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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
The Quipus.

The Quipus consisted of a thick
main cord, with smaller cords tied to
it at certain distances. Upon these
smaller cords the knots were tied by
means Of which the reckoning was
kept. The length of the main rope
varied from a foot to several yards.
The cords were of various colors, each
with it's WI proper meaning-as red
for soldiers, yellow for gold, white
for silver, green for corn and so on.
The reckoning seems to have beer
largely regulated by the distances OF
the knots from the main cord and the
sequence of the branches.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
| 9O8 Made Big Suicide Gains
IO,s52 Persons, Ended Their Lives, Max
. ing New Record in Line of E%ndeaVOr.

ing, 1904 by drowning, 825 by cut
ting throat, IS leaping from roofs or
windows, IS by throwing themselves
in front Of engines, 81 by stabbing,
81 by fire, 3 by dynamite and 1 by
starvation.
Embellishments, forgeries and bank
wreckings, amounting to $13,555,-
538, are in excess of those of last
year. Ten bank presidents, twenty
eight cashiers, eleven bank clerks
and four brokers have made way with
s10,085,472, while agents, forgers,
postmasters, public officials, loan as
ISOLATION managers and ordinary
| clerks combined have stolen only
about $4,000, 900. Some slight moral
compensation was made on the part
of thirty Of these ffty-two fnanciers,
who committed suicide.
A noticeable feature of this record
is the steady increase Of murder by
highwaymen and thugs, being 101
more than in 1907. .
That more care has been exercised
in hunting is shown by the decrease
in casualties. During the hunting
season proper x, persons were killed
and 81 injured. and out OF season
100 killed and IS injured, a total Of
166 killed and 1875 injured, as COM
pared with 1911 killed and 1916 in
jured in 1907. 1851. -.
The principal epidemic was the
cholera. which" aprevailed in Russia
and Eastern Asia and the Philip
pines; 7700 died in Russia, $4,000
in the Philippines and 10000 in
China. - ..l. .r,.
In the innumerable baseball fields
65 were killed and So seriously in
jured, nearly all: of whom belonged
outside of the league clubs. In the
football field Is were killed and 51S
injured. " .
The persons who rock the boat
have drowned 8, and the criminally
reckless who didn't know it was
loaded have killed Al and wounded
81.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
Millionaire Bettor,s Latest.

Millionaire Before --latest.
John w. Gates was talking abeut,
the accident that befell the Maqre
tania a short time age.
when that propeller broke he
said, @the screw seemed to run away
with the great ship She wasrackeds
as though a host of giants with
sTedges were beating on her sides.
We al1'feIt for a moment as lost as.
as lost as those creatures whom the
ark left behind
Mr.. Gates smiled.
Speaking of the ark" he said
II saw a little boy at play with his
fNoah,s ark the other day. / watched
him put aboard the people, all the
painted animals, and thenI saw him
place carefully in sheltered spot
two tiny splinters of wood,
a, What are theyYmy son?' Z asked
@Them's microbes" said he.
1T had never occurred to me be-
FORE Mr.. Gates ended Shut there
must; OF course, have been q pair of
microbes In the ark.ra-New York
Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
The Field OF SDoiNs.

The pacing stallion Minor Heir was
sold for S45,000.
Ty Cobb says his brother Paul will
make a hit in fast company.
The Critchley Seeker Football Club
defeated the Columbia oval team.
Harry Nobis won the monthly
trophy run of the Mohawk Athletic
Club.
Detroit has a new pitcher named
Corns. How will he get along with
Cobb?
Garry Herman and John E. Bruce
were reelected members of the Ma
tional Baseball Commission.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
MIR. Root a Big Bargain.

The people Of the United States do
not know how big q bargain they
have had in Mr.. Root for several
years. They have had the services Of
a mar worth half q million a year
that is what he could earn practicing
law in New York-and it has cost
them only $4,000 a year, or a little
more than enough to pay his house
rent. The people of the United States
are the only client Mr.. Root ever had
who beat him out of a fat fee. Great
are the people.-Walter Wellman, in
the Chicago Record-Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27

The superintendent Of the dining
a service on one Of our great rail-
road systems is protesting holly
against the quality of apple pie
served by the baker who supplies this
luxury. at is too blamed good" he
exclaimed. "We don't want 1t so
good! 1t is pie, pie, pie, apple pie,
all the time at every call for dinner,
and with each slice of apple pie every
passenger demands half a pint Of
cream! If the pie wasn't SO good our
cream bill would be about one-tenth
of what it is. It's ten cents worth Of
pie and a quarters worth of cream"
New York Press.
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Paris.-Aiiiousu general trade
conditions in France, as in other
European countries, suffered in 1908,
largely because Of the reduction in
American demand, following the
financial crisis, figures submitted by
M. Leroy Beaulieu and other Stats
ticians at the end of the year regard
ing the wealth of the French people
demonstrate the imposing strength
of Frances financial position and her
right to the title of "the worlds
banker" Frances fortune is grow
ing steadily, as the result of an an
nual saving of $1,000,0O0 ,O00, much
of which must seek investment
abroad.
M. Leroy Beaulieu's figures show
that France now receives $36O,OO0,-
600 as anzannual income from for
eign holdings, which are principally
government stocks, the amount hav-
ing been almost doubled in the last
fifteen years. He estimates the pres
ent wealth Of the French people at
sac, 900, 900, 900, or more than $11OO
for every man, woman and child,
and as the estimate is based on de-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
CLAUS sPRECKELs DIES:
Wealthy Sugar Refiner Leaves Estate
of 10000, 900.

San Francisco, Calculus Spreck-
els, sugar king" and pioneer refiner
of the Pacific Coast and Hawaii, died
from pneumonia in his eightieth year.
At his bedside were his sons. Rudolph
S%preckels, John D. Spreckels and
Adolph B. Spreckels, Mrs. Mary Hol.
brook and Mrs. w. Alexander Hamil-
ton, daughters of John D. S%preckels.
Rudolph Spreckels has been the lead
ing supporter Of the graft prosecu-
lions against the city ring, John D.
Spreckels is an important factor in
the trade with the Orient, and the
whole family for years has been one
of the most prominent in the State.
The value of the estate is estimated
at from s40,000,000 to $50,000,0O0
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
National Capital Events.

The British Ambassador and Mrs.
Bryce gave a large dinner at the en-
bassy in honor of the Secretary OF
State and Mrs. Root.
The President transmitted a spe-
cial message recommending a single
head or governor for the District OF
Columbia in place Of three commits
sioners.
Felipe Pardo, the Minister to this
country from Peru, who went abroad
the last of November, and who, ru-
MOI said, would not remain as Minis
ter to this country, has been assigned
to duty here for another year.
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remained almost six months, but my
case seemed hopeless. The urine
passed involuntarily. Two months
ago / began taking Doan's Kidney
Pills and the improvement has been
wonderful. Four boxes have done me
more good than all the doctoring OF
seven years. | have gained 80 much
that my friends wonder at it,"
Sold by all dealers. soc. a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
EeWsy GIeaninqS.

John T. Fay, mind reader, COM
mitted suicide in Oakland, Cal.
DR.. Paul is to settle the disputes
between Venezuela and France and
Holland.
Plans were made for Americas
army of occupation to begin to eyacu-
ate Cuba.
Castro said he should put no obsta-
Gle in the way of Venezuela making
her peace with other nations.
Patrick T. Alexander, an English
experimenter, predicted that aero
nauts would learn to fly without mo-
TORS
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
. HANDS RAW AND SCALY.
Itched and Burned Terribly-Could
Not Move Thumbs Without Flesh
Cracking - Sleep Impossible -
Cuticura Soon Cured Eczema.

An itching humor covered both my
hands and got up over my wrists and even
up to the elbows. The itching and burning
were terrible. My hands got all scaly and
when I scratched, the surface would be
covered with .blisters and then get raw.
The eczema got so bad that l could not
move my thumbs without deep cracks ap-
pearing. I went to my doctor, but his
medicine could only stop the itching. At
night I suffered So f~earfully that I could
not sleep. / could not bear to touch my
hands with water. This went on for three
months and I was fairly worn out. At last
/ got the Cuticura Remedies and in o
month I was cured. Walter Fl. Cox, la
Somerset St., Boston, Mass, Sept. Is, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props,
of Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Mass.
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Selfish Lad,

Mother (reading telegram)-
Henry telegraphs that the football
match is over, and he came out of it
with three broken ribs"
Father eagerly - and who
won?"
Mother-"He doesn't say.
Father Observation-Disclosures
/ all! That boy never thinks of any
body but himself. Now I must wait
until 1 get the paper in the morning."
-Tit-Bits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
New Yorkts. Night Mail.

! The experiment of delivering mail
at S'o'cfock in the evening In certain
districts of Manhattan is declared by
the Postmaster-General in his annu-
al report, as an unqualified success.
This Is the second heaviest delivery
of the day, and relieves the morning
distribution to a very great extent.
thereby enabling the carrier to make
his first forenoon round In much Less
time than formerly--Brookfyn Stan
dard-Unfen! lE %.E{
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
Color Rays q Cure For
Inebriety and Crime.

Philadelphia.-Cases of drunken
ness and of juvenile deIravity cured
by application of v~ari-colored lights
were presented by DR.. ]. Frank Wal
lis, of the Norristown State Insane
Asylum before the Philadelphia Medi-
cal Society.
Light starvation" the doctor de-
elared, causes criminals.
with the development of the use
of light energy as a curative agent
drunkenness and crime will disap-
pear"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
Up-to-the-M Minute Romance.

"'Will you be my true love?" he
asked.
mo-" she replied; "but 1 am per-
tectly willing to be your affinity"
Then he gave her a soul kiss and
hey lived happily for a year. The
only difficulty now is the adjustment
Of the alimony.-From Punch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
LATEST" News:
BY WIRE.
Mysterious Plague in Mexico.

mysterious flaSue In n1eXlCO.
Ell Paso, Texas.-According to news
from a reliable source from Hermo-
sillo, capital of the State Of Sonora,
Mexico, a mysterious disease is killing
many people. The Inhabitants are
terror stricken and are leaving as fast
as possible. The disease In most
cases proves fatal, the victims dying
in a day or two after being attacked.
Two.Cent Postage to Germany.
Washington, D. C.-The two-cent
postage rate between the United
States and Germany has become OPP
erative. This Government has ex-
pressed a willingness to enter into
similar arrangements with France.
The new rate of two cents an ounce
applies to correspondence sent direct
by sea between the two countries, and
not to that which is sent through'an
intermediary
Strangles Himself to Death.
Hot Springs, Ark.-With a letter
under his pillow wishing himself a
happy New Year, A. R. Woodford, Of
| st. Louis, Mo-, was found dead in his
bed, where he had strangled himself
with a cord.
Another Statehood Dash.
Washington, D. - New Mexico
and Arizona r preparing for anoth-
or dash for Statehood. This time they
will cooperate, but the effort will be
for two States instead of one. Presi-
dent Roosevelt has indicated that he
will use his best efforts to further
both bills.
Murderer's Sentence Suspended.
Olympia, Wash.-After being SEN
fenced to hang. Oscar Bradshaw has
been pardened by Governor Mead on
condition that he support his parents.
Appeal For Murderer. ~.
Carson City.-In the hope of secur-
ing pardon for M. r. Preston, candf-
date for President on the Socialist La
Dor party's ticket and now serving a
sentence OF twenty-five years for muir
der, labor leaders are preparing an
appeal to the Board of Pardons, which
meets this month. g..
First Wedding in Governors Mansion.
l. Topeka. Kan.-The first wedding
ceremony eve performed in the exec
utiye mansion here took place when
Miss Anna Hoch, daughter of Gov
ernor E. w. Hoch, was married to
James w. Reed.
Child Reveals q MURDER. fre...e
Leicester, Mass. "A f~ve-year-old
child guided the police to the body Of
his father, William O'Donnell, a farm
er. forty years old, revealing a prooa-
bic murder. The body lay beside the
road with a deep wound on the right
temple. ~ "a
Lilley Resigned Congress Seat.
New Haven, Conn.-Governor-elect
George l.. 'Lilley, of Waterbury, un-
der date Of December Is, rendered
his resignation as a member OF Con-
gress, to take effect on his inaugura-
ton as Governor. Mr.. Lilley was
completing his third term as Con-
gressman-at-large from Connecticut.
Professor Gordy's Suicide.
New York City.-Professor Gordy.
the New York University instructor,
and his wife, who committed suicide
Immediately after the death of their
only child, carefully arranged so that
their end would be sure and left let
tiers, in the Handwriting of both, ad-
dressed to the sister of Mrs. Gordy,
who is hurrying East, ignorant of the
tragedy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
Brooms Are Going Up.

The price of brooms is raised fifty
cents a dozen, and other advances
will follow. A year ago broom corn
in Illinois sold at 500 a ton Now
it is worth $110, with indications Of
an advance. Some brokers predict
the price will go to $3.50. Three
fourths Of the broom factories In the
country are reported to be low In
et0ck
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
Sergeant Draws Big Sum
Through Army Deposit Plan

San Francisco, Cal.-Charles Har-
vey, a retired soldier, who has been
post quartermaster sergeant at Fort
Rosecrans for some time, drew from
Colonel George R. Smith, chief pay
master, $4,000, the amount he has
saved from his pay through the army
deposit plan.
This is the second largest sum the
chief paymaster of this department
has eve paid to a soldier. Besides
this amount Harvey will receive for
the rest Of his life $67.50 a month.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
BY CABLE.
Big Brazilian Deficit.

Big Brazilian Deficit.
Rio Janeiro, via Galveston, Texas.
In the memorial about the eXpendi-
lures for 1908 read to the Chamber
of the States, there is a deficit o. 49,
900 ~contos, in paper, or $1,000 in
gold. The San Paulo papers attack
the japanese immigration, and say
that most of them leave the farm
work and flock to the cities, thus in
~creasing the number of the unem-
ployed.
Elections in Moscow.
Moscow, Russia The municipal
elections here resulted in a victory
for the Constitutional Democrats,
who elected seventy-nine out of 1873
Councilmen. ,
Police Kill Slayers of Prince.
sTiais, Russia.-During a fight be-
tween the police and a band OF
brigands on the outskirts of Tihis two
men were killed. Later they were
identified as the leaders in the muir
der of Councillor of the Empire
Prince Chavodze, who was killed by
robbers and his home plundered on
the night Of June a. 1907.
Chinese Quarter of Cebu Burned.
Cebu, Island of Cebu, Philippines.
"A major portion of the Chinese
quarter of this city has been wiped
out by fire. Part of the foreign bust
ness district also has been destroyed.
The loss is estimated at S250,000.
Considerable insurance vas carried,
but exclusively in British countries.
Four Die in Socialist Clash.
Warsaw, Poland.-Four men were
killed and three wounded in an en-
counter between Polish socialists and
nationalists. The police did not in
terfere.
Cocoa Crop is a Record.
Guayaquil, Ecuador.-The cocoa
crop this season is the largest eveT
produced in Ecuador and amounts
to 205, 100000 pounds. The price
averages about fifty per cent. less
than in 1907, and this fact has had
an unsettling effect on the financial
situation.
Bubonic Plague in Ecuador.
Guayaquil, Ecuador. - Bu0cnic
plague has reappeared mere. Several
cases are being treated 90 he LIZ
arctic.
Italy Halls Turkey.
Rome, Italy.-The Senate and
Chamber Of Deputies unanimously
adopted motions to send messages Of
congratulation to the Turkish nation
on the opening of Parliament.
Russians Doomed to Die.
Ekaterinoslav, Russia. 1.-The mill
tary court pronounced forty-one
death sentences, of which nine were
for recent crimes. Thirty-two of the
condemned men were strikers in the
railroad troubles Of October, 1905.
In addition to the death sentences.
twelve strikers were condemned to
penal servitVde for life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27

An official Of the American Motor.
Car Manufacturers Association states
that $4,000 motor cars, with a value
of s105, 100000, were produced IN
this country in the calendar year
1907, compared with sales Of only
SS,000,000 in 1903 !
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27

The copper bath in which Marat
was slain by Charlotte Corday is for
sale in Paris. 1t was sold once to a
museum for $500, but it is for sale
again. 1t is described as IN old tub.
SHAPED like a wooden shoe and
Scared from ancient usage"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
Rom Into

Sympathetic Old Lady (makfng In
quiries at cab stand)-3I Saw a POI
liceman pick the poor man up, He's
been run into by one OF those nasty
bicycles, / SUPPOSE"
Cabby+@He's been run into, mum,
but it amt a bicycle this time
s. o. L.-aWhat "a 1t, then. that
ran into him?"
Cabby -4sSsemewhere
about arr a barrel o. beer, num-
Tit-Bfts. $3.50
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With the fall of the old regime in
Turkey Abul-Huda, the Sultan's as!
THEOLOGICAL guide, philosopher and
friend, has come to the end of his
brilliant and lucrative career. He is
now confined on the Island of Prin.
kipc, in the Sea of Marmora, on q
charge of high treason.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
The Columbia River.

The mighty river Of the Northwest
known as the Columbia vas discov'
cred on the 18th day of May. 1892
by Captain Robert Gray. at the tint
master of the trading ship Columbia
in whose honor the river was named
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
SULLIVAN IS DISGRUNTLED.
Says Burns Never Was Champion and
Belittles Johnson's Title.

StJS 1lIlIS 1NObOh "co ShhtsAhHhNA ~
Belittles Johnson's Title.
St. Paul, Minn.-John l.. Sullivan
was not surprised at the outcome OF
the Burns-Johnson fight in Australia.
'The fight come out very much as
I had predicted" said Sullivan. Even
with his victory over the so-called
champion-though in my opinion
Burns never was the champion prize
fighter Of the world-the negro can't
assume that title, for the present-day
fights. They are boxing matches
when padded mitts are used by the
bouts cannot truly be styled prize
contestants.
IT can't see where Johnson will be
given a high position in the opinion
Of the general American public. I
am of the opinion that the American
public is fast losing interest in the
manly art of self defense"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
Hangs Himself From Car Roof.

Dangling from a rope at the end of
a freight car, the body Of Barclay
Gray, a railroad man, t~hirty-five years
old, was found in the Erie Railroad
yards at Newburg, N. Y. He had
committed suicide by hanging himself
from the edge of the car roof.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27

says: In a rallrOaQ
collision my kid
neys must have been
hurt, as passed
bloody urine with
pain for a long tipe
after, was weak and
thin and so | could
not work. Two years
after | went to the
hocnttal and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27
DR.. Irving B. Hayes Killed by Cars,

DT. IrISINB ID I1"JcS aHIfeU " O"1S'
DR.. Irving B. Hayes, a physician of
Northampton, Mass, was accidentally
killed in Ell Paso, Texas, while at
tempting to alight from a moving
train. DR.. Hayes was on his way
home after a journey to California,
and was accompanied by a ten-year-
old daughter.
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Fleet Ahead of Schedule

The American battleship fleet
reached Suez two days ahead of
schedule time and the Yankton and
the Culgoa started at once through
the canal.
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Rioting in India.

The prohibition of the killing Of
COWS as sacrifices led to serious riots
near Calcutta, India, and troops
killed several rioters and seriously
wounded about sixty.
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Fellowship With Great Minds.

What is a great love of books? II
is something like a personal introduce
ton to the great and good men of al
times.-John Bright.
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Senator Lodge Visits Taft.

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge left
Augusta, Ca, after comforting with
Mr.. Taft. He urged the retention in
the Taft Cabinet of nostmaster-Gen-
eral Meyer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-01-27

Arson r. Flower Dead.
Arson R. Flower, the we'll known
banker, died at Watertown, n. Z.
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Mrs: Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softenst the gums, reduces infamma.
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Garfield Tea, the Herb laxative, agree
ably stimulates the liver, corrects constipa.
ton and relieves a cloggedsystem. Write for
samples. Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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This country has 1873 cities with a popu
lation of over $4,000 each.
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HURT IN A E
Kidneys Badly Injured and Health
Seriously Impaired.

William White, R. R. man, 20l
Constantine St., Three Rivers, Mich,
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Apple Pie Too Good.

The Maoris of New Zealand number
1000. ~
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Hydraulic presses are used in England
for making seamless steel boat hulls.
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Piles Cured in 9 to IA Days.
Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any
caseof Itching Blind, Bleeding or P%rotruding
Piles in 6 to ID days or money refunded. Soc