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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-20
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items OF More or Less Interest Con.
densed-Outside the State.

Items OF More or Less Interest Con.
densed-Outside the State.
Over a billion dollars and ten million spia-
dies we're represented at the meeting OF the
Southern Cotton Spinners Association held
In Charlotte last week.
Jackson villes loss on account of the result
OF cloud burst Is estimated at about $3.50, 600.
solid trainloads the water hyacinibs that
washed into their yards. 1t took 25O cars To
remove them.
In wreck near Hot Springs, Ark, ou
Thursday, caused by a passenger train on the
Oklahoma and Cult Railroad jumping the
track on fifteen foot embank ment, the engi-
neer was fatally injured, the fireman killed,
six persons seriously injured and dozen or
more hurt.
The question OF proposing to the powers
the reduction OF navies was brought up in the
British House OF Commons last week. The
prevailing sentiment was that all The great
powers are steadily increasing their naval
forces, and Great Britain must do likewise.
By vote OF to l, the Diocesan Convent
Of Georgia last week declared against chang.
ing the name OF the Episcopal Church TO the
Catholic Church OF America.
o. Nine and one half Inches of rain fell at
Greensboro, Ala, on Thursday night the
heavi viest rain ever seen in that section. Gar.
dens and crops were totally destroyed.
There were several sensations on the New
York Cotton exchange last Thursday. May
option went up to ll42, the highest price in
twelve or thirteen years.
General Davis, commanding In the Philip
pines, has disa approved the acQuittal o. Lieut..
prisoners placed bis pistol In the hands OF a
corporal aDd ordered the corporal TO shoot
any trying TO escape. Two were shot. Lee
was justified by the court martial. cut Gen.
Davis says he exceeded his authority.
VIM. H. Jackson, Republican member OF
Congress from Maryland, has announced
that he will ask the dscontinuence of the
post office at Quindocqua, to which Andrew
]. Day, q negro, has oeen appointed. This
is said TO be the first negro postmaster ever
IA negro Christian science practitioner has
with the murder OF negro woman found
with two bullets lodged In her brain.
AS the result of fire which destroyed an
apartment building In Chicago on Friday
night two are dead, one is missing, and
twenty seven families narrowly escaped
with their lives.
The streets Of Jacksonville were still In
darkness on Friday night as a result OF the
cloud burst there. The trains, however, had
begun to run on time. The A. G. l.. was the
heaviest Loser, Its loss being estimated a
about $1,000
In the assignment of names to seacoast
batteries by the U. 3. Government, Fort
Fremont, 5. c., becomes Battery Jesup In
honor Of Gen. L. 3. Jesup, distinguished in
the war OF 1912. and Fort Moultrie. s. e., be-
comes Battery Logan, In honor Of Capt VIM.
Logan, who was killed In action with Mex
Perces Indians at Pig Hole Basin, Mont, In
1877.
A cotton mill man who was attending the
Cotton Spinners Association at Charlotte
last week said he had sold l 500 bales OF COT
| ton.
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Citizens Meeting.

A meeting of citizens Interested in the es
tablishmept Of a Knitting Mil or another
Furniture Factory will be held in the Court
House Friday afternoon, May 22rd at o'clock
30 let everybody turn out.
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Good Roads.

There will be 8 meeting OF the voters OF
Long Cane township at the Center School
House on Saturday, May 23rd at O'Clock p.
m, for the purpose of organizing GOOD
Roads Association. A. T. McIlwain, T. W.
McCord w. 7. CoWap, Committee.
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Union Meeting.

The Union Meeting, upper division of the
Abbeville Association, will meet with the
oh, at Walnut Grove, Greenwood Coun.
~, on the 5th Sabbath and Saturday before at
IL a. m. Respectfully,
Nj. MCGEE.
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For Sale.

. One fpe registered Jack. Az hands high.
Color, q beautiful black With white points.
Shapely and docile. Offspring tas es prem.
iums at County and State fairs. Cheap.
.0f.tE Mrs. Lizzie P. Wessinger.
: <E. Adair, (Seaysville,) Lex. Co., S G.
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Well Ported.

Mrs. Greene-That was a fine article
your husband wrote about "The Smoke
Nuisance" Mr.. Greene says 1t is the
best thing that has appeared on the sub
ject. ..
Mrs. Gray-Yes? I suppose it ought
to be. My husband smoked no less than
ten cigars while writing it. Boston
Transcript.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-20
The Keutuckfan,s Boast,

Ke1tuckians boast their fast horses, fine
whiskey and beautiful women, but every
housek eeper in this city who uses Clifton
docr, made Of native Kentuckey wheat,
kn ows that this great State possesses another
product OF unexcelled merit. l.. 7. T. M.
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If you will call at Speeds Drug Store you
can get free sample OF Enthymore Tooth
Paste.
Ifyou expect to paint any this spring IT
will pay you TO see me before you buy your
paint, anything from the cheapest TO the
best at Speeds Drug Store.
Why pay Sc for "bum" cigar when you
can get the Cinco for the same price, nothing
like 1t for the same money. Sales three to
six thousand every month controlled here by
Z. B. Speed.
Our soda fountain Is running in full blast.
With two competent soda men at the helm
we cab please and cool the most dious.
Yours to please, G. A. Milford, The Druggist.
Hundreds of sample handkerchieis from
cheapest TO best. 1t will cost nothing to eX-
| anime them, and If we cannot save you 3S
per cent. will not ask you TO buy. 1sn't tnis
fair proposition? A. NJ. Smith g. Co.
A large bill OF choice stationery expected
this week. Call and see these goods. P. B
Speed.
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The streets Of Jacksonville were still II
cloud burst there. The trains, however, hat
begun to run on time. The A. G. l.. was th'
heaviest loser, Its loss being estimated a
about 800 900.
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AS the result OF fire which destroyed an
apartment building In Chicago on Friday
night two are dead, one is missing, and
twenty seven families narrowly escaped
with their lives.
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The Press and Banner

unpublished every Wednesday at 81 8
ear in advance.
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been arrested at Newport News, charged
with the murder OF negro woman found
with two bullets lodged In her brain.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-02-19
CORN IN PLACE OF COAL.
'The Earme1s Of Central Illinois Use
the Grain In Their Cribs When
Their. Fuel Gives Out.

During. the cold weather, when coal
trains were being held up by the bank
.ers and leading citizens of the small
towns in central Illinois, many farmers
who iveda considerable distances
from these. towns were compelled to
tburn coal for fuel. Many of the farm
ers whose .coal bins had been swept
sclean of every particle of fuel, had we'll
filled corn cribs, and they did not hes
itate in their dire necessity to resort to
turning the. grain. ~ .
Corn has been>selling in that section
of the state for IS cents bushel. Hard
coal, delivered in barrels by the ex-
press companies, has cost as much as
$1S and $40 ton. Only few were a BILE
to get the fuel even at tina t price. There
was nothing left for them to do but to
draw on the corn ribs. Corn makes
[poor substitute for coal, and it is ex-
pensive fuel, but the farmers thought
it better TO use it than to freeze.
Many Of the farmers who were
forced to burn corn were among the
wealthiest land owners In the coun-
try a few miles from Charleston
"a physician found family in a luxuri-
-ous home, .huddled around a crate in
which corn was being burned. The
family had been depending upon corn
to keep them warm for several days.
and said they had not suffered from the
% cold. This is the first time in over
of a century that the farmers
have had to resort@to their grain stores
for fuel =
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-02-19
CAKE WALK ADMIRED BY KING.
The: Performances of an: American
Woman Please Edward, the.
British Monarch. -'

.t -.
King Edward is the latest victim, Of
the cakewalk craze. = Whenever an
American girl is a bout to be intro
duced to him nov his. first fquestion.is:
Can she cakewalll.?'Y': -. -. >. +:
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend complete
ly captivated the king at Sandringh IN
by graceful, agile peri Of the
cakewalk. She dances 1T on Partisan
lines, with less arm and figure move
ment than in the stage version. y..
Mrs. Townsend is the wife of the
United States minister to Belgium AS
was cabled not Long ago, she is the
American social success of the mo-
ment at London, and promises to be-
come an important parsonage in Lon
don society. She always dresses beau
tifully, has, good looks, is Intelligent,
and, what counts for much just now,
plays bridge we'll.
After taking Homburg society by
storm, she came to London, made in
5fuential friends, was invited to be one
Of King Edwards guests at a house
party at Sandring CHAM, and since then
has been the bright and particular star
in the fashionable firmam
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-02-19
TO PROTECT ALLIGAToRS.
= The Supervisors Along the Lower
Mississippi River Take Action =
in This Direction.

The police jury or board of super
visors of Plaquemine parish, extending
along the Mississippi river 100 miles
from New Orleans to the passes, have
passed an ordinance prohibiting any
person from hunting killing or trap
ping alligators. PlaQuemine was for
merly the home. of the greatest num-
Der of alligators in the world and a
big business in alligator skins was car
ried on in its bayous, most of the
saurians being killed.
The jury reports that in consequence
of the thinning out of the alligators
the muskrats. upon which the ALI
gators mainly live. have increased so
as to be a danger to the levee system
of the parish. The rats bore holes
through the levees and the expense of
supervising and maintaining the levees
and preventing injury from crevasses
has become too burdensome
The alligator hunters say that the
action is taken too late, as the alli-
gators are nearly all killed off and it
will be 20 or 80 years before enough
of them can be propa gated to keep
down the army of muskrats. The levee
boards appealed to the last legislature
to protect alligators. but the hunters
succeeded in having the bill beaten.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-02-19
THE COUNTRY TOWN.
linperfeet Page

It's common to sheer at the country town.
With its quiet streets and its peaceful air,
Where the little river meanders down
10 be lost In the broad, blue sea some
where, g.
AS we who think we are wise are lost
In the roaring city that, like the sea,
Has it's ebb and flow, with its millions
tossed 81
As bubbles robbed of identity.
There's fellowship in the country town.
with Its empty streets and its spreading
trees,
Where the country songbirds MARBLE down
AT maids as fair as man ever sees;
where the wind blows sweet from the fields
near by, .- a.....
Where men know the names which their
neighbors bear, ~ ... ~ -
Where a man is missed when he's gone to
!. lie &c. .'
With the peaceful ones who have ceased
to care. ~.
There are joys out there in the country
town = - ~'} t'a.-. ~.
That we of the city may never learn.
In the rush for money and for renoWn,
Confronting strangers whereer We turn!
On, wasn't Gods world serene and fair
IN the country town ere we came away?
AND won't 1t be sweet to sleep out there. ).
Ear from the city's roar, some, day? IT,,
-. =. ikiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.S: :: :
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-02-19
Il
A CASE OF
III,-IUCk
! BY BERNARD BARRY. -

IN THE little cottage on the south
l ern slope of Telegraph Hill, Nita
was sepe ating;, many Ave Marias be-
fore an atrocious' Autograph Of the
Madonna The zfog-horn had been
growing all morning, and her father
and her lover were out with the fish
ing fleet. For. every Ave. she offered up
for Louis, the lover, she offered two for
hr father, the Padrone. Every one
connected with the fishing industry in
San Francisco knew the P,adrone, and
his advice was the law, OF the fisher
mem Even those who had incurred
his disfavor at times bore him no ILL
will, for the heart Of that gentle, gray
haired giant was as soft as his biceps
were hard Nita loved him as only
petted but unspoiled child could. Even
Louis was not half SO dear to her as
the father--her method Of praying
showed that.
Just at that time Louis and the
Padrone were greatly in need of
prayer, or perhaps, more material as
sistance., A tug-boat -: certainly
steaming much faster than the half
speed prescribed by law for vessels
in the fog-had made matchwood out
of their little boat. Louis and the
Padrone plunged almost Simultaneous
ly into the cold water just in time to
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-02-19
A CHAMPION OF FOOTBALL.
Philadelphia Preacher Says ssBetter
Die at the Game Than Rot
Away in College,

81 would rather have a student killed
occasionally in game of football than
have all the boys rot to death in COLI
lege." This was the utterance Of Rev.
Simon John Mcpherson, headmaster of
the Lawrenceville On. j. school, in a II
address on "The Educate of the Flu
ture in It's Bearing Upon the Ministry
and the Church, delivered before the
esbyterian Social unionin Philadel-
phia the other night. :.s.... ..
Most men don't want their sons to
be minister's" said DR.. Mcpherson,
"for two rea sons: First, because there
is not any money in it, and, secondly,
because many educated young men are
afraid of the ministry as cramped in
tellectual sphere. e y
''The educa ton of the future will
take cognizance of the whole man. He
must develop physically, spiritually
and intellectually. 1 don't believe in
those persons who decry football. Such
talk is all bosh. lam in favor of foot
ball with all my heart. even if there are
broken legs, sprained ankles, and
bumped heads'' %
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-02-19
SPEEDS THROUGH SIBERIA.
|Traveler Now Takes Less Than
Eighteen Days from Picking to
the City of Moscow

Henry c. Rouse, president of the
Missouri, Kansas e Texas railroad,
has arrived at Berlin from St. Peters,
burg, having made midwinter trip
from Picking to Moscow in the record
time of II days and 10 hours over the
eastern Chinese and Trans Siberian
railroads. His journey was acceler-
ated by complimentary special trains
through NIanchuria and the other
eastern provi nces.
Mr.. Rouse was impressed favorably
by Russa's achievements. He believes
in the ultimate commercial value of
the Trans-Siberian railroad. as we'll
as in its immediate strategic use, He
found the railroad well constructed
and admirably conducted THROUGHOUT,
even on the lines recently opened.
Though it is still in the hands of the
construction department it will he
possible soon to make an all-rail iorr-
ney from Berlin to the Pacific coast in
less than fortnight.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-02-19
ART TREASURES NEED ROOM.
MI. Fierpont Morgan's London House
TOO Small to Accommodates
His Purchases. -.o.

According to the London Daily Ex-
press, the artistic treasures which T.
Plerpont Morgan is keeping in London
because of the high tariff are increas
ing so rapidly that his house at Princes
Gate cannot accommodate them: II
is no uncommon thing to see a Gains
borough or Romney propped against
the staircase because there is no room
for it on the walls. Over. one of the
mantelpieces hangs the famous ..Duch-
ess of Devonshire, - most beautifullv
lit up by electricity. A gray marble
ormolu console table cost its purchaser
$4,000. Three rose Du Barry vases
were brought, by Mr.. Morgan at the
Coventry sale for something like $50.
'000 New York could hold an exhibit
tion of the miniatures which Mr.. Nor
gan has purchased and artistically ar
ranged in a cabinet. Most of these are
the work of Cosway and other great
miniature painters and have cost IS 900
each
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-02-19
he Doctors,
Low Case

mr.. TOLBERT was young physi-
IL clan who was possessed of little
else besides his sheepsHn and de-
termination to succeed in his chosen
profession. Shortly after graduating
he and young legal friend, one Mar
tin, took an Office together in Chicago.
They arranged to hold separate hours,
each paying an equal share of the rent.
A small glass and frame partition
divided the little room into two tiny
apartments. The lettering on the
glass portion of the outer door read:
j ohm L. Martin, Law Office" and a
small, neatly designed metal plate on
the panel read: 'sDr. G. II. Tolbert."
The morning hours were set apart
for the exclusive use for the attorney
and his clients-should there be any
to the relief of the sick.
A few friends called and several let
tiers and circulars were received dur
ing the first month. Financing the Sec
ond month, however, was uphill work.
The days seemed long, but the month
was short and the agent of the build
ing, although polite, was frmness
itself. Patients were scarce and poor
at that, and briefs were few and liti-
cation scant, at least with the young
lawyer. Time passed on, the doctor
labored manfuliy among his few out
door patients and. succeeded in keep
ing the rent paid, although it was not
always strictly in advance. Times
grew harder and harder, Martin was
all but discouraged and the agent had
called twice with the persistent little
bill. The DOCTOR. however, bore up
brayely under the trying circum-
stances.
At last one afternoon, as Tolbert'
was. sitting alone reading a textbook
on therapeutics, for lack of other
occupation, he was suddenly aroused
by the opening of the outer office door.
"A moment later a plain, modest look
ing woman stepped in from the hall
way. Her features wore a somewhat
anxious look and under her right eye
there was a dark. confusion, while her
upper lip and forehead bore several
abrasions. "
Il have been arrested for an as
sault,' said his caller. ''Last Monday
morning my clean clothes were hang
ing in the yard and the woman next
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-02-19
WARDS OFF THE LIGHTNING.
Newly invented Clothins Warranted
to Protect the Wearer from
Electric Strokes.

Thanks to the researches of a Rus
sian savant man may now, like
Joye, defy the lghtnings stroke. He
has invented garment that is said
to be certain protection against a
stroke of the electric fluid 1t is
light and flexible and does not in the
least interfere with the movements
Of the wearer. The garment is made
Of fine gauze, of brass threads, and
reach below the feet. The sleeves
end in gloves that are provided with
buttons for fastening. A hood COW
ers the head, buttoning on the body
part of the safety garment, SAYS
London report. "
When the wearer of this garment
approaches too near to the current
OF an electric machine instead of
harming him the current is con-
Quoted to the ground by the suit
of gauze and the person inside ex-
per.ences no inconvenience. The
Wearer of this suit can stand be-
tween the two poles of a high-ten-
oAoAi MI Noio VI S1SSC1 anu tue
sparks will pass from one to the
other across his intervening BODY
without shocking him, the discharges
going, through the metallic covering.
The inventor of the. lightning pro
tector donned his gauze garment and
placed himself under a conductor
that had a tension of $4,000 volts.
With his hands, his elbows, his arms
and his head he attracted brilliant
sparks, but was not the least in
convenienced. He. grasped with his
hands two electrodes Of 1000 volts
pressure and caused to pass through
the protecting garment electricity
amounting to 100 amperes, current
SO strong that when he withdrew his
hands an electric spark two feet long
shot out from the machine. AT the
termination Of the experiments it
was found that the gauze garment
had not been damaged by the sparks.
with the exec ption of small holes
at the points Of contact that did not
impair the protecting action of the
invention.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-02-19

door brought out dirty old carpet and
began to beat it. [ called to her to
stop and she ieered at me. Then
climbed over the fence and grabbed
her. | pulled the carpet off the line
and then, holding it down with my
feet, tried to get the stick away from
her. But she hit me in the face with
it. Then dropped the carpet and
went at her and | can tell you that l
gave her good drubbing. Then she
had me arrested. My case comes up
tomorrow morning in the Justice
court" .~ ..~."
The doctor was pale with emotion.
Here was a client, not a patient. Like
a flash he remembered that the let
tering on the door read Claw Office"
How was this woman to know what
particular hours the lawyer kept?
However, the case might help pay the
rent. So, with an effort, he informed
the woman that the assault was per-
fectly justifable and that her case
would be attended to at once The re-
tanning, fee would be $40, With SIS addi-
tional after the trial. The money was
paid at once and the client departed.
Tolbert hurried away to find his
legal colleague and inform him Of their
unexpected good fortune. Arriving al
Martins rooms, he related all with
breathless haste
Thoughtfully the advocate listened
and then said:
''she has no defense at all. She will
be fined and it will serve her right
But, explained the medical side
of the firm, she is our client, and I
have promised to defend her. She
has paid a retaining fee and and we
need the money"
Now, see here, Tolbert.'' said Mar
tin, "a good doctor is usually a poor
lawyer. tell you there is no defense
for this woman. It is a plain case of
assault with fine and costs coming
against the defendant. I don't care to
have anything to do with it, and if YOU
insist on such nonsense you cansgo and
defend her yourself. Any one can
practice before police Magistrate
Iolbert was stunned for a moment.
How could Martin refuse this source
of income, small as it was, with the
rent overdue?
Suddenly an idea struck him. ..she
doesn't know that | am DOCTOR he
thought; 1'the plaintiff doesn't know.
the justice doesn't know and probably
doesn't care. Why can't I be lawyer
for just once %
| Nine o'clock sharp the next morn
ling found HMM the justice court ready
to. do or die in the attempt to establish
his client innocence and save the
Reputation Of the firm.
The case was calico. The kindly old
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-02-19
PRINCES COSTLY TRIP.
Visit of the Kaiser's Son to Czar Es-
timated to Cost Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars.

The German crown princes trip to
St. Petersburg cost 100000.
He took a wagon load Of clothes and
presents. The kaiser was determined
that his heir should be as adept as he
is himself in wearing a variety Of uni
forms. So he made the prince take ten
different kinds of.unif orms and 16 suits
of ordinary clothes. In,the outfit were
ten swords and 16 sorts Of headgear.
The presents included a very costly
afternoon tea service Of Charlotten-
burg china, white and gold, for the
czarina, and a blue china vase with a
picture in relief for the car. Then
there was a jewelers. stock of scarf
pins, watches, cigarette cases, sleeve
links, and snuff boxes and loads Of or
ders Of all kinds.