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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22

The present long delay at Hodges had be.
come a nuisance, and our people were ready TO
register a vigorous kick, when Mayor McMl:-
Ian asked the people TO be patient until the
railroad authorities could be heard from.
While the people OF Abbevllle will be
pleased at the closer connection. they would
have been better pleased II they could have
been saved the delay In waiting for trains
along the main line.
There are some things which We do not un-
derstand. and one OF these things Is the ne
cessity for any wait at all. % plain laynlan
II Ia not clear why the trains should not meet
at Hodges, when everybody hereabout would
be happy.
1t is to be hoped that thirty.five or forty
minutes waste time At Hodges may be re-
duced TO a minimum.
Our people have been good customers OF the
Southern and II does seem that the customers
OF the road should receive the best possible
consideration and accommodation.
We should not be put TO the trouble and an
noyance Incident to neon venient schedules,
nor should we be placed in position to protest
against a g~rievous wrong.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
Glad that He is Not In Georgia.

This editor is glad that he does not live in
Georgia, where one OF the worst men on earth
must be elected Governor. From published
accounts there is no escape from such a re-
suit. 10 Brown Is said to be q bad man, and
his friends say that Hoke Smith is not an
angel, but a very we'll developed sort of bad
man.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22

Mr.. Benjamin T. Miller. a native OF thi'
county and now q good newspaper man o
GreenvIlle, came TO town last week, ant
made a pleasant call at this office. AS there
WAS. 80 many Of US to note the fact. all Of as
missed It. We were glad to see him. He l.
the SOD OF the late Rev. B. F. Miller OF Smith
willie. Come again, Mr.. Miller.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
Change OF schedule,
Mayor j l., MCMILLAN ia In receipt OF III
following letter. which explains Itself:

lOIIoWlng Ietter, WHICH Explains ltseIf:
Columbia. s. c., April 18th, 1908
Hon. ]. L.. Mcmillan, NJ .yor, Abbeville, s. G..
Dear Sir-ReferrIng 10 your letter OF ApriI
Nth In regard TO complaint OF citiZens OF An
beville IN regard TO change OF schedule, which
requires u lay-over OF one and a half hours a.
Hodges, for people going or coming from the
East.
l beg to advice tn It on Sunday y, the Goth, opI
timetable will change. and there will he onI ~
thirty ii We or forty IN 'nutes delay al Hodges
Tnis could not be avoided, because there IL
not time between the trains 10 make the trip
to Abbeville and return.
l hope this will be satisfactory.
Yours truly.
H. a. Williams,
Superin tendent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
Meeting Sin.ing Convent on.

The Abbevil!e County Singing I onvention
will meet nt Bells chapel On 2j:h and 9th OF
April. All singers and musicians ana the
Lublic are Ia vited 10 attend.
]. W. Burriss, ST cretary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22

Thos. w. Cothran, of Raleigh, n. G., thinks
the dismissed boys from Clemson should be
re.instated at once. He thinks the inflicted
penalty too severe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22

Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Glenn and Miss Hllda
Glenn who have been here from NJ Xico Visit
Ing Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Glenn left Monday Tor
heir home.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22

Single comb Rhode Island Reds and Par
fridge W~yandottes. Fine stock. Sl21 ior ID
A. NJ. Smith, Abbeville, 81 I.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22

Headquarters for fishing tackle. 1.-THE little
st IRE on the corner" set hooks, trot lines
and seines are my special ties.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22

The above are moi subscriI I ors but az
cash payments. No an.o 4ntS have peer
Counted iwi. Z.
'Th.re Is that scaltereth, aud yet increas
eth"
Sue. rely, or Bonner, Pastor.
Due West, ). e., Nov. u, 1917.
Or this amount 1t Will be =, ell that S!OIH
Wa sent to Mexico.
The Thurnw veil 0rphaDage recelvtd S2b 10.
Tho Rio Verde. Mexico, orphapage received
SAB 80.
The Dunlap o:phanage received S9.42.
Tam plcD GlrIs S'hnul S326.0
ID. w. +. &. pormitnry 2,l3l.
II pme Missions S3S3.45.
1t may be, If you would look over the fig
ures, that we have made mistakes In the ad-
dition or IN the division.
If our people in Mexico would make re-
pDlt<, the people at home might see tue eflec'
OF their example In giving. Giving Is an I'M
portant service, which important service
seems to be totally neglected throughout the
Tam picO Preshytery. AS a lule new recruits
are mos, jealous. but Tampico seems to be an
exec ption To the RUE.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22

If you want good fresh bird seed with outtle
bone and hemp seed combined go 10 Speeds
drug store.
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y.

REPRESENTATIVE George 5. Legare Is still pun
snine his Bill for the draining OF swami
lands by The Government. HIS B Ii s,
forth as It's object the arprrpriating OF le'
neinia from the sale of public lands In certain
States TO the construction OF works for the
draipage or reclamation Of swamp aud over.
flowed Iande. Mr.. Legare Is an ardent sup
norter of his legislation and although II Il
pot likely he Will lie able to force IL To serious
Consideration Of the House at this session. he
ia actively sgitatipg the question; so that the
foundation sentiment among various mem.
hers from all parts oftEc country Will even
naIIv realize The necessity of snch a law and
rave the same enacted. MIR. Legare's measure
ia one of vital import nee TO II large number
or states, other than his own, and has been
BIT artily Endorsed by many OF his colleagues.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22

Don't forget to look at our
line of Cooking Stoves. The
Cameron Range beats them
all. The L. W. White Co.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
By Ben II. Sullivan.

Asan Indication 10 the trend OF antagonism
TO the nomination OF VIM. j. Bryan, ihe
most important event OF The last week was
the statement m ,de by Ex-Governor Thomas
| OF c. dorado TO VIM. J Bryan. wherin he told
him plainly that he woul be beaten; that he
could not carry Co oradn. or other silver stat
es which Endorsed him In W. Bryan replied
| that conditions had changed and that uuder
existing conditions he felt hat be had q good
chance. .
ali do not win no harm will be done, I"
Bryan is quoted rs saying:
Eyes there will be much harm done the
Govenor replied. The Democratic party will
he imme> surably harmed"
Ninety nine percent Of the men who were
en- tn usfastically for Bryan In 'O6 and 1900, and
led the fight for both delegates and VOTES In
the Eastern aud middle Western States are
now OPP 'sed 10 the nomination Of The Neo-
| raskan, because they recouiZ, the hope ess-
| ness and helpltssness OF his candi lacy tbt.
year. Almost any u!her candidate will have
a chance TO carry these states. 1t Is believed
here by men who are qualified TO express in
opinion that Ex-senator Towne, Senator Cat
| oeIeo !, Champ Z ark OF Missouri and Gov
| johnson Of Minnesota would be al least o
| million vrrps stronger than Bryan In the EasI
and middle West.
PATTERSON BUSY WITH PENSION
CLAIMS.
A most remarkable case OF last week wa
Thai OF L., A., Sisson OF South Caroline heard
| before the Committee on Claims. Clngress-
man j. .. Patterson introduced a Bill to re-
| mpd to Sissou the amount OF personal proper
" sustained by him while In the services ol
the Government, and was given a hearing on
the M me this week. He very strongly Iniu
| before the Committee The facts, telling how
Sisson bad been keeper OF the lighthouse on
| the little Island OF DauIuskie, just on the
coast OF Carolina and near the city OF Sivan-
nah. Georgia, for the past thirty year; rec ~
ed The facts OF history cnnrrIpins R%terriiic
| storm which sW cpl all Of hls personal proper
ly 10 ruins By his persuasiVc appeal Tor
Sisson he obt iln ed q favorable report on his
| Bill which enjoys tue distinction OF being
oosslbly the first evo- secured Cd any B!ll OF
lust this nature.
Mr.. Patterson has also been doing some
very active work before The COMMITTEES on
Pensions lately. He has taken up and press
ed 10 a ia oratIp report the increase of pen
sions from IS to 81 rer month, for lwo widows
OF The indian Wnr Feternns, viz; Mrs. Carrie
Irotter. OF Saluda; and Mira. E:iZ beth Ann
Lapgford. OF Brunsnr;a Mexican War wild w
was a'so granted the same amount OF In
crease. MIS-. Sttnhre t'eagle. OF Saluda; Will
Bills allowing an incre use OF the same ain
ount for Mrs Lucretia G!ica OF Ward; and
Mrs. Sarah d. Joues, OF F;ankltn hive 9 "
persistent y urged until they also were nd d
10 the list OF favorable reports secured u,
South CarOlina'b Cong 'essman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22

TO OUR BIBLE SOCIETY FOR
The American Bible Society. IS 20 T5-S 26 10
BY INDIVIDUALS.
From the Treasurer's Reports We find that
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MARS SEASONS.
Vital in Vegetative Economy of the
Planets Year.
From the Century.

From the Century
Were Mars not an older planet corrobo-
rating by absence of cloud the general
course of planetary development our
knowledge of it would have been slight
To begin with it enables us to mark the
permanency in place of the planets fea-
lures. and SO to time their aXial rota ton
by which we come to knowledge of the
planets day. This day proves to differ
little from our own in duration. being
tWenty-four hours and forty minutes long.
instead of twenty-four hours. Next il
discloses the tilt of the axis to the planet s
orbital plane. a relation which causes the
seasons of the year. Now the marian tilt.
as well as the marian time of rotation.
turns out to be singulariy like our own.
being. in fact. "a degrees. as against
231s degrees for the earth. The year Of
Mars, however. is twice ours in length.
which, joined to great eccentricity of
orbit, gives it diversif1edly long seasons.
Thus in the northern hemisphere spring
lasts 100 days. summer 1S', autumn 147.
and winter 15S, while in its southern
hemisphere the figures stand reversed.
The numbers have more than academic
Importance. for absolute length is as
vital a factor in a seasons influence as
the fact of the season itself. Much may
be brought to pass in twice the time
which could not develop in the shorter
period And it is not a little interesting
that precisely this possibility actually
turns out to be vital in the vegetative
economy of the planets year.
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Indian. with whatever other reasons.
sleeps upon the buffalo and bear skins,
which are non-conductors. Because ami
NAL hides are non-conductors is why the
civilized man wears shoes made from
leather, a prepared skin, and why the In
dian wears deer skins to keep his cleo
tricity from running into damp ground.
ITO insulate the body is one reason why
the Polynesian sleeps upon non-conduct-
ing dry leaves. and why the ASiatic sleeps
upon his muslin. silks and hair mat
tresses Feathers are non-conductors-
This is why our grandmothers feather
beds were always so warm. Rubber is a
non-conductor. so why we wear rupoer
overshoes on u rainy day.
"One of Dubois Rey1nond's experiments
with the galvanometer was to demon
strate that when the connection was
made with the instrument touching a
wound or a place where the skin was re-
moved the strength of the current run
ming into the galvanometer Is greatly in
creased on touching the natural skin. This
proved that the skin is a non-conducting
substance for insulating the body
AN English scientist, Rutter, found
with the galvonometer test that the needle
connected with water where the hands or
we'll people were did not show as strong
current as when the hands of lnvallds
were touching the water. This proved that
we'll people are better insulated by their
skin than are invalids. 1t is a known
fact that well people have more non-con-
Quoting adipose around the vital organs
and under the skip. This makes them
more insulated and better preserves their
energy. Some people are invalids solely
because the body releases too much cleo
tricity into the air around them Not UNI
derstanding this principle. they have
drugged themselves and taken every
known remedy. yet some days when the
air Is moist they are very weak and never
know why. Some sensitive. fine-natured
people with little non-conducting sub
stance in the skin have their electric VII
tality absorbed by some we'll person
around them, and yet get no sympathy
for being weak all the time.
The cuticle of the skin is non-con-
Quoting memorane. 1t is composed of a
tough substance similar to that which
makes the nails. hair and hoofs of ami
mails. The hoof of an animal. like the
horse and COW, is more essential as nom
conducting part to insulate the body from
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wasting electricity into the damp ground
than for protecting the foot from bruises.
Every known animal has a non-conduct-
ing substance over the foot. The whale,
seal. Walrus etc, living in the cold arctic
waters have very thick skin lined UNI
derneath with thick layers of non-con-
Quoting fats.
Hair is non-conducting substance.
This is why rubbing the hair will produce
sparks of electricity. To rub any nom
tricity This is why animals not wise
enough to wear clothes to insulate the
body grow thick hair. This is why the
sheep grow wool which man uses for
clothes for winter.
The same kind Of non-conducting sub
stances lines the lungs. the intestinal
canal, the passage from the glands. most
glands. the blood and lymph vessels. 1t
is to protect the interior Of the body from
waste of electricity.
Dubois Raymond showed that a thin
coat of ice would prevent a current of
electricity from passing. Ice will also
prevent warmth and vitality from passing.
Cold thus retards the circulation alike Of
electricity and vital force. This explains
than in warm. On cold days we are bet
ter insulated. This explains. too. the
lassitude of the warm climates-why a
New Yorker is very active and a F'loridian
very slow.
THE electrometer is an instrument for
measuring the electricity in the air Dr.
A. C. Garrett. author of Medical Activ-
ity.' used the electrometer for five years.
1S5o-54. and found some fifteen times
more electricity in the air in winter-De-
cember and January-than in the summer
June and July. This accounts for the
weakened debility of summer and the
vigorous strength of winter. The earth
is nearer the sun in winter. On clear
days he found far more electricity than
on cloudy days. which explains why peo-
pie feel better cold days. January
cloudy day the electricity represented
only 1856; a clear day registered I. 133. An
average summer June day would be A..
while an average January would be Cos.
''Dr. Garrett also found the air cleo
tricity has its high and low tides. 1t is
at it's maximum at am. and to Q
pm. and lowest from . to 4 pm. and
from l to 3 a. m
This explains why people die nearly
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~ triCity is abundantly
proved directly. but the
~ way are compelled to
inSulate the body to keep
life in it proves beyond a doubt that the
Vitality is electricity. A man cannot live
unless his body Is all the time insulated.
So speaks modern scientist.
when Leyden jar is put in a dry at
mosphere," he says lit holds its cleo
tricity for hours. When put in a damp
room it loses ii Immediately. Put a man
in dry atmosphere and even a con-
sumptive may get we'll and live to an old
age. But put a man in a damp room
without shoes or clothing to insuate his
body and he will die with pneumonia in
day or two. No human being ami
NAL can live without the body being In
sulated to prevent the waste of the cleo
trio vitality.
Water is the best conductor of cleo
tricity. Lightning rods always run into
the ground far enough to reach moisture
else electricity running into dry earth
would cause explosion In all electric
wires for telegraphing one wire has to be
grounded To moist earth. There is no
person who is not hurt by dampness. a
well person is given a cold. for so much
electricity escapes from the body that he
pores which are the body ventila tors
This leaves too much waste matter for
the eXcretO-y organs to eradicate. The
whole body Is in a weakened condition
from loss of electric force and one is i'll.
When weak person becomes damp so
much electricity is conducted from him
that ii may give him pneumonia with
many chances of death.
This is why ones rheumatism or
neuralgia gets worse on a damp day. The
waste of electricity makes the face nerves
too cold. The neuralgia becomes worse
before a rain when the air is moist but
If IL should lightning to any extent, thus
liheratinS much electricity into the air.
again the neuralgia gets better. Enough
electricity is in turn absorbed to make
one feel well. In fact, DR.. Brown-Sequard
and other authorities regard rheumatism
and neuralgia caused by too little
electricity in the body.
The lasstude of the, inhabitants of low,
| damp countries has its natural cause in
| the vital electricity being drawn from the
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A Treasure Ship.
From Puck.

From PUCK.
Silas Stubble-"I see tibet ev'ry time
tibet new ship sals-the Lucy Tanner /
thinks her name-she carries 800 tons
NV coal
Hank Harkins-''By ginger. It's durn
good thing there amt no piruts a-rovin'
the seas these dayS!'
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system by the damp-conducting air. The
energy and vim of mount aineers comes
from the air of high attitudes being
dryer. and dry air is a poor conductor.
One in the mountains preserves most of
his electric force and one in the damp
lowlands loses much.
No one has been able to explain why
in the dry Bulgaria 400 out of the 1000
inhabitants have gone beyond the century
mark. and one recently celebrated his
hundredth marriage anniversary. The in
sulation of high, dry air explains 1t all
The tablelands of Mexico often have
centenarians.
This is why consumptives have to go
to the mountains, and especially to the
high dry, desert plateaus of the Rocky
mountains This is why the tired. over
worked man and nervous woman go to
the mountains in the summer This is
why all low countries are more or less
unhealthy.
M. Peletin found by the electrometer
that the electricity increases with the
distance from the surface Of the earth
This accounts for the healthiness of high
mountains as well as from the dryer air
insulating the body
Heat dries the air. which Is as impor-
tant as warming it to suit the life tenn
perature. Great cold Is not felt as much
where the air is dry as where 1t is low
land damp. Twenty to 40 degrees below
zero does not hurt one in dry air as much
as zero weather in low. damp sections.
Heat dries the surfaces of the skin as
well as the air. thus rendering 1t insu-
lated from electric waste. Grease and fat
are non-conductors. This is why the Es-
klmo and the Northern Indians dress In
greasy skins and feathers. This Is why
the New Hollander besmears the body
with fish oil: This is why the Eskimo
eats the whale blubber to get more iusu-
lating fat into the body. This Is why the
fat man does not get as cold as the lean
man. he does not lose as much electric
heat.
ITO insulate>the body is the reason the
civilized man wears the non-conducting
cottons, silks and woolens. Cotton IS
more of conductor than wool. so we
wear wooden clothing in the winter and
cotton in the summer
ITO insulate the body explains why the
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wiEd-blown head of hair. but it is very
beautiful. The white line down the mid
die of the head suggests the styles of
long ago, when women did not know
what the marcel wave was. and brushed
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always at these hours to , am. This
rise and fall of air electricity comes from
its coming and returning from the sun"
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the hair with fan. the photographer
places it skilfully against a white back
ground. 1t is then caught in tresses with
pins that hold it against the background
The fine art here is to do the pinning
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kept the locks in a fixed position.
Another great favorite is to have the
hair fall down from a distinct part. This
is an easy picture to take. 1t has none
OF the troubles of the picture of the
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not get one that was really beautiful.
This is one of the many cases where arti-
flee has to be literally aided in order to
get natural result
AS matter of fact. instead of swayins
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also to make the whole arrangement so
careless and natural that the last sug
gest:on in the world made by the finished
composition would be that steel points
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their locks straight down from a part in
the middle.
Another effective picture is to pose the
subject in a recumbent position. and thsn
stretch out the hair along a pillow till
it is virtually taut. This gives splendid
medium for displaying hair that is more
thar usually long. For such picture
the matter of texture or thickness OF
the hair is imperative.
Another artist makes careful study
Of the protiles Of his subject. II the
features are very regular. and the nose
Grecan, and the hair all it should be.
he has the setting for a most beautiful
picture.
He arranges the subject so that the
hair brushed entirely to one side forms
a luminous background for her features.
The light is arranged above and allowed
to fall through the hair. and the profile
being dark shows sharply against the fall
Of hair. A picture OF this kind cannot
get out of style. 1t must always be beat
tiful long as the world admires liberal
tresses and perfect outlines.
One noted New York hair dresser ex.
presses the hope that the new style will
lead women to take greater care Of their
hair. and to lead them back to the old
styles.
According to this expert the habit OF
waving and curling the hair and the
immense popularity of the output of the
frseurs have diminished the number OF
women with long and beautiful hair.
The iron Of the crimper never helps the
natural growth of the hair. according to
this student Of browning glory.
In their search for variations of the
new thought. photographers have gone
back to the famous paintings in the
classical, days in order to get sugges-
tons.
One noted painting of the Madonna
shows a beautiful face. completely en-
veloped in wonderful halo of dark hair.
The effect is tender and beautiful to q
degree and where the eyes of the sub
ject are large and soulful and the fea-
lures reasonably regular, this makes
very charming photograph
All the queens Of mythology are
brought back in this nev style of pho
Biography. whose purpose, while mainly
decorative. has the great advantage that
II presents kind of resemblance almost
entirely devoid of artifice, and hence a
record that can never go out Of style or
lose its charm
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This story may have been good enough
for the general public, but those in the
profession. who understand the difficulty
OF getting such picture in the light of
studio were never fooled for a minute
Theoretically snap shot, the arresting
Of actual movement ought to be the most
natural and artistic picture imaginabl
But as a matter OF fact the photographer
might take one hundred pictures of hair
actually blown about in the breeze and