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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
His Ambition.

Yellow-covered literature was not
allowed in the Benson family, but
Harold had friends who narrated to
him some of the stirring tales they
had read.
what is your, ambition, Harold?"
asked an aunt who was visiting the
Benson household, and was blessed
with a long purse. perhaps you've
not decided yet what you'd like to be
or do by and BY" she added. d.
ooh, yes, Aunt Ellen" said Har-
old, shaking his head at such a sug-
g~estion, "I'm all decided. I should
like to be such a man that people
would tremble like leaves at the men
ton of my name."-Youth's Com.
panion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
HaIyel For the Substitute.

Bishop Talbot, the Cowboy Bish-
op," the original of the bishop pic
tured by Owen Wister in his Lin
Mclean" and "The Virginian," had
a host of picturesque EXPERIENCES
during the years of his life on the
plains when he was Bishop of wy
oming and Idaho.
Entering a particularly wild min
ing camp in Idaho one day, he went
from one saloon and gambling house
to another, inviting the men to at
tend a meeting in one Of the dance
halls on the following day. Out of
sheer curiosity to hear what this
churchman would say, the men
focked to the meeting, and his tren-
chant words and his manliness made
instant friends.
For three weeks he remained at
the camp, working day and night,
and when finally he announced that
he must leave a committee of miners
solemnly went to him and offered
him a salary of $4,000 to stay and
hustle up this preachin' business"
He was, Of course, unable to accept
their proposition, but offered to send
them a good man in his place. To
this, however, the committee de-
INJURED. It was not Gin the DEAL"
they said. PEE.
They retired for consultation, and
then came back with another offer.
IF you'll send us a good talker and
a good mixer" they said, well
guarantee him at least $1,000 a year.
But, please" they added, imPlor-
ingly, don't send us no stick
Harper's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
No Death List Possible.

Kingston, Jamaica.-The magnif-
cent landlocked harbor here is closed
to shipping as a result Of the earth
quake. Bowden, however, Is open,
and all food and medical supplies will
have to be landed there. It is imper-
alive that relief supplies be sent at
once, for under the present conditions
pestilence is bound to break out.
Money Is useless here, and the great
cry is for food and medical supplies.
Human misery seems to have
found its depth in Kingston. The
content and Incidence which have
been the chief characteristic Of the
native have given way to despair, and
about blindly, apparently unable to
do anything to help themselves.
Fully $4,000 persons are in the
streets or camped on the outskirts of
the city, and the total number of
homeless men, women and children
in a radius Of ten miles from here is
estimated at 10000.
The bodies Of the victims of the
disaster still are lying in the streets.
No effort has been made to bury the
victims, and in spite Of the gravity of
the situation it Is hard to get the ma
tives to do any work. Even in their
present condition their Incidence is
asserting itself.
All the residents seemed to have
lost their heads Immediately after the
first big tremor of the earth. Follow
ing the first shock every one a into
the streets and dashed for the open
squares.
Because Of the general chaos it is
impossible to tell how many whites
have been killed. The fact flat a
person is missing and cannot be
found by relatives means nothing, for
only chance can bring friends and
relatives together in the crowds. All
the big hotels have been destroyed,
but it is believed that the guests es-
capped. Whether they did SO will not
be known positively, however, for
several days.
The worst damage vas done in the
business section of the city, where
big warehouses fell together as if
they had been built Of thin paper.
The employees in those houses were
buried in the ruins, and as flames
broke out soon after the collapse of
the structures it is likely that. the
bodies of the unfortunate ones will
never be recovered.
For several hours after the first
upheaval houses continued to fall
and many persons were injured by
falling walls, roofs and poles. Bust
ness was suspended, as all the mer-
chants deserted their shops and ran
for safety. So great was the terror
that none dared return to his place
Of business, and the shops were left
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
MILK FROM SOY A
Invention Of Japanese Chemist Like
Condensed Cows Milk.

London. The Japanese news
papers give particulars of the inven-
ton of DR.. Kalayama of a method for
preparing condensed vegetable milk
from soy beans. The beans are boiled
and then pressed. The liquid extracted
resembles cows milk in appearance,
but the composition is entirely differ
ent.
The bean juice consists Of 92.5 per
cent: water, 1902 protein, ZIG fat,
O.03 fibre, 1.SS otner non-nitrogcnous
substances and 0.41 ash. To the
juice the inventor adds a little sugar
and potassium phosphate, the latter
to counteract the formation of albu-
men. Then he condenses the mix
ture.
The milk thus pre-. ared is of a yell
lowish color and is pleasant to the
palate, tasting somewhat like cows
milk with a slight favor Of soy beans.
It can be produced at FAR less cost
than condensed cows milk.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
Cold Affected Head and Throat
Attack Was Severe.

Chas. W. Bowman, LIST Lieut.. and Adjt.
4th NJ. S. NJ. Cav. Vols, writes from Lam
ham, Nd, as follows:
Though somewhat averse to patent
medicines, and still more averse to be-
coming a professional affidavit man, it
seems only a plain duty in the present in
stance to add my experience to the COL
umns already written concerning the cura-
tive powers of Peruna.
"Ihave been particularly benefited
By its use for colds In the head and
throat. IhaTe been able to fully cure
myself Of most severe attack IN
Jorty-etght hours byits use according
to directions. Ease 1t as q preventive
whenever threatened aCith an attack.
Members of my family also use it for
like ailments. We are recommending it to
our friends"
AsE Four Druggist for Free PerWnG
Almanac for 1907.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
Improved Machine Mixers.

The progress of the milking ma
. chine toward perfection Is becoming
quite rapid. The latest type machine
by a New Zealand inventor delivers
the milk straight into the bucket
without going through any tubes, al
though tubes are used to convey the
necessary action to the teats. A New
Zealand dairyman writes: my
twelve-year-old SOL can fix and adj
just the machine with the greatest
ease. One man or boy can attend
to four machines and a milk from
four to ten COWS in twenty minutes"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
Late News Paragraphs.

Emigration from St. Pierre, the
only habitable French possession IN
America, has ceased.
Senator Gearin, of Oregon, adVo-
Gated exclusion of Japanese laborers
from the United States.
In his annual report, Secretary OF
War Taft says conditions in the Phil
ippines are steadily improving.
A resolution has been presented
in the Senate calling for a Judiciary
Committee investigation of charges
that a lobby has been endeavoring to
influence matters relative to the Con-
go Free State.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
BIDS FOR CANAL WORK OPENED.
olivercBangs Combination is the
E'.E Lowest Bidder. 1&Ai.J

Washington, ,. civilian J.
Oliver, of Knoxville, Tenn, and Ans
son M. Bangs, of New York, sub
mitted the lowest bid to the; 1sthmian
Canal Commission for the contract
for the construction Of the Panama
Canal, and if the offer is accepted, and
it doubtless will be, the men will be
the real builders of the great water
way. Their profit will be great, but
in the opinion Of those thor 'ghly,
familiar with all the details VIII
amount to a sun which the Govern
ment can well afford to pay, The
Oliver-Bangs combination in their bid
offered to do the work for 6.75 per
cent. of the cost of construction an
estimate of which VII be prepared
by an engineering committee, consist
ing of two members appointed by the
contractors and three by the IsthmiGn
Canal Commission. The bid is con-
sidered low. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
Uncut Orchids.

Even when orchid flowers are fully
developed they may remain uncut up
on the plants for two or three weeks
without apparent deterioration. This
gives them a manifest advantage
over most flowers that have to be cut
Immediately upon or even in advance
of reaching full notwithstanding
Life in America. &e~a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
S45o,OOO FEE FOR SENATOR.
MIR. Piles, of Washington, to Get 1t in
Il Will Case.

Seattle, Wash.-Under the decision
of Judge Arthur E. Griffin, in the ia
nous John Sullivan will case, United
States Senator S. H. Piles is to re-
ceive half OF the residue Of the estate,
which is estimated to amount to nor
less than 100000.
The deeds of conveyance by the
two successful heirs were made di-
rectly to Samuel H. Piles, in consid-
Grafton of his assistance in carrying
the case to a conclusion and in rem
dering the necessary attorneys SER
vice.
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me for years. The constant flow of
urine kept my system depleted, caus-
ing nervous chills and night sweats.
After trying seven different. climates
and using all kinds of medicine I had
the good fortune to hear of Doan's
Kidney Pills. This remedy has cured
me. I am as we'll to-day as 1 was
twenty years ago, and my eyesight IS
perfect"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, DEVASTATED
BY EARTHQUAKE AND Flames
Whole Island Riven by Tremor Which
Causes Heavy Loss of Life
and Property.
SURVIVORS CAMP OUT and SUFFER SEVERELY

SOLDIERS BURNED TO DEATH IN MILITARY HOSPITAL
Heroic WORK BY R~EscUERs-MANY TERRIFIC SHOCKS
TERROR SEXES oPULATION-MILITARY RULE PREVAILS
Bic HOTEL AND OTHER LARGE BUILDINGS ARE
W~REcKED-HospITAIS CROWDED WITH HUNDREDS
OF WOUNDED AND GOVERNOR AND COLONIAL Or
F1C1AIs WORK TO BRING ORDER OUT OF CHAOS. "
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
"Moonshine" South's Curse.

Federal Judge Speer, in charging
the Grand Jury at Augusta, Ca, said
that illicit distilling vas the greatest
cause Of negro outrages and race
riots. He said the illicit distiller sup
plies the worthless { amp with the
fierce into-icant that lurns him into
a savage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
Peirce Exonerated.

Herbert H. D. Peirce vas exoner-
ated by the State Department, Wash
ington, d. c., from all blame in col
Letting a fee for prosecuting the
claims of the owners of the schooner
Lewis, it being stated that PIERCE
acted with the consent of his superior
officers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
Hill Asked to Help.

The Interstate Commerce .Conim.s-
sion upon its return to Washington
sent a message to J. ]. Hill, OF the
Great Northern Railway, asking him.
to rush supplies to districts suffering
from fuel famine and lack Of supplies.
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pital collapsed and caught fire in
stantly, and as there was no water
forty-six soldiers we're burned alive.
Lieutenant Belcher and two privates
were saved. The mess room fell,
wounding Major Headyman, also bad
ly injuring Colonel Hay, Captain Mot
ley, Lieutenant Dixon and Quarter
master and Mrs. Price.
The Constant Spring Hotel is badly
damaged, but standing, and $50 tour
lists camped on the lawn in tents OF,
under the trees, with a cool norther
blowing, in morning toilets, presented
a strange spectacle. .
The school walls fell, but the roof
stood, and none was killed, though
some were hurt. The ball room and
upper part of the government house
are in ruins. "
The Governor was seen in Kings
ton directing the fremen. Lady
Swettenham is tending the wounded.
The residence of the officer COM
handing the troops is a total ruin,
but his wife was dug out alive. The
hospital is shaky, but standing. The
full wharf Of the Hamburg-American
line is used as a hospital, and the
dead and dying are brought by water
in barges and by land in drays. The
crew Of the Arno, her captain dead,
was saved at the Royal Mail wharf by
the ships here. ..,'.
The damage outside of Kingston is
not great. Trains are running to
Titchfield. Port Antonio is reported
little damaged and Spanish Town the
same. The negro population behaved
splendidly. There were no riots or
footing, but they got religious frenzy
and were singing and praying in the
streets. Warships are reported sum-
moned. Troops are guarding Var
ley's flour store, where there is sufi-
cient food for twenty days.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
DRORSNN NEW DISCOVERY;

0orss ca,eL Book o. Testimonials and 10 Days. treatment
6roee DE-. II. II. GREEN'S s0sS. box D, Atlanta, 81.
A Paris paper devoted TO scien-
tifc subjects announces the discov-
cry of a practical method of shield
ing watches and clocks from mag
netic influence. 1t is said to be the
work Of a matchmaker named Leroy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
Cost Of Railways Needed.

J. J. Hill, in a letter to Governor
Johnson, of Minnesota, reviewed the
railroad traffic problem, and esti-
mated ttS.t it would cost the roads
$500, 900, 900 in five years to pro-
vide proper facilities.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
100 LOST IN TYPHOON.

Leyte and Samar, IN the PhlI1pplnes,
Devastated-Worst in Ten Years.
Manila, P. 1.-The Islands of Leyte
and Samar we're swept by a typhoon.
One hundred lives were lost in Leyte.
The barracks and officers quarters
on the east coast Of Samar we're de-
stroyed.
No estimate of the damage to prop
erty has yet been made. No damage
to shipping is reported.
The storm is the worst for ten
years. Communication with Leyte
and Samar has been cut off for six
days, and only meagre particulars of
the storm have been received.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06

In some parts Of England auctions
are held with a minute sand glass.
The highest bid made between the
time the glass is turned till the sand
runs out wins the article that is I'm
der the hammer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06

Austin, Texas,
writes: "I was
afflicted foryears
with pains across
the loins and In
the hips and
shoulders. / had
eadache also
and neuralgia.
My right eye,
from pain, was
Of little uSa TO
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
Union Pacific After Santa Fe.

Before the Interstate Commerce
Commission e. P. Ripley, president
of the Santa Fe, testified that an at
tempt had been made by the Union
Pacific to obtain control Of his road.
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open to any one. who cared to enter
and help himself to what he could
carry away.
Although the residence section did
not fare as badly as the business Sec
ton, most of the houses were dam
aged. When flames broke out these
houses easily were destroyed in the
fire. Rich and poor alike are home
less and are seeking food wherever
they can.
Although little outside of their
| own misery is known to the residents
of Kingston, the indications here are
that the devastation wrought by the
earthquake in the surrounding coun-
try also has been great. Messengers
who arrived from nearby towns say
they did not see a single u%ninjured
house between the places from which
they came and Kingston. The loss Of
life also Is said to have been great in
the outskirts of the city. s.
Practically all the work of burying
done by the whites. The negroes abb
solutely refuse to do anything save
moan and weep, and no argument can
| overcome their hatred of labor. Prac-
| tically all the hard work is being done
by the professional men and business
| men, whose interests lie in saving the
city.
1t will be days before anything Ike
a systematic effort to bring order out
Of the present chaos can beabagun.
No one appears to know what to do,
and everyone is waiting for outside
help. Those who were fortunate
enough to obtain horses and carts
fastened to get as far away from
Kingston as possible, and so bad are
conditions that thousands of: others
will have to be transported elsewhere.
Three Small Towns Destroyed.
a. 8 Kingston Jamaica.-Unof1cial re-
ports from outlying districts say that
at least three small settlements have
been totally destroyed, and the dead
and injured there may reach 200 or
800. These places r Boston, Trini-
tyville and Colev.
For many miles from Kingston the
upheavals. and openings of, the earth
ruined sugar and coffee plantations,
duu uOLucS "duu wal Hou6Co " ShS
planters were wrecked.
Spanish Town reports great loss Of
property, but no lives, and says the
shocks were feltseventy-fye OF, eighty
miles west Of Kingston. IL EtFt5
Won't Pay Fire Losses.
, London.-It is roughly estimated
that the twenty-three British fire
offices in Kingston have about
s1,500,000 insurance there. The ex-
p~ectation is that they. will stand to-:
gether and repudiate liability for all
fire losses due to the earthquake.
Two months ago, after a. shock of
earthquake in Jamaica had been re-
ported, a well known London insur-
ance firm telegraphed, offering to ar.
range insurance on Kingston proper
ty against all damage done by earth
quake, including fire. The firms cor
respondent replied that no such in
surance was wanted in Kingston, as
no serious earthquake had occurred
within. the memory of living a
There had been slight shocks, but
material damage had never resulted
from any of them. 1t Is unfortunate
for the people Of Kingston that the
proposed insurance policies were not
placed, since the existing fire policies
all contain earthquake clauses, eX-
Guiding liability.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
Safety of Life on Scows.

Agitation was begun to pas
sage Of a national law compelling
n of scows, barges and dredges
to provide. rails and thus safeguard
the lives of the crews.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
Attack on Fashionable Pastors.

The Rev. DR.. Madison c. Peters, at
the Majestic Theatre, New York City,
characterized the pastors of fashion
able churches as forced panderers to
the rich men of the congregations.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
Tariff Changes Assured.

Secretary of State Root, speaking
at Exporters Convention, in Wash
ington, D. c., declared that a change
in the tariff is bound to come.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
Murdered by TerroriSts.

The Russian Chief of Police Bres-
hesniovski, of Daghestan, on the Cas-
plan Sea, was murdered by a sup
posed terrorist. The assassin es-
caped.
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Oppose Channel Tunnel.

Strong opposition to the plan for a
tunnel between England and France
is being shown in British military
and naval circles.
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Vatican Burns All Bridges.
The Papal% encyclical is regarded In
France as putting an end to hopes or
making terms with the Vatican.
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The whites, numbering approxl-
mately 10000, are we'll to do, being
chiefly merchants or government rep,
resentatives. The negroes are az
Door. Society is composed cnieny
of government officials and tnei
families. There are several res
%taurants, and all are distinctly Span
ish. They remain open until 9 O'Clock
at night, at which hour Kingston goes
to bed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
Truancy Law Favored.

The Mankato (Minn.) Trades and
Labor Assembly has gone on record
as favoring a truancy law.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
For furnishing Russians

The Russian Premier, Stolyp. 4:
asked for another credit OF SIS, ~
600 for famine relief.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
Ambiguous.

S5 Ambiguous. W.
Wanted-Strong donkey to do the
work Of country clergyman.-Relig-
ious Weekly.
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For 4 Chilean Ambassador.

The Chilean Government proposed
TO Parliament the raising of the lega-
ton at Washington the rank OF en-
baSsy.
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Violent Earthquake in Pacific.

The most violent earthquake ever
recorded was reported from the South
Pacific Ocean.
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Lockout of Berlin Carpenters.

Fifteen thousand carpenters and
ioiners have been locked out in Ber-
lin, Germany, for refusing the mast
ers' demands.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06

A novelty in Easter eggs is one of glass
that is electrically lighted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06
TO Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money If it fails to cure.
+. ". Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
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Condemned Woman's New Trial.
A new appeal to The United States
Supreme Court has been allowed Mrs.
Aggie Myers, who was to hang at
Kansas City.
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Insurance Company Acquired.

Capitalists headed by F. Augustus
Heinze, E. R. Thomas and O. F.
Thomas acquired control of the Prov,
ident Savings Life Assurance Society.