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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-21
TOYS! TOYS!!

We are Santa Claus head
quarters on Toys and the old
fellow has certainly uhloaded
here, for we have any kind of
a Toy you can think of. Wood
en-, iron, tin. mechanical OF
otherwise. Come in and see
the line. Dargan's 5 and 10c;
Store. 4
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No.
WITHIN OUR CITY GATES.
The Carnival is in full force With its usual
trading and see the sights and hear the splen.
Rev. +. B. Wells the beloved pastar OF the
Methodist Church OF this city is home again
He looks we'll and seems himself again
10 the delight Of the people OF Abbeville.
Mr.. Tilden LomaI, the careful and atten-
tive carrier on route 8 is now taking bis va
cat ion, and Mr.. Dusenbury is doing the
trick on this route, and We have no doubt
but that he will serve the patrons we'll ana
The dance given last Tuesday evening at
those % who trip the light fantastic toe"
Music by the Carnival band was very nne.
Our cotton brokers are paying TIP top
prices for cotton this season ana the result ls
Carolina; bring on your cotton and If you
don't wish to sell you can find every advan-
tage for storing and borrowing all the money
Hon. W. N. Graydon went to Greenville
last Monday on professional business.
Sheriff Lyon is hustler. he can catch
'em" on the moving train, on the road or on
the fly, when be calls, you had better run 70
no eet him for he is bound to have you, especl-
ally when he asks you to come and board
with him. Recently he has been picking up
some Of the little tricks" In the hatwoods,
and 1t seems now thai there are others yet
left behind that need his attention. Watch
for him. sinner, as he Is bound to get you.
Congressman Aiken with bis charming
bride is In the city, and from the way the
be is 'ssizlng us up'' and thinking how
poorly We are paid and how hard 1t ia to
get along on present salary. Well, you are
exactly right, Colonel, and we are Just exist.
ting, for the present. hardly living, just
waiting for that big raise" you are going to
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-21
Blankets, Blankets !

cotton Blankets. We have good size cotton Blanket for
woo extra size blanket for $1,000 If you in need of
well to our lice before buying,
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Why do you pay As cents for NJ club shells
when McIlwain sells them for 40 cents.
Be sure and see us before you buy your
aggin antics. j. w. Mckee Jr.
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Notice! Notice !

On January lot, 1907, the rate for Local Bus
ineRs Telephones will be 81 so per month. res
1dence ana out OF town connections will re-
main as at present.
Abbeville Telephone Co.,
NOV. 70, 1906. Wm M. Barn well, Mgr.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-21

SAM Sm d66tuAm Iauu, tracC No.
81, an. .uel Gordon. ,.
4 TFae, NO. 4, containing eleven and
three. .folrths acres, more or less, and
bounded on the West by lands Of D.
q. Hsddon, On the North by L. 8.
Carwile, East and South by Ssllie
Ashley and others. All of the Estate
of w. A. Ware, deceased.
TERMS OF SALE. One-half Cash,
the balance on q credit of twelve
months, secured by bond of purchas-
ers, and mortgage of premises, with
interest from day of sale at eight per
cent per annum, and ten per cent at
torney's fees, in case of Foreclosure by
an attorney, with leave to purchaser
to pay all cash. Purchaser to pay for
papers.
l.. w. Perrin,
Master A. c., 8. G.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
SEER IS ARRESTED !
IN POISONING ? CASE
Fortune Teller Said to Be In
volved in Wholesale Deaths
in Chicago Family.
journal Special Service.

journal Special Service. y
Chicago, Dec. 6.-Systematic poison.
ing of practically an entire family is
believed by the police to be the secret
Of the mysterious deaths of five mem
bers of the Vzral family and the sup
posed suicide of Mrs. Rose Vzral.
Herman Billock, fortune-teller,
palmist and alleged doctor, has been
arrested and held, pending the result
of the coroner's inquest. n,
Billock, it is said, made admissions
to the officers conducting the exami-
nation encouraging the police theory
that he might have been involved in
a plot to poison the insured members
of the Vzral family in order to receive
part of the profits from the insurance
companies. = '" ~ p.
All Of Dead Insured.
Billock was at the Vzral house short
!y before the death of Mrs. Vzral. He
ing the woman that he was there to get
medicine for himself, claiming that he
was suffering the same ailment that
had carried off the Vzral children.
In support of the poison theory Of
the police is advanced the mysterious
deaths of the five Vzrals. The list of
these deaths follows: ~ :
Martin Vzral, 40 years old, father;
died in June, 1905. ) =
Mary Vzral, 20 years old: died in
September, 1905. =
.Tillie Vzral, % years old; died in
February. 1906
Rose Vzral, ID years old; died in
May, 1906.
Ella Vzral, 12 years old; died last
Thanksgiving Day.
The father was insured for $1,O95,
which was paid in full at the time of
his death. Insurance to the amount of
$500 was also paid after the deaths of
the first three children and $3.50 is
still due on the death Of the last child.
Here lies the motive, according to the
police theory of the wholesale poison
ing.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
SCOFFERS
Often Make the Staunchest Converts.

The man who SCOTS at an idea or
doctrine which he does not fully under
stand has at least the courage to show
where he stands.
The gospel of health has many con-
verts who formerly laughed at the idea
that coffee and tea, for example, ever
hurt anyone. Upon looking into the
matter seriously, often at the sugges-
tion of a friend, such persons have
found that Postum Food Coffee and a
friends advice have been their saliva
tion.
"My sister was employed in an east
ern city where she had to do calculat-
ing writes an Oklahoma girl. ''She
suffered with headache until she was
almost untitled for duty.
Her landlady persuaded her to quit
coffee and use Postum and in a few
days she was entirely free from head
ache. She. told her employer about it,
and On trying it, he had the same ex-
perience.
''My father and I have both suffered
much from nervous headache since
can remember, but we scoffed at the
idea advanced by my sister, that coffee
was the cause of our trouble. 49, NJ
However, we quit coffee and began
using Postum. Father has had but
one headache now in four years, due to
& a severe cold, and have lost my head,
aches and sour stomach which I am
now convinced came from coffee. ,s
"a cup Of good hot Postum is salts
flying to me when I do not care to eat
a meals sCircums stances caused me to
( locate in d new country and feared ]
would not be able to- get my favorite
drink, Postum, but I was relieved to
find that d full supply is kept here with
heavy demand for it. Name given
Read The Road to Wellville,' in
packages. There q a reason. y
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
PANAMA CANAL IN SENATE
Morgan Again Takes Up the Famous
e. Cromwell Case.

Washington, Dec. 6.--Senator Nor
gan today addressed the senate on his
resolution looking to giving the Pana-
ma canal commission control Of the
Panama railway: In reply to ques-
tion from Senator Hale, he. said he
would not seek, today to secure action
on the resolutions. e'!&z 81, ..gs,
Mr.. Morgan spoke Of the Panama
| road as "a legal fiction or an artificial
entity to enable this country to avoid
its responsibility as common carrier.D
IL congress should enact a law re-
curing the tearing up of the Panama
railroad MIR. Morgan said no creditor
could enjoin such destruction. =. ~
MIR. Morgan maintained that Mr..
Cromwell; whose several connections
with the. Panama government and the
canal commission he enumerated was
the only one benefited by this manner
OF managing the road. - -.
'lt gives Cromwell absolute control
Of the road as if he was it's sole own
err, he declared. ~ .2.-, 49,. III.
Mr.. Morgan advocat ted putting the
railroad under the control Of the canal
commission, altho with the. control the
president exercised over this commits
sion he said "any wild arrogant man
who happens to be. president could in
fiict incalculable injury on the coun.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
TRIES TO
KILL: HIS old LOVE
~ .&'a7-A : ------ -----------------s+ e.
North Dakotan Draws Gun on
Woman and Demands Cash
!, for Hurt Affections :.
F.. ...srsf ~, Il =. ,-IbEt
Snecial to The Io,Irnal.

F-E
Special to The journal. s.1tI %tst H<Es:r:-s
Minot, N. d., Dec.a 6.-Insane;zGs with
jealousy because someone else married
his sweetheart, w. B. Walker, a school
teacher, last evening armed himself, and
entered the home, Of Mr. and Mrs. D.
Owens demanding money for53 his
wounded affections. IT,; &51sa ssa:<j=:$$f "a
Mr.. Owens grabbed the revolver from
Walker and made him retreat to the
door. Later Walker was arrested and
will be arraigned before Judge Goss at
| ToWner tomorrow on a charge s.of. at
tempted assault with dangerous
weapon.
! Years ago Walker fell in love with
| Mrs. Owens, then May, Mackin. His
love was not returned and a month
later she married Mr.. Owens, real
estate dealer at Balfour.
| Walker swore he would get vengeance
and wrote threatening letters to Mrs.
Owens, demanding money for his wasted
| affections.
! He was arrested on two occasions for
using violence and after the second ar
rest said he would give~no warning be-
fore he attacked them the third time.
lie kept his word, for when Mr.. and
Mrs. Owens were eating supper he en-
tered their. dining room and pointed
his revolver at Mrs. Owens and de.
/ manded money. ~: I'D =,
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
MARSHALL TO BE
|. Co.'S FIELD Man
Continued From First Page.

There has been less than 100000 bush
els delivered SO far this month, altho
sellers have the privilege of delivering
at any time after Dec. 1.
It is the change in the situation at
Duluth that has brought the strain
haerer Wheat has begun to move more
freely from the interior and as naviga-
tion on the lakes was to have closed
at midnight yesterday, it was to be
expected that wheat would head this
way. Firms at Duluth with grain con-
tracts to fill for December delivery in
the east, arranged with the vessel and
insurance men to hold the lakes open
until midnight of Dec. IL, at higher
rates. J,'-y
The effect has been to keep grain
moving to Duluth. -
Total receipts today show gain in
wheat Of IS cars, but instead of a
light run at Duluth and material gain
here, as would have been the case had
navigation closed as originally an
nounced, Minneapolis gained only "a
cars and Duluth gained Al, receipts here
being 1892 cars against 35S last year,
and at Duluth LA against 103.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
JAP AN and RUSSIA
BUILD UP ARMIES
Lloyd's Underwriters Insure
Against War While Military
Preparations Go On.
Journal Special Service. !.

Journal Special Service.
London, Dec. g. simultaneously with
the announcement in the English news
papers that some of the Lloyds under
| writers have been insuring against an
outbreak sof war between Russia and
Japan in 1907 at five guineas per cent,
Colonel Gaedke, whose articles and let
tefs IN the Berliner Tageb1att during
the recent war attracted universal at
tention, writes for that journal re-
markable article on the military sit
uation in the far east. Colonel Gaedke
says the time for a renewal of hOstili-
ties is not yet. He says there are clear
signs that the air is loaded with cleo
trieity, but the financial condition of
both Russia and Japan will postpone
hostilities.. 5,. Z
/. Russia 8 naval strength in that region
need not be considered. Still, Japan
intends to have eight battleships of
the ,Dreadnaught type tafloat within
crease in her fighting strength ashore is
remarkable. =. n So
Japan Prepares for Struggle. ~
For the time Japan increased her
army only by the four divisions raised
during the war. She now intends. to
increase it to twenty divisions, gradu-
%IAY Epcn dKuIy COTpS. l. ne CIV.
airy also will be increased, consider
ably. Machine guns will be attached to
every infantry regiment. Railway
troops and balloon detachments will be
raised and the fortress artillery in
creased. The authorities are medita-
ting reduction of the period of mill
tarY service from three years to two.
Meanwhile Russia's military position
in the far east has been. considerably
hnt lrl T., 44.1
there before the war, now she has >lS7,
including one European division, which
remains at Harbin until April /, when
Japan and Russia should evacuate Man
churla, according to the Portsmouth
treaty. Altogether in west Siberia, the
trans -Baikalia and Maritime province,
Russia has nine division of rifles, one
Of foot with. three reserve brigades of
foot. The later are twice as strong as
they We're before the. war. @Ef - ~
r Russia's Eastern Forces. =,
Thus Russia has. fifteen field and re-
serve divisions, not Including the force
at Harbin. each of sixteen battalions,
totaling 256 battalions; as compared
with only 1876 mobile battalions at the
beginning of 1904. Her cavalry strength
is about the same as it was before.
Her field artillery has been increased
from lS to 63 batteries, each Of 80
horses. in peace, and 80 batteries of
eight gums each in war. There are 16
mountain batteries, 10 heavy motar bat
teries and 46 siege batteries =
. Z he railway troops and sappers re-
main as before. The fortress artillery
at Vladivostok has been raised to IL
batteries. The railway guards number
from 10000 to 5,00O, altho Russia s
portion Of the railway has been re-
duced. &'% ~. .5..
Colonel Gaedke thinks Russia IS
strategic position: in the far east has
improved much.S.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06

the; house committee on merchant ma
Willingness to strike out subsidies for
transatlantic and African steamship
lines, thus confning the government
aid to oriental and South American
lines. No vote was taken, but MT.
EGrosyenor will prepare u revised bill
for the consideration of The committee.
In its changed form the GaIlingef bill,
which already has passed the. senate,
will conform to sthe ship. subsidy rec
ommendation made by Secretary Root
m his Kansas City speech.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
MARRY AT THREE SCORE AND TEN
Iowa, and South Dakota Septuagena-.
f rians Procure Marriage License, "

WEBSTER CITY, 1owA.-Robert Garden II, ~
Freedom township, aged 70 years, and Mrs.
May Bunnell. late of South Dakota, aged Il
years, have been granted license to marry,
farm in Freedom township. - |. , = - : - -. :
Mrs. Bunnell, true to her womanly instinct.
refused to tell her age, finally admitting, how.
ever, that she was "over sixty - 3
:. - will settle for $34 OOO' said William
Vickery to his wife. who was suing for a
legal separation and large alimony at Ida
Grove, Iowa. II will pay you $2S, 600 In cash
and the balance next March, - : : -
The offer was made in the office of an at
torney and was accepted by the wife. Ac.
his farm instead of to the bank to secure the
cash. On arrival at the house Vickery brought
counted out $4,000 in cold cash, which was
paid over to the attorney representing the
wife. sr.-- - -. ~ -. = :. =.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
+ COPPER ON THE MENOMINEE
Homestead Company Opens First Mine
Of Kind on the Northern Range.

IRON MOUNTAIN, MICH-A meeting of the
directors Of the Homestead Copper Mining com
pany was held here today and it was decided to
put diamond drill at work on the property
The work far has made a good showing of
copper. one shaft being down ninety feet in a
vein eight feet wide and increasing in width
thirty feet and shows 4 fve-foot vein.
The company has decided to place 100, 900
shares of treasury stock on the market. The
officers are: President William Holiness
Menominee; vice president and treasurer, Guy
w. Holmes, Marinette; secretary, Andrew Sand
berg Ishpeming.
,. The mine is nine miles from here in Florence
county. Wis, and is the first copper mine ON
the Menominee range. -
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
BEBRO FLEES THE COUNTRY
Alleged Get-Rich- Quick Man Goes to
t~..: :: !, Join Swindlers' Colony.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service. p. e
New York, Dec.2 6:-The haunts Of
Henry J. Bebro, the ni Charles Reed Of
America" " who made{the fight to have
Miss Mabel .Spang, the, Pittsburg mill
ionairess, released from; Mattewan in
sane asylum, know him nomore, for the
' king has gone to Europe to join the
American RI az colony Of E. get-rich-quick
swin'dlers, whosare soiourning there. !.
!. Scores of victims, with claims aggre-
eating nearly 100000, mourn Bebro s
departure and there has passed from
the swirl Of fake finance in New York
one whose methods Of getting rich
quick had the charm of novelty.
Bebro-and by the way the name is
an alias--was head of the $Bebro Mer-
camille Agency, a. New Jersey corpora
tion. with "capital" Of $50,OOO. Os-
tensibly he collected bad debts for a
omission In reality hejwas stealing
the, proceeds s%of the efforts to collect
bad debts; the robbery Of unsophisti-
Gated !pnes whom Bebro baited to serve
as collectors, the defrauding Of. news.
papers and Of employees.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
NAVY COSTS 19 MILLIONS
Harris Reports Annual Expense o1
United States Ships

Washington, Dec Git cost $19,-
GOA, ,749 to keep the ships of Uncle
Sam s navy in commission during the
past fiscal year, according to the an
nual report Of Paymaster General H. T..
b. Harris. The battleship Ohio was
the most expensive craft, at $714,245.
The armored cruiser Colorado was also
a costly ship. 1924 ,O75 having been ex-
pended md, upon her during the fiscal year.
labor and material, cost $31.764.556 in
the year and repairs to ships $3.50, ,3O9.
The sum of $262,034 was expended on
the naval militia of the STATES.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
CANNON 70 FORCE LABoR,s HAND ,1,7
Acting with Littleheld Speaker Will
Work on Anti -Inj Junction Bill.

Journal Special Service
Washington, Dec. 5.--Speaker Cannon
wants to force a showdown on the bart
of the labor organizations who opposed
ms reelection to congress. He IS act
ing with. Representativ Littlefeld and
other republicans who were opposed in
the last campaign by. Samuel Gompers.
president Of the American Federation Of
Labor, and they have determined to
use the anti-in Injunction bill as means
of forcing the issue
It is now planned favorably to re-
port the Gilbert bill, modified to meet
with the provisions Of the president 3
message in that notification does not
always have to be given before ths
granting of an Injunction. This is the
measure which President Gompers and
organized labor have fought from the
beginning.
The Pearre bill, which was drawn by
the labor organizations, is to be report
ed with a recommendation that it be
= not passed; This will precipitate the
fight and the speaker expects that it
will result in showing exactly how
strong the labor unions are in the house.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
NEGROES |' !! HA VI EYES !.
ON WHITE 5 SCHOOLS; NJ {;
Continued From First Page. q

The people can implieitly trust Presi-
dent Roosevelt. He is ssbig enough to
defend the honor and dignity of the
nation, and Sat the SAM time will do
all IN his power TO avert war and will
be fully equal to- atas occasion.
am not atesfights man In
the sense in whichsit lis ordinarily IN.
derstood, but there is 10 man The
country more tenaei eusss ID about The
rights OF the states under the constitl1-
fipn n4 tha than n / Ungqestionably
after. IF any trouble arises, it will be
from our dual system Of government. ,,
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
sCHooLBoARD STANDS PAT,,
President Of Frisco Directors Saws
Court WILL Sustain Them,

Journal Special Services s. 57 f-1s.
San Francisco, &c. 6. The San
francisco schoolboard. refuses to Weld
to the presidents plea. It "stands
I'VE simply have put into effect q
law passed by the lawmaking body Of
this state, said President Altman.
ln1dlvlduaslly II 1lss and collectively, each
that it is a good law. We will NOT "a.
cede from the position, which we have
taken and believe that our action viii
be sustained by public sentiment thru
out the state, even If the courts should
declare 1t to be unconstitutional or a
violation Of treaty rights - :.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
JAPs PRAISE PREsIDENT 7
TOXIC Papers Highly sEulogistic of His
H$S Frisco Attitude. 9t2

TOXIC, Dec. 6.-F-Me ests of the papers
mere hlgh!y a5eulogiseS President Roose-
.velt 8 attlltude. toward the Japanese as
The press is almost III ami nous in CON
5hdently expressing a| satisfactory solu
tion of the San Francisco .complica-
tlons. The Asahi. is delighted that the
confidence reposed id the president has
been realized h 8: q. So = -
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
RIPKE GIRL ACQUITTED
Evidence in Sensational Case indicated
that Dead Man Was A. Suicide

Council Bluffs, iowa, Dec. 6.-Thc
jury in the case of EN- ma Ripke, the
Hanover, Kan, girl, charged with the
murder of Frank K. Potts on the
night of Oct. Is last, late yesterday
brought in a verdict of not guilty.
Is The case hinged on the question of
whether Potts committed suicide or
was shot by the girl, and the, evidence
introduced to show that Potts had fire.
quently threatened to commit suicide
apparently outweighed that Of the
prosecution.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
EXPECT CUBAN ANNEXATION
Republican Senate: Leaders Will Hold
Back. Locking for Act. s~=
Journal Special Service :

Journal Special Service; 49,
Washington, Dec. 6.-The annexa-
tion Of Cuba to The United States is
regarded by republican leaders in the
senate as only a question of time. Many
believe that this step; will be taken
within q year. SO general is the i'm
that "a decision has been reached by
the committee on foreign relations not
to take sHp the treaty dealing with The
question of sovereignty over the Isle Of
Pines at this essiorta. of congress. .
For more etkan4 70 j!year efforts have
been made. to secure the ratification Of
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
Pilotage Bill in House,

Washington, Dec. g. Representa-
tive. Littlefeld's bill, to remove dis
elimination against American sailing
vessels in the coasting trade was the
special order for today in the house. -
a modification of the Gallinger ship
subsidy bill was suggested by Chair
man Grosvenor at today's meeting of
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
FELL DEAD ON A TRAIN
Marsh Thompson Believed to Have
=. Been Murdered with ssDope,'

,>sWilliston, Mont, Dec. 6.-Killed by
''aope' given to him by two men who
put him on train No. "a at Mondak,
Mont, is the opinion of local rauthori-,
ties regarding the death of Marsh
Thompson, whose dead body: was tax
EN- from the train when it reached vii
liston. An. ugly cut over the right eye
and brulse on the temple are other
evidences of foul play. e~s...~.
Thompson fell dead from his seat He
had a ticket from Mondak to Grand
Forks. He was about .25,
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
OWNS TO MANSLAUGHTER

MARQUETTE, MICH.-Michael Sheridan,
slayer Of Victor Erickson on Nov. 5 last in a
dispute over $40 bill. has been sentenced to
ten years in prison. He pleaded guilty to a
charge Of manSlaughter.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06
WOMAN ON JURY LIST
Journal Special Service.

Washington, Dec. GA woman was
subpenaed for jury service here for the
first time in the history Of the supreme
court of the District Of Columbia.
I'm. F. Scott' was the name on the
subpoena, a formidable-lo looking docu-
ment issued in the name Of the presi-
dent Of the United States, and when
Miss Scott presented herself for jury
service the officials of the court were
as greatly astonished as she had been
when she received the summons. They
waived her at once.
7 The mistake occurred because Of one
of the bailiffs, in consulting the city di-
rectory for names for jury service, find
ing that Of M. F. Scott, manager. Miss
Scott is pretty young woman, altho
she is a manager, and will not again
be called on by the United States to do
jury duty. i,,@.. i..' + .-5...-.5 -.
HEADACHES AND NEURALGIA FROM COLDS,
F. LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. the worldwide
Cold and Grip remedy. removes causp Call for
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-06

ia treaty giving Cuba sovereignty over
italists have made heavy Investments.