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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-18
CHAPTER XIV.
Tracing the Crime.

Bromley Manor was busy the next
morning with the departure of all the
guests. Gervais was In the hall to
wish each one farewell, and make
excuses for Dorothy, who was not
we'll enough to leave her room.
There was an air Of suppressed excite
nent about the household; the SER
wants were to be seen in knots of twos
and threes, eagerly discussing the
murder-for that it was a murder
there was now no doubt whatever.
The dead man had been attacked
from behind, and stabbed in nearly
a dozen places. DR.. Waters was of
opinion that he must have tainted
and fallen from loss Of blood, and
that the murderer had then struck
the final and fatal blow that had
pierced the heart.
The fact that a silk scarf was tied
around the left arm Of the corpse
was puzzling to the medical man, as
1t argued that there must have been
some pause between the attacks, or
that the murderer had himself bound
up the arm, which last supposition
seemed absurd on the face of it.
There was no mark Of any sort on
the scarf, 80 that the theory that it
had been used to throw the scent in
any particular direction fell to the
ground, though Dr.. Waters had some
ideas on the subject which he kept to
himself.
On a second examination of the
BODY ne confirmed the impression he
a come to at first, namely, that
the wound in the arm was in all
probability struck some little time
before the others, as the ~strapping
of the handkerchief tightly around
mad not only caused the flow of blood
to cease, but had pressed the sides
of the wound-which was a clean,
deep flesh cut-close together.
Gervais. after she had seen the last
Of the guests depart, turned with a
sigh to go to the library, where Dr..
Waters and the local police were
Eating for him.
Have you found any trace of the
man you suspect, Mr.. R%eynolds?"
was his first question to the inspector.
mo, my lord; but it's early yet.
He can't be gone far, for, according
to Mr.. Lawler, the landlord Of the
Groombridge Arms he. was a tramp,
my lord, with no money or nothink."
"But by this time, remember, in
all probability he has what would be
to him a perfect treasure" said Dr..
Waters, sharply; "the dead man has
been robbed, OF that there is no
doubt, and his murderer has gone off
Very true, sir" replied the in
spactor, civilly, you're quite right;
with the money and the watch"
but all the same, sir, | don't count
on that doing him much good. BY
this time every person in the county
has MS description by heart. and
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Notes.

The United Presbyterian General
Assembly has denounced all persons
who use their political influence in
favor of having licenses granted as
involved in the guilt of the crime or
the liquor traffic. ,
Five hundred and twenty-five sa'
looms have been voted out of Massa'
chusetts since May /, 1906, but the
breweries of Boston, Worcester Il
other cities are happy in their lmmu-
nifty from danger under the present
local Prohibition statute.
Harper's Weekly and Harper's
Monthly have announced that they
will take NO more liquor ADVERTISE
ments.
DR.. Charles Dana in an address in
PHILADELPHIA declared that alcohol
was one of the chief direct causes OF
insanity.
illinois spent 81 for rum for every
dollar for bread and bakery products;
it spent more than twice for rum
what it did for clothing; it spent for
liquor $780, 900 4 day or $~1G.OQO,-
600 a month. "--Prohibition Year
Book.
And Illinois is tAEe4-torrth white
en- the map.
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REzLGzoUs READzMG
FOR THE QUIET HOUR.
az
WHAT ONE SHORT HOUR MAY DO.

Lord, what a change within US one short
hour
Spent in Thy presence will avail to make
What heavy burdens from our bosom take.
What parched grounds refresh as with a
shower!
We kneel, and all around US seems to
lower;
We rise, and all the distant and the near
Stand forth in sunny outline, brave and
clear; ~
We kneel-how weak! we rise-how full Of
power!
Why, therefore, should we do ourselves
this wrong;
Or others, that we are not always strong;
That we are ever %overborne with care,
That we should ever weak or heartless be,
Anxious or troubled; when with us in
prayer,
And Joy, and strength and courage are
with Thee?"
-Rishon Trench.
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The Man Behind the Veil.

We all wear wells. Some put on
n veil to hide purposely their evil
life. Others unconsciously wear wells
and they are better than they seem.
We need to remember this truth Of
the yelling of lives if we would be
just and fair in Jul judgment Of 9TH
ers. We condemn faults which would
not appear faults If we knew all.
Some faults are only unripeness in
character, and some persons queer
ness would be works of loneliness If
we knew all.-Rev. DR.. J. B. Miller.
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CHAPTER XIV.
Continued.

cit is my dear lady, especially such
a case as this. On my life, I don't
wonder your friends are, flying from
Bromley while the villain is still I'M
found; but we must surely trace him
Tomorrow Suspicion points to that
mar who was seen with Laxon earlier
7 in the day at the Groomsbridge
Arms. Several people say they were
heard having a quarrel; but then the
landlord declares that LaXon walked
with this man afterward to the rail-
way station, saw him into the Lon
don train and parted from him most
amicably."
What sort of a man." questioned
Dorothy, n%ervously.
Gervais drew her closer to him;
they were alone in the drawing room,
except for EnidAwho sat gazing into
the fire, longing to be alone, yet
dreading the night before her-and
Sir Gregory Martin.
"It is the old proverb, give a dog
\ a bad name and hang him." he said,
speaking lightly, yet not without
some vexation; Wit seems there is a
general opinion about that the
derer is one and the same person as
your old friend, the man whom Vir-
ginie called a thief the other night"
Dorothy's breath almost stopped.
She had feared; this, but when the
fact. came it overwhelmed her.
J"Ridiculous!" she gasped, pain
fully. Poor old man-why-"
she broke off suddenly-"but I can't
bear to- hear more about it tonight.
Come, Enid, let us go to bed and
leave these gentlemen to indulge in
horrors to their hearts content"
Enid rose at once and Dorothy,
after they had shaken hands with Sir
Gregory, put her arm round, her
cousin and went away. AS they went
up the stairs Enid saw that the. per-
spiration was standing on Dorothy's
brow like beads, yet her hand was as
cold as ice. At the door they parted,
but as Enid was moving on Dorothy
stopped her.
Enid, I have one request to make;
If I should be taken Ill I wish you to
nurse me, alone! Do you under
stand?"
YES" said Enid YEARLY.
"And you promise?" Dorothy's
white face looked terribly worn and
wretched.
Without a thought to herself Enid
promised, then the door was closed
and she walked slowly OF to her W
room. Here she found Maria wait
Ing for her, shivering.
"Oh, Miss Enid, I'm too frightened
to sleep all. alone tonight. You
know, miss, I'm up in the tower?
May I sleep on the sofa in your
studio, Miss, but I daren't sleep
alone"
Enid gave a gentle consent and
even helped the girl to make a COM
Portable bed; then as she was quite
alone she buried her face in her
hands and fell on her knees by her
bed.
Twice had she intended to leave
Bromley Manor, and each time she
had been thwarted! Was it Fate
that kept her near, to be with Ger
vais at this time of trouble?
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The Man Without a Friend.
BY AMOS p. WELLS.

BY nos p. WELLS.
To my mind one Of the cheriest
bits in all that CHEEKY book, the Bible,
is the story of the sick man borne of
four friends, who tore up a roof to
get him laid at Jesus feet. And per
contra, one of the saddest glimpses
in the Bible, that record of sadness
and sin, is the little picture Of the
sick man lying by the pool Of Beth
esda, who had no friend to get him
into the pool when the waters were
stirred with the mysterious healing
spirit. Bethesda" House Of Mer-
cy,"-to that sick man it had become
a very House of Human Selfshness,
as, time after time, another had
stepped down into the pool before
him.
And, as I ponder his case, he seems
to me a. perfect type Of a large part
of this worlds wretchedness. He was
the incarnation of unfriended. need.
AS he lay there, unheeded or spurned,
he was the symbol OF all the sick and
sinful, the lonely and wretched, the
o~utcast> and f~orlorn, the despairing
and desperate, that have groaned and
cursed upon this selfish earth from
Gains day to our own! He had
been thirty and eight years in his
.infrmity." Yes, and thirty-eight
centuries! And a s u Lord ap-
preached this man, and accosted him
in those loving tones that thrill over
the whole earth to-day, the scene APP
pears to be a concentration of the
entire beautiful story Of salvation,
from the Bethlehem cave to Calvary's
cross -,
Why did. Jesus ask him that ques-
ton, "Do you want to be healed?'
Was ever a question more superhu'
GUS?
No; for the man had doubtless
fallen into the ~listless abandonment
of despair. There had been q time
when he had begged and implored a
friendly hand: There had been q
time when he had cursed the selfish
ness around him, and shaken an i'm,
potent fist at the. lucky ones carried
to the pool before him. All that was
over. He had dropped into the last
pit of misery. How much Of the
worlds suffering Is there to-day!
anu HOW luCTSuulOuS IL 40 VI 1uS
question, "Wouldst thou be made
whole"
1t is. the sufferers fault. too, very
largely. That is what the selfish ones
say, when they step down before
them into the shining, tossing pool OF
health and wealth and happiness.
Sickness is sin. Poverty is sin. That
| Is what the selfish say, and often they
ore right. h.
And \that is what Jul Lord said:
"Sin no more, lest a worse thing be-
fall thee" All, but He said 1t after
He had healed the man, and we say
1t while we are crowding past him
into the Pool Of Privilege! 1t is easy
to see which saying will work refor'
nation. L'
He was found in the temple, the
sick. man who had been healed. That
Is where the whole world OF sick men
will go, if we temple-men do but
stretch out our hands Of healing In
the power of the Christ. But while
we press before them into the Pool
who can blame them II the temple
remains enthusiastically Reading.
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Conservatory on Mount Whitney.

A meteorological and astronomical
observation station at an altitude OF
about $4,000 feet is to be erected on
Mount Whitney, Cal, by the Smith
sonian Institution. The work OF pre-
pairing a trail up the mountain, over
which the material will be trans
ported by pack mules, is already
under way. 1t is said the station,
which will be temporary, will be
completed by September.
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E,xiled Sultan Gets Gold.

Salonika dispatches to Vienna re-
ported that the manager of the
Deutsche Bank, with a military es-
cort, arrived there bearing the Sui
tan's personal treasures, including
fourteen bags of gold, many boxes Of
bank bills and jewels. The treasure
was deposited in the Ottoman Bank
Later it was delivered to the Sultan
personally.
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An Explanation.
How long has this restaurant Dt

'"How long has this restaurant been
open?" asked the would-be diner.
1.-TWO years." said the proprietor.
Il am sorry did not know IT,"
said the guest. II s.lould be better
off if had come re then"
Yes" smiled the proprietor, very
much pleased. How is that"
II should probably have been
served by this time if 1 had" said the
guest, and the entente cordiale van
ished.-Harper's Weekly.
Windmills were invented and first
used by the Saracens.
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Wages and Beer.

"Out of 100 pounds value in beer,
only seven pounds ten shillings goes
in wages. In mining, ship building.
railways, agriculture, iron and steel
manufactures and textile products,
an average of t~hirty-two pounds out
Of each 100 pounds value produced.
goes in wages."-Lord S. AlWyn.
Conservative President BOARD or
Trade of London, writing concerning
the liquor trade of England.
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Prohibitions Effect in Savannah.

Although it is asserted that the
prohibition law is openly defined at
Savannah, Ca, the report of Chief OF
Police Austin on the first year of the
operation of the law shows a decrease
of lat in the number arrested for
drunkenness. as compared with 1907,
when the saloons were in operation.
The total arrests for 1908 were S493'
which is Ala in excess Of the previous
year but Austin reports a marked de-
crease in. the number Of arrests for
offenses usually credited to whisky.
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Regard For. Honor.

The conduct of business merely for
profits leads men into corrupt prac-
tees. A regard for honor and a spir-
it of kindness do not hinder profit,
but make business a means of soul
culture.-Rev. T. Edward Barr.
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h Christian Idea.

Down through the life of character,
the life of intellect and the life of the
flesh, the power of the Christian idea
Of the universe goes like the balm
>s Giiead.-Rev. George A. Gordon.
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Oklahoma a City of Murders.

Two hundred and thirty persons
met violent deaths in the last year
in Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Tens of Fans Exported.

Japan exports II, 900, 900 tons 0;
fans annually.
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Knu rursuea into House.

John De Nyse, of Greenlawn, Long
Island, was reading a newspaper on
his front porch when a bull was
driven along the road. De Nyse was
wearing a red shirt. The bull snorted
when he saw the shirt and charged
at De Nyse, who climbed to safery
over a high fence. The bull kept
right,on, plunged through a plate
glass window into the De Nyse par
ior, where Mrs. De Nyse sat. Scream
ing. she ran down the cellar stairs,
the bull behind her. The bull halted
at the top of the stairs until its driver
nersnaded it to leave the house.
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mans courage, or those larger sue
cesses seen when races struggle up
through fearful toll to days Of laugh
ter and powers a thousandfold
greater.
He sees that men have risen above
the level of their dead selves to
nobler living, and he finds that
neither money, nor land, nor power,
nor luxuries have explained the
primal forces that have urged man
on.
The eternal choice. And always
that choice involves sacrifice. 1t did
for Jesus. 1t must for us. He de-
sired nothing more eagerly than the
rapid conquest of His people by His
ideals and mission. His triple tempta-
ton suggests improper ways of Sc
curing it. His public ministry was
quickly filed with opportunities for
gathering disciples, prestige and
power. Yet he denied Himself an
easy popularity, a legitimate pleasure,
worldly wisdom and current methods
of success, in order that absolutely
all that He was and did might be
true and right and holy.
He refused the lower whenever it
threatened to weaken the higher.
He made wine at Cana, He cooked
food for His own exhausted disciples.
He attended public dinners, He par
ticip"tcd in the normal social life OF
His cay, but at all times He lived, and
babe others live, in the calm joy and
immovable confidence born of a hid
den source of supply, even a spirit
fed every moment by uninterrupted
communion with God.
Does not the devil of self tempt
us continually, by urging the legiti-
macy of our struggle fer bread and
clothes and shelter and things, until
the conflict to secure the things OBJ
scurcs the reason for their use?
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-28
TWO BOYS GET DRUNK;
INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY

Persons going tc the circus last
night stumbled onto the forms of two
seemingly unconscious boys in the
darkness near the main circus tent.
Upon investigation they found that
the boys were heIplessly drunk, SO
intoxicated, in fact, that they could
neither talk coherently, much less
stand up and walk, even with assist
ance.
Both boys were the sons of well
known Las Vegas families, and their
discovery in this condition was a
shock to their friends. much less their
parents. Friends took the youths to
their homes, else they might have
slept out all night and possibly sue
cumbed to exposure.
1t is known that the liquor was
purchased at down town saloon and
the authorities are investigating with
view to prosecuting the person guilty
OF selling them the liquor or procur-
ing it for them. The sale or giving of
liquor to minors is made a very scri-
Gus offense under the New Mexico
statutes.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-28
ARREST OF SUSPECTS IN
HATTON MURDER PREMATURE
Especial Dispatchl

Santa Rosa, N. NJ, Sept. 28.-There
were no new developments today in
the killing of Miss Sallie Hatton OF
Los Tanos, near this city last Friday
Yesterday afternoon a party of trail.
ers found the dead girls hat and veil !;
also the saddle which had been taken
from the horse which she rode. All
were hidden behind some boulders
near where the body of the victim was
found.
Robert Hoggins and the other two
suspects, all well known young men
of this town. who were arrested on
suspicion of knowing something about
the murder, have been released. The
arrest of Hoggins, who is a young man
of excellent reputation, seems to have
been premature, as there is no evi,
dence connecting him in anyway with
the crime, despite previous reports to
the contrary. He is now assisting the
officers in every way possible to cap
ture the fiend who committed the
awful crime.
The people of Santa Rosa and Los
Tanos are now raising cash reward
by public subscription to be paid for
information leading to the arrest and
conviction of the murderer. This it is
believed will reach at least $1,000.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-28
SANTA FEE MAY RUN
STATEHOOD EXCURSION

The Albuquerque Morning Journal
of this morning says:
"The Santa Fe railroad has taken
up the matter of running special trains
at low rates from Las Vegas and San
ia Fe and probably from other points
in New Mexico to albuquerque on the
day of President Taft's visit here, Fri
day, October 18th. The Santa Fe had
already made the customary fair rate
of one fare for the round trip to be in
effect during the fair, but large num-
bers of people desire to come from
many sections of New Mexico espec-
tally to see the president and it is now
considered probable that excursion
trains will be run into Albuquerque on
that date from Santa Fe and Las We
gas and probably Clovis and cut off
points. Las Vegas is prepared to send
several hundred people here to see
the president and the fair as is Santa
Fe."
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-28
A MOST BEAUTIFUL sight
PAGEANT. NsouGHT TO ILLUMl-
NATE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HUD-
SON AND FULTON
INCLUDED FIVE PERIODS
INDIAN, DUTCH, COLONIAL AND
MODERN TIMES REPRESENT
ED AT GREAT COST

New York, Sept. 28.-The center OF
the Hudson-Fulton festivities today
was the route taken by the historical
pageant of commemorative floats. The
celebration committee has attempted
to illuminate those periods in history
made famous by the achievements of
Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton. For
months three hundred artists have
been engaged in preparing huge
floats, while nearly 1000 men, women
and children, most of them in costume,
posed as historic personages on the
floats, or marched beside them. The
cost of this spectacle was 100000.
Every available spot along the line
of march was occupied while the win
dows and seats in the stands brought
fabulous prices. Members of the COM
mission, officers of the foreign war
ships and diplomats had seats in
the reviewing stand In front Of the
new public library
The story unfolded by the floats
dealt with the history of New York,
and was divided into five periods, the
Indian, Dutch, colonial and modern.
The latter only extended to the time
of the Erie canal and the Croton
waterworks. The Irish societies lead
the parade, while the Italian, Hun
garian, Bohemian, Norwegian and
French societies also participated, as
did the Iriquois Indians.
All records of street celebration
crowds were broken today. Record
prices were paid for windows and
even for soap boxes. At 10 o'clock
all the available room along the curb
was taken and the police had diff
Guilty in keeping way open for the
line Of march. Seats on scaffolds
hanging from unfinished buildings sold
for from 81 to SIS each.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-28
ILLNESS and DESPONDENCY PROBABLY MOTIVES
Climbed to Top Of High Cliff, Shot Herself
With Revolver and Rolled Down Noun
misunderstanding After Three Days,
She Repented Fash Act and Tried
Hard to Live.
(speciaI pIepatehl


Santa Fe, NJ. M, Sept 28-Mss Montgomery
beautiful
convc the Scenic Highway north Of this city committed
eide.
This startling fact ndputaby established today Cap
tain Fred Fornoff
who have been working night and day the
The motive the young wtnan's suicide
probability
lack with county,
where she a school,
developments Tuesday packed
her grip what belongings
this That
Re
miles deliberate
preparations kill
the together
heI containing
She then mounted the cliff
she the back
evidently Intended headong canyon
instead she fell backwards rolled the
through which
of Here three later
where she
The authorities puzzled her attempt before
to make that she had attacked
The convicts held in the pententia under solitary
suspicion of having committed probably
be given their former liberties.
The body of the unfortunate lies
establishment where will be held awaiting
ter from Shreveport who
the burial.
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TO FINISH Big PROJECTS
MONEY THUS RAISED WILL BE
EXPENDED TO COMPLETE RE-
cLAMATloN WORKS
FAVORS CONSERVATION
PRESIDENT is COMMITTED TO
ROOSEVELT POLICIES IN
THIS REGARD

Spokane, Sept. 28.-President Taft
arrived here this morning at 6:25
o'clock, but he did not appear on the
platform of his car till eight, when
after an address of welcome, he was
taken to luncheon at Davenport's res
taurant, where the decorations con-
sisted Of Washington fruit.
Later the president delivered his
long expected address on natural re-
sources, declaring that he would ask
congress to authorize an issue of ten
million dollars in bonds to complete
the irrigation projects already begun
in the west and on which work has
been stopped for lack of funds. This
declaration was enthusiastically
cheered. The president said many
people had drawn unfair inferences
regarding the conservation of the
natural resources and that the present
administration was pledged to the
Roosevelt policies and that he would
exert every legitimate influences to
enact legislation which would sub
serve the purpose of those policies.
He declared that Secretary Ballinger
was in accord with him as to the
necessity of promoting the conserva-
tion. of forests as supported by Roose-
velt.. The president declared that
congress must authorize the allotment
of power sites to private interests, the
government retaining general control
and supervision. He announced that
he would urge on congress the neces-
sity of an authoritative classification
of public lands to prevent difficulties
Of the past being repeated.