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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-14


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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-14
Amateurs Tonight

Funny MINISTRIES AZ Shell Theatre.
Third Ave between Pike and
rnina. ess
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-14

failed Pattcn has said all along
that this IL a short year for wheat
HIS prediction will have made eo0d
The shorts. II thoy have TO buy
wheat at anything Ike the present
cash price will lose hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars m%llllona OF dol
lars. IN the aggregate.
Mus, Deliver Coed.
rheY will masaek tho world for
wheat. but they will have failed
In a last desperate endeavOr As
they face ruin On May 81, they viii
Try To buy and till the order they
have contracted 10 deliver to Pat
ten.
hut they can't buy the wheat. Il
Is not to be had Each man whe
nghts for wheat viii stimulate tho
demand. and the price will soar
higher and higher
The only price AZ which they eau
buy The precious kernels Is beyond
the frehEicd shorts Then the aee
retary Of the Beard OF Trade, black
coated the only unmoyed figure IN
that msnlacal whirlpool Of human
ny. will rap Tor order.
IAN trades with the firm Of Hank
Dash q ca must b closed al once
hc viii announce
And the wheat pit viii know that
great brokerage house has gone
10 the wall
VIII Name the Price.
There viii be = consultation In
P~Atteaa office White faced and
ruined men will bargain with their
victorious master. lie will name tho
price at which he Will allow them to
settle
In other paiatial Offices. men I'm
macnlateiy dressed may fight thelr
battle out with 4 loaded pistol 10
the top drawer. and the knowledge
that the police will come before
night unless
BUT II PATTEN LOSES
Then the mountains of wheat gar.
nered around the worid and rushed
to a thousand Chicago granAries. by
armies Of men In o~verails toilink
nlght and day ike fire fighters.
viii have beea enough and more
than enough 10 crush the man who
would dare try 10 control the worlds
food
On the Other Hard.
With Pai,en fighting a losing bat
-. a. - LII = -. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
Called Meeting Of PreshYiefY.

A called meeting of the South Carolina
Presbytery was held al Abbevllle on June 10.
1909, for the imposes Of acting on the dissn.
luton OF Tho pastoral relations of Rev. +. W.
Gregg and Upper Long Cane church, and the
licensing OF Mr.. Lewis Mct'ord.
son, Rev. Bunyan Mcleod. Rev. +. ID. Cart
ledge, Rev. r.. p. Burgess, Rev. M. II. Kirk
patrick. Rev. F. w. Gregg. and Rev: J.,R
HiIlhouse. Elders were: F. Henry, DR.. w.
A. Hunter, Bethia, and a. b. Morse. Able
vile.
Mr.. A. b. Morse being the last Moderator OF
Presbytery moderated the meeting:
The pastoral relations between Rev. K.
Gregg and Upper Long Cane church were dis
solved. Mr.. Gregg will go to the Enoree Pres
bytery.
Mr.. Gregg has been In Abbeville not quite
Two years. His relations with his church
Upper long C~ane-have heen pleasant TO eV-
cry member. AS q citizen OF our city, we cal
simply say in all truth and fervor that we are
sorry To see him leave.
Mr.. Gregg Is a broad minded man., a man
who will be a power for good unto whatever
community be may 60. He Ia a faithful
friend, a true and tried minister OF the COS
pei, and a citizen of the very highest type
His nobility OF character stands ont preemi
nently as one OF his distinguishing marks
Mr.. Gregg il a man that will d } to tie to-.
Rev #. =. Burgess was elected Stated ClerE
in place of Rev. F. w. Gregg removed. Rev
j. B. Green was elected chairman OF Sunday
School work. which office was formerly held
by Rev. Mr.. Gregg.
After examination and sermon by Mr.. Lew
IL McCord, he was licensed to preach the COS
pei. Mr.. MCCUrd Is q Ron Of Mr.. j. L"wls NC
Cord OF this county. Mr.. McC0rd received
his preparation In Davidson and ClarksvilIe
Tennessee.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
rERRaLL JONES was WHOLE SHOW
He Had Them Guessing all the Time,
fourteen striking out Score, Able
vile I, Royston 0.

Monday, June 1.-the first game of
the Royston-Abbeville series was cap
tured by Abbeville by a score of to 0.
The score tells its own tale. You
might make it a simple proportion and
state it this way: The playing of Alb
beville was to the playing of Royston
as I is to o. Terrall Jones was on the
mound for Abbcvillc and he delivered
the goods.
R0yston succeeded in getting just
three bingles of his delivery, and one
of these could easily have been knock
ed up had the field not been so slip
perry. Fourteen famed the atmos-
phere in vain attempts to connect
with the sphere. (And Royston is
the home of Ty Cobb, and Ty Cobb
led the American League in batting
Never was the game in danger, and
Royston was not in danger of scoring
but twice-in the first and sixth in
lnings, when they got two men on ba-
ses with one down, but both times,
Jones and the team frightened up and
pulled out ct the hole.
On the other hand every player on
the Abbeville team touched Pulliam
up for at least n hit. Carol and
Bowie got a single and a double each,
and Watson got two th~ree-baggers.
He caught a fine game, too, in spite OF
the fact that he got three fingers on
bis throwing hand hurt in the first in
ming. The whole team played jam-uI
good ball, making only one error.
The box score gives the game to you
in detail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
The WORD ALPHABET"
1t Comes Through the Greeks and He
brews From Phoenicia.
New York Hearald.

When we speak of our A. b. Cs as
our "~alphabetn we are using a word
hoary with age, that, as far back as we
a trace it, came from the eastern
shore Of the Mediterranean sea, tbous-
ands of years before the Hebrews wen'
up there and took possession of the
land of Canaan. Back of the people
who occupied that land tefore the
events of Exodus were written we are
not able to trace the word, for we have
not sufficient knowledge of them or Of
their chronological history before we
find them in Canaan.
1t has been only within recent years
that we have been able to know that
the word "alphabet" came to us from
the Phoenicians. Before that we sup
posed that it can Q 10 us from the he
brews, through the Greek. AS we
say "a B G" the Greeks say "alpha
betan 1.-THE first two letters of their alpha
bet), which when it reached US became
"%alphabet." This we supposed had
come to the Greeks from the Hebrews,
who called their first two letters "alpha
and ''beth" but since then we have
found that both the Greek and the He
brew got the word ''alphabet' from
the same source which was the
P~hoenicians.
The peoples of Phoenicia had the
same letters 'alpha' and beth"
which have suffered but little change
in sound down to our A and B. Alph
meant simply an OK, the sign of it being
a conventional ox's head with the
lower part of the face turned slightly
to its right, and beth meant a house,
which was pictured 10y the rude outline
of a primitive dwelling which had a
superfiuous line added to distinguish
it from other characters very like it,
as we place a tail on a @ to distinguish
it from an O. So the first two letters OF
nur A B C's were originally an OK and
and a house and gave the name of all
the twenty-six letters which we call
our "alphabet."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
RHEUMATIC FOLKS.
Are You Sure Your Kidneys are Wel12

Many rheumatic attacks are due to
uric acid in the blood. But the duty
of the kidneys is to remove all uric
acid from the blood. Its presence
there shows the kidneys are inactive.
Don't daily with uric acid SOL
vents" You might 60 on till dooms-
day with them, but until you cure the
kidneys you will never get we'll.
Doan's Kidney Pills not only remove
uric acid, but cure the kidneys and
then all danger from uric acid is end
ed. The following testimony will con-
vince the most skeptical Abbeville cit
izen:
Mrs. Lucy Tucker, % Mill Row,
Laurens, s. G., says: "For several
years I suffered from kidney trouble:
My back ached a great deal and | had
rheumatic twinges in my sides. Head
aches often bothered me and at times
I was go weak that I could hardly do
nv house work. Believing that all
this trouble arose from disordered kid
neys and having heard Doan's Kid
ney Pills highly spoken of for such
complaints, I procured a box. Since
using this remedy I have improved
greatly and I have no hesitation in
saying that l believe it to be the best
kidney preparation to be had"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
Facts About the Fly Which Everyone
Should Know.

The common house fly is a carrier of
disease. Typhoid fever, diarrhoea,
dysentery and tuberculosis are carried
by flies.
Flies feed on food and also on filth.
They 60 from one to the other. In
this way they carry disease germs to
the table. One fly may convey six
million bacteria.
Flies breed in heaps, out
house refuse, ash pits and all de-
composing animal or vegetable matter
and unclean places. Do not allow decay
ing material of any sort to accumulate
on or near yourpremises Ifsuch exist
cover with lime or kerosene oil and re-
move as early as possible.
See that your sewerage system is in
good order.
Screen all foods; cover food after a
meal; burn all scraps and refuse.
Screen all windows and doors.
If there is no filth there will be no
flies.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
Long Delayed Proposal.
French Story Of Note tn Bouquet Thai
Was for Years Unanswered.

One of the longest delayed proposals
on record is related in q French story
of a shy young subaltern who was
ordered away to the wars. Not da-
ring to speak, he sends a rosegay OF
yellow roses to the girl he loved,
with a note inside begging her, il
she returned his love, to wear enc
of the flowers in her breast that night
at the ball. She appeared without it,
and he went away broken hearted,
Years afterward, when he was q
lame old General, he again met his
old love, now a whitehaired widow.
One day his old sweetheart gently
asked him why he had never married
"Madam," he answered somewhat
sternly, "you ought to know best. II
you bad not refused to nswer that
note in the bouquet of yellow roses
I might have been a happier man,
1.-THE note in the bouquet" she
repeated, growing pale.
She opened all old cabinet and took
out from a drawer a %shrivelled bou-
quet Of what had been yellow roses,
among whose l~eat1ess stalks lurked a
scrap of paper yellow with age.
See! l never had your note" she
said, holding the bouquet up. eff |
had l would not have answered 1t
as you fancied."
"Then answer it now," said the
gallant old soldier. And the long
delayed proposal was accepted at
last London Telegraph.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
HAPPY YOUNG PEOPLE.
Assemble at the Eureka and Play In
nocent and Amusing Games.

Abbeville ii full Of all sorts OF people
Old benedict superanuated old bachelors, and
the ~liveliest little boys, the p~rettiest women
and the sweetest little girls that ever made
glad the hearts Of loving parents. Their
school is out and their hearts are glad. Be-
ing free from care, and being full OF love for
one another, 1t is natural that the little folk
should assemble together when each is a.
free as a bird and twice as happy as q dead
pig In the sunshine.
On Tuesday afternoon June lst, Master
Walter McFall entertained a few OF his
friends 10 thu pArlors sni the halls o.
the Eureka. The guests were: Miss Rosa
McFall. Miss Marion Csson, Miss Mary Gray
don, Miss Edna Bradley, Miss Lula Hill
house, Miss Mary Hill, and Miss Kate McDi'i
Masters Walter McFal, William Hugh,s
Edward Lawton, Edward Hillhouse, Frank
Huguelet, Ernest Hugulet, Inglesby McFall,
Frank Thornton, Marion Turner, and Sand
ford HOWE.
The room was dressed in red and green
The ice cream and candy was just 10 the
taste Of pretty little girls and good little boys
who placed these good things where they
would do the most good, The lemonade was
simply delicious.
Various games of action were played to the
amusement Of all. In joyous sport the
gsmesI beat the moving pictures, and
the childish pleasure was 80 real that every
little heart was as happy as are the partici-
pators in a fairy scene.
The farce in which a real live two-iegged
donkey was chosen by little folks who were
sweeter and more innocent than the angels,
formed the concluding or browning act OF the
evening. The donkey was chosen by the
plnning Of lemons, flowers, and all sorts OF
little things to the coat tall OF the winner.
which substantial things he carried of In
triumph while other candidates for favor
were left In the lurch.
. Beside the farce, there was an lmprovised
lottery. In the drawing Of which Master
Frank Hugueiet drew a p-izs as did Miss
May Harris.
You need not doubt the correctness of this
story. 1t was furnished by as pretty a little
maid as the oldest bachelor on earth could
wish to see.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
HELPFUL WORDS
From an AbbeVille Citizen.

Is your back lame and painful?
Does it ache especially after exer-
ton?
Is there a soreness in the kidney
region?
These symptoms indicate weak kid.
neys;
There is danger in delay.
Weak kidneys fast get weaker.
Give your trouble prompt attention.
Doan's Kidney Pills act quickly,
They strengthen weak kidneys.
Read this Abbeville testimony:
D. M. Keller, Main St., Alb
beville, S. c., says: II suf-
fered for some time from a dull
ache across the small of my
back, caused by disordered kid
neys. 1 decided 10 try a kid
ney remedy and went to P. B.
Speeds drug store for a box of
Doan's Kidney Pills. l now
feel much better, 1 have no
hesitation in recommending
Doan's Kidney Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
H6W 10 WIND afr faBfaodLosis
Dir. T. D. Coleman Gives Some Useful
Hints Showing how 10 guard Against
this Dread Disease.

DR.. Il. d. Coleman, speaking on the
"Prolection Of the Home Against Tu-
berculosis," says:
"The fact that the disease makers
are ~innumerable and invisible. and
that they work INCREASINGLY, makes
the warfare against them more Diff
cult. Every day we are learning more
of the methods of origin, dark haunts
and questionable lives, which many
Of these organisms live and knowing
these we are in a position to better pro-
tect ourselves from their attack.
1.-THE wife will see to it that whole
some food is furnished the household,
for without proper nourishment the
body is depleted, and not only disease
but sometimes dissipation follows. She
will also see to it that the premises are
kept clean, for all know that disease
turks in dark places and in filth.
"In cleaning avoid the buster and in
it's stead use a moist cloth; if a broom
is used, sprinkle first with particles of
wet paper. All members Of the family,
whether tuberculosis exists in it or not,
should be taught never under any cir
cumstances to spit on the floor or on a
carpet or rug; this not only because. il
is untidy and disgusting, but because
other diseases besides tuberculosis are
conveyed by the sputum. Children
should be taught not TO put pieces O
money in their mouths, because 1t car
ries diseases.
1.-The fly is also one of the common
carriers of tuberculosis. Bow often dc
we see an unclean cuspidor into which
a tubercular patient is expectorating
or masses of such sputum on the floor,
and over this flies are swarming as bees
swarm over q hive. Their legs become
full of this matter and hundreds of ba
cilli adhere to them. Their next ob
Elective point is our faces, our hands. OF
some morsel of food which we are vi /
mately 10 eat.
at is q we'll known fact that these
pests are large carriers of typhoid. !
believe that we will ultimately reach
such a point of enlightenment that We
shall regard fy-screens quite as essen,
lial a part of the home as we now hole
window glasses to be. Of course, thu
warfare against the fly should not enc
in keeping him out of the house, buI
we should kill him in bis breeding pla
ces, whenever it is possible. The floors
should of course be kept clean and thu
house should be we'll ventilated admit
ting as much sunshine as environment
will permit"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16

DR.. US. Moffatt conducted religious ser
vices 10 the Methodist Church last Sunday
and those who heard him were delighted
with him. He has ways that win our pee
pie whenever they see him and every man
who knows him has the greatest respect TO-
him. There are a whole lot Of people In thil
own who would be glad for DR.. Moffatt L
come down here and be one OF Us. Just now
the air Is full of reports about the doctor
One is to the effect that he has resigned the
presidency of Erskine College to accept a cal
to some big congregation in the Northern
Presbyterian Church In one o: the far Of
states. Another report is that the trustees o
Erskine College have raised his salary Il
81 600. While they were raisiDg his salary. /
seems to us that 1t might have been raised t
$3.50. The salary OF all the professors shoult
have u big lift.
The idea OF paying a professor in a college
less than we pay a school teacher seeml
hardly fair.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
Open the Windows a Little Wider
Each Night.

AS the weather grows warmer-fol
that matter whether it gets warmer
or %not-open your windows a little
wider each night until you are get,
ting all the freash air that is possible,
then when a stormy night comes,
do not shut them up more than is
necessary to keep out the rain. II
YOU try this a few months, we are
sure you will not be willing to
20 back to closed windows, not even
when the cold weather comes next
winter. Ordinarily, it is not thought
practicable to keep the windows
open as widely in the winter as in
the summer. Experiments, however,
at the sanitariums for the treatment
of tuberculosis indicate that most
of us would be better off if we
slept under a roof with walls on
only two sides Of US. We are not
hoping that you will do this, how
don't claim to practice
it ourselves-.-but we can assure you
upon the statements of unquestion-
able authorities that it is injurious to
sleep in q room that is not well
ventilated; and we know from per-
sonal experience that if M has
cover enough to keep from getting
chilled the more air he gets into the
sleeping room at night, the better
he is likely to feel next morning.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
PfoIsaity

The lower houses of the Wisconsin
Legislature has put the finishing
touches TO the Hull bill, making it d
misdemeanOr to swear in public.
The bill as first introduced simply
prohibited sweating in the presence
of persons under eighteen years Of
age.
When the bill reached the senate
in that form Senator Hudnall sub
mitted an amendment striking out
the reference to age. The amend
mend has been adopted and the bill
passed.
The Wisconsin judges will find
ing is. Taking the name of the Lord
When. one man with bitter oaths calls
down i~mprecations on another or on
hinself and calls God to witness the
same, there is little doubt about that,
| Vulgar, common oaths used by some
people in ordinary conversation would
be; called swearing. But how would
you place Andrew Jackson's "by sthe
Enternal" when he wished to make
an emphatic declaration? Was Maho-
met guilty Of swearing when Ayesha,
his favorite young wife, said, "Now,
Am I not better than Kadijah; She
was a widow, old and had lost her
looks: You love me better than you
did herr" He replied with great
earnestness. mo, by Allah! No by
Allah! She believed in me when none
else would believe. In the whole
world 1 had but one friend and she
was that"
When it comes to taking Gods
name in vain, all reverent, pious
people have often been shocked at
utterances from the pulpit. In former
bays we have heard prayers that
contained most irreverent repetitions
of the name of God with all possible
adjectives attached to it. But preach-
err, are improving in that respect
now. They are more reverent. .....
But in this state no legislation is
needed to prevent swearing. The
habit is passing. There are few men
who now have "cussin matches"'
when they meet. One may talk on
business, or socially with our business
men and seldom hear just a little
decent sort Of oath. There are per-
haps not a dozen white men in all
this city, with decent raising, who
habitually swear before their wives
and children. They do not swear
in the presence of women at all.
Thy utter no oaths before men.
whose age or calling demands a GER
tain degree of respect. The habit is
passing away. Let 1t 60.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
Welcome, Another Citizen.

Mr.. J. w. Nichols, formerly of Macon
Georgia, has cast his lot with US. MIR.
Nichols has made his home with his
daughter, Mrs. c. G. Nabers. He Is
well pleased with his new home. We
extend 10 him u heartiest welcome
and wish for him all the success he is
looking for in his endeavours. .
Mr.. Nichols was formerly connected
with the Georgia Rail way Co, at Ma
con
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
A Fine Opportunity for a Young Man

The Normal Scholarships OF the University
of SouthC Carolina have been raised In value.
Each schola rshlp is now worth 500 In money
besides remission of $40 tuition and SIS ma,
tricuiation or term" fee. The money is paia
n the beneficiary at the rate of $3.50 q month
for eight months, to assist In meeting the nee,
essary living expenses. There Is one scholar
ship for each county.
greatly increased the demand for well-eQuip'
ped men teachers and the salaries that they
will receive. ,
Examin ations will be held Friday, July .
before the County Board of Education. APP
plicants should be at least l9 years OF age. and
preferably teachers. Write President 5: G.
MITCHELL, University OF South Carolina, Col
nmbia. j, G., for blank on which TO apply.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16

Mr.. S. f.. Ingram Of Marion, S, C., Is on a
visit to his daughter Mrs. F.. +. Harrison.
Abbeville is always glad 10 have such gentle
men as Mr.. Ingram come to He ONE
from a fiat sandy county. and is delighted
with the red hills and tho delightful water OF
this section.
We expect him 10 be so well pleased with
the healthfulness OF the country and the
geniality OF our people that he may come 10
be one of US.
fact has not yet been sufficiently advertised