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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-18
LOOK FORWARD TO APRIL l.
Anthracite Workers Return to Work,
Strike Having Failed.

louisville, Pa, March 1S-The re-
mainder of the mine workers, about 3, 800
in number. employed by the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation Company in the Panther
Creek valley who quit a week ago be-
cause some Of the men in the mines re-
fused to join the union returned to work
today.
The men who quit were unsuccessful in
getting all the workers to join the union.
but they express confidence that every
man in the mines will stop work In the
event Of strike being called at the end
of this month
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-18
Not Harmful to the Kids.

.It looks like tough job for kid"
said union official who piloted me
through this particular breaker, but the
fact is that it don't hurt 'em. Look at
'em. They're tough lot Of youngsters"
Yet, as I watched them work for ten
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-18
JEWELS AND COAT STOLEN.
Another Robbery Ascribed to the
"Duplicate Kew Worker"

Another robbery by the duplicate key
worker" the police think, was committed
last week in the apartment of Mrs. Annie
Poole, 1541 NJ street northwest. Mrs.
Poole did not know Of the theft until
yesterday, not having had occasion since
Friday to inspect the contents of a bu-
reau drawer in which she had placed
diamond pendant worth about 5000; a
watch and chain worth 81. and s37 in
cash.
Persian lamb coat was taken from a
closet in Mrs. PQole's apartment. She
thinks the robbery was committed Fri
day night. during her temporary absence
from home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-18
MRS. LETTER MUCH BETTER.
Her Condition, Which Has Been Re
ported Critical, Is Improved.

Mrs. Joseph Letter, wife OF the Chicago
millionaire, who was reported to be crit
ically i'll at the home of her father, Col
John r. Williams. 1912 r street north
west, is greatly improved today.
Mrs. Letters third child, Thomas Will
liams Letter, was born several weeks ago,
and Mrs. Letter was at the Providence
Hospital She insisted upon returning to
her fathers home and caught a severe
cold on the trip across the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-18
SAY STRIKE IS SURE
People in Anthracite Region
Unanimous in Belief.
MINERS ARE WEARY OF TOLL
Feverish Haste Displayed in Antici-
patton Of April /.
MEN WORKING TO THE LIMIT
Business Men in Scranton and
Wilkesbarre and in Valleys Pes
simistic Regarding Outlook.
MINERS ARE WEARY OF TOLL
MEN WORKING TO THE LIMIT
BY GEORGE II. GORDON.

SCRANTON. March 1S.-Enough an
thracite coal has been taken out from
under the city Of Scranton in the twelve
months just ending to fill Broadway, NJ
Y, to the height of the sixth floor of it's
buildings for distance of thirteen miles
and half.
From the mines in the valleys of the
Lackawanna and Wyoming. including
the cities of Scranton and Wilkesbarre,
the miners have taken out enough Of this
precious combustible to fill Broadway to
an equal height for distance Of forty
miles.
And today there is not enough of it left
speaking literally, to cover the same
famous thoroughfare a foot in depth
much beyond Madison Square. And this,
too, Notwithstanding the fact that every
one Of the thirty-three mines in Scranton
and 1877 in the valleys are working to the
limit. Down under the earth thousands
Of men are feverishly drilling and blast
ing, cars are rumbling with their loads
piled high to the shafts.
Up into hundreds Of breakers the loads
are lifted, dumped into the hoppers, and
hour after hour these go on crashing and
smashing. Yet no gain is being made.
The fact is that the country, alarmed by
the experience of Great Britain and Its
coal famine, with the industrial disasters
which have followed and brought the
English nation to the verge of a revolu-
ton, is in panic for anthracite.
Nothing like the condition here in the
land of Phoebe Snow has ever been
known. Not since Morris and John Wertz,
away back in 1914, opened the first hard
coal mine has the present situation been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-18

nothing had taken place that would pre-
vent further conferences on any new
proposition made by the miners He
would not undertake to predict whether
or not there would be a strike this time.
he said, but he felt that the rank and
file of the miners were not anxious for
and their relations with their employers
were friendly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-18

minutes and found myself choking with
the dust, even in such a short time. as !
literally filled with anthracite. could
not but contrast them to Whittiers:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-18

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quininc Tablets. Drug.
Gists refund money II IL fails to cure. Z ".
GROVES signature 10 on each box. 26c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-18
Avoidance Of Friction.

This has been done to avoid friction.
In the old days a. few OF the miners
were unscrupulous and took advantage
Of the laborers, who were Tor the most
part recently arrived immigrants. In
some cases the laborer found himself de-
frauded altogether. There were frequent
fights and several killings over such dis
putes. Happily these things are of the
past.
One of the godsends Of mining OF today
is that the breaker boy is rapidly being
eliminated by machines which automati-
calIy sort the coal from the rock and
slate.
Yet every mine still employs some of
these lads. They are supposed to be
sixteen years old before they are permit
ted to work in the mines. | saw twenty
of them today in one OF the big preak-
ers, and at least half of them, or SIX
teen years of age, are sadly stunted.
The fact, however seems to be. and both
sides admit it, that many boys are sent
to the breakers by INSCRIPTIONS parents
when hardly twelve years old. Ihere
may be exceptions where a widowed
mother has to have the 81 or 80 week
that the little man makes.
And to get 1t he sits there nine long,
weary hours in clouds Of choking dust,
picking, picking, always picking bits OF
rock and slate as the shiny black di2-
monds slide toward him in steel chute
about two feet wide. He works IN 81,
lence, for the roar of the breaker would
drown any effort at speech. Yet he is
a merry, cheerful lad. and during the
noon rest you will find him romping or
playing ball, and at night one often finds
breaker boys, dressed to the point or
nattiness in Lackawanna avenue or at
the motion picture houses or vaudeville
fhaaferS
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Blessings on thee, little man.
Barefoot boy with cheeks of tan"

Blessings on thee, little man.
Barefoot boy with cheeks of TAM
AS we waded through several inches of
mud in leaving this particular operation
that's what they call mine plant here
and looked back at the clouds of black
CRIME coming from the high-up breaker
windows l found myself paraphrasing
the good gray Quaker poet. For to me
1t was:
Breaker boy. all choked in dust,
Toiling there because you must.
Were there in this country anywhere
prison where boys were set at such labor
there would be a countrywide protest
and it would be stopped: But these lads
are not prisoners. They are free.
They are enjoying their constitutional
right to work-and are being worked.
If there is q strike 1t will be a deeper
problem than mere wages and hours of
labor. It will mean that 10000 men who
have labored without cessation for ten
years are weary Of their toll. They want
a vacation just as we take 1t In the city,
and from all appearances they mean to
have it, wages and hours Of labor to take
care of themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-18

the miners Is cents ton, or II the
payment is by the car the deduction Is
made from the amount due the miner
on his contract.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-01-10
WEST END.
Personal Paragraphs and News Items
Contributed by Miss Lily Tsmplston.

Miss Emma C. White left Saturday
for Spartanburg after spending the
Xmas holidays here with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. White.
Mrs. Guy Gilliland, who has been
here spending some time with her
sister, Mrs. J. B. Loyal, has returned
to her home in Monroe, N. c.
The; Civic League will meet Thurs
day afternoon in the Club Rooms. All
members are urged to. be present as
this is the time for election Of officers
Mr.. Jack Harden left Monday fol
Atlanta, Ca, where he is teaching al
the Fleet-Peacock Academy. ...
Miss Belle Visanska and MI. G.. A
Yisanska left last week for Summer
ville,,+ where they will spend the re-
mainder of the winter. r.. va
Mr.. J. Moors Mars has gone to Co
lumbia for the meeting Of the Senate
Rev. and Mrs. II. w. Pratt came
home Friday from Lynchburg, Va,
where they. have been to spend the
holidays with MI. Pratt's home peo-
pie. s. =... =:
Miss Floride Smith Of Spartanburg,
is in the city the guest Of Miss Mary
Smith. Miss Smith has many friends
here who, are glad to welcome her to
the home,,of her childhood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-01-10
Gripped in Ice.

The wealthy may travels to the utmost
parts OF the earth and views Its natural
scenery. Men tslk Of the cut glass chande'
liers OF the White House, or Of the Vatican,
and speak of crystal palaces, but the poor
est man in Abbeville had a scene brought
to his door yesterday morning that all the
combined beauties Of earth beside could
not rival.
The City Of Abbeville Is we'll set In shade
trees. During Monday night these were
wrapped In Ice, bending gracefully under
the weight OF the crystal burden. When
the sun rose on the scene, It's rays were re-
tiected from millions Of sparkling c~enters,
producing q scene unearthly in its beauty
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-01-10

Assist the kidneys-help them cleanse
the blood supply-get hid OF the Uuric
acid which Is sure to collect when the y
noys become weakened. Nyals Stone
Root Compound will do it. Ask us about
it. McMurray Drug Co.
The largest stock Of drugs and fancy
poodsin the STATED Phone G. A. Milford d
Co, wants. Phone 107.
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IMAGINATION.

The mental faculty of picturing above
and beyond the actual, the present, We
term imagination. 1t is the flashllght In
which the plans Of genius are permanent
ly photographed. The events Of history
had their origin in vague imaginings.
Napoleon dreamed Of empire long before
he gave away the crown OF Spain.
The mind that Is not imaginative will al
ways drag close to earth-will plod under
the weight of another's burden. On the
other hand, a mind that Is over imagina-
tive will sore above things real and bring
its possessor to penury. The we'll bal
anced mind reaches out beyond the known,
the actual, catches here and there an idea,
condenses it, and gives 1t concrete form in
the mould OF reason.
The qualifications Of the imaginations
that evolved the cotton gin, the locomo-
tive, telegraphy or any or all modern In
ventlons, II they could have been pre-
served In print would each have made q
large volume OF interesting reading. Fc-
ticlous creations Of poets and novelists,
mulllplIOu ldt bOyOhu Nv PScoiDikipy vi
any man acquiring a knowledge Of them,
represent only culled and digested thought.
Think Of the process by which these
thoughts took permanent and lasting
shape, how many thoughts rose In the
mind, we're tested by reason and rejected!
In the field Of literature, people Of the
United States are growing less and less
imaginative yearly. A degree Of quiet Is
essential to active imagination. Where
poverty or lust for gain drives . man, lit
erary imagination finds no Judgment In
the mind. =.
Perhaps the spirit Of commercialism
that characterizes Americans Is o: itself
sufficient to account for the decadence Of
American authorship. That Americans
have excelled In the field Of invention is
probably due to that lust for gain that
looks for the dollar mark In the babbling
brook, in the driving wind and evenin the
%lightning's flash. ID. 81.
Nothing great was ever accomplished
that did not first have vague andindefinite
existence In imagination-s day dream,
then a thought, then a developed idea or
plan, and then performance.
Had the hnman family been without the
faculty OF Imagination from creations
dawn, mans lot would be little better than
that OF the OK. How cold and dead would
this world be without this faculty to inter-
pret the beauties OF naturel Flowers that
are but food to the OF, to man are tokens
OF love and esteem. The bride carries
them to the altar, and they are leid on the
graves Of our dear ones as the hearts 'teh-
derest expression Of sorrow that may not
be spoken. =
Through the faculty, imagination, the
orbits Of the earth, moor and stars have
been fixed in the heavens. The idea wa
Iconceived long before the fact was capable
Of proof. Imagination links the present,
material, with the future eternal. To the
unimaginative. life holds no love, no light,
NO God.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-01-10
County Roads.

In all the counties OF the Piedmont the
roads are almost impossible for q loaded
vehicle. For five weeks there has been
only a few days Of sunshine and much
rain, and the result Is the worst roads We
have had In fifteen years, due entirely t.
the weather. =. !
Should the movement Of FERTILIZER begin
soon, as 1t Is likely to begin, the roads may
become ven worse than they are nov.
1t we're better to delay hauling at least
until the roads are thoroughly dried out,
They would then not be cut any deeper at
any rate. .
In the condition they IN In at present
hoavy hauling would all but ruin them.
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nouncing the going out Of the old
year and the coming in Of the New.
The new came i nwith but little I'M
provement upon the old. First three
days, were cloudy, cold and rainy,
the next three were the coolest days
that we have had for years. Many OF
us were surprised to see yesterday
morning the ground vocered an inch
and a half or two inches with snow,
the first that has fallen upon this
part of the country for years. At this
writing much Of the snow, the beau
tiful snow, has melted.
Mr.. E. J.Huckabee went to the Falls
Monday and met his wife and little
boy, who had spent two weeks with
relatives at Sampit and brought them
home, -! "":
MI. r. r. Jones, who had spent
some days at his old home at Foun-
tain Inn, came back last week.
Troupe.
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Bride and Groom Received.

One Of the most pleasant social affairs
that the people Of AbbeviIle have enjoyed
this season wa the reception given by
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Hayne McDill on last Tues
day night in honor Of the Homecoming OF
Hon. J. Fraser Lyon and his beautiful
young bride, formerly Mics Kathleen
Greenwood. In the face Of bad weather
many friends were present to greet the
happy pair.
MI. and Mrs. McDil were assisted In re-
ceiving by DR.. and Mrs. CA. Milford, Nh.
and Mrs. W. P. Greene, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. g. White and Mrs. Belle Aston.
Guests were shown first into the recep-
ton room to meet the bride. This room
was a thing Of beauty" tastily decorated
In Englishsivy and white narcissus. The
hall was decorated in Ivy and pamsetties.
Refreshments, a buffet supper with wine,
were served in the dining room. The dec
Grafton Of this Don was unique and ex-
ceedingly beautiful. Longlleaffpine hung
in dropping festoons around the~walls; of
the room, making 9 continuous wreath.
Refreshments were served by Misses Mary
Bradley, Margaret Sondley and Mary
Hodges. Cards were taken by Misses
Mary Aiken and Kate McDill. Punch was
served by Miss Louise McDill, assisted by
some Of her lady friends.
On Wednesday night, the happy couple
were given a delightful entertainment by
MI. and Mrs. W. P. Greene. Others we're
anxious to entertain them, but owing to a
previous arrangement which Mr.. Lyon
had made to attend a cotillion in Green
Vile this pleasure was denied some of his
friends.
Mrs. Lyon lived formerly in Boston,
Massachusetts, but for many years she
has spent her winters in Beaufort, sc. 1t
WAS here that MI. Lyon met her. She Is
tall, stately and exceedingly beautiful.
Mr.. Lyon Is q native of this county. he
has served the State for two terms as At
torney General, and bears the distinction
Of having had In hand more important
legal cases than have fallen to the hands
Of any of his predecessors. He has &C
quilted himself honorably and with decid.
ed ability. Abbeville is proud Of his ca,
reer and gives him the glad handnow that
he has joined the Benediots.
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\.
BELLEVUE

We have had disagreeable weather
for the past three weeks. In some
places the roads are almost impassa-
BILE. ....: ..
Mrs. MCGEE and children, of Iva, are
guests of Mrs.W. H. Kennedy. :.
Mrs. M. e. Wardlaw had a reunion
Of her family at her home on Xmas
Day. A.. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Wardlaw Morrah, and
Prof. and MRS. Mark Bradley and lit
tie son, Mrs. Ada Kennedy, David and
Willie Robinson, Miss Bessie Morrah,
Mi. Edwin Parker and family, MI. and
Mrs. A. B. Kennedy. Mr.. Frank Nc
Gee and 8. P. Morrah, Jr., were visit
ors in Bellevue during the Xmas hol-
idays.
Miss Rosa Bradley Of Raleigh, n
c., Messrs. Frank, Foster and Eus-
tace Bradley, Of Columbia, spent
Xmas at home with Rev. and Mrs. r.
F. Bradley. .-,s
Mrs. Mollte %Clinkscales, Of Lowndes-
Vile; ia having q nice little cottage
built in Wellington and will move
down as soon Is 1t is completed.
/ The college boys and girls who
spent the holidays at home were:
Miss Louise Britt of Limestone. Miss
Rebecca Wardlaw and Mr.. Boyce
Wideman; Of Due West; Cadets Han
yey, Morrah, Kennedy, Wayland, Ben.
and ]. B. Britt Of Clemson.
Miss Sadie Leslie Of Clinton, 8. G..
spent Xmas with her mother, Mrs
Emma Leslie.
Mi. and Mrs. Adam Bradley OF Wat
erloo, spent Xmas with his parents.
Miss Carrie Cowan spent a few
days before Xmas with relatives In
kAtlanta. ~ . .
Messrs. Morrah and Wardlaw were
in Anderson Saturday on BUSINESS.
MI. and Mrs. Christian from nea'
Mccormick have charge of the Lethe
Home, for the present year.
Miss Carrie Wideman, Mr.. Gordon
and Miss Eddie, of Iva, were guests
Of Mrs. ": P. Wideman last week.
Mr.. 8. P. Morrah recently visited
Atlanta, he was the guest OF MI. ane
Mrs. Wardlaw Morrah.
MI. c. ]. Britt and MI S. W. cowar
will attend the meeting Of County Far
mers' Union to morrow.
Mesdames ]. L. Kennedy, w. d
Morrah, Edwin Parker. g. R. Cade, ]
D. Wardlaw and jamie; Morrah enter
tanned q number of their friends a
elegant dinings during the past week
Miss Jennie Widemani after two
weeks vacation, opened her schoo
TUESDAY.
Mr.. John Morrah, Jr., was recenti!
the guest Of friends at Cross. Hill.
Miss Georgia Kennedy came home
! Saturday, after a pleasant stay Will
friends near Rome, Ga.
Miss Ellen Morrah entertained {
few relatives on Saturday at a dining
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-01-10
Confesses His Crime.

The confession Of Reverend Clarence V
T. Richeson to the ruin and murder Of his
sweetheart, Miss Linnel, is revolving ir
the extreme; but there is some mitigation
In the fact that he confessed before trla
and apparently without hope OF benehttne
thereby.
That ministers are mortal, In fact are
mere men, subject to the frailties OF the
flesh, IL they allow themselves to depart
but one step from the path Of right, people
have come to know. That the sin Of com
mission will surely follow the harboring oil
sinful thoughts Is a law Of nature.
That the shame OF public odium, the
blasting OF a career, fear Of disgrace. worse
than death. might have driven the Reyer
end Richeson to do murder to conceal the
more dastardly crime is conceivable. Blu,
how, after these things, he could stand III
the temple Of the Most High, in the pres
ence of God and man, and keep up a de.
cepiion, is beyond comprehension Minis
tiers may not always have consciences void
OF offense, but how, after the commission
Of an overt act Of sin, they q harbor II
unconfessed, and with Its biackness on the
soul preach the gospel OF purity, honesty
and holiness battles understanding.
= Though Reverend Richeson's confession
comes almost in the shadow Of the gal
LOW s, there is in it a note Of true penitence
Avenging conscience and not fear Of deatt
has been the ~actuating cause.
The double crime Of seduction and muir
der should be punished by the severesi
penalty Of the law, but what IN this case
would be the severest penalty2 II he were
the ordinary bruit, devoid Of conscience
who lives In fear only OF bodily harm, theI
the electric chair should be his potion
Reverend Richeson 1t seems is descended
from good people. It is fair to assume
that his entire life In the ministry has no
been that OF the wolf In sleeps clothing
that his motives we're once pure and bill
purpose holy. His calling, his environ
ment should have tended to the cultiva
ton Of whatever good there may have
been in him. His confession evidences tn
awakening Of conscience. Then 1t woult
seem that the greatest punishment tina
could be meted out to him would be II
clothe him In a felon's stripes, and let hin
live tormented by the lashings Of con
science until death by natural causes. Thu
humiliation and labor Of convict servic'
WILLIS as nothing. The ever present fac
of his victim, her prayer and pleading II
tsaye her honorably from the shame he hat
wrought, her dying agonies from the dead
ly potion he had Eiven-these crowdini
into his mind In the dark hours OF TIT
night would make his lot more terrible
than death, a place more to be dreaded
than hell itself. Not In mercy, but to sat
isfy to the fullest the demands OF justic'
the Reverend Richeson should be allowed
to live-to live to pray for death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-01-10
Rain Beaus.

The News and Courier is ready to throw
away $1,000 on q rainbow, but wa careful
enough to limit its field Of capture. to the
city Of Charleston. We were not before
informed as to the scarcity Of rainbeaus
In Charleston. During every rainy season
In Abbeville the rain deers up this way
just capture stacks Of rain beaus. They
have them to throw away, and there Is not
a single rain deer that would not willingly
send the News and Courier q sample Of her
conquests for less than $1,000. The News
and Courier says:
"A reward of s 1000 cash In hand Is Of.
fered to the first gentleman, lady o. child
that will espy a rainbow In this vicinity,
said re ward to be paid upon presentation
of the rainbow"
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TAX COLLECTORS NOTICE.
OFFICE WILL BE OPEN FROM
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14th
UNTIL SATURDAY DE-
OEMBER 3oth. 1911.
The Bate Of State, County, School
and Special Tai, Including One
Dollar Poll Tax, One Dollar
Communication Tax.

IN ACCORDANCE Nth AN ACT TO
! raise suppiies for tho f1scsl ysaE.c ommApc-
log January II 1911, notice IT, hereby gtsen
VILE County viii be opan for the collection Of
Mxss for said iroai year from Saturday, Octo-
ner 18th, until saturday. DeOembef 30ths With.
r.ut penalty. There VIII % added
a penalty Of one par oent. on sli taxss MOI
A penalty OF two per cent. on all taxes NOT
paid on Esorosrs 1t; is ~, 49,, On 4, ,..ss
not paid ON March 1st, lSfL
Rates per cent. Of taxation are - folloys;
state rsx.-.-..As..-... w mills.
County Tax .............a-....... o
Special County 81. F..,........ 4
Constitutional School, ........S8