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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13
The Origin of "Hurrah."

The word is pure S~lavonian, and Is
commonly heard from the coast of
Dalmatia to Boring Straits, when any
of the population living within these
limits is called on to give proof OF
courage and valor. The origin of the
word belongs to the primitive idea
that every man that dies heroically
for his country goes straight to hea-
ven-Hu-ray Ito p~aradise), and in
the shock and ardor of battle the COM
batants utter that cry, as the Turks
do that of "Allah!" each animatins
himself by the gertrude of immedi-
ate reLJmpense to forget earth and to
condemn death.-Baltimore Sun.
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KNOX 70 SUCCEED ROOT.
Mr.. Taft Announces Senator as
Secretary of State.
President-Elect Fails to Confirm T.
II. Hitchcock as Postmaster-Gen-
'eraI-Root May Soon Quit.

Augusta, Ga.-Philander c. Knox,
formerly Attorney-General Of the
United States in the Cabinet of WILL
lam Mckinley and Theodore Roose-
Welt and present junior Senator from
Pennsylvania, will hold the position
of Secretary of State and sit at the
head of the Cabinet Of William H.
Taft when the latter assumes the
Presidency on March A.
Official announcement Of this fact
signalized Mr.. Taft's arrival In Au-
gusta for a period of rest prior to his
departure for Panama on January
Is. The post was rendered Senator
Knox in New York City, when, by
request, he met the President
elect at the home of the latter's
brother, Henry w. Taft. His tele-
gram Of acceptance reached MIR. Taft
here. 49,
aThat is the one and the only
Cabinet appointment determined
upon at this time," asserted the Pres
ident-elect with emphasis. For some
reason he thus failed to confirm that
Frank H. Hitchcock's appointment to
the Postmaster-Generalship had been
officially clinched. Further, he de-
ried that the post of Attorney-Gen-
eral. had been rendered to George w.
Wickersham, of New York City, who
was reported gin reliable quarters"
to have been formally designated for
that Cabinet Office.
Several of the closest advisers of
the President-elect had believed that
the post Of Secretary of State would
eventually would go to John G.
Spooner, formerly Senator from Wis
consin, now actively engaged In law
practice in New York City.
"I was very glad, indeed" said the
President-elect, "to receive Senator
Knox's telegram of acceptance. I de-
sired for the post Of Secretary OF
State an able lawyer and a man who
had been a figure in the public eye'
Senator Knox is a lawyer OF unques-
toned ability; he has been a promin-
ent figure in our public life and he
has rendered services of great import
TO- the country"
I. It can be authoritatively stated
that, according to the plans, Secre-
tary Root is expected to resign soon,
in order to be free of public office
when the New York State Legislature
names him, in accordance with exist
Ing political arrangements, as'the sue
cessor to Senator Thomas G. Platt.
BY this course President Roosevelt is
to have opportunity to elevate Robert
Bacon, of New York, present Assist
ane Secretary of State, to the head OF
the State Department. Thus Mr.. Ba-
con-, whose name had been mentioned
as a possible appointee to the secre-
taryship by Mr.. Taft, along with the
names Of Whitelaw Reid and Senator
Lodge, of Massachusetts,, can be grad
uated with the epaulets and the blue
ribbon when Senator Knox Is formal
ly indicted into the office. Hence,
the country is to have two new men
at the helm of the State Department,
1t can be asserted with authority,
within the ensuing few months. =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13
Care of Stock.

So far as their proper bedding,
feeding and ventilation are con-
,erned, it is too important a matter
Tor the thrifty farmer to neglect at
lending to himself. However trust
worthy his assistants, judging by our
own experience, it will pay him well
at the close of the season to see each
evening that his cattle, horses, sheep
and hogs, are well bedded, fed and
watered. Scarcely, less important Is
The proper ventilation Of the build
tngs in which his stock are wintered.
While the entrance Of draughts and
cold is to be carefully prevented it
should be borne in mind that domes-
Heated animals, like man himself,
need fresh, Wholesome air, and, If
compelled by ignorance or careless
aess to breathe a foul, tainted atmos-
2here, it is at a serious risk of health
and consequent profit. A visit to the
barn, stable and pigpen early in the
morning will at once warn the observ-
ant farmer Of a defective ventilation.
Weekly Witness.
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BRIBERY ARRESTS IN
P|TTsBURG'S COUNCIL
Seven Lawmakers Charged by
Voters League With Corruption.
ACCUSED BLOCKED REFORMS
Mayor Guthrie Set Trap For Bribing
Ring-Aided by Civic League,
He Sought Evidence Following
Hold-UpS of Ordinances.

Pittsburg.-Pittsburg vas stirred
by the arrest of seven members Of
the Finance Committee of Common
and Select Councils and the president
and cashier of a local bank on
charges of bribery and the alleged
. corruption of members Of Council in
the passage of various kinds of legis-
lation during the last two years. The
men were released on bonds ranging
from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Councilmen arrested are:
Joseph G.. WATSON, Jr., W. H. Mel
aney, Jacob Soffel, Jr., Captain John
F. Klein, T. o. Atkinson, William
Brand and Hugh Ferguson. Brand is
president of the Common Council.
The bankers arrested are W. W.
Ramsey, president, and A. A. Vilsack,
cashier, of the German National
Bank of Pittsburg. 1t is alleged that
on June 2, 1908, they gave S17,500
to the Councilmen to induce them to
continue the German NATIONAL as de-
pository of city funds. It is said that
other banks will be attacked. Bail
was fixed at $50 in each case.
The informations were made by
Tensard De Wolfe, secretary of the
Civic League Of Allegheny County.
He was until recently a newspaper
reporter.
The charges against WATSON, Klein
and Brand contain two counts of the
same charge. Each Councilman was
hold ,,nlor e1E nnn hoi1 IN aooh
charge, so that these three had each
to put up 100000 bail.
The attorneys who are back Of the
charges are Patterson. Acheson &
Sterritt; Willis F. McCook, William
B. Rodgers, Mayor George B. Guthrie
and A. Leo We'll. They repres ,nt the
Civic League and will prosecute the
cases.
1t is alleged in the charges that
the Councilmen "~wickedly, %corruptly
and unlawfully give and offer to give
money and other rewards and brides
in order to obtain and influence the
vote of a number of members of the
Select and Common Councils of Pitts
burg to secure passage by the mem
bers of the Select and Common Coun-
ellis of certain ordinances and resolu-
tons pending before Councils, COM
monty called ordinances and resolu-
tons designating the repositories for
the funds Of the city of Pittsburg,
bridge ordinances, bond ordinances
for freeing bridges, ordinances for
filter beds, Heberton street railway
ordinance, resolutions to pave Fourth
avenue with wood block and other
ordinances and resolutions pending
before Councils"
The information states that the
Councilmen have been accepting
brides and attempting to bride other
Councilmen for the last two years.
Every member against whom charges
have been preferred has announced
his candidacy for reelection, and the
names will 60 before the primaries in
February.
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ROBBED AND HANGED.
Father of Twelve Children Found
Strung Up on a Tree.

FaCner OF IWclVo SlLluIOn rouou
Strung Up on a Tree.
Roanoke, Va.-While. going with
his wife and twelve children from
Esterhazy, Canada, to Petersburg,
Va, where they expected to make
their home, Charles Kreicar met a
tragic death near Graham, Va. His
body was found hanging to a tree,
suspended by heavy Irvine around
his neck.
Tie police believe that Kreicar,
who displayed a large roll of money
on the train between Cincinnati and
B%luefeld, w. Va, according to the
conductor, was robbed and murdered.
When the train reached Bluefeld,
Kreicar. left It to get luncheon for
his wife and children. The train
pulled out before Kreicar returned
and he was left behind. He had the
railroad tickets from Roanoke to
Petersburg in his pockets, and when
the train reached Roanoke, after mid
night, Mrs. Kreicar and the twelve
little ones entered a waiting room
and remained there all night. A mes
sag told of the finding of the body.
The railroad tickets, SIS in Amer
lean money and two Canadian coins
we're in Kreicar's pockets. :
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About Noted People.

President-elect Gomez Of Cuba
greeted the people of the United
States.
King Haakon was the first contrib
utor to Captain Amundsen's Polar ex'
petition. He gave $4,000.
J. Pierpont Morgan belongs u
thirty-fve clubs, and his membership
dues figure over $1,000 annually.
The Rev. James E. Moerdyk, Dr.
Myra H. Josselyn and Gerrit ]. Pen
nings sailed from New York City to
begin missionary work in Arabia, un.
der tn, auspices of the Reformed
Church of America.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13
The Feet and the Teeth.

In considering the diseases to
which horse flesh is heir there are
two things that should always be.
considered as OF special Importance,
the teeth and the feet. The average
period of usefulness Of the horse Is
curtailed several wears by the inade-
quacy Of the teeth. In most horses
at the age OF fifteen the teeth have
become rough and uneven. and from
that time on the horse Is a hard keep
er, and the real cause is not known
by the owner. In buying horses the,
teeth and the feet should receive most
careful examination. Ordinarily, in.
speaking of the feet OF the horse. we.
mean the part inclosed by the hoof
wall. Looking at 1t from q stand
point Of comparative anatomy, the
foot includes all below the knee and
the hook. The artificial conditions
under which the horse is placed and
the unusual demand exacted OF him
result in almost every case in dis
eased conditions, which render him
incapable Of doing the work he would
otherwise do. Shooting, which places
him under artificial conditions, COM
bined with the hard roads, overwork
and improper feeding, soon produce
infammatory conditions which may,
result in side bones, ring bones, coffin.
Joint, lameness. cracks in the hoof
<Wall, contracted heels and q great
many more diseases too numerous to.
mention. In many cases the horse
must be shod, but there! certainly is'
far too much shoeing done. It is sur
prising how much work the horse ian
do under most conditions without
shoes If he be brought gradually to.
the work, and a little care and jndg-
ment be exercised in this matter dur
ing the first three or four years OF
the colts life. There are three things
especially to be remembered 1t you
wish to give this subject a little extra
thought. First, as long as you use
horses that have weak or detective
feet for breeding purposes just so.
long will you have horses with a pre-
disposition to these things and you
will lose money on them accordingly;
second, do less shoeing, a horse with
fairly good feet will not need to be
shod unless he be worked on the
pavement, race track or in mountain
Gus districts; third, do not, allow any
horseshoer to use the buttress on the
soles Of the feet, nor the rasp on the
outside; do not leave the shoes on
longer than four weeks without reset
ting.
In substance, remember that the
foot Is the weakest part Of the horse;
that the service of the horse Is worth
money to you. Take good care OF
the horses feet.-G. H. Glover, Colo:
RADIO Agricultural College.
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D Bank Officers.

Pittsburg.-The German Nationa,
Bank Of Pittsburg issued a statement
that at a meeting Of the board of di.
rectors w. w. Ramsey, president, and
A. A. Vilsack, cashier, both under ar
rest in the councilmanic bribery case.
have been deposed. A. A. Frauen'
helm has been elected president and
j. F. W. Eversman cashier to succeed
them. The reason given for this
move is that the bank directors "dis'
covered that the money had been put
to improper USE"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13
Care of Fruit and Trees.

Fruit ripens fast when it is placed
In cool, dark cellars. When fruit is
thoroughly ripe on the trees it should
not be exposed to sunlight.
Get the apples into the boxes or
barrels as soon as possible after they
are picked.
A Pennsylvania man who has a
large orchard keeps about twenty
five cats during the summer months.
He fills a trough in the centre Of the
orchard with new milk each morning
and pays no further attention to the
cats. He says there are no mice,
squirrels, rabbits or rats on the farm.
If you allow the grass and weeds
to grow up around the young trees
this summer the rabbits and mice
will girdle them next winter, If you
don't watch out.
A Missouri man complains that he
cannot kill sweet clover in his Or
chad. 1t Is not so hard. Plow the
ground and give your orchard clean
cultivation two or three seasons, or
If you NOW the clover frequently dur
ing the summer and let it lie on the
ground it will die out.
Whenever a large limb of any kind
is removed from the tree never fail
to cover the wound with paint or wax.
Pack your finest apples in boxes
holding about three-fourths OF a
bushel.
For 81 you can have a neat stencil
made, containing the name of your
farm, your own name and address.
These on the corner Of your boxes
give people to understand that you
know your business.-Drovers' Jour-
ual.
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FIGHTING the White Plague.

A State Anti-Tuberculosis League
was organized in South Carolina on
October 20.
In addition to appropriating $780,
600 for a hospital for contagious dis
eases, the Common Council of Buff
falo, has decided to erect a separate
tuberculosis hospital, for which a
special appropriation will be made.
The Louisiana Anti-Tuberculosis
League opened a free clinic for con-
sumptives at 1909 Tulane avenue,
New Orleans, on November 8. AT
the end of the first week, twenty
seven new patients were listed, and
the daily attendance was fourteen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13
Minor Mention.

Austria will try c%onciliatory meth.
DDS with Servia.
The Government of British India is
securing the views of chambers Of
commerce and other public bodies in
that country relative to its railways
along the line of extensions and gen.
eral improvements,
The preparations for a blockade OF
La Guayra were completed by Cas-
tro's order, and the merchants OF
both Caracas and La Guayra ordered
large stocks in expectation of a siege
of the coast city by Hollands war
ships.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13
Keening Seed Potatoes.

The ideal method of keeping seed
potatoes is claimed to be cold storage:
Potatoes thus kept at Ohio station
nave come out sound and fresh, with
40 indications of sprouting, and their
vitality unimpaired, even so late as
the first of June. It Is important,
however, that the temperature of the
,old storage room should not fall be-
.ow thirty-fve degrees, nor should it
Use much above forty. When cold
storage is not available, .sprouting
nay in some measure be prevented
5y shoveling the potatoes frequently.
Farmers Home Journal.
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41bE=- IT any

ence before many years ali trees
which are not cared for. Thus far
the farmers seem exceedingly apa-
thetic in taking up spraying, but the
rise of prices and probably the in
creasing devastation occasioned by
the insect, will bring about, before
many years, a different attitude on
their part.
The brown tail moth has been ex-
tremely abundant in the season just
closed. The warm, dry spring and
early summer reduced his losses from
climatic causes. The same is doubt
less true; Of the San Jose scale. The
wood leopard moth, exceedingly diff
cult to combat successfully, because
of its attack upon the internal part OF,
The tree, seems to be increasing rap
idly. It is injuring chiefly the shade
trees Of the metropolitan district.
The elm leaf beetle, widely distrib-'
uted over the State, has not spread
its destruction with any even hand.
but has exhibited a degree of local
variation which calls for the scrutiny
of an chronological expert. The
spring 1903 witnessed a great In
crease in the abundance of these
pests, probably due to the dryness of
May and June of that year. The
leaves finally became so hard that the
beetles could not eat them, and this,
followed by a severe winter, resulted
in a considerable diminution of the
pest. This has been a year OF its re-
yivaI.
The new agricultural high schools
of the State have an important work
before them in impressing upon the
farmers of the future the method of
meeting these pests. Economic ento-t
mology is becoming one OF the most
practical Of all scientific studies. The
State will also have to perform an In
creasing amount of work. along taese
lines.-Boston Transcript.
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Feminine Notes.

In the new Finnish Parliament
there are twenty-five women, a gain
of six over the last.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick won her
suit in Virginia to have set aside the
title to 100000 acres Of land.
The University Of Chicago has Is
sued a rule that women students WILL
not be allowed to live at the same
boarding houses where male students
are housed.
Mrs. Claudia Hams decided not to
attend the trial of her husband, who
is charged with killing William Z.
AnniS-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-13
Big Erie Arch Condemned.

The Erie Railway Company's i'm.
mense concrete arch over the Penn.
~sylvaria Railroad was condemned by
a State inspector. The arch is on the
Erie's new cutoff between Dalton
and Cuba, N. Y, and has been crumb.
ling for a month on account of quick.
sand under the foundation. Penn
~sylvania trains between Rochester
and Olean are obliged to transfer pas.
engers between Belfast and Oramel.
Men were set to work making an
opening through the dirt filling be.
low the arch for a temporary track.
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Fence Repairing Time.

It is customary to do all repairing
If fences in the spring, but why not
repair them in winter, when one can
spare the time? The winds of winter
may displace a board or rail here and
here, but a few hours labor will re-
pair a mile of fence in the spring
when it is put in good order in the
TALL. New fences may be built in the
tall as we'll as in the spring. In
brief, hundreds Of dollars may be
saved on farms by doing work in the
winter that is usually left till spring,
and then but half done for want Of
iime.-Weekly Witness.
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Fast Walking Horses the Best.

Good trotters are generally fast
walkers, and fast walking is an i'm
portant gait on the farm. There Is
no use of being two hours doing a
piece of work when it can just as
we'll be done in one hour. 1t is bad
economy to have a poor scrub of a
horse on a farm that soon tires out,
when you can have a game, fast walk
ing horse, that don't know what it Is
to tire, and that can get over nor
ground in a day than a scrub can get
over in two days.-Weekly Witness.
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Broom Corn Cornered.

Broom corn brokers have cornered
the available supply in Illinois, and a
Paris firm received an offer OF S13O
ton for 1000 tons bought at SS2.oo.
AS high as $50 was offered at Paris
for frst-class brush, and there is little
for sale at any price. Broom factor
les have raised the price of the lowest
grades fifty cents a dozen.
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WOMAN INsTIGAToR CONVICTED
Mrs. Martin, Of Oakland, CAL, Dyna-
mited Residence of Judge Ogden.

Oakland. Cal. - Mrs Isabelle J.
Martin, who, out Of revenge for ad-
verse decisions, caused the house of
Judge F. B. Ogden to be dynamited,
has been convicted Of the crime after
a trial lasting several months.
The suits in which Judge Ogden
had decided against her were to CON-
pei insurance companies to pay
money for houses which. 1t is alleged,
Mrs. Martin herself fired.
Mrs. Martins first appearance be-
fore the public was in connection
with Baby John Martin" her ward
who, she said, was a son OF the Prin-
cess de- Chimay.
Baby John" confessed that he dy-
namited Judge Ogden's house at the
behest of Mrs. Martin.
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MAMMALIAN TO RETIRE.

Grand Master of Railway Order to
Join Big Corporation.
New York City.-John J. Hanna
han, known as "The Peacemaker,"
from the number of strikes he has
settled or averted as Grand Master of
the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Fire
men and Engineers, and who was one
of those invited to the recent Labor
Dinner at the White House, Is about
to leave the ranks of organized labor.
On the first Of the year he will be-
come vice-president Of the American
Automatic Stoker Company, backed
by Edwin Hawley and Theodore P.
Shonts.
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Lisbon Misses S7,OOO,O 900.

The newly elected Municipal Coun.
ell has unearthed a big scandal in the
accounts of Lisbon, Portugal. Over
$1,000, 900 has disappeared. The
former Monarchical Councillors admit
the irregularities, but lay the blame
upon the Government, which, they
say, illegally took the city's money.
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Thirteen Hunters Killed In Maine.

In the game season in Maine thir-
teen persons met their death, twelve
by firearms and one by drowning.
Two were shot by brothers, two by
companions, five shot themselves by
accidental discharge of their weap-
ons, two were shot by being mistaken
for a deer, and one man was shot by
a hunter when he was aiming at a
deer.
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COURT GIVES FUND TO HEIRS.
Disapproves Request For Teaching OF
Swedenborg's Doctrines.

Lancaster, Pa. - Believing that
Emanuel Swedenborg's work, entitled
"Conjugal Love- advocates to some
extent laxity in the relations of men
and women, and that the teaching
of the doctrines contained in 1t would
be contrary to public policy. Judge
e. G. Smith, of the Orphans Court.
awarded a fund Of $4,000, BE-
oueathed by Frederick S. Kamph fof
the founding of a university in Phila.
delphia for instruction in Sweden
borg's doctrines, to the Kamph heirs.
The Academy of the New Church and
the General Church Of the New Jeru.
salem each claimed the fund under
the bequest.
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WE ARE FOND OF SWEETS.
Americans Eat Half Their own
Weight of Sugar in a Year.

Washington, D. C.-Figures gath.
cred by the Bureau Of Statistics show
that the average American citizen
consumes half his own weight in su.
gar every year, and that the peoples
sugar bill is a million dollars a day.
The total consumption of sugar In
this country in 1907 was 7,0S9,667,..
975 pounds, worth, at five and a hall
cents a pound, 372,00O,000.
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Care of Orchards.

The farmer must take up spraying
and other measures for the care of his
orchards to a much greater degree
than in the past. Apples will go
much higher in price until this lesson
is learned. The abandoned apple tree,
beside the cellar walls of the house
that burned down a generation ago,
has been yielding a crop for any one
who came along to gather it. but its
day Is about over. The San Jose
scale will probably send cut of exist