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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-18
Husband Shot Down by Wife.

Gainesville, Cain a desperate duel
enacted before the frantic gaze OF
their four young children, Mrs. Fence
Carter, the pretty young wife of a
wealthy planter Of the upper section
of Hall county shot down her hus-
band as he advanced upon her with
a sharp-bladed ak. Keeling to a bed,
upon which he toppled in an uncon-
scious state, the wounded man lay
PROSTATE while the woman, sobbing
historically, unclothed him and dress
ed his injury with the tender care OF
a wife.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-18
Purchase of Canal Favored.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the Ches'
apeake and Delaware canal from the
Chesapeake bay to the Delaware river,
as a part of the intracoastal waterway
from Boston, Mass, to Beaufort, N.
c.. has been tentatively agreed upon
by the house rivers and harbors sub
committee. Final action in the com
mittee probably will be taken soon.
The plan will be incorporated in the
rivers and harbors bill, which Is to
aggregate $40, 600, 900, or so, and to be
reported to the house very shortly.
The details of the bill are withheld.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-18
Land TWO Machine Guns.

Vera Cruz.-A party of British blue
Jackets landed two machine guns from
the British flagship Suffolk late last
night and placed them on board 2 car
on the Mexican Railway consigned to,
the British legation in Mexico City.
With the guns was sent a great guam
tity Of ammunition.
It is assumed here that the guns
and ammunition are intended for the
defense of the British legation in case
of an uprising in the Federal capital.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-18
Nav Get Bodies From Sunken Steamer

Norfolk, Vain the opinion OF ex
pert divers who have thoroughly eX-
amined the wreck Of the Old Domin-
ion steamer Monroe, sunk in COLI
sion wit hthe Nantucket, while the
bodies of the forty-one victims, as
we'll as the cargo. can be saved, the
vessel itself is a total loss. The state
ment is made that the reason none OF
the bodies of the dead have come to
the surface or been rescued is due to
the fact that the terrific force Of COL
lision jammed the timbers and doors
Of the starboard saloons
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-18
Home Rule Battle Raging.

London.-King George, with the
customary state ceremonial, opened
the historic session Of parliament,
which, according to all reasonable
probability, will see the victorious con-
clusion of the thirty years struggle
of the Liberal party to give self-gov-
eminent to Ireland. The home rule
bill, which will be presented in the
house of commons for the third time,
will, if carried, receive the royal as
sent, with or without the consent Of
the house Of lords.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-18
Makes Hens Lay More.

Observation-Disclosures Of how
to make hens lay more eggs was au-
thorized in the agricultural %appropri-
alton bill reported.
Congressman will continue to dis
tribute seeds, the weather bureau SER
vice will be extended to the Panama
canal and insular possessions, more
than 100000 will be spent studying
how to eliminate the waste and profits
in foodstuffs between the producer
and the consumer. and a general reor.
ganization Of the department Of agri.
culture along lines Of great efficiency.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-18
Fires in New York.

New York.-Fifty fires In New York
between the hours of Z p. m. and z q.
m. drove hundreds of persons into the
zero weather and gave .firemen n Of
the busiest nights in the histsry Of
the city. No lives were lost but hun.
dreds are suffering from exposure. In
many cases people dashed out into
the cold without waiting to dress or
find out whether there was danger.
A fire in a six-story apartment house
containing a Turkish bath establish
ment and 80 families drove 200 scan.
tily clad tenants into the street.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-18
State Bank Examiners Report.

Condition Of the 500 state and two
private banks in South Carolina is
shown to January 13 in a statement
prepared by B. j. Rhame, state bank
examiner.
You will notice" says Mr.. Rhanle,
that the deposits compare very fav'
orably with any statement made by
the banks during the past year, and
that they were very successful in Ii
quidating their bills payable and re
discounts for 1913. The report only
shows $1,647,0o0 of borrowed money
~Overdrafts amounted to S734,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-18
Dr.. Wyche Is Improving.

Reports from the hospital where G..
T. Wyche, NJ. D., of Newberry, speak
er pro tempore of the house of repre-
sentatives, is undergoing treatment
were encouraging at last report. He
was said to be resting very well aid
his condition was regarded as salts
factory.
DR.. Wyche was stricken with pa.
alysis while he vas presiding over the
house recently. His left arm and side
are affected. His physicians say that
it will require some time before the
seriousness can be determined.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-18
Census Director In Columbia.

William ]. Harris, director of the
United States census bureau, visited
Columbia for a conference with Com,
missioner Watson of the state depart,
ment Of agriculture, regarding the
manufacturing census Of South Caro-.
lima.
Director Harris was very much
pleased with the concurrent resolution
passed by the general assembly which
authorizes the commissioner of agricul.
lure to cooperate with the census blu.
e in collecting manufacturing sta
tisticS for South Carolina.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-18
PERKINS WINS LONG FIGHT
Georgian Who Was Removed by a
Military Cabal to Be Reinstated.

Georgian Who was removed ny d
Military cabaI to Be Reinstated.
Washington.-Secretary of the Navy
Daniels has definitely advised Geor'
gia friends Of Lieut.. Col. Constantine
Marrast Perkins that he will send to
congress within a few days a letter
approving that officers reinstatement
to remedy the injury inflicted by a
military cabal.
In conversation with Senator Hoke
Smith and Representative William VIII:
liam Schley Howard, who have act
lively interested themselves in behalf
of tardy justice for this brave off,
GER, the secretary declared that he
was convinced that Lieutenant Colo
mel Perkins was unjustly treated. He
likened his case to that Of Dreyfus
in France.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-18
General Assembly Visits Charleston

General Assembly Visits Charleston.
The visit of the general assembly to
Charleston proved a busy day for
hosts and visitors. The guests Of the
city were rapidly piloted from one
point of interest to another, the day
ending at the Commercial club at
night when dinner was served, and
speeches heard before the return trip
to Columbia was begun. With 400
people aboard, the Southern railway
legislative special rolled into the union
station shortly before noon, the trip
from Columbia having been made
without mishap.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-18
Oldest Pickpocket in Tolls Again.

New York.-New York's oldest pick
pocket, 70 years of age, scarcely able
to walk, but still active in petty
crime, added another arrest to his
long record. His. name is John Han
lev; the police call him "The Ghost
of the Past" He was caught steal
ing a purse from a girl in a crowd
boarding a trolley car. give been in
the business for forty years and in
Jail most of the time. My father tried
to make a stone cutter Of me, but !
was too delicate to work." he said.
Hanley was first arrested in 1874.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-18
Tillman Supports "CIemson."

IF an endowment of 81, 200, 900
were offered to Clemson college to-
day, ] would not consent to the vio-
lation Of the contract under which
the state accepted the bequest from
Thomas G. Clemson" said Senator
Tillman, in discussing the proposed
plan Of changing the name of Glenn
son college to Calhoun university and
taking the control of the institution
out Of the hands of the self-perpetuat-
ing board of trustees created under
the terms of the Clemson will which
Is still effective.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-18
s5ooo.Ooo Increase in Postal Measure

Washington.-Nearly five million
dollars has been added to the total
Of the postoffce appropriation bill as
it passed the house when the senate
committee completed its work on the
measure. 1t carries S31,0 0 1000, the
largest amount ever appropriated for
postal purposes. Maximum salaries for
rural mail carriers would be increas'
ed under the bill to $1,000, the total
increase for this purpose amounting
to $4,35O,O 900. An increase of $1,000,
600 was added to meet the demands
Of the parcel post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-18
Butcher Taken by Villas Forces.

Ell Paso, Texas.-A dispatch from
Cumbre carries the report that Maxi.
Castillo, the bandit held response
BILE for the Cumbre tunnel horror, and
the remainder of his band have been
captured. The capture is said to have
been made at Gabalin ranch, a few
miles east of Pearson. The report
adds that the prisoner will be taken
to Casas Grandes and executed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-18

Hans. 3. Schmidt, assistant priest In St. Joseph's church, New York,
confessed to the horrible Staying of Miss Ann AumueHer. Schmidt, in his
story to the police, told Of how he murdered his victim while she slept,
dismembered the body packet the pieces in bundles and dropped them
from the Fort Lee ferry boat Last February SchYidt obtained a license,
performed his W marriage ceremony and set up housekeeping in the
Bronx, where he murdered the woman September q 1913.
He has been sentenced to die in the electric chair during the week
beginning March 2 Schmidt vas found guilty Of murder, first degree,
at his second trial, after the jury which first tried him had failed to
agree. Schmidts lawyers pleaded insanity for their CLIENT but the prs-
oer would not aid them and said repeatedly he wanted to di4 y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-18

Of q to 81. Lieut.. Gov. Smith did not
vote. Senator Clifton changed his vote
from nay 10 aye on the STICKY motion
to indefinitely postpone, making the
vote % to 20, and he then voted to re-
consider the vote, whereby the bill
was killed and moved further that de-
bate on the last motion be adjourned
until s o'clock at the night session.
This motion was carried by a vote OF
% to 10.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-10-09
MAKES CRAB IN LABORATORY
Scientist Says He Has Also Produced
Fish From Minerals-AH
Very Small.

DR.. Charles w. Littlefield. speaking
before the New Thought convention
here, declared that organic life can be
produced from chemicals, and showed
q picture Of live crab he had made
himself to prove it-only the crab was
Of the minutest variety.
He declared that he had frequently
produced crabs, clans, fish and the
like from minerals. all. however, of In
fnitesimal caliber Facetiously, he
said that any time he wanted q crab
for breakfast he would go into his lab
oratory and make one.
Il make Lo claim to having done
anything wonderful. | have simply
discovered the beginning and way Of
life Remember that matter and en-
ergy only will operate according to It's
nature. Whatever matter may be 1t is
the creation of Almighty God. Matter
Is just as divine as spirit. There is NO
expression of energy except through
matter."-Portland Oregonian.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-10-09
Baroness Won suttner Calls the United
States "land Of Unlimited
Possibilities"

THE land of unlimited possibilities
and conquered impossibilities" Is what
Baroness Bertha Won Suttner calls
America.
ut IL to America. the young, new
world, exuberant in strength, glad in
its daring, that tired, cynical Europe
looks to find new hope and faith in
progress" says the baroness, who
declares that Europe is being Ameri-
canized by returning immigrants.
But" she says, ut is a pity that
SO few people Of our better educated
classes travel in your country as you
Americans travel here. But. do you
know. l have often wondered II you
know us as we'll as you know our art
and antiquities.
One of my dear American friends
confided to me that they. she and her
husband, had never been in private
home in Europe until they visited me.
Even though everything is not rosy
in your political arena, though there
is brazen-faced practice OF corruption
how do you call it. graft, trusts,
strikes. bribery-though you have con-
ditions as complex and problems as
difficult as everywhere else, we look
to you for the solution, for America
is full of hope, strength, and you
Americans are striving and working"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-10-09
WINTER FLOWING IS FAVORED
Freezing and ThawIno Of Soil Puts n
In Better Condition Than Can
Be Done by Spring Work.
(By A. J. LEGG.)

(By A. J. LEGG)
There Is diversity Of opinion az t.
the advisability Of blowing in the win.
ter time.
It Is generally conceded, however
that sod lands should be plowed in the
winter season. The freezing and
thawing of the soil puts 1t in much bet
ter condition than it can be put by the
pillow and harrow after the spring has
opened.
Winter blowing also destroys many
insects that would damage crops Il
they we're allowed to live.
There will be much more moisture
laid up In the soil and saved for the
use Of the growing crop the next yea,
II the blowing Is done during the win
ter season than there would be IL II
were left until spring.
The capillary connection with thu
subsoil will have time to be renewed
II the blowing Is done early.
This is an important item that Ia MOI
often considered.
l have made q practice for several
years of getting as nearly all Of my
sod land as I can turned before II
quits freezing.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-10-09
GOOD NOTES OF DAIRY FARM
Excellent Plan to Have Two Sets Of
Milk Utensils, Always Keeping
Cans Sweet and Clean.

Powdered borax used occasionally
in place Of soap will keep the milk
cans sweet and clean.
1t is q good plan to have two sets
Of milk utensils. Rinse with clear
hot water in which there is handful
OF salt. Use no soap, and let the uten-
sils used for the nights milk have the
sun and air during the day. and those
used for the mornings milk leave the
air DIT night.
Every dairy barn should be built on
high ground so that the water will
run away from it instead Of toward IL
and the yard should be thoroughly
drained with thing.
Every calf intended for the dairy
should have its horns eliminated BY
the use Of caustic when q week old.
Not one COW in so that is confined to
the dairy. barn gets as much water a
she needs.
We cannot expect the separator to
work smoothly and easily unless all
Of the bearings are all cleaned fire.
quently and oiled every day.
The uneven running Of separators u
the cause Of imperfect separation.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-10-09
Be a Splzzerlnktum.

What is spizzerinktum? l have
fust been called that and | want to
know" the question Is usually put to
some dispenser of information by an
inquirer whose chin is held high and
whose lips are compressed into a
straight line Immediately after the In
quiry. But II you would see that
facial expression transformed into de-
lighted amiability. watch 1t as the an
swer Is given.
"A spizzerinktum Is a person who
possesses initiative. vim. vigor, Of.
ficiency. intelligent persistency and
an overmastering will to succeed"
comes the explanation.
"Oh, thank you; thank you many
times-slang Is 80 expressive that It's
always interesting, and spizzsrinktum
ia a rather pleasing word. don't you
think sol" effuses the individual who
. few minutes before looked like
Husrta considering . propositioa to
abd1oa&A.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-10-09
.RzkAzS DU WeOCzlz7eO

the Alcazar, the Horloge, and those
of the Cirque d'Ete will have become
Illuminated as if by magic. and now
at distance glow freflies amid the
thickly foliaged trees. II it be an
opera night, the opera house will be lit
up and have its mounted guards with
their cleaning accoutrements.
But Paris is also a city of sound
humanitarianism, which does more for
it's workmen, it's children and it's poor
than almost any other city in the
world 1t supplies its poor children
with schooling, shoes and food, 1t
taxes every theater ticket ten per cent
for a public fund which furnishes
every year $4,000 free beds in hos
pitfalls and as many more in asylums
This fund has also built maternity
hospital where no questions are asked.
1t furnishes free medicines for the
sick poor, collects per diem from the
employer of an injured workman, and
spends $10,000,000 yearly for benevo-
lence
A public pawn shop, the famous
Mont de Piete, which advances funds
in any amount at six per cent on any
and every sort Of security, from q
house to flatiron. has been in ex-
islence for more than a century.
Among the numerous hospitals and
almshouses is La Salpetrise, for wom-
en-, with Is acres, and Bicetra. for
men. with $500 beds. The Hospice des
Enfants Trouves. or founding hospital.
provides for the infants brought to it
until they reach the age of maturity.
The Creches, or public nursersies. re-
ceive the infants of poor women at q
cost OF four cents a day.
The educational facilities of Paris
are marvelously complete. A system
of kindergartens, "ecoles maternelles,"
Is provided for children between the
ages of three and six, next follows the
"ecoles enfantiles," which are the
transition from the kindergarten to
the primary, and then the primary
schools for children below the age of
fourteen.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-10-09
CHAPTER VII.
Colonel Caxley-Webster.

Colonel Caxley-Webster.
Abbott's studio was under the roof
Of one Of the little hotels that stand
timorously and humbly. yet expectant-
~. between the imposing cream-stuc-
co Of the Grand hotel at one end and
the elaborate pink-stucco of the Grande
Bretegne at the other. The hob nailed
shoes Of the Teuton (who wears his
mountain kit all the way from Ham
burg to Palermo) wore up and down
the stairs all day; and the racket from
the hucksters' carts and hotel omni-
buses, arriving and departing from
the steamboat landing, the shouts of
the begging boatmen, the quarreling
OF tho children and the barking of un-
pedigreed dogs-these noises were in
cessant from dawn until sunset.
The artist glared down from his
square window at the ruffied waters,
or scowled at the neeting SHOWS on
the mountains over the way. He
passed some ten or twelve min4tes In
this useless occupation. but he could
not get away from the bald fact that
he had acted like petulant child. To
have shown his hand SO openly, simply
because the Barone had beaten him in
the race for the motor boat. And
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-10-09
Keep Constant Watch.

Keep a sharp lookout for vermin.
No stock can do their best where
these pests appear. Spraying in the
winter is not always convenient,
though dash of kerosene about the
stalls will help materially In keeping
the pests down. II applied with q
fine sprayer it soon evaporates, yet not
until its mission is filled. Insect pow
der rubbed into the hair does not In.
convenience the stock and II fresh It
Ii sure death to mites. But unless It
IL strong enough to make you
sneeze" make up your mind you have
been humbuggedL
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-10-09
SYNOPSIS.

Eleanora dc Toscana was singing in
Paris. which. perhaps, accounted for Ed
ward Courtlandts appearance there. Null
timillionaire, he wandered about where
fancy dictated. He might be in Paris ono
day and Kamchatka the next Following
the opera he goes to cafe and 10 &C
costed by pretty young woman. She
gives him the address OF Flora Desimone,
vocal rival of Toscana. and Flora gives
him the address Of Eleanora, whom he IL
determined to see. Courtlandt enters
Eleanora's apartments. She orders him
out and shoots at him. The next day
Paris Is shocked by the mysterious dis
appearance Of the prima donna. Realizing
that he may be suspected of the abduc-
ton OF Eleanora Courtlandt arranges for
An alibi. Eleanora reappears and accuses
Courtlandt of having abducted her. His
abb Is satisfactory to the police and the
charge IL dismissed. Eleanora fees to
Lake Como to rest after the shock. She
II followed by a number Of her admirers
among them the prince who really pro-
cured her abduction.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-10-09

Keep the calves coming" whether
they suck the COWS or hand fed. Skim
milk calves will grow strong and
thrifty II they are given a chance. The
milk should be clean and enough of It
be used for they need something to
take the place Of the cream that has
been taken away. Corn and oats
crushed together or just plain corn
coarsely ground and fed dry makes q
good substitute.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-10-09
CHAPTER vl-contInued.

That expression proves that your
Highness is sane again. Have you
realized the annoyances, the embar-
easements. you have thrust upon me
by your pursuit? Have you not read
the scandalous innuendoes in the news
papers? Your Highness, l was not
born on the Continent. so look upon
my work from point of view not
common to those Of your caste. l am
proud Of It. and look upon it with
honor, honor. l am a woman, but l
am not wholly defenseless. There was
= time when l thought I might num-
Der among my friends a prince; but
you have made that impossible"
Come" he said hoarsely; 'let us
80 and find a priest You are right.
] love you; l will give up everything.
sverything!"
For a moment she was dumb. This
absolute surrender appalled, her. But
that good fortune which had ever been
at her side stepped into the breach.
And as she saw the tall form of the
Barone approach, she could have
thrown her arms around his neck In
pure gladness.
oh, Barone!" she called. Am
making you miss this dancer
1t does not matter, signorina." The
Barone stared keenly at the erect and
tense figure at the prima donna's side.
You will excuse me, Herr Rosen."
said Nora, as she laid her hand upon
the Baroness arm
Herr Rosen bowed stifiiy; and the
two left him standing uncovered in
the moonlight.
What is he doing here? What has
he been saying to your the Barone
demanded. Nora withdrew her hand
from his arm. Pardon me-" said he
contritely. Il have no right to ask
you such questions"
It was not long after midnight when
the motor-boat returned to it, abiding
place. On the way over conversation
Jagged, and finally died Altogether.
Mrs. Harrigan fell asleep against CO.
leste's shoulder, and the musician
never deviated her gaze from the sill.
yer ripples which flowed out diagonal.
ly and maEically from the PROV Of
the boat. Nora watched the stars
slowly ascend over the eastern range
Of mountains; and across the IRE OF
his innumerable cigarettes the Barone
watched her.
AS the boat was made fast to the
landing in front of the Grand hotel,
Celeste observed a man in evening
dress. lounging against the rail Of the
quay. The search light from the Gus
toms boat, hunting for tobacco SNUG.
glers. flashed over his face. She could
not repress the little gasp. and her
hand frightened upon Nora's arm.
What is it?" asked Nora.
Nothing. l thought was slipping. I"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-10-09
Marks End Of Childhood,

Children pass out OF stage-open,
beautiful. exquisitely simple-into si.
lences and discretions beneath an
imposed and artificial life And they
are lost. Out Of the finished, careful,
watchful. restrained man and woman
no child energies again.-"The Pas.
sionate Friends