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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04
Their Iaost DEADLY Enemy.

-rAooo SS
The most deadly enemy to good
roads is water! Try and keep IN
mind this one fundamental thought,
that water does more damage to
roads than all other agencies put to-
gether! If it were not for water a
road once good would always be good.
Think about this; every time you
drive over a road speak about 1t to
everybody you meet. Keep insisting
that more attention be given to the
subject of keeping water from stand
ing in puddles along the road. 1t
stands in pools only when there are
holes for it to go into. No holes; no
water! No water, no mud! One
shovelful of gravel will fill a small
hole, and if all the small holes are
kept filled, there will never be any
large holes!
You can fill a thousand small holes
for what it will cost to fill ten large
holes. In one case you will have a
perfect road all the time. In the
other case you never had a good one.
It is either holes Or fresh stone the
year roundl But after a road has
been properly built it Is an easy mat
ter to keep it so by watching for the
small depressions which always ap-
pear in a new road, where little pools
of water will accumulate after a rain.
They look so very innocent and harm
less at first; but the enemy-water-
is there and at work! 1t softens the
ground, and along comes a loaded
team and forces out the water and
! some dirt with it-just a little-but
the depression is made a little deeper
and will hold q little more water than
before; and the big wagon comes
along again and swishes out more
dirt with the water than it did the
first time, and by continuing the
process times enough a frst-class
schuck-hole" is soon developed, which
we begin to avoid by turning to one
side. We keep edging away from 1t
one wagon after another-until we
find ourselves in the ditch, where
a second hole is created, and then
there is no escape, and we must pull
our load through some way. We
mutter a little and then "lam-up" the
| horses, which must "grunt and take
it," while they are nearly jerked off
their feet by the pole and neck yoke
This kind Of thing is repeated
many times over, in a greater or leSs
| degree during a days drive over a
pike three or four years old which has
| received no attention during that
time. Wherever a drain tile has been
laid across a road you will always find
a raise or a hole, even though it has
been in for two or three years. Every
body sees it and takes the "jolt," but
nobody fixes it, although it might be
done in ten minutes, simply because
it is nobody's business.
For the came a. when you ap.
proach a bridge you are compelled to
pull your load up a six OF eiSht-inch
raise where the earth and plank come
together, and then you must Jump
off" at the other end of the bridge,
and practically the same thing is also
encountered at the numerous culvert
crossings wherever you go. Because
they have never been otherwise-al-
ways just exactly as you see them
now-everybody has grown to think
them all right, or at least they must
be tolerated as something that cannot
be changed, never realizing how feap-
fully abominable they really are!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04
But He Can't.

A fly so minute as to be almost in
visible ran three inches in half a Sec
ond, and was calculated to make no
less than $40 steps in the time a man
could breathe once. A MIN with
proportionate agility could ruin twen-
ty-four miles in a Misunderstanding
Dispatch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04
Vulgar Fractions.

Everything that Bobby learned at
school he endeavored to apply in his
daily life and walk. When his moth
er asked him If one Of his new friends
was an only child, Bobby looked wise
and triumphant.
He's got just one sister," said
Bobby. "He tried to catch INC when
lie told me he had two half-sisters,
but I guess l know enough fractions
for that!"-Youth's Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04
Famine III LaplanG.

Serious famine conditions are
prevalent in the iron mining district
of Northern Lapland. According to a
dispatch to Dagens Nyheter from HI.
runa the inhabitants in the parish OF
Velhelmina have gone to the extreme
of slaughtering dogs and cats Tor
food to prevent starving to death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04
TRUTHS
From the Writings of Great
Preachers.
WHY, HOW, WHERE?"

An ancient legend tells that once
Three earnest men before their Lord
Awaiting stood, to know His Will:
A preacher one, q student one,
The third-a timid, loving heart.
Unto the first one day there came
His call: go thou, without delay,
Where day and night the icy hands
Of chilling frosts in bondage hold
The frozen EARTH"
The preacher paused
To ask the question: why should
Go there, when harvests here await!"
The scholar also heard His call:
$50 thou and bear My message true
Ger mountain heights, DER painless plains
Through rivers deep and swift, where !
Thy paths may choose"
The scholar stood
To ask his Lord: II would, but how
Can 7 20 forth to bear Thy words
To regions which the feet of man
Have never trod?"
By loving heart
So timid, weak. the Masters call
Was heard: go thou where cruel hate,
Where wrath of man doth bar thy. way.
Fierce foes thy path oppose and wild
Their rage. Thy life may, be the price
Of thee I ask" (
Then love replied.
II 20, dear Lord. Show Thou me where
I toll NAV find to prove my love,
And in Thy strength I gladly serve.
All, an I ask is life or death
For Thee, as Thou for me dost will.
Thine own l am and only Thine,
To be, to do, to go, to speak
Wherever Thou my life canst use
In Thine own Name" Z
And legend asksSs
(which of the waiting three art thou?n
Ernest Wellesley Wesiey, in Christian
Advocate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04
Celestial Guiding Stars.

Here on earth we are as soldiers
lighting in a foreign land. Let US die
like soldiers, with submission, with
courage, with a heroic Joy. What.
ever thy hand fndeth to do, do it with
Thy might" And from the bosom OF
Eternity there shines for US celestial
guiding stars.-Carlyle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04
Make Bank Directors Liable.

Personal liability Of bank directors
to the extent of their personal for-
tunes for all losses to deposltors Is
proposed by Professor Earl Dean
Howard, of Chicago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04
Bless God For Affections.

Affections are blessings to us when
we can bless God for Affections. God
had n Son without Gin, but He new
e. had any without sorrow.-Dyar-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04

According to the latest estimate,
the loss of life due to the earthquake
which recently destroyed the city OF
Karatagh in Bokhara and the sur
rounding country, is approximately
10000 persons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04
Glucose in France.

Seventeen factories are reported as
engaged in the manufacture OF glu'
cose in France.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04

Norway's scaWccd. used IS fuel,
yields a greater revenue tnau lts
fisheries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04
S'HZNGS
8WO KNOWING&
Out of every 1000 persons in Lon
don, twenty-siX are legal paupers.

OF the forty-four Methodist preach
ers in Idaho, twenty-three receive less
than $500.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04

The food supplies carted away from
the back door Of any prosperous
American family would in France
supply a household with food Of bet
ter quality than is commonly fur
nished at our own tables.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04

the back door Of any prosperous
American family would in Franco
supply a household with food Of bet
ter quality than is commonly fur
nished at our own tables.
Sea water is taken as medicine In
the travellers resorts Of South Amer
lea. Physicians recommend it to their
patients. Swallow that sea water!"
cried a physician to a young woman
bathing in the sea at Rio Janetro.
The young woman ~obediently gulped
it down.
1t is generally admitted that you
can't beat the Dutch for lengthy
names, but when it comes to brevity
New York takes the palm. A grocer
on lower Fulton street, Brooklyn,
signs himself laconically Gal Re-"
That is as brief a signature as one
could find in a good days travel.
The grandest train in the world Is
said to be the Kaiser's. 1t cost ST.
100000, and took three years to
build. In the twelve sumptuous sa-
looms are two nursery coaches, a
gymnasium, music room, drawing
room, furnished with oil paintings
and statuary. The treasure room,
with it's two safes, is burglar-proof.
The superiority of the pure-blooded
Arabian horse consists not in his size,
nor in his speed, o in his strength
for in these respects he is excelled
by horses Of other breeds; but in his
perfection of form, symmetry Of limb,
cleanness of muscle, beauty Of ap-
pearance, for endurance Of fatigue,
for docility and intelligence.
Wife buying is of frequent occur
n in British Columbia. Two In
dian girls, not fourteen years old,
were sold to the highest bidders In
the open market at Alert Bay a few
weeks ago. One thousand dollars
cash was paid for the girl who was
first sold. Rosa, a dark eyed and
slight girl from Rivers Inlet, was the
second put up for barter, the price
advancing from $500 to nearly half
as much again, payable in dirty
blankets. These girls are not con-
suited in any way before they are
sold. The fathers or their nearest
relatives sell them to the men who
pay the most for them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04

And legend asksr
(which of the waiting three art thou?n,
Ernest Wellesley Wesley, in Christian
Advocate. Z
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-04-18
SHIP SUBSIDY MEASURE
IS GIVEN A BODY BLOW
House Committee Tables Both Senate
and House Bills and viii Take No
Further Action.

Washington.-By vote Of eight to
seven, the house committee on postof-
fees and post roads on Wednesday
virtually tabled the ocean mail sub.
sidy bill.
The bill as introduced In the house
raised second.class vessels-carrying
United States mails to South America,
the Philippines, Japan, China and
Australasia-to the schedule OF pay
for first-class vessels, an increase
from So to 81 per mile. The bill
passed by the senate similarly raised
the pay for second.class and third
class vessels, an extreme increase
from 81 to 81. In the house commit
tee, after vigorous debate, motion TO
substitute the house bill for the SEN
ate bill failed by the vote stated. IL
is understood that the committee VIII
take no further action on either Dill.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-04-18
ROOT AND ROSEN SETTLE
MANCHUR|AN CONTROVERSY
There viii be No More Fnictlon Be
tween the American Consul and
Russian Government at Hardin.

Washington Root had q
long conference at the state depart
ment on Monday with the Russian
ambassador, Baron Rosen, the feature
OF which was the Manchurian situa'
ton, and in consequence when the
ambassador left for New York on his
way to Russia he bore with him the
last words of the American state de.
partment on that important subject.
The interview was eminently satisfac.
tory on both sides.
From the Russian standpoint 1t was
made plain to Secretary Root that the
local Russian officials in Hardin were
deserving of support in their efforts
to rehabilitate that important trade
center and resume the execution of
the ambitious plans that had been
formed by the Russian government
Tor the development of the city be-
fore the war with Japan.
Therefore the objection of Ameri.
can Consul Fisher to full recognition
of the Russian authority at Hardin
was found to be based rather upon
the form in which the local Russian
officials proposed to attain their OBJ
jects and not to the objects them
selves. Therefore it may be stated
that there will be no further friction
between the American consul and
the Russian government at HarbiD
over this incident.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-04-18
Proaress In ZuIuland.

ltisperhaps not generally known what
strides Zululand has made during the
last year or so in the matter of agri.
cultural development. 1t is no longer
solely a native preserve, for large
tracts OF the coast have been occu.
pied by European settlers, and over
5000 acres of what was formerly a
tropical wilderness are now covered
with sugar cane and 5000 further
acres are being planted, India rubber
is being extensively cultivated and
the coal fields near Hlobane mountain
are shortly to be linked up with
Natal's main line of railway. In fact,
the whole of what was lately an I'm.
remuneratiye possession is, under
skillful commercial management, ac.
lively contributing to that growth of
genuine Industrial enterprise which Is
now spreading over the whole Of
South Africa.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-04-18
THE MARITIME POWERS TO
PARTICIPATE IN CONFERENCE
Invitation Has Been Extended by
England and the United States
viii be- Represented at the
Conference.

Washington Britain has ex
tended an invitation to the great
maritime powers to participate in u
conference at London, preferably
next fall, TO determine II possible on
definite principles of maritime inter
national law capable of being applied
by the proposed prize court provided
Tor at the last Hague conference
The United States will be represent
ed at this conference, according to
announcement at the state depart.
ment. While the conference is des.
ignated as informal" upon its delib.
erations and conclusions will I'M
doubtedly depend the fate Of the pro.
posed international prize court.
Should the conference of experts sue.
coed in formulating a code of mari.
time law which shall become interna.
tional by being accepted by the mar
iume powers, the success of the pro.
posed court would seem assured. In
the meantime it is predicted in an au-
thOritative quarter that all govern
ments will refrain from ratifying The
Hague treaty establishing the prize
court.
The precise difficulty which the
British government is seeking to
have remedied through the confer.
ence lies in the existence of the con.
Linental maritime law" and the CON
seQuent question of which OF these
systems shall be administered in any
given case before the court. Should
the matter of settling this question
be left to the court, the powers would
IN effect be legislative as well as iu
dicial, a proposition wnich Great Brit.
ain declines to adhere to. Both Rus.
STA and Japan declined to sign the
prize court agreement at The Hague
precisely on the same ground.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-04-18
ANARCHISTS TO
Be SUPPRESSED
Special Message on Subject by the
President, With Legal Opinion
Of the Attorney General.
Chief Executive Declares the Anaren,
list Is the Enemy Of All Mankind,
and His Is a Deeper Degree Of
criminaIty Than Any
other.

Washington.-In a special message
submitted to congress on Thursday,
President Roosevelt called the atten.
ton of that body to the necessity for
further legislation on the subject of
anarchy. With the message he trans
mitted a report reviewing the legal
phases of the question by Attorney
General Bonaparte. The message of
the president is as follows:
IL herewith submit letter from
the department of justice, watch ex.
plains itself. Under this opinion
hold that existing statutes give the
president the power to prohibit the
postmaster general from being used
as an instrument in the commission
of crime that is, to prohibit the use
of the mails for the advocacy of muir.
der, arson and treason; and | shall
act upon such construction. Unques
tionably, however, there should be
further legislation by congress in this
matter. When compared with the
suppression of anarchy, every other
question sinks into insignificanse
The anarchist Is the enemy of hui
mainly. the enemy of all mankind
and his is deeper degree of crimi-
nality than any other. No immigrant
is allowed to come to our shores If he
is an anarchist, and no paper pub
lished here or abroad should be per.
mitted circulation in this country II
1t propagates anarchistic opinions.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Besides his direction to the post
master general to exclude from the
mails such publications as La Ques'
tione Sociale, President Roosevelt in
his letter to Attorney General Bona
parte, asking for an opinion on the
legal phases of the subject, says he
has had the particular case called to
Jersey by Secretary Root that tho
governor may proceed under the state
laws. The opinion of the attorney
general, which the president trans
mits to congress, embraces a discus
sion of the whole subject from many
legal angles. His first conclusion is
that the article in question, which
advocates the use of arms and dyna-
mite in annihilatlng police and sol.
diers that anarchy may prevail, con.
stitutes a "seditious libel" and is
undoubtedly a crime at common
law"
The greater portion of his opinion
is devoted to the question of whether,
in the absence of any legislation by
congress the postmaster general has
the right to exclude such publications.
On this point his conclusion is:
"The postmaster general will ba
justified in excluding from the mails
any issue of any periodical otherwise
entitled to the privileges of second.
class mail matter, which shall con
tain any article constituting a sedi'
tious libel and counseling such
crimes as murder, arson, riot, and
treason"
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-04-18
ILLINOIS FAVORS
LOCAL OPTION
About Fifteen Hundred Saloons Put
Out of Business as Result Of
Tuesdays Election.
In Twenty-Five Counties Of the State
Saloons viii Henceforth Not be Al.
lowed.-Nebraska Town Votes
to Permit Saloons to Continue
Business.

Chicago. 1900 and 1900
saloons were voted out of business in
the local option elections held by 1,15O
townships in eighty-four counties of IL
linois on Tuesday. Twenty-Five coun-
ties voting to become absolutely anti
saloon territory, in addition to the
nine counti.s which abolished saloons
last November. Thus thirty.one of
the 102 counties in the state are now
entirely dry.
In the election most Of the larger
cities of the state declared in favor
of saloons, while the towns and rural
communities generally voted to put
them out of business.
One of the big disappointments Of
the day to the anti-saloon leaguers
was the result in Bloomington. An
especially ardent campaign had been
waged there against the saloons, yet
the majority in favor of the liquor in.
terests was over 1900.
The twenty-five counties of the state
in which saloons will henceforth not
be allowed are: Boone, Moultrie,
Fayette, Hamilton, Edgar, Clark, Mer-
Ger, Winnibago, Brown, Saline, Gala
tin, Douglas, Macon, Piatt, Dewitt,
Cumberland, Shelby, Coles, White,
Wayne, Richland and Champaign.
Lincoln, Neb.-Lincoln on Tuesday
voted to retain saloons by majority
OF ia in a total vote of 1900.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-04-18
FEARED BOMB OUTRAGE.
Black Hand Scare Breaks Up Session
of School at Newark.

Newark, n. IA rumor that big
public school in the Italian section
had been blown up by the Black Hand
blaclimailers as an act of revenge for
failure of parents of pupils to pay
tribute, resulted in a panic on We'd
nesday in which two children were In
jured. 1t became necessary to dis
miss school for the day. The school
was in session when a great throng or
excited women, shouting and gesticu-
lating, gathered in front of the closed
gates. They demanded their children
be sent from the building and threat
ened TO break into the building II IL
was not done. The principal tele'
phoned for police assistance, but be-
fore the help arrived the women had
broken down the gates and forced
their way into the building.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-04-18
The Wizard.

Some years ago an expedition from
the University of Pennsylvania was
sent to one of our southern states for
the purpose of observing solar
eclipse.
The day before the event one of the
professors said to an old darky be
longing to the household wherein the
scientist was quartered
Tom, II you will watch your chick
ems tomorrow morning you'll find
that they'll all go to roost at II
o'clock"
Tom was, OF course, skeptical; but
at the appointed hour the heavens
were darkened, and the chickens re.
tired to roost. At this the negro's
amazement showed no bounds, and he
sought out the scientist.
Professor" said he, how long age
did you know dem chickens would 60
to roost?"
About a year ago." said the pro
fessor, smiling.
We'll, eff dat don't beat ALL" was
the darkys comment. Professor, a
year ago dem chickens want even
ched!"-Harpers Weekly.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-04-18
PRESIDENT vEToES BILL.
Doesn't Believe In the Giving Away
Of Stream Rights.

Washington. a special message
vetoing dam bill, President Roose'
welt on Monday warned congress that
there are pending in this session bills
which propose to give away without
price stream rights capable of devel'
oping 100000 horsepower, whose
production would cost annually 25.'
100000 tons of coal; urging in vigor'
Gus terms the establishment of pol
icy such as the filibusterng minority
in the house demands, which would
safeguard the granting of bridge and
dam privileges and require the gran
tees to pay for them; and definitely
announcing a future policy on his
part with regard to prompt utilization
of construction privileges by refusing
his signature to a bill that gives an
additional three years TO the Rainy
River Improvement company within
which to build n dam in the Rainy
river.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-04-18
School Teacher Prevents Panic.

Denver, Colo.-A well conducted
fire drill at the Fleming school, near
the corner of Grant and Color ,do
streets in South Denver, saved 100
little children from death or INJURY
shortly before noon Thursday. when
an over.heated furnace set fire to the
building. Presence of mind on the
part of Miss Katherine Harris, in
whose room the fire started, in all
probability prevented a disaster. After
the children had marched out, Miss
Harris began playing stream on
the fire with the lawn hose.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-04-18
Elected Mayor for Fifth Time

Milwaukee.-David S. Rose, the
Democratic candidate, was on Tues
day elected mayor of Milwaukee by a
plurality of about 5000 votes, over
Emil Seidel Social-Democrat Thomas
J. Pringle, the Republican candidate,
ran over 1000 behind Seidel. Roses
election makes him mayor Of Milwap
kee for the fifth time. lie was defeat,
ed two years ago by Becker, after be-
ing victorious four times in success
sion. The campaign both before and
after the primaries, two weeks ago,
has been the most exciting in the his
tory of the city.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-04-18
Measure to Regulate lnIunctions.

Washington.-The senate commit
tee on the judiciary has favorably re-
ported u bill regulating the practice
of granting injunctions by United
States courts restraining the enforce
ment of state statutes. The bill pro-
vides that no circuit or district court
shall issue such temporary injunc-
lions on the ground of unconstitu'
tionality until testimony shall have
been taken by three judges, at least
two of whom shall be circuit judges.
It requires five days notice of such
proceeding to the governor and attor-
ney general of the state involved, UNI
less in cases in which the loss of so
much time may work irreparable dam
age, when q temporary order may be
issued