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The Jasper news., 1908-08-13

A Swiss scientist has added one to
the seven thousand or 30 sure cures
for tuberculosis.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-13

Pittsburg has seven more national
banks than Boston.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-13

A French count has been arrested
Tor dishonesty stealing a pearl neck
lace from an American woman in
Paris, instead of marrying her and
stealing it honestly.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-13

OF course, that paresis germ is of
the soft.shell variety.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-13

some statesmen are so conceited
they can go home after their maiden
speech confident congress is ready to
adjourn.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-13

Wu Ting Fang says that our prison
system Is too good for China, but it
doesn't follow that it's any too good
for the United States.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-13

The bicycle is said to be enjoying
a revival all over the country, though
several cities have nothing to say
against their street railway systems.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-13

The French budgetry scheme sO-
1909 will provide for two Dread.
naughts.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-13

A woman who has had good cry
fs always in. lovely temper.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-13
THE EFFECT OF WEALTH.

Billie-Who is that awfully freckled
girl on the horse?
Tillie-Why, that's Miss Gotrox. She
has several millions in her own name.
Billie-So? My! Aren't her freckles
becoming?
The Jasper news., 1908-08-13
THE JASPER NEWS
ROLAND B. GRIFFITH. Editor.

JASPER. 10000. ....'. MISSOURI
The Jasper news., 1908-08-13

We tarnish the splendor OF our best
sctiOns by too often spanking Of them
The Jasper news., 1908-08-13
TRICKY ACTS OF THE BLUEJAY
sNoIsIEsT CREATURE KNOWN TO
oRNiTHoLoGY" - ALBiNo
BIRDS osTRAclsED.
DOINGS OF THE ROBIN FAMILY
NestIIngs Launched, Father Helping
Two Strongest, Mother Three
WeakIings In Their Effort TO-.
= - thehs- r-iinht q. -
BY EDWARD 3. c

BY EDWAHD =. Z
associate Member Amer
ogists' Union,
Copyright, Joseph B.
When it comes to a q,
ielligence, the Corvidae
which belong the crow
jay, must be accorded
These birds have prat
haustless vocabulary an >
ters are as many sid,
Reynard, the fox, whi'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
INSANITY THAW'S DEFENSE
LittIeton Says Family History Will
Be Laid Bare.
Whites Slayer Tried Suicide in Paris
After Hearing Evelyn Nesbit's
Story, Says Counsel.

New York City.-Opening the case
Of the People against Harry K. Thaw
for the murder of Stanford White,
Assistant District Attorney GarVan
asked in the Supreme Court for a
verdict of murder in the first degree,
charging that the prisoner had COM
mitted "a premeditated, deliberate
and cowardly murder"
The wheels Of justice were we'll
oiled, and Justice Bowling made
them move swiftly, so swiftly, In fact,
that the opening address for the Peo-
Die and the testimony Of the Peoples
witnesses establishing the facts Of the
killing on Madison Square roof gar
den on the night of June 25, 1905,
were all completed by $3.50 O'Clock
a. the afternoon. Then Martin w.
Littleton, chief counsel for the pris-
oner, Was called on to outline his de-
fense to the jury. ..
Mr.. Littleton had limited at some
sensations, but as his address went
on there came surprise after surprise,
announcement of witnesses from var
ious corners of the globe, statements
of acts ranging from the puerilities
of weak-minded' childhood to at
tempted suicide by Thaw and the un-
locking Of the .Thaw family closet to
show the skeleton which had been
kept carefully hidden for generations
hereditary insanity.
The most striking new statement
in Mr.. Littleton's outline of the de-
fense was that Thaw had tried to
kill himself by taking poison in Paris
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05

Washington, D. C.-That there
will be eventually conflict between
the yellow race and the white race
that will shake the earth Is the
opinion of Justice John Marshall
Harlan, of the United States Supreme
Court. In an address before the
Navy League of the United States.
this eminent jurist, according to the
Washington Post, said:
"If had the opportunity would
vote for an appropriation Of $780,
10000 a year for period Of ten
years for a larger navy. The great
Importance Of navy Is shown in the
Constitution. which restricts the ap-
preparations for the army, but sets
no limit for those for the navy. There
Is no such thing as friendship be-
tween nations as between men. Ma
tions make no sacrifice to preserve
friendships and do not forbear to do
certain things because they do not
meet with the approval of another
nation. Do you think England cares
a cent for what we think Of her
navy? Or Germany cares cent?
"How large a navy ought we to
have? That is question l cannot
answer any more than whether a
hospital ship ought to be command
ed by a naval officer or surgeon.
don't care how large a navy we
have, but want to see navy large
enough to take care Of the Pacific
and Atlantic Oceans and our ports
on those oceans.
"The trend Of the immigration of
the white people in the past has been
from the East to the West. There
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
LATEST Man Alive.

Mrs. Anton Sadwski, Of Cleveland,
Ohio, testified in court against her
husband in a suit brought for alleged
neglect of his six small children. Mrs.
Sadwski thinks he is the LATEST man
on record. "Why, Judge, he is so
lazy" she walled, that when he goes
to bed in the attic above our rooms
he pulls up the ladder after him.
That's the only stairway, and when
he has pulled it up with him I can't
wake him in the morning. My hus-
band was awfuIly anxious for me to
marry him. But he left me on the
day we were married and didn't come
back for a week. Then he begged
on his knees and I took him in. I've
supported him ever since"
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after hearing the story Of Evelyn
Nesbit's life, but 1t was also new to
the case that he was crazy in Rome
and Monte Carlo and under treat
ment in those places, that he was
sent from Claridgc's in London to a
sanitarium, and that he went mad
two months before killing White
while on a train between Chicago and
New York.
Mr.. Littleton did not spare the
prisoner; who sat with his face half
hidden In his hands as he heard him
self portrayed imbecile at birth and
maniacal in manhood. Thaw cow
cred in his chair, all the egotism and
confidence shown in the first trial
gone. He seemed tanned by the fear
of death in the electric chair or con-
finement in the mad house. At no
time has he made picture so weak
and miserable.
Thaw was a madman, bereft of
all reason when he killed White, Is
in substance what Mr.. Littleton says
he will prove.
To back up this defense Mr.. Lit
tleton will produce evidence to show
that on the paternal and maternal
side Thaw had relatives who were
insane, at least one of them dying in
an asylum.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05

/ New York City.-A canvass Of the
sentiment in a dozen important
trades, as expressed by members Of
different industries and the edi-
torial opinions of recognized trade
Journals in the last few days. has
developed a distinctly hopeful tone
for the outlook for 1908. OF 1907
there Is apparently common opin-
ion-that the first eight months
were satisfactory to a marked de-
gree, and in some instances sur
passed former records as far as vol
ume Of business was concerned. The
financial disturbances of last fall,
however, brought about great
change in this respect, and several
trades suffered severely. A state
ment of conditions in a majority Of
the trades covered appears to those
most interested to justify the expec-
tations of good business in 1908.
Particularly is this the case in a
good many Of the dry goods trades.
A member of one of the largest i'm
porting houses in New York, whose
buyers reach every important centre
In Europe and with statesmen in every
section of the United States, declared
that the, reports which his firm. re-
ceived were distinctly encouraging
for a trade recovery all over the
country. The reports from all over
the Middle. Western and Southern
States indicated the best Christmas
trade among retailers on record.
These reports covered San Francis
co, Portland. Los Angeles and Ia
coma on the coast; Minneapolis, st.
Paul, Milwaukee and other cities in
the Middle West. and several cities
such as San Antonio, in the South
west, Atlanta, in the Southeast.
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40 KILLED, 4e4 HURT BY AUTOS.
1000 Persons Convicted and $11, 900
Paid in Fines in Massachusetts.

Boston.-Reports made before the
Safe Roads Automobile Association
at its annual meeting at the Exchange
Club showed that since June there
had been about 500 automobile acci-
dents in Massachusetts,, in which for
ty-nine persons were killed and 464
persons seriously injured. 1t is the
object of the association to relieve
such conditions, and the problem was
deemed of such acute Importance
that the Executive Committee has
held weekly meetings and the Board
Of Directors monthly meetings. More
than a thousand persons have been
convicted in the lower courts Of
various violations of the automobile
laws during the past year. In all
flfty-six licenses have been suspended
or revoked by the Massachusetts,
Highway Commission. More than
s11, 900 has been paid In fines.
OF the accidents; reported 1t ::
recorded that more than two-thirds
of them occurred in broad daylight.
There were about as many accidents
on country roads as in thickly settled
districts.
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The Open Road.

Tn the American Magazine Davldt
Grayson, author of adventures 10.
Contentment," begins a new series 9
called "The Open Road" He says:
"Is it not the prime struggle ;ol
life to keep the mind plastic 10
see and feel and hear things neWlys
70 accept nothing as settled; to de,
fend the eternal right Of the ques-
toner? To reject every conclusion
of yesterday before the surer ooser-
yations Of to-day?-is not that tne
best life we know? And so to the
Open Roadt
~What more than that Is the ac-
somulishmert Of the great inventor,
poet, painter? Such cannot aoiae
habit-hedged wildernesses. They FOL
low the Open Road, they see Ior
themselves, and will not accept the
paths or the names OF the world.
And Sight, kept clear becomes
curiously, Insight A thousand naa
seen apples fall before Newton. Bu.
Newton was lowered with the spir1f
bf the, Open Road!'' &,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
JUSTICE JOHN NJ HARLAN Progresses A GREAT RACE WAR
He Would Vote $4,000 600 Year For Bigger Navy
Must Fight Yellow Men--Conflict Will Shake the
Earth and He Wants the United States
to Be Prepared For It.

has been none from the West. Just
across the water there IS country
with an immense population whose
commerce we are seeking. We re-
fer to the people of Asia as the yell
low race. There are 400,000.000
Chinese, as strong physically and
mentally as we are.
There is over there another ma
tfon whose people are progressive
and ambitious. We may some day
see skilled army in Japan Of from
100000 to 100000. They will
say: You claim Europe as your
country. This is ours. Get out!
I don't think they have any such
idea now, and we have no hostility
toward them. But there will be a
conflict between the yellow race and
the white race that will shake the
earth. When it comes 7 want to see
this country with navy on both
oceans that will be- strong enough
In conjunction with his belief IN
the obligation to build ships. Justice
Harlan holds that it is the duty Of
the country to fortify thoroughly
every seaport Under the American
flag and make it Tmpregnable. War
comes suddenly, he says, and from
the most peaceful outlook it may de-
velop before it Is possible to make
preparations, or even to build a
battIeship, much less navy.
He believes that a nation which is
weak in martial spirit, or which has
not strong navy, is In danger OF
being forced into war when 1t is
not desired. and when the nation is
least able to meet such an emergency.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05

Combined with this continued de-
Fmand upon the retailer is the fact
that little or no goods have been
bought since the early fall, and
stocks are becoming relatively ex-
hausted. From the source referred
to above 1t was learned, for ex-
ample, that one house in a Southern
city sold $193.000 1of goods in No
vember and bought $4,000. AS a
result, orders which were Cancelled
are reported as being renewed and
new orders received to replenfsh
stocks that were neglected in the
weeks of uncertainty following the
financial furry. '-....' ~
Coupled with this increase of de-
mand, an improvement in collections
Is reported in many branches Of the
dry goods trade, which bids fair to
bring that element Of the business
back to normal within comparative
ly short time, so far as the interior
Of the country is concerned. The
prediction is being made in dry
goods circles that this fact coupled
with the release of boarded money
by interior banks will operate to ease
the money situation materially with
in the next sixty days. =
Reports received by one large
house from nine different centres of
manufacture for. exports on the other
side of the Atlantic indicate that the
European trade organizations and
the individual producers. regardless
of such membership, will do what
they can to maintain prices with the
idea of curtailing production rather
than create a situation where prices
will have to come down, to the injury
both of the producer and Of the
American importer. ...
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
SCANDAL IN BELGRADE.
Folice Raid a Club and Arrest Men
of High Rank. ...

London. - The Globes Budapest
correspondent states that telegram
from Belgrade announces that great
sensation has been created there by
a police raid upon a club where a
number of men belonging to the
highest circles were arrested, several
of them being disguised as women.
1t is stated that the Government
will take drastic measures, irrespect-
i've of the status of the offenders.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
RAILROAD MAN .
Didn't Like Being Starved.

A man running on q rn1lroa6 mas
n he IN good condition all the time
or he Is liable to do harm to himself
and others
A clear head is necessary to run a
locomotive or conduct train. Even
a. railroad mans appetite and dlgcs-
tion are matters Of Importance, as
the clear brain and steady hand re-
sult from the healthy appetite foi-
lowed by the proper digestion OF food.
For the past FIVE years." writes a
railroader, II have been constantly
troubled with indigestion. Every
doctor I consulted seemed to want to
starve me to death. First l was
dieted on warm water and toast un-
til I was almost starved; then, when
they would let me eat, the indfges-
ton would be right back again.
"Only temporary relief came from
remedies, and l tried about all OF
them I saw advertised. About three
months ago a friend advised me to
try Grape-Nuts food. The very first
de- l noticed that ry appetite was
satisfied, which had not been the case
before, that I can remember.
"fa a week, believe. had moro
energy than ever before In my life. I
have gained seven pounds and have
not had a touch Of indigestion since l
have been eating Grape-Nuts. When
my wife saw how much good this
food was doing me she thought she
would try it awhile. We believe the
discovcrer of Grape-Nuts found the
Perfect Food.
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
ville." in pkgs. There's Reason"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
The Field of Labor.

The Manitoba Government is con-
sidering a proposal to license bar
tenders.
Organized women workers number
1921 in the bookbinding industry n
Germany.
All the principal French railways
maintain a pension fund for the bene-
fit of their employees.
San Francisco (Cal.) Women s
Union League is making efforts to OBJ
tain the appointment of woman
organizer by the American Fedora
tion of Labor for the purpose Of or.
ganizing women into unions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
HARRY THAW

by Major-General Franklin Bell, Chief
of Staff, and Robert Shaw Oliver, AS
sistant Secretary of War.
The request provides for an ex-
penditure of s2,500,00O a year for
four years.
The equipment purchased is to be
stored in New York, Philadelphia and
San Francisco. 1t consists OF uni
forms, blankets, mess gear and other
articles for field service.
The most remarkable thing about
the request is that it uses the ez-
preston "such equipment to be used
in time of war"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
Political Pot a-Boiling.

Justice John NJ Harlan denied that
he is a candidate for the Presidential
nomination.
Governor Hughes at Albany de-
clined to say anything about his
Presidential boom.
president Roosevelt is the great.
est force in our national life says
Secretary Cortelyou.
Labor leaders praised Governor
Hughes for his recommendation
against race-track betting.
The Senate confirmed the selec-
ton Of Richmond Pearson, of North
Carolina, to be Minister to Greece
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
Hard Times Fill New
York WorkhouSe.

New York City.-Extra cots have
been sent to Blackwell's Island to
make room for the largest prison pop
ulation in the history Of New York.
The Workhouse is full. and long
term vagrants are being transferred
to the Blackwell's Island Penitentiary
and to the Raymond Street Jail, in
Brooklyn, to make room for the daily
arrivals of as many as 100 prisoners.
There are more than 700 women and
nearly 900 men in the Workhouse OF
the metrODOliS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
PENALTY FOR RUM SELLER.
Violator of Maine Law Sentenced tt
Paw $1,000 and Serve II Months.

Skowhegan, Me.-One Of the heav-
lest penalties ever inflicted by the Su-
preme Court against liquor dealer
was imposed on William Howard, OF
Anson, by Judge. Cornish. 1t was a
fine of $1,000 and costs and seventeen
months Imprisonment, with seven
teen additional months If the fine
and costs are not paid.
Howard failed to appear and the
Justice declared his bonds forfeited.
1t is said that jail sentences will be
imposed on all those convicted of
violation of the liquor law.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
His Order.

He Was an untried sportsman, the
Washington Star declares, but he
entered q tailor's shop and ap'
nroached a clerk with an air OF a
champion.
~ am a rover" said he, "and !!
want to be measured for two pairs OF
rowing trousers-the kind with ene
sliding seats. .'. '-...,.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
Latest News at q Glance.

Imports Of diamonds have dropped
off about four million dollars.
An estimate of 10000 children in
New York City suffering 'or food was
declared too small.
Congressman Lamar, Of Florida,
announces his purpose of king the
race to succeed the late United
States Senator Mallory.
It was announced by ex-Judge
Marvel, Of Wilmington, a personal
friend of Judge Gray, that the later
would not serve as delegate to the
Democratic National Convention.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
Yield Of a Good Beef Steer.

A good steer properly and at the
same time proftably cut up will yield
the following percentages OF dressed
weight, given in round numbers SO
az to be more easily memorized:'
Lotns, is per cent; ribs ~ Per
cent; rounds, 21 per cent; chucks'
1s per cent; plates, Is per cent;
tanks. 4 per cent; shanks, per
cent; tallow. 8 per cent; kidneys,
0ab per cent; sausage meat, / per
cent: shank meat, LEO per cent
ltankage, 2 per cent; loss In cutting,
q Is per cent National Provtsioner;.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
Meals For Chicago's Poor.

The general relief committee de-
cided to aid homeless and unem-
ployed men in Chicago by putting
them to work cleaning the streets.
For one days work they will get a
ticket emitting them to three nights
lodging and three days meals.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
Not to Resign, Taft Says.

Secretary Taft said there is abso-
1utely no foundation for the rumor
that he is to resign from President
Roosevelt's Cabinet. The story was
that he would resign in the near
future to devote his entire attention
to his campaign for President.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
Nearly 65O,0OO People in
Chicago Have Influenza.

Chicago.-Influenza has Chicago in
its grasp. Nearly $4,000 people are
suffering from the disease, or it's cor
ollaries, according to the city health
departments bulletin. @Not since the
epidemic season 1889 has influenza
played such an important part in the
mortality as at present." said the
report. During the last week thirty
one deaths were reported. The weeks
death rate 17.4S, is the highest JAN
uary rate since 1899"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
CHOLERA IN PHILIPPINES.

Seventeen New Gases and Thirteen
Deaths Reported From Mariquina.
Manila.-There is a serious out
break of cholera in the Mariquina
Valley, the source Of Manila's water
supply. Forty-three deaths have oc-
Cured in four days.
There were seventeen new cases
and thirteen deaths on Sunday. The
fatalities were confined to the natives,
but several Americans were stricken.
Three troops Of the Tenth Cavalry
were posted to guard the water shed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
Glenn Grateful to Hughes.

Governor Glenn, in letter to Gov
ernor Hughes, Of New York, thanks
him warmly in the name of North
Carolina for refusing to accept bonds
repudiated by North Carolina in or
der to bring suit for them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
&!
Death to Cats.

In his annual report Secretary JOS
eph Kalbfus, of the Pennsylvania
State Game Commission, recommends
Governor Stuart to ask for State
bounty on the scalps of the house
cat. House cats, he says, are the
greatest destroyers Of bird life, and
he would like to see them annihilated.
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the lives, but believe that, If the
men had not lost control of them
selves, the loss of life would have
been very small"
The borough president ordered all
saloons closed, as the rough element
was becoming unruly under the in
fluence of liquor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
Vanderbilt Wedding Guests.

Relatives of Count Laszlo Szech-
enyi, who is to marry Miss Gladys
Vanderbilt, arrived at New York from
Hungary, and will be the guests of
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt until after
the wedding
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
Heinze Surrenders Stock.

HeinZe SurrenderS SCOcK.
F. A. Helnze pleaded not guilty 10
the indictment found against him IN
the United States Court, New YORK
City. Later he was obliged to sur
render his Mercantile National Bank
stock to Edwin Gould.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
American Corporations Blamed.

Count Won Kanitz in a speech IN
the Reichstag, Berlin, Germany, lnti-
mated that the attempts to curb
American corporations had largely
been responsible for financial trou-
bles in the world.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-02-05
Mrs. Cleveland an Office Holder.

Mrs. Grover Cleveland, of Trenton
has been appointed a member OF the
New Jersey State Commission on Epl-
lepsy. This is the last appointment
made over the signature OF Governor
Stokes, the outgoing Executive.