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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
PEOPLE STARVING IN
RUSSIA AND CHINA
Alexis Aladyin, Russian Leader,
Declares Famine Terrible.
100000 HUNGRY Cinnamon
The Greatest Famine in the History
Of the World Impending in Two
Nations - American Assistance
Asked For Relief Of Millions.

New York City.-Unless immediate
succor be sent to the Chinese famine
sufferers in the district north of the
Yangtse River the lives Of 10000
900 starving Chinese farmers will be
snuffed out within a. few weeks.
A communication to this effect was
received by E. R. Johnston, of the
Christian Herald, from a prominent
civic society in China which has been
soliciting aid for the famine sufferers
from the nations of the world.
Immediate steps will be taken by
charitable institutions Of this city to
send relief to the sufferers.
1.-The famine in North China is the
most terrible in the history Of the
world" said Mr.. Johnston. "Not
even the famines Of India can COM
pare with it. It covers an area Of
more than 10000 square miles, with
@ population of 100000. 1t Is in
fsvitable that this whole population
will be wiped out unless relief be
sent at once
Last October and November it
rained in this district for forty days
without cessation. Every crop was
utterly ruined. The Chinese Of that
section rely for food entirely upon
what they raise. They are mostly
small land holders or tenants.
1.-The whole country was covered
with water, and as there were no
crops there was no seed for a new
planting. In December 100000 OF
the 100000 Inhabitants were des-
titute and thousands had died. BY
February 1 the whole population was
starving and the suffering was terri
h1a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
Quite Voluntary.

Did I understand you to say that
this boy voluntarily confessed his
share in the mischief done to the
schoolhouse?" asked the Magistrate,
addressing the mother, who held a
small, dirty, struggling boy by the
hand.
Eyes, sir, he did, replied the
mother, jerking her offspring into
%momentary inactivity. Il had to per-
suade him a little, but he told me the
whole thing voluntarily"
How did you persuade him.
asked the Magistrate.
well, first I gave him a good
whipping" said the determined-look-
ing little woman, land then I put him
to bed without any supper, and took
his clothes away, and told him he'd
stay in bed till he'd confessed what
he'd done if twas for the rest Of his
days, and I should whip him again
in the morning.
I'm less than an hour he told ME
the whole story, voluntarily. -
Youths Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
BRITISH PARLIAMENT
STORMED BY WOMEN
Sixty Suffragettes Arrested Dur
ing Riot in London.
PRISONERS ALL PREFER JAIL
Miss Kenny Threatens to March 1000
Women on to the Floor of Par
lament if Demands Arc Not
Granted.

Women on to the Floor of Par
lament if Demands Arc Not
Granted.
London.-The women s%uffragists,
whose leaders have sworn not to de-
sist in their violent agitation until
Parliament has granted their de-
mands, appear likely to give the au-
thorities considerable trouble. They
made a more determined and better
organized demonstration than ever
before, in the course Of which over
sixty women were arrested. 1t was
nearly midnight before they were all
bailed out.
In the afternoon hundreds OF
women made a determined attack on
the House with the object of forcing
their way into the building. The
police had been ~foreWarned Of the at
tempt, and a large force, in uniform,
in plain clothes and mounted, was on
duty about the building.
The doors Of the House were shut
in the faces of the women, and the
police attempted to drive them back.
In 80 doing the mounted men gal
loped among the women, who
struggled fiercely. Many Of them
were thrown down into the mud and
were badly hurt.
The demonstrators were kept out
of the House proper, although the
fight with the police outside con-
tinued for a long time. Several
women journalists, who were roughly
handled by mistake, tainted. over
twenty Of the ~so-called "sufragettes'
were arrested and taken to the near
est police station.
During the confusion following the
first onslaught of the women six suf-
fragists succeeded in obtaining access
to the public lobby and attempted to
rush through the corridor leading
into the House, but they were seized
by policemen and elected.
At the conclusion of a meeting OF
the sufragists the women proceeded
a second time to the House Of Com
mons. They were met by a large
force of police, and exciting scenes
ensued. Every few moments the
women made rushes at the police, and
they now complain Of the alleged bru-
tally on the part of the officers OF
the law. Sixteen additional arrests
were made.
1t is asserted that over 100 Of the
women suffragists have sworn to get
themselves arrested In order to draw
attention to their cause. Miss Annie
Kenny, one of the leaders, who has
been imprisoned three times, declares
that If the suffrage is not granted to
wo: len at this session she will march
1000 women cotton operatives from
the North, who will confront the Min
listers on the floor Of the House OF
Commons.
Fifty-siX women suffragists arrest
ed in and around the Parliamentary
Building were arraigned in a police
court charged with disorderly con-
duct and resisting the police.
Mrs. Despard, a sister Of General
French, who led the attack on the
House Of Commons, was sentenced to
pay a fine Of $40 or go to prison for
twenty-one days.
Some Of the women who had been
imprisoned before for engaging in
s%uffragist demonstrations were fined
$40, with the option Of a months i'm
prisonment. The other prisoners
were fined SIS with the alternative OF
two weeks in jail.
All chose to go to prison.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
II A TRIAL A CRAZE.
Steamers Reaching Liverpool Raided
by Crowds Seeking Newspapers.

Liverpool.-Long cabled reports OF
the Thaw trial are filling some OF the
most prominent columns of every
newspaper every day. They have
only whetted the eagerness of a Sec
ton of the public here for fuller de-
tails, with the result that each in
coming transatlantic steamer is
boarded by a crowd that is frantic
to obtain copies of New York papers.
The passengers were quick to real
lie the demand and they refuse to sell
except at good prices. 1t does not
matter If the papers are torn and
travel stained so long as their &C
counts Of the trial are intact. The
stewards on the steamers are reaping
a glorious harvest, often obtaining
seven or eight shillings for a single
copy.
The steamship companies have for
hidden their employees to traffic in
newspapers, but the trade goes on
surreptitiously. The buyers are
chiefly young men and youths from
city Offices. 1t is a common sight On
q train or street a to see a young
fellow struggling with a big Ameri-
can newspaper, which probably cost
him a quarter Of his weeks salary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
Halls Of Congress.

The treaty with Santo Domingo
was signed.
The Senate passed a bill to estab-
lish an immigration station In New
Orleans.
The Senate passed a measure au.
thorizing a loan of 100000 for
jamestown Exposition.
Plans for the proposed big battle
ship for the navy were presented to
the Senate BY Mr.. Hale.
Senator Warren, from the Commit
tee on Military Affairs, reported the
Army Appropriation bill, which car
ries $81,60Q,0QQ.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
Rash Covered Face and Feet-WouId
Cry Until Tired Out-Spcedy
Cure by Cuticura.

"My baby was about nine months old
when she had rash on her lace and feet.
Her feet seemed TO irritate her most, es
pecially nights. They would cause her to
be broken of her rest, and sometimes she
would cry until she was tired out. had
always used Cuticura Soap myself, and had
Heard of so many cures by the Cuticura
Remedies that 1 thought | would give
them a trial. The improvement was no,
ticeable in Il few hours, and before had
used one box of the Cuticura Ointment her
feet were well and have never troubled her
since. | also used it to remove what u
known as cradle cap from her head, and
it worked like a charm, as it cleansed and
healed the scalp at the same time. Now
| keep Cuticura Ointment on hand in case
of my little rash or insect bites, as it
takes out tn, Inflammation at once. Per-
haps this may be the means of helping
other suffering babies. Mrs. Hattie Cur.
rier, Thomaston, Me-, June 9, 1906"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
NeKSY

Locusts are devastating Southern
algeria.
Nova Scotia will train college stu
dents in war engineering, a depart
ment having been organized at Dali
housie University.
The Illinois Senate passed a bill
prohibiting cigarette smoking in pub
lie places by school or university pu-
pills under eighteen years Of age.
Comte Henry de La Vaulx made
his two hundred and first ascent since
he began his career as an aeronaut,
sailing over the famous terrace of.St.
German, Paris.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
CHILDREN DIE IN FLAMES.
Father and One Child Jump From
Window-Mother Was Away.

Bridgeville, Del.-Four Of I. John.
sons children, ranging from two to
ten years old, were burned to death
in a fire which destroyed their home.
The family was asleep On the second
floor when the fire, which started on
the first floor, was discovered. The
flames had gained such Roadway that
only Johnson and his oldest child
managed to escape by jumping from
a second story window. The father
made an attempt to rescue the four
children. but vas driven back By the
flames. Mrs. Johnson, the mother
Of the children, was at the home Of a
neighbor when the fire started.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
JAP EXCLUSION BILL PASSED.
Senate Adopts Report on immigration
Bill,

Washington, D. CATER a day
full of spirited debate, in which there
were denials of attempted coercion on
one side and criticism Of President
Roosevelt on the other for alleged
dictation to Congress and to the State
of California in connection with the
adjustment of the Japanese situation,
the Senate adopted the conference re-
port on the immigration bill when
contains the vital amendment CONFER
ring power on the President to exclude
undesirable classes of alien laborers
from this country.
When the immigration bill has
been approved by the President,
thereby becoming law, the San Fran
cisco School Board will remove the
discriminating restrictions upon Jap
anese pupils and the State Depart
ment will agree with the japanese
Government on the form of a treaty
permitting both Japan and the United
States to exclude undesirable classes
of laborers from either country.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
BetwiXt and Between.

A Chicago physician was n day
called to attend a sick child in a
shabby genteel" quarter Of the
Windy City.
Madam" said the doctor to the
mother, you should send this child
into the country for several weeks
each summer"
II am sorry to say, DOCTOR" re-
sponded the woman, that we are not
rich enough to do that"
Then" suggested the physician,
"have her sent by the Fresh Air
Fund" r
"Oh, DOCTOR" exclaimed the
woman, 1--WE are not poor enough"
-Harper's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
Prominent People.

Congressman Champ Clark con-
fesses to being a phrenologist.
Jeffries Davis Is the full name Of
the new Senator from Arkansas.
Justice w. H. Moody is the blonde
bachelor of the United States Su-
preme Court.
Professor Thomas, of Chicago Uni
versity, declares that "monogamy is
unsatisfactory"
It is said that Wall Street will see
little Of J. Pierpont Morgan in future
except when financial matters Of
great Importance require his atten-
don-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
Sporting Notes.

Lajoie says he's willing to bat 1872
if he can win a pennant for his CleVe-
lands.
The latest move which the Presi-
dent is asked to head is that for the
abolition Of the summer nine" in
colleges.
George Sutton retained the 1872
balkline billiard championship of the
world by defeating willie" Hoppe,
500 to 258.
Harry Steinfeldt gives himself
three more years on the diamond.
After that he will be ready to retire
and go into business. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
In the Labor World.

In 1866 the first National Labor
Congress was held at Baltimore, on
August 20. This body met annually
in different cities for several years
thereafter.
The British Government has ap-
pointed a committee of scientists to
Inquire into the probable economic
effect of an eight-hour working day
in the mines.
The San Francisco Furniture Han
dlers' Union has decided to ask So
for an eight-hour day, beginning
April 1 next, this giving the employ
The present rate is $3.50.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
Wisconsin Cuts Rates.

The Wisconsin State Railway Com
mission ordered that railways in that
State give a fiat two and one-half cent
passenger fare, and recommended
that family mileage books of 500
miles be issued for $40. The last
Legislature created the railway COM
mission and conferred upon it power
to fix rates and regulate service.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
GIRLS STRANGE A
Found Hanged to a Tree in a Public
Park.

Springfield, Mass.-The body Of
Miss Pearl Burke, twenty-four years
old, who mysteriously disappeared
from a private sanitarium on Sumner
avenue, where she had been placed
by relatives to recover her health,
has been found by the police hanging
to a tree in Forest Park.
The attendants at the sanitarium
say that the young woman appeared
to have been in her right mind. 1t is
said that Miss Burke had broken her
engagement to her sweetheart only
a few days ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13

day after day-QOn I
worry. Doan's Kid
ney Pills have cured
thousands of women
in the same condition.
Mrs. A. Holman, of
Saltwater, Mimi,
says: But for a
Kidney Pills I would
not be living now.
They cured me in
1899 and I've been
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
Money in Words

Mro. Humphrey Ward got for "IIel-
beck Of Bannisdale"-the names
enough-s75,000. Barrie got for
"The Little Minister" book and
play, $250,000. Hall Game got for
the book and play of "T'' christian"
$4,000. Mrs. Grant was paid for
her husbands autobiography $780,
600. Nansen got $4,000 for his
"Farthest North" Sir Walter Scott
got 100000 for his Life of Napo-
leon" Ruskin, for Modern Paint
ers," got s50,O0O.-Kansas City
Times.
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we'll since. 1 used to have such pain
in my back that once I tainted. The
kidney secretions were much disor-
dered, and 1 was so far gone that
was thought to be at deaths door.
Since Doan's Kidney Pills cured me
feel as if 1 had been pulled back from
the tomb"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a bog.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Large sardine ~canneries have been
started at Nagasaki, Japan, with q
view to exporting the fish to Europe:
The flavor, however, is not good, and
the prices are too high, as yet to
compete with the Mediterranean
product. ysG. N.Y.E8 Z
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
KING OPENS PARLIAMENT.
Struggle to Curtail Power of House OF
Lords Foreshadowed.

London.-King Edward opened
Parliament with imposing ceremonies,
the struggle over the liberal plan to
eurtail the power Of the House Of
Lords being foreshadowed in the in.
itial session.
King Edward, in his speech from
the throne, expressed gratitude
for the American Admiral's good
offices at Kingston, at the same time
bowling to Ambassador Reid. Pre-
mier Bannerman said there must be
q readjustment of the relations be.
tH zen the Lords and Commons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
REDS ARRESTED IN BERLIN.
$4,000 Leaflets Intended For DiStri-

$4,000 Leaflets Intended For Distri-
button to the Army Seized.
Berlin.-The police arrested three
Anarchists, a native Of Holland, a
Belgian and a German, the latter be-
ing q former editor of a revolutionary
journal. The men were taken into
custody in the latter's lodgings,
where $1,000 violently worded leaf
lets, with the heading 1.-THE Soldiers
Breviary," we're found.
The leaflets were intended for dis
tribution in the army. The Prussian
arms were on the cover, with the in
scription published by the Prussian
War Ministry"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
Largest Alcohol Locomotive.

The largest alcohol LOCOMOTIVES
constructed at Deutz, Germany, ta
rated at about thirty-two horse pow
er. with a range Of speed from two
and a half to seven, miles an hour.
This engine weighs about eleven tons
when ready for service.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
Papers Indicted For Thaw Case

The County Grand Jury at Leban-
on, KY, has returned indictments
against the Cincinnati Enquirer,
Louisville Herald, Louisville Times
and Evening Post for printing and
circulating in this county the of
fensive and indecent" proceedings of
the Thaw trial.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
Kineston's Loss, $4,000 900.

According to a schedule prepared
by Allen. D. Roberts, the Kingston
representative OF the Philadelphia
Commercial Museum, the damage
done by the earthquake at Kingston,
Jamaica, is estimated at S13,000,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
Dives to Death on Horses Back.

Five thousand spectators saw Oscar
Smith dive to his death on one Of
DR.. Carver's horses, Powderface, at
San Antonio, Texas. Smith, known
as the "boy bronco BUSTER" volun-
teered' to ride the diving horse, which
leaps from a forty-foot platform into
a pool Of water fourteen feet deep.
The horse hit the water, nose first,
with Smith sitting gracefully on his
back. The crowd cheered until the
horse came up without the rider. 1t
was twenty minutes before Smiths
body was recovered.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
SOUTH CAROLINA DRY.
Dispensaries Closed-Prohibition to
Last For q Week.

Columbia, s. C.-Every dispensary
in South Carolina was closed, and pro-
hibition will prevail for a week or
longer. Governor Ansell has appoint
ed the members Of q commission of
business men to wind up the affairs
of the State Dispensary.
Governor Ansell has issued a proc
lamation and warned all county dis
pensaries to close until this commits
sion can meet and pass upon the
bonds of the county boards to. be ap-
DOinted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
Hyn.a Puts Prelate in Jail,

Archbishop Outflow, personal
friend Of President Diaz, has been ar
rested and fined because he had the
Mexican national hymn played in his
church at Terra Blanco, Mexico. The
hymn can be given only at certain
hours and the chruch unwittingly vio-
lated the rule.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
Three Kentucky HangingS.

There were three legal hangings
in Kentucky. w. H. Fletcher and
Guy H. Lyon were hanged at Russell
Vile for assault on a young German
girl, Mary Gladde, and Jesse Fitzger-
aid, negro, was hanged at Barbour
Vile for the murder Of Mrs. Martha
Broughton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
MRS. ELvA BARBER EDWARDS

There are three critical stages in a
woman's life which leave their mark
in her career. The first Of these stages
is womanhood, or the change from q
care free girl to budding womanhood,
The second is motherhood, and the
third is Change of Life.
Perils surround each Of these stages,
and most Of the misery that comes
to women through i'll health dates
from one or another of these i'm
'portant crises.
Women should remember that Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made from native roots and herbs has
carried thousands Of young girls over
the critical period Of puberty, has
prepared mothers'for childbirth, and
in later years carried them safely
through the change Of life more sue
cessfully than any other remedy in
the world. Thousands Of testimonials
from grateful persons, two Of which
are here published, substantiate this
fact beyond contradiction.
Mrs. George Walters Of Woodlawn,
III. writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
81 feel it my duty to tell you Of the good
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has done me in preparing for childbirth.
After suffering and losing my children a
friend advised me to try your valuable me-
dicine, and the result wa that Ihad very
little Inconvenience, a quick recovery and
During its long record Of mo-
actual cures, entities Lydia E. Pi
the respect and confidence of ever
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable G.
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Sun Spot Causes Storm.

A severe electrical storm and dark.
hess visited P%ittsburg, fulfilling Pro
lessor Brashear's prophecy that there
would be such disturbances as the re.
suit of a bis, sun spot.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
Two Children Perish in Flames.

Rochester, N. 1.-Two children.
George, aged five years, and Frances,
aged fifteen months, Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Irving B. K. Smith, were burned to
death in a fire which destroyed the
small house where the family lived.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
San Francisco'S Plan.

San Francisco officials told Presi-
dent Roosevelt they would open pub
lie schools to Japanese children #
Japan would restrict emigration of
her laborers to the United States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
Girl Cashier an Embezzler.

Miss Flora Steipel, a cashier in the
employ of N. Snellenburg & Co., own
ers Of a big department store in Phil
adelphia, was arrested charged with
embezzling funds of the company to
the amount of $4,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
Wool Trade Good.

The wool trade of 1906 was good
for the growers, as feeces brought
twenty-six and twenty-eight cents per
pound such as in 1901 would have
commanded only eight cents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13
Ewing Lemur,s Lean.

The flying lemur of the Indian ar
c~hipelago, which Is only about thirty
inches long, can leap fully 800 feet
by the use of the membrane connect
ing it's limbs with each other.
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Hurricane Wines Ont Town,

A hurricane has wiped out Cook
town, in North Australia, the steamer
Miowera reports. No life was lost.
The loss will amount to s., 100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-13

Only One "Bromo Quinine"
That Is Laxative Bromo QulnIne. Similar.
Iy named remedies sometimes deceive. The
first and original Cold Tablet Il q White
Package. with black and red lettering, and
bears The signature OF =. W. Grove. 25c.
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Tariff Revision Considered.
President Roosevelt sent a letter to
Governor Guild saying he would give
serious consideration to Massachu-
sets petition for a tariff revision.
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A sea has been known to live
fifty years. ~ q
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Piles Cured in 6 to IA Days.
Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to- cure any
case of Itching, Blind, Bleedingor P%rotruding;
Piles in 6 to "a days ormoney refunded. Soc