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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-12
The Need of Fresh Air.

Back of ventilation in the home Is
the source of half the ills that beset
the average American family. De.
prived of the necessary amount -o1
oxygen to supply the demands of the
circulatory system, brain fag, weak
ened nerves and impoverished tissues
make the human body susceptible tc
disease of body and soul.
See that a current Of fresh air en-:
ters an occupied room, and when 1t is
to be unoccupied for time, see tina,
occasion has been taken to change the
air more completely by raising the
windows, If only for few moments
Raising the lower sash alone does not
cause a quick change in the atmos-
phere. A window must at the same
time be lowered from the top to allow
the escape of the impure air which
has become warm and lighter during
its Imprisonment and is forced to the
top of the room and out by the in
rush below of the colder, heavier air.
Home Herald.
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FORT STANDS FIRM
FOR BISHOPS LAW
Jerseys New Governor at Trenton
Asks For Mere Power.
HOME RULE IN ALL TAXATION
Against the Spoils System and For
the Regulation of Corporations
and Franchise Control-Father,
Eighty Years Old, Present.

Eighty Years Old, Present.
Trenton, N. J.-Gov. John Franklin
Fort was inducted into Office in Tay-
lor's Opera House. Chief Justice
Gummere administered the oath of
Office, and Governor Stokes at once
delivered the seal Of the State into
the keeping of the new Governor and
stepped back. <'
An incident connected with the
inauguration was the presence Of four
generations of the Fort family in the
Opera House. The oldest member,
Andrew Fort, father Of the Governor,
is eighty years old, and he made the
trip from Mount Holly in an automo-
bile, a physician accompanying him.
Although he is deaf, he Joined in the
applause he saw the rest Of his audi
ence give to his son when he made
some telling hit in his speech.
Governor Fort, in his inaugural.
spoke emphatically on the excise
question. He asserted that the peo-
pie at the late election declared for
the enforcement of the Bishops law.
He said: During my term I shall
regard it as an obligation cast upon
me by the people to veto any measure
suggesting any modification OF exist
ing law on the question of the sale of
liquor on Sunday" He said that 1t
is the duty Of the Executive, the
courts, and every Prosecutor, Mayor
and Magistrate to enforce the closing
of all places where intoxicants are
sold on Sunday.
Governor Fort urges the abolition
of the County Boards of Taxation.
He points out the great cost of these
boards on the State and counties,
questions if there was ever any rea-
son for their creation, and then says
if the reason was for the equalization
of taxes, then the two years they have
been established is long enough
time to accomplish this end, and
their further existence is unneces.
sary.
The Governor said it is self-evi-
dent the boards have, by increasing
the value of the property OF the IN
dfvidual taxpayer, so reduced the
average rate of taxation throughout
the State that the tax on the main
stem and other property Of the rail-
roads has been largely reduced. The
Governor urged return not only to
the local assessment Of property, but
to the review of assessments by local
boards of appeal. .-.
Governor Fort said he would sign
any fair bill intended to abolish the
spoils system Id State, counties and
municipalities.
He declared that there. should be
but one commission in the State for
the regulation Of railroads and all
public utilities companies. Proper
control would tend to give the pub
lie confidence in the securities OF
these corporations.
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TW0.CENT RATE LAW
IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Says
Roads Cannot Earn Profit.
INJUSTICE TO ENFORCE Ii
Railroad Commission at Harrisburg
May Recommend New Legisla.
ton to Meet Objections Shown
by the Decision.

tion to Meet Objections Shown
by the Decision.
Philadelphia.-Th two-cent rail-
road fare law now in force in Penn
sylvania was declared unconstitution-
al by the State Supreme Court by a
vote of to 8, which affirmed the de-
cision of the Common Pleas Court Of
Philadelphia last September.
The opinion declares that the real
question is whether the law trans
gressed the provisions of the CoHsti-
tuition that the legislative power to
alter charters shall be exercised only
in such manner that no injustice shall
be done to the corporators. Coz cinu-
ing, 1t says:
THE court below found that the
act does injustice to the corporstors,
in that it reduces the returns from
the property to such an extent as to
render it unremunerative.
THE corporation is entitled to
make fair profit on every branch OF
it's business subject to the Limitation
that it's corporate duties must be per-
formed even though at loss. The
conclusion of the court below that
the enforcement of the act Of 1907
against the complainant would do in
Justice to the corporators is beyond
Just criticism"
The Justices who dissented hold
that 1.-The power to supervise rate
charges of a quasi public corporation,
like a railroad corporation, Is a po-
lice power of the State. and that the
Legislature has no authority to
abridge it or to delegate it to a cor
poration or to any other body.
"In determining whether rate for
transportation is reasonable or not,
all the revenues should be consid-
cred, including all the revenues from
freight, expressage and all other
sources"
If any Federal question Is involved,
the city of Philadelphia may appeal
to the Supreme Court of the United
States.
The two-cent fare law was enacted
by the last Legislature. The rail-
roads fought the bill, and after it be-
came a law the Pennsylvania Rail-
road instituted suit in the Common
Pleas Court of Philadelphia restrain
Ing the County of Philadelphia from
enforcing the law. The railroad con-
tended that the law was unconstitu-
tional in that it was unreasonable
and confiscatory.
The county took the case to the
State Supreme Court.
Harrisburg, ,Pa.-The action of the
State Supreme Court in the rate case
WAS anticipated. 1t is believed that
the new State Railroad Commission
will take up the matter with view
20 recommending a bill that will meet
The objections to the present measure.
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Homemade Perfume.

A pleasant perfume may be made
at trifing expense by any woman who
likes sweet scented waters.
Use any essence preferred, oil OF
lavender or rose, for instance. About
twenty-five drops will perfume five
pints of water.
: Into each one of two ,half-gallon
Jars put funnel lined with filter pa
per, with a bunch of cotton at the
bottom. On top Of this cotton put
some finely powdered magnesia, over
which has been poured the perfume
essence. 1t should be divided and
half the quantity put into each jar.
Pour into each jar some rain water
or ordinary boiled water. This will
filter through the cotton. paper and
magnesia and make soft toilet wat
er with a delightful fragrance.-ln'
dianapolis News.
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FOREIGN.

Baron Rauch, recently appointed
Ban of Croatia-Slavonia, was stoned
and hooted on his arrival at Agram.
There can be little doubt that a
grave crisis in Japanese affairs 1s
either existent or impending. ~
A synopsis of the Japanese budget
was presented to the leaders of both
houses, showing Government receipts
of s613,385, 900.
The King of Siam and many mem
bers of royalty attended the state fun
eral Of Henry Strobel, formerly OF
Harvard University. adviser to the
Siamese Government. .,. :;
A revolutionary movement against
the Haytian Government was begun
under the leadership Of Jean Juneau.
a former insurgent. who landed with
band of exiles near Gonaiyes and oc.
cupied that town.
The expulsion of the Augustinian
Sisters of Charity from the famous
municipal hospital in Paris led to an
outbreak by angry sympathizers, and
the police were compelled to restore
order.
A serious spiritof revolt has spread
in the Chinese provinces of Che-Ktang
and Kiang-Su, and 10000 men have
been modified for purposes OF re-
preston.
Special cable dispatches from Rio
Janeiro stated that the American sail
ors there had spent 100000 in four
days.
At Munich, Bavaria, the Prince Re-
gent of Bavaria, who recently par
doned two murderers sentenced to
death, declared his intention not to
sign any more death warrants.
The Peruvian Government has
signed contracts awarding to Alfred
McCune the construction Of the Cerro
de Pasco and Ucayali lines.
An earthquake followed by tidal
wave caused much damage at Con-
aiyes, Haiti.
The Pope denies that he, in ad-
dressing the Anti-Slavery Congress
the other day, said that the Govern
ment to govern we'll, must be despotlc
and tyrannical.
France is expected to confine her
GCllflJy Ill NlOlOCSO w assuring
security of the Algerian frontier, and
will abide strictly by the Algecsras
agreement.
Rev. Joseph Kennedy, brother OF
the Bishop Of Adrianapolis, rector OF
the American College, died at Rome.
He was thirty years old.
II is announced at San Salvador
that the Government has obtained a
loan in England of s5.QO0.000.
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Governor Hughes paid high tribut

Governor Hughes paid high tribute
to the service of the press, and ex-
pressed his belief that it's general aim
was to tell the truth. He said: III
the people thought sanely and had
correct information we would have
little difficulty in this country. We
would put all the rascals where they
belong and where they could make
no trouble, quickly and without mem
ace to or disturbance of our financial
prosperity"
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Feminine Notes.

Ex-Empress Eugene. widow of Ma
poleon ILL.,, and her suite sailed from
Marseilles, France, for Colombo, Cey-
lon.
Mrs. w. H. Leavitt, daughter of
W. J. Bryan, whose husband has been
studying art in Paris, wrote to for
mer classmate at Omaha, intimating
they had parted for good.
Eleanor Hollowell Abbott. the
daughter CT DR.. Edward Abbott, Of
Boston, and the niece Of DR.. Lyman
Abbott, has given up her position In
the schools of Lowell, Mass, and will
devote all her time to writing.
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ROoSevelt's Scarfpin.

One OF the recent pictures of the
President showed him with stick.
pin in his black four-in-hand cravat.
Lese majestic! or I'm a fakir. When
he last sat to a portrait painter in the
White House he posed himself in his
own style and offered numerous sug,
gestions After a week or two OF
these sittings, as the artist was leav-
ing the Executive Mansion, the Presi-
dent rushed to the door t; ld shaking
his fist at the retreating form,
shouted: Hey! Hey Don't you dare
to paint me with a stickpin! Do you
hear? No scarfpin! 1 never wore
one."-New York Press.
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The intense bitterness existing be-.
tween the Catholic and Protestant
missionaries in Cebu Island, p. l.,
has precipitated number Of clashes
The striking medical students Of.
Havana have sent commission to-
Washington to appeal against Gov
ernor Magoen's order regarding the
licensing of pharmacists. ,i,,,.
The Senate confirmed the nominal
tion of Governor Post, Of Porto Rico,
and other appointments in the isl.
and's government. y 4.
The attempt to secure Filipino Ia:
borers for Hawaii proved a failure.
The people wish legislation permit
ting Euro pean-Asiatic immigration.
A revised count Of the census OF
the island Of Cuba gives the popula-
ton as 2,028, 1882. 4, l,t 4
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QGQQdaTkIHgS
0NEb Eat
@s-ssA " .eHND nov TO
V - PRERA2E4 22zEW

Corn MuftinS-One egg, one IdDle
spoonful of sugar, one tablespoonful
of butter, one cup milk, one and one
half cups -four. two large spoonfuls
of cornmeal, one teaspoonful scdR
Cor one neaping teaspoonful Of bak
ing powder); this makes eight nice
gems.
Peanut Candy-Boil without stir
ring two cupfuls of sugar, two tea
spoonfuls of lemon juice and a hall
cupful of water until the syrup just
begins to change color. Add one cup
full of shelled peanuts, stir until
blended and turn into a warm, but
tered pan. Spread smoothly ano
mark into squares while warm.
Cocoanut Candy-Cook half a cup
full of milk, one cupful Of shredded
cocoanut and two cupfuls of sugar
until the mixture forms a soft bal:
when tested in cold water; then take
from the fire, stand in a pan OF cold
water, add vanilla to flavor and stir
briskly until creamy. Pour into a
pan lined with parafine paper and
mark in squares while still warm.
Baked Squash-Take medium
sized squash, leaving handle on: Cut
a round hole in squash around han
die large enough to clean well. Then
season with salt, pepper and large
piece of butter. Put back the plug
and bake in pie tin in a slow oven
two and one-half hours. Fifteen
minutes before serving remove from
oven, take out plug, and with large
spoon stir all up we'll and beat like
mashed potato. Replace plug, lay on
pretty platter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-12
Connie Burned to Death.

At Campton, N. H., Mr.. and Mrs.
George Morrison died as a result OF
burns received by the overturning or
explosion of a lamp in their home.
Mrs. Morrison was going down stairs
with a lighted lamp, which either
dropped or exploded. Her clothing
caught fire and she screamed for her
husband, who rushed tc her assist
ance. His clothing also caught fire,
and both were fatally burned.
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Prominent People.

Rear-Admiral Evans has rheuma-
tism..
President Castro. Of Venezuela. has
recovered his health.
The Sultan of Sulu threatens to
visit the United States.
Hudson Maxim, the gun man,
thinks war with Japan inevitable.
Congressman William Sulzer mar
ried Miss Rodelheim at Atlantic City.
Hall Caine told the New York
World that he has the key to the
Druce mystery, but cannot give it up
yet.
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Scheduled Housekeeping.

If you once try running your
household on schedule you will nev-
er go back to the haphazard, happy
go-lucky way of doing things just
whenever you happen to think OF
them. Have hours for inspecting the
cellar, ordering the meals, doing the
mending and overlooking the linen.
Also have fixed hours for your maids
duties, and see to it that they are OBJ
served. Business principles carried
into the home life do much to ease it
of the burdens that fall so heavy on
the average MISUNDERSTANDING
oils News.
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EDITOR FROZEN TO DEATH.
Kansas Mans Body Found Nude on
Railroad Track.

Syracuse, Kan.-George Satter-
thwaite, a well-known Kansas editor.
formerly connected with the Wichita
Eagle, was found dead on the rail.
road tracks near here. The body
was nude and indications were that
he was frozen to death. His clothes
were found two miles away.
It is supposed he suffered a tempo
rary alteration of mind and wan
dered away.
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DOMESTIC.

w. R. Montgomery, former presi-
dent of the Hamilton Bank, was in-
dicted in New York City. 20
Mayor Mcclellan Wrote an open
letter to Senator Aldrich criticising
that clause of his currencysbill which
bars New York City bonds from its
provisions. -l5il5l Il; ,llzrss
A receiver was appointed In Boston
for two of the companies, several of
which George Livingston Richards
promoted, and which were character
ized in court as 4get-rich-quick" con-
Germs. &[ @ u ~ ~ n;
Army engineers have completed
plans for the construction OF redoubts
and trenches to aid the forts COM
manding the Bay of San Francisco.
William Starr Miller, minority
stockholder, began suit against the
Chicago and Alton Company IS
In the United States Senate the bill
providing $500. 900 for the erection
or a new postofice building in New
York City was passed without opposi-
tion. j III ~, q 81 3 yt,s
One Of the largest funerals ever
held at Augusta, Ca, was that Of
James r. Randall, author Of s Mary
land, My Maryland !. which was sung
at the grave BY. a, choir. u
Edwin W. Sims, United States Dis
trict Attorney, announced in Chicago.
after returning from a conference at
Washington, that he would proceed
against the Standard Oil Company
upon the remaining 1000 fndict-
ments. Fines Of $50 ,000, 900 may be
Imposed. 5s
Kragen's big department store OF
San francisco, has gone into the
hands of an assignee nominated by
The Board of Trade. The firm Is said
to be in debt from s250,000 to $40G,-
600. 81
A. F. Stickney and Charles n. r.
Smith e appointed receivers for
the C o Great Western Railroad
by Fei=ral Judge Sanborn, in St,
Paul.
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TWO SENATORS ARE ELECTED.
Wetmore Chosen in Rhode Island and
Williams in Mississippi.

Providence, r. 1.-Former United
States Senator George Peabody Wet
more, of Newport, was elected to the
United States Senate on the first bal
lot cast in both branches Of the Cen
eral Assembly here.
Jackson, Miss.-In the two houses
of the Mississippi Legislature Con-
gressman John Sharp Williams was
elected to the United States Senate
to succeed II. D. Money, whose term
will expire on March 4, 1911.
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Tyne Shipbuilding Strike Begun.

The threatened strike in the ship
building industry in the Tyne district,
Great Britain, became a fact when
1000 men who had refused the pro-
posed reduction in wages did not re-
turn to work. The employers say
this reduction Is necessary, owing to
the depression in the industry. Sev-
eral ports on the northeast coast also
are affected.
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Chile Votes Ss7,5OO,O0O For Road.

At Santiago, Chile, Congress passed
bill authorizing the President to
make contracts for railroad run
ming north and south. The bill limits
immediate expenditure to about S37,-
100000. When completed this rail-
way will run from the frontier Of
Peru to the Strait Of Magellan, about
$500 miles.
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NAVAL PRIZEFIGHT INQUIRY.
Board Examines Witnesses on the
Cumberland ut Newport, r. /.

Newport, r. lon board the
training ship Cumberland a board,
consisting of Commander James H.
Oliver, U. s. NJ; Major William H.
McKelvy, U. s. M. c.. and Assistant
Surgeon Harry F. Hull, U. s. N,
with Gunner Edward T. Austin, U.
s. N, as Recorder, examined numer-
Gus witnesses to the prigefight be-
tween the naval apprentice D. M.
Manning and H. A. Hartnet, appren-
tice seaman, on board the Cumber-
land, which resulted in the death OF
Harriet.
Apprentice Manning was among
those called to testify. He is under
arrest, until the Navy Department
passes on his case.
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JAIL FOR ICE TRUST MEN.
Courts Error at Toledo, Ohio, Was In
Sending Them to Workhouse.

Toledo, Ohio.-More than thirty OF
Toledo's business men will be con-
fined at the county Jail as conse-
quence of decision of the Supreme
Court at Columbus relative to the
Ice Trust cases, started nearly two
years ago.
The Supreme Court held that the
Valentine antitrust law is constitu-
tional, and sent the ice cases back to
the Common Pleas Court only be-
cause the Imprisonment by that court
was ordered in the workhouse in
stead of the Jail.
This decision means that tie five
icemen who pleaded guilty and the
lumbermen who entered such plea
will have to serve their sentences.
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ROckefellcrs in Georgia,

John D. Rockefeller and family ar
rived at Augusta, Ca, to remain
through the winter season. Mr..
Rockefeller expects to devote much
Of his time to golf.
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Japanese Laborers Excluded.

Mr.. Lemieux announced to the
House at Ottawa the willingness OF
Janan to restrict closely the emigra-
ton of natives to the Dominion. All
contract laborers are excluded under
the agreement.
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Suicide Pact by Aged Couple

Tired of life's battle, John Florian,
aged sixty-eight, and his wife, Mary,
aged seventy-seven, committed sui
eide at Chicago by taking carbolic
acid. The old couple, 1t Is said, had
been living on the kindness of neigh
bors for some time.
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Recovery in Iron Trade.

In the iron trade there has been
partial recovery from conditions
of extreme Generalization. There
are announcements here and there
of advanced prices.
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Fight to Retain Priest.

Two thousand Poles at Ludlow.
Mass. fought to retain their priest
who had been transferred to another
parish by the Roman Catholic Bishop.
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Japan's Cabinet Attacked.

The Progressive party at meet
ing in Toxic adopted a platform at
tacking the Cabinet for bad finance
and weak japanese diplomacy.
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Forbid Women Smokers,

Seventy-two Aldermen voted for
Timothy P. Sullivan's ordinance to
prevent women smoking in New
York City restaurants.
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HUGHES HITS AT ALL ROGURs
Would Re in Jail, He Says, at Albany,
if People Thought Saneiy.

Albany, N. Y.-Governor Hughes
addressed the organization of State
newspaper editors known as the AS
sociated Dailies, ct their annual ban
Quet.
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Canada Restricts immigration.

Canada Restricts Immigration.
Washington officials were informed
that Canada proposed temporarily to
restrict the coming of all aliens, thus
shutting out Japanese coolies without
offending Japan.
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Insane From Business Trouble.

Insane over business troubles, Yer
non L. Nettleton,a a merchant, of Cold
water, Mich, slashed his sisters
throat with a carving knife, then com.
mitted suicide.
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suaded herself that others ignored
it, so far as it concerned her-until
her interview with Anne
"Now you can see. Anne said
Hilda, at the dinner-table, "how far
a little tact would have gone with
Mrs. Adams. She'll never speak to
us again, and what you told her will
not make bit of difference in her
appearance.
Anne swallowed her tears-but not
much dinner-and said nothing. She
admired Hilda's tactfulness, but
somehow she could never think of
smooth things to say-perhaps be-
cause she said so little.
wait a while" Mrs Tupper
smiled undisturbed at Hilda. II know
Mrs. Adams. Wait a while"
The following Sunday Mrs. Adams
rustled down the aisle in even more
gorgeous and inappropriate array
than she had previously worn. as if
to emphasize to the pew behind her
the fact that Anne's revelations had
no weight with her. Again she acted
as if the Tuppers were not and never
had been. Again Anne did not enjoy
her Sunday dinner. and again Hilda,
with the privilege of an elder and a
married sister, discoursed wisely on
the necessity Of using tact in dealing
with people, and again Mrs. Tupper
merely smiled, and said
II know Mrs. Adams SO we'll Wait
a while"
Anne waited rather forlornly.
Tuesday Mrs. Parsons. autocrat oil