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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
Railroad Men Organize.

'Spartanburg..- Twenty-four EN-
ployes Of the Southern Railway a
Spartanburg have recently organized
the Southern Railway Employees Eff
. ficiency Club" the purpose of which
is 10 bring men in all branches of the
service together for better serving
the public and the railway. Agent
Ruff. said: Lets get acquainted will
eac,,! other like d big family, and let's
pull together like the railway actually
er as if our personal reputation de
belonged to us. and let's stick togeth
pended upon it."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
Knew What He Was WoIng.

A little boy had a colt and a dog,
and a friend of the family took spe-
cial delight in teasing him with ques.
tons such as won't you give me one
Of your pets?"
One day the boy said: "AH right;
I'll give you my colt"
The mother, much surprised, asked:
"Why didn't you offer him the dog?"
"Sh!" whispered the boy; SAY moth.
ing. say nothing, mother, but when he
goes to get the colt I'll sic the dog
on him"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
Course of Economics.

Rock Hill.-The first short course
in home economies for the women of
South Carolina was held in Winthrop
college May 7 and 8. Forty-two wom-
en- gathered from various sections Of
the state in response to a circular
letter of invitation sent out by Win
throp college. Most of them arrived
the evening Of the 9Th and nearly
every one of them, stayed on. AS DR..
D. B. Johnson, in his address of well
come, put it, you will hake history
in South. Carolina"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
Some New State Charters

The secretary of state has issued a
commission to the Legerton company
Of Charleston with a capital of $4,000.
The petitioners are C. L. Legerton,
C.. w. Legerton and 8. D. Edwards.
Lawton-G Gillespie company Of Co.
lumbia has been chartered with a
capita lstock of $4,000 to do a gen
eral mercantile business. The Off
GERS are: James M. Lawton, presi-
dent and treasurer, and ]. L. Gillespie,
secretary and manager.
Smiths Shoe store Of ~Spartanburg
has been commissioned with a capital
of $4,000. The petitioners are -
more Smith and NJ. Lamar Smith.
The Fidelity Development company
of Kingstree has been commissioned
with a capital of $4,000. The petit
TONERS are ]. F. Cooper, Hugh Nc
Cutchen and H. E. Montgomery.
The Manufacturers Warehouse
company of Greenville has been com
missioned with a capital of $1,000.
The petitioners are Claude Ramseu
and w. L. Chiles.
The Standard Building and Loan as
ISOLATION of Abbeville has been com
missioned by the secretary of state,
with an ultimate capital of $500,OOO'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
Library in Prosperous Condition.

The. annual meeting of the Column
bia Library association (Timrod libra
ry) was held recently at the library
in the National Loan and Exchange
building. The reports of the several
officers of the association show that
the library is making decided prog.
ress. For the past two years the
library has been a free public library,
the city of Columbia supplying tho
funds to pay rent and salaries. Not.
withstanding this fact 215 public spir.
tied citizens of Columbia have kept ur
their subscriptions Of So each.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
Crops Are Hurt Near BIaney.

Blaney:-The farmers of this imme-
date section had expected a splendid
cotton crop until the heavy rain and
windstorm, recently, whose damage
was so extensive that several hun
dred acres of the feecy staple will
have to be %replanted. Several farm
ers are replanting as much as a hun
dred acres individually, and quite a
number suffered less severely. While
the crop will be nearly as large, 1t
will be somewhat later. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
DOORWAY

the same cloth, for both rooms, run II
around the three walls.
Fig. 4 shows how the center wal
covering is Tapped around the center
posts and pinned.
With all walls pinned in place, the
next thing to do is to cut the door
way and windows. With a pair OF
sharp scissors this is easy to do
Make the doorway about 3 inches
wide and 8 inches high. Leave a a
row strip across the bottom, as shown.
to hold the cloth together. Cut the
window openings about 4 inches wide
and 5 inches high, with the bottoms
about 3 inches above the ground.
Oiled paper may be stitched over
these openings for glass;" but it will
look better to omit it, and instead to
REPRESENT window-sash with black
thread, running the thread across the
o%penings from side to side, and from
ton to bottom, to represent the wood
en- bars.
White cloth, or a piece Of some plain
color that will harmonic with the
wall covering, should be used for the
ceilings of the rooms. Pin it 10 the
upper edges of the walls.
Make the floors of cardboard cut
from a pasteboard box.
Window curtains may be made from
scraps of silk, or tissue paper. The
lace edge of shelf paper makes splen-
did lace curtains, and white, green or
yellow paper does nicely for window
shades.
The doll house may be entirely fur.
nished with simple furniture made
from berry boxes or cardboard boxes,
or with any doll furniture that you
may have.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
Commission Form For Rock Hill.

Rock Hill.-With 220 out of abou>
425 registered voters voting. Rocf
Hill recently adopted che connie
sion-manager plan OF municipal gov
eminent. The vote was as follows
For commission government. 1853
Against commission government. SO
For the commission with manager.
1853. Against commission with man
ager, SO. The commission-manage:
plan of municipal government adopt
ed here is practically the Sumter plar
under which plan the city of Sumtes
is now being governed.
The plan as adopted here provide:
for tie election, at the time of the
next CIRCULAR city election in January
1915. Of three commissioners. The
commissioners shall select by lot one
Of their number who will be official!
known as mayor OF the city. Thu
mayor will serve three years. The
! remaining commissioners will draw
lots for the one and w year terms;
and thereafter one commissioner vii
be elected every year. The commits
sioners will exercise the powers of {
council, but will employ a manager, a
such salary as they may deem proper
to give all his time to management.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20

each end of the ridge-pole to a stake
driven into the ground several feet
away from the base of the upright.
Drive stakes at the four corners OF
the tent, and tie the corners Of the
covering to them. Also drive a stake
at the center of each side for addi-
tional fastening. .
With the same kind Of framework,
you can make the open-front tent
shown in Fig. 8. The only way in
which it's construction differs from
that of the shelter tent is that the
side Of the shelter tent becomes the
front Of this tent, and is raised and
held by stick props, thus forming g
canopy over the entrance. And what
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
Wind DAMAGES Crops.

Caluda.-The wind for the past few
days played havoc with the crops in
some parts, of this county, according
to reports coming from the various
sections. In the. lower part of the
county, where much cotton had been
chopped, many acres will have to be
replanted. In many places the small
plants, where the chopping had re-
moved most of the dirt from around
the roots, were blown entirely away
In others cotton has been covered with
sand and dust.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
Lever To be Speaker.

Greenyille.-A banquet at which
Congressman Lever is to be the prin'
cipal speaker, will be rendered by the
chamber Of commerce to the visiting
travelling men when they gather on
June S and 6 in this city to attend the
grand council, U. G.. T., Of the Caro-
linas. The banquet will be served
Friday night, June 5. City council has
appropriated $500 for the entertain
nent and pleasure of the delegates.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
a Girl With Some Head.

Ethel dining in swell restaurant
with a girl friend)-Goodness. ]
haven't enough money to pay for our
dinner.
Kitty -And | haven't a cent with
me.
E:hel-What in the world shall we
do?
Kitty (brightening)-Oh, I know.
Well have the bill sent C. o. D.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
Blow to Scientist.

Professor Be%anbrough was jubilant.
"Ah, hal" he cried, as he rested on
his shovel. Look what we have un-
earthed! / believe we have discov-
cred the remains OF some herbivorous
amphibian Of the order of pleasio-
saurii"
Farmer Sodbuster took a good look.
Nope, you're wrong, prof." he said.
Them bones belonged to a hog I
buried here two years ago last fall"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
Trucking Season On.

Ridgeland.-The truck farmers are
getting ready to ship Irish potatoes
and it nav seems that at least a car
ill be shipped from here within the
retx few days. The NJ. B. Beach
Tuck company, which is farming on
a very extensive scale this year, is ex.
hibiting watermelon and ca%ntaloupe
blossoms, which, shows that the plants
are we'll advanced for this time
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
PALMETTO NATIONAL is MEN,
Der OF THE BOARD OF
FIVE.
STATE CAPITOL NEWS
Review of The Latest News Gathered
Around the State Capitol That Will
% of interest to Our Readers Over
South Carolina.
Columbia.

The Palmetto National bank OF
Columbia is one of five banks in
the Fifth federal reserve district
which will be called upon to senG a
representative to Richmond to assist
in the organization of the reserve
bank to serve the district, in which
South Carolina, North Carolina, Wiz
GINA, most of West Virginia and part
of Maryland is located.
Under section 4 of the currency act
five banks in each Of the federal re-
serve districts will be called upon
to execute organization certificates.
The federal reserve bank organization
committee has named the following
banks to execute the certificates IN
the fifth district: South Carolina, Pal
metto National bank Of Columbia;
Maryland, Merchants National BANK
of Baltimore; North Carolina, Murchl-
son National bank of Wilmington;
Virginia, First National bank OF Roa-
noke; West Verginia, City National
bank of Charleston.
J. Pope Matthews, cashier of the
Palmetto National bank Of Columbia,
will represent his bank at the initial
organization meeting of the reserve
bank of the fifth district in Rich
o MI. Matthews has been expect
ing to be called to Richmond for the
last few days. Through Mr.. Mat
thews, South Carolina banks will
have a voice in the first movement
for the organization Of the federal
reserve bank of this district. Mt. Mat
thews will leave Columbia for Rich
mond as soon as he receives instruc-
lions from the treasury department.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
Fire Report For Four Months.

During the four months ending
April 80 the total amount of fire losses
in South Carolina reported to the in
uranc department by the insurance
companies was $411,285.85. This rep
resents 1888 fires. ~.
These losses have been segregated
into different classiications. In the
table which follows are the several
classifcations, the amount of losses,
and the amount of insurance which
was actually carried.
Number of cotton fires five: loss
S126.O7; insurance, $4,000.
Number of country property fires
IA; loss, $3O,697.3O; insurance, Sill,
555.
Total number Of fires, 1888; total
loss, 11.2s5.S5 total insurance
$29,131,S45.13.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
Breaking Ii Gently.

"Halloa! Sit down. l believe you
have come to ask me-"
You have been m~isinformsd.
haven't come to ask You anything"
"Why, l understand YOU"
81 came merely because l wished tc
be first to tell you a bit Of good news.
[ am going to marry your daughter"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
Doings of the Supreme Court.

A. Patterson, appellant, vs. Hen.
rietta Walker ct al, respondent, Sub
mitted.
H. A. Preacher, respondent, VS.,
Southern Express company, appellant,
Transferred to Tenth circuit.
w. M. McCue, respondent, VS..
Southern Railway company, appel
liant. Continued. ..y'
Paul Williams, respondent, vs.. An.
ME Weekly, appellant. Transferred
to Tenth circuit.
Mrs. Lena Woodward, respondent,
vs.. Southern Railway company, appel.
liant. :Messrs. Henderson for appel
liant. John F. Williams for respond.
ent.
H. G. Glover, respondent, VS.. South
ern Railway company, appellant,
Same counsel.
R. G. Munday, respondent, vs.,
Southern Railway company, appellant,
Same counsel.
Chester K. Lowe, respondent, VS.
Southern Railway company, appellant.
Same counsel.
Bertha Keel, respondent, VS.. South.
ern Railway company, appellant.
Lizzie Hill ct al, respondent, VS.,
Western Union Telegraph company,
appellant. Continued.
Rachel Atkinson, respondent, VS..
Western Union Telegraph company,
appellant. Continued.
George H. Tucker ct al, appellants,
vs.. R. A. Wethersbee ct al, respond,
ent. G. M. Green for appellant, D. n
Henderson and Chas. Carroll Simms
for respondent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
That's What.

these, fellows who won't take no
for an answer generally get what is;
coming to them" @
Eyes, they usually marry the girl"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
For Handy Bous and
Girls 10 Make and Do
Copyright by A. Nicely HalD
AN OUTDOOR DOLL HOUSE,
BY

AS nice a little doll house as you
could wish may be built out Of doors.
All that is necessary to make it Is
a few sticks, some cloth, some card
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
after SUFFERING
TWO LONG YEARS
Mrs. Aselin Was Restored to
Health by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Minneapolis, Minn.-"After my little
one was born [ was sick with pains In.

my sides which the
doctors said were
caused by inaamma-
ton. I suffered q
great deal every
ndgr very
thin. Twas under the
DOCTORS care fortwo
long years without
any benefit. Finally
after repeated sug-
gestions to try it we
cot lydia T.. Pink
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20

When a bride begins to realize that
her husband Is much like her brother
her air castles collapse.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
Collect Tax Promptly.

Prompt action is necessary to en-
force the tax laws of the State" says
A. w. Jones, comptroller general, in
a letter to Thos. H. Peoples, attorney
general, discussing an alleged viola
ton Of the tax laws by N. B. Hazel,
auditor of Saluda county.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
Exactly.

What do you think Of these Mext
can proper names?"
They are a pronounced nuisance"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
Planning Highway improvements.


Extensive plans for improving the
connecting link between the National
highway and the Capital-to-Capital
highway will be discussed at a meet
ing of the representatives Of the
chambers of. Lancaster, Camden and
Kershaw, May Is, according to a let
ter received recently at the state de-
partment of agriculture. Commission
er Watson will attend the conference.
The general purpose Of the meetin;;
will be to make arrangements for tho
improvement of the highway between
Camden and Charlotte.
II was also announced that there
will be a meeting at Rock Hill to dis.
cuss plans for improving the road b.
tween Rock Hill and Gastonia and
Charlotte.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20

II your horse Is kicked or cut by
barbed wire, apply Hanford's Balsam.
A d,y 81 p sEsr n.nE. H'ss a. E.fEirE& ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20
Total
Enforce Pure Food Law.

The state department OF agriculture
and the bureau of chemistry Of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture will work in cooperation for the
enforcement of the pure food and drug
laws. The commissioner has been
clothed with federal authority and in
the future interstate cases may be
handled from Columbia. This an
noucement was made following a con-
ference between G. missioner Wat
son and J. G.. Abbott. chemist in
charge of State cooperative food and
drug control of the United States
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 10 Eeen chosen.
The last general assembly appropriate
ed 81, 900 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, 1914-05-20
.Dispensary> Sales For Four Months.

The county dispensaries in South
Carolina have sold S1,212,274 worth
of whiskey since the first of the year.
The sales for April amounted to $751;
ZIG, according to a report issued by
| NJ. H. Mobley, auditor.
Following shows the sales by
months since January /:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-05-20

hams Vegetable Compound. After TAX
ing the third bottle of the Compound i
was able to do my Kousework and today
I am strong and healthy again. will
answer ~lettersif anyone wishes to know
about my case."-Mrs. JOSEPH SELN,
62s Monroe st. N. E., Minneapolis, MINI.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harmful
drugs, and today holds the record Of
being the most successful remedy we
know for woman's ills. If you need such
a medicine why don't you tryit3
IF you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e.. Pinkham's Vegeta-t
BILE Compound will help you,write
to Lydia E. PinkhamM edicineC0.
confidential Lynn Mass, for ad-
vice. Your letter viii be opened
read and answered by q womans
and held in strict confidence.
Evening journal., 1914-07-22

Tomorrow one Of the big baseball az.
fractions Of the season will be staged at
the local bali park when the Whining.
ton All-Stars, with o Tri-State battery.
tackle the famous Chinese University
team. The Cinnamon have won more
than two-thirds Of the games they have
played and are putting mp a snappy ar
ticle Of ball It is probably that Har-
kins Or Malloy viii "worlS" against the
far easterners.
The Chicks left this morning for their
road tour with crippled team. The alb
sence Of Pearce, who was knocked un-
conscious BY ball hurled by "Tom"
Brown into the inGeld, will be keenIy
felt Pearce's injured eye is swollen
shut, and he viii be out Of the game
for several days
Harkins got his first bumps yester-
day The Pretzels erode" his delivery
hard.
BILLY" McGowan win "umps fomor.
rows game between the Wilmington
All-StaTa and the Chinese team. Me
Gowau otficiated last season when the
"Chnks" were here.
Allentown moved back into first place
yesterday, forcing the Senators into
second position The Teutons took a
pair while Harrisburg was getting an
even break. Incidentally the Reading
club moved within a half game OF the
Chicks by winning both ends Of the
bar2ain bill
Evening journal., 1914-07-22
LANCASTER Glad
STRIKERS ARE CONE

LANCASTER, Pa, July 22-When
the Lancaster Tri-State team comes
home next week the fans will see an
entirely different aggregation from
that which opened the season here
few days ago The strike on Mon
day was about the hest thing that
could have happened to the club. for
II enabled Manager Hooper to get rid
OF a lot of deadwood that has been
laying down on him an season.
Manager Hooper left yesterday for
Allentown with his new bunch, con
tdent that he is better equipped
than ever before
AS now hooked up the Lancaster
team looks something like this:
Slelnhach end Jarosik catchers;
Wertz, Harnish and Lane. pitchers;
Schiller, secured from PHILADELPHIA.
irst base. Dogel signed in Baltimore.
second base: Ritter, shortstop; Paul
Evans, eX-Ephrata. thirG base: Clay.
right field; killan. a former Texas
Lacquer signed in Philadelphia.
SWartz. . former Canadian Lacquer.
an outhelder; Hooper, outfclder and
manager.
In addition to this outfit. Connie
MACK has promised to send a good
second baseman and rafting good
outfelder.
Hooper is now angling for Frank
sheckard. former Reading outfeld-
cr. now at Niagara Falls, and several
others
Evening journal., 1914-07-22
Collins, Thought by M'Graw
TO be Greatest Bail Player,
Once Passed Up by Yankees

As the Athletics were knocking the
tar ont Of the Giants in the final game
OF the 1918 worlds series John McGraw
sat with grim countennnce watching
the downfall Of his National League
champions.
"fhcrts the greatest ball player I
have ever seen,n said The leader of tho
New York team, nodding his head in the
direction OF that electric spark fitting
around second base for Connie Mack's
Philadelphia aggregation.
II was Eddie Collins who drew down
those words of praise, coming from Me-
Graw az q time when he saw the last
chance Of winning the worlds baseball
crown being snuiTed out and due in no
little measure 70 the work OF the Ath-
letics' second haseman.
Mcbraw has seen an the players who
have basked in the light Of fame dur
ing the last 20 years Delehaniy Keel
or, MoGinnity, Clarkson, Wagner,
Mathewson, Cobb, ct al but IN the
opinion Of the Giants leader there are
none to compare with Collins.
# the New York Americans had
snapped up the opportunity Collins
might be member Of the Yankees To-
day. The young infeldcr was the star
OF the Columbia University baseball
team and. believing that he could make
good in the major leagues, he strolled
up to American League Park, in New
York, one Cine day and personally dp
piled to Clark Griffith for trial. Crit
fifth heard of Collins ability as college
player, but he couldn't see him as an
American Lacquer. What chance did
this slender lad have compared with
Jimmy Williams or Kid Elberfeld. then
playing second base and shortstop. ne.
spectivcly, for the Yanks2 None AT all.
in the opinion Of Manager Griffith
Turned down by New York. Collins
directed his attention to the rhiladei.
phia Athletics, and Connie Mack saw
in the youngster enough promise to
keep him at least for bench duty. The
recruit signed contract under the
name Of Sullivan In the fall Of 1906
Sullivan WAS with the Athletics long
enough to get his picture taken with a
Evening journal., 1914-07-22
PLAIN YALLER DOG
HAS HIS day TODAY

CLEVELAND, July ". The largest
and most unique bench show ever seen
here was scheduled 70 open today. It
was Cleveland's first annual cur dog az
hibit, staged by the Personal Liberty
League in their annual outing at Luna
Park
Every year Cleveland sees one or
more shows where every conceivable
breed of dog, from Newfoundland 70
French poodles are Judged aud admired
but dogs who are "iust dogs" never get
within barking distance Of these affairs.
Today the measliest cur was Judged
with rs much respect as the proudest
and most pampered bench dog. Several
cannes who showed signs Of snobbish
ness tried to slip into the feast but
were promptly excluded by watchful and
unsympathetic Judges
After the show children who could
gain the parental consent were given
their choice Of canine wanderers.