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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21

yes! that's that celebrated picture.
"The Village Bride" Magnificent
piece Of work. isn't it? How the
light seems 10 sparkle on her face!
Dorothy: She's a very pretty girl,
too.
Gerald: o, 1 don't know. I've met
at least one who is far prettier. Be-
sides, a girl lever looks so pretty as
when she is wearing her bridal dress.
Dorothy "a little embarrassed):
That's a striking picture-the knight
in armor and the lady and the SOL
diers; what is it?
Gerald: o, thas's Jackson's cele-
brated picture, "Victory." It's a
knight who has come back from the
war and is returning to his lady the.
scarf she tied on his arm as a tails
man. It's a great painting. Such a
fine air of animation and rejoicing
about it. See how glad she looks
at meeting him again, and how
Mrs. Arbuthnot (%hurrying up): My
dear Dorothy, I've been looking for
you everywhere. I began to be afraid
I had lost you.
Dorothy: Mr.. Markham has been
showing me the pictures and explain
ing them, auntie. And I've been so
interested.
Gerald: Not more so than I, I am
sure, Mrs. Arbuthnot.
Mrs. Arbuthnot: Well, we must be
going. Are you disengaged this
evening, Mr.. Markham? We are
dining alone, and should be delighted
to see you. Dorothy is staying with
us over Sunday.
Gerald: I should be very happy in
deed, if Clocks at Dorothy
Dorothy (coloring a little and hold
ing out her hand with a smile): Au
revoir, Mr.. Markham.-G. A, in
| Black and White.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
Good Snail Year, Good Sheep Year.

Most people would be Mortified
70 learn that the finest mutton in
the world comes from sheep fattened
on snails," Pays a large breeder Of
Southdown sheep; nevertheless it
is a fact. In seasons when snails are
plentiful the mutton from Jul sheep
has a delicious flavor which it never
acquires from the most scientific form
of feeding. On the continent a diet
of snails is a regular cure for con-
sumption and is said to fatten and
nourish the body in a wonderful way.
There is a popular superstition"
he adds, that the unique and deli
cate flavor of Southdown mutton is
due largely to the quantity of wild
thyme which they crop with the
| grass in their pastures. But person
ally l give the snails the greater
part OF the credit for the soft, plump
flesh and the sweetness of flavor in
our celebrated sheep. So much in
their the case that the saying, Good
snail year, good sheep year." has
become almost a proverb among shep-
herds and breeders london Mail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
TODAY.

Other suns will shine as golden,
Other skies be just rs blue,
Other south winds blow rs softly
Gently drinking up the dew;
Other goldenrods and asters
With the sun and sky agree,
These for other men and women-
Just to-day for you and me.
Other fruit Of whey flavor
Wanderers will pluck and eat,
Other birds with winsome voices
Other songs will sing-as sweet;
Der the dappled brook will midges
Dance an hour, then cease to be,
All the world may have tomorrow
But to-day's for you and me.
Other gardens will be planted
Fair as this which we call ours.
Other blooms will put to shaming
These benign, old-fashioned flowers;
All the glories Of the sunset
= In the sunrise one may see,
That which others call the dawnIng
Is the night for you and me:
Success.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21

to be commended for travel and oc-
casions of the sort and which make
up charmingly after this design. The
long sleeves make = special feature
and are tucked to give the effect
of long deep cuffs and to fit the arms
rather snugly below the elbows, con-
sequently being exceptionally oecom-
ing and graceful. With the waist
can be worm any separate collar that
may be liked.
The waist consists Of the fronts
and back. The tucks are laid in most
becoming lines and there is a regu-
lation box pleat at tho front edge.
The neck is finished with a neck
band to which any collar can be- at
tached. The sleeves are Of fashion
able fulness and whom made long are
tucked below tho elbows and when
short are simply gathered at their
lower edges, but in both cases are
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21

New York City.-The most sensa-
tional fire in the history of Coney
Island ate t%hirty-fve acres out of the
heart Of that resort in twice as many
minutes.
The flames licked up Steeple-
chase Park and other property
which cannot be replaced for less
than $750,000, and on which the
owners place a speculative value Of
| a million and a half.
The fire started in a barrel Of
sweepings, mostly paper, gathered up
in the park and stored over night
under the Cave of Winds.
Starting at 3.55 a. m. the fire
was not entirely out until after 6
p. M. tx >.
A fireman and two boys were so
seriously burned and injured that
they. are likely to die. twenty-five
f1remen and patrolmen and "a hun
dred hotel guests and residents suf-
fered painful burns and cuts from
broken glass. There were scores of
narrow escapes from fre-trap hotels
and daring rescues beyond count.
The fire started in George c. Til
you's Steeplechase Park, In almost
the identical spot where a small fire
was discovered at 10 o'clock the
night before, and which was put out
without public alarm.
There is a grave suspicion that
both were of incendiary origin pos
sibly started by one of many foreign
workmen recently discharged.
Since last Christmas Mr.. Tilyou
has received no less than five Black
Hand letters demanding large sums
of money and threatening his life and
the destruction Of the amusement
place II it was not forthcoming. The
/ last Of these letters was received Fri
day and resulted in extra guards be-
ing put about the park.
After devastating the park the fire
| rapidly destroyed the Coney Island
Post Office, thirteen hotels, six bath
ing pavilions, three cafes, Dip the
Dip" Uncle Sans Cannon Ride and
fifty stands and small buildings.
Owing to the almost prohibitive
rates which prevail at Coney Island,
practically no insurance was carried.
For a time it seemed that the
flames would sweep the entire amuse-
ment district, including Luna Park
and Dreamland. The direction Of the
driving wind, the extreme pressure
of salt water from a dozen mains Of
the lately installed system, and the
bravery and persistence of fremen
and citizen volunteers combined to
save the remainder Of the resort.
Everybody was working shoulder
to shoulder. Circassian girls were
helping snake-charmers, gypsy for
tune-tellers and Greek peanut VEN
ders; Armenians and Japanese with
negroes and Italians were pulling
and shouting in as many languages,
but all working for the same end. .
The drawer mel returned to find
here and there ONE overtired man
or boy asleep amid all the tumult and
confusion. These, awakened, were
led or dragged to safety and then
some one b%ethought of San Dora, the
armless and legless freak.
He was found trying to wriggle
himself to safety. He was carried
out and some one soon after liberated
forty monkeys confined in a cage.
Their almost human cries as they fed
over walls and roofs added to the
confusion. A cage Of trained dogs
was opened and the frightened ami
mails fed to the beach, where their
trainer found them atterWard.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
TEElDRILS.
Moving Parts Which Arc the brains
of Plant Life"

There are two classes of plants
which are melted by mans presence
to describe certain definite move
ments. One class, the sensitive
plants, retract their leaflets as we ap-
proach them as if they resented any
attempt at closer intimacy, while the
other class, comprising all those vines
which develop climbing organs called
tendrils, will reach out toward us If
we place our hands in contact with
them, and will even use a finger as :
support to climb upon. We know
that these tendrils will wind just as
readily about a twig or a grass stem,
but as one feels these sensitive
strands multiply their encircling coils
about ones fingers there almost
seems to be established between us
and the vegetable world a more init
mate relationship than has ever ex-
listed before.
Tendrils are indeed capable Of ex-
hibiting faculties and going through
e%volutions more. wonderful perhaps
than many of us realize. 1t is only
after we have seen them at work,
testing with their sensitive tips the
objects they come in contact with,
apparently considering their suitable
ity as a support and then accepting or
rejecting them, as the case may be-
it is only then that we realize how
justly they have been called the
brains of plant life"
The t~horoughness with which these
wandering tips explore their sur
roundings is illustrated by an in
stance l observed in a grapevine ten
drill. A cherry branch, whose leaves
had been y%ariously punctured and
scalloped by insects, hung near the
tendril, and a particular leaf had
just one small hole in it's blade, not
over three-sixteenths of an inch in
diameter. So careful had been the
exploration of the leafs surface that
this one small hole had been discov-
cred by the tendril, which had thrust
itself nearly three inches through
the opening.-Farper's Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
CR|ME.WAVE MAKES
CHILDREN VICTIMS
Over One Hundred Attacks in
Two Months in New YORK..
ONE YOUNG GIRL DRIVEN INSANE
Police Search For Fer AsSailants at
North Bcach-Bingham Says
Courts DO Not Aid the Police
Children Forbidden to Play.

w
New York City.-The records at
Police Headquarters show chat since
the muir 7.er of ffteen-year-old Amelia
Staffeldt at Elmhurst, L. L., on May
20, there have been 10 attacks upon
women and children in New York
City.
"A wave Of this sort of crime seems
to be growing, and there are daily adj
ditions to the list of victims.
OF three cases brought to light in
the past twenty-four hours, = is Of
especial pathos. Virginia Ida Barish,
seventeen years old, Of 40 East Sew
enty-ninth street, was attacked by
nine men at North Beach on Wednes-
day, and is now violently insane In
the Kings County Hospital. None of
her assailants has been found,
Another case is reported from Lin
oleumville, s. l., where f~ve-year-old
Annie Fowkowski wandered home
terribly injured. She named Joseph
Nocwyak as her assailant, n he lie
locked up.
The effect Of the steadily increas.
ing number Of these attacks has been
to arouse a feeling Of alarm in New
York homes. The children who usu.
ally play until late intthe evening on
the streets during hot weather, are
being called in earlier, and infa% 10.
calities are they left to p~laySatnany
time without guardians, though the
housewives of the poor can i'll
afford the time from their duties to
watch them.
Police Commissioner Bingham
said that during the epidemic Of
this sort Of crime it would be
we'll for the mothers Of the city
to keep their children indoors
as much as possible, and to keep
watch over them more closely than
ever. ,.... .' -.
Every member Of the police force
has been ordered to be particularly
on the alert, especially where young
girls and children congregate, and
where they can be reached by men OF
suspicious appearance. The police
have been instructed to place under
arrest at once any man whom they
have the slightest cause to. suspect.
In the 10 cases reported 20 the
police a large number Of the assail.
ants have never been detected, and
Of those arrested most have escaped
with slight punishment. fl
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
Novelties in Sunshadcs.

%Sunshades Of taffeta in every con-
ceivable shade are to be had this
season. The frames Of the new para
soils are much more bowed than
heretofore. Some Of the prettiest
styles shown are deeply scalloped in
a fanciful manner, the edge being
finished with bands of taffeta. In
many instances the enameled handle
is tinted just a little to suggest the
color Of the silk Of the shade itself.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
With the

Austria has 2404 local unions, with
a total membership Of 323,099.
During May 2S7 employees were in
jured in Canadian industrial acct
dents.
The 400 men a.. the Great Lakes
Engineering Works, St. Clair, Mich,
have been locked out.
Amalgamated Window Glass Work.
ers will hold their annual convention
at Detroit, Mich, on July 8.
Oklahoma City 20. TO- -four mill
employees have organized and applied
to the international union fer a char
ter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
Feminine Notes.

Beagle raising is the profitable &C.
cupation of a young lady, a Miss
Asch, near Aiken, s. c.
Ex-senator McComas, of Maryland.
secretly married Mrs. Hebe Harrison
Muir, of Kentucky, at Atlantic City.
Miss Louise Cheatam makes her
living by raising and training native
song birds a the popular winter
resort of Aiken, S. G..
Mrs. Russell Sage gave S250,O00
to the Association for the Relief Of
Respectable Aged, INDECENT Females
in the city of New York.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
Ono Color in towns

Many young women have adopted
the idea Of one color in the gowns.
A girl who affects blue may have
light, dark, navy blue and other
shades, but they must all be blue.
The greatest latitude Is possible II
one decides to be a brown girl, as
this will include tans, yellows and
cream white.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
White Dimity Matinee.

We have seer a matinee made in
fine white dimity over pink china
silk. Lace butterflies were inset in
the points of the neck finish and
futter up from the corners OF the
SQUARE and across the front, and all
tie edges are bordered by three inch
frills of valenclennes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21

commended for the women to whom
they are becoming, but they do not
suit all figures and the jacket made
without them is quite complete and
equally in style. In the illustration
the material is tussore silk with
trimming of banding while the trim
ming straps and pleats are stitched
with belding silk. The model is ap-
propriate for all suitings, however,
and also makes a very charming
little separate wrap, which at this
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
New Idea For Maids.

The custom of bridesmaids carry
ing floral crooks seems likely to be
revived. White crooks crowned with
punches Of white heather and rib
bons are popular. Purple crooks
adorned with bouquets Of violets. OF
silver crooks with pink roses have
all figured p~icturesquely at recent
weddings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
Not Much by the Day.

The Lady-"WhatI thirty-eight
cents a dozen for eggs? Why, that's
more than three cents for one egg"
The Grocer--"Well, mum, you must
remember that n egg is a whole
days work for one hen ."-Cleve-
land Leader.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

New York City.-The Elton is such
q firmly established favorite of fash
ion that it Is constantly appearing
in new designs with the certainty OF
finding O welcome. Here Is one OF
the very latest that can be made
either with or without the kimono
sleeves and that Is really attractive
IN both styles. The additional sleeves
are exceedingly smart and greatly
worn lust now, and are much to be
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21

Gov. Swanson to Ignore Pritchard.
Governor Swanson, of Virginia.
was quoted as saying that he and the
Corporation Commission favored ig-
noring Judge Pritchard's order re-
straining the publication Of a two
cent rate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
BLACK Velvet Collar.

One of the novelties shown by the
shops Is the black, velvet neckband
with slides. The ribbon is half an
inch in width and is fitted with
rhinestone slides in delicate designs
and clasps to fasten. 1t is to be
worn at the top of the gown collar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
RATE WAR
Prosecution May Extend to Prest-
dent Finley of Southern.

Asheville, N. C.-Indictments
were issued against the. Southern
Railway ticket agents at Marion and
Old Fort for. violating the passenger
rate law, and the agents were ar
rested and placed in the custody of
the Sheriff. This is only the begin.
ming of a renewal of hostilities be-
tween the State and the Federal
courts and the Southern Railway re-
sulting from Governor Glenn's re.
fusal to agree to the proposal Of AS
sistant Attorney General Sanford.
The indictments brought at Ma
rion were expected, as Judge Igor
had instructed the jury there to pro.
coed against the Southern Railway.
Judge Lyon acted on the policy and
Instructions of Governor Glenn tG
all Superior Court Judges of the
State.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
Ho6fs In Match,

Colored boots matching the color
Of the belt are much worm with
Summer gowns. Mordova shades are
IN great favor, also royal blue.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
Tomato Prices High.

Gloucester County IN. J.) farmers
says that though the crops Of toma-
toes are small, the prices will make
the seasons profit about the same as
last rel
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
No Unwritten Law in OkIahom.

No Unwritten Law in Oklahoma.
William R. Rhea, who shot and
killed A. C. Newell at Ell. Reno, Okla,
March II, was found guilty Of man
slaughter in the first degree. Rhea
pleaded the unwritten law, being
charged with murder, and the jury
was out three hours.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
Alternate Rows of Ribbon.

Trimming Of alternate rows Of rib
bon and Lace insertion are seen on
Some Of the lats summer silk models.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
Americans Approve French Plan.

General Davis said at The Hague
peace conference that the United
States approved OF the French Elan
for regulating the question Of neu-
trality.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
Mrs. Leslie Convicted.

Mrs. Leslie was sentenced n Lon
don to five years at hard labor Tor
trying to defraud by the use Ut }.
Pierpont Morgan'S name
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
of Corn.

Corn has made good progress, the
high temperature ac~celerating ma
turity, and the movement abroad IS
about double that of tine rate a year
ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
KNOXVILLE PAsTORDRoPs DEAD
''It May BE the Last Time 1 Will
Sneak to You" He Began.

Knoxville, Tenn.-The Rev. w. f.
Smith was stricken with apople:xy in
his pulpit at the Presbyterian Church
at Madisonville. He was dwelling On
the uncertainties of life in his sermon
and had Just uttered these words: 1t
may be the last time l will ever speak
to you" when he began to totter.
Friends rushed to the pulpit n
caught him. He died later.
He was sixty-fve years old and a
past Grand Master of the Masonic
Grand Lodge in Tennessee.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
Makes Seventy Miles an Hour.

An electric locomotive Of the type
that the Pennsylvania Railroad has
under consideration for use in its
tunnels made seventy miles IN hour
in q nubliC test.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
Japs Forget American Question.

Viscount Hayashi in an interview
at Seoul said that the Korean crisis
had served to make the Japanese for
get the American question.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
Eddy Case Begun,

3" The first hearing to determine the
competency of Mrs. Mary Baker G
Eddy was held at Concord, N. H.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21

Mistrial in Bribery Case.
The jury trying Louis Glass for al
legged bribery in San Francisco dis
agreed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21
Buildings Protected From Shells.

A signal to protect buildings in a
town during bombardment was adopt
ed by a committee at The Hague
peace conference.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21

Raleigh, N. C.-Governor Glenn st
midnight announced that he had in.
structed Solicitor Spainhour to indict
the high officials of the Southern
Railway and not the agents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21

cuffs.
The quantity Of material required
for the medium size is three and
three-quarter yards twenty-seven,
three and onc-hslf yards ~thirty-two,
or two and oue-eighth yards forty
four inches wide, with two and one
quarter yards Of pleating.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-21

y Scene: A West End picture gal
berry. Gerald Markham, a young man
|of thirty, is walking about in an aim
less way, engaged in the bewildering
Occupation of trying to forget. On
the previous evening he had made a
proposal of marriage to Dorothy
|Wargrave, and had been politely re-
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-06-03
TAKING WATER FROM
THE HONDO RESERVOIR.

The attention of The Record has
been called to the fact that the FL
Paso and Southwestern Railway Com
pany have decided to divert the Rio
Bonito river to the west and pipe the
greater part of its water to the town
of Carrizozo, for the S of the en-
gines of that line, h remainder of
the water to flow into the Rio Grande.
The cost of this work will be about
one and a half millions of dollars.
At the present time the waters of
this stream flow into the Pecos river
and are used for irrigation purposes
up and down the valley. The flood
waters are diverted into the HOndo
reservoir. There seems to be a nice
question of law involved. Can the
waters being used in the Pecos valley
for i~rrigating purposes be diverted
by a corporation for use over the
mountains to the west of us?
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-06-03
ArteSian Well Meeting.

From Deming Graphic.
A meeting of our citizens was held
at Oark's opera house last Saturday
night, the assemblage living been call
ed to order for the purpose of receiv-
ing the report of the artesian well
committee, which was brought about
by the fact that the artesian we'll had
reached the contracted depth of 1900
feet.
A fair number of our citizens
present at the meeting which was call
ed to order by electi1g Mr.. R. c. Ely
chairman. DR.. Swope, in benalf of the
committee, stated that the contract
for sinking the we'll 1900 feet had
been fully complied with, and that the
amount of money subscribed by the
town had been collected n turned
in for its purpose.
The we'll has reached a depth OF
1900 without arteSian water having
been found, and the sense of h e
ing was that a conference be held be
tween the committee and Mr.. Burdick
after which another meeting would be
called. At his meeting it will be de-
cfded what further plans will be taken
in regard to the artesian well matter.