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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-21
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MNqesves exesn ecktea. Nsat HsvsAops NE
Stimulating kzAma Ind Has$s touna;
IN sehnapps tobacco
"a. 0Md CoAkee

tobacco, grown in the famous Pied
mont region, requires and takes less
sweetening than tobacco grown IN
any other section Of the United States
and has a wholesome, stimulating,
Juicy, full tobacco taste that satisfies
tobacco hunger. That's why chewers
prefer Schnapps, because SchnaPps
cheers more than any other chewing
tobacco, and that's why chewers OF
Schnapps pass the good thing along
-one chewer makes other chewers,
until the fact is established that
there. are more chewers and more
pounds of tobacco chewed to the
population in states where Schnapps
tobacco is sold than there are in
those states where Schnapps has not
yet been offered to the trade:
A 1oc. plug of SchnapPs is more
economical than a much larger 1oc.
plug of cheap tobacco. Sold at soc.
per pound in SC. cuts. Strictly 10
and IS cent plugs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-21
An Ordinance
To Raise Supplies for the
City of Abbeville, S. c., for
the Fiscal Year 1907.

De 1T RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND
Aldermen of the City OF Abbeville, 5. C.' IN
Council assembled and by authority OF the
same, That a tax for the sums and In a man
ner hereinafter named shall be raised ana
paid into the treasury Of the City Council for
the uses and purposes thereof for the fiscal
year 1907.
Notice 10 hereby given that the Office OF
City Treasurer of Abbeville, &. Z, Will be
open for the collection OF taxes for said fiscal
year.l9G7, from Thursday, Nov. l, 1906, until
Tuesday, January /, 1907, without penalty.
Rate per cenlum of taxation are as follows:
City HiIiie'
Water Works Tux (iDlerest
on bonds and Sinking
Funds) ....... -.."......".."...Z '-I Hl1ls
Sewerage. Ii
That when the taxes and assessment or any
portion thereof charged against the property
or party on the tax books Of the City Tor the
fiscal year 1907, shall not be paid on or before
the first day Of January 1867, the City Treas
urer shall proceed TO add q penalty OF one
per cent. on the tax book, and the City
Treasurer shall collect the same; and If The
said taxes and assessments and penalties are
not paid on or before the first day OF Febrn
ary next thereafter, an additional penalty OF
one per centum thereon shall be added by the
City Treasurer; and II said taxes, assessments
and penalties are not paid on or before the
first day of March next thereafter. an addl'
tional penalty of five per centum thereon
shall be added by the City Treasurer and be
collected by him; and If the said taxes, as
easements and penalties are not paid on or
before the 18th day OF March next thereafter,
the said City Treasurer shall Issue his Tax ex'
ecution for the said lakes. assessments and
penalties against the property OF the defau!
ing Ia xpayers according to law.
communication road tax will be colleatcd
the same time as other taxes OF Two Dollars
| from all male citizens between the ages Of
eighteen and hfy-ive years, except those
exem pied by law. Unless said tax is PAID
on or before The lat day OF January. 1907, six
days work upon the public highways and
streets of the City will be required under the
Street Orerseer.
All persons falling or refusing TO pay the
com mutation tax or to work ak full days,
shall, upon conviction, be fined not more
than Thirty Dollars or be imprisoned not
longer than thirty days.
Done anu ratified In City Council this
9Th day OF October, 1905.
JAMES MCMILLAN. Mayor.
JAMES CHALMERS, City Clerk.
Oct. 9, 1908. II
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-21

Three ways are used by farmers
for curing and preparing their to-
bacco for the market; namely sun
cured, air cured and fue cured.
The old and cheap way is called air
cured; the later discovery and i'm
proved way is called fue cured.
In fue curing the tobacco is taken
from the fields and racked in barns
especially built to retain heat and
there subjected to a continuous high
temperature, produced by the direct
heat of flame heated aues, which
brings out in the tobacco that
stimulating taste and aroma that
expert roasting develops in green
coffee. These similar processes give
to both tobacco and coffee the cheer
ing and stimulating quality that pop
ularizes their use.
The quality of tobacco depends
much on the curing process and the
kind of soil that produces it, as ex-
pert tests prove that this fue cured
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-21
WEST POINT AND ANNAPO-
LIS APPOINTMENTS.
Applicants 10 be Examined at Able
Yille o the Third Congressional
District. >N'T

A competitive examination will be held at
Abbeville. IN the Court House, Wedn esday,
January 3rd. 1901, for the purpose of selecting
candidates for appointment to q cadetship In
West Point Military Academy and a mid
shipman in Annapolis Naval Academy.
There will be q principal and we alter
mates selected for each place.
Each candidate should be well versed In the
following subjects, to-wit: reading. writing,
spelling, English grammar, English compo-
sition. English literature, arithmetic, alge-
bra through quadratic equations, plane geom.
etry, descriptive geography. and the ele-
menfs Of physical geography, especiaAly the
geography OF the United States, United States
History, the outlines OF gel neral history and
the general principles OF psychology and ny
giene. -,
Applicants for West Point must not be nm.
der n or over 20 years Of age. and Tor An.
napolis they must not be under Is or over %
years Of age. All applicants must be bona
noe residents of heThird Congressional Dis.
trict, and must be able 10 pass rigid ply.
steal examination.
Respectfully
Wyatt Aiken.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-21

Holiday Rates Via Southern Rail-
way.
The Southern Railway will sell Excursion
tick eta between all points East Of the Missis-
stppi and South OF the Ohio and PJtomac
Rivers to and from ST. Louis and iptermedi-
ate points. Rate one fare and one third plus
twenty i've cents for round trip. Tickets sold
Der Goth 10 25th. inclusive, December
S0th .3lst, 1906 and January 1st, 1907. with
limit good to leave destination returning not
later than midnight January 7th, 1901. .
For full 10 formation, apply 10 any Ticket
Agent Of the Southern Railway, or write
r. W. Hunt, g. E. Allen.
Division Passenger Agt, Asst Gen. Pass. A.
Charleston. 4. c. Atlanta, Ga.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-21

Don't risk giving your girl anything but
Huylers candy. Food for the angels. For
ale by Speeds Drug Store. p
Ifyou ant post cards go to Speeds Drug
Store.
Don't wear your shoes ont hunting for
school books, 20 TO Speeds Drug Store where
you can always get what you want.
A sure cure for catsrrh for sale at Speeds
Drug store.
Don't modkey with imitation, get the
genuine velvet molasseS candy, fresh from
the factory. Speeds Drug Store.
Ifyou want something nice and servic-
able for rhristhmas presents 60 10 Speeds
DRUG Store.
The most popular thing in town, Speeds
Clnco Cigars.
All the State Adopted Books including
School Supplies on hand at Milford's Drug
Store.
Bibles, Bibles, all styles and prices at Mil
fords Drug Store.
Stop that Cough with Milford's White
Pine and Tar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-21
Farmers Union.

Remember the meeting OF the Farmert
on the First Satu rday in December.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-21

Waterman Fountain Pen the best on earth
can be had at Milford'a Drug Store.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-21

< Don't fail to be on hand on the First Satur-
. day in December. The Farmers Union viii
be r~eorganized and placed on q business
basis. The Abbeville County union must
keep mp with the others and You must help
TO DO II.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-21
Famous STRIKE Breakers.

The most famous strike breakers IN
the land are DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. When liver and bowls 20 on
strike, they quickly settle the trouble
and the purifying work goes right on.
Best cure for constipation, herdache
and dizziness. Csc at P. B. Speed's
the druggist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-21

House Saved From Burning.
The dwelling house OF Mr.. John Wilson on
Grain Ridge, was discovered TO be on fire last
Monday night. The fire was in the front
piazza, but did little damage.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-09-12
BROCK, IN HOLLAND.
1t Is Said to he the C1eanest Town
In the World.

1t Is Said to He the Cleanest Town
In the World.
The cleanest town in the world Is
said to be Brock, 10 Holland. 1t is only
a few miles from the capital, and has
been famous for it's cleanliness from
time immemOrial. 1t is also notable on
account of the fancfful style Of its
houses and yards and gardens and
streets.
The people, though only peasants, are
all well to do, and all feel a pride In
their town. 1t seems to be the first
business of their lives to keep their
houses freshly painted, their gardens in
perfect order and their yards and
streets as clean as new pin. No carts
are allowed in the streets, and no cattle
Though the raising Of stock and the
making Of butter and cheese are their
occupations, a stranger would never
imagine that there were any cattle in
the region, unless he went to the beau
tiful green meadows at the back Of the
houses or the stables out there, where
COWS are kept In stalls scrubbed and
washed like kitchen.
The streets are too fine and neat fol
the feet of the animals to step on AL
are paved with polished stone, inter
mingled with bricks of different colors,
and kept so scrupulously clean that a
lady could walk anywhere in white
satin lippers.-PearsOn's Weely.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-09-12
Wild WITH
ITCHING HUMOR
Eruption Broke Out in Spots All
Over Body-Caused a Continual
Itching for Two Years Doctors
Medicine Did no Good Cured at
Expense Of only SLIPS and Now
THANKS CUTICURA
FOR COMPLETE CURE

"Some time ago / wrote you for q
book on the Cuticura Remedies and
received it o. X. and went and bought
the Soap, Ointment, and Pills. They did
me more good than any medicine ever
used. They cured rue ofmy skin disease,
and I am very thankful to you. My
trouble was eruption Of the skin, which
brohe out in spots all over my BODY,
=; caused continual itching which
Grove me wild at times. / got
..ine of doctor, but it did not cure
roe, and when L saw in q paper your
= l., | sent to you for the Cuticura book
studied my case in it. | then
20 the drug store and bought one
Of Cuticura Soap, one box OF Gu
"a Ointment, and one vial OF Cuti-
Pills. From the first application
cceived relief. l used the first set
i two extra cakes of Cuticura Soap,
s.nd was completely cured. l had
Uttered for two years, and l again
hank Cuticura for my cure. II you
wish, you may publish this. Your
friend forever, Claude N. johnson, Maple
Grove Farm, R. F. Do, Walnut Kan.,
June Is, 1905"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-09-12

The area Of Bolivia is not accurate
ly known, yet it is probable that its
present area is not far from 100000
square miles, which is the equivalent
of the area of Germany, France and
Spain combined. From the lowlands
on the east and southeast the land
rises, sometimes by easy slope and
sometimes by abrupt uplift to the
snowcapped peak of Sorata, with its
altitude of near $4,000 feet and to the
pyramid of Illimani, which is given as
21,300 feet in height. La Paz lies at
an elevation Of 1000 feet above sea
level and Potosi at nearly $4,000 feet.
A few miles west of La Paz lies the
inland sea of Titicaca, at an elevation
of 1900 feet
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-09-12
The Grny Parrot.

The home of the gray parrot, an In
teresting but sadly i'll used creature, is
IN sunny central Africa, from the Kon-
go and Guinea coast to the east of Lake
Nyassa. Here the pretty Pollies' fly
in flocks, as rocks and pigeons do In
England, for they are very friendly
birds. The birds when caught are hud-
died together and carried to the coast.
Such as are still alive on reaching 1t
are packed. generally without mercy
or pity. in the holds of ships On are
slowed away in any corner on board
where space can be found, to suffer
torments from want Of air, want Of
light. want Of proper food and space
to spread their wings. and, worst Of
all, lack of water, which they dearly
love. The wings Of many wretched,
suffering birds brought to this country
are tied so rs to prevent them from
hutterlng and spelling their beauty
Choking, gaJping, sitting from heat or
shlvering with damp and cold, hun
dreds upon hundreds die on their way
to this country 1t has been said by IL
famous bird fancier that hardly one in
thousand survives the terrible suf-
ferings which gray parrots undergo on
their way from their own land to the
cage in England.-Our Animal Broth
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-09-12
SOME FIRST OCCASIONS.

The first canal was made in Eng.
land when Henry l. Joined the Trent
to the Witham, In 1874.
Quill pens came into use in 553; the
first steel ones in 1920, when the first
gross of them sold for $50.
The first pocket handkerchiefs, utiF
lied in the manner they are today,
were manufactured at Paisley in 1743.
From the press of the celebrated
Wynken de Worde the first book con.
tanning musical characters was issued
in 140j.
The first coins were struck in brass
about 1884 B. c. and in gold and silver
by Pheldon, tyrant of Argos, about
$50 r. Q.
About 10 A. d. the first glass bottle
was made by the Romans, although
the manufacture was not taken up III
England until 1858.
Movable scenery was first used in
theaters in 1908. 1t was invented by
Baldassare Peruzzi and displayed in
Rome before Leo X.
Plny's Natural History" may be re-
garded as the first encyclopedia, since
it contained 10000 facts compiled from
1000 books by 100 authors.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-09-12
DIZZINESS.
Various Causes That Bring About I'm
Attack of Verffpo


Attack of Vertigo.
Dizziness, or vertigo scientific writ
ers sometimes try to distinguish in
sense between these two words, but
practically, In popular usage, they
mean the same thing-is a disturbance
Of relation to the outside world, loss
Of the sense of equilibrium The sen.
sation persists even when the eyes are
closed. There is more or less inability
TO walk straight or even to stand still,
md often there is nausea, followed by
vomiting.
Vertigo is due to disturbance,
either actual or reflex, of the nervous
center of equilibrium" in the back
part Of the brain or in the semicircu-
lar canals in the ear, in which the ter.
limitations of the nerves coming from
the center of equilibrium are distrib.
uted. For the most part, vertigo is
reflex trouble due to some impression
which gets shunted- off its own route,
as it were, through nerve fibers con.
Meeting with the equilibrium center
and acts upon the semicircular canals
Of the ear Thus it Is that dizziness
Is a comparatively trivial affection, as
rule-disagreeable enough, but brief
and Of no great significance except as
a symptom of trouble elsewhere in the
body.
Persistently recurring, transient diz'
illness is often due to eye strain-that
is to say, to errors in the formation OF
the eye not corrected by proper glasses
Wearers Of spectacles can frequently
tell when a change IN the eyes has oc-
Cured, necessitating a corresponding
change in the glasses, by the coming
back of these attacks of giddiness, es-
pecially when the gaze Is suddenly
moved from a near object to a remote
one or the reverse.
Vertigo Is a common symptom of dis.
orders Of digestion seated either in the
stomach or the intestine. The treat
ment for this form is, of course, to
treat the indigestion or constipation.
Another more serious variety of diZ.
illness depends upon disease Of the
heart or of the blood vessels especially
those Of the brain.
Any disease Of the ear is apt to be
associated with more or less vertigo.
The same is true of tumor or other
disease of the brain, especially Of the
cerebellum. that part Of the brain IN
which the center Of equilibrium Is stu.
ated.
The dizziness of seasickness, as well
as that Of swinging or Of rapidly turn.
ing about, is thought to be caused by
an irritation Of the nerves in the semi.
circular canals by the striking against
them Of the fluid in these canals
Youths Companion.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-09-12

ICP, corner post; r. rafter; b, brace;
p, plate; Y, yoke; T, temple; s, sweep;
AA, roof boards.]
post and the manner of arranging the
sweep for raising and lowering. -Four
straight chestnut poles twenty-five feet
long are selected from the woods and
bored with holes one foot apart to re-
ceive the bolts which support the roof.
They are set four feet In the ground
and eighteen feet apart, as that Is q
convenient size to make barrack.
The plates are by inches, made
of white pine or some other light
wood. as Is all the material of the roof.
Lightness is important, and the roof
boards are made of one-half inch ma
terial. The brace across the corner Is
made Of two inch plank spiked strongly
to the plates. 1t is of such a height
that the rafter which rests on 1t, IL pro-
jected through the corner post, would
meet the frame at the intersection or
the plates. The roof boards are cut
around the corners. leaving a hole
few inches larger than the corner
post1. A little rain that gets in at the
corners or through the roof does prac-
tically no harm.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-09-12

There is always more or less talk
current about abolishing position and
dispensing pelf. The trouble is to
know just where to begin the destruc-
tive reconstruction and to find reform.
ers who are willing themselves to be
reformed. An English great lady was
once entertaining the labor member OF
parliament, Henry Broadhurst, the
Duke Of Argyll and others at her coun'
try seat. She was a strong Liberal,
and one evening inveighed against the
house Of lords. 1t would be swept
away If it did not reform, she said
with fervor.
Eyes" agreed Broadhurst, land how
will you like that, Mrs. Pr
Lady p, If you please, sir" instant.
ly corrected Broadhurst's hostess
drawing herself up haughtily.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-09-12
Deadly Snakes.

The deadliest of snakes Is said to be
the mamba, an African cobra. 1t flies
at everybody and everything; 1t goes
out Of its way to quarrel; it will even
come down from a tree to solicit an
interview Over in India there Is the
great king cobra, or hamadryad, size
larger, quite as ferce-it has been
known to chase a man on horseback;
he had to ride for his life-but his
poison is q degree less virulent. The
difference, however, may be considered
negligible and ceases to interest the
patient after few minutes Among
the Australian cobras, the pit vipers
Of America and the great west African
vipers there are species with evil repu'
tations, and the most alarming feature
Is that the aggressive snakes are all
desperately poisonous.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-09-12
Minnesota.

Minnesota has been designated the
North Star State, Of which two or
three explanations have been given,
one on account of its geographical posi-
ton, another that the north star APP
pears in its coat of arms. 1t has also
been called the Lake State from the
great number of small lakes within its
limits and the Gopher State because
the early settlers found golphers there
in such abundance that they proved a
serious nuisance. Even careful rider
passing over plain where gophers
abounded was in danger of being
thrown by his horse accidentally step
ping In a gopher hole.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-09-12
Presidential Condolences.

John Adams was eight years older
than his successor, Thomas Jefferson;
he eight years older than james Madi-
son; he eight years older than James
Monroe, and he eight years older than
John @. Adams. George Washington
ended his term as president in his sixty
fifth year, and so, too, did John Adams,
Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and
James Monroe. Thomas Jefferson and
John Adams died on the same day, July
4. 1896. exactly fifty years after the
signing of the Declaration OF lnde-
pendence. One other president, James
Monroe, died on July A. His death oc-
cprred in 1891
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-09-12

"Graciousw exclaimed the fond wife,
coming In her husbands den and find
ing him smoking his pipe and reading.
"This room is thick with smoke. ]
don't see how you can stand to sit in
here"
you can'tp responded the brutal
husband. "Well, / don't stand to sit
In here; sit to sit in here. Did you
think you had married a freak"
1t is said that this was the first time
in their married life that she slammed
a door on leaving him.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-09-12

energies; as this takes place in the
fall, it is likely that the adults hide
away and hibernate In that form.
There Is reason TO suppose that there IS
one generation each year.
The life history of this pest seems to
reveal no weak points where a spray
can be made to avail. The fact that 1t
works on many of our common weeds
indicates that clean culture over wide
Arrears will cut down the supply ma
terially. Other than this we shall have
to depend on cutting out the larvae,
keeping close watch for willing plants
and examining all such Systematically
and regularly-R. II. Petit, Michigan.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-09-12
N NV Nprfo|ki1sWsstsr1l
Schedule In effect May 9th, 1906.
leave BUena Vista.

NORTHBOUND.
Mo- 9:31P.M. Daily, For Basic. Lura!
Hagerstown and New York. Pull
man sleeper to Philadelphia.
No.14. 1886 pm. Daily, For Hagerstowr
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Ne"
York and intermediate stations.
Pullman sleeper to New York via
Harrisburg.
SOUTHBOUND.
No. /. 722 A. M. Daily. For Roanoke
Bristol, Blueheld, Norton. Win
ston-Salem, Charlotte n. c..
WeIch and intermediateate sta
lions. Pullman sleeper Phila
delphia to WEIGH.
No. IS. 2. C9P. NJ. Daily. Fol- Roanoke,
Bristol Blueaeld, Winston Salem
and intermediate stations, and
Knoxville, Cincinnati, Columbus,
Chicago, and points West anc
Southwest. Pullmansleeper Buena
Vista to Knoxville and Roanoke to
Columbus. Cafe Dining Car.
acknowledgements and rates cheer
fullv furnished by q. u. Abrahams
Ticket Agent, Buena Vista, Va;
w r. BEVGL, NJ. f. BRAGG
Gen. Pass. Agent Trav. Pass. Agt,
ROANOKE. VA.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-09-12
ITCH! ITCH! ITCH!

ScRATcHl ScRATcHl ScRATcHl This
is the condition of thousands Of skin-tor-
tured men, women, and children, who
NAV be instantly relieved and speedily
cured by warm baths with Cuticura Soap
and gentle applications of Cuticura ONT;
ment, the great Skin Cure, and mid
doses of Cuticura Resolvent Pills, when
physicians and all else fail.
Sofa throughout the world. Cucurs scsp 25c., ONT.
ynent c Resolvent SOC. Tin form Of Chocoaie Coated
Pils 2Sc Der vial Of COZ, may be had Of all druggls
single oct ofen cures. Potter Drug Chem Corp, Sole
n Msnsd Pre-, IAN About the Skim Scalp. and Hsi'
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-09-12
The Valuable "My Pretty Jane.D


"My Pretty Jane" was one Of the
most profitable songs to the publishers
ever written. Some years ago 1t
brought over $4,000, yet all that Mr.
Fitzball, the writer Of the words, and
Sir Henry Bishop, the composer Of the
music, jointly received did not exceed
$40. Fitzball. to be sure, declared
that 1t took him just ten minutes to
write, and Bishop thought so little Of
his own setting that he had thrown the
manuscript into the waste paper bas-
ket, from which 1t was fished out by
the manager of VauXhall Gardens.
But, even so, the composer was surely
entitled to proportionate reward with
the publisher, and It is not consoling to
recall the circumstance that Bishop
died almost a pauper.-Chambers'
Journal.