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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-24

Fine silk four-in-hand Sunday tie,
15c, by mail, prepaid. All new
popular solid colors, correct shape,
state color preferred-send stamps
or coin. All careful thrifty buy
ers take advantage Of Jul big bar
gain. We are the largest exclu-
sive mems and boys outitters In
America. We manufacture all our
own clothing. Boys warm winter
caps made with pull down bands,
15c by mail prepaid. Big cata-
logue mailed free-write today.
Mail Order Department. The Big
Store, Cincinnati
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Young Ladies and girls over IA year,

Young Ladies and girls over IA year,
of age can secure steady and profit
able employment and be taught t.
make cigars. Will be paid whit
learning, good, cheap board car
be secured near the factory. An!
girl can make from IS to $12 per
! week (some much more) afteI
learning. We need 500 young Ia
dies Immediately. Apply to Seid
enburg & Co., Opposite Union D.
pot, Charleston, 8. G.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-24
Negro Kills Another.

At Chester. in a quarrel on Tues
day night, between two negroes,
John Macon and John Win. the lat
ter was shot by the former and died
Friday from the Injuries received.
The slayer was arrested and lodged
In Jail.
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should he appear.

should he appear.
Bigham is thus described: "A
low, h~eavy-set man, possibly five feet
nine inches in height, dark red hair,
parted in the middle. medium low
forehead. rudy complexion; eyes
of light brown, Redeemed as If by
dissipation and graduated eye lids.
He is rather boyish in appearance.
clean shaven. and when his face IS
In repose he appears rather a mild
hammered In appearance he Is
rather younger than his age. -
years"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-24

When medicine fails you, I will take
your case. Rheumatism, indiges.
ton, liver, kidney and sexual dis
orders permanently eradicated by
natural means. Write for litera'
ture, confidential, free and inter
esting. C.. Cullen Howerton, F. 8.
Durham, N. c.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-24
LANTERN CAUSES FIRE.
Negro Attacked Night Waterman
at Americas, Ga.

Rt Amer1cuS, ia.
A loss Of fifty thousand dollars
resulted from a fire at Americas,
Ca, Thursday night, caused by an
unknown negro attacking Night
Waterman Lee McMichael, of the
Americas Construction Company, and
knocking the latter's lantern over
with a club. Shavings were ignited
by the fire from the lantern and the
extensive lumber yards and variety
works Of the company were destroy
ed.
For q time Are threatened de-
structIon of a considerable portion
| of the city. Before being checked
the flames had covered an area Of
six acres. Among the other build
ings burned were an unused cold
storage plant owned by 8. II. Sims
and valued at $1,000 and six small
dwellings with contents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-24

. ORGANS.
We have a few slightly used .
= $50 organs, will close out at a .
. big reduction. II you are want .
aing an organ now is the time to .
. buy one Of the best organs made .
. at a great bargain. Write at .
. once II you wish to secure one =
. Of these organs, for such bar .
. gains don't last long. =
. Write for illustrations OF .
> these organs and for terms.
y MALONE'S Music HOUSE
> Columbia, 8. @. :
q n A n a g o y q q .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-24

For Sale-The Wheeler hotel proper
ty in Hendersonville, N. c. If In
terested communicate with US at
once, before this property is sold.
Howard Caldwell G Co., Colum-
bia, s.. c.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-24
THE WAGES OF SIN.
Once Prominent Jerseyitc Died in
q Poor House.

q Poor House.
A dispatch from Charlotte. \. c.
says an eventful career ended Mon
lay afternoon with the death at the
Rowan County Home of Charles A.
Conner, a former member of the New
Jersey Legislature and once promi-
aent In that State. Several years
ago he left his wife and came to
spencer, \. c., with a woman whom
ae claimed was his wife. This wo-
nan later became insane and died
In the State hospital. Conner brood
ed over her death and soon became
! wreck himself, losing his eyesisht.
Before his death he confessed that
he woman with whom he lived at
Salisbury was not his wife.
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1t is quite possible for a girl to
get her eyes open, you know. through
lust a little pique.
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Free-Fifty old Favorite Songs,
words and music, Autograph COW
ers, for addresses Of twelve teach
ers, not over two from same school.
Box 1872, Greenwood, s. c.
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We Buy
The Following:

Submit samples, give
amounts and price):
COW PEAS, largest amounts want
ed October to July. PLANT
ING COTTON SEED. fancy pure
types. SEED APPLER OATS.
n. L. WILLET SEED CO.,
Augusta, Ga
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Typewriters-Special low prices on
rebuilt and secondhand machines.
all kinds, for fall trade. Write
for price list. General Supply
Company, Dept. o, Augusta, Ga.
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Lady or Girl. Wanted each town
good pay spare time, copy names
for advertisers, cash weekly
Stamp for particulars. Am. Adv
Bureau, Sanbornville, N. H.
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Don't Ship until you get a free list
of reliable produce dealers IN 20
leading markets from the National
League Of Commission Merchants
Dept. o, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-24

Many q girl who is fond Of jew
elry has no use for a rolling pin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-24

Perfume-Gloss in Starch gives clothes
lasting perfume of azure violets;
makes them white as snow ,;sam-
pie. 4 cents; agents wanted. Ship
man, Lewis Block, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-14
COINAGE STARTED
BY GREEK NATION

The invention Of coinage is one 20 the
Greeks, most probably To the bankers Of
Halicarnassos and ad accent Asia Minor
Greek colonies. who toward the end Of
the eighth century r. G.. began stamping
the small gold and electrou iugots which
passed through their hands as currency
with g mark OF some sort intended to
guarantee the weight and purity OF thu
meta. such iEEOts very soon assumed
a round and more regular shape. when
we find already I'm the older silver coins
rom AeEina, nearly contemporary with
the Asia Minor beans"
Curious 10 say. none Of the surround
ing peoples with whom the Asiatic and
European Greeks were in constant COM
nIunIca son, political or commercial
took up she wonderful invention which
al present seems TO us of such obvious
necessity that we scarcely realize how
the civilized world of old can ever have
got on without 10.
AS a matter Of fact however. neither
the Phoeniciaus, with their practical
commercial sense. nor the Iydians nor
the Eersiaus, Who claimed the suprem-
aCy over the very cities where me new,
currency was initiated, nor. Of course.
the Egyptians, ever had coinage tin the
Conquasts of Alexander disseminated the
Greek civilization all through the east
eIn world.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-14
HOT WEATHER, CLEANLI-
NESS, AND DEPARTMENTS.

Hot weather puts a premium on
cleanliness In the kitchen. the back
yard, the street, the lunch room, the
restaurant, the lee chest, the public
conveyance, the place Of public assem-
bly, of every sort.
The health officer in every city Is
undertaking to enforce such cleanliness.
He cannot succeed altogether with the
citizen without the cooperation of the
citizen. But he cannot succeed in
Washington at all without the CO.
operation Of the National Government.
Thus there are back yards to Govern
ment buildings in the District of
Columbia which not only threaten the
public health but endanger the public
safety as to fire.
word to the wise. Every member
of the Cabinet is a good citizen. Let
him look into the back yards of his
own department.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-14
DEFOE POINTS A MORAL AND
THEN DISPROVES IT.

Mr.. Heney keeps on in San Fran
cisco General Bingham would renew
the fight in New York. Do they know
their Defoe? How that guide, philos-
opher, and poet once wrote
Ihat nTst reforms q vicious town
prevents their ruin, but completes his
There has been some reform and
much ruin since Robinson Crusoe com
Pleted his campaign Of 1919. The good
DR.. Defoe himself knew some of the
ruin. But he kept on-writing himself
into prison with his Shortest Wav
With Dissenters," and writing himself
out again with his Hymn to the Pill
lory-" Let Mr.. Heney and General
Bingham think on that. Even the man
who foresaw only ruin for the reformer
was driven on in the work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-14
BIGANY VICTIMS
STILL IN LOVE
Women Can't Shake John
sens Magnetic Hold-One
Follows Him to Jail.

SAN QUENTIN, Cal, July Though
they know hiLa as a scheming rascal,
who wooed many women 10 secure
money, Christian Johnson could not
shake off the magnetic mold he exer-
Csed over them.
When Johnson was brought here yes
terday to begin serving his seven years
sentence for bigamy, he We followed
by train and ferry by Mrs. Josephine
Heninger. Of Oakland, one Of his vic
Tins
He was engaged to Mrs. Heninger
and, though he had not yet married her
Johnson had secured all he, money and
left her stra nded
Despite this. Mrs. Heninger declared
10 the officers who were guarding john
son. that she was not bitter toward him.
and that she stul loved him. The DO
lice have not found one Of johnson 5
victims who does not feel the same wav
toward the swindler. They all declare
they still love him, and cannot shake
of their love even though he did not
return their affections.
The officers would not allow Mrs. Hen
niger to approach Johnson on the train.
and would not allow her 10 speak TO
him. NeVerth slesS, the deluded woman
followed him the gates of the prison.
and threw him kiss as he entered the
jail yard johnson is today working on
the lute mill,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-14
HERMANN BEATEN
BY NARROW MARGIN
]. j. SammiS Is Hailed as
Grand Exalted of the
ElkS.

Los ANGELES, Cal, July H-Elks
throughout the country today hail J. IT,.
Sammis. Of Lemars, Iowa. as the new
grand exalted ruler of the order. Mr..
Sammis' election over Garry Hermann.
of Cincinnati, by a narrow margin last
night furnished the most exciting event
of the Elks' convention here. Mr.. Sam
mis- received 592 votes 10 Mr.. Herr
manu's 529
Other officers elected were. Lecturing
knight, J. y. Jones, of Scranton, Pa.
leading knight, Warren @. Sayres. of
Wabash Ind, secretary Fred Z. Rob
insOn, Dubuque, Iowa, treasurer. Edwin
r. Leach. of New York. trustee. Perry
a. Clay. OF Denver tyler. Charles l..
DiCller Bemidii. Mimi, inner guard, A.
&. Taylor, St. Augustine Fla.
IN his annual report. r. l. Holland.
the retiring grand exalted ruler. recon-
mended the establishment of an orphan
age for the children OF deceased 'EIks.
The report also condemned the situation
in the Elks' home at Bedford, Va. aud
suggested that new home be buiI- in
some other city through a fund to be
raised by assessing each member 5
cents for the next ten years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-14
.SHAKE-UP IMMINENT
IN VIRGINIA POLITICS
Senator Martins Attitude
Toward Situation Is Watch
ed With Interest.

Virginia politicians are aroused over
the sensational developments in the
Democratic campaign for the guber-
Isatorial nomination in their State. It
is said that some startling changes OF
attitude may be made by Senator Mar
tin, and several of the Representatives.
as a result Of developments.
Judge William II. Mann has been
perhaps the leading candidate for the
nomination. His opposition has pub
Iished letters which Judge Mann wrote
thirty years ago to William Malone,
which indicate that Mann was then a
devoted supported Of Malone. That Is
enough to start a hubbub in Virginia,
and it has certainly done so.
General Malone was a famous civil
war fighter; the Confederate command
er in the crater at Petersburg. and
one Of the idols Of Democracy in the
post-belIum days. Virginia was sad
died with a huge debt after the war,
contracted, not for the war, but in
great internal improvements railroad.
canal, and highway bidding and other
.hings. The State was poor. and a
powerful sentiment In favor OF read
jCsting the debt, which really means
approximate reputation. grew up. Ma
hcne became the leader Of this move
sent, and organized the 'readtuster'
,afty. which included the negroes and
most of the poorer white elements OF
the state. along with a good many other
people. Malone was elected governor
and Senator; and after he became Sen
ator be turned Republican The read
juster party was finally hOpelessly
beaten and the present regime Te-es-
tablished.
Virginia was IN a state Of worse than
civil war for years during the readjust-
er period Luels, not of the Partisan
kind, occurred constantly. On one oc-
casion, following the arrest Of a white
woman by negro policeman. there
was great riot in Norfolk in which
twenty-three coiored men. were killed.
Smaller massacres Of blacks occurred
in many places. Lynchings were ter
riblv frequent II was z war OF races.
with many other complications iDvolV-
ed. No state saw sucn terrible ex-
perience even in the Ku KluX days: il
was worse than the worst the recon-
struction inflicted on any Southern
State.
When It was over, and Malone had
been forever retired and the state
nOuOF redeemed every uOQ4 VINO Adu
been affiliated with the read uster move
ment fell into disrepute- That Is why
the publication Of the Mann letters 10
Malone has caused such a sensation.
All the latent hatreds Of a generation
ago have been re-aWakened by the
proof that Mann was a supporter OF the
readjuster leader. Judge Mann Is likely
TO lose the support of various Repre-
sentatfves, and of Senator Martin, be-
cause Of their fear TO stand by him IN
the face of these exposures. II SEN
Ter Martin remains loyal to Mann, II
is declared, he viii have a harder fight
than ever for reelection. 1t Is gen
orally expected the result wiz be the
nomination Of Henry St George Tuck sr
for governor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-14
CHOPPING OF WOOD
SPORT IN TASMANIA

I'm Tasmania is 10 be found a ma
t0nal pastime that is special and par
ticuIar to that State aIoue-the sport
of wood chOpping r says much for
the grit and vigor Of Tasmanians that
this really serious and arduous work
should be regarded as the finest sport
At Hobart and Launccstou they have
Their turf meetings, their cricket, foot
ball, golf, cycling and so forth, but TO
of wood-ch0ppiug contest people will
flock from far and neaT-men, women.
and children-and watch the AK WELD
ers hewiug away at huge blocks of tim
Der as If life and reputation depended
upon the issue.
Thud. thud thud 90 the axes. and the
splinters fly in all directions. the judges
calmly sitting near taking note of the
strokes, the spectators cheering tn.
competitors from time to time as fran
tically as If they were race horses. To
be wood-ch0pping champion means
something TO a man in Tasmania.-Dun-
dee Advertiser
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-14
COW CARESSES
A STUFFED CALF

know Of no better single ilustra-
ton of the animals point of view han
Lloyd Morgan's story of the GOV who
would nog stand to b. MIXED unless
she could lick her CALI meanwhile 4
succession Of offspring had stere>tv
this absolutely irrational habit until,
by i'll fortune, enc of her calves died.
There IS no reason why a bereayed
mOJHer should mourn the less sust az
milking time: but there was the fixed
habit Of making extra motions The
farmer, however, was a practical pSy-
biologist. He stuffed the skin of the
calf with hay and let the COW have
That TO lick. To be sure. the hay calf
mad neither head nor 'egs-but a COW
had no general idea concerning the
nature of calves, nor any special reason
for assuming that calves should have
heads and legs. II felt right, and it
smelt right 1t enabled her to go through
the customary motions at milking time
Therefore il was sufficient. Ply dint Of
Caressing and licking her little calf
the tender parent one morning ripped
II. The hay issued from within, and
the COW, manifesting not the slightest
surprise or agitation. proceeded tran
gully to ievour the unexpected pro-
vender. '-McClure's Magazine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-14
WHAT KIND OF A SUMMER
NEIGHBOR ARE YOU?

Zip, Aye Addie Ave A, Ave A on
the phonograph. "Thr-r-r-r-r- chug.
ehug! on the motor A sand pile that
overilows on the sidewalk. Discipliuing
the children at in the evening.
Are you that kind of a summer
noighbor,
II YOU are you might be a worse
Kind. But even that kind is bad enough.
Try 1t on yourself some evening.
close the windows and shut yourself IN
with ZIP. Aye Addie Aye A, Ave A"
You viii never do it a second time
Wait till the wife, all tired with the
work OF the house in weather so hot
you yourself can hardly live even out
OF doors, has lain down for a nap and
then crank up your mobile and note the
effect on her. Sprinkle a little sand on
the dining room floor and skate around
IN 1t while. And if that doesn't cure
you, put your own child out in the
middle of the street and see how near
you can come to him and miss him.
These are troublous times-in citv
and country both. Let's take things
patiently, Let's help each other. Let's
put of the grumble until we've tried
the laugh, or at least the smile. Let's
live and let live The way to begin is to
ask ourselves:
What kind of a summer neighbor
am [?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-14
ONE EXECUTION FOR EVERY
3 MURDERS.

A jury in Obion county, Tennessee.
found eight men guilty of murder
They had ridden up to the house of a
neighbor, called him out in the night
and hanged him to a tree. His only
ofense was a determination to raise
and market his own tobacco according
to his own judgment.
The supreme court of Tennessee has
now remanded the case for a new
trial The ground for that action is
wholly technical The Memphis Com
mercial Appeal states it as follows:
But because Judge Jones selected a
jury from the bystandcrs, and because
some OF these jurors had served upou
panel within two years. and because
1872 challenges had not been granted
instead Of twenty-five, and because
the Jurors had read IaylOr's statement
and had read Governor PattersOnfs
statement as 10 a confession. but who
said that Notwithstanding this they
could give a fair trial the supreme
court holds thai the case must be
reversed.
A book called "Soclai Progress" gives
an interesting side light on such ac-
tious as this. Here it is:
Number of murders and homicides in
-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-14
TABLE MANNERS
TAUGHT IN SCHOOL

An enterprising woman named Hoi-
ker has started a school IN Budapest
where pupils of ali ages are given a
full course of instruction IN the art
Of eating.
Practical demonstrations are given IN
ordinary table manners, but the chief
aim OF the establishment is 10 teach
the ignorant how to deal successfully
with such dishes as they have never
even heard Of.
who does not reCOlleCt in his exc
perience moments of uuspeakable an
guish" asks Frau HoIker, when al
dinner party he finds that he is using
his knife and fork for a dish that only
requires a spoon, or vice Versa2 II IS
to save men and women from these lit
tie tragedies that I have opened my
school
Examinations are TO be held at the
end Of each term, when the Btuderts
viii be requested 10 attack an array
of unknown delicacies set before them.
Those who undergo the ordeal success
fully will obtain a certificate from Frau
HOiker. which viii enable them TO face
any banquet without flinching.-Lcndon
Express.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-14
A NEW MOTIF FOR THE CON
CERT OF THE POWERS

The Flying DutcAman, in the person
of Kaiser Bill, drops a bomb on Russia
and blows up the movement. thereto
fore favored of Nicholas II. to unite all
the Slays of Europe. Then the F. D.
hovers over Gar Nicholas and drops
Kaiser Bill himself for an interview
with the Russian ruler. Whereupon
there is recitative as follows from the
great German soloist:
I see in this meeting confirmation
Of the friendship which unftes our
persons and our houses. Z see IN II
also a strengthening of the traditional
relations Of hearty friendship and
confidence, which at once foster the
mutual interests and thoroughly
YedceIui sentiments Of our countries
and unite our respective governments.
Count LobanofI, former minister of
foreign affairs in Russia, interposes an
obbligato u, the theme:
Every time the Gar of Russia has
a meeting with William II something
troublesome happens to my country"
But this does not interrupt the
progress of the opera-not by A
thousand FOUR res of the baton. It
merely leads to the introduction into
the score by Kaiser Bill of the Henry
II. Rogers motif
AT meetings which ] attend we vote
first and talk afterward."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-14
THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE
IN PRACTICE.

The result of the municipal cleo
ton in Annapolis demonstrates in
a striking way the effect of the
elimination of the negro vote by the
grandfather clause. The city, which
is normally close. was carried by the
Democrats so overwhelmingly that
there was no contest. The registration
was cut from 2,l0O 70 1855, leaving but
forty-six negro voters on the books,
while heretofore there had been 1000.
There may be room for difference of
opinion as TO whether or not An
napolis is better of under an election
law which permits only white iIliterates
to vote, but the election returns there
would seem to settle conclusively what
the effect Of the elimination Of the negro
vote viii be. The test Of the law is
irrefutsble evidence of what it viii do
il applied 70 the whole State Of Mary
land.
1t is still possible for the advocates
Of the disfranchising law to advocate
its merits, but it is no longer possible
for them to contend that it will not
make Maryland one-party State. The
purpose Of the law Is 10 do with the
State exactly what was done in An
napolis, and the manly thing TO do is
TO meet the issue.
The elimination Of the negro vote
viii make both the city Of Baltimore
and the State SO strongly Democratic
that it viii be almost impossible, at
least for many years, TO turn the party
out Of power, no matter what sort Of
government is given at the city hall
or at Annapolis. n discussing the al
legged benefits to be derived from adopt
ing the amendment, its advocates
should be honest enough to admit its
logical result.