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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
Fashion for Pearl Earrings.

1t is interesting that the style in
earrings has not changed. 1t Is as
pronounced as vel. The large ba-
rogue pearls are worn against the
ear, and all manner of semi-precious
stones are worn in pear-shaped drops
that fall half way down the neck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16

Condensed milk imports in Japan
are increasing enormously, rising
from a value of $320.00O in 1901 to
s1,O31,00O in 1907. The United
States supplies ~fifty-eigrt per cent,
Great Britain twenty-five per cent.
and Switzerland th~irry-one !per cent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
Reducing Weight.

Race Horse Owner-"William, you
are too heavy. Cant you take some
thing OFF,"
Jockey-"I'm wearing my lightest
suit, ana haven't tasted food all day"
Owner-'Then, for goodness sake,
go and get shaved. "-Tit-Bits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
Hints to Fishermen.

Always take a good supply o. pep
per. with you. When sport is bad
scatter the pepper over the water and
get ready to lasso the fish whenever
they come up to sneeze.-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
J. D. Rockefeller Promises s15o,oOo.

j.. d. RUCKeIe1Itr IEOuISeS TIVViO00V'
At the Texas Baptist General Con-
vention in Fort Worth $4,000 Of the
necessary $4,000 was raised in an
hour for the Baptist sanitarium in
Dallas. C. C. Slaughter, Of Dallas,
contributed $4,000. It is announced
that John D. Rockefeller has prom
ised to contribute the remaining
$50. 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
spirit FRUIT HEAD DIES.

Formally OF Marriage ] 10 Be
Dispensed With-Followers Prosper.
Chicago. ~ Father Jacob" Bell
hart, known as the head of the Spirit
Fruit" movement at Wooster Lake.
and the founder of half a dozen colo
MES over the country, where It is said
the formality of a marriage service is
dispensed with, died at the colony at
the lake. It is called Spirit Fruit
Farm" and has twelve inmates. The
colony owns 800 acres Of we'll TILED
land. His death followed an opera
ton for appendicitis.
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"Letter kilograms" Newest Things.

"IeIteT IcIeSTu1nS Eto"o'0 80
The Ministry of Posts and Tele-
graphs has supplemented the special
letter delivery system in France with
what are termed "letter kilograms"
Letters may be telegraphed between
two points in France at night at a cost
of one-ffth of a cent a word, to be
delivered the next morning.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
Southern Pacific surveyors are al

SOuthern PaclHC dTe at
work laying out lines for a seven
mile tunnel through the crest of the
Sierras, to relieve the main overland
line of the stiff grades that now re.
quire two engines to haul ordinary
trains.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16

The Chinese Government has de-
cided to increase the duty on cigar
ettes-a rapidly growing import Of
that empire.
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0nG@~z. ~@1
R2. ~

New York City.-Much Of the pop
ularity extended to the house coats
made on such a plan a. this one is
due to the ease with which they can
be made and to the comfort that they
provide. In the illustration elder
down flannel is the material and the
trimming Is ribbon banding, but the
various lighter weight fannels are
exceedingly beautiful this year and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
Heavy Fine For Jap Poachers.

Heavy Fine For Jap Poachers.
Judge Reed, Of Alaska, has fined
the members of the crew of the Jap
anese sealer Kinsai Maru $35,400 for
seal poaching, or $500 for every man
convicted. The japanese will appeal.
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each side of the front. The sleeves
are of the regulation sort finished
with straight cuffs.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is three and a
half yards twenty-four, three and a
quarter yards thirty-two or two and
a half yards forty-four inches wide.
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GOSSIP OF THE RACE TRACK

an extended meeting, the other stakes
Will probably be run.
c. J. Fitzgerald said yesterday that
these additional horsemen had con-
scented to the plan Of the Brighton
Beach Racing Association to modify Or
declare off the stake program for the
meeting IN July: James Caffrey. T. w.
Coulter. Harry w. Smith, L. j. Lantry.
f.. c. La Mortagne. It. Ryan. Joseph
=. Lesh, Charles r. Fleischmann and
Jerry A. Weinberg.
Theer was no public meeting at the
track yesterday. The ring was empty
all the afternoon. and whatever specu-
lation ed was of private nature
between individuals. me police did
not interfere with the groups of men
who gathered on the lawn in front OF
the grandstand or in the paddock, but
many plain-clothes detectives nosed
about. trying to secure evidence that
betting was under way. Deputy Com
tor Flood were in charge of the police.
but they had little to do, as the crowd
was orderly and we'll behaved. The
Pinkertons again notified all the pro-
fessional players that If they were
caught doing business they would be
elected from the track and would not
be allowed to return. 1t was evident
that the race-track men were willing
To await the result of this weeks court
proce ediuSs, and that unril then they
would not attempt to violate the law.
Oral wagers beween individuals, with
70 memorandum of the same, We're
made, but ii was Impossible to secure
proof Of them, several detectives said
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Star Ruhy-Aura H.. suddenly CO
lapsed after he had finished.

Star Ruhy-Aura IT,. suddenly coll
lapsed after he had finished.
At first 1t was believed that the
eelding lcd been stricken with blind
staggers. He rolled around on the
grass. kicking up his legs. until sew
eral stahemen tried to hold him down;
a veterinary. examined him and az Al
sorts OF methods were resorted to In
order to relieve his suffering. But ,l
was of no use and as Judge Post con-
tinued TO writhe In agony he was final
~ shot and dragged away In the dead
horse wagon It was said that he was
suffering from over-eSertior and the
excessive heat. the official verdict be-
ing aneurlsnl OF the brair. Former
v timers Of the Introductory were
Charagrace, Dalton. Rowdy, Mystic
Shriner, Lavator, Arian, Coligny and
Kernel. Bayonet's time. 4iO5 2-5. WAS
a new record for tie race.
According to present indications.
there will be race meeting at sara :
toga this year. IT may last twelve
days or 1t may extend through the
schedule as already mapped out But
under no circumstances will there be
a conflict with Empire CITY. 1t was
said yesterday that II Empire CITY
at the Spa, but that II there was no
meeting at Brighton Beach the sched-
ule might be rearranged. Whatever is
done. the Saratoga Racing Association
is sure to run off these stake events:
The $4,000 Hopeful. the $4,000 SPIN
away. the $4,000 Grand Union Hotel
the $4,000 United States Hotel, the
$1,000 Travers, the $4,000 Flash and
the $4,000 Alabama. In the event OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-22

NEW YORK, June 21.--When Colin
won the Tidal stakes yesterday he pick
ed up $1,000 for James r. Keene. 1t
was his fifteenth consecutive victory
since he first made his bow as two
tyear-oud and his third this season, hav-
ing won the Withers and the Belmon.
stakes at Belmont Park. Colin has
won $47,905 this year and has nearly
$4,000 TO his credit since the begin
ming OF his remarkable career. Mr..
keene was on hand to see Colin run
Yesterday. and when the great colt was
saddled in the paddock he was sur
rounded by a large crowd. The son Of
Commando never looked bet1er and
when he came out upon the track he
received an uproarious welcome from
the sweltering spectators
HIS victory was generally expected
and when he made good, even though
nobody bet on him. there was much
Notification. Mr.. Whitney was rather
disappointed at the showing OF Stamt-
ina as he had been led to believe that
the handsome daughter OF Nasturtium--
Endurance by Right would surely run
second. F. a. Forsythe. however. up
lset these calculations when Dorante,
the gallant son OF Pissaro-Lady Au-
gusta, ran the best race of his career
and actually threatened Colin at the
head of the stretch. which alone, was
something to boast OF.
The Tidal is one OF the oldest stakes
on the Coney Island Jockey Guns cal
endar. 1t was first run in 1880 and
has produced these winners: Luke
blackburn Hindoo. Runnymede. Barnes.
Young Duke. Joe Cotton. Pardee. In
spector B.. Hanover. Defense. Salvador,
Burlington, Portchester. Charade. Sir
Walter. Dobbins, keenan,. Margrave,
Buddha. HandbalI, Filon dor. McMee-
kin Watercolor, Major Daingerfield,
Shorthose. Orr Wells. Sysonby. Account
ant and Mr.. Keene's Pete Pan, who was
victorious last year.
The experts believed that the result
of the Foam stakes rested between MT.
Keene's Casque. by Ben Brush-Rose-
garland, and j. A. Bennet's Uncle Jim,
by rngoldsby-Miss Modist. but they
overlooked AR. Duryea's Meddler. fllly,
Mediant. who was also surprise to
In E. Madden who was sure that his
colt High Range, by Galore-Matter.
horn. would WIN Mediant's share OF
the Foam stakes was $4,100. the former
winners being Spinaway, Gerald, Par
thcnia, Burton. Florio, Quito, fremont,
Omaha. Buddhist st. Carlo. Ambulance,
Merry Monarch. Lady Violet. Dobbins,
I'rhe Coon. Handspring, Kitefoot. Anon,
IaIesmerist. Dublin. France SEQ. Sir Voor-
Ihees. Inflexible, Flyback. Jacobite. oran
land Cohort
Bayonet's share of the Introductory
stee Die chase was so,p5o. He received
nineteen pounds by the score IRON
|Thistledale and twenty-one from r. ;.
Martin. The sensational part OF this
event was when Judge Post. ,Bayone, $
stablemate. four-year-old geldings py
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Y, NJ, c. A. CAMP
NEAR MONTICELLO

The seventh annual boys camp of
the Richmond Young Mems Christian
Association will be conducted July
10th to 21st on one of the big hills
of Monticello the home of Thomas
Jeferson), near Charlottesville. The
camp site, which commands view
OF the city, is high, dry and breezy.
Pure, cool water is supplied by the
Cool Spring, located in the woods a
short distance from camp. A good
swimming pool for all who swim is
found about quarter OF a mile away.
and shallow place is provided for
those unable to swim.
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trot, 5000; No. II. 2:2s class, trot. 5000;
No. IL. ais class, pace, $500; running
race, $3.50.
Entries for the races will close July
21st and records made on that day will
be no bar.
Racing Secretary Frank Covington
has made arrangements by which the
steamer and railway lines will handle
shipments OF horses az reduced rates
from Baltimore. Washington, Phila-
delphia and New York.
The Norfolk Horse Show and Fair
Association is arranging with the
railway lines leading into Norfolk to
make special rates on account OF the
races. and the management confident
ly expects the largest crowd of out-of-
town people who have ever come into
Norfolk for such an event. It will not
stop at the Virginia cities In Tide
water and on the Eastern Shore but
will go after crowds in Raleigh, Eliza
beth City and other nearby North
Carolina cities and counties.
Norfolk has always literally patron
lied the races under the direction OF
this association, and as this year
seems to carry a greater tendency
than any of it's predecessors in this
vicinity for outdoor sport, 1t is believed
that the home patronage this year will
eclipse the best of former years.
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RACING IN NORFOLK IN JULY

moke City. Easton, Rockville, Iimo-
mum and Prospect Park, Baltimore
Nd. Starting here July esth with q
four-days' meet. the other races are
scheduled as follows: Tasley, August
4th to 18th: Pocomoke. August 18th to
18th: Easton, August Sth to 2lst;
Rockville. August e5th to 2Sth; limo
mum, September list to 9th, and Pros
pect Park, September sth to 10th.
The program for the Norfolk races
as mapped out and officially confirmed
will be as follows:
Tuesday, July 2Sth-Race No. 1, 2:2a
class. trot. purse $500; No. 2. three
year -olds, $500 (eligible to 1880 class)i
No. 8, S:35 class, pace, $500; running
race, $50.
wednesday, July 2sth-No. 4, eli
class. pace, 5000; No. 8, 2:4O class. trot,
5000; No. 6, 2:22 class, pace, $500; run
ming race, $3.50.
Thursday, July 3oth--No. I, 1912
class, $500; No. s. 2:1S class, pace. $500
No. Q. free-for-all. trot or pace, $500
running race, $3.50.
Friday, July S1st-No. 10, ais class
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Score by innings:
NO BIT ron H1GHBALL.
veteran Trainer Gccrs Has Hit Upon

veteran Trainer Gccrs Has Hit Uron
Novel Contrivancc for Trottcr.
According to information received
from the training quarters OF Ed
Geers, the veteran reinsman, at Mem
pills. Tenn, the new contrivance IN the
shape of a bitlsss bride now being
used on the fanfd trotter Hlghbali.
tory. 1t is a simple arrangement of
an extra pair OF lines attached to q
halter, and with this headgear the
swift trotter goes at great rate OF
speed in g. steady, even stride, ms
stead of travelling against the bit.
When at full speed, Highball always
champs the bit, throws his head, and
seems nervous and almost unmanage-
able. Geers conceived the idea that it
was the bit that worried the black
wonder and in order to set him into
the new gear was used in exercising
him early in the spring OF this year.
AS time went on the pace grew hotter.
still Highball seemed we'll content to
do a good clip with only the halter
bride to guide him. Instead Of being
nervous and fidsety he was docile as .
kitten, and now Geers has come to
the conclusion that it will be per-
fectly safe to put him In a race with-
out bit.
Highball has been entered in the
$4,000 race at the Grand Circuit meet
Ing at Readville, Mass, when he will
meet such horses as Sweet Marie, 2:0a;
Tiverton, 2:o4 Ia; George G., 2;05 4 A;
Sonoma Girl, 2:05 Ia; DR.. Strong.
2:05 ga; Wilkes Heart, 2:06 Ia; w. J.
Lewis, 2:06 III; Lillian r., 1905 34:
Boralma, 2:o7; Nutboy, 3:07 ii, ana
several other notch ones. and II he
in August Geers Is confident that he
Will win.
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SKETCHES OF THE EIGHT TURF HEROES
tOOo-DInnopd Jubilc.

He was the Kings fhen Prince
tof WalesJ second derby winner and
an own brother to the more famous
Persimmon. who had won the blue
ribbon Just four years earlier for
the then Prince OF Wales. Dia-
mond Jubilee had won the Two
Thousand Guineas. and he started
a hot favoritc for the Derby.
l1O5-ClccrO.
Cicero was Lord Rosebery's third
Derby winner. remarkable record
all things considered. This year
also there was formidable French
Opposition. Cicero was favorite.
but he was pressed in the betting
by NJ. Blanc's Jardy. who was not
ut or otherwise he might have won.
Cicero was rather small horse to
win a Derby. but he was compact
and had great quality.
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rsn.c,a1.to The Times Dikpatch.,

special 10 Inc
NORFOLK, VA, June 21.-The Mary
land and Virginia racing, circuit will
open this year with the annual summer
meet of the Norfolk Horse Show and
Fair Association, which will be held at
the Fair Grounds race-track. and Will
be gin with the events scheduled tor
July 2Sth. The meet will last four
days, and the program carries the best
variety Of harness and running events
that ever has been arranged under the
auspices OF the association. The assoc
citation has formulated an extensive
advertising compaign, and is preparing
to interest the people Of TiSfwater
Virginia. the Eastern Shore and
Eastern North Carolina as never be-
fore. Something like $4,000 will be
awarded in purses and. judging by
the inquiries that have been received
at racing headquarters, there will be
q number OF first-class ponies to COM
pete for them.
The Maryland and Virginia circuit
embraces Norfolk, Tas1ey. Va, POGO
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little STORIES OF THE BASEBALL PLAYERS

short for the Chicago club, and was
playing the part UP to the notch, too.
he was placed in charge Of the windy
City team once when 1t was coming
back from its spring training trip.
The club was playing roadside dates
with minor league outfits and incident
ally was having mighty hard time in
coping any games from these young
leaguers.
The White sox were made UP OF a
Not OF second veterans, and their bait.
ing eye was slow In opening. Cons
ers In tie class s II" clubs were having
the time of their lives in making the
crack Windy City team hustle to make
q showing.
Just before Kansas City was reach
ed. Captain Arson heard of small
town where he could pick up some
easy money In q few hours work 50
he divided his clubs, and taking the
younger recr,zSAs. with him he sent the
veteran players on to Kansas CITY,
with Bull Dallen as the leader,
The Kansas City Club put UP a crack
erjack game that afternoon. In the
first inning Jimmy Callahan was tn-
1ured, and as there was no other play.
city amateur was selected to take
Callahan's place.
For weeks the Chicago boys had not
been able to connect with the ball,
and In that afternoons game their
work at the bat was simply fierce, as
they We're easy marks for the Kansas
Finally, it came the turn Of the
young amateur ball player to so to the
bat; ana he ga So and on IL, the second 9a
Is, with th9 result that he sent II
down along, the LETT field foul line,
Tut far enough inside to make II a
WITH shout the chesty amateur
tore down to first, and was coins
around that bag In order to go down
to second, as the swat was a two
base one when, what was his sur.
prise to feel himself grasped firmly
by the back of the neck and the next
moment to feel a pair OF shoes getting
mighty busy with the seat Of HIS
trousers. Turning in amazement and
writhing with pain, he beheld Bull
DahIen, who, In answer TO his inquiry
as to what lie moant by such unheard-
of-treatment. Bull roared out:
''yVhat am ! doing. eh?" It's mo who
wants to know wat'ell you mean by
making u hit when the ball players
amt getting any" And In deadly
earnest Bull proceeded to teach that
Kansas City amateur O lesson that he
perhaps never forgot.
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the noisiest man in baseball. Perhaps
Tacks deserved the name. for he was
ever cayorted about the grassy dia-
mond. But he was a good fellow, an
excellent ball player; possibly one Of
the greatest individual players of that
period. Tacks was dead set on max
ing a record for Tacks Parrott. even
sequence
Like the famous Pete Browning, he
did not appear to care whole lot
which team won so long as he had q
good batting and fielding average him,
best of all, Let him gyt two hits In
any one game and he would talk about
1t the rest Of the evening. Three hits
was sure to keep him awake all night.
Taeks was simply bugs. on base
PARROT was the greatest old thing
In the baseball line.
Tacks's one best story was how he
came to make that famous home run
came into the major league. New
Orleans and Atlanta We're having the
fight of fights. One August day when
both clubs We're running neck-and-
neck race for the pennant, and both
teams We're even at the beginning Of
the ninth Inning, 1t came Atlanta's
turn to go to the bat
outs. and then came the we'll known
tTacks Parrot to bat, Taeks was the
Hans Wagner down in the Southern
League. Every one gave him the glad
hand and begged him to do something.
Tacks did; he landed on the first
ball pitched. and he slammed 1t out
into centre field, and then he tore to
first base AS 1t appears heavy rain
lad flooded the centre field the day
before. so that In one portion Of the
garden there was a huge mud puddle,
and into this pond rolled the ball. When
Tncl1s saw this he kept around to secs
ond, and from there he went to third,
as he saw the centre fielder madly fish
ing In the pond for the ball, ana With
simply a glance back over his shoulder
Tacl1s made for home. But by this
time the fielder had the ball, and he
fired 1t home. Old Tacks, who was u
slider from the heart, lit the sround
before the ball got into the .catcher's
nit, and he slid In under the back
stop, making the home run by an
eyelash.
But without stopping. Tacks dashed
madly up to the scorers box, and maxi
Ing a megaphone OF his grtmy hands,
SAY, ald You gimme a home run on
Bull Dal,len's Query.
When Bull pahlen was playing at
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-22
Pleasure Boat on James

Pleasure boat Of the House Boat
Club, Incorporated, which Is composed
|of number OF young business men,
who enjoy fishing and hunting in sea-
Ison.
The club has recently been charter
led by the Corporation Commission, The
boat Is one OF the most commndious
THAT goes out from Richmond. It was
CONSTRUCTED by the Richmond Cedar
Works for the special purpose OF talk
ling parties to the jamestown EXposi-
|tton, and was recently purchased by
1.-THE club. 1t Is finished In hardwood,
oontainE fourteen staterooms and all
modern convenionoes. 1t Is used eX-
cluslvely by members Of the club and
their friends, and for the purposac of
cruising. fishing and duck hunting III
the James River, The officers and
members are prominently connected
With some of the largest business
houses in the city.
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AVERAGES OF THE
RICHMOND TEAM
Quite Few Changes Occur Dur
ing the Week-Big League
Batters.
BY j. d. c.

During the past week quite few
'changes have taken place in different
averages Of the players on the Rich
mond team.
In the batting department Riggs has
given way to Messltt. who now heads
the list. ISanalcr leads In stick work
for the week. and as n result has made
quite an advance toward the top.
In, the fielding department. Revelle,
Sparks and Mckenzie still stand at
1000 per cent. while 'Messitt has Jump
ed over the heads Of Cowan and Kanz-
Ter. TItman and tTeffron still hold
while Kanzlcr has broken the tie with
Lipe for third place by getting one
base In the lead.
Mckenzie still stands with perfect
average In the pitchers list. having
won all four of his games. Sparks and
Rcvelle are tied for second place.
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Washington club, Charley Smith, who
was reading the baseball notes in a
paper, commented on the curious names
of some OF the pitchers who are break
ing into the game.
many queer combinations of names:
but the oldest combination Of names
as well as the wittiest battery was Pool
and Lake. who We're the catcher aud
the pitcher Of the old Baltimore
club.
pool and Lake" chmed in Tom
Hughes; well that must have been a
battery run by water power for sure.
lacks PARROTS Home Run.
When Tacks PARROT played with the
ST. Louis Browns he was said to be
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1oo:-Ard Patrick.

Ireland now triumphed. This
fine horse was bred in ireland by
his owner, fine old irish sports
man, the late Mr.. John Gubbins.
The American jockey. Martin rode.
Ard Patrick was undoubtedly a
derby winner above the average.
1BO7-Orby.
An Irish American year. Orby.
by an English sire and an Ameri-
can mare, trained in Ireland by an
Irishman. owned by Mr.. Croker. an
American, and ridden by Johnny
Reiff, an American Jockey. Orby
had little or no form as two-year-
old, and he upset red hot odds-on
favorite in Sieve Gallon.