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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
A NOBLE GIFT.
Fifteen Thousand Dollars Given fol
an Infirmary.

Mrs. Ann H. Jeter of Union has
given $4,000 for the erection OF an
infrmary at the South Carolina Uni
versity in memory of her nephew, A.
Wallace Thompson, who was a devot-
ed alumnus of the institution. The
announcement was made recently
and the donation vas accepted very
gratefully by the trustees.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
COTTON BURNED.
Big Loss Caused by Flames Aboard
Steamer at Havre.

Six hundred bales of cotton on
board the British steamer Madawas.
ka, which arrived at Havre, France.
Thursday from Galveston, were de-
stroyed by fire Thursday night. The
loss is $4,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
PEOPLE DROWNED.
In Spain BY Rains Which Lasted for
Many Months.

Eighty eight persons have been
drowned in Spain and the entire NAL
aga district Is inundated Is a result
of %torrential rains, prevailing for As
hours. The lowlands are covered
with water to the depth of several
feet. There is much suffering and
the military is distributing food to
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
SUICIDE FOLLOWS CONFESSION.
Aged ulinoisan Kills Himself by Eat
ing Paris Green.

Cyrus Baldwin, eighty-five years
of age, one Of the wealthiest residents
Of Kane county, ILL.,, killed himself by
eating paris green after he confessed
he had murdered his wife by smash
ing her skull with a hammer.
Mrs. Baldwin was found dead and
was believed to have been murdered
nv her husband.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
\ TO WIPE OUT DEBT.
Major FAINT Gives Ten Thousand Dol
lars to His Church.

Major J. X. FAINT, Of Union, who
died last week, gave the First Babtist
Church of that city, $4,000 to pay
off a debt on it. He was a very rich
man, and prominent in business af-
fairs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
LUSITANIA AT LIVERPOOL.
Covers Ocean in Five Days, Four
Hours, Nineteen Minutes.

The steamer Lusitaia has arrived
In Liverpool. Her time across the
Atlantic was little more than FIVE
days, With an Average Of % knots.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-10-17

level with the average clergyman.
whose labors for the kingdom of God
must. be cireumscribed by thoughts of
the goodwill of the trustees, He
shares with the clergyman, too, the
uncertainty of valuation which his
critics, official and otherwise, may
place upon his trustees, of the parents,
yes, and of the children, form the
usual STANDARD of estimate. The only
thing for the teacher to do under the
circumstances is to be guided by the
light of tie best professional exper-
fence, and to cultivate tact in his deal
ings with everybody. This adds to
the list of out-of-school duties the read
ing of professional periodicals and
books. as well as visits to other schools.
conferences with other teachers, par
tieipition in educational meetings.
Ossian Hang in Forum.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-10-17
CITIES GOVERN ADVERTISING.
Biilboards and Outdoor Displays Pub
lie Property in Argentine.

Biilboards and Outdoor Displays Pub
lie Property in Argentine.
Replying to a letter from a Penn
sylvania civic association relative to
forms and the regulations governing
outdoor advertising in Argentina, Con
sui General A. G. Snyder writes from
BuAnos Ayres:
Outdoor advertising in this city is
regulated by the municipality as to
morality, etc, and advertisements can
not be placed anywhere within the
city limits without the consent and au-
thoriZation of the city authorities.
Billboard advertising is handled ex-
clusively by the municipality, which
puts up the boards and rents the space
A tax is imposed upon every kind and
variety of advertising, whether in
street cars, railway stations theaters,
bars, restaurants, walls of houses,
carts or any building which is open to
the public. The tax on wall advertise
ments, theater curtains, etc, is S. Ar
gentine paper (2.13 American curren-
Cyl per meter 1887 inches) per year.
Taxes on other kinds of advertise
ments vary from SIS to SIS per meter,
according to class, size, etc, as set
forth by the Ordenanza General de I'm
puestos, which can be obtained from
the municipality.
THE revenue derived by Buenos
Ayres from advertisements amounts to
about s25O,O00 Argentine paper Q06,.
250 American currency per year. Up
to the present time there is no provl-
sion for city announcements in con
necticn with any permitted advertis-
ing structures Electrical advertising.
embracing large electrical signs, etc,
is as yet in its infancy in this city, and
no rules for regulating the same have
been adopted"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-10-17
EXHAUSTIVE WORK OF TEACH
INC

Teaching is exhaustive work The
comparison with thhe actor is apropos,
only we have TO think of an actor with
a repertoire of about two hundred
plays, which are constantly being re-
adjusted and improved. Thoughtful
people and those who have tried their
hand at amateur theatricals know full
well that the stage appearance is not
the sum total Of the actors work,
though It is the most trying ordeal Of
the day. The teacher has his daily
preparation TO make, he must take
stock Of each days results, he must
by reflection and visits improve bis
understanding OF his individual pupils.
he must rest to replenish his stores
Of vitality. and must do many things
besides 10 keep himself efficient, not
to speak of chores imposed by the less
exalted considerations Of keeping solid
with the people that control the job.
The latter point is by no means
minor one. 1t places the teacher on
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-10-17
FEMINlNlTY OF THEATER AUDI
ENCE

Victer Hugo, in his preface to Ruy
Bias, divides the theater audience into
three classes-the thinkers, who de-
mand characterization the women,
who demand passion; and the mob,
who demand action-and insists that
every great play must appeal to all
three classes at once. Certainly Ruy
Bias itself fulfills this desideratum, and
is great in the breath of its appeal.
Yet although all three of the necessary
elements appear in the play, it has
more action than passion and more
passion than characterization. Ano
this fact leads us to the statement,
omitted by Victor Hugo from his pre-
face. that the mob is more important
than the women and the women more
important than the thinkers, in the
average theater audience. Indeed,
deeper consideration of the subject
almost leads us to discard the thinkers
as a psychologist force and to obliter-
ate the distinction between the women
and the mob, 1t is to an unthinking
and over-feminine mob that the dra.
matist must first of all appeal; and
this leads us to believe that action
with passion for it's motive is the
prime essential for a play.
For, nowadays at least, it is most
essential that the drama should appeal
to mob, of women. Practically
speaking our matinee audiences are
composed entirely of women, and our
evening audiences are composed chiefly
OF women and men that they slave
brought with them. Very few men
go to the theater unattached: and
these few are not important enough
from the theoretic standpoint, to alter
the psychologist aspect of the audience.
The influence of this fact upon the
dramatist is very potent First of all.
as | have said, It for es him to deal
chiefly in action with passion for it's
motive. And ,nis necessity accounts
for the preponderanc of female char.
acters over male in the large majority
OF the greatest modern plays. Notice
Nora Helmer, Mrs. Alving, Hidda Cab
Ter, Hilda Wanggel; notice Magda and
Camille; notice Mrs. Tanqueray, Mrs.
Ebbsmith, Iris, and Letty-to cite on.
ly few examples.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-10-17
FELT ROPE
AROUND NECK;
CRAVED DEATH

Decatur, H., Oct, 1.-THE taking
of testimony in the Magill murder
case was begun yesterday Wesley
David, tenant on Magill's farm, testi-
fled that he heard Magill say that
he felt a rope around his neck and
wanted to die He also testified that
Magill read letters alleged to have
been written by Mrs. Pet Magill
Mrs. David testified that she had
asked Magill as to when his wife
had retired the night before her
death and on being told IL o'clock,
remarked that she must have been
kept busy writing letters from then
until she had killed herself. Ma
gills response was that some of the
letters were written long
fore his wife had killed herself.
Mrs. Maud Taylor of Chicago de-
,scribed a visit paid to her last July
by Fay Graham, now Mrs Magill.
The young woman talked freely of
the Clinton affair and said that
whether Pet Magin had lived or died
made no difference. because Fred had
determined to get a divorce from her,
In order to marry her Miss Nettie
Carey, who went to the Magill home
after the death of Mrs. Pet Magill, to
remain until after the funeral, testi-
fled that she and Fay Graham slept
together and that Fred Magill occu-
pied a bed on the floor in the same
room. She heard him say he haI
been watching Pet for six months to
prevent her committing suicide. DR..
Myers. principal witness of the state.
admitted on REORGANIZATION that
he had treated Mrs. Pet Magill for
heart disease and that person with
n weak heart would succumb to
chloroform with less struggle than a
healthy person.
He was familiar with Pet Magill's
hand writing and believed the note
pinned to her grown was genuine
and also the letter which Magill had
shown him.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-10-17

Jew peddlers, or upsetting anv old
trult dealer, whether man or woman.
and carrying off the fruit, while the
policeman is around the corner Edu-
cation in all these lines is free, and
mas the sanction, if not of approval
at least of me substantial acoui.
essence, of the authorities. Gangs Of
young men on wat they call lark"
may damage property and create a
public disturbance, including a battle
with the officers, yet be practically
immune from interference. Many driv
erS OF automobiles, to the peril of
then own lives and the lives of others.
ride roughshod over the law without
the slightest hesitation. In the mum
erous labor strikes, destruction of
property, violent assaults, and muir
ders have generally been treated as
almost legitimate incidents of the
strike, and weakened authorities
have hardly dared to do more than
merely beg of the strikers to refrain.
The violation of the laws against
carrying dangerous weapons almost
daily results in assaults and murders.
but there is yet hardly the beginning
of an attempt to enforce them. These
are only illustrations of many in
stances of many kinds in which regu-
larly and almost systematically the
laws for the public good are disre-
garded. defed, and despised. What
woner that, as the result of such an
education, we should now have a gen
GRAFTON in which lawlessness is like =
plague? We are merely reaping what
we have sown. Shall our long regime
of laxity of law continue to educate
the incoming masses of ignorant for.
eigners to think that American lib
erty means lawlessness? That is tho
lesson they have been learning, and
we are beginning to learn the result
The movement, which is yet barely
begun. to bring criminals, great and
small, to the bar of justice and under
obedience to law, must go on until in
every stratum of society men realize
chat they cannot triffe with law and
justice.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-10-17
HUNT MILLIONS
IN TRUST TRIAL
GIGANTIC LOANS BY STANDARD
OIL COMPANY NOT ACCOUNT
ED FOR.

New York, Oct. 1.-THE loans of
over $20,000,000, which the books OF
the Southern Pipe Line company
show were made to =. S. Trainor, be-
tween 1899 and 1905, became more
puzzing OF solution to Attorney KEEL
logg yesterday when Trainor, taking
the witness stand in the oil suit, tes-
tilted that the money had never been
paid to him, and that he had never
herd of the account. Trainor said
he was formerly crude oil purchasing
agent for the Standard Oil company
OF New York and as such purchased
all the oil and sold it to rehneries.
He said he acted in similar ca
pacity now for the STANDARD Oil com
pany OF New Jersey. Kellogg called
Trainor's attention to the various
loans, amounting TO over s20,0O0,000.
which were made by the Southern
Pipe Line and charged to P. S.
Trainor, and asked him to tell all he
knew concerning the loans, but he
said he never knew anything about
them.
Il had an oil account with the
Southern company. but no money &C
count" he said. and | never gave
them any vouchers and never heard
anything about the loans"
Trainor said he fixed the price of
crude oil after consulting with John
ID. Archbold, vice president Of the
Standard. These consultations wero
held, Tralnor said, and after they
were over, he made public the mar
ket price Of crude oil
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-10-17
CREATED SCANDAL IN STORE.
MagiII Paid Attentions to Second
Woman While Wife Lived.

Decatur. H., Oct 13.-The testi-
mony of a number of witnesses for
the prosecution was heard in the
trial Saturday of Fred MagiIl and
Faye Graham Magill. charged with
having caused the death of Magilfs
first wife Joseph Murdoch, a dry
goods merchant of Trenton, Illinois,
who employed Faye Graham in his
store a year before the death of Mrs.
Magill, testified that Fred Magill fire.
quently called at the store to see her
'Magill came SO often" said the
witness, that I had to request Faye
Graham not to have him come be-
cause it was creating a scandal for a
married man to cali so frequently on
an unmarried girl"
Murdoch testified that Faye Ora
ham maue purchases from time to
time in his store and had them
charged to Magiil, who always paid
the bills.
Morris March, proprietor of store
in Clinton, illinois, where Faye era
ham had been employed as cashier
before the death of Mrs Magill, tes-
titled that Magill frequently came to
the store and ate lunches with Faye
Graham.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-10-17
Cbe fruits Of raWlesSness

he delnge of crimes that has
spread over this country is the natur
al result of the long-continued tolera-
tlon OF laWlessness Again and again
thoughtful men have pointed out the
oisgrace and danger of permitting the
laws of almost every kind to be dis
regarded, and in many cases defied
An aroused public has recently start
ed on determined and successful
war against the criminal practices of
corrupt officials and law-breakins
corporations. This was the right
place to begin in order to demon
strate that the most powerful law
breakers are not above the law; but
the whole range of lawlessness among
people OF every grade needs to be re-
pressed with the same stern infiex-
IDLE Justice, until it becomes known
and fully understood by all men, high
and low, that in this country the
laws are made to be respected and
obeyed.
Violations of law in recent years
nave in great variety of matters be-
come aIpost the rule, instead of the
exception. Why should a newly ar
rived immigrant respect the laws.
when, as he looks around him, he
sees that many OF them at least are
systematically de6ed with impunity?
The first thing he sees in almost any
city he enters is that the laws for the
regulation of saloons ale a farce. He
quickly learns that sales of liquors on
sundays and to minors are illegal, but
that it is as easy to get served at a
saloon on Sunday as on any other
day, and that any appearance of obey
ing the law is only a pretense. He
learns, too, th.-t there are laws
against lotteries, raffles, and various
forms of gambling, but that they are
violated persistently and with prac
teal impunity. 1t may DE that, when
he gets to his church fair, he finds
that, in direct and open violation of
the law, rafting schemes of every
Kind are going on with great success
and probably some OF the officers of
the law are on hand and participating
in the offense So. the immigrant who
looks about him secs many other
laws frequently, If not constantly.
violated by people who are never pun.
ished for their offences. Perjury in
court is often so obvious that every
one, from the judge to the spectator,
feels certain that the witness is testl- |
flying falsely, yet even an attempt to
punish is so rare that few witnesses 1
who lack scruples On the subject are
at all deferred from classifying their
oath vi En- occasion arises. Even the
children quickly learn that there are
many ofenses against person and
property that they can indulge in
with practical certainty that they will
never be punished for them, either by
parents or officials They can steal |
everything that is portable for an
election bonfire. and expect no pun
ishment. or even inquiry to follow |
They NAV strip all the fruit trees Of |
their neighbors with the same i'm |
punity. even in good residence neigh |
borh0ods. In little rougher locality.
they may make pastime of stoning |
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-10-17

disability and the ill health OF Mrs
McMynn, June II, 1868.
Colonel McMynn was leading eda-
Gator of Wisconsin. From October /.
1864, he served his stats as superin-
tendent of public instruction. He died
in Madison, June 5, 1900. Colonel
Chaplin died not long after the war.
The 10th is one of the regiments
that hold, at this late day, annual re-
unions. The meeting for this year
was held at the village of Warrens,
Monroe county, September 20, the
44th anniversary of the battle of
Chlckamauga. twenty-five of the old
veterans were present, two of whom
mad suffered tortures in the prison at
Andersonville. They and others re.
lated their experiences at the camp
ire on the evening of the goth. The
next meeting will be held at Kill
bourn,
The widows of Colonels Chaplin
and McMynn are still living. They
take a lively interest in the re,
unions of the survivors of their nus
bands regiment, and attend their re.
unions when they can. Both were
present at Warrens this year. These
ladies SO much honor the memory of
their soldier husbands that they have
placed fine pictures of them in Me,
mortal hall in the capitol. Mrs. Nc
Mynn visited there on her way to the
late reunion of the regiment. She
takes a lively interest in everything
pertaining to it and the purpose for
which it was established. She snent
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-10-17
Reunion at KiIbourn.

The 18th Wisconsin regimental as
ISOLATION has held annual meetings
during the past twenty years. Also
the survivors of company E of that
regiment have for nearly as many
!ears met in annual reunion. The
company was raised at Delton, four
niles south of kilbourn. the men
composing it coming from the coun-
try included between the present
cities of kilbourn, Baraboo, Reeds
burg and Mansion.
The strong friendship that drew
The members of the company closely
together during the war has strength
ened as the years have passed, and
now, as they find their number grow
ing less every year, the relations be.
tween those who still live have come
to be very tender indeed.
This Company L association ad.
mits to its regular membership the
wives and children of the old COM
rades. and some of them are regular
attendants at the meetings. The last
reunion of the association was held
last Tuesday and Wednesday at Kill
bourn. Thirteen comrades of Com
pany e were present. Six of them
were accompanied by their wives
also, there We're five daughters and
two granddaughters, making 25 mem
bers in all. Five of the comrades had
Gled since the preceding meeting.
F1lty-six are still living. The reunion
was most enjoyable in every way.
The following is a list of the newly
elected officers:
President. Mrs. Arthur Coiman.
Reedsburg.
First vice president. Arthur Col
man, Reedsburg.
Second vice president, H. H. Dyer,
Portage.
Corresponding secretary and treas.
urer, H. w. Rood, Madison.
The next meeting will be held at
Reedsburg.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-10-17
ASSESSMENT BOARD FORMALLY
RENTS s45o,oo
WILL NOT DRAIN TREASURY
Estimated That Failure to Levy on
TaxEayers for General Expenses of
State Will Leave $35o.ooo in the
Golfers of the Commonwealth Jan.
I, 1909.
Madison, Oct. ii.

Madison, Oct, IA.
The taxpayers of the state of Wis
consin will not be required to con-
tribute TO the building of the new
capitol through direct taxation. At
least not this year. Governor David
son, Secretary of State Frear and
State Treasurer Dahl, sitting as a
state board Of assessment today.
formally decided to remit so much Of
the state tax as would equal that au-
thoriZed to be collected for the pur-
pose of building the capitol, being
$45O0O0. Because of the money now
on hand and the cash that will come
in during the year, it will be unneces-
sary to levy any general expense tax.
unless it be to pay the interest on
state debts, some $157,000. 1t is as.
sured that there will not be a dollar
collected to build the capitol or pay
the other large running expenses of
tie state as authorized by Legislative
appropriations.
The formal action taken by the
board is set forth in the following
ipreambles and resolution which was
adopted:
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-10-17

much time with her husband in camp
during the war, and so has an intelli-
gent understanding of army life. She
talks about army incidents like an
Odd soldier. She tells of one particu-
lar movement with which her hus-
band and his regiment were con-
nected that for some reason has been
neglected in history. Her good judg-
ment tells her that it was a matter
of no little Importance. At my re-
quest she has written brief account
of it. She was present with the regi-
ment at the time, and so writes from
personal knowledge of the hazardous
enterprise, Here is what she tells
about it:
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-10-17
Fair but FraiI

Lillian Russell has been gambling
on the race-track, and is now forced
to sell her art treasures in order to
pay her debts. This airy, fairy Lii
liam of old is Of an uncertain age.
and is neither a sprite nor is she
spirituelle But in her age still
reigns the spirit of youth, even if It
be of the midnight order and the
robin rebrdeast color.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-10-17
Mr.. Frear Explains,

"A word in explanation may be
added" said Mr.. Frear, in giving out
the result of the meeting Last
year, in addition to RENTING the
state taxes one-half OF the amount OF
THE school tax reaching $500, 900. 90
was paid out of the state treasury to
the different counties of the state.
based on the school population. A
substantial balance has been main.
tanned in the treasury owing to I'M
usual receipts which cannot be ex-
pected next year. At the last session
OF the legislature, largely increased
appropriations were made which to.
gether with the usual expenses of the
new capitol building will exceed the
state receipts.
1T Is estimated the balance in the
state treasury If a full tax levy was
made would be over $500 .000. 90 Jan.
], 1909. For this reason the direct
capiOo building tax Of $450,000.0O has
been RENTED and will be paid out of
the balance on hand No tax will be
levied for the s150,00O.00 authorized
to be paid from the state treasury for
building purposes in addition TO the
$450.0O0.00 The expenses also of the
charitable and penal institutions
to nearly $1,000, 900, in ad
dition to all expenses for running
The different departments of the state
Will be paid out OF the estimated in.
come received from the railways. in.
surance companies, and general fees.
without any direct tax being levied.
II Is estimated balance of over
$550000.00 will be on hand Jan. /.
1903. with which To meet the expenses
OF the new legislativeNsession. This
balance may be increased TO half
rillion dollars by that time. In max.
ing this estimate the commission has
set aside approximately $1,2OO. 10000
for new capitol construction durinf
the coming year"