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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-05-14


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togung elm uno Der Staotrat gine
in Mube uno Srieoen auseinanoer.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-05-14
SIN anftidiff.

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Nlicgt man ianienb beute;
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tlmh lit, en- mon Ith bcfinnt
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ituh ihmebt iiber Bergen;
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Sm ipfh' ,~pinsiger Oeitait,
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IN bem Metbcrmcer,
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limb bes 9nritss mnb Snngers= Neb
Mn bic grbenidDucre.
9pfv gum Ulide laben mir,
9ieies nidJt uergeiIen;
limb mir 6aben nit nns bier,
Infer if5mes 2Dme Star Ster,
limb aud, was sum eIen.
limb 10 im ber 2ifte Meid,,
Wirb IS wobl mus ntunoea;
9enn elm Bier, bae bieieu gleth
Gp am Wlals nnn Sppfem reid,
Wirh uidt leidlt s~efnuhen.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-05-14
gsas Seraner lieben

lit Elm ferniges, robuites Seber.
mad Susb 9aaman bon San Pitt
tonic. gr ihreibt: r@ir erfennen
bas gr. Sings Stem 2ife 9ias
,seues Qeben uno neue Gnergie y:
zine Beriou bringen. Wipine 5rna
mo id balten {e fir Die better
Viueu.A Muss&eid)net fir Wagen
qeber ODER Mieren . Stornngen. 25c
IN alien Apotbefen.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-05-14
1leiner Srrtnnl.

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iteben Sic bod nid)t INNER an @ar-
cerobenitdnoer nno idldfen. %
bat Sbnen ia idon wieoer Der fur5-
iibtige grofeiior ieinen lleber8teber
eng redte Sbr eebanat!"
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-05-14

Gin psrieelae an aniere Srenmse.

3a es nms nnnaslid lit, ale 9innfte nno Counties oes staatss
onrd Meienoe bearbeihn gu laHem, mnktem mir amf amoere WVHtel sur tu'
mer arSseren 8erbretmms unieres gfates fnnen no mir fno 81 oeM
GuHhlms aefom1nen, anmebmbare Eramiem fit nene Mbomneaten, bic nus
einseididt ierSea, aussalekem.
Sir panen n6t bic geranfaltnng zines ipsemanaten apntefes, ms
er bi enslidem 3etnnsen nbGd ii, iunoern mir moaen Onrd Ins5ablHns
elmer li6eralen Gpmnai6ion sreiuiliae ammerben, bic DINE beunoere sri.
6e no Mmirensuns id cine Nebeneinna9me 8m beribaffen mnn1den.
gu oieiem 3mede Oferuunn mir fit ieben SabresabonnenteH cine
aommiGipm BON $ l., einem 9oifar. 9s @pdenblat Der p6rese
greIe fit seras" foHet So per Sabr. @egen Gininbnmg bn $1OO Uer.
Ben mir ao bas glatt an irgenb cine nns amfsesebene Iorehe idaden.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-05-14
Tar gcamty.R cmmiT1r Prsiinkt =.
Sic nSreie Brehe" 1T autoriiler'
Serrt Henry Meyer

oIs 4onoibat fir bas amt bes County
aommilfdar, grecinft 80. 4. III Der be-
psritehenben R~rimdrIuabl i'm Suli an@
a~u5eicen.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1912-05-14
matl, Nn3et0en.
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Sic nSreie 8refie" lit autoriiier''
Gerru J. Frank Gallagher

als aanoioat fir bas amt 6es steuers
Solicitors bon 8erar County BET oer
beborftebenoen b~enofratiifen Rrimdf'
ipabl n%n8ufilnoiaen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-29
A THOUGHTFUL SERMON
DIR. Moffatt Makes Strong APP
peal for Law Enforcement.

At the union services Sunday evening
at the Presbyterian church DR.. J. 8. Moi
fatt, president Of Erskine College. delivered
an especially Thoughtful DR.. Moi
fatt is a preacher Of great power and holds
the attention Of his congregation through
out his discourse. His treatment Of the
subject Whatsoever a man soweth that
shall he also reap was logical and convinc-
ing. He pointed out the danger which
confronts the American people Of sowing
the seeds Of lawlessness as evidenced in
increased violations Of the law against
homicide, the violence attendant upon
labor troubles, the ruthless disregard OF
the rights OF the people by the great cor
porations, the prevalence Of mob rule evil
denced In lynchlng for crimes OF different
character and the seemingly growing dis
respect for the courts and other
agencies for law enforcement, constituting
a menace to organized society that If un-
checked was bound to bring forth a harvest
of wreck and ruin. DR.. Moffatt appealed
to his hearers to take thought OF all these
matters and strive to assist in applying
an adequate remedy. The sermon made
a deep impression upon those present.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-29
The Greatest Harm.
Greenville News.

news.
A sensible western paper remarks that
Colonel Roosevelt is misleading the youth
OF the land through his intolerant speech
and his vicious attack on Mr.. Taft. He is
robbing them Of that pattern which has
ever been the American boys model-the
President of the United States. He may
destroy Mr.. Taft, IL SO stigmatize him
that he will cease to be considered as an
exemplar, and that is contemplate enough
but the colonel, in his rage, is doing some
thing far worse when he drags the high
Office Of chief magistrate in the mire. And
while the young men are thus being dis
illusioned it is as sure as anything can be
something of life and politics, and who can
read character and motives, are filled with
dismay and disgust as they behold O hui
initiating performance new to their expert.
ence and unparalleled in the history OF
presidential campaigns. Nothing that the
Democrats have charged to Mr.. Taft is
as bald as the accusations by Colonel
Roosevelt. The latter is not alone destroy
ing Republican regard for its own chosen
leadership, but he is furnishing daily am-
unition for the common enemy. He is
purchasing a new lease Of power, or try
ing to purchase it, at the sacrifice of those
very elements and many virtues which in
other years distinguished him as an expo
nent Of all that was fair, square and just.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-29
AN UNNECESSARY MENACE.

One feature of the shOoting-up OF
the town last Thursday which is
enough to make any thoughtful man
stop and ponder, is the ease with
which any person, however irrespon-
sible, may obtain firearms with
which to endanger the lives of good
citizens, and perhaps of women and
children.
That the fatalities resultant from
the affair were no greater was more
a matter of good luck than of good
guidance. One shoulders to think
what might have happened had some
innocent child been unfortunately
placed in the line of fire from the
weapon of this evidently demented
man. That such a condition is made
possible is a rebuke to our civiliza-
ton, and one that all good men
should endeavor to have remedied.
We believe nothing but a law impos-
ing a heavy license upon the sale of
pistols and cartridges, making their
cost practically p%rohibitive, will ever
have the desired effect. Such a law.
rigidly enforced, would at least tend
to minimize an evil that is an ever
growing menace.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-29
DECIDE YOURSELF.
The Opportunity is Here, Backed
by Testimony.

Don't take our word for it.
Uon't depend on a strangers state
ment.
Read Abbeville endorsement.
Read the statements Of Abbevill
citizens.
And decide for yourself.
Here is one case of it:
Mrs. G. A. Smith, Fort Pickens,
Abbeville, S. c., says: "Doan's
Kidney Pills ale certainly an ex-
cellenl kidney medicine and ale
safe and reliable. My kidneys
were ia bad shape and l had dizzy
and spells. My head aud
back ached and I could hardly
drag myself around. | obtained
Doan's Kidney Pills from P. B.
Speeds Drug Store and they re-
stored me to good health"
Mrs. Smith is only one of many Alb
beville people who have gratefully en-.
dorsed Doan's Kidney Pills. If your
back aches-if your kidneys bother
you, don't simply ask for a kidney
remedy ask distinctly for Doan's
Kidney Pills, the same that Mrs
Smith had the remedy backed by
home testimony. SOC all stores.
Fnster-Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo,
n. Y. when Your Back is Lame
Remember the Name"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-29
Furman Commencement.

The Furman University Commencement
begins Monday, June 8, and closes Wed
nesday, June 5. On the evening OF Tues
day, June 4, at eight (s)1 o'clock i n the din
ing room of Montague Hall on the Fur
man University. Campus, will take place
the Annual Banquetof the Alumni, former
students and friends Of the institution
These occasions furnish n Of the most
attractive features of Furman commence
ment, and they serve both to stimulate
and maintain interest in the institution
A good Psupper and abundant fellowship
are promised all who are on hand. Music
will be furnished by a G~reenville orches'
ira and the Furman Glee Club. The com
mittee are B. E. Geer, G.. B. Martin, j..
KEYS and R. NJ. Mauldin.
The annual sermon will be preached
Tuesday, June Ably DR.. c. E. Burts, Co
lumbia, S. C. The annual address before
the Literary Societies will be preached on
Wednesday morning, June 5, by Dr.
Charles W. Kent, Professor of English Lit
eraturc in the University Of Virginia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-29
THE UNIVERSITY.

Elsewhere is published an adver,
tisement of the University of South
Carolina. The outreach of this insti-
tuition in many forms of public SER
vice is striking and its broadened
scope and consequent increased use
fulness is a source of qualification to
the friends of the University. Ex-
cellent opportunities are offered by
the University to young men of linn
tied means to prepare themselves fl I
their life work.
The teachers scholarships in the
University of South Carolina, worth
500 in money and exemption from
fees, offer a fine chance for the young
men of this county.
The University Of South Carolina
is now under a full head of steam.
Efficiency has marked the past session
to a remarkable degree. More than
400 students were present. A new
auditorium is now building, which
will be of great advantage. The sep
arate Y. NJ. G. A. building, with a
permanent secretary giving his whole
energy to the moral and religious
life of the students, is a fact of prime
importance. The spacious gymna-
SUM with good baths, the modern
inirmary with a trained nurse in at
tendance, r splendid means of in
surfing the health of students.
The outreach of the University in
many forms of public service is grip
ping the people of the whole State.
Close attention is given to the indi-
Vidual student.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-29
COTTON CATERPILLAR
MAY INVADE FIELDS
DIR. Hunter Advises Planters to
Prepare for Resistance in
Case Pest Comes.

Washington, May 21.-An invasion Of
the cotton belt by the cotton worm or cat
erplllar, Incorrectly called the army worm,
may be expected this season, in the opin'
ion Of w. D. Hunter, in charge OIL
the Southern field crop investigation OF
the department Of agriculture at Dallas.
expressing himself by way Of warning
rather than prediction. He advises plan.
tiers to make the necessary preparations
for fighting worm and begin operations al
the earliest possible moment.
Investigation had developed that all the
the cotton moth in the United States were
destroyed by the abnormal cold last
winter. Despite this fact, DR.. Hunter an
ticipates the possibility of another invasion
from South America.
For the control Of the cotton worm, Mr.,
Hunter advises the use Of powdered
a~rsenate Of lead, mixed with any otner.
material at the rate of two pounds per
acre.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-29
The PeriIs Of Strenuosity.
St. Louis Times.

st. Louis Times.
Now the pendulum Of popular thought
has swung back, and the rank and file OF
men know that the strenuous life is fal
from being what it was thought to be. So
berer minds hold that the American peo'
pie are already too strenuous, the most
strenuous people in the world, and thai
they incur special lisks, and miss special
enjoyments, because Of their bad habit OF
going at full speed.
1t was adhesion to the rule OF doing
things on the strenuous plan that sent the
Titanic to the bottom of the sea. BELIZE
in the strenuous derails nearly all the
trains that carry people to sudden death
The strenuous life is responsible FOR a ma
jor part Of the physical and mental ills OF
the American people.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-29
SOUTHERN SOIL POSSIBLE.
TIES.

On creek valley land and hillsides neal
Tuskegee, Ala, W. W. Thompson is de-
monstrating what drainage and scientific
farming can do for rundown soil, accord
ing to Thomas w. Nicol in the Mobile
ALA Register. These lands were farmed
in a crude way by negro tenants for
twenty years before Mr.. Thompson took
hold of them, and they showed the effect
He cleared abandoned fields, overgrown
creek bottoms, hillsides covered with sage,
brush and small pine, and now has,
through drainage and proper cultivation,
gained 300 acre of cotton, corn, clover
and oatsfields. Land which had a few
years ago yielded but half a bale OF cotton
an acre is now yielding from one bale to
one bale and Il half, and the yields per
acre OF oats nave increased from Is to 100
bushels or more. and corn from % to Is
bushels or more. This year, according to
Mr.. Nicol, there are six experiment farms
under National, State or private auspices,
and the property has become a model Tor
agriculturists. There are hundreds OF
thousands of acres of the same character
in the South-with which the same policy
may be pursued with similar results. on
the total acreage in farms in the South,
a%ggregating 1884, III 1000, only 49, S2 900
are in cultivation. Some of the remainder
are in woodland, but other parts of it are
lust the kind of acres that Mr.. Thompson
has reclaimed to productive agriculture.
Until all the available acreage of the
South is cultivated up to its full capacity,
anxiety about the supply of food for the
country should not be felt.-Manufactur-
er's Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-29
Seal of the Confederacy
Returned to Richmond

sell the complete records Of MIR. BenJa-
minis Office to men Of prominence n
wealth in the South. Not succeeding IN
doing SO he offered to sell to Secretary OF
State Seward the large and valuable docu-
ments Of the late Confederate States, en-
bracing all of the papers belonging to MIR.
Beniamin's loflce. The price asked was
$500. 900. This offer was declined, but the
government eventually bought the papers
at SIS. 1000, and they are now in the library
of congress. Admiral Selfridge, then a
lieutenant in the navy, acted as the agent
of the government, and to them the pa
pers were delivered in Canada in July,
1872. In 1873 Col. Pickett gave the seal to
Admiral Selfridge jim whose possession 1t
has remained ever since.
"At the time that Pickett issued his fac
SMILES he published q letter from the firm
that made the great seal, certifying that
these ~electroplates could not have been
made in any way but from the genuine
seal. While these general facts have been
easily ascertained from the Benjamin rec
ords in the library Of congress, the fact
that Pickett gave the seal to Selfridge has
only recently come to light by the un'
earthing of Fickett's letter books.
81 have know this myself since last o.
] tober, when Judge Walter A. Montgomery
of Richmond made known the showing OF
Pickett's books. A friend Of mine who
stands high in the historical world has
been working on Admiral Selfridge for a
; year or two, trying to induce him to pre-
sent the great seal to the Confederate mu
scum in Richmond with the understand
ing that the ladies in charge would give
the library of congress certain public rec
ords. I suppose this is the consummation
of the proposed trade.
I'm 1883 William E. Earle, a South Caro-
linian, residing in Washington, was pre-
sented with three of the bronze copies by
Col. Pickett. He sent one Of these to the
ofice:of the secretary Of the state OF
South tCarolina with his compliments
1t was published in 1.-THE newspapers that
Col. Earle had been given the great sea
Of the C%onfederacy and had presented II
to the State of South Carolina. In conse-
quence of that publication and its republi
cation many times since II receive a great
many letters asking questions about the
great SEAL"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-29
From the State.

That there is no doubt as tothe genuine
ness Of the great seal of the C~onfederacy,
which has lately been returned to Rich
mond by Rear Admiral Thomas Q. Self
ridge, U. S. N, retired, was stated yester-
day by A. S. Saliey, Jr., secretary OF the
South Carolina Neutrality-suspicious., who
has made a careful study of the history OF
the seal.
Il see by the press this morning" said
Mr.. Salley, that some doubt has been ex'
pressed as to the ~genuineness Of the great
seal of the Confederacy which has lately
been returned to Richmond by Rear Ad'
miral Thomas O. Selfridge, US: N, re-
tired. To well informed students Of Con
federate history there Is nothing surpris
ing in this story. 1t has been known tt
hundreds since 1873 that the great sea
was preserved. In that year facsimiles O.
it in gold, silver and bronze were ISSUED
by Col. John T. Pickett, the first Confed
crate commissioner to Mexico, who was
then practicing law and selling Confeder
ate curios and relics in the city Of Wash
|~ington. Records in the library Of congress.
show how Col. Pickett came by this seal
/ SENT TO CHARLOTTE.
lon March 20, 1865, five days before thu
| evacuation of Richmond, the Confederate
secretary of state, Judah P. Benjamin,
sent William J. Cromwell, disbursing CLERK
Of the department, to Charlotte, NC.
with three boxes Of the belongings OF tina
department, to be putin a place Of safety
lBromwell was ordered to stop in Danvillt
and get three trunks and four boxes o
records and property of the state depart
ment which he had stored some weeks
previously at the Danville Female college
and take these along also. He took tht
ten packages Of records to Charlotte, al
irving there on April l, and stored them IL
a room in the court house. Five days la
ter he wrote to Mr.. Benjamin that he hat
placed all of the boxes in six large strong
boxes without disturbing the contents ant
had marked these boxes with his W in
itials instead Of Confederate state depart
ment, in order to attract as little atten
tion as possible.
I'm September, 1866, Cromwell, who wa
then practicing law in Richmond, accept
ed O. position in Pickett's Office in Wash
lngton. Soon after this Pickett offered tx
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-29
The Press and Baseball.
News and Courier.

&NC"O ohN SooLkSk
That baseball owes much Of its popular
ity to the publicity given it by the press
was strikingly shown during the recent
newspaper strikes in Chicago. The papers
were forced to give the national game little
space, or none at all. The result was a
very noticeable falling off in attendance
at the league games, and at amateur
games also. The newspapers have made
baseball the national sport. Success has
never been able to resist the persistent
wooing Of publicity, in baseball or in any
thing else. One OF the first men in this
country to recognize this was John Wana.
maker, and Theodore Roosevelt has
grasped the idea even more fully than the
great merchant.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-29
Acute Indigestion
Successfully Treated

A little tablet called "Digestit" hes
been found to be a certain quick relief
for acute indigestion. Many cases have
been reported where instant relief re.
suited from its use. Browns Digestit
is the successful treatment for all stom.
ach disorders. 1t relieves indigestion
instantly and cures dyspepsia. Sold
on positive guarantee-50c.
Ak at Milford's C'rug Store.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-29
For Mr.. A. S. Salley, Jr., ~secretar

For Mr.. A. S. Salley, Jr., secretary
of the South Carolina Historical So
ciety, we have the most profound
respect, and when he says that the
seal recently presented to the COnfed-
crate museum in Richmond is the
genuine seal of the Confederacy we
are inclined to accept his opinion as
worthy of all respect. The absolute
Authorization of this instrument as
the original seal of the Confederacy
should set at rest the many rumors
as to the disposition of that interest
ing article.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-29
Not Paint

The worst mistake in painting is moi
putting-off. That costs about 10 percent
you keep your money a year and pay 1C
percent for it.
Paint would have to come down 25 per-
cent to make 10 percent on the job, fol
wages do not go-down.
The worst mistake is ''cheap" paint. II
costs from so percent to 100, first cost and
another in wear
What a liar 'cheap" is! "Put-off' is bac
enough; "cheap" is ten times worse:
DEVOE
/, P. B. Speed sells it.