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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
DANCE OF AFRICAN NATIVES.
Gathering of the Dancers - Weird
Music and Strange Figures.

The high cliffs Of the valley showed
clearly in the bright moonlight, when
the strains Of a native band were
heard coming from a native village.
Through the long guinea cornstalks
men and women came out like so
many shadows from the various clus-
tiers of huts, writes Hans Vischer, de-
scribing a dance he saw in northern
Nigeria, in the Geographic Journal.
The sonud of the fddles and the rat
thing of a calabash filled with pebbles
came ever nearer, till the band with
many followers emerged from the
dark fields to the open space, where
a broad, sandy river bed formed a
natural playground.
A merry crowd had now gathered,
ch%attering and laughing and thor
oughly enjoying itself after the way
of the African. The musicians, three
stout men and woman, played in that
typical way m to all primitive
people, n fiddle leading with a
slightly varying wailng tune, when
the second fiddle took up the air, re.
peating it in lower notes, and the
woman accompanied with a rhythmic
swinging of her calabash. 1t is a
weird, melancholy noise, naturally in
a minor key, full of ever growing ex-
element.
All the young people had now
formed into two rings, the men in
side, and around them an equal num-
Der of girls. They started walking
around slowly in opposite directions.
Then, as the music became faster,
step, the men dancing in and around
the girls, who kept moving the other
way. Each time the boy faced the
girl he turned around, gave a little
jump, and smacking her o~utstretched
hand, moved off to the next beauty,
where the performance began again.
All was done in time to the music,
and the movements Of the laughing
youngsters could not have been bet
ter measured. Without reserve all
abandoned themselves to the moE
thorough enjoyment, dancing and
yelling as if we had been acquainted
for years. A little way off sat the
matrons and the old men, watching
and talking over what they had done
in their younger days.
Behind was the black bush, with
here and there a higher palm tree
coming out and showing in clear sill
houette against the white rocks, while
the stars moved slowly over the sky,
and the great silver moon made it all
look wonderful and uncanny. Quite
unconsciously 1 recalled old familiar
scenes, other music, other costumes,
and a smaller room; and these naked
savages were, after all, not so very
different from the wise Westerners.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Nine Gored Skirt.

% The skirt worn with a girdle of
the material is a favorite 1t
gives the suggestion of the corselet
effect without the disadvantages
which chat style has for certain fig.
ures and is very generally becoming,
Here is one that is absolutely novel In
effect and that is pleated after a quite
new and distinctive manner. In the
illustration gray broadcloth, in the
shade known as opium smoke, IL
stitched with bedding silk and
trimmed with little folds of the ma
terial and with handsome buttons.
All the suiting materials Of the sea-
son are, however, appropriate, the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
The dress Is made with front, side

The dress Is made with front, side
fronts, backs, side-backs and three
under-arm seams, its many seams
providing not alone perfect fit, but
most becoming lines to the figure.
Well below the hips there are invert-
ed pleats that provide fulness In the
skirt, but at the waist line and over
the hips the. garment Is perfectly
smooth and plain. The shaped yoke
is arranged over the waist, and cuffs
finish the sleeves at elbow length,
whether the long and fitted portions
are used or are not. The shaped
trimming bands are arranged on in
dicated lines and the closing is made
invisibly at the back.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is fifteen and
one-half yards twenty-seven, eight
and th%ree-fourth yards forty-four, or
light and one-fourth yards ifty-two
inches wide, with one yard Of all-over
lace for the yoke and cuffs, one and
three-fourth yards If long sleeves are
used.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
FOREIGN.

The Pope, it was announced at
Rome, had decided to call a cons'ae-
DRY.
A rumor that Herr Won Podbielski,
the Prussian Minister of Agriculture.
has resigned was published In Ber-
lin.
DR.. Carl Hau, Of George Washing.
ton University, was arrested in Lon
don, charged with numbering his
mother-in-law in Baden-Baden.
Counsel for Count Boni made a,
vicious attack on Edmond Kelly, the
American lawyer, in speaking for the
defense in the Castelar, 1ivorce
suit in Paris.
Replying to a message from the In
ternational Peace Association at Mi
Ian, the Pope urged all nations to
take steps for the prevention OF war.
Action by the captain Of a British
warship in the Newfoundland fisher
les dispute provoked a protest from
the Colonial Cabinet to the Imperial
Government.
German industrial circles ,reatly
fear a tariff wal with America as the
result Of the Congressional elections.
A fire in Canton, China, near a Eu-
ropean suburb, caused a loss OF over
100000.
"Kingsland" was a fictitious name
given by a rich young New Yorker to
the French court which sentenced
him to three months in prison for
the death of a woman run over by an
automobile.
A convention of French Socialists
declared that it was not satisfied with
the program of the Clemenceau min
istry.
Justus G.. Strawbridge of Philadel-
phia, was dangerously injured in a
motor car accident near Biarritz,
France.
The British House Of Lords again
carried an amendment against the
Government to clause 4 Of the Edu'
cation hill
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Antique Leather Bags.

Antique bead bags, carried by
grandes danes Of the First Napo-
Icons day, are among the interesting
displays made by n of the leather
goods departments. The bags are,
most of them, Of generous size,
mounted in quaint jeweled frames.
They are made Of the tiny beads
which were used in the old days and
in the quaint patterns and colors Of
those long ago times. They are 60
ing to be seen in company with the
handsomest opera and evening coats
this winter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
WIDOW DIES
Mrs. Damon at twenty-five Mar
ried a Revolutionary Veteran
Her Grandfather Also Had Fought
For independently. A ii. Had
Helped to Support Her.

Rutland, VI. - The Revolutionary
War pension list was closed with the
Heath of Mrs. Esther Sumner Damon,
aged ninety-three years, the only sur
giving widow Of a soldier Of the Rev
olution, which occurred at her home
In Plymouth Union, vt.
Mrs. Damon was a native of Yer
mont. She was born In 1913, and
when twenty-five years of age, onE
September 8, 1885, at Brfdgewater,
VT, she was married to Noah Da-
mon, aged ~seyenty-fye years. Da-
non enlisted in the War of the Rero,
luton at Milton, Mass, April 10,
l775, and served five years. A PEN
sion was granted to him at the age
IT eighty-nine years while living at
Plainfield, N. H. He died July q,
1853. It was on the strength Of the
record Of her grandfather, Williams
Thompson, also a Revolutionary8War
veteran, that Mrs. Damon was made
a member of Palestrello Chapter.
Daughters Of the American Reyolu-s
ton, at Wallingford, vt.
For the last two years nearly all.
the chapters had contributes to her
support, and the State Legislature Of
1904 appropriated, 5000 for this pur-
pose. A pension Of $12 a month had
been granted to her by the Govern
ment and a year ago this was
doubled.
Why Esther Sumner, as q bright.
and from all accounts, spirited girl
Of t~wenty-one, married Damon In his
old age, no one attempts to explain.
She was left an orphan at eight years
and was bound out to household SER
vice.. She managed to save from her
scant wages enough to enable her to
attend a village school In the win
tiers. When she was seventeen years
old she taught a district school ut
Plymouth Union.
Damon appeared in Plymouth
when pretty Esther Sumner was AM
cry at a swain for whom she cared
mor than she would show. Within
two weeks she had married the aged
soldier. He was reputed to have
some means. F1e had none at all.
After the wedding the bride learned
that all his worldly wealth was
$16.50, and that even his wedding
suit had been lent him by q friend
Esther had saved a little money, but
within a few weeks this was gone,
and the young wife had to set about
supporting her heroic but disabled
husband. 81
For sixty-seven years size has
maintained herself by her own eff
forts, except for the forty cents a.
day pension that she received from
the Government. Indeed, the first
pension, awarded soon after her hus-.
bands death, was only $50 9 year.
Mrs. Damon sewed, nursed the sick
and refused offers Of marriage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
sIM OFF TO SEE THE DITCH"
Farewell Of Roosevelt as the May
flower Leaves For Panama Trip.

Washington, D. c." Goodbye
1 am going down to see how the ditch
is getting along!" shouted, President.
Roosevelt as he TODD on the after
deck Of the yacht Mayfower. at the
Washington Navy Yard. The vessel
was leaving with the President for
his Panama trip.
Accompanying the President were
Mrs. Roosevelt and her maid, Sur
geon-General Rixey, Of the Navy, and
M. c. Latta, one Of the assistant sec
retaries at the White House. The
Mayfower took the party to Wolf
Trap Light, at the mouth Of the Rap;
.pahannock River, in Chesapeake Bay,
where a,transfer was made to the
battleship Louisiana, which is to con-
vey the President to and from the
Isthmus.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19

New Zealand is enjoying q period
of remarkable prosperity and prog
ress, If figures showing a big trade
balance in it's favor are significant or
symptomatic. During the first three
months of the year the imports of
the colony amounted to $~18,S55,537,
the exports to $3~4,541,000. The
principal exports were butter and
cheese, $4,749,704; gold, $3.50;
frozen meats, s3,3S7,O00; phormium,
s1,100,000; skins, $4,000; wool,
$4,000, OO0.-New York Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Ncwsy Gfeanings.

That the Atlanta police did not
present a determined front to the
mob during the recent race riot there
was the verdict Of the Fulton County
(Ga.) Grand Jury.
. The Russian Government has ap-
p%ropriated S250,000 for election ex-
Denses. The registration lists are
small, owing to the exclusion of many
voters.
The General Missionary Committee
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
decided at Buffalo to fix the total
sum to be appropriated for home and
foreign missionary work at $685.
900 for the coming year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19

we'll and is, indeed, adapted to all
fabrics that are of sufficient weight
to afford grace and dignity. The
yoke and the cuffs are exceedingly
handsome and are much liked this
season, but are optional, as neck and
sleeves a be finished in any way
that may be liked. Again, while
fabric trimming is greatly in vogue,
no one style can be said to. be obli-
gatory and landings and appliques
Of any sort can be utilized on the
skirt or it can be finished with a hem
only. ,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
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&%WHkA2sR
aaum

New York City. - The prin-
cesse gown is always a digni-
fed and graceful garment and at
the moment is in the height Of
style. This one is made of chiffon
broadcloth in a light shade Of brown
and Is stitched with belding silk and
worn with a deep yoke and cuffs Of
Irvine colored lace, while the trim
ming on the skirt is shaped bands Of
the material. The model, however,
can be utilized for a number Of ma
terials and can be treated in various
ways. The. princesse style always
suits velvet and velveteen admirably,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Mauves and Blues Best Liked.

Velvet, satin, silk, cloth and any
bright lowered ribbon, all make at.
tractive trimmings for a wolfe gown.
Velvet is newest and serves to bring
out the natural shade of the material
to advantage. All shades are fash
ionable, but the mauves and different
shades Of blue are, perhaps, most in
evidence at present. All shades Of
pink and red are, however, smart and
green, when becoming, is always eff.
fective.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
A Strong Face.

Facial expression" said the
thoughtful looking man, sis not con-
fined to human beings, by any means.
"For instance, some time ago 1
went to call on a friend Of mine, who
was not at home. However, a dog of
his was there. 1 looked at the dog a
moment and he returned my look.
Then something in that dogs face
seemed to take hold OF me and SIM
ply root me to the spot.
''lt was his teeth. "-ChicagoNeWs
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Suspender Effect Remains.

Although advices from Paris say
that the %suspender effect is out, 1t Is
still to be seen in the shops. Sus-
pender and belt combinations are
shown in plaid ribbon and black vel
vet ribbon is much used. In one
case two pieces of inch-and-a-half
black velvet ribbon were joined by
baby ribbon to form the %suspenders
and four points of ribbon similarly
Joined fell over the shoulders.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
A LESSON.

Once, dear, for all that life could give
/ asked, nor guessed what love might
mean.
Each night I prayed-hot tears be,
tween
That thou wouldst live
Thy life alone for me.
Now am I wiser; dear, 1 know
What Joy to love can service bring.
OF life | ask but this one thing
That l NAV show
All I would be to thee.
Elizabeth Payne, in Harper's Bazar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Peonape Indictments.

Twelve officers and employees OF
the Jackson Lumber Company, OF
Lockhart, Ala, have been ind1cted,a at
Pensacola, Fla, for conspiracy to-
commit peonage. s5i
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
FlOunceS For Tall Girls.

Double or triple flounced skirts
still hold good. This is an especially
desirable style for the tall, slender
young woman, as we'll as for the
growing girl.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Trimming For LeghOrns.

For evening wea with the lightdress
there is nothing prettier or more suit
able than leghorns or Panamas, with
their dark chiffon or tulle trimmings,
and, for the present, flowers, especiak
ly pink roses. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Sham Kelley Not Indicted.

The Grand Jury at Boston mas
failed to return a bill against Shaun
Kelley, the Harvard University stu
dent with whose trouble young
Roosevelt was. mixed up.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19

skirt making a desirable one
more severe and useful cost
mannish suitings and tweeds,
as for the dressy ones Of bro
The skirt Is cut in nine gor
front gore is laid in two be
with outward turning pleat
edges, while the side-front 6
cut with extensions that lap
onto it and are stitched into
The back cores are laid In
pleats that meet at the cel
the girdle is cut in sect,
seams of which meet thos
skirt and which provide p
The c1osinp NJ tha entire
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
EINEThE a. !
@ W1H CT
W0TLDgRQNG2a

J. H. Trask, of Sidney, Me, thinks
he is high line" on pigs this season,
as one of his hogs recently presented
him with a litter of fifteen pigs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19

The wettest place on earth is re-
puted o'be C%herrapunji, India, and a
recent fall of seventy-four and one
half inches of rain in five consecutive
days must discourage other competi-
tors for the record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Japanese Button Trimmings.

Japanese buttons in the royal me-
dallion china are exquisite trim
mings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19

Modelling in breadcrumbs, which
are soaked in liquids of various col
ors and are made elastic and almost
u~Rbreakable by a special process, Is
the curious new art of Suzanne
Meyer, a French woman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
CUCKOOs AND COWBIRDs.
A Bad Lot-Other Birds Are Driven
to Desperate Measures by Them.

With all its vagabond ways the
cowbird is scarcely as bad as the
English cuckoo. It has all the sins
-h'nh ia added the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19

So peculiar is the formation Of
their feet that night and day the Ton
quinese can run with perfect security
over most dangerously rough and
smooth places. From a narrow heel
the feet broaden remarkably toward
the toes, of which the great n Is so
separated from the others as to form
with them a wide angle. And from
the toes grow nails that can be fixed
in the ground like hooks. This pc
culiarity in the feet of the natives of
Tonquin has obtained for them
among the Chinese the name Of Gao
Ci-the people with the crooked toes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19

made in%visibly at the centre back.
The quantity Of material required
for the medium size is thirteen yards
twenty-seven, six and three-fourthJ
Yards forty-four or fifty-two inches1
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19

The record for thirst endurance
belongs to Pablo Valencia, a Mexican,
who recovered after fully 160 hours
in the desert without water. So far
as is known, half of the victims Of
the desert have died within thirty
six hours, another quarter in forty
eight hours, and very few have sur,
vived longer than seventy to eighty
hours.
To give some idea of how weeds
multiply it may be stated that a sin
gle plant of pepper grass will produce
$4,000. seeds; . dandelion, $4,000;
shepherds purse, $4,000; wheat
thief, 1000; common thistles, $1,000;
ragweed, 5000; %purslaine, $4,000;
plantain, $4,000, and burdock, 43,-
900. The Importance Of not allowing
a single weed to procure seed cannot
be alluded to too frequently. A, sim
gle hours work in destroying weeds
may save weeks of labor next season.
A. P. Powell, a Mississippi Choc-
taw, who lives near Homer, I. T.,
went to the Ardmore land Office to
register. He was the father OF
fifteen children, but found that he
had forgotten the name Of one of
them. after half a dozen names
had been suggested by the affable
clerk in the enrolling department."
says the Ardmoreite, Powell thought
of the right one. This child bore the
name of its father and Powell had
forgotten his own name" The sew
enteen allotments belonging to the
Powell's family are worth about $780,
600.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-19
Prosperity in New Zealand.

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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-04
A motion to adjourn was then put and
the convention adjourned.
A. CANNON, Chairman,
E. w. EwBANk, Secy.
New County Chairman.

The executive committee met imme-
diately after the adjournment of the
convention for the purpose Of electing
a chairman of the democratic: executive
committee for the ensuing two years.
Mr.. Shipman, who has held this position
since 1898, stated to the committee that
he could not accept a reelection on &C
count of the duties attending his present
connection with the state government,
but that he would heartily cooperate
with whoever should be named to sue
coed him. @. E. Brooks was elected
chairman, V. G. v. Shepherd secretary,
and J. D. Dermid, assist. secretary.
The new chairman was authorized to
select a campaign committee of five to
assist in an advisory capacity and other
wise IN the conduct of affairs, the first
named to be designated as chairman.
Following IS the committee selected:
NJ. L. Shlpman, J.. P. Hickman, A.
Cannon, ]. A. Bryson and G.. P. Liv-
erett.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-04
Land Sale in SaIuda.

By authority of q decree of the Superior
Court of Henderson County in the case OF
Caroline Pace ct al, ex parte, heirs and
~assignees of Cornelius Pace, I will offer
or sale to the highest bidder, on the prem
ises at the depot in the town of Saluda. n,
c., at IL o'clock A. M, Wednesday, Nov.
7th, A. ID. 1906, the follow ing
described property:
J.. Beginning at q white oak and runs East
lI2 poles to a rock, at an old chestnut cor
ner, thence north 65 poles TO a stake on the
main line of the A. s. S. Railroad, thence
n. SO l-2 degrees w. with said railroad IL
} poles to a stake in the Musick and Carson
line, thence N. E. with said line about IL
poles to a point opposite the place of hick-
DRY corner in Robtrt Hughes grant, thence
N. SO w. 81 poles, passing the said hick-
DRY at % poles, thence same course, n. 81
W., 40 poles to the place of pine lCornel-
Jus PAGES c~orner), thence 8. 4 w. to the
beginning.
This sale is made for partition. Terms
of sale: One-half cash, balance in BIZ
months, with interest at 6 per cent, op
ton to purchaser to pay all in cash.
Titles unquestioned.
MICHAEL SoHRNCK,
Commissioner.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-04
That was certainly a lame de

That was certainly a lame de.
Tense the ring organ attempted to
make for Messrs. w. J. Davis and
J.. Williams in its last issue. The
utterances it gives forth touching
upon the obligations of the afore.
mentioned favorites are unworthy
the consideration of any citizen
who has any regard for truth and
honesty in the management of
public affairs. We have called
attention. to the findings of the
finance committee, showing that
w. ]. Davis and ]. Williams were
IN arrears on unpaid notes due
the county; they recently adjust
ed the interest due and in justice
to them THE HUSTLER printed
that information. The Times
maintained the utmost silence un-
til this matter of interest was ad-
justed and then comes forward
with the astonishing suggestion
that these pets owe nothing for
the use of this money and have
been misrepresented. It shows
that newspaper to be lacking in
integrity and independence and
that whoever gave it the informa-
ton had no regard for the truth.
We invite a most searching in
vestigation of every statement
that has emanated from the col
umns of this paper and challenge
any one to adduce evidence that
will disprove the correctness of a
single charge it has made.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-04

The HUSTLER makes no charge
for collections of interest due on
sinking fund notes from f~avorites
of the official family of cousins.
There has certainly been "a shak-
ing up of dry bones" since the
light was turned on by the finance
committee and this newspaper.
Publicity is q panacea for many
discrepancies in the conduct of
the peoples business. The finance
committee ought to delve deeper
still into the county records. We
stand ready to give the people the
benefit of it's findings at any and
all times.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-04

Sheriff Rhodes doubtless feels
grateful to The HUSTLER for the
valuable assistance rendered in
the collection of money due the
county on outstanding notes. We
are glad to hear of this money
"tumbling" into the treasury,
where it should have been long
ago, but adjusting the matter now
does not cover up the gross negli-
gence of the authorities before at
tention was directed to the con-
dition of affairs. It does them
little credit.