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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
Ancient Calf.

Awkward mistakes occur sometimes
through falling into certain manner
isms of expression. A parson had 3
habit Of frequently saying for years
and years and years." in the course
Of a sermon. He was preaching on
the Prodigal Son, and spoke OF MIN
sitting down in that far-of land think
ing of the home that he had not seen
for years and years and years"
This was all right, but presently ne
spoke Of the welcome to his old nome,
and Of the calf which his father mao
kept in anticipation of that happy DAY.
YES" said he, dropping into his IA
vorite cadence for the winding w OF q
sentence: Eyes, the calf which he nau
kept for years and years and years!
Then somebody laughed!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
The Flag Station Seemed Far Away.

and on past the partially heated Duck
and Salad with Fringe along the Edges
| and Cheese that had waited too long
and a Check for $17.40 and the Waiter
peeved at being slipped a paltry $l.6o.
Heigh-ho! 1t is a Frolicking Life!
Pity the Poor Folks who are now get.
ting ready to court the Flax In
Akron, Ohio, and Three Oaks, Michi-
! gan, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, with no
thought Of what they are Missing.
They remembered afterward being
In a gilded Playhouse with the Activ-
tiles equally divided between a Trap
Drummer and 700 restless Young Wo-
men. ,
Then, being assailed by the Pangs
of Hunger, they went out and pur-
| chased Crab Flakes at 20 cents a
Flake, after which they paid to get
their Hats and next Morning they
we're back in their rooms, entirely sur
rounded by Towels.
On the third Afternoon, Milt sus.
pended Fall Buying long enough to
send his Family a Book of Views show
ing the Statue of Peter Cooper, the
Aviary in Bronx Park and Brooklyn
Bridge by Moonlight.
Then, with a Clear Conscience, he
went back and put his Foot on the
Rail.
The morning on which their Bodies
were taken the Pennsylvania Station
broke bright and CHEEKY.
Milt said somebody had fed him a
Steam Radiator and put Mittens on
him and unscrewed his Knee-Caps.
Otherwise, he was O. K.
Henry kept waving the English
| Sparrows out of the Way, and asking
why so many Bells were ringing.
Two weeks later, at the Union Re-
ylval Services, when Rev. Poindexter
gave out that rousing old Standby
which begins yield Not to Tempta-
tion," Milt and Henry arose from the
Cushioned Seats and sang their fool
Heads off.
MORAL: One who would put Satan
on the Mat must get Inside Informa'
ton from his Training Quarters.
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-four, a teaspoonful Of salt, a teaspoon
full of soda dissolved in three-fourths
of a cupful Of molasses, n cupful Of
r~aisins, dates or figs o a mixture Of
the three, two cupfuls Of sweet milk,
stir and let stand a half-hour to let the
soda act on the mixture, as 1t does
not make it light enough without.
Bake in a large loaf two hours.
Nut Loaf.-To two cupfuls of mixed
nut meats, using Brazil, pecans and
peanuts, add one-half a teaspoonful Of
salt, next stir in six finely chopped
bananas; when we'll blended press
into a mold and steam steadily for
three hours. Cook on ice and serve
in slices. For sandwich filling sprinkle
over a few drops of catsup on each
slice.
Chopped Steak en- Casserole. Put
two cupfuls of chopped steak in the
center of a casserole, flavor with cell
cry, salt, pepper mace and a little
mushroom catsup or Worcestershire
sauce. Surround the steak with a cup
full Of pearl barley, pour two cupfuls Of
boiling water over it and bake In a
moderate oven for one and a half hours.
Keep closely covered while cooking.
Just before serving cover with a
brown gravy or tomato sauce.
June Salad Dresslng.-Use any fruit
combination with this: Beat the white
OF one egg, add two tablespoonful of
ugar, one tablespoonful Of lemon
juice. one Of orange juice and a third
as much whipped cream as there Is
Of the mixture. Serve very cold.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
Commas and the law.

The comma in the British act Tof
parliament which has caused a disputs
between Monmouthshire miners and
their employers recalls the fact that
such marks Of punctuation were In
troduced into law only half a century.
ago. Down to 1850 all acts Of pariiav
ment consisted, in theory at all events,
Of one sentence. In that year q spe-.
cial statute was passed to allow the
text of legislative enactment to be.
,%punctuated and pointed by fulLstops.
etc. They are 80 easily interpolated
and altered that lawyers know their
danger and avoid them in legal docu
ments.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17

and served with the sauce, is also very
good.
The strawberry shortcake is the ma
tional dish which. everybody likes. To
make it; use a rich biscuit dough with
out sugar, or, If any, not more than
a teaspoonful. Make the shortcake
and roll out a half-inch thick. Spread
with butter and place the other half
on top, so that when they are baked
there will be no rough, broken edges
which are apt to come when cutting,
to say nothing Of making the cake
soggy.
There are SO many delicious straw
berry and gelatine combinations that
one will make no mistake in serving
any Of them. ..'
Strawberry Salad.--Wash and hull
the berries and cut them in halves
lengthwise and let stand 80 minutes
in a honey salad dressing in a cold
place. Drain and arrange on lettuce
leaves and serve at once. To mako
the honey salad dressing use: Two
tablespoonfuls of honey, three Of olive
oil and one and a half Of lemon juice,
a dash of salt and cayenne If liked.
Beat until frothy.
Frozen Strawberry Fruit Cup.-Take
one cupful of cubed pineapple, n cut
Of cut orange, one-half cupful of water
and sugar boiled together five minutes.
Mix the fruits and strip when cold
and let stand half an hour or longer to
blend. Make an ice of a pint of straw
berries, q cupful Of sugar and a cupful
of warm water. Hash the berries with
the sugar and let stand an hour. Then
rub through a sieve, adding the water
to hurry the process; freeze. Half fill
sherbet glasses with this and hollow
the center to heap the fruit mixture.
Put piped whipped sweetened cream
over the top and finish with a whole
berry. -.
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81
G(R1E
AF
~n-,z-aoo,r ~

and quoted a Bargain Rate Of Six Dol
lars, meaning by the Day and not by
the Month.
They wanted to know il that was
the Best he had and he said it was, as
the Sons of Ohio were having a Din
ner in the Main Banquet Hall.
So they ordered a lot of Supplies
sent up to each Room and wanted to
know If there was a Good Show In
Town-something that had been de-
nounced by the Press.
The Clerk told of one in which AS
bestos Scenery was used and Ffremen
had to. stand in the Wings, so they
tore over to the News Stand and
bought two on. the Aisle for So from
a pale Goddess who kept looking at
the Ceiling all during the Negotia.
tons, for she seemed out of Sympathy
with her Sordid Surroundings.
Then to the Rooms with their gilt
tering Bedsteads and insulting prod
igality Of bowels.
After calling up the once 70 com
plain Of the Service, they shook the
Moth Balls out of their Henry MIlers
and began to sort the Studs.
When fully attired in Evening
Clothes, including the Sheet-lrou
Shoes, they knew they looked like
New York Club Men and the Flag
Station seemed far away, as In an
other World. A..
Instead Of the usual $50 Repast Of
Clipped Beef in Cream, Sody Biscuit
and a Stoup Of G%unpowder Tea, they
ordered up Cape Gods, Potato Lett
go-at-that, Sweetbreads So-and-so, q
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
Governor BIease Must Decide.

Whether the South Carolina troops
will take part in the Augusta encamp'
ment or not will very probably be de-
cided by the governor. A telegram
received from the Department Of the
East, asking for an immediate deci
sion as to the troops of this state par
ticipating was referred to the govern
or for consideration.
The telegram follows:
EARLY reply desired telegram eighth
instant whether South Carolina troops
will participate encampment Augusta
or not, or hold engagement within
that state. War department urges gar
ticipation of all troops Ninth division
joint camp Augusta"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
MOTHERS DUTY!
Is Your Daughter
i'm Good Health?

The responsibility for the perfect wife and
mother of TOMORROW rests with the
mother of TODAY.
How are YOU rearing your daughter?
Are you fitting her for the responsibilities
that are sure to come to her?
Are you endowing her with a sound body,
robust health and a clear, forceful mind!
Or, are you, by neglect, c~ondemning her to
a life Ct suffering invalidism?
Argue as you will, plead as you will, YOU
CANNOT DODGE THE RESPONSE
BILITY-your daughter will be just what
you make her.
STELLA-VITAE Is the happy combina-
ton Of harmless but wonderfully effective
natural remedies that give to the budding
girl that assistance so necessary to pass her
successfully from girlhood to w~omanhood.
Are you awaiting yourself of it's remarkable
virtues to give your daughter the assist
ance she needs so much?
Or are you allowing prejudice or reluctance
to try a remedy you have never tried be-
fore, rob your daughter Of her right to re-
ceive every help you can give her?
If it is prejudice, dismiss it as utterly
unworthy of you.
If it is because YOU have never tried
STELLA-VITAE, remember that untold
thousands Of women today bless the hand
that pointed them to health through the
use of this greatest of remedies for women
1t is GUARANTEED TO BENEFIT-H
it don't you get your money back. All to
gain and nothing to lose.
Do YOUR duty. TRY STELLA-VITAE.
You don't need to buy a second bottle il
the first bottle fails to benefit.
Your dealer sells and guarantees this great
remedy in s100 bottles. See him TO-DAY. Don't
delay the start to good health. .
Thacher Medicine Company
Chattanooga Tennessee
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
Ancestral.

Mrs. Farthingale was going out and
was wearing-it was not quite alto
gether spring time yet-the wonderful
red fox furs that her mother had given
her as a birthday present. Little
Walter, Mrs. Farthingale's eldest hope,
was amusing himself by playing some
what roughly with the tail that had be-
longed to the fox.
BE careful, child" said his mother,
that came from your dear grandmam-
ma"
To which little Walter, surprised
and puzzled, replied:
did grandma use to have a tail
then, mother"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
Known Of Old.

Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page,
like most married novelists, treats
married life in his books from the In
side, hs it WERE" a Washington woman
said on her return from Rome.
"At a tea Mr.. and Mrs. Page had p
Iudicrous argument over something Of
other, and when their misunderstand-
Ing was satisfactorily cleared up MT.
Page laughed and said:
"+This seems like a chapter that mas
slipped out Of a novel, doesn't TT
cit seems Mrs. Page retorted.
more like a chapter that will slip into
one"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
Will Send Expert to Aiken.

acknowledgements Byrnes
secured a promise from the good roads
division of the federal department of
agriculture to send Special Agent
Weir to Aiken to assist in the con-
struction Of good roads there. In this
matter the government appropriated
$4,000 and the county of Aiken $780,
600 and Mr.. Weir will assist in show
ing the county authorities of Aiken
how to best use this money on the
construction of good roads. Mr..
.Byrnes has been diligent in the effort
to secure federal appropriations.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
Three From South Carolina.

Three out of the 80 students who
were graduated last week from the
Sewanee Military Academy at Sewa'
nee, Tenn, are South Carolinians. A
South Carolina boy won the medal fol
sabre and Workmanship drill, in the
annual competitive exercises Of the
school. The graduates are. William
H. Means of Charleston, Charles o
Brown and Albert E. Taber of Column
bia, the later of whom delivered the
saluatory at the graduating exercises
last Wednesday. Albert Taber also
won the medals in English and Latin
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
Some New State Charters.

The WinVa Realty Company Of Co
lumbia' has been commissioned by the
secretary of state with a capital Of
$4,000. The petitioners are James L..
Denny and ]. w. Denny.
The Georgetown Times company
has been chartered with a capital of
$4,000. The officers are NJ. w. Pyatt,
president and H. l.. Smith, Jr., secre-
tary and treasurer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
Want All State Interested.

With a view to bringing about a
statewide protest against the action
Of the railroad commission in order
ing into effect the state interstate
commerce commission expresses rate
structure, a number Of merchants and
shippers of Columbia met in the rooms
of the Chamber of Commerce, discuss
ed the situation and appointed a com
mittee to draft circular letters to get
the matter before the commercial bod
les, the shippers and consumer all
over South Carolina.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
TekkEN eS~eAL
A. fbo End If Eorfv-Eidht Hours

Papa certainly didn't manage this
European trip very we'll. He said
we'd be in Rome two days, but he
made a mistake and it's three-and
now we've seen everything and
there's absolutely nothing to do for a
whole day."-Lippincott's.
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Very True,

The Phrenologist-"Yes, sir, by
feeling the bumps on your head /
can tell you exactly what sort Of a
man you are" Mr.. Dolan-"Oi be-
lave it wud give We more av an oidea
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17

a 6 o o d recipe
which has been
tried and Is well
liked.
Bran Bread
Take three cup
fuls of bran, a
cupful Of graham,
a h%alf-cupful OF
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
No Cause.

81 met Bill yesterday and he called
me a hard name"
Did you resent it,"
NO"
why not?"
HE said | was a brick"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
Inspect Highway Connecting Link.

Engineer Spoon Of the United
States Office of public roads, in
charge of the maintenance of the Sec
ton of the Capital.to-C Capital highway
between Columbia and a point in
North Carolina, has been detailed to
make a survey of the highway from
Camden to Charlotte, which connects
the Capital route with the National
highway. This announcement was
made recently by Commissioner Wat
son, after a telegram from L. w.
Page, director of the national office,
had been deceived.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
Removing Rust From Iron.

Rust on iron or steel may be re.
moved easily II the metal is boiled
in a hot caustic-soda or hot caustic.
potash solution. This so softens the
rcEt that it a easily be removed by
the acid pickle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
RUB-MY-nSM

viii cure your rheumatism and al
kinds of ackes and pains-Neuralgia'
Cramps, Collie, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts'
Old Sores, Burns, etc. Antisept'o
knodyne. Price 25c.-Adv.
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It is difficult to be always true to
ourselves, to be always what we wish
to be, what we feel we ought to be.
AS long as we feel that, as long an
we do not surrender the ideal Of u
life, all Is right. Our aspirations rep
resent the true nature Of our, soul
much more than our everyday life
Max Muller.
Yet it is by our lives we are known
and judged
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
"SuiI Eat" is Valuable in South.

Washington.-Strict game laws in
Southern States for protection of the
night hawk or bull bat" whose pres
ence in cotton sections is declared to
be of inestimable value as a check to
boil weevil, was recommended in a
special bulletin issued by the depart
Of agriculture. The night hawk, to-
gether with several sorts of swallows,
says the bulletin, feed on the weevil
while on the wing, while wrens and
martins render valuable service to the
farmer by picking insects from cottor
fields the growing plants.
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CHILLS AND FEVER AND AGUE
Are Promptly Cured by Elixir Babek;
at recommend elixir Bnbsk' 70 ~
SUFFERED for several years. have tr1ed
everything, but failed. until l. came
across your wonderful MEDICINE: Can
truly say it has cured me. In
scoe. Company g, 4th Battalion.
by Parcels Post prepaid from KloczeW-
ski & Co., Washington. D. g.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17

garnish or in pleasing
combinations with other
dishes will not make ex-
pensive dishes. Cold
nodded rice with straw
berry sauce is always de-
licious. A cereal pud-
ding using cream OF
wheat ar farina. nodded
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17

A good disposition is more valuable
than gold, for the latter is the gift Of
fortune, but the former is the dover
of Naturalization.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
Orchid Species Multiply,

A century ago only 300 species Of
orchids were known, and those very
imperfectly. Now the latest authority
gives the number Of known species at
10000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17

The only time a Democrat wants
protection is when he comes home
soused and finds the light Of his life
waiting up for him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
cures Ivy Poisoning.

For ivy poisoning apply Hanforas
Balsam. 1t is antiseptic and may De
used to kill the poison. Prompt reilel
should follow the first application
Adv.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
Investment Company Chartered.

The secretary Of state has issued a
commission to the Congaree Invest
ment Company of Columbia with a
capital of S12,500. The petitioners are
Robert Norman and T. C.. Brown.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
Accounting for 1t.

"Snifkins has a screw loose"
Maybe that is why he is always
trying to make himself tight
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
Quiet Desired.

Wife-Do you love me still, dear:
Hubby-When I'm trying TO reao
the paper 1 do.-Boston Transcript
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17

Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills are ola
with and without soluble sugar coating
They regulate the bowels, invigorate inc
liver and purify the blood. Adv.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
a Dark Mystery.

Excuse me, Miss Oldgirl, but have
you dyed your hair black?"
"Sir, that is not a fair question"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
GOOD THINGS TO EAT.

While bran bread is so popular with
many people it may be we'll to have
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17

4 is a bundle Of nerves-un-
til the string breaks. Is
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17

Sold upon merit-Hanford's Balsam.
ADV.
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STRAWB

In the early season, when berries
are expensive, a very few used for a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
For Florence Tomato Clubs.

Miss Lillian Jacker, who has been
in charge Of the girls tomato club
work in Florence county for this sea-
son, has resigned and Miss Isla Will
loughby has been appointed in her
stead. Miss Jaeger was obliged to give
up the work, it proved too arduous for
her strength. Miss Willoughby is a
graduate OF Winthrop and is in full
sympathy with the work land will
press on the interests of the Florence
clubs, so we'll founded by Mrs. H. T.
Harllee. who was in charge of the
work from its incipiency to this season.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
CaroIinian Awards Prizes.

The editors of The Carolinian, the
monthly magazine published by the
literary societies Of the University Of
South Carolina have announced that
the honors for the best poem, short
story and essay appearing In the mag
azine during this session have been
decided as follows: PoemS Dawn"
by J.. Mob. Dabbs, '16; short story,
For the Sake Of the Priesthood" by
Johnson, Is: essay, THE Philosophy
of Poetry" by L. c. Johnson, IT. Tho
winners of the essay and short story
contests are brothers from Aiken.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-06-17
Federal Engineer Is Pleased.

U C0Ctdi GiSihSCi 10 TlSoSCd.
Engineer Spoon of the United
States office of public roads is favor.
ably impressed with the proposition to
make the Camden-Charlott road a
connecting link between the National
and Capital highways, according to a
letter received at the state depart
ment of agriculture from J. w. Hamel,
secretary of the Kershaw chamber of
commerce. That the road be improv-
ed and the maintenance placed under
the government supervision vas sug-
gested by Commissioner Watson.
Secretary Hamel wrote in part as
follows to Mr.. Watson:
Engineer Spoon passed through
Kershaw yesterday on his tour of in
spection. He vas met at Sanders
creek by Kershaw party, and from
Kershaw was accompanied by Mr..
Wocten of Camden and Mr.. Stevens
of Kershaw. He is ~favorably impress
ed with the proposition to make the
Charlotte-Camden road a connecting
link, as proposed by you. We are GER
tainly a%ppreciative of your efforts"