davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
sight, though when he megaphened me

sight, though when he megaphened me
l could hear him plainly.
my own secret says he. "Ahso-
lutely invisible from the ground. Come
here he says, and he shows me a
tiny searchlight machine. My new
invisible ray he says, and he shows
me how 1t works.
"'Saved!' 1 said, and went out and
borrowed some more money to bet on
New York.
THAT afternoon 100, 900 people were
In the grandstands when the Chicago
New York game was called. We used
to think that was q crowd In the old
days. Old Bill was In the box. Blink
or was at bat for Chicago. Bill sailed
one over Blinker looked at 1t in
amazement. It was a perfectly
straight, slow ball, right where Blinker
could kill it. Blinker pulled down
his cap, set himself and waited, ready
to knock It out Of the lot. The ball
came over. It vas the same kind as
before. Blinker swung. But as 1t
was about to connect with the ball
his bat jumped about two inches and
he missed. He tried it three lines.
Then he went back to the bench looA
ing puzzled.
THAT was the way 1t went the
whole game. Bill was serving up
straight, slow ones right over the
heart Of the plate and the Chicagos
were swinging at them, and missing
them because their bats jumped about
two inches just before they met the
ball.
with New York it was just the
other way. They'd swing at a ball
way outside the plate and the bat
would shoot over and connect. When
the last man was out the score stood:
Chicago 0, New York 10. And Bill had
pitched az he was ordered.
you see, the secret was that I was
laying up there In the air right above
the plate in Professor Ignatz's inVisi-
Bile sky-blue, self-balancing ~aeroplane,
with his new invisible magnetic ray
bearing right on the rubber. The ray
would magnetic and control anything,
even a $50 hitter's bat. When a Chi
cago man would swing I would wait
until the bat was near the ball, then
jerk it up and let the ball go by. When
1t was q New Yorker I'd guide the bat
smack against the ball. That, gentle
men, is how airships and baseball first
began to mix"
There was a long silence.
What did you do with all the money
you won?" asked the young captain.
BLAST your dynamo, you inquisitive
cub!" roared Captain MacManus. II
endowed a school for teaching cubs
respect for their superiors."
Copyright, by W. G. Chanman.1
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
North TrYind.

Paul Poiret, the Paris milliner, crea-
to- Of the minaret and hobble skirts
said in New York the other day:
II like the Americans. The women
are very chic. The men are very
capable. But your breakfast foods!
why do you eat so many queer
breakfast foods? Aren't you afraid
they'll have a deleterious effect upon
your temperament?
"A Brooklyn lady told me yesterday
that she had said that morning to her
parlor maid:
az don't know what's come over
my husband. Instead Of starting off
for the office cursing and swearing, as
usual, he went out just now with a
hop and a skip, happy and twittering
and whistling like a bird
Its my fault, madam said the
maid contritely. I got the wrong
package and gave him bird seed for
breakfast food"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25

and begged and borrowed every cent
l could lay my hands on and had bet
it on New York to win. If you lose,
Bill, says !, I'm a dead duck
Bill almost cried, he vas that
broken-hearted. But 1 can't help it,
Mac says he. Morgan has ordered
that New York lose
"Of course, after that there wasn't
anything more to say. Bill had his
orders from the nations boss to go in
and pitch the full nine innings, but
not to put any speed Of curves on
the ball, just to put 'em right over
where the Chicagos could line 'em
out. Having the orders straight from
Morgan, he had to obey, of ourse
Don't think hard of me, Mac he
says, gripping my hand. It's fate
81 understand, Bill I said. q.
Morgan and Fate were the same in
those days.
81 went into the steering turret and
sat down to think it over. 1t certainly
looked as if my gas-tanks were pune
tured and I was doomed to fail. If
New York lost, as they were sure to
do, with Bill pitching that way, there
wasn't much left for me except to
make a nice little hole in the water
somewhere near Ellis island and the
Jersey shore. : didn't like water in
those days, so I began to think My
liLtle job was to figure out how to keep
Chicago bats from colliding with Bills
curves. 1t was something of a job,
the way Chicago was hitting in those
days, and Bill being ordered to serve
them nothing but straight, easy balls.
Did l despair? Ha! Little you know
of Captain MacManus of 40 years ago
who ask that question.
when | got back to New York city
| hurried up to Yonkers to see Profes.
scr Ignatz. the man who knew more
about air-flying, electric currents, mag,
nets and so on than anybody would
believe, and told him how | was fixed.
Rest easy, Mac says he, and took
me out to his hangar and showed me
his new invisible, sky-blue, self-balanc,
ing acceptance.
watch me- says he, and up he
went. In two minutes he was out OF
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Why Willie Was Left.

Mayor Hunt Of Cincinnati said OF q
disgruntled politician:
Ills hands are tied. He can do
nothing. He Is like Willie In the
Christmas game Of snapdragon.
willie, at a Christmas party given
by his sister, was allowed to particit
pate in the snapdragon game, and sat
amid a band of beautiful girls OF nine.
teen or 80.
1.-THE lights went out the usual
grabbing for fayors began, and then.
when the lights went up again, Willie
was to be seen crying bitterly.
whats the matter Willie? Didn't
you get anything a lady asked.
"'No,' sobbed Willie, ~spitefulll. AS
soon as 1t got dark that consumed
man with the brown whiskersfboo.
hoo!-he grabbed my hands and didn't
stop kissing them till the lights went
up a~gaini''"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
NAMES FOR NOVELS
Modern Authors Differ From Those of
the Past In Selecting Titles for
Their Volumes.

Modern novelists find it difficult to
find titles for their books, but, charac-
teristically, Dickens could always hit
on a score or so Of titles for his
books, and found difficulty only in the
selection of one from among so many.
For BLEAK House." for instance, he
drew up a list of twelve possible IT,
tles-including "The Ruined House."
"Tom-all-alone's," "The Solitary
House.. "The East Wind" BLEAK
House and the East Wind"-and sub
mitted it to Forster for selection. 1t
is worth noting that In the end Dick
ems always chose the most effective
of the titles he devised.
Talking of titles for stories, how Is
it that the eponymous title is stunned
by modern authors and frowned upon
by publishers? Surely the name Of
your hero or heroine should be good
enough for a novel. Fielding, Smol-
lett, Sterne, Thackeray, Dickens,
Meredith all favored the eponymous
title, and 1t Is certainly easier to re-
member than any other. What could
be better than "Tristram Shandy," or
"~Pendennis," or David Copperf1eld,"
or Richard Feveral"? Mr.. Pugh's
"Tony Drum" is a perfect title,
worthy Of that remarkable book. The
catchy title that so many modern
writer's seem to strain after is, as
often as not, by no means easy to re-
member, and when you have finished
the book you wonder what the title
has to do with it. Let US get back to
simplicity in this matter.-London
Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25

demonstrate that airships| and base
bail could mix. 1t was in the year
1920, which was before most OF you
children were born, when people still
turned to stare up in the air when
they heard a ships %propellers Wh1r-
ring, and when the man who could
write Master Alligator after his name
still was looked up to, to use an an
cient phrase. 1 was running a little
excursion packet, the Star Tanner
that operated between New York city
and Atlantic City, a two hours run in
those days, it being before we began
to make much speed.
Naturally, having this sort OF a run
in those days, when people thought II
was something of a treat to ride in a
dirigible, we came into contact with a
lot Of the most prominent people IN
the country. One day we'd have on
board Lillian Russell, who was just as
young looking then as she is now, 60
in down to spend a few hours at At
lantic City; next day we'd have a
senator from Mexico, coming up to
New York to take a look at the lights,
and next, probably, Bill Finger, cham
pion pitcher of the New York ball
team, or some other great parsonage
Didn't you ever have Ty Cobb"
asked the young captain.
"Ty Cobb" said Captain MacManus.
who was he?"
81 don't know. ! read about him in
an ancient history the other day."
said the youngster. But to go on
with your story"
"As l was saying, I naturally got
acquainted with these great people,
with hauling them to and fro between
the two resorts, and pointed out to
them where the Statue OF Liberty used
to be, and SO on, and pretty soon |
was on friendly terms with a lot of
them, and of course the friendship
that l priced the most was that of Bill
Finger of the New Yorks.
Bill was as nice and sociable a
little fellow as ever you saw, and
he wasn't at all stuck up, because
he was going to be put In the Hall Of
Fame. He'd talk to you just as if he
was an ordinary man, and many the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
A Cute Quaker.

One morning a Quaker happening to
rise before any other member Of his
household, was surprised to find that
his house had been burglared during
the night, and several small but val
liable articles stolen.
After considering the matter for a
while, he decided, however, to raise no
alarm, not even to tell his wife, for
the present.
His cuteness was quickly rewarded.
Late in the afternoon of the same day
he was stopped by a neighbor.
Il am sorry to hear of your misfor-
tune" said the neighbor. HAS the
rascal taken much?"
The Quaker smiled.
"Is it necessary, friend" he asked
slyly, that the rascal should put such
a. question to me? Where has thou
hidden thy %plunder?'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
KAISER AS A PEACE LOVER
German Monarch Too Religious to Be
First to Make War, Old Play
mate Said of Him.

Paris.-In the second volume Of his
memoirs, which he has just published,
M. de Freycinet, a former prime min
lister of France, relates that n day
when c%onversing with Count Won
Munster. the German ambassador in
Paris, the latter tried to convince him
that France had no need to seek Rus
sia's support, for she had nothing to
fear from Germany or the triple ALL
ance.
with your new emperor" replied
M. de Freycinet, who knows what
will happen now that he had dismissed
Bismarck"
At this moment the daughter Of
Count Won Munster joined in the con-
v~ersation, and declared energetically:
do not make any suggestions. l
know William. I played with him as
a child, and I lever miss seeing him
when I am in Berlin. His sentiments
are highly religious. He will v
be the first to make war" The ambas-
sador confirmed this view.
M. de Freycinet adds that he was
much impressed by the evident sim
cerity of the opinion thus expressed.
Nevertheless" he says, II continued
to doubt the opinion Of the countess.
Was she not badly placed to see
things in their correct light The safety
Of a great people must not depend
solely on the good will of others. 1t
must rest on ornaments and alliances
so, while assuring Count Won
Munster that a Impeachment with
Russia was a purely defensive meas
ure, which was quite true, I neverthe-
less worked to make that rapproach-
ement still closer"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL BE
REQUESTED TO DOUBLE THE
APPROPRIATIONS.
MAY LOSE THE FEDERAL AID
National Guard Officers Urge Legisla.
ture to Allow $4,000 For Mantle
nance of The State MiIitia.-some
Comparative Figures.

Columbia.-Officers of the National
Guard Association Of South Carolina
have addressed a letter to the mem
bers of the general assembly, urging
an appropriation Of 5000 for main
tenance of the companies next year.
The letter to the legislature is signed
by E. c. vonTresckow, secretary Of
the association. The appropriation
will also be recommended to the leg
islature by w. W. Moore, adjutant
and inspector general, in his annual
report.
Letter to the members Of the house
and senate follows:
Representing the National Guard
Association of South Carolina, I am
writing to you to request your earnest
attention, as a member of the general
assembly, to the fact that the grant
ing of a regular annual appropria-
ton Of $4,000 to the National Guard
Is an absolute necessity If. South
Carolina is to continue to have militia
organizations.
1.-THE crisis our militia passed
through last summer, when the war
department was about to withdraw
its support, has brought up plainly
and squarely to the people of our
state the question: Do they want a
National Guard or not? And there
Is no question but that the over;
whelming majority, for reasons un-
necessary to state, want a state
militia. !
UNLESS the appropriation is in
creased from $4,000 to $25, 900 1t will
not be possible for the militia to re-
main in the National Guard, and the
withdrawal from the National Guard
would mean the discontinuance by
the United States government Of the
alternating annual appropriation of
s6O,O 900 and $4,000, and the calling
in of practically the whole equipment
arms, uniforms, tentage, etc. The
state then would have to spend thou
sands Of dollars in purchasing new
equipment and would either have to
greatly increase the annual appropr1-
alton or reduce the strength OF the
militia. ~.
"The enlisted men of the National
Guard perform a patriotic duty with
practically no pecuniary recompense,
and the people of the state should
not, and do not, ask that its National
Guard continue to labor under fnan-
cial difficulties when the wealth and
prosperity of this great state are an
nually increasing.
"The following list will show that
the State Of South Carolina gives less,
not only in proportion to the strength
Of it's militia, but in actual appropri-
alton, than the other states:
Alabama, 1000, $4,000; Cornec-
ticut, 2,7OO, $l70,00O; Florida, 1900,
s4O,0 Georgia, 5000, $25,oO0;
Louisiana, 1000, $4,000; North Car
DINA, $500, $4,000; Ohio, 5000,
$3.50 900; New York, $4,000, $780,
600; Maryland, 1900, $4,000; Massa-
chusetts, 5000, $6O0,OO0; Kentucky,
1000, $4,000; Tennessee, $500, $780,
600; Virginia, $500, 100000; South
Carolina, 1900, $4,000.
"You are therefore asked to sup
port, at the ensuing term of the gen.
eral assembly, a $500 annual appro-
priation for the National Guard"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Told In a Few Words.

An Englishman had bought through
an agent an estate in the northern
Highlands, and when summer came
he went to inspect it. One part Of his
journey was by coach, and he thought
to get some information about the
place from the driver. So after some
preliminaries: "You may know a
place called Cloch ma Kilty?" 81 do
that" And what do you think Of the
place." II will not be thinking
much" ooh! Tell me what you
think" "If ye were to see the dell
tethered there ye'd say, 'Puir b~rute!'"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Hearae Is No Pleasure Vehicle.

Boston.-A hearse is not a pleas,
ure vehicle, was the ruling of Judge
Bruce Of Maiden when he imposed a
fine of $40 upon Michael J.. Carroll of
Roxbury for driving a motor hearse
over the Fellsway boulevard, in Med
ford. Judge Bruce held, however, that
three black limousine cars, in which
were the mourners in the auto funeral
that Carroll headed, could not come
under the Metropolitan park commits
sion ruling, which excludes all but
pleasure vehicles from the boulevards.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
NEWSPAPER Man Resions,

Yorkville.-W. A. Fair has resignea
as editor of the York News, his reg
ignation taking effect January l. Mr..
Fair accepted the position in Septe1l-
Der on the organization of the Yo:k
Publishing Company and has been
very successful in his work, prodlc-
ing as excellent county paper. he
will make Lincolnton, n. c.. his rome
and will engage in newspaper '"o[k
or in some other local business MI
Fairs principal reason for retutnins
is that he is captain of Troop \ CT
the North Carolina National Cuiru
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Chester to Build Jail.

Oh, ster. - The Chester county
board of commissioners met to near
the report Of the recently appointed
committee, which was to consider the
matter of the county having a new
Jail. John C.. McAfec, chairman,
made a full report regarding the work
which the committee had done. 1t
was decided by the commissioners 70
~inaugurate the preliminary steps to
secure for this county a new ano
modern Jail. 1t was thought best to
place the Jail at the rear of the pres
ent court house.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25

good tanning bee me and Bill had
when we had to 60 up to the 10000
foot level and lay waiting for a storm
to settle down below.
"'Bill,' 1 said to him on N OF these
occasions, who's going to win the pen
nant this year,
1--WE are,' says he. I'm in great
form this year
"'But Chicago's running you an aW-
full close race, BILL 1 said. They're
keeping only one game behind you
"'That's where we want them,' says
Bill. It's a frameup. We're going to
run away from the other teams In the
league. Chi and New York will be
tied up to the last game. Chicago
fans will be willing to bet their heads
off. We've got the money to bet 'em.
Then we'll win
"'But how do you know you'll win,
Bill?' 1 asked.
I'm going to pitch says he.
Don't tell anybody. This is just be-
tween you and me-
"Ihat MADE me reel pretty warm
toward the great man, and I put my
self out to make it as pleasant as l
could for him when he was riding with
me, and he appreciated 1t and pretty
soon we were the best friends In the
world.
We'll, finally it came the day before
the game that was to settle the league
championship, and sure enough, just
as Bill had said, Chicago and New
York were tied for first place, and one
game would settle the hash. That
night Bill took flight down to Atlantic
City with me to settle his nerves, and
suddenly he says to me, Mac, I'm up
against it, .
"'Why?' says I.
i"T've got to throw the game to-
morrow
"'Bill!' I says, Mortified.
YES he says, that's just what I've
got to do
"'You can't I said; and then I told
him what I'd done. Knowing that
he was going to pitch and win, I'd gone
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Charleston Northern Railway.

Charleston-Though there are no in
dications of actual construction hav-
ing commenced on the Charleston
Northern railway, the company con-
tinues to purchase property in Char
lesion for right of way and terminal
facilities. In the office of the regis
ter Of mesne conveyance was record
ed recently the transfer of three
pieces of property on Washington and
Inspection streets by Anna F. A .Schu-
macher to the Charleston Northern
railway, the actual consideration be-
ing withheld.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Not a llnquist.

Mrs. Worldly-If, as you say, your
master kissed you against your will,
why did you not cry "Help?"
French Maid-Ah, madam! Zatees
lust zee word Of vich I could not sink
at ze moment. Zen, e I remember
eet, eet vas too late. He hat kissed
me tree, four, five times!"-Puck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Harrison to Visit Anderson

Anderson.-Fairfax Harrison, pres
tdent of the Southern railway, has &C.
:epted the invitation extended by the
Chamber of Commerce of Anderson to
visit this city and address a gathering
Of business men. President Kenley OF
the Atlantic Coast Line was also ex-
tended an invitation, and he has writ
ten that he will come, provided loth-
ing comes up that may him to
change his plans. The meeting will
be held February "a, and President w.
S. Lee, P. & N. Lines, and Mr.. A. w.
Anderson will also be present.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Tetterine for Ring Worm and Skin
Nfoaaoo

y varnville. s.. c., July II. 1908.
My wife uses your Tetterlne for Ring
worm, also uses it in her family for oil
kind of skin diseases. and she thinks It
q good medicine. There Is no substitute.
L. r. Bowling.
Tetterine cures Eczema, letter. Ring
Worm. Old Itching Sores. IDandruff. Itch
ing Piles. Corns. Chilblains and every
form Of Scalp and Skin Disease. letter
gists or by mail direct from The Shup-
trine Co., Savannah. Ga.
With every mail order for Tetterine we
give a box Of Shuptrine's 1Oc Liver Pills
free. ADV.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
CHESTNUT BLIGHT KILLS MAN
Fifth Connecticut Victim Dies After
Eating Squirrel Infected by
BIiqhted Nuts.

Glastonbury, Cunn.-Another death
attributed to the chestnut blight, the
fifth in the state this fall, occurred
here.
Everett Hale, thirty, was taken Ill
after eating a gray squirrel.
The attending physician gave the
cause Of death as ptomaine poisoning,
due to blighted chestnuts which the
squirrel had eaten.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Biting on Germs.

Some one told a certain young wom-
an, says the Orleans Progress-Ex-
aminer, that the family physician had
said that there were thousands Of
germs in ice cream. and all the
time" ran her comment, II thought
they were just strawberry seeds"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Sometimes Apply II LlqhtIy.

For cuts, burns, scalds, sores and
open wounds always apply Hanford's
Balsam lightly, but be sure that it
covers and gets to the bottom of the
wound. A few light applications are
generally all that is needed to heal
this class of difficulties. Adv.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
A Hint.

Mr.. Staylate, l do hope you will
Justify my brothers good opinion Of
you"
What is that, Miss Prettyface?"
He told me yesterday you were
one of the enterprising young men Of
the town who are going some"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Couldn't Name ALI Children.

The father Of 80 children is the
proud distinction Of a postofice en-
ploye Of Bissen in Prussia. No. 80
arrived a few days ago, and as they
have run out Of family names the
parents are still undecided upon a
name for the child.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
COLDS & LaGRIPPE

or 6 doses 666 will break any q
Of Chills & Fever, Colds G. LaGrippe;
it acts on the liver better than Gallo
mel and does not grippe or sicksn.
Price 25c.-Adv.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Almost a Straight Line.

RImoSt q Straight EIHes
whats the title Of this moving pic
ture?"
GA Drunkard's Career In three
reels"
"Pshaw! A drunkard's career that
contains only three reels is nothing to
be excited over" ..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Heidi

HE claims to understand all women
thoroughly"
"My, isn't he any older than thatf"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
RUB

VIII cure your Rheumatism and al
kinds of aches and pains-Neuralgia,
Cramps, Collie, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts.
Old Sores, Burns, etc. Antiseptie
Anodyne. Price 25c.-Adv.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Its ADVANTAGES.

II want to get a certificate Of mem
bership in a Wanderlust club"
well that is one society where you
can be in good standing when you get
your walking papers"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
In the Spotlight.

Mrs. Grammercy-I thought your d.
vorce case was coming up this month?
Mrs. Park-I had my lawyers get a
p~ostponement, because my new gowns
wouldn't be finished in time.-Judge.