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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
ANTARCTIC POSSIBILITIES
Explorer Borcbgrevink Thinks There May
Be O Future For Commerce There.

Be Future For Commerce There.
The recent Antarctic expedition was q
commercial one, and commercially it was
failure, because we did not find tho right
whale, so valuable for its whalebone. The
Antarctic was fitted out for the hunt Of
that particular kind of whaleY neverthe'
less I have no doubt that tho commercial
result of the expedition would have been
much better had we worked under more
favorable auspices.
do not by any means consider the fact
of our not having met with the right
whale in those seas as conclusive proof OF
their nonexistence in the buy at Victoria
Land. The Antarctic found the right
whale Mt Campbell island in the winter
time; the boats fastened to five of them,
Of which, however, only one was caught.
Now, to me 1t does not seem improbable
that these whales go south to the bay OF
Victoria Land, where Ross saw them, in
the summer, and return north in the win
ter. It would seem incredible that man
of Sir James Ross standing, supported as
he was by able scientists and experienced
whalers, should have made grave error
when he said that this valuable whale was
to be found in large numbers in those
southern latitudes.
The difference in the appearance Of the
blue whale, as we found 1t there, and the
right whale, in the method of spouting, is
80 striking that even the most casual OBJ
server could not easily be deceived. Very
possibly, had we penetrated farther into
the large open bay discovered by Ross In
the vicinity of the volcano peaks Erebus
and Terror, we, too, would have found the
right whale in great numbers. We saw
very many blue whales, but had not the
appliances to take them.
AS I remarked at the international geo.
graphical congress, we found few seals
They increased, however, in number as
We worked eastward, and seemed afraid
Of the land. All of the seals that we met
on the shore showed much uneasiness, and
speedily made for the water, q fact which
strengthened my belief in the existence OF
large enemy of the seal on the conti.
nent. do not doubt that the seals con-
gregate together in larger numbers at
some places on the bay.
consider the guano beds which we dis.
covered of great commercial Importance,
and they ought to be we'll worth the at.
tention of enterprising business men. The
specimen which I brought back with me
contains large percentage Of ammonia.
Furthermore, from the analysis Of the
specimen of rock which brought back
with me, the possible and probable presence
of valuable minerals on the continent Is
proved, although the lava and the volcanic
aspect of the coast line do not speak IA
vorably for the presence Of heavy metals
near the surface.-C. E. Borchgrevink In
| Century,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
Cruel and Unjust.

Some poor men in this country have bought
land on q credit. Would our Legislator
deny them the necessary credit for pro
visions which would enable them TO pay
for It?
The lien law is certainly beneficial TO some
men. That law would certainly hurt nobody.
II men are rich, they need not give security,
II they.are poor. would our Legislators make
slaves OF poor men who are just ss honest
and just as good as they are, except that they
are poo,9 Money makes some Of us feel
mighty big. ....
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
" Teaching School.

Mr.. Philip 8. Cromer Of this city who gradu.
ated at the Citadel last June. will teach
school during the scholastictio year in Long
Cane township, In compliance. with the rule
OF that Institution which requires It's, Eradu.
ates to teach for period after being gradu-
ated. Mr.. Cromer had q position With the
jamestown Exposition- which he beld for
Several months and until Christmas. A
young man Of ability and q careful regard for
his obligation he will succeed in life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
Worse Than County Trsasurers.

It now appears that the ex-dirsotors OF the
State dispensers were worse than are the
comfy treRsurers In election years. The
Newberry Observer thinks "the liquor bust.
ness is not the kind OF business for q state to
engage In" but that Newspaper did not give
its opinion the business Of collecting taxes
during election years. SO many treaSure-s
go wrong on election years thai 1t would
seem TO us that either the collection oftaxes
or the election should be suspended. Taxes
sufficient to last two years ought to be COL
lected during the "of years." County
treasurers are seldom found 10 be wrong In
''off years."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
Corrected.

A little bank, by expert accountants. made
report few days ago in which considera-
BILE deficit was discovered. A second account.
Ing, as we suppose, by different experts, adds
little matter like ss74,OOO to the banks
assets. II there is one thing on earth In
which wehave little faith, 1t is the correct.
ness OF expert reports in eases where they
have been employed to find evil.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22

Allen Emerson, who was convicted Of muir
der, with recon mendatien TO mercy, and
who was sentenced for life term In the peni
tentiary, escaped from the Anderson Jail last
August. voluntarily returned to Anderson
last Sunday, and is now in the penitentiary
He killed Thos. f. Drake, with whose daugh'
ter, Mrs. Bailey he was discovered In COM
promising position. An impromptu duel en-
sued when Drake was killed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22

Mr.. M. L. Rlce OF Green wood was in town
last Wednesday. He grows handsomer with
the passing years, and we are always glad to
meet him, not oulV on his own account, but
for the sake Of old times and associ ations
with his father, Hon. James r.. Rice. OF Nine
ty Six. We hope that Mr.. Rice may come
often and stay longer each time. The fact Is,
we do not know why so good q man does
not come to Abbeville to live.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
Good Bills.

Senator Graydon has introduced q Bill TO
prevent pistol toter from pleading self-de.
fense, except when a man commits murder
on his own premises.
Representative E. 3. Aull has introduced q
Bill in the House levying one mill for Confed.
crate pensioners, each county 10 pay It's own
pensioners.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22

Ing railroads to make better and safer accom-.
modations for tramps, who travel without
consulting the conductor. Nearly every
freight train that gets into trouble kills one
or more "gen tleman of the road" who had
not bought tickets.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
ODD FELLOWS ENTERTAIN
MENT.

Speech by Hon. John ]. McSwain.
All are Invited to Hear Him.
Thursday January 23. 1908 at Odd Fellows
Hall over Hi G. Anderson & Co.'s store at
p. m. Hon. John j. McSwain OF Green Vile,
s. c., will deliver an address on odd Fellow
ship as Civil Force, or what Odd Fellowship
does TO raise q man from Self" The people
OF Abbeville are cordially invited 10 come out
and hear him. The ladies are especially In
vited.
Bro. McSwain Ia an eloquent speaker. and
enjoy rare treat.
The addrese-!!s0P 0P5I 70 me public. no admis
sion charged.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22

Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who
hath heavy heart? Who hath an aching
head : Who hath l!!e fox In bis stomach ?
-fhe man whose wife is click thsisther whose
children are small the head OF the house:
hold whose COOK has gone Off on an excursion
or who is at religious m Getting rejoicing that
the Redeemer died for her and washed away
all her sins OF omission and commission.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22

Some one has said, go to
strangers for charity, friends for
advice, relatives for nothing and
you will always have a full sup
ply" We add, go to Rosenberg's
for your clothing, shoes, hats and
mems furnishings and always be
we'll dressed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
A Stop In TIme May Save . Sermon.

One Of the elements of successful ser
mon is timely and effective close. Many
a grand effort has utterly failed for lach
of rememb bering this. A climax Is reached
the impression Is vivid, then, alas, "a
few more words, "and the influence gained
Is frittered away. WEAKNESS takes tht
place of conviction, and the truths uttered
before are forgotten. There is no use II
banging away when one has commenced
to fire blank cartridges.-Syraouse Chris
tian Advocate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
Georgia Ought to Learn.

Atlanta has had big bank failure In which
about one.tenth Of the population OF that city
will not get back all the money which they
deposited.
II Georgia would enact laws to safeg uard
bank depositors, as does South Caroline, it IL
possible that the bank would not have failed
and even II 1t did fail the owners OF stock
would have been required TO make good the
loss TO depositors In South Carolina depos
itors In bank are omparatively safe. =.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
A River of Ink.

In Algeria thero is q river Of Ink. In the
upper part of its course 1t flows through
beds of decaying moss, In the loFar part
through strata Of iron ore, ana thus,
through the combination Of the tN u, Its
waters acquire very nearly the color and
something of the taste of black ink.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
Curtailed Service.

In losing an extra train each way ON the
Columbia and Greenville road. our people are
very much like the little boy who stumped
his toe. We are trying to believe that 1t will
feel good when II quits hurting. -,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
James II. Randall.

In the death of James r. Randall. editor
and poet, the country has met with a real
loss. II he had done nothing else than write
MARY land, my Maryland" he would deserve
the everlasting honor OF the;soathern people.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22

The grandost review ever seen In this
country was TINT at Washington at the
close Of the civil war. Over 100, 900 men
were in line
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22

II you have eczema 1t might be that infor-
nation Of satisfactory results to. q man in
Alaska might be Of value to you. Enquire
at the Press and Banner Office.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22

Last Saturday is said to have been the first
fair Saturday in nine weeks. We did not
do the counting.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22

Anderson Ia talking about establishing q
college. This is to be q female college that
may rear any number Of country schools.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22

In 1880 the value Of the cotton mill
product In this country was sl82, 600, 0s0I
In 1890 it had increased tn ss8S. 0OO, 600.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
Start the New Year
Right!

Feed Seneca Stock Powder to your
stock.
Feed Seneca Poultry Powder to your
fowls.
Use Seneca Lice Killer on your
chickens. Large can for 25c.
You can buy a ID. package Seneca
Stock Power for 75c and get 5Oc bug
gy whip FREE. Your money back II
not satls fled. Call on
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22

IT fills the arteries with rich, red
blood, makes new flesh, and healthy
men, women and children. Nothing
can take its place; no remedy has
done 80 much good as HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea. 35c, Tea or
ablets. T.. A. Milford.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22

Mrs. Kirby took trip to Spartanburg last
week to see her daughter, Mrs. Eva Kirby OF
that city.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22

Miss Fanny Morrow is home from Spartan.
burg. ..s... -.,. u-,t;, 90,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
G.. A. MILFORD & co.
McMurray's LOcals.


Hot chocolate. o, SO good AT tMcMurrays
Drug Co.'S store.
You KNOW that you are drinking the best
when you drink NcMurray's chocolate.
A warm, cosey place In which to drink
b OF Observation-Disclosures.
What we do. we do we'll. Try our hot choc-
olate. McMurray's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22

For indigestion and constipation take N. II
tablets. For sale at Milford's drug store,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22

Grier's almanacs at Speeds Call and. get
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20
NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS


urday on business.
Mrs. Burkheimer of Mounds wa.
shopping in town Saturday.
| Master Tom Perks of Mounds is the
guest of relatives here.
John Tobin who has spent the past
few years in Cincinnati, arrived Sat
urday to be the guest of his mothe,
and family on Third street.
Miss Rose McNeile who has been at
tending Normal at Carbondale, return.
ed home Saturday to visit her sister
who is here for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Martin and daugh
ter, Olive Jun, of Cairo, are the guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Martin, Sr
Miss Blanche Boyd is entertaining
her friend, Miss Wright of Chicago.
Miss Carrie Lawler will leave Mon.
day for a sojourn at Dawson Springs
Mr.. Uranium and son Robert of pa
ducah. arrived Saturday to visit Mr.
and Mrs Geo. Eichhorn.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20
FISH INCIDENT
CLOSED FINALLY
HARAHAN SAYS so ALSO TALKS
OF HIS IMPRESSIONS DURING
EUROPEAN TOUR - FOUND
FEELING CORDIAL.

Chicago, July 1.-THE so-calleL
middle classes and the small mer
chants in Europe firmly believe that
, Wall street is responsible for our bust
ness depression" This statement
was made today by j. T. Harahan,
president of the Illinois Central rail
road company, who has just returned
from an extended auto tour through
TEgland, France. Germany. Belgium.
and Prussia "Of course" added Mr..
Harahan, naively. there are a great
many well informed people in Europe
who know better
The European countries are begin
ming tc feel our depression quite
seriously said Mr. Harahan. "es-
pecially Germany and England Every
one over there is deeply interested
in conditions here. Our depression Is
affecting the steel and iron Industries
across the water most Of all. France
does not seem to be quite so badly
affected as the other countries"
Mr. Harahan stated that whatever
the feeling may have been a few
months ago regarding the Illinois
Central in England and in Hollan1.
there now existed great cordially To-
ward the road and its present man
aEement
"The Fish incident is a closed book
with me now" declared Mr.. Harahan.
and I do not wish 20 again open any
Of its pages. The sooner its contents
are forgotten the better for all n
think I can say. however. that there
Is perfect understanding and ap-
probation among the foreign stock- /
1oldefs of the road regarding the |
policy Ut the present management
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20

Beginning today the Airdome
theateI will presen; a new appear.
arce throughout, new fans. new
policy and in fact everything new
that can be made 70. The present
management intends not only to give
a picture show of merit, but to make
the AirdOme a home of novel amusp.
ments, giving each night bright and
snappy features that will relieve the
monOtony of the ordinary picture
show. Tonight besides the latest fea-
.ture Independent pictures and illus
trated song the Airdome will offer to
the Cairo public the side splitting
spectacle, a watermelon eating con.
test. Also as an extra feature a
newsboy quartet composed of local
talent who have not only been ap-
plauded here but cimplimented highly
else where.
The AirdOme is yours FOR fun" and
will start with the var cry of some
thing doing all the time" The adj
mission will remain the same. Sc to
all
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20

July 10, 1908.

July 10, 1908.
w b. Pace OF Holloway, KY, was IN
town on business Saturday.
Mrs. Carrie Spence and niece Gladys
Moss, are spending few days with
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Calvin and family
al Leyings.
j. l.. Dougherty and wife are the
guests of relatives in Cairo. M.
Dougherty will attend a meeting of
the Odd Fellows encampment when
large number of persons will be in
itiated.
Mrs. Arch Mathis, of Tamaroa, ar
rived Saturday to be the guest of rela-
lives here few days,
Mound City Lodge No 1877 K of p
installed officers Friday night.
II, Calvin of Levings was down Sat.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20
ADJUSTMENTS
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At The Opera Touse.

At the opera house today Manager
Saup will inaugurate new system at
the matinee performance. He will
give one child's ticket free with every
ticket bought. He promises to take
good care of the little folks who come
unattended by adults. The play will
be The Poor Officer"
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20
Eternal Vanity.

A man has an awful hard time try
ing to make himself believe that all
the girls are not crazy about him
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20
Fire.

Man has made marvellous progress
In many other directions. but with All
his inventions he has not achieved any
great mastery Of fire.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20
me Srumpiers.

Most OF the grumbling is done BY
people who sit down In the gloom and
want the sunshine To come and find
them.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20
SPORTS FOR THE WEEK.
Monday.

Monday.
Beginning of the second week Of thu
Olympic games in London.
Central States Rowing Association
regetta at Burling ton, Iowa
South Atlantic States tennis cham
pionship begins at Augusta, Ga.
Annual tournament of Central hi
nois Golf Association begins at Pc
oria.
New York State tennis championship
begins at Trayers Island.
Philadelphia cricketers VS.. Maddle.
sex, at Lords London.
Annual meet of the Interlakc
Yachting Association at Putin Bay.
Ohio.
Tuesday
Continuation of the OLYMPIC games
in London.
First of the Mimic Cup competitions
at Montreal.
Opening of annual horse show at
Atlantic City, N. J.
Central States Rowing Association
regatta at Burlington, Iowa.
Wednesday.
Continuation of the Olympic games
in London.
Opening of annual horse show st
Orange, Va.
Thursday.
Continuation of the Olympic games in
London.
Friday
Olympic Marathon race. from Wind.
scr to the Stadium.
Philadelphia cricketers VS.. Royal
Artillery at Woolwich (two days.
Western Canada rowing regatta be
gins at Winnipeg two das.)
Saturday.
Western tennis championship at
Chicago
Annual regatta of the st. Louis
Power Boat Association.
Continuation of the Olympic games
in London.
hn I'LL
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20
NAVAL OFFICER DIES.

New York July I9.-Captain Henry
NJ Crea, of the United States navy
who was in command OF the battle
ship Georgia during the cruise of the
North Atlantic squacron to the Paei
fic coast, died today OF Bright's dis
ease in the Naval hospital at Brook
Ign. He had been i'll since June o.
Captain McCrea was 81 years old.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20

Read The bulletin and get the news
while 1t is news.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20

Compare The Bulletins society
column with the ether Cairo papers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20
At Cincinnati
At Chica-o.

At Chica-o.
Chicago, July 19-Errois We're r..
sponsible for the runs
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20

Batteries-Overall, Lundgren AMI
Moran; Flaherty and Graham.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20
At Bloomington.
At Decatur.

Decatur, ILL.,. July 19.-The first
game was won by Decatur on good
hitting. The second was called by
agreement at the end OF the seventh
inning
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-20

Second Game.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-11-27
At the National Capital
Gossip of People and Events
Gathered in Washington
Next Mistress of the White House

earlier day in the White House no
thought entered the head of the young
girl guest that one day she would be
mistress of the mansion.
The new cares and social duties
which Mrs. Taft will have to take on
may tax her strength to the utmost.
but 1t is probably true that there could
| not be found a woman better fitted for
the place than the wife of the next
president She has individuality,
strength of character and an indie
pendence of belief, added to a mind
OF rare cultivation, the result of years
of study and travel. She has devoted
herself to the care of her home and
children and the seconding of her hus-
bands public career, and in the latter
capacity she has familiarized herself
with the great questions of the day
So well equipped educationally is
Mrs. Taft that she will not only be
able to converse intelligently on sub
jects of public interest with her own
countrymen, but being a linguist, she
will be able to discourse Familiarity
with foreign statesmen and diplomats
in their own tongues. 1t is said that
Mrs. Taft has devoted a part of each
day for years to the study of languages
and music, and in both has attained a
proficiency reached only by the few
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-11-27

II THOUSANDS of the half million farm
ers, teachers, physicians, business
men and others who were invited to
cooperate with the commission on
country life have already sent in re-
plies to the list of questions asked
them, although the ink is hardly dry
on the printed sheets rushed out to
them
The members of the commission
which was appointed by President
Roosevelt to conduct this extensive in
quiry into the conditions of farm life
the country over, have a problem of
perhaps greater magnitude to work
out than ever came before a similar
commission. Not only is the subject
Of the inquiry one of great import
ance, but the breadth of its scope is
such as to require the varied condi-
tons of the whole country to be taken
into account The amount of work
involved will hardly be realized by
the casual reader. The mere reading
of the letters which are flooding in
each day in answer to the questions
is a diff cult, though most interesting,
task, for the commissions incoming
mail is running from 5000 to 5000
pieces day
And this is not all There is vastly
more ahead for the commissions in
terest is by no means confined to
those who happened to be on the list
of 100000 to whom the questions have
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-11-27
PAPER FROM THE COTTON PLANT

Paper manufacturers and users will
be interested in a successful process
which is said to have been discovered
for making paper from cotton stalks,
the cotton plant. Stress has been laid
of late upon the enormous loss which
has been sustained annually through
the blowing under or burning of some
100000 tons of cotton stalks, in view
of which the new process will be well
coined by those who favor a conserva-
tion of our forest resources as well as
those who are merely interested in
buying cheaper paper a company
which proposes to manufacture paper
from the new material has been incor-
p0rated at Atlanta Ga, under the title
of the Southern Cotton Stalk Pulp and
Paper company 1t is claimed by the
new company that paper can be manu-
featured from cotton stalks much more
cheaply than is possible in the wood
pulp mills Of the country, while it has
been estimated that if all of the cotton
stalks produced in the country were
utilized in the manufacture of paper it
would keep LOO mills running night
and day through the year. each turning
out twenty-five tons of paper a day.
From the standpoint of protecting our
forest interests as well as the econom-
+ zeal disposal of what up to the present
has been useless byproduct it is to
lie hoped that the new enterprise will
be SucceSS