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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16
Christmas Holiday Excursion Rates
via Charleston & Western Carolina
Railway.

Round trip tickets on sale at very low rates
December %, "a, 25. 80, 81, 1908. and January
1904. with final return limit January 4th 1908
inclusive, with final return limit 9Th, 1904, fol
teachers and students Of school and colleges
oc presentation and surrender Of certificate
signed by Superintendent, Principal or Presi
dent OF school or college. For further In
formation apply to your ticket agent. or
Geo. T. Bryan, Ernest william,
General Agent Gen. Pass. Agent.
Greenyille, s. c. Augusta. Ga
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16
Repair Shop.

Furniture repaired, uphostering done, all
kinds. Mattresses made ana old ones retack'
ed as good as new. Shop on Church street.
Terms reasonable. Wliilam foPe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16
Cars RIM Over Him.

Hinse Pope. a colored man employed In the
Seaboard Shop yards had his leg out on yes.
tsrday morning. By a misstep his leg was
thrown under moving train. The rolling
wheels did the rest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16
Notice..

will be at Abbeville on first Monday OF
each month and two weeks following tor the
purpose of treating Hemorrhods (Piles.)
Ia painless and without the use of chloroform
and the knife. Cure guaranteed. All parties
Interested will find me at the Glenn Ethel
Inn Hotel, Abbeville, s. c., or DR.. B. A. Matti'
Once hours from 10 A. NJ. till P. M. Oh
above mentioned days.
Jno. B. Britt M. D.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16
Wedding.

Monday, December 81, 1908, Mr.. and Mrs: =
T. Eakin have sent out Invitations TO the
marriage Of their daughter Virginia to Mr.
twenty.first. nineteen hundred and three, q,
three O'Clock. At Home, Abbeville, South
Carolina.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16
Going TO California.

Miss Fannie and Miss Mary Stark WILL &c
IN Los Angeles, California, In January. Their
kinswoman. Mrs. T. G. Cover, Of Greenville
will chaperop the young ladies on their faI
or Journey. The trip will be delightful one
and the stay Will be somewhat prOlongeo.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1908.
Notice 70 TreRnaSSerS !.

All persons and all stock are ordered to keep
off my farm. No hunting, or trespassing al.
lowed. Those who disregard this notice Will
be prosecuted. Ed. Turner.
Dec. g. 1903
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16
Tigers Escaped.

Judging from the Greenwood newspapers.
1t seems to us that some Of Charleston g
blind tigers have escaped, and are now lurk.
ing In private places about the latter city.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16
Married.

In the Manse, AbbevilIe, 3. c., on the 9Th
inst. by Rev. j. Lowrie Wilson, D. D., Mr.
Carl Milford and Miss Lille Purdy. all Of this
county,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16

Cocoanut crisp, peanut candy, ore nges ane @
apples clean and fresh at the BAKERY. LILY
'em snd be convinced.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16
Reflections OF q Bachelor.

Reflections OF Bachelor.
One man can lead q woman to thought. but
n thousand cannot make her think.
A man can be very comfortable In any
klud OF chair II he is sure everybody else
wants 1t.
1t is terribly humiliating TO a woman to
think how ashamed OF some things she
would have TO be II she weren't married.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16
ThOmpson-NOrrell.

Mr.. Ollie Thompson and Miss Sallle Nor
reIl were married on Sunday evening. Decem.
ber 18Th, at O'Clock, by the Rev. w. B. Sans,
at the Episcopal Rectory. The wedding was
a outlet one, only q few OF the contracting
parties were present
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16
Eggs Wanted.

J. w. Breihahn, the baker. will pay the
highest market price for eggs. Give MIN
call before you sell.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16

A pessimist ia a man who views his neigh.
bors through q smoked glass.
Even the osophical owner OF a freproo
building Is apt TO insure 1t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16
U,iferary Climb,

The Literary Club will meet next Tuesday
n ieht al the home of Mr.. Barksdale. w. P.
Greene, ESQ.,, will read an essay on henry
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16

A woman thinks there Is only one man In
the world whose wife is altogether perfect
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16
For Rent.
TaHy

1000 chairs to rent for all kinds OF entertain
ments, 3 cents each. Kerr Furniture GO.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16

The nearer you get to the butt end OF
revenge the sweeter 1t isn't.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16

We have a few Sewing Ma
chimes that are guaranteed
as good as the best. We will
sell them for cash or on the
installment plan. Get our
prices. Thomson Bros.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16

Pure North Carolina Buck.
wheat Flour-the dark kind.
A. N. Smith & Co.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16
Abbeville Lodge No. as, I. 0. 0. F.
For Rent.

For Rent
When you need chairs for entertainments
religious. social or otherwise, we have them
cents each delivered. Kerr Furniture Co.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16

Xmas goods for all at Milford's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16

"Dear Santa Claus: It Is most Christmas
now. Please come and bring me doll, doll
carriage some candy and bananas, and be
sure and bring Mr.. MoDonalds little boys lots
Of things. Yours, Tenie"
P,S. The above is cute little letter given
us on Route No. by 8 sweet faxen haired
little four year old girl, with Instructions to
email" 1t to Santa Claus, which We OF course
have done. We hope the brightest anticips.
tions Of this little one may be fully realized
on happy Christmas tide. .g-
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-17
Let Cuba Look After Herself.

The avowci lutennou of the
United States was not made with
the merccnary purpose II irahsp'r-
tition trade monopoly as comrensa
ton II 1t had been, ii II not like
Iy that Enelau', the friend OF The
United States, would have exercised
ITS II llucncr. as i, undoubtedly III T.,
TO prevent the nations Of Europr
from paltaklng III any active op'ra-
ions in the campaign. Cubs en-
sell all the sugar and other pro
duets II raises al profit, and should
be gwen tree SCOPE To regulate is
commerce according to Its own ideas
and necessities without procrDy
with this country or any other.
Key West (FIa.) Adv riser
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-17

dusires. This called forth glow
ing tribute to Mr.. Diuglev from
Senator Hale.
It's impossible 20 foresee the end
Of the Statehood controversy or 10
foretell the result Both sides claim
TO lie contiien, but Senator Bryer-
idge aud hls committee appear TO be
afraid TO preclpita'e a vote. Sen
a'or Quay assures your correspond
eut that he is ready Tor vote al
any time and that he has enough
affirmative votes pledged TO insure
the admission Of the three proposed
states To some members Of the
Senate the prolonged discussion is
relief a. It serves TO foreslali nnwel
come leg station.
One day last week the handsome
public library which Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie presented to the City of
Washington was formerly opened.
Mr.. Carnegie was here and made
an address, after a few remarks by
the President, in the course of
which he paid very delicate com
pliment Secretary OF State, Hay. Re
ferring TO Mr.. Carnegle's generosity
The President said: "rhese gifts
are most happy IN two ways, tney
indicate that the giver has neither a
hard heart nor soft head A few
moments later Mr.. Carnegie sad,
referring TO the President that she
head of the greatest republic on
earth had risen 10 most enviablc
emineuce III the republic Of letters"
before he had received the higher
distinction. Then, leaning yard
Mr.. lIay Mr.. Carnegie SAID,
"But here IS one who vas a prince
in the republic of letters before the
nation claimed hum"
The long leave of absence grant.
ei t. DR.. Won IIollebcn. The Ger
man Ambassador to III. Uni ed
Sta e., which II is announced l. due
To The la tess health, is ksowu IN
Washington 20 he due to thorough
dissatisfaction by his government
wnh the manner in which the Am
bassador has admin stored his Off
cial duties. His reports to his
country on every subj have been
replete viii inaccuracies and in all
questions of Judgment DR. Won
Holleben has Invariably chosen the
wrong course or made the wrong
conclusion HIS absence W II prove
source Of relief 10 the Admins
tratIop, which was in constant ieai
that his bluhdering would result in
some serious Misunderstanding be-
tween his Government and the
United States.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-17

Mrs. Johanna Soderholm, of Fergus
Fails, MINI. fell and dslocated her
shoulder. She had surgeon get 1t
back in place as soon as possible, but
it was quite sore and panied her very
much. Her son mentioned that he
had seen Chamberlain's Pain Balm
advertised for sprains and soreness,
and she asked him to buy her a bottle
Of it, which be did. II quickly reliev-
ed her and enabled her to sleep which
she had not done for several days.
The son was SO much pleased with the
relief it gave his mother that he has
since recommended it to many others.
For sale by Estorge Drug Co.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-17
BEST ATTENTION GIVEN OUR PATRONS
MORGAN CITY POULTRY FOOD
and Fertilizer Co.
crushed shells for Poultry Food,
Fertilizlng and Side, walks.
TO THE TRADE:

To TIE TRADE:
We have secured the agency for
the above firms products for the
parishes Of st. Martin. Vermilion
and Iberia, and will always keep
a supply on hand of Fertilizer
Poultry Food, and Walk or Con,
crete Shells If in need of any
of the above would be pleased to
figure with you for same. The
shell Fertilizer has past it's exper
mental stage and is known to the
planters as being one of the best
Fertilizers on stiff. also worn out
and sour lands,
State Chemical analysis is as
follows:
Moisture, organic matter and unGeter-
mined ................ 3.S7 per cent.
lnsoluble matter ......3.73
Phosphoric acid, ....... .l2 ="
Carbonate of lime. 80. 92.25 - 4"
(Signed) VINO. STUBBs, Director.
REMARKS: The above is a very
good carbonate of lime, having
but little else present.
Hoping to receive your valued
order, either in person, by mail or
phone and thanking You in adj
vance for same, we are
Very truly yours,
CYPRESS STORE,
NEW IBERIA La
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-17

Your great man shines before the
popnIace IN va,n--without the news.
paper, says the New York Press
He spread-eagles the Constitution
IN valn-without the newspap per.
His clarion voice wakes.up the uni
verse in vain--without the news
paper. HIS most astounding inan-
cial enterprises serve him IN vail.--
without the newspaper. HIS sclen-
titic researches and achievements
are vain--without the newspaper.
His wireless telegraph would be an
accomplishment of small merit
without the newspaper. His NOV
ing sermons, rafting hell Fl re in the
faces of sinners, are vain-witho ut
the newspaper. HIS successes in
every walk Of life are vain
without the newspaper. The news
paper is the fame-maker OF the age.
Of course some of the fame is
cheap, but 1t satisfies the living
wearer of the cloak, even though
posteriiy may change it.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-17

A glance backward shows thai
most Of the Democrats who are
now indorslng Mr.. Cleveland's attl
tude toward Democracy were ~
least a thousand miles away when
the Kansas City Convention assem-
bled. Helena (Mont.) Recorder.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-17
A Liberal OFFER.

The Boston Antl-Imperlalist tea
party Of seventeen solemnly re-
solved that "the destruction of the
Republican party Is neoes sary." 1t
is. but the seventeen have great
confidence in theirdestructive abil,.
ty.- Brooklyn Eagle.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-17

] he Baldwin Locomotive WV .
IN Philadelphia, Pa, furnish
good prosperity item IN the ~.
ment that they Will not take 49,
more contracts 10 bull loco mot''rs
unless given a years time ior 3
delivery of the goods. The GU
pany say that there is mofe de"'
upon the works than ever De'o's
the history of the country
Bend Tribune. s8
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-17

Are you advertising in the
Weekly Iberian. If not, why not?
it pays.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-17

10 A nice line of writing tablets
can be had at Eff. Millard's News
Depot.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-17

Endorsers are unwilling We
will lend You money without en-
dorsement, without real estate Sc.
cnrity, on your stock ct s per cent.
interest.
/ iberia BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-17

Mrs. n. p. Willard has a few White
Plymoth Rock Coskerels for sale at
$l.00 each.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-17
Rev. Carlisle u. rs. Martin
n ID

Waverly, Texas, writes: COT morn
ing when first rising, ! often find a
troublesome collection Of phlegm,
which produces a.cough, and is very
hard to dis1odcc; fnt small quantity
OF Ballard iIorebound Syrup will at
once dislodge it, and the trouble Is
over. know of no medicine that Il
equal TO il, and it i so pleasant t"
take ] can post cordially recon-
mend ii to al persons, needing med
,cinc for throat or lung troubles.
Price CSC, 5oc 500 bottle al Estorge
Drug Go.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-17

New Novels on sale +. f. Mil
ards News Depot.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-17

"Windsorv Rubber Collars ~
Cuffs for sale at Millard 8.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-17

Just as good for winfeT wa
for summer.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-01-23
Missouri Editors Defiance.

A Missouri editor who is about to
pull up and leave for lack of support,
sarcastically remarks in parting that
editors don't need money. Don't
worry about the editor" he esays. "He
has a charter from the State to act as
door mat for the community. He'll
get the paper out somehow, and stand
up for you when yourdn for office, and
lie about your pigeon toed daughters
tacky wedding, and blow about your
big footed sons when they get $4
week job. and weep over your shrivel-
ed soul when it is released from your
grasping body, and smile at your giddy
wife's second marriage. He'll get
along. The Lord only knows how
but the editor will get there somehow ;
Kansas City Star.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-01-23
THE OLDEST RAILROAD.
1t is a Little One in England and
Was Incorporated in 1919.

The traveller who leaves Plymouth
for London by the Great Western Ry.
will notice when he has proceeded two
and three quarter miles and is passing
the two hundred and forty fourth
miiepost from Paddington that the
train crosses single line of railroad
almost at right angles on the level. To
it Immediately succeeds an overbrldge
and then, on the left hand or off side
may be seen the single line in question,
laid upon rough stone blocks. but pfe
senting decidedly out-of date appear
ance Perchapce a train of four Or
five little trucks loaded with square
Jumps of china clay and drawn by a
couple of horses may be seen, but in
half mile the old line trends away
northward and is lost sight of. 1t
belongs to the oldest railroad company
in the world.
The Plymouth and Dartmouth Ry.
was incorporated on July 2, 1918. for
making and maintaining tramroad
or iron railway for the passage of wa
gons and other carriages from Crab
tree to near the prisons of war on Dart
moor. These prisons had been erected
about 10 years before on the loneliest
and widest tract of land that could
be found to accommodate the French
prisoners of war who Inconveniently
crowded Plymouth sound in hulks.
The protector of the line, however,
Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt-had a great
idea that Dartmoor was capable of
The Plymouth and Dartmoor Ry.
Co. was dissolved and reincOrporated
by an act of 1865 for the purpose OF
bringing it under the provisions of
modern acts as to using steam power.
etc. The old rates were revised and
power taken to carry passengers. 1t
then owed f75, 900 to the mortgages,
who released it on being paid in shares
The company has since constructed
some local lines near Plymouth, which
are worked by the Great Western and
the London and Southwestern: in fact,
it is virtually joint line now. Still,
though it owns no rolling stock, it has
nominally an independent existence,
receives its rents, maintains London
office and may undoubtedly be consid
cred the oldest railway company in the
world. d.-Railroad Gazette.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-01-23


HOUSE TO SECURE WINTER EGGS.
then a frame of any good stout ma
terial is made, as shown in the Illus
tration. The base piece is imbed-
ded in the concrete, and the wall is
made two inches wider than the
wooden uprights, on each side OF
them, and as the wall is carried up,
the uprights are inclosed in the con-
crete. The latter is made of lime
and sand, small stones, cheap, broken
bricks and pieces of hard wood. In
fact, any hard substance may be
worked into the wall. It is leveled
up and smoothed over by the lime
and sand mixture.
At first the originator used ce-
ment in the, latter mixture, but, find
ing the lime answered as well, and
cost less than one-third as much as
the cement, he abandoned the ce-
ment. When finished the walks are
smooth and white, will last a life
time and harbor no vermin what
ever. In making the roof, Mr. Geer
uses a four-inch scantling placed on
edge. On top a waterproof roof is
laid. Under the rafters tongued and
grooved ceiling is nailed and the
four-inch space is packed with forest
leaves or some other inexpensive ma
terial. Double windows, with stout
shutters for the night, defy the frost.
In houses of this character, Mr..
Geer's fowls mate and lay all win
ter. February 6 he took off an in
cubator hatch of 1872 chickens from
total installment of 225 eggs tested
down to 1879 fertile ones. He attrib-
utes the high per cent. of fertility of
his eggs in winter to the natural
warmth of his fowls in the concrete
houses, which is superior to the arti-
fetal warmth generated by furnace
or hot water pipes. In houses of this
kind the early-hatched pullets and
the early molted hens lay all win
ter, little chickens thrive and grow,
while the incubator is unaffected by
any change of temperature outside.
Henry B. Geer, in Orange Judd
Farmer
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-01-23
Eucalyptus, Tree of the Deserts.

That phenomenal tree of the Aus
tralian deserts, the Euc ilyptus,. which
has been planted forty years in the dry
soil of our own South west, where it
is commonly known as the Biae Gum,
Red Gum, is the subj ct of bulletin
soon to be issued by the Bureau OF
Forestry under the title s'Eucalypts
Cultivated in the United States,
Although of foreign origin, the Eu
calyptus seems specially fitted to the
dry country of Arizona, New Mexico,
southern California, and western Tex
rs, where its value would be hard TO
overestimatc. Its drought resisting
powers enable it to flourish where no
large American tree will grow. 1t
yields oil, gum. nectar for honey bees.
furnishes shade for the ranch house,
windbreaks for field crops, and fire.
wood for localities where. fuel is scarce.
But it's chief value lies in the posi-
biiities it holds for the reforestatlon OF
the bare, dry mountain sides OF the
desert country and for the protection
of irrigating streams. 1t is specially
adapted for such purposes by reason OF
its rapidity of growth in arid soil.
No native American species can
equal the extraordinary development
of this exotic from remote Australia.
On the ranch of Elwood Cooper, near
Santa Barbara. California, there are
Eucalypts 25 years old, as great in
girth as oaks of 800 years. AnG time
and again the species called Blue Gum
has, when cut to the ground, sent up
sprouts from the stump which In eight
wears have reacheda height of a hum
dred feet. Nor does this rapidity of
growth shorten the life of the tree; for
the Eucalyptus. in its Australian home,
reaches a great age and rivals IN size
the giant Redwoods and the Big Trees
of California.
The author of the bulletin on Gu
calypts Cultivated in the United
States, - Professor Alfred j. .McClatchle,
of the Arizona Experiment Staton,at
Phoenix, has devoted ten years to the
study of this genus. Beside his OBJ
servations of its growth in the South
west, be has had the benefit of cor
respondence concerning it with botan.
lists of this country and of Australia,
Algiers, and France
Tue bulletin, while deVoting itself
especially to the Eucalyptus as its
grows in this country, contains short
descriptions Of its habits in it's native
home and of its remarkable travels in-
to all the great dry regions of the
globe.
Detailed descriptions are given OF
the best methods Of propagating and
caring for Eucalyptus, which includes
directions for terminating the seed,
transferring the plants to forest soil,
and setting them in the field. The
bulletin contains, In addition. careful,
detailed descriptions. illustrated by
photographs, of the principal Eucalypts
cultivated in the United States.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-01-23
Finds Way to Live Long.

The startling announcement of a dis
covery that will surely lengthen life is
made by editor o. H. Downey, of Chu-
rubusco, Ind. Il wish to state" he
writes, THAT DIR. Kings New Discov
cry for consumption is the most infal-
Iible remedy that I have ever known
for coughs, colds and grip. It's invalu
able to people with weak lungs.
Having this wonderful medicine no
one need dread pneumonia or con.
sumption. Its relief is instant and
cure certain" B. +. Hughes guaran-
tees every SOC and 81 bottle, and gives
trial bottles free.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-01-23
How a Traveller Got Eggs.

An, English traveller who has visited
eyerv nation in the world is authority
for the statement that one food is uni
versal throughout all countries.
''There is not part of the world" he
says, "where you cannot get an egg"
While in western China, however, he
at first had some difficulty in getting
even eggs. The natives could not un-
derstand him, and refused to recog-
nize the pictures he drew of eggs.
"The way got out of the difficulty" !"
he adds, ''was that I squatted down on
my launches, tapped my wings and
cock-a-doodle-doo'd until the entire
nation grasped what l wanted, and
was simply provided with hundreds Of
eggs.''
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-01-23
Live Beetles Kill Poultry.

One thing which is responsible for
the death of many turkeys is their eat
ing of live beetles, says a writer in the
Midland Farmer. If the potato beetles
are killed before eating, no harm is
done, but when swallowed alive, they
will live for number of days, destroy
ing the lining of the crop and bringing
on Inflammation. Chickens are not apt
: to eat potato beetles, but often swal-
log cinch bugs alive, which are small
er, but about as harmful. Grasshop-
pers are so large that they are usually
torn to pieces before eating. All soft
insects may be swallowed without dan
ger to the turkey or chicken.