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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13
Tate Is An Optimist.

81 am an optimist as to the future
Of South Carolina" says William
Knox Tate, in his letter Of resigna-
ton as state supervisor of rural ele-
mentary schools, which has been sent
to the state board of education. Mr..
Tate's successor has not been chosen.
The last general assembly appropriate
ed $1,000 for the work and this is
considered inadequate by Mr.. Tate.
He left Columbia last week to accept
the chair Of rural education in the
George Peabody College for Teachers
at Nashville.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13
BiuuesTRubber Tree Of All.

What is believed to be the largest
rubber tree in the world stands in the
Brazilian territory Of Acre., on the
frontier of Bolivia. It's stem Is 27 feet
2 ITO inches in circumference at the
base. For 100 days every year this
colossus gives % pounds of rubber a
day. At present prices this brings in
$3.50 a year, or a fair interest on
about $500 to its owners, a family
of seven SeringueiroS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13
Transferable Distinction.

Markley Ito Fostering insurance
man)-"Look here, when you talked
to me last year, you told me that the
company you were with was the best
in the world" Agent-"My dear sir,
it was at that time, but the company
1 am now with, having since had the
benefit Of my services, has, Of course,
taken the honor away from it."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13
CaIomeI Is an Injurious Druu

CaIomeI Ie an Injurious Drug
and is being displaced in a great
many sections of the South by DR..
G. B. Williams Liver and Kidney
Pills. These pills stimulate the Liver
and Bowels without that weakening
after effect which Calomel causes
Sold by dealers 25c. bottle. Sample
mailed free on request. The G. B.
Williams Co., Quitman, Ga.-Adv. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13
AUDITING States Books.

The legislative auditing committee
1 sat work at the state house examin-
ing the books Of the state officials.
The members of the committee are:
C. o. Goodwin Of Greenville and A.
M. Hiott of Beaufort from the house
and T. H. Ketchin of FAIRFIELD
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13
The Chance,

In all his dealings with me, l have
always found Smith white"
He was, but now he's turning
gray"
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No, SlX-SlXTY-SIX

This is a prescription prepared es.
pecially for Malaria or ChIlIs and
Fever. Five or six doses will break
any case, and If taken then as a tonie
the fever will not return. 25c.-Adv.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13
Governor Has Freed Over 1900.

aoSS'hoi nc iSC9 ONC' Jcoo'
The governor has granted a parole
to James Moses, who was convicted
in Barnwell county in September of
1912 of murder and upon a recon-
mendation to mercy was sentenced to
a life term in the state ~penitentiary.
A parole has been granted to Ar
thur Miller, who was convicted in
Dillon county in September of 1911
Of larceny and sentdlced to three
years in the state ~penitentiary. Since
assuming office the governor has ex-
tended clemency to 1900 cases.
Government Inspects Schools.
A thorough inspection of the Flor
ence :hools for trachoma, tubercu-
losis snd hookworm is being made
under the supervision of the board of
experts from the government service.
The suggestion was made to Super.
intendent BROKER by DR.. c w. Stiles
when he was here on the occasion of
the meeting of the State Medical as.
s%ociation. DR.. Stiles, after an exam.
ination of the schools, superficial, OF
course, told MIR. Booker that he was
surprised at the favorable condition
OF the children and the schools.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13

Use Roman Eye Balsam for scalding SEN
sation in eyes and Inflammation OF eyes or
eyelids. Adv.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13
Flour In Small Packages.

Flour in Small Packages.
Following order was issued a few
days ago from the state department
Of agriculture:
"In view Of the popular demand for
-four sold in cartons and small size
packages, guaranteed under the fed
eral pure food law, and bearing the
stamped net weight of the contents
on the package, such packages, In
cartons and in small paper lacks,
properly branded and stamped, car
rying the net weight printed on the
outside Of package, will be allowed
to go to sale showing the following
net weights: rs ounces, rs ounces,
72 ounces, AZ ounces, 4 0%ounces, %
ounces and 26 ounces. Packages
showing any other weights than
those specified will be considered H.
legally in the markets Of the state
and will be subject to all Of the pro-
visions of the weights and measures
law"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13
ARE you coNSTIPATED?

Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills havc
proved their worth for rs years. Test them
yourself low. Send for sample to 372 Pearl
ST., New York. ADV.
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protect Banks With Willows.

project 6dHkS Will WIIloWS'
A new method of flood protection
is to be tried on the Taylor planta-
ton in Richland county. Several
hundred willow trees are to be plant
ed on the banks of the Congaree riv.
er. The Missouri river is held within
its banks for many miles by a heavy
growth of willows. The trees have
deep roots and are able to withstand
freshets. Commissioner Watson Of
the state department Of agriculture,
took up the matter Of planting the
trees on the banks Of the Congaree.
Several experiments were made.
Appointed Member of Commission.
In his address at Craven Hall, Clar-
ence J. Owens, managing director of
the Southern Commercial congress,
announced that Edwin w. Robertson
of Columbia has been appointed mem
Der for South Carolina of a commits
sion of 100 from the United States
to participate in an international
conference of municipal leaders to
be held in London during July. Mr..
Owens is making a trip through the
South to make appointments on tho
commission.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13

While we are thinking it over, OPP
portunity often leaves town on a fast
train.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13
Awful,

Awful.
Tommy-Why do ducks dive?
Harn-Guess they must want to
liquidate their bills.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13
Nell Stumbled.

Mrs. Brown-Why doesn't Jones get
a runabout?
Mrs. Smith-He has-his wife.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13

Worms expelled promptly from the human
system with DR.. Peery's Vermifuge dead
Shot" Adv.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13

If a baby is homely the mother is
willing to admit that it looks like her
husband.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13

Many a girl catches the man she
wants by pretending to desire some
man she doesn't want.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13

Putnam Fadeless Dyes guarantee
Adv.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigprtte stomach, liver and bowels.
S1ear-coass4, tiny granules, easy to take as
candy. AGS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13

Tie Etrl with o promising voice is
often possessed of a coloratura tenn
per aiRo.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13
And You Get Taken In.

What is This kleptomania l read so
much about in the papers. Is 1t
catclilng?"
NO, 1t Ia taking"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-13
OPERATION DESCRIBED IN LET
TER OF INFORMATION TO
WASHINGTON.
PALMETTO CAPITOL NEWS
General News Of South Carolina Col.
lected and Condensed From The
State Capital That Will Prove OF
Interest to All Our Readers.
Columbia.

"The development of the business
has gone far beyond my fondest ex'
~pectations and the thorough practical
bility Of the plan, which is Of itself
so simple, has been more than demon
strated," says Commissioner Watson
of the state department Of agriculture
in a letter to G. E. Bassett, specialist
in cooperative organization OF the
United States department of agricul-
ture, discussing the success of the sta
ture, discussing the. success OF the
state bureau Of marketing.
81 am in receipt Of yours OF Apri!
49," a y the commissioner, AM un'
der separate cover ! have mailed you
some specimen copies Of the newspa-
per that we use in connection with
the state bureau Of marketing, IN
which you will find specimens OF our
several weekly market bulletins.
81 note your request for amy fur
Their information. 1t may interest
you to know that the business OF the
state bureau of marketing has grown
enormously, and that it Is now being
generally utilized by people In sl
parts of this state and a great many
in other states who seek such things
as pure seed of special varieties of
cotton, cow peas, CORN, etc. The far
mer is using it for practically every
thing connected with the farm, and
each week sees calls from new peo-
pie. The transactions in money value
each week are now becoming very
large. The merchants are beginning
to take hold and the housewives IN
the several cities, who, strange to
say, have been slower than. any other
class in using the bureau, are now be-
ginning to do so, and in that connec'
lions the parcel post is serving an ad-
mirable purpose. Frankly, the devel-
opment of the business has gone far
beyond my fondest expectations, and
the thorough practicability Of the
plan, which is Of itself so simple, has
been more than demonstrated.
II note your inquiry as to whether
the plan of marketing has developed
any difficulties in connection with the
proper grading of goods, and whether
or not the farmers idea Of FIRST
class" agrees with the opinion Of the
buyer. This has been one Of the re-
markable things to impress upon my
mind. Up to the present moment
there has never been a single Ques-
ton to be raised by the buyer in any
case as to the superior quality of the
product. Perhaps this may indicate
that the farmer IS an honest man, or
that the people have been so thor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-02
BEAUTY CHATS
PADS AND FACTS
Br BIanche Bcacore-

Here is one of the new lingerie fads.
 For a good many years women have worn their monographs embroidered on their nightgowns, corset covers and cbemises. but the Good Night legend is certainly an innovation. do not predict any great amount of popular sty for dt9 While women love pretty lingerie with its lacy effects. pretty Efbbons and sachets think most wso- men are at heart too circurnspect to care to wear Good Might" gown.
 My model has such beautiful hair that T persuaded her to wear it down in the picture Do not imagine, how ever, that she sleeps in it in this con ditfon. Fancy it's snarls and tangies and pulls the next morning. If she did Every night she gives 1t fifty strokes. then parts it, in the middle of the back of her head, bringing it far over towards the front On each side This is more comfortable than letting the thick braids lie directly in the back.
 Are you a quiet sIeeper2
 If so, about once a week, tTy gtv- fnx your hair it's freedom Give it its fifty bedtime strokes, but do not braid 1t. After you get in bed put your hands behind you at the nape of the neck and bring the hair we'll up over the pillow. If you are 6 quiet sleeper and do not toss about, your hair will receive it's share of benefit from the current of fresh air blowing through, your room.
 And do you have plenty of fresh air tn your sleeping room? We breathe more slowly during sleep and this makes 1t more imperative that every breath we draw must be free from carbonfc-acid gas and unless there is a current of fresh air entering the room and KEEPING THE AIR IN MOTION we are certain to breathe the dreaded carbonic- acid gas.
 Foul adr induces a stupid inEensi- bility which is not sleep but a heavy szncouscaousness which is not restor- atfve. but, on the contrary, exhaust
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-02
JACKS SKATE SAIL.
(By Virginia vale.) }


 Once upon a time Jacks father ask ed him if he had ever skated with a sail Jack said no and that it must be great fun
 So Jacks father made a big sail for himself and a,Asmaller one for Jack one day. and then they went out on the river to try them.
 The way he made them was to take a long stick. and fasten to it two cross sticks at top and bottom. Betw cen these cross sticks was fastened piece of cloth so it would be just like a sail on a boat Jack and his father went out on the lake and as the wind was blowing quite hard Jack did not have to make his. feet go at all to get all the fun Of skating All he had to do was tos hold the sail out in front of him and the wind would blow him along at a great rate.
 HIS father could do even better than that for he could make his sail carry h1nt against the wind by 'ttackings Gas fz<x call it with sail boat.1 He could go zizzing away across the lake and back again, getting further to-. ward home each time. Then he taught Jack how to tack and soon they both could go all over the lake in any direc- ton without using their feet except to steer by
 All the other boys at once went home to make sails and now the lake f~ covered with sails every day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-02
How TOrLAKE IfE flOST
 OF Y0lgSE.LF s0 By ELxKARE7H LEE

fbuild may add a, touch of color by way I of accessory. but the average or the stout figure will do well to avoid even this relief. Black is of course, the White may always be introduced up- on a black gown, also 2 touch of color, I if desired.
 Black, unrelieved, should not be worn from choice, yet many elderly women t-also some of those who have only reached middle age-seem to think they should only wear black.
 This Is entirely a mistake, for black lis only becoming to fresh, youthful faces, rosy cheeks, and golden hair. Colors are far kinder, of course, not bright, vivid shades-because the con- trast would be even more cruel than b1ack-but. given the tones that will harmonize with skin no longer daintily pink and eyes that have lost much of their luster, the transformation will be astonishing.
 Take the pIunap, fair, and norid woman. Nothing will become her so well as gown of dull. soft black, re- 1ieved about the face with ivory lace. Bright, glossy surfaces should be strictly avoided. while satin is posi- lively fatal to the stout woman. Colors, too must be carefully stud jed. The baby blues, so becoming in her youth, must now give place to the more harmonious faded, pastel shades. AIauve she may wear; also dark grayish blues, as military or dull Copenhagen, as do1ors for whole gowns Dark wistaria is not a bad choice, but when a very bright. vivid shade is preferred it should only be used as a piping or, say, a lining. It must be remembered that a little will go quite a long way. Fortunately, the styles of the day call for little trim ming In fact, very sften there is no  Any trimmings will be of the material while the relief may be a dainty col lar of lingerie ar lace and cuffs to match. This is an excellent model for the stout woman whether she be fair or dark.
 Now while the plump woman should avoid glossy surfaces, there is anoth- CT type, notably the thin woman, in- cIined to scragginess, also to sa1low- ness, to whom a certain amount of 1uster is 2. necessity She needs some hing to .sbrighten her up,'s and the fa- bEies she should choose should have a deep as well as d glossy surface, as. for instance. velvet, broade1oth, and the satiny weaves of soft silks and crepes. Genuine satin and stin silks. while redecting the lights and conse- ,quentIy increasing the size of the wear CT (which is good, of course1 will also be found cold, and so only becoming to those in youth who have plenty of their own warm coIoring.
 A suit of warm gray velvet or broad cloth trimmed with velvet will be be- coming te this type, also rich wis., taria, 1ong-haired furs, and soft, fluffy, ivory jabots. As accessories, the nt- tie punches of artificial flowers worn so much now will be correct, or even a single large flower in rich, deep col- bring; anything. in fact, which will | tend to .swarm her up.'
  ticle will be answered by Mrs. Lee personally if a stamped and self-ad- dressed envelope be inclosed in the inquirer's letter.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-02
AGAIN THE MARRIED MAN

Where evi1 may be done, tis right To ponder; where only suffer'd know, The shortest pause is much too long
 Every girl has her love dream. sweet and farciful, of the man who will one day come to woo and wed her. In her rneddtations he is always light of heart and fancy free. No cloud dark ems their courtahip. Marriage is the natural out come of their meeting. Even the girl whose feet have turned into the primrose path never went so far in her reveries as to imagine that her mate was to be one who was bound by the holiest ties to another
 The stories of the girls who have gone wrong because of their foolish infat1ation for man who could not be theirs have held no warnings They have read of the unfortunate endings Of such girls. but do they heed? No!
 r Yesterday, the whole country was girl and a married man. So strong was her infatuation for him that she sdeffes all who love, her and hold her dear to keep her parted from the vll- lain who has erltallg1ed her heart. To- day another girl has shocked the world by slayi1Tg- the wife of the man whose love she craFed. In her case, retribEffon followed close on the heels of the tragedy When she realized the enornaity Of her crime, in mo 1nent of renorse, she took her own fife
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-02

threw glass of wattir rite were he haWt we was .ony we wasn't, bekause the pIeeceman was, and the wattir went rite in his fase. splashdng like enything.
 Who the devvil. wat the devvil, wats aWl this. sed the pIeeceman, jumping up.
 Q, beg yure pardin, I beg yure pardin, Inn terribly sorry, I'm sure, sed the red heded man, I thawt you were a cuppe1 Of little boys. Do look like a cupped of 1ittel beyss sed the pleecernan, Hdping his fase with his sleeve mad as enythir1g.
 Yes, I meen no. meens they were tnaTe jest escknd ago and now yure thare, sed the man.
 Tell me slImthirg don't no. sed the pleeceman, wares them two blasted kids
 Witch they was running down the street like the diekins, Heeine me and Puds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-02
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By Lee Pape.
(By Lee Pape.l

CBy Lee Pape.1
 Puds Sinkins and me was wawking aIa,Wng this aftirnoon and we saw a stoar windo wich you coodent see in side avn akkount of a. kertin beeing awl erround so noboddy eood see throo it.
 Look, there's a phase at the bottim, you can SC throo, sed Puds. Which thare was, and we both got down and I looked thGoo and what was inside but a red heded man putting hat avn a. lady dummy
 G. he thinks noboddys looking at him, I eed.
 Hay, we see you doing it, #Pt1ds Sim lins yelled. An the man Rwick looked down to wdlare our fases was sticking under the kertin and made nnoshins for us to go away, which we dident, jest staying thare looking at him. And we kepp avn watching him a vile, and then I yelled, We see evvrything yure doing, awl rite
 Which we did. and the man shook his fist at us and we kepp alwn stay ing thare, Pud Si1nkins yelling, Its a wundir you woodent put a good hat avn her, and me yelling, Its wTundir you wooder1t put good hat avn her, avn akkount of not being abel to think of ennthing else.
 Jest then felt suInthing sticking in my ribs and wat was it but a, pIeece- mans club. the pIeece1nan standing thare sticking it.
 What are you kids up to, sed the pleecennan.
 Thares a man in thare doing sum thing fearse, sed Plds.
 We'll get up out of that and III see for myself, sed the p1eecennan- And Puds and me stood up and the pleece- man got down and startid to look and just then the doar opened and the red heded man kwick jumped out and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-02

memorial will be in honor of the fol- lowing besides Phillips: George c. Eccles, steamship Ohio, foundered Aug. 25, 1909. off Pacific coast; s. F. Sczepanek, steamship Pere Marquette, sank in Lake Michigan Sept. g, 1910; Lawrence Prudhunt, steamship Rosen- cranz, sank off Pacific coast Jan. T, 1913, Donald Campbell Perkins, steam ship State of California, sang off Paci- fife coast Aug. IS. 1913; Ferdinand J. KueIn, steamship Monroe. sank off Atlantic coast Jan. 80. 1914. The memorial was designed by Hewitt & Bottom1ey, New York architects.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-02
We Pity Innocent Young Girls

A
 We fail to remember that many go headlong to their ruin with their eyes open and a. full understanding of the sins they are committing when they welcome the advances of the married man Love is solemn as it lis noble. Nol girl has eyer fallen headlong into sim She has reached that stage by slow degrees First it is the smile, then the p1easart word Of greeting, the low. tender word, the clasp Of the hand, and the earess-
 Before lovenalxing gets so far as this, and ere she has fallen under it's mystic spell, she should make up her mind to know all about the man who sues for her affection. FiIIst and fore most, it is expected that he is single Next that he is honorable, and upon marriage intent
 df a man who has been king the least advance to a girl tells her that he can love her, but is not free to be nearer and dearer to her. that he can not marry because he already has wife, the girl shouId fee from him as from a plague He does not tell her the thought that is uppcrnost in his bearr, that his intention is to make her but the plaything of an hour, blot the purity of her fair name, wreck her life, make of her a creature whom he would not allow his own wife to associate with. Girls know the dan ger at a. very early age and step will ling victims into the trap laid for them.
 married man who attempts to make
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-02
1QRlAL FOuNTAiN TO WeRELESS HEROE
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New York, Feb. PA fountain with granite seats and cenotaph and sur rounding evergreens will soon be erected at the base of the tower of the barge office in Battery park as a memorial to Jack Phillips, the wire less operator who perished the Titanic, and to six other wireless heroes Many monuments have been erected in memory of the victims of the Titanic, but this memorial is es- pecially interesting because the Ends were donated in small anoulEfsz by wireless operators of the sea- The