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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-12
Farm Help.

The unsurpassed prosperity in all
lines of business now enjoyed by our
people, while it has put money into
the farmers pocket and given him
high recognition in commercial life,
has at the same time deprived him
in a great measure of his farm help.
Opportunities for steady and ap-
parently attractive employment in the
cities have sadly depleted the SIP
ply of farm laborers and helpers.
Were it not for the convenience OF
modern farm machinery, tillers of
the soil would have rather a sorry
time Of it. But machinery can't do
everything that human hands can.
It has often occurred tos us that
the thousands Of immigrants from
foreign countries, instead of being
huddled together in the sitting and
crime breeding slums of the large cit
les, might be induced to take up their
life in the country, and thus become
a help to the farmers who so badly
need it. Of course, there would have
to be a period of breaking in with
such green hands, but we believe that
if these foreigners could be lead to
take up agricultural labor it would
be better for the American farmers,
and still better for the immigrants
themselves. Agriculture and country
life would develop higher class citi-
zens from the great masses of aliens
which pour into our country every
year.
In the meantime the pendulum Is
slowly swinging toward the other
end Of the arc. Sentiment is grow
ing in favor of farm life. In the fut-
ure our boys and girls will see the
wisdom of remaining on the farm,
and the folly of going to the city to
live, and in the course Of time the
problem will solve itself, with or
without the aid of the foreigner.-:
Indiana Farmer.
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WOMANS ACTIVITY IN THE DAYS. NEWS
GIRL TEACHER INDICATED
FOR ADJUSTING CARRIERS
Says Charges Are Result of "Spite
Work. by Jealous
Women.

Cleveland, fOhio.-Charged with
adjusting her. g~arters in the pres
ence of the pupils, Miss Pearl Gray,
principal and teaching staff combined
of the public school in Chardon, was
triumphant in a trial before the
Board Of Education of the pretty lit
tie suburb. The trial was marked
by much display of bitterness on the
part of a score Of women. They eX-
pressed their .disapproval Of the YER
dict in direct and forceful terus, and
n indignant matron was applauded
when she exclaimed: "It just goes
to show what a woman who's said
to be pretty can do with a trial board
composed entirely Of e I'd like
to have been on that board"
Miss Gray took her victory quiet
ly. She said 1t was only what she
had expected, and intimated, that The
charges were the result of Spite
work." and she further expressed the
opinion that there "are a lot of jeal-
Gus women cats in Chardon." Asked
for an explanation, Miss Gray said
she could talk II she wanted to, but
the fact was she didn't. The sig
~nifcance Of her statement, however,
may lie in the fact that Miss Gray
is conceded by one-half Of the 2opu-
lation of Chardon, at least, to be the
prettiest young woman in the town.
There were six charges in all
against the young teacher. First, OF
course, came the allegation that she
frequently raised her skirts a few
inches in adjusting her garters. Then,
in turn, were read the separate
counts, that she often immodestly ar
ranged her skirts in the. presence of
the pupils; that she was in the habit
of sitting with her feet on her desk
while she read novels; that she used
improper language; that as janitor OF
the school, in addition to principal
and teaching staff, she burdened the
taxpayers by burning too much coal.
Five children, ranging from seven
to thirteen years of age, were called,
as witnesses, but they proved Of no
avail, because they recited their testi-
mony as If they were recitinS a IA
miliar lesson to Miss Gray.
Miss Gray was easy n smiling
on the stand. She moved the wit
ness chair until her back YVES turned
to the hostile female contingent, and
then she beamed her prettiest upon
her judges. These venerable guar
dams of Chardon's moral status con-
tinued to face the fair witness in
dignifed sternness, but it was assert
ed by more than one Of the agrees
sive matrons that the judges relaxed
in sympathetic smiles and ven mods
of approval to the teacher.
1t took the board just fifteen min.
utes to absolve Miss Gray from all
suspicion. She bowed her thanks to
each member of the board, and then,
In all the radiance of her early sum
mer attire, she swept past the wrath
full women, without deigninS to give
them a look.
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MR.. G. B. FIzER. Mt. Sterling, Ky.
"IhaVs suffered Nth kidney an
bladder trouble for ten gears PAST.
Last March [ commenced using Feruna
and continued for three months. l have
not used it since, nor have ! felt q pam.
II believe that I am we'll and l there
fore give my highest commentator to the
curative qualities of Peruna."
Pe.ru-na For Kidney Trouble.
Mrs. Geo. II. Simser, Grant, Ontario,
Can, writes:
II had not been well for about four
wears. Ihad kidney trouble, and, tn
jaot. felt badly nearly all the time.
This summer I got so very bad l
thought I would try Peruna, SO I wrote
to you and began at once to take Peruna
and Manalin. :,
II took only two bottles of Peruna and
one of Manalin, and now l feel better than
] have for some time. 3,
Il feel that Peruna and Manalin cured
me and made a different woman Of me al
together. I bless the day l picked up the
little book and read of your Peruna.
It Is the business of the Etdneys 70
remove from the blood all poisonous
materials. They must be active all the
time, else the system suffers. There are
times when they need a little assistance;
Peruna is exactly this sort OF q remedy.
It has saved many people from disaster BY
rendering the kidneys service at o time
when they were not able to bear their own
burdens.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE WIVES
MAKE GOOD DEPUTY SHERIPRS
State Finds Them Successful in Pro-
tecting Children and Animals
From Cruelty.

Nashua, N. H.-The unique expert
ment of the State of New Hampshire
to induce better enforcement of the
laws regarding cruelty to children
and animals by appointing two wom-
en- as deputy sherifs seems to have
fully demonstrated its success by the
reports made by Mrs. Jennie P. Pow
ers, of Keene, and Mrs. M. Jennie
Kendall, Of Nashua, and will lead, it
Is believed, to several other such ap-
pointments.
The work Of both women Is con-
fined almost wholly to, the enforce
ment of laws protecting children and
animals from cruelty. Mrs. Powers
has Cheshire County under her juris-
dict1on, while Mrs. Kendall Is re-
sponsible for Hillsboro County. The
former devotes her time exclusively
to the work Of prosecuting wrong
doors, while Mrs. Kendall's time is
only partially taken up by the work,
her home demanding the rest of her
time. ,t
Armed with a Gamers and a re-
volver Of. heavy calibre, and thor
oughly versed in the law covering
her powers and duties, Mrs. Powers
has gone fearlessly about her work,
and in the last year has made sig
teen arrests, killed f~orty-one horses
and caused numerous prosecutions.
Using her camera to. obtain 1ndis-
putable evidence, she notifies wrong
doors of the Law and their duty. Fail
ure to kill a MANNED animal or a
continuance of cruel treatment is fol-
lowed at once by arrest and prosecu-
ton, Mrs. Powers personally assum-
ing the responsibility OF putting the
animal out Of the way or obtaining
relief.
Mrs. Kendall has confined most of
her activities to Nashua and the I'M
mediate vicinity, where she has
caused many arrests for cruelty to
children and animals, followed by
prosecution in the courts, and has
had many animals killed.
II often find it necessary to make
arrests" said Mrs. Powers, land have
locked up many offenders, including
a number of men. I have a team
and a driver and thus far have not
met with any resistance when arrest
ing a person. I usually inform a man
or woman that I have been author
lied to make the arrest, at the same
time emphasizing the fact that any
resistance will involve a greater pen
atty. AS a rule this has been suh-
Gent"
Both deputies are constantly seek
Pig new mean of bettering condi-
lions for which they are responsible.
They visited Lowell last week to in.
spect a new gas system for the pain
less killing of animals, a method they
purpose to introduce into New Hamp-
shire, and at the same time consulted
a Massachusetts, veterinary with a
view of having him visit New Hamp-
shire and give lectures.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-12
Needle. Machine.

A machine which threads 1000
needles a minute is at work in a
Swiss factory. The purpose of the
machine Is to thread needles that are
placed afterward in a loom for max
ing lace. The device is almost en-
tirely automatic. 1t takes the needle,
carries it along, threads it, ties the
knot, cutA the thread off a uniform
length, theh carries the needle across
an open space and places it in a rack.
The work Of threading these needles
was formerly done by hand.-Phila-
dclphia Ledger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-12
Because Registrar Erred Girl Is
Legally a boy" and Can't Wed

Paris, France.-Because she IS
legally a boy, owing to a mistake
made years ago., Mile. Deschamps, OF
Normandy, cannot be welded to the
man of her choice until a lot OF red
tape has been Strengthened out.
The wedding was just about to be
solemnized, when the local registrar
went to the house Of the bride-to-be
and declared that inasmuch as she
was down on his books as a boy, she
could not be married to a man. All
sorts of proof vas offered him, but he
was inexorable, and the wedding was
put of.
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About Noted People.

A monument to Levassor, of au-
tomobile fame, is being erected at the
Porte Maillot entrance of the Bots
de Boulogne, Paris.
John P. Poe, of the famous football
family, Of Baltimore, formerly half
back at Princeton, was a captain in
the Honduran army in the war with
Nicaragua.
W. S. Gilbert is not concerned in
the English prohibition of The Mi
kado" in Difference to the Japanese
visitors. He Jays that Mrs. D'Oyly
Carte has the sole right Of production
Tor three years more.
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Woman Justice Cuts "Obey"
and Substitutes "Agree.'

Chicago.-Mrs. Catherine W. Nc
Culluch, the only woman justice of
the peace in this State and also Judge,
has decided to leave out the word
"obey" in performing marriage cere-
monies.
THAT is a word that has outlived
its usefulness" said she. mo man
or woman expects the person he or
she is going to marry to keep such
a promise. I believe that instead of
the word obey I will use the word
agree That's the one thing that
brides and brtdegrooms should de-
eide to do. If they always strive to
agree there will be no need Of obey
ing"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-12
Hospitals and Doctors Could Not Re-
Ieve. Disease-Cuticura Remedies
q Speedy, Permanent Cure.

Eczema appeared when our baby was
three months old. We applied to several
doctors and hospitals, each of which gave
US something different every time, but moth
ing brought relief. At last, n of our
friends recommended to US Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment. A few days after
wards improvement could be noted. Since
then we have used nothing but Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment, and now the
baby is six months old and is quite cured.
All that we used was one cake of Cutieura
Soap and two boxes Cuticura Ointment,
costing in all SIPS. C. F. Kara, 343 East
18th Street, New York, March 80, 1906"
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CHICAGO TO BE WIDE OPEN.
Mayor Says It's Not the City's Bust
ness to Look After Adults.

Chicago.-Mayor Busse to a dele
cation of "reformers" declared that
anything he or the police force could
do to protect boys and girls would be
done, but no attempt would be made
to exercise a protectorate over adults.
If, said the Mayor, adults did not
nave ems enough to take care Of
themselves, it was not the business
Of the city to try to do it for them.
He said he would not close up the
led light districts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-12
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

neutrality-suspicious. as theycannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only one
wayt to cure deafness, and that Is by constr
mfamed condition, Of the mucous lining Of
She Eustachian Tube. When this tubeis in
aamedyou have a rumbling sound o. imper-
feet hearing, and when it Is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, andunfess the ihdam.
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to it's normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out Of ten
are caused bycatarrh, which is nothingbutan
infamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case ofDeafness Caused bycatarrh)that can
not be curedby Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars free: FL. CHENEY & Co., Toledo,O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-12
Damage No Bar to Business.

Financiers, mercantile men and the
of business enterprises
generally are going ahead with their
plans, sure that whatever percentage
of failure Is shown on the net ulti-
mate returns the farmers naturally
will be reimbursed by the Increased
prices they will receive for their pro-
duce. This being the case, it is fig
ured the regular lines of business will
thrive much the same as during the
last few years.
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Wheat.Mad in New York.

New York City.-New York brok:
ers went wheat mad. The increase
in prices was the greatest in the his.
tory of the local pit except when a
corner has been executed. When the
public began to climb into the mar
ket the professional traders lost their
nerve and wild scenes were enacted
on the floor Of the usually placid Pro-
duce Exchange
A good deal Of amusement was
caused by the announcement that
James Patton, the big bull operator
had announced that he will not shayes
again until wheat is $3.50 a bushel
and cotton fourteen cents a pound.
Some of the brokers bet on the length
of the beard Mr.. Patton will grow.
Theodore H. Price, who several
weeks, ago predicted the big adj
vance in cotton, when told of Mr.. Pat
tons bet, said: i
my personal opinion is that Mr..
Patton will not have to wait very
long before he can take a good clean.
shave,
The big rise in cotton and wheat
has killed public interest In the stock
market. Stock Exchange houses are
not earning Office rent and clerk hire.
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Religion in China.

There is a religious side to the re-
generation of China, and this Kang
Yu Wei, the former Prime Minister
and present reform leader, has ear
nec.ly at heart. A profound student
Of Oriental religions, who has read
the 1000 books of the Buddhists, he
d also a close student of Christianity.
Rang Yu Wei strongly believes in a
religious revival in China, but it is
not a part of his political program
to seek to influence or direct it.
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S2S, 900 BURNED WITH A STAGE.
Catches Fire in Death Valley From
Drivers Cigar.

Los Angeles, Gala story has
reached here of the accidental burn
ing of a stage coach in Death Valley,
neal Ash Meadows, in which $4,000
in bank bills and $4,000 in regis
tered mail were consumed. The stage
is supposed to have caught fire from
a cigar which the driver, Ed Love,
was smoking.
The money was consigned to the
Greenwater Bank.
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WHEAT ABOVE A DOLLAR,
/. PITS IN A'fRENzY
Traders. Try to Stem Rush, But
Are Overwhelmed.
The WHOLE COUNTRY IS BUYING
No Corner, and Farmers and Public
Are MISUNDERSTANDING For.
gotten-No Such Excitement
Since Letter Collapse.

Chicago.-In the most sensational
opening in the history Of the Chicago
Board of Trade, wheat shot past the
dollar mark. Heavy realizing sales
pushed the price backward somewhat
but at the close the market was
strong and, according to the. majority
Of the spectators on the board, the.
demand upon, which the late advance
has been made still is unsatisied
It was a certainty that a strong
bulge would take place in the wheat
market at the opening. Country or.
iers had poured in, seemingly In an
endless stream, and in obedience to-
them brokers stood ready to buy mil-
lions of bushels at the market price.
Shorts were in a highly nervous con-
1ition and were ready to cover. The
result was that as soon as the gong
sounded there was a terrific roar OF
voices, all eager to buy and nobody
offering to sell. The trade WAS too
big and too broad to be followed with
any certainty, and brokers filled or;
ders frequently several cents away
from the point at which they had
hoped to buy. 3
The confusion was SO great that for
a few minutes little actual business
was transacted, the brokers lighting
and struggling in efforts to get hold
of wheat from anybody or at aiy
price. l@
Every market in the world. from
the banks Of the Danube 70 Budapest
and from there to Hamburg. to Ber-
lin, to Paris and to London, tegantto
report higher prices for wheat long
before Chicago and New York mar
kets were opened. The more tWester.
~ the grain markets the more sensa-s
tional was the rise that followers
The rush Of buying orders seemed
to come from almost every townfftn
the United States which was situated
along a telegraph wire. Orders came
from Winnipeg, from Louisiana and
from points on the Pacific and Attain;
tic seaboards. The public: have gone
crazy over buying wheat. Country
men came into town on the early
trains and were:t to be seen around the,
board with their travelling bags, be-
ing afraid that prices would get too
high before they had bought any
wheat The galleries we1e filed
with excited lockers on. Traders lost
their collars in the first Eve minutes
Of business and shouted themselves
hoarse in their efforts to execute or
ders. Brokers laughed at the com.
mission houses when offered orders.
There have been no such scenes since.
the Letter failure On June -13, 1893.
a month ago, September wheat
was eighty-four. Estimated on the
last official report of 3,387,400,000
bushels, the worlds wheat crop has
risen in value $454,720.750 In one
month.
Millers have wtthdrawntheir prices
on -four and telegraphed then sales
men to keep away from their trade
as they do not care to selltwhile the
wheat market is so uncertain.
One of the curious things was the
strength shown, by the other grains.
Corn went up conspicuously, while
barley made a jump of two cents and
touched the highest mark OF the last
twenty years.
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From Woman's View Point.

Chicago has a woman justice of
the peace, and in the marriage service
she cuts out the word "obey."
Miss Susie Cole Winburn was Sc
lected to christen the City of Savan-
nah, a new vessel, built for the Ocean
Steamship Company at Chester, Pa.
Henry Fleishman and Annie Bauer,
lovers, parted five years ago in Hun
gary, met in New York City and mar
ried ten minutes after their reunion.
Miss Maud Roosevelt, a cousin of
the President, has just Joined the mu-
nicipal opera at Elberfeld, with a
view to finishing her operate educa-
ton.
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To cure the craving for tobacco a
time-lock for tobacco boxes has been
invented. The lock Is set for a GER
tain time and refuses to open until
the right moment. The cure Is eff
fected by gradually extending the in
tervals of abstinence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-12

For several years phosphorus as a
remedial agent has been growing in
favor. 1t enters into the composition
Of almost all preparations designed
to supply excessive waste Of body It's
sue. Medical knowledge is necessary
to insure proper dosage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-06-12
English People Delighted.

London.-King Edward and the
royal family have shown the pro-
foundest delight in the news OF the
birth of the Spanish heir. The popu-
larity of the young Queen Victoria IN
Great Britain has made the English
people await the announcement with
the utmost anxiety.
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Baseball BrevitieS.

Lajoie has played in three leagues
New England, National and Amer"
lean.
Hugh Jennings, of Detroit, intends
to do all the third base coaching OF
his aggregation.
1t looks as if Joe Yeager will be a
fixture at second base for the st.
Louis Americans.
Tie Louisville Club has at last
signed Orville Woodruff and has
trader outfelder Dan Kerwin to Kan
sas City in exchange for pitcher Dur
ham and catcher. QllQn.
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Insurance Companies Leave Texas.s

Insurance Companies Leave Texas.e
All of the big life insurance COM
panies have decided to leave Texas
at once and not to seek any further
business in that State. Offices will
be abandoned, agents dismissed and
all policy-holding residents of Texas
directed to transmit their premiums
to the headquarters of the companies
in which they are insured.
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Plot to Kill the Gar.

A terrorist plot to kill the Rus
sian Emperor was discovered through
the confession of a soldier of one OF
the guard regiments at Tsarskoe
Selo, who said that he had accepted a
large sum of money from the conspir-
atorS.
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'Frisco's Holocaust Of Horses.

Into the foundations of the new
San Francisco is going the life blood
of $1,000 superb horses, declares K.
M. Steele, in Harper's Weekly. De-
liberately 5000 draught horses are
being worked to death.
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with my back and
kidneys. I doctored
and used many rem
edies h get.
relief. Beginning
with Doan's Kidney
Pills, I found relief
from the first box,
and two boxes re-
stored me to good,
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Statistics of Wheat Supply
in Comparison With 1905.

Visible supply Of wheat
in the United States
and Canada. l02,3S4,000
Visible supply May IL,
1906 ..... ........ S~b,S1Z,oUo,
Total Government esti-
mate of winter wheat
for 1907 ..........36o,233,
Winter wheat crop, 1906.453,233,O00
Estimated worlds re-
quirements for the
veal 1907, by Brom-
hall, is 100000
bushels weekly, or 525,200,ooo
Estimated crop Of 1907
in the United States. ..55O,O00,0OO
Liverpool stock Of wheat 3,696,Oo0
At same date last year,. 3,77O,oo0
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Reichstag Passes Tariff Agreement.
The Reichstag, at Berlin. without
further discussion, passed the third
reading Of the commercial modus vi
vandi between the United States and
Germany.
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sound condition. My wife and many
of my friends have used Doan's Kid
ney Pills with good results and I can
earnestly recommend them"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Drowned in Vat Of Whisky.

IN vat OF WHISKY.
William Kenney, an employe of the
Walker Distillery, VAUDEVILLE, Ont,
just across the Detroit River from
Detroit, was drowned in a vat Of
whisky mash. Kenney fell into the
fermenting vat and his body vas dis
covered there.