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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17

While no woman is entirely free from
periodical suffering, it does not seem to
be the plan of nature that women
should suffer so severely. Menstrual
ton is a severe strain on a woman's
vitality. If it is painful or irregular
something is wrong which should be
set right or 1t will lead to q serious de-
rangement of the whole female organ
ism.
More than fifty thousand women
have testified in grateful letters to Mrs.
Pinkham that Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound overcomes pain
full and irregular menstruation.
It provides a safe and sur way of es-
cape from distressing and dangerous
weaknesses and diseases.
The two following letters tell so con-
viucingly what Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound will do for
WOMEN, they cannot fail to bring hope
TO thousands of sufferers.
Miss Nellie Holmes of $40 N. Davi-
sion Street, Buffalo. N. Y, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
Your medicine isindeed an ideal medicine
for women. / suffered misery for years with
painful periods, headaches, and bearing-down
pains. I consulted two different physicians
but failed to get any relief. A friend from
the East advised me to try Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound I did 80, and
no longer suffer as l did before. My periods
are natural; every ache and pain IS gone, and
my general health is much improved. I
advise all women who suffer to take Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound"
! Mrs. Title Hart, of Larimore, N. D.,
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
: 81 might have have been spared many
months Of suffering and pain had I only
known Of the efficacy of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Ask Mrs. Pinxham's Advlee-A Won
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
IIleraI Ketent.yn Alleged.

Recent events however, lave shown !
clearly that the huge surplus accumu-
lated by the society is not legally re-
tanned from the policy holders o
lawfully used by it. The affairs Of the
society are in considerable confusion,
and the vast fund collected together
by the methods which the society has
employed is now claimed as the prop
erty of the society and its stockhold-
ers. The old charter of tie society pro-
viding that the company shall be a mu-
tual company and that n Tof the profits
shall be- apportioned aquitably among
the policy holders, except q dividend OF
seven per cent. to the stockholders, is
now attempted to be swept aside by
the present claims Of the stockholders
of the society.
"We have therefore advised Mr..
Brown, in the light Of these facts, that
he ard all other policy holders have a
just and clear right to this fund. The
continued subtractions from their equi-
table shares in the surplus have been
withdrawn from that share, not for
legitimate insurance business, but for
an Interior purpose. This purpose
plainly now appears to have been to
build up 4 great fund. beyond any pos
sible needs Of the society. to which the
society and it's stockholders could SUBJ
sequently lay claim. The claim has
now been made. This claim has taken
the present case out of all past prece-
dents in which the company has figured
as honestly accumulating its. surplus
for the purpose Of ~ronductfngia fegit-
mate insurance business.
"The present situation s further diff
ferentiated from past suits by the fact
that there appears to have been q
further object of this accumulation in
the holding of this great fund by the
stockholders and officers elected BY
them as free assets for speculation
schemes in which they were personally
interested. 1t has been publicly
claimed by one Of the officers Of the
society that immemorIar precedent has
established his right to have an interest
both as seller and buyer in securities
sold to The society. y challenge Of this
sort has never been proposed to several
hundred thousand people in the United
States without finding some one to take
it up. It is the intention Of this suit,
among other things brought on behalf
OF one, and al others wishing to join
linn, to test this 1mmemorial precedent
and ascertain whether :: is in accord
with the presidents which govern
courts Of equity anu Grand Juries."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
..Ceuntinp His Chickens

Editor Ley, Of the Florida Christian
Advocate, announces editorially that
lie has six hens which during the COM
ing three years will hatch 26,346 chick
ems, half of which will die premature.
ly. the other half he will broil and eat
and at the beginning of the fourth year
he will have 25,345 laying hens and
pullets. From these, he says, he will
have an income Of S13,391 a year.
Being a preacher, we don't blame him
for reaching out for all the chickens
he can get.-Punta Gorda Fla.) Her
aid,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
SDortinc EreyiticS.

For S3OO.000 the Boston National
League Club was sold to Frank v.
Dunn.
The Debonnet won the Prince Of
Monaco's Cup at the Monaco motor
boat races.
Forty thousand persons saw the open.
ing National League championship
game at the Polo Ground, in which
the Giants defeated Boston by 10 70 /.
Philip J. Dryer is named as the pur-
chaser of the controlling interest in
the Queens County Jockey Club. hith-
erto held by three sisters Of the late
Thomas D. Reilly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
Persona, Gossip,

Giacomo Caponi, dean of the foreign
correspondents at Paris, has just re,
fired. He served the Tribuna, OF
Rome, there for many years.
The Lokal Anzeiger says that the
Czarowitz has been i'll, and that a
specialist in chi!dren's diseases was
summoned to attend him at Tsarskoe-
Selo.
Archbishop Mesmer, Of Milwaukee.
Wis, has had to ask police protection
against the opportunities Of beggars,
following an article in a local news
oar telling Of his liberality. as q
giYer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
SERVANTS SHOT IN KITCHEN.
Miss Title May Forney Finds the
Woman Dead, Man Dying.

Philadelphia. Pa. Miss Tillie May
Forney, daughter of the late Colonel
John w. Forney, publisher and editor,
discovered her two servants, n dead.
the other fatally wounded. in the
kitchen Of the Forney mansion the
other night. The butler, Samuel
Barnes. or Smith, colored, thirty years
old, sat at a table, his head leaning on
his hand. Margaret Toner, white, fifty
years old, cook in the family for TWEEN
ty years, was lying on a settee. Both
were shot in the head, and q revolver
with two exploded c~artridessin it lay
on the floor.
An empty whisky flask in the negroes
pocket and q pitcher and glasses in
which there had been beer indicate that
the servants had been drinking heav-
lily. The butler died three hours after
being found.
Miss Forney was the only other per-
son in the house. and neither she nor
the neighbors heard the shots. The
police could not explain the tragedy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
English Shopkeepers.

The upper class in England is sink
ing; the middle is rising rapidly, and
those who belong to the former keep
shops in assumed names, while those
who belong to the latter endeavor to
conceal that they themselves are con-
nected with trade. The conversation
Of both, however, betrays that they
are shopkeepers.-London Truth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
BABY'S AWFUL ECZEM

Fa sc Like Raw Beef-Thought She Would
Lose Her Ear-Healed Without a
Blemish-Mother Thanks Cuticura.
"My little girl had eczema very bad
when she was ten months old. I thought
she would lose her right ear. 1t had
turned black, and her face was like a piece
Of raw meat, and very sore. 1t would
bleed when I washed her, and I had to
keep cloths on it day and night. There
was not a clear spot on her face when I be-
gan using Cuticura Soap and Ointment,
and now it is completely healed, without
scar or blemish, which is more than l had
hoped for. (Signed) Mrs. Rose Ether, 2sl
Eckford ST.. BROOKLYN, n. Y"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
News of the Toiiers,

Warwick furuice employees, at Potts
town, Pa, will receive a 10 per cent.
increase in wages.
About 400 employees Of the tube de-
partment of the Longmead Iron Com
pany, of Consnohocken. Pa, went Oh
strike for 10 per cent. increase in
wages.
The Boston Pilot says: THE Fall
River strike i1 ended. In its way it
was as heroic as the defense of Port
Arthur, and if it's methods were less
dramatic and sanguinary its principles
and motives were more humanitarian
and noble"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
Murder at Breakfast.

Eli Rogers was shot by 4 FrcnchTan,
whose name has not been learned, at
Inc Standish farm in the town Of
Greene. Me. The murderer then killed
himself with the same revolver. The
lnen were employed by H. L. Keyser,
and we're 1T breakfast with the other
employees OF the farm.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
UNDER FIRE
POLICY Holder Brings Suit Against
the Big Insurance Company
WANTS SHARE OF THE SURPLUS

Colonel J. Wilcox Brown Through His
Attorneys Allege, Illegal Retention
on the Part of the officers Of the So.
ciety of Funds l::gttfully Belonging
to the Policy Holders.
New York City.-.A suit asking for
the appointment or 4 receiver for the
SS0,000,0O0 surplus of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society was begun in
the United States Circuit Court here
by Colonel J.. Wilcox Brown. of Mary
land. on behalf Of himself and all other
policy holders who may be similarly
situated. The action is based on the
broad allegation that the complainant
and other policy holders have never
shared in the surplus to the extent to
which they were entitled by law and
by their contracts with the Equitable,
but that instead liz. surplus has been
accumulated and is in fact used for the
Interior purposes Of the group Of men
who control the organization.
Representing Colonel Brown are Dos
Passos Bros. and Battle & Marshall, of
this city. and Joseph Def. Junkin, Of
Philadelphia, PA. George Gordon Bat
tie, of Battle s. Marshall, explained the
purpose of the suit IS follows:
This is an ordir:'". policy holders
suit. The plaintiff. Colonel j. Wilcox
Brown, a citizen of Maryland. consult
ed US last autumn concerning his policy
in the Equitable Society. He had q
policy for $4,000. taken out in 1867,
changed as to terms in 1872. he had
elected to have his share in the surplus
of the society applied in reduction OF
premiums. In the earlier stages Of his
connection with the society these re-
auctions had been very considerable.
but, although the business of the soci-
ETY. enormously increased, there was no
material further reduction in the prem-
iums. On application to the society he
had been told the usual story that all
Of this was due to 4 lowering Of profits
on investments caused by the fact that
rates Of interest in later days were
much lower than in 1867.
"We were obliged to advise Mr..
Brown when he first consulted us that
we saw no basis for Il suit. There was
no %proofethen in our possession that
the portion of the surplus properly APP
plicable to diminishing his premiums
raj Incorporated bythe society.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
. Mr., Pinckney'D Cnreer.

Representative John Mcpherson
Pinckney (Democrat) was born in
Grimes County. Texas, on May 4. 1S45,
and educated in the public schools.
. He served for four years in the Civil
War with the Fourth Texas Regiment,
Hoods Texas Brigade.
For ten years he was District Attor-
ney for the Twenty-third Judicial Dis
trict of Texas. and three years as
County Judge OF Waller County.
In November, 1903. he was elected
to Congress to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of T. a.. Ball.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
Not Wholly objectionable.

The pretty girl from Gotham had
neturned from a walk.
1.-The boys out here are decidedly
free in their manners" she said. Il
passed a group Of them on a corner a
little while ago, and 4 of them said,
loud enough for me to hear: Gee, she's
z good locker, isn't sher"
"That was awfully impolite," OBJ
served her wild Western cousin, "and
] don't wonder it offended you"
"N-no, it didn't offend me, but I
thought it was-er-extremely uncere-
.'-Chicago Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
A Moorish Fondness.

The Moors are very fond Of new
made bread, and have a feast on 1t
whenever they can get the excuse. In
fact, they carry their desire for it to
such an extent that it was necessary
to pass a law %forbidding the making
of bread on n day during the week.
All the stale bread used to be thrown
away. but now it has to be eaten, as it
Is against the law of the Moor to waste
food.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
TRAIN BURIED IN TUNNEL.

Four Killed in Wreck on the Urion
Pacific West of Cheyenne, Wyo.
Cheyenne. Wyo.-The engineer and
fireman, a brakeman and an unknown
tramp were killed in a wreck at Edison
Tunnel, on the Union Pacific, about 100
miles west of Cheyenne, when the west
approach of the tunnel caved in and
buried a portion of the train under
thousands of tons Of earth and rock.
The rest of the train left the track,
completely choking the long tunnel.
Relief trains, with wreckinG outfits,
steam shovels and hundreds Of labor
ers, were hurried to the scene from
Rawlins and Laramie.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17

the kidneys. Use
DOan's Kidney
Pills which have
cured thousands.
Captain S. D.
Hunter, Of En-
CINE No. IA, Pitts
burg, Pa, Fire
Department, and
residing at 27c9
Wylie avenue,
says:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
Some Troops Ready to Mutiny.

Independent investigation seemed to
hear out the official contention, except
rs to the Caucasus, where, according
to private advices just received, the
troops were badly fed, and were OIL ue
verge of mutiny and ready to join the
revolutionaries. These advices repre-
scented that the situation bordered on
anarchy, with the revolutionaries IN
practical control.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
Education Breyities.

Andrew Carnegie gave Pomona Col
lege, at Claremont, Cal, $4,000 for a
library.
Professor T. X. Sanders. of the The.
illogical Department in Yale Univcr'
sity, resigned.
Andrew Carnegie offered $4,000 tc
Drake University, at Des Moines, Ia.
for q library.
Beloit. Knox, Grinnell and Colorado
Colleges ard Washburn University
asked Andrew Carnegie for $1,000,0G
each.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
English Arrest q Russian.

A Russian calling himself Vladimir
AEtorvitch. but carrying a passport
made out in another name, has been ar
rested OF the fortified island Of Brani,
and was arraigned at Singapore, Straits
Settlements, on the charge Of being on
Government property without author.
ity. He is believed to be a spy. /,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17

1T was three years ago that l used
Doan's Kidney Pills for an attack of
kidney trouble that was mostly back
ache, and they fixed me up fine. There
is no mistake about that, and if |
should ever be troubled again I would
get them first thing, as 1 know what
they are" -
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
FRENCH NAVAL PLANS STOLEN.

Rooms of the Director Of Construction
at Toulon Ransacked.
Paris. France.-The room occupied
by the Director of Naval Construction
at Toulon were ransacked.
The Journal states that %valuables and
money were not touched, but that doc
umentS and plans were carried off,.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
CHEF KILLED IN FIRE.
Old Ridley Store. in Grand Street, New
York City. Destroyed.

New York City.-What was left Of
the Old Ridley store building on the
south side Of Grand street and the
west side of Orchard street went up
in a fire alarm blaze which began about,
) O'clock at night.
In The building were the Offices Of
the east side branch of the Van Norden
Trust Company. and the fire broke ont.
on the second floor. just over them.
Acting Battalion Chief W. ]. Wieland
fell from il ladder and sustained injur.
les from which he died later.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
CIGARETTE SMOKERS FINED.
Many Arrests Reported in Indiana
One Victim Will Appeal.

indianapolis, Ind. - Local officers
throughout the State, acting under in
structions from police boards, began
the enforcement of the anti-cigarette
law, and a large number of arrests
were r~eported-not Of dealers, but of
persons found Sloking cigarettes or
having cigarette paper in their posses
sion. In every case the person arrest
ed was fined where trial was held.
John E. Lewis, a well-known citizen,
was fined S25 and will appeal the case.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
WOMAN DIED OF FRIGHT.
Scared by a Mississippi Cyclone which
Damaged q Town.

Mobile, A!a.-News was received acre
that considerable damage was done Dy
a cyclone which struck the felsnpor-
hood of Newton, Miss, and caused the
death from fright of Mrs. j. j. Memo,
on. When the storm broke she fell
unconscious in her yard and never
recovered.
Five buildings, six stores, and nuner-
ous barns and fences were destroyed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
SERIOUS FIRE ON CAPE COD.

Five Hundred Acres Burned Ovcr-
Change Of Wind Saves Hamlet.
Hyannis, Mass.-More than 500 acres
Of forest, meadow and pasture land
were burned over by a fire that broke
out at roon in the brush near the West
Barnstable road, two miles west Of this
village. No buildings were destroyed,
a although at one time many were threat
ened. At Happy Hollow, a settlement
of colored people, household effects had
been hastily removed to a place OF
safety, when a shift in tIe wind saved
the hamlet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
CURE YOUR KIDNEYS.

When the Back Aches and Bladder
Troubles Set In, Get at the Cause.
Don't make the mistake of believing
backache and bladder ills to be local
ailments. Get at the cause and cure
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
Minister AspiroZ Buried.

The funeral of the late Ambassador
AspirOz took place 1T Mexico City,
Mexico. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
Earthuuake's Awful Record.

An official estimate Of the loss of life
in the recent earthquake in India
places the number at not over $4,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
Stop Run on Bank.

bags containing 1000 900 carried In
IN tho view of depositors checked the
run OIL the First National Bank of Mill
Waukce, MS. :
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
Yield Of Wheat Heavy.

The yield of wheat, oats and barley
on the Pacific coast will be the heav-
lest for several years, says Bradstreets.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
RUSSIAN OFFICER SHY 10000.

Candles Away Funds For War Sup
plies and Flees Country.
st. Petersburg, Russia.-An officer
named Kasperoff, belonging to the
Office, and who had large sums at his
disposal to purchase supplies for the
Army, has defaulted to the amount Of
$50, 900 and fled abroad. BE had loss
money in gambling.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17

For Zemstyo Governments.
Plans for the extension of zerastvo
governments to Siberia and Finland
have been inaugurated by the Gear.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
MASSACRED BY TIBETANS.

Chinese Commissioner and His Retinue
Said to Have Been Slain.
London, England.-Correspondcnts at
Shanghai give an unconfrmed Chinese
report to the effect that Fel-Chuen,
the Amban Imperial Commissioner to
Tibet and his whole retinue have been
mastered by Tibetans at Batang.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
~nssackS, Wound MANY

Cnssacks Wound Many.
CossackS wounded many children,
women and mer in breaking up a festi-
val il CaucaSip.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
EARTHQUAKE IN ENGLAND.

People Badly Scared, But Little Dam
age so Far Reported.
London, England.-An earthquake,
lasting several seconds and ~occasioning
much alarm, was felt about 2 o'clock
in the morning throughout Derbyshire
and Yorkshire and in adjacent districts.
There was trifing damage to walls
and roofs in some places, and movable
articles were severely shaken, but moth
ing serious is yet reported.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
Woodruff Again Marries.

Woodruff Again Marries.
Former Lieutenant-G Governor Wood
ruff, Of New York State. married Miss
Isabel Morrison at the brides home in
New York City.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17

Jap Ships Off Manila.
Three supposedly Japanese warship'
arrived off Manila Bay. P.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-11-02
BuaarEs non EvHRYBODY.
Prsndstgast Leads All with Fine
F Line Of Vehicles. . IN

To gay that we have the aaest line
Of buggies ever on our floors is max
ing q broad claim but 1t is the fact
a. can be demonstrated TO, ell callers
at our big department. store. You
know the holidays are Coming and
you will want to make present Of q
nice buggy or carriage to your family
or to yourself. 1t will pay you to
call and see our handsome line now
displayed on our floors. We invite
you to come andlook over the display.
Do not forget our heating stoves
and ranges. We lead them oil In
price and quality. {
Oar drygOOds department is equip
ped with everything for lAtsjfall and
winter wear. LHdieS should see It.
Groceries Of every sort, fresh and
nice. Come and see our big store.
7'H WIZ =" j. T. PRENDERcAsT.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-11-02
Shows a Fine Record.

The senate journal for the recent
session q the Legislature has just
been published. It shows that Hon.
JE. Brewer, senator from the Dick
On.Clay district, was present at
evsty one Of the 50 sessions and
answered to roll call on al but three
When he was engaged 10 COMMITTEES
work. No other senator made so
good . record. w. Brewer looks
after his constituents interest with
the same fidelity that be displays 10
bis own Affairs. That iS the kind OF 9
senator TO hayo.