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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-11-27
David Aiken Dead.
Greenwood Index.

After apparently being on The road to com.
plete recovery from the effects OF spell oi
maIariai fever lasting over several weeks, Mr..
David Aiken died suddenly Tuesday night
u 9 clock at his home IN Church street IN
his city. He sat up most OF the day preced-
ing his death, and half hour before his
death he was sitting up talking 10 his clei k
Mr.. Herbert Anderson. His phy sicians state
that an internal hemorrhage caused his death.
Mr.. Aiken was the eldostsoD OF the late ID
Wyatt Aiken aud Miss Virginia Smith. He
was born at Stony Point on November 4, 1856
and Was, therefore, entering upon bis 4bth
year. In tlS7S he was married to Miss Anpie
Conner, the youngest daughter OF Hon. Frau k
4. Conner, OF CokeSbury lie received bis.
Hrst scholastic training at the Cokesbury In
stitute uuder the teaching Of w. G. Benet,, now
circuit Judge. lie afterwards spent two yearr
at the Charlotte (N. C) Military institute
After his marriage he moved 10 Edgewood
near the place Of his birth. where be farmed
for twelve years. He then moved to Coro
naca, where ne merchandiSed for seven
years. moving his business TO wood, IN
the Spring Of 1899. In Greenwood he had mel
with mucn success and was inst beginning tC
be prominently identified with the business
In ereSts of the town.
Mr.. Aiken leaves, besides his wife, -four
daughters, Misses Fannie, Virginia, Annie
and Rebecca. Miss Annie was in Colum bis
attending the Presbyterian College Tor Wo
men al the time Of her fathers death. Iht
other three were at his bedside. TDree broth
of Chester. and Joel >. ofthis city, and five
sisters, Mrs. h. D. Smart, ST. Louis: MO
Mrs. &. w. Taylor, OF Greenville; Mrs. w. u
Neville. OF Yorkvlle, Mrs. Pritchard, and Mis-
Annie Aiken, OF Blacksurg, Va.
The funeral will take place from the Presby
teriap church this afternoon al three O'Clock
Tue burial will be In the City Cemetery. Mr.
Aiken was a member OF the Piesbyterirr
nal orders, nights ofPythias and Woodmei
OF the World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-11-27
Lynching in Anderson County.

Last Saturday a negro named Laddson. an
eX.convict from ewberry. called at the home
OF Perry Craft, eight miles out of the city, near
Roberts Church. and asked for something 10
eat. Mrs. Craft replied that she had nothing
but cold potatoes. When they were offered 10
him, he became offensive. and used profane
language, saying: ~ believe III kill yOu.'
AT this Mrs. Craft becnme frightened, and at.
tempted to run, when the negro fired his pis.
to-. the ball taking effect in the back. The
physicians who were called reported the lady
TO be in a dangerous condition. and after
wards expressed opinion that she could not
recover. She Identified the negro when
brought into her presence utter his arrest.
The negro was lynched.
Mrs. Craft is q young woman, having been
married about six months. She Is daughter
OF Alex Glenn, and neice OF Lucius Glenn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-11-27
Interesting Ceremony TO Take Place
In the Methodist Church.

The marriage of Miss Fannie CaSon to Mr.
T. II. Furman of Atlanta, Will take place on
Wednesday afternoon, November q, 1901. al
Interest centres In this marriage on account o
the popularity OF the fair young bride. She Is
one of Abbevilless most charming young Wo
men and the only regret OF her many admir-
ers Is the fact that hhe will make her future
home elsew here than In Abbe4ille.
MIR. Furman holds splendid position with
the Seaboard Air Line in Atlanta. and has
many friends there to whom he Will Intro
duce his charming bride.
After the church rehearsel last evening, the
bridal party were entertained by Miss Cason
al delightful supper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-11-27
Cobb & McDavid's Locals.

Visitors TO the Fair are cordially invited to
Inspect our stock Of shoes. Cobb & McDaVid.
Crossetts So so shoes are the best, for sale by
Cobb q McDavid.
Buy pair OF Drew Selby's shoes for ladies.
Cobb g. McDavid.
Best Sl25 brogan on the market, regular
Sl.5O value. Cobb & McDavid.
Rubber shoes of all kinds at Cobb & Nc
David's
Cobb & McDavid shine all customers shoes
free.
See our ladies' S1.25 ehoes. They are fully
guaranteed, Cobb & McDavid.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-11-27

Our line of stationery and school supplies is
complete. Don't fail TO give US call wheu In
need OF some. If you can't come yourself
ring phone No. IL. The Speed Drug Co
I. S shares of Abbeville Cotton Mill for sale
Apply to Mrs, w. A. Lee, Abbeville, SC. II
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15
MASONS MEET.

The Grand Lodge of Masons of
North Carolina met in annual session
in Raleigh last week, Grand Master
B. S. Register, of Oxford, presiding.
The attendance was the largest in
the history of Masonry in North
Carolina.
The annual address by the Grand
Master was u lengthy and cOmpre-
hensive document. An especially
notable feature was the reference to
the growth of Masonry in the State,
the report showing that there are
now 81 lodges aggregating a mem
bership of 1850. This gives a gain
of nine lodges and 277 members dur
ing the past year.
All the old officers were reelected :
They IRE as follows:
B. S. Register, Oxford, Grand Mas,
ter.
H. I. Clark, Hamilton, Deputy
Grand Master.
w. S. Liddell, Charlotte, Senior
Grand Warden.
F. D. Winston, Windsor, Junior
Grand Warden.
William Simpson, Raleigh, Grand
Treasurer.
John G. Drewry, Raleigh, Grand
Secretary.
Thomas Bell, Wilson, Grand Chap
lain.
B. w. Hatcher, Liberty, Grand
Lecturer.
S. NJ. Gattis, HillsborO, Senior
Grand Deacon.
T. j. Reed, Biltmore, Junior Grand
Deacon.
J. G. Biggs, Durham, Grand Mar
shall.
A. K. Smith, Smithfield, Grand
Sword Bearer.
T. L. Farpow, Winston, Grand Pur-
suivant.
R. n. Hackett, WilkesborO, Grand
Steward.
DR.. F. NJ. Winchester, Charlotte,
Grand Steward.
R. H Bradley, Raleigh, Grand
Tiler.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15
MR.. E. ST. JOHN RESIGNS.

NORFOLK, Jan. sc. st. John,
Vice President and General Manager
of the Seaboard Air Line Railway,
has rendered his resignation, to take
effect not later than January Is.
During his administration, MI. St.
John has greatly improved the prop
erty, increasing the value of its stock
seven-fold. Mr.. St. John declines to
indicate his future movements, but
his friends say that several impor-
tant positions, n of them in con-
nection with a leading railway, are
offered him.
NORFOLK, Jan. 12.-Mr. V. E. Nc
Bee will succeed Mr.. st. John.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15
INJURIOUS TO THE SOUTH.

The letter addressed by the Mer-
chants Association, of New York, to
the North Carolina Corporation Com
mission against the application to
raise rates in this State, is we'll
worth reading. Among other data,
it contains the following:
cit is a fact so we'll known as to
challenge contradiction that the
scale of freight rates exacted in your
territory is, as compared with rates
in other territory exorbitant."
The different between those gov
erning elsewhere is shown by these
figures by classes:
"New York to Atlanta, 874 miles,
irst-class, ia; second, 90; third,
sc fourth, 70; fifth, 60 sixth, 40.
"New York to Chicago, 913 miles,
first class, rs second, IS; third, so /;
fourth, 35; fifth, 80; sixth, 25.
The above are rates for each class
per 100 pounds. 1t will be seen that
though Chicago is 80 miles further
from New York than Atlanta, the
rates to that southern town are "a to
a higher.
There is no excuse for this. This
discrimination is ruinous to the
SOuth.-EX.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15
ALABAMA TO
Negro Voters of that State to Cocoon
stitutional Convention to be Voted on il
April.

The Negro Voters of that State to Cocoon
stitutional Convention to be Voted on in
April.
NEW YORK, Jan. IA dispatch
from Birmingham, Ala, to the Com
mercial says: Alabama will be the
next Southern State to disfranchise
the negro voter. Leading Demo
cratic politicians in this State say
that the present agitation in Con
gress on the subject of reducing the
congressional representation of quail
ifcatiOns or other restrictions on
suffrage, with the avOwed purpose
Of eliminating the negro vote, will
not in the least deter the movement
in this State to accomplish that end.
In the senatorial campaign Senator
Morgan was the avOwed champion
of negro disfranchisement and he
swept the State, carrying 60 out of
IS counties at the Democratic pri-
maries. This has been accepted as
the well-nigh unanimous declaration
Of the Democratic party of Alabama
in favor of a new constitution and
restricted suffrage and when the
Legislature met two months ago it
lost no time in passing a bill which
provides for an election on April %
next, when the people will vote on
whether or not the constitutional
convention shall be held. IF called,
it will meet on May 20 following and
set for 20 days.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15
VIA CONGRESS IS DOING.

Senator Butler has secured the
passage through the Senate Of an APP
preparation of $4,000 for the i'm
provement and maintenance Of
MOore's Greek battle-ground in this
State.
The Appalachian Park matter is
again up for consideration, Senator
Pritchard having introduced a bill
authorizing "the establishment of a
forest reservation of 1900, 900 acres
in the Southern Appalachian Noun
tains in the States of North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
and Tennessee" The bill appropri-
ates s., ZOO, 900 for purchasing the
land. In the House, Saturday, 18th,
Mr.. Pearson introduced a bill for the
same purpose.
1t will be remembered that the
House army bill abolishes the army
canteen. When the bill reached the
Senate, the Military Committee
recommended that u Dill be amen
ded by permitting the sale of beer,
which proposed amendment, how
ever the Senate has rejected. Among
Southern Senators, we note that
Messrs. Daniel and Butler voted
against the beer amendments, while
McLaurin and Pritchard supported
it. The section as passed reads:
"The sale of or dealing in beer,
wine or any Intoxicating liquors by
any person in any post exchange or
any canteen or on any army trans
port or upon any premises used for
military purposes by the United
States is hereby prohibited"
This is quite a victory for temper
ance. The Senate Committee wished
to strike out the word "beer' in the
list of prohibited articles given
above.
nomination of j. E. Boyd, United
States District Judge for the Yves
tern District of North Carolina.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15

are those who do not see, because
they GOiU not see. Petitions are be.
ing circulated asking the Legisla-
ture to call an election of the present
qualified voters of the county on The
dispensary. It is hoped, should the
Legislature grant their request. to
use the Negro vote in restoring the
saloons to the city of Fayetteville.
1t is wrong, seriously wrong, that
they should be given the power to
destroy an Institution which has
decreased drunkenness and the
crimes growing out of it.-Fayette-
vile Baptist. LATER-The Cumber-
land members of the Legislature
have agreed to have the matter set
tied by vote in a white primary.
Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer
Four white boys under IA years of
age were before Judge Starbuck in
the Criminal Court here today for
stealing. Their counsel stated it
was the hope and belief that a refor-
matory for young criminals would
speedily be established. The boys
sent to the roads for two
months, and if a refOrmatory is
established will be sent to it. There
are thousands of friends of the re-
fOrmatOry all over the State. They
had best bring great pressure to bear
upon the Legislature, as some mem
bers talked with today were found
to be opposed to having a reforma-
tory nOw.-One of the funny Incl
dents of the day was the arrival of
two trans-mOntane Republican mem
bers of the Legislature and their
first view of Chairman Simmons.
They looked at him with fear and
trembling and were surprised that
he was a a 1t was explained hat
west of the Ridge the Republicans
thought he had horns and hoofs.
Monroe Cor. Charlotte Observer /:
The report of the Monroe d~ispensary
for the past year shows it to be in a
prosperous condition and evidently
we'll patrOnized. The net profits for
the year just closed were $5,181.40.
OF this amount $681.41 was reserved
for contingent and running expenses,
and the balance, 81, 800, equally
divided between the town treasury,
the county school fund and the
county chain gang fund. The stock
on hand amounts to 81, 688.85, while
the outstanding indie btedness is only
81, 695 46.-Mr. Frand Eubanks, of
MarShville, u Democratic registrar
in the last campaign, was arrested
yesterday on the charge of depriving
a negro of his constitutional priv
lege of voting by refusing to register
him. The Indictment was brought
in the Federal Court in Charlotte in
December. From what can be learn
ed today the charge is a trumped up
one, the negro being melted to make
it by INSCRIPTIONS white men for
personal reasons. Mr.. Eubanks was
placed under a $1,000 bond for his
appearance at the June term of the
Federal Court.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15
Farmers Meetings.
BRO. PARKER's WAYNE APPOINTMENTS.

Bro. T. B. Parker, Secretary and
Business Agent of the State Alliance,
will do Alliance work in his home
county at the following times and
places:
G~rantham's Store, Wednesday,,
Jan. %, II o'clock a. m.
Woodland, Wednesday, Jan. %, 2
o'clock p. m.
Indian Springs, Thursday, Jan. "a,
II o'clock a. m.
Woods School House, Thursday,
Jan. "a, z o'clock p. m.
Stony Creek, Friday, Jan. 25, II
o'clock a. m.
Sauls x Roads, Friday, Jan. 25, 2
o'clock p. m.
Fremont, Saturday, Jan. 26, II
o'clock a. m.
Pikeville, Saturday, Jan. 26, 7
o'clock p. m.
Alliance revivals at these points
are hoped for.
Public invited. Bro. Parker will
receive subscriptions for The Pro
gressive Farmer, and it is hoped that
the brethren will secure good lists
for him at each appointment.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15
DEATH OF PHILIP ARMOUR.

Mr.. Philip D. Armour, who died at
his home in Chicago on Sunday after
noon last, was one of the greatest
organizers of industry this country
has knOwn-a man of genius in
practical lines, and a man also of
deep feeling and of very generous
impulses. Born at S~tOckbridge,
New York, in 1882, Mr.. Armour, af-
ter a childhood on his fathers farm,
had the advantage of attending one
Of these old-fashiOned academies
which in New York as in New Eng
land in a former generation impaired
not only good training, but a certain
quality of culture. The discovery
Of gold in California led him over
land to the Far West, and a good
deal of the journey he accomplished
on foot. He had some success, and
returned to his home in 1856, with
the conviction, however, that his
real place of effort was to be in the
West. He established himself in
the wholesale grocery and commits
sion business from that he passed
into grain transportation, and in 1875
moved to Chicago to take charge Of
the pork-packing establishment
which his brother had built Up
This concern became, by virtue OF
skill, business management, and I'M
firing energy, the largest III Une
world in its own field, its business
exceeding one hundred million dol
lars a year, and its Pay-roI lncludeS
than eleven thousand persons
Mr. Armonr's charities have been on
= oraat scale. foremost among them
being the Armour Mission, the
Armonr Institute of Technology Ito
which nearly two anda half millions
of dollars was given), and the Armour
Flats. which comprise 0 than
two hundred apartments and are
rented at moderate prices to work
ingmen. The organization and work
of the Institute have been described
in the Outlook. Like nearly all
great organizers, Mr.. Armour had
capacity for work; it was
said of him that none OF his en-
plovees worked so long or with sucn
zeal-The Outlook.
President Mckinley has grippe.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15
BLOW TO THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
SCHEME,
English Firm Has a Monopoly on a Part Of
the Route.

the Route.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-Great
Britain had fled the claims of For
ward & Co., the great English ship
ping corporation, against any use
being made of the San Juan river in
Nicaragua, until after September,
1922, the said Forward g Co.. hav-
ing in 1892 been granted an entire
monopoly of the transportation of
passengers and freight on the San
Juan river for the period of thirty
years. The concession was given bv
the Nicaraguan Congress and cannot
be revoked.
There are but two courses to pur-
sue, it is said, by those Senators who
T working for the canal. One is
TO purchase the concession from the
Forward Company and the other to
pay tribute on every vessel PASSING
through the San Juan river. Neither
OF these courses is paIatable to the
government since the English cor
poration, it is said, would refuse to
sell for less than $50, 600, 900 and a
toll paid for each vessel would net
even a larger sum.
1t was admitted this morning that
the Nicaraguan canal could not he
constructed without using the San
Juan river, therefore, this govern
ment was placed in a peculiar ouan-
dairy.
IL IS now said that the new compli-
cation will so materially delay mat
tiers as to make legislation on the
canal impossible at this session. It
IS also said to be another victory for
the Panama lobby and an ATTEMPT
will be made to force acceptance of
the Panama ditch.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15
NORFOLK PEANUTS.

Norfolk, Va, Jan. II, 1901.
Farmers stock nuts are quoted
today as follows:
Fancy, per fb.,.......~.. 2%@2%f
Strictly prime, per d.. 2I@2If
Prime, per H., %
Spanish. per bu., ....... so
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15
General News.
GALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT"
The Facts Boiled Down and Presented in
Convenient Form for Busy
Readers.

The new census shows that the
center of population has moved west
ward since 1890 only IA miles, the
shortest distance in any recent de-
cade. 1t is now about sever miles
southeast of Columbus, Ind.
The epidemic of grippe now pre-
vail1ng in uew York city has filled
every public and private hospital,
and Superintendent Blair of the out
door poor says that it may become
necessary to turn a part of the hos
pital on Randall's Island into a tenn
porary hospital to care for destitute
sufferers.
Virginia has provided for the col
lection Of it's tax of 81 on the seals
Of all courts and notaries by means
of an adhesive stamp to be affixed
to the instrument requiring the seal,
over which the seal shall be placed
in such a way as to cancel the stamp.
So far as known this is the only in
stance of the use of stamps by a
State for the collection of a tax.
The tables accompanying the an
nual report of the United States
commissioner of education show that
New York State has 1894 per cent,
gifts population in the public schools.
Kansas has 27.87 per cent, the high
est of any State. Utah follows with
26.78 per cent, and Iowa with 26.42
per cent, while Pennsylvania, with
a smaller population, has a larger
number of pupils enrolled than New
York, the figures for Pennsylvania
being 1,186, 146, against 1,179,351 for
New York.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15
AMERICAN CIGAR COMPANY.
A $40, OOG, 900 Org animation Incorporated at
Trenton Saturday.

TRENTON, N. j., Jan. 13.-The
American Cigar Company, capital
$40, 1000, 900 was incorporated here
yesterday. James B. Duke is among
the nine incorporators.
The company is understood to have
been formed for the purpose of tax
ing charge of the manufacturing de-
partment of the American Tobacco
Company's business.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15
The Markets.
RALEIGH COTTON.
Raleigh, N. c., Jan. 10, 1901.
RALEIGH TOBACCO.

lpts - bales. Market steady
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15
SALEIGH, N. c., Jan. II, 1901.
MARKET.

WILMINGTON, N. c., Jan. -, 1901,
ROUGH RICE
7-5 AS1b b,,c or
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-15

Our Home, which is published at
Aar>hyiIe, Union county, and which
las heretofore been Il strong Popu-
list organ, announces in its issue OF
tls week that in future it will be
absolutely independent" 1t can
De said that under the new policy
which he has adopted, the editor OF
Our Home Will feel freer and be
more comfortable than he has ever
Oeen IN all his newspaper life. 1t is
very agreeable to be in a situation
where one can write what one thinks
Without having frightened party
leaders, to demonstrate in a hoarse
Whisper: "Sh! You will injure the
party .'-Charlotte Observer.
Charlotte Observer In the mat
Ter of the chief j~usticeship appoint
~ent Governor Russell displayed a
s'.1 deal more than his usual tact
sI1 diplomacy. He held it open for
Osaent length of time, I'D then ap-
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-06-05

Canon flakes a Kick.

The Canon City Horticultural
society held meeting in the court
house last Saturday, and steps
were taken to get reduction on
express rates To Cripple Greek,
The Clipper in commenting on the
situation. says that the fruit grow
ers of the Western slope get the
same rate on box of apples or
basket If grapes to the District as
the fruit growers of Canon City.
The Clipper says that when Canon
City put mp $4,000 to secure the
Florence Il Cripple Greek road, a
direct line to the District, they
expected to secure lower rates than
when they had to ship over the
d & r G via Florence,
The point is we'll taken. But by
the time Canon City has had as
long experience with the f. q c..
G, as has Florence, they will learn
that the road does not consider
small donations like Canon City
made as worthy of notice. Our
town invested about $4,000 in the
road, and Florence has to pay the
same rate as some other towns,
aside from being turned. down cold
at every other point But things
will probably take change at an
early date.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-06-05

Master Frasier d. Hoffman, one
of THE TRBUNE's carriers, this
morning received letter from
Lee Crowles, an old friend who at
one time taught him military
tactics at Pueblo, and who is at
present at Pekin, China, in com
pany l., 9Th infantry The little
fellow is tickled over the receipt
of the letter.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-06-05
Being Reorganized.

The Florence base ball team will
b. reorganized this evening. a
meeting of those who wish to play
for position or who are otherwise
interested in base ball will be held
at George Johnson's barber shop
on Pixies Peak avenue at S:l5
O'Clock when the reorganization of
the club will be discussed. Mana
ger Shearer has resigned and a
new manager will be elected
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-06-05

A special term of the district
court is being held in Canon City
for the purpose of trying few
Canon City sewer cases On Fri
day will be held the criminal case
of Fred Parker, Henry Mitchell
and Frank Williams. who are
charged with burglarizing box
car on the Rio Grande track last
month.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-06-05

1t you are troubled with
that most uncomfortable disease
called piles, don't neglect it Don't
let the complaint get firm hold.
Every day the disease is neglected
it grows worse. Commence at
once to use Tabler's Buckeye Pile
Ointment, the relief is immediate,
aud cure infallible. Price, 30
cents in bottles Tubes, Is cents.
Cafky d Brown.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-06-05

The holder of ticket No GIG was
the lucky man in the cigar draw
ing at Cafky & Browns last night
AS yet there has been no claimant
for the smokes.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-06-05

Joseph Wilson, who recently
returned from Philadelphia, while
there called on DIR Carl b Gam
field former Florence young man,
who is now holding down a nice
practice. Mr.. Wilson also called
on two sisters of w. j Daniels.