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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-16
Laoes in FaCor Again.

A great deal Of handsome lace is 10
he worn again next spring. and Il Is
not ass umlng too much 10 say that
lingerie effects Will be in high favor for
summer. Yokes, guimpes and under
ir,lportant adjuncts 20 al frocks. simple
Inn portant adiuncts 10 all frocks, simple
or elaborate, and the ioeS u 2 happy
a. for ne woman who likes frequent
CHANCES to renew the freshness OF her
dress1s.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-16
Imported 6-piece
Water Set Special

A lot of Water Sets, in assorted
styles and decorations, at prices
usually asked for plain glass
CSC, Csc, 500 and $3.50 SET.
Were Sf.oo, si.25 to $500.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-16
After Dinner Coffee Cup
and Saucer Special

We have assembled on center ta-
bles an assorted collection of I'M
ported After-Dinner Cups and Sau-
GERS, of German and japanese ware,
in rieh patterns. which We offer at
35e each. Were SOC.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-16
Carpet Sweepers

OF known reliability. Sweepers that
afford service and satisfaction,
sweepers that, though not the cheap
est in price, are easily the mos: eco
nornical.
Bissell, National, Sterling,
500 to $500 each.
Repair parts supplied
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-30
JAPAN GETTING A
To Engage in War With the United
States.

when Japan gets on her feet fl
nancially, she will get after the Unit
ed States. This talk Of traditional
friendship is amusing in the Orient
This statement was made at Seat
tie by Captain Harry Strive, master
mariner, soldier, and former member
of the legislature, who has just re-
turned from the Orient. Captain
Stuve is now an English subject, hav-
ing made oath of allegiance after he
had been captured by the Japanese
during the Russo-Japanese war for
plotting a ship containing c~ontraband
and aid was refused him by Henry
Miller, United States consul general.
The British compelled Japan to re-
lease him. Captain Strive, who saw
all of the Russo-Japanese war as q
soldier of fortune, says that Japan is
now f%ortifying herself in the Orient
and is only awaiting financial
strength to declare her mastery OF
the Pacific. The United States gov
eminent has leased the dry dock
owned by the Russian government at
Vladivostock, says Captain StruVe'
and he expects the Japanese will not
be particularly pleased with this de-
velopment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-30
KILLED FOR HIS MONEY
The Victims Body Was Found Near
His Home.

Mr.. Luke Bradford was murdered
at Octagona, Marengo county, Ala
several days ago, and his body was
found almost entirely devoured by
birds of prey.
The report reached ThomasV1lle
Thursday afternoon by the nephew
of the dead man, Tom Bradford, who
states that a negro. while out pos
sum hunting, found a trunk near
Bradford's esidence, which had been
forcibly opened and riled. He went
to the Bradford home, and finding no
one there, reported to the neighbors
the finding Of the trunk which leo
to the investigation. ,
After a diligent search OF several
hours. the party found the badly mu-
tilated body Of Mr.. Bradford lying IN
gully about $50 yards from MS
house. 1t had evidently been dragg-
ed there in a blanket by the parties
committing the murder. The oooS
was identified. although the race was
hod,v mutilated, and one Of the arms
was entirely missing.
Mr.. Bradford was an aged pacne-
lor. a prominent farmer anu was
srnnosed to have a large amour OF
money at his home. 1t was uhd"up'.
edly for the purpose of robbery Ina'
the old man was killed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-30
new PLAN.
State Superintendent Would Have
State Board Pass on Teachers.
Too Much Politics, He Says, in the
Awards as Made at Present by the
County Boards.

County Boards.
State Superintendent of Education
Martin will ask the Legislature at
it's coming session to so change the
school law with regard to teachers
examinations throughout the State
as to have those eXaming papers
passed up by a member Of the State
board of education at Columbia in
stead of by the county boards Of
education.
BY this method Mr.. Martin hopes
to entirely divorce these examina-
lions from politics.
"You will readily see that it Is
practically impossible to keep these
examinations from politics." said Mr..
Martin. ITO keep this or that dis
trict solid for him in the coming
election it is a strong temptation to
a county superintendent to have him
self and his board favor the daughter
of the influential man Of that district.
We had no end Of trouble with our
scholarship examinations for the
State colleges until Ihad the law
changed in such a way as to have
the paper passed upon by the COL
lege faculties by numbers. Every
time there was IN examination this
office would be flooded with COM
plants Of partially and favoritism.
Gin order to raise money with
which to pay a member Of the coun-
ty board to pass upon these papers,
my idea is to have each applicant
for a teachers certificate charged a
fee of one dollar for the privilege
of standing the examination. This
would not only obviate the necessity
of making extra appropriation, but
would free these examinations from
a large number Of negroes, who
crowd upon every examination for
the purpose of practicing and in the
hope that they might strike an easy
examination some time that will af-
ford them the opportunity they seek
VI ScIIlu6 q Scl IuCdIC.
1T is to fit In with just such plans
as this that I am so insistent I be
consulted when the Governor makes
an appointment in the State board.
Do you suppose for n moment that
Ex-Governor J. C. Sheppard, whom
Gov. Ansel tried to get on the board
recently would be available for such
work as passing upon a tedious lot
of teachers examination papers for a
per diem of 81? I say nothing to
his discredit when I say I doubt when
he is competent to pass upon such
papers. 1t is not in his line to do
it.
ION the other hand, he probably
would not hesitate to pass upon the
claims of Mr.. Bailey's coeducational
institute over there in his territory
to be placed on the list of accredited
colleges of the State whose gradual
es are not required to stand teach
er's examination. He would probab-
ly argue that it's in Edgefield and
has a lot of fine buildings, and, of
course, it should go on the list. In
a short time the barrier would be
broken down entirely"
Mr.. Martin added in answer to a
question that at the end Of his pre-
sent term he intended to take a six
months trip abroad in order to round
out his education.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-30
WANTED A HUSBAND.
And Her Rig Son Answered the Adj
vertisement.

ALoOIhS1ts
All the fashionables in Burlington,
N. j., an old and ~aristocratic town,
are laughing at the reconire which
a matronly widow, who lives on Fed
eral street, there, forced upon her.
self.\
The widow, although well-known,
is best described by this personal"
which she placed in a Philadel >ia
newspaper.
"a lady Of mature age, but look
ing young and feeling so; a tall
blonde, imposing and graceful, and
at the same time well-to-do, desires
to marry. Address, -"
The lady, who is no older that she
feels, chose her affinity from the
writer's Of the many letters she re-
ceived. Quickly an interview was
arranged-she, wearing a bunch of
lillies-of-the-valley in her corsage,
was to wait at the Pennsylvania rail-
road station; he, with a red, red
rose in his coat lapel, was to arrive
on the 9.37 a. m. New York express
east bound Friday.
The widow, looking extremely
youthful and handsome, waited at
the station; the express stopped;
from a car dropped her stalwart son.
Hello, mother" he cried, "what
are you doing here?"
Next instant he saw the bunch OF
lilies-of-the-valley; she, the rose he
wore. She blushed far redder than
the rose and was seized with an op-
perfume fit of coughing, which could
not hide her confusion, however.
Il got-off to-to get a paper
stammered her son, who is about
% years old, a gay young fellow,
employed in Philadelphia.
He rushed to the newsstand grab
bed a paper, and scrambled aboard
the last coach as the express pulled
out. His mother tore the lilies from
her cossage, threw them on the plat
form and ground them beneath her
heel.
II will die a widow" she has since
said to intimate, "confdential". fe-
male friends.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-30
LONG AIR VOYAGE.
Experience of One Of the Men Who
.
Made It.

Experience of One OF the Men Who
Made It.
Prof. S. H. Clayton, who accom-
panied Oscar Erbsloeh in the German
balloon, Pommern, said that the voy-
age from st. Louis had taken exactly
forty hours, less five minutes, &C
cordfng to the time they had record
ed
f'vVe were over Philadelphia one
morning at SUNRISE" he said, "and
we stayed there at an altitude Of ten
thousand feet for about In hour. This
was the highest altitude reached by
us ON the trip. We kept moving
up and down owe tn, fty, al we
we're DESTROYS of finding an air cur
rent that would carry us northward.
Our ambition was to. reach New York
City, and we are very sorry we were
unable to realize. We had enough
provisions and sufficient gas to take a
further journey Of 500 or 600 miles.
1.-THE trip was exceedingly pleasant
in every way. There was no rain
throughout, and scarcel. .ny Cloudy
weather. The bright moonlight
nights were delightful.
"a funny incident occurred near
Easton, Pa. We were very uncer-
tain as to our whereabouts and want
ed to find out our exact position. So
we descended to about 500 feet from
the ground, and seeing a woman
standing in front Of a farm house,
shouted to her, asking what place 1t
was. The woman gave one startled
look into the air, and then with a
shrek rushed into the house and
slammed the door behind her. Even
the chickens and pigs on the farm
seemed to be excited over our COM
commotion in the barn yard. We
ing, and there appeared to be quite a
kept on for about two miles at the
same altitude, and then spied a far
mer, who in response to our inquir-
les, told us where we were. Then
we assembled to a higher altitude and
continued out voyage"
The balloon made a very graceful
landing at Bradley Park. Mr.. Erbs-
loeh and his companion, Henry H.
Clayton, said the were in excellent
shape. The balloon was absolutely
unchanged in any way. The ball
loonists said that they had had a fine
trip and figured that they had ira
veled 1,048 miles in 40 hours, or an
average of something over &c miles
hour for the entire distance.
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Totals -. ..s4,4s3.so 753,546.O
HON. JEFF DAVIS
President Roosevelt Pays Tribute to
the South's Chief.

In a speech at Vicksburg, Miss.
last week President Roosevelt said:
1T is, indeed, an honor for me to
be today the guest of Vicksburg and
of Mississippi, and I was. inexpress-
IDLY touched by the greeting over the
great arch of cotton bales which
said: Mississippi greets the Presi-
dent I should not be fit to be Presi-
dent at all if I did not with all my
might and main, with all my heart
and brain, seek to be in the full
sense the President of Mississippi,
the President of every state in the
Union, the city forever memorable of
the conflicts in which victor and van
quished alike showed such splendid
courage, such splendid fealty to the
light as it was given to each.
Even before the civil war Mis-
sissippi's sons had shown that they
knew how to fight. 1t was from
Vicksburg that a company of that
famous Mississippi regiment which
won the undying renown in the Mex
lean war, under the gallant leader
ship of it's colonel, who afterward
became the favorite son, not only Of
Mississippi, but of all the South, JET
ferson Davis, came.
"Think how fortunate we are as
a nation that it is possible for the
President Of the nation to come here
today to be conducted through your
national park by the surviving lieu
tenant-general of the Confederate
army, and to feel that every instance
of heroism recorded by the monu-
ments alike to the union and ronfed-
crate dead on that battlefield is a
subject: for just pride to every citi-
zen Of this nation, no matter where
he lives"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-30
BITTEN BY RATHER.
Letter Advising Dealer Of DANCES
Was Delayed in Mail.

The sending of a boxed rattle
snake to a Brooklyn dealer in birds.
reptiles and animals, and leaving to
the mail, which sometimes are tar
DIV, the conveyance of a letter telling
of the venomous character OF the
contents of the box, came near
sulting in the death Of Harry Hayie
in Brooklyn recently.
A large box was delivered to his
store A tag showed that 1t came
from Peter Jackson, Of Norwich, Fla.
Hoyle knew that Jackson was a deal
or in snakes, but it had never been
Hoyle's custom to have venomous
reptiles in his establishment, and he
thought those in the box were harm
less and proceeded to show them To
Prof. Jos. Edwards, of Philadelphia.
Opening Hoyle took hold of a large
bag. AS soon as he loosened the
string holding the top of the bag a.
brown head darted at him and the
fangs of the snake embedded them
seleys at the top of his index finger
Hoyle, after much difficulty, man
aged to get the snake back in the
bag. By that time his hand was bad
" swollen and he started for the
hospital . The hand was lanced and
cauterized
A letter from Jackson, who sen
the snakes, arrived at Hoyle's stord
an hour after he had been bitten, In
which was explained the contents Oh
the box Hoyle recovered
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-30
BALLOON RACING.
Eighty Hundred and Eighty Miles
Longest Distance Made.
The German Balloon Wins the Race
With the French, Balloon a Close
Gaoond

With the French, Balloon a Close
Second.
With the balloon racing record
broken, the second International cup
competition, which started from ST.
Louis on Monday of last week, end
ed Wednesday, October 90. with the
German balloon Pommerin winning
first prize for the longest flight.
The finish Of the race was soiclose,
however, that the French contestant,
"LIsle Of France" which descended
OF 1:10 o'clock Wednesday after
noon at Hubertsville, N. J., q few
miles from the Atlantic coast may
possibly be declared winner after
official measurements are completed.
The Pommern landed at 9 O'Clock
Wednesday forenoon at Asbury Park,
N. j., apparently a few miles further
from st. Louis han Hubertsville.
Another German balloon, the
Dusseldorf, stands third in the race.
American entries finished fourth,
fifth and eighth, while a third Ger
MAI balloon entered fell far short Of
the others. The Pommern was pilot
ed by Oscar Ebesloche, aided by H.
H. Clayton, while Alfred Leblanc and
Edgar W. Mix sailed the L'Isle of
France. "a
The unofficial estimated air line
fight of the Pommern is $50 miles
and that Of the L'Isle of France is
S75 miles. The Dusseldorf, third,
landed near Dover, Delaware, Is es-
timated to have covered 100 miles.
Only the proximity of the Atlantic
Ocean stopped the fight Of the Pom.
mern. The balloon could have re-
manned in the air many hours longer,
and probably would have added sev-
eIal hundred miles to her record but
for the expanse of water ahead.
While losing the distance record
and the cup, the French team sailing
.L'Isle OF France gained the worlds
record for duration of fight.
Starting from st. Louis at All p.
m. Central time,) they landed We'd
nesday at 40 p. m. eastern tme,)
making their time In the air forty
FIVE hours minus one minute.
The previous record was forty-one
hours and FIVE minutes, held by
Count De La Valux, Of France. Aside
from possession of the cup the Ger
mans won a acsh prize of $4,000
also, given by James Gordon Bennett.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-30
PART
BANKS FAILED
Because of the Great Fhurry
Among Wall Street Gamblers.

The Trouble Caused by the Banks
Leaning Money on Watered Stocks
and Hot Air.
New York has teen having a taste
of high finance for the last ten days.
Some of he bubbles on which Wall
street fourishes exploded and as a
consequence a number of small banks
which had loaned money on the bub-
bles went to the wall. The larger
banks and trust companies were saw
ed by Morgan and Rockefeller ad-
vancing them large sums.
President Roosevelt's Man Friday,
Courtelyou, also went to the aid of
the gamblers and helped them out
of the trouble There was great ex7
element for several days.
The institutions which closed it's
doors Friday, with the sums due de-
positors, were:
Inc UulCeQ SIdlcS odAn1
Harlem, 100000.
International Trust Company,
about 100000.
The Borough Bank, of Brooklyn,
s4,O00,000..
The Brooklyn Bank, $2,300,000.
The Williamsburg Trust Company,
Brooklyn, $7,500,000.
The First National Bank, Of
Brooklyn. SO, 500,000.l
The First National Bank, of Brook
Ign, the Williamsburg Trust Com
pany, and the International Trust
Company were allied institutions.
None Of these companies had any
important business connection with
the larger banks which are represen-
tative of the .city's financial affairs.
Several large trust companies had
gone I'D before Friday.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-30
FELL ID CARS.
Travelling Salesman Met Instant and
Horrible Death.

At Selma, Ala, on Wednesday af-
ternoon of last week in attempting to
board a moving trolley car in front
of the Arcadia hotel on Broad street,
G. K. Meadows, travelling salesman
for the Southern Drug Co., of st.
Louis, fell between two cars and was
instantly killed. Stopping to talk to
a friend, the a started off and, rum
ming to catch it, he either stumbled
or lost his hold just as he got to the
moving cars. The body was badly
mangled, practically every bone from
the waist down being broken.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-30
HEAVY SALES.
Large Increase Is Shown In the
Dispsnsary Business.
The Sales Now Amount To Over
Seven Hundred and Fifty Thous-
and Dollars.

and Dollars.
The statement Of the condition Of
the county dispensaries. for the quar-
ter ending Sept. 80, as prepared by
the dispensary auditor, Mr.. W. B.
West, is a most interesting document.
1t shows the total amount Of sales,
the brokerage and the net profits
from the 81 county dispensaries.
With the exception of Berkeley
county's report as to profits, the table
is complete. The figures show that
for the last quarter the sales in
creased 100000. the figures for
quarter ending June 80 being $647.-
477.91.
The net profits increased about
$4,000 for the same period, the
quarter ending June 80 showing ag-
gregate profits Of $106,7s2.02. This
money is divided among the cities
and towns, and in some. county q
part Is to, be used for road and school
purposes as ordered in the Carey
Cothran act.
Following is a statement of pro-
fits and number Of dispensaries: y
N-..-k- -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-30
MERCHANT SHOT
Down mills Store Near Martins
Station, S. c.
A NEGRO ARRESTED.

Bill Rhodes, Four Years a Customer,
and Behind on His Account, Is
Held on Suspicion, and Barely Els
capped Lynching-The Wounded
Man Carried to the Augusta Hos
pital.
Mr.. C. B. Ellis, a merchant living
on the c. and w. G. Railroad, three
miles from Martin Station in Barn
we'll County, was shot down in his
store on Wednesday evening at half
past seven o'clock, by a would-be as
sassin, who after firing his double
barreled shot gun turned and ran.
The wounded man was carried to
the City Hospital in Augusta, Ga,
Thursday morning and although he
was badly hurt his wound is not con-
sidered fatal.
Bill Rhodes, colored, was arrested
at his home by a posse of Infatuated
white men, two hours after the shoot
ing occurred and carried to Barn
we'll where he is being held on sus-
picion by the authorities. There
seems to be little doubt of his guilt
The shot was fired while Mr.. Ellis
stood behind a counter near the GEN.
ter of the store, balancing cash.
Tracks opposite a side door, showed
where the would-be murderer
crouched down by the edge of the
veranda, and fired through the open
ing. Almost the entire load of No.
8 bird shot took effect, decorating
the merchants chest, tearing his
face and temporarily binding both
eyes.
Mrs. Ellis, who was in the family
residence about three hundred yards
away, ran when she heard the shot,
and found her husband lying prone
on the floor, behind the counter, IN a
semi-conscious condition. She quick
" gave the alarm and in less than an
hour one hundred armed men, had
come to the scene of the shooting.
The would-be assassin's motive
had evidently not been robbery, as
fifty silver dollars were left scattered
on top Of the desk when the wounded
man staggered backward and fell.
Suspicion fell on Bill Rhodes, who
was known to have been trading with
MI. Ellis four years. and who owed
him for provisions bought on credit.
The posse proceeded to his home,
and found a double-barreled shotgun
that showed signs of having been re-
Gently fired one time, but Rhodes de-
clared that he had shot at a hawk.
Only the efforts of the two broth
ers Of the wounded man, who were
among the posse, prevented violence,
and, had not they urged the men to
wait some more positive proof OF the
negro's guilt, he would in all proba-
bility have been now swinging from
a limb. He was taken to the Barn
we'll county Jail, and is being closely
watched.
A peculiar feature of the affair was
that MIR. T. B. Ellis, of North Angus
ia, a brother of the man who was
shot, suspected Bill Rhodes imme-
diately upon hearing Of the AFFAIR
and expressed his suspicious to the
members Of his family. He had not
even heard the particulars Of the
shooting, but knew that Rhodes had
been slow in settling his accounts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-30
SERVED BAKED BUZZARD.
Made All Sick and Killed One Who
Ate It.

At Corbin, KY, an Italian section
hand, employed by the Louisville and
Friday and cooked the bird, serving
it with dumplings He invited three
other Italians to partake of the meat.
Immediately afterward all four be-
came violently i'll. An hour later
the host died in great agony and his
three countrymen are not expected
to recover
Physicians attending the men say
their condition is due entirety to
having eaten of the buzzard flesh.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-30
BOY KILLED.
Cleveland Youth Who Ran away
With Auto Meets Death.

At Chicago Andrian Sibson' aseo
On who ran away from his home in
cleveland, Ohio, with an automo oile,
siyen him by his father, was killed
his machine, which skidded and
smashed against the curb on Michl-
con boulevard. Five of his compan-
ions we're injured.