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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-21
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WASHINGTON

Senator Warren introduced a Dill
giving women the right to vote III all
the States for Representatives IN Con
greSs.
The House Statehood bill was re-
ported ~favorably to the Senate by MIR.
Beveridga, chairman OF the Commit
fee on Territories.
.Ionan Kunio Kalanianaole, the Ia
waiian Delegate, will be allowed to
keep his seat in this Congress. The
Prince" as he is called. is a RepuD-
lican, and his seat was contested by
G. p. Iauken. 4 Democrat.
The President sent tn the Senate the
name OF William Spry for United
States Marshal for Utah.
The Senate Committee on the Phil
ippines voted to report favorably the
nominations of Henry Clay Ide, of Yer
mont, to be Governor-General, and
John r. Smith, Of California, to be
V~ice-Goyernor.
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yssiuus valnat!e enough. Heaven avert
| the bad consequences Of these things!
December 22.-Lay excessive cola
last night. Ny eyes are started out OF
their orbits like q rabbits eyes. occa-
y stoned by great cold and smoke. What
have yon got for breakfast, lads" Fire
cake and water, sir The Lord send
that our Commissary OF Purchases
may live Oh iirecake and water unit!
their gluttel StOmachs are turned TO
p%aSteboard.'"
He continues in this strain day after
day, telling Of deaths, Of meals passed
by because there was nothing to eat,
Of Wholesale designations of officers, OF
his learning to darn stockings and
make them look like knit work." On
January I. ITS, he writes: New Year.
[ am alive; | am well". and. indeed, it
was a wonderful thing, and cause for
exclamation.
Washington. himself, gives some evil
dence in his writings. In September,
1777. when on the way toward Valley
Forge, be wrote: at least one thou
sand men were b%arefooted and per-
formed the marches i'll that condition"
OF another day he said: Few men
have more than one shirt; many only
the moiety Of one, and more none at
( all"
When the dreary winter was at Its
Eheight, under date of February H.
17TS, Washington wrote:
. "For some days past there has beer
= little less chan q famine in the camp
A part Of the army has been a wees
without any kind Of flesh. and the res
three or four days. Naked and starv
ing as .ney are, we cannot but admire
the incompatible patience and fidelity
of the soldiers thai they have Eot beef
ere this excited by their sufferings to
general mutiny and dispersion"
One must remember that Washing
toms command at this time numbered
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-21
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Three American regiments at Manila
have been held under field orders i'll
readiness for any emergency, anu two
more, with two batteries Of artillery,
have been ordered to the islands from
home.
The Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Com
pam of New York City, has been
awarded a contract by the insular gov
eminent Of the Philippines for the COM
plete construction Of q modern sewer
age system in Manila.
n. n. Pardo de Tavara has resigned
as a member Of the United States Phil
ippine Commission. giving as a reason
his belief that the Filipinos should
have a portfolio.
A majority Of the Filipino news
papers praise Ex-Governor Wright for
his services at Manila and congratulate
MI. Ide, who succeeds him as Gov
crnOr.
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the exact reproduction of the original
encampment. The latter plan has the
most followers just now, and will prob
ably be adopted. 1t will not be hard to
arrange the camp in the form it as
sumed when the Colonial troops settled
down to await the coming of spring.
1t las also been uggested that each
State undertake 20 restore that portion
in which its ow , soldiers lived. These,
however, are. questions for the future.
Valley Forge is twcnty-four miles
from Philadelphia. W~ashington's'
Headquarters is still preserved. The
building is OF brick and bears the
marks of the Revolutionary era IN
scores CT ways. The !ltiquc door with
massive knobs and locks and the win
dows with small square panes show the
antiquity of die structure. The main
| hall, furnished with an old ~settee, leads
to 4 receptiOu-rOom, and back o: this is
the room where Washington estab-
lishod his business office. These two
| rooms have new floors, but the floors
in all the other rooms Of the Building
are the same that were there when
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a march that never stopped until the
surrender at Yorktown.
For details Of their suffering one IAN
look here and there into the old diaries
Of the brave men who spent the will
ter there. Surgeon Waldo, of the
Eleventh Connecticut Militia, wrote:
December 1S.-Universal thanks
giving-a roasted pig tonight! The
army are poorly supplied with pro-
visions, owing, it is said. to the neglect
Of the commissa:y Of purchases. The
Congress have not made their commits
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WIFE BEATER IN CHANGING.
r. Beachman. Formerly Of Rochester,
N. Y, Works With Convicts.

Decatur, Ala.-With shackles Of iron
riveted on his ankles and with q pick
in his hands, Robert Beachman, a WELL
TODD jeweler, was forced to work on
the streets here with a gang of white
and negro city %conricts and with q
boss, an ignorant white man, standing
over him. -
Before Mayor Henry A. Skeggs. in
Police Court, Mrs. Beachman testified
that Beachman had knocked her down
and threatened to kill her. Under Ala
bama law a w%ife-beater is forced to
work in a coal mine or on city streets.
Beachman was fined S25 and costs and
sentenced to thirty days on the streets
for cursing in the presence Of his wife
, and was fined $50 and costs and
sentenced to thirty days on the streets
for %assaulting her.
Beachman. who is fifty years of age.
came here about 1890 from Rochester.
n. Y, where he and his wife had lived
for years. :
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battle to spur men through the sioughs
of despair. There was nothing ont 10
die there on the uninviting heights
along the Schuylkill and freeze ana
starve, many to the very DEATH others
suIling through with tortures worse
than death. And after months OF
that. the band Of patriots, on June H.
u777. followed General Washington in
oursuit Of CORVALLIS. leaving literally
a trail of blood from bare feet! 1t was
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-21
THE ATHENAEUM PORTRAIT OF
WASHINGTON.

After painting the crowned heads OF
Europe, Stuart confessed that he lost
his self-possession when Washington
first sat for him. The first attempt
was q failure. He afterwards painted
several portraits, Of which this is UNI
questionably the best.
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after q visit to the quaint little house
in which Washington made his head
| quarters, the most astonishing thing
about the encdmpment is thai a CEN
fury and a quarter Of effort by the ele-
| ments has failed to make any impress
on the solid earthworks. The rifle pits
are filed with dead leaves, trees have
grown on the hills that were once
cleared of timber in order to give the
SharpShooterS a view of the points IN
danger Of attack, and some Of the ad-
vanced posts are distinguishable only
because Of the signs describing them;
but the lines Of trenches are as plain
ly d%iscernible as though Washington's
army had only just marched out of the
camp.
Fort Huntington. with it's fringe of
tall trees, stands grim as ever in the
foreground as one looks down from an
angle of the in~trenchments, and 1t re-
Quires little imagination to see the
mouths Of the cannon pointing out of
the embrasures and the CLEAN Of the
sentry's bayonet as he parades behind
the wall. From this angle the valley
stretches in peaceful beauty, two or
three old-fashioned houses the only
structures in sight. and the white COL
umn erected by the Daughters Of the
all around, the most conspicuous mark
on the pastoral landscape.
With a map Of Valley Forge encamp-
ment. made in Washington'S time.
Revolution to the dead. who lie buried
every point can be located, every fort
traced. even the positions occupied ny
the various State troops definitely fixed
| There are several schemes Of restora-
ton, from an active military post to
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. RTAINL
there II e v e r
was q more
fearful epoch
in the history
of the nation
THAI. that of
Valley Forge.
The new gov
ernmaut hung
by 4 thread,
the thread OF
single m a n,
George Wash
ington. There
was no CLAM
our of glory 10
ligh t e the
burden Of suf-
fering. no eX-
element o t
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-21
LIMITED WRECKED BY SWITCH.
Several Passengers Are Hurt in Gen.
trail Vermont Accident.

Bolton, vt. - The New England
States limited, an express bound from
Boston for Montreal, was wrecked here
by running into a switch on the Cen
trail Vermont lroad, which Is
thought to have been opened mali
ciously.
Six cars were derailed and demol-
ished, and several OF the passengers
were severely hurt. -
The switch had been set properly
shortly before the express was due,
but there are evidences that some mis-
creant afterward threw it open. TO
make it appear that the engineer had
a clear track the signal lantern was
hung Oh Il wire SO as to indicate a
closed switch. .
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The shield emblazoned with the stars
and stripes of the United States IS
slightly followed out to fit around the
ton of a twisted paper case for sweet
bread and cream, or a chicken or mush-
room pate. These are shown by caterer
and confectioner for use on Washing
toms Birthday.
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Uncle Toms Hard Luck.

Uncle Tom was reading to little Eva.
"Say," she interrupted. mamma says
you've got to read the Six Best Sellers
next"
Fearing to protest, Uncle Tom took
il ont in hoping that Legree would
hurry up and buy him.
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CITY OWNERSHIP IN BERLIN.
Municipality Decides to Buy Out the
Street Railway Company.

Berlin, Germany.-.At a conference Of
the ;crlin municipal authorities with
the municipal officers Of eight subur-
ban towns it was resolved to take the
initiatory steps to acquire the Berlin
Street Railway Company, which has
practically the monopoly Of the street
railroads Of Berlin and it's suburbs, and
to operate roads upon the Joint account
Of the nine municipalities.
The company has ! capital of $685.
,,OG0.
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Washington's headquarters at
Valley Forge.

Welcome 70 the day rcturn-'
ing,
Deorer still o5 o9c5 flo0'
While the torch Of Foith IS burn.
ing,
Long as Freeoom5 o'tor5 glow
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-21
SUES HAZERS FOR $4,000.
high school Boys Accused of Causing
Death of q Pupil.

ColumL. IS, Ohio.-Charles j. Leaf, adj
ministrator Of the estate of Ceci; Il.
Leaf, filed suit against Gallon Sher-
wood and other billiard High School,
boys for $4,000 damages.
He charges thatson November 0 the
defendants in the High School yard
ut billiard rode young Leaf OF a rail
and threw him to the ground, causing
lis death.
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General Huntington's Head
quarters.

See rhe hero Ihom It gave US.
Slumbcrtna on q morher'5'
breast;
For The orm he stretched to
5oQe U.s.,
Be its morn forever bleSr',
Ohosr. Ge0aeW HohD'
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ASH SITTER.

In a short while heaters will be in
operation, and again the householder
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27
Loaded Drbear
FEET

If the belle wants fashionable stylish shoe should
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E. Gupt; line OF sippersss e>a.+
Should the beau the latest style in patent leather
metal calf see Forhem Douglass or Harmon
shoe. The gentleman lady who comfort
should try Courtney Should you be troubled with
our W. L. Douglas special shoes will give
you relief The children something and light for
the spring Our stock of Chidrens Shoes was never so
complete We also have solid seyiceable shoe that lust
fills the demand for the farmer. Come fitted No
trouble to show shoes We always the mar
ket produce and always have the best country affords
Our prices fair both seller and buyer try please
BlOoInheart Brothers |
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HOMELY COUNSEL

Don't get the idea into your head
that the people have it in for you,
says the Cheney Seminal. They
haven't, and such an idea would
cause you whole lot of worry and
unnecessary anxiety. The people,
of course, know you are on earth
but, to be plain about it, they don't
care whether you are or aot. And
if you were to die the passenger
would continue to run on its regular
schedule, the freight would be late
as usual and the section man would
60 each morning, as is his custom,
to his daily grind. The most of US
cut as wide a swath and make as
many people conform to our ideas
when We are dead as when We are
alive. No, the people haven't got
it in for you. They have all they
can look after to make living and
pay their debts. Such an idea
bothers no one but yourself.
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Russell SAGE DEAD

Russell Sage, the great New York
financier, has paid the debt of ma
ture and is seen no more in the fam
iliar haunts Of Wall street. For
fifty years or more he has been a
familiar figure on Wall street and
a most potent factor in financial
circles.
He lacked but few days of be-
ing 90 years old He started as a
poor boy and died ore of America S
wealthiest men. He was always
distinguished for his great frugality
and simplicity of living. He lived
only to accumulate money and,
judged by that standard he was a
great success.
Now that he has lived and passed
over and left his vast accumulation
or wealth on this SIDE, the queS-
ton naturally arises whether or not
his life was success after all. Did
he accomplish any particular good
in the world? Is the world any
better by his having lived2 Posi-
bly, ne has. Possibly his wife may
do great deal of good with the
vast fortune he left. Possibly he
was only the instrument used for the
massing of this great wealth tina;
other hands may use to the better
ment of mankind. Russell Sage
spent all his tireless life in accumu-
lating and it remains to be seen tU
what end.
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RUSSIA

There now seems to be no way
out but the civil war route for Rus
STA. The Car has dissolved the
parliament and the people are en-
ragged. Great things were prom
ised the'people and this meeting Of
their representatives was supposed
to be the medium through which
many evils were to be corrected,
but now it is dissolved and the
people have lost all faith In the
Gear and his advisors and seem
ready and anxious to plunge the
whole monarchy into bloody civil
war. The peasants are burning and
destroying the homes and property
of the rich and many of the soldies
and sailors are in open revolt. Up
risings in the large cities are fire.
quent and the whole country is in a
state of alarm.
All that seems necessary now is
for bold and aggressive leader to
arise who has the wisdom and nerve
to organize the various factions and
the throne of the hated ruler will be
toppled over.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27
SANTA FEE IMPROVEMENT

Just as soon as the plans can all
be worked out, the Santa Fe will
begin extensive building operations
on its land near the Y.
The round house Is to be torn
down and rebuilt ON the new site
and increased to 80 stalls. A large
store room will be built of brick.
Shops will be put in and many other
changes made. The coal chute will
also be moved and all the ground
where these buildings now stand will
be covered With storage and switch
tracks. =. 10
These changes have been con.
template for along time but it looks
now like the work will soon begin.
J. r. Burton in his new petition,
says, there are others. Very likely,
but we fail to see how that excuses
the illustrious senator.
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fulness of the trail was at an end. Ac-
cording to an interesting article on
the subjact In the Chicago Inter-
Ocean the Santa Fe trail began at
Westport (now Kansas City and fol-
lowed the Kaw river to Lawrence.
Thence it wound through the hills to
Burlingame and Council Grove. the
Arkansas valley being reached at Fort
Zarah (uow Great Bend(. The traIi
crept UP this valley TO Bent's Fort
(now Las Animas), and climbed the
mountains through Ration Pass. There
was short cut from Fort Dodge to
Las Vegas, along the Cimarron river.
In these days the Atchison Topeka &
Santa Fe K. r. practically follows the
trail. The distance from Kansas City
to Santa Fe was 800 miles and round
trip consumed about ITO days, Day
and night in all seasons the cara vans
pushed their way. In spite of strong
military escort, the trail was blood
soaked for many years, and was mark
ed BY hundreds OF graves of the victims
of murderous Apaches and other
tribes. ,>~s
The old route deserves to be marked
for its historic associations, quite ss
much a. the famous Mason aud Dixoa
line, the location Of which lie indicated
BY post monuments 10 q similar way,
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class In the discussion of ga Change
of Heart" Several of the young
ladies seemed perfectly willing to
experience the change If only the
boys would not be so backward.
This normal seems to be doing
good practical work and has good
talent to work with. Surely the
county normal is great benefit to
che country schools.
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astonish the world. 1t will he the
golden age of California. -Wilshire's
The Old Santa Fe Trail.

Buffalo Commercial: A great deal
Of the history romance and tragedy
cluster about the old Santa Fe trail,
once the only highway Of commerce,
from Missouri to Santa Fe, but for
many years obsolete and abandoned.
A movement to mark the famous old
trail, with suitable posts, has been
very successful, and the work lie to be
undertaken this year. The school
children Of the state Of Kansas were
asked to subscribe penny each for
this purpose and $50, l6e responded.
The old trail was first used In Spanish
times, and dates back to the middle
OF the 10th century. Several Of the
American exploring expeditions fol-
lowed the trail In the early part OF the
nineteenth century. when the posi-
bilities Of the west first began to be
uaderstood, and BY 1924 it was trav-
elsd regularly BY wagon trains. In the
following year the trail was made an
authorized road BY act Of con-
gress. In the next two years 1t va
surveyed and marked out "from the
western frontier Of Missouri, near
Fort Usage, to San Fernando de Taos
near Santa Fe," and Fort Leaven.
worth was established to give military
protection TO the hazardous trade
with the southwest.
From that time on a rushing trade
was carried on BY the heavy caravans
along this historic route. until the
newer methods Of transportation be-
gan TO come into use. By 1865 the last
wagons were withdrawn, and the use
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27
The Effect of the Earthquake
on Society In San Francisco

That the splendid effect on society
in San Francisco of the throwing to-
gether in close organic union of all
classes for a number of weeks, as a
result of every one being temporar-
lily deprived of private property.
will eventually show itself is certain.
This throwing of people closely to-
gether is exactly what is needed In
order to develop. the highest type of
man, and have no question but
that it will effect the development
of a much finer and better society
in San Francisco than has ever been
seen before in the history of an
American city. For awhile each
for all and all for each was the city
law.
San Francisco had all the know
ledge of the Twentieth Century, all
the mechanical inventions, and all
the advantages of living under what
was practically a state of Socialism
for a number of weeks. She had a
real vision OF the social life of the
future, and it should profit her soul.
The natural result should be the
development Of art and literature
there to a greater degree than has
ever before been seen in any Amer
ican community. Never has the
American mind been so stirred and
nourished. I predict that the au-
thors. and the dramahsts, and the
artists which San Francisco will
produce in the next ten years viii
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HOCH AND PROHIBITION

Some of the newspaper critics of
Gov. Hoch are assailing his record
in regard to enforcing the prohibit
tory law. They charge him with
insincerity, lack of earnest purpose
and with partiality. The best an
swer to these predjudiced critics is
that made by the governor himself
in his "keynote" statement of last
Saturday. He shows that there is
no state fund upon which he can
draw for the expenses of special
prosecutions, except his own contin
gent fund and that this fund has
been practically exhausted in clos.
ing the joints of Kansas City, Kas.,
Lawyers cannot be called into the
states service as special prosecutors
without compensation tor their time
and labor. If the governor has no
money to offer them they will not
accept his appointments. To hold
public official responsible for law
violations which he has no power to
suppress is the sheerest injustice.
The governor says he has written
a personal letter to every county
attorney and every sheriff in the
state urging him to enforce the law.
In regard to his being in sympathy
with prohibition Mr.. Hoch's life
and character are sufficient to dis
pose of all charges in that direction.
When was the drohibitory law
ever better enforced in Kansas than
it is today? There have always been
cities and towns in which joints ran
either openly or covertly. In the
largest city of the state, Kansas
City. Kansas, prohibition comes
nearer prohibiting now than ever
before. If the governor had funds
on which to draw for expenses there
is no reason to doubt that the same
effective kind of work would be
done in every other city where the
law is VIGOROUSLY violated. There
was time when the governor had
more power. When Kansas had
metropolitan police law, similar to
that now in force in Missouri, the
governor could order the police
boards to close the joints. The po-
lice funds were available for such
purposes, or rather the police did it
as part of their ordinary duties
without extSa expense. 1t costs the
state of Missouri nothing for Gov.
Folk to keep the Sunday lid on in
Kansas City or St. Louis. Kansas
had number of prohibition gov
ernors while the metropolitan police
law was in operation, but 1t is doubt
full if any of them ever made a better
showing in law enforcement than
Gov. Hoch.-K. c. Journal.
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BLACKSMITH coAI

Genuine Georges Greek Big Vein
Piedmont Coal mined In Maryland
the best smithing coal 10 the world.
for sale at the VIM, Ksysnaugh Co.
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