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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
AGAINST BISHOP DUNCAN.
A Preacher Allc Res That he 1s Gull
ty of decentralization

A Preacher Allie ges That He Ia Gull
ty of Non.adm intstration.
At the meeting of the North Geor.
a Conference last week at herman,
Ca, one of the preachers gave notice
hat he would prefer charges against
Bishop Duncan of NAL. administration.
When the minutes were read on
Thursday morning DR.. w. W. Wad
sworth, about whom rumors OF 1m
prrdsnt or immoral conduct had been
C rculated, which had been inVestiga
ted and found to be false by a com
mite g, objected to the way In which
bis case was referred to in the minu
ties OF the day before, saying he had
been done an injustice, that his c se
was not brought up In the regular
way by DR.. @ lillian, his presiding
elder. DR.. Wads worth asked the Dish
op to rule on a question OF law con-
ceruing DR.. Qlillln's action. He want
ed to know If DR. lillian was not
acting contrary to law when he brought
up the question If his case IS he did
after a committee had exonsrated him
The bishop did not rule on the ques-
ticn, but will later.
DR.. WadsWorth then addressed the
chair, saying:
Bishop, l am In a good tumor, and
1 say it with all courtesy, but 1 put
you on notice that 1 shall prefer
charges against you at the next gen.
eral conference for MISUNDERSTANDING
in meddling with the char lcters OF
preachers"
The bishop replied:
well DR.. Wadsworth, I don't care
If you do"
Il have no doubt" answered d..
Wadsworth, THAT you do not care. l
am in a good humor, but l shall pre-.
fer charges against you.
DR.. Wadsworth had reference to
the bishop asking each presiding elder
as their names were called, II there
was anything against any preachers
under their charge. He claimed that
this was wrong in the bishop; tina: l.
Was not his province to make suca IL
quiries, and that it amounted to NAL
administration.
The incident caused a sensation IN
the conference rooms.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
Blown TO Pieces.

Four men were blown to pieces
Wednesday afternoon by an explosion
at the lab ratory Of the international
Smoksless Powder and Chemical com.
pany at Parlin, N. J. The cause Of
he explosion will never be known, az
only the four men were In the build
ing at the time. The building was .
one story frame structure and because
OF the liability to explosions was sop
arated from ali the others In the plant
except one by a spaca of several hum
dred feet. The next building was .
storehouse in which supplies used In
the other were stored. This caught
fire and was burned,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
T,R .duce the Acreage.

President Jordan, OF the Southern
Cotton Growers Association, In an
interview said the preparation to tie
up 3, 200, 900 bales Of cotton and hold
IL for higher prices, in the face OF the
already established short crop and
tbs unprecedented consumption, was
we'll under way and promises success
results. He said: Tine entire ma
chinery of the association will be put
In motion within a few days, pledg
Ing the cotton growers Of the. Soutt
to a reduced acreage for the nexl
year. We will begin this early tt
hold down acreage to give the plan
ters a fu opportunity to make ar
ranpemerts for another year."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
'ound Nogues apparently resigned to

found Nogues apparently resigned tt
his fate. Pm quite prepared tc
shoot myself" he said, "but I think
IL would cot be a bad idea If we first
cad a coed breakfast together. You
can shave down the funeral expenses
a bit further to make up for It,"
It ley had a gorgeous breakfast and
got somewhat fud1led ever 1T. Then
they started IF to the Ct metery where
Nogues was TO blow OUT his brains.
There ano' her idea captivated him.
II will EXPIRE" he said, ION the
tomb Of my parents. They lie at
Montfort. Obviously that is the
best place to do the j b. I shall rest
easier If I lie with Them"
As there was no train to Monfort
that day the dire deed wes postponed
until the morrow. When Montfort
was reached Nogues suddenly remem
bered that his cousin was the priest
Of the parish and bis death in the
cemetery would bring disgrace upon
him. Rather than do that he woul
sacrifice his own convenience: So 1t
was dt cid, d that the tragedy should
DO enacted at Pautin. Tae two men
took tickets for Paris and arrived at
Monparnasss station at midnight.
Then N CUES discovered thai he had
forgotten to make his will and sever
al hours were spent In drawing up
chat document, various cafes being
visited in the interim. In conse.
quercs Legrls vas reduced to a con.
dltion In which further LOGON tiop
vas impossible. The two men sepa
rated, Nogues vowing that when dawn
broke his corpse would be found !ir
the Pantin cemetery.
Before daybreak Nogues staggerer
into his wife's home In the Rue ia =
lemsgne. When she discovered tina.
1t was not a ghost and that all the
money she had intrusted to her broth
er In law for the funeral had been ex
pended, her fury knew no bounds
She called In the police and made
charges enough against her husband
to keep him in jail for many years II
be be guilty. Bat he stou5ly declares
that be is innocent and that her sole
motive in making the accusation Is to
get rid of him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
A Sign. fo snt Statement,

In his speech at Akron, Olio,. SEC
rotary Taft told the people that Will
liam J. Bryan would become the sue
cessful lea9er Of the democratic party
and a menace to the prosperity OF the
country unless something shcu'd be
accomplished by President R ,os' Walt"
This is not only a significant statement
but it Is a complainant to the Nebras
ka democrat, and, reading between
the lines of tho utterance. the fact
stands out that the something
President Roosevelt must do to pre-
vent democratic success in the nation
is I 10 carry out the reforms for which
Bryan stands and which have given
birth to the term Organism. All OF
this goes to sho Y that Taft has a Level
head. He knows that the people are
getting their eyes open and that
unless the Republican parry mends 1*s
ways it will be permanently retired.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
ANNUAL PhNsION REPORT.
Showing the Amounts Expended in
Each Of the Counties

The annual report of the state pen.
sion departm mt has been published
by the state printer: The report is
particularly valuable In that it gives
tho name of every %pensioner and the
amount received by him or by her.
The total number Of pensioners 10
the respt ctivs classes is as follows:
ClaSs A, 800 each, Is; class B, s72,
1872; class O, No. 1, .s48. 5S5; class G,
No 2 $3.50 4.068; class G No. 3,
s48, 1855; class @. NJ 4, els 80, 3 129.
Total number of pensioners, 8 So4.
Tbs tota' amount paid to pensioners
was sl96, 945 so. divided among the
counties as follows: Able vile, %,
$50; Aiken, IS, 900; Andero,, GIL,
2G3; Bamberg, 81 7l2.75: BarnWen,
90 1872; BEAUFORT, $3.50 so; Berkeley,
s2,4G3; Charleston, s3,0Ss so; Chero'
kee, IS, 1853; Chester, % 696; Chester.
field, s5. 500 so. Clarendon, 1888;
Collector, s6. 984; DARLINGTON, 81 $50 .
so; Dorchester, 81, 754; E1gefeld, g..
1874 rs; Fairfield, 50 357; florence.
90 1856 so; Georg stown, sl,027; Green
v liz. sl1,0 OLA 80; Green ~ood, 1924.
5 Hampton, 4 l8l so; Hurry, "a 437;
Kersbaw, 50 3S7.75; Lancaster Is, 1886
Laurens, IS $685. Is, LIE, 81, 946 So
Lexington IS I'll 81; Marion, IS 466;
Marlboro, % 502 Is; Newberry, 49,.
61O SO; Osonee, Sc 9o5; O'angeburg
81. 375; Plckans, IS $50 %; Richland,
IS S74 50; S,ui Ia. 90 IT'S; Spartan.
burg. s17 AL SO; Sumter, SO 07C'
Unicn' IS. 034 so; William burg, So,
eS5; York, 1888; total, sl9s. 2S7 80.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
Shocking Tragedy.

Lying on q couch at his home In
West Philadelphia, helpless from par.
alysis, David F. R we, an elderly man,
was shot four times by Gsspar Coop
er, his son-in-law, who then 6:d from
the house aid killed himself by send
ing a ballet through his head. The
father in.law's wounds are 80 serious
that he had to be removed to a hos
pital. It is belle We'd he will recover.
Cooper had been married to Rowe's
daughter about three years, but the
wife left him about eight months ago
because OF Ill treatment. To day the
husband returned to his father.in
laws house ard asked to see his wife.
Rowe said she was out earning her
living. The fsther-in. law reproachen
the son.in law for ill treating bis
laughter ard a quarrel followed
which ended by Cooper shooting his
xife's father while he lay on the
m nh
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
COnstAbles Wanted,

TIE people Of Cherokee township
In Chert kes county have sent a Pc
tition to Governor Hayward urging
the governor to place q state consta
BILE at Blacksburg. The state that
since the d.sp sns; rles we're voted out
at Blacksburg and Gaffaey, the in
crease of Ill cit manufacture and sale
of liquor has been 80 great, It, Is a
source OF annoyance to the respectable
and law abiding residents OF that
township. The governor, OF course
has not yet had time to take any act
ion on the petition.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
Mysterious Death.

At Chester. Pa, a n an believed tc
be George Foster Of Virginia, is dying
from injuries received in a mysterious
manner. He was found lying in the
road late one night and as he appear
ed to be In a drunken stupor was taker
to jail. During the night bis cond .
ton became serious a nd a physician
who was summoned found that he
was suffering with hemorrhages OF the
head and stomach. His condition,
the doctor said, was due to blows.
The polite are endeavofing to ascer'
tain whether the man was held up OF
was Injured in a brawl. He was
identified by several residents Of
Chester as George Foster. Nothing
is known concerning him beyond the
fact that his home is in Virginia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
Fatal Accident.

A special from Cranberry, N. O.,
says two ac,idsnts occurred there Fn-
day at the plant Of the Cranberry
Furnace Company, as the result Of
which one man, Thomas Fowler, Of
Johnson City, Tenn, will die, and
three other men are seriously injured.
Fowlers' injury was due to his cloth.
,pg, being {, ught by belt, which
wound his body abont q revolving
shaft. The three men injured, whose
names are not given, were at work on
sc # Id. thirty feet high, when it
gave way. Both accidents occurred
within q short time,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22

which certainly ought to be amended
We ought to have murder in the first
egree ar d in the stcond degree, as ]
elieYe you h, v, in the United States.
1t is absurd to put a person who is
merely technically guilty on trial for
his or her life. A hcusf breaker WHO
smashed a y1ndow with bis fist. the
flying glass from which fatally II j1red
any one would be technically gu lily Of
murder. So would a man who shot at
a fowl which did not bal ing to him
and acc:den:l1 killed 3 man.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
Burglars Cast off Safe With
Seventy Thousand Dollars
WORTH OF GEMS.
The Home of a Millionaire Resident Of
Patterson. New Jersey, Robbed
While He Wa, Attending Re.
yival Service. Safe Thrown
2Er
From Window.
From Window.

A $4,000 jewel robbery, engineer.
ed with remarkable delicacy and dar.
ing, occurred in Patterson, n. j.,
Thursday night, when the hons Of
Frederick W. Cooke, millionaire mem.
Der Of the Passaic Steel Company, and
one Of the bsst known men In North.
srn New Jersey,swas entered and Q
heavy safe, containing practically
every bit Of jewelrV in the family pos.
session, was hurled from q second
tory window to the soft dirt In 3
aid and carted away.
Absolutely no trace Of the direction
5he housebreakers took could be found
by the police. TIE skill of the rob.
bers was amazing. They used NO
aackle to lower the safe, the contents
Of which were diamond. and 9th. T
gems, currency and valuable papers.
The only attempt to hide their pres.
ence was made when they ohoss the
rear Of the house by which to escape
with their loot.
MI. Cooke went to the Chapman
revival meeting about 8 O'Clock, and
remained there until the end Of tho
services. he returned promptly to
bis home at NJ. 1854 Broadway.
No evidences OF the ROBBERY were
found by the millionaire when Ee
opened the door which was securely
locked, but when he reached the $50
ond flor he found q window open.
Tnis was unusual, and he investiga-
ted. Thinking Of the safe, which con-
tained jewels left by Mr.. Cookies
mother to his wife, he entered the
room where the steel device, shout
two feet square, had been stored. II
was gone.
Looking out the window the victim
saw a hole In the turf Of the yard. He
descended and found q dent such q
che corner of the safe would have
made had it been dropped. 1t made
40 noise when In struck the ground,
and the burglars presumably figured
N this ruse for avoiding attention.
The police we're Immediately notif.
ed, but not even the suggestion OF .
cIeW to the robbers could be found.
Nobody had seen a vehicle standing
opposite or near the Cooke homs, and
it is certain that the looters did not
carry of their booty by hand.
When Mr.. Cookies mother died she
left all her jewels, worth many thous-
ands Of dollars, to .her sons wife.
There were family heirloon1s worth
just as much In the safe, and jewelry
belonging to the mill1onaifes wife
and to himself, besides valuable papers
which Mr.. Cooke cannot affJrd to
lose,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
Want State Flag.

The members Of the Unlted Con-
federate veterans camp in Chicago
have written the governor for a South
Carolina flag to be U.s. d by them In
exercises Cv T the 6 600 Conffdsrat
dead buried near that city. Tie let.
ter 8 'ates that a handsome monument
has been erected by the camp and
they desire a flag from every South,
ern state for Mem rial Day. exercises.
T. @ Confederate dead buried there
those who died at Federal prison.
The letter will probably BE- referred
to the state organization Of Vst-
eran9
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
Dashed to Piec g.

Advices received from Cape Sable
Islands are believed to confirm last
nights report that the collier Turbine
was lost with all on board Friday
night. An eff aal dispatch says the
steamer struck a rock IF Mud Island
and went to pieces ten minutes after.
ward. There was no time to launch
a boat and none could have lived In
che sea that prevailed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
Fatal Scrap.

At New York a quarrel over election
matters is believed by the police to
caus, d the murder last night Of W. f.
Harrington, in Little Naples dance
hall and also the probable fatal irjlF-
ing Of Abraham Juckerman, who was
found with a fractured skull some
distance away from Little Naples,
which is conducted by Paul Kelly,
leader of an East Side gang.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
Ends His Life.

Drinking carbolic acid in his eff ,e,
James Sayder, Pennsylvania Railway
agent at Golfers. w. Va, Wednesday
night committed suicide at his supper
Soyder recently complained OF having
trou oles Of some sort, but told no one
what they were. His accounts are
straight. Snyder was thirty years OF
age, unmarried, and a very popular
railroad emploYe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
THRILLING EXPERIENCE
OF . Schooner From Port r 'yal to
N w York,

N W York,
The three masted schooner, Wr.
". Converse, Capt. Nickerson, lum.
Der laden, from Port Royal, to New
York, was lowed into Norfolk harbor
late Wednesday night by the steamer
Rescue, with all her sails gone, her
crew exhausted and water pouring
through strained seams at the rate OF
one foot an hour.
The story OF the saving Of the Con
verse is the most thrilling In this
years events along the Virginia Caro-
lima c,ast. FtQm the time the yes.
sci left Port Royal until she came to
anchor Wednesday afternoon four
miles eff Dam Neck Mills life saving
station, heavy seas and adverse winds
had held her at their mercy. All the
way up the coast she battled with
them. F.rst almost all of her deck
load was carried away and then one
sail after another went by the board.
Her steering gear became injured
and she rolled In the trough Of the
sea while big waves crashed over her.
The strain was so great that her
sides began to open and water poured
into her hold. When Dam Neck MILF
were sighted the Converse anchored
and s!gnalled for help. Norfolk wa
advised Of the vessels plight and the
Rescue put out to the scene. Src1 8
rough sea was running 1t was diff
cult for the wreckers to approach
near enough to make a line fast tc
the schooner.
In one attempt a seaman on the
Rescue fell overheard and was saved
from drowning only by the heroic
work Of a shipmate who ran out or
the point of the bow and threw a life
line with accuracy to the man In the
water, After q hard ltruggie against
the wind and sea the Rsscde at
O'Clock tonight reached Norfolk har-
Dor after IL. She is In a bad condi
ten and may have to be beached.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
A PECULIAR CASE.
A Citizen Of North Sues Railroad
For q Big Sum.


For alleged failure to post certato
rates and schedules at North, a sta
tion On the s 4aboard Airline r lilway,
suit was brought by a cit;z n OF hat
place for s32 go some time ago and q
d. cision was rendered by the supreme
court last weak, thru wing the suit
out of the courJs. The case was de-
cidei by Judge Towsend In the lower
courts on a demurrer entered by the
%Seaboard, which stated that the com.
plant was defective and that parts OF
it were unconstitu ional. This dis
poses Of this suit, b 1t is said that
aro.her case will w Brought shortly.
The complaint wai one Of the most
interesting brought In a long time
and was as folloS. :: That section
1902 and 2O93 OF the civil cCde OF
South Carolina provides that the rail-
road commissioners OF said state shall
fix a schedule Of reasonable freight
and passenger rates for each railroad
corporation doing business In this
state.
That the defendant Is a railroad
corporation dJ,ng business In said
state, AMI that N )rthts a. station on
said railroad corporation between
Columbia, s. O., and Denmark, S. O.,
but the said station of North Is Who'll
ly within the state Of South G srolina.
That the railroad com miSsioners OF
said state more than one year prior to
the commencement Of this action fix
ed a schedule of freight and passen-
ger 1ates for the defendent corpora
tion.
That section 1908 Of the civil code
or South Carolina provides that any
railroad corporation failing to post at
any OF it's stations q c py Of the seized.
ules aforesaid shall incur and suffar 8
penalty Of one hundred, dollars for
e.ch aud every day during which
time such corporation shall fail to
p)st gu III schedule and that such PEN
atty may be sued for By any citiz N OF
the said state, and the recovery shall
be equally divided between the citizs ID
so suing and the state Of South Caro-
lima.
That the defendent failed to post
s1ca schedules at the said station OF
North, S. G., from January /, 1923
to D, cenber 9, 1905 a period OF three
hundred and Twenty-Five days, and
and that thereby the defendant has
incurred and Is liable for a penalty ag
gregatipg thirty-two thousand mine
hundred dollars. That the plaintiff
is a cit:zsn Of the said state, and SUE
for the said penalty OF thirty. two
thousand nine hundred dollars accord
ing to the provisions Of section zoe;
of the code.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
Both Killed.

At Jackson, Tenn, Hugh G. Rgals
of that city, was instantly killed and
Warner Blackard, OF Paris. Tenn,
seriously Injured Wednesday night By
falling over a bannister, while ergag-
ed In a friendly scufll , at the South.
western Presbyterian University.
Both were students and the sons OF
ministers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-22
Fatal Fall Of Slate.

George Robinson, was killed and
a. W. Wall, an unknown Hungarian,
was fatally injured by a fall Of slate
In the New England Coal Company's
slate mine at S1ntery, Olio.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-06-24
A POCOmOke Wedding.

AT the First Baptist Church, POGO
moke City, Md, occurred very pretty
wedding on Wednesday last at 1890 p.
M. The contracting parties were Mr..
Frank E. \Stevenson, of Boston. Mass.
the eldesN son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James GfStevenson, and Miss Minnie
Nelson grannier the youngest daugh-
ter of (Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cranmer.
The ceremony was very impressively
performed by the pastor of the Church,
the Rev. J. B. Pruitt, assisted by the
Rev. L. E. Poole, of Salem M. E. Church.
The bride entered the church with her
uncle, Mr.. Edward M. Ross, and was
met at the altar by the groom and his
best man, Mr.. Willard j. Stevenson,
his brother. The ushers were Messrs.
Vernon Stevenson, brother of the groom
Francis D. Young and Herbert H. Hay
man, of Pocomoke, and Charles Scar
borough of Wilmington, Del. Mr.. and
Mrs. Stevenson left on the New York
Express for their home in Boston.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-06-24
To Kill Mr.. Mos Qui To.

Worcester County people may get a
hint of the methods used for the exter-
mination of mosquitoes by following
this, which comes fresh from Dover
DEL: Asserting that Delaware was
one of the few States in the Union that
rivaled his own in the operation of the
''pesky mosquito" Professor John
Smith, State entomologist of New Jer-
sey, urged the ditching remedy on the
farmers of lower Delaware at a meet
ing held under the auspices of the State
Grange at Camden Camp Grounds Sat-
urday. He said that by ditching the
Jersey salt marshes it had become pos
sible to rid many sections of the State
of the mosquito. Marsh mosquitoes, he
continued, lay eggs anywhere, in mud
or water. He expressed the belief that
State appropriations for eradication of
the pest in infected districts would mean
big increase in land values.
Otherspeakers were Governor Preston
Lea, Chancellor John r. Nicholson and
Manlove Hayes, treasurer of the Della
ware Railroad.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-06-24
A Tribute Of Love.

OETuesday evening, June 18th, little
Vaughn, ten year old son of Mr.. and
Mfs. james Richardson fell from the
top of the new unfinished school build
ing Salisbury and was killed. The little
fellow was always extremely full of
play and very fond of climbing, and had
been known to climb to the top of the
building on former occasions. On the
day of his death it was late when he
entered the building, and it is certain
that he made misstep which resulted
fatally.
We are satisfied that he has been
transplanted to the "Glory Land"
where no accidents will ever happen,
and where the weary are forever at
rest.
In the graveyard softly sleeping.
Where the flowers gently wave.
Lies the one we loved so dearly
In his lonely silent grave.
Friends may think well soon forget you
And our wounded hearts be healed
But they little know the sorrow
That's within our hearts concealed.
Heaven retains our treasure.
Earth the lonely casket keeps:
Sweetest thoughts shall ever lnRer.
While our loved Vaughn gently sleeps.
PARENTS.