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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-03-14
The Family Pew.

TO a correspondent We are frank to
say that, al things considered. we
vluId like to see pew rents abolished.
But we would, at the same time, Ike
70 see a revival OF interest in the
old family pew If the giving up Of
rented pews means the scattering of
the members Of a family over the
church. we would prefer the continu-
ance of the rental system. But as
signed seats are quite as effective as
rented pews in keeping families to-
gether.. Sad to say. neither system
Is effective in our day. That fine lad
prefers to sit in the gallery or in the
back pew with the fellows" If his
father could see all that his pastor
secs, that lad would be in the family
pew next Sunday. How beautiful the
sight Of a whole family in the "oId
family pew"!-Watchman Examiner.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-03-14
The Saviour.

CD He called this man to himself
Matthew did not seek him. but he
sought Matthew. Christs words are
true, "Ye have not chosen me, but
have chosen you He. calls US BY
his Holy Spirit, by sick beds, by sor-
rows, by the words of friends.
I've found a Friend. on, such a Friend,
He loved me ere I knew Him;
He drew me with the cords Of love-
And thus He bound me TO Him"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-03-14
tCoDyright. 1918, BY W. G. Chapman

desert ran clear to within d hundred
feet OF this verdure, and it seemed i'm
possible that, at the word OF the en-
giueers, these parched, brown fields.
with their still water-wheels and thin
cotton plants, hardly i'm tiu.esJ leaf,
should nncom" converted into fertile
plains But behind lhe moustcous ma
sorry sectuiug flood of yellow waters
bul.,ad and boiled daily rising higher
and pressing more ferc.ly against the
walls And here, as far as eye could
reach. were waters that had hurled
themselves from the unknown high
lands Of AbyssIuia, to retire, baued.
before this stupeudous haHdlNorh OF
man.
Near to one bank Of the river a
granite column rose out Of the sc.th-
ing food IT uus the buried temple,
formerly hieI and dry above the
plains. bu now forever hidden under
the waves. The food was Eot yet at
It's height. and thus the summit was
disclosed, duriug the greater portion
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-03-14

4 regret to say, Summers, that,
while your services have proved most
useful in a subordinate capacity. you
have shown yourself somewhat lack
ing in the capacity and courage to
carry out bolder plans. Hence this
subterfuge of the buried treasure and
the secret vault The vault which
YOU Will see, viii not be that OF the
temple. but actually the subterranean
portion Of the dam found2 ions.
If | escape. we shall not meet
again. The arm Of England is lop-
and ] have no desire 70 be hampered
with one whom ] cannot rely upon r.
emergencies. or who is fettered b.
scruples. But II you desire a reason
for my destruction OF the dam. watch
he newspapers"
seized the newspaper Of the day
And suddenly ! understood. Septem-
Der cotton had fallen to fifteen. The
loosering Of the floods had irrigated
the Egyptian fields and broken the
Chicago corner. And this was the
secret OF Nikolai's desperate and sue
cesstul scheme.
| have often wondered whether he
escaped from the destruction, whether
the pistol shots I heard signaled the
death Of the warchman only or Of him
self also And 1 have hoped he knew
Of the secret entrance to the vault
that he did not mean TO leave me to
perish in the darkness OF that subter-
ranean prison. But that part of the
mystery will never be solved-at least,
unless | meet Nikolai again.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-03-14
king Of q saint,
The Sinner.

The pubAcaus were servants " the
tax farmers, who collected dues for
Rome. and were cXtOruouers: the GUS
tom house o!Iicia. was considered the
worst OK his class The Jews had a say
ing that bears and lions might be the
hercest wild beasts in the forest. but
publicaus and infOrmers were the
worst in the cities For a Jew. such
as Matthew was, to enter thus into
the service of the oppressors of his
own race. was considered the lowest
degradation. The religion OF the day
had no hope for such d man.
Some who read these words may
have given up hope for acquaintances,
and even for those of their own house
hold. There may be some, still more
unfortunate. who have given up hope
for themselves. Let US see what Jesus
did for a man who was considered be-
yOnd redemption.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-03-14

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inc a foothoId The tunnel grew
smaller With hands extended over
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side
looked round me- in oroaznr1eDt
was living uDon tho summit of g, locl,
ac,7iyitv which bed noted d,riny tho
pr,cading day some half mile hehind
orr camn upou the hanks of the
stream. But where the stream had
dvird}ad between its ,oy- hanks there
/ was now rushirg food OF turbulent
waters. And where the summit of the
granite temple had reared itself above
the dam there now apneared the tenn.
ula itself. with the majestic calm
statues of the PtoIemies that none
had ever thought to see again And
where the mighty dam had arched it.
self from bank 10 bank. there were
TWO aaseas. Of masonry. and between
them hubble and shapeless stones. over
which swirled and tossed and nIunged
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-03-14
The Saint.

What were the results of Christ s
call on Matthew?
"a He left his business. 1t may
make a similar demand now and some
may not be willing to heed it; the
GadaTenes preferred their swine to
Jesus luke S:2630. But Christ
promises, Seek We first the kingdom
of God, and all these things shall be
added unto you" Matt. 6:33).
(2) He became an open disciple. By
the grace of God, he takes rank above
Nicodemus and Joseph. who were dis
ciples but secretly" The hearts of
some go out TO Christ, but they are
not willing to confess him before men
But the promise is, IF thou shall con-
fess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus.
and shall believe in thy heart that
God hath raised him from the dead.
thou shalt be saved" (Romans 1879.
go He endeavored to win others.
The feast in the house was doubtless
for the purpose of acquainting his
friends with Jesus. Every follower Of
Christ has the opportunity of reach
ing those in his circle of influence.
The cultivated Henry Drummond help
ed students especially, while Samuel
Hadley led many a drunkard to Jesus
What blessing you will miss, what loss
may come TO your friends. if you do
not follow Christi
(4 He was lifted out Of the com
monplace, Matthew seems to have
been an ordinary man: he writes as a
plain man Of business. Yet he was
made an evangelist and apostle; and
John. in vision, saw his name in the
foundations of the new Jerusalem
tRey. 2f:1D! The same Saviour
made out of Bunyan, the swearing
tinker, the author of Pilgrims Prog
ress," and has wrought many such
miracles: He offers to write your
name in The Lambs book of life!"
Why should you do without him?
II Is not Yet too late.
He has not closed the ddy Of grace
lie has not shut the gate
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-05
|ABE THE NEWSBOY LOST ON \ FOUL
Former New London Fighter Had Hard Luck in Battle With Day, Middleweight Champion of Chile - Spectators Claimed the Foul Was Accidental-Abe Had the Best of It Until the Foul Occurred.

Abe the Newsboy, who is known to all the pugilistic sports in this v1cln- ity, met with a disappointment recent ly while engaged in fight in Chile, having an accidental foul called on him. Abe was fighting negro by the name of Daily and had the best of him until the accident happened. The following is clipping from the South Pacific Mail of yalparaiso:
 A match that excited considerable interest in sporting circles was that on Friday last iii the theatre Victoria between the negro Daly and Abe the Newsboy, whose portrait will be found on this page. Abe is the newsboy who purveys the papers to the U. s. At lantic fleet. and owing to the men, of war being away in Mexican waters he decided to visit Chile, principally with the object of meeting Rojas the Cni- Han champion, he being unaware that the latter was absent in Europe How ever, as he could not meet Rojas, a match with Daly, the middlewelght champion of Chile, was quickly ar ranged. Abe has a long string of vic tories to his credit. and he is welter- weight champion of Panama and Gen. traI America
 The result was rather disappointing
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-05

as in the sixth round. after Abe had
 the best of it all through, Daly got
 the verdict through a foul Gas given
 by the referee) on Abe's part. as to
 avoid an. uppercut in breaking away Abe got the negro under the chin with
 his head. Daly never claimed foul and under these circumstances the de- cision of the referee in giving one is certainly open to question. A caution would have been sufficient. It was apparent to everyone present that the
 .four' was entirely accidental, and it
 was absolutely unnecessary as Abe at
 the time had his man, beaten. The first five rounds were much appre-
 ciated by the spectators. Abe went in chiefly for left liver half jabs with
 the right, and simultaneously the down hook over the right ear with the left, while the negro was best with his
 breakaway uppercuts. Neither man was successful in finding that truly vital spot, his opponents solar plexus. It is only fair to the negro to add that he was not in the best of training. It is to be hoped that some further contests for Abe can be arranged, as a fighter of his calibre has not visited this country since the days of Gunner White.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-05
ARCHER AND HIS ARM
Ccub Catcher Recites Story of Aeei- dent Now Part of Boseball History.

James Archer, whom some calls the greatest of baseball catchers, tells m the Baseball magazine the story Of the accident which crippled his arm, as follows: '1t was in the slack winter season of 1902 and work around To- ronto was scarce. It had just got temporary job helping out in a coop craze shop. Part of my employement consisted in placing the heads of bar rels in a vat so that the sap could be boiled out of them This vat was some three feet high and superheated by direct connection with steam pipes
 q had put some oak barrels heads in the vat where they were boiling and it was getting late in the after noon, near closing time, I started to take them out. For this purpose l had a fork something like potato digger. The floor about the vat was slippery, and as l stepped forward my foot slipped and l fell headfrst into the vat. Instinctively, for l did not have time to think, grabbed the side of the vat with my left hand. This steadied me for a moment and saved my life, as it kept mefrom div ing headfirst into the boiling sap, which esethed an bubbled black as tar.
 My face went within an inch or so of that deadly surface so that l caught glimpse of my own reflection and felt the blistering heat on my face. But that grip on the side of the vat with my left hand, while it saved my life, swung me off balance so that the only way I could keep from going bodily into the vat was ito thrust my right arm into the boiling sap. l had heavy buckskin glove on my hand, which protected it fairly well, but the flesh on my arm was scared to the elbow and my right leg was also scalded to the knee
 A"As soon as I had got my balance rolled out of the vat on to pile of steamnig barrel heads and mangade | to make my way to the office. l had on a tight-fitting, black jersey that certainly kept the heat in fine shape | One of the assistants, thinking to dc
 me good turn, ripped this persey off In doing SO he tore all the skin of my arm to the elbow and good bit
 of the flesh with it..
 The next two months I spent in the hospital, the better part of the time 1 trying to persuade the doctors to cut | the arm off. 1 couldn't think of any l thing the arm would ever be worth | to me to repay me for the suffering iI l trying to save it. Now that all that is past and gone I am glad, of course that I did save the arm, but I am moi sure I would go through such a two
 months siege again.
 | If the doctors wouldn't cut the arm | off I didn't want them to touch it.
 got so after 8. while I didn't want any
 one to look at it. But I was too tougf to die then, and gradually the arm mended. That was before the day!
 of skin grating, and as a result m.
 arm is pretty well scared and ridged
 It is also bent and stiffened at the el
 bow. But it has been a pretty use
 full old arm to me for all that"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-05
ATTORNEYS AT LAW .
ST. PAuL's FIELD DAY
 A BIG SUCCESS PlainfieId Defeats kiilinqiy H. S. 16- 14-MiIe Race Won by J. Nolan from Taftville.


 On Saturday last, St. Paul's annual field day was held d Piainfeld, includ- ing the baseball game between Plain field H. $. and F<illingly H. S., which was won by the former by the score of Is to 1t
 The following races were run off: 10e yard dash-First Larochelle, large clock presented by Schwartz Eros.. Norwich; second Curtin, um- brella-
 Ole yards dash for boys under IT, First. 4. Platt. clock from william Friswell, Norwich: second, A. Winsor, i picture by Shea S Burke.
 100 yards dash for boys under 12- J. Bedard first, Tbermos bottle given by Lee Clegg, Norwich: second, J. MaeNulty, picture. Lahn Bros, Nor- wich. M
 One mile run-First. J. Nolan, Taft vile. Piaut- Cadden cup: second, G. Kay. Thermos bottle. Disco Bros, Nor wich.
 Egg and spoon race-First -lady's, Mrs. Smith. scarf; first girls, Alice Sykes. umbrella.
 Bicycle race three mles-First Jesse Alexandrc punch bowl, donated by James OConnel. Norwich; second H. Campbell. umbrella, donated by the 4. & P. Tea Co. Norwich.
 After ali expenses were raid the to- tai amount cleared was s5l The Piainfeld Military band rendered mu- sic.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-05
EUROPE CONTINUES TO BUY
 AMERICAN WHEAT.
Price Advanced 5-8 Gents a Bushel
 Yesterday.

Chicago, Aug. 4.-European paying of American wheat in defiance of the mishaps of war began today. British government guarantee against possible losses by ocean capture of any part of the millions of bushels previously opened the way for additional pur- chasing. Prices of wheat leaped up- ward to an extreme of 3 5-S cents a bushel and closed strong with net gains of 1-2 to 2 5-S.
 All the other leading staples on the board of trade joined in the advance.
 According to a leading exporter. the world today was good news, except one thing, namely, that foreign exchange bankers had not yet found themselves able to purchase foreign bills against foodstuffs. Negotiations seeking a sat- isfactory solution of this were in progress.
 At a meeting of the Chicago board of 1 trade directors this evening steps were taken to request the chamber of com
 merce of the United States to petition
 the secretary of the treasury to buy s25.000,O0 to s40.000, 900 of foreign ex- | change, to be used to facilitate the ex- port of grain. It was also decided tC memorialize President Wilson to use | his influence with the governments ol Germany, Great Britain and France tC
 have foodstQffs declared not contra. | band of war.
 In addition the meeting appointed z | committee to outline plan for new
 clearing system on exchange here re. | ducing margins so that no money | would be tied up except on net differ ! ences on daily balances between profit. | and loss instead of the gigantic sunni | now required.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-05
YANTIC
Village to Have a Baseball Team Footbridee Completed and Open to Travel.

Charles Spicer spent the week end with relatives in New London.
 Eli Levins has returned from a week end stay at Coney Island, N. Y.
 Joseph DreSsner has returned from a visit to Boston and Roxbury.
 Herbert Strong, Jr, spent the week end with Lis parents. MT. and Mrs Herbert Strong, of Blaine avenue, Wor- cester.
 Fred Joyce has returned after 8 week end stay in Boston. << MT and Mrs. George Stone and chil- dren have returned from stay al Ocean Beach.
 Miss Mary Cassavant is entertain ing the Misses St. John from Worces. ter.
 Organizing Ball Team.
 A baseball team is in the process oi organization in the village under tn, management of George Stone. Patricl Connolly is going to be secretary anG ! treasurer and is arranging to have al expert pitcher for the team. A gam, is scheduled for the 18th.
 Footbridse Opened. The footbridge across the canal i finished and opened to public trave again.
 William Burns recently bought l puppy from Peter Nawrocki to replac l Sport, killed by an automobile las ! llOllII. Grace Church Interests. Rev J. Monroe of Hartford officiate | at Grace church Sunday and was en 1 tertained by MT. and Mrs w. E. Man ming. The announcement was mad l that the guild would meet with Mrs | Mary Ladd at Elmwood today (Wed l nesday).
 MT. and Mrs. Charles S. Garner hay returned from stay at Ocean Beacf
 Frank Clyde has returned to Myysti after spending the past week wit friends here
 Miss Anna Parke, who has bee 1 spending the past two weeks in Ocea l Grove. N. J. has gone to Philadelphi for a lengthy stay. MT. and Mrs. Evan Jones and so Edward of Waterbury were recer | guests of relatives here.
 MT. and Mrs. Henry Hamilton hay i returned from a visit with their sol l Warren Hamilton, of East Grea Plain.
 Charles Tallis of Dover, N. H., ha | been passing $ few days in the villa : the guest of his nephew. Fran l Stritch.
 Horse Did Not Run Away. Howard Bishop was resting comfort ably at the Backts hospital TiIesda. Mf. Bishops left leg was broken, nl Ill q runaway. as stated. but when til wagon broke. letting the harness ia on the horse. which kicked, strikill Mr. Bishop. Even then the driver hel on and the horse showed no dispositio to run.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-05
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES FOR
 RELIEF OF AM-aicANs
President Wilson, Cabinet and Con- sress Thoroughly Absorbed in Work.

Washington. Aug. 4.-President Wil- son, his cabinet and congress were thoroughly absorbed today in plans and legislative measures for the relief of Americans abroad. the continuation of transatlantic shipping to move crops and the stabilizing of domestic general conditions.
 President Asks for s2, 500, 900.
 The president asked congress to ap- propriate S2, ,500, 900 in addition to the $25o, ,000 granted yesterday for the general accommodation of Americans in Europe.
 Action will be taken by both houses tomorrow.
 Cruiser to Transport Gold
 The armored cruiser Tennessee will sail Thursday for various European ports with this sum, as well as sey- eral millions in gold, being sent Dy New York bankers, all designed to give Americans immediate funds and facili- tate their departure.
 Americans Held in Germany.
 Oficial notice came from the Ger man government that Americans would not be permitted to leave the German empire during the period of army mobilization, which will continue fol another ten days.
 Conferences were in progres: throughout the day at the state. treas ury. navy and war departments on de tails of relief plans. A systematit search for steamships to carry Ameri. cans home was begun.
 President Wilson signed the oil amending the Aldrich- Vreeland law st as to place more than a billion dollar in domestic circulation if desired b. the banks and prevent general strin gency.
 Proclamation of Neutrality Issued. The president issued a proclamation | of neutrality warning subjects of tn United States of their rights and du ties on account of the existence of state of war in Austria, Germany | Servia, Russia and France The American Red Cross decided t | place its vast army of nurses, phy si | clans, etc, at the disposal of the vari | ous powers at war. | The senate is expected to pass to morrow the bill already adopted by tn 1 house admitting foreign built ships t i American registry and assisting there by in the maintenance of America commerce.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-05
SIDE EFFECTS OF THE WAR. It Msy Not Be Possible to Hold OIym. pies, ard the Panama Pacific Expo siticn Will Suffer.

' The war raging Tn Europe will not 7 be without it's effect upon the Olympic games anu the athletics of the whole civilized world. The Olympic games are scheduled for competition in Ber- lin in 1916 but, despite the assurances of those high in the athletic world, there is a grave doubt if the classic can be held. In every country invoived in the struggle, with the exception of Great Britain. military service is com pulsoTy. Each numbers among it's best athletes members of the army, who are already in the field
 Nor vii the Olympic games suffer alone. The Panama Pacific exposition will suffer. It was hoped by the ath- letic directors of the San Francisco exposition to hold meeting which would surpass even that to be contest cd in the wmr-ridden capital of the kaiser. Now. unless all signs fall, the east will fight It out against the north south and west.