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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
DOCTORS FOR PANAMA.

Physicians Employed on Canal Strip
to Be Taken From Civil Life.
Washington, D. C.-The preliminary
estimate by Colonel Gorgas. the CHIEF
sanitary officer on the Isthmus of Pam
anna, calls for 300 physicians to keep
the laborers to be employed on the ca
nal in good health.
The physicians required by the Gov
eminent will be taken from civil life,
though Government surgeons will have
the higher posts. Young andHactive
physicians, just graduated from the
hospitals, will be the class from which
the Commission will draw its recruits
for this service.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
Life q Mad Subway Rush.

Life to-day is becoming a mad subway
rush underground, each man for himself.
with no sunllt ideals to guide him. The
ambition to become the richest man in the
world or the city, or the most popular
man, is a low ideal, the resulting loss OF
soul, the impairment and d~isarrangement
of mind and heart being i~nca!culable. No
one covets power over others who does
not in the end take it out OF his best sell,
leaving him the poorer.-Rev. Edward D.
TowIe, Unitarian, Brcokline, Mass.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
Oil War in Augusta.

An oil war now raging in Augusta,
Ca, promises to cost the Standard Oil
Company $4,000 600. The war opened
several weeks ago, when Hollis Board.
man resigned as manager Of the Stand.
ard Company and organized the PEG.
pies Oil Company, an Independent
concern.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
JAPAN'S GREAT VICTORY
Attempt of the Russians to Relieve
Port Arthur Fails.
BIG LOSS IN MEN AND GUNS

Outcome of Several Days Fighting Abom
Eighty Miles North OF Port Arthur
Japanese Losses Estimated at 1905
Killed and wounded-Two Japanese
Transports Sunk by Russian Fleet.
st. Petersburg, Russia.-Oficial dis.
patches announce a terrible battle.
lasting two days, in which the Rus
sian army has received a crushing de-
feat.
The Russian forces, under Lieuten.
ant-General .Stalkelberg, which have
been threatening the rear Of General
Oku, commander of the Japanese
forces investing Port Arthur, were
preparing for an attack, when the JAP
anese surprised them by a fierce on
slaught at Telissu, eighty miles north
Of Port Arthur.
The Russians, in the first of the
fight, completely annihilated a squad
ron Of Japanese cavalry. Then the
Russians were driven back.
The Third and Fourth batteries of
the First Artillery Brigade were cut
to pieces by the japanese shells.
The Russians lost 500 killed and
300 officers and men and fourteen guns
captured.
The japanese lost 1000 killed and
wounded.
General Stalkelberg fell back to
Vantsailin, thirty miles north of Va
fangow. Two divisions of General
Kuroki's army were marching from
Sin-Yen to take him in the rear and
cut him off from General Kuropatkin's
main army.
Four brigades of infantry, compris.
ing 1000 men; three regiments of cav.
airy and eight batteries of artillery
in all II, 00O-represented the japanese
force in action, but there was q con-
siderable reserve numbering two bri-
gades. The Russian forces are esti-
mated at 10000, and at the time the
right flank was turned another brigade
was coming south to the relief of Gen.
eral Stalkelberg. General Yamaguchi
%telegraphs that thirty Russian officers
were killed, having been found on the
field; that fifteen are among the cap
tured and that one Russian infantry
regiment, lost o%ne-quarter Of its men.
At dusk See Japanese had turned the
right flank of the Russians and were
developing a similar movement on the
left flank, when General Stalkelberg's
centre broke and what was first an
orderly retreat developed into a rout.
1t is known that at Likuanthun.
where the overwhelming defeat Of
Stalkelberg took place. at least a bri-
gade of the Japanese army had to
come up on the road from Pitsuwo
several days before. and was probab-
ly in the valleys Of the Hung Moun-
tains waiting to reinforce the Japanese
divisions coming north on the railroad
from Fuchow.
The Japanese, on their part, have
suffered the ldss of two transports,
which were torpedoed and sunk in the
Japan Sea. near the entrance to the
Korean Straits by vessels Of the Rus
sian Vladivostok squadron. Five hun
dred and fifty survivors have reached
neighboring Japane re ports. 1t is re-
ported that the transports carried
about 400 men. besides many horses
and quantities Of army supplies. jap
anese warships are in chase of the
Russian squadron, but it's escape has
been assisted by a storm and thick
weather.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
Copper and "copper""

The people of Vienna noticed recent
ly that a man was providing about the
roof of a certain house. The energetic
souls hurried off and summoned a po-
liceman, when it turned out that the
roof walker was engaged in stealing
the telephone wires and lightning con-
ductors for the sake of the copper.
When the copper" arrived be was
conducted with lightning speed to the
police station.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
Basted Lives.

Character is not determined by a single
act. but by habitual conduct. It is a fab.
ric made up of thousands Of threads and
put together by uncounted stitches. Some
characters are stoutly sewed;. others are
only basted. A Christian ought not only
to have his spiritual garments we'll sewed,
but kept clean; in fact, as a representa-.
tive of Jesus Christ he ought to present
such an attractive apparel before the
"Where did you get this? I want one just
like it."-Rev. T. L.. Cuyler, D. D.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
Brave Deed of AGED Woman.

A Masardis (Me.) woman, aged six
ty-fVe, saw a fire on the roof Of the
barn one day last week, where it came
from a spark from the kitchen CHM
ney. She got a ladder, crawled upon
the barn roof, Skinned along the pig
back Oh the ridge pole with a pail Of
water and Quenched the fire.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
A B HURRICANE.
The Worst Storm in Ten Years Sweeps
Santiago Province.


Santiago de Cuba Cby Steamer to
ManZanillo. )-The worst storm of q de-
cade. with fourteen inches of rain,
which fell in five hours, accompanied
by a hurricane, passed over Cuba.
The lower village Of Ell Cobre has
been destroyed.
Forty-five persons are known to be
dead and scores are missing. Bodies
are floating in the Cobre River.
Twenty bodies have been recovered
by boats patrolling the bay.
A. relief train, bringing mail and
passengers, was wrecked at Moron.
The fireman and mail agent were
killed and two Of the employees were
injured.
The mines at Dalquiri are crippled
and six of the employees have been
drowned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
Preacher Shoots a Woman.

The Rev. Decatur Edwards, pastor
Of the Falmouth Baptist Church. at
Richmond, Va, while shooting at cats
in his back yard, at Fredericksburg,
accidentally shot and seriously wound
ed Mrs. Lucy Mann, who was Standing
on her back porch in al adjoining
house.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
Mice Dislike Peppermint.

There are many objections to the use
{ poisonous articles to keep mice
ut of a house, and a hint may be use
Ill to those who are troubled with
hese little pests. Mice have a great
ntipathy to the smell of peppermint,
nd a little oil of peppermint placed
round their haunts and holes will
1ccessfully keep them away.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
An Objective of Faith.

Any one whose faith does not terminate
in noble deeds and %helpfulness, says a con-
temporary, may well question the quality
Of his faith. Faith without works." says
James, sis dead, being alone These
good works are to be the natural out
growth of his daily life of faith. 1t is pos.
sible for man so to strengthen himself in
God that spiritual fruits will flow as nat
urally from the fountain of his soul as 1t IS
natural for water to flow down hill. But
this requires strong, abiding and persever-
ing faith.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
RULER OF FINLAND SHOT.

Assassination Of the Russian Governor.
General.
st. Petersburg, Russia.-General 30.
brikoff, Governor General of Finland.
was shot dead at the entrance to the
Finnish Senate, at Helsingfors.
The assassin a man named Schau.
mann, a son Of Senator Schaumann,
Immediately committed suicide. The
attack is ascribed to Finnish patriot
ism, as Schaumann is believed to have
been a member of what is known as
the Finish Patriotic Party.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
Order For $4,000 Bee Stings.

A new apiary product comes to light
By the receipt Of al order by Il bee
raiser ut Beeville, Texas, from a Phil
adelphia firm of chemists for 50,0D0
bee srings. The acid which the poison
sack of the stingS contains is said 10
be valuable in the manufacture vi !
remedy for rheumatism.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
Will Make Radium Cheap.

DR.. George F. Lee, a chemist, OF
Philadelphia, claims that he has dis.
covered an electro-chemical process OF
manufacturing radium for less than
S500.000 a pound. At present it is
valued at SIG, DOC, 900 a pound.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
Accidents and Disasters,

The loss of life from accidents and
disasters in the United States last
year was: Fires, 1892; drowning. 2471;
explosions, 1876; falling buildings, etc.,
474; steam railways, 1880; electric rail-
ways, 573; electricity, 1856; mines, 1888;
cyclones and storms, 4S7; lightning,
139.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
TIE AIR WE BREATHE.
Illustrating the Necessity of
Ventilation.

In an article on why We Need Ven
in the Western Architect
Morris -. Ebersole says: "In its nat
|ural state, whether from the equator
3or the poles. the composition OF air is
almost invariable, with the exception
|of the amount of water vapor. Man
twas made to exist in this envelope OF
|air surrounding the earth, and, there
fore, his anatomy is affected one way
1or the other according to the compost
|tion Of the air he breathes. The life
giving anG vital principle Of air is
oxygen. This element revives. resusci-
bates, sustains and feeds, and the
breathing organs are so minutely and
beautifully proportional that the least
change or diminution of this element
In the air inhaled is Immediately evil
4henced by a feeling of discomfort or
.hausea-and u~nmistakable sign that
something is wrong.
In these days, when so much of our
lives is spent indoors, some provision
must be made that the air we con-
stantly breathe is not lacking in any
bf it's healthful, natural qualities. Ex-
pired air differs from inspired air by
lust so much harmful ingredients as
Is the purpose of nature to eliminate
from our systems. These elimilati02S
hnd chemical changes in go
zion of air in u lungs q
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
Corbin to the Philippines.

Major-General Corbin has been or.
dered to command the division of the
Philippines. succeeding Major-General
Wade, the order to take effect in Dc
tober.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13

the youngest scholars, several move
ments being effected by means of a
string, OF cord, acting on two arms
resting against the wall from which
the board is supported.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
HUMAN CANNON BALLS.

Lovers of sensational experiences
should lind their ambitions gratihed
to the utmost in the late invention OF
a genius who promises to literally fire
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
Murders His Son.

Chauncey Hotaling murdered his
blind son. three years old. by setting
fire to the house ut Vestal, n. u, after
trying to kill his wife
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
WATER ~MIcROPHONE.

A microphone, as you perhaps know
is a sort Of telephone which greatly
increases the intensity Of sounds SO
that the noise made by a fly in walking
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
Southern Pacific Bonds.

Southern Pacific stockholders Will
be asked to authorize an issue OF $780,
O0U, OOU i'll seven per cent. bonds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13

over the apparatus can be heard any
where in a large room
The microphone. like the telephone,
is an electrical instrument, but the
word microphone means merely an in
strument which enables n to hear
feeble sounds, and so the simple ap-
paratus to be described may be called
a microphone, though it has nothing to
do with electricity. When water is
lElas from a small orifce it forms a
Is, clear stream for a little
Pand then breaks into drops
Hagen TALL at pretty nearly equal in
tervals. But the interval between the
drops depends on what vibrating bod
les may be in the neighborhood, as
may be shown by the following pretty
experiment:
Connect one end of a rubber tube
with the water faucet or with a vessel
Of water on q shelf and in the other
end insert a glass medicine dropper.
Hold the glass tube, pointing down.
ward, over a vertical metal tube, the
upper end of which is covered with
sheet rubber tightly stretched. Hold
the tube at such a height that the
stream just fails to break into sep
arate drops before it strikes the rub
Der.
Now if you hold a watch near the
glass tube from which the stream
issues the sound made by the water in
falling on the rubber will keep time
with the ticking of the watch and so
magnify it. The effect will be very
much increased if a paper or tin fun
mel is connected with the metal tube,
as shown in the illustration.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13

the cannon's mouth and the secondary
track are to be such that there will be
no danger of the car missing connec'
ton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
A Long Sentence.

A Siciliaa tribunal recently sentenced a
noted forger to Imprisonment for lS9 years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-13
The PhfIiuDine Census.

Faith is not a belief that we are saved,
but hat We are iored-Edward y. Kirk. .
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25

with the farmers organization. They
spared no pains in preparing din
ner.
After dinner the Alliance met to
transact the business belonging to
the Alliance, and adopted the follow
ing resolutions:
Whereas, we believe that the great
rush OF cotton upon the market has
caused the decline in price from
ten and one-half to nine and one-half
cents. Therefore, be it
"Resolved, that we, the Wilson
County Alliance, will not sell any
more cotton for less than ten cents
unless necessity compels us.
"2. That we ask other counties and
all cotton farmers to adopt the
same.
"3. That we will not sell any cot
ton seed below thirty cents per bushel
and we cordially ask all cotton farm
ers throughout the entire Cotton
Belt to cooperate with u.s."
Dear farmers, let us stand to-
gather on these points and success
is ours.
With united effort we can control
prices. Why do I say 500 Because
we feed the world. Then should we
not be the most Independent class
of people in the world2
The next Wilson County Farmers
Alliance will be held with Red Oak
Grove Sub the second Thursday in
January, 1905.
J. III. FLOWERS,
Secretary-Treasurer.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25
Sneers at Scientific Farming Things Of
the Past.

A great many farmers, and many
more sycophants who wanted to cur
nv favor with farmers, have sneered
at the so-called Scientific farmer"
When men who we're not actual
farmers, but who had capacity to
discover great truth bearing upon
that avocation, said something or
made a suggestion. he was laughed
at and referred to as a scientific"
or "kid-glove" farmer. The same
has been true in time past regarding
education in general. Men have
come now to know that if their chill
dren are to have any chance IN this
world. they must be given mental
development, and only the very fool
ish now refer with a nee to "book
learning" or any other source of
mental improvement. So with farm
ing. The old phrase, "he's to be only
a farmer and needs no schooling"
is passing out. Men are coming to
see that the occupation of farming
presents more problems for brains.
knowledge, Judgment and energy
than any other calling engaged in
extensively in this country. The
farmer must deal with soils, wind
and weather, all conditions of plant
and animal life, markets. and a hun
dred other things requiring the ex-
| ercise of sound Judgment, extensive
knowledge and deep interest. This
| change of attitude is what is making
| North Carolina to blossom. is what
will give it a powerful, intelligent,
useful and happy rural population.
The agricultural college, the expert
ment station and the Scientific far
mer" are proving a blessing to the
State.-Monroe Journal.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25
State Lecturer Gates In Meckienburg
County.


Messrs. Editors :-On the Goth of
September we met a small number
of Mecklenburg's best farmers at
Sharon and proceeded to tell them
the old story about the Farmers Al
liance-about its ups and downs,
what it had done and is doing now
and what it hopes to do, and how we
needed them and they needed us to
help out in the great struggle. The
result was another Sub Alliance COM
posed of at least ONE of the best
men and best farmers in Mecklen-
burg County.
From here we went to the follow
ing places: Providence, Mathews,
Mint Hill, NOVEL;, Derits, Hunter
vile, Long Creek, Sandifer, Dixie,
Steele Creek; and Notwithstanding
the farmers were just in a rush put
ting up pea-vine hay and gathering.
corn, picking cotton and getting
ready for, cold weather, we succeeded
at every place but one-and very
probably succeeded there. We found
the farmers Just as we expected
the cleverest, kindest, most %hosplta-
bic Imaginable. Walter Pharr, j. o.
Alexander, DR.. III. Q. Alexander, DIR.
Heron, Capt. Renfroe, Bro. Camp
bell. Leander Query, W. S. Cald-
well, j. S. Gibbons, J. A. Wilson, A.
McComb, John Mcdowell, DR.. Kell,
Capt. Audrey and B. T. -Price-wel,
we can't think of all the, good names,
but these and Brother Quinn, the
Presbyterian preacher at Steele
Greek, have our many thanks. And
then we think of the Rev. j. A. Nc
Murray, who is chaplain of the Mint
Hill Sub Alliance. Brother McMur-
raw was a native of old Alamance
and we were so glad to see him and
felt at home at his place. Here we
met Brother Flow and u good
Ir10nQ, MI. SId1ES dhh Z 1hS o0
of these good homes let me say, you
have my sincerest thanks.
I reckon without a doubt Neck
lenburg has the best roads and the
most up-to-date road machinery OF
N county in the State. l noticed
a steam shovel there to load dirt that
is doing the work of perhaps sixty
men and a patent wagon bed that
unloads just as easy and quick. Il
would pay other counties to seno
men there to investigate their plans
and copy after them. M~ecklenbure
is truly a great county OF greai
people, and now since it is an ALI
ance county. we shall expect grea'
things of her because she never doe
things by halves. May she continue
to grow and prosper and develop so
eially, .educationally, financially an'
religiously, is the earnest wish of
H. M. GATES.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25
Wilson County Alliance.
Alamance Co.. N. @.

Messrs. Editors THE Wilson
County Alliance met with Pleasant
Grove Sub Alliance. October 18th,
in regular meeting. We were proud
to have with us Mr.. J. r. Hutchings,
who addressed a large audience on
the subject of organization, after
which an excellent dinner was
spread. We are sure that the ladies
of the community are in sympathy
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-08
LISTED FOR SALE.
Six Prominent Churches on Assess
ment Delinquent List.

Because assessments for public inn
provements have not been paid, six
churches of Birmingham are listed for
sale by the municipal authorities. Under
the public improvement laws of the city
the city has the right to offer property
for sale where assessments for improve
ments benefiting the property have been
unpaid within a certain time.
The city treasurer in accordance with
the law advertised st. Marys-on-the-
Highlands, the Church of Our Lady OF
Sorrows, St Pauls Catholic church, the
First Presbyterian church, the Second
Presbyterian church and the Eleventh
Avenue Methodist church for sale at pub
lie auction on July 2, on account OF de-
linauent improvement assessments. st
vincents hospital has also been placed on
the list of delinquent citizens and cor
porations in the mater of public improve
ments An aggregate delinquency amount
ing to $37, 709 is represented on the list
Tie church property and the hospital
however, will not be sold at auction, as
it is expected the official representatives
of the institutions will settle with the
citu
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-08
PIANO PUPILS GIVE
BRILLIANT RECITAL
PoLLock-STEPHENs ENTERTAlN-
MENT is LARGELY ATTENDED.
COMMENCEMENT PR oPE
TAKES PLACE TONIGHT.

The plano recital by pupils Of Henry
TaylorStaats, director OF the Pollock
Stephens college of music. took place in
the assembly hall of the institute last
night, and was marked success. The
audience was large and discriminating. All
the pupils acquitted themselves we'll
Among the especially fine numbers were
the first movement of Raff sonata by
little Miss Mary Forbes, the Goddard
Mazurka by Miss Edna Moore, and Schu-
mann's Carnival by Miss Susie Nall
Mrs Cora watjen Foster, the voice
teacher of Pollock-stephens, sang two
solos and was warmly applauded.
A feature of the plano numbers was
that each pupil played without notes
The full programme follows;
Overture, "Freischutz" (Weber), Misses
Nall, Bryan, Ingram, Cunningham.
Sonate--Ist Movement, OPP. Q, No. !
(Ran) Miss Mary Forbes
THE Merry Brown Thrush" (Buclo.
Mrs. Foster
Tho Flatterer (chaminade). Miss Percy
Clark.
En- Valsant (Godard) Miss Bryan.
Prize Song CWagner- BendaD, Miss Car
oline Ingram.
Pensee Poetique (GottschalS), Miss
Percy Clark
'sWinds in the Trees (Thomas), Mrs.
Foster
La Flleuse (Raf). Miss Maude spiva-
Deuxieme Mazurlk (Godard), Miss Edna
Moore.
Carnival, op. 9 (schumann).
Preamble Valse Noble, Florestan CO.
auette, Replique, Promenade--Miss Susie
Nail.
March, Hongroise (Wollenhaupb' Misses
| Nall, Ingram, Bryan and Cunningham
The closing exercises OF the Pollock
stephens commencement take place to-
night in the assembly hall OF the institu-
ture Col w. II. benson will deliver the
annual address. The Rev. Dr. Handley
will deliver the diplomas to the gradu-
ates.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-08
ODD FELLOWS OFFER REWARD.
Shades Valley Lodge Will Give $50 for
Arrest of Negro.

Shades Valley Lodge No. l75 Independ-
ent Order of odd Fellows has offered a
reward of $50 for the capture of the negro
who assaulted Minnie Elrod, the Il year
old daughter of j. n. Elrod on Red noun
tain about two weeks ago. Mr.. Elrod is
a member OF the lodge.
Solicitor Heflin and Sheriff Burgin will
ask Governor Cunningham to increase the
reward for the arrest Of the negro. Every
effort is being made by the sheriff forces
as well as the Birmingham police de-
partment to apprehend the negro.
This is revised description of the ne
gro: Aged, &c to 30 years; tall, black ne
gro; has small moustache; has scattered
patches of beard on chin and on side Of
face; pants ragged at knees; had ON black
cap when last seen, and black coat and
striped vest.