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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
MORE BOXES OF GOLD
And Many Greenbacks.

325 boxes of Gold and Greenbacks
will be sent to persons who write the
most interesting and truthful letters
Of experience on the following topics:
/. How have you been affected by
coffee drinking and by changing from
coffee to Postum.
2. Give name and account Of one
or more coffee drinkers who have
been hurt by it and have been in
duced to quit and use Postum.
3. Do you know any one who has
been driven away from Postum be-
cause it came to the table weak and
characterless at the first trial?
4. Did you set such a person right
regarding the easy way to make it
clear, black, and with a snappy, rich
taste?
5. Have you ever found a better
way to make it than to use four heap
ing teaspoonfuls to the pint Of water,
let stand on stove until real boiling
begins, and beginning at that time
when actual boiling starts, boil full
Is minutes more to extract the flavor
and food value. "a piece of butter
the size of a pea will prevent boiling
over.) This contest is confined to
those who have used Postum prior to
the date of this advertisement.
Be honest and truthful, don't write
poetry or fanciful letters, just plain,
truthful statements.
Contest will close June LIST, 1907,
and no letters received after that date
will be admitted. Examinations of
letters will be made by three judges,
not members of the Postum Cereal
Co., Ltd. Their decisions will be fair
and final, and a neat little box con-
tanning a $40 gold piece sent to each
of the five writer's Of the most inter-
esting letters, a box containing a SIS
gold piece to each of the 20 next best,
a So greenback to each Of the 100
next best, and a 81 greenback to each
of the 200 next best, making cash
prizes distributed to 325 persons.
Every friend of Postum Is urged to
write and each letter will be held In
high esteem by the company, as an
evidence of such friendship, while the
little boxes of gold and envelopes Of
money will reach many modest
writer's whose plain and sensible let
tiers contain the facts desired, al
though the sender may have but
small faith in winning at the time Of
writing.
Talk this subject over with your
friends and see how many among you
can win prizes. It is a good, honest
competition and in the best kind Of
a cause. and costs the competitors alb
| solutely nothing. 81
Address your letter to the Postum
| Cereal Co., Ltd, Battle Creek, Mich,
| writing your own name and address
| clearly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
Women to Build Town Hall.

IL Monravia, a little town OF prob
ably 500 Inhabitants, in the north
west corner OF this (Morgan) county,
Is a little band of women associated
In az organization known as the Com
mercial Club. The town is like many
OTHER Indiana towns of its size; it
has no place suitable 70? public gath
erings aside from the churches and
schoolhouses, and these energetic
women have attempted to remedy this
condition. With that purpose in view
they are striving by every honorable
method to raise money with which
to build a town hall. The name Com
mercial Club is usually applied to a
body Of men organized for the pur-
pose of obtaining factories and other
public institutions for other cities,
and at first blush it might seem inap-
propriate when applied to a club of
women. Not a man is permitted to
join.-Indianapolis News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

New York City.-When the Inter-
state Commerce Commission finished
its inquiry into the affairs of the
Union Pacific Railroad system there
stood revealed the enormous financial
power in the railroad world Of E. H.
Hartman, his autocratic domination
over many great corporations and the
most amazing jugglery Of millions
that the country has ever known.
Starting in 1898 with the Union
Pacific, then only emerging from
bankruptcy, he has piled up issues Of
securities to hundreds Of millions.
But standing out clearly and con-
cretely above all the other operations
in high finance is the astounding
looting of the Chicago and Alton Rail-
road.
1t has not been possible. even with
the probe of the Commission, to find
the full extent Of this profit. The &C
co%untants Of the new management
are struggling over the books. But
there has been shown that the Harri-
man syndicate by it's operations has
secured in profits from that unfortu-
nate company S~23,724,000. How
much more was made by operations
as yet u%ndiyulged can only be sur
missed. d.
The outstanding securities and La
bilities of the company were increased
from S39,935,887 in. 1899 to S122,-
S72,328 in 1906. During that time,
tlmony, only s22,000,000 were ex-
pended in improvements and better
ments. The investigators of the In
terstate Commerce Commission figure
the expenditure as $1S,000,000, but
allowing Mr.. Hartman the benefit of
the doubt, the enormous sum of $751;
600, 900 watered securities was poured
into this once magnificent property.
The Constitution and the statutes
Of Illinois were read out on the last
day of the inquiry by Commissioner
Harlan, son of Justice Harlan, of the
United States Supreme Court. The
company is incorporated under the
laws of that State. Article IL of the
Constitution provides:
"No railroad corporation shall is
sue any stocks or bonds except for
money, labor or property actually re-
ceived and applied to the purposes
for which such corporation was
created, and all stock dividends and
other fictitious increase Of the capital
stock or Indebtedness Of any such cor
poration shall be void"
This law calls into serious question
the validity of the bonds so freely put
out by the company under the Harri-
man management. There n two
such issues, the first Of $40,000,000,
Of which s32, 1000, 900 are outstanding,
and the second of $22,000,000, all of
which are in the hands Of the public.
The law of the State Of New York
was amended in 1900, through the
influence of somebody, so that the
bonds of the Chicago and Alton road
we're made legal for Investment by
savings banks.
President FELTON,, of the Chicago
Ind Alton, was a witness in the morn
ing to verify a statement that the
sum spent in improving the Chicago
and Alton property did not exceed
s19,000,000 since the reorganization
Of the company in 1899. 'This was
placed in contrast with the testimony
that the capitalization Of the COM
pany had been increased from $685.
935,SS7 at the end of 1898 to more
than $122,000,00 by the reorgani-
zation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
Halls Of Congress.

Senator Depew, of New York, up
held the Governments forestry policy
in his first speech in the Senate this
session.
In seventy-fve minutes the Senate
passed the Naval Appropriation and
River. and Harbor bills, aggregating
1914, 100000.
Mr.. Tawney estimated that the ap-
preparations made by this Congress
would exceed those of any previous
one by many millions.
Mr.. Lowden, Of Illinois, spoke on
publicity as a remedy for corporation
evils.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

heavy backaches, and my general
health was affected when I began US
ing them. My feet were swollen, my
eyes pulled, and dizzy spells were fire.
quent. Kidney action was irregular
and the secretions highly colored.
To-day, however, / am a well woman,
and I am confident that Doan's Kid
ney Pills have made me so, and are
keeping me WELL"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
Newsy GIeanings.

New South Wales has decided to
assist British immigration.
Dominicans are intensely opposed
TO the new treaty with the United
States.
Secretary of War Taft will go to
Cuba to study conditions there at
first hand.
Census figures of automobile man
u%facturing show a remarkable growth
in the industry.
Major-General Kelm asked for a
court of honor to investigate his con-
nection with the German election
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
A Small Farm Well Titled.

An example Of the possibilities of
a small farm handled on the intensive
plan comes from Sinking Spring, near
Reading, Pa, where Johnson & High,
farming partners, have a record from
eleven acres as follows: 1918 punches
Of radishes, 80 bushels of white china
radishes, IT'S bushels Of onions, 1900
boxes of strawberries, 673 punches
and 20 bushels Of beets, 500 quarts OF
lima beans, II bushels of soup beans,
Is bushels of peas, Sc bushels of
string beans, 125 bushels of potatoes,
4Ao baskets of tomatoes, 1000 heads
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
RECEIVER FOR MRS. EDDY.
Relatives Sue to Have Her Declared
Incompetent.

Concord, N. H.-Application was
made in the Superior Court of Merri-
mac County for an accounting OF the
financial affairs Of Mrs. Mary Baker
Glover Eddy, the founder of the
Christian Science movement and pas
tor emeritus of the First Church OF
Christ, Scientist, in Boston.
The application was in the form OF
a bill In equity and the petitioners
were George w. Glover, a son OF Mrs.
Eddy by her first husband, whose
residence is given at Deadwood, s.
D.; his daughter, Miss Mary Baker
Glover, and George w. Baker, of Ban
COR, Me-, Mrs. Eddy's only surviving
nephew, a son of the late George Sui
Ivan Baker.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
KILLED IN TRAIN HoLD.UP.
Masked Men Shoot Missouri Pacific
Passenger Who Resisted.

Pittsburg, Kan.-A Missouri Pa
cifc passenger train was held up>
near here by two masked men. The
passengers made a show OF fight and,
in the melee which followed a negro,
was killed and awhile man wounded.
Both were passengers.
The dead man is Lou JET, a miner
employed at Camp 8 Of. the Central.
Coal Company. The injured man
was w. L. Westlake, of Toledo, o..
who had been visiting relatives tn
Kansas with his wife and two chill
dren. He was shot in the hand byla
bullet fired at the negro.
The robbers got 100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
Feminine Notes.

Miss Freda Meyer, an English lawn
tennis expert, was beaten by Miss
Louise Hammond on the Seventh
Regiment courts, New York City.
Teresa Ellington, one of the bold
est and most aggressive of London's
"suffragettes," has married a Glas-
cow Scot named Frederick Greig, who
is manager of a billiard saloon.
Nine. Isabelle Massian, the eXplor-
er, is to have the Cross of the Legion
of Honor bestowed upon her by the
French Government. She has recent
ly travelled $500 miles in a Chinese
cart through the Desert Of Gohi.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
Prominent People.

The Sultan of Turkey is a two
'meal-a-day nan
Whitelaw Reid, American Ambas-
sador in London, is popular with all
classes.
Lieutenant Peary says it is as much
our privilege and duty to discover the
north and south poles as to dig the
Panama Canal.
Field Marshall Tom Thumb
Orchard Garnsey), who attracted
large audiences by his diminutive
stature fifty years ago, has just died
at Wellington, Somerset, England, at
the age Of seventy-three.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

of lettuce, 5000 heads of cabbage,
900 dozen ears Of corn, 125 baskets
of egg plant. 100000 pickles, 40
bushels Of turnips, II bushels of car
rots, 35 bushels of parsnips, 1000
roots of horseradish, 1000 stalks Of
endive, 10000 stalks Of celery, rs
bushels of artichokes and eight bush
els of popcorn. 1t is needless to say
that every foot of their little farm
Is utilized.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
HOW HILL CROWD
MADE s34,0OO,0O0.

Philadelphia.-That James ]. Hill
and his associate in the control Of the
Northern Pacific acquired a profit Of
$50 per cent. on a stock allotment at
the reorganization of that railroad is
one of the astounding statements
made by those who are interested in
demanding a probe OF the Hill-Mor-
gan fnanciering of the Northern Pa
cifc system. Hill and his crowd have
been getting annual dividends
amounting to fifty per cent on their
investment Of 100000 made at the
time of the reorganization.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

Amazing Railroad Mismanagement.
C. w. Hilliard, Controller of the
Chicago and Alton, told the Inter
state Commerce Commission, in New
York City, that the Hartman man
agement had mortgaged a branch
line and sold the bonds before con-
struction was begun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

In Massachusetts, the illegal sale
of street railway transfers IS made
punishable by ine not exceeding
$50 or imprisonment for not more
than thirty days.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
STATE CAN PROTECT FLAG.
Supreme Court Upholds a Law For
bidding Advertisers to Use 1t.

Washington, D. c. : That the
States may pass laws prohibiting the
use of the flag of the United States
for advertising purposes was declared
by the Supreme Court Of the United
States. Decision was rendered in the
case of Nicholas v. Halter and Henry
v. Hayward, liquor dealers in Omaha,
who were prosecuted under a law OF
the State on a charge of selling beer
in bottles decorated with, the Ma
tional colors. They were fined $50
each.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
BURNETT DIES IN ALBANY.
New York Assemblyman Ill Less
Than a Week With Pneumonia.

Albany, N. Y.-Jean La Rue Bur-
nett, member of the Assembly from
Ontario County, died at the Ten Eyck
Hotel after an illness of less than a
week, of pneumonia.
AS the news of Mr.. Burnett's death
was announced word was received
here that a son was born to Mrs. Bur-
nett at Canandaigua.
Assemblyman Burnett was one OF
the best known, as we'll as n OF the
most popular members Of the Legis-
lature.
He was the third member of the
Assembly to die this session.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

and other kidney
ills, will find COM
fort in the words of
Mrs. Jane Farrell, Of
sos Ocean Ave., Jer-
sey City, n. j., who
says: Il %reiterate
all I have said be-
in praise of
Doan's Kidney Pills.
l had been having
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
High Priced Wool.

Fine unwashed Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania feeces are in some inquiry at
twenty-six cents to twenty-sevel
cents. Unwashed delaine is quoted at
twenty-nine cents to thirty cents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
Changes in Cabinet.

Secretary Shaw retired from the
Cabinet, his place as Secretary of the
Treasury being taken by Postmaster:
General Cortelyou, while George Won
l.. Meyer became ostmaster-General
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

Bomb Injured General Neplueff.
A bomb was thrown under the car
riage of General Neplueff, command
ant of the fortress at Sebastopol, Rus
sla; he was injured about the feet;
the man who threw the bomb es-
capped.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
King Opens New "Old Bailey"

NIHS OpeHs 0CH O1u
The new s1,500,000 Central Grim.
inal Court House, built on the site OF
the historic Newgate Prison, In Lon.
don, commonly known as the Old
Bailey, was opened by King Edward.
It was a semi-state affair and there
was much ceremony.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

President Eliot Condemns Football.
DR.. Charles w. Eliot, president Of
Harvard University, declared football
and undesirable game for gentlemen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
Story Of BETRAYAL.

Mrs. Viola Bywaters told the story
of her betrayal by William Bywaters
at the trial of her brothers, James
and Philip Strother, at Culpeper, Va.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
Ruef's Bail Forfeited.

Boss Ruef was declared a fugi-
tive from justice in San Francisco
and his $4,000 bail bond was for
feited.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

Mrs. winslow'sS Soothing Syrupfor Children.
teething, softens thegums, reduceslnf1amma-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
Hartman Makes Promises.

E. H. Hartman, in Washington,
D. c., promised members Of the In
terstate Commerce Commission to
aid in enforcing the Rate law.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

More than 100, DOC, 900 pounds of prunes
are eaten yearly in the United States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
New Brunswick's Governor Dead.

Lieutenant Governor Jabes Bunt-
ing SNOWFALL, the chief executive of
the province, dropped dead at ST.
John, N. B., while on his way to
church.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
Farm Staples Steady.

Farm staples are steady in price,
liberal foreign purchases %precluding
any possibility of excessive stocks to
be carried over from last years large
crops.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
SDrinp Lamb Scarce.

Spring Lamb Scarce.
Spring lamb is scarce and high, the
hind quarter IS and the fore quarter
IS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
HUGE PROFITS POCKETED
BY HARTMAN SYNDICATE
Most amazing jugglery of Mill.
ions Ever Known.
TOOK 3,724,000 IN ] YEARS
Validity of the Bonds May Be Qucs-
toned - Laws Of Illinois Hold
That Fictitious Increases of Cap
ital Stock Are Void.

HARTMAN SYNDICATE'S PRO- !
FITS IN ALTON DEAL.
$4,000 900 takenat65
and sold at about 90.SS,000,000
80 per cent. dividend. G,669,000
$22, 100000 bonds TAX
EN- at about 60, sold
at 100000 |
Sale of preferred from
old to new company. 100000
Sale Of Springfeld-Peo-
ria branch line ..... 100000
Bonus voted to Mr..
Hartman for serv- !
ices...... ........ 100000
Total in seven years
{1S99 to 1860. ..s23,724,000
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
Railroad Are EconomiZing.

Railroads generally are economic
ing on their expenditures, but there
is plenty Of work that must be done
to keep the FORCES and mills busy
through the year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

Garfield Tea, natures remedy for a tor
pid, inactive or disorderea liver; for con-
stipation, sick-headache, indigestion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

Garfield Succeeds Hitchcock.
James R. Garfield became Secre-
tary of the Interior, succeeding Mr..
Hitchcock.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

American Securities Attacked.
An attack on American railway Sc
curIties was made in the German
Reichstag by a free conservative
member.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

Bishop Ferry, Of the Methodist
Church, has charge Of seventeen con
ferenceS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
CONVICTED OF BRIBERY.

Pittsburg Councilman Gets Jail Sem
tence in Tube City Case.
Pittsburg, Paw. A. Martin, a
Common Councilman Of this city, on
victed of soliciting a bride in connec-
ton with the proposed granting of a
franchise to the Tube City Railroad
Company, was sentenced by Judge
Evans, of the Criminal Court, to pay
a fine of $500 and undergo three
years Imprisonment in the Western
~Penitentiary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

Piles Cured in 6 to ii Days.
Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any
case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrudlng
Piles in 6 to IA days or money refunded. SIC.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

FITS. ST. gitus'Da Nervous Diseasesper-
manently cared by DR.. Hines Great Nerve
Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free.
Tr p r Kline. Id. a3l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

j. Pierpont Morgan gave his son a $500,
600 mansion as a Christmas gift.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
CHILDREN TORTURED.

It is now said that the cakewalk orig
mated ages ago in Africa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

Killed on Brooklyn Bridge.
Mrs. John w. Tumbridge. was
thrown from an automobile on the
Brooklyn Bridge, New York, and a
trolley car killed her.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

One-third more tea is used m autumn
and winter than in summer and spring.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

Governor Swettcnham Resigns.
Governor Swettenham has re-
signed his post at Jamaica, and will
leave the island.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

A bat has been known to live for LOG
years in a closed and sealed vault.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27
TWICE-TOLD TESTIMONY.
A Woman Who Has Suffered Tells
How to Find Relief.

The thousands Of women who suffer
backache, languor, urinary disorders
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

Tariff Concessions Expected.
Maximum schedules Of duties are
proposed in France in order to force
tariff concessions from other nations.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-03-27

The London Ladies' Field has dis
covered that successful people are
usually quite devoid Of humor."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-06-07

June 20, 2l, 1907, "Speech on Cancellation
American Colonies. burke.
August g. 9, 1907, princess. Thompson.
October II, Is, 1907 lode to a Skylark "-SchelleI
AZ Paw Paw
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-06-07
Probate Court.

Estate of Alfred Madison, deceased
Estate closed to creditors.
Estate of Lovisa Anderson, deceased
License issued to executor to sell real
estate.
Estate of Charles Ludwig, deceased.
Hearing for probate of will adjourned to
June % at South Haven.
Estate of James O5trander. deceased.
Final account of executor allowed and
order of distribution entered
Estate of Geo Worthy, deceased Same
as above.
Estate of Maria Wheeler, deceased.
L O. Graham appointed administrator.
Estate of Hiram Morey, deceased.
Held open for testimony to prove will.
Estate of Henry B Allen, deceased.
Eugene Allen, So. Haven, appointed ad-
mInistrator.
Estate of Daniel Reynells, deceased.
Estate closed to creditors.
Estate of p L. Streator deceased.
Claim of John 9 Streator allowed.
Estate of Benjamin Armitage, deceas-
ed. License issued to admir- to sell real
estate.
Estate of Mary McCabe, deceased.
Letters of administration issued to 9
Genung, Decatur.
Estate of Mary +. Anderson, incompe-
tent. Petition for appointment of guard
ian filed and order for personal service
issued Hearing June 81.
Estate of Oliver Hake, deceased. Peti.
ton for probate of will filed. Hearing
June "a.
Estate of Isaac Kipp, deceased. Peti-
tion for probate of will filed. Hearing
July |.
Estate of Rose NJ Allen, deceased. Pc
tition to determine lawful heirs filed
Hearing July l.
Estate of Celia Grace Mower, formerly
Celia Baxter, minor. Order entered dis
charging guardian.
Estate of Henry Whelpley deceased.
Declination of David II Smith to act az
executor under the will filed.