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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
A Very Old Tree.

Hear about Paul Shoup's
scheme?" inquired a Southern Paci-
6c official, referring to the assistant
general passenger agent of the COM
pany.
"a most elaborate drawing ap-
peared in an Eastern publication re-
Gently showing a tall tree, and on the
sides, from base to tip, scenes OF
various great historical events in the
worlds march of progress. Under
the picture appeared the legend In
the Lifetime of a California Red
wood
"Shoup sent on to the publishers,
seeking permission to use the orlgi-
nal drawing on an enlarged scale
as a California souvenir to be sent
broadcast into all the public schools
of the land. Got to talking of the
Idea, and, looking at the dates on
the events, changed his mind. The
oldest date in the picture was $40
A. D., which would make the tree
less than 400 years old. Well, Jor.
dan and several other scientists claim
that the California giant redwooda
are more than 5000 years old. So
Shoup is trying to get up a picture
that will show the birth Of Moses
the voyages of Ulysses and the rise
and fall of the Roman Empire
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
RACE TRACK BILLS BEATEN
Fail of Passage, Is to Is, After
Sensational Day in Senate.
Four Votes Changed at Last Hour
Grattan, Cassidy and Knapp Join
With Wilcox in Opposition.

Albany, N. Y.-At the end of a day
characterized by many sensational in
cidents and resulting in u dead heat
so far as numerical votes were con-
cerned. the State Senate refused to
pass two of three bills recommended
by Governor Hughes to put an end to
gambling on ace tracks.
These measures were that amend
ing the code of criminal procedure by
making it a misdemeanor punishable
by Imprisonment for any person to
make a wager on a race track, and its
| companion bill repeating the Percy
Gray law under which race track
gambling is now co~untenanced.
The Senate divided equally on the
two propositions, twenty-five Senators
voting to pass the bills and twenty
five against them. Under the Consti-
tuition a bill must receive twenty-six
votes in the Senate to become a law.
The personnel of the vote on both
bills was the same and as follows:
For the Anti-Gambling Bills-Sen-
ators Agnew, Aids. Armstrong, Car
penter, Cobb. Cordts, Davis, Dunn,
Fancher, Foelker, Gates, Heacoch,
| Hill, Hinman, Hooker, O'Neil, Page,
Raines, Sac, Smith, Travis, Tully and
White, Republicans, and Fuller and
taylor, Democrats-25.
Against the Anti-Gambling Bills
Senators Ackroyd, Boyce, Cohalan,
Cullen, Frawley, Grady, Hartes, Has
onfug, Mccall, McCarren, McManus,
! Mullaney, Owens, Ramsperger, Soh-
mer, Sullivan and Thompson, Demo-
Gratis, and Burr, Cassidy, Emerson,
Gilchrist, Grattan, Knapp, Wemple
and Wilcox, Republicans-25.
! One Of the Democratic Senator'S
who voted against the bills when
asked for an explanation said:
I'VE didn't have to kidnap any
Senators, as they said we did vita
Fancher. We didn't have to. There
was an easier way of getting them.
I'd like to have as much as there was
in the barrel that the race track peo-
ole cracked. 1t ought to be 4 gooi
summer for us; coming as it did on
:oD Of the hard times"
While the result is a momentary
victory for the race track interests. it
is not certain that the decision. of the
Senate will stand. Both sides are
disappointed because of their failure
10 secure a decisive victory. The
greater disappointment, however. is
experienced by the friends of Gov
ernor Hughes, who had confidently
expected that at least twenty-seven
Of the fifty Senators would vote, to
larry out his recommendation to. COM
pei obedience to the constitutional in
! hibition upon gambling.
Governor Hughes made no secret
Of his disappointment at the result
If the vote on the race track bills.
He would not intimate what steps he
you'll take, but issued this statement
from the Executive Chamber:
Il: is impossible to believe that the
people will permit the plain mandate
If The Constitution to be ignored.
The contest has not ended. 1t has
onlv begun. 1t will continue until
The will of the people has been
~7Deved."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29

Washington. D. C.-With brazen
effrontery some officials high in au-
thority in Canada are placing adver-
tisements in many newspapers
throughout the United States urging
upon American farmers the "advan-
tages and opportunities" of that bleak
region as contrasted with this coun-
try. If the latest reports that have
come from the Dominion are trust
worthy these advertisements net only
misrepresent conditions but are like
ly to cause as much distress and loss
as do the seductively worded circu-
lars sent out by the gold brick" mer-
chants in the financial centres.
A competent observer, Mr.. Edward
Porritt. has written a letter to the
press which effectNally takes the rosy
bloom of prosperity off Our Lady of
the Shows" and it is here condensed
in the hope that it may reach the eye
Of any American farmer who has been
deluded into w thinking Of emf
grating thither.
Mr.. Porritt writes: Since the de-
pressing began in October last there
has been a growing feeling in the Do
minion. and especially in Ontario-a
feeling that is not bounded by party
lines-that until there is some well
manifested uplift in trade, the Gov
eminent should go a little easier on
its immigration propaganda.
This feeling is stronger in Toronto
than in any other large city. Its el-
istence there is due to the fact that
during five or six recent weeks public
subscriptions were necessary to main
tain or to assist some $50 families
300 people in all, who are domiciled
in what has been known all over Can
ada as Shacktown. This is a region
Just beyond the municipal boundaries
of Toronto in which these families,
who are almost all newcomers from
the Old Country, built themselves
ShantieS-many Of them mere tar pa
per observation-disclosures they could
not pay the high rents which in re-
cent times have been demanded with
in the city limits of Toronto. These
unfortunate people, being thus out
side the city limits, had no claim on
the city institutions which care for
the poor, and they might have been
left to face the hard times of the
present winter without regular or
systematic help had it not been for
the Globe. which appealed to people
all over the province on behalf Of
these u~nfortunates and associated the
churches in the work of organized
relief.
Relief in Toronto.
There was a ready and generous re-
spouse to the appeal Of the Globe.
Two hundred men and women Of To-
ronto-all volunteers-became asso-
ciated in the work Of distributing the
relief that vas provided out of the
fund. which rapidly al up to about
$4,000. None of the unfortunate
newcomers were left destitute. There
we're soon funds in hand or in sight to
see them through to the end Of March.
But it was not thought that the prob
lem of Shacktown will then be at an
end, for there are 5000 or 1000 I'M
employed living within the city lin
Its. There was unprecedented dis
tress among the people living in the
cheaper boarding house district Of the
city-distress so serious and wide
spread that the Rev. r. J. Moore. rec
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
The Deaf and Dumb.

In early times it was an opinion.
maintained even by philosophers,
that the education of the deaf and
dumb was impossible. 1t was then
believed that language could be &C.
CURED only through the medium OF
the ear, as shown by the couplet OF
L%ucretius:
ITO instruct the deaf no art could
ever reach,
No care improve them, and no wis
dom teach"
The first mention of instruction for
the deaf and dumb Is found in Bede,
A. D. 685. No other case is met with
for some centuries. Rodolphus Agri-
cola, of Heidelberg, makes mention
of an educated deaf mute in his "Dia.
lectica," 1880. 1t was not until 1920
that instruction for the deaf and
dumb began to be general. - New
York American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
THEY GROW
Good Humor and Checrfulness from
Right Food.

Cheerfulness is like sunlight. IL
dispels the clouds from the mind as
sunlight chases away the shadows OF
night.
The good humored nan can pick
Up and carry off. a load that the nal
with a crouch wouldn't attempt to
lift.
Anything that interferes with good
health is apt to keep cheerfulness u
good humor in the background. A
Washington lady found that letting
coffee alone made things bright for
her. She writes:
-Four years ago | was practically
given up by my doctor and was not
expected to live long. My nervous
system was in a bad condition.
But l was young and did not want
to die, so | began to look about for
the cause of my chronic trouble.
used to have nervous spells which
would exhaust me and after each spell
it would take me days before could
sit up in a chair.
81 became convinced my trouble
was caused by coffee. | decided to
stop it. and bought some Postum.
The first cup. which | made &C
cording to directions. had a soothing
effect on my nerves and | liked the
taste. For a time | nearly lived on
Postum and ate little food besides.
[ am to-day a healthy woman.
MY family AMI relatives wonder
ii | am the same person | was foul
years ago when I could do nc work
on account Of nervousness. Now |
am doing my own homework, take
care Of two babieS-one twenty, the
other two months old. I am so busy
that | hardly get time to write a
letter, yet l do it all with the cheer
fulness and good humor that coESes
from enjoying good health.
Il tell my friends it is to Postum
I owe my life to-day"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road to
Walville," in pkgs. There's a Rea"
con"
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DESTROYER CUT IN TWO.
Thirty-six Lives Lost in the Sinking
of the British Tiger.

Portsmouth, England.-Thirty-siX
men, including Lieutenant Middleton,
the commander of the torpedo boat
destroyer Tiger, lost their lives in the
collision off the Isle of Wight be-
tween that vessel and the British
cruiser Berwick.
The vessels belong to the Ports
mouth division Of the British home
fleet, and we're engaged in night man.
euvres in the Channel, while on their
way to Portland. The night was very
dark, and the Berwick vas steamins
slowly. When the destroyer attempt
ed to cross the big cruisers bow she
was caught amidships and cut in half
with knife-like precision, sinking al
most Immediately.
The deck crew, who were dressed
in heavy oilskins and boots, went
down with the vessel, not having
time to free themselves from these
heavy encumbrarces. OF the twenty
two men who were rescued most were
engineers and stokers who, having
light clothing. were able to keep
themselves ahoat until boats from
other ships, which were Immediately
launched, picked them up.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
NrESy CONVERSATIONS.

The return of the Duke OF the
Abruzzi to Italy was ordered by King
Victor Emmanuel.
Acknowledgement Vidal, Inspector
general CT the Canadian militia, died
at his home in Ottawa.
Burmese amber is in good demand
at fair prices. 1t is rich in color, is
hard and takes on a beautiful polish.
A message was received from the
President in regard to the reinstate-
ment of the soldiers who can prove
their innocence in the Brownsville
affair, and a bill will be introduced
for the purpose.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
$4,000 WORKERS IDLE
Conference in New York Gets
Figures of Unemployed.
statistics Of Those Who Have Suf.
fcred by the Business Depression
Given State Ivy State.

New York City .-Representatives
Of the Industrial Workers Of the
World AMI other bodies met in the
Hotel Astor 10 discuss the question OF
the unemployed. Samuel A. Stodel,
who was to have been chairman of
the Union Square masS-meeting, gave
figures showing that there are $780,
: 000 men and women out Of employ
ment throughout the country.
Some of Mr.. Stodel's figures are
taken from the article published in
the World when the number of the
unemployed in each State was given.
! According to Mr.. Stodel the condi.
tons have not improved, bGt wages
of the employed have been decreased
about twenty per cent.
"Retrenchment." continued Mr..
Stodel, continues to be the policy all
along the line. Industry is being
more and more thoroughly organized
by the employers sc as to lower the
cost of products. Where goods were
formerly made for stock in large
quantities to be shelved and stored in
warehouses throughout the country,
the system is now to limit production
to orders only.
Banks throughout the country are
decreasing their loans to manufacture
ers and new loans are hard to get ex-
cept upon g~ilt-edge security. This
state of affairs relative to banks usu-
ally occurs only in Presidential cleo
ton years, but the far-reaching pro-
gram as now being carried out is ex-
ceptional.
According to the reports from our
organizers and representatives in the
various States, the numbers of unem-
Moved I'D to date are:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
Herman Riddcr Predicts Il
Free Print Paper Measure

Washington. D. C.-WoOd pulp and
print paper will be on the free list be-
fore the end Of the present session OF
Congress-, according to a statement
made by Herman RidGcr. SiXty-eight
Republican Representatives, he said,
have pledged themselves to him per-
Sonally to vote for the measure, and
these, combined with the solid Demo-
cratic minority, will carry the meas
ure overwhelmingly.
Il have the written pledges of six
ty-eight Republicans" he declared.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
EVANS RHEUMATISM GONE.
Admiral Fast Gaining StrenSth-Th'
Governors Welcome.

Paso Robes. Cal.-Admilal Evans
went for a two-hour drive during the
afternoon with Lieutenant Evans and
Colonel Torney of the army. He
stood the drive we'll, returning fresh
and gay. He can o walk easily
with crutches and is rapidly regain
ing strength. The rheumatism is ell.
tirely gone.
He is much gratifed by the kind
ness Of CALIFORNIA; people, AS evil
dencsd by the continual pouring
in OF flowers AID fruit. At 4 o'clock
D. nj. he received General j. B. Lauck.
who as Adjulant-General Of the Ma
tional Guard of the State, came to
welcome him to California in the
name OF Governor Gillett.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
PAPER TRUST INQUIRY.
House at Washington, d. c., Adopts
Cannon's Resolutions.

Washington, D. - The House
adopted the Paper Trust resolutions
introduced by Speaker Cannon. One
directs the Attorney-General to in
form the House what steps have been
aiken to investigate and prosecute the
International Paper Company, of
New York, and other corporations or
combinations engaged in the manu-
tacture of wood pulp or print paper;
the other directs the Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor to inform the
House what steps have been taken by
the Bureau Of Corporations toward
investigating the alleged Paper Trust.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
Self-Watering Potatoes.

"A number Of Congressman were
one day informally discussing the
work Of the experts attached to the
Department Of Agriculture. One OF
the Representatives was inclined to
poke fun at the new methods. These
chaps" said he, remind me OF a
crank farmer in Kansas, who pro-
posed to plant onions with his pota-
toes, the idea being that the tear
making qualities Of the onions might
act on the eyes of the potatoes, and
thus render the latter crop self-irri-
eating "-Harper's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
Pacific Fleet Smashcs All
Records at the Targets.

San Diego, Cal.-The ships of the
Atlantic fleet at target practice in
Magdalena Bay have beaten all their
former records.
The naval collier Ajax, which has
arrived off port. had on board Lieu
tenant-Commander G.. H. Bradshaw
and Lieutenant E. D. White, who
were sent from Washington to wit
ness the target practice Of the ships.
Lieut.. White said he "a not at lib
erty to give out scores made, but that
records had been broken.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
BRITISH PREMIER RESIGNS.
or. Asquith, in London, Receives {
Summons From the King.

London. - Sir Henry Campbell
Banne:man's resignation as Prime
MINISTRY, just officially announced,
has come some days sooner than it
vas expected. But the transferring
of the Premiership to Mr.. Asquith
has long been discounted.
Mr.. Asquith received the Kings
summons to go to him at Biarritz,
Southwestern France, in order to
kiss hands" in acceptance Of the
Premiership and the Kings commits
sion TO form a new administration.
no other change in the existing
Government is expected ct present.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
Among the Workers.

The Workmen's Unemployed bill
was defeated in the British House of
Commons.
The union movement has made
rapid strides among the farm labor
ers in Ireland.
In 1896 there vas no legislation
in New Zealand to protect 8 $4,000
factory operatives.
Union printers of the country have
contributed $~12,977.79 to the Cum
mings memorial fund.
Japanese workmen + all labelled
with the character of their trade and
the name of their EMPLOYER.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
HARTMAN SAVES ERIE.
Res >ues j. P. Morgan & Co.'S Refund
ing Plan From Failure.

New York City.-After one Of the
most exciting days that Wall Street
mas passed through since the panic,
E. H. Hartman saved ]. P. Morgan
& Co.'S Erie refunding plan from ut
:e1 failure by putting up s5,500,000
n cash. Erie, therefore, will be pre-
rented from going into the hands Of
/ receiver. The widespread report
:ha. Mr.. Morgan had abandoned the
company to it's fate and that Mr.. Har-
'ima1 is now in control of a majority
If the stock of the Erie Railroad was
apparently confirmed by these devel-
opments.
1t is said to mean that the Union
Pacific will become a trans-conti-
rental property. with the Erie as the
outlet to the Atlantic seaboard.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
Referee is Named iu the
ThaW-NCSuit Suit.

New York City.-R0bert F. Deyo,
lawyer at No. III Broadway, was
appointed BY Supreme Court Justice
Herdrick TO take testimony in Tie
suit brought ny EVELYN Nesbit Thaw
10 annul her marriage to Harry X.
Thaw. upon the charge that he was
insane when they were married.
Mrs. Thaw has consented 10 aban-
Ion the name of Thaw if the suit for
annulment succeeds. and to resume
her maiden name Of Evelyn Florence
Nesbit. All OF the financial settle
ments have been agreed upon and
partial payment ha; been made 10 the
Young OIna
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demonstrating overcome all the
objections Of the Italian monarch to
his marriage with Miss Katharine Ell
kins. the Duke Of the Abruzzi decided
to have the announcement of his be-
trOthal made.
The engagement is now perfectly
satisfactory. and Miss Elkins will be
welcomed by the King and Queen and
the royal family.
The Duke has had an audience with
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
Women in tie Days News.

"Panaja (accent on the second syi-
lable) panama" is the name Of that
new wool dress fabric.
Miss Amy Bernardy has been ap-
pointed by the Italian Government to
make a report On Italian women and
children here.
The Duchess of Marlborough, after
visiting the Department of Health
and st. Luke's Hospital, New York,
sailed for Europe.
Miss Geraldine Farrar, the Ameri-
can singer, has been nominated as
Imperial court singer" at Berlin by
the Emperor William
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
The World of Sport.

Cambridge defeated Oxford III
their annual boat race on the Thames
by two and one-half lengths.
Jim" Flynn and Gal" Kaufman,
heavyweights, have been matched to
fight twenty rounds in San Francisco.
Many expensive sports, notably
Yachting, are maintained without lay
ing gamblers under indirect contribu-
ton.
st. Louis wants the 1908 Wander
bilt cup race and is going right ahead
with its efforts to have the great in
ternational team contest run on a cir
cult near there.
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ELECTION CLOSES 1850 SALOONS
twenty-five Counties Added to DRY
List in Illinois.

Chicago.-After ore of the most
spectacular elections il the history OF
illinois the 'drys" stand victors over
the vets" Conservative figures
place the number OF saloons aDol-
ished at 1859, and twenty-five Illinois
counties are added to the dry" list.
Returns indicate that $50 incorpor-
ated cities and villages are now in
dry" territory and that 202 iEcor-
porated municipalities are in town
ships which refused to become dry"
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When I wished to eat my wife had to
raise me up in bed. Physicians were
unable to help me and I was going
down fast when 1 began using Doan's
Kidney Pills. After a short time /
felt a great improvement and am now
as strong and healthy as a man could
be. I give Doan's Kidney Pills all
the credit for it,"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. E.
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Origin Of Woman.

The Hindu conception OF the. origin
of the fair sex appears to be more
sublime than that Of the Hebrews;
because, when Brahma, the Supreme
Being, created our first parents, the
two are said to have been in one
and the same body. The right half
Of this body represented the father
of humanity, and the left half, which
was distinguished by a fairer mould
Ing, its mother.-Research and Re-
view, Calcutta.
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the Queen Mother, the King and the
Queen. About the entrance Of the
palace there was a gathering that
cheered the Duke as he entered
When ne left he was smiling.
There has been a complete change
of front on the part of the Roman
newspapers, which has amused the
English and American colonies
Miss Elkins is termed a majestic
beauty, worthy of the high honor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-29
BIG BOSTON BANK CLOSES.
National Of The Republic Will BE
Liquidatcd by the Shawmut.

Doston.-The National Bank Of the
Republic, one Of the largest in the
city. closed its doors, and its business
and assets will he liquidated by the
National Shawmut Bank. The an
nCuncement cana as a great surprise.
The institution has a capital Of ST.
0Gp,G00 and deposits of nearly So,
thh. Gao.
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Julian SUES RYAN.

Louis Z. Julian sued John +. Nc.
fntyre and Thomas +. Ryan fer $780,
900 each for branding as lies his tes-
limony regarding the New York City
Metropolitan's alleged gift of l. 5000
to aid the nomination Of Justice Ncr-
non M. Davis.
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HUNGRY MEN MARCH.
Bulgarian Workmen in Chicago De-
mand Food at City Hall.

Chicago.-Thrae hundred famished
Bulgarian workmen, unorganized and
unannounced, marched upon the City
Hall and demanded work or food.
The demonstration created much eX-
element. Mayor Busse refused to
receive the leaders, and the SILVER
ing men were marched to the county
agent. where they were given TEN.
TOrary relief.
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Riots in Lisbon.

Fierce riots followed tins elections
IL Lisbon, troops firing ON the crowds
ami killing and wounding many per-
sons; the M0narchists won 4 victory
at the polls; tie Republicans charge
fraud.