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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-26
Forthe Kidneys
and Liver
Or. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy.

is the best and Surest
medicine for all diseases
of the Kidneys and Liv-
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stipation. Stops pain in
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ing urine, headache ,ach-
ing eyes, swollen ankles
sour taste in mouth,
coated tongue; clears
up urine and banishea
many other symptoms
Of Kidney, Liver and
Bladder troubles.
F.C.Wilcox. $50 New
Britain Hartford,
Conn, a y II had
frightful pain in back.
Doctors seemed pow
9. I tried Dr..
David Kennedy's
Favorite Remedy, It
cured me completely"
Large bottles, sl!M
all druggists,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-26
A Lighthouse Keeper.

Miss Laura A. HecoX, who for
twenty-seven years has tended the
light of the Santa Cruz lighthouse,
has but recently returned to her post
from the last of the six vacations she
has taken during that period. Since
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-26
Partners in Crime

The hard-looking customer had
been arrested for stealing an UNI
brella.
What have you to say for your
self" asked the police Justice. Are
you guilty or not guilty."
I'm one O. the guilty ones, y'r
honor, 1 reckon" answered the pris-
oner. "The umbrella had the name
of J.. Thompson on the handle, g. H.
Brickley stamped on the inside O. the
cover, an I stole it from a man
named Quimby. "-Chicago Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-26

USeQ 10 lTOuUle IuS 5o
severely that at last
I had to give up. I
took to my bed and
stayed there four
months, suffering in
tense pain, dizziness.
headache and infam-
nation of the blad-
der. Though with
out hope, l began
using Doan's Kidney
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-26

On January 1 Canada was shelter
Ing 3S,25S Orientals, including IT,
239 Chinese, 15,4S4 Japanese, and
Sill Indians. Canada has made
British subjects of 7442 Orientals.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-26
Tragic But True.

We have noticed that after a man
has been married a year or two he
quits wiping the dishes for his wife.
Topeka Capital.
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Pills, and In three months was COM
pletely cured. The trouble has never
returned"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Mirburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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In some years the total of coffee,
tea and cocoa imports into this coun-
try is considerably more than $780,
O0O, 900. Coffee imports alone have
IN certain occasions Appropriated
500, 100000 in value.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-26

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, ~softenst the gums, reduces lnfamma
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-26

It has recently been shown that an
automobile q make the trip to CAL
cutta from the extreme northern part
of India without a hitch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-26

In a single minute a machine which
cuts up wood to make matches will
turn out 10000 "splints." as they.
are called.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-26
Rheumatism Cured in a Day.

DR.. Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism radi-
rally curesinlto3days. It's action is remark
disease Immediately disappears. First dose
greatly benefits. 75c. and 81. At druggists.
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CALIFORNIA
FIG SYRUP Co..
The Budding Poet.
SOLD BY LEADING DRUGGISTS NfAB01rE

Lie fUet.
Editor-''Is this your first effort?"
Budding Poet-"Yes, sir. Is 1t
worth anything to, you?"
Editor with emotion) = "It's
worth IS, If you will promise not to
write anything more for publication
until after this has been printed. I
want your entire output, you under
stand"
Budding Poet-"Ill promise that,
all right. When will it be printed?"
Editor-"Never, while I'm alive"
Chicago Tribune.
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/ want every chronic RHEUMATIC to throw
away all medicines, all liniments, au
TISM REMEDY a trial. No matter what
your doctor may soy, no matter what
your friends may say, no matter how
prejudiced you may be against all adver-
tised remedies, 60 at once to your drqg-
TISM REMEDY. If 1t fails to give salts
faction,I will refund your money.-Munyon
Remember this remedy contains no sal
icylic acid, no opium cocaine, morphine or
the guarantee Of the Pure Food and Drug
Act. !
For sale by all druggists. Price. 25c. y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-26

Fl. H. GREEN'S Sons, of Atlanta, Ga, are
the only successful Dropsy Specialistsin the
world. See their liberal offer in advertise
ment in another column of this paper.
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Itch cured in 80 minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists.
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OF the l47, OOO, 900 of Russia's population
100, 600, 900 are peasants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-26

In Texas there is a man who carries on
q regular trade in rattlesnakes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-26

Steel needles were first made in England
in 1915.
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RAISED FROM SICK BED.
After ALI Hope Had Vanished.

Mrs. ]. H. Bennett, SO Fountain
st., Gardiner, Me-, says: My back
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with being either, Marie. The next
time I went out I met him. I have
seen him often since; he loves me;
l love him"
well, if he is an honest man, true
and sincere in his love, why should
you be unhappy? You know your
father will consent"
"He is the Due Octave de Blossac.
"The Due de Blossac, Jeanne?"
"Yes."
"But not an honest man, or he
would never have dared to speak to
you of love-"
He is an honest man, for when he
spoke to me of love, he told me that
he could not marry me, but he offered
to devote his life to me; he offered
never to marry"
But he did not offer to marry
you?"
You know that was impossible. Sc
we are parted, l suppose forever:
and that is why l am wretched."
Jeanne" said Marie, If he loved
/ OUTPUT III, L VIII uot IaiA lhuo "
yon; you are blinded by love-I will
tell you to think of our father, whose
only hope we both are, whose only
love we both are"
Yes; my father, my own dear
father; but his love cannot be the
only love of my life"
At this moment the door opened,
and Pierre himself entered the room
His daughters rose and rushed up to
him, throwing their arms around him
MY dearest father, you look sad;
tell me what is the matter with you
"Ak, girls, girls, my own two chill
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-31
Troubles Of the Administration

The administration is up against a
sea Of troubles. While it has been
allied with Cannon and Aldrich, issues
have been accommodating. The cost of
living has been going up, and while it
keeps on going up the cost of the
necessaries of life is necessarily an
issue that is widespread, and danger
GUS to the administration itself. 1t is
an issue that cannot be talked away.
The tariff and the trusts and the
monopolies are allied with the admin
istration, and the Ultimate Consumer
will hold them responsible as one
great combine. No matter how plenti-
full work is the high cost Of living robs
It of value. The great overshadowing
issue of today is the high and increas-
ing cost of the necessaries of life in
the household. The master Of the
house is called on to pay bills, and as
he does so he asks himself who did
this, and he certainly cannot put the
blame on the common folks and the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-31

From the New York World.
The Worlds opinions on the drama
please the Louisville Courier-Journal as
little as its views regarding the return
from Elba." In some comments on Bliss
Perry's allegation that dramatic author
ship does not exist in America" this
newspaper asked:
What solitary play is there of any
period which can be read as a work of
literature as even 'Richelieu' or The
Lady OF Lyons may yet be read?"
To which our Kentucky mentor an
swers: Holy smoked what is to be
thought of a writer who adduces Rich
elieu,' the bombastic, and The Lady of
Lyons the mawkish and maudlin, as
examples of dramatic art?"
There was some virtue in that qualify
ing word "even." But letting that go,
what plays can contemporary American
dramatic authorship show to match
the Bulwer Lytton drama in combined
acting and literary qualities? The Cour-
ier-Journal designates Alabama" Sc
cret Service" and Held by the Enemy"
as plays quite as epoch-making as any
of Ibsens,' and thinks THE witching
Hour worth a dozen of '1rises" and
'Tanquerays," which perhaps 1t is.
But is there anything in the Augustus
Thomas or William Gillette drama which
holds out the promise that their plays
will live? Will great actors appear in
Alabama" 80 years after, as Booth did
In "Richelieu; 60 years after, as in the
case Of Irving? VIII schoolboy orators
spout passages from Secret ServiceY' Is
there single phrase in Held by the
Enemy worthy to become a copybook
motto. like the pen and sword passage
in "Richelieu?' Is there any scene In all
three of these American plays comparable
in dramatic intensity with the scene
where the cardinal draws the awful cir
Gle OF our solemn church?'
II "Richelieu' be bombast 1t might
be wished that American playwrights
had more of the quality occasionally 1t
might even be a welcome relief from the
prevailing Broadway type If in the con-
struction Of romantic role for matinee
heroes they could now and then attain to
something approaching in Byronic fervor
to that of Claude Melnotte, "the maudlin
and mawkish."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-31
Cotton Acreage Next Year

July cotton is selling in New Or
leans well up towards IL cents, and it
will be strange indeed IL such prices
do not induce the southern farmers to
strain point to put more acres next
year into cotton. The history of plant
ing shows that small yield is fol-
lowed by increased acreage and a larg-
er yield per acre. The paintings for
the new crop will affect prices for
deliverance even in the present short
yield year, for prospective cotton is
always taken into consideration. The
average increase Of the last ten years
has been 764,300 acres a year, or T.
100000 acres In ten years. But there
are those who look for a great jump
in 1910.
The paintings of this year covered
31,918,000 acres. An increase equal to
that of 1904, 1905 or 1906 would carry
the acreage of 1910 to 100000 acres,
certainly to 33,OOO,OO0 acres, either of
which would be record-breaking fig
ures.
A good guess would be $4,000 900
acres, and favorable weather would
carry the crop made on such an acre.
age well up toward the $4,000, OOO-bale
line.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-31
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

much as ever and still produced in large
quantities, so that Bach is in this re-
spect, as in many others, really modern.
His modernity is further revealed by
the facts that in an age OF much arti-
ficial ornamentation, he made even that
serve the purpose of personal character
ization and expression; that "in the use
of modulations for the purposes OF ex-S
preston, he often forestalled the most
surprising effects of the most adven-y
turous modern composers that In viz
vacity, variety, elasticity and frankness
of rhythmic force, he was superior to
all composers of his time; and that while
he is wonderful enough in the more con-
ventional and regular forms of tune
(dances), he is far more SO in the desp-
outpouring of copious and genuine feel
ing. o n this rhadsodic side OF Bachs
music, which associates him with the
modern romantic school, our author
dwells repeatedly. Bach was the very
opposite of pedant or Journalist. Even
of the rugue form he took an extremely
independent view, being often driven by
his impulses to abandon the accepted
principles of fugal structure. And when
We read what Sir Hubert has 10 say
about Bach's prescriptions and arrange
ments. and his oc cupation with the works
of other masters, we feel almost as II
we were reading about Franz Liszt.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-31

birmingham has improved in appear
ance more within the past three or four
years than any other city IN the south
with which l am familiar" said Benja-
min ID. Akers of ST. Louis.
Its residential streets have long made
a favorable impression on visitors, and
today l do not recall any city that has
a residential section quite so beautiful as
the South Highlands. But in speaking OF
improvements I refer especially to the
business district.
II was in Birmingham as far back
as 1882, when the city was small and not
much better In appearance than mining
town. And as late as 1900 1t was only be-
ginning to look like solid city. But
many splendid buildings have been erected
since then and miles of street paving have
been completed; and Birmingham has
now real metropolitan appearance. But
as rapid as has been its growth In re-
cent years and as handsome as have been
the improvements 1t will make new high
records within the next two years. Give
it five years and 1t will far outstrip in ev-
cry way any city between New Orleans
and Louisville"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-31

From Golfers.
The accident which destroyed Herne
Baks, on Long Island. did more than
Oaks, on Long Island, did more than
out of existence two OF the most Sig
nificant plays yet written on this CONT
nent. Margaret Fleming was the first
sincere, intelligent and intimate study of
life in the modern realistic method,
portrayed in the drama of the United
States. Mrs. Herne is so saturated with
this play that she may be able almost
exactly to reproduce it 'SThe Rev. Crit
fifth Davenport is gone forever, and
gone without ever being widely seen. The
circumstances of its production were not
altogether fortunate, and although con-
siderable number of observers recognized
in It perhaps the most distinguished and
original of all American plays, 1t was to
the general public practically unknown.
Mr.. Herne's talent, taste and spirit were
never better represented. Had the fire
not blotted It from the world, the play
was one especially which 1t would have
been the duty of the New theatre to
reproduce Today we have in Moody,
Crothers and a number of others a rap
idly increasing number of dramatists
worthy OF their art. Mr.. Herne was
pioneer. Standing alone. he pointed the
way, a solitary and noble figure. The is
aster which has fallen upon his family is
a calamity for US all. When the serious
history OF the American stage comes to
he properly written. one of the places of
highest honor will be devoted to Mr..
Herne. It would be a pity also If there
were not written before 1t is too late
biography OF the man who was one of
our hpzSt actors as well as our most
progressive playwright. Already it has
been made more difficult for one tragic
aspect of the fire was that much of Mr..
Hernss private correspondence was de-
stroyed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-31
THE "oLD.TIMEy BREAKFAST.

Eugene Wood in Everybody's
l am aware that according to the lat
est edition of the Revised Statues,
eating pie at breakfast is now a peni-
Tertiary offense punishable by hard
labor on the farm for period of not ex-
ceeding eighty-fve years; but it once
shared with early rising the reputation
of a virtuous act. There are people
today who are we'll thought of in the
communicative even dress for din
ner," bless your heart.-who have none
the less eaten pie for breakfast and
have tipped back on their chairs hind
legs when the broom was passed and
sat thus with such a smile on their
faces as spoke of peace with all the
world, themselves included.
But nowadays merely to talk of SO
much fried stuff, pork and eggs and po-
tatoes and pancakes and SO much sweet
stuff, molasses, fruit preserves, coffee
cup a puddle of sugar, pie and all that,
sends us who hear 1t to the kitchen cup
board where the cooking soda is, first
aid to the indigestive. ~ eat such
meal seems hardly less barbarous than
wearing feathers in scalp lock. But
remember that we didn't work all day
yesterday from before daylight until
after dark. We didn't tumble into bed
and fall sound asleep ere even our heads
had touched the pillow. 20 anxious was
the night shift of the body's repair
gang to get on the job of tearing out
old tissue and putting in new. We
didn't waken in the morning to find a
hurry order for more raw material hang
ing on the hook and we didn't put an
edge like broken bottle on that hurry
call by stirring around at ffty-seven
kinds of temper snarling chores. We
haven't before us a whole long morning
with mall and glut, splitting rails. or
breaking up new ground with a balky
team--a morning SO long that 1t be-
comes a young eternity about half-past
10 o'clock, when the front of the body
below the waist begins again to chafe
and grind on the backbone in spite of
all the fats and sweats that can be put
in between at breakfast to act as a
fender.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-31
January and Poll Tax PAYMENTS

The registered citizen who desires
to vote in 1910 and 1911 must pay by
or before February l all poll taxes as
sessed against him. The man who
does not pay his poll tax next month
must stand still while other men fill
public offices and take steps to pass
new laws.
No doubt the cumulative poll tax is
Cnwise and unreasonable and unneces-
sary, but it will outlast 1910 and prob
ably 1911. Constitutional amendments
are slow and difficult Each citizen
must endure what he cannot cure
While the state is getting ready to
modify the qualifications of voters it
is the duty of every voter to accept the
situation by safeguarding his own
vote. No man should despise the priv
ilege of voting. Let every man then
pay his poll tax next month.
Soon or late the state will prefer to
widen the electorate, rather than to
narrow it. Already 100000 white men
stand disqualified This is unfortun-
ate, both for the disqualified and the
state. The only way to minimize the
misfortune Is to pay poll taxes next
month as they have not been paid
since the adoption of the new consti-
tuition.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-31

democratic party. The Ultimate Con-
sumner will cast the controlling vote
in 1912, and he will say and vote that
the Aldrich tariff has promoted the
trusts and monopolies and has made
food, clothing and shelter dearer in
stead of cheaper.
The Rock Island spasm, and the
Pinchot battle for forest conservation,
and the increasing strength of the
trusts and monopolies are each and
all adding to the troubles of the ad-
ministration, and under the weight of
them all it begins to totter to its fall.
Mr.. Pinchot summed up the general
situation when he said in a recent adj
dress: ut Is the honorable distinction
of the forest service that il has been
more constantly, more violently and
more bitterly attacked by the repre-
sentatives of the special interests in
recent years than any other govern
ment bureau. These attacks have in
creased in violence and bitterness just
in proportion as the service has Of
fered effective opposition to predatory
wealth. The more successful we have
been in preventing land grabbing and
the absorption of water power by the
special interests, the more ingenious,
the more devious and the more dan
gerous these attacks have become
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-31
REACTION IN ALABAMA.

From Harpers Weekly.
On November % State prohibition went
down in a crushing defeat in Alabama.
The unexpected happened, and happened
with a crash The voters suddenly distin-
guished between reasonable and unrea-
sonable anti-liquor legislation. The senti-
ment for strict regulation of the sale Of
liquor in Alabama is probably almost a.
strong as ever. The greater part OF the
state will doubtless continue dry, but the
voters refused by an overwhelming ma
Jority to put prohibition into the state
constitution. The result il attributed to
very foolish and oppressive anti-liquor
laws passed by the Alabama legislature
and to the failure to make provision by
taxation for the loss of revenue from sal
looms. The defeat for time will hurt the
anti-saloon fight all through tho south!
1t was an inevitable result Of prohibition
list excuses, but 1t came unexpectedly
soon. 1t will be useful In the end in 20
far as It teaches the foes Of rum to COM
duct their proceedings with less fury and
more Judgment. The fear of the more
dispassionats advocates of wise liquor
regulation has been that the excuses Of
the enthusiasts would produce a reaction
that would delay the END desired That
has happened now In Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-31
All, SWEET is TlPPERARY.

BY Denis A. Mccarthy.
All, sweet is Tipperary in the springtims
Of the year.
When the hawthorns whittier than the
snow,
When the feather folk assemble and the
air is all a-trembls,
With their singing and their winsing
to and fro;
When Queenly Slieve-na-mcn puts her
verdant vesture on,
And smiles to hear the news the breexos
bring;
When the sun begins to glance on the
rivulets that dance
An, sweet is Tipperary in the sprinsi
All. sweet is Tipperary in the apringtims
Of the year.
When the mists are rising from the
lea.
When the Golden Vale IL smiling with !
beauty all beguiflng
And the BUR goes grooming to the
sea;
When the shadows and the showers only
multiply the flowers
That the lavish hand of May Will fines
Whom in unfrequented ways. fairy musio
softly plays
All, sweet is Tipperary in the sps1ns1
All. sweet is Tipperary in the spring.
time Of the year,
When life Nike the year u young,
When the soul 10 just awal<ing like Z
lily blossom brsAkinx
And love words finger ON the toneue,
When the blue of Irish skies - the hue
Of Irish eyes,
And love-dreams clustsr and sling
Round the heart and round the brain.
half Of pleasure. half Of pain
All. sweet u Tippsraxy In the speingi
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-31
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Some Advantaaes Of Greater city.


Friday is the last day of the ex-
istence of the several municipalities which
become merged into Greater Birmingham
on January l." remarked bushes man.
THE consolidation of all these outlying
towns will be of much benefit to the Bir-
mingham Railway. Light and Power COM
pany.
I happen to know that the xevations
of ordinances. some of them Ill advis9i.
on the matter OF the street railway has
kept the management in a state OF worry.
And then 1t has been both difficult and
troublesome to keep track of all the ordi-
nanees proposed and those adopted. Often
there has been snap Judgment and called
meetings sometimes without publicity
Now all the matters of paving. street
lights and speed ordinances will come
before the Board of Aldermen of the
greater city and I feel sure much good
and very much better feeling will ensue
all round"