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Incomes and Wages.

The Democratic party relies on the
common sense OF the people to vote
for their own interests, instead OF re-
tanning In power those who are the
friends of the trusts and corporations.
The fact that in spite of q great meas
ure Of prosperity for the few, tho many
are compelled to practice close economy
and deny themselves many comfortS,
does not require to be told to the farm T
the storekeepers, tho clerks tho wage
earners, IS they are we'll aware Of 1t.
The Republican system of fostering
monopoly, by giving special privileges
and tariff protection, is the reason
for this inequality in the distribution
of the large profits of production.
Why has the Republican party do
cided to continue to standpat and
persist in allowing tho trusts to In
crease the cost of living 80 that now
it Is 45 per cent higher than before
the present tariff law WAS enacted and
Ia steadily advanci 6? 1t cannot be
to help the people. for unless incomes
and salaries keep pace with this In
creased outgo, there La virtually q re.
duction OF incomes and wages which
must be followed by privation, or at all
events by Jack Of sayings for sickness
or old age. Revision Of the tariff
would compel the trusts to reduce the
prics of their products and the result
ing decreased cost of living, would Vir
tually be an increase In income or
wages, but this the Republican lead
ers declare they will not do and the
natural presur ption is that their po-
litical fortunes are bound up with
trust supremacy. ....
II your income or wages has not
been increased As per cent, you are
not as well off now as In 1897 when
the tariff rates were increased at the
dictation of the trusts. For every
dollar you received then, you must be
getting one dollar and forty.fve cents
now to be even. So the man whose
income was $50 q month in 1895 must
be receiving S87 q month now to live
equally well. 1t does not fquire sta
tistics to prove the advantage, or dis.
advantage, of the Republican system
Of protecting the trusts, for every voter
has tho facts In bis own possession from
knowing how much he formerly receiv'
ed and expended and what he is now
receiving and how much more it now
costs him to live. A vote for the Be.
publican candidate for Congress iS to
continue the protection to tho trusts
and for continued high prices, and
vote for the Democratic candidate for
Congress is to 30 revise the tariff that
tho fear of competition will compel
the trusts to reduce their enormous
profits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
Bad State Of Affairs.

OF interest to every person In the
land are the divorce statistics OF Cal.
iforDia for tho fiscal year ending June
81 last, compiled by W. V. Stafford, (,
commissioner of labor. The figures
show that one out Of every seven mar
riagss ends dissstrously. No more
significant idea of the effect OF thu
divorce evil can be gained than that
conveyed in the fact that In tha'
state during the year total OF 1886
little children were affected through
the separation Of their parents. While
the marriages during the year reach
ed total OF II, 932, tho divorces be-
ing Is /. OF the actions 5S8 we're
brought by the husbands and 1'546 by
the wives. -.-. .... .-,...
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Lesson for Farmers.

1t should interest farmers to learn
that merely by the more careful se-
lection Of seed corn the State Of lows
has increased it's corn production
about Is per cent. Intelligent atten
tton to small details sometimes brings
success when mere hard work results
only in failure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31
Fell From . Train.

J. A. Massey, . farmer Of Chester
County, whils beating his way, 1t ID
said on top Of a Seaboard train bound
for the State Fair, fell and was picked
up about seven miles above Columbia.
He was taken to the Columbia Hos
pital and died Thursday. night at 6
o'clock from bis injuries, which were
largely internal. He leaves q widow
IN Chester County. He was abou
forty years old. .. .-S -:
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THe CROP IS SHORT
And Cotton Should Bring 1t Least
Twelve Gents.

And Cotton Should Bring at Least
Twelve Gents.
Cotton went up again on Monday,
and sold in Augusta for IL Ia csnts,
and the Chronicle says it is believed
by some of the dealers that there will
be- but little more cotton sold soon
that will bring less than that figure.
The price Of cotton goods is also ris,
ing very probably on account of the
short cotton CROP. The following
from the New York Commercial on
the advance in cotton goods will
show that there is something in
the report that the cotton crop is
short:
In the primary market it is stated
that buyers are now taking goods
with less reluctance than was the
case earlier in the weck. They real'
izs how short supplies are in first
hands and believe they are safe In tax
ing stock at present valuations. Many
buyers have tried to conceal the ur.
gency OF their needs, in hope Of get.
ting some concession granted them
But this has ceased to be their policy
and they openly admit they want
goods and are willing to pay sellers
their price.
For spot delivery, the cutting-ur
of trade has been forced to accept
special constructions In lower coun,
cloths than they are accustomed tt
use. These specials have brought
value far above their proportionate
worth. Discussing the question o1
delivery, selling agents state that the
labor scarcity in tho south Is acting
as serious impediment to tho filling
of orders. The high cotton In spin
ming grades is acting as . check tt
New England mills, 80 that both east
and south production Is being retard
ed. This operates strongly in keep
In, values on cotton goods regula1
throughout the market.
Jobbers are doinga. steady bushes!
in all departments. as the store trad,
and sales made by road mon show NJ
diminution on account Of prices. Ir
fact, goods as offered by jobbers, ART
comparatively cheap. In the wooler
division of the primary market 1t II
stated that values on tho 1905 heavy
weights that are being calle1 for or
late recorders are regular, and that
cuttings and overcoatings in staple
grades are In quite active demand.
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AGREES WITH TILLMAN.
Rev. Washington GLADDEN. Discusses
the Race Problem.

Rev. w &6Q1nRtOn 0l1uuou DlbCu6bo6
the Race Problem.
Before the American Missionary
Association at Obsrlin, Ohio, Rev.
Washington GLADDEN. Of Ohio discuss.
cd the American Missionary Associa'
tion and the problems of emancipa-
tion, saying in part:
1.-THE legancy left us by emancipa.
tion is care of negro race in United
States. It is national problem. Bur
den of this obligation rests on the
whole nation, as many OF theswisest
southern men ensist Tho problem also
confronts US, involves principles on
which our nation is founded. 1t is
well stated in tho words Of Oarl
Schurz, There will be movement
either in tho direction Of reducing the
negro to q permanent condition Of
serfdom, the condition of mere plan
tation hand-practicalty without any
rights of citizenship OF movement
in the direction ofareoogaizing him
as a oitizsn in the full sense OF the
term" ":,---ss
"Such q movement as that in thf
first alternative is new in full prog
ress; In the South conditions are rap
idly becoming moro unfavorable te
the negro. The manifesto Of Cover
nor Vardaman which some time vii.
be endorsed by the people Of tho state
and the recent campaign In Georgia
In which the candidate most unequiv
ocally favoring repression Of tho negro
was overwhelmingly! !eleoted. show tht
drift Of opinion In that section"
Continuing he said: Senator Till
mans prediction that race struggles o1
very bitter nature are likely to bt
frc quent and continuous in the future
| is not without probability. I can set
no other outcome of . strife OF thu
nature than segregation Of the races. }
He favored creating three or foul
states in South composed wholly o,
negroes governing themselves and rep
resented In congress at Washington
The blacks, he says, would suffer by
being thrown on their own resource!
In their poverty and 1t would take
them several ge::.srations to work ou
problem Of civilization. To the whites
the prosperity in which they are nov
j joicing would suffer a severe and per
hapS deadly blow.
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A negro woman was killed and an
ether badly injured in Columbia by a
trolley car, which bore down upon
them while they stood on the track
looking at a passing train.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31

A valise in which wealthy Ohio
man was carrying $4,000 in negotia-
BILE bonds, disappeared, but was recov-
cred, and a railroad fireman was ar
rested.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31

A woman injured in an auto acci'
dent sent $4,000 to the hospital, which
respected her request for conceal
ment of her identity.
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A S. 900 factory for the manufacture
of hankercheifs has been organized at
Greenwood and the necessary machin-
ery ordered.
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The council and churches of Gafney
have invited the Methodists OF the
state to hold a conference in that city
next year.
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We Have tOr Sale

One Is power Talbot second hand stock which
been ovhauled This first class condition and will be
bargain who the market for such size engine
We headquarters anything in machinery supplies and
prompt attention will given all inquiries and orders entrusted
uswhen the for anything and be surt
to get pourrices before placing your orders elsewhere
Gslumba Supply Co." sslumbia, s. g.
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Governor Higgins and W R. Hearst
have been conducting anti-vice cru
sades in New Yyrk and police trans
fers are expected to be one result,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-31

The international congress for the
suppression of the white slave
trade convened in Paris, the United
States being repre- sented.
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Parker, the one-armed painter, who
fell a distance of Is feet while at work
in Colum bia, is still living and hope is
entertained that he will recover.
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]. B. WARR q figman on the
southern, was arrested In Columbia
On the charge OF stealing $3.50 dia-
uond .ing from Samuel Sheftall Of
8 .ysnnah. N. .....,.
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The turnstiles at the state fair
grounds indicated that the attendance
on the second day was more than g.
O00.
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BANDITS held the inhabitants OF a
north Dakota town at bay while they
blew open the safe and carried off 81
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Governor Magoon has scored a hit
in Cuba by receiving the reslgnations
Of two unpopular moderate oficehold-
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J.R. Shannon, who was for a num-
ber of years engaged in the printing
business in Greenville, died in Texas.
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Edward E. Nicholas is said TO have
confessed to killing the actress, Mrs.
Margaret Leslie in Chicago.
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WAR with Japan is said to be re-
garded in official circles as a possibili-
ty of the not too distant future.
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An Organ

that will last a life time is what you
want. Our Organs have a pure tone
and lovely cases. We can supply
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If you prefer a Piano we have beau
tiful and good new Uprights from s1S5
up on easy terms. ..,....
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Columbis, 8. @.
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Fountain Pens F0r Sale.
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failed to cure you
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We do not resort to claptrap methods to
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the trustees of the conscience and
sober sentiment Of the State" His
associates are Woodruff, Sheldon &
90. backed by the corporations. Fine
keepers OF public conscience, truly.
THE Washington Star asks If There
is any excuse for the further booming
of Mr.. Roosevelt for q third term.
But then the Star, since the Mrs.
Miner Morris incident has taken q
greenish colored view Of the occupant
Of the White House, although the
Star Is a Republican newspaper and
swallows most anything that that
party perpetratss.
THE chandeliers in the new Capital
building at Harrisburg, Pa, coLt g..
1927 O3 Those who bought them
without authority of law. are all ad.
vocates Of the simple life, decsnt gov.
erment, q square deal, and general
Rocseveltisn hoous p)cus. Roosevelt
has put his o. K. on the job. But
Berry, the Democratic treasurer Of
the commonwealth, Is kicking.
TEDDY made q speech at the dedi.
cation Of the new statehouse 1T Har.
risburg, Ps the other day. But he
forgot to pro- ca about square deal,
the simple life clean politics, ref ,rm,
etc., which are his usual themes.
There was suoh an odor Of graft about
the building and its furnishings, and
he was 80 "de. Lifted" with it, that
be jIss couldn't preach. He "a!
praised the whole nasty business,
house, furniture, grafters, and all.
Teddy is boon companion Of Pen.
rose.
DARaAN, the negro vho was hung
on last Friday at B+nnettsville for as.
saulting white lady, said while
under the gallows. 1T /
had listened to my wife that Sunday
and gone homo with her, as she told
me, would not have been here at
this moment. Instead Of doing Is
she told me, I went out and drank
whiskey with others, and got into this
trouble" As Marlboro County IL 30
sailed rCok- ribbed prohibition county
where did Dargan got the whiskey 90
Sunday that made him commit such
! hienous crime?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-07
Music
Lessons Free
IN YOUR OWN HOME.

wonderful offer every lover of music, whether a
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Ninety lessons Tor less number if you desire for
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Hundreds of pupils write Wish had known of
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Everything thorough and complete" "The lessons
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Dryden's Ruse

THE story is told that Dryden after finish
L ing his translation of Vergil, sent it to
Jacob Tonson for publication for sum speci-
fed upon the manuscript.
Tonson was DESTROYS of obtaining the book.
but determined to take advantage of Dryden S
need of money. He therefore informed the
poet that he could not pay the sum Dryden
asked
In reply Dryden sent the following lines in
description of the publisher:
with leering look. bull faced and freckled fair,
With two left legs. with Judas colored hair, -.
And frowzy pores that faint the ambient air. ="
When this was delivered to Tonson, he
asked if Dryden had said anything more.
YES" replied the bearer, he said to tell the
dog that he who wrote these lines could write
more like them" Tonson sent the money at
once. 1890
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-07

The Annual Romance
THEY met beside the tossing waves.
L This summer lad and miss.
The first eve, meath the gistening moon,
= e
g sat somewhat like =
The second evening Cupid came,
And life was filled with bliss;
Fair Luna smiled as she looked down
81
g
Is
e.
October came around, and so
This summer lad and miss
Broke all the tender vows they made,
:, g
And = & this.
-Perrine Lambert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-07
Some Great Canals

THE Erie Canal is the longest canal in the
l United States, having a length of ss7
miles 1t was completed in 1926, and cost
Ss2, 500. The Ohio Canal is 3I7 miles long
and cost So, 2o4. The longest foreign ship
canal is the Suez, between the Mediterranean
and Red Seas, which is 90 miles in length, and
cost 500, 900 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-07

A party having been made to go and see the
boa constructor soon after its first arrival at
the Geological Gardens, Sidney Smith, who
was to have been there, failed to come; and,
questioned at dinner why he had not done },
said: Because l was detained by the bore
contradictor-Halam.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-07
First Prayer in Congress

THE first prayer in Congress was made in
L 1777 by the Rev. Jacob Duche, rector of
Christ Church and man of considerable
learning. He afterward turned traitor to
the cause of Independence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-07
Sayings of Sidney Smith

nN examining some new flowers in the garden,
- a beautiful girl who was of the party ex-
claimed, oh: Mr.. Sydney! this pea will never
said he, gently taking her hand and walking
toward the plant, Ito lead perfection to the
pea"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-07

Sydney Smith was at party one evening,
when, seeing Mrs. Grote, wife of the historian,
enter wearing rose colored turban, he sud
denly exclaimed: Il now know the meaning
of the word grotesque!" He professed his
cordial liking for both her and her husband,
saying: Il like them. l like him, he is so lady
like; and like her, she's such perfect gentle
man"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-07

remember, at large party, young woman
insisting that it was always high tide at Lon
don Bridge at twelve o'clock. She referred
to me: "Now, Mr.. Smith is it not so?" l
answered: 1T used not to be so, l believe,
formerly; but perhaps the Lord Mayor and
Aldermen have altered it lately"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-07

am all for cheap luxuries, even for animals.
Now, all animals have passion for scratching
their backbones; they break down your gates
and palings to effect this. Look! There is
my universal scratcher, sharp edged pole,
resting on high and low post, adapted to
every height, from horse to a lamb. Even
the Edinburgh Reviewer can take his turn.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-11-10

The work was continued by flling
up the place as well as possible, and
going on with the excavation until
the proper distance was reached,
when an opening was made to the
surface.
Tuesday night, February 8, was the
time fixed to try the escape About
dark on that evening the plans began
to be whispered from one to another.
The order of departure had been ar
ranged, so that ali who worked on the
tunnel were to go first. the friends
whom they had selected to go next
in regular order. After that all others
as best they could 1t was a slow
process, getting down the chimney.
crossing the cellar and crawling
through the tunnel.
The first man passed out about
seven p. m, and after him number
of others had succeeded in getting out
safely, by which time quite an eager
crowd had gathered in the room i'm
patiently awaiting their turn, when
some one, either maliciously or mis-
takenly, raised an alarm that the
guards were coming, and a stampede
occurred. 1 supposed that all was dis
covered, and was thinking of retiring
to my blanket, but soon found that 1t
was a false alarm, and quickly gath
ering my squad together, we took ad-
vantage of the quiet that followed the
uproar / led off and got into the
chimney and seized the rope, but in
my eagerness did not grasp it tight
enough, and it slipped through my
hands and 1 dropped to the bottom OF
the cellar, and it seemed as 1 went
down the chimney that it was 80 feet
deep at least.
We were soon at the mouth OF the
tunnel. One man started in, and l
quickly followed. In order to get
through it was necessary to lie fiat
down and work ones self through in
that position. About the middle of
the tunnel 1 got fastened by my over
coat, which 1 had rolled up into as
small a bundle as possible, getting in
by my side and completely wedging
me fast. My only chance to get loose
was to back out few feet, and as
some one was following close at my
heels 1 was compelled to give him
few vigorous kicks, when he retired
a short distance, and 1 was relieved.
How long that place seemed. l would
have said it was at least 100 yards
instead of only about go feet. The
roar of the noise as we crawled