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The Grit-advocate., 1903-11-20
Strikers Seeking Work,

Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 13-James R.
Stratton, representing the striking
coal miners of Colorado. is in Nebraska
finding employment for the men.
There is a great demand for laborers
in this state, and hundreds are being
placed with railroad companies and
other lines.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-11-20
Hay.

Upland, per ton, s12Oo@13.oO; second
bottom, choice to fancy, $9.00610,O0:
good to choice. s7.00@S0O; timothy,
s12.0O; timothy and clover, sl1.0o; al
falfa. prime. $3.50; straw, $4.50@5. 90;
South Park wire grass, $500.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-11-20
King Leopold Cominu.

London, Nov. 1s.-A special dispatch
from Brussels says it is definitely u
cided that King Leopold will visit the
United States In the spring.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-11-20

Peter Elliott. the Minneapolis man,
who some time ago attempted to see
President Roosevelt at the White
House and who violently resented the
efforts of officers to remove him. has
been adjudged insane and It to tho
MtnleScta asylum.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-11-20
Army and Militia Statistics.

The annual report of Acting Adju-
tant General Hall of the army deals
with every phase of the militi aestab-
lishment. The actual strength of the
army October Is, 1908. was 1881 of
ficers and $500 enlisted men. There
were lost to the army during the year
ended June 80, 1903, 29,279 men as
follows:
One hundred and thirty-eight officers
died. OF whom twenty-five were killed
in action or died Of wounds or disease;
28,141 enlisted men, Of whom S37
| were killed in action or died Of wounds
or disease, the remainder represent
ing men discharged for expiration of
terms of service. for disability by SEN
tence of court-martial, desertions and
retirements; forty-two officers re-
signed and seventy-one retired; 5.034
enlisted men deserted and 203 retired.
Attention is directed to the work of
the military attaches abroad, which
the report states has been very sat
isfactory and proves the wisdom of Sc
lecting officers peculiarly adapted to
this delicate semi-diplomatic work,
which secures to the army the most
recent and authentic information at a
minimum cost.
Over one-half of the report is de-
voted to the militia, and it gives a
detailed account of the workings of
the act to promote the efficiency of the
militia, passed at the last session OF
Congress. Inspections of the several
militia organizations. the report says,
| were begun April 25, 1908, and COM
pleted about the first of July. The
total number Of the organized militia.
including officers of every rank and
grade, was ascertained to be 1864
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DENVER MARKETS
Cattle.

Cattle.
Comparative Receipts:
Month to November 18th 12Ola
Same period last year ........ II. s3i
DecledSe S3g
Year to date 28O s3s
Same period last year 293 ls9
Decrease .............. 20 25I
The following quotations represent
the range of prices paid on this
market:
Beef steers, choice grassers,
LOO to 1850 lbs. .........$3. 4O13 60
Beef steers. medium to good,
1000 to 1.1oO lbs. ......... 3.oo@3 30
Beef steers. common to fair. 2.5O42. 30
Cows and heifers, choice
grassers, 1000 to LOO
lbs. 2.s0G2 Sc
Cows and heifers. common
to good grassers .......... 2OO@2 25
Gamers .................. 1.5OQ2 90
Calves. veal, choice ........ 3.5OM4 so
Bulls, stays, etc. ............ 1.50Q2 80
Feeders, 800 to 1,15O lbs,
good to choice, F.P.R. go. 32O03 60
Feeders, 600 to 800 lbs,
common to fair. F.P.R. -. 250m3. 90
Stockers. choice, F.PR- 500. 3O0M3. 60
Stockers. fair to good ....... 250Q3.00
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Eggs.

Eggs, fresh. loss off. doz....
Eggs, fresh, case count, doz
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Live Poultry.
Butter.

Elgin market .............. %
Creameries, extras, Gala. 24m 25
Creameries, extras, eastern. 24@ 25
Creameries, firsts, Colorado
and eastern .............. 2l@ %
Process and renovated
goods, lb. ............... 800 10
Store packed .............. 144 Is
Cooking butter ............ 124 13
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-02-11
A GrandmOther's Rules.

Somebody's grandmother has be
queathed TO her defendants these ad'
mirable rules of advice:
Always look at the person to whom
you speak. When you are addressed
look straight at the person who speaks
to you. Do not forget this.
Speak your words plain; do moi
mutter or humble. II words are
worth saying they are worth pro.
nouncing distinctly and clearly.
Do not say disagreeable things. II
you have nothing pleasant to say, keep
silent.
Think three times before you speak
once.
Have you something 10 do that you
find hard and would prefer not to do.
Do the hard thing first and get it over
with. II you have done wrong. "a
and confess 1t. Ifyour lesson Is tough,
master it. II the garden Is TO be weed.
ed, weed 1t firat and play afterwards
Do first the thing you don't like to do,
and then, with q clear conscience, try
the est.-Presbyterian Record.
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Grandmoiher's Burcau Drawer.

"Oh, dear. I've cut my finger. and
I can't find q nice little rag 10 tie
around 1t. Haven't you an old hand
kerchief, grandma, that could tear
up" :,
"Why, to be sure, dear child. Look
In the second bureau drawer, In the
left-hand corner, back, and you'll see
u roll of soft pieces-just what you
need"
"You blessed grandmother You
always help u b0dy out Of trouble.
And lust look at this drawer, in such
perfect order-mine is like q hay
mow."
when your sight is nearly gone,
you'll have need TO keep things In or
der, dearie. How often I recall my
fathers words. He used to say, Put
away every article and know where
to put your hand upon 1t in the dark.
He bought each of us, three sisters, q
small trunk, and il was our delight to
see how neatly We could arrange ouI
clothes and treasured things"
The old lady was sbout to retire, and
~ she talked, che was taking of and
folding her white muslin apron.
There" she said, with a laugh
"you must learn to roll up your apron
smoothly and pin it, for saw my own
grandmother, when | was child, roll
and pin her black silk apron IA am
doing this. A small matter to observe
and do? Ab, my dear, there Is moth
ing small. One thing rightly done
leaves its impress upon character, and
the shaping Of character Is no little
thing"
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important Facts and Figures.

The subjoined statements, showing
In a variety Of forms the rapid increase
arising from interest trent or usury be-
ing very nearly synonymous terins)
charged for the use Of accumulated
wesIth-which we take from . lecturs
delivered in Association Hall, New
York, by Wallace p. Groom, on
the "Currency Needs Of Commerce.
contain much food for thought" for
all classes, old or young, man or wO-
nan, employer or employeb; for inter-
est affects the price of every commod-
ity In the most vital manner.
Many carlessly infer that the In
crease OF money at six per- cent. Is just
twice as rapid ss at three per cent. +;
but in reality the increase is vastly
more rapid than this. In one hundred
years, at six per cent, the increase on
any given sum IL about eighteen times
AZ much as at three per cent.
Ifone dollar be invested and the In
terest added 10 the principal annually,
ut the rates named, We shall have the
following result as the accumulation
of one hundred years.
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Brain Leaks.

The burden grows light when love
helps us lift.
He who idles In the morning sip
peth sorrow at twilight.
You deserve no credit, until you
have done your best.
1t il better to show the son how than
To tell him how.
Too much political pie usually re-
suits in party digestion.
Borrowing is a slippery hill easy 10
descend, but difficult to climb
One swallow does not make sum-
mrr, but several will bring Oh fall.
Polireness is mark that some men
discard as soon rs business hours are
over.
1t Is blessed thing for Us that Goo
Judges us by our efforts and not by our
achievements.
Prayer helps you to secure what you
need, but it won't bring you what you
may think you want.
II we knew ut forty what we
thought we knew when twenty the
libraries of the world might be spared
"Charity begins at home" Yer,
true. but II does not end there. Fal
too many have sO-called charity tia
both begins and ends ut home. Th'
latter variety Is not genuine.
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II you are the kind Of q boy-w,
know some who are-who fooIishly al
lows another boy to Use him as Q too
for futheriDg schemes he is afraid Il
lay his own hand upon. read the fol
lowing told by the Australian Record
One day q well-fed and sagacious raj
came across an object made Of stout
wires, whose sole occupation seemed tC
be TO take care of liberal piece ol
cheese. Having had several years ex.
perience with men and their machiDa.
tions, the rat looked the ground over
with great care, and he was still en-.
gagged In this occupation when q mouse
appeared and wanted to know what
was up.
"Well, the fact is," replied the rat.
II have more cheese here than I can
possibly eat ut one meal, and. as cheese
quickly RpoiIs in this climate, was
waiting for someone TO come along and
accept portion"
"You are very, very generous" said
the mouse.
Don't mention it. Just step inside
and pass the cheese out, will you"
The mouse no sooner nibbled at the
bait than there was crash, and he
found himself trapped.
"Ah, that's the way It works, is 1t
queried the rat. II couldn't just make
it out. Um! see. Spring there
somewhere. Very good idea"
but Pm caughtw exclaimed the
mouse, in great agitation.
$50 observe"
HAnd what,a IN he done p,
"Well, I leave that for you to de-
eide. let you In on the ground floor,
and my responsibility les cease there.
Fine day. Hope we shall have large
harvest"
There is q good moral in this ance-
dote. Think 1t out.
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There are probably few, however "a
miliar with the subject Of the rapid In
crease Of capital put at interest, who
would not be startled at the statement
that the cost Of the outfit OF Christie
pher Columbus In his first voyage OF
discovery, put at interest ut six per
cent, would by this time amounted to
more than the entire money value OF
this continent, together with the accu-
mutations from the industry Of ali
who have lived upon II. II any doubt
this, let them reckon the amount, esti-
mating the entire outfit to have cost
only the small amount Of five thous-
and dollars, and remembering that
money doubles at six per cent, In .
little less than twelve years OR accu-
rately, in eleven years, ten months,
and twenty.one days. Allowing 1t to
double every twelve years, this five
thousand dollars at interest ut six per
cent. since 1892, 1t will be found {,
would have amounted to Sl7.S95. .7G0, :
OOO, 900; W hich, estimating the popula-
tion of the entire continent OF America
North and South) to be eighty-five
millions, or seventeen million families
(averaging five members each), would
give more than O million dollars a.
the possession OF every one Of these.
The interest upon million dollars at
six per cent. Is sixty thousand dollars,
which would be the princely annual
income OF each Of these seventeen
million families from the accumuls.
tons up to this time upon so small q
sum as that named for the outfit OF the
discoverer.
In HiIdreth's "History Of the
United States" 1t 10 stated that Man-
haitian Island-afterward called New
Amsterdam, now the city Of New
York-was bought by the Dutch from
the Indians for sixty guilders, or twen-
ty-four dollars ($2D, and this only
about two hundred snd fifty years ago.
Aud yet, II the purchasers could have
securely placed that $4 where it
wonld have added to the principal
annually interest ut the rate Of 7 per
cent, the accumulation would exceed
the present market value OF all the
real estate of the city and county Of
New York.
Again, If a man at the age Of twen'
ty-five should commence business
with . capital Of one thousand dollars,
and could by any possibility add there
to interest ut our legal rate OF per
cent. annually, the result would be
lin round numbers) as follows:
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Girls ShOuld Remember.

That the home kitchen, with moth
er for teacher and a loving, willing
daughter for pupil, ia the best cooking
school OH earth.
That "the most excellent thing in
women"-a low vOice-can only be
acquired by home practice.
That true beauty of face Ia only pos
sibIe where there Is beauty of soul
manifested i'm beautiful character.
That the girl everybody likes is not
affected, aud never whine.. hut is just
her sincere, earnest. helpful self.
And. finally, that one Of the most
beautiful things on earth Is a pure
modest. true young girl-one who Ii
her fathers pride. her mothers coin
fort, her brothers. inspiration. aud h.
SISTERS ideal--which girl we should
all try to be.-Michigan Advocate.
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It 10 only when Q man begins to be-
lleve that The gray day itself 10 part Of
Gods dealing with him, and that
through Il God 10 trying to teach him
lessons which he could not acquire
otherwise Ia only then that the man
can zee beauty and giorv In the gray.
e.t day and find cause for encourage
ment In the most adverse circum.
stances.
Vizilanee Ia watching opportunity
tact aud daring IN seiEtng upon oppor.
tunity force and persistence In crowd
ting opportunity TO its utmost OF pos.i.
BILE achievrnentB-these are the martial
virtues which must command success
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Scared Doctors.

At the suggestion of the Medical as
socia'iOn bill has been introduced in
the South Carolina Legislature which
seeks to prevent the sale of patent
medicines In country stores 1t Ia q
bad bill. Some proprietary medicines
are as good as doctor's prescriptions
and mnch cheaper. II the doctors are
forced TO seek protection" from the
patent medicine people the profession
Ii getting In had way. This medical
society has already secured statute
which allows them TO experiment 81
they like but which will hold man
for murder for prescribing without q
diploma IL the patient does not recov.
er. This ought to satisfy the doctors
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kaufman had frightened the burglal
away before the latter had a chance t.
rob him. The neigbbors began to tel
yarns about 'suspicious-lOoEing tramps
having been seen, and Of course the
next days papers played 1t for . mys
ferrous murder, which was battling the
whole police department. I gol
charge Of the case and was still work.
ing on IL when the Kaufman family
moved away to town. All found
from them was that poor papa had
had been late that night searching the
house for some paper he had lost two
days before and that since his loss he
had been much worried.
The next day went to the President
Of the Dexter National Bank. aud, az
ter swearing to keep the secret, learl-
ed that the semi-annual count Of the
banks money made by the directors
on the day after Kaufman's murder
disclosed shortage. How much was
lit? I asked him. Three thousand
dollars said he. ~ may get II back
for YOU told him, only aDking that
he maintain the same secrecy he had
required of me. Meanwhile the
papers and the people Of Cedar Grove
were roasting the police 10 general and
me in particular for not catching the
burglar and murderer. / got the keys
Of the Kaufman house and lived there
alone, searching 1t for three days be-
fore got cle~. And what do you
suppose 1t was?
81 simply found lot Of chewed-up
greenbacks in the empty doghouse In
the back yard Then knew that
the fox terrier was the burglar. I
sifted the old straw. waited until the
snow was gone, and raked over every
inch Of that yard, looking for pieces OF
the money. ! found nearly hatful
OF faded, tattered shreds. You can
guess the rest. took the old pistol
found beside poor Kaufman and show.
ed 1t 10 every pawnbroker In towu. !
wanted to lind out who bought 1t, for
I knew that Kaufman never kept .
pistol in the house Aid never carried
one. At LAST ! landed in an old junk.
shop on the West Side and showed
the pistol. The owner recognized 1t ut
once. He knew me and made a
straight story Of II. He had sold the
gun to finelooking old man who
wore side whiskers and was very
nervous. "He told mt he wanted To-
kill q vicious dog with it' explained
the dealer. But knew all ] wanted
to know.
But you haven't explained every.
thing" objected the lookup man. who
was dull.
"You're q fat.headed Denny" sneer.
cd the Captain. Can't you see the dog
carried off the money? Well, when
the old man couldn't find 1t and re-
membered that next day was count
day at the bank, he just bought the
pistol, took a shot at Heckburg's house
as blind, and then killed himself with
The 'burglar's' pistol. And It was
slick game, too, for it's no disgrace to
be killed by burglar but an embez.
zler! Why. the very hint Of would
have ruined the social prospects OF The
Kaufman ladie- forever, and the poor
old cashier was all wrapped up In his
family"
And what did you get, Cap'n"
marveled the lOck-up.
"Oh, got $lc0 from the bank for
turning in the scraps and keeping
still, aud from everybody else got
roasted. TO this day the newspaper
keep talking about how the kaufman
murder was never avenged"
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1t is not always wise to judge by ap-
pearances alone. Just because a wom-
an squints or "tOes in" IL no reason
why her heart is not in the right
place.
We shall he glad-really glad-of
everything that has come to US, no
matter If it is sorrow or pain, when we
find that our experience fits someone's
else need-that someone else can build
on our lives.--!Haltbie Davenport Bah
cock.
Not he who forces himself on oppor-
tunity, but he who watches its ar
proach and welcomes its arrival by
Immediate use, is wise.
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Now. the yrouth of national wealth

Now, the grouth of national wealth
only is about 81 per cent. per annum
notwithstanding the assertion OF those
who have placed 1t much higher,
through comparing the old valuations
with the new (which have been great
ly increased), instead OF taking as the
baises Of their calculation, as they
should have done, the actual NUMBER
of horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, ETC.,
etc, at the different periods. 1t Is
plain therefore, that the great mistake
most men make IL in attempting to
use borrowed capital ut an immensely
high rent, ordinarily termed interest:
While the growth OF the national
wealth remains at the present rate,
the average man who attempts to pay
Der cent. for all the capital he can
get, should not expect to avoid bank
ruptcy rs the result.
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IN TIE STATE.
Ths xGappsnisss In vario N secsien'
os Housh Carolina Briefly Told.

s.,.. h,,,, m, tina nav 100. ,on
- nsSarssIy ssH,nes "a - - oniit in Chsrlesion.
chclsr. has broken ors s@SpE tas snnns nSss
the Vicinity Oh H. Hsvss 1880 ns Isura1: m
me county ps1s'ssss % nav .np,icaiions for
pensious. ~ "a
Tns staie ouuventson o. tne ~: -. y, ;, a =.
VIII % held In or0enNiiie 'ro" eS'u'"AS -"
" rss SsssS ssvssnor naa been notified ,sa. there
Lssrsns eouny. y....,, e.,,.,
Perry Cooper .Waeo W sn~rsn,n I.snren,
ocsn.y, @ sunday: ~. ...,. q, ,ss ssDscs
po.soiiss g Monday night and stole $40
s1Te Tpe T,.s.ase e Medical society Of GeorxiA.
North uacotlna vili ee held In coiono'a the
,Dtn anc ~ lnsen .,sss.. NJ n,oha,e for Fair
a. y ,os. .0m ~ 80 - o,d' xas fouud dead In
S Sis oisscs a Win6sbo1o on Saturday night.
nsTsins Ts s,ce nv cscsaoS hoard OF spartanburs
o. ~ nonoay npIsEit piIsins tas az uumSsr 81 pension.
smss 60 icr iSss sOany nov ~; ,s.,
r. 49,. .s,f sss rsI the plumb OF the
Cassicssoo cosiscsossSip- me ssnsie " Ill
refuse g conasm s soe .ss1 sepo1at . saw.,d OF one
49, 06s. ~ Syy,,.rs sss % ihs r. Dtur. Of WIN. King,
~ Wsl<s S,,tSs ~ Roeess. Amer ana son In
NJ Tt,ss.,as nssss caaasv. fcS 6ays ago.
Mc. w n Ilav8nDOrt and her lttl6 son
80 + src.kes from : tes,is IS feet high n
pssSnont N ssturdsy. The mother was
: ss,s6 nUa t6s md vsii prooiy recover.
a cSero dssicr m 3oau}ort named Pinkney
- SSe~ hossnd osor 10 The United States
s,sve - tsfef On the charge Of making false
S0aswifs IA on0nec1ion With pension claims.
Jsfsd BsFwisk vss kiiled on Sunday might
~ ~ sss sanssr. assW WSsn | nIs body vas found on
Msndsy there were tvo bottles Of ~hiskes
Ia 90 Of ths Psudlesor Manufacturing
oompnny % Autup, neaf Penleson, wa
b1o9S oven with dynamite oy three rocoers
on Tuss0Ay n0xuirg oeiofr uaynSnt sno
0@ vas stoien. rw u c.os
aslvs, Andssson eonnty. on Tuesday morn.
Ing a6 f30 end Fos - a cierk 10 t9e s.4fs
wee wpkod ~ the sxpscsion sno nfeo ~ the
rcahsylt b1t nssss0 tnsm. .... =, ,,r.,.
mooia On Tuesday. Sac was native oi
CnaRiesaC0 and had taught ~ winthrop LOT
the pant 0ve yoass.
Pfuu3doot Roosevelt hns noaueo hepTeoeo
tn3iSoe Finley and Johnsnn thai he wiz veto
tSD bliht provtdtng tor. Untted Ssnios courn
. Mcsk Ani md spart.nnnrg On on INC S,'sns E,oana
sxpsnse
Ninssssn blind tigszs wese convicted 10
Cherisete1 on MocuAy oy me fecosaes sno
eeoa wea nneo ~ % sen unys w. !.n' Sotus Stu
81 Ne names ef6: Uoscnefs honirn. Mopss =.
EteoeuthAlors Anasexn--nos ~ 6oSnsn |"
Au1aTtoan naune " tne eotife I'M
!, A. s6e spgtuy meeting q tne Stem Eelf ~
eookxttu9 held ~ C0aumnia on WsonesoAs
niebE 3 = Hamcr q aamsr OF Mailon
coeny 80 =. s.s. ~. o go y, .ss,,s,arv ~ sn:,
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Remember, In the spiritual life
there ars recreations, but there are no
holidays. That school breaks up but
once and the home afterward is etern-
al.-Faber.
1.-THE accumulation of q life be In
one scale and Christ In the other, we
must choose Christ, come what may to
the rest, or we must abandon our title
to discipleship.
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Naila ciese.


Trains sor HODGES leave Abbeville 9. G. No.
ss(dailyl Sss :. M; No. . daily 1850 .. IN.
No. daily i.3 p. M; no 10 tdsilyl Iio p. m.
fdaiiyl s5s Q. ni.; No. (daily) 12.0l p. m.; No.
Sfdaity) 2i5 p. Ea.; No. 53 (daily) 9.oS p. m.
CIOse connection at Hodges with through
trains for 0resayille, Columbia, Chariesion.
SO. ocnnectsng at 9reeuviile for A. b @. d.
vision pointa nod the East, also Asheville. At
icntao elc. Throoah sleepers Hodges 70 Char.
Ioetun, On train conrecting with b.
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THE PENALTY Is DISMISSAL
Letter Carriers Mussu't Borrow MOH
ey as Exorbitaut Rates.


ey as Exorbitant Rates.
Washington, Feb. 4.-First Assist
ant Postmaster General Wynne ha-
issued an order to all postnasters that
any letter carrier who borrowed mon-
ey from . "shylock" at exorbitant
rates OF interest shall be dismissed
from the government service. Mr..
Wynue calls attention to the order OF
she post master general Of may, 1896,
which Il still In force, forbidding pay
Ing postmasters 20 recognize orders
made out by employees to money
lenders, guaranteeing the payment OF
notes at maturity, and adGs:
"'Yoar attention is also called to the
provision IN the postal laws and regu.
iations Of 1902, that carriers shall no,
contract debts which they have nc
reasonable prospect Of being able te
pay"
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But how much more, II one hath
seen God, hath held converse OF hope
and love and hath walked In heaven,
should he carry In his eyes, his words
and his perfumed raiment the sacred
tokens Of divine intercourse Henry
Ward Beecher.