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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-09-05
futures were selling as follows:
CHICAeO GRAIN AND WHEAT

Chicago, Sept. 5-The market opened
today with wheat and corn sellers hold
ing for higher prices
Futures were selling as follows:
WHEAT
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-09-05

FOR sALE-sQUARE GRAND PIANO;
$50. Inquire News-Democrat Office. s5-6t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-04

come which are not" says Superin-
tendent Martin. 1.-The average at
tendance last year was 21S,S62. Inc
total this year is 222,1S9. This is es-
pecially encouraging in view OF the
fact that the enrolment did not in
crease. There was a decrease in the
enrolment. The enrolment last year
was 31S,O75. The enrolment MS
year was 314,399. In a number OF
counties the session was shortened
presumably because of a reduction IN
funds. Some counties miss the FUNDS
which they have received from me
d~ispensary more than other counties:
This is especially true in poorer
ties. 7 believe that the Legislature
will soon see the wisdom of making Il
State appropriation which will guar
antee a certain per capita per child
in the counties where the funds are
smallest. If a general appropriation
of 100000 were made, providing
first for deficiencies by counties n
afterwards for general distribution,
it would have the effect of helping
to strenthen the weak places n OF
helping those who really need II
most" J.. n.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-04
ATTACK
On an Old Lady by a Brute in Rich
mond, Va.

Brutally assaulted in her room by
a negro who was overcome by officers
and neighbors only after a wild and
struggle, Mrs. Jane Perry,
SIS years old, and an invalid, lies in
a critical condition with face and
head badly bruised in her home, No.
1908 East Broad street, where the
attack took place.
The negro, Junius BROKER, who
lived in the yard in the rear of the
premises occupied by Mrs. Perry, was
caught by Policeman Goodman and
a neighbor, Mr.. w. A. Duke, in the
room, beating his aged victim. The
old lady had been dragged from her
bed on the floor, and was being held
by the negro in a desperate grip.
Officer Goodman cried out: What
are you doing there?' %whereupon
the negro reached up and with his
fist, smashed the lamp, putting the
room in darkness. Another light
was secured, the officer using his
club to terrible advantage over the
negroes head.
Booker fought like a fend, SEEM
ing hardly to feel the blood drawing
blows which rained on his head, and
holding Officer Goodman in a tight
embrace. Duke took Goo dman's pis-
tol from his pocket, but in the en-
counter was unable to gS the shot
at the man without endangering the
officer. Booker exclaimed:
Il know you, Mr.. Duke; I'll hx
YOU" but when he saw the leveled
pistol, he Gained down, and was drag
ged to the front room where he was
tied hands and foot.
Duke turned his attention % Mrs
Perry. who seemed unconscious, but
revived on being lifted, mutterlng:
He has nearly killed me. Put me on
my bed and let me die and then
later: He would have killed me- II
you hadn't come in.
Several of he bystanders ano
neighbors expressed a desire for sum
mary Justice without the interVen'
tion of the authorities.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-04
KILLED. NEAR CHESTER.
Blood Found on Trestlc But Body
Not Yet Recovered.

A dispatch from Chester to The
State says on the arrival of a through
freight there Friday morning from
Abbeville the crew reported that the
fireman. Albert Ferguson, a young
man of that place, was found to be
missing near Tiger river. The train
was at once stopped and an ineffec-
tual search made for some distance
along the atrck.
On receiving the information there
Mr.. G. W. Ferguson, father of the
Young man, in company with a rela-
tive, Mr.. W. w. Smith, left FOL the
scene. At Tiger river they saw blood
and some strands of hair Or the rail
and the bridge timber. From this
they concluded that the youEg fire
man had fallen into the river. They
and some of the nearby residents
made efforts TO locate the body. hut
the efforts were without results.
On the midnight train of the Sea
hoard several men left to join the
party and assist in the work of con
tinuing the search. They were pro
vided with an outfit of graphing
hooks.
Albert Ferguson was about twenty
two years of age and was the oldes'
son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Ferguson
of Chester. 1t is said that this was
his first trip on the road in the ca
paCitv of fireman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-04
HAD A HARD TIME.
Two Men Starved Three Days in
Boat on Bay.
Drifting Without Food or Drink
They Hail Passing Vessels But to
No Avail.

They Hail Passing Vessels But t.
No Avail.
Without food or drink for seventy
two consecutive hours, and l caring
evidence of having been buffeted by
storm, Charles Losee and George
Golf, amateur fishermen, arrived al
their homes in Fort Hamilton
on Thursday evening. They told how
a little boat in which they went adrift
was passed by several fishing smacks,
although the two endangered men
signalled wildly for help.
The men had caught a good many
fish and had started back for Fort
Hamilton. AS they got to the mouth
of the narrows a big storm struck
them. The sail of the skiff was rent
as if it were tissue paper. The mast
cracked and fell overheard, tipping
the vessel until the men believed
they would be drowned. The storm
not only destroyed sail and mast,
but even ripped the rudder loose, so
that it was useless.
Losse and Golf were helples. They
had taken along only enough water
and food to last late in the afternoon,
and as the night wore on and the gale
swept hither and thither in the cold
and darkness they began to suffer
from thirst. AS morning broke the
storm increased in fury, and the fish
ermen had no idea where they were.
Rain descended in such volumes and
was driven in such vapor like clouds
that they could not even see the
shore.
A sailing vessel, struggling with
the choppy sea, passed close to the
skiff. Losse and Golf shouted wildly
and waved pieces of the tattered sail.
But the craft went lurching on her
way, the captain paying no attention
to the yells for help.
Later another vessel, a big fishing
smack, hove in sight, and the cries
were renewed, but again they were
ignored. Several other vessels sailed
passed the seemingly doomed men,
and they abandoned hope.
Meanwhile the police had issued a
general alarm for them, and all the
life-saving stations along the New
Jersey coast were notified. Crews of
outgoing fishing vessels were re-
quested to keep a lookout for the
missing pair. but no word was re-
ceived from them until late Thurs
day. At seven o'clock they appeared
at their homes.
They had drifted into Point City
Cove, about eight miles from Allan
tic Highlands, and had managed so
as to manoeuvre the boat as to per-
init a landing. The two were be-
draggled and haggard from exposure
and lack of s%ustenance. They won't
go out in the skiff again.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-04
MURDERER HANGED.
Luke Chisholm Pays Penalty for
Killing Robert Graham.
The First Hanging That Has Ever
Taken Place In the County of
Dorchester.

l0hSH U hoNV HI NhN SO"htJ WI
Dorchester.
A dispatch from st. Georges 10
The News and Courier says the first
hanging in Dorchester County occurr-
ed Friday when Luke Chisolm paid
the penalty of death for the murder
of Robert Graham, in Summerville,
last August. At the term Of Court
in October Luke Chisolm was found
guilty of murder and sentenced to be
hanged by his neck till his body be
dead, on the 29th day of November"
From the rising Of the Court till
that morning just before Chisholm
was taken to the scaffold, the minis
tiers of his race have been untiring
in their efforts to save his soul, and
before the black cap was adjusted to
close his vision of things of this life,
he testified that his soul was saved
as he has often done since sentence
of death was passed upon him.
He told the spectators that he was
ready and willing to die and that
whiskey was the cause Of his filling
a felon's grave. He asked that all
would look upon him and take a
lesson as to the evil Of strong drink
and the degradation it would bring
upon a man.
Then the black cap was adjusted
over his head, his feet and hands Sc
curely tied, the moose put around his
neck and at Ills Sheriff Limehouse
cut the rope which sprung the trap
door, and Chisholm's body was swung
in midair until 11.3S. when the at
tending physician pronounced him
dead.
His body was taken down and
placed in a coffin to be taken in
charge by his people.
A large number of people were
in town to witness the execution, but
under the law only a certain number
were permitted to see it. There were
numbers on the outside Of the jail
yard, who never gained admittance.
This has closed the chapter OF the
worst murder ever committed in
State.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-04
POOR FELLOW
Had Nothing To Be Thankful r''
and Killed Self.

"r have lived thirty-six ThankslV-
ings and never had anything TO oe
.ssnkful for, so here goes nothing
u.s the note left by Jos Melsleh'
..onrietor of a hotel at Appleton
Wis. who blew off the top OF ms heau
Nth q shotgun. Meslein "Wednesday
"ndared all the guests from the hotel
saving that he intended quitting pusi-
sass and demanded that they move
1,efore Thanksgiving morning.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-04
CHILDREN
Police of Mexico City Have Big Task
Before Them.

A special to the Express from Mex
leo City says: The police Of this city
are actively at work on n of the
biggest kidnapping cases that they
haye ever had. 1t is evident that for
at least two months an organized
rang of kidnappers has been opera
ting in this city. F%orty-nine children
have been stolen from their homes.
What is done with them or who
might be taking them away and by
what means is not known. The age
of the children varies between IL
and two years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-04
FIVE PERSONS KILLED.
Train Crashed Into Crowded Trolley
Car at Crossing.

Car at Crossing.
A trolley car loaded with passen-
gers on their way to work was run
down by a freight train at the rail-
road crossing at Waterbury, Conn,
Thursday.
Five persons were killed in the
crash and eight injured. The trolley
car was demolished.
The freight was running ut full
speed. The motorman of the trolley
could not see the approaching tram
as he ran into the crossing.
When he saw the freight tram
bearing down on him he put on full
speed and tried to cross in front 81
it. The freight was too near, how
V and in an instant the loconlo
tive bore down on the car.
The trolley was ground into kind
ling wood. Many Of the passengers
were unrecognizable when taken out
of the wreck. Of the eight injured
several are reported to be badly hurt
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-04
Caught by Flames.

At Glouster, Mass. n mar was
killed. a man and woman probably
fatally injured and several others had
thrilling escapes Friday in a fire in
the Harvard boarding house. John
Fonten. the dead man. jumped from
a sixth story window and broke his
neck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-04
r COLLISION.
Two Steamers Crash Into Each Other
Near Gibralter.

A fatal collision has occurred 20
miles east of Gibralter, between the
Cape Negro. a Belgian coal steamer
bound for Marseilles from Sunder-
land and the Helvetia, an ltallan
steamer bound for Lisbon from Mar
settles. The Belgian vessels bow
crashed into the Helvetia's ~starDoaro
side, sinking her. Four of her ere"
succeeding in jumping on board the
Cape Nero and subsequently the Hell
vetia's captain and nine men were
picked up while the boatswain' three
sailors and a woman passenger, Adlle
sala, % years old, of Libson' were
drowned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-04
SLAIN BEFORE FAMILY.
Former Partner, After Act, Ends His
Own Life.

.Adolph Lehman, who liz ed IN Elm
street, Bogata, \. J.. y ) snot anu
killed in his home by his former
business partner. while his wife n
murderer, Adolph Gunkel, who a
been living in New York, then turned
the weapon on himself, and died a
few minutes before his victim.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-04
DEAD BODY FOUND.
Had Been Dead Two Days.-No Ia
quest Held.

The dead body of Bill Cleveland.
colored was found in a cotton patch
about five miles east of Walhalla on
Friday morning. The discovery was
made by a small colored boy, who In
passing through the field, accidentally
stepped on the feet Of the dead man.
The coroner and the physician were
summoned, but after examination 1t
was not thought necessary to hold an
inquest, as the doctors opinion was
that he died from natural causes.
The man had been dead about two
DAYS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-04
MUST TAKE Them.
Clearing House Certificates Can
Be Used to Pay Taxes.
The County Treasurers Who Construe
Law Too Literally Are Making
Trouble Aplenty and Must Stop.

Trouble Aplenty and Must Stop.
The Columbia Record says State
Treasurer Jennings is doing all be
can to stop the drain upon the cur
rency supply of the state, which is
being made by certain county treas
urers who reject clearing hou Use GER
tifcates and demand cash in payment
Of taxes. He announced several days
ago that at his own Office clearing
house certificates or any other paper
Of the kind that was current at par
in Columbia. would be accepted and
the county treasurers who will con-
strue the lay on the subject in the
same liberal way can do much toward
ameliorating the situation.
State and county taxes are due
all over the State. They will amount
to several million dollars. The coun-
ty t%reasurers who are declining
clearing house certificates in payment
Of taxes claim that the law forbids
their accepting anything but gold,
United State Currency and state
bond coupons. About half the state
tax, amounting to a million and a
quarter dollars will go to New York
in hard cash as fast as it arrives at
the state treasurer's office, which
owes $350,000 in floating notes due
in December and January, and $143,-
900 in semi-annual interest on the
states bonded debt, much of which
money goes to New York.
Richards treasurer, whose ex-
ample in rejecting the certificates,
has been. followed by many other
county ~treasurers, cites section 1S1
of the state tax laws in defense of
his course. This section reads as fol-
lows:
Taxes are payable in the follow
ing kinds of funds and no other:
Gold and silver coin, United Sttaes
currency, including national bank
notes.; coupons due and payable dur
ing the current year in the CONSOLE
dated bonds known as brown bonds;
and the bonds of this state known as
blue bonds, and other state bonds
which may be issued by any act of
law, making the coupon receivable
for taxes. Appropriation act, 1905,
XIV Statutes, 995; Code Section
Ala. Mandamus shall not issue to
compel receipt Of any other fund"
Mr.. H. J. Southern, the treasurer
of G~reenville county, is one of the
treasurers constituting this section
very literally. He is quoted as say
ing:
II shall continue to accept these
certificates as I have been doing since
they we're first put into circulation. |
know the law states that only gold,
and bonds of this state are
acceptable in payment of taxes, but
do not construe that to mean that. l
cannot accept certificates which are
as good as gold. | deposit the money
which I collect in the bank each night
and these certificates are accepted
there each night the same as gold
and as 1 am accommodating quite a
number in accepting these certifi-
Gates, why 1 shall continue to re
ceive them unless I get orders not to.
I think that the state should do all
in it's power to aid the financial sit
uation and as these certificates are
good, it runs no risk of losing any
thing by taking them for taxes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-04
THREE BOLD ROBBERS.
Help Up Passengers in a Crowded
Railway Station.

Thrusting big revolvers in the
faces OF a coachload Of Erie passen-
gers at the station of that road early
Thursday morning at Cleveland, o.,
three masked men succeeded in get
ting $50 and escaped as a policeman
arrived. AS the policeman entered
the car the trio fed warning the pas
sengers not to join in the chase. Up
the hill the three sped. bullets from
the policeman's revolvers following
them. The robbers lost themselves
in the crowd in Superior street.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-04
VAR COMES HIGH.
Russia Has Just Finished Paying Up
the JapS.

Russia sent a draft for $~24,3OO,-
900 to Japan on the oath, in payment
of the last portion of the debt incur
red in her disastrous war to go0ble
I'D Hanchuria, and incidentally, an
mex certain parts Of the japanese
empire. The draft was to the
cost of caring for Russian prisoners
taken by the victorious japanese.
The first bill for this was $75,OOO'-
900, but this was Offset in part by
a Russian bill of some $40,OOO,OOO
for the maintenance Of japanese
prisoners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03

the good judgment of the worker, who can
vary it most agreeably in practically every
flower.
The leaves, being very small. require
satin stitch. Work the stems in a heaVy
outline.
The dots may be either solid embroidery
or eyelet or the two can be used alter
nately. 90
Lace can be used very prettily with this
phlox pattern by running bands OF lnser,
ton on each side of the collar, spray and
several lines of it below the handwork on
the cuff. If a deeper cuff is wanted. the
insertion can be put above the spray as
we'll as below Finish this insertion with
a tiny edge of lace.
The fine Clunys, in narrow widths, are in
great favor this year, also very good
quality of torchon. These are specially
ciennes insertion. Or the Valenciennes
banding is sometimes put together with a
Cluny beading.
If desired. the lace insertion may be used
to cover the opening in the back, but
toning with a fly underneath. 1t can also
either in place of the embroidered dots, or
with the dots worked on the lace. This
latter treatment is particularly stylish.
If ring is used for embroidering be
very careful that the covering is always
absolutely clean, or an ugly circular mark
will be left around the work. This is par
ticularly necessary when unwashable ma
terals are used.
Such small flowers as phloX can be worked
more easily without a hoop. if one becomes
accustomed to it. Care must be taken to
avoid pulling A very sheer, thin lawn or
linen should have tissue paper basted UNI
derneath the design and the embroidery
drawn through that. The paper can easily
be pulled away later Even this precau-
ton is unnecessary with a little practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03

the coarse thread with the left hand over
every line of the pattern, and overland
with the fine, as shown in the diagram.
taking great care to catch both net and
stitch where the threads cross, but do not
stitch all the way round, as the loops must
be free when the outside edges Of net and
lawn are cut away.
Then cut away the lawn from all the
spaces. leaving plain net exposed. Cut up
close to the outlining thread, but be very
careful not to snip the meshes OF the net.
If lace scissors are used, preferably those
with a rounded point on one side, less dan
ger will attend this operation.
X
The design now begins to have a very
lacelike look. At this stage any veins that
the pattern may require should be put in.
This is done by simply making long stitch
down the middle Of the leaf with the fine
cotton and overcasting it two or three times
to give twisted appearance.
Next, the little spots which are marked
at intervals on the pattern by black rings
should be made by working a complete cir
Gle in buttonhole stitch into one mesh Of
the lace net.
Certain spaces Of the pattern are marked
with cross These spaces are to be filed
up with some Of the ordinary lace stitches
well known to amateur lace workers This
should be done very loosely, as If the
thread Is thrown tight the lace will not be
fiat.
All the marked spaces being filed with
one or more Of the lace stitches, cut away
from the edge Of the pattern both net and
lawn. leaving the little loops to form a
dainty edging.
The finished work should be placed I'M.
der damp cloth and pressed with warm
iron.
The beginner In this effective lace should
not be too ambitious. but should start ON a
% dojyx
as the work is somewhat tedious, even to
the fairly experienced lacemaker, and q
too elaborate design is apt to prove discour-
aging.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03

weeks pattern, it will be we'll to rehearse
briefly, the working details. If for lin
gerie blouse, use a merceriZed cotton of a
number to suit the fneness of the material
For handkerchief linen batiste and Persian
lawn you should use number forty cot
ton, or even finer; heavier linens may be
done in thirty, or even twenty-five, though
this is somewhat coarse and does not
produce a smooth effect
A silk, crepe or wool waist should be
embroidered in filos of the same shade as
the material. or in one or more harmonic
ing tones. Though floral effects in natural
colors are not so popular as formerly, they
can occasionally be embroidered in that
way; great pains, however. should be taken
in the selection of the silk. or the results
will lack in refinement.
Sometimes a floral spray may be con-
ventionaliZed in art nouveau colors, to look
extremely well. For instance this phlox
design in three shades of delft blue or in
several tones of reddish brown would be
very stylish on natural colored crash or
deep tan linen.
Embroider the flowers in satin stitch for
a cotton material. When half way down
each petal, divide the stitches, working
each side into the short middle VEIN A
in.
The centers may be thickly seeded filed
with French knots or done as big eye
lets.
When worked in colors. the Kensington
stitch is used and the solid padding omit
ted A more raised effect is gained, how
ever. if heavy outline or chain stitch is
first run around the outside of each petal.
The shading should usually be darker
in the center. but this must be left to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03
Teaching Boys Housework
IN r. ANNA. my beds made and the
"M dishes are washed; may I go
q = n To ,lax

IN n ANNA. my beds made and the
M dishes are washed: may I go
out to play now?"
The visitor stared aghast. Did those
words really come from the mouth Of a
healthy twelve-year-oid 10y? But SO it
was, and his mother only smiled compla-
Gently at her guests establishment
"All my boys" she said, as soon as Jim
was gone, "have been taught housework
ever since they were old enough to be
taught anything. They have had their
cooking lessons just as well as the girls
and all of them can cook nicely. They felt
the denial of sewing lessons to boys at the
public schools to be such an injustice that
taught them sewing even earlier than !
had intended, and they do all their own
mending now. See this piece that Fred is
DOING and she held up a really beauti-
full embroidered centerpiece nearly finished.
yet you know that Fred is anything but
effeminate-that is he playing out there In
the snow now-and his school work does
not suffer in the least"
But what does your husband say about
it?" Queried the visitor.
why, he's learning to sew, too, and he
says he's ashamed to think that he doesn't
know how to cook. His mother thinks 1t
is all nonsense, but, of course, ideas change
in the period of fifty years or so.
1T has had splendid effect on the
boys. Best of all, they never dream OF
looking down on their sisters, as brothers
sometimes do. You see, the girls take
part in all their sports-their grandmother
thinks they are hoydenish-and all the chill
dren are good friends. without a thought OF
the question of sex"
We'll. l suppose am too late to begin
with my own boy" and the visitor smiled
and sighed: but shall certainly see to
my grandchildren"