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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
PAINFUL ECZEMA ON HANDS

Bienville, La.-"1 was troubled with
eczema in my hands for several years
The skin would break and look like
1t had been cut with a knife and my
hands were $50 sore ! could hardly
Bear to put them in water and could
hardly use them. When l used them
the blood would run out. They would
heal a little and then they would get
worse than ever again. They were
very painful. The eczema got to
breaking out on my arms in pimples
which itched and burned very badly.
81 used different remedies, also used
all kinds Of facial creams and -
on my hands and arms and ! did not
get any relief until I used Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. I cured my
hands and eczema with Cuticura Soap
and Ointment" tSigned) Miss Fannie
Mostiller, Oct. s, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
tree, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post.
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. ADV.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06

women, too. ! cannot praise Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound enough
for I know I never would have been as
well If T had not taken it and I recon-
mend it to suffering women"
Daughter Helped also.
ST gave it 10 my daughter when she
was thirteen years old. She was in
school and was q nervous wreck, and
could not sleep nights. Now she looks
30 healthy that even the doctor speaks
of it. You can publish this letter If you
hke.,-Mra RENA Bowman, 161S. 10th
Street, Irunton, Ohio.
Why viii women continue to suffer
dayi IN andday out and drag out a sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths Of the joy Of living, when they.
can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound?
IF you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE COmpoundwm help yOu,write
to Lydia F. .Pinkham MedicineC Co.
CONFIDENTIAL Lynn, Mass.,fOr ads
vice. Your letter will be opened
read and answered by woman
and held In strict condolences
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
knowledae for the Poor.

For the we'll man, orswoman, diet
etic knowledge is primarily question
Of dollars and cents, but for thes
poor man; particularly with a family
of growing children, this aspect OF
the case may have a very powerful
effect upon health. AS DR.. Graham
Lusk has very well said. the laboring
mans efficiency depends upon his
stocking, and every man, or his wife,
should be a competent fireman at this
sort Of stocking. No one, for example.
having trouble to make both ends meet
should spend money for a a Of to-
matoes, or any one Of dozens of 9th.
er so-called foods, which have, COM
paratively speaking, no food value
whatever. It is ordinarily estimated
that a hard-working; man requires
about 5000 calories per day, an Office
mai about $500.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
WASTED MONEY ON POSTAGE
Angered Constituent Might Have
Spared Representative R~eproaches
Contained In Long Letter.

Representative Denis OLeary Of
New York received a letter a time
ago from a constituent who expressed
an earnest desire for an assortment
of garden. seeds. O'Leary sent them
but there must have been a slip-up or
the part of Mr.. Burleson's post office
department, for a few weeks Later
O'Leary received another note from
the man deploring the fact that the
seeds had never reached him.
"Why amt I just as much eptitleo
to seeds ais anybody else?" the writer
demanded. 1.-TWO of my neighbors
sent for seeds the same time as / did
and one of them has had his in the
ground now for six weeks already
His plants is beginning to show above
ground. Is it I'm not just as good as
my n%eighbors?" And so on for a
pie Of pages. Then at the bottom oil
the letter was this brief postscript:
Them dam seeds has just arrived
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
HEAL YOUR ITCHING
SKIN WITH RESIN0L

No matter how long you have been
tortured and disfgured by itching,
burning, raw or scaly skin humors,
just put a little of that wonderful res
mol ointment on the sores and the suf-
fering stops right there! Healing be-
gins that very minute, and your skin
gets well so quickly you feel ashamed
of the money you threw away on tedi-
Gus, useless treatments. Prescribed by
doctors for nineteen years.
Resinol ointment and resinol soap
also clear away pimples, blackheads,
and dandruff speedily and at little
cost. Sold by all druggists.-AdV.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06

Monte. Carlo.-Gen. Porfrio Diaz, ex-
president of Mexico, when asked IT,
in view of the rapid developments Of
the Mexican situation, he would not
reconsider his determination to say
nothing, again refused absolutely to
make any statement on Mexican af-
fairs or his own intentions. He en-
cused himself from speaking on the
ground that he had definitely given
up active politics.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06

which are characterized as Of mo
fighting value"
Eighteen of the American naval YES
sells are on the Atlantic coast n
seven on the Pacific. They include
nine battleships, five cruisers, three
gunboats, three fuel ships, two trans
ports, one supply ship, one hospital
ship. and one mine depot ship.
Mexico has five vessels on the At
lantic coas and six on the Pacific.
or those on the Atlantic two are gun
boats, one a transport, n a tra-nlng
ship, and the other Is characterized
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
Missionaries Cause Alarm.

New York, April 24.-At the several
church mission headquarters In New
York word from so American mission
aries. en- route from Mexico City to
Vera Cruz, was anxiously awaited.
The Methodist Episcopal board Of for
eign missions received a %cablegram
stating that all its missionaries IN
the cities of Pachuca, Puebla and
Guanajuato were safe.
News of the safety of the ten Epis-
copal missionaries in Mexico under
Bishop Henry D. AYES was also re-
ceived.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
POLICE CHIEF DEFENDS FLAG
Orders Arrest Of Anyone Making At
tack on Stars and Stripes.

New Observation-Disclosures OF
Police Reynolds has ordered the ar
rest of any person making "disparag-
ing remarks about the army and navy
and the American flag on the streets
of this city" The order was issued
when the superintendent was advised
that four soldiers in uniform had forc>
IDLY dispersed a quintet of street ora
tors, who were haranguing 6 crowd
and charging that the army and navy
are subsidized.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
TELLS
ABOUT FLETCHER
Career of the Rear Admiral Who
Took Vera Cruz.
YEARNED FOR SEA WHEN BOY
Forced to Remain at an Executive
Desk During the Spanish War, He
Became an Expert on
Ordnance.

Chicago.-While Admiral tletcner,
who captured the city of Vera Cruz
Tuesday, has never resided in Chi
cago, he has beenl a frequent visitor
here at the home Of his brother, Thorn
a. ]. Fletcher, 5237 Cornell avenue.
The latter is treasurer Of the Coop
erative League of Chicago. ]. Fetch
er, a son of the Chicago Fletcher. Is a
lieutenant on Admiral Fetcher's flag
ship.
1--WE Fletchers do not come of a sea-
faring breed" said the civilian Fetch
err at his home. ION the contrary, we
are Iowa men and we should by all
rights have lived and died landlub-
bers. My brother is an admiral now
because our representative in con-
gress in Marshalltown, Iowa, decided
he would fill a vacancy at Annapolis
by holding a competitive examination.
"'Tom,' said my brother when he
saw the notice Of the examination.
I'm going to be a sailor. That's the
life for me. I never thought Of 1t be-
fore, but I e now that I was meant
to be a hero Of the deep"
Leads in Examination.
He entered the examination, just as
he said he would, and took first place
over 25 other boys. That was in 1870
and he. has been in the navy service
since.
According to the Chicago Fletcher,
it was one of the bitterest disappoint-
ments Of the admiral's career when
he was compelled to remain at an exec
utive desk in Washington during the
Spanish war. But the admiral, as the
result of that experience, became an
expert on ordnance.
Secretary Long promised him that
If he would remain as assistant chief
of the ordnance department until he
could get things in order, he could
have anything he wished. But be-
fore his work was done there the "a
was over. You see, the country was
totally unprepared for war and the
ordnance department was placed un-
der a terrific strain"
Invents RecoIl Apparatus.
Admiral Fletcher had been in the
service but a short time when he in
vented a recoil apparatus for quick
trers, which has been in use ever
since. He also improved the Farcot
breech mechanism, thereby insuring
the success of the system. Whereas
to open the breech Of the big guns 1t
had been necessary before to depend
upon power from the engine-room.
the admiral's improvement made it
possible to move the huge blocks
with one hand. AS commander
of the torpedo boat Gushing the ad-
miral. then Lieutenant Commander
Fletcher, conducted an investigation
Of the behavior Of torpedoes and dis
covered many errors in range and In
almost every instance the correctness
Of his deductions was proved. He Is
regarded as one of the first ordnance
experts Of the navy.
Born In oskaloosa.
Admiral Fletcher" said his kins-
man in Chicago, was born in Oska.
loosa, Nov. %, 1855. He was only
fifteen years old when he took the
examination and entered Annapolis.
my brother was graduated in June,
1875, one Of the honor men of his
| class. He served as a midshipman for
one year and then was promoted to
the rank of an ensign. On April l,
1882, he became a junior lieutenant,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
Not Very Tired.

Mamma-Aren't you tired, dear,
after playing so hard all day?
Jimmy-Naw, not much.
Mamma-Well, mamma is as tired {
as a dog.
Jimmy-Well, I'm bout as tired as
a little dog.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
MEXICAN WARsHIPs FEEBLE.

The formidableness of the American
fleet Of American naval vessels com
pared with those Of Mexico now in
Mexican waters is strikingly brought
out. in statistics made public by the
navy department.
There are at present twenty-five
ships Of me United States navy scat
tered along the Mexican coasts, a
majority of which al" Of the latest
fighting type. Opposed to these are
eleven Mexican naval vessels, four OF
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
WOMAN COULD
NOT SIT Up
Now Does Her Own Work.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Helped HeE.
Ironton, Ohio" am enjoying Bet
Ter health now than I have for twelve

years. When l be-
gan to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound I
could not sit up. ]
had female troubles
and was very ner-
vous. I used the
remedies q year and
I can do my work
and forthe last eight
months I have
worked for other
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
Glad Tidinqs.

He-My dear little wife, I have just
paid off the last cent on the mortgage
on our home.
She-Oh, I'm so glad! Now you can
put on another and we can buy an au'
tomobile.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
GENERAL DAZ WILL NOT RE TURN TO MENCo, IS BELIEF

Members of his party expressed the
opinion that General Diaz would not
return to Mexico. He Will probably
leave Monte Carlo at an early date
for Vichy to take the cure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
Golden Rule In Business.

You get your moneys worth every
time. Hanford's Balsam is guaran.
teed to cure ailments and injuries thai
can be reached by external application
or your money will be refunded by the
dealer. Getting a bottle now is like
taking out insurance. Adv.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
POINTING the Way,

Rosemary-Mrs. Shimmerpate says
she fear. the world will some day find
out they have a family skeleton.
Thornton-If she wishes to keep it a
secret why doesn't she. wear thicker
clothes?-Youngstown Telegram.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
His Business.

"That man is a denizen of the un,
derworld."
I'm sure he doesn't look like such
a character"
ellis characters got nothing to do
with it. He's a miner"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
Accidents VIII Happen.

Visitor-I want to see the automo-
bile editor.
Office Boy-He's tired.
Visitor-Whats he been doing ex~
ira?
Office Boy-He ran over a galley
and the managing editors been crank.
him up.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
Mo- SIX-SIXTY-SIX

This is a prescription prepared es.
pecial!y for Malaria or chllls and
Fever. Five or six doses will break
any case, and if taken then as a tonic
the fever will not return. 25c.-Adv.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06

Her Way.
"IIow does she manage to keep her
complexion so fresh?"
She keeps it in alright jars"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06

as a hulk of no fighting value
Those on the Pacific coast consist of
two g%unboats, a transport and three
"hulks of no fighting value"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
Seek TO Stop Swearing.

Cleveland, O.-The police have en-
listed in the don't swear" movement.
and have been instructed to detain Of
tenders and give them a scolding.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06
His Speciality.

did you hear about Muggins taking
up settlement work." Eyes; he usu-
ally works his creditors for so cents
on the dollar. Town Topics.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06

For thrush use Ranford's Balsam.
Get it into the bottom of the affected
part. Adv.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06

Constipation causes and seriously aggra:
Yates many diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured
by DR.. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar-coated
~granules. Adv.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06

For bunions use Hanford's Balsam.
Apply it thoroughly for several nights
and rub in we'll. ADV.
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footing.

Cholly-"There's a girl who wouldn't
marry the best man living" Reggie
How do you know?" Cholly-'I asked
her myself"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-06

knowledge often consists of a lot o.
miscellany that is not worth knowing
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-21
TWO MEN ESCAPE
WHEN BRIDGE FALLS

Ottawa, May 14.-Escaping al.
most unhurt in a 30-foot fall with
an eight and one-half ton tractor
engine in which the engine was
jlInked and the bridge wrecked, was
the remarkable experience of Thorn
as J. Williams and son, Frank, this
week.
Williams, a helper, J. Williams
and son, were returning to Peoria.
When they neared a small bridge
across the Marais des Cygnes river,
the force of the heavy tractor SEEM
ed to cause the bridge to skid, caus-
ing 1t to give way. The $4,000 en-
CINE landed on its nose and was
completely wrecked. The father
and son were thrown in different
landing on the river
bank.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-21
INDICT BURKE, CANAL OFFICIAL
Charge Cocktails Subordinate Ac-
cepted Gratuities

New York, May 15.-John Burke,
whose official duties as manager of
the commissary department Of the
isthmian canal commission have
been under investigation here and
in Panama and Washington for
several months, was indicted by the
federal grand jury,
1t is charged that he accepted
gratuities amounting to $4,000
from dealers in supplies in the can
al zone. Col. George w. Goethals,
governor Of the zone, suspended
Burke some time ago pending the
inquiry. The canal builder. at the
direction of Secretary OF War Gar
rison, turned Burkes case over to
the federal authorities.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-21
Rack SALARY DUE,
PREACHER SELLS CHURCH

Bartlesville, Ok, May 20.-Be-
cause members of the Epworth
Methodist church failed to pay him
his back salary, amounting to $40
the Rev. H. G. Breese sold the
church edifice located in West Bar
tlesville. When a gang Of workmen
appeared at the church preparing to
remove the building a mob OF one
hundred men, women and children
surrounded the church and threat
Oned the workmen II they attempted
70 remove the building from its
foundation.
A riot call was sent to Sheriff
Jordan, who rushed to the scene
and ordered the workmen not to
proceed. Several members Of the
mob were armed with clubs, and It
is said that some were carrying re-
vOlvers, although the sheriff didn't
make search for guns. Guards
have been placed at the church, be-
cause the new owner declares he
will remove the building. Further
trouble is expected.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-21
ATTACK THE KATY's CHARTER
Montgomery County Suit Would An
null the Railroads Franchise

Independence. May 1.-THE state
OF Kansas. through Charles d. Ise,
county attorney OF Montgomery
county. has begun an action in the
district court here TO annul the
charter of the Missouri. Kansas 4
Texas railway, dissolve the corpor-
alton and have a receiver appointed
for the same, alleging that II has
violated its charter agreement by
Withdrawing fits general offices from
the state. The company operates q
line through the counties OF Geary,
Morris. Coffey, Woodson, Allen,
Neosho, Labette, Bourbon and
and II was granted the
right to do business in Kansas up
on agreement to maintain its gen.
eral offices in the state and keep
It's records and its moneys until
they should be ordered distributed
by the general officers, which agree
ment It has wilfully, wrongfully and
violated, according to
The petition. On January Is, 1894,
Hugh Farrelly, then county attorney
If Neosho, brought suit to forfeit
he charter OF the company, but
his suit was dismissed when the
agreed to return Its offices
o the state and keep. them here.
rhe general offices are in st. Louis
md the shops in Dallas, Texas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-21
BARCES USING
PANAMA CANAL
Water Borne Traffic Passes Through
Big Ditch Now
RELIEVES COMMERCE SITUATION
Service Began Last Saturday and
Steady Stream OF Barges Now
Goes Through-Big Ships
There Too

Washington, May 16.-For the
first time water borne traffic IL
now passing through the Panama
canal. according to the reports that
have been received at the. head
quarters Of the Panama PARKWAY in
New York.
Though confirmation OF the re-
port has not yet reached the Wash
ington office of the Isthmian canal,
It is known that ample provision
has been made by Colonel Goethals
for the institution of water service,
limited at first, strictly to barges,
beginning not later than May 10.
AZ q matter of fact, according to
the Panama railway reports. the
service actually began last Saturday
and a steady stream of barges in
tow is now passing through the
canal.
Tremendous congestion in inter
oceanic commerce, caused by sus-
pension of service on the Tehuante-
pee railroad in southern Mexico as
an incident to the rebellion, brought
about this rather premature open
Ing of the canal to trade. Several
Of the great freight liners, which in
with the similar serv-
Ice on the Pacific, maintained lines
between Europe and the far east
via Tehuantepec, have recently ap-
peared at Colon and Panama offer
ng cargoes for transshipment over
and far beyond the capacity of the
Panama railroad.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-21
CoxEY's ARMY INTO CAPITAL
Few in Party That Marched Il
Washington

Washington, May 2O.-The rem
nant of the so-called Coxey's army
reached the outskirts of Washing
ton and expected to make its way to
the capital later. General Coxey,
with his wife, daughter and son,
head the party, which has been
much reduced since 1t started from
Massilon, o., and bears little resem-
blance to the considerable force ac-
companying the original Coxey's
army when it invaded the capital
some years ago.
Requests had been forwarded by
Coxey to Vice President Marshall
and Speaker Clark. to permit him
to speak from the capitol steps on
Thursday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-21
DOG KILLS INFANT
FOUNDLINGi BODY GONE

Leavenworth, May IA blood
stained leaf OF burdock and a few
blades Of grass colored by the same
fluid. was all the trace Coroner j..
c. Davis could find OF a newborn
babe which had been abandoned.
and shortly afterward killed by a
dog. when he reached the home OF
Frank Nader, near Richardson.
According TO the story told the
coroner by Nader. he was awakened
shortly before midnight by the cry
ing Of q child on his back porch.
He arose and. opening the door.
saw HIS dog disappear. Nader fol-
lowed and so feet west OF the house
found the body OF the infant. One
leg was nearly torn from the body
and death had come from the time
Nader heard the scream OF pain
and when he found the infant dead
on the grass.
From q neighbours home Nader
the coroner. Hurting
back they procured a rug with which
10 cover the body, but when they
the spot It was gone. For
an hour the coroner and several
others searched the premises.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-21
MORGAN BOSSED
II THE new HAVEN
AEeilcn, Former Head, Only office
Boy for Late Financier
TELLS WHERE MILLIONS WENT
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hears Extraordinary Story
~. p" Was the Big Boss
Who Ran Things

Washington. May 20.-A story o.
absolute domination in affairs o.
the New Haven railroad system b.
the late J. Pierpont Morgan Of thu
spending Of millions in awed and
ignorant silence at the command oil
che all-powerful financial ruler
was told to the Interstate commerce
commission by Charles s. Mellen,
former president of the New Haven.
It was the most extraordinary chap
Ger yet unfolded in the commission's
inquiry into the alleged exploita-
ton Of the great New England rail-
road and disappearance Of fortunes
from the treasury through acquisi-
tion at extravagant prices OF subsid-
iary properties. a..
There was not time In single
day to crowd in details Of all the
incidents and events dealt with in
the witness testimony. He barely
touched upon some Of the big things
paving the way for exhaustive ques-
tioning that will continue.
Members of the commission, coun-
sci and spectators fairly hung upon
every word of Mr.. Mellen as his
story developed dramatically under
the examination by Chief Counsel
Folk. Everybody listened with alb
eorbed attention, and at times in
evident amazement as he related
how he had stood in awe of Mr..
Morgan because of his comprehen-
sive grasp and perfect prescience OF
financial matters; how he had con-
suited with Theodore Roosevelt,
then president of the United States,
regarding the purchase Of the Bos-
ton & Main railroad; how he had
prevented the late e. H. Hartman
from acquiring the Boston & Main
by getting 1t himself for the New
Haven and how he had dealt with
the late police inspector, Thomas
Byrnes of New York. to obtain the
Westchester stock held by persons
whom he assumed to be connected
with Tammany Hall.