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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-04
Bassett china in open stock
bargains.
Teachers Association.

AbbeViIIe, s. C., DC. 2, I9UI.
To the Teachers OF Abteviile County
Knowing that JOG are deeply interested II
your work and are locking out for what IL
beneficial. l extend GU each and all IN inVi
iation 10 meet in Abbcville. Saturday Dec
lIlh. for the purpose OF organizing o County
Articulation ond Rural School I'm
provemtpt AssL citation. You are urged it
speak TO your fellow teachers and insist upon
their coming. Association II CT 2 why 10 bet
ter our schools. New ideas and methods al
what we want. Teachers meetings furnishes
them. Your Interest will be shown by your
presence. r. B. Cheatham.
County Superintendent Education.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-04
Farmers Hold Enthusiastie Meeting
nj Anderson.

A large meeting of the farmers was he'd In
Anderson On last Monday morning. The
meeting was held on the fourth anniversary
tion of the farmers OF the county. Speeches
were made by Messrs. R. p. Clinkscales. j.
Fretwell, j. {. Stribling, J. w. Ashley and
others.
The consensus OF opinion seemed to be that
cotton was worth Is cents per pound. and as
far as that neck OF the woods was concerned
they would have II or hold cotton.
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gu est Of Mrs. T. II. Maxwell last week.
DR.. J. R. Nickles spenl Thnlsdap In Hodges.
Miss Daisy Ma well was the guest OF friends
in Greenwood lat week.
Miss Mia Moore no Ia teaching the
IugeWocd school was the guesto OF Miss Lucy
Calyer for the week end.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-04
Poems in burnt leather
bindings at bargains 5 and
1Oc store.

Meeting OF Daughters of Conf deIacy.
The Daughters OF the ConfeGeracy will meet
on next Tuesday afternoon at the home Of
Mis-. T.. d. Brown.
Mrs. l.. 7. Miller. Secretary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-04
101 pieces China dinner sets
at bargains 5 and 10c store at
$3.50 These sets are i'm
ported and are bargains.
GE MS IN We RISE.

The Little Streets.
"Tomorrow I'll do it," says Bennie
~ will by and BY" says Seth. |
"Not n~ow-pretty soon, I" says JENNA
tin a minute" says little Beth.
Oh, dear little people, remember
That, true as the stars in the skys
The little streets of Tomorrow,
Pretty Soon and By-and.by
Lead, one and all,
As straight, they say, ]
As the Kings highway,
To the city Of Not at ALI
-Annie b. Donnell In Youths CompaDSS&
II We're You. \
r I were you, I'd see my path Of duty
30 plain and straight, without a curve OF bena
And walk upon II, without swervs or falter.
From LIES beginning straightway to liz END
I'd be 30 strong, 30 faithful and 90 true,
I would, II ] were you. D
Il I we're you, I'd I've Upon . pittance
And save ny money for a rainy day
And never buy q pretty gown or Jewel
Or take q bit of pleasure by the way,
And then I'd be % cheerful, never blua
I would, II I were you
n were you and friends that knew ye1 Ion
gest -.
Would hurt and wound. advice uuaaked would
give,
I'd still forbear and cherish all their virtues
And ever with them In contentment live.
I'd be So faithful, constant through and
through. :
I would. If I were you
II I were you and found some gentle woman
Who gave you sweetness trust and sympathy,
I would not turn to them for consolation,
But seek alone the barren friendship tres,
Nor try to find q broader mental view.
Al, no; I would not-not II ] were you
And II . man should help You with his Nhns
To stronger purpose or to Drawer deed
I'd do without his presence and incentive,
Lest all the gossips' tongues thereby should
speed,
Although ii take from Life its pleasures few
I would, II ! were you
r were you, I'd stay in old Enclosures
And be consistent all the way along,
No matter what the stress and strain OF lite u
Temptations, trials, sorrows. loss among.
All this and more I'd do. ... .'.''
! would, II were you
But for myself, AZ I am just q woman.
I'll take what help and gladness I can ind
Nor make o pledge to absolute perfection,
And all my way TO hard heroics bind, !
Content to think, with kindly deeds AZ leaysn,
While here I dwell l lose no hope OF heaven. {
And 30, withal, at last ! may not rue
Not doing as-l would II ! were you.
\. Anna Olcott Oommeffn.
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The Mirror.


~ mirror tells me that my face is fair, 49,
And can I doubt but that 1t tells me trusi
Nv mirror says that I have golden hair
And cheeks like the Wild rose and sysss
blue
nav, DO I indeed these charms possess.
o trusty slsssi" My mirror answers yea"
When lovers tales this heart all FREQ from care
Have surteited with Hattery's oloying sweet
Unto my mirror do I straight repair
And CRY: 20 mirror. Is this all decettf
Bay, do / merit praise and fond caressfr
Then doth my trusty mirror answer yea
Deem me not vain. I pray, for we'll I know
That when LIES skies have lost their rsa1
hue. t.. .l...
must one day unto my mirror 60 !,
And say, "Oh, tell me. mirror, 10 IL true :
That every, day my youthful charms grsS
lessr -:
Then must my trusty mirror answer "Ys."
And, oh, I trust that In that later day, !
The time Of silvered hair and fading stght ,
When I unto my looking glass shaIl say,
20 mirror, with my beauty's waning hahS
Doth honor also fail and virtue sof""
Then may mine truthful mirror answer Ne.
Margaret B. Mauro in MeOluTe's MagaxtnA +
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Child and Mother.

Ouklu buu aAokaOEs
o mother, my love, II you'll give ne your hand
And 90 where I AJAX you to wander, T..
I will lead you away to . beautiful land. I
The dreamland that's waiting out yonderi :
Well walk In the sweet posy garden out thsfs
Where moonlight and starlight are streaming
And the flowers and the birds are filling ths
air !
With the fragrance and music ot dreaming.
There1l be no little, tired out boy to undreea.
No questions or cares to perplex you;
There'll be no little bruises or bumps 10 g.
ress II
Nor patching Of stockings to vex you,
For ri rock you away On the oliver dsR
stream :.
And sing you asleep when you're weary, !
And no one shall know Of our beautiful drsa1
But you and your own Little dsatie. ),
And when I am tired I'll nestle my head {.
In the bosom that's soothed me 30 often,
And the wide awake stars shall sing In my stead
: A song which my dreaming shall soften.
30, mother, my love, let me take your dsas
hand,
And away through the starlight wen wan
der,
Away through the mist to the beautiful land
The drsamland that's waiting ont yenderl
-EuQeua Fald.
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Gods glory lies not out Of reach.
The moss we crush beneath our fest.
The pebbles on the wet seabeaoh,
Eave solems meanings. strange and swssA
Owen Nsrodltk
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Each In His Own Mama.

Each In Nis Own Name.
fire mist and a planet,
A crystal and q cell, =
A jellyfsh and q saufian
And caves where the cave men owen
Then q sense Of law ald beauty
And face turned from the Died
Some call it evolution,
And others call 1t God.
A haze on tho far horizon,
The infinite, tender skyi
The ripe, rich tints Of the oorndesds
And the wild geeso sailing high
And all over upland and lowlaad
The charm Of the goldenrod-
Some Of Us call 1t autumn,
And others call IL God.
Like the tides on q crescent sssbeasA
When the moon Ii new and thin,
Into our hearts high ~yearninss
Come yelling and surging In
Come from the mystic ocean,
Whose rim no foot has trod-
Some Of us call 1t longing,
And others call IL Gsd i
A picket frosen ON duty, :
A mother starved for her broe4 ,
Socrates drinking the hemloei :
And Jesus on the rood,
The million who, humble and uamelo4
The straight, hard pathway trodS
Some call II conservation.
And others call 1t God. q.
w. &. Orruth In Christian Register.
Hou on talk o. martial heroes till th' tos> 3
Gabriel's horn
An declaim about your statesmen TN yoa'N
hoarso
But they amt tn biggest heroes that tnto -
world was born,
For compared with some thsir woxh =
mighty coarse.
III real heroes wear no tokens but tn bltsters
on their hans
They'r re tn toilers that aboun In every cAma
Ehey'r tn very bone an sinoo o all ttmss ~
O. all lan'L
They're th men who keep a.hustlin I'D r.
time
Omaha World-Hsrald
Gods glory lies not out Of reach. !
The moss we crush beneath our fest I
The pebbles on the wet seabeaoh,
KAve soIems meanings. strange and swssA
Owen NsreditA
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-25

felt. The artisans, or really artists,
who will work in these buildings will
produce seventeenth century household
goods and wearing materials just as
they were made by the earliest COL
onists.
The war PATH" or concession quar-
ters of the exposition. will contain
the latest novelties and best collection
OF amusements ever gathered at an
exposition.
Innumerable free attractions or pub
lie amusements, will be provided for
the visitors. No other exposition has
ever had the assurance of such SPLEEN
did musical entertainment, for every
warship that visits the port will have
band, and few regiments are without
musical corps.
The Exposition has provided most
amply for the comfort of it's visitors
by shaded walks, numerous drink
ing fountains, enclosures with benches
and tables where visitors may partake
of lunches brought by them to the
grounds; a free bathing section-are
among the many attractions.
In addition to the splendid hotel
and boarding house facilities of the
district, mammoth Inside Inn, lux
uriously appointed. will be on the
grounds. This hotel will offer reason
able rates and first class service TO
all
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-25

What is known as the corkscrew
palm is a familiar plant to West In
dians. The palm resembles the bay
onet variety, but instead of the long,
sharp saber springing from the CEN
ter of the palm and reaching upward
in the way they happen to come, the
corkscrew palm has it's spikes Joined
together at the heart, and they form
winding row from the base to the
top. 1t is said that these palm leaves
corkscrew from right to left, going
up, but occasionally freak plants have
been noticed where the direction was
reversed. This is, however, a very
rare occurrence.
The corkscrew palm is purely de-
corative. 1t grows to a height of
from six to ten feet and reaches a
diameter of four to Six Its principal
use is to guard the entrance to car
riage drives and paths leading from
the main road to ones own pen. 1t
takes several years, even in a trop-
ical country where all plant and ami
NAL life natures rapidly, for one of
these curious palms to grow to full
heighr-New York Herald.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-25


A description of the jamestown Ex-
position, its progress, its character
and its features, set forth in a brief
paragraph, would read as follows:
The object Of the Exposition is to
celebrate the foundation of the first
permanent English speaking settle
ment in America, which was laid at
jamestown, Virginia, May 10, 1907. 1t
will be opened by the president of
the United States at the noon hour
of April 26, 1907, the three hundredth
anniversary of the day that the adj
venturers, who were to found James,
town. landed at Cape Henry; the
gates will close at midnight of No.
vember 80, 1907.
The Exposition will be held on the
waters and shores of Hampton Roads,
the largest and best land-locked har-
Dor on the Atlantic seaboard-five
miles distant from the city of Nor
folk, and in equal proximity to New
port News, Portsmouth, Hampton and
Old Point Comfort, Virginia. The Ex-
position headquarters are at Norfolk,
Virginia.
The Exposition site contains ap-
proximately four hundred acres of land
space-a forty acre enclosed water
basin and the one hundred and sixty
square miles of water surface of
Hampton Roads. The Exposition may
be reached by water from all the sea-
board cities and by rail, without
change except for ferryage, from all
parts OF the country. Seven trunk
lines terminate at Norfolk and six
teen lines of steamships leave the
harbor. All the circumjacent cities
have ferries and launches running to
the Exposition, and Norfolk is further
connected with the site by four trolley
lines and one steam railway.
The Exposition site has a frontage
of two miles on Hampton Roads, and
one-half mile on Boush Creek. The
other sides of the Exposition grounds
are enclosed by decorative pine and
wire fence, covered with honeysuckle,
crimson rambler rose and trumpet
vines. The Exposition is great white
and red city-Corinthian columns
fianking walls. Shade trees are in
abundance, groves of fruit trees on
the grounds and innumerable beds of
native flowers and decorative plants.
In the exhibit buildings of the Ex-
position there will be gathered the
choicest selection of industrial arts,
of transportation devices, of historical
displays and complete section will
be devoted to seventeenth century
handicraft.
Twenty foreign nations will par
ticipate in the Exposition by sending
representative fleets from their navies
and crack regiments from their armies.
Thirty states of the union will take
prominent part and most of them will
have buildings on the grounds. :
In connection with the military and
naval display the government will
maintain war museum.
In the government building will be
an exhibit of the state department,
showing facsimiles in some cases, and
in others originals, of all all the fam
GUS documents which have become
part of our nations history.
The treasury department will main
tain bureau Of engraving and print
ing, which will illustrate the plate
work used in the bureau for notes and
bonds. 1t will also exhibit its SPLEEN
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-25
GrandF0rkS.
North Oak.

The morning of the execution was
cloudy, and it seemed undecided wheth-
er it should let the sun break through
or rain.
The sun had broken through the
clouds. and the people were hurrying
along the streets before the next show
er commenced to fall; the old people
sat in their little gardens enjoying the
sunshine, and the children began to
play. Suddenly, like fairy music, rang
out the bells. The people stopped in
their work, the children in the middle
OF the game, and whisper went
round. 1.-The old, old bells," and 1.-The
prisoner" Yes, joyous as though 20
make up for silent years, rang out the
bells again and again. They had
proved the prisoners innocence, and
he was at once chosen bell-ringer.
The children clapped their hands
and resumed their play once more with
smiling faces, the music still ringing
in their ears.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-25
With the blood of the combatants.

with the blood of the combatants.
The seventeenth, the eighteenth and
the nineteenth centuries have witness
ed memorable naval battles in Hamp-
ton Roads, the history of which great
waterway must be taken from every
chapter of our naval records. War
has left its marks in Virginia and
monuments attest the heroism dis
played. The supremacy of the Eng
lish idea began at jamestown and has
continued throughout the centuries.
The domination of England ended at
Yorktown, not twenty miles distant
from the first settlement.
On land and water during the war
of 1872 there were struggles in east
ern Virginia, and the peninsula be-
ween the James and the York was
contested inch by inch. During the
Civil war the first naval battle, in
which the duel between the Merrimac
and the Monitor occurred, was fought
at a spot within sight of every Wis
itor who may stand on the Exposition
shore line.
In May, 1907, one hundred and five
settlers formed the total population Of
what is now the United States, with
the exception of the Spanish settle
ments in Florida and perhaps a post
or two in the other Gulf districts. The
sturdy acorn OF jamestown has grown
into monstrous tree, whose ramify-
ing branches have extended across the
continent with vagrant limbs that have
reached to the frozen north and to
the tropic islands in the Caribbean
Sea and to the far East-Pacific. One
hundred and five in 1907; perhaps one
hundred and five million in 1904
mighty growth, and yet not a full
measure of increase, for the American
idea, engendered at jamestown and
consummated by the Revolutionary
war, has impregnated every advanced
government Of the world until the
freedom of the people is no empty
sound. but an actuality through almost
all civilization.
Poetry, pageantry, pomp. patriotism
these will greet the visitor to the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-25
THE BELLS OF KLEINHAUSEN.
This story is an old, old tradition.

This story is an old, old tradition.
Once upon time there existed an
ancient city, now fallen to ruins, which
was famous throughout the country for
its wonderful bells. Indeed, there was
one special week in the year at which
time people from other nations would
visit the city in order to hear them.
Nobody knew how they came there,
but engraved inside one of the bells
was curious inscription. to this eff
feet: That they could only be rung
by perfectly blameless man, one who
had not done single bad act in his
life. The present bell-ringer was very
old. He had been in this Office ever
since he was strong enough to pull the
ropes. He was so good and kind that
the sensitive bells had known his touch
and responded to it. But on an evil
day for Kleinhausen the good old man
died. At once new bell-ringer was
appointed, but at the first pull of the
rope the bells tangled, making such a
discordant noise that the people put
their fingers in their ears and clamor-
ously demanded different bell-ringer.
Then the judge, with Some learned
men, puzzled themselves as to who
should be good enough to ring the
bells. At last they chose man who
gave to the poor and who was general
ly liked, but his attempt was as much
Il failure as the other mans had been.
So it was with many more who were
chosen. The judge abandoned the
search. and for a long time the city
went to church without any bells to
hurry them on to service.
One year a young man was accused
of murder and found guilty. The day
before his execution he was asked if
he would like any favor before his
death.
On the morning of my execution l
desire to be bell-ringer of kleinhaus-
en-" said he.
This was promised him, for the Judge
faicied it was only some mad idea or
freak.
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Wholesale s
49,. Retail 5000.
Facts About the jamestown
Exposition and About the
Early Day History Of Virginia

On the 18th day of May, 1907, three
small barks anchored just off the
peninsula which jutted into the James
River, about thirty miles from its
mouth. Besides the crews of the little
boats there we're one hundred and
five English speaking adventures, who
had left their native land, braved the
terrors of the deep, faced the unknown
fate of the pioneer in the wilderness
all to establish home and coun-
try in the new world.
Stern men were of this party. men
to whom fear was stranger, and
yet fear visited them before long and
ere the dread terror made its advent,
famine and fever had become house.
hold attendants.
Horror was not all of the story.
Poetry entered into this grand UNDER
taking and sweetest romance became
part of 1t. An Indian maid Of four
teen saved the white leaders life, and
this same maid, undaunted by personal
peril, Oftimes preserved the infant
colony from famine and from nlassa-
ere. This dusky princess, Pocahontas,
later married an English gentleman
and as young bride visited the Eng
honOrs accorded to royal blood. Her
untimely death in foreign land ter
minated the career of one OF the
worlds real herOines.
Here was poetry and romance, and
these twin beautifiers OF the world
Ofttimes walked hand in hand through
fair Virginia.
jamestown was vice-regal court
and later Williamsburg was even more
brilliant, but there is other romance
besides that of the softer kind. There
is picturesque beauty and glory in
the spectacle of war and the Ter
Centennial territory has been fire.
quent war theatre. Through the CEN
turtles the Indians massacred the
whites, the French fought the English
and the English the Dutch. We have
had two wars with England and one
bloody fraternal struggle, and the soil
of Virginia each time has been laved
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-25

Atlas mother was i'll and Alta had
been asked to make the coffee, useing
half an egg to settle it. The problem
was too much for the little girl. who
came running to her mother, knife
in one hand and an egg in the other,
and asked: How do you cut an egg
in half without splitting it,"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-25
SENATORIAL POVERTY.

There has been much discussion
lately as to who is the poorest senator
in Washington. Notwithstanding his
name. Senator Money of Mississippi
claims the distinction of being poorer
than any of his confreres. But that IS
merely a matter of dollars and cents.
If there is poorer Senator in Wash
ington than Clark of Montana, who has
more money than he knows what to do
with. We have not yet heard of him. =
Savannah News
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jamestown Exposition.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-17
TIE JAPANESE IMMIGRATION.

Whether the policy of Japanese exclusion is
there strong evidence that it proving workable The
stories that from the far west both north south the
effect that the Japs coming this country great numbers
They have the definite knowledge points of
least resistance and make for them with unerrng instinct That
this influx trouble be easily from the sentiments
already vigorously expressed in California.
japan does very successful in keeping her c
home though being constantly told that the
of this far land is bent upon preventing the she
needs from leaving her shores 1t difficult problem up
the Japanese policy and that uncertainty leads fever
the part of many generally accounted of temperate udg
ment that country and the Japs must clash.
AS those who pretend find of peace the fact
that Japan has very heavy debt be said that stronger
support for there be than ability financial
legations When nation generally the money
fight And there very intelligent observers who say that
spite OF his knowledge of the debt which he feels through burden
taxation the ordinary Jap will be quick anything
that he may construe as an imposition part
This country The has pcrpexing ques-
tion enough internal interest citizens While
the railroads under heavy bonds obey the law exclusion
the fact that Japanese the wanted here
vglan work the part employees The
aps do crowd everybody else where they have
In sections of the northwest they have followed the
limit Standard Oil methods of crowdng competitors business
and that of the chief for the dislike them
the Pacific If Japan really wants her people get foot
hold all protests hide the belief
ing pyng which quite noted Japanese accomplish
me-