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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-22
Confederate Veteran.

Mr.. W. w. Edwards Of this city is a Confed-
crate Veteran who did his duty in the stirring
scenes of wal. In times OF peace he has strug
gled faithfully and successfully to keep the
wolf from his door Old and feeble, he still
works at his trade. that OF shoe maker, and by
1t he earns an honest living. He pays his
debts and owes no man anything but good
will. He is a good citizen and wears the Cross
OF Honor with pride to himself and with
credit TO the cause for which he entered the
tented field. Because of his fidelity to the
Lost Cause his name has been enrolled among
those to whom the state pays special honor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-22
The legislature,

The Legislature adjourned last Saturday
without doing much. harm. Although that
body enacted about one hundred and ninety
laws, they. were, as q rule, of that variety
which are,harmless. We feel so grateful to
that body for its refusal to do an indefinite
amount Of proposed mischief that we have no
bill Of indictment against. In the main
1t seemed TO us to be a wise and co.,
sentative assemblage. Various individual
oranks may have gone off into space, but the
equilibrium of the body was'not disturbed. :.
The license lent. and all the anti.dispen-
sary folk were relieved OF their stored cleo
tricity. The various propositions TO interfere
with the dispensary acted as conductors OF
lightning, and the atmosphere was cleared OF
its surcharges. Tn license folk, including
the newspapers, were much In evidence, but
the people at home were solid for the dispen.
sary, at least as far as This county is con-
cerned.
We do not know exactly how to classify
Senator Brice OF Chester, with his little
liquor bill.
The high license measure met its just fate.
High license is the worst of all the licenses
1t gives q monopoly to the rich and runs the
pOok OuI VI DuoidCScs Jul
is that rich bar keepers considered high H.
cense as an ideal dream.
This is the first time that prohibitionists
ever aligned themselves with the license
advocates. The d%ispensary, 1t may be ad.
mitted, has its faults, but no Intelligent lover
OF sobriety will deny that it is much better
than any Kind of licensed grog shop, while
the high license Is upspeakably worse than
any other method of regulating the traffic in
liquor.
The dispensary gives US prohibition
for half the time. If half the effort was made
to reduae the hours for the sale o fliquor that
is now given to the'advocacy of doing away
with the present prohibition a better con-
d.tion would follow.
One Of the best bills that.was introduced In
the last session of the Legislature was one TO
regulate the charges OF newspapers for an
~nouncing candidates for offices but that little
bill was killed "ere sin could blight or sorrow
fade" .
Its disconsolate father came from the land
Of the Calhouns. II be had been successful in
having his ideas enacted into a law, be
would have deserved a monument as high as
the skies and as broad as the horizon.
The Legislature did well in strangling the
effort 10 repeal the immigration bureau. The
establis hment Of the immigration bureau Is
about the best and most sensible thing that
the South Carolina Legislature has done In
years.
The date of the birth Of the proposed new
county of Calhoun has been postponed, even
If it was not ~strangled in the borning. 1.-THE
Calhoun county had been born we do not
know what would have become OF US. We
can hardly stand 1t now.
Anderson County. was not allowed to move
its county line further down this way 80 as
to take in a big slice Of this county. When
Anderson Is a little larger some enterprisihs
town like Honea Path will want a Court
House.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-22
Woman Robbed,

While q woman and her husband were
walking the streets in New York one day
last week, q thief snatched a $1,000 diamond
from the throat OF the lady.
The sympathies Of the people are extended
to the sufferer in this case. Abbeville
women, In order not to put temptation in the
way thieves, do not often wear their S,WN
diamonds when on the streets.
Our ladies seldom exhibit such jewels In
their dresses while'on the streets. They are
so careful that they do not even wear Oh
their skirts those thoroughly detestable
brass buttons that are SO common in som
rural communities.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-22
Shoe Repairing.

I have opened a Shoe Shop in the
little brick building next to Messrs.
Calvert d Nickles Furniture Store. All
orders Will receive prompt attention.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Work first
class. Give me q chance on your shoe.
Ben Brown, Jr.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-31
GAS COMPANIES MUST
NOT WORK IN DARKNESS
No Executive Sessions in New York
Legislative Investigation

NEW YORK, March 3O.-The first
days session of the legislative COM
mittee which is inquiring into the light
ing situation and alleged illegal COM
bination of gas and electric companies
In New York city was productive of
statement by Senator Stephens chair
man of the committee, that no execu-
tive. sessions would be held, that the
companies must give their answers to
all questions publicly and must pro-
duce the books giving a complete ac-
count of receipts and expenditures.
This, coupled with the statement that
Charles f. Murphy. leader of Tam
many hall. would be called as a witness
gave immediate interest to the hearing.
An officer of the Consolidated Gas COM
pany, the controlling organization of
many lighting concerns, declared the
company had been operating at a
deficit of from $1.O0O.OOO to $4,000, 600
yearly. He admitted, however, THAI
this deficit was shown after payment of
dividends ranging from to 10 per cent.
The committee viii continue its SEES
Sions tomorrow.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-31
REWARD AWAITS GIRL
WHO DOESN'T MARRY
Man Files Curious Quiteiaim Deed for
Four Daughters

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. March 30.-Accord-
Ing TO the terms of a quitclaim deed
filed today in the recorders Office at
Clayton, a suburb, real estate property
valued at $4,000 is the prize that
awaits one OF the four single daugh-
ters of II. w. Hough who remains sin
gle the longest. The daughters are
Misses Miriam. Jessie. .Emeline and
Ellie Hough, well known in st. Louis
social circles. The sisters are to share
equally as tenants in common while
they remain single. II one marries her
interest is to inure to the others. II all
marty but one she is to have the fee SIM
pie to all the property. If. however. she
too marries. she is to be deprived of all
interest in the property. In that event,
the deed stipulates, "the whole of the
property shall vest in either of them
who shall be a widow"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-31
COURT TO CONTINUE
Fair Grounds Justice to Be
Melted Out as Before

The Rosenthal bill to eliminate the
so-called kangaroo court" from the
state fair grounds was killed by the
house yesterday, when it accepted the
report of a committee recommending
the bill for indefinite postponement.
The bill was not defeated without
struggle, however, and in the debate
some rather uncomplimentary things
were said about the summary court
held at the fair grounds during the an
nual fairs of the Minnesota State Ag-
ricultural society.
j. B. RoseDthal, author of the BILL
attempted to reverse the action of the
committee on agriculture, which re-
ported the bill for indefinite postpone
ment. John f. Selb and ]. ]. Lennon
came to his rescue. Burdette Thayer
assisted and said that partisan courts
were not needed in this country. w. p.
Roberts argued that public safety re-
quired such a court as is maintained at
the fairs to handle the takers, gamblers
and crooks that congregate there.
Lennon replied that the takers were
there by license of the management,
while many an innocent man carrying
a small flask had been apprehended
and severely dealt with by the court.
The plan proposed by the Rosenthal
bill was TO have a special judge ap-
pointed by the governor, with prose-
cutting attorney to be designated by the
attorney general.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-31
FElG DECLARES WAR
viii Make Active Fight for
Gandrud Bill

Henry Eeig. superintendent of coun-
try elevators for the state grain and
warehouse commission. is aroused at
the attempt to circulate at the capitol
stories that he has been lobbying for
the Standard Oil company. Mr.. Feig
declares that the stories were put in
circulation by the enemies of the
Gandrud bill, requiring a gravity test
for illuminating oils. and that while
he has been in the past only a passive
advocate of the bill, he will from now
on make an active fight to secure the
passage of the bill.
Il have been in public life for a
great many years." said Mr.. Feig yes
terday, and this is the first time that
my record has ever been impugned.
do not hesitate to say that the stories
were put in motion by the enemies of
the bill.
Right here I say that / am the au-
thor of the resolution under which the
house committee is investigating the
subject of oil and oil inspection, and
the author of the Gandrud bill, which
is designed to give the people relief
from present intolerable conditions in
this state.
The consumers of oil out through
the country, who get no such quality
of kerosene as is sold in st. Paul and
Minneapolis, are very much in earnest
in their fight for a modern standard Of
testing OIL"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-31
TWO BARNS AND HOUSE
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Horse and Chickens Perish in Early
Morning Blaze

Two barns and a residence were de-
stroyed by fire early this morning
few minutes after l o'clock smoke
was noticed by a patrolman coming
out OF the roof of a barn at 923 Euclid
street, owned by Peter Niespoddiany,
and an alarm was turned in. BY the
time the engine companies arrived the
flames had spread to all parts of the
building and were working rapidly in
the direction of a barn close by owned
by Peter Connolly. The flames had
made such Roadway that they could
not be checked. and in few minutes
the barn at 917 Euclid, owned by Con-
nelly, was ablaze.
Despite the efforts of the firemen,
both barns were burned to the ground.
horse belonging to Niespoddiany and
several chickens were burned to death.
A buggy and half a cord of wood were
also destroyed. Sparks from the burn
ing buildings set fire to the roof of Jo-
sepr Condon's residence, 905 Euclid
street, and the upper mart of the build
ing wars badly damaged before the
blaze was extinguished. Members of
Condon's family fed into the street in
their night clothes and were taken in
by the neighbors. No one was injured
The total loss is estimated at $1,000.
NiesDoddianys loss is about $500. Con-
nellys $500 and Condons $500.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-31
RED CROSS BRANCH TO
BE FORMED IN STATE
Daniel r. Noyes Is Head of Move
ment to Organize Society

If sufficient support can be obtained
a Minnesota branch of the American
National Red Cross society will be
formed. Daniel r. Noyes has been
chosen to represent this state, and all
who wish to help are requested to
communicate with him.
The society has recently been reor-
ganized under the auspices of the gov
eminent, though the original society
was formed at Geneva, Switzerland,
on Aug. %. 1864. 1t is for the general
purpose of mitigating the necessary
horrors of war. Most OF the civilized
governments of the world recognize
the Red Cross and give protection to
its nurses and physicians in war.
The central organization in Ameri-
ca is DESTROYS of securing state So
cieties. The dues will be from 81 to
81 a year. as deemed necessary, but in
any event will be small. The general
object of the state organization is to
enlist nurses and agents and to furnish
supplies.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-31
PROvFRB QUESTION
PUT IN NEW FORM
Old Difficulty Over Duplicate
Lists Puzzles Wisconsin
Woman

The question of how many lists to
send in. in case a contestant in T h e
G o b e's educational proverb con-
test has more than one answer to a
proverb. has come up again. The fol-
lowing letter states the case a little
differently than foregoing contestants
have put it:
Manager Proverb Contest, St Paul.
Minn.-Dear Sir: l would be very CRATE
full If you would kindly answer this ques-
Ton. which l am in doubt about / am
engaged in trying to solve your proverbs.
To many have two answers, to others but
one. Now, shall have to make out two
set by keeping, for instance, all blank
forms OF No. 2, or any number to which
/ have more than one answer, together?
III I make out two different sets some
of the answers win be duplicates. as
have but one answer to many of the
proverbs. 1 understand fully that there
must be separate blank form for each
Allow me to express my approval Of
your contest. As an interesting education
al feature OF your paper, 1 consider it ex-
Hoping that you will kindly answer my
query promptly, / am. truly yours.
Mrs. William Men
Stanton, Wis, March %. 1905
Answer-It is not necessary to make out
complete sets OF answers where you find
you have more than one solution TO one or
more OF the problems. Get duplicates of
the proverb blanks you are in doubt about
and number them carefully. Do not send
In more than one answer on a single
blank In case of doubt follow the rules
Manager ProveTb Contest: You have the
cutest proverbs of the set today. but IS
and 80 stump all of us completely. No
one here who is studying them can find
a satisfactory solution. They seem more
like puns than proverbs and we cannot
md In any list anything that seems in
any way to apply. 1 do not believe you
represent standard proverbs as much as
those of other dates. Further than this
/ would not have the temerity to ask
Number IS is also hickory tough" 1
have enjoyed the contest very much
ID. /. w.
Mortified. Mimi. March IS.
Answer-The published conditions state
that all proverbs are taken from standard
authorities.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-31
PLANS MUCH PAVING
Portland VIII Soon Have Miles
of First Class Streets

Portland, Ore, is to have miles and
miles, of new pavement in the next few
years, according to l.. d. Goldsmith of
that city, who was at the Ryan hotel
last night. Mr.. Goldsmith is a heavy
property owner and a representative of
the Taxpayers league, and has been
on tour of the principal cities of the
United States 10 inspect paving ma
terials
As a semi official representative of
the city of Portland, and as secretary
OF the Taxpayers league. Mr.. Gold
smith has been looking into pavements
and will report what. in his opinion, is
the best materials to. use.
Portland is prosperous" said Mr..
Goldsmith I'VE are getting ready for
the Lewis and Clark exposition, but
there is no boom such as is usually the
forerunner of eXpositions. l have Just
come from st. Louis, and 1 do not find
that their big show there left the town
dead, as is usually supposed to be the
case. Rents in st. Louis are bringing
good figure, and real estate is in good
demand. Portland will not make any
Preparations other than of a substan-
tial nature.
The exposition is in good shape to
open June 1. 1t will be unique in one
respect, as it Will not owe a dollar to
the government or anybody when the
gates are opened. The people financed
the far themselves and are ready to
pay for il. The natural location is the
best L have ever seen. 1t is dry and
sanitary and the scenery is fine. From
the grounds the visitor can see not only
the fair, but three snow capped peaks.
Harvey Scott, the owner of the Ore
gonian, was at the head of the fair, but
he resigned in favor of John Good
In general Portland is in good
shape. We are the third largest ex-
porting wheat and flour port in the
United States. We have a natural To-
cation. You can turn a carload of
wheat loose in any part of the western
country and it will run directly into
Portland on account of the lay of the
land"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-31
PROTESTS ARE FILED
Manufacturers Oppose Prison
Implement Plant

Thirty manufacturers, jobbers and
retailers of agricultural machinery
were present to protest, either by
speech or their presence to the manu-
facture of farm machinery at the Still
water penitentiary at a hearing held
yesterday afternoon in the senate
chamber.
The hearing was conducted by the
joint committee appointed to investi-
gate the feasibility of installing plant
for the manufacture of binders, now
ers and rakes in the Saltwater prison.
Since the committee was originally
named the Zelch bill has been intro
duced In the house, appropriating one
half the net profits of the prison for
next year towards installing a plant
for the manufacture of farm imple-
ments." While the Zelch bill is not
before the special committee, II is be-
fore the legislature, and it is to ii
more than TO the Teigen resolution OF
inquiry that the implement men are
so violently arrayed.
With unanimity and force of argu-
ment they contended that the states
manufacturing interests, none too well
developed, would be seriously crippled
by the states competition and that
new manufactures in any lines threat
ened by prison competition could not
be expected to be built in the state. L.
c. Pryor, editor of a Minneapolis inn
plement publication, led the debate
for the implement men. II. L. Gregg
of st. Paul, former Senator Henry
Keller of Sank Center, II. F. Johns
of Lake City and E. r. Beeman Of
Minneapolis spoke from the manufac-
turers' position, and a number of job
bers and retailers also participated in
the discussion.
]. F. Jacobson, chairman of the
board of control, who was present,
said the installation of a harvester
manufacturing plant at the prison was
possible, but he would not say that it
was entirely feasible. That was for
the legislature to say. though he ad-
vocated the passage of bill giving the
board of control authority to install 1t,
If upon investigation IL was considered
practical.
Mr.. Jacobson assured the implement
men that the board of control would
not attempt to place convict labor in
competition with their free labor in
duStries if ii was found possible to
install industries which have no man
ufactories in the state. He advocated
very ardently a change in the present
law, limiting the number of inmates
which may be employed in an industry
to 10 per cent of the number of per-
sons employed in that industry in the
state. The presence of this law, he
argued, prevented the installation of
manufacturing plants not represented
in Minnesota
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-31
WILL MAKE PAPER
Mill VIII Move From Wisconsin
to Watab, Mimi.

A large paper mill is TO be moved
from Grand Rapids. Wis, to Watab.
Mimi, in order TO save freight rates
on lumber, which have began to eat
into the profits of the business. Ar
thur E. Morgan, a civil engineer of st.
Cloud, was at the Merchants last night,
having come to consult with a firm of
ST. Paul attorneys regardig the plan
10 secure permission from the war de-
partment of, the federal government to
construct a dam across the Mississippi
river for power
The new mill viii mean an outlay of
about 100000, of which 100000 will
be for the dam, and the remainder for
the mill machinery. The old company
had charter which expires April %.
and the new company at Watab must
begin work before that time to keep the
charter.
The spruce timber used in making
the paper comes from northern Mime
sota," said Mr.. Morgan. by having
the mill at Watab, the company can
save one-third of the cost of the raw
material on the freight rates alone. The
timber can be fioated down the river
instead of being sent by railroad"
The new plant at Watab, which is
six miles from st. Cloud, will have n
10000 horse power IL the plans of the
engineer work out. Mr.. Morgan Is the
engineer who laid out the site OF the
new mill. He has faith that sufficient
power Will be developed to care for all
the output of the plant. The dam
must be complete within a year after
beginning work.
There will be a shortage in spruce
timber, says Mr.. Morgan, II something
is not done in few years to regulate
the supply. In New York state the
finest hemlock is being used to make
paper, and 1t brings more for this pur-
pose than for lumber. The German
system of caring for forests must be
put into operation in this country in
the future, says Mr.. Morgan.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-31
SAY BILL is UNWISE
Reciprocal Demuraae Measure
Criticised Before Committee

The senate committee on railroads
granted its second hearing yesterday
afternoon on the reciprocal demurrage
bill by Representative w. A. Nolan.
Both the railroads and the shippers
were literally represented.
After hearing further from z. J. Can
non. representing the shippers advo-
eating the bill, the committee devoted
most of the afternoon listening to Gen.
eral Solicitor A. Z. Clarke OF the Min
neapolis & St Louis, who spoke at
length against the bill, and likewise TO
e. ID. Burlington, manager of the
Northwest Thresher company of
Saltwater, a shipper who opposed the
bill.
Mr.. Burlington considered the bill
unfair, and said he didn't think the
shippers wanted II. II placed too much
of a burden on the railroad companies,
and obstacles in their way We're OBJ
stacles to the shippers. Mr.. BuffiDg-
ton said he had always found the rail-
road men broad minded, and that they
never manifested a disposition to de-
lay business.
General Solicitor Clarke of the Min
neapolis G. st. Louis declared that the
real question was whether the bill
would afford the shippers any needed
relief. Counsel coptended that any.
body of men who understood the bill
would vote II down. Inc TACT tnat tne
house had passed it meant nothing.
The st. Paul Commercial club had at
first Endorsed il, but reconsidered its
action, granted the railroads a hear
ing and then laid the matter on the
table, because they then understood the
bill.
Mr.. Clarke contended that the bill
was against the interests of the ship
pers, and as final argument against
the measure declared that it was
direct attack upon the railroad and
warehouse commission, which is en-
powered by law to punish railroads
shown to be guilty of discrimination in
the handling of freight.
Mr.. Clarke produced letters from
shippers of a dozen or more towns
declaring their opposition to the bill.
A. II. Bright of the 500 spoke against
the bill, which he declared was an
artificial measure and not business
like, but unreasonable and impractical
BILE.
The committee adjourned at this
juncture, and will grant another and
probably final hearing next Monday
afternoon.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-31
LEADERS FROWN ON
STEERING COMMITTEE
House Members Are Worried over Amount
of Work Ahead

republican house leaders met at the
Ryan hotel last night and considered mans
1or expediting the passage of bills during
the remaining three weeks OF the session.
A proposition to name a steering COM
was defeated. 1t was decided that night
sessions would soon be a necessity to care
Tor the rush of bills now coming from the
next week. Certainly night sessions will
be held the last two weeks of the session.
The meeting last night included the
chalrmen OF many of the important house
committees, and it is said that one result
OF the conference of the chairmen will be
mat great many bills will be smothered
IN committee. Speaker Clague met with
ms chairmen TO discuss the situation in the
mouse, which it is admitted is not SO very
bright SO far as accomplishing results is
concerned. "
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-31
Collier Memorial Killed

The Collier memorial to congress.
asking that the Nelson bankruptcy act
be repealed, will not be sent to Wash
lngton. 1t was killed in the house yes
terday by a vote of 60 to A in its ia
vor. Elias Rachie, Sherman S. Smith
and others spoke against the proposed
memorial as not being justified by in
dustrial conditions. w. p. Roberts
said that the law was necessary at
certain times and that this one had
outlived the conditions which Great
ed it.