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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
THE September ELECTIONS
Proctor Chosen Governor Of Ver-
mont by Large Plurality
Democrats Win in ArkansaS-La-
Toilette Gets Setback-Gcor'
gia Democrats Convene.

White River Junction, Vt.-Com-
plete returns from the Vermont
State el:ction show that Fletcher D.
Proctor (Rep.) was elected Govern
or by 1876 ove!: 1'ercival w. Glenn
ent, Independent and Democrat. The
vote: Proctor, 42,150; Clement
26,474; scattering, 1000.
The remainder Of the Republican
State ticket was successful by plI-
ralities about eqUc.. to that received
by Proctor.
The Republicans carried all the
counties in the State except Bennlns-
ton, which Clement woa by sixty-one
vote;. Clement carried the city OF
BURLINGTON, 1861 to 14t4. In Rut-
land, Clements home, he received
1854 votes and Proctor 1907. II
Montpelier, the capital, the fusion
candidate Dollcd STA votes to G71 for
Proctor
Representative David J. Foster, OF
Burlington tRep.), was reelected III
the First Congressional District over
Edwin D. Cliff (Dem.), and in the
Second District Representative Kit
tredge Haskins (Rep.) defeated John
H. S.htcr (Dam.l.
An analysis of the voting showstnat
the Republicans gained 10000 votes
over the number four years ago and
that Clement lost 1900. The Prohl-
bition loss was proportionately great
CT.
The Republicans will have an
overwhelming majority in the House
and the Senate will have only one
Democratic member. The issues OF
the campaigns have been largely per-
sonal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
ss5, 900, 900 WASTED IN WATER.
Excessive Irrigation Causes Enorm-
ous Loss to Western Farmers.

Boise, Idaho.-At the National lr-
rigation Congress DR.. Elwood Mead,
of the Government. Reclamation Ser
vice, spoke Of "The Evolution OF 1rrl-
cation Institutions, dealing with the
steady development from absolute
private ownership of small water
rights into a great system of commu-
nifty and Government ownership.
Some startling stati1tics were pre-
sented by Professor Samuel Fortler,
of the University Of California, in an
address dealing with the loss OF water
through waste. He made the asser-
tion that in the Western States $780,
100000 were expended annually in
securing and distributing water FOR
irrigation, and that Of this water
thus distributed fully seventy-tive per
cent. was wasted, causing a net loss
to the people of the Western States
of more than. .S35. 100000. He ex-
pressed the opinion, however, that
while all G.. this loss could not be
stopped, he believed that fully ten
per cent. Of it could be.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
feminine News Notes.

st. Petersburg is to have a school
of agriculture for women only.
Mrs. Michael Hickox Durand, OF
Canandaigna, N Y, recently cele-
brated her ninety-ninth birthday.
La Belle Otero, the most famous
dancer in Paris, has insured her
ankles against sprain for $4,000
each.
Three American ladies touring
Japan were arrested in Iyo province
and released after their cameras
were destroyed, because they made
photographs of Japanese ladies bath
ing at a public bathhouse.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
SENDS COIN BAKED IN BISCUIT.
Colorado Girls Novel Way Of Getting
Money Through the Mail.

A Colorado girl who wanted GER
tain school book ordered it from a
Chicago publisher and sent the money
for it, baked in a biscuit.
The sender explained that she was
so far from money-order selling
Office Of any kind that she had no
other mode of sending the price than
to enclose it as she did. 1t was 81
silver quarter that she sent. We,
often hear of clouds with silver lin
ings, but here Is a chunk of dough
with a silver filling.
The Ravenswood woman who tells
the story says that this Is only one
of many inventions Of money mailing
people. Their resources in contriv-
ing ways to disguise the presence or
coin or currency in letters and pack
ages seemingly are unlimited. Chi
cago's big stores that handle a heavy
business through the mails are able
to recount some unusual methods
Some Of the women who send to Chi
cago for various articles are ingeni-
Gus IN IQlS matter. nc SOioAooo, 49,
cident simply shows the scope OF tf0
human mind in trying to outwit the
thieves who occasionally manages to
slip into the Federal service.
The lost anc found department. or
the United States railway mail SER
vice in Chicago produces some won
derful conceits in concealing remit
tances. Frequently packages breaE
open, and dollars, halves, quarters
and dimes roll out of unheard of hid
ing places. One queer fact concern
ing the matter is that after a person
has taken unheard OF pains to hide
a remittance he will do up his pack
age so carelessly that it breaks open
with the slightest jar or jolt.
In the Colorado book order the
sender sent with the biscuit a note
telling where, the coin was secreted.
The book she wanted was Studies IN
French. ."-Chicago Daily News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Fancy Table Ways in Missouri.

We are getting dead swell In thls
good town. We eat ice cream with
fork. Some time ago We learned to
make salad at the dinner table. Then
we served coffee in the library after.S
dinner. We have had finger bowls
some dozen years. We are beginning
to use them even when there is no
company. One family has f1nge9
bowls at breakfast, after fruit and
before bacon, even when there is no
guest at the house. That's dead
swell. We have drunk soup out OF a
teacup and put grass on the fried
chicken, and now we eat ice cream
with fork. Why not? These little
evidences of social progress are coal
mendable. Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
CANDY POISONs PRISONER.
Four Other Men Made Ill in the Jail
at Fort Werth.

Fort Worth. Teyas-As the result
of eating poisoned candy mailed to a
prisoner in the county Jail by an un-
known person, the recipient. A. S.
Fitzgerald. is dead. Henry Peake.
Louis Weaver. W. H. Norris, j. T.
Cross and Frank Grundy became
dangerously ILL
Fitzgerald, boyof nineteen years,
was held on a charge of burglary.
An examination of the candy after
Fitzgerald's death showed that it had
been sprinkled with strychnine. The
following inscription was written Oh
the box:
How are you, pal?"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Linc-Up Of the Big Atlantic Fleet.

Lineup Of the Big Atlantic Fleet.
Rear-Admiral Robley D: Evans.
Commander-in-Ch Captain John
E. Pillsbury, Chief Of Staff.
First Sauardon-The Commander
in-Chief. First Division: Maine (fag-
ship. Captain N. E. Niles; Missouri,
Captain e. G. Pendleton; Kentucky,
Captain E. B. Barry; kearsarge. Cap
tain H. Winslow. Second Division:
The Senior Captain; Louisiana, Cap
tain A. r. Condin; Rhode Island,
Captain C. G.. Bowman; New Jersey,
Captain w. W. Kimball; Virginia,
Captain S. Schroeder.
Second Division: RearAdmiral c.
H. Davis. Third division: Alabama
(f1agship). Captain S. P. Comfy; Illi-
nois, Captain G. Blocklinger; In
diana, Captain E. D. Taussig; Iowa,
Captain B. F. Tiliey.
Fourth Division: Rear-Admiral W.
II. Brownson; West Virginia (fag-
ship, Captain C. H. Arnold; Penn
sylvania, Captain T. C. Mclean; Col
orado, Captain S. A. Staunton; Mary
land, Captain R. r. Ingersoll. Fifth
Division: The Senior Captain; Puri-
tan. Captain c. w. Bartlett; Nevada,
Commander A. Reynolds; Florida.
Commander w I. Chambers; Arkan-
sas, Commander r. H. Gait. Sixth
Division The Senior Commander;
Minneapolis, Commander B. A. Fiske;
Tacoma, Commander J. T. Smith;
Cleveland, Commander J. T. Newton;
Denver, Commander J. G.. Colwell.
Torpedo Flotillas-Second Flotil-
la: Lieutenant-C Commander E. A. An
derson; Whipple, Lieutenant E.
Woods; Worden, Lieutenant V. S.
Houston; TruXton. Lieutenant J. V.
Babcock; Hopkins, Lieutenant M. G.
Cook; Lawrence, Lieutenant 7. G.
Hart; MacDonough, Lieutenant K.
NJ. Bennett. Third Flotilla: The Sc
nior Lieutenant; Wilkes, Lieutenant
w. Mcdowell; Tingey, Ensign A. T.
Brisbin; Rodgers, Lieutenant A. w.
Johnson; Stockton, Lieutenant l. H.
Tomb; Blakely. Lieutenant c. E.
Courtney; De Long, Lieutenant w.
S. Miller.
Submarines-The Senior Lieuten-
ant: Porpoise. Lieutenant c. P. Nell
son. Shark, Lieutenant L. S. Shap-
ley; Nina (tender).
Troop Ship-Yankee, Commander
H. o. Dunn.
Auxiliaries - Celtic (proyision
ship), Arethusa (water ship, Aba
renda. Lebanon and Leonidas (col-
liers).
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Minor Mention.

Long Island is being disturbed by
bandits in automobiles.
Ruin of the Cuban tobacco crops
is predicted as a result of the insur-
rection.
The immigration inquiry board de-
cided to admit forty Russian Jew
orphans.
At Sydney, New South Wales, the
legislative assembly passed the free
education bill.
A crematory for disposing of the
bodies of the pauper dead in the Dis
trict of Columbia is to be constructed
in Washington.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
The National Game.

There are more Cleveland admir-
ers in Boston than in any other city,
barring Cleveland.
In fifty-three games Turner, of the
Cleveland team, failed in but three
games to hit safely.
gigs" Donohue is now considered
one of the least consistent hitters in
the American League.
The age of heraldry is not
dead yet. The Athletics have a
knight and a Lord and a Cross.
Tim Murnane rises to remark that
Hayden is fast coming into his best
form and proving valuable man"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
DOMESTIC.

The Chicago postmaster went to
Washington, D. c., to consult with
the authorities on the formation OF a
national labor union OF postal clerks.
The Court Of Appeals at Albany,
N. Y, declared the reapportionmentt
of Congress districts under act OF
Legislature constitutional
The August Grand Jury, Of New
York City, adjourned without hand
ing down any indictments or present.
ments against the ice companies.
It was admitted that President
Hipple, of the wrecked Real Estate
Trust Company, of Philadelphia, COM
mitted suicide.
Mrs. Roper, Of Brooklyn, caught
around the ankle by the anchor rope
of a balloon, was carried head down
ward 500 feet into the air and Sc
riously injured.
Robbins Reef and Oyster Islands,
h New York Bay. whose ownership
has been subject Of contention.
were sold for $4,000.
One of the reports OF the conVen-
. ton Of the members. of the Bar AS
sociation in session in ST. Paul,
MINI, scores shyster lawyers
It was announced that the funds
of the Presbyterian Church intrusted
to the late Frank K. Nipple, presi-
dent of the insolvent Real Estate
Trust Company, of Philadelphia, were
intact.
Accused OF swindling John H. Bun
ker out of $200,000, Lucius c. Ma
son, also said to behead Of the Love
Syndicate" of Mrs. Izella Brown, was
arrested in New York City.
Through his secretary President
Roosevelt issued a statement lndors-
Ing Herbert Parsons in his contest
for the Republican county chairman
ship Of New York City,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Rebel Leader Slain.

The federal forces. commanded by
General Rego, presented an ultima
tum to Fausto Cardoza, the chief of
the revolutionists in the Province Of
Sergipe, Brazil, to leave the Govern
ment palace. Cardoza obeyed, but,
passing in front of the forces, insult
ed General Rego and was killed. The
Governor of the province has been
reiQstated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Peace For Central America.

The Costa Rica Government has
received invitations from the Govern
ments Of Honduras, Guatemala and
Salvador to take part in the peace
conference at San Jose. Costa Rica.
All the Governments support the idea
of the celebration Of the treaty of
peace by union of the five Central
American republics.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Labor World.

City laborers of Milford, Mass,
are working eight hours for 81.
Of the common laborers in Massa-
chusetts, 1880 per cent. are foreign
erS.
Carbondale (Pa.) painters won
demand for a twenty-five cent In
crease.
Carpenters of Berkeley and South
Norfolk, Va, have secured the eight
hour day.
st. Paul painters adopted higher
scale and the employers promptly
signed up.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Defeat Of La Toilette.

Milwaukee. Wis.-The latest re-
turns from the primary elections IN
Wisconsin indicate that Governor
James o. Davidson. Republican,
swept the State, despite the active
opposition of Senator La FoIlette.
winning from his opponent, Speaker
Irvine l.. Lenroot, in the race for
nomination for Governor, by major
ity of 10000 votes.
John A. Alyward, Democrat, OF
Madison, for Governor, received the
nomination over Erlst Merten, OF
Waukesha, by safe majority.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
PREPARING MEAL, BRIDE DIES.
Used Gasoline to Hasten Fire For
Her Husbands Breakfast.

Pittsburg, PA bride of five.
days, Mrs. Rosie Kamp, twenty years
old, died at the Braddock General
Hospital from burns she received
while starting fire with gasolene.
Mrs. Karnp had just returned from
her honeymoon and was preparing
the first breakfast for her husband.
The fire was slow in burning and she
used gasolene to hasten the flames.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Investigating Harvester Trust.

Investigations of the International
Harvester Company have been insti-
tuted by C. C. Coleman, Attorney
General of Kansas, at Topeka, to de-
termin- whether the concern is op-
Grating in violation of the State Anti
Trust laws
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Meat Labels NeS Deceptive.

Secretary Wilson, at a conference
with meat packers in Washington,
declared that labels on meat products
must be so explicit that there would
be no deception Of the public.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Battle in Cuba.

There was sharp fight near Cam
po. Florida, twenty miles east Of Ha-
vana, Cuba. The insurgents fed be-
fore a charge of rural guards and
lost fifteen men killed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26

New Jersey Woman Horse-breakcr.
New Jersey has a girl horse
breaker in the person of Miss Winno-
noh Won Oil. Five years ago, when
she was a slender girl of fifteen, she
went to South Dakota, where she
learned to ride s'broncos.'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
NO GAMING IN SYDNEY, N. S. w.
Drastic Law Passed by Parliament
Publishing Of Odds Prohibited.

0I 00o7
Sydney, N. S. W.-Parliament has
passed a drastic anti-gambling law.
It prohibits betting on grounds where
all sports are held, except under spec
ial circumstances on race courses,
and places restrictions on gambling
in private houses and clubs. Race
meetings in the metropolitan area
Of Sydney are limited to Wednesdays,
Saturdays and public holidays. The
newspapers are prohibited from pub
fishing racing odds. d.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Anti-Grcek Demonstration.

An anti-Greek demonstration at
Galatz, Rumania, resulted in the de-
struction of number Of Greek shops
and the stoning of the Russian Con-
Su1ate
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Gold Imports Aided,

Secretary Shaw announced in
Washington that the Treasury would
make deposits with national banks
to aid gold imports.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
William Conway Honored.

The North Atlantic squadron took
part in the unyeiling of monument
to William Conway at Camden, Me.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26

Chief Justice Torrance Dead.
Judge David Torrance, Chief Jus
tice of the Connecticut Supreme
Court, died at his home, in Derby.
from an attack of heart trouble.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Nearly Unanimous n Arkansas.

Little Rock, Ark.-As the result
of the election the Democrats Will
have thirty-four Of the thirty-flVe
members of the State Senate and
ninety-fve of tn, 100 members or
the House and will elect Governor
Jeff Davis United States Senator.
John S. Little is elected Governor by
a plurality Of about $4,000. At least
fifty-three of the fifty-fve counties
voted against liquor license under the
local option laws.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26

The Hiawatha (Kan.) World prints
this interesting item: Ewing Her.
bert tried to prevent a dog fight in
the park Wednesday night, and one
Of the dogs bit piece out of his new
pants and his old leg"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
FIJIpINOS START REBELLION.
Coy Arrests $50 and Believes
He Has Crushed Insurrcction.

Manila, P. 1.-The Governor Of the
proyince of Ilocos Norte, Luzon. in
co-operation with tie constabulary.
has discovered an incipient insu:-ec-
tion and has arrested $50 Of the con-
spirators, who were under the leader
ship of two eX-conyicts.
Apparently this wholesale imprls-
onment has crushed the movement.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26

Russian Loan of $25,0OO,OOO.
An imperial ukase authorizes the
Russian Minister Of Finance to issue
s25, 100000 in four per cent. rentes
to cover the expenses Of relief Of dis
tricts affected by failure of crops.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Strike Spreading in Spain.

The strike in Spain is spreading
and troops have been sent from sew
eral cities to Santander and Bilbao.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
Georgia Democrats in Convention.

Macon, Ga. The Democratic
State Convention unanimously nomi-
mated Hoke Smith for Governor and
indorsed William J. 5ryan for Presi-
dent i'm 1908. The names Of other
candidates fo- Governor were not
placed before the convention.
The platform recommends the sub
stitution of the majority vote in pri-
maries for nominating conventions
in Gubernatorial contests. tWo-cent
railroad fares, State railroad con-
troll, lower freight rates. negro dis
franchisement and increase in the
size of the State Senate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26

London suggeststen Bostons pieced
together at the edges.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
KILLED LOOKING FOR BALL.
It Falls in Coal Bin and Match of
Searchers Causes Explosion of Gas.

Stellarton, N. S.-While four boys
were searching for a ball in an un-
used coal bin here. one of them light
ed a match which ignited gas, and all
four were instantly killed.
Two were sons Of Neil Gum and
the others were sons Of Joseph Frew
and Neil Patterson.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26

The occupants of the Philippines
represent such variety of races that
thirty-one languages are spoken
there.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26

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The Hiawatha (Kan.) World prints
this interesting item: Ewing Her.
bert tried to prevent a dog fight in
the park Wednesday night, and one
Of the dogs bit piece out of his new
pants and his old leg"
London suggeststen Bostons pieced
together at the edges. ..
The occupants of the Philippines
represent such variety of races that
thirty-one languages are spoken
there.
Making postal cards carrying in
sulting illusions to the German En-
peror is'a pleasing Partisan industry.
The partisan political postal card is
quite common. Perhaps it will invade
America.
Travelling on the Argentine pampas
Is interesting if not entirely comfort
able Men there are scarce, but
horses are plentiful. Often sixty.
horses are driven in the same team.
The driver is perched thirty feet from
the ground. The wagons are some
times fifty fee. long and fifteen wide.
while the back wheels are fourteen
feet or so high.
A proud young father, according to
the Buffalo Commercial, telegraphed
the news of his happiness to his
brother in these words: "a handsome
boy has come to my house and claims
to be your nephew. We are doing
our best to give him proper vel
come" The brother, however, failed
to see the point, and replied: II have
not got nephew. The young man fs
an imposter.' ..
On the watch tower of the Vela, at
the Alhambra, Spain, there is silver
toned bell which the Moslems rung az
a signal to let on the water in the
gardens and fountain in the city be-
low. It's sound can be heard at Lfga,
thirty miles away. The maiden who
strikes it to-day is sure of husband
before the year is out, and Of good
one if she rings it loud enough. On
certain fete days it is lively for the
bell.
A new fruit that seems likely to
prove of considerable value has been
developed by the cultivation of the
very familiar "maypop, plant which
is very familiar in the Southern
States. quite ornamental, easily
grown from seeds and affords a hand
some cover for arbors and verandas.
Tt is known to botanists as passifor&
incarnata The fruit In it's improved
form is somewhat bigger than hens
egg and decidedly palatable:' It looks
like May apple.
water billiards is the newest and
oldest of European pastimes. A bill
lizard table is !foated in a quiet pond,
sometimes where the water is only
four or five feet Deep. sometimes In
very deep water. Players,in street
costume and high hats wade or svim
out, cues in hand, and, to the delight
Of the spectators, play a straight"
game of billiards. The hazards or
the sport include a frequent ducking,
the occasional capsizfng OF the table
during q difficult shot and the GER
tainty Of ruined clothes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26

Making postal cards carrying in
sulting illusions to the German En-
peror is a pleasing Partisan industry.
The partisan political postal card is
quite common. Perhaps it will invade
America.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1906-02-16
Meeting National Butter Max
ers' Association.

The occasion of the meeting of the
National Butter Makers Association.
Chicago, February 9th to 25th, is to be
accompanied with an interesting dairy
show at the big Coliseum. The show
will include exhibits of dairymacluuery
and dairy products of every description.
Everybody in the west is interested
in this industry, either directly or indi-
rectly. For the benefit of those who
desire to attend, the Chicago & North
Western Railway announces special
low rates February 18th to ODD, inclus.-
We, concerning which full particulars
can be had on application to ticket
agents.