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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
The Evolution of
Household Remedies.

The modern patent medicine busd..
ness is the natural outgrowth OF the
old-timc household remedies.
In the early history Of this country
EVERY FAMILY Had IT'S HOME,
MADE MEDICINES. Herb teas, BIT
tiers, laxatives and tones, were to 20
found in almost every house, conn,
pounded by the housewife, sometimes
assisted by the apothecary or the fam
lily doctor. Such remedies n picra,
which was aloes and quassia, dis
solved in apple brandy. Sometimes .
hop tonic, made of whiskey, hops and
bitter barks. A score or NOR Of pop.
ular, homemade remedies were thus
compounded, the formulate for which
we're passed along from house TO
house, sometimes written, sometimes
verbally communicated. Ks
s The patent medicine business Is q
natural outgrowth from this whole;
some, old.time custom. In. the begin,
ming some enterprising doctor. Inn
pressed by the usefulness OF IN OF
these home = made remedies, Wonld
take it up, improve it In many ways,
manufacture it on q large scale, adj
yertise it mainly through almanacs
for the home, and thus it would be-
come used over q large area. LAT
TERLY THE HOUSEHOLD REMEDY
BUSINESS TOOK A MORE EXACT
AND SCIENTIFIC FORM.
Peruna vas originally one Of these
old.time remedies. 1t was used By
the Mennonites, of Pennsylvania, be-
fore it was offered to the public for
sale. DR.. Hartman, THE ORIGINAL
COMPOUNDER OF PERUNA. IS OF
Mennonite origin. First, he pre-
scribed it for his neighbors and Ids
patients. The sale of It increased,
and at last he established Q ilanuface5
tory and furnished it to the general
drug trade.
Peruna is useful in o great many
climatic ailments, such as coughs,
colds, sore threat, bronchitfs and ca,
tarrhal diseases generally. THOU
SANDS OF FAMILIES HAVE
LEARNED THE USE OF PEIsUNA
and its value in thetreatment Of these!
ailments. They have learned to trust
and believe in Or. Hartman's judg-
.ment, and to rely on his remedy, Pee
|. r11na- &sN
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
With the Workers.

Street railway men Of Sacramento.
Cal, have received a voluntary raise
of three cents an hour.
Many members of the United Asso-
citation Of Plumbers, Gas Filters and
Steam Filters are urging that the or
g%anization establish a home for the
aged and infirm, along the same lines
as the typos.
Chicago Qll.) electricians wish a
scale of SIS a day, an increase of fifty
cents a day over their present scale.
They set their own working rules,
and they have had nc trouble in en-
forcing them for several years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
Western Ideas In China.

have travelled overland from Pc
kin 70 ToGgkin, and have been struck
by the spread Of Western education.
In every town Of any importance.
and often in villages, there arc
schools with foreign fittings for
teaching Western learning. Large
numbers of temples, often every TEN
Iple except the city temple and the
'Confucian temple, are being convert
ed into schools and colleges, While
scholars in their semi-foreign dress
are counted by Observation-Disclosures
Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
Tho National Game.

There are ten members of the De
troit team who do not use tobacco IT
any form.
"Hobe" Ferris, of the Bostor
Americans, has a glove of his own
designing.
The New York Americans never
have played q game with a Nationa'
League club.
Lajoie has the best conditioned
team in the American League at the
present time.
Briggs, the Harvard first baseman
made four hits in bis first game
against. Vermont.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
Literature as an Intoxicant.

!. According to Arthur Symons,
"there is more drunkenness in a book
than in all the vineyards Of France"
From a report of a future police
court case: prisoner said he was
sorry, but it had beef his birthday,
and, one thing leading to another, he
had taken a paragraph too much.
"l-London Globe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
O 1000 BURNED OUT IN MOLO'
Town on the Island Of Panay is the
Capital of the Visayas.

Manila, P. 1.-The town of Iloilo,
Island of Panay, al totally DESTROYED
by fire, with the result that 10000
persons are homeless.
Iloilo is the capital of the province
of that name in the Island Of Panay,
of the Visayas group. 1t was an
open port and commercially I'M
portant under the %Spaniards, export
ing sugar, rice, tobacco, coffee and
hides, and manufacturing fabrics,
hats and carriages. It has a cathedral,
a seminary, a court house and other
public buildings. The population IN
1908 was about 10000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
The Double Entendre.

There is trouble in Inverness to-
day, all along of the Highland Times
Lady Correspondent" who must be
more careful in future. In her COM
ments on the Lovat Scouts ball h
says (and we venture to emphasize
the important Words:
miss F. of M. looked handsome.
Miss NJ. was handsome.
Miss D. B. looked pretty. :.
Miss H. H. was pretty"
And so on, all down the page. Very
careless, indeed.-Punch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
ONE RHODE ISLAND SENATOR
Legislature Adjourns With the Dead
lock Unbroken.

Providence, R. despite the
pressure brought to bear by the Re
publican organization, the Rhode ISL
and Legislature adjourned without
having elected a Senator to succeed
George Peabody Wetmore. Only one
vote was changed by the final efforts
of the party leaders, and on the
eighty-frst and last ballot the vote
stood: Colonel R. H.. I. Goddard,
Providence, (Democrat,) Al; Colonel
Samuel Pomeroy Colt, Bristol, Gre
publican,) 80; George Peabody Wet
more, Newport, Republican, 30.
Thus until the Legislature meets next
January Rhode Island will have only
Senator Aldrich in the upper house OF
Congress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
Running Wild.

Miss Mabel" began the young
man, whose chin wabbled a little in
spite Of him, Il hardly know how to
say it, but 1 feel a. if the time had
cope-or perhaps 1 should have said
that I am impelled to-there is a no
ment in every mans career, you
know, when he is no longer-I dare
say you have not been expecting any
thing of the kind, but the fact is
and I am in a position now that a
rants me in offering-which is the
a why I have hesitated until
now-because there are so many
things to be-in short, the difficulties
in the way have been"
mi. Packard" interrupted the
young women, with a smile of en-
couragement," will you please try to
run your trains of thought on the
block system?"-Chicago Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
BreVities.

Manager Cantillon, of Washington
favors young players for his team.
Ollie Pickering is making good in
batting with the st. Louis Americans.
Lord, centre fielder of the Athlet-
les, had three assists in a recent
game. He threw out two men at the
plate, and they were no less speedy:
runners than Magee and Titus.
Al Orth differs from some pitchers
regarding the spit ball. He does not
think 1t Injuries his arm in the least,
but he says the pitcher who has a
wind-up delivery and lets his arm go
at full length never should use it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
Gimbel Cuts His Throat.

Benedict Gimbel, the wealthy Phil.
adelphian arrested in New York City
on the complaint to the District At.
torney of Mrs. William Hudson Clark,
mother Of Ivor Clark, a crippled lad,
with v nom he associated, attempted
to kill himself in a hotel in Hoboken
by cutting his throat. He was under
$4,000 bail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
Prominent People.

Andrew Carnegie says that En-.
peror William is the greatest man OF
the age.
Henry Watterson is said to have
been working on his Life of Lincoln"
while in Europe.
Former Senator Spooner counsels
caution in compelling the railways to
lower rates and increase their service
facilities.
E. H. Sothern received as a present
in London his fathers gold match
box, which for nearly thirty-hVe
years lay in an English field. Where
the actor lost it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
An soo.Year-old FootbaI Game.

The very ancient and quaint shrove
Tuesday custom Of playing football
in the public thoroughfare was OBJ
! served at Atherstone, Warwickshire.
yesterday. The game had its ihcep
ton anterior to the signing OF Magna
Charta, and regularly for more than
500 years the custom has been OBJ
served in the old Waiting street town.
Business was entirely suspended yes
terday while the game was proceed
ing and many t~radespeopfe Joined In
the fun.-London Daily News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
SHOT BROTHER AND WOMAN.
Jealous Iowa Man Killed Himself,
Too-The Woman Dead.

Ottumwa, Iowa. - Because he
thought his brother had gained the
affections of Mrs. Sallie Morgan, to
whom both had been paying atten-
ton, Ovitt Thompson, Of Bedford,
Iowa, shot and killed the woman,
mortally wounded Roscoe Thompson
and committed suicide.
The woman had been separated
from her husband for some time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
Indian Plaque Deaths 20, o

There were $4,000 deaths from the
plague in India during the week end.
ing April 10. Seventy the OF
these occurred in Bengal, the United
Provinces and the Punjab. The cpl
demic began in the Punjab in octo'
Der, 1897, since when nearly a mil
lion and a half deaths have occurred
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
GUILTY OF LAND FRAUDS.
Three Men Convicted in United States
Court at Omaha.

Omaha, Neb.-Tnor M. Hunt
ington, A. B. Todd ana Fred Hoyt
were convicted in the United States
Court on charges of conspiracy to
defraud the Government of about
half a million acres of public lands
in Nebraska.
These men were indicted jointly
with Richards and Comstock, of the
Nebraska Land and Cattle Company,
who were convicted last fall. Hunt
ington is a banker at G. IN, Neb.,
and Hoyt is his partnel. Todd is
from Denver and procured old SOL
diers of Iowa and Nebraska and IL
lirois to place the filings on the home
steads.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
Three Children Burned to Death.

Three Children Burned to Death.
Ethel Hicks, aged seven; her
brother Paul, aged six, and their ten
m%onths-old baby sister were burned
to death in their home In Port Huron,
by the explosion of a gasoline
stove which the two older children
had attempted to light in the absence
of their parents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08

dered and passages Of the secretions
too frequent. On the advice Of my
husband l began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. Since using two boxes my
trouble has not reappeared. This Is
wonderful, after suffering two years."
Sold by all dealers. SO tents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., buffalo, N. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
NURSES DEVOTION FATAL.
Dies From Scarlet Fever Contracted
in Vassar Hospital.

Poughkeepsie, n. Y.-Miss Lucy
Won Hogel, a nurse at Vassar Hospi.
tai, died of scarlet fever contracted
while attending a stranger who wac
taken sick on the streets of Pough-
keepsie. When Miss Won Hogel was
stricken, Miss Faithful Butler, a stu.
dent at St. Faiths, who is preparing
for a nurse. went to Vassar Hospital
to attend her. She in turn contracted
the disease, and Is now seriously III
in an isolated ward.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
THREE TRAINS CRASH.
Fatal Accident in Railway Yard Near
Birmingham, Ala. -

Birmingham, Ala. =
Birmingham, ALIAS the result
of a wreck on the Southern Railway
a short distance east of Woodlawn, a
suburb of Birmingham, two men are
dead and seven persons injured.
A freight train with a dead" en-
CINE on the rear was coming toward
Birmingham. The operator, it is
said, allowed a fast passenger train
to enter the block, and it crashed into
the dead engine, smashing both en-
gines and demolishing several cars.
Three cars of the freight train were
thrown across the east-bound track
almost at the instant that a wrecking
train en- route to Helm, Ala, passed.
The wrecker struck them, and practi-
cally the whole freight train was
piled into the ditch. Two men e
caught under the engine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
Drowned in Swimming Pool.

William Sander, a student at
Columbia University, New York City,
vas drowned in the university gym
nasium swimming pool and remained
there t~wenty-four hours before his
body was found.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
OKLAHOMA HAS A CONSTITUTION
Engrossed Copy Of New Document
Signed by Delegates at Guthrie.

Guthrie, Okla.APresident William
H. Murray signed the e%ngrossed copy
Of the Oklahoma constitution, using
the alfalfa pen furnished by Gus
todian Campbell, Of the Oklahoma
Historical Society, and also the pen
furnished by w. J. Bryan. =
All of the seventy-fve delegates
present also signed it. Delegate
Cloud, Of Wellston, the only Repuh-
lican present, voted for the constitu-
ton on final passage, so that 1t re-
ceiyed every vote cast.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
Toulon Arsenal Fire.

Five large buildings were destroyed
by the fire, alleged to be incendiary,
at, the Toulon (France) arsenal.
Thirty men were injured and the sub
marine and torpedo stations were
damaged.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08

ago, dropSy set IN,
and my left side was
so swollen the doctor
said he would have to
tap out the water.
There was constant
pain and a gurgling
sensation around my
heart, and I could not
raise my arm above
my head. The kid
new action was diSor-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
SLAIN ON WEDDING EVE.
Belle Stroup Lures Ross, Shoots Him
and Commits Suicide.

and Commits Suicide.
=Oil City, Pa. - While discussing
with his family at the dinner table
plans for his wedding that night to
Miss Edith D. Sampsell, Thaddeus
Stevens Ross received a call to the
telephone. He left the house, saying
he would return soon.
He was found dead an hour later
in the Office of a prominent physician,
with the body of Miss Belle Stroup. a
former sweetheart, lying at his feet.
Miss Stroup was twenty-eight and
Ross thirty-ive. He was a postofhce
employe and a veteran of the Span
ish-American war;
Miss Sampsell, the ~bride-elect, ls
we'll nigh crazed with grief.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
british Landlords Must Sell.

The House of Commons by a large
majority passed the bill giving the
Irish Land Commissioner power tc
force landlords to sell estates.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
Amnesty For Cubans.

Governor Magoon signed a decree
granting amnesty to the members of
the armed forces of Cuba who have
been found. guilty Of committing
offenses in the recent rebellion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
VILLAGE JUSTICE A SUICIDE.
Found by Wife at Other Woman's
Door, Gardner Shoots Himself.

DOOT, SlIUULS IIIIIseH'
Paterson, N. J.-When confronted
by his wife, Frederick w. Gardner, a
wealthy resident of Ridgewood and
Justice of the Peace. shot and in
stantly killed himself al the door OF
the home Of Mrs. Benjamin Eglin, the
young wife Of the village blacksmith
Gardner acted as Justice of the
Peace and Town Collector, not be.
cause he desired revenue from these
Offices, but because he had a hobby
of serving as a public official. His
father, who died several years ago.
left him a fortune. He was fifty
years old. He leaves a widow and a
fourteen-year-old daughter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
panlr President Arrested.

Charles C. King, the president OF
the First National Bank OF Scotland
S. D., was arrested in chicago
charged with misuse OF the oanks
funds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
RepIy of Christian Scientists.

The Christian Scientists, in answer
to the equity suits, denied that Mrs.
Eddy is unable to look after her own
interests, or that she has been de-
prived Of any of her property.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
Territory For Negroes.

Governor Broward urged the Flor
ida Legislature to ask Congress to
take steps to purchase territory for
the isolation Of the negroes of the
United States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
AN the VoweIs

"Abstemfous'' and "facettous" are
the only words in English having the
voweIs In their order.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
Weather Unfavorable.

Cold weather has prevailed over an
unusually large area, retardlng agri-
cultural progress as well as trade IN
light weight wearing apparel n
other spring goods.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
p,,Lar Arrested For Beating VIE.

Mrs. Augustus T. Post, aged sixty.
whose thirty-two-year-old husband, a
banker, is rated as a millionaire, a
him arrested on a charge of knocking
her senseless in their apartments al
the Holland House, in New York CITY.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08

Take Garfield Tea in the Spring-it will
save you many days of headache, lassitude
and general i'll health! This natural laxa-
tive purifes the blood, cleanses the system
and establishes a normal action of liver,
Ednevs and bowels.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08

FITS, St. vitus' Dance, N ervous Diseases ner
manently cured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. So trial bottle and treatise free.
DR.. II. r. Kline, Id, 93l Arch St., Phila., Pa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
A WOMAN
Tells a Story of Awful Suffering and
Wonderful Relief.

Mrs. J. D. johnson, of e03 West
Hickman St., Columbia, Mo-, says:
FOLLOWING an operation two years
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08

Missouri Crop Best Since 1901.
The condition of the Missouri
wheat crop is n%inety-four per cent;
the highest that has been reported
sine 1901.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08
Big Vermont Maple Sugar Crop.

Reports from Vermont indicate
that this years crop of maple sugar
in that State will be 100000
mounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-08

The American peanut crop has fallen of
fnrty-seyen per cent.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-11-01
MILTON NEWS.

On SATURDAY evening an AuJi-License neetin.
was held near tie pCstodice Front street The
speakers were Mr. O'Bdau of Bridgeport conn
and Mr. George W. Jones OF near town. quite a
&c crowd assembled and good order was a
Characteristic feature of the gathering.
On Sunday the Rev. Burnett ~ Smyrna de
Ivered temperance addresses in the NJ. E..
I Church. Mr.. Burnett is a pretty speaker AID
presented on this occasion some iucontroyertab q
facts Mr. Burnett is principal of the public
schools Of smyrna,
/ Mrs. John Collision is having the foundation
OF residence laid on Union street. north.
Capt. Henry Hudson celebrated his glst birth
day On Friday
Schooner Marie Thomas cleared for Philadel
PIMA this week with canned tomatoes for the
Goodwin Co. and othes freight.
Joseph Carey is making preparations to open
q livery stable in The lower part Of town.
Garrison Edglns former resident OF MI ton. |
was in town on Monday in attendance at the
funeral Of his half brother. Abel J. Pettvfobn
l. is said that this the first time Mr. Edgins has
been in Milton in twenty three years; although
he lives within twelve miles Of the town and Is a
fish dealer.
The W. c. 7. u, is making arrangements fo, 81
children's parade on Saturday al ernoon. The
nature OF the program and order Of march we
have failed to obtain although we have inter
viewed those who ought to know. The un-
fortunate disagreement between the heads OF two
churches renders cOaiision Of the membership {
Utmost impossible. This we all deplore S
Annie j. Jefferson. daughter Of Mr.. Nathaniel
eheTon, died at the home Of her father on a
Jnion street, North Milton on Thursday morning t
cancer OF the stomach, aged 81 years and =
ays Funeral services were held at REYNOLDS o
I. r Church by Revs. McCready and Kettell L
nd sepulture made in the cemetery adjoining, p
, $. J. Wilson Son. d
The soldiers OF the Civil War are fast passing CT
way. Abel J. Pettyjohn, one OF these heroes. ia
ossed the great divide on Friday, aged II years.
III ~ days Death was due to general debility si
penndueed by paralysis Funeral services
ere held at his ate residence on Union street W
'rth, on Monday afternoon and interment
ade in Odd Fellows Cemetery Rev. G. r fo
cCready conducted the obsequies and s. II al
ilson & Son inferred the remains. Deceased st
ives to survive him. widow, four sons. Abel sci
Frankfort Pa, William and Luther of Phil. Jol
elphia, and James, eff Milton, also four daueh- vic
s. Mrs. Mary E. fletcher, Of PHILADELPHIA an
s. Annie Robinson. Of frankfort, Pa. Mrs Do
lie Rhodes, of Riverside, N. j., and Miss egl
rre at home. 30,
he Royal Packing Company commenced to lift
* sweet potatoes on Monday. 20
liss Kettle J. Conner and Mrs. May Conner for
on Tuesday for visit in the Quaker CITY. sc
" will be absent week. aki
iss Estella Virden has gone on visit to kee
rda "Pascueda Florida. tire
seph King lost a sly hog on Friday that would war
weighed 500 pounds. Cause of death un.
Wn. The animal was weT at noon and died
r supper
Fter & Jensen have oaened restaurant in lHSl
Ponder Block, corner 81 Federal and Front and
It's DAG. Sal
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-11-01
Can You Answer This ?

The saloons have been voted of two thirds Of all the
counties of the South and West IF prohibition isn't good
thing why don't Of these counties bring the saloon back
Why are more counties going dry every day.
he liquor have lied at every stage of this campaign
hey have given false figures and quoted as saying what
they did They had lie the truth would have
damned them.
Iheyquoted Judge Holland Of Salisbury favorng license
ldge Holland declares that Salisbury has so improved in
very way under no license that he is fol prohibition