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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
Wheat Crop for 1910.

The wheat crop for South Caro-
lima for the year 1910 has broken
all records in this State. The fig
ures on the crop were given out by
Commissioner Watson. During 1910
the wheat crop was 4,756,000 bush
els, while for the 1909 the number
of bushels was 100000.
Calculating the value at 95 cents
a bushel, the 1910 crop showed an
increase of S723,000 in value over
the 1909 crop. .... ...
1.-The increase in wheat produc-
tion," said Col. Walton goes to show
that we are raising our own food
stutfs in this State now"
Arthur Phillips, a barber of Spar
tanburg, was seriously stabbed by
George Padgett a 16-year-old boy,
who was selling programs of the
races at the county fair. Padgett is
subject to epileptic fits and it is
thought that he was suffering with
this malady when he committed the
deed. Phillips was cut across the
back.
= The Sheriff of Saluda county says
the jail door was not left unlocked
when three prisoners escaped. He
asserts that they received aid from
the outside.
At a recent meeting of the OAR
lington Business Mems Club plans
were adopted for having a trade
week in Darlington every year, COM
mencing November IA, and running
for six days, the object being to draw
large crowds to Darlington for
trade by means of special induce
ments offered by the local business
men.
Charlie Jones, the Gaffney boy
who was injured at Wofford Col
lege at Spartanburg while playing
football some days ago, is recover
ing somewhat and is now able TO be
I'M.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
Is She D0ing Like Cook?

New York.-To back his belief
that Belle Elmore, the wife of DR..
Hawley H. Crippen, still lives, DR.. J.
M. Munyon, of Philadelphia, has Of
fered a reward of $4,000 to anyone
who will produce her.
II believe" continued DR.. Mum
yon, who formerly employed Grip
pen, that either the woman is hid
ing to carry out one of the most
consummate revenges in the annals
of jealousy or else that she has car
ried an advertising game too far. !
have received several letters from
persons who knew Mrs. Crippen,
telling me that they had seen her
alive in this country within the
last few weeks"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
Strond. Preachina.

The minister's eight-year-old daugh-
ter was returning with her parents
from church, where the district super
intendent had that morning occupied
the pulpit.
"oh, father" asked the little girl,
her face alive with enthusiasm. Don't
you think Brother c. is a very strong
preacher? I do"
Gratifed by this evidence of I'M
usual intelligence on the part of his
offspring, the minister eagerly in
quired into her reasons for her state
ment.
"Oh," replied the little miss, art
lessly, didn't you see how the dust
rose when he stamped his feet?"-
Judge. q
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
THOUGHT SHE HAD PRAcTISED
Frenehman,s Suspicious Really Some
thing Of a Compliment to tho
Men Of Amerlea.

Claude Grahame White, the English
aviator, praised. at a dinner in New
York, the good fellowship Of Ameri
cans.
"The American woman is regarded
abroad as an angel" he said. THE
man is admittedly a good fellow, but
an angel he is far from being.
you've heard of the Frenchman,
perhaps, whose sweetheart spent the
summer in American After her return
the poor Frenchman seemed quite
blue. & "
What's the matter with youf' .
friend asked.
!, "T am worried the other muttered.
about my f1ancee. You see, since her
return from America she kisses 30
much better than she used to-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
CHAPTER II.

And to the cousin in America, with
nine children!" said Agatha.
mot so very much" l said. Hes
very we'll off, they say. All those
Americans are. Besides that, Ter
hune's really got more right to the
stuff than he has! A nephew is much
nearer than a third cousin, you
know"
Not if he isn't married, apparent
ly," remarked Dearest, but knew she
only said it to tease NE.
20, come, now" | expostulated;
you know you aren't going to stick
up for a wild westerner from the
American backwoods."
wherever they may be-" put in
my wife. who has spent the greater
part of her life in the states and is
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
A Child'S Dancer.

Washington-ToIally ignorant Of
the danger that surrounded her and
under the impression that she was
carrying water, i~t-year-old Mil
dred Anderson trippcd along, in
each hand n pail OF nitro-glycerine,
which had been prepared for shoot
ing an oil well on the Cameron farm
near here. AS she carclcssly SWING
The pals half a dozen oil driIlcrs
stood brcathlcss 100 yards away,
fearing every moment 10 see the
child hurled into eternity. Her faith
er asked her quietly to put it down.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
He Was a Boston Boy.

"Your little boy must be very tntet,
ligent," said a visitor to q Boston
school teacher whose fye=year-old son
was forming Greek words with build.
ing blocks.
Intelligent" exclaimed the proud
parent. HE is phenomenally gifted.
AS an example Of his early erudition,
what do you suppose was the first
words he ever spoken"
"'Papa' and mammal"
"Stuff and n~onsense!" calculated
the father in a tone of disgust. why.
the day he was IL months old he sud.
denly laid down his algebra and said
to me: Father, the longer I live the
more indubitable proofs / perceive
that there is in Boston as much cul
ture to the square inch as there ever
was in the ambient area OF ancient
Athensi'"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
FERTILIZERS AT s2o,ooO,oOO.
Farmers Used in 1910 975,039 Tons
GuanO for Crops.

During the past year there were
834,334 tons of ertilizer and i40,705
tons of cottonseed meal used by
the farmers of the State, according
to a report submitted by Clemson
college to the department of agri-
culture. This is a total tonnage Of
975,039 tons, which is valued at ap-
proximately S2O,0O0,000, taking the
average price per ton for last year
as a basis.
Clemson college derives a tax of
rs cents on every ton of fertilizer
sold in the State and will receive
approximately S250,000 this year.
1t is expected that there will be
a measure introduced in the general
assembly asking that the number.
of scholarships be increased for the
institution. The State Farmers
union placed itself on record as fav-
oring the increase Of scholarships.
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NIQ@ZHDn8EZILID
AGATHA. Uz%D
RYELDDT@G F95 gg!Sl5l &c 70 MNS SRS
ooe,e1aH1Enu nv M cH6eHEY GuSSWwW ann ARNMf
"Eighty-two," he snapped; "old
enough to know better!"

"Eighty-two," he snapped; odd
enough to know better!!"
"Old enough to be thinking about
making her will, at any rate" said
meaningly. And of curse Arch had
in reality too keen an interest in MS
own welfare not to appreciate thai
fact without needing me to emphasize
it. He was not the boy-I Thoughtful
l knew him at all, to sit sulking IN a
corner when there was only a little
thing like getting a wife in ten days
between him and a chance at a for
tune! If he did, he could not certain
" be the same Terhune that a
proved so earnest an aspirant for the
millions of the Hon. Agatha, a sum-
mer ago.. And I was right. 1t was not
long before he'd forgotten his disap-
prevail of Aunt Georges methods and
was excitedly discussing ways ana
means of obeying her behest- l
thought myself the thing didn't sound
so hard. l thought at any rate that 1t
would be a regular lark to have a try
at it. But he was much less optimis-
tic, much more d~ownhearted. Not be-
cause he doubted his ability to get
some girl to marry him, for he felt
quite sure on the contrary that his
only trouble would be in making a Sc
lection. But it was the shortness OF
the time that stumped him. He
couldn't seem to see himself an en-
gagged man in ten days, his magma
ton somehow failed to sum up the
picture. 1 did my best to cheer him
up and pointed out that the property,
which was a sheep farm in Australia,
formerly belonging to Aunt Georges
brother, now deceased, and yielding a
yearly income Of about $4,000, was
worth having a try for. And as said,
it might have been much worse. Aunt
Georgy might have insisted on his
actually attaining the married state IN
ten days time, instead of merely get
ting engaged, and that l thought
would have been we'll nigh impossible.
Girls are so queer about that sort or
thing. They must have a trousseau,
and bridesmaids and churches and
fuss and feathers Of one kind or an
other. He would certainly have had
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
Alabama Mine Explosion.

Birmingham.-A gas explosion oc-
CURED in the mines of the IolanGe
Coal & Coke Company and five men
were killed. The mines are locat-
ed in Tuscaloosa county, 80 miles
South of Birmingham. Chief State
Mine Inspector James Hillhouse and
his two assistants are on the scene.
The bodies Of the victims have been
taken out of the mine. This is not
the first explosion of gas in these
mines, s~ixty-five men being killed
once before; three a few months ago
and several badly burned recently.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
STOPPED SHORT
Taking TONES, and Built Up on
Right Food.

The mistake is frequently made OF
trying to build up a WORKOUT nervous
system on so-called tonics-drugs.
New material from which to rebuild
wasted nerve cells is what should be
supplied, and this can be obtained
only from proper food.
1.-TWO years ago 1 found myself on
the verge Of a complete nervous COL
lapse, due to overwork and study, al !.
to illness in the family" writes a Wis
consin young mother.
my friends became alarmed be-
cause I grew pale and thin and could
not sleep nights. I took various tonics
prescribed by physicians, but their
effects wore off shortly after l
stopped taking them. My food did
not seem to nourish me and l gained
no flesh nor blood.
Reading of Grape-Nuts, I de-
termined to stop the tonics and see
what a change OF diet would do. l
ate Grape-Nuts four times a day,
with cream and drank milk also, went
to bed early after eating a dish or
Grape-Nuts.
in about two weeks | was sleeping
soundly. In a short time gained 20
pounds in weight and felt like q
different woman. Ny little daughter
whom I was obliged to keep out of
school last spring on account OF
chronic catarrh has changed from a
thin, pale, nervous child to a rosy.
healthy girl and has gone back to
school this fall.
"Grape-Nuts and fresh air were the
only agents used to accomplish the
harry results"
Read The Road 20 Wellvi!le,' in
pkcs. "Thclc's a Reason"
Ever rrnd TIE uhov" letter: A new
one appears from tir,e to time. "I"y
ure genuine, true, and fuii OF tunisn
Interest. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
Rinid Test For Assistant P. Ms.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. postmas-
ters who hope to be transferred in
to the permanent service of the
United States under the civil SER
vice order recently issued by Presi-
dent Taft must first stand a rigid
examination as to their efficiency.
Mr.. Hitchcock had an extended con-
ference with the President and the
Civil Service Commission regarding
the PRONUNCIATION Of regulation on
the subject. No drones or favored
relatives who are not up to the STAN
dard of efficiency can pass.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
Presidents Panama Trip.

Washington. - President Taft's
Panama trip will occupy only IL
days according to present plans. Re-
turning from the isthmus the PTesi-
dent will come ashore at Charleston
the night of November %. He will
proceed to Richmond, Va, by train
and make an address before the Vir-
ginia School Teachers Association
in that city November %. The Pres
ident will be back in Washington the
evening Of the twenty-third.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
Eleven Die in Mine Explosion.

Seattle, Wash.-Two explosions,
occurring within a few minutes OF
each other, resulted in the death OF
~ men in the Lawson mine at Black
Diamond, 80 miles southeast OF
Seattle.
Eleven men going down on shift
and five men coming up were
caught between the first and sixth
levels and it is certain that all per-
ished Natural gas combustion is as
signed as the cause. All the men
were foreigners.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
China's First Imperial Parliament.

Pekin. AN official decree has
been issued announcing that an i'm
perial parliament, the first in the
history of China, would be conviked
in 1913.
This is a concession on the part
of the throne to the demands of the
recently constituted delegations Of
the provincial assembly which re-
Gently memorialized the government
in behalf of the early construction
of a general representative iegisla-
tive body.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
A Noble Lad.

Brockton, Mass.-Sixteen-year-old
Roy Baker has been given the GUS
tody of his three younger sisters by
Judge Reed, of the Police Court.
This is the first time in this city
that a minor has been intrusted
with such responsibility.
Young Bakers mother was last
week sentenced to Sherborn. The
Court intended 10 send the three
sisters to a charitable institution,
but Roy pleaded that he be allowed
to support them. He works in a To-
cal department store. He is a very
energetic boy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
SOUTH CAROLINA
CHAMPION BOY CORN GROWER.
Florence Lad Makes 22S Bushels on
One Acre.

Jerry Moore, Of Florence county,
the champion boy corr grower Of
the world has written a story of
how he produced owe 228 bush
els of corn on one acre of land. He
is fifteen years old, and the son of
a preacher. The yield is substanti-
ated by affldavits. He made a profit
Of S130.70 on the acre. It cost him
$128.05 to secure the yield. The
story gives. a complete description
and full account of the care of the
corn. He is a member of the boys
corn club and was under the direc-
ton of the United States farm dem
o~nstration work and A. H. Gasque,
county superintendent of education
Of Florence county.
Value Of Crop.
At the market value, 81 per bush
ell, the corn from the acre is worth
S228.75; 300 pounds of fodder, $50.
Total value. crop, $258.75
EynoncoS
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
Neck Broke and Will Live.

Atlanta, Ga.-With the removal OF
a splintered bone from the fifth and
sixth servical vertebrae, J. R. Fort
ner, a truck farmer whose neck was
broken in a runaway, regained con-
seriousness at the Grady Hospital.
Surgeons say he has a chance to re-
cover. Fortner was in a dying con-
dition when the operation was per-
formed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
BLACK CRIME OF GEORGIANs.
Mob Takes Negro Charged With
Murder and Lynch Him.

Macon, Ga.-A negro named Walk
or, who killed Marshal Charles Bush
of Montezuma, Ga, over two weeks
ago, was taken from the Macon
county Jail by a mob and lynched
His body was strung up over the
water from the Flint river bridge.
Walker had only been captured
about two hours.
Walker, after killing Bush, was
the prey of a man. hunt which last
ed three days. The mob overpoWer-
ed the jailer and draugged the negro
to the bridge, which is but a few
hundred yards away. The moose
was tied, one end fastened to the
bridge, and the negro, with both
hands bound, was showed of. Inc
drop broke his neck instantly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
Grandfather at &C..

Dalton, Ga.-Ben Durham, a plum
Der, is one of, if not the youngest
grandfather in the State. He be-
came a grandfather at the age OF
SO. He is extremely proud OF his
%grandchild and is being congratulate
ed by his friends here.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
Walks 800 Miles TO Wed.

Tacoma, Wash.-Allan Rowe, of
Fairbanks, Alaska, walked 800 miles
to Forty Mile, after navigation clos
ed, to wed Mrs. Lawrence. He weigh
ed 203 pounds at the start, losing 30
pounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
go BE CONTINUED.
He Had Reason.

In illustrating a point he wished to
make at a political gathering in the
west. q noted politician told of an cpl
taph which an Indiana man had caused
to &c inscribed upon the monument Of
his wife, who had died after a some
what tempestuous married life. This
legend read:
Here lies q wife. Tears cannot
bring her back. Therefore her hus,
band weeps."-IIarper's Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
Aued BRIDEGROOM Cut Himself.

Dresden, Tenn.-Despondent be-
cause he had been forced by the
sheriff, at the instance of the girls
father, to surrender his 18-year-old'
bride, Thomas Gaskins, rs years old,
a wealthy planter, stabbed himself
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
A ReaIist on Hope.

William Dean Howells, discussing
realism at one Of his Sunday after
Moons in New York, let fall a neat
epigram on hope.
Hope" said the famous novelist
"is not, really, an angel in a dia-
phanous robe of white, but only the
wisp Of hay held before a donkey's
nose to make him CO."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
Remarks.

"The stable manure used was
very trashy (much straw in it)i and,
not worth more than so cents a
load. AS the dirt has no CONNER
eial value I did not count it in the
list Of expenses and the land has
been improved at least $4,000 by the
dirt and stable manure. What I
have done has been more of an ex-
pertinent than doing what I knew
to be WISE" &
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16

Silence may give consent or 1t may
give ofense.
But it doesn't take long to tame q
social lion. 3.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
81 uouH rather prescribe The health Of .
nation THAI, Be It's uler. "-MUNYOM.

-...#. W..sa.EI
Thousands of people who are suffering
with colds are about today. Tomorrow
they may be FRUSTRATED with pneumonia.
Of an c oaeee GET e pf 8 a5 cent Is b ~efse Of q p Mun.
yon's Cold Cure at the nearest drug
store. This bottle may be conveniently
carried in the vest pocket. If you are
not satisfied with the effects of the rem
edy, send US your empty bottle and we
will refund your money. Munyon's Cold
Cure wilY speedily break up all forms OF
colds and prevent grippe and pneumonia.
It checks discharges Of the nose and eyes,
stops sneezing, allays Inflammation and
fever, and tones up the system.
If you need Medical Advice, write 70
Munyon's Doctors. They will carefully
diagnose your case and advise you b
mail, absolutely free. You are under no
obligation.
Address Munyon's Doctors. Munyon's
Laboratory, SD and Jefferson streets. Phil
adelphia. Pa.
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Next to a lecture, advice is about
the most useless thing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-14
CLASS DAY OFFICERS.
Bates College Seniors Choose Them
Tuesday Evening.


Lewiston, Me, Dec. 13.-tSpeciaD. The
Seniors Of Bates College held meeting
Tuesday for the, election of officers for
the class day exercises. The results Of
the election are as follows: Glass day
Grafton, Bernt Q. -Stoddard, Baltic, n.
d.; pipe Grafton, Freeman Clason of
Gardiner; prophecy for men, James H.
Carroll of North Attleboro, Mass; class
history, Miss Louisa Moulton of Center
Sandwich N. H.: address to hall and
chapel, Harold Roberts of St. Adams;
class poem. Miss Elizabeth Ingersoll Of
Auburn; address to undergraduates, wal
ter Mathews of st. Adams; farewell ad-
dress,- Robert NJ. Pierce of Lisbon; class
ode, Miss Carrie Hay of North Adams
Mass; chaplain, Howard W. Dunn of
Ellsworth; baccalaureate sermon, Irving
ii. Blaine of Augusta; last chapel hymn,
Charles L. Cheetham of Lewiston; mar
shall, Wallace NJ Preston of Brockten
Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-14

attorney declared that Glover had
been shot from above, that Hattie did
the shooting, and that the struggle
in the laundry occurred after the
shaoting, when Glover grappled with
the girl for possession of the revolver
He deserted that the powder marks
on Gtovers coat showed that the muz-
.zle OF the revolver was within three
inches of his body. indicating that
he had been shot by some one whom
he trusted.
Mr.. Higgins denied that the girl had
been subjected to third degree ex-
animation at the Waltham police sta
ton, and declared that Chief McKenna
of the Waltham police, when he de-
scribed as that "grandfatherly old
man" and Mayor Walker, who was
present. ould not have permitted
such thing. He referred to the SCOT
on Hathe's fingers and said it was
caused by flash from the cylinder
Of tie revolver. In concluding he said:
You Of the jury have to undertake
duty which is hard one. 1t is for
you to decide whether the common
wealth protects it's citizens against
crime. The question is not so much
whether Hattie is guilty as whether
crime can be committed. have no bias,
no prejudice; / want to find out the
truth and that IS what am sworn to
do. The commonwealth will be salts
He'd With your verdict, whether it ac-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-14
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Sebago lake from which Portland
obtains its water supply and the
source of the Presumpscot river which
turns the wheels of the Westbrook
manufactures, is six feet lower than
normal at this time of the year. There
is only three feet of water at the in
take of the Portland water main and
while the situation is not yet alarm
ing, precautionary measures are being
taken. The flow of the Presumpscot
is about half the normal. The mills
have not yet been forced to shorten
their time, but may unless there are
rains before long.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-14
BOWCOiN NOTES.
Quill Board Elects Officers-Fencing
Squad Coaching.

Brunswick, Me-. Dec. 13.-(SpeciaD.--
AZ q recent meeting of the Dowtoin
Quill board Carlo Warren II, was
elected manager; Paul Emery is, was
elected assistant manager; and Phil
Cole -, was elected to the board J
1t is very probable that Bowdoin will
have a fencing team which will com.
pete with the other New England col
leges during the winter. The present
squad Of about half a dozen men are
working hard under the able direction
of Coach Charles ID. White of the Pia-
nalli Fencing Club Of Augusta and his
assistants, Leon S. Lirpincott and
Ralph Bridge, both of the Medical
School. The fencing squad is showing
up finely now and if it keeps on Bow
doin will have fencing team of which
she may we'll be proud