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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23

sion, the paddles are set. at an angle
with the bottom of the boat, so that
when they r doing service in the
water their submerged portions will
incline toward the bow of the yes.
sci. This will tend to raise the bow
as the vessel is propelled, the paddles
leaving the water freely and with
less tendency to retard the progress
of the vessel as they leave the water.
The great number Of paddles engag-
ing the water at the same time, the
inventor claims, will give such con-
slant and advantageous hold upon
the water that the propelling power
is exerted to the greatest advantage
and attainment of speed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Road to Adirondacks.

A preliminary survey has been
made for macadamized roads, such as
are built by the State, through the
heart of the Adirondacks from Old
Forge to Blue Mountain. The gen.
eral plan proposes that the road shall
start from New York City, proceed
thence to Albany, to Utica, Remsen,
Old Forge and Fourth Lake. The
road will then follow the northern
shores of Sixth, Seventh and Eighth
lakes to Blue Mountain.
The scheme is to return by way Of
North Creek to some point on Lake
George, and thence to Albany and
New York, the starting point. The
circuit will include all of the Fulton
chain of lakes and nearly all the
Adirondack and other resorts en-
route. 1t Is said that this improved
highway will be built from the $780,
100000 fund recently voted by the
State for highway improvements and
new State roads. There will be COM
paratively little to do in the way OF
new road building between Utica and
New York, as much of that distance
has already been covered by the State,
but the improvement along this
stretch will be extensive. The road
from Utica to Old Forge will be I'M
proved by widening and macadamiz-
ing. Then through the Adirondack
Mountains, where the course follows
the highway, the road will be i'm
proved, but for the most part the
road will be new.-Utica en- ~
Correspondence Of The Automobile.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
There Were No Waits.

Face to face with the fact that
there was no one in Grand Rapids to
eat the nice Thanksgiving day dinner
they had provided, the twenty-five
young women who compose Mrs. R.
S. McCudry's class in the Wealthy
Avenue Baptist Church sat down and
cried. 1t was not a. happy Thanks
They had planned to give a dinner
to twenty-five or thirty waits, and
Mr.. Colegrove, of the Rescue Mission,
had contracted to furnishithe waits.
The dinner was cooked and spread
when he informed them he could find
no children who were not eating
Thanksgiving dinners at home or
we're not otherwise already provided
for.-Detroit Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
A Certain Sandwich Man.

At the noon hour a prominent Wall
Street banker was hurrying out OF
his Office when he suddenly stopped
upon noticing a man across the
street, and tipped his hat very re-
specially. I The man was carrying
a sandwich board emblazoning the
merits of a nearby quick-lunch par
lor, and looked altogether seedy. A
friend of the banker, who had OBJ
served the momentary performance,
started to guy him. Who's your
friend?" he asked. HE Is a mar I
have considerable respect for" was
the reply. "He was once a prosper
GUS citizen down here, and worth sew
eral hundred thousand. He lost
everything, and finally had to come
to this. Even the best of US are la
BILE to go the same way, you know.
and that Is why I am not afraid to
be respectful to a once brilliant
man."-New York Correspondence
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
When Garcia's friends celebrated his
hundredth anniversary, art, music
and medicine united to honor him.
John Chinaman.

I have just received the following
quaint story from a reader who is ap-
%parently unperturbed by the recent
earthquake. A lady in San Francisco
engaged a Chinese cook. When the
Celestial came, among other things
she asked him his name.
MY name" said the Chinaman,
smiling, lis Wang Hang Ho."
"Oh, l can't remember all that"
said the lady. II will call you John"
John smiled all over and asked:
What your namee?"
my name is Mrs. Melville Lang
DON"
Me no memble all that" said
John. ''Chinaman he no savoy Mrs.
Membul London. l call you Tom
my."-Tatler.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
society's Newest Fad.

London is promised an age OF the
blue stocking. London's society
woman has a fantastic mental palatea
she demands change and novelty. As
one leader was overhead to say, mo
one plays bridge now" OF course,
everybody, /. g., the grande dame
who can think for herself, must have
something else to fill the hours de.
voted to bridge for several years.
And she has decided to be intel
lectual: Mile. Scialtiei, a talented and
very attractive French woman, has
been selected IS guide and Victor
Hugo as the subject In this intellec-
tual fight. The first "causerie" took
place the othersday at Claridge's I'M
der most distinguished patronage, q
countess, viscountess;; baroness and
baronet's lady and some Of the lesser
rank giving the cachet Of their names
OF course, the talk was in French,
and it was rather noticeable that the
ladies of Mayfair are a little-just a
little-rusty in their French. No.
doubt In a few months, when the fad
had p~ercolated to the lower strata OF
society, French will become a really
second tongue in London, There ts
now a fear that in place Of the some
times extremely poor music with
which a hostess t~ortures her guests
for the hour after dinner society may,
have to endure Rotations from
Hugo, de Musset and other Gallo
poets delivered in very insular!
French. But even an intellectual rad
is better than everlasting bridge
Philadelphia Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Improving Highways.

Massachusetts is maintaining her
very enviable reputation of progress
~siyeness by adopting a policy OF i'm
proving the State highways by means
of shade tree planting. During the
past year, according to a recent re-
port of the Massachusetts Highway
Commission over 5000 trees were
planted along the various State roads,
the varieties being restricted princl-
pally to Norway, white and. sugar
naples and a considerable portion OF
the different kinds Of native elms.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23

Is always necessary to prove their
worth. This mechanism is located
amidships in a vessel and below the
keel, and consists of numerous pad
dies working in sprocket wheels.
These paddles do not extend at each
Tide of the vessel, but r located
Fithin the interior in pairs. To Sc
ure the greatest efficiency Of propul-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Ship With q Hundred Paddles.

An entirely new idea in the pro-
polling mechanism of'vessels has been
patented by a Massachusetts man. A
glance at the illustration will suffice
to show the theory of his invention.
Many such schemes look good on
paper, but a practical demonstration
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Athletics Make Girls Grow.

The head mistress of a girls school
at Tunbridge Wells: England, has
found it necessary to have the height
of the school desks considerably in
creased. She says that owing tosthe
influence Of athletics on the modern
girl desks which were high enough
ten years ago are now much. too low.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
American Girls in Paris.

A conspicuous article published
this week on Americans in Paris
gives the impression that there is a
city full of them scattered on Mont
Parnasse, about the Place Vendome
and around the Arc de IEtoile. The
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Anchors For Auto Wells.

Mrs. ". has solvedfth problem Of
keeping her automobile veil ends
from flying all about her face. She
has them punched up into little ro-
settles and finished with golf bullion
tassels, which act as anchors and pre-
vent these fimsy tails from floating
about her hat like the pennants on a
yacht.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23

Wurtemburg is the fruit centre OF;
Germany. The last count showed!
that it had S,250,OO0 apple and pear
trees of the 7%S,OO0.000 in the en-.
pirs,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23

Nearly 10000 tons of cork are
needed for the bottled beer and
aerated waters consumed annually in
Britain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
Famous C~entenarian.

Manuel Garcia, who died recently
at the age of one hundred and one
years, was famous not only as a
teacher of singing, but as an acct
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-05
CONVENTION AT BELHAVEN
Sixty-Tlrird Annual Gathering Of the
Church of Christ, Disciples.

The siXty-third annual convention
of the Church of Christ, Disciples,
met Thursday evening of this week
at Belhaven, and Rev. F. l.. Davis ana
Messrs. L. D. Bradshaw and D. Roun-
tree, of the Tabernacle church of this
city, returned Yesterday. They pro-
nounced it by far the best convention
ever held by this brotherhood in the
state. The attendance at night ser
vices was from 800 to 1 200 each night.
The reports were good, especially the
corresponding secretary. He reported
SO, 900 for state missions, and over
1,500 additions to the churches. He
also reported only nine churches h a
failed to cooperate in state work.
But the climax was reached when they
| raised the entire bonded Indebtedness
of Atlantic Christian college, at Will
son. The debt was $4,000 and it was
raised in about 80 minutes, midst
great rejoicing. 80,
Mr.. Bradshaw of this city, was elect
ed a member of the advisory commit
| tee. The convention was closed amid
| great rejoicing and happiness.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-05

New coat suits Just received at Pot
yogt's. Call ana see them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-05
GA SOUTHERN ROMANCE"
Opening Production of King Drama
tic Company on Monday Night.

The above is the title of the open
ing piece to be produced at the acad-
envy tomorrow evening by the King
Stock Company which begins a weeks
engagement. 1t has been pronounced
by the press to be n of the strongest
dramas upon the American stage to-
day. Full of humor and pathos, and
brim full of situations pleasing to
an audience. Mr.. Chas. King in the
leading role plays in a natural and
painstaking way and appeals to one
and all. His appearance is always
greeted with applause. Surrounding
MI. King is a company of players
away above the average carried by
repertoire managers.
The free admission Of ladies when
accompanied by party with one re-
served seat ticket should insure a
crowded house. "A Southern Ro-
nance will undoubtedly prove a strong
opening bill.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-05
REV. NORDECAR HAN IN CITY
Will Preach Three Sermons at FRS
Baptist Church Today. I

Rev. Mordecia Ham, of BOWS
Green, Kentucky, the noted B9Neiet
evangelist, arrived in the city .ast
night and he will preacl the n,s
sermon in the evangelistis serves ne
is to conduct here, this riorni7e d. II
o'clock at the First Bapist cFprcn. Ia
connection with the sunds school
services at $3.50 D.. M, todsk another
sermon will be preached ar ms ILL
discourse will be ~delivere9ae Tue Gov
service today.
Rev. Mr.. Ham will peno seVera
days in the city, the sizes OIL meet
tngs being expected tqcontinue %
one to three weeks. uring the com.
ing week there will = i ever
day at $3.50 and ~ r. III, ana .ne
public is cordially ivited to attend.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-05

r. force the city to adhere 70 tne
cortract In a question that Will Dc
brought to the front later. HON 'ohh
n BelIamy, counsel for the COMPANY
otated last night that he did not Kno"
that course would be pursued Inc
matter. which may>end in a law SUM-
was the subject of much ulscisei
yesterday and the almost unahinouo
verdict of citizens Is that the autnori.
tics have taken the right stand untii
4urther light is shed on points no"
involved. -
uayor Springer and Alderman
Borles, acting chairman OF the
works committee, do not nesieaee "
say that in their opinion deception
was used in the negotiations ana tney
= have expressed their determination :.
advising that the matter De 1ousn
TO the finish, unless, OF course, an
agreement can be reached unde the
existing circumstances.
The city a the further claim, II
is understood, hat none OF the SOCK
holders meetings held by the Clarer-
don company, were legal meetings,
there being several stockholders alb
sent from the city and no person W
NC ing the power of attorney from them'
Il The expected power of attorney, which
~ has occasioned the delays, arrived last
r night but it's coming was too late to De
iy used at this time.
The additional items of expense on
the company's payroll, which caused
the reduction in its net earnings, was
discovered by the water commissioner
If while examining the payroll to fint
,r out what sums to provide when thu
city first assumed charge Of the plant
4 The find was at once reported to tn
REPRESENTATIVES of the city and thu
NJ present status of affairs is the result
" The Clarendon officials, it is said
at assert that their figures are correct
at being based on the fiscal year ending
October 1st, 1906, their year rurnfn'
from October to October; n that tn
statements as to earnings were mad,
n before the end of the last fiscal year
al the negotiations having been startet
". before October list, 1907; that thes
C. figures were the only mes that coult
at be reported on at the beginning Al,
ay that no Misrepresentation was made
ty Tn efilter plant was installed dl1
or ing the last fiscal year and no repor
al of earnings has been officially made.
he The recently elected water and sew
of erage commissioners have nothing t
* do at the present time and the Who'll
waterworks matter goes back to th
~ board of aldermen.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-05
Contributions to Catherine keTEed
lone.

Contributions to Catherine nne
Home.
Contributions to the Catherine ker
nedy Home for the month OF Octopa
were as follows:
A Friend, salmon; Saadeland Day
milk; Mrs. Wilder, milk, potaDeor
Mrs. Joe Kahn, two stoves, Whuo'
shades; Mrs. Davis Hankins, liui""
Miss Mamie Bear, books, /apTlS'
Masonic Orient Lodge, sar"icnes'
| celery, rosetts, Charlotte Rsse; Mr.
J. A. Springer, ice; Mr. s1icNs
Bunting, drugs; Mr.. r. r Deiianns
drugs; Mrs. VIM. Gilcfie'' '' -
dishes. .
IT, ,,+b,v ,noe+ino will be held
49, 49, -, r,osda, afternoon at
4 O'Clock.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-05
THE FLAG POLE EXERCISES
Will be Held Next Friday at Union
School
Gonraittees From Jr. o: U: a. IN
Arranging for h CeieDfa', Ua,
Nanpe OF Principal Speaker nv
Yet Given OuI-

Name OF Principal Speaker NOT
Net Given OuI.
The committee from George Wash
ington Council, No. 81. and JEFFERSON
| Davis Council, No. 63, Junior oFoer
United American Mechanics, VINO nave
in charge the arrangements In come
ton with the flag pole presentation 70
the Union school, are busiiy engaseh
, In mapping out the final details OF tre
programme which will be oOser'ec.
The exercises will take place mex
Friday. at the school. and no docoe
q very large crowd will be in attend
ance.
Mayor w. E. Springer has been In
vited by the committees to present the
flag pole to the school on behalf Oh the
Jr q L. A. NJ. and he will IN all
probability accept the invitation. Inc
flag pole will be received by some one
representing the school committee III
the district in which the schol Is
located, after which the address o.
the occasion will be delivered.
1t was hoped for some time ina
Governor Glenn would be able &c
come to the city and deliver the ad'
dress. but a communication was re
ceiyed from him a day or two age
stating that on account of pressing
state business he would be unable. Il
come 10 the city on that day. In;
:, committee has under consideration
the names of several other fine speak
ers and an announcement will be mad:
, in the next day or two as to VINE
will make the speech.
In addition to the speech-maklng
fine musical program has been az
! ranged and the exercises will be of
: delightful and instructive nature.
The committees of the two council
| which have the celebration in charg'
/. are as follows:
: George Observation-Disclosures. H W
t Newell, w. W. Galloway and DR.. M
H. P. Clark.
= Jefferson Davis-Messrs E.. c. Wood
Q bury, John e. Wood and W. E. YopI
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-05
Mrs, A. e. Murphy IL Visitor in the
City.

MIS- n II. murphy AASO
City.
Mrs. A. E. Murphy, widow OF the
late Dir. C. Tate Murphy, Of Sampson
county, was a visitor to this city yes
terday at the residence of Mrs. Sarah
M. Murphy, She built a co1nmodlolls
hotel in Clinton and for many years
conducted it successfully. Later SIZE
sold her interests in this state n has
mad cher horae with her son, MIR. ).
T. Murphy, of Washington ID. Z She
| is an aunt Of Mr.. J. D. Murphy, O!
Asheville, ex-Mayor T. J. Murphy Oh
Greensboro, and Dr.. P. l. Murphy
| late superintendent of the Morgantor
| asylum. She is travelling in the south
for her health and is accompanied o.
| another nephew, DR. Walter {. Muir
Dhy. a well known physician of Wash
ingtOn, D. c.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-05

New Millinery, fanf 1eatners' triu''
mings and ornamers' arriving IDLY
at Renders, loweL price anu DIST
trimmerS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-05

The whole subject will be threshed
cut at the special meeting of the
board of aldermen tomorrow morning
and ii is considered almost certain
that the city fathers will decide not
to take over the property on the
terms agreed on, under existing condi-
TORS. Whether the company will try
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-05
Break Between City and ClaI-
endon Company
IN .WA1ERWORkS MATTER
Suecial Meeting Of Aldermen to
be Held Tomorrow

80 Buy tic Ran. ~
Observation-Disclosures Oh No,
.he that NC.
antn~S Wer,. not as Large as
Easn,hgsc Claims the Water
Ia" Company Has Airead!
nnnren Contract Made in NOV
Turning over the Plant on No,e IL
her 1st-interc-tiEs SITUATION J"
important Matter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-05

If your eyes 4ofble you: consult Or.
vineburg. the eye specialist ps.m nas
neHtiy locatef. q Munds lug Sso. Or
Gassrs fffel cor $i.6e ana uy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-05

Don't fail ~tovisit the 5 and 10'
department thi "eeh' Ni0o' oois"A
Sale at RehdeS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-05

SIPS brofcloth all staple shades
CSC this wek, Great November Sale at
Rehder's.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-05
ROYAL ARGAhUM

Members of Cornelius Harnett Coun-
Gil and Carolina Council are requested
to be present at meeting Monday
night, November 4th at which tune
Charter Day" viii be celebrated with
appropriate oeremonies-and O good
time. II.
1t Secretary Of Committee
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-12-28
CHASED THE WRONG HAT.

A Midvale avenue car was the
scene of an amusing exchange of hats
the other evening when the wind was
high, says the Philadelphia Record.
A Frankford man and his wife were
in the rear of the open car. When a
strong gust of wind blew suddenly,
off went the Frankford mans hat,
scooping down the street on its edge.
ooh, let it go p he exclaimed.
cts last years, anyway"
But just at that moment another
gust of wind came along, blowing off
the hat of man in one of the front
seats. 1t flew back, and the Frankford
man caught it and put it on his head.
The other man looked back and saw
the first mans hat flying down the
street.
"Stop the car p he yelled, 81 want
to get my hat |"
The obliging conductor rang the
bell, while the second man chased
after the Frankforder' lid. He ran
back putting and perspiring, and was
on the car again before he discovered
that he had run after the wrong hat.
"Why, this isn't my hat !" he ex-
claimed, looking around at the crowd
in the car, which was laughing at him.
Just then the Frankfort man lean
ed forward and politely said: "Here's
your hat, sir. Let me have mine,
please" And while the crowd gave
haw-haw, the hat-chaser scratched
his head and wondered how it hap
pened.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-12-28
AN IRISH TRIBUTE.

I've been radin much av foot ball in the papers,
And notice notice that the Irish are the ones that
From livery quarther av the land, in college and
The min that shine in back and line are Irish as
rule.
Ys. it's Dillon down at Princeton and it's Cooney
And Mcdonald av fair Harvard; well he's some
thing av whale;
Cornell lauds Lynch and Cook brave boys, ana
Cosgrove and O'Rourke.
And Pennsylvania, Gallagher, whose father came
from Cork.
AS in the wist SO in the Aist, the boys that tops
Are min of Ciltic cognomins unknown to me and
The names are all we have to tell their Irish
Their deeds consume whole colyums av ''our
vallyble shpace."
Yis, it's Cunningham tackled Capron and threw
him for loss.
And Case av Minnesota at fierce tacklin' was the
Young Coughlin ran his team so fast he made
the Indians shweat
Where the ightin' was the hottest Dunn was
always there, you bet.
o, the Irish boys are handy boys, ye cannot keep
You'll find thin purity near the front in nation,
shtate and town;
In politics they knows the thricks and thurns
thin whin they can,
Show me a leader worth the name and I'll show
you an Irishman.
Yis, it's Bailey in the Sinate and Judge White
The mother av our Prisidint was Irish. that's
cinch.
It's Murphy at Manhattan; Fitzgerald Boston
rules,
AS for st. Paul, who has the call? O'Connor
dhrives the mules.
Whin the nations fate was thrimblin' in the bal
ance you'll recall,
Back in the days whin Freedoms face was
shrouded like pail;
From 6l to '65, as aficer or man,
Who marched the best, VINO shtood the test. who
fought and niver ran2
o, it was Sheridan at Winchester, and Corcoran
at Bull Run,
And gallant Shields on many fields wint up again
Jack Barry on the water. Ginril Meade upon the
They're full av grit as proof av it. the Irish have
the sand.
Whin Satan and his fallen horde rebilled in
naughty pride,
Against the CRATE Omnipotint and heavens de-
crees defed
Jehovah sought bouncer to disperse the sinful
mob,
Who was the CRATE and mighty one silicted for
the job?
Will, it wasn't Fred or Percy or Charley or yet
Ben,
And it wasn't Sam or Abraham or Absolom or
Ike,
The one that lid the overthrow was the Irish
M j. DonneEv e. O'SooliUGn.'D