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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-20
No W-y Of Finding Out.

One does not usually make virtue
of fault finlliEg. but it seems, by Rich
ard Grant Whites experience. that It
, has it's valuable part in social econ
omy. Grumbling has always been con
sidcred a prcrogative of John Bull
and not an agreeable one. but the in
cident taken from England Without
and Within shows that it has its uses
had been Il little over week 1t
London lodgings and had my break
fasts served by the housekeeper. One
morning the maid said as she took III,
tray:
Tn afraid we shan't satisfy yon
sir. with your breakfasts"
told her my breakfasts were yer!
good: that the tea, eggs. bacon, FISH
mullins and narmalade were goot
enough for any man and all wished.
Yes. sir, but you never grumbl
about anything you have. and so w
don't know how to please you"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-20

were spent socially. Luncheon was
served by the hostess. The Septem-
Der meeting will be held with Mrs. Ray
Longnecker, 105 South Fifteenth
street.
~ - ~
The Missionary society Of the First
Presbyterian church met yesterday aft
ernoon with Mrs. Hazeltine, at her
home on North Twelfth street Mat
tiers of interest to members were dis
cussed. A program for the coming
year was partially arranged for The
September meeting will be held the
last Friday in the month.
~ y ~
Miss Mable Hasemeier and Miss
Ruth Bartel entertained this after
noon for Miss PaTline Clawson OF
Frankfort and Miss Nary Nichols OF
Clyde, Ohio.
~ - ~
Rev. Thomas Graham will return
Friday from an extended trip. Mrs
Graham, with the children. will re
main several weeks longer in Wiscon
sin.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-20
EXAMPLES

FOR REST-A FINELY LOCATED DRUG
Store location Modern. convenient 70 car
lines and in resident portion OF city. Reason
ihIe rent. Address n l. 30, this paper.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-20

land. on Sept. s. 1908. The congress
will be held under the auspices OF the
White Cross Society, and all the prin-
cipal nations of the world will be rep
resented. The purpose OF the society
is to establish definitions of food and
drug products which will be recog-
nized, officially or otherwise, hy an
the leading nations.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-20
DR.. \. v. WILEY IS
HIGHLY HONOREO
American Is Made Honorary
President at Geneva.

Washington. Aug. 20.-Dr. Harvey
w Wiley, chief of the Bureau of
Chemistry, Department of Agriculture,
has received notice of his appoint
ment to the honorary presidency of
the first international congress for the
repression of adulteration of alimen-
tary and pharmaceutical products. The
congress will meet in Geneva, Switzer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-20

Mr.. S. S. strattan, Jr., gave a dinner
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-20

Gillian is former Richmond news
paper man, he having been news edi-
tor Of the Palladium for several years.
Gillian was then and is now popular
in Richmond and he will undoubtedly
&c greeted by an ovation on occasion
OF his lecture before the chautauqur.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-20

Misses Mary and Martha McLells
will entertain with a dinners party tn
evening at their home ion Sou
Twelfth street, in honor of MIR. Charl,
Adamson of Erie, Kansas, Plac,
will be arranged at the table for tt
guests
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-20

Preachcr-When tempted to drink,
think OF your wife 1T home.
Henpeck-I 10, and that's what
drives me to drink.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-20

MARY ELLEN:
Gold Medal Flour is the best for maxi
ing everything. SABRlsA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-20

HONEY:
You jes' can't beat biscuits made outen
Gold Medal Flour-no SAN. NANNY.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-20

John is one Of the strongest speak
ers on the local chautauqua platform.
He will speak for the first time Sun
day morning.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02

tinctly novel and graceful and can be
made with the long deep cuffs match
ing the blouse Of one material extend
ing over the wrists or a be cut off
in three-quarter lengths, all new
styles being popular for blouses of
the sort. \ They are laid in tucks at
the inside edges and fall in graceful
folds at the other.
The waist is made with a fitted lin
ing, and itself consists of the front
and the backs. 1t Is laid in fine
tucks, and when the chemisette is
used it is cut out On indicated lines.
The sleeves are in n piece each,
but arranged over fitted Innings,
made with upper and under portions,
and these Innings are faced to form
deep cuffs.
The quantity of material required
for the s~ixteen-year size is three and
three-quarter yards twenty-one or
twenty-four, two and a half yards
thirty-two or two and one-quarter
yards forty-four inches wide with
seven-eighth yard of all-over lace and
one and seven-eighth yards of band
ing to make as illustrated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
Not q Safe a

Old Aunt Hepsy Garside never had
seen a moving picture show before.
She gazed in speeches. wonder at
the magic co~ntrivance by which mes
senger boys were made to move with
breakneck speed, BARRIERS to shave
their customers in less than a min
ute and heavy policemen to dash
along the street at a rate never at
tanned by a living specimen, either
on or off duty.
1t was all real to her. She could
not doubt the evidence of her senses.
All those things were taking place
exactly as depicted.
Presently an automobile came in
sight in the far background, moving
directly toward the audience at the
rate of at least a mile a minute. Just
as a catastrophe seemed inevitable it
swerved aside, passed on and dis
appeared,
Aunt Hepsy could stand it no
longer. Hastily grasping the hand
Of her little niece she rose and start
ed swiftly for the door.
Come along, Minervy!" she said.
1T amt safe to stay here any longer.
That thing didn't miss me more than
two feet!"-Youth's Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
BOY SHOOTS FATHER.
The Latter Had Fired at His Wife
Four Bullets Hit Him.

Elizabeth, N. J.-While defending
himself and his mother from the at
tacks of his father, Albert Messig, Jr.,
eighteen years old, shot his father,
Albert Messig, a butcher. Two bull
lets lodged in Messig's head. A third
shattered the bone in the right jaw,
and a fourth lodged in Messig's, right
shoulder. :Messig is in a critical con-
dition In the General Hospital. The
boy Is in jail. Us
Messig, according to the story told
by his son, had been drinking heavily
FOR several weeks, and was almost
crazed from liquor. He insisted that
his wife cd driving with him. She
refused, and he rushed at her and
attempted to choke her. The boy
tried to interfere, and the father
pulled a big revolver and fired a shot
at his wife, which went wild, and then
pointed the weapon at the son, but
before he had time to fire the son
wrested the gun from him, and shot
him with his own revolver.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
Big Texas Melon.

Robert Longbotham, a farmer near
Shafter Lake, raised an eighty-pound
melon. 1t is Of the Georgia sweet
variety from Texas grown seed.
The seed was planted July 2, the
vine blossomed August : and the
melon matureG September IS, max
ing an average growth Of two pounds
a day from the time the blossom
dropped off the vine until the melon
ripened, and during its growth the
melon registered a maximum gain of
six pounds during d single twenty
four hours.--Galveston News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
Stripes and Bars For Him
By CASPAR WHITNEY.

The trouble to-day is failure to suf-
fciently punish the reckless driver.
We constantly read of a wealthy
scorcher who deliberately defies the
warning of the motor cycle police
man, and sets out on a race to get
away from him. The fine of ten to
twenty-five dollars for a man of this
sort is ridiculous and makes no i'm
preston as we see, for the offense is
committed over and over again by
the same individuals. Around New
York there are half a dozen such who
are continuously being arrested and
as continuously offending.
Anent accidents, there Is a great
deal of talk in the papers of exacting
a thorough examination of all those
who apply for license, thus intimat-
ing that the majority of accidents are
the result of incompetence in the dri-
yer; but such is not the fact. There
is no doubt of the ~desirability of in
sisting on an examination iof the
chauffeur before he is given a%'license,
but the truth is that the reckless driv-
ing and the greatest number of acct
dents come not from the incompe-
tence or the ignorance of the man at
the wheel, but from absolute reck-
lessness. The men who give the most
trouble belong to the expert driver
class.
There is only one way to stop reck-
less driving, and that is by rigidly en-
forcing a few simple laws. The first
offense should be punished by a fine,
the second offense by revocation Of
license for a given period-a month
say-and the third offense should be
punished by a term of Imprisonment.
Accidents that result in the death of
innocent victims should produce a
charge of manslaughter.
If several of the reckless drivers.
who apparently consider themselves
immune because of their prominence,
should serve a term in Jail, I think
there would be an end to criminally
needless speeding.-The Outing Mag
azine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
THREE MEN AND A
BABY GIRL KILLED.
Policeman, Revolver in Hand, En-
tered Suspected Blind Tiger
FATAL ALABAMA LIQUOR RAID
Combatants Reload Weapons During
Battle at Birmingham-Police-
men Arrive When Harris, His
Friend and Child Are Eating.

Birmingham, Ala. W. Harris
and Will Womack, with Harris two
year-old daughter sitting on Wo-
mack's lap, were eating supper at
Harris home when Policeman Jones
arrived at the front door and Police
man J. W. Little at the rear door.
The policemen have been in charge
of the enforcement of the prohibition
law and they had been told that Har-
ris was conducting a @blind tiger"
Harris arose from the table as soon
as Little, with revolver in hand, it Is
said, entered the room, and drew a.
pistol. Both began firing at close
range. Womack also had a revolver.
When Jones ran into the rear: room,
Womack and Little were clinched,
each grasping the others weapon.
Jones grabbed them, but Harris sue
ceeded in shooting Little, the bullet
going through his heart.
The shooting caused intense excite
ment, and several deputy sherifs and
policemen rushed into the house.
They found Little and Womack dead
and Harris and his baby daughter
dying. The Harrises g re'taken to a
hospital and died the moment they
arrived there.
Search was made of Harris house
and a few bottles Of liquor and some
beer were found. Mrs. Harris was
found upstairs, where she had been
during the shooting, and consequently,
had not been injured. She was grief
stricken over the death of her hus-
band and child.
The sight Of the dead baby, with
q bullet hole in her head, caused great
Indignation. The police said, mas
much as Harris and Womack had be-
gun the shooting, and as the child
undoubtedly had been hit by a stray
bullet, that neither Jones nor Little
could be blamed. AZ
Little and one, Of the men in the
room are said to have reloaded their
pistols after emptying them n time.
That they fired to, kill is evident, for
the little child and three men carry
no less than twelve bullet holes.
For several weeks the police and
sheriff's forces have been very active
in making raids to stop violations of
the prohibition law. Blind tigers, So
cial clubs and other places have been
raided, but this Is the first time there
was resistance. :
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02

| white casket and cried together and
wondered how we should liye?"
Eyes, Marthy," chokingly.
"Then you know how little Fred
came, and how we loved him-and
about his getting drowned in the
brook" She had been over it so
many times in her mind that she was
quite calm now as she reviewed it
again.
Don't, Marthy," sobbed the gray
haired man: II can't bear it,"
And then the twins" she persist
ed; they closed their blessed eyes
before we had hardly learned to
know them"
Yes" repeated Abram family.
He sat with his chin sunk upon his
chest and the tears trickled down
u%nheeded as he pictured the scenes
which his wife brought before him.
I'VE loved our babies, didn't we,
Abram?" resumed the weak voice.
"Oh, Abram, if we could only have
them with us again. If we could
only see them once more and feel
their little arms and kiss them"
"Oh, if we only could; if we only
could. I should be ready to go. too"
sobbed the old man.
"Abram, it seems as if I could see
them now-there-see little Annie
and Fred-all angels. Oh, see the
lights and the flowers-and there
come the twins. And there's the
Saviour lifting them in His arms
yes, I'm coming-mother's coming,
darlings. Wait just a minute"
With a cry of anguish Abram
dropped on his knees beside the bed.
ooh, Marthy, 1 b'lieve, I b'lieve. I
want to go to the children too. Oh,
Lord, have mercy-take me too. I'm
a poor sinner and I haven't been get
ting ready, but I want to come"
The broken prayer and the heavy
sobbing reused the sick woman for
a moment and she realized that all
was we'll. A look of content and JOY
~overspread her c~ountenance and she
moved her hand until it rested on
Abrams wet cheek. He grasped it
feverishly and the heavy sobs grad
ually subsidized, leaving the room in
perfect quiet.-Boston Sunday Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
Misses Five Gored Skirt.

The skirts that close at the front,
IN what is known as coat style, are
among the latest developments OF
fashion and are exceedingly smart in
effect. They suit young girls admir-
ably we'll, and this one will be found
available for the future as well as
for present needs. In the illustration
it is made of serge stitched and
closed with buttons and buttonholes,
and serge is favorite for the present
and incoming seasons, but linen, pop
linette and the like are charming so
made, and new skirts Of the sort are
quite likely to be in demand, while
also all the heavier skirting ANA suit
ing materials will be found admir-
able. be. -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
GIRL KILLED AT A REHEARSAL.
Shot Through the Head by Boy Who
Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded.

Hibbing, MINI. - Edna Geary,
twelve, daughter Of MI. and Mrs.
Richard Geary, was accidentally shot
and killed while rehearsing with 9TH
er children in an amateur play. She
was the "villainess' and Russell Bar
rett. thirteen, al the hero"
While reciting the lines Of the play
young Barrett aimed a gun, not sup
posed to be loaded, at the girl and
pulled the trigger. The little one
fell dead with a bullet in her brain.
The tragedy occurred in the home of
w. G. Barrett, the father of the boy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
The Field of Labor.

During August $50 people were in
iured in industrial accidents in Can
ada, and rs died.
Yorkshire (England) Miners Fed
Grafton is continuing its crusade
against non-union workeries in the
c~ollieries.
Boston (Mass.) Cigar Makers
Union has levied an assessment of SIS
On each member to advertise the
blue label.
Delegates rom the Bricklayers
and Stonemasons' Unions met at
Guelph, Canada, to form a provincial
association.
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BY CABLE.
american Rhodes Athletes Triumph.

american Rhodes Athletes Triumph.
l. Oxford. England. The American
Rhodes scholars got two hrsts anu
two seconds in the varsity freshman
sports. R. e. Blake, OF Tennessee.
won the long jump with nineteen ees
flour inches, and G. s. Spauldlng' OF
Arizona, was second with eighteen
feet eight and aahalf inches. G. E.s
| Putnam, of Kansas, won the hammer
throw with 143 feet five inches,
breaking all freshman records.
q. Blake was second in this event!
MIR. Morgan's Gift to Abbey;
London, England. P. Morgan,
Of New York City, has given $l250
TO the fund which is being raised TO
purchase Glastonbury Abbey. Gas
tonbury Abbey, which is twenty-five
miles southwest Of Bath, was round
ed by King Ina in the eighth century,
and was replaced two centuries later
by another erected by st. Dunstan.
New Battleship Speedy.
London. The British battlesnlp
L-Invincible, the latest addition TO d
British navy, in a trial under seven
tenths OF her power attained a speed
of twenty-five knots an hour. 1t is
| expected that the new vessel, When
! working under full power, will reach
a. speed of thirty knots, a worlds rec
ord.
Chinese Feted by q. S. Tars.
Annoy. South China.-Three hun
dred Chinese students were received
nm hoard the American battleshlp Mis-
souri, and entertained with great cour-
tesy.
Mauiia Editors Arrested.
Manila, P. 1.-The manager and
managing editor and other EDITORS OF
nj Ramacimiento, the leading Fill
i newspaper OF Manila, have been
arrested on charges Of criminal libel
preferred by Commissioner Dean G.
Worcester, of the Philippine Com
mission.
Turkeys Debt Unknown.
Constantinople.-M. Laurent, the
reorganizer of the national
asked the Minister of FINANCES LOT
the approximate figure OF the noatlng
debt of the empire. The Minister re-
piled that he did not know even the
approximate figure.
France to Erect Aerial Garages.
Paris.-Minister Of Public works
Barthou, speaking in the Senate,
promised to ask a Government credit
of $4,000 to begin the establishment
of a system of garages throughout
the country that should command the.
principal aerial routes Of travel."l
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02

The skirt is cut on the new lines.
and gives the fashionable slender eff
feet to the figure, yet it has width
enough at the lower edge to mean
comfort in walking. It a be made
with habit back or inverted pleats AS
liked. There are five cores and the
front gore is finished with a hem at
its left edge and buttoned over onto
the side gore. The upper edge Is at
tached. to a belt. When inverted
pleats are used they are stitched fiat
for several inches below the belt. For
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
JOHNNY.

he can scamper a mile to the baseball field,
And he never feels the heat;
But, oh, it's so far to the corner store
So far for his aching feet.
He can run to see the circus come in,
And stand and watch by the hour;
But the postotice building is so far away,
And there might CONF up a shower.
He can get up at five on the Fourth of
July
It's really no trouble at all;
But eight is too early on all other days,
And his mother may call and call.
He can sit up all hours to frolic, and not
Get sleepy OF tired a bit;
But, if there's a lesson, or problem to do,
He goes fast asleep over it!
o Johnny, dear Johnny, how funny you
are!
And when will grown-ups understand
That hard things seem easy, n easy ones
hard,
To youngsters all over the land?
Emma A. Lente. in lions Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
JcWclcd NccEtieS,

Delightful are the new neckties of
silk worsted in Oriental embroidery
IL which tiny jewels are introduced.
The tie is about nine or ten inches
long, and the two ends may be
knotted or merely crossed over and
fastened with a fancy pin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
Rose Parasols.

Parasols with tops formed Of big
rose colored petals were used at a
barn dance in the country. Old par
asol frames may be used for the pur-
pose, and a girl with ingenuity may
easily make the rose covers. Thin
green lawn stretched over the frame
makes an excellent foundation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
Stylish JabOt.

A stylish jabot is formed by a
strip of tucked linen with seven ap-
pliqued rose motifs. at the left of
which is an edging of Irish, with
large appliqued roses. At the right
are double rufles of pleated linen
with fagoting one-quarter of an inch
from edge. Bow of Irish lace.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
Fear Wheat Crop is ged.

FEaTS lHdL IHE FHlITE WIHLET WHEdC
crop has been seriously damaged by
drought caused an advance of moro
than one cent a bushel in wheat
prices on the Chicago Exchange, and
final quotations showed net gains Of
one and an eighth to one and three.
eighth cents. Corn. oats and provis-
ions also were strong.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
DAUGHTERS GET ESTATE.
Misses Sears Heirs to Mothers Prop
erty Of About $6,OO0,OOO..

,Boston.-Miss Lillian Sears, seven
teen years old, and her sister Phyllis,
fourteen, are heirs to their mothers
estate, estimated at $6,000,000, by
her will, just probated at Norwich,
Conn. Their father Is made the
trustee. Their combined annual in
comes amount to 100000.
Mrs. Herbert M. Sears, the mother,
committed suicide at a New York
hotel last January.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
Chancellor Andrews Out.

The resignation of E. Benjamin
Andrews as Chancellor of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, Lincoln, was ten
dered to the regents and accepted.
Chancellor Andrews will retire on
January /. The selection of his sue
cessor was left open.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
Cloth TOPS.

Cloth topped shoes are appearing,
and in greater variety than ever.
Checked and striped uppers have Civ
en- way to the light and white cloth
ones, and these are unusually high,
being from six to eight inches above
the ankle. The lower, part of the
shoe is Of unstitched soft patent kid.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
Defeated Candidate Dead,

Walter j. lie Grys, city editor of
the Troy Press, Democratic candidate
for the Senate from Rensselaer, Coun-
ty, died at Troy, N. Y. He was seized
with illness just before election. He
was defeated by his Republican oppc-
nent by a small majority.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
Worlds Enormous Steam Power.

A German statistician mas calcu-
lated that the steam power IN present
use on this globe is equal 20 l20,-
100000 horsepower. The coal reed
ed to supply this steam for a year
would make a freight train extend
ing ten times around the earth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
SIooveS Match ROdico

One Of the departures in the fash
ion this season is the matching Of
the sleeve to the bodice instead Of to
the yoke. This does not mean that
the sleeve is of the same material as
the waist, for it is usually a trans
parent fabric, but it matches in color.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
Street Railway Grab.

Colonel William N. Amory ex-
planned the grab" Of the + Ilton
Street Crosstown Railway, New York
City, placing the loot of the Ryan
ring as high as $1%,100,0 00.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-02
Torchon Lace.

Many sets of underlinen made for
the brides and debutantes of the COM
ing season are trimmed with real tor
chon lace. This is a durable, service
able lace that should never have gone
out of fashion.