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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
The Snowflake BAIL

Frost on the window-stormy weather.
The winds and the truant leaves at play
And, dancing across the day together,
The dainty snowfakes fit away.
Light they are as an elder feather,
White they are as an Easter lily
Elves escaped from a misty tether.
Romping away to q revel chilly.
Fiddle-de-dee! The gray trees fiddle
A woodland tune to a gay quadr1lie.
Across the sides and up the middle
The snow elves dance with a happy WIN
Ohio, for the snow and wintry ~pleasureI
Bright Is the sun In Its robes Of gray!
Come, join In the snow elves dancing
measure
The romping tune Of a stormy day!
Chicago Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02

a weak Stomach. causing dyapepsia, \ weak
Heart With pslp4tatiea or Intermittent paiee,
always means weak stomach nerves or weak
trolling nerves with DR.. Shops Restorative
and see how quickly these ailments disap-
pear. DR.. Shoop OF Racine, Wis. will mail
samples free. Write for them. A test will
tell. Your health Is certainly worth This sim.
pie trial. Sold by G. A. Milford.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02

Trial Catarrh treatments are being mailed
out free, on request, by Or. Shoop, Racine,
Wis. These tests are proving to the people
without a penny's cost-the great value OF
this scientific prescription known To drug
gists everywhere as DR.. Sboop's Catarrh REM
edy. Sold by c. A. Milford.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
The Robin,s Rcd Breast,

To robin redbreast is ascrfbed q legend
that most Of us are familiar. with BE Ii
said to have plucked a thorn from the
crown that our Lord wore on the cross, and
the blood, running down.. stained biz
breast red.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
OF Course He Couldn't.

Angry Father Ito little Willie)-Why
are your clothes soilcd so frightfullyP
Little Willie (whimpering)-1 fell In
the gutter.
"And with your new pants onP"
"Yes, pa. I didn't have time 70 como
home and change thom-"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
Big Bargain in Land.

HIS acres, two miles of Abbeville.
Plenty of good bottom land, lot of pro-
ductive cotton land, and pasture land
to spare. Will sell cheap for cash.
L. r. WILSON,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02

The pain in Mas head has gone,
She's as happy as can be,
Der health is right, her temper brigh
Since taking Hollilter's Rocky Mour
tain Tea at night. e. A. Milford
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02

Best soda water and the finest soda foun-
tain In upper South Carolina at Milford's
Drug Store
Huylsr's candy. aiWays fresh. at Speeds
drug etore.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02

III peed Of a saddle, bride or brseching
give usR call. q j. Link.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
Life.

6tI0s
A little cry Of fear through which
Your heart Is won:
Two eyes with sudden wonder dIlsd
And LIES begun.
The tears Of childhood and the play
That soon Is past; IT,
The triumph at tho altar when
The bond Is fast
The striving after things whereby
Men measure worth:
The wrinkles and tho thinning hair
Tho growing girth.
The rounded shoulders and the hopes
That one by n
Die OF until the last goes out
And life Is done.
Discoveries .
Little drops Of knowledge
Little grains Of sense
Solve the mighty problem
OF the home expense
Had the little leakage
Earlier been checked
Then the mighty vessel ;
Never had been wrecked
Thus the golden tribes
Make the SUM Of life.
Making home an Eden
Or an endless strife.
Good Housekeeptna
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02
EOIEYSHONEYAmTAR
fas children, safe, sure. No opidtes
Come to Us for bagging and
ties. l.. ". White.

II you want q nice piece Of tobacco. chew
Ing or smoking. 60 to Speeds drug store.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-10-02

1ISteu dG tulS: yesterday 8 mai
was overheard to say ut makes not
ID bit Of difference to nee if they
do vote out liquor, I can get all 1 want
anyhow" Now, this man looks at
the question this way: They all hate
liquor, and hate me because 1 like it,
and therefore they are going to spite
me by voting it out of the land but
before I will allow these representative
sticks to spite me in this way I'll buy
me q barrel and stay drunk a month
just to show 'em. That Is the attitude
of the majority of drinkers. They
think that there is no sympathy and
fellowship between the drinker and
the abstsiner, and look on the alb
stainer rather as an enemy than as a
friend.
"There is so much bad in the best
of US,
There is so much good in the worst
of US,
That it hardly becomes any Of us
10 talk about the lest of us.n
We are all frail. We, all of US, have
our weaknesses, and, if we would only
work on one another instead of trying
to formulate laws to do this work, how
much more would we accomplish.
Public sentiment after all is law, and
how quickly could we form public sem
timent if we spent the time with our
fellowmen which we spend in discuss
ing and enacting laws.
IF ifs and ands were pots and pans
the tinker would have no trade,n butt
nevertheless let US make a suppositfon.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24
SCHOOL BOYS PLAY First Round of Basketball Tour nament Played at the
 Y. M. G. A. GAMES H0TLY CONTESTED Winchester Wins Close Contest from Webster-Results and Schedule
 for To-day.

The basketball tournament of the New Haven grammar schools began yesterday morning at the Y. M. c. A. gymnasium. Despite the rain twelve teams put in an appearance and the first round was run off Each game was hotly contested, no matter how much a team was ut-classed it was game and played with hope upper most until the whistle blew at the end of the game.
 The most exciting game was that between Webster and Winchester, the first half ending with the score ? to in favor of Winchester. During the second half only three goals from the field were made, and at the end of the game the score was Winchester 6, Webster 4.
 Strong was too strong for Orange though their play was not finished, and showed how little practice they have had. In this game as well as in ell lH6 JLllClS CASEPb tilS " AAASiANSNNA Webster game the victory was de- cisive.
 Day allowed Wooster to throw but one basket, while they totaled sixteen points Dwight held Welch down tc but two goals from the field; Shelton made one goal from the field and onf from the foul on Cedar and fell ar easy prey. Hamilton tossed the bal in the basket but twice agains Washington; sherman couldn't tint the basket.
 Cedar, Winchester, Webster Strong Shelton and Dwight are the teams that will figure In the semi-finals ant finals in the championship series.
 The scores of the games were a' follows: Wooster 2, Day IS; Welch 4 Dwight 12; Orange 4, Strong IS; Shel ton 3, Cedar 16; Hamilton 4, Wash ington il; sherman O. Hooker 10 Webster 4, Winchester 6.
 To-day's schedule, which will star at 3 o'clock, follows: Orange Vs Dwight. sherman vs. Webster, Sheltol vs, Strong, Day vs. Welch, Wooster vs Hamilton, Washington vs. Hooker Cedar vs. Winchester,
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24
Independents.
AIgonquins.
THREE MEN MATCH.

Jimmie Watt and his four other Al gonquins went aside, paid their debts and wept Then after drying away their tears they returned to the field of battle Janswick,. Weber and Col lett were picked to roll Smith, Watt and Sherman in the three men match. Betting on this match as in the five men match was heavy. Twenty dollar bills and ten dollar bills were floating around the alley looking for and get ting takers. One lone man with S10.5O in his pocket and tin horn in his hand bet $2 that Collett would beat out his man in the second game. Sheman who was picked to rub George in his series goa five strikes in succession, easily losing our friends new $2 bill In the first game Janswick beat out Jimmie Smith by sixteen pins. Weber fell away behind Watt and George Col lett received six pins minus Sheman's score, the Algonquins taking the game by nineteen pins. In the second game also won by the Algonquins, Weber was the only man on the New Haven team to beat out his partner on the Algonquins. sheman rolled high with 22,
 The scores:
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24
TWO ARE DROWNED NEED
Captain of Barge and His Wifs Overwhelmed in a Boat
 Near Harbor.
COULD NOT MAKE HAVEN
String of Coal Boats Go Down, But
 Nine Other Occupants Are Saved on the Tug McWilliams.

One of the worst, perhaps the worst marine disasters in many years In this locality occurred off the harbor yes- terday morning at half-past nine. when seven coal barges in tow of the tug James McWilliams foundered about one mile west of the outer breakwater with a loss of two lives.
 The tow was bound from New York to this city with 5,0o0 tons of coal con- signed to the N Y, N. H. & H. R. R. Co.
 The voyage up the sound was un- eventful, except that the weather was rather threatening, and the tow boat captain took precautfon to keep a close watch. The sea was somewhat rough. presenting what seamen term short chop, which is ordinarily not danger ous unless the wind increases. When the McWilliams passed Bridgeport en- trance fog signals were heard up the sound, and as fog generally indicates an absence of wind the tow steamed on. When Stratford light was passed the condition of the sea was unchang- ed, the fog signals at New Haven en- trance were heard and the tow expect- ed to find safety behind the hreakwa- ter.
 Just after passing Charles Island. off Milford, a southeast suuall was en- eountered, and the surface of the sound mounted in hign rollers The master of the tug realized that the. fog had been driven ahead of the wind from the eastern end of the. sound about Point Judith as Montauk is called, and q ] heavy sea was rolling in froka outside. l He made signals for the barges to trim. their lines. and the tug turned about | to take the people from the barges, which were of the box type without sails. or even steering gear, and were. loaded to the rail. With such a tow It was out of the question to make the mile and onerhalf run that meant safety behind the braekWater.
 Signals were sounded for the eleyS3 peopie aboard the various sbarges to all get on the largest craft of tho tow. Six men and three women obeyed the order and were picked up by the tug;
 the large barge remaining afoat until fine last. while the others foundered as the high waves broke over them, the
 resr barge being the first to go down.
 Then the others followed, one at a
 time until all disappeared.
 Captain Henry Scribner of the barge
 New Haven decided to follow his own
 wav out of the difficulty. and launched
 inc small dory from his vessel Then taking his wife. on board he headed for
 +be ing but the sea broke over the
 frajl craft and carried it down with
 both it's passengers berore 1t had gone
 fiftv wards The McWilliams stood by
 for for some time, but as the bodies did not come to the surface 1t was ap- parent that notE4ng could be done, and
 she steamed to this city.
 : The survivors from the bkrges were , taken to the Seamen's home on Water street. and returned to their homes in New York during the day.
 The McWilliams lay. at Belle Dock [ last night awaiting orders.
 {, There are from 3k to 4z feet of water at the point where the disaster occurred, and the cargo will Iprobably be recovered.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24
National League Leaders to Tackle Bone's Strong Ag-
 gregation.
RECORDS OF POLO PLAYERS
Hart Still the Premier Artist in Coal Malxing-Lincoln is the Best
 Rusher.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.

New Haven got away wit han even break last week. They had bad start and bad finish Tuesday night they fell prey to Jeans New Britain Bank Wreckers, while Thursday and Friday nights Bones five took dou- ble victory from Waterbury. Saturday night Bone was not in form, owing to tf4e rough gaiffe Friday, afiti New Tia4 ven, handicapped, was unable to de- feat the leaders. Farrell and McCar- thy have been doing splended work for the locals. Saunders was ever on his iob and has been working hard ever since the opening of the season. George Bone has proved himself one of the fastest if not the fastest rush in the league. Mulen's record in the goal Is not to be bragged about. He works hard, but like Tibbetts is asleep during some critical times.
 Tonight Hartford, the leaders of the National league, will visit the Quinni- piac rink New Haven met defeat at their hands Saturday night, and they will fight hard to get revenge this evening. Tomorrow the locals will | 8 o'clock Waterbury will seek New Tfavens scalp at the Quinnipiac rink, while in the evening the Elm City quintet will sail into Bridgeport Fri day night New Britain will be our wei cor1ed guests, and they are due for a trouncipg. Providence will have to run up against the Boneyards Saturday night
 The feature of the past week was | the crowding out of first place of the New Britains by the Hartfords. Dur ing the week the Senators won four games and lost but one, while the New Britains won but one of the four play ed Hartford now leads by comfort able margin, Pawtucket dropped peg in the standing, while Providence clos. ed the week as it begun, tied for last place with Waterbury.
 Hart of Hartford still leads in goa making, having al to his credit, a gair of II during the week. Jason scored 14 goals dunring the six days and Lin, |coln IS, the Valley Falls boy going like a triphammer just now. Jean at cen. ter made seven and Farrell corralleC the same number. Fahey landed five 1T the netting Cameron of the Tigers leads the halfbacks in scoring the I,sturdy Pawtucket defense man having seven to his credit at present, strong | showing for halfback so early in tn, season Mccarthy has reached seventl place, and has a total of 56 goals.
 Sutherland passed Mitchell in tn, race or tne goal lenueTS. III erlday game at Pawtucket he stopped no les than 73 shots at his goal. standing be tween the Hartfords and a bad beatinl lat the hands of the Tigers Mitchell has dropped to second place. thre
 points behind. Cusick comes next, an Sutton follows. All four tended a grea goal during the week Heffernan drop ped from third place to fifth Mullel and Tibbetts also lost points by the re
 suits of the weeks play.
 Lincoln leads the rushes with 25f Jason is his nearest competition whi
 Mccarthy stands third in rank. The aNerages follow.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24
GOOD WILL S1E S1'l | Spirit of Co-operation i dence in the Relation4
 the Public With the
 Postofice.
HOW SOME INVITE TRoUBN
Methods of Handling the Christmas Mail at the Main Office and Where the Burden
 Falls.

The feature of this years Christmas business at the postoffice has been the spirit of cooperation displayed by the public towards the postal employees. Up to date the parcels have been pre- pared in an unusually careful manner, names and addresses of senders appear on an extraordinary proportion. SoI&i purchasers of postoffice supplies hs ssHi even apologized for not getting stan and money orders at the nearest tion The rush is usually felt in thSI stamp money order and mailing desj partments up to the day before Christi mas when it shifts, owing to the fioods of incoming packages for local deliv- cry to the letters carriers department. Three extra clerks have been added to the force and one of the usual five clerks at Yale station has been as signed to help out in the registered letter department at the main office, This is vacation at Yale and the clerk can be spared now from that bustling station.
 People innocently insert in their Christmas gift packages, prepaid at the lower rate of postage, a short note stating the disposition of the various articles enclosed, all unconscious of the fact that the indiscretion may if dis covered cost them $10 for each such of fence against the postal laws. The coi- lection of this fine is not optional with postal employees; it is departmental exaction. The law also applies to the enclosure of merchandise with printed matter when the printed matter rate of postage only is prepaid The fine has been collected nunber of times in New Haven and yet many persons per- sist in taking a chance that may cause them the delay of thair gift an the bother of the fine. Police ( ger George Murphy, who is assign, tc duty in the postoffice corridor, h. Q lot cast between hard lines of bul 1ie laden people who all want stamps al the same time. He is expected to show the shortest distance between two points and it is not often that one Is the end of his club. The Christmas spirit of kindness prevails as 8 rule and when it fails the officers rule begins it's sway Rich and poor wealthy malefactors and undesirable citizens, Wall street bears, Teddy bears ' in arms, and armies of people with baited breaths and uncertain English all fall into orderly lines under thf eagle eye of Officer swurphy.
 During the two days beginning to, day the business of the registered let
 ter department will show an increas of two or three times the 'issal sssl , ume
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24
LACK OF INTEREST.
Famous Tennis Tourney May b'
 Transferred to Bay Ridge, U. !.

Cincinnati, O., Dec. g3,=Newport, R. l., may lose the National Lawn Tennis tournament which has been feature of that fashionable resort for many years To-day it was learned that the tri-state tennis association has been approached In the interest of a trans fer of the famous tourney to Bay Ridge, L. I. Lack of real interest in the play is chief objection against Newport. Action by the Tri-State Ten his officials is expected early in Tan uary when "a delegate to the national association meeting will be chosen. A; present Cincinnati tennis followers are not prepared to side with either fac ton. Beals Wright and Ray Little are said to be among the chief advocates oi Bay Ridge Robert Leroy, present" hol. der of the Tri-State championship and his New York friends are said to favol Newport.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24
ATHLETES TURN REsCUERs.
St., Louis University Football Men Dig Out Crew of Wrecked Freight.

Seattle, Wash, Dec 2S.-St. Louis university football athletes turned rescuers at a wreck before daylight to-day near Brocket station, on the Canadian Pacific railroad The stu dents were on the way to the coast to play football and reached Brocket twenty minutes after a head-on col lision between freight trains The en- zine crews and trainmen were under the debris, some of them being scald- ed frightfully by escaping steam
 Medical students on the team dress ed wounds as the injured were res cued by the other athletes Brakeman Ormsbee was crushed to death. The wreck was caused, it is said, by the failure of the operator at Brocket to deliver orders. He afterward disap- peared
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24
Independents.
INDIVIDUAL MATCH.

In the final match, the individual, everyone expected that Jimmie Watt would roll the man picked from the Independents but he had cold feet and was represented by Jimmie Smith, the champion roller of New York and whom no man in New Haven can beat. Watt, on account of losing the big match, didn't want to take any chances of losing the individual match. Col lett had been anticipating a match with the self-bowled Watt, but he received g. severe blow. "Jimmie' wouldn't trust himself for the $50 which was up and therefore stepped aside for the great and only. Smith had a picnic with George Collett and easily took three games straight. Bet ting on these games which were for three out of five was 20 to IA on Smith. They were not taken up though, how ever. One gentleman from New York had any amount of money to bet that Smith would win the first two out of three, but he had to take a back seat, getting no takers. The only money bet in this match was on strikes Our friend from Missouri with his horn, was victor at this game. He took all kinds of money from ten cents to a dollar and finished ahead of the game by thirty cents.
 Smith rolled prettily in the first match and could easily have stalled during the last three games, but he so ethought. Huber and Collett were the victims of the joke, Huber because he expected to have Collett roll Jimmie Watt, and Collett because he was UT against a man who could roll as he desired, and when he desired. Smith S total in the game was 225, forty-siX pins better than George. George had q night off and couldn't make them fall in unison. In the second game of the series, Smith got two splits in success sion. This drew out a few balls from few of New Haven's reckless ones but not enough to make the town tight Then Smith came back with nearly clean sweep of strikes, totaling 245 This was remarkable rolling. DurNl this game he rolled his best and I was that bowling which Is not seer every day, even at the Tuxedo alleys Smith loafed during the third game urging Collet on. They fought necl l ana neck uull1 lile elBHlH lrdnet Wnel Smith began his onslaught of strike again. Collett lost the game by bu nine pins
 It will be remembered that this pa l per published the scores of a serie of games between Jimmie Smith an, Johnnie Voorhies for the championshll of Greater New York Smith lost al but one of these games.
 The scores of the individual matcl follow:
 Collett ........,.. 179 1S2 1S2-54 Smith ............. 225 245 191-.66
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24
GEE WHIZ WINNER
Eight to- One Shot Takes First Event of the Second Fort
 nights Races,
JOCKEY IS SUSPENDED
Grace Larsen Takes Mile and an Eighth in the Time of
 Two Minutes.

New Orleans, Dec. 2S.-The second fortnight of racing under the auspices of the City Park Jockey club began to- day. Jockey Delaby was suspended for two weeks for unsatisfactory riding,
 First race, 1-2 furlongs-Gee Whiz, 10S. Molesworth, 8 to l, won; Himalaya, 106, Brussel, to l, second Alsatian, 1)6, McDaniel, to 2, third. Time 1:10 3-5
 Second, seven fur1ongs, selling-Hig ginbotham, 97, Sumter, to 5, won; Javanese, 1O6 1-2, Baker, 16 to 5, Sec ond; Abingdon, 1O3, Brandt 100 to 1, third. Time 1;31.
 Third 1-2 furlongs-Lens, 106 Notter, to 5. won; Almuller, 10S, Kinder, to 5, second, Artful Dodger, 1O2, McDaniel, 30 to 1, third. Time
 Fourth. seven -Jaccbite. 119 Notter ? to 5, won; Faust, 107, Brus- sel,8 to i, second; Jack Dolan, 112 Dow 50 to i, third. Time. 1;30 2-5.
 Fifth, mile and a sixteenth, selling Rio Grande, 9S, Brussel, g to 5, won Mortiboy, 105, McDanieL 3 to l, sec. ond; Appreciation, 101, Delaby, 4 to 1 third. Time, l:5l 4-5.
 Sixth, mile and an eighth selling Grace Larsen, 104 Notter, to 2, won Katie Powers, 97, Glasner, 15 to 1, sec. ond: Charlie Thompson, 102 1-2, Mic Daniel, to l. third, Time, 2'Q9 3-5.