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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Keep away from people you dislike
and don't talk about them,
Put hog In a parlor and he would
break out and wallow In a mudhola.
Il becomes necessary occasionally for
every man to take punishment. When
your time comes don't annoy others
with your screama
1m't It q fact that the most SUCCESS
ful men You know are polite men2
Then doesn't It follow that # you hope
10 succeed you must be poltte7
When you hear q man abused be-
hind his back we do not think, "How
unpopular other people arep but "How
we all catch Il when We are not
aroundr
Don't worry If you are not good
looking. You look all right 10 you:
friends. The best looks on earth could
not make you look good to your enc
mics, and those who are not interested
In you don't know how You look
Atchison Globe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24
Steamer Has Sailed,

Mr. Herbert, of the State immigra-
tion department Thursday night re-
ceived q cablegram announcing the
sailing of the Wittekiud, with nearly
500 migrants. The cablegram fol-
lows:
"Brement, October 1S.-Herbert,
Columbia, S. O. Sailed successfully
noon. One hundred and sixty eight
Belgians. -Four hundred and eighty
two altogether, including Austrians,
Germans and Others. Watson"
1t is presumed that Mt. Watson is
coming on a faster vessel and will be
here In time to receive the Wittekind
in Charleston's broad waters on No.
vember 3,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24
Cannot Garry Packages.

Complaint Is made to the Depart
ment that rural carriers, ut the re-
quest Of patrons of their routes, call
at express officers for packages OF
mailable matter and deliver same
outside OF the mails to the patrons
and receive small fees for the service.
and tho following prohibitorY order
has been issued: ''Postmasters at
rural delivery offices are directed to
inform rural carriers that they must
not carry, IS express matter, tor hire,
or as 8 favor any article weighing
four pounds or under, which Is malta.
BILE, and carriers will inform their pat.
rons that such packages can only be
delivered by them after the required
postage has beer affixed to such pack
ages"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24
PRACTICAL JOKER SHOT.
A Farmer Tries to Score One Of His
Tenants.

A Farmer Tries to Score One or His
Near Paducsh, Ky., Is tho result OF
q practical joke attempted on colored
tenant on bis farm on the MayHeld
road, Richard Bell, q dairYman, Is
confined to his bed with q load OF
squirrel shot in his back.
The Southern limits Of tho city on
the Mayfield road have been terrified
for q week with stories Of wolfe, and
Spencer Young, q negro tenant en-
ploYed by Bell, who goes to work at 4
o'clock every morning, became greatly
concerned because he did not have Q
gun with which to protect himself on
his way to work.
Bell loves a joke, and after thorough.
IL frlphtening Young with stories Of
the animals alleged deprediations
Tuesday night he hid along the road
Thursday morning and as Young ap.
preached In the gloom, craWled out
on bis hands and kness and growled.
Young, however, had become 80
completely terrified that he night
before he had walked to the house OF
a neighbor q mile away and borrowed
a shotgun, which he charged with
squirrel shot. As he saw the figure
and heard the growls Of the supposed
animal, be let 20 with both barrels
and then ran.
The shot took effect In Bells back
and side. Young ran to the farmhouse
and told OF meeting the wolf and shoot.
Ing at it. The others were In on the
joke, aud, fearing lest tho negro had
shot too we'll, returned with him to
the scene, where they found Bell
writhing in pain.
Doctors have been engaged most OF
the day In picking tquirrel shot out OF
Bells skin, but he is not seriously
wrunded,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24
Saved by a Cool Head.

Sir Andrew Clarke while travelling In
Italy assembled high tower one even
Ing and found at the top another tour
Ist, an Englishman. They chatted pleas
antiy for few minutes when suddenly
the stranger seized Sir Andrew by the
shoulders and said quietly, 81 am 60
ing to throw you over" The man was
maniac. The physician had only a
moment in which to gather his
thoughts, but that moment saved him.
"Poohr he replied unconcernedly.
ANYBODY can throw q man OF the
tower. If we were on the ground you
could not throw me up. That would be
too difficult" "Yes, I could" retorted
the maniac. Il could easily throw you
ND here from the ground Let Us go
down, and will do It." The descent
was accordingly made, during which
Sir Andrew managed to secure help
and release himself from his perilous
situation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24
A Hoodo Curve.

The Columbia Record says the
more superstitious local railroad men
are beginning to think there's q hoo.
doc about McMaster's fill: the sharp
little reverse curve two miles north
of Winnsboro, where the disastrous
wreck Of Sunday occurred. The dor
rick repairing the damage turned tur.
tie and hurt two men Tuesday, and
Wednesday 1t turned over again.
This time 1t blocked the track and
delayed trains for several hours. With
the death last night of Henry Gates,
tho colored fireman, the wreck claim
ed its fourth victim.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24
RICH BUT FORSAKM,
Son of Millionaire Arrested In New
York for Forgery.

Son of Millionaire Arrested In New
York for Forgery.
Emil Beresford Pickhardt, tho son
of . mult-millionaire, brother of .
baroness, and at ono time wealthy in
his own right, but now unable to fur.
nish even 81, 900 cash bail, WAS AZ
raigned in the West Side police court,
charged with circulating = number
of checks that he know to be worth.
less.
Not q relative or q friend was by
his side as he faced the magistrate
Even his lawyer deserted him at the
last moment 30 that he was forced to
ask for an adjournment. And that
little was granted to him, bis case be-
ing held over.
Dressed in an ill-fitting pepper and
SALT suit, Pickhardt presented =
striking contrast to the straight,
clean cut, fashionably clad man OF
five years ago. At that time he was
wealthy and lived in luxury at Hemp.
stead, L. I. He Was . captain In the
ninth regiment, but of his military
career he makes no boasts, for when
he resigned In tho thrilling days OF
1898, be was dubbed 1.-THE Coward
Captain" and in camp his tent one
night vas pulled down upon him as
he slept. TheD when he took refuge
in his house at Hampstead, mon OF
his company sought him out and
stormed the. place with stones and
eggs. 1t was said that he did not
dare 60 to the front.
Pickhardt is tho son Of the late Sid
ney Beresford Pickhardt, who made
millions in the whosesalo drug busi'
ness, and lived In 9 mansion at Fifth
avenue and Seventy.fourth street.
PIckhardt's sister married the Baron
Loefelz Won Ooberg. His mother ts
now living in Frankfort, Germany.
PIckhardt is charged with circulst-
ing checks of the Dominion Fire In
surance company, drawn on the Citi'
zens Trust and Safe Deposit compa.
ny of Tacoma, Wash. 1t Is declared
that the latter. concern exists only In
his Imagination. Five complaintants
appeared in court. One OF them, Har-
~ W. Shattuck, Of No. 20. Maiden
lane, q jeweller, said Pickhardt had
obtained q diamond ring worth $3.50
from him without gayment. Pick.
hardt admitted to this and said he
had given the ring to an actress now
playing in Boston. He gave Shat
tuck q letter to her ssking for the
return of the ring, and the jeweller
left Immediately for Boston.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
Resolutions Passed On the Death of
Mr. J,T, Packs.

Resolutions Passed On the Death Of
MIR. J.T. Packs.
Tho following resolutions were pas
sed at tho last meeting Of the State
Democratic Executive Committee:
Since the last meeting of this Com
mittee the cold hand of death has re.
moved from the service OF the Com
mittee it's efficient and loyal Secre-
tary. James T. Parks departed this
life on the 30th day Of June. 1905.
He was born on May 18th, 1855, at
Parksville, in Edgefeld Comfy,
where his remains were laid to rest.
After attending tho local schools be
received his higher education at Boa
noke College, at Salem, Va, and at.
terwards taught school for several
years in kthis State.
At various times he resided In seY-
eral counties OF this State and enjoyed
tho esteem and confidence OF his
neighbors and associates wherever be
was known. The best years OF his
life and best talents wore given to
bis newspaper work in Marion and
Orangeburg counties; he wss . fluent
and vlgorus writer. He was loyal to his
friends and true TO bis convictions.
He was of a jovial nature, open,
warm hearted. More than four years
ago Mr.. Parks was elected Secretary
of the State Democratic Executive
Committee, and he performed the
duties Of this position faithfully and
we'll. Therefore belt resolved
1st. That in the death Of James
T. Parks, its Secretary, this Commit
tee has lost faithful and efficient OF.
ficer, and one who was held In the
highest personal esteem and regard
by it's members.
End. That q copy hereof be trans.
mitted to the family Of our deceased
friend together with the sincerest
sympathy Of the members of this Com
mittee.
3rd. That these resolutions be
transcribed upon the records Of this
Committee.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24
how Not to Advertise.

The farmers Of northern Indiana
and southern Michigan have come to
realize that advertising signboards
mar the beauty of the country and
that the advertisers in placing then
ruin their trees and break their fences;
and they have effected an organiza-
tion to.see that every sign is remov-
cd from their premises and to
prosecute merchants who, In tho fu-
ture, trespass on their property. The
advertising signboards in tho country
everywhere is a blemish and a blot,
besides being one of the least profta.
BILE and effective modes of advertising.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24
DeceiYing the People,

Speaker Cannon is deceiving the
Republican voters by declaring in bis
stump speeches that the agricultural
prosperity is due entirely to tho pro.
tective tariff. This leads tho Kan
sas City Star to declare that what the
people of Missouri cannot understand
is why the blessings Of the republican
stand.pat doctrine have worked 30
unequally in the several counties.
What the Missouri farmers would like
to know is why tho protective tariff
has brought 5ountiful harvest to the
rich alluvisl counties along tho Mis-.
souri, river and to those OF the midland
prairies, while ii has done little or
nothing for the rocky, hilly countries
Of tho Ozarks.
A point which adds to the contu.
sion Is that the rich counties Of good
crops are almost all democratic, while
the poor counties that cannot raise
anything better than Ben Davis ap.
pies are almost without exception re-.
publican. II there had to DO diScrim.
ination, 1t would seem that the re-
publicans would be the benefciaries.
OF course, before Mr.. Cannon made
his speech in Kansas City it would
have been argued that the rlch allu-
vial farms produced good orops just
because they wore fertile, and the
mountainous counties were distinguish.
ed for nothing In particular even,
In many instances, for Ben Davis ap.
pies for the very reason they were
billy and rocky.
But Uncle Joe" says that the tar
if makes the farmer prosperous, and
80, since soil and rain acd sun and
climate have nothing to do with 1T,
the problem must remain for over un
solveG-unless it is explained Is be'
ing another instance of the way the
protective policy confers benefits on
some and burdens on others.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

SECRETARY Loeb has not been
heard from for two weeks, and the
Washington Post lives in hopes that
"the rabbits" of Jackson's Hole,
Wyoming, have captured him. It
warned Loeb Of tho danger from those
ferocious brutes before he started and
wants to have tho pleasure of saying,
we told you So".
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

The Sumter Watchman and South
ron says an occasional annual or
semi. annual raid on the vsgrant does
good for q time, but tha only way .
town can be freed from this class OF
criminals Is to keep them on the
Jump every day in the year. This
applies with Is great If not greater
force to gamblers, big and little - to
yagrants. Professional gamblerf are
a greater curse to community than
negro Vagrants."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

THEY say that Senator Beveridgs
wept whom he heard that Taft was
q! Ing tho Cuban flag over the Cuban
public buildings. When the imper-
ialistic bug gets into . Republican
politicians head Of the Beveridge
caliber, he ia pretty near . candidate
for the "bug house,.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24
A Lofty Mind.

A lofty mind always thinks nobly. 1t
easily creates vivid, agreeable and
natural fancies and places them in
their best light, clothes them with all
appropriate adornments, studies others
tastes and clears away from It's own
thoughts all that is useless and dis.
agreeable .-Rochefoucauld.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

ALL American citizens are entitled
to equality before the law, or - the
Constitution expresses it, the equal
projection OF the laws". They have
never had this under the Republican
regime,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

The Cabinet is to be reorganized by
the resignation of Moody and Shaw.
The public can spare both OF them,
though, of course, the President will
SLY how sorry he is to lose their valu.
able services.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

The 18th annual reunion of the Con-
federate Veterans will be held in Rich
mond, Va, May 30 and 81 and June l.,
9 and 3.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

A southern Indiana farmer deserY.
es the belt for the most curious freak
80 far reported this season. he has
an ear of corn from the top Of which
is growing, q fully matured blade OF
wheat, the head Of which is filed
with solid grains. From tho head OF
wheat small nubbin Of corn, per-
fectly formed is growing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

Mrs. Curdy Green of Dallas, Texas,
shot and killed her husband, a street
Car conductor, on Thursday because,
as she says, he had been untrue to her.
James Johnson was convicted in
Moultrie, Ca, on Tuesday for murder
ing his father. On the recommends
tion Of the jury he was sent to the
penitentiary for life,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

IT certainly is rather awkward 70.
President Roosevelt that the %, ,000,.
900 steal should be exposed just when
he is dedicating the Capitol Of Penn.
slyvania for public use. But politic-
ians who mingle with Penrose gang
must expect TO be defiled.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

The State says "Mr. Allie D. Web
ster, Postmaster at Oraugeburg, left
Columbia Wednesday afternoon at
245 In his "Reo" and arrived at
Orangeburg 1T 5.07, . distance Of 4S
miles in 81 minutes. Mr.. and Mrs.
Webster and Mr.. and Mrs. A. O. Van
Orsdell and two children were the
pasSengers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

WE will have to get along without
the services of the Rough Riders In
Cuba, for they are too busy holding
down government jobs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

SECRETARY Taft is threatened
with another handicap to bis presi-
Dental ambition for the New York
Sun is showing = disposition to sup.
port him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

THE coffee trust has entered into q
deal with the Brazilian government to
raise the price of coffee to tho Ameri-
can consumers. When an American
corporation can enter into an alliance
or treaty with q foreign government
with the design Of pillaging the Amer.
lean people, 1t is time to extelminate
such . corporation, as public enc.
my.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

A former mayor Of Dublin, Ca, and
vice president Of tho bank was shot
In q hotel ct Vidalia Ky q lumber
man, Will T. Gilpin, whose wifs had
made an appointment 10 meet Nc
Donald ut the hotel,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24
passenger

WHAT will the corporation lawyers
find to do, when the American peo'
ple control tho trusts and have com.
PEELED the railroads to charge reason.
able rates?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

THE effort of the Republicans to
convince tho country that President
Gompers and Labor cut no figure In
tho political campaign this year is
already q dismal failure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

Hundreds Of Chinese were burned to
death and a valuable cargo was lost by
the steamer Hanko at Hong Kong on
Sunday.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

GIL. Toole, local option, was elee-
ted senator from Aiken county on
Saturday to succeed Senator johnson
deceased, beating his opponent ]. N.
Polstty, pro.dispensary, BY nesrly
three to one. .t ~ -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

IT is hoped that Prof. Muck who
has come over from Germany to teach
US music will not turn bis tuning fork
into q muck rake.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

Miss Mary Lewis, a telephone opera
tor of Utica, N. Y, was made blind on
Thursday by an electric shock while
she was sitting at the switchboard.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24
Unyvorthy of Remembrance.

NY Dear Friend-1 beg you to lend
me 5000 francs. Then forget me for
eveE I am not worthy to be remep.
bered.-From a Letter Found by Paris
Fi9aro.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

TWENTY FIVE men killed and
over tFo.hundred entombed ID the
result OF an explosion In an English
coal mine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

Two Norwegian sailors were fined
In Charleston Monday for dresSinR as
women and disporting themselves In
public. -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

PRESIDENT Palma Is any way saved
the trouble OF working for . third
term. . -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

A steamboat boiler exploded at
Pittsburg, Pa, on Saturday and kill
ed three men.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

Postmaster General Oortelyou Is
still holding the position of chairman
Of the Republican National Commit
tee and interested in the collection of
campaign fuads from the corporations
and tho office holders. This would
have been denounced in former years
by that enthusiastic civil service re-
former Charles Joseph Bonsparte,
now Secretary of the Navy, but being
. part Of . reform Administration
appears to have closed his eyes to
that infraction Of civil service ideals.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24
We Have FOR Sale

We Have FOR Sale
horse power Talbot hand engine stock which has
" been overhauled This first class condition and will be
great bargain who the market for such size engine
W. are anything the machinery supplies and
nmpt attention given all inquiries and orders entrusted
Write uswhen you the market for anything and be
10 aet pourrces before placing your orders elsewhere
s.uubla Supply Gsr . sslumba, s. 6.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

THE Chicago Record. Herald says
that treasurer Congressman McKtn-
lay admits that tho 81 contributions
to the Republican campaign are less
than $50, 900. He declared, however,
that this was amply sufficient to
wage q campaign IN all tie necessary
congressional districts this year." II
that amount is sufficient why ara the
trusts and corporations being called
on for contributions and why are Of.
fec holders being assesoed?"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

Judicfous1y Revised.
Never bit a man when he La up.-Dak
lss Morning News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24

Is much as the Old fashioned hand
printing. press resembles one Of the
great perfecting presses in one OF our
Hrst-class printing offices. Farmers
had to await the coming OF the i'm
proved thrasher before they let 60 the
old. fashioned fall, made OF long
stick and short stick tied together,
and the process of tramping out tho
grain by horses. Many man still liv.
Ing remember these primitive meth.
DDS Just as they remember when the
tree branches was the only harrow
used and when the spike. tooth har-
row, shaped like capital A, was con-
sidered = great improvement.
The chief value Of recalling all this
is to show farmers that they are hv.
ing in the golden age of agriculture.
Formerly, great developments like
that we have been describing, took
many centuries for their accomplish.
ment. Everything moved with pain.
full slowness. 1t is q characteristic Of
our age that great revolutions in me
chanical appliances, epoch. ahng
discoveries and reforms, follow each
other with such startling rapidity as
to dazs the beholder. The telephone
is only twenty. six years old, and elec.
trio traction by trolley is much young
or. The inoandescent lamp and other
msrvels of electricity have been pro.
duced 80 recently that tho lives OF
mare boys measure their existence.
The nineteenth has gone into history
"a the marvellous century" and much
the greater part OF It's accomplish
menst was the product OF tho last
halt, Every department Of science
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-20
Cleveland 5. St. Louis 1.

St. Louis, April 19.-For the third suc- cessive time Cleveland to-day defeated the St. Louis team Attendance, 2,sSO. The score by innings:
 R.HE. Cleveland .....2010100 010-5 6 0 st. Louis ...,..1 70 o O O o 00-1 5 4 Batteries-Bernhard and Buelow; Pelty and O'Connor.