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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

The best haIf-tone cuts are made by the Gawk Engraving company. Ago Herald Building,
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22
No Sex in Initials.

There is a bad trick in business let
ter writing to which men as well as
women are addicted said a business
man. Il mean the way people have of
signing merely initials and leaving ou
without a clew as to their sex. coIse-
quently without a correct form in
which to reply to their communica-
tion and without a properly comr.ete
notion of their identity.
For example. | have been for thsee
weeks in desultory correspondence
with a client who signed s. +. Sn;.s.
we will say. The handwriting was
somewhat feminine. and had my sec
retary address the answers to Mrs.
S. T. Snits. We received a correction
this morning from Samuel T. Snits,
and discovered that our correspondent
is a man.
AT other times women write us.
signing merely initials, and several
letters are interchanged before We
discover that p. b. Pipkin' or e. l..
Skeeter represent members of the
fair sex.
This is case where brevity isn't
the soul of wit"
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22
Armies Lack Science, But Not Coz
ase-Case of Paraguay.

1t is our Anglo-Saxon way to speak
slightingly of the military prowess of
most of the Latin-American nations,
says the Boston Transcript. Their
armies are not indeed calculated to
stand much chance in the open field
against our soldiers or those of the
European powers. They lack science,
but not courage, and even as they are.
fighting behind barricades. they are by
no means foemen to be despised.
The trouble with most of the Latin
American countries is the absence of
what we know as public opinion"
The ruler of the hour knows no check
but force, and utilizes the resources
of the country for his own purposes as
despotically as ever did a czar those
of Russia. Poor Paraguay. under the
sway of Francisco Lopez, fought allied
Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay for
five years. Probably there never was
fiercer fighting in the new world. The
2araguayans yielded only al the last
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22

other kind. save existence in a pow
erty-stricken home. Thereafter one
offense succeeded another. He stole
a horse and buggy. and served re-
sultant sentence of four years in
Charlestown; he embezzied $3.50 and
returned to Charlestown for two years
more. Later he entered house in
Manchester. y. H.. and stole s17. For
this crime he spent three years in the
New Hampshire state prison. He was
now AZ years old. his terms of con-
finement aggregated % years. and hs
was known as an habitual criminal.
Stearns Kendall Abbott was in Gro.
ton on the 18th of January. 1880. Ha
was only a month and half out of
Concord prison, and presumably was
trying to obtain employment as a
wood carver. This was his trade
his prison taught trade-and he was
a capable man.
From house to house Constable
Reed, of Aver. traced his movements.
until at last he located him in East
Weare. y, II. The prisoner denied
the crime. He said that he had never
known Mrs. Crue, and had never seen
her. He told the court that he left
Groton during the afternoon of the
18th and went to Boston, where he
spent several hours in a house of Ill
repute. But he couldn't corroborate
his statements. Witnesses located
him in the Crue house: a chain of cir
cumstantial evidence held him firmly.
Death Sentence COMMITTED.
He was sentenced to bs hanged, and
from his window in the jail he
watched them building the scaffold.
Wendell Phillips and others became
interested in his case, and urged Gov.
Long to commute the sentence. At
first the governor refused. but when
one of the chief witnesses against
Kendall, Jennie Carr, admitted herself
a perjurer respecting part of her tes-
timony-respecting denial of her
motherhood-Gov. Long reprieved the
condemned man and ordered that he
spend the remainder of his days in
the state prison.
That was % years ago. Twenty-Five
years ago they wrote the last record
against the name of Stearns Kendall
Abbutt-''life prisoner for the murder
of Maria l.. Crue. of Groton." 1t was
the concluding chapter of one of the
most stirring murder stories of west
ern Middlesex county. 1t was also
the aftermath to the prisoners hope
less childhood
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22
EXCELLENT STUFFED HAM.
Simple Directions for Cooking This
Appetizing and Palatable Dish.

What to Eat gives directions fer a
stuffed ham, which ought to be very
good. For buffet supper it would be
especially attractive. medium ST zed
sugar-cured ham is boiled in the us uaI
manner. When done. either slash
with a knife, making long. slanring
slashes. or puncture to the bone with
the carving steel. Prepare a stufing
of bread crumbs seasoned with pre-
pared mustard until the crumbs are
quite yellow. Moisten with the water
in which the ham wis boiled. Mix
with the dressing one onion chopped
fine, few sprays of parsley, minced,
and plenty of pepper, black or sed,
Press this dressing in the slashes or
punctures. and glaze the ham ever
with white of egg. Take a large
handful of crumbs. some as large as
grain OF corn. and others larger:
spread these over the top of the lam
and moisten them with cream. Place
in the oven long enough for the
crumbs to brown. which will be long
enough also to let the stuffing get hot.
Garnish the dish with parsley or fne
punches of watercress.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22
The Strange Case of
.A..STEARNS>,@!$Rsx
9EEXENENDAI @MSE
W &ABBOTT W
Nctmg9fEnynon1nent

Mrs. Crue was at home. He replied
curtly:
NO. she has gone to town for the
afternoon. to make some calls"
Then the door closed without
further ado.
OF the history of the day, which i'm
mediately follows. the husband is the
only authoritative source. He returned
from Aver Junction shortly after sun
set Much to his surprise, the house
was quite dark.
Failing to secure an entrance
through any door, he went to one of
the windows and vainly tried to raise
IT, He concluded that his wife had
taken excellent precautions to prevent
the entrance of strangers. Yet the
drawn curtains. staring him bankly
in the face, made him uneasy. He
walked around the house to the cellar
door. Through the gloom he groped
his way with caution. always sensing
impending disaster. This promonition
grew stronger and stronger as he
mounted the stairs to the kitchen.
Now he proceeded more warily than
ever listening for any significant
sound. The house was quite silent,
and at last he struck match and hur-
ried to the lamp. The light partly re-
assured him.
Then he decided to look into his
wife's room. and with the lamp In one
hand. he crossed the kitchen. On the
floor in front of the door to the bed
room. was a line of discoloration. At
any other time he might not have no.
ticed 1t. but he still had a foreboding.
and was curiously observant. First
he glanced around the room, and then
he stopped and felt of the discolora-
ton. When he raised his hand his
fingers were stained and damp.
Found Wife Murdered.
Quickly he pushed open the door of
the bedroom. and holding the lamp
high above him. he stared into the
room. The huddled figure of Mrs.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22

but the who feelings and whose
breeding and education have taught display
feeling is vulgar experiences them just the
1t is this pose OF the CULTURE and intellect OF business
ability and professional standing, which complaint
that she capable OF human sympathy and emotion
Higher education, culture and the life that has
opened women in the last quarter done toward
he development real human feeling than all the
ictaly and afectation OF the before
There why the hottest OF should
mal there why power feeling placed
upon the basis OF absence OF higher education
The danX which reflects the life confined
the realms OF the untutoed find
The development OF intellect and of culture and
Periencc professional life teach of relative values
Emotion valuable thing be ed with and unlike the
shallow Who hypocrisy gives
emotion the woman OF higher education value
expression
Higher education kill feeling sympathy.
love and affection do need elemental
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22

was almost worse than nothing. In a
general way the boy knew. as he grew
older. that other boys here and there
enjoyed three nourishing meals
day. and slept in beds by themselves
and had enough clothing to keep them
warm. Yet 1t seldom occurred to him
to think much about other boys in this
world, because he was always con-
earned with the problem of satisfying
has hunger and his craving for warmth.
At the age of IA he went to Lowell
to- obtain employment. But he was
v..ry helpless waif who lacked every
bsttering influence, who was thorough
ly cowed-a hopeless waif whose des-
tiny was nine-tenths death or degra-
datIon and one-tenth honest livelihood.
He failed to get a job at once. He
could furnish no references, and the
factories needed no small boys. He
fell among disreputable men. who told
HIM how TO make money with ease.
One companion of the waif from Clare
mont explained that If he forged an
order for s15 he could secure the
money without any danger and
r.romptly lose himself in some other
c.t-. The boy was without any an
synring argument, Indeed, the plan
appealed to him. for he lacked many
necessities of life. So he made out
an order on a firm for SIS. for work
done, presented it at the cashiers of
fec. obtained the money, divided it
with his adviser. and then went TO an
edting house and fed heartily. The lad
was suddenly wealthy.
Given State Prison Term.
But the swindled tradespeople gave
the police an excellent description of
the thief. and the police caught him.
He could only say that he had needed
the money badly. and had taken the
! advice of an older man. He couldn't
tell them. however. that he had never
hf.d IA fair chance. Lacking the vocab-
ulary. he could not tell them one
tanth of his sordid childhood. No
body defended him. He went before
tlr, court and received a sentence of
30 months. Then they took him away
not TO a reformatory. but to state
| prison.
! He served his time. and left the
prison jail-bird for life. His first
destination was his home. He wished
to see Claremont, even though he
were jail-bird and his home a
wretched blur on the rural landscape
He found nothing changed. His moth
! er was still suffering patiently; his
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22

orotners and sisters were still pa
and nollow-cheeked. Everybody thei
needed the commonest necessaries o,
lie, SO Stearns Kendall Abbott, tn
youth, more self-reliant and cnergeu
than Stearns Kendall Abbott, til
child, went forth to obtain them. nc
caring greatly how he obtained thei
so long as he succeeded. He brok
INTO small store and was possessiu
himself of Its money when the couI
try constables arrived and possezsc
him. For his offense he served si
years in Concord prison.
Thence he went into the army 70
service against the confederacy. Some
body cheated him out of his bounty
money, and he deserted in Hartford
Conn. He was at once confronted by
the problems of feeding and clothing
himself. and he followed his bent.
One day he espied a mail bag without
protection. He stole the United
States property. opened it and ap.
propriated its contents. But they
caught him and sent him to jail for
five more years.
Long Career of Crime.
He was used to that sort of life by
this time and he was unused to any
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22

Crue stood on the stoop. bare-headed
and wild-eyed.
Somebody has murdered my wife!"
he shouted. Come quick"
Croton became tremendously ex-
cited over the deed. and the medical
examiner and the oonstables immedi-
ately began to make their investiga-
tions. They found two bullet holes in
the woman's head and another in her
breast. But there were no signs of a
struggle, and there was no robbery.
The officers retained the bullets and
took impressions of the imprints in
the snow outside the house. Crue was
questioned closely. but he proved an
alibi. Then the officers surmised that
a tramp committed the deed. and
searched the village thoroughly for
evidence of strangers. Everybody
was puzzled over the apparent ab-
sence of any motive.
Stearns Kendall Abbott.
If the home of the Crues in Groton
was lonely, the childhood home of
Stearns Kendall Abbott in .Claremont,
n. H., was the merest existence.
There. in 1899. he was added to an
already large family.
1t was very sordid existence; 1t
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22
Woman Whistler on str.., car

Have you heard the woman who
whistles on street car? Fortunate.
ly her tribe is not large in Kansas
City. AS public nuisance she can
give the masculine variety cards and
spades. and win seven up to three
The was aboard an east-bound Twelfth
street car the other afternoon. She
was pretty. no use denying it. and.
when she puckered her mouth a dim-o
pie showed in one cheek
That dimple saved her.
She started out, soft and seductive.
ly, on one of the Strauss waltzes. As
the car increased its speed she burst
into ragtime. The passengers hung
on strap, glared, looked around. saw
the dimple and forgave the whistler.
The look in her eyes showed she was
a thousand miles away.
"Pas-e-o" and bar from Dixie was
stopped in the middle. She began
again without losing note when she
started down the sidewalk.-Kansas
City Times.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22
TAKE OUT STAINS.
THOSE MADE BY FRUIT JUICE
MAY BE EASILY REMOVED.
Use Boiling Water for the Slight One
And Acids for the Bad Ones,
Ones, But Great Precau-
ton Is Needed.

With the frequent service of fruits.
the table linen is apt to suffer. Be-
fore sending to the laundry the table
cloths and napkins should be exam
ined carefully and the spots removed.
as soap sets the stains. Most fruit
stains, taken in season, can be re-
moved easily from linen by putting
the stained portion over bowl and
pouring stream sf boiling hot water
through it. When the spots are OBJ
stinate. however, acids must be used.
This part of the work always should
be done under the supervision of the
mistress, to see that all needful pre-
cautions are taken TO prevent de-
stroying the fabric itself.
Oxalic acid. allowing three ounces of
the crystals to one pint of water. Will
be found useful to be kept on hand
for this especial purpose. Wet the
stain with the solution and hold over
hot water or in the sun. The instant
the spot disappears rinse well. Wet
the stain with ammonia, then rinse
again. This many times will save
linen.
Javelle water is excellent for white
goods and may be made at home or
purchased at the druggists. A good
rule for making it calls for four
pounds OF washing soda, dissolved in
four quarts of soft water. Boil ten
minutes. take from the fire and add
one pound of chloride of lime. Cool
quickly, bottle and keep tightly
corked. This is strong. and must be
handled with extreme care.
Peach stains are the hardest of all
fruit stains to remove, but weak
solution of chloride of lime with Ill
finite patienceJ in its application, fire.
quently will effect the desired resnl..
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22

Groton.-In this quiet Massachu-
setts village Is years ago. there lived
a family named Crue. Their home was
small farm house in particularly
lonely location. three miles from other
hibitatiOns.
Crue was a telmster. whose duties
compelled him frequently to go to
Aver Junction, several miles away.
Sometimes he left home early in the
morning. and remained ia his labors
until sunset His wife was left under
the protection OF a dog. who spent a
large part of the day sleeping near
the kitchen stove.
On the morning of January H. 1880.
the home of the Crues was surround
ed with snow, The adjacent woods
were thin and scrawny. and the whole
immediate world was bleak and chilly
Now and then a biting wind swept
across the open stretches. and whirled
the snow on the roof of the house. Be
times the thin spirals of smoke rising
from the chimney contrasted with the
brittle snowscape
Shortly after dinner Crue told his
wife he had to haul some logs to Aver
Junction. and expected to be late for
supper.
Crue harnessed his horses and
drove away over the white road,
around the windy corner of the tim
ber land and out OF sight. His wife
watched his departure with phleg-
matte interest.
During the afternoon a neighbor. on
his way across the country. called to
pay his respects to Mrs. Crue. He
knocked on the door and then. with
out further formality. turned the knob
and entered. Mrs. Crue sat in her
kitchen talking with a stranger The
neighbor excused himself. said he
merely stopped to say word OF greet
ing. and then Withdrew.
Stranger Opened Door.
Later in the afternoon Miss Jennie
Carr. a well-known Groton young
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22
Two Good Salads,

Potato Salad.-Boil, peel and chop
fine several potatoes; peel and slice
half as many onions; have skillet
ready with enough bacon fat to fry
the onions until tender; salt the po-
tatoes and add to the onions. stirring
until well mixed; lastly. add one cup
of good vinegar, cover closely and set
back to simmer awhile. then serve.
. Cabbage Salad.-Boil together one
egg, well beaten. one tablespoonful of
butter, one tablespoonful of sugar,
one-half teaspoonful of salt. three
fourths cup of vinegar, until 1t thick
ems; stir constantly; have cabbage
chopped fine and pour over it hot.
il you will add one-half cup of thick
cream to the above, it makes a fine
dressing for lettuce.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22
Embroidered Linen Belts.

Embroidered linen belts are cheap
enough. still there cannot be the indi-
viduality about them as may be seen
in belt made at home from a single
motif of handsome embroidery set on
at the center back to strip of white
linen closing in the front with buckle
of ones own choosing, while. perhaps.
the buckle will be the only part of the
belt that has had to be purchased.
Now that the three little bows are
worn at the throat much money may
be saved by making these at home,
the smallest scraps of silk being avail
able for the purpose.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22
MerIin's Lament.

Merlin kicked the black cat under
the sofa and threw himself petulantly
into a chair. IF | could just learn
that three-cent fare trick" he
growLed. I'D have any other conju-er
in history beaten a city block"
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22
education Does not
Change Wotnan's beart
By MARGARET ANGLIN.

We told that the educated col
incapable being waycd by the deep feelings
child OF who knows the meaning psychology
ethics and the ubciS OF philosophy reduced
the primitive conception OF right and wrong.
doubt this very much The OF high education the
professional feels the her she
how o control them.
higher professional life
eradicate the display OF feeling long
,recgarded necessary for thr 'womanly woman
power the emotions has effect the ability
breeding self
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22

woman. also called. She knocked on
the Ioor several times. Nobody an
'swered. Then she noticed that the
curtains pf the front window were
lowered. But It occurred to her that
Mrs. Crue might be somewhere in the
.the house. so she continued to knock.
presently the knob of the door turned
'the door opened few inches, and a
man locked out cautiously at her. He
twas a Granger to her. She asked II
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22

Crue lay on the carpet. Her head was
splashed with blood, and her clothes
We're wet. A quilt partly covered her
lower limbs. The woman was quite
dead-and 1t was murder. The hus-
band ran out of the house.
Presently the family of Augustus
Woods. the nearest nelghbors of the
Crues. were disturbed at their supper
by peremptory knocking. Woods
hurried to the door and opened 1t.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22
A Profitable Divorce.

France now consumes more than
seven times as much absinthe as it
did in 1901. A separation from alb
sinthe might have been better. after
all, for the French than the separation
of church and state.-Louisville Her
aid
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22

The claim has been
made that higher edu-
cation for women chills
the heart in livening the
intellect, that the devel-
opmcnt of the intellect
along the pathways OF
Gu lturc and higher
thinking makes women
cold and cynical in re-
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22

Edison on Long Automobile Trip.
THOMAS A. Edison is about to start
on an automobile trip of 5000 miles
Accompanying him will be his wife,
daughter. Miss Madeline Edison. an
his son Charles. Three automobilS
VIII carry the party. One will be
loaded with cooking utensils, camping
equipments and provisions. The Edi.
sons viii tour through northern New
YORK and New England and then up
through Canada, where Mr. Edison
VIII continue his researches ins> the
cobalt deposits of the country.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-22
Latin-An1erican FIGHTERS

gasp, when they had put into the
ranks old men and boys. when their
towns We're ashes and when starvation
stalked through the desolate land.
paraguay remained nation only be
cause the conquerors could not agree
oh DIVISION of the spoils, and the
nrazllian army of occupation was
Withdrawn only in 1876, eleven years
atter hostilities began. Yet the man
tor whom the Paraguayans battled so
stoutly and sacrificed so much was
simply modern Nero.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-04-27
Remarks of Hon. A. P. Childs


My Brothers and Friends:
The wanin" hour and my physi-
clan admonish to make you grateful
for brevity in responding to the in
spiringt Toast-"Lexington.'' His
tory reeords that
In. 1896, this county was town.
ship ip Orangeburg county-named
Saxe-Gotha--by Governor Broughton
III honor Of friedrich, the wife of tho
Prince Of Wales, daughter of the
Duke of Saxe-Gotha.
Hatred of royalty became so in
tense after the Revolution, through
out the country, that in '1786--the
name-Saxe7 7Gotha, was changed to
Lexington, in honor of Lexington,
Mass, where the first battle Of the
Revolution was fought, and where
"The embattled farmers stood and
fired the shot heard round the
world" This notable ancestor was
settled in 1642. incorporated in
1913. The other Stars in the patriot s
armament are:
Lexington, Kentucky, founded in
ITS. The home of Henry Clay, blue
grass, fleet horses, southern bellies,
and that stranger to South Carolin-
ians (Bourbon)
Lexington, Virginia. Incorporated
1899 rears her proud, intellectual
head with Washington and Lee Uni
versity (the alma mater of our hon
ored governor.) Here the sacred ash
es of Robert e. Lee, and Stoncwall
Jackson, repose. Their deeds are i'm
mortal.
Lexington, Missouri. Founded in
1890. Where in 1861, General Stcr-
ling Price taught the federal garrison
that external vigilance is the price
of liberty.'
May this galaxy Of Lexington stars
forever continue to shine, undimmed.
untarnished, uplifting, ennobIing, re-
gain" mankind; thus proving their
loyalty 10 the patriotic memories, the
cherished traditions of the past.
In naming this hostelry after its
illustrious" predecessors, the builders
confidently hope that no taint Of dis
honor shall ever reflect from it's walls
to dim the luster, to stain the glorious
fame of noble ancestry, while this
fair county remains, "The Summer
land of America"
Most fittingly tonight do the Puri-
tan and Cavalier--the North man and
the South man, heirs of a common
heritage, (the same blood coursing
through your veins, and mine) con-
vene around the festal board, to honor
and extol true knighthood, embued
with a common purpose to awaken,
by fraternal interchange, anew the
spirit Of patriotism, the reverence for
noble deeds and rckindle that love of
sacrife and chivalry which flowed
mere than a century and quarter
ago upon the memorable field of Lex.
ington. a ..... <~. Ill
s"For never shall the land forget