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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18
Kept Tax Receipts LONG.

Charles King, OF East Liberty, .
suburb of Pittsburg, is what might be
termed a careful man. He has been a
voter in the East Liberty district since
1857 and when asked on the last reg
istration day il he had tax receipt
he pulled from a pocket tax receipts
for the last Al years. When asked by
the registrar II he had any more he
replied that II he went down deep in
to his strong box" at home he might
possibly find a few dating long back
before the oldest member of the board
was born. Mr.. King is now as years
old. having been born in Baltimore In
1928, removing to East Liberty In
1857. His first presidential vote was
cast for John C. Fremont and his last
for Theodore Roosevelt. He Is q
stanch Republican and as contractor
and brick manufacturer for half cen
fury has contributed much TO the up
building and growth of East Liberty.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18
Woman's Fearful Burns.

With her body burned and baked
practically TO a cinder, Mrs. Gus Ca.
witch, OF Long Lake, is yet alive. Her
agony when she partially comes out OF
her delirium Is such that even physi
clans are forced to turn away.
While her husband was out OF the
house, and she was alone with her
babe. her dress caught fire from a
heating stove. Her screams brought
her husband and lie carried her out.
side and extinguished the blaze by
rolling her IN snow. With The excep-
ton of her face and breast. not par
ticle or her body. escaped charring.
Wherever her dress was tight the flesh
II burned TO depth of half an inch.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18
The Sooners Are Out.

Hunters from southern Michigan are
swarming into the woods of the upper
peninsula with dogs. a month ahead OF
the deer season, and today Game War
den Chapman ordered all his deputies
TO take the field and shoot all dogs on
the trail OF deer and 10 arrest every
hunter caught violating the law. Every
available man will be pressed into ser
vice in order to prevent the slaughter
OF deer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18

less, having run down from $50 to 125
pounds. / was having terrible pain in
the kidneys, and the secretions passed
almost Involuntary. My left leg
swelled until it was "a inches around.
and the doctor tapped 1t night and
morning until l could no longer stand
1t, and then he advised amputation. /
refused, and began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills. The swelling subsidized
gradually, the urine became natural,
and all my pains and aches disap-
peared. have been well now for nine
years since using Doans Kidney Pills.
For sale by all dealers. SO cents a
box. Milburn Co.. Buffalo, n. Y.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18
Boiler Let Go.

With deafening report, boiler OF
the government boat Slackwater ex-
ploded late Saturday, completely
wrccking the vessel killing three men.
injuring six others and creating havoc
In lock No. on the Ohio river, where
the boat was lying when the accident
happened. A derrick boat lying along
side the steamer and some construc-
ton work being done at the dam was
heavily damaged by the explosion.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18
Both Escaped

Mrs. Otto Harnisch, wife Of we'll
known travelling salesman OF Saginaw,
in a burst OF excitement accomplished
a feat which under any other circum-
stances might have proved fatal tn
her. Mrs. Harnisch discovered that a
burglar was in her house. She became
alarmed and jumped from second
story window to the hard ground be-
meath. Hurrying to a saloon she
'phoned the police. and then went back
TO her house to watch. Before the po.
lice arrived she saw the intruder walk
quietly from the door and stroll away
into the darkness.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18
Wild Animals on the Ocean.

A scientist has made some interest
ing observations as TO the love OF diff
ferent wild animals for the sea. The
polar bear, he says, Is the only one
that takes naturally to the sea, and is
quite jolly when aboard ship. All
others violently resent trip on wa
ter. The tiger suffers most OF all.
Horses are very bad sailors. and
often perish on a voyage Elephants
do NOT like the sea.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18
Farmer Drowned.

Struck by an oar loosened from the
oarlock as he was rowing on Mike ne
rey's lake, eight miles north OF Ann
Arbor, George Horn, aged az, a
wealthy farmer of Radcliffe. north Of
Detroit, was rendered unconscious and
drowned as he fell across the side Of
his boat. When found his head was
submerged in the water He had
been visiting nieces in Mortified town.
ship.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18

Passenger train No. S. OF the Wa
bash railroad. running from Kansas
City TO Buffalo, n. Y. known as the
Buffalo mail. and due in Danville. H..
at 4:o2 a. m. ran into an open switch
west Of Catlin. ILL.,. early Wednesday,
and crashed into a section OF freight
train. The passenger coaches, except
one, turned over and burned.
Three persons are known to have
been killed. Several others are miss.
ing. Thirty-seyen injured are being
taken care OF at Danville hospitals.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18

An Illinois man died and left 90
Wills. four of which are undated. There
vas a true friend of the lawyers
George Kalmbach. of Jackson. was
fined 50 with 80 days in Jail and 90 adj
ditional days If the fine Is not paid.
for shooting one of the Loomis park
squirrels.
A spark from the engine in thrash
ing outfit on the farm of County Treas
urer Wilson, three miles from Grand
Marias. resulted in the loss of the
machine and the entire crop. valued at
$4,000. besides barn. The stables
ard machinery were valued at abou
$4,000 No insurance.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18
Want Them TO Know Country.

Tie Japanese war department has
made arrangements to send teachers
and students OF tho middle and high
er schools and colleges to Manchuria
and Korea free OF charge during their
vacation. More than $4,000 persons
expect to make the trip.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18
Schools Closed.

A report was received in SAUL Ste
Marie last week from Raber, town
in the southern part of Chippewa
county, saying that an epidemic Of
diphtheria has made II necessary to
close the schools. Several deaths are
reported. The board of supervisors has
been appealed TO for aid in handling
the disease.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18

says: II had been
showing symptoms OF
kidney trouble from
the time i was mus
tered out Of the
army. but in all my
life / never suffered
as in 1897. Head
aches. dizziness and
, sleeplessness, frs t /,
and then dropsy. l
was weak and help
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18
Brilliant Jamaican Fireflies.

Firefies of Jamaica emit so brilliant
q light that dozen of them, Enclosed
within an inverted tumbler. will en-
able person to read or write at night
without difficulty. These flies are in
size as large as common hive bee,
and perfectly harmless. Their appear
ance in unusual numbers acts as a
barometer to the natives. and is an
indication of approaching rain.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18
stare OF OHIO. CRY OF TOLEDO. as.

STATE OF OHIO. CRY OF TOLEDO,
Lucas CoCrY.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he Is sci G,
partner OF the nrm OF i. j. CHENEY q CO., doinp
business In tho City Of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid, and that said irm will pay the SUN OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case Of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use OF
uALL's CArARnH CURE. - .....,.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
sworn 20 before me and subscribed In my presence
this 6th day OF Decenbs CT, A. d.. 1856.
49, A. w. GLEASON,
sEAL NOTARY PUBLIC
Halls Catsrrh Cure Is taken internally and act
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces Oh I'M
system. Send for testim entails. free.
+. j. CHENEY d CO., Toledo, %
Sold by all Druggists, 15c.
Take Hall Family Pills for constipation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18
After Noble.

The board of supervisors has offered
81 900 reward for the delivery of Frank
G Noble, alleged absconding treasurer
OF Oscods county, into the hands of
the sheriff in Milo. 4 warrant has been
issued for him on a charge of embcz-
zling county funds. His whereabouts
are unknown.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18

They Are Of the Greatest Benefit to
Growing Flowers.

Prof. Darwin said that IL Il had not
been for insects we should never have
had any more imposing or attractive
flowers than those of the elm, the hop
and the nettle. Lord Avebury com
pares the work OF the insect to that Of
the florist He considers that just as
the florist has by selection produced
the elegant blossoms OF the garden, SO
the insects. by selecting the largest
and brightest blossoms for fertiliza-
tion, have produced the gay flowers OF
the Held. Prof. Plateau, of Client, has
carried out series of remarkable ex-
periments on the ways OF insects visit
ing flowers. He considers that they
are guided by scent rather than by
color, and in the connection he Is at
variance with certain British natural
lists. Whatever may be the attraction
in flowers to insects-as yet, 1t ap-
pears undefined-it is certain that the
latter visit freely all blossoms alike,
making no distinction between the
large. bright-colored ones and the less
conspicuous blossoms like those Of the
currants, the lime. the planetree, the
nettle and the willow.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not
stain the hands or spot the kettle, except
green and purple.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18

But the man who thinks he has
will Of his own is apt to marry wo-
man who knows she has a won't Of
her own.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18

Scrle men haven't troubles enough
OF { ir own, SO they get married.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
How Veteran Was Saved the AM
putation Of a Limb.

Il. Frank Doremus, veteran, OF
Roosevelt Ave-, indianapolis, Ind,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18
Latest Fad in Society

The latest fad in certain eastern So
ciety circles is to be glum and cross.
One phase of this more than usually
absurd affectation takes the form Of
ignoring letters of introduction and
this lack of consideration has reused
family feuds in several cases. One
wealthy young Italian. who is mem
Der OF one of the best Roman families.
went to Newport this summer with
many letters from prominent persons.
But he has found 1t impossible to pre-
sent them. 1T els foolish to expect
anything from social leaders these
days and the stranger who asks to be
received by letter has hard time OF
It," said a young man whose letter TO
a society matron was ignored.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18
lmnortant 60 Mothers.

Examine carefully every bottle OF CASTORfA.
a safe and sure remedy for infants and children.
and see that 1t
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18

The shortage Of cars in the Saginaw
valley has become SO serious that not
more than half Of the freight is being
llCvel.
Carl Finck, aged 20. was buried alive
by cave-in at gravel pit where he
was working alone. six miles south
Of Quincy.
Because Saginaw council commit
tee refused TO admit bill for print.
ing which did not bear.the union label
as required by city. Ordinance a test
Of the legality of the ordinance will
be made in the courts. Non.union
printers claim that II is mconstitutIon
AL
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18
Young Grave Robbers.

Three boys eXhumed the body OF
Old Man Covert" buried ten years
ago. TO get the insignia of secret so
ciety formed By them, called THE Or.
der of the Human Teeth" and which
had It's headquarters in cave.
They kept their secret for a month,
when one told and IL Travelled like wild
fire. No worse punishment than spank
ing at home have been visited upon
them.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18

Some lawyers who fail at their prac-
tice imagine it is up to them TO
preach.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18

Irs. WinsIow's Soothing syrup.
Fore iren tertnng. ssfiehs the gums, reduces IN
nam .lOn allays rain. Ics wind cole. 2Je bottle
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-10-18

Postum cereal Co, L,d. Da,ue Creek, Mich
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-27
REPUBLICAN TICKET NAMED.
Ex-Mayor Stuart For Governor of
Pennsylvania-Indo by Roosevelt

Ey-Mayor Stuart For Governor OF
Pennsylvania-Indo by Roosevelt.
Harrisburg, Pa. - The Republican
State Convention nominated the fol-
lowing ticket:
Governor-Edwin S. Stuart, of Phil
adelphia
Lieutenant Governor-Robert S. Muir
ply, Of Cambria County.
Auditor General - Robert K. Young.
of Tioga County.
Secretary of Internal Affairs-Henry
Houck, of Lebanon.
The platform commends the Ma
tional and State administrations, advo-
Gates legislation giving to trolley COM
panies the right to carry freight, advo-
Gates q two-cent passenger rate on
steam railroads. and deals at great
length on other State issues.
The President was commended for
his aggressive action in regard to COM
mon carriers who violate the law, and
the pending legislation designed to re.
form packing-house abuses was urged
upon Congress.
The ticket represents all factions Of
the party and will. the party leaders
say, harmonic all past differences.
President Roosevelt is said to have
advised the selection of such ticket.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-27

children carried flowers, the maids ana
matrons chanted hymns, the priests
swung to and fro the censor, filled with
golden incense But when the process
sion. representing the strength and
beauty Of Athens, came to the votlVe
altar of the Goddess Athenae, they
covered the white marble with flowers
and perfumed boughs.
Not otherwise did Daniel Webster,
with reverence and ever-increasinS So
lemnip, anticipate the approach of the
Fourth of July. To the very last the
thought of independence Day suifused
his eyes with tears and filled him with
q tumult of noble emotions. And for
all citizens OF the Republic to-day this
approaching day of patriotism and lib
erty should stir civic pride, the love of
country. and the renewal of the dedica-
tion Of life and gifts to the cause of the
Republic, that represents to-day the
hope Of all the people Of the earth.
To-day the President and the Repub-
lie occupy the centre of the worlds
stage. Just now our country looms
large in the worlds affairs. If the
Presidents figure rises above the other
nation rulers, it is because he stands
upon the shoulders of countrymen who
are supported by great country. Gone
forever the thought that the Republic
is an experiment! what do I think
about free institutions and democracy"
exclaims Carlyle. 81 think that Amer
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-27

lea Is a place where few wise men
discuss problems and many fools settle
them" The English Premier in 1850
gave us forty more years. And yet
what nation has grown and prospered
like ours? Government is for the pro-
lection of life, property. family, repu-
tation and liberty. But surely there
never has been an hour In the history
of the Republic when the millions we're
SO happy or so prosperous, or when
they possessed in so large measure
their political and industrial rights,
their social and their civic rights.
What! Democracy an experiment? 1t
is the other forms of government that
are experimental. Autocracy IS the
government Of one. The limited mon
archy is the government by the few.
Democracy is the government by the
many. To-day autocracy is experiment
tai. Witness Russia! That Govern
ment may fall any day. Limited mon
archy and aristocracy are experiment
tai. Witness Spain and Austria! NO
statesman knows what year may
bring forth. a monarchy is battle
ship that can be sunk with a single
bombshell. The republic is raft. and
q dozen bombshells through each log
Of the raft would not sink the whole.
It Is easy to destroy a government or
but one ruler; 1t Is impossible to de-
stroy a government where all the mill
ions are rulers. The most conserva-
tive. prudent and stable government Is
a government of all, by all and for all.
History Is full Of the ruins Of all the
other forms of government. The old
monarchies already seem like ancient
oaks, rotted out at the heart, and no
man knows what storm will bring them
crashing down. At last the Republic
is avenged. She might even have the
right to turn her face toward the east
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-27

union; States one and inseparable!
think Of the victory for the schools foI
children, the hospitals, the pti.anthro
pies, the reforr :, the laws. Think OF
these halls Of science, tie galleries OF
art, the chapels, the libraries, the
churches with their lofty towers. Is II
noble ancestor? All, the fathers and
founders stained with th-ir life blood
this banner of liberty and made bright
these stars on The sky Of hope. Yes
the fathe:, have made VOWS for US
Our dead heroes have given pledges fol
US and our children. TO us they be-
quea thed all this treasure. Ours these
States, ours the declaration Of liberty
ours the Constitution, ours the poets,
the orators, the statesmen, the soldiers.
The Republic is storehouse filled
with all the treasures Of the past.
On this high day Of liberty let u.
highly resolve hencefortl to live for
our country and its institutions, that
the Republic may become the guide OF
all the world and the teacher Of all ma
tons in the art of self-government and
the principles of liberty. - New Yorh
World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-27
HEIR TO MILLIONS A SUICIDE
Thomas 0. Jones, of Pittsburg,
Shoots Himself.
Was Practically Head of Jones g.
LaughIin Steel Works, and Would
Have Inherited $5o,ooO,oOo.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Thomas O'Conor
Jones, assistant general manager of
the Jones s. Laushlin Steel Company,
heir to fortune estimated at $oO,OOO,-
900, worth himself several millions,
and social leader in Pittsburg, killed
himself at the Hotel Schenley, where
he and his mother, Mrs. Cecilia c.
Jones' s-Murdock, occupied apartments.
No cause can be assigned for the
suicide other than that the young man
had been i'll for some time past, and
that he believed his ailment would
cause him either to go blind or become
insane. The only mystery surround
ing the suicide is as to how he OBJ
tanned the revolver with which he
killed himself. The Coroner believes
it was smuggled into his room by some
person whom he paid to do it. Every
effort was made to keep the fact that
he had killed himself secret, his rela-
tive going so far as to attempt to have
the Coroner suppress the facts.
All the arrangements had been made
to take Jones to Cambridge Springs.
In statement which she made to the
Coroner, Mrs. Murdock said that she
had spent most of the evening before
the suicide in her sons room preparing
for the trip.
She went to bed about midnight but
entered his room again at o'clock and
found her son seated at a window.
They talked together for some time,
and then she retired. At 4 O'Clock
she was awakened by revolver shot
Running into her sons room, she
found him lying on the bed. She
raised his head, and soon afterward
he died in her arms.
Thomas O'Conor Jones was the only
child Of the late George W. Jones,
brother of B. +. Jones, former Chair
man of the National Republican Com.
mittee. When his father died he left
all of his vast fortune to his wife
and their only child, who has taken
his life. Mrs. Jones married DR.. +. ID,
Murdock. a well-known physician, who
is at present in Boston attending a
medical convention. Jones, who was
just entering his thirty-sixth year, was
a graduate of Yale, and had been in
the steel business ever since he left
college. He was a member of the
Pittsburg University and Allegheny
County Clubs, as we'll as a number OF
New York clubs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-27
DEATH OF SENATOR GORMAN.
Sudden and Unexpected End From
Heart Disease.

Washington, D. C.-United States
Senator Arthur P. German, Of Mary
land, died after protracted illness at
his residence in this city, No. 1432 Is
street.
Up to the moment Of death Senator
German was conscious. He partook
of some nourishment at o'clock a. M,
but at 8 o'clock he was seized with a
heart attack and died in five minutes.
At the bedside were Mrs. German,
Miss Ada German, the Senator's eldest
daughter, and the nurse.
Senator Gorman's illness extended
over a period Of five months. He had
not left his house since January l6.
He suffered, in addition to his heart
affection, with more or less stomach
trouble.
AS soon as he passed away word was
sent to the Senate, which adjourned.
Senator German leaves a widow and
six children, as follows: Miss Ada Cor
man, Mrs. Wilton J. Lambert, Mrs. R.
A. Johnson, Mrs. R. w. Hills, all of
this city; Mrs. Stephen Gambrill. Of
London, England, who arrived here a
week ago, and Arthur Pue German,
Jr., of Laurel, Md. member of the
Maryland Assembly.
Arthur P. German was born in Wood
stock, Md, on March II, 1889, of Irish
parentage. After attending the COM
mon schools of Howard County ne
was appointed page in the United
States Senate. In 1869 he was elected
to the Maryland House Of Delegates.
and became Speaker Of the House in
1871. In 1880 he was elected q mem
Der Of the United States Senate by the
Democratic party, and reelected in
1886 and 1892, and still held his seat
at the time of his death.
Senator German had been notable
figure in the National Congress all this
time, and for almost eighteen years
was the leader of his party in tile
Senate
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-27
WHERE me DECLARATION INDEPENDENCE
WAS SIGNED JULY f. l776

and scholars discuss problems and one
feebe-minded ruler decides them"
For events have turned every argu-
ment to-day in favor of the republic
and against autocracy and bureau
cracy.
Who can overestimate the impor-
tance Of these anniversary days of lib
erty, these holidays that commemorate
the beginning of free institutions! Al
ways when patriotism has revived, ma
tional wealth and prosperity have re.
vived with it. The great age for the
Isles of Greece. where Plato thought
and Sappho sang, was the day when
every citizen was patriot, sincere, he
roic and ready to die for his country.
The great epoch Of art, beauty and lid
erty for Florence was the era when pa
triotism. like a mighty flood, swept
over Italy. The golden age for little
Switzerland, with its brilliant past; for
brave little Holland and for glorious
old England was the age when patriot
ism was at its best. And what our
luuU uGSuS UDONS ILL CioS3 ohtSA " awe
val of ethics and righteousness, is re-
vival of patriotism and love of country.
It is given to citizens Of other nations
to exult and cry, This is mine own, my
native land" But how much more to
Americans! Is it material wealth?
Life up your eyes and look out upon
these lakes and rivers, the vineyards
and orchards, the pastures and
meadow, the herds and focks. What
wealth we already have! What wealth
also exceeding more is to be ours! Is
it a great history that strengthens pa
triotism?
Think Of the Pilgrim Fathers, the he
roic age in the country's history. the
scenes at Bunker Hill and Valley
Forge, the victory for independence,
Webster's struggle for liberty and