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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-10-16
Notice Of
Election
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Abbeyille.

Notice is hereby given that the
General Election for Presidential and
Vice-Presidential Electors and Rep
resentatives in Congress will be held
at the voting precincts fixed by law
in the County OF Abbeville on Tues
day, November S, 1912, said day be-
ing Tuesday following the first Mon
day, as prescribed by the State Con-
stitution.
The qualifications for suffrage are
as follows:
Residence in State for two years. in
the County one year, in the polling
precinct in which the elector offers
to vote, four months, and the payment
six months before any election of any
poll tax then due and payable. Pro-
vided, That ministers in charge OF an
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-10-16
Breathe HY0MEI and
END CATARRH

II you really want 10 get rid Of vie
Catarrh why not give Booths HYO-
MEL treatment a fair trial
G. A. Milford & Co. are authorized
to refund your money if you think
you have not been benefited, and on
that brsis every Catarrh victim in Alb
beville ought to start to Danish Ca
tarrh this very day.
HYOMEI is a soothing, healing an
tiseptic air made from Australian Eu-
calyplus and other antisepticI; it kills
Catarrh germI aud contains no poison
Gus drugs. Simple Instructions for use
on each package. Complete outfit,
81. 90; extra bottles soc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-10-16
NOTICE

I am still In the Plumbing business
in your city and | would be very glad
to give you estimates OH your Plumb.
ing work. Ny prices are right and
suits all. Work guaranteed and work
man like manner Repair work attend
ed to with prOmptness. Put your
plumbing In good order, for the VIM
ter Is coming soon.
Respect. yours,
j. Z. NORRIS,
J%Ourneyman Plumber.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-10-16

No aB
A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an
Amendment to Article K of the
Constitution, by Adding Thereto
Section 14a, to Empower the Cities
Of Charleston and Beaufort to AS
sess Abutting Property for Perma-
nent improvements.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State OF
South Carolina, That the following
amendment to Article x Of the State
Constitution, to be known as Section
la Of said Article Y, be agreed to
by two-thirds Of the members elected
to each house, and entered on the
Journals respectively, with yeas and
lays taken thereon, and be submitted
to the qualified electors Of the State
at the next general election thereaf-
ter for Representatives, to-wit: Add
the following section tc Article X OF
the Constitution, to be and be known
as Section la.
Section 14a. The General Assembly
may authorize the corporate author
tiles of the cities of Charleston and
Beaufort to levy an assessment upon
abutting property for the purpose OF
for permanent improvements
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-12-25
Sugar Cured Hams

One successful farmer uses the
following:
Ten quarts of pure water, 4 pounds
Of rock salt, l pound of granulated
sugar, LOUNGE of salt-peter.
Trim almost all of the fat from
the hams, then pack in barrel and
sprinkle over each layer rock salt.
put on a heavy weightand compress
it..
Make q brine Of the above form.
ula, allow TO stand for a few hours
and skim of all froth. then pour in
to the barrel without removing the
weight. Have all pieces covered
with brine. Allow the undissol we'd
part OF the brine to remain on the
,op of the meat. Keep In q cool
place for about one month.
Smoke with hickory wood and
clean corn ccbs. Bank the fire with
dampened sawdust. Length Of
time for smoking depends upon
taste, y hether desired well CURED q,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-12-25
Death Toll of Railroads

Every time t1e big railroads of
the country took in 50, $50 from the
operation of their freight and pas
senger trains. during the fiscal year
ending June 80 last. a human being
was killed or injured. The casual
ties amounted to lS0.123. OF that
number, 10 $50 we're killed and l69,-
53S were injured. according to the
Interstate Commerce Commission
report sent to Congress.
During the year the railroads hav-
ing incomes of 100000 or more
earned on an average . Few cents
more than SO, 1862 per mile of road
operated. During the preceding
year they earned few cents more
than 50, 465.
There was decrease in earnings
per mile OF road operated and an in
crease in the number of person:
killed and injured, the decrease il
earnings being $l03l6 per mile
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-12-25
Will Use Whipping Post

The whipping post for wife. beat
ers which has remaiaed idle in the
Baltimore city Jail for several
months, will be called into play
once more. according to sentence
passed by Judge Elliot in the Grim
inal court last week. Joseph Walk
err. colored, was sentenced to suffer-
five lashes at the post and spend 80
days in Jail for beating his wife.
1t was Walkers third offense OF
wife beating. He aud his wife had
difficulties over money, and it was
in one OF the arguments about this
that Walker made the attack on her
The whipping post at the Jail has
been used for wife. beaters four o,
five times in the last six or sever
years.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-12-25
"v. Pr. Farmers Week"

A circular just received from the
State Agricultural College at Blacks
burg, states that three days farm
ers' meeting will be held there jan
uary /, 2, 3, 1918. This meeting is
for practical farmers who wish the
latest information on profitable meth
DDS Of farming. Practical subjects
will be discussed in q practical way
by the agricultural faculty OF the
v. P. l., and by other speakers.
Thursday. January End, the State
Corn Growers Association will meet
at Blacksburg. and will hold corn
judging contest and competitive
exhibit Of corn and wheat. In the
evening the College will tender an
agricultural banquet to the visitors.
TIE cost OF attending this meeting
will be small, the only expense be
ing railroad fare and living ex-
penses. The College furnishes
board at sixty cents per dav, and
lodging can be secured at very rea
sonable rates. The regular holiday
railroad rates of one and three fifths
fare fer the round trip can be used.
These tickets are sold December
3lst, and are good for return trip
until January 9th. We hope many
of our farmers wilt attend the
meeting.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-12-25
Last of the Allan Can

Sidna Allen, regarded by many
as the real ringleader OF the gang
that shot up the Carroll county court
March IA last, killing five person,
and Wesley Edwards. his nephew.
held to be scarcely less desperate
character than his uncle, we're
taken to Richmond Saturday after
noon, Dec. Ia, heavily manacled.
oidna faces 30 aggregate OF thirty
i've years in tn State prison and
Wesley Edwards ~ ~ty-seven years
for their parts in tie staying OF
Judge TIL. Massie. Common W ca til 5
Attorney w. Nj. Foster. Sheriff L.
r. Webb. Juror A. p. Fowler and
Miss Betty Ayres. They are the
last of ,tha. clan 10 oa .nlaond !. hahand
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-12-25
Expenses of Virginia Congressman

Congressman Carter Glass, An
drew Jackson Montague, William
A. Jones and Walter A. Watson. all
OF whom were successful in their
fight for election. spent not cent
to get the certificates at the hands
of the voters after they had been
nominated.
Congressman James Hay, of the
Seventh district, separated himself
from $229.3 of the coin of the realm.
Congressman Flood in the Tenth.
managed to squander 81, 1851.
Congressman Charles G. Carlin OF
the Eighth, got by with al outlay OF
1928. 10.
Down in the Second district Con-
gresham Holland spent. $680.25.
Congressman Slemp,in the Ninth.
was force to extend himself to the
amount of "a. ss464, while General
Rufus A. Ayres, his Democratic op-
ponent, accounts for distributing
81. $50. 25. and had the satisfaction OF
seeing his opponent get the certifi-
onkA
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-12-25
Rockbridge Athletic Association

The Rockbridge Athletic Associa
ton was organic ID last week at the
meeting OF the Rock bridge Teachers
Institute, and the following officers
elected:
Mr.. Harrington Waddell. presi-
dent; Mr.. ". Rodrigues, vise-pres.
ident; Miss Halle V. Addison, sec
rotary and treasurer.
A meeting of these officers has
been called for the second Monday
in January in Lexington to arrange
a spring schedule among the high
schools OF the county. President
Smith OF Washington and Lee. and
Captain Brumage OF the Virginia
Military Institute. will meet with
these officers, and they have prom.
ised their support to the movement
A track meet will be held at the
Virginia Military Institute in the
early spring, the various high
schools of the sounty to be repre-.
sented in the contests.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-12-25
LAND C0NveYANCEs
AND BUILDING SALES
Real Estate and Property Transfers
Recorded

The following deeds OF bargain
and sale were entered of record in
the Clerks Office Of Rockbridge
county for two weeks ending Dec.
81. 1912:
H. G. Kier to Dizzy Kier, acre
near Rockbridge Baths, adj. John
Goen.
]. T. Snider, ]. w. Lyle, Jas. G.
Leech. Solomon Wrepger, ]. S.
Davis. W. T. Davis, H. G. Leecb, T.
L. Campbell to Public Service Pow
or Co.. option to purchase 874 acres
Cd Little Calf Pasture River, Walk
er's Greek district.
H. ]. Wilhelm to Ed. Trassel B
lao acres adj. Hubert Snider,
Kerrs Greek district, 800.
f. r. Preston to Public Service
Power Co.. option to purchase 2S9
acres, Walkers Greek district.
p. NJ. Penick, commr. to ]. A.
Alexander. 900 acres near Panther's
Gap 90 east side Mill Mountain, adj.
d. S. Morgan.
Mrs. Maude P McCluer TO S. r.
Leckey. 20 acres and 81 poles near
Natural Bridge. $1,000.
W. q. Matthew's, trustee, B, G..
Bald win. f. w. Saunders to School
Board Natural Bridge district, GER
tain lots in town of Glasgow.
Matte ]. Carter TO Emanuel J.
Wenger, house and lot cn west side
OF Main street. Fairfield, adj. e. r.
Flippo. 1000.
d. H. Rosen to School Board
South River District. lot near Ra-
phine, adj J. II. Cox. $3.50.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-12-25
STRIKING CHARACTERISTICS
Points of Information Concerning
Woodrow Wilson

Following are some OF the charac-
terists OF President-elect Wood
Wilson:
He has a charming aud beautiful
wife and three charming daughters.
His daughters all look much more
like him than like their mother.
hey are all grown and unmarried.
HIS first name is Thomas" but
he has not used it for many years.
They called him Tommy in college.
He does not use tobacco. Drinks
little wine sometimes and Scotch
highball when very tired. Butter
milk is his favorite beverage.
His favOrite recreation is golf.
He never drinks ice water.
Sleeps from 6 to IL hours out OF
every "a.
He is SO years old.
Likes automobiiing, but often goes
- sleep in the motor.
He is a shorthand aud typewrit-
ing expert. Writes all his speeches,
lectures and books that way. He
uses the Graham system OF short
aand."
He is feet and 10 inc es tall and
weighs l77 pounds,
He can run half mile without
losing his wind"
Dislikes military display.
Except for few thousand dollars
which he saved from his salary as
President OF Princeton University,
be has no property or money.
Considers 10 his lucky number.
There are 13 letters in his name and
in his 18th year as Professor Of
Princeton he was elected it's 18th
president.
Likes to go to the theatre. Pre-
fers comedy to ligIt opera.
His best speeches are impromptu.
He has enormous ears and large
mouth, irregular, some what dis
colored teeth
He wears eyeglasses all the time.
He was good baseball and foot
ball player when a young man.
He is Scotch Irish.
His father was a Presbyterian
minister and he is a Presbyterian,
too.
When away from home be sends
his wife "lettergram" every night.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-12-25
State Crusade Yielding Valuable
Result

The sanitary crusades OF the
State Board of Health and the De.
partment of Public Instruction is
meeting with the hearty support of
the county school authorities and
is bringing about a notable i'm
provement in the sanitary condition
OF the rural schools, which is we'll
reflected in reports filed recently
by the inspector of the two depart.
ments.
The most encouraging aspect OF
the great Improvement, said an
officer OF the Board of Health, is
the fact that these reforms are
coming from the local authorities
and are not being forced upon them
in any sense. School trustees and
teachers are alive to the fact that
the progress OF their pupils is more
dependent upon their health than
npon any other single factor. Those
in charge realize, too, that the money
spent in improving the sanitatio on OF
the schools saves the community
from disease and renders more
efficient the regular school work.
They know that the com munity
which conf fines it's children for long
hours in close, badly lighted and
badly ventilated rooms sins against
the future. Aroused to these facts.
they are willing to do their utmost
and only ask for advice as to the
best method of procedure. The
next year will witness a veritable
transformation in this respect"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-12-25
STRANGE BEASTS ARE
TO FURNISH OUR MEAT
A Bill Introduced in Congress for
Animal Importation


Filet de rhinoceros, planked hip.
popotamus steak, wsrt hog chitter
lings, gemsbok sirloin, barbecued
dik-dik, giraffe outlets with onions
and roast yak!
How does that strike you for
meat dinner? Well, the menu NAV
jolt at first. but who knows?-our
children or grandchildren may vet
be eating such food.
AT any rate, Representative Rob.
ert +. Broussard of Louisiana, en-
tertains such a belief, He is the
author OF the novel Animal Jmpor-
tation' bill, which, broadly speak
ing, has for its object the Furnishing
OF meat for future generations in
America.
AS the population OF the United
States by 1850 may possibly be as
much as 100000 900, the Pelican
State Congressman thinks it is time
to begin thinking of food for these
mortals.
he does not believe ths t the faith
ful, though embarrassing animals.
which have furnished meat in the
past-cattle, sheep aud swine-will
suffice for the needs of the people.
And hence he would import q
great many OF the wild beasts OF
Africa, Asia and elsewhere and es-
taolish them on lands where nature
would properly supply them with
food.
Mr.. Broussard thinks the delta of
the Mississippi in Louisiana and the
Everglades in Florida would be fine
place for raising the juicy and suffi-
Gent hippopotamus.
The meat of the slim wasted ami
NAL, he says, is delicious, in flavor
combination of beef and pork. And.
besides, a full grown hippo will weigh
i've tons, and is amiable and easv to
domestcate.
Growing in the Mississippi is
troublesome water hyacinth, on
which they would flourish; indeed.
Mr.. Broussard believes that Louisi.
ana and Florida alone could be made
to produce annually something like
2,OOO, 100000 pounds of hippo meat
Ia addition to this there would be
the by-products in the way of hide
and teeth and fats and bones.
1t may be. too, that the Egyptian
crocodile, which is noted for the CO.
piousness of its tears, will be util-
lied by underwriters as the chief
mourner at funerals of the very
rich.
In fact, the entire importation
scheme offers boundless possibili-
ties guaranteed to make rural life
continually interesting if not preca-
rious. Richmond Journal.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-12-25
HOW HE RAISED THE CORN
Method of Cultivation to Produce
167 Bushels

Following are thu methods used
by Frank G.. Brockmap, the seven
teen-y ear-old boy Of Amherst coun
tv, to break the record in Virginia
in corn raising:
His greatest ambition lis to Gave
the worlds champ ouship in corn
production. He made 167 bushels
of corn this year on an acre OF land
that might be termed elevated bot
tom land. 1t is on a small stream
known as Buffalo River, about
twenty feet from low water level
About half of the acre is what could
be termed sandy loan, and the other
half is heavy dark loan, carrying
a small percentage of sand. The
sandy part suffered fearfully from
the drought the past summer, while
the heavier part seemed to be but
little affected, and yielded at the
rate OF 200 bushels per acre, or pos
sibly more. This boy planted and
cultivated this acre for 200 bushel
yield, and went about it ia a manly
and scientific way. nothing being
eft undone that a boy could do TO-
ward the development of the crop.
The extreme dry weather cut his
yield down, still it is a wonderful
achievement, when it is remember
ed the little stream almost went dry
and the shrubbery on the nearby
stony places turned brown from the
drought.
The corr planted was the Boone
County White. The land was
broken March 26, fourteen inches
deep. The seed corn was put in
May %, three feet six inches apart
in the rows and nine and one half
inches in the drill. This I67 bush
els OF corn was raised at a net cost
OF 223 cents per bushel. Notwith
standing the high cost OF produc-
tion. young Brockman cleared
Sl53.35 on the acre.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-12-25
The Newspapers Good Work

One of the leading members of
the National Democratic Conmit,ee
speaking of the late rwhelmir O
victory of Woodrow Wilson. made
the following statement:
The chief credit for the sweer.
ing victory is due to the earnest
and intelligent support of the press
Of the country. For the first time
in generation majority of the
newspapers supported the Demo-
cratic ticket. The day of the poll
tical orator has not passed. and
never will pass, butevery year the
daily and weekly line upon line OF
the newspapers weigh more with
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-12-25
The Heroism That Made Possible tn
Panama Canal

The French were ignorant of the
mosquito transmission of disease.
for the discovery had not been made
The Americans arrived on the
lsthmus in the full light of this in
valuable discovery. Scarcely had
they begun active work when an
outbreak of yellow fever occurred
which caused such a panic through
out their force that nothing excep,
the lack of steamship accommodation
prevented the flight OF the entire
body from the Isthmus. Prompt,
intelligent and vigorous application
of the remedies shown to be effec
tive by the mosquito discoveries no,
only checked the progress Of the
pest. but banished it forever from
tie lsthmus. In this way, and in
this alone. was the building of the
canal made possible. The supreme
credit for its construction, there
fore, belongs to the brave men, sur
geons of the United States Army,
who. by their high devotion to dut,
nd to humanity risked their lives
in Havana in 1900 to demonstrate
the truth of the mos9 tito theory. -
January Scribner
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-12-25

The new nickel, with an artistic
Indian head on the face. will be in
circulation. according TO the expec-
tations OF the Treasury Department,
by February L. Secretary Mac
Veagh has definitely accepted the
design. Within few days an order
will be given the nints TO begin
making she new CON-.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-12-25
GOV. mann WOULD NOT
WELCOME ". ]. BRYAN
Says Nebraskan Failed to Call
At Governors Office, Which
Was Discourte0us
COL. BRYAN MAKES ADDRESS
in Newspaper Interview Expresses
Confidence in Wilson

Colonel William Jennings Bryan
was a visitor in Richmond las,
Thursday night, and deli lee.
ture before the Business Mems Club
of that city, his subject being, The
Signs of the Times"
Governor William Hodges Mann
refused to~be present at a luncheon
and assist in welcoming Colonel
Bryan. The executive gave his
reason for declining to show this
hospitality to the distinguished Wis
itor that etiquette required Mr..
Bryan to first call on him as the
representative of the people of Vir-
GINA.
Colonel Bryan was interviewed by
representatives OF the press aud
allowing are some OF his statemea Is
GOOD CHARACTER OF MEN
I'VE have been very fortunate
this year in the character OF the men
selected to lead our tickets in the
various States. They have almost
without exception been not only
progressive, but strong men, and
we can confidently expect substan-
tial Improvement all along the line.
We are assured OF the ratification
of the income tax amendment, and
the amendments providing for the
popular election of United States
Senators. 1t is quite certain, too,
that the primary will be adopted
wherever it has not already beea
adopted, and great progress will be
made in the direction of the initia-
tive and referendum.
with these advances in govern
mental methods will come legislation
on various questions which affect
the masses, all tending to approx
innate more nearly to justice in taxa
ton and the distribution of the re-
wards of toll.
We are facing an era of change,
net in principles. but in the means
OF crystalizing principles into law.
People are coming into their own,
and this must cheer the hearts oil
every Democrat. Trust in the peo-
pie is the essence of Democracy"
Mr.. Bryan was asked What affect
the victory of Wilson will have upon
Virginia. He replied:
Il am not sufficiently acquain TED
with your local conditions to dis
cuss them, and besides l prefer no,
to make local application OF general
princip pies.
But l have such a high opinion
of the Democracy of this State thai
would assume, without waltz g
for proof. that it will keep step viii
the Democracy of the nation.
Virginia, once known as IT,
Mother OF Presidents, offers a new
son to the nation, and / feel sure
that the Old Dominion will support
this son in the great work upon
which he has entered"
When asked whether be would &C
cepta position in Woodrow Wilson 5
Cabinet he said he did not care to dis.
cuss the matter. He was also asked
if he had any preferences as to those
already suggested for Cabinet resi.
tiOns, but said that he did not care
to discuss them either. The Great
Commoner said he would interview
himself.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-12-25

Labor is not always paid better
here than in Europe. The car gets
s2h- 600 n dav- {oc d1ina hat. -prssiu