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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-07
For the Home Sewer.

Don't stitch the pleats on a skirt
before first trying the garment on.
Don't expect any skirt, coat or
dress to look we'll unless thoroughly
pressed while in the course of con
struction and when completed.
Don't dampen silk when pressing.
A moderate hot iron, with cloth or
paper between the garment and the
iron, when the pressing is done on
the right side, should be used.
Don't double the materials in max.
ing folds for trimming skirt; cut
them singly, allowing enough extra
width for a very narrow hem at the
top and bottom.
Don't stitch SKIRT seams all in one
direction. The bias side should be
held uppermost, which means that
the seams of half the skirt should be
stitched from top to bottom and the
other half from bottom to top.
Don't attempt to stitch long seams,
bias, or bias against a straight seam,
without basting. A Blasting stitch
saves a great many fulling up OF ma.
terials and puckering up Of seams,
which any amount CT pressing can
not do away with.
Don't forget that a shipping or
notching Of the seams here and there,
particularly with a selvage edge form.
ing one side of the seam, will coun-
teract the shrinking tendencies when
seams are dampened and pressed.
When the selvage shows a puckered
or drawn effect in the goods it is bet
ter to cut it away before starting the
garment.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-07
THE TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA
CONCERTED ATTACK ON DRINK
WINNING ALL ALONG LINE.

The South Rushing Rapidly to Pro-
hibition-Putting a Tight Crimp
About the Liquor Traffic-Finds
in This Method Salvation.
Gradually local option practice in
the Southern States Is merging into
general prohibition-and this is q
country where individual liberty il
held particularly dear and where the
use of alcohol was not long since al.
most universal. Those who wonder
at it are people who have eve lived
in the Southern States and had init.
mate association with Southern PEG.
pie.
The South is putting a tight crimp
about the liquor traffic, not because
it is, generally speaking, more moral
or more enlightened than other Sec
lions, but as a means of salvation,
Prohibition there may be likened to
the resort to vaccination. The latter
form of incubation is complex and
life is lost through tetanus or health
is impaired through the introduction
of other diseases common to the hui
man species. But even before people
became aware of the risks, they &C.
cepted vaccination because they saw
that it limited the terrors of a dis.
ease that was once a terrible plague,
The South, stunned by the catas-
trophe of the war, lay dormant for q
time. It was impoverished and edu-
cation languished. Its enterprising
young men grew weary. of its limita1
lions and went away, and only the
more l~istless stayed at home. There
was a disposition among the lower
and that appetite, coupled with a gem
eral poverty, made the South a coun.
try of moonshine stills. A portion oil
the colored race, safe enough under
natural conditions, became a publia
menace when it could indulge in liq-
uor. The awakening has been rapid,
and the remedy is applied with a
thoroughness that Is surprising to
people who do not appreciate the
mainsprings of 1t.
It seems an unreasonable enforce.
on a buffet car of a through train,
but there is a reason, and the States
which make such regulations speal.
with authority. The riot which made
such a stir In Atlanta a few months
ago was the cause of a more general
awakening. and apparently the time
is approaching when the retail liquor
traffic will be almost entirely suspend.
ed in the States where it has been a
menace in recent years.-Detroit
NeWs-Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-07
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Cheese BaiIS-Heat the cheese I'm.
ing gum, then mold to the shape of
an oval bon bon and press 4 nut meat
in centre.
Chicken Broth.-Take an old fowl
tit makes better broth than . young
one, if not too old), weigh it and
cut it into small pieces, removing the
skin and cracking the bones well.
Proceed as with Stock" Next day,
or when thoroughly cool. take OF
the fat, and to each n and one-half
quarts Of stock allow a tablespoonful
of raw rice. Proceed as with mutton
broth. Add a little parsley.
Currant Cake.-Ono cup butter,
two cups sugar. Beat together, then
add one egg, one cup milk, n cup
flour, then one egg, II cup flour,
then n egg, one cup flour. then one
egg, one cup -four, one teaspoon
cream tartar, one-half spoon soda,
nutmeg and c%urrants. This makes
tnu loayes in one. Put c%urrants in
the other one -Four eggs in all.
Ham and Tomatocs.-When there
is a little meat left on a ham bone,
a palatable dish I be made from
it. Take six good sized tomatoes
and hollow out the centres. Fill with
onion and ham. chopped fine, and a
few bread crumbs. Season with salt
and pepper. Cover the opening on
top with a thin slice Of ham. and drop
d spat of butter Cn each. Bake in =
buttered tin pan until tomatoes are
limo
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-07
Shin Rails to Australia.

The United States Steel Products
Export Company, which has charge
Of the foreign business Of the United
States Steel Corporation. secured a
contract for 10000 tons of steel rails
10 be shipped to Australia for the
extension OF the Victorian State Rail
way system. Tho corporation also
secured a contract for heavy girder
rails for use il New Zealand. These
contracts were secured in the face OF
British and European competition.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-07
What is Your Life Worth?

The season of vacations, conven-
lions and assemblies brings to the
thoughtful Christian a time Of intro
spection and balancing of spiritual
accounts. Has the life been filled
with the really important? has ones
idea of life proved to he a workable
theory? of what use has the life
been as 1t has interviewer with count
less other lives? what have other
people been obliged to think of u.s..
are we aNre that our life has had the
right trehG? Is it the Christian life?
=PaciaS Hantist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-07
Street Car Hog ifincu.

Joseph Neager, charged with being
a street car hog" was fined SIS and
costs on his plea OF guilty in court. In
Clayton. a suburb Of st. Louis. John
P. Slough and two children were rid
ing on the front seat Of a a and
Meager and some friends forced them
out Of it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-07

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I 1EHALEz
IL1e: HOUSE Aad HONE
To Hold Sheets.

Sheets will stay in place on the mat
tress by sewing three large buttons
on the head end and foot end of the
bed, on the under edge of mattress.
If the same size sheet Is to go on
either side of bed sew loops of white
the same distance apart.-New York
Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-07
Care Of Piano.

Don't place your piano, if you
value it, near the windows. The
varying temperature will in time play
havoc with the strings, etc. Another
bad position is where n end will be
near the fire and the other exposed
to the draft from the door or window.
New York Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-07
The Curse Of b

Cardinal Gibbons has said: "The
great curse of the laboring man is in
temperance. 1t has brought more
d%esolation to the wage Garner than
strikes, or war, or sickness, or death:
1t is a more unrelenting tyrant than
the grasping monopolist. 1t has
caused little children to be hungry
and cold, to grow up among evil as
s~ociates, to be reared without the
knowledge of God. 1t has broken up
more homes and wrecked more lives
than any other cause on the face of
the earth"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-07
REzlGloUs READzMc
FOR THE QUIET HOUR.
q LOVE-.

ILL AVsHs
Thy love, dear Lord, 7 crave.
Thy blood my soul must save,
My sins remove.
Oh, wash them all away,
And let the light of day
Thy kindness prove.
In sorrows darkest night,
While round faiths beacon light
Thick clouds increase,
Keep me from sinful fear;
Then in Thy love appear,
And bring me peace.
Thy love is all l ask;
With it will every task
A pleasure be.
Ny love, my life | give
To Thee, who now dost live,
But died for me.
T~ranscendent love was Thine,
To give Thy life for mine.
And die for all.
This love, dear Lord, [ crave;
This love my soul must save;
hear Thy call:
@Come unto Me, We blest,
Come, and your souls shall rest:
In Me abide.
Then shall your cry he stiiled;
Your hearts with love be filled,
Be satisfied"
&C. G., in the Christian Herald
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-07

The first Farmers Alliance Con-
yention In Liberia, Africa. was re-
Gently held at Monrovia, the capital.
AS a result. the African Agricul-
tural World. published in that city.
says that Liberals agricultural re-
sources are to be developed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-07
National Bank CAPITAL.

There we're in existence in the
United States at the close OF bust
ness August 81, 65S2 national bank
Ing associations, with authorized cap
ttat stock Of S904.+94,7 IT'S.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-07

Mrs. Sarah Lamb, of st. Pancras,
London, remarked on her recent
1O4th birthday that she wouldn't
mind Lying her life over again."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-07
. Spy Out Your Heart.

Take the candle Of Gods word and
search the corners Of your heart
Iohn Mason.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-04-07
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM.
MENTS FOR NOV. 3 By THE
REV. /. ". HENDERSON.

Subject: The Cities of Refuge, Joshua
20:1-G--GoIden Text, Ps. co:7
Memory Verses, 2, s. Com.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-02
HOW "a win Success.

"How shall win success in life!" the
young man asked; whereat,
..Have push, replied the button,
"And purr-puss,s said the cat.
Find out the work you're sooted for,'
the chinney-sweeper said, .
Just as the match and pin remarked,
.sAnd never lose your head.
aspire to greater, finer things the
nutmeg cried; the hoe said,
sDon't fly off the handle, and the
snail remarked, go SLOW
.Be deaf to all that's told you, SAID
the adder. mid the strife.
I'VE found it best" remarked the near
.to beat my way through life.
aselect some proper task and tner
stick to it." said the glue.
Look pleasant, said the camera
AAnd tied-y" said the shoe.
aHave nerve exclaimed the tooth
the hill remarked. Put up bluil.
eAnd keep cool" said the ice; where
at the young man cried, Enough
Nixon Waterman. in Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-02
Preacher Called the Bluff.

Warsaw Bulletin: Over at Basco an
energetic minister, thinking to help a
neighbor spiritually and prosper q
good cause financially, called upon
farmer and urged him to attend
service the following Sunday or at
least contribute something to the fund
he was raising. The former remark
ed, "If you want me to hear you you
win have to do your preaching In my
stock lot Sunday morning at !
o'clock The minister quickly called
the bluff and promised to be on hand
at the place and hour appointed He
was there, on time; so was the farm
er doing his chores" and likewise 9
number Of neighbors who had gone in
to the proposition. And the preacher
preached--a good sermon, too, 1t If
said; and at the close collection
was taken up resulting IN an addition
Of ten dollars to the minister's fund
Before attempting to run anothe1
bluff on & man of the gospel, Ina
] farmer viii endeayor to discern
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-02
Good Fruit Weather.

Des Moines Register and Leader:
.This is the kind of weather that
makes the farmers and horticulturists
glad remarked Wesley Green Of the
state department Of horticulture. 7
am receiving the most encouraging re-
plies to my inquiries throughout the
state as to the probability OF bump
err apple crop. Iowa will raise 50
per cent crop unless the unexpected
happens, fact that Will disprove inc
gloomy stories that were circulated
! few weeks ago that the crop would
be a failure this year. Raspberries
and blackberries vii Thrive and there
viii be a fair crop Of plums. Peaches
there will be few Of. We will have
to ship them in from the other states
but then other states will probably
need some Of our apples. SO in the enc
it will be as broad as It is long"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-02
The REAL FRIENDS OF TAFT.


The fair weather friends OF VIII
liam Howard Taft are very much In
evidence just now. In Iowa there are
scores OF newspapers and thousands
OF individuals that we're busy whoop-
ing it up for Taft little more than
a year ago and claiming to be the
only real friends he had in the state
that are now attacking him IN much
the same language the Democrats
might use. The Creston Advertiser,
taking judicial notice Of this state Oh
affairs, well says:
It is becoming more apparent every
day thac the real friends OF Tart ID
the pre-convention fight in the state
were the so-called standpatters and
that the progressives were for MIN
simply because they recognized the
fact that his nomination was In
evitable. and the real friends o.
Taft In this state have confidence II
| him now Just as they did year ago
They believe in his sincerity ant
honesty, which the progressive news
papers question, in his courage an,
backbone which the Progressive
| newspapers sneer at, and in his abb
& itv and good sense, which the PR
gressive papers profess to doubt. TIL
hypocrisy OF large part of the low
press in the pre-conyention fight las
year, when such loud and vociferou
protestations of friendship and conf
dence in Taft were made, is bein
/. abundantly proven every day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-02
THE DIRECT PRIMARY.

IN q careful and well-conceived ar
ticle Henry Jones Ford, professor OF
politics In Princeton University, dis
cusses the direct primary in the cur
rent number of the North American
Review. Professor Ford considers his
theme from every point OF view and
makes strong case against this meth
Cd Of nominating candidates. he re-
calls the declaration of the late Speak
er Reed I'VE have at present ire
sponsible government, 30 divided that
nobody can tell who is to blame In
this situation party organization per
forms great service. because II
roughly locates power somewhere.
thus assuming vague but real re-
sponsibility for the behavior OF gov
eminent. Professor Ford shows that
the direct primary impairs this re-
sponsibility by making power the foot.
bali of faction. Power will rest some.
where Just the same, but few VIII
know where. so that it win be re
leased from any responsibility for re.
suits. The behavior Of legislative bod
les wiz be peculiarly exposed to Ire
sponsible influence. II is already plain
that the direct primary affords means
of setting up secret control. Wiscon-
sin is cited as case In point in these
words:
"The investigation Of the last sena-
torial election In Wisconsin showed
that various members of the legisia-
ture were employed as electioneering
agents. A wealthy candidate, as an
incident OF his canvass, could get
legislature deeply under bis influence
By pecuniary favors. This would be
development quite in accord with
b ..oricaI precedent. The magnate
an his clients were familiar politi-
cal factor in the government OF the
Roman commonwealth when It was
conducted on the lines that are nov
initiated in the American state
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-02
whether poker face turks behind the
lamb-like countenance.
A Handsome Publication.

The passenger department OF the
Northern Pacific Railway has issued
many handsome publications this sea-
son but perhaps little bit the finest
OF the series is its new Land of Gey-
sers" booklet describing Yellowstone
National Park. 1t contains thirty-two
pages of charming pictures and inter-
esting text telling about the wonders
and beauties of the Park. Unfeeling
indeed is he who can peruse the book
without being possessed OF desire to
see for himself the country's greatest
outing spot, and partake OF the hos
pitality of that magnificent chain Of
hotels, which provide entertainment
Ter visitors to the wonderland of the
World
The cover Of the booklet is a work
of art, being executed in three colofa
and portraying old Faithful Geyser'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-02

It is understood that strong eff
fort is being made to have Attorney
General Byers accept the Prohibition
nomination for governor and make a
whirlwind campaign in favor of Billy
Sundaying every part of Iowa. Byers
is a radical prohibitionist. The Iowa
City Republican says of the situation
and the outlook:
"Byers is first Prohibitionist and
then what is left he has branded
| Republican. The suggestion is good
one. With Byers the Prohibition can
didate, the people can pass upon the
liquor question. His election would
mean dry state. Here is a chance
to settle the controversy without go
| ing to the trouble of constitutional
amendment and special election The
reports from Des Moines indicate that
Byers is likely to accept"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-02
Attorney General Byers has prom

Attorney General Byers has prouis-
ed s committee representing the
Southern lows Editorial association
that he win within few days hand
down an opinion on the interpretation
OF the statute regarding the publish
ing Of county board proceedings The
committee was appointed for the pur.
pose of clearing up differences Of opin-
ION between county supervisors and
publishers OF newspapers. II IS
their belief that an opinion from the
attorney general win prevent misum'
derstandings in future
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-02

doing It's full duty for edifcation Of
spectators. while across the bottom is
panel design showing one Of the
six-horse coaches of the Park Trans
portatfon Company rolling over
boulevard toward the great lava en-
trance arch, which stands at Gardner
The Official Entrance. reached only
via the Northern Pacific Railway.
Copies Of the book may be obtRined
free upon application to the Geee ral
Passenger Agent at St. Paul. and II
behoves every man, whether ne Dc
able to make the trip or not, to secure
this book and at least read up about
that phenomenonal spot where not
springs and bubbling geysers from pc.
low, and purest of air and smiling
skies above. combine to entrance anu
captivate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-02
Friday, July 2. 1909.
COMMISSION PLAN WINS.

At the special election in Keokuk
yesterday the commission plan won
by vote OF 2,119 for and only 559
against, Ia majority of 1850. This is
nearly 4 to l., which is quite as good
as the most enthusiastic friends OF
the new form OF city government dared
hope for at any stage OF the pre-
liminary campaign. It was the gen.
eral hope and expectation that the
proposition would carry, but the
average Of guesses as to the majority
was anywhere from 900 to 500. In
stead of being limited to the latter fig
ure it was more than three times as
large. Not only this. but there was a
handsome majority in every ward.
The decisive vote in the affirmative
is fine testimony to the earnestness
OF Keokuk's desire for better city gov
eminent and to the efficiency of the
methods employed to bring about the
result 1t has long. been an accepted
maxim that under our free institu-
tions community gets the kind Of
local government IT really wants.
Judged by this standard, Keokuk
wants the best attainable and will be
satisfied with nothing less. Cores
ponding with this in point of impor-
.ance and significance Is the crafty
ing fact that men OF all parties and
classes and conditions in life were
united In this desire and worked
earnestly and efficiently side by side
to crystalline 1t into accomplished
fact. Party and ward lines and sec
tional interests and antagonisms Gu
no figure whatever IN the contest
Political differences, in common wit
all other differences, were wholly los
sight OF in common effort to put tn
management of municipal affairs upol
high plane Of intelligence and eff
cheney.
The plan of campaign was idea
When the psychological moment a
Tiyeu IUTS USSLiHllS LIE SfAiiipdiSh
city central committee was appointe
and placed IN general charge. Und'
it and reporting to it were active ar
efficient ward committees. Und
the latter were subcommitte
which made house to hou
canvass and ascertained in advan
the views of every individual vot'
Lists Of these with their preferenc
were sent to the central commits
which kept in close touch with t
situation in all its aspects and deta
in every part of the city. In the Zig
of the magnificent majority in FAY
of the commission plan 1t need not
said that results we're eminently $
isfactory. Credit and congratulate
are due all who aided in the acct
plishment of the desired end. 1t
no exaggeration to say that they
the best work ever done in the in
est of Keokuk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-02

RAY Stsnnard Baker was the prin-
cipal speaker 1t the morning session
lot the Sycamore sociological confer
ence on Wednesday. His topic Vas
@The Negro IN Democracy. and Ae
discussed the negro question from the
viewpoint OF both the north and ne
south. Nh. Baker defined the place
Iof the negro in democracy IS the
place che can all most eficaenfsy.
and declared thar the man who dos
his unselnsh best st this Job e "a
equal OF any other man On earth
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-02

Dr. George T. Palmer, city superin-
tendent of health of Springfield, H..
recently inaugurated clean up"
crusade which resulted in general
renovation of back lots and alleys.
Following this he gave notice that
impure milk must no longer be sold
in that city. On Wednesday he way
laid shipments of milk, took samples
and found the milk to have been doc
tored' with preservatives. Thereupon
DIR. Palmer had 80 gallons of milk
dumped into sewer, while crowd
of people stood by and cieered. Pros
ecutions will follow. The evidence is
conclusive that DR.. Palmer is the righ1
official in the right place.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-02
TREATMENT OF FOURTH OF JULY
WOUNDS.

/. Free jncision of every wound.
Q. Thorough removal of every par
ticle of foreign matter from the
wound.
8. Cauterization of the wound with
% per cent OF carbolic acid.
4. Application of loose wet sack OF
boric acid.
5. simultaneous. injection OF 1850
units of anti-tetanic serum:
6. The wound must be dressed and
packed every day. 1t must heal BY
/ granulation.