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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-20
r Good Roads. T.
~
Through Highways.

During the past few years the Ten
dency to give more attention to me
construction of through good rcaas
has been clearly apparent. Primarily"
1t is known that good roads are an
absolute necessity to everyone VINO
wishes to get to the market place
without waste of time and energy,
and roads have been built with thai
idea in mind. But with the progress
of the automobile and its use as a
means of transportation, conditions
have changed, and the through road
has become a necessity.
In the State of Connecticut an ap-
Precipitation was first made a year or
two ago for the purpose Of extending
the trunk lines, and it may be noted
as al example Of the tendency
toward the establishments Of a through
road system that that State at the last
session of her Legislature appropriate
ed a much larger amount OF money
than ever to be used for this pur-
pose.
Not to be outdone by other States,
Missouri has taken UP the subject in
earnest, and, although she has only
recently become N of the State-aid
States, she now proposes to build
three through highways to connect
st. Louis. and Kansas City. Three
routes we're proposed. but 1t was not
expected that the State Board of Ag-
| riculture would endorse more than
one. However, 10 much interest and
enthusiasm was manifested, and so
much rivalry became apparent, that
at the meeting OF the board last
month, the three routes were duly
approved. Governor Folk is author
ity for the assertion that these roads,
beyond question, will be built. The
different counties through which the
roads will pass are to take action this
month with reference to providing
for their share of the financial end.
In Pennsylvania and in New York,
the question Of through roads is a
thoroughly live one, and there seems
little doubt but that we may soon ex-
pect to see great highways built by
State aid in cooperation with the
various counties and townships. The
State Highway Department of Mich
igan, it is said, favors the project Of
building a road 1876 miles in length
from Detroit tc Saginaw and Bay
City.
The benefits of through roads to
the various localities. such as are
proposed and under way. can hardly
be overestimated. With such roads
t%raversing the States, the building Of
many branch roads cannot fail to be
greatly Standardization the Good
Roads Magazine.
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after my topknot was down. But
Paul looked perfectly happy.
We rode like mad after that, not
to miss the train. and u hair
streamed out behind like the hero
ines in a novel, and-well, If my
cheeks were half as red or my eyes
half 4 shiny as Bab's and 1sabels
we're, + can't blame Paul very much
for acting like a goose and calling
me gypsy queen" and such names.
But, Betsy. from that hour things got
serious. | put him off as long as /
could, and then there came a
time
Now, I don't know what to do.
For 1 can't help knowing that mat.
ters were precipitated by that episode
Of the hair. While don't see any
reason for telling my secrets to MI.
Morgan and DR.. Butt, Paul might
think he had been deceived.
You're the only n who knows,
Betsy. and I'd never have told you
if you hadn't had to go with me to
match the color. You remember,
yourself. that it wasn't a large one,
but of course Paul couldn't be ex'
pected to discriminate about that.
You see, I want to be strictly honor
able and yet-oh, dear!
Ought I tell him, and will it make
a difference in his feelings il 1 do,
and, if I don't. will it make a differ.
ence in his feelings later?
Another thing: 1 can't think it
will come to this, but if I should have
to choose between Paul and my
switch. what in the world "a 1 do?
Your anxious Peggy.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-20
Where Charity Begins.

The public-spirited lady met the
little boy on the street. Something
about his appearance halted her. She
stared at him in her near-sighted
way.
The Lady - Little boy, haven't
you any home"
The Little Boy - yes'm; I've
got a home"
And loving %parents?"
"Yes'm."
"Im afraid you do not know what
love really is. Do your parents look
after your moral welfare?"
"Yes'm."
Are they bringing YOU up to be a
good and helpful c~itizen?"
"Yes'm."
"Will you ask your mother to
come and hear me talk on When
Does a Mothers Duty to Her Chill
dren Begin?' next Saturday after
noon, at 3 o'clock, at Lyceum Hall?'
(Explosively): whats the matter
with you. ma? Don't you know me?
I'm your little boy!"-Cleyeland
riain Dealer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-20
A Foe Of Good Roads.

Is not the Charleston News and
Courier perhaps hasty in condemn
ing the people Of Spartanburg Coun-
ty for voting down a good roads bond
issue in part because Of the automo-
bile nuisance?
There are communities where good
roads do not pay. If land Of low
value and productivity is far from
markets it may be not only impossi-
bic to raise money upon 1t for good
roads, but actually not advisable as
an investment. On the other hand.
in the neighborhood Of good mar
kets and through fertile and valuable
land good roads do pay many times
their cost.
A vast number of regions where
the question is really debatable lie
between these extremes. Is it not
natural that people living in such
regions should hesitate to improve
their roads because. wholly aside
from the dust, annoyance and danger
of automobile traffic and the brutal
disregard of public rights by many
motorists, the automobile from a dis
lance, which does not help pay the
tax, will surely ruin the road by tear
Ing out the binding material between
the stones and grinding the road
away with chains, spikes and other
devices to prevent skidding?
The automobile Of proper size.
weight and speed ought, If properly
used, to be the best friend of the
good roads movement. The automo-
bile as it is operated is becoming one
Of the worst enemies.-Editorial in
the New York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-20
A Tribute to the Egg.
By WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.

We have crossed the Bosphorus and
bade farewell to Asia, within whose
| borders we have spent about seven
months. They have been wonderfully
! instructive months. and we have en-.
joyed the experiences through which
we have passed, but we cannot say
that we have fallen in love with Asia
tic food. We have been afraid of
the vegetables; we have distrusted
the water, unless it was boiled, and
we have sometimes been skeptical
about the meat. The butter has not
always looked inviting, and our fond
ness for cream has not been increased
by the signt of the goats driven from
door to door and MIXED in the pres.
ence Of the purchaser. The bread
was not a rival Of the Vienna bread,
and the cooking has not been up TO
| Western standards. But the hen
long life to her. She has been our
| constant friend. When all else has
failed we could fall back upon the
boiled egg with a sense of security
and a feeling of satisfaction. If I
am not henceforth a poultry fancier
in the technical sense of the term,
I shall return with an increased re-
spect for the common, everyday
barnyard fowl. There are many diff
| ~ferences between the East and the
| West-differences in race character
istics, differences in costumes, differ
ences in ideals of life, of government,
and of religion, but we all meet at
the breakfast table-the egg, like "a
touch Of nature makes the whole
world kim"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-20
A Man of Principals.

Not long ago. in a crowded subway
train, Superintendent Maxwell, OF
New York, arose and gave his seat tc
Miss Blank. head of an East Side
school.
az am sorry to have you get up,
she said, smiling.
"Don't mention it," replied DR.
Maxwell politely. II always stand uE
for my principals. THE Circle.
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SuDnoUer Sentiments.

Fine writing by II OF the Hoxie
Sentinel's correspondents: "Ah, this
day closes cold and chilly; some diff
ferent from those in the very mild
August. Soon the grasses and leaves
will have a covering or icy white.
Oh, then the Joy to find the red, yell
low and golden leaves 1uttcring down
to their last resting places. kansas
City Star.
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Rap at the "YeIlOwS."

The University Magazine, published
at Montreal, pays its respects to "The
American Newspaper" %ridiculing es-
pecially the stock highfalutin phrases
that, like a. journalese revival Of
eighteenth century tags, do duty for
the simplest objects, and the sporting
humor. The article concludes with
prophecy:
There are signs that the people
are tired of the farce, and that soon
the lights will be out and the audience
gone home. All art passes through
this stage. In the early days of the
vaudeville a negro and a fapstick
ere considered sufficient for an
evenings entertainment. Towards the
finish of the programme one got
tired. But the average newspaper
writer is the last man in the world
to discern the hopeful end. The
reporter Of the baseball game con-
tinues his buffoonery every morning,
repeating his jargon which was
already tiresome, when Kelly slid
n Casey went to the bat. The
sporting editor yet "breezes" his
horses, works" them ION the fiat"
or lifts" them lover the timber"
His pugilists are as of old time "glut-
tons for punishment" and their
"blows will not be denied" All SEN
sible persons must yearn for the time
when the yellow metal" will have
disappeared, when the fiery ele-
ment' will be %quencned, when the
"palatial hostelries" closed, when the
"speckled beauties" will have van
ished with the other members of the
"fnny tribe" and the kings" of
cotton, lumber and wheat will have
gone with the merchant princes" to
their own place.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-20
Million Mistakes q Month.

More than 4 million pieces OF mail
matter were received at the dead
letter office at Washington during
September, of which about twenty
tive Der cent. were returned to their
tenders, who had been thoughtful
enough to place their W addresses
On the envelopes or iii the letters
themselves. The remainder will nee
sssarily be destroyed. incidentally,
nore than $4,000 in cash was found
n the missent Observation-Disclosures
Ohia Bulletin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-20
It Was Hot Corn.
BY ED MOTT.

4 fat Colored lady, with a Tin WaSn-
boiler standing in front Of her on
The sidewalk at a Sixth avenue cor
ner, had been bowling to the heat
embarrassed night and the public
generally that she was there in the
interest Of hot corn and a market.
A tall man, wearing a white high
hat with a black band on II, stopped
in his sauntering up the avenue and
remarked to the fat colored lady:
Have you corn"
II shore have, suh," replied the
dealer in superheated maize.
SIS it hot?" inquired the tall man
in the breezy hat with the sorrowful
band.
Hot as b'iIin' soapsuds, subj"
said the custodian Of the wash-boiler
and it's contents.
do you happen to KNOW" said
the apparent customer, whether it
Is the early sweet of old ~Virginny?"
Homes to de Lawd, boss, I CANT
give nah wuhd TO- dat, subj" replied
| luC uUG-COIu 1uoIlOhp buS ~
de ch'ices' kyines an gifts pow'ful
hot. subj"
"Ah, yes" said the tall man. But
common, ordinary North Car-liny
corn will do that. Have you evidence
that the epicurean raccoon has tested
the quality and condition Of the corn
in the field where this was grown?
Your raccoon knows what corn Is
best for man to eat. Has the coon
been working in the field O. nights
whence these ears you offer were
plucked?"
"Yo' shore done gone a heap
deepuh, boss, dan I kin go in de dish
in up OBJ dis hyuh con. suh," said
the fat colored lady. But I knows
dis hyuh con am pow'ful hot"
Eyes; I quite agree with YOU" said
the critical person in the conspicu-
Gus hat, taking off the tile, wiping
his forehead with his c~oat-sleeve, and
stepping closer to the, boiler. "But ]
have a way of knowing whether ii
would be likely that the e%picurean
raccoon has approved Of the field in
which this corn was grown. I will
let you in on the secret if you just
pass me over a couple of those ears
for testing. I think two ears will be
enough"
Dem eahs, dey's a nickel apiece
suh," explained the colored lady
1.-TWO eahs 70 a dime, suh."
EYES," I know" said the tall man
"But, don't you see, if I find that the
corn is the sweet, juicy, milky corr
Of old Virginny, which is the onl!
kind the fastidious coon approves of
I will at once be warranted in bring
ing my friends around to enjoy it, ant
you will be compelled to have foul
boilers full here after this to suppl.
the demand. Unless I know this b!
actual test, of course"
"Yo shore is monst'us kyine, suh,'
said the fat hot-corn saleslady, put
ting the cover back On the boiler
"but I reckon I doann' low no thiev
in, ring-tail coon ter tell me hoV
ter bile con; Huh! I reckon
doan', sub! Hot cocoon! Ho
co'-o-o-n!"
And the mar in the white hat saun
tered pensively on his way.-Fron
Judge.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-20
~Shopkeeping Ethics.

The ethics of shopkeeping are full
of surprises for the unsuspecting
buyer. The language of customary
trade descriptions alono is a never
ending mystery, whereby machine
made goods masquerade 2s hand
made, German goods as English and
English as Partisan. 1t produces
from time to time protracted legal
discussions on such conundrums as
Harris twecd.-Nottingham Guar
dian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-20
Sword of King BchanZin.

Behanzin, King of Dahomey, has
presented his sword to the French
Minister for the Colonies. The weap-
on was purchased years ago at a
theatrical costumcr's by an explorer,
who afterward gave it to Behanzin.
The King ordered the court
armorer to make a sheath for it out
of empty sardinc cans, and wore it
until quite recently.-London Even
ing Standard.
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Marble Snapper.

1t would hardly be expected that
there would be any necessity OF a
machine to help the small boy to play,
but such a device has been brought
out by an inventor. and it is shown
in the accompanying cut. 1t is a
con.ivance to Ghoot marbles, and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-20
SHZN GS
ORTIZ KNOWlNGaS
E5@s@@sN

natives live chiefly on the rats Wnlch
swarm everywhere and on a diminrl-
tive species Of dog hardly bigger thar
q rat.
A beautiful Celtic cross, twenty
feet high, has been erected at Rang
ihoua, Bay Of Islands, where ninety
three years ago Samuel Marsdeh, the
"Apostle of New Zealand" landed
to hold the first Christian service in
that section.
Piedmont, Italy, produces about
three times as many cocoons as any
other Italian province, and in pro-
portion to it's size is perhaps the
most prolific silk-worm district OF
the world, the yield during 1905
amounting to 1~1,001,647 pounds,
with a value of $~3,956,5S3.
A man named Constant was ar
rested in a Paris cafe the other day
for insulting two Englishmen. In
explanation he said: 81 can not help
it; whenever I see an Englishman
become so enraged that I could do
anything to him"
A spire that was unique in church
architecture has just been torn down
at Providence, R. l., it being that OF
the Jefferson Street Baptist Church,
which was entirely Of brick even to
the apex, each brick being especially
fashioned for the place it occupied.
Austria's fishing industry suffers
from the handicap that the fishermen
are nearly all in the clutches OF
usurers. They are compelled to Dor
row money when the catch Is poor
and they are never able to get out OF
debt again.
Porhrio Diaz was inaugurated
President OF Mexico December 1
1884, and, therefore, has been II
Office twenty-three years.
The Inhabitants of China have
awakened to the of the con
venience Of having telephones. Many
lines are being projected.
The present Lord Falmouth:
father, who twice won the Derby
made only one bet during his racing
career. The amount at issue wa:
sixpence. Lord Falmouth won the
bet, and had the coin set In bril-
liants as a brooch for the wife of hi!
trainer.
The electric chair for execution:
is used only in the United States.
The Austrian Government give'
her aged a pension Of nearly $3.50
week.
The area of the Pacific is 10000,
900 square miles, that Of the Allan
tic, 25, 1000, 900, and that Of the In
dian, 1900 ,OOO.
An ivy plant which established 1t
self in a crevice Of the tower of st
John the Baptist Church, at Yarbor
ough, Lincolnshire, England, under
mined the foundation and lifte'
stones out of place until it cost owe
$4,000 to make repairs.
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Bound to Stop Then.

In a suit lately tried in a Maryland
court, the plaintiff had testified tina.
his financial position had always been
a good ore. The opposing counsel
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-20
HERE'S A WEATHER SHARP.

High Meteorological Standing Of the
Green Tree Frog.
Few animals have survived the at
lacks made by science upon their
reputation as weather prophets. The
green frog is a conspicuous excep-
ion.
He is, to be sure, a croahing
prophet, but plenty Of people will pin
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-20
A Basement Cold Frame.

This frame is constructed just over
the basement windows, and the tenn
~perature can be regulated by opening
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-20

The area of the Pacific is 10000
900 square miles, that Of the Allan
tic, 25,0G0,O00 and that of the In
dian, 100000.
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An ivy plant which established it.
self in a crevice Of the tower of st.
John the Baptist Church, at Yarbor-
ough, Lincolnshire, England, under
mined the foundation and lifted
stones out of place until it, cost over
$4,000 to make repairs.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-07
AGAINST FOREIGN CORPORATION.
Supreme Court Decides They Have
Not Right Of Emminent Domain.

HELENA, Feb. Ga decision OF far
reaching Importance was handed down
yesterday by the Supreme Court when
It held that neither by the consti.u-
ton nor the law OF the state Is a for
eign corporation authorized 10 excer-
else the right OF eminent domain.
The Helena Power Transmission
Company, organized under the laws
Of New Jersey. brought suit to con-
dcmn leands belonging to A. N. Spratt,
which are now submerged by the wat
ers backed up by the company's dam
across the Missouri The suit was
decided In favor OF the company and
Spratt appealed winning the case yes
terday The court holds that the lands
were wanted for a public use, but the
company had no right to condemn
them.
The Court says the decision Is ap-
plicable to foreign corporation OF the
respondents character, the question
not beng considered with reference to
any other class or character.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-07

He Got a Teleeram-He had not
been married very long and was get
ting along happily, when the pleasant
tenor OF his life was warped by the
receipt OF telegram from his war
like mother-in-law. announcing her
arrival on certain train. He met her
dutifully; and carried her load OF bun
dies up home, smiling. but vengeful,
and she no sooner got there than she
assumed entire command of the estab-
lshment, including herself He bent
every faculty to devlsing ways and
means OF ousting her ana at last skill
fully paints himself to n life-l i'm
age of a smallpox patient; goes to bed
and the scheme works like a charm.
For lifelike details of the story, see
the new moving picture films at the
Waldorf. II
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-07
MORE HONOR PUPILS.
List OF Those in Room Six OF Adair
School

, owing to an unavoidable delay In
The filing u the list. the pupils who
received honorary promotion in room
& Of Adnir school we're not Included
In the report of such promotions made
yegterday. Their names are given
below. The only list pot now publish
ed II that of the scholars In the room
In Olney school formerly taught by
Professor kcstler, which has been de-
Iayed through the change Of teachers,
but VIII be published in the near fu-
ture.
Adalr school. Room 6. A to 7 B.
Harold Birch, Onnic Bishop, Kor-
nellie Buc, Anna Jackson. Astor Maat-
tn, Hattie Petersen, Chester Gustln.
9 B to A-~Oscar Amunds0n, Al
bert Engbretson. Anna Hendrickson,
Ida Hekcla. Hilma Hehcla. Mary Han
sen, Alice fverson, Emma Jackson,
Victoria Knudsen, Margretc Nielsen,
Vivian Suti, Hilda Smith, Mazlc
Thomas, Ernest Therlich, Frank Tu-
rina.
a 10 6 B-Pearl Enbcrg. Carrie
Glascr. Willie Gustin, Elsie Krans,
Signe kGllcr, Esther Mattila, Aida
Mosher, walter Moore. Jennie Nelson,
Leonard spoude, Mamma Tasala.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-07
HAS PERILoUS EXPERIENCE.

BAMFIELD, B. c., Feb. 6.-The bark
st. James from San Francisco, Is
anchored here after her perilous ex-
perience of the past two days. The
ship was driven in close to Cape
Beale yesterday and when close to
the breakers at Danger Reef last mid
night the captain managed to get the
anchor to hold. The St, James was
rescued today from her position by the
steam whaler Orion. which towed her
to Bamtield creek. where she awaits
tug from Seattle.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-07
MERCHANT TAiLoRS MEET.

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-Several hun
dred merchant tailors from all the
eastern and central states will meet
in this city February -, to take part
in the annual convention of the Mer-
chant Tailors' National Exchanges.
The convention will be held at the
Hotel Astoria and will continue for
three days, One feature of the con-
vention will be an exhibit Of garments
manufactured in the various centers,
showing all the various styles and
series of talks on styles, and methods
Of manufacturing with the models as
illustrations.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-07
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS.

Notice is hereby given that the
County Superintendent of Clatsop
county will hold the regular examina-
ton of applicants for state and coun-
ty papers at the court house as fol-
lows:
For State Commencing on
Wednesday, February 10. at o'clock
a. m, and continuing until Saturday.
February 16, at p. m.
Wednesday - Penmaship, history,
spelling, physical geography, reading.
psychology.
Thursday-Written arithmetic, the
ory of teaching, grammar, bookkeep-
ing, physics, civic government.
Friday Physiology, geography.
mental arithmetic, composition, alge-
bra.
Saturday-Botany plane geometry,
general history English literature, and
school law.
For County Papers-Commencing
Wednesday, February IS, at 9 o'clock
a. m, and continuing until Friday,
February Is, at o'clock p. m.
First, Second and Third Grade Ger
tificates: Wednesday-Penmanship,
history, photography, reading.
Thursiay-Written arithmetic, the
ory Of teaching, grammar, physiology.
Fiday-Geography, mental arithme-
tic, school law, civil government.
Primary Certificates: Wednesday,
Penmanship, photography, arithmetic,
reading.
Thursday-Art of questioning, the
ory Of teaching, physiology.
MISS EMMA C. WARREN,
County Superintendent.
Morning Astorian, go cents month,
delivered by carrier.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-07

5 pairs of Sox, good WOOL
en- to cotton Sox, regular
price 25c to 3 for $1.O0
at Wise's removal sale 5 pairs
for S1.OO.
HATS. formerly So to $4
now 55 cents at Wise's re-
moval sale.
All new Neckwear and Sus-
penders worth from 80 to rs
cents now 80 cents at Wise's
removal sale.
Boys Suits reduced from
75c to $500 at Wise's remov-
al sale.
25c caps for 15c at Wise's
removal sale.
$1.25 and $1.50 Umbrellas
reduced to Soc at Wise's re-
moval sale.
Mems Suits reduced fro
$3.50, $500 and $3.50 at
Wise's removal sale.
Winter Overcoats as well
as top coats reduced almost
one-half at Wise's removal
sale.