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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04
o. g.. Martin Visits Fair.

Columbia.-O. B. Martin, In charge
Of the boys corn club and girls tomato
club work in the South, came to Co.
lumbia from Washington to attend
the state fair. Mr.. Martin was for
merly state superintendent of educa-
ton for South Carolina and is well
known throughout the state. Mr.. Mar
tin was appointed to his position by
the late DR.. Seamon A. KNAPP, foun-
der of the demonstration work, and
known as the grand old mar OF agri,
culture. MIR. Martin will remain
In South Carolina for several days.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04
Why Arabs Lie.

1t Is said by travellers throughout
the world that the most universally I'm.
truthful people to be me with are the
Arabs. All foreigners lie some of
the time, but the Arabs lie all the
time. Whether this be true or not,
the Arabs give this reason for their
untruthfulness:
When tie father of lies came on
earth to distribute his goods he had
nine bags of lies. He spread one bag
of lies throughout Europe, then start
ed for Africa and Asia. He landed in
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04
T a dinner in New York not long
n aUO ~oupruhodu Of fb, fob1o -o,

A Ta dinner in New York not long
"A ago everybody at the table was
obviously attracted to a wonder
fully beautiful face belonging to a lady
of about twenty-five. She seemed the
personifcation of beauty and charm,
grace and poise Of character and
mind, but the instant she spoke she
exhibited such a coarse, repulsive
voice, such grossness, and her manner
and bad English were so completely
out Of keeping with her face that the
remarkable impression she had made
was dispelled. Her symmetrical and
attractive face was her only recon-
mendation. Grossness and ignorance
back of it ~disillusioned us all.
The most beautiful face in the world
will lose it's attractiveness the mo-
ment we see in the person any sug-
gestion Of coarseness or vulgarity, my
lack Of refinement and culture.
Every child ought to be taught that
a pleasing personality and a charming
amer are Of inestimable value to
everybody, and especially to a girl.
We judge people by the earmarks
and signs which they exhibit. Every
body is taken on his manners. No
matter what possessions you may
have at home all that you have, so
far as strangers are concerned, is
what you show, what you exhibit in
your manner, in your face, in your
bearing, your personality.
The best of our wealth we always
carry with us. The triumph of char
acter' and a superb personality are
Of infinitely greater value than any
material possessions, however great.
If the impression you make is un-
favorable people who meet you will
naturally jump to the conclusion that
you would not make a very agree
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04
Reaard for His Mothers Feelings.

Jokes about cheap motor cars are as
the sands Of the sea, but a Kansas
City traffic manager believes he has a
new one. He met an old friend whom
he had not seen for many months, and
asked him:
what are you doing now"
Selling motor cars" was the unen'
thusiastic reply.
What kind Of cars?"
We'll, er-the truth is," he STAN
mered, II am selling - (deleted)
cars, but I'd rather you wouldn't say
anything about it. I don't want my
mother to know; she thinks I'm a bar
tender"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04
Convict Kills Guard.

Spartanburg.-Will Hughes, sen.
fenced a little more than a year ago
to life imprisonment for the murder
of Golfer Cox, near Tuckapau, in this
county, killed Robert Stephens, the
guard in charge of the gang on which
he was a prisoner, with a pack, rob-
bed him of his two pistols and $40 in
cash and made his escape. The Off
GERS of the county and many deputies,
armed with shotguns, are securing
the country, in automobiles for the
fugitive. The gang was at work
south of the city, lear Arkwright.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04
Sheriff Owens Dead.

Walterboro.-L. G. Owens, sheriff
of Colleton county, who has been In
public life for years, passed away at
his farm near Ridgeville after a short
illness. He went to his farm several
days ago and was stricken with par
alysis, dying there. Sheriff Owens
was a gallant Confederate soldier and
a man who has been prominent in
this county for the last generation.
A native of North Carolina, he came
to this county after the war and has
since resided here. He is survived
by a wife and grandchildren.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04
Governor Sends Message No. 10.

Governor Sends Message NO. Is.
Message No. 10 of the extraordinary
session was received in the senate
recently from the governor. This
was in the main an argument against
the proposed bond issue, based on
t~echnicalities of the constitution.
The first argument was that the
author CT the bond issue project, Sen
ator Alan tombstone Of Newberry, was
not legally a member of the senate,
IN that he was a trustee and chairman
of che board of trustees Of Clemson.
Another was that all bills providing
revenue should originate in the house.
The third section questioned the
legality Of the senate's action in con-
tinuing as members Of the sinking
fund commission the chairman of the
ways and means committee OF the
house and the chairman Of the finance
committee in the senate until then
~successor had been chosen.
In conclusion the chief executive
raised the question that the state
could not issue scrip, certificate or
other evidence of state indebtedness
except for the redemption of stock,
bonds or other evidences of indebted
ness, previously issued"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04
Chinese Republic.

: theoretically China is a republic
but it is hardly %belieyable that II is
such in the sense that this country IS.
We may be sure that, despite Its re-.
publican name, China is ruled largely
by a few men at Picking. S~elf-goyern;
ment is something THAT is slowly 40
quired. It cannot be brought about In.
q day by conventional rulings,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04
Farm Agents Camp at Fair.

F%ifty-seven agricultural experts,
agents of the United States farm de-
monstration work and Clemson col
lege, have worked for several months
under the direction of w. w. Long,
state agent, to make the state fair a
success from an agricultural stand
point. The result Of this work was
| shown by the magnificent display OF
farm products that were brought to
| Columbia. The agents encamped out
at the fair grounds in tents. 1t is
the first time that agricultural agents
have camped like soldiers.
Following are the demonstration
agents for South Carolina. who at.
tended:
l.. B. Altman, Jasper; F. II. Ar
rants, Kershaw; ]. r. Blair, York;
T. A. Bowen, Pickens; F. W. CARMEL,
Union; w. B. Chitty, Bamberg; j. F.
Claffy, Calhoun; F. NJ. Crum, Or
augsburg; R. l.. cunningham, Ches,
ter; T. o. Epps, Williamsburg; ]. F.
Ezell, S~partanJuls, c. = Farris,
Greenwood; J. o. Finklea, florence;
w. NJ. Frampton, Charleston; G. A.
Hams, Hampton; S. W. Epps, Dillon;
Ashton Head, Aiken; M C. Holland,
Oconee; B M. Hudson, Berkeley.
Lennon, Fairfield; W. T. J.. Lever,
Fairfield; P. N. Lott, Elgefeld; D. l..
McAlhaney, Dorchester; c. A. Nc
Fadden, Clarendon; A. A. Mckeown,
York; Colin McLaurin, Marion; T. M.
Mills, Newberry; j. B. Muldrcw, Oar,
lington; E. E. Hall, Richland; B. G.
, Price, Colleton; j. A. Riley, George
town; ]. w. Rcthrock, Anderson; A.
| M. Sanders, Barnwell; j. w. Shealy,
Lexington; W. P. Stewart, G~rhenville:
D. l.. Tarrant, Orangeburg; W. }
Tiller, Chesterfield; N. w. Wall,
Horny; J. D. w. Watts, Laurens; S
N. Welsh, Lee; J.. F. Williams, Sum-
ter; C. S. Patrick, Ssluda; 9. D. Evans.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04
srInuIno the News.

AS evidence Of the u%psidedownl con.
ditions of the world (writes "H%"ojI
notice in this mornings paper Bor,
deaux news wired from Stockholm,
Petrograd news wired from New York,
Bucharest news wired from Rome, and
Berlin news wired from Saloniki. In
due course I expect to heir from
]Spitzbergen that Shackleton. has
reached the South pole.-Manchester
Guardian. ya@
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04
Honor Or. Seaman A. Knapp.

Demonstration agents who attended
the fair hold dear the memory OF the
late DR.. Seaman A. Knapp, the origin
ator of the demonstration work in the
United States. AS a token of respect,
pictures of the grand old man Of ag-
riculture" were hung in many Of the
booths at the state fair. One OF the
pictures was in the booth of the AT
cade and Victoria mills exhibit. 1t
was the Intention Of DR.. Knapp to
make South Carolina a model state
In agriculture and the records OF the
state show that he never refused.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04
Mill Gets Biu Order.

Spartanburg.-The Beaumont Man
u%facturing company of S~partanburg
was awarded the contract for the an
nual supply Of wrapping twine for
the postofice department amounting
to between 1,2O0,0 900 to 100000
pounds at 10 cents per pound.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04
British -RecruItinu.

Warlike Mistress-Don't yon think,
James, you would Like to join Lord
Kitchener's army?
Peaceful Footman Thank you,
mum; but I don't see as 'ow I'd; be bet
tering myself. Warssf for them as likes
it, which / never did.---London Punch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04
prooress Reported.

Have you learned that new dance?
"Well," replied Uncle Flopsole,
haven't quite learned 1t, but I'm gets
ting or. I don't feel exactly graceful
as yet, but I've got over being afraid
hat I'll fall d~own."-Washington Star
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04
Charleston Wants 100000 Ho

Charleston Wants 100000 House.
Charleston.-After a mass meeting
In the Chamber of Commerce it was
reported that $4,000 had been sub
scribed in preferred stock to the Huiet
hotel theatre s600,O 900 project. Mr..
Huiet announced that he had a bigger
enterprise to propose, and then out
lined plans for a 100000 proposition
on the Argyle hotel site. The can
vass committee will confer with Mr..
Huiet, A. W. Swasey and A. W. Uhl-
man of New York for the purpose of
going into the details of the larger
plan. .nt
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04
Milk Looked Strange.

A family living in South Chicago
found a good deal of cream on a bottle
of milk which had been standing over
night and when the driver called in
the morning the pleased servant held
it up to the light and said:
Look here, l have never seen any
thing like this before on your milk"
The mar looked at it for a moment,
scratched his head and replied:
well, l don't know what's the mat
ter, but you can throw it out and I'll
give you a fresh bottle in it's place"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04
The Bald Row,

What is the matter with that
MANI" asked the inquisitiye little girl
at the theater.
THE man sitting in the front row."
"Yes'm. The one whose hair Is too
small for him"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04
PARAGON of Wiues

Does your wife write you contiuu.
ally for coin?' mo; she's an excel.
lent bridge player. Bless her little
heart, she sent The SO this month on
the rent money"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04

Egypt one evening, intending to scat
ter a bagful owe that country and
Syria, then, on the following day, go to
Asia. While he slept the Arabs (who
were accomplished ~thieves), stole all
his remaining bags of lies and dis
tributed them among themselves.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-11-04

CANNON ROAR RATTLER-childrens enJoy4
dlsn sai sse nS5ssy psnPHH; IS 15 RssDaia k,l EsE rss. via shi.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-22
WALL WORK HELD UP
BY RISE IN RIVER
Gangs Transferred From Hamilton
Street to Feasible Point
of Operation

Work on the River Front improve
ments was held up to-day by Sucker
Brothers Construction Company. the
contractors, because of the sudden
rise in the Susquehanna due to the
excessive rains of the last few days.
Gangs of men had been engaged at
putting in the steps above Hamilton
street, but the rising waters interfer-
red with this to such an extent that
the crews had to be called off and sent
elsewhere on the job. The work at
this point will he resumed Monday if
the river goes down sufficiently,
although it is feared that the stage
may be stationary for day or two.
While the job had to be temporarily
discontinued at Hamilton street the
gangs were busy on the wall and steps
in the vicinit. of Market street and
around the water house. Stringers are
being placed in the former section,
while down around Market street the
workmen are putting in steps and
stringer and stringer forms.
Work incidentally was begun to-day
on the actual placing of the steps on
the stringers from Walnut street
northward. The stringers and foot
wall was put in some months ago.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-22
Jefry Chesterfield
Six the Newest Model

J. A. Bentz, manager of the Jeffery
Auto Company, at 1S0S Logan street
attended the convention of Jeffery
dealers and factory representatives in
kenosha, Wis. \ sales session and
inspection of the factory and new
models and lavish entertainment was
the program that made it a memoir
able event for all who were fortunate
enough to enjoy the hospitality of
the Thomas s. Jeffery Company. The
Jeffery Company is an old established
concern with capital and immense
factory equipment and facilities that
places ii among the foremost makers
of motor cars. Years ago. before the
motor cars were even thought of, the
Jeffery Company were among the
leading makers of bicycles and when
the automobile made its advent the
complete organization. mechanical
equipment and skilled mechanics,
were available for the necessary eX-
perimental work and subsequent per-
fection of their present handsome
models of pleasure cars and trucks
that are known the world over.
The Chesterfield Six is the newest
model. a companion of the Jeffery
Four. This car has full French
Streamline body and worm drive axle
an exclusive feature that contributes
to noiseless operation so striven for
by manufacturers of electric vehicles
Blur two-unit starting and lighting
system is used, and has four forward
Speedc and reverse. Reib Tungsten
steel valves that require no grinding
is a feature. Cantilever springs and
two sets of internal expanding brakes;
honeycomb radiator, European design;
crown tenders; Spicer universals:
wheelbase 122 inches; roomy five-pas-
senger body. This new light six sells
at $3.50, t. o. b. factory.
Besides the Chesterfield Six and JEFF
ferry Four, the company also makes
a Jeffery big six and trucks OF l.5OO
pounds and one and .one-half ton ca
pacity, as we'll as a large four-wheel
drive truck.
A large number of the Jeffery mo-
tor cars and trucks are in service in
this city and immediate vicinity.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-22
Fear Carranza May
Have to Fight Villa

Washington, D. c., Aug. 22.-The
Mexican situation is a closed incident
in the opinion of Secretary Bryan.
In discussing the entry of General
Carranza into Mexico City the Secre-
tary showed to-day great elation over
the turn of events in Mexico and
seemed to take pleasure in drawing a
contrast between the fact that Car
rama was bedecked with flowers by
the people of Mexico City and the
grim prophecies that had been made
regarding the anarchy which would
result if the Constitutionalists got to
the capital.
AS a matter of fact. Francisco Villa
is giving most administration officials
as much real concern as at any time
in the MeNiCa situation. The fear of
what Villa may do, combined with the
belief that CarranZa has proved him
self jealous, obstinate old man rather
than a great statesman with a broad
view of things. leads most officials
here regard the Mexican situation now
as in a very delicate state.
Carranza has been deluged with
advice from Washington on behalf of
the administration. yet the fact re-
mains that he has not vet done a
single thing of importance that the
United States has asked him to do.
Through special agents and his own
advisers the State Department has
sought to bring Carranza to adopt a
more conciliatory course recently
toward President Carbajal and con-
stantly with regard to Villa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-22

phlh county Court Tor Confirma ton
Until the report is submitted to the
court the information will not be
made public, according to the usual
custom of the auditors.
The auditors finished their work in
thirty busy days and at last evenings
session of the School Board the
lnance committees recommendation
that each be paid $3.50 for their work
was unanimously agreed to.
First Approved Plan Filed. - The
new Harris plot, the section of the
land lying south of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railway Company and
west OF Paxton street, was formally
.lled to-day with Recorder Oscar G.
Wickersham, and it won the distinc-
tlon of being the first plan that has
been approved by the City Planning
Commission to be filed. The Planning
Commission held a brief meeting for
the purpose.
City Gets Some Money. - City
Treasurer .. NJ. Copelin to-day got a
check for S2,05S.7S from the State,
which will he distributed among the
city fire companies This is Harris
burg's share of the income from the
fire insurance companies from out
side the State who do business here.
At the Registers Ohice.-The will
of Albert CoCkley, formerly of Lower
Swatara township, was probated to-
day and letters on the estate were is
sued to his wife, Anna.
From Courthouse to AItar-Imme-
diateiy after Simon c. Nye, Granville.
and Mamie E. Neidig, East Hanover
township, got their marriage license
to-day, they hurried round to Alder
man c. E. Murrays office and were
married.
Motion Court Monday.-Judge w.
n. Seibert, Perry county. will preside
specially at session of motion court
Monday morning. Several cases grow
ing out of issues of attachments for
contempt of court in connection with
nonSupport cases will be heard
Instructors to BE GTcsts.-At the
McCormick's Island camp this even
ing all the playground instructors will
be guests of City Commissioner NJ.
Harvey Taylor. following the final ses-
sion of the instructors with Super
visor j. K. Staples. And to-day the
1914 playground camp season for
mally closes.