented and
built as a safeguard against prema-
ture burial rests John Nj. Pursel, who
died recently at Williamsport. Pa.
While the widow and other mourners
stood about the quaint wall of ma
Gonry the pall-bearers showed the cof-
fin into an iron compartment just
large enough to receive it. The coffin
lid was not screwed down. Immedi-
The Western news., 1903-02-11

ately craftsman commenced to place
Il covering of steel over the opening.
This was bolted and cemented in such
IA manner that it could be removed
from the outside only by means of
violent force. Should the inmate re
The Western news., 1903-02-11
1t Didn't Matter Anyway.

The following explanatory note ac-
companied young mans wedding gift
to a friend: "My Dear Girl-You will
find in the box thingamajig. which
has something to do with eating. It's
a cross between a harpoon and a hay
fork. 1t may be for spearing pickles
or stacking chopped cabbage. Any
way, you VIII be SO happy that you
won't care"
The Western news., 1903-02-11


find
square pillows have an air of substantial
fulfilling OF
while the
Garden trace
hom.lv
charm rendering essentially lvale The ON
is
m be ove!lo ookcd
The Western news., 1903-02-11
THIS A DAY OF SPECIALISTS.
BY Arthur J. Balfour. English Premier.

ny AIlHuF y. bdHOufs EnQuSn FFemlef.
l think we all sometimes envy the
lot of those happy people who lived at
a time when it was within the capacity
of any single individual to master
without any undue effort the whole
compass of human learning and Of
human knowledge.
That day has now passed What will
1t be in some generations hence? l
am almost glad that l shall not live
to see that day-a day at which sup
pose the specialist will have an enor-
nous and almost unutterable contempt
for the generalizer-for the philosopher
or the generaiZer who attempts to
bring within the compass Of one sur
Vpy and one view the general rpSultS
The Western news., 1903-02-11

vive, however, lie can unfasten the
door bys manipulating a combination
lock on the inner side.
For years MI. Pursel was haunted
by the dread of being buried alive. He
made an exhaustive collection of news
paper clippings on the subject and de-
voted years Of his lie to personal in
The Western news., 1903-02-11

u PIERS FL m:fnE PE0||'|Rl||Il|, g

Indifference this absolute independence that draws
the magnet draws needles
The woman who wishes to be fascinating. there
FORE casts aside her and interests herself
primarily in subjects other than study of attracting the
opposite SEX Let her be domestic and useful with in
dvlduaty Of her method of king out for herself
without the assistance of those about her.
The Western news., 1903-02-11
CHARACTER IN HANDWRITING.
BY ". J. kinsley. Handwriting Expert.

In the last quarter of century the
identification Of individuals by means
of their handwriting has been used
more and more in criminal as well as
civil cases in the courts. Through the
handwriting of the individual will shine
his personality as in no other thing he
does. 1t is more personal ofttimes than
the person himself; as frequently-ln
fact, nearly always-there is less change
in the handwriting from year to year
than in the features of the individual.
And where changes in the handwriting
The Western news., 1903-02-11

When we see the gay socks the men
wear. we are filled with pity for their
women folks who have to chase around
town for darning cotton 20 match.
The Western news., 1903-02-11

Speaking of pleasures. the man who
works every day thinks it would be joy
to be able to stay at home in bed when
sick.
The Western news., 1903-02-11
CAUSES OF AMERICAN PROGRESS.
BY Dr.. c. Doenges, Professor In

Wherein lies the secret Of American success?
There are undoubtedly many causes which have
led to the marvellous development Of that country.
"A young and energetic Of people of strong
vitality took possession of the enormous resources
OF virgin continent, fifteen times the area Of
Germany. The people who left the old continent
to find new homes in America were by no means
of inferior character There Is no country in
The Western news., 1903-02-11

Some young men are preiudiced
against work because they imagine
that being hired lowers them.
The Western news., 1903-02-11

Mistakes seem to be necessary: a
man who can't show scars isn't much
Of q wood chopper.
The Western news., 1903-02-11

Lots Of blessings in disguise go away
without discovering themselves.
The Western news., 1903-02-11

Love may be blind. but the average
mother in-laW isn't.
The Western news., 1903-02-11


of human knowledge and where the generazer him
self feel lost in the of knowledge mass of detail
which will meet the student in every branch knowledge
who really intends to master its secrets.