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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-22
New Journal in Charleston.

Charleston.-The Western Union
News is the name of a new journal
which has made its appearance in
Charleston. AS the title indicates,
the paper is published by the we'll
known telegraph company, or rather
by employees Of hat concern. Vol
ume l, No. l, for the month of July,
from front to back is filled with mat
ter OF particular interest to the craft.
Numerous cuts enliven the appear
ance of the paper. An Introductory
article from the pen of President
Newcomb Carlton.
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State Farmers Union Meeting.

Anderson. The eighth annual
meeting of the South Carolina State
Farmers union will convene at An
derson Wednesday, July %, at $3.50
p. m: The opening session will be
taken up with the enrolment of del
egates, the presidents address and
the reports of officers: The leading
subjects for discussion will be
What Has the Union Accomplished
Since it Was Organized?" and What
is Being Done to Enlarge It's Useful
ness and Increase Its Member
ship?" The reports and discussions
under these heads will occupy a
large amount. Of the time Of the meet
ing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-22
June Was Hottest Month.

Columbia.-Last month was the
warmest June of record for South
Carolina, according to the monthly
summary issued by the director of
the weather bureau, with Offices In
Columbia. Exception a moderate
cool period from the 10th to the 10Th,
the daily mean temperature ranged
uniformly above the average, culmin-
ating in record-breaking heat on the
Oath and 25th. when readings Of 100
to lob degrees were recorded gener.
ally throughout the section. u
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-22
FATHERS TURN 70 THINK.
Daughters Somewhat Pert obserya-
.tion Must Fave Glyen Him
Something ofsa job.

1--WE oldsters set for the youngsters
a higher standard than VIZ set for
ourselves. Forgetting that you cant
make a silk purse out Of q sow's ear
the stupidest and ugIiest failures OF.
parents expect their sons and dangn.
tiers to grow up miracles OF beauty IN
telligence and success"
The speaker was Wilton Lackaye,
the occasion the Lambs Gambol ID,
New York. He continued:
Sometimes. though, such parents
are called sharply to themselves. The
jolt is unpleasant.
"a father said to his pretty daugh-
ter one evening with a scornful, angry
laugh:
"'That young Jamson has the face
to want to marry you! A mere book
keeper!!'
"'But, father said the girl, love
Mr.. Jamson. What is your objection
to our marriage?
Why roared the old man, why,
he couldn't support you decently.
"'But, father said the girl, 'Ieither
car you"
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Prepare to Move.

Charleston.-Twelve privates and
two non-commissioned officers of the
detachment of marines stationed at
the Charleston navy yard are making
preparations now to join the United
States naval transport Hancock for
service in tropical territory, orders to
prepare the men for the movement
having been received by authorities at
the navy yard. Just when the IA ma.
rines will leave Charleston is not def.
nitely known at this time, but it is
officially stated that they will very
probably go in a few days.
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30 poorly that my folks thought l was
going into consumption One day I
found q piece Of paper blowing around
the yard and I picked it up andread it
It said Saved from the Grave and
told what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetart
BILE Compound has done for women. I
showed it to my husband and he said.
why don't you try it, So did and.
after I had taken two bottles / felt
better and / said to my husband, I don't
need any more and he said You had
better take it q little longer anyway.
So I took it for three months and got
well and strong. Mrs. ALoNzo E
BAKER, 8 Tecumseh st, Adrian, Mich.
Not WellrE Enough to Work. !
In these words is hidden the tragedy
Of many q woman, housekeeper or wage
Garner who supportsh herself and is often
helping to support q family. on meagres
wages. Whether in house, Office, fac.
tory, shop, store or kitchen, womafl
should remember. that there Is one triea
and true remedy for the Ills to which al
women are prone, and that's Lydia p.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. IT
promotes that vigor which makes work
teasy. The Lydia E Pfnkham Medicine
Co, Lynn, Mass. N$4
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DAMAGE By WireWorm.

Batesburg.-E. A. McGregor, gov.
eminent agent here, recently visited
Early Branch, Hampton county, in an
swer TO a telegram from Washington
to investigate heavy occurrence there
Of the wireworm on corn, cotton and
other crops. He found upon arrival
that wireworms had been very abun-
dant ealier than usual, having done
their damage during May and June.
Many fields were seen which possessed
spots bare of cor Or in which the
stalks had been greatly stunted, so
that they would producesRoIcrop.
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TEXAS RANGER CHIEF SHOT
Captain Sanders Gives "UnIoaded'
Pistol to T~en-Year-Old
Grandson.

Laredo, Tex.-Capt. ]. J. Sanders Of
the state ranger force stationed here
is suffering a pistol wound in his right
leg. The captain had just taken a
45-caliber pistol from his trunk and
had removed all the cartridges, as sup
posed, and then handed it to his ten.
year-old grandson. The boy cooked
the gun and pulled the trigger, and it
was discharged. the bullet passing
through a suitcase, the calf of Captain
Sanders leg, and lodged n the wall.
1t is only a flesh wound and not seri-
GUS.
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MANY INSTITUTIONS AIDED
Mrs. Jesup Wills $6,3oo,ooo to Ameri.
can Museum, Yale, College
and Seminary.

New York.-Maria Van Antwerp de
Witt Jesup, widow of Morris ]. Jesup,
bequeathed IS, OOO, 900 to the American
Museum of Natural History in New
York, in addition to a remainder in
terest in a 100000 trust fund. Her
will, executed in February, 1910, was
filed here. The total requests to pub
lie institutions are more than eight
million dollars. The four largest gifts
are: American Museum of Natural
History, $780, 900; Syrian Protestant
college at Beirut, Syria, 100000; Yale
university and the Union Theological
seminary, each 100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-22
BIG EAGLES ATTACK TWO MEN
Biggest Bird Measured Seven Feet
From Tip to Tip-Both Are
Shot to Death.

Pensacola, F1a.-B. H. Graves and
G. c. Williams started on a fishing ex-
petition to a distant point in the
country. One Of the men carried a
shotgun. While they were In the for
est they passed the nest Of two big
bald eagles and were Immediately at.
tackled.
The female made a vicious attack
on the men, and they lodged behinu
a tree, after which they used the gun
and killed the bird. The male then
went for the men, and was also killed.
The latter measured seven feet from
tip to tip of wings.
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Booker Leaves GreenviIe.

Spartanburg.-H. C. Booker, for the
last eight years editor of the Green
vile Piedmont, has become editor of
the Journal and Carolina Spartan,
Spartanburg's afternoon newspaper.
Mr.. Booker is now editor and manag.
ing editor, assuming entire charge of
the editorial department of the paper.
He is a native of South Carolina, a
graduate of Wofford College and one
of the best known of the younger
newspaper men of the state. Mr.. and
Mrs. Booker, and their little son. H.
c. Booker, Jr., spent the week al
Caesars Head.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-22
Increased Express Rates.

Camden.-That the express rates
that went into effect on the LIST Of July
are almost ~prohibi.ive is being voiced
by business men of Camden and R. B.
Pitts, president of the Chamber of
Commerce, has been requested to take
the matter up with the railroad com,
mission and the other commercial
bodies Of South Carolina and request
a hearing at an early date for relief
of the shippers. The shippers antici-
pated a reduction of express charges
when the new rates went into effect,
but find increase.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-22
VERY ARTISTIC BIRD HOUSE
Aued Citizen of Whittier, CAL, Erects
One of More Than Ordinary Ar
chltectural Professions.

San Francisco.-An artistic bird
house, Of more than ordinary preten-
sions to architectural beauty, has just
been completed by a ninety-two-year-
old citizen of Whittier, Cal. 1t Is a
structure Of reinforced concrete, 10
feet high, and houses the pet canaries
of this bird lover The house Is eight
feet SQUARE, the gabled roof being
supported by ornamental concrete
posts, set with round stones, while
latticework fills in the spaces between
the columns. The floor Is Of cement,
with a bathing fount In the center,
while over the doors, which are of
wire net, are semicircular panels OF
colored glass. The house is sur
mounted by a copper dome and flag.
staff, and the ridges of the roof are
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-22

decorated with a series Of wooden
rings in which are suspended a set of
d~elicately toned brass bells, which,
swinging to and fro in the breeze,
touch the edges of the wooden rings,
giving forth a soft tinkle. A clock Is
part Of the equipment Of this aviary,
and above each door is a little win.
dow, from which, on the stroke Of the
hour, appear mechanical cuckoos an.
nouncing the time. The building Is
entirely the handiwork Of the owner,
who estimates the cost to be over
S700.-Popular Mechanics.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-22
Newspaper Man Goes to Gastonia

Chester.-J. T. Bigham, n of the
best newspaper men in South Caro-.
lima, for many years editor of the
Chester Lantern, and lately Of the
York News, Yorkville, has purchased
ed a controlling interest in the Gas.
ton Progress at G~astonia, N. c., and
left to assume his new duties. The
sheet at present is a weekly and Mr..
Bigham intends shortly to convert it
into a semi-weekly. This is an able
paper and has a large circulation and
under Mr.. Bigham's editorship should
move speedily to the front.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-22
Maxine a Desert Fruitful.

The blessings Of irrigation to the
arid deserts of the West are indicated
by the story Of a ranchman in I'm
perial valley, California:
Twelve years ago Imperial valley
was a desert; not a Cocopah Indian or
q coyote could live there, because there
was no water. A slight wind would
raise clouds of fine gray dust. Not a
blade Of grass could grow. Now we are
raising the figs Of Smyrna, the dates
Of Arabia and the cotton Of Egypt.
Our county seat, FL Contra, has 5000
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-22
Seed For Farmers.

Washington. The Chamber OF
Commerce of Gastonia has appealed
for Federal aid for the CASTOR farm
ers in the hail belt. Seed and not
money are asked for. Early corn,
peas, millet and other forage crops
are desired. Representative Webb
got the promise of the Department of
Agriculture to help. Other North
Carolina Congressman will give Mr..
Webb part of their allowances of
seed.
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inhabitants. We grow almost every
thing, but l have made a special study
of cotton. In the Southern states a
bale of cotton per acre is considered a
good crop; we raise from a bale to a
bale and a half per acre. And We are
only beginning"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-22
EIephant Falls on Him.

Jersey City, N. J.-Peter Mullins,
helping unload elephants, got IN the
way of a Grated elephant and it fell on
him. He may recover, although his
injuries arc serious.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-22
Breaks Arm In Throw,

Alton, Ill.-Attempting to show
several small boys how to pitch, ]. B.
Marquis, proprietor Of the Savoy
hotel, put the ball over the plate,
but broke his arm in the throw.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-22
Make Dancer Don "knIckers."

Oshkosh, Vision her promise to
wear knickerbockers, the city council
has consented to the appearance Of
Ortille Pretorious, a classic dancer, in
q local playhouse.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-22
Everybody Praised but Father.

Poor Tompkins never gets any
credit for what he does"
That's the fate of some men,
"His secretary gets the credit for
all the sueches he makes, his wife
gets the credit for his manners, and
his daughters get the credit for his
ability to dance the make
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-22
Doubtful Territory,

Because fashion has exposed SO
much territory to lie covered this sum.
mel the sun is going to be very busy
If he gets all his tanning done by the
first Of September.-Detroit News
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More Dress Suits Result Tango Craze.
Atlantic City, N. J.-Tailors a. tho
National Association Of Clothiers' an
nual convention thanked the tango
craze for the increased demand for
dress suits. .S.
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Quite a Contrast.

QUITO a CONTRAST.
Are Tompkins and his wife happy
together?"
ooh, yes. They are as happy as
anybody could expect them to be. con-
sidering the fact that she was a PEN
field Of Penfeld Manor, and he was
Just Tompkins of nowhere in particu-
lar" :J
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Hiccouohino Kills Man,

Medford, N. J.-After hiccoughing
continuously for two days, Charles
Foley died from exhaustion
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-07-22

The Egyptian climate Is enjoyed to
the fullest advantage during a. we'll
planned voyage by dahabeah up the
Nile.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1914-05-02
Loyalty.

/ For those who are not merely loyal.
but also enlightened. loyalty. never
losing the definiteness and concrete
ness Of Its devotion to some near and
directly fascinating cause, sees itself
TO be In actual spiritual unity with
the common cause OF all the loyal.
whoever they are. The great cause
for all the loyal Is in reality the
cause Of the spread and the further.
ance of the cause Of the universal 10y
atty Of all mankind; cause which
nobody can serve except by choosing
his own nearer and more immediate
appreciated cause.-the private cause
which is directly his own-his family.
his community, his friendship. his call
ing. and the calling Of those who serve
with him. Yet such personal serv-
ice-your special life cause, your task.
your vocation-is your way Of further.
ing the ends of universal humanity.
Josiah Royce, Loyalty and In
sight.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1914-05-02

Time Wasted In Mourning.

! Every day see certain fellow sit
ting on the bank of the stream and
mourning for the water that has
passed. He falls to realize that he
can never grind his grist that way.
He started out to be q colonel. but
corporal was as far as he got. 30 he
quit He falls to realize that there
would be a whole lot more satisfac-
tion and money In being q good cor
Doral than in crying on the banks Of
. stream because he couldn't be q
colonel. II the good Lord intended
him to be colonel he will get there
some day-but not by sitting In the
corner and crying. The colonels are
made Of the fellows who were the best
corporals, and no one should keep that
fact In mind more than the corporals.
But the mourner sits and sits and
gazes patheticnlly down the stream
at the water disappearing around the
bend. You know and know. but he
doesn't. It never returns.-Kansas
City Star.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1914-05-02
First April 1s-Last July II, 1914,
MORTGAGE SALE.

N0OR ASA06 OhLCs
Whereas, default has been made in
the conditions of payments of principal
and interest Of q certain mortgage,
made and executed by Clara Thomlin-
son, of Marquette, Michigan, to Reichel
Brother, of the same place, dated May
9th A. d. 1907 and recorded in the of
flee of the Register of Deeds, in and
for the County Of Baraga and State Of
Michigan, on June IL, 1907, in Liber
.5" of Mortgages on pages 499 and
500; and, whereas, said mortgage was
duly assigned by said Reichel Brothers
to John Robertson, of Marquette,
Michigan. by Assignment dated No
vember 18th A. D. 1910, and recorded
in the Office of the Register of Deeds
aforesaid, on November 10Th A. D..
1910, in Liber 40" Of Mortgages on
page 81.
And, whereas. there is now due and
unpaid at the date of this notice upon
said mortgage. by reason of the nom
payment Of principal and interest as
provided therein, and under the terms
and conditions thereof the sum of sew
en- hundred thirty-five dollars and nine
cents and the further sum of three
hundred one dollars and nine cents for
redemption from tax sale and taxes on
lands covered by said mortgage.
And, whereas, no suits or proceed
| ings either at law or in equity have been
taken to secure the debt secured by
said mortgage or any part thereof.
X And, whereas, by reason of said de-
fault, the power of sale in said mort
gage has become operative, now,
therefore, notice is hereby given that
in pursuance of the power Of sale con-
tanned in said mortgage, and of the
statutes of the State Of Michigan. in
such case made and provided, l shall
sell at public auction, to the highest
bidder at the front door of the Court
House at L'Anse in the County of Bar
aga (that being the place of holding
bthe Circuit Court for said County, on
the 18th day of July A. d. 1914, at 1C
o'clock in the forenoon the premises
described in said mortgage or SO much
thereof as may be necessary to pay
the amount due on said mortgage and
| taxes together with the costs of sale
and the expenses allowed by law, which
premises are described as follows: to.
wit, all the following described land
and premises situated in the Township
of Baraga, County of Baraga arc
State of Michigan, viz: the South.
! west quarter of the Northwest quar-.
ter; the West half of the South wesi
quarter and the Southeast quarter oi
the Southwest quarter Of Sectior
twenty-four in Township fifty North,
of Range thirty-five West, except the
pine and hemlock timber thereon.
Dated Marquette, Michigan, Apri
18th A. d. 1914.
JOHN ROBERTSON,
Assignee Of Mortgage
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Get Your
PLUMBING and
r B P AIRING
Done By
Joseph Picard
L'Anse. Mich
First April 4-Last May 16, 1914
STATE OF MICHIGAN.

In the Circuit Court for the County
of Baraga: In Chancery.
+. William c.. Weber, Complainant, vs..
Joseph 4. Gay, administrator with the
will annexed Of the estate of Nathaniel
S. Simpkins junior, deceased, C. Ritch-
lie Simpkins. Mrs. Mabel Simpkins Ag-
assiz, Mrs. Ruth Simpkins Thayer,
Mrs. E. Simpkins Bacon and Nathaniel
S. Simpkins. Defendants.
Suit pending in the Circuit Court for
the County OF Baraga, in Chancery, be-
fore Hubert A. Brennan. Esquire. Cir
cult Court Commissioner in and for
said county. on the twenty-sixth day of
March, A. d. 1914.
On reading and filing the affidavit of
l.. E. Garvin. of counsel for the COM
plainant in the above entitled cause.
from which it appears that the above
named defendants Joseph E. Gay and
Mrs. E. Simpkins Bacon are non-resi.
dents Of the state of Michigan and
that each resides at New York City in
the state Of New York, that said de-
fendant c. Ritchie Simpkins is nom
resident Of the state of Michigan and
resides. at Yarmouthport in the state of
Massachusetts,, that Said defendants
Mrs. Mabel Simpkins Agassiz and Mrs.
Ruth Simpkins Thayer are non-resi-
dents of the state of Michigan and that
each resides at Boston in the state of
Massachusetts, and that said defend
ant Nathaniel S. Simpkins is a non
resident of the state of Michigan and
resides at Beverly Farms in the state
Of Massachusetts;
Now Therefore, on motion of Messrs.
Ball & Ball, solicitors for said COM
plainant, 1t Is Ordered that said de-
PENDANTS Joseph E. Gay, C. Ritchie
Simpkins, Mrs. Mabel Simpkins Agas-
siz, Mrs. Ruth Simpkins Thsyer. Mrs.
E. Simpkins Bacon and Nathaniel S.
Simpkins do each cause their appear
ance to be entered in this cause on or
before the 9th day of July, A. d.
1914, and in case of such appearance
that said cause proceed according tc
the rules and practice of this court and
the statutes in such case made and
provided, and that i'm default of such
appearance the bill of complaint in this
cause be taken as confessed as agains,
them.
And it appearing that The L'Anst
sentinel IS newspaper, printed, pub
lished and circulating in the said coun
ty of Baraga, 1t Is Further Ordered
that q copy Of this order be published
in said newspaper The L'Anse Sentine
at least once in each week for six (6)
weeks in succession, the first publica
tion thereof to be within twenty days
Of the date of this order.
HUBERT A. BRENNAN,
Circuit Court Commissioner.
Countersigned:
MARTIN VoETsCH, Register.
BALL & BALL,
Solicitors for said Complainant,
Business Address:
Marquette. Michigan.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1914-05-02
Keeping Houss plants Healthy.

Keeping Houss Plants Healthy.
No one who has not seen a really
well care for and healthy collection
Of house plants can imagine the chaym
and beauty they can lend to the room
IN which they live. Unhealthy plants
are depressing. and unless one is will
ing to give the window garden q rea-
sonable amount Of care It is better to
dispense with 1t altogether. The house
plants will cheerfully repay any in
telligent attention. though they resent
meddling. The real gardener. the one
who has the true love of flowers at
heart, knows when to leave we'll
enough alone. Do not disturb the roots
at all during the winter unless they
are attacked by insects. for most
plants are resting and cannot then
put out new shoots. This Is particu.
Ilarly true Of such plants as palms, rub
Der plants and ferns, which had best
be shifted and fed with fertilizers only
I'm the summer. Soft wooded plants.
Ike geraniums, are not easily injured
by transplanting; but even 30 II they
need extra feeding on account Of large
growth. II is much better given In
liquid form.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1914-05-02
Descendants Of Aztec Royalty.

Descendants OF the Aztec monarchs
Of Mexico still live. There is one In
Holland and another In Mexico itself.
while some Of the lesser hnsmen ara
still drawing pensions from the Mexi-
can government on the strength Of
that hnship Direct descendants of
Montezuma live In Salamanca, repre-
sented by the Maldonado family. allied
by marriage with the English house Of
Lancaster The Empress Eugenie Of
France claims descent from the great
Montezuma, and, as a biographer
writes, "the widow of Napoleon III. 10
thus Of greater imperial stock than
her husband, and brought to the al
liance more dignity than she acquired
by IT,"
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Horses For Sale.

Some suitable for farm work, also
driving and saddle horses. Anyone
wishing to see the horses had better
call early. If not sold within two
weeks they will be removed from here.
We only intend to keep three or four
horses for the summer.
ALMLI & EDwARDsEN,
1852. L'Anse, Mich.
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First April 11-Last May 2, 1914.
SALE OF STATE TAX LANDS.
State Of Michigan,

AUDITOR GeneraIs Department,
Lansing. April l, 1914.
NOTICE Is hereby given that certain
lands situated in the count 81 Baraga
bid of to the State for taxes Of 1910
and previous years, and described In
statements which will be forwarded to
the Office Of the Treasurer Of said
County. and may be seen at said Office
previous to the day Of sale, will be
sold at public auction by said Treasur.
er, at the County Seat. on the first
Tuesday Of May next, at the time and
place designated for the Annual Tax
Sale. If. not previously redeemed or
cancelled according to law. Said
statements contain full description of
each parcel Of said lands.
ORAMEL B. FULLER,
Auditor General.