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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
Deposit of Diamonds.

At Christiania, a little town in the
Transvaal, about seventy miles above
Kimberley, an alluvial deposit has
been discovered bearing diamonds.
and the entire area has been staked
out in claims, which are granted by
the Government, each fifty yards
square. The digging for diamonds.
which are found in the surface de-
posts, is somewhat similar to placer
gold mining. There some 5000 fia'
mond miners, representing every ma.
tionality, are living in huts and tents
with their families.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
Railroad Cars in africa.

Persons who think the railroad
companies do not do all that they
might for the comfort of passengers
will be interested to hear a report
made recently to the Royal Meteoro-
logical Society, in London, about
the cars on the Uganda Railway, in
Africa. To exist amid armies OF
w~ood-eating insects, the cars are
built of metal. The large ventilators
are protected by gauze against mos
quitoes. The windows are Of green
tinted glass, which allows the pas
senger to see the landscape and at
the same time shields him from thai
glare Of tho trnnica] SIN.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06

THE LITTLE COMMON SOULS.

.- -. . - .~Tr--E.-tTgESaHr5
But, Lord" cried out the Little Common
Souls,
1--WE idle round Thy throne Of splendorl
Let US once more unto the earth return,
And there some tiny service render,
1--WE loved the little wales; the hills that
rs . 81 rose EEg
To kiss the golden mouth Of heaven;
We loved the thousand winds that blem
F., The dews that fell at morn and even.
Eve loved the dancing shadow, Of the trees
The sunbeams at their merry shining;
We loved the flmy webs the spiders. spun
The fields and meads with beauty lining
1--WE loved the timid robins shy and Wild,
Their breasts of song with glory burning
Yea, Lord, we would slip forthtfrom para
{ To earth's dear humble charms Teturn
ing"
Then soft the Master sHsaasa and ssnt
A lovely host in fragrant masses;
And 10, the Little Common Souls toleartb
Come back to serve Him Last grasses!
Edward Wilbur Mason.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
Government Buys Balloon.

A new balloon has just been or
dered by the United States Govern
ment, for use by the War Department
for. experimental purposes in military
work. The balloon will be of the reg.
ulation type, but an unusually large
one, capable of holding $4,000 cubic
feet Of gas, the largest of it's kind
eYer made in America.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
The Moder il Mannooa.
Quit yourselves like men,

uel, w., 9.JslsA.
We need not turn to the New
Testament to hear that voice. That.
is the voice that Isl always speaking
to us from within. We know what
we ought to do and be. and when
lever we fall short OF our ideal we are
overcome with humiliation and cha
grin. Quit you like men" That
what we say to one another.
Do we not goeto the drunkardsr and
say, NOW be'a man?nsO OF course he
is q man already. nEven inshfs drunk
enness he is a human being but he
Is not a man in the complete meaning
of the word. Heshas put an enemy
into his mouth to steal eaway his
brains. He has abdicated the prfvils
eyes and dignity Of manhood. God
has seated him upon a. throne but
he has surrendered his throne and
his sceptre, and we endeayorfto lift
him out of his degradation bysaydng,
"Be a man" How many times We
have said, BE more Of asmani"
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specimen Of manhood.d And where
do we get ourfideal OF manhood?t We
get it from Jesus Christ, the Son OF
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thus Plate 1900 years go..ssAnd that
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
A Good Sort Of Town.

Stockton is a good example OF q
good town with no saloons" said a
travelling man. ut is n of the best
business towns in northwestern Kan
sas. 1t has miles of cement walks.
good buildings, both business houses
and residences, fine large stocks OF
goods and a happy and prosperous
people. Twice as many people como
to town each day to buy goods as
come to any other town in the State
twice it's size. Instead Of the people
squandering their money for booze
they spend it for groceries and cloth
ing. Saloons make a town prosper
ous-for the saloonkeepers."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06

The Mexican Government charges
OH transfers Of land deeds amount to
from $40 10 S45 Mexican on $1,000
value. According to the laws of that
country it is necessary for foreigners
to have their nationality mentioned
in the ;itle, otherwise they become
MeXicaGs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
ALWAYS q Loser.

The drinker always loses. When a
man lays a dime on the bar he loses
It. That is the exact financial import
of that transaction. 1t Is not fanat-
icism that says this. Science says it..
Observation says 1t. Does he get any
return for it? Not at all. Does his
mother? Nobody will claim it is any
advantage to a mother for her son to
patronize the saloon. Does his child?
Never. Does his wife? Oh, well, she
gets the smell, but that is not very
n~ourishing. Who makes in that deal?
The d%rinkseller. He gets the dime,
nine cents of it is profit, but In TIE
long run the business breaks him.
toO. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
We Possess God NOW.

We seek God afar of, i'd projects
perhaps altogether unattainable, and
we do not consider that we possess
Him now in the midst Of confusfon,
by the exercise of simple faith, pro-
vided we bear humbly and bravely
the annoyances which come from 9th
ers, and our own imperfections.-
Francois de Ia Mothe Fenelon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
Co.,
ENpeep111as
s. 4 SCIENCE y Il

1t is 10 possible to see and hear
plants grow, In the apparatus OF
two Germans the growing plant is
connected with a disk having in its
centre an indicator which moves WIS.,
IDLY and regularly, and this move
ment, magnifed fifty times over a
scale, shows the progress in growth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
Prayers For q Pretence.

The altitude OF a prayer does not
depend on its high-sounding phrases
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
A Barrel of Apples

On the average every American
eats a barrel Of apples in a year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06

Magnet windings of u~ninsulated
wire are said to have proved feasible
by the use of aluminium wire, the
natural oxide upon which forms an
effective insulation for moderate
voltages. For over 200 volts, paper
wound wet between tue layers is eff
f~ective, and for higher potentials, ex-
ira oxidation has been secured by
dipping in q chemical bath.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06

It is reported from Paris that Pro-
lessor Behring has discovered a new
method of s%terilizing milk without
boiling it or destroying any Of its
essential principles. The method Is
based on the powerful qualities of
German perphydrol, simply oxygen
ated. One gram per litre of this
substance is sufficient to destroy all
noyious GERMS. Milk thus sterilized
can be kept a long time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06

According to recent Investigations,
the peculiar flavor that pleases smok-
ers is largely due to the activity OF
certain bacteria while the tobacco is
undergoing the fermentation stage
Of curing. Dr.. Sucshsland, a German
scientist, has cultivated germs
taken from fine Cuban tobacco while
fermenting and introduced them into
inferior varieties of German tobacco.
When the latter was cured connois-
seurs could not distinguish it from
the best Cuban brands.
Borings 1000 feet deep in New
Orleans have encountered nothing
more solid than mud, sand and a
little thin clay; hence the problem
of making safe foundations for the
piers of a gigantic railroad bridge
which is soon to be built across the
Mississippi near the city is a hard
one for engineering science. The
piers will rest on timber caissons,
each measuring over sixty feet by
126 and 140 feet high. The bot
toms of these caissons will be ITO
feet below the surface Of the river.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-28
THE RAILROAD
AND THAW CASE
CLEVELAND FOR RAILROADS
ADVISES A BROADER
CONSIDERATION.
THAW WANTS COMMISSION
Much Of the Nature OF Delirium Says
the Sage and Then Is Sort of Pc.
liticaI Anarchy.
Muet Be government Control.

ExPresldent Cleveland is quoted as
saying:
"Of course there must be some
form of government supervision, but
1t should be planned in a quiet hour,
not in one of angry excitement.
The railroads have had hard
time lately. Every mans hand is
against them. Wherever a railroad
head is to be seen il is safe and
amusing TO hit it; it's owner has no
friends. There are some pretty big
difficulties before railroad managers
just now. Before long we shall have
crop TO move. under perplexities
greater than those Of last year. And
the increasing production OF the coun-
Try will increasingly embarrass the
railroads. But / have faith TO believe
that whenever thing must be done
Yankee wit and pluck will find a way
to do it-especially if there is any
profit in it,
There is much of the nature of de-
lirium, said Mr.. Cleveland, lin the
popular cutlery against railroad cor
porations. We shall all be ashamed
Of 1t by and by. ! dare say | have
some reason to know of the real ini-
quities of corporations, and | do know
them, but there is much that is not
only groundless but wrong in the off
hand attacks made on all railroads
by thoughtless people on all hands
What is well founded in them will be
cured, but the craze of denunciation
will soon pass. We shall reflect that
railroads are vitality related TO our
prosperity, and that 10 attack them
needlessly is to attack ourselves. 1t
is not the stock of soulless million
aires, but the property of citizens, of
widows, and orphans, whose savings
are invested in railroads. that is beins
damaged"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-28
MICHIGAN
"'''' EVENTS NOTED
A STREET CAR WRECK CAUSES
FATAL AND SERIOUS
INJURIES.
WAS SMASHED BY TRAIN
Car Was Filled and Wonder is Al
Were Not killed--Many Wounded.
WAS SMASHED BY TRAIN
Who Ic Responsible?

Michigan Central passenger train
No. 202. bound in from Bay City,
plowed through a south bound Four
teenth street car at the Fourteenth
street crossing. Detroit. Friday morn
ing, fatally injuring Jos G. Smith and
hurting many others more or less SER
iously. There were o. passengers on
the car, some of whom escaped by
jumping. The gates were open and
Conductor J. w. Kissane crossed the
tracks to throw the derailer switch,
when the motorman, l.. X. Brooks,
started the car at the signal from the
conductor. A second later Leonard
Zapf, the gateman, yelled to the motor
man TO stop the car. The motorman,
seeing the passenger train approach
ing, applied the air brakes. and, IL is
said, reversed the current and as the
trolley jumped the wire, jumped 10
safety. The momentum Of the car car
ried 1t upon the main track. where it
was stalled. without a motorman and
without motive power.
The engine struck the forward end
blocks. Splnters and debris flew in
every direction. The cowcatcher OF
the engine seemed TO toss the car into
the air and passengers on north
bound car which stood on the other
side of the track say the car seemed TO
stand on end. The train was going
probably 10 miles on hour. 1t carried
the car along on the front of the en-
CINE for an instant, when it fell to the
side of the track. The train was
stopped and crew and passengers has
tened back to the aid of the injured.
Robert Smith was engineer of the
train and William Roth conductor. The
train was Of the Bay City division of
the Michigan Central and was due at
the down town station at 1850 a. IN.
An Official investigation will be made
and arrests may follow.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-28
ThaW Wants Il.

1t is said that II a commission in
lunacy is appointed in the Thaw case
Thaw will not take advantage of legal
devices TO thwart a thorough examin-
alton by such commission. He is
said to be eager for a chance to prove
that he is sane. Thaw is credited with
saying:
IL will submit to all phases of an
examination that is rational and rea-
sonable."
Thaw is not convinced that Justice
Fitzgerald will find 1t necessary to APP
point commission in lunacy, but he
resents the possibility of the general
public inferring from the fact that
his own counsel opposes District Attor-
ney Jerome's move for the appoint
ment of commission, taht he shrinks
from the ordeal of facing such body
Thaw is in high spirits over the
affidavits drawn in his behalf and de-
livered to Justice Fitzgerald. He is
especially pleased with the affidavit
prepared by his mother, which states
taht there has been no insanity in the
Thaw or Copley families in four gen
erations.
Counsel for Thaw shares the pris-
oner's belief that Justice Fitzgerald
will not find it necessary to appoint
a commission.
On the other hand. District Attor-
ney Jerome is confident of the APP
pointment of q commission and an adj
journment of court on Wednesday I'M
til the commission will be prepared to
present it's report. Mr.. Jerome, ii is
stated will not add to the array of
affidavits which already he has placed
in Justice Fitzgeralds hands, and un-
less the latter asks for further infor-
nation the states written argument
for the appointment of a commission
will close with the presentation OF Mr.
Jeromes brief this morning.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-28
Low One.Wav Rates.

Every day to April Both, 1907, the
Union Pacific will sell One-Way Colon
list tickets from Chicago, at the follow
ing rates:
$4,000 TO Ogden and Salt Lake City
$4,000 to Butte, Anaconda and Helena
$1,000 to Spokane and Wenatchee
Washington.
$500 TO Everett, Fairhaven, What
com, Vancouver and Victoria, via
Huntington and Spokane.
$500 to Tacoma and Seattle, via
Huntington and Portland or via
Huntington and Spokane.
$500 to Portland and Astoria, OF
Ashland, Roseberg. Eugene Al
bany and Salem, via Portland.
$500 TO San Francisco, Los Angeles
and San Diego.
Correspondence low rates to many
other California, Oregon, Washington
Montana, Utah, and Idaho points.
For full information call on or address
w. G. Neimyer, G. A., 120 Jackson
Boulevard, Chicago, III.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-28
Sheep Raisina in Australia.

The greatest industry Of Australia
is sheep raising, mainly for the sake
of the wool, but also in part, Of
course, for the meat. Australia now
ranks second among the great sheep
raising countries, Argentina being
first with 100000 sheep, Australia
second with 100000, and Russia
third with 100000. Only a few
years ago Australia was first, pos
cessing no less than $3.50, 900 head
of sheep. That was in 1891. Pro
longed droughts were the cause OF the
destruction OF many millions of Aus.
tralian sheep, but since 1902 there
has been an annual gain. Yet these
sheep were not indigenous 20 Aus.
tralia. They were first introduced in
1907, being Of the Spanish merino
species.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-28
CONTROL TRUSTS.
THE Sugar Trust Stands for Murder,
Nothing Else Says Burrows.

The sugar trust stands for murder.
nothing else" said Senator Burrows,
OF Michigan. THAT combination is not
satisfied with fair business competi-
ton; IL is for the starvation and
stining OF its competitors. And that Is
what makes the attitude OF the presi-
dent relative to the scope OF control
congress ought to exercise relative to
commerce SO interesting.
There is no doubt that IL all the ter
ritory In the state of Michigan suitable
ana adapted to the cultivation OF the
sugar beet were TO be put 70 that use
We could produce sugar TO feed the
world. Secretary Wilson has told me
so. Yet If rebates can be continued,
under the guise of state control or
purely state commerce, II must re-
main fact that the trust can domin-
ate the situation in Michigan as long
as the railroads are in harmony with
1t. And for that matter in all other
sugar states.
Il am not clear that the president S
so-called position is tenable. That is,
/ am not absolutely certain that the
federal government can control all
state, but must confess that many of
the decisions OF the United States SUI
preme court look strongly in that di-
rection. The first speech made in the
house 33 years ago, was on this sub
ject, the first interstate commerce act
being then under consideration, and
] remember | then looked up the prec-
edents and authorities thoroughly.
They were entirely agreed that all
interstate commerce must be under
the single and undivided control and
supervision OF congress. but on the
question of control of such business as
originated within a state and did not
leave the state they seemed TO hold
that the state had the sole right to
legislate. At the same time some OF
the greatest decisions, while apparent
ly sustaining this idea, were worded
in such terms as to possibly sustain
the president In the position / under
stand he would like TO hold"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-28
DESERTED.
PitifuI Condition of Children Whom
Parents Left.


The worst case of restitution ever
.ound in Flint was discovered by the
police Wednesday when they investi-
gated reports that four small children
We're starving to death.
What the authorities found corrob-
Grated tbesrepoft. In a house reeking
with filth, the only furniture a broken
chair, caved-in stove, one cot and a
few rags, were the four children OF
Albert H. Keiser. who disappeared last
Saturday and has not been seen since.
The mother left some time prior to
that and took an infant with her.
For five days and nights these chill
dren, the oldest but IL and the young
est aged 4 years, have existed alone.
Without food or warmth, they huddled
together, wrapped in their few rags,
and waited. Waited for the return Of
an unnatural father and mother who
had forsaken them. The only food in
the house was few crumbs of crack
ers handed them by some neighbor.
Three had slept on the dilapidated cot,
and the other on the floor.
Their faces were pinched with hun
ger, and they shivered with the cold
as they were taken to the county farm
pending an investigation of their case.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-28
His Ace Is 104.

Ephram Vannorman, of Eaton Rap
ids, is 104 years Of age. Although now
confined TO his bed for the past few
weeks he seems to have remarkable
vitality and looks 10 be not day
over 20.
Mr. Vannorman was born in Gene
see county, New York. in 1903, and
came to Michigan in 1S49. locating
first on a farm in Calhoun county,
then moving to Parma, Jackson coun-
ty, he engaged in his trade as a stone
mason, but returned to farming later.
In order that he might give his only
child start in life Mr.. Vannorman
sold his 40 acres and launched his
son in business in the city of Eaton
Rapids and then worked at his trade
as long as his strength would permit,
and for the past IA years has lived
with the family of Arson Hoag, of that
vicinity and is tenderly cared for by
Mrs. Hoag.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-28

Asa Parker, age 81, of Ontonagon
county, said TO be the Oldest probate
Judge in the state, has been stricken
with apoplexy
The remains of William Munroe,
who lost his life in the laundering of
the liner Berlin off the Hook of Hol.
land. a month ago, were sent to Ian.
sing for burial
George NJ. Davis was examined be-
fore Justice Smell. OF Midland, on the
charge of assaulting his 13year-old
sister.in-law, and bound over to the
circuit court with bail at $500.
With but rs cents in the contingent
fund to meet a bonded Indebtedness
OF $4,000, a $4,000 damage suit to
settle, a 30O-foot bridge to build and
the citizens clamoring for a $4,000
court house. Midland Is still feeling
cheerful.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-28
Twenty-fifth Men Guilty.

The senate committee on military
affairs has received from the acting
secretary of war copy of telegram
from Brig Gen. McCaskey. command
ing the department of Texas, concern
ing the Maj. Penrose court-martial.
The telegram says that Penrose was
exonerated, but that the court found
that the "shoo ing uD". of Browns
Vile was done by men OF the Twenty
fifth infantry.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-28
AROUND THE STATE.

Harry La Clair. a Port Huron boy
serving a term in the Ionia reforma-
tory, dying with consumption, will
soon be released on parole. La Clair
is a changed lad since the white
plague has taken hold of him, and he
vainly regrets the life he led.
Francis Ryan, aged Fl years, of AL
pena, is dead in Tucson, Arizona. Ryan
went there last December for his
health. He had planned that his father
come and join him there. A month ago
Patrick Ryan. the father. died, and
since then Francis has declined. The
mother, a daughter and two sons and
father have all died within short
period,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-28
Need Repression.

Later dispatches received from Mo.
occo City say the assassination there
Of DR.. Mauchamp, who was connected
with the French geodetic mission, was
followed by general attack upon the
Europeans besieged in their houses
and that the British consular agent
was forced to fire. killing two persons
The pasha finally sent troops. who
drove off the mob. The trooos are
still guarding the houses. although
comparative calm has been restored
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-28
500 Reward. SlOO.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased 20 learn
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has been able TO cure IN all It's stages and that IL
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strength by building up the constitution and assist.
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Take HGlis Family Pills for consultation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-03-28
Killed With His Fist.

Lewis Skinner and Arthur Morris,
farmers in Wayland township, near
Gun lake, became involved in a brawl
at SINNERS home. Skinner attacked
Morris with an ak, chasing him about
the place. Morris grabbed up a neck
yoke to defend himself. and losing
that he struck Skinner a terrific blow
between the eyes with his fist, killing
him almost instantly.
A number of people saw the fight
and the death blow, but were unable
to interfere. Skinner leaves a widow
and several children.